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LET'S CALL A MEETING TO ORDER.
[1. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance/Moment of Silence/Roll Call]
I GUESS I HAVE TO, MY COMPUTER TELLS ME IT'S ONLY FOUR TWENTY NINE, SO I CAN'T CALL IT TO ORDER UNTIL FOUR 30.BUT WE'RE ALREADY, WE'RE ALL IN OUR PLACES.
OH YES, YOU, IF YOU WOULD SILENCE YOUR, ANY DEVICES YOU HAVE WITH YOU AS EVERYBODY REACHES.
SO LET'S CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2022 AT AT 4:30 PM WOULD YOU ALL RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE? MY PLEDGE PLEASURE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLICAN JUST STANDS, ONE NATION UNDERDO INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY I JUSTICE LAW.
AND NOW WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
MADAME CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL A ROLE PLEASE? MAYOR MOI.
[2. City’s Vision]
ALL RIGHT.AND NEXT WE HAVE THE CITY VISION STATEMENT.
VISION TAB IS TO BE A CITY THAT IS CONSTANTLY VISION, RESERVATION OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY, SCENIC VISTAS, PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.
TO BE A CITY THAT RETAINS ITS SMALL TOWN ERRITORY, IT CREATES ITS MANLY ROOTS HARMONY WITH NATURE TO BE A CITY THAT IS ANIMATED BY THE ARTS, THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM TO HELP ACHIEVE OUR COMMON GOALS.
TO BE A CITY THAT OFFERS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AND FOSTERS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
TO BE A CITY THAT WELCOMES AND ACCOMMODATES ALL OF ITS VISITORS AND FUTURE RESIDENTS WITH A SPIRIT OF FELLOWSHIP TO BE A CITY CONTAINS AND ENHANCES A STRONG, VITAL ECONOMY, WHICH PRESERVES EXISTING LIFESTYLES WITHOUT EXPLOITING THE NATURAL BEAUTY.
AND FINALLY, A CITY THAT LIVES UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF STEWARDSHIP OF ONE OF THE EARTH'S GREAT TREASURES.
OKAY, AND THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH.
AND SO WE HAVE A MOMENT OF ART.
MATT MAYER, VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS.
THIS AFTERNOON I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A LITTLE FLAVOR FROM THE SEDONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S UPCOMING VOICES FROM THE GRAVE.
THE SEDONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY THINKS THAT SEDONA IS BUILT OF GOOD BONES.
AND WHY DO THEY THINK THAT? BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY WAS BUILT ON THE BLOOD, SWEAT, TEARS, AND YES, BACKBONES OF SOME INTERESTING, COURAGEOUS, AND COLORFUL PEOPLE.
THEIR STORIES ARE UNIQUE TO SEDONA AND THEIR PRECEDING US HAS SET IN PLACE SOME OF THOSE GOOD BONES THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS NOW BUILT ON.
VOICES FROM THE GRAVE IS A CEMETERY WALK AT THE COOK CEMETERY, THE FIRST CEMETERY INSIDE WHAT WE KNOW IS NOW THE CITY'S LIMITS OF SEDONA.
IT IS THE RESTING PLACE OF MANY SEDONA PIONEERS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS FOR THIS YEAR'S.
GUESTS YOU WILL HEAR FROM OUR TOWN'S FIR FIRST POSTMASTER.
ALSO A MAN WHO DIED FROM THE SPANISH FLU IN 1918 AND WAS THE FIRST BURIAL IN THE CEMETERY.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE SON OF THE FIRST ANGLO SETTLER IN OAK CREEK CANYON, AS WELL AS MATTIE PORTMAN.
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1900.A CRACK SHOT WHOSE FATHER WAS BEAR.
HOWARD, THE MATRIARCH OF THE COOK FAMILY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW, JOANNE COOK'S HUSBAND IS, UM, IN THE LINEAGE OF THE COOKS AND THE PORTMANS.
OH, SO, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
SHE HAS SOME GREAT PHOTOS IN HER OFFICE FROM BACK THEN.
FOR OCTOBER'S MOMENT OF ART, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TWO OF THE PROFESSIONAL ACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED THE SPIRITS OF SEDONA PIONEERS IN THE SHOW IN THE PAST.
AND THEY'RE HERE TO PRESENT SNIPPETS FROM PRIOR PORTRAYAL.
HOWEVER, SINCE THE SPIRITS FOR THIS YEAR'S CEMETERY WALK HAVE NOT YET RISEN FROM THE GRAVE TO PRESENT THEIR LIFE, YOU'LL HAVE TO ENJOY THIS PRESENTATION AS A TEASER FOR NEW CHARACTERS AND NEW STORIES THAT WILL BE TOLD LATER THIS MONTH.
TODAY'S ACTORS ARE CHANDRA JEFFERSON PLAYING NETTI VAN DIN.
CHANDRA IS AN ALUMNI OF JULLIARD, AN 18 YEAR RESIDENT IN SEDONA.
SHE CONTINUES HER CAREER AS A SINGER, SONGWRITER, MUSICIAN, AND EVENT PRODUCER.
SHE AND DEV ROSS CREATE, WRITE, ACT IN AND PRODUCE THEIR OWN ORIGINAL SHOWS.
CHANDRA DOES THE SAME IN HER POPULAR DUO, TOM AND CHANDRA.
DEV ROSS WILL BE PLAYING MARGARET ELIZABETH, LIZZIE PER PEARL.
FORMER WRITER FOR DISNEY AS WELL AS FOR ABC, NICKELODEON, AND PBS AMONG MANY OTHER CREDITS.
BOTH THEIR CREDITS ARE, AS YOU EVERYONE KNOWS THEM, MILE LONG.
SO THIS IS A VERY CONDENSED VERSION OF THEIR TALENTS.
UM, DEV ROSS HAS LIVED IN SEDONA FOR 30 YEARS.
SHE AND CHANDRA JEFFERSON FORMED THE TWO LOOSIES DUO WHO CREATE RIGHT ACT IN AND PRODUCED THEIR OWN ORIGINAL THEATRICAL MATERIAL.
THIS IS A BEWITCHING TIME OF YEAR, SO EVERYONE IS INVITED NOW TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE@SEDONAMUSEUM.ORG.
ALL PROCEEDS GO TOWARD PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE HISTORIC CEMETERY, A SEDONA HISTORIC LANDMARK.
ALL SHOWS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN SOLD OUT.
SO, UH, WE JUST WANNA RECOMMEND AND JANINE ASK ME TO MENTION TO TRY TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS RIGHT AWAY.
NOW LET'S HEAR FROM A COUPLE OF THOSE PIONEER SPIRITS OF THE PAST SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S IN STORE FOR YOU BECAUSE THE DEAD HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU.
MY NAME IS NET MASON, BETTER KNOWN AS MOTHER DAD, DARREN.
NOW THIS IS A WONDERFUL LITTLE MEETING HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COUNCIL.
NOW I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW, AND IN THE EARLY DAYS OF SEDONA, THERE WERE NO DOCTORS.
EVERYONE HAD TO RELY ON A SMALL BAN OF WOMEN, CURE EVERYTHING THAT ED EVERYONE.
BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE GALS IN THAT BAND WAS LYDIA BREWER.
NOW LYDIA AND I, WE HELPED BIRTH BEES.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS CALLED? NOBODY KNOWS.
OH, YOU KNOW, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT MYSELF.
I WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN ARKANSAS, 1875.
AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER, ACTUALLY SEVERAL YEARS LATER, I MET THE MOST GOOD LOOKING RANCHA.
AND WE GOT MARRIED AND I MOVED TO SEDONA.
NOW WE OWN 60 ACRES IN WHAT YOU CALL UPTOWN SEDONA.
WE HAD ORANGE AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BUT I DIGRESS.
LET ME GET BACK TO ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT HELPING FOLKS WHO WERE HAIL FROM THINGS.
NOW, IF ANYBODY EVER NEEDED ME, I WAS RIGHT THERE.
MONK, YOU PROBABLY WANTED TO WALK HOME SHIP MONK.
IT'S BECAUSE HE ATE LIKE THIS.
I THAT HORSE AND YOU KNOW, I GET ON HIM AND I WILL JUST RIDE WHEREVER ANYBODY NEEDED ME.
AND SO THIS IS BEAUTIFUL FRESH AIR.
WE JUST, SOMETIMES IT TAKE A WHILE TO GET TO WHERE WE WERE GOING.
AND I JUST SING MY FAVORITE SONGS OF THE DAY.
ME, YOU MIGHT KNOW ONE GOES LIKE THIS.
IF YOU DO, PLEASE SING ALONG WITH ME.
OKAY? TO BE COMING AROUND ABOUT DINNER.
WHEN SHE COMES, WHEN SHE COMES ROUND THE, WHEN SHE COMES, WHEN SHE COMES, YOU BE COMING AROUND THE YOU COMING AROUND THE MAP, COMING ROUND THE MAP.
WHEN SHE COMES, SHE VERY NICE.
I, I KEPT A NOTEBOOK RIGHT IN MUST SETTLE WITH ALL KINDS OF REMEDIES OF NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED SUBSTANCES.
NOW, Y'ALL MIGHT THINK THAT THIS IS A LITTLE PECULIAR, BUT MARK MY WORDS, THEY WORKED, FOR INSTANCE, FOR COLIC OR A SORE THROAT, I WOULD USE A LITTLE BIT OF BROWN ROOTS AND WHISKEY.
IF IT DIDN'T CARRY IT SHOULD HAVE MADE YOU FEEL BETTER
AND ALSO PULL OIL AND SUGAR TOO.
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AND FOR ROUND SNAKE BACKS, I WOULD USE KEROSENE AND BLACKBERRY ROOT PULL OF FLU.I USED KEROSENE AND CRUDE OIL AND AND LAW.
AND I MIXED IT UP AND I HEAT IT UP, PUT IT ON A FLANNEL RAG, PUT IT ON YOUR CHEST AS HOT AS YOU COULD STAND IT.
OH, NOW WE DIDN'T HAVE BANDAID.
SO WHAT I DID WAS I WOULD PUT SOME KEROSENE AND TURPENTINE, MIX SOME FLOUR, STIR IT UP, FIND SOME COBWEBS OFF I STOVE AND MIX THAT TOGETHER AND PLACE IT RIGHT ON THE AREA THAT WAS BLEEDING.
NOW DOES ANYBODY HERE HAVE ANY AIL ILLNESS THAT THEY NEED ANYTHING
BUT IF YOU DO, MAKE IT QUICK BECAUSE AS MS. PURDY WILL TELL YOU, IT TAKE A LOT OF ENERGY.
NOBODY WHAT? IN THAT CASE, LET ME INTRODUCE MY FRIEND AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN.
WELL, THERE WAS THAT ABOUT Y'ALL.
YOU'RE LUCKY CUZ YOU'RE ALIVE.
AND I'M DICK, I WAS BORN MARGARET ELIZABETH JONES IN 1885.
AND YOU KNOW, THE HARD THING ABOUT BEING A WOMAN AND BEING DEAD IS YOU CAN'T LIE ABOUT YOUR AGE ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW WHY LADY? CUZ IT'S ETCHED IN STONE.
I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING I COULD TELL YOU.
RACKING THIS CO WEB BRAIN, TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT I COULD TELL YOU ALL TO CHANGE THE NAME SEDONA TO PEARL
CAUSE I'M MARRIED INTO THE PEARL FAMILY AND THEY DESERT IT PEARLS BILL, PEARLS BIRD, PEARL'S DAY.
JUST PEARL PEARL, RIGHT? BUT I'M JUST NOT, I DON'T HAVE THIS STORY THAT SEDONA HAD.
YOU KNOW, YOU NAMED IT AFTER SEDONA.
I JUST REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING REALLY GREAT TO TELL YOU ABOUT MYSELF EXCEPT FOR ONE THING THAT I WAS INFAMOUS FOR BEFORE I START AND TELL THAT, ARE ANY OF YOU HERE TEACHERS, EX TEACHERS? NOBODY HERE WAS A TEACHER WHO? EXCUSE DAD.
WELL, WHAT I'VE KNOWN FOR IS THIS.
YOU SAY I'M A PASSIVE OF CHILDREN.
TANA, A BUNCH OF EM, BOYS AND BOY, THEY WERE SCRAPPY ANYWAYS, ONE OF MY BOYS GOT IN TROUBLE AT THE LOCAL SCHOOL AND THE TEACHER WHOOPED UP ON HIM.
SO I WATCHED RIGHT UP TO THAT SCHOOL AND I WHOOPED UP ON THE TEACHER.
PEARL JUST WENT RIGHT OUT THE DOOR.
ANYWAY, UH, SO THE TEACHER, UH, REPORTED ME TO THE SHERIFF AND THE SHERIFF TOOK ME IN FRONT, THE JUDGE.
I SAID, OKAY JUDGE, I HAVE TO GO TO MY BANK FIRST.
HE, THE JUDGE JUST BLOWS HIS EYES, YOU KNOW? AND I SAID, WELL, DON'T WORRY, IT'S LOCAL.
SO I PULL OUT $10 AND I HAND IT TO THE JUDGE.
HE GAVE A WOMAN, GOT TO BE A JUDGE BACK THEN.
AND I STARTED TO LEAVE AND HE SAID, WELL, HOLD ON, THIS IS PEARL.
HE GOES, WELL WHY MRS. PEARL? AND I SAID, WELL, JUST BECAUSE JUDGE.
AND HE SAID, BECAUSE WHY MRS. PEARL? AND I SAID, BECAUSE JUDGE, WHEN I LEAVE, HELL GO MARCH RIGHT BACK UP TO THAT SCHOOL HOUSE AND UP, UP ON THE TEACHER AGAIN.
AND THAT'S WHY THE TOWN AIN'T EVEN AFTER ME LISTENING STORIES.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL GET ON WHAT THEY CALL THE INTERNET, WHAT THAT IS.
BUT I LEARNED TODAY FROM MISS NANCY.
AND YOU CAN GO TO SEDONA MUSEUM.ORG AND YOU CAN HIT YOUR ADMISSION RIGHT THERE ON THIS CRAZY KIND OF COMPUTER THING.
AND UH, OF COURSE ALL OF THE TICKET SALES GO TO THE MAINTENANCE OF GO COME.
EVERYBODY GET ON THAT INTERNET THING AND GET YOUR TICKETS.
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OKAY, WELL NOW WE HAVE TO GET TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.[3. Consent Items - Approve]
AND THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT ITEM.VICE ME, YOU WANNA PULL SOMETHING? NO, IT'S GOOD.
IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, THIS IS THE TIME.
IF NOT, THEN WELL NEED A MOTION.
I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOVED BY COUNSELOR WILLIAMSON.
THE NEXT ITEM IS APPOINTMENTS.
[5. Summary of Current Events by Mayor/Councilors/City Manager]
NEXT IS A SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS BY ANYBODY, VICE MAYOR.HALLOWEENS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
WE ARE BACK WITH, UH, HALLOWEEN.
OUR SIGNATURE EVENT RETURNS, OF COURSE, OCTOBER 31ST FROM FIVE UNTIL 8:00 PM SEDONA PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND UPTOWN MERCHANTS WILL HOST A, UH, SAFE AND FUN TRICK OR TREATING IN THE UPTOWN AREA.
UH, TRICK OR TREATERS CAN EXPECT THE SAME GREAT EXPERIENCE OFFERED BY A VARIETY OF SHOPS AND PARENTS WILL, UH, APPRECIATE THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT MANAGED BY ADONA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.
I THINK, UH, COUNCIL LAMPKIN WILL BE THERE WITH A VOLUNTEER.
IN ADDITION TO TREAT, I'LL BE DRESSED AS A RANGER.
COSTUME IN ADDITION TO TREATS, ATTENDEES MAY CHOOSE TO COMPLETE A SPOOKY SCAVENGER HUNT, UH, FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES DONATED BY THE UPTOWN MERCHANTS.
ATTENDEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO CATCH THE FREE SHUTTLE, UH, RUNNING FROM POSSE GROUNDS PARK AND THE PARK AND RIDE LOT, UH, RIGHT.
THE PARK AND LOT POSSE GROUNDS.
THEN WE HAVE STORY TIME IN THE PARK, WEDNESDAYS 9:00 AM AT SUNSET PARK FREE, GEARED TOWARD AGES FOUR TO EIGHT YEARS OLD.
AND, UH, ALL A WELCOME PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND YY HOUR THURSDAYS, EIGHT TO NINE PASTE GRANDS PARK.
IT'S THE TEMPORARY LOCATION IS A LOWER SOFTBALL FIELD.
ANYBODY ELSE? NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE PUBLIC FORUM.
YOU JUST IN TURN FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM ITEM, GIVE THEM TO JOY.
SO WE DON'T, I WILL OPEN IT AND CLOSE IT.
[7. Proclamations, Recognitions, & Awards]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT IS PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS.
AND WE DO HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS KEEPS IT ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY ON OCTOBER 19TH.
SO I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN I'M GOING TO PRESENT IT TO CRAIG, I BELIEVE.
SO WHEREAS KEEPS IT ON BEAUTIFUL, WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE SCENIC, BEAUTY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF SEDONA.
AND THE VERDE VALLEY HAS PROVIDED 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS KEEPS IT ON BEAUTIFUL WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE AND A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE CITY OF SEDONAS EMPHASIS ON S SUSTAINABILITY.
AND WHEREAS KEEP SEDONA BEAUTIFUL HAS BECOME A MODEL OF SUSTAINABILITY BY HAVING REPLACED THEIR GAS FURNACE WITH AN ALL-ELECTRIC HEAT PUMP, INSTALLED AN INSULATED MEMBRANE ROOF, AND IS INSTALLING A ROBUST SOLAR ARRAY IN ORDER TO BECOME A NET POSITIVE ENERGY SUPPLIER TO THE GRID.
AND WHEREAS KEEPS IT ON A BEAUTIFUL, UH, HAS BEEN A CHAMPION OF PROTECTING OUR DARK SKIES, REDUCING NOISE POLLUTION FROM HELICOPTERS, EDUCATING CITIZENS THROUGH THEIR NATIVE PLANT WORKSHOP AND SPEAKER SERIES, AND STOPPING THE DAMAGE BEING CAUSED BY IRRESPONSIBLE OHV DRIVERS AND WHEREAS KEEPS IT ON A BEAUTIFUL VOLUNTEERS KEEP 50 MILES OF OUR ROADS AND STREETS LITTER FREE NOW, THEREFORE, I, SANDY MOTI MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA ON BEHALF OF THE SEDONA CITY COUNCIL, DO HERE BY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 19TH AS KEEP SEDONA BEAUTIFUL DAY IN SEDONA, ARIZONA.
ISSUED THIS 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022, CRAIG, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, FEW MINUTES, GO JUST WELL, FOR A VERY SHORT TIME.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT KEEPS IT ON A BEAUTIFUL, LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR CONSTRUCTIVE AND FRUITFUL RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
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GREG.AND THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2022.
WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A PATTERN OF COERCIVE CONTROL AND ABUSIVE BEHAVIORS IN ANY INTIMATE OR FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP THAT ARE USED TO GAIN AND MAINTAIN POWER OR CONTROL OVER ANOTHER.
WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN PRESENT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, INCLUDING EMOTIONAL ABUSE, ECONOMIC ABUSE, PHYSICAL ABUSE, USING CHILDREN, REPRODUCTION, COERCION, ISOLATION, AND SEXUAL ABUSE.
AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS AN ISSUE AFFECTING ARIZONANS IN ALL COMMUNITIES, REGARDLESS OF AGE, GENDER, RACE, ECONOMIC STATUS, RELIGION, NATIONALITY, OR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.
AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 12 MILLION WOMEN AND MEN ARE VICTIMS OF RAPE, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, OR STALKING BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER IN THE UNITED STATES EVERY YEAR, AVERAGING 24 PEOPLE PER MINUTE.
AND WHEREAS ONE IN FOUR WOMEN AND ONE IN 10 MEN HAVE EXPERIENCED CONTACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, AND OR STALKING BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER DURING THEIR LAR DURING THEIR LIFETIME.
AND WHEREAS 30% OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE HAD THEIR FIRST EXPOSURE BEFORE THE AGE OF TWO.
AND AN ADDITIONAL 26% HAD THEIR FIRST EXPOSURE BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO AND SEVEN.
AND WHEREAS WITNESSING VIOLENCE IN THE HOME DURING CHILDHOOD IS HOOD IS AN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE, WHICH WITHOUT PROPER SUPPORT, MAY LEAD TO A GREATER RISK OF LASTING NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
AND WHEREAS VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE LONG TERM MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CONCERNS, INCLUDING A HIGH HIGHER RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND RISKY BEHAVIORS.
AND WHEREAS PROMOTING HEALTHY, RESPECTFUL, AND NON-VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS CAN HELP REDUCE THE OCCURRENCE OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, SUPPORT SURVIVORS, AND LESSEN SHORT AND LONG-TERM HARM ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.
AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND INTERVENTION EFFORTS AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDE ADVOCACY EFFORTS, SERVICES, AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS. NOW, THEREFORE, I SANDY MORIARTY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2022 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND CALL, CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS, PARENTS, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESSES, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN THE CITY OF SEDONA TO SUPPORT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND TAKE A STAND AGAINST ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN RELATIONSHIPS.
ISSUED THIS 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022.
AND I BELIEVE VIVIAN MAN IS, IS HERE OKAY.
VIVIAN
SO MUCH FOR FAR TOO LONG, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS CONSIDERED A FAMILY PROBLEM AND WAS LEFT FOR FAMILIES TO ADDRESS IN PRIVATE.
TODAY WE RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANT ROLES OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND INDIVIDUALS IN HELPING TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TO CREATE A CULTURE THAT REFUSES TO TOLERATE ABUSE.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THOUSANDS IN OUR VALLEY, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT HARM TO PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SURVIVORS AND UNDERMINES THEIR ECONOMIC STABILITY AND OVERALL WELLBEING.
WHILE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE DURING THIS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, WE COME TOGETHER TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SUPPORTING SURVIVORS TO STRENGTHEN OUR RE RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE NEED CITIZENS TO KNOW THERE ARE SAFE PLACES TO GO AND HELP IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.
I'M FROM VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY AND WE BEGAN 29 YEARS AGO.
OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SAFETY SERVICES AND COMFORT TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
WE HAVE LOTS OF FREE SERVICES.
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY SHELTER THAT'S OPEN 24 7.
WE HAVE A LAY LEGAL ADVOCACY OFFICE THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS, PROVIDING FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO SURVIVORS IN FAMILY COURT AND CIVIL COURT FOR ORDERS OF PROTECTION.
WE HAVE AN OUTREACH CENTER THAT SERVICES SURVIVORS THAT DO NOT GO INTO SHELTER.
WE HAVE A YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SERVICE THAT TEACHES STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HERE IN THE VERDE TO, UH, WHAT A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP IS ALL
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ABOUT.WE HAVE A CRISIS HOTLINE THAT RUNS 24 7 365 DAYS A YEAR.
