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MAYOR. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS MEETING CALLED TO ORDER.
[1. Call to Order NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this work session, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for discussion and consultation with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]
WELCOME, EVERYBODY.PINCH HITTING HERE TODAY FOR MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT, WHO IS IN TEXAS.
SHE WAS THERE FOR THE ECLIPSE.
AND APPARENTLY THE APOCALYPTIC SIGNS GOT TO HER.
THERE'S TORNADO WARNINGS GOING ON WHERE SHE'S AT, AND SHE'S A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER, TOO.
WE'LL SEE IF SHE'S ABLE TO JOIN US AS WE PROCEED HERE TODAY.
BUT LET'S GO AHEAD WITH ROLL CALL.
MAYOR DAGGETT, VICE MAYOR ASLAN.
HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER. MATTHEWS HERE.
JUST A QUICK NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
PURSUANT TO ARA 38-431.02, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AT THIS WORK SESSION, WE MAY ELECT 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 ONLY ON ANY ITEMS LISTED ON THE ON THE AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, WILL YOU LEAD US IN THAT? BE MY PLEASURE. PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE.
CAN YOU PROVIDE OUR MISSION STATEMENT? HAPPY TO YOU, VICE MAYOR.
THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. 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, BORDER MOUNTAINS SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO LINE START WITH MS.
[4. Open Call to the Public Open Call to the Public 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. Open Call to the Public appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end. The total time allotted for the first Open Call to the Public is 30 minutes; any additional comments will be held until the second Open Call to the Public. If you wish to address the Council in person 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 Open Call to the Public and Public Comment. 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.]
20. CALL TO THE PUBLIC 24.OKAY. EACH CARD WILL BE GIVEN A THEN OF THREE MINUTES ON THE FOR THIS AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. DENNIS GIVENS, YOU'RE UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER. HOUSE COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
MY NAME IS DENNIS GIBBONS OF THE SOUTH SIDE.
SOUTH SIDE. WHAT'S UP? I THINK WE SHOULD NOT CHANGE THE RULE ON HOW THE VICE MAYOR IS SELECTED.
DO WE WANT TO CRUSH A CHILDHOOD DREAM? DO THE RIGHT THING.
HOW DID IT FEEL WHEN THE VOTERS CHOSE YOU TO BE VICE MAYOR? I BET IT FELT AWESOME.
MIRANDA, DON'T YOU WANT TO BE VICE MAYOR AGAIN? DO THE RIGHT THING.
LET THE VOTERS DECIDE WHO SHOULD BE THE NEXT VICE MAYOR.
ALSO, I'M GLAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER.
OH, SORRY. MY VOICE SOUNDS DISTORTED LIKE RFK OVER HERE.
ALSO, I'M GLAD WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION.
CLEAN WATER IS A PRECIOUS LIMITED RESOURCE.
HAS ANYONE SEEN MAD MAX FURY ROAD? DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHEN IMMORTAL JOE WAS DUMPING WATER ON ALL THE PEASANTS? I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A APOCALYPTIC FUTURE LIKE THAT.
REMEMBER, WATER IS WATER IS WATER ALSO.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
NEXT I'M GOING TO CALL UP DAVID AND GENEVIEVE.
YOU'RE READY TO GO THERE. LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M GENEVIEVE AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND I'M DAVE MCINTYRE, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR.
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SO IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.AND FOR LOCAL FIRST TO SEND FLAGSTAFF BUSINESSES TO GREEN BUSINESS BOOT CAMP.
IT'S NINE WEEKS TOTAL, TWO IN-PERSON SESSIONS, SEVEN VIRTUAL SESSIONS.
THEY'LL BE 10 TO 15 BUSINESSES FROM AROUND THE STATE.
SO THEY GET TO NETWORK WITH OTHER BUSINESSES.
SUPER COOL. LEARN ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY TOPICS LIKE WATER, ENERGY, WASTE, TRANSPORTATION.
SO IT MAKES PROGRESS ON BOTH CITY ADOPTED SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, DAVE, I THINK WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO FIND A WAY TO DO A JOINT BENEFIT WHERE BY REDUCING THAT ENERGY USE, NOT ONLY ARE WE HELPING WITH CLIMATE GOALS, BUT AS WE KNOW, THOSE LONG TERM ENERGY COSTS ARE PART OF WHAT MAKES IT HARD TO RUN A BUSINESS.
SO THIS IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER WAY THAT WE HAVE FOUND TO WORK TOGETHER SO THAT BOTH SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN BE HARMONIOUS AND WE CAN CREATE A PROSPEROUS AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY.
SO WE WILL SEND A FOLLOW UP EMAIL WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOT CAMP.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SHARE IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANYONE THAT YOU KNOW WOULD BE INTERESTED.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
A FEW OF US FROM THE LIBRARY ARE HERE TODAY IN CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
AND SHE DID TELL ME THIS IS HER FIRST COUNCIL MEETING.
SO. WE SURE APPRECIATE HER BEING HERE.
SORRY. WE ALSO HAVE OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DAMARIS HILL HERE THAT OVERSEES COUNTY SERVICES, AND ALSO OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, RICHARD TUTWILER, WHO OVERSEES OUR CITY SERVICES.
AND THEY'LL BE SPEAKING IN A MINUTE AS WELL.
SO MY FUN FACT IS, SOME OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS AND SOME MAY NOT, BUT RAY BRADBURY WROTE FAHRENHEIT 451 ON A RENTAL TYPEWRITER IN THE BASEMENT OF UCLA'S POWELL LIBRARY.
AND HE PAID $0.10 FOR EVERY 30 MINUTES.
TO WRITE A CLASSIC NOVEL AND THEN JUST A FEW STATISTICS ABOUT OUR LIBRARIES.
LAST YEAR WE CHECKED OUT 322,661 ITEMS. WE HAD OVER 417,000 VISITORS.
AND 12,583 PEOPLE ATTEND PROGRAMS, SO THE LIBRARIES ARE WELL USED, WELL LOVED AND DEFINITELY NEEDED BY THE POPULATION.
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP? THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
AS ALWAYS. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING AND A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW, THE LIBRARY OF THINGS IS A NONTRADITIONAL CIRCULATING MATERIAL.
SO THINGS LIKE POTS AND PANS, NOT NECESSARILY BOOKS.
SO OUR NUMBER ONE LIBRARY OF THINGS CHECK OUT WAS A JOY-CON GRIP.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THAT'S A NINTENDO SWITCH CONTROLLER.
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HEAD MIKES, GAMING MOUSES, GALAXY TABLETS, AND THEN SEED PACKETS FROM OUR SEED LIBRARY THAT'S LOCATED AT OUR EAST FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY LIBRARY LOCATION.SO THOSE ALLOW FREE ACCESS TO THOSE CULTURAL SITES FOR ANYBODY WITH A LIBRARY CARD.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE DAMARIS.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE AN ALLEGORY NOW.
I'M THE QUIRKY ONE, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
I HOPE I CAN RENT A HEDWIG FROM YOU GUYS.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR MOST CHECKED OUT TITLES FROM THE LIBRARY.
NUMBER ONE IS DEMON COPPERHEAD 141.
NUMBER TWO IS LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY 122.
NUMBER FOUR IS IT STARTS WITH US.
NUMBER SIX, THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY.
NUMBER EIGHT, A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES.
AND NUMBER TEN, THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO.
AND OUR NUMBER ONE CHECKED OUT GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES IS DOG MAN.
AND SOME ADVICE FROM HERMIONE.
WHEN IN DOUBT, GO TO THE LIBRARY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN AND A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY.
THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED IN JUST A COUPLE WEEKS FOR A NEW BOILER.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PAUL RICHARDSON.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE LIBERTY HERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M PAUL RICHARDSON, AND I WAS I WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT I BELIEVE.
IF I WERE TO TITLE, THIS WOULD BE POTHOLES OR WOKE HOLES.
A YEAR AGO, I WAS STANDING BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME IN AND EXPRESSED THEIR DISMAY WITH RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE BEING PUT FORTH BY THE COUNCIL OR BY THE PUBLIC AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL.
AND I REFER THIS ONE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN MARCH.
AND SO THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS I WAS HERE AND I WATCHED A VERY DECISIVE CONTENTIOUS MEETING, AND PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYING THE COUNCIL TO JUST KIND OF STEER AWAY FROM THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT REALLY THE FUNCTION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
AND I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF EXPRESSED.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO EXPRESS TODAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO TAKE CARE OF THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF A CITY, MAKING BUSINESSES MORE FRIENDLY, KEEPING OUR STREETS, OUR UTILITIES, OUR FIRE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AIRPORTS IN WORKING ORDER AND WORKING ALONG THOSE LINES.
IN FACT, THE ONE OF THE RESOLUTIONS WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WERE LET'S APPROVE FOR FIRE, FIRE TRUCKS, PURCHASE A REFUSE TRUCKS, ALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF A CITY FUNCTION.
WHAT I CALL THE AWOKE HOLE FILL IS OUR CREATING WOKE HOLE IS BASICALLY DOING THINGS THAT ARE NOT ARE VERY DIVISIVE FOR THE PUBLIC. AND THIS WAS RESOLUTION 23 DASH 12 ABOUT CRIMINALIZING ABORTION, STANDING IN OPPOSITION TO IT.
TO ME, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FUNCTION OF A CITY.
AND I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY, THE COUNCIL, TO STAY ON THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF WHAT A CITY.
IS TO DO. THAT'S TO FOSTER GOOD DEVELOPMENT.
ROADS, STREETS, LIGHTS, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY LET'S FILL THE POTHOLES.
DON'T CREATE INDECISIVE WOKE HOLES FOR OUR CITY.
WE WERE BETTER. I THINK WE'RE BETTER OFF IF WE JUST.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THE CITY.
WE'VE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB DOING THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU STAY ON TASK.
DON'T DEVIATE FROM THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF WHAT A CITY GOVERNMENT, I THINK IS HERE TO DO.
YOU'RE WELCOME. NEXT WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS.
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SO COUNCIL WILL COME TO THE FRONT OF THE DAIS HERE.THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT FAIR HOUSING MONTH AND THAT WILL BE DONE BY.
I'M SORRY, CAN WE DO THE REVIEW OF THE DRAFT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, LET'S REVIEW THE DRAFT AGENDA REAL FAST BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE FUN STUFF.
[5. Review of Draft Agenda for the April 16, 2024 City Council Meeting Citizens wishing to speak on agenda items not specifically called out by the City Council may submit a speaker card for their items of interest to the recording clerk.]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, REVIEW THE DRAFT AGENDA.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO CHECK THAT BOX.
COUNCIL MEMBER. MATTHEWS WILL DO OUR PROCLAMATION FOR FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
[6. Proclamation: Fair Housing Month]
AND I HOPE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE WILL RHYME HER NATIONAL POETRY MONTH PROCLAMATION DUTIES.OKAY, I'M GOING TO TRY TO READ THIS.
I'M HAVING SOME VISION ISSUES TODAY ALONG WITH SOME OTHER ISSUES, SO FORGIVE ME.
THAT'S UP IN FRONT. FIRST, LET ME GET GROUP CENTER STAGE.
THANK YOU. I'M TRYING TO FIND A GOOD.
OKAY, SO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS THIS MONTH OF APRIL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS HUD OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
AND WHEREAS, THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT ENACTED ON APRIL 11TH, 1968, AND THE CORRESPONDING AMENDMENT OF 1988, PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES, AND WHEREAS THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, AS AMENDED, AND OTHER FEDERAL LAWS ENSURE FULL AND FAIR ACCESS TO HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, DISABILITY, FAMILY STATUS, NATIONAL, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY, AND IS FUNDAMENTAL AND A FUNDAMENTAL GOAL OF OUR NATION, STATE AND CITY.
AND WHEREAS THE FAIR HOUSING ACT REQUIRES RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS FROM US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER THE POLICIES AND PURPOSES OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING, AND MEMBERS OF THE ABOVE PROTECTED CLASSES ARE INCREASINGLY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY MORE VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT, RENTAL HOUSING DISCRIMINATION, POOR QUALITY HOUSING, AND BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITY DUE TO RISING HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL HOUSING COSTS AND EQUAL.
WHEREAS EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AND STABILITY AND IMPACTS ACCESS TO EDUCATION, THE ABILITY TO SEEK AND RETAIN EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS, AND THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE WE RECEIVE IN EMERGENCIES.
AND WHEREAS, SOLUTIONS TO CREATING AND PROTECTING RENTAL HOUSING OPTIONS AND HOME OWNERSHIP REQUIRES ALL PROGRAMS OF GOVERNMENT TO AFFIRMATIVELY ADDRESS THE REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO HOUSING CHOICE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF RECOGNIZES THE VALUE AND VALUES THE EFFORTS OF THOSE WHO SEEK TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THE TALENT OF GRASSROOTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, HOUSING SERVICE PROVIDERS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY GOVERNMENT, AND OTHERS TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE INTEGRATION, FAIR HOUSING, AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS COMMITTED TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING, INCLUDING OVERCOMING PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION AND FOSTERING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES FREE FROM BARRIERS THAT RESTRICT ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON AFFIRMATION BARRIERS.
AND WHEREAS, IN PASSING THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF COMMITTED TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM HOUSING DISCRIMINATION BY ENSURING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A PART OF EVERY FLAGSTAFF NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING TO ADDRESS DEPART IN.
DISPARATE IMPACT AS PART OF ANY DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT, AND CONTINUING FLAGSTAFF COMMITMENT TO FURTHER FEDERAL AND ARIZONA FAIR HOUSING LAWS IN ALL HOUSING RELATED SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, AND PROVIDING FAIR HOUSING, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY TO THE
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COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, I, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, DO HEREBY HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2024 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH.HEY, LORI. OH, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
OKAY. BY ME? BUT THEN IF I STAND IN FRONT OF MIRANDA, THEN IT'S.
I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS.
ENSURING EQUALITY IN HOUSING THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND THE CITY HOUSING OFFICES ARE YOUR FIRST STOP IF YOU CHOOSE TO IN PURSUING A COMPLAINT, IF YOU FEEL YOU'VE BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET TO THE RIGHT SPOKES FOLKS TO TO FILE THAT COMPLAINT, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STAFF THAT ARE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR FAIR HOUSING EFFORTS.
WE HAVE JUSTINE ACOSTA, WHO'S ASSISTANT HOUSING DIRECTOR.
MARISSA MALLOY IS NEXT TO HER.
AND CHRISTINE PAVLIK ARE THE STAFF THAT HAVE DEDICATED TIME TO WORKING ON THIS PROCLAMATION, AND ALSO A FAIR HOUSING TRAINING THAT I WILL MENTION IN A FEW MINUTES IN ANOTHER SEGMENT OF THE MEETING.
IT IS MY HONOR TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH.
[7. Proclamation: National Poetry Month]
AND I'M NOT MUCH OF A RHYMING POET, AT LEAST NOT AS FAR AS I KNOW IT.WHEREAS THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS ESTABLISHED THE MONTH OF APRIL AS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH IN 1996, AND WHEREAS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH SEEKS TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY AND ONGOING ACHIEVEMENT OF AMERICAN POETS, INTRODUCE AMERICANS TO THE PLEASURES AND BENEFITS OF READING POETRY, BRING POETS AND POETRY TO THE PUBLIC IN IMMEDIATE AND INNOVATIVE WAYS, AND MAKE POETRY AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH IS NOW THE LARGEST LITERARY CELEBRATION IN THE WORLD, RECOGNIZING POETRY'S ENHANCEMENT AND ENRICHMENT OF THE LIVES OF ALL AMERICANS AND ITS EFFECT ON EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE IN AMERICA TODAY, INCLUDING EDUCATION, THE ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENTALISM AND CONSERVATION, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEREAS POETRY IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S DIVERSITY, AS VARIED IN ITS FORMS AS OUR COMMUNITY IS IN THE LIVED EXPERIENCES AND LIFESTYLES POETRY ENABLES US TO CELEBRATE, POETRY HAS PRODUCED SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY'S AND THE NATION'S LEADING CREATIVE ARTISTS, AND HAS INSPIRED OTHER ARTISTS IN FIELDS SUCH AS MUSIC, THEATER, FILM, DANCE, AND THE VISUAL ARTS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ON BEHALF OF BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 1ST THROUGH APRIL 30TH AS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH AND CALL UPON PUBLIC OFFICIALS, EDUCATORS, LIBRARIANS, AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF FLAGSTAFF TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH TO CELEBRATE THE CULTURAL RICHES OUR COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT ROLE POETRY HAS IN CREATING AND SUSTAINING THIS GREAT NATION WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES, ACTIVITIES, AND PROGRAMS. AND AFTER OUR PICTURE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CEREMONIAL POEM PERFORMED BY FLAGSTAFF'S POET YOUTH POET LAUREATE.
AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
AND I WROTE A POEM FOR THIS OCCASION, SO THANK YOU.
THERE IS POETRY IN YOUR BREEZES, IN THE COTTONWOOD.
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STENCH IN THE SLY WINK OF THE ASPEN EYE, IN THE BLEARY EYED, RUNNY NOSE.MARCH TOWARDS SPRING IN THE AMTRAK HISS.
HARMONIZING WITH FRIDAY NIGHT LARUE.
IN ABALONE MOUNTAINS, IN MOTHER ROAD.
TRIBUTARIES. RED ROCK REMNANTS IN YOUR DARK SKY CITY.
SMATTERING SMALL GALAXIES ACROSS THE PLATEAU LIKE COSMIC FRECKLES.
FLAGSTAFF. THERE IS MUSIC IN YOUR PEOPLE PLUCKED FROM THE STARS.
THEY HAVE SOLD ME ON THE GOOD.
IN THIS WORLD YOU HAVE GROWN YOUR ROOTS IN US.
AND YOU ARE TEACHING US TO BLOOM.
NICE TO MEET. I'M WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT WANT TO GIFT THAT POEM TO THE CITY, SO PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE IT FRAMED AND HANG IT, BECAUSE IT TALKS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FLAGSTAFF AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE FAMILIAR TO ALL OF US.
VICE MAYOR. MAYOR DAGGETT WAS ABLE TO JOIN US, SO SHE IS ONLINE.
FABULOUS. MAYOR DAGGETT, ARE YOU READY TO TAKE OVER? DO YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER? ACTUALLY, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SEE THE SCREEN THERE.
AND THE CHAT AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE RUNNING THE MEETING? VICE-MAYOR? ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT POEM.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
I WAS THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES AS YOU THERE.
OKAY. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.
[8. City Manager Report Information Only]
AND I'LL LET THE GREG CLIFTON CITY MANAGER TAKE TAKE THAT ONE.AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR JOINING US.
WE ALL HOPE THAT YOU FEEL BETTER.
AND IT IS SO GROSSLY UNFAIR TO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE ACT THAT I AM.
I MIGHT JUST LIFT A COUPLE HERE, AND THEN IN A MINUTE INVITE OUR POLICE CHIEF TO SHARE WITH YOU A STORY OF HEROICS THAT I WANTED HIM TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL, BUT ONTO FIRE.
THE ONE ITEM I'D LIKE TO MAKE REFERENCE TO IS.
AND THIS IS WONDERFUL NEWS, THE US FOREST SERVICE PUBLISHED THE 2600 ACRE WING EAST INTEGRATED RESOURCE SERVICE CONTRACT.
THIS IS A THINNING IN THE TIMBER STANDS IN THE UPPER RIO DE FLAG WATERSHED.
THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE 911 ACRES TO BE THINNED BY MARCH 31ST OF NEXT YEAR.
AN ADDITIONAL 781 ACRES TO BE CONCLUDED BY MARCH OF 2026, 650 ACRES BY MARCH 2027, AND 260 ADDITIONAL ACRES BY MARCH 2028.
ALL THE LOGS AND BIOMASS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE AREA.
HUMAN RESOURCES. I'M GOING TO DEFER.
ALSO, I THINK SOMEWHERE BEHIND ME IS JEN CAPUTO, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND SHE MAY GIVE YOU A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THEIR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, SOME UPDATES FROM PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO MENTION THIS BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO OUR VICE MAYOR.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO REPLACE A NUMBER OF STREET LAMPS WITH THE DARK SKIES COMPLIANT LAMPS. SEE IF I CAN FIND THE RELEVANT INFORMATION HERE.
YEAH. THE STREETLIGHT CREW'S BEEN WORKING TO REPLACE THE OLD FIXTURES WITH NEW DARK SKY COMPLIANT LED LIGHTS, AND HAVE HAS COMPLETED A TOTAL OF 20 REPLACEMENTS IN JUST ONE WEEK.
THERE A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING NOW WITH OUR STREET CREWS.
WITH SPRING COMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO.
DO A LOT OF WORK AND MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS NEEDED.
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IF CHIEF MUSSELMAN IS SOMEWHERE IN PROXIMITY, I MIGHT HAVE HIM GIVE YOU THIS AMAZING STORY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.WE DID HAVE OUR I THINK IT WAS EITHER OUR THIRD OR FOURTH HIGH COUNTRY ACADEMY GRADUATION.
WHICH IS IT, CHIEF? THIRD OR FOURTH? THREE. THREE? YEAH, WE JUST FINISHED THE THIRD ONE WE DID ATTEND.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES.
AND CHIEF, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT OFFICER ROGERS.
THANKS. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME VALIANT ACTS OF OFFICER AUSTIN ROGERS.
LAST MONTH, WE SENT OFFICER ROGERS DOWN TO PHOENIX FOR DRIVER INSTRUCTOR TRAINING.
THEY DO HIT THE DRIVING TRACK, WHICH IS IN SOUTH WEST PHOENIX.
AND THEN ON THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT THEY HAD NIGHT OPERATIONS.
SO HE ROLLED INTO A CIRCLE K IN THE MARYVALE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS HE'S GETTING BACK INTO A CAR, HE HEARS A LOUD COLLISION.
BASICALLY INTOXICATED PERSON BLEW A RED LIGHT, STRUCK A FAMILY IN A VEHICLE.
THE MOTHER WAS KILLED UPON IMPACT.
AND THIS COLLISION TOOK PLACE ON 51ST AVENUE, WHERE IT'S AN OVERPASS THAT GOES OVER I-10.
ROGERS, WITHOUT HESITATION, BEGAN SCALING THE OUTSIDE OF THIS FENCE TO GET ON TOP OF THE FENCE AND BASICALLY CLIMBED UP THERE TO LIFT THE YOUNG BOY OFF AND DOWN TO THE PHOENIX PD OFFICER THAT ARRIVED ON SCENE.
THIS IS ROUGHLY 100 FOOT DROP TO THE BUSY I-10 INTERSTATE BELOW.
HE GRABBED THAT DRIVER AND DETAINED HIM AND TURNED HIM OVER TO THE PHOENIX PD OFFICER.
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, THE OFFICER WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH OFFICER AUSTIN ROGERS ACTIONS.
SO VERY PROUD OF HIM AND WANTED TO SHARE THAT STORY FOR YOU ALL.
TRAGIC. I WANT AN ACCIDENT WITH WANT TO BE A WONDERFUL STORY? SHARE A LINK FOR SHARING.
THERE'S ALSO IN OVER SOME SORT SOME UPDATES FROM WATER SERVICES WITH SOME DATES.
RECENT MEETINGS AND EVENTS THERE FOR YOUR READING ENJOYMENTS.
WE HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH THE CJCC RECENTLY LEADERSHIP TEAM RETREATED LAST WEEK AND HAD A FULL DAY OF RETREAT AND LEADERSHIP BUILDING.
AND I WILL NOTE ALSO THIS COMING SUNDAY, WE'RE PREPARING FOR ON APRIL 14TH.
BLESS YOU FOR A CELEBRATION FOR FORMER MAYOR PAUL BABBITT HERE IN CITY HALL.
AND EVERYBODY'S WORKING HARD TO PREPARE FOR THAT.
AND I PASTED IT WITHIN THE TEXT OF MY REPORT, THE FIRST EVER MONTHLY.
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FROM HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION.
SO I MIGHT LEAN ON JEN CAPUTO IF SHE WANTS TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL JENNIFER CAPUTO, INTERIM DEPUTY HR DIRECTOR.
HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO SHARE JUST SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HR.
SO AS GREG MENTIONED, WE ARE DOING A NEWSLETTER THAT WE WILL BE PUBLISHING ONCE A MONTH THAT CONTAINS JUST INFORMATION ON OUR DIFFERENT TOPIC AREAS AND CELEBRATES OUR NEW EMPLOYEES AND PROMOTIONS.
SO WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS IT COMES OUT.
WE ARE ALSO SHARING SOME TIME DURING EXTENDED LEADERSHIP WITH IT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING TURNS WITH IT AND SHARING HR TIPS EVERY OTHER MEETING.
AND WHEN TOPIC OF INTEREST IS WHAT TO DO WHEN OSHA KNOCKS AT THE DOOR.
SO THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY RISK MANAGEMENT.
WE ARE ALSO FINALIZING A RECRUITMENT DASHBOARD THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUBLISH QUARTERLY, AND THAT WILL GIVE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR CANDIDATES AND NEW HIRES AND NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, DEMOGRAPHICS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
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AND IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION SHARING, I JUST WANTED TO RUN THROUGH A FEW OTHER THINGS WHICH ARE EXCITING FOR OUR TEAM.WE'VE PARTNERED WITH LANCASTER LEADERSHIP TO DO A NUMBER OF TRAININGS.
WE JUST COMPLETED REMOTE LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT IN MARCH.
WE'VE GOT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING LATER THIS WEEK.
WE'VE GOT RESILIENCE AND BURNOUT IN AUGUST AND COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP IN NOVEMBER.
AN ITEM THAT WILL WANT YOU, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES TO WATCH FOR.
COMING SOON IS A NEW WELLNESS PORTAL.
SO IT WILL BE ACTIVE ON APRIL 15TH AND WE'LL HAVE A MONTH.
IT'LL BE NICE AND EASY FOR YOU AND THE EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THOSE UPDATES.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS ABOUT THE HR TEAM ITSELF.
I THINK YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT OUR TEAM AND WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON FILLING POSITIONS.
WE'VE GOT AN OFFER OUT TO A CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION MANAGER.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON.
AND AS DAUNTING AS IT IS TO THINK OF THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE THROUGH A VARIETY OF CIRCUMSTANCES, OF RETIREMENTS, OF PEOPLE MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA AND SO FORTH, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE IS TO SEE A NEW TEAM BEING BUILT, AND WE ARE QUITE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE GOOD WORK OF HR.
QUITE APPROPRIATE FOR FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
AND SHE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HOUSING.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET ME JUST GET THIS UP SO THAT WE CAN ALL SEE IT. ALL RIGHT.
IS THAT BIG ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE? OKAY, SO SUPER EXCITING.
THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH A NEW ONLINE RAMADA RESERVATION SYSTEM.
YOU CAN SEARCH THE DIFFERENT RAMADAS THAT WE HAVE.
YOU CAN SEARCH BY PARK, BY SIZE OF RAMADA, BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
YOU CAN SEE WHEN IT'S BUSY, WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE, YOU CAN GET YOU CAN PAY FOR IT ONLINE.
YOU CAN RESERVE ELECTRICITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
MY TEAM LAUGHS AT ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS DONE FOR LIKE EIGHT YEARS.
AND SO I CALL THIS A DREAM COME TRUE.
AND THEY TELL ME THAT I NEED TO HAVE BETTER DREAMS. BUT THIS THIS IS SUPER EXCITING FOR US.
SO MANY THANKS TO OUR EVENTS AND MARKETING TEAM AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH IT.
AS ALWAYS, WHO HELPED US GET THIS DONE? HERE'S A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THAT ONLINE PORTAL LOOKS LIKE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S SHOWING YOU A PICTURE OF THE RAMADA BECAUSE WE DO GET, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A LOT OF FOLKS FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT HAVE NO IDEA. THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO ORGANIZE AN EVENT FOR A LOVED ONE, A BIRTHDAY PARTY, A RETIREMENT.
AND NOW THIS GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.
AS USUAL, WE'VE GOT OUR TRAIL COUNTS.
ROUTE 66 WEST WAS A POPULAR TRAIL, AS IT ALWAYS IS.
IF YOU COMBINE THESE FIRST TWO BARS, THEY ALWAYS TAKE THE CAKE.
BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING ALL OF OUR BALL FIELDS READY.
WE WERE EXCITED TO ALMOST MEET THAT DEADLINE THIS YEAR AT LEAST IT WAS BETTER THAN LAST YEAR WHERE ALL THE PARKS WERE UNDER SNOW OR MUD AT THIS TIME. THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF SOME IMPENDING SNOW, WE WERE ABOUT A WEEK LATE, BUT THEY ARE ALL WITHIN THEIR POSSESSION NOW AND WE GOT ALL THE FIELDS
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PERFECT FOR THEM. WE TURNED THEM OVER.THEY MAINTAIN THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR SEASON AND FOR THE THE DURATION OF THEIR PERMIT.
JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW WILL NEED TO.
AND THEY DO ALL THEIR DUTIES AS ASSIGNED TO AGAIN WHILE THEY'RE DOING THIS WORK.
YES, SIR. A PROJECT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK ON QUICKLY.
THIS MAN, LATE WINTER OR SPRING, WAS ADDING THIS BOAT ON TOP IN A BASKETBALL GOAL AT MESA PARK HERE.
YOU SEE THE STREET I'M SAYING BEHIND THE HOOP.
AND SO I HAVE KIDS WERE CHASING THIS OUT INTO THE STREET.
SO MANY THANKS TO THEM FOR THAT WORK.
AND THIS IS THE LOVELY TEAM THAT GOT THAT PROJECT DONE.
THEY ANNUALLY BRING US FOR FREE PROFESSIONAL CLASSICAL MUSICIANS TO PERFORM.
I TRY TO GO TO THIS EVERY YEAR IF I CAN.
THEY EVEN IF THEY'RE BRINGING A PIANIST, WE PROVIDE OUR OLD CLUNKY PIANO, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO GET IT TUNED UP AND READY TO GO FOR THEM. BUT THEY MAKE IT SOUND AMAZING.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAD A PIANIST AND A CLARINETIST, AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT AFTERNOON.
SMALL TALK, SMALL TURNOUT BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY SNOWY THAT DAY.
OVER AT HILL JENSEN DURING SPRING BREAK.
THEY HOSTED DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES EVERY DAY.
THEY DID A HIKE OUT AT MCMILLEN MESA.
SO LOVE THIS PICTURE OF ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS TRYING TO CATCH INSECTS AND BUTTERFLIES.
AND THE AQUAFLEX EXTENDED SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMING HOURS TO MEET THE DEMANDS HAVE ALSO.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SOME OUTREACH TO LOCAL INDIGENOUS PARTNERS TO GET FEEDBACK ON NEW SIGNAGE THAT THEY'D LIKE TO PUT UP AT PICTURE CANYON ABOUT THE PITHOUSE OVERLOOK AND HAVE BEEN TAKING THAT INPUT INTO WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THAT INFORMATION AND TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THEIR OF THEIR HISTORY.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN HOSTING LOTS OF BUG EVENTS, AND WE HAVE A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP OVER AT KILLIP ELEMENTARY, AND THEY HAVE AN EARTH CLUB THERE THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN. I BELIEVE WEEKLY AND DO SOME ARTS AND CRAFTS AND THINGS.
FINALLY. ALSO DUE TO OUR INCREDIBLE EVENTS AND MARKETING TEAM, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
FOLLOWERS. I'M NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM, THEY'RE INCREASING.
THAT'S A GOOD THING, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO ALL THOSE METRICS ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.
AND IT'S ONLY GETTING BETTER AS WE ARE ABLE TO FILL SOME VACANCIES AS OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM.
IS HELPING US DO SO MANY THANKS FOR THAT.
GET READY FOR CONCERTS IN THE PARK THAT STARTS IN JUNE.
WE GOT A HUGE RESPONSE THIS YEAR, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME EXCITING BANDS SHOWING UP, AND WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION OUT AS THOSE GET LINED OUT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU ALL. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT YOUR PERSON IS.
I THINK IT WAS A 14 OR 15 YEAR OLD.
BUT A NICE LETTER ABOUT INCREASING NUMBER OF BASKETBALL HOOPS AND AMENITIES AROUND TOWN.
SO OKAY, NO, THAT'S IN SYNERGY WITH SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AND OTHERS ON COUNCIL TOO.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT AT ALL.
IF, IF IF THERE'S SOME MOVEMENT THERE, LET US KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT BASKETBALL HOOPS I'M KIDDING.
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IT'S NOT IT'S ABOUT EVERYTHING WE DO.BUT WE DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT INCLUDING A COUPLE OF FARE ITEMS COMING UP.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. TIGHT CITY MANAGER.
REBECCA. I WILL CONCLUDE WITH SOME COMMENTS FROM SARAH.
THANKS, SARAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN.
SARAH DARRAH, HOUSING DIRECTOR.
MAYBE I WANT TO GO OVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR APRIL EDITION OF HOUSING NEWSLETTER.
THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING OUT IF IT WILL OPEN.
TA DA! SOME OF THIS WILL BE VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU BECAUSE YOU JUST MADE DECISIONS ON IT.
