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[1. CALL TO ORDER NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this regular meeting, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for discussion and consultation with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]
TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, 2024.THIS IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I AM CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND GIVING NOTICE THAT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THAT AT THIS REGULAR MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA. CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL? OKAY. VICE MAYOR, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? THANK YOU. STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE.
WOULD YOU READ THE MISSION STATEMENT? I'D BE HAPPY TO, MAYOR.
THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
THESE LANDS, STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS, BORDER MOUNTAIN SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO DOWN TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
[4. 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 COUNCIL ABOUT AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE PREPARED AGENDA.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION APPEARS NOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA AND AGAIN AT THE END.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
CITY COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE BACK AND FORTH WITH COMMENTERS, AND THERE'S A TIMER RIGHT HERE AND COMMENT CARDS ARE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
MY NAME IS JESSIE OCHOA AND I WILL BE PRESENTING MY BUSINESS COVER LETTER.
I'M COMMITTED TO ENSURING A WORKPLACE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION AND OR HARASSMENT.
I EXPECT TO CULTIVATE A WORK ENVIRONMENT OF DIGNITY AND RESPECT ANY REASONABLE PERSON WOULD NOT FIND TO BE HOSTILE, INTIMIDATING, OR OFFENSIVE. I AM A PROFESSIONAL.
AS A PROFESSIONAL, I COMPLY WITH ALL SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND MAINTAIN APPEARANCE IN UNIFORM IN SUCH A MANNER, REFLECTING CREDIT TO THE COMPANY, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND FOREST SERVICE USE THE TIME AND GRADE SCHEDULE, GENERAL SCHEDULE, PAY SYSTEM AND A MIXTURE OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION CAN BE COMBINED FOR A HIGHER GS SALARY.
I HAVE GS THREE SEASONAL WORK EXPERIENCE AS A FORESTRY TECHNICIAN AND RANGELAND MANAGEMENT AIDE, AND HAVE GS 4 TO 5 POTENTIAL IN THE FIELD OF CONSERVATION THROUGH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND FOREST SERVICE TO BE CONSIDERED.
AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT, I HAVE ACQUIRED SOME COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, COMPLETING CREDITS AND ATTEMPTING COURSES IN VARIOUS SUBJECTS HUMANITIES, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, CULTURE, ANTHROPOLOGY, ASTRONOMY, GEOLOGY, AND MATHEMATICS FROM CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS, AND EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE.
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I HAVE YET TO ATTAIN A DEGREE.I AM WORKING ON A READMISSION STATEMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE, BUT WOULD CONSIDER ATTENDING A LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONTINGENT UPON PLACE AND TIME OF A JOB OFFER. ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2023, I WAS A VICTIM WITNESS TO A CRIME ON SOUTH GLASS STREET IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AT APPROXIMATELY 5:21.
ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2023, I MOVED TO NORTHERN ARIZONA.
I BEGAN WORKING CLOSELY WITH FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES AND RECEIVED A REFERRAL PACKET FOR RAPID REHOUSING, A PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP WITH APPLICATION FEES, SECURITY DEPOSIT, FIRST MONTH'S RENT AND MORE WITH PROOF OF EMPLOYMENT.
HOWEVER, I AM OPEN TO FULL TIME, PART TIME SHIFT WORK, RELOCATION AND INTERNSHIPS.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING DOWN TO COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS.
[5. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]
LET'S START DOWN HERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.I HAVE NOTHING FOR YOU THIS WEEK.
COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. LAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE WATER COMMISSION MEETING.
THE TOPIC WAS THE WATER STUDY AND THANKFULLY THE CONVERSATION ALIGNED WITH OURS ON THE DAIS AND IT WAS A GOOD, ROBUST BACK AND FORTH. LAST THURSDAY I ATTENDED THE METRO PLAN ADVANCE MEETING.
IT WAS A VERY FASCINATING THREE HOURS AND I LOVED IT.
AND THEN THIS THURSDAY I WILL BE ATTENDING THE NACOG REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
AND I'LL NOTE THAT OUR VICE CHAIR, MIRANDA SWEET, CHAIRED THE MEETING.
I ALSO WENT TO THE SENATOR KELLY HEARING, WHICH FROM OUR INTEREST AREA FOCUSED A LOT ON THE RIO DE FLAG AND GETTING THAT PROJECT, THAT FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT DONE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THOSE WINNERS.
OR THAT WINNER AND THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE TOWN HALL WITH SENATOR KELLY, AS WELL AS A MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE COOK. AND THIS SATURDAY, I'LL BE ATTENDING THE BLACK STUDENT UNION'S GALA AT NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO APPOINTMENTS.
SO SIX A, CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS AUDIT COMMITTEE.
[A. Consideration of Appointments: Audit Committee STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Make two appointments to indefinite terms on the Audit Committee.]
I'M WAITING FOR THIS TO OPEN.OKAY, SO I SEE THAT THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IS COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE. SO WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR YOU TO NOMINATE YOUR PERSON.
AND CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I DID NOT SEE A TERM LIMITATION IN ANY OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT I RECEIVED.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. THESE TERMS ARE PERPETUAL AS I UNDERSTAND THEM.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT SINCE I COULDN'T FIND ONE.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JOHN CURTIS.
I THINK I'M PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY, FOR A SEAT ON THE CORPORATE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.
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AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOVING DOWN TO LIQUOR LICENSE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND WE CAN CONSIDER BOTH OF THESE UNDER ONE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS WHAT I'M PLANNING TO DO UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE TWO LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS FOR A SERIES SEVEN BEER AND WINE.
[A. Consideration and Action on Liquor License Application: Amy S. Nations, "Whispering Winds Motor Hotel," 922 E. Route 66, Series 07 (Beer and Wine Bar), Location/Owner Transfer. 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.]
LIQUOR LICENSE APPLIED FOR.AND THIS IS FOR THE WHISPERING WINDS MOTEL ON EAST 66.
NO DEROGATORY RECORDS WERE FOUND ON THE APPLICANTS.
AND A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE BUSINESS WAS INVITED TO BE HERE TODAY.
[B. Consideration and Action on Liquor License Application: Rafael Galvan, Jr., "Family Dollar #28851," 5060 US-89, Series 10 (beer and wine store), 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.]
NO DEROGATORY RECORDS WERE FOUND ON THE APPLICANTS OR THE LOCATIONS.THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT HERE FOR THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE? VICE MAYOR? YES.
WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ONLINE.
I BELIEVE BACK IN 2020 PREVIOUS COUNCIL VOTED TO DENY A LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THIS LOCATION.
I REALIZE THERE'S A NEW OWNER HERE.
I DO WONDER WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE LICENSE.
CAN THE APPLICANT TELL ME ARE THEY GOING TO BE SELLING THE SMALL 99 CENT BOTTLES OF LIQUOR AT THIS STORE? JONATHAN, YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF.
JONATHAN, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? JONATHAN. VICE MAYOR, IF YOU'LL GIVE US JUST A MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET HIM RECONNECTED APPROPRIATELY.
HELLO, THIS IS JONATHAN CRUMLEY.
CAN THE COUNCIL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
THANK YOU. JONATHAN, WERE YOU ABLE TO HEAR THE QUESTION FROM THE VICE MAYOR? OKAY, YEAH, I JUST GOT A NOTE.
Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME. UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
THE ANSWER IS WE WILL HAPPILY STIPULATE TO NOT SELLING SINGLES IF THAT IS THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
WE'VE DONE THAT IN MULTIPLE STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON THE BEHALF OF FAMILY DOLLAR.
AND CITY CLERK, CAN YOU REMIND ME, WAS THAT A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL OR WHAT WAS THE VOTE ON THAT? VICE MAYOR.
YEAH, I WAS PREPARED TO RECOMMEND DENIAL FOR THIS.
BUT, JONATHAN, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT IN WRITING OR STIPULATE HERE WITH US THAT YOU WON'T BE SELLING THOSE SINGLE BOTTLE LIQUOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THEM, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
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YEAH, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.AND HAPPY TO SEND SOMETHING IN WRITING TO SUPPLEMENT THE APPLICATION.
I KNOW I DID PUT IN THE CHAT STREAM FOR THE VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.
HOWEVER, YOU WOULD PREFER THAT TO BE DOCUMENTED.
THANK YOU. THOSE WERE MY ONLY QUESTIONS.
SO, CITY CLERK, CAN WE STILL DO ONE MOTION WHEN THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO ONE? MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS, ONE ON EACH APPLICATION, SO THAT YOU CAN ADD THAT STIPULATION TO THE SECOND.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL, IF DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.
MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A STAB AT THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL TO THE STATE FOR THE FAMILY DOLLAR NUMBER 28 851 AT THE ADDRESS OF 5060 US 89, SERIES TEN, WITH THE AMENDMENT OR STIPULATION THAT SINGLE BOTTLE LIQUORS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED AT THIS LOCATION.
THAT WOULD BE THE MINI BOTTLES, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
MOVING DOWN TO CONSENT AGENDA.
[8. CONSENT AGENDA All matters under Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine. Unless a member of City Council expresses a desire at the meeting to remove an item from the Consent Agenda for discussion, the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion approving the recommendations listed on the agenda. Unless otherwise indicated, expenditures approved by Council are budgeted items. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve the Consent Agenda as posted.]
THANK YOU CHIEF.SO ALL MATTERS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE ROUTINE.
AND UNLESS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES A DESIRE TO REMOVE AN ITEM AND DISCUSS IT SEPARATELY, WE WILL TAKE ONE MOTION FOR THE ENTIRE AGENDA, WHICH TODAY IS ONLY ONE ITEM.
SO, A, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT? MAYOR, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG DOWN TO ROUTINE ITEMS. NINE A, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT.
[A. Consideration and Approval of Contract: Consideration and Approval of the Third Amendment for GMP 4, for Construction and Repair Services for the Inner Basin Waterline Restoration Project STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Third Amendment for GMP 4, for Construction and Repair Services with Hunter Contracting Co. for a Guaranteed Maximum Price of $9,044,907.00 and a contract duration of 400-calendar days; and Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents.]
THIS IS THE THIRD AMENDMENT FOR GMP4 ON THE INTER-BASIN WATER RESTORATION PROJECT.MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL DAVID PETERSON, PROJECT MANAGER AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
TONIGHT, I'M JOINED WITH A LARGE PART OF OUR TEAM ON THIS PROJECT.
EXCITING TO HAVE THEM ABOARD HERE, THOUGH THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT WILL BE THE GMP 4.
