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OKAY, WE'RE GOOD, JOE? YEP IT OUT.[1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE]
AFTERNOON EVERYONE.THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE CITY OF SEDONA.
PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE.
AND NOW A MOMENT OF SILENCE ISLANDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CLERK,
[2. ROLL CALL/MOMENT OF ART]
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE ROLL CALL? MAYOR JALO.HERE, COUNCILLOR DUNN, PRESENT COUNCILLOR FOLTZ.
COUNCILLOR FURMAN WILL BE JOINING US AFTER THE MOMENT OF ART.
PRESENT COUNCILLOR WILLIAMSON HERE.
SO, UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, OUR MOMENT OF ART.
NANCY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL FOR US? YES, I DO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS.
OCTOBER IS NATIONAL ARTS MONTH, WHICH IS VERY SPECIAL FOR US.
AND, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE THE PERFORMING VISUAL AND LITERARY ARTS ALL IN ONE MOMENT.
WINNIE MUNCH IS THE FOUNDER OF SEDONA BALLET AND CRYSTAL VERA IS THE ACCLAIMED COMPOSER, SINGER AND LYRICIST.
AND THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER THREE PARTS OF THIS SPECIAL MOMENT.
THE FIRST PART WILL BE 30 QUICK SECONDS OF THE NUTCRACKER, WHICH IS THE STUDENT'S WORK.
THE SECOND PART WILL BE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SEDONA BALLET WITH A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.
AND THE THIRD IS A CLIP CELEBRATING THE ARTS, WHICH ALSO HAS SOME OF AMY ERNST'S ARTWORK IN THE FILM ROOPE.
AND WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING THAT, CRYSTAL WILL BE SINGING A VERY BEAUTIFUL SONG.
SO SIT BACK AND RELAX AND PLEASE WELCOME WINNIE MUNCH.
I'M GONNA BE VERY QUICK WITH WORDS, UM, BUT WE'RE CELEBRATING SEDONA BELL H'S.
11 YEARS OF ELEVATING ARTISTRY THROUGH PERFORMANCES AND CHERISHED PARTNERSHIPS.
AND WE WANNA EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE CITY OF SEDONA AND STEPHANIE BERG AND THE SMALL GRANTS COMMITTEE FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS, BECAUSE YOU EMPOWERED US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITIES', CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS.
AND A QUICK ASIDE, WE HAVE FOUR PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL DANCERS IN SEDONA.
AND IF YOU KNOW 1% OF 1% OF PEOPLE DANCE AND 1% OF THEM GO PRO, WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD.
I WANT A SPECIAL THANK TO OUR LOCAL TALENTS WHO HAVE MADE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE JIM PETERSON FOR ALL HIS PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE FILM, MARY BIRD, ROSEMARY MAYS, CRYSTAL OT, AND ALSO OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DIANA MCVEY, CAROLYN CHANG, CRYSTAL RO, DOTY HOMAN, ACHMED VOLK AS AN ADVISOR.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE BONNIE BOURNE SINGER AS ONE OF HER ADVISORS WHO WAS A PROFESSIONAL DANCER WITH THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET AND DANCE WITH BALANCHINE.
WE WANNA, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE FILM IS A REFLECTIONS FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL CELEBRATE ALL THE ARTS.
AND I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE AMERICAN BALLET THEATER HAS AGREED TO MAKE THIS A TEST INAUGURAL YEAR IN 2024 TO MAKE THIS OUR HOME, THEIR HOME OF, UM, CREATION.
AND THAT'S A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT AND WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD.
AND NONE OF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU.
I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT AFTER THE SHORT FILM, UH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE 30 SECONDS AS YOU HEARD, UM, JUST TO SHOW WHAT OUR KIDS DID ON A STAGE WITH, UH, WITH A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY, AND THEN, UM, A HISTORY OF US.
BUT I WANNA KNOW THAT CRYSTAL RA WILL BE SINGING CINI.
SHE HAS, UH, HAD A HALF A MILLION SPINS ON SOUNDCLOUD OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE.
HER NEW ALBUM IS BEING RELEASED IN A FEW MONTHS, AND IT'S CALLED SACRED AREAS, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE THIS PIECE OF MUSIC.
AND CRYSTAL IS A WORLD RENOWNED AND PROFESSIONAL SINGER, AND WE'RE SO
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LUCKY TO HAVE HER MOVE TO SEDONA.AND THESE ARE ALL OUR FORMERLY KNOWN AS SEDONA CHAMBER BALLET.
SEDONA BALLET WAS INCORPORATED IN 2013, KNOWN BEST FOR ITS WORLD CLASS DANCE PRODUCTIONS.
SEDONA BALLET OFFERS EXCELLENCE AND IS WELL RESPECTED IN THE DANCE WORLD.
IN 2022, SEDONA BALLET FORGED A NEW COLLABORATION WITH COMPOSER, SINGER AND LYRICIST CRYSTAL BARAT.
TOGETHER THEY FOUNDED REFLECTIONS FESTIVAL, A FESTIVAL THAT AIMS TO ENRICH SEDONA AT ARIZONA'S CULTURAL LIFE ALIVE, A FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES THE VERY BEST IN THE PERFORMING LITERARY AND VISUAL ARTS.
THANKS TO THE GENEROUS FUNDING OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, THE ARIZONA COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, THE FLYNN FOUNDATION, THEY MANAGED TO COMPLETE THE FIRST PHASE OF REFLECTIONS FESTIVAL TOGETHER WITH THEIR INCREDIBLE TEAM.
SEDONA BALLET AND CRYSTAL ARD PRODUCED THE SHORT ART FILM MEPE NOW PREMIERING WORLDWIDE IN FILM FESTIVALS.
YOUR LIFE IS NOTHING BUT LIGHT.
IN 2023, SEDONA BALLET PRESENTED A SOLD OUT PERFORMANCE OF AMERICAN BALLET THEATER STUDIO COMPANY.
THIS PERFORMANCE PLANTED THE SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE, A FUTURE THAT PROMOTES CULTURAL TOURISM AS A WAY FORWARD, AS A MEANS TO KEEP TOURISTS INVOLVED IN SEDONA, AND OF COURSE, A FUTURE THAT FOSTERS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND GROWTH IN SEDONA.
AFTER AMERICAN BALLET THEATER STUDIO COMPANY CAME TO SEDONA AND SOLD OUT WITH A MESMERIZING PERFORMANCE, WE ASKED THEM TO COME BACK TO OFFER A CHOREOGRAPHY RETREAT FOR YOUNG AND EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS.
A B T ACCEPTED LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, A SEDONA BALLET AIMS TO NURTURE EMERGING PRE-PROFESSIONAL TALENT.
THEY ARE FORGING NEW COLLABORATIONS WITH INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHERS.
SEDONA BALLET PLANS TO BE A CREATIVE HUB FOR CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING FOR ASPIRING YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS, THE SEDONA CHOREOGRAPHY
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RETREAT.MEANWHILE, SEDONA BALLET AND CHRISTOPHER ARTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PHASE TWO OF REFLECTIONS FESTIVAL.
OUR THEME WILL BE NOSTALGIA REFLECTIONS FESTIVAL.
PHASE TWO WILL PREMIERE CRYSTAL VAR ARTS, NOSTALGIA, MUSIC SHE COMPOSED THAT REFLECTS ON HER TIME IN ARGENTINA.
NEW CHOREOGRAPHY WILL BE CREATED TO HER NOSTALGIA MUSIC IN REFLECTIONS FESTIVAL PHASE TWO, WE WILL INCLUDE PERFORMING VISUAL, LITERARY DESIGN AND CULINARY ARTS, ALL CENTERED ON THE THEME NOSTALGIA.
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THANK YOU.NANCY, YOU, YOU OUTDID YOURSELF AGAIN.
'CAUSE THEN WE GOTTA TURN EVERYTHING OFF.
LET LET HER DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
IF YOU WANNA JUST RUN, GO AHEAD, WINNIE.
DID YOU SEE THE, IT'S LIKE A DREAM
SO IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, SHE'S THIS BIG, RIGHT? BUT IT WAS WHAT A WHAT? NO, NO.
UH, BRANDI CALLED, SHE ACTUALLY MAKES A WHILE.
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SO WORTH, I JUST GOT THE, KATHY, I'M EXCITED.REALLY? IT WASN'T STILL SISTERS.
SO TWO, TWO GOOD MUSIC NIGHTS IN A ROW.
CAN YOU SEE WAY OF LIKE TICKETS CAME TO I BELIEVE IT.
