Feb 06, 2024 City Council Meeting

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE.

WOULD YOU READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT? YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

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

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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

THESE LANDS STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS.

WATER 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.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA FOR A CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS]

THESE ARE MINUTES FROM SEVERAL PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS.

COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL OF THE MINUTES LISTED UNDER ITEM FOUR A ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

[5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Public Participation enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the prepared agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end. If you wish to address the Council at today'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.]

THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THERE IS A CLOCK RIGHT HERE DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

COUNCIL CANNOT ASK YOU QUESTIONS OR HAVE ANY BACK AND FORTH.

WE JUST LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENTS.

SO FIRST UP WE HAVE DAN FOLK.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO DO SOME EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION OF A COUPLE OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM TWO OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO FIRST IS MICHELLE MCNULTY, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR.

SHE'S SITTING HERE IN THE SECOND ROW.

AND IN OCTOBER, MICHELLE FINISHED HER CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGER PROGRAM AT ASU.

AND SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THE BOB RAMSEY EXECUTIVE EDUCATION BRANCH OF ASU OFFERS THE CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGER PROGRAM.

IT REQUIRES FIVE FIVE WEEK COURSES, SO IT'S QUITE A COMMITMENT, WHICH COMES UP TO ABOUT 240 HOURS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE THE PROGRAM.

THE EMPHASIS SOME OF THE CORE COMPETENCIES THAT ARE TAUGHT IN THE CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGER ARE PERSONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL INTEGRITY, MANAGING WORK, DEVELOPING STAFF, SYSTEMATIC INTEGRATION, CHANGE LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE FOCUS.

AND SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE MICHELLE FOR COMPLETING THAT PROGRAM.

WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WHEN YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE FOR CPM, THEY LIST THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

AND SO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF HAS HAD 18 PEOPLE COMPLETED.

MICHELLE IS THE 19TH.

AND SO WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE MICHELLE FOR THAT.

AND I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST SHARE SOME OF THE OTHER CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS WITHIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE PROGRAM AS WELL, INCLUDE CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER CHRISTINE CAMERON, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL AMY TRESSLER, DEPUTY HOUSING DIRECTOR JUSTINE ACOSTA.

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OUR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER, JAMES BOYER, COMPLETED IT.

I WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM MYSELF.

OUR HOUSING DIRECTOR, SARAH DERR, AND THEN A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO'VE RETIRED.

SO WE HAVE GREAT REPRESENTATION IN THAT PROGRAM.

AND THEN THE SECOND RECOGNITION I WANT TO GIVE IS TO OUR SENIOR PLANNER, BEN MEJIA.

BEN IS SITTING BACK THERE IN THE BACK ROW THERE.

SO BEN IS NOW A MEMBER OF ACP, THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS.

AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT MILESTONE AS A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER.

IN ORDER TO TAKE THE EXAM, THEY'VE KIND OF SWITCHED IT.

YOU CAN TAKE THE EXAM NOW AND THEN.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE TO THEN BE, ACCEPTED AS AN ACP PROFESSIONAL.

AND SO BEN HAS COMPLETED THAT.

HE'S A FULL BLOWN ACP.

ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT BEING A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED PLANNER IS YOU'RE SUBJECT TO A CODE OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, AND IT GETS UPDATED EVERY FEW YEARS.

I PRINTED IT OUT TODAY.

IT'S RATHER THICK.

AND SO THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS WE STRIVE TO MEET THE CODE OF CONDUCT, THE ETHICS.

THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST, WHICH CAN BE DIFFICULT AS THE PUBLIC INTEREST CHANGES AND MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COMMIT AS PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS IS A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY YOU WORK IN, A COMMITMENT TO YOUR EMPLOYER OR CLIENTS, AND THEN A COMMITMENT TO YOURSELF AND YOUR COLLEAGUES.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BEN.

I'LL JUST ALSO MENTION, TO MAINTAIN YOUR CERTIFICATION, YOU NEED TO DO 32 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS EVERY TWO YEARS, MR. FAULK. YEAH. YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP.

I JUST WANT TO. CAN I GET TEN MORE SECONDS, YOUR HONOR? ALL RIGHT. TEN MORE SECONDS.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE GET TRAINING IN LAW ETHICS EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY RESILIENCE.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S AWESOME.

THANK YOU. DENNIS GIVENS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF, CITIZENS.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MAY HICKS HOUSE AND HOW WE SHOULD SAVE IT.

A HISTORIC PRESERVATIONIST CAME AND TALKED TO ME AND WAS SAYING HOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAVE THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY, BECAUSE IT REALLY GIVES A SENSE OF OUR PAST AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME.

AND ALSO, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE THIS FLAG, AND IT WAS CREATED IN THAT HOUSE, I BELIEVE.

SO WE SHOULD DEFINITELY SAVE IT.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD A PARKING LOT FOR SOME UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING.

OR MAYBE IT'S AFFORDABLE. I DON'T REALLY KNOW AND THEY WANT TO MOVE IN.

I KNOW THAT CAN BE QUITE EXPENSIVE.

SO I WAS THINKING THAT WE SHOULD MAKE IT A HISTORICAL SPOT.

SO WE SAVE IT AND THEN MAYBE BUILD A PARKING LOT FURTHER DOWN PHOENIX AVENUE.

WHERE? ACROSS THE STREET FROM PIZZA.

I KNOW THEY'RE EXPANDING IT.

OH, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE BUS DEPOT AS WELL.

I THINK THEY SHOULD, DEFINITELY EXPAND THE PARKING LOT, BUT THEY SHOULD BUILD A STRUCTURE THAT HAS MORE PARKING LOTS.

MAYBE THEY COULD BUILD IT UNDERGROUND A LITTLE BIT.

BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF CITIZENS DON'T LIKE THESE TALL BUILDINGS, AND WE SHOULD CHARGE TOURISTS FOR SURE.

BUT I THINK IF YOU LIVED HERE FOR 4 OR 5 YEARS, MAYBE YOU COULD GET FREE PARKING.

AND THAT WAY MORE CITIZENS WILL GO DOWNTOWN AND SPEND THEIR MONEY, AND THEN THE CITY CAN MAKE MONEY OFF THE SALES TAX THAT THEY CHARGE FOR THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND YEAH, I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S A REALLY BAD PARKING PROBLEM IN THE SOUTH SIDE ESPECIALLY.

AND I THINK IF WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, WE CAN BRING MORE REVENUE TO THE CITY.

AND ALSO WE CAN REALLY HAVE THE LOCALS GO DOWN TO DOWNTOWN AND SPEND MORE MONEY.

ALSO. OH, YEAH.

YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE A VENDING MACHINE FOR THE CITIZENS, BECAUSE THESE MEETINGS ARE REALLY LONG AND WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME FUEL FOR OUR BRAINS.

AND. YEAH.

THANKS A LOT FOR HAVING ME HERE.

AND IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO WATCH ALL OF YOU GUYS DO WORK AND YOU ALL DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

JENNIFER MICKELSON.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER MICHAELSON.

I'M THE HOUSING PLANNING MANAGER.

THAT'S OKAY. MICHAELSON.

I'M THE HOUSING PLANNING MANAGER HERE WITH THE CITY IN THE HOUSING SECTION.

I JUST HAD SOME GOOD NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.

IT'S VERY BRIEF, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE IT HERE WITH YOU AND THE PUBLIC.

LAST FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, WE PUBLISHED A NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR THE RENTAL INCENTIVE BOND PROGRAM.

THAT WAS A PROGRAM YOU ADOPTED LAST NOVEMBER.

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LET'S SEE. THIS IS THE FIRST BOND FUNDED PROGRAM TO BE LAUNCHED, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE REACHED THIS POINT.

APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING WILL BE DUE BY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH BY 4:00 PM.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. JENNIFER.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO SIX PROCLAMATIONS.

[A. Proclamation: Love of Reading Month]

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR LOVE OF READING MONTH AND A PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

SO, COUNCIL, IF YOU JOIN ME DOWN HERE.

DON'T YOU WANT TO BE FIRST? I'M SORRY.

WHICH ONE FIRST? LOVE OF READING.

THANK YOU. SEAN.

YOU CAN. EVERYONE'S ALWAYS VERY EAGER TO GET UP HERE.

AND. STAND WHILE WE READ PROCLAMATIONS.

AND WHEN I'M THROUGH, I'LL ASK YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AFTER WE TAKE A PHOTO.

THE CITIZENS OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, STAND FIRMLY COMMITTED TO PROMOTING READING AS THE CATALYST FOR OUR STUDENTS FUTURE ACADEMIC SUCCESS, THEIR PREPARATION FOR AMERICA'S JOBS OF THE FUTURE, AND THEIR ABILITY TO COMPETE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY.

OUR SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES HAVE PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP IN THE AREA OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

INVOLVEMENT IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH, GROUNDED IN THE PRINCIPLE THAT EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS IS KEY TO, IS KEY TO THE COMMUNITY'S WELL-BEING AND LONG TERM QUALITY OF LIFE.

IMPORTANT EVENTS LIKE LOVE OF READING MONTH PROMOTE CHILDREN'S LITERACY AND THE LOVE OF READING BY COMMUNICATING TO ALL AGE GROUPS THAT READING IS FUN, EXCITING AND ESSENTIAL. COMMUNITY WIDE ENGAGEMENT AND PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR CHILDREN THE BEST READERS IN THE WORLD.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2024 AS LOVE OF READING MONTH THROUGHOUT FLAGSTAFF AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS, YOUNG AND OLD, TO CELEBRATE AND ENCOURAGE THE PRACTICE AND JOY OF READING.

YEAH. THERE WE GO.

OKAY. PRAY.

YOU'D LIKE TO SAY IT FOR US.

SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY NAME IS NICK CLEMENT AND I HAVE THE HONOR TO BE THE ERNEST MCFARLAND CITIZENS CHAIR IN EDUCATION AT NYU. ERNEST MCFARLAND WAS THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA THAT INTRODUCED THE GI BILL.

SO IN HIS HONOR, THE FAMILY ENDOWED A POSITION, TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO SCHOOLS SO THAT I'M.

I LIVE IN TUCSON, BUT I HAVE THIS APPOINTMENT, THAT ALLOWS ME TO DO SERVICE TO SCHOOLS.

I WAS RETIRED AS A SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.

AND, IN HONOR OF A LOVE OF READING, THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF NYU, MY FOUNDATION IS GOING TO DONATE A READING VENDING MACHINE TO KINZIE ELEMENTARY, AND MONEY TO STOCK IT WITH BOOKS AND A READING VENDING MACHINE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE, KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.

YOU GET A GOLD COIN? THE SCHOOLS CAN USE IT FOR INCENTIVES.

COULD BE THEIR BIRTHDAY.

AND THEN THEY GO TO THE VENDING MACHINE IN THEIR SCHOOL AND USE THE GOLD COIN AND PICK A BOOK.

AND WE ARE SPOTLIGHTING A LOCAL AUTHOR WHO IS ALSO A PROFESSOR AT NYU AND DOCTOR ANNIE WATSON.

AND SHE'S HERE, ONE OF HER CHILDREN'S BOOKS.

SHE HAS 2 OR 3.

TWO, WILL BE IN THE VENDING MACHINE.

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SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH FLAGSTAFF UNIFIED AND, DOING OUR PART TO CELEBRATE READING AND PROMOTE READING.

SO, ANNIE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS? JUST REALLY HONORED TO BE PART OF IT.

AND REALLY HAPPY THAT KIDS ARE GOING TO GET THIS.

AMAZING. NEW VENDING MACHINE ON CAMPUS.

AND I KNOW ELLEN HERMAN WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, SO HONORED AND EXCITED AS THE PRINCIPAL THAT, THAT YOU OFFERED THIS TO TO OUR TO OUR COMMUNITY. RIGHT.

AND THAT REMINDS ME.

ELLEN WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE BECAUSE OF.

SHE HAD TO BE A PRINCIPAL TODAY BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND AND THIS IS A PILOT, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO, PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS TO PUT MORE VENDING MACHINES. THEY'RE ABOUT AN $8,000 DONATION.

WELL WORTH IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. EXIT THIS WAY.

EITHER WAY. GENE TONER.

IS ON. SHE'S ON LINE.

OKAY. IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS YEAR'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION.

[B. Proclamation: Black History Month]

IN FEBRUARY, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF CELEBRATES MORE THAN BLACK HISTORY, BUT ALSO HONORS THE ONGOING ACHIEVEMENTS OF PEOPLE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IN ALL REALMS OF OUR SOCIETY.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS A CALL TO INCLUSION YEAR ROUND.

THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL COMMITS TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHICH BEGAN THROUGH AWARENESS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICANS, THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY, AND ASSURANCE THAT THESE PERSPECTIVES WERE INCLUDED IN THE LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL NARRATIVES.

IN CELEBRATION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND HERITAGE OF A HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED IDENTITY, THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL COMMEMORATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND IDENTITY RECOGNITION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THESE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY ARE TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE HISTORY, PEOPLE, TRADITIONS, AND CURRENT EXPERIENCES OF THOSE OVERCOMING OPPRESSION TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.

ALTHOUGH THE 2024 BLACK HISTORY MONTH THEME IS AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE ARTS, CREATED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY, THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS OBSERVES BLACK HISTORY MONTH AS SPANNING THE MANY INFLUENCES IN BLACK COMMUNITIES THAT MANY BLACK COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD ON VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, CULTURAL MOVEMENTS, AND MUCH MORE.

