OKAY, WE ARE READY TO GET STARTED.
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TODAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST, 2023.THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AND I AM CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.
[1. CALL TO ORDER NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this regular meeting, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for discussion and consultation with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AT THIS REGULAR MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA.CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? MAYOR DAGGETT. HERE.
HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
AND VICE MAYOR, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEASE STAND.
I WILL DO THE MISSION STATEMENT.
THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
THESE LANDS, STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS, BORDER MOUNTAIN SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.
[4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Public Participation enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. If you wish to address the Council at tonight's meeting, please complete a comment card and submit it to the recording clerk as soon as possible. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak. ]
THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE DOWN TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OCCURS TWICE ON THE AGENDA NOW AND AT THE END.
AND IT ENABLES THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
YOUR NAME WILL BE CALLED WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, AND 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 AND COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO YOU DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. SO FIRST WE HAVE NADINE HART.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR DAGGETT.
SO I AM SPEAKING REGARDING SOME OF THE ISSUES AND STRUGGLES AS A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER HOLDER.
I AM ONE OF MANY, BUT THE ONE WHO IS GOING TO KEEP COMING FORTH.
SO ONE THING THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED IS THE COST OF THE FIRST MONTH'S RENT.
WHEN I MOVED, I HAD WEEKS FROM HOMELESSNESS AND I HAD TO COME UP WITH $4,000 IN CASH.
WHERE IF YOU'RE IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SO MUCH IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ANYWAY, AND WAITING IN HOPES OF LAST MONTH'S DEPOSIT, YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY.
AND MY DEPOSIT FIVE YEARS AGO WAS A THIRD OF WHAT THE NEW DEPOSIT WAS.
SO HOW DO WE HELP FAMILIES IN THIS HOUSING MARKET WITH THESE VOUCHERS? WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GET THE MONEY? ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S ALWAYS A DELAY OF INSPECTION FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
AND IN MY CASE, I DID REACH OUT REPEATEDLY TO MY CASE MANAGER FOR HELP, AND THE LACK OF RESPONSE OR RESOURCES INDICATED TO ME THAT IT IS NOT WITHIN THE DUTIES OF THE JOB FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CASE MANAGER I HAVE.
PEOPLE TOLD ME THERE'S RESOURCES TO HELP WITH THESE FUNDS, BUT WHO? WHERE DO I GO? IT'S NOT OUTLINED CLEARLY.
$4,000 CASH IS A LOT FOR ANYBODY TO MAKE THESE TRANSITIONS.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO TO COME UP WITH A FAIR MARKET RENT IN THIS CURRENT SITUATION? PLUS, IN ADDITION, WHEN WE ARE PAYING OUR RENTS, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY COUNTS GROSS VERSUS NET INCOME.
GROSS IS NOT A DEMONSTRATIVE OF WHAT A PERSON BRINGS IN.
SO IF I MAKE $100 AND I NET 70, A THIRD OF MY RENT OUT OF THE 100 IS ABOUT $33.33 FROM THAT NET, I ONLY HAVE ABOUT $36 TO SPEND ON GAS.
AND THE INCREASE IN UTILITY, WHICH HAS GONE DOWN FOR AN ALLOWANCE.
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INTERNET, CELLULAR THINGS WHICH ARE NO LONGER OPTIONS IN OUR CURRENT SOCIETY.WHEN I HAD THE DRYER INSTALLED, I WAS ONE OUT OF SEVEN HOUSES.
THE FIRST SEVEN WERE SHORT TERM RENTALS.
THIS IS AFFECTING OUR ABILITY TO RENT HOUSES.
IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAYBE ROTATE THESE OUT, GIVE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES INSTEAD OF GIVING $5 MILLION DOLLARS TO A NEW DEVELOPER, TAKING THAT MONEY TO EXISTING HOUSING AND PROVIDING THAT TO LOCAL LANDLORDS TO RENT TO PEOPLE LIKE ME.
THAT IN TURN WILL HELP FUTURE MARKET POSSIBILITIES FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
YEAH. THANK YOU, JONATHAN OTERO.
AM I SPEAKING TOO LOUD? MY NAME IS JOHNNY OTERO AND I'M A PROUD ASPIRING EDUCATOR.
SO WHY? WHY IS IT LIKE, WHY IS SLEEP BEING CRIMINALIZED IN THIS SACRED LAND? WHY IS BEING UNSHELTERED CRIMINALIZED ON THIS SACRED LAND? WHY PUT OUR MOST VULNERABLE IN HARM'S WAY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WINTER? YOU KNOW, JUST LAST YEAR, FOUR REPORTED UNSHELTERED RELATIVES LOST THEIR LIFE HERE IN THIS CITY DUE TO THIS COUNCIL'S NEGLIGENCE.
AND I ALSO ASK, WHY GIVE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT WHEN YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO OPPRESS AND CRIMINALIZE UNSHELTERED RELATIVES? I SPEAK ON THIS AS AN ASPIRING EDUCATOR.
I'M A STUDENT, I AM A TEACHER, AND MOST OF ALL, I AM HUMAN.
AND I SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY STUDENTS.
AND I KNOW CHANGE CAN HAPPEN WITH THIS COUNCIL IN FRONT OF ME.
YOU KNOW, FURTHER ON IN THE AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE RENAMING OF THE PEAKS.
LET THIS WORK CONTINUE WITH OUR UNSHELTERED RELATIVES.
LET THIS WORK CONTINUE WITH OUR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS ON CAMPUS AT NAU.
NOW THAT PROP 308 IS PASSED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE DREAMERS, MORE UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS.
AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
[A. November Work Anniversaries Recognition of employees celebrating work anniversaries in the month of November]
MOVING DOWN TO NOVEMBER WORK ANNIVERSARIES.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JOANNE KEENE, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT COVERING FOR SHANNON ANDERSON TO CELEBRATE OUR NOVEMBER WORK ANNIVERSARIES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START TODAY BY CELEBRATING OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES FOR EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE TWO SLIDES AND I WILL NOT READ THE NAMES BUT I WILL SCROLL THROUGH THEM.
I THINK MANY OF US KNOW ED IS CELEBRATING FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND ED IS OUR WATER SERVICES SECTION DIRECTOR FOR STORMWATER. JENNIFER MOORE, WHO IS A SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST IN OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU'LL SEE HER WHEN YOU WALK IN TO OUR HR DEPARTMENT.
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AS IS KYLE NELSON, WHO IS A WATER SERVICES OPERATOR.AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO STERLING SOLOMON, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE SOME REMARKS ABOUT RON.
THANK YOU JOANNE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, STERLING SOLOMON, YOUR CITY ATTORNEY.
LAST MONTH, WE BID FAREWELL TO RON KANWISCHER AS HE RETIRED.
HE STARTED HERE AT THE CITY ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2003 AND RETIRED ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2023.
RON CAME TO US FROM THE IT WORLD.
HE USED VERY OFTEN WHAT WE REFER TO AS A DIVERSION AGREEMENT.
FOR SOMEBODY WITH ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES.
HE USED THESE TOOLS VERY EFFECTIVELY TO HELP MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT WAS A CRIME INVOLVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR A CRIME INVOLVING SUBSTANCE.
RON WAS JUST VERY GOOD AT WHAT HE DID, AND WE WERE VERY SORRY TO SEE HIM GO.
RON IS KIND OF THE STRONG, QUIET, SILENT TYPE.
THEREFORE, WE DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OR A LONG DESCRIPTION WRITTEN UP OF HIM HERE, BUT HE IS VIEWING ONLINE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, RON, FOR THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND TIME YOU PUT IN HERE AT THE CITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, STERLING.
JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY CELEBRATING THEIR ANNIVERSARIES.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO RON ON HIS RETIREMENT.
[6. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]
ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS.I WAS GOING TO PICK WHOEVER MADE EYE CONTACT WITH ME FIRST, BUT I'LL GO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
SO MY APOLOGIES TO THAT TEAM, BUT I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO WATCH THE RECORDING AND SAW THAT THEY HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION, INCLUDING A PRESENTATION BY THE ASSOCIATE VICE PROVOST FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS AT NAU, CESAR FLORES.
I'M GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO NEWLY ELECTED CHAIR CAROLYN KIDD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HER REGARDING A PRESENTATION SHE GAVE LAST MONTH ON THE PROPOSED UPDATES FOR THE FLAG FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. SHE DID A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION WITH MANY OPTIONS, AND WE WERE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
BUT I STILL NEED TO GET A COPY OF THAT PRESENTATION SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A PROPOSAL TO PUT FORWARD BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THAT DISCUSSION FOR 2024.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE STILL AWAITING SOME UPDATES ON THAT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION OUT OF THAT COMMISSION THIS MONTH.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THAT THAT I WASN'T EXPECTING.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU THOUGH. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
SURE. I'LL JUST MENTION BRIEFLY THERE WAS A TOURISM COMMISSION MEETING.
AGENDA WAS VERY, VERY TYPICAL.
FULL OF GREAT REPORTS FROM DISCOVERED FLAGSTAFF TEAM.
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PROMOTE FLAGSTAFF.I JUST THINK THAT'S REALLY COOL.
REAL QUICKLY, I ATTENDED THE COSMIC GRAY TUNNEL AT THE SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL DEDICATION CEREMONY.
IT WAS A VERY SPIRITED AND JOYFUL AFFAIR AND IT'S A GREAT MURAL.
AND ALSO, JUST TO MENTION REALLY BRIEFLY, I HAD A PROMISING MEETING WITH THE DARK SKY COALITION.
THERE'S SOME CONVERSATIONS GOING ON ABOUT FORMALIZING THEIR STRUCTURE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO SOMETHING THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT I DO WITH OUR COCONINO PLATEAU WATER ADVISORY PARTNERSHIP THAT MIGHT GIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE AT THE CITY AND AT THE COUNTY AND IN OTHER COMMUNITIES A CHANCE TO ENGAGE AND BE INVOLVED IN THAT.
SO I THINK I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
ONE OTHER THING I MIGHT AS WELL MENTION IS THE INTERPRETIVE DISPLAY THAT WAS UNVEILED AT THE FLAGSTAFF VISITOR CENTER.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
REALLY NEAT TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY WITH LOTS OF INTERACTIVE TOOLS AND MATERIALS AND VIDEOS.
AND AGAIN, JUST A FESTIVE FUN MORNING ENGAGEMENT.
A LOT OF NICE RED CARPET RIBBON CUTTING AFFAIRS THIS PAST WEEK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I TOO WAS AT THE MOUNTAIN LINE BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, AND WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS THE FINALIZED 12 TO 18 MONTH WORK PLAN TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE TASKS THAT WERE SUPPORTED BY THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE CAME UP WITH NOT TOO LONG AGO, SOME OF WHICH IS CDL TRAINING AND TESTING FACILITY, COMPLETION OF A MOBILITY STUDY TO IDENTIFY NEW AND CREATIVE TRANSIT OPTIONS.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO PLAN FOR A SAFE, ZERO EMISSIONS BUS TRANSITION, AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A TRANSIT TAX IF IT SHOULD BE ON 2024 BALLOT.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND THE BIGGEST EXCITING NEWS WAS MOUNTAIN LINE WAS AWARDED 12.4 MILLION GRANT MONEY, FEDERAL MONEY FOR BUILDOUT OF SOLAR ON TOP OF THE ROOF OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER, AND THE FULL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE TWO OF THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER, WHERE THE BUSSES STAGE AND THE CIVIC SPACE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT RECEIVING THAT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU. NOTHING FOR ME THIS EVENING.
[7. LIQUOR LICENSE PUBLIC HEARINGS Applications under Liquor License Public Hearings may be considered under one public hearing and may be acted upon by one motion unless otherwise requested by Council. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Hold the Public Hearing The City Council has the option to: Forward the application to the State with a recommendation for approval; Forward the application to the State with a recommendation for denial based on the testimony received at the public hearing and/or other factors.]
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS LIQUOR LICENSE, PUBLIC HEARINGS.HOW MANY OF THESE DO WE HAVE? JUST THE ONE.
BUT FIRST I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M A SERGEANT WITH THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT TWO LIQUOR LICENSES.
THE APPLICATION WAS FILED BY JEFFREY MILLER, THE AGENT JARED FIELD, THE CONTROLLING PERSON, RYAN FIELD, CONTROLLING PERSON, AND JACOB WHITE, ALSO CONTROLLING PERSON CHRISTOPHER BRICKLEY, WHO WAS A PREMISE MANAGER.
WE FOUND EVIDENCE THE APPLICANTS HAD TAKEN THE MANDATORY LIQUOR LICENSE TRAINING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR OUR SERGEANT HERE? AND IF NOT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE.
ACTUALLY, MAYOR, IF YOU COULD ASK IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE'S NO.
AND THEN IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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AND NOW I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN STAR WARS OR SOMETHING, SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN THE OH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY VICE MAYOR IS STEPPING IN FOR YOU IN THE PUN DEPARTMENT.
ALL RIGHT. THE SECOND LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION.
OKAY. THE SECOND LIQUOR LICENSE IS FOR THE SUNNYSIDE CHEVRON.
THIS IS A SERIES NINE BAR LIQUOR LICENSE AND LOCATED AT 2205 NORTH 4TH STREET.
APPLICATION WAS FILED BY ANTHONY COLSTON, THE AGENT AND CONTROLLING PERSON.
