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[1. CALL TO ORDER NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this regular meeting, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for discussion and consultation with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]
TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH, 2024.THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL'S REGULAR MEETING AND I'M CALLING IT TO ORDER AND GIVING NOTICE THAT 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 I HAVE ROLL CALL MAYOR DAGGETT HERE.
HERE. CHIEF MUSSELMAN, COULD I HAVE YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'D BE HONORED.
THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC.
[4. OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC Open Call to the Public enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the prepared agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. Open Call to the Public appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end. The total time allotted for the first Open Call to the Public is 30 minutes; any additional comments will be held until the second Open Call to the Public. If you wish to address the Council in person at today's meeting, please complete a comment card and submit it to the recording clerk as soon as possible. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Open Call to the Public and Public Comment. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak.]
THIS ENABLES THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ABOUT AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE PREPARED AGENDA.COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA WILL BE TAKEN AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS DISCUSSED.
WE HAVE TWO OPEN CALLS TO THE PUBLIC.
ONE IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE OTHER IS AT THE END.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THERE IS A TIMER HERE.
AND DURING OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT INTERACT WITH YOU.
WE CAN'T RESPOND TO YOU OR ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
SO WE ARE VERY HONORED TO HAVE WITH US TODAY, SECRETARY OF STATE ADRIAN FONTES.
MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
AND I WILL PRECURSOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GUY WHO WAS STANDING UP HERE A MINUTE AGO, BECAUSE I MAY HAVE TO LEAVE BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS DRAW EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO THE COPPER STAR THAT REPRESENTS ARIZONA'S MINERAL LEGACY.
IT FLIES IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR FLAG.
THE BLUE PORTION REPRESENTS THE FIELD ON THE AMERICAN FLAG AND THE COLORADO RIVER.
THE RED AND YELLOW RAYS REPRESENTS INFORM THE STATE'S SUNSET AND IN COLOR, THE SPANISH FLAG, WHICH IS PART OF THE HERITAGE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA. THIS FLAG WAS COMMISSIONED BY COLONEL HARRIS BACK IN 1910 BECAUSE HE WAS NEEDING A BANNER FOR A SHOOTING COMPETITION IN OHIO.
HE WAS TO TAKE ARIZONA'S TEAM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO COMPETE.
NOW WHAT I'M CALLING THE MAY HICKS HOUSE STANDS AT 13 LARUE SOUTH LARUE STREET, JUST UP THE WAY.
THE LOT HAS BEEN SOLD AND THE HOUSE IS SET FOR DEMOLITION.
SADLY. BUT WE ARE NOT WITHOUT HOPE.
NOW WE HAVE UNDERSTANDINGS BASED ON SOME OF THE STUDIES, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES THAT I HAVE IN MY HAND THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IN YOUR HANDS DISCUSSIONS WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CITY STAFF.
AND OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY WAS THERE WITH US THIS MORNING EARLIER AT THE MAYOR'S HOUSE.
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THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PLANS AND PROPOSALS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE.I AM COMMITTING TO YOU TODAY TO PUT THE FULL FORCE OF THE ARIZONA'S DEPARTMENT OF STATE, OUR STATE ARCHIVES, AND OUR STATE LIBRARIES WHO FALL TO MY CHARGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF ARIZONA'S HERITAGE IS PRESERVED.
I HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU, MAYOR, AND THE COUNCIL WILL UTILIZE WHATEVER POWER YOU HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND THE RESOURCES THAT YOUR STAFF MAY BRING TO BEAR TO HELP US DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO PRESERVE THIS HOUSE.
THERE IS SOME LAND RIGHT THERE THAT'S PLENTY BIG.
I KNOW MY TIME IS JUST ABOUT UP, BUT I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE ENGAGE WITH OUR OFFICE.
WE WILL DESIGNATE A STAFF MEMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.
AND WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WILL BE ABLE TO HOST THE MAYOR'S HOUSE SOMEWHERE, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PRESERVE THIS VERY IMPORTANT PART OF ARIZONA'S HISTORY. SHE IS, AFTER ALL, ARIZONA'S BETSY ROSS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
INDEED, MAYOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR DAGGETT, CITY COUNCIL STAFF, THE GOOD CITIZENS OF FLAGSTAFF.
HI, I'M DENNIS GIBBONS OF THE SOUTH SIDE AND LEAD REPORTER OF JUSTICE NEWS.
SEEKING JUSTICE IS IN ONE'S BEST INTEREST.
I JUST WANT TO GO AROUND THE ROOM AND SAY A COUPLE OF NICE THINGS ABOUT EVERYBODY.
YOU ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK YOUR MIND, WHICH IS AWESOME.
VICE MAYOR AUSTIN ASLAN YOU ARE VERY PUNNY, SMART, AND HAVE PEACE IN YOUR HEART MORE THAN I.
MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT, YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT LEADER WHO'S FULL OF KNOWLEDGE.
YOU RUN THE MEETINGS WELL AND YOU ASK QUESTIONS WHEN NO ONE ELSE HAS ONE.
JIM MCCARTHY, YOU ARE WISE, CARING AND YOUR ENGINEER MINDSET IS AN ASSET TO THE COUNCIL.
YOU ARE A NICE PERSON AND YOU'RE ALWAYS VERY THANKFUL OF EVERYONE.
AND YOU ARE THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN FLAGSTAFF.
I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME AT EVENTS AND MEETINGS AROUND TOWN.
YOU ARE EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT PERSON.
YOU SPEAK, READ AND WRITE GOOD.
YOU ASK IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS AND TALK BETTER THAN ME.
STAFF. YOU'RE ALL EXPERT PROFESSIONALS AND FLAGSTAFF IS LUCKY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE SUNSHINE MISSION WAS CLOSED FOR A MONTH OR SO.
THERE WAS NOTHING BUT PEACE AND QUIET ON SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO STREET.
NOW THERE ARE PEOPLE LOITERING, LITTERING, PUBLIC URINATION, MORE POLICE PRESENCE.
A FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN UNSHELTERED PERSON WHICH ALMOST BURNT DOWN A HOUSE.
THE TENANT SUFFERED SMOKE INHALATION AND BURNS PUTTING OUT THE INFERNO.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF SELF-MEDICATION GOING ON ON THE STREETS.
DO WE WANT SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO STREET TO TURN INTO SAN FRANCISCO? THE CITY? I WOULD SUGGEST PAYING SOMEONE MINIMUM WAGE TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH WHO ALWAYS HELPS THE SURROUNDING AREA OF THE MISSION AT ALL HOURS.
I KNOW A LOT OF NIU STUDENTS ARE WALKING BY THE MISSION TO AND FROM SCHOOL ALL THE TIME.
REMEMBER, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
I ALSO WANT TO DECLARE EVERY DAY INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY.
LET'S DO IT FOR THE HEALTH OF IT.
SINCE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS, PLEASE JOIN ME.
KUMBAYA. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE TOGETHER NOW.
NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. BUT THANKS A LOT, EVERYONE, FOR HAVING THIS TIME WITH ME.
AND YEAH, YOU GUYS DO A GREAT WORK AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY, PLEASE ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN ANY EPISODES OF BRIDGERTON, SMILE.
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IF YOU'VE READ ANY OF JANE AUSTEN'S NOVELS, HOW ABOUT PRIDE AND PREJUDICE? SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, MANSFIELD PARK HUSBANDS AND BOYFRIENDS.CHIEF OFFICER, PLEASE ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE LAST TIME YOU TOOK YOUR WIFE DANCING, WERE YOU GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE? JULY 6TH.
LIKE DICKENS AND SHAKESPEARE, JANE AUSTEN IS FOR EVERYONE.
HER WIT AND WARMTH TOUCHED THE HEART OF THE YOUTH AND THE YOUNG AT HEART.
O JANE AUSTEN'S CHARACTERS LOVE TO DANCE, AND OFTEN A DANCE IS THAT PRELUDE TO THE ALL IMPORTANT FIRST KISS, TRUE LOVE, A PROPOSAL AND ULTIMATELY A HAPPY MARRIAGE BETWEEN DASHING DUELS? THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA IS GIFTING ALL STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATE SCHOOL FREE MEMBERSHIP FROM NOW TO DECEMBER 31ST BECAUSE WE'RE CELEBRATING JANE AUSTEN'S 250TH BIRTHDAY.
AT FLAGSTAFF FEDERATED CHURCH.
I DROP OFF FLIERS TO PEAKS SENIOR LIVING RESIDENTS THIS MORNING.
AS JIM, YOU CAN COME AS YOU ARE.
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED AND I HOPE TO SEE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE, AS WELL AS FLAGSTAFF, DASHING FIREFIGHTERS AND THE KNIGHTLY OFFICERS FROM THE FLAGSTAFF P.D..
JANE AUSTEN HAS A BIG UMBRELLA.
ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE MOST WELCOME TO COME TO THE DANCE.
AND WHO KNOWS, YOU JUST MIGHT MEET YOUR TRUE LOVE WHILE DANCING ON JULY 6TH.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HIGH ALTITUDE ROLLER DERBY HAS BEEN A PART OF THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY SINCE 2012.
OUR LEAGUE HAS 45 ACTIVE MEMBERS AND AN INTERNATIONALLY RANKED TRAVEL TEAM, THE DARK SKY STARLETS.
COCONINO CASA FOR KIDS IS THE NONPROFIT WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS YEAR.
SO YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, WHERE DO WE PRACTICE ROLLER DERBY AND FLAGSTAFF? WELL, RECENTLY WE'VE LOST ONE OF OUR PRACTICE SPACES AT FLAGSTAFF JUNIOR ACADEMY DUE TO ITS CLOSURE.
SINCE THE CLOSURE OF THE AVAILABLE RENTAL SPACES THROUGH FSD ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIMITED.
WHILE FSD HAS BEEN A SUPPORTIVE PARTNER, THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR THEIR GYMNASIUMS FROM VARIOUS SPORTS LEAGUES AND CLUBS MEANS OUR PRACTICE TIME WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. CURRENTLY WE PRACTICE FOR 12 HOURS OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR DAYS, BUT THIS WILL BE CUT NEARLY IN HALF THIS FALL.
WE URGENTLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
FLAGSTAFF IS IN DIRE NEED OF A MULTI-PURPOSE INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE A ROLLER DERBY, FLAT TRACK, AMONG OTHER ACTIVITIES LIKE PICKLEBALL, VOLLEYBALL, INDOOR SOCCER AND ROLLER HOCKEY.
GIVEN OUR CLIMATE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES, SNOW, RAIN AND SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES, AN INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX WOULD ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO STAY ACTIVE YEAR ROUND, REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER.
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SO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO HEAR OUR VOICE AND CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-PURPOSE INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE JUST A QUICK OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY TO ALL OF YOU TODAY.
AMELIA WAS WITH US ALL DAY YESTERDAY.
SHE'S A GRADUATE OF NIU, AND THIS FALL WILL BE GOING TO ASU AND WORKING ON HER MASTER'S OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND WILL BE A MARVIN ANDREWS FELLOW, WHERE SHE'S ACTUALLY ASSIGNED TO WORK AT A CITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY.
DEFINITELY SOMEBODY THAT YOU WILL SEE AGAIN.
ASK SOME GREAT QUESTIONS YESTERDAY, AND WE ARE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE HER WITH US YESTERDAY.
MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF.
I PROBABLY HAVE TO BE AT ANOTHER MEETING.
I'M IN BETWEEN MEETINGS RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE HAVING THE CMP.
UPDATE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
AND WHAT KIND OF THAT INTEGRATES? I HOPE I CAN MAKE IT BACK TO SEE THEIR INFORMATION AND WHAT THEY'RE SHARING.
WE ALL KNOW THAT IN THE FACT THAT EVEN IF YOUR CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS ARE TO 20, 30 MOST OF ANY KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE OR THINGS THAT WOULD HELP BE PEOPLE AND GET PEOPLE LESS CAR DEPENDENT WON'T BE BUILT UNTIL LIKE 2030.
SO JUST THE CONSIDERATION OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM THEM, WHAT CAN WE DO TO SPEED UP THAT PROCESS? I MEAN, I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL DECLARED THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY, WHAT, FIVE YEARS AGO NOW? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND OF THE WORD EMERGENCY, IT'S USUALLY LIKE STUFF SHOULD BE HAPPENING RAPIDLY TO CHANGE OUR COURSE OR TO MAKE DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT AS A PERSON WHO OBSERVES, I STILL SEE JUST MOSTLY THINGS BEING BUILT PRIMARILY FOR CAR USE.
ANYTHING THAT IS BUILT FOR BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN USE OR EXTENSION IS OFTEN POO POOED.
WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING, WE CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BUT YET. LONE TREE OVERPASS, BULA ROUNDABOUT J.W.
THEY SOMEHOW ALL HAVE BUDGETS AND MASS AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO GET DONE.
AND YET, HOW CAN WE REINFORCE FOR PEOPLE TO BE LESS CAR DEPENDENT BY NOT HELPING TO THINK STRATEGICALLY? HOW WHERE IS THE MOST USE OF PEDESTRIAN AND MULTIMODALITY AND REINFORCE THAT? IT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH DOWNTOWN WITHIN THESE THREE BLOCKS.
BUT THE SIDEWALKS AREN'T WIDER FOR PEOPLE.
THE BIKE LANES AREN'T MORE DISTINCT FOR BIKE RIDERS.
YOU HAVE PRETTY MUCH A REALLY DISTINCT CORRIDOR FROM FMC TO NORTH CAMPUS ON BEAVER IN SAN FRANCISCO.
BUT YET THE CONCERN IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS.
HOW DO WE GET CARS THROUGH LEVEL OF SERVICE, LEVEL OF SERVICE, LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND MAYBE WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF AMENITY HELP WHEN YOU DO THE DOWNTOWN MILE AND WE HAVE SOME PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASSES.
BUT AGAIN, HOW DO YOU STRATEGICALLY INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO BE LESS CAR DEPENDENT? YOU, I DON'T KNOW, CLOSE DOWN STREETS SOMETIMES LIKE FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK.
WOULDN'T IT BE AWESOME IF ASPEN WAS CLOSED AND PEOPLE COULD JUST WALK? AGAIN, STRATEGIZE AND NOT JUST CONSIDER THESE BIGGER PLANS, BUT SMALL STEPS TO MAKE LARGER THINGS HAPPEN.
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HELLO, EVERYONE.I'M MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF.
MY NAME IS JASMINE JEWELL AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.
WE HAVE CLEARLY ALL BEEN INVOLUNTARILY ENGAGED IN A BATTLE FOR THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT WE WANT WITH THE BODY THAT WE INHABIT, SPECIFICALLY WITH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.
I CURRENTLY WORK FOR ARIZONA LIST AS A PART OF THE NONPARTISAN COALITION ARIZONA FOR ABORTION ACCESS, AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET INITIATIVE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER THAT, IF PASSED, WILL ENSHRINE SAFE ACCESS TO ROWE STANDARDS OF ABORTION, MEANING UNTIL FETAL VIABILITY IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION AS A RIGHT, AS I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN OUR ARIZONA FOR ABORTION ACCESS IN STANDING UP TO PROTECT OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TELL YOUR CONSTITUENTS CIS WOMEN, TRANS, NON-BINARY, YOUR MOTHER.
THAT MAKES HELPING OUT IN THIS EFFORT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TOO.
I KNOW EVERYONE'S BUSY, BUT THEY NEED YOUR SIGNATURES.
WE NEED YOUR SIGNATURES RIGHT NOW.
ROE WAS OVERTURNED TWO YEARS AGO THIS SUNDAY, AND WE SHOULD NOT LET THIS ANNIVERSARY PASS QUIETLY.
YOU'VE HEARD WE HAVE MORE THAN THE NECESSARY 383,000 SIGNATURES WE NEED.
BUT THE TRUTH IS, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR COLLECTIVE FOOT ON THE GAS.
NO ONE CAN SIGN THIS PETITION ONLINE.
I NEED YOU TO TELL YOUR CONSTITUENTS PLEASE SIGN IT IN PERSON.
PLEASE LET ME TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN TELL THEM.
THEY CAN DO THIS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE FLAGSTAFF ICE HOUSE, SUITE SIX, FROM 10 A.M.
TO 2 P.M.. YES, THAT IS THE COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS OFFICE.
BUT PLEASE LET ME SAY AGAIN, THIS IS A NONPARTIZAN COALITION AND INDEPENDENCE.
YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME REPUBLICANS.
I WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU THERE.
THIS CAN BE A NONPARTISAN ISSUE IF WE ALL DECIDE THAT IT IS ONE.
WE ARE ALSO AT THE FLAGSTAFF FARMERS MARKET AT CITY HALL ON SUNDAY FROM 8 A.M.
TO NOON. WE ARE ALSO GOING CANVASING TO KNOCK ON DOORS FOR SIGNATURES THIS SATURDAY.
PLEASE, LET'S MAKE THESE RIGHTS ALSO UNALIENABLE, BECAUSE ABORTION IS HEALTH CARE.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
[A. Proclamation: Waste and Recycling Workers Week]
WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TODAY.THE FIRST IS WASTE AND RECYCLING WORKERS WEEK.
SO WE'LL START WITH WASTE AND RECYCLING WORKERS WEEK.
AND EVERYONE WHO IS HERE FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN COUNCIL DOWN HERE? DO WE HAVE EVERYONE? OKAY. WE'RE WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO AFTER THIS.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, WE WILL GIVE YOU THE TIME TO DO THAT.
THE NATION CELEBRATES THE WEEK OF JUNE 17TH AS WASTE AND RECYCLING WORKERS WEEK.
THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF SOLID WASTE SECTION PLANS, IMPLEMENTS, COORDINATES AND DIRECTS PROGRAMS FOR THE SAFE AND COMPLIANT COLLECTION, RECOVERY AND DISPOSITION OF THE SOLID WASTES AND RECYCLABLES INCURRED, INCLUDING THE OPERATION OF THE CINDER LAKE LANDFILL HAZARDOUS
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PRODUCT HAZARDOUS PRODUCT CENTER.THE MEN AND WOMEN EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF SOLID WASTE SECTION MAKES SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE OF OUR 20,000 SOLID WASTE CUSTOMERS AND COUNTLESS VISITORS OF FLAGSTAFF.
ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL, THE ERADICATION OF MANY DISEASES IN THE WESTERN WORLD IS DUE IN LARGE PART TO HIGHER PUBLIC SANITATION STANDARDS RESULTING FROM EFFECTIVE GARBAGE DISPOSAL.
THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF VALUES AND CELEBRATES THE REFUSE COLLECTORS, DUMPSTER HAULERS, LANDFILL STAFF, AND ALL OTHERS EMPLOYED IN THE SANITATION AND SANITATION INDUSTRY TO SERVE RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF JUNE 17TH AS WASTE AND RECYCLING WORKERS WEEK.
THANK YOU COUNCIL I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION TONIGHT.
THIS GROUP HERE WORKS EVERY DAY, 70, 80 HOURS A WEEK, DAY IN, DAY OUT, OUT THERE COLLECTING TRASH, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STREETS ARE CLEAN, THAT OUR ALLEYWAYS STAY CLEAR OF DEBRIS AND OTHER SOLID WASTE OPERATING OUR LANDFILL, JUST ENSURING THAT WE KEEP A GOOD, CLEAN, SANITARY ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEY DO IT WITHOUT ANY HESITATION EVERY DAY.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO.
THE MANY, MANY HOURS THAT YOU PUT IN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WE'RE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND DO WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FOR THE JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION?
[B. Proclamation: Juneteenth]
OKAY. COME ON DOWN.IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR.
YOU START AGAIN. WHEREAS JUNETEENTH, ALSO KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH, NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY, JUBILEE DAY, FREEDOM DAY AND EMANCIPATION DAY, RECOGNIZES THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE EVENTS OF JUNE 19TH, 1865, WHEN UNION MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER.
GORDON GRANGER LED SOME 2000 UNION TROOPS INTO GALVESTON BAY, TEXAS, TO READ THE ORDER ANNOUNCING THAT THE MORE THAN 250,000 ENSLAVED BLACK PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES, IN THE STATE, AND OTHER STATES IN REBELLION AGAINST THE UNITED STATES WERE FREE BY EXECUTIVE DECREE.
AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH IS THE OLDEST KNOWN PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF THE END OF THE SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND CELEBRATES AND COMMEMORATES BOTH THE LEGACIES OF BLACK LIBERATION, ENDURANCE, AND JOY, AND THE BROADER LEGACY OF AMERICAN FREEDOM.
AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH MARKS BOTH THE END OF MOST BLACK AMERICAN ENSLAVEMENT AND THE START OF AN ERA OF GREAT HOPE, RESILIENCY, UNCERTAINTY, AND CONTINUED STRUGGLE FOR NEWLY FREED BLACK PERSONS IN AMERICA.
WITH IT COMES A CALL TO REFLECT, REMEMBER, AND NEVER REPEAT THE HISTORIC, DEHUMANIZING IMPACTS OF SLAVERY, SEGREGATION, RACIAL VIOLENCE, VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT, OR OTHER HISTORIC AND PERSISTENT EXAMPLES OF INJUSTICE WITNESSED THROUGHOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.
AND WHEREAS, COLLECTIVELY, JUNETEENTH REMINDS US ALL OF THE INVALUABLE, INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, AS WELL AS THE PRECIOUS PROMISES OF FREEDOM, EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY CORE TO SO MUCH OF WHAT OUR NATION HOLDS DEAR.
AND WHEREAS, AS STATED BY THE NAACP, WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THE FIGHT FOR TRUE FREEDOM SINCE THE DAYS OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IS DELAYED AND ADMITTEDLY INCOMPLETE, PROMISES HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUS AND FULL OF BARRIERS.
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THRIVE IN SPITE OF ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT VOTING RIGHTS, CONTINUE IN SPITE OF CONTINUED ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT VOTING RIGHTS, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT, AND BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORICALLY AND INTO THE PRESENT.AND WHEREAS WE TAKE UP AND EXTEND THE CALL TO ACTION TO CELEBRATE AND ENSURE TRUE FREEDOM FOR ALL, DOING OUR PART TO COLLECTIVELY STRIVE TO CLOSE GAPS OF IMMEASURABLE DISTANCE BETWEEN US.
AFFIRM THE PROMISES OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, REJECT ACTS OF VIOLENCE, AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN FROM OUR FRANK YET COMPASSIONATE, CHALLENGING, YET COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, AUSTIN ASLAN, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR BAKER BECKY DAGGETT, RESPECTFULLY JOIN MUNICIPAL LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN SPIRIT AND SOLIDARITY AND BY PROCLAMATION IN DECLARING JUNE 19TH, 2024, JUNETEENTH, NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY AND ENCOURAGING ALL CITIZENS TO HONOR THIS DAY AS A DAY OF REFLECTION, CULTURAL AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, EARNEST ASSESSMENT, PLANNING AND COMMITMENT TO END SYSTEMIC RACISM AND ALL FORMS OF DEHUMANIZATION WHICH THREATEN EQUITY AND FREEDOM FOR ALL.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MAYOR AND THE CITY FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION HAS BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR PROBABLY 60 YEARS, IF NOT MORE.
CURRENTLY, THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND ITS LIVED BLACK EXPERIENCE PROJECT, ALONG WITH THE COCONINO COUNTY AFRICAN DIASPORA ADVISORY COUNCIL, SPONSORS THIS YEARLY EVENT.
AND SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND WHO CELEBRATED.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING DOWN TO A VERY SPECIAL AND SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION OF POLICE CHIEF DAN
[C. Recognition of Police Chief Dan Musselman]
MUSSELMAN.INDEED. IT'S A SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
CHIEF MUSSELMAN JOINED THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1995 AS A POLICE OFFICER.
HE SERVED AS CORPORAL, DETECTIVE, POLICE SERGEANT, POLICE LIEUTENANT AND DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF.
IN 2020, HE WAS PROMOTED TO POLICE CHIEF AND HAS SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY SINCE THAT TIME, A PROMOTION THAT WAS WELL DESERVED AND WELL PERFORMED.