WE PROVIDE COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND WE JUST OPENED OUR FIRST TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM LAST YEAR.
WE SERVICED 1500 SURVIVORS HERE IN THE VERDE OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
OUR YES PROGRAM THAT WENT INTO SCHOOLS, TAUGHT 2000 STUDENTS ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS DURING THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH.
WE HONOR THE TREMENDOUS DEDICATION OF ADVOCATES, BUT MOSTLY WE HONOR THE COURAGE AND RESILIENCE OF SURVIVORS AND WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO STANDING BESIDE THEM AND WITH THEM FOR SAFETY, DIGNITY, AND JUSTICE ON BEHALF OF THE VERDE VALLEY, THANK YOU MOUNT MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PROCLAIMING OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
AND THANK FOR ALL YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT IS NATIONAL CODE COMPLIANCE MONTH, ALSO IN OCTOBER.
WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT OF LOCAL CODES AND ORDINANCES FACING VARIOUS ISSUES OF BUILDING, ZONING, HOUSING, ANIMAL CONTROL, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, AND LIFE SAFETY.
AND WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OFTEN HAVE A CHALLENGING AND DEMANDING ROLE AND OFTEN DO NOT RECEIVE RECOGNITION FOR THE JOB THEY DO IN IMPROVING LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
AND WHEREAS THE, THE ROLE OF MANY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAS EXPANDED IN RECENT YEARS WITH THE INCREASED NUMBER OF FORECLOSED AND ABANDONED HOMES IN COMMUNITIES IMPACTED ECONOMICALLY.
AND WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE DEDICATED AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS WHO SHARE THE GOALS OF PREVENTING NEIGHBORHOOD DETERIORATION, ENHANCING AND ENSURING SAFETY AND PRESERVING PROPERTY VALUES THROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION OF HOUSING ZONING AND NUISANCE CODES AND ORDINANCES.
AND WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OFTEN HAVE A HIGHLY VISIBLE ROLE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE AND REGULARLY INTERACT WITH THE VARIETY OF STATE OFFICIALS, COUNTY OFFICIALS, FIRST RESPONDERS, LEGISLATIVE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AGENCIES AND BODIES.
AND WHEREAS IN CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE TO THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY SERVE.
AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WANTS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PROFESSIONALS ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND BRING AWARENESS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1988 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ONGOING TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE UNITED STATES.
NOW, THEREFORE, I SANDY MORIARTY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA ON BEHALF OF THE SEDONA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2022 TO BE NATIONAL CODE COMPLIANCE MONTH IN SEDONA, ARIZONA, AND ASK OUR CITIZENS TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE DEDICATION AND SERVICE OF THE, OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, UH, ISSUED THIS 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022.
AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT GUYS, BRIAN ARMSTRONG AND STAN DK AND
THANK YOU, MAYOR, YOU CAN GO TO THE PODIUM.
DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE SPEECHES TO BE MADE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, I DID THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE WHEN, YET THE CITY VISION STATEMENT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR MEETING TODAY, THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT'S MISSION AND GOAL IS, IS TO PRESERVE WORKING THROUGH CITY CODES TO PRESERVE THE SCENIC BEAUTY AND THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE CITY PEOPLE, OF CITIZENS OF SONSONA.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MATTA MAYOR AND ALL THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS.
AND, AND, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
I WOULD THANK, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, WE, WE DON'T GET TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM, UM, MAYBE EVER.
I DON'T, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE A PROCLAMATION, BUT I I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS, BRIAN AND STAN.
AND IN MY 10 AND A HALF YEARS WITH THE CITY ARE LEAPS AND BOUNDS BY FAR THE BEST TEAM WE HAVE HAD IN THAT DIVISION, PROBABLY EVER, I'M SURE EVER.
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WAY THEY APPROACH THEIR WORK, THE WAY THEY HAVE RAISED THE BAR ON, ON PROCESS AND, AND INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY COMMENDABLE AND THEY DON'T GET RECOGNIZED.AND WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, THEY DEAL PRIMARILY WITH TWO TYPES OF PARTIES, RIGHT? A COMPLAINANT WHO IS UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR IS DOING OR NOT DOING.
AND THEN THE, THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PERSON BEING COMPLAINED ABOUT WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO AND APPROACH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY MIGHT BE IN VIOLATION OF SOMETHING OR THEY HAVE TO CHANGE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND, AND THAT YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT TWO PRETTY UNHAPPY PARTIES AT THAT POINT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I ROUTINELY GET COMMENDATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THESE TWO AND HOW GOOD THEY ARE TO WORK WITH ON BOTH SIDES.
AND THAT'S JUST, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE OFTEN IN A NO WIN KIND OF POSITION, AND IT IS OFTEN THANKLESS AND VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
UM, BUT THEY DO AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB.
AND, AND I JUST WANT TO, TO, TO LET THEM KNOW HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
[8.a. AB 2876 Discussion/presentation regarding Jail District Sales Tax Proposition #445.]
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO REGULAR BUSINESS IN ITEM EIGHT A IS AB 28 76 DISCUSSION PRESENTATION REGARDING JAIL DISTRICT SALES TECHS PROPOSITION 4 45.WELL, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT.
I'M THE SHERIFF OF COCONINO COUNTY.
IT IS, UH, GOOD TO BE BACK HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, SOME OF YOU REMEMBER I WAS DOWN HERE ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO AND, UH, WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO, UH, I MISS THOSE DAYS A LOT.
BUT, UH, WE'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF AND TALK ABOUT THE, UM, JAIL TAX, UH, PROPOSITION 4 45.
AND, UH, I, WITH ME TODAY IS, UH, COREY BERGER FROM THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
COREY, ARE YOU READY TO, UH, MOVE AHEAD? OKAY.
UH, THE JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX IS UP FOR RENEWAL IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.
AND WHAT THIS IS, IS AN EXTENSION.
IT'S NOT A NEW TAX, BUT AN EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING TAX THAT'S BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE, UH, EARLY 2000.
AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE, UH, VOTERS TO DO IS TO COME AND VOTE ON THE EXTENSION OF THAT TAX.
SO WE'RE NOT HERE AS A CAMPAIGN PART AS MUCH AS WE ARE TO HEAR HERE, TO INFORM YOU ABOUT WHAT THE JAIL DOES, UH, WHAT THE, UH, PROGRAMS ENTAIL AND WHAT THE, UH, UH, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE JAIL, WHAT WE PROVIDE, UH, THE NEED FOR THE JAIL TAX, I, I THINK IS, IS IS PRETTY EVIDENT.
UH, I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE, UH, ARE FAMILIAR WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY, AND THEY HAVE A JAIL DISTRICT AS WELL, AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO CONSTRUCT THE JAIL AND AS WELL AS TO MAINTAIN IT, JUST LIKE OUR JAIL DOES.
AND THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE ALL SEEN THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY IS THE REVOLVING DOOR OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF JAIL.
THEY'RE ARRESTED MANY TIMES FOR PETTY CRIMES.
THAT, AND CRIMES SEEM TO ESCALATE OVER TIME, AND IT CAUSES OUR JAIL POPULATION TO GROW.
BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST AT TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT, THAT REVOLVING DOOR, TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS AND ISSUES THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRESTED AND BROUGHT INTO JAIL SEEM TO EXPERIENCE.
THE, UH, INMATE PROGRAMS THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, I I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT THEY'RE DESIGNED TO REDUCE PEOPLE COMING BACK.
ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO ARE, ARE, ARE PREDICATED ON, ON GETTING PEOPLE'S HELP THAT THEY NEED, GETTING PEOPLE A LEG UP WHILE THEY'RE IN JAIL SO THAT THEY DON'T RECIDIVATE AND END UP COMING BACK AS PART OF THAT REVOLVING DOOR.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, 596 BED JAIL, UH, IN FLAGSTAFF, AND WE HAVE A 48 8 BED JAIL THAT SERVES THE PAGE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, OUR POPULATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT DOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UH, COVID, UH, THAT ALL OF US EXPERIENCED, I THINK, THROUGHOUT GOVERNMENT.
UH, AND, UH, OUR POPULATION RIGHT NOW IS, IS AROUND, UH, 300 PEOPLE IN OUR JAIL.
BUT WHEN WE'RE NOT HAVING PROGRAMS, WHEN WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES,
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OUR JAIL POPULATION USUALLY GETS UP AROUND FOUR 50 TO 475 WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE TO TRY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TOO.SOME OF THE INMATE PROGRAMS I MENTIONED IS EXODUS.
THAT'S AN IN CUSTODY DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROGRAM, A 90 DAY PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN, IN THE, UH, FLAGSTAFF AREA OUTSIDE OF THE JAIL.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK US, PARENTS ASK US TO PUT THEIR KIDS IN JAIL TO GET 'EM THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
AND, UH, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
BUT, UH, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE DUE TO GET OUT OF JAIL, WHO ASK US TO STAY IN JAIL TO COMPLETE THEIR 90 DAY PROGRAM.
UH, SOME, SOME DATA, AND I MAY BE JUMPING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT FAR, BUT WE'VE HAD OVER 1600 PEOPLE GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM SINCE WE INSTITUTED IT IN 2007.
OF THOSE 1600 PEOPLE THAT WENT THROUGH BOTH MALES AND FEMALES, WE HAVE A PRETTY HIGH SUCCESS RATE.
THE, A NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR PEOPLE TO RECIDIVATE COME BACK INTO JAIL WITHIN A YEAR IS 70%.
70% OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRESTED ARE GONNA END UP BACK IN THAT JAIL WITH, WITHIN THE YEAR.
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR EXODUS PROGRAM, THAT'S DOWN TO 30%.
AND THAT IS A REALLY SUBSTANTIAL, UH, REDUCTION AND A SUCCESS THAT WE FEEL IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS. WELL, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN JAIL AND WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, METAPHORICALLY THAT CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, BUT WE ALSO WANNA PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.
WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO READ BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE IN JAIL DON'T, DO NOT HAVE A HIGH READING COMPREHENSION LEVEL.
WE TEACH PEOPLE TO BALANCE THEIR CHECKBOOK.
WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW, HOW TO FILL OUT JOB APPLICATIONS.
WE TEACH PEOPLE, UH, SOCIAL SKILLS ON, ON THINKING FOR A CHANGE.
WE WORK WITH THE LOCAL GOOD WILL UP THERE TO PROVIDE JOB TRAINING FOR THOSE FOLKS.
WE HELP THEM GET HEALTH CARDS SO THAT WHEN THEY GET OUT OF JAIL, THEY CAN GET A JOB AND BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT THE JAIL TAX HELPS TO FUND, AGAIN, FEWER PEOPLE RETURNING TO JAIL.
IN ADDITION TO THE PROGRAMS, WE ALSO PROVIDE WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, WE HAVE A, A, UH, TRADITIONAL HOGAN THAT WE'VE BUILT ON OUR CAMPUS ACCOMPANIED BY A SWEAT LODGE FOR, FOR BOTH MALES AND FEMALES.
AND WE HAVE A HIGH POPULATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS.
SO WE, WE TEND TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE CULTURAL NEEDS OF THE VARIOUS INDIAN TRIBES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
WE ALSO HAVE TALKING CIRCLES WITHIN, UH, SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN A GUIDED AND CONTROLLED COUNSELED ATMOSPHERE.
WE HAVE RELIGIOUS, UH, PEOPLE COME IN FROM, FROM VARIOUS RELIGIONS TO PROVIDE SPIRITUAL ADVICE, BIBLE STUDY, WORSHIP SERVICES, AND COMMUNION.
NOT ALL JAILS ARE ABLE TO DO THIS.
WE EVEN BAPTIZE PEOPLE IN OUR JAIL.
WE HAVE A, A LARGE FULL IMMERSION BAPTISMAL THAT STAYS WITHIN OUR JAIL AS WELL, WHERE PEOPLE CAN, CAN ACTUALLY BE BAPTIZED.
WE ALSO ARE, ARE LOOKING AT, AT MENTAL HEALTH WITHIN OUR, OUR JAIL.
WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN THAT DEALS WITH MANY OF THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE JAIL.
ABOUT 40% OF OUR JAIL HAS MENTAL HEALTH AND SOME WHAT THEY CALL SMI OR SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARE HOUSED IN OUR JAIL RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T TREAT, BUT WE DO STABILIZE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
WE ALSO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER THINGS.
JUST IN THIS PAST WEEK, WE'VE ESTABLISHED A NEW PROGRAM CALLED PATHWAYS TO COMMUNITY.
MANY OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH A REACH OUT PROGRAM THAT'S IN THE YAVAPAI COUNTY JAIL IN PRESCOTT.
WHEN PEOPLE GET OUT OF JAIL, WE TAKE THEM TO A SOCIAL SERVICE GROUP NETWORK RIGHT OUTSIDE THE JAIL AND ANOTHER BUILDING.
AND EVERYONE WHO'S RELEASED FROM THAT FACILITY GETS ASSESSED AS TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND IF THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION, IF THEY NEED HELP FINDING A JOB, IF THEY NEED HOUSING, IF THEY NEED RECONNECTION WITH THEIR FAMILY, IF THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN UP SOME, UH, SOMEWHERE ELSE AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE SEEK TRANSPORTATION TO GET THEM THERE.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR PATHWAYS PROGRAM IS STARTED TO DO JUST IN THESE PAST FEW WEEKS.
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DO IS BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN OUR JAIL FOR THE NEXT, UH, 25 YEARS.WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FUND OUR JAIL APPROPRIATELY AND CONTINUE THESE PROGRAMS. SO THE, THE, UH, JAIL TAX THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AGAIN, IS AN EXCISE TAX, NOT PROPERTY.
ALL THE TOURISTS WHO COME THROUGH ARE, UH, COUNTY ALSO PAY THAT TAX AS WELL.
AND ABOUT 33% OF IT IS PAID BY TOURISM.
THE ARE TOURISTS THAT COME THROUGH.
SO IT'S NOT SUCH A HEAVY BURDEN ON PROPERTY OWNERS OR BUSINESS OWNERS WITHIN OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.
WITHOUT THE, UH, SALES TAX, THE THE COSTS TO THE MUNICIPALITIES WILL GO UP SUBSTANTIALLY, UH, WITH ALL THE INMATES WHO ARE, ARE BROUGHT IN BY VARIOUS AGENCIES, OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
THERE WOULD BE A FEE WITHOUT, IF WE DO NOT HAVE THAT, THAT TAX, THOSE AGENCIES WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE, UH, HOUSING OF THOSE INMATES WITHIN OUR JAIL.
AND, UH, THAT'S CAN, CAN BE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
UH, OUR, OUR JAIL BUDGET IS ABOUT 22 MILLION A YEAR.
ABOUT 18 MILLION OF THAT IS, UH, ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE, UH, THE JAIL TAX.
THE OTHER, UH, PERCENTAGES ARE, ARE CONTRIBUTED BY THE COUNTY, WHICH HAS WHAT'S CALLED A MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, AND THAT WE ALSO RE UH, RENT BEDS TO THE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO HOUSE FEDERAL INMATES WITHIN THE JAIL TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS OF, OF RUNNING THE JAIL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT RECIDIVISM IS, IS THE, THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND REDUCING RECIDIVISM SEEMS TO, SEEMS TO BE THE, THE GOAL AROUND THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN MANY OF THE OTHER STATES, IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL.
BUT WE WANT TO GET THEM OUTTA JAIL AND GIVE THEM A GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
JESSICA, SO YOU'VE MADE THIS PRESENTATION, PRESUMABLY BECAUSE IT'S ON THE BALLOT FOR THOSE OF THE SEDONA RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN COCONINO COUNTY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, MA'AM.
SO, SEDONA, RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN COCONINO PORTION OF THE CITY WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE ON THIS JAIL TAX? THAT'S CORRECT, MA'AM.
JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE, WHY THEY'RE GETTING THIS, THIS PRESENTATION, AND I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION.
IS YOUR JAIL OVERCROWDED? NO, MA'AM, NOT RIGHT NOW.
ANYBODY ELSE? TOM? THANK YOU MA'AM.
MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, FIND, UH, LOOKS LIKE SOME GOOD SUCCESS WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'VE GOT IN PLACE.
WE'RE, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE DO IN THE JAIL.
WHEN YOU HAVE A 40% DIFFERENCE IN RECIDIVISM RATES, THAT'S PRETTY INTERESTING, UH, COMPARED TO THOSE AROUND, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, YOU'VE GOT A HALF A CENT SALES TAX.
SO YOU PUT INTO PLACE IN 2007, I THINK, FOR THE MATERIAL CORRECTLY.
SO 15 YEARS AGO, UH, IT'S NOT QUITE UP YET.
IT GETS, FITS UP IN A FEW YEARS, BUT YOU'RE RENEWING NOW TO EXTENDED ANOTHER 25 YEARS.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WITH A 22 MILLION BUDGET, SAY 18 PLUS S OTHER RESOURCES, HOW ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT WITH INFLATION AT JUST 3%? YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU NEED A PENNY NOW FOR THE FUTURE TO, UH, HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR COST DOWN TO THE SAME, UH, LEVEL FOR 40 YEARS? WELL, SIR, WE, WE WORK IT VERY HARD.
UH, THE HALF CENT IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY LAW FOR, FOR, UH, AN EXCISE TAX FOR A JAIL.
IT, UH, WE DID INCREASE IT FOR, WE WENT FOR THREE TENS OF ASCENT BACK WHEN WE FIRST ESTABLISHED IT.
SEVERAL YEARS LATER, WE WERE GOING INTO THE RED.
SO WE WENT AND OBTAINED THE FULL HALF CENT.
BUT, UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO, TO FUND IT ADEQUATELY.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, AT GRANTS, I MENTIONED THIS PATHWAYS PROGRAM EARLIER, THAT'S A GRANT PROGRAM THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE LAST MONTH FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
SO, UM, WE'LL SEEK ANY KIND OF FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE CAN.
AND, UH, I ANTICIPATE, AND THAT WAS, BY THE WAY, THAT WAS OPIOID MONEY THAT THEY'RE, THEY GAVE US THE TWO AND A HALF MILLION FOR, TO FOCUS ON RECIDIVISM.
SO THERE'S OTHER SOURCES OUT THERE FOR FUNDING AND IS IN INFLATION, CERTAINLY.
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I I I'M JUST HOPING THAT, THAT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAMMING CUZ THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, HONESTLY, IS, IS GIVING THOSE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET THROUGH SOME, UH, PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IN THE JAIL.BUT WE, WE WILL MAKE IT THE, THE HALF CENT WILL, WILL TAKE US FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THANKS FOR BEING IN SUCH GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR TAX MONEY.
AND THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR CALLING.
AND THEN JT, IT'S WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
AND YOUR WORK IS, I HAVE TO GIVE IT TO COREY.
COREY, THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT, COREY DEVELOPED IT
UH, WHEN THE JAIL TAX WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED, WAS IT OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED YES.
OR WHAT WERE THIS, THE, THE, WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS AND ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEING CLOSE THIS TIME? OR DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEL FOR THAT COUNSELOR FLOOD WHEN IT PASSED THE FIRST TIME IN 1997, IT PASSED BY LESS THAN 1%.
AND THAT WAS FOR THREE TENS OF ASCENT.
IN 2004, WE WENT TO, WE WERE GOING INTO THE RED, SO WE NEEDED TO INCREASE IT.
THAT OTHER TWO TENS OF ASCENT THAT PASSED BY 60%.
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE HAD BEEN DOING WITHIN THE JAIL AND, AND ESTABLISHING PROGRAMMING AND THE COMMUNITIES OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED IT THEN.
SO YOU EXPECT TO SEE THE SAME TYPE OF RESPONSE? UH, WE'RE HOPING SO, YES.
UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JAIL SYSTEM AND THE PRISON SYSTEM FOR US? UH, YES, SIR.
UH, EVERYONE GOES THROUGH A JAIL.
EVERYONE'S ARRESTED AND GOES THROUGH A LOCAL COUNTY JAIL FOR REGARDLESS OF THE KIND OF CRIME, WHETHER IT'S A FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR.
UM, AND THOSE ABOUT LESS THAN 5% OF THOSE PEOPLE ARRESTED END UP GOING TO STATE PRISON BECAUSE IT'S A, A FELONY CHARGE.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE ADJUDICATED AT A LOCAL LEVEL, WHETHER THAT'S THE CITY OF, OF SEDONA, WHETHER IT'S COCONINO COUNTY, YAVAPAI COUNTY THERE.
IF THEY'RE ADJUDICATED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL ON A FELONY CHARGE, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO BE SENT TO PRISON OR PROBATION OR A VARIETY OF OTHER AL ALTERNATIVES TO, UH, INCARCERATION.
BUT IF THEY'RE CONVICTED OF A FELONY, THEY WILL GENERALLY END UP IN STATE PRISON.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS, THE DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTION AROUND THE COUNTRY DO, IS THEY HOLD THEM FOR THEIR DETERMINATE SENTENCE.
FOR THAT, SO MUCH MORE SERIOUS CRIME.
BUT THEY'VE ALL ALL BEEN CONVICTED IN, IN JAILS.
WE HOLD THEM UNTIL THEIR, THEIR CASES ARE, ARE ADJUDICATED, WHETHER THEY'RE FOUND GUILTY OR, UH, AND CONVICTED OR NOT.
SO WE'RE KIND OF THE PRELIMINARY HOLDING UNTIL THE STATE COURTS, UH, MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
AND I, I WOULD IMAGINE IF THE COURTS GET BACKED UP OR, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENS, THAT THAT JUST INCREASES THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT YOUR INMATES STAY THERE.
DO YOU HAVE STATISTICS ON, UH, HOW LONG ON AVERAGE, UH, SOMEONE IS IN YOUR JAIL? UH, YES.
I CAN GIVE YOU, I DON'T HAVE IT ON, UH, ACTUALLY HERE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU DURING COVID, EVERY COURT IN THE COUNTRY WAS BACKED UP BECAUSE THEY HAD TO EMPLOY DIFFERENT MEASURES.
UH, THEY HAD TO, UH, EMPLOYS SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MASKS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND IT BACKLOGGED JUST ABOUT EVERY COURT.
AND, UH, THEY'RE ALL TRYING TO GET THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND THE BACKLOG CAN BE SIGNIFICANT RIGHT NOW, IF A PERSON IS ARRESTED ON A MAJOR FELONY, UH, MURDER, RAPE, ROBBERY, THAT KIND OF THING, THERE'S SOME THAT WILL BE IN JAIL, TWO AND A HALF TO THREE YEARS WA UH, AWAITING JU ADJUDICATION OF THEIR CASES AND, AND THEN COULD BE FOUND INNOCENT
UM, COUNSELING LAMPKIN, UH, ASKED ABOUT THE, UH, EXPIRATION OF THE CURRENT, UH, TAX AS BEING STILL A COUPLE YEARS OUT.
IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY YOU'RE TAKING IT TO THE BALLOT NOW AS OPPOSED TO SOMETIME CLOSER? WE, WE FELT THAT THE TIMING OF THIS WAS IMPORTANT.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET CLOSE TO THE DEADLINE AND, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE ECONOMY WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT NOW, BUT, UH, WE DIDN'T, WE, WE WANTED TO GET IT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION BEFORE.
CUZ AGAIN, WE DIDN'T KNOW THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY, THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF, OF THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.
AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, IT, IT'S AN EXTENSION, NOT A NEW TAX, WHICH I THINK IS, IS IMPORTANT FOR
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PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.BUT THAT WAS THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT.
SHERIFF, I'M QUITE IMPRESSED THE FACT THAT YOU MAINTAIN A LOW, UH, UH, OCCUPANCY IN YOUR JAIL.
AND WHAT, I MEAN, WE HEARD THAT YAVAPAI IS, WE KNOW THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW JAIL, AND I GUESS THEIR OCCUPANCY IS UP.
SO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE, YOU KNOW, YOUR GREAT SUCCESS TO KEEP YOUR OCCUPANCY DOWN? SO, UH, MANAGEABLE? WELL, SIR, I, WHAT I BELIEVE IS THAT WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COURTS AS WELL WITH, WITH THE, UH, SURROUNDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WHEN WE FIRST EXPERIENCED C WE HAD WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COURTS.
WE NEEDED TO NOT MAKE THE JAIL A SUPER SPREADER FOR COVID.
SO WE WANTED TO REDUCE THAT POPULATION.
AND, AND WE ENDED UP QUARANTINING ALL NEW ARRESTS WERE QUARANTINED FOR 14 DAYS.
SO WE DID HAVE SOME COVID IN OUR JAIL, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THEM OUT.
BUT THE COURTS KICKED PEOPLE OUTTA JAIL.
THAT DIDN'T POSE A MAJOR THREAT.
AND THEY WORKED WITH US ALONG WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, OTHER AGENCIES WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF TRYING TO KEEP OUR POPULATION LOWER.
AND, UH, IT WORKED OUT VERY WELL.
AND AGAIN, UH, COVID, RIGHT NOW, I HAVE NO COVID CASES IN THE JAIL.
THE LAST ONE I HAD WAS ABOUT A WE OR A, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO NOW.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE THAT, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD A, AN OUTBREAK OF COVID.
I'VE HAD MORE EMPLOYEES GET COVID THAN WE'VE HAD INMATES.
SO IT'S, UH, KIND OF INTERESTING.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT, UM, TO GET THE WORD OUT.
NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS UNTIL IT'S ACTUALLY FACING THEM, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR BALLOTS.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET THE WORD OUT.
AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU HAVE SOME EXTRA PAMPHLETS THAT, THAT YOU CAN LEAVE.
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
UM, SO 22 MILLION BUDGET, 18 MILLION OF WHICH COMES FROM THIS TAX.
IF THIS TAX WERE TO FAIL, OBVIOUSLY THE GL COULD NOT SURVIVE ON $4 MILLION.
SO IS YOUR PREDICTION THAT THIS WOULD RESULT NOT ONLY IN CUTS IN THE PROGRAMS OF THE JAILS, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE COUNTY, THEREBY MEANING THAT THERE WOULD BE CUTS IN OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE COUNTY FUNDS? IS THAT YOUR PREDICTION? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, MA'AM.
THERE ALL THE PROGRAMS WOULD BE ELIMINATED.
THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING.
AND, AND YES, THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL CUTS, UH, FROM A VARIETY OF, FOR A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS WITHIN COCONINO COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOO.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, A HALF CENT TAX.
SO IT'S 50 CENTS ON A HUNDRED DOLLARS PURCHASE.
YOU KNOW, HOW YOU COMPARE TO THE RECIDIVISM RATE IN THE, IN THE COUNTRY IS ABOUT 70% AND THAT YOU FALL, WAS IT 25 TO 30%? OURS WAS 30%, YES.
THAT WAS JUST, I THINK FOR THE ONE PROGRAM.
THE ONE PRO, THE EXODUS PROGRAM.
JUST FOR THE APPS, THE EXODUS PROGRAM, EX, THAT'S THE 90 DAY IN CUSTODY, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM THAT TRACKS RECIDIVISM.
SO YES, I JUST AGAIN, WANNA COMMEND THAT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
THEY DO GREAT WORK AND, UH, I I THINK WE HAVE A VERY WELL RUN JAIL AND I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT, UH, THAT THEY DO AS WELL.
IT'S, YOUR PROGRAMS ARE GREAT.
I'M, I'M QUITE SURPRISED TO HEAR YOU DIDN'T HAVE OUTBREAKS IN THE PRISON POPULATION, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT IT WAS A REAL PROBLEM.
SO WE HAD, UH, MAYOR, WE HAD, UH, NO DEATHS FROM COVID FROM OUR INMATE POPULATION.
WE HAD ONE HOSPITALIZATION IN THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
OH, THAT'S OF A, OF A COVID PERSON.
BUT OUR 14 DAY QUARANTINE WORKED WELL, AND THEN WE REDUCED IT TO 10 DAYS.
SO ANYBODY COMES IN IS QUARANTINED FOR FIVE DAYS.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE AS WELL.
AND MY DESIRE IS TO, UH, GET IT DOWN TO NONE AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, RESTORE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
WELL, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
[8.b. AB 2874 Discussion/possible action regarding the approval of a contract with EM Partners for the Sedona Evacuation/Re-Entry Plan and Traffic Study at an amount not-to-exceed $303,247.10 and of the acceptance of $175,000 in grant funds through the Arizona Department of Fire and Forestry Management to fund a portion of the plan.]
OKAY.THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, ITEM EIGHT B AB 28 74.
DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE
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APPROVAL OF CONTRACT WITH EM PARTNERS FOR THE SEDONA EVACUATION REENTRY PLAN AND TRAFFIC STUDY AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $303,247 AND 10 CENTS IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF 175,000 IN GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND FORESTRY MANAGEMENT TO FUND A PORTION OF THE PLAN.WHO IS TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS? STEPHANIE CHIEF? NO, JOANNE.
WELL, THE CHIEF DOES HAVE A ROLE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
I'M JOANNE KEEN, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND I'M JOINED HERE TODAY BY OUR, UH, POLICE CHIEFS, STEPHANIE FOLEY AND THE, UH, COCONINO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER, WEST DEON.
UM, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I ALSO JUST DO WANNA RECOGNIZE SHERIFF DRISCOLL AND THE COCONINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR BEING A PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE, THE SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
GET MY, SO, UH, MAYOR, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF ACTIONS RELATED TO THIS ITEM.
THE, UH, THAT WE CAN DO AT THE END, UM, AFTER WE GIVE A PRESENTATION AND AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT.
UM, ONE IS THE, THE CONTRACT WITH EM PARTNERS, AND WE'LL GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UM, APPROVAL TO ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS FROM, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND FORESTRY MANAGEMENT.
AND WES WILL ALSO GO INTO DETAILS ON, UM, THAT EXCITING, UH, FUNDING OPTION THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS PROPOSAL AS WELL.
UM, BUT JUST TO START, BEFORE WE, WE START THE, THE PRESENTATION, I DO JUST WANNA JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PART OF THIS PROJECT.
WE'VE HAD, UM, A, A FEW UPDATES TO COUNCIL, AND THEN SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE HAD FIRES AND FLOODS.
WE HAD, UM, OUR FIRE CHIEF ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT.
WE HAD OUR POLICE CHIEF ANNOUNCE HIS RETIREMENT.
SO WE'VE HAD KIND OF A LOT OF FITS AND STARTS.
UM, BUT WE'RE IN A REALLY GREAT PLACE ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS GROUNDBREAKING PROJECT THAT, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR, UM, NEW CHIEF FOLEY TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR EMERGENCY PLANNING EFFORTS, AND, UM, PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO COUNSEL ON THOSE EFFORTS.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN READ AND I'LL, I'LL TOUCH ON 'EM, BUT, UM, WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED IN APRIL OF 2022, THE EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN.
WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED IN MARCH OF 2022, THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE.
UH, AS FAR AS THE THREAT HAZARD IDENTIFICATION RISK ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS THE THRA, WE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, REVIEWING THAT, THAT PLAN, AND IT'S, IT'S DRAFTED.
IT'S JUST IN THE, THE REVIEW PHASE.
SO THE GUIDED EXERCISE WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY HAPPENED IN MARCH, WHICH I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE A PART OF.
UM, ALSO WE'VE DISTRIBUTE, WE DISTRIBUTED THE DOOR HANGERS.
WE'VE DONE IT IN A FEW DIFFERENT METHODS TO TRY AND GO OUT TO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND, AND PLACE THEM.
WE'VE USED OUR VOLUNTEERS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST WITH THAT.
WE'VE ALSO, UM, SUBSCRIBED TO KUDOS TO PUT IT IN THE, THE PAPER AS WELL, TO TRY AND REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS AS WE COULD.
WE STILL HAVE MANY LEFT OVER, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS ANY, I WOULD HAPPILY GIVE YOU SOME.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ALSO WE WERE IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW IS THE EVACUATION PLANNING PROJECT.
SO JUST, UH, KIND OF ON THAT, THE CHIEF DID GET KIND OF THROWN INTO, UM, HER NEW ROLE BEFORE SHE WAS APPOINTED CHIEF DURING THE COMMITTEE FIRE.
AND WE CAN KIND OF GO INTO SOME OF THE WORK THAT CAME OUT OF THAT THAT IS ALSO ADDING TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, JUST TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND, UM, IF YOU RECALL, COUNCIL ACTUALLY FIRST DISCUSSED THIS PROJECT IN JANUARY, 2022, UH, DURING, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, COUNCIL SESSIONS.
UM, AT THAT TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A, A PLAN, UM, COMMUNITY EVACUATION AND REENTRY PLAN THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO UPTOWN AND THE BREWER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WAS PRESENTED.
UM, AFTER THAT, WE, UH, WORKED WITH COCONINO COUNTY.
IT WAS DECIDED THAT COCONINO WOULD BE THE, THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, THEY SELECTED EM PARTNERS AND THEN EM PARTNERS BROUGHT IN GREEN LIGHT ENGINEERING TO HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC MODELING FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE HAD A CONTRACT SIGNED IN APRIL, 2022 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
AND THEN WE HAD OUR INITIAL KICKOFF MEETING, WHICH WAS KIND OF OUR INTERNAL, INTERNAL TEAM THAT WAS LED BY EM PARTNERS AND, AND WES AS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER.
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ON MAY 2ND, 2022, UM, DURING A COUNCIL PRESENTATION IN JUNE OF 2022, COUNCIL ACTUALLY PROVIDED DIRECTION TO EXPAND THE PROJECT TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE CITY OF SEDONA.AND THAT WAS QUITE A EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION TO REALLY LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THIS PROJECT WOULD BENEFIT ALL OF THE CITY OF SEDONA AND OUR EMERGENCY PLANNING EFFORTS.
COUNCIL PROVIDED THAT DIRECTION AND WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH, UM, AMENDING THE SCOPE OF WORK, UM, WITH EM PARTNERS.
AND, UM, KIND OF KICKING OFF THE PROJECT, WE HAD, UM, AN INTERNAL PROJECT PLANNING TEAM MEETING ON AUGUST 20 SEC 24TH OF 2022.
AND A LOT OF THAT WAS JUST TO FAMILIARIZE THE, THE NEW PLAYERS, INCLUDING OUR, UM, OUR, OUR NEW CHIEF TO KIND OF THOSE EFFORTS.
AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR STAKEHOLDER, UH, PLANT OR STAKEHOLDER TEAM MEETING, UH, TOMORROW AT NOON.
UM, AND WE'LL GO INTO WHO'S A PART OF THAT GROUP.
IT'S A, IT'S A LARGER GROUP THAT DOES INCLUDE, UM, YOU KNOW, STATE AGENCIES, FEDERAL AGENCIES, OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, AND ALSO OUR COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL.
SO I'LL TALK, TURN IT OVER TO WES TO GIVE, UH, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, THIS PROJECT DID START OUT AS A PILOT.
IT IS NOW A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I WILL SAY WITHOUT HESITATION, I'VE BEEN IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NOW FOR A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS IN, IN ARIZONA.
AND THIS IS THE GROUNDBREAKING PROJECT FOR AN EVACUATION OF AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY DONE TO THIS DEGREE AND DONE TO THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL WITH THE, THE DATA THAT'S GONNA BE COLLECTED TO BACK AND TO, UM, INFORM THE PLAN AS THE PLAN IS DEVELOPED, UH, HAS NOT REALLY BEEN DONE THIS COMPREHENSIVELY ANYWHERE IN THE STATE.
IN FACT, UH, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE THAT OFTEN IN MANY PLACES.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE BREAKING SOME GROUND HERE.
YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF THIS PLAN IS REALLY TO PROVIDE YOUR POLICE CHIEF, YOUR FIRE CHIEF, YOUR OTHER CITY OFFICIALS WITH A PLAN THAT THEY CAN TRAIN, THAT THEY CAN EXERCISE, AND THAT THEY CAN EXECUTE.
GOD FORBID THERE'S AN EVENT THAT THREATENS YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THE COMMITTEE FIRE FORTUNATELY AVOIDED YOU FOR THE MOST PART, BUT IT CERTAINLY HAD POTENTIAL.
UH, WE SAW IT LAST YEAR WITH THEIR OFF AL FIRE THAT MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE NERVOUS, INCLUDING US AND FLAGSTAFF EAST FIRE, WEST FLAGSTAFF WAS DEFINITELY ON THE HORIZON.
SO THIS PLAN IS REALLY DESIGNED TO DO EXACTLY THAT, TO GIVE THEM A TOOL TO GET YOU AND YOUR CITIZENS AND YOUR VISITORS OUT.
IF THERE ISN'T A THREAT, IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, BUT IT IS BEING BUILT SUCH THAT IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN VERY SMALL, LOGICAL PIECES SO THAT IF A PORTION OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS AFFECTED, WE DON'T HAVE TO EVACUATE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME VERY, UM, SMART PREEXISTING THINGS.
A LOT OF IT CAME FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF HOW YOUR CITY IS DIVIDED AND HOW SERVICE IS DELIVERED.
THE, UH, THE REALLY KEY PIECE HERE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THE DATA COLLECTION PIECE THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S TAKING PLACE NOW STARTED, UH, LAST SATURDAY HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY BEGAN TRAFFIC COUNTS, BEGAN GATHERING TRAFFIC INFORMATION AT YOUR INTERSECTIONS, UH, TIME, TRAVEL ESTIMATES, ALL THAT TYPE OF DATA.
UH, I'M NOT A DATA GUY, SO PLEASE DON'T ASK ME TO EXPLAIN THAT, BUT WE HAVE EXPERTS THAT ARE A SUBCONTRACTOR TO EM, PARTNERS, UH, THAT ARE EXPERTS IN THAT.
AND THEY'RE EXPERTS IN ARIZONA, SO THEY'RE GONNA SERVICE QUITE WELL.
UH, THEY WILL PROVIDE, UM, THE, THE PLAN, UH, YOU ULTIMATELY AND ALL OF YOUR OFFICIALS WITH, UH, ALL OF THE NECESSARY ANALYSIS AND REPORTING THAT WILL BACK UP THE PLAN SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO IMPLEMENT IF THE TIME COMES ABOUT.
THERE WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE PIECE OF MAPPING TO THIS.
UH, WE ARE FOLLOWING OTHER MODELS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE SOME OUT THERE, UM, PRIMARILY THE ONE THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW CAME OUTTA CALIFORNIA AND WE'RE MODELING QUITE A BIT AFTER THAT.
WE'RE NOT DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING, BUT VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY CLOSE.
WE ARE CONDUCTING A SERIES OF PLANNING MEETINGS.
UH, BUILDING THESE PLANS IS NOT A SIMPLE PROCESS.
UH, IT CAN'T BE DONE IN A VACUUM.
IT REQUIRES A LOT OF INVOLVED PARTNERS, REQUIRES A LOT OF INPUT.
SO WE HAVE A SERIES OF MEETINGS.
AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE THAT WERE REALLY INITIAL PLANNING MEETINGS.
TOMORROW WE KICK OFF QUITE A BIT MORE COMPREHENSIVE WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN WE WILL BE INVOLVING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE BEGINNING VERY, VERY SHORTLY.
UM, WE WILL HAVE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION AT THE MEETING TOMORROW AND WE'LL BE SETTING A SERIES OF, I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR OTHER MEETINGS AFTER THAT THAT WILL FURTHER ENGAGE, UH, YOUR CITIZENS FROM AROUND, UH, THE COMMUNITY.
AS I MENTIONED, REALLY THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE IS AN EVACUATION, RE-ENTRY PLAN THAT WE CAN HAND TO THE CHIEF, CUZ THAT'S WHAT IT COMES
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DOWN TO WHEN IT'S TIME TO EVACUATE.THE AUTHORITY FOR EVACUATION IN SEDONAS CASE COMES IN PART FROM SHERIFF DRISCOLL AND IN PART FROM, UH, THE AVAI COUNTY SHERIFF WORKING WITH THE POLICE CHIEF.
THAT PLAN WILL BE COMPREHENSIVE.
IT WILL INCLUDE, UH, NARRATIVE.
IT WILL REALLY ADDRESS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
A PLAN IDENTIFIES A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOOT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
WHO'S GONNA DO WHAT THE POLICE CHIEF KNOWS, HER STAFF KNOWS HOW TO DO WHAT THEY DO.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL THEM THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA OUTLINE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, THE, UH, PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
UH, LATE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR COMPLETION, UM, THAT TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO, UH, GRIND.
THE DATA THAT IS BEING COLLECTED BY THE SUBCONTRACTOR IS ACTUALLY TWO SUBCONTRACTORS, TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO GRIND THAT DATA ONCE THEY HAVE THAT OUT.
WORKING WITH YOUR CITY PUBLIC WORKS AND YOUR STREETS OFFICIALS, UH, THAT WILL ALL EDUCATE THE PLAN.
THE TIMELINE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO HAVE THE, UM, PLAN FINISHED BY MAY 31ST OF NEXT YEAR.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT IN PLACE FOR THE SUMMER SEASON.
UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT FIRES AND FLOODS SEEM TO BE OUR, OUR GREATEST THREATS AS WE SEE RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT THESE ARE NOT PLANNED SPECIFIC FOR FIRE, FOR FIRES AND FLOODS.
UH, THE STANDARD MODEL TODAY IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS CALLED ALL HAZARDS.
SO THIS PLAN WILL BE WRITTEN WITH AN ALL HAZARDOUS CONSTRUCT IN MIND, MEANING THAT IT COULD BE A SNOWMAGEDDON, IT COULD BE A PLANE CRASH, IT COULD BE A HAZMAT SPILL, IT COULD BE WHATEVER, WHATEVER MAY NECESSITATE AN EVACUATION OF ALL REPORT, EXCUSE ME, A PORTION OF YOUR CITY.
SO IT'S WRITTEN IN AN ALL HAZARDOUS CONSTRUCT, AND THAT'S REALLY THE FEMA STANDARD FOR ALL THESE TYPES OF PLANS.
THE CHIEF MENTIONED THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, SAME EXACT CONSTRUCT, EXCUSE ME.
THE TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, BEING CONDUCTED AGAIN BY, UH, ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THROUGH EM PARTNERS, UM, IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
IT IS, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PICKED THE RIGHT TIME TO GATHER THE DATA.
IT WILL CONTINUE NEXT WEEKEND.
THE PLAN WAS, UH, UM, DELAYED JUST SLIGHTLY FROM OUR ORIGINAL, UH, SCHEDULE, BUT THAT WORKED AT, OKAY, WE, WE, FOR
WE BUILT IN SOME FLEX TIME, UH, IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE RIGHT EXACTLY WHERE WE SHOULD BE.
UH, WE ARE, UH, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE, UH, GRINDING OF DATA THAT WILL COME FROM OUR SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WILL EDUCATE THE PLAN.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THAT INFORMATION AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL UNDERSTAND IT, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY PROVIDE IT, UH, TO ALL OF YOUR CITY STREETS OFFICIALS.
UH, THE PLANNING PROCESS, SO DOCUMENT REVIEW AND PLANNING MEETINGS.
UH, THE CONTRACTOR, EM PARTNERS, UH, WAS SELECTED BECAUSE OF EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD WITH THEM IN THE PAST.
THEY POSSESS A UNIQUE, UH, WRITING CAPABILITY AND KNOWLEDGE OF ARIZONA SPECIFICALLY.
UM, THEY ARE, THEY HAVE WRITTEN OTHER PLANS IN ARIZONA.
MANY OTHER PLANS IN ARIZONA AND ARE VERY WELL VERSED IN THIS TYPE OF WORK.
THEY HAVE BEGAN TO, THEY'VE RE THEY HAVE READ YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
THEY HAVE AT YOUR THYROID DRAFT DOCUMENT.
ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, THEY'LL LOOK AT THE FINAL DOCUMENT.
THEY'VE REVIEWED OTHER DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDED BY CITY OFFICIALS SO THAT AS THEY CONSTRUCT THE NARRATIVE OF THIS PLAN, THEY'RE VERY WELL INFORMED AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY DETAILED ABOUT THIS TYPE OF STUFF.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR SERIES OF MEETINGS AS OUTLINED ON THE SCREEN HERE.
I WON'T GO ANY, EACH ONE OF THEM.
UH, WE REALLY ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL BE ON TIME AND START TO SEE A WRITTEN DRAFT OF THIS PLAN, PROBABLY ABOUT FEBRUARY OR MARCH.
UH, WE HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED THE OUTLINE AND HOW THE PLAN WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, AND WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION PUT TOGETHER IN SOME TYPE OF DRAFT, UM, THAT WE'LL BEGIN TO PROVIDE WITH CITY OFFICIALS HERE.
UM, EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR, I CONDUCT WEEKLY MEETINGS.
UH, THE CHIEF HAS BEEN ON A COUPLE OF THESE WITH OUR CONTRACTOR FOR UPDATES.
UH, RIGHT NOW THEY'VE BEEN FAIRLY SLOW CUZ WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES, BUT THEY'RE, WE'RE PROVIDED WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, PRIMARILY WITH THE TRAFFIC SUBCONTRACTORS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT THOSE EVERY WEEK.
UM, I, I MENTIONED THAT THIS IS AN ALL HAZARDS PLAN AND I MENTIONED ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
I, I WON'T GO INTO THAT AGAIN.
IT'S REALLY THE GOAL HERE IS TO SAFELY EVACUATE YOUR CITIZENS AND VISITORS AND YOURSELVES.
SO, IDENTIFICATION OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IS A PRINCIPLE GOAL IN MY MIND AS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT
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EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEIR ROLE IS.WHEN THE CHIEF SLIDES OFF THE CRACKER AND THINGS START TO GO BAD.