BUT I JUST ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WE GET TO WORK WITH IN THIS PROJECT, AND IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THE COUPLE OF US THAT COME UP HERE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION TO DO WHAT WE DO.
THEY'VE GRACIOUSLY, GRATEFULLY CAME UP FROM THE VALLEY, SOME OF THEM, AND HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO COME UP HERE AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROJECT.
AND THEN HUNTER CONTRACTING IS THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE UTILIZING.
JACOBS ENGINEERING IS THE ENGINEERING DESIGN FIRM.
AND THEN WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH COCONINO COUNTY AS WELL AS ARIZONA GAME AND FISH.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO HAVE STACY COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CITY STAFF.
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WE'VE HAD CMO, WE'VE HAD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT, WE HAVE LEGAL, WE HAVE WATER SERVICES, WE HAVE ENGINEERING.BUT YEAH, I'LL HAVE STACY COME UP HERE AND INTRODUCE THE CITY STAFF THAT WE REALLY WANT TO TOUCH ON.
THANK YOU. I THINK YOU JUST DID.
AND THANKS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW HOW EXCITING A PROJECT THIS IS.
$16 MILLION CAP FROM DFFM TO FUND THIS AT 100%.
IT'S AMAZING WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
WE WILL DO ANOTHER TOUR THIS SPRING.
WHEN WE START. WE'RE IN WINTER SHUTDOWN AND DAVID WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
BUT THIS IS REALLY A WHOLE TEAM, WHOLE COMMUNITY PROJECT.
AND I'LL KICK IT BACK TO DAVID AND GRAB ME IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
MATT, DO YOU WANT TO START US OFF? ALL RIGHT, MATT, WITH THE US FOREST SERVICE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MATT MCGRATH. I'M THE DISTRICT RANGER FOR THE FLAGSTAFF RANGER DISTRICT.
I HAVE, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH A LOT OF YOUR CITY EMPLOYEES ON A LOT OF PROJECTS, A BROAD VARIETY, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE PRETTY COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT. AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THOSE OTHER ONES, PERHAPS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT THAN MOST OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE WORKED ON.
AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW WONDERFUL IT IS.
AS USUAL, WORKING WITH CITY STAFF.
IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER COMPLEX CITY PROJECTS HE HAS GOING ON, THIS PROJECT IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX, AND THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP, IT'S MADE IT EASY FOR US TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM AND ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES VERY MUCH FOR THEIR WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.
DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS CHUCK ENGLISH, I'M PRESIDENT OF HUNTER CONTRACTING.
I GOT MY TEAM HERE. BOB CARLSON, VICE PRESIDENT.
OUR PROJECT MANAGER, TAYLOR BATES, THE GUY IN THE FIELD MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN, KELLEN SNYDER AND OUR NEW PROJECT ENGINEER, TY MCDERMOTT.
LUMBERJACK, RIGHT. LUMBERJACK? YES. PULLED HIM OUT OF SCHOOL TO BE HERE.
ANYWAY, THIS PROJECT IS A LITTLE BIT OF DEJA VU.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE WERE JUST HERE IN 2011, 2012 WHEN WITH THE SCHULTZ FIRE.
AND WE'RE BACK AGAIN WHEN STACY GAVE US THE CALL AND SAID THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, WE HAD A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE AND A GOOD IDEA OF HOW TO REPLACE ALL THE DRAINAGE STRUCTURES AS WELL.
SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN WRAP IT ALL UP AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU. THEN, COLBY, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TALK BRIEFLY. WE'RE WORKING WITH ARIZONA GAME AND FISH.
OBVIOUSLY, WILDLIFE IS A BIG THING THAT HAPPENS AFTER A WILDFIRE AS WELL.
GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS COLBY WALTON.
I'M THE WILDLIFE MANAGER FOR UNIT SEVEN THAT ENCOMPASSES THE PEAKS.
THESE THESE WILDLIFE WATERS WERE ESTABLISHED BACK IN, LIKE, 1993, WELL BEFORE I WAS IN THE DISTRICT.
AND THERE WE'VE HAD A AN AGREEMENT.
THEY I DON'T KNOW IF WE CALL IT THE SAME AGREEMENT.
WE HAD SIX APPROVED WILDLIFE WATERS ALONG THE WATER LINE.
AND WE WE ESTABLISHED TWO OF THEM.
THERE'S ONE THAT'S KIND OF UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT.
YES, MA'AM. SO YOU ARE YOU'RE DIVERTING WATER OUT OF THE PIPELINE INTO SOME DESIGNATED WILDLIFE
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WATERING AREAS? YES, MA'AM. SO RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT WAS SET UP IN 1993 WAS IT WAS A PIPE PUT ON THE IB WATER LINE THAT WAS CALLED HALF BAY.SO WHEN WATER FLOW GOT TO A CERTAIN LEVEL IT WOULD SPILL OVER INTO THE WILDLIFE WATER.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY WANTING TO DO THAT AGAIN.
WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK, LIKE MY DREAM PROJECT WOULD BE, WE HAVE STORAGE UP THERE ABOUT 2500 GALLONS. AND THEN A DRINKER THAT COMES OFF OF THAT.
AND THEN WE LIKE TO HAVE A VALVE PLACED ON THE WATER LINE THAT THE GAME AND FISH, THE CITY, THE FOREST CAN CONTROL, SO THAT WE CAN DIVERT WATER AND STORE WATER WHEN WE GET INTO THOSE DRY MONTHS, IF WE GO INTO ANOTHER DROUGHT CYCLE.
LET US KNOW IF WE CAN BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE.
NOT LIKE WITH STACEY'S TIME OR ANYTHING.
I'M NOT PROMISING THAT, BUT BUT A LETTER OF SUPPORT OR WHATEVER.
SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCELLENT PROJECT.
SO WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS AN IGA WITH WITH THIS BODY.
IT'S EXCITING PROJECT AND WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS UP THERE.
EVERY TIME WE DO A PRESENTATION, I TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING EXCITING TO SHARE.
NO DIFFERENT IN THIS PRESENTATION.
SO THIS IS THE POSTER THAT WE HAD IN THE FIELD WHEN WE WERE UP THERE IN OCTOBER, FOR THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO GO, I BROKE IT UP ONTO TWO SLIDES IN THE POWERPOINT, SO IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE.
BUT IN GENERAL, THE LEFT SIDE OF THESE PICTURES ARE THE BEFORE.
SO SUMMER OF 2022, RIGHT AFTER THE FIRE AND THEN THE FALL OF 23.
SO THIS IS SITE A, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST SITE THAT WE WORK ON.
IT'S KIND OF THE MOUTH TO INNER BASIN.
THIS SITE DRAINS PROBABLY ABOUT 85% OF THE INNER BASIN CALDERA.
SO THERE'S ONLY ABOUT TWO WATERSHEDS THAT DON'T DRAIN HERE.
UNEXPECTED WEATHER CERTAINLY EVENTS LARGE SNOWPACKS THAT ARE GOING TO GO ACROSS THIS SITE.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HERE THIS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A ROAD, BUT IT IS NOT.
IT'S JUST AN ARMORED CAP ON TOP THAT HAS OUR WATER LINE UNDERNEATH IT AS WELL.
BEFORE WE STARTED ANY WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
ONE OF THE THREE SPOTS THAT THE WATER LINE WAS BROKEN.
SO THOSE ARE THOSE TWO PICTURES HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
SO UNLIKE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE COUNTY IS WORKING ON, THAT TRAPS A LOT OF THIS.
WE REALLY WANT THAT TO PASS OVER OR GET CAUGHT UP UPSTREAM.
SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TRAP THAT.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LET IT PASS OVER.
SITE NINE. YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE AS WELL, WE HAVE PLACES AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE PLACES ALONG THIS PROJECT THAT HAVE THE PIPE EXPOSED, WHERE THE BEDDING AND THE SHADING OR THE MATERIAL THAT'S ABOVE AND BELOW THE PIPE HAS WASHED AWAY WHERE THE PIPE IS COMPROMISED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, WHERE IF IT WAS TO CONTINUE TO ERODE, WE COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER BREAK IN THE PIPE.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES LIKE THIS WHERE WE NEED TO SECURE THE PIPE.
OBVIOUSLY NOW WE CAN PASS THAT JUST FINE.
LIKE THOSE THAT WERE WITH US LAST OCTOBER.
WE DROVE OVER THIS SECTION AGAIN.
SO THERE ARE FACETS UP HERE THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL.
SO I APPRECIATE CHUCK'S ENTHUSIASM TO FINISH THIS YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
WE'LL SEE. THE LAST SITE HERE IS ON SCHULTZ PASS ROAD.
THIS IS THE SECOND SITE THAT THE WATERLINE WAS BROKEN.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE LOWER LEFT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PIPELINE THAT IS IN USE TODAY THAT'S SEALED UP AND REPAIRED.
BUT THIS IS WHAT THE BREAK LOOKED LIKE BEFORE WE REPAIRED IT AGAIN.
SIMILAR CULVERT UNDER THE ROAD FOR THE LOW FLOWS.
AND THEN THESE CONCRETE CAPS ARE ACTUALLY MADE WITH KIND OF INCLINED DECLINED WINGS.
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SO THE HIGHER FLOWS WILL PASS OVER THE CAP.AND NOT IT'S NOT A FLAT CONCRETE CAP WHERE THE WATER JUST GOES OFF TO THE SIDES.
IT'S MADE TO CHANNELIZE IT AS IT GOES OVER THE ROAD IN LARGER EVENTS.
AND THEN BACK TO THE GMP FOUR.
SO THE ASK FOR TODAY IS THE GMP FOUR WITH HUNTER CONTRACTING, IT'S FOR A LITTLE OVER $9 MILLION IN A CONTRACT PERIOD OF 400 CALENDAR DAYS. AND AGAIN, THAT 400 CALENDAR DAYS GETS US INTO MAY OF 25 SO THAT WE CAN, IF WE NEED TO HAVE NEXT SEASON OR THE FOLLOWING SUMMER SEASON, WE CAN HAVE A WINTER SHUTDOWN, GET THINGS MOBILIZED AND READY, AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY COME BACK LATE WINTER OR SPRING TO DO A GMP FIVE WITH COUNCIL AS WELL, WHICH WOULD BE A FAR SMALLER AMOUNT, AND THAT WOULD JUST BASICALLY BE TO CLOSE UP THE PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR SERVICES.
ONE THING I WILL ADD THAT'S UNIQUE TO THIS GMP IS IT CONTAINS NO DESIGN WORK.
