Feb 28, 2023 City Council

SEEING MAJOR

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OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

[1. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance/Moment of Silence/Roll Call]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS, UM, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 AT FOUR 30.

UH, CITY CLERK, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MAYOR JALO.

HERE.

VICE MAYOR PLU.

HERE.

COUNSELOR DUNN.

PRESENT.

COUNSELOR FOLTZ.

HERE.

COUNSELOR FERMAN.

PRESENT.

COUNSELOR KINSELLA.

HERE.

COUNSELOR WILLIAMSON.

HERE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

PLEASE JOIN ME.

JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.

I PLEDGE A ALLEG TO THE FLAG.

FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA TO THE ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE.

LIBERTY.

LIBERTY, JUSTICE MADAM

[2. City’s Vision]

TO BE A CITY THAT RETAINS ITS SMALL TOWN CHARACTER AND CREATES ITS MANMADE IMPROVEMENTS AND STRICT HARMONY WITH NATURE, TO BE A CITY THAT IS ANIMATED BY THE ARTS, LIVES WITH A 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 THAT RETAINS AND ENHANCES A STRONG AND VITAL ECONOMY, WHICH PRESERVES EXISTING LIFESTYLES WITHOUT EXPLOITING THE NATURAL BEAUTY.

AND FINALLY, TO BE A CITY THAT LIVES UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF PROPER STEWARDSHIP OF ONE OF THE EARTH'S GREAT TREASURES.

THANK YOU.

SORRY, A TWOFER.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UM, LET'S BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.

WE DID NOT DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE, SO WHY DON'T WE DO THAT NOW? OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH,

[3. Consent Items – Approve]

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS THREE.

A, B, AND C SECONDED BY SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL THOSE APPROVED SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? CITY CLERK? THAT'S, UH, UNANIMOUS.

YES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

APPOINTMENTS.

WE HAVE NONE.

CORRECT.

SUMMARY OF

[4. Summary of Current Events by Mayor/Councilors/City Manager]

I THINK IT'S ANDY.

ANDY'S HERE.

WELL, ANDY HAS AN UPDATE.

WHAT A NICE IDEA.

I SO YOU HELP WITH IT.

IS THIS ON? CAN YOU HEAR ME? PUSH IT, ANDY.

PUSH IT IN NOW.

THERE YOU GO.

THERE WE GO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT TOMORROW NIGHT WE HAVE, THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A, UH, VIRTUAL, UM, OPEN HOUSE THAT'S GONNA BE PUT ON.

THIS IS IN COORDINATION BETWEEN YAVAPAI COUNTY, FEMA, AND COCONINO COUNTY.

THIS IS REGARDING UPDATED FLOODPLAIN INFORMATION ON OAK CREEK SPECIFICALLY.

SO AGAIN, IT'S TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 PM WE'VE SENT OUT INFORMATION TO LETTERS SPECIFICALLY TO RESIDENTS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS NEW UPDATED INFORMATION.

AND PRESS RELEASE HAS GONE OUT.

THIS HAS GONE OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND JUST A QUICK, IF YOU CAN FOLLOW THIS ADDRESS, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS, YOU WOULD GO TO COCONINO.AZ.GOV FRONT SLASH

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THERE'S NO SPACES OR DOTS BETWEEN THAT, OR IF SOMEONE JUST WANTS TO REACH OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS, WE CAN HELP YOU FIND THE INFORMATION.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANKS, ANDY.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? UH, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'M ON THURSDAY EVENING AT 4:00 PM THERE'LL BE AN ARTIST RECEPTION HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS WITH A BEAUTIFUL ART THAT WE HAVE DISPLAYED BOTH HERE AND, UH, IN THE VAULTY CONFERENCE ROOM WITH THE ARTISTS PRESENT.

SO THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND.

UH, ALSO, I'M SAD TO SAY THAT THE ST.

PATRICK'S DAY PARADE, UM, APPLICATION PROCESS.

WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN EXTENDED, BUT I'M SAD TO SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN ONLY A 50% OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE LAST YEAR WHO WERE COMING THIS YEAR SO FAR.

SO THIS IS THE MOST, ONE OF THE MOST FUN THINGS WE DO IN THE CITY.

AND, UH, WOULD LIKE TO INVITE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A A BUSINESS, YOU CAN BE A GROUP, YOU COULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL.

ANYBODY IS WELCOME.

AND YOU CAN CONTACT PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND SO THEY HAVE, UM, EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO MARCH 5TH, AND THE PARADE IS ON MARCH 18TH AT 10:30 AM HOLLY, CAN YOU BE A BOOK CLUB? YOU COULD BE A BOOK CLUB.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE IN TOWN.

UH, ALSO WE HAVE FOR OUR WINTER SPORTS ACTIVITIES, B E S T SPORTS FOR KIDS.

THE SPRING SESSION REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE BEGINNER'S EDGE SPORTS TRAINING PROGRAM, B E S T, BEGINNER'S EDGE SPORTS TRAINING.

AND THE SESSION BEGINS ON MARCH 12TH, AND IT COSTS $128 PER REGISTRANT.

AND THE REGISTRATION CLOSES ON MARCH 10TH.

WE ALSO HAVE STORY TIME IN THE PARK, TEMPORARILY BEING HELD AT THE LIBRARY DUE TO THE WEATHER AND PICKLEBALL ORGANIZED PLAY ON MONDAY'S, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS AND SUNDAYS.

YAPPA HOUR AND TEMPORARY LOCATION.

AND THURSDAY MORNING IS FROM NINE TO 10 ON THE LOWER SOFTBALL FIELD.

AND THAT IS REALLY A LOT OF FUN.

BRING YOUR DOG.

THEY CAN GO OFF LEASH FOR AN HOUR.

LOTS OF, UH, FUN PEOPLE THERE AND ANIMALS.

UH, AND THEN THE GYM IS OPEN ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, AND TENNIS LESSONS ON MONDAYS OR WEDNESDAYS AT POSSE GROUNDS PARK TENNIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCILOR WILLIAMSON? I JUST WANNA INVITE ANYBODY WHO HAS A DOG TO VISIT THE, THE DOG PART.