SOMEBODY'S GOTTA KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT AND WHEN TO DO IT.
UH, THE, THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS PLAN, MAN, I WON'T SAY UNIQUE, BUT I WILL SAY UNIQUE IN ARIZONA, IS THIS PLAN WILL BE 100% EDUCATED BY GROUND TRUTH DATA.
IT WILL BE YOUR INTERSECTIONS, YOUR COUNTS ON YOUR BUSIEST DAYS WITH YOUR CITIZENS AND YOUR VISITORS THAT INFORM THIS PLAN.
AND THE MAPPING AND THE EVACUATION MAPS.
THERE ARE TOOLS OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN DO THAT WITH ALL DAY LONG ON THE INTERNET.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE MAPS ARE AN IMPORTANT PIECE.
CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF AT THE CRUX OF IT REALLY, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR CITIZENS AND FOR YOUR VISITORS.
SEEING A MAP, NOT READING A PLAN, BUT SEEING A MAP, KNOWING WHERE TO GO, HOW TO GET THERE, HOW TO GET OUT SAFELY.
THAT'S THE KEY PART FOR YOUR CITIZENS.
THE MAP DEVELOPMENT WILL BE VERY ROBUST IN THIS PLAN.
IT WILL BE A CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS PLAN.
AND AGAIN, IT WILL BE USING REAL TRUTH GROUND DATA TO DEVELOP THOSE MAPS IN THOSE EVACUATION ROUTES.
WE WILL PROVIDE SOME, SOME COMMUNITY MESSAGING INFORMATION.
UM, I, I CAN'T OVER, I CANNOT OVER EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
UH, THIS SUMMER IN FLAGSTAFF WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, WE HAD MULTIPLE EVACUATION NOTICES OR SHELTER IN PLACE.
UM, NOTICES FOR FIRES AND FOR FLOODS.
HOW THOSE MESSAGES ARE DELIVERED IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
AND IF IT'S DONE INCORRECTLY, IT CAN BE FATAL.
UH, WE, WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY VERY PRACTICED, UH, THANKS TO SHERIFF DRISCOLL, UH, IN COOKING NEW COUNTY.
WE'RE A PRACTICED AT IT, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, AND WE'LL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THAT.
UH, MANY OF YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THE HAWAII EVENT.
MANY, WELL, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO NOW, THE BALLISTIC MISSILE INCOMING, UH, PARENTS WERE SHOVING THEIR KIDS DOWN SEWER DRAINS.
THAT'S A REAL THING THAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED.
UM, WE, WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT.
WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO INFORM YOUR PUBLIC AND YOUR CITIZENS AND YOUR VISITORS AND YOURSELVES ACCURATELY.
AND WE'RE REALLY WORKING VERY HARD.
AGAIN, THIS, THIS CONTRACTOR WAS CHOSEN.
UH, MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS CONTRACTOR HAS PROVEN THEIR TRACK RECORD WITH DEVELOPING PLANS THAT ARE IN BEST PRACTICES, BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE REALLY OUTLINED BY FEMA FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
THEY, THEY DICTATE, IF YOU WILL, UH, HOW PLANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN THAT TELLS YOU HOW TO BUILD A PLAN.
IT'S 300 AND SOME PAGES LONG, AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT A GOOD PLAN'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE, AND IT'S BASED ON BEST PRACTICES.
AND THE PLAN THAT WE PROVIDE YOU HERE, UH, BY MAY OF NEXT YEAR, I THINK YOU'LL FIND TO BE QUITE IMPRESSIVE AND DEFINITELY GROUNDBREAKING.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT THIS, AGAIN, I MENTIONED EARLIER CAN BE DONE IN A VACUUM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CITY OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STATE OFFICIALS, UM, THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO HOW THIS IS GONNA COME ABOUT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF YOUR COMMUNITY HAD A VOICE AS WELL.
UH, WE HAVE WORKED TO DEVELOP A ZONE SYSTEM, AND I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE PAINFUL DETAILS FOR YOU NOW.
BE GLAD TO ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT IT'S REALLY BASED LARGELY IN PART BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEY HAVE DIVIDED YOUR CITY UP FOR PATROL PURPOSES.
IT APPEARS VERY CLEAR IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT YOUR CITIZEN SHOULD EASILY BE ABLE TO CONSUME.
UH, THE PLANNING MEETINGS, AS I MENTIONED, ARE, HAVE ALREADY STARTED.
WE REALLY GET UNDERWAY TOMORROW.
TOMORROW HERE, UH, AT NOON IS OUR, IS OUR BIG KICKOFF.
WE HAVE A GOAL IN MIND, AND NOW IT'S TIME TO START PUTTING PEN TO PAPER.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WILL START HAPPENING TOMORROW.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE DRAFT PLAN HAS BEEN OUTLINED.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UH, THE PLAN IS, IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
IT DOES INCLUDE EVACUATION AND RE-ENTRY.
AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT PIECE.
REENTRY IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT MIGHT SEEM.
YOU DON'T OPEN THE ROADBLOCK UNTIL A WAY TO GO HOME.
SHERIFF JESS CAN CERTAINLY TESTIFY TO THAT.
THERE'S A LOT TO SECURITY BETWEEN EVACUATION AND REENTRY.
THIS IS NOT A, A SIMPLE PROCESS.
THIS PLAN WILL ADDRESS BOTH, UH, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
THERE WILL BE A SMALL PORTION OF THIS PLAN THAT IS F FO U O.
IT IS REALLY, UH, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY IT IS REALLY DESIGNED FOR, I'M SORRY.
UM, IT IS REALLY DESIGNED FOR INFORMATION THAT THE CHIEF, UH, NEEDS TO HAVE, HER OFFICERS NEED TO HAVE.
IT'S THINGS THAT COULD BE EXPLOITED BY SOMEBODY WHO IS A, A BAD CHARACTER PERHAPS.
UM, SO THERE ARE, THERE IS A PORTION OF THE PLAN THAT WILL BE F O U
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O.IT'S FAIRLY SMALL, UM, THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CHIEF FOR HER, FOR HER DISSEMINATION TO HER, UM, OFFICERS AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS THAT SEEN NECESSARY.
BUT IT WILL BE, UH, A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I THINK YOU'LL BE QUITE PLEASED WITH IT.
UH, WE WILL PROVIDE AT SOME POINT WORKING WITH, UH, CITY LEADERSHIP.
WE'LL SCHEDULE A TIME WHEN READY TO PRESENT THE FINAL PLAN TO YOU.
UH, I ANTICIPATE EM, PARTNERS WILL BE PRESENT FOR THAT.
UH, THEY APOLOGIZE DUE TO A HEALTH ISSUE.
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I BELIEVE SHE'S ONLINE LISTENING, BUT, UM, THEY WILL BE FULLY ENGAGED AND THEY'LL BE HERE AT THE TIME, UH, TO PRESENT THAT PLAN TO YOU.
AND THEN IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YOUR REVIEW.
AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU ANY QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME, IF THERE ARE ANY.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE JUST WANNA GO OVER THE, THE TRAFFIC STUDY OVERVIEW.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ANDY DICKEY IS, IS HERE OUR, UM, CITY ENGINEER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UM, A MAN OF MANY TALENTS.
UM, ANDY AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH GREEN LIGHT TO REALLY KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE OUT IN THE FIELD AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE, UM, THE DATA COLLECTION.
AND INITIALLY, AS WE MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PUSHED THIS BACK A FEW WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN THE FIELD, UM, DURING OUR BUSY FALL TIME AND DURING FALL BREAK.
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY OUT IN THE FIELD LAST SATURDAY, UM, COLLECTING DATA.
AND ALSO NEXT SATURDAY WE'LL BE OUT COLLECTING DATA AS WELL.
SO WE FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE TWO GOOD WEEKENDS AND WE'LL GET A, A GOOD SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE, THE CROWDS THAT WE SEE IN SEDONA DURING A VERY BUSY TIME DURING FALL BREAK IN ARIZONA.
SO, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE, UM, INCLUDED IN THE TRAFFIC DATA, UM, COLLECTION, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT INTERSECTIONS.
AND IN THE SCOPE OF WORK THERE, THERE WERE 38 INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THEIR RIGHT INTERSECTIONS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, THE COMBINATION OF TURN MOVEMENT COUNTS AND STREETLIGHT DATA.
AND AGAIN, SOME OF THAT IS, UM, COORDINATING WITH OUR CITY TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THAT GREEN LIGHT DOES NOT HAVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS VIM, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEY'VE TAPPED INTO, INTO THAT PROGRAM TO HELP THEIR WORK.
THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE IDENTIFYING THE NUMBER OF RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES IN THE EVACUATION AREAS.
THIS IS SOME KEY DATA THAT WE REALLY, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HELP GUIDE THOSE EVACU EVACUATION MAP SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE TRAFFIC TIME STUDIES FOR EACH COMMUNITY ZONE.
AND AS, UM, WEST MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THESE COMMUNITY ZONES BASED ON OUR, UM, OUR POLICE BEATS, AND THEN THE ANALYSIS, THAT ANALYSIS THAT WE NEED ON TRIP GENERATION DISTRIBUTION, UM, ASSIGNMENT OF MAINE, AND THEN ASSIGNMENT OF THE MAIN EVACUATION ROUTES, WHICH ARE 89 A AND AND SR 1 79.
UM, AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE JUNE MEETING, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, THAT WE REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR IN THIS, UM, IN THIS PLAN IS ARE THE EVACUATION MAPS, THE EVACUATION TIME ESTIMATES, AND THEN THE REPORT.
AND AS WEST MENTIONED, WE, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, WHO HAVE DONE THIS WORK.
AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY IN CALIFORNIA, HE MENTIONED ONE OF THESE MAPS, UM, IS LAGUNA BEACH.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, JEN FARNSWORTH, WHO'VE KIND OF FIRST CONNECTED US WITH LAGUNA BEACH.
AND OUR FORMER POLICE CHIEF HAD A QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION, AND I KNOW WES AND IAN PARTNERS HAVE ALSO SPOKEN WITH THEM AS WELL.
UM, AS WES MENTIONED, WE HAVE A, UM, STAKEHOLDER TEAM THAT WE'RE PULLING TOGETHER TOMORROW.
AND I DID WANNA JUST KIND OF OUTLINE WHO IS A PART OF THAT TEAM.
UM, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE CITY OF SEDONA MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE SEDONA POLICE DEPARTMENT, REPRESENTED BY OUR CHIEF SEDONA PUBLIC WORKS REPRESENTED BY ANDY.
UM, SEDONA SUSTAINABILITY, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT RESILIENCY IS, IS PART OF THIS PLAN.
UH, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT.
THE SEDONA FIRE DISTRICT NEW CHIEF, UM, WE HAVE COMMUNITY, UH, RESIDENT REPRESENTATION.
AND THAT COMMUNITY CITIZEN REP IS JEN FARNSWORTH WHO'LL BE SITTING ON THAT STAKEHOLDER TEAM MEETING TOMORROW.
UH, COCONINO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, COCONINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, YAVAPAI COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE, UM, A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS AND
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A LOT OF EXPERTS WHO ARE ALL COMING TO THE TABLE TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT.AND WE'RE, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BRING THIS GROUP TOGETHER TOMORROW.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS JUST KIND OF GO INTO THE, THE FUNDING, UM, FOR THE PROJECT.
AND AS, UH, IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET IS THE REVISED SCOPE OF WORK TO EXPAND THE PROJECT TO A CITYWIDE PROJECT.
UM, AND THAT AMOUNT IS, UH, NOT TO EXCEED $303,247 AND 10 CENTS.
UM, SOME OF THAT WHEN WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH, UM, EM PARTNERS AND COCONINO COUNTY, WE DID HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME WAYS TO BRING THAT COST DOWN.
AND I THINK THE, THE COLLABORATION THAT WE'VE DONE WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND BRINGING SOME THINGS, UM, TO THE TABLE WILL BRING THAT COST DOWN.
UM, AND THEN WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TURN IT OVER TO WEST TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE EXCITING NEWS OF BRINGING IN ANOTHER PARTNER TO THE TABLE TO HELP FUND THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, IN 2021, GOVERNOR DUCEY TOOK SOME LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO FUND AN ACCOUNT, UH, AT ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS INTENDED TO SPECIFICALLY ASSIST COMMUNITIES THAT HAD BEEN HARD IMPACTED BY FIRES, WILDFIRES, AND POST FIRE FLOODING.
WE SAW THAT IN THE NEWS, UH, TWO SUMMERS AGO, AND AGAIN, LAST YEAR, UH, THE FUND REFERRED TO AS HOUSE BILL 2001, UH, WAS GIVEN TO THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY FIRE MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR TINNEY FOR MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO PAUSE HERE MOMENTARILY AND THANK DIRECTOR TINNEY.
HE AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN, UH, REALLY NOTHING SHORT OF MAGNIFICENT IN HOW THEY HAVE ADMINISTERED THIS MONEY SO FAR, UH, IS SOME OF THE FASTEST MOVING MONEY I'VE EVER SEEN.
UM, IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL INTERPRETATION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATION DID NOT INCLUDE PLANNING.
IT INCLUDED, ESSENTIALLY SHOVEL PROJECTS, IF YOU WILL, EMERGENCY MITIGATION PROJECTS, CLEANING OUT TRENCHES AND FIXING UNDERPASS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT WAS REALLY DESIGNED OR INTERPRETED THAT, THAT WAS THE INTENT OF, UH, THE LEGISLATION WHEN THEY FUNDED THE PROJECT.
UH, AGAIN, TO DIRECTOR TEN'S CREDIT, I HAVE GONE BACK TO HIM ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS NOW, AND I HAVE ASKED HIM TO ASK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO REINTERPRET THE HOUSE BILL.
THEY HAVE DONE THAT TWICE NOW AND TWICE THEY HAVE FALLEN IN OUR FAVOR.
THE MOST RECENT WAS THEY FELL IN FAVOR OF FINDING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND I, I, I THINK IT, IT, IT'S A VERY SIMPLE PROCESS.
WHEN I SPOKE TO, UM, DIRECTOR TENNEY AND HIS DEPUTY, THEY ASKED ME, HOW DOES A PLAN MITIGATE A FIRE OR A POST FIRE FLOOD PROJECT? AND THE ANSWER WAS, IT DOESN'T MITIGATE A FIRE OR A POST FIRE FLAG PROJECT.
YOU CANNOT HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN FLAGSTAFF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS, LITERALLY, AND THAT HAS TO BE MANAGED BY SOMEBODY.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PORTIONS OF OUR PLANS COME IN.
THESE PLANS DESIGNATE WHO IS GONNA OVERSEE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS SO THAT THEY'RE COMPLETED COMPREHENSIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY.
UM, THAT WAS THE ARGUMENT THAT THEY TOOK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, AND I'M TOLD THAT WAS THE ARGUMENT THAT SWAYED IT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE QUITE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, REALLY FOUND THAT DIRECTOR TINNY IS OPEN TO PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, THIS WAS A PARTNERSHIP THAT HE WANTED TO ENTER INTO WITH, UH, KINO COUNTY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WITH THE CITY OF SEDONA.
UH, HE FUNDED JUST SHY OF 50% OF THE PROJECT, UM, WHEN WE FINALLY HAD ALL THE PAPERWORK AND ALL THE INTERPRETATIONS DONE, WHICH TOOK ABOUT A MONTH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PRETTY, PRETTY QUICK IN STATE GOVERNMENT, AS YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW, ONCE WE DID THAT, THE APPROVAL FROM DIRECTOR TEENY AND HIS, UM, STAFF THAT'S ALSO AUGMENTED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MILITARY AFFAIRS, UH, GENERAL ECK, ONCE THAT WAS ALL IN PLACE, WE HAD THE APPROVAL IN LESS THAN A WEEK.
UH, I WILL BE PROVIDING, UH, SEDONA CITY STAFF WITH THE PROPER PROCESS TO SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF NICE DFFM DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND FIRE MANAGEMENT IS NOT REQUIRING ANYONE ANY PROJECT TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THEY'VE EXPENDED THE FUNDS, IF, IF THE CITY OFFICIALS CHOOSE SO THEY CAN APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS NOW, NOT TO EXCEED.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU GET YOU OUT $75,000 AND THAT'S YOUR BITE AT THE APPLE.
SO, UH, THEY CAN WAIT UNTIL THE PROJECT'S OVER AND SEEK REIMBURSEMENT, OR THEY CAN SEEK THE FUNDING NOW, AND I'LL PROVIDE
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THAT INFORMATION TO THEM AS SOON AS WE CAN.UH, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, DIRECTOR TENNEY HAS, HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN THIS.
AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL FIND A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
UH, HE IS CURRENTLY FOR, FUNDED IN COOK HILL COUNTY, 44 PROJECTS FOR ABOUT $7.7 MILLION.
HE HAS FUNDED PROJECTS IN HEELA COUNTY, UH, MEMBER OF THE BACKBONE FIRE, SOME OF THE EVENTS I HAD TWO YEARS AGO AND LAST YEAR, HE HAS FUNDED THEM FOR JUST ABOUT 12 MILLION.
A LOT OF MONEY MOVING THROUGH.
IT'S MOVING VERY QUICKLY AND VERY EFFICIENTLY AND VERY EFFECTIVELY, AND IT'S GETTING ON THE GROUND WHERE IT'S NEEDED.
WE, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, UH, DAVID TENNEY IS A FORMER NAVAJO COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND, UH, UNDERSTANDS THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
SO THANK YOU TO HIM AND THANK YOU TO WES FOR, FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
UM, THE OTHER ITEM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING THE BUDGET, UH, DISCUSSION, IS WE STILL DO HAVE AN APPLICATION OUT TO COCONINO COUNTY FOR THEIR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS AS WELL.
UM, THAT WE JUST NEED TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AGAIN, SINCE WE DO HAVE THIS, UM, 50% FUNDING, UM, COMING FROM, FROM THE STATE, WE, WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF DECIDE WHETHER THAT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH.
WE DID INCLUDE IT IN THE, IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE OUR TEAM READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, I, ANDY'S HERE AS WELL.
I DIDN'T WANNA JUST BRUSH OVER THE TRAFFIC SLIDES, BUT I FIGURED IF THERE WAS QUESTIONS HE COULD COME UP.
JESSICA, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS QUITE A BIT OF, OF, UM, MOVEMENT IN A VERY SHORT TIME.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR JOANNE.
UM, I HAVE WE THANKED THIS, UH, 10 AND IF NOT IS A GOOD IDEA TO SEND A LETTER JUST THANKING HIM? WE DID.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY A REALLY GOOD THING TO DO.
I I I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT IF THE COUNCIL AGREES.
HOW WILL IT BE UPDATED? I HAVE, OKAY.
SO IT NEED TO BE UPDATED, AND IF SO, HOW? GREAT QUESTION.
UM, ALL PLANS NEED TO BE UPDATED.
IT'S REALLY A DETERMINATION ONCE THE PLAN IS ON THE GROUND AND HAS BEEN PRACTICED, TRAINED, AND EXERCISED.
IT'S REALLY A QUESTION FOR, UM, YOU HERE LOCALLY AS TO YOUR OFFICIALS, IS HOW, HOW OFTEN YOU WANNA DO IT.
MY RECOMMENDATION ON A PLAN OF THIS NATURE, CONSIDERING GROWTH, NEW DEVELOPMENTS, NEW ROADS, NEW, UM, PARKING STRUCTURES, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, GROWTH THAT WE, THAT WE SEE, UM, YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING EVERY TWO TO FIVE YEARS, FIVE YEARS I WOULD SAY IS THE OUTSIDE.
UM, FEMA GETS REALLY NERVOUS IF PLANS AREN'T REVERT, VIEWED, UH, IN ABOUT THAT TIMEFRAME.
SO, NOT THAT FEMA PLAYS A ROLE HERE OR HAS AN OWNERSHIP ROLE, BUT THEY DO HAVE AN OWNERSHIP ROLE AND THEY DO PLAY A ROLE IN GRANTS THAT YOU HAVE PIKE COUNTY OBTAINS THAT COOK COUNTY OBTAINS.
SO STAYING WITHIN THEIR GUIDELINES IS ALWAYS A PLUS.
WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO WHATEVER'S THE BEST PRACTICES IN ANY CASE.
MAYOR, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WEST, UH, STEPHANIE OR JOANNE WHO WOULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE STARTING THE OUTREACH TOMORROW, WHEN THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WORK TOMORROW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO SEE VISIBLY SEE? MAYBE WE WANNA GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA SEE PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS NEW EMERGENCY, UH, PLAN AND JUST BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
IF PEOPLE IN UNIFORM, SOMETIMES RESIDENTS GET A LITTLE WORRIED, SEEING A LOT OF CURRING AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING MAYBE SOCIAL MEDIA AT LEAST, UH, ON THE FACE ON OUR, UH, CITY WEBSITE THAT WE WANNA JUST GIVE PEOPLE HEADS UP, LET THEM KNOW THIS IS A POSITIVE THING THAT WE'RE DOING SOME OUTREACH AND, AND INFORMATION GATHERING? YEAH.
VICE MAYOR, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD A TWEET ON THIS TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR, OUR KIND OF OUR MORE, MORE, MORE ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY WE'VE HAD, UM, WITH THE CITY THAT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE PULLING IN THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO THE MEETING TOMORROW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING THE COMMUNITY AND LETTING THEM KNOW, UM, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY UPDATED AND THEN HAVING THE, THE CITIZEN REP ON THERE AS WELL.
THE HOPE IS THAT, THAT THAT IS COMMUNICATED BACK AS WELL.
I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
UH, MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE GUIDE THAT WE CREATED.
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HOW HAS THAT BEEN DISSEMINATED? I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE TO DOWNLOAD IT MM-HMM.SO, UM, THE PLAN IS THAT PEOPLE WILL, WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD IT.
AND WE DO HAVE IT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS TO GET THAT OUT.
I THINK THE DOOR HANGER CAME UP DURING OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON BROUGHT THAT UP AS AN IDEA AND, UM, PUTTING THE STICKER ON THERE, AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
WE DO NEED TO GET THAT OUT INTO MORE PLACES.
SO IF YOU HAVE A WAY TO GET THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK MAYBE, UH, THROUGH ONE, UH, SUGGESTION WOULD BE THROUGH OUR, OUR, UM, SERVICE CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
HA STEPHANIE, WHERE'S THE DOOR HANGER BEEN DELIVERED TO? CAUSE I, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I DIDN'T GET ONE.
SO THEY WERE DELIVERED TO INDIVIDUAL HOMES, UM, LEFT ON THEIR DOOR.
UM, SOMEONE THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER AND SOME OF THE HOA GATED COMMUNITIES.
UM, THAT'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO TRY AND REACH OUT TO SOME, SOMEBODY ON THE MANAGEMENT TEAM TO SEE THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT PART, UM, TO MAKE SURE OF, OF GETTING SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE OFF THE BEATEN PATH, WE'LL SAY.