SO THE PREVIOUS THREE GMPS HAD DESIGNED WITH JACOBS ENGINEERING TO DO THIS.
AND IT'S RARE THAT WE WOULD START WORK WITHOUT COMPLETED PLANS.
SO HANDS OFF TO THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SO INTRICATELY IN THIS PROJECT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT THE DATES AGAIN ON THE GMPS AND THE INSPECTION SERVICES.
SO THE INSPECTION SERVICES CONTRACT, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY WITH CITY STAFF.
WE HAVE ENGINEERING INSPECTORS THAT WE USE ON CITY PROJECTS.
SO ARDURA AND SWI HAVE THAT CONTRACT FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND AT THIS TIME WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THAT'S PROBABLY HALF A MILLION OR LESS.
AND THEN JUST TO PUT A VALUE ON THERE, STACY HAD MENTIONED THE $16.1 MILLION CAP THAT ARIZONA FIRE OR FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT HAD HAD GIVEN TO THE CITY THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 15.4 MILLION.
SO THE ASK TODAY IS THE LARGEST GMP BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE THE BULK OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING MUCH CONSTRUCTION BEYOND HERE.
AGAIN NOT EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED.
AND ON THAT NOTE, THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION WE HAD A REALLY NEAT EVENT.
METEOROLOGICALLY SPEAKING, NOT CONSTRUCTION SPEAKING.
LAST SEPTEMBER, THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, WE HAD A CELL THAT KIND OF SET UP SHOP.
THE STAR IS ABOUT THE SITE LOCATION OF SITE A ON THIS MAP.
HUMPHREYS PEAK IS RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
AND THIS CELL KIND OF TRAINED AND PARKED RIGHT ON TOP OF THE PEAKS FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS.
SO ALL THAT WATER AND MATERIAL HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, A IS THE MAIN DRAIN COMING OUT OF OUR INNER BASIN.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE PICTURES HERE.
THE STARS ON THE MAP SHOW WHERE THE PICTURES I'M GOING TO SHARE ARE LOCATED.
THIS IS HUMPHREYS PEAK UP HERE.
AND THEN FOR REFERENCE, SITE A IS RIGHT HERE.
SO AGAIN THAT'S THE HIGHEST SITE THAT WE'RE WORKING AT.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL NAVIGABLE ROAD.
THERE'S A CITY VEHICLE RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN A WEEK LATER THIS IS POST-STORM.
WE HAVE ABOUT THREE FEET OF DEBRIS.
AND THEN FOR REFERENCE, THIS ONE ON THE LEFT HERE, YOU CAN SEE THIS MUDDY MARK HERE.
AND I'M GOING TO FLIP IT. ONE MORE PICTURE HERE BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO SEE.
BUT THAT'S THE HIGH WATER MARK OF THE EVENT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THE WELL HOUSE IS PACKED FULL OF DEBRIS, WOOD CHIPS, WATER.
AND PROBABLY MORE CONCERNING IS THE FACT THAT THIS CONCRETE SLAB IS FLOATING IN THE AIR.
ONE THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT CONCRETE SLAB IS ACTUALLY HAS THE WELL CASING INSIDE THAT SLAB.
SO IF THAT SLAB SHIFTS, IT CAN ACTUALLY BREAK THE WELL CASING AND MAKE THAT, WELL, UNFUNCTIONAL.
SO WHAT WE HAD TO DO IS GO BACK IN THERE AND SLUMP CONCRETE UNDER THAT BUILDING AND THEN ARMOR IT WITH WHAT'S CALLED THE TURNDOWN WALL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WASN'T GOING TO COMPROMISE OR WASH OUT AND THAT WE STILL HAVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR, WELL, HOUSE.
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BUT JUST FOR REFERENCE, THAT CROSS SECTION OF THAT DRAINAGE IS PROBABLY PROBABLY ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THIS ROOM FROM THE MAYOR TO THE BACK WALL.AND IMAGINE THAT 4 OR 5FT DEEP.
SO IT WAS A LOT OF WATER COMING THROUGH THIS SITE.
THE PIPE WAS SEVERED DURING THIS EVENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY TO MY BACK TAKING THIS PICTURE.
AND THE PIPE WENT COMPLETELY PERPENDICULAR ACROSS THE CHANNEL, ABOUT A 60 FOOT SECTION OF IT.
BUT COME SPRING MELT OFF IN EARLY SUMMER, THIS PIPE IS REALLY RUSHING WITH WATER.
BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS IN PLACE COME THIS SPRING.
SO WE WEREN'T MISSING OUT ON ALL THIS WATER.
SO THAT WAS A REPAIR WE HAD TO MAKE.
THAT WAS IN ADDITION TO THE PROJECT WORK AND SCOPE THAT WE HAD.
SO JUST IMAGINE A BIG BLANKET OF CONCRETE ALL THE WAY AROUND IT.
AND THEN SITE A, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THESE ROCKS DON'T BELONG HERE.
WE HAD JUST DONE THIS HEADWALL AROUND THESE CULVERTS AND A LITTLE SLURRY CAP ON TOP HERE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE INCISION HERE.
A LOT OF ROCKY, WOODY DEBRIS AND SEDIMENT.
SO THANK GOD NO ONE WAS WORKING THAT DAY THIS HAPPENED.
I DON'T I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES OR INJURIES THAT HAPPENED FROM THIS EVENT.
THEY WERE REALLY SURPRISED BY THIS EVENT TOO.
AND THEN I HAVE JUST TWO MORE AND THEN I'LL BE DONE.
THIS THE ROAD THAT WE ACCESS UP THERE IS A LOOP.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE ROAD COMING UP FROM JUST ABOVE THAT BROKEN PIPE.
THAT IS AGAIN COVERED WITH SEVERAL FEET OF ROCKY SEDIMENT AND WOODY DEBRIS.
AND THEN THIS ONE I FIND REALLY INTERESTING.
WE ON THE LEFT SIDE HERE, THIS IS ONE OF OUR SPRING BOX CATCHMENTS.
THINK OF A SMALL CREEK THAT COMES INTO THIS SYSTEM, SERIES OF BOXES THAT CAPTURES THAT SPRING WATER AND CONVEYS IT INTO OUR PIPES, BRINGS IT DOWN TO OUR NORTH FILTRATION PLANT TO CLEAN IT AND USE IT IN OUR SYSTEM.
AND IT WAS ABOUT A SIX FOOT DROP CLEAN AS CAN BE.
ALL THE WATER WAS BEING CAPTURED AFTER THIS EVENT.
IT TOOK ABOUT SIX FEET OF WOODY DEBRIS, AGAIN, SEDIMENT AND ROCK PLUGGED IT UP COMPLETELY.
AND I THINK THE MOST TELLING PICTURE IS THE ONE HERE ON THE RIGHT THAT SHOWS THAT SURFACE STREAM CLEARLY NOT WANTING TO POUR INTO OUR BOXES AND GO COMPLETELY AROUND MISSING OUT ON ALL THAT SPRING WATER THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR OUR SYSTEMS. SO HUNTER GRACIOUSLY GOT UP TO THIS SITE, IMPROVED IT, AND WE'RE WORKING TO IMPROVE SOME OF THAT WOODY STRUCTURE THAT'S PART OF THOSE BOX SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR BRIAN 50-80 YEARS? YEAH. SO WE'RE IMPROVING THE SYSTEMS, CLEARING THEM OUT AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE WORKING AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE HOW DELICATE THE SYSTEMS ARE UP THERE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST WHERE WE'RE WORKING THAT IS IMPACTED.
IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL TO OUR SITES, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE WEATHER CAN STAY AWAY FROM THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO, OR AT LEAST BE IN A MANAGEABLE QUANTITY THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE MAKING PROGRESS.
SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
OUR TEAM IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OF THEM AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING HERE.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS TO HEAR NOT JUST THE COLLABORATION THAT'S GONE INTO THIS, BUT THE COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT BEHIND THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND IN THAT SPIRIT, I WAS WONDERING IF THE STAFF IN THE BACK WHO WAS PART OF THIS COULD MAYBE STAND.
I COULD SEE SOME HANDS, BUT COULDN'T PUT FACES TO THEM.
MY QUESTION THEN, IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT AND THIS THIRD AMENDMENT.
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TO OBVIOUSLY NOT PREVENT THE UNEXPECTED, BUT MAYBE OFFSET THE IMPACTS OF THOSE SORTS OF EVENTS GOING FORWARD.COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INTEGRATE INTO THE SCHULTZ FIRE REPAIR, LIKE TIMBER WALLS, THAT WORKED REALLY WELL UNTIL THE PIPELINE FIRE CAME THROUGH AND BURNED THE TIMBER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS IN DESIGN THIS TIME AROUND USING PIPE CASINGS.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T SIZE OR DESIGN THIS PROJECT FOR FUTURE FIRES OR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WATERSHED PROBLEMS. BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT MAKE THEM MORE ROBUST FROM LEARNING FROM THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST THAT WORKED WELL FOR THE TIME THEY WERE IN PLACE, BUT NOW WITH VERY LITTLE FOREST CANOPY IN THE AREA WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SOMEDAY THOSE TIMBERS WILL FAIL CERTAINLY FASTER THAN STEEL CASINGS WILL. I DID ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT, TOO, THAT BERWYN IS HERE WITH JACOBS ENGINEERING AS WELL TO JOINING THE TEAM.
BUT YEAH, I THINK FOR THE UNEXPECTED, THE WEATHER ONE, THERE ARE PARTS OF THE DESIGN.
A GREAT EXAMPLE IS ON SITE I, WE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE LARGE CULVERTS THAT WE INSTALLED WHILE WE WERE WORKING HIGHER, SIMPLY FOR THE FACT TO PASS WATER WHILE WE WERE WORKING. BUT IT WAS A SACRIFICIAL LAMB ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THE CULVERT GOT SMASHED AND REMOVED AFTERWARDS.
I THINK BERWYN HELPED SHARE BETWEEN LAST TIME WE DID THIS AND THIS TIME.
YEAH, NO BETTER THAN THE ENGINEER.
SORRY TO BE LATE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO WHEN WE FIRST DID THIS, THE FIRST EXPERIENCE WE HAD, WE DEALT STRICTLY WITH REPAIRING FOR THE WASH AND THE DAMAGES THAT WERE DONE, NOT ANTICIPATING ANOTHER FIRE.
SOME OF THE MATERIALS WE USED WERE THOSE THAT WERE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE SITE.