THE 2024 BLACK HISTORY MONTH THEME HIGHLIGHTS THE ART OF RESISTANCE AND DRAWS FROM THE ANCESTRAL RITES OF PASSAGE AND THE COLLECTIVE FAITH OF FREEDOM BY CONTINUING TO FUZE THE RHYTHMIC TEMPO OF CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS WITH THE ENERGETIC THUMPS ON THE DRUMS OF PROGRESS.

THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE ARTISTS WHO USED THEIR TALENTS AND CRAFTS TO UPLIFT THE RACE, DECLARE TRUTH, RECLAIM POWER, AND INSPIRE OUR CITY, COMMUNITY, STATE, AND NATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES POETS, WRITERS, AND DANCERS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY SERVED AS CHANGE AGENTS THROUGH THEIR CRAFTS AND VISUAL ARTISTS WHO CONTINUE TO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE NARRATIVE OF THE LIVE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

VISUAL ARTS ALSO SERVES AS A PERMANENT ILLUSTRATION OF OUR AFRICAN DIASPORA AND INCLUSIVE OF ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH OFFICIAL COLORS ARE BLACK, RED, YELLOW, AND GREEN, WHICH SYMBOLIZE UNITY AND PRIDE.

BLACK REPRESENTS RESILIENCE, RED DENOTES BLOOD, YELLOW IS OPTIMISM AND JUSTICE, AND GREEN SYMBOLIZES RICH GREENERY.

THE COLORS ARE DERIVED FROM THE ETHIOPIAN AND THE PAN-AFRICAN FLAGS, WHICH WAS CREATED IN 1920 TO REPRESENT THE UNITY OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AND BLACK LIBERATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AND IS PRESENTING THE PAN-AFRICAN FLAG FOR 2024.

THIS FLAG WILL BE USED AS A SYMBOL THAT OFFERS INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER'S DIFFERENCES.

ALSO, TO SHOW SOLIDARITY AND PRIDE BY PAYING TRIBUTE TO AND HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND HISTORY OF AFRICAN DIASPORA COMMUNITIES.

THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COCONINO COUNTY'S AFRICAN DIASPORA ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, RECOMMEND THE DESIGNATION OF FEBRUARY 2024 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN UNISON TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS, CEREMONIES, EVENTS, RESOURCES, EXHIBITIONS AND ACTIVITIES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ON BEHALF OF BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

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AND I BELIEVE FORMER CHAIR OF THE COCONINO COUNTY OR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF'S COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS.

GENE TONER IS ONLINE.

I DON'T SEE THAT SHE HAS JOINED AT THIS MOMENT.

OKAY. MY APOLOGIES.

WELL THANK YOU.

OKAY. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS I'M GOING TO START ONLINE.

[7. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]

SO COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

I HAVE NOTHING AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

YEAH, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO.

COMMISSION MEETINGS THIS MONTH.

SUSTAINABILITY AND TOURISM.

THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION REVIEWED AND VOTED ON THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2324 NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY GRANT RECIPIENTS IN AND IN LATE NOVEMBER, AND 13 PROJECTS WERE AWARDED FUNDING.

THE FULL LIST OF RECIPIENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

IN JANUARY, THE COMMISSION HEARD AN INSIGHTFUL PRESENTATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TOWN SITE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, DUFFY WESTMEYER, WHO SPOKE TO THE INHERENT TIE TO SUSTAINABILITY IN THEIR WORK TO PROMOTE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT WITH PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP OF OCCUPIED HOMES, AND AT THE UPCOMING SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING ON IT LATER THIS MONTH.

THIRD, THIRD THURSDAY IN FEBRUARY, THE 22ND LAST YEAR'S NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY GRANT RECIPIENTS WILL DO THEIR FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS TO SHARE ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THEIR GRANT PROJECTS.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND AND THERE WILL BE REFRESHMENTS.

WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM LATER TODAY ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.

I HOPE YOU WILL ALL GIVE IT A VERY CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED.

AND WITH THE TOURISM COMMISSION, A LOT HAPPENING TO DRIVE QUALITY TOURISM IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, THE VISITOR CENTER STAFF ORGANIZED AND MANAGED THE CHOCOLATE WALK. THIS MARKS THE EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR WE'RE DOING THIS, AND IT'S HAPPENING ON FEBRUARY 10TH.

SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS.

33 DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES SIGNED UP.

AND IT'S USUALLY A SELLOUT EVENT.

IT'S ALSO ARIZONA BEER WEEK COMING UP, CELEBRATED BY DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF AND ALL OF THE BREWERIES IN TOWN.

BIG DRAW FOR OUR OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS, ALL THROUGHOUT ARIZONA, FOR THE MOST PART.

AND, DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF HAS SOME GREAT CREATIVE, TO PROMOTE IT.

THERE'S A WEBSITE.

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.

ORG DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE ARIZONA BEER WEEK, MATERIALS.

AND FINALLY, THE I HEART PLUTO FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING AT LOWELL ON FEBRUARY 17TH.

SO CHECK THAT OUT.

YOU CAUGHT ME JUST AS I NEEDED TO SNEEZE, BUT I STOPPED IT.

SO FOR THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS, THE COMMISSION IS PARTNERING TO SUPPORT AN NOW EVENT WITH SINCLAIR DIETRICH JOULES.

THEY DISCUSSED UPDATES ON THE EQUITABLE RESTROOMS POLICY, COLORED CLOTH CROSSWALKS, POLICIES FOR UCSD'S BUS ROUTES, AND PARTICIPATION IN NEW EVENTS IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

THE COMMISSION IS CONTINUING ITS WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LIBRARY AND CONTINUING THEIR CONVERSATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS OF INTEREST TO SUPPORT EQUITY AND CELEBRATE DIVERSITY IN FLAGSTAFF.

AND AGAIN, I'LL OFFER THANKS TO THEM FOR WRITING AND DRAFTING THIS YEAR'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION AND PARTNERING IN THE PRESENTATION ON THE PAN-AFRICAN FLAG THAT WE'VE ADOPTED FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS BEGINNING DISCUSSIONS FOR LAUNCHING THE BOND FUNDED HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM EXPANSION, INCLUDING BRAINSTORMING FOR DIFFERENT WAYS TO MOST MEANINGFULLY APPLY AVAILABLE FUNDS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES.

SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS FROM THAT DISCUSSION INCLUDED EXAMINING INTEREST RATES BY DOWNES, ADU, RENTAL INCOME FOR ELIGIBILITY, EXPLORING INCLUDING ALL TYPES OF HOMES, AND WORKING WITH EMPLOYERS TO LEVERAGE EMPLOYER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS, AMONG A NUMBER OF OTHER IDEAS, QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE CONVERSATIONS.

AND THAT'S IT FOR ME FOR NOW.

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COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. NOTHING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I ATTENDED THE GRAND OPENING OF JOJO'S HOMELESS TRANSITION HOUSING, WHICH WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND REWARDING.

I ATTENDED THE EMPLOYER RECOGNITION EVENT, WHICH WAS VERY REWARDING.

I WAS SAT AT THE TABLE OF THE BACKPACK MEETING.

WHAT IS BACKPACK? WELL, IT WAS ACTUALLY TWO COMBINED MEETINGS, THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THEY HAD A JOINT MEETING AND WE TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS, INCLUDING NEW ENGINEERING STANDARDS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL.

WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE, SHOULD WE ALLOW ROAD CURBS INSTEAD OF VERTICAL CURBS? THE PRO AND THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT.

WE TALKED ABOUT BUTLER AVENUE.

WHAT SHOULD THE SPEED LIMIT BE ON THAT ROAD.

SHOULD IT BE REDUCED OR KEPT THE SAME? WE TALKED ABOUT THE CURBS AND CANDLESTICKS THAT ARE THERE NOW.

SHOULD WE KEEP THOSE OR GET RID OF THOSE? AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE GRANT MONEY THAT WE'VE RECENTLY GOTTEN TO DO A COMPLETE STREETS UPGRADE OF BUTLER AVENUE.

SO VERY INTERESTING MEETINGS.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU.

THE COMMISSION ON INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING, IS A VERY HARD WORKING COMMISSION THAT HAS BEEN MEETING EVERY WEEK, ACTUALLY, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A LOT OF, ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES, A LOT OF SIDEWALK ISSUES.

SO IT'S VERY TIMELY NOW AS WE'RE HAVING THIS SNOWSTORM TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT YOU'LL BE HELPING YOUR NEIGHBORS IF YOU CLEAR YOUR SIDEWALKS AFTER SNOWSTORMS. AND THEN EVEN WHEN WE DON'T HAVE SNOW STORMS, TRYING NOT TO PARK YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS A SIDEWALK, THAT COULD IMPEDE SOMEONE WHO MAYBE HAS SOME MOBILITY MOBILITY CHALLENGES.

SO THEY ARE REALLY HARD WORKING AND AND TRYING TO BUILD UP A EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO CLEAR YOUR SIDEWALKS AND KEEP YOUR VEHICLES OFF OF THEM.

SO WE ARE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, LIQUOR LICENSE, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[A. Consideration and Action on Liquor License Application: Andrea Dahlman Lewkowitz, "ATL Wings," 1300 S. Milton Road, #107A, Series 12 (restaurant), New License. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 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 I AM GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM STAFF AND THEN COUNCIL.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT CAN COME AFTER THE STAFF PRESENTATION.

SO PLEASE JOIN US.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS NICK ALMENDAREZ.

I'M A SERGEANT WITH THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT A NEW APPLICATION FOR A SERIES 12 RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSE.

IT'S FOR ATL WINGS, LOCATED AT 1300 SOUTH MILTON ROAD, NUMBER 107 A AND FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.

THE APPLICATION WAS FILED BY ANDREA DORFMAN LEFKOWITZ, WHO IS THE AGENT AND CONTROLLING PERSON.

AND ANTONIO TRUJILLO.

WHO'S THE CONTROLLING PERSON? IN MY INVESTIGATIONS, NO DEROGATORY RECORDS ON THE APPLICANTS WERE DISCOVERED AND THERE WERE NO CURRENT OR HISTORICAL LIQUOR VIOLATIONS FOR THE BUSINESS.

WE FOUND EVIDENCE THAT THE APPLICANTS HAD TAKEN THE MANDATORY LIQUOR LICENSE TRAINING, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BUSINESS WAS INVITED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND IS AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY.

COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MAYOR, WE DO NOT.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR EITHER APPROVAL OR DENIAL.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL MOVE TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOVING DOWN TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[9. 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.]

ITEM NUMBER NINE A THROUGH.

JAY. THANK YOU.

I AM READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED, WHICH IS ITEMS NINE A THROUGH NINE J. THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING DOWN TO ROUTINE ITEMS.

[A. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-02: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 3 Business Regulations, Chapter 3-10 User Fees, Section 3-10-001-0004 Police Department to revise existing fees and add a new fee for Body Camera Video Review and Redaction; providing for penalties, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, providing for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2024-02 by title only for the final time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-02 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-02]

TEN A CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-02.

AND WE HAVE A.

THIS IS REGARDING BODY CAMERA, VIDEO REVIEW AND REDACTION.

HELLO, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

WE'RE HERE JUST FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

LAST WEEK WAS THE FIRST READ OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND READING.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE FOR THE FINAL TIME? ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE 2024-02 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME.

YOU SAID THAT PRETTY DRAMATICALLY.

YEAH. WAIT TILL THE NEXT ONE.

IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. AYE AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE, TITLE THREE, BUSINESS REGULATIONS, CHAPTER THREE DASH TEN USER FEES.

SECTION THREE DASH. TEN DASH 001-0004 POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REVISE EXISTING FEES AND ADDING NEW FEE FOR BODY CAMERA, VIDEO REVIEW AND REDACTION. PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES.

REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.

SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AND HOW ABOUT A MOTION TO ADOPT? AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHICH MEANS NOW I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 202402.

THANK YOU. SECOND.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

MEANING NOW I WISH TO SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MOVING DOWN TO BE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CHANGE IN COMMISSIONER IN COMMISSION MEMBER TERMS.

[B. Consideration and Approval of Change in Commission Member Terms: Change the Sustainability Commission Term Month and Current Commissioner Term Months STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Change the Sustainability Commission member start and end term month from October to February. Adjust the terms of the currently seated Sustainability Commissioners to end in February of the following year.]

AND THIS IS REGARDING THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.

AND IS THERE ANY PRESENTATION FROM STAFF? YES, MAYOR.

TIA HATTON WILL BE PRESENTING ON THIS.

SHE IS ONLINE TODAY.

HELLO, I AM GOING TO PRESENT VIA TEAMS TO YOU ALL.

TIA, I THINK YOU ARE MUTED.

ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES WE CAN. THANK YOU.

OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

CAN YOU SEE MY PRESENTATION? YES WE CAN.

OKAY, GREAT.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS TIA HATTON, SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR AND STAFF LIAISON TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.

TODAY, I AM HERE TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS WITH YOU A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION'S TERM MONTH.

THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER THREE THINGS.

FIRST, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION TERM MONTH.

THEN I'LL DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES WITH THE CURRENT COMMISSION TERM MONTH DUE TO THE COMMISSION'S ANNUAL WORK PLAN.

AND LASTLY, I'LL PRESENT STAFF'S TWO RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE.

SO CURRENTLY THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION TERMS START AND END IN OCTOBER.

JUST TO CLARIFY NOTE, ALTHOUGH ALL COMMISSION TERMS START IN OCTOBER.

OCCASIONALLY A COMMISSIONER WILL INEVITABLY RESIGN MID TERM, AND AN APPOINTMENT TO THAT VACANT SEAT CAN HAPPEN IN ANY MONTH OF THE YEAR.