HE HAS DEDICATED OVER 30 YEARS TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR CHIEF MUSSELMAN HERE STANDING TO MY LEFT, HE HAS CERTAINLY ENCOURAGED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE MANY PICTURES HERE ON THE SCREEN, WHETHER IT'S THE TOY DRIVE EVERY YEAR IT'S PARTICIPATING IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS COCOA WITH THE PO PO OR PIZZA WITH THE POLICE OR COFFEE WITH THE COP.
HE'S BEEN INCREDIBLE AT SUPPORTING THE TEAM'S GROWTH, ENCOURAGING TRAINING, BRINGING TRAINING HERE LOCALLY SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THEY'RE STILL GETTING DEVELOPED EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT BE SHORT STAFFED.
AND FOCUSING MORE ON WELLNESS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.
THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS FOCUS ON RETENTION THROUGH COMPENSATION, THROUGH PROVIDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, BY MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESOURCES ARE CUTTING EDGE. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HELP US KEEP OUR OFFICERS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND HE HAS CERTAINLY HAD A LOT OF FOCUS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
HE'S ESTABLISHED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR CRISIS CALLS.
ONE OF THE NEWEST ITEMS IS ACTUALLY GETTING TO CRISIS INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE DISPATCH CENTER.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CARE UNIT, WE'RE NOW IN YEAR THREE.
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TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.THE HIGH COUNTRY POLICE ACADEMY.
THAT'S THE PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT.
IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR NORTHERN ARIZONA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, AS WELL AS OUR COCONINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS AND ALLOWED US TO TRAIN OUR OFFICERS HERE LOCALLY.
THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION IN PROPERTY AND VIOLENT CRIME DURING HIS TIME AS OUR POLICE CHIEF.
HE SERVED ON UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA ON THEIR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TEAM, SO HELPING IDENTIFY AREAS OF NEED ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE MOST RECENT NOTICE ABOUT SPIDER TECH, A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO BETTER INFORM CUSTOMERS WHO ARE CALLING 911 AS TO THE STATUS OF THE OFFICER AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEIR PARTICULAR CONCERN.
AND MOST RECENTLY, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, BUT IN ORDER TO ALSO SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC CHIEF WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY BY AN MPA PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD.
SO HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER HIS TIME AS CHIEF.
AND WE'RE SO VERY PROUD OF HIM.
SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE.
AND WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
IT'S WITH SINCERE. GRATITUDE AND GREAT APPRECIATION THAT WE RECOGNIZE CHIEF DAN MUSSELMAN FOR HIS 28 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY.
NOW LET'S HEAR FROM A FEW OTHERS.
WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'LL STILL BE INVOLVED.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AROUND TOWN.
HEY, DAN, JUST A SHORT NOTE FROM YOUR FIRE CHIEF.
THAT WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT YOUR RETIREMENT.
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND GRATEFUL FOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN RETIREMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF MUSSELMAN.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT AND HAPPY RETIREMENT.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR FLAGSTAFF, 1980.
ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, WELL, YOU DID IT 28 YEARS.
NOW, THIS IS YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND ALL YOUR SERVANTS AND SPORT MANAGERS HERE.
HEBREWS, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE RANKS JUST STARTED AS IN THE DETENTION FACILITY OVER 30 YEARS AGO.
HE ROSE TO THE RANK OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
YOU WORKED AT THE PATROL DIVISION? YOU WERE IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
YOU WERE INTERNAL AFFAIRS SERGEANT, SELECT ENFORCEMENT SERGEANT.
YOU WERE A LIEUTENANT. YOU WERE ONE LIEUTENANT.
THAT WAS ALL OVER ALL OF US FOR A LONG TIME, MAKING SURE WE WERE DOING THINGS RIGHT.
2020 BECAME OUR CHIEF DURING CORONAVIRUS, YOU LED US THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN THE PANDEMIC, AND YOU LEFT US IN A PLACE WHERE WE REDUCE CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION BY OVER 30% OVER YOUR TERM AS CHIEF.
I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT MY LOVELY WIFE BEHIND ME.
MY PARENTS, WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
THE REST OF MY EMPLOYEES, THEY MADE IT EASY ON ME MOST DAYS, SO THANK YOU.
SO THANK YOU FLAGSTAFF FOR A VERY REWARDING CAREER.
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I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO RUN AWAY.PERHAPS A PHOTO WITH THE CHIEF AND THE THE AWARD.
AND THEN WE'RE AT YOUR PLEASURE, MAYOR.
SO YES, PLEASE, LET'S TAKE A PHOTO AND THEN LET'S TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK AND EVERYONE CAN SHARE THEIR CONGRATULATIONS AND THEN GO IN THE BATHROOM AND CRY.
MAYOR. MAYBE IF WE COULD GATHER IN THE FRONT, WE'LL GRAB A QUICK PHOTO.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE READY TO GET STARTED AGAIN.
THAT WAS A LOVELY LITTLE RECEPTION.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE TO CELEBRATE CHIEF MUSSELMAN.
[6. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]
NEXT IS OUR COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS, AND I'M GOING TO START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER.I WILL SAY THAT THIS THURSDAY THERE IS THE WATER COMMISSION 4:00 HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I ATTENDED THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING AND IT WAS A VERY SHORT MEETING.
AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE BICYCLE COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH WAS A COUPLE OF HOURS.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND THE JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
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IT WAS A NICE MEETING, AS ALWAYS.AND THEN I MISSED THE NOTES ON THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION.
BUT I DID MEET WITH A YOUTH GROUP FROM THE INDIGENOUS CIRCLE OF FLAGSTAFF REGARDING THE FUTURE PLANNING OF THE INDIGENOUS CULTURAL CENTER.
JUST REALLY GREAT TO TO TALK WITH AND WORK WITH OUR YOUNGER ACTIVISTS IN OUR CITY AND SEE ALL THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND THEIR GREAT IDEAS AND JUST I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE THEM PARTICIPATE IN WHATEVER LEVEL AND THAT FUTURE LOCATION.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER SEVEN.
[A. Consideration and Action on Liquor License Application: Jacob Theodore Paullk, "Cinders Liquors LLC," 5620 N US HWY 89, Series 09 (Liquor Store), Sampling Privileges STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Forward the application to the State with a recommendation for approval; Forward the application to the State with a recommendation for denial based on the testimony received at the public hearing and/or other factors.]
LIQUOR LICENSE, PUBLIC HEARINGS.BUT FIRST, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M A SERGEANT WITH THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT A NEW LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION.
THIS IS FOR A SERIES NINE S LIQUOR STORE SAMPLING LICENSE FOR CINDERS LIQUORS AT 5620 NORTH HIGHWAY 89 HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA. THE APPLICATION WAS FILED BY JACOB POLK, WHO IS THE AGENT AND CONTROLLING PERSON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MAYOR, WE DO NOT.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EITHER FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OR FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE FORWARD THIS APPLICATION TO THE STATE WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. JUST.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THERE'S TWO APPLICATIONS.
I PRESUME THE MOTION WAS FOR BOTH OF THEM.
NO, BECAUSE WE ONLY GOT A PRESENTATION ON THE FIRST ONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED?
[B. Consideration and Action on Liquor License Application: Jamie William Thousand, "ROUX 66," 2620 N Steves Blvd, Series 12 (Restaurant), New License STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Forward the application to the State with a recommendation for approval; Forward the application to the State with a recommendation for denial based on the testimony received at the public hearing and/or other factors.]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT. OH, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL HAVE THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
OKAY. ONCE AGAIN, I AM NICK ARMENDARIZ, A SERGEANT WITH THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT A NEW LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION.
THE APPLICATION WAS FILED BY JAMIE THOUSAND, WHO IS THE AGENT AND CONTROLLING PERSON.
JUDY HILL, WHO IS THE PREMISE MANAGER, AND HAYDEN KENNEL, WHO IS THE PREMISE MANAGER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.
I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. AYE. AYE.
[8. CONSENT AGENDA All matters under Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine. Unless a member of City Council expresses a desire at the meeting to remove an item from the Consent Agenda for discussion, the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion approving the recommendations listed on the agenda. Unless otherwise indicated, expenditures approved by Council are budgeted items. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Consent Agenda as posted.]
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALL MATTERS UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE.
UNLESS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES A DESIRE AT THIS MEETING TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, IT WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
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EXPENDITURES APPROVED BY COUNCIL ARE BUDGETED ITEMS COUNCIL.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT.
MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEMS EIGHT A THROUGH H.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, ROUTINE ITEMS, A CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 202422.
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-22 and Ordinance No. 2024-16: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the City Clerk and entitled "2024 amendments to chapters 2-03, 2-13, 2-14, 2-20, and 3-06 of the city code related to the parks and recreation commission, tourism commission, beautification and public art commission, open spaces commission, and hospitality industry tax revenues" and An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 2, Boards and Commissions, Chapters 2-03, Parks and Recreation Commission, 2-13, Tourism Commission, 2-14, Beautification and Public Art Commission, and 2-20, Open Spaces Commission, and Title 3, Business Regulations, Chapter 3-06, Hospitality Industry Tax Revenues, by adopting by reference that certain document entitled "2024 Amendments to Chapters 2-03, 2-13, 2-14, 2-20, and 3-06 of the City Code Related to the Parks and Recreation Commission, Tourism Commission, Beautification and Public Art Commission, Open Spaces Commission, and Hospitality Industry Tax Revenues," providing for repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2024-22 Read Ordinance No. 2024-16 by title only for the final time City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-16 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-16]
AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-16.ALL RIGHT. WE'VE DO WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL.
WE HAVE NOTHING ADDITIONAL ON THIS, RIGHT? CORRECT. MAYOR. OKAY, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO READ THE ORDINANCE FOR THE FINAL TIME.
OH, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FIRST.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? DID YOU WANT TO MOTION? MAKE A MOTION? YES, PLEASE.
I MOVE, WE ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 202422.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.
ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-16 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE AYE.
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. CHAPTER 2-03.
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION TWO.
CHAPTER 3-06 HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TAX REVENUES BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT ENTITLED 2024 AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTERS TWO, DASH 032, DASH 13 TWO DASH 14, TWO DASH 20 AND 3-06 OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, TOURISM COMMISSION, BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, OPEN SPACES COMMISSION AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TAX REVENUES PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
SEVERABILITY, CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT A MOTION TO ADOPT? I MOVE, WE ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-16.
I SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE.
MOVING DOWN TO BE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF RATIFICATION OF CONTRACT.
[B. Consideration and Approval of Ratification of Contract: Ratify the Cooperative Purchase Contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $183,072.68 for radio equipment and accessories for the Flagstaff Police Department. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Ratify the Cooperative Purchase Contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $183,072.68 for radio equipment and accessories for the Flagstaff Police Department; and Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.]
THIS IS A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT WITH MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M A SPECIAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR FOR THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT HERE TODAY.
AND OUR REQUEST FOR THE PURCHASE OF THESE MOTOROLA PORTABLE RADIOS.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR PORTABLE RADIOS.
IN 2010, WE HAD A $4.7 MILLION BOND THAT WAS APPROVED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION RADIO SYSTEM.
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2020. ASU JOINED WHEN WE DID AN UPGRADE TO THAT PARTICULAR SYSTEM.LAST YEAR, THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKED TO REPLACE ALL OUR MOBILE RADIOS.
SO THOSE ARE THE RADIOS THAT GO IN OUR POLICE VEHICLES.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO REPLACED 20 OF OUR HANDHELD RADIOS.
OVER TIME. THESE RADIOS ARE THE PARTICULAR RADIOS WE ARE PROPOSING TO REPLACE.
OUR WERE LAST PURCHASED IN 2012.
AND SO THEY ARE AGING, AND WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE FAILURE OF THESE RADIOS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THEM BITS AT A TIME.
ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF USING MOTOROLA RADIOS IS WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE THE BATTERY CHARGERS, THE MICROPHONES THE BATTERIES THEMSELVES, AND THEY'RE INTERCHANGEABLE WITH THE DIFFERENT MODELS OF THE MOTOROLA RADIOS.
WE HAVE A 20 YEAR HISTORY WITH THAT PARTICULAR BRAND.
AND PLUS TO THE MOTOROLA RADIOS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING AND THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO PURCHASE IS THAT THEY HAVE ENCRYPTION, WHICH KEEPS I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE RIGHT WORD.
INFORMATION THAT SHOULD NOT BE MADE PUBLIC AND SECURE AND SAFE.
WE DO HAVE GOOD LONGEVITY WITH THE MOTOROLA RADIOS.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT OF ALL THESE RADIOS.
BUT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, WE ARE JUST REQUESTING FOR THE PURCHASE OF 20.
THE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS ARE.
WE ARE REQUESTING $183,072.68 FOR THIS PURCHASE.
IT WILL GET US 20 PORTABLE RADIOS.
18 OF THESE WILL GO DIRECTLY TO OUR REGULAR PATROL OFFICERS, AND TWO WILL GO TO OUR BOMB TEAM.
THEY ARE SPECIAL RADIOS THAT ARE CONSIDERED INTRINSICALLY SAFE.
WE WENT TO PROCUREMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST.
THEY FOUND A STATE CONTRACT ALREADY IN PLACE AND REQUESTED.
WE REQUESTED A RATIFICATION OF THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
THE SOONEST TIME THAT WE COULD GET ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS REQUEST WAS THIS EVENING.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T SEE ANY ONLINE COMMENT, BUT WE DO HAVE A COMMENT CARD.
HI, I'M KELLY CULLEN, 1602 NORTHEAST STREET, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.
ANTI LOCAL BUSINESS BECAUSE THIS IS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE AND DOES NOT ALLOW ANY LOCAL BIDS.
IT'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS COUNCIL HAS APPROVED NEARLY $5 MILLION IN RELATED PURCHASES WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BID. NOW.
THE JUSTIFICATION THAT THE CITY IS USING FOR THIS PURCHASE IS THAT.
YOU NEED THIS SPECIFIC BRAND RADIO.
THEY WANT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO USE OLD EXISTING BATTERIES WITH THESE BRAND NEW $9,000 RADIOS.
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NOW JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT MOTOROLA PROVIDES A FIVE YEAR LIFESPAN WITH THESE RADIOS, AND THEY CONSIDER THEM OUTDATED.THE ADDITIONAL JUSTIFICATION THAT THEY HAVE.
THE ADDITIONAL JUSTIFICATION IS THAT THEY HAVE ENCRYPTION, WHICH IS NOT WHICH.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ALL MAJOR MANUFACTURERS PROVIDE THE IDENTICAL P25 ENCRYPTION.
THE REASONING ALSO MENTIONS SOME UNKNOWN SURVEY THAT'S NOT ATTACHED TO THE PACKAGE FOR REVIEW.
NOW THE CITY PURCHASING JUSTIFICATION IS THAT THE ITEMS ARE ON THE ARIZONA STATE CONTRACT.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL MAJOR RADIO BRANDS ARE ALSO LISTED ON THE ARIZONA STATE CONTRACT.
ONE COMPARISON THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE SURROUNDING COUNTY.
THE SURROUNDING TRIBAL LANDS TO SURROUNDING CITIES PAGE, CAMP VERDE, WINSLOW, WILLIAMS. THEY ALL USE A LEGITIMATE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS WHEN PURCHASING THEIR COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, AND THEY USE OTHER MANUFACTURERS.
AND GENERALLY AT A SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS.
THIS PURCHASE NEEDS TO BE TABLED UNTIL IT IS PROCESSED THROUGH AN ACCEPTABLE BIDDING METHOD.
WIN OR LOSE, I'M ONLY LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M HERE.
NOW, IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF GOOD GUY DEAL THAT FOR SOME REASON GETS TO REASON, GETS TO SIDESTEP, SIDESTEP THE PROCESS, THEN PLEASE JUST STATE.
THIS AS YOUR STATED AS SUCH FOR YOUR JUSTIFICATION.
COULD STAFF COME BACK UP HERE? SO THAT WE COULD ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT? Y YOU WENT THROUGH THE STATE PROCUREMENT.
PARTIALLY BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE.
AND THE NEED TO DO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR IS BECAUSE OF THE ARPA FUNDS.
DO THE ARPA FUNDS PAY THE ENTIRE COST OF THE RADIOS? I BELIEVE SO, YES.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE PLANS TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL RADIOS? NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, BUT YES, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
AND WHAT TYPE OF PROCUREMENT PROCESS DO WE EXPECT TO USE FOR THAT? MAYOR COUNCIL EMILY MARKLE, PURCHASING MANAGER.
GET ANY UNIT THAT WE NEED THAT MY DEPARTMENT IS UTILIZING.
SO IF WE WILL GO OUT FOR A FORMAL SOLICITATION THAT WILL OFFER EVERYONE THE ABILITY TO BID AND OR PROPOSE, WHAT WE WERE DOING RIGHT NOW WAS HANDLING THE STANDARDIZATION OF OUR EQUIPMENT, OF EQUIPMENT THAT OUR STAFF REQUIRED FOR SAFETY.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. WHEN DID WE BECOME AWARE THAT WE NEEDED TO USE THIS ARPA FUNDS? BEFORE THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS THE END OF THIS MONTH OR JULY, RIGHT? END OF JUNE? YES.
I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
LIKE ALL TECHNOLOGY, THE PRICE INCREASED MONTHLY, AND SO RATHER THAN PAYING A LARGER SUM, WE WANTED TO GET DOWN RIGHT AWAY AND THEN ALSO TAKE CARE OF IT IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
WELL, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO DON'T GO AWAY BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT.
HOW LONG DOES IT. CAN I CLARIFY A STATEMENT THAT'S BEING MADE, PLEASE?
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RICK TADDER. MANAGEMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR.HELLO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S BEEN REFERRED THAT THIS IS ARPA FUNDS.
IF WE DON'T DO IT NOW, WE WILL HAVE TO CARRY IT OVER.
WE HAVE TO REBUDGET IT IN 2025, PERHAPS 2026 FISCAL YEAR.
SO IT WAS A TIMING TO GET IT SPENT WITH THE BUDGET LIKE WE DO FOR COUNCIL INITIATIVES.
WE WANT TO GET IT DONE AND SPENT BY JUNE 30TH.
THAT WAS THE REASON WE WANTED TO GET THIS COMPLETED.
SO JUST DECLARING. SO IN PURE PROCUREMENT.
WHAT'S THE CURRENT TIME FRAME TO PUT SOMETHING OUT FOR BID AND GET IT BACK? LET'S DO THIS. THE TIMELINE OF A FORMAL SOLICITATION USUALLY TAKES ABOUT THREE WEEKS IN-HOUSE TO DEVELOP, AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO THE LEGAL AMOUNT OF TIME OF OPEN TO CLOSE ON A PLATFORM OF ABOUT A MONTH.
USUALLY IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMETHING AS COMPLICATED AS RADIOS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ANYWHERE FROM.
A MONTH AND A HALF TO ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
AND THEN THERE'S THE PROCESS OF TWO WEEKS TILL WE GET TO COUNCIL TO GET APPROVAL.
THANK YOU. I JUST I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT OUR TIMING AND DECISION MAKING, BECAUSE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES DO STRUGGLE A LOT WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT WE PUT IN FRONT OF THEM, FROM RATE INCREASES TO MINIMUM WAGE TO OTHER TAXES, AND THEN TO MISS OUT BECAUSE OF OUR TIMING PROCESS ARE WHATEVER IS IMPACTING THAT IS JUST DISAPPOINTING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE GOT TO SPEND IN THREE WEEKS, TWO WEEKS IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A REALLY GREAT WAY TO DO BUSINESS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
OKAY, SO I'M NOT SURE WHO GETS TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT WHOEVER JUST JUMPED RIGHT IN THERE.
SO LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY.
DID A PROCUREMENT PROCESS, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU ARE CORRECT.
OKAY. IN THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS, IS IT OPEN TO ANY AND EVERY BUSINESS IN THE STATE? EVERYBODY OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THIS THROUGH.
SO IF EVERY BUSINESS IN THE STATE CAN GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THEN THEY COULD IF THEY WON THE BID.
I GUESS THAT'S WHERE IF THEY GET THE BID, THEN THEY COULD THEY COULD PURCHASE.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. DO THEY HAVE TO DO THAT FOR EVERY STATE AGENCY THAT HAS A NEED? NO. OKAY.
SO I AM GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION AND I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
WE HAVE A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION.
ARE YOU IN HERE SOMEWHERE? DO WE OFFER ASSISTANCE OR ANY SUPPORT TO OUR BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM BE MORE COMPETITIVE AROUND THE STATE? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION OR NOT.
CITY ATTORNEY, YOU CAN TELL ME IF I'M ASKING.
I PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO BUSINESSES AND RECOMMEND THEM WHEN THERE ARE OPEN SOLICITATIONS THAT I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE GREAT AT PROPOSING AT, OR IF I'M ABLE TO DO IT WHERE I CAN JUST ASK FOR QUOTES BECAUSE IT'S UNDER 100,000, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR CAP.
THEN I GO OUT AND I GO TO PERSONAL BUSINESSES.
WHEN I AM ASKED FOR SOMETHING, I'M NOT TO ASK THEM EXACTLY WHY OR THAT MY MY QUESTION IS TO HOW.
HOW DO I LEGALLY AND FAIR PROCURE EQUIPMENT AND OR SERVICES FOR DEPARTMENTS? OKAY. AND SO WHAT I DID WAS A LEGAL FAIR PROCUREMENT OF GOING THROUGH A COOPERATIVE TO GET THEM EXACTLY WHAT I WAS BEING ASKED OF.
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I DO AGREE WITH YOU.I WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT AND DO A FORMAL SOLICITATION, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE THING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT IS A FORMAL SOLICITATION TO ALLOW US TO WORK WITH ALL VENDORS AROUND US AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY.
OKAY, SO IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE TO ME.
IT'S THAT IF THE STATE IS CONTINUING TO DO THIS PROCESS, THEN IT MIGHT BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO ENCOURAGE OUR BUSINESSES, IF POSSIBLE, TO REACH OUT TO, TO REACH OUT SO THAT THEY CAN BE MORE COMPETITIVE AND NOT JUST DEPEND ON US.
BUT THEY COULD THEY COULD MAYBE GET BUSINESS FROM AROUND THE STATE.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY REFLECTIONS ON THAT CONVERSATION A YEAR AGO AND HOW THAT INTERPLAYS WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING TONIGHT AND PROCUREMENT 101.
OH, I'M NOT AFFORDED AN OPINION.
I'M TRYING TO DO IT IN A FAIR PROCESS.
AND IF WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER REFLECTION ON MAYBE PROCUREMENT? IT IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, BUT I GUESS I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR.
I GUESS ONE THING WE DO IS ENCOURAGE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO APPLY ON THIS STATE WIDE PROCUREMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
HOW DO I PUT THIS NATIONAL? PURVEYORS. THANK YOU.
MAYOR. PATRICK HAS HIS HAND UP.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I GUESS I'M USED TO TEAMS MEETINGS.
ALWAYS PUT MY HAND UP. I SHOULD HAVE PUT A COMMENT I SEE IN THE COMMENT.
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL PATRICK BROWN, YOUR PURCHASING DIRECTOR, JUST TO RESPOND TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT, THERE WAS REFLECTION BACK AT THAT TIME THAT WE NEEDED TO DEVELOP SOME SPECIFICATIONS OF WHAT RADIOS AND STANDARDIZATIONS WE NEEDED.
WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THE NEED THIS SOON IN THE PROCESS, AND IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE PD'S NEEDS FOR THESE RADIOS AND SPENDING, THE FUNDS UTILIZING THE COOPERATIVE CONTRACT WAS THE MOST EXPEDIENT WAY TO DO SO.
OTHERWISE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXPENDED THROUGH A FORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
BUT WE ALWAYS WANT TO STRIVE TO DO OUR OWN SOLICITATION AND HAVE OUR OWN CONTRACTS IN PLACE, AS THEY HAVE OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY. I HOPE THAT HELPS.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION.
A LITTLE BIT HAZY ON THIS, BUT I DO RECALL ONE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AT THE DAIS ON THIS TOPIC.
