Apr 23, 2024 City Council Combined Special Meeting/Work Session

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MAYOR. WE ARE UNMUTED.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2024.

IT IS THE COMBINED SPECIAL MEETING AND WORK SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

[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 special meeting, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for discussion and consultation with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]

I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND GIVING NOTICE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA. CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL? MAYOR DAGGETT HERE.

VICE MAYOR ASLAN HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HERE.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET HERE.

SORRY I DIDN'T DO THIS AHEAD OF TIME.

VICE MAYOR, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? CERTAINLY. PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE.CAN YOU DO THE MISSION STATEMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

OKAY. AND MAYOR. THANK YOU.

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

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT? 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 MOUNTAIN SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.

WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.

THANK YOU.

SO FIRST UP ON OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY.

[4. Proclamation: Administrative Professionals Day]

THANK YOU. SORRY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IT. ALL RIGHT.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN COORDINATING THE OFFICE OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS, NONPROFITS, GOVERNMENT, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

THE WORK OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS TODAY REQUIRES ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE IN COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, OFFICE TECHNOLOGY, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND OTHER VITAL OFFICE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAVE THE WILLINGNESS TO LEARN AND ACCEPT NEW CHALLENGES.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS ARE VITAL CONTRIBUTORS IN TODAY'S TEAM ORIENTED WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ARE KEY FRONT LINE PUBLIC RELATIONS AMBASSADORS FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY IN WORKPLACES AROUND THE WORLD TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF, AND IS SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY SERVES AS A TIME TO SALUTE THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SINGULAR IMPORTANCE OF THEIR WORK IN ACCOMPLISHING THE MISSION AND VISION OF THEIR PLACE OF WORK.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE MAYOR.

OF. WHERE? NO. IT SAYS FLAGSTAFF CITY.

SO THAT THREW ME OFF.

NOW THEREFORE I BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 24TH, 2024 AS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.

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LAST YEAR WE FORMED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.

WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HELP SUPPORT AND SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR ALL CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ADMINISTRATORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ADJACENT PROFESSIONALS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING MORE TRAININGS AND OUR ULTIMATE GOAL OF CREATING A NETWORK OF SUPPORT AND AND SHARING OF TOOLS AND SKILLS FOR ALL OF US. THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND SUPPORT PROVIDED, AND PLEASE JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYBODY STANDING UP HERE, THOSE ONLINE AND THOSE WHO CANNOT JOIN US TODAY.

OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUESTS AND FEDERAL LOBBYING.

[5. Consideration and Approval: Congressionally Directed Spending Requests and Federal Lobbying Trip to DC Materials Approve the 2024 Federal Lobbying Packet and retroactively approve the Congressionally Directed Spending Requests.]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SARAH LANGLEY, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.

SO THIS AFTERNOON, MYSELF AND SEAN JOHNSON ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR FEDERAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES.

I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE BOB HOLMES ON THE LINE OR HE'S NOT YET.

HE SHOULD BE JOINING US SHORTLY.

SO HE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP AS WELL.

SO TODAY WE'LL GO OVER OUR FIVE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUESTS.

I'LL BE CALLING THOSE CDS REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE D.C.

LOBBYING TRIP THAT'S COMING UP AS WELL.

WE'LL WRAP UP THE ITEM BY ASKING YOU TO APPROVE BOTH THE CDS REQUEST AND THE FEDERAL LOBBYING PACKET.

ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST A BRIEF OVERVIEW.

WHAT ARE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUESTS.

THESE ARE BASICALLY SMALL GRANTS THAT PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THAT AREN'T FUNDED IN THE REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.

THEY'RE OPEN TO CITIES, TOWNS, UNIVERSITIES AND SOME STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS CDS REQUESTS IS THAT THEY HAVE A VERY, VERY QUICK TURNAROUND TIME.

GENERALLY, IT'S ABOUT TWO WEEKS BETWEEN WHEN WE RECEIVE THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS AND THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE.

THAT HELD TRUE FOR THIS YEAR, ALTHOUGH I HEAR WE MAY HAVE ABOUT THREE DAYS TO SUBMIT OUR REQUEST TO OUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES.

SO VERY QUICK TURNAROUND TIMES.

SO HOW DID WE COME UP WITH OUR CDS REQUESTS THIS YEAR? WE BASICALLY STARTED BY GENERATING A LIST OF NEEDS THAT THE CITY HAS, AND THEN WE WHITTLED THOSE DOWN THROUGH DISCUSSION WITH CITY LEADERSHIP, THE CMO TEAM, STACEY BRECHLER-KNAGGS AND HER GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TEAM, AND THEN ALSO WITH DISCUSSION WITH BOB AND ANNA TO DETERMINE KIND OF THE POLITICAL FEASIBILITY OF OUR REQUESTS.

ONCE THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS ARE RELEASED BY OUR SENATORS AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, WE CAN SEE WHAT FEDERAL ACCOUNTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REQUESTS.

SO THAT BASICALLY MEANS WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS CAN BE FUNDED.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR WE SUBMITTED PROJECTS FOR PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

THOSE WERE ELIGIBLE.

BUT SOME PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS WERE INELIGIBLE FOR EXAMPLE.

SO THAT HELPS US NARROW DOWN THE LIST FURTHER.

WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR REQUESTS HAVE BUDGET ESTIMATES AND PLANNING DOCUMENTS.

SO THE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE PRETTY FAR ALONG, IF NOT SHOVEL READY.

BOB HELPED US TO TO DETERMINE THAT 1 TO 4 MILLION WAS KIND OF THE SWEET SPOT FOR FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS.

SO WE WE SELECTED PROJECTS WITHIN THAT RANGE.

WE ALSO NEEDED A LOCAL MATCH AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF THE THE ACCOUNTS THAT WE SUBMITTED FOR THAT PERCENTAGE RANGED FROM 5 TO 25% FOR THE PROJECTS.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE TRY AND SUBMIT A RANGE OF REQUESTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE SUBMITTED TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FLOODING MITIGATION.

WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? I'M THINKING OF WASTEWATER.

SO KIND OF A RANGE OF PROJECTS FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM.

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SOMEWHAT SMALLER. REQUEST AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS FOR 1.2 MILLION.

LA PLAZA VIEJA, PHASE TWO.

PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR 1 MILLION.

THE FANNING WASH FLOOD MITIGATIONS SUITE OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR 3 MILLION, AND THEN THE DESIGN COMPONENT OF THE SUSTAINABLE BIOCHAR FACILITY AT THE FLAGSTAFF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WAS OUR FIFTH REQUEST, AND THE ONE PAGER IN YOUR PACKET PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION ON THESE REQUESTS AND KIND OF A DESCRIPTION OF OF WHAT THEY WOULD ACCOMPLISH.

SO LOOKING FORWARD, THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT REQUESTS FOR SENATORS KELLY AND SINEMA WAS ACTUALLY ON APRIL 5TH, SO IT'S ALREADY PASSED.

OUR REQUESTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THEM AND THEY'RE AWAITING REVIEW.

WE HEARD FROM BOB THAT IT MAY BE AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK THAT WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM ON WHICH REQUESTS THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE'RE WAITING TO SEE THERE.

WE ALSO PLAN TO SUBMIT OUR REQUEST TO REPRESENTATIVES GALLEGO AND STANTON, AS THEY ARE LIKELY GOING TO TAKE STATEWIDE REQUESTS.

THEY HAVEN'T OPENED THEIR PORTALS YET, THOUGH, SO WE'RE WAITING.

AND THAT COULD BE THE THREE DAY TURNAROUND.

SO MORE INFORMATION TO COME THERE.

AND THEN WE WILL BE ASKING THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE TRAVELING TO DC TO INCLUDE OUR CDS REQUESTS IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGISLATORS TO TO HELP EDUCATE AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF OUR NEEDS.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SEAN, WHO'S GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE TRIP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SARAH. MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL.

SEAN JOHNSON, YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

I AM GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW.

THERE WE GO. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR FEDERAL LOBBYING PACKET AND HOW IT CAME TO BE, AS WELL AS AN UPDATED ITINERARY FOR THE DC TRIP NEXT WEEK.

SO OUR PROCESS IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

WE FOLLOW OUR TRIED AND TRUE METHOD OF, EXCUSE ME, METHOD OF UPDATING OUR PREVIOUS YEARS PACKET WITH RELEVANT INFORMATION, AS WELL AS ANY NEW ADDITIONS.

WE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR FEDERAL LOBBYIST, BOB AND ANA ON WHAT SUBJECTS AND ASKS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THIS YEAR.

AS WE KNOW, THE INTEREST OF OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION ARE EVER CHANGING AND EVOLVING, AS WE'VE ALL SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.

SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WILL FOLLOW UNDER OUR CDS AS WELL.

AND WE WORKED WITH OUR FIRE HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EXCUSE ME, HEIDI AND WATER SERVICES, TO JUST NAME A FEW.

AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHO'S GOING TO THE DC TRIP.

AND WE HAVE SOME VETERANS GOING.

SO I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE GROUP.

AND WE HAVE MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT, VICE MAYOR AUSTIN ASLAN, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, CITY MANAGER GREG CLIFTON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JOANNE KEANE AND SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER CHRISTINE CAMERON.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK RUN THROUGH OF THE SCHEDULE.

SO TUESDAY, APRIL 30TH, YOU ALL WILL ARRIVE IN DC AT 8 P.M.

AND THEN YOU'LL GO TO YOUR HOTEL WEDNESDAY.

YOU'LL START BRIGHT AND EARLY AT 730, I BELIEVE IS WHAT BOB HAS FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE BREAKFAST.

AND THEN HE WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK BRIEFING.

BEFORE YOU DO, HEAD TO CAPITOL HILL.

AND THEN THAT WILL TAKE ALL WEDNESDAY.

AND THEN YOU WILL ALSO BE GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A TOUR ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.

SO QUITE EXCITING.

THURSDAY WILL BE THE SAME THING.

YOU'LL JUST HAVE MEETINGS IN THE MORNING AND THEN YOU'LL BE LEAVING DC, I WANT TO SAY AT 5:00.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A QUICK TURNAROUND, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF STUFF DONE.

SO THAT'LL BE GREAT.

AND THEN KEY MEETINGS THESE ARE JUST A FEW.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE HOW MANY MEETINGS ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVED WITH OUR FEDERAL LOBBYING TRIPS.

SO THIS RANGES FROM SENATOR KELLY, SENATOR SINEMA, OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, THE ARMY CORPS, HUD, FAA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE EPA, AND SEVERAL OTHERS.

I WANT TO SAY YOU HAVE ABOUT 20 MEETINGS ON.

WEDNESDAY YOUR FIRST DAY.

AND SO HERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT.

IT'S RATHER SMALL, BUT AND WE DON'T HAVE TIMES BECAUSE THIS LITERALLY CHANGES ON THE DOT WITH CONGRESSIONAL CONGRESS AND SENATE.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A MEETING THAT STARTS IN FIVE MINUTES AND THEN IT COULD PUSH TO TEN MINUTES.

SO IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.

BUT YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A FULL DAY AS YOU CAN SEE.

AND THEN BOB WILL BE SENDING US A FINAL DRAFT THAT I WILL PROVIDE TO COUNCIL I THINK ON MONDAY, HE SAID, BECAUSE WITH THE CONGRESS, IT'S.

ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DEADLINE.

WE USUALLY LIKE TO SAY SO IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY JUST WITH THE.

PROTOCOLS AND.

NO, NO. LOOKING GOOD.

AND OFF TO OUR REQUEST.

SO, STAFFERS REQUESTING RETROACTIVE APPROVAL OF THE FIVE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUESTS, AS WELL AS APPROVAL OF THE DC LOBBYING PACKET AND DRAFT SCHEDULE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO JUST DO THUMBS UP.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR.

JUST QUICKLY LOOKING AT THE PACKET THAT'S GOING WITH YOU ALL, I THINK THERE MAY BE A TYPO.

ON IT'S PAGE 11 WHERE YOU'RE REQUESTING SUPPORT OF THE CREATION OF THE WORKFORCE HOUSING TAX CREDIT, BUT IT SAYS SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF THAT TAX CREDIT WEALTH GAP.

AND I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT.

NO PROBLEM. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ONE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY ALSO POINTED OUT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING OUR PACKET HOPEFULLY TOMORROW WITH ANY EDITS THAT YOU ALL WANT TO INCLUDE.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FINAL VERSION OUT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE.

ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET THUMBS UP FOR APPROVAL? WHEW. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CDS AS WELL AS YOUR LOBBYING PACKET.

YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MAYOR.

MY APOLOGIES.

HI. STACEY SALTZBURG, CITY CLERK.

CAN WE ACTUALLY GET A MOTION AND A VOTE ON BOTH OF THOSE? WE CAN COMBINE THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER, BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR YOU.

BET. THANK YOU.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PACKET AND THE CDS REQUESTS? MAYOR. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2024 FEDERAL LOBBYING PACKET AND RETROACTIVELY APPROVE THE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUESTS.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. AND SO THE SPECIAL PART OF OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

NOW WE MOVE INTO OUR WORK SESSION.

[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).]

AND WE WILL MOVE TO AN OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

[2. 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.]

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND THERE'S A CLOCK HERE DURING OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WE CAN'T GET INTO A BACK AND FORTH.

AND IT APPEARS AGAIN AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

SO IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING DURING THE MEETING, YOU CAN SUBMIT A COMMENT CARD AND DO OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC AT THE END.

FIRST OFF, WE HAVE DENNIS GIVENS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR DAGGETT, CITY COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR, ZOO STAFF, CITIZENS.

HELLO. MY NAME IS DENNIS GIVENS, THE INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST FOR JUSTICE NEWS.

I DROVE DOWN FANNING AND HUNTINGTON DRIVE PAST THE FOOD BANK AND FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNED BUSINESS OWNER.

AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I SAW PEOPLE LIVING IN CARS AND A BUS.

I ALSO SAW A GROUP OF PEOPLE CAMPING OUTSIDE WITH A FIRE NEXT TO A BUSINESS.

I ALSO WENT TO THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF FLAGSTAFF ON APRIL 11TH.

MOST RESIDENTS WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE IDEA OF PUTTING A SHELTER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, STATING THEY ALREADY HAD SOCIAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE AND IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SOMEONE ALSO MENTIONED IT WAS RACIST, CLASSIST TO PLACES SHELTER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT WILL LOWER THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTIES.

I WORK AT A RESTAURANT CALLED MORNING GLORY CAFE, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE SUNSHINE MISSION ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

MY COWORKER WAS ASSAULTED BY A PERSON HANGING OUTSIDE OF THE MISSION, AND I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN IN ALTERCATIONS WHILE WALKING TO WORK.

MOST OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GROUP OF PEOPLE HANGING OUTSIDE OF THE MISSION.

SINCE THE MISSION HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR A MONTH, NO ONE HANGS OUTSIDE OF IT ANYMORE AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MISSION.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE MUST COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR HELPING THOSE PEOPLE WHO STILL SUFFER WITHIN OUR CITY TODAY.

WHILE WALKING PAST THE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TEAM OF FLAGSTAFF CATS, I SAW THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR BUS.

I THINK IT WAS BROKEN DOWN AND THEY WERE HANDING OUT SUPPLIES TO OUR RELATIVES IN THE HOT SUN.

DARYL'S SON MATIAS WAS HAPPILY ASSISTING PEOPLE WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE IN HIS TRADITIONAL ATTIRE.

IT WAS A GREAT DISPLAY OF HUMANITY.

THEY DEFINITELY NEED A PLACE WHERE THEY CONTINUE CAN CONTINUE THEIR WORK.

LET'S HELP PEOPLE GET ON THEIR FEET WITH WORK PROGRAMS, REHABILITATION THERAPY AND OTHER INCENTIVES.

WE SHOULD ALSO ALSO SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHERE WE PLACE THESE SERVICES IN RESPECT FOR EVERY CITIZEN.

THIS IS NOT AN EASY TASK TO TAKE ON, BUT WE CAN DO AMAZING THINGS WITH GOOD INTENTIONS WHEN WORKING TOGETHER.

I LOOK FORWARD TO RESEARCHING THIS TOPIC MORE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS COMPLEX ISSUE.

LET'S NOT GIVE UP ON EACH OTHER.

I ALSO THINK AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD HELP THIS SITUATION.

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FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD BE LIKE, OH, GO TO RAINBOW'S END DOWNTOWN.

IT'S OWNED BY A REALLY COOL LADY AND THERE'S COOL GIRL CLOTHES.

ARE YOU GOING TO FLAG TAG BY HOME DEPOT FOR YOUR WORK PARTY? AND THERE'S PROBABLY MULTIPLE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT COULD BE PLUGGED.

AND I THINK THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY AT THE END.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. DENNIS NADINE HART.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

SO I WENT TO THE LAST BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING FOR THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSING AUTHORITY.

AS ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, I TEND TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH SOMETHING CALLED HOTMA.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THESE ACRONYMS ARE, BUT WHEN I TALK TO RESIDENTS AT OTHER PROPERTIES LIKE CLARK, BRENNAN, SILER, OR EVEN OTHER VOUCHER HOLDERS, IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO FLAT GIVE US A FLAT RATE.

SO SOMEONE LIKE ME, WHO EARNED $400 LESS THIS MONTH THROUGH WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY $200 MORE.

SO MY RENT ACTUALLY INCREASED FROM 600 SOMETHING TO LIKE 900.

AND THAT'S SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY BACK AS RESIDENTS.

AND WHAT I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM IS THAT THAT $40 THAT WE MIGHT SAVE MIGHT BE A BIRTHDAY PRESENT, AND WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THAT GAMBLE.

SO THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS IS BECAUSE AS SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER HOLDERS, WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT THAT POSSIBLE RENTAL INCREASE WHICH IS GOING TO BE VERY HARD TO COME OUT OF.

OUR WATER RATES ARE GOING TO INCREASE.

AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, THE HOUSE, WHATEVER STRUCTURE YOU LIVE IN IS GAUGED DIFFERENCE FOR UTILITIES.

I ONLY GET $200 TO PAY GAS ELECTRIC PHONES WHICH ARE NECESSARY.

MY WATER, ANY KIND OF HEATING ELEMENT.

THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.

IN THE WINTER MONTHS WE'RE NOT GETTING ALLOTMENT FOR THAT.

AND WHEN I BROUGHT UP THAT TEN YEAR PLAN.

HELP ME.

HELP US GET OUT OF THIS.

WE DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS FOREVER.

THEY TOLD ME I COULD GO TO A BUDGET MEETING.

I CANNOT BUDGET THE NET.

I'M ALLOWED ANY MORE THAN I AM.

I NEED SOME KIND OF BUFFER.

MAYBE SOMEBODY, WHEN YOU GO TO WASHINGTON, HAS A BETTER IDEA FOR THIS.

BUT IT WAS PRETTY INSULTING TO THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO.

BECAUSE WE DO BUDGET, WE EAT POTATOES, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY WITH MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES TO QUALIFY FOR FOOD PROGRAMS. WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE INSURANCE FOR OUR CHILDREN AT THIS POINT.

SO WE'VE REALLY FELT THAT IMPACT.

ONE THING THEY WANT TO DO, AND THAT I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS CAN HELP WITH, IS MARKET BETTER AS EXISTING.

THEY JUST WANT TO TALK WITH EXISTING PROPERTY MANAGERS FOR THIS PROGRAM.

WE NEED TO GO BIGGER.

I SUGGESTED FARMERS MARKETS.

YOU GUYS HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU'RE HIRING MEDIA SPECIALISTS THAT COULD SHOW IN A VIDEO, MAYBE A FAMILY LIKE MINE WHO IS SUCCESSFUL.

WHY IT BENEFITS US TO RENT TO PEOPLE LIKE US.

I DON'T THINK THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CAN DO IT WITHOUT THE COUNCIL OR BETTER IDEAS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS AND HOPE THAT ANY OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDS ONE OF THESE MEETINGS.

THIRD THURSDAY YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND JUST SEE HOW CONFUSING IT IS FOR THOSE OF US UTILIZING THIS PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. CITY MANAGER REPORT.

[3. City Manager Report Information Only]

COUNCIL. THERE'S THIS IS A BRIEF REPORT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW UPDATES TO FOLLOW.

BUT IN THE REPORT ITSELF JUST AN UPDATE ON SOME RECENT MEETINGS.

DON'T NEED TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT.

SOME EVENTS OF LATE.

IT'S IN THERE FOR YOUR READING ENJOYMENT.

I DID, HOWEVER, WANT TO CALL OUT ONE ITEM AND THE APPENDED TO THE REPORT IS A LETTER THAT IS GOING OUT TO MANY RESIDENTS IN THE SWISS MANOR AND SHADOW MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IT SPEAKS TO RISK OF FLOODING.

AND I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT BECAUSE WE SHOULD ALL BE AWARE OF WHY THE LETTER IS GOING OUT AND THE CONTENTS OF IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS DISCUSSION IS ABOUT.

IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH IMMEDIATELY LIE IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM OF THIS SOUTHERN FLANK OF MOUNT ELDEN.

WE, OF COURSE, HAVE SEEN SOME FLOOD EVENTS IN RECENT YEARS 2003, 2014, 2021.

THINK PRIUS FLOATING DOWN THE ROAD.

AND THAT WAS THE MOST RECENT EVENT THAT WE CAN RELATE TO.

BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED FLOOD EVENTS IN THIS AREA HAS PROMPTED NUMEROUS STUDIES.

WE SPECIFICALLY IN ITS REFERENCED IN THE REPORT 2010 DRAINAGE STUDY, 2014 NRCS FLOOD ASSESSMENT

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WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO ANY DETAILS ABOUT THOSE ALL THOSE STUDIES, BUT THE MOST RECENT EFFORT CONDUCTED BY J.E.

FULLER AND WOODSON ENGINEERING, AS COMMISSIONED BY OUR STORMWATER SECTION DETERMINED THAT ABOUT 524 PROPERTY PARCELS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STILL AT SOME RISK OF FLOODING, ATTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE ALTERED CONDITION ON MOUNT ELDEN, ELDEN'S STEMMING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 1977 RADIO FIRE.

AND WHILE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF RECOVERY UP THERE THE WATERSHEDS ARE STILL EXPERIENCING ABOUT A 2 TO 3 TIMES HIGHER FLOW AND FLOOD RISK THAN BEFORE THE 1977 FIRE.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR.

THESE PROPERTIES DO NOT THEY'RE NOT LOCATED IN THE FLOODPLAIN OR IN HAZARD AREAS, PER SE, ACCORDING TO FEMA.

THEY'RE NOT MAPPED AS SUCH.

SO REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE LETTER IS JUST TO REMIND OUR RESIDENTS OUT THERE AND YOU CAN READ THE LETTERS AGAIN ATTACHED TO THE REPORT, THAT THERE IS SOME INCREASED RISK OF OCCASIONAL FLOODING, AND IT SETS FORTH SOME PRECAUTIONS AND MEASURES THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT THE PROPERTIES.

THERE'S SUGGESTIONS ABOUT FLOOD INSURANCE AND SO FORTH.

AND OF COURSE, FLOOD INSURANCE IS AVAILABLE TO THESE PROPERTIES.

SO THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE LETTER GOING OUT.

BEFORE I GO ON WITH ANY OTHER ANY OF THE UPDATES WANTED TO PAUSE HERE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ON WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.

APPENDED TO MY REPORT, WE HAVE FOUR UPDATES.

WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THOSE IN RAPID SUCCESSION.

WE HAVE SUSTAINABILITY MONTH MONTHLY UPDATES.

I THINK JENNY NIEMANN IS GOING TO GIVE US THAT REPORT.

THAT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY AN IT QUARTERLY REPORT A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM OUR WATER SERVICES SECTION.

AND WE WILL END UP HEARING FROM HEIDI REGARDING THE ECONOMIC VITALITY MONTHLY REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER JENNY NEIMAN, CLIMATE ACTION SECTION DIRECTOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I AM TOO SMALL.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE SUSTAINABILITY MARCH 2024 MONTHLY REPORT IN RAPID FASHION.

FIRST WE GOT A VISIT FROM THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF AMERICORPS PROGRAM.

AND IT WAS REALLY EXCELLENT.

THEY CAME OUT TO OUR OFFICE.

THIS IS REALLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FACT THAT FLAGSTAFF HAS A TREASURE IN THE NIU CENTER FOR SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM.

THEY ARE PROVIDING 75, I THINK, CLIMATE CORPS VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE RIGHT NOW, IN ADDITION TO HUNDREDS OF OTHER FOLKS THAT THEY WORK WITH TEN OF WHICH ARE IN OUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW. SO WE HAD A REALLY SPECIAL VISIT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS REALLY DEDICATED THEIR LIFE TO SERVICE IN TERMS OF CLIMATE ACTION.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH THE RESILIENCE HUB PROJECT.

YOU ALL HEARD FROM JENNA AND SAM TWO WEEKS AGO, AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK RIGHT NOW WITH THE EPA JUST ON THAT AGREEMENT TO GET US THROUGH OUR FINAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE WORK PLAN.

WE'RE ALSO IN A LOT OF TRAINING.

WE DID A TRAINING THIS MONTH THAT WAS REALLY IMPACTFUL ON COMMUNITY LED RESILIENCE AND EQUITY AND DATA.

SO REALLY JUST HELPING US TO DO A BETTER JOB AT COLLECTING DATA AND USING DATA.

IN TERMS OF EQUITY AND ENGAGEMENT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR EQUITY CLIMATE ADVISORY GROUP.

THEY ADVISED US ON THE EPA GRANT THAT WE SUBMITTED LAST MONTH THAT I KNOW WE TOLD SOME OF YOU ABOUT, AND WE ALSO HAVE ROLLED OUT AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL.

IT'S AN INTERNAL TOOL THAT WE'VE BUILT TO REALLY JUST HELP COLLECT DATA ON HOW WE'RE WORKING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, HOW WE'RE ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ETC.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS MONTH WE LAUNCHED THE GREEN BUSINESS BOOTCAMP FOR FLAGSTAFF BUSINESSES.

THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ECONOMIC VITALITY SECTION AND LOCAL FIRST ARIZONA.

WE ALSO ADDED OUR FINAL CLIMATE CORPS.

FELICIA WILL BE HELPING US WITH ENERGY AND RESILIENCE OUTREACH IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CLEANUPS. THERE'S A CLEANUP PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEK HAPPENING ON EITHER OUR FOOT TRAILS, OUR ALLEYS, AVENUES, OR WITHIN OUR STREAM AREAS.

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OUR FOOD AND WASTE TEAM IS HARD AT WORK.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO LAUNCH A NEW URBAN FARM INCUBATOR OVER AT MCALESTER RANCH.

A PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY WILL BE LEASED OUT AS PART OF OUR URBAN FARM INCUBATOR PROGRAM TO SUPPORT SMALL GROWERS, AND WE ALSO HAVE OPENED OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAM.

COMMUNITY GARDENS ARE UP AND RUNNING.

YOU MAY SEE PEOPLE OUT AT THOSE GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

FINALLY, OUR COMPOST PROGRAM HAS CONTINUES TO DIVERT THOUSANDS OF POUNDS EVERY MONTH.

THIS IS REALLY DUE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO BRING THEIR FOOD SCRAPS TO FIVE DIFFERENT DROP OFFS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND A SHOUT OUT TO PROS FOR HELPING US GET SOME BETTER SIGNAGE THERE.

IN TERMS OF RECYCLING, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS AS WELL AS SOLID, SOLID WASTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, REALLY HELPING OUR RESIDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR RECYCLING SYSTEM IN TOWN AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CONTINUES TO ENGAGE PEOPLE A COUPLE THOUSAND EVERY MONTH.

FINALLY, THE MOST LIKED PERSON IN OUR OFFICE, ALBERT, MET COCO THE COMET, COCONINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S NEW MASCOT, AND I WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY WE ARE JUST COMING OFF OUR EARTH DAY EVENT.

WE ARE INCREDIBLY ENERGIZED BY IT.

I THINK IT WAS OUR LARGEST CROWD EVER THAT I'VE EVER SEEN, AND IT'S JUST A REALLY SPECIAL DAY OF THE COMMUNITY COMING OUT.

WE'VE GOT DROP OFF DAY ON SATURDAY, ANOTHER VERY POPULAR EVENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A WHOLE SLEW OF FOLKS.

SO WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON THIS MONTH.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU. JENNY, JUST A REALLY QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL.

CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT? OF COURSE. SO EQUITY IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY GOALS OF OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

AND AS WE HAVE BEEN LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY WORK OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE REALIZE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA ABOUT HOW WE ARE ENGAGING ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ENGAGING DIFFERENT GROUPS.

AND SO THIS ASSESSMENT TOOL IS IT WAS DEVELOPED BY TEAM MEMBERS OVER REALLY THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS.

IT WAS DUE TO THEIR INITIATIVE TO GET THIS TOGETHER AND KEEP IT ON KIND OF THE FRONT BURNER, INSTEAD OF ALWAYS BEING ON THE BACK BURNER.

AND THEY BUILT OFF OF TRAINING THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN THROUGH THE URBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK.

AND THEY HAVE AN EQUITY FOUNDATIONS TRAINING THAT EVERYONE IN OUR OFFICE TAKES.

AND SO WE TRY TO BUILD FROM THAT TRAINING INTO ESSENTIALLY DATA COLLECTION TO SAY, OKAY, YOU HAVE THIS PROGRAM, YOU HAVE THIS EVENT.

WHO HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO? WAS IT COMMUNITY DESIGNED? WAS THERE COMMUNITY INPUT? WHO ARE WE REACHING? RIGHT. AND NOT JUST, OH, WE JUST REACHED, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON, BUT REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE ONLY REACHING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN DO BETTER.

SO IT IS MOSTLY JUST INFORMATION COLLECTION AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE KIND OF REALIZE THAT WE NEED INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE OUR EQUITY WORK.

IS THAT ALSO ASSESSING? THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM OR OR OTHERS WITHIN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. YES, WE TAKE A VERY BROAD VIEW OF EQUITY.

SO IT'S EVERYTHING FROM DEMOGRAPHICS OF FOLKS THAT MAYBE ATTEND OUR EVENT, WHAT MIGHT BE INCOME LEVELS, HOW MIGHT PEOPLE HEAR FROM US? RIGHT? ARE WE ONLY REACHING PEOPLE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW? OR ARE WE GETTING THE WORD OUT FROM WORD OF MOUTH OR KIND OF SOCIAL NETWORKS? WE TRY TO LOOK ABOVE AND BEYOND.

SO WE THINK ABOUT PHYSICAL DISABILITY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, IS IT JUST AN ONLINE EVENT OR IN PERSON? HOW DO PEOPLE LEARN IN DIFFERENT WAYS? THINGS LIKE THAT. OF COURSE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

THANKS. THANKS, JENNY.

YOU GUYS, REPORTS ARE ALWAYS SO THOROUGH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EQUITY GROUP THAT YOU HAVE? YES. AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THAT GROUP AND HOW THAT GROUP WAS SELECTED? SURE. SO THE EQUITY ADVISORY, EQUITY CLIMATE ADVISORY GROUP WAS ONE OF THE THREE ADVISORY GROUPS THAT WE LAUNCHED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. THAT GROUP WAS MADE UP.

WE DID A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO GET APPLICATIONS.

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AND THAT GROUP IS A PRETTY BROAD BASE OF FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

WE SORT OF ASKED ABOUT LIVED EXPERIENCE.

WE TRIED TO REALLY VALUE LIVED EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO SELECT MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP.

WE USED OTHER ACTUAL OUTSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP THAT SO THAT WE WEREN'T THE ONE MAKING THOSE SELECTIONS.

AND THAT GROUP GENERALLY ADVISES US ON A WIDE VARIETY OF PROJECTS.

WE MEET ONCE A MONTH AND NORMALLY BRING THEM 1 OR 2 TOPICS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON.

IT'S BASICALLY OUR WAY OF SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? AND AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THESE IDEAS.

BUT OFTEN, YOU KNOW, WE PAY OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, RIGHT, WHO MIGHT BE FROM OUT OF TOWN A LOT OF MONEY TO ADVISE ON OUR PROGRAMING.

AND SO THIS WAS A WAY TO BRING IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HAVE THEM ADVISE ON OUR PROGRAMING AND GET THEIR OPINIONS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OH. PLEASE GO.

I HAVE THE GIGGLES TODAY FOR SOME REASON, BUT SO HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT THAT GROUP, THAT THAT GROUP INCLUDES ALL THE VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITY? I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY TO ENSURE THAT A SMALL GROUP OF ABOUT TEN PEOPLE COULD INCLUDE ALL THE VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE GOING TO BE RECRUITING FOR MORE MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP TO SORT OF DO A LITTLE REFRESH, AS PEOPLE HAD TO HAVE HAD TO LEAVE FOR OTHER COMMITMENTS.

BUT AGAIN, WE ASKED FOLKS ABOUT THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE.

WE TRIED TO GET A VERY DIVERSE ARRAY OF FOLKS FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE DO THE BEST WE CAN.

WE WILL DEFINITELY ASK FOR Y'ALL'S HELP WHEN WE DO THAT RECRUITING IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THANK YOU. OF COURSE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JENNY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

NEXT WE HAVE C.J.

WITH IT. THANKS.

WELCOME, C.J..

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

PERRY, YOUR IT DIRECTOR GOT OUR QUARTERLY REPORT.

WE MAKE OUR QUARTERLY REPORT A LOT MORE TOWARDS INTERNAL TOWARDS STAFF, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE SERVE PRIMARILY.

SO WE DO A LOT OF LITTLE TIPS AND TRICKS FOR OUR STAFF.

THE LATEST TIP AND TRICK IS HOW YOU CAN LOOK UP YOUR CLIPBOARD HISTORY.

SO IF YOU COPIED AND PASTE AND COPY AND PASTE AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE THING THAT I COPIED AND PASTED A WHILE AGO, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO LOOK THAT UP.

SO IF YOU HIT WINDOWS KEY PLUS V, IT BRINGS UP THIS COOL LITTLE THING THAT YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK THROUGH YOUR CLIPBOARD HISTORY AS WELL AS GIFTS AND OTHER COOL FEATURES. SO SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE FUN THING THAT WE WANTED TO DO.

I ALSO WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS, OUR APPLICATION PROGRAM.

THIS IS HEADED UP BY SEAN ARMOR.

SHE'S OUR APPLICATIONS MANAGER, AND YOU CAN READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH OF THE STAFF MEMBERS.

OUR APPLICATIONS TEAM IS KIND OF DIVIDED UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS.

WE HAVE OUR CORE ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS TEAMS, WHICH HAVE ADAM'S WEB TEAM AND CHRIS SUMMERS.

THEY DO A LOT OF OUR BACK END WORK.

THEY DO A LOT OF OUR CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ANALYTICS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE ALLEN CHURCH AND ALEX STEVENSON.

THEY ARE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

PUBLIC SAFETY MAKES UP ABOUT 50% OF ALL OF THE TICKETS THAT WE TAKE IN.

AND SO WE NEED PEOPLE DEDICATED TO, TO HELP THEM OUT.

AND SO THOSE STAFF ARE DEDICATED TO THAT, AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

I WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON A MAJOR PROJECT.

WE RELEASED AN SOC FOR BROADBAND FIBER PROVIDER THAT HAS CONCLUDED, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS.

I THERE SHOULD BE A LOT OF EXCITING DETAILS TO COME TO COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT I CAN'T SHARE ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

BUT THAT'S COMING VERY, VERY SOON.

I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST SKIP AHEAD.

BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR OUR HELP DESK.

THEY'VE GONE A YEAR WITH 100% SATISFACTION RATING.

SO WE SEND OUT LITTLE SURVEY AT THE END OF EACH TICKET, YOU KNOW, DID DID WE MEET YOUR THE WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? HOW IS OUR SERVICE, THAT SORT OF THING? 100% FOR A FULL YEAR.

SO OUR HELP DESK IS IS KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK.

I KNOW THIS WAS SHARED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BUT OUR APPLICATIONS TEAM AND OUR GIS TEAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH PROS, WAS ABLE TO DO THIS REMODEL RENTAL SYSTEM.

HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TO CHECK IT OUT, BUT THAT WAS A REALLY AWESOME THING THAT WE WANTED TO TO CELEBRATE.

AND FINALLY, ONE THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS SOME OF THE OVERHAULING WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR OUR 901 CAD DISPATCH SYSTEM.

OUR GIS TEAM HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON OUR MAPPING INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE MAP USED TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF THE DISPATCHERS TO ACTUALLY VIEW SOME OF THE STUFF ON THE SCREEN.

SO OUR GIS TEAM HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF DETAILED WORK.

THEY DON'T FOLLOW SOME OF THE STANDARD GIS PROTOCOLS WITH THE CURRENT 911 DISPATCH SYSTEM.

SO THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME MAKING IT LOOK NICE AND MAKING IT EASY FOR THE DISPATCHERS TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN LOCATIONS AND DO THEIR JOB.

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SO WE ARE FINALLY COMPLETELY COMPLIANT WITH THAT, WHICH HAS TAKEN A VERY LONG TIME TO GET TO.

BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS IN HERE, AND I'LL LET YOU READ THOSE AT YOUR LEISURE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE SHANNON JONES WITH WATER SERVICES.

MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. SHANNON JONES, WATER SERVICES DIRECTOR.

AND ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU SARAH JABLON, WATER SERVICES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST.

SHE HAS JUST BEGUN HER SECOND WEEK WITH WATER SERVICES, AND SHE'S GOING TO GO OVER OUR QUARTERLY REPORT.

SARAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SHANNON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M JUST GOING TO PULL UP THE POWERPOINT.

OKAY, SO AS SHANNON SAID, I'M SARAH AND I'M THE WATER SERVICES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, AND I AM JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR QUARTERLY REPORT.

SO IN THE DIVISION, OUR RATE STUDY IS ON TRACK.

MOST RECENTLY, WE RELEASED STAN TECH'S REPORT THAT IS NOW ONLINE AS WELL AS OUR RATES CALCULATOR.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE TOP RIGHT A SCREENSHOT.

YOU CAN COMPARE YOUR CURRENT RATES TO YOUR FUTURE CHARGES FOR THE ALL FIVE YEARS OF THE PROPOSED RATE STUDY.

IN ADDITION, OUR BUDGET INCREASES REMAIN CONTINGENT ON THE RATE MODEL PASSING.

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH I ONLY LISTED ABOUT HALF HERE, BUT THEY INCLUDE FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS FOR RIO DE FLAG RECLAMATION PLANT BACKUP GENERATORS, FIRE AND FLOOD REMEDIATION, WATER METER REPLACEMENT, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, AND MORE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR THE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT IS ONGOING.

AND THERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WE RECENTLY HAD A DROP IN EVENT FOR OUR MANAGERS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A PICTURE OF ALL OF OUR MANAGERS TOGETHER IN A WHILE. SO MOVING TO PROJECTS.

SO WE HAVE COMPLETED OR NEARLY COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS IN THE LAST QUARTER.

SOLAR WATER TRANSMISSION LINE.

SWITZER PHASE FOR WATER TRANSMISSION LINES.

BUFFALO PARK TO ELLEN STREET, RECLAIMED WATER LINE AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AT RECLAMATION PLANTS AND RIO DE FLAG FACILITY. SO WE STILL HAVE MANY MAINTENANCE PROJECTS ONGOING, BUT WE COMPLETED SEVERAL AS WELL.

AND SO PROJECTS THAT WE ARE PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO BE KICKING OFF, EITHER IN THIS QUARTER OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE INCLUDE THE SCHULTZ CREEK HIGHWAY 180 DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT PHOTO WAS TAKEN.

I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO.

BUT THAT PROJECT BEGAN IN MARCH.

IN ADDITION, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING THE LAKE MARY WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

SEDIMENTATION, BASIN REHAB.

WE COMPLETED THE DESIGN FOR THE WILDCAT COUNTRY CLUB SEWER INTERCEPTOR, AND WE'RE MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF PLANNING WITH THAT AND THE RIO DIGESTER, WILDCAT DIGESTER AND COGEN AND PRIMARY INFLUENT PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT IS IN DESIGN.

PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY INCLUDE WATER AWARENESS MONTH.

WE'RE STILL IN APRIL, AND WE'VE SPEARHEADED A WATER RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION SPECIFICALLY, HAVE SPEARHEADED MANY COMMUNITY EVENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.

MOST RECENTLY, EARTH DAY.