UM, BUT, BUT MOST HAVE GONE OUT TO, UM, THE DIFFERENT AREAS BY, BY HANDING OUT, GOING DOOR TO DOOR WOW.
AND OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE, UM, TAKEN ON THE MOST OF, OF THAT DISTRIBUTION.
IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE AND WE'RE STILL WORKING TO GET THERE.
UM, BUT ALSO OUR, OUR THOUGHT WAS IN THE, IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THE KUDOS, UM, PUTTING IT IN THERE MIGHT ALSO REACH ANOTHER LEVEL OF PEOPLE THAT MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THEY'RE NOT ON THE BEATEN PATH OR THEY THREW THAT AWAY OR DIDN'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO IT, THAT MAYBE SEEING IT AGAIN.
SO, UM, WE HAVE PLENTY OF DOOR HANGERS, SO, YOU KNOW, WITH ANY, UM, THOUGHTS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO, TO PASS THOSE ON, UM, WE DEFINITELY WOULD, WOULD TAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS TO GET EVERYBODY TO HAVE ONE AND, AND HAVE THAT MORE ACCESSIBLE.
I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME IN OUR LOBBY AS WELL.
UM, THAT WAY WHENEVER SOMEBODY COMES IN THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, READILY ACCESSIBLE AS WELL.
SO, AND THE KUDOS IS THE, THE MAILER THAT GOES TO ALL THE HOMES IN SEDONA AND THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK.
AND WE ACTUALLY, UM, PUT AN AD IN THERE WITH THE, THE DOOR HANGER, SO BOTH SIDES OF THE DOOR HANGER WITH THE QR CODE.
SO THAT WAS ONE, ONE OF THE REASONS WE, WE DELAYED, UM, DISTRIBUTING THIS, UM, THESE DOOR HANGERS WAS NUMBER ONE, THE WEATHER.
OUR VOLUNTEERS WERE KINDA OUT THERE AND THE HEAT AND THEN THE ELECTION, THERE WAS JUST SOME CONFUSION ABOUT RIGHT.
BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY GET THEM OUT.
AND WE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR, UH, WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE WITH US AND FOR YOUR CREATIVITY.
SO APPRECIATE IT'S BEEN AN HONOR.
IT'S AN EFFORT THAT WILL BE, UM, WIDELY NOTICED AND I THINK WIDELY FOLLOWED.
I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE COMMUNITIES IN COCONINO COUNTY THAT ARE WATCHING THIS PROJECT, AND, UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT CREDIT TO YOUR, TO YOUR VISION.
THANK YOU, MA WELL, THE VISION OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO BROUGHT IT TO US, TOM, THANK YOU MA'AM, MAYOR, AND, UH, NO PUN INTENDED, BUT KUDOS TO YOU.
UM, I JUST WOULD WOULD LIKE TO SAY I GOT THE DOOR HANGER AND IT'S ACTUALLY HANGING ON MY DOORKNOB ON THE INSIDE OF MY HOUSE NOW.
SO AS I GO IN AND OUT, I'M REMINDED YOU NEED TO GET A BUG OUT BAG PUT TOGETHER.
UM, AND, AND I, AND I DO THINK THE PLAN IS REALLY GREAT.
SO, UH, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IS GREAT QUALITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU COME UP WITH.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE IT'S AN ALL RISK PROFILE THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH IN THE STUDY, UH, THAT OUR FOCUS IS ON WILDFIRE, I KNOW THAT WE'LL SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GO TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, YOU TEND TO GET BOILER PLATE STUFF THAT'S REPLICATED HERE AND THERE AND NOT REALLY SPECIFIC TO SEDONA.
SO I'M, I'M HOPING THAT WHAT YOU CAN TELL ME IS THIS STUDY IS REALLY GONNA BE UNIQUE TO SEDONA AND ITS SOLUTIONS AND EVACUATION.
UM, I CAN SAY THAT UNEQUIVOCABLY.
FIRST OF ALL, LIKE YOU, UM, COCONINO COUNTY HAS A
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COMPREHENSIVE, UM, MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, ANOTHER FEMA REQUIREMENT.IT'S A VERY ATTRACTIVE FIVE YEAR PLAN.
UM, AND IT IDENTIFIES IN RANKED ORDER, UM, THE THREATS AND HAZARDS, THE NATURAL THREATS AND HAZARDS THAT, UH, A COMMUNITY, IN OUR CASE, THE COUNTY FACES, UH, FLOODS AND WILDFIRES ARE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO.
SO IT IS AN ALL HAZARDS PLAN BECAUSE IT REALLY, IT REALLY SHOULD BE, WE CAN'T HAVE AN EVACUATION PLAN FOR ONE EVENT AND EVACUATION PLAN, RIGHT? SO IT REALLY IS ALL HAZARDS.
BUT, UM, YES, SIR, IT WILL BE SPECIFIC IN THAT PARTICULAR WAY.
AND IT WILL ALSO BE SPECIFIC IN THE DATA THAT'S BEING COLLECTED OFF OF YOUR ROADWAYS.
UM, THE, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, THE ANALYSIS, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, THE INFORMATION THAT GREEN LIGHT IS GATHERING, AND THEY USE ALL KINDS OF REALLY COOL SOURCES TO GATHER INFORMATION TO HELP EDUCATE THESE CALCULATIONS.
UM, YES, OR IT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND, AND THE THANK YOU.
AND THEN THE DATE SELECTED TOMORROW AND A FEW DAYS FROM NOW IS SEEN AS A FAIRLY BUSY TIME SO THAT WE GET AN IDEA OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA DO IT ON THE LEAST TRAFFIC DAY OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF DOING THE STUDY.
YOU DON'T WANNA DO IT ON THE MOST, ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO IT ON THE MOST, BECAUSE GOD FORBID THAT WOULD BE THE WORST CASE.
BUT MAYBE THE 80 20 RULES APPLYING HERE, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS.
MAYBE ANDY COULD TELL US THAT SATURDAY.
UH, C COUNSELOR, LAMPKIN, UH, THOSE DATES WERE IN FACT SELECTED, UH, BASED ON IT BEING A BUSY SEASON.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ORIGINALLY WE WERE GONNA COUNT IN MAY, AND I THINK, UH, IT TURNING OUT TO BE IN OCTOBER IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING.
AND THEN JUST ON BUDGETING, UH, NOTICE IT'S ABOUT 300, $3,000, $175,000 WITH A, A GREAT GRANT.
UH, I THINK OUR ORIGINAL DISCUSSION WAS, UH, TO DO A PILOT FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 150,000, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE COSTS WERE.
UH, AND THEN WENT TO A CITYWIDE PLAN, GOT EXPANDED GREATLY.
UH, SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO ACCEPT THE AMERICA RECOVERY ACT FUNDS OF A HUNDRED K, ARE WE SAYING THAT THE CITY REALLY IS GONNA ONLY BE OUTTA POCKET ABOUT $28,000? COUNCIL MEMBER LAMP LAMPKIN? CORRECT.
UM, AND WE DID HAVE, WE HAD 250,000 BUDGETED FOR THIS IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET.
UM, IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO COUNCIL, WE HAD ESTIMATED ABOUT 200,000 WOULD BE THE EXPANDED PROJECT.
AND WE OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MISSED THAT JUST A BIT.
UM, BUT THE 250 WAS WHAT WE PLUGGED INTO THE BUDGET.
BUT YOU'RE CORRECT, IF, IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE, THE COUNTY APA FUNDS, THEN IT'LL BE ABOUT LESS THAN 30,000.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT DEAL FOR US.
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE GRANTS AND FOR PURSUING THAT FURTHER TO MAXIMIZE IT.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS PLAN, UH, IN TERMS OF REAL LIFE SAVING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M GONNA SECOND ALL OF THAT AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR, YOUR PLAN TO HAVE A PLAN.
UH, IT LOOKS PRETTY, PRETTY AIRTIGHT FOR ME.
TO ME, UM, THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD, UH, IS, IS ABOUT THE, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS.
AND, UM, UH, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT DATA.
YOU, IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS MENTIONED HERE IS CELL PHONE DATA, WHICH I KNOW IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING WAY TO, UH, TO DO, UM, STUDIES LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE ANALYZING IT, UH, FOR THE GOAL OF FIGURING OUT THE, THE BEST WAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND MAYBE EVEN BACK IN AGAIN.
UM, BUT WE HAVE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS HERE ALL THE TIME.
AND SO I'M KIND OF CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER THAT DATA, UM, CAN BE CAPTURED BY US AND, UH, AND AND REUSED IN SOME OTHER, IN SOME OTHER WAYS.
UM, AND DOES IT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE, UH, OVERHEAD, UM, DRONE PICTURES OR SATELLITE PICTURES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY, UM, SEE THE, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC OR THE AMOUNT OF PARKING OR WHATEVER THAT'S ON THE GROUND? UM, DOES IT INCLUDE, LIKE, FOR THE CELL PHONE INFORMATION, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO GO BACK ON THAT DATA AFTER THIS IS DONE AND LOOK AT, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CIRCLING LOOKING FOR A PARKING PLACE, FOR EXAMPLE? JUST AS A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, CUZ IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A VERY RICH DATA SET THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET HERE.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN USE IT IN OTHER WAYS AS WELL.
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I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN A COUPLE OF PARTS.UM, I DO BELIEVE MAPPING WILL BE PART OF IT.
UH, THEY DO PARKING LOT COUNTS AND STRIKE COUNTS AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
UH, IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE DATA WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AFTER THIS PROJECT, I DON'T THINK I SHOULD SPEAK TO THAT.
THAT REALLY IS DATA THAT IS BEING COLLECTED BY A SUBCONTRACTOR FOR EM PARTNERS.
UM, I, I WOULD, I CAN CERTAINLY SEE THE VALID ARGUMENT FOR IT, BUT SIR, AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, I'M HESITANT TO ANSWER THAT ON BEHALF OF EM PARTNERS.
I THINK ANDY MAY BE ABLE TO ADD, I KNOW HE'S HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH GREEN LIGHT.
YEAH, I, I THINK, UM, TYPICALLY THAT DATA IS USABLE IN THE FUTURE.
JUST LIKE, UH, AS, AS GREEN LIGHT HAS STARTED TO BUILD THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE, WE'VE GONE TO KIMLEY HORN, GOTTEN THE VIM MODELS AND, AND OTHER DATA AND SHARED THAT FROM KIMLEY HORN BACK TO GREENLIGHT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT THE OTHER DIRECTION AS WELL.
AND TO ANSWER A PART OF YOUR OTHER QUESTION, WHEN WE SHARED THAT VISO MODEL THAT WE GENERATED THROUGH KIMLEY HORN, SOME OF THAT DATA WAS GATHERED THROUGH DR.
DRONE FOOTAGE AND OBSERVATION, LIKE WHAT YOU WERE INQUIRING ABOUT.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME OF THAT TYPE OF, UH, DATA CAPTURING.
AND SO THAT, THAT IS PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT.
ACTUALLY, UH, OVERHEAD PHOTOS AND, AND SUCH.
WELL, RIGHT NOW WHAT GREEN LIGHT'S GONNA BE WORKING ON IS, IS UH, COLLECTING COUNTS.
SO INTERSECTION, UH, DATA COLLECTION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE A GOOD AMOUNT OF THAT DATA COLLECTION ALREADY.
BUT NOT DURING THIS HIGH SEASON TIME OR, WELL, IN THE, I'M JUST THINKING IT'S SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS A, A PEAK SEASON.
IN THE PAST WHEN WE DID THAT SPECIFIC KIND OF DATA COLLECTION, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE SPRING TIME.
SO IT WAS DURING A BUSY SEASON, BUT A DIFFERENT TIME, YOU KNOW, TIME OF YEAR.
AND SIR, IF I MAY, I, SO IT'S, I WANNA BE CLEAR, UH, EM IS OUR PARTNER, UM, GREEN LIGHT IS THE SUB CONTRACTOR THAT'S DOING THE TRAFFIC DATA.
THERE'S ANOTHER COMPANY OUT THERE CALLED STREETLIGHT, WHICH IS ALSO GATHERING THIS DATA ALL THE TIME AS A MATTER OF THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS, THAT'S THEIR PRACTICE.
SO I THINK THE SAFE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES, OR THEY ARE OUT THERE NOW ACTIVELY COLLECTING THAT DATA, WHETHER THERE'S DRONE FOOTAGE INVOLVED, I CAN'T SAY THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST DATA SOURCE THAT THEY'RE USING.
WELL, I JUST, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, IF, IF, UM, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I, I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU CONTRACT WITH SOMETIMES WITH, WITH A GROUP, SOMETIMES THEIR RAW DATA IS CONSIDERED PROPRIETARY AND THEY GIVE YOU THE RESULTS AND UH, AND WHATEVER.
BUT IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN THINK AHEAD TO OTHER POSSIBLE USES OF THIS AND, AND IF IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE MONEY TO GET THE RAW DATA OR WHATEVER, UM, AND IF IT BE USEFUL, YOU KNOW, ANDY WOULD KNOW
BUT I'LL GET THAT ANSWER BACK AND I'LL GET IT TO YOUR CITY OFFICIAL SERVICE.
THANK IT WAS, THANK YOU ALL OF YOU.
COMMENT WHEN YOU GET TO COMMENTS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS EITHER.
SO I HAVE ONE CARD AND IT'S JEN FARNSWORTH.
SO JEN, JUST YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS JEN FARNSWORTH AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SEDONA.
IT DOES NOT SEEM POSSIBLE THAT ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF HAS PASSED SINCE A GROUP OF RESIDENTS CAME TOGETHER TO BRING THE ISSUE OF SEDONAS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
AND I REQUEST THAT THE CITY HIRE AN EVACUATION EXPERT FIRM TO ASSIST IN AN EXTENSIVE EVACUATION STUDY TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK COUNSELORS PLUM AND CANELLA AND RETIRED CHIEF HOUSTON AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JOANNE KEEN FOR THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT OVER THIS ENTIRE PERIOD.
WITHOUT YOUR PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY PATIENTS
AND WITH A CONTRACT THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR US RESIDENTS, OUR PRIMARY UNDERLYING GOAL WAS OUR DESIRE FOR CITY LEADERS TO MAKE RESIDENT AND VISITOR LIFE SAFETY THE TOP PRIORITY.
WE FEEL THERE SIMPLY IS NO HIGHER PRIORITY, ALTHOUGH NONE OF US LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH A DECADES LONG DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE KNOW A FAST MOVING AND POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE IS SEDONAS FUTURE.
WE ALSO KNOW THE CITY HAS EXTREME LIMITATIONS IN ROAD SUPPLY, HAS MANY ACCESS IMPAIRED NEIGHBORHOODS, MANY MOBILITY IMPAIRED RESIDENTS AT RISK UTILITY SERVICES AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
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TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VISITING, ALL OF WHICH PRESENT SEVERE AND UNIQUE CHALLENGES TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY.BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THE CITY CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO MAKE THE CITY AND ALL HER PEOPLE SAFER.
AND THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP.
THE CITY WILL NOW HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN IN WRITING.
THE CITY WILL BE INTRODUCED TO SOME OF THE SOPHISTICATED ANALYTICAL TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO IMPROVE THE EVACUATION PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
AND THE CITY STAFF WILL DEVELOP NEW RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF THE KEY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
THE CITY WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF TRAVEL TIME STUDIES ALONG PROPOSED EVACUATION ROOTS AND NEW EVACUATION COMMUNITY ROOTS IN ZONE.
BUT OF COURSE, WE DO HOPE THAT THIS PROJECT IS JUST THE BEGINNING, MITIGATING OUR RISK FROM A FAST MOVING WILDFIRE AND CREATING THE BLUEPRINT FOR SEDONAS.
LONG TERM LIFE SAFETY PROGRAMS WILL TAKE TIME AND RESOURCES.
FUTURE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE CREATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE FULL CITY ALL ROAD SURVEY, ROADWAY SAFETY, IMPROVEMENTS IN PLANNING, FULL CITY EVACUATION TIME, ESTIMATE REPORTS, MOBILITY IMPAIRED RESIDENT MAPPING, SHORT TERM RENTAL VEHICLE MAPPING, FUEL MITIGATION PROGRAM PLANNING, LONG RANGE UTILITY, UNDERGROUNDING, COMMUNITY TOOL IMPROVEMENTS, FIRE SEASON AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND MORE.
BUT WE ALL THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS VERY IMPORTANT FIRST STEP.
UM, NOW I'LL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION.
YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.
I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, THIS STARTED WITH THE CITIZENS STARTED AS A CITIZENS INITIATIVE AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE CITIZENS WHO DO THAT AND TAKE THAT ON AND IDENTIFY ISSUES THAT NEED ATTENTION AND WORK WITH COUNSEL, UH, IN ORDER TO GET THAT ATTENTION.
I THINK THIS IS JUST A, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW SOMETHING GROWS FROM THAT KERNEL TO SOMETHING THAT HAS THE BUY-IN THAT IT HAS NOW FROM OUR PARTNERS ARE VERY COMPETENT, EXPERIENCED PARTNERS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA.
SO I, I THINK IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF THAT AND THAT NEEDS TO BE STATED.
UH, I HAVE REALLY HIGH HOPES FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, I, WE, YOUR COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SORT OF A, AN EXAMPLE SETTER.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, THAT WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING TO HEAR.
I BELIEVE I TRULY FULLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO OUR ENTIRE CITY.
UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SPEARHEADING IT TO THE CITIZENS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE PUT BEHIND THIS AND THE RESOURCES.
UH, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS AND I FULLY SUPPORT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT, UH, TO HELP FUND IT.
I THINK THAT WAS ALSO WONDERFUL TO GO OUT AND AND SECURE THAT MONEY AND TO BE IDENTIFYING FUTURE POTENTIAL SOURCES FOR THIS AS WELL.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN GREAT WORK FROM THE BEGINNING TO NOW AND I HAVE SUCH CONFIDENCE THAT IT WILL BE TO THE END OF THIS PROJECT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, TOM? THANK YOU MAN.
MAYOR, I ALSO SUPPORT THE PROJECT, UH, VERY STRONGLY ACTUALLY.
UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UH, AND WHILE IT STARTS WITH THE CITIZENS, AND I'M THANKFUL THAT THE CITIZENS GOT INVOLVED TO START THIS AND, UH, GET THE FOCUS ON IT AND THE COUNCIL LISTEN, PEOPLE SAY DON'T LISTEN SOMETIMES, WELL IN THIS CASE, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE WE LISTEN TO, I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S GONNA END WITH THE CITIZENS, THOUGH NOT JUST THE COUNCIL AND NOT A PLAN.
THE CITIZENS ARE GONNA HAVE TO ULTIMATELY TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS IN THEIR OWN HOMES, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS CONCERNED WITH EACH OTHER, MOBILITY ISSUES, SO THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WE KNOW THE PLAN AND WE FOLLOW THE PLAN.
IF WE DON'T, THIS WILL ALL BE FOR NOT.
SO I'D ASK YOU TO EDUCATE YOUR CONTINUED, EDUCATE YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS, GET THEM INTERESTED IN, GET THEM INVOLVED IN THIS MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT.
ANYBODY ELSE? ARE YOU READY FOR EMOTION, HOLLY? OH, SURE.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I'M JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS FOR THE SEDONA EVACUATION REENTRY PLAN AND TRAFFIC STUDY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $303,247 AND 10 CENTS AND APPROVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF $175,000 IN GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF FIRE FORESTRY MANAGEMENT TO FUND A PORTION OF THE PLAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT PLEASE.
MOVE BY COUNSELOR PUE, SECOND BY COUNSELOR ELA ALL
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IN FAVORS.AND AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE A BREAK.
[8.c. AB 2868 Discussion/possible action regarding approval of the construction contract for SIM11e Navoti Road to Dry Creek Road Shared Use Path Improvement Project.]
MOVING TO ITEM EIGHT C AB 28 68.DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR SIM 11 E NAVO ROAD TO DRY CREEK ROAD SHARED USE PATH IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
SORRY,
WHO IS STARTING? I'M GONNA START.
UM, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS.
I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER AND, UM, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
THE ITEM, UH, AS THE MAYOR SAID BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE NAVO DRY CREEK TRAIL.
I WANNA GO BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON OUR SIM PROJECTS ON THIS AND JUST REMIND US ALL HOW WE GOT HERE.
THE, UM, THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE RESIDENT SURVEYS, STUDIES AND RESEARCH AND COUNCIL IS DIRECTED STAFF TO MOVE AHEAD ON THESE PROJECTS AND IMPLEMENTING SHARED USE PATHS FROM UPTOWN TO WEST SEDONA.
THESE PATHS ARE INVITING AND IMPROVE COMFORT AND SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS, RUNNERS, AND BICYCLES.
THESE PATHS CONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS AND I REMEMBER THE MENTION OF FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNITY TO EACH OTHER AS WELL AS PROVIDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
THE SEDONA GO PLAN IS ANOTHER PLAN THAT, UM, HAD EXTENSIVE OUTREACH WITH SIGNIFICANT GROUPS, NOT ONLY ACTIVE RESIDENTS, BUT RED ROCK RANGER DISTRICT, RED ROCK, UM, TRAIL FUND, SEDONA, X, Y, Z, VALLEY, VERDE VALLEY CYCLIST COALITION, AS WELL AS MANY CITY STAFF MEMBERS FROM COM DEV, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND P AND Z COMMISSION.
I'VE HEARD MANY REQUESTS SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR SAFE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLISTS CORRIDORS DUE TO A LOT OF OUR ROADWAYS BEING NARROW AND, UM, BUILT PRIOR TO THE INCORPORATION OF THE CITY.
SO NEW PATHS, SOME GREAT PICTURES OF SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE JUST NOW COMPLETING.
THE ONE ON YOUR RIGHT IS THE HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ON THE, UM, WEST SIDE OF SEDONA.
THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS CLEARLY CATHEDRAL, UM, CHAPEL, SORRY.
UM, THAT ONE'S GONNA HAVE A OPENING NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THESE PATHWAYS.
WE'VE COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF MILES OF THE 36 MILES THAT ARE PLANNED.
GETTING PEDESTRIANS AND RECREATION BICYCLISTS OFF THE ROADWAY, HELPS VEHICLE TRAFFIC MOVE SMOOTHER, PROVIDE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLIST AND THEY ALSO CAN SAFELY STOP AND TAKE PICTURES AND, AND ENJOY THE SCENERY.
I HAVE NOT HEARD A COMPLAINT ABOUT THESE PATHS ONCE THEY'VE BEEN INSTALLED.
EVERY TIME I GO BY THUNDER MOUNTAIN SANDBORNE, I ALWAYS SEE SOMEBODY ON THOSE TRAILS AND WE GOT QUITE A BIT OF PUSHBACK ON THOSE PROJECTS.
