May 09, 2023 City Council

GOOD AFTERNOON

[1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE]

EVERYONE.

CAN I ASK YOU TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR, UH, ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? UH, PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

AND NOW A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, MADAM CLERK

[2. ROLL CALL/MOMENT OF ART]

ROLL PLEASE.

MAYOR JALO.

PRESENT VICE MAYOR PLU.

COUNSELOR WILLIAMSON.

HE'S EXCUSED.

YEP, SHE'S EXCUSED AFTER.

AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, UH, NANCY LATTANZI, HAS, WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK ABOUT TWO THINGS ABOUT THE, UH, MOMENT OF ART.

SO, RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS.

BEFORE I PRESENT THE MOMENT OF ART, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND NOTICE OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW EXHIBIT.

UM, THIS IS FROM THE RED ROCK QUILTERS GUILD, AND SURPRISINGLY, THERE'S 60 MEMBERS IN THIS TINY TOWN THAT QUILT, AND 20 OF THEM ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS, UH, EXHIBIT.

SO FOR THOSE INTERESTED, THE NEXT, UM, ARTIST RECEPTION WILL BE THIS THURSDAY.

UM, SO MAKE NOTE, IF YOU WANT LIKE TO COME FOUR TO SIX IN THIS ROOM, AS WELL AS THE VAULTY.

AND WE HAVE SPECIAL MUSIC GUEST, OUR VERY OWN ROB MCMULLEN.

SO FOR THE MOMENT OF ART, MAY IS NATIONAL PHOTO MONTH.

SO I HAVE INVITED A PROMINENT, PROMINENT PHOTOJOURNALIST, RICK DEBO, WHOSE WORK HAS APPEARED AROUND THE WORLD.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS VERY PRIVATE PERSON TO DO THIS FOR EIGHT YEARS.

SO TODAY'S OUR LUCKY DAY, .

HE FINALLY AGREED TO SHOW US A SHORT VIDEO PRESENTATION FROM HIS LARGE COLLECTION OF IMAGES.

SO PHOTOS, LIKE ALL ART MEDIUMS, TELL A STORY AND CAN EVOKE MANY EMOTIONS.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH PHOTOJOURNALISM.

NOT ONLY DOES EVERY IMAGE TELL A STORY, BUT THERE ARE INCREDIBLE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES OF HOW TO CAPTURE CERTAIN IMAGES.

DEADLINES ARE EXTREMELY TIGHT, AND ADRENALINE IS TYPICALLY ALWAYS RUNNING TO GET THAT SHOT.

RICK'S WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED OVER 1000 TIMES IN NEWSPAPERS, ON TELEVISION, AND IN BOOKS.

FOR 20 YEARS, HE WAS A CELEBRITY AND HARD NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER WORKING FOR TWO OF THE MOST CIRCULATED NEWSPAPERS IN THE US, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS AND THE NEW YORK POST.

HE WAS THE FIRST PHOTOJOURNALIST ASSIGNED TO THE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT AT THE POST.

HE WAS THE LIVE SET PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE JOAN RIVERS SHOW AT CBS TELEVISION IN NEW YORK CITY.

HE ALSO CREATED A SUCCESSFUL CELEBRITY NEWS IMAGE AGENCY, WHICH HE LAUNCHED IN 2000.

THESE IMAGES WERE SOLD TO PRINT MAGAZINE AND TELEVISION NETWORKS.

RICK IS TRULY THE KING OF THE STREETS AND WAS WELL KNOWN BY PHOTO EDITORS FOR GETTING THE HARD TO GET EXCLUSIVE IMAGES.

SOME OF HIS MORE NOTABLE EXCLUSIVES INCLUDE RAQUEL WELCH, BILL CLINTON, MICHAEL JACKSON, THE COVER OF DONALD TRUMP'S BESTSELLER, HOW TO GET RICH.

AND JUST BEFORE MOVING TO SEDONA, HE PHOTOGRAPHED EXCLUSIVE IMAGES OF THE PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED NEW YORK'S YANKEES PITCHER, COREY LYLE.

AND THAT APPEARED ON CNN PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WROTE IN THE NEW YORKER THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST TENACIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS HE'D EVER KNOWN, BUT HE APPRECIATED THAT HE APPRECIATED HIS DRIVE AND HE ALWAYS GAVE HIM THE SHOT.

HIS EXTENSIVE BODY OF WORK INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHING MAJOR BREAKING NEWS STORIES, CELEBRITIES, SPORTS EVENTS, CONCERTS, FASHION, AND MORE.

HIS WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN TELEVISED AND MEDIA OUTLETS SUCH AS BUSINESS WEEK, NEWSWEEK, PEOPLE, GLAMOR, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, THE VIEW 48 HOURS, FOX NEWS, INSIDE EDITION, EXTRA, THE LONDON TIMES, AND MANY OTHERS.

HE IS CURRENTLY FINALLY WRITING A BOOK DOCUMENTING HIS CAREER.

PLEASE WELCOME.

HE'S ALSO MY HUSBAND, RICK DEBO.

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WELL,

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YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CITY MANAGER.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SHOW YOU JUST A SMALL PORTION OF, UH, MY MILLION IMAGES, I THINK.

UH, I JUST WANNA MENTION SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I JUST SAW THE, THE VIDEO WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT BEING FROM NEW YORK AND A LOT IN COMMON, ALTHOUGH WE NEVER MET THREE OF THOSE PICTURES, I WAS THERE FOR, OH, WHICH ONES? THE, THE GIRDER? MAYBE NOT THE EXACT SAME TIME FOR THE, THE GIRDER AND THE FIRETRUCK AT JFK.

JFK AIRPORT RIGHT AFTER NINE 11.

THEY WERE IN A HANGAR AND RIGHT.

AND THAT WAS PART OF MY PATROL AREA BACK IN ANOTHER LIFETIME AGO.

I REMEMBER YOU, YEAH.

SEE THAT I TELL YOU CAN TELL BY THE ACCENT.

BUT, UH, AND THAT'S HOW I MADE THE CONNECTION THERE TO BRING THE GERDA HERE TO SEDONA.

OH.

SO, UH, THE HANGAR IN THE, IN THE BACKGROUND WAS FILLED FROM FLOOR TO CEILING, WALL TO WALL.

AND THAT WAS THE, THE, UH, PAN AM JET CENTER.

THAT'S IT.

IT JUST REALLY, UH, YEAH.

AND IT WAS FILLED, IT'S ONE OF THE LONGEST, UH, HANGERS AND, UH, BUILDINGS FOR THE AIRLINES IN THE COUNTRY AND WAS FILLED WITH GIRDERS.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND THE FIRETRUCK, AND THEN THE US AIR PLANE CRASH THAT YOU HAD.

I RESPONDED TO THAT.

I WAS, I WAS WORKING THAT DAY.

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BRING BACK GOOD MEMORIES.

NOT SO GOOD MEMORIES, BUT YEAH.

WELL, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT.

I DID.

VERY MUCH SO.

THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SURE.

WE HAVE ITEM THREE CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE COUNSEL, THE STAFF OR THE PUBLIC CAN PULL ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT ITEMS. UH, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FROM STAFF? I SEE NONE.

OKAY, SO

[3. CONSENT ITEMS - APPROVE]

COUNSEL, ANY, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

I MOVED, MAYOR,

[3.d. AB 2951 Approval for procurement of annual replacement UV lamps, sleeves, and ballasts from Trojan Technologies in an amount not to exceed $102,045.18. ]

SORRY.

UH, I DID WANT TO PULL AB 29 51 SD.

YES.

SO THAT'S APPROVAL OF PROCUREMENT TO ANNUAL REPLACEMENT, UV LAMPS, SLEEVES, AND BALLAS.

SOUNDS EXCITING.

INDEED.

AND, AND APOLOGIES, UH, FRANKLY, TO ALL AND CITY MANAGER.

I, I RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AT THE ABSOLUTE LAST MOMENT AND WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND ASK THOSE FEW QUESTIONS.