SO WE USED TIMBERS, AS NOTED, AS LAGGING FOR SOME OF THE WALLS.
WE PUT WE DRILLED PIPES INTO THE GROUND AND THEN PUT TIMBERS BEHIND THOSE PIPES.
WELL, THE NEXT FIRE CAME THROUGH.
SO NOW WE KNOW NOT TO USE THE TIMBERS.
HOWEVER, NOW WE'RE USING OTHER MATERIALS THAT THE CITY HAD ACCESS, LIKE STEEL PIPES.
BUT NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER, ANOTHER OCCURRENCE, WE'VE SIMPLY BOLSTERED SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS WITH A WIDER WIDTH AND, AND THEN TRYING TO JUST SIMPLY MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN ADDRESS FOR THE FUTURE.
THAT'S REALLY ABOUT THAT WAS ABOUT THE ONLY THINGS WE CAN ADDRESS.
THE ONLY THING I MISSED ON THE COLLABORATION AS A TEAM LIKE THIS, YOU WERE DEALING WITH DETAILS THAT THERE'S NO STANDARD IN A BOOK TO SAY THIS IS EXACTLY HOW YOU DO IT.
EVEN WHEN WE HAD THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD MINOR WASHES COME THROUGH, AND WE HAD TO REPAIR THINGS THAT GAVE US MORE INFORMATION AS TO HOW TO BETTER IMPROVE SOME OF THE TO MAKE SOME OF THE MITIGATION MEASURES HOPEFULLY LAST LONGER.
BUT THE TEAM HAS REALLY WORKED TOGETHER.
WE'VE ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO SAY, HEY, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE UPON THIS? IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES.
I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES THAT GOT TO GO ON THAT TOUR, AND IT WAS MIND BLOWING.
THE MAGNITUDE OF WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE SEEING THINGS IN REAL SCALE AND UNDERSTANDING THE FORCE AND THE POWER OF THE WATER THAT RUSHED THROUGH, THERE WAS JUST I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.
AND I JUST I'M AMAZED AT THE COLLABORATION AND THE TEAMWORK.
TO PULL THIS OFF WAS JUST IT WAS AMAZING.
AND DRIVING DOWN THAT ROAD THROUGH THAT TUNNEL AND SEEING THE TIMBER WALLS BURNT YOU KNOW, I WAS HANGING OUT THE WINDOWS, IF YOU REMEMBER, LIKE A PUPPY DOG LOOKING AT THE SIGHTS, TAKING PICTURES, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
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AND I HOPE THAT DOESN'T DISQUALIFY ME TO DO THE SECOND TOUR IN THE SPRING, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRESS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE PICTURES ARE AWESOME, BUT IT DOES NOT EVEN START TO DO THE JUSTICE TO JUST HOW HUGE YOU KNOW, THE FLOODING WAS, THE DESTRUCTION WAS, THE RECONSTRUCTION WAS.AND WHAT YOU ALL DID TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD ALL OF YOU.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THIS IN COMPLETION.
AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GREAT WORK.
THANK YOU. I HAD TO MISS THE TOUR IN THE FALL SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SPRING.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER. I WAS SO BUMMED.
I IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE FACE WITH THE NAME AND WHO ALL IS ON THE PROJECT.
AND WE AS A CITY ARE SO INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU ALL.
AND THAT'S WHERE MY HEART JUST GOES TO ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
AND I CONTINUALLY COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE DAIS AND OUTSIDE OF THESE WALLS AND HOW LUCKY WE ARE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF OUR FUNDING PARTNERS EVERYWHERE, ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE SO FORTUNATE THAT DFM SAW THIS PROJECT AS WORTHY AND THAT THEY HAD THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO GIVE TO US BECAUSE THESE ARE THE KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT THE CITY CANNOT DO ALONE.
WE DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
OKAY, SO I HAVE A GREAT IDEA, WHICH MEANS WORK FOR SOMEBODY.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF WE WERE TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE AND REALLY SHOW OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE UP THERE. WE SIT HERE AND WE COMMEND YOU ON ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE MAGNITUDE OF, YOU KNOW, THAT PROJECT AND WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD WE NOT DONE, YOU KNOW, FIXED IT.
SO I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IT'S MORE WORK.
I CAN SIT UP HERE AND ASK YOU TO DO THAT, BUT Y'ALL FIGURE IT OUT.
WELL, WHAT ARE THEY DOING UP THERE? YOU KNOW, SO I THINK SHOWING THEM WHAT WE DO WITH THOSE KINDS OF FUNDS AND WHY IT'S SO NECESSARY TO DO THAT.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION OR AN IDEA.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
SUMMER WOULD BE A NICE TIME TO DO THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF DRIVING BY EVERY DAY AND WE CAN SEE LIKE BEULAH UNIVERSITY, YOU CAN DRIVE BY, YOU CAN SEE PROGRESS, BUT WHEN A PROJECT IS 20 MILES AWAY, IT KIND OF REMOVES THAT ON YOUR DOORSTEP FEEL.
SO I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA IF YOU CAN JUST BEAR WITH US GETTING THROUGH IT FIRST.
VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
BUT I REALIZED THAT'S AN ASSUMPTION, AND I JUST WANTED TO TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS, THERE'S A VERY STEEP TRAIL FULL OF ASPENS BETWEEN LOCKETT MEADOW AND THE INNER BASIN.
IS THIS THE SAME AREA? I THE ROAD SORT OF MEANDERS IN AND OUT THROUGH THERE AS WELL.
YOU HAVE TO CROSS IT A COUPLE TIMES AS YOU'RE GOING UP INTO THE INNER BASIN.
AND SEVERAL OF THOSE STRUCTURES LOOK FAMILIAR, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME ONES.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE WATER RIGHTS FOR THE CITY PREDATED THE EXISTENCE OF THE FOREST SERVICE.
SO WHEN THEY DESIGNED THE THE WILDERNESS AREA, THEY WENT AROUND WHERE OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WAS.
SOME OF THOSE SITES DO GO UP OVER 11,000FT.
SO THEY ARE ABOVE THAT ASPEN SECTION THAT COMES OUT OF LOCKETT MEADOW UP TO WATER LINE ROAD.
I WANT TO SAY BRIAN CAN PROBABLY CORRECT ME, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT SPRINGS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT COLLECTION ARMS AND LATERALS THAT GO UP THAT ONE THAT YOU SAW WITH THAT ARMED METAL STRUCTURE.
IT'S ARMED BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AVALANCHE PATH ABOUT 11,000FT.
SO IT'S GOT TO HAVE SOME ROBUSTNESS TO IT TO BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THAT.
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BUT A LOT OF THESE HAVE EARTHEN STRUCTURES.SOME OF THE SPRING BOXES ARE BUILT UNDER GRADE.
THAT ONE HAPPENS TO CAPTURE THE SURFACE FLOW.
BUT MANY OF THOSE CATCHMENT SYSTEMS ARE PROBABLY ABOVE 10,000, 10,500.
SO THEY'RE PROBABLY HIGHER THAN THAT ASPEN THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THAT TRAIL THAT GOES UP.
SO IT'S MAINLY WHERE A LOT OF THOSE CATCHMENTS ARE A LOT OF SPRUCE FIR.
DOES THAT ANSWER? YEAH. WHAT I'M THINKING OF THE TRAIL GOES THROUGH THE ASPENS, BUT THE THE THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE SPEAKING OF IS IT.
IT'S ALL ABOVE THAT IN THE FIRS.
SO I THINK WE'RE I THINK I'VE GOT THE RIGHT THINGS IN MIND.
I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY ALL THAT FURTHER WITH BEING ABLE TO GO ON THE TOUR NEXT TIME.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE INNER BASIN WHERE THAT THAT CABIN IS THAT WE'RE OPENS UP INTO THE MEADOW.
MOST OF THESE SPRING BOXES ARE ABOVE THAT ARE OKAY.
ABOVE THERE'S A COUPLE THAT ARE SIMILAR IN SHAPE AND APPEARANCE.
THE ENGINEERING OF THE DAY WAS VERY SIMILAR.
SO I WAS JUST GOING TO REAL QUICK FOLLOW UP.
SO STACY BRECKINRIDGE'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WE WILL WE ARE GOING TO PLAN A SPRING, PROBABLY EARLY SUMMER TOUR. I'M LOOKING AT HUNTER.
DEPENDS ON BECAUSE WE'RE IN WINTER SHUT DOWN AND THEN WE'LL START BACK UP.
WHAT DID WE SAY WHEN THE SNOW MELTS? OKAY, BUT WE WILL PLAN ANOTHER TOUR.
BERWYN'S GOING TO COOK FOR US AGAIN.
SOME AMAZING LUNCH AT THE BOTTOM.
SO DEFINITELY WE WILL WORK TO GET THAT ON YOUR AGENDA.
AND THEN WHEN THE PROJECT'S ALL DONE, WE WILL DO A BIG CELEBRATION THAT WE DID BACK IN 2010 AT THE BOTTOM, AND WHEN THE WATER IS FLOWING, WE'LL HAVE A COMMUNITY KIND OF CELEBRATION. SO THANK YOU.
USE THIS. ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL? WELL, GRATITUDE ALL AROUND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU.
OKAY, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE THIRD AMENDMENT FOR GMP FOUR FOR CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR SERVICES WITH HUNTER CONTRACTING FOR A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF $9,044,907.
SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE I VOLUNTEERED TO READ THIS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO B, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-04.
[B. 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: Read Ordinance No. 2024-04 by title only for the final time City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-04 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-04 Approve the Purchase Agreement and authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents]
THIS IS THE EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL VALUE WITH ZH HOLDINGS.INDEED. THIS IS THE SECOND READ.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EXCEPT FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION.
THERE IS A NUMBER FOUR ON THERE WHICH SAYS APPROVE THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
THAT PURCHASE AGREEMENT WILL BE COMING TO YOU AND CONSENT ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT WE ARE STILL ASKING TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRYCE BEFORE I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO READ THE ORDINANCE FOR THE FINAL TIME? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-04 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? 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, Z H HOLDINGS BUTLER, LLC, PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.
SEVERABILITY. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-04.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. TWO IS ADOPTED.
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THANKS. MOVING DOWN TO C, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT FOR REQUEST BY BROOKFIELD[C. Consideration and Approval of Final Plat Request by Brookfield Communities, Inc. for Final Plat approval for Woodshire on Butler Condominiums, a 50-unit residential condominium subdivision. (Subdivision of approximately 4.06 acres into 50 condominiums located at 2989 and 3001 E. Butler Avenue) STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the final plat with no conditions and authorize the Mayor to sign both the plat and City/Subdivider Agreement when notified by staff that the documents are ready for recording.]