THAT NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER IS THEN TECHNICALLY FILLING OUT THE REST OF THAT EXISTING TERM.

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BUT THE KEY POINT HERE IS THAT THEY START AND END IN OCTOBER.

THE CHALLENGE WITH AN OCTOBER TERM MONTH IS THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION HAS AN INTEGRAL, INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY GRANT PROCESS BECAUSE THEY REVIEW AND VOTE ON THE GRANT RECIPIENTS.

TURNOVER IN THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER IS VERY DISRUPTIVE TO THIS GRANT PROCESS BECAUSE WE NEED SUFFICIENT TIME TO ONBOARD NEW COMMISSIONERS, ENSURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE GRANT PROGRAM AND THAT THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO COMPLETE THE FULL GRANT REVIEW PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH.

DURING THESE MONTHS.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS IS THE PRIMARY AGENDA ITEM FOR THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS.

DUE TO THESE CHALLENGES, STAFF RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER AND TAKE THE FOLLOWING TWO ACTIONS.

THE FIRST IS TO ADOPT A MOTION TO CHANGE THE TERM START AND END MONTH FROM OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY.

FEBRUARY IS JUST A SLOWER TIME FOR THE COMMISSION WORK PLAN, AND IT WOULD BE A BETTER MONTH FOR THE COMMISSION TERMS TO START AND END.

THE SECOND RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO ADJUST THE TERMS OF THE CURRENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSIONERS TO END IN FEBRUARY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THESE REQUESTS.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHEN WE TALK OCTOBER AND FEBRUARY, IS THAT THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH OR THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH, OR MAYBE THE 13TH? WE DO NOT MIND.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

YEAH. WHATEVER.

THE THE CLERK'S OFFICE WOULD RECOMMEND.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

STACEY FOBAR, YOUR DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

CURRENTLY OUR TERMS AND AT THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.

SO FOR THIS EXAMPLE, THEY WOULD END ON FEBRUARY 1ST.

AND TYPICALLY THE NEW COMMISSIONERS START AT THE VERY NEXT MEETING DATE AFTER THEY'RE APPOINTED.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.

YOU CAN MAKE A.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HAS HER HAND RAISED.

SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

YES. THE THE NEW THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

WHEN WILL THEIR TERMS END? I MISSED THAT PART.

BECAUSE THIS IS FEBRUARY.

SO WHEN WOULD WOULD THERE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON THE ON THE COMMISSION NOW, WHEN WOULD THEIR TERMS END? COUNCIL MEMBER. SO OH GO AHEAD.

OH THANKS, TIA. SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

COMMISSIONERS CAN STAY IN THEIR SEATS INTO A NEW COMMISSIONER IS APPOINTED.

TYPICALLY WE HAVE THEIR, TERMS END AGAIN AT THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.

HOWEVER, IN OUR CURRENT SITUATION, WE HAVE NOT APPOINTED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION TO REPLACE THE TERM THAT IS CURRENTLY EXPIRED.

SO CHAIRPERSON WHITE'S COMMISSION WOULD END OR TERM WOULD END FEBRUARY OF 2024 AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE THIS EXPIRED IN OCTOBER OF 2023, THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE TERMS THAT WILL EXPIRE LATER THIS YEAR, SO THAT WOULD EXTEND THEM TO FEBRUARY OF 2025.

SO THE PERSON SO THERE'S A TERM THAT'S I'M SORRY, THERE'S A TERM THAT'S EXPIRING THIS FEBRUARY, DID YOU SAY THERE'S A TERM THAT EXPIRED IN OCTOBER OF 2023? OKAY. YES. AND IT WOULD HAVE EXTENDED THROUGH FEBRUARY OF 2024.

HOWEVER, COMMISSIONERS ARE ALLOWED TO SERVE IN THEIR CURRENT SEAT UNTIL APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REPLACE THEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.

IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR BOTH ITEMS ONE AND TWO.

IF A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THEM MAKE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I MOVE THAT WE CHANGE THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEMBERS START AND END DATES OF THEIR TERMS FROM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, AND ADJUST THE TERMS OF THE CURRENTLY SEATED SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSIONERS TO END IN

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FEBRUARY OR UNTIL THEIR.

OR LONGER IF THERE IS NOT A REPLACEMENT YET.

A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.

AYE AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS.

[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-05 and Ordinance No. 2024-03: 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-23-00136 - Residential Uses in the Public Facility (PF) Zone" 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 allow residential uses (single-family, duplex, and multi-family dwellings) as a permitted use in the Public Facility (PF) zone. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the February 6, 2024, Council Meeting: 1) Read Resolution No. 2024-05 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-05 by title only (if approved above) 3) Read Ordinance No. 2024-03 by title only for the first time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-03 by title only (if approved above) At the February 20, 2024, Council Meeting: 5) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-05 6) Read Ordinance No. 2024-03 by title only for the final time 7) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-03 by title only (if approved above) 8) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-03]

I AM GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OUR FIRST ITEM.

IS OUR ONLY ITEM ON THE PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-05 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-03.

AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

TIFFANY ANTOL, ZONING CODE MANAGER TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO PRESENT A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE FOR THE INTENTION OF ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL USES AS A PERMITTED USE.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT INCLUDES MODIFYING TABLE 1043 60 B, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC AND OPEN SPACE ZONES ALLOWED USES TO PERMIT DUPLEX DWELLINGS, MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS, ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, AND DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS WITHIN THE ZONE UTILIZING THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, INCLUDING DENSITY, LOT COVERAGE, BUILDING HEIGHT, AND SETBACKS.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IN CODE ALREADY.

WHENEVER THERE IS A CHANGE OF USE WITHIN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE, AND BECAUSE RESIDENTIAL IS NOT CURRENTLY A PERMITTED USE, ANY, ANY ADDITION OR ANY RESIDENTIAL USES PROPOSED WOULD TRIGGER THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE CODE, WHICH REQUIRES A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. SO ANY CHANGE OF USE WITHIN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE ALREADY WITHIN THE ZONING CODE TRIGGERS THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING BE HELD.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE CASE FOR ANY PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL USE.

THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL ALSO ADOPTED RESOLUTION 2252 NOVEMBER OF 2022.

THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL REQUIRE A CITY OWNED BUILDING OR PROPERTY AS BEING VACATED BY THE CITY, THAT THE HOUSING SECTION FIRST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THE PROPERTY.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE CONSIDERED AS SORT OF BUILDING THE BASIS FOR THIS, PARTICULAR CODE AMENDMENT, AS WELL AS A STRATEGY WITHIN THE HOUSING PLAN, WHICH WE'LL COVER A LITTLE LATER.

THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE IS REALLY A LIMITED ZONE.

OVERALL, THERE ARE ONLY 181 PROPERTIES IN THE ENTIRE CITY WITHIN THE ZONING CATEGORY.

ON THE MAP YOU WILL SEE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY OWNED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

BUT THE OF THOSE 181 PARCELS, APPROXIMATELY 40% OF THEM ARE OWNED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

ANOTHER 29% IS ALSO FALLS.

THE NIU CAMPUS FALLS WITHIN THAT ZONING CATEGORY FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM OUR ZONING CODE.

AND SO THEREFORE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY MEET THESE STANDARDS AS CLEARLY THERE'S ALREADY RESIDENTIAL USES ON THE CAMPUS.

ANOTHER LARGE PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICT IS FUSD.

AND THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO THEM AS WELL IN TERMS OF HOW THEY MIGHT USE THEIR SITES AND ADD HOUSING IN THE FUTURE.

THERE ARE OTHER GOVERNMENTS OR QUASI PUBLIC AGENCIES APPS.

THERE ARE MUSEUMS, COUNTY UNISOURCE AND LOWELL OBSERVATORY, FOR EXAMPLE.

THEY OWN 12%.

THERE'S A REMAINING 12 OR 10% OF THOSE TOTAL, 181 THAT DO FALL UNDER PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.

BUT THEY'RE THE SMALL MAJORITY OF THE TOTAL SITE OF THE TOTAL PROPERTIES.

IN ORDER TO APPROVE A TEXT AMENDMENT, WE MUST FIND THE FOLLOWING.

WE MUST MAKE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS.

AND THE FIRST IS THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH AND CONFORMS TO THE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN.

ZONING DOES HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON HOUSING LOCATION AND TYPE, BUT IT CAN ALSO IMPACT COST AND AFFORDABILITY.

THIS AMENDMENT IS MEANT TO REDUCE THE REGULATORY BURDEN OF REZONING PUBLIC AND QUASI PUBLICLY OWNED LANDS FOR THE USE OF HOUSING.

THE FLAGSTAFF TENURE HOUSING PLAN SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT THROUGH THE FOLLOWING POLICY.

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EXPLORE ADDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS AN ALLOWED USE IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE.

THE. RIGHT NOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED AS A LAND USE WITHIN OUR ZONING CODE.

BUT SO THE FIRST STEP TO REALLY ALLOWING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL USES.

SO THAT IS WHAT THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT DOES, IS IT PROPOSES TO ADD THOSE ALLOWED RESIDENTIAL TYPES TO THE ZONE TO THIS PARTICULAR ZONE.

THE EXISTING REGIONAL PLAN SUPPORTS THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING POLICIES, INCLUDING PROVIDING A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR VERY LOW INCOME PERSONS.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE OR WELFARE TO THE CITY, SO THE AMENDMENT PROVISIONS ARE NOT AND ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE DETRIMENTAL.

MOST OF THE TIME, THE OTHER CODES AND REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MEETING STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS, MEETING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS, THOSE ARE ALL THERE.

AND MEETING THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE ZONE HELP US TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE THE LIFE HEALTH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.

AND ADDING THIS PARTICULAR USE, IT'S NOT ANTICIPATED THAT WE WILL CONFLICT WITH THAT.

FOR OTHER SURROUNDING ZONES AS WELL.

AND THEN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS INTERNALLY CONSISTENT.

THE AMENDMENT IS IT UTILIZES THE EXISTING FORMAT AND DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH OTHER ZONING CODE PROVISIONS.

AND WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMEND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THIS TEXT AMENDMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE.

THAT VOTE WAS A31 VOTE, SO WE ONLY HAD FOUR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT DAY.

AND OUR NO VOTE WAS PRETTY CLEAR AND ADAMANT NO FROM THE START THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY AND ANSWER THEM.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY IN MY MIND, THIS, REZONING, IF YOU WILL, HELPS US REACH WHAT THE, CITIZENS VOTED TO ACHIEVE IN OUR, PROPOSITION ON HOUSING LAST YEAR.

CORRECT? I MEAN, THIS HELPS OPEN IT UP TO, LAND WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THAT WE CAN BUILD LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSING.

CORRECT? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

MATTHEWS YES.

I THINK THIS THIS AMENDMENT IS ONE STEP FORWARD TOWARDS EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING AND FLAGSTAFF.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU.

TIFFANY. SO I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THE YOU REFERENCED THE CREATE FOR THREE AND THE THE DESIRE TO EXPLORE ADDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS ALLOWED USE IN PUBLIC FACILITY.

AND I KNOW WE'RE HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND EMAIL AND SO FORTH ON, WANTING TO SEE US REALLY CODIFY THAT COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO CAN YOU JUST GIVE SOME CLARITY TO, IF WE'RE PRECLUDED BY THE STATE FROM REQUIRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOW WILL THIS MOVE FORWARD ENABLING THAT FOR THIS OR I GUESS KIND OF TO WHAT LIMIT CAN WE ACTUALLY CODIFY THAT FOR USE IN THIS AREA? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

MAYOR. DAGGETT. SO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT A LISTED LAND USE.

WE WE COULD LOOK AT GOING BACK AND AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.

THE CONCERN WITH DOING THAT IS, IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEANS LOTS OF THINGS TO DIFFERENT FOLKS.

WHEN WE INCENTIVIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, WE ARE LOOKING TO SERVE THAT 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH DEVELOPERS ON PROJECTS ALL THE WAY UP TO 125% AMI.

THE MARKET IS EVER CHANGING.

THE NEEDS AND DEMANDS OF THE HOUSING MARKET, I ASSUME, WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO CHANGE AND WHAT IS NECESSARY.

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SO IT MIGHT BE HARD TO ACTUALLY DEFINE AND PINPOINT WHAT WOULD FALL WITHIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS OPPOSED TO MARKET RATE.

SO WHAT MIGHT BE MARKET RATE FOR ONE PERSON MIGHT BE AFFORDABLE FOR ANOTHER PERSON, RIGHT.

SO THE OFTEN SAID AND SOMEBODY JUST MENTIONED THIS TO ME AS I WALKED IN THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOUSING BEING AFFORDABLE IF IT'S NO MORE THAN 30% OF YOUR INCOME, BUT EVERYBODY'S INCOMES ARE DIFFERENT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS AFFORDABLE, AGAIN, FOR ONE PERSON MAY NOT BE FOR THE OTHER.

AND SO GIVING YOURSELF THIS FLEXIBILITY IN THE CODE TO NOT TRY TO PIN DOWN WHAT EXACTLY IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING TODAY WILL PROBABLY HELP YOU 2 IN 3 YEARS DOWN THE LINE.

WHEN A PROJECT WALKS IN, THAT MIGHT NOT BE 80% AMI OR 60% AMI, THAT MIGHT BE 120.

IT MIGHT BE 150.

SO IT'LL GIVE YOU THAT FLEXIBILITY.

IT IS REALLY HARD TO TIE THE HANDS OF YOU ALL ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS WITHIN CODE.