GREGORY MCCABE, THE CONTROLLING PERSON.
AS WELL A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BUSINESSES WAS INVITED AND IS AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY IF NEEDED.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION? ACTUALLY, MAYOR, MY APOLOGIES THAT I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PREMATURELY.
YEAH. IF YOU COULD JUST OPEN AND ASK IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
NOW IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[8. CONSENT AGENDA All matters under Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine. Unless a member of City Council expresses a desire at the meeting to remove an item from the Consent Agenda for discussion, the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion approving the recommendations listed on the agenda. Unless otherwise indicated, expenditures approved by Council are budgeted items. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve the Consent Agenda as posted.]
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALL MATTERS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE ROUTINE.
UNLESS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES A DESIRE AT THIS MEETING TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, EXPENDITURES APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL ARE BUDGETED ITEMS. COUNCIL IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY, SO THEN I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 8, A AND B UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MAYOR. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED?
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-25: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, ratifying the grant and reservation of easements; and formally accepting dedications and donations of easements and real property interests; providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date. (Approving receipt/transfer of easements and real property interests) STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2023-25 by title only for the final time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-25 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-25]
ALL RIGHT.MOVING DOWN TO ROUTINE ITEMS. 9A CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-25, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF RATIFYING THE GRANT AND RESERVATION OF EASEMENTS AND FORMALLY ACCEPTING DEDICATIONS AND DONATIONS OF EASEMENTS OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M CARMEN PRYOR, THE REAL ESTATE SPECIALIST IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS AFTERNOON, I'M BEFORE YOU FOR THE SECOND READ OF ORDINANCE 2023-25.
AFTER THE FIRST READ, CLERICAL ERRORS WERE NOTICED AND ARE CORRECTED TO REFLECT ON THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 2023-25. THANK YOU.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOMENT, A MOMENT, A MOVEMENT, A MOTION.
[LAUGHTER] I'M ENTERTAINING ALL OF THAT TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-25 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME. MAYOR I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-25 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MAYOR YOU CERTAINLY ARE ENTERTAINING.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK.
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REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT? SO MOVED. THANK YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE.
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2023-57 and Ordinance No. 2023-28: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the City Clerk entitled "PZ-22-00223 - Planned Residential Development" and an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 10, Flagstaff Zoning Code, to modify the existing Planned Residential Development standards. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the November 21, 2023, Council Meeting: 1. Read Resolution No. 2023-57 by title only 2. City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2023-57 by title only (if approved above) 3. Read Ordinance No. 2023-28 by title only for the first time 4. City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-28 by title only (if approved above) At the December 5, 2023, Council Meeting: 5. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-57 6. Read Ordinance No. 2023-28 by title only for the final time 7. City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-28 by title only (if approved above) 8. Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-28]
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE DOWN TO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. AND LET'S SEE, WE HAVE A, B, AND C.THAT ARE THE SAME, ESSENTIALLY IN THE SAME BLOCK.
CORRECT. SO WE COULD TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL THREE OF THESE AT ONCE.
SO I AM GOING TO TAKE 10 A, B AND C TOGETHER.
AND WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL OF THOSE AT ONCE.
MAYOR WE'LL JUST NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
TIFFANY ANTOL, ZONING CODE MANAGER.
TONIGHT, I AM HERE TO PRESENT THREE ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENTS.
I WAS HERE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HAVING A WORK SESSION WITH YOU ALL.
I HAD FOUR AT THAT TIME, BUT I'VE ONLY GOT THREE TODAY.
THE FIRST ONE UP IS THE PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS IS MUCH LOUDER THAN IT NORMALLY IS.
WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THEIR PUBLIC HEARING.
WHEN GOING THROUGH THIS TEXT AMENDMENT, THEY HAD ACTUALLY ASKED THAT I LOOK AT.
OKAY THAT I HAD ACTUALLY LOOKED AT RE SORT OF CATEGORIZING OR SEPARATING THE POINT STRUCTURE OUT ON THE PARTICULAR DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE NOW REQUIRING WITH THE PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I'LL GET TO HERE IN A MINUTE.
AFTER A GOOD CONVERSATION, WE REALIZED THAT THAT PROBABLY WASN'T THE BEST ALTERNATIVE.
THEY APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO ALL BASED ON THE ORIGINAL TEXT AMENDMENT, AND THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT MOVING FORWARD.
WITH THAT WE'VE ALSO TAKEN THIS AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION AS WELL.
GENERALLY, GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
SO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD.
I DO HAVE ONE DEVELOPER RIGHT NOW I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH, BUT I'M TRYING TO TALK THEM THROUGH.
I'VE WORKED SEVERAL OF THEIR PROJECTS THROUGH THIS CODE AMENDMENT TO TRY TO SHOW THEM.
SO THIS AMENDMENT BASICALLY CHANGES OUR EXISTING PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO USE THESE STANDARDS.
THIS IS 100% AN INCENTIVE PROCESS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO YOU CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO USE YOUR UNDERLYING ZONING STANDARDS IF YOU WANT TO DO, SAY, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE MR OR THE HR, OR YOU CAN USE YOUR UNDERLYING ZONING STANDARDS, THE PRD WILL NOW PRIMARILY BE APPLIED TO THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS, WHICH IS BASICALLY ALLOWING A DEVELOPER TO CREATE SMALLER, LOTS DIFFERENT LOT COVERAGES, BUT THEY'LL BE APPLIED TO A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHOLE RATHER THAN PIECEMEAL, POTENTIALLY THROUGHOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S THE BIG PRIMARY CHANGE YOU'RE SEEING.
IN ADDITION, AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT CIVIC SPACE WAS THIS ADDITIONAL 5% ON TOP OF 15% OPEN SPACE WHEN YOU USE THE PRD, AND THAT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WERE NOW HAVING TO PROVIDE 20%, IN ADDITION TO ALSO DOING RESOURCE PROTECTION AS WELL, WHICH CAN MAKE IT TOUGH TO HIT SOME OF THE MINIMUM DENSITIES WHEN WE'RE SUBDIVIDING LAND.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH CHANGING CIVIC SPACE TO ONLY APPLY TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT IT'LL NO LONGER APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL, BUT THAT 15% WILL STILL BE THERE.
WE DO MODIFY THE USE TABLES, BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL USE TABLES.
THERE'S SOME GENERAL CLEANUP WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THESE TABLES.
THIS WILL MAKE IT MUCH CLEARER FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS FOR STAFF.
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IT ALSO TAKES OUT THAT PRD MAKES IT THE SAME.RIGHT NOW OUR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TABLES DON'T MATCH HOW WE LIST PRD.
PRD AND THE RESIDENTIAL TABLES IS LISTED IN THE PERMITTED OR USE PERMIT.
BUT THEN IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONES IT'S LISTED AS A USE.
SO JUST SOME GENERAL OVERALL CLEANUP IN ADDITION TO THIS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE REALLY DIFFERENT.
THIS IS GOING TO HELP US KEEP UNIFORMITY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO AGAIN, CLEANING UP ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT STANDARDS, MAKING IT REALLY CLEAR THAT ONE SINGLE FAMILY UNIT OR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS ALLOWED PER LOT OR PARCEL UNLESS APPROVED WITH THE PRD.
SO ANY PLACE WHERE PRD WAS REFERENCED, WE CHANGE IT JUST TO MAKE THE CODE VERY CLEAR AND CONSISTENT.
AGAIN, CHANGING COMMON SPACE, CHANGING THOSE COMMERCIAL USE PROVISIONS.
SO YAY, WE GET TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE ZONING CODE, AND I'M A LITTLE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO LET'S GET INTO WHAT THOSE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS ARE.
IN ADDITION, BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING THROUGH CARBON NEUTRALITY, WE ARE WORKING WITH A HOUSING CRISIS.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES APPLIED THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST THOSE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN STANDARDS THAT TRY TO ENCOURAGE AND BE MORE INCLUSIVE IN TERMS OF HOUSING AND CARBON NEUTRALITY.
SO THERE ARE INCENTIVES BUILT IN.
IF A PROJECT GOES 100% ELECTRIC, THERE ARE INCENTIVES BUILT IN.
THIS WOULD GIVE YOU A POINT TOWARDS PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
IF YOU COMMIT TO THAT, IT WILL GIVE YOU SOME POINTS.
IF YOU COMMIT TO ACTUALLY INCLUDING ADUS WITHIN YOUR SUBDIVISION, THIS WILL GIVE YOU POINTS IF YOU DON'T JUST PROVIDE SINGLE FAMILY WITHIN A SUBDIVISION THAT YOU REALLY GET TO THAT MIXED USE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT GENTLE DENSITY OF DUPLEXES MIXED WITH SINGLE FAMILY, MIXED WITH FOURPLEXES THE WAY THINGS USED TO BE, AND CAN BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THESE ARE THOSE ELEMENTS, THOSE DESIGN ELEMENTS.
SOME OF THEM ARE MORE TRADITIONAL DESIGN ELEMENTS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF ALLEYS, TRYING TO GET TO A GRID STREET NETWORK, BUT ALSO TRYING TO WRITE THEM IN A WAY WHERE WE'RE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH. RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT FLAGSTAFF ISN'T FLAT, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO WORK AROUND, AND OUR GOAL ISN'T TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THESE THINGS.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET AS CLOSE TO ACHIEVING THEM AS POSSIBLE.
AND WITH THAT, THESE ARE THE REQUIRED FINDINGS THAT NEED TO BE MET.
SO THE FIRST IS ABOUT CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND I LISTED YOU PROBABLY TEN DIFFERENT POLICIES.
THESE POLICIES, THE DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THE PRD ARE TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THESE POLICIES.
SO CONSIDER A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES DONE.
WE'VE DONE THAT, ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT TO BE CLUSTERED IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS.
SO IN A LOT OF WAYS THIS IS THE ONE TEXT AMENDMENT I THINK I'VE SEEN OR DONE THAT IS REALLY A TRUE REFLECTION OF OUR REGIONAL PLAN AND THE GOALS AND POLICIES CONTAINED IN IT. NEXT UP IS THAT THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOW A COMPLETELY 100% INCENTIVE TOOL.
IT IS CHOSEN BY THE DEVELOPER.
THEY ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO USE THIS TOOL.
AND LAST UP, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS INTERNALLY CONSISTENT.
I HOPE AT THE END OF THE DAY IT COMES OUT PERFECT WHEN I SEE IT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IF IT'S NOT, I'LL BE BACK TO FIX SOMETHING.
BUT THE GOAL HERE WAS TO TRY TO MAKE EVERYTHING AS INTERNALLY CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
AND YOU JUST SAID THAT PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED ALL OF THEM? YES. WHICH WAS COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY'S QUESTION.
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COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR COMMENTS? MAYOR, THIS IS JIM MCCARTHY.I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THAT P&Z APPROVED IT, BUT WAS IT A UNANIMOUS VOTE OR A 4 3 VOTE OR WHATEVER? I DIDN'T HAVE. IT WAS UNANIMOUS OF ALL THAT WERE PRESENT, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS FIVE ZERO.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. AND I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. DO YOU WANT ME TO COVER THE LAST TWO REALLY QUICKLY? YES. WOULD YOU PLEASE.
DO THEM IN A SEPARATE PRESENTATION? SO I APOLOGIZE. BUT JUST REALLY QUICKLY IN THE NEXT STEP IS MEETING FACILITIES.
AND WE ARE CREATING TWO DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS HERE.
RIGHT NOW MEETING FACILITIES IS ONE DEFINITION.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE HOSPITAL, AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT A CONVENTION CENTER, AND WE FOUND THAT WE HAD NO USE IN THE CODE TO INCLUDE A CONVENTION CENTER, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS AWKWARD AND WEIRD.
SO I WILL AGAIN, THE THE WHOLE POINT OF THESE POLICIES SUPPORT THE PROTECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS A GOOD GOAL TO HAVE HERE AND WILL HELP US SEPARATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE COMMERCIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES.
AGAIN, NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
AND AGAIN, INTERNALLY CONSISTENT.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
AND I HAVE ONE LAST ONE FOR YOU.
AND THAT IS CHANGING THE MANUFACTURED HOME LOT STANDARDS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS TINY AND SMALL AND IRRELEVANT, BUT GOT LOTS OF GREAT FEEDBACK.
SO WE'RE GOING BACK TO WHAT OUR STANDARDS WERE UNDER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
I THINK THIS WAS HONESTLY JUST AN ERROR FROM WAY BACK WHEN, BUT WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO PUT INFILL IN SOME OF THESE EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME LOT ZONED AREAS. SO THAT'S THE FULL INTENTION.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE REMOVING THAT FIVE ACRE MINIMUM FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK, WHICH IS WHERE THAT FIVE ACRES COMES FROM, BECAUSE OUR MOST RECENT ONE WAS ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED ON A TWO AND A HALF ACRE PARK.
DENSITY IS JUST SET BY YOUR NUMBER OF UNITS, THE SAME AS A MULTI FAMILY HOME PROJECT WOULD BE.
AND AGAIN POLICIES SUPPORTING HOUSING AND INFILL FROM OUR REGIONAL PLAN NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, HEALTH, SAFETY OR CONVENIENCE AND INTERNALLY CONSISTENT AS WELL.
AND COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THAT ONE AS WELL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE? WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DO D? D IS ACTUALLY NOT MINE.