STORM WATER COMPLETED A SUITE OF SPRUCE WASH BOND PROJECTS AND MANY ARE STILL ONGOING.

WE JUST COMPLETED THE METER VAULT REPLACEMENT AT CAMEO MOBILE HOME AND ARE MOVING ON TO OTHER METER VAULT REPLACEMENTS.

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THE. SO FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2009, WE ARE GIVING AN UPDATE TO OUR STORMWATER DRAINAGE DESIGN MANUAL, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY COLLABORATING WITH BNSF RAILWAY FOR THE DESIGN OF THE CULVERT AT THREE, THREE, 8.9 MILE POST.

AND ADDITIONALLY, PLANNING HAS STARTED FOR OUR NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY.

THIS WILL BE A BIG PROJECT, AND WE'RE REQUESTING FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FOR THIS PROJECT.

MOVING ON TO KEY HIGHLIGHTS AND OPERATIONS.

WATER SERVICES MAINTAINS REGULATORY COMPLIANCE THROUGH AUDITS, INSPECTIONS, OPERATOR PRACTICE EXAMS, AMERICORPS PARTNERSHIP AND MORE.

OUR DATA TEAM CONTINUES TO UPDATE AND IMPROVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS. MOST NOTABLY, THEY RESTORED COMMUNICATION TO LAKE MARY AFTER IT WAS DOWN BY LIGHTNING DAMAGE.

WE STILL HAVE VACANCIES.

I THINK ABOUT TEN SYSTEMS, OPERATORS, VACANCIES AND WATER DISTRIBUTION AND WASTEWATER THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY MOVING TO FILL.

BUT TOURS ARE STILL ONGOING.

AND OUR RECLAMATION PLANS, DESPITE THESE STAFFING SHORTAGES AND OUR 2023 WATER QUALITY REPORT IS SLATED TO BE SENT TO CUSTOMERS AHEAD OF THE, I BELIEVE, JULY 1ST DEADLINE.

IN MAY. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUE TO REPLACE DAMAGED UTILITIES, INCLUDING HYDRANTS AND WATER LINES, MOST NOTABLY LAKE MARY.

WHILE NUMBER NINE HAS RESTORED FUNCTIONALITY AND WATER ENFORCEMENT BEGAN IN APRIL.

AND THE IMAGE THERE, YOU'LL SEE, IS ONE OF OUR COMPLETED PROJECTS AT ONE OF THE RECLAMATION PLANS, ONE OF OUR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

AND FINALLY, TO END, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PERSONNEL CHANGES IN THE LAST QUARTER.

MATT MCNAMARA BECAME THE ENGINEERING SECTION DIRECTOR IN JANUARY.

LEE WILLIAMS IS OUR NEW TREATMENT OPERATIONS SECTION DIRECTOR.

JACKSON SALAZAR WAS PROMOTED TO PROJECT MANAGER.

LORNE CARGILL IS SCADA INFORMATION SYSTEMS. NEW PROGRAM MANAGER LISA DIEM HAS RETIRED AND IS REPLACED BY SUSAN JONAS AS THE NEW MANAGEMENT ANALYST.

MYSELF, SARAH JABLON.

I'M THE NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST AND MICHAEL COHEN FILLS STORM WATER LAST VACANCY.

AND ADDITIONALLY WITHIN THE WATER COMMISSION, WE'VE HAD ONE CHANGE.

ROBERT VANE HAS REPLACED BEN RUDDELL, SO WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.

THANK YOU. BEN AND KURT RIGGLEMAN HAS BEEN REAPPOINTED AS COMMISSION CHAIR, WITH JOHN KNELMAN AS VICE CHAIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OPENINGS ON THE COMMISSION CURRENTLY? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

NO. THE COMMISSION'S FULL.

AND IN TERMS OF YOUR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU JUST HAVE A LONG LIST AND YOU PRIORITIZE THEM AND YOU GET DONE WHAT IS BUDGETED FOR THAT YEAR, CONSTRUCTION WISE OR REPAIR WISE, CORRECT? MAIER. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT'S A VERY SIMPLISTIC MANNER.

WE USE ACTUALLY, WE USE SOFTWARE TO KIND OF MANAGE OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS COMPUTERIZED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ON HOW WE TRACK THE MAINTENANCE THAT ALSO, WE USE WORK ORDER SYSTEM TO TRACK REPAIRS THAT COME UP THAT ARE FOUND THROUGH ON CALL STAFF OR, OR THINGS THAT HAPPEN DURING THE DAY AND HOW WE SLOT THOSE AND PRIORITIZE THEM THROUGH OUR MANAGEMENT STAFFS AND ABSOLUTELY REQUIRE THEM TO WORK WITHIN THE BUDGET.

AND SOMETIMES THEY DO HAVE TO GET A LITTLE CREATIVE.

DO YOU HAVE A LONG LIST OF PROJECTS NEEDING ATTENTION? I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A VERY LONG LIST OF PROJECTS THAT NEED ATTENTION, AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, JUST A COMMENT.

YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR.

WELCOME, SARAH TO THE TEAM.

I DON'T KNOW THAT TWO WEEKS INTO ANY JOB, I WOULD HAVE BEEN READY TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL.

SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION.

AND JUST WANTED TO WELCOME YOU.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE REPORT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WATER SERVICES TEAM FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE GETTING READY TO GET UNDERWAY, IT'S VERY EXCITING WORK.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

QUICK QUESTION ON CAN YOU EXPAND WHAT WATER ENFORCEMENT ENTAILS, SHANNON? WATER ENFORCEMENT. WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL IS, AS WE MOVE INTO OUR IRRIGATION SEASON OUR CONSERVATION TEAMS WILL BE OUT.

SO YOUR WATERING IS SCHEDULED BY YOUR ADDRESS ON CERTAIN DAYS.

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCY OF HOW OUR VEGETATION RESPONDS TO WATERING, 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON IS NOT A GOOD TIME TO FOR THE.

FOR THE VEGETATION TO DO THAT.

SO. SO THEY'RE OUT IN ENFORCEMENT.

THE RULES ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

OUR STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL.

THERE'S ALSO DEVICES THAT WE PUT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS MOISTURE CONTENT.

THEY'LL CONDUCT AUDITS AT YOUR AT YOUR HOME AGAIN, ALL THESE WAYS TO HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL.

BUT BUT YEAH, AS WE GO INTO THE IRRIGATION SEASON, OUR OUR EFFORTS KIND OF PERK UP ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING EVERYBODY BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT ALSO BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR WATER RESOURCES.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT YOUR ENTIRE TEAM HAS HAD A HUGE LIFT THIS PAST YEAR AND A HALF.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD ECHO THAT COMMENT.

SARAH. WELCOME TO THE ORGANIZATION.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM.

WE HAVE ONE MORE REPORT, AND WE HAVE HEIDI HANSEN TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.

NOW IT IS. GOOD AFTERNOON.

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

THERE'S NOTHING RAPID ABOUT MY REPORT, BUT I HAVE CONDENSED IT.

SO IF YOU SAW IT IN THE PACKET IS GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO YOU RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN.

IT WAS MY ATTEMPT TO GO A LITTLE FASTER.

AS FAR AS THE AIRPORT IS CONCERNED, I WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS ABOUT OUR ARFF STAFF.

THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SOME MAJOR TRAINING.

THEY HAD A LIVE FIRE CERTIFICATION TRAINING.

THEY ALSO JUST KICKED OFF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS PLAN.

SO IT'S AN EMERGENCY.

AIRPORT EMERGENCY PLAN.

AND THIS HELPS THEM PREPARE FOR THE AIRPORT TRIENNIAL FULL SCALE EXERCISE, WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER.

YOU'RE INVITED TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT.

SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

ALSO, WITH THE AIRPORT MARKETING, AS YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT DO TERMINAL MARKETING ANYMORE, BUT WE DO DO MARKETING OUTWARD.

AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING PREPARED FOR THE JUMP START AIRLINE CONFERENCE.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE DO SPEED DATING.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO ASK AIRLINES TO MEET WITH US, AND I THINK YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT SIX OF THEM HAVE REQUESTED TO MEET WITH US.

AND OUR CITY MANAGER WILL BE REALLY HAPPY BECAUSE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS ONE OF THEM.

SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY FIT A 757 AT OUR AIRPORT.

WHAT WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN? THEY'VE ACTUALLY COME AND TAKEN OFF OF OUR AIRPORT RUNWAY BEFORE, SO WE WILL MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME ADS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW TO PARDON OUR CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE THERE ARE MAJOR PROJECTS GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE FINISHING THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, WHICH IS A HUGE PROJECT.

WE ARE REPAINTING THE WHOLE INSIDE.

WE'VE ALREADY JUST FINISHED PAINTING THE OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

WE HAVE TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE.

BUT BY THE END OF JUNE, BECAUSE OF OUR CARES FUNDING THAT IS RUNNING OUT, WE DID SMALL THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, LIKE REPLACING THE WATER FILTER SYSTEM, AND WE DID A REFILL STATION.

SO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE JUST ASK THE SAME THINGS AND AND WE WE MAKE THEM HAPPEN.

OUR EMPLOYMENTS ARE LOOKING FINE.

THEY'RE DEFINITELY LOWER THAN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, BUT THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE UNITED AIRLINES MOVING ON TO COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MANY OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE ARIZONA FORWARD AWARD EVENT.

IT WAS DOWN IN PHOENIX AND WE WON AN AWARD FOR TOUCH HOME, REACH SKY.

IT WAS RECOGNIZED AS AN AWARD OF DISTINCTION.

AND THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BEAUTIFICATION AND THE LIBRARY.

PARTNERING TOGETHER WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO GET THE LIBRARY ADA PROJECT COMPLETED, ALONG WITH THE BEAUTIFUL ART PROJECT.

I THINK SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING OUT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL IS WE'RE GOING TO BE FIXING THOSE STAIRS THAT HAVE NEEDED SOME TLC FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THAT IS BEAUTIFICATION IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM TO ACTUALLY HELP WITH THE RAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, HOPEFULLY TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE APPEALING AND TO MAKE THAT LOOK VERY NICE WHEN PEOPLE ARE ENTERING THE BUILDING, THE MULTICULTURAL PARK SCULPTURE, YOU'LL SEE TO THE RIGHT HERE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THAT IS PRETTY COOL.

THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE ARTISTS RIGHT THERE IS WITH HIS SCULPTURE THAT WILL BE BEING FABRICATED AND IT WILL BE ACTUALLY PLACED SOON.

WE'RE WORKING ON THINGS WITH THE RIO DE FLAG.

AND WE ALSO ARE DOING SOME OTHER THINGS WITH THE B-B-B TAX FUNDS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I POINT THIS OUT EVERY TIME, BUT JANNA WELDON, OUR BEAUTIFICATION ARTS AND SCIENCE MANAGER, DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF SHOWING WHAT PROGRAMS WE SUPPORT IN THE

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SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE, AND THESE ARE HAPPENING MONTH AFTER MONTH.

MOVING ON TO PAK FLAG, THEY CONTINUE TO TO BE AMBASSADORS EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TO DO CITATIONS.

AND SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON OUR BOOTING AND TOWING PROCEDURES THAT YOU ALL AGREE TO.

THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE AT A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PARKING REVENUES.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN UP, WHICH IS GREAT.

THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE PAYING OUR KIOSK A REMINDER IT'S JUST A DOLLAR.

AND NOW WE'RE AT THE LIBRARY.

THE LIBRARY HAS HAD LOTS OF YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAMS OVER SPRING BREAK.

THEY ACTUALLY HAD FIVE DIFFERENT EVENTS WITH OVER 100 ATTENDEES.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEPT PEOPLE BUSY DURING A BREAK, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO GO OUT OF TOWN AND HAVE A SPRING BREAK.

SO WE KEPT THEM BUSY.

WE ALSO HAD A LITTLE FUN THING FOR THOSE THAT WENT AND GOT TO VIEW THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

MAYOR, I KNOW YOU WERE THERE.

WE ACTUALLY LET PEOPLE BUILD AN ECLIPSE VIEWER.

SO BASICALLY YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT IT WITHOUT SOMETHING.

WE HELP THEM BUILD ONE SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT.

WE ALSO HAVE HAD MUCH LUCK WITH OUR CULTURAL PAST PROGRAM, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD 158 OF THESE PASSES, AND IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND HAVE TWO FREE ADMISSIONS TO ONE OF THE 16 PARTICIPATING VENUES.

SO THINGS LIKE THE DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN, OUR OWN MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT CULTURE PASS PROGRAM, I CAN GET YOU MORE INFORMATION.

WE ALSO HAVE LEGO CLUB.

WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO PLAY WITH LEGOS? THAT IS ALWAYS POPULAR.

AND I LOVE TO SEE THESE REALLY CUTE SMILES ON THESE CHILDREN'S FACES WHEN THEY GO.

WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY SEED SWAP WHERE PATIENTS WOULD COME AND THEY WOULD DROP OFF, AND THEY WOULD PICK UP SEEDS, AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET THEIR GARDENS READY STARTING IN MAY, GOING ON TO TOURISM.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST MARCH LOOKED GREAT.

OUR METRICS ARE LOOKING REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

OCCUPANCY WAS UP 3.4%, AVERAGE DAILY RATE SLIGHTLY DOWN, BARELY DOWN 1%, AND REV PAR WAS UP 2.3%.

SO IF I WERE A HOTELIER, FOR INSTANCE, I WOULD BE PROBABLY DOING SOME JUMPING JACKS WITH THESE TYPES OF MEASURES.

MARKETING RELATIONS.

WE EVEN DID A RAINY DAY CAMPAIGN.

WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW AND SLEET.

WE WANTED PEOPLE TO STILL COME UP HERE, SO WE PLAYED OFF THAT.

WE GAVE THEM OPTIONS OF HOW TO CHANGE THEIR PLANS AND TO DO OTHER THINGS.

WE HAD SEVEN MEDIA ASSISTS.

WE HAD A JOURNALIST COME INTO TOWN, WE HAD 99 ARTICLES GENERATED ABOUT FLAGSTAFF, AND WE ALSO DID SOME MARKETING THEMES THAT SUPPORTED FOOD AND DINING, ASTRO TOURISM AND THE MUSEUMS. AND I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTED MEDIA COVERAGE, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.

I SHARED THIS WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT WE WERE NAMED NOT JUST A DOG FRIENDLY VACATION, THE TOP DOG FRIENDLY VACATION DESTINATION BY USA TODAY.

SO WE ARE GIVING PEOPLE ANOTHER REASON TO COME TO THIS MARKET AND TO BRING THEIR PETS.

WE ALSO WERE PART OF THE EIGHT BEST WEEKEND TRIPS FROM SAN DIEGO.

AND THEN WE ALSO WERE THE ARIZONA TOWN FOR BEST STARGAZING IN THE US.

AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, IF YOU MISSED THIS ONE, I'LL LET YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.

WE WERE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRAIN STATION AMONG ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRAIN STATIONS IN THE US.

WITH TIME OUT MAGAZINE.

I DIDN'T MISS IT.

I LOOKED, I PULLED IT UP AND CHECKED IT ALL OUT.

OH THAT'S TERRIFIC. I APPRECIATE THAT.

A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL MARKET ENGAGEMENT WITH CANADA, MEXICO, UNITED KINGDOM AND GERMANY, WHICH TELLS YOU THAT THE UNITED THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET CONTINUES TO COME BACK AFTER COVID.

SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE HAD A LOT GOING ON, I CAN TELL YOU, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST, ISABEL, SHE'S JUST KNOCKING OUT OF THE PARK.

WE'RE HAVING POSTS THAT ARE GOING VIRAL.

WE'RE TALKING BIG TIME 661,000 VIEWERS.

THIS IS HUGE FOR A DESTINATION OR SIZE.

SO HER FLAGSTAFF THEN AND NOW ABOUT THE BABBITT BROTHERS.

IT WENT VIRAL. 661,000 PEOPLE VIEWED THAT BEFORE THAT.

I THINK THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS, RALPH, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING INTO THE MILLIONS.

WHAT IT SAYS IS WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PERSON DOING THE RIGHT THING, AND SHE KNOWS HOW TO GET THEM ENGAGED.

SO SUPER EXCITED.

AND A PLUS FOR ISABEL SALES AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SALES AND MEDIA.

THEY ARE MEETING HAD TONS OF FAMILIARIZATION TOURS WHERE WE INVITE ACTUAL PEOPLE TO COME HERE, EXPERIENCE THE DESTINATION AND THEN HOPEFULLY HAVE THEIR TOUR COME BACK. SO WE HAD PEOPLE THAT CAME FROM FRANCE TO EXPLORE HERE.

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SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THEM COMING HERE AND TALKING ABOUT ROUTE 66 AND SO MUCH MORE.

WE ALSO HAD FROM JESSICA YOUNG'S AREA WITH MEETING EVENTS AND CONFERENCES.

SHE ACTUALLY HAD A LEAD BOOK FOR 46 ROOMS, WHICH BRINGS A PARTICULAR HOTEL, $13,000 IN BUSINESS, AND WE'RE TALKING A SHOULDER SEASON RIGHT NOW. SO WHEN YOU CAN SEE US PUTTING THAT TO WORK FOR THEM, IT'S A BIG DEAL.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A MEETING PLANNER GUIDE THAT IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN MAYOR, THANK YOU THE OTHER DAY FOR YOUR NOTE ABOUT A POSSIBLE MAYOR CONFERENCE HERE, THIS ACTUAL MEETING PLANNER GUIDE, WHICH I'LL SEND YOU, ACTUALLY TELLS YOU WHAT FACILITIES CAN HANDLE WHAT TYPE OF MEETING.

AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR HANDS.

VISITOR SERVICES CONTINUES TO DO AWESOME.

OUR WALK INS ARE UP, OUR RETAIL SALES ARE UP.

AND FOR OUR FLAGSTAFF BREWERY TRAIL, WHICH WE ARE ACTUAL PARTNERS IN, WE ACTUALLY GAVE OUT 90 PINT GLASSES, WHICH MEANS 90 PEOPLE WENT AND DID THE FLAGSTAFF BREWERY TRAIL.

SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CREATIVE SERVICES.

THEY DON'T JUST CREATE.

AN ENTIRE BUNCH OF MARKETING CAMPAIGN ADS FOR DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF THE DESTINATION.

THEY ACTUALLY HELP THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

OVERALL, THEY GOT WATER SERVICES THERE, CREATIVE FOR THEIR WATER AWARENESS MONTH, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

WE DID CREATIVE FOR CALL TO ARTISTS FOR OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THEM PART OF CHOOSE FLAGSTAFF AND THANKING THE BUSINESSES MONTH AND ALSO REMINDING THEM OF OUR BUSINESS INCENTIVES.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW ARE THE FESTIVALS.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE FESTIVAL SEASON COMING, AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY SHOWING THAT.

AND THE AREA THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF IS OUR RESTAURANT AND BAR ADS.

WE HAVE THE WIPE THE SMILE CAMPAIGN, AND WE'VE JUST EDITED OUR ARTWORK RECENTLY SO THAT WE CAN JUST HAVE A REFRESH.

SO THAT WAS A LOT.

THAT WAS AS FAST AS I COULD GO, AND I ACTUALLY WASN'T EVEN HALF OF THE REPORT.

SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THIS DIVISION IS WORKING ON ALL CYLINDERS.

THEY'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

ANY QUESTIONS? LOOKS LIKE WE DO.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. HEIDI, YOU ALWAYS DO SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH YOUR REPORTS.

THANK YOU. SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ONE ABOUT ARTEX ARE WE GETTING READY? ARE WE DOING STUFF WITH ARTEX AND TRYING TO GET FOLKS TO COME? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR US.

I'M GOING TO LET DAVE ANSWER THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCILMAN COUNCIL DAVE MCINTYRE, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

YEAH, WE ACTUALLY ARE PARTICIPANT IN TERMS OF WE PROVIDED SPONSORSHIP FOR RTX.

I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND ALSO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED SOME INVITATIONS.

AND I KNOW THERE'S OUTREACH GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT I THINK THREE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITY IS DOING, IN PARTICULAR WITH SOME OF THE ART WE'VE PUT OUT.

SO ONE IS THE MULTICULTURAL SCULPTURAL GARDEN, WHICH YOU SAW ONE OF THE THAT'S ONLY ONE OF THE SCULPTURES THAT'S GOING TO GO IN THERE.

SO THAT'S SUPER EXCITING.

AND SOME OF THAT WILL BE PUT OUT DURING RTX.

THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A FEATURE OF THE AIRPORT COCONINO SCROLL ALONG THE AIRPORT WALKWAY OUT THERE, WHICH IS A PROJECT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT GOES ALONG THE PATH BETWEEN THE NEW PARKING LOT AND THE AIRPORT TERMINAL.

AND THEN, YEAH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF GREAT STUFF THAT COMES OUT FROM CREATIVE FLAGSTAFF WE HAD OVER 100 DIFFERENT ART SUBMISSIONS COME IN FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL.

I KNOW THE CHOICES WERE REALLY DIFFICULT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE IT GOES.

SO WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE OUR ART SPECIFICALLY, BUT MOSTLY WE'RE SUPPORTING THE OVERALL FESTIVAL ITSELF.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

IT'S MY PLEASURE. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT ROUTE 66.

WE'RE GETTING READY TO TURN 100 YEARS OLD.

IS IT 25 OR 26? 20, 26? AND I'M GOING TO LAURIE PAPPAS, OUR VP OF MARKETING, TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE'S DOING.

A LOT OF THE WORK.

OKAY? GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, IT'S LORI PAPPAS, MARKETING AND MEDIA RELATIONS VP FOR DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF.

AS HEIDI HAD MENTIONED, AND AS DAVE HAD MENTIONED, THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO PROMOTING OUR FESTIVALS.

SO GETTING A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY FOR ARDEX, YOU COULD PROBABLY ALSO SAY FOR ALL OF OUR FESTIVALS, MOST OF OUR FESTIVALS, HOW ABOUT THAT?

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I BELIEVE IT'S MAY 19TH.

THAT'S A SUNDAY GOING OFF THE TOP OF MY MIND HERE.

MORE THAN 200,000 HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE RECEIVING THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE.

IT HAS A PLETHORA OF SUBJECTS, FESTIVALS AMONG THEM, BUT IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT STAYING AND PLAYING RESPONSIBLY, WHICH IS ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MESSAGING. IT TALKS ABOUT BOOKING ACCOMMODATIONS SOONER THAN LATER, DRIVING DEMAND FOR OUR HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATIONS.

WE'RE ALSO DRIVING DEMAND AND AWARENESS FOR OUR RESTAURANTS, AND WE ALSO HAVE A FUN SWEEPSTAKES IN THERE.

EVERYBODY LIKES TO WIN SOMETHING, RIGHT? SO WE'RE MOTIVATING SOME ENGAGEMENT THAT WAY AS WELL.

WE'LL ALSO BE RUNNING PRINT ADS.

WE'RE IN LIFESTYLE MAGAZINES, INCLUDING THE LIKES OF PHOENIX MAGAZINE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT ISSUE DROPS IN MAY.

WE. OKAY.

AND THEN ALSO WE ARE LEVERAGING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR PHOENIX BILLBOARDS AND OUR BILLBOARDS ARE ACTUALLY TARGETING PEOPLE THAT BUY TICKETS TO EVENTS SUCH AS FESTIVALS OR CONCERTS.

SO BUYING OUTDOOR BILLBOARDS NOW CAN BE DONE PROGRAMMATICALLY.

SO BILLBOARDS ACTUALLY TARGET TRAVELERS.

SO WE'LL BE RUNNING THOSE BILLBOARDS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL SEASON.

AND THE CREATIVE ON THOSE BILLBOARDS CHANGE TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL FESTIVALS.

SO WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE GATES THERE THIS MONTH WITH OVERLAND EXPO.

AND WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE COMING UP? IT MIGHT BE RTX AS WELL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK IT IS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO SERVING DIGITAL ADS TO PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, OF COURSE, METRO PHOENIX, AND ALSO REACHING ALBUQUERQUE AND DENVER AND DALLAS AS WELL.

AND THEN JUST ONE, ONE FOLLOW UP ABOUT, YEAH, ROUTE 66, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE UP AND DOWN ROUTE 66.

AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN WHO ARE LOOKING AT GRANTS TO BRING IN DIFFERENT EVENTS.

I KNOW NOW IS DOING A LOT OF STUFF WITH THEIR ROUTE 66.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF IF WE BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING NOW TO, TO DO SOME OF THOSE GRANTS.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS SO AND HOW CAN WE COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

SO YES, WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON ROUTE 66 FOR OVER A YEAR NOW.

WE HAVE A COMMITTEE AT THE CITY THAT'S DOING THIS, BUT IT'S LED BY LORI AND TRACE AND MYSELF.

AND BASICALLY, WE ARE GOING OFF OF WHAT WE DID FOR 90TH ANNIVERSARY, WHERE WE ACTUALLY BRING THEM A LOT TO THE WEBSITE.

AND THEY WE HAVE 66 THINGS FOR THEM TO DO.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO DOING LARGE, LARGER THAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT RALPH WOULD CALL THEM.

WINDOW CLINGS. SO ANY BUSINESS THAT IS GOING ALONG THE ROUTE 66 WILL HAVE THESE WINDOW CLINGS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY PUT UP IN THEIR BUSINESS SO THAT WE REALLY JUST KIND OF BLANKET THE ROUTE 66.

I'VE ALREADY BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH ADOT ASKING IF WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT WRAP THEIR UTILITY CABINETS.

IF WE COULD PUT EXTRA SIGNAGE UP, LIKE, YOU SEE, WHEN YOU SAW CENTENNIAL SIGNAGE THERE PONDERING SOME OF THAT.

STILL, THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE THEIR UTILITY BOXES WRAPPED.

SO WE'RE THINKING OF A PLAN B THAT WE'RE GOING TO THROW AT THEM.

SO AT ANY RATE, WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THIS PARTNERSHIP SO THAT IF YOU'RE WRITING THE MOTHER ROAD, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TRULY ON THE MOTHER ROAD FOR THE CENTENNIAL. WELL, WE AREN'T GOING TO DO IS ACTUALLY HOLD A SPECIFIC EVENT BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING EVENTS.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS SUPPORT THEM THROUGH OUR MARKETING AND ADVERTISING.

LORI, DID I LEAVE ANYTHING OUT? I WAS GOING TO ASK, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING SPECIFIC WITH THE GREEN THE GREEN BOOK? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, THE MOVIE AND AND ALL OF THAT.

AND WE DID SOME WORK WITH THAT.

WELL, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT HOW DO WE BRING A DIVERSE GROUP OF FOLKS TO OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO CELEBRATE THAT? ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE ON THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ASKED US ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING NOW IS MAKING THE PIECE THAT WE HAVE MORE USER FRIENDLY.

WHAT WE HAD DONE WHEN WE WENT OUT TO LOOK AT SIGNAGE IS WE A LOT OF THEM ARE ARE OWNERS THAT DO NOT WANT SIGNAGE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW IS TO MAKE THE PIECE BE A.

A LITTLE BIT MORE SELF EXPLANATORY THAT WHEN YOU'RE TAKING THE TOUR, YOU KNOW YOU'RE WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO BE REACHING BACK TO YOU TO LET YOU KNOW HOW WE WERE.

WE WERE REVISING THAT PIECE TO SEE IF YOU FEEL THAT WOULD MAKE IT MAKE MORE SENSE.

AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO STILL TRY TO DO SIGNAGE WHERE WE CAN.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO LET US DO SIGNAGE.

BUT NOW I THINK WE PROBABLY DO NEED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THAT ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL.

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OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY FIRST QUESTION.

SO THAT ONE IS COVERED.

I'M WONDERING ABOUT JUST GOING BACK ON.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION A WHILE AGO ABOUT POTENTIAL WRAPS FOR THE PARKING KIOSKS AND IF ANY PROGRESS WAS MADE THERE.

I'M. LET DAVE TELL YOU ABOUT THAT.

WHEN YOU GUYS GIVE ME THINGS TO DO, I JUST GIVE IT TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

NO, I'M KIDDING, I AM PARTICIPATING.

BUT DAVE DOES KNOW THIS.

DAVE MCINTYRE, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR.

DIFFERENT PROGRAM THOUGH. PARK FLAG.

YEAH, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING AT HOW THEY COULD BEST FIT.

IT TURNS OUT THERE'S ALREADY A FAIR NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STICKERS AND ITEMS ON THERE THAT ARE HELPED DIRECTING PEOPLE.

SO IT'S THE IDEA, I THINK IS TO I GUESS THE EASY ANSWER IS, YES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

AND ACTUALLY, I THINK THERE IS A GOOD WAY TO GO.

IT LOOKS LIKE PROBABLY IT WON'T BE A FULL WRAP AROUND IT, BUT A PANEL OR SO ON THE ONES THAT FACE OUT.

SO SOME OF THE KIOSKS DON'T.

IT WON'T WORK PERFECTLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY OPEN OR BECAUSE OF VARIOUS KEYHOLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE'S ROOM TO PUT SOME SORT OF A WRAP.

WE HAVEN'T KIND OF COME UP WITH EXACTLY WHAT THAT WRAP WOULD BE, AND WHETHER IT WAS MORE ARTISTIC OR MORE INFORMATIONAL.

WE'RE GOING TO WRAP THE BACK, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WRAP THE BACK WHICH IS THE PANEL I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

MORE SPECIFICITY IS BETTER.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT ON THE BACK.

OF THE KIOSKS, SO WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THE INFORMATIONAL SIDE UP.

AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE SOME SOME OR THE FRONT OF IT.

AND SOMETIMES THERE'S THINGS ON THE SIDE.

BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT WRAPPING THE BACK AND KIND OF GIVING THAT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY THAT FIELD THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST THESE KIND OF KIOSKS.

SO AGAIN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL IN THE WORKS.

THEY HAD SOME OF THE TEAM HAD PROJECTS.

THEY HAD TO GET CHECKED OFF FIRST.

BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

ALL RIGHT. AND LAST QUESTION WAS FOR YOU, HEIDI, IF YOU CAN JUST REMIND US AGAIN HOW MUCH IS PARKING, I FORGOT.

YOU KNOW, IT IS A DOLLAR.

AND IF YOU WOULD JUST PAY THE DOLLAR, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S BEEN A DOLLAR.

FOR HOW LONG, DAVE? 2017. YES, A DOLLAR SINCE 2017.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

I LOVE READING YOUR REPORTS AND YOU KNOW I HAVE MY BUSINESS DOWNTOWN.

I'VE HAD IT 23 YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU LATELY I HAVE HAD A LOT OF DOGS IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE WE WERE VOTED THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION, BUT HONESTLY, OF TOURISTS AND AND THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR PETS.

SO GOOD JOB ON YOU KNOW WE HAVE PET BOWLS.

SO IF YOU WANT ANY OF THEM YOU CAN HAND OUT SOME PET BOWLS IF YOU LIKE.

THAT WOULD BE FUN. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THEM OVER THERE.

ALSO JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

THE BREWERY TRAIL.

SO I'M LOCATED RIGHT KIND OF IN THE HEART OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT BREWERIES.

AND THAT IS WORKING. I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE IN WHO ARE DOING THAT SO GREAT.

AND THE INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS, THEY ARE BACK AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THEM.

IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF YEARS, SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING TO GET THEM BACK.

THANKS. THESE PEOPLE THAT SIT RIGHT HERE, THEY'RE AMAZING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THE ROUTE 66.

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.

DON'T FORGET WINONA.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT SONG, CHECK IT OUT.

I TOTALLY KNOW THAT SONG.

ISN'T IT A GREAT SONG? IT'S A REALLY GOOD SONG.

YEAH, IT TOTALLY IS.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKED TO BE ON THE ARIZONA OFFICE OF TOURISM COMMITTEE FOR ROUTE 66 CELEBRATION, SO I'LL BE ABLE TO BRING MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VICE MAYOR. JUST A QUICK COMMENT FOR YOU, HEIDI.

TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE AND ALSO ASSUMING THAT IT WOULDN'T BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, WHICH IS ALWAYS AN ASSUMPTION, I'D BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE ON SOME FAMS AS THEY'RE HAPPENING.

IF YOU WANT TO LET ME KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING ON AND IF I'M AVAILABLE, I'D BE HAPPY TO CHECK THOSE OUT AND SEE WHAT THOSE ARE LIKE AND AND HELP OUT AS, AS MUCH AS I CAN.

JUST AN OFFER. WELL, WE APPRECIATE IT.

LORI IS HERE AND TRACE, AND SO WE WILL HAVE THEM SPEAK WITH THEIR TEAM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY CAN SEND THAT NOTE OUT TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE WITH OUR GUESTS, BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY COOL.

YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, HEIDI AND TEAM MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

AND COUNCIL, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME.

THANK YOU. ANY LAST QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

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THOSE WERE GOOD REPORTS.

OKAY, WE ARE MOVING DOWN TO DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION ON CITY SEAL SLASH LOGO.

[4. Discussion and Direction on City Seal/Logo Direct Staff to convene a working group and begin work on project in coordination with NAU VisualDESIGNLab]

MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CHRIS RODI, MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN COMMUNICATIONS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

WE'RE BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK TO YOU AFTER ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.

WE CAME TO YOU IN JANUARY TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSION ON THIS.

AND BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO PREFACE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE TIME SINCE THEN, AND HOW THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE THAT WE GAVE BACK IN JANUARY.

SO WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION IN JANUARY AND IT WAS VERY OPEN ENDED.

WE WERE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THAT LED TO JUST A BROAD TOPIC THAT WAS DIFFICULT TO HONE DOWN EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO GO WITH IT.

SO WE'VE COME BACK, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY.

WE ENGAGED A COMMUNITY PARTNER, AND WE HAVE ONE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU THAT WE THINK WILL BE KIND OF LIKE A GOLDILOCKS.

OF ALL THE ALL THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD IN JANUARY THAT WE THINK IT IT TAKES ALL THE BEST PARTS OF THE FEEDBACK YOU GAVE US, OF WHAT YOU WANTED TO SEE IN THIS, AND MAKES IT INTO SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS WORKABLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, A TEAM THAT'S ACCOUNTABLE TO THE OR A PROCESS THAT'S ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND HAS TRANSPARENCY AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS WITHOUT BEING TOO CROWDED WITH TOO MANY COOKS IN THE KITCHEN.

SO WE'RE OUR GOAL WAS TO BLEND ALL OF THOSE THINGS YOU WANTED AND MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT WAS EASY TO DISCUSS AND ACTIONABLE AND WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT AT THE END CAN GIVE US A GOOD PRODUCT THROUGH A GOOD PROCESS WITHOUT GETTING HUNG UP ON TOO MANY SMALL DETAILS.

AND, AND SOMETHING THAT THAT WILL STILL INCORPORATE ALL THE THINGS THAT OR AT LEAST MOST OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR WHEN WE TALKED IN JANUARY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID IN THE BACK IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

AND WE'LL GO THROUGH WHAT THAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NOW.

SO THIS IS THE ONLY SLIDE THAT REPEATS FROM THE PRESENTATION IN JANUARY.

I PROMISE EVERYTHING ELSE IS BRAND NEW, BUT WANTED TO REMIND YOU WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW ON OUR CITY LOGO.

IT'S THIS DESIGN WE'VE HAD SINCE THE 1960S, I BELIEVE, WHICH WHICH IS THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, AND OUR ESTABLISHED STATE AND A CIRCLE AROUND A LANDSCAPE WITH THE ELK AND THE PEAKS IN THE BACKGROUND.

IT'S INTRICATE.

IT'S BEEN WELL USED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

EVERYONE THAT LIVES HERE KNOWS IT IT IT IS OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR A CITY SEAL, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT'S SO INTRICATE AND HAS THAT OUTLINE AROUND IT THAT HAS THE DATE AND THE CITY ON IT.

THAT'S JUST ELEMENTS YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE IN A SEAL, BUT IT'S IT'S BEEN HERE AND PEOPLE LARGELY KNOW WHAT IT IS.

THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF IT THAT HAVE CHANGED.

YOU'LL SEE THE ONE BEHIND YOU ON THE ACTUAL FLAG BEHIND YOU IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE PAINTING ON THE WALL BEHIND YOU, AND THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE YOU'LL OFTEN SEE ON UTILITY TRUCKS DRIVING AROUND AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY IT PRESENTS.

AND THEN YEAH.

SO, SO BUT, BUT IT'S THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES ARE ALL STILL THERE.

AND THEY'VE BEEN A MAINSTAY IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR, FOR SEVERAL DECADES THAT ARE, THAT ARE WELL KNOWN.

THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE STAYED.

THAT'S WHERE WE STAND TODAY.

SO I'M GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO WHAT OUR RECOMMENDED PROCESS IS, AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ARE WHAT THEY ARE.

AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ALL WE CAN TALK ABOUT.

IF YOU HAVE THINGS YOU WANT TO CHANGE, WE'RE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

BUT OUR THOUGHT WAS THAT BY GIVING ONE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION, IT WILL KIND OF GUIDE OUR CONVERSATION IN A WAY THAT CAN BE PRODUCTIVE AND, AND, AND TAKE US TOWARDS A PATH FORWARD. FIRST OF ALL, WITH THAT, WITH THAT CURRENT CITY LOGO, WE RECOGNIZE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT SYMBOL IN THIS COMMUNITY.

ITS PEOPLE KNOW IT AND WE DON'T WANT TO JUST DO AWAY WITH IT.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT A PROCESS WHERE WE COME UP WITH A NEW CITY LOGO, WE THINK THAT THAT EXISTING LOGO COULD MAKE A GREAT CITY SEAL.

WE IT WOULD GIVE IT AN OPPORTUNITY TO STILL BE USED AND CONTINUE ITS, ITS, ITS HISTORY AND ITS HERITAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITHOUT IT JUST GOING AWAY AND BEING RELEGATED TO A, YOU KNOW, A HISTORICAL CONTEXT, IT COULD CONTINUE TO, TO GIVE TO OUR CITY IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE.

SO AND OUR EXISTING SEAL THAT WE HAVE CODIFIED IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANYONE REALLY KNOWS.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE ONE THAT WOULDN'T REALLY BE HARMED IF IT WAS REPLACED BY A MORE RECOGNIZED SYMBOL.

ASIDE FROM THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS, WE RECOMMEND A REDESIGN THROUGH A PROCESS THAT WOULD INVOLVE A WORKING GROUP AND WORK

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THAT'S THE OUTSIDE STAKEHOLDER THAT WE THAT WE ENGAGED.

SO THE WORKING GROUP WOULD BE A SMALL GROUP.

I'M THINKING MAYBE FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF FACILITATING THE PROCESS AND GETTING IT GETTING IT OVER THE ALL THE HURDLES AND THE ANY VISUAL DESIGN LAB WOULD BE THE ONES THAT ARE THE EXPERTS ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK.

I'LL EXPLAIN HOW BOTH OF THOSE WOULD WORK AND WHY WE THINK THAT PROCESS AND THOSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE GROUPS WOULD BE THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.

WITH THIS, IT WOULD STILL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FINAL APPROVAL.

AND IF YOU HAVE OTHER AREAS WHERE YOU WANT TO GIVE FEEDBACK, THAT'S CERTAINLY ALLOWED.

JUST WE THOUGHT THAT GOING THROUGH OUR WORKING GROUP WOULD ALLOW A PROCESS TO BE MANAGED OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, WITHOUT IT BEING JUST A RECURRING ITEM ON AN AGENDA.

THAT TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME.

AND AFTER OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VISUAL DESIGN LAB, THEY'VE KIND OF TOLD US THEY WOULD NEED TWO SEMESTERS FOR IT.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE INDICATING THAT THEY THINK THEY COULD HAVE THIS DONE BY ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW, AT THE END OF THE SPRING 2025 SEMESTER.

SO THE WORKING GROUP I RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE FOR IT IS TO UTILIZE OUR EXISTING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO BE ENGAGED, THAT COME, THAT HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND DIFFERENT AREAS OF EXPERTISE.

SO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, AND THESE THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE ANYWHERE.

WE'RE THINKING THAT IF WE ENGAGED ONE PERSON EACH FROM THE PUBLIC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION TEAM, INDIGENOUS COMMISSION THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS, THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION, AND ONE MEMBER FROM THE EMPLOYEE ADVISORY EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT AS A WHOLE COULD CREATE A DIVERSE AND WORKABLE GROUP THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS PROCESS ALONG.