YOU KNOW, IT IS POSSIBLE TO LEAVE THE CODE AS IT IS AND JUST GO THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS.

OR THE ISSUE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ALSO MAKE THOSE SAME DECISIONS ON HOW CITY PROPERTY IS USED.

SO WHETHER YOU ALL, AS A GROUP ARE MAKING THE DECISION ON THE CITY PROPERTY OR YOU ALL ARE MAKING THE DECISION ON THE REZONING, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE THERE, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS COVERED.

THAT'S ALREADY REQUIRED IN CODE.

THERE'S NOT A LOT DIFFERENTIAL THAT WILL HAPPEN.

IN TERMS OF THOSE TWO DIFFERENT ACTIONS, WHAT WHAT TAKES SO LONG FOR A REZONING ON THE BACK END IS WHAT COMES THROUGH US WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THE LITTLE PIECES OF A REZONING, GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, NOTICING THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN IN ALL HONESTY, THIS IS ABOUT JUST TRYING TO LIMIT THE THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT COULD TAKE TO WORK THROUGH A POTENTIAL REZONING CASE.

WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THESE IN THE PAST, WHERE WE DID DO REZONINGS FOR, FOR THE CITY, TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FROM FX TO EITHER MISTER ZONING CATEGORIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR YOU ON HOW TO MAKE IT PERFECT THAT THAT IN THE FUTURE, COUNCIL WILL ALWAYS MAKE THE DECISION DECISION THAT IT WILL BE FOR 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.

BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NO EASY WAY TO, AGAIN, IDENTIFY OR DEFINE THAT AFFORDABILITY.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WAS POINTED OUT EARLY IN THIS, IN THIS PRESENTATION WAS THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION, RIGHT, WHICH ALSO GRANTS OR GIVES DIRECTION THAT THE CITY MAYOR AND COUNCIL REQUIRE OF CITY OWNED BUILDING.

WE COULD WORK ON ANOTHER RESOLUTION SIMILAR TO THIS TO MAYBE DO THE SAME IN REGARDS TO ZONED LANDS.

IF THAT WOULD SUIT OR MEET THAT NEED.

SORRY I RAMBLED.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. THANK YOU.

SO I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON WHAT I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE.

AND I KNOW SARAH DAR'S BACK THERE.

SHE MAY WANT TO COME UP AND HELP ANSWER, BUT I'M WONDERING IF IT'S A POLICY STATEMENT OR AN INTENT STATEMENT THAT THE COUNCIL CAN COME UP WITH SO THAT WE DON'T SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS.

AND IT REALLY JUST HAS THE WORD PRIORITIZE IN THERE.

AND IT EXPLAINS WHY WE'RE PRIORITIZING HOW WE ARE, THAT WE WOULD LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS FOR FUTURE COUNCILS AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHY WE WANT THAT IN THERE.

I LIKE THE WORD PRIORITIZE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, 20, 30, 40, 50 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WHAT IS THE PRIORITY? IT MIGHT CHANGE.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

SO FOR NOW, IT'S JUST SAYING WE ARE INTENDING THIS LANGUAGE TO BE IN THERE.

AND THIS IS WHY I DON'T KNOW THAT SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW, IF IT'S PERFECT OR IF THAT'S THE ROUTE WE WANT TO GO.

BUT, SOUNDED LIKE A GOOD OPTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH HOUSING TO PREPARE SUCH A RESOLUTION AND COME UP WITH WITH LANGUAGE.

AND IF IF YOU NEED TO DELAY THIS DECISION, IN ORDER FOR US TO COME UP WITH THAT RESOLUTION OR TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING BY THE SECOND READ, WE CAN DO THAT.

I WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU COULD COME UP WITH IT BY THE SECOND READ.

I DON'T WANT TO DELAY THE PROCESS.

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OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL LET YOU FINISH YOUR NOTES.

ARE YOU DONE? OKAY.

I'M NOT RIGHT NOW NOT THINKING SO MUCH ABOUT CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

I'M THINKING ABOUT THESE QUASI GOVERNMENTAL, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR WHOEVER.

SO IF THEY WANTED TO PUT HOUSING ON, LIKE, SCHOOL DISTRICT LAND, FOR INSTANCE, WOULD THEY NEED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR WOULD THIS BE BY.

RIGHT? CURRENTLY, THE WAY THE TEXT AMENDMENT IS, IT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY.

RIGHT. SO GO THROUGH OUR REGULAR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE AN ONLINE COMMENTER THAT I WILL TAKE FIRST.

MAYOR, I'M SORRY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HAS HER HAND UP.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

YES, I GUESS I'M.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

WHAT? WHAT DELAYING THIS WOULD GIVE US? WHAT WOULD WE GET FOR DELAYING THIS? I GUESS I'M I'M WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT I ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD WE DELAY THIS? BECAUSE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING, SO I'M NOT SURE WHO CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

DO YOU WANT ME TO TRY? I THINK WE I THINK WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, AND WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME RESOLUTION LANGUAGE.

EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOLUTION ON THE NEXT AGENDA, WE'LL HAVE IT THERE PROMPTLY.

BUT AT LEAST YOU'LL HAVE SOME LANGUAGE TO REVIEW AND AND FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL TAKE THE ONLINE COMMENTER.

ME MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I HAVE MICHELLE, JAMES, MICHELLE.

YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GREAT. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YOU HEARD MY NAME IS MICHELLE JAMES.

I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF FLAGSTAFF FUTURE.

ON FEBRUARY 2ND, I SENT YOU EACH AN EMAIL THAT EXPRESSED FCB'S GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE THAT WILL ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE PEF ZONE.

IN THAT EMAIL, WE ALSO ENCOURAGED YOU TO MAKE AN EXPRESS COMMITMENT IN A SEPARATE POLICY DOCUMENT, PRIORITIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE PEF ZONE SO THAT FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVATION OF THIS AMENDMENT.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.

SO, HOWEVER, FKB HAS ADDITIONAL CONCERNS, WHICH I WANT TO OUTLINE NOW.

NUMBER ONE, IF THE OBJECTIVE FOR THE ZONING AMENDMENT IS TO ENSURE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS BUILT ON SOME PORTION OF THE CITY OWNED PUBLIC FACILITIES, OWNED LANDS, HOW WILL YOU ENSURE THAT YOU ACHIEVE THIS, SINCE THE FIRST STEP IS JUST TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USE? NUMBER TWO, WHAT CONCRETE STEPS WILL YOU TAKE TO ENSURE THAT 100% MARKET RATE HOUSING IS NOT BUILT ON THESE CITY PARCELS, AND THAT IS.

THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT DOES NOT, IN FACT, LEAVE US WITH MORE SECOND HOMES.

AND, VACATION RENTALS.

NUMBER THREE, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL COULD DIRECT STAFF TO ISSUE A RFP FOR ONLY MARKET RATE HOUSING TO BE BUILT ON CITY OWNED PARCELS IN THE PF ZONE? IF SO, IS THIS WHAT THE COUNCIL INTENDS? AND NUMBER FOUR, CAN YOU ASK STAFF TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC WHAT THEY SEE AS ANY OTHER UNINTENDED OR INTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT? FCPS BELIEVES THAT OPENING UP THE PF ZONE TO RESIDENTIAL USES IS A VERY CONSEQUENTIAL DECISION.

WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY, THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, TO ENSURE THAT CITY OWNED PARCELS AND THE PF ZONE BE ONLY BE USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS THE OUTCOME OF THE POLICY CHANGE THAT FXB SUPPORTS.

IF THIS IS NOT THE CASE, AN EXPLANATION FROM STAFF IS NECESSARY.

IN CLOSING, IF CUBAN ENCOURAGED YOU TO ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS I'VE POSED TO YOU AND, AND THE PUBLIC SO THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND.

ALSO, WHAT'S GOING ON AND DO THAT ALL BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR VOTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER IS CHARLIE SILVER.

HELLO. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, CHARLIE SILVER.

I WALKED IN HERE AS THIS.

THIS, ITEM WAS JUST BEING DISCUSSED BY TIFFANY AT ALL.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THAT PARKLAND IS ZONED F AS WELL, AND THAT THIS DOES NOT ENCROACH ON OUR PARKLAND, WHICH IS VERY RARE, AS YOU KNOW, OR A LIMITED COMMODITY CITY DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL PARKS.

THE USE OF PARKLAND IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS OUR COMMUNITY GROWS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU.

STAFF. IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED?

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THAT'S ME. SORRY.

I'M LIKE, OH, WHO, ME? OKAY. I THINK, I MEAN, I HAVE SEEN THE EMAIL FROM MICHELLE JAMES, AND I BELIEVE THAT THROUGH THE RESOLUTION WE CAN HIT THOSE POINTS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PRIORITIZED.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WITH THAT DRAFT RESOLUTION LANGUAGE, I BELIEVE WE CAN RESOLVE THE CONCERNS THAT ARE PRESENTED.

I AM GRATEFUL THAT FCBD IS GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE.

AND BUT YET STILL WANTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

SO HAPPY TO WORK ON THAT AND TRY TO ALLEVIATE AS MANY CONCERNS AS POSSIBLE.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR PARKS LANDS ARE WITHIN THE ZONE.

WE ALSO HAVE PARKS THAT ARE IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES.

IT HASN'T MADE THEM MORE VULNERABLE TO REDEVELOPMENT, THROUGH HOUSING.

SO NOT EVERY PARK IS ON FX, BUT A LARGE MAJORITY IS.

WE DID TAKE THIS.

WHY WE DID DELAY THIS WAS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT TIME TO TAKE THIS TO THE PARKS AND REC.

REC PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, OVERALL, THEY WERE PROBABLY THE MOST SUPPORTIVE AND WELCOMING TO THIS IDEA.

FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT I GOT FROM THE COMMISSION AND THEIR STAFF WAS THAT THEY FEEL THAT THE LANDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AND DESIGNATED FOR PARKS ARE PROTECTED IN THAT REGARD.

IT'S UNLIKELY.

I CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S EVER IMPOSSIBLE, BUT IT'S UNLIKELY THAT ESPECIALLY SOMETHING THAT WHERE RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, THAT YOU WOULD EVER SEE THOSE REDEVELOPED FOR HOUSING OR REPLACED JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT TAKES TO BUILD A PARK IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND DEFINITELY THEY'RE VALUABLE.

COMMUNITY, RESOURCES JUST AS MUCH AS HOUSING IS.

SO WE ALL RESPECT THAT.

AND MAYBE IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT I CAN ADDRESS THAT AS WELL IN THE RESOLUTION, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TRY.

SARAH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SARAH DYER, HOUSING DIRECTOR.

NOT NECESSARILY ADD TO TIFFANY, BUT BRING UP A DIFFERENT POINT.

AND I HEARD AN EARLIER QUESTION.

I'M SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 100% AFFORDABLE.

BALANCING THOSE NEEDS.

WE AS A COMMUNITY KNOW THAT OUR HOUSING NEEDS EXTEND BEYOND OUR 80% NUMBER.

WE WORKED REALLY HARD IN THE LAST REGIONAL PLAN TO NOT USE THE WORDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS, IS HOUSING.

WE WITHIN THE HOUSING PLAN, THE SAME THING.

WE'VE RECENTLY HAD SOME THEORETICAL CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME DIFFERENT GROUPS ABOUT EMPLOYER ASSISTED HOUSING.

AND IF WE WERE TO LIMIT WHAT WE DO TO 100% AFFORDABLE, WE MAY BE LIMITING OURSELVES TO HOUSING ONLY OUR LOW INCOME EMPLOYEES, WHICH WE KNOW WE HAVE, NEEDS THAT EXTEND BEYOND THAT.

YOU KNOW ME.

YOU KNOW I AM ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES, AND I BELIEVE IN IN HOUSING FOR EVERYONE.

IN A CASE SUCH AS THIS, WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH BEYOND WHAT WE'RE USUALLY LIMITED TO BY OUR FUNDING SOURCES, I THINK IT WOULD BE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LIMIT IT TO PURELY LOW INCOME.

ARE THERE OTHER WAYS WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THAT? SURE.

BUT TO LIMIT IT PURELY TO AFFORDABLE BY AFFORDABLE DEFINITION, WHICH IS TIED TO AN INCOME LIMIT, IS GOING TO LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO OBTAIN FINANCING. UNLESS WE GO DOWN A ROAD THAT LIMITS US TO EVEN 60% AND BELOW.

SO IT COULD BE VERY LIMITING DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR COMMUNITY DECIDES IT NEEDS.

REBECCA SAYERS AND I HAVE HAD LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS.

AND THERE ARE PLACES WHERE THINGS WORK TOGETHER, WHERE HOUSING CO-OCCURS.

DO WE HAVE A GIANT PLAN TO TAKE OVER ALL THE LAND? NO, WE DO NOT.

THERE ARE PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, IN FACT, WHERE HOUSING HAS BEEN, WHERE HAS INTENDED TO GO.

AND WE, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO NOT GO THROUGH A FULL REZONING TO FULFILL OTHER COUNCIL DIRECTIVES, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TIFFANY, I THINK THIS WILL BE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

IF YOU CAN REMEMBER BACK TO THE FIRST CONVERSATION WE HAD ON THIS.

AND THIS IS KIND OF GOING BACK TO MR. SILVER'S QUESTION.

I, I REMEMBER THERE BEING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FACT THAT PARKLAND SITS WITHIN PUBLIC FACILITY, AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU

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CAN RECALL.

I KNOW I'M ASKING YOU TO GO BACK AND SOME TIME, BUT WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS THERE ABOUT, THE DESIRE NOT TO ENCROACH ON, ON PARKS.

AND I SEE REBECCA CAME DOWN AS WELL.