WE USED TO WATCH THAT AS A FAMILY AND WOULD ALL CRITIQUE AND PREDICT WHO'S GONNA MOVE.
CAN WE ALL BACK NOW? I HAVE HIM ON THERE.
I JUST, ONE OF THE JUDGES DON'T HAVE HIM ON THE DEVICE, BUT I HAVE HIM.
SHE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO ANSWER CREDENTIALS.
ARE WE GOOD? I LOVE WATCHING THAT.
AS GOOD AS I CAN BE RIGHT NOW.
CAUSE ALL THIS PROBLEM, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE.
[3. CONSENT ITEMS]
CONSENT ITEMS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC STAFF OR THE COUNCIL TO PULL AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.UH, DO WE HAVE ANY INTEREST ON THE COUNCIL TO PULL AN ITEM? OKAY.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE? RE I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS THREE A THROUGH J.
[5. SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS BY MAYOR/COUNCILORS/CITY MANAGER]
OF CURRENT EVENTS, I HAVE NONE, BUT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, I KNOW THE VICE MAYOR IS, I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HER FOR THE PARKS AND REC I DO.OCTOBER'S A FUN MONTH, LIKE A FEST IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
UH, WE HAVE THREE EVENTS ON THIS SATURDAY COMING UP AT POSSE GROUNDS PARK, STARTING WITH A FREE TO BE ME DRUMMING AT 12 O'CLOCK, FOLLOWED BY PUMPKIN SPLASH AT 2:00 PM AND OCTOBER FEST BEGINNING AT 3:00 PM SO LOTS TO DO, COVERING EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, GET YOUR $5 TICKETS FOR PUMPKIN SLASH ONLINE@SEDONAAZ.GOV SLASH PARKS AND SWIM TO PICK OUT YOUR PERFECT PUMPKIN REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR GRASSHOPPER YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH AND OUR FAVORITE EVENT OF THE YEAR, UPTOWN TRICK OR TREATING, IT'S TAKING PLACE ON HALLOWEEN IN UPTOWN SEDONA, JOIN US FROM 5:00 PM TO 8:00 PM FOR A SCARY GOOD TIME,
AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR COSTUME AND HAVE TREATS BECAUSE WE'LL WANNA GIVE THEM OUT TO EVERYBODY.
SO, UM, JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THE GREATER SEDONA RECREATIONAL COLLABORATIVE, G S R C, WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED AT THE DAIS BEFORE.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.
THE, UM, I'LL SPEAK TO THE TWO GROUPS, UH, ACTION TEAMS IN WHICH I SIT THE DATA GATHERING AND MONITORING, UH, WORK HAS BEEN PROCEEDING AND WE DID SORT OF A, A BETA GET
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BASELINES ON NOISE OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF VEHICLES THAT ARE OUT ON 1 52 C AND OVER ON MORGAN DRIVE SO THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IN A SECOND.
UM, AND THEN, UM, TIM HOL FROM, UH, FISH AND GAMES AND THE POLICY TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UH, TIGHTENING UP THE LANGUAGE THAT EXISTS IN OUR A R SS IN THE ACTUAL REVISED STATUTES TO TRY AND MAKE THE LAWS MORE ENFORCEABLE, UM, FOR THE VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT ARE OUT THERE, WHICH ARE FISH AND GAME AND THE COUNTY.
UH, AND OF COURSE OUR OWN, OUR OWN LOCAL POLICE AS WELL.
SO, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER HAS GRACIOUSLY GRACE, I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT GRACIOUSLY.
AND THIS IS JUST WATER, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.
HAS, UM, OFFERED TO HELP IN, UH, MOVING THIS FORWARD WITH THE LEGISLATURE, THESE CHANGES VIA USING, UM, OUR, UM, LOBBYIST.
LOBBYIST, THANK YOU, OUR LOBBYISTS, AND, UH, ANY OTHER MEANS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY TO MOVE FORWARD IN THESE CHANGES SO THAT WE HAVE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK CYCLE.
I KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE.
SO LET ME VERY BRIEFLY TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO STARTING THIS MONTH, UM, THE, THE GROUP, WHICH IS ABOUT 40 PEOPLE REPRESENTING BOTH GOVERNMENTS, UM, AND AGENCY STATE AGENCIES AND RESIDENTS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS THAT WILL GO INTO THE INTER-AGENCY VISITOR USE USAGE.
UM, LET'S SEE, WAS IT, UH, FRAMEWORK? THERE WE GO.
AND THAT IS WHAT THE, UM, FOREST SERVICE AND NATIONAL PARKS, THEY ALL USE TO ACTUALLY MANAGE VISITATION INSIDE OF THE PARKS.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING, UM, AS A GROUP, WE'RE WORKING ON PERMITTING AND WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, BASICALLY DO WE HAVE THE TRAILS IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR MOTORIZED VEHICLES.
AND THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR THROUGH DECEMBER.
AND IN DECEMBER, OUR PLAN IS TO TAKE ALL OF THE SUGGESTIONS BEING MADE BY THE GROUPS TOGETHER AND PUTTING THEM AGAINST THE, UM, THE FRAMEWORK AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS TO, UH, HOPEFULLY GET THE US FOREST SERVICE AND OTHER AGENCIES TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THESE SUGGESTIONS ARE AND USER MANAGEMENT FOR THE, UM, O H V TRAILS THAT ARE HERE IN THE SEDONA AREA.
RED ROCK RANGER DISTRICT, BASICALLY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, THE HOPE IS THAT THIS WILL THEN BECOME FORMALIZED AND APPROVED BY EVERYONE WHO SITS ON THE G SS R C AND THEN BE TURNED OVER TO THE FOREST SERVICE FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THESE ON AND OFF DURING, UM, VARIOUS OTHER MEETINGS.
SO THE MAYOR HAS ASKED ME TO GIVE YOU SORT OF A MORE FULL UPDATE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ONCE A CONSTABLE SESSION HAS ENDED.
UH, FOR THOSE THAT KNEW HIM, FORMER MAYOR DICK ELLIS PASSED AWAY A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND THERE WILL BE A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15TH AT 2:00 PM AT THE CREATIVE LIFE CENTER.
WE THEN HAVE, UH, WE WILL MOVE
[6. PUBLIC FORUM]
ON TO, UM, PUBLIC FORUM.UH, IF THERE'S, ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM THAT HAS YET NOT YET FILLED OUT A CARD? OKAY.
SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, I DUNNO IF HE'S HERE.
JOHN MARTINEZ, ARE YOU HERE SOMEWHERE? NO.
MAY, MAYBE SOMEONE CAN SPEAK FOR HIM.
AND, UH, JENNA, YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK, YOU'RE GONNA TAG ONTO THAT, UH, OR YOU COULD, UH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE HIS TIME.
HE ONLY HAS A, A MINUTE, I BELIEVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE DRILL, THREE MINUTES OR LESS, SHE'LL TURN THE TIMER ON.
WE HAVE THE OLD SYSTEM FOR YOU, SO, YEAH.
COUNSEL, UH, MY NAME IS JOHN MARTINEZ AND I STILL LIVE HERE IN
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SEDONA.WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UH, BASICALLY TALK ABOUT SEDONA SYMPHONY AS STATED IN THE VISION STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY.
IT SAYS, A CITY IS ANIMATED BY THE ARTS, AND WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THE ARTS? MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK OF ART HANGING ON THE WALL AS YOU SEE HERE.
OR IT COULD BE SCULPTURE OR IT COULD BE STATUES OR EVEN POETRY.
BUT HOW ABOUT MUSIC? THAT IS ART.
ALSO, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I AM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE SEDONA SYMPHONY.
NO LONGER THE VERDE VALLEY SYMPHONIE.
WE ARE EMBRACING THE WONDERMENT OF SEDONA.
SO THE NEW CONCERT BEGINS THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15TH AT TWO 30 AT THE PERFORMING, UH, THE SEDONA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, RIGHT THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL STARTS.
AND WHAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO WHEN I'M HERE IS I WANT TO INCH IT IS MY HONOR, I SHOULD SAY, TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW ARTISTIC MUSIC DIRECTOR, JANA HYMES.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME TO JANA.
JOE, CAN YOU ARRANGE THAT? ALRIGHT.
YOU HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS, BUT DON'T WORRY.
HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES, HAVE A MINUTE TO, OKAY.
I'LL SPEAK FAST, THE TIME GOES ON.