COMMUNITIES. HELLO.HI, THERE. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE STAFF REPORT THIS WAS APPROVED IN 2019.
THERE WAS JUST AN ERROR IN THE DEDICATION LANGUAGE, SO WE'RE JUST CHANGING THAT UP.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT? MAYOR. I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT WITH NO CONDITIONS, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN BOTH THE PLAT AND CITY SUBDIVIDER AGREEMENT WHEN NOTIFIED BY STAFF THAT THE DOCUMENTS ARE READY FOR RECORDING.
THANK YOU. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THERE YOU GO. THAT WAS THE EASIEST ONE.
LOVE IT. OKAY, MOVING DOWN TEN, REGULAR AGENDA, A, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-08: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, authorizing the grant agreement for an Arizona State Parks Heritage Fund - Environmental Education grant, agreement # 632407, for the continuation of the Open Space Education Coordinator position to provide outdoor environmental programs for the community, for an additional two years. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2024-08 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-08 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-08 Authorize the grant agreement with the Arizona State Parks Board for the Heritage Fund Environmental Education grant program, for grant funds in the amount of $119,724 with a city match of $15,500, for the continuation of the Open Space Education Coordinator position to provide outdoor environmental programs for the community.]
2024-08. THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE GRANT AGREEMENT FOR AN ARIZONA STATE PARKS HERITAGE FUND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANT.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M ROBERT WALLACE, OPEN SPACE SUPERVISOR.
I AM HERE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR OUR RESOLUTION AND GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE ARIZONA STATE PARKS TO ENABLE US TO ACCEPT HERITAGE GRANT FUNDS SO THAT WE MAY CONTINUE OUR COMMUNITY OUTDOOR EDUCATION EFFORTS.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE MADE SOME GREAT PROGRESS WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
LAST YEAR, COUNCIL APPROVED A ONE YEAR GRANT AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA STATE PARKS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE MISS SARAH HOLDITCH TO HELPED US ACCOMPLISH 20 FIELD TRIPS WITH FUSD AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS TO OUR OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES.
WE DID 16 EDUCATIONAL VOLUNTEER TYPE PROGRAMS. WE SET UP AND COORDINATED THREE MEETINGS WITH THE NATURE EDUCATION COALITION OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
WE UPHELD OR CREATED 32 NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH STEM PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HELP US LEAD SOME OF THOSE FIELD TRIPS TO OUR PROPERTIES AND GIVE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO MEET PROFESSIONALS IN FIELDS.
AND WE CONTACTED APPROXIMATELY 700 YOUTH.
SARAH'S WORK ALSO INCLUDED ASSISTING WITH A NEW APPLICATION TO THE ARIZONA STATE PARKS GRANT, AND STATE PARKS INDICATED THAT THEY LIKED OUR WORK AND THAT WE'VE BEEN ACCOMPLISHING A GOOD AMOUNT, AND THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT CONTINUED EFFORTS.
THUS, THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT.
THE PASS GRANT THAT THIS FUNDED THIS WILL CONTINUE FUNDING TO PERMIT THE OPEN SPACE PROGRAMING TO PROVIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS TO GET OUT TO OUR OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES, WHICH WILL ADD TO THE ELEMENTARY TYPE EDUCATION THAT WE ALREADY PROVIDE WITH ASSISTANCE WITH WILLOW BEND. WITH THIS GRANT, WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FLAGSTAFF STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD.
AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY MANAGING OUR CURRENT OPEN SPACE, BUT SHARING ITS BENEFITS SO THEY CAN BE USED FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY AND AS PLACES OF HIGHER INSPIRATION AND EDUCATION.
WHAT WILL THIS GRANT ACHIEVE? THE GRANT CAN BE UTILIZED TO SUPPORT STAFFING FOR OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMING, SO APPROVING THE GRANT RESOLUTION AND GRANT AGREEMENT WILL CONTRIBUTE $119,724 FOR A PART TIME POSITION BASED ON A 35 HOUR WORK WEEK.
WE WILL COMPLETE A NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES.
IF FUNDED FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WILL CREATE.
WE WILL PROVIDE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
WE WILL INCREASE REPRESENTATION OF UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES THROUGH ENCOURAGEMENT CAMPAIGNS, AND WE INTEND TO INCREASE VOLUNTEER CAPACITY TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY EDUCATION AT OUR DIFFERENT SITES.
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WHAT IS THE CITY AGREEING TO? WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING THE RESOLUTION OF A SIGNED GRANT AGREEMENT.WE WILL CONTRIBUTE A $15,500 MATCH, WHICH HAS BEEN BUDGETED FROM THE OPEN SPACE BASED BUDGET.
THIS DOES HELP US MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL.
IT MEETS OUR GOALS OF OUR SECTION, INCLUDING VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH, FACILITATION AND PARTNERSHIPS, AND PROVIDING SERVICE FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED POPULATIONS.
IT ALSO HELPS MEET SOME COMMUNITY GOALS BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND IT DOES ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
NEUTRALITY PLAN THROUGH CLIMATE EDUCATION.
SO THE OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS SUBMITTED AND AUTHORIZE THE GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ARIZONA STATE PARKS AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IN THE AMOUNT OF $119,724, WITH THE CITY MATCH OF 15,500.
HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES YOUR DECISION EASILY.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANKS, ROBERT. THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM, AND I LOVE SEEING HOW YOU'RE ENGAGING INTENTIONALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICULARLY WITH YOUTH THROUGH THIS.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT GOAL OF INCREASED REPRESENTATION FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES? WHAT IS YOUR EITHER OUTREACH PLAN OR CAN YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT GOAL? YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE WILL TRY TO WORK WITH TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
SO WE'RE TARGETING TITLE ONE SCHOOLS FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOUNT ELDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OFFERING MIDDLE SCHOOL SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS FIELD TRIPS TO OUR OPEN SPACE.
AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL AND FLAG HIGH.
WE HOPE TO EXPAND THAT TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS AS WE PROGRESS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? OKAY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
IS THE AUTHORIZING THE GRANT AGREEMENT? IS THAT A SEPARATE MOTION? I'M LOOKING MAYOR. JUST ONE MOMENT, OKAY? OR IS THAT JUST INCLUDED IF WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? WE, IF YOU COULD DO THAT AS A SEPARATE MOTION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
GREAT. ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ THE RESOLUTION.
MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-08 BY TITLE ONLY.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.
THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT? SO MOVED.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. IT IS ADOPTED.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE GRANT AGREEMENT? MAYOR, I'LL MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE ARIZONA STATE PARKS BOARD FOR THE HERITAGE FUND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $119,724, WITH A CITY MATCH OF $15,500 FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE OPEN SPACE EDUCATION COORDINATOR POSITION TO PROVIDE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
OKAY MOVING DOWN TO BE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-02.
[B. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-02: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, approving an Intergovernmental Agreement among the Coconino County Free Library District and the City of Flagstaff, the City of Williams, the City of Page, the Town of Fredonia, the City of Sedona, and Coconino County for the administration and funding of branch and affiliate libraries within the Coconino County Free Library District, and establishing an effective date, STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2024-02 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-02 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No.2024-02]
THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE COCONINO COUNTY FREE LIBRARY DISTRICT AND THE[01:05:03]
CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, THE CITY OF WILLIAMS, THE CITY OF PAGE, THE TOWN OF FREDONIA, THE CITY OF SEDONA, AND COCONINO COUNTY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND FUNDING OF BRANCH AND AFFILIATE LIBRARIES WITHIN THE COCONINO COUNTY FREE LIBRARY DISTRICT.HI, I'M LINDA TILSON, THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR.
AND THIS AGREEMENT IS MOSTLY THE SAME TO THE PAST IGA.
THE ONLY REALLY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THIS ONE ARE IT'S FOR A PERIOD OF ONLY TWO YEARS, AND IT'S USUALLY BEEN FIVE YEARS TRADITIONALLY.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO DO A STUDY OF HOW THIS IS ALL SET UP.
AND SO WE WANTED IT FOR A SHORTER DURATION THIS TIME.
SO THAT'S THE REASONING BEHIND A SHORTER AGREEMENT THIS TIME.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT HAS CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY IS UNDER DEFINITIONS IN 1.5, WE'VE CHANGED SOME OF THE WORDING ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE COUNTY LIBRARIAN, AND THAT WAS TO MAKE IT REALLY MATCH THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BECAUSE IT HADN'T REALLY MATCHED IN THE PAST.
COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ THE RESOLUTION BY TITLE ONLY.
THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.
THE CITY OF WILLIAMS, THE CITY OF PAGE, THE TOWN OF FREDONIA, THE CITY OF SEDONA AND COCONINO COUNTY, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND FUNDING OF BRANCH AND AFFILIATE LIBRARIES WITHIN THE COCONINO COUNTY FREE LIBRARY DISTRICT, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT? SO MOVED. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT CARRIES.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK.
OKAY, WE'RE GETTING STARTED AGAIN.
AND DID I FORGET WHERE WE ARE? NOPE. OKAY.
WHERE'S BRYCE? OKAY. MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE WAITED THE THE EXACT TEN MINUTES.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT BRYCE ISN'T HERE.
MAYOR. YES, I MIGHT SUGGEST WE CAN, IF YOU'D LIKE.
YEAH, WE COULD GO TO ITEM E IF YOU WANT AND COME BACK TO THE OTHER TWO.
LET'S DO IT. THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTION.
IT WAS MY ITEM, SO I FIGURED I'D JUMP UP.
OKAY, WE ARE BACK UP TO ITEM C, AND HERE WE HAVE BRYCE DOTY HERE TO TALK TO
[C. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-09: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, authorizing the acquisition of real property interests necessary for the Rio De Flag Flood Control Project, a public use; providing for delegation of authority, condemnation authority, repeal of conflicting resolutions, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2024-09 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-09 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-09]
US. ALL RIGHT.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CONDEMNATION FOR THESE PROPERTY INTERESTS.
MOST OF THESE WE WILL NOT CONDEMN.
JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR THAT.
BUT TO KEEP ON SCHEDULE, WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THAT POWER.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY.
I WAS RUNNING, I'M OUT OF BREATH.
OKAY, SO WE'RE ON THE THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROJECT RIGHT HERE.