ALSO INVOLVED SERVICES, REPAIR SERVICES WITH CERTIFICATIONS INVOLVED.
AND IT WASN'T AN OUTRIGHT PURCHASE OF RADIOS.
THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS I COULD REMEMBER ON IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT ALL OF THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY ON POINT WITH THE PURCHASE OF RADIOS AS WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
I'M JUST CURIOUS AND MAYBE RICK CAN ANSWER THIS.
OR MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS ON THE STATE PROCUREMENT FOR A BUSINESS TO GO THROUGH THEM.
ARE BUSINESSES THAT GO THROUGH THE STATE AND APPLY THEIR.
DO THEY TYPICALLY BE A SIZE THAT COULD HANDLE A STATEWIDE ASK? OR IS IT JUST RANDOM? THEY CAN EITHER APPLY THROUGH THEM OR WAIT AND SEE IF A CITY JUST SENDS OUT AN RFP INDIVIDUALLY.
LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AM I BOTHERING YOU? NO, NO, NO, I'M OKAY.
SO WHAT IT WOULD GO THROUGH IS A REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATION.
THIS IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO DETERMINE WHAT IS A COMPANY AND OR VENDOR THAT HAS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED, INCLUDING LICENSING AND ABILITY TO SELL WITHIN ARIZONA.
SO THIS IS A BIT OF A LARGER PROJECT PROCESS AND A RFP, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
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THAT'S USUALLY MORE FOR THE IDEA OF HOW TO MOVE A PROJECT FORWARD.SO WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING WAS A REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS.
AND SOME OF IT IS CAN YOU GO TO SELL FOR A GRAND SCALE, OR ARE YOU ABLE TO PROVIDE THE EXACT PRODUCT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AT A SMALL SCALE? IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE EXACT FORMAL SOLICITATION THAT'S BEING DONE FOR US.
WE TEND TO DO THE ARE YOU ABLE TO PROVIDE TO US IN A LEGAL, FAIR MANNER WITH LICENSING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE WHAT THAT WE NEED AND REQUIRE? SO I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
THEY REALLY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE ON A STATEWIDE LEVEL.
SO THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
I KNOW, RIGHT, THAT WAS GOOD GAME.
THANK YOU. NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S ALWAYS A CASE THAT THEY HAVE TO SURFACE EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING.
THEY JUST HAVE TO RESPOND TO WHAT THE STATE IS REQUESTING FOR THE SERVICES OR GOODS.
THEY SAY, WELL, I CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THE STATE, AS WE DO FOR OUR CONTRACTS, THAT SAYS YOU WILL ALLOW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES AND SO FORTH TO UTILIZE THE SAME BID AND RESPONSE AS YOU PROVIDED US.
AND THAT JUST ALLOWS PEOPLE TO DIRECTLY GO TO THOSE COOPERATIVE TYPE AGREEMENTS.
AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AGAIN.
THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE I HAVE A QUESTION HERE OR NOT.
MR. CULLEN. I DO REMEMBER YOU BEING A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION LAST TIME WE HAD IT, AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU'RE FEELING THE SAME FRUSTRATIONS AND COMING TO US WITH THE SAME CONCERNS.
PERHAPS CONFLICTING VALUES OF HELPING A LOCAL BUSINESS.
IS BUYING LOCAL VERSUS THE EXPEDIENCY AND THE SAFETY NEED OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH GETTING THEM, GETTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES INTO A COMPETITIVE PROCESS OVER GETTING THESE RADIOS NOW.
IF WE CAN AFFORD TO DO THAT FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, MAYBE WE CAN'T.
THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICKLY IS I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS.
I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
NO ONE SAID THAT. BUT THAT'S THAT'S INCREDIBLE TO ME.
GOOD EVENING. I'M ALLISON HUGHES, SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGER FOR THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THE URGENCY SPECIFICALLY IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE FUNDING NOW TO SUPPORT THIS PURCHASE THAT WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
SO IT'S NOT A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL RADIOS THAT ARE LIKE WE'VE MENTIONED THAT ARE FAILING.
THEY'RE OLD. WE PURCHASED THEM IN 2012 OR LATER.
WE'RE MAKING DUE WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING OUR OUR PATROL STAFF UP AND FULLY STAFFED.
AND PART OF THAT INCLUDES HAVING RADIOS AT OUR ACADEMY AND EVERYBODY HAVING ONE IN HAND.
AND SO THAT THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO USE FOR THE JOB.
WE DO HAVE RADIOS THAT ARE FAILING.
WE DO HAVE RADIOS THAT ARE OLDER, WHERE PARTS ARE HARD TO COME BY AND HARD TO REPLACE.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE A LARGE SUPPLY OF THESE RADIOS ON HAND IN CASE ONE DOES FAIL.
SO THAT, TO ME IS AN EMERGENCY.
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AND PART OF THE REASON WE WENT WITH MOTOROLA SPECIFICALLY IS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE.AND NOT EVEN OUR OFFICERS ONLY ALSO OUR FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS.
OTHER CITY ENTITIES ALSO USE THESE RADIOS.
SO IF THERE WERE EMERGENCY TO HAPPEN AND SOMETHING A RADIO NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP AND BE UTILIZED EVERYBODY IS TRAINED AND KNOWS HOW TO USE THESE MOTOROLA SPECIFIC RADIOS THE SAME.
AND THEY HAVE THE ENCRYPTION AND THE SECURITY THAT IS REQUIRED FOR FOR OUR NEEDS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
I'M NOT FRUSTRATED WITH ANY OF YOU.
SPECIFICALLY I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
I STILL FIND MYSELF FRUSTRATED WITH THE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN.
COLIN COME UP HERE AGAIN WITH THESE SAME FRUSTRATIONS.
I. WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT? I'M FORGETTING WHAT IT WAS, SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW.
CITY MANAGER AND THEN COUNCIL.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I DO UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE THAT EVEN IF WE DID A COMPETITIVE BID LOCALLY, THE THE LOCAL BIDDER MIGHT NOT WIN THE THE BID. AND I THINK KELLY RECOGNIZES THAT, TOO.
HE JUST WANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BID.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION.
VICE MAYOR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS JUST NOW.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NICE SUMMARY OF OF THINGS.
YOU KNOW WE HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND I THINK ALMOST ALWAYS WHEN WE'RE IN THE REALM OF FIRE OR POLICE, THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF URGENCY ATTRIBUTED TO IT.
AND THERE'S ALSO AN ELEMENT OF THE INEQUITY OF THE PRODUCT THAT'S BEING SOUGHT.
AND THAT'S BEEN IN FRONT OF THE DAIS RECENTLY AS WELL.
SPECIFIC TO RADIOS, WE HAVE HEARD THE COMMENTS.
I WILL TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY HERE AND ASSURE COUNCIL THAT IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ACQUISITION OF RADIOS LIKE THIS WILL BE BROUGHT THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS INITIATED BY THE CITY AND NOT NOT AT THE BENEFIT OF TAPPING ONTO A STATEWIDE CONTRACT JUST SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW LOCAL BUSINESSES TO BID.
AND AGAIN, AS THE VICE MAYOR JUST NOTED, THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES.
WE DO NOT HAVE A LOCAL PREFERENCE CRITERIA, BUT WE WANT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN REQUESTED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL CERTAINLY ADHERE TO.
WE APOLOGIZE TO YOU THAT IT'S COMING TO YOU IN THIS LATE FASHION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN ADD, BUT THAT ASSURANCE.
OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S TWO BASIC ISSUES TONIGHT.
ONE IS WHEN DO WE NEED THESE RADIOS? AND THE OTHER IS, WELL, THIS MONEY, WE ONLY HAVE IT RIGHT NOW.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IF THIS ISN'T HOOKED TO A GRANT OR SOMETHING, CAN'T WE JUST ROLL THIS MONEY OVER INTO THE NEXT YEAR? I SEE MR. TATTER IS GETTING UP.
SO WE'D HAVE TO ROLL IT OVER TO FISCAL YEAR 26.
IT'S A TIMING ISSUE, OR WE'VE GOT TO FIND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CUT OUT OF THE BUDGET AND DELAY, POSSIBLY FROM OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED THROUGH THE LONG PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH IN PROVIDING A BALANCED BUDGET FOR YOU.
SO THE MONEY THAT'S IN THIS YEAR, IT JUST DISAPPEARS IF WE DON'T SPEND IT RIGHT? IT DOESN'T DISAPPEAR. IT ROLLS INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE AND BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR FOR EXPENDITURES IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THOSE EVERY FEBRUARY.
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IT'S JUST NOT A MANAGER.YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? IT WOULD SEEM IF THE MONEY'S THERE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO EVAPORATE, THAT WE COULD MOVE IT THREE WEEKS SO WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT.
IT'S A MATTER OF AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND BUDGET EXPENDITURES.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
IT WASN'T ROLLED OVER, CARRIED OVER LIKE THE COUNCIL INITIATIVE FUNDS WE SPEND IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
IF IT'S NOT SPENT, IT ROLLS INTO THE FUND BALANCE AND IS AVAILABLE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
I'M KIND OF NEW ON COUNCIL, SO I DON'T KNOW ALL THIS STUFF.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THERE'S JUST TIMING ISSUES.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THE CITIES ARE.
CHECKBOOK DOESN'T WORK THE SAME WAY.
AND WE ARE NOT PURPOSELY WE'RE NOT PURPOSELY TRYING TO CUT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES OUT OF ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR THEM IN THIS TIME.
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THEM.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM ENCOURAGE THEM TO COMPETE EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST IN FLAGSTAFF, BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN SUPPORT EVERY BUSINESS IN FLAGSTAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T LOSE ANY, ANY REVENUE.
SO ANYWAY, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANYWAY.
OKAY. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RATIFY THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT.
AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION? SO MOVED.
I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE.
[C. Consideration and Approval of Preliminary Plat: TLC PC Land Investors. LLC requests Preliminary Plat approval for Ghost Tree at Pine Canyon located at 3201 South Clubhouse Circle, a 12-unit single-family home subdivision on 7.87 acres in the Single-Family Residential (R1) Zone. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Preliminary Plat in accordance with the findings presented in this report, the following conditions, and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation of approval (7-0 vote in favor on May 8, 2024). The Preliminary Plat is granted a reduction of 1.5% from the preservation requirement of 70% for the 17%-24.99% slope resources based on the request provided. ]
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT.MAYOR, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
COULD I JUST GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT LAST VOTE? DID I HAVE AN A IN THERE? YES. THANK YOU.
OH. WAS THERE ANYTHING MORE YOU WERE SAYING? OKAY, COOL. HELLO.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS WESLEY WITH CITY FLAGSTAFF PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR GHOST TREE TWO DOWN IN PINE CANYON.
IT'S FROM TLC, PC LAND INVESTORS, LLC FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR GHOST TREE TWO.
HERE'S A LITTLE VICINITY MAP FOR YOU.
SO IT'S RIGHT TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE IN THE CLUBHOUSE AREA.
THIS HAS BEEN AN AREA THAT WAS RESERVED ON THE INITIAL PINE CANYON PLAT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
WAS UNABLE TO BE PROPERLY RECORDED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF SCRIVENER'S ERRORS, SO THIS PLAT IS TO CLEAN UP SOME MINOR ERRORS.
SO IT'S 7.87 ACRES R1 ZONE 12 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS RESOURCE PROTECTION.
SO HERE'S A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF THE PLAT.
THIS SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE STAFF AGENDA.
I'LL LEAVE IT HERE FOR A SECOND TO LOOK AT IT.
I CAN COME BACK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO THERE'S THREE FINDINGS THAT HAS TO MEET IN ORDER TO BE APPROVED.
SO THE ONE IS THAT IT MEETS ALL OF OUR ZONING CODE REGULATIONS.
IT DOES MEET THE R1 ZONE STANDARDS.
MINIMUM DENSITY IN THE R1 ZONE IS TWO UNITS AN ACRE LOT DESIGN.
IT MEETS THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE, WIDTH AND DEPTH REQUIREMENTS.
SO HERE'S JUST A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF THE RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS.
SO THEY HIT THAT STEEP SLOPES.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEFICIENCY, I BELIEVE, IN THE 17% TO 24.99%.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A 1.5% DEFICIENCY.
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OUR ZONING CODE ALLOWS THE DIRECTOR TO APPROVE UP TO A 5% REDUCTION OF THE 70%, AND THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE UP TO 10%.WE LET THE COMMISSION MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THIS ONE.
SO THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING A REDUCTION OF THE REQUIRED SLOPE.
SO 70 AND 85, AS I JUST SAID, REDUCTIONS UP TO 5% MAY BE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.
10% PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS APPROVED BY THEM WITH THE RECOMMENDATION ON MAY 8TH.
SO ALSO THE ITEM FOR RESOURCE PROTECTION.
IT IDENTIFIES FOUR ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FOR THE COMMISSION TO GRANT THE REDUCTION.
THE WHY THEY'RE DESCRIBED CANNOT BE RETAINED.
THERE ARE NO REASONABLE METHODS TO IMPLEMENT THE RESOURCE PROTECTION PROPOSAL FOR MITIGATION, AND THAT MITIGATION PROPOSALS SHOULD NOT CREATE FUTURE FIRE PROBLEMS AND HAVE APPROVED BY THE PFD.
SO HERE'S A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF THE RESOURCE PROTECTION PLAN.
IT'S GOT THE BUILDING ENVELOPES ON THERE.
AND THEN KIND OF SHOWS THE DIFFERENT SLOPES AND THE TREES TO BE REMOVED.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S JUST RIGHT HERE.
AND I CAN COME BACK TO THIS IF YOU NEED ME TO.
HERE'S A LITTLE ZOOM IN A LITTLE CLOSER.
SO THERE WAS SOME TOPOGRAPHY SITES ONCE THEY STARTED KIND OF GETTING ON THE SITE AND DEVELOPING IT, INSTEAD OF DOING SIDE LOADED GARAGES, THEY WANTED TO DO FRONT LOADED GARAGES. SO THAT CHANGED SOME OF THE SOME OF THE DRIVEWAY ENVELOPES.
SO THE OTHER RELEVANT STANDARDS OF THE CODE IS THAT THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
THIS WAS APPROVED BY OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER.
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES.
FINDING NUMBER TWO IS THAT IT MEETS THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS.
PUBLIC SYSTEMS ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED.
COMPLIANCE WAS CONFIRMED WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS AFTER THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS PREPARED AND APPROVED FOR THE ENTIRE PINE CANYON COMMUNITY, IT SAYS.
A PRIVATE STREET WITH A CUL DE SAC TRACK DAY, WHICH PROVIDES DIRECT ACCESS TO THE REST OF THE LOTS.
THERE WILL BE A NEW WATER LINE FOR THE SUBDIVISION AS WELL AS A SEWER LINE.
STORM WATER ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR PINE CANYON.
FINDING THREE IS THAT IT MEETS THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
TITLE 11. SO THE PRELIMINARY PLAT PROCEDURES AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS, MINIMUM REQUIRED SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS JUST IDENTIFIED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDES AND THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, LOT DESIGN, STREET DESIGN, EASEMENT AND BLOCK.
SO HERE I AM TELLING YOU THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION THAT CITY COUNCIL, BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION SEVEN ZERO, APPROVES THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND THAT IS GRANTED THE 1.5% REDUCTION FROM THE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT OF 70%.
I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE VIRTUALLY IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK THEM SOME QUESTIONS.
YEAH. WESLEY, CAN YOU REASSURE ME REAL QUICKLY WHERE THE ARIZONA TRAIL IS IN RELATION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT? AND IF IT'S IF IT KIND OF GETS CLOSE TO HERE, IF THERE'S ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THAT.
SO I BELIEVE IT'S JUST THE FOOT TRAIL.
I DON'T KNOW AS MUCH ON THE ARIZONA TRAIL FOR THIS.
I CAN PULL IT UP ON OUR GIS IF YOU WANT ME TO, JUST TO MAKE SURE.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO JUST BE SURE THAT.
THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE THAT IS BEING LOOKED UP.
WE'LL SEE IF. WE'LL SEE IF I CAN MULTITASK.
WE'LL TRY IT OUT. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
WELL, IT'S KIND OF A RELATED QUESTION.
THIS IS A GATED COMMUNITY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. NO.
THERE IS A GATE. IT'S OPEN DURING THE DAY.
YES. SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE THE FOOT TRAILS OPEN OR THERE'S.
ARE THEY CLOSED OFF TO THE PUBLIC OR HOW DO YOU.
YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I BELIEVE THE FOOT'S TRAIL WILL NEED TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES.
I'M NOT SURE IF THE APPLICANTS ON HERE AND THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ACCESS IN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
I SIGNED IN ONCE AND GOT BLOCKED.
SO SHE'S GOING TO GRAB HER SURFACE AND WE'LL PULL IT UP FOR YOU.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE LINDSAY IS ON THE.
LINDSAY, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ACCESS? IS SHE TRYING? OH.
WESLEY, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES. YES.
LINDSEY CHUBBY WITH LAW FIRM OF GAMMAGE AND BURNHAM.
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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR.GREAT QUESTION. SO FIRST QUESTION.
NO, THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE ARIZONA TRAIL WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, AS WESLEY SAID, THERE WAS AN APPROVED FINAL PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED IN JANUARY OF 2023.
IT WE HAD SOME SOME SCRIVENER'S ERRORS AS WELL AS SOME, SOME LOT MODIFICATIONS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE.
AND THEREFORE THAT IS WHY WE'RE GOING BACK THROUGH THE PLAT PROCESS.
SO NO NEGATIVE IMPACT THE ARIZONA TRAIL.
AS FOR THE THE DEVELOPMENT, IT IS OPEN DURING THE DAY.
SO IT IS A GATED COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S OPEN DURING THE DAY.
IF ANYONE COMES, THEY ARE WELCOME TO COME IN AND THOSE FOOT TRAILS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'D BE CLOSED AT NIGHT.
CORRECT. THEY ARE CLOSED AT NIGHT, BUT THEY ARE.
FRANKLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIZENS OF FLAGSTAFF AND RESIDENTS, PART TIME RESIDENTS, BUT SOME FULL TIME RESIDENTS WHO DO LIVE IN PINE CANYON AND ARE TAXPAYERS AND VOTERS, AND THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE TO THE FOOT TRAILS 24 HOURS A DAY.
THERE'S ONLY ONE PORTION OF THE FOOT TRAIL THAT GOES THROUGH, AND IT'S UP IN THIS CORNER OVER HERE.
THANK YOU LINDSEY. THANK YOU LINDSEY.
THANK YOU. YEAH. I SUPPOSE THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A MEMBER OF THAT COMMUNITY CAN GET CAN NAVIGATE THE FOOT SYSTEM FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER USING PUBLIC TRAILS AFTER HOURS.
I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE.
AND ALSO, JUST FOR CONTEXT, I KNOW THE ARIZONA TRAIL IN THIS REGION WHERE JOHN WESLEY POWELL DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING, THERE'S TALK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE MOVED AT SOME POINT.
SO MY QUESTION IS NOT NECESSARILY IS THE ARIZONA TRAIL GOING THROUGH THERE NOW, BUT IS IT A VIABLE CANDIDATE FOR WHERE THE ARIZONA TRAIL MIGHT PASS THROUGH ONCE THOSE CHANGES ARE MADE? THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
THE ARIZONA TRAIL IS 800 MILES OF CONNECTED RIGHT OF WAY THAT THE PUBLIC CAN USE ANY TIME OF DAY.
SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MAYBE THE DEVELOPER CAN REASSURE ME THAT WHATEVER THAT CONVERSATION LOOKS LIKE AS IT DEVELOPS, THAT YOU GUYS ARE OPEN TO RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THE ARIZONA TRAIL RESOURCE IF IT HAPPENS TO FALL IN YOUR LAP.
VICE MAYOR. FIRST TO ADDRESS THE FOOT'S TRAIL.
AS WESLEY SAID, THE MAJORITY OF THE FOOT TRAIL IS OUTSIDE OF THE GATES.
TO THE PUBLIC 24 HOURS A DAY AS FAR AS THE ARIZONA TRAIL.
AND WE CAN HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS.
THIS THIS FLAT TRACT, 23 OF THE ORIGINAL PINE CANYON DOES NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE.
AND MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
REST ASSURED, WE'RE HAVING VERY PRODUCTIVE, GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF YOUR TRAILS COMMUNITY, YOUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS, THE PRIVATE, LARGE LANDOWNERS, AS WE LIKE TO CALL THEM IN THE GWP CORRIDOR.
ABOUT. YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT THAT STL 405 RIGHT NOW, WHERE IS THE CURRENT PLACEMENT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE ARIZONA TRAIL? WE THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
AND IF THERE IS ANY RELOCATION, IT'S DONE.
SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE TOPOGRAPHY, THE TRAIL.
SO ANY ANY RELOCATION OF THE TRAIL IS ONLY TO FOR THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND FOR THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY IN THE AREA AS OPPOSED TO HAVING IT MAYBE GO THROUGH A MORE, YOU KNOW, SUB TRADITIONAL SUBDIVISION.
SO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT AT LEAST FROM ALL OF MY CLIENTS IN THE AREA THAT THAT THE ARIZONA TRAIL IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND IN FUTURE. DEVELOPMENT AND WE ARE WORKING WITH STAFF ON THAT.
SO WHEN THE TRAIL IS CLOSED DURING CERTAIN HOURS.
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MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.I, I'M USED TO BEING IN FRONT OF YOU.
BUT THAT'S JUST TO PINE CANYON.
THE FOOT TRAIL THAT IS ON THE EXTERIOR OF PINE CANYON IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 24 OVER SEVEN.
IS THAT CORRECT? THROUGH THE MAYOR.
THE FOOT TRAIL THAT IS EXTERIOR TO THE PINE CANYON DEVELOPMENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THERE'S ALSO A PUBLIC PARKING AREA OFF OF LONE TREE, THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT AREA IS A PLACE WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN GO PARK AND THEN UTILIZE THE FOOTS IN THIS AREA.
I WOULD THINK THEORETICALLY 24 OVER SEVEN, YOU SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT TRAIL.
AND THE TRAIL DOESN'T ACTUALLY GO THROUGH WHERE THE GATE HOUSE IS.
THERE'S AN AREA FURTHER TO THE EAST WHERE IT GOES THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION AND KIND OF BY KIND OF A WATERWAY, A LOW AREA WHERE KIND OF THEIR FACILITIES BUILDING IS THAT THAT'S WHERE THAT FOOT'S IS.
SO THAT THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES.
MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THERE IS A PARKING AREA THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
SO ON THIS MAP THAT'S ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, COULD YOU POINT OUT THE PARCELS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT? BE THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE, MR. MCCARTHY. RIGHT WHERE? PARCEL. SORRY.
IF I CLICK ON IT IT DOES THAT.
SO IT'S THIS OUTLINED RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE IT EVEN HAS THE ADDRESS POINTS FOR THE LOTS RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU.
OF COURSE. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
OKAY. SO THE THE THE TRAIL IS IT'S NEAR THE SUBDIVISION, RIGHT? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. AND SO THE TRAIL IS PUBLIC LAND, RIGHT? ANYBODY CAN WALK UP AND DOWN THAT TRAIL.
SO IF I'M WALKING DOWN THE TRAIL, WHEN AM I ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND NOT PUBLIC PROPERTY? AND HOW DO I KNOW THAT? SO I THINK THE TRAIL IS GOING TO GO ALONG THE SIDEWALK ON GWP IN THAT AREA.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT IT'S THIS BROWN LINE WHICH GOES ALONG THE SIDEWALK RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU WON'T BE OFF THE TRAIL ON PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL YOU'RE INTO THAT ONE CORNER, UNTIL YOU WIN, UNTIL YOU'RE UP IN THIS CORNER TO CONNECT YOU OVER TO THE FISHER POINT TRAIL.
OKAY. I'M NOT GOING TO BE WALKING THE TRAIL, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE. SO, MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.
