* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. UH, [00:00:01] OKAY. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THIS WORLD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOW JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. UH, MADAM CLERK, UH, CAN YOU READ, UH, THERE YOU ARE. READ THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR JAO. PRESENT VICE MAYOR PLU. HERE. COUNSELOR DUNN. HERE. COUNSELOR FULTZ. PRESENT. COUNSELOR FURMAN. HERE. COUNSELOR KINSELLA. PRESENT. COUNSELOR WILLIAMSON. HERE. EXCELLENT. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE ITEM OH, WE'LL GO. I'M SORRY. WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, MOMENT [2. ROLL CALL/MOMENT OF ART] OF ART. NANCY, I KNOW YOU'RE THERE. YOU ARE. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE A VERY, VERY EXCITING, UH, MOMENT OF ART FOR EVERYBODY TODAY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS. BEFORE I BEGIN THE MOMENT OF ART, I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY LET YOU KNOW THAT THE QUILT EXHIBIT WILL BE COMING DOWN, UH, RIGHT AFTER, UM, LABOR DAY, SO SEPTEMBER 6TH. IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN PURCHASING, PLEASE SEE ME. UM, AND GREAT NEWS. WE SOLD SIX QUILTS AND FIVE OF THEM, COUNSELOR DUNN PURCHASED . SO THANK YOU, COUNSELOR DUNN FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL ART. OKAY. SO, AS YOU KNOW, TODAY IS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT OF ART. UM, IT IS IN HONOR OF JOHN SODERBERGH'S LIFE, SEDONAS ICONIC SCULPTOR AND HUMANITARIAN WHO HAVE BREACHED SO MANY. AND THANK YOU FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHOWN UP TODAY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PRESENTATION IS NOT THE TYPICAL LENGTH. IT WILL PROBABLY BE DOUBLE AND I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT TO 20 MINUTES. UM, AND THERE'S ALSO TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANYONE NEEDED TO FILL OUT A CARD. UM, NEXT TO ME IS JILL TR HOME, WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE PERSON. SHE IS JOHN'S PROTEGE. SHE HAS SCULPTED THESE PIECES AND SHE'LL TALK A LITTLE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. SHE'S ALSO, SHE AND HER PARTNER, FRANK FERRANTE, WERE JOHN'S CAREGIVERS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF HIS LIFE. UM, AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SENT HEARTFELT QUOTES AND, AND PHOTOS, AND IT JUST SHOWED ME HOW FAR REACHING JOHN'S IMPACT WAS. WHOOPS, SORRY. OKAY. SO, JOHN MARK SODERBERG PHD WAS BORN OCTOBER 13TH, 1950. HE PASSED THIS, UH, LAST MOTHER'S DAY, MAY 14TH, AND HE WAS FROM A FAMILY OF FOUR BROTHERS. IN, UM, THE ORDER THEY WERE BORN IS DAVID, PAUL, JOHN, AND STEVE. HE HAS CURRENTLY SURVIVED BY BROTHERS DAVID AND STEVE, HIS OLDEST AND YOUNGEST, AS WELL AS HIS TWO DAUGHTERS, MISTY SODERBERG AND HEATHER GREEN, WHO ARE BOTH ARTISTS AND SCULPTORS AS WELL. JILL JOHN TRAVELED A LOT IN HIS LIFE. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THIS MAN, AND I KNEW HIM, BUT I REALLY KNOW HIM NOW. UNFORTUNATELY, POSTHUMOUSLY, UM, HIS FAMILY TRAVELED SO MUCH IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS, AND, UM, HE ACTUALLY CIRCLED THE GLOBE EIGHT TIMES IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES WITH HIS FAMILY. UM, I WANTED TO READ THIS QUOTE BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOWS A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO HIS LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT LED HIM TO BE THE MAN HE IS. HE WAS, UM, HE'S STILL ALIVE IN MY MIND. BUT ANYWAY, STANDING IN FRONT OF THE OVENS IN AUSCHWITZ AT AGE 10 AND TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIA, I WITNESSED THE PAIN AND BRUTALITY OF HUMANITY. BUT FROM THAT SAME HUMANITY, I HAVE WITNESSED ALSO INSTANCES OF HUMANITY'S RARE AND UN EARTHY EARTHLY BEAUTY OF HOPE, COMPASSION, AND FAITH. ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL HUMAN QUALITIES, I BELIEVE IS EMPATHY. GIVEN EMPATHY, BRUTALITY BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE. EMPATHY IS AT THE HEART OF OUR HUMANITY, AND IN FACT IS THE HEART OF OUR HUMANITY. FOR IT REDUCES THE BARRIERS OF RACE, RELIGION, AND CREED, [00:05:01] WHILE UNLOCKING OUR TRUE INHERENT HUMAN DIGNITY. THE ACT OF ENCAPSULATING EMPATHY IN SOME MEDIUM, BE IT DANCE OR MUSIC, PAINTING OR SCULPTURE, SIMPLE STORIES OR MORE COMPLEX FORMS IS MY DEFINITION OF ART. THE FEELING AND THEN THE SHARING OF AN EMOTION OR IDEA, WHICH IS THE ESSENCE OF ART, IS WHAT MAKES US HUMAN. THERE WAS SO MUCH TO GO THROUGH WITH HIM AND, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND. IT SAYS EVERYWHERE HE WAS BORN IN AFGHANISTAN. JILL CORRECTED ME ON THAT. HE WAS ACTUALLY CONCEIVED IN AFGHANISTAN. AND HIS MOTHER HAD SOME MEDICAL ISSUES, SO HE WENT BACK TO, SHE WENT BACK TO THE STATES PREGNANT WITH JOHN, AND HE WAS BORN IN GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, AND THEN HE MOVED BACK TO AFGHANISTAN AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. THERE IS SO MUCH ON HIS FATHER, HE WAS SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE MAN, UM, AN ARTIST IN HIS OWN RIGHT AND AN ENGINEER. BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT JOHN'S FATHER, RICHARD, WAS COMMISSIONED BY KING ZAHI TO BE DIRECTOR OF AFGHANISTAN'S FIRST ENGINEERING SCHOOL. HE BUILT, STAFFED, AND EQUIPPED THAT SCHOOL. JOHN USED TO LIKE TO TELL THE STORY. AT FIVE, HE MADE HIS FIRST SCULPTURES IN THE FRONT YARD OUT OF MUD PIES, AND THEY WERE COMMISSIONED BY HIS MOTHER . IN 1955, RICHARD WORKED FOR THE, HIS FATHER WORKED FOR THE US GOVERNMENT IN INDIA, JOHN BEGAN PAINTING OILS WITH HIS FATHER'S PAINTS AND OILS AND BRUSHES. IN 1960, THE FAMILY MOVED TO THAILAND WHERE JOHN STUDIED THE TEAK WOOD CARVING WITH A LEADING MASTER AND BUDDHIST MONK. IN THE SIXTIES, THE US STATE DEPARTMENT WAS NERVOUS FOR PEOPLE TO BE TRAVELING ABROAD, AND THAT IS WHY HE TRAVELED SO MUCH. SO EVERY TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THE FAMILY WOULD MOVE AND TRAVEL AROUND. AND SO THEY VISITED MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, AND CHURCHES. HE VISITED THE HOLY LAND LAZARUS TOMB. RED SEA BETHLEHEM WALKED THE APIAN WAY IN ROME, SAW A CATACOMBS. AND HIS ONE MOMENT OF THAT HE IS VERY MEMORABLE FOR HIM, IS WHEN HIS MOTHER, BETTY HELD HIM UP TO TOUCH THE FEET OF MOSES THAT WAS CARVED BY MICHELANGELO AND THAT ALWAYS STAYED WITH HIM. THEY RETURNED TO THAILAND WHERE JOHN GRADUATED BANGKOK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1967. AND HE ALSO GOT BEST IN SHOW FOR, FOR, UH, IN ART IN THAT YEAR. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, HE WENT TO BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA AND PAINTED IN OILS AND, YOU KNOW, PURSUED PAINTING. IN 1970, HE JOINED THE MARINE CORPS AND WAS STATIONED IN YUMA. LATER ON, HE BECAME A MACHINIST, A CUSTOM KNIFE MAKER AND GOLD AND SILVER JEWELER. AND HE ACTUALLY CREATED A BRACELET FOR ELVIS. AND HIS JEWELRY WAS SO HEAVY, HE DECIDED HE SHOULD BECOME A SCULPTOR. . JOHN MOVED TO FLAGSTAFF WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS TO LEARN THE ART OF BRONZE. HE WORKED IN A FOUNDRY FOR YEARS AND EVENTUALLY ENROLLED IN N A U AS A RESIDENT ARTIST. BRONZE WAS HIS PASSION AND HE BEGAN CREATING HIS HUGE COLLECTION OF WORK AS WELL AS MENTORING OTHER ARTISTS AND GIVING BACK IN SERVICE TO THE CAUSES HE HAD A PASSION FOR. THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF PHOTOS IN ON THE EARLY FIFTIES, COURTESY OF HIS BROTHER RICHARD. UM, THE LEFT IS, UH, JOHN WITH HIS FATHER IN KABUL, UH, WITH THE ELEPHANT THAT'S, UH, HIS BROTHER'S POEM. STEVEN MOM ON A CEREMONIAL DAY IN INDIA. BELOW THAT, IS THE FAMILY GOING TO HAVE TEA WITH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NERO. THE TOP RIGHT IS THE FAMILY RIDING CAMELS AND MULES TO THE GREAT PYRAMIDS. AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS WHEN HE WAS LEARNING TEAK MAKING FROM A MASTER IN THAILAND. OKAY, SO SHEA CONROW SENDS HER REGRETS. SHE REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO BE HERE. SHE'S COMMISSIONED AT ANOTHER PROJECT SHE'S WORKING ON IN FLORIDA RIGHT NOW, AND ON ANOTHER STUPA. AS A MATTER OF FACT, SHE WORKED WITH JOHN ON OUR STUPA IN SEDONA, WORKING ON THE SCULPTING, THE SPIRE. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST READ FOR HER. HI SHEA. SHE'S WATCHING, UM, THE, UH, WHAT SHE WROTE ABOUT JOHN, THE MAGIC OF DR. JOHN, DR. JOHN SODERBERG. I LOVE THAT MAN. WE MET SHORTLY AFTER I MOVED TO SEDONA IN 1998. I CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE WHEN I THINK OF HIM. HE FELT LIKE A KINDRED SPIRIT, SLIGHTLY IRREVERENT, PLAYFUL AND REBELLIOUS, YET WITH A HEARTFUL OF LOVE AND A DEDICATION TO MAKING THE WORLD A MORE PEACEFUL AND LOVING PLACE. AT THE TIME, I WAS AN ORDAINED BUDDHIST NUN AND HAD COME TO SEDONA TO SERVE AS THE LEAD ARTIST FOR THEBA STUA AND PEACE PARK PROJECT BUILDING. STU HAD BEEN MY THING FOR 10 YEARS, BUT BRONZE WAS UNCHARTED TERRITORY. DR. JOHN WAS THE PERFECT MENTOR FOR THE JOB. HE WAS PATIENT AND KIND, DIRECT BUT NOT JUDGMENTAL. HE WALKED ME THROUGH INITIAL STEPS AND GENEROUSLY OPENED UP HIS STUDIO TO ME AND MY TEAM. FOR FIVE WEEKS STRAIGHT, WE WORKED TIRELESSLY FROM BUILDING THE ARMATURE OUT OF STYROFOAM AND WAX TO THE FINAL MAGNIFICENT SEVEN AND A HALF FOOT SCULPTURE COMPLETE WITH SANSKRIT LETTERS AND LOTUS PEDALS AT THE BASE. EVERY DETAIL WAS JUST PERFECT. ONE NIGHT WE FACED A TRICKY CHALLENGE AND NEEDED A CUSTOM TOOL. JOHN WENT TO FULL ON MACGYVER MODE. HE VANISHED INTO HIS WELDING SHOP. [00:10:01] SPARKS FLYING AND SOUND OF STEEL BEING CUT, FILLED THE AIR WITH SOME SCRAP METAL, BRICK, CHISELS AND RUBBER BANDS. HE CREATED A GENIUS TOOL THAT BECAME THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS. IT WAS LIKE WATCHING A WIZARD AT WORK. THE DAYS WERE LONG. WE WORKED FROM LATE AFTERNOON TILL SUNRISE, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS, OFFERING SUGGESTIONS AND HELPING US OVERCOME HURDLES. HE WAS ALWAYS READY TO PITCH IN. I CAN'T FORGET THAT THE HAT, I AM WEARING THESE PICTURES. IT'S A WILLY G LEATHER CAP FROM HARLEY DAVIDSON, A CLASSIC. DR. JOHN GAVE IT TO ME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, AND HE CLAIMED THAT WEARING A HAT HELPED CORRAL AND FOCUS THE CREATIVE ENERGY SWIRLING AROUND IN THE BRAIN. , I WORE THAT HAT EVERY SINGLE DAY FEELING LIKE A CREATIVE SUPERHERO ON A MISSION TO SAVE THE WORLD ONE STUPID AT A TIME. I REMEMBER FONDLY YEARS LATER, WE HAD A BLAST TAKING A LONG RIDE TOGETHER ON OUR HARLEYS THROUGH PAYSON AND OUT ALONG THE IAN RIM. OUR SPIRITS WERE OUT TO PLAY HEARTS WIDE OPEN, JOYFULLY REBELLIOUS, AND DREAMING OF A WORLD WHERE ALL BEINGS ARE HAPPY, FREE AND LOVED. I HOLD JOHN IN MY HEART ALWAYS. HIS CREATIVITY WAS AWE-INSPIRING, AND HIS COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN HIS WORK WAS TRULY REMARKABLE. HE HAS LEFT A LASTING IMPACT AND I WILL CHERISH MY HIS MEMORY FOREVER. REST IN PEACE. DR. JOHN, I LOVE YOU AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME WE SHARED MERLIN. EVERYBODY KNOWS MERLIN. THIS IS HIS ICONIC 10 FOOT PIECE AND MERLIN'S CHAIR, IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED OUT OVER ACROSS FROM WAN, THERE ARE FACES AND SO MUCH DETAIL IN THE BACK OF THE CHAIR. UM, MERLIN WAS A PHILOSOPHER, SHAMAN, POLITICIAN, AND A PRIEST. HE WAS A UNIFYING FORCE DURING A CHAOTIC TIME, EMBODYING THE MAGIC THAT WAS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE UNITY. THERE'S A LEGEND AND SOME SAY HE NEVER DIED, BUT WAS FROZEN AND HE ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE FROZEN AS A MEANS OF PASSING OVER HIS POWER TO SOMEONE ELSE. AND HE WILL AWAKEN WHEN THE NEED FOR HIS MAGIC IS THE GREATEST. GOOD. GOOD. OH, MARY SAPP, IS MARY HERE? YEAH. OKAY, I'D LIKE TO, UM, MARY IS GONNA SPEAK BRIEFLY. UM, COME ON UP. MARY. MARY IS WHAT? A WATERCOLOR ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE. WELCOME. GLASSES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. MANY OF YOU ALL KNEW JOHN MUCH BETTER THAN I DID. I FOUND SEDONA IN 2006 AND WHOLE FOODS WAS THE, UM, NATURAL GROCERS THEN. AND THERE WAS A MINI BAR OR MARTINI BAR THERE WITH THE OUTSIDE MUSIC, UH, IN SEDONA NEAR SANWAN RESTAURANT. AND AT THE TIME, THAT WAS A GREAT GRA GATHERING PLACE FOR LOCALS. AND IT WAS THERE THAT, UH, I SAW FIRST SAW JOHN'S, UH, MERLIN'S SCULPTURE, THANK YOU. AND, UM, ALSO SEVERAL OTHER WORKS AROUND SEDONA AND OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY, ALONG THE STREETS, IN UPTOWN AND THE HALLS. AND I WAS JUST AMAZED AND IT CONFIRMED FOR ME THAT SO SEDONA WAS A GREAT PLACE FOR ART AND ARTISTS. I HAD ONLY MET JOHN A FEW TIMES, MOSTLY AT ART EXHIBITS. HE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE THE CLASSIC ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT I WAS TOLD, AND AS AN INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMANDING AND VERY EXACTING. THOUGH I AM A PAINTER, I REGRET I DID NOT TAKE ONE OF HIS SCULPTURE CLASSES. I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD A SEDONA CITY MOMENT HERE IN ART LAST YEAR AND HAD MY PAINTINGS SHOWN IN THIS BEAUTIFUL, UH, HALL BUILDING. IT'S SUCH AN HONOR, UH, TO BE ON THE SAME LIST AS JOHN. SO THANK YOU CITY OF SEDONA FOR HONORING ARTISTS LIKE THIS. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. JOHN WAS SUCH A BEACON IN THIS COMMUNITY. WHEN I DID FINALLY MEET HIM AT THE SEDONA ART CENTER, I WAS STRUCK BY HOW MUCH HE WAS THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF MERLIN. I THOUGHT WITH THAT WAS SO COOL. I KNOW THAT MANY ARTISTS CAN BE FOUND IN THEIR ARTWORK. AND FOR JOHN THAT WAS CERTAINLY TRUE. MANY SCULPTURES AND MURALS AND CREATIVE TOUCHES AROUND TOWN REMIND ME OF THE TALENT THAT WALKS AMONG US. I THINK OF JOHN EVERY TIME I GO TO WHOLE FOODS, I TAKE COMFORT KNOWING THAT HE STILL WALKS AMONG US BECAUSE OF HIS BRILLIANT ARTWORK. [00:15:01] QUITE THE MAGIC TRICK HE WILL BE MISSED. CLEVER GUY THAT JOHN SODERBERG. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARY ANASAZI IS ON OUR CITY CAMPUS AND IT'S NINE FEET HIGH BY 15 FEET WIDE WITH THE WINGSPAN. IT'S ONE ANOTHER PIECE OF HIS, HIS MONUMENTAL WORKS. IT WAS DONATED IN 99. WHEN ONE WALKS AMONG THE ANCIENT RUINS OF THE ANASAZI, ONE CAN SOMETIMES FEEL THE SPIRITS OF THOSE VANISHED PEOPLE IMBUED IN THE STONE. SODERBERG RECREATES THAT FEELING WITH NUMEROUS SCULPTED FACES. ILLUSTRATING THE SPECTRUM OF HUMAN EMOTION DISGUISED IN THE ROCKS OF THE STONE SPIRE. AT THE BASE OF THE SPIRE LIES AN ABANDONED ANASAZI CLIFF DWELLING. THE FLOWING WATERFALL SYMBOLIZES LIFE. THE EAGLE WATCHED THE ANASAZI ARRIVE, BUILD THEIR HOMES, GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIVES, AND HE WATCHED THEM LEAVE AND HE STILL SOARS OVER THEIR MEMORY. INVOCATION IS AT JAMESON PARK AND THAT WAS DONATED IN 95. UM, IT SHOWS A TASIA INDIAN IN A GESTURE RECEIVING EARTH'S GIFTS, WHICH ARE GRAPES AND A GOURD. AND THANK YOU DALE CASEY FOR COMING TO MY OFFICE LAST NIGHT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AND BRINGING THIS, UH, INCREDIBLE, UM, METAL PRINT OF A YOUNGER JOHN SCULPTING IN A VOCATION. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME, UM, JILL GLIA, WHO IS THE, UM, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE FRIENDS OF JACK JAMESON PARK TO SPEAK. HELLO ALL. I WISH I COULD HAVE A CIRCULAR HERE SO I CAN SEE ALL YOUR FACES. FIRST OF ALL, NANCY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CREATING THIS TRIBUTE AND REMEMBRANCE FOR JOHN. MY PLEASURE. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. JOHN SODERBERG HAS BEEN A DEAR FRIEND OF THE JACK JAMISON MEMORIAL SCULPTURE PARK. IT'S COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SUPPORTERS, AND COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS IN 1996. OKAY, I'LL MOVE A LITTLE CLOSER. UH, IN 1996, JOHN'S RENOWNED SCULPTURE IN VOCATION WAS THE FIRST SCULPTURE TO BE PLACED IN THE PARK IN MEMORY OF JACK JAMESON AND IN HONOR. AND THANKS OF ALL THOSE DEDICATED CITIZENS WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND CARE ABOUT SERVICE TO OTHERS, WHICH IS SO SYMBOLIC TO JOHN'S LIFE. IN JOHN'S SCULPTURE, INVOCATION, THE FIGURE HOLDS GRAPES INDIGENOUS TO TEXAS IN HIS RIGHT HAND, PALMED DOWN, INDICATING AN ACCEPTANCE OF NATURE'S GIFTS. IN HIS LEFT OUT REACHING HAND IS A GOURD FILLED WITH BLENDED LIQUID RESULT, A GIFT BACK TO GOD OR TO OTHERS. A PEACEFUL COMMUNION OF GOD, PEOPLE AND NATURE. JOHN WILL BE FOREVER REMEMBERED. HIS SPIRIT WAS ALWAYS ONE OF ACCEPTANCE IN GIVING BACK IN WHATEVER WAY HE COULD, WHETHER IT BE IN TIME, TALENT, OR TREASURE. HE WAS THERE TO MEET YOU WITH AN OPEN, KIND AND LOVING HEART. SUCH BEAUTIFUL GIFTS FOR ALL THAT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM AND KNOW HIM. JOHN HAS TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES AND HAS SHARED HIS FRIENDSHIP, CARING AND HIS CREATIONS OF HIS RENOWNED SCULPTURES AND ARTWORK THAT WILL BE WITH US AND TREASURED FOREVER. THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR ALL YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR WORLD. WE LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU, JILL. I HAD FIVE PAGES OF ACCOLADES TO NARROW DOWN, SO I'LL JUST READ A HANDFUL. UM, HE PAINTED AND SCULPTED IN SINCE 1955. UH, HE ASSISTED AGAINST APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IN 85, AS WELL AS AGAINST WAR ATROCITIES TARGETING CHILDREN IN SOVIET OCCUPIED AFGHANISTAN. AND HE ALSO WAS AWARDED N NA'S JUBILEE YEAR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD. IN 1990, HE RECEIVED HIS N A U DOCTORATE IN HUMANE LETTERS AND N A U CENTENNIAL ALUMNI AWARD IN 98. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE WAS KNIGHTED BY A SWEDISH COUNT , UH, OLF HAMILTON AND HONORABLY INDUCTED INTO THE HAMILTON FAMILY. IN 2006, HE INVENTED CLASSIC CLAY, WHICH IS USED BY MANY SCULPTURES NOW WORLDWIDE SCULPTURES. UM, HE PIONEERED ARMATURE CONCEPTS, MULTICOLORED PATINA WITH STEALING TECHNIQUES, FRAGMENTATION CONCEPTS, TOOLS FOR SCULPTING THE HUMAN EYE INNOVATIONS IN TEXTURE, HAIR AND DRAPERY TECHNIQUES. HE WAS A, A BIG HUMANITARIAN AND ONE OF HIS, UM, [00:20:01] HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE RANCHO FEELYS. UM, HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER. IT'S A, A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION IN SCOTTSDALE. AND HERE HE IS LEADING THE MOTORCADE ON HIS MOTORCYCLE AT SANTA CLAUS. UM, AND HE DID THIS ANNUALLY FOR 19 YEARS. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES MEDICAL, DENTAL, REST, HOME AND FAMINE RELIEF TO, FOR TARA HUMIRA INDIANS IN COPPER CANYON, MEXICO, THEY BUILT THREE ORPHANAGES IN MEXICO, 40 DUPLEX HOUSING PROJECTS, A CHILDCARE CENTER AND A SOUP KITCHEN FOR CHILDREN. HE WAS ALSO AN INTEGRAL PART OF FREE THE SLAVES. UH, HE DESIGNED THE AWARD, WHICH YOU SEE HIM DOING DOWN IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, CREATING THE BRONZE AWARD FREE. THIS WAS IN OH EIGHT FREE. THE SLAVES LEADS THE FIGHT, BRINGING AWARENESS TO ERADICATE CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH NEGOTIATION EXPOSURE AND POLITICAL ACTION. EVERY YEAR, FIVE PEOPLE ARE CHOSEN WHO HAVE DONE THE MOST WORLDWIDE WORK. UM, JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, IN OH EIGHT 27 MILLION SLAVES WERE STILL BOUGHT, SOLD, AND OWNED WORLDWIDE. IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, UH, YOU SEE ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU PRESENTING THE FREEDOM AWARD FOR THE EVENT THAT HE CREATED. HE CREATED THE AWARD IN OH EIGHT. SO WHEN RUTH BADER SUPREME JUSTICE COURT, UH, RUTH BADER GINSBURG KNEW SHE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT, SHE DECIDED SHE WANTED TO HAVE A LEGACY AND HAVE A MEDALLION MADE IN HER LIKENESS. JOHN WAS COMMISSIONED FOR THIS MEDALLION, WHICH WE HAVE OVER HERE, THE ACTUAL, UH, MEDALLIONS HERE. UM, THE MEDALLION WAS DESIGNED BY NONE OTHER THAN JOHN. AND IN 2020, THE FIRST R B G AWARD WAS GIVEN TO AGNES GUND, AS YOU SEE ON THE LEFT, WHEN RUTH WAS ALIVE TO AWARD HER. UM, SHE WAS, UH, SHE IS AN ARTS PATRON, RENOWNED PHILANTHROPIST AND CHAMPION OF JUSTICE REFORM. UH, IN 2021, THE AWARD WAS GRANTED TO GREAT BRITAIN'S QUEEN ELIZABETH II. AND THERE SHE IS WEARING JOHN'S MEDAL IN 2022. THESE PICTURES CAME IN LAST NIGHT, BY THE WAY. THANK YOU, DALE. 2022, THE AWARD WENT TO DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, A FASHION DESIGNER, AUTHOR, AND PHILANTHROPIST. AND IT'S, IF YOU CAN MAKE OUT IN THE PICTURE. SO VEST STALLONE IS CARRYING PINK BOXING GLOVES WITH THE ACRONYM R B G ON THEM, UM, AT THE EVENT. UM, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, 2023 THIS YEAR, BARBARA STREISAND RECEIVED THE AWARD AND, UM, ANOTHER AWARD WENT TO THE SMITHSONIAN. GOING FORWARD, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GIVE THE AWARD TO MORE PEOPLE EACH YEAR. BARBARA STREISAND IS BEING PRESENTED THE AWARD BY JUSTICE SOTO MAIER, UM, AND JULIE OPPERMAN, WHO, UH, IS PART OF THE FOUNDATION. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME TONIGHT, BUT SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT FROM SCOTTSDALE. AND PHOTOS ARE A COURTESY OF HER. THE LEFT ARE THE ACTUAL WAX MOS, WHICH, UM, JILL WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE CREATING THESE IN JOHN'S LEGACY AND RUTH'S LEGACY. SO THE LOCAL NEWS, GOOD MORNING, SEDONA. JOHN WAS ALWAYS, UM, HAPPY TO COME AND DRESS UP AS SANTA IN AREAS IS WITH CHANDRA AND SHERRY RICHARDS. UM, AND CHANDRA'S QUOTE IS, JOHN WAS A KINDRED SPIRIT. I CALLED HIM BROTHER JOHN AS THE SHOW DIRECTOR OF G M S WHEN I WOULD ASK IF HE WOULD JOIN US AS SANTA. HE GRACIOUSLY ALWAYS ANSWERED YES. HE SAID YES TO OTHER GIFTING HIS PRESENCE AND HIS GALLERY WHEN ASKED JOHN SEDERBERG EQUALS A TRUE SEDONA GEM, AND TOM JEFFERSON SAID, JOHN WAS ALWAYS SO GIVING, ALWAYS READY TO ANSWER THE CALL. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS HIM THEN, BUT WHEN MY KIDS WERE LITTLE, I MEAN, HE WAS SANTA AT CITY'S, UH, BREAKFAST WITH SANTA FOR YEARS, AND I'M SURE I HAVE PICTURES OF HIM TOO WITH MY CHILDREN. THESE ARE, UM, FROM CINDY COLE WITH HER DAUGHTER SKYRA. JOHN ALSO VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES AND TAUGHT ART AT CAMP. BARE WALLOW WITH NANCY ROB DUNST FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I LOVE, THAT'S A REALLY COLORFUL PICTURE WEARING HIS BERET, WHICH IS RIGHT OVER THERE RUNNING RIVER. SO AT RUNNING RIVER, JOHN VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME AS WELL. AND STUDENTS ACTUALLY NOT ONLY CREATED CLAY, BUT THEY CREATED BRONZE. HE, HE CAST THEM IN BRONZE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY GENEROUS. AND THESE CHILDREN NOW ARE JUNIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL. ACTUALLY, ALL OF THESE CHILDREN WERE IN MY ART CLASSES BEFORE I STARTED WORKING HERE, SO I KNOW THEM WELL. UM, SARAH DVY IS IN GREEN ON THE RIGHT AND HER PIECE, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE ON THE TABLE I PICKED UP LAST NIGHT FROM HER MOM IS BRONZED AND IN COLOR. UM, SO THIS WAS A, I REMEMBER BEING THERE, I TOOK SOME PICTURES OF THIS TOO BACK THEN. IT WAS A WONDERFUL, UH, SERVICE HE DID FOR THESE STUDENTS. HE WAS ALSO THE 10TH SEDONA INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE AWARD, UM, AS A PEACE AMBASSADOR. HE WAS AWARDED WITH THIS AND MARGARET JOY. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE LATER. OKAY, THERE'S SO MUCH. AND IF YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT JOHN, AND THIS IS INTRIGUED, YOU GO TO JOHN SODERBERG.COM AND IT'S INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF WORK HE'S DONE IN HIS LIFETIME. AND THE STORIES AND THE SYMBOLISM ARE AMAZING. I JUST TOOK THREE OF EACH OF THE CATEGORIES, WHICH [00:25:01] I'LL JUST GO THROUGH QUICKLY. HIS MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES. I PICKED PARTNERS, WHICH IS THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES AND FISH, MOSES, WHICH MADE AN IMPACT ON HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER AND ACTUALLY TOUCHED THE FEET OF MOSES BY MICHELANGELO ST. CATHERINE OF SIENNA, WHICH IS MOSES IS ACTUALLY 13 FEET TALL, HIS LIFE-SIZE SCULPTURES. I PICKED, UH, PARILLA, WHICH IN GREEK MEANS THE GREAT JOURNEY AND THE SYMBOLISM IS EMPATHY FOR HUMANITY AS WE STRUGGLE UPWARD DEEP WATER BLOW IS A SAILOR PITTING AGAINST A RAGING STORM. POSEIDON IS THE PROTECTOR OF THE SEAS. SOME SMALL SCULPTURES BLEW DEEP, WHICH IS A MERMAID PROTECTING THE OCEANS TO PROSPER. BIRD WOMAN IS ALSO SAKA JOA, WHO PLAYED A VERY CRUCIAL ROLE LEADING THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION. AND ON THE RIGHT IS DREAMER, WHICH IS A TRIBUTE TO INNOVATIVE THINKERS, DREAMERS, AND ARTISTS. HIS MINIATURE SCULPTURES IS MOONBEAM, WHICH IS A FAIRY, AND IT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. AND THE CENTER IS WOVOKA, WHICH IS A PAIUTE MEDICINE MAN. AND TO THE RIGHT IS SEARCHER. UM, IT'S A MERMAID ON A SEAHORSE HOLDING A PEARL. AND PEARLS GIVE MERMAIDS MAGICAL POWERS AS IS WHAT'S BEHIND THAT? YAY. I'M UP TO YOU . UM, I WENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO FINALLY MEET MISTY SODERBERG, HIS DAUGHTER ON THE LEFT. AND I MET JILL TRAN HOME THEN. UM, AND THEY'RE STANDING BY DREAMS OF FLIGHT. THEY WERE, UM, WASHING AND UPGRADING ALL THE SCULPTURES AT THE CREATIVE LIFE CENTER AND A LITTLE BIT ON DREAMS OF FLIGHT IS VERY MOVING PIECE. THE PIECE IS A TRIBUTE TO THE MAGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF GROWING UP TO THE CHILD IN DREAMS OF FLIGHT. THE REAL MYSTERY IS THAT THE SIMPLE PASSAGE OF TIME CAN BRING CHANGES AND ABILITIES TO THE HELPLESS, NAKED BABY. THE MYSTERY AND DREAM IS TO GROW UP WITH NATURAL ABILITIES AND THEN SOAR. UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS JILL TRENT HOLM. THIS IS MERLIN, WHICH SHE METICULOUSLY, I WENT TO THE STUDIO. THE DETAIL ON THIS PIECE IS INCREDIBLE. IT'S A, A TINY MERLIN AND HER IN HER STUDIO, AND SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK NOW ABOUT JOHN. THANK YOU, NANCY. I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AND I LOVE JOHN AND I WAS REALLY, I'M REALLY HONORED THAT TO HAVE BEEN HIS FRIEND, TO BE HIS PROTEGE AND TO BE HIS ASSISTANT, AS WELL AS HIS CARETAKER WITH MY SWEETHEART FRANK FERRANTE OVER THERE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. BUT, UM, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCULPTURE HERE ON THE END OF JOHN. UM, WHEN I SAW THAT HIS HEALTH WAS FAILING, I TOLD HIM HOW I WANTED TO SCULPT HIM TO HONOR HIM. AND OF COURSE HE WAS THRILLED. AND HE ALSO WAS, UM, WANTING TO KNOW HOW I WOULD SCULPT HIM. AND, UH, SOME OF YOU KNOW, MY SCULPTURES, I KIND OF SCULPT UNIQUELY AT TIMES. AND FOR INSTANCE, I PUT A BOAT ON TOP OF FRANK'S HEAD AND I DID ANOTHER SCULPTURE OF A, A FRIEND, AND I PUT ANTLERS ON HIM AND TURNED HIM IN CAR TO CAR NUNO. SO THE, UH, UH, GREEK, UH, MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE. AND I PUT A FALCON ON HIS SHOULDER AND I SAID, JOHN, I'M GONNA SCULPT YOU THE WAY THAT I USUALLY SEE YOU, WHICH IS I LOOK ACROSS THE STUDIO AND, UH, YOU'RE LIGHTING A CIGARETTE WITH A PROPANE TORCH . AND I THINK IT'S FUNNY, BUT HE DID NOT THINK THAT WAS FUNNY. SO I SAID, HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO SCULPT YOU? AND HE SAID, WELL, I THINK YOU SHOULD SCULPT ME SCULPTING SOMETHING. I'M LIKE, OKAY. SO WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO HAVE YOU SCULPT? HE SAID, I DON'T CARE. AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE AND I THOUGHT, I KNOW ME. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. AND HE, WE LAUGHED. AND THEN HE SAID, WAIT, IT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT'S THE MASTER SCULPTOR SCULPTING THE STUDENT INTO A MASTER SCULPTOR WHO CAN IN TURN SCULPT THIS. SO IT'S LIKE A FULL CIRCLE THING. WE AGREED TO DO THAT. AND THE OTHER, ANOTHER PROBLEM I HAD WITH HIM IS I NEEDED HIM TO SIT AND LET ME TAKE MEASUREMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIM. HE KEPT PUTTING ME OFF. AND FINALLY I SAID TO HIM, YOU KNOW, JOHN, IF I WALK IN HERE AND YOU'RE NOT BREATHING, I'M GONNA TAKE PICTURES AND MEASUREMENTS BEFORE I CALL 9 1 1 . I KNOW THAT'S BAD, BUT I I WOULD DO IT. SO, UM, ANYWAY, HE DID IT AND I, I STARTED IT AND HERE'S HIS HEAD. UH, I'VE JUST BEGUN, SO I NEED A LOT MORE WORK ON IT, OF COURSE, BUT IT'LL BE A TORSO WITH ARMS AND HE WILL BE SCULPTING. SO, UM, THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT'S GONNA TAKE ME A YEAR, AND THAT INCLUDES SCULPTING AND MOLDS MADE AND TO GET IT CAST IN BRONZE AND PATINA. SO I'M LOOKING FOR FUNDING FOR THAT. IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEAS. THE OTHER THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THIS LITTLE MINI MERLIN. 10 MONTHS PRIOR TO JOHN'S PASSING, HE REQUESTED THAT I SCULPT A 14 INCH REPLICA OF MERLIN AND I COMPLETED IT. SO, UH, THIS, AND NOW I'M READY TO DO, START THE PRODUCTION PROCESS ON IT, AND THE SCULPTURE WILL BE PAIRED WITH A BOOKLET ABOUT JOHN, WHICH INCLUDES A QR CODE. [00:30:01] AND ON THAT, WHEN THE WE SCAN THE QR CODE, IT LEADS TO A PRESENTATION VIDEO OF JOHN TALKING ABOUT THE CREATION OF HIS MERLIN, WHICH I'M SO GLAD I RECORDED HIM DOING. AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH ME ON FACEBOOK, YOU'VE SEEN THAT VIDEO, I'D LOVE IT. AND IT'S IN HIS VOICE. AND MY INTENTION IS FOR THE PROCEEDS TO HELP MAINTAIN JOHN'S LEGACY THROUGH SCULPTING WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS AND FOR KIDS SCHOLARSHIPS AND CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR JOHN'S FAVORITE FOUNDATION, RESO FELS. SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN OWNING ONE OF THESE, PLEASE CONTACT ME SO I CAN GET THIS PROJECT GOING. UH, THE OTHER THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE RUTH BADER GINSBURG AWARD, AND I AM HONORED TO BE ASKED TO ASSIST IN ITS ANNUAL PRODUCTION MOVING FORWARD. AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU DALE CASEY, UH, FOR PUTTING ME ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE JOHN DID NOT LEAVE AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL ON HOW TO GET THIS DONE. AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW STEPS IN IT THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU HAVE TO TAKE. SO NOW I'M LEARNING ALL ABOUT IT. AND, UH, THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS JOHN'S WEBSITE IS UP FOR RENEWAL AND IT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED. AND YESTERDAY, I, I FOUND OUT THE COST OF IT, WHICH ISN'T TOO MUCH, BUT, UH, IT, AND IF WE DO ANY ADDITIONAL FEES, ANYTHING CHANGE, ANY CHANGES, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FEES. AND I'M, I'M GONNA LOOK FOR FUNDS TO KEEP THAT GOING AS WELL. 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INCREDIBLE INFORMATION ON THAT WEBSITE. AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY IS THAT I JUST OPENED A NEW STUDIO, 'CAUSE I'M NOT IN JOHN'S STUDIO ANYMORE, BUT IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO JOHN'S. AND I'M CREATING A MORE MEMORIAL WALL TO HONOR JOHN. I HAVE HIS CLAY TOOLS, A FEW OF HIS ORIGINAL CLAY SCULPTURES. I EVEN HAVE HIS ASHTRAY AND HIS CLAY STAINED APRON, HIS AWARDS DIPLOMAS AND PHOTOS. BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THESE THINGS IN A SODABERG ROOM IN THE FUTURE IN OUR MUSEUM WHEN IT OPENS. BUT UNTIL THEN, IF YOU WANTED TO COME AND SEE THEM, PLEASE COME SEE ME. THANK YOU, JILL. THANK YOU. JOHN WAS SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AND FRANK FOR THESE LAST TWO YEARS. SHE WAS WITH HIM TO HIS LAST MOMENTS, SO PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT. UM, AND I KNOW HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED YOU AND ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR HIM. UM, THIS IS JUST A A, A QUICK SHOT I THREW UP OF, UM, MERLIN TODAY, WHICH FLOWERS AROUND HIM THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING SINCE HE HAS, UH, JOHN HAD PASSED. IF ANYONE WANTS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH JILL, JUST REACH OUT TO ME AND I WILL CONNECT YOU. AND I WANTED TO END WITH GARY GLENN'S POWERFUL PHOTO, WHICH WE HAVE HERE AS WELL, UM, OF JOHN, A PORTRAIT HE DID WITH HIM IN IN MERLIN, UM, WITH MERLIN. AND I WANTED TO JUST READ THIS QUOTE, WHICH REALLY SPEAKS A LOT TO ME, AND I'M SURE ALL ARTISTS. TO ME, ART IS NOT A LUXURY, BUT IT IS A BASIC HUMAN NECESSITY. ART CAN AND SHOULD REMIND US OF OUR HUMANITY AND THAT OF OTHERS, AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF OUR LIVES. FROM THE EARLIEST ARTISTS, STONE AGE STORYTELLERS AROUND A FIRE IN A CAVE TO THE PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS AND ARCHITECTS OF TODAY. ART HAS PERVADED AND SHAPED OUR SOCIETIES. TO ME, AN ARTIST IS NOT PRIMARILY A CREATOR, BUT RATHER A CONDUIT ABSORBING, TRANSLATING, AND CONVEYING MESSAGES OF VALUE TO OTHERS LIVING OR CENTURIES YET TO BE BORN. JOHN SODERBERG, MAY HE REST IN PEACE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU NANCY. YOU ARE WELCOME. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE SOME CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC AND JESSICA, TURN THE LIGHTS ON. SURE. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WE HAVE, UH, NANCY, ROB DUNS. YOU'LL BE THE FIRST UP. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES PICTURE. OH, OKAY. IT TAKES ME LONGER TO GET HERE, PROBABLY. WELL, FOR GOOD REASON. WE, WE PACKED THE ROOM WITH ALL SUPPORTERS OF JOHN SODERBERG. THANK YOU. UM, I, MY NAME IS NANCY ROB DUNST. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 30 YEARS, AND, UM, I KNEW JOHN IN KIND OF A DIFFERENT WAY. I DIDN'T KNOW HIM AS A FRIEND, REALLY. I JUST KNEW HIM AS AN ARTIST. AND WE WOULD SEE EACH OTHER IN EXHIBITS AND STUFF. JOHN, I HAD A, UH, CAMP, CAMP BARE WALLOW. AND, UM, I HAD IT FOR 25 YEARS. AND JOHN USED TO COME AND HE USED TO, UM, WORK WITH THE KIDS. AND FIRST OF COURSE, THE FIRST THING HE'D DO IS HE'D SIT DOWN AND HAVE THE KIDS ALL SURROUND HIM. AND THEN HE'D BRING OUT HIS BOOK OF ALL HIS ART AND HE'D EXPLAIN WHO HE WAS AND ALL OF HIS HEART. AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS SO COOL. AND THEN HE WOULD TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO SCULPT EYEBALLS. AND THE KIDS JUST LOVED THIS. [00:35:01] THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FANTASTICAL. THERE WAS ALWAYS A LOT OF LAUGHTER WHEN JOHN WAS IN THE CAMP, AND THE CAMP WAS AT THE CREATIVE LIFE CENTER. AND SO HE WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED, NOT JUST BY YOU ADULTS, BUT ALSO BY THESE LITTLE KIDS WHO GOT TO PLAY WITH HIM. THANK YOU. UH, MARY BIRD WILL BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, MARGARET JOY WEAVER. HELLO, I'M MARY BIRD. UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FINE ART MUSEUM OF SEDONA. JOHN WAS A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. JOHN WAS ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF HAVING AN ART MUSEUM IN SEDONA AND WAS SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THE ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA. HE RECOGNIZED THE TALENT OF THE ARTISTS WHO HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN THE AREA AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ART AND ART MUSEUMS FROM AN EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY VIEWPOINT. HE SHARED FOND MEMORIES OF VISITING MAJOR MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD. AS A YOUNG CHILD TRAVELING WITH HIS PARENTS, I MYSELF ENROLLED IN JOHN'S BRONZE SCULPTING COURSE. I ENJOYED HIS CLA HIS CLASS AND FOUND HIM A PATIENT TEACHER. I APPRECIATED LEARNING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF CREATING A SCULPTURE. UNFORTUNATELY, I FOUND I DID NOT HAVE THE PATIENCE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE PIECE. I STARTED. I STILL HAVE THE CLAY UNCOMPLETED CLASS PROJECT IN MY GARAGE, BUT IT CERTAINLY MADE ME APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE AND WORK ASSOCIATED WITH SCULPTING. I RECENTLY RE-WATCHED THE D V D THAT JOHN PRODUCED IN 2014. I WAS STRUCK BY SOME OF HIS COMMENTS ABOUT ART. HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF HIS WORDS THAT I'VE PARAPHRASED FROM HIS VIDEO. ART CAN BE DESCRIBED BUT NOT COMPLETELY DEFINED. ART MAKES LIFE BETTER. ART HELPS BALANCE OUR LIVES. SCULPTOR IS THE ART OF CREATING AND MANIPULATING SHADOWS. JOHN WAS AN ARTIST WHO PUT HIS MARK ON SEDONA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY FROM SMALL SCULPTURES TO MASSIVE PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS. THE BOARD OF THE FINE ART MUSEUM OF SEDONA EXPRESSED THEIR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF JOHN SODERBERG ON HIS UNTIMELY PASSING. AND WE SALUTE HIS WORK AT THE SEDONA MOMENT OF THE ART. NANCY, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR HAVING THESE MOMENTS OF ART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE MARGARET, UH, JOY WEAVER, FOLLOWED BY ERNIE STRAU. ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING THIS. AND, UM, SOMETIMES THE MAGNITUDE AND THE VULNERABILITY, THE COMPLEXITY, THE MASTERY, THE INGENUITY, AND THE NEVER ENDING PASSION OF A PERSON IS HARD TO CAPTURE IN THREE MINUTES. BUT EACH OF OUR REMEMBRANCES WILL BEGIN TO PLAY A SYMPHONY OF THIS MAN'S HEART, AN INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY. I'M SPEAKING HERE AS A 26 YEAR RESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN A ABLE TO SEE HIS ART AS I GO THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY AND TO KNOW JOHN, BUT ALSO I'M HERE AS THE FOUNDER AND BOARD CHAIR OF SEDONA INTERNATIONAL CITY OF PEACE. JOHN SODERBERG IS A MAN THAT STOOD FOR, CRIED FOR AND FOUGHT FOR PEACE WITHIN AND PEACE IN OUR WORLD THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. I'M SO HAPPY THAT DURING OUR SEDONA ARTS FOR PEACE WEEK 2022, THAT WE AS A BOARD DETERMINED THE TIMELY NECESSITY OF GIVING HIM THE 10TH YEAR SEDONA INTERNATIONAL CITY OF PEACE AWARD, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022, ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE FOR EXPANDING OUR HEARTS TO LOVE OURSELVES AND INCLUDE ALL OF LIFE. THERE'S A VIDEO OF HIS TALK THAT DAY ON OUR WEB, ON OUR WEBSITE, ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, AND WE WERE AND ARE ABLE TO DISCOVER THE KIND OF HEART OF A MAN THAT HAS HAD AN INCREDIBLE CAPACITY TO WITNESS THE PAIN AND BRUTALITY OF HUMANITY. AND FROM THAT SAME HUMANITY, WITNESSED OUR RARE BEAUTY AND UNEARTHLY, RARE AND UNEARTHLY BEAUTY. SO TAKE TIME TO VIEW THAT VIDEO ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND DISCOVER JOHN IN HIS OWN WORDS, AS HE SHARED FOR HIS LAST TIME IN A REALLY PUBLIC FORUM, WHAT HE WISHED US TO KNOW ABOUT HIM. A SEDONA 37 YEAR RESIDENT THAT NIGHT SAID, THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTY OF YOUR HEART SHARED IN WHAT YOU WRITE, WHAT YOU CREATE, AND ALL THAT YOU POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND GATHERINGS. THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED OUTPOURING OF YOUR ART AT EVERY LEVEL. I HAVE SO MUCH ADMIRATION, RESPECT, AND LOVE [00:40:01] FOR YOU, JOHN. YOU ARE SOMETHING. YOU ARE REALLY SOMETHING. YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND. AND IN JOHN'S WORD, ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL HUMAN QUALITIES, I BELIEVE HE SAYS, IS EMPATHY. GIVEN EMPATHY, BRUTALITY BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE. EMPATHY IS THE HEART OF OUR HUMANITY. AND IN FACT, THE HEART OF OUR HUMANITY. FOR IT REDUCES THE BARRIERS OF RACE, RELIGION, POLITICS, AND CREED TO ITEMS OF MILD INTEREST, UNLOCKING OUR TRUE INHERENT HUMAN DIGNITY. AND HE GOES ON TO SAY, ART ENCAPSULATES EMPATHY WITHOUT EMPATHY ON INDIVIDUAL OR A CUL, A CULTURE WITHERS AND DIES WITH IT. HOWEVER, WE MAY CONTINUE TO GROW AND FLOURISH EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. IN PEACE, DEAR FRIEND, AND KNOW THAT PEACE WILL BE FOSTERED IN SEDONA THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS AND THE EFFORTS OF SEDONA INTERNATIONAL CITY OF PEACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS WONDERFUL. ERNIE STRAU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LINDA GOLDSTEIN, ERNIE STRAU, UM, CITY OF SEDONA RESIDENT. UM, I DID NOT WRITE SOMETHING, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE, UH, I'M SPEAKING EXTEMPORANEOUSLY. BUT I WANTED TO, I COULD NOT NOT BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THIS GIANT OF A MAN. AND WHEN I USE THE WORD GIANT, IT'S NOT HIS PHYSICAL, ONLY HIS PHYSICAL PRESENCE, WHICH WAS SUBSTANTIAL. BUT BASICALLY THE ENTIRE ESSENCE OF JOHN. UH, HE HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY KAREN AND I ARE LIVING IN SEDONA. UH, WE, EARLY IN THE NINETIES, WE BOUGHT PROPERTY HERE. AND, UM, BUT, AND I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHETHER THIS HAPPENED BEFORE OR AFTER WE BOUGHT PROPERTY, BUT JOHN HAD A STOREFRONT ON THE SECOND LEVEL OF HILLSIDE, AND IT WAS A CORNER SHOP. SO THERE WERE WINDOWS FULL, UH, FULL SIDE WINDOWS. AND MERLIN WAS IN THAT SHOP. AND WE COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, UH, NOT GO IN. AND JOHN WAS THERE AND WE SPOKE TO HIM PROBABLY FOR AT LEAST A HALF AN HOUR. WE REMAINED FRIENDS THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES, NOT THE KIND OF FRIENDS THAT WE ALWAYS HUNG OUT TOGETHER, BUT WHENEVER WE SAW EACH OTHER, THERE WAS A BIG SMILE AND A, AND AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. ONE OTHER THING TO MENTION, UH, KAREN HAD A, A PRINCIPAL WHO BECAME A GOOD FRIEND. AND THAT PRINCIPAL ENDED UP GETTING MARRIED A SECOND TIME AT THE SEDONA GOLF RESORT. AND SOMETIME DURING THAT SESSION OF BEING HERE AND BEING, GETTING MARRIED, SHE MET JOHN AND SHE NOW OWNS ABOUT FOUR, UH, OF HIS SCULPTURES. AND FRANKLY, UH, YOU MAY EVEN REMEMBER HER NAME, UH, UH, PATTY SCRUGGS AND, UH, EPPER AND PATTY, WITHIN A WEEK OF JOHN'S PASSING, HAD SENT A CHECK, UH, TO JOHN. AND HE HAD INVITED HER TO COME TO SEDONA AND SELECT SOME ART FOR IN, IN RESPONSE TO THIS. IN THE MEANTIME, HE PASSED. SO, UH, AND WE, WE SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT THIS. WE TRIED TO GET HER HERE. SHE HAS NO WAY OF GETTING HERE. UH, ANYHOW, IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. AND AS I SAID, RECOGNIZE THIS GIANT OF A MAN IN SO MANY WAYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. . THERE. SHE'S HI LINDA. OKAY, UH, FRANK, UH, FERRANTE WILL BE NEXT. GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS FOR JOHN. NANCY, JILL, COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR HONORING THE ARTS THE WAY THAT YOU DO. I SO APPRECIATE THAT. WE ALL DO. AND ESPECIALLY JOHN TONIGHT. I TOO DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING DOWN AND HIM SPEAKING FROM THE HEART, ACTUALLY GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL. NOW. I FIRST MET JOHN OVER 35 YEARS [00:45:01] AGO. I WAS A BANK TELLER IN CAMP VERDE AT FIRST NATIONAL BANKS. AND HE LIVED IN CAMP VERDE TOO. WE WERE, UM, I WAS EXPOSED TO A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS THERE, AND JOHN WAS ONE OF THEM. UM, THERE WAS ART BY THE COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA AND ALL OF THE WALLS OF OUR BANK. AND ABE MILLER WHO DID ALAK BANKED WITH US AND MANY OTHER INTERESTING INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WERE, UM, I WAS BLESSED TO BE A PART OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING. SO HERE WOULD COME, JOHN SODERBERG, HARLEY DAVIDSON, HAVE TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE BEFORE HE CAME IN, COMING IN BIGGER THAN LIFE, JUST LIKE HIS ARTWORK. AND, UH, HE WOULD ALSO BRING HIS DAUGHTERS WITH HIM WHO WERE SO LITTLE. AND, UM, THEY WERE ALREADY SELLING ART. IN FACT, MISTY AND HEATHER WOULD COULDN'T EVEN WRITE THEIR NAMES ON THE BACK OF THE CHECKS. THEY WOULD DRAW A LITTLE PICTURE ON THE BACK, AND THAT'S HOW WE WOULD, WOULD PROCESS THEIR CHECKS. SO HE WAS, HAD THESE AMAZING STORIES ABOUT WHAT HE WAS DOING. I REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT THE WEBSITE BECAUSE THE MONUMENTAL ART ALONE IS JUST PHENOMENAL. THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD ON CLEARLY ON OUR COMMUNITIES HERE, SEDONA VERDE VALLEY AND GLOBALLY, IS SOMETHING NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN. AND I THINK ART DOES THAT FOR US. LOOK HOW IT BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER. IT UPLIFTS ALL OF US, AND MAYBE WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT FOR SURE. AND, UM, I ALSO WANT TO SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, UM, AND SAY HI TO SHAY IF SHE REALLY IS WATCHING. UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS PART OF THE STUPA PROJECT AS WELL. SEAN, UH, JOHN SHOWED WITH ME IN SANTA FE WHERE I HAD MY GALLERY TOO. I WAS VERY BLESSED AND HONORED TO GIVE HIM THE AWARD FROM THE CITY OF PEACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARGARET. THAT MEANT SO VERY MUCH TO BOTH JOHN AND I, I THINK. AND I JUST SAY REST IN PEACE DEAR FRIEND. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LINDA. AND WE HAVE FRANK, AND THEN, UH, MARY SPE HILL, SPE SETH. THAT SOUND BETTER, MARY? YES. WE'LL BE NEXT ONE. REALLY BRAVE BEFORE I GET HERE. . YEAH. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, I, UH, WELL AMONG THE MANY THINGS THAT, THAT I LIKED ABOUT JOHN JOHN'S, EVERYBODY'S BEING VERY REVERENT. I LOVE JOHN. 'CAUSE HE WAS COMPLETELY IRREVERENT. HE BROKE RULES. HE, HE CAME AND WENT HIS WAY. AND JUST LIKE MY KIND OF GUY. AND, AND, UM, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS REFLECTED IN, IN, UH, IN HIS ART. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY, UM, ADMIRED ABOUT JOHN WAS, I, I THINK MOST PEOPLE REALLY NEVER TAP INTO THEIR, THEIR GREATNESS. AND US. IT ALWAYS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT TAKES SOME CATALYST. AND JOHN WAS ABLE TO EVOKE THE EXTRAORDINARY FROM THE ORDINARY. UM, BUT ONCE IN A WHILE, AN EXTRAORDINARY PERSON COMES ALONG AND SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENS. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH, WITH HIM AND JILL AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN THE BEGINNING WAS THAT OF STUDENT AND TEACHER. WHEN I FIRST MET JOHN AND IT EVOLVED. AND THEN WHEN HIS HEALTH STARTED, BY THE TIME HIS, JUST BEFORE HIS HEALTH STARTED TO FAIL, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT GOING TO THIS TOWN IN ITALY WHERE MICHELANGELO NEAR WHERE HE GOT ITS CARRERA AND, AND, UH, 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SCULPTORS THERE. AND I SAID, THERE'S A GREAT SCHOOL THERE, AND MAYBE JILL COULD, YOU KNOW, UH, TAKE A, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME LESSONS THERE. AND HE SAID, AND HE GOT REALLY ANGRY. HE GOES, HELL NO. SHE SHOULD TEACH THERE . AND, UM, AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT, THAT, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP EVOLVED, UM, TO, HE WAS LEONARD BERNSTEIN AND SHE WAS HIS FIRST VIOLINIST WHERE IT TOOK A PARAGRAPH TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING. IT IT, IT EVOLVED INTO A MERELY A GESTURE OR, YOU KNOW, OR A NOD TO, TO MAKE A CORRECTION. AND I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY MENTION THE, THE, THE, THE, THE LAST TWO YEARS OF HIS LIFE WHERE JILL, THE, THE, THE RELATIONSHIP, IDEALLY RELATIONSHIPS ARE INTERDEPENDENT. AND AT FIRST SHE WAS THE STUDENT, THEN HE, AND HE WAS A TEACHER. BUT THEN IT BECAME, THEY BECAME, UH, CONTEMPORARIES, THEY BECAME EQUALS IN A WAY. AND, BUT ALSO INTERDEPENDENT. SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, SHE CUT HIS HAIR, SHE DID HIS LAUNDRY, AND SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT, THAT THAT JUST, JUST WERE, THAT'S THE FRUIT OF A RELATIONSHIP. AND IT WAS REALLY, TO ME, THE EVOLUTION OF THAT, THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP TOWARD, PARTICULARLY TOWARDS THE END, TO ME, WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL THING. AND TO WATCH HIM, YOU KNOW, TO WATCH JILL WORKING IN THE STUDIO [00:50:01] AND HIM SITTING IN HIS CHAIR SMOKING. AND JILL WOULD ASK HIM A QUESTION AND HE'D LOOK AT HER AND NOD AND LIKE, AS IF THEY HAD TELEPATHY OR SOMETHING. , YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS I THINK IT'S, IT'S RIGHT AND IT'S, AND IT'S GOOD THAT WE HONOR JOHN, BUT IN YOUR MIDST IS HIS LEGACY RUNNING THROUGH THE RUNNING. YOU KNOW, JOHN'S D N A, JOHN'S CREATIVE, D N A, IS NOW FLOWING THROUGH JILL'S VEINS. SHE'S RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. AND SO I INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE STUDIO. I INVITE YOU TO COME AND SEE WHAT SHE'S DOING. AND WHAT SHE'S DOING IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF EVERYTHING THAT JOHN PUT INTO THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, MARY, AND THEN WE HAVE ROBERT ALEXANDER WOULD BE NEXT. AND YOU HAVE MORE CARDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE, UH, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND TO LISTEN TO ALL THESE WONDERFUL STORIES. I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING TO KNOW JOHN A LOT BETTER THAN I DID, UH, PREVIOUSLY, BUT I'D LIKE TO DONATE MY TIME TO THE NEXT SPEAKERS TO HEAR MORE WONDERFUL STORIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ROB ALEXANDER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY, THE LAST SPEAKER WILL BE DALE CASEY. HELLO, I'M ROBERT ALEXANDER, AND I'M A, I'M A SCULPTURE STUDENT OF JOHN'S. I MOVED TO SEDONA IN 2018 AFTER BEING CHASED OUTTA HAWAII BY THE VOLCANO. AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY STRUCK BY THE LANDSCAPE HERE, AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURES AND JOHN'S SCULPTURES IN PARTICULAR REALLY INSPIRED ME. AND I SAW AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR HIS, HIS SCULPTURE CLASSES IN ONE OF THE WEEKLY, UH, PUBLICATIONS HERE. AND I CALLED HIM RIGHT AWAY. AND I, UH, WAS IN HIS STUDIO THE NEXT DAY, AND I WAS IN HIS CLASS BY THAT, UH, THAT WEEK'S END. AND I STARTED WORKING ON A SCULPTURE OF OLIVIA AVALO, WHO'S A NATIVE HEALER IN PERU. UH, AND IT WAS A SUBJECT MATTER THAT JOHN WAS JUST ECSTATIC ABOUT. HE, HE LOVED THAT I HAD CHOSEN THIS, UM, SOUTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS WOMAN TO DO MY, MY MY PIECE ON. AND, UM, WE GOT TO WORK IN 2018 AND I WORKED WITH HIM OFF AND ON UP UNTIL JUST BEFORE HIS PASSING. I'VE KNOWN JILL FOR A LONG TIME. AND, UH, JOHN IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE TEACHER. AND HE'D OFTEN COME AND SIT WITH YOU AND HE WOULD, UH, TALK ABOUT PARTICULAR SCULPTURES HE DID AND PARTS OF THAT SCULPTURE WHERE HE LEARNED SOMETHING THAT CHANGED THE WAY HE DID SCULPTURE AND HOW IT APPLIED TO THE PIECE THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON. AND HE WOULD STOP THE CLASS AND TELL A STORY ABOUT HIS LIFE. AND HE WAS A GREAT STORYTELLER AND HE HAD AN AMAZING VOICE THAT KIND OF COMMANDED YOUR ATTENTION. AND I WAS HONORED TO WORK WITH HIM AS MUCH AS I COULD. I WAS KIND OF AT THE, THE MERCY OF RENT AND SEDONA. SO I WAS WORKING A LOT IN ORDER TO, UH, GET INTO HIS CLASS. BUT, UM, I'M CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BASICALLY FINISHING THE SCULPTURE. I STARTED WITH HIM FIVE YEARS AGO, AND UNFORTUNATELY I MISSED, UH, HIM SEEING ITS COMPLETION BY ABOUT TWO MONTHS, WHICH, UM, I, I REGRET AS I THINK MANY PEOPLE DO, NOT SPENDING MORE TIME WITH JOHN. UM, YEAH, HE JUST, HE WAS AN ENDLESS, ENDLESS STREAM OF KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT HE BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY IS GONNA LIVE ON FOREVER. AND THOSE BRONZE SCULPTURES, UM, BRINGING HIM JOY THAT'S LIKE PERMANENT EVERY TIME HE, HE RECOUNTS ONE OF 'EM. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT BRINGS HIM JOY STILL. AND HE, HE GOES OVER EVERY DETAIL AND HOW IT WAS COMMISSIONED AND THE MYTHOLOGY AND THE SYMBOLOGY IN IT. AND, UH, HE'S A VERY INSPIRING PERSON. SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY, DALE, YOU'RE UP NEXT. AND THEN, UM, DALE WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER. MY NAME IS DALE CASEY. I'VE LIVED IN SEDONA FOR 33 YEARS, AND, UH, THE FIRST TIME I MET JOHN WAS AT THE UNVEILING OF MERLIN. UH, HE WAS A BIG MAN. HE IS BIGGER THAN LIFE. HE WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF SEDONA, UH, BECAUSE OF HIS LEGACY AND HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON THROUGH JILL. AND, UH, I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF, UH, A [00:55:01] SITUATION THAT, UH, OCCURRED JUST RECENTLY. THESE MEDALLIONS OR AWARDS, WE HAD NO IDEA WHERE THEY WERE. AND, UH, JULIE, THE PERSON WHO IS MORE OR LESS PUTTING THIS, UH, AWARD TOGETHER FOR THE QUEEN AND OTHERS, UH, SHE CALLED ME OUT OF THE BLUE. I HAD NEVER MET HER, BUT SHE SAW ME, UH, OF SOMETHING I HAD WRITTEN IN SEDONA BIZ ABOUT JOHN AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS A FRIEND. UM, SHE PUT ME IN CHARGE OF FINDING THESE LAST TWO OF FOUR, UH, MEDALLIONS, AND I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT WITH A LONGTIME FRIEND JEFF CHRISTIANSEN STAND UP . JEFF CHRISTIANSEN IS, UH, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SCULPTURE SCULPTORS THROUGHOUT SEDONA FOR YEARS. HE IS THE ONE WHO DOES ALL OF THE, THE, UH, FORMS WHEN THEY GET READY TO CAST, UH, THE PIECES. SO HE'S INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL OF WHAT YOU SEE. UH, WHEN SHE'S READY, JOE WILL BE CONTACTING JEFF AND THE TWO OF THEM WILL PUT IT TOGETHER. ONE THING THAT, UH, IS AMAZING TO ME IS THAT THE MERLIN, THE 10 FOOT SCULPTURE WAS CUT UP INTO MANY PIECES IN ORDER TO, UM, CAST ALL OF THEM. AND THEN JOHN HAD TO PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER IN METAL. SO ONE THING JEN, UH, JILL MENTIONED WAS THAT IF SOMETHING CAME OUT OF THE CAST, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE WAS AN EYE THAT HAD A BUBBLE IN IT, JOHN HAD THE ABILITY WITH THOSE BIG HAND HANDS TO BE ABLE TO ADD METAL TO THAT PIECE AND THEN FINALLY SCULPT IT TO WHERE YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM. HE IS, UH, WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY THE RESIDENTS AND FORTUNATELY HIS LEGACY WILL CONTINUE. THANK YOU JOHN. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU, NANCY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE OR? THAT'S IT. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN AND HONORING JOHN SODERBERG. COUNCIL. WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? OKAY. VICE MAYOR, AS I WAS SITTING HERE, I REMEMBERED THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND HEATHER MULLINS IS IN THE AUDIENCE. WE, HEATHER WAS THE CHAIR AND I WAS THE CO-CHAIR OF A PROGRAM FOR SEDONA WOMEN ON THE LIFE OF JOHN SODERBERG. AND HE GAVE A FABULOUS PRESENTATION AS YOU COULD ALL IMAGINE THAT HE DID. BUT AT THE END OF IT, HE DECIDED UNASKED BY US TO OFFER A CLASS FOR 12 PEOPLE. AND WE, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? YEAH. AND, UH, AND WE PUT OUR NAMES IN A HAT, ANYONE WHO WAS INTERESTED IN GOING, AND IT WAS LIKE A LOTTERY. AND I HAPPENED TO GET SELECTED, UH, AND WE ARRANGED A DATE AND I THINK THERE WERE 12 OF US WHO ALL WENT TO HIS STUDIO, WHICH IS WHERE MYSTIC BAZAAR IS NOW. THAT WAS HIS STUDIO THEN. AND SPENT THE DAY WITH JOHN SODERBERG LEARNING THAT EVEN THE MOST, UH, NOVICE PERSON COULD LEARN HOW TO SCULPT. AND BELIEVE ME, WE WERE NOT . AND HE WAS SO PATIENT, HE WAS SO GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME. HE TOLD GREAT STORIES LIKE YOU HAVE ALL SAID, LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HIS LIFE DURING THAT PROCESS. AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, WHICH I HAVE TO TELL YOU, FRANKLY, I HAD, I DIDN'T REMEMBER UNTIL JUST NOW. AND HEATHER, WHEN I SAW YOU, IT SORT OF CLICKED IN MY BRAIN THAT WE HAD DONE THAT AND WHAT A, A FABULOUS DAY HE HAD GIVEN US AND A PART OF HIS LIFE THAT HE HAD SHARED WITH US. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. ALRIGHT, [01:00:01] WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. IF, UH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF OUR MEETING, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ALL HAVE AN INTEREST IN STAYING , SO THANK YOU. YEP. WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. UH, ALSO JUST TO REMIND ANYBODY WHO'S HERE FOR THE O H V TOPIC HAS BEEN POSTPONED TILL, UH, AUGUST 22ND AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT WAS EXCITING. UM, WE DON'T, YEAH, THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING. OKAY, [3. CONSENT ITEMS - APPROVE] ITEM UH, THREE CONSENT ITEMS. CONSENT ITEMS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STAFF, THE COUNCIL OR OR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED. AND, UH, COUNCILOR KINSELLA, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? YEAH. IF THERE'S NO ONE WHO WANTS TO PULL SOMETHING, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OH, I DIDN'T, I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO PULL SOMETHING. NO, I'M SORRY. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, PLEASE MAKE YOUR MOTION. THANK YOU. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS THREE A THROUGH D. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. AYE. THOSE ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE UNANIMOUS, JOE. OKAY. APPOINTMENTS, WE HAVE NONE. [5. SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS BY MAYOR/COUNCILORS/CITY MANAGER] SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS, UH, I HAVE SEVERAL, BUT I'LL GO LAST. UH, WE OKAY, KATHY, THANK YOU. SO, UM, SEVERAL MEETINGS BACK. I HAD MENTIONED ABOUT CONVENING A MEETING OF THE SEDONA CONTRACT, CITY OF SEDONA CONTRACTED SERVICE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING THE MAIN SOCIETY, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE RECYCLING CENTER, AND THE VERDE VALLEY CAREGIVERS. AND WE DID HAVE THAT MEETING ON AUGUST 3RD, AND I THINK IT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THESE, THE DIRECTORS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER AND DISCUSS COMMON, UM, CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE. CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING, BECAUSE IT'S SO VAST. FUNDING GRANTS, PLACES THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR FUNDING, UH, IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL VOLUNTEER POLLS, UH, POOLS. SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO HAVE THEM EXCHANGE IDEAS AROUND THOSE LARGE ITEMS. BUT ALSO BRAINSTORMING ON COLLABORATION POSSIBILITIES, UM, SUCH AS INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION, THINGS LIKE PET CARE, UM, ADOPTION EVENTS, UH, PUBLIC DISPLAYS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE, UH, DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. SOME ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OFFER SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THE, THE CAREGIVERS OR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. IT WAS REALLY VERY INTERESTING. SO THE GROUP HAS DECIDED AMONG ITSELF NOW TO, UM, MEET QUARTERLY, UH, THEY'VE ASKED ME TO CONVENE THOSE MEETINGS AND HERE AT, AT SPACE AT CITY HALL. SO THAT'LL KEEP GOING. AND, UM, I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR BRAINSTORMING AND ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THAT THAT'S PERTINENT, I'LL BE REPORTING. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR ON THE PARKS. ALRIGHT. YES, IT'S OUR PARKS AND REC REPORT. SO I, I'M JUST REALLY PLEASED WITH ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON AT OUR PARKS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND ESPECIALLY, UH, WELL, THEY'RE ALL GREAT, BUT THE POOL, THE COMMUNITY POOL HASN'T BEEN OPEN THROUGH A, A SEASON IN A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND SO WE HAVE LIFEGUARDS, WE HAVE ACTIVITIES, WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN AND, UH, UNLIKE PRIOR YEARS. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT. UH, WE'VE BEEN TEACHING SWIM LESSONS. 505 KIDS ACTUALLY GOT SWIM LESSONS. ISN'T THAT GREAT? YES. AND, UH, WE HAD PRIVATE LESSONS, INFANT LESSONS, LESSONS FOR ALL AGES, AND THEY CALL THEM STAR BABIES AND STAR TOTS. AND THERE WERE 245 OF THOSE ON SATURDAY MORNINGS, UH, 35 AND AVERAGE EACH SATURDAY MORNING. SO PEOPLE WHO THINK THERE AREN'T ANY KIDS IN OUR AREA, THEY'RE JUST NOT RIGHT. OUR ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUE IS BEGINNING AND THEIR PLAYOFF GAMES AND THERE'S SEVEN ADULT TEAMS AND THERE'LL BE THURSDAY EVENINGS BEGINNING AT 6:15 PM OUR SUMMER CAMPS WRAPPED UP LAST WEEK WITH YOUTH BASKETBALL CAMP BY SHOWTIME SPORTS AND THE MISSOULA CHILDREN'S THEATER WAS ALSO, UH, IN THE PARK. WE HAVE SPLASH PAD PACKED WITH FAMILIES DAILY AND THE PARKS ARE STAYING FULL AND BUSY. OUR INAUGURAL SEASON OF THE YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE REGISTRATION ENDS ON AUGUST 13TH. SO THAT'S COMING UP. REGISTER YOUR KIDS TODAY@SEDONAAZ.GOV SLASH SPORTS AND WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING VENDORS AND SPONSORS FOR WAG FEST ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WAG FEST FEST AND ALL OUR EVENTS, VISIT SEDONA AZ.GOV/PARKS. [01:05:01] EXCELLENT. ANYTHING ELSE ASIDE? NOTHING. OKAY. UH, I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO REPORT ON WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING, UH, ABOUT, UH, TWO, THREE WEEKS AGO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND I MET WITH MR. DAVE CHENEY, WHO IS THE NEW C E O OF NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE. AND I WENT INTO THAT MEETING VERY APPREHENSIVE, AND I CAME OUT REALLY POSITIVE. UH, I'VE SINCE, UH, HE JOINED ME FOR A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH THE, UH, VERDE VALLEY MAYOR'S MANAGERS MEETING WE DO EVERY OTHER WEEK. AND HE SPENT MOST OF THAT MEETING TALKING TO THE, UH, MAYORS. AND THIS GENTLEMAN IS, AS HE SAYS OF HIMSELF, HE'S UNIQUE, CERTAINLY UNIQUE TO THE VERDE VALLEY BECAUSE HE'S OPEN, TRANSPARENT, DEDICATED, MOTIVATED TO MAKE CHANGES HERE IN THE VERDE VALLEY. I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC, I DON'T THINK AS CAUTIOUS ANYMORE. I'VE USED HIM IN HIS KNOWLEDGE BASE FROM, UH, FOR A PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO LEARN ABOUT ACCIDENTS IN THE, IN THE STATE AND IN SEDONA. AND THE MAN WAS VERY APPROACHABLE. UH, HE'S LOOKING TO START WITH BRINGING PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS HERE, PEOPLE WHO WILL STAY, THEY'RE WORKING ON HOUSING BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF THE ISSUES. NEUROLOGY, PULMONOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY ARE ON THE LIST. IN ADDITION TO COMING BACK WITH THE BREAST CENTER, HE REALIZES THAT THERE'S BEEN, AND HE WOULDN'T SAY WHY, BUT I THINK WE, SOME OF US KNOW ON OUR HEART'S WHY, BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY, OR HE WON'T SAY WHY WE'VE BEEN DEPLETED OF OUR MEDICAL SERVICES. AND HE'S AGREED THAT WE HAVE, AND HE'S GONNA BE WORKING REALLY HARD TO ESTABLISH SOME STATE OF THE ART MEDICAL SERVICES FOR US HERE. IT'S NOT GONNA BE OVERNIGHT. IT'S NOT GONNA EVEN BE IN A YEAR. TO HIRE ALL THESE PEOPLE BACK WHO HAVE LEFT IS A MONUMENTAL JOB. BUT HE'S ASSURED ME THAT HIS TEAM IS UP TO THE TASK AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HAS NEW STAFF THERE AT THE HOSPITAL IN FLAGSTAFF WHERE HE WORKS OUT OF, AND HE'S COMMITTED TO ME, UH, AND THE MAYORS OF THE VERDE VALLEY. THAT WAS JUST YESTERDAY, THAT HE IS GONNA MAKE CHANGES HERE. SO, UH, ALSO TODAY, THIS MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, I MET WITH THE, UH, YAVAPAI COUNTY, OUR TWO SUPERVISORS, UH, THAT REPRESENT US IN THE VERDE VALLEY AND THE, AGAIN, THE MAYORS, UH, OF THE VERDE VALLEY. AND, UH, THEY, THE SUPERVISOR SHARED THAT THERE IS AN INTEREST IN DOING A STUDY FOR, UH, POLICE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT INVOLVES THE FIRE, BUT TO LOOK AT DOING A POLICE DISPATCH REGIONALLY. NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA WORK WITH THE COTTONWOOD REGIONAL DISPATCH, BUT THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING BIGGER AND GRANDER. WHAT THAT MEANS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING TO, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO, UH, IN THE FUTURE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING OUTREACH TO THE MAYORS, MANAGERS AND, UH, COUNCILS. SO I WAS REALLY, HAD A GOOD COUPLE OF DAYS WITH SOME GOOD POSITIVE THINGS. SO, UH, THAT'S MY REPORT FOR TODAY, AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A PUBLIC FORUM. [6. PUBLIC FORUM] JOE, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? WE HAVE ONE CARD, FOUR CARDS. OH, YOU HIT 'EM ON ME. AH, OKAY. WE WILL START WITH MARY, UH, HAYBURN. YOU HEAR MARY? NO. OKAY, THEN MADELINE OC CALLAHAN. I KNOW YOU'RE HERE. OKAY. WE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, JOHN DUFF. OKAY. OH, THEY STARTED. OH. OH, YOU'RE DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. . I'M MADELINE OC CALLAHAN. I LIVE IN SEDONA. UH, GREETINGS MAYOR SCOTT, VICE MAYOR HOLLY, COUNSELORS CITY MANAGER, KAREN AND ANDY. OKAY, I'M HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW BIG A PART MY LIFE HAS BEEN ENHANCED BY WORKING WITH THE CITY OF SEDONA AND THE CITY COUNCILS, COUNCILS. I INTERFACED YEARS AGO WITH JOHN O'BRIEN AND NICK ELLO WHEN I WORKED WITH THE SEDONA ARTS FESTIVAL. AND THEN TO ANSWER MARIE BROWN'S DESIRE TO NOT LOSE THE STAGE AT POSSE GROUNDS AND TO HONOR BARBARA ANSON, I BEGAN MY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WITH BARBARA'S PARK AND THE BUILDING OF THE PAVILION OVER THE YEARS, FROM 2004 [01:10:01] TO THE OPEN OPENING RIBBON CUTTING IN 2017, TEAM, THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WERE A PART OF MY LIFE, INTERFACING WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARKS AND REC, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND SUPPORTED BY AND WORKING WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE POSSE GROUNDS AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO CREATED A WONDERFUL CITY FACILITY, THE POSSE GROUNDS PAVILION. THIS FACILITY IS A HIGHLIGHT NOW. THE RED DIRT CONCERTS WILL BEGIN AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE KATHY SHRIVER AS THE CREATOR OF THOSE CONCERTS. IN 2006, SHE SUGGESTED WE HOLD CONCERTS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE PLAN. SHE ORGANIZED AND UNDERWROTE THOSE FIRST CONCERTS WITH HER MUSICIAN CONNECTIONS. I FEEL PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS CREATION. I KNEW IN MY HEART IT WOULD BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING. WHY AM I HERE TODAY TO SAY THESE WORDS? I'M HERE TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY DAILY LIVING IN SEDONA. IT IS TIME FOR ME TO RETURN TO CALIFORNIA, TO BE CLOSER TO MY CHILDREN, AND TO HAVE A NEW ADVENTURE IN LIFE. I WILL ENJOY TWO MORE RED DIRT CONCERTS BEFORE THE U-HAUL LOADED BY MY CHILDREN HEADS OUT OF TOWN ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. THANK YOU. AND ALL PAST COUNCILS AND COUNSELORS, FOR YOUR PART IN THIS WONDERFUL CREATION AND FOR YOUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MARY. I LOVE THIS. THANK YOU. WE'LL MISS YOU, MADDIE. YOU'LL BE SORELY MISSED BY MANY. THE, THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVING JUST TO CALIFORNIA TWICE A YEAR. I THINK IT KNOWS HOW TO GO THE OTHER WAY. , BE SAFE AND ENJOY THE NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU. JOHN DUFF WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SETH BARLEY. HELLO, JOHN DUFF SEDONA, ARIZONA. BEEN HERE FOR 12 YEARS. I'M THE GUY THAT DOES THE ANIMAL RESCUE IN UPTOWN SEDONA. I FIGURED IT WAS TIME MAYBE TO KIND OF REAFFIRM WHAT WE DO. UH, I THINK IT'S A WELL-KEPT SECRET THAT WE ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS OF UPTOWN SEDONA. ONE OF THE ISSUES IS A LOT OF THE STORE RESIDENTS OR STORE MERCHANTS SEEM TO THINK THAT WE ARE A LIABILITY. AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE CASE AT ALL. UH, I DID HAVE AN INTERACTION WITH A POLICE OFFICER ON THE AUGUST THE FIRST, AND IT WASN'T ONE OF THE MOST PLEASANT, UH, ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD. SO, WANTED TO GO OVER THAT REAL QUICK. BUT ANYWAY, UM, USED TO HAVE A COUNTER, I THINK. DID WE HAVE A COUNTER AT ONE POINT IN TIME? NOW WE JUST HAVE LIGHTS. I WANT, I HAVE TWO THINGS I WANNA ADDRESS IN THEM. I COULD BE BEFORE YOU FOR TWO HOURS, BUT EVERYBODY BE REALLY MAD AT ME ANYWAY. THE ONE THING I I HEAR FROM MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME AND VISIT US IS THAT THE ADULTS COME TO US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WEEK. UH, WE HAVE BUNGEE JUMPED. WE'VE GONE TO SLIDE ROCK. WE HAVE, UH, GONE ON HELICOPTER RIDES. WE'VE GONE ON JEEP TOURS. AND TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, UH, WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR ANIMALS UPTOWN IN TERMS OF EDUCATION IS THE MOST POPULAR THING THE KIDS DO. AND I HEAR THAT A HUNDRED TIMES A DAY OR A THOUSAND TIMES, ACTUALLY A HUNDRED TIMES A WEEK, AND POSSIBLY AS MANY AS A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT WE POSITIVELY INFLUENCE THROUGH OUR WILDLIFE EDUCATION EXHIBIT UPTOWN. SO THAT WAS THE ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY. UH, WE WERE HERE IN THIS ROOM, I BELIEVE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, DISCUSSING, UH, BUSKERS AND WHAT THEIR OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS AND RIGHTS WERE. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE. AND I MENTIONED THIS TO THE POLICE OFFICER THE OTHER DAY WHEN HE NOTED THAT MY DOG WAS WITHOUT A LEASH. MY DOG IS A SPECIAL NEEDS DOG. IT WOULDN'T HURT ANYBODY. HE NOTICED THAT ONE OF MY LIZARDS WAS NOT ON A LEASH. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A LEASH LIZARD LAW OR NOT. UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD A SNAKE. AND PART OF OUR APPEAL, I BELIEVE, IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE TO ENGAGE AND LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE WILDLIFE AND LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE EXOTIC ANIMALS THAT WE DEAL WITH. AND I'VE BEEN RESCUING FOR 30 YEARS OR SO. UH, WE ARE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. I STATED THAT TO THE POLICE OFFICER. HE KIND OF SCULPTED THAT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, I KNOW FOR FACT IT'S TRUE, AND I'LL BEGIN TO DOCUMENT THAT BY GETTING SOME SORT OF A GUEST LOG BOOK. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO DO IS WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALSO ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS TO, UH, COME AND PERFORM AND DO SOMETHING THAT IS A POSITIVE INFLUENCE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE OTHER THING WE DO IS WE KIND OF KEEP A WATCHABLE EYE OVER A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN UPTOWN SEDONA. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST DID RECENTLY AND I ACTUALLY GOT IN TROUBLE FOR, WAS CONFRONTING A A COUPLE OF YOUNGSTERS THAT WORKED AT CANYON BREEZE THAT WOULD GO JETTING UP AND DOWN THE ROADWAY AT NIGHT, REVVING THEIR ENGINES AND SPEEDING AT ABOUT 20, 30 [01:15:01] MILES AN HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. I ACTUALLY WENT OUT IN THE ROAD AND STOP THOSE KIDS FROM DOING THAT. I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHAT I TOLD THOSE KIDS, THEIR TWO BROTHERS, AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY GOT IT DONE. 'CAUSE PEOPLE OVER AT CANYON BREEZE SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT. UH, ONE MORE THING THAT IF YOU GUYS COULD SEE WHAT I SEE EVERY DAY, I KNOW THE YELLOW LIGHTS ON. GOD, PLEASE CONSIDER TAKING THE YELLOW TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN SIGNS DOWN. NOBODY PAYS ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. I SEE IT A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOHN. NEXT IS SETH, WHO WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WISHES TO, UH, FILL OUT A CARD AND, UH, AND SPEAK. HELLO EVERYBODY. I'M SETH BARLEY, UH, LIVE HERE IN SEDONA. AND I HAVE BEEN IN TOWN FOR, SINCE APRIL. AND I CAME INTO UPTOWN, UPTOWN SEDONA, AND WAS GOING AROUND AND DOING SOME OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO DIFFERENT TOURS AND DOING THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I RAN INTO JOHN'S EXHIBIT AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE. AND I REALLY LOVED IT. AND I WOUND UP BECOMING A VOLUNTEER AND, UH, HELPING HIM OUT. AND I HEAR ALL DAY LONG FROM PERSON AFTER PERSON, AFTER PERSON. SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME LITERALLY SIX YEARS AGO, THEY BRING THEIR KIDS BACK AND THEY SAY, MAN, WE CAME HERE SIX YEARS AGO AND WHEN WE TOLD OUR KIDS WE WERE COMING BACK HERE, THE FIRST THING THEY SAID IS, OH, WE GET TO GO SEE THE SNAKE GUY. YOU KNOW? AND SO, SO MANY PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER REAFFIRM HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO THEM ON THEIR LAST VACATION THAT THEY CAME TO SEDONA OR MULTIPLE PREVIOUS VACATIONS. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE COME UP ALL THE TIME FROM PHOENIX SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR, SOMETIMES ONCE A MONTH. AND I'LL SEE THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER BRINGING MULTIPLE CHILDREN SO THAT THEY CAN COME AND INTERACT WITH THE WILDLIFE THAT JOHN HAS. THERE IT IS EXHIBIT. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT. JUST WANT TO AFFIRM TO EVERYBODY MY EXPERIENCE AND THE JOY THAT I HAD AND I BECAME A VOLUNTEER. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK SO KINDLY WHEN THEY COME UP TO THE EXHIBIT THAT REALLY, REALLY LOVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SETH. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC FORUM. UH, WE [7.a. Child Support Awareness Month, August 2023.] WILL MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND AWARD. WE HAVE ONE. AND MEGAN, UH, ZIMMERMAN, ARE YOU? HI. HI. SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS TO YOU AND THEN I'LL HAND IT TO YOU AT THE, AT THE PODIUM. IF YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO. SO I NEED GLASSES. SO THIS IS A PROCLAMATION CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH, AUGUST OF 2023, WHEREAS THE CITY OF SEDONA JOINS THE NATION OF RECOGNIZING IN RECOGNIZING AUGUST AS CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH, AND REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO STRATEGIZE STRENGTHENING ARIZONA'S FAMILY BY PROVIDING CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC STABILITY AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN. AND WHEREAS THE STATE OF ARIZONA WILL ALWAYS BE COMMITTED ADVOCATES FOR OUR CHILDREN WHOSE SAFETY AND SECURITY REMAINS TOP OF OF MIND. AND WHEREAS A CHILD WHO RECEIVES EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS MORE LIKELY TO FEEL SAFE AND SECURE, AND IS BETTER EQUIPPED WITH THE COURAGE TO BE THEIR VERY BEST IN LIFE. AND WHEREAS THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, DIVISION OF THE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES T C S SS IS ROBUSTLY COMMITTED TO PUTTING ARIZONA'S CHILDREN FIRST AND TO HUMBLY SERVING AMAZONIANS WITH EXCELLENCE, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, AND KINDNESS, AS WELL AS BEING AN OVERALL CHAMPION FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY. AND WHEREAS D C S S STRONGLY ADVOCATES FOR PARENTING RESPONSIBILITIES BECAUSE PARENTS AND CHILDREN BENEFIT WHEN BOTH ARE ENGAGED WITH THEIR CHILD AT EVERY STAGE REGARDLESS OF MARITAL MARITAL STATUS. AND WHEREAS D C S S RECOGNIZES THE COMMITMENT OF LEGAL GUARDIANS WHO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHILDREN IN THE ABSENCE OF PARENTS. AND WHEREAS STRENGTHENING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY PROMOTES THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN, PROVIDES STABILITY, IMPROVES THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. AND WHERE CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH VALUES PARENTS' INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR CHILD'S LIVES, AND WHO MAKES REGULAR [01:20:01] CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS TO SAFEGUARD THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. NOW, THEREFORE, I SCOTT JALO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST, 2023 IS CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH, UH, IN THE CITY OF SEDONA. ISSUED THIS THIS EIGHTH DAY IN AUGUST, 2023. DO YOU WANNA TAKE A PICTURE? YEAH. OKAY. JUST ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. NOW, REGULAR BUSINESS ITEM [8.a. AB 2980 Discussion/presentation by Ed Rose, General Manager of the Sedona Airport Administration, to provide an update to the City Council on their activities, accomplishments, and general services to the community.] EIGHT, A AB 29 80 DISCUSSION PRESENTATION BY ED ROSE, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SEDONA AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THEIR ACTIVITIES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND GENERAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, WHAT? A FEW TIMES. A FEW TIMES. LET'S WAIT TILL WE GET, UM, SET UP HERE. OKAY, NO PROBLEM. PLEASE. THANK YOU. THIS ONE RIGHT? DO SLIDESHOW, SAME THING. AND SHOULD WE JUST LEAVE IT NOW? I NEED TO SHOW IT UP THERE. JUST TAKE A MOMENT. SORRY GUYS. LITTLE WEAK. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR HELPING US OVERCOME THOSE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. MUCH APPRECIATED. GOOD AFTERNOON, OUR EARLY EVENING. NOW MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY. I'M ED ROSE. I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SEDONA AIRPORT. MY EXPERIENCE INCLUDES OVER FOUR DECADES ON AIRPORTS 38 IN AIRPORT MANAGEMENT, A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK AIRPORT MANAGERS ASSOCIATION, AND CURRENTLY AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE ARIZONA AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION. THE INTENT OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO TODAY'S AIRPORT OPERATIONS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND CAPITAL PLANNING. I WILL NOT BE OPINING ON THE CITY'S CONSIDERATION TO ASSUME AIRPORT SPONSOR RESPONSIBILITIES FROM YAVAPAI COUNTY. I AM PREPARED TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PRESENTATION. IN FEBRUARY, 1950 6, 220 ACRES ON TOP OF, UH, TABLETOP MOUNTAIN WAS GIFTED [01:25:01] TO YAVAPAI COUNTY BY THE US GOVERNMENT WITH A COVENANT THAT THE LAND BE UTILIZED AS AN AIRPORT IN PERPETUITY. THE SEDONA AIRPORT IS PART OF THE NATIONAL PLAN OF INTEGRATED AIRPORT SYSTEMS. OUR NIUS, CERTAIN GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS, WHICH SEDONA IS, UH, ARE INCLUDED IN THAT, UH, NIUS PLAN, AND ARE VIEWED AS NATIONAL ASSETS GOVERNED BY AN INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY COMPRISED OF SEVEN OF A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD WITH INPUT FROM A CITIZENS' ADVISORY GROUP. THE CITIZENS ADVISORY GROUP INCLUDES A SEVEN, UH, A 7, 7 7 CAPTAIN, UH, COUNSELOR. DONN, UM, AIRPORT HANGAR OWNERS KEEPS IT ON A BEAUTIFUL MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ALSO, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE. THE AUTHORITY HOLDS A LEASE TO OPERATE THE FACILITY ON BEHALF OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. THE LEASE RUNS THROUGH 2050. THE AIRPORT IS A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC ENGINE GENERATING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY. OUR GOALS ARE QUITE SIMPLE. OPERATE A SAFE AND EFFICIENT AIRPORT. WE STRIVE TO BE RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. READY? THAT'S THE LAST ONE. GO, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. THIS IS THE INCORRECT ONE. OKAY. WELL, CAN YOU FLASH THROUGH THIS? WELL, UH, LET'S CARRY ON. UM, OUR, OUR MISSION IS REALLY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SEDONA COMMUNITY FOR ECONOMIC DECISION MAKERS FOR NATIONAL CORPORATIONS. AND I HOPE THIS WILL SHORTEN THE PRESENTATION TOO. , UH, FOR NATIONAL CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING, UH, EXAMPLES OF MARRIOTT, FOR INSTANCE, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, ARCHITECTS, UM, YOU NAME THE PROFESSION, THEY COME THROUGH THE AIRPORT AND THEY PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO OUR MILITARY, INCLUDING SOME OF THE, UH, INTERESTING AIRCRAFT YOU'VE SEEN FLYING AROUND HERE RECENTLY. THE V 22 OSPREY. WE'VE EVEN HAD A VISIT FROM THE COAST GUARD. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OUTTA THEIR, AWAY FROM THEIR, THEIR LEAGUE ANYWAY. UM, THE US ARMY, UH, USUALLY STOPS THROUGH THE SEDONA AIRPORT WHEN THEY TAKE DELIVERY OF SOME NEW MODERN HELICOPTERS. WE PROVIDE, UH, A ACCESS EVEN IN CHALLENGING CONDITIONS, UH, FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE. FOR INSTANCE, TWO WINTERS AGO IN A WHITEOUT, WE HAD THE US ARMY LOOKING TO PLUCK A COUPLE OF FOLKS OFF OF, UM, BEAR MOUNTAIN. AND, UH, THOSE WERE SUPER CHALLENGING CONDITIONS FOR A FACILITY THAT IS NOT USED TO PROVIDING SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES. WE WORK WITH, UH, LOCAL AGENCIES, UH, THE SEDONA FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, THE CITY'S OWN TRANSIT FOR, UH, DRIVER TRAINING. UH, WE WORK WITH THE SEDONA FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS FOR AIRCRAFT FAMILIARIZATION. WE FACILITATE PATIENT TRANSFERS, BLOOD TRANSFERS. SO IF YOU'VE GONE AND CONTRIBUTED BLOOD, IT USUALLY FLIES OUT OF THE AIRPORT. WE CATER TO, UH, THE US FOREST SERVICE DURING FIREFIGHTING SEASON. IS THAT IT? YES. WE'RE UP TO HERE. WE'RE SCROLLING THROUGH SOME OF THESE NEAT AIRCRAFT PATIENT TRANSPORT. THIS IS THE, UM, A REPRESENTATION OF THE FIRE CREWS WHEN THEY ARRIVE. THE SKY CRANE, THE CHINOOKS. YOU CAN SEE THE BIG BASKETS THERE. UH, THEY HOLD ABOUT 3,500 GALLONS OF WATER TO POP. NEXT SLIDE. UH, WE ALSO ENCOURAGE AVIATION GROUPS TO LOCATE IN SEDONA, UH, LOCATE THEIR EVENTS IN SEDONA. THIS IS, UM, THE INTERNATIONAL CESSNA 1 95 CONVENTION, UH, WHICH BROUGHT IN OVER 45 AIRCRAFT THAT WAS LAST FALL. WE SUPPORT LOCAL TOUR OPERATORS. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AIRCRAFT NOISE. AND THIS IS, UM, QUITE A COMPLICATED EFFORT. IT'S NOT JUST A SIMPLE YEAH, WE'VE GOT YOUR NOTE FROM, UH, YOUR EMAIL THAT YOU WERE BOTHERED BY NOISE. IT'S A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN THAT. WE'VE TAKEN IT FROM GRASSROOTS, THE AIRPORT MASTER RECORD, WHICH IS THE AIRPORT RECORD THAT'S KEPT IN WASHINGTON DC ON ALL OF THE STATISTICS AND WHATNOT FOR THIS AIRPORT. WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IN THE 50 10, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TWO OF THOSE COMMENTS ARE THE NOISE SENSITIVITIES OF THE AREA. [01:30:01] AND TO AVOID SCENIC FLIGHTS BELOW 6,500 FEET, THAT'S ABOUT THE ELEVATION OF THE RIM. AND ALSO NO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS BECAUSE IT'S A NOISE SENSITIVE AREA. NOW THAT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL, BUT WE PUT IT IN THERE ANYWAY TO DISCOURAGE, UM, TOUCH AND OPERATIONS SPECIFICALLY FROM EMORY RENTAL. NEXT IS LAND USE PLANNING, THOUGHTFUL PLANNING FOR PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY AIRPORT BY THE CITY. APPROPRIATE PLANNING REDUCES NOISE IMPACTS TO RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCIES BY LOCATING LOW OCCUPANCY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. INSENSITIVE AREAS 65 D N L IS THE FAS NOISE THRESHOLD AS THE BASIS FOR ITS NOISE GOAL OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPOSED TO SIGNIFICANT AIRCRAFT NOISE, COMPARATIVE NOISE LEVELS. YOU CAN SEE HERE WE'VE GOT A ROCK BAND, 111 DECIBELS, OUR POWER MOWER, 96, MOTORCYCLES AT 90 CAR WASH 89, AND SO ON. THE NOISE CONTOURS OF THE SEDONA AIRPORT, 65 D B A 65 DECIBELS. AND THAT'S HOW THE OSU TECH MANUAL, I DON'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP. AND THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN OF 2 17 20 17. WE HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL SELLERS PROPERTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. WE WORKED WITH, UH, LOCAL REALTOR GROUPS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND BRING ATTENTION TO THE REALTORS OF THE LOCATION OF THE AIRPORT AND SOME OF ITS INFLUENCES IN THE AREA. TWO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE PROPERTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, WHICH THE BUYER WILL SIGN ARE 2 0 2. ARE YOU AWARE OF THE PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, NUMBER ONE AIRPORT NOISE, . AND, UH, THE SECOND, UH, 2 0 7. ARE YOU AWARE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF A PUBLIC USE AIRPORT? AND FOR THAT THEY USE REALLY A FIVE MILE RADIUS. WE'VE ALSO, UM, ORCHESTRATED A SAFETY VIDEO FOR SEDONA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ARIZONA AVIATION SAFETY ADVISORY GROUP. THIS VIDEO WHILE, UH, GEARED TOWARD PILOTS, MENTIONS NOISE, NOISE, SENSITIVITY OF THE SONSONA COMMUNITY, AND A NUMBER OF TIME, A NUMBER OF TIMES, AS WELL AS FOREST SERVICE AND NATIONAL PARK SENSITIVITIES AND THEIR LOCATIONS REPORTING NOISE. WE'VE, UH, DEVELOPED THE AIRPORT WEBSITE TO HOST A JOT FORM FOR USERS TO RELAY NOISE IMPACTS DIRECTLY TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER. GIVEN A FEW SIMPLE PIECES OF INFORMATION, DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION, I CAN, UH, USUALLY DISCERN WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY, THE OFFENDING PARTY, WHAT ACTIONS ARE TAKEN. THE INFORMATION THAT'S OFFERED IS ENTERED INTO OUR FLIGHT TRACKING PROGRAM TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL OFFENDERS. AND WE USE SIMPLY THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION TO OF THE OFFENDING AIRCRAFT OR HELICOPTER SO THAT WE CAN EASILY IDENTIFY THEM. THERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR, UM, VER TOWER, UH, UNIT IN THE TERMINAL BUILDING TO TELL OUR VISITORS, UH, THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT INTO TAIL NUMBERS. THIS IS NOT A BOWL OF SPAGHETTI. THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF EVERY, UM, EVERY FLIGHT IN AND OUT OF SEDONA ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY. YEAH. NOW, FROM THIS MESS OF SPAGHETTI, I CAN PICK OUT ANY OPERATOR. NOW, ONCE I PICK OUT THE OPERATOR, AND YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE BLUE LINE NEXT, WE CAN SEE THEIR TAIL NUMBER, THEIR ALTITUDE, THEIR AIRSPEED, UH, THEIR, UH, DISPOSITION, WHETHER THEY'RE ASCENDING OR DESCENDING, THEIR TAIL NUMBER, THEIR TYPE, AND HOW THEY'RE TRANSMITTING ALONG WITH A DATE AND TIMESTAMP. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO ARGUE THAT KIND OF DATA WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE AN OFFENDING PARTY. BUT BEFORE WE POINT THE FINGERS, WE WANT TO KNOW, UH, WE WANNA LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY IN THE AREA OR PERHAPS, UH, FOREST SERVICE RESOURCES. THEY GO OUT AND THEY COUNT ANIMALS OCCASIONALLY WITH HELICOPTERS, AND THEY FLY PRETTY LOW. UH, THE US MILITARY WHO DOES TRAINING A P SS CONTRACTORS WHO DO LOW LEVEL, UM, POWER LINE INSPECTIONS PRE AND POST STORMS, UH, LIFE FLIGHTS FOR PICKING PEOPLE UP OFF OF ACCIDENTS ON OUR HIGHWAYS, UM, OR WHETHER IT'S A LOCAL TOUR OPERATOR AND WHETHER I NEED TO SLAP THEIR HAND, WE EVALUATE THE FLYING BASED ON THE, ON THE DATA. UH, IS IT REALLY TOO LOW? IS ITS, UH, PROXIMITY TO SITES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST LIKE, UH, TUZIGOOT, UM, OR MONTEZUMA'S WELLER CASTLE? ARE THEY OPERATING LEGALLY? IF YES, THEN NO ACTION TAKEN. AND I RES I RESPOND TO EVERY RES EVERY REPORTING PARTY. I DON'T LET EVERYBODY, ANYBODY BE LEFT HANGING IF THEY'RE NOT OPERATING LEGALLY. WE REPORT THEM TO THE PHOENIX FLIGHT STANDARD DISTRICT OFFICE NEGLIGENCE, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, ET ET CETERA, SPOKEN TO DIRECTLY IF POSSIBLE, AND RESPOND TO [01:35:01] THE PON RESPONDING PARTY, THE REPORTING PARTY. WE HAVE THE FLY FRIENDLY AGREEMENT IN PLACE. THE TWO LOCAL TOUR OPERATORS BASED IN SEDONA HAVE SIGNED ONTO THIS VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, THE SEDONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND KEEPS IT ON A BEAUTIFUL, THE AIRPORT IN YAVAPAI COUNTY SUPPORT THIS AGREEMENT. AND THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR A MINIMUM OF ALTITUDES AND, UH, ROUTING OVER THE LEAST POPULATED AREAS OR LESSER POPULATED AREAS. A REVISIT THE AGREEMENT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, REACQUAINTED THE ORGANIZATION'S REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE FOLKS DO CHANGE SEATS. REVIEWED THE AGREEMENT TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. LISTENED TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO MITIGATE NOISE IMPACTS. AND, UH, STAKEHOLDER RECOMMITMENT TO THE AGREEMENT. THE FLY FRIENDLY MAP. DO YOU HAVE THAT ONE? YEAH. THE FLY FRIENDLY MAP, UH, NOTES, UH, FLIGHT AVOIDANCE ZONES THAT ARE NOT NO FLY ZONES, THEY'RE JUST PREFERRED NOT TO BE TRAVEL ZONES. WE CAN'T, UM, POLICE, UH, THE AIR THAT'S UP TO THE F A A, UH, SAFETY AND AIR TRAFFIC CONSIDERATIONS WILL OCCASIONALLY CAUSE DEVIATIONS FROM ROUTING IDENTIFIED IN THIS AGREEMENT. BUT THOSE ARE IN THE NAME OF SAFETY. SOMETHING ELSE WE DO, WE HAVE A, UH, HEFTY FEE STRUCTURE, UH, AT OUR AIRPORT, AND THAT HELPS TO DISSUADE SOME OPERATORS FROM COMING IN AND OUT, ESPECIALLY THOSE HEAVIER AIRCRAFT WITH, UM, THAT ARE A BIT MORE LOUD. I MIGHT SAY THAT IN MY FIRST YEAR HERE, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS. THE FIRST YEAR I WAS HERE, I HAD OVER 1100 NOISE COMPLAINTS, 1100 THIS YEAR. ANYBODY WANNA TAKE A STAB AT IT? I'M UP TO, I'M UP TO 38. 36 OF THEM WERE FROM THE FLYOVER OF THE F 35 B . 35 OF THOSE 37 WERE POSITIVE ASKING FOR HIM TO COME BACK ANYTIME. , WE LOVE OUR MILITARY. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE, UH, UH, ADDRESSED NOISE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME GOOD SUCCESS. NEXT WE'VE GOT OUR AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE A C I P. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN OF MAJOR CAPITAL, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED EITHER THROUGH THE F A A OR THROUGH ADOT. UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS THAT WE USE. UM, LET'S SEE. WE'VE GOT, UH, WE RELY ON NON-PRIMARY ENTITLEMENT MONIES, WHICH IS ABOUT 150,000 A YEAR. AND, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE BENEFITING FROM THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. AND WE ARE MOVING PROJECTS UP ON THE AIRPORT, UH, TO THE TUNE OF OVER $52 MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. FOR 24, WE'VE GOT, UH, TWO PROJECTS, EQUIPMENT STORAGE, MAINTENANCE BUILDING, AND APRON'S. UM, K AND L FOR DESIGN. OH, I FORGOT MY POINT. UH, THE 24 DASH ONE. CAN YOU USE THAT FOR? YES, RIGHT THERE. THAT'S, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE BUILDING. IT WILL BE IN, UH, DESIGN NEXT YEAR ON THE NORTH END OF THE FIELD. 24 DASH TWO. THOSE WILL BE DESIGNED FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THOSE TWO TAXI LANES. PARDON ME. THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF OUR MAINTENANCE STRUCTURE. DO WE HAVE ANY MECHANICS OUT THERE? ED, YOU GOTTA GUN TO MIKE. ANY MECHANICS OUT THERE THAT LIKE TO LAY OUT IN THE WEATHER TO FIX TRUCKS, CARS, TRACTORS, MOWING EQUIPMENT. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, PROVIDE MIKE. HE'S GONE NOW. WHERE'D YOU GO? UH, MIKE IS, UH, MY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND, UH, WE GOTTA GET HIM A LITTLE MORE SUITABLE STRUCTURE TO, UH, BOTH HOUSE EQUIPMENT AND TO WORK ON EQUIPMENT. TAXI LANE K YOU CAN SEE, UH, SOME OF THE PAVEMENTS ARE CRACKING. THEY'RE AIDS, THEY'RE OXIDIZING, UH, THEY'RE UNABLE TO SUPPORT FUTURE WEIGHTS OF AIRCRAFT. REVERSING THOSE PAVEMENTS. YOU CAN SEE WE'VE DONE AT LEAST SOME SEAL COATING, UH, TO TRY AND PRESERVE THOSE PAVEMENTS. BUT THEY ARE ON OUR PLAN FOR, UH, DESIGN AND REPLACEMENT 25 4 PROJECTS. UH, 3 21, THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA IMPROVEMENTS, THE TAXIWAY ALPHA EXTENSION DESIGN, UH, ACQUISITION OF SOME MINOR FOREST SERVICE LAND 2.6 ACRES, AN INFIELD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND DESIGN PHASE OF THE HELICOPTER SIX PACK REHABILITATION. LET'S START WITH THE, LET'S START WITH THE TWO, UH, TRIANGLES. THOSE REPRESENT THE 2.6 ACRES THAT WE NEED TO ACQUIRE FROM, UH, THE FOREST SERVICE. JUST BELOW [01:40:01] THOSE TWO TRIANGLES IS AN EXTENSION OF THE ALPHA TAXIWAY. DID YOU RUN OFF OF THE MAP THERE? AND WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? UH, AGAIN, WE'RE INTERESTED IN, UH, OPERATING A SAFE AND EFFICIENT AIRPORT. WE ARE NOT EXTENDING THE RUNWAY ONE FOOT PERIOD. WE WON'T BE, PERIOD. THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS. THE EXTENSION OF ALPHA TAX AWAY WILL ALLOW FOR AIRCRAFT TO TEE INTO AND USE FULL LENGTH OF RUNWAY THREE. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THEY ARE ACCESSING THE RUNWAY AT ALPHA EIGHT, AND THEY'RE BACK TAXING APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET TO GET TO THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY. VERY, VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND ONE THAT WE NEED TO AVOID. UH, THE REMAINING PROJECT ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH END ARE, UM, DESIGNED FOR AN ENGINEERED MATERIAL ARRESTING SYSTEM. UM, I CANNOT TO FLY PAPER FOR AIRCRAFT. UM, IT'S A CELLULAR CEMENT FOAM THAT'S ABOUT 130 FEET DEEP. IT GRADUATES IN DEPTH THE FURTHER YOU ENTER THE BED. AND IT'S DESIGNED WILL BE FOR, UH, THE CRITICAL AIRCRAFT THAT SERVICES SEDONA, WHICH IS PROBABLY A AKIN TO ASSESSING THE SOVEREIGN, IF ANYONE IS FAMILIAR. A CITATION 10. A SOVEREIGN NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS ALPHA TAXIWAY AT ALPHA EIGHT, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT HOOKS TO THE LEFT. THIS IS, THIS WILL BE WHERE IT CONTINUES STRAIGHT. THIS SHOT IS OF THE, UH, REMAINING 700 FEET FROM ALPHA EIGHT TO THE THRESHOLD. AND THE, UH, NEW TAXIWAY WILL BE TEEING IN TO THE RUNWAY AT THE FURTHEST POINT WHERE YOU SEE WHITE, THE EDGE LINE STRIPING. THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE TEEING INTO THE RUNWAY. I MIGHT ADD THAT, UM, YOU MIGHT SEE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF EARTH BUILD OVER RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER AND TO THE RIGHT. UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO ABSCOND WITH, UH, ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL FROM THE MARRIOTT BUILD HERE IN TOWN AT NO COST. SO IT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FILL. NEXT SLIDE. THIS HERE IS, UH, THE THRESHOLD. YOU SEE THE THRESHOLD LIGHTS, AND THEN AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE THE NEW TAXIWAY WILL TEE INTO THE RUNWAY INFIELD DRAINAGE. , HE'S NOT THAT SHORT. HE'S GOT LEGS . THERE THEY ARE. AND I THINK THE NEXT ONE. YEAH. OKAY. UH, THIS SLIDE IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. IF YOU NOTICE THE YOUNG MAN CONNOR, IS STANDING ALMOST WAIST DEEPER, MORE IN A TRENCH. IT'S A SWALE. IT'S, UH, WHERE WATER RUNS ABOUT 45 OR 50 FEET AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY. NOW, IF AN AIRCRAFT WERE TO DEPART THE RUNWAY, IT WOULD HAVE TO TRAVERSE THAT. NOT GOOD. THIS IS A, UH, PICTURE OF THE SAME PERSON IN THE SAME PLACE FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. YOU CAN SEE AGAIN HOW DEEP IT IS. AND THIS IS RUNWAY LIGHT ELEVATION LOOKING ACROSS AT THAT SAME LOCATION. HE DISAPPEARS. WE NEED TO FIX THAT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE INFIELD, THAT'S WHERE THE INFIELD DRAINAGE PROJECT COMES IN. IT WILL, IT WILL ADDRESS THAT. NEXT WE HAVE THE, UH, SIX PACK, OR SIX POSITION HELICOPTER PARKING AREA. YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE, THE, UH, CRACKING IN THIS, UH, SIX PACK. AND, UH, LAST YEAR WE, MICHAEL'S TEAM DID OVER 19,000 LINEAR FEET OF CRACK CEILING ON THE AIRPORT. PAVEMENTS. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT ONE PLEASE? THIS IS, UM, PROBABLY THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. CRACK ON THE, UM, HELL PAD SIX PACK THAT IS ABOUT 10 OR 11 INCHES WIDE AND ABOUT FOUR INCHES DEEP. AND OF COURSE, IT SHEDS MATERIALS THAT SHED MATERIAL IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE ROTORS AND PROPELLERS FOR THE AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS THAT USE OUR FACILITY. SO THIS IS ON OUR CAPITAL PLAN FOR TOTAL, UH, REHABILITATION OF THE ASPHALT PORTION. IT WILL ALL BE MILLED, IT WILL ALL BE, UM, REPAVED. THE CONCRETE PORTIONS THAT YOU SEE OFF TO THE RIGHT THERE ARE EQUAL OFF TO THE LEFT. AND, UM, THOSE SHOW NO SIGNS OF, UH, OF FAILING. NEXT, WE HAVE, UH, TAXIWAY ALPHA EXTENSION, THE PAVING PORTION OF IT, UH, [01:45:01] H AND I OR SEVEN AND EIGHT, UH, DESIGN AND RECONSTRUCTION OF, UH, VARIOUS TAXIWAYS. THE REASON WE HAVE TO RECONFIGURE THE TAXIWAYS IS THE F A A HAS A NEW STANDARD WHERE YOU CAN'T DEPART THE RUNWAY TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY, I SHOULD SAY, AND USE THAT TAXIWAY TO GO STRAIGHT INTO PARKING. THE F A A SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A LEFT OR A RIGHT AND THEN TAKE ANOTHER LEFT OR A RIGHT TO GET INTO PARKING. OKAY? SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT, UM, THIS DOES. THIS, UH, UM, SLIDE REPRESENTS THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE, UH, MAINTENANCE BUILDING, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE ALPHA TAXIWAY EXTENSION. AND, UH, WHAT WILL BE, UH, H AND I TAXIWAYS DOWN ON THE SOUTH END THAT, UH, T INTO, UH, RUNWAY THREE. THE, UM, 26 DASH TWO PROJECT ON THE NORTH END, THE TAN ONE THAT IS FOR A TAXI LANE EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL SMALL AIRCRAFT HANGERS. TAXI LANE. I IS ONE OF THOSE THAT, UM, GETS TO EXTEND OUT TOWARD, UM, SHRINE ROAD. WILL MAYBE CAPTURE A HALF A DOZEN LOCATIONS FOR HANGERS. TAXI. LANE J WAS A HANGAR, UH, WAS A, UH, TAXIWAY THAT WAS PUT IN YEARS AGO. AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THERE'S NOTHING ON EITHER SIDE OF IT. . SO I'VE PUT OUT, UM, RFPS TO SOLICIT INTEREST IN, UM, AIRCRAFT STORAGE FACILITIES THAT R F P WENT OUT, UH, LAST JUNE AND, UH, DID NOT. UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, REALLY QUALIFIED RESPONDENTS. SO THAT WILL BE GOING OUT AGAIN. UH, SEPTEMBER 27, TAX AWAY. ALPHA EXTENSION PAVING, ELECTRICAL SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING. UM, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UH, LIGHTING CIRCA 1970. YEAH, THEY'RE INCANDESCENT BULBS. WOW. HIGH ENERGY USE. WE ARE LOOKING TO INSTALL, UM, L E D, UH, LIGHTING AND, UH, A NEW REGULATOR TO POWER BECAUSE THEY'RE, UH, THEY, THEY USE SO MUCH LESS ELECTRICITY THAT THE GENERATOR THAT WE HAVE, THE DINOSAUR THAT WE HAVE, WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN ENOUGH JUICE TO, UH, LIGHT THOSE L LEDS, BUT IT'D BE A WASTE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, USE OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY AT 95% TO PAY FOR A NEW STANDBY GENERATOR AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE TAX AWAY ALPHA COMES INTO THE NEW TAX AWAY. ALPHA WILL COME INTO THE THRESHOLD OF THREE LOOKING WEST. THERE'S OUR, UH, PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATORS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PAPPY'S. THOSE WILL HAVE TO BE RELOCATED 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE THRESHOLD BAR. UNFORTUNATELY, MOVING THEM TOWARDS US, WE'LL PUT THEM ON THE CENTER LINE OF THE NEXT TAXIWAY. SO THERE'S GONNA BE A, AN ENGINEERING SOLUTION FOR THAT. UH, THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF, UH, NEW PAVEMENT, NEW MARKINGS. UH, THE RUNWAY, UH, WAS, WAS SEAL COATED AND REMARKED IN JUNE, LATE MAY. UM, THE ENTIRE ALPHA TAXIWAY SYSTEM, UH, WAS MILLED AND REPAVED WITH NEW MARKINGS. YOU CAN SEE HERE AS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, A GUIDANCE SIGN. UM, THESE ARE NOT NEW TO THE AIRPORT, BUT THE PANELS THAT ARE IN THE SIGNS ARE NEW. THEY, UM, THE PRE-EXISTING PANELS, SIGN PANELS WERE FADED ALMOST WHITE. AND THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR PILOTS TO DISCERN THE LEGENDS IN PERIODS OF DARKNESS. NEXT, WE'VE GOT, UH, GEOMETRY CORRECTIONS TO, UM, TAXIWAYS ON THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT FOR DESIGN. UH, WE ALREADY TEE INTO, UM, RUNWAY TWO ONE AT THE NORTH END. UH, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF SPACE UP THERE. BUT, UH, THE NEW, UM, CONS, THE NEW CRITERIA FOR FROM THE F A A FOR THE SURFACES DICTATES THAT THAT HAS TO BE RETHOUGHT. SO THERE'LL ACTUALLY BE A PAIR OF AIRCRAFT TO BE ABLE TO COME UP TO THE RUNWAY EDGE LINE INSTEAD OF ONE BEHIND THE OTHER. SO IT'S TO FACILITATE [01:50:01] TRAFFIC TO, HERE WE ARE AT, UM, THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY TWO ONE, YOU CAN SEE AND GET, GET AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE CRACKED CEILING THAT WE'VE DONE. YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, IT'S COLOR DIFFERENTIATION FROM, UH, THE RUNWAY MARKINGS. THIS IS THE FINAL THIRD OF THE RUNWAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, SORRY, THE FINAL THIRD OF THE TAXIWAY SYSTEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MILL AND FILL, UM, CRACK, SEAL AND REMARK. AND THAT WILL BEGIN SEPTEMBER 5TH, MIKE, THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER AND RUN FOR A WEEK. AND THEN EVERYTHING, ALL THE SURFACES WILL BE DONE FOR THE MAIN TAXI AND RUNWAY RFPS. I DID MENTION THAT, UM, WE PUT OUT A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS. UH, ONE WAS FOR THE MASONIC, THE FORMER MASONIC LODGE. WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED HERE FOUR YEARS AGO, UH, STAFF POINTED OUT THIS LOVELY OLD INDUSTRIAL BUILDING THAT WAS SITTING BACK IN THE TREES AND WEEDS THAT NOBODY HAD PAID ATTENTION TO FOR YEARS BEING AN ASSET OF THE AIRPORT. AND IN REASONABLE CONDITION, WE PUT OUT AN R F P TO SEE IF WE COULD, UH, FIND SOMEONE TO TAKE OVER THIS BUILDING, TRIPLE NET, IMPROVE THE PREMISES, AND PAY US ALL AT THE SAME TIME. UH, I'VE BEEN ASKED WHAT THE, UM, STATUS IS OF THE FORMER MASONIC LODGE. R F P OCCUPANTS, UM, ARE THE, THE WINNING PROPOSAL. UH, ALL THEIR SITE PLAN INFORMATION HAS BEEN SENT TO THEIR ENGINEERING FIRM, AND THEY WILL, UH, PRESENT TO THE CITY PLANNING AND ZONING WHEN APPROPRIATE. UM, ANOTHER R F P WAS FOR THE AIRCRAFT STORAGE UNITS ON THAT TAX WAY, NOWHERE THAT I MENTIONED. UM, R F P FOR 4.6 ACRES SOUTH OF THE SKY RANCH LODGE. THIS IS THE ONLY REMAINING, UH, PROPERTY THAT WE CAN R F P THAT IS NON AERONAUTICAL USE. THE SKY RANCH LODGE HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR SOME AMOUNT OF TIME. THEY WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM EXPAND. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE AIRPORT BENEFIT FROM THAT EXPANSION AND THE INCREASED REVENUE THAT THAT WOULD GENERATE. THE LAST ONE IS FOR A, UH, DOUBLE WIDE, A 440 SQUARE FOOT MODULAR BUILDING, ONE OF THE, UH, TOUR OPERATORS BUILDINGS. AND WE SOLICITED ANY QUALIFIED AVIATION SERVICE PROVIDER. IT WAS A TOUR OPERATOR THAT OFFERED THE BEST, UM, REVENUE PICTURE FOR THE AIRPORT. PROCEDURAL UPGRADES. WE'VE GOT THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS FOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, UH, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT, UH, PROGRAM ESTABLISHED WITH MONTHLY EXPEC, UH, INSPECTIONS, FIRE SUPPRESSION, WATER MASTER PLAN. WE'VE GOT A SNOW AND ICE CONTROL PLAN WHERE THERE WASN'T ONE, AND WE HAD TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT TO HAVE US KNOW A ICE CONTROL PLANT. . WE'VE ALSO, UM, ENGAGED WITH, UH, WILDLIFE HAZARD MITIGATION FROM CERTIFIED WILDLIFE, UH, BIOLOGISTS AND THE STAFF GO THROUGH THAT TRAINING ONCE A YEAR. THEY LEARN ABOUT, UM, UM, AVIAN, MOSTLY BIRDS. AND, UM, THEY TOUCH ON, UM, SOME MAMMALS THAT ARE, THAT ARE NATIVE HERE, HERE FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION. WE'VE GOT A 21,000 GALLON SUPPLEMENTAL TANK, UH, BY REQUEST OF THE SEDONA FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HELP AID IN FIREFIGHTING UP ON THE PREMISES. UM, IT WILL ALSO AID THE, UM, UH, FOREST SERVICE CONTRACTORS IN PROVIDING A WATER SUPPLY ON SITE. AGAIN, THAT'S 21,000 GALLONS. THE NEXT ONE, OH, UH, WILDLIFE MITIGATION MEASURES. YOU CAN SEE OR BARELY SEE THERE ARE GATES OVER THESE CULVERTS TO PREVENT, UH, ANIMAL INTRUSION INTO, UH, THE AIRPORT PROPER. WE ALSO, UM, DO A MONTHLY INSPECTION OF THE ENTIRE PERIMETER FENCE, IDENTIFY WHERE ANIMALS HAVE PUSHED THEIR WAY THROUGH OR UNDER, AND, UH, WE MAKE REPAIRS AS NECESSARY. EQUIPMENT UPGRADES, WELL, WE HAVE A SNOWPLOW WITH OUR NEW FORD PICKUP TRUCK. SO WITH THAT FORD PICKUP TRUCK, WE'RE ABLE TO REASONABLY CLEAR, UH, THE RUNWAY, THE TAXIWAY AND PLACES AND SOMEPLACE FOR AN AIRCRAFT TO PARK WITHIN THREE HOURS. AND I MIGHT ADD THAT NOBODY FROM HERE WHEN I ARRIVED KNEW HOW TO PUSH SNOW. IF WE LOOKING, LOOK AT ME, WHAT DO WE DO NOW? WELL, WE GET BEHIND THERE AND WE START PUSHING. UH, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE KUBOTA [01:55:01] TRACTOR, UH, RECENTLY. THIS IS OUR, UM, MAINTENANCE, UH, VEHICLE. UH, WE ONLY HAVE TWO PICKUP TRUCKS IN THIS VEHICLE, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN'T ALL BE IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. SO, UH, WE PICKED UP THIS LITTLE, UH, KUBOTA, UH, FOR OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF TO RUN AROUND THE FIELD AND GET THINGS DONE. YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A WINCH ON THE FRONT OF THAT, UH, KUBOTA. AND, UH, WE'LL USE THAT FOR HELPING TO EXTRICATE AIRCRAFT THAT ARE STUCK IN MUD WHEN THEY DEPART THE RUNWAY. LET'S SEE HERE. WE'VE GOT, UH, OUR PAINT MACHINE. I'M NOT SURE WHO'S RIDING THIS PUPPY, BUT, UH, WE, WE DO ALL OUR OWN IN-HOUSE MARKINGS NOW, SO WE CAN ALTERNATE BETWEEN ALL OF, OF THE WHITE ON THE RUNWAY AND ALL THE YELLOW ON THE TAXIWAY, ALTERNATING YOUR, WE ALSO DO THE LANDSIDE OF THE AIRPORT WITH, UM, AIR TERMINAL DRIVE WITH AIRPORT ROAD, UM, AIRPORT SIDE OF THE CATTLE GUARD AND, UH, SHRINE ROAD. HMM. FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. UM, THE DELTA RAMP HANGAR AND RAMP REPAVED AND REMARKED HANGAR, TAXI LANES, SEAL COATED. AND THAT, THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE PROJECT. I HAD TO STAND ON THE ENGINEER, CONVINCE THEM THAT THIS WAS AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT AND THAT IT WAS WITHIN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT GRANTED BY THE F A A AND I WON THAT ARGUMENT. SO THOSE WERE DONE ALL PAVEMENT SERVICES OR CRACK SHIELD, THANKS TO MIKE AND HIS TEAM, UH, REMARKING OF ALL SURFACES WITH PAINT AND, UH, THE NEW FUEL FARM REPLACEMENT. LET ME TALK ON, LEMME TOUCH ON THAT FOR A MINUTE. THE, UM, OLD FUEL FARM, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FUEL FARMS, WERE TWO 10,000 GALLON TANKS. ONE FOR JET FUEL AND ONE FOR AVIATION GASOLINE. THEY DID NOT HAVE OVERFILL PROTECTION. THEY DID NOT HAVE A HIGH LEVEL ALARM. THEY WERE PLACED ON WASHED RIVERSTONE, AND THEY'RE 33 YEARS OLD. SOMETHING'S GOTTA CHANGE. SO WE DID, WE PUT IN A NEW FUEL FARM AT THE COST OF ABOUT FOUR, $4 MILLION. AND THAT WAS PAID FOR BY THE AUTHORITY, NOT 1 CENT OF MONEY FROM THE COUNTY OR FROM OTHER TAXPAYER SOURCES. WE HAVE NOW TWO 15,000 GALLON JET TANKS AND ONE 12,500 GALLON AGAS TANK. THEY DO HAVE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT. THEY DO HAVE ALL THE WHISTLES, BUZZERS, AND BELLS. SO IF ANYTHING WERE TO POP A LEAK, WE'D KNOW, UH, PARKING AREA, LIGHTING FIXTURES, ALL UPGRADED TO L E D. AIRCRAFT GUIDANCE SIGNS. THE SS, AS I MENTIONED, THEY WERE REPLACED FOR VISIBILITY REASONS. THE TAXIWAY SYSTEM MILLED REPAVED AND REMARKED THE RUNWAY SEAL COATED AND REMARKED. AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF, UM, A PORTION OF THE TAXIWAY THAT'S BEEN MILLED AND, UH, CRACK SEALED BEFORE PAVING. AND THERE IS THE CREW PUTTING THE PA DOWN. OOPS. MUST BE SUPERVISORS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, THE, UH, LOW PROFILE BARRIERS THAT WE USED ON THE AIRPORT TOO. THEY'RE NOT REGULAR CONES, THEY'RE NOT STREET, UH, THERE ARE NO LIGHTS ON 'EM. THERE'S NO FLASHING LIGHTS. THESE ARE MEANT TO BE USED ON AN AIRPORT AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION LOWERING AIRCRAFT. AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF, UH, THE NEW PAVEMENT. WITH THE FRESH MARKINGS ON IT, YOU CAN, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE. IS THAT PRETTY OR WHAT? WE, WE TAKE THE X OFF OF THERE WHEN WE WANNA OPEN . THE THRESHOLD BAR. THERE'S THE EDGE LINE, THE CENTER LINE. LIKE I SAID, EVERYTHING IS FRESH AND PRETTY, HIGHLY VISIBLE. AND THAT LOANS TO SAFETY. THIS IS, UH, THE CONCRETE PUMP TRUCK THAT HELPED, UH, PUT THE SLURRY DOWN IN THE CONCRETE FOR OUR NEW FUEL FARM. THERE ARE TANKS BEFORE THEY INSTALL THE INSTALL. YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS NOT YOUR REGULAR IRREGULAR GAS PUMP THAT YOU PULL UP TO AND FILL YOUR CAR. THIS IS THE OVERFLOW DITCH. SO WE CAN PUMP OFF ANYTHING THAT FALLS [02:00:01] OUT OF THE TANKS OR OUT OF THE TRUCKS THAT PARK ON THE AREA. UM, IN FRONT OF THE TANKS, YOU SEE WE HAVE L E D LIGHTING ON THERE AND OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS ON TOP OF THOSE OF, UM, L E D POLES, STATE OF THE ART. OKAY. EVENTS, WINGS AND WHEELS. I CORDIALLY INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME UP TO THE AIRPORT. OCTOBER 14TH FROM NINE TO THREE, WE'LL HAVE, UM, AIRPORT DAY AGAIN. UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS, ARTISTS, A PLETHORA OF CARS AND, UH, SOME CLASSIC MILITARY AIRCRAFT COMING FOR THIS YEAR. WE ENGAGE THE ARTS. WE HOST, UM, A PAINT OUT UP TO THE AIRPORT FOR THE SEDONA ARCH COUNCIL. AND IT'S PLAIN AIR PAINT OUT. IT'S A TWO HOUR PAINTING PERIOD. IT'S GOT SOME OF THE BEST UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS. I THINK THAT'S A PERSONAL OPINION HERE. UH, WITH A RECEPTION IN THE TERMINAL BUILDING THAT FOLLOWS. IT REALLY IS A TREMENDOUS AFFAIR. I HIGHLY, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER ATTENDING. 25TH OF OCTOBER. DID YOU GET TO, UH, SOME OF THE PAINT? DID YOU, DO YOU HAVE THOSE? JUST EXAMPLES OF THE ARTISAN ACTION AND OF COURSE, WHAT WE'RE KNOWN FOR HERE IN SEDONA OF THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS ONE OVER TOP OF THE AIRPORT. I KIND OF PREFER THAT ONE NOW. WAS THAT 20 MINUTES ? NO, . SORRY. I TRIED. IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OR SO, . THAT'S WHAT IT FELT LIKE. NOW, UH, FOLKS, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ABSOLUTELY. ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON THE AIRPORT, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AIRPORT, ANYTHING AT ALL? VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, ED. YOU'RE WELCOME. UH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. FIRST IS, SO THE R F P FOR THE MASONIC LODGE MM-HMM. , THE, THE, UH, SUCCESSFUL BIDDER, THE SCOPE IS STILL THE SAME? YES. OKAY. AND SO THEN THEY WILL BE COMING BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING WHEN YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT, BUT MM-HMM. , WHAT'S YOUR IDEA ABOUT THE TIMING ON THAT? UH, I'VE ASKED THEM, AND I HADN'T GOTTEN AN ANSWER YET. THEY'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEIR CONSULTANT TO, UM, SHARE AND CONFIRM THEIR VISION WITH, UM, AN ENGINEER SO THAT THEY CAN DESIGN SOMETHING TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD TO, UH, P N C. OKAY. AND IN PURSUIT OF THAT USE PERMIT FOR THAT PROPERTY. AND IT WAS THE MASONIC LODGE. THEY DID HAVE WEDDINGS UP THERE IN THE PAST, AND HE, AND, UH, SOCIAL EVENTS. SO IT'S REALLY NOT A, A, A CHANGE OF USE FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. OF COURSE, I UNDERSTAND THE, UH, THE CITY'S CONCERNS. AND WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER WITH, UH, KURT AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVES TO THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD ON THAT, UH, THE MASONIC LODGE WAS AN INDOOR VENUE WHEN IT WAS FULLY USED, UH, USED, CORRECT? UM, IT WAS INDOOR AND OUTDOOR. IT WAS OUTDOOR, YES. AND THE, UM, THE CROSS THAT WAS, UH, UP THERE ON THE MOUNTAIN ON THE PEDESTAL THAT'S AT, ON THE BACK OF A, A, A 50 FOOT SQUARE OUTDOOR PLATFORM WHERE THEY USED TO CONDUCT CEREMONIES. CEREMONIES FINE. AND, AND, AND HOST OUTDOOR GATHERINGS. GALL. OKAY. I'LL SAVE MY QUESTIONS FOR LATER. BOB. YOU HAVE MORE? I JUST, ONE MORE QUESTION. SO YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T GONNA TALK ABOUT THE CITY POTENTIALLY TAKING OVER THE AIRPORT, AND I, I DON'T WANT YOU TO COMMENT ON YOUR VIEW ABOUT THAT. BUT WHAT I DO WANNA ASK YOU IS SINCE WE'VE HIRED A CONSULTANT, UH, HAS THAT BEEN FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE GOING WELL, OR ARE THEY, ARE YOU PROVIDING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED? WELL, I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, VICE MAYOR THAT I'M PROVIDING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S REQUESTED AND THEN SOME, I WANT THEM TO HAVE A CLEAR, COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF, UH, OUR ORGANIZATION AND HOW WE WE OPERATE AND SOME OF THE RULES AND REGS THAT WE HAVE TO OPERATE UNDER. SO YOU FEEL LIKE, WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANT. UHHUH , THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING WELL. UM, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOUR CONSULTANT , BUT YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH THEM FROM, FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE, WE'RE DUMPING ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN, UM, TO THEM. OKAY. YEAH. I, AND [02:05:01] I LIKE THE CONSULTANT. IF YOU FOLKS DIDN'T HIRE 'EM, I WOULD'VE HIRED THEM ALREADY TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS FOR ME. . GOOD. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. IF IT'S ALL WORKING SMOOTHLY FROM YOUR YEAH. THEY'RE, UH, WELL-VERSED IN, UH, AIRPORT MANAGEMENT ISSUES. UM, KIMLEY HORN, UM, IS GOING TO BE INVESTIGATING SOME OF OUR, OUR CAPITAL NEEDS MUCH MORE THAN WHAT, UH, I'VE DESCRIBED TO HER SO FAR THIS EVENING. 'CAUSE THOSE ARE ONLY GRANT ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER SCHEDULE FOR NON-FUNDED OR SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS. I'M A BIG FAN OF, OF O P M, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. , AS AM I, I JUST LIKE TO BUILD STUFF. YES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MELISSA. BRIAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, AND YOU MENTIONED ANOTHER PARCEL ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF ACRES, I BELIEVE. YES. ADJACENT TO SKY RANCH LODGE YES. ADJACENT TO AND SOUTH OF SKY RANCH. WHAT MIGHT YOU HOPE HAPPENS WITH THAT PARCEL? WELL, I DID CONDUCT THE R F P FOR THAT PARCEL. I'VE GOT TWO RESPONSES. ONE WAS FROM THE SKY RANCH LODGE, UH, PRINCIPLES. AND, UH, LOOKING TO AN EFFORT TO EXPAND BY SOME 40 UNITS, UM, SIMILAR TO THE BILL THAT THEY HAVE UP THERE NOW. AND, UM, THAT 4.6 ACRES WITH THE ADDITIONAL ROOMS BRINGS MORE INCOME TO THE AUTHORITY SO THAT WE CAN EXECUTE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BOOKS. OKAY. AND THIS IS A, IT'S, UH, THE, THE 4.6 ACRES HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE F A A FOR NON AERONAUTICAL USE. AND WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING, UH, LET ME JUST SAY, COVERING OVER ALL THESE PROJECTS. ALL THESE PROJECTS WERE COVERED IN THE AIRPORT'S 2017 MASTER PLAN. SO I'M NOT PICKING PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED BEFORE. I'M SIMPLY PICKING PROJECTS THAT I THINK ARE PRIORITY. AND THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU, ED OR KURT OR, UH, SOMEBODY FROM STAFF. WHAT'S THE ZONING, UH, ENTITLEMENT FOR THAT 4.6 ACRES? WELL, UM, THE WHOLE AIRPORT, ABSENT THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF THE SKY RANCH LODGE IS COMMUNITY FACILITY. OKAY. THE WHOLE AIRPORT IS CARPETED WITH COMMUNITY FACILITY. OKAY. THANK YOU, UH, ED AND YOUR STAFF FOR COMING AND PRESENTING TONIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, KATHY? YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RANDOM QUESTIONS, NOT NECESSARILY RELATED. UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FOREST LAND ACQUISITION AND THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE EXTENDING THE RUNWAY. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS THOUGH, AS TO WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE LARGEST AIR TRAFFIC PLANES THAT YOU CAN CURRENTLY ACCOMMODATE? UM, A GULFSTREAM SIX 50. I'VE GOT, UH, A CALL FROM A GULFSTREAM 700 THAT WANTS TO OPERATE IN AND OUTTA HERE. AND THEN THIS, THIS ONE, THIS ONE'S AN INTERNATIONAL TRAVELER. MM-HMM. . AND THAT GULFSTREAM SIX 50 AS THE LARGEST. WHAT IS THAT? USUALLY PASSENGER. IT COULD BE, UM, UTILIZED IN OTHER MARKETS AS A PASSENGER AIRCRAFT. OKAY. UM, SO WITH THE, NOT EXTENDING THE RUNWAY, BUT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'RE PLANNING, IS THAT GOING TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF PLANES THAT COULD COME IN? NO, I WOULD LOOK TO, I WOULD EXPECT, UH, TECHNOLOGY TO TAKE HOLD THAT, UH, WE'D BE SEEING LIGHTER, QUIETER AIRCRAFT IN THE FUTURE. SO ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RUNWAY OR THE TAXIWAY IS GOING TO STILL KEEP THE SIZE OF PLANES LIMITED TO THE EQUIVALENCY OF THE CURRENT GULFSTREAM SIX 50 OR LESS, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, MOSTLY SMALLER. THE, UH, G SIX 50 WAS THE LARGEST AIRCRAFT. THE, UM, ORDINARY FLEET MIX IS MUCH SMALLER. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. AND, AND THAT, UH, EMASS BED WILL BE ENGINEERED TOWARD THAT CRITICAL AIRCRAFT. OKAY. UM, YOU, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE SNOW AND ICE CONTROL THAT YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED. YES. YES. AND I JUST UNCLEAR AS TO WHERE THAT, THE POINT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ROADWAY FOR SNOW AND ICE CONTROL STARTS. DOES THAT START BACK TO, BECAUSE YOU OWN THE LAND BY SKY ROCK, SKY RANCH, AND THE VIEWING POINT, WHERE, WHERE DO YOU BEGIN SNOW AND ICE CONTROL OPERATIONS? UH, AT THE, UH, CATTLE GUARD. OKAY. OKAY. AND WE USE, UM, AGRICULTURAL UREA ON THE LAND SIDE OF THINGS. IT'S NON-CORROSIVE AND IT'S ACTUALLY A FERTILIZER ON THE AIR SIDE OF THINGS. WE USE, UH, POTASSIUM ACETATE. IT'S [02:10:01] A, UH, NON-CORROSIVE AND NON POLLUTANT. IT'S ACTUALLY USED IN CHILDREN'S ASPIRIN. OKAY. AND WE, WE STILL USE THOSE THINGS VERY SPARINGLY. OKAY. AND ONE OTHER QUESTION, UM, PLEASE, YOU REFERENCED WILDLIFE MITIGATION MM-HMM. , BUT YOU DIDN'T GO INTO DETAIL. COULD YOU JUST GIMME A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, PLEASE? SURE. UM, WE HAVE A, UH, F A, A CERTIFIED WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST, UH, COME IN AND TRAIN STAFF ONCE A YEAR, USUALLY IN THE WINTER MONTHS, UH, ON EXPOSURES LOCALLY. AND THAT COULD BE WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. UM, THAT COULD MEAN DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS FROM EAGLES TO THE BIG BLACK BIRDS WE HAVE AROUND HERE TO JAVELINA, UH, DEER, UH, BIG CATS, SMALL CATS. UH, SO THEY IDENTIFY THEM RABBITS. BUT TO WHAT END, WHAT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. WELL, UM, ARE YOU TRYING TO KEEP THEM OUT THE AREA? IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY TO UNDERSTAND YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND TO, UH, KEEP THOSE ANIMALS FROM INFILTRATING THE FIELD. BECAUSE IF AN AIRCRAFT WERE TO HIT A VELINA MM-HMM. AT SPEED, IT WOULD NOT BE A PRETTY SITE. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO BE EITHER PARTY CLEAR ON WHAT YOUR, WHEN YOU SAID MITIGATION, WHAT THAT MEANT AND WHAT PURPOSE WAS. YEAH. IT'S KEEPING, IT'S KEEPING THOSE ANIMALS AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT AND HAVING STAFF UNDER, UM, GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AS WELL AS, UH, REPORTING BIRD STRIKES, UH, TO, UM, THE SMITHSONIAN IF, OKAY. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN A AIRCRAFT HITS A BIRD, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT LEFT. IT'S CALLED SNAR, AS A MATTER OF FACT. AND IT'S JUST, UM, A SMEAR ON THE AIRCRAFT. SO YOU CAN TAKE A SWAB OF THAT ALONG WITH A LITTLE FEATHER, SEND IT TO THE SMITHSONIAN, AND THEN WE'LL TELL YOU, UM, WHAT SPECIES OF BIRD IT WAS. AND THEY WILL MAINTAIN A RECORD FOR OUR AIRPORT ON BIRD STRIKES OR ANIMAL STRIKES. OKAY. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE, UM, CLOSE OFF THE CULVERTS. WE DO THE PERIMETER FENCE INSPECTION. WE, UH, REPAIR ANY, UH, VIOLATIONS TO THAT PERIMETER FENCE ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE ALSO TALKED TO, UH, OUR TENANCY ABOUT REPORTING, UH, THESE BIRD STRIKES. AND BEYOND THE GATED AREA, THE FENCED AREA, I SHOULD SAY, OF THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS. ARE YOU DOING ANY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT BEYOND THAT AREA? LIKE DISCOURAGING ANIMALS IN ON THE MESA OR DISCOURAGING ANIMALS IN THE GENERAL, UH, DISCOURAGING THEM FROM BEING ON THE INSIDE OF THE AIRPORT OR THE AIR SIDE? WELL, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO, WE JUST CHASE THEM OUT. WE DON'T USE, UM, ANY WEAPONRY. WE DON'T TAKE THE ANIMALS. WE DON'T HARVEST THE ANIMALS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, PETE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, ED, FOR BEING HERE, YOU AND YOUR STAFF. UM, SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED JUST A COUPLE. FIRST, JUST A COMMENT. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO FOLLOWING UP ON ALL THE NOISE COMPLAINTS AND, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THEY'RE, THEY'VE GONE DOWN THAT DRAMATICALLY. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO ALL THAT WORK ABOUT FOLLOWING UP WITH EVERYBODY, THE REPORTING PARTIES, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ALSO, PLEASE CONTINUE TO MAKE HAPPY THE FIREFIGHTERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL THAT THAT VISIT OUR AIRPORT. WE WANT THEM TO LOVE SEDONA AND PROTECT US AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. WE LOVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE DO. AND WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP PREPARE THEM FOR AN EVENTUALITY. THANKS FOR THE, UH, PHRASE NAR. WISH I HAD KNOWN THAT BACK WHEN I HAD A, A DRILL SERGEANT. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A FUN NAME FOR, UH, MY TWO, UH, QUESTION IS, UH, THE FLY FRIENDLY AGREEMENT YOU MENTIONED AND YOU HAD SAID TWO PARTIES PARTICIPATING. ARE THERE SOME THAT AREN'T PARTICIPATING? YES. THERE WAS, UH, ONE OPERATOR OUT OF COTTONWOOD WHO, UM, HAS GONE BANKRUPT AND HAS SINCE EMERGED FROM BANKRUPTCY WITH, UM, SOME, UM, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN MONEY, UH, BACKERS. AND, UM, HE'S FLYING OUT OF COTTONWOOD AND HE'S ANNOYING PEOPLE EVERY DAY NOW, ESPECIALLY THOSE AROUND TUZIGOOT, HE LIKES TO FLY LOW AT, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT 200 FEET OVER TOP OF THE STRUCTURES AT TUZIGOOT. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. SO BECAUSE THESE ANTICS HAVE, UM, RESURFACED, WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE GONE RIGHT TO THE TRIBE. I SAID, LOOK, YOU NEED TO GET YOUR INVESTMENT UNDER CONTROL. I SAID, THIS IS THE NATIVE AMERICAN SITES THAT THEY'RE DISRESPECTING. I EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THEM RESPECTED. PLEASE TALK TO THEM. GOOD. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT ANGLE. YOU ALSO MENTIONED THERE WAS A NEW OCCUPANT, A NEW BUILDING THAT'S A NEW TOUR OPERATOR, OR THEY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING IN THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM. UM, THEY ARE IN THE FLY FLY FRIENDLY. THEY'RE ONE OF THE TWO. OKAY, GREAT. AND, UH, THE, UH, R F P FOR THE 1,440 SQUARE FOOT MODULAR WAS ONE BY APEX. AND I MIGHT ADD THAT, UM, [02:15:02] I PERSONALLY DO NOT EVALUATE THE RESPONSES TO THE R F P. THEY'RE RE REVIEWED BY AN ENGINEERING FIRM, BLE ENGINEERING AND OUR AIRPORT ENGINEER. WE ALSO HAVE USED CITY STAFF. UH, MOLLY SPANGLER, THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO EVALUATE SOME PROPOSALS AND, UH, COUNTY ENGINEERING STAFF. SO I LOOK FOR THOSE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE START FROM THERE NEGOTIATING A DEAL. GREAT. WE'LL SEE OCTOBER 14TH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK. I ONLY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CHAPEL NEIGHBORHOOD, UPPER AND LOWER CHAPEL. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. IT'S A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT ON THE SOUND AND THE HELICOPTERS. SO, AND I KNOW WE'VE SPOKEN MANY TIMES ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'VE BEEN, I THINK, THE FIRST AIRPORT MANAGER TO BE THAT SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, COUPLE QUESTIONS. UH, WAS THE FUEL FARM FUNDED BY A BOND OR WAS THAT PAID OUT IN CASH? UM, IT'S PAID IN CASH. WE TOOK OUT A LOAN. TOOK OUT A LOAN. YEP. OKAY. AND HOW ABOUT THE AIRPORT FUNDING FOR THE 52 MILLION IN THE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? UH, WE ARE WORKING TOWARD BUILDING OUR WAR CHEST TO FUND OUR PORTION OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND HOW IS THAT GONNA BE FUNDED TO BUILD THAT WATCH AS THAT FUEL? YOU, YOU'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN SELLING FUEL. SO, WELL, WE SELL, UH, FUEL AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LEASES. AND THOSE, THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN REVENUE STREAMS FOR THE AIRPORT. AND THAT'S HOW WE WILL SAVE, YOU KNOW, SAVE OUR DOLLARS, PUT 'EM AWAY. OKAY. T-BILLS FOR INSTANCE. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED THE, THE PLACEMENT FOR THE MASONIC LODGE WILL BE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL OR TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER COMMISSION? YES. YEAH, I WILL BE COMING INTO PLANNING ZONING. OKAY. JUST ONE IN, IN SEEKING THE, UM, AGREED UPON USE PERMIT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, ED, THAT'S MY QUESTIONS. ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN FOR A QUICK MEAL? UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR, UH, WHAT'S THAT IS A PUBLIC COMMENT. JOANNE, THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. LET ME, UM, YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT ONE MORE? OKAY. ONE, ONE MORE. OKAY. ITEM MORE. LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY, I WANT TO, UH, THANK, UM, UH, YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL PERSONS, UH, FOR ENGAGING THE AIRPORT SINCE MY ARRIVAL. UH, I, I FIND IT REFRESHING WHERE, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN A FACILITY BEFORE THEY NEED TO START EVALUATING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. UM, MR. MAYOR, YOU'VE MADE ME FEEL QUITE WELCOME SINCE THE FIRST WEEK I'VE, I ARRIVED HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME FOR YOUR INTEREST IN, UH, YOUR LITTLE AIRPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE A DRAMATIC JOB, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, UH, ITEM C AB 29 8. WELL, THANKS. THANK YOU, MORGAN. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY SHE WANTS ONE MORE. OKAY. ITEM B, AB [8.b. AB 2979 Discussion/possible action regarding approval of a Resolution amending the development agreement between Sunset Lofts, LLC and the City of Sedona for the construction of 46-units of workforce housing at 220 Sunset Drive in Sedona.] 29 79. DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN SUNSET LOSS L L C AND THE CITY OF SEDONA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 46 UNITS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING AT TWO 20. SUNSET DRIVE IN SEDONA AND KURT, THAT'S GONNA BE YOU. YES, MR. MAYOR. UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS, I'LL TAKE THE, THE LEAD ON THIS. UH, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE SUNSET LOFTS PROGRAM, UH, SUNSET LOFT DEVELOPMENT TWO YEARS AGO. UH, AND WHICH TIME THE CONSTRUCTION WAS RE REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED. THE CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT BEEN, UH, COMPLETED AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE. UH, N NECESSITATING THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS DONE IN MARCH, 2022, UM, WHICH, UH, JUST CH ALLOWED THE COMMERCIAL ZONING TO APPLY TO THE WHOLE LOT. IT'S ONE OF OUR FEW, AND WE ONLY HAVE MAYBE TWO OR THREE IN THE CITY WHERE A SINGLE PARCEL HAS SPLIT ZONING, WHERE ONE, IN THIS CASE IT'S ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE LOT WAS COMMERCIAL AND ONE THIRD WAS RESIDENTIAL. AND THEN IT ALSO ALLOWED THE, THE, UM, SOME OF THE DIG DIGA, UM, DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE GUIDELINES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO APPLY TO THE LAW. SO THE SECOND AMENDMENT, UM, IF I COULD PULL IT UP, DISCONNECTED, WELL, [02:20:01] IT'S, IT'S IN YOUR PACKET AND I SENT OUT A REVISED VERSION TODAY. UM, WITHIN IT, THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHANGES WHEN SUNSET LOFTS AND, AND KEITH HOLDEN'S HERE FROM THE DEVELOPER IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM AS WELL. UM, BUT WHEN THEY CAME FORWARD WITH THE REQUEST TO EXTEND OUT THE, THE TIME PERIODS FOR CONSTRUCTION, WE HAD A FEW, UH, ASKED FROM OUR END AS WELL. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS DELETING SECTION 1.3 0.3, WHICH CALLED INTO QUESTION SOME OF THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. UH, THE SECOND ONE, UH, WAS A, UH, JUST A CLARIFICATION FOR INTERPRETATION, CHANGING SECTION 2.2 AND THEN TWO LARGER ONES. UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS SECTION 3.4. UM, THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT ALLOWED THE CITY TO FORECLOSE ON THE DEEDED OF TRUST, UH, WHICH IS, UH, AN OPTION RIGHT NOW FOR THE CITY. AND TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE, WE, UH, ARE CHANGING THAT. SO IF THE PROJECT DOES NOT START CONSTRUCTION BY APRIL 1ST, 2024, THEN THE DEVELOPER WILL AUTOMATICALLY AGREE TO SIGN TITLE OF TO THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, SUBJECT TO ANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE CITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE HEAD LOAN. SO THAT'S THE NEW LANGUAGE, UH, THE DEVELOPER, AND THAT'S ALREADY IN THE AGREEMENT. WE'VE, WE'VE AGREED THAT OUR LOAN WILL BE SUBORDINATE TO A HUD LOAN, UM, IF THEY GET THAT APPROVED AND THEY'RE ABLE TO, UM, TO, TO FUND THE PROJECT. UH, THE SECOND, UH, CHANGE IS THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. ORIGINALLY WAS GONNA BE 14 MONTHS. AND AGAIN, IS, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN PASSED THAT PERIOD, SO THIS WOULD EXTEND THAT OUT TO ABOUT 17 MONTHS FROM THE APRIL ONE DEADLINE. AND SO THEY'LL HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025 TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. UM, OTHERWISE THE CITY, AGAIN CAN FORECLOSE ON THE PROPERTY AND, UM, TAKE OVER WHEREVER THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENED TO BE AT, AT THAT POINT. UH, THE LAST ONE IS, UH, SECTION 3.5 IS A NEW SECTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND IT WOULD, UH, UH, GIVE OWNERSHIP OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, EVERYTHING, OR AT LEAST A LICENSE TO USE ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS TO THE CITY, UH, IN THE EVENT OF A DEFAULT OR OF ANY TYPE OF, UM, EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. UM, AND THAT WAY THE CITY COULD USE THOSE APPROVALS AND PLANS, UM, IN ANY WAY THAT WE COULD TO HELP SEE THIS PROJECT COMPLETED. IF FOR SOME REASON THE DEVELOPER, UH, SINCE IT LEFT IS NOT ABLE TO DO SO. SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES AND THE REASONS FOR THE, THE, UH, SECOND AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL. BRIAN? UH, NO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'VE HAD MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY KAREN ALREADY. THANK YOU. OH, VICE MAYOR, I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER, AND THIS ACTUALLY HAS, AND TELL ME IF I CAN ASK THIS QUESTION. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING, BUT SINCE WE'RE A CO-OWNER, IT'S, IT'S REASON RELATED TO THIS, THIS, UH, YES. THIS ITEM AGENDA AGENCY. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO, WHEN WE APPROVED THE PROJECT WAY BACK WHEN, I REMEMBER, UH, THE MATERIALS THAT HAD COME BEFORE US AND PARTICULARLY REMEMBER KAREN EXPRESSING, UH, THAT SHE REALLY LIKED THE ROOF DESIGN, THE GABLED ROOF. AND I REALLY LIKED IT ALSO. AND WE JUST ELIMINATED IT. AND MY QUESTION IS WHY IT WAS COST RELATED OR WHAT WAS THE REASON THAT YOU WENT TO A FLAT ROOF? UH, THERE, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS, UM, HAPPY TO, UH, ANSWER THAT QUESTIONS IN ANY OTHER YOU HAVE. UH, GREAT QUESTION, BY THE WAY. WE'VE SPENT, UH, CONSIDERABLE TIME ON THE, THE DESIGN AND COSTING EFFECTIVELY. IT CAME DOWN TO MORE COST CONTROL. UM, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON VERY BRIEF. SO IF WE LOOK AT THE, OUR OPINION LOSS PROJECT THAT WE COMPLETED IN 2020, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR IN SCOPE TO THIS PROJECT. SO THAT'S 45 UNITS. THIS IS 46 UNITS. ROUGH MATH IS, UM, WE'VE GOT OUR BIDS IN, UM, WE ARE ABOUT 38% MORE EXPENSIVE FROM THAT TIME ERA TO NOW. SO WE'VE LOOKED TO DO SOME REDESIGN, WHICH WAS THE ROOF, TO TRY TO HELP, UH, SHAVE COSTS WHEREVER WE CAN. UM, WE HAVE MADE APPLICATION FOR BUILDING PERMITS. AND SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND WITH OUR APPLICATION FOR BUILDING PERMITS, WHAT WAS THE ROOF? BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW I HAVE A FLAT ROOF OF MY HOUSE. IT'S A MAINTENANCE, VERY [02:25:01] COSTLY TO MAINTAIN. SO IT'S THE UPFRONT, CHEAPER UPFRONT, MORE EXPENSIVE AS THE, AS THE YEARS GO ON. AND SO, SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. WHAT, WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COST THAT HAD YOU DECIDE THAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO REDESIGN THE ROOF? UM, GOOD QUESTION AGAIN. SO THERE, THERE WERE TWO ISSUES WHEN WE LOOKED IN AT THE ROOF REDESIGNED. ONE WAS COST. AND I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT COST SAVINGS AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE THE FLAT ROOF ELEMENT IS BEING, UH, RECOS. UM, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE DATA I COULD HAVE IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD THE COUNCIL BE INTERESTED IN THAT. I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THAT WITH YOU. BUT SECONDLY IS, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO SAVE, UH, MONEY ON THE H V A C SYSTEM. WE WERE ANTICIPATING GROUND MOUNTED. WHAT WE FOUND IS, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, UM, THAT THOSE HAD TO BE MOUNTED ON THE INTERIOR, UH, BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, THAT IS THE ONLY COMMON AREA SPACE FOR, UH, IMPROVED COMMON AREA SPACE FOR THE PROJECT, UM, THAT WOULD CREATE SOME SOUND ISSUES BETWEEN THOSE BUILDINGS WITH ALL THAT NOISE BOUNCING OFF. SO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO NOW IS, IS ROOF MOUNT THOSE ON THE FLAT ROOF, UM, TO MAKE THE, UM, PROJECT MORE LIVABLE, IF YOU WILL. IT JUST WASN'T, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE AN ACCEPTABLE OUTCOME FOR THE RESIDENTS, UH, TO HAVE ALL THOSE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS SHOVED BETWEEN BUILDINGS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALSO, WE IDENTIFIED WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER, UM, ON FINAL DESIGN. SO IT WAS, IT WAS MORE THAN COST. IT WAS BOTH THOSE ISSUES. YEAH. BUT THE H V A C SYSTEM WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR US TO DESIGN BEING ROOF MOUNTED THAN BEING GROUND MOUNTED. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. IS THAT ALL MELISSA? BRIAN? KATHY? YEAH. HI, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. UM, SO AS WAS POINTED OUT, WE'RE YOUR PARTNER, THE CITY IS YOUR PARTNER IN THIS. SO SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE, MAYBE ARE A LITTLE BIT ANCILLARY TO THIS, BUT SINCE WE'RE PARTNERS IN THIS, I WANNA ASK THIS. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION IN THE, IN THE AMOUNT OF COVERED PARKING. UM, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S MIGHT BE SOME CONCERN AMONG THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EVEN GET IN MY CAR WHEN I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S NOT UNDER SHADE. I MEAN, MY STEERING WHEEL IS LITERALLY UNTOUCHABLE. UM, SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT HAVING AN EFFECT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS AND YOUR PARTNERS IN THIS. YOU KNOW, WE ARE MAKE, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PROJECT THAT HAS A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE. EVERYBODY GOES IN THERE. I'M SURE THAT'S YOURS TOO. SO WHY, WHY THE REDUCTION IN THE SHADED PARKING? SO, UH, COUNCILOR, GOOD QUESTION. ACTUALLY, THAT REDUCTION HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. AND SO THAT CONCERN CAME FROM HUD, HUD ASKED US NOT TO REDUCE THE CITY WAS WILLING TO REDUCE THE COVERED PARKING, AGAIN, IS A COST SAVING MEASURE. BUT, UM, WHEN WE PRESENTED THAT TO HUD, THEY WANTED US TO MAINTAIN THE, UH, COVERED PARKING RATIO ACCORDING TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE, DONE. SO THAT WILL MEAN THAT THERE WILL BE 23, 'CAUSE I THINK THE REDUCTION WOULD'VE BROUGHT DOWN THE 13. SO THERE'LL BE 23 COVERED SPACES, WHICH IS ONE PER UNIT, ONE PER EVERY TWO UNITS. ONE FOR EVERY TWO UNITS. OKAY. OKAY. ANY WILLINGNESS TO INCREASE THAT COVERED? SO COUNSELOR , I THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS TO PROBABLY BE BACK BEFORE YOU AGAIN IN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE MORE SPECIFICS, THE PROFORMA, THE COST IMPLICATIONS, THE FINANCING COSTS MM-HMM. AND, AND REALLY GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GONNA MAKE A GO NO GO DECISION ON THE PROJECT. SO, UM, I, GOOD POINT. THANK YOU. FAIR ENOUGH. LET'S JUST HOLD OFF THOSE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS UNTIL THAT TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PETE. UH, NO MAYOR, VICE MAYOR ASKED MY QUESTIONS AND I'M AFRAID KEITH WOULD SAY MY QUESTION WASN'T GOOD. SO I DON'T WANT TO ASK . , JESSICA? I THINK KEITH THINKS THEY'RE ALL GOOD. , I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, BUT I'M WILLING TO OH, YOU HAVE? I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION, BUT IF YOU HAVE NO, I HAVE A QUESTION. THANKS. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. UM, 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE PHOTO IN, IN FRONT OF ME OF WHAT THE NEW DESIGN LOOKS LIKE. I KNOW I HAVE IT, I JUST COULDN'T BRING IT UP FAST ENOUGH. UH, THE MOVING THE AIR CONDITIONING PACKS ON TOP OF THE ROOF, WILL THEY BE TED TO COVER COVERAGE? SO, SO THEY CAN'T, THEY'RE NOT VISIBLE TO THE EYE. [02:30:01] YES, MAYOR, THEY ARE MOVED TO THE TOP AND THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO BE SCREENED, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD AND APPROVED. I KNEW IT WAS, BUT I DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT PORTION, BUT, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, CAN WE HAVE A, ANY COMMENTS? YEP. OH, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? NO. AND THERE'S, UH, ANY, ANY CARDS? MY MY ONLY CO ARE THERE PUBLIC COMMENTS? YEAH. JOANNE, DO YOU HAVE CARDS? NO. OH, THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY, SO WE'LL OPEN AND THEN CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, SECTION. AND KATHY, YOU HAD ONE MORE? YEAH, THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I WOULD HAVE IS I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE TERMS GOING, YOU KNOW, BEING EXTENDED OUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL VERY INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT. MOVING AHEAD, I'LL SEE. OKAY. JESSICA, I MOVE TO APPROVE RE RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 26 26 APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEDONA AND SUNSET LOFTS. L L C. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. SECONDED BY THE VICE MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE UNANIMOUS. KEITH, THANK YOU. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROJECT. OKAY, NOW WE'LL TAKE 30 MINUTES. WOULD THAT BE FINE FOR THE COUNCIL? 30, 20. 2020. OKAY. 20 WILL BE FINE. WE WILL BE TAKING, SO WE'LL BE BACK AT SEVEN 30. OKAY. ITEM EIGHT [8.c. AB 2982 Discussion/possible action for approval of the Ranger Station Park Build Out Plans.] C AB 29 82. DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING THE UPDATE OF THE RANGER STATION PARK BUILDOUT, UH, CAPITAL, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UH, PR DASH ZERO THREE C. NOW THAT'S A GROUP I LIKE TO SEE. YES, HAPPY. OH, IT'S ALL YOURS GROUP. WHO'S GONNA START? SANDY, YOU GONNA JUST START? OKAY. SO SANDY PHILLIPS, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER. THANKS SO MUCH, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS. UM, WE ARE EXCITED TO THIS EVENING BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE BUILD OUT OF RANGER STATION PARK. THIS IS A, UM, A PRIORITY TO COUNCIL. UM, THEY'VE ASKED THAT WE ACCELERATE THIS PROJECT, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE IN THE LOOP ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, WANTED TO TOUCH ON, UH, PART OF THE REASON ALSO THAT WE WANTED TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU IS WE'VE GOT SOME TURF AND WE KNOW THAT, UH, WATER USE AND GRASS IS A CONCERN TO THE COUNCIL. SO, UM, WE WILL MOVE AHEAD. SO AS YOU KNOW, UH, BREWER, UH, ROAD IS ADJACENT TO THE RANGER STATION PARK IN THE HEART OF SEDONA. AND I INCLUDED A BUNCH OF OUR HISTORICAL, UM, PHOTOS. NATE'S HERE, HE'S HELPED US A GREAT DEAL IN DOING SOME OF THE RESEARCH OF WHAT THE PARK IS LOOKED AT BACK IN THE DAY. UM, IT'S PRETTY COOL IF YOU SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, UM, THIS PHOTO RIGHT HERE, THIS WALL IS STILL EXISTING AND WE PLAN ON MAINTAINING THAT. AND UM, I AM PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT WATER TANK GO IN AT SOME POINT. UH, THIS IS THE HOME RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT LARRY AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING THE EXTERIOR, UH, RESTORATION. CYNTHIA, RESTORATION REHABILITATION. SORRY, I'LL GO. I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A LONG DI SO I JUMPED IN, SO I APOLOGIZE. SO, UM, WHY DON'T, UH, OUR TEAM GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. UM, GO AHEAD. UM, JOSH FRUIN, PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER, LARRY FAR HEAD FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CYNTHIA, UM, FROM PLANNING AND ZONING TO HELP US OUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN TELL. SHE'S NOT FROM PLANNING. HI, . OH, YOU ARE LIVE. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE PHOTO ON THE TOP RIGHT IS A BUILDING THAT WAS UP THERE, UM, TEMPORARILY AND IT GOT MOVED. SO THAT'S NOT THE HOUSE IN CASE ANYONE WAS WONDERING. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE? YES. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE RANGER STATION. THAT'S, NO, THAT WAS A, IT WAS AN OFFICE BUILDING THAT THEY BROUGHT IN, I THINK IN THE FIFTIES. GREAT. AND IT WAS ONLY THERE TEMPORARILY. GREAT. SANDY, YOU MENTIONED THE WATER TANK. IS IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE SERIOUSLY LOOKING AT PUTTING BACK? NO. YOU'RE JUST JOKING, RIGHT? NO, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL. IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL , BUT THERE'S ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN AND WE NEED TO TALK TO KURT AND , THAT THAT'S THE, THERE LIES THE PROBLEM. , I'M WITH YOU, BUT . SO, UM, SO HERE'S THE BARN WAY BACK IN THE DAY. IT DEFINITELY LOOKS USED. UM, THIS IS A VIEW FROM, UM, ABOVE WHERE OUR, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, SUSTAINABILITY AND PARKS AND REC BUILDING IS ON THE HILL BEHIND US, LOOKING DOWN ON THE HOUSE. SO THE HOUSE IS DOWN HERE. YOU CAN SEE HOW LUSH IT IS. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN THE A FUTURE [02:35:01] PHASE IS, UH, SOME KIND OF WOOD RAILING FENCE, I THINK WOULD BE, UH, A NEAT ADDITION. AND IT'S ALSO SO FUN TO LOOK AT THESE OLD PHOTOS. ANDY HAD MENTIONED THIS COULD BE THE 1 79 ALIGNMENT BACK HERE. THE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO POINT OUT ON, ON THIS HOUSE OR PHOTO OF THE HOUSE, UM, THESE ARE POPLARS. WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT PUTTING POPLARS BACK IN. THOSE ARE HIGH WATER USE. UM, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY ROSES. WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT A BUNCH OF ROSES IN, BUT WE WANT DO WANNA DO SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT, UM, ALL SPIKY. SO FOR INSTANCE, THIS IS A LADY BANKS ROSE OFF THE BACK CORNER OF THE HOUSE. WE ARE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HAVE ONE OF THOSE PLANTS. AND UM, THIS PHOTO, UM, FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING COULD BE AN APPLE TREE. AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, A COUPLE OF APPLE TREES NEAR THE HOUSE. SO BACK IN 2016, UH, CYNTHIA AND HER TEAM DID SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND SHE CAN SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT AND CORRECT ME. UM, SOME OF THE USES, UH, THAT WERE PLANNED WAS A WALKING PATH, PICNIC TABLES, BENCHES, SWINGS, UM, PLAY FEATURES. AND, UM, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS A COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OPEN FOR ART CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS AND HISTORY WALKS AND TOURS. SO, UM, SO I WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMPLETED ON THE PROJECT TO DATE. SO BACK WHEN THE CITY PURCHASED THE PROJECT OR THE PROPERTY BACK IN 2013, I BELIEVE IT, 2014, UM, WE'VE DONE DEMOLITION OF THE NON HISTORIC STRUCTURES. WE'VE DONE SOME HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ABATEMENT, WE'VE REPLACED THE BARN ROOF, UM, INSTALLED PEDESTRIAN, UH, PATH AND DONE OTHER WORK TO SLOWLY BUT SURELY START TO BRING THE PROPERTY, UM, UP. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TO CONSIDER ON THIS PROJECT IS THE FEMA FLOODPLAIN, THE OAK CREEK FEMA, UM, WAS REMAPPED. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS YOU, IS THE NEW FLOODPLAIN THAT GOES THROUGH THE PROPERTY. AND THE GOLD COLOR IS A 500 YEAR, UM, FLOODPLAIN. SO NOT FLOODWAY, IT'S OUT HERE IN SOLDIERS WASH, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME FLOODPLAIN GOING THROUGH THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHY SOME CHANGES WERE NECESSITATED TO THAT MASTER PLAN. SO SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU SEE BETWEEN THE MASTER PLAN AND THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN WHERE WE'RE AT NOW IS THERE'S THESE CASCADING, UH, RETENTION DETENTION BASINS TO HELP PERCOLATE THE STORM WATER FILTER IT BEFORE IT GETS TO OAK CREEK. THE, UM, THE GRASS AREA IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER BECAUSE WHERE IT WAS SHOWN, UM, THE PLAYGROUND AND THEN THE PLAYGROUND, WE HAD TO MOVE THAT OUT OF THAT FLOODPLAIN AREA. UH, AND WE WANTED TO MOVE IT CLOSER TO THE PARKING AREA. SO IT'S A D A ACCESSIBLE NEXT TO THE RESTROOMS. SO THAT'S WHY THE PLAYGROUND IS MOVED UP IN THIS AREA. AND, UM, THEN WE'VE GOT THE DRIVEWAY TO LOS ADOS THAT HELPS MITIGATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE SEEING AT THE 1 79 INTERSECTION. SO HERE'S A QUICK SHOT OF THE PLAN AND IT SHOWS SOME OF THOSE THINGS. UM, THIS IS A CAD DRAWING, SO I APOLOGIZE. IT'S NOT A RENDERING. WE KIND OF, UM, DID WHAT WE COULD QUICKLY ON THIS. SO NOW WE HAVE A 10 FOOT SHARED USE PATH LOOP THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. WE HAVE 37 PARKING STALLS PLUS TWO 80 D A STALLS. SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF 39. ORIGINALLY THERE WERE 44 PARKING STALLS PROPOSED ON THE MASTER PLAN. UM, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO QUITE GET THAT MANY. UM, WE'VE GOT THE GRASS AREA HERE AND THEN THE CASCADING BASINS. SO EVEN THOUGH I'VE GOT THESE CASCADING BASINS KIND OF SHOWN IN GREEN, IT'S NOT ANTICIPATED THAT THAT'S GONNA BE TURF. THE ONLY TURF AREA ON THIS PROJECT IS THIS AREA AND THAT'S ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN FOR WATER USE IS LESS THAN 500,000 GALLONS PER YEAR. SO IT'S, UM, THE PRESCOTT TURF, WHICH IS WE'RE PROPOSING ON THIS PROJECT, IT'S A PRESCOTT BLUEGRASS, REQUIRES ABOUT TWO INCHES PER WEEK. THAT'S WHAT THE GRASS THAT WE HAVE AT POSSE AND ALSO AT SUNSET. AND THE COMMUNITY REALLY LIKES THAT GRASS. IT'S REAL COMFORTABLE. UM, WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW OUT AROUND THE HOUSE, WE'RE JUST PUTTING SOME WATER DOWN AND BERMUDA IS COMING UP LIKE NOTHING. IT'S, IT'S GOT THE HEAT, A LITTLE BIT OF WATER, [02:40:01] IT'S HAPPY AS HECK. SO WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON DOING TURF AND WATERING. UM, THE ONLY REASON TO WATER THIS AREA THAT YOU SHOW SEE IN THE DOTTED AREA IS JUST TO GET A GROUND COVER ESTABLISHED. WE DON'T WANNA PUT ROCK OR GRAVEL EVERYWHERE, SO IT'S JUST TO GET, UM, SOME, SOME GROUND COVER SO IT'S NOT MUDDY. UM, OH, WE'RE PLANTING 37 TREES. UH, THE TREES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ON THIS PROJECT ARE OPINIONS, UM, A COUPLE DESERT WILLOW, UH, A COUPLE ES EMERY OAK. IT'S AN OAK AND THEN SOME ASH. SO WE'RE MAINTAINING ALL THE BIG EXISTING TREES THAT YOU SEE CURRENTLY ON THE SITES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T REPLACE THAT SHADE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ALSO ADDING PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES ADJACENT TO THE PLAYGROUND. AND THIS AREA THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE ENTRY DRIVE OR THE DRIVE TO LOS ADOS, WE'RE SEEING, UM, A PICNIC TABLE OR A BENCH OUT HERE FOR LIKE A QUIET AREA FOR ADULTS. SANDY, BEFORE YOU GO OFF THAT SLIDE, THAT CASCADING DENT DETENTION, THAT'S THE WATER, UH, STORM WATER STORAGE. SO IT, OKAY. I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW. WHY DO THEY CALL CASCADING? IS IT ONE TO THE NEXT TO THE NEXT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK IT WAS. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE FOUND SOME, UM, REMNANTS FROM THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS OUT THERE TOO. BUT THE GOOD THING WAS THERE WAS NO, UH, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO. BUT YEAH, OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS ARE OUT THERE ROUGH GRADING RIGHT NOW, SO. OKAY. AND ALSO THE, UH, ROAD FROM LA SALGADO, SEE THE EXIT. DO WE EVER DO ANY KIND OF STUDY ON HOW MANY CARS PASSED THROUGH THERE PER DAY? ANDY? UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY DATA ON THAT YET. SO IT, IT'S SOMETHING WE INTEND TO DO. WE JUST HAVEN'T. SO YOU LOOKED AT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, YOU JUST HAVEN'T DONE IT ALL? NOTHING. YEAH, I WOULD SAY WE DEFINITELY NEED, NEED TO HAVE THAT DATA, BUT WE HAVEN'T. I COULD USE THAT, THAT WOULD HELP ME. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANECDOTAL INFORMATION? I, YEAH. EVERY TIME I'M OUT THERE THERE'S THREE TO FOUR CARS EXITING OUT OF THAT PROPERTY AND THAT'S FOR AN HOUR. WITHIN AN HOUR. AND USUALLY IT'S IN THE AFTERNOON. SO WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE STAKING AND WALKING THE PROPERTY. SO THERE'S THREE TO FOUR EVERY TIME. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY THINKING THAT UM, WE NEED TO DO SOME WORK ON THE TOP BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE STEEP WITH THE GRAVEL AND WE MAY, UH, STABILIZE THAT AS WELL. OKAY. UH, COUNCILOR WILLIAMSON, UM, SO I TAKE IT THAT WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS AS IT GOES ALONG. WE MIGHT AS WELL 'CAUSE YOU HAVE THE SCREENS UP. SO, BUT IF WE COULD TRY TO KEEP QUICK. YEAH. BEFORE IN THE OTHER PICTURES THERE WERE POPLARS, WHICH YOU SAID REQUIRE A LOT OF WATER. MM-HMM. , HOW DID THEY GET THE WATER? WAS THERE AN IRRIGATION DITCH AND THERE'S NO LONGER A DITCH? WELL THE DITCH IS ADJACENT STILL AND UHHUH AND MAYBE NATE OR ONE OF OUR TEAM CAN HAVE ACCESS THE OMP DITCHES RIGHT THERE. SO WE HAVE ACCESS TO DITCH WATER IS, OR WE DON'T OKAY, GO AHEAD CYNTHIA. I CAN PROBABLY HELP ANSWER THAT ONE. THANK YOU. UM, SO ORIGINALLY THERE WAS THE, UM, IRRIGATION LINE THAT CAME FROM OAK CREEK AT THE PUMP HOUSE, RIGHT? SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER TOGETHER. THE PUMP HOUSE, RIGHT. AND THE RANGER STATION. AND THAT WAS PUMPED UP TO THE TANK, WHICH IS ON THE HILL ABOVE THE BREWER BUILDING UHHUH. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, NOT WE , I WASN'T AROUND A HUNDRED YEARS AGO ANYWAY, THIS IS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. THERE WERE GUTTERS ON THE HOUSE. OKAY? AND THERE IS A CISTERN BELOW THE HOUSE, WHICH IN THE MASTER PLAN WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO SOMEDAY GET THAT WORKING AGAIN. SO I SUSPECT THAT THE CISTERN WATER WAS PROBABLY USED FOR IRRIGATING SOME OF THE PLANTS. SO, BUT THE ANSWER IS WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE DITCH WATER. NO, WE DO NOT. THANK YOU. OKAY, PETE, I WAS INTERESTED IN THAT QUESTION AS WELL. LEGALLY WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT OR HISTORICALLY IT WASN'T. DO WE KNOW IT WASN'T MAINTAINED? WE KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS. WHEN THE FOREST SERVICE SOLD THE PROPERTY, I BELIEVE THEN THE RIGHTS WENT AWAY. SO, RIGHT. AND THEN I'M JUST GONNA TAG ON TO COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BEFORE ABOUT THAT LAAB EXIT. IT'S NOT BIKE FRIENDLY ANDY, THAT'S JUST, JUST A REMINDER. I'LL TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY I CAN TO POKE AT THESE THINGS. THANK YOU. , WHAT DID YOU SAY? SO DID NOT BIKE FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY, THE EXIT ROAD. I DID HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE RIGHTWAY STAFF ABOUT THAT AND THEY'RE GONNA LOOK INTO IT, BUT THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YEAH, THE SENSOR'S NOT SET UP IN A WAY THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE PADS OR BIKES. SO, OKAY. UH, GO AHEAD SANDY. ALRIGHT, [02:45:03] SO I WANTED TO INCLUDE SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE'RE PLANNING. UM, SO THE, THIS IS BLUE GRANDMA GRASS, SO WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME NATURAL GRASSES. THIS IS, UH, FEATHER DE, YOU CAN PUT CORRECT ME , UM, FOOD. WE'RE LOOKING AT APPLES. UM, I KNOW THAT YOU NEED AT LEAST TWO APPLE TREES TO POLLINATE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WE ALL TALK TO VERDE VALLEY GROWERS AND THESE ARE ALL IN STOCK. THIS IS A BANK'S ROWS THAT CHANGES COLORS. SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF GREAT OPTIONS WHEN WE BID THIS PROJECT OUT. UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BIDDERS, UM, BUT WE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT UM, IT WAS SUPER EXPENSIVE TO DO THE LANDSCAPING. SO WE'VE CUT IT BACK AND, UM, TRIMMED IT. SO IT'S ALL LOCAL. AND UM, SO THIS IS MORMON TEA AND THEN SOME DEERGRASS AND SOME UH, SOME DAISIES. SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JOSH TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND. JOSH, BEFORE YOU START, WE, THE VICE MAYOR HAS A QUESTION. YEAH, SANDY, WERE THERE NO BIDDERS BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM A PRICE AND THEY COULDN'T MEET IT OR WHY? UM, THERE WERE OTHER PROJECTS GOING ON AND THERE WAS SOME DIFFICULTY. DIDN'T WE BID IT IN? YEAH, SO WE PUT IT OUT TO BID AND WE NEVER DID RECEIVE, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK OR THE LANDSCAPING. WE HAD LANDSCAPERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN IT, BUT THEY WERE ALL BIDDING FOR THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS. BUT WE NEVER DID RECEIVE A BID FROM A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. AH, YEAH, THANK YOU. AND WE'RE FINDING THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD THING 'CAUSE OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AND LIKE I SAID, WE DID FIND SOME THINGS AND SO IT SLOWED SOME THINGS DOWN. WE'VE RUN INTO PAVEMENT AND CONCRETE AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. SEWER SYSTEMS, GAS PIPE. GREAT. PERFECT. SO THEN AS, CAN YOU HEAR ME AND OKAY, THERE WE GO. UM, SO AS PART OF THE NEW RANGER STATION, WE WERE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN THE PLAYGROUND PORTION OF IT AND THAT EXCITING PROJECT THERE. SO LIKE SANDY HAD POINTED OUT, THE PLAYGROUND PORTION WOULD BE IN SECTION SEVEN HERE ON THE MAP, RIGHT WHERE THE, UM, THE MOUSE IS THERE. UM, AND THEN ALSO ALONG WITH THE GRASS AREA UTILIZING SOME OF THESE RETENTION PONDS AS PART OF THE PLAYGROUND AS WELL. UM, AS YOU KNOW, LIVING HERE 360 DAYS OF THE YEAR, THERE PROBABLY WILL BE NOTHING IN THERE. THERE WON'T BE WATER, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO BEING ABLE TO USE THOSE AS PLAY FEATURES AS WELL WITH SOME IDEAS IN THERE. SO THE PROPOSED AREA THAT'S DEDICATED FOR THIS PLAYGROUND IS AN OVAL SHAPED AND THIS SITE SEVEN THERE THAT'S ABOUT 55 FEET WIDE AND 75 FEET AND 70 FEET LONG. UM, WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THIS PLAYGROUND SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND CONSULTING WITH OTHERS, OUR FEEL WAS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO IMMERSE KIDS IN THIS HISTORIC LANDSCAPE AND KEEPING IT A NATURAL TYPE FEEL. SO AS YOU KNOW, IN SUNSET AND POSSY GROUND PARK, WE HAVE LIKE LARGE PLASTIC PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES, WHICH ARE GREAT AND FIT IN THERE. WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE THAT'S REALLY THAT NATURAL FEEL, UM, THAT BLENDS IN WITH THIS LANDSCAPE AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR OUR KIDS TO ENJOY HERE. SO DOING SOME RESEARCH, WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH KAN AND PLAY SPACE DESIGN TO CREATE THIS PLAYGROUND THAT'S REALLY ENVELOPING KIDS IN THEIR MIND, BODY IMAGINATION, UM, IN THIS TYPE OF LANDSCAPE THROUGH THIS NATURE-BASED PLAY. THE FEATURES THAT I'LL SHOW ARE ALL CONCEPTUAL AT THIS POINT. UM, BUT THEY ARE ALL BASED USING ROIA WOOD AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURES THAT ARE LOADED WITH PLAY OPPORTUNITIES THAT FIT IN WELL WITH THIS RANGER STATION. ROIA WOOD IS WHAT COMPEND USES FOR ALL THEIR PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES AND IT'S PERFECT FOR THESE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES. AND IN ARIZONA WITH THIS HEAT, THEY'VE USED IT IN, UM, PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES IN FLORIDA, DUBAI, SOUTH CAROLINA, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHERS, UM, AROUND THE SOUTHWEST. SO IT'S VERY HEAT TESTED, HIGHLY DURABLE, DOESN'T GET HOT AS MANY OTHER PLAYGROUNDS DO. IT'S RESISTANT TO MOISTURE AND BUGS HAS NO CHEMICALS OR ADDITIVES TO IT. UM, AND IT IS ALL PROCESSED FROM SUSTAINABLE FORESTS. SO AS THE ROIA WOODS CHOP DOWN, THEY PLANT A NEW TREE. AND I LEARNED THAT ROIA WOOD IS THE FASTEST GROWING TYPE OF TREE THERE IS. SO IT'S QUICKLY REGENERATING ITSELF FOR THEM FOR THESE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES IN THEIR FOREST. UM, AND THEY ALL COME WITH AN EXPECTED LIFETIME, THEY SAY OF 30 PLUS YEARS. BUT IN THEIR EXPERIENCE BUILDING PLAYGROUNDS, THEY HAVEN'T HAD ONE GO BAD YET. SO WOW, THESE 30 PLUS YEARS ARE REALLY, COULD BE FOREVER. SO AS PART OF OUR IMAGINATION WITH THIS, IT'S USERS OF THE PLAYGROUND, WE WANNA TAKE THEM BACK TO THESE DAYS OF THE, UM, THE RANGER STATION, TAKE THEM BACK TO THOSE TIMES THAT THEY'RE GETTING TO PLAY IN THOSE WHILE ALSO GIVING THEM HIGH QUALITY PLAY FEATURES THAT KIDS ARE GONNA WANNA COME BACK AND USE AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO AS PART OF THIS WITH THE NATURE INSPIRED PLAY, [02:50:02] WE'RE STARTING WITH LIKE A, SOME SIMPLE SETTLERS HOMESTEADS FOR ROLE PLAYING WITH THE YOUNG KIDS AND INSPIRED BY THE PUMP STATION THAT WAS ADDED IN THE HOUSE IN 1935 WITH SOME SAND AND WATER PLAY FEATURES THAT WILL BE INVOLVED. UM, WE'LL ALSO IN ADD IN THESE LIKE WOOD-BASED BALANCING LOGS, CLIMBING STRUCTURES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT BLEND INTO THOSE NATURAL LANDSCAPES. A WOBBLE BRIDGE, WHICH IS GREAT FOR SOME MOTOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND BALANCE. UM, AND THEN LOG TUNNELS, CLIMBING POLES, SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT AND ENGAGING THEIR CREATIVITY THROUGH PLAY. ADDING SOME RANGER STATION JEEPS LIKE THIS, SOME COVERED WAGONS, ROCK STRUCTURES FOR CLIMBING, UM, A BIRD'S NEST SWING, OOPS, I'LL GO BACK ON THERE. UM, AND ALL THESE WOOD-BASED FEATURES HERE AS KIND OF THE BASIC FEATURES OF THE PLAYGROUND THERE. USING THOSE NATURAL EMBANKMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE IN THAT RETENTION AREA, UTILIZING THOSE WITH SOME FEATURES WITH WHERE KIDS CAN SLIDE BACK IN AND CLIMB BACK OUT USING LOGS, STICK PILES, ROCKS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, ENGAGING THAT AREA SO THEY CAN BE USED AS PART OF THIS. WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR LIKE, OKAY, THIS STUFF'S ALL GREAT. WE HAVE THIS NATURE BLA PLAYGROUND WITH SOME SIMPLE FEATURES. WHAT'S LIKE ONE SIGNATURE FEATURE THAT WE CAN PUT HERE THAT REALLY TURNS THIS PARK IN ADDITION TO THE RANGER STATION, BUT TURNED THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF INTO A LANDMARK FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO. SO AS WE WERE LOOKING, FOUND LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. WE CAME ACROSS ONE IN MARION, SOUTH CAROLINA, THAT'S A SMALL POP SMALL TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 6,000 PEOPLE THAT HAD SOMETHING THAT REALLY KICKED IT OFF AND KIND OF INSPIRED US AS THEY HAVE THIS FEATURE THAT THEY CALL A SWAMP FOX. MARIAN, SOUTH CAROLINA, UM, IS KNOWN AS THE SWAMP FOX, REPRESENTING GENERAL FRANCIS MARION FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WHO WAS KNOWN AS THE SWAMP FOX, UM, AND WHO THE TOWN IS NAMED AFTER. SO I CREATED THIS FEATURE AS PART OF THEIR PLAYGROUND THAT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BIG SWAMP THERE WITH KIND OF ROCK FEATURES ALL OVER IT AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THIS AND THEN A SMALLER VERSION OF IT THAT KIDS CAN CLIMB OVER AND ENJOY AND THE SLIDE DOWN IT AND A LOT OF FUN. THERE'S A SIMILAR STRUCTURE THAT COMP AND KAN DID CREATE THIS PLAY STRUCTURE AS WELL. THEY CREATED A SIMILAR ONE IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC AS WELL, THAT PRAGUE WAS SEEKING SOMETHING LIKE UNIQUE AND EXTRAORDINARY IN THEIR PARK THAT STOOD OUT FROM OTHER THINGS. UM, AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT KIDS WILL COME BACK AND KEEP PLAYING ON. SO I HAVE A QUICK, IT'S ABOUT A 45 SECOND VIDEO OF THE ONE IN CZECH REPUBLIC THAT THEY CREATED, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE PLAYING ON THIS TYPE OF FEATURE. SO COOL, COOL. . WE HAVE PLENTY OF PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE STATIC AND WITHOUT SONG. THIS ONE, IN MY OPINION, IS A NEW ELEMENT WHICH MAKES THE PARK SPECIAL. AT FIRST GLANCE, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE H BUT UNDERNEATH IT BRINGS EXTRA VALUE FOR THE CHILDREN. THE OWL FROM COMPOUND DESIGN STUDIO COMBINES SCULPTURAL AESTHETICS WITH PLAY VALUE. WE STUDY DOUBLE. IT'S A GREAT IMPROVEMENT OF THE WHOLE AREA. IT'S A SUPER COOL THING. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE CENTRAL PARK IS VERY BIG AND IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE DIFFERENT PLAY EQUIPMENT IN EACH PART OF THE PARK. THIS PLAY SCULPTURE COMPLIMENTS THE PARK VERY WELL AND IT NOW BELONGS HERE. IT IS AS IF IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN, THAT'S THE MOST. SO AS PART OF THAT, WE WERE INSPIRED BY THAT FOX THAT'S THERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SAW THE OWL AND CZECH REPUBLIC AND LIKE, WOW, WHAT COULD WE CREATE THAT WOULD FIT THE SEDONA LANDSCAPE FIT IN THE RANGER STATION PARK? LOOKED AT SOME IDEAS AND WHAT WE KINDA CAME UP WITH THAT COULD BE A COOL STRUCTURE AND COM THE PEOPLE AT KAN LOVED IT AS WELL. ONCE WE EDUCATED 'EM WHAT A VELINA WAS, SOME OF 'EM, THE NON ARIZONA ONES WEREN'T QUITE SURE. SO DOING IN THIS NATURAL BASE PLAYGROUND, HAVING A STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THAT FOX, SIMILAR TO THE OWL, WHERE THERE'S A BIG MOTHER HALINA WITH SOME ROCK WALLS UP THE SIDE, SLIDES DOWN THE OTHER END OF HER, UM, LITTLE ROPE CLIMBING THINGS AND THEN A BABY HA HALINA FOLLOWING SOON BEHIND MAYBE FOR YOUNGER KIDS TO PLAY ON AND CLIMB ON. WOW. BE THERE AS WELL. UM, AND THEN IMMERSING THAT IN THAT OVAL SHAPE ALONG WITH ALL THESE NATURAL, YOU KNOW, RANGER STATION KIND OF THEMED THINGS THERE. SO IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART THAT'S THERE IN THE PARK. AND ALSO [02:55:01] A VERY USABLE PLAY FEATURE THAT KIDS FROM EVERYWHERE LOVE TO COME AND CLIMB ON. IS THAT GONNA BE BUILT BY STAFF OR IS THAT, DO YOU BUY THAT TO SOMEONE THAT CAN THEY TAKE YOUR DESIGN AND THEY BUILD IT? YES. SO THEY'LL TAKE OUR DESIGN AND BUILD IT. LARRY'S TALENTED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S THAT . I DON'T THINK I BUILT A HAPPILY BEFORE THAT WOULD BE FULLY ASSEMBLED AND PUT TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING BY THEM. BUT I'M SURE LARRY COULD BE UP TO THE TASK IF WE WANTED HIM TO EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR. VERY COOL. I I LOVE THE CONCEPT. SO THIS IS KIND OF ALONG THE SAME THING. SOME OF THOSE SIMILAR FEATURES THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THOSE, THE FOXES, THE OWL, AND THEY HAD A BIG DINOSAUR THAT YOU CAN CRAWL THROUGH IN SLIDES AND THAT ONE'S OVER IN SWEDEN THAT THEY DID THAT ONE. UM, AND THEY DO LIKE IT SAYS HERE, HAVE SOME CUSTOMIZABLE PLAY FEATURES. SO WE COULD CHOOSE AND PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANTED TO DO THERE, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF OUR VISION THERE. UM, THE WOOD WE USE, I TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT. SO THESE ARE ALL CREATED ROIA WOOD AND IT'S THE GROWS FASTER THAN ANY OTHER TREE SORT. IT'S SOFT TO THE TOUCH. BEAUTIFUL WARM COLOR, NATURALLY DURABLE AND BLENDS IN WITH THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS. SO KIND OF JUST A QUICK SUMMARY, OUR GOAL WAS TO CREATE THAT PLAY AREA THAT REPRESENTS THE HISTORIC LANDMARK BUILDINGS THERE, NATURAL PLAY THAT'S REALLY IMMERSIVE FOR THE KIDS. AND SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I KINDA WENT OVER OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW. AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF CONCEPTUAL AND WOULD NEED TO BE PUT TOGETHER, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF OUR VISION FOR THAT PLAYGROUND AREA THERE. OKAY, BEFORE YOU GO OFF THE SLIDE, CASTLE KINSELLA HAS A QUESTION. I I WANNA GO BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE, UH, WATER RETENTION STORM WATER RETENTION AS AS A PLAY AREA. YES. DOES THAT MEAN, 'CAUSE IT'LL BE DRY MOSTLY, BUT WHEN THERE IS WATER IN IT, WILL THAT BE ACCESSIBLE THAT CHILDREN COULD ACTUALLY GO INTO THE, THE WATER AREA? YEAH, THEY COULD. THEY COULD, MM-HMM. GREAT. OKAY. I MEAN, THAT'S A NICE ADDITION. I LOVE THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THIS, UM, IN TERMS OF ITS CONNECTION TO NATURE, THE AREA, THE HISTORY, UM, THE IMAGINATION. I REALLY APPLAUD THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR COLLECTIVE CREATIVITY TOGETHER, YOUR INNER CHILDREN AND TOUCHING MY INNER CHILD. I CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY HERE. , THANK YOU. WATER. AND WITH THAT WATER BASIN, UM, CLEARLY IF THERE WAS A BUNCH OF RAIN IN ONE CASE AND IT WAS UNSAFE TO EVER GO DOWN IN THOSE AREAS, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE SET. SO IT COULD BE CLOSED OFF AND MARK. SO KIDS AREN'T GONNA GO DOWN THE SLIDE INTO THE WATER, BUT, BUT THEY'RE NOT DEEP RIGHT? AND THEY'RE NOT FLOWING. SO IT, IT WOULDN'T BE A DANGER, BUT IT WOULD BE, WELL, WHAT? IT'S NOT DEEP. SO IT'S NOT, I, THEY'RE ONLY, UH, TWO FEET DEEP, I THINK IS THE TOTAL DEPTH. BUT IF IT'S A CASCADE, HOW IS IT NOT FLOWING? BECAUSE ONCE IT RAISES TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, THEN IT SPILLS TO THE NEXT ONE AND THEN IT RAISES TO THE TWO FOOT AND THEN IT SPILLS TO THE NEXT ONE. CASTLE WILLIAMSON. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, I HAD ACTUALLY MENTIONED TO, UH, TO KAREN A WHILE AGO THAT I DIDN'T WANNA SEE, OR I WAS NOT EXCITED ABOUT SEEING ANY MORE PREFORMED PLASTIC PLACE HITS THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE UNIQUE. UM, AND TO CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE. AND I'M REALLY, I'M EXCITED NOW. I KNOW I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T CREATE THAT, BUT I'M REALLY GLAD TO KNOW THAT, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE COMING UP WITH ON YOUR OWN. I THINK IT'S GOING, I THINK THIS KIND OF AN APPROACH TO OUR PLACES THAT WE CREATE HERE IN SEDONA IS GONNA HAVE AN ENORMOUS IMPACT. AND I REALLY, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AWESOME. THANK YOU. YOUR TEAM REALLY OUTDID THEMSELVES. THANK THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, CONTINUE. SO JUST AS, UM, TO GO BACK OVER THE MASTER PLAN, UM, THE, WE'RE IN SUBSTANTIAL OR WE'RE, UM, FOLLOWING THE MASTER PLAN AND THE CONCEPT THAT WAS CREATED BY THE COMMUNITY BACK IN 2016. SO WE'RE PROVIDING THE LAWN AREA, UH, SOUTH OF THE BARN. THERE'S THE PLAZA AREA THAT'S BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE BARN THAT'S OPEN IN A MULTIPURPOSE SPACE. UM, THE HOUSE AND BARN IS, UM, A NEXT STEP. IT'S A FUTURE STATE, UH, PHASE FOR US THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON. WE'RE ENGAGED IN ARCHITECT AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THAT ONE FORWARD. WE'RE PROVIDING THE WALKING PATH, PICNIC TABLES, BENCHES, THE SWINGS AND PLAY FEATURE. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT. SO IT'S COMING REAL QUICK. UM, PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE PART OF IT. WE DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR SOMETHING LIKE A BOCCE BALL OR HORSESHOES OR SOME KIND OF, UH, ADULT ACTIVITY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IS THE, THE, WE SEE HOW THE, THE PARK IS UTILIZED BY THE VISITORS TO THE PARK AND THE RESIDENTS. UM, HISTORIC INTERPRETATIVE INFORMATION IS SOMETHING WE WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND ALSO THE, UH, SEDONA, [03:00:01] UH, SOCIETY, HISTORIC SOCIETY ARTS AND MURALS AND SCULPTURES IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU IS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT SO IT'S A USABLE SPACE AND WE FEEL LIKE ONCE THIS IS DONE, WE'LL START TO SEE HOW THIS PARK CAN FURTHER EVOLVE. UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH SUSTAINABILITY ON THE PROJECT AND OUR APPROACH, UM, SO WE'VE BEEN KEEPING THEM IN THE LOOP AS WELL. UM, LIKE I SAID, THE LANDSCAPING IS PRIMARILY NATIVE AND LOW WATER USE, BUT WE ARE PUTTING SOME THINGS IN THAT WILL PROVIDE SHADE AND NOT DESTROY BALLS. AND SANDY, BEFORE YOU GO ON, COUNCIL FULL HAS A QUESTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IN YOUR, UH, PERFECT CRYSTAL BALL, UH, THE PLAY FEATURES, WHAT KIND OF TIMEFRAME ARE WE THINKING FOR THOSE BEING INSTALLED? YEAH, SO ONCE IT'S FINALIZED THAT THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WE'RE GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, WE'LL GET STARTED, GET STARTED ON THAT. AND THEY ESTIMATED SOME OF THOSE, THE BASIC PLAY FEATURES THAT WERE ON THOSE FIRST COUPLE SLIDES, THEY HAVE KIND OF READY TO SHIP OUT, PUT TOGETHER WHENEVER, UM, FOR THE HALINA STRUCTURE, THEY LOOKED AT IT, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS BEFORE THAT COULD BE COMPLETED, PUT TOGETHER, ASSEMBLED AND INSTALLED. AND WE'RE BUDGETED FOR EVERYTHING ON THIS PAGE RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S PART OF THE SITE FEATURE. SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE BUDGET IS INTENDED TO, TO INCLUDE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO GET A FINAL PROPOSAL TOGETHER FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND THAT'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL STILL. OKAY. AND THE LANDSCAPE WILL COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL AS WELL. OKAY. SO THOSE WILL, WE ANTICIPATE BEING OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND SOON. OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MY FELLOW COUNSELORS HAVE SAID THAT THE OVERALL DESIGN PLAN IS PRETTY SPECTACULAR AND THAT, UH, UH, SIGNATURE FEATURE OF THE HALINA I THINK IS WONDERFUL. SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY, BEFORE WE GO CLARIFICATION ON SOMETHING THAT COUNCILOR LTZ ASKED. SURE. THE, THE BUDGET, THE FY 24 BUDGET IS 1.645 PROJECTED, YOU'RE SAYING THE PLAY EQUIPMENT IS INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER. SO THAT FEATURE IS INTENDED TO BE PART OF THE SITE IMPROVEMENT. SO, SO THAT WAS PART OF THE BUDGET. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW YET IS HOW THAT'S ALL GONNA BALANCE OUT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL TO PROVIDE IS, IS AN OPTION FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. THAT COULD MEAN JUST BASED ON PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOTTEN RIGHT. THAT SOME OF THESE IDEAS MIGHT HAVE TO BE SCALED DOWN A LITTLE BIT OR THE BUDGET INCREASED. RIGHT. EXACTLY. BUT THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE OUR INTENT IS TO BRING COUNCIL OPTIONS ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU GO ON, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SURPRISE, SURPRISE PICKLEBALL. SO, UM, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR VISION IF IT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE? SO PICKLEBALL WAS ON THE MASTER PLAN. IT WAS, AND I THOUGHT IT CAME OFF. AND SO IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE THINKING BOCCE BALL OR HORSESHOES OR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT, UM, THAT WOULD STILL PROVIDE SOME KIND OF RECREATION GATHERING FOR ADULTS AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BE SURE BECAUSE IT, I THOUGHT IT HAD COME OFF AND I THINK BECAUSE IT'S THE NATURE OF THE PARK WHERE IT'S SORT OF HISTORIC BOCCE BALL AND HORSESHOES WOULD BE REALLY APPROPRIATE. SO, GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU. THAT RAISES ANOTHER QUESTION. GO AHEAD. THE, THE BOCCE BALL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY THERE, THE BOCCE BALL WAS JUST REMOVED AT POSSE GROUNDS, IS THAT PERMANENT REMOVAL? IT WAS REMOVED TO BE REDONE, SO THEY REMOVED THAT EXISTING TURF BOCCE BALL COURT AND THEY'RE PLACING TWO BOCCE BALL COURTS. THAT WILL BE THE DG TYPE SURFACE. OKAY. SO THIS ONE, SO THEY'LL BE BETTER QUALITY. THE RANGER PARK WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL ONE AS WELL. IT WOULDN'T REPLACE. OKAY, THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. GREAT. SO, UM, AGAIN, OUR PROJECT OUTREACH, UH, INCLUDES THESE, UH, AND ALSO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CYNTHIA AND HER TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK. SO MOVING FORWARD, UM, DEPENDING ON THE FEEDBACK WE GET TONIGHT, UM, WE'RE READY TO PUT THE CONCRETE AND THE GABON AND THE LANDSCAPING OUT TO BID SO THAT THAT'S READY TO MOVE AHEAD AS SOON AS OUR CITY MAINTENANCE TEAM HAS COMPLETED THE ROUGH AND FINE GRADING. OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM IS ALSO WORKING ON THE IRRIGATION MAINS, UM, BUT THE ACTUAL EMITTERS AND FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PLANT WE'LL BE PART OF THAT LANDSCAPING BID. SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT, UM, OUT TO BID AND HOPEFULLY RECEIVE BIDS SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO, FINISH THIS OUT, UH, BUILD OUT BY F Y 24. SO WE'RE PUSHING REALLY HARD TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. AND THIS IS A GREAT DRONE SHOT FROM HER. VICE. MIR HAS A QUESTION. I I THINK IT'S GREAT. UH, I THINK YOU'VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU OF THE PLAYGROUND IS SPECTACULAR BEYOND ANYTHING I EVER THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE. [03:05:01] SO IT'S, IT'S TERRIFIC. BUT I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE WATER TOWER . SO CYNTHIA, WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD, THEY DIDN'T GET AN EASEMENT. THE WATER RIGHTS, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU SAID EXACTLY? ? THE WATER RIGHTS AND THE IRRIGATION LINE THAT CAME FROM THE PUMP HOUSE, THOSE BASICALLY EXPIRED WHEN THE FOREST SERVICE SOLD THE PROPERTY. AND WHO DID THEY SELL THE PROPERTY TO? UM, I L X, WHICH WAS THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT HAS LIFTS ABOGADOS OR AT LEAST THEY USED TO . ANDY, I'M JUST WONDERING IF COUNSEL'S FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THE PUMP HOUSE WAS, IF THAT'S RELEVANT TO YOUR QUESTION. SO IT'S IT'S NOT ON THE PROPERTY, IT'S DOWN BY THE CREEK. IT'S MORE, IT'S DOWN BY THE CREEK RIGHT NOW. IS THAT WHAT WOULD BE NEXT TO THE GIFT SHOP? THERE'S A WATER WHEEL THERE. IS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? UM, YES, IT'S, I HEAR A VOICE. ? UH, YES. MAYOR JALO, THE UM, THE ACTUAL PUMP HOUSE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, NORTH AK AND THE RESTAURANT PUMP HOUSE. YEAH, RIGHT. THE REASON IT'S CALLED THAT IS THAT IT'S BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO THE HISTORIC PUMP HOUSE. THIS WAS KIND OF HIDDEN AWAY. UM, BUT THERE WAS A LINE THAT WENT, A WATER LINE THAT WENT FROM THERE TO THE RANGER STATION AND UP THE HILL AND THEN THE WATER TOWER THAT YOU SAW BEHIND THE HOUSE MM-HMM. , UM, I'M SURE THEY PUMPED THE WATER UP INTO THAT MM-HMM. , BUT THAT STRUCTURE IS LONG GONE. MM-HMM. , THERE'S A CONCRETE PAD STILL WHERE IT PROBABLY WAS REALLY? YEAH. IT'S COOL. SO THAT, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. HOW'S THE WILLIAMSON? WELL, WE HAVE PROJECTS AND WE HAVE WATER AND WE'RE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT WATER AND WATER CONSERVATION, YET WE ARE ALWAYS SEEING PROJECTS THAT ADD TO OUR USE OF WATER. UM, I DO UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TREES AND WHY GRASS IS NICE. UM, HOW DO WE MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT WATER USE ABSENT A, A PLAN FOR CONSERVATION OR WATER USE? UM, IS THERE, ARE THERE STANDARDS THAT WE USE OR WE JUST LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND SAY, WHAT CAN WE USE? WHAT CAN WE DO THAT WILL USE THE LEAST WATER GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE WANT GROWING THINGS IN THE WORLD? UM, I'M, AND I GUESS I'M SORT OF GETTING TO THE NEED FOR SOME KIND OF STATEMENT SOMEHOW THAT SAYS HOW THESE THINGS ARE GONNA BE DECIDED. I COULD SORT OF A PLAYGROUND, UM, A PARK THAT HAS NO TREES DOES, THERE'S NO IRRIGATION THERE NOW FOR THE TREES OR ANYTHING. MM-HMM. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY PROVIDING GRASS WHERE IT'S IMPRACTICAL OR NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS TO DO MAKES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SENSE. WE PROVIDE A LOT OF THINGS THAT RESIDENTS DON'T PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES. SO I'M JUST KIND OF INTERESTED IN, IN THE FORMAT BY WHICH, OR THE, THE, THE, THE WAY THESE DECISIONS GET MADE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE WANT WATER CONSERVATION, YET WE ALSO WANT A LIVABLE COMMUNITY AND AMENITIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY ATTRACTIVE TO USE. AND MAYBE IT'S JUST AN ISSUE OF, OF US AT THE PRIORITY SETTING, TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING A WATER POLICY, UM, FOR, FOR THE CITY AND FOR DEVELOPMENT AND, AND REDEVELOPMENT. SO HOW DO YOU DO THIS NOW? SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE ON THAT. SO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, WE ARE TAKING APPROXIMATELY 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF GRASS OUT. AND SO THIS IS ADDING BACK IN 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF GRASS. SO THAT'S ONE, UM, KIND OF BALANCE. AND THEN, UM, OUR SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT IS DOING THAT HEAT ISLAND STUDY. AND SO I CHATTED WITH ZACH ABOUT THE GRASS AND ONE OF, UM, THEIR THOUGHTS IS THAT, UM, COMMUNITY GRASS IS WHERE GRASS SHOULD BE WHERE IT'S USED BY A COMMUNITY BECAUSE, UH, IF IT'S IN YOUR FRONT YARD, USUALLY THAT'S NOT USED BY A COMMUNITY AS A GATHERING PLACE, THEN IT'S [03:10:01] RARE, YOU KNOW, FOR BACKYARD YOUR DOG OR WHATEVER. SO FROM SUSTAINABILITY'S PERSPECTIVE, GRASS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN GATHER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHARE IT IS A, A GOOD USE. SO ON ANOTHER ISSUE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GRASS ADJACENT TO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT UP AT POLICY GROUND, THE CONTRACT. WE'RE STILL, I'M STILL FINALIZING THAT AND THE CONCEPT AND THE APPROACH AND THAT'S NOT, THERE'S NOTHING PLANNED YET. AND SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A, A SCOPE. THERE'S, IT'S, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS WE'VE HAD INTERNAL DISCUSSION ABOUT OUT OF THE WHOLE BASEBALL FIELD IN THAT UPPER FIELD WE'RE LOOKING AT A PORTION WILL BE PARKING, A PORTION WILL BE PICKLEBALL, BUT THEN RETAINING A PORTION AS WELL. SOME PORTION MM-HMM. TRUE FOR LIKE EVENT LAWN SPACE OR JUST MISCELLANEOUS LAWN SPACE BASICALLY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S ASIDE FROM THE PORTION THAT SANDY WAS TALKING ABOUT US TAKING OUT MM-HMM. . OKAY. WELL I GUESS THAT WOULD ALL BE PART OF A POLICY THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT ESTABLISH WHETHER A SORT OF GRATUITOUS GRASS SPACES IS SOMETHING THAT THE, THAT NEEDS TO BE WATERED IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO OR DOESN'T WANT TO DO IN THE INTEREST OF WATER CONSERVATION, OR DO WE WANNA DO IT IN THE INTEREST OF QUALITY OF LIFE. SO I GUESS THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE CONVERSATION, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. I DO HAVE A QUE ALRIGHT ANDY, AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ON, THERE ARE A FEW OTHER ELEMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT THAT I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION. UM, YOU KNOW, REGARDING WATER CONSERVATION, SANDY MENTIONED THE DETENTION RETENTION, UM, BASINS THAT'S GONNA ALLOW MORE PERCOLATION ON SITE SO THAT, THAT IS A FEATURE OF WATER CONSERVATION. THEN THE PARKING AREAS ARE, WILL BE PERVIOUS MATERIAL. OKAY, GOOD. SO THAT, THAT ALLOWS PERCOLATION AND THEN RETAINING EXISTING VEG VEGETATION WHERE WE COULD, THAT THAT'S A SUSTAINABLE THING THAT WE WERE DOING, UM, AS WELL AS LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT, UM, LOW WATER USE PLANTS WHERE WE COULD, WITH ALL THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. AND, AND MA UH, SANDY MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT COMMUNITY GRASS VERSUS INDIVIDUAL FOLKS NEEDING THAT GRASS SPACE AT THEIR INDIVIDUAL HOMES. I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER MADE OUR SUSTAINABILITY, UM, DEPARTMENT COMFORTABLE WITH OUR APPROACH TO WATER USE ON THIS, ON THIS PARK. THANK YOU. BUT I STILL THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE HAVING SOME KIND OF CONVERSATION ABOUT, ABOUT A POLICY. THANK YOU. SO ANDY, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU, I KNOW IN THE, I BELIEVE IN THE PAST YOU HAD PUT CERTAIN TREES IN THAT ARE LOW TOLER DROUGHT TOLERANT, BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IRRIGATION ON 'EM FOR THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OR THREE YEARS AND THEN YOU REMOVE THE IRRIGATION. IS THAT THESE TREES OR THESE ARE MM-HMM. THESE WILL NEED. SO HOW, HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE IRRIGATION ON THOSE TREES TO BE NEEDED? THAT I DON'T KNOW. UM, IN SPEAKING WITH, UM, OUR LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS AND SON OF OUR CITY STAFF GENERALLY TO GET 'EM ESTABLISHED, THEY'RE LOOKING AT IRRIGATING FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS. AND THEN WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY WOULD REDUCE, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD TURN OFF THE IRRIGATION TO THOSE AND THEN IN CASE OF A DROUGHT TIME, THEY MIGHT INCREASE THE FLOW. BUT ONCE ESTABLISHED THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T TAKE OR SHOULDN'T NEED THAT MUCH WATER. THAT'S ENCOURAGING. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ALRIGHTY. WOW. OKAY. IS THERE ANY, ANY CARDS, JOANNE? NO, THERE'S NOT. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN, I'M JUST LOOKING. OH, IT'S FIRST, UH, DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE DIRECTION. OKAY, GO AHEAD. SO, SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, I THINK IT LOOKS PRETTY AMAZING AND I THINK, I THINK JOSH KNOWS I'M REALLY BIG INTO PLAYGROUNDS. SO, UM, I THINK IT'S AN, IT'S AN AMAZING PLAYGROUND TO COUNCILOR WILLIAMSON AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE BECOME MORE AWARE OF WHO WE ARE AS A CITY IS A SENSE OF PLACE. AND, UM, WE WANT PLACES AND DESIGNS THAT SAY WE'RE SEDONA AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LIKE HERE IN SEDONA. AND I THINK THAT THIS, THIS FOR SURE, BETWEEN THE HISTORIC ELEMENTS AND THE ELEMENTS THAT PLAY INTO THE HISTORIC ELEMENTS AND KEEP IT TRUE TO WHAT IT WAS, I THINK IT'S [03:15:01] REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS LOOKS BRILLIANT, OBVIOUSLY EXECUTIONS EVERYTHING. SO, UM, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THIS WON'T BE A PLACE THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO REALLY, TRULY ENJOY, APPRECIATE AND, AND AND REALLY BE PROUD OF AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, SEDONA, UM, GOING FORWARD, MARRYING OUR PAST AND OUR FUTURE, ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN. UM, I AM GONNA SAY THIS AND MY TONGUE IS FIRMLY IN MY CHEEK BECAUSE THEY'RE VENOS. ARE YOU GONNA PUT SIGNS THAT SAYS PLEASE DON'T FEEL THE WILDLIFE ? UM, DO THAT. SORRY, I HAD, I HAD, I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. UM, OH YEAH. AND DON'T FORGET TO MENTION THE ORDINANCE NUMBER WHEN YOU DO THAT . SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I REALLY WANTED TO SAY. I THINK YOU GUYS, THE CONCEPT HERE IS BRILLIANT. UM, I THINK THAT YOU'VE TAKEN A LOT OF TIME AND I KNOW YOU'VE TAKEN A LOT OF INPUT FROM MANY PLACES BOTH HERE IN THE CITY AND THROUGH, UM, RESIDENTS. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR FORTITUDE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS ITEM IS FOR DIRECTION, POSSIBLE DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE DIRECTION. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING, ANYTHING OTHER THAN CONTINUE TO MOVING FORWARD? UH, JUST KEEP KNOCKING US OUTTA THE PARK. IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR DIRECTION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AT THE MOMENT? IS THERE ANY UNRESOLVED QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE THINKING? I'M GONNA ASK THAT. SO YEAH. OKAY. WE WERE CLEAR. OH MY GOD. WRITE THIS DOWN. , REALLY? WE WERE CLEAR. ALRIGHT. OKAY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. FANTASTIC JOB AND A GREAT TEAM EFFORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR HERE. LARRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW AND AMAZING AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE BUILDING THAT. I'M WORKING WITH A GREAT TEAM. I UNDERSTAND THAT , BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU COULD DO BY YOURSELF. OKAY. THANKS JIMMY. MM-HMM. . LET'S SEE HERE. OKAY, ITEM [8.d. AB 2976 Discussion/possible action regarding an Ordinance amending the Sedona City Code Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks, and Public Places)) by amending Chapter 12.05 (Rights-of-Way).] D, AB 29 76. DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SEDONA CITY CODE TITLED 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC PLACES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 12.05. RIGHTS OF WAY. AND I GUESS THAT'S GONNA BE KURT. YES, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSELORS, THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC MEETING ON THIS, UH, ORDINANCE, THIS PROPOSED NEW ORDINANCE. UM, UH, COUNSEL DISCUSSED IT LAST A MONTH AGO ON JULY 11TH. I DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGES SUGGESTED TO THE ORDINANCE. UM, AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF COUNSEL HAS ANY. OKAY. WHY DON'T WE JUST START ON THIS SIDE. UH, JESSICA, YOU HAVE NOTHING? WELL, IF IT'S THE SAME ORDINANCE WE SAW BEFORE, I HAVE NOTHING. OKAY. PETE, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DID, UH, WATCH THE COUNCIL SESSION SINCE I MISSED IT THE LAST TIME, BUT I, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. ASK. HMM. DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. . I HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I OBSERVED HERE RECENTLY THAT WOULD PERTAIN TO THIS. AND, UH, AND I, I KNOW HOW, AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR KURT, THERE HE IS OVER THERE OR CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT I RECENTLY OBSERVED, UH, YES, THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. GLAD I THAT WORD OUT. IT'S LIKE THE STAGE DOOR HOOK ACT. BRIAN, SO CLOSING. YEAH, RIGHT. OKAY. , I KNOW WHEN WE DO ORDINANCE, HAVE A SEAT. DON'T GO AWAY. GO AHEAD. I KNOW WHEN WE DO ORDINANCES, WE ACTUALLY LIKE TO CRAFT THEM TO LEAVE SOME LATITUDE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR STAFF TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND, AND, AND BY AND LARGE, THAT'S WHAT WE GET. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE TRY AND DO. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THINKING ABOUT THIS, UH, ORDINANCE, AND I OBSERVED A, A COUPLE OF YOUNG GIRLS THE OTHER DAY SETTING UP LEMONADE STAND ON THE SIDEWALK BY THE LIBRARY ACTUALLY. YEAH, I SAW IT TOO. I SAW , WHAT WAS THIS? IN THE LIBRARY. OKAY. YEP. SHARED HIS PATH THERE. AND SO I, I JUST THINK ABOUT THE CASE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK KURT ABOUT THE CASE AND STEVE ABOUT THE CASE AND HOW WE WOULD KIND OF HANDLE THAT. AND THE PARTICULAR CASE I HAVE IN MIND IS, OKAY, I KNOW THAT IF THAT'S THE CASE, WOULD WE DO ENFORCEMENT BY COMPLAINT? AND IF NOBODY COMPLAINS, NOBODY'S GONNA GO THERE AND NOBODY WILL BE THE WISER. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IN INSTANCES WE HAVE IN TOWN WHERE PEOPLE LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS AND THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY KNOW IT'S AN ORDINANCE. AND WE MIGHT HAVE NEIGHBORS TO A HOUSE FULL OF YOUNG CHILDREN THAT DON'T ACTUALLY APPRECIATE YOUNG CHILDREN MAKING [03:20:01] NOISE AND SETTING UP ON THE SIDEWALK. AND IF THEY KNOW IT'S AN ORDINANCE AND THEY CALL US TO SAY, THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE, ENFORCE YOUR ORDINANCE, WHAT'S OUR APPROACH? SO MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILORS AND COUNCILOR FURMAN, IT, IT, IT'LL ALWAYS BE A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND YES, IT DOES REQUIRE, UH, ALMOST ALWAYS A COMPLAINT. ALTHOUGH CODE, IF THEY SAW ANY EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS, SO IF THEY'RE SETTING UP THEIR LIMITING STAND IN THE STREET OR SOMEPLACE THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS UNSAFE, THEN CERTAINLY THEY'D GO, UH, AND FORCE IT ON THEIR OWN. UM, BUT IF WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT, AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS IN THE DISCRETION OF THE ENFORCEMENT ENFORCING OFFICER. SO THEY, JUST BECAUSE WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT DOESN'T REQUIRE THE CITY TO ACT ON IT, IS, IS ONE THING TO KNOW. SO, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLED POLICE OFFICERS. CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE STREET LEVEL BUREAUCRATS AND THEY GET TO HAVE A LOT OF LEEWAY AND WHAT THEY DECIDE TO DO RIGHT THERE. UM, BUT SECONDLY, IF IT WAS AN ISSUE OR THEY FELT THERE WAS ANY SAFETY ISSUE, UM, USUALLY LEMONADE STANDS CAN BE MOVED JUST OFF OF THE SIDEWALK. SO IT'S NOT BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK. IF THERE'S AN, YOU KNOW, AN A D A ISSUE, IT'S TRYING TO GET SOMEONE THROUGH. AND THAT'S USUALLY PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO THEY COULD BE IN THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY ON THEIR OWN FRONT YARD AND THEN IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. SO THEY WOULDN'T BE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO THAT'S USUALLY AN OPTION AS, AS WELL, IN THE CASE OF A LEMONADE STAND, UH, THERE ARE, WHICH WE WON'T GO INTO, I MEAN OTHER ISSUES ABOUT SELLING LEMONADE IN GENERAL, BUT, UH, SURE. CONSUMPTION. STEVE, ANYMORE. WE HEARD, WE HEARD THE LAWYER. WHAT'S THE GUY ON THE GROUND ACTUALLY SAY, UH, I CONCUR. TAKING THE EASY WAY. EXACTLY WHAT KURT SAID REALLY IS THAT WE DO TAKE IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. YES. THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME PEOPLE THAT SAY, THAT'S YOUR ORDINANCE GOING FOR SAID YES. UH, TYPICALLY CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL STILL GO OUT THERE AND THEY'LL ASSESS THE SITUATION, UM, AND, AND DEAL WITH IT ACCORDINGLY. BUT OUR GOAL IS NOT TO NOT LET KIDS HAVE A, HAVE FUN FOR TWO HOURS. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY LEMONADE STAND THAT'S, UH, IN MY EXPERIENCE THAT'S BEEN OUT ALL DAY. 'CAUSE KIDS GET, UH, BORED AFTER A WHILE. SO, AND COUNSELORS, IF I MIGHT JUST ADD, IF, IF THERE ENDED UP BEING AN ISSUE, WHICH WE DON'T ANTICIPATE WITH THIS ORDINANCE, BUT IF IT ENDED UP BEING AN ISSUE WHERE THIS PERSON CONTINUED TO COMPLAIN AND WE WANTED TO EXEMPT LEMONADE STANDS, THEN YOU COULD EXEMPT LEMONADE STANDS. SO , THERE'S, THERE'S OPTIONS WE CAN DEAL WITH ANY ISSUES THAT COME UP. ALL RIGHT. I'M SATISFIED WITH THAT ANSWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEY WEREN'T THERE THE NEXT DAY. YEAH. UH OH. NO, THEY, THEY DID. MAYBE THEY MADE, MAYBE THEY MADE ALL THEIR MONEY AND BROUGHT IT TO AN INVESTMENT. THERE YOU GO. THINKING POSITIVE COUNCILOR KINSELLA. YEAH. SO WHEN WE DID DISCUSS THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, THE LAST HEARING ON THIS, UM, I RAISED QUESTIONS REGARDING FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES. UM, THE EXAMPLE THAT I USED IS IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO PROTEST SOMETHING ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF AN ENTITY, LIKE A BUSINESS OR WHATEVER, UM, THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY SET UP WHAT THEY WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO, TO PROTEST OR MAKE A STATEMENT OR A SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PROTEST, RIGHT? IT COULD BE WE SUPPORT THE WORKERS HERE. RIGHT? UM, SO I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND MY CONCERN LIES NOT WITH THE LANGUAGE, UM, OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, BUT REALLY WITHIN THE DEFINITIONS, THE DEFINITION OF, OF ENCROACHMENT. AND I DID TALK TO KURT ABOUT THIS, AND I TRIED TO, UM, FLOAT SOME LANGUAGE, WHICH KURT DID, DIDN'T THINK WAS, DIDN'T MEET MY NEEDS. IT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD OBSTRUCT THE GOAL THAT HE'S TRYING TO REACH WITH THE LANGUAGE THERE. SO THAT, THAT LANGUAGE HAS NOT BEEN ACCEPTED BY KURT. BUT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN UNDER THE DEFINITION OF ENCROACHMENT. IT WOULD'VE READ ENCROACHMENT MEANS CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OR MATERIAL PLACEMENT OF ANY TRASH DEBRIS OR OF PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT OBSTRUCTS FREE MOVEMENT OR ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD'VE GIVEN US A LITTLE LEEWAY IN TERMS OF SOMEBODY SETTING UP, LIKE IF THEY'RE IN A CHAIR WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE HOLDING THEIR SIGN, BUT THEY COULD BE GOTTEN AROUND. UM, BUT THAT HAS SEEMED TO, KURT RAISED SOME ISSUES THAT I AGREE WITH THAT HE RAISED THAT WOULD STILL EXIST. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND MY DISCOMFORT WITH THE FACT THAT I THINK THAT THIS IS SO BROAD THAT IT COULD BE MISUSED AND NOT BY THE POLICE THAT WE HAVE, NOT BY CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE HAVE, BUT IN THE FUTURE, THIS IS ON THE BOOKS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE OR HOW THINGS COULD BE USED IN A VINDICTIVE WAY OR, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THIS STATE, IN THIS TOWN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL [03:25:01] YEARS. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AHEAD, YOU KNOW, PLAY CHESS HERE AND GET A COUPLE OF MOVES ABOUT SOMEBODY SAYING, THIS IS THE LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, THIS PERSON HAS A CHAIR SET UP THERE THAT'S IN THE WAY. GET 'EM OUTTA HERE AND OBSTRUCTING. NOW I KNOW THAT FIRST AMENDMENT TRUMPS EVERYTHING AND YOU KNOW, WE GO TO COURT, BUT THAT'S A HIGH THRESHOLD FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAVE TO GO TO COURT FOR THERE TO BE SOME DISCREPANCY AMONG NEIGHBORS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGARDING THIS AND ASKING FOR ENFORCEMENT OR SOMETHING. SO I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME WAY OF ADDRESSING THE DEFINITION OF ENCROACHMENT THAT ADDRESSED THAT CONCERN. I TRIED TO BRING FORTH, YOU KNOW, SOME LANGUAGE THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T DO IT. SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW I, I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I WANT THERE TO BE SOMETHING THAT PROTECTS THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. I, I DO, I SINCERELY WANT TO SUPPORT SOMETHING, BUT THE DEFINITION OF ENCROACHMENT IS SO BROAD THAT I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT IN TERMS OF THIS. SO I'M LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION. YOU, YOU, YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SUGGESTION, I DID HAVE A SUGGESTION, BUT IT WASN'T ACCEPTED. OKAY. SO WHY DON'T WE JUST DO, MOVE IT FORWARD FOR A VOTE AND EITHER YOU SUPPORT IT OR YOU DON'T BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT UP SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS, UH, LAST TIME IT, THOSE SUGGESTIONS DIDN'T WORK. WE CAN'T GO BACK AND FORTH AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. WHEN KURT HAD, IF HE HAD ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT WORKED TO SATISFY YOUR CONCERNS, YOU WOULD'VE THEN IT WOULD'VE BEEN SATISFIED. WE CAN'T JUST KEEP, CONTINUE WHERE WE'RE GOING. WE NEED TO COME TO AN END. SO IT'S EITHER YOU COULD SUPPORT IT. UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, IF GO, I SAID IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IAND, BUT I DON'T FEEL I CAN UNDERSTAND. I, I GET IT. SO YOU'VE SPOKEN, LET'S, LET'S THE OTHER COUNCILORS SPEAK AND THEN IF WE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE CAN, UH, LISTEN TO THOSE. IF NOT, WE'LL UH, CALL FOR A VOTE AND SEE WHERE IT GOES. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A UH, COMMENT? OKAY, THEN WOULD PLEASE, I MOVED TO, WE WILL NEED THAT FIRST READING. I APOLOGIZE. THIS WILL BE THE LAST, OH, IT SAYS AFTER FIRST READ. OKAY. THIS WILL BE THE LAST FIRST READING. THE, THE ORDINANCE PASSED PRIOR BY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EFFECT BY THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. UM, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH FIVE FIVE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CODE TITLE 12 STREET SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES BY MEN IN CHAPTER 12.05 RIGHTS AWAY, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. OKAY, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH FIVE. UM, AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA, ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE SEDONA CITY CODE TITLE 12 STREET SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 12.05. RIGHTS OF WAY SECOND. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY NEW DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. OKAY. 6 2 1 SUPPORTING THE, THE, UH, MOTION OR THE ITEM. OKAY. BACK UP TO HERE. OKAY. REPORTS, [8.e. AB 2950 Discussion/direction regarding an Ordinance amending the Sedona City Code Title 10 (Vehicles and Traffic) by adding Chapter 10.30 (Improper Motor Vehicle Equipment).] UH, ITEM E REPORTS DISCUSSION REGARDING COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS, ANYTHING TO OFFER PETE? YEP. JUST REAL QUICK, UH, COCONINO PLATEAU WATER PARTNERSHIP WAS THE, UH, LAST GRADE ACT, A COUNSELOR LAMBKIN THAT INSTALLED ME AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE MEETING. I FINALLY WAS ELECTED TO THE ROLE NOW, SO THAT, THAT IS NOW YOU STEP BACK AND YOU STEPPED FORWARD OR YEAH, . EXACTLY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO SAY NO. UH, THE, UH, TWO THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION, UH, IS CAMP VERDE IS JOINING US IN UA, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NICE MOVE FORWARD. AND TWO, THE STATE OF ARIZONA, WE, WE HAD THE, UH, GOVERNOR HOBBS, A PERSON FROM GOVERNOR HOBBS OFFICE OF RE RESILIENCY IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. AND THEY MENTIONED THAT THE STATE IS DRAFTING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. OH MY GOODNESS. SO THERE WILL BE PUBLIC MEETINGS SOMETIME THIS FALL. I HOPE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE ON BEHALF OF US. WHAT'S THAT? I SAID I HOPE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. IT WORKS IN YOUR SCHEDULE. YEAH. . SO I SEE. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE GOOD. OKAY. VICE MAYOR, I, YOU, YOU GOT ME THINKING ABOUT THIS THERE. UH, GOVERNOR HOBBES WAS REPORTED IN THE TUCSON NEWS THAT GOVERNOR HOBBS SUPPORTS, UH, CITIES HAVING SELF-DETERMINATION OR LOCAL CONTROL OVER SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN A BIG [03:30:01] ARTICLE. AND SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT MEANS. SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT SEDONA. YES. SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT SEDONA. IT'S A GREAT ARTICLE. SO THAT'S, UH, IMPORTANT FOR HOW UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, HOW SHE GETS THERE TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO, THE TOUGH FIGHT. OKAY. WE HAVE, UM, ANY, UH, FUTURE [8.g. Discussion/possible action regarding future meeting/agenda items.] AGENDA ITEMS, FUTURE MEETING? WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW AT TWO O'CLOCK, CORRECT? KAREN? YES, I DO TWO. THERE'S SIM BECAUSE SIM IS JUST TURNED INTO A LARGE ITEM THAT WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT AND WE WANNA TALK ABOUT . I'M SURE WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE'LL SEE YOU [10. ADJOURNMENT] ALL TOMORROW AT TWO O'CLOCK. ED, WE EXPECT YOU TO BE THERE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.