BUT WE SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER WIDELY IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE MAILING LIST.
IT ALSO GOES OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO WE WERE SUPER EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT THE RENTAL INCENTIVE BOND PROGRAM AWARDS RECENTLY MADE ON MARCH 19TH. SEE? THERE'S THE DATE. I KNEW IT WAS RECENT.
IN THE AMOUNT. A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $3,330,000 FOR TWO DIFFERENT LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS DONE BY THE FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING AS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD SAINT MARY'S SCHOOL SITE HERE ON HUMPHREYS.
ONE OF THOSE, OF COURSE, IS VERY CLOSE TO HAVING ITS FULL FUNDING, THE OTHER TURNED IN AN APPLICATION BY THE APRIL 1ST DEADLINE FOR THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
THOSE AWARDS ARE TYPICALLY ANNOUNCED IN LATE JUNE.
WE SAY TYPICALLY BECAUSE NOTHING'S EVER GUARANTEED AS FAR AS GRANT REVIEW TIMELINES.
AND SO WE WERE SUPER EXCITED TO BRING THOSE TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION AND AWARD OF THOSE FUNDS INTO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WILL LEVERAGE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE, RESULTING IN 139 NEW, 100% AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND PER A GOAL IN THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN AND ALSO INTEREST IN ENCOURAGEMENT EXPRESSED BY COUNCIL, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER SOME HOME SHARING RESOURCES, BOTH FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN SHARING THEIR HOME AND THOSE PURSUING A ROOM WITHIN AN EXISTING HOME.
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE LAST CAP, THE LAND AVAILABILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDY, AND THE CODE ANALYSIS PROJECT UPDATE QUITE IN DEPTH NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH A LARGE PROJECT TEAM.
INCLUDING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ETC.
THE LAST PIECE, THE LAND AVAILABILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDY IS NEARING COMPLETION AND THE CODE ANALYSIS PROJECT HAS BEEN KICKING OFF. MY COUNTERPART WITHIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MICHELLE MCNULTY, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, WILL BE SHARING THAT UPDATE WITH YOU NEXT WEEK.
A HOUSING COMMISSION UPDATE, WE WERE ABLE TO WELCOME A NEW HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING.
THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL AND THE THE NEXT PIECE FOR THEM TO TACKLE WILL BE PROGRAMING THE 7 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING DESIGNATED FOR HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE.
AND SO WE WILL BE BRINGING CONCEPTS TO THEM.
AND KEVIN'S BIO IS IN OUR NEWSLETTER SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO READ IT.
THANK YOU, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
TO ADD A ADD A QUESTION TO THE APPLICATION FOR COMMISSIONS.
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CONSIDERING THOSE APPLICATIONS? WE HAD STAFF ATTEND THE ARIZONA HOUSING COALITION AWARDS CEREMONY WITH ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, WHERE HABITAT RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR INNOVATIONS IN HOUSING IN ARIZONA FOR THEIR STARTER HOMES PROJECT.AND OF COURSE, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER BY PROVIDING LAND FOR THE FIRST TWO STARTER HOMES FOR THIS HABITAT PILOT PROJECT. AND THERE'S A LOVELY PICTURE OF ERIC AND JESSICA.
WATSON IS ONE OF OUR NEW STAFF FOLKS.
AND OF COURSE, CHRISTINE, WHO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH AND WE'LL BE HEARING FROM SHORTLY.
WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION FROM ONE OF OUR INTERNAL PARTNERS WITH SUSTAINABILITY ANNOUNCING THE AVAILABILITY OF FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY GARDEN PLOTS. WE DO LIKE TO CROSS POLLINATE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS AS WE ARE ABLE TO.
YOU HEARD ME REFERENCE A FAIR HOUSING TRAINING.
THAT WERE WERE COORDINATING IT.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUTHWEST FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL AND ALSO WITH DNA PEOPLE'S LEGAL SERVICES, TO BE ABLE TO COME COVER A NUMBER OF TOPICS RELEVANT TO FAIR HOUSING, AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ARIZONA RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD TENANT ACT.
ANOTHER CELEBRATION OF A PARTNER'S SUCCESS AS WE ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING, AS DID SEVERAL OF YOU FOR JOJO'S PLACE AT THE END OF JANUARY, WHICH IS 44 NEW STUDIO APARTMENTS TARGETED TO HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THAT PROJECT IS NORTHERN, DONE BY HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
I HAD THOSE OUT OF ORDER IN MY HEAD.
I WANTED NORTHERN ARIZONA FIRST.
AND THEN WORKING TO CREATE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE MAKES IT INTO OUR NEXT NEWSLETTER.
IS THE ONE WHO PUTS OUR NEWSLETTER TOGETHER FOR US.
SHE'S ON HOUSING STAFF, AND HER INFORMATION IS ALWAYS AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR NEWSLETTER.
THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO GO OVER SOME OF THAT WITH YOU, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OKEY DOKEY. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER.
THANK YOU. I'M SURE WE'LL SEE IN A FEW MINUTES.
[9. Presentation and discussion regarding the City of Flagstaff Community Development Block Grant Program Year 2024 Annual Action Plan and Staff recommendations for Program Year 2024 CDBG funding allocations Obtain Council direction on the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for Program Year 2024 Annual Action Plan, required by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The 2024 Annual Action Plan (AAP) is due to be submitted to HUD on May 15, 2024, pending notification of the City's Entitlement Award amount, and is required in order for the City of Flagstaff to maintain its compliance with federal CDBG regulations. Staff will provide Council with a presentation regarding the 2024 CDBG proposals that were received through the Notice of Funding Available application process. Staff will review each proposal and provide funding recommendations for the 2024 CDBG entitlement and Annual Action Plan. Staff is seeking Council direction regarding CDBG allocations in anticipation of returning on April 16, 2024 for Council approval of a resolution authorizing submission of the AAP to HUD as part of the CDBG process.]
SO. CHRISTINE'S TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS.I'M JUST GOING TO PULL UP MY PRESENTATION.
AS SARAH SAID, I'M KRISTINE PAVLIK, HOUSING AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR HAVING ME.
SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS TO RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE RANKING COMMITTEE AND STAFF FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR 2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABLE AVAILABILITY PROCESS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU THE RANKING COMMITTEE AND STAFF FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND I REALLY HOPE TO RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION ON THE ALLOCATION RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A FEW.
SO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AND IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS HUD.
WE DON'T HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT.
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THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ANY NEW ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OR REGION, AS WELL AS OTHER FACTORS.AND JUST A REMINDER, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME IS DEFINED AS A HOUSEHOLD EARNING 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW THOSE NUMBERS WERE JUST RELEASED, AND A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR AT 80% IS 79,900 THIS YEAR.
SO CITY COUNCIL, YOU ALL CAN ALLOCATE CDBG FUNDS AS YOU SEE FIT BASED ON THOSE NATIONAL AND PRIMARY OBJECTIVES, YOUR ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT, AND THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN OUR FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
SO EXAMPLES WOULD BE OUR OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING, REHABILITATION, ACQUISITION OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS OR DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE. AREA BENEFIT ACTIVITIES MUST BENEFIT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN A LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO AN EXAMPLE OF A PAST AREA BENEFIT PROJECT WOULD BE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HAL JENSEN REC CENTER IN SUNNYSIDE AND LIKE STREET AND SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES IN LA PLAZA VIEJA. AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE JOB CREATION AND RETENTION ACTIVITIES, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO CREATE AND RETAIN PERMANENT JOBS.
AGAIN, FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.
SO LASTLY THERE'S A CRITERIA THAT WE MUST FOLLOW.
AND THAT'S THAT 70% OF CDBG FUNDS MUST BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.
AND HISTORICALLY, THE CITY IS REALLY PROUD TO SAY WE SERVE.
WE HAVE ALWAYS SERVED 100% OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PERSONS WITH OUR CDBG ALLOCATION.
SO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE OUR FUNDS ANNUALLY, WE MUST SUBMIT A SERIES OF DOCUMENTS TO HUD.
THE FIRST IS THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
THIS TELLS HUD WHAT THE CITY INTENDS TO DO WITH ITS ANNUAL ENTITLEMENT FUNDING, AND IT ALSO TELLS THEM HOW THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO MEET THE GOALS WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
WE ALSO SUBMIT WHAT'S CALLED A CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT.
IT'S DUE IN MID SEPTEMBER AND IT REPORTS TO HUD.
WHAT WE DID WITH THE FUNDING FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THOSE FUNDED PROJECTS.
AND THEN EVERY FIVE YEARS WE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
AND THIS IS A FIVE YEAR ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.
AND THEN WE ALSO SUBMIT A FAIR HOUSING PLAN CALLED AN ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE, WHICH IT'S OUR COMMITMENT, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING AND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THE FIVE YEARS.
OCCASIONALLY WE ALSO SUBMIT AMENDMENTS TO OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLANS WHEN NEEDED.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE INCORPORATED ADDITIONAL CARES ACT FUNDING IN FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE.
WHEN ESTABLISHING TARGET AREAS, WE.
THE CITY ALSO CONSIDERED AREAS OF MINORITY CONCENTRATION, WHICH ARE DEFINED AS AN AREA WHERE THE PROPORTION OF MINORITIES OR NONWHITE HOUSEHOLDS IS AT LEAST 10% HIGHER THAN THE POPULATION OF THAT MINORITY GROUP THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
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SO EVERY TWO YEARS WITH OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE HOUSING SECTION ESTABLISHES COUNCIL SPECIFIC CDBG GOALS.SO WE LAST DID THIS IN JANUARY OF 2023.
AND COUNCIL, YOU DECIDED YOUR PRIORITIES WERE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP, TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION AS WELL AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SO STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO CONVENE A RANKING COMMITTEE.
THIS YEAR. OUR RANKING COMMITTEE INCLUDED TWO HOUSING COMMISSION MEMBERS, TWO STAFF MEMBERS, BOTH WITH EXPERTISE IN GRANTS OR CONTRACTS, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THEN ONE INDIVIDUAL WITH EXPERTISE IN GRANTS, SOCIAL SERVICES WHO'S A COMMUNITY MEMBER AS WELL AS AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN A CDBG TARGET AREA.
AND WE ALSO CONDUCT AN AGENCY RISK ASSESSMENT.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU BASED ON THE RANKING COMMITTEE'S RESULTS.
COUNCIL, YOU MAKE FINAL FUNDING DECISIONS.
WE DID ALSO PRESENT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
AND THEY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO FORWARD THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
WITH ONE COMMENT THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT HERE ABOUT ONE OF THE PROJECTS.
SO RISK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND FOR ALL CDBG KS AS REGARDLESS OF YOUR RECIPIENT, WE WE PROVIDE THE FUNDING TO YOU KNOW CITY IS IS THE VISIBLE ENTITY TO HUD AND THERE'S NO WAY TO SAY, OH, I SO-AND-SO'S FAULT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
SO WE TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY REVIEWING PROPOSED AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE THE PAST PERFORMANCE LEFT ON THE SUCCESS THAT THEY'VE ACHIEVED IN THE PAST.
IF YOU THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
ARE THEY PARTICIPATING IN THE FRONT DOOR? ARE THEY PARTICIPATING IN THE COUNTY CONTINUUM OF CARE AS WELL AS COMMUNITY NEEDS BASED OFF OUR TEN YEAR PLAN AND OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
SO PROJECTS MUST DEMONSTRATE OR ORGANIZATIONS MUST DEMONSTRATE IN THEIR APPLICATION AND PROPOSAL HOW THEY WILL HELP THE CITY IN ITS EFFORT TO MEET THE IDENTIFIED OVERARCHING GOAL OF THE PLAN, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, TO REDUCE THE CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S A VERY INVOLVED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS.
SO OUR GOALS IN OUR CURRENT CON PLAN INCLUDE REVITALIZING NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PUBLIC FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS, SUPPORTING SERVICES AND PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, AND PROVIDING DECENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH HOUSING ACQUISITION, HOUSING, REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO AS YOU'RE AWARE, CDBG ALWAYS REQUIRES EXTENSIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
AND THESE ARE THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE HELD TO DATE AND ONE UPCOMING.
SO WE STARTED THINGS OFF IN JANUARY WITH A MEETING AT THE HAL JENSEN RECREATION CENTER.
WE ALWAYS TRY TO HAVE THIS FIRST MEETING IN A TARGET AREA.
WE'VE MET BEFORE AT THE MURDOCH CENTER, AND THE FIRST MEETING WAS CENTERED AROUND LISTENING TO RESIDENTS OF OUR TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS AND HEARING ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, RECEIVING FEEDBACK ON THEIR IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND PRIORITIES.
SO WE HAD CITY STAFF FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND PARKS AND RECREATION ALL ATTENDED, AND THE FOCUS WAS ON NEEDS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ADDRESSED WITH CDBG, BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO HEAR ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS AND CONSIDER OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.
THE RANKING COMMITTEE MET ON MARCH 20TH.
WE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION ON THE 28TH.
WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT, AND WE WILL BE BACK APRIL 16TH.
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SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO GET THAT NUMBER IN THE COMING WEEKS.SO WE'RE GOING TO USE AN ESTIMATE BASED ON OUR LAST TWO YEARS OF ALLOCATIONS.
OUR PROGRAM YEAR 2023 ALLOCATION WAS $541,191, AND THE YEAR PRIOR WAS ABOUT 7000 LESS THAN THAT.
WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO ADD TO THIS AMOUNT WITH PROGRAM INCOME.
THESE ARE FUNDS FROM LOANS THAT ARE PAID BACK TO THE CITY FROM PAST REHAB OR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. WE ALSO ADD TO IT A REALLOCATION OF DE OBLIGATED FUNDS.
THESE ARE FUNDS FROM A PAST YEAR ALLOCATION, AND IT INCLUDES FUNDS FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AS WELL AS THE OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM CARRIED OUT BY HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING INTERESTED CONTRACTORS, IT WAS DETERMINED TO FINISH THE PROJECTS OF THEIR FIVE CURRENTLY DETERMINED ELIGIBLE CLIENTS AND LET THE REMAINING FUNDS BE REALLOCATED IN THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS OUR MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING TIMELY SPEND DOWN AND NOT LET THOSE FUNDS LINGER.
SO THIS MEANS IN TOTAL, WE'RE ESTIMATED TO HAVE $722,313 FOR OUR 2024 PROGRAM YEAR ALLOCATIONS.
AND SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT HUD HAS SPONGY SPENDING CAPS ON HOW THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED.
SO THIS INCLUDES A 20% CAP ON THE FUNDING OF ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES AND INDIRECT COSTS.
AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO USE 15% OF THE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS.
AND SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO CLIENTS.
AND CDBG IS USED TO PAY FOR OPERATIONAL OR PROGRAMMATIC COSTS.
THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS MUST BE SPENT ON WHAT WE CALL HOUSING PROJECTS.
USUALLY IT'S QUITE A BIT MORE.
SO I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK SUMMARY OF EACH PROPOSAL.
AND LIKE I SAID, MANY OF THE APPLICANTS ARE IN ATTENDANCE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SO THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS COCONINO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
BETWEEN 40 AND 75 MEALS ARE SERVED AT THE JOE MONTOYA SENIOR CENTER AS A CONGREGATE MEAL, AND THEN AROUND 80 MEALS ARE PACKAGED AND DELIVERED TO HOMEBOUND, FOOD INSECURE ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS IN NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT FLAGSTAFF, SO CDBG FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO COVER THE SALARIES OF A PART TIME DRIVER AND A PART TIME NUTRITIONAL AIDE.
THEN WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TEAMS OF FLAGSTAFF, OFTEN KNOWN AS CATS.
AND THIS IS FOR OPERATIONS FOR THEIR MOBILE SHOWER AND OUTREACH BUS.
THEY'RE REQUESTING $50,000 TO BE USED TO SUPPORT PAYROLL EXPENSES, PROGRAM SUPPLIES, AND BUS MAINTENANCE EXPENSES INCURRED THROUGHOUT THEIR PROGRAM YEAR.
THAT BUS IS USED TO PROVIDE FREE SHOWERS AND OTHER SERVICES, CLEAN CLOTHING, HYGIENE SUPPLIES, AND REFERRALS TO LOCAL HOUSING AGENCIES AS WELL. OUR NEXT REQUEST WAS FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FLAGSTAFF AS WELL FOR OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR CHILDCARE AND SCHOOL BREAK CAMPS.
AND SO THEY HAD PROPOSED TO SERVE 75 YOUTH FROM LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
LASTLY, OUR FINAL PROPOSAL RECEIVED WAS FROM AGAIN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TEAMS OF FLAGSTAFF, AND THIS WAS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING TO BE USED FOR A HOMELESS RESOURCE AND DAY CENTER.
AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY COME AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES ON SITE.
AND SO CDBG FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR A DOWN PAYMENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEY ARE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY THROUGH A SELLER CARRIED LOAN.
CDBG FUNDS WOULD BE A SILENT SECOND LOAN.
IT WOULD, HOWEVER, BECOME REPAYABLE IF THE PROPERTY WERE TO BE SOLD.
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PROPERTY. SO THE THAT LOAN WOULD BE PAID OFF IN ANY OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WAS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL THREE TIMES IN ONE NIGHT, SO.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SARAH, OUR HOUSING DIRECTOR.
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE SITUATION.
IT'S NOT COMPLETELY WITHOUT PRECEDENT, BUT WE, AS CHRISTINE MENTIONED, WE DID NOT HAVE WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH REQUESTS FOR FUNDING TO TOTAL THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE ANTICIPATE HAVING AVAILABLE TO ALLOCATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
STAFF LOOKS AROUND TO SEE WHAT OTHER UNMET COMMUNITY NEEDS THERE ARE.
WE IN THE PAST HAVE COME FORWARD WITH STAFF REQUESTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAPITAL.
TWO THINGS HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS A STAFF REQUEST ON BEHALF OF AN AGENCY FOR FUNDING.
THIS IS ALSO NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, YEARS AGO, AFTER THE GRANT DEADLINE FOR CDBG HAD PASSED, THE BUILDING WHERE THE CEDAR ROSE SHELTER RUN BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS NOW LOCATED CAME UP FOR SALE AFTER THE GRANT DEADLINE.
BUT BEFORE THE ALLOCATIONS WERE MADE AND THE SELLER WAS NOT GOING TO HOLD ON TO IT FOR A YEAR.
SO THEY CAME AND STAFF BROUGHT FORWARD A REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE AGENCY.
AND NOW WE HAVE A CEDAR ROSE SHELTER HOUSING FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU FROM STAFF IS FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LANTERN.
STAFF WENT TO FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES AFTER LEARNING OF SOME UNMET NEEDS THAT ARE RELATED TO URGENT AND CRITICAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LANTERN.
VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FLAG SHELTER SERVICES BECAME AWARE OF ADDITIONAL WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE THAT PROPERTY COULD BE OCCUPIED. SO AS WE WERE HEARING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND AS WE WERE LOOKING AT CDBG, WE WENT TO FLAG SHELTER AND SAID, WOULD THIS HELP IF STAFF WAS ABLE TO BRING THIS FORWARD ON YOUR BEHALF? I WANT TO BE SUPER CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT A DEADLINE.
THAT WOULD BE THAT'D BE WAY OFF IN 2025.
BUT THIS NEED HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO BE MORE URGENTLY ADDRESSED THAN THEY ANTICIPATED.
THIS IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S A STAFF IDENTIFIED NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, IT IS SOMETHING THAT SEEMED TO REALLY ALIGN.
WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH PROPOSALS IN THE HOUSING CATEGORY.
WE SAW THE NEED OVER HERE AND WENT AND KNOCKED ON A DOOR.
SO THAT IS THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
AND THE STAFF REQUEST ON BEHALF OF FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES THIS YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS PART, AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHRISTINE.
SO I WANTED TO JUST REMIND YOU ABOUT THE FUNDING CAPS.
BECAUSE OF THOSE CAPS, WE ALWAYS SLIGHTLY RECOMMEND FUNDING THEM AT JUST A LITTLE BELOW THE WHAT'S AT THE MAX ALLOWED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CUSHION FOR INSURANCE, INSURING WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH HUD'S FUNDING CAPS.
WE NEVER WANT TO HAVE GO OVER THOSE.
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AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING $126,000 TO COVER ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS INDIRECT COSTS.THOSE INDIRECT COSTS ARE A 10% FEDERAL DE MINIMIS.
AND THEN THE PUBLIC SERVICES CATEGORY, IT'S ALWAYS OUR MOST COMPETITIVE CATEGORY.
WE OFTEN DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING AVAILABLE TO FUND EVERY APPLICATION.
AND THEN THAT CATS OF FLAGSTAFF ALSO RECEIVE FULL FUNDING.
AT THAT POINT, THE ALLOWABLE AMOUNT WE HAD WAS LIKE $94,265.
AND SO AT THAT POINT, WE ARE OUT OF FUNDS AND UNABLE TO FUND ANY OTHER PROJECTS.
AND IT SEEMED IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO JUST FUND THE TOP TWO DOWN.
THEN THE REMAINING FUNDS WOULD FUND CAT'S REQUEST FOR ACQUISITION FUNDS.
THIS LEAVES ABOUT $300,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT THE LANTERN.
SO AT THIS POINT WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE APPLICANTS HERE, AND WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN RETURN APRIL 16TH WITH A RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT THAT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO HUD BY MAY 15TH.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
CAN YOU GO BACK A FEW SLIDES ON YOUR CRITERIA FOR ALLOCATING THE FUNDS? LET ME SEE. DON'T GO SO FAST.
YES. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THAT LIST FINANCIAL CAPACITY BUDGET LEVERAGE, COST EFFECTIVENESS. WHAT JUMPED OUT AT ME AND I'M PUTTING ON MY COMMERCIAL LENDER.
PRIOR HAT WAS I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THE CATS PROGRAM.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BECAUSE I IT'S A GREAT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE MOBILE, TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT THAT HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES CHALLENGES, AS WELL AS JUST GIVING THEM A DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE.
BUT SO AND, AND I'VE SHARED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WITH YOU BEFORE, BUT $200,000 TO FOR DOWN PAYMENT AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A LOAN, BUT ONCE THE MONEY IS SPENT, IT SPENT TO A ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS.
I'M NOT SEEING I DON'T KNOW IF WE I DO KNOW WE DID NOT GET A FULL FINANCIAL REPORT.
THEY DON'T HAVE AUDITED TAX RETURNS, SO I'M JUST I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ONE.
PLUS, IT'S REDUNDANT ON IN MY MIND.
THEY'RE STATING THIS WILL SERVE 500 INDIVIDUALS AT BOTH THIS NEW LOCATION THAT THEY'RE ACQUIRING THE SAME 500 FOR THE BUS.
AND I CAN ASK THE APPLICANT THIS TO WHERE THEY GET THOSE NUMBERS, BUT I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT A NEW ALMOST NEW STARTUP ORGANIZATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE QUALITY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YET.
AND WE'RE READY TO ALLOCATE $200,000 WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICE.
WELL, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE, I GUESS.
MAILBOXES AND STORAGE, WHICH IS VERY VALUABLE.
BUT I LOOK AT THIS MAYBE WITH CLOSER LENS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SCORED LOWER, BUT THEY WERE THE ONLY APPLICANT THAT IS SERVING LOW INCOME CHILDREN THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DAYCARE OR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND IT JUST I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
NOT GIVING THEM SOME MONEY AND, AND AT THE SAME TIME GIVING AN ORGANIZATION MONEY IN TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS FOR THE SAME SERVICES. SO I THINK THAT MOST OF THOSE QUESTIONS WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST ANSWERED BY THE APPLICANT.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT SO FIRST YOU CAN SEE SORRY TO GO SO FAST.
YOU CAN SEE THE SCORES ON HERE.
SO THEY DID SCORE 111.6 ON AVERAGE.
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AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT MAYBE SOME OF THEIR SCORES IN THE IN THE RISK CATEGORY WERE POSSIBLY SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THAN WAS SEEN ON SOME OF THESE PUBLIC SERVICE APPLICATIONS.BUT THE RANKING COMMITTEE DOES EVALUATE THEIR THEIR FINANCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE SAW IN THE CATS APPLICATION INCLUDED SUCCESSFUL ADMINISTRATION OF A PROGRAM AND FUNDING THROUGH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF SUSTAINABILITY DIVISION, AS WELL AS FUNDS FROM THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
AND SO WE HAVE SEEN A DEMONSTRATION OF GROWTH AND CAPACITY BUILDING.
LIKE YOU SAID, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THEY AREN'T COMPETING WITH THE ACQUISITION PROJECT.
THEY'RE ONLY COMPETING WITH THE OUTREACH OPERATIONS PROJECT.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE JUST FOR YOUR I UNDERSTAND THAT.
THEY SCORED IN THE HOUSING AND PUBLIC FACILITIES 111 AND THEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SCORED 107, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THAT MUCH OF A VARIANCE.
AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEIR APPLICATION WAS INCOMPLETE.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE DIDN'T REACH OUT AND ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HELP THEM TO COMPLETE IT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, JUST CUTTING OUT THAT WHOLE POPULATION GROUP.
OF UNDERSERVED CHILDREN THAT WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES WITHOUT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND WITH WITHOUT GETTING SOME SUPPORT HERE. AND YET WE'RE ALLOCATING FUNDS TO AN ORGANIZATION TWICE TO PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES.
FOR THE MOST PART, I AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE SIZE OF THE GRANTS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ADMINISTERED. WERE THEY? IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR NO, I BELIEVE THEY WERE 50,000 TO 100,000.
IS IT OKAY IF WENDY COMES UP AND ANSWERS SOME QUESTIONS? GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL.
LET ME, IF I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, THE GRANT THAT YOU ALL APPROVED THROUGH THE HSPH FUND IS 62,000, APPROXIMATELY THE PRIOR GRANT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE FOR THE THE WORK PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS THE PEOPLE AT WORK PROGRAM, IS 60,000.
AND WE'RE BILLING THAT OUT AT THE END OF BY THE END OF JUNE THIS YEAR.
AND THEN LAST YEAR, WE HAD A $30,000 GRANT FOR THE SAME PROGRAM THROUGH THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE.
AND WE BUILD THAT OUT AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGH THE CITY SO FAR.
AND IN TERMS OF I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT NOT HAVING A AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
PART OF THE REASON IS THAT WE, FRANKLY, HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE IT AUDITED OR MAKE IT WORTHWHILE TO HAVE IT AUDITED, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A ACCOUNTANT ONLINE READY TO GO AS SOON AS WE GET THE FUNDING.
DON'T WANT TO SPEND $5,000 TO GET AN AUDITED STATEMENT UNLESS WE NEED TO.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING OR WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH A LOCAL ACCOUNTANT WHO'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HE WHAT THEY SAY IS A IT'S A REVIEWED STATEMENTS UNTIL WE, I THINK UNTIL YOU GET OVER 250,000 IN INCOME PER YEAR, THEY ACCOUNTANTS DON'T NECESSARILY RECOMMEND AN AUDITED STATEMENT, BUT THEY RECOMMEND REVIEWED STATEMENTS.
SO WE'RE ON LINE TO GET THAT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF, OF, OF WEEKS.
IN TIME TO FILE OUR 990 THIS YEAR.
SO I CAN'T HELP BUT BRING IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION INTO THIS CONVERSATION.
JUST TO GET CLEAR, YOU ALSO ARE IDENTIFIED AS A RESILIENT HUB.
ONE OF THE THREE WITH VERY SIMILAR SERVICES TO THAT.
AND THEY ASK I WILL WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT, AGAIN LOOKING AT THEIR FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES WHEN, YOU KNOW, MISS WHITE JUST, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE REVENUES.
AND I GET THAT, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $200,000 AND I KNOW IT'S A LOAN, BUT ONCE THE MONEY IS SPENT, I DON'T SEE I MEAN, BEING A EX-BANKER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LOAN MONEY, BUT MAINLY THROUGH THE, THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO FORECLOSE OR, YOU KNOW, ON A PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION.
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AND SO WE WOULD ALWAYS TAKE IT WITH MORE CLOSER LOOK AND STUFF BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SET OURSELVES UP FOR HAVING AN ISSUE.SO I JUST, I GUESS I'M, I'M STRUGGLING WITH RECONCILING THAT.
WE'RE CUTTING OUT A WHOLE POPULATION GROUP, WHICH IS UNDERSERVED CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T QUITE GET THEIR APPLICATION UP TO SPEED AND THEN WERE FUNDING THE SAME PROGRAM JUST ONCE IN A BUS AND ONCE IN A LOCATION WHICH WILL PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
BUT CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT OF WHY WE JUST TOTALLY EXCLUDED? ONE OR THE OTHER. AND WE DID JUST DO THE WAS IT ARPA MONEY, THE 700,000? THAT WAS HSF FUNDS THROUGH THE STATE HOMELESS SHELTER AND SERVICES FUNDS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING QUITE A BIT.
WHEN PEOPLE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO SOME OF THE OTHER RESOURCES TO HAVE THAT.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE THAT IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT OUR KIDDOS.
SO I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT FINANCIAL CAPACITY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CONSIDERED IS THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN ACQUISITION PROJECT WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM A LOAN AS OPPOSED TO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR OPERATIONS WHERE THAT'S BASED ON REIMBURSEMENT.
SO THEY HAVE TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS FIRST BEFORE THEY CAN REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH US.
WHEREAS THIS IS BASICALLY A DIRECT WIRE TO THE TITLE AGENCY.
SO IT'S LESS IT'S MORE ABOUT TRUSTING THEIR PROGRAMMATIC CAPABILITY AND THEIR AGENCY CAPACITY AND LESS ABOUT WORRY ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL CAPACITY, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO EXPEND $200,000 AND THEN GET REIMBURSED FOR IT.
SO THAT'S MAYBE WHY THIS WAS LIKE A LOWER RISK PROJECT.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS VERSUS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
YEAH, NO, TOTALLY MAKES SENSE.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT THEY'RE KIND OF SAME PROGRAMS, JUST DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
MISS WHITE, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.
I WAS FAMILIAR WITH IT WHEN IT WAS A SECONDHAND STORE.
AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME TO PUT THE FACILITIES IN THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO PUT IN AT THAT AREA.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF REHAB COST TO PUT IN SOME SHOWERS OR SO.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.
WE CAN THESE CAN BE STANDALONE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE, OF THE BUILDING.
IT HAS ONE BATHROOM INSIDE OF IT.
AND WE CAN TEMPORARILY DO AND WE WILL BE WANTING TO EXPAND THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
BUT WE WILL BE ALSO BEING ABLE TO PUT A TEMPORARY BATHROOM ON THE OUTSIDE WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT.
QUITE HONESTLY, JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW MY BACKGROUND HERE, BUT WHEN WE STARTED, WHEN I STARTED CO-FOUNDED FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES BACK IN 2006 WE THE CITY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TO PROVIDE US WITH THE OLD WEAR MOUNTAIN LION IS NOW.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO REMODEL THE INTERIOR OF THAT BUILDING UP TO THE STANDARD THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR THE TIME, AT A COST OF $12,500 OUT OF POCKET.
THE CITY HAD THE CITY HAD OBTAINED AN ARCHITECT TO TELL US HOW MUCH IT WAS GOING TO COST US TO REHAB IT BASED UPON AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDARD THAT WAS 125,000.
WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO IT FOR $12,500.
SO THE INSIDE IS IT'S 2300FT² AND IT'S JUST AN OPEN BUILDING.
TO ME. IT'S LIKE A BLANK CANVAS, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO THE REHAB COSTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT AT THIS STAGE.
WE HAVE WE ARE APPLYING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH CARES FIRST.
ALSO JUST I DON'T I'M NOT SURE.
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AND THE SELLER HAS AGREED TO CARRY BACK 70% OF THAT.SO WHICH IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT, REALLY.
CARRYBACK NOTE BUT THE 200,000 WE'RE REQUESTING FOR WOULD BE TO COVER THE DOWN PAYMENT COST PLUS CLOSING COSTS, WHICH ARE GOING TO INCLUDE AN APPRAISAL FEE, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FEE, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO IT'S REALLY PLUS I DON'T WANT TO SPILL THE BEANS HERE, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY TRY TO NEGOTIATE A SLIGHTLY LOWER PRICE ON THE BUILDING BEFORE WE ACTUALLY CLOSE ON IT.
SO AT THIS POINT, THOUGH, THEY'VE AGREED TO.
THANK YOU. AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I DO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND THAT YOU BROUGHT A VERY CRITICAL SERVICE NEED TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN YOU STARTED FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ON THAT BOARD FOR A WHILE.
I WAS CURIOUS OF THIS WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND OTHER GRANT CONVERSATIONS, BUT HOW ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU OBTAINING THE 500 PEOPLE TO SERVE? AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, AND I PROMISE IT'LL BE MY LAST, IS HOW WILL THE PUBLIC SERVICE GRANT REQUEST 50,000 USE BE DIFFERENT OR THE SAME AS THE RESILIENCE HUB FUNDS? SO, SO OUR CURRENT PAYROLL FOR ONE YEAR IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $100,000 THAT THAT PAYS FOR OUR ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER WHO RUNS THE BUS AND ALSO ACTUALLY PROVIDES DIRECT SERVICES ON THE BUS, AS WELL AS TWO NAVIGATORS, WE CALL THEM, WHO WORK ON THE BUS AND PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES AS WELL.