SO, UM, AS I READ THE, UH, THE AGENDA BILL ITEM PURCHASING THESE ITEMS IS NOT OPTIONAL, CORRECT? I MEAN, THAT IS A MUST, MUST DO THING, CORRECT? RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND YOU'RE PROPOSING TO GO WITH SORT OF A BRANDED NAME PROVIDER AS OPPOSED TO, UH, A MORE GENERIC PROVIDER BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN LOWER EFFICACY WITH THE LOWER COST PRODUCT.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

THE, THE MANUFACTURER OF THE UB SYSTEM IS TROJAN TECHNOLOGIES, AND THEY WILL ONLY STAND BEHIND THEIR SYSTEM AND IT AND GUARANTEE IF WE'RE USING THEIR PRODUCT.

UM, SO THAT'S, AND WE'VE SEEN A, A, A DEFINITE DECREASE IN, UH, FECAL COLIFORM HITS SINCE INSTALLING THEM.

AND SO THIS ITEM, AS FAR AS IT BEING ON THE, UH, AGENDA FOR APPROVAL, I MEAN, IT, IT'S A BUDGETED ITEM ALREADY, RIGHT? SO, UH, WHY ARE WE APPROVING IT PER SE? IT'S THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

SO ANYTHING ABOVE $100,000, EVEN, EVEN IF IT IS ALREADY BUDGETED MM-HMM.

HAS THE PUBLIC COUNCIL.

AND DOES THIS REQUIRE BEING LIKE TRIPLE BID OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR IS THIS, UH, NO, THESE ARE ON OUR SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT APPROVAL LIST THAT GOES TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE EVERY YEAR.

WE HAVE CERTAIN EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE TO SOLE SOURCE BECAUSE OF, OF MANUFACTURE WARRANTIES AND, AND COMPATIBILITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

GREAT.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, ROXANNE, FOR BEING HERE.

JUST HAVE, WHAT A COINCIDENCE.

I KNOW IT WORKED OUT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THEN CAN I HAVE A, UH, UH, MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, ITEMS A THROUGH E? UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS THREE A.

YOU WANT THROUGH E WITH THE EXCEPTION OF D, RIGHT? OR DO YOU WANNA INCLUDE IT NOW? YOU READY TO INCLUDE IT? YES.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

ITEMS A MAY, MAYOR AND COUNSELOR.

SO, UH, POINT OF ORDER.

JUST PER THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, SINCE IT WAS PULLED, WE SHOULD HAVE SEPARATE VOTES VOTE, AND IT SHOULD GO FIRST.

YEAH, THAT I UNDERSTAND.

I APPROVE, I, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM THREE D.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? I WANNA MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS THREE A THROUGH E WITH THE EXCEPTION OF D.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NO.

OF CURRENT EVENTS, I JUST WANT TO START OFF WITH SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME TO ME ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO.

MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR APPOINTMENTS.

WE HAVE NONE TODAY.

SUMMARY

[5. SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS BY MAYOR/COUNCILORS/CITY MANAGER]

UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED, THE TRAFFIC ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS DONE FOR NOW.

IT WILL START UP AGAIN IN JUNE, BUT AT NIGHTTIME IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROCESS.

THIS, THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN ENDURING FOR THE PAST WEEK AND A HALF OR SO, HAD TO BE DONE, UH, DURING A DAYTIME AND ONLY ABOVE 65 DEGREES.

AND THROUGH NO FAULT OF OURS, THIS WAS AN ADOT PROJECT.

SO IT'S ALL ON THEIR HANDS, BUT IT WILL BEGIN AGAIN IN JUNE, BUT AT NIGHTTIME.

SO I, I'M REAL EXCITED TO REPORT ABOUT THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? UH, COUNCILOR KINSELLA? YES.

YEAH, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE CITY RECEIVED SHIPMENT OF ITS VOLKSWAGEN ID FOUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE YESTERDAY, AND THIS WILL SERVE, UH, ENGINEERING IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

SO THIS ADDS TO THE TWO FULLY ELECTRIC, UH, VEHICLES, THE PLUGINS, AND THE HYBRIDS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, MOVING US FURTHER TOWARD ELECTRIFICATION OF OUR FLEET.

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SO CONGRATULATIONS TO PUBLIC WORKS.

EXCELLENT VARIETY FOR EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, PETE, ANYTHING? NO, SIR.

ON THIS SIDE, MELISSA? YES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE SEDONA AIRPORT IS HAVING A PUBLIC INFORMATION OPEN HOUSE ON THE PROPOSED RUNWAY SAFETY AREA AND TAXI AA IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE'LL BE TWO MEETINGS.

ONE IS ON MONDAY, THE 22ND OF MAY.

IT'S FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM IT IS GOING TO BE AT THE SEDONA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WHICH IS ON INDIAN CLIFFS ROAD.

THE SECOND ONE WILL BE THE NEXT DAY ON THE 23RD OF MAY, TUESDAY, FIVE 30 TO 7:30 PM IN THE SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY AT THE CY BIRCH COMMUNITY ROOM.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INTEREST IN FINDING OUT ABOUT WHAT THIS NEW PROPOSED ONE-WAY SAFETY AREA IS AND THE IMPROVEMENT, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GO OUT AND, UM, SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE FROM THE AIRPORT.

THANK YOU, MELISSA.

VICE MAYOR.

I HAVE MY REGULAR REPORT ON PARKS AND REC.

ALL RIGHT.

AND I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS.

SUMMER IS COMING.

WE HAVE A SUMMER CAMP AND WE HAVE GREAT SUMMER CAMPS.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE TWO SESSIONS OF LEGO CAMP ONE WITH, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND THE OTHER ONE WITH MISSOULA CHILDREN'S THEATER BEAUTY LOU AND THE COUNTRY BEAST.

BROUGHT TO YOU IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF SEDONA VILLAGE AND THE SEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND SPONSORED BY SAFEWAY, TWO SESSIONS OF CHALLENGE YOUR SOCCER CAMP.

TWO SESSIONS OF ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER SUMMER CAMP, SEDONA MOUNTAIN BIKE ACADEMY, OH, PRANA BEANS KIDS YOGA CAMP.

THE COST IS DEPENDENT ON WHICH CAMP IS SELECTED, AND THEY'RE EITHER, THEY RANGE FROM FREE TO $345, AND THE AGE GROUPS RANGE FROM TWO TO 18.

MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER, PLEASE GO ON TO SEDONA AZ.GOV/CAMPS.

UH, ALSO, THE RED DIRT SPRING CONCERT SERIES KICKED OFF LAST FRIDAY TO A CROWD OF AROUND 350 PEOPLE IS FABULOUS.

NICE.

GREAT START TO THE, UH, SEASON.

WE HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE AT OUR BEAUTIFUL PAVILION AND QUALITY MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT EVERY FRIDAY IN MAY FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30, PLEASE BRING YOUR BLANKETS.

THE SEDONA FIRE DEPARTMENT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, HELD THEIR FIREWISE YARD WASTE AND DEBRIS COLLECTION EVENT AT POSSE GROUNDS PARK LAST WEEKEND, UH, FROM EIGHT TO FIVE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

ADULT SOFTBALL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.

THE SEASON WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY EVENINGS, JUNE THROUGH AUGUST AND POSSE GROUND PARK.

AND WE HAVE OPEN GYM OFFER TUESDAYS WITH VOLLEYBALL ONLY, AND THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS WITH BASKETBALL, ONLY $2 PER PLAYER TENNIS LESSONS, YAPPY HOUR, DISC GOLF BEGINNING EDGE SPORTS TRAINING IS ALL AVAILABLE AND IS ALL ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO VERY ACTIVE PARKS AND REC PROGRAM.

CAN I COMMENT TO THAT? SURE.

I, I, THERE WAS A WONDERFUL INSERT OUTLINING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, VICE MAYOR IN THE SEWER BILL INSERT.

IF ANYBODY HASN'T SEEN IT AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION, IT WAS COLORFUL, INVITING, WELL DONE, INFORMATIVE, CLEAR, UH, REALLY HATS OFF TO P AND R FOR DOING A GREAT PARKS AND REC FOR DOING A GREAT FLYER ON ALL OF THESE EVENTS AND GETTING IT ALL ON BASICALLY ONE PAGE.

SO MUCH INFORMATION AND SO MANY GREAT PROGRAMS. SO GOOD.

GOOD, GOOD ON PARKS AND REC.

ITEM SEVEN, PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND AWARD.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

UH,

[7.a. Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day, May 13, 2023. ]

WE HAVE WON.

UH, TODAY WE HAVE A, UH, A PROCLAMATION FROM IS, UH, KATHLEEN HAILEY HERE.