IT'S BEEN EXPANDED AND IT'S A HUGE, HUGE SPACE FOR, AND IT'S RIGHT NOW COVERED IN SAND UNTIL THE GRASS GETS PUT IN, BUT IT'S A REALLY EXCITING NEW PLACE, AND THE DOGS HAVE A LOT OF ROOM TO RUN.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT THE EXPANDED DOG PARK, UM, IT, IT IS REALLY A NICE FACILITY.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

[5. Public Forum]

UH, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE, WE DO TWO.

YES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UH, MARK TIMBROOK.

MARK, YOU KNOW THE, THE DRILL.

YOU HAVE EXTRA CLOCK ON THE SIDE.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO TALK WITH YOUR NAME AND LOCATION OF RESIDENCE.

THANK YOU.

I KNOW THE DRILL.

DRILL CITY.

RIGHT.

UH, MY NAME'S MARK TIMBROOK, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF BUCKTOWN SEDONA, AND A MEMBER OF THE, UH, SEDONA TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR STACK.

I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE STACK INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA AT OUR MEETING YESTERDAY, DURING WHICH WE VOTED FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION TO CITY STAFF FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE RECOMMENDATION HAS TWO PARTS.

UH, FIRST ONE, IT INCLUDES A RECOMMENDATION TO WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH THE US FOREST SERVICE TO ESTABLISH A NEW ROADWAY, TRAILHEAD AND PARKING FOR CATHEDRAL ROCK TRAILHEAD.

AS YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT TRAILHEAD ON BACK AND BEYOND ROADWAY AND THE TRAILHEAD SHUTTLE REQUIRES THE USE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT CARS FERMENTING BACK BEYOND.

WHILE THE TRAILHEAD SHUTTLES IN OPERATION, THE OPTION, UH, DEVELOPED BY LAR ROMIG WOULD PAVE AN EXISTING FOUR SERVICE ROADWAY, UH, UH, PA FOUR SERVICE ROADWAY, UH, SOUTH OF BACK BEYOND, AND WOULD INCLUDE NEW PARKING AND TRAILS FOR THOSE NOT ABLE TO USE TO ACCESS THE STEEP CATHEDRAL ROCK TRAIL.

I UNDERSTAND THE US FOREST SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES AND CITY STAFF, INCLUDING KAREN, WALKED THIS, UH, ROUTE WITH LARS, BUT THE FOREST SERVICE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF

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IT'S OUR BELIEF THE CITY STAFF SHOULD WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH THE FOREST SERVICE TO, UH, CONSTRUCT THIS OPTION AND REDUCE CONFLICTS BETWEEN VISITORS AND RESIDENTS, AND WOULD REDUCE THE LONG-TERM NEED FOR TCAS AT THAT LOCATION.

PART TWO, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN TO ELIMINATE ROADSIDE PARKING ALONG DRY CREEK AND BOYNTON PASS ROAD, ALL THE WAY TO DOE MOUNTAIN.

UH, AS A SINGLE PHASE.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS AREA HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM ROADWAY PARKING THAT CAUSED ROADWAY SAFETY CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND BUSY ROADWAY TRAFFIC DURING PEAK PERIODS.

THIS ROAD, UH, SIDE PARKING ALSO CAUSES IMPACTS TO THE SENSITIVE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL SITES ALONG THESE ROADWAYS.

WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY HAS ALREADY WORKED VERY HARD TO CONTROL ROADSIDE PARKING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES, BUT CONTROLLING PARKING ALONG THE ENTIRE ROAD IS REALLY CRITICAL.

PERFORMING THIS PARKING CONTROL IN SHORTER SEGMENTS WILL ONLY SERVE TO FORCE, UH, THOSE SEEKING PARKING FURTHER NORTH TO MORE SENSITIVE AREAS.

THE STACK RECOMMENDS USING NO PARKING AND NO STOPPING SIGNAGE, SIMILAR TO 1 79 INSTALLED IN ONE PHASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH ENFORCEMENT AND SIGNIFICANT FINES TO CONTROL THIS ROADSIDE PARKING.

IN ADDITION, IT'S ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT IN THE LONGER TERM BIKE LANES AND MULTI-USE PATHWAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD WOULD ENCOURAGE BIKE TRANSPORTATION IN THIS AREA.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY AND US FOREST SERVICE NEED TO BE PARTNERS IN THIS EFFORT WITH REGARD TO FUNDING.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, BUT WE HOPE THAT THE CITY WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HELP THE FOREST SERVICE AND YAVAPAI COUNTY TO ORGANIZE AND FUND THEM IN A PROGRAMMATIC AND SENSIBLE TIMEFRAME.

WE BELIEVE THAT THESE CHANGES WILL BENEFIT ALL ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO OUR COMMUNITY, ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE TRAVEL SHUTTLE.

THANKS AGAIN TO KAREN OSBORNE AND ANDY DICKEY FOR LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND, UH, HELPING TO MAKE THEM MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MARK, CAN I ASK MR. TIMBROOK A QUESTION? UH, YES.

ARE YOU SUBMITTING THOSE, UH, COMMENTS TO US IN A WRITTEN FORM? WILL WE BE GETTING THOSE? UH, THEY, THEY WERE THROUGH THE STACK AND ROBERT WEBBER HAS, UH, THAT I'M, I'M ASSUMING HE'LL FORWARD IT TO YOU.

OKAY.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO GET THOSE IN WRITING, PLEASE.

YEP.

OKAY.

I HAVE A FEELING THAT WAS A QUESTION, SO, OKAY.

UH, NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER STRAIT.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT, AND THEN JUST START WITH YOUR NAME AND CITY OF, UH, RESIDENCE.

JENNIFER STRAIT.

I LIVE IN WEST SEDONA, AND IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE HERE TODAY.

AND TODAY I'M TALKING ABOUT HB 2047.