SO I WAS CORRECT THE FIRST TIME A, B AND C ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL? COMMENTS. STILL NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-57 BY TITLE ONLY.
SORRY MAYOR, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A, B AND C AS A BLOCK WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT BEFORE WE HAVE THE MOTION, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR D SEPARATELY. PUBLIC COMMENT CLOSED.
SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS A, B AND C, AND WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-57 BY TITLE ONLY.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK AND ENTITLED PZ-22-00223- PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-28 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
DO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND.
THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
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AYE. AYE AYE.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE TITLE TEN FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE.
BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT ENTITLED PZ-22-00223- PLAN DEVELOPMENTAL.
NOW, CAN I GET A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-54 BY TITLE ONLY.
MAYOR I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE OR TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-54 BY TITLE ONLY.
CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK AND ENTITLED PZ-2300135- MEETING FACILITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD AND REGIONAL.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-26 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE 10 FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT ENTITLED PZ-23-00135- MEETING FACILITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD AND REGIONAL, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-56 BY TITLE ONLY.
SO MOVED. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK AND ENTITLED PZ-23-00137- MANUFACTURED HOME MH ZONE LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-27 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO MOVE. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE AYE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE TEN, FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT ENTITLED PZ-23-00137- MANUFACTURED HOME MH ZONE LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
[D. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2023-58 and Ordinance No. 2023-29: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the City Clerk and entitled "PZ-23-00130 Updates to Zoning Code - Open Space Terminology" and an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 10, Flagstaff Zoning Code, by adopting by reference that certain document entitled "PZ-23-00130 Updates to Zoning Code - Open Space Terminology" STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the November 21, 2023, Council Meeting: 1. Read Resolution No. 2023-58 by title only 2. City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2023-58 by title only (if approved above) 3. Read Ordinance No. 2023-29 by title only for the first time 4. City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-29 by title only (if approved above) At the December 5, 2023, Council Meeting: 5. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-58 6. Read Ordinance No. 2023-29 by title only for the final time 7. City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-29 by title only (if approved above) 8. Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-29 ]
THANK YOU. NOW I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER D, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-58.MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
GOOD EVENING, BETHAN HENG I'M ONE OF THE PLANNERS WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
WITH THAT, WE'LL DIVE INTO THE PRESENTATION.
SO VERY QUICKLY AN OVERVIEW OF WHY YOU'RE SEEING THIS TEXT AMENDMENT TONIGHT.
SO CURRENTLY WITHIN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE, WE HAVE THREE TERMS THAT REFER TO OPEN SPACE.
SO THOSE THREE TERMS ARE OPEN SPACE, COMMON OPEN SPACE, AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE.
AND THIS IS A POTENTIAL CAUSE FOR CONFUSION AND HAS BEEN A POTENTIAL CAUSE FOR CONFUSION FOR PLANNERS AS WELL AS PARTNERS AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE WORKING WITH THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE, BECAUSE EACH OF THOSE THREE TERMS MEAN VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO TONIGHT THIS OPEN SPACE TERMINOLOGY TEXT AMENDMENT IS PROPOSING TWO THINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO MODIFY EXISTING TERMINOLOGY.
AND WE'RE TWEAKING THE DEFINITIONS A LITTLE BIT TOO.
AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT FIRSTLY COMMON OPEN SPACE IS GOING TO BE CHANGING TO COMMON SPACE.
AND THEN PRIVATE OPEN SPACE IS GOING TO BE CHANGING TO PRIVATE SPACE ONCE THOSE TWO TERMS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED AND THEN AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL GO INTO HOW THE DEFINITIONS ARE BEING TWEAKED.
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WE'LL GO INTO THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE AND UPDATE THE TERMINOLOGY THROUGHOUT.SO, AS PROMISED, HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS HOW WE'RE TWEAKING THOSE TWO DEFINITIONS.
SO COMMON OPEN SPACE IS CHANGING TO COMMON SPACE.
AND THEN PRIVATE OPEN SPACE IS CHANGING TO PRIVATE SPACE.
AND THEN I HAVE HERE BOLDED IN YELLOW THE TWEAKS THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE TWO DEFINITIONS.
SO AGAIN THESE TWO DEFINITIONS ARE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
AND THE TWEAKS THERE CLARIFY THAT THEY ARE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO BEFORE YOU IS A TABLE THAT BREAKS DOWN EACH OF THE THREE CURRENT DEFINITIONS, HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN, I WILL CLARIFY, IS FROM THE CURRENT DEFINITIONS, IT'S NOT PULLING FROM THE NEW DEFINITION THAT WE'RE POSING.
SO WITH THAT, IN TERMS OF AREA SPECIFICATION, OPEN SPACE REFERS TO UNDEVELOPED SPACE OR AREA.
AND THEN COMMON OPEN SPACE IS OPEN SPACE WITHIN A DEVELOPMENT.
AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE IS OPEN SPACE WITH EACH UNIT.
AGAIN, WHAT WE TYPICALLY THINK OF WHEN WE REFER TO OPEN SPACE AND THEN COMMON OPEN SPACE IS FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF ALL OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS WITHIN A DEVELOPMENT AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE IS THE OPEN SPACE THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR PERSONAL USE.
AND IT GOES ON TO LIST IN THE DEFINITION EXAMPLES OF THAT.
THAT FALLS TO PLANNING AND ZONING.
SO IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I HAVE SOME VISUAL EXAMPLES OF EACH OF THE THREE TERMS, JUST TO FAMILIARIZE YOU AS COUNCIL ON HOW THESE TERMS DIFFER.
AND EXAMPLES ON SCREEN ARE PRESIDIO IN THE PINES AND BUTTERFIELD APARTMENTS ON SOLIERE AVENUE.
SO FOR PRIVATE OPEN SPACE, IT'S PRIVATE SPACE DESIGNATED FOR EACH UNIT OR LOT.
AND ON SCREEN HAS BEEN PLACED AT SAWMILL.
SO THE BALCONIES THERE ARE PRIVATE SPACE REQUIRED FOR EACH UNIT.
AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE I DON'T HAVE ON SCREEN TODAY ARE LOTS WITHIN A SUBDIVISION.
USUALLY WHAT'S COMMON IS EACH LOT WILL HAVE A PRIVATE YARD AREA THAT'S CONSIDERED PRIVATE SPACE.
AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE PICTURE.
IT'S GREAT NATURAL SCENIC BEAUTY.
AND WE HAVE OBSERVATORY MESA ON SCREEN AS WELL AS PICTURE CANYON.
SO IN ORDER FOR STAFF TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A TEXT AMENDMENT, THREE FINDINGS NEED TO BE MET.
FOR FINDING NUMBER ONE, THIS TEXT AMENDMENT IS MOSTLY CLERICAL IN NATURE.
AGAIN, WE'RE ENSURING CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE.
AND SO THIS FINDING DOES NOT APPLY.
AND SO THIS FINDING IS BEING MET.
SO BECAUSE THIS TERM, THIS TEXT AMENDMENT HAS TO DO WITH OPEN SPACE IT WAS BROUGHT TO PROSE.
SO IT WAS BROUGHT TO PROSE THE FIRST TIME ON JUNE 26TH.
AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, IT WAS BROUGHT AGAIN AT THE SECOND MEETING.
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THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THIS REQUEST WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT OPEN SPACE WOULD RETAIN, WOULD BE RETAINED AS OPEN SPACE, IT WOULD BE UNTOUCHED, AND IT WOULD BE PRESERVED.BUT STAFF FEELS THAT BECAUSE WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING TO COMMON SPACE, OR COMMON OPEN SPACE AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE, AND CLARIFYING THAT THOSE TWO TERMS ARE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WE'RE SEPARATING THEM FROM OPEN SPACE.
AND WE'RE MEETING THIS NEED HERE.
SO AGAIN, THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WAS BROUGHT TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR WORK SESSION ON OCTOBER 11TH, AND THEN CAME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 25TH. AND AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR OF THE TEXT AMENDMENT.
SO TO DATE, STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS TEXT AMENDMENT.
THAT EMAIL IS ATTACHED TO YOUR PACKET FOR THIS ITEM, AND THEN ALSO STAFF ALSO HELD AN OPEN HOUSE TO DISCUSS THE TEXT AMENDMENT ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2023, WITH NO OPPOSITION FROM THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU. AND IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU TOO. COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? THIS IS JIM MCCARTHY.
HI, JIM. SHE COVERED IN GREAT DETAIL WHAT THE EXISTING DEFINITIONS ARE.
COULD YOU REVIEW WHAT THE PROPOSED DEFINITIONS WOULD BE AGAIN? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I DID READ THE PACKET, BUT THAT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S, OPEN SPACE OF A PARTICULAR TYPE OF TWO PARTICULAR TYPES, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY DEFINE W HAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THOSE TERMS ARE KIND OF NEBULOUS.
GUESS THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE DEFINITION, RIGHT? AND IF I MAY SPEAK TO THAT.
FOR PRIVATE SPACE, IT GOES INTO DETAIL ABOUT HOW A PRIVATE SPACE MAY BE PROVIDED TO EACH UNIT OR LOT WITHIN A DEVELOPMENT. I THINK WHAT MIGHT HELP TOO IS ALSO THE CONTEXT FOR THESE TWO TERMS. SO USUALLY WE FIND COMMON SPACE OR COMMON OPEN SPACE AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS, AS WELL AS PRIVATE OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE IN EACH OF IN SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU WILL FIND COMMON OPEN SPACE.
15% OF THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED TO COMMON OPEN SPACE.
AND THEN WE WOULD APPLY WHAT IT'S ASKING FOR BY REFERRING TO THE DEFINITION.
DOES THAT HELP CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION.
YEAH. SO IF YOU READ THE DEFINITION IT'S CLEAR.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.
BUT THE TERM ITSELF IS KIND OF AMBIGUOUS.
OH, SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU THERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT REFERS TO COMMON OPEN SPACE.
AND AGAIN THIS IS BEFORE THE NEW TERMINOLOGY HAS BEEN APPLIED.
COULD YOU EXPAND THAT? MAKE IT LARGER? YES.
LET ME SCROLL OVER TO THAT SLIDE.
BUT AGAIN UNDER MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS, PART OF FLAGSTAFF'S VALUES IS TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE SHARED SPACES, AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME ELEMENT OF OPEN SPACE INTO A DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THIS SECTION OF THAT CODE REFERS TO THAT SPECIFICALLY.
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SO IF WE'RE READING THROUGH THE TABLE HERE, IT'S ASKING FOR THAT SORT OF ELEMENT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO A DEVELOPMENT.BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS EXAMPLE HERE, AS WE'RE READING THROUGH, THE WAY THAT OPEN SPACE IS BEING REFERRED TO GOES FROM COMMON OPEN SPACE, AND THEN IT GIVES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR COMMON OPEN SPACE, AND THEN IT FLITS OVER TO PRIVATE OPEN SPACE, WHICH IN THIS CASE IT VERY WELL IS REFERRING TO PRIVATE OPEN SPACE.
NOTE HERE IT REFERS TO OPEN SPACE.
AND SO THERE'S A LACK OF CONSISTENCY ON HOW THESE TERMS ARE BEING USED.
I'LL PROBABLY STUDY IT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL BEFORE THE SECOND READ.
THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
DO WE STILL HAVE OUR ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MAYOR. SHE HAS RETRACTED HER NEED TO SPEAK.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-58 BY TITLE ONLY.
I MOVE THAT WE CONSIDER AND ADOPT RESOLUTION 2023-58 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-29. SO WE DO HAVE TO TAKE THEM SEPARATELY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE READ SEPARATELY.
I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-58.
AND, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION 2023-58 BY TITLE ONLY.
THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK AND ENTITLED PZ-23-00130 UPDATES TO ZONING CODE-OPEN SPACE TERMINOLOGY.
AND CAN I GET A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-29 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-29 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.
BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT ENTITLED PZ-23-00130.
SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 11 ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2023-59: Intergovernmental Agreement between Coconino County Flood Control District and the City of Flagstaff for License to Use City Property STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2023-59 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2023-59 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No. 2023-59]
ITEM NUMBER 8A CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-59, WHICH IS THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN COCONINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR LICENSE TO USE CITY PROPERTY.GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SCOTT OVERTON, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
COCONINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT REACHED OUT WITH A MUTUAL AID REQUEST TO UTILIZE SOME CITY PROPERTY BEING LOCATED AT THE CINDER LAKE LANDFILL, AND THIS PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS A SMALL SEGMENT OF THE OVERALL LANDFILL FOOTPRINT THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE SOME PIPE STORAGE AND SOME PIPE FABRICATION FOR THE UPCOMING PIPELINE EAST MITIGATION PROJECTS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS REQUEST.
YOU HAVE A FEW EXHIBITS WITHIN YOUR COUNCIL PACKET, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY WE'VE COME TO AGREEMENT WITH COCONINO COUNTY FOR THEM TO UTILIZE THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT INTERFERENCE TO ANY NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES OR OUR LANDFILL OPERATIONS.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
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ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-59 BY TITLE ONLY. I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-59 BY TITLE ONLY.ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN COCONINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF TO ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO USE CITY PROPERTY AT CINDER LAKE LANDFILL FOR A PIPE FABRICATION FACILITY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT? MAYOR I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-59.