IT EVERYONE WOULD BRING THEIR OWN AREA OF EXPERTISE ON THEIR OWN BACKGROUNDS.

THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE IN THIS PROCESS.

PUBLIC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION, THEIR COMMISSION.

THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAKE THINGS LOOK REALLY NICE AND HOW TO MAKE LOGOS AND OTHER SYMBOLS REALLY LASTING AND VISUALLY PLEASING.

THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION WOULD BE HELPFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT ANY SYMBOLS WE USE ARE APPROPRIATE AND AND GIVE PROPER CREDENCE TO THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND HISTORY OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE CALLED FLAGSTAFF HOME FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ACCOUNTED FOR, AND NO ONE IS LEFT OUT THAT THIS IS A THIS IS A SYMBOL THAT REPRESENTS ALL THE GROUPS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION UNDERSTANDS THE HISTORY AND HOW TO PRESERVE WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN FLAGSTAFF'S CULTURE, AND THEN A MEMBER OF THE EMPLOYEE ADVISORY GROUP COULD REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION THAT THIS SYMBOL WOULD REPRESENT.

SO OUR IDEA WAS THOSE THOSE FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE AT THIS POINT, UNNAMED WE DON'T HAVE NAMES IN MIND, EVEN FOR THEM WOULD BE A GREAT GROUP THAT WOULD AS A, AS A WHOLE, BE A REALLY GOOD ENTITY TO MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD.

IT'S IT'S COMPREHENSIVE, BUT IT'S SMALL ENOUGH THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE SITUATION WHERE THERE'S TOO MANY COOKS IN THE KITCHEN.

THEY COULD GET TO A REALLY GOOD DESIGN.

AND THE COMPOSITION WOULD BLEND THE ELEMENTS OF REPRESENTATION AND EXPERTISE.

IT'S ALSO A GROUP THAT WOULD BE AN OFFICIAL CITY OR A CITY ENTITY, SO THEY COULD HANDLE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ALL THE PUBLIC PROCESS.

THEY COULD MEET REGULARLY TO DO IT.

SO IT'S JUST WE THINK THE RIGHT BALANCE OF ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO, TO MOVE A PROCESS LIKE THIS FORWARD.

AND SAID THEY WOULD HAVE THE OVERSIGHT OVER IT.

THEY'D MEET ONCE A MONTH.

THAT'S WHAT THE NEW DESIGN TEAM HAS TOLD US THEY WOULD WANT IS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.

THEY WOULD WANT FEEDBACK.

SO AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR PROCESS, THEY'D REPORT TO THIS WORKING GROUP.

AND THE WORKING GROUP COULD MAKE TWEAKS HERE AND THERE, OR SEND THEM IDEAS OF WHAT THEY WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE.

AND THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS, AS I MENTIONED, THEY COULD BE RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT AND FEEDBACK SO THAT THE MEMBERS OF OUR PUBLIC THAT WANT TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD HAVE A VENUE TO DO THAT, AND THEY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO PEOPLE THAT WILL BE GUIDING THEIR PROCESS.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, THE NEW VISUAL DESIGN LAB AS I MENTIONED, THEY WOULD HANDLE THE ACTUAL DESIGN WORK.

THEY'RE A PARTNER THAT HAS DONE A LOT OF THIS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE.

THEY'VE WORKED ON OTHER SIMILAR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT SOME OF THOSE ARE AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY NICE.

SO WE THINK THEY'D BE A REALLY GOOD PARTNER IN THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY'VE DONE SIMILAR THINGS LIKE THIS, AND THEY'VE REALLY SHOWN THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING A QUALITY AND PROFESSIONAL PRODUCT AT THE END OF IT.

SO WE SO WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THEIR QUALITY OF WORK OR SAYING, OH, JUST BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS DOING THE JOB, WE'LL ACCEPT A LESSER PRODUCT.

THEY'VE DONE SOME REALLY NICE THINGS THAT I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A MINUTE.

AND THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION AS WELL IS THAT THEY'VE OFFERED TO DO THIS FOR, FOR FREE.

SO I DIDN'T PUT THAT HERE IN WRITING, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT, WHICH IS A VERY NICE OFFER FROM THEM.

AND ONE THAT YOU DON'T GET WITH PROFESSIONALS LIKE THIS VERY OFTEN.

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SHE'S TEACHING A CLASS RIGHT NOW, SO COULDN'T BE HERE.

I'LL BE TAKING OVER THE PARTS THAT SHE SUBMITTED FOR THIS PRESENTATION, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE INSIGHT AS TO WHAT THEY DO.

SO IT SHE RUNS THE PROGRAM, AND THE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY ARE THE ONES DOING THE WORK WITH HER OVERSIGHT.

THEY DO A LOT OF FOCUS ON COMMUNITY TYPE WORK.

THEY'VE WORKED WITH NONPROFITS AND OTHER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY DON'T DO A LOT OF WORK FOR PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FOR PROFIT.

THEY REALLY WANT TO BE COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT MAKE OUR MAKE OUR COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS.

THEY'RE ALSO THEY'RE THEY'RE THEIR PRIORITIES ARE REALLY ALIGNED WITH THE CITY IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE SLIDE VERBATIM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN I'M SEEING YOUR PRESENTATION, I HATE PEOPLE DO THAT.

BUT I'M JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT WITH WITH THIS SLIDE HERE.

THAT IT'S IT'S INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT HAS THE SAME KINDS OF MOTIVATING PRIORITIES THAT THE CITY DOES.

SO WE THINK THEY'D BE A REALLY GOOD PARTNER.

AS I MENTIONED, THEY'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF OTHER GROUPS HERE IN FLAGSTAFF THE COUNTY.

IF YOU'VE SEEN THE COUNTY LOGO, IT'S KIND OF GOT A GRAND CANYON AND TWO COLORS, KIND OF A TEAL COLOR AND A BROWN.

THEY THEY WORKED ON THAT, THAT PROJECT, THE FESTIVAL SCIENCE, FLAG, SHELTER SERVICES VICTIM, VICTIM WITNESS ADVOCACY LITERACY CENTER, THE COCONINO COUNTY FAIR, CAMP COLTON.

THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH WITH THEIR DESIGNS.

AND IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY OF THEIR LOGOS OR THEIR VISUAL IDENTITIES, YOU'LL KNOW THAT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD.

THEY'RE NOT ONES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE DONE BY BY NONPROFESSIONAL.

THEY THEY REALLY DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH MOST OF THOSE THINGS.

AND THEY'VE BEEN AROUND WITH A LOT OF GROUPS FOR A LONG TIME.

HERE'S WHAT SOME OF THOSE LOOK LIKE NOW.

ONE THING THAT I NOTE WITH THIS IS THAT THERE'S A THERE'S A VARIETY OF DESIGN STYLES HERE.

IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETIMES YOU GO TO A DESIGNER AND ALL OF THEIR LOGOS KIND OF LOOK SIMILAR, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE A TENDENCY.

THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

THE COCONINO COUNTY ONE, IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW, REALLY CRISP LINES AND EVERYTHING IN IT.

THE PUNTA DE ROSSO USES VIBRANT COLORS AND UNIQUE ANGLES.

SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES USE THE FLAGSTAFF FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE HAS A LITTLE MORE WHIMSICAL.

IT HAS THE BEAKER AND THE PLANET, WHICH REPRESENTS REALLY THE FUN EDUCATION MISSION THAT THAT GROUP WANTS.

AND THEN OTHER ONES THAT ARE DIGNIFIED WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, AND THEY GIVE A REALLY GOOD VISUAL IDENTITY.

SO THAT'S SOME OF THE WORK THEY'VE DONE THAT THEY WANTED TO SHOWCASE.

AND FINALLY, PATRICIA WANTED ME TO CONVEY JUST HOW THEY GO ABOUT THEIR PROCESS.

THEY VIEW THAT A BRAND, A BRAND IDENTITY, AND A LOGO AS THE VERBAL EXPRESSION OF EVERYTHING AN ORGANIZATION STANDS FOR.

IT'S RECOGNIZABLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THE SYMBOL OF THE OVERALL BRAND.

IT'S UTILITARIAN AND CONSISTENT.

AND THEY CAN ACHIEVE THESE KIND OF THINGS BY USING COLOR AND TYPOGRAPHY AND STRONG SYMBOLS THAT ARE RECOGNIZABLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO FOR US AS WELL.

IF WE GO THROUGH WITH THIS PROJECT WHEN IT'S DONE THE WAY WE WOULD IMPLEMENT IT.

WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS LAST TIME THIS COULD BE IMPLEMENTED.

WE WOULD RECOMMEND GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS WITH THINGS AS THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.

SO WE COULD DO IT VIRTUALLY PRETTY PRETTY QUICKLY IN THE THE FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS AFTER IT'S DONE, WE COULD HAVE A WEBSITE UPDATED.

WE COULD HAVE OUR ALL OF OUR EMAIL SIGNATURES AND LETTERHEADS, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS DONE, AND THEN ALL THE BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THIS EXISTS ON. WE WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT DOWN A LARGE LUMP SUM TO REPLACE THOSE ALL AT ONCE.

AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IF WE USE THE EXISTING LOGO AS A SEAL, IT WOULD STILL BE A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY, AND WE WOULD JUST PHASE THAT IN AS, AS WE REPLACE THINGS SO THAT THE COST WOULD BE MORE NEGLIGIBLE AND MORE MANAGEABLE OVER THE COURSE OF TIME AND WOULDN'T BE A JARRING EXPENSE FOR THE CITY THAT OUR TAXPAYERS LOOK DOWN ON. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GIVE US DIRECTION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP IN THE WAY THAT WE DESCRIBED, THAT WOULD THEN OVERSEE THE PROCESS AND WORK WITH THE VISUAL DESIGN LAB TO BRING A LOGO IDEA BACK TO CITY COUNCIL IN ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW FOR YOUR FINAL APPROVAL.

THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION.

AND AS I MENTIONED, ANY ELEMENTS THERE THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS FURTHER? HAPPY TO DO THAT. BUT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS DESIGNED WITH THE IDEA OF PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, A MORE CONCRETE IDEA OF WHERE TO GO OFF TO START THE CONVERSATION.

IT'S NOT SET IN STONE, BUT INSTEAD OF GIVING YOU OPTIONS A, B AND C AND A, B AND C AND A, B AND C OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST GO WITH ONE THAT WE THOUGHT WAS WORKABLE, AND THEN LET THE CONVERSATION GO FROM THERE.

SO THANK YOU.

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NICELY DONE.

GOOD JOB.

HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.

WE'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

CHRIS. THANK YOU. THAT WAS AMAZING.

THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I ANTICIPATED US DOING.

AND SO YOU YOU YOU NAILED IT.

I ALSO LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH NEW.

WE'VE GOT THIS AMAZING UNIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THESE AMAZING STUDENTS.

AND JUST THINK ABOUT THE I THINK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION LETTERS THAT COULD COME OUT OF A PROJECT LIKE THIS AND OTHER PROJECTS.

AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN SOME OF THOSE YOUNG FOLKS MAY EVEN END UP WORKING FOR THE CITY.

AND I REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY DO A LOT OF WORK FOR A LOT OF OUR NONPROFITS AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

WHEN WE CAN GET WORK OF THIS QUALITY IN THE CITY, WE FOR FREE, WE NEED TO TAKE IT.

AND SO THIS WOULD HAVE COST US A LOT OF MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FOR THIS. AND THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD, I MISSED.

WHEN DID YOU SAY THEY COULD START? THEY WOULD BEGIN THEIR WORK IN THE FALL SEMESTER.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE SEMESTER RIGHT NOW AND THEY HAVE THEIR EXISTING PROJECTS, SO WE WOULD PROBABLY GET ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR STUFF SITUATED.

IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH A WORKING GROUP LIKE THIS, WE'D CONVENE THE WORKING GROUP.

THEY WOULD START TO ESTABLISH A MISSION AND DIRECTION OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER SO THAT WHEN THE FALL SEMESTER BEGINS, THEY'RE READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

AND THEY COULD THEY COULD BEGIN THAT WORK.

AND I ALSO I WANT TO THANK HEIDI HANSEN AS WELL BEHIND ME.

SHE SHE DID A LOT OF WORK IN THIS TO ENGAGE ANY YOUTH.

SO I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT.

SHE, SHE HAD THAT CONNECTION AND REALLY HELPED TO FACILITATE THAT AS WELL.

YEAH. THANK YOU HEIDI.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE AND THEN VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU CHRIS.

THANK YOU, HEIDI, SO MUCH FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE, AND I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US.

I THINK WE'RE ALSO HITTING THIS AT JUST THE PERFECT TIMING.

WITH THE ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL COMING UP IN 26, WITH THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE PART OF IN TERMS OF THE BRANDING AND RE-ENVISIONING OF THE IDENTITY OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA AS A WHOLE.

WE'RE JUST KIND OF FALLING INTO A PERFECT TIMELINE TO BE REALLY TAKING THAT CONSIDERATION AND THOUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND FIGURING OUT OUR STORY AND, AND HOW WE WILL SHARE THAT STORY WITH BOTH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE STATE AND AND BEYOND.

SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS ADVANCING.

LOVE THE VISION AND THE THE STATEMENT FROM PROFESSOR MURPHY WITH THE VISUAL DESIGN LAB. I AM JUST VERY EXCITED FOR WHERE THIS CAN GO AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WILL COME OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'LL ENGAGE IN.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER.

SWEET CHRIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, HEIDI. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, THIS IS I FULLY SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

YOU HAVE MY BLESSING MOVING FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY. WHAT A REALLY NICE DISTILLATION OF ALL THE MOVING PARTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED BACK IN JANUARY.

THIS, OF COURSE, IS A FAIR THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD AT THE REQUEST OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I AGREED WITH THE THE ASSESSMENT THAT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS ISSUE.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON THE BACK BURNER, WHICH IS LARGELY WHERE IT'S BELONGED IN, IN WITH RESPECT TO A LOT MORE BURNING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

BUT IT WAS TIME TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

I THINK WE CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME.

AND AND, YOU KNOW, IN JANUARY, I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHERE THIS EFFORT STOOD.

IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GETTING COMPLICATED IN REAL TIME.

MORE COMPLICATED IN REAL TIME.

WONDERFUL WORK GETTING IT DOWN TO A SERVICEABLE RECOMMENDATION.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS'S STRONG RECOMMENDATION THAT NOW BE BROUGHT INTO THE PROCESS.

I'M SO GLAD THAT THAT CONNECTION WAS ESTABLISHED AND THAT THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ANCHORED.

I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE COST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE NEGLIGIBLE.

THAT IS, OF COURSE, A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION FOR US.

WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT TAKEN CARE OF AND VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I HAVE NO INTENTION OF MICROMANAGING ANY ASPECT OF THIS.

BUT JUST REALLY EAGER TO SEE WHAT COMES OF IT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S PART OF THE STORY WE TELL.

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AND I THINK IT'S A FABULOUS ROADMAP THAT WE HAVE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS.

THANK YOU TO YOU AND HEIDI FOR LISTENING TO OUR REQUESTS.

AND YOU HIT EVERYTHING RIGHT ON.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE LOGO, WHEN I'VE STATED I ACTUALLY LIKE OUR CURRENT LOGO, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT WILL LIVE ON.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I DID WORK WITH THE NEW VISUAL DESIGN LAB WITH POINTED TO JOJO AND HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH THEM, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FOR BRINGING THAT INTO THE DISCUSSION, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS ALL TURNS OUT.

THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU, CHRIS.

I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROCESS AND I THINK THE CONNECTION WITH NIU IS EXCELLENT.

BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE CHANGE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING CHANGE.

I KIND OF LIKE THE EXISTING LOGO, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER IS THE WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED THE NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE.

IN OTHER WORDS, YES, WHEN WE GO DOWN THIS VARIOUS LIST OF, HEY, WE COULD DO THIS, WE COULD DO THAT.

ONE OPTION SHOULD BE, HEY, WE COULD JUST LEAVE IT THE SAME.

WE SHOULD AT LEAST THINK THAT THROUGH.

AND IT MAY TURN OUT THAT COUNCIL WILL DECIDE THEY DO WANT A NEW ONE, BUT THE OPTION OF KEEPING IT JUST THE WAY IT IS IS GOOD.

MY LAST COMMENT IS THAT WELL, I'LL JUST PREFACE IT BY.

I SAID I LOOKED AT ALL THESE LOGOS THAT YOU PUT IN THE PACKET, AND I LIKE THEM.

BUT ONE CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT SOME OF THEM REALLY WOULD NOT WORK IN BLACK AND WHITE.

SO I THINK WHATEVER WE DO SHOULD WORK IN COLOR OR IN BLACK AND WHITE.

I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, FOR REMINDING US ABOUT NOW AND THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION THAT PUTS THIS TOGETHER. AND THEY ALREADY SHARED THAT WITH US THAT THEY'RE MAKING.

THEY'LL MAKE ANY LOGO THAT THEY DO WILL BE COMPATIBLE FOR, FOR ALL THINGS.

THEY ACTUALLY ALSO SOMETIMES PROVIDE A USER GUIDE SO THAT IF WE ACTUALLY USE GIVE OUR LOGO TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO USE AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON MATERIAL, WE CAN SHARE HOW THAT WE NEED OUR LOGO TO BE REPRESENTED ON THAT MATERIAL.

SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

I WILL ALSO WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T THANK ALI APLIN AT NIU.

SHE ACTUALLY HELPED TO COORDINATE THOSE MEETINGS.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALI'S HELP AS WELL.

WELL, I THINK THAT YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTION.

DO YOU AGREE? I THINK I DO, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

I THINK THIS WILL BE A FUN PROJECT TO WORK ON.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING YOU BACK SOME REALLY GOOD SUBMISSIONS AND GO THROUGH A REALLY GOOD, POSITIVE PROCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY, NOW WE ARE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. Proposed Relocation of Arizona Materials to adjacent BNSF Railway Parcel Discussion and receive comments from the Council and the public.]

GOOD MORNING.

NO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BRYCE DOTY.

I'M THE REAL ESTATE MANAGER.

TODAY I HAVE WITH ME CHRISTINE CAMERON, THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE LONE TREE OVERPASS AND RIO DE FLAG FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.

SHE'S ON LINE WITH US.

I'VE GOT DAN FOLK, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND ANYA WENDEL OF THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AND TODAY WE ARE BRINGING WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU AN OPTION TO RELOCATE ARIZONA MATERIALS FROM THEIR EXISTING SITE, WHICH IS NEEDED FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, TO AN ADJACENT SITE WHICH IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY BNSF.

PRINCIPLES OF ARIZONA MATERIALS ARE HERE WITH US, AND THEY'RE HERE TO KIND OF INFORM, INFORM YOU ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AND RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL MOVE.

AND BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, THOUGH, I DO WANT TO KIND OF JUST LET YOU KNOW HOW WE GOT HERE AND OUR EFFORTS TO DATE.

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WE'RE AT THE CONFLUENCE OF TWO OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE RIO RIO DE FLAG FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT AND THE LONE TREE OVERPASS.

THE INTERSECTION OF LONE TREE AND AND BUTLER, FOR THE MOST PART.

THIS IS OUR INITIAL WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO COUNCIL ABOUT ALL THE LAND THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR THE LONE TREE OVERPASS.

THESE WERE ALL OF THE PARCELS THAT WE WERE THINKING THAT WE WOULD NEED PARTIAL OR FULL ACQUISITIONS ON.

AND SO ARIZONA MATERIALS, THEY WERE THIS L201, WHICH WE KIND OF LABELED AS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES ON HERE.

SO WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING ACQUISITION.

AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE.

SO THIS IS THE AERIAL OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THIS IS THEIR PROJECT SITE.

SO THE RED IS THE PARCEL LINES AND THEN THE GREEN ARE THE PROJECT NEEDS.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW THAT OVERLAPS WHEN YOU KIND OF FILL THAT IN.

SO THE GREEN IS THE OVERLAP FOR THE LONE TREE OVERPASS AND THE BLUE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF IT.

THAT'S THE NEED FOR THE RIO TO FLAG PROJECT.

WHEN YOU COVER THAT IN.

WE REALLY TAKE UP ALMOST ALL OF THIS SITE.

AND SO IT BECAME CLEAR AT THE VERY BEGINNING, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO A FULL ACQUISITION OF THIS PARCEL.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE REALLY DONE BEFORE, WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS.

IS YOU KNOW, TO STATE THE OBVIOUS, WE CAN'T BUILD EITHER EITHER OF THESE PROJECTS WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE PROPERTY THAT WE NEED FOR THESE THESE PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PUZZLE PIECES THAT WE NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR SO THAT WE CAN BUILD BOTH OF THESE VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL PARTIES THAT WE STILL NEED ACQUISITIONS FROM.

ONE OF THOSE MAIN ONES IS THE RAILROAD.

WE HAVE BEEN DOWN A LONG ACQUISITION ROAD WITH ARIZONA MATERIALS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WE HAVE FILED A CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING WITH THEM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO WORK AMICABLY, AMICABLY WITH THEM TO TO FIND A SOLUTION HERE.

AND PART OF THE ASSISTANCE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING IS RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACCORDING TO THE UNIFORM ACT.

AND SO THAT DOES PROVIDE BUSINESSES SOME FUNDING AND SOME SERVICES TO HELP THEM TO MITIGATE THE, THE, THE TAKE ESSENTIALLY. SO WE'VE BEEN AT THIS SINCE 2020.

THEIR CURRENT SITE RIGHT NOW, IT'S A NON-CONFORMING USE.

PREVIOUSLY YOU COULD ONLY OPERATE A BATCH PLANT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

RECENTLY IN 2023, WE DID A TEXT AMENDMENT SO THAT YOU COULD OPERATE A BATCH PLANT WITH IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING, SUBJECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE WAYS.

WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE AS MUCH AVAILABLE LAND TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM TO, TO RELOCATE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE CAME PRETTY CLOSE TO NEGOTIATING SOME DEALS WITH THE THE OLD PAPER PLANT, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE MURPH OFF OF BUTLER. THOSE ULTIMATELY DIDN'T PAN OUT.

THE LATEST EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN YOU KNOW, BEEN AT WAS THAT ARIZONA MATERIALS? THEY DID HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SITE OFF OF HUNTINGTON IDENTIFIED AND ACQUIRED.

AND SO THEY BEGAN THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THE ENGINEERING SPECS TO KIND OF SUBMIT A SITE PLAN FOR THAT.

WE DID RECEIVE ONE.

IT WAS APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AROUND THIS KIND OF SAME TIME, ARIZONA MATERIALS AND THEIR OWNERS, THEY DID CHANGE HANDS.

AND SO WE'VE GOT A NEW OWNERSHIP GROUP.

AND AFTER KIND OF LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT PLAN AT HUNTINGTON AT ON HUNTINGTON DRIVE THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS TWO TOO SMALL TO MEET THEIR OPERATIONAL NEEDS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW THAT LEAVES US KIND OF CONCLUSIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR AFTER ALMOST FOUR YEARS WORKING TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT WE HAVE YET TO FIND A SITE THAT REALLY WORKS FOR THEM AND MEETS THEIR, THEIR NEEDS.

SO I GUESS I WANTED TO PHRASE IT AS IS MOST FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO MOVE TO AND DESIRABLE FOR THEM TO MOVE TO.

AND SO THE CONCLUSION THAT FOLLOWS FROM THAT IS, IF WE ARE UNABLE TO FIND A RELOCATION SITE, THEY MAY NEED TO CEASE BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY IF WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH ACQUIRING THESE PROPERTIES FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.

EXCUSE ME. AND THEN HERE'S JUST A COUPLE LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT KIND OF THE ASSISTANCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THEM.

SO UNDER THE UNIFORM ACT, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED, REQUIRED TO FIND SUITABLE RELOCATION SITES, BUT WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO GUARANTEE A POSITIVE OUTCOME OF THAT. AND SO WE HAVE HIRED SOME CONSULTANTS WHO HAVE DONE A LOT OF SEARCHING FOR ANY OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET.

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SO WE DON'T WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO GUARANTEE A GOOD SOLUTION TO THIS, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HELP.

AND SO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.

IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE AVOID PROCEEDING WITH ANY ORDER OF IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.

WHILE WE WAIT IN AN EFFORT TO FIND THEM A SUITABLE RELOCATION SITE.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE OUR RELOCATION EFFORTS ARE TO DATE.

ENTER THIS NEXT OPTION THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING OR THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.

THIS IS A REALLY BUSY MAP, BUT I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON WHAT THAT BURNT ORANGE IS.

AND SO ALL OF THESE HIGHLIGHTED PARCELS, THESE ARE ALL PARCELS THAT ARE OWNED BY BNSF AND AS PART OF OUR ESSENTIALLY THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR LONE TREE OVERPASS AND RIO RIO DE FLAG FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT, THESE THESE PARCELS ARE GOING TO LOSE RAIL ACCESS.

AND SO THEY'VE PROPOSED THAT THE CITY GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE ALL EVERYTHING IN ORANGE HERE.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE OPTIONS TO HELP GET OUR PROJECTS THROUGH.

THE RAILROAD IS TO PURCHASE THESE ORANGE PARCELS.

WHICH. ONE OF THOSE ORANGE PARCELS IS LIES JUST TO THE EAST OF ARIZONA MATERIALS EXISTING SITE.

AND SO THE OPTION BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION AND PUBLIC INPUT AND DISCUSSION IS SHOULD WE CONSIDER PURCHASING THIS SITE, THIS LAND FROM BNSF AND THEN TRADING IT TO ARIZONA MATERIALS FOR THE LAND THAT WE NEED FOR OUR PROJECTS? AND THEN RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO HAND HAND THE NEXT TWO SLIDES OVER TO DAN.

AND HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE THE ZONING AND THE APPLICABLE SPECIFIC PLANS TO THIS.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DAN FOLK. I'M THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

AND SO, LIKE I SAID, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A LITTLE HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF THE ZONING THAT'S IN PLACE.

WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS USE TO BE LOCATED ON THIS PARCEL THAT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY BNSF? AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

AND SO AS BRYCE MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

WE MADE AN AMENDMENT NOT TOO LONG AGO TO ALLOW A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS ARE CONSIDERED PERMITTED USES, BUT THEY MAY HAVE IMPACTS THAT NEED TO BE REVIEWED.

AND SO, AS THE SECOND BULLET SAYS, THE PURPOSE OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS TO PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR REVIEWING USES AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PERMITTED IN AN APPLICABLE ZONE, BUT THAT REQUIRE MORE DISCRETIONARY REVIEW AND THE POSSIBLE IMPOSITION OF CONDITIONS TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED USE.

SO REALLY, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM, LET'S SAY, A REZONING APPLICATION, RIGHT.

YOU APPROACHED IT FROM THE IDEA THAT IT'S A PERMITTED USE.

WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF THE USE? WILL THE IMPACTS BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THE SURROUNDING OPERATIONS? IS THERE A WAY TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS? RIGHT. HOW DO YOU GET BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, A CONDITION THAT GETS RID OF THE IMPACT? TYPICAL CONDITIONS ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS MIGHT BE HOURS OF OPERATION, RIGHT? YOU MIGHT DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST, BUT IN GENERAL, YOU MIGHT SAY THIS IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

PEOPLE COME HOME AT 6:00 AT NIGHT.

THIS BUSINESS SHOULD CLOSE AT SIX, RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE THE TYPE OF CONDITION THAT WOULD MITIGATE AN IMPACT, LIKE NOISE.

AND SO WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

SO THERE ARE THREE FINDINGS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.

AND LIKE IT SAYS HERE, THE PROCESS IS WE DO A CONCEPT PLAN AND A SITE PLAN.

THERE'S A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION.

IT REQUIRES SOME PUBLIC NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.

AND THEN THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED TO MAKE A DECISION ON A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

THE APPLICANT CAN APPEAL THAT DECISION.

OR A INTERESTED PARTY, I BELIEVE CAN APPEAL THAT DECISION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY COUNCIL CAN ALSO APPEAL THE DECISION TO THEMSELVES.

AND SO WE POST THE RESULT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING DECISION.

AND THEN COUNCIL HAS, I BELIEVE, TEN DAYS TO REFER IT TO YOURSELF.

AND SO IN THAT CASE, YOU WOULD THEN CONSIDER THE DECISION, YOU COULD ENDORSE IT, YOU COULD ALTER IT, YOU COULD REVERSE IT.

BUT THE FINDINGS ARE AGAIN, THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THE CONDITIONAL USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ZONING CODE AND THE PURPOSE OF THE ZONE IN WHICH THE SITE IS LOCATED. SO AGAIN, READING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE ZONE?

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TO THAT THE GRANTING OF THE CONDITIONAL USE WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE.

AND THEN IT GIVES EXAMPLES OF THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED NUISANCES ARISING FROM NOISE, SMOKE, ODOR, DUST, VIBRATION, HAZARDS TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY FROM EXPLOSIONS OR CONTAMINATION, FIRE OR FLOOD IMPACT ON SURROUNDING AREAS ARISING FROM UNUSUAL VOLUME OR CHARACTER OF TRAFFIC.

SO AGAIN, KIND OF THE TYPICAL THINGS YOU WOULD LOOK AT.

WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS, NOISE, DUST, TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE, DOES IT RISE TO A LEVEL WHERE IT'S IMPACTING THE SURROUNDING USES.

AND THEN THE SECOND CONSIDERATION, IF IT IS HOW DO WE MITIGATE IT? WHAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE CONDITION.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU REALLY GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

AND THEN THE THIRD FINDING IS THAT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONDITIONAL USE AS PROPOSED.

AND AS IT MAY BE CONDITIONED, ARE REASONABLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE TYPES OF USES IN THE AREA, AND IT GIVES A LOT MORE EXAMPLES.

SO AGAIN THE IDEA IS THIS FINDING OF COMPATIBILITY.

AND SO THE REASON I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS IS THAT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CONDITIONAL USE REQUIREMENTS ABOUT THE REGIONAL PLAN, OR BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE REGIONAL PLAN.

THE SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE REGIONAL PLAN.

AND SO IF YOU WERE CONSIDERING REZONING PROPERTY AT THIS LOCATION, ONE OF THE FINDINGS IS IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE REGIONAL PLAN.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, BUT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS DIFFERENT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT FINDING OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE PLAN.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO GO INTO THAT.

SO AGAIN, IT REALLY IS ABOUT THE SPECIFIC USE AND IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THAT LOCATION.

SO WHAT DOES THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN SAY.

IT'S STILL SOMETHING WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND SO WE'VE GOT A QUOTE HERE OUT OF THE PLAN.

CONSIDER LAND EXCHANGES TO ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUATION OF BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES AFFECTED BY THE LONE TREE CONSTRUCTION, AND TO CREATE MORE USABLE PARK SPACE FOR THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THERE ARE SOME CONCEPTS IN THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN SPECIFIC TO THE LONE TREE OVERPASS, BUT IT'S REALLY CONSTRAINED TO THE PROPERTY WE NEED FOR THE OVERPASS.

THE PROPERTY THAT BRYCE SHOWED WHERE ARIZONA MATERIALS WANTS TO LOCATE IS NOT SHOWN IN THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN AS ONE OF THE CONCEPTUAL REDEVELOPMENT SITES. OKAY. SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS CONCEPT OF THE OVERPASS.

AND THE SUGGESTION IS WE COULD PUT PUBLIC SPACE UNDER THE OVERPASS AND MAYBE WITH SOME OF THE REMNANT LAND THAT WE HAVE.

BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY CONSIDER THIS PARCEL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

WHAT IT DOES SAY. IN ADDITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OVERPASS AND THIS CONCEPT OF A PARK, IT SAYS THAT THE LONE TREE OVERPASS PROJECT WILL REQUIRE THE CITY TO PURCHASE PRIVATE PROPERTIES AND RELOCATE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ROAD ALIGNMENT.

SOME BUSINESSES MAY RELOCATE, MAY BE RELOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SOME BUSINESSES MAY BE RELOCATED TO ADJACENT AVAILABLE LAND ALONG THE CORRIDOR IF THE SIZE IS SUITABLE. AFTER RELOCATIONS ARE CONSIDERED, LAND MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR OPEN SPACE OR DEVELOPED CITY PARK.

AND SO I'M READING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN TO TRY TO KEEP BUSINESSES IN THE SOUTH SIDE.

RIGHT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE TALKED WITH SARAH DECKER ABOUT.

SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE'S GOT A REGIONAL PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING HAPPENING IN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT SHE WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE POINT THAT THE PART OF THE PLAN WAS, AGAIN, TO RETAIN AND MAINTAIN BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXISTING IN THE SOUTH SIDE.

IT'S ALSO IN A SUB AREA CALLED A LIVE MAKE CENTER.

AND SO WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE LIVE MAKE CENTER? THIS IS THE BNSF LAND ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL CRAFT MANUFACTURING AREA, WHICH SUPPORTS COMMERCIAL AND LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, A VIBRANT AND CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR SMALL BUSINESS.

AGAIN, THE FINAL NOTE HERE IS THAT THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN IS ASPIRATIONAL, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A REZONING.

THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT FINDING.

AND SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS I THINK BOTH THINGS CAN BE TRUE.

ONE THERE'S A VISION IN THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN FOR A MAKE, WHAT DO WE CALL IT, A LIVE MAKE CENTER.

RIGHT. AND IT HAS LOTS OF LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT A LIVE MAKE CENTER IS.

BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE THIS GOAL OF PRESERVING EXISTING BUSINESSES, KEEPING EMPLOYMENT IN THE AREA.

AND SO FOR THAT THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO.

FALL TOO HEAVILY ON THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN.

IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC USE.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT HAS HELPED WITH YOUR CONSIDERATIONS TONIGHT AND FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL THAT I KNOW WE'RE HERE TO COMMENT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ZONING AND THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN?

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HOW'S. VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU. DAN.

I THINK MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU, AND I WANT YOU TO PUT ON YOUR CRAZY CREATIVITY HAT HERE FOR A SECOND.

I'D LIKE YOU TO WALK US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETELY.

WHAT OPTIONS THE THE PUBLIC HAS TO ORGANIZE AGAINST THIS AND HOW THEY MIGHT SUCCEED.

I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS VERSUS ZONING.

BUT JUST TO LET YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM, ONE OF MY CONCERNS IN ALL THIS IS THAT TIME IS GOING TO BE SUCKED UP WITH A LENGTHY OR PROTRACTED BACK AND FORTH WITH, WITH, WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

AND SO THE PUBLIC PROCESS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, IF WE RECEIVE AN APPLICATION, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A PUBLIC RECORD.

THE PUBLIC COULD REVIEW THAT.

WE'LL TAKE IT THROUGH THIS CONCEPT PLAN AND SITE PLAN REVIEW, WHICH IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.

AGAIN, WE CAN MAKE THOSE COMMENTS PUBLIC.

PEOPLE REQUEST THOSE COMMENTS ON OCCASION.

THERE'S TWO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS SO EVERYONE WOULD BE NOTIFIED WITHIN.

I THINK IT'S 350FT TO 500FT.

THE PLANNING DIRECTOR CAN EXPAND THAT NOTIFICATION.

PEOPLE WOULD BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THESE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.

THEY'RE TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING BEFORE THE MEETING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.

AND SO THERE TO DOCUMENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, REPORT ON WHAT THEY HEARD, WHAT ARE IF THERE'S CONCERNS EXPRESSED FROM FOLKS IN THE MEETING, HOW ARE THEY ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS? CAN THEY ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS? SOMETIMES WE GET A COMMENT AND THEY AND THE APPLICANT WILL SAY, I JUST CAN'T ADDRESS THAT CONCERN.

AND SO THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN IS REQUIRED.

AND THAT'S REPORTED ON AND PROVIDED AS PART OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION.

SO THEN AFTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, THEN YOU'D GO TO YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHERE THERE WOULD BE A REPORT OF THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

YOU'D HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

YOU'D GET PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WOULD MAKE A DECISION.

SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE MAIN AREAS WHERE THE PUBLIC COULD BE INVOLVED, KIND OF LEARNING ABOUT THE APPLICATION, PARTICIPATING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND THEN PARTICIPATING IN THE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

AND THEN, DEPENDING ON HOW PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FALLS ON THE ISSUE, THERE'S TIME FOR IT TO BECOME TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL DIRECTLY FOR AN APPEAL.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE APPLICANT COULD APPEAL THE OUTCOME TO COUNCIL.

I BELIEVE AN INTERESTED PARTY CAN APPEAL IT, AND THEN COUNCIL COULD REFER IT TO YOURSELF IF YOU WANTED TO.

AND THAT'S A TEN DAY WINDOW AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DECISION.

BEFORE I ASK BRYCE TO COME BACK UP.

ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CUP OR THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN? OKAY. THANK YOU.

DAN? YES.

OKAY, SO I'M GOING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

BRYCE, I REMEMBER YOU COVERED THIS AT A PRIOR MEETING, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY MAKING A REASONABLE ATTEMPT TO HELP THEM FIND A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

AND THEY FOUND A PROPERTY ON HUNTINGTON, AND I THINK, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THERE WASN'T THE ROOM FOR TRUCKS TO MOVE AROUND AND STUFF, BUT I JUST I JUST WANTED YOU TO EXPAND JUST BRIEFLY ON REASONABLE LOCATION.

INTERESTINGLY, I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND DOWN IN COTTONWOOD, AND SHE WORKS FOR A ROCK QUARRY, I BELIEVE, AND SHE WAS COMMENTING ON HOW MUCH BUSINESS THEY DO IN FLAGSTAFF.

SO THEY, YOU KNOW, NOW THE END USER PAYS FOR THAT TRANSPORTATION.

SO THAT GETS EXPENSIVE, BUT IT HASN'T SLOWED DOWN THE THE NEED.

SO I JUST WAS CURIOUS TO EXPAND ON WHERE THE LOCATIONS THAT WE I KNOW WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF AVAILABILITY, BUT THE ONES THAT WE HAD WAS IT THAT THEY JUST TRULY WEREN'T LOGISTICALLY SUITABLE FOR USE, OR JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS TOO FAR FROM WHERE THEY USED TO BE, AND THEY FELT THAT THEY MIGHT SUFFER SOME BUSINESS?

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NO. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A BEST QUESTION TO TO ASK ARIZONA MATERIALS.

SO THEY ARE HERE.

AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, I WAS ABOUT TO KICK IT OVER TO THEM TO KIND OF INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEIR OPERATIONS AND WHAT THEIR SITE DESIRES AND NEEDS ARE.

SO IT MIGHT JUST BE A FOLLOW UP TO THEM TO PROPERLY, YOU KNOW, DESCRIBE TO YOU HOW THE PREVIOUS SITE SELECTIONS, YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T MET THE CRITERIA THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK MY QUESTION IS GOING TO FALL IN THAT SAME VEIN.

SO MAYBE THEY CAN CAN ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE MY CONFUSION WITH THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH A I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT SUBSTANTIAL, BUT A GOOD PROCESS TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION.

AND EVEN AS WAS SHARED IN THE PRESENTATION EARLIER, GOING THROUGH THE SITE PLANNING AND ALL OF THAT TO DETERMINE THAT IT WAS A VIABLE LOCATION.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT LED TO THAT DETERMINATION THAT AFTER GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH NEW OWNERSHIP, IT'S NOW CONSIDERED NOT A VIABLE LOCATION FOR THAT.

SO I CAN HOLD ON THAT QUESTION, BUT I'M ALSO JUST TRYING TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE THE PERCEIVED NON VIABILITY OF THE, THE MOVE WITHIN THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY.

CAN YOU MAYBE GO BACK TO THE MAP AND ORIENT US TO WHERE THE PROPOSED MOVE IS, IS HAPPENING? YEAH. LET ME FIND LET'S SEE.

THIS MIGHT BE THE TO GIFT YOU THE MOST ZOOMED OUT VIEW.

SO SO THERE LIGHT ONE THERE'S THAT'S THEIR EXISTING SITE AND IT WOULD THE RIO HAS HAS NEEDS KIND OF ON THE BACK HALF OF THIS EL 22 PARCEL. AND SO IT WOULD BE EVERYTHING TO THE SOUTH ON THIS EL 22 PARCEL WITH FRONTAGE ON BUTLER.

SO YOU'D HAVE FRONT FRONTAGE ON BUTLER.

SO YOU'D TAKE ACCESS OFF OF EITHER BUTLER OR LUMBER.