THERE YOU GO.

WOULD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STEP UP? IT'S BY ZA IS YOUR LAST NAME GOOD ENOUGH? GOOD.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THE NEW YORK ACCENT, YOU KNOW, .

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M GONNA READ THIS AND THEN I'LL PRESENT IT TO YOU.

HUNGER FOOD DRIVE IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW LETTER CARRIERS WORK TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE THEY SERVE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITING.

I LOVE FRANCE.

LETTER CARRIERS STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE DAY, WHICH, UH, MAY 13TH, 2023, UHHUH .

WHEREAS EVERY YEAR, ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN MAY, LETTER CARRIERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY COLLECT NON-PERISHABLE FOODS AS PAR THE NATIONAL, UH, NATION'S LARGEST ONE DAY FOOD DRIVE DISTRIBUTING THE DONATION TO A LOCAL FOOD BANKS.

AND WHEREAS THE LETTER CARRIER STAMP OUT

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SINCE THE PILOT DRIVE WAS HELD IN 1991, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WENT BACK THAT FAR.

UH, MORE THAN 1.82 BILLION POUNDS OF FOOD HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.

SO IMPRESSIVE.

WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE ALL LETTER CARRIERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK, THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR, THEIR COMMUNITIES, UH, ALL THE FOOD COLLECTED IN OUR COMMUNITY STAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE SUPPORT CARRIERS EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE NOTEWORTHY MILESTONE OF 31 YEARS THAT THE NATIONAL LETTER CARRIER FOOD DRIVE CELEBRATES IN 2023.

THEREFORE, I, UH, SCOTT JALO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA ON BEHALF OF THE SEDONA CITY COUNCIL DUE PROCLAIM MAY 13TH, 2023 AS LETTER CARRY, A STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE DAY ISSUED THIS NINTH DAY IN MAY, 2023.

YAY.

THANK, THIS IS EXCITING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, .

SO WHENEVER YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO FOOD OUT OKAY.

FOR LOCAL CARRIERS AND, UH, HOW THEY CAN HELP.

SO, ON THE MIC PLEASE, WE HAVE A, OKAY.

CAMERAS HERE.

SO THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF AUDIENCE TODAY, BUT, ALL RIGHT.

BUT WE HAVE THE CAMERAS WORKING.

WELL, I CERTAINLY CAN.

ALL OF YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN, UM, HELPING FOOD INSECURITY.

IT IS SO SIMPLE.

YOU SHOULD RECEIVE IN YOUR MAILBOX THIS WEEK, EITHER A BAG, WHETHER IT BE YELLOW OR BROWN.

AND, UM, IT IS FOR YOU TO PUT SOME FOOD DONATIONS IN IN THE BAG AND PUT IT ON NEAR, ROUND OR SOMEWHERE NEAR YOUR MAILBOX ON SATURDAY MORNING.

AND THEN THE MAIL CARRIERS ARE GONNA COME BY AND PICK IT UP.

BUT THEY LOAN CANNOT PICK UP ALL THE FOOD, BECAUSE GENERALLY WE PICK UP OVER 12,000 POUNDS OF FOOD ON THAT ONE DAY.

SO I HAVE A TEAM OF 16 TEAMS THAT ARE GOING AROUND THE CITY THAT WILL ALSO PICK UP THE FOOD AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN REALLY MAKE A, A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SOMETHING SO SIMPLE IS JUST PUT IN A FEW CANS OR BOXES OF SHELF STABLE FOOD RIGHT THERE AT YOUR MAILBOX.

AND MY VOLUNTEERS OR THE POSTAL CARRIERS WILL PICK IT UP AND IT JUST MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT WE DO GET FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF FOOD COLLECTED IN BASICALLY SIX HOURS.

WOW.

IT JUST, THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

DO THIS I FEEL LIKE DO, DO.

CUZ WE GO TO ALL THE STORES.

A QUESTION.

JUST ONE SECOND, KATHLEEN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YES.

UH, HOW HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THERE'S BEEN AN EXTRA NEED FOR FOOD THIS YEAR? OR WHAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING? CAN YOU JUST UPDATE US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YES.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THE RESIDENTS HERE THAT ARE SIGNING UP THAT NEED HELP WITH FOOD.

AND SO, ON AVERAGE, WE HAVE PROBABLY BETWEEN FIVE TO EIGHT NEW FAMILIES THAT REGISTER FOR FOOD DONATIONS.

AND GENERALLY AS THE SUMMER COMES ALONG, OUR WEEKLY DISTRIBUTION WILL DROP.

IT WILL KIND OF GO DOWN TO MAYBE ABOUT 130, 120 FAMILIES A WEEK.

AND THIS TYPICALLY HAPPENS IN MAY, AND THEN IT STARTS TO PICK UP AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER.

WE HAVE NOT DROPPED, WE HAVE NOT DROPPED AT ALL.

WE'RE SEEING ABOUT 160 TO 170 FAMILIES A WEEK.

AND WHY THIS IS VERY INTERESTING IS BECAUSE OUR POPULATION IN SEDONA HAS DROPPED.

SO, UM, WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH THE FOOD, OUR POPULATION IN SEDONA WAS JUST OVER 12,000 PEOPLE.

AND WE SAW THAT MANY PEOPLE.

NOW OUR POPULATION IS BELOW 10,000, AND WE'RE STILL SEEING THOSE NUMBERS.

SO YES, DONATIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE AND THEY ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE COMING IN AND THEY ALWAYS SAY, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE.

WELL, YOU ARE, BUT WE'RE HAPPY YOU'RE HERE CUZ WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP.

SO IT ALL WORKS OUT WELL.

BUT YEAH, WE ARE SEEING THE INCREASE IN NUMBERS NOW, HAVE YOU ENOUGH FOOD.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GIVE AND A TAKE.

AND WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T THINK OF THIS, BUT WHEN WE HAVE AN UPTICK OF, UM, VISITORS IN TOWN, WE SEE LESS DONATIONS IN FROM OUR STORES

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AND SO WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN ALL THE VISITORS ARE IN TOWN, WE DON'T GET THAT MUCH PRODUCE AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO THAT REALLY DOES AFFECT IT.

AND SO, UM, I WILL SAY IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GIVE AND A TAKE, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS MANAGED TO, UM, TO SATISFY AND TO KEEP THE PEOPLE HAPPY.

AND THEY, THEY JUST LOVE COMING BECAUSE WE REALLY DO PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING.

SO WE HAVE, WHEN WE START TOMORROW MORNING, IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME BY, UM, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRESH PRODUCE OUT THERE FOR OUR CLIENTS TO CHOOSE FROM.

AND IT IS A STORE.

SO THEY AREN'T GETTING A PRE-PACKAGED BOX.

WHAT'S THE POINT OF THAT? IF, IF I GIVE SOMEONE PEAS AND THEY HATE PEAS, WHAT'S THE POINT? SO THEY CAN COME IN AND THEY CAN CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT.

AND SO THAT IS REALLY A WONDERFUL THING.

SO YES.

UM, WE, WE MAKE IT WORK.

BUSINESS ITEM EIGHT, AGENDA BILL, 29 48, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE PRESENTATION OR DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MARY, BEFORE YOU GO, ONE LAST QUESTION FROM ME.

IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO HELP YOU YEAH.

HOW WOULD, WHO WOULD THEY CALL? WHERE WOULD THEY GO? WHAT WOULD THEY NEED TO DO? OKAY.

THEY CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS WWW.SEDONACOMMUNITYFOODBANK.ORG.

SEDONA FOOD BANK.ORG.

I HAVE THEM ALL OR THEY CAN CALL, UM, AND I'M THERE.

OR THEY CAN FILL OUT AN APPLICATION ONLINE.

WE'RE ALSO REACHABLE BY FACEBOOK AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING, TALKING ABOUT.

[ 8.a. AB 2948 Discussion/presentation by Sedona Sister Cities' Board of Directors Chair Chuck Marr on their activities and accomplishments. ]

PRESENTATION BY THE SEDONA ASSISTED CITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CHUCK MOORE, UH, AND, UH, WHO, THE CHAIR AND, UH, THEIR ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A SEAT.

SURE.

CHUCK, INTRODUCE EVERYBODY.

YEAH, WILL I WILL? YES.