JANA HYMES, UH, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND MEET EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK FOR, UM, 30 SECONDS.
I AM DELIGHTED TO BE IN SEDONA.
I TOOK MY AUDITION IN APRIL, AND I THINK THERE WERE A HUNDRED APPLICANTS, AND I'M JUST THRILLED TO BE HERE.
IT'S GONNA BE A NEW ERA FOR THE SYMPHONY.
I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAMMING AND, AND MY PLANS FOR BRINGING THE ORCHESTRA TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE COMMUNITY, HELPING BRING PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE ARTS, WORKING WITH OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS, AND JUST CREATING A REALLY, UM, FANTASTIC AND EXCITING EXPERIENCE HERE IN SEDONA.
I HOPE ALL OF YOU CAN COME THIS SUNDAY, OR AT LEAST ONCE DURING THE YEAR TO HEAR THE ORCHESTRA.
AND, UM, I'VE CONDUCTED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THIS IS NOW THE PLACE THAT I WANNA, UH, REALLY GIVE MY TIME AND JUST DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING ME.
IT'S MY FIRST DAY, AND I'VE, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HAD SUCH A INCREDIBLE WELCOME AS I'VE HAD HERE IN SEDONA.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I HOPE TO, TO MEET ALL OF YOU.
[7.a. Domestic Violence Awareness Month, October 2023.]
PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS.WE HAVE FOUR VERY EXCITING, UH, ITEM A IS MINE.
THIS IS FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
JESSE, WHERE ARE YOU? HERE YOU GO.
SO I'M GONNA READ THIS AND I'M GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SPLIT THEM UP AMONGST THE COUNCIL.
SO, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, OCTOBER, 2023.
WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A PATTERN OF CO, CO, CO COHESIVE CO THANK YOU.
COHESIVE CONTROL AND ABUSIVE BEHAVIORS.
UH, AND ANY INTIMATE OR FAMILIAL FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP.
BOY, YOU SHOULD HAVE READ THIS ONE, A RELATIONSHIP THAT ARE USED TO GAIN AND MAINTAIN POWER AND CONTROL OVER ANOTHER.
AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN PRESENT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, INCLUDING EMOTIONAL ABUSE, ECONOMIC ABUSE, PHYSICAL ABUSE, USING CHILDREN, REPRODUCTION, UH, COERCION, ISOLATION, AND SEXUAL ABUSE.
AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS AN ISSUE, UH, AFFECTING AMAZONIANS IN ALL COMMUNITIES, REGARDLESS OF RACE, AGE, GENDER, ECONOMIC STATUS, RE UH, RELIGION, NATIONALITY, OR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.
AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 12 MILLION WOMEN AND MEN ARE VICTIMS OF RAPE, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, OR STALKING BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER IN THE UNITED STATES EVERY YEAR, AVERAGING 24 PEOPLE PER MINUTE.
AND WHEREAS ONE IN FOUR WOMEN AND ONE IN 10 MEN HAVE EXPERIENCED CONTACT, UH, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, AND OR STALKING BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER DURING THEIR LIFETIME.
AND WHEREAS 30% OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO INTIMATE PARTNERS VIOLENCE HAD THEIR FIRST EXPOSURE BEFORE THE AGE OF TWO.
AND AN ADDITIONAL 26% HAD THEIR FIRST EXPOSURE BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO AND SEVEN.
AND WHEREAS VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE LONG-TERM MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CONCERNS, INCLUDING A HIGHER RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASE, SUBSTANTIAL ABUSE, OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, EXCUSE ME, POST-TRAUMATIC
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STRESS DISORDER, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND RISKY BEHAVIORS.AND WHEREAS PROMOTING HEALTHY, RESPECTFUL, AND NONVIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS CAN HELP REDUCE THE OCCURRENCE OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, SUPPORT SURVIVORS, AND LESSENED, UH, SHORT AND LONG-TERM, UH, HARM OF ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND INTERVENTION EFFORTS AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ADVOCATE, WHO PROVIDE ADVOCACY, UH, EFFORTS, SERVICES, AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS. NOW, THERE, I, UH, SCOTT JALO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, UH, 2023 IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS, PARENTS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESS, HOSPITAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN THE CITY OF SEDONA TO SUPPORT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARE, UH, SURVIVORS AND TAKE A STAND AGAINST ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN RELATIONSHIPS.
ISSUED THIS 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023.
UM, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS.
UM, I THINK THE PROCLAMATION DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, OF LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT THE SCOPE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS ABOUT VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY, WHICH IS, UM, WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I'M THE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY.
WE'VE BEEN IN THE VERDE VALLEY FOR 30 YEARS, PROVIDING SERVICES, UM, SAFETY AND COMFORT TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
IN FISCAL YEAR 2223, WE PROVIDED MORE THAN 5,300 SERVICES TO OVER 1,250 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
AND OVER 140 PREVENTION EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS TO OVER A THOUSAND YOUTH IN OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, WE APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH, AND HONOR THE TREMENDOUS AND DEDICATION OF ADVOCATES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, MUNICIPALITIES, AND HONOR THE COURAGE AND RESILIENCE OF SURVIVORS AND COMMIT OURSELVES EVERY DAY TO STANDING WITH THEM FOR SAFETY, DIGNITY, AND JUSTICE.
SO ON BEHALF OF VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY, THANK YOU AGAIN TO, UM, MR. MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND THE COUNSELORS FOR PROCLAIMING OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
YOU WANT SAY SOMETHING? MENTION THE EVENT.
THAT WAS A GREAT, THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT, UH, ED, CONGRATULATIONS.
THE MAYOR AND I WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY FOR A FUNDRAISER FOR THE SANCTUARY LAST SUNDAY.
AND, UH, IT WAS WONDERFUL EVENT SOLD OUT MM-HMM.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU RAISED OVER $118,000, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
[7.b. 25th Anniversary of the Sedona Heritage Museum, October 18, 2023.]
B UM, MM.A VICE MAYOR, YOU'LL PRESENT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM.
THIS I'LL SAY, WHEREAS ON OCTOBER 18TH, 1998, THE SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM WAS OPENED BY A SMALL GROUP OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO HAD A COMMON VISION FOR THE CREATION OF AN ENTITY DEDICATED TO DISCOVERING, PRESERVING, INTERPRETING, AND SHARING THE STORIES OF OUR CULTURAL PAST.
AND WHEREAS THE SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A RICH LOCAL HISTORY, HERITAGE OF CULTURAL TRADITION, BODY OF KNOWLEDGE, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY SEDONA RESIDENTS, BOTH IN THE PAST AND CONTINUING TODAY AND WORTHY OF REMEMBERING.
AND WHEREAS THE SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM IS A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO RESEARCH, PRESERVE, AND TEACH THE HISTORY OF THE GREATER SEDONA AREA.
AND WHEREAS THE SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM HAS OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, PRESENTED COUNTLESS EXHIBITS, PROGRAMS, PRESENTATIONS, SPEAKERS, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND STUDENT EXPERIENCES TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEDONAS UNIQUE HISTORY.
AND WHEREAS THE SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM OWNS, AND MANAGES AND EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS ON THE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND EVENTS OF THE SEDONA AREA, INCLUDING OPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY'S TWO HISTORIC CEMETERIES AND A SURVIVING
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HOMESTEAD HOUSE AND BUILDING FROM THE OLD SEDONA MOVIE SET.AND WHEREAS THROUGH THE SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM'S WORK, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF RESIDENTS CAN DISCOVER AND CONNECT WITH SEDONAS PAST, LEARN FROM HISTORICAL LEADERS AND MILESTONES AND IMPACT THE FUTURE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I SCOTT JALO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA ON BEHALF OF THE SEDONA CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 2023, AS SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM DAY IN SEDONA.
NATE, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU BEEN AROUND ALL THAT TIME SINCE I, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ONE TO 25 YEARS.
BUT HOW LONG DOES IT FEEL? RIGHT? RIGHT.
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE OFF ALYSSA, TAKE OFF YOUR STICKER.
ANOTHER AMAZING ORGANIZATION, MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR COUNSELORS.
I, I DO JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF, UM, THE, THE, UM, VOLUNTEERS, STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SEDONA HISTORICAL SITE IN SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM.
AND WE DO HAVE OUR BOARD PRESIDENT ELLO HERE AS WELL TODAY.
I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR THIS PROCLAMATION FOR NAMING, UH, NEXT WEDNESDAY SEDONA HERITAGE MUSEUM DAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
[7.c. Sedona Mitvah Day, October 29, 2023.]