THANK YOU. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. OVERTON. DOWN TO B, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ADJUSTMENTS OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
[B. Consideration and Approval of Adjustments of Property Development Standards: Request by Roers Company, applicant for VP66 & Woody Mountain LLC, property owner, to approve adjustments to property development standards for a 100% affordable housing development located at 2292 S Alvan Clark Blvd (APN 112-01-156). STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends the City Council approve the modifications requested as presented, with the following conditions: Before Civil Plan approval, staff will be provided with a revised site plan showing the final location of solar parking canopies, column locations, and layout of parking spaces. A final landscape plan showing the layout of the parking peninsulas and the quantities and locations of landscape material be provided to staff as part of the Civil Plan Set submittal.]
REQUEST BY ROERS COMPANY, APPLICANT FOR VP 66 AND WOODY MOUNTAIN LLC, PROPERTY OWNER, TO APPROVE ADJUSTMENTS TO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR A 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 2292 SOUTH ALVAN CLARK BOULEVARD.HELLO. THIS MEETING IS MOVING REALLY FAST, SO I HAD TO PULL MY PRESENTATION UP.
I'M . ALAXANDRA PUCCIARELLI CURRENT PLANNING MANAGER.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE WOODY MOUNTAIN APARTMENTS ADJUSTMENT OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THIS IS A REQUEST BY ROERS COMPANY TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ADJUSTMENTS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOUR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CITY'S ZONING CODE.
THE FIRST IS A REQUEST TO REDUCE THE DEPTH OF THE REQUIRED JOGS IN THE BUILDING FLOOR PLANS.
THE CODE RIGHT NOW SAYS THAT ANY WALL OF A BUILDING OVER 75FT LONG HAS TO BE BROKEN UP, JOG AT LEAST 20% OF THE HEIGHT OF THAT WALL.
THE NEXT REQUEST IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED GARAGE DOOR RECESS DEPTH FROM 18IN, WHICH IS WHAT CODE REQUIRES TO 12IN.
THE THIRD IS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM WIDTH OF THE PARKING SPACES FROM NINE FEET TO EIGHT AND A HALF.
THIS WOULD ONLY BE APPLIED IN AREAS WHERE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PUT CANOPIES WITH SOLAR PANELS ON THEM, AND THOSE THE COLUMNS THAT SUPPORT THE CANOPIES ARE IMPEDING A LITTLE BIT ON THE WIDTH OF THOSE PARKING SPACES.
AND I CAN GO INTO EACH ONE IN MORE DETAIL AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED AS PART OF THE TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S KIND OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THAT SUBDIVISION.
WE LOOKED AT LIVE TIMBER SKY AND SKY COTTAGES TO THE EAST.
TO THE WEST IS MORE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS PART OF TIMBER SKY.
TO THE NORTH IS THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS YARD.
THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED BY STAFF BACK IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE I HAVE A BEAUTIFULLY COLORED SITE PLAN SHOWING EACH OF THESE BUILDINGS.
THERE ARE THREE STORY BUILDINGS, EXCEPT FOR THE CLUBHOUSE WHICH IS MARKED A ON THIS.
THERE ARE SINGLE STORY GARAGE BUILDINGS OVER ON THE EAST EDGE OF THE PROPERTY.
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SOUTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THAT SORT OF CENTER CIRCULAR PIECE.THIS DEVELOPMENT IS HELPING TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE RECENTLY DID AN AMENDMENT TO THAT AGREEMENT THAT CALLED FOR A MINIMUM OF 190 AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS SERVING PEOPLE WITH EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN A 60% AMI.
AND THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT'S 100% AFFORDABLE UNITS IT CAN TAKE FIVE OR MORE INCENTIVES IN THE ZONING CODE.
RIGHT NOW, ADMINISTRATIVELY, THEY'RE TAKING A PARKING INCENTIVE THAT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, A LANDSCAPE INCENTIVE THAT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF ON SITE LANDSCAPING THEY HAVE TO DO, AND THEN THIS REQUEST FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
OH, WELL, THIS I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF THAT WALLS OVER 75FT AND WANTING TO JOG THEM.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING JOGS THAT VARY BETWEEN 5FT AND 2FT, FIVE INCHES.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING THESE AWNINGS, THESE LITTLE ROOF ELEMENTS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT ARE KIND OF ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE WOULD REQUIRE.
BUT THEY'RE SAYING THAT BECAUSE THOSE PROJECT OUT FROM THE WALL, THAT THEY'RE ADDING SOME OF THIS INTEREST AND THESE SHADOW LINES, THAT IS KIND OF THE INTENT OF WHAT THE CODE WAS TRYING TO DO WHEN IT SAYS, YOU NEED TO BREAK UP THESE LONG WALLS.
THE SECOND BEING TO REDUCE THAT REQUIRED DEPTH OF GARAGE DOORS.
AGAIN, I BELIEVE WHAT THE CODE IS TRYING TO DO IS HAVE THESE SHADOWS AND MAKE THOSE GARAGE DOORS NOT AS PROMINENT BY MAKING THEM FURTHER BACK WITHIN THE WALL.
SO THEY WILL BE RECESSED, JUST NOT AS DEEP AS WHAT CODE IS CURRENTLY REQUIRING.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THEY SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL FOR THESE SOLAR CANOPIES.
THIS CAME IN AFTER THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR APPROVED SITE PLAN.
THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE SOLAR PV PANELS ON OUR PROJECT? SO ALL THESE YELLOW RECTANGLES KIND OF ON TOP OF THE PARKING AREA ARE ALL THESE SOLAR CANOPIES.
SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE SOLAR CANOPIES, THEY HAVE THOSE COLUMNS, THE COLUMNS OUR CODE NOW SAYS YOU HAVE TO MEASURE THE WIDTH OF THE PARKING SPACE FROM THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF ANY COLUMN TO THE CENTER OF THE STRIPES FOR THE PARKING SPACE, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF COMING IN AFTER THE FACT WE DON'T HAVE THAT REQUIRED WIDTH.
I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE UNLIKE THE CANOPIES OUT IN OUR PARKING LOT, YOU COULD SEE THE COLUMNS ARE ALL IN A LINE AND THEY'RE ALL KIND OF MIDPOINT TO FRONT OF CAR AS OPPOSED TO THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE BACK THAT WE TEND TO SCRAPE OUR CARS UP AGAINST AS WE GO IN AND OUT OF THOSE PARKING SPACES.
RIGHT NOW THE CODE SAYS YOU CAN ONLY HAVE EIGHT PARKING SPACES.
THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE WHEN YOU HAVE A SOLAR CANOPY ON TOP.
THE CODE ALLOWS YOU TO GET RID OF THE TREE, AND THEN WHY HAVE THE LANDSCAPE ISLAND IF THERE'S NOTHING PLANTED IN IT? SO LET'S GET RID OF THAT REQUIREMENT, AT LEAST FOR THIS 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO TO APPROVE THESE ADJUSTMENTS, WE HAVE TO MEET THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS.
THERE'S A WHOLE LIST HERE, INCLUDING BEING IN CONFORMANCE WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN, NOT BEING DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC INTEREST, HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE OR WELFARE OF THE CITY ADDING TO PUBLIC GOOD THAT IT WON'T ENDANGER, JEOPARDIZE, OR OTHERWISE CONSTITUTE A HAZARD TO THE PROPERTY OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE VICINITY.
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THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND THE TYPE, QUALITY AND AMENITIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE FOUND IN OTHER MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS.A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION IS REQUIRED AS PART OF THESE REQUESTS, SO THE APPLICANT NOTIFIED ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300FT OF THE PROPERTY.
ALL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN 1000FT.
ALL PERSONS WE KEEP A LIST OF, I DON'T WANT TO CALL THEM PERSONS OF INTEREST, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED WHO SO THEY GET NOTIFIED OF PROJECTS AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCACY AGENCIES.
SO WE WORK WITH OUR COWORKERS IN THE HOUSING SECTION TO GET THAT LIST.
THE APPLICANT ALSO INSTALLED A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS THAT CITY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS.
BUT IN THE INTEREST OF NOT BEING OVERLY REPETITIVE, WE'RE KIND OF DIVIDE AND CONQUER TONIGHT.
ONE IS THAT BEFORE THE SITE PLAN OR SORRY, THE CIVIL PLANS ARE APPROVED, THAT WILL GET THAT REVISED SITE PLAN SHOWING THE FINAL LOCATIONS OF ALL THE SOLAR CANOPIES, THEIR COLUMNS, THE PARKING SPACES, ETCETERA.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE A FINAL LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWING THE LAYOUT OF THE PARKING ISLANDS, HOW THEY GOT ADJUSTED WITH THE CANOPY, SO WANTING TO GET THOSE ITEMS. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
BEFORE WE INVITE THE APPLICANT UP, COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS? THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THE WIDTH OF THE PARKING SPACES, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AVOIDING HITTING THE COLUMNS, BUT HOW? I GUESS IT'S GOING TO CAUSE PEOPLE WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR DOORS TO DING A NEIGHBOR.
I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THOSE CONDITIONS THAT STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT MODIFIED SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF THE CANOPIES AND THE COLUMNS, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN ALSO ASK THEM TO SHOW THE VEHICLE TURNING RADIUS AND HOW PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE SPACE AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED, IN REFERENCE TO THE ACTUAL CAR AND THE CAR DOORS. I THINK THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED WITH THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION YET, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
SO IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, THEN THEY'LL COME BACK TO US OR TO YOU AND THEN US, OR? IT WOULD JUST COME TO STAFF.
THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. OKAY.
OKAY. SO IF WE APPROVE THEM TONIGHT.
AND PLEASE TAKE THIS IN THE SPIRIT THAT IT'S GIVEN.
WHAT ASSURANCES DO WE HAVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MEET YOUR STANDARDS? I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT DOORS TO BE BANGING UP AGAINST COLUMNS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WE'RE AGREEING IF WE PASS THIS, THEN WE'RE GOOD FAITH.
I THINK IF THERE IS A MAJORITY THAT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE COLUMNS, PERHAPS WE INCLUDE ANOTHER CONDITION THAT THOSE COLUMNS ARE NOT THAT WE COULD APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR A NARROWER PARKING SPACE WITH THE CONDITION THAT STAFF REVIEW CAR DOOR SWINGS, TURNING RADIUSES AND ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
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OR BANGING THEIR NEW CARS.AND NOW WE'LL WELCOME THE APPLICANT UP.
HELLO. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I DO. YES.
HELLO, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
LINDSAY SCHUB WITH GAMMAGE AND BURNHAM.
YOU GUYS ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TODAY.
THIS IS. IT IS A HOLIDAY MIRACLE.
SO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AGAIN HERE. WOODY MOUNTAIN APARTMENTS, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ROUTE 66 AND ALVAN CLARK PARKWAY.
I'M HERE WITH GAMMAGE AND BURNHAM, OUR ARCHITECT IS AVAILABLE VIA TEXT IF WE NEED TO TEXT HIM AND OUR CIVIL ENGINEER WLB GROUP WE'VE GOT REPRESENTATIVES HERE AS WELL, BRIAN JOERGER.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, ROERS FOUNDED IN 2012, EMERGING LEADER IN MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN STATED BEFORE THEY DO MARKET RATE AFFORDABLE AND ACTIVE 55 PLUS.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY.
ALAX WALKED YOU THROUGH WHERE THIS PARCEL IS.
I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH TIMBER SKY.
AGAIN AT THAT HARD CORNER IS LIVE AT TIMBER SKY MARKET RATE MULTIFAMILY.
SOUTH OF THAT IS SKY COTTAGES, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT.
OUTLINED IN BLUE IS A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HERE THAT IS BLOCK ONE OF TIMBER SKY PROPER.
HE BELIEVES HIGH TIDES RAISE ALL BOATS.
SO I'M ALLOWED TO SAY ON THE RECORD, ERIC AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST THIS EVENING AND WHERE ERIC IS AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS THE NORTH PORTION OF BLOCK TWO.
THE BALANCE OF TIMBER SKY THAT IS PLATTED IS SINGLE FAMILY MARKET RATE RESIDENTIAL.
BUT AGAIN, AS WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS A FULL DIVERSITY OF HOUSING OPTIONS AT THIS CORNER.
AND FRANKLY, LIKE I SAID AT THE PLANNING CONFERENCE, WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT ON THIS.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE VERY JEALOUS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.
IT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY COOL OPPORTUNITY.
AGAIN, THE ZONING IS HR ON THIS PARCEL.
AGAIN, BLOCK ONE OF TIMBER SKY.
APOLOGIES. THIS EXHIBIT IS OUTDATED, AS YOU KNOW RIGHT TO THE EAST IS NOW ZONED HR AS WELL.
AND THE CORNER HAS BEEN ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.
BUT THE MAP ISN'T UPDATED YET, BUT IT WILL BE SOON.
SO AGAIN, WHY ARE WE HERE? 221 PERMANENT AFFORDABLE UNITS AGAIN IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
VICE MAYOR, YOU DIDN'T THINK WE'D GET OVER 190.
AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE AT 221.
NO CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED ZONING.
THIS CODIFIED SECTION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN FLAGSTAFF, AGAIN, IS AN ENVY OF MANY JURISDICTIONS.
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A PROVISION IN YOUR ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE MODIFICATIONS TO INCENTIVIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU ARE VERY UNIQUE IN THAT YOU HAVE THIS HERE.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE ONLY JURISDICTION THAT HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY.