IT ALSO PAYS FOR A DRIVER FOR THE BUS.
IT'S A BIG, YOU KNOW, 40 FOOT LONG SCHOOL BUS.
SO WE DO HAVE A CDL DRIVER WHO, BY THE WAY, ACTUALLY HIMSELF IS UNSHELTERED.
SO WE ARE PROVIDING A PAID JOB TO SOMEONE WHO IS LIVING UNSHELTERED.
SO THE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING SO THAT'S OUR THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR PAYROLL FOR ONE YEAR.
IN FACT, WE TODAY, THE MECHANIC WAS OUT THERE FIXING A FUEL SENSOR.
SO, SO THERE ARE QUITE A FEW EXPENSES ON A BIG DIESEL MACHINE THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT.
THE SO THE 60,000 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING.
SO THAT'S A TWO YEAR GRANT PROGRAM.
WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR THIS WOULD BE 50,000 FOR A ONE YEAR BASICALLY ONE YEAR EXPENSES.
WE HAVE TO PAY BY BY DIESEL FUEL.
WE PAY FOR SOME VERY LITTLE WE, WE DON'T PAY FOR VERY MUCH IN TERMS OF ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION OF ITEMS. THE ONLY THING WE REALLY PURCHASE IS WATER.
SO WE BUY BOTTLED WATER TO DISTRIBUTE IT.
AND WE GET USED CLOTHING FROM CEDAR CLOSET.
WE GET FOOD FROM FLAGSTAFF SHELTER.
EXCUSE ME? FROM FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD KITCHEN.
WE DISTRIBUTE FOOD THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THEM.
WE DISTRIBUTE HYGIENE ITEMS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS DONATE.
SO VERY LITTLE IS SPENT ON ACTUAL ITEMS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED.
MOST, ALMOST ALL OF IT IS SPENT ON THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.
SO THE 500 PEOPLE COUNT SERVE.
SO ESSENTIALLY WE WE ARE WE HAD LAST YEAR JUST OVER, I BELIEVE, 425,000 OR 425 PEOPLE WHO WERE UNDUPLICATED THAT WE SERVED WITH THE BUS.
WE'RE SEEING EVEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE YESTERDAY.
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AND WE HAD 33 PEOPLE SHOW UP THAT DAY.NOT NOW. SOME OF THEM CERTAINLY ARE.
MANY OF THEM ARE. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST ARE NOT CONNECTING WITH OTHER SERVICES.
SO WHEN WE DO THE DAILY COUNT WE CALCULATE HOW MANY OR COUNT HOW MANY NEW PEOPLE WE HAVE.
AND BASED UPON THAT, WE BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD BE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT ABOUT 426 TO 500 FROM THE BUS.
SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE SERVED AT THE, THE, THE PERMANENT LOCATION.
AND THEN WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE SEEING.
WE CAN'T SAY FOR SURE UNTIL WE DO IT, BUT WE WILL.
OKAY. AND I GUESS I LIED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, WHICH I HAVE SEEN TO SOME NEW PEOPLE IN TOWN COMING IN.
BUT WITH THE YOU MADE COMMENTS ABOUT PUTTING A BATHROOM OUTSIDE AND THIS IS IN THE SUNNYSIDE AREA.
HAVE LIKE, IS THAT CLEARED WITH PLANNING AND ZONING? HAVE YOU SPOKE TO SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS FACILITY? HAVE YOU CLEARED ALL THAT WITH THE PROPER FOLKS? WE HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH THE WITH THE SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN INVITED TO START ATTENDING THE SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT.
WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, SOME OF THE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES.
I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE TO GET SOME PERMITS FOR.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON THIS TOPIC FOR NOW THOUGH.
COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET AND AND HOUSE, WERE YOUR QUESTIONS RELATED TO MISS WHITE AND THE CAT? OKAY. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BRING UP ALL THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT AWAY? COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET AND I DO HAVE ONE FOR CHRISTINE AS WELL.
CAN I ASK THAT NOW? OKAY. SO I'LL START WITH YOU.
CAN YOU FIRST OFF, ACTUALLY LET ME BACK UP.
I DO WANT TO THANK THE HOUSING TEAM.
YOU ALL MET WITH ME TODAY AND ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS.
EXPLAIN THE STAFF'S SPONSORED REQUEST.
AND NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHO IS ON THE RANKING COMMITTEE AND HOW THAT'S FORMED? SURE. SO WE DON'T GIVE OUT SPECIFIC NAMES, BUT WE DID HAVE TWO HOUSING COMMISSION MEMBERS THIS YEAR.
IN THE PAST WE'VE JUST HAD ONE.
WE ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT HAS A BACKGROUND, OR YOU COULD CALL IT AN EXPERTISE IN SOCIAL SERVICES, NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND GRANT MANAGEMENT. WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL FROM A THAT LIVES IN A TARGET AREA, WHICH IS A NEWER GOAL THAT WE HAVE SET IN THE LAST THREE YEARS AFTER OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM A LEAGUE OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA, TOO.
I NO LONGER I DON'T RANK, I JUST GUIDE THE CONVERSATION, TAKE NOTES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS KIND OF ASKED MY QUESTION, AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I HAD A COUPLE OF SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS REACH OUT TO ME TODAY SAYING, WOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA THIS WAS HAPPENING.
THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO GET A GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT FOR THIS TYPE OF FOR THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY OR WHATEVER. WE PLAN TO DO THAT, AND WE ACTUALLY, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BIG PLANS.
SO, SO YES, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL.
IN FACT, I THINK DARYL MARKS, WHO JUST ENTERED THE ROOM, IS MIGHT BE WORKING ON THAT ALREADY, BUT CERTAINLY WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE WE DIDN'T HONESTLY DIDN'T WANT TO LIKE, OPEN THE CAN UNTIL WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
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SO THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU, CHRISTINE.
SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON JUST READING THE VERY, VERY, VERY LENGTHY CDBG GUIDANCE FROM FROM HUD.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN BRIEFLY BREAK DOWN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES.
FOR, FOR JUST THE BENEFIT OF THE CONVERSATION.
ABSOLUTELY. SO THE WAY THAT IT HELPS ME TO THINK OF IT IS SOMETIMES CONSTRUCTION VERSUS PROGRAMS. SO PUBLIC SERVICES ARE ALWAYS PROGRAMMATIC.
THEY PROVIDE A SERVICE AS OPPOSED TO A LOCATION OR A BUILDING.
MAYBE THAT'S PART OF THE PROGRAM IS THAT THERE IS A LOCATION, BUT IT'S PAYING FOR THINGS LIKE SALARIES, RENT MAINTENANCE COSTS, MAYBE PAYING FOR UTILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, OR SOMETIMES DIRECT CLIENT BENEFIT.
LIKE I THINK CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS IN THE PAST BOUGHT SLEEPING BAGS OR WORK BOOTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE HOMELESS SHELTERS ARE CONSIDERED A PUBLIC FACILITY.
AND SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK PUBLIC FACILITIES MUST BE LIKE A REC CENTER, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT COMES TO MIND.
BUT HOMELESS SHELTERS ARE ALSO CONSIDERED PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IT CAN KIND OF FIT UNDER EITHER CATEGORY.
AND THEN MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS, IS JUST POPPING DOWN TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES CATEGORY.
SO IS AM I CORRECT IN UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS NO MORE ANTICIPATED FUNDING AVAILABLE WITHIN THAT CATEGORY? SO THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE SEEING ALLOCATED THERE ARE THE FUNDS THAT EXIST.
SO IT'S EITHER AN ALL OR NOTHING KIND OF.
YEAH, I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT 65, MAYBE 165 EXTRA DOLLARS THAT WE DIDN'T END UP UTILIZING.
AND IT WOULD ONLY GO UP IF OUR ENTITLEMENT AMOUNT WENT UP.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S LIKELY.
I, I SHARE COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS CONCERN OR DESIRE TO SEE THERE BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
REQUESTS THERE JUST BECAUSE IT'S IT'S SUCH A MEANINGFUL PROGRAM, AND IT REALLY HURTS MY HEART TO SEE THEM RECEIVE A $0 ALLOCATION FOR A PROGRAM THAT IS SO IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY IN THE PREVENTATIVE STAGES OF, OF WORKING INTO THESE SORTS OF NEEDS.
THIS IS REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE YOUNGEST MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AT THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE ENTERING SYSTEMS WITHOUT EVEN THEIR CHOICE.
AND, AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BENEFITED BY THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE THERE, I WOULD LOVE FOR THERE TO BE SOME BEEN ANGLING OR MOVEMENT THAT THAT BENEFITS THAT.
BUT I ASSUME THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT COMING UP.
I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ALL OR NOTHING.
I THINK THEY CAN USE WHATEVER THEY'RE ALLOCATED.
OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN DO MORE WITH MORE FUNDS.
I DO THINK THE COCONINO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THEY'RE HERE AS WELL.
I THINK THAT THAT AMOUNT IS PRETTY CRUCIAL FOR THEM.
BUT THEY CAN SPEAK TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN UTILIZE FEWER FUNDS AS WELL.
AND MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR YOU OR MY COMMENTS.
I'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
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IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THE PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE RUNNING, OR THAT THEY WANT TO RUN THE REQUESTED FUNDS.THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF KEEPING FAMILIES IN HOMES, BECAUSE IF I CAN'T GO TO WORK.
AND SO AS A PERSON WHO USED SERVICES LIKE THIS AT ONE POINT IN TIME IN HER LIFE, THEY ARE CRITICAL BECAUSE IT WAS A FREE SERVICE, AND SO I DID NOT HAVE TO USE THOSE RESOURCES, THAT I HAD LIMITED RESOURCES FOR CHILD CARE, WHETHER PEOPLE LIKE IT OR NOT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THEY'RE ONE STEP AWAY FROM BEING HOMELESS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN HOUSES AND NOT ADD THEM TO THE UNSHELTERED.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE THINK ABOUT THAT.
THE LAST THING THAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THAT IS THAT IT IS CRITICAL.
AND THIS IS FOR MISS, MISS, MISS WHITE, IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE TALK WITH COMMUNITIES WHEN WE ARE GOING TO PUT PROGRAMS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND SAY THAT WE'VE HEARD.
BUT IT'S OKAY TO PUT IT IN SUNNYSIDE'S BACKYARD.
SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT IT.
THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE OKAY.
AND WE HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THEM AND WHAT THEY WANT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
THESE MY QUESTIONS PIGGYBACK NICELY OFF OF YOUR COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, I KNOW YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
IS IT REGARDING THE CAT AND MISS WHITE? OKAY, GO. GO AHEAD.
WELL, JUST AS A PRELIMINARY, I'M ALSO SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEEDS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
SO. BUT MY QUESTION REGARDING THE CAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT TO HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATION TO HELP PEOPLE, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A BUS DRIVING ALL AROUND TOWN WITH THE MAINTENANCE COSTS AND, AND THE ADDED HEATING COSTS, ETC.. SO COULD YOU TALK TO, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR A MOBILE FACILITY VERSUS A STATIONARY FACILITY? SURE. THE, THE MOBILE BUS, WE WERE ABLE TO OPERATE ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET AND ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN OPERATING ON A PRETTY SHOESTRING BUDGET. PARTLY BECAUSE MYSELF AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE SPENDING TIME ON THE BUS WITHOUT GETTING PAID ANYTHING.
I ACTUALLY HAVE EVEN DRIVEN THE BUS.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ME DRIVE THE BUS, SO WHICH WAS SCARY THE FIRST TIME, BUT IT GOT BETTER.
SO SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE GROWN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND WE AS AS WE GROW, IT WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE.
WE HAVE A ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NOW WHO'S TAKING ON SOME OF THE DUTIES THAT I WAS DOING FOR FREE.
SO THAT IS ACTUALLY NOW BEING PAID FOR.
AND I DO ALL THE GRANT WRITING.
SO IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY THAT A PERMANENT LOCATION IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY MORE COSTLY THAN THE MOBILE OUTREACH BUS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TO PAY LIKE CHUNKS OF CHANGE TO GET THE BUS FIXED EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THE OVERALL COST OF MAINTAINING A PROPERTY IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THAN THE MOBILE OUTREACH BUS EFFICIENCY.
SO WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE BOTH THE DOWNTOWN LOCATION THAT WE GO TO, WHICH IS ACTUALLY JUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACKS IN THE RV PARKING LOT IS THE MOST VISITED AREA THAT WE HAVE SO FAR.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWNTOWN OFTEN DO NOT GO TO THE EAST SIDE AND VICE VERSA.
PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE OFTEN DO NOT GO TO THE DOWNTOWN LOCATION.
SO IT IS IT'S NOT DUPLICATIVE OF SERVICES.
THE OTHER THING WITH THE BUS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S WONDERFUL IT DOES BREAK DOWN.
YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS OUT, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BUS BECAUSE IT WAS BROKEN DOWN.
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SO IT IS THE SERVICES THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AT THE LOCATION ON CEDAR ARE GOING TO INCLUDE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO ON THE BUS.ONE OF THOSE IS PROVIDE MAILBOX SERVICE FOR PEOPLE.
THIS IS IDENTIFIED NEED THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS.
THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO COLLECT MAIL OR TO RECEIVE MAIL.
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED WALK AROUND WITH A BIG BACKPACK ON THEIR BACK ALL DAY LONG.
THEY CAN'T GO APPLY FOR A JOB BECAUSE THEY'RE CARRYING A BIG BACKPACK ON THEIR BACK.
THEY NEED A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN STORE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE SHOWER SERVICES THAN WE CAN FROM THE BUS.
ON THE BUS, WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF WATER SUPPLY.
AND SO WE CAN ONLY PROVIDE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SHOWERS FROM THE BUS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY ABLE TO HOUSE THAT IN THE NEW LOCATION.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE WOODWORKING SHOP AND AN ART ROOM ON SITE.
OUR PEOPLE AT WORK PROGRAM WILL BE CITED FROM THAT LOCATION AS WELL.
THAT WASN'T REALLY NICE BECAUSE AFTER WE WERE DONE, THE BAGGAGE BAGS LEAKED ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
WE DECIDED, OKAY, THAT DOESN'T WORK WELL.
SO NOW WE WE CART THE GARBAGE THAT WE'RE PICKING UP FOR THE CITY OFF THE CITY STREETS.
WE CART IT IN OUR IN OUR TRUCK UP TO THE DESIGNATED AREAS.
SO. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE EVERYTHING IN THAT LOCATION.
WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT MEETING AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO.
THEY DON'T GO TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
THEY DON'T GO ANYWHERE, BUT THEY COME TO THE BUS.
SO WE ARE STILL GOING TO DO THAT.
ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.
THANK YOU. OKAY, I GUESS IT'S MY TURN.
I DO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MISS WHITE.
IT'S A NEEDED SERVICE, AND THE CLIENTELE APPRECIATE IT.
I SO COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS BROUGHT UP SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCES.
I'M. AND ONE OF HER QUESTIONS I BELIEVE WAS, WAS MY FIRST PRIMARY QUESTION, WHICH IS HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY YET? AND I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS NO, I, I THINK THIS IS A BOMBSHELL.
THAT WE'RE DROPPING IN SUNNYSIDE.
EVERYTHING YOU'RE DESCRIBING SOUNDS AMAZING, BUT IT'S A REALLY BIG OPERATION.
AND IT'S GOING IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA NEXT TO EQUIDISTANT FROM SIX SCHOOLS.
I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE CART WAY BEFORE THE HORSE HERE.
IF IF THAT COMMUNITY IS OPEN TO THIS AMENITY AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY IS STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF CONSOLIDATING THINGS HERE, I THINK THAT'S A SPROUT.
AND I'D BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE THE RESULT OF THAT PROCESS.
BUT I'M REELING HERE THINKING THIS CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING ON FOR SUCH AN ENORMOUS, IMMENSE PROGRAM AND OPERATION THAT HASN'T THAT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED UPON BY THE COMMUNITY THAT'S LOCATED WHERE THIS THOSE SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED. HONESTLY, THIS STRIKES ME AS A SIX MONTH PROCESS AT THE VERY LEAST.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
MISS WHITE, YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON BUYING PROPERTY SOUTH OF OF WHERE IS IT? YES. IT'S RIGHT. IT'S IT ABUTS THE PROPERTY.
IT'S TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT ARE ABUTTING.
YEAH. I WHERE'S THE MONEY FOR THAT COMING FROM AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT THERE? AND THIS, THESE ARE JUST MAJOR QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN BROACHED BY THE CITY AND BY THE COMMUNITY.
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AND I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THIS MUCH MORE SLOWLY.WELL, I WOULD SAY I AGREE WITH THAT, EXCEPT THAT WE HAVE A LIMITED TIME FOR BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY FOR ONE THING, AND WE ARE GETTING FUNDING FOR THE OTHER PROPERTY THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDS.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY.
AND WITH REGARD TO THE PROPERTY THAT WE WANT TO PUT THE, THE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE THE HOMELESS, THE RESPITE CENTER YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO LEASE THAT PROPERTY UNTIL WE CAN PURCHASE IT.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS, BUT THERE ARE LIMITS.
IF I MEAN, I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE MISS HARRIS KNOWS COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS KNOWS THAT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF PROPERTY AVAILABLE IN THE CITY ANYWHERE.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THIS KIND OF KIND OF DEVELOPMENT, YOU HAVE TO FIND AFFORDABLE PROPERTY.
THE, THE SELLER IN THIS CASE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY TO CARRY BACK THE LOAN AT A VERY LOW INTEREST RATE, ACTUALLY, BELOW, BELOW CURRENT RATES, IT'S GOING TO BE CARRIED BACK AT 6% INTEREST, WHICH IS WAY BELOW CURRENT INTEREST RATES.
SO SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO FORWARD.
I THINK THE CITY PUT OUT AN RFP IN 2021 TO DO EXACTLY THIS TYPE OF EVENT, OR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE HOPING THE CITY IS BEHIND US WITH THIS.
IF WE COULD FIND THE SIMILAR COST PROPERTY IN IN IN WHERE I USED TO LIVE OVER IN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, WE COULD BUY IT THERE. IF WE COULD FIND IT IN FLAGSTAFF RANCHES, WE COULD BUY IT THERE.
IF WE COULD FIND IT ANYWHERE ELSE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO BUY IT.
BUT QUITE HONESTLY, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF AFFORDABLE PROPERTY OUT THERE, AND CERTAINLY NOT PROPERTY WHERE THE SELLER IS WILLING TO CARRY BACK THE THE LOAN AT SUCH A LOW INTEREST RATE. THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU. SO SPEAKING OF THAT, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE THE CONUNDRUM THAT YOU'RE IN, AND I CAN DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT.
THIS THIS IS GOING TO BE A THING THAT THAT EVOLVES.
AND IT'S IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AND THIS IS A PRESSURE COOKER, AND I THINK IT COULD VERY EASILY EXPLODE IN OUR FACES.
AND IF WE JUST SIGN ON THE DOORS AND MOVE THIS FORWARD.
SO THE THE MAYOR HERSELF LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS.
I ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS HAD HER HAND UP FOR A LONG YARD.
CITY MANAGER, I UP TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
MAYOR, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND COMMENT? THANK YOU. UP. YEAH.
MY COLLEAGUE SHERO SUNNY OF MY SOME OTHER CONCERNS AND GETS REALLY GREAT CALL GETS ONES AND I THINK.
AND IF I WERE TO HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT ALLOCATING MONEY FOR A PROJECT THAT HASN'T HAD ANY KIND OF PUBLIC INPUT, AND WHERE WE'RE UNSURE WHAT THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.
AS WELL AS THE THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THE ABILITY FOR YOUTH THAT COULDN'T OTHERWISE AFFORD IT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE SUMMER PROGRAMS. AND SO I'M STAFF.
CAN YOU HELP US WITH WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE? LIKE HOW MANY COUNCIL MEETINGS WE HAVE LEFT BEFORE? A FINAL DECISION ON THIS HAS TO BE MADE? WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE THAT FINAL DECISION ON APRIL 16TH.
WE HAVE A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM BECAUSE HUD HASN'T PROVIDED US OUR FINAL ALLOCATION.
AND WHAT I TOLD YOU WAS THAT OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS DUE MAY 15TH.
HUD HAS DIRECTED US TO NOT TURN IN OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN UNTIL THEY HAVE GIVEN US THAT AMOUNT.
SO POTENTIALLY WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER TWO MEETINGS TO GO.
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OKAY. THANK YOU.I THINK WHAT I MIGHT PROPOSE, I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT IS TOO BIG TO BEGIN HERE WITH THE CDBG PROCESS. I THINK THAT THERE'S I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS WELL.
SO I THINK I WOULD SUGGEST THAT EITHER WE TABLE THIS DISCUSSION THIS EVENING OR WE TALK ABOUT REALLOCATE REALLOCATION OF SOME OF THE FUNDS.
SO I'M WONDERING WHAT HE'S THINKING.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
OKAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT MORE INDEFINITE THAN THAT, THEN THE LANGUAGE SHOULD BE A MOTION TO POSTPONE.
COUNCIL. AND THEN MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE ABLE TO SEPARATE THAT CONSIDERATION OUT FROM THE REST OF THE CBDG CONVERSATION? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A TIMELINE FOR THAT.
YOU CAN SIMPLY ADD A MOTION TO TABLE THE CATS BUS QUEUE AND COME TO THAT LATER, BUT POSTPONED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION IF I SHARE THAT QUESTION.
THE FIRST THING IS WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE SECOND PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OR WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION ABOUT CERTAIN PLANS FOR THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL SUBJECT TO GETTING APPROVAL FROM PLANNING AND ZONING AND BUILDING WOULD BE TO TO CREATE A SMALL, TINY HOME VILLAGE THAT WOULD HAVE MAYBE TEN MAPS OF, OF TINY SLEEPING PODS AROUND HOME.
COMMUNITY CENTER FOR SOMETHING ARE THE ONLY UNSHELTERED.
OBVIOUSLY ONCE THEY MOVE IN, THEY'RE NO LONGER UNSHELTERED OR HOMELESS.
SO THEY WOULD BE HOUSED AT THIS POINT IN TIME SO THAT THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED AND WOULD DO A COMMUNITY GOOD NEIGHBOR PLAN YEAR. IT'S REQUIRED UNDER THE CODE.
SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING ABOUT AS WELL.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, DARYL MR. MARKS WAS ALSO WANTED TO JUST SPEAK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
GOOD EVENING. SO I HEAR THE CONCERNS, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PRESSING.
MESSAGING THAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE IS THAT THE WORK THAT COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TEAMS OF FLAGSTAFF IS DOING IS IDENTIFYING NEEDS THAT ARE NOT BEING MET BY SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HOPE TO DO WITH THIS PROPERTY IS AGAIN PRESENT, AND HOUSE THE PAWS PROGRAM FROM THERE, AND LOOKING AT THE CONCERNS OR LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLICIT WITH WHAT THAT COULD BE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE UNSHELTERED FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE OPERATE WITH, GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN A SAFE SPACE SO THAT THEY COULD GO ABOUT FLAGSTAFF WITHOUT FEELING JUDGMENT OR BEING PROFILED BY THE COMMUNITY AS BEING UNSHELTERED.
RIGHT? ALSO, BEING ABLE TO ACQUIRE SERVICES LIKE LAUNDRY, SHOWERS, AND SERVICES THAT HELP THEM NOT ONLY FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES, BUT CHANGE THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY INTERACTS WITH THEM.
AND SO WHEN I ABOUT THE FLOOR IMPACTS, THAT WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO WHETHER HAVING 200 PEOPLE IN HERE, WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT THING FOR CITY AND BECAUSE THAT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE IS HOW ARE YOU WERE PEOPLE IN THESE SEETHER PAINT?
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AND ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR OUR RELATIVES THAT DON'T GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.TO MAKE THAT TIME TO COME INTO HERE.
CONFIDENCE OR TO HAVE US AS CITIZENS LOOK AT THEM.
AS A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH SOME HUMANITY.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE TRANSITIONING FROM WHERE YOU'RE AT TO MAYBE BEING HOUSED OR MOVING INTO A BETTER WAY OF LIFE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THOSE IMPACTS BE AND I THINK.
BECAUSE WE'RE REMINDING EACH OTHER OF OUR HUMANITY AND HOW EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT COMES TO THE BUS OR COMES TO TAKE A SHOWER. GET IT CLEAN, CHANGE OF CLOTHES, OR MAYBE DO SOME WORK WITH US IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT THAT DIGNITY IS RESTORED.
THERE'S NO REAL SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO BE IN FLAGSTAFF BECAUSE WE'RE CONSTANTLY PUSHING THEM.
AND WE HAVE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE MISSION AND GOAL OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TEAMS OF FLAGSTAFF.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO STAY MOBILE.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT, NOT EXPECT THEM TO CROSS TOWN ON THEIR OWN.
AND THEN HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT COME IF THEY'RE SELF-MEDICATING.
RIGHT. I'VE SEEN RELATIVES GET ARRESTED OR DETAINED AT BUS STOPS.
AND I'VE HEARD FROM THOSE RELATIVES SAYING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE SHELTER.
THERE'S TOO MUCH TO CARRY OR THERE'S JUST TOO FAR OF A DISTANCE.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT CONTINUES TO BE THE VISION AND GOAL OF THIS COUNCIL, THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE EVERYBODY, NOT JUST OUR YOUTH, NOT JUST OUR ELDERS, BUT LIKE ALL OF OUR RELATIVES THAT MAKE THIS COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL.
AND GET THESE RELATIVES THAT WERE HOME ENCOUNTERED WITH ALL OF THAT VERY HUMAN BEINGS TO.
THE THINGS THAT THEY DO NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED.
THE THINGS THAT THEY CELEBRATE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
AND JUST THE OTHER DAY, JUST YESTERDAY, COMING HOME AND SAYING, DAD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO MEET THESE PEOPLE.
WHAT GREATER GIFT? I DON'T WANT HIM TO EVER RUN FOR A A SPACE TO SIT UP THERE WITHOUT HAVING THESE EXPERIENCES.
AND SO AGAIN, WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS.
AND I WORRY THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING INCLUDED IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MARKS. JUST A SECOND.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK YOUR TRUTH AND YOUR WISDOM.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS VERY DEEPLY TO ME.
I JUST THINK IT ALL NEEDS TO BE COUCHED IN IT IN A LARGER COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.
AND I HOPE THE POINTS YOU'RE MAKING WIN THE DAY.
HONESTLY, IT'S JUST PART OF MY OWN INSTINCT THAT THAT THIS NEEDS TO PLAY OUT ON A LARGER ARENA.
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SO THAT'S MY RESPONSE TO THAT.BUT MR. MCCARTHY, I BELIEVE, HAS ONE MORE QUESTION.
THEN I'M GOING TO GO TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THEN I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER COMMENTS.
AND AND ALL OF THIS JUST BESPEAKS THE, THE, THE, THE URGENCY OF A MUCH LONGER, MORE INTRICATE THOUGHT OUT CONVERSATION OVER TIME THAT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THIS MATTER IS SETTLED.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES I ASK QUESTIONS THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M FOR OR AGAINST SOMETHING.
IT JUST MEANS THAT I'M TRYING TO EDUCATE MYSELF, AND THAT HELPED A LOT.
I MEAN, IS THERE TIME FOR SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH BEFORE WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, OR IS THAT IMPRACTICAL? WE DON'T RACE TO THE MIC.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT ALLOCATION AMOUNT.
AND SO STAYING ON TRACK IN A TIMELY FASHION WOULD BE STAFF'S REQUEST THAT WE DON'T THINK WE HAVE MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
WE MIGHT HAVE LIKE A WEEK AFTER WE GET THE ALLOCATION.
SO MY QUESTION WAS, IS THERE TIME FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH? AND SO VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS PUBLIC OUTREACH FROM CITY STAFF ON ON THIS PROPOSAL OR PUBLIC OUTREACH BY THE APPLICANT WITH INFORMATION COMING BACK TO YOU? THOSE ARE TWO VERY I WAS THINKING OF PUBLIC TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHATEVER AND AND THE APPLICANT.
YEAH. MAYBE IN WHAT KIND HOW WE DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED AN ANSWER FOR THAT NOW THE VICE MAYOR HAS SOME CONCERNS, ETC..
SO. I DON'T REALLY NEED AN ABSOLUTE ANSWER ON THAT.
NOW. I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY ONE TO ANSWER.
FOR STAFF DOING IT, IT'S DIFFERENT.
IF AS LONG AS THE CDBG TIMELINE ALLOWS US TO DO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS IS WHAT YOU'RE IS WHAT WE'VE GOT A MONTH, MAX, MAYBE A MONTH.
CERTAINLY WE CAN WE CAN DO OUTREACH.
AGAIN, OUR CONCERN WAS LOSING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING AND PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
OKAY. WE CAN LEAVE IT AT THAT.
IT'S JUST IF YOU CAN DO OUTREACH, YOU SHOULD.
MY SECOND AND LAST QUESTION IS FOR MR. STERLING SOLOMON.
WE'RE TALK WE HAD SOME TALK A MINUTE AGO ABOUT POSTPONING OR WHATEVER.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS TONIGHT WE'RE JUST GIVING AN INFORMAL INPUT.
IT ISN'T LIKE WE HAVE A ORDINANCE ON THE TABLE OR SOMETHING DEFINITIVE.
SO IT ISN'T LIKE WE HAVE TO FORMALLY POSTPONE IT.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT INFORMALLY AND THEN COME BACK.
THERE'S A SEA IN THE CHAT BOX.
IF YOU MIGHT NOTICE, I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT IT A LITTLE FURTHER BECAUSE WE ARE IN A WORK SESSION.
COUNCIL IT WOULD JUST BE GIVING DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE ONES THAT YOU'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND NOT ON THE ONES THAT YOU'RE NOT, THAT YOU WANT MORE TIME ON, SIMPLY NOT INCLUDING THAT IN THE DIRECTION THAT YOU GIVE.
RIGHT? SO JUST DO WHAT WE WANT AND DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL NO, NO FORMAL GARDENS.
CORRECT? OKAY. CAN APPRECIATE THAT I YIELD CITY MAYORS AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEW THANK YOU.
MANY OF US ARE NOT APPRECIATING AT THIS PARTY BECAUSE OF A LACK OF DETAILS.
BUT I WANT TO RESPOND TO ONE THING AND AND THEN OFFER A COMMENT.
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REFERENCE WAS MADE TO AN RFP THAT THE CITY DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WHO REMEMBERS THAT EVENT.
WE WERE ENDEAVORING TO PUT THE CARES PROGRAM TOGETHER WITH FEDERAL FUNDING.
BUT ALONG WITH THE MOBILE UNIT WAS THE IDEA OF A BRICKS AND MORTAR FACILITY TO PROVIDE SHELTER SERVICES DURING THE DAY AT A DAYCARE OR, PARDON ME, A DAY RESOURCE CENTER, MUCH LIKE WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT THIS EVENING.
YOU WILL REMEMBER IN VIVID DETAIL THAT IT WAS EXPLOSIVE, AND IT BROUGHT ABOUT A LOT OF RESPONSE FROM OUR CURRENT SERVICE PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST 1 OR 2, BUT MANY OF THEM.
BUT THE OUTCOME OF ALL THAT CLEARLY AT THE TIME WAS THE MESSAGE TO THE COUNCIL AND AND TO THE CITY STAFF THAT THIS KIND OF FACILITY WAS NEEDED AND WAS GOING TO NEED YOU KNOW, AN UNNECESSARY ALLOCATION OR REDUNDANCY DUE TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES.
I DON'T WANT TO COMMENT AS TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE TODAY.
I DON'T PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT SOMETHING I'M CLOSE TO, BUT I DO RECALL THE DISCUSSION THAT OCCURRED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND IT WAS VERY CONTENTIOUS.
THE COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE IN RESPONSE TO THE ELOQUENT COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM DARYL THE VISION OF THE COUNCIL, I THINK HAS BEEN.
VISIBLE WITH WITH THE CARE UNIT, WHICH IS A MOBILE UNIT THAT IS AN ALTERNATE RESPONSE UNIT THAT PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION AND ON SITE CARE AS WELL, NOT SHOWERS, GRANTED.
BUT MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, CLOTHING, FOOD AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT ON THE RECORD THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S A BIT OF AN OMISSION, IN MY OPINION, TO NOT TALK ABOUT THAT.
NOW THAT PRECEDED THE CATS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
YOU WERE SPOT ON ON MEETING THE CLIENTS WHERE THEY ARE BECAUSE OF MOBILITY ISSUES AND STUFF.
I'VE BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF THAT SINCE I'VE HEARD ABOUT CAT'S PROGRAM, BECAUSE I EXPERIENCED THOSE CONCERNS WHEN I WAS RUNNING THE SHELTER THAT SOME PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING THERE.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT GAP FILLER THAT WE COULD GO OUT AND MEET THESE CLIENTS WHERE THEY ARE.