GO.

OKAY, MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR.

COUNSEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GET GIVEN US A CHANCE TO, I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

UH, IT WAS 15 MONTHS AGO THAT YOU GAVE US THE GREEN LIGHT TO GET STARTED, AND IT'S BEEN QUITE A TIME.

AND, UH, UH, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO SHARE, UH, WHAT'S OCCURRED.

UM, DOTTIE WEBSTER IS ON OUR BOARD.

HOLLY IS, UH, OUR, UH, CITY, CITY COUNCIL ME MEMBER SERVING ON, ON OUR BOARD AND HAS DONE A TERRIFIC JOB AND, UH, WITH ME, OUR, UH, CAROL MEYER AND DON GROVES.

AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT THAT WE SENT YOU.

AND, UH, THEN WE'D BE BE DELIGHTED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SO YOU WANNA START OR DONE? OKAY.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND START.

THANK YOU, CHUCK.

THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.

UH, MAYOR JALO, UM, HOLLY, THANK YOU.

THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND CITY OFFICIALS.

UM, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH ENTHUSIASM I HAVE FOR THIS.

UM, THIS PROJECT, UH, MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF LIVING OVERSEAS FOR 15 YEARS IN FOUR DIFFERENT, UH, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND, UM, LINKING SEDONA TO OTHER CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, UM, WILL, WILL DEVELOP US EVEN THROUGH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

UM, WE, WE HAD SUCH A OPEN, INCLUSIVE, TRANSPARENT, UH, FLEXIBLE, UH, SELECTION PROCESS.

UM, IN THE RED ROCK NEWS, WE HAD A NOTICE IN INVITING PEOPLE TO COME AND, AND HELP US.

INITIALLY, WE ALSO SPOKE TO MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND, UM, INVITED PEOPLE TO, TO COME IN AND WE, WE, UH, WE OBTAINED 30 VOLUNTEERS, AND WE ASKED FOR NOMINATIONS OF CITIES, CITIES THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO SEDONA, UH, SIMILAR IN TERMS OF, UM, THE BEAUTY, SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BIG ASPECTS OF, UH, SISTER CITIES IS TO PROBLEM SOLVE AND TO SHARE SOLUTIONS.

SO WE WENT THROUGH, WE, WE GOT 45 NOMINATIONS.

WE NARROWED IT DOWN EVENTUALLY TO SEVEN, AND THEN WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO FOUR, AND THEN THEN TWO.

AND I THINK YOU, YOU'VE READ

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ALL ABOUT THAT IN, IN THE REPORT AND YOU PROBABLY, UH, READ THAT WE WERE, WE WERE INTERESTED IN BANFF IN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN CANADA.

AND, UM, THROUGH, UM, DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME PEOPLE HERE IN SEDONA, AND A TRIP THAT SOME OF OUR MEMBERS TOOK TO BANFF REALIZED THAT BANFF ISN'T A FIT FOR US BECAUSE BECAUSE OF STRUCTURE, BECAUSE OF LEGAL AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE, UM, IT REALLY ANSWERS TO THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.

UM, BUT EVERYBODY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED CANMORE.

AND, UM, SO WE, THIS GROUP, UH, MET WITH, UM, THE MAYOR OF CANMORE LAST NOVEMBER.

AND, UH, HE, HE WAS VERY INTERESTED, HE WAS SURPRISED, THAT'S WHY I'M CHUCKLING.

HE WAS REALLY SURPRISED.

HE WAS REALLY INTRIGUED, WHY ARE YOU COMING TO VISIT ME? AND THEN HE SOON REALIZED, HEY, THIS IS A, A CITY VERY MUCH LIKE CANMORE.

SO WE'VE INVITED SEAN KRAUSERT AND HIS WIFE JANET, TO COME AND VISIT, AND FIVE OF YOU WERE ABLE TO TO MAKE, UM, THE RECEPTION LAST SATURDAY.

AND, UM, DOTTY AND I, ALONG WITH JUDY NIMAN, UH, WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR GUIDING THEM AROUND FOR, FOR TWO DAYS.

AND DOTTIE AND I, UM, FIRST MET SEAN AND JANET, UM, IN, IN THE MORNING LAST FRIDAY MORNING.

AND, UM, THEY WERE, THEY WERE VERY POLITE, LIKE PEOPLE USUALLY ARE ABOUT AN HOUR INTO THE VISITATION.

UH, THEY CAUGHT RED ROCK FEVER.

THEY JUST SAID, WOW, THIS IS THE PLACE FOR US.

AND THEY WERE SO, SO TAKEN, UM, BY SEDONA AND THE PEOPLE, I HAVE TO SAY, THE PEOPLE, WE ARE REALLY A WELCOMING, GENUINELY WELCOMING GROUP OF PEOPLE.

UM, SEAN SAID, I'M, I'M GOING RIGHT BACK TO, UM, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE, WE MET WITH, UH, ABOUT 10 PEOPLE ON ZOOM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, GOING RIGHT BACK, GETTING THAT ORGANIZED.

AND AT THE LAST DINNER THAT WE HAD, JANET SAID, HEY, I WANT TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, .

SO THAT TELLS YOU THE, THE KIND OF CONNECTION THAT THIS COMMUNITY MADE, UM, WITH THE MAYOR AND HIS WIFE FROM CANMORE.

UM, I COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THE, THE, THE VISIT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN READ THAT IN THE REPORT, BUT IT ENDED, YOU KNOW, THAT VISITATION ENDED IN A REALLY POSITIVE, UM, REALLY POSITIVELY, I SHOULD SAY.

SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CAROL MEYER, OUR VICE PRESIDENT.

GREAT.

WELL, I, I WANTED TO KIND OF GO BACK TO LAST YEAR FOR JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE WHAT, WHEN THE PRESENTATION HAPPENED HERE, YOU, THE COUNCIL HAD SOME STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US IN TERMS OF THINGS TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

AND SO WE REALLY TOOK THAT TO HEART AND THE CRITERIA AROUND SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAD IDENTIFIED.

AND SO, UM, WITH THAT GROUP OF 30 PEOPLE, THEY WERE REVIEWING THOSE PRIORITIES.

SO THEY, PEOPLE CHOSE THE CITIES THAT THEY WANTED TO GO EXPLORE, AND THEN IT WAS BASED ON THOSE PRIORITIES THAT THEY MADE, RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THAT GOT US DOWN TO ABOUT 10 CITIES.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE HAD, UM, EXPERTS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEY, THEY DOVE IN TO THE PRIORITIES THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THEN SET UP WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE.

SO WE DID THIS GREAT PROCESS, AND THEN, AND THEN WE GET TO THIS POINT THAT THE, THE ONES THAT ARE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT SURE, OR IT DOESN'T MATCH, LIKE IN BANFF, WHICH WAS OUR NUMBER ONE, UM, UH, CITY AND, AND THE CITY IN IRELAND.

AND SO IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS MATCHING UP WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS A COMMUNITY AND THEN FINDING THAT RIGHT COMMUNITY MATCH.

AND, UM, I AM A, I WORK AT A BREAD AND BREAKFAST HERE LOCALLY AND HAD A COUPLE FROM CANN FROM, UH, ALBERTA ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO.

AND I TOLD 'EM THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT SISTER CITIES AND THAT WE WERE EXPLORING THINGS WITH CANMORE.

AND THEY SAID, YOU ARE KIDDING.

AND THEY HAD JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW SEDONA WAS JUST IDENTICAL TO CANMORE, AND THEY, THEY JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THE SIMILARITIES.

SO WE, WE DID OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND, AND THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS, AND THEN WE ARRIVED AT THIS KIND OF SYNCHRONICITY THAT, THAT WE NEVER WOULD'VE IMAGINED.

AND SO, UM,

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SISTER CITIES IS REALLY BUILT ON RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT ON THE GROUND, UH, PARTNERSHIPS, UM, AND EXPLORING THAT ACROSS TIME.

AND SO IT'S TAKEN US ABOUT A YEAR TO GET OUR CORE COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND THEN HAVE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES AND TO DO FUNDRAISING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE KNOW WITH, UM, WE DON'T WANNA JUST JUMP ON THING, WE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CANMORE ESTABLISH THAT SAME KIND OF COMMITMENT.