ITEM NINE C THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH THE CONDITIONS AS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THANK YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, WESLEY.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER TEN.
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-30 and Ordinance No. 2024-19: A Resolution of the Flagstaff City Council declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the City Clerk and entitled "Water Services Rates Code Changes" and An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff City Code Title 3, Business Regulations, Section 3-10-001-0008 License Fees and Title 7, Health and Sanitation, Chapter 7-02 Wastewater Regulations, and Chapter 7-03 Water Regulations, by adopting by reference that certain document entitled "Water Services Rates Code Changes"; providing for penalties, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the June 18 Council Meeting: 1) Hold Public Hearing 2) Read Resolution No. 2024-30 by title only 3) Read Ordinance No. 2024-19 by title only for the first time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-19 by title only (if approved above) At the July 2 Council Meeting: 5) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-30 6) Read Ordinance No. 2024-19 by title only for the final time 7) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-19 by title only (if approved above) 8) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-19]
CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-30 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-19.WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME AND HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM STAFF.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS ERIN YOUNG, WATER RESOURCES MANAGER.
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AND AS YOU JUST READ THE TOPIC, WE'RE HERE FOR THE FIRST READ CONSIDERATION OF A CHANGING WATER, RECLAIMED WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES AND CHARGES.WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION.
WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE SOME SLIDES PREPARED JUST IN ANTICIPATION OF ANY QUESTIONS.
AND WE HAVE STANTEC ONLINE FOR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR.
COUNCIL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR OUR CONSULTANT? COUNCIL MEMBER. MATTHEWS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. KAREN SINCE WE'RE NOT SEEING THE EXACT.
PLAN. IN THE PAST, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT 5% AFTER FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S JUST ON THERE BECAUSE THE THE MODEL USES THAT.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER. MATTHEWS.
THE RED LINE TO THE CODE IS IN YOUR PACKET, AND ALL THE RED LINES ARE FOR FIVE YEARS.
THE FORMAL ADOPTION READS, I BELIEVE FIVE YEAR TIME PERIOD.
AND THE STANTEC TECHNICAL REPORTS YOU KNOW, STATE THAT WE'RE IN A FIVE YEAR ADOPTION PLAN, EVEN THOUGH THE FINANCIAL MODEL IS MADE, ASSUMPTIONS BEYOND THAT TIME.
AND THEN SHANNON SAID HE EXPLAINED TO US IN ONE OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS THAT SHANNON, YOU YOU REVIEW EVERY THREE YEARS, WATER, WASTEWATER.
AND I DON'T KNOW, BESIDES JUST SAYING THIS PUBLICLY, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M STILL NOT REAL COMFORTABLE WITH THE INCREASES THAT WE'RE GOING. YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB OF REDUCING AND MAKING SOME CONCESSIONS, BUT IT'S STILL A HUGE IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OR AGREEMENT.
IF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AGREES WITH ME THAT IN THREE YEARS I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME PROGRESS REPORTS, I KNOW THAT INFLATION, COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, IMPACTS TO OUR SUCCESSES.
BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO STAY TRANSPARENT.
AND I HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY A LOT THAT WE MAKE THESE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES NOT WATER DEPARTMENT, BUT JUST IN OTHER CITY BUSINESS.
AND THEN A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENS, AND THEN WE DON'T WE DON'T DELIVER.
AND I THINK THIS IS AS A HUGE PROJECT OR LIST OF PROJECTS, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER, AND IF NOT, PIVOT AND DO MAKE ANOTHER JUST HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON, OKAY, WERE WE ARE WE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, WERE WE NOT ABLE TO DELIVER, YOU KNOW, 50% OF THE PROJECTS OR WHATEVER AND HAVE A DISCUSSION IN THREE YEARS INSTEAD OF JUST, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE, IT'S JUST OUT THERE REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO JUST SAY IT AND AGREE TO IT OR HAVE IT IN WRITING.
THANK YOU, CAROL, FOR BEING ON, BUT I JUST THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THESE THINGS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OUTSIDE INFLUENCES THAT CAN IMPACT THESE PLANS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL UNTIL WE GET INTO IT.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK TWO THINGS.
ONE, I THINK A MAJORITY OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, I WOULD SAY WAS DONE BY COUNCIL.
WE WERE HERE LISTENING, TAKING THE DIRECTION.
AND ABSOLUTELY I SAY WATER SERVICES COMMITTED FOR THAT.
THAT REPORTING BACK I BELIEVE THERE'S ALREADY FUNCTIONALITY WHERE THAT OCCURS.
AND WE CAN BE MORE INTENTIONAL ON HIGHLIGHTING THAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS THE ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEW THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEW IS WHERE WE LOOK AT THE BOTH THE SHORT LONG TERM PLANS, THE COST OF SERVICE THAT WE PIN DOWN TO COMMIT TO DO EVERY THREE YEARS.
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THAT COST OF SERVICE STUDY IS NOT A RATE INCREASE.THE COST OF SERVICE IS AGAIN, JUST THAT METRIC WHERE WE LOOK AT HOW MUCH REVENUE IS BEING COLLECTED AND WHO'S IT COMING FROM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON COURSE, THAT THAT'S PROPORTIONAL ACROSS THE CLASSES.
THAT MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T DEVIATE FROM THAT AND THAT.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE RIGHT ON POINT.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE DEVIATING.
BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS TRIGGER A RATE INCREASE.
IT'S THERE'S MORE FACTORS THAN JUST THE COST OF SERVICE.
SO I THINK THAT'S TWO THINGS THE COST OF SERVICE.
AND THEN THAT ANNUAL BUDGET ANNUAL REVIEW OF OUR FINANCIALS AND HOW WE CAN POINT THAT OUT OF WHAT'S, AGAIN, WHAT ARE THE THINGS BEING ACCOMPLISHED? WHAT ARE THE THINGS BEING CARRIED FORWARD IF THEY'RE DELAYED? THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR MECHANISM FOR THAT COMMUNICATION.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TO HIGHLIGHT AND EMPHASIZE THAT.
MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER. MATTHEWS.
IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, WE'RE ALREADY DISCUSSING KEEPING CLEAN WATER.
FLAGSTAFF GOING FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNICATING RATE STUDY RELATED MESSAGING.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY I'M EXCITED TO USE TO HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY'RE MAKING IN THEIR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WHILE SHANNON JONES SPOKE TO OPERATIONAL COSTS AND OTHER DELIVERABLES ON THIS OR UPDATES, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WHICH COMPRISE A LARGE PART OF THIS RATE INCREASE.
AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE QUESTION, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THIS DISCUSSION INTERNALLY, BUT I WAS REMINDED OF HOW DILIGENT AND TRANSPARENT WE HAVE BEEN ON THE.
I KNOW IT'S APPLES TO ORANGES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FLOOD MITIGATION AND A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
NEVERTHELESS, COUNCIL'S HEARING REGULAR UPDATES.
THE MOST RECENT ONE, YOU KNOW, JUST OCCURRED.
THOSE SAME UPDATES ARE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK IT HAS DONE A LOT IN TERMS OF LETTING OUR CITIZENS, RATEPAYERS, TAXPAYERS KNOW.
WHAT THE DELIVERABLES ARE AND WHEN WHEN THEY CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED.
WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS TIED TO THIS RATE INCREASE.
WE OWE IT TO OUR CITIZENS TO REPORT AS TO THE STATUS OF THOSE PROJECTS.
AND YOU HAVE MY ASSURANCE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT WILL NOT BE WITHIN THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING MUCH MORE FREQUENT THAN THAT.
I'M THINKING QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY MANAGER JUST.
AND MAYBE IT'S JUST ME, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED GREAT UPDATES.
BUT I'M SUCH A VISUAL THAT I GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT.
OH, GREAT THAT WE FINISHED THAT PROJECT.
BUT HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO WHAT THE TIMELINE THAT WE PROMISED.
AND THERE'S THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THERE.
AND SAYING WE'VE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT.
HI, ED. SAME WITH STORM WATER.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE ON BOTH THOSE STORMWATER AND WATER RATES, NOT JUST THE PROJECTS, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE COMPLETE, BUT HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO COMPLETE? YET. WE'LL PROVIDE THAT AND WE'LL PROVIDE HOW WE'RE COMPARING WITH HOW WITH THE ESTIMATED COST AS WELL.
YOU'LL IT'LL BE THE TIMELINE, IT'LL BE THE COST, IT'LL BE ALL OF THAT.
AND SO YES, VERY GOOD QUESTION.
I AM GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND MY COMMENTS.
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SORRY. WAIT, I JUST STARTED TO LOOK FOR IT.I'M MICHELLE JAMES. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF FLAGSTAFF.
FUTURE OF F CUBED WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO THE WATER SERVICES STAFF FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DISCUSS WITH US THE DETAILS AND DECISION MAKING BEHIND THE PROPOSED WATER RATE INCREASES OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
STAFF INPUT HAS ASSISTED US IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE RATE STUDY WORKED AND THE FACTORS CONSIDERED, AND THAT DETERMINE THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES, AS WELL AS WHY RATE INCREASES ARE NEEDED NOW, AND HOW THESE RATE CHANGES WOULD IMPACT THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2029.
LAST MONTH, COUNCIL RESPONDED TO CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY MANY IN THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE SIGNIFICANT FIVE YEAR INCREASES IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RATES BY REDUCING THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF FUNDED CIP PROJECTS AND INCREASING DEBT F CUBED IN THE COMMUNITY GREATLY APPRECIATES THIS.
HOWEVER, AS WE STATED AT OUR MAY 21ST COUNCIL WORK SESSION, F CUBE CONTINUES TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY OF LOWER AND FIXED INCOME HOUSEHOLDS TO ABSORB THE INCREASES IN WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES DURING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY PAST DECISIONS, RESULTING IN DELAYS TO MAINTAIN TO TO MAINTAINING EXISTING FACILITIES AND PREPARING FOR FUTURE GROWTH. F CUBE HOPES THAT SHIFTING THE BURDEN OF RISING WATER RATES AWAY FROM LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED COMPREHENSIVELY IN THE NEXT WATER RATE STUDY.
THAT SAID, WE BELIEVE THE CITY CAN ADDRESS SOME EQUITY ISSUES NOW.
SPECIFICALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY HOLISTICALLY ADDRESS ASSISTANCE, AFFORDABILITY AND COLLECTION PRACTICES BY STARTING TO IMPLEMENT THE SUGGESTIONS OUTLINED IN THE PUBLICATION, ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY ACROSS THE WATER SECTOR A TOOL KIT FOR UTILITIES.
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY THE US WATER ALLIANCE.
F CUBE BELIEVES THAT THE THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY THE RATE CHANGES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A CITIZENS COMMITTEE FORMED BY THE END OF 2024, AT THE LATEST, TO DETERMINE HOW TO BOTH GENERATE EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT PAY THE INCREASED WATER BILLS, AND TO MODIFY COLLECTION PRACTICES AND MINIMIZE SHUT OFFS FOR THOSE WITH FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS. WE ALSO ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO LOOK INTO WAYS THAT THE FLAGSTAFF CAN COMMUNITY CAN ASSIST OUR NEIGHBORS.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL JOE GALLI, 101 WEST ROUTE 66, IN FLAGSTAFF.
I WANT TO FIRST TAKE A MINUTE OR A COUPLE SECONDS.
EXCUSE ME TO THANK THE WATER SERVICES DIRECTOR, MR. SHANNON JONES, AND HIS STAFF, AARON AND OTHERS WHO HAVE ENGAGED THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS GOING BACK TO JANUARY OF 2023, AND WE HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE CONVERSATION THE ENTIRE WAY THAT HAS BROUGHT US TO THIS MOMENT IN TIME.
I WANT TO ALSO THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR LISTENING TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE INITIALLY PROPOSED RATE HIKES OF 15% PER YEAR ON WATER AND SEWER FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, AND HAVING REVISED THAT NOW AS IT SITS BEFORE YOU DOWN TO TEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 1600 COMMERCIAL METERS IN THIS TOWN.
AND SO WE'RE A LARGE PARTICIPANT IN PAYING INTO THE UTILITY FOR BOTH WATER AND SEWER.
AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY NEEDS CERTAINTY AND WE RELY ON CERTAINTY.
SO I THINK WE'LL BE HAPPY WHEN THIS IS BEHIND US, AS WE'LL KNOW WHAT OUR RATES ARE MOVING FORWARD.
WE ALSO NEED A RELIABLE DELIVERY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THIS COMMUNITY OF WATER AND SEWER SERVICES.
WE'RE HERE TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE WE'VE NOT DONE THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND NOW THAT WE ARE TAKING THIS MONEY IN FORM OF RATE HIKE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IT'S ENCOURAGING.
AND WE HOPE THAT, OF COURSE, THE WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL FOLLOW THROUGH.
I DO WANT TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPOKE.
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THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE UPCOMING INCREASES.AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF IN A SITUATION WHERE IT'S DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS.
IT'S THIS IT'S STORM WATER, IT'S MINIMUM WAGE AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAVE HEARD.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE VERY IMPACTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUT OUR RESIDENTS WILL ALSO PAY THIS AT THE LOCAL RETAIL AND IN OTHER PLACES, TOO, AS WELL.
HAVING SAID ALL THAT, I AM GRATEFUL FOR A VERY JUDICIOUS PROCESS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT YOU HAVE ACCEPTED OR PLANNED TO ACCEPT HERE A LOWER FEE INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WHICH WILL ADD, OF COURSE, BY DOING THAT, YOU EXTENDING OUT THE DEBT ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ENCOURAGED YOU TO CONSIDER.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.
I'M JUST POINTING OUT THE NEED FOR YOU TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SHARPER PEN.
AND LOOK AT THIS FROM A STANDPOINT OF WHAT THE INFLATION IS.
SO SHE'S KIND OF SHY ABOUT USING IT AGAIN.
BUT NOBODY CAN PREDICT THE PANDEMIC.
AND I'VE SUGGESTED THAT YOU CONTINUALLY USE LONG TERM NUMBERS.
AND ONE THING I'LL DO AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS I WENT AND AND CAROL, AS HAS SAID THAT SHE BACK ON THE MAY 21ST MEETING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE WEBSITE.
SO PLEASE, CITY, WE'RE ALMOST A MONTH DOWN THE ROAD.
PROVIDE THAT TO YOUR CITIZENS.
NUMBER TWO, GOING FORWARD, IF YOU WANT TO DO SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND IF OUR OUR BIG DISAGREEMENT HERE IS TRYING TO PREDICT INFLATION, WHICH NOBODY CAN DO 100%. BUT WE LOOK TO THE MARKET AND WE LOOK TO LONG TERM TRENDS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LONG TERM TRENDS, SOME OF THE SOME OF THE INDEXES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEPARTMENT BY STANTEC, USE THEM, OKAY, USE THEM AND COME BACK IN TWO YEARS.
IF THAT'S DOWN, REDUCE THE ONGOING RATE GOING FORWARD.
THE LONG TERM INDEX FOR ONE OF THEM IS IS -1.7 FOR NINE YEARS.
AND THEY'RE GETTING SIX. THEY'RE ASKING FOR A 6% INCREASE.
AND IT'S ONLY ON 25% OF THE EXPENSES.
SO WHY DON'T WE HOLD THEM TO OKAY LET'S MAKE THIS AN INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.
IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THEY'RE WAY OFF THE MARK ON THESE NUMBERS.
AND I'VE FORMED YOU ABOUT THIS.
WE DON'T NEED TO GO THIS HIGH.
AND I'M NOT TAKING AWAY FROM ANY CIP.
IT'S JUST INFLATION. THEY AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
OR IF IT HAPPENS YOU CAN ADJUST IT DOWN THE ROAD GIVEN WHERE YOU ARE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAD ANY.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GO BACK IN TWO YEARS IF WE FIND THAT THINGS ARE LOOKING DIFFERENT THAN WE ANTICIPATED? COULD WE? AND WHAT KIND OF PROBLEM DOES THAT CREATE? OR DOES IT CREATE AN ISSUE? MAYOR, COUNCILORS, THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING THROUGH IS, IS A POLICY PROCESS.
SO I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY, IT IS WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY TO BRING THAT BACK.
ALL RIGHT, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THOUGHTS OR EMOTION.
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ALL THESE CALCULATIONS AND HIRE A CONSULTANT AND EVERYTHING.THAT'S A COST THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER BEFORE WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT OR NOT DO IT.
ALL RIGHT. ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS OR EMOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT THE DISCUSSION AND THE THE COMMENTS THAT MR. WOOD WAS BRINGING UP WAS ABOUT USING A GUESSTIMATE ON INFLATION NUMBERS WHICH ARE NEVER GUARANTEED.
THEY ALWAYS CHANGE. THEY'RE NEVER WHAT WE PROJECT THEM TO BE.
OR RARELY, MAYBE THEY HAVE BEEN.
BUT I THINK IN OUR THREE YEARS IF THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN OFF THE MAP, IF THE INFLATION RATES THAT WE USE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS ARE WAY OFF THE MARK.
WHEN WE DO THE REVIEW, IT'S NOT JUST THE THE CIP THAT'S BEEN PRODUCED, BUT IF WE'RE COLLECTING MORE MONEY THAN WE NEED BASED ON THOSE INFLATION RATES, I THINK THAT IS IT MAY COST THE CITY A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS, BUT NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IT'S COSTING OUR COMMUNITY.
HOPEFULLY WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH NINE MONTHS OF ANALYTICS THAT WE CAN JUST SAY, WELL, WE DON'T NEED A DEBT COVERAGE RATIO OF 7 TO 1% BECAUSE WE WERE COLLECTING ALL THIS BECAUSE THE RATE OF INFLATION MAY NOT BE THAT HIGH, HOPEFULLY.
SO I WOULD JUST IN THREE YEARS.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION.
YEAH. I DON'T EVER WANT TO WASTE THE CITY'S MONEY.
AND I DON'T THINK WE EVER WASTE MONEY WHEN WE TRY TO SAVE MONEY.
AND SO I WOULD I WOULD ASK US TO REALLY, REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE DO THIS.
IF WE IF WE DO FIND OUT THAT WE'VE GOT MORE.
I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, IS THAT IF WE DO FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE MORE AND THAT THE INFLATION RATES HAVE CHANGED BECAUSE, LIKE MR. PORTER SAID, NOBODY COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED THAT PANDEMIC.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS USING THE MURDOCK CENTER THIS SUMMER BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO RENT ANY OTHER SPACE, AND WE COULD USE THAT SPACE THAT SO THAT PARENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE A PLACE FOR THEIR KIDS TO GO DURING THE SUMMER, THE ONES THAT ARE UNDER AGE THAT CAN'T STAY BY THEMSELVES, THEY COULD HELP THEM OUT AND PROVIDE A SPACE FOR THEM TO GO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS IS JUST NOT AFFECTING SOME OF US, THIS IS AFFECTING ALL OF US.
AND SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
BUT THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS THAT ARE NOT.
AND SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND THIS IS GOING TO HURT PEOPLE.
AND I LAST MEETING WE HAD WITH YOU, I MENTIONED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR FULL BILL, OR MAYBE HAVING A HICCUP IN LIFE.
AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND LOOK INTO THE EQUITY ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
AND WHEN APPROPRIATE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-30 BY TITLE ONLY.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION FOR NUMBER THREE? I MOVED TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-19 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE, TITLE THREE, BUSINESS REGULATIONS, SECTION THREE DASH.
TEN DASH 001-0008 LICENSE FEES AND TITLE SEVEN HEALTH AND SANITATION.
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CHAPTER 7-02 WASTEWATER REGULATIONS AND CHAPTER 7-03 WATER REGULATIONS.BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT ENTITLED WATER SERVICES RATES, CODE CHANGES PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
[B. Public Hearing: Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget and Property Tax Levy STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Hold the public hearing to receive citizen input Convene Special Meeting]
MR. FRANKEL, I HAVE A QUESTION.DO I HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE I CONVENE THE SPECIAL MEETING, OR DO I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN CONVENE THE SPECIAL MEETING? LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
ALL RIGHT, SO I AM OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF.
STACEY SALTZBURG MUCH APPRECIATED.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL BRANDY TO THE CITY'S FINANCE DIRECTOR.
MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT WILL COVER AGENDA TEN B, 11 A AND 12 A, AND ARE ALL RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 20 2425 BUDGET AND PROPERTY TAXES.
SO HERE IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE CITY'S BUDGET ADOPTION.
TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD TENTATIVE BUDGET ADOPTION ON JUNE 4TH.
TONIGHT, WE FIRST HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING BOTH ON BUDGET AND TAX LEVY.
THEN WE GO INTO A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE WE WILL DO THE FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION VIA RESOLUTION, FOLLOWED BY THE FIRST READ OF THE PROPERTY TAX ORDINANCE SETTING THE PROPERTY TAX RATES.
THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 20 2425 BUDGET IS $579 MILLION, $432,772 OF WHICH IS A $39.7 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR, OR A 7.4% INCREASE.
MUCH OF THIS INCREASE IS RELATED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR TRANSPORTATION TAX FUND, AS WELL AS OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS, SPECIFICALLY PROPOSITION 441 AND PROPOSITION 442.
THE CITY'S BUDGET IS MADE UP OF FIVE FUND TYPES.
THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THE BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY 113.6 MILLION, OR 20% OF THE BUDGET.
OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS MAKE UP 172.8 MILLION, OR 30% OF THE BUDGET.
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS INCLUDE OUR HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUND, OUR TRANSPORTATION TAX.
PAK FLAG RBB FUNDS OUR LIBRARY.
DEBT SERVICE FUNDS MAKE UP $19.8 MILLION, OR 3% OF THE BUDGET.
THESE FUNDS INCLUDE OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, DEBT SERVICE, AS WELL AS OUR PENSION BOND FUNDS.
IT MAKES UP $66.4 MILLION OR 11% OF THE BUDGET.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
THIS INCLUDES DRINKING WATER, WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED WATER, STORMWATER, OUR SOLID WASTE FUND, SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FUND, THE THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSING AUTHORITY, AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT.
THOSE FUNDS MAKE UP $206.8 MILLION OF THE BUDGET, OR 36%.
INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S BUDGET IS THE FOLLOWING.
PROPOSED PROPERTY TAXES BASED ON COUNCIL DIRECTION THIS SPRING FOR A FLAT LEVY, THE CITY'S PRIMARY FOR THE CITY'S PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX, THE TOTAL PROPOSED CITY PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX LEVY IS JUST OVER $7.2 MILLION.
THIS LEVY INCLUDES NEW CONSTRUCTION REVENUE OF $71,670, AND ON AVERAGE, ASSESSED VALUES ON EXISTING PROPERTIES INCREASED APPROXIMATELY 4.3%.
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SO, BASED ON A FLAT LEVY, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE 0.6363 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE, WHICH IS A RATE DECREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR RATE OF 0.6634.THIS LOBBY IS $752,293, BELOW THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED LEVY BY STATE STATUTES AND PRIMARY PROPERTY TAXES ARE USED, ARE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS, AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
THE TOTAL PROPOSED SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX LEVY IS A FLAT RATE, WHICH IS AT APPROXIMATELY $9.1 MILLION, AT A RATE OF 0.8000 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE.
THIS IS APPROXIMATELY A 5.3% INCREASE IN THE TAX LEVY PER STATE STATUTES.
HERE'S A SLIDE THAT PROVIDES A FIVE YEAR HISTORY ON THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX RATES.
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RATE IS 0.7025 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION.
AND THE CITY'S PROPOSED RATE, WHICH ALSO AGAIN EQUALS THE FLAT LEVY RATE, IS 0.6363.
ASSESSED VALUES HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST YEAR OVER PRIOR YEAR.
THE CITY'S LIMITED NET ASSESSED VALUATION INCREASED 5.3% OVER THE PRIOR YEAR, WHICH INCLUDES NEW CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY $11.3 MILLION, AND OUR FULL CASH VALUE EVALUATION INCREASED 23.5%.
THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE DETERMINES THESE VALUES.
THESE VALUES ARE BASED ON EVALUATIONS DONE IN LATE 2022.