AND IT'S WHEN YOU GOT A BIG BACKPACK, IT'S HARD TO LUG THAT ACROSS TOWN, RIGHT? BUT THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING CAPACITY, AND I DO HAVE YOU KNOW, WENDY MENTIONED YOU KNOW, A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE ARE COMING UP. OF COURSE, I FILLED IT.
THEY GO FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION.
SO I'M SURE NONE OF THAT'S REALLY CHANGED.
WE DO HAVE THE LANTERN IN THE CROWN THAT OFFER A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIVATE HOUSING, WHICH CAN DEFINITELY ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT BEING AN OPEN AREA WITH A LOT OF MIXED PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB GET SOME FUNDING, AND I KNOW THEN THAT MAY TAKE AWAY FROM THE MOBILE BUS OUTREACH, WHICH IS REALLY CRITICAL.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I WELCOME AND WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT TURNOUTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY ON DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT ARE OF HIGH IMPORTANCE TO THEM, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE WHEN WE'RE FACING HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION.
THEN AFTER THEY ALL SPEAK, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE A MORE CASUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO TALK BACK AND FORTH AND COME WITH SOLUTIONS AND COME UP WITH THEIR QUESTIONS WITHOUT FEELING THAT, MAN, I'VE GOT THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND MAYBE THERE'S TEN OF US.
AND THEN THEY'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE A DECISION BEFORE THEY'VE REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO DIGEST IT.
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SO I, I AM, YOU KNOW SUPPORTING WHAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID ABOUT WAITING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN TWO WEEKS.I WISH WE WOULD HAVE ONCE AGAIN RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THE PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE JANUARY, AND I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE RANKING WAS FINALIZED, BUT HERE WE ARE NOW, FORCED UP AGAINST THE WALL TO MAKE A DECISION SOON, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I THIS IS A THE BUILDING PART IS A BIG DEAL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER LOT IS ZONED TO PUT LITTLE PODS.
I KNOW, WENDY, YOU BROUGHT IT UP AND DARYL, YOU BROUGHT IT UP WHEN WE MET OVER AT THE LIBRARY.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE THAT WAS PROBABLY PART OF THIS OVERALL BIG PLAN.
SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP TODAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THAT AND STUFF.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE TIME FOR THE SUNNYSIDE AREA TO REALLY FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING RUSHED INTO CONVERSATION OF THIS AND REALLY HAVE SOME VITAL INPUT.
OKAY. I'D LIKE TO CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
AND THEN WE MAYBE WE SHOULD GET INTO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU, DARRYL, FOR SPEAKING TO TONIGHT.
I ALWAYS LOVE HEARING YOU TALK AND YOU ALWAYS REACH MY HEART.
AND I DO ALSO AGREE THAT THE CATS BUS IS DOING AMAZING WORK.
I AM DOWNTOWN EVERY DAY, AND I'VE SEEN IT IN ACTION, AND IT'S IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDING GO TOWARDS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND I DO NOT FEEL LIKE I'M READY TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THIS CENTER TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OUTREACH.
HOWEVER, WENDY, IT DOES SOUND LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD EITHER WAY WITH OR WITHOUT THE CITY.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE ARE MY $0.02 RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE A COMMENT CARD FROM NADINE.
OKAY. SO I WAS LISTENING TO THIS.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE BRICK AND MORTAR, FIRST OF ALL, SUNNYSIDE IS VERY PASSIONATE.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING OF THIS.
THEY WERE DEFENDING THEMSELVES FROM ONE OF THESE SELF-MEDICATED INDIVIDUALS.
YOU HAVE SO MANY SCHOOLS AND IN BRINGING MORE RESOURCES TO THIS, OF THIS NATURE, THE STUDENTS THAT I SEE WALKING HOME NOW THAT CROSS UP OVER THE MESA TO GO TO COCOA.
YOU'VE GOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
HOW IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT GOING TO DEFEND THEMSELVES IF IT TOOK ALL THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? SO NOT ONLY DO THE RESIDENTS OF SUNNYSIDE NEED TO HAVE INPUT ON THIS, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS OF STUDENTS? I WOULD LIKE A HEADS UP IF MY KID IS RIDING A BUS, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S MORE OF AN INFLUX.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, A CHILD SAFETY WILL ALWAYS TRUMP SOMEBODY ELSE'S DIGNITY.
PERIOD. AND THIS WASN'T EVEN BROUGHT UP AT ALL.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB GETS FUNDING.
BUT AS A RESIDENT, I JUST I THINK IT'S JUST A LOT IT'S A LOT TO PUT ON PEOPLE'S BACKS AND WHO'S GOING TO PATROL AND MAKE SURE THAT PERSONAL PROPERTY IS SAFE IN SUNNYSIDE IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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DO THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT? SO THANK YOU.THANK YOU NADINE FOR YOUR INPUT.
THAT IS THE ONLY COMMENT CARD I HAD.
THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU'RE DESIRING THE CATS TEAM TO DO SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AS FAR AS STAFF GOES, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO START LOOKING FOR POTENTIALLY OTHER THINGS OR WAYS TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDING? DO YOU WANT US TO HOLD TIGHT AND SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT PUBLIC OUTREACH IS WE'RE DESIROUS TO KNOW.
WHICH ONES? YOU ARE SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD IF YOU CHOOSE TO REALLOCATE FUNDING WITH ANY CATEGORIES.
AS CHRISTINE HAS SAID, IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU.
WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN ABIDE BY YOUR WISHES.
SO THAT'S MY ONE REQUEST, IS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE STAFF TO DO BEFORE WE COME BACK TO YOU IN THE FUTURE? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE DISCUSSION TO GET THERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SARAH, I'LL I'LL START.
I'M NOT PREPARED TO ALLOCATE ANY MONEY TO THAT CAT PROGRAM FOR REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AT THIS TIME.
I DON'T THINK THAT CONCERN IS GOING TO BE ASSUAGED BEFORE THE TIME PERIOD ENDS FOR THE CBDG GRANT PROGRAM. SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST STRIKE IT.
I HONESTLY, I THINK WE COULD TAKE THAT $200,000 AND, AND ALLOCATE IT DIFFERENTLY AMONGST THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE ALREADY THAT ARE ALSO LISTED ALONGSIDE IT. THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CONCERN.
AND I'M, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC THOUGHTS ON HOW THAT REDISTRIBUTION WOULD GO.
BUT THE THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT.
SO I GUESS WE'LL WE SHOULD GO AROUND THE ROOM ON THIS ONE, I THINK.
SURE. I THINK WHAT WE'RE MISSING HERE IN STAFF CAN PROBABLY TALK TO IT IS THAT THERE'S CATEGORIES, AND YOU CAN'T TAKE MONEY FROM ONE CATEGORY AND PUT IT INTO ANOTHER CATEGORY.
SO FOR INSTANCE, ON THE CATS BRICK AND MORTAR THING IF WE DON'T ALLOCATE THAT WE CAN'T PUT THAT TO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT AT THE LANTERN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A CONSENSUS ON COUNCIL THAT ON THE BRICK AND MORTAR CATS.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK ON THAT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'D BETTER THINK ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO IF COUNCIL AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE COUNCIL IS GOING TO GO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DECIDED TONIGHT WHERE THAT GOES.
I THINK I ALSO HEAR A CONSENSUS THAT THERE'S A SUPPORT FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM.
THERE'S BASICALLY TWO, ONLY TWO OTHER THINGS ON THIS TABLE WHICH ARE BOTH REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS OF CATEGORIES.
I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT.
THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AS WELL.
BECAUSE YOU CUT THE LINE, SIR.
I THINK THE CHALLENGE HERE IS ALSO THAT.
WE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL ALLOCATIONS ARE YET.
AND SO I'M NOT COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE RECOMMENDED ALLOCATIONS UNTIL WE HAVE THAT BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THE ACTUAL FUNDS ARE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CERTAINLY VERY DISAPPOINTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW AND THEN FIND OUT WHEN THAT THAT ALLOCATION COMES ACROSS THE TABLE THAT WE, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE.
SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO BEGIN WITH.
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THE NEED THERE, IF THAT WAS A POINTED NUMBER FOR THEM.OR IF THERE WAS FLEXIBILITY IN THAT NUMBER.
LORRAINE KRIM IS HERE AND SHE CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
HI. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
I'M THE SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGER OF THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY WE ARE FUNDED BY ARPA.
FOR ONE OF OUR ROUTES THAT SERVES 20 PEOPLE.
AN ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATELY 20 PEOPLE THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH OUR OTHER THREE ROUTES.
THAT WOULD ALSO LOSE THEIR MEALS.
SO THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMEBOUND SENIORS.
IT'S A IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PROGRAM WHERE WE'VE WE'VE EVEN HAD TIMES THAT ARE SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE ALMOST FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE WHERE WE HAVE HAD OUR DRIVERS.
FIND INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR HOMES THAT HAVE FALLEN AND THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR OUR MEALS ON WHEELS DRIVER TO COME UPON THEM AND GET THEM AND SAVE THEM.
I DON'T WANT TO TELL THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE RECEIVING THE MEALS ANYMORE, BUT THE TRUTH IS, IS WE HAD TO WE EXPANDED WHEN WE GOT THE ARPA FUNDS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ALL THESE PEOPLE OFF OF OUR WAIT LIST.
IF THOSE FUNDS GO AWAY WE LOSE THE FUNDING FOR THAT FOURTH DRIVER THAT WE HAVE, AND WE ALSO LOSE THE FUNDING OF ONE OF OUR AIDES IN THE KITCHEN.
SO WE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE AS MANY SERVICES.
AND THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY LOSE THEIR MEALS.
SO IN TERMS OF THE 44 TWO THAT'S BEING ASKED FOR THAT FOR FOR YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NOW IN THAT NEED IS A HARD FAST NUMBER.
IT IS IT'S THE FUNDING THAT'S REQUIRED TO PAY THE SALARIES OF THE DRIVER AND THE AIDE IN THE KITCHEN THAT HELPS PREPARE THE MEALS. OKAY.
AND I'M ALSO TRYING TO BUY SOME TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
I KNOW SHE'S UP NEXT WITH A COMMENT FOR WHEN SHE GETS BACK IN THE ROOM, BUT I THINK FOR ME, MY MY THOUGHT IS THAT I'M NOT READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE COMMUNITY ACTION TEAMS PROPERTY ACQUISITION QUESTION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THAT POSTPONEMENT ON THE OTHERS UNTIL WE GET THAT CLEARER VISION OF THE ACTUAL FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
I'M HOPING THAT THAT THAT NUMBER WILL COME IN TO YOU ALL SOONER THAN THAN LATER.
BUT IF ARE YOU FORESEEING THAT IF WE POSTPONE THIS CONVERSATION UNTIL I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH DATE THAT YOU SAID. BUT IF WE POSTPONED IT TO THAT POINT, WE WOULD STILL BE SAFE TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT LIKE SARAH SAID, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE MIGHT GET IT.
LAST YEAR WE GOT IT RIGHT AROUND THIS TIME, LIKE ALMOST LIKE A DAY BEFORE WE CAME TO YOU.
I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT WE'VE WRITTEN INTO THE RESOLUTION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
HUD HAS CHANGED HOW WE DO THIS.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TURN IT IN BEFORE WE HAVE THE ALLOCATION AMOUNT.
AND WHAT'S WRITTEN INTO THE RESOLUTION IS A PROPORTIONAL ADJUSTMENT UP OR DOWN.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE THE DRAFT RESOLUTION THAT'S WITHIN YOUR PACKET AS WELL AS THAT REPORT, THE PROPOSED PROPORTIONAL ADJUSTMENT THIS YEAR, IF THE MONEY GOES UP, IF THE MONEY GOES DOWN, HOW IT WILL BE HANDLED.
BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE HAD TO TURN THESE IN BEFOREHAND.
WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CLOSE IN OUR ESTIMATES.
OVER THE YEARS, THE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN ACTUAL FUNDING AND OUR ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN.
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IN NOT INSIGNIFICANT, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN DRASTIC CHANGES IN FUNDING.IF THERE WAS A DRASTIC CHANGE, IF WE GET LIKE AN EXTRA $100,000, WE'D COME BACK.
BUT USUALLY IT'S WITHIN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OR LESS AND IT EITHER RAISES OR LOWERS ALL.
SARAH, CAN THAT $200,000 ROLL OVER IF IT IF IT'S NOT ALLOCATED THIS TIME AROUND? OUR STRUGGLE IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH MONEY FLOWING IN, AND THIS IS A STRUGGLE OF SO MUCH MONEY FLOWING IN.
THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MONEY, ETC.
WHAT THAT ALSO MEANS FOR US IS THAT WE'RE REALLY STRUGGLING MEETING OUR SPENDING OBLIGATIONS TO HUD AND CURRENTLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET THEM, ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON A REMEDIATION PLAN.
THE DANGER OF ROLLING THAT $200,000 OVER INTO NEXT YEAR, IS THAT IT? CREATES EVEN FURTHER CHALLENGES FOR US MEETING THOSE THOSE DEADLINES.
JUSTINE AND I HAVE BEEN MADLY TEXTING BACK AND FORTH OF HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WORKS? AND SO IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S WISH WE COULD ALSO COME BACK WITH SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS.
I KNOW SOME COMMUNITIES DO AN OPEN, ROLLING APPLICATION PROCESS THAT'S USUALLY COMMUNITIES THAT RECEIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND HAVE THE LUXURY OF MORE WIGGLE ROOM WITHIN THOSE SPENDING THOSE THOSE OBLIGATION AND SPENDING AMOUNTS.
AND SO WE WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND SO WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH THOSE OPTIONS.
WE CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO CAPITAL.
WE CAN REACH OUT TO SOME OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT FITS WITHIN THIS CATEGORY, OR IF WE SIMPLY SAY WE'RE GOING TO, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, HOLD ANOTHER ALLOCATION ROUND.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS WITH HUD.
WE'VE NEVER DONE IT, BUT WE CAN LOOK.
IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME THAT WHETHER WE GIVE CATS THE MONEY OR NOT, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.
OR WAS THIS THE ONLY THE ONLY PROJECT THAT YOU LOOKED AT AND SAID, OH, WE'VE GOT THIS EXTRA MONEY, THIS IS A PROJECT, BUT DO YOU HAVE MORE, LIKE IN YOUR BACK POCKET? GREAT QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
SO THE ONLY APPLICATION WE RECEIVED WHEN WE DID OUR NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY WAS FROM KATZ.
WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS BEYOND THOSE.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE $200,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS BUILDING.
IT WAS APPLIED FOR. IT WAS APPLIED FOR.
THEY APPLIED FOR THAT 200,000.
BUT WHETHER OR NOT WE GIVE THEM THE MONEY, THEY'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I HEARD YOU'VE SIGNED A LEASE, CORRECT? YES, WE HAVE SIGNED A LEASE, SO GOING FORWARD WE WOULD DO WE HAVE A LEASE WITH AN OPTION TO PURCHASE AND WE HAVE TWO YEARS TO EXERCISE THAT OPTION TO PURCHASE.
THERE'S ALREADY SOMETHING IN PLACE, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO RUSH TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS.
SO THAT $200,000, IF WE DON'T ALLOCATE IT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I.
IF WE DON'T ALLOCATE IT TO THEM.
THEN WE LOSE IT OR WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PUT IT, OR WE DO HAVE A PLACE TO PUT IT.
YOU COULD DIRECT US TO GIVE THE REMAINDER TO FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES.
WE COULD REACH OUT TO OUR OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO A WHOLE NOTHER NOFA AND RANKING COMMITTEE PROCESS.
SO IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE CAN, WE'LL FIND SOMETHING.
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OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT IS THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE, THE MOBILE AND THE. WHERE IS IT? WHERE DID IT GO? THEY. THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.AND WHAT IS IT? THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GIVE THEM BOTH HALF.
WHICH IT WOULD MEAN THAT'S $60,000.
SO YOU NEED TO FIND 10,000 SOMEWHERE.
I'LL DO MY BEST. SO I HAVE A MATH QUESTION.
WHEN WE ALLOCATE 20% FOR ADMINISTRATION IS THAT OFF THE TOP OF WHAT, THE, THE 722,000 THAT WE KNOW IS COMING IN? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF BRANDY WOULD BE UP FOR SPEAKING TO THE INTRICACIES, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE 20% ADMINISTRATION IS BASED ON OUR NEW ALLOCATION AND PROGRAM INCOME AND THE PUBLIC SERVICES IS BASED ON JUST OUR NEW ALLOCATION.
SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY 15% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
AND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS QUESTION IS AND I DON'T WANT TO DEVALUE THE HARD WORK THAT STAFF DOES TO ADMINISTER THESE GRANTS, BUT.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE FROM THE MEALS ON WHEELS.
I'VE HEARD THE STORIES WHERE ELDERLY HAS FALLEN OR BECAME SICK AND THAT MEALS ON WHEELS DELIVER IS THEIR LIFESAVER, THEIR LIFELINE.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM THE CATS PROGRAM, THEIR MOBILE PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT IS A UNIQUE SERVICE THAT IS VERY VALUABLE IN OUR CITY BECAUSE THEY DO GO AND MEET OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHERE THEY ARE.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, HIKE ON EITHER, YOU KNOW, END OF THE CITY.
BUT I THINK THERE COULD BE, AND I'M ASSUMING HERE THAT WE COULD.
AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED YOU THE MATH QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, WELL, IF.
AND GAVE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SOME MONEY.
I JUST, I, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN, OUR UNDERSERVED CHILDREN AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS MENTIONED, IF PARENTS DON'T HAVE DAYCARE, THEY CAN'T GO TO WORK.
AND NOW WE'VE ADDED TO OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION.
SO THAT'S AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.
SO I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT FUNDING THEM AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GET THE MONEY FROM.
MAYBE THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'LL GIVE.
IT'S LIKE, GO FIND GO FIND $75,000 SOMEWHERE AND COME BACK.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS'S POINT ALSO.
I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT THE TWO YEARS TO EXERCISE THE PURCHASE.
AND SO I THINK THAT DOES REALLY GIVE BUY US SOME TIME TO REALLY GET TO SEE HOW THE THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION IS SERVED WITH THE NEW LANTERN AND CROWN COMING ON BOARD, AS WELL AS THE CATS PROGRAM.
MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THE HOW THAT ROLLS OUT BEFORE WE MAKE SUCH A HUGE COMMITMENT.
BUT WE WILL LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
MADAM MAYOR, DID YOU WANT TO HELP US WRAP UP PROVIDING DIRECTION? THANK YOU. YES.
I I'M WITH YOU, VICE MAYOR, THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR A MONTH WILL LEAVE US IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN REALLY MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THIS $200,000 FOR THE ACQUISITION.
AND SO I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE EITHER TO.
ADD THAT TO THE AMOUNT GOING TO FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES FOR THE LANTERN TO HELP GET THAT OPEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE OR AS AS.
SARAH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT COULD BE FUNDED WITH THAT MONEY.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE MY DIRECTION.
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AND AND I REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING FROM MEALS ON WHEELS.I THINK THAT THAT IS JUST A FANTASTIC PROGRAM, SO I WOULD NOT WANT TO TOUCH THAT AT ALL.
THANK YOU. SARAH, DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED AT THIS POINT? THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
CHRISTINE HE'S FOR GETTING IN TOUCH.
SCREEN. WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE I DO AS WELL MOST OFTEN ARE.
MY ONE CHALLENGE IS THAT WE CANNOT MOVE MONEY.
THAT WOULD BE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE SEEKING RELATIVE TO FUNDING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
IT'S REGRETTABLE THAT THERE IS THIS HARD 15% LIMIT ON PUBLIC SERVICES.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE GET TO PLAY AROUND WITH IF WE'RE IN VIOLATION OF IT.
WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PAY THAT MONEY BACK.
I ON BEHALF OF RICK TADDER, WHO I DON'T THINK IS HERE MONEY COMING OUT OF OF ADMIN AND INDIRECT IN THE PAST WE HAVE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
THIS FUNDING HERE DOES NOT FULLY PAY FOR WHAT THE PROGRAM COSTS TO ADMINISTER.
THAT CREATES AN ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THE GENERAL FUND, A HUGE ONE, NO, BUT IT IS SOMETHING I WOULD WANT TO VERIFY WITH THEM BEFORE WE WE GIVE YOU A HARD ANSWER ON ON REDUCING THAT CATEGORY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY REDUCING THAT CATEGORY DOES NOT INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC SERVICES. I THINK WE'RE CLEAR ON SEMI-CLEAR.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH WITH SOME OTHER IDEAS.
WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WORK WITH HUD.
WE'LL TALK TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS, FLAG SHELTER, SOME OF THE INTERNAL IDEAS THAT ARE FLOWING IN.
THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE SO FAR, BUT I DON'T THINK CAPITAL IS HERE TO HEAR IT.
SO IS THAT A YES OR NO? I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WHY DON'T WE JUST SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO 25,000 EACH? OH YES.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE 200,000 NOW.
THE THREE IN THE MIDDLE, THE THREE IN THE MIDDLE.
BECAUSE. BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET MONEY FROM ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO TO THAT.
I THINK THE MOST WE'VE HAD IN THAT CATEGORY IS MAYBE 105,000 IN THE PAST.
SO. SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
IF WE CAN'T GET MONEY FROM ANYWHERE ELSE, SPLIT THE TWO, SPLIT IT BETWEEN THE TWO.
I'M SORRY. SIR, IS YOUR SUGGESTION TO SUBTRACT 25,000 FROM THE MEALS ON WHEELS AND SUBTRACT 25,000 FROM THE BUS, AND THEN PUT THAT MAKING 50,000 FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SO WHAT? SO PLEASE TELL ME EXPLICITLY WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS I'M SAYING THE $50,000 THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED OR THAT THEY HAVE ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY ACTION TEAMS OF FLAGSTAFF REDUCE THAT AMOUNT BY 25,000 AND GIVE THAT 25,000 TO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. AND THEN KEEP THE THE MEALS ON WHEELS.
THE MEALS ON WHEELS ALONE AS IS.
THEY SPENT IT IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
I DO THINK MARK COX IS HERE, THOUGH TO SPEAK TO THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
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NOW, MARK, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT, START MAKING YOUR WAY FORWARD.MEANWHILE, I'M GOING TO TAKE COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION OF MARK.
SO YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK IT'S WE'VE WE'VE ASKED THE QUESTION OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
SO I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM YOU DIRECTLY.
IS THAT A HARD AND FAST NUMBER FOR YOU THAT YOU WERE ANTICIPATING, OR WHAT THAT FLEXIBILITY LOOKS LIKE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION? YEAH. SO THE NUMBER OBVIOUSLY WE BE GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF ANY NUMBER.
BUT FOR US, LIKE CHRISTINE SAID, IT DID TAKE US A WHILE TO SPEND DOWN THOSE FUNDS.
BUT WITH THAT, WE COULDN'T SPEND DOWN THIS REALITY.
WE GIVE ABOUT 400,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR KIDS EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT A SMALL NUMBER.
SO AGAIN, THIS THE FUNDS THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE, LIKE WE WOULD SPEND DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY KNOWING THAT THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT DO ATTEND FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, I THINK WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WITH CDBG, WE HAD PROBABLY LESS THAN TEN KIDS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY APPLY FOR IT.
NOW, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE 20 PLUS KIDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALONE BECAUSE WE WE HAD THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST ESTABLISHED THAT NO KID WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY PROGRAMING IF YOU LIVED IN BRENNAN OR CLARK, AND WE STILL HONOR THAT THING TO TO TODAY.
ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SORRY I WAS LATE. I WAS TAKING CARE OF KIDS.
YEAH. I'M IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS'S SUGGESTION.
WE HAVE TWO OTHERS. I DON'T LOVE IT, BUT I CAN GO ALONG WITH IT.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A MAJORITY OPINION ON THAT.
ARE YOU GUYS ALL SET THEN FOR NOW? I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING WE NEED.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A RECESS AT SOME POINT, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET THROUGH.
[10. Resilience Hubs 101 This is an informational update for the City Council and Flagstaff community.]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN.AT LEAST. I THINK THEMATICALLY IT SORT OF FOLLOWS THROUGH A LITTLE BIT.
AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THROUGH THAT ONE AT LEAST IF YOU NEED TO GET UP AND.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM THE CLIMATE ACTION SECTION DIRECTOR.
TODAY YOU WILL ACTUALLY BE HEARING FROM JENNA AND SAM ON OUR TEAM.
JENNA IS OUR CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT ANALYST, AND SHE'S HAD TO BE HOME TONIGHT, BUT WE SEE HER THERE.
HI, JENNA. AND WE ALSO HAVE SAM WILEY.
SAM IS OUR FIRST CLIMATE CORPS TO PRESENT TO YOU.
SAM STARTED ON OUR TEAM IN JANUARY AS THE RESILIENCE HUB COORDINATOR AND HAS BEEN REALLY INTEGRAL IN HELPING TO GET THIS PROJECT LAUNCHED, SO I'M THRILLED TO GIVE IT OVER TO SAM.
GOOD EVENING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MAYOR IS, BUT GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND THANK YOU, JENNY, FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL DISCUSSING THE FLAGSTAFF REGIONAL RESILIENCE PROJECT TODAY.
TO START THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER THIS EVENING.
I'LL THEN EXPLAIN THE EPA GRANT THAT WILL FUND THIS PROJECT, AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OFF TO JENNA.
SO TO START, WHAT IS A RESILIENCE HUB? AT THEIR CORE, HUBS ARE PHYSICAL SPACES, LIKE A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT SERVE BOTH DAY TO DAY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEEDS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT NO TWO HUBS ARE THE SAME.
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SOCIAL EQUITY.THEY SHOULD PROVIDE A RELIABLE, FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO KIND OF REVOLVE AROUND.
AND THE BROADER THE REACH OF A HUB SERVICES.
THERE ARE THREE OPERATING MODES TO A RESILIENCE HUB THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE.
99% OF THE TIME THE HUBS WILL OPERATE IN THE EVERYDAY MODE.
HERE. THIS IS A PLACE TO CREATE A THRIVING COMMUNITY AND PROACTIVELY ADDRESS PRESSING NEEDS.
THAT LEADS US INTO THE SECOND OPERATING MODE, WHICH WE'LL CALL DISRUPTION.
IT CAN BE A GATHERING POINT FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF SUPPORT.
IT CAN BE A PLACE FOR RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION AND FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATION.
THE THIRD PHASE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS STEP IS CRITICAL TO THE GOAL OF TURNING THOSE DISRUPTION EVENTS THAT COULD BE SETBACKS INTO OPPORTUNITIES TO BOUNCE FORWARD, PROMOTE INTERCONNECTEDNESS, AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.
FIVE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED IN DEVELOPING A HUB.
OPERATIONS IS ONE OF THOSE, SO THE HUB NEEDS TO HAVE WELL TRAINED PERSONNEL THAT KEEP THE HUBS RUNNING SMOOTHLY, AND THEY NEED TO HAVE ESTABLISHED CLEAR PROCESSES FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO A WIDE VARIETY OF POTENTIAL EMERGENCY EVENTS.
THE HUBS ALSO NEED TO PROVIDE RELIABLE POWER.
SO IN THE EVENT OF POWER OUTAGES, HUBS SHOULD HAVE A RELIABLE BACKUP SYSTEM.
HUBS ALSO NEED TO HAVE A SOLID COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TO COORDINATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND ALSO TO PROMOTE DAY TO DAY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SERVICES AND WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS THAT THE HUBS WILL PROVIDE.
THOSE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ARE ANOTHER FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT.
AND THEY PRESENT A WIDE VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, TEACH RESILIENCE, IMPROVE THE EMERGENCY AND HAZARD PREPAREDNESS OF INDIVIDUALS, AND TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
THE FINAL FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT IS THE BUILDING ITSELF AND THE LANDSCAPE SURROUNDING IT.
AND THEY NEED TO BE A RELIABLE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO IN THE EVENT OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.
THIS ONE. SO WITH THAT GENERAL DEFINITION OF A HUB, THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FELT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD SERVE FLAGSTAFF WELL.
SO A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, MY COLLEAGUES PURSUED A POTENTIAL FUNDING PATH TO ESTABLISH RESILIENCE HUBS IN FLAGSTAFF THROUGH THE EPA'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT GRANT.
THIS INVOLVED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GRANT PROPOSAL, AND REQUIRED A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INTERACTION TO FIND TRUSTED PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK WITH ON THIS PROJECT.
THEY ALSO HAD TO FIND SOLID PHYSICAL LOCATIONS TO TO HOST THESE HUBS.
THAT PROPOSAL, THAT GRANT PROPOSAL WAS A SUCCESS, AND THE FLAGSTAFF REGIONAL RESILIENCE PROJECT WAS SELECTED TO RECEIVE $1 MILLION GRANT FROM THE EPA TO BUILD RESILIENCE AND IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGHOUT FLAGSTAFF.
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SO THAT GRANT THE AGAIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT GRANT HAS SOME SPECIFIC GOALS.SO I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHARE THEM HERE.
THEIR GOALS ARE TO ACHIEVE MEASURABLE AND MEANINGFUL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OR PUBLIC HEALTH RESULTS IN COMMUNITIES TO BUILD BROAD, ROBUST, RESULTS ORIENTED PARTNERSHIPS, PARTICULARLY WITH COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN DISPROPORTIONALLY DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED AREAS OF FLAGSTAFF.
THEY WANT TO PILOT ACTIVITIES IN SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES THAT CREATE TRANSFERABLE MODELS, WHICH CAN BE EXPANDED UPON IN OTHER AREAS OF FLAGSTAFF OR REPLICATED IN IN OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SO THAT GRANT WRITING PROCESS AND THE WORK PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED RESULTED IN THE REGIONAL RESILIENCE PROJECT.
AND THAT FUNDING WILL BE USED TO LAUNCH AND SUPPORT THREE RESILIENT HUB RESILIENCE HUBS PILOTS.
STRATEGICALLY LOCATED AROUND THE CITY, EACH OPERATED BY SEPARATE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEN THE THIRD WILL BE A MOBILE HUB LED BY BY CATS.
THE OUTCOMES OF THIS PROJECT ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS.
SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, 13 AS OF RIGHT NOW ON THIS PROJECT, WHO WILL PROVIDE SERVICES BOTH DIRECTLY AT THE HUBS AND ACROSS THE THE GENERAL REGION.
SO AT THESE HUBS, WE HOPE TO OFFER ACROSS THE THREE YEARS OF THE GRANT 216 WORKSHOPS.
THAT CAN ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF RESILIENCE TOPICS, RANGING FROM HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES TO CREATING DEFENSIBLE SPACE FOR A FIREWISE, HOME TO DIY AIR FILTRATION PROJECTS, TO RAINWATER HARVESTING, TO GARDENING AND FOOD PRESERVATION.
THERE WILL ALSO BE MONTHLY HEALTH CARE DAYS AT THE TWO FIXED HUB LOCATIONS OFFERING CHECKUPS, POTENTIALLY IMMUNIZATIONS, GUIDANCE ON INSURANCE, AND SUPPORT TO GET FOLKS CONNECTED WITH A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER.
SO. HERE WE HAVE A LIST OF THE THE PROJECT PARTNERS.
SO IN ADDITION TO THOSE THREE FUNDED PARTNERS SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, SUNNYSIDE AND AND CATS, WE'RE PARTNERED WITH EIGHT CBOS. SO FOUR CUBED, ICF, NACA, TERROR BIRDS AND WILLOW BEND AS WELL AS SUPER YARD FARMS, COCONINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE FLAGSTAFF UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND NIU.
AND THEN COCONINO COUNTY WILL BE INVOLVED AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO JENNA TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I AM HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU REPRESENTING THE CLIMATE SECTION IN THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE.
I APOLOGIZE THAT I COULDN'T JOIN YOU IN PERSON TONIGHT AND A FAMILY EMERGENCY COME UP.
SO I HAVE TO JOIN YOU VIRTUALLY THIS TIME.
TO START, I WANT TO SHARE HOW TRULY GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH YOU AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT A PROJECT THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, AND ONE THAT I HOPE WILL BRING NUMEROUS BENEFITS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AT THE HEART OF THIS PROJECT ARE SEVERAL KEY GOALS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR APPROACH IS PEOPLE CENTRIC.
WE AIM TO BUILD UPON THE EXISTING RESILIENCE AND STRENGTHS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BY IMPROVING SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS, INCREASING ACCESS TO SERVICES, AND FOSTERING TRUST.
IT'S CRUCIAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ALREADY INCREDIBLY RESILIENT.
HOWEVER, THE GOAL HERE IS NOT TO ASK MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT RATHER TO ALLEVIATE STRESSORS AND REDUCE BARRIERS, THEREBY ENHANCING THEIR CAPACITY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THE NEEDS AND SOLUTIONS IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY DRIVE OUR ACTIONS, RATHER THAN DECISIONS BEING MADE SOLELY BY CITY STAFF OR INDIVIDUALS.
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RESILIENCE HUBS WILL BE CO-DEVELOPED, LED AND MANAGED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CITY AND OTHER PARTNERS, ENSURING THAT POWER RESIDES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.THESE HUBS WILL SERVE AS TRUSTED SPACES WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN ACCESS RESOURCES, SERVICES AND SUPPORT YEAR ROUND, NOT JUST DURING TIMES OF CRISIS.