AGAIN IT'S SPECULATING BECAUSE THERE'S NO CONCEPT PLAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL AREA OF OF WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND IT WOULD BE THIS LIGHT GREEN.

SO YEAH, THIS THIS MIGHT BE GIVE YOU THE BEST VIEW.

SO WE'VE GOT BUTLER TO THE SOUTH HERE.

THIS GREEN IS IS KIND OF WHAT THE SITE NEEDS WOULD WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEW BATCH PLANT.

AND WHERE IS LIKE WHAT'S THE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL AND AND ALL OF THAT IN TERMS OF WHERE THE THE NEW BATCH PLANT WOULD BE? YOUR CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL IS GOING TO BE THE THE HOUSING JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AZ BANK OR AZ BANK AND AND RAY ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BUTLER THERE.

THAT'S WHOLE FOODS AT THE AT THE BOTTOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT MAP.

CORRECT? NOW, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT CONFUSED ME OR I'M JUST CONFUSED.

THE FIRST MAP THAT YOU SHOWED, YOU SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED A PIECE OF LAND FOR THE RIO DE FLAG, BUT THEN I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY WHEN YOU CAME UP ON THIS MAP, THAT THIS IS WHERE THE BATCH PLANT WANTS TO GO, BUT THE MAP STILL SAYS.

LESS PROPERTY NEEDED FOR THE RIO DE FLAG.

SO THIS ENTIRE PIECE ISN'T NEEDED FOR THE RIO DE FLAG.

YEAH, I SHOULD DEFINITELY EXPLAIN MY MY COLOR CODING HERE.

AND I DIDN'T DO THAT.

SO REASON FOR CONFUSION HERE.

I'LL GO BACK TO THIS BIG ONE.

SO THIS MAIN PARCEL, IT'S A IT'S A FEW DIFFERENT PARCELS, THIS L 22 THAT'S OWNED BY THE RAILROAD.

AND THEN COMING BACK TO THE ONE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.

SO THESE BLUE BARS HERE, THAT'S THE RIO DE FLAG CHANNEL EASEMENT THAT WE NEED ON THAT, ON THAT PROPERTY.

AND SO EVERYTHING TO THE NORTH OF THAT LINE IS NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT.

WHICH LEAVES THIS KIND OF BALANCE.

KIND OF THIS NEBRASKA KIND OF SHAPE.

THAT WOULD BE WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED BY THE BNSF FOR THE CITY TO PURCHASE.

AND TO AND TO RELOCATE THE BATCH PLANT.

THAT'S THE OPTION THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BRINGING TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, FOR INPUT AND FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO THIS GREEN PROPOSED AREA SEEMS AND I THINK I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION IS

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AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DESIGN CONCEPTS WITH THE LONE TREE OVERPASS AND JUST HOW MAKING THAT THAT LIVABLE SPACE, OPEN SPACE, WHATEVER.

DAN CALLED IT THE WORK SOMETHING.

LIVE WORK. SO I'M CURIOUS WHY.

BECAUSE I'M THINKING, WELL, THAT THAT L SHAPED PART OF IT.

IF WE DIDN'T.

YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T NEGOTIATE THAT INTO THE LAND SWAP, THAT WOULD GIVE MORE AREA FOR THE LIVE WORK.

YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE LONE TREE OVERPASS, WHICH WAS WHERE A LOT OF THE DESIGN FACTOR WAS COMING FROM, AND JUST ALMOST CUTTING IT RIGHT UP WHERE IT ELLS OFF.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I MEAN, DOES THAT NOT GIVE THEM ENOUGH PROPERTY? IT DEFINITELY MAKES SENSE FOR ME AND I'LL LET THEM KIND OF ADDRESS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTE SITE NEEDS.

THERE IS A VERY ROUGH KIND OF JUST HERE'S ONE WAY WE MIGHT DO IT BASED OFF OF THE SITE AS IT'S LAID OUT.

SLIDE. COMING UP.

AND SO IT DOES SHOW KIND OF A GENERAL FULL USE OF THAT AREA, BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE ALL NEEDED TO RELOCATE THE BATCH PLANT.

THANK YOU. SO DID YOU ASK YOUR QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY? DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, YOU JUST ASKED ME A QUESTION.

THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS I HAVE A QUESTION.

MISS MATTHEWS KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE AREA.

THIS IS BASICALLY A LAND TRADE, RIGHT? SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING A BIGGER PIECE OF PROPERTY THAN THEY'RE GIVING UP.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE RATIO OF THOSE AREAS IS? YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL VERY CONCEPTUAL RIGHT NOW.

SO THIS REALLY I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON IS THIS, THIS GREEN IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE EXCESS FROM THE LAND THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND SO WHAT WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THE THE BATCH PLANT, WE DON'T HAVE A CONCEPT PLAN YET OR ANY KIND OF IDEA OF WHAT WHAT THE FULL NEEDS ARE.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DESIRES FOR THEM THAT THEY WOULD NEED.

AT LEAST THE CURRENT BATCH PLANTS KIND OF OPERATE MORE CLOSER TO FOUR ACRES, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT AT TWO AND A HALF.

AND SO THAT'S I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF ACRES FOR ACRES.

OKAY. SO WHEN WE NEGOTIATE THE DETAILS OF THIS, WHICH APPARENTLY HASN'T HAPPENED YET I PRESUME YOU'LL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THEY MAY BE GETTING MORE LAND THAN THEY'RE GIVING UP, AND SOMEHOW THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.

I CAN LEAVE IT AT THAT IF I'M SEEING HEAD NODS IN THE FRONT ROW.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE LAND ON HUNTINGTON.

HOW CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW MANY ACRES THAT WAS? THAT ONE AFTER RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATIONS? BECAUSE THE FULL PARCEL WAS STILL WITHIN HUNTINGTON, SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO DEDICATE WHAT WAS IN THE STREET.

I THINK WE'RE SITTING AT LIKE 1.79 ACRES OR SO.

IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY TIGHT COMPARED TO THEIR EXISTING SITE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL WANTING TO TALK TO THE OWNER OF THE BATCH PLANT SO WE CAN.

JUST TALK ABOUT WHY THE OTHER PARCEL DIDN'T WORK AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.

YEAH. SO I HAVE WITH ME LEE WARE.

SO HE'S GOING TO KICK IT OFF FROM ARIZONA.

MATERIALS. WELCOME, LEE.

THANK YOU BRYCE. APPRECIATE THAT.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND REPRESENT ARIZONA MATERIALS.

AS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS LEE WARE.

I'M A LAND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WITH KILGORE COMPANIES IN ARIZONA MATERIALS.

AND TO INTRODUCE A LITTLE BIT BRIEFLY ABOUT OURSELVES AS ARIZONA MATERIALS HERE IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY FOR AROUND 15 YEARS NOW.

WE'VE PRODUCED IN THAT TIME NEARLY 500,000YD³ OF CONCRETE SUPPLYING TO A NUMBER OF PROJECTS LOCALLY WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING NORTHERN ARIZONA, ARIZONA UNIVERSITY INCLUDING PROJECTS LIKE THE MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY, CAMPUS DORMS AND LODGE, A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, CHICK FIL A A NUMBER OF CITY CONTRACTS, CURB AND GUTTER FOR MILES, AND A NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

AND IT IS OUR IDEA TO CONTINUE TO BE HERE.

AND AS MENTIONED HERE WITH THIS LOCATION IT'S VERY CONVENIENT FOR US AND ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS, A NUMBER OF REASONS.

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AND WE'RE LOOKING AS THE SEASON RAMPS UP HERE, AS THE WEATHER BEGINS TO WARM.

AND THIS IS OUR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SEASON TO HIRE ON AN ADDITIONAL TEN 4 TO 6 MORE EMPLOYEES.

WITH THAT, AS STATED HERE IN OUR SLIDES HERE.

IT'S OUR HOPE TO MAINTAIN IN BUSINESS OPERATIONS HERE IN FLAGSTAFF TO MAINTAIN AN EXISTING CUSTOMER BASE AND MARKET SHARE, WHICH IS PRIMARY TO THIS LOCATION.

AND I THINK THIS GOES TO COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEW'S QUESTION HERE THAT MAINTAINING EXISTING HAUL ROUTES AND DELIVERY TIMES, BEING LOCAL TO THE AREA THAT WE ARE, IS PARAMOUNT. IT'S KEY TO ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS INTERNAL TO OUR OWN COMPANY FROM SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.

SO EVERYTHING FROM AIR QUALITY, EMISSIONS, INVENTORIES AND EMISSIONS TO MAKE THOSE A REDUCTION AND TO MAINTAIN EFFICIENCIES TO BE A VIABLE COMPANY, THAT OUR LOCATION IS PARAMOUNT TO THAT.

MAYBE TO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, WHY DID OUR PREVIOUS LOCATIONS NOT WORK AS NEW OWNERSHIP PARENT COMPANY KILGORE COMPANIES AND SUMMIT MATERIALS ACQUIRING ARIZONA MATERIALS? AS WE LOOKED AT THE OTHER PROPERTY THAT WAS THERE, KIND OF LIKE A GAME OF TETRIS, AS WE TOOK, AS BRYCE MENTIONED, CURRENT PLANT CONFIGURATIONS AND ROTATED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS SAFETY PROTOCOLS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS, BEST AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES. WE DID NOT FEEL THAT THAT WOULD BE A VIABLE OR SIMPLY THE LOGISTICAL TO MAKE THAT WORK.

WHAT WE DID. WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THOUGH, IN WORKING WITH THE CITY, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT A NUMBER OF MEETINGS HAVE AND TIME HAS BEEN SPENT ON A NUMBER OF PEOPLE'S BEHALF.

TO WORK THROUGH THIS, WE DID FIND AS WHAT BRYCE SHARED, THIS PROPERTY A FEW HUNDRED FEET ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO BE A VIABLE PROPERTY.

AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

PART OF OUR GOAL HERE IS TO NOT ONLY JUST MAINTAIN EXISTING HAUL ROUTES AND DELIVERY TIMES AND EMISSIONS AS EFFICIENCIES, BUT ALSO COMPETITIVE PRICING.

WE KNOW, AND HAS ALSO SHARED IN PREVIOUS SLIDE, THAT THERE'S A GOAL TO HAVE COMPETITIVE PRICING FOR TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, OF COURSE, LOWER BUILDING COSTS. AND THE FURTHER THAT WE HAVE TO TRAVEL, THE MORE THAT MATERIAL COSTS.

AS TO WHY OTHER PROPERTIES MIGHT NOT HAVE WORKED THAT TO AS AN INCLUSION, WE ENJOY THE COMFORT OF BEING LOCAL HERE, TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THE MAJORITY AND BASE OF OUR CUSTOMERS FROM THE INSIDE OUT, NOT THE OUTSIDE IN, WHICH ACQUIRES FROM MORE MILES AND HIGHER BUILDING COSTS.

SO TO BE COMPETITIVE AND MAINTAIN THAT EFFICIENCY, THAT'S ONE OF THE THE APPEAL TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AS WELL.

THE BNSF SITE HAS SIMILAR SITE OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCIES THAT WE FEEL CAN MAKE WORK ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS.

WE ALSO FEEL THAT IT MEETS A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, BOTH FROM THE DIVISION OF AIR QUALITY AND THE DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL A NUMBER OF, AGAIN, I MENTIONED BEST AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR AIR QUALITY CONTROLS TO BE MINDFUL OF EMISSIONS, BOTH FROM OUR PRODUCTION SITE AND OUR TRANSPORTATION SIDE, TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR WATER QUALITY, BOTH WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND STORMWATER COLLECTION, AND HOW WE USE THAT WATER.

THE CONTROLS THAT WE WEIGH OUT, THIS PROPERTY PROVIDES THE MOST VIABLE OPTIONS FOR US.

THE SITE ALSO MEETS A NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL SIZE AND CONFIGURATIONS THAT SPECIFICALLY COME DOWN TO SAFETY, WHICH FROM OUR STANDPOINT IS ABSOLUTELY KEY AND PARAMOUNT TO OUR PERSONNEL AND OUR EMPLOYEES IS KEEPING THEM SAFE, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH PROPERTY TO ENSURE THAT IS TRUCKS AND DELIVERY THROUGH OUR PRODUCTS COMING, BRINGING IN MATERIALS AND OUTGOING PRODUCT HAVE ENOUGH SPACE AND OPERATIONAL ROOM TO MANEUVER AROUND TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE AND STILL CONTINUE AND MAINTAIN OPERATIONS, NECESSARY STORAGE PILES AND SO FORTH.

MENTIONED HERE THAT IT'S IT'S A LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

AND AS I HEARD FROM PREVIOUS ALSO PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IT LOOKS LIKE WITH A UPCOMING DC LOBBYING TRIP THAT WE WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE TO COMPETE FOR. AND WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PARK THAT 757 AND IT'S TIME TO BUILD A TARMAC FOR THAT.

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SO AGAIN, ALL OF THESE ROADS POINT TO THE PROPERTY THAT WE'VE BEEN AGAIN WORKING WITH THE CITY CURRENTLY ON.

ANY OTHER IN THE RIGHT WAY. YOU GOT SO.

RIGHT NOW, AS MENTIONED THAT WHAT WE'RE PREPARED TO SHARE HERE IS STILL IN PRELIMINARY PLANNING STAGES IN PREPARATION WITH OUR HOPE TO PUT TOGETHER A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION WITH THE SITE PLANS THAT THIS GENTLEMAN HERE MENTIONED AND ALL OF THE NEEDED ATTACHMENTS AND DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT AND SHOW HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS LAND, MEASURE IT OUT, CONFIGURE THE PLAN OPERATIONS, AND BRING A NEW OPERATION THAT'S UPDATED THAT HAS THE ABILITY NOT JUST FOR OUR PERSONAL NEEDS TO PRODUCE MORE AND DO BETTER, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE A BETTER PRODUCT AND BE A BETTER COMMUNITY MEMBER WITH.

THIS ALSO WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO HELP BY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS WILL HELP EXPEDITE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OVERPASS PROJECT AND WORKING WITH THE CITY'S NEEDS ALSO TO MINIMIZE PLANT RELOCATION COSTS.

BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE MOVE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO US.

AND WE FEEL THAT ARIZONA MATERIALS IS ALREADY OPERATING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WILL ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS AS PART OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS FOR THE BNSF SITE. WE HAVE THIS VISION OF THIS.

RIGHT HERE IS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN.

THAT'S OUR EARLY THOUGHTS FOR A SITE PLAN ON THIS EAST PARCEL HERE THAT SHOWS THE CONFIGURATION OF HOW WE WOULD HAVE OUR PLANT, THE CONSIDERATIONS I MADE MENTION OF AS TO HOW OUR HAUL ROADS AND OUR TRUCK TRAVEL ROUTES, THE SAFETY WHICH WE AGAIN FEEL IS ABSOLUTELY PARAMOUNT, AND A NUMBER OF CONTROLS WHERE WE STORE OUR MATERIALS, HOW WE OPERATE, OUR EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY, WHERE WE WOULD STORE AND MANAGE WATER.

ALL OF THIS IS THIS IS CONCEPTUAL.

EXCUSE ME. BUT THE HOPE AGAIN, IS TO PUT THAT APPLICATION AND PACKAGE TOGETHER TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL.

SO I'M SHARING HERE WITH YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, BRYCE? UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

I HOPE I WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS.

ERIC COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? I'M SURE WE DO.

I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

THIS IS A COMMERCIAL ONLY SITE, CORRECT? THERE'S NO RETAIL.

YOU DON'T HAVE CUSTOMERS COMING ONTO YOUR PROPERTY TO PURCHASE MATERIALS.

THAT IS CORRECT. WE DELIVER AND BRING OUR MATERIALS.

I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

AND DURING A BUSY SEASON, HOW MANY TRUCKS DO YOU TEND TO HAVE COMING IN AND OUT? WELL, WE WOULD HAVE DURING A BUSY SEASON.

WE WOULD HAVE A NUMBER OF TRUCKS THAT WOULD BE AS FAR AS AS TO HOW THAT COUNT WOULD LOOK.

THAT WOULD ALL BE A PART OF OUR APPLICATION PROCESS TO WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW MUCH MATERIAL, BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS HISTORY OF PRODUCTION, HOW MANY CUBIC YARDS PER MONTH WOULD WE DO DURING OUR BUSY SEASON VERSUS, LET'S SAY, A WINTER OFF SEASON? TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF THOSE AND WHERE THIS PROPERTY ABUTS BUTLER, THERE'S NOT A LIGHT CORRECTLY. CORRECTLY.

CORRECT. SO? SO YOU'D BE MAKING A RIGHT OR A LEFT TURN.

JUST OFF OF WHATEVER STREET IT IS THAT COMES UP TO BUTLER.

AND THAT'S OUR HOPE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE CITY, TO BE ABLE TO DEFINE WHAT THAT ACCESS AND EGRESS LOOK LIKE FOR SURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

OKAY, I THINK I NEED TO TO DO A DISCLOSURE.

OKAY. IN FULL DISCLOSURE I AM THE VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND I WANT YOU TO TO NOTE THE WORD VOLUNTEER.

SO I DO NOT GET PAID FOR MY ROLE.

IT IS A VOLUNTEER ROLE ROLE.

AND I'VE DONE THAT FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS OR SO.

SO I JUST NEED FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO PROBABLY COME UP AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

SO NOW WE ALL KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE.

WERE YOU AWARE THAT THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WHEN YOU PURCHASED THE BUSINESS? AT THE TIME THAT WE PURCHASED THE BUSINESS.

ALL OF THE DETAILS I'M NOT AWARE OF, I WOULD HAVE TO, I GUESS, REFER TO OTHER MANAGEMENT IF THEY MAY BE AWARE.

OKAY. EXCUSE ME.

SO EITHER YOU WEREN'T AWARE OR YOU WERE AWARE.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

IS SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WAS PART OF THAT PURCHASE? WERE THEY AWARE THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN? AND THEN LET ME ALSO ASK THE SECOND PART OF THAT, IF YOU WERE AWARE THAT THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, DID YOU CONSULT THAT PLAN? STUART LAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OF LAND AND DEVELOPMENT FOR KILGORE COMPANIES.

ARIZONA MATERIALS IS ONE OF OUR COMPANIES WHICH WE OWN.

SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, MAYBE I'LL TURN THAT BACK ON YOU, MISS HARRIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WHAT WHAT'S THE NATURE OF THE QUESTION? WHAT'S WHAT'S THE REASON BEHIND OUR NOT KNOWING OR KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A PLAN? WELL, I'M CONCERNED THAT IF YOU.

THAT YOU BOUGHT A BUSINESS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE WAS SOME DEVELOPMENT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE RAIL IS GOING IN THERE, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF PLAN IN PLACE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THAT MAYBE AS A WRONG ASSUMPTION.

IT'S A IT'S A RELEVANT QUESTION.

HOWEVER, WE PURCHASED A BUSINESS THAT WAS A NON-CONFORMING USE IN A ZONE THAT IS A CONDITIONAL USE.

SO THE PLAN, LIKE HE SAID, IS ASPIRATIONAL.

WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE BOOKS TODAY WOULD BE MORE CONSIDERED A PERMITTED USE WITH CONDITIONS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE DID PURCHASE THE PROPERTY FULLY UNDERSTANDING OUR.

ENTITLED RIGHTS UNDER THE NON-CONFORMING STATUS.

OKAY. OKAY, OKAY.

IS A SPACE. AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR BRYCE.

BRYCE IS THE SPACE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME SIZE AS WHAT THEY CURRENTLY SIT ON NOW? NO, MA'AM.

CURRENTLY SITTING ON ABOUT TWO AND A HALF ACRES.

AND THIS IS CLOSER TO FOUR ACRES.

OKAY. AND SO SO REALLY, THEY'RE GETTING TWO ACRES MORE THAN WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.

CORRECT. YEAH, I'LL KICK THAT TO THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WAS COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS ASKED ABOUT KIND OF SITE NEEDS AND AND I'LL LET THEM KIND OF ADDRESS THAT.

SO TWO COMMENTS TO THAT.

ONE IS IN OUR INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF SEE, WE OPERATE IN BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO AND ASPEN, COLORADO, AND WE DO WORK IN PARK CITY AND WE OWN BUSINESSES IN SUN VALLEY, IDAHO.

RIGHT. WE UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, RIGHT.

AND AN ENVIRONMENTALLY INCLINED COMMUNITY.

RIGHT. SO WHAT WE PROTECT THAT NON-CONFORMING RIGHT IS HUGE TO US.

OKAY. PEOPLE VIEW OUR INDUSTRY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND SO WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REALIZES THAT THROUGH THIS CONDEMNATION PROCESS, WE'RE GIVING UP STUFF, AND THE CITY'S GIVING UP STUFF IN THIS NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN COME TO SOME TERMS THAT WORK FOR BOTH OF US.

NOW THAT PROPERTY IS A LITTLE BIGGER, BUT CONFIGURE IN OUR BUSINESS.

OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY IS HUGE, RIGHT? I COMPETE WITH PEOPLE WHO MAKE CONCRETE AT A CERTAIN EFFICIENCY RATE AND I HAVE TO COMPETE WITH THAT.

SO IN TERMS OF ACCESS IN AND OUT CONFLICT CONFLICTS WITH LOADER TRAFFIC LEE REFERRED TO SAFETY.

ALL OF THAT IS EQUATED TO HOW COMPETITIVE ARE WE TO DELIVER PRODUCT TO YOU.

RIGHT. SO THAT PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE FOUR ACRES.

WE CAN MAKE IT WORK WITH ITS CONFIGURATION, THE LITTLE HAMMER THING, AND IT GIVES US ENOUGH SPACE TO BE SAFE AND EFFICIENT AND COMPETITIVE, WHICH WE ARE TODAY.

YOU KNOW.

SO ALL WE ARE IS ASKING FOR THE SAME THING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE IT FOR ME.

OKAY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE, YOU ASKED ABOUT HUNTINGTON.

WE DON'T OWN THAT PROPERTY.

WE DIDN'T ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY IN THE ACQUISITION.

SO WHEN WE GOT INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSIONS.

WE ALLOWED THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO CARRY FORWARD WITH THE HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.

AND THEN I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE ANOTHER ACQUISITION WITH A PROPERTY THAT I DON'T OWN.

ALL OF THAT FELL APART.

IT WASN'T BECAUSE WE WERE NOT WORKING OR WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WENT WE WENT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THAN PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE COULD.

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IT WASN'T IT WASN'T ANY MALICIOUS.

IT WAS JUST IT JUST DIDN'T WORK.

AND WE DON'T OWN IT.

SO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MATTHEWS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. AND I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS TO JUMP IN AND CORRECT ME IF I MISS MISSTATE, BUT I THINK. WHAT WASN'T SAID IS IMPORTANT.

AND WHEN SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY IT WAS UNDERSTOOD AT THAT TIME THAT THAT MATERIALS PLANT WOULD WHEN WE DID, THE LONE TREE OVERPASS WOULD DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY, NOT MOVE OVER.

AM I CORRECT ON THAT? AND SO AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE VICE MAYOR'S COMMENT ABOUT WHAT ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS, IF THEY START PUSHING BACK ON THIS.

SO THERE IS A CONCERN AND, AND SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THAT THE PRIOR OWNERS, I'M, I'M GUESSING, WERE AWARE THAT WHEN THE LONE TREE OVERPASS, IT'S BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING WAS DESIGNED IT WAS INTEGRATED IN THERE IN THE SUNNYSIDE PLAN AND THE CITY.

I'M SORRY, SOUTH SIDE PLAN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THAT AS PART OF OUR REGIONAL PLAN, AND THAT IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH IT.

SO NOW THIS CONCEPT OF MOVING IT OVER, THAT'S WHERE KIND OF THE RUB IS, I THINK RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT GOES AGAINST WHAT WAS AGREED UPON BACK THEN. THAT'S A THAT'S A RELEVANT QUESTION.

I, I HEAR IT A LOT IN MULTIPLE STATES I WORK IN I STEWART I WISH YOU WOULD GO AWAY, BUT WE STILL NEED YOU.

OKAY. I HEAR THAT A LOT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ENTITLE MINING OPERATIONS.

BUT LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

I RAISE A HAND. HOW MANY ON THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY HAVE INTERESTS IN A BUSINESS WHO OWN A BUSINESS? HOW DO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

IF SOMEBODY CAME TO YOU AND SAID, I WANT TO TAKE YOUR BUSINESS, HOW WOULD THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? I WOULD STRUGGLE WITH IT.

YEAH, IT'S A STRUGGLE.

AND AND WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH IT FOR FOUR YEARS.

THIS IS NOT A DECISION.

THIS. WE'RE NOT COMING TO YOU HAVING NOT EXHAUSTED.

THE PROCESS, RIGHT? SO WE RESPECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

PLANNING, THE ASPIRATIONAL PLANNING THAT'S GOING ON.

BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S LAND USE LAW THAT'S IN PLACE AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN PLACE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE.

THAT'S WHAT WE PURCHASED.

SO MR. LAMB IS, IS FOUR ACRES WHAT YOU NEED? FOUR ACRES IS WHAT WE SHOULD.

WE WOULD NEED.

I MEAN, YOU SAW THAT PLAN.

IT WOULD WORK.

IT WOULD ALLOW US TO, I THINK, GET THROUGH THE CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS.

IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER FROM.

THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS LIKE YOU GUYS WERE.

THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

SO. IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

RICK LOPEZ.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE.

I WAS PART OF THE SOUTH SIDE PLANNING COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THE PLAN.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD THE THE WORDS USED AS ASPIRATIONAL.

PLAN WITHOUT QUESTION.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

KIND OF A VISION.

IT'S A GUIDE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE PLANS THAT ARE DEVELOPED.

THERE'S A LOT OF HUMAN RESOURCE THAT GOES INTO THESE PLANS.

VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT SPEND HOURS AND HOURS, DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS AND YEARS.

WORKING ON DEBATE AND COMPROMISE AND THOUGHTS AND STAFF INPUT AND NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT, TRYING TO COME UP WITH PLANS THAT WILL SURVIVE NOT JUST A YEAR.

IT'S NOT JUST A PLAN THAT SITS ON A SHELF AND GATHERS DUST, BUT IT'S A PLAN THAT WILL BE THERE FOR DECADES.

THAT'S A GUIDE.

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IT'S A GUIDE FOR ASPIRATIONAL.

IT'S A GUIDE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE ARE WE SENDING TO THE COMMUNITY WHO'S NOW WORKING ON THE REGIONAL PLAN, WHO SPEND HUNDREDS OF HOURS STAFF TIME, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS GOING INTO THE REGIONAL PLAN TO GET ADOPTED BY THE VOTERS.

IN NOVEMBER.

IF IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, IF IT CAN JUST BE ALTERED OR CHANGED BECAUSE OF A OF A BUSINESS OR LANDOWNER OR PROPERTY OWNER WHO KIND OF PUTS THE CITY IN A LITTLE BIT OF A BIND, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PLAN CHANGES AND GETS MODIFIED AND ADJUSTED.

WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THAT WORK? THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND I'VE MADE THIS COMMENT MANY, MANY TIMES.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS AT A CROSSROADS.

WE HAVE TO, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, DECIDE WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE WHEN WE GROW UP? WELL, WE'RE AT THAT POINT.

YOU KNOW, KEEPING JOBS IS IMPORTANT.

I GET THAT LOSING A BUSINESS LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, I GET THAT.

BUT I ALSO GET THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE A VISION.

AN ASPIRATION OF WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WE WANT TO BE.

THERE'S A REASON WHY.

WHEN THE SAWMILL WENT AWAY, IT WASN'T KEPT AS INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.

AND THE REASON WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE SAID THE SOUTH SIDE DESERVES BETTER.

THE SOUTH SIDE DESERVES TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS MORE ATTRACTIVE, MORE VISUAL, MORE ENTICING, AND MAKES IT MORE OF A COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHY THAT PROPERTY THAT WAS THE SAWMILL IS NOW RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE SOUTH SIDE DESERVES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OH, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE AN ONLINE COMMENTER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE DO.

IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT TO ALLOW HIM THE OPPORTUNITY HERE.

ALL RIGHT. DAVID HAYWARD IS OUR COMMENTER.

DAVID, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOUR COMMENTS NOW.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I WAS IN THE MEETING EARLIER.

I HAD TO LEAVE TO TAKE MY KIDS TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE, BUT I'M I'M NOW ABLE TO TO MAKE THIS YOU KNOW, THIS COMMENT ONLINE.

SO I'M, I OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY AROUND THE CORNER.

FROM THIS, I THINK A LOT OF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS, THE WRITING OF THIS OUTSIDE PLAN.

YOU ALSO KNOW THAT I'M A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER.

AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THIS WORLD YOU KNOW, AND WITHOUT GIVING OFFENSE TO, YOU KNOW, MR. LAM OR HIS COLLEAGUES, THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW CAN SEE THROUGH THE BS WHEN I HEAR IT.

YOU KNOW, KILGORE AND THEIR PARENT COMPANY ARE A $7 BILLION ORGANIZATION.

YOU KNOW, THE ARTS COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET WHETHER SHE WOULD LIKE TO LOSE, YOU KNOW, HER SMALL, PERSONALLY OWNED BUSINESS DOWNTOWN.

AND COMPARE THAT TO A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY.

I PERSONALLY FIND IT OFFENSIVE.

I THINK WHEN WE.

LOOK TO THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN.

WE REALLY. DID DO THAT UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT.

THE INDUSTRIAL USES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD WOULD MOVE RIGHT WHERE WE'RE DEVELOPING A NEW FUTURE FOR THIS AREA.

AND. THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANT, QUITE FRANKLY, WAS NOT PART OF THAT FUTURE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S DIFFICULTIES AND THAT THERE IS A LEGAL PROCESS THROUGH WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY MUST BE ASSISTED IN THEIR RELOCATION.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SITE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS GOING TO WORK FOR THEIR PREVIOUS THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE BUSINESS NO LONGER WORKS FOR THE THESE OWNERS OF THE BUSINESS. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THERE ARE NOT OTHER SITES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD WORK AND WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO COMPETE.

I THINK THEY'VE SORT OF COME IN NOT REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE, SEEN THIS OPPORTUNITY AND SAID, NO, LET'S DO THIS.

I'D ASK YOU COUNCIL TO SAY, YOU KNOW, PLEASE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

I DON'T SEE ANY SCENARIO IN WHICH A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT.

IS A COMPATIBLE USE WITH A WHOLE FOODS AND I HOPE YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

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THIS QUESTION'S FOR YOU.

AND YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT ALREADY, BUT.

SO THE TISSUE PROPERTY WAS NOT AN OPTION TO BUY OR.

IT HAD SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE ULTIMATELY COULDN'T OVERCOME.

THEY DID HAVE AN APPROVED SITE PLAN FOR RETAIL IN THE FRONT, AND SO THEN THEY HAD THE BACK HALF THAT COULD BE USED FOR THIS USE.

AND AND ULTIMATELY IT WAS JUST YOU KNOW IT CAME DOWN TO, I THINK, PRICE ESSENTIALLY.

IT WAS ONE OF THE FACTORS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE HELPING HELPING THEM IDENTIFY POTENTIAL RELOCATION SPOTS, WHETHER THEY CHOOSE THOSE OR NOT.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, UP BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE TWO PARTIES ESSENTIALLY.

SO WE'RE WE'RE MAINLY IN THE POSITION OF FACILITATING THAT SEARCH AND HELPING FIND THEM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY TAKING THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OF WHY THEY, THEY DIDN'T PASS ON IT OR NOT OR WHY THEY PASSED ON IT.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO MR. LOPEZ'S COMMENT.

I HEAR YOU ON THE REGIONAL PLAN.

THAT WAS A COMPLAINT OR AN OBSERVATION I'VE HAD ABOUT OUR GENERAL REGIONAL PLAN IS THAT IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE WHAT THE VOTERS PASSED.

AND WE NEED TO START RESPECTING THOSE, YOU KNOW, VISIONS IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT AND KEEP IT SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO WHAT THE VOTERS SAID THAT THEY WANTED.

SO I KIND OF JUST ADDS ON TO THAT.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, ARE YOU READY TO GIVE SOME DIRECTION TO STAFF? OH, ANYA. YES.

JUST REAL QUICK. JUST TO JIM MCCARTHY'S POINT EARLIER, IF WE IF THE CITY WERE TO BUY THE BNSF PARCEL AND DO A TRADE FOR THE ARIZONA MATERIALS PARCEL, THE TRADE HAS TO BE OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL VALUE.

SO WE WOULD WORK IT OUT WHETHER IT'S THE SAME SIZE, PROPERTY OR PROPERTY PLUS CASH.

SO THAT JUST TO ADDRESS THAT POINT.

WE ALSO HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, ONGOING CONDEMNATION CASE, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE AND REACHING AN AGREEMENT WITH.

WITH ARIZONA MATERIALS WILL HELP US RESOLVE THAT MORE QUICKLY, BUT THOSE ARE THE MAIN POINTS I WANTED TO GET ACROSS.

I KNOW MR. LAMB HAD WANTED TO ADDRESS JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

YEAH. YEAH.

AND THEN THANK YOU TANYA STEWART LAMB AGAIN.

IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING WHEN ONE DEVELOPER ATTACKS ANOTHER DEVELOPER.

BUT ONE OF THE COMMENTS HE.

THE THE ARGUMENT IS, IS RELEVANT.

IF THE USE WASN'T EXISTING IN THE ZONE, THE COMMENT THAT.

THIS USE IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH.

THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT EXISTS THERE TODAY.

THE TRUCK TRAFFIC EXISTS THERE TODAY.

THAT NOISE AND IT'S THERE.

NOW, THE HOPE WAS THAT SOMEHOW WE WOULD JUST GO AWAY.

WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WE TRIED.

WE TRIED.

GAVE IT A SCOUT BOY SCOUT EFFORT.

IN FOUR YEARS DIDN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING.

AND THE REALITY IS.

WHEN YOU TAKE AN AN EXISTING USE IN A ZONE AND YOU PUT IT OUT SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEN THE PROBLEM BECOMES NOW YOU'RE A NEW USE.

IN A ZONE. SO NOW THE ISSUES BECOME BIGGER.

SO THE ARGUMENT IS.

IT'S THERE.

ANYWAYS, THAT WAS MY MY THOUGHT.

THESE CONDEMNATION ISSUES ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CLOSE TO MY HEART.

ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO, A-DOT CAME TO MY FAMILY AND CHANDLER, ARIZONA AND SAID, WE ARE TAKING YOUR LAND ON DOBSON.

THE 202 THAT CROSSES DOBSON ROAD WAS OUR DAIRY FARM, AND THEY TOOK IT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN DEVELOPMENT CAME IN AND MY FAMILY NO LONGER COULD FARM.

I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS CAME OUT AND.

WE COULDN'T FARM BECAUSE ALL THE LAND USE CHANGED AROUND US.

SO I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN.

PROPERTY RIGHTS AND BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH GOVERNMENT.

BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL THING IS KIND OF WHAT I FEEL.

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SO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE IS FOR BRYCE OR ANYA.

THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE FOR MR. LAMB. BRYCE, SINCE YOU GOT UP FIRST.

I'LL GO WITH YOU.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PUT A FINER POINT.

OKAY, SO REASON FOR THE QUESTION.

RED FLAG PROJECT.

THAT IS THE PARAMOUNT CONCERN FOR ME IS MAKING SURE THAT THE RED FLAG PROJECT IS NOT DELAYED OR ENDANGERED IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. CAN YOU HELP PUT A FINER POINT ON ME WHAT THAT MEANS WITH THIS, WITH THIS WHOLE ISSUE, I YOU KNOW, I'M GOING BACK TO YOUR SLIDES HERE.

THE RED FLAG PROJECT CANNOT BE.

THE RED FLAG CANNOT BE CONSTRUCTED UNTIL THE CITY OBTAINS ALL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN DIG INTO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BECAUSE THAT IS BY FAR THE MOST OVERRIDING CONSIDERATION ON MY MIND.

AND IF THAT'S IF THAT'S NOT REALLY HERE OR THERE, IT CHANGES THE WAY I'M THINKING A LOT ABOUT THESE THINGS NOW.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO DEFER THAT ONE TO CHRISTINE CAMERON BECAUSE WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS ONE.

AND IF SHE'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, I THINK SHE'S BEST SUITED TO ADDRESS THAT.

YEAH. THANK YOU. BRYCE.

SO CHRISTIE CAMERON, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT MANAGER.

SO VICE MAYOR, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

WITH BNSF RAILWAY ON PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND RAIL RELOCATION.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE US ARMY CORPS, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THEIR PROCESS FOR FINAL DESIGN.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM.

WE DON'T HAVE I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

I MEAN, YOU'VE KNOWN OF THESE PROJECTS AND HAVE THEY'VE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S SLOW GOING.

IT'S A IT'S A FIGHT.

AND SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT, THAT IF ARIZONA MATERIALS WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT THAT IT WOULD BUY US THE TIME THAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S THE IT'S THE MAGIC BULLET.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE HEARING OF OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN TOWN THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT YET.

SO SO I DON'T KNOW THE IMMEDIACY OF THIS DECISION RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW EVENTUALLY, YES, WE WE DO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

ONE THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE I'M STARTING THE LONE TREE CORRIDOR PORTION OF THE LONE TREE OVERPASS PROJECT THIS SUMMER.

SO WE'VE SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD UP TO THE NORTH.

SO THAT ALSO BUYS US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND GETS US UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FULL PROJECT.

AND SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE RIO IS IN JEOPARDY.

I STILL BELIEVE THE RIO HAS A WAYS TO GO BEFORE WE WE BREAK GROUND IN 2025, AND AND MAYBE THAT AFFORDS US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRISTINE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T HEAR FROM YOU WAS A VERY CLEAR INDICATION THAT THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT IS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT TO THE RIO DE FLAG SUCCESS.

THERE'S SO MANY MOVING PARTS TO THAT, AND EACH ONE OF THEM NEEDS TO FALL INTO PLACE, AND WE'D LIKE FOR IT TO HAPPEN IN A TIMELY FASHION.

MAYBE YOU CAN EITHER CONFIRM OR CALIBRATE MY UNDERSTANDING OF OF OF OF OF THAT.

IN SUMMARY AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON.

VICE MAYOR. I MEAN, THE RELOCATION OF THIS PLANT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO TO HAPPEN PRIOR TO THE RIO BEING CONSTRUCTED.

I MEAN, IS THAT THE ANSWER THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OR.

YEAH, I THINK SO.

IT'S THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS IS RELEVANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE RIO DE FLAG AT SOME LEVEL.

SO THANK YOU.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR MR. LAM. IF I COULD AND THIS RELATES TO ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE RECEIVED ONLINE.

IT'S IT'S POSTED.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT.

I HAPPEN TO KNOW WHO THE POSTER IS, AND I THINK HE'S AN INCREDIBLY RELIABLE AND OBJECTIVE OBSERVER ESPECIALLY WITH RELATED TO THIS TOPIC.

HE HE DESCRIBED THE RIO DE FLAG AS IT IS RIGHT NOW ABUTTING THE ARIZONA MATERIALS PROPERTY AS BEING USED AS A DUMP.

AND MOVING FORWARD, THIS PUBLIC SPEAKER WAS FINE WITH, WITH THE WITH THE PLANT TRANSFERRING OVER.

BUT HE HAD THERE WERE CONCERNS AROUND THE CONTINUED MISUSE OF THE CHANNEL.

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IT TAKES CARE OF A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS INNATELY.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO MAYBE COMMENT ON THAT AND REACT TO THAT AND HEAR FROM YOU WHAT YOU WOULD THINK IF THE CUP INCLUDED SOME VERY STRINGENT YOU KNOW, PARAMETERS AROUND MAKING SURE THINGS DON'T END UP IN THAT CHANNEL ANYMORE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, VICE MAYOR.

I DID READ THE SAME THING, THE SAME COMMENT FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL.

TWO THINGS. ONE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMALL OWNERSHIP.

AND BIG OWNERSHIP, RIGHT? WE CAN'T DO THAT STUFF.

WE GOT TO. WELL, THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE WE ARE A VERY.

I MEAN, IF I WAS TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE OK, WHICH WE FUNCTION BOTH IN THE AGGREGATE MINING WORLD AND ALSO THE, THE, THE MANUFACTURING WORLD, THE CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATES CONSTRUCTION WORLD, IT WOULD STAGGER YOU.