BUT, UM, NOW THOSE RESIDENTS SEE THAT THOSE PATHS AS AMENITY.
SO THIS PROJECT, UM, IS CONNECTS THE LIBRARY.
IT GOES FROM DRY CREEK THROUGH THE LIBRARY PROPERTY ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL.
UM, AND TO THE, UM, STATE LAND PROPERTY.
THIS PROJECT IS THE CITY RESPONDING TO THE LIBRARY'S CONCERN FOR VISITORS THAT ARE WALKING DOWN THE ROADWAY.
AND ALSO THAT THERE'S A HIGH LEVEL OF DISTRACTED DRIVING IN THIS AREA.
JEEP TOURS USE THE LIBRARY AND COME IN AND BRING THEIR GUESTS TO SEE SOME OF THE STATUES THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA.
WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE ON THAT SIDE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I'VE SEEN SOME LITTLE GIRLS IN A WAGON WALKING RIGHT UP THIS PICTURE THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, RIGHT DOWN THAT MAIN ROAD.
AND THE PROPOSED TRAIL WILL BE ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE WHERE THE, UH, LIBRARY SIGN IS.
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SO THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS YOU THIS IS A TWO PHASE PROJECT.THE FIRST PHASE IS 1200 LINEAR FEET.
THAT TRAIL WILL IS IN EXISTING EASEMENTS.
IT DOESN'T, UH, CROSS ON TO ANYBODY'S PROPERTY OTHER THAN THE LIBRARY AND THE CHARTER SCHOOL.
UM, THE SELECTED CONTRACTOR THAT WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THEIR CONTRACT THIS EVENING HAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY WORK WITHIN THE CITY AND, UM, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THEY'LL DO A GREAT JOB ON THIS PROJECT.
I DO WANNA TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THE BENEFITS.
UM, THIS AREA HAS SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL TRAILS, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE MAKING THEIR OWN WAY THROUGH THE SITE AND TO THE LIBRARY AND FROM THE SCHOOL AND UM, PROBABLY TO THE PIZZA PLACE.
SO SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE ON THIS PROJECT ARE GRADES.
WE'VE GOT SOME, A COUPLE OF RETAINING WALLS.
WE'VE GOT, UH, STATE LAND AT THE END, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME CONNECTIONS THAT ARE A CONCERN.
UM, WE ARE PLANNING ON PUTTING IN A SPLIT RAIL FENCE ALONG THE DELL SOUL TOWN HOME, UH, PROPERTY WHERE THERE'S A, THERE IS NOT A GREAT DIFFERENCE OR VEGETATIVE SCREENING OR THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD DISTANCE TO THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE IS PHASE TWO IS GONNA GO POSSIBLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH APS AND STATE LAND RIGHT NOW IN LOOKING AT THE CORRIDOR UNDERNEATH THE OVERHEAD POWER, BUT THAT'S PHASE TWO AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT PROJECT.
SO THE TIMELINE, SANDY ON THAT, WHAT THAT MIGHT, WHAT YOU NEED ON PHASE TWO.
UM, IT'S, WE'RE, IT'S A PRIORITY.
SO THAT CONVERSATION JUST HAPPENED TODAY THAT WE'RE TALKING TO STATE LAND ABOUT THE EASEMENT THAT WITH APS.
SO WE'RE NOT SURE WHEN STATE LAND'S GOING TO PUT THAT UP FOR SALE OR AUCTION.
WAS THERE ANY IDEA AS FAR AS, UH, THERE, UH, WANTING TO EVEN DO IT AT ALL? SO I, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE MORE.
WE MET WITH STATE TRUST LAND STAFF HERE NOT TOO LONG AGO AND INQUIRED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF ACQUIRING AN EASEMENT.
THEY INDICATED THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH AN EASEMENT ALONG THIS WOULD BE THE DELL, SO PROPERTY, WEST PROPERTY LINE ALONG THAT WEST PROPERTY PROPERTY LINE.
BUT ON THE STATE TRUST LAND PROPERTY, IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIND THAT EASEMENT, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO THEM AND THEY WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO PROVIDING A BLANKET EASEMENT FOR PATHWAY OVER THAT.
WE'VE SINCE THEN GOTTEN WITH APS STAFF, THEY'VE RESEARCHED THEIR RECORDS AND FOUND THAT THE POWER LINE ACTUALLY EXISTED PRIOR TO THE LAND BECOMING STATE TRUST LAND.
UM, SO THEIR, THEIR FEELING IS THAT THEY HAVE RIGHTS FOR THEIR FACILITY TO BE THERE, BUT ACTUALLY FINDING THE EASEMENT HAS BEEN THE CHALLENGE.
APS, UH, SUGGESTED THAT WE REACH OUT TO A TITLE COMPANY.
THE TITLE COMPANY SENT US BACK TO APS.
SO WHAT WHAT WE'RE NEEDING TO DO IS ACTUALLY GET WITH SOME THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT APS AND HAVE THEM SEARCH THEIR RECORDS AND UH, UH, WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT APS HAS A RIGHT FOR THEIR FACILITY TO BE THERE.
AND IF IT CAME DOWN TO IT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP THEM FACILITATE ACQUIRING AN EASEMENT SO WE CAN ALSO ACQUIRE AN EASEMENT OVER THEIRS.
SO WITH THAT EASEMENT, IS THERE A CABLE GOING UNDERNEATH THAT, THE EASEMENT OR IS IT JUST AN EMPTY EASEMENT? NO, IT'S AN OVERHEAD LINE.
SO IT'S A TRANS, IT DOESN'T JUST FOLLOW THE, THE WIRE.
IT'S, IT'S, SO IT'S PARALLEL TO THE STATE TRUST LAND EAST BOUNDARY LINE.
WHICH IS ALSO THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF, UH, OF THE DEL DEVELOPMENT.
VERY EXCITING ON THAT SAME THING, I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY WHAT YOU SAID.
YOU SAID THAT THE WEST SIDE OF DELL SOLD, THERE'S AN EASEMENT THAT THE STATE LAND SAID, DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK THERE WAS A PROBLEM AS DOING.
AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT APS EASEMENT.
UM, ARE BOTH THINGS, ARE, BOTH OF THOSE ARE, ARE POSSIBLE WAYS TO DO IT.
I'M, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT, I JUST SAID IT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT IT'S THE SAME THING.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE SAME THING? APS OWNS THE POWER LINE.
AND THE POWER LINE IS ALONG THE I SEE.
SO THEY'RE NOT TWO DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES, RIGHT? THEY'RE THE SAME PIECE OF
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LAND.AND SO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY THE EASEMENT WOULD BE ON STATE LAND ALONG THAT LINE.
THAT'S, IT WOULD BE WHEREVER THE EASEMENT IS, I'M ASSUMING.
AND, AND THE EASEMENT WILL BE IN THE SAME LOCATION AS WHERE THE POWER LINE IS.
RIGHT? WE JUST ARE TRYING TO FIND THE DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW.
BUT APS IS WILLING TO HAVE US CONSTRUCT ON TOP OF THEIR EASEMENT WITH NO PROBLEM.
THAT, THAT WAS THE INDICATION THAT WE GOT.
THERE IS, SO THERE IS A PATH FORWARD HERE.
AND DO YOU SEE THAT THE PARKING LOT OF CHASM, THE YELLOW LINE GOES RIGHT OVER THAT.
IS THAT, IS THERE GONNA BE ANY, I WENT BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
TO THE MAP WITH THE YELLOW YELLOWING MAGENTA.
OH, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE FACE MAP RIGHT THERE.
SO IS THIS, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT WHAT IS THIS HERE? THAT, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THESE TWO.
SO, BUT, AND THAT IT'S GONNA GO RIGHT OVER THAT PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST GONNA CUT INTO THE PARKING LOT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT, THAT IMAGE IS SHIFTED.
YEAH, IT'LL BE, SO THE POWER LINE GOES PARALLEL TO THEIR, THAT EAST BOUNDARY LINE YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
IT'LL BE BESIDE THEIR BUILDING AND BESIDE THEIR PARKING LOT.
AND THE APS EASEMENT, UM, IS IT AS WIDE AS THE EASEMENT WE WILL NEED? UH, WELL WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT, BUT TYPICALLY AN APS EASEMENT IS AT LEAST 10 FEET WIDE TYPICALLY.
AND THAT IS A MAJOR TRANSMISSION LINE THERE.
SO I WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE AT LEAST 10 FEET WIDE.
SO, AND THAT'S, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, UM, FROM HAVING BEEN OVER THERE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TREES AND SHRUBS.
SO THAT, THAT SECTION THAT'S KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT LINE IS, HAS QUITE A BIT OF VEGETATION THERE.
SO YOU DON'T REALLY, GIVEN THE EASEMENT ISSUES AND WHATEVER AND, AND JUST THE DENSITY THERE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR GOING AROUND TREES OR ANYTHING.
AND WHILE, WHILE I HAVE YOU, AND I'M ASKING THE HAIR HAIRPIN CURVE UP THERE, IS THAT GOING AROUND A TREE THAT'S BEEN SMOOTHED OUT? YES.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO GO AROUND TREES.
CAUSE I, I CAN'T IMAGINE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THAT AS OPPOSED TO JUST JUMPING
THE NEW ALIGNMENT DOESN'T DO THAT.
WE WERE RECYCLING THIS, THIS IMAGE
SO IF, IF THE APS EASEMENT WAS EXISTED BEFORE THE, UH, THE STATE OWNED THE LAND, RIGHT.
WHO WOULD'VE, WOULD, WHO WOULD IT, WOULD THAT BEEN A COUNTY LAND, FOREST LAND, CITY LAND? WHO, WHOSE LAND WOULD IT HAVE BEEN ANY IDEA? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT THE INDICATION I GOT WAS THAT IT WAS POSSIBLY FOR SERVICE LAND BACK THEN.
SO, SO THEY COULD GET GRANDFATHERED IN IF THEY CAN'T FIND ANY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A, A POWER LINE THERE.
TYPICALLY WHEN A PROPERTY'S DEEDED IN THAT WAY MM-HMM.
AND SO WOULD THE, THE, THE EASEMENT, LET'S SAY IT HAD TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN BECAUSE THERE'S NO RECORDS ANYWHERE, RIGHT.
WOULD IT BE LIMITED FOR THE PURPOSE THAT IT CURRENTLY HAS? THAT PARTICULAR EASEMENT? LIKELY WOULD BE, BUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM STATE TRUST LAND STAFF IS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE NEW EASEMENT AS LONG AS IT JUST OVERLAPPED THAT OTHER EASEMENT.
SO, SO THAT'S WHY I SAY I THINK, I THINK WORST CASE SCENARIO IS THAT WE WORK WITH APS AND SAY, LET'S COORDINATE BETWEEN THEM AND STATE TRUST LAND AND FORMALIZE THAT EASEMENT.
YOU KNOW, THE OTHER, THE BENEFIT TO THE STATE TRUST LAND FOLKS IS WHEN THEY TRY TO SELL IT, THE PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE, THEY'VE CLEARED THAT TITLE.
THEY DON'T WANT A CLOUDED TITLE WHEN THEY TRY TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
SO IS THAT IN PHASE ONE OR IN PHASE TWO? PHASE TWO.
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TALKS ABOUT THE SCHEDULE.UM, WE COMPLETED THE DESIGN, WE DID SOME TWEAKING, LIKE TAKING OUT THE HAIRPIN CURVE AND UH, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN HAD AN EIGHT FOOT WALL AND WE GOT RID OF THAT AND, AND WORKED BETTER WITH THE GRADES.
UM, WE BID THIS PROJECT OUT SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION IF APPROVED THIS EVENING IN NOVEMBER.
AND ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE, END OF OCTOBER, 2023.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SCOTT? THANK YOU, MADAM HERE.
UM, THE SURFACE OF THE PATH, I SAW SOMETHING IN HERE, IT'S TWO THIRDS CONCRETE AND ONE THIRD CRUSH GRANITE.
WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE OF WHERE IS CRUSH, GRANT AND CONCRETE? TYPICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OUR EXPECTED VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.
SO WHERE WE GO FROM A HIGH USE AREA TO A LOW USE AREA, WE WOULD TYPICALLY USE DG IN THAT LOW USE AREA AND CONCRETE IN THE HIGH USE.
AND THAT'S THE DG THAT'S SPRAYED WITH THAT SEALANT THAT, SO IT'S REALLY HARD.
SO THE WATER CAN GREEN WATER TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
AND IT'S ADA COMPLIANT? IT IS.
AND, UM, IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON? IT, WELL, LET ME GO BACK.
IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT, DEPENDING ON THE TRAFFIC, SO THE DG IS NOT AS, IT WON'T SUSTAIN AS LONG AS THE CONCRETE.
BUT IF WE WANT TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE MOVING FORWARD, WOULDN'T WE WANT TO HAVE, IF DG IS, I UNDERSTAND MORE SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL, IS THAT, I THINK THE CHALLENGE COMES TO, IF YOU START TO HAVE A LOT OF WASHOUTS AND YOU'RE HAVING TO REPLACE MATERIAL MULTIPLE TIMES, THAT'S KIND OF THE EXPECTATION THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE GO TO CONCRETE, IS THAT IF WE DON'T USE CONCRETE, NOT LOCATION, WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING, GONNA WASH OUT MATERIAL ALONE.
AND THEN, UH, THE FENCE, AND I'M NOT GONNA BELABOR THE FENCE.
I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA COVER THAT, BUT I'LL LET YOU BRING IT UP,
UH, I BELIEVE I HAD BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, TWO OF THE NEIGHBORS THERE, AND THEY'RE FINE WITH THE FENCE.
THEY, THEY ACTUALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF THE SPLIT RAIL, BUT THEY WANTED SOMETHING HIGHER, UH, HIGHER IN HEIGHT.
UH, IS THAT SOMETHING, IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S MADE, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDED BECAUSE BICYCLISTS, SO PEOPLE WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO CLIMB OVER OR IN BETWEEN WHEN IT'S HIGHER UP? I DON'T, AND I THINK IT'S 48 INCHES HIGHER.
I DON'T THINK IT'S 48 INCHES, BUT IT'S, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, WHAT I TRIED TO INDICATE IS THAT THE SPLIT RAIL IS, IS NOT INTENDED TO NECESSARILY FULLY BE A BARRIER, BUT BE A DELINEATION.
AND IT WOULD BE UP TO, EXCUSE ME, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OWNER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE TO PROVIDE NO TRESPASSING SIGNAGE OR WHATEVER.
UM, THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST DELINEATION.
IT'S NOT A BARRIER, BUT IT COULD BE A BARRIER IF IT HAD A LITTLE BIT WITH A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, WOULD THAT BE LESS APT FOR PEOPLE TO, IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
THE, THE, THE PRICE THAT WE GOT ON THIS IN THIS CONTRACT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS 25 BUCKS A LINEAL FOOT.
IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT A PRIVACY FENCE? NO, NO, NO.
THEY STILL WANT THE SPLIT SPLIT RAIL.
I'M NOT TALKING PRIVACY FENCE.
OH, I'M TALKING ABOUT THEY MAKE SPLIT RAIL WHERE THEY COULD PUT ANOTHER ROW, I GUESS.
IS IT THREE OR TO FOUR? IT GO FROM TWO RAIL TO THREE RAIL, I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO IS THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S WOULD LOOK THE SAME.
WOULD THAT BE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COST DIFFERENCE IS GONNA BE AND THEN IT'S GONNA BE, WHAT I WAS GETTING READY TO COVER IS ADDITIONAL LENGTH.
THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL LENGTH OF FENCING AND I, I THINK, UH, IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL LINEARAL FOOTAGE OF THIS.
UM, BUT I, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO GO TO THE EXTRA EXPENSE FOR HEIGHT, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO COUNCIL TO DIRECT US OTHERWISE.
ARE YOU GOING TO ADDRESS THE ADDITIONAL LENGTH? YES.
SO CURRENTLY WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR PLAN IS 157 LINEO FEET OF FENCING.
THE REASON, AND, AND I GUESS IN RELATION TO THAT, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF THE DEL DEVELOPMENT IS APPROXIMATELY 650 FEET.
THE REASON THIS DOESN'T COVER THE ENTIRE DISTANCE IS WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU HERE.
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ARE EITHER HEAVILY VEGETATED OR HAVE, THIS ONE HERE IS NOT, AND THIS IS ONE AREA I THINK WE SHOULD ADD ADDITIONAL FENCING.UM, AND THEN THIS IS THE FAR, SO THE CON THE CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP HAD FOCUSED ON THE WEST END AND THE EAST END OF OUR ALIGNMENT.
THIS IS THE WEST END WHERE THE TRAIL WILL TIE INTO THE CHARTER SCHOOL.
ONE THING THAT I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE ADD IS ABOUT, IT'S LESS THAN 50 FEET OF FENCE HERE THAT WOULD TIE THE FENCE BACK INTO THIS POST THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
AND FOR NOW, UNTIL WE HAVE PHASE TWO DONE, IT'LL KIND OF CAP OFF THAT WEST END OF THE TRAIL.
ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A LOOP OR SOMETHING.
SO THE ORIGINAL PLAN HAD INCLUDED PHASE TWO, WHICH WOULD BRING YOU ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NITI.
RIGHT? SO I GUESS YOU COULD CONSIDER IT A LOOP IF YOU INCLUDED THE, THE SIDEWALK ALONG 89 A MM-HMM.
THERE WAS SOME SECTION AT THE, IT SORT OF DEAD ENDED, AND I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS AN ACTUAL LOOP IN THE SIDEWALK IN THE VERY BEGINNING, AND THAT DIDN'T MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE TO ME.
BUT, UH, RECALL THAT, MAYBE I'M WRONG, MAYBE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE SEE SO MANY PROJECTS, BUT I TEND TO REMEMBER SOMETHING LIKE IT WAS A, A DEAD END, BUT ALL RIGHT.
SO, SO NOW YOU HAVE A WAY OF DEAD ENDING IT UNTIL YOU MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PHASE ONE HERE TONIGHT, AND I KNOW WE HAVE JUDY POE FROM THE LIBRARY AND SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOLKS HERE TO TESTIFY.
I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY FROM JUDY, BECAUSE IT'S PHASE ONE, IT IMPACTS THE LIBRARY AND THE CHARTER SCHOOL.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOL HERE.
UH, TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT PHASE THAT THIS WOULD END AT THIS PHASE ONE BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE VOTING, I DRIVE IT LIKE REGULARLY.
IT'S WHERE I LIVE AROUND THERE AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SIDEWALKS MM-HMM.
AND THEN THERE'S A PROPERTY LINE.
SO, AND THEY HAVE A REALLY STRONG HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION.
SO IF THE, IF THAT WITH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH WIDTH THERE FOR A SHARED USE PATH BESIDES WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE.
AND, AND THEN IF YOU GO, SO THAT WOULD BE FROM CALI DEL SOUL AND THE VODI DOWN TO BRISTOL PINES.
THEN WHEN YOU CROSS BRISTOL CO PINES, WHICH MIGHT BE PHASE THREE, THAT'S A PRIVATE ROAD, ISN'T IT? I THINK YOU TOLD ME THAT ONCE WHERE THE SUMMIT IS RIGHT.
BUT THE CONNECTION THAT IS IDENTIFIED IN THE GO PLAN IS TO GET TO THE FOREST, WHICH IS A BRISTOL CONE.
THAT OH, WOULDN'T GO ALONG THAT PORTION.
I THOUGHT IT WAS TO THE, TO THE COLLEGE.
WELL, BUT THERE'S TWO, THOSE ARE TWO.
AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS.
SO AS YOU COME DOWN, UM, KA DEL SOUL MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONCEPT OF THIS WHOLE PLAN IS CONNECTIVITY.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T CONNECT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, IF IT HAS TO STOP AT PHASE ONE, IS IT WORTH DOING? AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD GAIN THE MOST FROM PHASE ONE TO ASSESS THAT FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM MY VOTE IF YOU MAY.
WELL, WE DO HAVE CARDS, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE CARDS NOW, WE CAN DO THAT.
SHALL I GO BACK? GO AHEAD, KATHY.
SO, AND THIS'LL COME OUT I THINK IN THE, IN THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AS WELL, BUT I KNOW THAT ANDY, THANK YOU FOR, YOU'RE ALWAYS SO RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONCERNS AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS CASE.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY, UH, ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS
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HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY YOUR PROPOSAL? I, I GUESS WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT IS THAT WE WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL OFFENSE.AND WITH THAT, I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, WITH THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS CONCERNS, UH, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S TO THE LEVEL OF THEIR EXPECTATION.
BUT I FEEL LIKE, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS REASONABLE AND, UH, APPROPRIATE CONSIDERING THE PRIORITY OF, OF THE CITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH THIS PROJECT.
MY SECOND QUESTION GOES TO AGAIN, THE, THE EASEMENTS, UM, FOR PHASE TWO MM-HMM.
BUT WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN, IN OBTAINING THAT E THE EASEMENT THAT THE CITY WOULD NEED FOR THE PATH OF PHASE TWO? I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM STATE TRUST LAND STAFF, THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO A BLANKET EASEMENT FOR A PATHWAY OVER A POWER LINE EASEMENT.
THEIR ONLY HOLDBACK WAS THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND THE POWER LINE EASEMENT.
THE FOLLOW UP TO THAT BEING INFORMATION FROM APS THAT THEY'RE CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE RIGHTS, WHETHER YOU FIND A DOCUMENT OR NOT FOR THEIR POWER LINE TO BE THERE, IT COMES DOWN TO ESTABLISHING THAT DOCUMENT SO THAT WE CAN SAY, OKAY, NOW PROVIDE US THE BLANKET EASEMENT THAT WE WANT.
UM, JUST CONSIDERING THAT INFORMATION THAT WE'VE DISCOVERED, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET AN EASEMENT FOR THE PATHWAY.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE, TO MY EYE, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE SOME REDUNDANCIES IN THIS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT DO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S MOST AFFECTED IN, YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE, UH, IN ONE OF THE EARLIER SLIDES, DO HAVE ACCESS TO SIDEWALK THAT GOES ALONG 89 A AND THEN UP DRY CREEK, WHICH BRINGS YOU TO THE SAME POINT THAT THIS PATH WOULD NOW, ALBEIT THIS PATH WOULD BE A MUCH PRETTY OR ALTERNATIVE.
UM, BUT THEN AGAIN, 89 A IS NOTHING TO SNEEZE THAT EITHER.
UM, BUT THOSE REDUNDANCIES CONCERN ME IN TERMS OF THE EFFICIENT EXPENDITURE OF, OF OUR FUNDS FOR OTHER PATHS.
IF THIS, IF YOU WEREN'T PURSUING THIS, IS THERE ANOTHER SHARED USE PATH THAT THESE FUNDS COULD BE DIVERTED TO THAT WOULD BE SORT OF HIGH UP ON YOUR PRIORITY LIST? I THINK THAT, UM, THE BENEFIT OF THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT IS THAT IT'S NOT ADJACENT TO A ROADWAY.