BUT IN THIS WE CANNOT CHANGE THE ZONING, THE USES, THE DENSITY OR THE BUILDING HEIGHT.
WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY OF THOSE CHANGES.
YOU KNOW THOSE ARE KIND OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WHAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE ZONING, WHAT ALAX WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE FOUR REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE JUST KIND OF MORE OF THE DETAILS.
HE APPARENTLY DOESN'T KNOW I'M PRESENTING RIGHT NOW.
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WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE JOG IN THE BUILDING AND THE NECESSITY TO JOG WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN 75FT THE INTENT OF THAT PROVISION OF THE CODE IS THOSE BIG BUILDINGS ALONG MILTON.RIGHT. IT'S HOW DO WE MAKE BIG BUILDINGS LOOK SMALLER? HOW DO WE VERIFY? HOW DO WE HAVE MORE INTEREST HERE WITH THE SIX BUILDINGS AS WELL AS THE ONE CLUBHOUSE? WE ACHIEVE THE INTENT OF THAT CODE OF INTERESTING ARCHITECTURE.
AGAIN, CENTRALLY LOCATED OPEN SPACE AND SOLAR CARPORTS.
REQUEST THREE AND FOUR ARE SPECIFICALLY TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE SOLAR CARPORTS.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE KIND OF COMPETING INTERESTS OF THE HOUSING CRISIS AND THE SUSTAINABLE GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE ARE WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THOSE TWO. WE HAVE ENERGY EFFICIENT UNITS.
AND AGAIN, JUST AN EXTENSION AND A FULL DIVERSITY OF HOUSING IN TIMBER SKY.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN. THE INTENT IS THAT IF YOU APPROVE THESE, THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING FOR ANY LESS QUALITY OR ESTHETICALLY PLEASING ARCHITECTURE THAN YOU WOULD IN A MARKET RATE PROJECT.
AGAIN. HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE AND YOU SEE OUR SOLAR CARPORTS THAT WE HAVE THERE.
SO REQUEST NUMBER ONE THE BUILDING MASSING STANDARDS.
RIGHT. WE WANT TO PUSH AND PULL.
IN THIS DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS.
THIS PICTURE ILLUSTRATES WHAT ALAX WAS TALKING ABOUT.
NOT ONLY DO WE STILL PUSH AND PULL, JUST NOT AT THE SAME DEPTH THAT'S REQUIRED BY CODE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE PROPOSED SHADING DEVICES. AND AGAIN, OUR SHADING DEVICES THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED BY CODE, WE THINK ADDS IT BREAKS UP THE PLANE INTO SMALLER SECTIONS AND ADDS TO INTERESTING ARCHITECTURE FOR THE BUILDING THERE.
THE RECESSED GARAGE DOORS, AGAIN AS STATED BY ALAX, 18IN IS WHAT'S REQUIRED BY CODE.
AND AGAIN, IT'S THIS CODE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS YOU TO HELP INCENTIVIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX INCHES.
AGAIN, WE'RE COMING FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT FROM STAFF.
AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE A RECESSED GARAGE.
REQUEST NUMBER THREE, THE PARKING STALLS.
SO ONE THING THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S TOTALLY OUT THERE.
OUR ARCHITECT DID PREPARE AN EXHIBIT.
I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, BUT WE WILL SHARE IT WITH ALAX, THAT SHOWS AN SUV FITTING PERFECTLY.
AND AGAIN, THE LOCATION OF THE COLUMNS OR WHERE THE WHEELS ARE, NOT WHERE THE DOORS ARE.
WE OWN AND MANAGE THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM US THAT THE COLUMNS WILL BE BY THE WHEELS, NOT BY THE DOORS, AND AN SUV WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM USING THESE PARKING STALLS EVEN AT EIGHT AND A HALF. PARKING PENINSULAS AGAIN, GETTING BACK TO THOSE TWO GOALS, RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT SUSTAINABILITY AS A GOAL AND WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A GOAL.
AND SO WE DO HAVE TO LOSE A COUPLE OF PARKING PENINSULAS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE SOLAR.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TRADE OFF.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, REQUESTING THAT DEVIATION FROM YOU.
SO IN ORDER TO MEET, IN ORDER TO FIND THAT OR TO APPROVE OR TO MAKE A MOTION OR A SECOND OR VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS MODIFICATION, WE HAVE FINDINGS AGAIN CONSISTENT WITH AND CONFORMS WITH THE GOALS OF THE REGIONAL PLAN.
AGAIN, THE GOALS OF THE REGIONAL PLAN DO SUPPORT A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING OPTIONS.
THE REGIONAL PLAN SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING AND URBAN CONSERVATION CHAPTERS SUPPORT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS FOR HOUSING DIVERSITY STOCK, SO THE DIVERSITY OF HOUSING AGAIN, AND COMMUNITY DESIGN AND STREETSCAPES.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE CONFIGURATION AND THE SITE PLAN, AS APPROVED DOES MEET THOSE GOALS .
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NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE OR WELFARE AND WILL ADD TO THE PERMANENT GOOD.AGAIN, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERUTILIZED PARCEL ZONED HR FOR 221 PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL.
I WOULD ARGUE IT WILL ONLY BE BENEFICIAL TO THE OVERALL GOOD.
AND EVEN IF THE GARAGE DOOR IS RECESSED SIX INCHES LESS, I THINK THE PUBLIC GOOD IS STILL OKAY.
DOES NOT ENDANGER, JEOPARDIZE OR CONSTITUTE A HAZARD TO THE PROPERTY OR IMPROVEMENTS.
AGAIN, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY I BELIEVE IS A BENEFIT AND WILL NOT DETER AT ALL.
CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
THE ARCHITECTURE, I BELIEVE, FITS IN WITH THE BALANCE OF TIMBER SKY AND AGAIN BUILDS OUT THE TIMBER SKY MASTER PLAN WITH A FULL ARRAY AND DIVERSITY OF HOUSING OPTIONS.
YES, WE HAVE THE CENTRALLY LOCATED AND EXPANSIVE PARK PLAYGROUND AREA, LAWN FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE OPEN SPACE, THE DOG RUN AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THE SAME YOU WOULD FIND IN ANY MARKET RATE PROJECT.
IN CONCLUSION, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A ZONE CHANGE.
THIS IS A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.
IT IS PERMITTED AND THE DENSITY IS PERMITTED AT THIS CORNER.
BUILDING HEIGHT IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES AND ENERGY EFFICIENT UNITS FURTHER SUPPORTS THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS, AS WELL AS WITH THE ADDITION OF SOLAR SUPPORTS THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, JUST FOR MY OWN CLARIFICATION FOR THE SOLAR PANELS THAT ARE GOING ON THE PARKING SPACES.
CORRECT. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
CORRECT. OKAY, SO IF I UNDERSTAND SOLAR CORRECTLY, THAT SAVINGS GOES WHERE IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING? WHY ARE YOU PUTTING SOLAR PANELS ON TOP OF THE SPACES? AND WHERE IS THAT ENERGY OR THAT RESOURCE THAT YOU'RE SAVING GOING? COUNCIL MEMBER I DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT QUESTION.
LAND USE QUESTIONS I'M GOOD WITH.
[LAUGHTER] GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
KEVIN STURGEON ROERS COMPANIES, 1325 UTICA AVENUE, SOUTH, SAINT LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA.
AND JUST TO OPINE A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR QUESTION.
SO WE'LL BE KIND OF OVERSEEING OPERATIONS.
THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE DOING IS AN OWNER PAID ALL KIND OF UTILITY STRUCTURE.
SO THE TENANTS ARE JUST KIND OF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RENT.
THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, PAYING AND HAVING THESE MONTHLY UTILITY BILLS.
SO KIND OF WITH THAT STRUCTURE, IT HELPS US WORK WITH SOLAR CONSULTANTS AND DESIGNERS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE INPUT OF ON A MONTHLY BASIS OF THESE SOLAR PANELS.
KIND OF UTILIZING THAT SOLAR STRUCTURE HELPS WITH COMMUNITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, OFFSETTING POTENTIALLY UTILITY BILLS EACH MONTH FROM THE OWNER'S PERSPECTIVE. THE UTILITY BILLS FOR WHO? FROM THE OWNER, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE PAYING ALL OF THE UTILITIES AT THE PROPERTY RATHER THAN PUTTING THAT ON THE TENANTS.
SO. OKAY, SO THE RESOURCES THAT YOU SAVE WITH THE SOLAR IS GOING BACK TO YOU TO PAY UTILITY BILLS? RIGHT. IT'S ESSENTIALLY LOOKED AT AS AT A HIGH LEVEL AS KIND OF A REDUCTION IN UTILITY COSTS BASED ON THE EFFICIENCY OF IT.
OKAY. AND THAT REDUCTION BECAUSE OKAY, SO YOU'RE PAYING ALL THE UTILITIES FOR THOSE THE 221 UNITS.
SO WHEN I MOVE IN ALL I'M DOING IS JUST PAYING YOU MY MONTHLY RENT.
IS THAT CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.
AND YOU'RE PAYING ALL THE BILLS.
THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST TO CLARIFY, ON THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS, I'M ASSUMING THAT A LANDSCAPE ISLAND, WE'D BE PLANTING TREES WE'RE NOT PRESERVING, SO WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF TREES ON THE PROPERTY.IS THAT CORRECT? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS CORRECT.
THIS DOES NOT IMPACT OUR RESOURCE PROTECTION AT ALL.
IT JUST IMPACTS THE SOLAR COVERAGE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT A TREE IN THERE.
SO IT. YES, BUT IT DOES NOT IMPACT RESOURCE.
THANK YOU. AND I AGAIN APPRECIATE JUST THE INNOVATION OF YOUR COMPANY AND ROERS.
SO THANK YOU, KEVIN AND YOUR COMPANY.
AND THANK YOU, LINDSAY AND WALTER AND EVERYBODY.
OKAY. COUNCIL NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
OUR FIRST COMMENTER IS JONATHAN FEGLEY.
DID I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY? YOU DID. WHEW.
[LAUGHTER] SO MY NAME IS JONATHAN FEGLEY.
I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE 300FT OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY.
THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS LIKE FACING THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO TIMBER SKY.
SO I AM CONCERNED OF CONGESTION OF THAT AREA BECAUSE WITH 221 UNITS FACING THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THAT ONE ENTRYWAY FOR TIMBER SKY, I CAN SEE A LOT OF CAR CONGESTION THERE.
AND I'M PRIVILEGED TO LIVE IN TIMBER SKY FOR TWO YEARS, ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW.
I WAS THE THIRD ONE IN, SO IT WAS A PRETTY LONELY OVER THERE.
BUT I DO ENJOY THE DARK SKY OF TIMBER SKY AND THE THEME OF TIMBER SKY.
AND AT NIGHT YOU CAN BARELY WALK WITHOUT A HEADLAMP AND YOU CAN SEE THE MILKY WAY.
WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE NAVAL OBSERVATORY IN LOWELL, SO THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF MINE.
AND THEN ALSO THE ESTHETIC LIKE WHAT I SAW IN THE FLIER, IT KIND OF JUST SEEMED VERY PLAIN, THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDINGS, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY MATCH MY OPINION FROM WHAT I SAW, THE LOOK OF TIMBER SKY.
SO THOSE ARE JUST MY CONCERNS AS BEING A RESIDENT.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS PROJECT JOHN'S MY NEIGHBOR.
WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED ABOUT YOUR CHANGES IN MAY OR ANY OF THAT, AND THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, DESCRIBED TO US WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOMES 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO.
ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES IS THAT THIS IS 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING VERSUS WHAT WE WERE TOLD WOULD BE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CONDOS AND TOWNHOMES NOT APARTMENTS.
WHICH LEADS ME TO ANOTHER THE CORE MATTER THERE.
AND I AM A HUGE SUPPORTER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MULTIPLE USE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I THINK THEY'RE VIBRANT AND LEAD TO A MORE INTERESTING CITY.
BUT THE OVERSIGHT OF DEVELOPERS IN THIS TOWN SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT LACKADAISICAL TO BE KIND.
WE ALSO ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A DOG PARK.
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WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE COMMUNITY GARDENS, PICKLEBALL COURTS ET CETERA.WITHIN TIMBER SKY, THEY'RE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.
AND THE DEVELOPER HAS MOVED ON AND IS OVER CREATING JUNIPER POINT AS WE SPEAK.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT PRETTY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE DOWN THE TREES AND SO FORTH.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY PUSHBACK IF THE DEVELOPERS DON'T DO THESE THINGS.
THERE'S ALSO THE INCREASE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC.
THERE WILL NEED TO BE MORE TRASH TRUCKS.
THEY'RE GOING TO USE DUMPSTERS.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF NOISE ALTOGETHER.
THERE'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WHERE IS EVERYBODY GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL? WHAT ABOUT EXTRA POLICE PRESENCE? INCREASE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES? HAS THERE BEEN AN IMPACT STUDY TO THE DARK SKY COMMUNITY? HAS THERE BEEN AN IMPACT STUDY TO THE ENVIRONMENT, TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, TO THE WALKABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? ALL OF THIS GIVES US THE GENERAL IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS BEING PUSHED THROUGH WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT AND WITHOUT SUFFICIENT STUDY.
SO AT THIS TIME, UNTIL WE ARE ASSURED OF SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE.