AND WHILE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S, UM, A STATE LEVEL ISSUE WITH THE AIRBNBS TO ALLOW, UM, CITY COUNCIL FOR YOU GUYS TO MAKE THE DECISION, UM, BASED ON YOUR INFORMATION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PUT A CAP ON AIRBNBS AND SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

AND SO, AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A STATE LEVEL THING, UH, THEY GET INFORMED BY THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS, ONE IS IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, SUBMITTED A PERSONAL LETTER UP TO THE STATE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE MS. BLISS, OR DONE A GROUP CITY COUNCIL LETTER, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M PART OF A NETWORK OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE VOICED TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE PUTTING FORTH THEIR RE UM, THEIR REQUEST TO SPEAKS, WHICH IS LIKE THE ONLINE FORUM TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS, UM, TYPE OF, UH, LIMITATION THAT WE FEEL WOULD CREATE BALANCE TO SEDONA, SO THAT WE'RE AT AT LEAST SOME HAVE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE AIRBNBS.

SO, I'LL, I'LL BE EMAILING YOU GUYS TO JUST KIND OF DEBRIEF THAT AND SEE IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED TO HELP AS A LOCAL LEVEL INFORM THE UPPER LEVEL ON WHAT YOU GUYS FEEL.

SO, YEAH.

OKAY.

YOU COMPLETE? I'M COMPLETE.

OKAY.

YEAH, WE CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I, I BELIEVE YOU STARTED OFF WITH, YOU HAD A QUESTION, SO, UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO EMAIL US OR CALL, UH, THOSE OF US WHO OFFER THAT.

AND I SEE, YEAH, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL JUMPING AT THE BIT, PROBABLY THE SAME EXACT THING.

IT'S PROBABLY THE EXACT SAME THING.

YEAH, IT IS THE SAME, EXACTLY.

OKAY.

UM, WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

STAY IN THE ROOM, RIGHT? YEAH, EXACTLY RIGHT.

YOU'RE GONNA HEAR IT.

IT, IT'S A SHORT AGENDA.

PLEASE STAY.

WE'LL BE DISCUSSING LEGISLATION THAT IS A PRIMARY PIECE OF THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING.

THERE IS AN UPDATE ON THAT BILL.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING THE RECOMMENDATION, EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? IF NOT, THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM AND,

[6.a. National Teen Dating Violence & Prevention Awareness Month, February 2023.]

OKAY.

NOW I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CAME BACK.

I'M HERE.

I'M HERE.

OKAY.

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ALL RIGHT.

SO, NATIONAL TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND, UH, PREVENTION MONTH, FEBRUARY OF, UH, 2023.

WHEREAS THIS FEBRUARY DURING NATIONAL TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND, UH, PREVENTION MONTH, WE STAND WITH THOSE WHO HAVE SHOWN THE PAIN AND ISOLATION OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP.

AND WE, UH, RECOMMIT TO ENDING THE CYCLE OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE THAT AFFECTS TOO MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND WHEREAS TOGETHER, UH, IT'S ON ALL OF US TO RAISE, UH, REGION, UH, REGIONAL AWARENESS ABOUT TEEN DATING VIOLENCE, PROMOTE SAFE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.

AND WHEREAS FEMALES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24 MORE VULNERABLE ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, EXPERIENCING ABUSE AT A RATE OF ALMOST TRIPLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

AND WHEREAS ONE IN THREE ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN THE UNITED STATES IS A VICTIM OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND VERBAL ABUSE FROM A DATING PARTNER, A FIGURE THAT FAR EXCEEDS VICTIMIZATION RATES FOR OTHER TYPES OF VIOLENCE AFFECTING YOUTH.

AND WHEREAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN A DATING RELATIONSHIP ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ARE AT RISK, A GREATER RISK OF SUICIDE, AND ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO CARRY PATTERNS OF ABUSE INTO FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS.

AND WHEREAS YOUNG PEOPLE VICTIMIZED BY A DATING PARTNER ARE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND UNHEALTHY, UH, DIETING BEHAVIORS AND EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE MAY DISRUPT NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-ESTEEM AND BODY IMAGE.

AND WHEREAS NEARLY HALF OF TEENS WHO EXPERIENCE DATING VIOLENCE REPORT THAT INCIDENT OF ABUSE TOOK PLACE IN A SCHOOL BUILDING OR ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.

AND WHEREAS ONLY 33% OF TEENS WHO ARE IN THE ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP EVER TELL ANYONE ABOUT THE ABUSE.

AND 81% OF PARENTS SURVEYED EITHER BELIEVE TEEN VIOLENCE IS NOT AN ISSUE OR ADMIT, THEY DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS ONE.

AND WHEREAS BY PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EDUCATION ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS, AND BY CHANGING ATTITUDES THAT SUPPORT VIOLENCE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT DATING VIOLENCE CAN BE PREVENTED.

AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL TO RAISE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND, UH, SCHOOL STAFF SO THAT THEY MAY RECOGNIZE WHEN YOUTH, UH, ARE EXHIBITING SIGNS OF DATING VIOLENCE.

AND WHEREAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND, UH, PREVENTION MONTH WILL BENEFIT YOUNG PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES, REGARDLESS OF SOCIO SOCIOLO.

THERE YOU GO.

C, C, ECONOMIC STATUS, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR ETHNICITY.

AND WHEREAS EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO A SAFE, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP AND BE FREE OF ABUSE, WHEREAS DATING VIOLENCE TRANSCENDS GENDER, RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND, OH, HERE WE GO AGAIN.

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, IT TAKES MANY FORMS AMONG THEM, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE, BULLYING AND SHAMING, WHICH CAN OCCUR IN PERSON OR THROUGH ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

WHEREAS IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS INVOLVED IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP OF ANY KIND, IMMEDIATE AND, UH, CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE BY VISITING LOVE IS RESPECT.ORG, OR CALLING VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY AT 9 2 8 6 3 4 25 11.

NOW, THEREFORE, I SCOTT JALO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY, 2023 AS NATIONAL TEAM DATING VIOLENCE AND AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH.

I CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT EFFORTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND IN THEIR OWN FAMILIES TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES AND TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.

IT'S ON ALL OF US ISSUE THIS 28TH DAY FEBRUARY, 2023.

SO, AND JESSE, WHY DON'T WE COME UP TO THE, CASEY YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? YEAH, YEAH, PLEASE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW WORDS IF YOU DON'T MIND.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU, UH, MADAM VICE MAYER AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS ISSUE AND MANY ISSUES, UM, THAT WE WORK ON AT VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY, INCLUDING DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

UM, TEEN DATING VIOLENCE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT DOESN'T, UM, TYPICALLY KIND OF FALLS

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AND YOU HEARD SOME OF THE STAGGERING STATISTICS, UM, THAT WERE OUTLINED HERE IN THE PROCLAMATION.

UM, GIVE YOU A COUPLE MORE.

ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, ONE IN 12 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EXPERIENCE DOMESTIC AND OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE, AND THE RATES ARE HIGHER FOR THOSE THAT IDENTIFY AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, OR QUESTIONING.

UM, AT VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY, WE DO HAVE A TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM CALLED YES, WHICH IS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SERVICES.

OUR TWO SPECIALISTS GO INTO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE VERDE VALLEY.

THEY PROVIDED, UM, PRESENTATIONS TO OVER 300 STUDENTS LAST YEAR ON THE ISSUES RELATED TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UM, BODY IMAGE, UH, GRATITUDE, A SERIES OF TOPICS THAT ARE, THAT WE, THAT WE REALIZE ARE RELATED TO TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.

UM, THIS WEEK WE ARE HOSTING OUR TEEN MAZE, WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE WE'VE HAD SINCE PRE COVID.

UM, SO STUDENTS, AGAIN, FROM ALL OVER THE VERDE VALLEY, ARE TAKING BUSES TO GO THROUGH THIS SORT OF LIVE GAME BOARD, UM, IF YOU WILL, TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT, UM, THAT, THAT ARE RELATED TO HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS.

ONE IS VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

WE HAVE ONE ON FENTANYL AND MARIJUANA, ANOTHER ONE ON SUICIDE PREVENTION.

SO THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH, SPEND SOME TIME WITH THESE BOOTHS AND LEARNS FROM EXPERTS IN THOSE AREAS.

UM, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THIS YEAR THAT SEDONA IS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

, ASSUMING THE SNOW DOESN'T KEEP THEM AWAY, THEY , THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, UM, THAT TEAM MAZE TOMORROW.

SO, AGAIN, I, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM, UM, THE SEDONA CITY COUNCIL.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING LIGHT TO THIS ISSUE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR.

YES, THANK YOU, JESSE.

I'VE BEEN TO THE TEEN MAZE AND HAVE YOU YES, I HAVE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

YEAH.

AND IT'S, UH, IT'S VERY, I IMPORTANT AND IT'S VERY INSPIRING, ACTUALLY.

YES, WE ARE, WE ARE THRILLED.

IT'S, I HAVE TO SAY, UM, I'VE ONLY BEEN AT VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY ABOUT A YEAR, BUT I'VE KNOWN ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND, UM, THIS TEAM MAZE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

IT'S REALLY A BANNER PROGRAM OF VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY, SO I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH IT.

HOPEFULLY I'LL GET TO DO IT THIS WEEK, AS WELL.

SO, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY THIS SIDE? OKAY.

THANK YOU, JESSE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, NOW

[7.a. AB 2861 Discussion/possible direction/action regarding proposed State legislation, short-term rental legislation and State budget and their potential impact on the City of Sedona.]

JOANNE, COULD I ASK THAT YOU DO, UM, THAT YOU GO OVER 2 0 47 FIRST SINCE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS INTEREST IN THE AUDIENCE? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.

UH, I AM JOANNE KEEN, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SEDONA.

UM, UP ON THE SCREEN, I HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE, UH, UPDATE THAT I SENT OUT TO COUNSEL, UM, THAT WAS UPDATED AGAIN AT 12, UH, 45 THIS AFTERNOON.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN ABOUT 1600 BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED THIS SESSION, .

SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE PATIENCE, UM, PUTTING THESE BILLS ON THE LIST, TRACKING THEM, AND THEN SOMETIMES NOT HAVING A BILL ON THE LIST THAT I KNOW IS, UM, ON COUNCIL'S RADAR.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BRINGING BILLS TO ME.

UM, THE MAJORITY OF THESE BILLS ARE ONES THAT HAVE COME UP THROUGH THE, THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS.

UM, THEY HAVE A, A MONDAY CALL WITH, UH, THE MAYORS AND INTER GOVS AND CITY MANAGERS.

AND THEN FRIDAYS, WE DO OUR INTER GOV CALLS, UM, WHERE WE SPEND SEVERAL HOURS, UM, GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE BILLS.

UM, JUST AS FAR AS THE STATUS UPDATE LAST, LAST WEEK WAS A, A VERY HECTIC WEEK WITH BILLS, UM, HAVING TO PASS OUT OF THE, THEIR COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN.

SO THERE WERE A LOT OF HEARINGS, UM, MANY, MANY HEARINGS, LONG HEARINGS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

AND THEN THIS WEEK IT'S A LOT OF FLOOR ACTION TO GET THOSE BILLS MOVING, UM, TO THE OTHER CHAMBER.

SO WHAT I WILL DO IS, UM, AS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KINSELLA, I WILL MOVE TO, OOPS, BOY, I'M JUST GONNA USE THE MOUSE.

I WILL MOVE TO, UH, UPDATE

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UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, AUDIENCE MEMBER, UM, MS. STRAIT WHO BROUGHT THIS BILL, UM, FORWARD.

I, I WILL SAY THIS IS ACTUALLY A BILL THAT, UM, IS A BILL THAT HAS BEEN REINTRODUCED THIS SESSION BY REPRESENTATIVE BLISS.

UH, REPRESENTATIVE BARTON INTRODUCED THE SAME BILL LAST SESSION.