IT PROVIDES A BETTER USER EXPERIENCE.
UM, IF WE WERE GONNA DIVERT FUNDS FOR ANOTHER SHARED USE PATH IN THE SAME AREA, I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER PATH THAT WOULD HAVE A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THIS.
WHAT ABOUT HARMONY? CUZ I THINK WE'VE, I WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT AS A PRIORITY THIS COUNCIL HAS, COULD THESE FUNDS BE DIVERTED TO HARMONY? SO, HARMONY A DANTE, I DON'T KNOW WHICH NAME YOU'RE USING FOR IT AT THE MOMENT, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW WHICH ONE.
I MEAN, I'M JUST NOW STARTING THE OUTREACH AND THOSE CORRIDORS ARE SO NARROW.
WE'VE TAKEN SOME PICTURES AND THE, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT.
AND SO IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF COORDINATION TO GET THOSE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
WE ARE STARTED ON THAT AND I'M GONNA HAVE A LIBRARY MEETING, A MEETING AT THE LIBRARY THIS MONTH OR EARLY NEXT MONTH.
SO WE ARE MO MOVING THAT ONE AHEAD, BUT IT'S NOT ONE THAT WE CAN START PUTTING, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON THE GROUND OR DESIGN THAT.
AND ALONG THAT SAME LINE, AND I'M ALMOST WRAPPING UP AT TWO MORE, UM, WOULD THE MONEY HERE, CUZ IT IS, IT'S ALMOST A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UM, AND IT'S COMING FROM SIM COULD THIS MONEY BE DIVERTED TO, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT.
AGAIN, I RAISED THESE CONCERNS IN MAY WHEN THIS WAS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AT THAT POINT, BUT USING THAT MONEY TO EXPEDITE THE CAPTURE LOT THAT WE WANT THE PARKING DOWN, UH, NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR TRAFFIC COMING INTO SEDONA, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL COMING OUT OF SIM FUNDS.
SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY ACCELERATING THAT PROJECT.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT.
WE'VE ALREADY, UM, IDENTIFIED FUNDS THAT WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD WITH.
WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT THREE OPTIONS THAT TO PRESENT TO ANDY.
SO I WAS JUST WAITING UNTIL AFTER TOMORROW'S SIM UPDATE.
AND, UM, MY LAST QUESTION IS, HAS TO DO WITH THE VICE MAYOR RAISED THE POINT ABOUT THE HARDSCAPE.
CAN YOU GIMME THAT NUMBER AGAIN PLEASE? ABOUT THE, THE, THE CONCRETE VERSUS THE
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GRAVEL, THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT? OH, IT'S ABOUT TWO THIRDS TO ONE THIRD, SORRY, TWO THIRD.IT'S ABOUT TWO THIRDS CONCRETE, ONE THIRD DG.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHEN AT THAT, UM, UH, RIGHT UNDERNEATH WHERE IT SAYS SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY IS WHERE IT CHANGES TO DG TO YOUR LEFT AND EVERYTHING TO THE RIGHT IS CONCRETE.
AND ARE WE USING, ARE, ARE WE TRYING TO USE THE, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE USERSHIP AND THE IMPACT THERE AND I I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, PROBABLY BETTER THAN YOU THINK I DO, BUT, UM, BUT ARE WE TRYING, AREN'T WE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM CONCRETE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND USE THE DG WHERE WE CAN? IS THAT A GENERAL GOAL? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN, IT'S THIS LAST YEAR WE'VE PUT THE DG DOWN ON DRY CREEK AND HAD SOME GREAT SUCCESS.
AND THIS YEAR WITH ALL THE RAIN EVENTS, IT'S HAD A REAL TEST.
BUT, UM, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT HOW IT'S GONNA HOLD UP, WHAT'S THE, AT THE, UH, PATHWAY NOW FOR SOLDIERS PASS THE ONE THAT CONNECTS THE SHUTTLE PARKING DOWN TO, UM, SOLDIERS PASS ROAD.
WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? STABILIZED DG.
WE JUST HAD THE, UM, REP OUT THIS LAST WEEK AND HE'S WALKED IT AS WELL.
AND IT'S, IT SEEMS TO BE HOLDING UP, BUT WE ARE LEARNING FROM IT.
THE, THE SHOULDERS ARE GETTING ERODED.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TWEAKING HOW OUR DESIGN WORKS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING TO MAKE SURE IT LASTS.
UM, WELL I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION SORT OF BASED ON WHAT COUNCIL CAN SELL'S QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEING SERVED, THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, UM, WHICH IS ADJACENT IS HAS OTHER MEANS OF EGRESS.
UM, BUT THIS PATH ISN'T REALLY, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, SUPPOSED TO SERVE THAT COMMUNITY PRIMARILY, IS IT NOT A CONNECTOR TO THE THUNDER MOUNTAIN AND TO THE PROPOSED DRY CREEK SO THAT THE COMMUNITY MOST AFFECTED IS MUCH BIGGER THAN, THAN JUST THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IT'S, IT'S MEANT TO, THE COMMUNITY IS IN FACT MUCH LARGER AND I GUESS WE'LL HEAR FROM THE SCHOOL AND THE LIBRARY TO FIND OUT HOW THEY'RE AFFECTED.
AND YOU CAN TELL THAT JUST FROM LOOKING AT THE GO PLAN AND HOW IT CONNECTS, IT'S A SEGMENT THAT CONNECTS THE EAST WEST CONNECTOR ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY.
FOCUS ON FOR WHAT COUNCIL? UH, PARDON WHAT, UH, OKAY.
CAST WILLIAMSON SAID, SO IF THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THAT SECTION THUNDER, THE MOUNTAIN CONNECTION WAS TO GET BICYCLES OFF OF 89 A BECAUSE IT'S SAFER TO GET THEM OFF.
SO THAT REALLY THE ENTIRE SECTION FROM, UH, COFFEE POT ALL THE WAY WEST IS TO GET THE BICYCLES OFF OF 89 A IT, IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF PROVIDING A FACILITY THAT'S NEEDED FOR A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE USER GROUP.
THERE ARE CERTAIN FOLKS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RIDE THEIR BICYCLES IN THE BIKE PATH NO MATTER WHAT WE BUILD.
AND THERE'S A LARGE GROUP OF THE USER USERS THAT, THAT WILL NEVER RIDE THEIR BIKE IN THE BIKE PATH ON 89 A.
SO REALLY WHEN WE BUILD THESE FACILITIES, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF USER.
AND SO WHETHER WE'RE TRYING TO GET BIKES OFF THE HIGHWAY, I, I WOULD SAY THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY OUR FOCUS.
WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE GOOD CONNECTIVITY, SAFER, AND, AND GIVE SAFE, UH, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS FOR FOLKS THAT NEED THAT.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD NEVER GET ON THEIR BICYCLE IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THESE OPTIONS.
OKAY, I'D LIKE TO GO TO THE CARDS NOW.
FIRST CARD I HAVE IS CAROL, SMALL TO BE FOLLOWED BY WEST LITTLE.
SO PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.
UH, MATT MAYER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I'M PRESIDENT OF THE HOA AT DELL SOUL, AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN TOYING WITH THIS EVER SINCE, UH, SPRING WHEN, UH, WE DID MEET WITH THE VICE CHAIR HERE AND SOME STAFF AND WE WALKED THE PATH AND WE HAD VOICED OUR, UH, CONCERNS.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND SEEING US AND TALKING TO US.
AND I THINK FROM OUR RESIDENTS, THE MAIN TWO QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD AT THAT TIME AND BEFORE TONIGHT HEARING ABOUT THE APS,
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UH, POSSIBLE EASEMENT.EASEMENT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL GOAL OF POINT A TO POINT B AND WHERE, AND THEN, UH, WHAT IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS, UH, FOR THE AREA BEYOND THE CHARTER SCHOOL BECAUSE OUR WHOLE NORTH, UM, BOUNDARY IS WHERE THE PATH IS GONNA BE.
AND THOUGH IT ISN'T ON OUR PROPERTY, PER SE, WHAT YOU BUILD WILL AFFECT US IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND REALIZING THAT THE SOCIAL PATHS THAT ARE THERE NOW, PEOPLE GOING AND COMING AND BIKING AND UM, ET CETERA, AND I THINK WEST CAN ATTEST TO THE BIKE ISSUE.
BUT, UM, THE FIRST PHASE THAT YOU BUILD GOES UP TO THE GATE OF THE SCHOOL.
AND OUR QUESTION IS AT THE END OF THAT, UM, AREA, UH, ARE YOU GONNA PUT A SIGN TO SAY, TURN AROUND, GO BACK, IT'S A DEAD END.
UM, ARE YOU GONNA PUT SOMETHING THERE? AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE GONNA TIE IT INTO THE FENCE AT THE SCHOOL, WHICH THEN, YOU KNOW, IT, IT KIND OF DROPS 'EM INTO AN AREA WHERE THEY HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK OR CONTINUE ON OVER THE FENCE WITH A BICYCLE, UM, AND EITHER GO ON STATE PROPERTY OR COME ONTO OUR PROPERTY.
SO THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR US, THE COMPLETION OF THAT FIRST PHASE.
AND AT THE EAST END OF THE PROPERTY AND ONE OF YOUR PICTURES, UH, YOU HAD A NICE WIDE TRAIL THAT COMES OFF OF THE LIBRARY PROPERTY, UH, AND ONTO OUR PROPERTY AND THEN WISE AND GOES BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE, UH, HOTEL THAT'S THERE AND THEN GOES OUT TO THE PARKING LOT OF THE, UM, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
SO, UH, I GUESS FOR PUTTING THE SPLIT RAIL FENCE AT THE WEST END IS, IS GOOD.
HOW ABOUT THE EAST END? AND THAT WE WOULD ASK THAT THE EAST END GETS THE FENCE TOO AND AT LEAST FOUR FEET HIGH, THE THREE RAIL.
WEST LITTLE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JUDITH POLL.
MATTA MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK OUT ON AGENDA ITEM EIGHT C.
MY NAME IS WES LITTLE, I'M A RESIDENT OF DEL HALL TOWN HOMES AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 26TH OF THIS YEAR THAT I GAINED ACCESS TO THE ACTUAL ENGINEERED RENDERING OF THE PROJECT PLAN AS IT AFFECTS THIS PART OF THE SIM.
THIS IS THE BASIS FOR THE BIDS THAT YOU WILL BE VOTING ON.
I PRESUME IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT ACCORDING TO THE PLANS THAT ONLY 157 LINEAR FEET OF FENCING WERE AUTHORIZED A FRACTION OF THE BOUNDARY LINE ALONG OUR DEVELOPMENT.
I FOUND THIS TO BE AT ODDS WITH WHAT COUNCIL APPROVED ON MAY 18TH, WHEREBY A SPLIT RAIL FENCE WAS APPROVED IF AND WHERE POSSIBLE.
ALTHOUGH THE AUTHOR OF TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM STATES SPLIT RAIL FENCE HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN, I FIND THIS SOMEWHAT DISINGENUOUS.
SO WHEN ANALYZING THE MEAGER AMOUNT OF FENCING ALLOTTED IN THE OFFICIAL PROJECT PLAN THAT WAS PUT OUT BID, A PARTIAL FENCE INSTALL WOULD DO NOTHING OTHER THAN TO REDIRECT TRESPASSERS.
WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY COMMUNICATED TO PUBLIC WORK STAFF.
OUR HOMEOWNERS PRIMARY CONCERN IS SECURITY AS IT RELATES TO TRESPASSING, DESPITE HAVING IT PRESENT A TOTAL OF TWO GATED AUTO ENTRANCES, SIX NO TRESPASSING SIGNS, WE ARE CLEARLY UP AGAINST THE WALL ON THIS ISSUE.
AS I EXPRESSED IN MY EARLIER EMAIL TO ALL OF YOU, WE ARE ALREADY ENCOUNTERING TOO MANY TRESPASSERS USING SELF-CREATED SOCIAL TRAILS.
I EXPRESSED THIS CONCERN TO ANDY ON SEPTEMBER 22ND AS WE STOOD AND WATCHED THE ENTIRE RED ROCK HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM OF 15 RIDERS RIDE THROUGH THE CHARTER SCHOOL GATE AND PROCEED ON A SELF-MADE SOCIAL TRAIL ONTO KA DEL OESTE.
THESE SITUATIONS ARE NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE SORT OF NIMBYISM COUNCIL HAS ENCOUNTERED IN OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SIM, BUT RATHER REAL LIFE ENCOUNTERS.
TO EQUATE THIS WITH ANY OF THE SANDBORN RESIDENTS CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE SIM PLAN ON THEIR HOME IS CLEARLY A FALSE EQUIVALENCY.
WHAT CAN BE DONE? THE PROJECT PLAN REFERS TO A SPLIT RAIL FENCE IN THE GENERIC, A TRADITIONAL THREE RAIL SPLIT RAIL FENCE MEASURING 48 INCHES IS THE MOST COMMONLY SIZED SPLIT RAIL FENCE.
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IT IS ALSO HIGH ENOUGH TO POSSIBLY DISSUADE MOST MOUNTAIN BIKERS AND PEDESTRIANS TO LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.AGAIN, WITH NO SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN,
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE SPECIFIC YET MODEST PROPOSAL BE INCLUDED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS.
AGAIN, WE ARE ONLY ASKING FOR RELATIVELY MODEST CONSIDERATIONS BE MADE IN LIGHT OF A MAJOR CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT.
THE HOMEOWNERS CONTINUE TO EXPRESS A REAL CONCERN REGARDING A COMPLETED PATH GOING ESSENTIALLY NOWHERE AT THE WESTERN END OF THE SHARED USE PATH.
I WOULD ASK THAT STAFF EITHER MAKE THE WESTERN TERMINISTIC CONFINED PATHWAY AS DISCUSSED EARLIER TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL GATE, OR DELAY ENTIRELY ANY ENTRANCE TO THAT PART OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL PATHWAY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE CITY CAN COMPLETE THEIR NEGOTIATIONS WITH APS AND STATE TRUST TO DO SO, OTHERWISE WOULD ONLY SUPERCHARGE PROBLEMS WE ARE ALREADY GRAPPLING WITH.
JUDY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JOHN GRIFFIN.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY.
I'VE COME TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PATH.
THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
I LIKE THE ANDES, UM, FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO SEDONA AND FOR INCLUDING THE LIBRARY IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PATH, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY HOPEFULLY CONNECT DRY CREEK ROAD AND THUNDER MOUNTAINS, SANBORN DRIVE PATHS, AS WELL AS THE NAVO UM, DRIVE AREA, WILL ALLOW MANY, MANY RESIDENTS TO GET TO THE LIBRARY SAFELY WITHOUT A CAR AND WITHOUT CONTRIBUTING TO TRAFFIC ON 89 A.
UM, WITH, WITH REGARD TO SAFETY, UM, SANDY TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS EXAMPLE.
WE DO HAVE A PATRON WHO, WHO COMES TO THE LIBRARY REGULARLY WITH THREE CHILDREN.
SHE PULLS A WAGON, YOU KNOW, THE OLD RADIO FLYER, RED WAGONS WITH THREE KIDS IN IT.
UM, SHE PULLS IT UP WHITE BEAR ROAD AND THEN ENTERS THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT.
AND THEN SHE WALKS STRAIGHT PAST ALL BEHIND ALL OF THE PARKING.
SO SHE'S IN THE BUSIEST PART OF THE PARKING LOT.
AND, UM, I WORRY ABOUT HER CONSTANTLY.
THIS PATH WILL CREATE A SAFE WAY FOR THE PATRONS AND THE CHILDREN AND LOTS OF OTHERS WHO WOULD PREFER TO WALK OR RIDE A BIKE TO GET TO THE LIBRARY.
IT'S ALSO A GREAT WAY TO CONNECT THE SCHOOL TO THE LIBRARY.
RIGHT NOW, THE SCHOOL KIDS, UM, COME DOWN AND THEY COME AROUND AND THEY COME THROUGH OUR BACK PARKING LOT AND IT'S A PRETTY DANGEROUS PARKING LOT.
THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS PARK, THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THE STAFF PARKS.
AND IT'S, UM, I THINK EVERY DAY WHEN I'M BACKING UP, OH MY GOSH, I HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND LOOK AND SEE WHO'S BACK THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WALKING THEIR DOGS, THEY'RE KIDS.
UM, IN ADDITION, THIS PATH WILL CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS TO EACH OTHER BY CONNECTING THEM TO OUR NEW COURTYARD, WHICH OPENS ON NOVEMBER 13TH.
UM, AND IT'LL CONNECT COMMUNITY TO THE LIBRARY.
AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO OPENING THE COURTYARD AND STARTING ON SOME OF OUR NEEDED RENOVATIONS, WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO MORE AND MORE RESIDENTS VISITING THE LIBRARY TO MEET THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN THE COURTYARD AND IN THE BUILDING.
AND WE BELIEVE THIS PATH WILL BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD NOW.
I'M A RESIDENT OF SEDONA MADAM MA MAYOR.
UH, I'M CURRENTLY THE SECRETARY FOR THE, UH, SEDONA CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING COUNCIL.
UH, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, UH, THE CITY APPROACHED ME, UH, ABOUT, WELL APPROACHED ME CUZ I WAS BASICALLY THE LIAISON OF THIS, UH, ABOUT CREATING A EASEMENT, UH, ALONG OUR, UH, PROPERTY LINE, UH, WHICH BUTS DELL SOLD, UH, THE LIBRARY AND ALSO THE STATE LEASE LAND, UH, BECAUSE THEY WERE GONNA PUT A TRAIL IN.
WELL, WE'VE ALREADY HAD, UH, SOME ISSUES WITH, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH OUR PROPERTY, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THE SCHOOL IS.
UH, AND THE STATE LEASE LAND THEN HAD SAID, WELL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN CAMP ON, UH, STATE LEASE LAND.
SO WE HAD PEOPLE LIKE CAMPING IN TREES, UH, YOU KNOW, 40 FEET FROM, UH, FROM OUR PLAYGROUND.
SO WHEN THE, UH, CITY APPROACHED US, OUR CONCERN AT THAT TIME AND
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BEFORE THAT WAS THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.SO, UH, THERE WAS NO EXISTING EASEMENT AS, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER SITUATION.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD TO GRANT THE CITY, UH, AN EASEMENT.
SO OUR DISCUSSION WENT ON, UH, THE FACT THAT, UH, IF WE WERE GONNA DO THIS, WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME, UH, PRIVACY OR SOME PROTECTION FOR OUR, UH, FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AND SO WE DISCUSSED FENCE ABOUT PUTTING FENCE IN AND IN LIEU OF GETTING ANY MONETARY FUNDS FOR LET'S SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, GRANTING THIS EASEMENT OR WHATEVER IT IS, UH, WE DISCUSSED TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN A FENCE WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, EVERY, EVERY, SEEMS LIKE EVERY PROPERTY OWNER AROUND HAS DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, UH, ABOUT THIS.
UH, QUITE HONESTLY, FOR US IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, AN ISSUE THAT WE HAD.
WE HAD, UH, ALREADY SOME PEOPLE FROM THE LIBRARY THAT WANTED TO COME OVER AND HAVE PICNICS, UH, ON OUR PROPERTY.
AS I SAID, WE HAD PEOPLE CAMPING IN TREES, UH, ON THE STATE LEASE LAND.
SO OUR ISSUE WAS WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO, UH, SECURE OUR, OUR PROPERTY AND, UH, AND ESPECIALLY IF IN FACT, UH, THIS TRAIL WAS GONNA GO IN.
SO WE, UH, AGAIN, THE BOARD DECIDED THAT THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SUPPORT.
UH, BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE, UH, THIS, THIS PROTECTION AND ALL AS FAR AS THE OTHER, WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN AT THE END OF THE TRAIL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I, I REALLY WASN'T PRIVED TO ANY OF THAT AT THE TIME, CUZ IT WAS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
SO, OKAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.
HOLLY, IS THE FENCE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, THE SPLIT RAIL FENCE WITH THE NO, IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT.
OUR FENCE IS ALREADY IN, WE'RE, WE'RE THE CHARTER SCHOOL, RIGHT? WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE DELL SOLD IS TO THE SOUTH OF US.
BUT WHAT YOU HAVE OUR, OUR OUR, OUR FENCING AND PROTECTION AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED IS FINISHED.
SO THE CITY PUT IN, I I JUST KNOW THIS CUZ I, I LIVE THERE.
THE CITY PUT IN, UH, LIKE AT, WHAT IS IT, EIGHT FEET, ABOUT SIX FEET, SIX FEET, CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND ALL OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS PATH.
WELL, UH, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I AM OKAY.
YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED IN THE TOWN.
ARE YOU SPEAKING FOR YOURSELF OR, OR NO, FROM THE QUESTION'S.
THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SCHOOL SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT? WELL, WE WERE IN THE SENSE WHEN WE BASICALLY AGREED TO PUT IN THE FENCE, HER QUESTION WAS, TO ME PERSONALLY, I THOUGHT SO JOHN, YOU, THE SCHOOL, ONCE WE PUT IN THE FENCE, SUPPORTS THE PROJECT.
JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY HERE.
YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT, JESSICA.
SO I, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE PART OF THAT.
WE ACTUALLY OFFERED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DELL, SO ALSO THAT IF THEY PROVIDED AN EASEMENT THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE A, YOU KNOW, A SIMILAR VALUED FENCE AS WELL.
IT'S WHEN WE GET INTO NOT HAVING AN EXCHANGE OF VALUE THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT.
IF WE WERE TO DO THAT ON EVERY SINGLE PROJECT, WE WOULDN'T BE BUILDING CHURCH USE PATHS VERY LONG.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
AND IT WAS ONLY TWO SIDES OF THE SCHOOL? PARDON? CAN THEY RESPOND? RIGHT? WHO? THE BOARD, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HO THE HOA.
WELL, WELL, I GUESS I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA, WHICH IS THAT'S FINE.
I, I, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO GET CLARITY HERE AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FENCE, BUT HOW IT'S COMING ACROSS TO ME IS THAT SINCE WE THINK IT'S THE PROJECT'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE FENCING THAT BEST MEETS OUR NEEDS.
AND THAT DOESN'T TELL ME IF YOU SUPPORT THE PROJECT OR NOT.
YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I NEED TO KNOW THAT TO INFORM MY VOTE.
WELL, TO YOUR QUESTION MM-HMM.
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PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE CLIMBING OVER OR HAULING THEIR BIKE OVER THE FENCE AND THEN CONTINUING ONTO OUR PROPERTY, UM, THE PATH IS BASICALLY ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.UM, BUT IT'S THAT SECURITY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE AND, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, THE BIKERS TALKED ABOUT THE BIKERS.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WITH GUNS THAT WHEN WE CONFRONT 'EM, YOU PULL YOUR PISTOL OR YOUR COAT BACK AND THERE'S A GLOCK.