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AND LET'S JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THEM REAL, REAL QUICK.SO, MILLPOND, THIS IS THIS MOBILE HOME APARTMENT RIGHT HERE.
WE DO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT TAKES ON THAT.
WE'VE GOT A DRAFT RIGHT OF ENTRY THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY.
THE MAIN DETAIL OF THAT TRANSACTION IS THAT THERE IS A STORAGE SHED IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE WE NEED THE PROJECT, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE IT ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY JUST TO THE WEST OF IT.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE PREVENTING US FROM REALLY CLOSING ON.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T CLOSED ON THAT ONE.
KING'S HOUSE, WE'RE JUST RESPONDING TO A RECENT COUNTER ON THAT ONE.
AND SO WE'VE STILL IN GOOD COMMUNICATIONS ON THAT ONE.
I THINK IT'S ALL VERY POSITIVE.
THIS THE NEW HYATT HOTEL HERE THAT'S OWNED BY A CORPORATION CALLED KRISTA ARE THE WE ARE ACTUALLY ADJUSTING OUR TCE LIMITS TO IMPACT TO DECREASE OUR IMPACT ON THEIR PARKING.
SO WE HAVEN'T CLOSED WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO REVISE OUR APPRAISALS TO REFLECT THOSE CHANGES.
PINE VIEW, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS OVER HERE.
WE REALLY ARE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS.
AND SO WE DO HAVE A FEW POSSIBILITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
SOME MIGHT BE LEASING PART OF THE KINGS HOUSE PARCEL TO FOR OFFSITE PARKING.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT ONE HASN'T CLOSED.
STATION ONE, SIMILAR KIND OF THING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT REVISING OUR TCE LIMITS SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE SOME PARKING SO THAT WE DON'T SHUT DOWN ALL OF THEIR PARKING FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. MY, MY, HE.
THIS IS THE GAS STATION ON THE CORNER OF OF MILTON AND MIKE'S BIKE.
I THINK WE'RE THERE. WE'VE RECENTLY WE'RE JUST RESPONDING TO A COUNTEROFFER.
CHETNA, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
WE JUST HAVEN'T COMPLETED EVERYTHING AND GOTTEN IT ALL THROUGH THE DOOR.
AND THEN FINALLY WE'VE GOT L AND W SUPPLY OVER HERE.
THAT ONE. WE ALSO HAVE A DRAFT RIGHT OF ENTRY.
THIS ONE'S GETTING TIED UP INTO SOME PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS NEEDED FOR THE LONE TREE.
SO WE MIGHT JUST TRY TO BREAK OUT THE REAL ONES.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU LIKE A QUICK PLAY BY PLAY TO SAY ALL OF THESE REALLY ARE WORKING.
WE JUST NEED TO KEEP ON GOING TO THE NEXT STEP TO KEEP ON SCHEDULE HERE.
BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR IT TONIGHT ON THESE PROPERTIES.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT.
BUT THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. BRYCE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL. IF NOT, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I PUT SOME, I PUT A Q IN THE BOX, BUT I THINK I FORGOT TO HIT ENTER.
DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK. BUT ANYWAY, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
CERTAINLY. BRYCE IS THE L&W SUPPLY COMPANY, IS THAT THE ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE THE OWNERS WERE NOT VERY HAPPY WITH GETTING GIVING UP PARTS OF THEIR PROPERTY.
IS THAT THE RIGHT ONE? THE PARCEL YOU'RE REFERENCING IS THE ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIO.
SO THAT'S THIS WAREHOUSE RIGHT HERE.
L&W SUPPLY IS JUST A TINY LITTLE PIECE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIO FLAG.
AND SO THE ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WE'RE NOT REALLY ADDRESSING THAT ONE TONIGHT.
THAT'LL BE A FUTURE ONE, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. WE ARE NOT THAT ONE IS NOT ON THIS LIST.
AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY CONDEMNATION AUTHORITY ON THAT PARCEL AT THIS TIME.
ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-09 BY TITLE ONLY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK.
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DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, CONDEMNATION AUTHORITY, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING OR CONFLICTING RESOLUTIONS, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT? I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-09.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ON TO ITEM D, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-05.
[D. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance 2024-05: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff authorizing the acquisition of real property for the Killip Inlet as part of the Spruce Wash Channel Improvements Project; providing for delegation of authority, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the February 20th, 2024 Council Meeting: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2024-05 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-05 by title only (if approved above) At the March 5th, 2024 Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2024-05 by title only for the final time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-05 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-05]
AND THIS IS REGARDING THE KILLIP INLET AND AS PART OF SPRUCE WASH CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS.I'VE GOT JUST A FEW MAP SLIDES TO SHOW YOU.
SO WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ARE TWO DIFFERENT PARCELS THAT ARE OWNED BY A SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER.
DEPENDING ON DESIGN, WE MAY NEED ALL OR A PORTION OF THOSE.
AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR CONDEMNATION AUTHORITY FOR ANY OF THESE PORTIONS.
SO IF WE DO GET TO THAT POINT, WE WILL BE BACK TO YOU ASKING FOR THAT UNDER A SEPARATE RESOLUTION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ THE ORDINANCE.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-05 BY TITLE.
TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THANK YOU. AND A SECOND, A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. CITY CLERK.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR THE KILLIP INLET AS PART OF THE SPRUCE WASH CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY, CLERICAL CORRECTIONS, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I KNOW THAT THAT WE HAVE HAD YOU RUNNING FULL SPEED AHEAD.
SO MAKING MOVES WE'RE MAKING MOVES.
MOVING DOWN TO E, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
[E. Consideration and Possible Action: Use of the Council Initiative Fund STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the use of the Council Initiative Fund: Sponsorship of planet Earth with Lowell Observatory - $10,000 Support of Youth Poet Laureate - $5,000 Other identified initiatives]
USE OF COUNCIL INITIATIVE FUND.GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL, STACY SALZBERG, CITY CLERK.
SO BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS SOME POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING YOUR COUNCIL INITIATIVE FUND.
CURRENTLY WITHIN THE FUND, THERE IS $23,444 AVAILABLE FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
COUNCIL IDENTIFIED TWO POSSIBLE INITIATIVES THE SPONSORSHIP, OF PLANET EARTH AT THE NEW ASTRONOMY DISCOVERY CENTER AT LOWELL OBSERVATORY IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000, AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000.
INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE TWO REQUESTS WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF SUMMARY.
SO WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THE SPONSORSHIP OF PLANET EARTH A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
THIS STEMMED FROM A TOUR THAT SEVERAL OF US TOOK OF THE ASTRONOMY DISCOVERY CENTER AT LOWELL OBSERVATORY.
AND IT'S A ONE TIME THING, AND IT'S IN THEIR YOUTH CENTER.
AND WE ASKED THEM IF WE COULD PUT DIBS ON EARTH.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT OH, I SEE A QUEUE HERE.
YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT COSTS TO RESIDENTS, SPECIFICALLY YOUTH.
SO FLAGSTAFF AND COCONINO COUNTY RESIDENT YOUTH ARE $10.
AND THEN THEY OFFER ALL KINDS OF FIELD TRIPS FOR LOCAL STUDENTS IN GENERAL OR STUDENT AND TEACHERS.
YEAH. SO, SO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE ONLY CHARGED 50 TO 60% OF THE CURRENT GENERAL ADMISSION
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CHARGE PRICING STRUCTURE.AND I, I WAS JUST UP THERE ON FRIDAY AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THIS AGAIN.
AND THERE IS A PROGRAM CALLED MUSEUMS FOR ALL.
AND FAMILIES WHO QUALIFY FOR THE MUSEUMS FOR ALL PROGRAM THAT ENABLES THEM TO VISIT.
ANY MUSEUM THAT'S WITHIN THAT'S WITHIN THAT PROGRAM.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE IN FLAGSTAFF.
LOWELL OBSERVATORY IS LOOKING TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THAT.
BUT THE MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA AND THE ARBORETUM.
SO DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OK CHARLIE.
OKAY. SO I GUESS MY MY CONCERN IS AND I'M RUNNING INTO THIS A LOT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS IS THAT WE'LL SAY, SO WE GIVE $10,000 AND DON'T HEAR ME SAYING NOT TO, BUT LISTEN TO THE SCENARIO.
AND FOR SOME OF OUR FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF, THAT 50% OF THE PRICE IS STILL TOO MUCH TO PAY.
I'M NOT SAYING LET'S NOT DO IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A MATTER OF, DO I FEED MY KID OR DO I TAKE THEM TO THE GRAND CANYON? YOU KNOW, SO I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
I'M. I'M IN A PRIVILEGED CATEGORY.
I CAN AFFORD TO NOW TO, YOU KNOW.
DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS THAT I COULDN'T AFFORD TO DO 30 OR 40 YEARS AGO.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT JUST I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH LOWELL SINCE IT'S MY ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, OR OR THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE A FIELD TRIP AND THEY STILL HAVE TO PAY A PERCENTAGE, SO THAT KID THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT PERCENTAGE TO PAY, DO THEY NOT GO AND THEY FIND THEY HAVE TO GO SIT IN ANOTHER ROOM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO? I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.
THAT'S THE WAY IT USED TO BE WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL.
SO ON TOP OF THIS DISCOUNT, THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE AN ENDOWMENT AND APS ALSO PROVIDES FUNDS.
SO WHEN THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY COVER THE TOTAL COST OF ADMISSION AND THEY TRY TO PRIORITIZE THE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS WITH THESE FUNDS. AND THEY SAID SO FAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COVER ALL FUSD SCHOOLS WITH THESE FUNDS SINCE WE STARTED SCHOOL VISITS AGAIN IN 2022.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WAS ABOUT TO READ THE EXACT SAME EXCERPT THAT YOU DID.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC, BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE ALL RESOURCES ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIELD TRIPS THAT ARE GOING UP THERE CAN DO SO EITHER AT A GREAT DISCOUNT OR FREE OF CHARGE FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.
SO. AND A PRETTY GOOD TRACK RECORD OF LATE TO SHOW THAT.
HOUSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I CAN REMEMBER BEING A KID MYSELF IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND EVEN GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL, AND THOSE DAYS WHERE THEY WERE GOING ON A FIELD TRIP AND NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD IT, EVEN IF IT WAS AT A DISCOUNTED RATE.
AND THERE WAS NOTHING WORSE THAN BEING THAT STUDENT WHO HAD TO STAY BEHIND AND SIT IN A CLASS WATCHING SOME BORING EDUCATIONAL VIDEO WHILE, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE IS AT A MUSEUM OR A PARK OR OR SOMETHING ELSE.