SO THE ANSWER IS THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN UNDER US.

AND YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE STRINGENT CONDITIONS FOR DUMPING THAT DOESN'T GO.

YEAH. THAT'S NOT A WE DON'T DO THAT.

WE DON'T TREAT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WAY.

WE CAN'T TREAT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WAY.

THESE PLANTS ARE RELATIVELY QUIET.

THEY'RE RELATIVELY CLEAN.

THEY DO MAKE OCCASIONAL NOISE.

AND THEY DO HAVE TRUCK TRAFFIC.

TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPROVED THEM.

THESE PLANTS HAVE TO RUN AT CRAZY HOURS BECAUSE.

MUNICIPALITIES DEMAND PAUSE TO BE DONE AT 5 A.M.

IN THE MORNING SO THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE THEIR PROPER CURING STANDARDS.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY CONCRETE GOES AND HOW THE INDUSTRY OPERATES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT RELATIVE TO A STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL WORLD.

WE WALK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THIS COMMUNITY IN THAT EFFORT.

WE'RE NOT WE DON'T SHY AWAY FROM THAT.

IS THAT FAIR TO SAY, LEE? HE'S OUR ENVIRONMENTAL.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE MOMENT TO ARTICULATE THAT.

YEAH. MAYOR, I'M READY TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE AT THAT POINT, IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO PRECLUDE ANYONE FROM DOING THAT.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HAS A COMMENT.

RIGHT. SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS, VICE MAYOR, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.

SO HERE'S I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES I DON'T LIKE TO BE IN, IN MY MY ROLE IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE THERE'S A COMPLICATED CONCERN GOING ON HERE.

IT NEEDS TO BE TURNED INTO A BINARY DECISION AT SOME LEVEL.

WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS HERE, AND I WILL TELL YOU, I'M LEANING HEAVILY TOWARDS SOME COMBINATION OF TWO AND THREE, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE, THAT THOSE ARE EVEN COMPATIBLE.

BUT I WOULD I WOULD FORCE THAT SQUARE PEG INTO A ROUND HOLE IF I COULD ULTIMATELY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T FEEL THAT THE RELOCATION OF ARIZONA MATERIALS IS CONSISTENT WITH, AT THE VERY LEAST, THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN.

AND THAT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC TO ME.

WE'VE WE'VE HEARD WE'VE HEARD SOME CONVERSATION THIS AFTERNOON AROUND HOW IMPORTANT THOSE PLANS ARE AND WHY WHY DO WE BOTHER EVEN MAKING THEM IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HONOR THEM? I HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT SAME EXACT CONSIDERATION AND ARTICULATED IT VERY WELL DURING THE, THE, THE HOSPITAL CONVERSATION.

AND I THINK IT'S RELEVANT HERE, TOO.

AND IN MY EFFORT TO BE CONSISTENT AROUND THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE A CHAMPION FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN.

AND THE REGIONAL PLAN THE, THE PEOPLE WHO PUT SO MANY HOURS AND SO MUCH HEART AND SWEAT INTO DEVELOPING THESE PLANS THAT VOTERS THEN APPROVE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A CONSISTENCY AND A RELIABILITY AROUND THE EFFORT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ARIZONA MATERIALS SUCCEED SOMEWHERE IN TOWN.

I APPRECIATE THE BUSINESS THAT YOU HAVE AND THAT YOU DO.

AND AND THE THE RESOURCES AND THE ASSETS THAT YOU BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M WILLING TO LOOK AT EFFORTS TO RELOCATE ARIZONA MATERIALS ELSEWHERE.

STILL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME ROCKS WE HAVEN'T TURNED OVER YET.

BUT I'M ALSO I'M THIS CLOSE TO ADVOCATING FOR JUST AN IMMEDIATE POSSESSION FOR THE PROPERTY BECAUSE I THINK THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT IS

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I THINK I'LL LEAVE MY COMMENTS THERE FOR NOW.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH VICE MAYOR.

ASHLAND. I FIND IT PROBLEMATIC THAT THE COMPANY DID NOT BOTHER TO LOOK INTO ANY PLANS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN I ALSO FIND IT PROBLEMATIC.

TO BE ACCUSED OF NOT CARING ABOUT BUSINESS.

WHEN I THINK ALL OF US HERE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND ABOUT IT GROWING AND ABOUT BUSINESSES BEING HERE TO SUPPORT OUR GROWTH.

AND I THINK I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE AND JUST SAY THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OR I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VICE MAYOR.

ASLAN. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR A WHILE, AND WE'VE HAD VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH BRYCE, AND I'M UNDER THE DISTINCT IMPRESSION, AND BRYCE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT BASICALLY, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR PLACES TO PUT THIS PLANT, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY SUCCESS IN THAT REGARD.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT TO THAT BEFORE I GO ON.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT I WOULD QUALIFY IT WITH, YEAH, SITES THAT ARE BOTH FEASIBLE AND DESIRABLE FOR, FOR THE RELOCATION.

OKAY, SO WHERE IS JIM MCCARTHY ON THIS? WHAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT IS BASICALLY THE ONLY PRACTICAL SOLUTION FOR THIS BUSINESS, WHICH IS A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS A SERVICE THAT IS NEEDED FOR HOUSING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING.

MY SECOND POINT IS THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN INCLUDED A DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING EXISTING BUSINESSES IN THE EXISTING CORRIDOR.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT THAT SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO BE IGNORING.

THE THIRD POINT IS THIS BUSINESS LOCATION IS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE EXISTING LOCATION, SO IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING AREA IS MINOR.

SO THEREFORE I AM SUPPORTIVE OF OPTION NUMBER ONE.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THIS CERTAINLY IS NOT AN EASY CONVERSATION.

AND I THINK ONE THING THAT I WOULD CALL TO MIND IS THE DIFFICULTY THAT WE FACE SITTING IN, IN THESE SEATS OF HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS IN WHICH WE'RE CONSIDERING NOT ONLY THE IMPLICATIONS TO BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE CONSIDERATION TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, AND HAVING TO LOOK AT THOSE TWO CONVERSATIONS IN TANDEM AND HOLISTICALLY.

SO, IN SHORT, MY LEANING IS TOWARDS OPTION TWO OF CONTINUING EFFORTS TO RELOCATE THE BUSINESS ELSEWHERE BECAUSE OF THAT DESIRE TO TO ACCOMPLISH BOTH TO WORK WITH A BUSINESS THAT IS VALUED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THAT CONTRIBUTES GREATLY TO MANY OF THE NEEDS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY JUST POINTED OUT.

BUT ALSO TO CONSIDER THE THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BEING CENTERED IN THIS CONVERSATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO AND I THINK THAT THE CITY HAS DONE A.

IMMEASURABLY BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED OR I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE.

WHAT'S BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED IN SEEKING TO AVOID OPTION THREE? AND I DON'T WANT TO UNDERVALUE OR UNDEREMPHASIZE THOSE EFFORTS ON THE PART OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF TO TRY AND ACCOMPLISH THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO SHUDDER AGAIN, A VALUED BUSINESS.

HOWEVER, I THINK THIS IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT PARTNERSHIP.

IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT GOES ALONG VERY MUCH WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER TOPICS THAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT IN TERMS OF THE QUESTION OF WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE WANT

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AND I THINK THIS IS A CALL ON US TO WORK IN THAT COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT, TO TRY AND FIND ANOTHER LOCATION THAT IS ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT VISION GOING FORWARD.

SO IN TERMS OF DIRECTION, I AGAIN AM A PROPONENT FOR OPTION TWO.

AND I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. THANK YOU.

THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AND I'M GLAD THAT ARIZONA MATERIALS WAS HERE TONIGHT.

IT IS HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND I UNDERSTAND THE DILEMMA, BUT I ALSO AM GOING TO GO WITH OPTION TWO.

I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THIS.

I THINK WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT A LOCATION, AND THAT WILL PROBABLY ENTAIL ALL OF US GIVING UP SOMETHING THAT WE WANT.

BUT I THINK WE CAN DO IT.

THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR WORKING HARD ON THIS.

I DO NOT WANT TO SEE OPTION THREE HAPPEN.

AND I THINK THAT IF WE KEEP WORKING WITH THIS AND KEEP DOING THE GIVE AND TAKE, WE CAN CERTAINLY FIND A PLACE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THIS IS A REALLY HARD ONE FOR ME.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER GETTING LONE TREE DONE.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

I YOU KNOW, I'M NOT INTIMATELY KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN, BUT I HONOR THAT THAT WE ADOPTED IT, AND AND I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT EQUITABLE DECISIONS AND THAT I DON'T WANT THE SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD TO, YOU KNOW, FEEL AT ALL LIKE, WELL, LET'S JUST LEAVE THE PLANT THERE BECAUSE IT'S SOUTH SIDE, RIGHT? WE WE WERE WORKING REALLY HARD TO CHANGE SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE THERE TO BEAUTIFY IT MORE.

SO I'M SWAYING TOWARDS TWO, BUT.

THIS CAN'T GO ON FOR VERY LONG.

BECAUSE IT IS HOLDING UP OUR OVERPASS.

AND SO MY MY THOUGHTS IS CONTINUE LOOKING FOR RELOCATION.

FOR THE BUSINESS.

IT IS VERY NECESSARY FOR COST OF HOUSING, COST OF BUILDING.

I MEAN, ALL THOSE ARE VERY VALID AND IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER.

BUT I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A.

IN DATE. IF WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL BY X AND MAYBE BRYCE, YOU CAN COME BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP EVERYTHING ELSE MOVING FORWARD, WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION BY JULY OR SEPTEMBER, DECEMBER, WHATEVER THAT IS.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO TO BUT WITH AN WITH A STOP DATE.

THANK YOU.

SO YOU ARE A VALUED BUSINESS IN FLAGSTAFF.

AND AND I HOPE IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT NOTHING COUNTER TO THAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO YOU.

YOU ARE VALUED AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THAT SAID.

NUMBER TWO.

I SUPPORT NUMBER TWO, AND I WOULD SUPPORT A TEMPORARY USE OF THE LAND TO THE EAST, JUST SO THAT THE OVERPASS AND THE RIO DE FLAG CAN KEEP.

ON TRACK AND STAY ON SCHEDULE.

AND WHAT WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE CURRENT SPOT SO THAT PLANS DON'T GET SLOWED DOWN.

IT'S IT'S I MEAN, WE'VE EXPRESSED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THE RIO DE FLAG AND THE OVERPASS ARE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY ADDITIONAL DELAYS.

SO DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE CLEAR ENOUGH DIRECTION.

ABSOLUTELY. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME.

I DID WANT TO INTRODUCE MIKE SULLIVAN.

HE HAS BEEN THEIR RELOCATION CONSULTANT.

ALSO. I KNOW HE WANTED TO TRY TO GET SOME WORDS IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL APPROPRIATE HERE, BUT I'LL LET YOU GO.

SURE, SURE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MIKE SULLIVAN.

I AM A RELOCATION EMINENT DOMAIN CONSULTANT, AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT SINCE DAY ONE.

WHEN ARIZONA MATERIALS STILL OWNED THE PROPERTY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT TO HELP MAYBE CLARIFY SOME THINGS THAT WERE SAID EARLIER IN THIS MEETING.

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WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A RELOCATION REPLACEMENT LOCATION.

HOWEVER, AT THAT TIME, EVERYTHING HAD TO BE LOCATED IN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL CONCRETE BATCH PLANT.

THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NONE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AS YOU ALL ALREADY KNOW.

SO WE WORKED, TRIED IT THROUGH THAT, COULDN'T GET THAT DONE.

SO WE THEN CAME TO THE CITY.

AND BY THE WAY, I WILL TELL YOU, I WORK ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

I AM AN ARIZONA NATIVE AND HAVE BEEN IN ARIZONA NATIVE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR ME AND IT HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR ARIZONA MATERIALS AND KILGORE THE CITY PEOPLE, BRYCE, ANYA, EVERYBODY, ALEXANDER PUCCIARELLI, CHRISTINE CAMERON HAVE ALL BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

SO WE ARE WORKING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISSUES.

ONE IS THERE WAS AN ISSUE BROUGHT UP EARLIER ON THE LAND SIZE TWO AND A HALF ACRES VERSUS THE, THE, THE FOUR, THE APPROXIMATE FOUR ACRES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW. REMEMBER THE OLD SITE IS A NON-CONFORMING USE.

IT DOES NOT CONFORM TO CURRENT ZONING CODE REQUIREMENTS.

IT DOESN'T CONFORM TO THE ON SITE PARKING.

IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE LANDSCAPING.

IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH ON SITE STORM RETENTION.

IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

SO THE SITE THAT WE GET HAS TO BE BIGGER IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THOSE CODE REQUIREMENTS.

OTHERWISE, WE COULD STAY WHERE WE ARE AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE ON THAT 2.5 ACRES FOREVER AS A NON-CONFORMING USE.

SO THAT'S THE ONE THING.

THAT'S WHY THE DIFFERENCE IN SIZE NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO IS COUNCILMAN HARRIS, YOU INDICATED THAT YOU WERE SOMEWHAT DISTURBED ABOUT THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN AND WHY THEY DIDN'T LOOK AT IT.

WELL, FROM A CONDEMNATION PERSPECTIVE ON THIS PROPERTY.

THIS PROPERTY IS BEING CONDEMNED BASED ON A 2010 LONE TREE PROJECT STUDY.

THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN WASN'T UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2020, SO IT WAS NOT A PART OF THE 2010 PROJECT PLAN DESIGN.

SO IF YOU IF YOU WERE ARIZONA MATERIALS, YOU WERE CONDEMNED FOR THIS PROJECT, YOU WOULD LOOK AT THE PROJECT PARAMETERS FOR WHICH IT WAS CONDEMNED. AND THAT WAS DONE IN 2010 PRIOR TO THE SOUTH SIDE PLAN.

OKAY. WE HAVE LOOKED AT MANY PLACES.

I WORKED ON THE HUNTINGTON ROAD PROPERTY WITH THE CITY.

EVERYTHING IS GOING WAS GOING WELL, BUT WITH, AGAIN, ZONING CODE REQUIREMENTS, DEDICATIONS, IT JUST GOT TOO SMALL.

IT WOULDN'T WORK.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT HERE.

AND I WILL SAY, IN TERMS OF HOLDING UP THE THE PROJECT THAT THE VICE MAYOR HAD INDICATED IS WE ARE TRYING TO WORK AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE HERE, BUT UNDERSTAND, AND WE REALLY WANT AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY.

WE WANT TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED.

BUT UNDERSTAND BNSF RAILROAD PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN ACQUIRED.

WE UNDERSTAND THROUGH PROJECT THE PROJECT TIMELINES AND AND EFFORTS THAT ONCE THAT BNSF PROPERTY IS ACQUIRED AMES CONSTRUCTION, YOUR PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WILL THEN DO IN AND GO THE GRADE WORK FOR THE BNSF THIRD RAIL THAT HAS TO BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE OVERPASS CONNECTING TO 66.

OKAY. THAT RIGHT NOW, EVEN IF YOU WERE TO GO TO BNSF AND IF YOU HAD THE PROPERTY TOMORROW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2 TO 3 YEARS BEFORE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, I HOPE.

AND I'M BEING REALISTIC HERE IN TERMS OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH THE AMES CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER PEOPLE.

SO AMES CONSTRUCTION WAS SUPPOSED TO DO AND DO THE GRADING FOR THE THIRD RAIL.

BNSF HAS HAS TO PUT THE THIRD RAIL IN AND LOWER THE GRADE BEFORE THE OVERPASS CAN CONNECT TO 66.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 2 TO 3 YEARS AT THE QUICKEST RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. WHAT ELSE WAS I GOING TO SAY HERE? THE THE POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT PROPERTY.

THE FLAG SHAPED PROPERTY THAT YOU SAW HAS TWO AXES.

IT HAS A DIRECT ACCESS TO BUTLER, AND THEN IT HAS AN ACCESS POINT ALSO OFF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT IF YOU TOOK THE LOANS, THE LONE TREE ROAD, AND WENT DIRECTLY NORTH OF OF BUTLER, IT HAS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THAT ALSO HAS ACCESS.

WITH REGARDS TO THE INTERIM RELOCATION, THIS WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAD WORKED WITH THE CITY AND ALL THE PEOPLE I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

AMES CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPED A SHARED PLAN TO SEE IF WE COULD ALLOW THEM TO TO BUILD SOME OF THE OVERPASS BUTTRESSES FOR

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WE REVIEWED IT.

IT WOULD NOT WORK.

BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET TO OUR AGGREGATE AND WE COULDN'T GET THE LOADER INTO THE AGGREGATE BINS.

AND SO THE INTERIM USE CAME UP ABOUT, HEY, LET'S USE THE PARCEL TO THE EAST, THE BNSF PARCEL.

AND WE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

WE DEVELOPED SOME PLANS.

BUT AGAIN, THE MAIN FACTOR HERE IS WE HAVE ONE DRIVEWAY.

IF WE DID THAT SHARED PLAN, WE HAVE ONE DRIVEWAY THAT ALLOWS ALL OF THE TRUCKS ACCESSING ARIZONA MATERIALS, WHICH WOULD BE THE ROAD STRAIGHT NORTH OF BUTLER ALONG THE LONE TREE ROAD INTERSECTION OF BUTLER.

SO THAT BEING SAID, ALL OF THE TRAFFIC, THE INCOMING TRUCKS, THE AGGREGATE TRUCKS, THE LOADER, ALL WOULD BE CROSSING THE SAME DRIVEWAY, AND THEY WANTED TO PUT THE AGGREGATE ON THE BNSF PARCEL TO THE EAST.

WE WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM.

AND THEN WE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU JUST LET US INTERIM RELOCATE TO THE EAST PARCEL UNTIL WE COULD FIND A PLACE TO GO? AND THEN WE APPROACHED THE CITY WITH THAT.

BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THEN AGAIN, WE'RE UNDER A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

CAN'T PUT CAN'T PUT A BATCH PLAN ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ONE.

SO THAT STOPPED THAT.

SO WE HAVE I WOULD WANT CITY TO KNOW.

AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD.

AND WE'VE LOOKED AT A LOT OF REPLACEMENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT.

CHRISTINE, DID YOU STILL WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? CHRISTINE? CAMERON I THINK I'M GOOD MAYOR.

THANK YOU THOUGH. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

YES, SIR.

SIR, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WE LIKE YOU.

COME BACK. ALL KIDDING ASIDE YOU SPENT FOUR YEARS.

TRYING TO FIND AN ALTERNATE LOCATION.

HOW OPTIMISTIC ARE YOU THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, WE CAN MAYBE FIND AN ALTERNATE LOCATION AFTER FOUR YEARS OF LOOKING? THANK YOU. WELL, SO I'M GOING TO REFER BACK HERE JUST A MINUTE TO THE RELOCATION REGULATIONS AND STATUTES.

OKAY. LIKE LIKE BRYCE DOTY SAID, IT IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND US A LOCATION, BUT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY TO PROVIDE A LIST OF CONTINUING AVAILABLE PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET THAT MAY BE SUITABLE FOR THE BUSINESS.

OKAY, SO THAT'S ONE SECTION OF THE RELOCATION REGULATIONS.

THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION THAT SAYS YOU'RE ENTITLED TO FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

THOSE FEASIBILITY STUDIES ARE LIKE THE HUNTINGTON ROAD PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S WHY THE CITY PAID FOR THAT.

ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS FOR THAT PROPERTY WAS BECAUSE WE HAD TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS EVEN FEASIBLE BEFORE WE WOULD BUY IT.

NO USE IN BUYING A PROPERTY THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.

SO IT'S IT'S DEPENDING ON SIZE OF THE PROPERTY AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED.

OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IS LOCATION.

AND I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR AT THE MEETING HERE TONIGHT.

NOBODY WANTS A BATCH PLANT NEXT TO THEM.

SO YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTION, OR I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOUR GUT REACTION.

ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC THAT WE MIGHT ACTUALLY FIND A PLACE WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN STAFF DIRECTION? SO I THINK LET'S WRAP THIS UP.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 20 MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, OKAY I YIELD.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND WE'RE BACK DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

AND WE ARE READY TO TALK ABOUT THE B-B-B TAX RENEWAL.

[6. Bed, Board, and Booze (BBB) Tax Renewal & Related Code Change Discussion Inform the Council and public about the upcoming BBB Tax Renewal ballot measure, share the components of the informational outreach, as well as discuss recommended code changes related to the role of Commissions and Economic Development programs. ]

I'M HERE WITH SEVERAL OTHERS TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING BED BOARD AND BOOZE OR SOMETIMES REFERRED TO BEVERAGE TAX RENEWAL AND SOME RECOMMENDED CODE CHANGES. YOU WILL ALSO BE HEARING TODAY FROM REBECCA SAYERS, OUR PROS DIRECTOR TRACE WARD, OUR DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF DIRECTOR, AND DAVE MCINTYRE, OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR.

BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR B-B-B COMMITTEE.

WE'VE HAD A GROUP THAT'S BEEN WORKING TOGETHER.

RICK TADDER. JENNIFER SCHOBER, SARAH LANGLEY, SAMANTHA VICKERS, AMY HAGAN, RALPH SCHMIDT, JAYNA WELDON, AND STACEY SALTZBURG HAVE ALL HAD A HAND IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHEPHERD THIS PROGRAM AS WE GO ALONG.

SO HERE'S THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE B-B-B.

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TALK ABOUT OUR INFORMATION CAMPAIGN.

SHOW YOU SOME ELEMENTS OF THAT.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO END WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE B-B-B TAX CODE.

RECOMMENDED CHANGES.

SO FIRST OFF, FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT IS THE B-B-B? IT IS A 2% TAX PAID AT EVERY HOTEL, MOTEL, CAMPGROUND, SHORT TERM RENTAL, RESTAURANT AND BAR.

AND THE SERVICES THAT RECEIVE FUNDING ARE PARKS AND RECREATION, TOURISM AND VISITOR SERVICES, BEAUTIFICATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND ARTS AND SCIENCE. SO HERE YOU SEE THE B-BBEE CODE CHANGE RENEWAL TIMELINE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD PRIOR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AT THE JANUARY 2023 RETREAT, FOLLOWED UP BY THE FEBRUARY 2024 RETREAT, WHERE YOU HAD ALL AGREED UNANIMOUSLY TO PUT THIS RENEWAL ON THE 2020 4TH NOVEMBER BALLOT.

SO TODAY, APRIL 2024, WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR INFORMATION CAMPAIGN AND SOME CHANGES WE'D LIKE TO SEE PRIOR TO THAT.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU IN MAY FOR AN ORDINANCE FIRST READ AND THEN IN JUNE FOR A SECOND READ ON THE ORDINANCE.

AND THAT WILL FOLLOW YOUR CALL TO ELECT OR CALL FOR THE ELECTION, WHICH THIS WILL BE INCLUDED ON.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT TAKES US TO THE NOVEMBER 2024 BALLOT.

I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

OF COURSE, IT'S AN INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGN.

THE COMMITTEE IS MEANT FOR OVER A YEAR.

I IT'S IT'S BEEN EVEN IT'S REALLY BEEN OVER A YEAR.

TO GO OVER THE ELEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE SHARED SO THAT THE VOTERS CAN MAKE THE MOST INFORMED DECISION POSSIBLE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME OF WHAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU IS STILL BEING TWEAKED, AND WE ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU TODAY, BUT WE WILL ALSO BE SHARING AN OVERALL CONCEPT HERE, JUST KIND OF A ROADMAP.

SO WE DIDN'T COME HERE AND SAY HELP US FIGURE THIS OUT FROM THE BEGINNING.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK.

SO FIRST AT THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS AN ICON.

AND THAT LETS THE READERS KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SEVERAL INFORMATIVE ADS IN THIS SERIES.

THE REASON WHY WE FEEL THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IF YOU'VE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE, LET'S SAY YOU SAW THE AD NUMBER ONE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE AD NUMBER EIGHT, IT LETS YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE THINGS TO LEARN ABOUT THE B-B-B RENEWAL AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.

ON THE YOU KNOW, AREA, WE'RE LETTING THE READER UNDERSTAND HOW THE B-B-B IS COLLECTED.

HERE YOU SEE THE STATEMENT ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE THINGS WE CARE ABOUT ARE FUNDED WITH THE B-B-B.

I HAVE HAD COMMENTS SINCE WE'VE DECIDED ON THIS THAT SAY THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO ADD WORDS LIKE PAID BY CUSTOMERS, AND TO ALSO CONSIDER ADDING THE WORD IMPORTANT. THEREFORE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT REVISIONS AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE FINAL IS.

MOVING ON WITH THE OTHER ELEMENTS YOU SEE AT THE LOWER LEFT SIDE THAT EACH WILL HAVE A QR CODE.

THIS CODE WILL HELP A READER GO TO A WEBSITE THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SO THAT THEY CAN GET MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

AND IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, THE WEBSITE IS ACTIVE RIGHT NOW, IT'S B-B-B RENEWAL FLAGSTAFF.

COM IT'S LIVE.

AND THEN FINALLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE SLIDE IS WHAT WE CALL THE GUTS OF THE AD.

THERE ARE SEVERAL ELEMENTS THAT I JUST WANT TO GO OVER REALLY QUICKLY WITH YOU.

FIRST YOU SEE A SENTENCE THAT TELLS THE READER WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS BEING PAID FOR BY THE B-B-B, ALONG WITH PICTURES TO STOP AND GET THEIR ATTENTION.

SO FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM MANY WAS TO NOT JUST MERELY SHARE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF MAINTENANCE OR THE BUILDING OF PLAYGROUNDS, BUT TO POINT OUT THE ACTUAL NAMES OF THOSE PLAYGROUNDS, BECAUSE IT WILL RESONATE WITH SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT, FOR INSTANCE, TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO FOX GLEN AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT FOX GLEN JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN, THAT THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND MAINTAIN IT AND GET NEW EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WHAT PAYS FOR IT? B-B-B. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SHARE THAT THE VISITORS PAY.

THE LARGER PORTION OF THE B-B-B TAX NOW IS SOURCED, SHOWING THAT VISITORS PAY 68% OF IT.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OTHERS TO KNOW THAT WE DON'T JUST INVITE VISITORS.

HERE, WE ASK THEM TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CITY.

AND WHILE THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY REINVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT BY HAVING THE TAX FUNDS, IT FREES UP OUR OTHER CITY FUNDING SOURCES TO PAY FOR OTHER NEEDED SERVICES, LIKE, LET'S SAY, PUBLIC SAFETY.

HERE I DO WANT TO MENTION THE USE OF THE WORDS GENERAL FUND AT THE VERY BOTTOM SENTENCE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH SAID GENERAL FUND DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO THEM.

SO THEY'VE GIVEN ME SOME IDEAS ON DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND HOW WE CAN REPRESENT THAT SENTENCE BETTER.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE GROUP AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TWEAK IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS.

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SO HERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE AD LOOKS LIKE WITH ALL OF THE ELEMENTS.

PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE PRINT ADS, SO THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BE A HALF PAGE FULL COLOR IN SOMETHING LIKE THE DAILY SUN.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AND IT MIGHT SEEM SMALL AND THAT MIGHT TO YOU SEEM LIKE A LOT OF INFORMATION, IT'S DEFINITELY ON A LARGER SCALE.

ON A SIDE NOTE, WE PLAN TO PLACE ADVERTISING LOCALLY AND WE WILL USE ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE'LL USE BUSSES, RADIO, HARKINS THEATER AND AND OTHER THINGS LIKE KNAU.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE B-B-B LOGO IS NEW.

OUR OLD ONE.

IT NEEDED TO BE RETIRED AND THIS WAS CREATED.

IT SHARES THE AREAS THAT RECEIVE B-B-B FUNDING AND OFFERS A COLOR TO EACH OF THEM.

WE WILL BE USING THAT COLOR TO POINT OUT THE TOPIC OF AN AD.

FOR INSTANCE. YOU SEE THAT IN THIS AD WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION, AND IT HAS A COORDINATING COLOR IN THE LOGO FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.

AGAIN, THE CONCEPT IS TO SHARE WHAT IS BEING MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH B-B-B FUNDS.

AND THEN IF THEY ARE INTRIGUED, EXCUSE ME, THEY WILL READ MORE.

SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE NO IDEA, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WE PAY TO HELP MANAGE HOLIDAY EVENTS, PAY FOR HOLIDAY LIGHTING AND SO ON.

SO THESE ADS ARE MEANT TO INFORM THEM THAT THEY DON'T JUST APPEAR.

YOU DON'T JUST GET THAT MELANCHOLY FEELING DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

WE ACTUALLY. CREATE THAT MELANCHOLY FEELING.

MELON. DO YOU LIKE IT? DOES IT MAKE YOU OR JOYOUS? WHAT WOULD YOU USE? MAIER.

ALL RIGHT. NOSTALGIC.

THERE YOU GO, DAVE MCINTYRE.

ALWAYS HERE TO HELP.

MELANCHOLY MEANS SAD.

OKAY, I MEANT NOSTALGIC.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT.

OKAY. MOVING ON.

YOU WILL SEE HERE TOURISM AND VISITOR SERVICE ADS.

SO AGAIN, YOU SEE THE PURPLE IN THE AREA WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COORDINATES WITH THE LOGO PURPLE THAT DESIGNATES IT'S FOR TOURISM.

WE'RE TELLING THE READER THAT WE AREN'T JUST INVITING VISITORS TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE ASKING. WE'RE ACTUALLY TELLING A VISITOR HOW WE WANT THEM TO VISIT.

SO WE SHARE THAT THIS WITH THIS FUNDING, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE FIRE AWARENESS MESSAGING WHERE YOU CAN ASK VISITORS TO KEEP OUR WILD PLACES WILD, AND WE CAN ASK THEM TO SUPPORT WITH A LEAVE NO TRACE MENTALITY.

WITH OUR ECO TOURISM MESSAGING, WE ALSO SHARE ADS THAT TALK ABOUT HOW WE GET TO MARKET OUR COMMUNITIES, CULTURE AND HERITAGE.

AND IN SOME OF THE ADS, WE'RE GOING TO OFFER A QR CODE THAT ACTUALLY TAKES THEM TO A VIDEO.

AND I THINK THAT IF YOU CAME TO OUR ANNUAL EVENT AND I KNOW YOU WERE THERE, VICE MAYOR, YOU SAW THAT VIDEO, IT'S PRETTY DARN IMPRESSIVE.

AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW WE ARE LITERALLY KEEPING OUR SACRED LANDS SACRED.

AND THEN CONTINUING WITH SOME ADS.

I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY AREA OUT.

BLUE KIND OF FOR BEAUTIFICATION.

THERE'S RED FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES.

SO BASICALLY THEY'RE SHOWING THAT WE'RE SINGLING THEM OUT.

BUT WE'RE ALL TOGETHER IN THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS IN HERE TOO.

SO WE PLAN TO SHARE THAT THE B-B-B DOES WHAT IT DOES FOR OUR ARTS ORGANIZATION, FOR INSTANCE, IS OFFER 40 GRANTS TO THE ARTS AND SCIENCE INDUSTRY.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT.

THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT KNOW THAT ARE THE PEOPLE RECEIVING THE GRANTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE CARE.

WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY DON'T THINK THAT MAYBE WE'RE LOOKING AT SMART GROWTH, WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND THAT IS VERY SMART, IS WE'RE OFFERING INCENTIVES TO OUR BUSINESSES.

WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE BUSINESSES HERE ABLE TO EXPAND, TO ATTRACT THE RIGHT BUSINESS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE IS THAT WHAT WE DO WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MONEY IS ABOUT PUTTING IT BACK INTO OUR BUSINESSES.

WE KNOW THAT WORDS MATTER.

AND AS IN BEING AS CLEAR THAT WE CAN IN EDUCATING THE MASSES IS KEY.

SO THERE WILL BE SOME TWEAKING.

THERE ARE 30 ADS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN ROTATION THROUGHOUT FOUR MONTHS.

PROBABLY THREE AND A HALF MONTHS.

WE DON'T WANT TO GET PEOPLE TIRED OF SEEING SOMETHING, BUT WE WANT THEM TO BE AS INFORMED AS POSSIBLE.

THESE ARE JUST, LIKE I SAID, JUST THE PRINT ADS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DESIGNING DIGITAL ADS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING ADS THAT WILL FIT ON A BUS THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, A MESSAGE CAN BE SEEN VERY QUICKLY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OUR SOCIAL POSTS.

ALL OF THIS WILL BE MORE CONDENSED BASED ON THE MEDIUM THAT WE CHOOSE.

AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A QR CODE THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL SO THE READER CAN GET MORE INFORMATION.

SO HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE WEBSITE THAT I WAS TELLING YOU IS ACTIVE.

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I'LL TELL YOU, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GROUPS THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF EACH OF THEIR AREAS.

SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A HOME PAGE.

IT'S GOING TO TELL YOU SOME INFORMATION.

WHEN YOU SCROLL DOWN, IT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION, JUST LIKE I DID TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT IS THE B-B-B AND WHAT DOES IT MATTER.

AND THEN IF I WAS INTERESTED IN ARTS, FOR INSTANCE, I CAN GO TO THE BEAUTIFICATION, ARTS AND SCIENCE TAB.

I CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH THE B-B-B FUNDING FOR THAT, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARKS AND REC, TOURISM, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AGAIN, THERE'S GOING TO BE VIDEO THERE'S VIDEOS ON THERE AND EXTRA LINKS AND THINGS TO THINGS LIKE PLEDGE FOR WILD.

SO HOPEFULLY ALONG THE WAY, IF YOU'VE ENJOYED OUR TRAILS AT ONE POINT, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN GIVE BACK TO THOSE TRAILS.

SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'LL FIND IN THAT WEBSITE.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE OPEN FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE OR DON'T SEE ON IT THAT WE COULD ADD TO IT AS WELL BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO GET FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO THIS.

SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO CODE CHANGES OR RECOMMENDED CODE CHANGES, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT I PRESENTED.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WAS THE QUICKEST PRESENTATION I THINK I'VE EVER DONE HERE.

SO YOU'RE WELCOME, GREG.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR US, I'D LOVE TO TAKE THOSE NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE CONTINUING TO MEET AS A GROUP AND WE WANT TO NAIL THIS DOWN.

WELL, AS ALWAYS, GREAT.

GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. YOUR STUFF IS ALWAYS SO BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT ABOUT BOTTOM LINE INSTEAD OF GENERAL FUND? LOVE IT. AND DID ANYONE ELSE? WHEN HEIDI SAID HOTEL MOTEL, DID ANYONE ELSE IN THEIR HEAD GO HOLIDAY? HOLIDAY INN? YEAH. DO YOU KNOW DAVE DID.

I'M SURPRISED HE DIDN'T GET UP AND START DANCING.

I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT EVERY TIME WE SAY IT.

THAT IS SO FUNNY. YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

OKAY. I'M GLAD IT WASN'T JUST ME.

THOUGHTS? COUNCIL VICE MAYOR.

YEAH. REAL RADIO SPOTS OR TV? USE US. YEP.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO NOTE WHILE YOU WERE GIVING THE PRESENTATION, I WAS GOING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING AND VERY, VERY ENGAGING.

IT'S IT'S A GREAT SITE.

IT DOES A LOT TO GIVE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN A REALLY DIGESTIBLE FORMAT.

AND THE GRAPHICS ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

I MEAN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL REPRESENTATION OF NOT JUST B-BBEE, BUT THE CITY ITSELF AND ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.

I, I DO HAVE TO SAY, I THINK MY FAVORITE PICTURE IS AT THE TOP OF THE TOURISM PAGE WITH WHY CAN'T I THINK OF HIS NAME? SASQUATCH. BIGFOOT? OH, YEAH. SO, YES, A QUICK FUNNY STORY ON THAT ONE.

WE FELT LIKE, IF ANYWHERE, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND SASQUATCH.

WHY WOULDN'T YOU FIND IT IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONTIGUOUS PINE FOREST? SO WE HAD A CAMPAIGN WHERE WE USED THIS FIGURE.

AND RALPH SCHMIDT, I CAN TELL YOU HE IS A CREATIVE GURU.

HE ACTUALLY STARTED PLACING SASQUATCH IN CAFES IN TOWN, LIKE OUR REAL CAFES.

AND THEN WOULD, YOU KNOW, SHOW THIS HOW SASQUATCH WOULD, YOU KNOW, EAT A LOT AND ALL THAT.

AND THEN HE WOULD PLACE THEM SITTING ON THE METEOR CRATER AND PLAYING CHESS WITH AN ASTRONAUT.

I WILL, I NEED TO SHARE THESE WITH YOU.

YOU DON'T GET TO SEE ALL OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S OUTWARD FACING, BUT IT'S FABULOUS.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

JUST A QUESTION. CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT'S INCLUDED IN SHORT TERM RENTAL SHORT TERM RENTALS? IS THAT IS ARE THOSE AIRBNB BECAUSE YOU SAID EARLIER THAT WE GET, YOU KNOW, TAXED FROM MONEY, I MEAN, FROM RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AND SHORT TERM RENTALS.

WHAT'S WHAT ARE THOSE? MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL TRACE WARD CVB DIRECTOR DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

COUNCILWOMAN. IN A SHORT TERM RENTAL, IT'S BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT'S WHETHER IT'S SHARED ECONOMY OR A VACATION RENTAL.

IT'S ALL CONSIDERED THE SAME AND THEY'RE TAXED THE SAME.

SO YOU COULD BE RENTING ON AIRBNB, WHICH IS A PROVIDER, A WEBSITE.

THERE'S LOTS OF THEM OUT THERE GEARED TOWARDS DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND FOLKS.

SO IT'S IT'S BASICALLY RENTING EITHER A UNIT APARTMENT, A HOUSE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR IT COULD BE RENTING A ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE WHILE YOU'RE IN IT, WHICH IS CONSIDERED SHARED ECONOMY.

AND AND AND WE TAXED THAT.

YES. HOW DO WE KNOW IF THEY WERE IN THE ROOM?

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AND WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WILL SHOW.

SO THAT WILL WILL SHOW WILL WHAT'S CALLED SCRAPING THE NET.

THEY SCRAPE THE NET AND THEY FIND ANYONE WHO'S ADVERTISING IN YOUR CITY LIMITS, AND THEN THEY SHOW IT TO THE CODE COMPLIANCE.

OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, IS THERE SOMEONE OUT THERE DOING IT THAT'S NOT GETTING TAXED OR FOLLOWING THE RULES? OF COURSE THERE IS.

BUT THE VAST MAJORITY FOLLOW THE RULES.

AND WE DO HAVE CODE COMPLIANCE THAT HAVE A PROGRAM THAT SHOWS WHO'S ADVERTISING THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO SO THIS ISN'T A PERSON WHO SAY OWNS THEIR HOME AND THEY HAVE A ROOMMATE.

SO IS THAT PERSON, YOU KNOW, SO SO LIKE I OWN MY HOME I IT'S NOT ME THOUGH, BUT I'M USING ME AS AN EXAMPLE.

I OWN MY HOME AND I DECIDE THAT I'M GOING TO RENT OUT MY GUEST ROOM TO A FRIEND WHO'S MAYBE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY UNTIL SHE.

NO, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE.

IT HAS TO. THAT'S 30 DAYS OR MORE.

IT HAS TO BE LESS THAN 30 DAYS TO BE CONSIDERED A SHORT TERM RENTAL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THAT CLEARS THAT UP. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO JUST SUGGEST IS I DON'T KNOW, HOW DO WE HOW CAN WE GET THEM OR GET THE INFORMATION INTO PUBLIC AND KIND OF PRIVATE SPACES.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW FIRST PLACE I GO IS, YOU KNOW, CHURCHES, I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS I GET A BULLETIN AT CHURCH ALL THE TIME ABOUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF.

SO IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD GET INFORMATION TO THOSE PLACES? DEFINITELY PEOPLE.

MAYOR COUNCILMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GENERIC AD THAT GIVES THE WHOLE UNDERSTANDING OF IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT IN LIKE A POSTCARD SIZE.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD TAKE WITH YOU AND HAND OUT.

WE'RE ALSO I GOT A SUGGESTION FROM AN NOW STAKEHOLDER TODAY THAT I WAS MEETING WITH TO MAYBE DO SOME BUTTONS.

AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO FREAK OUT STERLING OR ANYTHING, BUT ALL WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS SHOWING THE B-B-B LOGO AND THEN SHOWING THAT, FOR INSTANCE, THEY, THEY MIGHT SUPPORT ARTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AGAIN, I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WITH LEGAL, BUT THERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS.

SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHOW UP AT CHURCH AND HAVE A B-B-B LOGO PIN.

AND PEOPLE SAY, TELL ME ABOUT IT.

BUT WE'RE WE'RE STILL IN THOSE STAGES.

SO AGAIN, THESE IDEAS ARE GREAT.

AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THEM AS A COMMITTEE.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, ON THE SHORT TERM RENTAL, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS, THEY JUST RAT OUT THEIR NEIGHBORS.

AND THAT'S HOW WE KNOW. OKAY.

WELL I DON'T HAVE ANY SHORT TERM RENTALS SO.

OR LONG TERM. THANK YOU.

YOUR LONG TERM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS AND OR IDEAS.

AND IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THEM TODAY AND YOU NEED TO LOOK THINGS OVER, YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND US AN EMAIL.

AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS AND WE WILL WE'LL USE THOSE IDEAS.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? I DID, AND I APPRECIATE HEIDI BRINGING IT UP.

WE DO NEED TO REVIEW EVERYTHING.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATING AND NOT ADVOCATING THAT, IT'S THE MANTRA.

SO BEFORE ANYTHING GETS IN ANY NEWSPAPER, I PROMISE STERLING WILL SEE IT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO REBECCA SAYERS, AND SHE'S GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT CODE CHANGES.

SO HEIDI GETS TO PRESENT ALL THE PRETTY AND FUN STUFF, AND WE GET TO TALK ABOUT CODE CHANGES.

BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY, FOR ME, SUPER EXCITING.

I KNOW YOU YOU REMEMBER THAT? I THINK RAMADA RENTALS ONLINE IS SUPER EXCITING TOO.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE OUR BAR IS.

BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO WITH THE CODE CHANGES THAT I'M GETTING READY TO PRESENT TO YOU.

AS A RECOMMENDATION, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FUND THE OPEN SPACE PROGRAM IN A MUCH BETTER WAY THAN THE BASE BUDGET FUNDING THAT IT HAS NOW FROM THE GENERAL FUND. OF COURSE, WE ALSO GET A LOT OF GRANTS, AND THAT'S WONDERFUL.

BUT WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME BPP RECREATION FUNDS FOR OPEN SPACE AS GRANT MATCHES BUILD UP A FUND BALANCE FOR FOR LAND ACQUISITION, BUILD UP A FUND BALANCE FOR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS LIKE FENCING REPLACEMENTS, SIGN REPLACEMENTS, BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU HERE, AND I HOPE I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

AND ALL CREDIT FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL SLIDES, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CODE CHANGES, GOES TO HEIDI.

SHE PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH HEIDI.

SO THE FIRST SLIDE HERE WE START TALKING.

SO WHERE WHERE WE NEED TO CHANGE CODES RELATED TO THE B-B-B RECREATION TAX IS IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY HAVE

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THEN WE'LL NEED TO ADD IT TO OPEN SPACE COMMISSION LANGUAGE SO THAT THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME AUTHORITY AND THEN UPDATE THE DEFINITION UNDER THE HOSPITALITY, THE B-B-B TAX LANGUAGE.

SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU, PLUS A COUPLE OF CLEANUP ITEMS. KEVIN FENSEL IS THE OPEN SPACE PROGRAMS ATTORNEY, AND HE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND IT WAS WHY NOT JUST DO SOME CODE CLEANUP WHILE WE'RE IN HERE? SO THESE FIRST TWO AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE THESE, BUT JUST SOME CLEANUP.

I'M GOING FROM CHAIRMAN TO CHAIRPERSON.

I IN THIS FIRST PARAGRAPH HERE, AND THEN ADDING THAT POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL THROUGH PERIODIC WRITTEN REPORTS OR PRESENTATIONS.

SO IT'S YOU'RE NOT JUST GETTING WRITTEN REPORTS.

SO JUST CLEAN UP THERE.

HERE'S WHERE WE START TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF THE MEAT.

WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS KEEP THIS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.

SO REALLY LOOKING JUST TO ADD OPEN SPACES TO THE DEFINITIONS WITHIN PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND THEN ALSO JOINTLY SHOWING THE AUTHORITY ALONG WITH THE OPEN SPACES COMMISSION BECAUSE OUR, MY VISION IS TO KEEP RECREATION THE SAME.

WE'RE JUST CARVING OUT A PIECE OF IT.

SOME FOR PARKS AND REC, SOME FOR OPEN SPACE.

THEY'LL MEET JOINTLY ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR TO REVIEW OUR BUDGET PROPOSALS, JUST LIKE WE DO RIGHT NOW.

THEY'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN A JOINT MEETING.

THEY CAN DISCUSS BACK AND FORTH IF THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, SHIFT SOME FUNDS ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE ALONG WITH THE OPEN SPACES COMMISSION.

AND THEN IN NUMBER ONE HERE IS WHERE WE START TO ADD OPEN SPACES TO THE DEFINITION FOR ALLOWABLE USES OF THIS FUNDING SOURCE. SO I WON'T READ ALL THESE TO YOU, BUT DEVELOPING PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, OPEN SPACES AND PROGRAMS, YOU GET THE GIST.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO WHERE IT SAYS PARKS AND RECREATION.

WE'RE GOING TO ADD OPEN SPACE.

SO IN LETTER E, THE SAME THING.

AND THIS IS THE DEFINITION.

YOU'LL SEE THIS DEFINITION IS THE SAME OR VERY SIMILAR IN THE TAX CODE AS WELL.

SO THIS WILL COME BACK UP LATER TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT IN ALL THE, THE NECESSARY SECTIONS.

SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, FOR OPEN SPACES COMMISSION MOVING ON TO THEM.

THIS IS AGAIN JUST MORE CLEANUP.

WE NO LONGER HAVE A PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE ON THE OPEN SPACES COMMISSION.

THAT HAPPENED WHEN SEVERAL QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, WE WENT FROM I THINK THE OPEN SPACES COMMISSION HAD NINE COMMISSIONERS AND IT WENT TO SEVEN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CITY COMMISSIONS.

THAT'S WHEN THAT CHANGE HAPPENED.

BUT WE DO STILL HAVE PLANNING AND ZONING.

SO KEEPING THAT IN THERE.

AND THEN THIS LANGUAGE AT THE END OF THE PARAGRAPH WAS WHEN THE COMMISSION WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED.

AND IT'S NO LONGER NEEDED.

UNDER DUTIES.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEANUP.

SO WE'RE NOT INTO THE MEAT OF IT YET, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT LONG RANGE MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT PLANS, AND IT GOES INTO A VERY IT STARTS NAMING OUT PLANS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY STILL ACTIVE.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THIS MORE BROAD BY SAYING OPEN SPACE LANDS AND REMOVING THE THE REFERENCE TO THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT AREA IN THE URBAN OPEN SPACES PLAN OF THE FLAGSTAFF AREA REGIONAL.

YOU CAN YOU GET THE GIST, RIGHT? GOING DOWN TO LETTER D INSTEAD OF CALLING OUT BY NAME BECAUSE IT CAN CHANGE OVER TIME.

THE THE REGIONAL PLAN, WE'RE JUST GOING TO REFER TO THE CURRENT REGIONAL PLAN SO THAT WE ARE WE ARE IN PERPETUITY CONSISTENT WITH THAT LANGUAGE.

AND THEN JUST UPDATING THE LANGUAGE FOR THE OPEN SPACE PROGRAM TO THE OPEN SPACE SECTION.

MOVING INTO THE MEAT OF THE CHANGES FOR THE OPEN SPACES COMMISSION.

THIS IS THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

WERE JUST COPYING IT AND ADDING IT TO THE OPEN SPACES COMMISSION SO THAT THEY WILL MIRROR EACH OTHER IN TERMS OF REVIEWING THIS FUNDING

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THESE ARE THE CHANGES THAT I REFERENCED REGARDING THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TAX OR THE B-B-B TAX, WHERE WE'RE ADDING OPEN SPACES TO THE DEFINITION, AND THEN WE'RE ADDING THE TO THE OPEN SPACES COMMISSION TO TO THE CHAPTERS THAT REFER TO DISTRIBUTION AND FINANCIAL.

AND THOSE ARE MY RECOMMENDED CHANGES.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO TRACE? OH, ONE THING TO ADD.

I HAVE PRESENTED THIS TO BOTH OPEN SPACES COMMISSION AND PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, AND THEY BOTH OVERWHELMINGLY, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR COUNCIL.

TRACE WARD CVB DIRECTOR.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER JUST A COUPLE, JUST LIKE YOU JUST HEARD, I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME CHANGES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE HERE.

WITH THE CODE THAT MAKES SENSE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

IT'S ACTUALLY JUST REFLECTIVE OF HOW WE'RE DOING BUSINESS TODAY.

SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE CODE IN TERMS OF TOURISM DON'T REALLY MAKE SENSE, AND WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING IT ANYWAYS.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE RIGHT NOW.

LET'S SEE. FIRST ONE, THIS IS AN EASY ONE.

WE DON'T CALL THEM TOURISTS REALLY.

IN OUR INDUSTRY WE CALL THEM VISITORS.

SO THAT'S THE CHANGE ON ON THE VERY FIRST ONE, WHICH IS 0001, THE CREATION OF THE COMMISSION LOOKING AT THE NEXT ONE, THERE ARE NO CHANGES.

YOU'LL NOTICE IT JUMPS TO 0005.

THERE WERE NO CHANGES ON SECTION TWO, WHICH IS COMPOSITION AND TERM OF OFFICE.

NO CHANGES ON SECTION THREE WHICH WAS THE COMPENSATION, WHICH IS ZERO, AS WE ALL KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S VOLUNTARY.

AND THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO SECTION FOUR WHICH JUST TALKS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION.

SO THOSE ARE ALL REMAINING THE SAME.

MOVING ON TO FIVE.

THE MEAT OF THE CHANGES THAT I AM RECOMMENDING HERE IS THAT RATHER THAN MAKING IT MANDATORY THAT THE COMMISSION MEET 12 TIMES A YEAR, IT'S SIMPLY NOT REALISTIC.

I CAN'T EVEN GET A QUORUM 12 TIMES A YEAR, SO WE'RE JUST MAKING IT A MINIMUM OF NINE TIMES A YEAR BECAUSE WE USUALLY AVERAGE TEN.

THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL.

SO THAT'S THE MAIN CHANGE HERE IN UNDER MEETINGS.

ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY WE WE TOOK OUT BE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WHICH IS THAT THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMISSION SHALL MEET THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMISSION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

THERE ISN'T ONE AND THE BEAUTIFICATION AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THIS IS BEING MET ALREADY BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE COMMISSIONS ARE UNDER THE SAME THE, THE SAME DIVISION AND THE CITY LIAISON THAT MANAGES THEM SPEAKS REGULARLY.

AND ANY TIME THAT WE DO HAVE WANT THEM TO SPEAK TO ANOTHER COMMISSION, WE INVITE THEM TO COME SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION.

SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT OUT.

MOVING ON.

THIS IS 0006, WHICH IS DUTIES.

AND BASICALLY WITH THE DUTIES IT'S BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T DO IT CURRENTLY, AND WE DON'T THINK IT'S THE BEST PRACTICE TO HAVE A FIVE YEAR MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT IT STATES NOW.

SO WE DO WHAT'S CALLED A STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WE DO ONE EVERY TWO YEARS TO STAY LIGHT ON OUR FEET AND CURRENT WITH THE TRENDS AND ENGAGING WITH THE COMMISSION.

SO THAT'S THE MEAT OF THAT CHANGING IT TO TWO YEARS.

OKAY. THIS ALSO IS UNDER DUTIES WHICH IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL.

JUST SOME VERY MINOR CHANGES ON THE VERBIAGE FOR THE DESCRIPTION THERE.

SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THIS ONE WHICH LOOKS A LITTLE MESSY.

IT'S A LITTLE SMALL, I HOPE YOU CAN READ IT, BUT REALLY IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A CHANGE.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE NUMBER TWO, THREE, FIVE AND SIX HAVE JUST BEEN ROLLED UP INTO THE C, D, E, AND F.

WE'VE CHANGED THE VERBIAGE A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MATCHES HOW WE'RE DOING BUSINESS TODAY.

AND WE'VE ELIMINATED NUMBER ONE WHICH IS PROVIDING THE FUNDING, PROVIDE PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE QUALIFIED.

SO THE COMMISSION DOESN'T REALLY PROVIDE FUNDING.

IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.

IT WAS VERBIAGE FROM 1988 WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS TO COME.

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WE DON'T DO THAT.

I'VE LOOKED BACK IN HISTORY.

I CAN'T FIND IT THAT THEY EVER DID IT.

SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY APPLICABLE.

THAT'S THE MAJOR CHANGES THERE.

LET'S SEE.

AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT FOR ME.

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? I'M.

NOPE, NOPE.

ALL RIGHT, I WILL. WE'RE GOOD WITH THE CODE CHANGES.

THANK YOU. I WILL WELCOME ONE MORE.

THAT'S MR. DAVE MCINTYRE.

ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE MOST CHALLENGING ONES.

I'M DAVID MCINTYRE. I'M COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR.

I'VE BEEN UP HERE A COUPLE TIMES, SO YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ME.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MINOR CLARIFICATION CODE CHANGES.

WE WANTED TO ADJUST THE WORD INDUSTRIAL TO APPROPRIATE BUSINESSES, JUST MEANING THAT WE HAVE BROADER SECTORS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS IN YOUR NEXT COUNCIL ITEM, ACTUALLY.

BUT WE DO WORK WITH A VARIETY OF BUSINESSES BOTH EXISTING AND THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY ATTRACTED.

THEY'RE NOT ALL INDUSTRIAL.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT FIT FLAGSTAFF.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

AND WE ALSO WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT WE DO BUSINESS INCUBATION AND ACCELERATION AS A MAJOR PART OF OUR PROGRAM THAT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED WITHIN THE CODE.

THIS IS NOT REQUIRING IT TO HAPPEN, BUT IT MAKES IT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY.

AND SINCE WE DO THAT WITH A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF BOTH TIME AND RESOURCES, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS IN THERE.

WITHIN THE BEAUTIFICATION OF PUBLIC ART COMMISSION.

BASICALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO HERE IS ADD IN THE TERMINOLOGY.

AND THEN MAKE ONE CHANGE, WHICH SAYS THAT RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL FROM THE BPAC ARE REQUIRED FOR PROPOSALS WHEN THE CONTRACT IS UP TO $100,000, RATHER THAN 50,000.

THIS IS JUST BRINGING IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH OUR NEW PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT OUR COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO COME FORWARD IS BASICALLY CONSISTENT WITH HOW PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS WORKS IN GENERAL.

I CAN GO BACK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR BEAUTIFICATION.

PUBLIC ART. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

RIGHT. MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU.

WE WILL BE BACK IN MAY FOR THAT FIRST READ.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR ME ON THE INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND WE WILL TRY TO COORDINATE THEM INTO OUR MEETINGS. COUNCIL.

ANY. FINAL.

I THINK YOU HAVE APPLAUSE ALL THE WAY AROUND.

TERRIFIC. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THE WORD I WAS TRYING TO USE WAS MERRIMENT.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS JUST KILLING ME.

MERRIMENT. ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO I THINK THE NEXT ONE.

I'LL GET OUT OF DAVE'S WAY.

[7. Initial Discussion of the Draft Economic Development Strategic Plan Hear a presentation from Stiletto: Make A Point (Stiletto), the City's Economic Development Strategic Plan consultant, as well as from City staff. Provide questions, feedback and guidance on the direction of the draft plan. ]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DAVID MCINTYRE.

I'M YOUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE INITIAL PRESENTATION OF OUR DRAFT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THE TWO PEOPLE WHO JUST CAME ON CAMERA, BUT A SLIGHTLY LOWER IN MY INTRODUCTION, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.

THEY HAVE BEEN, BY THE WAY, EXTREMELY PATIENT, AND THEY EVEN TOLD ME THAT THEY FOUND THIS MEETING VERY INTERESTING.

SO WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR HANGING ON ALL THIS TIME.

AS A BRIEF INTRODUCTION, WHILE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM WILL WORK WITH ANY BUSINESS WHO IS HERE IN FLAGSTAFF OR WOULD FIT OUR COMMUNITY, WE DO HAVE TARGETED ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES THAT WE USE TO PRIORITIZE LIMITED TIME AND LIMITED RESOURCES.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME NICE SUCCESSES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WE ARE PROUD OF THE EFFORTS AND INVESTMENTS MADE, BUT WE ARE ALSO AWARE THAT CONDITIONS CHANGE.

WE HAVE HAD A PANDEMIC DECLARED CLIMATE AND HOUSING EMERGENCIES, INCREASING COST PROFILES AND MANY CHANGES AT THE STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS THAT CAN IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY TO ENSURE OUR ACTIVITIES CONTINUE TO BE DATA DRIVEN AND ARE TARGETED EFFECTIVELY, WE DID A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO IDENTIFY A PARTNER TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING A FIVE YEAR ECONOMIC PLAN.

AFTER A ROBUST COMPETITIVE PROCESS, WE SELECTED STILETTO.

MAKE A POINT FOR THEIR EXPERTISE.

I AM REALLY PLEASED TO INTRODUCE STILETTOS LAURA O'BLENIS AND ADAM PEABODY, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THE DRAFT OUTCOMES OF OUR DRAFT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED IT'S A DRAFT, BUT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THEM, I DID WANT TO ADD A COUPLE ITEMS FOR CONTEXT.

THE FIRST IS THAT WE'RE FULLY AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM TO THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE IMPACTS OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, BUT WE'RE ALSO AWARE THAT THE CITY HAS A TEN YEAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY THROUGH THE HOUSING SECTION, AND DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF ALREADY HAS THEIR OWN TWO YEAR STRATEGIC PROCESS.

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WE ASKED STILETTO TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE FACTORS, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND TOURISM TO OUR ECONOMY, BUT TO REALLY FOCUS ON HOW TO ADVANCE AND DIVERSIFY THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES MOSTLY FOCUSED OUTSIDE OF THE VISITATION REALM.

ADDITIONALLY, ON TOP OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS WHICH STILETTO BUILT THE PLAN ON WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO SHORTLY.

WE RECENTLY MET WITH ECONOMIC COLLABORATIVE OF NORTHERN ARIZONA, A GROUP FROM FRIENDS OF FLAGSTAFF'S FUTURE, NUMEROUS INTERNAL CITY STAFF, AND A VARIETY OF OTHERS TO KIND OF GET A FEEL. A GUT CHECK, IF YOU WILL, BEFORE COMING TO COUNCIL.

AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES WITHIN THE PLAN AS WELL.

FINALLY, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT WHILE THERE ARE NO CHANGES OF SUBSTANCE TO THE POWERPOINT THAT WAS IN THE PACKET, THERE WERE A FEW MODIFICATIONS MADE TO HELP WITH FLOW AND TO MAKE INFORMATION EVEN MORE DIGESTIBLE.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LAURA AND TO ADAM.

I ALSO WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

GO FOR IT, STILETTO.

THANKS VERY MUCH, DAVE.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

MY NAME IS LAURA O'BLENIS.

AS DAVE HAS INTRODUCED US, I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF STILETTO, A COMPANY I FOUNDED IN 2010 AND PLEASED TO BE WORKING IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FIELD FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES NOW.

WITH ME HERE TODAY IS ADAM PEABODY, OUR DIRECTOR OF ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.

AND ADAM WAS THE PROJECT LEAD ON THIS FILE AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT IS CERTAINLY WORTH NOTING THAT THIS IS A PLAN BY THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT, AND WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE AS WELL. IT HAS BEEN ACTUALLY A PLEASURE TO SIT AND LISTEN THROUGH THE SESSION THIS EVENING, BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF COMMON THEMES THAT WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE PLEASED THAT ARE WOVEN IN TO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IN OUR FINDINGS FROM OUR PROCESS, WHICH DID INCLUDE BOTH STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND OTHERS, BUT ALSO STUDYING AND REVIEWING AND ANALYZING A FAIR BIT OF DATA.

WE HAVE ABOUT 34,000 DATA POINTS THAT WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT, AND DATA IS KIND OF OUR JAM.

WE REALLY BELIEVE IN EVIDENCE BASED DECISION MAKING AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'VE HONED IN OUR EXPERTISE IN HELPING COMMUNITIES LIKE YOURS THROUGHOUT REALLY NORTH AMERICA.

AND WE DO QUITE A BIT IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

AS DAVE MENTIONED, JUST FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AT THE PLAN IS IN DRAFT FORMAT.

YOU WILL BE SEEING A FULL REPORT COMING YOUR WAY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT HAS THESE ELEMENTS AND MORE INCLUDED, AND CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE TAKING AND THE APPROACH THAT WE'VE TAKEN.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO DIVE RIGHT IN.

AND SO REALLY, THIS PRESENTATION PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTEGRATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.

AND IT IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN.

BUT ULTIMATELY JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS AS WELL THAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT POSITIONING THE CITY TO MAKE INCREMENTAL PROGRESS ON FOUR KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.

WHILE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ANTICIPATED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS.

AND SO WHEN WE BUILD THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS, OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL TO HELP YOU ACTUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE AND MAKE THAT INCREMENTAL PROGRESS.

BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS.

AND WE USE THAT ALMOST AS YOUR NORTH STAR.

AND SO REALLY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO PRODUCE TANGIBLE EFFECTS IN THE SHORT TERM AND REALLY HELP YOU IN THE LONG TERM.

AND I KNOW WE'VE HEARD LOTS FROM THE TOURISM TEAM.

AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BEING EMBEDDED WITHIN TOURISM IS A REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT.

AND AS DAVE MENTIONED, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT IN OUR PILLARS AND OUR SECTORS BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A STRATEGY FOR THAT.

BUT WHAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WITH ALL THE FANTASTIC THINGS HAPPENING WITH TOURISM AND THE GROWTH IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, AND WE BELIEVE CONTINUED POTENTIAL IN THAT AREA, WHAT OUR FOCUS IN IS IN THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY IS ABOUT THESE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES.

IT'S ABOUT HELPING BUSINESSES.

AND WE'VE HEARD SOME FROM SOME SPEAKERS THIS EVENING AROUND, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS ATTRACTION AND MAKING SURE YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT FOUNDATION AND ENVIRONMENT TO BOTH ATTRACT AND COMPANIES, BUT ALSO HELPING TO RETAIN AND EXPAND THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE LOCATED ALREADY IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO TRY TO FOCUS FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF BIG INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED TO ULTIMATELY HELP SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESSES, BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS A LENS FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

LEVERAGING YOUR TOURISM STRENGTH, OBVIOUSLY, AS PART OF THAT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS THE FOURTH PILLAR THAT WE LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE EMBEDDED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL HELP YOU ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.

WE KNOW THERE IS AN ACTIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN PLACE WITH KEEN CONSULTANTS.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM TO ALIGN THE WORK THEY'RE DOING AND THE FEEDBACK THEY'RE RECEIVING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CONSISTENT MESSAGING ON,

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AND SO STILETTO MAKE A POINT.

IT'S ABOUT MAKING AN IMPACT AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

MY BACKGROUND, I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES NOW, ACTUALLY.

AND SO THE PREMISE BEHIND, YOU KNOW, WHY I STARTED THE BUSINESS.

AND WHAT WE LOOK AT IN COMMUNITIES IS TO REALLY TRY TO CREATE FOCUS, RESILIENCY AND COMPETITIVENESS, BECAUSE WE DO FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE THAT ALL COMMUNITIES CAN BE COMPETITIVE. YOU KNOW, GLOBALLY AT, YOU KNOW, STATE TO STATE ACROSS THE NATION.

AND SO WE REALLY FOCUS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AT THAT INTERSECTION OF GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY, AND ACADEMIA.

AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR THE PARTNERSHIPS ON THE BRANDING WITH NIU AND SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS, AND BRINGING IN ACADEMIA AND POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS.

WE AGREE AND, AND REALLY FULLY SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE INTEGRATION PIECES.

SO AS WE'VE STUDIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECOSYSTEMS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT ARE REALLY NEEDED.

TO BE IN PLACE TO HAVE THE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS TO HELP SUPPORT BUSINESS GROWTH.

AND SO THE SIX ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE FOUND THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE IS ABOUT HAVING THE RIGHT CAPACITY.

HAVING THE RIGHT CULTURE.

HAVING A UNIQUE COMMUNITY VALUE PROPOSITION, HAVING YOUR TALENT MATCH WITH INDUSTRY NEEDS.

SO MAKING SURE THAT WORKFORCE IS THERE AND IN PLACE MONEY.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, MONEY FOR INCENTIVES, MONEY FOR ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

AND THEN COMPANIES, OF COURSE, THAT WANT TO BE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND GROW IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE USE THIS AS SORT OF OUR GUIDING NORTH STAR AS WE DO AN ASSESSMENT OF YOUR COMMUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF WHERE YOU'RE AT AND WHERE YOU CAN ADD VALUE AND MAKE INCREMENTAL CHANGE OVER TIME TO REALLY SEE THE NEEDLE MOVE AND DRIVE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THESE STRATEGIES IS WE REALLY TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE AT IN THE CONTINUUM OF YOUR LOCAL MARKET, YOUR BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, EXPANSION, THE BARRIERS YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF YOUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENVIRONMENT SO THAT YOU CAN BE READY FOR SECTOR CLUSTERING, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING AROUND SOME OF THE SECTORS, WE THINK THAT YOU HAVE SOME, SOME REAL POTENTIAL IN, IN HONING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE SIGNIFICANTLY TO REALLY DRIVE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW INVESTMENT INTO YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND FLAGSTAFF IS IN A GREAT POSITION BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THAT TOURISM ATTRACTION, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS FROM OTHER STATES IN CALIFORNIA OR SOUTHERN ARIZONA THAT ARE MIGRATING AND INTERESTED IN COMMUNITIES SUCH AS YOURS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE.

AND THAT ALL NEEDS TO TIE TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND YOUR POPULATION GROWTH AND IN-MIGRATION.

AND SO THIS IS SORT OF ALSO ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE SORT OF USE AS WE'RE TRYING TO THINK THROUGH.

HAVE YOU TO HELP YOU GET WHERE YOU WANT TO GET TO IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS AND THEN 10 TO 20, WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU IN SORT OF THE SLIDING SCALE? AND HOW DO WE AUGMENT THAT? AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT IS LOTS OF FOLKS ARE BUSY DOING ACTIVITIES, BUT WE WANT TO SEE THAT CONTINUE DOWN WHAT WE CALL OUR IMPACT CASCADE, SO THAT YOU GET TO THE IMPACTS AND RESULTS OVER TIME TO REALLY SEE GROWTH IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND, AND THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE, I'LL SHARE AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGY AND THE PROCESS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY TRYING TO LOOK AT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, INCREASING JOBS AND GROWING YOUR GDP OR YOUR TAX BASE ULTIMATELY, SO THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO DO THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING AND CONTINUE TO DO.

AND SO WE LOOK AT PRIORITY SECTORS, WHICH AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AS WE GET INTO THE STRATEGY, YOU WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE RIGHT IDEAS, PEOPLE AND MONEY SO THAT YOU CAN GET, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND RESEARCHERS EXCITED ABOUT COMMERCIALIZATION.

YOU CAN BUILD THAT SKILL CAPACITY.

YOU CAN HELP ACCELERATE BUSINESS GROWTH AND EXPANSION.

AND REALLY, YOU WANT TO CREATE THAT GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS OR NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS TO HELP YOUR COMPANIES BE BETTER, FASTER SO THEY CAN HIRE MORE PEOPLE AND THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR SALES OUTSIDE EXPORT.

WHEN WE SAY EXPORT OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMMUNITY TO BRING NEW MONEY IN, WHICH IS WHY TOURISM IS SO BEAUTIFULLY FIT, BECAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING NEW MONEY INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE LOOK AT AND THE PROCESSES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUR ECONOMIC STRATEGY YOU KNOW, WE DID LOOK AT MORE THAN 34,000 DATA POINTS, AND I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE INPUTS AND SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS FROM THAT.

BUT IT'S REALLY TO HONE IN ON YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION, YOUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES, AND SOME STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT MIGHT HELP POSITION YOU AS AN IDEAL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND AND TO INVEST.

SO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND OF OUR ENGAGEMENT WE, WE DID CONDUCT A SURVEY AND DID HAVE A FANTASTIC RESPONSE, ALMOST 500 RESPONSES, WHICH IS A REALLY GREAT RESPONSE RATE. AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, WE HAD ABOUT 50 RESPONSES AND THEN WHICH WE LIKE TO SEE A COUPLE HUNDRED, WHICH IS GREAT.

AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT UP WITH THE SUPPORT OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR VERY ACTIVE AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY, UP TO THAT 500 MARK AT 34,000 DATA POINTS.

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AND THEN WE DID CONDUCT SEVEN FOCUS GROUPS.

AND SO LOTS OF GREAT INPUTS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY BOTH IN TERMS OF DIRECT CONVERSATIONS THROUGH SURVEYS, FOCUS GROUPS, INTERVIEWS, AND THEN ALSO IN THE DATA THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE A FEW KEY PIECES HERE.

AND AS DAVE MENTIONED, WE DID MOVE AROUND THE ORDER OF THIS SLIGHTLY JUST AS WE WERE GETTING READY FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

BUT IN YOUR PACKET AND IN THE MATERIAL, YOU WILL SEE THIS HIGHLIGHTED.

AND FOLKS REALLY APPRECIATE THIS IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PARTICIPATION, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAVE HAD BUSINESS COMMUNITY INPUTS, COMMUNITY MEMBER INPUTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP.

AND THE MAIN FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF THEMES FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS ABOUT TALENT RETENTION AND ATTRACTION, INVESTMENT IN BUSINESS GROWTH AND ATTRACTION, AND INCREASED EFFICIENCY. SEE AN OPTIMIZED PROCESS FOR GRANTING BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS.

WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT PERMITS AND THE PERMITTING CLIENT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE EASILY ADDRESSED.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP FOLKS, THE MAIN THEMES WERE ABOUT IMPROVING COMMUNITY ALIGNMENT TO ENHANCE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE, SUPPORTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS FOR BUSINESS THAT DID COME THROUGH AS WELL.

THEIR INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION WAS HIGHLIGHTED.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESSIBILITY, MOSTLY AROUND BROADBAND AND TRANSPORTATION, WERE THE HIGHLIGHTS THERE.

AND THEN IF WE LOOK AT YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SO YOUR OVERALL COMMUNITY, INCREASING COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ENGAGEMENT, REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COST OF LIVING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'RE HEARING IT REALLY IN EVERY STATE, IN EVERY REGION RIGHT NOW, POST COVID, IT'S IT'S IT'S REALLY PRETTY RAMPANT EVERYWHERE.

BUT WE KNOW IT'S CERTAINLY A SORE SPOT AND AN ISSUE.

AND AS DAVE MENTIONED, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A SEPARATE PLAN LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.

SO JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE THEMES IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE FOLKS HEADS ARE AT.

WE THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD SNAPSHOT FOR YOU TO, TO COME BACK TO.

SO AS WE LISTENED I MEAN, A LOT OF OUR PROCESS IS ABOUT FIRST, FIRST AND FOREMOST, SORT OF DOING THAT ASSESSMENT IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU'RE AT AND THEN AND THEN REALLY LISTENING AND LEARNING FROM THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT TO SEE.

AND THIS COMES FROM ANGLES FROM, AGAIN, BUSINESSES YOUR INSTITUTIONS AND SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM, HEARD ABOUT TODAY IN THE PRESENTATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS, INCLUDING NOW AND OTHERS THAT ARE HAVING A GREAT IMPACT IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING YOUR BUSINESSES TODAY.

AND SO IN THE NEXT YEAR, THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD IS THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE, BALANCED, FOCUSED, RESILIENT, FORWARD THINKING, VIABLE, VIBRANT, AND UNITED, WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING.

AND I KNOW THERE WAS TALK OF YOUR BRANDING STRATEGY, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK A BIT ABOUT FOCUS AND BRANDING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, HAVING A CLARITY OF PURPOSE AND GROWTH TO ACHIEVE YOUR OVERALL STABILITY WITH AN INCREASED SENSE OF FOCUS AND TANGIBLE OUTCOMES, WHICH IS ABOUT RIGHT WITH WHAT WE LOOK AT IN THAT IMPACT CASCADE OF HAVING ACTIVITIES THAT THEN HELP SUPPORT AND DRIVE OUTCOMES, WHICH USUALLY TAKES 3 TO 5 YEARS, AND THEN YOUR IMPACTS AND RESULTS IS USUALLY ABOUT A TEN YEAR PERIOD.

SO OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, BEING VIBRANT AND MOVING AHEAD WITH IMPROVEMENTS, INNOVATIONS AND A SHARED IDENTITY ROOTED IN GROWTH TARGETS.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU IN THE FRAMEWORK THAT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH NEXT ADDRESSES THESE ELEMENTS AND, AND SOME STRATEGIES AND TACTICS THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO HELP YOU MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THESE AREAS TO GET WHERE YOU WANT TO GET TO IN A YEAR, FIVE YEARS, AND IDEALLY TEN.

SO WHERE WE LANDED ON A MISSION IS TO REALLY SUPPORT AND ENHANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WELL-BEING FOR ALL.

AND IT SEEMS FAIRLY SIMPLE, BUT IT'S IT IS ABOUT WELL-BEING FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S ABOUT SUPPORTING AND ENHANCING YOUR ECONOMIC GROWTH.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

AND SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENHANCE THOSE AREAS? AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.

AND IF WE LOOK AT THE VISION WHEN WE WERE WHEN WE WERE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LISTENING AND LEARNING FROM YOUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THE BIG THINGS THAT FOLKS WANT TO SEE.

AND WE'RE HOPEFUL, ACTUALLY, AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR BRANDING EXERCISE WITH YOUR NEW LOGO AND SOME OF THE NUANCES THAT YOU WANT TO REFLECT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS WILL HOPEFULLY HELP TO INFORM SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD WAS ABOUT DIVERSITY AND RESILIENCY AND HAVING A UNITED COMMUNITY THAT PROMOTES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY.

AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HEAR SUSTAINABILITY AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER ELEMENTS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.

AND SO REALLY FOCUSING IN ON DIVERSE, RESILIENT ECONOMY WITH A UNITED COMMUNITY PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WHERE WE LANDED ON VISION AGAIN HAPPY TO HEAR ANY FEEDBACK OF FOLKS THINK THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING.

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SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR FRAMEWORK, HOW WE BUILD OUT THESE FRAMEWORKS IS TO TRY AND GIVE PILLARS AND BUCKETS SO THAT IT'S BITE SIZED PIECES, THAT YOU CAN REALLY WRAP YOUR HEADS AND ARMS AROUND. AND WE KNOW THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS SMALL AND MIGHTY AND DOING GREAT THINGS AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE ON HOW YOU THEN TAKE WHAT'S OUTLINED HERE AND IMPLEMENT IT.

AND OFTEN WHAT WE WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE IN COMMUNITIES IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE AND YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT ORGANIZATIONS DOING SOME GREAT THINGS.

AND SO WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL LEAN ON SOME OF THOSE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE IDEAS.

AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME AREAS AND PRIORITY SECTORS THAT WE'VE SORT OF SHORT LISTED IT TO.

ALL OF THESE MAY NOT BE THE ONES THAT RISE TO THE TOP AS YOU LOOK AT MARKET OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT PILLARS FOR IMPACT.

AND THERE'S FOUR PILLARS FOR IMPACT FOCUS AND POSITIONING, BRANDING AND AWARENESS, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEN COMMUNITY ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHAT WE'LL DO WITH OUR TIME.

AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME AND ATTENTION.

AND BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL AND RUN YOU THROUGH WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH IN THESE PILLARS AND WHY.

AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A QUICKIE SNAPSHOT ON THE COMMUNITY, ON THE SECTORS.

AND THEN HAPPY TO TO CHAT FURTHER ON ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO UNPACK SO THAT WE CAN THEN COME BACK TO YOU WITH YOUR REPORT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DIVE INTO AND REVIEW IN MORE DETAIL AND GIVE US ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AS YOU PROCESS AND THINK IT THROUGH.

SO SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE STRATEGY AT A GLANCE.

AND THE REASON WE DO THIS IS JUST AGAIN, YOU KNOW, QUICK SNAPSHOTS.

WE KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS COMING YOUR WAY.

AND SO WE TRY WHERE WE CAN TO JUST REALLY SIMPLIFY INFORMATION SO THAT IF SOMEONE'S WONDERING WHERE THINGS ARE AT, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED IN ON.

SO YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS IS ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR INDUSTRY.

SO YOUR BUSINESSES, YOUR GOVERNMENT.

AND THAT'S ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT BECAUSE WE'RE HOPEFUL THERE'S SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU, WHETHER IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE OR PROGRAMING OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN YOUR YOUR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND HELPING TO BUILD AND MATCH THE TALENT WITH YOUR INDUSTRY NEEDS.

THE PRIORITIES IS IS REALLY AROUND.

THIS IS JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT WE WHAT WE USE AS OUR NORTH STAR, AS WE'RE BUILDING THESE STRATEGIES IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS ATTRACTION, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.

MAYBE THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE MORE OF A PRIORITY FOR YOU OR FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT THERE REALLY SHOULD BE ELEMENTS OF EACH OF THESE FOUR THINGS TO REALLY DRIVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANDATE FORWARD.

AND SO WE HAVE THOSE IN HERE.

AND THEN THE PILLARS IS THE FOUR AREAS THAT WE HAVE ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOU MOVE FORWARD IN THAT INTENTIONAL WAY IN THE NEXT ONE, FIVE AND TEN YEARS.

AND THEN YOUR PRIORITY SECTORS, WHICH I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO AND TALK THROUGH.

BUT WE'VE GOT ASTRONOMY, FOOD PROCESSING, FORESTRY PRODUCTS, HEALTHCARE AND MANUFACTURING.

AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH YOU ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT WILL ALSO EVOLVE OVER TIME AND PROBABLY WON'T END UP STAYING WITH FIVE.

WE USUALLY LIKE TO SEE THREE.

BUT WE THINK YOU'VE GOT STRENGTH IN AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN FIVE.

AND THEN WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO GOT, YOU KNOW, KPIS ARE ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE KNOW MEASUREMENTS OF YOUR JOB GROWTH AND YOUR BUSINESS TAX BASE IS IS GOING TO OBVIOUSLY BE A VERY IMPORTANT DRIVER.

BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE LONG TERM IMPACT OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU START AT THE BOTTOM, THAT FLAGSTAFF IS AN ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT PROMOTES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY.

FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADER IN THE STATE AND IN THE NATION, AND THAT YOU HAVE THAT CLARITY OF PURPOSE AND GROWTH, BUILDING YOUR HOUSING AND ACHIEVING OVERALL SUSTAINABLE STABILITY WITH YOUR INCREASED SENSE OF FOCUS AND OUTCOMES.

THE IMPACT IS BASICALLY YOUR TEN YEAR ROADMAP OF WHERE YOU WANT TO BE IN TEN YEARS.

YOUR RESULTS, YOUR MEDIUM TERM IS REALLY WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE IN FIVE, AND THEN YOUR OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES IS REALLY HELPING YOU OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 5 YEARS.

HOW YOU CAN MEASURE PROGRESS KIND OF ALONG THE WAY.

AND SO THIS IS OUTLINED IN THE REPORT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN MORE DETAIL AS YOU REVIEW THE FULL REPORT.

BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THAT'S WHY THIS IS IN THERE, JUST TO KIND OF TRACK PROGRESS OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO IF WE LOOK AT THE PILLARS AND I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH THEM AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, CERTAINLY, AND WANTING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

BUT IF WE LOOK AT THESE FOUR PILLARS, I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE THERE'S JUST ONE SLIDE ON EACH OF THEM TO SORT OF SHARE WITH YOU WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THESE PILLARS AND WHY WE CHOSE IT. AND SO THE FOCUS AND POSITIONING PILLAR IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING PRIMARILY IDENTIFYING, MOBILIZING SOME PRIORITY SECTORS, EXPLORING ADJACENT SECTORS AND ALIGNING YOUR TALENT PIPELINE.

AND AGAIN LINKED, OF COURSE, TO YOUR WORKFORCE, YOUR BROADER WORKFORCE STRATEGY.