FOR THE TAX YEAR 2024, PER STATE STATUTE, LIMITED ASSESSED VALUE IS USED TO CALCULATE BOTH OUR PRIMARY AND OUR SECONDARY TAX TAXES, AND LIMITED ASSESSED VALUATION IS VALUE IS LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF A 5% INCREASE PER YEAR FOR MOST REAL PROPERTY. SO HOW DO THESE RATES IMPACT OUR COMMUNITIES, PROPERTY TAXES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A RESIDENTIAL FOR A PROPERTY WITH ASSESSED VALUATION OF $100,000.
ASSUMING NO INCREASE IN ASSESSED VALUATION FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, THEY WOULD SEE AN OVERALL SMALL DECREASE OF $2 AND 6 OR $0.71. FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITH AN ASSESSED VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION, AGAIN ASSUMING NO INCREASE IN ASSESSED VALUATION.
BUT AGAIN, IT CAN NEVER GO UP MORE THAN 5%.
OVER THE PRIOR, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SEE A DECREASE OF $191.05.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. BRANDI COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
I WILL TAKE PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO THIS SLIDE THAT YOU WERE JUST SHOWING US.
SHOWS IF THE ASSESSED VALUES DON'T CHANGE.
HOW MUCH? FOR COMMERCIAL AND HOW MUCH FOR RESIDENTIAL HAS ASSESSED VALUES ON AVERAGE CHANGED.
BECAUSE EVERY PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT BUT ON EXISTING PROPERTIES, APPROXIMATELY 4.3% INCREASE.
YES. IS THAT FOR RESIDENTIAL? IT'S FOR ALL PROPERTIES.
WHY DIDN'T YOU SHOW THAT? I DO NOT KNOW, BUT I DO HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR A 5% WHAT THE MAXIMUM WOULD BE.
AND THE REASON WHY I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IS MEANINGFUL TO OUR RESIDENTS, IS NOT LIKE.
WELL, OUR VALUES AREN'T CHANGING.
AND SO, LOOK, WE'RE WE'RE NOT PAYING AS MUCH IN TAXES.
BUT THE REALITY IS OUR VALUES ARE CHANGING A LOT.
AND THAT INCREASE THAT NUMBER IS SIGNIFICANT.
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IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE.WELL BRANDY DID YOU HAVE I DO I HAVE FOR.
SO FOR EXAMPLE I DIDN'T PUT IT ON THE SLIDE BUT I TRY TO HAVE NUMBERS IN MY HIP POCKET WHEN I CAN.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS PROPERTY WENT UP THE 5% MAXIMUM ALLOWED, THEIR TAXES WOULD INCREASE $1.27. SO.
YEP. AND THEN FOR COMMERCIAL THERE'S ACTUALLY STILL GOES DOWN.
THAT'S INFORMATION THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP I WILL MAKE THAT NOTE.
TO PROVIDE THOSE BOTH. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I DO. SO.
WE'RE NOT CALCULATING THE NUMBER OF TAXES.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE BUDGET IS DETERMINING A TAX LEVY, AND THE TAX LEVY IS GOING DOWN IN PROPORTION. NO, THE TAX LEVY STAYS THE SAME.
SO THE TAX RATE IS GOING DOWN BY THE SAME AMOUNT THAT THIS VALUATION IS GOING UP.
SO WE ARE NOT INCREASING TAXES EXCEPT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
YES. NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE LEVY.
I THINK THE OTHER THING TO NOTE.
SO FOR PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX WE'RE KEEPING A FLAT LEVY FOR SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX WE ARE KEEPING A FLAT RATE SO THAT BASED ON WHAT WE APPROVED WITH THE VOTERS.
OH OKAY. SO THE PRIMARY TAXES ARE NOT GOING UP, BUT THE SECONDARY IS GOING UP.
AND THOSE SECONDARY TAXES ARE FOR THINGS THAT THE VOTERS HAVE APPROVED.
SPECIFICALLY PROPOSITION 442 AND 441.
WITH THOSE RECENT DEBT ISSUANCES.
ALL RIGHT. NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I AM GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONVENE THE SPECIAL MEETING SO THAT WE
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-27: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, adopting the Budget for the City of Flagstaff for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2024-27 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-27 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No.2024-27 Reconvene Regular Meeting]
CAN CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-27.QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR A MOTION.
WE READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-27 BY TITLE ONLY.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED CITY CLERK.
ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT? SO MOVE. AND A SECOND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.
I AM NOW RECONVENING OUR REGULAR MEETING.
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-17: An ordinance levying upon the assessed valuation of the property within the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, subject to taxation a certain sum upon each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of valuation sufficient to raise the amount estimated to be required in the annual budget, less the amount estimated to be received from other sources of revenue; providing funds for various bond redemptions, for the purpose of paying interest upon bonded indebtedness and providing funds for general municipal expenses, all for the Fiscal Year ending the 30th day of June 2025. (Primary and secondary property tax levies for FY 2024-2025) STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the June 18, 2024 Council Meeting: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2024-17 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-17 by title only (if approved above) At the July 2, 2024 Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2024-17 by title only for the final time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-17 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-17]
REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 12 A.CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-17, AN ORDINANCE LEVYING UPON THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
I ALWAYS REGRET STARTING TO READ THIS WHEN IT'S THIS LONG SUBJECT TO TAXATION, A CERTAIN SUM UPON EACH $100 OF VALUATION SUFFICIENT TO RAISE THE AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE REQUIRED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET, LESS THE AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE.
PROVIDING FUNDS FOR VARIOUS BOND REDEMPTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING INTEREST UPON BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL EXPENSES, ALL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE 2025.
SO I ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
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ARE AT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-17.
WE READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-17 BY TITLE.
TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF LEVYING UPON THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, SUBJECT TO TAXATION, A CERTAIN SUM UPON EACH $100 OF VALUATION SUFFICIENT TO RAISE THE AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE REQUIRED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET, LESS THE AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE.
PROVIDING FUNDS FOR VARIOUS BOND REDEMPTIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PAYING INTEREST UPON BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL EXPENSES, ALL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE 2025.
[B. Consideration and Approval of Ground Lease Agreement between the City of Flagstaff and Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona, Inc. for the development of affordable rental housing. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the ground lease with Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona, Inc. Authorize City Manager to execute the ground lease]
ARIZONA. WELCOME, JUSTINA.MAYOR COUNCIL JUSTINE ACOSTA, YOUR ASSISTANT HOUSING DIRECTOR.
TODAY, I'M IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING.
THE SITE THAT WE'RE REFERENCING IS LOCATED AT 2240 NORTH ISABEL, AND HERE'S A NICE PICTURE OF IT.
THE ORIGINAL SITE IS 0.87 OF AN ACRE.
THE ACTUAL BUILDING AREA IS 29,583FT, AND THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AREA THAT IS ON THAT SITE AND WILL REMAIN ON THAT SITE, IS A LITTLE OVER 8000FT².
IN 2018, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF HOUSING SECTION DID A PROCUREMENT FOR THE TO HIRE A PARTNER TO CONSTRUCT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN 2019, BRYNN SHAW HAD TO WITHDRAW AND THE PROJECT CAME TO A CLOSE BEFORE EVEN STARTING DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FUNDING.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALSO HAD TO GIVE BACK THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT THAT THEY WERE AWARDED TO THE STATE, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. AT LEAST NOT FOR BRYNN SHAW.
SO IT WAS A BIG BUMMER FOR THEM AND US IN 2021.
BRYNN SHAW DONATED PLANS FOR THE YSABEL PARCEL TO HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
YOU COUNCIL APPROVED A LEASE OPTION WITH HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THIS PARCEL IN ORDER TO ENABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS TO APPLY TO THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING FOR FUNDING.
HOUSING SOLUTIONS WAS ABLE TO ATTAIN THAT FUNDING OR A COMMITMENT OF THAT FUNDING IN 2023.
AND IT'S REFERENCED AS HOME ARP DOLLARS.
SO THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE 11 UNITS, ALL OF WHICH WOULD BE THREE BEDROOMS. THEY ARE TWO STORY BUILDINGS PLUS A LEASING OFFICE.
THE AGREEMENT WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT.
THE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING HAS A 15 YEAR COMPLIANCE PERIOD, UNDER WHICH THE THE UNITS ARE REQUIRED TO SERVE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNDER 30% AMI.
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OR HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
HERE IS A THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN FOR THAT PARCEL.
THIS WILL BE AMENDED AS PART OF THE COMING PROCESS BY HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
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SO YOU CAN SEE.IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR, HERE IS THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AREA.
THE LEASING OFFICE RIGHT HERE TO THE RIGHT, AND THEN THE OTHER BUILDINGS RIGHT HERE ON TOP.
WE THREW IN SOME PICTURES OF ELEVATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY BRANT SHAW.
I HAVE A TEAM BEHIND ME THAT WILL ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
BUT THESE ARE THE PICTURES WE HAD, SO WE THREW THEM IN HERE.
SO HERE'S THAT. HERE'S THE SOUTH BUILDING.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE TERMS OF THE GROUND LEASE.
SO THE GROUND LEASE THAT IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS A 99 YEAR TERM.
HOUSING SOLUTIONS WOULD PAY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AN ANNUAL FEE OF $100 ANNUALLY.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE TO BE BUILT, OWNED AND OPERATED BY HOUSING SOLUTIONS.
AND THEN AFTER THE 15 YEAR COMPLIANCE PERIOD REQUIRED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
THE UNITS WOULD NOT AVERAGE 30 OR WOULD NOT BE AT 30% AMI ANY LONGER, BUT THEY WOULD AVERAGE UP TO 80% AMI TO BROADEN THAT SCOPE OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED.
SIMILES REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO THE COMMUNITY GARDENERS THAT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, THAT GARDEN WILL BE FENCED OFF TO PROTECT THE AREA, THE TOPSOIL WILL BE PRESERVED AND HOUSING SOLUTIONS WILL REPLACE ANY LOST FRUIT TREES.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED, I HAVE A TEAM BEHIND ME.
I HAVE HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA IS HERE.
I HAVE FOLKS FROM SUSTAINABILITY AVAILABLE AS WELL AS FOLKS FROM PLANNING.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
AND SO LET ME FIRST CLARIFY BY SAYING THAT I AM VERY WELL AWARE OF THE HOUSING REGULATIONS REGARDING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND ALL OF THAT.
AND SO WHEN I ASK MY QUESTION, I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ASKING.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WHO QUALIFIES FOR THIS PARTICULAR HOUSING UNIT IS GOING TO BE MADE AWARE OF IT.
SO I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
WE WILL PUNT THAT TO DEVONNA MCGLAUGHLIN WITH HOUSING SOLUTIONS.
OUR SHARON MANOR AND JOJO'S PLACE PROGRAMS ARE REQUIRED DUE TO FUNDER GUIDELINES AND HUD BEST PRACTICES TO TAKE REFERRALS FROM THE COMMUNITY'S FRONT DOOR COORDINATED ENTRY PROGRAM AS A HUD SUPPORTED BEST PRACTICE.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT BEFORE YOU TODAY WILL ALSO SERVE HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THOSE WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND HOUSEHOLDS UNDER 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
REFERRALS FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL LIKELY COME FROM THE SAME SOURCE THE FRONT DOOR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, AS WE'RE SERVING A SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHIC POPULATION, AS REQUIRED BY OUR GRANT FUNDER, THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
OUR STAFF SPECIFICALLY ATTENDS WEEKLY CASE CONFERENCING WITH HOUSING PARTNERS AND FRONT DOOR STAFF TO ACCEPT REFERRALS FOR OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED ISABEL RENTAL DEVELOPMENT.
52% OF INDIVIDUALS ARE NATIVE AMERICAN, 36% ARE CAUCASIAN, AND 10% ARE HISPANIC.
TODAY, I DON'T HAVE THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
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AMERICAN. 30% OF OUR CLIENTS AT JOJO'S ARE DISABLED, AND OUR AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD AREA MEDIAN INCOME SERVED AS 24.57%.THE AVERAGE AGE OF RESIDENTS IS 56 YEARS OLD.
SO WE CONTINUE TO SERVE THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY HOUSING, SERVING VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, AS MANDATED BY OUR GRANT FUNDERS AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE OTHER HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WE WORK WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ACCEPT REFERRALS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW REFERRALS COME TO US, BUT THE COORDINATED ENTRY FRONT DOOR SYSTEM IS ONE THAT WE'VE WORKED HARD THROUGH PARTNER AGENCIES TO CULTIVATE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND ONE THAT IS EMBRACED BY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE HUD ITSELF, AND ONE THAT WE ENJOY WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE ONE ACCESS POINT TO MULTIPLE SERVICES, INCLUDING OURS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
NO, I THINK IT IT REALLY DOESN'T.
AND SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT HERE ABOUT WHY I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION.
I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE ALL OF US KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED OFTENTIMES DOES NOT ACCESS THE SERVICES THAT ARE SYSTEMATIC BECAUSE THEY HAVE HEART FAILINGS OR THEY HAVE DISTRUST OF THOSE SERVICES.
AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS THAT I WANT US TO LOOK AT HOW WE GET INTO THOSE SPACES.
AND THE PERSON IS SHAKING THEIR HEAD IN THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
HOW DO WE GET INTO THOSE SPACES WHERE THOSE PEOPLE ARE, THOSE PEOPLE WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HISTORICAL TRAUMA OR WHATEVER FROM SYSTEMS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY ABUSED THEM, HOW DO WE GET INTO THOSE SPACES TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO THEM? THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I'M TRYING TO ASK.
AND I GUESS I HAVEN'T BEEN REALLY REAL SUCCESSFUL AT ARTICULATING MY CONCERNS.
WHAT I'M WANTING TO KNOW IS THAT, WELL, WHAT I'M I SHOULDN'T SAY WANTING TO KNOW, BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS THAT OFTENTIMES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS A LOT OF WOMEN WILL NOT GO TO THOSE SHELTERS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
AND SO I WANT TO KNOW, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING THAT OTHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL WAYS OF GOING TO ANOTHER INSTITUTION? YOU KNOW, SO I MAY IF I'M A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERSON AND I'M AFRICAN AMERICAN, PROBABILITY THAT I'M GOING TO GO TO ONE OF THOSE OTHER PLACES IS NOT VERY LIKELY, ESPECIALLY IF I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH SYSTEMS BEFORE.
AM I MAKING SENSE? YOU ARE. BUT I THINK IT'S A BROADER DISCUSSION THAT JUST DOESN'T INVOLVE OUR AGENCY.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THOSE AGENCY PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH.
WE ARE NOT A HOMELESS OUTREACH AGENCY.
WE'RE NOT THE PATH TEAM THAT'S OUT MAKING SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNHOUSED IN THE FOREST OR IN UNSUITABLE LIVING CONDITIONS, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO.
OKAY, THEN THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO.
SO OUR HANDS ARE TIED IN SOME WAYS.
AND HOW WE HAVE TO ACCEPT REFERRALS GIVEN OUR FUNDING PARTNERS, IF WE'RE MANDATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, WHO HAS GIVEN US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD HOUSING TO UTILIZE REFERRAL SYSTEMS LIKE THE FRONT DOOR, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH OUR FRONT DOOR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OUTREACH IS HAPPENING IN A BETTER, MORE EQUITABLE, THOUGHTFUL WAY.
BUT WE CAN'T HAVE SIDE DOORS TO GET INTO OUR PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE FINDINGS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT UTILIZING THEIR BEST PRACTICES. SO I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT EFFORTS TO INCREASE OUTREACH AND TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN MARGINALIZED AND UNABLE TO ACCESS SERVICES HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET INTO OUR PROGRAMS. BUT I DO NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS AND OUR FUNDERS BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE PUTTING AT RISK OUR AGENCY BECAUSE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.
OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS LAST COMMENT AND THEN I'M GOING TO LET THIS GO.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO THAT.
I WOULD NEVER, EVER ASK YOU TO PUT YOUR FUNDING AT RISK.
OKAY. AND I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT COME ALONG WITH A LOT OF FUNDING.
SO I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO THAT, NOR WOULD I EVER ASK YOU TO DO THAT.
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ACCESS THOSE PROGRAMS, THAT WE TRY AND REACH OUT TO THEM.AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT THAT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT DOING THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO I'M GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE AND AND LEAVE IT.
AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT YOU HAVE HIRED SOME PEOPLE, AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY WILL HELP YOU TO DO THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I'VE ARTICULATED HERE TODAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I JUST FINISHED SAYING I WAS LIKE, THIS IS GOING TO BE ME AGAIN.
HANG ON ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY.
LET ME FIND WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL WE ARE GRATEFUL AND EXCITED TO BE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVAL OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DEVELOP AND CONSTRUCT 11 THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS ON THE ISABELLE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
THE IDEA OF THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
WITHOUT ACCESS TO LAND, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DEVELOP HOUSING.
DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION TAKES SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO BE WORKING WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING TO COMPLETE THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND SITE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS, TO EXECUTE OUR GRANT AGREEMENT, TO BE ABLE TO SECURE THE NECESSARY FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT THESE APARTMENTS.
WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY REDEVELOPED JOJO'S PLACE, UTILIZING FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING TO RENOVATE AN AGED MOTEL PROPERTY AND CREATE 44 STUDIO APARTMENTS SERVING HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WITH YOUR HELP AT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF UTILIZING CDBG FUNDING AND PRIVATE FINANCING, WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND AND REMODEL OUR SHARON MANOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM TO SERVE 29 HOUSEHOLDS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH WILL SERVE OUR COMMUNITY FOR 99 YEARS, PROVIDING DECENT, SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO VERY LOW INCOME, FORMERLY HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS OR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE CURRENTLY OWN AND LEASE 25 SCATTERED SITE PERMANENT RENTAL UNITS, 24 LOCATED IN FLAGSTAFF.
WE'LL EXPAND THAT TO 26 UNITS IN THE FALL WITH THE ACQUISITION OF TWO NEW CONDOMINIUMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, AND WE'LL EXPAND EVEN MORE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THESE UNITS, MANAGING AN INVENTORY OF 37 AFFORDABLE RENTALS THAT PROVIDE PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE 44 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS AT JOJO'S PLACE, THE 29 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS AT SHARON MANOR, AND THE 32 HOUSING UNITS WE'RE WORKING TO OPEN IN THE FALL IN COTTONWOOD.
AND I REALLY WANTED TO GET DOWN FOR THAT.
TIMER CAME OFF BECAUSE IT SCARED ME TWICE.
GIOVANNA. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TO.
TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF AT HOUSING SOLUTIONS, AS WELL AS TO ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS IN THIS WORK, THAT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN ON SUCH A HUGE PART OF THE BURDEN OF ADDRESSING OUR HOUSING CRISIS, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE CAN WE CAN PARTNER IN THIS WAY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE PARTNERSHIPS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THIS COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR NEIGHBORS HOUSED AND SAFE AND AND KEEP OUR RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLAGSTAFF.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? BECAUSE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE GROUND LEASE.
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LEASE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION.ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER C CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-18.
[C. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-18: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, authorizing the exchange of real property of substantially equal value with property owners, Gary G. and Mary Eileen Hundelt; providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date; and Consideration and Approval of Purchase Agreement with Gary G. and Mary Eileen Hundelt. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the June 18, 2024 Council Meeting: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2024-18 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No.2024-18 by title only (if approved above) At the July 2, 2024 Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2024-18 by title only for the final time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No.2024-18 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-18 6) Approve the Purchase Agreement and authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents. ]
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.BRYCE DOTY, REAL ESTATE MANAGER.
SO HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE WORLD.
WE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED THE CORNER LOT, WHICH WHICH HAD A HOUSE ON IT THAT'S SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE 100% DESIGN, WE KNOW EXACTLY KIND OF WHAT WE NEED FROM THAT LOT.
AND SO WHAT WE DO NEED, THOUGH, IS ABOUT 223FT² ON THE NEIGHBORING PARCEL OWNED BY THE HONDELLS.
AND WE DID IT'S NOT QUITE APPLES TO APPLES, BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER IS NOT REALLY A LOT THAT HAS AS MUCH VALUE AS IT USED TO BECAUSE IT'S 1000FT².
SO IT'S NOT REALLY A LEGAL LOT.
AND, AND SO REALLY WE, WE VALUED THAT FOR MORE OF ITS ASSEMBLAGE PURPOSES TO THE ADJACENT LOT.
SO THAT'S WHY EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GIVING THEM MORE SQUARE FEET THE NUMBERS ARE ABOUT THE SAME, BUT IT ENDS UP BEING THAT THE PROPOSED TRADE WOULD BE ABOUT $400, THAT THEY WOULD OWE US TO THE CITY FOR THE, FOR THE EXCHANGE.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY ALL THERE IS TO THIS AND THAT.
THERE WE GO. THAT'S A BIT BETTER IDEA OF UNDERSTANDING.
SO WE'RE GIVING THEM THE YELLOW AND WE'RE RECEIVING THE GREEN.
AND THAT WILL BECOME PART OF THEIR LOT.
AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.
I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT IT COUNCIL.
ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ THE ORDINANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
MAYOR. I'LL MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-1 8 OR 1 EIGHT BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING EVERYTHING.
PERFECT. OKAY, SO MOVING DOWN TO D.
OH, WHAT DID I DO? I STILL HAVE TO READ.
OH THAT'S WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON THIS ONE FOR ME.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO D CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 202432.
[D. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-32 and Ordinance No. 2024-20: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the City Clerk and entitled "2024 Revisions to Floodplain Regulations" and an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 12 Floodplains, Chapter 12-01 Flood Plain Regulations, by adopting by reference that certain document entitled "2024 Revisions to Floodplain Regulations"; providing for penalties, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the June 18, 2024 Council Meeting: 1) Read Resolution No. 2024-32 by title only 2) Read Ordinance No. 2024-20 by title only for the first time 3) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-20 by title only (if approved above) At the July 2, 2024 Council Meeting: 4) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-32 5) Read Ordinance No. 2024-20 by title only for the final time 6) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-20 by title only for the final time 7) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-20]
AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-20.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ME IF I'M READING IT CORRECTLY.
SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT CHAPTER 12 OF THE CITY CODE.
SO THAT IS THE FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS.
I'M THE STORMWATER SECTION DIRECTOR.
I DO WANT TO GIVE A THANKS TO OTHER STAFF.
I DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY.
THIS IS A FAIRLY MINOR REVISION OF OUR CHAPTER 12 CODE.
THE LAST REVISION WAS IN 2011.
AND WITH THOSE CHANGES IN THEIR TERMINOLOGY, BOTH FEMA AS WELL AS THE STATE REGULATORS.
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SO THAT WOULD BE THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY TO REVISE OUR CODE.
IT'S REALLY JUST CLARIFYING A FEW TERMS. CHANGING A FEW TERMS TO BE UP TO DATE AND CHANGING A FEW THINGS THAT WERE IMPLICIT TO EXPLICIT.
SO THERE'S NO CHANGE IN POLICY, THERE'S NO CHANGE IN FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS.
THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE REGULATE.
THIS CHAPTER 12 HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
IF NOT HAPPY TO TO MOVE THIS ALONG AND, AND HOPEFULLY GET DONE BEFORE RECESS.
ANY QUESTIONS? HOW ABOUT A MOTION TO READ THE RESOLUTION BY TITLE ONLY? MAYOR, I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-32 BY TITLE ONLY.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.
THANK YOU. AND ANOTHER MOTION, PLEASE.
I MOVED TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-20 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE.
CHAPTER 12 DASH ZERO ONE FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT ENTITLED 2024 REVISIONS TO FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER E CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-31.
[E. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-31: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, authorizing an amendment to a development agreement for Woodshire on Butler Condominiums. The Development Agreement is between Woodshire on Butler, LLC, and the City of Flagstaff related to the development of approximately 4.06 acres of real property generally located at 2989 E. Butler Avenue (APN 106-04-007B) and 3001 E. Butler Avenue (APN 106-04-006C). (Woodshire on Butler Development Agreement). STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2024-31 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-31 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-31]
ALL RIGHT.JUST BEAR WITH ME. ONE MOMENT.
YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE SITE IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF EAST BUTLER, NEAR HARROLD RANCH ROAD.
AND THEN TO THE KIND OF SOUTH AND WEST IS LITTLE AMERICA, JUST TO ORIENT WHERE EVERYBODY IS AT.
THE SITE IS ZONED HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN A PORTION OF IT IS HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL.
AND HERE'S AN AERIAL FOR CONTEXT.
SO DURING THE SITE PLANNING FOR THE PROPOSED WOODSHIRE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SUMMER OF 20.
YEAH. 2018, IT WAS PROPOSED THAT ABOUT A THREE QUARTER OF AN ACRE REMNANT PARCEL FROM THE PLANNED HAROLD HAROLD RANCH ROUNDABOUT BE SOLD TO THE DEVELOPER TO ACHIEVE TWO GOALS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS IN THE DEVELOPMENT FROM 40 TO 50, AND TO PROVIDE SECONDARY ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ROUNDABOUT. SO WHILE CURRENTLY THAT LOT LINE IS GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN A PLOT THAT CREATES THAT ABOUT JUST AN ACRE PARCEL TO THAT SITE. THE CITY'S ESTIMATE OF THE PROPERTY'S VALUE WAS ABOUT 175,000. THE CITY POSTED AN INVITATION FOR BID FROM FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY IN JANUARY OF 2019, WITH A MINIMUM BID REQUIREMENT OF $130,000, PLUS THE LEGAL OBLIGATION TO CONSTRUCT A MINIMUM OF FIVE PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP UNITS.
BERKSHIRE BROOKFIELD WAS THE SOLE BIDDER AND COUNCIL ACCEPTED THE OFFER IN MARCH OF 2019.
THIS ALLOWED BERKSHIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR SITE PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN MAY OF 2019.
THE FINAL PLAT WAS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.
OF THE FIVE REQUIRED AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP UNITS, ONLY ONE HAS BEEN BUILT AND SOLD TO DATE.
THE FIRST AFFORDABLE PURCHASE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED IN 20TH OCTOBER OF 2021 FOR $278,000.
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HOWEVER, THE HOME BUILDER ULTIMATELY WITHDREW THE FOLLOWING YEAR DUE TO CONSTRUCTION DELAYS AND RISING INTEREST RATES.AND IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, THE FIRST AFFORDABLE CONDO WAS BUILT AND SOLD.
HOWEVER, SOON AFTER THAT, WE BEGAN CONVERSATIONS WITH BROOKFIELD ABOUT POSSIBLY AMENDING THE DA.
SO THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AT WOODSHIRE HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPACTED BY COVID 19 DUE TO LABOR SHORTAGES, SUPPLY ISSUES AND DELIVERY DELAYS.
THE AFFORDABLE SALES PRICE HAS INCREASED BY ROUGHLY $100,000 SINCE THE INITIAL UNITS WERE OFFERED FOR SALE IN 2020, AND ARE CURRENTLY GOING FOR ABOUT 368,000. THE LATEST CHALLENGE HAS BEEN RAISING INTEREST RATES AND THE COST THAT THAT ADDS TO A MONTHLY HOUSING PAYMENT.
THE ABILITY OF ELIGIBLE BUYERS TO ENTER INTO A SUCCESSFUL PURCHASE CONTRACT HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY THE ISSUES PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO MORE PURCHASE CONTRACTS SINCE MAY OF 2022.
SO THERE'S A LOT ON THIS SLIDE.
BUT IN SUMMARY, SINCE 2020 3RD SEPTEMBER OF 2023, CITY STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH BROOKFIELD ON THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE INCLUDED IN FEE OPTIONS, AS WELL AS GREATLY REDUCING THE PRICE OF TWO UNITS TO 275,000 AND THEN SELLING THE OTHER TWO AT MARKET RATE.
THESE WERE ULTIMATELY NOT ACCEPTABLE BY STAFF.
AND THEN THE THE APPLICANT PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO SIMPLY INCREASE THE ARMY OF THE ELIGIBLE BUYERS FROM 100% TO 125% AMI.
STAFF AGREED TO THIS INCREASE IF THE CURRENT SALES PRICE.
FOR THE REMAINING AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE AND SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO CHANGING THE 100% AMI TO 125% LOCKING IN THE COMMITMENT THAT THE REMAINING UNITS BE SOLD AT 368,000.
ALSO ALLOWING A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY ON THAT 30% AND ALLOWING THE HOUSING DIRECTOR TO APPROVE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE IN CASE WE DO RUN INTO THOSE ISSUES AGAIN WITH THE RISING INTEREST COST.
AND THEN ALSO, WE'VE BUILT IN THE ABILITY FOR A TWO YEAR EXTENSION AT THE REQUEST OF THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE DEVELOPER FOR TWO YEARS EXTENSION OF THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT ARE PROPOSED.
AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR PRESENTATION.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO IF I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE READ RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 31 BY TITLE ONLY.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.
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FLAGSTAFF, RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 4.06 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 3001 EAST BUTLER AVENUE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 31.IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER OR LETTER F CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER
[F. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-28: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, ordering and calling a Special Election of the City for November 5, 2024, in conjunction with the City's General Election, to submit two questions to the qualified electors of Flagstaff with respect to the possible continuation of the City Lodging, Restaurant and Lounge (BBB) tax; and the possible increase and continuation of a local Transaction Privilege Tax (Sales Tax) for the purposes of public transit. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2024-28 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-28 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-28]
2024-28. IF I CAN GET MY PAPERS TOGETHER HERE.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
STACEY SALTZBURG. I SERVE AS YOUR CITY CLERK.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. SO ITEMS 12 F AND 12 G, AS THEY'RE BOTH RELATED TO OUR UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTION.
SO THE FIRST RESOLUTION IS TO OFFICIALLY CALL THE SPECIAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 5TH, 2020 FOR THIS SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR REGULAR ELECTION.
AS IT RELATES TO OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORAL ELECTION.
THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUT ON THAT NOVEMBER 5TH BALLOT.
WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS HERE WITH COUNCIL ABOUT THESE TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST RELATES TO THE CONTINUATION OF OUR EXISTING B-B-B TAX, AND THAT WILL BE AN EXTENSION OF A THROUGH 2043. AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS A CONTINUATION AND POSSIBLE INCREASE OF OUR LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSIT TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAX.
AND THIS TAX RELATES TO MOUNTAIN LION AND THEIR SERVICES.
[G. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-29: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Flagstaff and Coconino County for election services for the November 5, 2024 General Election STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2024-29 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-29 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-29]
THAT RESOLUTION WILL APPROVE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH COCONINO COUNTY ELECTIONS.AND THIS IS TO CONDUCT THE ACTUAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
THIS IS A VERY TYPICAL AND STANDARD IGA THAT WE DO EACH ELECTION CYCLE.
THERE IS A FINANCIAL COMPONENT TO THIS IGA.
THE COUNTY CHARGES US $2 PER REGISTERED VOTER.
SO WITH THAT, I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU. STACEY COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
VICE MAYOR. THAT'S THE PRICE OF FIVE RADIOS.
LET'S DO IT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS NOT EQUIPPED TO. TO CARRY ON OUR OWN ELECTION, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES, MAYOR.
AND SO WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU. AND I THINK THOSE WERE THE TWO BIGGEST QUESTIONS I HAD.
I'M JUST THINKING OF EMAILS THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM PEOPLE IN THE PAST ABOUT ELECTIONS AND ALSO MAIL BALLOTS. MAILED BALLOTS WILL COME TO VOTERS.
IF YOU'RE ON THE ACTIVE EARLY VOTING LIST OR IF YOU REQUEST AN EARLY BALLOT.
THAT'S CORRECT. THIS ELECTION IS NOT AN ALL MAIL BALLOT, AS WAS THE SPECIAL ELECTION LAST NOVEMBER.
THERE WILL BE A THIS WILL BE A POLLING PLACE ELECTION IN ADDITION TO THOSE EARLY BALLOTS.
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR F MAYOR.
BEFORE. BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION.
I'M SORRY I FAILED TO MENTION THAT PART OF THE CALL OF ELECTION IS THAT WE WILL BEGIN TO SOLICIT PRO CON STATEMENTS FOR THE TWO BALLOT MEASURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADVANCED TO THAT BALLOT.
THE PERIOD TO PROVIDE THOSE STATEMENTS ENDS ON.
I SHOULD HAVE THIS AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I BELIEVE IT IS AUGUST 5TH BY 5 P.M.
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TO MY OFFICE, BUT THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE, AND A PRESS RELEASE WILL BE GOING OUT FOR THAT.SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THAT FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND THE CITY DOESN'T CHARGE FOR STATEMENTS.
CORRECT? CORRECT. AND DO YOU KNOW THE WORD LIMIT? THAT'S FINE. IT IS.
ALL RIGHT, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 24 DASH 28 BY TITLE ONLY.
I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 202428 BY TITLE ONLY.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL ORDERING AND CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE CITY FOR NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL ELECTION, TO SUBMIT TWO QUESTIONS TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF FLAGSTAFF WITH RESPECT TO THE POSSIBLE CONTINUATION OF THE CITY LODGING, RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE, B-B-B TAX, AND THE POSSIBLE INCREASE IN CONTINUATION OF A LOCAL TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAX SALES TAX FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUBLIC TRANSIT.
THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT? I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 202428.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO G.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 2429.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 202429 BY TITLE ONLY.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN COCONINO COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR ELECTION SERVICES FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
QUESTION FOR STACEY REAL QUICK.
BESIDES, WE JUST HAD RECENT PRESENTATIONS BY B-B-B AND, AND TRANSIT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GO AND SEE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS SO THEY COULD TALK INTELLIGENTLY ABOUT THE INCREASE OR WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED? SO. YES, WE'LL HAVE THE BALLOT QUESTIONS ON OUR WEBSITE, ON OUR ELECTION WEBSITE, SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE EXACT NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE TAXES.
AND THAT WILL ALSO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE A PRESS RELEASE THAT WILL GO OUT THAT INCLUDES THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. IT SHOULD GO OUT, IF NOT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THANK YOU. YOU BET. ALL RIGHT SO THAT WE CAN STRETCH OUR LEGS AND BE SUPER SHARP.
FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I AM GOING TO CALL A TEN MINUTE BREAK.
I'VE LEARNED NOT TO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET STARTED.
MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 13.
[A. Carbon Neutrality Plan Biannual Progress Report STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: This item is for discussion only.]
13 A TO BE SPECIFIC CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN BY ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M JENNY NEIMAN, CLIMATE ACTION SECTION DIRECTOR.
WE DO HAVE A LENGTHY PRESENTATION.
WE'LL WORK TO BE CONCISE AND MOVE THROUGHOUT THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
IN THE POWERPOINT, WE'VE ADDED ONE SLIDE.
IT'S SLIDE 22 THAT WAS NOT IN YOUR PACKET.
WE'LL CALL IT OUT WHEN WE GET THERE.
JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, WE GOT SOME UPDATED INFORMATION.
TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS DIFFERENT.
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WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE GOALS THEMSELVES AND THE METRICS THAT WILL HELP US GET TO THOSE GOALS.OUR GOAL TONIGHT IS TO BUILD A FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE FOR OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY METRICS, TO HELP BOTH COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND HOW WE'LL ACHIEVE THEM.
WE'LL START WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THE FOUNDATIONS OR BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
WE'LL REVIEW OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
TALK ABOUT BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORTATION ARE TWO LARGEST SECTORS.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEYOND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND THEN DISCUSS NEXT STEPS.
THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN INCLUDES 15 TARGET AREAS OF ACTION.
IT'S A LOT TO WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND.
WE WE KNOW THAT IT IT REALLY DEMONSTRATES THE BREADTH OF CLIMATE ACTION.
CLIMATE ACTION FUNDAMENTALLY ENTAILS CHANGE CHANGING FROM OUR STATUS QUO TO A MORE A MORE RESOURCE EFFICIENT FUTURE. AND WE REALLY MUST MAKE CHANGE ACROSS EVERY AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY OUR WORK IS SO BROAD.
WE HAVE FIVE AND A HALF TEAM MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THAT VERY BROAD WORK AND ALL OF THIS CHANGE.
I'VE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT OUR TEAM MEMBERS DO.
IT'S AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION, BUT THE POINT IS THAT BECAUSE THE CMP IS SO LARGE, ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS COVER MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS, AND WE RELY HEAVILY ON CITY STAFF ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION AND RESIDENTS AND PARTNERS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE ACTION.
AND YOU'LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENT ACTORS TODAY.
ABOUT HALF OF OUR WORK INVOLVES SUPPORTING THOSE PARTNERS.
THEY SERVE AS EITHER VISTA OR CLIMATE CORPS VOLUNTEERS.
THESE ARE TEMPORARY POSITION POSITIONS.
THEY'RE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A REALLY STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH NIU AND A STRONG COMMITMENT TO MENTORSHIP IN OUR OFFICE, AND THEY'RE COMPLETELY CRITICAL TO ALL OF OUR WORK AND TO BEING ABLE TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE.
AND YES, I'M SORRY TO TO YOU'RE ON YOUR SECOND SLIDE AND I'M INTERRUPTING.
THAT IS OKAY. ONE OF THOSE AMERICORPS MEMBERS IS THE YOUNG MAN WHO'S WORKING ALSO WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AM I AM I CORRECT? NO. SO THAT IS ACTUALLY NOAH.
NOAH IS HE IS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT HE WORKS REALLY CLOSELY WITH US.
SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE OTHER AMERICORPS CLIMATE CORPS MEMBERS.
I BELIEVE STORM WATER HAS ONE AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE MORE ACTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU THIS EVENING TO TO REPORT ON THE STATE OF EMISSIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'LL GET WARMED UP WITH A QUICK REFRESHER COURSE ON EMISSION REDUCTION GOALS AND THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, AND FOCUSING TONIGHT ON THE TWO MAJOR SOURCES OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BUILDING ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION.
THE CNP ESTABLISHES OTHER METRICS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING CARBON NEUTRALITY, INCLUDING REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM OUR LANDFILL AND SIGNIFICANT CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL EFFORTS. FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.
FLAGSTAFF ABILITY TO ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY WILL DEPEND ON ACTIONS TAKEN ACROSS RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS, AS WELL AS THE CITY ITSELF, WHICH OWNS AND MAINTAINS NEARLY 1,000,000FT² OF BUILDINGS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL STRATEGIES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM BUILDING ENERGY, BUT I LIKE TO SUM THESE UP AS USING CLEANER ENERGY AND USING IT MORE EFFICIENTLY IN THE USING IT MORE EFFICIENTLY BUCKET.
OUR GOALS INCLUDE REDUCING ENERGY BY 28%, CUTTING NATURAL GAS USE BY 60%, AND RETROFITTING ALL OF OUR EXISTING CITY BUILDINGS ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, THE GOALS ARE TO REDUCE ENERGY USE BY 43%, CUT NATURAL GAS USE BY 62%, AND RETROFIT 50% OF HOMES, WHICH IS ABOUT
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12,500 HOMES.FOR THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, THE PATH TO CARBON NEUTRALITY CALLS FOR AN 11% REDUCTION IN ENERGY USE, 20% REDUCTION IN NATURAL GAS USE, AND COMPLETING DEEP ENERGY RETROFITS ON 15% OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
THE CNP, DETERMINED TO NOT RELY ON ENERGY AND NATURAL GAS USE REDUCED FROM THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, AND THIS IS ONLY BECAUSE THESE PROCESSES CAN BE A LOT HARDER TO DECARBONIZE. AS SUCH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY GOALS ESTABLISHED FOR THESE METRICS.
HOWEVER, THIS MEANS THAT ANY WORK IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY OR ELECTRIFICATION TAKING ON BY THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IS REALLY A BONUS AND HELPS US GET CLOSER TO OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS.
IN THE USE CLEANER ENERGY BUCKET.
OUR GOALS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR INSTALLING NEW SOLAR SYSTEMS, LEVERAGING CLEAN OR ZERO EMISSION ELECTRICITY, AND CONVERTING BUILDINGS TO RUN FULLY ON ELECTRICITY INSTEAD OF USING NATURAL GAS FOR OUR CITY BUILDINGS.
CARBON NEUTRALITY CALLS FOR EXPANDING SOLAR TO COVER 100% OF OUR MUNICIPAL ENERGY DEMAND.
AND ELECTRIFYING ALL OF OUR NEW CITY BUILDINGS.
FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR, THE GOALS ARE TO INCREASE SOLAR SYSTEM, EXCUSE ME, INCREASE SOLAR CAPACITY BY TEN MEGAWATTS ACROSS 2000 HOMES AND LEVERAGING 72% CLEAN ENERGY AND ELECTRIFYING 68% OF OUR HOMES.
BY INCREASING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, REDUCING THE DISTANCE TO TRANSIT LINES, AND FULLY FUNDING OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, IT WILL BE EASIER FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SKIP THE CAR RIDE TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
RECOGNIZING THAT VEHICLES ARE STILL AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN SEEKS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS BY HAVING 30% OF THOSE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED FROM ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
THE CITY AIMS TO ENABLE GREATER ADOPTION OF EVS BY PROVIDING 50 PUBLIC CHARGING STATIONS AND WALKING THE TALK BY TRANSITIONING OUR OWN FLEET TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES, STARTING WITH SEDANS AND SUVS AND MORE RECENTLY, PICKUP TRUCKS.
I'M GOING TO HAND THE MIC BACK TO JENNY NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH.
DANNY IS REALLY THE ONE THAT WE LET DO THE PHONE NUMBERS.
I'M GOING TO DISCUSS HOW WE'VE BEEN LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY WORK.
THIS IS SOME WAY A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO THE LAST THREE YEARS.
IT IS ONLY HIGHLIGHTS, BUT YOU WILL DEFINITELY HAVE HEARD SOME OF THIS IN CMP UPDATES.
THERE'S A LOT TO KNOW ABOUT PROCUREMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS. THE 10TH ELECTRIC VEHICLE GETS EASIER, RIGHT? THE 30TH ELECTRIC VEHICLE, IT GETS EASIER.
I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY REVIEW OUR TIMELINE, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO BOGGED DOWN IN IT.
BUT AGAIN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, WE REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF DO A QUICK LOOK BACK.
WE ADOPTED THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
COUNCIL ADOPTED THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN IN JUNE OF 2021.
THE PINK ARROW IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID, THE FIRST MAJOR ACTION THAT WE TOOK WAS ACTUALLY REVISING OUR REGIONAL PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR REGIONAL PLAN MATCHED WHERE WE WERE GOING WITH THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
IT WAS THEY WERE IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO INCORPORATE THAT.
AND SO WE TOOK A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS OF TALKING TO THE PUBLIC.
PRETTY MUCH AS SOON AS THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN WAS PASSED.
THE NEXT THING WE DID WAS REVISE THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
THIS INTEGRATED THE ADAPTATION ELEMENTS INTO THE CMP THAT WERE PRIOR IN THE 2018 CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN, AND ONE NOTABLE ITEM IS THAT DUE TO THE JUNE ADOPTION OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN IN 2021, THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD IMPACTED BY THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN WAS JUST LAST FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR FROM 2022 TO 2023.
FINALLY, AS DISCUSSED IN APRIL, WE PLAN TO REVISE SECOND TIME STARTING NEXT YEAR.
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AND SO REALLY TAKING BACK A STEP BACK FROM THAT TIMELINE, WE WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE SORTS OF THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.QUICK MATH. WE'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY, INCREDIBLY BUSY PLANNING THOSE SEEDS FOR CHANGE.
THIS INCLUDES LAYING FOUNDATIONS.
IT MIGHT BE NEW PROGRAMING, IT MIGHT BE NEW POSITIONS.
IT'S BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY.
SOMETIMES THAT STARTS ONE CONVERSATION AT A TIME.
THAT GOES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS.
IT INCLUDES NUDGING FOLKS TO CHANGE BEHAVIORS, HELPING TO CHANGE SORT OF THE IDEA OF, COULD I HAVE A HEAT PUMP IN MY HOME? OR COULD I TAKE THE BUS TO WORK ONE DAY A MONTH? IT ALSO INVOLVES WORKING WITH INDUSTRY TO CHANGE TECHNOLOGY.
SOON WE'LL MOVE INTO CODE AND POLICY CHANGES, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATER.
AND THESE REALLY LAY THE SEEDS FOR EMISSION REDUCTIONS.
AND ONCE THESE CHANGES START TO TAKE PLACE, THAT'S WHEN YOU START TO SEE THOSE EMISSION REDUCTIONS, THOSE GENERALLY WE EXPECT TO START HAPPENING AROUND YEAR SIX, WHICH IS 2027. AND SO ONE THING AGAIN, THAT'S NOT ON HERE.
OUR GRANTS GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT MUCH OF THIS WORK.
AND WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING THAT.
I'M GOING TO EXPAND A BIT ON SOME OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS THAT I MENTIONED.
THE FIRST IS REALLY FUNDAMENTALS.
SO WE GOT ONE NEW POSITION WITH THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN ONE AND A HALF.
REALLY. THE ENERGY SPECIALIST IS HALF GRANT FUNDED FOR THREE YEARS.
WE STARTED WITH EXPANDING OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS. WE SAID, WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW AND WHAT CAN WE RAMP UP REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY? THAT IS OUR REBATE PROGRAMS, OUR HEPA FILTER DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, THOSE WE WERE DOING BEFORE THE START OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
WE'VE ALSO CREATED NEW OFFERINGS TO RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS.
ONE HIGHLIGHT IS OUR FLOOD PROOFING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUR CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECT.
AND WE'VE ALSO FOUND NEW WAYS TO COLLECT DATA.
THESE ARE SORT OF THE FUNDAMENTALS THAT SUPPORT ALL THE REST OF OUR WORK.
BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY INVOLVES SUPPORTING OUR MANY PARTNERS.
WE ALSO WORK WITH MEMBERS OF OUR CLIMATE ADVISORY GROUPS WHO ACTUALLY ADVISE ON OUR PROGRAMING, AND THEY'RE FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND WE SUPPORT CLIMATE ACTION IN SCHOOLS TO TAKE CLIMATE ACTION.
WE ALSO REALLY NEED BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO CATALYZE BUSINESSES AND DEVELOP LOCAL INDUSTRIES.
THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE FOUR CORNERS CARBON COALITION.
THE CITY FOUNDED THAT THIS COALITION.
NOW, INCENTIVES INVOLVE WORKING MORE DIRECTLY IN HOMES.
WE KNOW THAT TO SEE CHANGE, WE HAVE TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR.
AND TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE INCENTIVES.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT IT REALLY WORKS.
THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO CHANGE IT THROUGH FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.
FINALLY, CODE AND POLICY CHANGES ON THE TIMELINE.
THIS IS WHERE YOU REALLY START TO SEE THOSE LARGE CHANGES, RIGHT? THE THE LARGER SCALE AS OPPOSED TO WORKING HOUSE BY HOUSE OR VEHICLE BY VEHICLE, TO SEE THAT SORT OF POLICY LEVEL CHANGE.
ALL THE PROJECTS ARE HERE ARE ONGOING, AND I KNOW COUNCIL HAS HEARD MUCH ABOUT THEM.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO DANNY FOR MORE NUMBERS.
THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE MONITORS COMMUNITY WIDE EMISSIONS THROUGH GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES, WHICH ARE DONE ANNUALLY, AND THIS ENTAILS GATHERING DATA FROM EXTERNAL PARTNERS SUCH AS APS, METROPLAN, UNISOURCE AND OTHERS, AS WELL AS CITY DIVISIONS INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS, WATER SERVICES AND THE AIRPORT.
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WE USE SOFTWARE THROUGH ITALY TO CALCULATE EMISSIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DATA SETS THAT WE COLLECT, FOLLOWING METHODS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY GLOBAL PROTOCOLS.FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD DATA ON ENERGY EXCUSE ME, ON ENERGY USE.