SEVEN C UH, COUNCIL DUNN WILL PRESENT THE, UH, PROCLAMATION FOR SEDONA MITZVAH DAY THOUGHT NEWS.'CAUSE I'M VERY YOU PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS.
YOU GO TO RABBI MCGALL, UH, B HANKS AND JOE CONCERT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN SEDONA NEED HELP BEYOND WHAT THEIR MEANS AND CURRENT STRUCTURES PROVIDE.
AND WHEREAS VOLUNTEERISM IS THE WILLINGNESS OF PEOPLE TO SERVE OTHERS WITHOUT BEING MOTIVATED BY THEIR OWN FINANCIAL GAIN.
AND WHEREAS MITZVAH, THE HEBREW WORD FOR COMMANDMENT, HAS COME TO EXPRESS ACTS OF HUMAN KINDNESS.
AND WHEREAS SINCE MITZVAH DAY BEGAN IN 2007 AND HELPS ORGANIZATIONS ATTRACT NEW VOLUNTEERS FOR WORK, NOT ONLY THAT DAY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEREBY PROVIDING IMPORTANT SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THIS DAY OF SERVICE REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT VALUE, EXPERIENCE, BELONGING AND FULFILLMENT, AND TO THE, TO THE ORGANIZATIONS OF SEDONA THAT PROVIDE VITAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR SCOTT JALO AND THE CITY OF SEDONA, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY TO HEREBY PROCLAIM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, 2023 AS MITZVAH DAY, GOOD DEEDED DAY, A SPIRIT LED DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN SEDONA AND THE VERDE VALLEY, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF VOLUNTEERS AND TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS BY VOLUNTEERING FOR ONE OF THE MANY PROJECTS DESIGNED TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, THE COMMUNITY AND THE PLANET ISSUED THIS 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023.
SO IT'S SO MOVING TO HAVE A WHOLE CITY PROCLAIM A DAY, A MITZVAH DAY, ESPECIALLY NOW WHERE THE HEBREW LANGUAGE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL ARE UNDER SUCH ATTACK.
SO TO HAVE SOMETHING POSITIVE IS VERY HEARTENING.
I'M REMEMBERING BACK TO 2007 AND ALL THOSE 11 YEARS THAT I, ALONG WITH BARBARA LATRELL, A BLESSED MEMORY CO-LED AM MITZVAH DAY, SOME YEARS WE HAD AS MANY AS 400, UH, VOLUNTEERS OF ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, OF ABILITY.
THIS IS A GREAT CITY, AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE VISION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A SPIRIT LED DAY OF VOLUNTEERISM
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MITZVAH.GORE MITZVAH ONE MITZVAH GETS TO ONE ANOTHER, ONE GOOD DEED GOES TO ANOTHER, GOES TO ANOTHER, GOES TO ANOTHER, ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER.
AND WHEN WE TAKE A GOOD STEP IN ONE DIRECTION, IT LEADS DOWN A PATH OF GOOD DEEDS AND HOPEFULNESS, UM, AMIDST WHATEVER CHALLENGES WE FACE IN OUR LIVES, IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IN THE WORLD.
[7.d. Sedona Kindness Day, November 13, 2023.]
ORIGINAL COUNCILOR DUNN COULD DO SIT ON A KINDNESS DAY, WHEREAS KINDNESS GIVES BIRTH TO KINDNESS SOLES.AND WHEREAS KINDNESS IS A LANGUAGE THE DEAF CAN HEAR AND THE BLIND CAN SEE MARK TWAIN.
AND WHEREAS DEEDS OF KINDNESS ARE EQUAL IN WEIGHT TO ALL THE COMMANDMENTS, THE TALMUD.
AND WHEREAS KINDNESS IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION, WHICH BRIDGES THE DIVIDES OF RACE, RELIGION, POLITICS, AND GENDER.
AND WHEREAS IN 1998, WORLD KINDNESS DAY WAS INTRODUCED BY THE WORLD KINDNESS MOVEMENT TO HIGHLIGHT GOOD DEEDS IN ALL COMMUNITIES, FOCUSING ON THE POSITIVE POWER AND THE COMMON THREAD OF KINDNESS THAT BINDS US.
AND WHEREAS A GROUP OF SEDONA CITIZENS FORMED SEDONA KIND TO HELP SPREAD KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGE ACTS OF KINDNESS LOCALLY AND AROUND THE WORLD, AND TO URGE ALL CITIZENS TO CREATE THEIR OWN ACTS OF KINDNESS, TO PAY IT FORWARD, AND TO MATCH THE MAGIC AND TRANSFORMATION TRANSFORMATIVE POWERS OF OUR RED ROCKS WITH THE KINDNESS OF ALL THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE HERE NOW.
NOW, THEREFORE, HE, SCOTT JALO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEDONA, ARIZONA ON BEHALF OF THE SEDONA CITY COUNCIL, IN RECOGNITION OF THE HISTORICAL VALUE AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT TO OBSERVING A DAY TO CELEBRATE KINDNESS, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023, A SEDONA KINDNESS DAY, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF SEDONA TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND TO TAKE TO HEART THE STATEMENT BY SENECA, WHEREVER THERE IS A HUMAN BEING, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE KIND ISSUE.
THIS 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD WORK ON SUPPOSED TO DO.
ARE ARE WE CAMERAING OFF CAMERA? YEAH.
UM, MAYOR JALO AND COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH A COMMITTED, SMART, AND KIND COUNCIL, SO I THANK YOU FOR AGAIN, GIVING US THIS PROCLAMATION.
UM, AS MAYOR JUST SAID, SHOULDN'T EVERY DAY BE KINDNESS DAY? WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON THIS, CAN'T WE, ALICIA? AND WE ARE PARTNERING ACTUALLY WITH MITZVAH DAY, WITH SEDONA KIND.
THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR GROUP, TO ALL OF US.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OUT WITH A KINDNESS DAY ON NOVEMBER 13TH, AND THEN WE KIND OF EXPANDED TO A KINDNESS WEEK DURING A ROUND NOVEMBER 13TH.
AND NOW WE CALL IT SEDONA, OUR SEASON OF KINDNESS.
SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT EVERY DAY THING.
BUT WE HAVE A SEASON OF KINDNESS AND WE HAVE SO MANY ACTIVITIES.
YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO LOOK, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUR MOVIE LEONNA PARTNERING WITH SIF ON NOVEMBER 13TH, ON MID ON WORLD KINDNESS DAY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT, UH, DOCUMENTARIES THAT SIF HAS EVER OFFERED.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S AMAZING FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO COME AND SEE OUR GRATITUDE.
TREES WILL BE GOING UP AROUND TOWN.
ALMOST A THOUSAND HATS WILL AGAIN BE BEING DELIVERED TO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN, IN ALL IN THE SCHOOLS.
UM, YOU MIGHT ASK, WHY DO YOU GIVE THEM EVERY YEAR? AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE TEACHERS HAVE TOLD US THAT ONE CHILD WILL COME IN AND SHE'LL SAY, WELL, DMITRI, WHERE IS, WHERE IS YOUR CAT THAT YOU GOT? AND HE SAID, IT'S MY BROTHER'S TURN.
UM, WE WILL BE GIVING THE BLESSING BAGS TO THE HOMELESS VETERANS OVER AT THE COTTONWOOD POST,
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UM, PET BLANKETS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.AND THIS YEAR KIND OF A NEW THING, WE WANTED TO HONOR THE BUS DRIVERS OH, COOL.
UH, WHO TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN AND KEEP THEM SAFE.
AND ONE OF OUR CRAFT QUEENS, NOT ME, MADE THIS TO GO IN A BIG BASKET OF GOODIES TO THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO, YOU KNOW, EVERY MORNING AND EVERY AFTERNOON.
UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST QUITE A THING TO, TO TRY TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT YOU CAN DO EVERY DAY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS AND I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE YOU, I'M SUCH A TRADITIONALIST AND A RITUALIST.
SO I LEAVE YOU WITH THE KIND SAME KINDNESS QUOTE EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS FROM THE DALAI LAMA.
AND IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, BE KIND WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
OKAY, NOW WE GET DOWN TO BUSINESS, BUSINESS ITEM EIGHT,
[8.a. Reports/discussion regarding Council assignments.]
A REPORT DISCUSSION REGARDING COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS.UM, WAIT, DID WE HAVE THAT ALREADY, JEFF? NOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
WE MOVED IT TO, YEAH, WE MOVED IT TO THE BEGINNING.