YOU KNOW, RIGOROUS I WOULD ASK THAT YOU NOT APPROVE THIS.
ALAX CAN YOU SPEAK TO THESE POINTS ON SPECIFICALLY THE THE DARK SKIES AND THE INGRESS AND EGRESS AND ALSO THE AMENITIES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF TIMBER SKY.
AND ALSO THE TRAFFIC STUDIES DONE FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
YOU MAY HAVE TO REMIND ME OF ALL OF THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN I START RAMBLING.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS PARCEL WAS REZONED AS PART OF THE ENTIRE TIMBER SKY SUBDIVISION.
IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT THOSE IMPACT ANALYZES WERE COMPLETED.
THIS PARCEL HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENVISIONED AS MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THE DENSITY ALLOWED PER THAT ZONING CATEGORY.
SO THOSE IMPACT ANALYZES WOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS ALLOWED ON THAT SITE.
THOSE IMPACT ANALYZES WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR WATER, FOR SEWER, FOR TRAFFIC AND FOR STORMWATER.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS SOME OF THAT.
AS FAR AS DARK SKY AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS, THIS DEVELOPMENT MUST STILL MEET ALL THOSE REGULATIONS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE, MANY BY THE DEVELOPER THEMSELVES OF TIMBER SKY.
SO THEY NOT ONLY HAVE TO MEET THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTDOOR LIGHTING, BUT THE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS PUT UPON THE TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT WILL REMAIN THAT SAME LEVEL OF DARKNESS AND NEEDING THE HEADLAMP.
SO AS FAR AS THE AMENITIES IN TIMBER SKY.
IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS QUESTION, I MAYBE COULD HAVE DONE A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH.
BUT THE DEVELOPER IS STILL REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THOSE AMENITIES.
I FEEL LIKE THEY DID COME IN AND SUBMIT FOR PERMITS TO DO THOSE AMENITIES AND THAT SORT OF COMMON AREA WITH THE PICKLEBALL AND THE COMMUNITY GARDENS AND ETCETERA.
THEY MAY JUST NOT HAVE STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF THEM YET, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE WILL NOT BE, THEY'RE STILL REQUIRED TO DO IT.
SO STAFF WILL HOLD THEM TO THAT AGREEMENT THAT CAME WITH THAT REZONING.
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I WOULD LIKE TO ASK LINDSAY IF SHE COULD SPEAK TO THE AMENITIES IN TIMBER SKY.YEAH, I MAY HAVE DELAYED LONG ENOUGH, [INAUDIBLE] HAD ALL THESE NOTES.
YEAH. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THANK YOU TO JONATHAN AND MARY FOR COMING OUT.
I WILL SAY, AS FAR AS THE NOTICE, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT MANY OF THE HOA MEETINGS.
ALL THE IMPACT STUDIES CONTEMPLATED MORE DENSITY AT THIS CORNER, SO WE'RE NOT WORRIED THERE.
AGAIN, DARK SKIES THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EXCEEDS THE DARK SKIES OBLIGATIONS.
AS FAR AS JUNIPER POINT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER.
AND AS FAR AS THE AMENITIES, YES, THE SITE PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT. I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN BUILDING PERMITS.
BUT AGAIN, I CAN MAKE SURE THAT JONATHAN AND MARY GET IN TOUCH WITH WALTER AND CAN SPEAK TO.
BUT THE AMENITIES ARE THERE IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE AMENITIES.
THE SITE PLAN, I BELIEVE, HAS BEEN APPROVED AND THE BUILDING PERMITS ARE IN.
AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR OUR STAFF WHEN PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR PLANS AND EVERYTHING, HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN AMENITIES AND ALL OF THAT STUFF? WHAT'S THE TIME LIMIT ON THAT? I THINK IT'S HARD TO SAY, LIKE ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S SO MANY PHASES AND SO MANY PARTS.
MY SUPERVISOR IS ON VACATION, SO I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE ROGUE HERE.
I DO SOMETHING THAT I FONDLY CALL HOLDING HOSTAGE.
SO THERE WILL REACH A POINT IN THE DEVELOPMENT WHERE I WILL TELL A DEVELOPER IF I HAVE CONCERNS, I WILL SAY I'M NOT APPROVING ANY MORE CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY UNTIL YOU DO WHAT YOU PROMISED.
SO THE STAFF DOES HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LEVERAGE.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN A DEVELOPER HAS SOLD A HOUSE AND PROMISED SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN MOVE IN ON A CERTAIN DATE, WHEN I TELL THEM YOU HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS, THEY TEND TO MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO THERE MAY NOT BE AN EXACT TIMELINE, LIKE I SAID, BUT WE HOLD THEM TO IT.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. ALAX, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
CAN YOU JUST COVER REAL QUICKLY THE NOTIFICATIONS LIKE TO ONE OF THE SPEAKERS POINTS.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WHEN TIMBER SKY FIRST CAME IN, NO ONE WAS LIVING OUT THERE.
SO WHEN THEY DID THEIR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION IT WAS VACANT LAND, STATE LAND, THE CITY OWNED SOME LAND.
THERE WAS THE WOODY MOUNTAIN CAMPGROUND ON THE CORNER.
IT WAS PROBABLY VERY LIMITED, AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE LIVING THERE, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT. YEAH, IT'S JUST SORT OF A FRUSTRATION IN TIMING THAT THOSE PEOPLE WEREN'T LIVING THERE UNTIL IT GOT APPROVED AND WERE THEREFORE NOT NOTICE IN THAT ORIGINAL REZONE.
WE DID SOMEWHAT RECENTLY UPDATE CODE TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF ANY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CHANGES.
SO THAT USED TO BE THERE WERE NOT REQUIREMENTS TO NOTICE NEIGHBORS WHEN WE DID THOSE CHANGES, SO THAT WHEN WE DID MODIFY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT AND TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AT THIS SITE AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THERE WAS YOU KNOW WE MET THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATION FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
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THANK YOU ON THE COMMENT ABOUT THE DESIGN.I HAVEN'T DRIVEN OUT THERE IN A LITTLE WHILE.
SO HOW DIFFERENT IS THE OUTSIDE ARCHITECTURE LOOK COMPARED TO THE OTHER HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THERE? YEAH. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS GREAT QUESTION.
AGAIN THE ONLY DEVIATIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE DEPTH OF THE GARAGE FROM 12 TO 18.
THE BUILDING JOGS AND AGAIN, WE'RE STILL JOGGING.
BUT WE ALSO ADDED THOSE SHADE STRUCTURES.
AND WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS.
AND THEN THE WIDTH OF THE PARKING STALL AND WHERE THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS.
ALL OF THOSE OTHER ONES HAVE BEEN MET AS WELL AS HOA APPROVAL, SO THEY'VE MET EVERY.
THE ONLY DEVIATIONS WE'RE ASKING FOR ARE THOSE VERY, VERY LIMITED SCOPE.
SO I WOULD SAY THE DESIGN MATCHES AND IS INTENDED TO MATCH THE HIGH QUALITY OF DESIGN IN TIMBER SKY.
AND THE COLOR ISN'T LIKE THE MAIN HOUSES ARE HUNTER GRAY AND THESE ARE SHOCKING PINK OR ANYTHING? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS CORRECT NO SHOCKING COLOR.
OKAY, I SEE THAT WE HAVE AN ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTER AND I'LL TAKE THAT NOW.
SABRINA, I HAVE JUST MADE YOU A PRESENTER.
YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SABRINA, COULD YOU PLEASE UNMUTE AND GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL? SORRY IT WAS DITHERED, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AWARE THAT THIS WAS STATE LAND, AS ALAX HAD MENTIONED, AND IN ACCORDANCE TO THE STATE LANDS PROVISIONS, THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED.
THERE'S STILL WILDLIFE THAT RUNS THAT PARCEL JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE.
THANK YOU. ALAX, CAN YOU SPEAK TO PROVISIONS WHEN STATE LAND IS AUCTIONED? I'LL GIVE YOU MY BASICS THAT THE STATE OFTEN WILL AUCTION OFF PROPERTY.
THERE IS NO STIPULATION THAT THAT LAND CANNOT BE DEVELOPED.
SO. DO YOU WANT TO ADD? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I FEEL LIKE I'M TEACHING MY MASTERS.
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT, BUT IT WAS INVOLVED IN THE STATE LAND.
ALAX IS CORRECT THAT WHEN STATE LAND GOES TO AUCTION, THEY HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE STATE AND THE CITIZENS TO COLLECT HIGHEST AND BEST VALUE. STATE LAND IS NOT CONSERVATION LAND.
IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MISCONCEPTIONS THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLD FOR HIGHEST AND BEST VALUE.
AND ALL THAT MONEY GOES TO SCHOOLS, IRONICALLY AND PRISONS.
SEEMS A LITTLE STRANGE, BUT THAT IS HOW THE WHOLE STATE LAND DEPARTMENT IS SET UP.
EVERYTHING GOES TO PUBLIC AUCTION.
APPRAISAL PROCESS FOR REDEVELOPMENT FOR HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THE PROPERTY NOT FOR CONSERVATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
AND JUST SO YOU CAN STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT LAND WAS PURCHASED FROM THE STATE, IT'S NOT I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION THAT IT WAS STILL STATE LAND.
MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, TO BE HONEST, I THINK IT WAS STATE LAND.
I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AT THAT TIME.
HOWEVER, IF IT WAS STATE LAND AT ONE POINT, I CAN JUST SAY IT WAS, ONCE IT'S AUCTIONED, I CAN TELL YOU ON THE RECORD IT IS OWNED BY VINTAGE PARTNERS, HAS BEEN OWNED BY VINTAGE PARTNERS FOR A LONG TIME AND NOW THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS.
BUT THERE IS NO STATE LAND, BLM LAND OR ANY CONSERVATION LAND AND PART OF TIMBER SKY AT THIS TIME.
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VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.LINDSAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UP.
BUT YOU CONSTRUED MY CHALLENGE TO YOU A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK WE'D GET THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR YOU.
I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY.
LIKE ONE OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, IT'S JUST THAT I'M NOT INCLINED TO TRUST THE WORD OF A DEVELOPER, BUT I'M ECSTATIC THAT IT'S WORKING OUT AND GLAD I COULD HELP TO INCENTIVIZE THE PROCESS.
THIS WON'T BE A ONE OFF CONSIDERATION THAT FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE WANTING TO DO AROUND TOWN.
SO LET'S REALLY PLUG INTO THAT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SOLUTION IS AND GET IT RIGHT.
I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT OUTCOME.
AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE TOPIC.
WE ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS OF NEARBY DEVELOPMENTS.
YOUR CONCERNS ARE TOTALLY LEGITIMATE, AND IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO DISPEL ANY OF THE THE MISCONCEPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND ALSO TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT COME FORWARD THAT FOLKS HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF BEFORE.
AND THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
I REMAIN VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING, I THINK LINDSAY'S RIGHT.
FOLKS AROUND THE STATE AND ELSEWHERE ARE GETTING JEALOUS OF WHAT WE'VE ABLE TO BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE, AND LET'S USE IT AS A LAUNCHING PAD AND KEEP GOING. THESE AMENDMENTS SEEM FAIRLY MINOR TO ME.
THEY SEEM DOABLE. THEY SEEM REASONABLE.
COUNCIL ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I THINK IT'S COME OUT.
BUT JUST TO SAY IT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING SHOULD THIS BE BUILT, SHOULD IT BE BASICALLY BUILT THE WAY IT IS? THAT WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE QUITE A WHILE AGO.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL THAT'S ON THE TABLE TONIGHT.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I WOULD. I WILL MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL AFFIRM THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MODIFICATIONS AS PRESENTED WITH THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANKS. ALL RIGHT, MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 12 A DISCUSSION ITEMS UPDATE ON AGASSIZ RENAMING
[A. Update on Agassiz Renaming Process]
PROCESS. YEAH.MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
ALSO, CITY MANAGER CLIFTON AND THE REST OF CITY LEADERSHIP AND STAFF.
AND FOR ALL RELATIVES LISTENING IN.
MY CLANS ARE [INAUDIBLE] AND COLOCCINI IS MY DAD.
AND ALSO [INAUDIBLE] ARE MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHERS AND [INAUDIBLE] ARE MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHERS [INAUDIBLE] ARE MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHERS.
I THINK I GOT THAT SWITCHED AROUND.
OH, I'M ROSE TOEHE COORDINATOR FOR INDIGENOUS INITIATIVES WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
TODAY I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE THE INDIGENOUS YOUTHS OF FLAGSTAFF.
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THEY HAVE COME BEFORE COUNCIL ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON A JOURNEY THEY EMBARKED UPON.THIS WAS TO RENAME AGASSIZ PEAK WITHIN THE SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS TO ÖO'MAWKI, A NAME RIGHTFULLY GIVEN BY THE HOPI PEOPLE, WHICH MEANS HOME OR PLACE OF THE CLOUDS.
DURING THIS JOURNEY, THEY MET WITH MANY RELATIVES, BOTH INDIGENOUS AND NON-INDIGENOUS, AND GARNERED SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THEY TOOK ON.
AND THIS INCLUDES THE AGASSIZ FAMILY.
UPDATE YOU ON THE PROGRESS AND OUTCOME OF THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.