SO I DO THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS ROOM FOR US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SEPARATELY WITH WITH THIS GRANTING TO THE SPONSORSHIP OF PLANET EARTH.
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THAT AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SEPARATELY AND JUST EXPRESS OUR INTEREST IN ENSURING THAT THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT COME FROM LOWER INCOME OR OTHER DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.AND I DID PASS ALONG THE COMMENTS AND THE CONCERNS, BUT MAYBE COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE ANOTHER TOUR OF THE ADC AND TALK ABOUT THIS SPECIFICALLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS CAN BE DONE OR APPROPRIATE, BUT SINCE YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT ON THE TOUR AND IT WAS SO AMAZING AND AWESOME, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY FOR OUR TOURS, BUT EDUCATIONALLY FOR ADULTS AND YOUTH.
COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT WE I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM IN THIS FUND TO MAYBE OFFER UP $1,000 TOWARDS TICKETS TO KIDS THAT ARE HAVING TO PASS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T AFFORD THE DISCOUNT.
AND WE COULD SPONSOR THAT BECAUSE WE WERE WANTING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO EXPERIENCE IT.
AND IF WE COULD TAKE SOME OF THAT MONIES AND SPONSOR THOSE TICKETS AND THEN LET THE SCHOOLS OR THE LOWELL OBSERVATORY ISSUE THEM OUT MIGHT BE A GREAT SOLUTION.
I THINK THAT WE COULD ABSOLUTELY ENTERTAIN THAT.
AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S PAIRED WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS NEW, REALLY PHENOMENAL FACILITY IS GOING TO BE OPENING UP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND. AND ALONG WITH HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LONGEVITY OF IT BEING ACCESSIBLE TO YOUTH THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, BUT JUST AN EXTRA BOOST FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS OPERATION BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE AWESOME. VERY AWESOME.
COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION.
I LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEW'S IDEA OF SUPPLEMENTING OUR DONATION, OUR SPONSORSHIP WITH WITH SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC AND SURGICALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS HELPING STUDENTS AFFORD TO BE ABLE TO GO.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT SPONSORING PLANET EARTH.
I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I'M ALL FOR IT.
AND WAYS BIG AND SMALL, MANY OF THEM INTANGIBLE.
VERY EXCITED TO BE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THIS AND SEE IT TO FRUITION.
SO HOW ABOUT WE MOVE THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND MAYBE WE'LL COME TO CONSENSUS ON EVERYTHING OR NOT? OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT SEPARATELY.
AND THEY HAVE THIS REALLY WONDERFUL PROGRAM OF POETRY AND ENGAGING THE YOUTH. AND LAST YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTED THIS, THIS POSITION OF A YOUTH POET LAUREATE.
AND THIS, THIS YOUNG PERSON ACTS AS A KIND OF A AMBASSADOR ON BEHALF OF FLAGSTAFF AND ON BEHALF OF POETRY AND, AND THE WRITTEN WORD IN EVENTS THAT THEY GO TO.
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MEMBER HOUSE HAS A COMMENT AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER.THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT THAT SAME MEETING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM WAS WANTING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS WORK MORE, BECAUSE I AND THIS WAS, I THINK, MORE ON ME THAN ANYTHING, BUT WAS SO UNAWARE OF HOW MUCH THEY WERE DOING.
EXACTLY. AND THE INTENTIONALITY THAT GOES BEHIND IT AS WELL WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT CONVERSATION FOR ME. THEY ARE NOT ONLY WORKING TO ELEVATE YOUNG VOICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITIES THAT WE DON'T OFTEN HEAR FROM.
AND I THINK THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT THEY DISCUSSED.
THEY ARE TAKING VERY KEEN LOOKS AT HOW THIS PROGRAM TRADITIONALLY RUNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY'VE MADE A VERY TARGETED EFFORT TO FOCUS ON THE YOUTH POET PROGRAM.
I KNOW DURING A PRIOR BUDGET RETREAT, WE WE SEMI HAD THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT LOOKING ABOUT OR LOOKING INTO HAVING A JUST FLAGSTAFF POET LAUREATE.
AND REALLY, THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS, BUT WITH A VERY, VERY INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON THAT YOUTH VOICE THAT I THINK WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAD NECESSARILY CONSIDERED BEFORE, BUT COULD NOT VALUE MORE IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS PRESENTED TO US.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THEM MORE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PARTNERED WITH SOME MORE OF THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY AND SEEING HOW WE CAN BOTH PARTNER WITH THE PROGRAM AND HOW THEY CAN PARTNER WITH US.
WHEN WE'RE DOING, WHETHER IT'S PROCLAMATIONS OR AT INSTALLATION OF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OF IMPORTANCE, EVEN GRAND OPENINGS OF OF CITY PARTNER PROJECTS AND THINGS, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT POETIC VOICE PART OF THAT.
AND I AM NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE I WAS AN ENGLISH MAJOR, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY PART OF IT.
BUT YEAH, I AM JUST VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE, THE POSSIBILITIES THAT THIS PRESENTS AND SEEING HOW WE CAN BE STRONGER PARTNERS BEYOND THE FINANCIAL ASPECT TO REALLY BRING POETRY TO LIFE FOR FLAGSTAFF EVEN MORE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL. OKAY.
YOU HAVE A COMMENT, A SUGGESTION, AND BEFORE THE SUGGESTION, A COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS FUND WAS SET UP THREE YEARS AGO THIS IS EXACTLY THESE ARE EXACTLY THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND EXPENDITURES THAT WERE ENVISIONED WHEN COUNCIL HAD THIS DISCUSSION. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR THE CREATIVITY AND BRINGING FORTH ITEMS THAT ARE SO UNIQUE AND FALL OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, FUNDING THAT WOULD OTHERWISE OCCUR.
THAT'S THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE FUND.
AS TO AND THIS IS THE SUGGESTION PART AS TO THE QUESTION ABOUT WORKING WITH LOWELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF MECHANISM TO CONTINUE TO TO BRING ALL KIDS UP ON THESE FIELD TRIPS REGARDLESS OF INCOME, ALLOW STACY AND I TO REACH OUT TO LOWELL AND LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THAT, AND WE CAN REPORT BACK ON THAT, MAYBE WITH A SUGGESTION.
SO I THINK WE COULD JUST LOOK AT THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE SUGGESTED TONIGHT, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK ON ON THAT FOLLOW UP IF IT'S OKAY. AND I'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL EARLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR LAST SUMMER.
A LITTLE BIT OF EXPENDITURE WAS APPROVED FOR THE MOVIES IN THE SQUARE.
SO YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME GOOD THINGS UNDERWAY IN THIS FISCAL YEAR FROM THIS FUND.
AND THAT'S A GOOD REMINDER THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE CHOSE TO SPONSOR.
SO TO CLARIFY, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF LOWELL AND THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE.
AND DOING THAT. BUT WE STILL HAVE MONEY IN OUR FUND.
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AND I WANT TO KIND OF TELL YOU, TELL YOU ABOUT IT.AND FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, I'VE BEEN DOING YOGA AND REALLY TRYING TO GET BACK INTO IT, AND IT HAS HELPED ME WITH THE STRESS THAT I'M SURE ALL OF US ON THE DAIS HAVE EXPERIENCED NOW AND AGAIN.
AND SO I THINK FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THIS COULD BE A HELPFUL TOOL.
RECOGNIZING THE UNIQUE STRESSES AND CHALLENGES FACED BY FIREFIGHTERS HELPS WITH INTEGRATING YOGA AND MINDFULNESS PRACTICE INTO THEIR ROUTINES, AIMING TO REDUCE STAGGERING RATES OF ANXIETY AND PTSD THAT EXIST AMONG OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
IT PROVIDED 20 FREE IN STATION YOGA SESSIONS FOR ON DUTY CREWS, AND THAT WAS AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
THE FOUNDATION HAS ALSO BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE FREE YOGA SESSIONS THROUGH A LOCAL YOGA STUDIO, THE FOUNDRY, AND THAT WAS A GRANT THROUGH THE ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
SO THE VISION WOULD BE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FLAGSTAFF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT WOULD BE TO OFFER 500 YOGA AND MINDFULNESS CLASSES DIRECTLY AT THE FIRE STATIONS, ALLOWING FIREFIGHTERS TO ENGAGE IN THESE PRACTICES WHILE ON SHIFT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT USING SOME OF OUR LEFTOVER FUNDS AFTER THE MOVIE'S LOWELL AND THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE TO GO TO THIS ENDEAVOR, I FEEL THAT OUR CONTRIBUTION WILL NOT JUST BE AN INVESTMENT IN HEALTH, BUT WOULD GREATLY CONTRIBUTE TO A SAFE, MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET, MIRANDA.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
IT MADE ME REMEMBER MY EX WAS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER, AND HE WENT OUT ON SOME REALLY HORRIFIC, TRAGIC CALLS AND THE TRAUMA.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT ADDITIONAL MENTAL THERAPY TO DO YOGA.
AND I JUST REMEMBER THE STRUGGLES THAT TROY WENT THROUGH FOR MONTHS.
AND I WON'T GO INTO THE GRUESOME DETAILS, BUT I WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU. AND DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? SO.
YOU KNOW, THE TOTAL THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT IN OUR BUDGET IS 60,000.
THE FOUNDATION AND THE FLAGSTAFF FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY PURSUING OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING INCLUDING CITY BUDGET GRANTS, SPONSORS, SPONSORSHIPS AND PRIVATE DONORS.
I THINK WE HAVE $8,444.35, I THINK.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE SAID, NEVER MIND.
AND I'M WONDERING TOO, IF AT SOME POINT AND I'M GUESSING THAT THEY'VE PROBABLY DISCUSSED THIS, OPENING IT UP TO ALL FIRST RESPONDERS. JUST IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH THAT TRAUMA.
I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE TWO THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA AND THESE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED.
THE CITY MANAGER KIND OF HAD TO GO FORWARD PROGRAM ON YOU KNOW, UNAFFORDABILITY OF GOING INTO, LIKE, LOWELL OBSERVATORY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GO FORWARD WITH MISS SWEET'S IDEA, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA, TOO.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
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THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.BECAUSE I'M, ALSO WONDERING ABOUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPPORTING THE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
IF THERE'S NOT ROOM OR GROUNDS TO CREATE A BROADER PROGRAM THAT OFFERS THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY MEETING THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT AND IN THE WAYS THAT THEY WANT TO ENGAGE.