IT WAS HOUSE BILL 27 11, AND IT WAS A BILL THAT WAS ACTUALLY INTRODUCED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SEDONA.

UM, WORKING DIRECTLY WITH REPRESENTATIVE BARTON ON SOME OF OUR SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT WE HAVE LOCALLY.

AND WHAT WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO DO, AND THE, AND THE BARTON BILL, WAS TO LOOK AT WAYS FOR SMALLER RURAL COMMUNITIES TO MANAGE SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND PROVIDING, UH, THOSE COMMUNITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A CAP IN PLACE, BUT TO BE ABLE TO SET THAT CAP AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

UM, SO THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE BILL.

IT WAS REINTRODUCED THIS SESSION.

WE WERE, UM, FORTUNATE TO GET A HEARING SCHEDULED ON THAT BILL ON FEBRUARY 15TH.

UM, HOWEVER, THE BILL HAD NOT BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE.

IT WAS, UM, KIND OF A, A TECHNICAL MOVE THAT WAS, UM, AN OBVIOUS STALL TACTIC, UM, TO STALL THE HEARING.

AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO, UM, TO GET THE HEARING SCHEDULED.

SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, NEGOTIATIONS ON THAT BILL.

I WILL SAY THAT OUR, OUR COUNCIL, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY ACTIVE ON THIS BILL AND HAVE HAD MANY, UH, MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON THIS BILL, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE ATTENTION OF, OF OUR SPEAKER, UH, OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

AND, UM, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED ON THURSDAY WHERE OUR MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR WILL BE MEETING WITH THE SPEAKER DIRECTLY ON THIS LEGISLATION.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, PROVIDE UPDATES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AGAIN, UM, THERE'S BEEN MANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD ABOUT THE, THE CAP PERCENTAGE.

UM, WE HAVE NOT EVEN GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO A HEARING.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, IS MOVING, UM, THIS BILL THROUGH THE PROCESS.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, COUNCIL WILLIAMSON, UM, ALSO FOR THE AUDIENCE, THE, UM, THE WHOLE COUNCIL, I BELIEVE, I KNOW I WAS THERE.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S THERE MET WITH, UM, REPRESENTATIVE BLISS, AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT THIS IS EVEN MOVED FORWARD.

SO YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN IN TOTAL COMMUNICATION WITH HER, AND SHE'S TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF, OF, OF THIS BILL.

UM, SO JOANNE, UM, SO THE BILL IS BEING, IS NOT EVEN MOVING FORWARD DUE TO THE, UH, IT, LAST YEAR, IF I RECALL, THE BARTON BILL WAS MOVING, ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD.

AND BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS STOPPED BY A VERY POWERFUL LOBBY, UH, THAT'S WHY THEY MOVED IN.

AND SO THIS YEAR, THAT SAME LOBBY, UM, DECIDED THAT IT WASN'T EVEN GONNA GET STARTED.

THEY MANAGED TO STOP IT BEFORE IT EVEN SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY.

SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS, BECAUSE WITHOUT THESE TWO PROVISIONS, ONE THAT SORT OF TREATS, IT TREATS THEM LIKE THE BUSINESSES AND THE TRANSIENT LODGING, THEY ARE, AND SETS A CAP, CAP NEGOTIATION IS, I MEAN, IF THE IDEA IS TO NEGOTIATE THESE AWAY MM-HMM.

THAT , I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT BUYS US MUCH.

SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ACTUALLY WHERE IT IS NOW AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF ANY POSSIBILITY OF, OF ANYTHING MEANINGFUL MOVING FORWARD? SURE.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON, THE, UM, THE LOBBY THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO ARE THE REALTORS.

UM, AND LAST SESSION WE WERE ABLE TO GET 27 11 OUT OF THE FULL COMMITTEE BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

UM, AND THEN IT DID NOT MOVE TO RULES, AND IT WAS KILLED THAT WAY THIS YEAR.

IT, IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING.

SO YOU'RE CORRECT THAT IT'S BEEN KILLED EARLIER.

SO THE REALTORS GOT IN EARLIER CORRECT.

AND MANAGED TO KILL IT.

OKAY.

CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

YES.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GOAL IN MEETING WITH THE SPEAKER THIS WEEK IS TO, AND THE ONE THING I WILL SAY, JUST TO BACK UP, IS THAT REPRESENTATIVE BLISS HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL ON THIS ISSUE, AND SHE KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT THIS ISSUE IS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HAS HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR, AND SHE FEELS VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO, TO GET SOMETHING THROUGH THIS SESSION.

BUT OUR MESSAGE IS THAT WE'VE USED EVERYTHING IN

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WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN LOCALLY, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE PROLIFERATION ISSUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO GOING INTO THE MEETING WITH THE SPEAKER THIS WEEK, THOSE WILL BE THE MAIN, WILL BE THE MAIN TALKING POINTS.

JUST JESSICA FINISH, ARE YOU DONE? NO, I HAD A SECOND FOLLOW UP QUESTION, BUT THAT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE INTERRUPTED, GO AHEAD.

OH, THANK YOU.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL, MAYBE IT'S NOT EVEN WISE TO ASK WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES OF ACTUALLY MOVING SOMETHING FORWARD THAT IS USEFUL TO SEDONA AS OPPOSED TO THE THINGS THEY ARE NOT USEFUL TO SEDONA, WHICH WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THOSE SO LAST, YEAH.

DO WE JUST NOT KNOW, OR IS IT, WELL, LAST SESSION, TOTAL UPHILL BILL BATTLE.

SO LAST SESSION WE STARTED WITH THE BARTON BILL, AND THEN WORKED WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITIES TO, TO GET A BILL THROUGH THAT ADDRESSED A LOT OF THE NUISANCE ISSUES THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES WERE DEALING WITH, IN THE HOPES THAT WE WOULD GET SOMETHING THROUGH THIS SESSION ON PROLIFERATION.

SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE SESSION.

WE EXPECT SESSION TO GO THROUGH JUNE.