SO THERE'S GREAT ENTHUSIASM THERE THAT THE MEETING THAT, THAT DON TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD 20 PEOPLE ON A ZOOM CALL AND THEIR, THEIR PERSON IN TOURISM WOULD TALK ABOUT TOURISM.

AND THEN OUR PERSON WOULD GO, OH MY GOSH, YES.

AND THEN WE'D HAVE A PERSON THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, AND THEIR PERSON WOULD GO, YES, .

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S THIS, THIS, THIS SYNCHRONICITY AND ALSO REALLY COMMON GROUND OF PRIORITIES.

AND SO NOW IT'S A MATTER OF THEM, UM, SETTING UP A, UH, THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE TO BECOME A SISTER CITY, UH, TO, TO WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT AND HAVE THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO DO THAT.

SO WE VOLUNTEERED TO GO THIS SUMMER AND TO HELP THEM SET THAT UP.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH THIS DANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN DATING, YOU KNOW, SO TO SPEAK, THERE HAVE BEEN ALL, ALL THESE POSSIBILITIES.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME COUNTERPARTS THAT ARE ALREADY STARTING TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER.

SO MATT MEYERS FROM THE MUSEUM HERE IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS MADE CONNECTIONS AND WE, AND, UH, FROM THE, THE ART CENTER, THE, THERE HAVE BEEN CONNECTIONS MADE THERE.

AND WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE IS INTERESTED IN PARTNERSHIPS AND THE LIBRARY.

SO, SO THERE ARE SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES OF AUTHENTIC LINKAGES THAT, THAT, UM, WE KNOW WILL BE FORTHCOMING, BUT WE'RE REALLY HOLDING, HOLDING, UM, HOLDING OFF, SO TO SPEAK, UNTIL WE HAVE THAT COMMITMENT AND THAT, AND THEN THAT THEY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO DO.

UH, BUT WE FEEL REALLY PLEASED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AND JUST SEE LOTS OF, UM, BENEFITS.

AND I KNOW EARLY IN TALKING TO KATHY LAST YEAR, SHE SAID, WELL, HOW IS THIS GONNA BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF SEDONA? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO TRAVEL, OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAN'T.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN A REAL KEY LENS THAT WE'VE USED TOO, IS HOW CAN HOW CAN THIS EXPER THIS, THIS RELATIONSHIP BENEFIT, UM, OUR COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE HERE IN SEDONA, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO TRAVEL.

SO WE WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT, THAT THERE ARE MANY POTENTIAL, UH, PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE SEE HAPPENING THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE FELT HERE LOCALLY BY, UM, FROM PEOPLE ACROSS DIFFERENT GROUPS AND AGES OF PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A STRONG FOUNDATION AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT WAY.

AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE HOLLY, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, SHE ASKS A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

AND THO THOSE QUESTIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND HELP US TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.

SO, QUESTIONS, IDEAS, RE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM, , SORRY ABOUT THAT.

BUT THE, THE, THE KEY IS THIS IS A PROCESS.

WE AREN'T TRYING TO RUSH IT.

UH, AND, UH, THE, THE BALL IS REALLY IN THEIR COURT NOW TO COME UP WITH THAT GROUP, GROUP OF PEOPLE LIKE US THAT WE'LL START TO, TO, UH, WORK WITH.

AND, UH, WHEN, UH, THAT STARTS TO GEL, UH, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD COME BACK AND, UH, SAY, UH, WE WOULD RECOMMEND A, THEM BEING A SISTER CITY.

BUT WE AREN'T THERE YET.

BUT, UH, WHEN THE MAYOR WAS HERE AND HE SPOKE FOR I THINK ALMOST AN HOUR ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION THAT COULD COME UP, I THINK MOST FOLKS FELT THAT THERE WAS AN UNCANNY CONNECTION, UH, WITH, WITH HIM, BUT ALSO WITH BOTH CITIES.

COUNCIL, FERMAN.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, CHUCK AND CAROLYN.

DON, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK DOING THIS.

AND YOU KNOW, I, I HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH SISTER CITIES, UH, RELATIONSHIPS WHEN I WAS IN SAN JOSE, AND, AND I'VE SEEN ONES THAT THRIVE AND FRANKLY, MANY MORE THAT DON'T THRIVE.

AND THE PROCESS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SET UP, IN MY OPINION, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, RIGHT? DOING YOUR 5 0 1 GOING THROUGH A PROCESS, RAISING MONEY, INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY AS YOU HAVE, AND, AND I'M, IT'S MUSIC TO MY EARS TO HEAR THAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE OTHER SIDE IS GONNA BE SIMILAR, CUZ THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT IT TAKES.

AND SO, YEAH, KEEP, KEEP UP THAT WORK, GET THROUGH THE PROCESS, DON'T RUSH IT, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS, IS SET AND READY ON, ON BOTH SIDES.

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ANYBODY ELSE? WOW, I JUST MEIS ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, WOW, GOING TO CANMORE IN THE SUMMER, THAT'S ROUGH REALLY.

SO, UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S ANOTHER REALLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WOULD, WE WOULD PROBABLY PARTNER WITH REALLY.

WELL.

I HAVE BEEN THERE MORE THAN ONCE, SO, UM, YEAH.

SO IF YOU NEED EXTRA HELP THIS SUMMER, LET ME KNOW.

YOU.

GREAT.

WELL, A AND YOU KNOW, AS THINGS GO ALONG, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY, ANY OF YOU COME AND VISIT THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THAT TO, TO HAPPEN.

UH, BUT ONCE MORE, IT'S ALL ON OUR OWN DIME, SO , BUT AT LEAST IT'S CLOSE.

IT'S NOT LIKE GOING TO JAPAN OR SOMETHING.

TRUE, TRUE VICE MAYOR.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THIS BOARD.

UH, I THINK THAT I AGREE WITH COUNSELOR FURMAN.

THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY, AND IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE LONG TERM NOT TO MAKE QUICK DECISIONS, BUT TO REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE EXCITED AND THEY'RE EXCITED THAT THERE'S REAL COMMITMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO I, I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, AND I WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT.

AND, UM, FOR MYSELF, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE THING YOU MADE, MADE COMMENT TO A LOT OF THE BEAUTY THAT'S IN KENMORE, AND THAT'S FINE.

WE HAVE RED ROCKS AND THEY DON'T, SO I'M JUST IT, IT'S GORGEOUS THERE.

UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR SHARED WITH US, I MEAN, UH, CHUCK AND THE VICE MAYOR MYSELF HAD LUNCH TOGETHER, AND, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT MATCH.

WE, I MEAN, WE REALLY GOT ALONG WELL, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD.

WE HAVE SO MUCH, YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF THE TOPICS WHERE WE WERE IN ALIGNMENT AND THE FEELING WAS RIGHT TOO.

MM-HMM.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD.

ARE YOU MOVING FORWARD AND LETTING US KNOW? I THINK WE'RE WAITING TO GET, UH, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT FROM KEN MOORE, WHETHER THEY, UH, ARE MOVING FORWARD.

AND I SUSPECT FROM THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD THAT THEY WILL, WILL BE.

SO NO, IT'S PENDING ANY, ANY, ANY DAY NOW.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYTHING.

THANK YOU ALL.

ANYTHING ELSE VERY MUCH.

MOST WELCOME.

I APPRECIATE, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

OPPORTUNITY, DOTTIE, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

AMEN.

AND THEN, UH, I DID MISS, UH, THE PUBLIC FORUM AND I, SO I DON'T WANT TO MISS IT TILL THE END OF THE MEETING.

SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE WHO WISHES TO, UH, SPEAK, I WANNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC FORUM.

ANYBODY AT ALL? NO CARDS? NO MA'AM.

ON TO, UH, AB 28 61, UH, REGARDING THIS DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE DIRECTION, ACTION REGARDING PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATION, SHORT TERM RENTAL LEGISLATION AND STATE BUDGET, AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE CITY OF SEDONA.

SO THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM AND MOVE

[ 8.b. 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. ]

JOE, I WASN'T GONNA PULL THAT UP.

SEEN IN PREVIOUS BUDGETS.

CAUSE THERE'S NOT REALLY, THANKS.

YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SHARE, RIGHT? , WE GOT EVERYTHING WE WANTED THE CAP AND EVERYTHING.

NO, I WILL, I'LL MOVE OVER HERE.

UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, I'M WEARING GREEN TODAY BECAUSE IT'S STATE BUDGET DAY , SO THEY'RE FINALLY DEALING WITH MONEY.

UM, JUST, JUST A FEW UPDATES.

UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE IN A FEW WEEKS BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE, THEY WERE ON, UH, SEVERAL SPRING BREAKS PENDING, UM, TWO APPOINTMENTS AT THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH WERE MADE IN THE LAST WEEK.

SO NOW THEY ARE, UM, WORKING ON GETTING THEIR BUDGET THROUGH.

UM, IT PASSED OUT OF, UM, HOUSE AND SENATE APPROACHES TODAY, AND IT'S LIKELY GONNA MOVE THIS WEEK.

UM, BUT IT'S BASICALLY A BUDGET THAT'S BEEN COBBLED TOGETHER BY THE GOVERNOR AND REPUBLICAN, UM, LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF THE, OF THE BUDGET, AND I, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH IT IN DETAIL, UM, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PET PROJECTS IN THERE.

SO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE EACH MEMBER WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY EITHER ONE OR TWO PROJECTS IN THEIR DISTRICT.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL IN THERE THAT ARE FOR OUR DISTRICT, UM, MAINLY PRESCOTT CLARKDALE RECEIVED, UM, FUNDING FOR THEIR BRIDGE PROJECT.

UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT IN THIS BUDGET THAT, UM, ARE, UH, KIND OF PET PROJECTS THAT WE HAVEN'T

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SO, UM, IT'S STILL NOT A DONE DEAL AND THERE IS STILL SOME OPPOSITION, PARTICULARLY FROM THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY, AND EVEN SOME OF THE STATE AGENCIES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUNDING LEVELS.

UM, SO IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A DONE DEAL YET.

UM, WE, UH, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED A FEW TIMES THAT THE, THE BILL THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING, THE BIG TRANSPORTATION BILL THAT WAS, UM, BEING PUSHED BY THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY COUNCIL, WHICH WE HAD SOME FUNDING ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MILLION FOR OUR SEDONA PROJECT.

89, A ROUNDABOUT, UM, RANGER ROAD AREA THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FINAL BUDGET.

UM, AND WE'RE STILL KIND OF UNCLEAR HOW A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE HANDLED, UM, THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE FINAL BUDGET.

SO, UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW AND OUR LOBBYIST IS LOOKING INTO THAT.

UM, THE OTHER, UM, THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION, YES, BEFORE YOU MM-HMM.

, SO IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, ARE THEY DO SEPARATE APPROPRIATION OR WHAT WOULD BE THE RECOURSE? SO THERE'S STILL THE, UM, STANDALONE BILL, THE HOUSE BILL, 25 43, THAT THAT COULD STILL MOVE, BUT THEY WOULD NEED TO AMEND IT AND TAKE OUT, YOU KNOW, SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

BUT, UM, I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THEY'RE GONNA HANDLE IT.

I, I WILL SAY THAT PROBABLY THE BEST NEWS OUT OF THIS BUDGET IS THERE'S 150 MILLION IN THERE FOR THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, WHICH, UM, COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED THAT.

AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG WIN FOR OUR HOUSING EFFORTS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND SEE WHAT THAT MEANS FOR, UM, FOR THAT PROJECT SPECIFICALLY.

JOANNE, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT MONEY FOR THE HOUSING TRUST FUND.

THERE'S ALSO A BUNCH OF OTHER MONEY FOR, UH, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.

AND I GUESS WHAT I WANTED TO ASK BASED ON THAT YOU'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS IS SINCE THIS HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED AT THIS POINT, DO YOU FEEL THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE SECURE OR THAT THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THEY COULD BE REDUCED? I MEAN, THERE'S 60 MILLION IN NEW HOMELESS SHELTER AND SERVICES.

THERE'S 5 MILLION FOR MOBILE HOME RELOCATION, 5 MILLION FOR CORRECTIONS TRANSITION, 5 MILLION FOR HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION, AND ALMOST 2 MILLION FOR MILITARY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, UH, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS DO WE FEEL THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE SECURE? AND DO ALSO, DO WE KNOW HOW THESE, THESE, THIS INFLUX OF MONEY IS GONNA BE ADMINISTERED? WILL THIS BE ALL AGENCY ADMINISTERED? I WASN'T CLEAR ON WHAT I READ, OR WILL ANYTHING COME DOWN TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR ANY KIND OF A BLOCK GRANT TYPE OF PROGRAM OR SOMETHING? UH, DO YOU HA KNOW ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THIS MIGHT BE TOO SOON YEAH.

TO BE ASKING.

I THINK IT'S TOO SOON, BUT IT, IT IS ALL THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE, THESE ARE PROBABLY PRETTY SECURE, UM, APPROPRIATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE.

I THINK IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GOVERNOR REALLY PUSHED HARD FOR, FOR THESE NUMBERS.

AND I, I MEAN, THE 150 IS WHAT'S BEEN FLOATED AROUND FOR HOUSING TRUST FUND.

MM-HMM.

, UM, AND ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS SEEM LIKE THEY'RE PRETTY SECURE IN THE BILL.

NOT, HE'S, HE'S NOT RESPONDED FAVORABLY AND WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH HIS CURRENT, UM, HIS CURRENT PROPOSAL.

THANKS.

I, I WILL SEND OUT, UM, I JUST GOT SOMETHING FROM THE, UM, THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT THAT HADN'T, IT'S PROBABLY MORE DETAILED THAN YOU WANT, BUT I'LL, BUT I'LL SEND IT OVER IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IT.

PLEASE.

UM, THE OTHER BIG ITEM THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS THE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL TAX.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT AND WE DON'T HAVE A RESIDENTIAL RENTAL TAX, BUT IT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE.

THIS SESSION, UM, PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

THE GOVERNOR VETOED THE BILL, IT CAME BACK, UM, AND IT'S UP FOR A LIKELY UP FOR A VOTE AGAIN THIS WEEK.

UM, I WILL SAY, AND I MENTIONED THIS TO KAREN, THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LOOKING AT, UM, THE CITY'S SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA ACCEPT A, A CAP ON THIS RESIDENTIAL RENTAL AND NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL TAX, BUT WE WOULD LIKE AN INCREASED SHARE OF OUR STATE SHARED REVENUE.

SO THE LEAGUE IS KIND OF WORKING THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO IF YOU SEE IT COME BACK UP, JUST KNOW THAT THE LEAGUE IS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO TRY TO, TO TRY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT.

UM, THERE'S SOME CITIES WHO, EVEN WITH AN INCREASE IN STATE SHARED REVENUE, IT WILL NOT MAKE UP FOR WHAT THEY GET WITH A RESIDENTIAL RENTAL TAX.

SO IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT ALL CITIES WILL AGREE TO, BUT THAT'S BEEN THE BIG DISCUSSION WITH THE LEAGUE AS WELL AS THE HOUSING BILLS ARE ALL STILL IN PLAY.

UM, THERE WAS, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS, THEY'VE REALLY BEEFED UP THEIR, UM, THEIR OPPOSITION TO KAISER'S HOUSING BILLS THAT ARE STILL IN PLAY.

AND THEY'RE KIND OF SPLIT UP INTO TWO, THREE BILLS AT THIS POINT.

THE LEAGUE DID, UM, PRESENT SOME OPTIONS TO FIX THAT BILL, BUT KAISER IS, HAS, UM, HAS

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SO THE LEAGUE HAS DECIDED THAT THEY'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, START DOING SOME ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA AND, AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THE, THE CONCERNS THAT CITIES STILL HAVE WITH THESE BILLS STILL DOES NOT APPLY TO SMALLER, UM, CITIES AND TOWNS, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE BILLS.

ALRIGHT.

IS THAT THE, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT OR? YES.

ALRIGHT.

WELL, CAUSE I'M USED TO PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES.

, I JUST WANNA BE SURE.

WELL, THANK YOU.

I I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

IT WAS REPORTED TODAY THAT THERE'S A RIFT BETWEEN VARIOUS, UH, AGENCIES.

YOU ALLUDED TO THAT, PARTICULARLY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

IS THAT, IS THAT A MEDIA HONING IN ON CONTROVERSY OR IS THAT ACCURATE OR, UM, I THINK IT'S SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE BUDGET AND THE FACT THAT THERE WERE INCREASES INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT NOT REQUESTS FROM CERTAIN AGENCIES.