AND WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN THESE EMISSION ESTIMATES.
TRANSPORTATION, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE COMPLICATED TO CALCULATE.
AND IT RELIES ON COMPUTER MODELS WHICH ARE GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME BUT ARE STILL NOT PERFECT.
SO NOW WE'LL TAKE A LOOK HERE.
HERE WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY EMISSIONS FROM 2019, 2021 AND 2023.
THE BAR ON THE FAR RIGHT SHOWS WHERE WE'RE STRIVING TO BE BY 2030.
WITHIN EACH BAR, THE EMISSIONS PER YEAR ARE BROKEN DOWN BY SOURCE ACROSS ALL YEARS.
IF WE ZOOM BACK OUT AGAIN, THERE WAS A NEAR 6% DECLINE IN EMISSIONS BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021.
THIS WAS LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE RESTRICTION ON TRAVEL AT THAT TIME.
HOWEVER, WE DID SEE THAT EMISSIONS INCREASE ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND FREELY AGAIN.
SO TONIGHT I JUST WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS JOURNEY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS HAS A QUESTION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN BY 2030, SOLID WASTE AND WATER AND WASTEWATER ARE.
YOU CAN'T HARDLY EVEN SEE THE LINE.
SO HOW ARE WE REDUCING EMISSIONS IN THOSE AREAS? YES. MAYOR. COUNCIL.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER. MATTHEWS GREAT QUESTION AND GOOD OBSERVATION.
SO IF I MAY HOLD THAT THAT FOLLOW UP UNTIL A LITTLE BIT LATER.
THANK YOU. THAT'S FINE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
I PRESUME THE LARGE, LARGE PART OF THE REDUCTION FOR SOLID WASTE WOULD BE METHANE COLLECTION, WHICH IS A VERY STRONG GREENHOUSE GAS.
SO IF WE START COLLECTING THAT AND, AND AT ONE POINT WE ACTUALLY COLLECTED IT AND GENERATED ELECTRICITY WITH IT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING THAT ANYMORE.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PART OF IT.
AND MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
THAT IS A GREAT SPOILER ALERT FOR THE FALL.
BUT BEFORE YOU GO ON, THOUGH I REMEMBER BEING TOLD THAT WHEN THEY MEASURED THE METHANE GAS CURRENTLY IN OUR LANDFILL, IT WAS ALMOST NONEXISTENT, THAT THEY DIDN'T PROJECT, THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT TO CAPTURE FOR AT LEAST.
AT THE POINT OF BEING REGULATED RIGHT NOW.
IS IS PROBABLY WHAT THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THOSE METHANE EMISSIONS, BUT IT IS NOT AT THE LEVEL OF BEING REGULATED YET.
AND SO THAT IS WHY WE HAVE NOT MADE THAT INVESTMENT YET.
THERE WAS A TIME AROUND WHEN WE WROTE THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, WHEN WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT THE REGULATIONS WERE GOING TO BE SHIFTED SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
RIGHT? SO WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WORK TO DO THERE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ON TRACK RIGHT NOW TO HAVE KEPEK OU CAP OUR LANDFILL CELLS RIGHT NOW FOR METHANE.
BUT YEAH, IT IS NOT A REGULATED AND YES, PLEASE, SAM, FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP.
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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.SO, SAM BECKETT, I'M SERVING AS THE SOLID WASTE DIRECTOR RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THEY SAID IT VERY WELL HERE.
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THAT REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE EPA ADEQ.
WE JUST DON'T GENERATE ENOUGH.
THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS TO THAT.
OUR ELEVATION IS A BIG PIECE OF THAT.
THE LOCATION OF THE LANDFILL, THE DESIGN OF IT.
ON THE ORIGINAL CELLS THAT WE DEVELOPED AND WE'RE WORKING OFF OF NOW.
SO WHEN THEY DO FINALLY CLOSE AND THAT'S MANY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED, EVEN THOUGH THAT THEY HAVE A VERY LOW THRESHOLD OF, OF ACTUAL PRODUCTION OF METHANE.
THEY'LL BE REQUIRED AFTER THE CLOSURE.
BUT AS OF NOW, WE'RE KIND OF FORTUNATE IN THAT CASE THAT WE DON'T SEE THE SAME THING THEY SEE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS, WHERE THEY HAVE HIGH PRODUCTION OF METHANE, AND THEY HAVE TO MONITOR AND CAPTURE A TON OF THAT.
SURE. SO THE EMISSIONS ARE THERE.
THESE EMISSIONS, WE CALCULATE NOT AT SITE.
RIGHT. AS DANNY SAID, THIS IS ALL REALLY MODELING.
BUT THE EMISSIONS DO COME OUT.
THEY'RE JUST NOT AT THAT LEVEL OF BEING REGULATED YET.
EVERY COMMUNITY HAS A LOT OF EMISSIONS FROM THEIR LANDFILL.
SO WE RIGHT NOW ARE NOT PROJECTING TO SEE THE DECREASE IN THOSE EMISSIONS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PROJECTING TO CAP OUR, OUR LANDFILL BY THEN. SO WE WILL HAVE, AS I SAID, WE'LL HAVE LIKE A LOT TO MAKE UP FOR IN 2030 TO GET OUR EMISSIONS DOWN THAT LOW WITHOUT THE CAP IN AND THE CAPTURING OF EMISSIONS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, I GUESS SAM JUST SAID WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY EMISSIONS REALLY COMING OUT.
NO, HE SAID WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH THAT ARE REGULATED TO BE CAPTURED.
YEAH. THERE. THEY'RE THEY'RE PRETTY FINICKY ON WHERE THAT THRESHOLD IS.
WE'RE JUST UNDER THE THRESHOLD.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. IT'S STILL PRODUCES.
YOU KNOW, I'LL GO WITH THE NUMBERS THEY HAVE HERE ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT'S JUST NOT AT A LEVEL THAT THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OR THE EPA REQUIRES US TO, TO CAPTURE THOSE.
CALIFORNIA HAS SOME GREAT GOLF COURSES WITH METHANE GAS.
YES, HE'S PLAYED ON A COUPLE OF THEM.
IF WE WERE IN CALIFORNIA, WE WOULD PROBABLY ALREADY BE CAPPED AND CAPTURING COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
SO IF WE DON'T CAPTURE OUR METHANE AT THE LANDFILL.
IN 2030, WE CAN ADD THAT SAME LITTLE BLOCK OF YELLOW ON TOP OF THE THE COLUMN.
YEP. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
GREAT OBSERVATION. THAT WOULD BE TRUE.
SO THEY ARE TRACKING THE METHANE EMISSIONS, AND WE ARE JUST INPUTTING THAT INTO THE MODEL.
OH, ACTUALLY, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I GOT.
OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE REAL QUICK THAT IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT 2030 GOAL, IT WOULD BE THAT 6% DECLINE PER YEAR.
AND WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS IS THAT THAT DOES FEEL LIKE A LOT.
HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THAT JOURNEY.
THIS IS THE NEW SLIDE THAT JENNY REFERRED TO.
SO IF YOU TAKE ALL THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN FLAGSTAFF IN A GIVEN YEAR AND DIVIDE IT BY THE POPULATION, IN THAT SAME YEAR, WE'VE HOVERED AROUND 9.3 AND TEN METRIC TONS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PER PERSON FOR THE PAST YEAR OR FIVE YEARS.
OVERALL, THE EMISSIONS INTENSITY FOR FLAGSTAFF HAS DECREASED BY 3% PER PERSON FROM 2019 TO 2023.
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BROUGHT. AND AND WHILE MORE EXTREME TEMPERATURES BROUGHT INCREASED DEMAND FOR ENERGY.THE HEAT WAVE THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS MONTH IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS CHALLENGE.
THOSE WITH AIR CONDITIONING WERE ABLE TO COOL THEIR HOMES.
THAT INCREASED THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY.
AND SO WE DO SEE THIS AS A AS A CHALLENGE TO OUR EMISSION REDUCTION GOALS.
AND IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL PLAN TO OVERLAY OUR WEATHER WITH OUR POPULATION IN THE SAME GRAPH.
THIS IS THE LAST EMISSIONS BAR GRAPH THAT WE'LL LOOK AT TONIGHT, I PROMISE.
THIS CHART JUST FURTHER DETAILS THE SOURCE OF EMISSIONS.
FOR INSTANCE ENERGY IS SUBDIVIDED INTO THOSE DIFFERENT SECTORS.
IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT WE'LL START SEEING SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN 2027, IN YEAR SIX OF THE PLAN.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE SCALE OF CHANGE THAT THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNERS ARE WORKING AT TO CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE REQUIRES CAPACITY BUILDING AT ALL LEVELS, AS JENNY HAS ELABORATED ON AND WILL TOUCH ON A BIT MORE SOON.
OKAY, SO NOW HERE COMES THE FUN PART.
WE'RE GOING TO BE REPORTING ON PROGRESS ON THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN GOALS AND ACTIONS.
THE PROGRESS UPDATE IS ORGANIZED WITH A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE CNP ACTIONS FIRST.
AND THEN WE'LL BE DIVIDING THESE INTO THREE TOPIC AREAS.
LOOKING AT BUILDING ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION, RESILIENCE AND EQUITY WITHIN EACH AREA WILL INCLUDE THE WORK THAT'S BEING UNDERTAKEN AND WHY, WHO THE ACTORS ARE AND HOW PROGRESS IS MEASURED, AND UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS.
A PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT AND THEN A QUICK RECAP.
THESE PROGRESS METER BARS GIVE JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF OUR WORK ACROSS THE FOUR PRIORITY AREAS OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN TO HELP MEET THE GOALS THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THE CNP DETAILS 215 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION TO IMPLEMENT ACROSS THESE FOUR AREAS.
THE GREENISH TEAL COLOR SHOWS THE PERCENT OF ACTIONS THAT ARE COMPLETED.
IN THE THREE YEARS SINCE COUNCIL ADOPTED THE CNP 115.
OF THOSE, 215 ACTIONS HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY'S SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN IN EACH OF THESE PRIORITY AREAS, AND THE REMAINDER OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL OF THESE ACTIONS AND SHOW HOW THEY ALIGN WITH THE CNP GOALS.
WE'LL DISCUSS PROJECT PROGRESS ON CITY OWNED BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
CLEAN AND RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY ARE NOT JUST IMPORTANT FOR LOWERING EMISSIONS, THEY ARE ALSO GOOD FOR IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH BY REDUCING AIR POLLUTION AND CAN HELP RESIDENTS SAVE ON ENERGY BILLS.
WE'RE FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION THROUGH EXPANSION OF SOLAR ON HOMES, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND FLAGSTAFF AND BEING A LEADER BY INSTALLING SOLAR ON CITY PROPERTY AS WELL AS PURCHASING RENEWABLE ENERGY.
OUR LOCAL UTILITY PROVIDERS AND THEIR REGULATORS TO TRACK PROGRESS.
THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE ON THE RENEWABLE ENERGY FRONT IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
THIS SLIDE HAS BEEN UPDATED FROM WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET BASED ON RECENT DATA THAT APS PROVIDED, SHOWING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SOLAR INSTALLATIONS IN FLAGSTAFF SINCE JUNE 2021, WHEN THE CNP WAS ADOPTED, THE CITY HAS ALREADY MET ITS IT'S GOAL OF 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY FOR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS, AND THIS WAS DONE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF ONSITE SOLAR SYSTEMS AND PURCHASING RENEWABLE ENERGY.
HOWEVER, PROGRESS IS LAGGING ON THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SIDE.
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THE NORTHERN ARIZONA SOLAR CO-OP HAS HELPED TO BOOST THESE RESIDENTIAL SOLAR INSTALLATIONS.THE CITY PARTNERS WITH A NONPROFIT CALLED SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS, AND WE TEAM UP WITH COCONINO COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SEDONA TO BRING NEIGHBORS TOGETHER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOLAR AND THEN USE THEIR COLLECTIVE POWER TO NEGOTIATE BETTER PRICES.
IN THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS, MORE THAN 100 FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS WENT SOLAR THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, AND THEY'RE PROJECTED TO SAVE 4.7 MILLION ON ELECTRICITY BILLS OVER THE LIFE OF THOSE SOLAR SYSTEMS. THE THIRD ROUND OF THE CO-OP IS UNDERWAY, AND WE EXPANDED OUTREACH TO SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS RESIDENTS.
SO BUILDING ENERGY USE IS HOW MUCH ENERGY WE USE IN OUR BUILDINGS.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST FOUNDATIONAL BUILDING BLOCKS.
WE HAVE TWO GOALS HERE TO USE LESS ENERGY THROUGH EFFICIENCY AND TO CHOOSE CLEANER ENERGY IN OUR HOMES AND IN OUR BUILDINGS BY CHOOSING ELECTRIC APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT.
THE Y HERE IS SIMILAR TO RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THIS IS WHAT GETS US EXCITED.
AND WE GET THERE THROUGH RETROFITTING OUR BUILDINGS.
WE WILL DO THIS WITH NEW BUILDINGS AS WELL.
BUT THE FOCUS THAT WE REALLY HAVE IS, IS RETROFITTING NEW BUILDINGS.
THAT'S THE HARDER WORK IN A LOT OF WAYS.
IT'S EXISTING BUILDINGS ARE PEOPLE'S HOMES.
THEIR BUSINESSES, THEIR WHERE THEY SPEND TIME IN.
RIGHT. AND SO OUR CHALLENGE IS TO CONVINCE THEM THAT RETROFITS ARE A GOOD IDEA, THAT THIS IS GOING TO SAVE THEM MONEY, THAT THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THEIR HOME MORE COMFORTABLE, THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP THEIR HEALTH.
RIGHT. WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE.
NO ONE HAS TO RETROFIT THEIR HOME.
NO ONE WILL BE FORCED TO RETROFIT THEIR HOME.
AND INSTEAD, WE WANT TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO BUILD TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT THAT CAN BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH.
IT CAN BE GOOD FOR YOUR MONTHLY UTILITY BILLS.
AND SO IT'S ABOUT SPREADING INFORMATION.
IT'S ABOUT CHANGING INCENTIVES.
AND AGAIN IT GOES BACK TO BUILDING TRUST.
THE ACTORS HERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CONTROL BUILDINGS.
GINNY, JUST BRIEFLY, MAYBE HIGHLIGHT FOR US SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH RETROFITTING IMPROVES HEALTH.
SURE. SO GAS STOVES ARE THE BIGGEST THING.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS METHANE GAS.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF POLLUTANTS THAT COME FROM THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE NUMBER ONE.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG THINGS THAT WE GO TO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HEALTH.
SORRY, I SAID, I'M GETTING THROUGH MY 75 QUESTIONS.
I LOVE IT. CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SAVING A RESIDENT? I KNOW RETROFITTING TO MAKE IT WEATHERIZED AND STUFF HELPS.
I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE AC AT OUR HOUSE.
WE OPEN OUR WINDOWS AT NIGHT, CLOSE THEM DURING THE DAY, AND WE WEAR A SWEATER INSIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY IN THAT REGARDS, BUT.
GAS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE EMISSIONS IS A CHEAPER UTILITY THAN ELECTRICITY, AND APS CONTINUES TO RAISE RATES. AND SO HOW DO WE GET TO THAT? SAVES A RESIDENT MONEY.
SURE. SO AS YOU MENTIONED WE START WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
RIGHT. SO WHEN WE TALK RETROFITS WE TALK BOTH ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ELECTRIFICATION.
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THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY CASES IS PRETTY THERE.I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS CAN SAVE SO MUCH BY JUST INSULATING THEIR ATTIC.
RIGHT. AND WE WE REALLY DO TRY TO HELP FOLKS DO INSULATION FIRST.
RIGHT? DO ENERGY EFFICIENCY FIRST.
IN TERMS OF ELECTRIFICATION, YOU'RE RIGHT.
GAS BY THE UNIT OF ENERGY IS CHEAPER.
BUT ELECTRIC APPLIANCES ARE MUCH, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
AND SO THEY ARE USING MUCH LESS ENERGY BY UNIT OF ENERGY.
AND SO A WATER HEATER FOLKS CAN SAVE, YOU KNOW, THE NEW HEAT PUMP WATER HEATERS, THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE THAN GAS BECAUSE THEY ARE SOMETHING LIKE 400 TIMES MORE EFFICIENT THAN A GAS WATER HEATER.
AND SO IT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THOSE APPLIANCES.
A LOT OF OUR GAS APPLIANCES ARE OVERSIZE FOR THE HOME.
AND WE USED TO KIND OF COMPARE IT.
AND SO THE EFFICIENCY OF THESE NEW ELECTRIC APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
FROM A COST SAVINGS PERSPECTIVE.
SAME WITH HEAT PUMP DRYERS INCREDIBLE EFFICIENCIES.
THEIR FURNACES ARE WHERE YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TO CLOSER TO THAT COST COMPARISON.
BUT THE STUDIES ARE FINDING THAT IT'S ABOUT EQUAL WITH REPLACING A GAS FURNACE WITH AN ELECTRIC HEAT PUMP, AS LONG AS IT'S A COLD CLIMATE HEAT PUMP, SO THAT IT'S MADE FOR OUR CLIMATE IN TERMS OF RATES OVER TIME, ELECTRICITY IS MUCH, MUCH MORE STABLE THAN NATURAL GAS RATES.
NATURAL GAS RATES ARE INCREDIBLY INFLUENCED BY WORLD EVENTS OVERALL IN ECONOMICS.
SORRY. THINKING ABOUT THE PROGRESS.
WE'RE STARTING TO MAKE A DENT.
AS I SAID, THIS IS HOUSE BY HOUSE.
WE DO NEED BETTER DATA ABOUT WHAT RETROFITS ARE HAPPENING WITHOUT CITY INCENTIVES.
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE HAPPENING IN TOWN.
WE'RE ALSO JUST TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO USE THE INCENTIVES.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INCENTIVES FEDERALLY RIGHT NOW THAT DWARF OUR INCENTIVES.
AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY JUST BE GOING THAT ROUTE.
THE SAME GOES FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, RIGHT? THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.
AND AND WE'VE REALLY GOT TO FIGURE OUT GOOD WAYS TO TRACK IT.
SO LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE ARE STARTING TO MAKE A DENT HERE.
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE INCREASED FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM SIGNIFICANTLY.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS CHART BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THAT.
THE MOST COMMON RETROFIT THAT WE SUPPORT IS ATTIC INSULATION.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE COME AND SAY, SHOULD I ELECTRIFY OR SHOULD I GET SOLAR? AND MY FIRST QUESTION IS ALWAYS, IS YOUR ATTIC INSULATED? RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU CAN SAVE SO MUCH MONEY.
AND WITH OUR COLD CLIMATES, THIS CAN BE A HUGE MONEY SAVER FOR FOLKS.
AND SO THE FIRST FOUR TOPICS HERE.
THOSE ARE ALL ENERGY EFFICIENCY PRACTICES.
AND THEY MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF OUR REBATE DOLLARS THAT ARE GIVEN OUT TO FOLKS.
FINALLY, OUR COLD CLIMATE HEAT PUMPS THIS REALLY JUST TELLS US THESE ARE HAPPENING THERE IN TOWN.
THEY WORK IN TOWN, THEY WORK IN FLAGSTAFF, THEY WORK WITH OUR COLD CLIMATE.
AND FOLKS THAT WE TALK TO ARE REALLY HAPPY WITH THEM.
SO JUST REALLY THANKFUL TO THE STAFF THAT WORK ON THIS PROGRAM.
IN TERMS OF DISTRIBUTION, WE ARE DOING ALL RIGHT WITH GETTING THROUGHOUT FLAGSTAFF NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVEN'T HIT EVERYWHERE, AND WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET INTO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
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HERE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WE DO PROVIDE INCREASED INCENTIVES FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE LOWER INCOMES.THAT MAKES THIS UPFRONT INVESTMENT EASIER TO MAKE BEFORE PEOPLE GET THOSE COST SAVINGS OVER TIME.
SO WE ARE WORKING TO SPREAD OUR WORK INTO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IDEALLY EVERY HOME IN FLAGSTAFF.
SO CAN THEY BECAUSE IT'S NOT THEIR PROPERTY.
SORRY. AARON COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
A LANDLORD CAN TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES.
AND WE DO HAVE LANDLORDS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
WE DO COLLECT THAT DATA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THIS A HOME THAT YOU LIVE IN OR IS THIS A HOME THAT YOU RENT? A TENANT COULD DO IT IF THEY GOT THEIR LANDLORDS PERMISSION.
RIGHT. BUT THEY LIKELY WOULDN'T PUT IN THAT INVESTMENT IN THEIR HOME FOR RENTERS.
AND WE KNOW PEOPLE DO DO THAT FILLING GAPS.
BUT THESE ARE THOSE LARGER INVESTMENTS THAT A RENTER IS UNLIKELY TO MAKE.
BUT WE DO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT IS A RENTED HOME YOU ACTUALLY CAN A LANDLORD CAN INSULATE OR PARTICIPATE IN THE REBATE PROGRAM FOR MULTIPLE HOMES. IF A LANDLORD IS WILLING TO DO THAT, WE DON'T WANT TO STOP THEM.
RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REDUCE THAT BARRIER, BECAUSE WHAT IT IS, IS A MIXED INCENTIVE, RIGHT? THE TENANT IS PAYING THE BILL, BUT THE LANDLORD IS THE ONE MAKING THE INVESTMENT OR NOT.
RIGHT. SO THEY DON'T HAVE A TON OF INVESTMENT TO DO THAT.
OR SORRY TO A TON OF INCENTIVE TO DO THAT.
SO WE DO WANT TO REMOVE EVERY BARRIER WE CAN.
SO THE SO THE LANDLORD HAS TO PUT THE MONEY UP FRONT.
RIGHT. IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE TENANT, BUT THEY GET THEIR MONEY BACK THROUGH THEIR RENTS PROBABLY.
AND MAYBE THEY EVEN RAISE THEM.
BUT WHATEVER WE HOPE THEY DON'T.
WE HOPE THEY DON'T. BUT YEAH, WE LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD.
SO JUST TO RECAP REALLY QUICKLY ON BUILDING ENERGY USE.
WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO MAKE CHANGE.
AND SO IT'S SLOW WORK. IT'S HARD WORK.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING CONVERSATION BY CONVERSATION, HOME BY HOME UPCOMING.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ENERGY UPGRADE FOR HEALTHY HOMES PROGRAM.
THIS IS OUR HUD FUNDED PROGRAM.
WE ARE FINALLY IN THE PROCUREMENT STAGES.
IT IS IT IS A LITTLE BIT SLOW WORKING THROUGH THE LEVELS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH PROCUREMENT NOW.
AND THIS SOLVES THAT PROBLEM ABOUT THE UPFRONT INVESTMENT.
THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS OR LOW PEOPLE WHO RENT TO LOW INCOME TENANTS.
WE'RE ALSO DOING CONTRACTOR OUTREACH.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO DANNY.
WELL, I'M GOING TO BE ACCUSED OF SAYING THIS BEFORE BECAUSE I HAVE.
IT'S. SUBSTANTIALLY MORE EFFICIENT TO INSULATE A HOME DURING INITIAL CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY NEGLIGIBLE, AND THE INCREASED COST OF PUTTING LIKE 21 IN THE WALLS INSTEAD OF 19.
IS RATED AT SIX INCHES, BUT A TWO BY SIX WALL IS 5.5IN.
YES. AND OUR 21 IS RATED AT 5.5IN.
SO YOU'RE INCREASING YOUR INSULATION BY THE RATIO OF 21 DIVIDED BY 15 FOR ESSENTIALLY NOTHING.
AND I DID THAT WHEN I BUILT MY HOUSE.
AND MY HOUSE IS LITERALLY NEVER BEEN HOT IN THE 20 YEARS I'VE LIVED IN IT.
AND ALMOST ALL MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ADDED AIR CONDITIONING AT SUBSTANTIAL EXPENSE AND A LOT OF POWER GENERATED WHERE I JUST OPENED THE WINDOWS AT NIGHT, PUT A FAN ON IN ONE BATHROOM AND SUCK THE AIR OUT, AND BY MORNING IT'S COLD ENOUGH THAT I HAVE TO WEAR THE SAME KIND OF SHIRT I WEAR IN THE WINTER.