THEY WILL ENCOMPASS VARIOUS OUTCOMES, INCLUDING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION INITIATIVES TO INCREASE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AIR QUALITY DATA AND INTEGRATIONS OF ZERO OR LOW EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE HEATING, COOLING AND CLEAN AIR.
ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL IS TO INVEST IN PEOPLE AND SOLUTIONS THAT CENTER HUMAN NEEDS ABOVE ALL ELSE.
RESILIENCE HUBS SERVE AS VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPACES THAT GO BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL NOTION OF EMERGENCY SHELTERS OR RESPONSE CENTERS. SO RATHER THAN BEING PLACES OF LAST RESORT, RESILIENCE HUBS ARE DESIGNED TO BE SPACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE ENGAGING IN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES YEAR ROUND.
THE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES THESE HUBS WILL FOSTER COMMUNITY CARE, CONNECTION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE ACTIVITIES OFFERED AT RESILIENCE HUBS ARE TAILORED TO MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF EACH NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY, AND ARE DRIVEN BY THE INPUT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY.
ACTIVITIES AT THE HUBS WILL INCLUDE DAY TO DAY SERVICES, COMMUNITY LED PROGRAMING, WORKSHOPS, HEALTH CARE EVENTS AND INITIATIVES ON FOOD ACCESS AND GARDENING, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY BROADER PROJECT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY EVENT CALENDARS, AIR QUALITY MONITORING DISTRIBUTING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KITS AND CREATING MAPPING TOOLS WILL FURTHER SUPPORT OUR RESILIENCE BUILDING EFFORTS.
MANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE LED BY ALL THOSE PROJECT PARTNERS THAT SAM MENTIONED.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MATERIALS WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH THE GUIDANCE OF OUR CITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF, ALONG WITH COCONINO COUNTY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM, WHO IS A PARTNER ON THIS GRANT.
HEALTH CARE SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED BY OUR PARTNERS AT NACA.
TERROR BIRDS AND SUPER YARD FARMS WILL SUPPORT GARDENING AND FOOD ACTIVITIES THANKS TO THE DIVERSE STRENGTHS AND EXPERTISE OF OUR MANY PARTNERS ON THIS PROJECT, THE HUBS WILL BE A PATHWAY TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY'S RESILIENCE ALL YEAR LONG.
NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S FOCUS ON OUR THREE FLAGSTAFF RESILIENCE HUBS.
EACH HUB WILL PLAY ITS OWN VITAL ROLE IN PROVIDING A SAFE AND TRUSTED SPACE FOR ITS COMMUNITY, OFFERING ESSENTIAL SERVICES, RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT.
A SUBAWARD TO THE SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WILL FUND HIRING A HUB COORDINATOR, PURCHASING SUPPLIES, ALONG WITH PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT AT THE HUB.
CITY STAFF WILL BE THE ONES TO COORDINATE UPGRADING THE MURDOCK CENTER TO INCREASE ITS ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENHANCE ITS RESILIENCE WITH BACKUP POWER, AND IMPROVE ITS CAPACITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH HEATING, COOLING AND ACCESS TO CLEAN AIR.
NEXT SLIDE. SIMILARLY, THE SUNNY SIDE RESILIENCE HUB WILL BE LOCATED AT THE MARKET OF DREAMS AND LED BY THE SUNNY SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, SUPPORT AND RESILIENCE BUILDING PROGRAMS TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF ITS COMMUNITY. THE SUNNY SIDE HUB WILL BE A COMMUNITY SPACE DEDICATED TO HONORING CULTURAL EQUITY, ENSURING CULTURAL PRESERVATION, AND ACTIVELY PROMOTING CULTURAL AWARENESS THROUGH MONTHLY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ENGAGE, ENCOURAGE AND ACTIVATE THE
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COMMUNITY. A SUBAWARD TO THE SUNNY SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WILL SUPPORT STAFFING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS LIKE MICROBUSINESS, MENTORING, AND ACCESS TO A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FOR FOOD PRODUCTION.LIKE THE SOUTHSIDE HUB, IT WILL FOCUS EVENTS AND MONTHLY HEALTH CARE DAYS ON COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND FOSTERING CONNECTION AMONG ITS RESIDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE GRANT WILL FUND EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE BACKUP POWER AND HEPA FILTRATION SYSTEMS TO ENSURE THE HUB IS A SAFE SPACE DAY TO DAY AND AVAILABLE FOR WARMING AND CLEAN AIR SPACE IN TIMES OF NEED FOR EAST FLAGSTAFF.
IN ADDITION TO OUR TWO FIXED LOCATION RESILIENCE HUBS, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO INCLUDE A MOBILE RESILIENCE HUB OPERATED BY THE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TEAMS, OR CATS OF FLAGSTAFF.
I WON'T PRETEND I CAN SPEAK AS BEAUTIFULLY AS DARRELL DID EARLIER, BUT I WILL REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE IS TO EQUITY, TO RESILIENCE, AND TO UNBIASEDLY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THE MOBILE HUB WILL OFFER HYGIENE SERVICES, SUPPLIES, CLOTHING, FIRST AID, SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD AND OUTREACH EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITHOUT SHELTER.
FUNDING FOR THE HUB THROUGH A TWO YEAR SUB AWARD, WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT INCREASED STAFFING, SUPPLIES, UPGRADES TO THE OUTREACH BUS AND INCREASED BATTERY CAPACITY FOR ITS SOLAR ARRAYS, ENSURING THAT IT CAN EFFECTIVELY SERVE PEOPLE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE. THE PROJECT BUDGET OF $1 MILLION WILL BE STRATEGICALLY ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE FLAGSTAFF REGIONAL RESILIENCE PROJECT.
NEARLY HALF THE BUDGET WILL BE ALLOCATED AS SUBAWARDS TO THE THREE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS LEADING THE HUBS BASED ON THEIR SCOPE OF WORK AND NEEDS. ABOUT 20% WILL FUND A CITY POSITION TO OVERSEE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, WORK ALONGSIDE OUR MANY PARTNERS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO HUB OPERATIONS.
ABOUT 25% WILL GO TOWARDS BUILDING UPGRADES AT THE MURDOCK CENTER, WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDING GOING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SUPPLIES, SERVICES AND OTHER SUPPLIES AT THE HUBS.
WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL AND RECEIVING THE GRANT FUNDING, WE WILL OFFICIALLY BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THIS THREE YEAR PROJECT, HOPEFULLY AROUND MAY OR JUNE OF THIS YEAR. SO THE TIMELINE PROVIDED HERE DOES NOT ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE THREE YEAR PROJECT.
RATHER, IT OFFERS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR PROGRESS AND CURRENT STATUS AND FIRST STEPS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE OUR KIND OF CURRENT STATUS IS NOTED WITH THAT STAR RIGHT THERE.
WE ARE STILL AWAITING FOR THE EPA TO SEND US THE FINAL GRANT AWARD.
AND THEN INITIALLY OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON HIRING STAFF, PURCHASING SUPPLIES, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, AND PLANNING EVENTS AND OUTREACH EFFORTS DURING THE FIRST YEAR.
OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO REALLY JUST ESTABLISH THE HUBS, AND THEN IN YEARS TWO AND THREE, OUR FOCUS WILL SHIFT TOWARDS GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT. NEXT SLIDE.
AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE HAVE A DETAILED PLAN OF NECESSARY STEPS TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED ON THE VISUAL TIMELINE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THIS INCLUDES ONGOING MEETING WITH MEETINGS WITH OUR PROJECT PARTNERS, WHO ARE THE MOST VITAL PART OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY SOON HOST A KICKOFF MEETING TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF THIS PROJECT, LAY OUT ALL THE DETAILS WITH OUR PARTNERS AND COME AND A REALLY OFFICIALLY START OUR WORK TOGETHER.
ANOTHER CRUCIAL STEP IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ADVISORY GROUP COMPRISING OF MEMBERS FROM ALL 13 PROJECT PARTNERS. THIS GROUP WILL SERVE AS A PLATFORM TO BUILD CONNECTIONS, SHARE INFORMATION, AND DEVELOP AND RECOMMEND MECHANISMS
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FOR MORE INCLUSIVE RESILIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DECISION MAKING, CONTINUALLY INCORPORATING COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY.OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WE WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE EACH HUB TO BETTER MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS IN ALL THREE RESILIENCE MODES.
IN CLOSING, I WANT TO EXTEND MY ONGOING GRATITUDE TO OUR 13 PROJECT PARTNERS AND ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PROJECT PROPOSAL.
THESE PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE ALREADY ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE IMPORTANT WORK OF FORGING CONNECTIONS AND UPLIFTING THE STRENGTHS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS GRANT AWARD IS TRULY A TESTAMENT TO THEIR DEDICATION, IDEAS, AND TRUST IN US. WE ARE DEEPLY HONORED AND EXCITED TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM AS PARTNERS.
COUNCIL. THE PRESENTATION IS JUST AN INTRODUCTION, AND I HOPE THAT THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE UP HERE, OUR PARTNERS WILL JOIN US AND MAYBE EVEN LEAD THE CONVERSATION.
WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
TODAY I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH AN EMAIL CONTAINING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ABOUT RESILIENCE HUBS, INCLUDING A REALLY FANTASTIC SHORT VIDEO SHOWING HOW AN ESTABLISHED HUB IS SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY.
WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. WE ARE HAVING MORE MUCH.
WE DO HAVE A CARD COUNCIL MEMBER MAP OF THE CARD.
WELL, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT DAY.
OR SO LET ME RIGID THE SERVICES, BUT ADDED WHAT I DID TOE THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE WAS LIKE SIDE AREA AND SHELVES UP SHELTERED POPULAIRE CHECKLIST LIST IS SO HELP THE TWO GRANT FOLK.
WHAT'S THE EPA STILL? WHAT? YOU TRYING.
DOES THAT COVER THIS WHOLE THREE YEARS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? BECAUSE I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH.
AND IT SAYS THE GRANT WAS FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TO PROVIDE SAFE HEATING, COOLING AND CLEAN AIR.
SO WE'RE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER.
YEAH. SO THIS IS FUNDING FOR THREE YEARS.
BACK IN THAT BUDGET SLIDE FOR OUR SUB AWARDS.
AND I BELIEVE WENDY MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER THAT CATS HAS A TWO YEAR SUB AWARD.
AND OUR OTHER TWO COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, HAVE THREE YEARS OF FUNDING AS PART OF THEIR SUB AWARDS. SO OTHER THAN THE MOBILE HUB, FUNDING WILL COVER THE THREE YEARS FOR ALL THE OTHER SERVICES AND THINGS MENTIONED IN THE IN ALL THE GOALS AND ACTIVITIES.
AND SO AFTER THE THREE YEARS, WHERE IS THE FUNDING GOING TO COME FROM? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
WE WERE ALREADY TALKING THAT IT IS MAYBE NOW TIME TO START LOOKING FOR MORE GRANT FUNDING.
SO WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE GOTTEN THIS FUNDING, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO STARTING TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING NOW TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AFTER THREE YEARS.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING INTO OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND WE HAVE ALREADY CONCERNS ABOUT YOU KNOW, MONEY'S TIGHTENING UP AT THE STATE LEVEL AND STUFF. SO I JUST I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES.
BECAUSE I KNOW OUR BUDGET'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE TAX FOR A LITTLE BIT, SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE. THANK YOU.
VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
FIRST OF ALL, JUST KUDOS TO YOU, YOU AND THE TEAM AND ALL THE PARTNERS INVOLVED WITH GETTING THIS GRANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
AND IT'S IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BRING JUST A MYRIAD OF GREAT RESOURCES TO DIFFERENT POPULATIONS AND FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
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SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING.I'M HOPING THAT YOU CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS A COMMUNITY LED FOCUS ELEMENT TO TO THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
SO CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT AND HOW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THE HUBS ARE BASED, INCLUDING OR INCLUSIVE OF THE MOBILE HUB, WILL BE ENABLED TO SPEAK INTO THINGS LIKE THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENT RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS AS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMUNITIES THEMSELVES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE AND SUCH AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
AND SO I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO REALLY WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THIS.
WE ARE REALLY GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS IN HOW THEY THINK ENGAGEMENT SHOULD BE DONE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THREE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE SERVING AND OUR THREE SUBAWARD PARTNERS, THEY ALREADY PROVIDE SERVICES.
THEY ALREADY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, SO WE HOPE TO SUPPORT THEM IN ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
I KNOW A LOT OF THEM HOPE TO GO DOOR TO DOOR, AND THAT THIS FUNDING IN A SUBAWARD IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE STAFFING TO DO ENGAGEMENT WITH THIS GRANT.
WE, THE CITY, AREN'T HERE TO TELL THEM HOW TO DO ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE ARE EAGER TO WORK WITH THEM TO CREATE AN OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP COLLECT DATA, SUPPORT WHAT RESOURCES THE EPA MIGHT HAVE AS WELL.
SO WE INTEND TO DO ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH, BUT WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED A DIRECT ENGAGEMENT PLAN YET.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS A MORE THAN SATISFACTORY ANSWER.
AND JUST TO TO TACK ON TO THAT, I THINK IT'S TO GO BACK TO ONE OF THE COMMENTS EARLIER FROM MR. MARKS. I JUST THINK THAT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE ELEVATION OF THOSE VOICES AND BRINGING THAT VISIBILITY TO MEMBERS OF EACH OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THEMSELVES IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROJECT AND THIS ONGOING WORK THAT WILL BE HAPPENING.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY EXCITING TO ME ABOUT THIS OVERALL, AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT KIND OF BEARS ITSELF OUT AS THINGS GET UNDERWAY.
SO THANK YOU. YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
ONE WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WILL THERE WILL THERE BE OPPORTUNITY FOR VOLUNTEERS.
TO HELP OUT WITH THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
AND IF YOU CAN KEEP COUNCIL UP TO DATE ON THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD AS WELL.
AND I'M WONDERING, AFTER THREE YEARS, DO YOU ANTICIPATE OUR COMMUNITY UTILIZING MORE HUBS? AND GIVE HER THAT QUESTION.
AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS.
I HOPE SO. I THINK RESILIENCE HUBS AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING SOME RESEARCH.
AND I WOULD LOVE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN FLAGSTAFF TO HAVE A RESILIENCE HUB IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM.
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE GOALS ON OUR LIST AS WELL.
GREAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PROJECT GROW AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS.
WHO DO I LOOK AT? THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
EVEN THOUGH I KNEW MOST OF THIS, BUT IT WAS STILL NICE TO TO SEE IT.
AND YOU GUYS DO JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB.
SO LET ME DO SOME SOME DISCLOSURE.
I DO SERVE AS THE VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
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AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT IS NOT A PAID POSITION.SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT UP FRONT.
I WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED WITH SOUTH SIDE, BUT AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A HUB.
RESILIENCE HUB PERSON AS WELL AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
WE'VE ALREADY LEVERAGED THE ANTICIPATED FUNDING WITH OTHER GROUPS, AND SO WE HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM OTHER GROUPS THAT WILL MAKE THE POSITION A FULL TIME POSITION RATHER THAN A THREE QUARTER TIME POSITION.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM EPA FOR OTHER THINGS, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE USE THAT MONEY TO LEVERAGE WHAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF VOLUNTEER ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY THEM ALREADY TO DO SOME THINGS.
SO THIS PROGRAM HAS FAR REACHING ABILITIES OR FAR REACHING.
WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? WHAT WORD AM I LOOKING FOR? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORD, BUT ANYWAY.
IMPLICATIONS. THANK YOU FOR FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.
LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT? IS THAT IT ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOUTH SIDE TO GO DOOR TO DOOR IN THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS THAT PEOPLE WANT, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.
OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO FISH FOR THEMSELVES AND NOT FISH FOR THEM.
SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE SELF-RELIANT.
SO THAT THEY CAN FILL THIS CHAMBER WHEN THEY DON'T, WHEN THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING.
SO WE'RE GONNA TEACH THEM HOW TO DO THAT.
ANYWAY, CITY MANAGER, I WAS LOOKING AT YOU WHEN I SAID THAT.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO ASK IF WE ENTERED PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU AND YOUR. LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT.
SO I'LL GO IN. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
NADINE HART, COME ON DOWN AGAIN.
SO I REALLY HAD MORE OF A QUESTION.
LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET, YOU HAVE A HUGE CHUNK FOR CITY STAFF.
AND SPEAKING TO VOLUNTEERS, COULDN'T YOU SAVE SOME OF THAT MONEY AND PUT IT BACK INTO THIS PROJECT? LIKE WHAT CITY STAFF IS, IS GETTING THE $200,000? IS IT SPLIT BETWEEN THREE PEOPLE? SEVERAL PEOPLE? I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHY THAT'S SO.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO THAT STAFF NUMBER REALLY REPRESENTS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR THREE YEARS.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX PROJECT.
ALSO REQUIRES EPA CERTIFICATION.
SORRY, EPA COMPLIANCE REPORTING, ETC., AND THAT IS OVER THREE YEARS.
SO THAT IS WHAT IS BUDGETED WITHIN THERE.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY AN UNDERESTIMATE.
THE CITY IS GIVING A GREAT DEAL OF IN-KIND STAFF TIME TO THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNA, JENNA AND THE WHOLE TEAM.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I THINK WE MIGHT BE READY FOR A SHORT BREAK.
LET'S GO AHEAD. AND WE HAD A REQUEST FOR ONE, SO WE'LL DO A 15 MINUTE RECESS.
WE'LL COME BACK HERE PROMPTLY AT 650.
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TESTING. GREAT.OKAY. IT IS 650 AND WE HAVE A QUORUM.
I'M CALLING THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION ON CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FLEET ELECTRIFICATION ASSESSMENT AND EFFORTS.
[11. Presentation on City of Flagstaff Fleet Electrification Assessment and Efforts This is an informational presentation for the City Council and Flagstaff community.]
TAKE IT AWAY, STAFF.ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES HAVE GARNERED SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
TODAY, WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF A FLEET ELECTRIFICATION ASSESSMENT AND SUMMARIZE CURRENT EVENTS THE CITY IS TAKING TO INTEGRATE MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTO OUR CITY'S FLEET, AS WELL AS DETAILS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE.
YOU WILL FIRST BE HEARING FROM CONSULTANTS WE WORKED WITH ON THE FLEET ELECTRIFICATION ASSESSMENT.
THE THEN STAFF FROM FLEET SERVICES, SUSTAINABILITY AND PROCUREMENT WILL EACH SPEAK BRIEFLY TO OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BEFORE OPENING IT UP TO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL.
HELLO MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
FLAGSTAFF WAS SELECTED AS THE FIRST CITY TO PILOT A NEW FLEET ADVISORY SERVICES PROGRAM THAT WAS OFFERED THROUGH ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS APS. THIS PROGRAM HELPS MUNICIPALITIES PLAN FOR THE TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES BY IDENTIFYING WHICH VEHICLES IN OUR EXISTING FLEET COULD POTENTIALLY BE REPLACED WITH ELECTRIC VERSIONS, EVALUATE COSTS AND BENEFITS, AND UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND NEEDS.
THIS TYPE OF STUDY IS CALLED A FLEET ELECTRIFICATION ASSESSMENT.
CITY STAFF FROM SUSTAINABILITY, PUBLIC WORKS MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH DMV AND APS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON OUR CURRENT FLEET AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND DISCUSS DMV'S ANALYSIS AND ASSUMPTIONS.
THE FINAL REPORT OF THE FLEET ELECTRIFICATION ASSESSMENT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKETS, AND WALTER SCHAEFER AND ANDRE GEROVICH FROM DMV WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS THIS EVENING.
TONY PEREZ WITH APS IS ALSO HERE.
SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE UTILITY? WITH THAT, ALLOW ME TO WELCOME DMV TO THE VIRTUAL PODIUM AND WALTER AND ANDRE, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.
I WILL ADVANCE THE SLIDES FOR YOU.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. I'M OUT. FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTRO, DANNY.
I AM A SENIOR ENGINEER AT DMV, AND I WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER AND LEAD FOR THIS STUDY.
I WORKED WITH MY COLLEAGUE ANDRE, WHO WILL PRESENT IN A FEW MINUTES.
AND I GUESS BEFORE MOVING ON FROM THIS SLIDE, I WANTED TO THANK DANNY AND TEAM.
WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH DANNY, JENNY, NATE AND OTHERS TO MAKE THIS STUDY HAPPEN.
ALSO WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO TONY PEREZ WITH APS FOR HIS SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU. AGENDA WISE, REALLY QUICK.
I'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR STUDY INCLUDES.
KIND OF WHAT THE SCOPE LOOKS LIKE.
MOVE ON TO TALKING ABOUT KIND OF HIGH LEVEL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FLAGSTAFF FLEET.
THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS FROM GOING ELECTRIC.
AND I WILL HAND OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE ANDRE IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
FOR A QUICK GLOSSARY OF SOME TERMS THAT YOU MAY SEE ON THE SLIDES OR MAY HEAR ME USE.
WE REFER TO LIGHT DUTY, MEDIUM DUTY AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES, OR LDV AND DV, HDV.
THESE ARE JUST DIFFERENT WEIGHT BASED CLASSIFICATIONS FOR DIFFERENT VEHICLE TYPES.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON SPECIFIC VEHICLE TYPES, WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO THOSE.
I'LL ALSO USE THE TERM TCO FOR TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP.
AND THE TCO APPROACH IS A WAY OF LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLE TYPES, BASICALLY TO COMPARE THEM ON AN APPLES TO APPLES BASIS, LOOKING AT ALL THE COSTS THAT THE VEHICLE MIGHT INCUR OVER ITS LIFE.
SO THE COST TO ACQUIRE, COST TO RETIRE FUELING COSTS, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MAINTENANCE COSTS, ETC..
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NEXT SLIDE. TO NEVER SUMMARIZE THE SCOPE TO FLEE THE BASEMENT.WE GOT A SENSE. FOR WHAT WHAT COMPRISES THE FLEET.
WHAT KINDS OF VEHICLES? FLAGSTAFF OPERATES, LOOKED AT OPERATIONAL DATA, INCLUDING MILEAGE.
AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE GREENHOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GAS ASSESSMENT FOR, FOR BOTH VEHICLE TYPES.
TO LOOK AT A SUBSET OF THE FLEET AND LOOK AT HOW MANY CHARGERS AND WHAT TYPES OF CHARGERS THOSE VEHICLES WOULD NEED WHEN ELECTRIFIED TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN OPERATE, YOU KNOW, DO THEIR DUTY EVERY DAY.
ACTUALLY SO THIS SLIDE HELPS KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW IN STUDIES.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT ELECTRIFYING A FLEET IS A COMPLICATED ENDEAVOR.
IT'S OPERATIONALLY CHALLENGING AT TIMES.
AND LOOKED AT WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS AND POTENTIAL GREENHOUSE GAS SAVINGS FROM ELECTRIFYING ALL THESE, LIKE, ON ROAD VEHICLES? THAT'S WHERE WE BEGAN.
AND FROM THAT POINT, WE STEPPED IN TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLES THAT WERE AT THE SELECTED FACILITIES.
WE LOOKED AT VEHICLES THAT TENDED TO BE OLDER THAN OTHERS, LIKE MORE THAN 15 YEARS OLD WOULD BE ELECTRIFIED FIRST, AND THEN WE ZOOMED IN ON THE VEHICLES THAT WOULD HAVE POSITIVE TCO SAVINGS AS LIKE THE VEHICLES THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED TO ELECTRIFY.
SO WE STEPPED THROUGH THINGS IN THAT WAY.
AND I THINK THE NEXT AND LAST SLIDE FOR ME WILL SUMMARIZE JUST THE FACILITIES WE LOOKED AT.
SO THIS IS A QUICK ONE, BUT WE LOOKED AT FLAGSTAFF CITY HALL, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE LOOKED AT PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH I THINK IS INTERCHANGEABLY REFERRED TO AS CORE SERVICES.
AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT THORPE PARK AS, AS THE FOUR FACILITIES INCLUDED IN OUR STUDY.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE ANDRE TO PRESENT ON THE RESULTS.
AS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS ANDRE GURVICH.
I'M A PRINCIPAL ENGINEER WITH DMV FOCUSED ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
STARTING OFF I JUST WANT TO SHOW A HIGH LEVEL BREAKDOWN OF THE EXISTING FLAGSTAFF FLEET.
THERE'S OVER, AS WALTER MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, OVER 500 PIECES OF VARIOUS EQUIPMENT, WE'LL CALL IT 360, ABOUT 360 OF WHICH ARE ACTUALLY ON ROAD VEHICLES THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN OUR ANALYSIS.
THAT ARE NOT READILY, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIFY ABLE OR JUST DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY POWER TO BEGIN WITH.
ON THE SLIDE, YOU SEE A BREAKDOWN OF THE VARIOUS VEHICLE CLASSIFICATIONS.
JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WALTER DID A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
GETTING INTO THE MEDIUM DUTY, THOSE ARE YOUR SMALLER BOX TRUCKS.
WORK BUCKET TRUCKS SMALLER DUMP TRUCKS AND SUCH.
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HEAVY DUTY VAULT, YOU KNOW, THE THE LARGER BOX TRUCKS, YOUR BIG DUMP TRUCKS, REFUSE TRUCKS, TRACTOR TRAILERS, YOUR SEMIS AND BUSSES FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY. I WON'T READ ALL THE NUMBERS HERE FOR YOU.YOU KNOW, EVERYONE CAN SEE THEM THERE.
BUT JUST TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE ON THE RIGHT THERE, YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN-DEPTH BREAKDOWN.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF THOSE CRUISERS WERE INCLUDED IN OUR ANALYSIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT JUST BE AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET.
THE BATTERY CAPACITY IS LIMITED.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE GET INTO THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP ANALYSIS.
SO THIS IS AGAIN, JUST DIGGING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM WHAT WALTER HIGHLIGHTED.
OUR ANALYSIS FOCUSED ON THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP AS A KEY PARAMETER.
AT EACH OF THOSE FACILITIES AND SO FORTH.
FORTUNATELY WITH WITH WORKING WITH APS, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT THE GRID AROUND THE FOR TARGETED FLAGSTAFF FACILITIES SEEMS VERY READY TO SUPPORT WIDESPREAD ELECTRIFICATION OF YOUR FLEET.
THAT'S INITIALLY THE CAPITAL COST OF THE VEHICLE.
ANY APPLICABLE TAX CREDITS, INCENTIVES GRANTS AND SO ON.
THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE ALWAYS BECOMING AVAILABLE.
THERE'S NEW ONES ALMOST EVERY DAY IT SEEMS LIKE.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FLEET ON, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING MORE DETAILS ON SOME OF THOSE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE FUEL COSTS, ONE OF THE LARGEST COSTS FOR THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES.
FOSSIL FUEL ON THE ON THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SIDE.
AND SORRY, I SEEM TO HAVE LOST MY TEAM'S FEED, BUT I'LL TRY TO KEEP GOING HERE.
WE ALSO TOOK INTO ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE COSTS.
THEY'RE THEY WILL BE LOWER FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
BUT SOME QUESTIONS DO REMAIN ON LONG TERM FLEET.
AND SHOP UPFITTING NEEDS TO SUPPORT THOSE FLEETS.
SO YOU POTENTIALLY NEED HIGHER CAPACITY LIFTS.
AND NEW TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AS AS EXAMPLES.
OKAY, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE GET INTO THE SUMMARY OF THE OUTPUT OF THE FLEET ANALYSIS.
THIS IS NOT INCLUDING OUR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, WHICH WE WILL SEE ON A FUTURE SLIDE.
HERE WE PURELY JUST LOOK AT THE VEHICLES THEMSELVES.
SO JUST REPLACING VEHICLE A WITH VEHICLE B ON THE EV SIDE.
WHICH CAN DIFFER DEPENDING THAT LIFE CAN DIFFER DEPENDING ON THE DEPARTMENT AND VEHICLE TYPE.
AGAIN, WE BROKE OUT POLICE DEPARTMENT PATROL VEHICLES DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES THAT ELECTRIFYING THEM CAN ENTAIL, EVEN THOUGH THEY DRIVE A LOT OF MILES DAILY AND WOULD, IN THEORY MAKE GOOD CANDIDATES FROM A TCO STANDPOINT.
THE PRIMARY POINT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE LARGE ELECTRIFICATION POTENTIAL.
THAT FLAGSTAFF CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BASED ON THE FINANCIAL APPROACH ALONE.
THE THE REPORT DELIVERABLE PROVIDED TO FLAGSTAFF.
AND THAT IS IN THE PACKET PROVIDED.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE GET INTO THE RECOMMENDED INFRASTRUCTURE.
HERE WE PROVIDED A BREAKDOWN OF THE SHORT TERM AND SHORT TERM YOU KNOW, BEING FIVE, MAYBE SIX SEVEN YEARS TIMELINE FOR THE EV CHARGER RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON A SUBSET OF THOSE 312 VEHICLES THAT PASS THE TCO ANALYSIS.
SO HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT ONLY 99 THAT WE SEE AS GOOD CANDIDATES.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT CAN BE ELECTRIFIED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
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BASED ON THE ACTUAL VINTAGE OF THE EXISTING VEHICLES, THE OVERALL TCO SAVINGS, THE EASE OF ELECTRIFICATION BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF DIRECT EV REPLACEMENTS IN THE MARKET, AND OTHER FACTORS.THE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM SUMMARIZES CHARGER INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT COSTS, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON HOW THE THE FINAL ELECTRICAL WORK IS DONE.
YOU KNOW, SOME EXAMPLES ARE REUSING EXISTING PANELS VERSUS INSTALLING NEW ONES IF NEEDED.
HOW MUCH TRENCHING IS REQUIRED, ESPECIALLY UNDER EXISTING PAVEMENT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE TEAM TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE METERS ARE, WHERE THE, THE, THE CHARGERS MIGHT GO.
BUT STILL A LOT OF VARIABILITY ON THAT DEPENDING ON THE FINAL DECISION MAKING FOR THIS.
QUESTIONS LIKE WILL FLAGSTAFF INSTALL NEW METERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY TYPE OF USE OR EV SPECIFIC RATES THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT ISLAND JUST THE, THE EV CHARGERS? THAT AND AGAIN, FOR, YOU KNOW, THOSE TIMES OF USE RATES MIGHT BE OFFERED NOW OR, YOU KNOW, UPDATED IN THE FUTURE.
ALL OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS WOULD CHANGE THE FINAL IMPACT COSTS HERE.
QUITE A BIT. THE LAST THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT THE 99 VEHICLES CHOSEN DO RESULT IN A SAVINGS OVER THE LIFETIME OF THOSE SPECIFIC VEHICLES EVEN INCLUDING THE RECOMMENDED CHARGER INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THAT BATCH OF VEHICLES.
IT MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL VEHICLES BEYOND THOSE 99 AS THE THE FLEET LEARNS AND ADAPTS AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDS WHEN, WHEN AND HOW THOSE SHOULD BE CHARGED MAYBE CHANGES THE DRIVING HABITS.
ARE YOU ABLE TO REDUCE IT? THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THIS THIS ELECTRIFICATION JOURNEY.
DEFINITELY NOT A MAGIC WAND, AS WALTER ROOF SAID.
BUT IT DOES FURTHER IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF THIS ELECTRIFICATION EFFORT.
AGAIN, ELECTRIFICATION JOURNEY WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 99 VEHICLES FOR THIS.
AGAIN, SHORT TERM YOU KNOW, EFFORT, BUT IT'S STILL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT IT IS A LARGE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, THAT ALTHOUGH IT WILL PAY BACK OVER THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLES, IT IS AN UPFRONT COST THAT DOES NEED TO BE MANAGED. YOU DO HAVE A FLEET OF HUNDREDS OF VEHICLES.
SO THAT ENTIRE JOURNEY WILL TAKE TIME.
AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING, RIGHT? MORE VEHICLES WILL COME ONLINE, LESSONS LEARNED WILL BE SHARED AND SO FORTH.
OKAY. ON THE RECOMMENDATION SIDE WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE CURRENT EFFORTS THE FLEET TEAM HAS UNDERTAKEN TO REVIEW EVS AS THAT FIRST REPLACEMENT OPTION FOR VEHICLES AS THEY REACH THE END OF THEIR LIFE.
KEEP LOOKING AT THOSE EVS FIRST.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT NOT ALL USE CASES, NOT ALL VEHICLES HAVE AN AVAILABLE EV IN THE MARKETPLACE TODAY, BUT THEY WILL HAVE IT IN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
WE RECOMMEND ENGAGING WITH YOUR UTILITY APPS HERE IN THE ROOM, OR THEY'RE IN THE ROOM WITH YOU.
EARLY AND OFTEN AND VERY OFTEN.
SO TONY, I KNOW ALWAYS IS IS WELCOMING PHONE CALLS.
SO DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO HIM.
ALTHOUGH IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE CURRENT GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND FLAGSTAFF FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED CAN SUPPORT THESE FIRST STEPS OF ELECTRIFICATION UPGRADES WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEEDED DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING A DECADE IN THE FUTURE AT THIS POINT.
TRACKING THERE IS A SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT YOU DO NOT MONITOR.