SO MAYBE SHE HAS SOME RECOLLECTION ON THAT CONVERSATION ALSO.

SO CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

SO JUST OUR, OUR IN OUR WORK SESSION PREVIOUSLY WHAT THE CONCERN WAS ABOUT ENCROACHING ON PARKS OR I'M SORRY.

I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE FULL CONVERSATION WAS THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST A PRESENTATION FROM THE THE CONCERNS THAT WERE PRESENTED FROM THE COMMISSION WHERE THAT CAME UP, OR IF IT WAS PART OF MORE OF THE DISCUSSION.

I THINK I'VE HAD DEFINITELY A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

OF THE COMMENTS, MOSTLY, I'VE BEEN ASKED A LOT OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

AND SO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN GETTING ARE REALLY IN RELATION TO THE PROTECTION OF PARKLANDS.

AND SO I'VE JUST BEEN TRYING TO STRESS THAT PARKLANDS ARE ONLY ONE OF THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE.

IN FACT, YOU KNOW, VERY STRANGELY, CONGREGATE CARE FACILITIES ARE LISTED USE IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE.

I'M NOT SURE WHY.

I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FROM LOOKING AT THE FORMER ZONING CODE AS TO THE ZONING CODE.

NOW, WHY THAT IS A PARTICULARLY ALLOWED USE.

IT'S JUST SORT OF INTERESTING.

BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY FACILITIES THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE, THE AIRPORT WE HAVE WELL SITES, WE HAVE TANK FACILITIES.

AND SO I, I GET THE OVERARCHING CONCERN THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CONCERNS FOR PARKS.

AND THERE DEFINITELY IS A A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT AN EXISTING PARCEL OF LAND WHERE HOUSING WAS ONCE THOUGHT OF OR PROPOSED.

THAT IS A PIECE OF A PARK THAT IS ZONED PUBLIC FACILITY.

AND THERE WERE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST.

I THINK IT WAS I THINK THAT THAT STARTED WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING AT THE CITY ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.

SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME NERVES THAT ARE RAW OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING BACK TOWARDS THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND THAT REALLY WASN'T THE INTENT OF THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE.

THERE ARE OTHER PARCELS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT FOR HOUSING FOR A LONG POINT IN TIME.

AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO QUELL COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT THERE IS NO, INTENTION HERE TO DISRUPT WHAT PEOPLE ARE, WHAT PEOPLE SEE AS AN AMENITY TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WHAT BENEFITS THEM.

WHAT I WOULD ALSO SAY IS, IS THAT PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONE IS THE ZONE THAT'S MOST OFTEN APPLIED TO OUR PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AREAS AS WELL.

AND SO THOSE AREAS DO GET PROTECTED.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT WOULD NOT IMPACT OR EVEN BE CONSIDERED IN REGARDS TO THOSE LANDS.

SO THERE REALLY ARE TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

SO PUBLIC FACILITIES IS REALLY, AREAS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LARGER SCALE DISTURBANCE AND STILL DEVELOPMENT WHERE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONE IS REALLY, AN AREA WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO LIMIT DISTURBANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OVERALL, EVEN IN TERMS OF WHAT MIGHT BE COMPLETED TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO THOSE OPEN SPACE AREAS.

BUT SO I THINK THAT'S THE BASIS OF SOME OF THAT CONCERN.

I THINK THAT IT WOULD IT WOULD BE A HUGE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION IF ANY PARK, IN PARTICULAR WAS SCHEDULED TO BE USED FOR HOUSING. BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, THINK ABOUT WHAT YET HAS TO BE DEVELOPED.

AND IN TIMES WHERE MONEYS ARE TIGHT AND THERE'S INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS GOING AROUND, WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT TO BE OPEN TO THE IDEA OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PARK FACILITIES AND THE IDEA OF BUILDING HOUSING? WHAT IS MUCH WHAT IS THE MOST COMPATIBLE USE? WELL, MAYBE NOT WITH PICKLEBALL COURTS, BUT BUT MAYBE WITH, WITH MOST PARKS, IT'S, IT'S HOUSING IS ONE OF THOSE USES. SAME WITH SCHOOLS CHURCHES.

THOSE ALL FALL WITHIN TYPICALLY RESIDENTIAL ZONES.

AND THEY'RE VERY COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE USES FOR THE MOST PART WHEN THEY'RE DESIGNED WELL AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YOU'RE A MIND READER, I DO.

I THINK MR. SILVER'S COMMENTS WERE VERY INTERESTING, AND WHAT THEY MADE ME THINK ABOUT WAS THE OLD MAINTENANCE YARD, BECAUSE THERE WAS TALK ON COUNCIL, MAYBE BEFORE SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE SITTING HERE TONIGHT WERE ON COUNCIL ABOUT PUTTING HOUSING AT THE OLD

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MAINTENANCE FACILITY, BUT WE DETERMINED NOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT LAND WAS DESIGNATED FOR PARK USES ONLY.

SO I GUESS IN FROM WHAT I HEAR, IT'S NOT YOUR INTENT TO FACILITATE CHANGING PARKS INTO RESIDENTIAL.

HOWEVER, IT MIGHT BE THE EFFECT OF IT.

SO I WILL ASK IF IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE THAT WE PUT AN AMENDMENT ON THIS IN SAYING THAT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO, LAND THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED AS CITY PARKS.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO INVESTIGATE IF ADDING A FOOTNOTE, COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD POSSIBLY DO.

SO LET ME REGROUP WITH LEGAL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A UNIFORMITY ISSUE.

LET ME SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING.

OKAY. SO I CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, PROPOSAL TONIGHT.

BUT BEFORE WE DO THE SECOND READ, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IF YOU COULD PROPOSE SOME WORDS FOR US THAT WOULD CLARIFY THAT, CURRENT PARKS NOT BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL UNDER THIS PROVISION.

I THINK THAT WAS CLEARLY INTENT OF OUR DISCUSSIONS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT THE OLD MAINTENANCE YARD FACILITY.

AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT IN THE CODE AND NOT JUST TRUST THAT SOME FUTURE COUNCIL WILL BE AWARE OF THAT OR, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, THEY MAY NOT HAVE ANY CONCEPT OF WHAT THE THE HISTORY IS ON THAT PARCEL OF LAND.

AS AN EXAMPLE, AND I'VE SAID FOR NOW, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE IDEA OF THAT ADDITION.

I THINK THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.

VICE MAYOR. YEAH, I'LL TAG TEAM ON THAT.

I VERY MUCH REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION.

IT WAS MY FIRST NIGHT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

OH, WE WERE SWORN IN AND WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND WE APPROVED A CIRCLE K OUT ON, 89 A AND, VERY MEMORABLE EVENING FOR ME. AND I WAS VERY MUCH AN ADVOCATE FOR PROTECTING OUR PARK SPACES DURING THAT CONVERSATION.

MY POSITION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS SHIFTED OVER THE YEARS, AND I RECOGNIZE THE CRISIS WE'RE IN.

I DO STILL THINK THAT WE NEED THIS IS CLEARLY A VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE.

IT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF US ARE ATTUNED TO, AND WE DO WANT TO PROTECT OUR PARK SPACES.

THAT POSITION OF MINE HASN'T CHANGED.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THROW MY VOICE IN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND OTHERS WHO HAVE STATED THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST A RESOLUTION STATING OUR INTENTIONS HERE, FOR FUTURE COUNCILS TO SORT OF BE AWARE OF.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TIE THE HANDS OF A FUTURE COUNCIL.

AND I WOULD HAVE HATED FOR A PAST COUNCIL TO, SOMEHOW USED SOME SORT OF TIME TRAVEL TECHNIQUE TO TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T DO HERE ON THIS COUNCIL. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT DYNAMIC.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP, I WAS EXPRESSING SOME, CONCERNS.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS, TIFFANY, THAT YOU AND I HAD TOGETHER TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIND THE SCENES PRETTY HARD WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WITH US AS WELL.

JUST TO CLARIFY, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT SEEM SCARIEST TO FOLKS WHO ARE ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR WAYS, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THE WAYS THAT, DECISIONS WE MAKE, CAN, WITHOUT US REALIZING IT NEGATIVELY AFFECT FUTURE DYNAMICS.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

AND ANOTHER POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THE, SARAH DAR'S, COMMENTS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ALL HOUSING, ETC..

I TOOK THOSE WITH GREAT INTEREST.

AND I THINK WHAT I'LL DO IF WE HAVE A RESOLUTION COMES BACK THAT INVOLVES AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES.

I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS THEN, AND I DON'T NEED TO GET INTO THAT NOW.

BUT I THANK YOU, SARAH, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

BY BY. I DID SAY BYE BYE.

AND WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I DIDN'T DO THAT ON PURPOSE.

IT JUST KIND OF CAME OUT.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL, PUBLIC

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COMMENTS. OKAY. SO I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ THE RESOLUTION BY TITLE ONLY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME.

MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE READ RESOLUTION 202405 BY TITLE ONLY.

IN A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THANKS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, TIFFANY MAIER.

YES, I'M GOING TO NEED TO READ THAT RESOLUTION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SECOND ACTION.

OH. SO CLOSE.

CLOSE. MAY I? YES. ALL RIGHT. A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK AND ENTITLED PC DASH 23-00136- RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE.

THANK YOU. NOW, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO, READ RESOLUTION, READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 202403 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. I MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-03 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. CITY CLERK, 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 PC DASH 23-00136- RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.

SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING DOWN.

[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-06: A resolution approving Binding Waivers of Enforcement for 3 parcels of land located in the City of Flagstaff. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2024-06 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-06 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-06]

ITEM NUMBER 12, A CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-06.

HELLO. CITY ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

STIRLING SOLOMON, CITY ATTORNEY.

I'M PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF CHRISTINA RUBALCAVA TONIGHT.

WHAT'S BEFORE YOU NOW IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THREE WAIVERS OF BINDING ENFORCEMENT OR BINDING WAIVERS OF ENFORCEMENT REGARDING SOME PROP 207 CLAIMS THAT HAVE COME IN, IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.

AS YOU HAVE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES, WITH MANY WAIVERS THAT HAVE COME TO YOU FOR APPROVAL, IN RESOLUTIONS, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE 20 2028, WHICH MADE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CITY ZONING CODE, INCLUDING AND CHANGES TO THE REGULATION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING OR HO, AS WE COMMONLY REFER TO IT, REQUIRING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR HO RESTRICTING HO OF FOUR UNITS OR MORE TO THE PEDESTRIAN SHED OF AN ACTIVITY CENTER, AND ADDING PARKING, BEDROOM, BATHROOM, AND OTHER HO REGULATIONS.

IN LATE 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE CITY RECEIVED PROP 207 CLAIMS ON BEHALF OF THREE PARCELS OF LAND.

THE OWNERS CLAIM THAT AS A RESULT OF THE NOVEMBER 2020 AMENDMENTS, THEIR PROPERTIES LOST A COLLECTIVE $2.3 MILLION IN VALUE.

PROP 207 IS OFFICIALLY CODIFIED UNDER AHS TITLE 12 1134.

THE SPECIFICS OF THAT ARE HERE ON THE SCREEN.

I WON'T READ THEM FOR YOU OTHER THAN THE LAST TWO, WHICH ARE.

THE LANDOWNER DOES NEED TO MAKE A WRITTEN DEMAND FOR A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF JUST COMPENSATION THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY'VE LOST IN VALUE, AND THE CITY HAS 90 DAYS TO PAY, AMEND THE LAW, OR PERMANENTLY WAIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEW LAND USE LAW ON THE LANDOWNERS PARCEL.

JUST AS THE CITY HAS DONE IN MANY OTHER CASES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD.

IF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT ACT, THE LANDOWNER MAY FILE A CLAIM FOR JUST COMPENSATION IN SUPERIOR COURT WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE DATE THAT THE LAND USE LAW TOOK EFFECT.

JUST COMPENSATION FOR DIMINUTION IN VALUE IS THE REDUCTION IN FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY RESULTING FROM THE LAND USE LAW, AND FAIR MARKET VALUE WAS MOST LIKELY PRICED, WHERE THE LAND WOULD BRING OR BASED ON WHAT THE LAND WOULD BRING ON SALE ON THE OPEN MARKET BY A PURCHASER WHO BUYS WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ALL OF THE USES AND PURPOSES TO WHICH IT IS ADAPTED AND FOR WHICH IT IS CAPABLE.

THAT SAID, IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL TONIGHT, THE CITY WILL AGREE TO DECLARE THE ZONING CODE.

AMENDMENTS WILL NOT BE ENFORCED NOR APPLICABLE APPLICABLE TO ANY PORTION OF THESE THREE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED IN THE BINDING WAIVER OF ENFORCEMENT

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ATTACHED TO THE STAFF SUMMARY AS EXHIBIT A IN THE RESOLUTION.

IN WITH A LITTLE FURTHER INFORMATION, I KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT EXISTING RIGHTS TO USE DIVIDE SELL ONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT'S INVOLVED HERE IN THESE THREE CLAIMS OR WHAT IS THE COMPENSATION BEING REDUCED? I THINK THE INTENT IS WHAT IS THE VALUE OR THE REDUCTION OR THE DIMINUTION IN VALUE.

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THESE ARE CLAIMS, CLAIMS THAT COULD RESULT IN LITIGATION.

AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF CLAIMS HERE IN AN OPEN COUNCIL MEETING.

ANOTHER QUESTION I KNOW HAS COME FORWARD TO YOU AS FAR AS WHETHER THERE'S ANY PROPOSED REZONING ON ONE OF THESE THREE PARCELS AND NONE THAT I OR MY STAFF ARE AWARE OF THAT I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT TONIGHT.

BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I AM GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENTER.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ONLINE, CHARLIE SILVER.

AGAIN. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING MY COMMENTS.

I WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR THE ITEMS THAT THAT, THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST MENTIONED, AND I'D LIKE TO READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD AS WELL. I AM WRITING IN REGARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2020 FOR ITEM 12.

A THE ITEM IS IN CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 4-06, A RESOLUTION APPROVING BINDING WAIVERS OF ENFORCEMENT FOR THREE PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

SPECIFICALLY, MY COMMENTS ARE DIRECTED TO ONE OF THE THREE PARCELS LISTED THAT IS APN NUMBER 108 DASH 15, DASH 010 LOCATED AT 3731 NORTH PATTERSON BOULEVARD.

SO I JUST POSED SOME QUESTIONS.

I AM CURIOUS WHY THIS MATTER HAS COME BEFORE YOU, I.E.

CONSIDERATION OF A PROP 207 WAIVER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING AMENDMENTS TO AN R-1 ZONE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF FLAGSTAFF, NEAR SWISS MANOR.

I ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN WHAT EXISTING RIGHTS TO USE, DIVIDE, SELL THIS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ARE BEING REDUCED, WHAT COMPENSATION IS BEING REDUCED? AND FINALLY, IS THERE A PROPOSED REZONING ON THE HORIZON THAT WOULD AFFECT THIS AREA? THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

STERLING, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? I DON'T OTHER THAN, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, ALL BINDING WAIVERS OF ENFORCEMENT THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

THAT SAID, IF YOU WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THIS, PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT IT, AGAIN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M WILLING TO GET INTO DETAILS ABOUT HERE IN THE REGULAR MEETING.

THAT WOULD BE FOR, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND I IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND ACTUALLY THAT YOU TABLE THE ITEM TONIGHT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

I JUST MAKE A COMMENT TO MR. SILVER. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS SOMETIME, GIVE ME A PHONE CALL.

IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR, I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION 2024-06 BY TITLE ONLY.

THANK YOU. AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.

A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING BINDING WAIVERS OF ENFORCEMENT FOR THREE PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

THANK YOU. AND A MOTION TO ADOPT.

SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.

AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[B. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-07: A resolution approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between Coconino County and the City of Flagstaff for the Landfill Road Construction Project. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2024-07 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-07 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-07]

MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER B OR LETTER B CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-07.

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THANK YOU, MR. OVERTON.

YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SCOTT OVERTON, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

THIS EVENING WE HAVE AN ACTION OF AN IGA.

THIS IGA IS RESOLUTION 2020 407.

IT IS AN IGA WITH COCONINO COUNTY.

WE ARE UNDERTAKING A LANDFILL ROAD REBUILD PROJECT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO REBUILD THE ROAD FROM 89 NORTH TO OUR LANDFILL PROPERTY AT APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES.

THIS IGA HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS NOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WE STARTED THIS PROJECT IN 2019 AND WE HAVE KIND OF COME TO RESOLUTION.

THE NEXT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA WILL ACTUALLY BE THE CMAA AWARD FOR THE CONTRACTOR.

BUT THIS EVENING, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'VE COME TO AGREEMENT WITH COCONINO COUNTY.

WE ARE EACH PAYING A PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF THIS ROADWAY TO GET IT REPLACED.

TOTAL COST IS JUST OVER $5 MILLION.

THE COUNTY WILL PAY JUST ABOUT 2.44 MILLION.

AND THE CITY'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE IS ABOUT 2.6 MILLION.

REALLY CREDIT TO THE COUNTY ON THIS ONE.

WE WERE SHORT FUNDING AND THEY WERE ABLE TO COME TO THE TABLE WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, THAT WERE NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE EARLY SCOPING.

SO THIS DID KEEP THIS PROJECT MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.

AND WITH ALL GOOD LUCK, AFTER THESE TWO NEXT ITEMS, WE WILL GO TO CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE A NEW ROAD BUILT DURING THIS NEXT CONSTRUCTION SEASON FOR YEARS TO COME AT OUR LANDFILL FACILITY ON 89 NORTH.

WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT AGAIN, THANKS TO COCONINO COUNTY AND THEIR COOPERATION ON THIS AGREEMENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THE PROJECT FORWARD.

THANK YOU. SCOTT, I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE WRITTEN TO US ABOUT THIS ROAD, WHO WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ THE RESOLUTION BY TITLE ONLY. MAYOR.

I'LL MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024.

DASH ZERO SEVEN BY TITLE ONLY.

THANK YOU. AND A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE AYE AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.

A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN COCONINO COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR THE LANDFILL ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THANK YOU ALL.

AND A MOTION TO ADOPT.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2024, DASH ZERO SEVEN AND A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING DOWN TO SEE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

[C. Consideration and Approval of Contract: Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Service Agreement - GMP1 with Rummel Construction, Inc. for the Landfill Road Improvement Project. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the CMAR Construction Services Agreement - GMP 1 with Rummel Construction, Inc. for a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP1) in the amount of $4,887,944.86 and a contract duration period of 171-calendar days; and Approve an Owner's Contingency of $172,020.37, which is 4.25% of the GMP1; and Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents.]

GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVAN TYRELL, SOLID WASTE AND FLEET SERVICES SECTION DIRECTOR.

I'M GOING TO QUICKLY PASS THIS OVER TO MATT MORALES, WHO HAS WORKED ON THIS PROJECT MUCH LONGER.

AND PRIOR TO MY TENURE WITH THE CITY AS AN ORGANIZATION.

SO HE'S BEEN KIND OF THE MASTERMIND AND WORKING THROUGH THIS WITH THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING.

AND EMILY, ALSO WITH PROCUREMENT, HAS HELPED WITH THE SEYMOUR CONTRACT.

THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. THE PRESENTATION.

WELL, I CAN JUST GO THROUGH IT.

JUST DOWNLOAD. OKAY.

APOLOGIES WE DID NOT SAVE THE PRESENTATION AND HAVE IT QUEUED UP, SO I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP INTO AND DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE PDF, I APOLOGIZE.

NO WORRIES.

IN THE MEANTIME, I CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MATTHEW MORALES.

I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER OUT AT CINDER LAKE LANDFILL FOR SOLID WASTE.

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO ESTABLISH MANY CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS THAT WOULD WORK WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE REGULATIONS.

FOR THE FOREST SERVICE.

AND THOSE ARE TIGHT REGULATIONS.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S REQUIRED BIOLOGICAL, ARCHEOLOGICAL, EVEN PENSTEMON STUDIES OUT THERE THAT WE HAD TO DO PRIOR TO ALL THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JUST DESIGNING THE ROAD.

THAT WORK, AS I SAID, INDICATED, TOOK US AROUND SIX YEARS OR, EXCUSE ME, TWO YEARS JUST TO GET THROUGH WITH FOREST SERVICE.

THEN WE MOVED ON TO OTHER PORTIONS OF DESIGNING THE ROAD, PRESENTING THAT TO THE FOREST SERVICE AS A CONCEPTUAL IDEA.

WE LOOKED AT OTHER, AVENUES OF ACTUALLY REALIGNING THE ROAD THROUGH OTHER MEANS.

AND SO THIS WAS A LONG TERM EFFORT.

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WE ALSO HAD DONE A COST AGREEMENT WITH THE FOREST SERVICE.

THERE'S A MASTER COST RECOVERY AGREEMENT, AND THAT WAS TOOK SOME TIME AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS DONE THROUGH OUR REAL ESTATE MANAGER AS WELL.

SO WE'RE REALLY ECSTATIC TO BE HERE.

THERE WAS MANY TEARS, SOME SWEAT.

NO BLOOD YET.

SO DID YOU REALLY CRY? YEAH. YEAH.

YOU COULD TALK TO MY WIFE ABOUT IT.

SHE'S SEEN SOME TEARS ACTUALLY GO DOWN.

SO, BUT THIS SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES WHAT WE KNOW AS FOREST ROAD 6010, WHICH IS A TWO MILE LONG ROAD THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1960S BETWEEN HIGHWAY 89 AND LANDFILL ROAD.

LANDFILL ROAD WAS WAS INITIALLY ESTABLISHED AS A ROAD MEANT TO BE FOR BORROW PITS.

WE WERE PULLING CINDERS OUT OF THERE TO USE FOR TREATMENT ALONG HIGHWAY 89.

THE GREEN LAWS WERE USING RAIL TRANSPORT THERE FOR LOGS.

I MEAN, IT DOES HAVE A LONG HISTORY.

THERE'S SOME SO HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE WE'RE LOCATED SIX MILES NORTH OF FLAGSTAFF, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST.

AND SO WITH THAT, THAT ROAD BEING A FOREST SERVICE ROAD, WE WERE REQUIRED TO GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT BACK IN 1965.

AND THERE WAS AGREEMENTS MADE BETWEEN THE FOREST SERVICE, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.

AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, WE BASICALLY ENTERED INTO AN EASEMENT WITH THE FOREST SERVICE THIS PAST YEAR.

THAT EASEMENT ALLOWS US NOW ACCESS TO MAINTAIN THE ROAD AND HAVE MUCH MORE LEEWAY TO FIX THE ROAD, SHOULD WE NEED TO DO ANY KIND OF REPAIRS. IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS THIS RECONSTRUCTION, THE REPLACEMENT OF ASPHALT IS PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, REPLACEMENT OF FENCES ALONG THAT RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR DRAINAGE STRUCTURES ALONG THAT ALIGNMENT.

AS YOU CAN WEAR, BE AWARE THAT THE PIPELINE FIRES THE EAST FIRE AND THE TUNNEL FIRE SEVERELY IMPACTED THE UPSTREAM WATERSHED.

AND SO IT IS A SERENDIPITOUS TIME THAT WE HAD TO WAIT TO GET THROUGH THE FOREST SERVICE PROCESS.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE WERE ABLE TO REALIZE NOT ONLY SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS NEEDED, BUT ALSO DO SOME VALUE ENGINEERING ALONG THE WAY.

THIS PROJECT ALSO IS GREAT FOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, IN THAT WE OFFER BASICALLY THE ABILITY TO GET TO THE LANDFILL FOR ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR TRASH TRUCKS AND OUR CONTRACTORS AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO USES THAT FACILITY.

BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE RECREATIONALISTS WHO USE THE OLD CAVES, CRATER AND OTHER ACCESS POINTS, INCLUDING THE USGS SITE FOR NASA.

SO THESE ROAD CONDITIONS, NOT ONLY ARE THEY MAKING, WE'RE IMPROVING THE ROAD CONDITIONS, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR, MOTORISTS OUT THERE.

AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY AND WHAT THE THE CONDITION OF THAT ROAD IS.

AND IN JUST A SECOND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PHOTOS.

THIS ALSO ENSURES RELIABLE ACCESS FOR NOT ONLY JUST THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE REGION.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. LANDFILL.

THIS LANDFILL IS USED BY MANY PEOPLE FROM TUBA CITY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MUNDS PARK.

AND SO WE HAVE A 70 MILE RADIUS OF FOLKS WHO USE THIS FACILITY AS AND RELY ON THIS AS THEIR REGIONAL MEANS FOR DISPOSAL.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WE ARE COMPLEMENTING THE EXISTING STORMWATER STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED OUT THERE, WHICH INCLUDE THE NOW CALLED TRIPLETS ALONG THE LANDFILL ROAD ALIGNMENT.

AND SO THOSE TRIPLETS ARE BERMS THAT HELP TO SLOW DOWN AND MITIGATE FLOWS INTO DHONI PARK.

AND SO YEAH, THAT WILL BE AN ADDED FEATURE THAT WE'VE WE'VE INVESTED LOTS OF TIME AND ENERGY INTO.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY AN INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT ENSURES THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO THE FACILITY, BUT ALSO KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE TRAFFIC CONTROL, FEATURES IN THE NEW ALIGNMENT OF THE OF THE ROAD WILL BE ENHANCED.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT IS THE THE CURVES ALONG THAT ROAD.

IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN OUT THAT ROAD, THE CURVES ARE QUITE TIGHT.

AND SO WE'VE INCREASED THE RADII TO MAKE IT SO THAT THE THE TRUCKS ESPECIALLY CAN PASS WITH SAFETY AS OTHER MOTORISTS ARE ON COME IN AS WELL. AND THIS PROJECT IS BEING DELIVERED UNDER WHAT IS CALLED THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, FORMAT.

AND WE'RE EXCEPTIONALLY HAPPY WITH THE CONTRACTOR WHO WE'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP US AND OUR ENGINEER COME UP

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WITH VALUE ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS.

SOME OF THOSE WERE.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE WERE INITIALLY WERE THINKING WE WOULD NEED BOX CULVERTS FOR SOME OF THOSE STORMWATER CROSSINGS.

TURNED OUT WE COULD DO A LOW WATER CROSSING FOR MUCH CHEAPER PRICE.

AND WE'VE HAD TO ALSO WITH THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, WE'VE HAD TO TAKE SOME THINGS OUT.

WE'VE HAD TO REMOVE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR ELECTRICITY, BUT WE STILL HAVE ELECTRICITY AT THE LANDFILL.

DON'T WORRY. WE'LL GET THROUGH THAT AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY COME ABOUT.

OUR CONTRACTOR, RUMBLE CONSTRUCTION, HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR OVER 27 YEARS.

THEY'VE DONE 50 RELATED CMAA PROJECTS.

AND SO WE'RE EXCEPTIONALLY HAPPY TO TO BE WORKING WITH THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT THEY PROVIDE US WITH WHAT IS CALLED THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

AND SO THAT PRICE, IF IT TAKES THEM TOO LONG TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT, IT'S ON THEIR DIME.