WE'VE HAD STUFF STOLEN OUT OF CARPORTS.
WE'VE HAD, UH, PEOPLE SAY UP YOURS.
UM, WE SHOULDN'T AS RESIDENTS, UM, YOU'RE PROVIDING THE PATH THAT IS GONNA ACCOMMODATE MANY MORE PEOPLE, MANY MORE PEOPLE COMING UP INTO OUR AREA.
IF WE DON'T HAVE A FENCE THAT'S GONNA BE SECURED TO US.
NOT LIKE THE SCHOOL I, I AGREED THE CHILDREN ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, NEED TO BE PROTECTED THAT WAY.
BUT I FEEL THAT OUR RESIDENTS NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF, OF FENCING THAT, UM, IS HIGH ENOUGH.
SO PEOPLE GO, OH, I'M, I'M GONNA CONTINUE ON AND GO TO THE END, NOT GET OFF AND COME UP INTO OUR AREA.
THE OTHER QUESTION AND THE, UM, ABOUT THE EASEMENT AND, UM, ON THE VERY WEST SIDE BY THE, UH, STATE PROPERTY AND THE GATE INTO THE SCHOOL, THE GIVING AN EASEMENT COMING UP THERE, UH, WOULD ELIMINATE, UM, PARKING AT, AT PROBABLY THREE OF OUR HOMES, AND ALSO COME INTO THE ROAD THAT GOES TO THE END OF THAT ROAD, UH, OS DAY.
SO THAT WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE AN EASEMENT BECAUSE OUR PIECE OF THE, IS LIKE A PIE AT THAT SECTION OF STATE PROPERTY, SCHOOL PROPERTY, AND OUR PROPERTY.
SO COMING UP AND GIVING AN EASEMENT WOULD ELIMINATE PARKING FOR THE, UH, LAST THREE UNITS ON OUR STREET.
I, I'M TOTALLY, I'VE TOTALLY LOST.
THE VISION, I HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE ONE, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE ON ANY PART OF IT HOW IT'S NOT, I THOUGHT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE ON DEL HALL PROPERTY AT ALL.
SO HOW COULD IT ELIMINATE PARKING? SO WHAT WE DISCUSSED WAS IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET AN EASEMENT SO THAT WE COULD AVOID GOING ON STATE TRUST LAND, OKAY, BUT WE'VE GIVEN THAT UP, THAT'S OUT.
IF, IF WE WERE TO GET THAT EASEMENT, WE COULD PROVIDE, BUT THAT'S BEEN SOLVED.
IT'S NO LONGER RELEVANT THAT'S BEEN SOLVED.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE.
AND FROM WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY, WHAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE IS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER SPLIT REAL FENCE AND LENGTH OVER AN INCREASED LENGTH RIGHT.
OKAY, JESSICA, WE'RE ON, UM, DISCUSSION NOW, CORRECT? YES.
AS I WAS LAST TIME, I AM ENTIRELY IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, I THINK I'VE BEEN TOTALLY IMPRESSED WITH, WITH HOW THE OTHERS HAVE TURNED OUT.
I'M VERY WELL IMPRESSED WITH, WITH ANDY AND PUBLIC WORKS PLANS FOR HOW TO PROCEED HERE.
I AM ENCOURAGED AND I BELIEVE THAT PHASE TWO WILL HAPPEN.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AS A ASSET AND ADD TO IT.
AND I THINK PART OF THE THING THAT THAT'S HARD TO DO IS TO SORT OF LOOK AND SAY, WELL, IF IT DOESN'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
I HAVE FOUND PUBLIC WORKS TO BE EXTREMELY CREATIVE IN THEIR ABILITY TO RESOLVE EVERY ISSUE OF THIS SORT THAT I'VE EVER SEEN THEM FACE.
AND I HAVE EVERY EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL SOLVE THIS ONE IN A WAY THAT WILL ALLOW PHASE TWO TO CONTINUE.
I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO, UM, TO, UH, ADDING ANOTHER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S GONNA COST MONEY, ADDING ANOTHER HEIGHT, ANOTHER LITTLE, LITTLE ADDITIONAL PIECE TO THE FENCE.
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GIVE SOME COMFORT TO THE RESIDENTS, I THINK THAT THAT'S A PERFECTLY REASONABLE CHANGE.UM, AS FOR THE LENGTH, I SAW WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO ADD, WHICH MAKES SENSE TO ME.
I, I, FOR ONE, DON'T THINK IT'S NEEDED WHERE YOU HAVE THE HEAVY VEGETATION AND THERE'S BEEN NO SOCIAL PATHS YET.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK THE SOCIAL PATHS WILL BE THERE.
SO I, UM, I DON'T WANT TO MICROMANAGE EXACTLY HOW MUCH FENCE NEEDS TO BE ADDED.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THE CITY CAN DO, BUT, OR THE COUNCIL SHOULD DO.
BUT I, I WOULD URGE I WOULD SUPPORT IT WITH THE ADDITION OF THE HIGHER FENCE AND THE, UM, ADDED LENGTH THAT YOU SPECIFIED.
AND I WANT YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL PLACES WHERE THERE ARE SOCIAL TRAILS, WHERE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WHERE, EXCUSE ME, ADDITIONAL FENCE LENGTH MAY BE, MAY BE WARRANTED.
I THINK THAT, AND I THINK THOSE ARE, ARE REASONABLE AND BASED ON WHAT I HEARD FROM THE BOARD, THOSE WERE THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES.
SO I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
I THINK GETTING IT CONNECTED TO THE LIBRARY, I THINK THE LIBRARY IS THE HUB OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK, OH, I'M SO SORRY.
I THINK THAT CREATING A SAFE, WALKABLE, BIKEABLE WAY TO GET THERE FROM THE REST OF WEST SEDONA IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
MAYOR, I, I ALSO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
I KNOW THAT THE SECOND PHASE WAS SOMEWHAT PREVIOUSLY A LITTLE OBSCURE, BUT LOOKS FAIRLY SOLID NOW.
SO I SUPPORT IT MORE SO AS FAR AS, UH, THE FENCE, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SUPPORTING HIGHER FENCE AND SOME OTHER LINKS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WHERE THERE'S NATURAL VEGETATION AND SCRUB OAK THAT YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH LIKE A HEDGEROW IN WORLD WAR I, I MEAN THAT SOME AREAS THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE FENCE, BUT I LEAVE THAT AGAIN UP TO YOU ALL TO DECIDE KIND OF WHERE THAT WORK AND, AND YOU'RE WORKING WELL WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I, I THINK THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT WITH YOU ALL WITHOUT OUR GREAT INPUT.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS NEEDS TO OCCUR IF WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD, 36 MILES PLANNED, UH, TWO AND A HALF MILES, IF WE, AND I'M NOT BELITTLING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WHEN WE LET EVERY LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD DECIDE, WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET THIS INCOMPLETE.
BECAUSE IF EVERY TWO MILES SOME NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS, NO, NO, NO.
THE IMAGINE HOW INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD'VE BEEN BUILT.
AND YOU COULDN'T GET FROM THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST COAST IF YOU HAD EVERYBODY SATISFIED.
BUT I THINK AN ACCOMMODATIONS BEEN MADE IN ALL THE PARTIES HERE.
UM, THE, THE PROBLEM WITH TRESPASSERS RIGHT NOW IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.
I MEAN, I, I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TRESPASSERS.
I WILL SAY I'M ONE OF THEM
UM, BUT I HAVE WALKED MY BIKE AND DRIVEN MY BIKE THROUGH THERE TO GET TO THE LIBRARY AND, UM, I HAVEN'T FLIPPED ANYBODY OFF AND, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ACCOSTED BY ANYBODY AND I'VE BEEN READY, IF SOMEONE DID ACCOST ME TO SAY, PLEASE CAN YOU TELL ME THE NAME OF THE, UM, THE HOA OWNER OR WHATEVER, SO THAT I CAN ASK FOR MY OWN PERSONAL PERMISSION.
UH, AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF SOME OF YOUR TRESPASSERS WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION.
THEY FEEL VERY GUILTY GOING THROUGH THERE.
BUT THE ALTERNATIVE OF GOING ALL THE WAY OUT AND AROUND DRY CREEK AND WHATEVER, UM, IT'S JUST TOO TEMPTING.
UM, SO THERE IS A TRESPASSING PROBLEM.
NOW, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WITH PHASE ONE, THE TRESPASSING PROBLEM, IF ANYTHING WILL BE LESS, IT WON'T BE SOLVED.
BUT IT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO ME, AGAIN, UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN, THAT WHEN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO ARE COMPLETED, IF WE BELIEVE THAT WILL HAPPEN, THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY REASON FOR ANYONE TO TRESPASS.
SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE REALLY IS TWO PARTS.
FIRST OF ALL, DO WE BELIEVE PHASE TWO WILL HAPPEN? IS THERE CONFIDENCE ENOUGH TO DO THAT NOW AS OPPOSED TO SAYING, STOP THIS UNTIL YOU CAN BRING US BOTH PHASES AT ONCE.
UM, AND IF WE DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY,
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UM, THEN IT'S SIMPLY A MATTER OF IS, IS PHASE ONE IF IT EVER WERE BY ITSELF, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT.IT SEEMS TO ME WITH THINGS WE'VE DISCUSSED, EXTENDING THE LENGTH, MAYBE MAKING THE RAILS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER AND MAYBE EVEN NOW A SPLIT RAIL FENCE IS A FUN THING TO CLIMB OVER.
AND EVEN WITH A BIKE, YOU KNOW, I CAN, I THINK I CAN HANDLE THAT.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, UM, IF, IF THAT MAKES, MAKES IT FEEL BETTER AND IT, AND IT LOOKS MORE, UM, LIKE YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT NOT WANTING TO HAVE PEOPLE COME THROUGH, I CAN SUPPORT THAT.
I CAN SUPPORT THE EXTRA LENGTH.
I THINK THOSE ARE VERY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS TO MAKE FOR THIS INTERIM PERIOD WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE NEXT PHASE DONE.
BUT I THINK PHASE ONE IS AN IMPROVEMENT.
AND BOY, HOW, WHEN, WHEN PHASE TWO IS IN THERE, UM, THE WORLD'S OUR OYSTER.
I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA BE SO IMPORTANT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST, AS SOMEONE HAS ALREADY SAID, IT'S NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS LOCALLY THERE, IT'S RESIDENTS THAT WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT ARE GONNA BE LIVING, UH, FURTHER WEST OF ME.
YOU KNOW, IN THE, UM, THE, UH, CULTURAL PARK.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE THERE, BUT THERE COULD BE, UM, HOUSING IN THERE AT SOME POINT.
UM, AND, UH, THE CONNECTION TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THERE TO GET TO THE LIBRARY.
UH, COLLEGE STUDENTS MIGHT WANNA GET TO OUR LIBRARY, WHO KNOWS, UH, FOR SOME STUDY TIME OR WHATEVER.
SO YES, I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF IT.
UH, I THINK I'M REASONABLY CONFIDENT GIVEN THE, THE DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE APS, UM, THAT UM, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF JUST WORKING WITH THE LAND, UM, THE LAND TRUST THAT, THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
UH, I HOPE IT WILL HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UH, SO I'M, I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR, SCOTT.
I MAYOR, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, UM, THE FENCE.
YOU'RE EXTENDING THE FENCE IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS NOT HEAVY BRUSH.
SO ANYWHERE THERE IS NOT HEAVY BRUSH, THERE WILL BE A, THE SPLIT RAIL FENCE WILL CONTINUE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IS WHERE THERE'S NOT HEAVY BRUSH AND NOT LIKE RETAINING WALLS, CUZ SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE RETAINING WALLS.
SO, UM, I'M PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT YOU DID THE RESEARCH, RESEARCH TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE APS RIGHT OF WAY WHERE THE EASEMENT, UH, TO MAKE PHASE TWO HAPPEN, UH, IS IS GREAT.
PRIOR TO THAT, THAT INFORMATION, I WASN'T TOO THRILLED WITH IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT ENDED NOWHERE FOR THE TIME BEING.
UH, THAT I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED THAT YOU REALLY WENT OUT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO GET THIS INFORMATION.
UH, THE FACT THAT YOU WILL BE EXTENDING THE FENCE AND YOU WILL BE EXTENDING THE HEIGHT TO 48 INCHES OF THE SPLIT RAIL.
THE CURRENT PLAN IS A TWO RAIL, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I, THE, THE, THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY SAID, MOST OF US HAVE SAID THAT WE WANTED 48 INCHES OR A THIRD.
I BELIEVE WE SAID THREE RAILS.
I THINK THAT WOULD NEED TO THE MOTION, WOULDN'T IT? SO WHAT WAS THAT ANDY? I THINK YOU WOULD NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY THE CHARTER SCHOOL GOT A REALLY NICE BLACK CHAIN LINK FENCE.
THEY GAVE THE PROPERTY THE EASEMENT, BUT THIS IS NEXT TO A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
THEY DIDN'T GIVE AN EASEMENT, BUT IT'S STILL VERY CLOSE TO THE HOME.
SO IF THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THEM FEEL SAFER, I WOULDN'T WANT SEE A STOCK CAGE FENCE.
I WOULDN'T WANNA SEE A CHAIN LINK FENCE CUZ YOU'D REALLY BE, YOU KNOW, WEDGED IN BETWEEN TWO FENCES.
I THINK THIS IS, UH, NOT THAT MUCH TO ACCOMMODATE THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO MAKE THEM FEEL SAFER, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME IT'S MORE OPEN AND, UH, IT, IT'LL LOOK NICER.
SO, UM, I WOULD SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, UH, AS PRESCRIBED WITH THOSE TWO FENCE CHANGES, UH, INCLUDED.
I THINK THAT SHARED USE PATHS ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF COMMUNITY MOBILITY.
UM, AND I SUPPORT THE GENERAL CONCEPT.
THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, I ALSO THINK THAT EACH ONE DOES NEED TO BE EVALUATED, UNIQUELY EVALUATED BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A GREATER PROPORTIONAL IMPACT ON THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN IT DOES TO THE GREATER SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IF THIS DOES PASS AND GO FORWARD, UM, I REALLY DO URGE THAT THE HIGHER FENCE AND THE EXTENDED LINEAR FENCE LENGTH BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT.
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I'M STILL NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BECAUSE AGAIN, I RAISED THESE CONCERNS IN MAY WHEN THE PROJECT WAS THERE, AND I WANTED TO HEAR A LOT OF THINGS TONIGHT THAT WOULD REVISE MY OPINION.UM, AND, AND I, FOR ME, I HAVEN'T, I DO THINK THAT THE IMPACT ON THE PRIVATE HOMES DOES NEED TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN YOU BUY INTO A A COMMUNITY, YOU'RE BUYING INTO A CHARACTER.
NOW, IF THERE'S AN EMPTY LOT NEXT TO YOU AND IT'S ZONED AND YOU KNOW, IT'S EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW THAT, AND YOU KNOW THAT GOING IN.
BUT THIS IS AN AREA THAT I FEEL THAT PEOPLE WHO, WHO FACE THE BACK THERE AND INTO A WOODED AREA DID NOT HAVE A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT SOMETHING WOULD GO THERE.
THERE WAS NEVER A, A PATH PROPOSAL PRIOR TO THAT GOING BACK, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO WHEN PEOPLE BOUGHT INTO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR ME.
AGAIN, UH, IF YOU, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD REASONABLY, UH, EXPECT GOING FORWARD, THAT'S ONE THING, BUT TO NOT HAVE HAD ANY SORT OF EXPECTATION FOR IT, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.
UM, I ALSO, AGAIN, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT I DO VIEW AS SOME REDUNDANCY IN TERMS OF POINT A DESTINATION TO POINT B.
UH, THAT THERE IS A WAY TO GET THERE AND THEREFORE HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE IN THAT CASE? UH, AGAIN, IF THE PHASE TWO EASEMENTS WERE IN PLACE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU THINK THEY ARE, I FEEL BETTER THAT YOU THINK THEY'RE GONNA COME ALONG, BUT I'M STILL CONCERNED THAT THEY'RE NOT YET IN PLACE AND THAT THIS COULD TO SOME DEGREE, IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN, IF THAT FALLS APART, COULD BE A PATH TO NOWHERE IF THE THOSE WERE IN PLACE, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULDN'T BE A DESIGN FOR BUILDOUT YET, I WOULD BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE THAN I AM.
UM, ALSO, I, I, AGAIN, IT'S WHERE TO PRIORITIZE SIM MONIES.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID IN THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION THAT THERE'S ENOUGH FOR THE BUILDOUT ELSEWHERE FOR THE PARKING.
BUT AGAIN, WHEN I DON'T, WHEN I DON'T SEE WHERE, I DON'T SEE THAT THE PROJECT CAN AUTOMATICALLY BE COMPLETED, I THINK IS THAT THE RIGHT EXPENDITURE OF THOSE FUNDS? SO RAISING, RAISING THOSE POINTS, I HAVE TO SAY AT THIS POINT, I'M STILL NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
ALTHOUGH I APPLAUD REALLY THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO TRY TO ANSWER THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND I AGAIN, URGE THAT BECAUSE I THINK I'M GONNA BE THE MINORITY VOTE UP HERE.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT YOU DO TAKE THOSE CONCERNS IN AND, AND, AND FOLLOW THAT, NO PUN INTENDED, THAT PATH THAT YOU'RE ON.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT I'M STILL NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT AS IT CURRENTLY IS.
SO THANK YOU THOUGH, AND THANK YOU FOR CONSTANTLY TRYING TO IMPROVE IT.
THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, HOLLY.
UH, SO THERE WAS A MAJORITY THAT SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT IN MAY.
I WAS IN THE MINORITY BECAUSE I FELT THAT WE WEREN'T RESPONDING TO THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVED NEAR THERE.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE GOOD COMPROMISE.
SO I, I WOULD SUPPORT THIS PROJECT PROVIDED THAT WE BUILD THE FENCE, ANOTHER HYPE, AND WE LENGTHEN IT.
AND I THINK, AND I WANNA APPLAUD THE, THE HOA FOR ITS WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE AND TO REACH A COMPROMISE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN ALL ACCOMPLISH OUR, OUR MUTUAL GOALS.
SO I THINK IT, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE AND NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
SO WE'LL LOOK TO KURT TO GIVE US A NEW MOTION.
SO, SO TWO THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND HERE.
COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, ONE, THE CONTRACT IS, WAS, WAS BID OUT.
AND SO THIS WAS THE BID WITH THE CURRENT A HUNDRED AND WHATEVER AMOUNT OF FEET IN THERE.
UH, BUT CITY ORDINANCE, UH, DOES ALLOW CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS UP TO $75,000 OR 10% OF THE CONTRACT, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
UH, SO THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO COVER IT ALREADY.
SO THE AMOUNT SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM.
UM, I MEAN, WE RECEIVED THE DIRECTION, THE CONTRACT'S ALSO SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY MM-HMM.
BUT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL MOTION, ALL IT WOULD TAKE IS JUST ADDING THAT THE, UM, THE FENCE ALONG, UH, THE DELL SOLE PROPERTY, I BELIEVE IS THE NAME OF IT, BE INCREASED IN HEIGHT TO THREE RAILS INSTEAD OF TWO OR JUST THREE RAIL FENCE AND LENGTHENED.
UM, AND YOU, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT TO SAY AS, UM, WE COULD LEAVE IT OPEN THAT'S NECESSARY.
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KIND OF, UH, DETERMINED IS THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL LENGTH NEEDED ON THE WEST END AND ON THE EAST END, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY GIVE IT A THOROUGH CONSIDERATION AND ADD IT WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.SO AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY ENGINEER, MAYBE.
ANDY, WHAT ABOUT THE HEIGHT? IS THAT CONFIRMATION ON THE HEIGHT? YEAH, THE THREE RAIL, YEAH.
ANDY, WOULD YOU WALK THE PROPERTY WITH THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AS YOU'RE DECIDING THE LENGTH OF THE FENCE? YEAH, JUST, YEAH.
WHAT, YEAH, SO YOU CAN AGREE LIKE, LIKE SANDY'S SAYING, JUST, JUST LIKE EVERY PROJECT THAT WE DO, THE LAST THING WE WANT IS FOR THEM TO SHOW UP AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND BE COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR PROJECT.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU'VE HEARD THAT VERY OFTEN.
SO IT'S, IT'S OUR FOCUS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT.
AND IF, IF THAT MEANS PROPOSING A CHANGE ORDER TO KAREN, THEN, THEN WE DO THAT.
SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WALK THE, THE PROPERTY WITH THEM.
AND I THINK WHEN WE DO THE CLEARING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, IT, IT'LL, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL BE A BETTER TAIL.
THAT THEN I, THEN I WILL SUPPORT THE PROJECT WITH THOSE CAVEATS.
SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO COMMENT YET.
SO I, I AM IN FAVOR OF IT AND I, I FULLY BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEM WITH THE APS EASEMENT AND I WILL COMMIT TO PERSONALLY CONTACTING THEM IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, IF NOT TOMORROW, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE FRANKLY THEY'RE THERE, IT HAS TO BE THERE AND I AM CONFIDENT WE CAN GET THAT TO HAPPEN.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK KURT, IN TERMS OF THE WORDING OF THE MOTION, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAVE, UM, CONSENSUS UP HERE THAT'S CLEAR ABOUT TWO RAILS UP TO THE THREE RAILS FOR THE FENCING AND THAT IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED AS, AS IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED HERE, CAN'T WE JUST SAY AS AMENDED? SURE, THAT WORKS.
CAN I MAKE A, IN THAT CASE, UM, I WANNA MAKE ONE MORE POINT ABOUT THE MOTION.
UH, IT SAYS WE'RE APPROVING IT FOR THE NITI DRIVE TO DRY CREEK ROAD SHARED USE PATH.
AND I BELIEVE WE SHOULD PROBABLY SAY IT'S FOR PHASE ONE OF YES.
SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION, SANDY? PARDON? HE'S GONNA MAKE A MOTION, I THINK, RIGHT? I, I'M PREPARED TO, YES.
I MOVED TO APPROVE AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH STANDARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
FOR PHASE ONE OF THE NAVO DRIVE TO DRY CREEK ROAD SHARED USE PATH PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $498,694 AND 78 CENTS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE WRITTEN CONTRACT BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS AMENDED.
SECOND, MOVED BY COUNSELOR THOMPSON SECOND BY COUNSELOR WILLIAMSON.
SO THAT'S SIX TO ONE AND I THINK YOU KNOW, IT WAS KATHY.
SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, ITEM D REPORTS DISCUSSION REGARDING COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS.
ANYBODY HAVE A, A REPORT ON COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS? NO.
ALL RIGHT, TOM, THEN, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING FUTURE MEETING AND AGENDA ITEMS. ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT? NO, MA'AM.
IN THAT CASE, NUMBER THREE, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'RE
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ADJOURNED.