THAT'S WHAT ME, WE MOVED IT TO THE BEGINNING.
SO, UM, AND COUNCILOR FURMAN HAD HIS HAND UP.
MAYOR, I'M NOT EVEN SEEING WE, WE LOST YOU, PETE.
UM, OKAY, PETE, YOU HAVE SOME STUFF FOR THE, FOR THE MULTIPLE WATER PROGRAMS YOU'RE WITH? YEAH.
YES, I DID WANNA MENTION THAT.
UH, THIS YEAR, UH, THE ARIZONA CAPITAL TIMES NAMED, UH, LET'S, THEY USUALLY DO BUNCHES OF LEADERS OF THE YEAR, AND ONE OF THEM WAS RON DOVA, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BOTH OF THE WATER BOARDS THAT I'M ON.
SO I WANTED TO JUST PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE, UH, RON DOVA FOR HIS SERVICE TO ALL OF NORTHERN ARIZONA IN TAKING ON THE WATER ISSUES THAT HE HAS FOR HIS WHOLE CAREER.
[8.b. AB 3000 Discussion/possible direction on the DRAFT Rules of Procedure for the City’s new 11-member Tourism Advisory Board.]
GO TO, UH, ITEM EIGHT B AB 3000 DISCUSSION POSSIBLE DIRECTION ON THE DRAFT RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE CITY'S NEW 11 MEMBER TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD.I WASN'T SURE WHO WAS GONNA DO IT.
VICE MAYOR, COUNSELORS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START.
UM, KURT IS THE AUTHOR OF THE DRAFT DOCUMENT OF, UH, THAT'S IN YOUR PACKETS.
IT IS A, A DRAFT OF A RULES OF PROCEDURE DOCUMENT FOR THE NEW TAB.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE OF NUMEROUS MORE OR LESS HOUSEKEEPING THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THIS NEW BOARD ESTABLISHED.
SO THE, THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU APPROVED A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT ESTABLISHED THE TAB ITSELF CALLED FOR THE RULES OF PROCEDURE TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT THEN VETTED THROUGH THE TAB ONCE THEY'RE SEATED, SO THAT THOSE MEMBERS WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE SOME INPUT, UM, POTENTIAL EDITS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO YOU.
SO YOU ARE NOT AGENDIZED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS TONIGHT, BUT WE DO WANNA KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY EDITS AT THIS POINT, CLARIFICATIONS, ADDITIONS, ET CETERA, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MEMORIALIZE THE DRAFT TODAY, PASS THAT ALONG TO THE TAB WHEN THEY MEET, AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR ADOPTION WITH THEIR COMMENTS AND, UH, AND INPUT.
A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT.
ONE WAS THE, UM, BOARD THE RULES OF PROCEDURE CALL FOR THE BOARD TO MEET QUARTERLY.
SO IT JUST MEANS THAT IF THAT'S WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BY, UH, ESTABLISHING THESE, ESTABLISHING THE BODY, YOU'RE ESTABLISHING AN EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH WORK
BUT IT'D REALLY BE DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF WORKLOAD.
YOU, AS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE EMBARKING ON A, A BROAD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
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EFFORT FOR BOTH A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR TOURISM AND A BRANDING AND MARKETING EXERCISE FROM THERE, OR POTENTIALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF THAT WORK, UM, THE MANAGEMENT SIDE AND THE STRATEGIC, UM, SUSTAINABLE TOURISM PLANNING WORK.SO THERE'S JUST A LOT THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING INITIALLY.
UM, SO THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WILL ONLY MEET QUARTERLY TO START.
WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE THEM MEET MORE FREQUENTLY.
THE RULES OF PROCEDURE ALSO HAVE THE, THEY THEY CALL OUT THAT THE FIRST, UH, MEETING OF A NEW CALENDAR YEAR WHEN A BOARD CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR POSITION HAVE EXPIRED.
THOSE ARE TWO YEAR TERMS THAT THE BODY WOULD VOTE ON A NEW CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR.
THAT WILL BE WHAT YOU WILL ADOPT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU AGREE WITH WHEN THE, WHEN THE RULES OF PROCEDURE COME BACK TO YOU.
BECAUSE THE BOARD WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AND YOU ALL WOULD'VE ALREADY POINT APPOINTED THE INITIAL CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UM, BECAUSE THE BODY HASN'T BEEN SEATED TOGETHER, THEY DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
UM, THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNSEL WILL DO JUST FOR THE INAUGURAL APPOINTMENTS.
AND THE, I HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THE MEETING ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR OTHER BODIES.
FROM WHAT I CAN FIND IN LUS, KURT OR JOE, TELL ME DIFFERENTLY.
WE DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR P AND Z, UM, BUT NOT A SPECIFIC DEFINED ATTENDANCE CRITERIA FOR H P C.
SO FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, UM, IT CALLS FOR FAILURE TO ATTEND THREE MEETINGS DURING A 12 MONTH PERIOD, OR THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS NECESSARY TO BE EFFICIENT IN THEIR DUTIES AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT MEANS THEY, THEY COULD BE A, A MEMBER COULD BE REMOVED FOR ONE OF THOSE FAILING TO HIT ONE OF THOSE TWO MARKS.
P AND Z GENERALLY MEETS MONTHLY, ALBEIT THAT IS ALSO ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.
IF THEY HAVE NO CASES OR NO AGENDA ITEMS, THEY, THEY CAN CANCEL.
SO THREE MEETINGS DURING A 12 MONTH PERIOD FOR A BODY THAT'S EXPECTED TO MEET MONTHLY IS DIFFERENT THAN THREE MEETINGS IF YOU'RE ONLY MEETING QUARTERLY.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND, BUT I KNOW THAT, UM, SOME OF YOU WANTED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AS DRAFTED, CALL FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE ABSENCES, NOT IN ANY SPECIFIC PERIOD, UH, BUT JUST THREE CONSECUTIVE ABSENCES AS THE CRITERIA.
SO IF, IF YOU WANT TO, UM, AMEND THAT OR CLARIFY IT TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME OR SO FORTH, THEN THAT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE.
AND I THINK KURT IS READY TO, TO MAKE SOME EDITS.
AND DO YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS, KURT? UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST ON THAT ONE.
THE EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM, I DID TAKE START WITH THE THREE TO COPY P AND Z, UH, BUT I CHANGED IT.
UM, AND IT'S UP TO CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY TO REMOVE ANYONE FROM FROM THAT'S WHAT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT TOO.
SO, UM, CAN WE MAKE THAT CHANGE? IT, IT'S SAYING, OH, IT SAYS MAY BE SUBJECT TO ACTION.
WELL, WHY WOULD HE EVEN HAVE IT IN THERE? WOULD BE SUBJECT BY ACTION BY COUNCIL.
I I MEANT THAT TO BE COUNCIL AND IF, SEE IF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FEE AGREES.
ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT.
UM, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NECESSARILY, H P C AND P N Z ARE NOT, UM, ALIGNED THE POLICIES.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO THIS WOULD NOT NEED TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH ONE OR THE OTHER BECAUSE I WAS THINKING WHETHER IT'S QUARTERLY OR WHETHER IT'S MONTHLY FOR START, UH, INSTEAD OF SAYING DEFINING IT SAYS EXCESSIVE ABSENCES DEFINED AS THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS MISSED.
IF THAT WAS CHANGED TO 50% OR MORE OF MEETINGS IN A YEAR, UH, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD GIVE IT THE MORE FLEXIBILITY FROM IF IT'S MEETING QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY? SO THAT'S THE LANGUAGE I WOULD SUGGEST IS CHANGING IT TO SAY, UH, EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM IS DEFINED AS MISSING 50% OR MORE OF MEETINGS IN A CALENDAR YEAR.
SO, SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT'S, IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO COUNCIL ON ON THAT ONE.
UH, A A LOT YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU DID TAKE A LOOK AT H P C RULES OF PROCEDURE AND P AND Z RULES AND PROCEDURE, THERE'S A, THERE'S MORE IN BOTH OF THOSE.
BUT BOTH OF THOSE BOARDS TAKE LEGAL ACTION AT TIMES.
THEY HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON DIFFERENT ITEMS, ESPECIALLY P AND Z HAS A, A LOT OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT COME FROM STATE LAW.
UH, WHEREAS THIS BOARD BEING AN ADVISORY BOARD IN NATURE DOESN'T, DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THAT.