THIS APPLIES TO FLEETS AS WELL.
SOME CONSIDERATIONS WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT INCLUDE MOVING AHEAD, WHAT WE'LL SAY DELIBERATELY THAT THAT'S A BIT VAGUE, BUT FLEET ELECTRIFICATION IS STILL A DEVELOPING AREA WITH CHARGING SOLUTIONS, VEHICLE OPTIONS, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES COMING OUT TO THE MARKET OFTEN AND LESSONS LEARNED BECOMING AVAILABLE AS OTHER FLEETS ELECTRIFY.
RIGHT. THIS THIS IS ALL KIND OF ALL THE FLEETS ARE ALONG THIS PATH AT THE SAME TIME.
SO IT IS A LITTLE EXCITING TO TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT DO COME UP ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ON EACH STEP OF THIS, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO THOSE OTHER FLEETS, LEARN FROM THEM, LOOK FOR THOSE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OFTEN, WHICH THE FLAGSTAFF TEAM THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH HAS BEEN GREAT.
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ON THAT. THEY'VE OFTEN CHALLENGED US.SO WHAT ABOUT THIS? SO WHAT ABOUT THAT? SO WE LOVE THAT KIND OF APPROACH.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES, RIGHT? THE NASCENT STAGES OF THE MARKET AND SOME VEHICLE CLASSES LIKE THE THREE QUARTER AND ONE TON PICKUP MARKET.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S JUST BARELY ANY OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM, AND SOME MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU.
WE SHY AWAY FROM MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS IN THESE VEHICLE TYPES THAT LACK A PROVEN EV SOLUTION.
THE LAST POINT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT LITTLE DATA IS AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN QUESTIONS.
FOR FLAGSTAFF, YOU'RE SPECIAL.
YOU'RE A VERY SPECIFIC CITY IN COLD CLIMATE.
YOU HAVE HILLS, YOU'RE HIGH ALTITUDE.
IT'S A LOT OF THINGS TO OVERCOME AS YOU'RE ELECTRIFYING THIS FLEET.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVS MIGHT NOT REACH THEIR SPECIFIED DRIVING RANGE UNDER THESE KINDS OF CONDITIONS, BUT LITTLE DATA IS AVAILABLE ON WHAT THOSE IMPACTS MIGHT BE AND WILL VARY BASED ON DRIVING HABITS AND SPECIFIC VEHICLE ROUTES.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT MANY CONCERNS THAT THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS WITH, WITH ELECTRIFYING FLEETS.
THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY THAT WE KIND OF PUSH HERE IS THAT THIS WILL BE A JOURNEY THAT WILL SPEND SPAN MANY YEARS AND WILL REQUIRE COLLABORATION BETWEEN MANY DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THIS WRAPS UP THE DMV PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE WILL STILL BE ON TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END.
AND AS YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE FULL REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THE PACKET.
THANK YOU. WALTER AND ANDRE AND THE ENTIRE TEAM AT DMV AND APS THAT WAS BEHIND THIS REPORT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU STAYING ONLINE FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE AFTERWARDS.
BUT FIRST, AS JEN BROWN HAD MENTIONED, CITY STAFF IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AND SHARE UPDATES ON OTHER EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY TO THE TRANSITION TO MORE ELECTRIC FLEET, INCLUDING UPDATING OUR CITY POLICIES, STREAMLINING OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, AND EXPANDING THE EV CHARGING NETWORK. THESE EFFORTS ARE ALL PART OF CREATING A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO FLEET ELECTRIFICATION.
I WANTED TO TOUCH ON MARKET AVAILABILITY AND SUITABILITY FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FLEET, AND ESPECIALLY THE EVS THAT WE'VE BEGAN LOOKING INTO. FIRST I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON DELIVERY TIME.
AVAILABILITY ON EVS IN FISCAL YEAR 24 HAS BEEN EXTREMELY VARIED.
WE'VE SEEN LEAD TIMES ANYWHERE FROM SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.
VERSUS ORDERING NEW FROM FACTORY.
THE TIMELINE IS PRETTY SIMILAR FOR GAS AND DIESEL IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
WE'RE SEEING SOME POSITIVE CHANGES IN THOSE LEAD TIMES, BUT STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES.
SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE EV COSTS.
ALONG WITH THE AVAILABILITY, THE PRICING HAS FLUCTUATED GREATLY.
WE'VE SEEN EVS GO FROM AN ESTIMATED $40,000 TWO YEARS AGO, UP TO 100,000 AND BACK DOWN TO 65, AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. IT SEEMS FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THAT HAS STABILIZED TO A DEGREE, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES THERE.
IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WE HAD A SPECIAL FUNDING APPROVED THAT WAS INTENDED TO HELP COVER THE PRICE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED AND THESE NEWER PRICES.
THAT HELPED GREATLY FOR US TO PUT EVS IN OUR FLEET LAST YEAR.
FOR AN EXAMPLE, IF WE BUDGETED FOR A TRADITIONAL $50,000 VEHICLE, THAT FUND COULD HELP A DEPARTMENT COME UP WITH ANOTHER TEN TO AFFORD THE EV VERSUS A TRADITIONAL GAS MODEL.
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AND THEN ALSO ON THE EV, COST WOULD BE FEDERAL TAX CREDITS THAT THE CITY IS ACTIVELY PURSUING TO HELP RECOUP SOME OF THAT COST AFTER THE PURCHASE.AND THERE IS A SLEW OF THOSE OUT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
LAST WOULD BE THE EV SUITABILITY.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT FITS THOSE NEEDS? IF THERE IS AN EV THAT FITS THOSE NEEDS, CAN WE GET IT? CAN THEY AFFORD IT? CAN WE MAKE IT WORK WITH THE BUDGET AND THEN WE GO DOWN THE LIST FROM THERE? PLUG IN HYBRIDS, HYBRIDS OR MAYBE YOUR TRADITIONAL ENGINE.
BUT CURRENTLY WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF COMPATIBILITY IN THE MEDIUM HEAVY DUTY FLEETS.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES ARE A LOT MORE MONEY, AND THE COST OF THE VEHICLES ARE EASILY TWICE AS MUCH AS THE DIESEL OR GASOLINE COUNTERPARTS.
AND WE KEEP KEEP OUR FINGER ON THAT PULSE EVERY DAY.
A SMALL DIFFERENCE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US.
SO OUR OVERARCHING FLEET STATUS AND POLICIES.
SO WE SPOKE TO YOU GUYS LAST WEEK ABOUT WHAT OUR CURRENT STATUS IS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 11 ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN OUR CITY FLEET.
WE HAVE FIVE ADDITIONAL EV PICKUPS THAT ARE ON ORDER AND ACTUALLY ALREADY BUILT.
SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR DELIVERY ON THOSE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY STREAMLINING OUR POLICIES, SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING AND STREAMLINING THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FLEET UTILIZATION, NEW REQUEST AND REPLACEMENT POLICY WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO INCLUDE FLEET, SUSTAINABILITY AND FINANCE.
THE CITY'S FLEET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS IMPLEMENTED AN EV FIRST POLICY IN 2022, AND THIS ENTAILS CONSIDERING AND PURSUING EV OPTIONS FOR REPLACEMENT FIRST, IF FEASIBLE.
SO IF A FULL EV IS NOT FEASIBLE, THE CITY THEN CONSIDERS PLUG IN HYBRIDS, HYBRID EVS, AND THEN HYBRID AND THEN GAS OR DIESEL IN THE CURRENT FLEET.
SO OUR CITIES THE CITIES APPROACH IS PHASED REPLACEMENT OF CONVENTIONAL GAS AND DIESEL VEHICLES WITH EVS WHEN AVAILABLE TO ENSURE OPERATIONS MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE.
SO IN THE CONTEXT OF VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION, ATTRITION INVOLVES THE PHASED REPLACEMENT OF TRADITIONAL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES, ALSO KNOWN AS ICE, WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES ONE AVAILABLE, AND TO ENSURE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OPERATIONS MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS ALLOWS ME AND MY NATURAL MARKET EVOLUTION RATHER THAN A OK WITHOUT DISRUPTION.
YOU KNOW, GETTING SMOOTHER THINGS.
THE A SIMPLE STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR WHAT SHE THIS ENABLES.
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IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY AND EFFICIENCIES AS THE EV INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.EXCUSE ME. SO OUR STAFF IS PREPARING A SOLICITATION SPECIFICALLY FOR EVS THAT I WILL NOT INTO PROCUREMENT.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL PATRICK BROWN, YOUR PURCHASING DIRECTOR.
WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN MYSELF AND MY PARTNERS IN SUSTAINABILITY, WE MET WITH ANOTHER AGENCY IN THE STATE WHO HAS DEVELOPED A CONTRACT FOR PURCHASING VEHICLES FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT.
FOR EVS, IT'S MAINLY LIGHT DUTY LIGHT TO MEDIUM DUTY, BUT THEY HAVE A CONTRACT IN.
IT ACTS SORT OF LIKE A ON CALL CONTRACT, SO WE ORDER THEM FROM THEM AS NEEDED, AS MANY AS WE NEED.
SO BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS DEVELOP OUR OWN CONTRACT BASED OFF OF WHAT I'M GOING TO STEAL SOME OF THEIR LANGUAGE FROM THEIR CONTRACTS AND DEVELOP OUR OWN SO THAT WE CAN PUT OUR VEHICLES IN THEIR OUR VEHICLES ARE MAY NOT BE THE SAME VEHICLES THEY HAVE, BUT WE HAVE A FLEET OF OUR OWN VEHICLES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN SPECIFICATIONS, THINGS TO THE FLEET COMMITTEE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SET VEHICLES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PURCHASING.
AND IT WILL BE A MULTI YEAR CONTRACT.
WE HAVE I STILL HAVE TO DEVELOP IT.
BUT AGAIN, THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE VEHICLES WE HAVE.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE VEHICLES THAT WE NORMALLY PURCHASE THAT ARE IN OUR SPECIFICATIONS FOR OUR FLEET.
AND THAT'S A RELATIVELY QUICK PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR FLEET COMMITTEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ALREADY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO ATTENDS THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND I THINK WE WE HAVE A MEMBER ON THERE TOO, DON'T WE, NATE? YEP. PURCHASING HAS A MEMBER ON THE FLEET COMMITTEE.
WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS ONCE THEY HAVE THEIR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DEVELOPED FOR STREAMLINING.
IT'S MORE OF A, HEY, WE GET THIS BULK FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE FIRST OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE ORDER TEN, 15 VEHICLES, WHATEVER WE NEED WITH THAT DEALER OR MULTIPLE DEALERS IN LIEU OF WAITING TO FIND ONE THAT POPS UP ON THE LOT SOMEWHERE AND BUYING IT, BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A LITTLE MORE PRICEY THAN HAVING OUR OWN CONTRACT TO BUY OFF OF THAT CONTRACT.
SO THE HOPE IS TO GET TO A POINT WHERE IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, WE ALREADY KNOW ALL THE EV VEHICLES OR HYBRIDS OR WHATEVER VEHICLES WE NEED TO BUY SPEND THROUGH A FLEET COMMITTEE.
THEY DID ALL THE VOODOO THAT THEY NEED TO DO.
WE PLACE THAT ORDER FOR 11 EIGHT, WHATEVER IT IS.
THOSE DEALERS THEN WILL SEND THEM TO THEM, US WHEN THEY GET IT ON THEIR LOT.
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE A STANDING ORDER WITH THEM FOR THESE.
WHEN THEY GET THEM, THEY LET US KNOW WE GET THOSE VEHICLES.
AND THAT ENABLES US TO TO PURCHASE MORE AT ONCE.
ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST LITTLE PIECE HERE IS JUST A QUICK NOTE THAT AS WE LOOK TO INTEGRATE MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTO OUR FLEET, WE KNOW THAT WE ALSO NEED TO EXPAND THE CHARGING NETWORK THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.
THIS SCREEN IS SUMMARIZING THE EXISTING CHARGING PORTS THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE 28 PORTS ACROSS NINE CITY FACILITIES, AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT OF THESE, TEN ARE DEDICATED OR PRIMARILY USED BY FLEET, AND THE OTHERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC AND STAFF TO USE AS WELL.
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, WE ARE PLANNING FOR MORE DESIGNATED FLEET ONLY CHARGERS.
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WE HAVE 12 CHARGING PORTS THAT ARE COMING TO CORE SERVICES.THOSE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF MAY.
TWO OF THOSE STATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VISITORS.
THE REST WILL BE DEDICATED TO FLEET ONLY.
THE EAST SIDE UTILITY SHOP AND THORPE PARK SHOP WILL ALSO SEE THE ADDITION OF CHARGING AVAILABLE AT THEIR LOCATIONS, WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO OR MORE PORTS EACH.
AND THEN JUST THIS WEEK, WE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND CHARGING AT THE COCONINO WAREHOUSE AND ADD TWO CHARGING PORTS THERE AS WELL TO SERVE THOSE VEHICLES. SO IN TOTAL, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY UPDATED WITH THIS WEEK'S INFORMATION.
BE 46 TOTAL CHARGING PORTS, LIKELY BY THE END OF SUMMER.
I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL, AND JUST NOTE THAT WE STILL HAVE OUR CONSULTANTS, ANDRE AND WALTER WITH US AS WELL AS APS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DANNY.
I KNOW WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
THANK YOU. WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO LET'S KEEP OUR QUESTIONS TO TECHNICAL ONES.
AND WE CAN SORT OF EVOLVE INTO A DISCUSSION AFTER WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I THINK MY QUESTION IS PROBABLY FOR ANDRE.
WHEN YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THE COST OF OWNERSHIP ONE THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND OR MY AWARENESS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I'M ON THE MOUNTAIN LION BOARD AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY INSURANCE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH RISK OF POTENTIAL FIRES.
I MEAN, IT WAS WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
IS THAT FACTORED IN AT ALL? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE MAINTAIN OUR FLEETS ARE IN GARAGES VERSUS OPEN LOTS, BUT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE THE INCREASED COST? I MEAN, IT WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IS THAT FACTORED IN AT ALL? WE DO RECOGNIZE THE INCREASED COST OF INSURANCE FOR THE VEHICLES THEMSELVES, BUT THAT IS GENERALLY BASED ON THE INCREASED COST AND VALUE OF THE VEHICLES. WE HAVE NOT SEEN REPORTS OF INCREASED PROPERTY INSURANCE VALUES BECAUSE OF THE FIRES.
AND IN FACT, THIS IS A HAS COME UP AS A CONCERN.
YOU KNOW, GENERAL FUEL CAN CAN COMBUST AS WELL.
I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE PRIMARY FIRST KIND OF MAINTENANCE TRAININGS FLEETS RECEIVE WHEN THEY DO PURCHASE ONE OF THESE VEHICLES IS ON HOW TO DISCHARGE BATTERIES BEFORE DOING ANY WORK ON THEM.
BUT WE WOULD WELCOME IF YOU IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT DOCUMENTATION, WE CAN REVIEW IT.
SURE. YEAH. AND MAYBE BETTER YET, REACH OUT TO OUR INSURANCE PROVIDER.
WE'RE FACING HIGHER INSURANCE COSTS UP HERE JUST ON REGULAR HOME OWNERSHIP BECAUSE OF THE FIRE RISK.
BUT THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO ME WHEN I HEARD IT THAT I HADN'T CONSIDERED THAT IF WE HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR AT LEAST BUSSES, THERE WAS A INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY FIRE COVERAGE.
SO I THINK IT'D BE WORTH LOOKING INTO TO SEE WHAT THAT WAS, BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG NUMBER.
SO JUST PUTTING A BUG IN NICOLE'S EAR.
IF I IF I CAN CHIME IN AS WELL.
I BELIEVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PARKING THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, UNCOVERED OUTDOORS.
WE WE APPRECIATE THIS POINT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE TO CONSIDER.
AND PERHAPS THAT'S A CONSIDERATION FOR THE FLAGSTAFF TEAM TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN PICKING BETWEEN VEHICLE A OR VEHICLE B YOU KNOW, MAYBE THINKING ABOUT THOSE THAT WILL PARK OUTSIDE AND I THINK CERTAINLY LIKE MORE DATA WILL BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE COMING YEARS THAT CAN HELP KIND OF GUIDE MORE DATA, DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS AROUND THAT INSURANCE COST ELEMENT.
THANK YOU. I THINK I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
STEFAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS YOU WAITED THROUGH TONIGHT'S ENTIRE MEETING.
THANK YOU. MISS MAYOR WAS MAYOR.
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VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL CITY STAFF.THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME COME AND SPEAK.
I REALLY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WAS HAPPY TO LEARN THAT THINGS ARE MOVING AHEAD, THAT THERE ARE GOOD PLANS IN PLACE.
BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I THINK GIVEN THAT THE CLIMATE IS IN CRISIS ALREADY, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT SOME FUTURE THREAT THING.
I MEAN, IT GETS WORSE IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? YOU ALL KNOW THIS. WE WILL NOW REACH 1.5°C WARMING IN 2028.
FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, THE CITY HAS DECLARED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
AND WE NEED TO ACT AS SUCH BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AN EMERGENCY.
AND SO, GIVEN ALL THAT, THE TIMING OF FLEET ELECTRIFICATION IS CRITICAL.
NOT JUST FLEET ELECTRIFICATION, BUT ALL OF OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS.
FLEET ELECTRIFICATION IS JUST ONE.
AND AND IT'S A GOOD ONE BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE ALL THIS CLEAN SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY BEING INSTALLED ALL AROUND FLAGSTAFF 1424MW OF WIND AND SOLAR POWER. SO CLIMATE CHANGE WON'T WAIT.
AND EVERY BIT WE EMIT MATTERS.
GIVEN THAT THE CITY HAS SET THE GOAL OF NET ZERO BY 2030, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE STUDY THAT I READ, THE STUDIES THAT I READ LAST NIGHT, SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THE QUESTION OF HOW THE POLICY, AS STATED IN THOSE DOCUMENTS, WOULD.
PLAY OUT IN TERMS OF GETTING THE FLEET ELECTRIFIED.
WE KNOW WHAT THEIR AVERAGE LIFESPAN IS.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD MAKE THAT CALCULATION PRETTY EASILY AND FIGURE OUT, OKAY, IF WE DO THESE THINGS, WILL WE BE? FULLY ELECTRIFIED BY 2030.
OR WILL IT BE BEFORE THEN, OR WILL IT BE AFTER THEN? IT JUST SEEMS TO ME JUST A ROUGH GUESSTIMATE, HAVING READ THOSE REPORTS LAST NIGHT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE 2040S SOMETIME, BUT I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THAT.
IN ANY CASE, YOU GUYS AS CITY COUNCIL WANT TO KNOW THAT NUMBER.
IT PROTECTS THE CITY FROM ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
YOU ALL PROBABLY READ THE REPORT FROM THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE AT NYU THAT WE COULD SEE CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE THAT WOULD COST $2.8 BILLION.
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS IS THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO REDUCE THAT INCREASING THREAT IN THE FUTURE.
COUNCIL. I GUESS AT THIS TIME, WE'RE JUST HERE TO DISCUSS ASK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
I SUPPOSE I HAVE A QUESTION IF NOBODY ELSE IS.
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHO THIS IS FOR.
JENNIFER, MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE A STAB AT IT FIRST.
AT LEAST YOU COULD STAND THERE.
SO I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT STREAMLINING POLICIES TONIGHT.
RECOMMENDATIONS, CONSIDERATIONS, CHALLENGES.
YOU KNOW, ANDRE SAID EVERY JOURNEY YOU KNOW, THIS IS A JOURNEY.
AND I WROTE DOWN EVERY JOURNEY BENEFITS FROM A MAP.
I'M WONDERING IF IF THERE ACTUALLY EXISTS A PLAN AT THIS POINT.
I DIDN'T HEAR THAT WORD TONIGHT.
AND IT'S NOTHING THAT WE HAVE RATIFIED OR CODIFIED OR DISCUSSED.
AND IT PIGGYBACKS OFF OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE PLAN, WE CAN SORT OF WORK BACKWARDS A LITTLE BIT AND DO SOME CALCULATIONS.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THERE.
TO STEPHAN AND AND YOUR GROUP.
I'M SURE YOU WERE KIND OF DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT.
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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS IN THE CITY TO SEE THAT THIS DRIVE IS COMING FROM THE PUBLIC, AND NOT JUST US CRAZY SEVEN PEOPLE UP HERE.AND YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR YOUR ACTIVISM HELPS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT.
BUT DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN? AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO TO.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING, IS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A PLAN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY, MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THE PROPER FUNDING, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES IN PLACE.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S IT INVOLVES A TEAM, YOU KNOW, IT INVOLVES MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SERVICE OUR COMMUNITY, ENSURING THAT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN'T JUST JUMP IN AND LET THEM GO FULLY ELECTRIC BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN RESPOND TO OUR CITIZENS.
SO THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO HAVE THIS ASSESSMENT DONE AND KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO, WHERE WE NEED TO GO RIGHT NOW IS GETTING A POLICY IN PLACE AND GETTING DIRECTIVES, GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON BOARD.
AND THAT'S INCLUDING FLEET MANAGEMENT.
THAT'S INCLUDING CITY MANAGEMENT, THAT'S INCLUDING OUR FLEET MANAGER.
SO WE'RE I SEE US AT THE BEGINNING STAGES AND OBVIOUSLY I'VE JUST STARTED BACK WITH THE CITY.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY? AND COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I THINK I HAD A KIND OF SIMILAR QUESTION I SAW IN THE PRESENTATION YOU HAD THE SPECIFIC OR SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC NUMBERS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT NUMBER OF EXISTING CHARGING STATIONS AND THE PLANS TO BUILD THAT OUT INTO THE FUTURE.
I'M WONDERING WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE OR SCHEDULING WE MAY BE LOOKING AT OR THINKING ABOUT TO BOTH BUILD CAPACITY FOR ELECTRIFICATION AND THE CAPABILITY TO ACQUIRE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THOSE THINGS ARE KIND OF NAVIGATING OR BEING NAVIGATED HAND IN HAND.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING AT WHAT POINT OF THAT CONSIDERATION YOU ALL ARE.
MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT LAST SLIDE IS THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY CURRENTLY.
AND SO THESE WILL BE COMING ONLINE BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
WE'RE KIND OF GOING FOR THE LOW HANGING FRUIT RIGHT NOW WHERE THERE IS ALREADY EXISTING ELECTRICAL CAPACITY, AND WE JUST NEED TO PUT IN THE RIGHT KIND OF PLUGS AND THE RIGHT CIRCUITS. THE CORE SERVICES, THAT'S A LARGER PROJECT THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THAT CITYWIDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT THAT'S CONTRACTED WITH ESCO, AND THE OTHERS ARE BEING COMPLETED WITHIN EXISTING BUDGETS WITH.
MINIMAL COSTS FOR FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIG ONES, THE DC FAST CHARGERS, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A TIMELINE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE COULD REALLY USE THE GRANT FUNDING BECAUSE THAT THOSE ARE BIGGER DOLLAR ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. EXCUSE ME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, I APPRECIATE THAT AND FOR THE CONSULTANTS.
THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION FOR CHIEF MUSSELMAN.
SO ARE YOU STILL BACK THERE SOMEWHERE? OKAY. I'M GOING TO ASK MY QUESTION WHILE YOU'RE WALKING DOWN HERE.
WELL, MAYBE I NEED TO WAIT TILL YOU GET HERE BECAUSE YOU NEED TO ANSWER THE FIRST PART OF IT.
THAT'S OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN, I CAN WAIT.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS MIGHT BE AN EASY ONE.
DOES EVERY OFFICER HAVE THEIR OWN CAR? SO WE HAVE, WHAT, 180 OFFICERS OR WHATEVER IT IS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON THIS.
HOW MANY DO WE HAVE ON THE STREET AT ANY ONE TIME? SO OFFICERS, PHONE A FRIEND.
NO, NOT EVERY OFFICER HAS THEIR OWN CAR.
AND AT. MISS ALLISON HUGHES IS OUR FLEET MANAGER AT THE PD, SO I'LL LET HER ANSWER.
OKAY. SO SWORN OFFICERS, WE HAVE FULLY STAFFED 123 PATROL OFFICERS WERE CLOSER TO 78, I BELIEVE.
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AGAIN. THEY RUN TWICE A DAY.THEY WE HAVE FULLY, FULLY OUTFITTED.
WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF OUR CARS RUNNING, APPROPRIATELY, 43 PATROL VEHICLES ON.
OKAY. CURRENTLY, WE ARE DOWN TO ABOUT 34 VEHICLES RUNNING AND OPERATIONAL.
SO LET ME GET TO THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION.
AND YOU'VE GOT ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CHARGE? I MEAN, HOW IS THAT CAR GOING TO BE READY FOR THAT NEXT SHIFT? ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO RESERVE SOME AND THEN WE COULD DO IT CURRENTLY IS IF WE HAD AT LEAST ONE THIRD MORE VEHICLES THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE VEHICLES ON CHARGE FOR THAT NEXT SHIFT COMING IN.
WE DID HAVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS.
SO THEY WORK DIFFERENT DAYS, AND THERE'S ENOUGH DOWNTIME IN BETWEEN THE SHIFTS FOR IT TO RECHARGE.
SO IT WORKS OUT GOOD FOR THOSE, BUT NOT FOR PATROL.
OKAY. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE DO THIS PLAN.
I CAN ONLY MAKE AN ASSUMPTION, BUT WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ASSUME YES.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. NO.
YOU KNOW, THAT THEIR TASKS ARE BEING SERVED OKAY.
AND SO THAT IS HIGH ON OUR PRIORITY.
BUT YOU KNOW, LET'S LIKE LIKE DANNY SAID, LET'S GET THE LOW HANGING FRUIT.
SO CAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES.
AND I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY.
I WANT THEM TO BE THERE. RIGHT? YEAH. AND I DON'T WANT YOU WAITING FOR A CAR TO CHARGE.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY.
I'M JUST THINKING IN THE REAL WORLD.
EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE, AND WE NEED TO GET THERE, AND WE NEED TO DO IT AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT NOT AT THE COST OF OUR CITIZENS AND THEIR SAFETY, YOU KNOW.
SO SO THAT'S THE LAST OF MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR RIGHT NOW.
I JUST I THOSE ARE JUST QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, POP INTO MY MIND.
AND I AM ASSUMING THAT EVERYBODY IS THINKING LIKE ME, BUT THAT'S AN INCORRECT ASSUMPTION I AM OKAY.
THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. SO WHILE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CLOSE BY, WE HAD THAT SITUATION LAST YEAR WHERE WE JUST COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLES AND WE WERE SHORT, BUT NOW WE'RE SHORT AGAIN.
SO THE THE NINE VEHICLES THAT WERE SHORT, WHAT'S THE STORY ON THAT DO.
DO WE HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES RUNNING RIGHT NOW? WHY ARE WE NINE SHORT? SO WE ARE STILL BEHIND ON UPFITTING THOSE NINE VEHICLES WE GOT WE'VE STRUGGLED TO GET IN WITH AN UPFITTER.
WE RECENTLY JUST GOT FOUR OF THOSE NINE IN AND UPFITTED AND FOR OUR SUPERVISORS.
SOME OF OUR CARS ARE REALLY OLD AND HAVE LOTS OF MILES ON THEM.
NOT REALLY OLD, BUT LOTS OF MILES ON THEM.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO US NOW FOR THOSE FOUR AS WELL.
THANK YOU. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION I DON'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME.
YES. I'M LOOKING AT YOU, NATE.
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MY BRAIN IS LIKE TEFLON TODAY.YOU I WANT TO JUST TO GET YOUR CLARIFICATION ON SOMETHING.
IT SOUNDED ENCOURAGING THAT I THINK IT WAS YOU THAT SAID THIS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AN AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE KIND OF PIGGYBACKING WITH ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY WHERE WE CAN DO BULK ORDERING.
SO I UNDERSTOOD WHAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD IS WHEN WE GO OFF THESE ONE OFFS, THE WAIT TIME IS REALLY LONG.
IS THAT FOR PATRICK INSTEAD? SORRY. GET UP HERE.
SO THIS SHOULD HELP US WITH OUR MOMENTUM.
MOMENTUM TO CONVERT TO ALL ELECTRIC.
IF WE HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM THAT'S MORE EFFICIENT.
AND WE CAN BUY MORE IN BULK, IF YOU WILL.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
SO THE IDEA IS TO PLACE OUR ORDER FOR EVERYTHING WE NEED WITH OUR DEALERSHIPS.
AND WHEN THEY ROLL IN, THEY'RE SUPPLYING THEM TO US VERSUS US WAITING TO FOR ONE TO COME ON A LOT AND THEN BUYING IT ONE AT A TIME OUT THERE. PLUS THOSE DEALERSHIPS WILL BE ABLE TO PLACE THEIR ORDERS WITH THE MANUFACTURER BASED ON OUR QUANTITIES.
SO AGAIN, TO THEN FURTHER CLARIFY, WHEN YOU SAY PLACE TO PLACE, OUR ORDER, IS THAT FOR WHAT WE ANTICIPATE FOR THAT COMING YEAR OR.
NO, WE STILL NEED 50 IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE 50 IN AND AS THEY COME IN, WE'LL BUY THEM.
SO THEN WE'VE GOTTEN AWAY FROM END OF LIFE REPLACEMENT.
SO HOW WE GET THERE? I'M NOT SURE THAT'S REALLY THE FLEET ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND AND THEY DECIDE WHAT VEHICLES NEED TO BE PURCHASED, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, BUDGETED NEW VEHICLES OR REPLACEMENT VEHICLES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO ORDER THAT BECOMES PART OF THAT GROUP THAT SAY, FISCAL FIRST OF THE FISCAL YEAR, JULY.
WE PLACE THAT ORDER FOR 11 OR 8 BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE NOW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THINGS COME UP WHERE WE MAY NEED TO GET MORE VEHICLES CRASHES, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THIS WILL HELP US GET OUR EV FLEET REPLACEMENT.
HOW MANY ADDITIONAL VEHICLES CAN WE BRING ON WITH WHAT WE'RE NOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE BUILDING? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. THANK YOU.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER.
MATTHEWS. THE THERE'S STILL SOME KIND OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF RATIO YOU NEED.
IF WE WERE COMFORTABLE DEDICATING THE EXISTING CHARGERS TO FLEET ONLY, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AT THE LOW END WOULD BE WE COULD SUPPORT 46 VEHICLES. BUT THE REALITY IS, MOST VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY IN WHAT WE FOUND THROUGH THIS STUDY, IS ON AVERAGE, WE'RE ONLY GOING 40 MILES A DAY IN MOST DIVISIONS. AND SO THEY DON'T NEED TO CHARGE EVERY DAY.
THEY MIGHT CHARGE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK AND THEREFORE THEY CAN SHARE YOU KNOW, PORTS.
WE THINK IF I BUY A COP CAR OUT AT THE DEALER A LITTLE, THERE'S 2 OR 3 OF US ON ENGINE SIDE.
WHEN YOU BUY AN EV, ARE THERE OPTIONS ON HOW MUCH BATTERY CAPACITY YOU HAVE? IS IT IS THERE ONLY ONE CHOICE OR CAN YOU UPGRADE AND GET A BIGGER BATTERY? GREAT QUESTION.
DEPENDS ON THE MAKE AND THE MODEL.
I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES.
FORD LIGHTNING. YOU HAVE A STANDARD RANGE AND YOU HAVE AN EXTENDED RANGE CAPACITY.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SIZES, A FOUR W2 AND A THREE WH T.
THOSE ARE AROUND A 300 AND SOME CHANGE FOR THE LOW END BATTERY 400 AND SOME CHANGE ON THE HIGH END.
SO THERE ARE OPTIONS WITH SOME MAKE AND MODELS.
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OTHER ONES THERE'S NOT.THOSE THOSE RANGES ARE GOING UP, THOSE OPTIONS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW.
AND THAT'S PART OF KEEPING THAT THAT FINGER ON THAT PULSE TO SEE WHAT THE CHANGES ARE.
BUT YES, THERE ARE OPTIONS TO GET EXTENDED RANGES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU WEIGH THAT ADDITIONAL COSTS VERSUS HOW THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO BE USED, IT MAY BE NEEDED.
WHATEVER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY GOING TO ONE MORE FOR THAT ITEM UPDATE AS AS MUCH AS.
PROJECTS AND PLANNING DISCUSSION.
[12. Parks, Recreation, Open Space, and Events (PROSE) projects and planning discussion For information and discussion.]
LET'S DO IT.I JUST REALIZED, REBECCA, I CALLED YOU AMY EARLIER.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING.
WELL, WE ARE GOING TO TAG TEAM THIS, SO IT'S OKAY.
SO HOT OFF THE PRESSES LAST TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND.
THE THE FULL TIME CONTINGENT GOT TOGETHER, WHICH WAS A FEAT IN AND OF ITSELF.
WE SPENT THE DAY TOGETHER COMING UP WITH OUR MISSION, VISION AND VALUES.
AND SO WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE, I'M STILL WORKING ON MEMORIZING, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE PRETTY.
SHORT AND TO THE POINT AND I THINK COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
I WANT TO CALL OUT FOR YOU OUR VALUES, SPECIFICALLY COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT, CONSERVATION, BEING ALL INCLUSIVE AND AUTHENTICITY. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH ENTIRELY OUR TEAM.