I KNOW THERAPY SERVICES ARE ONE THING.
SOMETHING LIKE YOGA IS ANOTHER.
OTHER SORTS OF PROGRAMS, THOUGH, ARE ALSO OUT THERE.
AND I'M JUST VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS OVERALL.
I AM SURE, ESPECIALLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY FACED A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
AND IT'S DEFINITELY A TOPIC OF, OF HIGH IMPORT ACROSS THE NATION FOR ALL FIRST RESPONDERS, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE RESPONDING TO THESE CATASTROPHIC SITUATIONS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND IN THEIR OWN.
SO IN DISCUSSING WITH WITH STAFF BEFORE THIS MEETING BECAUSE THERE WAS ALREADY THREE OTHER IDENTIFIED INITIATIVES. IF ANOTHER INITIATIVE IS RECOMMENDED, COUNCIL CAN ACT ON THAT THIS EVENING TOO, EVEN IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT WASN'T WRITTEN INTO THE AGENDA.
SO IF WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD AND SAY YES, WE WANT TO PUT X NUMBER OF DOLLARS INTO THIS PROJECT, WE CAN DO THAT. AND SO WE HAVE 8000 LEFT.
WE'RE CONTEMPLATING A THOUSAND FOR ADMISSIONS TO THE ADC.
AND THEN I THINK, I THINK MOVIES ON THE SQUARE WAS $3,000 LAST YEAR.
THAT, THE MOVIES ON THE SQUARE SPONSORSHIP HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THAT 25,000.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH TONIGHT IS THAT 23,444.
GREAT. SO I AM ALSO IN SUPPORT.
I'M AMENABLE TO ALL OF THESE IDEAS.
I THINK THEY'RE APPROPRIATE USES OF OUR FUND.
I THINK OTHER GREAT IDEAS WILL COME UP, AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH THAT.
AND THAT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.
AND THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN AND THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN OUT.
SO. WE HAVE THE 10,000 FOR LOWELL.
WE HAVE THE 5000 FOR THE POET LAUREATE.
ANOTHER THOUSAND FOR TICKETS OR HOWEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
THEY CAN GO TO THE STATION WHERE IT'S HAPPENING OR WHATEVER.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY WHERE EVERYBODY GOES IF IT'S JUST NOT FIREFIGHTERS.
AND THEN WHAT ELSE WAS IT? MAYOR, YOU SAID THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHERS THAT YOU THAT CAME UP.
NO. VICE MAYOR MADE THE POINT THAT SOMETHING ELSE MAY COME UP.
SO REALLY, WE AFTER WE DO THOSE, WE'VE GOT, WHAT, ABOUT 4000 LEFT SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE?
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IF MY MATH, I'M NOT THE BEST MATH PERSON, BUT.AND WE COULD JUST RESERVE, WE COULD JUST HOLD ON TO THAT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS TO SEE WHAT COMES UP AND IF NOTHING COMES UP, THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT, THEN MAYBE WE CAN GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
JUST SO THAT WE USE THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO CARRY IT OVER.
RIGHT? WE CAN USE IT FOR GOOD.
WE'RE NOT JUST WASTING MONEY OR THROWING IT AWAY.
IT'S CURRENTLY NOT A ROLLOVER FUND.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT REVISITING THAT BUT WITH NO DECISIONS YET.
BUT YEAH, IT'S IT EXPIRES COME JUNE 30TH OKAY.
THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.
THANK YOU MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY MY STATEMENT REGARDING THE MOVIES ON THE SQUARE.
THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN EXPENDED ALREADY WAS FOR THE LAST SUMMER'S MOVIES ON THE SQUARE.
SO THAT DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS COMING SEASON.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY HOLD BECAUSE I SAW MR. SOLOMON HAD HIS HAND RAISED.
SO IF HE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND THEN I CAN ASK MY QUESTION.
WELL THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
YEAH. STACEY ACTUALLY MENTIONED WHAT I WAS GOING TO MENTION.
SO MY QUESTION AND MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THIS IN YOUR COMMENT.
COULD YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT? I CAN THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO THE WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR IN TOTAL FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS WHOLE ENTIRE PROGRAM IS $60,981.
I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 2000, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL A NICE IMPACT FROM WHAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING. SO MY HOPE IS 3 TO 4000.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD MAKE.
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR GETTING THIS PROGRAM KICKED OFF.
SO IF WE GAVE THREE, THAT WOULD HOLD BACK 4444.
SO WE COULD CONSIDER MOVIES ON THE SQUARE AGAIN.
WE COULD CONSIDER ANOTHER SMALL ITEM, OR WE COULD CONSIDER GIVING MORE TO THIS EFFORT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS SO OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS JUNE 30TH.
SO WE'RE JUST TALKING A FEW MORE MONTHS LEFT OVER.
I WOULD I'D LIKE TO PUSH IT TO THE 4000 OR AT THE VERY LEAST THE 3400 AND WHATEVER DOLLARS, AND LEAVE AN EVEN AMOUNT FOR STUFF THAT COMES UP.
I LIKE THE FREEDOM. I LIKE WHAT VICE MAYOR SAID.
AND JUST TO SHOW THEM THAT WE DO SUPPORT THEM.
AND MENTAL HEALTH IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT TO CONSIDER AND TO SUPPORT FOR THEM.
SO I'D LIKE TO SHOW THEM THAT SUPPORT.
FOR DURING COVID AS WELL AS COUNSELING FOR VICTIMS OF.
I WOULD SUPPORT THE THE MINIMUM RECOMMENDATION 3400 OR WHATEVER THE SPECIFIC NUMBER IS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY WITH MOVING FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD CAUTION US ABOUT IS RENEWING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTAIN GROUPS.
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WE SHOULD CONSIDER THESE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES FOR VARIOUS THINGS.WE NEED TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE WITH IT FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE DON'T WANT ANY GROUP OR ENTITY TO BECOME RELIANT UPON THESE FUNDS THAT ARE BASICALLY ONE TIME FUNDS.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I DON'T THINK I WOULD SUPPORT DOING MOVIES ON THE SQUARE A SECOND TIME.
SO ARE WE LOOKING AT 3444 OR 4444? 4000. SO.
I WOULD LOVE TO SAY 4000 OR $4444.35.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG IMPACT.
WHERE DID THAT $0.35 COME FROM? THE MOVIES ON THE I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T EVEN THE MOVIES ON THE SQUARE THAT WAS ALREADY TAKEN OUT WAS $1,555.65, I BELIEVE, IF I READ THE PACKET. CORRECT.
SO. SO WE'VE GOT THUMBS UP FOR 4444.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE 5000 FOR THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE AND 10,000 FOR EARTH WITH LOWELL OBSERVATORY, AND WERE CONTEMPLATING A SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR THE ADC.
YES, YES. OH, I THOUGHT I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS.
MADAM, I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY.
THAT'S JUST A THUMBS UP THING, RIGHT? AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT OUR THUMBS UP, WE WILL ACTUALLY NEED A FORMAL MOTION ON THAT.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO TO EXPEND THESE MONIES AS DISCUSSED.
I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, TWO FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS.
[12. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TO/FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND STAFF, AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS]
LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU.
YES. I DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.
AND I LEARNED ABOUT THE STOP THE BLEED KITS.
ARE PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE? YEAH, THERE'S AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER AND NAH WHATEVER PEOPLE THINK, BUT NAH DONATED 42 STOP THE BLEED KITS TO ALL OF THE FUSD SCHOOLS.
AND SO I JUST THOUGHT I DID SEND THEIR PHILANTHROPY PERSON A NOTE BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSETS, AND WE WANT TO DO ALL WE CAN TO PROTECT THEM.
AND WE NEVER CAN SAY WHAT WILL OR WILL NOT HAPPEN.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS AN AMAZING GIFT TO GIVE TO OUR SCHOOLS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY A PUBLIC THANK YOU TO THEM FOR, FOR DOING THAT.
AND NOTHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO THIS LAST WEEK WAS A WHIRLWIND.
I DID ATTEND THE SENATE FIELD HEARING WITH SENATOR MARK KELLY.
GOT SOME GREAT UPDATES ON OUR RIO DE FLAG PROJECT.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE ATHENA AWARDS AND GOT TO HOBNOB WITH OUR GOVERNOR.
I WAS HONORED TO ATTEND THE I HEART PLUTO EVENT WITH OUR MAYOR, AND DIANA GABALDON WAS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND WAS A TREASURE OF FLAGSTAFF HISTORY. THANK YOU TO LOWELL FOR PUTTING ON THIS EVENT.
DEFINITELY A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, AND I DO WANT TO DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO OUR TEAM, FLAGSTAFF, FOR CONTINUING TO WORK ON HOW WE CAN KEEP OUR ALLEYWAYS CLEAR DOWNTOWN. I WAS AT FLAG TOWER LAST WEEK AND HAD TWO BUSINESS OWNERS RANDOMLY COME UP TO ME TO ASK IF I WAS INVOLVED IN THE ALLEYWAYS
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AND BLAH BLAH BLAH, AND I GAVE ALL THE KUDOS TO THE CITY STAFF AND IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.AND AS A BUSINESS OWNER DOWNTOWN AND WATCHING THE FOOT TRAFFIC AND THE THE BIKES AND OUR OUR TOURISTS COMING IN, I DO THINK IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO I JUST WANT TO REALLY GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TEAM FLAG.
NOTHING FOR ME TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I, LIKE.
SO MANY OTHERS, ATTENDED THE FIELD HEARING AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO STAFF.
SO MANY THINGS COULD HAVE GONE WRONG AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY EMBARRASSING AND STRESSFUL.
EVERYTHING JUST WENT SO SMOOTHLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT GO SO SMOOTHLY.
AND LIKEWISE WITH A TOUR WE TOOK.
REPRESENTATIVE. REPRESENTATIVE COOK ON A FIELD TRIP ALONG WHERE WE'VE DONE SOME WORK, AND HE HELPED GET THE FUNDING FOR WORK ALONG 180 FOR FLOOD MITIGATION.
AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR HOW EXCITED HE WAS ABOUT THE PROJECT.
AND AFTERWARDS WE WENT UP, I, I WENT UP ALONG WITH HE AND HIS WIFE, FOR A TOUR OF THE ADC AT LOWELL OBSERVATORY. AND IF YOU WANT SOME I HEART PLUTO SCHWAG, THE GIFT SHOP IS CHOCK FULL OF IT.
YOU MAKE US ALL LOOK GOOD AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. MAYOR.
OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.