I DID ALSO MAKE IT MORE UNLIKE P AND Z AND,
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UM, OR, OR MORE SPECIFICALLY IN HERE THAN COMPARED TO P AND Z AND H P C IS THESE BOARD MEMBERS SERVED JUST AT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL AND A MAJORITY OF VOTER COUNCIL ON ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON OR NO REASON, COULD, COULD REMOVE THEM OFF THE BOARD, VICE MAYOR.AND, AND HERE, THE EX THE EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM IS A MAY ULTIMATELY FOR COUNSELORS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO AGREE THAT IT WAS EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM REGARDLESS OF THE DEFINITION.
WE COULD JUST, YOU COULD TAKE OUT THE DEFINITION IF YOU WANTED TO.
AND IF A COMPLAINT CAME FORWARD, UM, FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO DECIDE IT WAS EXCESSIVE, THEN THEY COULD BE REMOVED.
I, I WOULD RATHER SEE SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC BECAUSE WE HAD 37 APPLICATIONS, WE INTERVIEWED 20 PEOPLE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN 11 MEMBER BOARD.
THESE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE POSITIONS AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT APPLICANTS, I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE, THIS IS AN EXPECTATION THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE SERIOUSLY.
AND WE HAVEN'T YET, UH, DELIBERATED ON WHO THOSE 11 WILL BE.
SO I CAN'T ANNOUNCE THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'M LOOKING AT TRYING TO BALANCE THE MY 11 SUGGESTED MEMBERS, UH, BY A NUMBER OF CRITERIA.
AND IF PEOPLE DO NOT ATTEND, THEN THEY, THEY, UH, THAT BALANCE BECOMES OUT OF BALANCE.
AND WE NEED THE, THE MOST DIVERSE, I THINK, REPRESENTATION.
AND THAT'S MY GOAL, TO MAKE THAT REPRESENTATION VERY DIVERSE AND COVER, UH, THE WIDE SPECTRUM OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I DO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY PARTICIPATE.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE BALANCE IS OFF AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT REPRESENTATION THAT WE'RE DESPERATELY WANT TO, UH, TO FIND.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, I LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION, COUNSELOR KINSELLA WITH 50% AND IT IS STILL, UH, PERMISSIVE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A MAY, IT'S NOT A WILL OR SHALL.
SO IT DOES SET THOUGH, FOR ALL THE MEMBERS WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE.
AND OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE HAVE LIVES AND THINGS COME UP AND THEY'RE GONNA MISS MEETINGS, BUT THEY WILL KNOW WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE ABOUT THEIR ATTENDANCE.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, AND I, I ALSO AGREE, BUT IF YOU'RE BEGINNING THE FIR YOU'RE SIX MONTHS INTO THE, UH, PROGRAM, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE 50% WOULD BE IF SOMEONE'S ALREADY OUT, SAY THREE OR FOUR TIMES, YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE REST OF THE MEETINGS? THEY MAY GO FROM, UH, ONCE A MONTH TO QUARTERLY, THAT NUMBER CAN CHANGE.
AND, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR, UH, CONCERN AND I SHARE THAT CONCERN.
WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO COMMIT TO BEING THERE OFTEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ABSENCES, ILLNESS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DEFINE 50% EACH YEAR.
ACTUALLY, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? I THINK YOU CLARIFY BECAUSE I THINK WHEN I SAID IT, I SAID IN A CALENDAR YEAR, I WOULD WANNA AMEND THAT TO SAY IT IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD SO THAT YES, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW UNTIL AFTERWARDS.
BUT LET'S SAY YOU ARE MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH.
SO THERE, AND YOU GET THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR AND SOMEBODY HAS MISSED, SO THERE WERE SIX MEETINGS AND SOMEBODY HAS MISSED THREE AT THAT POINT, YOU COULD THEN REMOVE THEM.
SO IF WE CHANGE MY LANGUAGE TO 12 MONTH PERIOD, I THINK IT WOULD ADDRESS YOUR CONCERN.
YOU WOULD BE AFTER THE FACT, OF COURSE.
BUT IN A, AS SOON AS A 12 MONTH PERIOD IS OVER, YOU'D HAVE A RECORD OF SOMEBODY'S BEHAVIOR THAT YOU POINT TO, THAT YOU ON, WHICH YOU WOULD BE REMOVING THEM THE BASIS OF REMOVING THEM.
BUT THEN IF YOU GO ONCE A MONTH, OKAY, AND THEN YOU GO INTO A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A BIG PROJECT GOING AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TWICE A MONTH, THAT CHANGES THE NUMBERS MOVING FORWARD.
AND IF THEY'VE HAD THE SAME, I MEAN, I, I, WELL THAT'S A, I THINK WOULD BE MORE OF A PROBLEM IN THE FIRST YEAR.
I THINK EVENTUALLY THIS WILL GET ON A, OKAY.
ON A MORE, UM, STABLE CALENDAR SCHEDULE.
KAREN, YOU WOULD NOT BE MEETING EVERY OTHER
SO JUST IN THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, NO, THEY WON'T.
THAT'S WHY PERCENTAGE IS GOOD INSTEAD OF A NUMBER, BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES THAT.
KURT, YOU, YOU WANNA WEIGH IN? I I THINK THREE MEETINGS PER OR EVERY 12 MONTHS WOULD BE FINE.
AND ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU SAID, COUNSELOR? NO, I SAID 50%.
OH, DID YOU CHANGE IT FROM THREE TO 50? NO, I NEVER SAID THREE
I SAID, UM, CHANGING THE DEFINITION TO EXCESSIVE ABSENTEES WAS DEFINED AS MISSING 50% OR
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MORE OF MEETINGS IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.
I WAS GONNA ASK FOR THE, MAKE IT ON A 12 MONTH ROLLING 12 MONTH BASIS.
COUNCIL DUNN, YOU HAVE YOU WANNA WEIGH IN? YEAH, IT JUST, UM, I ALWAYS HAVE A, A PROBLEM WHEN WE'RE ROLLING FORWARD TO ASSUME BEHAVIOR THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE WHAT THE MAYOR'S POINT WAS.
AND IF WE'RE GOING OVER IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND YOU MISS TWO OF THOSE MEETINGS AND THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE FOUR, THOSE MIGHT BE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT MEETINGS NOT TO HAVE MISSED IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO I, I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT COMMITMENT AND COMMITMENT ISN'T THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU SHOW UP.
IT'S WHEN YOU SHOW UP AND HOW YOU SHOW UP.
RIGHT? AND SO IF I, IF I MAKE IT SOME ARBITRARY 50% OR 30% OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT, UM, I MIGHT BE MISSING THE, THE, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE PEOPLE NEEDED TO BE THERE FOR CERTAIN KEY MEETINGS AND THEY WEREN'T THERE.
SO BECAUSE WE CAN REMOVE THEM AT ANY POINT IN TIME FOR ANY REASON, AS STATED EARLIER IN, IN THIS, THIS DOCUMENT, AS I RECALL THERE, I WOULD WANT TO HEAR FROM STAFF AND I WOULD WANT TO HEAR POTENTIALLY FROM THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO JUST ISN'T PARTICIPATING AT A LEVEL THAT A, AFFORDS THEIR VOICE BEING HEARD REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY REPRESENT OR WHO THEY REPRESENT.
SO I'M ALMOST OF AN OPINION THAT YOU DON'T NEED THIS, THAT THE IDEA OF EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM MAY BE MORE AROUND WHEN YOU'RE NOT THERE, AS OPPOSED TO HOW MANY DAYS YOU'RE NOT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THAT MAKES SENSE.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA WEIGH IN? I CAN, I CAN RESPOND SINCE I MAY, CAN YOU RESPOND AND I, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, WITH THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS, EVEN IN OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR COUNSEL, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT ADDRESSES, ISN'T THERE SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT EVERY DOCUMENT WE HAVE FOR BODIES THAT WE HAVE HAS SOME SORT OF EXPECTATION OF ATTENDANCE ADDRESSED SOMEHOW IN IT.
IT'S NOT CONSISTENT HOW IT'S ADDRESSED, BUT IT'S ADDRESSED.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S TO SET TONE, UM, AS, AS THE VICE MAYOR HAD SAID, IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE, THAT THERE WOULD BE EYES ON THAT POTENTIALLY AS AN ISSUE.