OKAY. OR IF SOMETHING IF THERE'S COST OVERRUNS, BARRING CONTINGENCIES, IT'S BASICALLY ON THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE STAYING WITHIN THE $5 MILLION MARK THAT THEY PROMISED ON THEIR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

AND SO, LIKE I SAY, RUMBLE HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, PROJECT STRUCTURE OR CONTRACT STRUCTURE IS JUST A GOOD FIT OVERALL.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE HERE, IT SHOWS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE CRACKING THAT HAS OCCURRED.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THE POTS AND POTHOLES, SOME OF THE PATCHING THAT'S BEEN DONE.

BUT ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THINGS, WHICH IS REALLY HARD TO SHOW ON THIS PHOTO, BUT IS THE WARPING.

AND WHEN HEAVY HAUL TRUCKS TRAVEL DOWN A ROAD, ESPECIALLY A ROAD THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 60 YEARS OLD, YOU INHERENTLY GET QUITE A BIT OF WARPING.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THROUGH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, WE COULD BASICALLY TAKE THIS MATERIAL, THIS PAVEMENT, WE'RE GOING TO RECONSTITUTE IT AND REUSE IT, RECYCLE IT AS AGGREGATE BASE AND PUT IT BACK ONTO THE GROUND AND BASICALLY REINFORCE AND MAKE A BETTER, MUCH STRONGER BASE THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW SO THAT THE, THE THE ROAD HAS A, YOU KNOW, A LONG LIFE AS WELL.

SO THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MARCH OF 2024, MARCH 18TH, TO BE SPECIFIC.

AND AS WE SAID, WE'VE GOING WE'RE GOING TO BE NOT ONLY DOING ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE'LL BE DOING STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

LET'S SEE HERE. LET ME GET BACK ON MY NOTES, BASICALLY.

THE CONTRACTOR, LIKE I SAID, UNDERSTANDS THAT IF THIS PROJECT TAKES LONGER FOR THEM, IT IS ON THEIR DIME.

SO WE'RE WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN FINISH THIS PROJECT SWIFTLY, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE PAVING SEASON.

THE PAVING SEASON REALLY STARTS TO BECOME, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THIS THING PAVED BY JULY, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET IT INTO THE MONSOON SEASON.

SO WHILE WE'RE COMPLETING THE PROJECT IN SEPTEMBER, MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WILL BE DONE IS IN THE JULY AND AUGUST MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING BACK THE FENCES, DOING THE STRIPING AND ALL THE AND THE SIGNAGE AS WELL.

SO. SO OUR APPROVAL REQUEST, THE FUNDING FOR THIS IS, AS MR. OVERTON HAS SAID, IS IS PROVIDED, AS DEDICATED FUNDING FROM COCONINO NATIONAL.

EXCUSE ME, COCONINO COUNTY AND LANDFILL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING FUNDED ALSO BY THE SOLID WASTE FUND.

SO $2.6 MILLION IS COMING FROM SOLID WASTE FUND, AND 2.4 MILLION IS COMING FROM COCONINO COUNTY FOR THIS PROJECT.

ONCE AGAIN, THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS, PROVIDED US IS 5 MILLION, 59 $59,965.23. WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT RUMMEL WILL DO EVERYTHING TO ACT AS A FIDUCIARY DURING THE PROJECT AS WELL. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIND COST SAVINGS THROUGH THIS PROJECT, AS IT GOES ON THROUGH ITS COMPLETION.

SO THAT SHOULD WE SEE ANY COST SAVINGS BY THE END OF THE PROJECT, WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TOWARD OTHER FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPE FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPE.

PER THE STAFF SUMMARY, SOLID WASTE IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THIS THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

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OKAY, SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEEMA CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT, APPROVE AN OWNERS CONTINGENCY AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WE ARE ON.

SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOVING DOWN TO D CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER

[D. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-04: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, authorizing the exchange of real property of substantially equal value with a property owner, ZH Holdings Butler, LLC; providing for delegation of authority, severability, repeal of conflicting ordinances, and establishing an effective date Consideration and Approval of Purchase Agreement with ZH Holdings Butler, LLC STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the February 6, 2024 Council Meeting: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2024-04 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-04 by title only (if approved above) At the February 20, 2024 Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2024-04 by title only for the final time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-04 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-04 6) Approve the Purchase Agreement and authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents]

2024-04. HELLO, BRYCE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

LET ME PULL UP THIS PRESENTATION.

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M BRYCE DOTY.

I'M THE REAL ESTATE MANAGER FOR THE CITY.

TODAY I HAVE AN EXCHANGE AGREEMENT OR EXCHANGE ORDINANCE, WHICH AUTHORIZES EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY THAT WE PURCHASED FOR THE LONE TREE OVERPASS.

BUT WE NO LONGER NEED FOR PROPERTY THAT WE DO NEED FOR THE LONE TREE OVERPASS.

AND SO I'LL LET ME SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD.

WE'RE RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF BUTLER AND COLORADO, SO WE'RE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTIES ON THE EAST SIDE OF COLORADO HERE.

RIGHT HERE. WHAT WE HAVE IS THE OVERLAY.

SO ALL THESE LIGHT GREEN LINES, THIS IS THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE LONE TREE OVERPASS.

LAST YEAR WE CLOSED ON THE TWO PARCELS ON THE NORTH OF THIS BLOCK.

THERE WERE STRUCTURES ON THERE.

THERE. THOSE HAVE SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED.

WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED FOR THE LONE TREE IS EVERYTHING THAT FALLS TO THE WEST OF THAT GREEN LINE.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME GAPS IN THERE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A PURPOSE FOR.

WHAT WE HAVE YET TO CLOSE ON IS THE PROPERTIES ON THE APNS THAT END IN 018 AND 0178.

AND SO WHAT THIS EXCHANGE DOES IS ESSENTIALLY WE'RE GOING TO EXCHANGE, IF APPROVED, WE ARE GOING TO EXCHANGE THE LANDS THAT WE THE REMNANT PARCELS THAT WERE ON THE PARCELS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED FOR THE LAND THAT WE DO NEED, FOR THE LONE TREE.

AND IT'S ABOUT A GAP.

WE NEED ABOUT SIX, 6800FT², AND WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH ABOUT 50 700FT², SO WE CAN GET PRETTY CLOSE TO TO MAKING THEM WHOLE FOR WHAT WE'RE TAKING.

AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE.

SO WE WILL RECEIVE EVERYTHING IN THE YELLOW AND WE WILL GIVE EVERYTHING IN THE ORANGE THE APPRAISED VALUE OF WHAT WE WERE, OF WHAT THAT YELLOW IS, IS ABOUT $192,000. AND SO WE'RE VALUING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM AT THE SAME BASIS.

SO REALLY WE'RE DEFRAYING ABOUT $165,000 OF COST TO THE CITY BY EXCHANGING THIS.

HERE'S WHAT THOSE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS LOOK LIKE.

SO WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND PREPARED THOSE FOR THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

WE HAVE INCLUDED HOUSING AND SUSTAINABILITY.

SO THEY HAVE CONSULTED ON THIS, LIKE THE RESOLUTION THAT TIFFANY MENTIONED.

2022 DASH 52.

SO THEY SUPPORT THIS EXCHANGE AS WELL.

AND IT REALLY GIVES THAT DEVELOPMENT, THE PROPERTY, MORE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS BY NOT REALLY HAVING THIS REMNANT PARCEL THAT THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE GOOD USES FOR. SO WE CAN GIVE THAT BACK TO THEM AND REALLY, HOPEFULLY THAT THEY CAN BUILD A BETTER PROJECT WITH HOWEVER THEY USE THAT LAND.

AND THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT INCLUDING THE ALLEY AS AN ABANDONMENT AS PART OF THIS EXCHANGE.

STAFF AT THIS TIME, WITHOUT ANY KIND OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MIGHT GO THERE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, NOT READY TO TO DO THAT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A SEPARATE ITEM COMING BEFORE YOU, DEPENDING ON, HOW THIS LAND IS ZONED OR REZONED.

AND SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE, THE LAND THAT WE NEED FOR THE LONE TREE AND THE LAND THAT WE RECEIVED ON THE THE ADJACENT PARCELS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE OPEN TO.

ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

BRYCE. QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. COMMENTS.

NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

YES. THANK YOU.

I FINALLY FIGURED OUT TO PUT IT IN THE CHAT.

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I'M SORRY. MAYOR.

BRYCE. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND.

SO WE WE PURCHASED THE.

YEAH. GO BACK TO THE COLOR.

SO WE PURCHASED THE ORANGE PIECE, RIGHT? YEAH. YES, MA'AM.

SO WE PURCHASED THE ENTIRETY OF THOSE PARCELS, AND THEY DID HAVE HOUSES ON THOSE.

SO THOSE WERE WE COULDN'T REALLY JUST BUY HALF OF THE HOUSE.

WE HAD TO BUY THE ENTIRE PARCEL FOR THE PROJECT.

SO THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP WITH THE ORANGE.

OKAY. SO SO WE HAVE THE ORANGE.

SO WE BOUGHT THE WHOLE THING.

BUT NOW WE DON'T NEED THE ORANGE PIECE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

CORRECT. SO WE'RE AT 100% DESIGN ON THE LONE TREE PROJECT.

SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE THE LIMITS IN THIS AREA WILL NOT CHANGE.

OKAY. AND SO SINCE WE.

SO THEN.

WHO ARE WE SELLING THAT TO? OR WHO ARE WE EXCHANGING THAT WITH, AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH IT? SO IS THAT A.

YEAH, SURE.

SO GO AHEAD. THE THE ENTITY'S NAME IS Z H HOLDINGS.

AND THIS IS A DEVELOPER IN TOWN.

DAVID HAYWARD I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH HIM.

AND SO HE DOES HOME SITE CONTROL OF THIS PARCEL OR THE PARCEL SOUTH OF OUR REMNANT PIECES.

THERE IS A REZONE APPLICATION TO REZONE IT.

CURRENTLY IT'S IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT IS THERE IS A REZONE APPLICATION FOR HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL.

AND SO, PENDING, PENDING ANY KIND OF REZONING RESULTS.

YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN THOSE ZONINGS SHOULD HE RECEIVE, THAT REZONE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE FOR THE BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE 2024-04 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THANK YOU. AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AUTHORIZING THE EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL VALUE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER HOLDINGS.

BUTLER, LLC.

PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.

SEVERABILITY. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ON E CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-01 REGARDING THE WATERSHED

[E. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-01: A resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City Of Flagstaff, Arizona, Recognizing the Watershed Alliance For The Rio De Flag (WARF) STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2024-01 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-01 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-01]

ALLIANCE FOR THE RIO DE FLAG.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.

COUNCIL. ED SCHENK, STORMWATER SECTION DIRECTOR.

I WILL ACTUALLY BE PASSING THIS OFF VERY QUICKLY.

BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE RESOLUTION THAT'S GOING BEFORE YOU TODAY, IF THE POWERPOINT OPENS, THERE WE GO.

THIS IS, THE DEVELOPMENT FROM A 2018 GRANT, A WATERSMART GRANT THAT WENT TO ONE OF OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS, FRIENDS OF THE RIO DE FLAG.

AND THEY PUT TOGETHER OVER SEVERAL YEARS A PLAN AND WHAT THEY CALL THE WATERSHED ALLIANCE FOR THE RIO DE FLAG.

SO WHARF.

THE CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT SINCE 2019.

VARIOUS STAFF, MOSTLY THE STORMWATER SECTION THROUGH THEIR OPEN CHANNEL MAINTENANCE, PROGRAM.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER RATHER SHORTLY TO KATHY.

I WILL SAY THAT THE STAFF'S GOALS WITH THIS WHARF, PLAN, IF YOU WILL, IS TO SUPPORT FUTURE GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR, OPEN CHANNEL MAINTENANCE, WATERSHED HEALTH, ETC., AS WELL AS TO GAIN EXTRA CREDITS IN THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM.

SO THE CRS SYSTEM, THAT'S WHAT WE MAINTAIN WITH FEMA FOR NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS. SO CURRENTLY WE ARE A CLASS FIVE COMMUNITY, WHICH AFFORDS US A 25% DISCOUNT WITH FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS THROUGH THE FEDERAL SERVICE.

AND WE DO GET CREDIT, ANNUALLY FOR HAVING PROGRAMS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE, AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KATHY.

AND I HOPE IT SHOULD BE PRETTY CLEAR HERE.

YEAH. USUALLY YOU JUST DO THIS.

THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE.

OKAY, THANKS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M KATHY FLACCUS.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE RIO DE FLAG.

AND AS ED SAID, I'D JUST LIKE TO TELL YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RIO OR THE RIO WATERSHED PLANNING AND WHAT WE WENT THROUGH TO DEVELOP THIS AND HOW IT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY.

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SO IT STARTED WITH A GRANT OF $100,000 GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION IN 2019.

AND THE GRANT HAD TWO OBJECTIVES.

WE HAD TO FORM A STAKEHOLDERS GROUP AND WE ALSO HAD TO DEVELOP A WATERSHED PLAN.

THE STAKEHOLDERS GROUP BECAME KNOWN AS THE WHARF, WHICH IS THE WATERSHED ALLIANCE FOR THE RIO DE FLAG.

AND THERE'S MANY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE RIO.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT A LARGE WATERSHED IT IS AND WHAT KINDS OF DIFFERENT LANDS IT INCLUDES.

SO THIS BEFORE YOU IS JUST A AN INCOMPLETE LISTING OF THE GROUPS.