BUT THAT TALENT PIPELINE IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE INDUSTRY NEEDS ARE CERTAINLY CHANGING.

AND THE NEED FOR UPSKILLING AND RESKILLING IS, IS IS REALLY PRETTY IMPORTANT IN IN A VARIETY OF AREAS THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

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THE CITY. MAXIMIZE YOUR EFFORTS AND IMPACT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND THERE ARE SEVERAL PRIORITY SECTORS THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND HIGHLIGHTED AS AREAS THAT COULD BE POTENTIAL AREAS FOR YOU, CERTAINLY.

AGAIN, UP FOR DISCUSSION AND DEBATE.

WE'VE GOT SOME DATA THAT WILL SHARE WITH YOU ON THAT.

BUT HAPPY TO DISCUSS FURTHER.

PROMOTING AND ENHANCING THESE SECTORS CAN HELP DRIVE BUSINESS ATTRACTION, RETENTION AND EXPANSION, WHICH WE KNOW IS IMPORTANT FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE CITY, COUNTY AND BEYOND.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FOCUS AND POSITIONING.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE SECTORS AND THE TALENT PIPELINE, THE BRANDING AND AWARENESS.

IF WE LOOK AT THAT AND AGAIN, IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE LOGO AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH NIU.

BUT REALLY LOOKING AT BRANDING THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, THERE WAS A COMMON THEME OF OF A DESIRE.

AND I KNOW IN ONE OF THE PRESENTERS AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE WHEN WE GROW UP, HAVING THAT UNITED NARRATIVE OF WHO THE CITY IS AND WHAT YOUR WHAT YOUR EXTERNAL MESSAGING IS AND YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION IS TO OUTSIDE AREAS, BOTH FROM A TOURISM PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS FROM A BUSINESS ATTRACTION AND RETENTION PERSPECTIVE.

DID COME THROUGH IN OUR CONSULTATIONS, AND WE FELT THAT IT WAS CERTAINLY WORTHY OF, OF KIND OF EMBEDDING IN HERE.

AND SO REALLY COMMUNICATING THAT VALUE PROPOSITION BOTH FROM, AGAIN, A TOURISM AS WELL AS FROM A BUSINESS RETENTION AND ATTRACTION PERSPECTIVE AND SORT OF TAKING IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL, ENHANCING YOUR WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS, INCREASING AWARENESS OF SECTOR STRENGTHS AND RESOURCES, AND RAISING COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF CITY POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND SUPPORTS. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, BUT IN FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF REPRESENTATIVES AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE WAY THE PROCESSES ARE STRUCTURED AND ARTICULATED WE BELIEVE IT'S MORE OF A COMMUNICATION AND AWARENESS ISSUE RATHER THAN A POLICY ISSUE.

WAS OUR CONCLUSION THAT WE CAME TO AFTER WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY REVIEWED AND VALIDATED THAT AND THEN AND THEN SORT OF DID AN ASSESSMENT ON IT.

AND SO REALLY RAISING THAT AWARENESS OF THE POLICIES AND THE PROCESS AND, AND HELPING BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND WHERE THE, WHERE, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THEM IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. AND SO WE I THINK AWARENESS ON THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

AND SO A STRONGER BRAND WILL HELP SHAPE YOUR PERCEPTIONS ABOUT FLAGSTAFF COMMUNICATING YOUR UNIQUE STRENGTHS AND SUPPORTING BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE ATTRACTION EFFORTS, AND THEN PROMOTING. OF COURSE, YOUR SERVICES WILL HELP THE BUSINESSES FIND AND USE THOSE SERVICES MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR THEIR BUSINESS GROWTH, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

LAURA. YES, CERTAINLY.

WE HAVE A QUESTION. VICE MAYOR HAS A QUESTION.

YES, CERTAINLY.

THANK YOU. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOUR FLOW JUST REAL QUICKLY.

I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND THE DEFINITION OF UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION.

YES, CERTAINLY.

SO YOUR UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION IS WHAT STANDS OUT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

THAT YOU CAN SAY THAT OTHERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SAY.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY DID DO A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AS PART OF OUR PROCESS.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS IN THE REPORT.

BUT IT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE EACH COMMUNITY MIGHT BE REALLY GOOD AT, YOU KNOW, 5 OR 6 THINGS, BUT MAYBE THERE'S TEN THINGS THAT YOU'RE KNOCKING OUT OF THE PARK THAT ARE DIFFERENT FOR YOU.

AND SO IT'S BASICALLY YOUR DIFFERENTIATOR.

WHAT'S DIFFERENTIATING YOU FROM A COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE SORT OF COMPETING AGAINST OR THAT YOU WANT TO ASPIRE TO BE THAT MIGHT HELP YOU ATTRACT A BUSINESS TO COME TO YOUR COMMUNITY VERSUS GOING TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY.

IS THAT HELPFUL? YES IT IS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FINDING OUT WHAT YOU IDENTIFIED AS THOSE FACTORS.

IT WAS OKAY. GREAT. OKAY.

MORE SOON. MORE TO FOLLOW.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THE CHAT WHILE I HAVE MINE OPEN.

I THINK IT'S JUST THE ANGLE I HAVE OPEN, BUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE WE'RE PAUSED, I DON'T SEE ANY.

CONTINUE. OKAY. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH OKAY.

SO SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE WE EMBEDDED SUSTAINABILITY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS.

AND YOU KNOW WE DID HEAR IT IN THE CONSULTATIONS.

AND WE WE BELIEVE THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF YOUR KEY DIFFERENTIATORS IS YOUR ABILITY TO BALANCE THE NEED FOR BUSINESS GROWTH AND PROGRESS AND, OR, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING A CERTAIN DECORUM, I GUESS, WITH THAT AND NOT SACRIFICING THE BEAUTY OF YOUR COMMUNITY SIMPLY FOR BUSINESS.

AND SO WE DO THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO EMBED THAT INTO THE CRITERIA OF THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ATTRACT.

AND SO IN, IN SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HELP TO SORT OF BRING THAT BALANCE TO THE CONVERSATION OF GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, DEFINING WHAT SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEANS TO FLAGSTAFF.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME SAMPLE DEFINITIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR REPORT, ESTABLISHING METRICS FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT DO SUPPORT YOUR MUNICIPAL CLIMATE ACTION

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CRITERIA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION, EXPLORING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THERE ARE SOME OBVIOUSLY, AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE ENHANCING BUSINESS SUPPORTS THAT PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT'S INCENTIVES TO HELP BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, GREEN WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR BE CONSCIOUS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THERE'S THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IN SORT OF KEEPING THAT IN MIND.

AND SO YOU ARE A STANDOUT FOR YOUR NATURAL WONDERS AND YOUR OUTDOOR RECREATION.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT TO UNDERSCORE YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION AND YOUR KEY DIFFERENTIATOR WHILE ALSO PROMOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH.

THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE THINK COULD REALLY MAKE YOU STAND OUT.

THERE'S OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE THAT LOOK AND FEEL AND CRITERIA AND BOUNDARIES AND THAT, THAT CERTAINLY CAN SERVE YOU AS AN ADVANTAGE.

SO THIS PILLAR WOULD ALSO BE SUPPORTED BY RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOUR FOCUS AND POSITIONING PILLAR, WHICH RELATES TO GREEN AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY CONVERGENCE WITH HIGH TECH INDUSTRIES, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND IN SECTOR GROWTH.

SO THAT'S THE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN THE LAST IS THE COMMUNITY ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.

YOU'VE GOT A GREAT ECOSYSTEM.

FANTASTIC RESPONSE.

FROM ALL OF OUR CONSULTATIONS WITH FOLKS THAT REALLY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND THAT PUT THEIR HAND UP.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN EVEN FURTHER WITH WHAT THE ACTIVITIES ARE THAT ARE TAKING PLACE SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY STREAMLINE EFFICIENCIES.

AND SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE MET WITH THAT ARE REPRESENTING DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN YOUR COMMUNITY HAD UNDERSCORED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY INDIVIDUALIZED IN THE SENSE THAT YOU'VE GOT GREAT PEOPLE LEADING SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THERE MIGHT ONLY BE 1 OR 2 INDIVIDUALS.

AND IF THOSE INDIVIDUALS MOVE ON TO OTHERS, THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE MAY GO WITH IT.

AND SO FINDING WAYS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY FORMALIZE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WE THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR LONGER TERM SORT OF SUSTAINABILITY IN SORT OF BUILDING YOUR ECOSYSTEM AND GETTING YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GET TO IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

SO PURSUING FUNDING TO ADDRESS YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES, COLLECTIVELY STRENGTHENING YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND FORMALIZING RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS ARE A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD HELP MOVE THAT NEEDLE.

AND SO BUILDING AND MAINTAINING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO ACT AS A CONVENER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

HELP YOU TO CONNECT PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONS WITH RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED AND HELP YOU TO REALLY NURTURE A STRONG NETWORK OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM CAN RESPOND TO BROADER CHALLENGES SUCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

AND SO REALLY LEANING IN TO THE GROUPS THAT EXIST AND HELPING HAVING THEM HELP TO MOBILIZE SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES OVER TIME WILL WILL ALLOW YOU TO TAKE THE NEEDLE FURTHER.

FOR SURE. SO THAT'S A HIGHLIGHT OF THE PILLARS.

I'M GOING TO GO IN NEXT TO SECTORS UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS AT THAT POINT.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OKAY.

AND I HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING.

I THINK YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SECTORS.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT SECTORS WE SPECIALIZE IN SECTOR DEVELOPMENT.

AND MY BACKGROUND IS IN REAL ESTATE AND INNOVATION DISTRICTS AND RESEARCH PARKS.

AND SO HAVE STUDIED AND WORKED A LOT IN SECTORS, STUDYING SECTORS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO THE, THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN LOOKING AT YOUR COMMUNITY AND HELPING TO NARROW IN WHAT SECTORS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES IN, WE STUDY YOUR RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGES.

WE LOOK AT YOUR EDUCATION PROGRAMING AND WHO'S COMING OUT OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

WHAT'S YOUR TALENT PIPELINE? BASICALLY, BECAUSE COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING TO YOUR COMMUNITY WANT TO KNOW IF THEY CAN HIRE THE PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.

WE ALSO LOOK AT INNOVATION, ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT, AND THEN INDUSTRY CLUSTERS WITH YOUR WORKFORCE AND BUSINESS ACCOUNTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.

AND SO A FEW HIGHLIGHTS HERE.

AND AGAIN THIS IS IN YOUR PACKET.

WE'VE GOT OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO CERTAINLY SHARE THAT WILL BE PART OF THE REPORT AS WELL WITH A BIT MORE DETAILS.

BUT WE REALLY NARROWED IT DOWN TO FIVE.

AND WE TOOK THESE FIVE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

SO IT'S QUITE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL.

AS I MENTIONED, WE LOOK AT THOSE FOUR ELEMENTS, BUT THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE JOB POSTINGS AND WE LOOK AT TRENDS IN, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL PROGRAMING AND GROWTH.

AND SO THESE ARE THE FIVE THAT KIND OF ROSE TO THE TOP.

AND I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS IN FOOD PROCESSING BUT PROBABLY A NICHE OPPORTUNITY MORE SO EVEN IN ASTRONOMY.

AND SO YOU CAN'T LOOK AT ONE KIND OF DIMENSION, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT ASTRONOMY, THERE'S SEVEN POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS, 99 JOB POSTINGS IN THAT PERIOD, 32 IN FOOD PROCESSING, YOUR WORKFORCE IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.

BUT THERE'S BIGGER IMPACT IN R&D EXPENDITURES SPECIFICALLY WITHIN NIU AND, AND SORT OF OTHERS.

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AND I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMAGINE AND LOOK AT THOSE, BECAUSE FOOD PROCESSING SOMETIMES NOT TERRIBLY POPULAR BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF WATER.

IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WILL THAT MEET YOUR CRITERIA? AND HONESTLY, IT WILL. IT WILL DEPEND ON THE TYPE.

BUT WE WE WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT HIGHLIGHT IT, THAT IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAD THE LAND AVAILABLE, IF YOU HAD IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN SORT OF LOOKING AT IT FROM A, FROM A CRITERIA PERSPECTIVE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OPPORTUNITY DRIVEN.

BUT I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON WHERE WE THINK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO WITH THIS.

SO ANOTHER SLIDE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKAGE IS THIS ONE HERE THAT HAS SORT OF THE SNAPSHOT.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE TRY TO STUDY IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT SECTOR IS AT TODAY.

BUT IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE BUILD THE WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE AND, AND THE GREAT WORK THAT KEANE IS DOING ON THEIR WORKFORCE STRATEGY, IF WE KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY YOU REALLY HAVE BEEN KNOWN AND DONE PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY THINGS IN ASTRONOMY, IN AGRICULTURE AND LOGGING, IN THE LOGGING INDUSTRY, IN HEALTHCARE AND MANUFACTURING. SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE LOOK AT AS YOUR PAST PERFORMANCE OF THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB IN.

IF WE LOOK AT THE PRESENT, YOU'RE KIND OF REALLY YOU KNOW, ASTRONOMY IS STILL KIND OF THE SAME.

AGRICULTURE IS ALMOST MORPHED INTO FOOD PROCESSING OR I GUESS YOU COULD SAY VALUE ADDED FOOD PRODUCTS, MAYBE EVEN LOGGING IS KIND OF MORPHED INTO FORESTRY PRODUCTS AND THEN HEALTHCARE INTO BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE, AND THEN MANUFACTURING IS MANUFACTURING.

BUT IF WE THINK ABOUT THE GREEN ECONOMY AND WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A LENS OF THAT SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH AGAIN, WE THINK IS REALLY PART OF YOUR CORE DIFFERENTIATOR THAT YOU CAN REALLY HONE IN ON.

IF YOU LOOK AT SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES AROUND DARK SKIES CRAFT BREWING AND LOCAL FOOD, FORESTRY RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT.

SO THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU EMBED SOME OF THOSE NUANCES AROUND GREEN ECONOMY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY MORPHING INTO LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOSCIENCES AND THEN SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES FOR MANUFACTURING.

BUT THEN THE OTHER LAYER IS REALLY EMBEDDING THAT WITH IT.

AND WE DID HEAR IN OUR CONSULTATIONS THAT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE NEED AND THE DESIRE TO REALLY ATTRACT SOME OF THE THE TECH INDUSTRY.

YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA'S NOT VERY FAR.

THEY HAVE A MASS EXODUS, YOU KNOW, YAY FOR YOU.

BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE MIGRATING INTO THE STATE OF ARIZONA FROM CALIFORNIA AND CERTAINLY HAVE VERY SIMILAR VALUES AND, AND MANTRAS, I THINK, TO WHAT FLAGSTAFF CAN OFFER IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STATE OF ARIZONA OVERALL.

AND SO IF WE LOOK AT THE TECH SECTOR AND ATTRACTING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES THAT COULD APPLY THEIR TECHNOLOGIES IN SOME OF THESE AREAS SO THAT IT'S REALLY A TECHNOLOGY AND DATA PLAY APPLIED TO THE PERFORMANCE IN YOUR PAST, TRADITIONALLY STRONG BUSINESSES, SO THAT YOU CAN HELP THOSE BUSINESSES EVOLVE INTO THE FUTURE LEVERAGING DATA AND TECHNOLOGY.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE SECTORS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALL ABOUT FOOD PROCESSING.

IT MIGHT BE MORE AROUND EITHER THE E-COMMERCE OR THE DATA OR THE ANALYTICS.

OR THE I THAT MIGHT GO INTO IT, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE COMPANIES THAT MIGHT BE FOCUSED IN THOSE AREAS OR TO APPLY TO THOSE INDUSTRIES BECAUSE YOU HAVE STRENGTH IN THOSE INDUSTRIES.

AND SO I, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S HELPFUL.

I'M HAPPY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND AGAIN, THERE'S MORE DETAIL WHEN YOU SEE THE REPORT THAT SORT OF EXPLAINS THAT A LITTLE BIT AND WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT AS YOU THINK IT THROUGH AND START TO SORT OF NARROW IT DOWN.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION BECAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF THE LOT.

THERE'S THERE'S NEXT STEPS THAT I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT AS WELL.

BUT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING BEFORE I GET INTO SORT OF NEXT STEPS THAT FOLKS WANTED TO TO HASH OUT OR CHAT THROUGH ON, YOU KNOW, THE PILLARS, HOW ARE WE FEELING? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S MISSING, OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT OUR PROCESS AND SOME OF OUR FINDINGS TO DATE? AGAIN, THIS IS FIRST, LOOK, WE KNOW WE'RE COMING BACK WITH A REPORT, BUT CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HEAR ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND HOW YOU'RE FEELING ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS? IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. LAURA.

YOU MAY BE.

GETTING READY TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE NOW.

I LIKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING.

IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THAT CLARITY AND STUFF.

BUT AND YOU'VE MENTIONED IT FROM THE GET GO ABOUT WORKFORCE.

WE'RE AN ISLAND SURROUNDED BY FOREST, AND SO WE CAN'T REALLY DRAW FROM THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY LIKE CHANDLER CAN TO TEMPE OR WHATEVER.

SO WILL YOU.

IS THAT PART OF YOUR SCOPE OF YOUR STUDY AND WILL YOU BE TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT? DAVE IS RAISING HIS HAND ABOUT WORKFORCE AND.

YOU WANT TO SAY, DAVE?

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YOU MAY RECALL COUNCIL ASKED FOR THAT AND PROVIDED SOME FUNDING OUTSIDE OF OUR NORMAL ALLOCATION.

WE ALREADY HAD THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, SO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, STILETTO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS, KEEN ON TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WERE WELL ALIGNED.

BUT WE HAVE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PROCESS GOING FORWARD THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THESE FOLKS, AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH OTHER CONSULTANTS BECAUSE BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT AS A SEPARATE SEPARATE PROCESS.

IT'S GREAT TO HEAR. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION AND THIS GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT THAT'S COMING.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DIVE INTO AND READ MORE OF SOME OF WHAT YOU DISCOVERED ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ALREADY, AND SOME OF THE DIRECTION THAT YOU GIVE US ON WHERE WE CAN GO. I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE PILLAR FOCUSES, PARTICULARLY OF BRANDING AND AWARENESS AND THAT COMMUNITY ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.

I DO THINK IT'S IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING.

NOT WRONG, JUST CHALLENGING TO DECOUPLE THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FROM A LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.

WE SAW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND THE AFFORDABLE OR THE THE HOUSING CRISIS DECLARED, AND PART OF YOUR PROCESS WAS KIND OF DECOUPLING THAT FROM THIS CONVERSATION, WE SEE SUSTAINABILITY VERY MUCH EMBEDDED IN IN A LOT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK IT'S IT'S SIMILAR, IN MY VIEW, FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S IT'S PART OF THE VISION FOR WHERE WE CAN GO AND, AND OUR NEEDS TO FOCUS IN ON ENSURING THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A PLACE THAT'S VERY MUCH CORE TO DEFINING OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE, THE CHALLENGE OF KIND OF DECOUPLING THOSE OTHER CONVERSATIONS OR WHERE YOU SEE THAT KIND OF FEEDING BACK INTO THE PLAN THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED SO FAR.

YEAH. SO THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.

COUNSELOR, AS I THINK IF WE LOOK AT THE HOUSING AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I MEAN, IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG ISSUE, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING IF YOU CAN HAVE THE PEOPLE AND TRAIN THE PEOPLE, BUT WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO LIVE? AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S GOT A, IT'S IT'S A SEQUENCING IN TERMS OF OKAY.

SO IF WE LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE AS A COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF YOUR STRENGTHS, YOUR DIFFERENTIATOR AND WHAT YOU CAN BUILD ON, LET'S LOOK AT THAT FIRST AS ONE LAYER.

AND THEN IF THAT LAYERS IN, AS DAVE MENTIONED WITH THE WORKFORCE STRATEGY, WHAT CAN WE DO ON THE WORKFORCE STRATEGY SIDE THEN WHAT'S THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT'S NEEDED TO SUPPORT THAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT? IT'S IT IS ALMOST LIKE YOU SORT OF NEED THE SEQUENCING IN TERMS OF THE RESULTS ON THE FINAL PIECE, IN TERMS OF THE WORKFORCE STRATEGY AND THE LAYERS WITHIN THAT, IN TERMS OF THE ATTRACTION OF THE INDIVIDUALS OR THE TRAINING OF THE INDIVIDUALS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE SOLUTIONS MIGHT BE FOR SOME OF THE HOUSING, BECAUSE IT IS A BIG THE HOUSING IS A BIG ISSUE.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING IT EVERYWHERE.

IT'S NOT AN EASY SOLUTION.

WE DO FOR THAT REASON.

I MEAN, WE LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SENSE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL PRIORITIES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT THE APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND HOUSING, OF COURSE, IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE.

AND SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT.

AND, AND HAPPY TO, TO CHAT A BIT A BIT FURTHER WITH DAVE AND, AND LOOK AT THE FOLKS AT KEEN ON WHERE THEY'RE AT AS WELL ON FINALIZING THAT THE WORKFORCE COMPONENT, JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN LAYER IN, BECAUSE IT REALLY WAS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE ON THE HOUSING PIECE IS REALLY OUTSIDE THE SCOPE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE. BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ALL GO HAND IN HAND.

SO I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU TODAY.

WHAT I CAN SAY IS IT'S A TAKEAWAY THAT WE CAN TRY AND SEE HOW WE WEAVE THAT IN OR WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUGGEST.

AS YOU LOOK AT THAT AS A NEXT STEP, IF I COULD JUST ADD SOME OF THE PIECES THAT THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

SOME OF THE PIECES THAT CAME UP IN TERMS OF PROCESS ENHANCEMENTS, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT AS AS WE WENT THROUGH, THERE WERE PLACES WHERE IT TALKED ABOUT PERMITTING PROCESS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW, HAND IN HAND WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

WE KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON CODE CHANGES THAT WILL ADDRESS SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SOME SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL.

I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND WE'VE SPOKEN WITH MICHELLE AND SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU MOVE THAT PROCESS FORWARD SO THAT HOUSING IS EASIER TO BUILD AND THEN ALSO

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AND BOTH. THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR OUR COMMERCIAL PROCESSES.

BUT BUT ALSO WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT THAT THERE ARE CURRENT EFFORTS ALREADY UNDERWAY TO TO STREAMLINE THE CODE AND MAKE HOUSING EASIER TO BUILD, ALSO MAKE BUSINESS EASIER TO TO GO FORTH.

SO I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND ME JUST ADDING THAT ALONG.

BUT I DO THINK THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S PLACES WITHIN THE STRUCTURE THAT THAT WILL BENEFIT BOTH HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S THERE IS NO PRECISE WAY TO DECOUPLE IT.

I JUST WANTED THIS PARTICULAR STUDY TO FOCUS ON ITS AREA, BUT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HOUSING IS CRITICAL TO TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. IS THAT HELPFUL? IS THAT HELPFUL? YES, VERY MUCH SO. YEAH.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION, AND I'M.

I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL GET TO THIS.

WHEN WE TOOK THE TRIP DOWN TO THE HELIOS FOUNDATION TO LOOK AT ALL THE DATA, THE SCHOOL ATTAINMENT AS WELL AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DATA THAT JOHN SALTONSTALL CAME ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

ONE THING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME AND WORRIED ME WAS THAT THE PROJECTIONS IN THE ECONOMY FOR COCONINO COUNTY SHOWED A LOT OF GROWTH IN HOSPITALITY, BUT REALLY NOTHING IN HEALTH CARE IN SOME OF THE OTHER.

AND THESE WERE PROJECTIONS BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE.

SO I'M HOPING AND KEEN WAS THERE TO THE CONSULTANTS WERE THERE AS WELL.

ARE YOU GOING TO TIE THIS ALL TOGETHER AND HELP US UNDERSTAND THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE THAT BE OUR REALITY? DAVE, DID YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT? I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT.

I WILL FOLLOW YOUR THOUGHTS, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. YEAH.

SO SO GREAT QUESTION.

AND THIS IS THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING IT.

SO THE I GUESS I JUST HAVE A QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION BACK TO YOU ON THE FORECASTING THAT WAS THAT WAS FORECASTED.

IS THAT BASED ON THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE TODAY, WITHOUT PROJECTED GROWTH IN OTHER AREAS, LIKE BASICALLY WHERE IT'S AT TODAY, THEY'RE PREDICTING SORT OF DECLINE IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS AND NEEDS.

IT WAS A PROJECTION BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE, I THINK THE PAST FIVE YEARS PERFORMANCE.

OKAY. SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT PAST PERFORMANCE.

THAT'S HELPFUL. SO WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT? I DON'T HAVE THE DATA HERE.

ON ON THAT.

AND AND AGAIN, THE WORKFORCE PIECE WASN'T ACTUALLY PART OF OUR SCOPE ON THE WORKFORCE STRATEGY, BUT I PRESUME THAT KEEN WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THAT.

AND IF THEY DID NOT, WE CAN HAVE A LOOK AT ALL OF OUR DATA SETS AS WELL TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN EXTRACT ON THAT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME NUGGETS ON THAT, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE, BUT APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND THE COMMENT AND CONCERN.

SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO DIVE INTO THAT AND WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH THAT WHEN WE'RE BACK AGAIN WITH THE REPORT TO GO THROUGH THAT.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

DAVE, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? YEAH I DO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS US DOING THIS, THIS STUDY IS PART OF OUR HOPE AND ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION FOR FOR INSTANCE, WE KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TO A GREAT EXTENT IS THE FACT THAT IN SOME WAYS, WE'RE POSITIONED AT AN INTERESTING SPACE AS A COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WHERE IT WOULD BE MANY OF THE PRESSURES THAT ARE PUSHING US IN A DIRECTION ARE PUSHING US MORE TOWARDS A RESORT TYPE OF A COMMUNITY WHERE WEALTH FROM OUTSIDE COMES IN AND CREATES MORE OF A VISITATION ORIENTED SPACE.

AND I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING AGAINST VISITATION.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMY.

BUT IF WE WANT TO REMAIN A DIVERSE AND RESILIENT ECONOMY, THAT ALLOWS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF JOBS THE KINDS OF JOBS THAT MAYBE DON'T ALWAYS THAT NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE IN, BUT PROVIDES FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE.

AND IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESISTANT TO ANY SORT OF ECONOMIC SHOCKS THAT HIT SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES, WE NEED TO BE DOING A LOT OF WHAT LAURA AND ADAM ARE TALKING TO US ABOUT TODAY. THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HERE, IS HOW DO WE FOCUS ON THE SECTORS THAT ARE GOING TO BUILD AN ECONOMY THAT'S NOT JUST VISITATION? I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.

I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER PLACES

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I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GROW IN AN EXTREME WAY.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT FOR FLAGSTAFF.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE TRYING TO COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE PEER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ARE REALLY TRYING FOR GROWTH, FOR TO GROW AS FAST AS THEY CAN.

THAT'S THAT I DON'T THINK IS FLAGSTAFF'S CHARACTER.

I'M SPEAKING A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF THE REPORT AT THIS POINT, SO I HOPE IT'S OKAY THAT I'M EDITORIALIZING.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY SESSION SAID.

IT'S NOT THAT WE NEED TO GROW AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE DIVERSE AND IMPACTFUL JOB GROWTH IN PLACES THAT THAT REALLY FIT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SECTORS THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE THE PLACES WE PROBABLY NEED TO BE PRIORITIZING OUR INVESTMENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW THAT AREA.

IT IS SOMEWHAT CONCERNING SOME OF THE PRESSURES ON US MOVE US IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO, TO PUSH BACK ON THOSE.

THANK YOU. I JUST HAD ANOTHER THOUGHT.

MAYOR. MAYOR. MAYOR, WOULD YOU MIND IF I JUST ADDED ONE MORE COMMENT? BECAUSE I JUST HAD A THOUGHT WHILE DAVE WAS TALKING.

WOULD THAT BE OKAY? SURE.

JUST TO ADD SOMETHING, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, IF WE'RE IF THE PREVIOUS INFORMATION AND FORECASTING WAS BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTS IN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS BASED ON FUTURE DIVERSIFICATION, IT WOULD LIKELY SHIFT THOSE NUMBERS.

BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT SECTORS AND TARGET AREAS, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE AN IMPACT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I JUST WANTED TO FLAG IT BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT WITH THE CONVERSATION AND COMMENTS.

AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND PROVIDE SOME THOUGHTS IN OUR NEXT CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

MAYOR. I THINK MAYBE MY COMMENTS SHOULD COME TOWARD THE END WHEN WE'RE FINISHED.

OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO KIND OF PULL STUFF.

YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I'M STRUGGLING WITH WHETHER OR NOT TO BRING THIS UP.

I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT.

IF WE'RE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY CONVERSATION.

THERE'S AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY THAT'S VERY MUCH UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD SO FAR.

I'M NOT SURE IT'S REALLY MY PLACE AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO START THROWING AROUND IDEAS, BUT I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS OVER TIME WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE.

MANY OF THEM ARE IN THIS ROOM, AND AT SOME POINT IT'S IT'S A CONCEPT THAT DESERVES TO BECOME PUBLIC.

SO I GUESS I'M KIND OF BROACHING THE SUBJECT NOW.

AND THIS IS JUST TO PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR, I THINK FLAGSTAFF IS POISED TO BE A BENEFICIARY AND A RECIPIENT OF OF THE FILM INDUSTRY WITH ARIZONA JUST PASSING NEW LAWS THAT ALLOW FOR INCENTIVES AND AND OTHER TO INCENTIVIZE THE BUILDING OF STUDIOS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE LAND OUT AT RED GAP RANCH THAT WOULD MAKE A WONDERFUL BACKLOT STUDIO. WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO CALIFORNIA.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIALITY AROUND THAT INDUSTRY'S GROWTH HERE IN THIS REGION.

AND IT'S SOMETHING IF I DON'T BRING IT UP NOW, I'M NOT SURE IT'S GOING TO ENTER THE CONVERSATION AT ANY POINT.

AGAIN, I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO VEER THINGS INTO A SPECIFIC DIRECTION HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON EVERYONE'S RADAR.

GET YOU THINKING ABOUT IT, MAYBE IT'LL GENERATE SOME CONVERSATIONS AND GET SOME MOMENTUM GOING, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A LANDSCAPE THAT WE SHOULD BE EXPLORING THAT WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

AND SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE INVOLVED COCONINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THEY HAVE A FILM PROGRAM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHURNING OUT FILM CREWS THAT ARE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED HERE.

WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO OUR, OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS, THE NAVAJO NATION AND THE HOPI RESERVATION.

THESE ARE AREAS AND THESE ARE THESE ARE PLACES WITH POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OF GREAT INTEREST TO HOLLYWOOD RIGHT NOW.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, AGAIN, JUST EXPLORING THE EDGES AROUND WHAT WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT.

I'M SURE THIS WOULD FIT INTO MANUFACTURING IF IT FIT ANYWHERE HERE.

AND IT'S NOT A PAST OR PRESENT THING.

SO I DON'T BEGRUDGE ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T HAVE IT AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK YOU CAN PROCEED.

OKAY. EXCELLENT.

SO THAT WAS REALLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT WE WANTED TO COVER IN OUR FIRST LOOK TODAY.

I DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEXT STEPS.

I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT BY THE WAY THAT JUST CAME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT THAT WE CAN SO THE YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT AS WE LOOK.

WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I COMMENT ON JUST THE COMMENT THAT WAS JUST MADE? WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT? CERTAINLY.

YEAH, I KNOW IT WASN'T POSED AS A QUESTION, BUT MORE JUST HAVING A COMMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU KNOW, AS DAVE MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DISCUSSION, TOURISM WAS NOT PART OF OUR SCOPE BECAUSE THE TOURISM HAS A SEPARATE STRATEGY.

WE SEE THIS A LOT IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE VERY STRONG IN TOURISM.

AND WHEN YOU WANT TO DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY, YOU SORT OF HAVE THAT AS A SEPARATE PIECE SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY LOOK AT THE LENS OF SOME OF THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, AND FILM WOULD FALL UNDER WHAT WE WOULD CALL CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.

AND SO I WANTED TO JUST FLAG THAT TO ALSO GET FOLKS NOODLING AND THINKING THAT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT, THAT EVEN IF THERE'S SECTORS AND AREAS OF STRENGTH THAT THAT POP UP BECAUSE OF THE DATA AND THE ONES THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED HAVE RISEN TO THE TOP BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF DATA TO SUPPORT THAT.

YOU WOULD HAVE EXISTING FAIRLY STRONG COMPETENCIES IN THOSE AREAS.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IS, IS REALLY INTERESTING.

WE DID NOT HEAR THAT IN OUR CONSULTATIONS AND IN INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD HAVE SEEN, WE WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN THAT.

BUT WHAT HAS BEEN RAISED IS, IS QUITE LOGICAL.

AND SO, AGAIN, I'M HAPPY FOR US TO HAVE A LOOK AT THAT ON HOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE BEDDED IN.

AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IS THAT THEIR SORT OF LEAD SECTOR GROWTH AREAS, WHICH USUALLY YOU WANT TO SEE 2 TO 4 AGAIN, FIVE IS A LOT, BUT IT'S JUST YOU SEE WHAT RISES TO THE TOP AND THEN YOU ALMOST HAVE SOME OF THOSE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AS AN ENABLER FOR OTHER AREAS LIKE TOURISM AND ATTRACTION OF FOLKS, BUT AS AN ENABLER TO FUTURE GROWTH IN OTHER AREAS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND GIVE A BIT OF CONTEXT THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT BEFORE, AND IT FALLS UNDER CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND MAY NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO BE UNDER THE TECH PIECE OR SEPARATED IN THAT WAY, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL THERE.

SO SO WE'LL GLADLY HAVE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT.

SO SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME OF THE THESE ELEMENTS.

WE APPRECIATE THE, THE THOUGHTS AND, AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE SHARED.

IT WILL HELP US TO FINALIZE AND SHAPE THE ROUNDING OUT OF THE REPORT, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT COMES NEXT.

AND SO WE WILL BE FINALIZING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FRAMEWORK BASED ON THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE.

THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REFINE AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IT'S SHINING THROUGH.

WE'LL BE FINALIZING THE REPORT AND AND THEN LOOKING FOR THE COUNCIL PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A FEW WEEKS AWAY.

SO THE REPORT I THINK COMES OUT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT FURTHER CONVERSATION.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE HAD TO TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON I WILL THROW IT OVER TO DAVE.

IF THERE WAS ANYTHING FURTHER FROM YOUR SIDE, DAVE, THAT YOU WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

WHILE AS WE WRAP UP.

NO. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT, SO I'LL NOT DRAG IT OUT ANY LONGER, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THE COMMENTS, PUTTING THEM BACK IN THE DOCUMENT, AND WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU IN ABOUT A MONTH.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS NOW? YEAH. AFTER DAYS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO DO THIS, BUT.

BUT I THINK I WILL JUST KIND OF JUMP IN THERE.

JUST A COUPLE THINGS IS I THINK WE CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON HOUSING.

OTHERWISE ALL OF THIS IS FOR NAUGHT.

IF WE CANNOT PUT PEOPLE IN HOUSES, WE CAN'T DO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE CAN'T DO ANY, WE CAN'T GROW THE ECONOMY.

AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, DOWNING ANYONE.

BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT IN MY OPINION, THAT'S CRITICAL.

THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROBABLY ANYTHING ELSE.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT COMES FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG, YOU KNOW? SO HOUSING FOR ME COMES FIRST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I SEE.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE IS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN IF KIDS ARE NOT AT A CERTAIN POINT BY A CERTAIN AGE, THEN.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EVER CATCH UP.

AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

NOW UNITED WAY HAS A PROGRAM.

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WELL IT WAS IN THE TRIAL STAGE.

NOW IT'S THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT GO, YOU KNOW WHAT.

WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY.

PERMANENT. BUT HOW DO WE FUND THAT? YOU KNOW, AND THERE ARE OTHER CITIES IN, IN ARIZONA WHO HAVE ALREADY MOVED IN THAT DIRECTION AND PRE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ALL DAY BECAUSE THAT HELPS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO.

KEEP THOSE THINGS IN MIND BECAUSE AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE GET THERE.

AND THIS REPORT IS GREAT.

IT'S AMAZING.

THERE'S A TON OF GREAT INFORMATION IN THERE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER AND MOVE ALL OF THESE AREAS AT THE SAME TIME.

OTHERWISE, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ANYWHERE.

I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO JUST KEEP SPINNING OUR WHEELS.

AND THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

AND I'LL STOP RIGHT THERE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A LONG NIGHT.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANKS, DAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO MOVING DOWN TO EIGHT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BRIEFING.

[8. Emergency Management Briefing - Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) Discuss with the Mayor and Council how Arizona Public Safety (APS) PSPS events will work and the impact it will have on the city in the immediate and long term. ]

READY. STAND UP. DO A LITTLE STRETCH.

FEEL GOOD. POWER THROUGH THIS LAST ONE TOGETHER.

ALL RIGHT. NO NO NO NO.

ALL RIGHT.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL STACEY BRECHLER-KNAGGS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.

I HAVE AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO AN M BRIEFING WITH APS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT OFF.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JANET DEAN WITH APS.

AND THEN AFTER JAN AND SHE'LL INTRODUCE HER TEAM.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EM.

TO DANIEL KELLY, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER, HAS A QUICK SLIDE, THEN TO WATER SERVICES TO BRIAN HUNSINGER AND TAMARA LAWLESS, AND THEN THEY'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF GAYLORD HERE.

HE'LL HAVE A SLIDE TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT.

AND THEN LASTLY, SARAH LANGLEY WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AT THE VERY END.

SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO JANET.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE.

WE WILL TRY TO BE AS EXPEDITIOUS AS WE CAN AS WE PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO YOU, BUT WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR THAT WE COME BEFORE YOU AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FIRE MITIGATION PROGRAM AND OUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING COMMUNITIES SAFE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AGAIN.

WE ARE GOING TO.

LET'S SEE. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW ME, I'M JANET DEAN, PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE ALSO GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

WADE WARD IS OKAY.

WADE WARD IS THE MANAGER OF OUR FIRE MITIGATION PROGRAM AND HELPS LEAD THE PLANNING FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AROUND FIRE MITIGATION, FIRE SAFETY, AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO DO.

JOE WEATHERSBEE IS OUR NORTHEAST DIVISION MANAGER, SO THE THREE OF US WILL MAKE SOME QUICK COMMENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM.

TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE LOGAN TROUTMAN IS BEHIND ME.

LOGAN, IF YOU CAN WAVE.

HE IS OUR SUPERVISOR FOR OPERATIONS FROM OUR FLAGSTAFF DOCK, OUR TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS.

AND THEN RYAN WEISNER IS HERE WITH US.

HE'S OUR ACCOUNT MANAGER WHO WORKS WITH THE CITY ON TECHNICAL ASPECTS WITH YOUR ACCOUNTS.

SO OTHER KEY MEMBERS OF YOUR APS LOCAL TEAM, OUR OBJECTIVES TONIGHT ARE TO DO A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR CURRENT EFFORTS TO MITIGATE WILDFIRE RISK, SHARE OUR NEWEST MITIGATION TOOL, WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFFS.

MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT THAT IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT POWER FOR ANY RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME IMPACT ON SOME OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

AND THEN WE'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, A QUICK DISCUSSION OF HOW YOU AND RESIDENTS CAN HELP PREPARE FOR THE WILDFIRE SEASON.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO WADE TO TALK ABOUT OUR FIRE MITIGATION PROGRAM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE CHAIR AND COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR HAVING US.

I ALWAYS JOKE THAT USUALLY I GET THE SECTION RIGHT BEFORE LUNCH.

I'VE NEVER HAD THE ONE RIGHT BEFORE DINNER, SO THIS IS EXCITING.

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SO TO START WITH, OUR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS REALLY THE CRUX OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE FIRE MITIGATION PLAN.

THAT'S WHERE IT ALL STARTS.

SO THE FOLKS IN OUR FORESTRY DIVISION THAT ARE CLEARING OUR RIGHT OF WAYS, AS WELL AS IN MY ORGANIZATION FOR DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND POLES, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO CREATING DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND YOUR HOME AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE FIRE MITIGATION PLAN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF WILDFIRE IMPACTING OUR SYSTEM AND IMPACTING OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITIES.

WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT ENHANCED INSPECTIONS.

I'LL TRY TO SPEED UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO JUSTICE FOR ALL OF THIS.

IMPROVING OR.

EXCUSE ME, IMPROVED MONITORING.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT GRID HARDENING AND THEN ALSO RISK MODELING.

SO THE FIRST ONE I MENTIONED RIGHT AWAY WAS VEGETATION MAINTENANCE OR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, THE TREE TRIMMING AND TREE CYCLES THAT WE DO. I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT A RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, JUST OUTSIDE OF FORT TUTHILL, I THINK.

IS THAT 69 OR EXCUSE ME, 230 AND THEN A 69 KV LINE THAT'S THERE AS WELL.

SO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CLEARED FROM THAT RIGHT OF WAY, AS WELL AS EVERYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FALL IN.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

BUT THE KEY COMPONENT OF THAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR PUBLICLY MANAGED LANDS AS WELL AS THE CITIES.

OUR ENHANCED INSPECTIONS.

WE DO AN ADDITIONAL INSPECTION EVERY YEAR PRIOR TO THE FIRE SEASON.

SO WE CALL IT ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS.

WE KNOW THAT THE FIRE IS POTENTIAL AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR.

NOW, HERE IN ARIZONA INCLUDING SOME THAT I'VE BEEN WATCHING OVER THE LAST HALF HOUR THAT POPPED UP ON MY PHONE ACROSS THE STATE LITTLE LATE IN THE EVENING, BUT CERTAINLY SOME ACTIVITY THAT'S OUT THERE EVEN TONIGHT.

SO WE USE THOSE LINE PATROLS USING DRONES AS WELL AS LIDAR AND A COMBINATION WITH OUR VEGETATION MAINTENANCE AND ALSO THE WIRE AND EQUIPMENT THAT'S THERE.

WE HAVE IMPROVED MONITORING.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF DEPLOYING QUITE A FEW WEATHER STATIONS AS WELL AS CAMERAS.

SO OUR CAMERA AND OUR WEATHER STATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE WHAT THE FOREST SERVICE USES THEM FOR, OR WHAT YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH TAKING A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN TOP VIEW AND LOOKING FOR TOP SMOKE, AS WE CALL IT.

SO FIRES THAT POTENTIALLY START MILES AND MILES AWAY.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LOOK STRAIGHT DOWN OUR RIGHT OF WAYS, BOTH WITH OUR WEATHER STATIONS AND WITH OUR CAMERA SYSTEMS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RISK IS ON COMING TO OUR CIRCUIT, SPECIFICALLY.

THOSE WEATHER STATIONS ALSO HELP US MAKE VERY SPECIFIC, DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS WHEN WE GET TO THINGS LIKE OUR NON RECLOSE STRATEGY, AS WELL AS OUR PSPS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT.

GRID HARDENING.

I THINK THE MOST INTERESTING ONE RIGHT NOW IN THIS SPACE IS NOT ONLY OUR CAPABILITY OF SEXUALIZING.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN OUTAGE, WE TRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THAT ARE OUT FOR THE DURATION OF TIME.

SO IN OUR NON RECLOSE STRATEGY, WHEN WE'RE IN ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS AS WELL AS PSPS WE'RE TRYING TO HARDEN THAT SYSTEM AND MAKE IT MORE COMMUNICATED SO THAT WE CAN RECLOSE ON THOSE CIRCUITS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE CUSTOMER IMPACT.

AS WELL AS ONE OF THE OTHER ONES IS OUR FIRE MESH THAT WE'VE USED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO DEPLOY IT AS PART OF A ANYTHING THAT'S BEING REBUILT AND OR REPLACED WITHIN A HIGH FIRE RISK AREA.

SO THIS MESH, THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT IS IT COMES BOTH IN A WIRE MESH AS WELL AS A FIBERGLASS MESH.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER AS A KID LIGHTING THOSE LITTLE BLACK THINGS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY WERE CALLED.

AND THEY WOULD EXPAND THE SNAKES.

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO THIS MESH IS COATED WITH THAT.

AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A FIRE COMES CLOSE TO IT AND ABOUT 200 DEGREES IT STARTS TO SWELL UP AND EXCLUDES OXYGEN AND THEREFORE KEEPS THE POLES FROM BURNING. SO THESE ARE ON OUR WOOD POLES OBVIOUSLY IS WHAT THE TARGET IS THERE.

IF YOU TRAVEL FROM PAYSON TO PINE AT ALL, YOU'LL SEE THAT WHOLE CIRCUIT FROM THERE HAS BEEN WRAPPED UP TO 26FT HIGH.

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THAT'S FIRE MESH.

OUR ADVANCED MODELING SYSTEM.

SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED WFA WILDFIRE ANALYST.

IT IS FROM A PARTICULAR VENDOR THAT WE USE.

AND WFA ALLOWS US TO INTEGRATE OUR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

SO IT'S CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AS WELL AS THE ERWIN SYSTEM, WHICH IS A CAD SYSTEM THAT MOST OF THE WILDLAND DISPATCHES COME THROUGH.

IT ALLOWS US TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT FIRE IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO OUR CIRCUIT AND BETTER INFORM US OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS. SO IT DOES REALLY? I'M NOT EXAGGERATING IT. IT DOES MILLIONS OF SCENARIOS EVERY THREE HOURS AND GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT FIRE IS DOING AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME ALLOWS US TO PREPLAN GET MATERIALS STAGED AS WELL AS RESOURCES.

ONE OF THE CAVEATS TO IT IS THAT IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.

SO THERE'S NO SUPPRESSION THAT'S CALCULATED INTO IT.

SO IT GIVES US KIND OF WHAT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO MIGHT BE.

SO IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK OUT ONE HOUR, THREE HOURS, FOUR HOURS, 24 HOURS, 48 HOURS.

I TALKED ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THINGS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

OUR RIGHT OF WAYS IN OUR TRANSMISSION CORRIDORS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN SUPPRESSING OVER 80 FIRES.

SO EITHER ANCHORING, FLANKING OR IN ALLOWING OUR RESOURCES TO OUR FIRE RESOURCES TO BURN OFF OF THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS.

TO HELP SUPPRESS FIRES.

SO IT IS A SIGNIFICANT TOOL THAT OUR RESOURCES CAN USE.

AND THE BIG THING FOR US IS MAKING SURE THAT IT'S SAFE FOR THEM TO GO IN AND DO THAT.

I'LL HIT THIS REAL HIGH LEVEL AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOE.

BUT THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IN PARTICULAR MOST OF THAT WAS KIND OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO YEAR ROUND.

WE REALIZED THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX, AND ONE OF THOSE POTENTIALLY FOR IN THE FUTURE IS PSPS OR PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTDOWNS.

SO IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS WE REALIZED THAT IN SOME CASES WHERE THE EXTREME WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW RADARS ARE IN PLACE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE TO THE POINT WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO DE-ENERGIZE POWER TO MAKE IT SAFE.

I'LL SAY JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THOSE ARE EXTREMELY RARE CASES.

OUR METEOROLOGISTS AND OUR DATA ANALYSTS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THIS TOOL SHOULD BE IN OUR TOOLBOX AND WHEN WE WOULD USE IT.

IT IS AN EXTREME CONDITIONS.

ON RARE OCCASIONS, EVEN WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT THE 200 WORST WEATHER DAYS IN ARIZONA HISTORY, AND THEN LOOK AT IT BASED ON THE 13 CIRCUITS THAT WE'VE CHOSEN, BASED ON THOSE EVENTS, IT'S EXTREMELY RARE.

AND WE HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO USE IT.

BUT IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT'S A FORECASTABLE EVENT THAT ARE SHOWING US THOSE EXTREME CONDITIONS, THAT WE WOULD USE THAT TOOL IF NECESSARY.

SO I'LL PAUSE THERE BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO JOE.

ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR ME? COUNCIL. QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS? I IMAGINE THOSE CONDITIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE THAN JUST ONE OF THEM AT A TIME.

ONE IN, LIKE, MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OR.

WELL, JUST DRY CONDITIONS ARE PRETTY PAR FOR THE COURSE.

YES, AROUND HERE, BUT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH HIGH WINDS COULD GIVE US PAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE.

YEAH. SO IT IS EXTREMELY RARE THAT THE TWO OF THEM COME TOGETHER TO EXTREME CONDITIONS.

SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 35 OR 45 MILE AN HOUR WINDS.

YOU'RE TALKING RANGES THAT ARE IN SINGLE DIGITS AND WIND PEAKS THAT ARE ABOVE 66 MILES AN HOUR.

WHICH COCONINO DISTRICT HAS SEEN ONE OF THOSE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO I'M THINKING WHEN YOU WOULD DO SHUT OFFS, IT'S BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THE POWER LINES MIGHT START A FIRE.

SO WHAT WOULD BE THE MECHANISM OF THAT?

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SO YOU GET CURRENT THROUGH THE, THE BRANCH AND THEN IT STARTED ON FIRE.

IS THAT KIND OF THE IDEA.

YEAH. SO THE.

IT COMES FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE ONE FOREIGN INTERFERENCE.

SO SOMETHING BLOWING FROM OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY AND GETTING MAKING CONTACT WITH THE WIRE OR THE WIRE MAYBE A TREE LEANING INTO THE WIRE, LEANING INTO IT, FALLING INTO IT.

WE HAVE TRAMPOLINES.

WE HAVE UMBRELLAS. WE HAVE LOTS OF STUFF.

MYLAR BALLOONS.

LOTS OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN EVEN UP TO INCLUDING THAT WIRE AND OR THAT POLE BREAKING IN THAT CASE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

PLEASE PROCEED.

THANK YOU. WADE. MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR. COUNCIL.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING FOR SURE.

AND JUST TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE THAT WE'RE STRESSING AROUND THIS PSPS OR PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT DOWN.

IT'S A TOOL THAT IS BEING UTILIZED IN MANY OTHER UTILITIES AS WELL, NOT JUST IN ARIZONA.

BUT ALTHOUGH THE RARITY OF THE USE OF THIS TOOL, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE TO HAVE IN THE BOX.

BEING PROACTIVE IN THAT SPACE AND HAVING THAT PREVENTATIVE TYPE MINDSET IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITIES WE ALL LIVE IN.

THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS START A FIRE THAT IN THOSE TYPES OF CONDITIONS, CAN TAKE OFF AT A TREMENDOUS RATE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE STOPPED BEFORE THERE IS SOME SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE COMMUNITIES.

OR A FIRE STARTS AND IS COMING INTO OUR LINES AND WE CAN EITHER ADD TO OR TAKE AWAY FROM THOSE SCENARIOS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO THE PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT OFFS ARE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY CRITICAL TO HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX.

WE CAN WE CAN SAY WE CAN THANK MOTHER NATURE OR THE, THE CONDITION OF OUR FORESTS, WHICH WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, IS, IS IS VALLEYS AND PEAKS.

BUT DEFINITELY THESE OUR TREES, OUR FORESTS ARE NOT IN THE SHAPE THEY WERE IN TEN, 20, 30 YEARS AGO.

THEY'RE DRIER.

THE WEATHER PATTERNS ARE DIFFERENT.

MUCH LIKE WE HAVE OUR METEOROLOGISTS AND THOSE TYPES OF FOLKS ON STAFF NOW THAT WE NEVER HAD UTILITIES DIDN'T DO THAT PRIOR.

THESE ARE ALL PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO NOT ONLY PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE, BUT ALSO ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE THEM RELIABLE, YOU KNOW, EVEN AFTER AN EVENT SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, A FIRE GOD FORBID, OR JUST HIGH WINDS, LOW RH SO HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE THERE.

AS WADE MENTIONED FOR OF THOSE EVENTS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED NOT JUST IN COCONINO COUNTY.

ONE WOULD HAVE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS DUE TO THOSE EXTREME CONDITIONS.

SOME OF THE CIRCUITS THAT THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE, AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE ON THE MAP, AND WE TRIED TO BLOW IT OUT AS FAR AS WE COULD TO, TO TO REPRESENT ALL OF THE 13 OR ALL 13 OF THE FEEDERS THAT WE WERE WERE ADDRESSING.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 250 FEEDERS THAT WE CALL FIRE MITIGATION FEEDERS, WHICH ARE FEEDERS THAT WE PAY EXTRA CLOSE ATTENTION TO WITH VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, POLE WRAPPING, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS FROM EVEN ADDITIONAL PATROLS THAT WE UTILIZE, HELICOPTERS, DRONES AND FOOT PATROLS, TRUCK PATROLS, IN ADDITION TO OUR STANDARD PATROLS. SO AT 13 OF THOSE, 250 HAVE ROSE TO THE OCCASION THAT WE BELIEVE IS A GOOD IDEA TO PUT IN THAT TOOLBOX. HOPEFULLY THAT ALSO DEMONSTRATES THAT WE'RE NOT JUST APPLYING THIS WITH A BROAD STROKE.

WE UNDERSTAND THE NOT ONLY THE INCONVENIENCE, BUT QUITE HONESTLY, THE STOP OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DRIVE AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE WHEN THE POWER IS OFF.

SO WE WE TOOK THIS INTO ACCOUNT AS AS OUR FM TEAM REVIEWED IT, IT WENT UP THROUGH MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE WE ONLY IMPACTED THE AREAS THAT ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO BE IMPACTED.

AND THAT'S HOW THESE 13 FEEDERS ROSE TO THE TOP.

SO THE FEEDERS THAT ARE HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, WOODY MOUNTAIN, WHICH IS OVER BY THE ARBORETUM AREA, IF YOU WILL, SOLDIERS TRAIL, WHICH IS RUNNING OUT OUT OF TOWN.

YEP, YEP. WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM RUNNING OUT OF TOWN TOWARDS YOU KNOW, MORMON LAKE AREA.

ELM TWO, WHICH IS ELDON TWO RUNNING UP THE MOUNTAIN INTO SNOWBOWL AREA AND SANDVIG, WHICH IS AGAIN ON THAT FAR EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

SO MUCH LIKE JANET MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, NONE OF THESE FEEDERS WOULD IMPACT FLAGSTAFF PROPER OR THE CUSTOMERS, BUT THEY WILL IMPACT POTENTIALLY SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, NOTABLY THE WELL SITES OUT BY LAKE MARY WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE WATER DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE SHOULD A PSPS EVENT OCCUR, THAT THERE'S ENOUGH STORAGE, THERE'S ENOUGH WATER FOR CONTINUED

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SO AS JANET FLIPPED TO THESE CIRCUITS, WE ZOOMED IN HERE.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT I WAS JUST DISCUSSING.

THAT WILL IMPACT THE, WELL, SITES.

THIS IS THIS IS THE NEXT ONE HERE OUT TOWARDS THE ROGERS LAKE AREA.

ARBORETUM TYPE SECTION.

THE NEXT ONE HERE, FORT VALLEY, WHICH IS THE LN2, WHICH IS GOING TO GO UP THROUGH AND FEED ULTIMATELY SNOWBOWL AT THE TOP.

AND THIS IS OUR PROCESS, IF YOU WILL.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS IN A BUBBLE TO WHERE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITHIN MINUTES OR HOURS.

WE'RE WE'RE DOING THIS IN A, IN A VERY, A VERY THOUGHT OUT AND STRATEGIC MANNER FROM WHERE OUR METEOROLOGISTS AND OUR AND OUR FIRE MITIGATION TEAM ARE EVALUATING THE AREAS THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE BEFORE WE WOULD SAY, HEY, THIS IS COMING.

THIS IS LOOKING REAL. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE OUR PARTNERS, CITY'S EMERGENCY MANAGERS, SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

RIGHT UP UNTIL DAY ZERO, IF YOU WILL, TO WHERE A PSPS COULD OCCUR.

SO IT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NOTIFY AS FAR OUT IN ADVANCE AS WE CAN.

AND THEN CONTINUE TO NOTIFY ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE ACTUAL SHUT OFF, IF YOU WILL, OR THE DIVERTING FROM THE SHUT OFF FOR, FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT MAY BE.

SO I'LL PAUSE RIGHT THERE JUST FOR A MINUTE SO WE CAN KIND OF DISCUSS THAT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

VICE MAYOR. HI, JOE.

MY QUESTION IS AT THE POINT.

THE POINT AT WHICH YOU GUYS CONTACT THE CITY.

WHAT IS THIS CITY DO AT THAT POINT? THAT'S MY QUESTION. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ANSWER.

THAT'S GOING TO COME.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR WATER DEPARTMENT, YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT THAT ARE GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE TELL THEM WE'VE GOT ONE OF THESE THAT'S BEING PREDICTED? THANK YOU, JANET. AND THAT THAT'S THE BIG PIECE OF OF THE PARTNERSHIP WHICH WE'VE APPRECIATED AS WELL.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY NOT JUST APPS IN A BUBBLE UNDERSTANDING THE OVERALL IMPACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD THIS COULD HAVE YOU KNOW, NAMELY OR MAINLY LIKE I MENTIONED TO THE WATER.

SO WE DO HAVE OUR PARTNERS HERE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT THAT POTENTIAL PLAN.

AND WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SHUT IT OFF AND WALK AWAY.

WE WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS THROUGHOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THOSE VITAL CITY SERVICES ARE ARE ABLE TO BE DELIVERED, YOU KNOW AT ALL COSTS.

SO IT'S JUST THE MAIN PIECE OF THE RISK VERSUS VERSUS THE NEED, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE HIGH RISK SCENARIOS, WHICH ARE RARE, THANK GOODNESS.

AT THIS POINT WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

TEXT MESSAGES, EMAILS, PHONE CALLS OUR MEDICALLY MONITORED CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOVE THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY.

AND WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY THAT IS A MEDICALLY MONITORED CUSTOMER USES MEDICAL DEVICES.

THEY CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND READ WHAT THAT THAT IS, THAT ENTAILS TO REGISTER WITH APS TO PUT THAT ON THEIR ACCOUNT.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM ON EACH OF THESE FEEDERS, WHICH WILL RECEIVE PERSONAL PHONE CALLS FROM A REAL PERSON TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT THIS WILL BE, BECAUSE THESE FOLKS ARE TYPICALLY IMPACTED, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE GREATER OR HAVE LESS MOBILITY IN SOME CASES.

SO WE WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT THAT ASSISTANCE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE FOLKS KNOW TO TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS AND IF, IF THEY'RE IN FACT YOU KNOW, MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEIR, THEIR ACCOUNTS ARE EARMARKED AS THAT MEDICALLY MONITORED CUSTOMER.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? SO AGAIN THIS IS SOME OF THE OUTWARD FACING STEPS THAT WERE TAKEN.

ALSO SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE GIVEN OR AVAILABLE, WHETHER THAT'S ONLINE OR ACTUALLY HAS BEEN MAILED TO ALL THE CUSTOMERS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE IMPACTED BY THESE EVENTS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THIS PRIOR.

THEY PROBABLY HAVEN'T BECAUSE THERE'S NO LOCAL.

THERE'S NO FOLKS IN THE CITY LIMITS.

SO I WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

A LOT OF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE MY CONTACT AS WELL.

IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM IT AFTER YOU'VE REVIEWED IT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? MIRANDA'S LOOKING LIKE SHE'S GOT A QUESTION.

DO CUSTOMERS SIGN UP FOR HOW THEY WANT TO BE CONTACTED? LIKE IF I WANT A TEXT OR AN EMAIL? YEP. CAN I JUMP IN? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET, FOR THE QUESTION.

IS, JOE, WE'RE SHOWING YOU SOME OF OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS.

OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN ON HELPING OUR CUSTOMERS BE PREPARED AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE INFORMATION IN OUR SYSTEM SO WE CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS.

SO WE'RE REALLY DOING A BIG PREPAREDNESS PUSH RIGHT NOW.

AND PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR CELL PHONES, IF THEY LIKE TEXTS, THEIR EMAILS, IF THEY LIKE EMAILS, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE ASKING OUR

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AND THEN WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND THE THREE COUNTIES THAT ARE IMPACTED TO SHARE THEIR MESSAGE, SO THAT WE'RE SHARING EACH OTHER'S MESSAGING AROUND BEING PREPARED.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE NEED THAT SO THAT WE CAN HELP, HELP OUR CUSTOMERS.

ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU INDICATED THAT THE CIRCUIT THAT OR ONE OF THE CIRCUITS THAT'S CLOSE ISN'T WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

SO. SO FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS DIDN'T RECEIVE THIS MAILER.

WOULD YOU STILL LIKE FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP THROUGH YOU? WE WOULD ALWAYS LIKE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT CORRECT INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT.

YEAH. WE WANT WE WANT AS MUCH INFORMATION FROM OUR CUSTOMERS SO THAT WE CAN BE IN CONTACT WITH THEM WHEN WE NEED TO.

SO YES, THAT'S A MESSAGE FOR ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

AND IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

SO ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU JANA. WE'VE KIND OF TALKED THROUGH THIS WHERE SHE WAS JUST AT, WHICH IS GREAT.

BUT AGAIN, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION.

WE WE CAN CONTACT THESE CUSTOMERS.

AND, YOU KNOW, BY THE METHOD THAT THEY, THEY ARE, THEY'RE MOST COMFORTABLE WITH OR THEY'LL RECEIVE THAT MESSAGE.

BUT WE GOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT CONTACT INFO.

AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT, WHAT THIS SLIDE IS DICTATING.

SO WHETHER WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE IMPACTED BY A PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT OFF AT THE MOMENT.

WE STILL THEIR THEIR ACCURATE AND CORRECT CONTACT INFORMATION IS VITAL EVEN FOR OUTAGES OR ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, RESPONSES.

SO THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE.

WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOUR CITY STAFF.

BUT JUST IN SUMMARY, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY AND REITERATE IS WE ARE DOING THIS IN A VERY SURGICAL MANNER.

AS JOE SAID, 250 FIRE MITIGATION FEEDERS, 13 HAVE RISEN TO THE POINT THAT WE THINK PSPS MIGHT BE NECESSARY AS A TOOL ON THOSE FEEDERS, BUT WE'RE BEING SURGICAL.

WE'VE TAKEN THAT HISTORIC LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, FOUND FOUR INSTANCES WHERE THE CONDITIONS WOULD HAVE HAD US CALL A PSPS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT HOW LONG DID WE THINK THAT MIGHT LAST ON AVERAGE? AND IT WAS ON ONE OF THE SLIDES.

BUT I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT THAT WHAT OUR MODELING AND OUR ANALYSIS SHOWED WAS AN AVERAGE OF 20 HOURS.

SOME OF THESE COULD BE LONGER, SOME COULD BE SHORTER.

YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT DAYS LONG EVENTS LIKE THIS IN OTHER STATES.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT IN THIS STATE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE SANTA ANA WINDS, OUR WIND, OUR WEATHER PATTERNS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THAT 20 HOURS IS THE EVENT.

AND THEN THE TIME WE THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO PATROL THE LINE WHEN THE EVENT ENDS, BECAUSE THESE ARE EVENTS THAT AS, AS WADE SAID, COULD BREAK A POLE, COULD BRING LINE DOWN. SO WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO YOU KNOW, RE-ENERGIZE WITHOUT GOING OUT AND MAKING SURE IT'S SAFE TO DO SO.

SO JUST TO ADD TO THAT PIECE, YOU KNOW, THE PATROL PLANS THAT THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAVE NARROWED THEM DOWN TO TWO HOUR PATROLS ON ALL OF THESE FEEDERS, WHICH IS UTILIZING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY USE FOR A PATROL.

BUT BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT OF A PSPS OF A SHUT OFF OF POWER THOSE THOSE OUTAGES WILL BE MINIMIZED TO THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST OF OUR CAPABILITIES FROM HELICOPTERS, DRONES, MULTIPLE PERSONNEL TO ENSURE, LIKE JANET SAID, IT'S SAFE TO ALSO TURN BACK ON AFTER THE EVENT.

SO THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT CONCLUDES FOR US.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT, AND THAT IS HOW WONDERFUL YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN TO WORK WITH.

STACEY. AND DANIEL FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIDN'T SAY, OH MY GOSH, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THINKING? THEY SAID, OKAY, HOW CAN WE HELP? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WE GET WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.

AND THEN THEY'VE ENGAGED OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

AND SO WE'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO WORK WITH THEM.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT PARTNERSHIP IS AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING PROACTIVE AND HAVING ALL OF THESE PLANS AND THEN CLEARLY COMMUNICATING WITH US AND WITH STAFF.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THAT OFFER STANDS. YOU GUYS KNOW YOU CAN GET AHOLD OF ME AND JANET AT ANY TIME YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU. JAN, THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS.

AND STAY WITH JOE.

MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS DANIEL KELLY, EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO LAY OUT THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO A PSPS EVENT AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND AND SO LIKE JAN SAID LATE FEBRUARY, THEY CAME TO STACEY AND I ABOUT THE PSPS COMING INTO PLAY FOR APS.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM EVER SINCE WE'VE WORKED WITH CRUCIAL CITY PARTNERS.

THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING THING.

IT'S WE THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD POSTURE, AND WE THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL RISKS AND THE IMPACTS, BUT

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SO WE EVALUATED THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS.

UNFORTUNATELY EVEN THOUGH THE GOOD THING IS NO CITY RESIDENTS WILL BE IMPACTED WITH ELECTRICITY, THERE IS ONE IMPACT TO SOME CRITICAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH BRIAN WILL WALK US THROUGH, AND WE BELIEVE WE HAVE MEASURES IN PLACE TO MITIGATE THOSE.

SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH JUST A QUICK PSPS EVENTS.

LIKE JOE MENTIONED FIVE DAYS OUT, WE WILL GET THE NOTIFICATION FROM APS THAT A POTENTIAL EVENT IS ON THE HORIZON.

I WILL MYSELF AND STACY WILL ALERT THE PSPS TASK FORCE AND ALSO ALERT THE ELECTED AND SENIOR OFFICIALS IN THE CITY.

WE WILL GIVE YOU NOTIFICATIONS.

WE WILL GIVE YOU UPDATES EVERY DAY.

WE WILL BE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION.

SO YOU GUYS ARE IN THE KNOW.

WE ARE ALSO PREPARED TO MAKE RESOURCE REQUESTS OF THE COUNTY AND OF THE STATE IF NECESSARY.

I WILL TURN IT OVER NOW TO BRIAN.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL.

MAYOR. VICE MAYOR BRIAN HUNTZINGER, WATER PRODUCTION MANAGER.

I'LL ROLL THROUGH EFFECTS ON WATER PRODUCTION FROM THESE PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT OFFS.

ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE OUR CURRENT POTABLE WATER SOURCES WOODY MOUNTAIN, WELLS, LAKE, MARY WELLS, LOCAL WELLS, AND UPPER LAKE MARY PSPS EVENTS WILL DE-ENERGIZE ROUGHLY 75% OF FLAGSTAFF'S POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES.

WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS UNAFFECTED.

SO WILL OUR LOCAL WELLS BE UNAFFECTED? SO ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE IN BLACK THE SOURCES THAT WILL BE DE-ENERGIZED.

THIS THESE CURRENT POTABLE WATER SOURCES ARE ABOUT 19 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

SO THE LOCAL WELLS, THE ONLY AVAILABLE SOURCES.

THAT'S ABOUT 4.5 MILLION GALLONS.

TOOLS OR STRATEGIES THAT WILL HAVE WILL BE STRONG COMMUNICATION WITH APPS LIKE THEY MENTIONED.

GIVING US HEADS UP WHEN THESE PSPS EVENTS WILL OCCUR, HOW LONG THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THE DURATION INCREASED SYSTEM STORAGE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST AHEAD OF STORMS. SYSTEM STORAGE ALONE HOLDS 1 TO 2 DAYS OF CONSUMPTION FOR THE CITY, SO EVENTS THAT ARE LESS THAN 20 HOURS.

SYSTEM STORAGE SHOULD HELP US OUT.

AND WITH NOTIFICATION FROM APPS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT SYSTEM STORAGE HIGHER THAN WE TYPICALLY KEEP IT.

LOCAL WELLS, LIKE I SAID, WILL BE UNAFFECTED BY THE PSPS EVENTS.

BACKUP POWER FOR SURFACE WATER PRODUCTION IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

INTER-BASIN WATER.

THANKS TO STACEY BRECHLER-KNAGGS DAVID PETERSON HUNTER CONTRACTING STATE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT.

THOSE REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY.

PUBLIC OUTREACH AND WATER CONSERVATION STRATEGIES.

I'LL LET TAMARA TAKE OVER AFTER I'M THROUGH.

AND THEN POSSIBLY ADDITIONAL BACKUP POWER FOR GROUNDWATER WELLS.

WITH LOCAL WELLS.

UPPER LAKE MARY ON BACKUP POWER.

THE PICTURE STARTS TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SURFACE WATER PRODUCTION WITH BACKUP POWER WAS JUST ESTABLISHED 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO IN 2020.

IT WILL REQUIRE 24 OVER SEVEN COVERAGE OF THE ASSOCIATED FACILITIES OR RAW WATER PUMP STATION, LAKE MARY WATER TREATMENT PLANT, GENERATOR, TRANSPORT CONNECTION, FUELING, OPERATION AND MONITORING.

BUT THAT WILL BRING BACK 31% IF WE INCLUDE A MODEST AMOUNT OF INTER-BASIN WATER AT ABOUT A HALF MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

LIKE I SAID, THE PICTURE LOOKS BETTER.

INTER-BASIN SPRINGS AND WELLS AREN'T TYPICALLY COUNTED AS A YEAR ROUND SOURCE, SO SEASONAL SOURCE FROM MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

AND LIKE I SAID, REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY.

WITH FULL SYSTEM CAPACITY ON THE LEFT, BUT ANTICIPATED CAPACITY DURING THESE SPS EVENTS.

YOU CAN SEE WE'LL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PEAK CONSUMPTION OF 11 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY DURING SUMMER MONTHS.

THOUGH WILL BE LIMITED OR NONEXISTENT WITH REDUNDANCY.

WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SUPPLY UNABLE TO MEET DEMAND.

SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE CONSERVATIVE.

LIKE I SAID, INTERBASIN AT A HALF MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

SURFACE WATER PRODUCTION AT ABOUT 6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

LOCAL WELLS AT FOUR AND A HALF.

THAT ADDS UP TO ABOUT 11, WHICH IS WHAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF'S CURRENT PEAK CONSUMPTION IS.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TAMARA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TAMARA CHARLES, WATER CONSERVATION MANAGER.

THANKS FOR HANGING IN THERE.

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I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SOME EXCELLENT POLICIES IN PLACE FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS OR SIMILAR TO THIS.

I'LL BE PRETTY BRIEF, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE ALREADY HAVE THREE STRATEGY LEVELS FOR WATER CONSERVATION THAT HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE THE EARLY 2000.

THE ORDINANCE ACTUALLY DATES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE LATE 1980S, BUT WE CHANGED SOME THINGS UP IN THE EARLY 2000.

SO STRATEGY ONE IS WHERE WE ALWAYS ARE, WHICH IS IN WATER AWARENESS.

AND THAT MEANS THAT WE DO EVERY OTHER DAY.

WATERING BASED ON YOUR ADDRESS.

IF YOU'RE A POTABLE WATER USER, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE WATER ON MONDAYS.

YOU CANNOT WATER BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9 A.M.

AND 5 P.M., AND THAT'S BECAUSE MOST OF THAT WOULD BE LOST TO EVAPORATION ANYWAY.

AND THIS IS IN EFFECT WHEN THE WATER DEMAND IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN SAFE PRODUCTION CAPABILITY, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY 90% OF THE TOTAL WATER RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

SO AS LONG AS DEMAND IS 90% OF THOSE TOTAL RESOURCES OR LESS, WE'RE IN STRATEGY ONE WATER AWARENESS.

AND WE'VE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY BEEN DOING THAT SINCE 2002.

SO THE NEXT LEVEL UP IS CALLED STRATEGY TWO WATER EMERGENCY.

AND THIS OCCURS WHEN WATER DEMAND IS EXCEEDING THAT 90% FOR FIVE DAYS IN A ROW.

SO IN THAT CASE WE CAN SAY THERE IS NO IRRIGATING.

SO NOBODY CAN BE WATERING PLANTS OUTSIDE, NO WASHING DRIVEWAYS OR SIDEWALKS OR TENNIS COURTS OR VEHICLE WASHING, EXCEPT FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

NO FILLING OF PONDS OR POOLS THAT ARE OVER 100 GALLONS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME RATE INCREASES THAT GO INTO EFFECT.

SO FOR TIERS THREE AND FOR RESIDENTIAL AND FOR THE STANDPIPE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A STRATEGY THREE THAT'S CALLED WATER CRISIS.

AND THIS IS IN EFFECT WHEN THE DEMAND IS EXCEEDING THAT COULD BE CAPABILITY.

AND IF WE HAVE FIRE CONCERNS.

SO IN THAT WATER CRISIS ALL THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT.

AND WE JUST SAY ALSO NO WATER CAN BE USED OUTDOORS PERIOD.

NO POTABLE WATER.

AND YOU KNOW, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WE WERE SAYING IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IN THIS, YOU KNOW, SITUATION, WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT FIRE CONCERNS.

WE WOULD PROBABLY ELEVATE TO THAT LEVEL THREE INSTEAD OF GOING TO LEVEL TWO BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS FIRE FIRE CONCERN AND WE MIGHT NOT USE THE WORD WATER CRISIS IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY, LIKE WE'RE GOING UP TO LEVEL THREE, WE MIGHT SAY WE'RE ELEVATING TO LEVEL THREE JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO INCITE A PANIC.

RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK, OH, AND NOW I NEED TO EVERYBODY NEEDS TO FILL THEIR BATHTUB AT THE SAME MOMENT.

AND SO IN THIS CASE, WE ALSO WILL KEEP AN UPDATED CONTACT LIST OF OUR LIKE KIND OF TOP FIVE IRRIGATORS, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF GALLONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE TALKING TO PARKS AND TALKING TO NOW AND TALKING TO FUSD AND SAYING, HERE'S THE KEY PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO STRATEGY THREE. YOU GUYS ARE THE BIG USERS.

LET'S MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE.

AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF GET THE WORD OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ON HAVING ELEVATED TO THAT STRATEGY.

BUT I FEEL I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE PRETTY AWARE ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION.

AND BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING LEVEL ONE FOR SO LONG, THAT I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE AMENABLE TO HAVING TO ELEVATE TO THESE SITUATIONS IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN.

AN EXTENDED PSPS EVENT, YOU SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, BRIAN KIND OF SHOWED THAT THE DEMAND AND THE SUPPLY ARE GOING TO BE KIND OF AT THAT SAME LEVEL, THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO NEED TO TO ELEVATE TO THESE.

BUT IF WE'RE TALKING AT MULTIPLE DAYS OF A PSPS EVENT, WE'RE KIND OF PREPARED FOR IT.

THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'RE HANDING IT OVER TO FIRE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE FIRE PROTECTION IMPACTS DURING THESE TYPES OF SHUTDOWNS.

AND SO FOR US WITH THE PLANNING THRESHOLD THAT WE'RE BEING DISCUSSED AND THE DURATION THAT APS ANTICIPATES THAT IT THAT WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE THIS.

WE THINK THAT FIRE FLOW FOR FIRE HYDRANTS AND ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO US ALSO IS BUILT IN FIRE PROTECTION, PARTICULARLY IN OUR HIGH RISK MULTIFAMILY AND HIGH, HIGH DENSITY, HIGH RISE BUILDINGS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT THE BUILT IN FIRE PROTECTION FIRE FLOWS ARE IN PLACE, AS WELL AS MANUAL FIREFIGHTING.

UNDER THESE ASSUMPTIONS, ASSUMING THAT THE WATER SYSTEM AND DISTRIBUTION REMAINS FUNCTIONAL, AND ASSUMING THAT THERE ISN'T DURING THIS TIME SOME TYPE OF A SPIKE IN DEMAND THAT THAT TAKES THE THE AVAILABLE FIRE FLOWS DOWN.

WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE FROM A, FROM A REDUNDANCY OR A, A BACKUP STANDPOINT.

WE CAN GENERATE HOLD WATER SUPPLIES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, SMALLER RISK.

BUT BEYOND THAT, IF WE FIND OURSELVES WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET THAT MINIMUM DAILY DEMAND, AND THEN THE AVAILABLE WATER IN THE SYSTEM ISN'T THERE, WE HAVE CONCERNS AND JUST ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE TO TO BRING UP.

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AND WE'VE SEEN SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE HAVE STARTS AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT UNDER THESE EXTREME CONDITIONS.

SO THAT MEANS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EXTRA RESOURCES AROUND.

JUST WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR.

THANK YOU. AND SARAH.

THANKS, CHIEF. ALL RIGHT, SO LAST SLIDE FOR THE EVENING AROUND THE PUBLIC MESSAGING THAT WE'LL BE SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO ONCE APS STARTS COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC THAT A SPS HAS BEEN SCHEDULED.

SO THAT WOULD BE THAT FOUR DAY TIME FRAME THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER.

WE FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND FLAGSTAFF AND LET THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, WHILE YOU ARE NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTED, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIRECTLY LOSE POWER.

A SPS DOES RESULT IN THE DE-ENERGIZING OF SOME OF OUR WATER SOURCES HERE AT THE CITY.

SO AT THAT FOUR DAY WINDOW, OUR KEY MESSAGING WOULD BE YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO MEET WATER DEMAND DURING THIS TIME IF CONDITIONS DO CHANGE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT DOES BECOME AN EXTENDED EVENT OR WE DO HAVE SOME SORT OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WATER CONSERVATION STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN ENACT IF NEEDED. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, ALL RESIDENTS NEED TO DO IS STAY INFORMED AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ANY UPDATES.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD SHARE AT THAT FOUR DAY TIME PERIOD.

SO WITH THAT, I KNOW THE GROUP IS READY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. STACEY.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? NO, I DON'T, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR HANGING IN THERE AND FOR YOU ALL.

AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS TO THE TEAM.

BUT THANKS. THANKS EVERYONE FOR FOR THIS BRIEFING.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS COMMENTS.

WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE VERY MUCH AND WE'LL BE SHARING WITH OUR NETWORKS AS WELL THAT THEY SHOULD BE SIGNING UP AND PASSING ALONG INFORMATION.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

I DON'T SEE ANY.

ALL RIGHT. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TWO FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.

AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS.

[10. Informational Items To/From Mayor, Council, and City Manager; future agenda item requests]

NOTHING FOR ME. THANK YOU.

GOOD NIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER.

SWEET. GOOD NIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

GOOD NIGHT. BUT BEFORE I SHUT UP, I DID GO TO EARTH DAY.

AND THAT WAS DONE VERY WELL BY THE SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT.

A LOT OF INTERESTING BOOTHS.

AND THEN I HAD A MEETING WITH SUSTAINABILITY STAFF WHERE THEY KIND OF BROUGHT ME UP TO SPEED ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

I WON'T SAY GOOD NIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME EVERYONE'S DONE, BUT I'M GETTING READY TO GO.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

GOOD NIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MATTHEWS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY, I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK.

I WAS ABLE TO HAVE DINNER WITH THE CEO OF THE ASPEN INSTITUTE AND SOME OTHER FOLKS IN PHOENIX.

THE ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INVITED ME, AND I WAS VERY EXCITED TO LEARN THAT THEIR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN HAS THREE FOCUS AREAS EDUCATION, HOUSING, AND ENVIRONMENT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS RIGHT ON.

BLESS YOU. I SPENT ALL DAY YESTERDAY ON A HIRING COMMITTEE FOR THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ARIZONA COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, AND WE WILL BE HAVING FOLLOW UP INTERVIEWS WITH THOSE WHO ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.

I ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE ANIMAL WELFARE COALITION OF NORTHERN ARIZONA TO TALK ABOUT CREATING A SPAY NEUTER FACILITY, LOW COST SPAY NEUTER FACILITY IN FLAGSTAFF.

AND ONE STATISTIC THAT CAME OUT WAS THAT 50% OF THE INTAKES AT HIGH COUNTRY HUMANE ARE PUPPIES.

AND SO THIS SPAY AND NEUTER IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO GET A HANDLE ON ALL OF THIS.

SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR HELP.

MAY 19TH IS WAGS AND WHISKERS, WHICH IS THE JOINT THIS THIS COALITION IS COMING TOGETHER TO DO A

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AND IT'S GOING TO BE FUN AND YOU SHOULD COME AND ADOPT SOMEBODY.

CITY MANAGER.

ARE YOU GOING TO COME AND ADOPT? NO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.