THIS AMY AND I PARTICIPATED, BUT MINIMALLY.
HERE IS OUR PROSE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT CONSISTS OF AMY AND I, OF COURSE.
BUT THE REAL WORK GETS DONE AT THIS LEVEL OF MANAGERS THAT YOU SEE ON, ON THE SCREEN HERE.
SO GINO LEONE IS OUR PARKS MANAGER, TYRONE JOHNSON IS OUR RECREATION MANAGER, ROBERT WALLACE IS OUR OPEN SPACE SUPERVISOR, AND HAYLEY REYNOLDS IS OUR EVENTS AND MARKETING SUPERVISOR.
WE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING THAT WE DO WITHOUT THESE FOLKS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO SKIM THROUGH THE THE ACRONYM FOR YOU HERE REALLY QUICK.
AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO TALK ABOUT SOME BIGGER PICTURE THINGS.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, LET'S HIT UP PARKS.
PARKS? WHAT THE HECK ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY PARKS? SO THERE IS 700 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
WE DO HAVE SOME UNDEVELOPED LOTS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW 58.5 MILES OF THE URBAN TRAIL SYSTEM, MILES AND MILES OF BEAUTIFIED STREETSCAPES AND STREET TREES, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND THAT'S AN OLD AN OLDER MAP THERE.
I WORK OFF MAPS AS VICE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO I START WITH A MAP TO CREATE MY PLAN.
THAT MAP HELPS ME SHOW WHERE OUR PARK STAFF GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THEY'RE ALL OF A SUDDEN SCATTERING AND GOING EVERYWHERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WITH THAT TEAM SOME DATA REGARDING THE FOOT TRAIL ITSELF.
THIS IS SOME DATA FROM THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023.
THERE WERE OVER 700,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT USED THE URBAN TRAIL.
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JUST WHERE OUR TRAIL COUNTERS ARE LOCATED.NOW SAY IT'S THE ROUTE 66 TRAIL AND I'M RIDING MY BIKE.
IT'S GOING TO COUNT ME TWICE AS I'M COMMUTING, GOING BACK AND FORTH.
SO THAT NUMBER IS LARGE AND THERE IS VARIANCE IN THERE.
BUT OUR COMMUNITY USES THIS URBAN TRAIL.
THIS THIS SHOWS THIS CHART SHOWS YOU BY THE MONTH.
SO I JUST FIND THAT AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF DATA TO SHOW.
HOW DO PARKS OPERATE ITS DAILY MAINTENANCE? IT'S SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
WE HAVE CERTIFIED INSPECTORS FOR OUR PLAYGROUNDS, FOR BACKFLOW PREVENTERS, YOU NAME IT.
AND THERE'S A HECK OF A LOT OF HEART, SOUL AND FUN.
RECREATION. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T JUST SPEND OUR TIME CRUISING THROUGH THE LAZY RIVER AT THE AQUAPLEX.
SO WE HAVE FOUR RECREATION CENTERS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR TEAMS MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.
THERE'S THE AQUAPLEX, HAL JENSEN RECREATION CENTER, JAY LIVELY ACTIVITY CENTER, THE ICE RINK, JOSE MONTOYA MONTOYA COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER FOR ELDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHERE THAT CONGREGATE MEAL SERVICE OCCURS, YOU KNOW, AND THESE FOUR, THESE FOUR LOCATIONS, THEY ARE TO PROVIDE THAT SAFE HAVEN AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR VISITORS.
SO HOW THE HECK DOES RECREATION OPERATE? RECREATION IS ALSO THAT DAILY TOUCH, THAT DAILY MAINTENANCE, DAILY PROGRAMING FOR OUR PATRONS, SOLVING CUSTOMER NEEDS LEFT AND RIGHT. STILL THAT SAME CUSTODIAL AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE ASPECT.
WE DO A LOT OF MARKETING TARGETING.
HOW DO WE GET PATRONS TO COME INTO OUR RECREATION CENTERS? THERE'S LOTS OF COST RECOVERY ASPECT TO RUNNING A RECREATION CENTER AND THAT SAME CAN DO ATTITUDE, THAT SAME COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION AND THAT SAME HEART, SOUL AND FUN OCCURS.
SOME DATA ABOUT OUR RECREATION CENTERS.
DOESN'T SEEM THAT LONG AGO THAT WE WERE CLOSED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ALL FOUR OF THOSE RECREATION CENTERS.
SO A COUPLE COOL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THAT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN INCREASING OUR AQUAPLEX RECREATION MEMBERSHIPS.
THAT'S JUST A JANUARY SLIDE THERE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT CURVE AND YOU CAN SEE THE YEAR 2021 WHERE NO MEMBERSHIPS WERE SOLD.
AND HOW WE'RE SLOWLY CREEPING THAT BACK UP.
LET'S GET THAT BACK UP TO WHERE THINGS WERE IN 2018.
IN YEARS PRIOR, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF COOL NEW THINGS AT JENSEN RECREATION CENTER NIGHT COURT.
GREAT EXAMPLE THERE WHERE WE'RE INVITING THE KIDS TO COME PLAY WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
WE SERVE THOUSANDS ON OUR SHEETS OF ONE SHEET OF ICE, THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT'S THROUGH PROGRAM PLAY WITH OUR USER GROUPS AND THEN PUBLIC SKATE. WE HAD OVER 200 YOUTH.
I BELIEVE IT WAS 220 YOUTH THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR WERE REGISTERED FOR OUR YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAM AT HAL JENSEN.
THAT WAS AMAZING TO SEE AS WE JUST CONTINUED TO BOUNCE.
AND WE DO ROUGHLY SERVE ABOUT 60 CONGREGATE MEALS PER DAY DURING THE WEEK AT JOSE MONTOYA.
REBECCA'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT OPEN SPACE HERE REAL FAST.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH.
WE ALSO DO EDUCATION PROGRAMING FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE FULL MOON HIKES.
THOSE ARE JUST GETTING MORE AND MORE POPULAR.
EVEN THROUGH WINTER. PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THOSE.
AND THEY SERVE AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
FOOT TRAILS GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
A BIG GOAL OF OPEN SPACE IS TO ACTUALLY OF OUR ENTIRE DIVISION IS TO GET PEOPLE WITHIN TEN MINUTES OF WALKING DISTANCE TO AN OPEN SPACE OR PARK, OR SOME SORT OF NATURAL AREA FOR THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
SO YOU'LL HEAR THAT AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH, HOW DOES OPEN SPACE OPERATE? WHAT DO THEY DO? SO OBVIOUSLY PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, BUT ALSO A LOT OF RESTORATION REVEGETATION.
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WHERE THERE IS AN ILLEGAL TRAIL OR A SOCIAL TRAIL THAT NEEDS TO BE RECLAIMED, THAT MIGHT START ENDANGERING A CULTURAL SITE. WE WORK WITH A LOT OF GRANTS TO GET IN THERE AND RECLAIM THAT LAND.WE REVEGETATE IT, GET IT BACK TO NATURAL STATE CULTURAL SITE PRESERVATION, EDUCATION, PROGRAMING, LOTS OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. AS I MENTIONED IN OUR NEWSLETTER EARLIER TODAY.
LOTS OF GRANT PROJECTS AND APPLICATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION.
THIS IS A TEAM OF THREE TRASH AND LITTER CONTROL AND VOLUNTEER COORDINATION.
SOME CURRENT PROJECTS THEY'RE WORKING ON.
THE OBSERVATORY MESA TRAIL PLAN IS A HUGE PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT, YOU WILL.
WE'LL BE BRINGING ONCE THE OPEN SPACES COMMISSION IS KIND OF DONE REVIEWING THAT AND READY FOR IT TO BE RECOMMENDED TO YOU THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD.
YOU'RE GETTING READY TO HEAR FROM THE TEAM ABOUT THAT.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AS APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT'S A HUGE ONE FOR US AS WE TRY TO MAINTAIN ALL THESE ACRES OF PROPERTY.
PICTURE CANYON RESTORATION AND SIGNAGE.
PROS HAS FUNDS AND WE HAVE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
BUT WE NEEDED TO GET OUR FEET UNDER US.
BUT NOW WE'RE CLOSE TO GETTING READY.
WE NEED TO START WORKING ON A NEW MASTER PLAN FOR THE WHOLE DIVISION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
THE LAST PARKS AND REC PLAN WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN 2013.
WE'RE A DIVISION NOW. WE HAVE OPEN SPACE, WE HAVE TRAILS.
ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED.
IT'S NOT JUST A PARKS AND REC PLAN.
IT'S GOING TO BE A PROS MASTER PLAN.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, I'M SURE, AS THAT STARTS GOING UNDERWAY.
OPEN SPACE WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON SOME CITY CODE UPDATES.
THIS WOULD BE FOR ADDING RULES TO APPLY IN OPEN SPACES, SIMILAR TO HOW WE HAVE PARK RULES THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM AMY RECENTLY. WE JUST CHANGED THE PARK HOURS AND LIGHTING HOURS.
SO SIMILAR TYPES OF RULES FOR OPEN SPACES.
WE'D LIKE TO GET ADDED IN THE INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM.
AS YOU SEE ON THIS MAP, THIS IS THE VISION.
LET'S LET'S GET ALL OF OUR OPEN SPACES AND MAJOR PARKS CONNECTED WITH A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT CAN INCLUDE FOOTS.
WHERE WE'RE MISSING A LOT IS IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE IN THAT AREA.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITY, THOUGH.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE BLOCKS OF STATE LAND.
PERHAPS WE CAN EVENTUALLY WORK TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THAT.
AND THEN A BIG ONE THAT OUR COMMISSION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT GENERAL FUND IS STRAPPED.
SO I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME IDEAS ON THAT.
WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD IN THE COMING WEEKS TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR INCLUDING OPEN SPACE AS AN APPROVED EXPENDITURE IN OUR EXISTING BVB RECREATION ALLOCATION.
SO THAT WILL BE COMING IN THE FUTURE.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO AMY.
RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. EVENTS.
THERE'S A GREAT PICTURE OF, I BELIEVE, WINTER WONDERLAND RIGHT THERE.
WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY EVENTS AND MARKETING? LIKE, WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? SO OUR CITY EVENTS GROUP, MIGHTY SMALL GROUP OF TWO PEOPLE AND THEY MANAGE ALL OF OUR EXTERNAL EVENTS ALSO.
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SOME OF THOSE CAN BE LARGE.THIS GROUP ALSO DOES ALL THE MARKETING FOR OUR ENTIRE DIVISION.
MY FAVORITE HAPPENS TO BE SCOOP THE POOP.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM TALKING ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU'RE WITH ME.
I THINK THAT WE'VE ALSO RECENTLY ALLOCATED OUR ATHLETICS PROGRAMING TO THIS GROUP.
SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, GRASS VOLLEYBALL.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO RELEASE ADULT SOFTBALL.
SO A LOT OF WORK OCCURS RIGHT HERE WITH THIS SMALL TEAM.
HERE'S SOME OTHER GREAT EXAMPLES, LIKE CONCERTS IN THE PARK.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY.
WE DID THE FLAG FOURTH FEST LAST YEAR AND SOME OTHER EVENTS DOWNTOWN, ALONG WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FDA, ALSO WITH HERITAGE SQUARE AND HELPING TO PROGRAM THAT SPACE. LET'S GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS.
WE HAD THE MOST INTERACTIONS WITH THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT WAS A BIG HIT.
I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S DUE TO HOLY SLEET.
WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS.
AND SO REBECCA'S GOING TO COVER ON HOW PROSE IS FUNDED.
MY FAVORITE WAS TATER TOT AND RHINESTONE PLOWBOY.
AND YES, PAUL MADE WERE STILL THINKING ABOUT THE BIG THE BIG LEBOWSKI.
MOVING ON TO THE BORING STUFF.
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS.
GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 7.6 MILLION.
AND PLEASE FINANCE PARTNERS DON'T DON'T DOUBLE CHECK ME TOO MUCH ON THIS.
I'M SORRY. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A 33% CUT OF THE B-B-B RECORD OF THE B-B-B TOTAL.
REVENUES COME INTO WHAT'S CALLED B-B-B RECREATION.
IT'S REALLY PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND THAT TOTAL FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR JUST IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS IS 1.9 MILLION.
YOU'LL SEE, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN, ABOUT 2.5 MILLION OF THAT TRANSFERS OUT FOR PARKS AND RECREATION OPERATIONS AND FOR FOOT'S MAINTENANCE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE I MOVE ON? AND WE WILL START GETTING INTO A PORTION OF THIS WHERE WE KIND OF WANT THIS TO BE A BACK AND FORTH.
WE'LL BE COMING UP TO THAT HERE PRETTY SOON.
SO HOW DO WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND SET PRIORITIES? THIS IS KIND OF THE THE QUESTION THAT GOT THIS AGENDA ITEM ON THE WORKING CALENDAR.
AND WE STARTED GETTING SOME FARE ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT AND COVERING TONIGHT.
BUT WE WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW OUR COMMISSIONS HELP US.
NOW WE DO, THANKS TO OUR TEAM IN ECONOMIC VITALITY.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB BRINGING IN THE MONEY.
AND ALSO WITH SOME CHANGES THAT THE BUDGET TEAM APPROVED A FEW YEARS AGO.
WE'RE NOW COLLECTING, AND WE HAVE A LARGE BALANCE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY NOW PLAN A FIVE AND TEN YEAR PROGRAM, OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND DON'T FREAK OUT ABOUT THIS NEXT SLIDE.
IT'S NOT INTENDED FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO READ IT.
BUT WE LISTED OUT FOR THEM AND WENT THROUGH.
DON'T EVEN TRY. I'LL I'LL MAKE IT BETTER ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE JUST LISTED OUT AND WE WENT OVER WITH THEM OVER 2 OR 3 MEETINGS.
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FROM PREVIOUS PRIORITIES OF PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS.WE WENT THROUGH, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE LIKE THEIR TOP TEN FAVORITE.
THEY RANKED EVERYTHING AND THEN WE ASSIGNED.
WE JUST ADDED UP THOSE NUMBERS.
SO IT WAS A REALLY NICE AVERAGE SCORE, IF YOU WILL, BASED ON ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS FEELINGS ABOUT EACH OF THESE PRODUCTS PROJECTS.
AGAIN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE BY DETAIL.
ACTUALLY. AMY'S GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW OF THESE WITH YOU IN SOME SLIDES COMING UP.
BUT WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS IS THIS IS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR COMMISSIONS.
SO THAT HELPS US GUIDE THAT FIVE AND TEN YEAR PLAN AND WHAT GOES FIRST.
OBVIOUSLY THE OPEN SPACES COMMISSION HELPS US WITH MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION PRIORITIES, LAND ACQUISITION PRIORITIES AND OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WHENEVER WE'RE WORKING WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD, EITHER A NEW PARK OR LIKE WHEN WE DID THE THORPE PARK ANNEX COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WE SCALE THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UP OR DOWN.
BASED ON THAT PROJECT, WE'RE GETTING READY TO COME UP ON WEST SIDE PARK.
I'M TRYING NOT TO STEAL ALL OF AMY'S THUNDER.
AND I WILL TURN IT BACK TO HER.
THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S JUMP INTO SOME OF THE FIVE YEAR B-B-B RECREATION CAPITAL FUNDS WE'VE GOT GOING ON CURRENT DELIVERIES THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND A FEW HIGHLIGHTS IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT WORK IN TANDEM WITH THAT WORK THAT REBECCA AND I DID WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION TO.
AND THEN WE'LL I'LL BE ABLE TO NOODLE IN HERE TO FARE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO STILL DISCUSS TONIGHT.
OH. LOOK AT THAT. THAT LOOKS ODD.
OUR FIRST ONE IS ARE THE SPORT COURTS AT BUSHMASTER PARK.
SO THAT ONE'S GOING TO GET STARTED HERE SOON.
LARGE CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON.
SO BUSHMASTER PARK IS GOING TO GET A NEW BASKETBALL COURT.
AND I THINK JUST JUST OPEN UP THE PARK BIG TIME AS WELL AS THAT SPORT.
SO I WANT TO FOCUS ON OUR FIRST FAIR ITEM TO DISCUSS TONIGHT, WHICH IS CALLED BANK SHOT.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME BANK SHOT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MAY HAVE.
I READ THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THIS FAIR ITEM AND TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DISCUSSION POINTS DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? WE HAVE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM TODAY OUTSIDE 9.5 BASKETBALL COURTS AND A 0.5 MEANS A HALF COURT FOR US. AND THEN WE'VE GOT GYMNASIUMS AT HAL JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER AND THE AQUAPLEX OF WHICH THE LETTER IN THE DAILY SUN REFERENCED.
THAT'S VERY BUSY, ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
DOES THAT BECOME AN IDEAL SPOT TO FIGURE OUT A LOCATION LIKE THIS BANK SHOT THAT I'VE GOT UP HERE? SO I DO WANT TO PAUSE ON THIS SLIDE.
AND IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FAIR ITEM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THESE NINE AND A HALF BASKETBALL COURTS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM TODAY, AND THEN WE ALSO MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A UNIQUE, A UNIQUE TAKE ON BASKETBALL LIKE THIS.
MAYBE IN ONE OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS, ESPECIALLY AT HAL JENSEN THAT SERVES THE YOUTH.
AND IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT BANK SHOT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
COUNCIL. ANY THOUGHTS? IS THIS JUST TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO AN AGENDA?
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NO, I THINK WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING BACK AND FORTH WITH PROS.THEY'RE GETTING. FEEDBACK FROM US RIGHT NOW.
PERSONALLY, I LIKE THE BANK SHOT CONCEPT.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE AROUND TOWN.
I WOULD, I WOULD HATE FOR THEM TO REPLACE EXISTING BASKETBALL COURTS.
I THINK WE NEED MORE BASKETBALL COURTS IN GENERAL.
BUT BASKETBALL COURTS THAT ALSO INCLUDE BANK SHOT OPPORTUNITIES MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME.
YEAH, I'VE BEEN READING A LOT ABOUT THIS BANK.
AND. I KIND OF TURNED WORK DRIVE AROUND TO AND OUR PARKS.
I ACTUALLY ANYTHING THAT EVEN CLOSE I TO TO STARTED THIS LIKE THIS NINE OF COURSE WENT BACK AND DID WE READING A LOT OF AND I THINK WE'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE DON'T AT LEAST GIVE THIS SOME SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS OTHER THAN.
IF WE'RE WANTING TO MOVE STUFF FORWARD.
I'M A YES, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THIS MORE.
WE COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO IF IF THIS COUNCIL RECALLS WITH THAT THORPE PARK CONCEPT DESIGN, THERE ARE THE SMALLER INDOOR COURTS WHERE THERE'S CURRENTLY A METAL BUILDING ON SITE THAT'S CURRENTLY USED.
I BELIEVE THE BOOKMOBILES IN THEIR GRAFFITI BUSTERS VAN IS IN THERE, BUT THAT DOES CONVERT TO KIND OF INDOOR OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURTS AS A PART OF THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.
BUT I'LL DISCUSS THAT IN A LITTLE BIT AND GO AHEAD.
BECAUSE THAT'S YEARS AWAY VERSUS NOW.
I KNOW WHAT A BANKSHOT IS, BUT I DON'T.
IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS DISCUSSION, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
IT JUST LIKE A LITTLE A THIRD OF A QUARTER OR SOMETHING OR.
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, BECAUSE WE PROBABLY SHOULD DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO THEY'RE UNIQUE BASKET AND BACKBOARD AND RIM AND BASKET DESIGNS.
AND THEN WITH A DIFFERENT NOT A TYPICAL BASKETBALL COURT, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEY'RE MEANT TO BE 100% UNIVERSAL AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL PLAYER TYPES.
AND IT'S REALLY TO EXPOSE THE ABILITY TO PLAY BASKETBALL OR TO AT LEAST SHOOT BASKETS.
YOU SEE, THERE'S SOME UNIQUE EVEN BACKBOARD DESIGNS.
THEY'RE NOT YOUR TYPICAL AND THEY DO HAVE VARYING HEIGHTS TO THEM.
IT REALLY COULD BE A NEAT, UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.
THAT TAKES UP A SPACE THAT'S ABOUT 30FT BY 15FT.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LARGE SPACE.
THERE COULD BE A GRANT OPPORTUNITY WITH IT, BUT I BELIEVE IT DOES TAKE SOME DOLLARS TO MATCH.
SO INSTEAD IT'S WHERE DO WE ADD THIS? AND YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IDEA WAS NOT A PART OF THAT 2022 WORK THAT WE DID WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ON THAT PRIORITY LIST.
LET'S FIND A WAY TO GET THIS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
AND THIS ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME DIFFERENTLY ABLED PEOPLE.
PERHAPS. AND WHEN I SAID I TOOK A LITTLE DRIVE AROUND, I DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT FOR KIDS OR PEOPLE, NOT JUST KIDS WHO ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS. AND THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COMPETE WITH THEMSELVES RATHER THAN WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
AND IT ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS THAT MAY BE CHALLENGED IN SOME DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS, WHERE THAT COMPETITION WITH OTHERS IS NOT PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT'S REAL HEALTHY FOR THEM.
BUT COMPETING WITH THEMSELVES WOULD BE.
AND SO I SEE THIS AS ADDING TO NOT TAKING AWAY.
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IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BASKETBALL COURTS, THAT'D BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING.BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE BASKETBALL COURTS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THIS.
AND SO IF YOU IF PEOPLE ARE THINKING, WELL, THERE'S NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE.
WELL, YEAH, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD USE THIS AND WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU. SO, YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF PURSUING THIS AS WELL.
I SHARED IN THE CHAT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY THE LINK TO THE BANKSHOT COMM.
AND I AM JUST TAKING SOME TIME RIGHT NOW, SCROLLING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS AND SEEING JUST HOW MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE ARE FOR THIS TO TO MAKE IT WORK FOR A MULTITUDE OF COMMUNITIES.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY VERY INTERESTING.
SO YEAH, IT JUST IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A LOT OF FUN AND HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
AND A GREAT POINT TO TO PLAY WITH PUN INTENDED FOR THE GOAL OF INCLUSIVITY WITHIN THE DIVISION AS WELL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS FAIR? GO AHEAD, MR. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
BE A REALLY FUN GAME OF HORSE, RIGHT? OKAY. I BELIEVE STAFF HAVE DIRECTION ON THIS ITEM, SO IF NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON.
IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD CLASSIFICATION JUST FOR EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE ON THAT.
THAT IS JUST THE INTENDED CLASSIFICATION OF IT.
SO CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT FOR DESIGN SERVICES AS WELL AS OUTREACH.
AND WE'LL BEGIN SOME OF THAT OUTREACH TO THE DIRECT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THAT OF THIS CLASSIFICATION NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WOULD SERVE JUST FOR EVERYONE'S REFERENCE THERE.
IT'S TUCKED BACK BEHIND THE STAPLES COMMERCIAL COMPLEX THERE, AND THEN ALONG SOUTH HIGHLAND MESA ROAD, AND IT'S THE GREEN IMAGES THERE ON YOUR SCREEN.
SO IT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BANK SHOT.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS IT'S NOT FLAT.
SO IF YOU LOSE THE BALL, WELL, ALL KIDDING ASIDE, I MEAN, THAT'S TRUE WHAT I JUST SAID.
BUT MY REAL QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THERE BECAUSE IT IS NOT FLAT.
YOU ARE CORRECT, I IS DIFFICULT.
I ACTUALLY LIVE IN THAT AREA AND I WALKED THROUGH THAT PARCEL OF LAND 100 TIMES.
THANK YOU. THE TERRAIN WILL BE THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGE WITH DESIGNING THIS PARK, BUT WE ARE GOING TO PERFORM SOME SMALL COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO REALLY FIND OUT WE'VE GOT A FINITE BUDGET.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SOCCER FIELD.
BUT INSTEAD, HERE ARE SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GO IN HERE.
AND THEN WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERATE OF IT.
ARE YOU GOING TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF PARKING ON THE SITE? BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PARKING ON THE STREETS IN THAT AREA, CORRECT? NOT NO PARKING, I BELIEVE, ESPECIALLY ON THIS SECTION OF SOUTH HIGHLAND MESA.
AND IT'S GOT A CURVE AND A SLOPE TO IT.
BUT IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION FROM THE COMMUNITY, OUTREACH WILL WILL NEED TO ENTERTAIN THAT.
SO I COULD STILL SEE ADA SPACES.
IN A PARK, RIGHT? AND THAT WOULD OCCUR OFF HIGHLAND MESA DRIVE THERE IN SOME FASHION.
AND THEN. AND THEN OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE TEAM WOULD NEED MAINTENANCE ACCESS TO.
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SO I DON'T SEE A LARGE PARKING LOT, BUT I COULD SEE SOMETHING OCCURRING THERE.THERE IS A FOREST TRAIL THAT GOES RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THAT, WHICH IS GOOD.
THERE IS A FOOT TRAIL RIGHT THERE.
YES. AND THAT MAY BE REALIGNED TO TOUCH WITH, TO DEVELOP THIS PARK.
BUT AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS.
SO THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BANK SHOT COULD SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
ANOTHER CURRENT ONGOING PROJECT THIS IS WAS THORPE PARK.
THIS WAS THAT CONCEPT PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN 2022 AND WRAPPED UP IN DECEMBER.
BUT WHY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS NOW.
IT LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE TIME, PLEASE GO CHECK IT OUT.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF PHASE ONE.
SO WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS HERE IN IT TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE RELOCATE THAT THE THE HUB IS INSIDE THE FUTURE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER ANY TRENCHES OVER TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICES.
SO WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT THAT WAY.
THE CITY'S IT INFRASTRUCTURE IS.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER A NEXT STEP.
ALSO GOING TO ASK FOR CURRENTLY SOLICITING QUOTES FOR AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE FIRE SUPPRESSION FOR AN EXAMPLE. AND WE NEED MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, EVERYTHING ASSESSED INSIDE THAT BUILDING.
SO THEN WE CAN PERFORM A REQUEST, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO FIND AN INTERESTED IN INVESTED PARTNER WHO'S GOING TO BRING THIS TO LIGHT FOR US. SO PROS IS FUNDED RIGHT NOW THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH $100,000.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT SOME WORK IS OCCURRING THERE.
ALL FOR THE GOOD FOR THE FOR THE FUTURE.
HERITAGE SQUARE RESTROOMS. TOLD YOU I WASN'T GOING TO SHY AWAY FROM RESTROOM TALK WITH YOU ALL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE NUISANCES WITH THIS RESTROOM.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE FULL DUE DILIGENCE.
AND JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL WHERE WE ARE IN THIS NOW IS PRO STAFF ARE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE RENOVATE THESE EXISTING RESTROOMS. SO IT'S NOT BRINGING THE PORTLAND LOO ONTO HERITAGE SQUARE OR ELSEWHERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
INSTEAD, WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO RENOVATE THESE TO MAKE THE UNWANTED BEHAVIORS DISSIPATE AND HAVE A BETTER RESTROOM FOR THE PUBLIC. I'M CURIOUS WHO OWNS THESE RESTROOMS? ARE THEY OWNED BY THAT BUILDING OR ARE THEY OWNED BY THE CITY? THE THE BUILDING IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY, NOR THAT ENTIRE.
YEAH, I WILL JUST SAY THAT I'VE USED THOSE RESTROOMS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM LOOK THAT BAD.
THEY'RE USUALLY IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
YOU GUYS DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
I DIDN'T FIND THE WORST PHOTOS.
SO. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER UPCOMING PROJECT, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. AND THIS WAS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR OUR COMMISSION, TOO.
THIS IS OUR NEXT FARE POTENTIAL FARE ITEM THAT WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.
SO WE'LL PAUSE HERE TO THIS WAS BROUGHT UP REGARDING THE POND THAT IS NEAR THE SHEEP'S CROSSING AND COSMIC RAY TUNNEL, JUST SOUTH OF PONDEROSA TRAILS.
I'VE GOT THE ACTUAL KIND OF NATURAL WATERCOURSE THERE CIRCLED.
IT IS FOREST SERVICE PROPERTY.
IT IS NOT CITY OF FLAGSTAFF PROPERTY, THAT ENTIRE PARCEL THERE.
AND THEN THERE IS NOT AN IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR ANY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT.
THIS POND JUST NATURALLY HOLDS WATER AT THIS TIME.
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SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE BECAUSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS FARE ITEM.WELL, I GUESS I'LL KICK US OFF.
I KNOW THIS IS MY FARE, AND IT'S A IT'S A REALLY NEAT AREA.
IT'S REALLY JUST YOU CAN SEE FORT TUTTLE COUNTY PARK IN PART OF THE PHOTO YOU HAVE THERE.
I REALIZED THAT IT WOULD IT WOULD TAKE SOME INVESTIGATION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COMPACT THE GROUND, SO YOU KEEP A PERMANENT STRUCTURE THERE.
SO IF WE WERE TO STOCK IT, IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE DISRUPTIVE IN THAT WAY.
IT MIGHT BE MORE THAN WE CAN HANDLE.
I DO KNOW THAT WITH THE JENTERA PROJECT GOING ON IN THE, IN THE SAME AREA I, I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO SORT OF.
JUST THINK FORWARDLY ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT SPACE.
AND SINCE IT'S ALREADY FULL OF WATER AND PEOPLE DO USE IT IN THE WINTER TOO TO ICE SKATE ON.
I JUST THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO.
I COME FROM WISCONSIN, AND IT'S NOT COLD ENOUGH HERE TO BE ICE SKATING ON A POND.
SO IT DOESN'T FREEZE THAT MUCH HERE.
BUT IF I THINK EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD WITH THE POND OR THAT THEY HAD WITH THE POND OUT IN CONTINENTAL WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH LEAKING.
AND SO AND THERE WAS A LAWSUIT AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF.
AND SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE CAREFUL.
AND ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE TO PURCHASE IT FROM THE THE FOREST SERVICE OR WE HAVE TO, I DON'T KNOW, SWAP IT, YOU KNOW, BUT SWAP IT FOR WHAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S SO I GUESS I'M JUST NOT REALLY.
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE COULD FIND MORE A BETTER USE FOR OUR MONEY.
SO THAT'S JUST MY AND I LIVE IN PONDEROSA TRAILS, AND I WALK KINDIE DOWN THAT STREET.
SO BUT I'M NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN MOVING THAT ONE FORWARD.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S STRONG FEELINGS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER FROM MOST, MOST FOLKS.
WELL, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE STRONG FEELINGS, BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTH A, YOU KNOW, A SWAG, A SCIENTIFIC WILD GUESS.
IT WOULD BE VALUABLE, BUT IT MAY NOT BE WORTH THE MONEY, I DON'T KNOW.
SO IT'S HARD TO REALLY SAY WITHOUT A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU. I DID LIVE IN PONDEROSA TRAILS AT ONE POINT AND I CAN SEE THE VALUE IN THIS, BUT I RIGHT NOW I'M NOT INTERESTED IN MOVING IT FORWARD.
IT MAY NOT BE MY DECISION DOWN THE ROAD, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I THINK OUR PLATE IS PRETTY FULL.
THANK YOU. WELL, THAT'S CLEAR AS THE POND WATER OVER THERE. MUDDY IS CLEAR AS MUD.
APPRECIATE THE CONTENT ON THAT ON BOTH THOSE TWO TOPICS.
SO KIND OF WHAT'S NEXT FOR US BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF THAT PROCESS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VACANCIES WITHIN OUR, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM.
SO WHAT THE HECK ARE THE PROS GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? YOU TOUCHED ON THORPE PARK IN THE FUTURE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THAT MITIGATION REMEDIATION RIGHT NOW.
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WE'RE HOPING BY THEN THAT THERE IS A RESPONDENT TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OF AN INTERESTED AND INVESTED PARTNER ON THIS TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION.WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME AIR CONDITIONING INSIDE THE GYMNASIUM AT HALLE JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER.
WOW. LET'S GET SOME AC IN THERE.
SO THAT'S COMING UP AGAIN, GREAT USE OF HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE THESE.
B-B-B REC FIVE YEAR CAPITAL FUNDS.
WE'RE WE'RE PATIENTLY WAITING.
TALK QUARTERLY, IF NOT MORE FREQUENTLY, WITH THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO COMING SOON, WE'RE JUST WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WAITING TILL WE GET THERE.
AND IN A COUPLE OF FISCAL YEARS, WE'VE GOT THE EXPANSION AT CHESHIRE PARK.
THAT'S $1 MILLION COMING FROM PROS, AND THERE IS A PARTNER AND POSSIBLY MULTIPLE PARTNERS, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A RUNNING TRACK BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONE FOR THE PUBLIC.
THOSE ARE EITHER AT THERE'S ONE AT ANY U.
AND THEN THERE AT WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO NOT AVAILABLE TO OUR GREATER PUBLIC.
WE'VE GOT A VERY STRONG RUNNING AND WALKING COMMUNITY HERE.
AND WHAT FITS PERFECTLY INSIDE A RUNNING TRACK MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD.
SO THAT COULD BE A THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY NEAT PROJECT TO DELIVER THERE.