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AMAZING DIFFERENCE IN EFFICIENCY AND AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION.IF YOU OPEN YOUR WINDOWS IN THE WINTER.
YOU'RE. GETTING FRESH AIR THROUGH THE HOUSE IF YOU DON'T.
A LOT OF HOUSES IN FLAGSTAFF HAVE RADON PROBLEMS, WHICH IS RADIOACTIVE GAS, AND IT'S DANGEROUS, SO IT ALSO SOLVES THAT PROBLEM.
SO IF YOU SEAL THE HOUSE UP REALLY WELL, YOU'RE SEALING THE RADON INSIDE THE HOUSE.
WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE RADON TESTING.
ALL RIGHT, DANNY. ALL RIGHT, SWITCHING GEARS NOW, WE'LL LOOK AT OUR PROGRESS IN ENABLING VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION AND ENCOURAGING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE CITY AND WITHIN OUR BROADER COMMUNITY.
REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE HARDEST NUTS TO CRACK.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE CHOICES OF 75,000, SOME RESIDENTS AND COUNTLESS VISITORS DECIDING WHERE THEY'LL GO AND HOW THEY'LL GET THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO SHIFT COMMUTE CHOICES.
LOW EMISSION MODES NEEDS TO BE SAFE.
THEY NEED TO BE CONVENIENT, AFFORDABLE, AND RELIABLE.
COMPARED TO GAS OR DIESEL VEHICLES, ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE BETTER FOR THE LOCAL AIR QUALITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T EMIT ANY HARMFUL POLLUTANTS AS THEY'RE DRIVEN, AND THEY'RE GENERALLY CHEAPER TO FUEL AND MAINTAIN, SAVING DRIVERS AN AVERAGE OF 60% ON FUEL COSTS ANNUALLY.
ELECTRIC BIKES AND ELECTRIC SCOOTERS BRING EVEN GREATER COST SAVINGS AND REDUCED EMISSIONS.
THE ADOPTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, E-BIKES AND SCOOTERS INVOLVES A LOT OF PLAYERS, INCLUDING EVERYONE THAT MAKES COMMUTE CHOICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS, AUTO MANUFACTURERS AND MECHANICS, CHARGING STATION MANUFACTURERS AND MECHANICS, LOCAL UTILITIES, AND MANY MORE.
NEXT, WE'LL LOOK AT OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH ADOT TO QUANTIFY OUR PROGRESS ON THE EV ADOPTION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THE RECENT GROWTH IN THE EVS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE STATE IS A PROMISING SIGN.
THE CITY IS STRIVING TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE HERE.
WE ADOPTED OUR EV FIRST POLICY.
SO WE THOUGHT TONIGHT WE WOULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORK OF ONE OF OUR PARTNERS.
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN ALSO ELECTRIFYING ITS FLEET AND NOW HAS 12 EVS.
THEY'LL BE PURCHASING THEIR FIRST ELECTRIC SHUTTLE BUSSES.
THESE ARE FULL SIZE 40 FOOTERS AND THE FAST CHARGING TO SUPPORT THESE, THANKS TO A GRANT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SECURE, NOW IS WORKING TO INCREASE THE SHARE OF EVS IN THEIR FLEET BY 10% ANNUALLY THROUGH RIGHT SIZING THEIR FLEET AND REPLACING ICE ENGINES WITH EVS WHERE VIABLE AND ICE IS INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.
SO TO QUICKLY RECAP, THE CITY HAS MADE PROGRESS ON EXPANDING OUR CHARGING NETWORK FOR FLEET VEHICLES AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND HAS ENCOURAGED THE ADOPTION OF EVS THROUGH THAT EV SALES TAX REBATE.
JENNY WILL NOW REPORT ON OUR PROGRESS FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS OUR LAST SORT OF TOPIC AREA HIGHLIGHT TO CLOSE OUT TRANSPORTATION.
AND I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WORK.
THIS IS AN AREA I KNOW THAT COUNCIL IS REALLY FAMILIAR WITH.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS DRIVEN MOST BY THOSE AMAZING PARTNERS, BOTH WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL AS OUT.
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WHEN I REFER TO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, I'M REFERRING TO BASICALLY ANY CAR NON-CAR MODE OF TRANSPORT.AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE ALL OF THE OTHER MODES ARE JUST MUCH MORE RESOURCE EFFICIENT.
IT'S NOT A VALUE JUDGMENT, IT'S REALLY JUST IT'S ABOUT RESOURCES TO MOVE AROUND TOWN.
THIS INCLUDES BUS WALKING, ROLLING, SCOOTERING, SKATEBOARDING, HOVERBOARDING AND MORE.
AND THE BENEFITS ARE REALLY STRONG.
TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE A REALLY BIG PART OF OVERALL COST OF LIVING.
TO INCREASE OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, WE RELY REALLY ON BOTH LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
IT'S IT'S SORT OF THAT LONG GAME, RIGHT? WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DENSITY BY INCREASING DENSITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, WE DECREASE DISTANCES BETWEEN SOMEONE'S HOME AND WHERE, WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING, BY INCREASING TRANSIT, WE DECREASE THE DISTANCE FROM THEIR HOME OR THEIR WORK TO THE CLOSEST BUS STATION.
AND WE ALSO SUPPORT WALKING AND BIKING BY IMPLEMENTING THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION DEPENDS HEAVILY ON OUR PARTNERS.
IT'S ALSO OUTSIDE AGENCIES LIKE OUR FRIENDS AT METRO PLAN, MOUNTAIN LINE AND ADOT, AS WELL AS NOW AND CHANGING OUR LAND USE AND CHANGING HOW WE TRAVEL ARE ALSO REALLY INCLUDE PARTNERSHIPS IN OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
THOSE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE CHOOSING WHERE TO DEVELOP, HOW WE INCREASE DENSITY, AS WELL AS FINALLY, THOSE RESIDENTS WHO MAKE CHOICES EVERY SINGLE DAY IN TERMS OF PROGRESS.
AS DANNY SAID, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION REALLY IS THAT HARDEST NUT TO CRACK.
IT DEPENDS ON EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY AND THEIR AND THEIR DAILY TRAVEL CHOICES, AND IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE THOSE TRAVEL CHOICES EASIER, RIGHT? WE DON'T NEED EVERYONE TO BIKE.
WE DON'T NEED EVERYBODY TO BUS.
WE DON'T NEED EVERYBODY TO WALK.
BUT WHAT WE DO WANT TO DO IS MAKE THOSE OPTIONS AS ACCESSIBLE FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
MOST OF OUR TRIPS ARE PRETTY SHORT TRIPS.
AND SO HOW CAN WE HELP PEOPLE MAKE THAT CHOICE AND HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT CHOICE EASIER? TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE ARE REALLY CONNECTED.
AND SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT DENSITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER TO MAKE THOSE TRIPS EASIER HERE, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF OUR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING TEAM TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON BUTLER AVENUE.
I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW A LOT ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS, THIS PROGRESS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR IT TOO MUCH, BUT IT'S A REALLY GOOD COMBINATION OF GRANTS, PARTNERSHIPS, COUNCIL POLICY DECISIONS TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT.
AND ALL THOSE THINGS COME TOGETHER TO A REALLY COOL EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
BUTLER CAN BE THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE DO ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH I KNOW IS A LOT OF APPLE BITES.
RIGHT? BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE WILL FILL THOSE GAPS.
WE'LL MAKE THOSE SORT OF SAFE CORRIDORS BETTER, AND WE'LL MAKE THAT SORT OF TRIP CHOICE EASIER.
WE'VE GOT RIGHT SIZING OF ROADS GOING ON IN MULTIPLE PLACES ACROSS THE CITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK COMING UP WITH OUR LARGE GRANT FUNDING PROJECTS DELIVERED BY OUR CAPITAL TEAM AND AN UPCOMING TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, WHICH WILL BE LED AGAIN BY ENGINEERING AND PLANNING.
AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THIS IS A HARD AREA, BUT THE THE GOALS ARE REALLY BROAD AND THEY ALIGN REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY WITH OTHER GOALS FOR OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL. I'M NOW GOING TO BRIEFLY GO BEYOND BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORTATION.
THAT HASN'T BEEN A FOCUS TONIGHT, BUT IT IS OFTEN A FOCUS OF OUR WORK AND OF OUR UPDATES TO YOU.
THIS WORK IMPROVES COMMUNITY HEALTH.
IT CREATES MORE RESILIENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT REDUCES COSTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SOMETIMES THE MOST FUN WORK THAT WE DO AND IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO ALL OF OUR WORK.
WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT AS WE TAKE CLIMATE ACTION, THAT WE'RE INCLUDING EVERYBODY IN THAT CLIMATE ACTION, AND ALSO THAT WE'RE NOT DECREASING OUR RESILIENCE AS WE GO, THAT WE'RE NOT LESS PREPARED AS WE GO.
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IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE A ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION GOES.AND THAT IS REALLY THE WORK OF OUR TEAM A LOT OF TIMES, IS HAVING THESE ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FLOODING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT THEY CAN DO, OR WHY THEY MIGHT THINK OF A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WAY TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY DAY.
SO WE WE TRY TO REALLY CRITICALLY ADDRESS THIS THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR WORK.
BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS HERE REALLY QUICKLY WITH EQUITY.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WE TRY TO INCORPORATE EQUITY INTO ALL OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS. SO WE INCORPORATE EQUITY INTO OUR FLOOD PREVENTION PROGRAM.
WE INCORPORATE EQUITY INTO OUR REBATE PROGRAM.
BUT WE DO HAVE THINGS WHERE EQUITY STANDS ALONE.
THAT'S OUR EQUITY AT CLIMATE ADVISORY GROUP.
IN TERMS OF UPCOMING WORK, WE'VE GOT WOOD STOVE REBATES THAT WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WORK MORE WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE THE HEALTH BENEFITS ARE SO, SO STRONG, NOT ONLY FOR INSIDE YOUR HOME, BUT ALSO FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS, AS WELL AS FULLY LAUNCHING OUR RETROFIT PROGRAM.
AND NOW I'M EXCITED TO HAND IT OVER TO BRADY HENDERSON FOR THE BEST PART.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I AM HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE FREE HEPA AIR PURIFIER PROGRAM, A GRANT FUNDED INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF WILDFIRE SMOKE SEEN BY FLAGSTAFF CITY RESIDENTS.
AND HAS DONE, YES, AND HAS DONE SO FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
BECAUSE OF THIS, OUR TARGETED OUTREACH HAS FOCUSED ON THESE MOST POPULAR ON THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO THESE AIR QUALITY ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY RESIDENTS WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS, HOUSEHOLDS WITH FOUR OR MORE MEMBERS MEMBERS OVER 65 AND UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE, AND FINALLY HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOMES UNDER THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. SO, WITH MORE BACKGROUND OF THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE OUTCOMES OF THE MOST RECENT ROUND FROM APRIL 1ST THROUGH APRIL 30TH, 2024.
SO THROUGH A DEDICATED AND SUSTAINED OUTREACH EFFORTS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND TABLING EVENTS.
PRIMARILY, WE RECEIVED 345 APPLICATIONS THIS MOST RECENT APPLICATION PERIOD.
SO IN THIS LAST ROUND, 45 FLAGSTAFF CITY RESIDENTS RECEIVED FREE HEPA FILTER.
THIS INITIATIVE HAS NOT ONLY PROVIDED IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO THESE HOUSEHOLDS, BUT HAS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF WILDFIRE SMOKE ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. SO HERE'S A QUICK MAP DISPLAYING THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEPA FILTERS SINCE 2021, AND DESPITE LIMITED FUNDING, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE FILTERS ALL OVER THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF TO PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM MOST.
SO LOOKING AHEAD, WE PLAN TO CONTINUE DISTRIBUTING HEPA FILTERS USING AVAILABLE GRANT FUNDING.
THROUGHOUT MY TIME DISTRIBUTING FILTERS, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE SO MANY EXCITED FACES.
GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CLEANER AIR DURING WILDFIRE SEASON AT NO EXTRA COST.
WITH STILL SUCH A HIGH DEMAND FOR THE HEPA AIR FILTERS AND FLAGSTAFF, WE HOPE TO INCREASE THE PROGRAM'S CAPACITY TO ENSURE EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS ACCESS TO CLEAN AIR, NO MATTER THE WEATHER. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I WILL BE PASSING IT BACK OFF TO JENNY.
MOVING ON REALLY QUICKLY TO COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
BUT WE HAVE STOOD UP A NUMBER OF RESILIENCE FOCUSED PROGRAMS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
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OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH THIS ACTIVATES VOLUNTEERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.IN THE MEANTIME, WE CONTINUE TO SEEK GRANT FUNDING.
WE'RE WORKING ON THREE FEDERAL GRANTS RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PLANNING AND POLICY CHANGE COMING UP THAT COUNCIL IS QUITE FAMILIAR WITH, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY WILL HELP US CREATE THAT LARGER SCALE CHANGE AT THAT POLICY LEVEL, WHICH IS JUST A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO CREATE CHANGE.
THE CITY IS GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FROM LANDFILL GAS CAPTURE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, TO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, AND FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE GOT SOME GRANT WRITING CAPACITY COMING ON BOARD.
THEY MAKE SO MUCH WORK OF SO THEY MAKE SO MUCH OF OUR WORK POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY.
WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS GREAT UPDATE TO US, SO THANK YOU.
I MEAN, THIS WAS TIME VERY WELL SPENT.
SO COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT, THAT IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WE GET PIECEMEAL INFORMATION, BUT IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE JUST A WHOLE PICTURE IN ONE ONE PRESENTATION AND TO SEE YOU GUYS ARE BUSY BEES.
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A COMMUNITY.
AND IT DOES. THANK GOODNESS FOR THE AMERICORPS HELPERS AND STUFF.
SO JUST THANK YOU TO ALL YOUR TEAM PART TIME FULL TIME BORROWED.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ARE CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO I WAS EXCITED TO HEAR AND I WAS ABLE TO RIDE MY ELECTRIC BIKE.
KICKING OFF A PARADE THIS PAST WEEKEND.
IT WAS REALLY FUN, AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN REMIND ME WHAT THE E-BIKE INITIATIVE IS.
YES. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE JUST WORKING ON AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
NICOLE DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO? I'M HAPPY TO. SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO DO AND THIS WAS A REQUEST BY COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH OUR HOUSING TEAM TO THINK ABOUT, CAN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE OFFERING E-BIKES AT OUR CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OWNED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AND SO CAN WE OFFER THOSE ON A LOAN? WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE LOGISTICS OF HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT THE ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, E-BIKES CAN BE CAR REPLACERS, RIGHT? AND WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE LOWER INCOME, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A CAR A LOT OF THE TIMES, OR THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO AS MANY CARS AS THEY MIGHT NEED FOR THEIR FAMILIES. AND SO E-BIKES CAN SORT OF BE THAT CAR REPLACEMENT.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
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AND AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LOGISTICS TO FIGURE OUT THERE, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO LAUNCH THAT.SO FOR THE EV CHARGING STATIONS, THE ONE, THE PUBLIC ONES.
YES. OR DO WE CHARGE FOR THOSE? NOT QUITE YET.
WE NEED TO DO I BELIEVE A LITTLE BIT OF A FEE STUDY AS OUR, AS OUR NEXT STEP.
BUT WE WILL BE GETTING THERE AND WE'RE EXCITED.
GOOD. AND THEN BACK TO THE WHOLE DENSITY ISSUE.
YES, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SO WHEN WE HAVE FILLED UP ALL THE.
THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE THINK DENSITY SHOULD BE IN.
WHAT DO WE DO THEN? DO WE START GOING INTO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T WANT DENSITY? DENSITY? I'M JUST ASKING.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T PUT DENSITY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD DUE TO A LOT OF HISTORY AND A LOT OF ZONING.
RIGHT. AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A TON OF LAND IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS INCREDIBLY LOW DENSITY.
THE DOWNTOWN STUDY EVEN CAME OUT AND SAID, EVEN OUR DOWNTOWN IS INCREDIBLY LOW DENSITY.
AND SO IT WILL TAKE HARD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE DENSITY.
BUILDING OUT AND OUT AND OUT IS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE, THE WATER IS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE.
AND SO DENSITY IS IN MANY, MANY WAYS, A WAYS TO USE OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF YOU COULD SAY, HAVE A DUPLEX IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT.
SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE A REALLY NICE COMMUTE TO WORK THAT I GET TO ENJOY, RIGHT? MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE A TRIPLEX.
MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SMALL APARTMENT BUILDING.
I MIGHT EVEN SAY. AND SO THESE STUDIES ARE REALLY ASKING THESE HARD QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A WE OWE A LOT TO OUR PLANNING TEAM AND EVERYBODY ON THE LAND AVAILABILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDY, AS WELL AS THE CODE ANALYSIS PROJECT, WHO ARE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS TO SAY, WHY ARE WE SO LOW DENSITY? A LOT OF OUR DEVELOPERS REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLE TO MEET THE EVEN THE MINIMUM DENSITIES REQUIRED BECAUSE OF OUR ZONING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ARE ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS.
IT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS STUDY BECAUSE IT REALLY LOOKS AT, MAN, WHY ARE WE SO LOW DENSITY NOT ONLY IN OUR DOWNTOWN, BUT ALSO IN MOST OF OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS? AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THAT? WE TALK A LOT ABOUT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SIX STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, HOW CAN WE INTEGRATE SOME OF THAT DENSITY THAT SOUTH SIDE HAS? THAT TOWN SIDE HAS THAT THAT FLAGSTAFF ACTUALLY WAS BUILT ON SORT OF THIS MISSING MIDDLE.
AND THAT'S THE THAT'S THE THAT'S BACK TO THE WHOLE ISSUE WITH EQUITY.
YES. AND SO WHILE WE SAY ON ONE HAND WE WANT OUR PLAN TO.
THINK ABOUT EQUITY OR TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT THEN THE PEOPLE THAT WANT OUR PLAN DON'T WANT THE DENSITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, I MEAN, WE HAVE A SIX OF ONE, HALF A DOZEN OF THE OTHER.
THANK YOU. AND I'LL SAY THAT YOUR OFFICE HAS HELPED ME SO MUCH IN JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
I JOINED SOLAR PARTNERS THROUGH YOU, HAD A SOLAR ARRAY INSTALLED ON MY ROOF, AND OFTEN END UP SELLING POWER BACK TO APS.
AND I OF COURSE LOVE TO SEE THAT.
AND I LOVE TO SEE AN APS BILL.
THAT'S REALLY JUST THE DIFFERENT FEES THAT COME WITH AN APS BILL.
THAT HAD A HUGE IMPACT AND INSULATION.
I HAVE ALMOST ELECTRIFIED ALL OF MY APPLIANCES.
I'M I'M DOING IT AS THEY'RE WEARING OUT.
AWESOME. SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE APPLIANCES.
I'M CONTEMPLATING A HEAT PUMP, AND I HAVE WATCHED THE VIDEOS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE WEBSITE, SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO US AND WHY, IF WE'RE IN A POSITION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME MAKES SENSE FOR US TO DO SO.
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SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU.AND WE HAVE AN ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTER.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I HAVE JASON KOTOWSKI.
JASON, YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
HI. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCILORS.
MY NAME IS JASON KARDOSKEE, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE GREATER FLAGSTAFF AREA FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I'M THE REGIONAL FIELD ORGANIZER FOR THE NORTHERN ARIZONA CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCE.
SO DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK, THEY MAY CALL ME SOMETHING ELSE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AND THE STAFF FOR WORKING TOWARD THE CRITICAL GOAL OF ENSURING THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY IS CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2030. IF EVERY LOCALITY ACROSS THE WORLD WERE TAKING WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOAL.
WE COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE THREATS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
THIS PRESENTATION WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
BUT I AM HERE TODAY TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE SCOPES OF THE COMMUNITY'S EMISSIONS NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU REVISE THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
IT MAY NOT BE THE COMMON MODEL TO ACCOUNT FOR COMMUNITY EMISSIONS, BUT MODELS CAN CHANGE.
I DON'T THINK MANY ON THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER A DIRECT INVESTMENT IN OUR OFFSHORE ARCTIC DRILLING AS BEING IN UNISON WITH THE CARBON NEUTRALITY GOAL.
MAYBE IT WOULD TECHNICALLY NOT AFFECT THE GOAL, BUT IT'S NOT IN HARMONY WITH IT.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD THE GOAL OF CARBON NEUTRALITY, I THINK WE SHOULD STRONGLY RECONSIDER HOW WE ANALYZE THE SCOPE OF FLAGSTAFF EMISSIONS AND INCLUDE SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS.
I REALLY ACTUALLY HATE TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO THE OVERALL PROBLEM SINCE WE DON'T LIVE IN A BUBBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I KNOW THAT IT TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF TIME OUT OF WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON TO PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I KNOW COUNCIL APPRECIATES IT, AND I KNOW THE PUBLIC APPRECIATES IT, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC, AND I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT.
[15. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TO/FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND STAFF, AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS]
LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.JUST REAL QUICK. IT WAS A VERY BUSY FEW DAYS AND I GOT TO CELEBRATE QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS WITH OUR COUNCIL, AND IT WAS VERY INSPIRING TO SEE EVERYONE OUT AND WORKING HARD, AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE INVITED TO THE MAY HICKS HOUSE.
AND THAT'S THE HOUSE, OF COURSE.
WHO WAS THE ONE THAT MADE THE FIRST FLAG FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA? AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ADRIAN FONTES, WAS THERE.
AS YOU KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE I AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF MEETINGS ABOUT THIS MAY HICKS HOUSE AND HOW IT CAN BE PRESERVED AND IDEAS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF THE CITY COULD APPOINT SOMEONE TO KIND OF TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS.
SO THE SOME OF THE STAFF HAS ALREADY INVOLVED IN A MR. CLIFTON. I CAN GIVE YOU A LIST OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THE MEETING TODAY.
I ACTUALLY MADE A LIST, BUT I FORGOT TO BRING IT TONIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A FAIR OR JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO IS TO APPOINT SOMEONE.
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FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.AND ONE OF THE LEAD IDEAS IS TO PUT THE TO MOVE THE HOUSE OVER TO THE MURDOCH CENTER, AND THEN IT CAN BE USED FOR VARIOUS THINGS MEETINGS, MAYBE BOYS GIRLS CLUB, WHATEVER.
I THINK MISTER FONTAS WAS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED, LIKE, THERE'S ALL THESE IDEAS, BUT HE SAYS, WELL, WHO'S HEADING THIS UP? YOU KNOW, AND HE HE DID OFFER THAT MAYBE HE COULD HELP AS FAR AS MAYBE SOME FUNDRAISING OR SOMETHING.
BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO KIND OF TAKE THE LEAD ON IT, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU. MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE A RESPONSE? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, FOR BRINGING THAT BACK UP.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL DISCUSSION BY OUR SECRETARY OF STATE EARLIER.
ALLOW US TO HUDDLE INTERNALLY AND TALK ABOUT THIS.
THERE'S ALREADY DISCUSSIONS OCCURRING OFFLINE, AND EXPECT US TO REPORT BACK.
SO HE'S TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE WERE QUITE HONORED TO HAVE HIS PRESENCE.
YEAH, IT WAS A VERY BUSY COUPLE OF DAYS, AND I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING JOINED BY COCONINO COUNTY CHAIR JUDY BEGAY IN WELCOMING THE FIRST LADY DOCTOR, JILL BIDEN, AT THE AIRPORT WHEN SHE CAME TO FLAGSTAFF.
AND THIS ALL TOOK PLACE AT WISEMAN AVIATION.
AND THEY'RE JUST SO WELL EQUIPPED AND WELL TRAINED AND ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER.
KIND OF A BIG FEAT TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF A AIRPLANE LAND ON OUR, AT OUR AIRPORT. AND I THINK I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT CITY MANAGER.
MAYOR. ALL RIGHT THEN, WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.