UM, I THINK THIS IS NOT SAYING NOR, AND I DIDN'T CERTAINLY SAY THAT IN THE LANGUAGE DOESN'T SAY THAT THEY WOULD BE REMOVED AFTER MISSING THESE MEETINGS.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S ROOM FOR SUBJECTIVITY IN THERE AS WELL.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, TO LEAVE IT COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE, I THINK LEAVES US OPEN TO, TO BEING TOLD THAT WE MIGHT BE, UM, APPLYING SOMETHING IN ARBITRARY FASHION UNLESS IT'S ADDRESSED IN THE DOCUMENT OF EXPECTATIONS.
SO I, I DO FEEL THE NEED FOR, FOR SOMETHING TO BE IN THERE.
DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR ANOTHER BODY, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM.
AND WHEN I, UH, ASKED ABOUT TO THE CHAIR OF THAT BODY WHAT ACTION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE, IF ANY, THEY SAID, WELL, OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE ARE NOT REALLY VERY SPECIFIC.
SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE AUTHORITY.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK THAT COUNCILOR DUNN SAID IT WOULD COME FROM THAT THE BOARD AND FROM STAFF.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA MICROMANAGE, WE'RE NOT GONNA KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT.
SO I THINK IF IT GOT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE CHAIR MENTIONED IT TO UH, UH, THEIR LIAISON AND IT WOULD WORK ITS WAY UP TO THE CITY MANAGER, IT WOULD COME TO US.
IT WOULD'VE TO BE PRETTY EXTREME BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T SAY EXCUSED ABSENCES.
THIS SAYS EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM.
SO, UH, EVEN IF IT'S EXCUSED, SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, I'M GONNA TAKE A TRIP, I'M GOING AWAY.
WELL, I'M, I'M LETTING YOU KNOW WHY.
SO I, AND I LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT DOESN'T SAY EXCUSED.
BUT IT, UH, I BELIEVE I, I'M JUST UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE 50% FOR WHAT I SAID BEFORE BECAUSE MOVING FORWARD, BUT CAN WE, IS IT FAIR TO USE
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50% FROM WHAT THE PRIOR YEAR WAS OF? BUT THERE'S NO PRIOR YEAR? NO, NO, NO.THAT'S, BUT I'M LOOKING PAST THE FIRST YEAR.
SO IF YOU GO INTO SECOND YEAR AND YOU HAVE THREE ABSENCES OR MORE.
IF YOU'RE GOING 50%, IT'S ALWAYS A YEAR BEHIND.
'CAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD CAN ONLY REMOVE SOMEBODY BASED ON A HISTORY.
YOU CAN'T SAY, I THINK YOU INTEND TO BE OUTSIDE.
SAY YOU NEED A HISTORY TO BE ABLE TO POINT TO.
BUT IF SOMEBODY STARTS OFF TO, I'M ALSO GONNA ASK, I'M SORRY IF, IF THE AUDIENCE HAS COMMENTS TO MAKE, IF THEY COULD GO OUTSIDE.
'CAUSE IT IS A LITTLE DISTRACTING TO US.
I KNOW YOU DON'T THINK WE CAN HEAR YOU, BUT WE CAN THANK YOU.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO COVER ALL BASES, BECAUSE I KNOW THE SITUATION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VICE MAYOR AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THE EXPECTATION IS CLEAR TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HOW SERIOUS WE'RE TAKING THIS BOARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, OR THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST 18 MONTHS.
AND BARRING COVID OR SOME OTHER MEDICAL ISSUE, WE EXPECT 'EM TO BE THERE.
SO IF 50%, IS IT WHAT WE DECIDE ON? I'M FINE WITH SOMETHING.
I JUST WANNA BE, I WANT IN, IN THE, UH, ORDINANCE.
SO JESSICA, HAVE YOU WEIGH IN? NO.
I DON'T, I DON'T SEE YOU, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE THERE.
I DID, UH, I SHARE THE CONCERN THAT SOME, UH, LANGUAGE IN HERE DOES NEED TO BE HERE.
I APPRECIATE THE VICE MAYOR BRINGING THAT UP AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KINSELLA FOR, FOR ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.
UH, I CAN MAKE ARGUMENTS SORT OF EITHER WAY HOW THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN, SCENARIOS WHERE ONE, ONE, UH, DRAFTING WOULD BE BETTER THAN THE OTHER.
BUT I DID WANT A CLARIFICATION THAT IF WE'RE SAYING 50% OR MORE, IS IT OVER THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS? THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
OR, OR IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO SEE 50% AND THEN WAIT TILL THE END OF A YES.
WE ARE 12 MONTH, YOU KNOW, THE END OF THE YEAR OR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, CALENDAR YEAR.
SO JUST EXACTLY HOW IS THAT GONNA WORK? IT IT, IT'LL HAVE TO BE CALCULATED OVER THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS.
YOU NEED AN ESTABLISHED HIS, YOU NEED AN ESTABLISHED HISTORY TO BE POINTING TO.
SO HOW CAN YOU, YOU CAN'T DO IT OTHER THAN RETRO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, SO, SO IN THE FIRST YEAR, THERE WOULD TECHNICALLY BE THE ISSUE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A 12 MONTH PERIOD AND SO YOU COULDN'T REMOVE SOMEONE FOR EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM.
BUT COUNCIL STILL HAS THE ABILITY TO REMOVE, UH, ANY MEMBER FOR ANY OTHER REASON.
I'M GOOD WITH THAT AS LONG AS, AND I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT'S THE COUNCIL THAT DOES IT, NOT THE BOARD AS, AS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
ARE WE GOOD TO MOVE ON? WELL, WHAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GIVING? SO I'VE CHANGED IT UP ON THE BOARD.
UM, IT'S TO FIND 50% OF MORE MEETINGS MISSED IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.
AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK SO WE'RE NOT ADOPTING THIS MM-HMM.
SO I WANNA HEAR WHAT THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS WELL.
BRIAN, DID YOU WANNA, OKAY, SO WE DID JUMP IN THE MIDDLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA START MORE AT THE BEGINNING AND START AT THE BEGINNING.
COUNCILOR CONSELLA, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE SINCE WE, WELL, YEAH, I, I WANTED, WE'LL GET THERE IF WE START AT THE BEGINNING OR THE MIDDLE.
I DID WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT, THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR PART WHEN WE GET THERE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, SECTION ONE IS THE NAME AND THE PURPOSE AND THE BOARD DIRECTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS.
THEN THESE WERE, UH, TAKEN FROM WHAT COUNCIL ALREADY WENT OVER, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
ANY ISSUES IN SECTION ONE THAT ANY COUNSELOR WANTS TO ADDRESS? OKAY.
THEN MOVING ON TO SECTION TWO IS MEMBERSHIP.
UH, THE 11 MEMBERS THAT SET BY THE RESOLUTION COUNCIL PASS.
UH, I'D LIKE IT A LITTLE TIGHTENED UP.
UH, C UH, C TWO HOLD GOVERNANCE AUTHORITY OVER THIS IS WHAT BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT DO, UH, OVER ANY CITY, EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT, OR PUBLIC.
I'D LIKE SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT WILL NOT CONTACT ANY CONSULTANT ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT THE ADVISORY TEAM.
UH, I ACTUALLY, THEY COULDN'T EVEN DO IT AT ALL ANYWAY.
CAN THEY, KAREN, AS EVEN AS A BODY, IF THEY WANNA CONTACT THE CONSULTANT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IT THROUGH, UH, HAVE TO DISCUSS IT AT A PUBLIC MEETING AND RIGHT.
BUT THEY CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T BE ON THEIR OWN GOING ROGUE AND, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS.
THE BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT HOLD GOVERNANCE AUTHORITY OVER
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ANY EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANT OR THE PUBLIC.IT SAYS, I THINK EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR IT TO SAY.
I THINK THERE'S GOVERNANCE AUTHORITY IF YOU WANTED TO BE MORE EXPLICIT OF, THEY, THEY SHOULDN'T BE REACHING OUT DIRECTLY TO ANY CONSULTANTS THAT WE MIGHT BE WORKING WITH AS INDIVIDUALS.
IS IT? THAT'S, NO, I KNOW, BUT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, AND I ACTUALLY DON'T OBJECT TO BOARD MEMBERS REACHING OUT TO STAFF TO ASK A QUESTION TO ASK FOR SOME INFORMATION.
IT, IF IT GOT EXCESSIVE, THEN IT WOULD BE, I THINK ON STAFF TO TRY TO EITHER WORK THROUGH THE CHAIR WITH THAT PERSON TO SET SOME EXPECTATIONS.
BUT I CAN IMAGINE THAT THERE WILL BE TIMES WHERE THERE MM-HMM.