I WANT TO TAKE PAUSE RIGHT HERE TO SAY THAT I'M SO PROUD OF THEM, ESPECIALLY TODAY WHEN WE REPLANTED AN ELDER O F OUR COMMUNITY THAT IMPACTED THIS COMMUNITY SO MUCH AND AS WELL AS AROUND THE WORLD BY [INAUDIBLE] SENIOR WAS REPLANTED BACK INTO MOTHER EARTH TODAY, AND I THINK HE WOULD BE SO PROUD OF THIS, THE YOUTH HERE TODAY AND MAKING CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I AM TURNING THE TIME OVER TO THEM.
THEY WILL EACH PROVIDE A PORTION OF THE UPDATE.
THE INDIGENOUS YOUTH'S OF FLAGSTAFF.
OH, YOU'RE ALWAYS PART OF EVERYTHING.
SO REAL QUICK, AS MY GRANDMOTHER DEMONSTRATED BEFORE ME, I AM NEAR THE WATER.
MY MOTHER'S FATHER IS THE PEOPLES COMING HOME AND MY FATHER'S FATHER IS.
WAIT. HOLD ON. I GOT THAT WAY WRONG.
EXCUSE ME. AS THE VICE MAYOR EXAMPLE THAT I RETRACT THAT.
MY MOTHER'S FATHER IS RED BOTTOMS PEOPLE.
AND MY FATHER'S FATHER IS THE PEOPLES COMING HOME? OKAY, NOW THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.
I AM MICAIAS [INAUDIBLE] I'M 22 YEARS OLD.
I GO TO SCHOOL AT NAU AND YEAH, IT'S A HUGE DELIGHT.
AND AS WELL AS IT'S SOMETHING I CELEBRATE RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT AS WELL AS THE INDIGENOUS YOUTH WHO HAVE PARTAKEN IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS THAT I THINK HAS TAKEN LIKE THREE YEARS.
LIKE BUT THAT'S HOW LONG I'VE BEEN A PART OF IT.
I KNOW IT'S TAKEN THAT MUCH MORE LONGER.
FIVE YEARS BEFORE ME, WHEN AT FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL, THE NATIVE AMERICAN CLUB THERE PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE SAYING THAT AGASSIZ PEAK NEEDS TO BE RENAMED BECAUSE IT'S NAMED AFTER A EUGENICIST.
SO WHEN THAT PARTICULAR GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, BRINGING THAT UP, THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS PARTICULAR PEAK THAT FLAGSTAFF AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES USES AS AN IMAGE, AS A SYMBOL OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
I'M LIKE, OH, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
LIKE, WE DEFINITELY DO NEED TO ACT UPON IT.
WE HAD THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY FROM THE ACTIONS OF MICHELOZZO, ANOTHER YOUTH WHO WAS A PART OF THAT, WHO WENT INTO THE COMMUNITIES, INTERVIEWED ELDERS AND ASKED THESE QUESTIONS LIKE, WHY IS IT? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PEAK RIGHT HERE? AGASSIZ PEAK. AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, AGASSIZ PEAK, WHAT IS THAT LIKE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
AND THAT WAS REFRESHING BECAUSE THEY ACKNOWLEDGED IT AS THEIR TRADITIONAL NAMES.
THAT'S HOW WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN IT.
HOPI ELDERS SAYING, OH, THAT PARTICULAR PEAK.
THAT'S WHERE THE HOUSE OF THE CLOUDS COME TOGETHER.
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WHEN THEY COME TO FLAGSTAFF THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY CALL IT SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS.FREMONT. THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY EVER LEARN OF THAT.
YOU HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS HERE IN FLAGSTAFF AND OF COURSE, IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WHO ARE CARRYING THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH THEM. LIKE THAT'S ÖO'MAWKI PEAK RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S [INAUDIBLE], THAT'S NOT AGASSIZ, THAT'S NOT HUMPHREYS AND FREMONT.
THAT'S NOT SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS, THAT'S [INAUDIBLE].
BUT ONLY WHEN THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM.
FROM MY COMMUNITY WE RECOGNIZE IT AS FEMALE.
AND IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THIS LIFE THAT PROSPERS AROUND IT THE PLANTS, THE TREES, EVEN THE ROCKS, THE ANIMALS, AND OF COURSE THE PEOPLE.
WE ALL ARE GRAVITATED TOWARDS THIS MOUNTAIN, AND SO DID THE 14 TRIBES THAT CAME BEFORE US.
SO I'VE LEARNED THAT THIS MOUNTAIN IS A MOTHER.
AND WE STAND HERE ON THEIR LEGACY AND WE EXIST BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO WITH THE WHOLE RENAMING OF THIS PEAK FROM AGASSI TO ÖO'MAWKI I'VE LEARNED THAT IT'S BEEN MORE ABOUT RECONCILING WITH THE PAST. IT'S NOT ABOUT ERASING IT AS MUCH AS EASY AS THAT WOULD BE TO ERASE ALL THAT.
I'VE LEARNED THAT IN RECONCILING, IT HELPS US ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HISTORY THAT, OF COURSE, PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE, LIKE MY DAD WOULD SAY, THAT 15 TRIBE THAT CAME IN HERE AND SAID, HEY, THIS PLACE IS MINE NOW.
IT'S ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SHARED HISTORY BECAUSE YEAH, IT'S REALLY UGLY.
IT'S BAD, BUT IT'S ALSO BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S A PART OF WHAT HAS SHAPED OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE GET TO CHOOSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT UGLY HISTORY, THAT PAINFUL HISTORY, AND AS WELL AS ACKNOWLEDGE, LIKE, HEY, WE'VE GROWN AND WE'RE TAKING THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT ACCOUNTABILITY THAT COMES WITH LEADERSHIP, THAT COMES WITH SAYING THIS IS A SYMBOL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THE WHOLE RENAMING, AS WE WERE PUTTING IN THE PAPERWORK THAT WENT TO THE NATIONAL BOARD AND THEY POINTED US TO THE ARIZONA STATE BOARD, WE PRESENTED THAT TO THEM, SAYING THAT THIS PLACE IS SACRED, NOT BECAUSE IT'S A PHILOSOPHICAL PLACE WHERE WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE? BUT BECAUSE WE'VE EXPERIENCED IT NOT JUST SPIRITUALLY, NOT JUST BECAUSE I SAY SO, BUT BECAUSE WE SHARED IT WITH PEOPLE.
THEY CONTINUE TO COME HERE, PLANT THEIR ROOTS HERE, AND CALL THIS PLACE HOME.
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AFTER THIS PLACE AND WE WANT TO HONOR THAT.
HENCE WHY WE'RE CALLING IT ÖO'MAWKI HOUSE OF THE CLOUDS.
THEY GET TO BE A PART OF IT, A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY, A PART OF THAT IDENTITY.
WE CALL OURSELVES INDIGENOUS YOUTH OF FLAGSTAFF BECAUSE THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE FIND BELONGING.
HE SAW THAT, AND IT RECOGNIZED THAT.
THE WHOLE REASON WHY THAT NAME CHANGE HAPPENED AS FAST AS IT DID IS BECAUSE OF THAT ELDER.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE GROUNDWORK THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE DID AND THE WAY WE FRAMED IT.
AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.
NOW I'M GOING TO LET THESE YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAK, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME SPEAK ALL DAY.
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THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO.BUT WE LAID IT DOWN IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE TRULY HONOR THE PEOPLES WHO ARE INDIGENOUS AND THE PEOPLES WHO LAID DOWN THEIR ROOTS HERE.
THANK YOU, MICAIAS. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
AGAIN, TO REITERATE, AS I SHARED BEFORE, I'M AN ASPIRING EDUCATOR.
I WILL GRADUATE HOPEFULLY THIS UPCOMING MAY.
TEACHING IN OUR VERY OWN FUSD SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THIS PAST YEAR, ALONGSIDE THE YOUTH HERE, INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON OUR STUDIES, I'VE BEEN IN THE STREETS WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND INDIGENOUS RELATIVES GASPING FOR AIR.
SNOWBOWL HAS CONTINUED TO EXPLOIT SACRED NATIVE LAND AND THE FIRST PEOPLE ARE BEING CRIMINALIZED.
YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SERVICE MEANS PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND AS A COLLECTIVE, WE WANT TO FEEL SERVED FOR OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND US.
AT LARGE. YOU KNOW, I GOT INTO EDUCATION BECAUSE OF MY FAITH AND TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
AND AS MICAIAS STATED, THE NEXT GENERATION IS HERE TODAY.
AND LET US HEAR FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE SEEN THIS FORM OF COLONIALISM IN FRONT OF THEM IN THE FORM OF EDUCATION TO THE MOUNTAINS TO SNOWBOWL TO SO MUCH TO AGASSIZ.
AND SO I PASS THAT ON TO THE INDIGENOUS AMBASSADOR OF FLAG HIGH.
OH LANGUAGE] FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL I AM THE INDIGENOUS AMBASSADOR REPRESENTING FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL.
I AM SALT PEOPLE CLAN BORN FOR THE RED HOUSE PEOPLE CLAN.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM TOLANI LAKE, ARIZONA.
SO ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, THE NATIVE AMERICAN SPONSOR AT FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL.
SORRY FOR SAYING DARRELL, BUT MICIAS MARKS, WHO IS MR. MARKS' SON.
DAKOTA HUNTER, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT AT COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL AND MYSELF, ATTENDED TO A MEETING ABOUT TO THE NATIONAL BOARD OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES.
THEY APPROVED THE NAME, CHANGING THE NAME OF AGASSIZ PEAKS TO A HOPI NAME CALLED ÖO'MAWKI, WHICH YOU GUYS ALREADY HEARD, WHICH MEANS HOUSE OF THE CLOUDS.
I THINK YOU MAY WONDER WHY IT'S NAMED AFTER HOPI AND NOT NAVAJO, APACHE, HAVASUPAI OR WALAPAI OR ANY OTHER TRIBES THAT RESIDE TO THAT MOUNTAIN THAT CALL THAT MOUNTAIN SACRED.
HOPI IS ONE OF THE OLDEST NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IN ARIZONA.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY HERE BEFORE US, NAVAJOS AND OTHER TRIBES.
AND I LIKE TO THINK OF IT LIKE, AS OUR ANCESTORS FROM A LONG TIME AGO.
SO TO GIVE THEM THAT RESPECT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
WE ALL AGREED AS TRIBES TO NAME IT AFTER HOPI AND CALL IT ÖO'MAWKI.
AGASSIZ IS KNOWN FOR A PROMINENT SUPPORTER OF RACIAL SEGREGATION AND WHITE SUPREMACY.
AGASSIZ PEAK IS KNOWN AS THE SECOND HIGHEST PEAK IN ARIZONA.
IN NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE IT'S KNOWN FOR US AS SACRED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NAVAJO CULTURE.
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IT'S A PLACE KNOWN AS TO PROVIDE US WITH FOOD, WATER, AND MEDICINE AND ALL LIVING ESSENTIAL NEEDS.THESE [INAUDIBLE] IS A PART OF OUR CREATION STORY KNOWN AS [INAUDIBLE].
SO IN NAVAJO WE HAVE FOUR WORLDS.
WE HAVE THE BLACK WORLD, WHICH IS OUR FIRST WORLD, THE SECOND WORLD, THE BLUE WORLD, THE THIRD WORLD, THE YELLOW WORLD, WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE] THE FOURTH WORLD, WE CALL IT THE GLITTERING WORLD WHERE WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE THE HOLY PEOPLE THAT WERE TOLD TO US THAT LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THEY'RE CALLED THE YELLOW EVENING BOY AND GIRL.
ABALONE SHELL BOY AND GIRL, YELLOW CORN, BOY AND GIRL.
ALL KINDS OF YELLOW BIRDS AND MIXTURE OF WATER AND PLANTS.
YELLOW WIND WAS MADE TO GIVE LIFE TO THE MOUNTAIN.
THE WESTERN MOUNTAIN, THE SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS, REPRESENTS ENA, WHICH MEANS LIFE.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO LISTEN TO ME.
LANGUAGE] FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL I'M ALTHEA [INAUDIBLE]. I'M CURRENTLY 17 YEARS OLD AND I'M A SENIOR AT FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL, AND I TAKE THE ROLE AS FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL'S NATIVE AMERICAN CLUB PRESIDENT.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO START OFF MY SPEECH WITH.
IN MY TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE OF DENE, WE CALL IT IT IS WHAT OUR PRAYERS, OUR SONGS, AND OUR CREATION STORIES CALL IT.
NAVAJO AREN'T THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HOLD SACREDNESS TO THIS MOUNTAIN.
THERE ARE 12 OTHER TRIBES OR LOCAL TRIBES THAT DEEM THIS MOUNTAIN AS HOLY.
THIS CAN INCLUDE HOPI, HAVASUPAI, YAVAPAI, MOAB, ZUNI, ACOMA, HUALAPAI, PAIUTE, AND MULTIPLE BANDS OF APACHE, ALL OF WHICH HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL SACREDNESS AND INDIVIDUALITY OF EACH OF THEIR CREATION STORIES.
SORRY. HAVING THE MOUNTAIN CALLED SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE SACREDNESS TO IT NOT ONLY IS DISREGARDING THEIR OWN IMPORTANCE TO IT, BUT IT'S DISREGARDING OUR OWN CULTURE AND OUR IMPORTANCE TO IT.