UM, AND I KNOW OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE IS WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVE BLISS ON EVERY AVENUE TO, TO GET SOMETHING THROUGH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CAP ISSUE IS DEFINITELY THE, THE MAIN ISSUE WE WANNA SEE THIS SESSION.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

COUNCILOR KINSELLA.

YEAH, I, I, I REALLY WANNA GIVE KUDOS AGAIN TO REPRESENTATIVE BLISS BECAUSE THIS IS A, A FRESHMAN REPRESENTATIVE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO MEET WITH US AS A COMMUNITY, IS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES.

HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR ON THIS, LOOKED BACK AT A COLLEAGUE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PAST FOR A BILL THAT WOULD MADE A QUESTION FIT OUR NEEDS.

MADE A QUESTION.

IT'S A QUESTION.

YES.

SO, WELL, IT'S REALLY A COMMENT.

CAN, I'LL, CAN WE GO INTO COMMENTS? OKAY.

SURE.

OKAY.

IT'S BECAUSE I JUST REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT, IF I DON'T GET INTERRUPTED, I CAN GET THROUGH IT A LOT QUICKER.

UM, REPRESENTATIVE BLISS, BECAUSE A, AGAIN, I THINK SHE REALLY, UH, IS NOT AFRAID TO CALL OUT THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS WHO KILLED THIS BILL.

THEY CALLED IN FAVORS TO USE A PROCEDURAL MOTION TO KILL THIS FROM GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SUIT THAT INDUSTRY.

AND THAT NEEDED TO BE CALLED OUT.

AND HERE IS A FRESHMAN WHO DID CALL THAT OUT.

SHE'S GOT IT IN HER RESPONSE LETTERS THAT ARE GOING OUT TO CONSTITUENTS.

FRIENDS HAVE SHARED THAT TO ME, THAT HAVE WRITTEN TO HER.

I WAS SO PLEASED TO SEE HER LETTER CALLING IT LIKE IT IS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER THE KUDOS THAT I THINK SHE REALLY DESERVES.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, BRIAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR .

JOANNE, CAN YOU JUST COMMENT ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE MECHANICS OF HOW CAN SOMETHING HAPPEN AT THIS STAGE, GIVEN THAT A BILL DID NOT GET HEARD AND GET, UH, APPROVED BY EITHER OF THE TWO CHAMBERS PRIOR TO THE, THE, THE PASSOVER CHANGEOVER, WHICHEVER MM-HMM.

, UH, UH, DAY THAT HAS COME AND GONE.

SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER FOLTZ.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS.

UM, THERE ARE AVENUES FOR FLOOR AMENDMENTS, UM, AS LONG AS IT'S GERMANE TO THE, THE BILL THAT'S CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

UM, THERE ARE ALSO VEHICLES CALLED STRYKER BILLS.

UM, AND SEVERAL MEMBERS INTRODUCE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL TECHNICAL BILLS THAT, THAT CAN MOVE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND THEN YOU CAN COMPLETELY CHANGE THE ENTIRE BILL, UM, AS A STRIKER, WHICH IS A, A VEHICLE THAT IS USED QUITE OFTEN AS WELL.

SO THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, BUT LIKELY THE AMENDMENT ROUTE IS, YOU KNOW, THE PREFERABLE, THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSING RELATED BILLS MOVING THIS SESSION THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A PERTINENT, UM, AVENUE FOR SURE, FOR THIS LEGISLATION.

OKAY.

MY MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IS JUST WHETHER IN COORDINATION WITH REPRESENTATIVE BLISS OR OTHER EFFORTS WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, MIGHT WE CONSIDER INVITING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REALTOR'S LOBBY TO SEDONA AND HAVE A LITTLE CHAT WITH THEM HERE ABOUT WHAT WE THINK ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS? I HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT, TOO, IF WE THANK YOU, MAYOR JOANNE, YOU WANNA ANSWER? SURE.

I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY, SEVERAL OF THEM WERE HERE FOR THE, THE HOUSING HEARING THAT WE HOSTED AT COUNCIL CHAMBERS, IF YOU REMEMBER THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE THAT, UM, THAT WAS HERE, MATT KELLI, WHO SITS ON THE COMMITTEE WAS, WAS HERE.

AND, UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S, ESPECIALLY IF WE, UM, WE DON'T MAKE HEADWAY THIS SESSION, I THINK THAT'S

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I'M, I'M NOT CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE, BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE HEADWAY, BUT NO, WE CAN DO OUR BEST.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL KNOWS, BUT, UH, THIS IS, THIS, THIS WAS A STATEWIDE, UH, UH, GROUP FOR THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A, VERDE VALLEY HAS THEIR OWN REALTOR ASSOCIATION HERE AS WELL.

AND I HAPPEN TO KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS ACTUAL TITLE IS, BUT, UH, I'M NOT GONNA MENTION HIS NAME, BUT THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S BEEN IN SEDONA FOR WELL OVER 30, 35 YEARS, WHO I REACHED OUT TO AND WANTED TO GET SOME KIND OF GRASP AS TO, OR AN UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT THEIR MINDSET IS.

AND, UM, I GOT THE ONE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO HIM, BUT HE SAID, WELL, HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IF WE HAD A CAP, NOW THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

IF WE HAD A CAP, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH ALL THE OTHER SHORT-TERM RENTALS THAT ARE ABOVE THE CAP? AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM ABOUT, UH, PROP 2 0 7 AND WHAT THAT MEANT, AND IT WAS GRANDFATHERING.

I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE LITANY OF INFORMATION THAT I HAD, AND I SAID, THEY, THEY DON'T GO AWAY.

AND HE, HE WAS TAKEN ABACK.

HE DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO, UM, I, YEAH, I WAS SURPRISED TOO, BRIAN.

SO, UM, BUT I SAID, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SIT DOWN, HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AND, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THAT IT'S ALL HAPPENING IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND HE NEVER CALLED ME BACK.

YOU'RE THE SHOCKER.

SO, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR, UH, YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE, I EVER WILL GET A CALL BACK FROM HIM.