I COULD SEE A NEED FOR PARKING OR MAYBE A SHARED PARKING WITH THE MUSEUM JUST TO TO THE KIND OF SOUTH WEST OF THIS AREA, IF THAT MIGHT BE A NEAT PARTNERSHIP TO DO FOR SHARED PARKING THERE.
AND MAYBE A NEED FOR A RESTROOM WHEN YOU START TO ADD AMENITIES LIKE THIS.
SO THAT'S COMING AT US IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S 3 MILLION OVER TWO FISCAL YEARS.
THAT'S THE START. THAT GIRLS SOFTBALL COMPLEX JUST NORTH OF THE CURRENT COMPLEX THERE.
SO WHAT'S IN GREEN IS CURRENT CONTINENTAL PARK.
AND THEN WHAT'S IN RED IS A NICE LITTLE SKINNY ACCESS POINT.
AND THEN JUST NORTH OF THAT IS WHERE WE CAN PLACE THE GIRLS SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
SO THAT'S ALL A BUNCH OF THINGS IN OUR FUTURE.
SOME SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS WOULD THAT BE REC CAPITAL AND THAT PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE WITH OUR COMMISSION THAT ENABLED OUR PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM TO USE OPERATING CAPITAL IN A DIFFERENT WAY, FIXING THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED IN OUR EXISTING SYSTEM.
THAT'S A PHOTO OF THE SKATE PARK AT BUSHMASTER PARK.
THE BLACK WROUGHT IRON FENCE IS DOWN.
WE PUT UP SIMILAR TO A FOOT RAILING, AND IT REALLY OPENED THAT SPACE UP BIG TIME.
GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS.
NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE A TRUE CAPITAL PLAN TO DELIVER OTHER PROJECTS.
SOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS IN THERE TOO.
AT JOSIE, WITH NOISE REDUCING WALLS AND ALWAYS REPLACING SOME FITNESS EQUIPMENT, THAT'S THE TEAM.
THOSE ARE THAT'S ABOUT 95% OF OUR FULL TIME STAFF.
SO THEY TRULY ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF ALL THIS AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, ANY HAS A I THINK NOW I HAVE A QUESTION IN THERE RELATE TO THIS.
IF THEY WERE PUTTING ONE CARE IN OR THEY'RE WORKING ON IT THE WAY THEY HAVE, THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING MECHANICALLY.
THEY HAVE DASHER BOARDS UP LIKE THE SIDES FOR AN ICE RINK.
AND THEN THEY ENDED UP PUTTING DOWN ALMOST THEIR TILES LIKE SPORT COURT TILES.
OKAY. BUT IS THE PLAN, HAVE YOU ARE YOU AWARE OF A PLAN TO PUT AN ICE RINK? BECAUSE I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT TAKES SOME PRESSURE OFF OF OUR ICE RINK IF THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIRS, WHICH IF THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIRS. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE STATUS OF IT IS IF THEY DID NEW ICE JACKS DO UTILIZE OUR ICE RINK USUALLY, THOUGH, IN THE EVENING HOURS.
SO IT MAY RELEASE SOME TIME SLOTS FOR ADULT HOCKEY.
I DON'T SEE IT IMPACTING AND UNFORTUNATELY.
SO IF THEY DID IS PROVIDE THEIR OWN SHEET, WHICH IS OKAY FOR.
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MAYBE JUST ONE MORE THING FOR ME.FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ONE VOICE.
BUT I HAPPEN TO BE SITTING UP HERE.
SO JUST ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BASKETBALL AMENITIES AND PONDEROSA TRAILS AREA.
IT'S JUST A NEED THAT I HAPPEN TO KNOW ABOUT.
IT'S ONE AMONG MANY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO VOICE THAT AGAIN FOR YOU.
NOT NOTHING IN TERMS OF BASKETBALL AMENITIES IN THAT ENTIRE AREA OF TOWN.
AND MOST OF THOSE HOMES DON'T EVEN ALLOW BASKETBALL HOOPS OUTSIDE THE HOUSES.
SO VERY MUCH A NEED IN THAT AREA.
APPRECIATE THE TIME AND TO GET THROUGH THOSE TWO FARE ITEMS. THANK YOU.
WE DO HAVE ONE MORE AGENDA ITEM AND WE NEED TO MUSCLE ON THROUGH IT.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13, JOHN WESLEY POWELL PROJECT UPDATE.
HOPING OUR GWP TEAM CAN BE EFFICIENT AND THOROUGH, BUT EFFICIENT WITH WITH THE PRESENTATION HERE.
[13. John Wesley Powell (JWP) Project Update JWP Team will provide an update on the status of the JWP Project. The update will also include time to answer questions from Council.]
THANK YOU. TAKE IT AWAY.GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL DAVID PETERSON, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT MANAGER.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON UPDATING WITH THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL PROJECT.
WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS.
DO APPRECIATE IT. AND VERY IMPORTANT STUFF, REAL TIME.
IT'S IT'S MUCH BETTER THAT WE GET IT OUT ULTIMATELY AND AND PUT IT BEHIND US.
THERE'S ABOUT 8 TO 12 STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE SORT OF HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS WORK FROM THE STAFF.
SO BEAR WITH US AS OF THE RIGHT STAFF UP HERE, USE OUR QUESTIONS OR HEAD THE DISCUSSION AS WELL.
THAT IS, THE ANSWER LIES WITHIN THAT.
AND 12 PEOPLE PRETTY WHEN SO THAN ONE PERSON AND YOU'RE LIKE SO WITH EVEN HAPPEN.
I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THE AREA.
IT'S THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE CITY.
THOSE 2200 ACRES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL FOR THOSE THAT HAVE, HAVE OR HAVE NOT BEEN OUT THERE.
IT'S AN AREA RICH IN TOPOGRAPHY.
THERE'S A LOT OF DRAINAGES, A LOT OF CANYONS, A LOT OF STEEP SLOPES.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHERE WE'VE BEEN HERE THE LAST SIX YEARS.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN TO COUNCIL 11 TIMES IN THE LAST SIX YEARS.
SO IN 2018, WE STARTED A CONTRACT WITH PEAK ENGINEERING TO DO THE SPECIFIC PLAN THAT HAS INVOLVED THE SEWER MASTER PLAN, LAND USE FRAMEWORK, SOME ENGINEERING DESIGN ALONG THE ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT.
THAT 40 60 SO 40% WITH THE CITY, 60% WITH THE LANDOWNERS IN THIS AREA.
IN 2020, WE PRESENTED THAT LAND USE FRAMEWORK TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN IN 21, WE PROCEEDED WITH A TOWN HALL WITH THE SMALL PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH I'LL SHOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT THAT'S MAINLY THOSE PARCELS THAT ARE AROUND THE ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT. SO THE COUNTY ISLANDS, AS WELL AS THE CITY PARCELS THAT ARE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SIDE OF THIS AREA.
AND THEN IN THAT YEAR AS WELL, WE PROCEEDED TO MEET WITH THE LARGE PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS.
THEN IN 2022, COUNCIL APPROVED IN JULY THIS THAT THE NEW ALIGNMENT OR THAT SALMON ALIGNMENT THAT WE SHARED, THUS MOVING IT OUT OF THAT SOUTH FOURTH STREET CORRIDOR FURTHER TO THE WEST.
AND MY APOLOGIES, WE WERE HERE BACK ON MAY 30TH IN 2023.
THAT WAS A PROJECT UPDATE AS WELL AS APPROVAL BY COUNCIL FOR CHANGE ORDER FIVE.
SO THAT ITEM, WE WERE HERE ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
THIS IS A SMALL PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT I WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER.
SO WITHIN THIS POLYGON THAT I'M DRAWING ON THE SCREEN, AND THEN ALL THE OTHER PARCEL PROPERTIES THAT ARE USUALLY I THINK ABOUT 12 ACRES OR LARGER ARE CONSIDERED A LARGE, LARGE PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS.
I PROBABLY WON'T BE USING THAT TERM AGAIN TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
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SO THAT SALMON ALIGNMENT IS LEFT ON THAT SCREEN.AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE SINUOSITY OF THE CURVATURE OF THAT ROAD, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TOPOGRAPHY IN THIS AREA, THAT ROAD WE WANT TO KEEP FROM IT BEING A ROLLER COASTER RIDE ON A ROAD SO THAT WE HAVE TO ATTENUATE THE ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE THAT TOPOGRAPHY.
SO LOOKING AT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE OR WHAT THEIR PLANS AREN'T, BECAUSE THE PARCEL OWNERS IN THIS AREA ON THE NEW ALIGNMENT, PROPOSED NEW ALIGNMENT HAVE DIFFERENT RATES OF WHICH THEY'RE DEVELOPING OR WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING DEVELOPING AS WELL.
SO WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT IN THIS.
AND AT THE AT THE CAPITAL RETREAT, IT WAS ASKED TO THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD.
SO THE YELLOW LINE IS 2.65 MILES IN LENGTH, AND THE SALMON LINE IS ABOUT 2.75.
SO BECAUSE WE'RE CUTTING THE CORNERS ON SOME OF THOSE ALIGNMENTS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.
I THINK IT WAS SHARED WITH THE CAPITAL RETREAT WAS ABOUT TWO MILES, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON THAT.
AND THEN THERE ARE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT ON.
SO THE YELLOW LINE, THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE IS THE LINE ON THIS ONE, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT.
TALK ABOUT THE SALMON LINE IS LEFT FOR REFERENCE THAT LOOK, TWO THINGS I WANTED TO POINT.
YEAH, YEAH. HERE THE IN HERALD RANCH ROAD WHICH YOU CAN SEE IS ALWAYS GRAY DOTTED LINE HERE AND THEN AND IS TODAY THAT'S ACCORDING LIST BUTLER AVENUE ACROSS TO AMERICA PROPERTY I CAN SO THAT NO ROAD WOULD BE ABANDONED ONCE THE PRICE JOHN WESLEY POWELL IS WE WERE SO HAROLD BUDD WOULD BE ACCESSED OFF OF THE NEW JOHN OVERALL.
SO THAT'S A POINT I WANTED TO MENTION THE HOW IS THE HE GETS THE LIFE THAT INDIAN AND AND CROSSING IT AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CONCLUSIVE ON THAT RAIL ALIGNMENTS FOR A DOZEN TRAIL HAS BEEN A BETTER IDEA ON PROPOSED TRAILS AND WHERE THEY MIGHT GO EITHER.
BEST FOR AN AREA THAT WAS IN AN UNDERPASS OR AND THAT PASSES TO THE BOTTOM TO PASS THAT TO PASS THAT DRAIN, USE PASS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THIS AREA AND IN THIS AREA SAYING WE ARE NOT FAR ENOUGH ALONG AND DESIGN TO SAY, WHERE DID ONE STRUCTURE MEET OUR RESEARCHERS WERE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAS LITERALLY MIND AS WE CONTINUE THAT GAME AND FISH LINE THE DESIGN ENGINEER OBVIOUSLY THE PARCEL THAT GRANT ACCESS TO HAVING TRAILS ON THE SOME WAS MAYOR THE ANGLER ARIZONA TRAIL US IT CURRENTLY THAT RIDE ON A 28 OR 20 EXCUSE ME ON WHO WIDE EASEMENT INS ACROSS THIS PARCEL.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MICHELLE.
GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO AS THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THIS THIS AREA AND AS PART OF THE 2018 FUNDING AT THE TIME, MY UNDERSTANDING IS JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A LACK OF RESOURCES THAT SOME OF THE PLANNING EFFORT GOT UNDERWAY, BUT IT IT NEVER FULLY WENT OFF.
BUT THE IDEA OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN WAS TO LOOK AT THE TRAILS IN THE AREA, WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, OPEN SPACE, IDENTIFYING WHERE PUBLIC FACILITIES SUCH AS THE SCHOOL AND FIRE STATION WOULD BE.
WE'RE KIND OF CALLING IT A SPECIFIC PLAN LIGHT IN THE SENSE THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE IN A SPECIFIC PLAN ARE KIND OF NOT REALLY NEEDED FOR THIS AREA.
SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THOSE KEY POINTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN AND WHEN THAT WAS ESTABLISHED TO DO THE FUNDING FOR THIS BUT KIND OF JUST AN UPDATE WE'VE BEEN MEETING. WE'VE NOT REALLY WE'VE BEEN PULLING TOGETHER INFORMATION AS FAR AS WE MEET WITH THE PROS, WITH MARTIN IT'S ALMOST MONTHLY NOW FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT, THAT WE'RE ALSO
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MAKING SURE THAT THE PRIORITIES FOR OPEN SPACE AND THOSE TRAIL CONNECTIONS THAT DAVID WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT ARE STILL ON THE FOREFRONT.WE MET WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY DON'T REALLY SEE A NEED FOR A SCHOOL IN THIS AREA.
AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE PLANNING, WE'LL PROBABLY CHECK BACK WITH THEM.
SO WE ACTUALLY KIND OF HAVE IDENTIFIED WHERE THAT'S GOING TO GO.
BUT NOW THAT WE'RE AT A PRETTY GOOD PLACE WITH CONCEPTUALLY WHERE THE ALIGNMENT IS GOING TO BE, WE DO INTEND TO START PACKAGING ALL THAT INFORMATION AND THEN GOING OUT.
AND WE'LL BE BACK WITH TO YOU ON THAT AS WELL.
THANKS. SO PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE LAST SIX YEARS IS WHAT DOES THE TIMELINE LOOK LIKE FOR THIS? PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE.
THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM ANSWERING IS WHAT DOES THE TIMELINE LOOK LIKE FOR THIS? SO I CAN SAY WITH THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR THAT WE PROBABLY ARE CLOSEST NOW TO HAVING AN ESTABLISHED TIMELINE.
I REMEMBER VERY EARLY ON IN THIS PROCESS, GIVING THE ANSWER OF IT COULD BE 5 TO 20 YEARS.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT IN THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FRUITFUL WITH, WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, THAT WE ARE TENTATIVELY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING DESIGN WORK INTO THE SUMMER AND INTO THE WINTER, HOPEFULLY FINALIZING IT SOMETIME THIS WINTER AND THEN AIMING FOR CONSTRUCTION HOPEFULLY NEXT SUMMER.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF MECHANICS BEHIND THAT, A LOT OF VARIABLES BEHIND THAT AS WELL.
I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY TO WAGER THAT.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A PROJECT WEBSITE.
WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SENDING OUT EMAILS, AS WELL AS LETTERS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA, NOTIFYING THEM BEFORE COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT ALSO SHARING THESE RESOURCES IN CASE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
SO AND THEN WE TEND TO PUT SOME OF THESE EXHIBITS ON THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE EXHIBIT HERE ON THE RIGHT JUST SHOWING THE PROPOSED NEW ALIGNMENT.
AND WE'D LIKE TO ECHO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS AS WELL.
THAT INCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTER, WHICH I'LL CALL UPON SHORTLY HERE.
BUT COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS HAS A QUESTION FIRST, SO DOES COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR COUNCIL THIS FIRST CONVERSATION CAME UP WHEN, AFTER 20 YEARS, WE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ON FOURTH STREET KIND OF SCREAMED AND YELLED.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE CHANGED THE ALIGNMENT, WHICH WAS KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME AT THE TIME.
BUT THAT SHIP HAS SAILED THIS NEW SLIGHT.
CHANGE. HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IMPACTED ALREADY? DO THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS OR WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS, OR DOES IT IMPACT ANY? PEOPLE LIVING OUT THERE OR JUST THE DEVELOPERS? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS WHEN YOU SAY REACHING OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE SMALL PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS ADJACENT? NO, THIS HAS NOT BEEN APART FROM THE LETTER THAT WE SENT OUT FOR TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.
YES, WE WILL BE ENGAGING, AS MICHELLE WAS MENTIONING, WITH THAT SPECIFIC PLAN LIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMPONENTS TO THAT.
SO HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND SHARING THE PLANS FOR THIS AREA.
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OKAY. AND SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS I REMEMBER ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR.AND I THINK THAT IN OUR BUDGET PLANNING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE AND A DRAINAGE CULVERT.
CAN YOU JUST BRING ME UP TO SPEED ON, LIKE, THERE'S PARALLEL ROADS THERE.
HOW DO THESE BRIDGES AND AND WILDLIFE.
HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THOSE ACCESS ROADS THAT ARE IN USE NOW, OR DOES IT REPLACE IT? AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE ELK? COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
YEAH, WE DO HAVE COLOR DATA OR COLOR DATA FROM ARIZONA GAME AND FISH.
AND IT IS AN ASTOUNDING MAP AS WAS SHARED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE OUT HERE.
BUT THE MIGRATION OF THE WILDLIFE IN THIS AREA IS, IS BEING CONSIDERED AND LOOKING AT, AGAIN, ENGAGING GAME, FISH AND GAME TO HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE CROSSINGS IN NEEDED LOCATIONS.
AND TO THIS POINT, IT'S BEEN A A FINE BALANCE ON WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND GETTING THE DESIGN UP FAR ENOUGH ALONG TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ALIGNMENT THAT WORKS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO WORK WITH WILDLIFE WITH PROS, BUT NOT TRYING TO PUT A CART BEFORE A HORSE.
SO IT'S BEEN A DELICATE BALANCE OF BALANCING THESE TWO AS FAR AS ROADWAY ACCESS.
I'LL ACTUALLY BACK UP TO TO MARTIN'S MAP.
I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING HAS PLANS AT LEAST.
THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO THEM A COUPLE MONTHS BACK.
HAD PLANS TO IMPROVE THIS CROSSING TO MAKE IT MORE ROBUST WHEN IT IS FLOODING LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE DESIGN PLANS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH ANY OTHER CITY STAFF, SO PLEASE SHARE IF YOU KNOW.
BUT THAT THAT CROSSING IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED.
SO IT IS MORE ALL WEATHER ACCESSIBLE.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TOO MUCH.
I THINK PLANNING MICHELLE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK, BUT THERE IS SOME PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR HAVING A SECONDARY ACCESS ROAD COMING OFF JOHN WESLEY POWELL AS WELL, AND TYING BACK IN HERE. SO HAVING A SECONDARY ROAD.
BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DESIGNED OR PLANNED I THINK.
BUT THERE IS DISCUSSION OF HAVING A SECONDARY ROAD THERE AS WELL.
IS THAT JUST THE BIG PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS OR IS THAT THE SMALL? ARE THERE SMALL PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS IMPACTED BY THIS SHIFT? COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS INDIRECTLY.
SO THE ROAD'S NOT GOING ON THEIR PROPERTIES, BUT IT'S NAIVE TO SAY THEY WON'T BE IMPACTED IF A ROADWAY IS A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET OR WHATEVER THAT BUFFER DISTANCE IS FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE, BUT THE ROADWAY OR SLOPES TO THE ROADWAY WOULD NOT BE ON THE SMALL PARCEL.
SO THERE THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE AIRWAYS OR WHEREVER THE DISCUSSIONS HAPPEN THAT NIU IS PURCHASING OR THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE KINZIE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE DOING ANOTHER SCHOOL.
IT APPEARS TO ME THAT OUT THAT WAY WOULD BE WHERE THEY WOULD OUT IN THAT AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE WHERE THEY MIGHT PUT THAT SCHOOL.
SINCE NIU HAS SOME PROPERTY DOWN THERE, WHAT EFFECT, IF THAT HAPPENS, WOULD THAT HAVE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING? I MIGHT ASK JEFF BAUMAN IF YOU'VE HAD ANY TRAFFIC.
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AT THE CITY WITH WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THIS PROPERTY.WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MAKING MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS.
SO WHETHER THAT'S AN ARM, YOU KNOW, A NEW COLLECTOR ROAD COMING OFF OF HERE.
BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH DISCUSSIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS EITHER A PLANNED INTERSECTION OR A WAY OF TYING IN AND ACCESSING THAT PROPERTY. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP ON THAT PARCEL, I DON'T THINK WE AS A CITY KNOW.
THANK YOU. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM MAYOR DAGGETT.
DO I REMEMBER CORRECTLY FROM OUR CAPITAL DISCUSSION THAT STAFF IS LOOKING AT INITIALLY BUILDING THIS ROAD OUT AT ONE LANE EACH WAY WITH A POSSIBLE TURN LANE WITH AN EASEMENT OR ROOM FOR EXPANSION IF WE NEED IT IN THE FUTURE.
MAYOR. YES, I WILL HAVE JEFF STEP UP HERE IF I MISSPEAK, BUT THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A LANE, NORTHBOUND LANE AND A SOUTHBOUND LANE TO OBTAIN THE FULL RIGHT OF WAY.
SO YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE TO IMPACT PEOPLE AGAIN.
BY WIDENING A ROAD, YOU WOULD JUST BE FILLING IN A ROAD.
IS THAT FAIR? JEFF GOT THE THUMBS UP.
OKAY, MAYOR, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES. THANK YOU.
I'M SO GLAD JEFF STAYED ALL NIGHT TO BE HERE WITH US FOR THAT.
SO COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW THEN MR. ORVILLE WISEMAN.
VICE MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL ORVILLE WEISSMAN, 2250 SOUTH RIVER VALLEY ROAD.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT THERE FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS.
THE PROBLEM IS HOW YOU'VE GONE ABOUT IT TWO YEARS AGO.
RIGHT NOW, THE CITY DEVELOPERS, RESIDENTS ON FOURTH STREET COLLABORATED AND CAME UP WITH A PLAN.
AND EVERY RESIDENT ON RIVER VALLEY ROAD WAS NOTIFIED.
I THINK WE GOT A LETTER 5 TO 6 DAYS BEFORE THE ACTUAL MEETING.
WE WERE NEVER INFORMED WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I THOUGHT GOVERNMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE.
YOU SCREWED US OVER, THEN, AND YOU'RE SCREWING US OVER NOW.
WE'RE NOT SMALL PARCEL OWNERS.
THAT'S WHERE WE'VE RAISED OUR CHILDREN.
THAT'S WHERE WE'VE LIVED OUR LIVES.
AND NO, YOU HAVE NOT COME TO US.
YOU HAVE NOT INVOLVED US IN ANY PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND AS I LOOK AT THIS RENEWED MAP, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO JOIN.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO GO UP TO A HILL IN THE SNOW AND ICE IN THE WINTER? WHAT? THERE'S THERE'S JUST WE'RE AN AFTERTHOUGHT AT THIS POINT.
YOU CAN'T STICK A BRIDGE OR A BUNCH OF CULVERT PIPES RIGHT NEXT TO OUR ROAD.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW A COURT'S NOT GOING TO APPROVE THAT.
IT WOULD BE BEST TO WORK TOGETHER RATHER THAN END UP IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW? AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT IT IS, I LOOK AT THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, BUT THIS COMMUNITY IS SO HUNG UP ON CARBON FOOTPRINT AND NEUTRALITY AND ALL THAT.
THIS IS WAY MORE INEFFICIENT THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THERE.
AND AS ALWAYS, JUST BROUGHT UP TO ANY YOU PROPERTY IS TOTALLY CIRCUMNAVIGATED.
PROBABLY. LASTLY, SINCE I GOT 30S LEFT.
THE UPDATED FLAGSTAFF REGIONAL PLAN MAP 25 DOESN'T REFLECT EVEN WHAT WAS APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO.
WHY DO YOU HAVE A REGIONAL PLAN IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW IT? WHY ARE YOU WASTING TAXPAYERS MONEY? GET RID OF THE STAFF.
I MEAN, AT THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN.
BUT FOR SOME REASON, YOU DON'T FOLLOW.
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THE TAXPAYERS WILL.THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. WEISSMAN. STAFF.
WELL, I WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE REROUTING OF THIS ROAD.
WHEN WAS IT? TWO YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.
A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE HAPPY ONES AND A LOT OF UNHAPPY ONES CAME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS AND GOT INVOLVED IN COUNCIL, MADE A DECISION TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE EAST AND MOVE IT TO THE WEST, WHICH I SUPPORTED.
I I'M, I WOULD BE HAPPY FOR YOU TO DO SO, BUT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROTOCOL AT THIS POINT.
IT'S MR. VICE MAYOR THAT'S UP TO YOU.
NOT TRUE. OROVILLE, IF YOU USE USE THE MIC IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, BUT OKAY, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
WE SHOWED UP AT THE MEETING AFTER EVERYTHING HAD BEEN DECIDED.
NOBODY ON RIVER VALLEY ROAD WAS INFORMED ON WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND WE CONTINUE NOT TO BE INFORMED.
YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR HEAD ALL YOU WANT, SIR, BUT THAT'S THE TRUTH.
NOT MAYBE NEVER, MAYBE NOT EVERYONE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DID KNOW ABOUT IT.
THE PEOPLE ON FOURTH STREET KNEW ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU WORKED TOGETHER WITH THEM ON THE REDESIGN.
NOBODY WORKED WITH ANYBODY ON RIVER VALLEY.
IF THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO ADD AT THIS POINT.
OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS HAS SOMETHING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I, I REMEMBER I WASN'T ON COUNCIL WHEN THE FOURTH STREET PROPERTY OWNERS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RAISED THE OPPOSITION.
BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T LIKE IT ANYMORE.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND STRANGE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, TO HAVE SOME ASSURANCES THAT AS WE'RE FINE TUNING THIS, THAT WE MAKE A REAL ASSERTED EFFORT TO MEET WITH THE SMALL PARCEL HOMEOWNERS AND, AND REALLY DRILL DOWN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN HAVING GUESSES AND ASSUMPTIONS LIKE, WELL, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK AND STUFF? SO NOW AT THIS POINT YOU KNOW, REALLY TALKING ABOUT IT AND GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK BECAUSE I GOT A LOT OF AS A, AS A CANDIDATE, I GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND IT WASN'T POSITIVE ASKING ME WHERE I STOOD ON THIS BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE THE HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS, YOU KNOW, THE FOURTH STREET PEOPLE VERSUS THE THE RIVER VALLEY ROAD PEOPLE.
AND IT WAS I DIDN'T GET ANY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE RIVER VALLEY HOMEOWNERS AND STUFF.
SO I THINK AT THIS POINT I, YOU KNOW, I WHAT WAS DONE WAS DONE BACK TWO YEARS AGO.
BUT I THINK THAT JUST TO CLEAR UP SOME CONCERNS AND MAYBE HEAR CONCERNS THAT WE DON'T EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LIVING OUT THERE, THAT I THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY OPEN OURSELVES UP AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THOSE DIRECT CONCERNS AND MAYBE HEAR SOME CONCERNS THAT WE COULD HAVE SOLUTIONS TO, TO MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER.
I'M ANXIOUS TO GET THIS ROAD DONE.
BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT WAS ROCKY AT BEST GETTING US TO THIS POINT.
SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
YEAH, WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO HAVE AS APPLE AND AMPLE AND AS TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION AS WE CAN.
SO WE HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATING AS MUCH AS WE KNOW OF.
BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS IN THIS AREA.
THERE'S A LOT OF PARCELS IN THIS AREA, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL GET REACHED AND ARE WELL AWARE OF MEETINGS THAT ARE AHEAD AND THEIR COMMENTS ARE HEARD. ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS DURING THAT TOWNHOME WAS HAVING A FILLING STATION BECAUSE MANY OF THESE HOMES ARE ON CISTERNS AND THEY
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CURRENTLY HAVE TO DRIVE TO THE MALL, OR THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN SOUTH LAKE MARY ROAD TO FILL UP THEIR TANKS.SO WE ARE WORKING TO SEE IF MAYBE THE NEW FIRE STATION CAN HAVE A FILLING STATION.
THAT WOULD REDUCE MILES DRIVEN TO HAUL WATER TO THESE HOUSES AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
I'VE ALWAYS LIKE THE QUOTE THAT THERE'S TWO WAYS TO FAILURE.
YOU LISTEN TO EVERYBODY AND YOU LISTEN TO NOBODY.
AND AS YOU SAID IN THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION, IT'S EASIER TO DO A NEW ROAD BUILD ON UNDEVELOPED LAND THAN IT IS TO REPAVE THROUGH A DEVELOPED LAND.
AND WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT THERE IN BETWEEN BOTH OF THOSE SCENARIOS.
AND SO YEAH, I'D REALLY LIKE SOME GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AS WE'RE SEWING THIS UP.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.
IS THIS PUBLIC? CALLER COMMENT OKAY, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 14, OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC.
LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE SPEAKER NADINE.
[14. Open Call to the Public]
OH. WELL, WE HAD SPECIAL OLYMPICS TODAY.I'M SURPRISED THEY STILL HAVE ENERGY.
IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THE FAMILIES AND THE KIDS AND WOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FOR YEARS.
I'M LIKE, DUDE, WHAT'S UP? HE WOULDN'T WANT TO TELL ME. HE DIDN'T WANT TO TELL ME.
AND THEN HE TOLD ME A FEW THINGS.
IN THREE DAYS I'M GOING TO BE HOMELESS.
THEY HAVEN'T APPROVED MY HOUSE.
I'M SCARED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WITH MY FAMILY.
AND FOR ME, I WAS JUST LIKE, YOU'RE SECTION EIGHT, AREN'T YOU? AND HE'S LIKE, YEAH, FOR THE PUBLIC, I'M HOUSING CHOICE.
AND IT JUST MADE ME SAD BECAUSE HE'S LIVED HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND YOU HEAR THESE STORIES.
AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD DO.
FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE. NOBODY WILL RENT TO ME.
THE GUY WHO HAD HIS HOUSE SAID IT'S MORE PROFITABLE TO RENT TO A COLLEGE STUDENT.
SO I GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND I'M TALKING TO ONE OF MY FRIENDS AND I'M EXPLAINING THE SITUATION, AND SHE SAID, WHOA, WHOA, IS HE HISPANIC? I'M LIKE, HOW DID YOU KNOW? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WANTED ANYMORE.
THAT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE WITH OUR FAMILIES.
AND I SAT HERE TODAY AND I LISTENED TO THINGS AND WORDS LIKE PODS INCUBATIONS HUBS, LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THESE POOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET EVERYBODY SELF-SUFFICIENT.
BUT WE'RE NOT DOING IT FOR PEOPLE LIKE US.
I SAT HERE AND I QUESTIONED THE $200,000.
LIKE, WHO'S GETTING PAID THAT? IS IT ONE PEOPLE, ONE PERSON? TWO. WELL, WE HAVE SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS SO WE CAN MAKE MORE.
WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO COME UP WITH OUR OWN PLAN FOR PEOPLE IN THE HOUSING PROGRAM, PEOPLE IN CLARK HOMES, ANOTHER LADY WHO'S EATING LIKE POTATOES BECAUSE SHE MAKES $40 NOW, NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE MINIMUM WAGE, BUT IT'S SCREWED HER.
SHE DOESN'T GET FOOD ASSISTANCE, NO CAR, NO MONEY TO SAVE.
THE MORE SHE MAKES, THE MORE HER RENT GOES UP.
JUST LIKE ME. I WENT TO THE DENTIST.
SO WE'RE JUST BARELY MAKING IT WITH HOUSING.
I JUST I WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WHO DO WE TALK TO? CAN WE GET A PROGRAM, A GRANT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE TO REALLY COME UP WITH A TEN YEAR PLAN FOR US, GO TO SCHOOL, DO THIS.
SHOWERS. LIKE WE WANT TO DO BETTER LIVING MONTH TO MONTH, YEAR TO YEAR.
BUT AT THIS POINT, CAN WE JUST COME UP WITH SOMETHING? GIVE ME A TEN YEAR PLAN, MAN.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU GUYS ARE VERY PATIENT AND AWESOME.
SO IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN AWESOME TODAY.
LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
[15. Informational Items To/From Mayor, Council, and City Manager; future agenda item requests]
UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT TO START.I CAN START, AND I'LL BE QUICK.
SO JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
AND I'M GOING TO BE CONTENTIOUS AND SAY, NO, IT IS OUR STATE PLANET, PERIOD.
[05:55:05]
ALSO ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE THE NORTHERN ARIZONA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS IS COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.IT'S JUST IT'S CHOCK FULL OF ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE IN.
THE TWO POETS THAT WERE WITH US TODAY FROM THE YOUTH POETRY COUNCIL ARE GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN THAT.
DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE AND PARTICIPATE IN SOME WRITING PERSONALLY OR LEARNING DIFFERENT STYLES OF WRITING. SO JUST A LOT OF FUN THINGS TO GET INVOLVED IN.
I THINK A LOT CENTERED IN DOWNTOWN BUT ALSO IN OTHER AREAS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET NOTHING TONIGHT.
MAIER. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? JUST THAT I CAME TO WACO, TEXAS WITH TO SUPPORT LOWELL OBSERVATORY AND CELEBRATE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT AROUND THE ECLIPSE.
AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOME TODAY, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE, BUT I WILL BE HOME TOMORROW.
AND VICE MAYOR, YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB RUNNING THE MEETING.
THE OTHER THING THAT I LIKE, JUST INFORMATION, IS THAT THERE IS A HOUSING SYMPOSIUM AT THE MURDOCH COMMUNITY CENTER, AND IT'S BEING SPONSORED BY THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH THE NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE ON ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP.
I MIGHT HAVE LEFT OUT A COUPLE WORDS.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT SATURDAY THE 20TH, FROM 1 TO 3:00 AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED.
NOTHING FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU ALL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.