IT INCLUDES ALL OF THESE THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE FOREST SERVICE, THE SPRINGS INSTITUTE, OUR GROUP, THE FRIENDS OF THE RIO DE FLAG, AND ALSO ARIZONA GAME AND FISH, THE MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA, AS WELL AS PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND JUST CITIZENS THAT ARE CONCERNED.

SO IT'S QUITE A LARGE, POOL TO BE IN THE, WATERSHED ALLIANCE.

AND THIS IS JUST A SKETCH, A QUICK SKETCH, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU HOW AMAZING IT IS THAT WE HAVE THIS RIO.

IT MAY NOT HAVE WATER ALL THE TIME, BUT IT RUNS THROUGH THE SUCH AN AMAZING LANDSCAPE AND IT CONNECTS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

EVERY SINGLE PART OF FLAGSTAFF IN THE SURROUNDINGS IS IS PART OF THE RIO DE FLAG WATERSHED, BUT IT ALSO CONNECTS OUR OUR CITY AND THROUGH.

IT'S NOT JUST THE CHANNEL, BUT THE TRIBUTARIES FLOW THROUGH EVERY COMMUNITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO.

I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT WHAT A GREAT RESOURCE THIS IS.

YOU KNOW, IT CONNECTS THE MUSEUM AND CITY HALL, RIGHT WHERE WE ARE IN THE LIBRARY.

AND THE AMAZING PARKS THAT WE HAVE IN THE FOOTS RUNS ALONG IT.

PEOPLE USE THE RIO EVERY DAY, WHETHER IT HAS WATER OR NOT.

AND SOMETIMES WE TEND TO THINK OF THIS AS JUST STORMWATER FLOW.

BUT IT IS ALSO, AN AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL RESOURCE FOR OUR TOWN.

THE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE WHARF.

THE WATERSHED ALLIANCE IS THAT WE HAVE A MORE COORDINATED EFFORT TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THE RIO, AND TO MAKE IT EVEN A BETTER ASSET.

WE GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED BY ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION THAT ED HAS BROUGHT FORWARD THAT RECOGNIZES THE WHARF AND PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RIO, THE CITY CAN AID IN TAKING PROGRESSIVE STEPS TOWARD RESTORING AND ENHANCING THE RIO.

SO WE STARTED THIS WHOLE PROJECT BY GETTING TOGETHER AS MANY GROUPS AS WE COULD THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE RIO.

WE HAD WE INTERVIEWED THEM, AND THEN WE CONTRACTED WITH SOUTHWEST DECISION RESOURCES TO CONDUCT PUBLIC MEETINGS.

AND THEN COVID HIT.

SO WE HAD EXPECTED TO DO ALL THESE FACE TO FACE, BUT WE DID ORGANIZE THEM ONLINE.

WE HAD BETWEEN 45 AND 25 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENTERS AND AND THE, PEOPLE FROM THE RIO. AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE, BUT WE HAD IN DEPTH, SIX IN DEPTH MEETINGS.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE THE BREADTH AND THE DEPTH OF WHAT WE WENT OVER.

YOU KNOW, JUST THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE WATERSHED, HOW IT CHANGES, HOW COMMUNITIES ARE INVOLVED IN THE RIO.

JUST THE NATURE OF, I'M SORRY, THE NATURE OF THE RIO ITSELF, YOU KNOW, THE THE WILDLIFE AND THE HABITAT, THE RIPARIAN ZONE THAT IT SUPPORTS.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN RESTORE AND HEAL THE WATERSHED, HOW THE RIO AFFECTS THE COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY, AND AGAIN, HOW WE CAN CREATE STEWARDSHIP CITIZENS INVOLVED IN ALL THESE PROJECTS.

I WANTED TO SHOW THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT'S SO INTERESTING.

OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THESE MEETINGS, WE ASKED A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

AND AS AN EXAMPLE, WE ASKED THEM, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE ECOSYSTEMS HERE? AND WHY THIS SLIDE IS SO INTERESTING IS WHERE DROUGHT IS.

26% OF THE PEOPLE SAID THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THREAT.

ONLY 1% SAID FLOODING WAS.

NOW REMEMBER THIS IS 2020.

SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IDEAS YOU KNOW THIS WILL CHANGE.

SO THIS ISN'T SET IN STONE.

THIS WAS JUST A PICTURE OF HOW PEOPLE FELT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

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WE ALSO ASKED WHAT THEIR MAIN INTEREST WAS IN THE WATERSHED AND WHY I LOVE THIS PIE IS BECAUSE IT SHOWS.

IF YOU LOOK, THERE'S THE BIGGEST ONE IS RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT, BUT ALSO ON THE GROUND PROJECTS IN STEWARDSHIP AND EDUCATION, CULTURAL AND HERITAGE, PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIP AND WANTING TO BE PART OF THE RIO AND AND VOLUNTEER.

IT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN THE RIO.

THEY WANT TO HELP IT.

OUT OF ALL THIS PLANNING PROJECT, WE WE CAME UP WITH 116 SPECIFIC SITE SPECIFIC PROJECTS, AND THESE WERE MOSTLY PRETTY SMALL THINGS LIKE, OH, WE NEED TO PICK UP THE TRASH HERE, OR THERE'S AN AN AREA WHERE AN INVASIVE SPECIES ARE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL, OR THERE WERE SOME EROSION PROBLEMS. ALL OF THOSE WERE PRETTY SMALL.

25% OF THE OR 25, NOT PERCENT.

JUST 25 PROJECTS WERE WATERSHED WIDE WERE BIGGER PROJECTS.

AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES WE HAD, YOU KNOW, JUST TRASH AND WEED REMOVAL.

MOST OF THAT IS DONE BY VOLUNTEERS IN, IN A LOT OF THE THINGS.

AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BECAME STREAM STEWARDS FOR A SECTION.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

BUT WE WORKED WITH THE CITY SUSTAINABILITY TO DEVELOP THAT STREAM STEWARD PROGRAM.

THE RIO IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

WILDLIFE RESTORATION.

MANY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS HELPED OUR WILDFIRE.

WE HELPED BAG THE SAND AND HELPED PEOPLE OUT INDIVIDUALLY.

WE WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DO SOME RIPARIAN RESTORATION WITH RECLAIMED WATER AND THE CONNECTIVITY WITH SINCLAIR WASH AND SOME RESTORATION THERE, AND JUST CHANNEL MAINTENANCE AND A LOT OF THINGS.

THIS WORK IS DONE WITH VOLUNTEERS, WHICH SAVES THE CITY MONEY.

AND AGAIN PROJECTS THAT ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THOUGHT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT WAS JUST INVESTIGATING SOME OF THE WATER RIGHTS.

AND I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE.

BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THE RIO THAT OUR STAKEHOLDERS WERE INTERESTED IN.

THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO SHOW WHAT KIND OF WORK IS BEING DONE AROUND THIS.

AND I WANT YOU TO SEE IT'S IT'S VOLUNTEERS PICKING UP TRASH, PLANTING TREES, REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES.

WE WORKED WITH A IT'S CALLED A BIOBLITZ WHERE YOU HAVE CHILDREN GO OUT OR CITIZENS GO OUT AND JUST IDENTIFY EVERYTHING THEY CAN IN PLACE IN TIME, WHICH HELPS US GET A HANDLE ON WHO'S LIVING THERE.

SO WE WORKED WITH CHILDREN AT AT FRANCIS SHORT POND AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO CITIZENS ABOUT THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT THAT'S COMING UP. WE STARTED THIS THIS PROJECT IN 2019 AND THEN FIRES AND FLOODS AND COVID AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS SLOWED US DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT NOW WE'RE READY TO ASK THE CITY TO.

TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD RECOGNIZE THE WHARF, THE WATERSHED ALLIANCE FOR THE RIO, AND THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE COLLABORATION FOR POTENTIAL PROJECTS.

AND IT WILL ALLOW FOR.

INPUT AND BRAINSTORMING AND PLANNING AND EVENTUAL ACTION ON THINGS THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN FROM A COLLABORATIVE POINT OF VIEW.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE THE CITY FOR ANY MONEY OR FOR ANY.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED ON ANY PROJECT THAT THAT ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS THAT THE CITY WOULD BE ASKED TO BE PART OF.

WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THE WHARF, WOULD NEED CITY APPROVAL FOR THAT.

SO THIS DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE CITY FOR ANY FUTURE PROJECTS OR ANY FUTURE EXPENSE.

WHAT IT WOULD ASK THE CITY TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN MEETINGS, AND IT SAYS MONTHLY OR ANNUAL MEETINGS.

AND I'VE NOTICED THE MEETINGS ARE MORE LIKE SEMIANNUAL RIGHT NOW OR MAYBE QUARTERLY, BUT BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MONTHLY IN A LONG TIME.

AND ALSO, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOUR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP CLEAN UP THE RIVER.

AND, AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE ASK, WHARF MEMBERS TO DO.

AND THE LAST THING THAT THIS WILL HELP BY YOUR APPROVAL IS TO PROVIDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE HELP.

WHEN WE APPLY FOR GRANTS, IT'S NICE TO HAVE COOPERATING AGENCIES.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE FRIENDS OF THE RIO DE FLAG OR THE WHARF, BUT THAT THE CITY WOULD BE PART OF IT.

AND ALL OF THAT WOULD REQUIRE CITY APPROVAL AHEAD OF TIME.

BUT BY APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION, THAT MEANS THAT WE COULD GO TO THE THE CITY ADMINISTRATORS AND ASK FOR

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COOPERATION ON GRANTS.

AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATHY, AND I WANT TO APPLAUD FRIENDS OF THE RIO.

YOU ARE SUCH A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF RESIDENTS REALLY CARING ABOUT AN AREA.

AND I MEAN, YOU'VE ELEVATED, INTEREST AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE RIO, PROBABLY BEYOND WHAT THE CITY COULD HAVE HOPED TO HAVE DONE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.

SWEET. THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE, KATHY.

YOUR EXCITEMENT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO GO VOLUNTEER TOMORROW FOR YOU.

I AM WONDERING IF SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY DOES WANT TO GET INVOLVED.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY? WHEN AND WHERE ARE THE MEETINGS AND HOW DO THEY GET A HOLD OF YOU? THANK YOU. PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY ACTUALLY, IS TO GO THROUGH CITY SUSTAINABILITY, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HOUSING THE STREAM STEWARD PROGRAM, AND WE PARTNER WITH THEM ON A LOT OF STREAM PROJECTS.

BUT OTHER WAYS ARE WE HAVE A WEBSITE, FRIENDS OF THE RIO DE FLAG AND THE WHARF ALSO HAS A WEBSITE, THE WATER ALLIANCE FOR THE RIO DE FLAG.

SO CONTACT THROUGH THOSE WE HAVE MONTHLY.

WELL, WE USED TO HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS.

NOW WE HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS I THINK.

BUT DURING THE DURING THE SUMMER WE HAVE WALKS ONCE A MONTH TO, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE THE RIO.

SO I'LL SEND OUT.

I'LL SEND AN INVITATION TO YOU.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. PLEASE POST A SELFIE TOMORROW OF YOU OUT THERE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT BOTH TO YOU, KATHY AND PAUL.

I SEE YOU THERE IN THE BACK WITH YOUR CAP ON.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT IN THIS AND IN THIS.

A LOT OF LEADERSHIP, A LOT OF HARD WORK.

JUST FOR EXAMPLE, ONE THING THAT GOES UNMENTIONED AND UNHERALDED IS THE LABYRINTH THAT'S OUT, BY BRENNAN HOMES, WHICH WAS BUILT BY PAUL OVER THE YEARS AND MAINTAINED BY HIM.

I'M IMAGINING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU BRING TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SINCLAIR WASH.

BECOMING A PERENNIAL AMENITY, AS WE GET THAT UP AND RUNNING.

PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW WHEN THE NEXT CLEANUP IS PLANNED.

I DON'T HAVE THAT ON MY RADAR RIGHT NOW.

BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO MAINTAINING THOSE ACTIVITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE.

AND WE NEED YOU GUYS AT THE TABLE FOR THESE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE RIO DE FLAG, FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT AS WELL.

AND JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT THAT CONDUIT, THAT LIAISON BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE REST OF COMMUNITY WHO HARBORED DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO GO AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR RIPARIAN AREAS AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.

SO GRATEFUL TO YOU.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

YEAH. I REALIZE THAT RIPARIAN AREAS ARE LIKE THE LIFEBLOOD OF A ECOSYSTEM.

THE CONCENTRATION OF WILDLIFE IS MUCH STRONGER IN RIPARIAN AREAS, AND IT'S KIND OF HARD THROUGH A URBAN AREA, BUT STILL VERY IMPORTANT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MARY, KATHY AND, FOR STICKING UP FOR THE RIO AND AND PROTECTING IT AND IMPROVING IT.

SO THANK YOU.

CAN I REPLY? I JUST THOUGHT OF ONE MORE THING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

WE NOW HAVE A.

WE'VE DEVELOPED AN APP FOR THE RIO.

IT WAS ACTUALLY ALL PAUL'S WORK.

PAUL SO THAT IT IT EXPLAINS LIKE REALLY COOL THINGS ALONG THE RIO SO YOU CAN WALK WITH IT AND IT WILL LIKE POINT OUT COOL PLANTS OR ARCHEOLOGY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT YOU JUST DON'T NOTICE IF YOU'RE JUST WALKING ALONG IT.

SO THAT'S AVAILABLE.

AND I CAN GET THAT TO YOU.

PLEASE GET THAT TO ME AND I'LL BE SURE TO PASS IT ALONG.