I SUSPECT NOT, BUT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER AND DECIDE IF THAT WE WANT TO INVITE THEM.

UM, I, I THINK THAT THE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THIS, UH, THEY'RE NOT A GOVERNMENT BODY.

IT'S THE REAL ESTATE LOBBYIST GROUP.

IS THAT WHAT THEY, WHAT WOULD THEY BE CONSIDERED JOINT, CORRECT.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

BUT THEY'RE ALL, IT'S A BOARD OF REAL ESTATE.

THEY'RE A BOARD.

MM-HMM.

, IT'S A BOARD OF REALTY MM-HMM.

, AND THEY ELECT PEOPLE TO BE IN CHARGE.

AND I THINK THAT, UH, THAT'S POOR THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW OR UNDERSTAND.

AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH, WITH THE SPEAKER.

MAYBE HE THINKS, UH, THAT WE WILL ELIMINATE SHORT TERM RENTALS, UH, ANYTHING OVER A CAP, WHICH WE HAVE EVEN SAID, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WHEN I GO DOWN WITH THE VICE MAYOR ON, ON THURSDAY TO EXPLAIN THAT.

JUST ONE SECOND.

JUST NO, I, I COULD EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN TO HIM, UH, WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE.

I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL FALL ON DEAF EARS, BUT WE HAVE TO BE DOWN THERE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

COUNTY STATE CAPITAL.

IT SHOULD BE A VERY EARLY RIDE.

SO WE MAY ALREADY HAVE A CHANGE IN THAT, BUT WE'LL TALK AFTER, SO.

OH, MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT.

EARLIER OR LATER? LATER.

OH, LATER IS OKAY.

OKAY.

I JUST WANNA SORT OF, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I'M NOT SURE HE WAS NECESSARILY BEING DIRECT WITH YOU.

I THINK IT'S SHOCKING.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT ALL, I CERTAINLY, I CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXTRAORDINARY PROPHETS THAT THE REALTY, THE REALTORS ARE, UM, ARE REALIZING FROM THE GRADE ESCALATION IN REALTY AND THE CHURNING OF THE MARKET AND THE SALE RESALES, SALES AND RESALES, AND SALES AND RESALES.

AND SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THE DETAILS OF THE LAW TO SEE WHY , WHY THEY MIGHT BE, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I'M JUST SAYING I, I'M TAKING THAT MAYBE NOT AS LITERALLY AS, AS OTHERS MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO DO.

SO I THINK IT'S IN THEIR INTEREST, FINANCIAL INTEREST, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO, I MEAN, I, I GO LOOK TO EVERYBODY ELSE TO DECIDE IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO BRING THEM.

UM, I WOULD, I WOULD WONDER IF THEY WOULD COME, BUT THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

THAT I, I A LITTLE, WELL, I MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE MORE SKEPTICAL THAN, OH, I'M VERY SKEPTICAL.

SOME GOOD.

OKAY.

VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, I, I THINK WE ARE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE DR.

BLISS AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE.

AND I WANNA READ SOMETHING THAT SHE WROTE, WHICH I THINK WILL GIVE US ALL, WILL SHOW US ALL HER COMMITMENT.

IN MY SHORT TERM TIME HERE AT THE CAPITOL, I SEE SHORT-TERM RENTALS AS A TOPIC THAT IS GROWING AND TAKING ON MORE AND MORE MOMENTUM.

I AM CURRENTLY SETTING UP STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND CREATING ALLIANCES WITH OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO WANT TO TAKE BACK THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND TOWNS.

I HAVE LIVED IN BEAUTIFUL YAVAPAI COUNTY FOR 52 YEARS,

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I WILL NOT GO SILENT ON THIS ISSUE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

JEREMY, YOU WANNA CONTINUE? UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO.

OKAY.

GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

CAN I GO BACK TO THE, THE TOP AND START, FINISH ANY OF THE OTHER SHORT TERM RENTAL ONES? I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES ON ANY OF THESE BILLS.

NONE OF THEM HAVE MOVED.

UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR INTERESTED PARTIES THAT WE ARE SIGNED IN AS SUPPORTIVE ON ALL OF THESE BILLS, CORRECT.

OR REGULATIONS.

YES.

THE ONE THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT, AND KURT, I'LL, UM, I'LL TURN TO YOU IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT, IS THE SENATE BILL 1193, THE ONLINE HOME SHARING, UM, WHEN WE KIND OF BREEZED OVER THIS AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND I THINK KURT LOOKED AT IT A LITTLE CLOSER.

YEAH.

SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVEN'T LOGGED IN IN SUPPORT OPPOSITION OF THIS ONE YET.

IT, IT DOES REPEAL THE SHORT TERM RENTAL BILL, BUT IT ALSO REPEALS A LOT OF THE TAX IMPLICATIONS ALSO.

SO I THINK ULTIMATELY IT, IT KIND OF WOULD, IT'S A, IT'S BROADER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER REPEALS, AND IT WOULD TAKE US BACK TO PRE 2017 OR THE 2016 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND SO THEN THERE'D BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TAX IMPLICATIONS AND WHETHER THEY'D BE RESPONSIBLE FOR T P T, UM, DIFFERENT DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FULLY GRASP ALL OF ITS IMPACT.

AND SO, UM, I RECOMMEND WE JUST REMAIN NEUTRAL.

TAKE NO POSITION AT THIS POINT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE'LL GO.

UM, SORRY, THIS MOUSE IS, IT'S THE SLOWEST MOUSE.

OKAY.

SO WE WILL MOVE UP TO, UH, HOUSE BILL 2044.

THIS IS, UM, ALSO A CITY OF SEDONA BILL THAT, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BLISS HAS INTRODUCED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY IN COOPERATION WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS.

UM, IT AUTHORIZES SEDONA, WHERE WITH THE ONE CITY THAT THIS WOULD APPLY TO, TO ALLOW US TO TAKE OUR, UH, COMMUNITY PLAN TO THE VOTERS.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, THIS BILL, IT PASSED OUT OF HOUSE GOVERNMENT NINE TO ZERO.