I THINK THE AG, I THINK THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS ANOTHER ONE, KEEPS GOING OUT.

UM, SO OPIOID FUNDING WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WAS DECREASED OR THAT WAS UH, NOT WELL, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAD TWEETED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE MONEY THAT WAS, UM, IT WAS LIKE AN, I THINK SHE VIEWED IT AS AN ENTITLEMENT MM-HMM.

, THAT THEY WERE ENTITLED TO THAT, THAT IT WAS RESTRICTED, THE MONEY WAS RESTRICTED FOR, FOR TREATMENT AND PROGRAMS, UH, CUZ FROM A FUND MM-HMM.

, AND YET IT WASN'T ALL GIVEN FOR THAT PURPOSE.

I CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

I DIDN'T SEE THAT.

YEAH, I, I I, NOT THAT IT REALLY APPLIES TO US ALL THAT MUCH, BUT I, I JUST WAS WONDERING, DID YOU GET SOME OPIOID SETTLED? I KNOW WE GET SOME OF IT, BUT, BUT, UH, DOES, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS CONCERNING TO ME.

I KNOW BUDGETS ARE HUGELY NEGOTIATED MM-HMM.

AND NOT EVERYBODY GETS WHAT THEY WANT IN ORDER TO PASS SOMETHING.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF COMPROMISES, CORRECT.

YES.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN A FUND IS DESIGNATED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, IT TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE IS TROUBLING.

MM-HMM.

DEFINITELY.

IS THAT THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED? NO, IT WON'T BE.

AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST NO, I KNOW.

I KNOW.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JOANNE.

REPORT DISCUSSION REGARDING COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS.

UM, SO

[ 8.c. Reports/discussion regarding Council assignments. ]

DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS? BRIAN? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ON THE 27TH, I ATTENDED NA COGS, UH, BIMONTHLY, UH, MEETING AND, UH, CERTAINLY TOOK NOTES ON A NUMBER OF THEIR PROGRAM AREAS WHERE MAYBE THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR SEDONA TO BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, FROM THEIR ADVOCACY.

UM, BUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING AND SOMEWHAT FRIGHTENING ACTUALLY, WAS THE, UH, LOBBYIST THAT WORKS WITH THEIR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM INDICATING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MARICOPA COUNTY HAS A HALF SCENT TRANSPORTATION TAX THAT SUNSETS IN ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR.

IT'S ON A 20 YEAR RENEWAL BASIS.

AND THE, UH, LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR, IT, WELL, IT REQUIRES STATE APPROVAL TO, UH, BE PUT ON THE BALLOT AND BE REAPPROVED IN MARICOPA COUNTY.

AND LAST YEAR THE LEGISLATION APPROVED FOR THAT, UH, AND GOVERNOR DUCEY, UH, VETOED IT.

SO, UM, LEGISLATION HAS, LEGISLATURE HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION TO ADVANCE THAT TO THE CURRENT GOVERNOR AT THIS POINT.

AND THE IMPLICATION WAS THAT IF THAT SUNSETS THAT, YEAH, IT'LL PROBABLY CAUSE MARICOPA COUNTY TO WHITTLE BACK WHAT SOME OF THEIR FUTURE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS DESIRES ARE, BUT IT WOULD ALSO MEAN THAT THEY WOULD LIKELY BE SUCKING MORE FUNDS OUT OF WHAT THE STATE HAS OVERALL FOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, WHICH THEN DOES BECOME A THREAT TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPEN FOR SEDONA AND THE VERDE VALLEY.

SO JUST, UH, AN FYI THERE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS OF ANYTHING I'VE READ, AND JOANNE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL TO THAT.

I'M NOT AWARE THAT THERE'S ANY RESOLUTION COMING ON THAT JUST YET.

I, I'M AWARE THAT THERE WAS A BIG MEETING, UM, THAT HAPPENED.

PROP 400 IS THE PROPOSITION ON THIS TOPIC, AND THE WORD IS THAT IT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, UM, NEGOTIATION TO EXTEND PROP 400.

UH, MELISSA, ANYTHING? DO YOU WANT TO REPORT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING? YES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A

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GOOD IDEA.

AND SO IT WAS COMING BACK UP FOR RENEWAL ANYWAY, IT, UH, IT, IT WAS PASSED, WAS A INTERESTING DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

SURE.

YOU WANT ME TO DO OR YOU WANNA DO? NO, I WANT YOU TO DO IT UNLESS YOU WANT ME.

I MEAN, I THINK YOU ARE VERY GOOD AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT.

SO, SO THE LEAGUE OF TOWN AND CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP ALSO COMMITTEE ALSO MET, UM, THIS LAST WEEK, UH, MAYOR JALO PRESENTED THE, UM, SAFETY CONCERNS AROUND, UM, O H V ON PUBLIC ROADS, UM, AND ASKED FOR SOME LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM LEAKS AND CITIES THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE.

UM, AFTER, UH, A LOT OF DISCUSSION, UM, IT WAS AGREED TO BASICALLY MOVE IT OVER TOWARDS ADOT AND ASK ADOT FOR, UH, INPUT AROUND SAFETY ON, UH, PUBLIC ROADS, AROUND THE TIRES, UM, WHICH IS WHAT THE MAYOR HAD PRESENTED.

SO WE LEFT IT THERE WITH, UM, THEM GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION OVER TO ADOT TO SEE WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS FROM ADOT AT A STATE LEVEL.

TEN SECOND.

NOPE, I DON'T THINK YOU DID.

I THINK YOU DID REALLY WELL.

VICE MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UH, I'M GONNA LOOK AT KURT TO SAY WHETHER THIS IS, UM, I CAN FIT THIS IN SOMEWHERE.

MAYBE IT'LL BE UNDER FUTURE MEETINGS AGENDAS, BUT, UH, YEAH, I'LL WAIT.

I'LL, I'M GONNA PUT IT UNDER FUTURE MEETINGS.

HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR, YOUR COUNCIL ASSIGNMENT.

SO THE SEDONA COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH OPERATES OUR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM, IS IN REALLY DESPERATE NEED OF DRIVERS, VOLUNTEERS FOR DRIVERS.

UH, WHAT HAPPENS IS EVERY SUMMER THERE'S AN EXODUS OF, OF PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER AND DO THAT.

AND WE END UP WITH NOT ENOUGH DRIVERS FOR THE ROUTE SERVING OUR SENIORS, MANY OF WHICH ARE HOME BOUND, UM, AND MANY OF WHICH THIS IS HOW THEY GET THEIR MEAL, THEIR NUTRITION THAT THEY'RE DEPENDENT UPON, AND ALSO THE HUMAN CONTACT THAT WE ALL NEED.

SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, IS SOMETIMES STAFF ENDS UP GOING OUT AND DRIVING, WHICH IS NON-EFFICIENT USE OF THEIR TIME AND, UM, HURTS OTHER PROGRAMS AT THE CENTER.

AND IT ALSO, SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS, THEY HAVE TO CUT THE AMOUNT OF DAYS THEY DELIVER CUZ THEY DON'T HAVE THE DRIVERS.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, AGAIN, THAT SOMEBODY MAY NOT BE GETTING THAT HUMAN CONTACT EVERY DAY, AND ALSO THE MEAL THAT THEY'RE GETTING IS A PACKAGED MEAL FOR THE SECOND DAY AS OPPOSED TO A, A FRESH MEAL.

SO THERE'S A, A REAL PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH FACTORS HERE THAT PEOPLE COULD HELP WITH SIMPLY BY VOLUNTEERING AND BEING A PART OF THE REALLY GOOD, IMPORTANT WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER DOES.

SO I'M REALLY SENDING AN APPEAL OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT CAN HEAR MY VOICE AT THIS MOMENT, UH, TO REALLY CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING FOR THE SEDONA COMMUNITY CENTER.

IT'S FUN, IT'S EASY, IT'S SUPPORTED, IT'S A WONDERFUL FEELING OF, OF SATISFACTION THAT YOU GIVE FROM HELPING AND, AND MAKING A REAL IMPACT.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN TO HELP OUT.