AS AN INDIGENOUS YOUTH IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO BRING THIS ISSUE TO YOUR ATTENTION, IN ORDER TO SHOW THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT ONLY AFFECTING OUR CURRENT GENERATION, BUT OUR FUTURE GENERATION AS WELL.
FOR THE RECENT RENAME, OR, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR THE RECENT RENAME OF AGASSIZ PEAK TWO ÖO'MAWKI AND THE STUDENT LED GROUP THAT FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO ATTENTION, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES MR. MARK'S SON AND OTHER STUDENTS THAT I'M ABLE TO LOOK UP TO, WITH THE TOPIC OF CHANGING THE WHOLE SAN FRANCISCO PEAK TO SOMETHING THAT WILL MATCH OUR TRADITIONAL CULTURES, WILL FURTHER SHOW THE INCLUSIVITY THAT'S WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
LANGUAGE] COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I AM REPRESENTING COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL'S NATIVE AMERICAN CLUB.
I AM THE SECRETARY THERE AND IT MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY THAT WE ARE PART OF A LEGACY, AND WE ARE CONTINUING EDUCATION ABOUT COLONIALISM AND HOW WE ARE WILLING TO CHANGE IT, NOT FORGET IT, BUT JUST CHANGE IT FOR THE BETTER.
I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING FROM MY COLLEGE ESSAY.
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JUST TO LEAVE YOU GUYS HERE WITH LIKE SOME EDUCATION.AS A NATIVE AMERICAN, MY NAVAJO LANGUAGE IS [INAUDIBLE].
THAT'S ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT MY CULTURE BEING SELF ORIENTED.
[INAUDIBLE] WHICH DESCRIBES A PLACE, MEANS THE MEADOW BETWEEN THE ROCK.
THIS TRANSLATES TO WHAT MY ANCESTORS SAW AND HOW THEY INTERPRETED THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
MY LANGUAGE IS OLDER THAN THE UNITED STATES AND IT'S SOMETHING EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT INDIGENOUS YOUTH AND INDIGENOUS ADVOCACY.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] SO NOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL, FROM BEING REMINDED OF THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF THE SEEDS THAT WE PLANTED HERE SO THAT IT CONTINUES TO TAKE CARE OF US, OUR COMMUNITY, AND AS WELL AS THOSE WHO COME AFTER US TO UNDERSTANDING LIKE, WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S SACRED.
WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP TO THAT SACREDNESS, AND AS WELL AS WHAT IT MEANS TO BRING THAT INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND SEEING HOW IT CONTINUES TO FLOURISH WITHIN SCHOOLS LIKE FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL, COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL AND HOW BECAUSE OF THAT DIRECTION OF INCLUSIVITY IT GIVES US THE STRENGTH TO COME TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY WHEN WE NEED IT MOST, AS WE'VE HAD BEEN LISTENING ALL NIGHT.
WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A ROUNDABOUT THAT MAY LAST FOR HOURS, OR TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND AS WELL AS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS THE SUN SETS, WE CAN SEE THAT THE MOUNTAIN TURNS YELLOW.
WE SEE IT WITH THE PLANTS, THE ANIMALS.
THAT'S WHAT GIVES US LIFE IS THAT CONNECTION.
THIS IS MY MOM, AND SHE'S RIGHT THERE.
HIS WORK IS IN HERE SOMEWHERE.
THIS IS MY GRANDPARENTS ON MY MOM'S SIDE AND MY DAD'S SIDE.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.
THAT'S WHAT GIVES US OUR IDENTITY, AND THAT'S WHAT GIVES OUR COMMUNITY ITS IDENTITY.
SO WITH THIS WHOLE RENAMING OF FROM, I WOULDN'T SAY RENAMING, THIS WHOLE RESTORATION OF ÖO'MAWKI BACK TO THIS PEAK IS THAT INVITATION FOR HEALING, FOR THAT INVITATION OF GROWTH AND THAT INVITATION FOR COMMUNITY.
BUT AGAIN, AS THE YOUTH SAID, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS TIME TO MAKE THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
AND AS WELL AS ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT WE CARRY IN OUR HEARTS, THAT SACREDNESS.
THAT WAS VERY MOVING AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO MOVING THIS ALONG, AND THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK TO PREPARE YOUR COMMENTS AND COME BEFORE US AND TELL US WHAT THIS REMEMBERING MEANS TO EACH OF YOU.
THANK YOU. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
OH. WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF C'S.
LOTS OF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS TO YOU.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND SHARING THIS AMAZING NEWS AND THIS UPDATE WITH US.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A CONCEPT THAT COMES FROM MY PEOPLE, WHICH IS THE IDEA OF SANKOFA.
IF YOU'VE NOT HEARD THAT PHRASE, PLEASE LOOK IT UP.
IT'S REPRESENTED BY A CRANE OR A BIRD THAT'S LOOKING BACKWARDS WITH AN EGG ON ITS BACK.
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AND THAT EGG REPRESENTS THE FUTURE.THE BIRD IS FLYING INTO OUR PRESENT WHILE LOOKING BACK AT THE PAST AND RECOGNIZING ALL.
IT'S A CYCLE, AND IT'S ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
TO ME, THIS PROCESS IS BEAUTIFULLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT CONCEPT.
AND I WROTE DOWN AS I WAS LISTENING TO EACH OF YOU, FIRST OF ALL, JUST THE LOVELY WORDS THAT I LOVED MICAIS AS YOU SAID OF IT NOT BEING ABOUT ERASING HISTORY, BUT RECONCILING IT.
TO ME YOU ALL ARE THE EGG ON THE BIRD'S BACK.
YOU ALL ARE REPRESENTING THAT BEAUTIFUL FUTURE THAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN WE LOOK BACK AND BEGIN THAT WORK OF RECONCILING OUR PAST AND MOVING IT INTO A POSITIVE FUTURE FOR ALL PEOPLE, THAT'S INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGING AND RECOGNIZING OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FIX AND THE THINGS THAT WE CAN MAKE BETTER.
THAT CHANGE IS IN EFFECT FOR US.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK AND THANK YOU FOR I THINK WHAT WE ALL KNOW IS THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OF IMPORTANCE AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK OF MOVING FROM SIMPLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT INTO ACTION AND FROM ACTION INTO CHANGE.
I'M GETTING SO WRAPPED UP, I'M FORGETTING THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE FACILITATING THIS MEETING.
I HAVE FELT LIKE A EXPECTANT GRANDMOTHER WHEN I GOT THE NEWS AT OUR INDIGENOUS COMMISSION THAT THIS MISSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED, AND IT TOOK THE ENERGY AND PERSEVERANCE OF OUR INDIGENOUS YOUTH TO MAKE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OR RESTORATION BACK TO A NATIVE NAME.
I'M JUST EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET SO WRAPPED UP IN GOVERNMENT WORK THAT WE JUST FEEL THAT THINGS ARE SO IMPOSSIBLE TO EVER ACCOMPLISH.
AND MAN, WHEN I HEARD THIS, I JUST IT WAS SO EXCITING.
AND SO I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU ALL CAME AND SHARED WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU.
AND IT IS JUST A FRESH, HEALING BEGINNING TO KNOW THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO HONOR HERITAGE AND PAST.
GOSH, YOU'RE OUR GENERATION TO PAVE THE WAY TO MAKE A CHANGE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND OFFERING US, I'M PRETTY SURE IN THE ROOM, EVERYONE HOPE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. AND YOUR ACTIONS DON'T JUST STAY HERE.
YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR EVERYBODY IN IN THE WORLD, HONESTLY.
AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS WILL RIPPLE INTO POSITIVE CHANGE.
AND JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR USING YOUR VOICE AND BEING PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING.
I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING YOU'VE CHANGED SOMETHING AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK.
I JUST SIMPLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST TOO LITTLE.
BUT YOU DEFINITELY HAVE ALL OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.
AND SO YOU ARE DEFINITELY ONE OR ONES OR PEOPLE THAT OTHERS SHOULD FOLLOW OTHER YOUTH.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ENGAGE.
THIS IS JUST YOUR FIRST BATTLE.
AND SO NEVER GIVE UP THE STRUGGLE.
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VICE MAYOR.HOW DO YOU SAY THAT [INAUDIBLE].
ALMOST HAD IT. [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD.
IT TOOK ME A LOT OF TRIES TO TRY TO SAY IT SO.
WELL. THANK YOU. VERY KIND OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSPIRATION.
I'VE SPOKEN MUCH ON THIS TOPIC IN THE PAST.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED TO REPEAT MY THOUGHTS AND SENTIMENTS.
JUST SIT UP HERE IN GRATITUDE AND H OPE FOR OUR FUTURE.
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT.
PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THREE OPEN COUNCIL SEATS EVERY TWO YEARS.
MINIMUM AGE FOR APPLYING IS 18, I BELIEVE.
AND YOU WOULD GO TO THAT LADY RIGHT THERE WITH ALL THE COMPUTERS IN FRONT OF HER.
STACEY SALTZBURG TO PULL PAPERS.
WE NEED REPRESENTATION FROM OUR INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS AND WE NEED REPRESENTATION FROM OUR YOUTH UP HERE ON THIS DAIS. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO RUN.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
AND ROSE, YOU'RE SO LUCKY THAT YOU GET TO WORK WITH THESE INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME COMING TO SPEAK TO US THIS EVENING.
[APPLAUSE] MY GRANDMA MADE IT A POINT TO REMIND ME OF THIS.
IN THE PRACTICE OF BEING HUMBLE AND HAVING HUMILITY AS I THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE EFFORTS AND AS WELL AS THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'VE YOU'VE CARRIED INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW EVERY TIME I SEE YOU GUYS, LIKE EVEN IN PUBLIC, IT'S ALWAYS A NICE AND PLEASANT SURPRISE BECAUSE I'M LIKE, OH YEAH, YOU KNOW, I FIGURE I'M A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY TOO, A PART OF THIS CITY.
I WANT TO AS WELL AS THANK MY ELDERS, MY GRANDMA, THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION, AND AS WELL AS THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE AND THE COUNTLESS INDIGENOUS YOUTH WHO PUT THEIR ENERGY AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR HEART INTO THIS, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND TO SHARE THE SPACE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I KNOW, I FEEL THAT LOVE AND I FEEL THAT APPRECIATION TO BE IN THIS SPACE.
SO. I GUESS YOU COULD PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
MICIAS. THANK YOU, MR. MARKS. OKAY.
[A. Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.): A request by Councilmember Matthews to place on a future agenda a discussion to consider designating the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples Day for the city. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Council direction. ]
ITEM NUMBER 13, A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS.A REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS TO PLACE ON A FUTURE AGENDA A DISCUSSION TO CONSIDER DESIGNATING THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY FOR THE CITY.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL.
AS MENTIONED IN A RECENT RETREAT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO START TAKING EFFORTS DURING THESE INTRODUCTIONS OF THESE FARE ITEMS TO GAIN CLARITY SO WE KNOW HOW TO BEST INFORM THE ENSUING DISCUSSION WHEN IT DOES COME BACK.
THANK YOU FOR ADVANCING THE FARE ITEM.
THE QUESTION FOR YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, AS WE LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.
WE WOULD LIKE CLARITY AS TO THE EXTENT OF THAT DESIGNATION.
IS THE VISION HERE THAT THIS WOULD BE A CITY HOLIDAY TO BE CELEBRATED? WE TAKE NOTE THAT THERE ARE SOME JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THAT STILL HONOR
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COLUMBUS DAY AS A HOLIDAY.IS THE IDEA HERE THAT THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER WOULD BE AN OFFICIAL CITY HOLIDAY? AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ADVANCE THIS QUESTION TO YOU.
YES, I BELIEVE, AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT TO TRULY HONOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, THAT WE TAKE IT AS OFFICIAL HOLIDAY TO WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE TIME OFF TO REFLECT AND APPRECIATE JUST THE CULTURE THAT WE LIVE AND OCCUPY IN THESE LANDS. AND SO TO MAKE THAT SIGNIFICANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT WOULD BE AN OFFICIAL CITY HOLIDAY.
THANK YOU. SO FOR THE RECORD, I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS A UNANIMOUS THUMBS UP FROM THE COUNCIL FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.
MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 14, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
I DO NOT SEE ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
[15. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TO/FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND STAFF, AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS]
LET'S START DOWN HERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEW'S.DON'T HAVE ANY MORE AT THIS TIME.
I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND JUST THANK EVERYONE THAT REACHED OUT TO ME DURING OUR FAMILY I SSUE. THAT'S ALL I CAN COME UP WITH RIGHT NOW.
I'M GOOD. I JUST WANT TO MENTION TO THE OTHER SUN'S FAN IN THE AUDIENCE.
NOTHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR.
SHE WANTS IT ON THE RECORD THAT SHE MADE HARD EYE CONTACT WITH ME AND I DIDN'T CALL ON HER FIRST. SO CAN YOU LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT? THANK YOU. LAST EVENING, FLAGSTAFF PRIDE HOSTED A REALLY TOUCHING EVENING.
IT WAS A TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, WHERE WE READ THE NAMES AND STORIES OF TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO WERE KILLED IN 2023.
AND IT WAS JUST REALLY A LOVELY, LOVELY EVENT.
AND I WAS HONORED THAT THAT I WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
I CALLED ON COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, DIDN'T I? OKAY, I THINK I GOT ALL EMOTIONAL.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.