IT'S PASSED OUT OF RULES, AND THEN IT PASSED THE FLOOR 56 TO TO ZERO.

SO WE ARE, UM, ON TRACK TO GET A, A HEARING IN THE SENATE.

UM, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT, UM, IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT IN THE SENATE AND, AND COMMITTEES.

SO WE WILL LIKELY, UM, NEED A SPEAKER FROM THE CITY.

LAST TIME WE HAD OUR, OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE AND THE LEAGUE TESTIFIED.

BUT WE WILL LIKELY, UM, NEED SOMEBODY, THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UM, WHOEVER'S AVAILABLE.

UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE TESTIMONY, UM, TO SPEAK, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE SOMETIME IN MID-MARCH.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR.

OKAY.

JUST, UH, COUNCIL PETE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SENATE DIFFICULTY MIGHT BE IN THIS BILL? WE HEARD WHAT THE OBJECTIONS MIGHT BE.

WE HAVE NOT.

NO.

I THINK, UM, I THINK JUST IN GENERAL, THE SENATE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER BODY.

UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK THEY PROBABLY, UM, LOOK AT BILLS A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY.

SO I, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ISSUES, BUT LIKELY JUST SOME MORE QUESTIONS THAN WHAT WE HAD ON THE HOUSE SIDE.

IT KIND OF FLEW THROUGH WITH NO QUESTIONS AT ALL.

THANK MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? OH, YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.

SAME THING.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS THE, THE FOOD TAX BILL.

THIS IS THE BILL THAT GETS RID OF THE, THE FOOD TAX.

WHILE SEDONA DOES NOT HAVE A FOOD TAX, IT ALIGNS WITH, UM, THE CITY'S POSITION ABOUT OPPOSING ANYTHING THAT REMOVES, UH, LOCAL CONTROL.

UM, THIS BILL IS STILL MOVING.

IT MOVED OUT OF, UM, WAYS AND MEANS IT'S PASSED OUT OF RULES.

AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED, UM, FOR A FLOOR VOTE.

BUT, UM, FROM WHAT WE'RE HEARING ON THE LEAK SIDE, THAT IT'S DEFINITELY STILL, IT'S VERY MUCH IN PLAY THIS SESSION.

AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL DID OPPOSE THIS, AND WE'VE SIGNED IN, IN OPPOSITION.

UM, THE NEXT BILL IS SIMILAR AS THIS IS THE RESIDENTIAL LEASE TAX ALSO, UH, SEDONA DOES NOT HAVE A RESIDENTIAL LEASE TAX, BUT WE'VE ALIGNED WITH THE LEGAL OF CITIES, CITIES AND TOWNS AND OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS.

UM, COTTONWOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES HAVE, UM, A RESIDENTIAL LEASE TAX, AND IT WOULD BE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THEM.

THIS BILL, THE, UH, SENATE VERSION PASSED OUT OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR ON FEBRUARY 23RD.

UM, HOWEVER, YOU WILL NOTE THAT THERE'S A HOUSE VERSION OF THE BILL, UM, AND THERE'S LIKELY A CHANCE THAT THIS ONE WILL KEEP MOVING IN SOME

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UM, THE GOVERNOR HAD A PRETTY STRONG VETO MESSAGE, UM, AND I THINK I SENT THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY, BUT IT WAS, UM, IT WAS AN EXCELLENT VETO MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR AND A GOOD SIGN THAT SHE IS GOING TO SUPPORT, UH, LOCAL CONTROL, UM, SENATE BILL, UH, 1006.

THIS IS THE BILL THAT WOULD, UM, PROVIDE US SOME RELIEF AND SOME FINANCIAL RELIEF TO NOT HAVE TO POST, UM, CERTAIN THINGS WITHIN OUR, UM, OUR LOCAL, UH, NEWSPAPER OR OTHER PUBLICATIONS.

IT WILL ALLOW US TO PUT THINGS ON WEBSITE AS LONG AS WE HAVE, UM, ADEQUATE NOTICE.

UM, THIS BILL IS, IT'S MOVED OUT OF SENATE GOVERNMENT AND IT, UM, PASSED OUT OF RULES.

IT HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A FLOOR VOTE, BUT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IT IS STILL MOVING.

UH, THE PARTISAN ELECTIONS BILL, AGAIN, I'VE JUST KEPT THIS ON THE LIST.

COUNCIL HAS NOT TAKEN A POSITION ON THIS.

UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S STILL MOVING.

IT MOVED OUT OF THE, UM, THE SENATE ON THIRD READ BY A VOTE OF 18 TO 12.

AND I THINK I MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT WAS, UH, MOSTLY PARTISAN VOTE.

THE NEXT BILL, UM, EXCUSE ME, JOANNE? YES.

DO YOU, DO YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT TAKING A POSITION ON THAT? I DON'T THINK SO RIGHT NOW.

I THINK JUST CONTINUING TO, TO MONITOR IT.

UH, SENATE BILL 1100, THIS IS THE, THE BILL THAT CHANGED, UH, CHANGES THE WEIGHT LIMITS, UM, FOR OHVS.

UM, THIS BILL, IT'S PASSED OUT OF HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY, UM, AND PASSED OUT OF RULES.

AND THEN IT PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE BY A VOTE OF 19 TO 10.

UM, AND DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OPPOSITION.

I, I BELIEVE I MENTIONED THIS, THIS, THIS AT THE LAST, UM, MEETING.

BUT I'LL MENTION IT AGAIN THAT THE, UM, SPONSOR OF THIS BILL IS, IS BEING SPONSORED ON BEHALF OF POLARIS AND THEIR, UM, LOBBYIST HAS REACHED OUT TO OUR LOBBYIST AND, AND WANTS TO SET UP A MEETING AND IS WILLING TO COME UP HERE TO MEET WITH, UM, WITH THE MAYOR.

AND I KNOW KAREN WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL.

WE'RE WORKING TO GET THAT SET UP.