ONE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE REGIONAL WATER BOARDS, CP, WAC AND NAMOA, YOU KNOW, WE BOTH SHARE, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RON DOBA THAT'S BEEN SERVING BOTH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR YEARS.

PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED RON TO HER NEW WATER POLICY BOARD STATEWIDE.

SO NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE ITS REPRESENTATION, WHICH GOES BACK YEARS ON THESE GOVERNOR'S BOARDS.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF AND OUR LOBBYISTS AND PERHAPS SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MIGHT HAVE PUT IN A WORD OR TWO ALONG THE WAY.

UH, BUT THAT WAS REALLY GREAT NEWS, I THINK, FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA.

AND THEN I ALSO DID PARTICIPATE IN THE LEAGUE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY MILITARY AND THE COURT'S POLICY MEETING.

UH, WE DECLINED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE ONE ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE US, BUT IT WAS AN INTERESTING PROCESS AND I WAS GLAD THAT I HAD PARTICIPATED.

IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME, RIGHT? YEP.

NOW, UH, I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE LEAGUE, UH, POLICY COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS QUALITY OF LIFE AND SUSTAINABILITY.

AND WE DID TAKE ACTION ON THE ONE RESOLUTION THAT CAME BEFORE US, WHICH WAS ON THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT.

AND WE, UH, SUPPORTED IT WAS KIND OF A WEIRD RESOLUTION, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS, IF THE LEGISLATURE TAKES UP THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, THEN THE LEAGUE WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF IT.

SO IT'S NOT ANY ACTION, IMMEDIATE ACTION, BUT THE LEAGUE HAD ENDORSED THE SAME POLICY IN 2019,

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AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

ANY, ANY PATTERNS TO THAT SUPPORT .

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S NOT VICE MAKER.

LET'S NOT DISCUSS IT ANY FURTHER.

JUST WE HAVE THE REPORT.

AND, AND I DID WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, NATE MYERS, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SEDONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S DAD PASSED AWAY.

RIGHT? HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PRESENT TODAY YES.

AND WHO HE WILL BE PRESENTING, UH, UNLESS SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS, GOD FORBID, IN TWO WEEKS.

SO, OKAY.

UM, NOW I DO HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM WHEN YOU GET THERE.

WELL, I'M COULDN'T GET THERE.

I KNOW I PUT MY GLASSES AND I CAN LEAVE .

UH, ITEM D DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING FUTURE MEETING AGENDA ITEMS. UH, VICE MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? ? WELL, I WANTED TO ASK THE COUNCIL SOMETHING AND THIS, UH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE IS PLANNING ON BUILDING A CAMPUS IN FLAGSTAFF, AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED IT.

UM, SO,

[ 8.d. Discussion/possible action regarding future meeting/agenda items. ]

WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION ON IT.

I KNOW THAT, UM, CAMP VERDE DOES HAVE A POSITION ON IT, AND I WONDERED WHETHER WE WANTED TO TAKE A POSITION BECAUSE, UH, IT'S UP AT THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT, THE CITY COUNCIL MET ON IT.

NOW, WHEN DID THEY PUT, UM, THEY PUT IT A VOTE OFF, BUT VARIOUS VERDE VALLEY COMMUNITIES AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY 16TH IS THEIR VOTE.

MAY 16TH.

SO WE REALLY CAN'T, WELL, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THE FACT, I GUESS , UH, I THINK WE, WE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON IT, BUT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON I, I KNOW, BUT WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT NOW.

SO WE HAVE TO, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO CONSIDER AT A FUTURE AGENDA? I WOULD VERY MUCH SUPPORT, UM, THAT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AFTER THE MAY 16TH VOTE, EITHER COMMENDING OR ASKING FOR REVISIT OR WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE IS AFTER OUR DISCUSSION TO WHAT ACTION THEY TAKE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING REPRESENTING OUR CONSTITUENTS TO THIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND A NEED THAT'S THERE.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING VERY APPROPRIATE FOR US TO TAKE A POSITION AND ADVOCATE ON.

KURT, ARE WE GOING TOO FAR? WE'RE RIGHT THERE.

SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.

UM, IS ANY OTHER COUNSELORS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SUPPORT IT THEN, SO LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS.

IF FOUR SAY YES, THEN WE WILL MOVE THIS FOR A DISCUSSION AFTER THE 16TH.

RIGHT? IT'LL, IT'LL LIKELY BE THERE ANYWAY.

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS WILL TAKE A LOT OF, UH, STAFF SUPPORT, BUT THAT'S UP TO THE CITY MANAGER.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE NOW.

WELL, RYAN, I DON'T, AND I DON'T, BUT YEAH.

A PROCEDURAL QUESTION OR A QUESTION ABOUT THIS ITEM.

PROCEDURAL.

WELL WE CAN DO PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS ANYTIME.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

SO LET BRIAN WEIGH IN CUZ HE HAS HIS HAND FIRST.

SO MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE ITEM OF ITS ITSELF.

CAN IT BE BROAD ENOUGH THAT WE CAN JUST TALK IN GENERAL AS WELL ABOUT OUR EITHER EXPECTATIONS OF N A H OR JUST ABOUT THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE AVAILABLE IN SEDONA AND THE VERDE VALLEY AND NOT HAVE IT LIMITED STRICTLY TO JUST THE DECISION ABOUT THE NEW MEDICAL CENTER? THAT THAT'S, I I WOULD JUST LIKE IT FOR IT TO BE THAT BROAD.

I HAVE SAME THING.

I THINK KAREN WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.

I, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IF WE DO AGENDA THIS FOR, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE OUR 20, THE MEETING ON THE 23RD OF MAY.

THERE WILL NOT BE A STAFF REPORT'S, THERE WILL NOT BE AN ANALYSIS'S FINE THERE.

OKAY? MM-HMM.

SO THAT'S FINE.

AND THAT WAS MY PROCEDURAL QUESTION.

IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE FROM NIH DEFENDING THEIR, OR EVEN GIVING, GIVING US ANY UPDATED INFORMATION, HOW EDUCATED WILL WE BE TO DISCUSS IT? AND I'M JUST LOOKING TO, TO THEM FIRST AND IF YEAH.

WELL, THERE'S A QUESTION TO, TO UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

WELL, UH, BUT ARE WE DISCUSSING ANY HS ACTION OR ARE WE JUST, WE'LL BE AT THAT POINT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING FLAGSTAFF'S ACTION, CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

SO THAT, DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? WELL, I BELIEVE COUNSELOR FOLTZ WANTED IT BROADER, SO IT COULD BE EVERYTHING.

SO IT COULD BE ANY, AND I THINK TO WEIGH IN ON WHETHER YOU BELIEVE FLAGSTAFF MADE THE RIGHT OR WRONG DECISION, YOU WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE THEY WERE VOTING ON MORE COMPREHENSIVELY.

TO KNOW WHETHER YOU SUPPORT WHAT THEY DID OR WHAT, OR NOT , YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.

I I, I, IT'S HARD, I GUESS BECAUSE I THINK A NUMBER OF OTHERS ARE PROBABLY, AND A NUMBER OF US ARE NOT, BUT SOME OF US ARE FOLLOWING THIS CLOSELY, SO WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION.

OTHERS PROBABLY ARE, MAY NOT BE, SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT INFORMATION.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT TO POINT THAT OUT, KAREN.

IN AND AT THAT TIME, UH, WITH COULD YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE? UH, RIGHT.

SO AGAIN, PROCEDURAL IT, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR, UH, JOANNE TO WEIGH

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SO, UM, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING FROM A STAFF LEVEL RIGHT.

THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF INFO.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE, THE, UH, FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL IS, WHAT THEY WELL, UH, THAT ISN'T MY POINT.

MY POINT IS THAT OTHER TOWN, CITIES AND TOWNS HAVE TAKEN, HAVE THEIR COUNSEL HAS TAKEN A POSITION ON THE EXPANSION, UH, NH EXPANSION.

I'M AWARE.

AND WE HAVEN'T, AND OUR SUPERVISOR HAS, RIGHT? YES.

WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION WITH US, OUR SUPERVISOR, I PROBABLY, SO MAYOR AND COUNSELORS AND VICE MAYOR, WE HAVE, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH SUPPORT TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IT VERY BROADLY, UH, INCLUDING ALLOWING ACTION TO TAKE, UM, OKAY.

POSITION ENOUGH.