BUT I JUST DON'T WANT, I WANNA BE SURE THEY, THEY WON'T BE DIRECTING STAFF.
BUT THEY DO REACH OUT, I, I TAKE THIS ABOUT HOLDING GOVERNANCE OVER THE CONSULTANT.
THEY, THEY'RE GONNA CONTACT THE, THE CONSULTANT AND TRY TO PRESSURE THEM TO CHANGE THEIR OPINION.
AND I'VE, WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN IN OTHER INSTANCES.
SO, SO THEY'RE PROHIBITED IN DOING THAT IN, IN, UM, BA JUST ABOVE.
THEY'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO WORK THROUGH THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AND NOT INDIVIDUALLY.
I MEAN, I, I THINK IT'S COVERED.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'D BE AN ISSUE IF THEY HAD A QUESTION AND THEY KNEW THE CONSULTANT OR SOMETHING AND THEY CALLED UP A CONSULTANT ONE TIME TO ASK A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION NECESSARILY.
BUT KAREN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ON THAT? WE TRY TO GET THEM TO WORK THROUGH STUFF.
I WOULD AGREE THAT IF IT'S A ONE-OFF, IT'S INNOCUOUS.
IT'S, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, BASIC QUESTION THAT, THAT NO ONE'S GONNA SANCTION ANYBODY FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK WE DO WANNA SET AN EXPECTATION FOR SORT OF PROCESS OF HOW THIS WOULD WORK AND IT WOULD BE WORKING THROUGH THE STAFF LIAISON.
SO ONE EIGHT COVERS MY CONCERN.
ONE THING YOU COULD MIGHT ADD WHERE YOU SAY CITY STAFF AND HIRED EXPERTS DO NOT REPORT TO THE TAB MEMBERS.
IT COULD BE CITY STAFF AND HIRED EXPERTS DO NOT REPORT AND ARE NOT, AND CANNOT BE DIRECTED BY INDIVIDUAL TAB MEMBERS.
THAT'S INCLUDED IN GOVERNANCE.
I KNOW THE WHOLE POINT IS IF YOU UNDERSTAND GOVERNANCE, ALL OF THAT'S INCLUDED.
BUT IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE SPECIFIC, YOU COULD ADD REPORT TO OR RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM.
I'M JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT THE MAYOR ASKED.
I UNDERSTOOD THE, THE WHOLE IDEA OF GOVERNANCE.
BUT I KNOW INSTANCES WHERE WE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD A SECTION IN THIS FOR ANOTHER GROUP.
SO WOULD THIS, UH, REALLY COVER IT? I, I THINK IT'S SUFFICIENT IS WRITTEN.
UM, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THEY, THE STAFF WILL DISCUSS WITH TAB MEMBERS AND AT TIMES THEY WILL RECEIVE, I'M NOT CONCERNED AS MUCH ABOUT STAFF AS I AM ABOUT THE CONSULTANTS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, THEY'LL PROVIDE A LOT OF INPUT INPUT AND ADVICE TO, TO STAFF.
UM, SO THERE'S GONNA BE COMMUNICATION THERE.
NOW YOU'RE GOING DOWN TO, UM, ARTICLE TWO, MEMBERSHIP 11 MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM THE FOLLOWING GROUPS, WHICH IS AGAIN, TAKEN FROM THE RESOLUTION.
UM, AND THEN CITY STAFF LIAISONS WILL, WILL BE THE TOURISM ECONOMIC INITIATIVES MANAGER.
AND THEN ANYONE ELSE, UM, UH, APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER GOT A SPACING ISSUE THERE.
UM, APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, AND SO THIS IS REALLY ANTICIPATING FUTURE APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, RULE FIVE OF THE SEDONA CITY COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURES HAS THE MAYOR AND A MAYOR DESIGNEE, WHICH HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE VICE MAYOR, AND THEN THE CHAIR, UH, TAKE INTERVIEW, INTERVIEW POTENTIAL, UH, REPLACEMENT TAB MEMBERS IN THE FUTURE AS THEIR TERMS EXPIRE OR AS THEY RESIGN.
UH, AND THEN THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL AND IT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR THE FINAL APPOINTMENT.
UM, BUT THE, THE REST OF COUNCIL WOULD NOT GENERALLY HAVE A ROLE IN APPOINTING FUTURE TAB MEMBERS.
SO YOU WANT TO, I KNOW YOU WANT TO.
MY QUESTION IS, AGAIN, I'M, I'M LOOKING TO COMPARE TO P AND Z DOES IT THAT WAY.
THEY HAVE A, AN ELECTION FOR THE CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR.
UM, SO THIS, THIS ISN'T FOR THE, THE BOARD CHAIR AND VICE, THIS IS APPOINTING NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I, I'M IN SECTION 3.1 OFFICERS.
ARE WE, WE READY TO SKIP DOWN TO
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THERE? OR EVERYONE OKAY WITH, OH, I'M SORRY.I THOUGHT NO, WE'RE AT, I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WE'RE IN 2.3.
FOR THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF 11 BOARD MEMBERS, FIVE SHALL BE APPOINTED TO TWO YEAR TERMS AND SIX APPOINTED TO FOUR YEAR TERMS. SO THE COUNCIL'S GONNA MAKE THAT DECISION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO PART OF THE DECISION ON THURSDAY, UM, WILL BE THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.
THEY'LL HAVE TO, AND THAT'S JUST TO GET, GET SOME STAGGERED TERMS. NO, I UNDERSTAND.
AND THEN IT'S ALL FOUR YEAR TERMS, CORRECT? IT SAYS SO THANK YOU.
BUT THAT, SO WE DON'T, THEY WE'LL HAVE HALF JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION FOR, FOR THE DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU FOR THE MASSIVE AUDIENCE ATTENDANCE.
FOR A, I EXPECT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING.
THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE WATCHING SECTION 2.5 VACANCIES.
ALRIGHT, ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN SECTION TWO POINT? IN SECTION TWO, I GUESS ARTICLE TWO? NO.
ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO THE BOARD OFFICERS AND, UH, COUNCILOR KINSELLA, I THINK.
SO, UH, WE KNOW HOW P N C DOES IT.
HOW DOES H P C DO IT? SAME WAY.
THEY POINT THEIR OWN CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
I JUST, UH, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS CONSISTENCY OR NOT CONSISTENCY OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS THE WAY IT IS.
VICE MAYOR, UH, I UNDERSTOOD, AND I BROUGHT THIS UP ON OUR TWO ON ONE YESTERDAY, BUT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE ADOPT THESE RULES, THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED BY COUNCIL.
BUT WHEN THE BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVE THESE, LEMME JUST, THEY WILL BE, YES.
THEY WILL THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE.
SO I DIDN'T APPOINTED HEAR WHAT YOU SAID APPOINTED.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST, THEY WILL THINK WHEN THE BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVE THIS, THEY WILL THINK THEY WILL BE ELECTING CORRECT.
SO SOMETHING SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN THERE TO CLARIFY FOR THE FIRST TERM.
RIGHT? SO AFTER THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR BY THE BOARD, THEN SUBSEQUENT BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO I'LL ADD IT TO THE END THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT WORKS FOR COUNCIL, SO MORE OF AN EXCEPTION.
SO I PUT IT AT THE END INSTEAD AT THE BEGINNING.
BUT THEREAFTER, THEY'LL, THEY'LL APPOINT IT AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY.
UH, AND FOR EASE FOR A CITY CLERK, UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE TERMS TRY TO ALL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST AND NEW TERMS START IN JANUARY ONE.
OKAY, WELL THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
SO THE FIRST TERM WE'LL HAVE AN EXTRA, THEY'LL GET AN EXTRA MONTH OR SO DEPENDING ON WHEN COUNSEL GETS AROUND TO APPOINTING THEM.
YEAH, AND, AND ACTUALLY, SO IN THE AGENDA BILL, AND AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE TAB WE WERE PROJECTING BY END OF NOVEMBER THAT THEY WOULD LIKELY HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING.
BUT REALISTICALLY END OF NOVEMBER IS THANKSGIVING.
WE'RE DOING OUR COUNCIL RETREAT ON THE 13TH AND 14TH OF DECEMBER.
SO WE'RE, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, GONNA HAVE A BIG HEAVY LIFT DURING THAT BEGINNING OF DECEMBER AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE HOLIDAYS.
SO FOR THAT REASON, AND THEN ALSO AS, AS OUR STAFF TEAM IS WORKING WITH GIO, WITH, UH, THE FIRM THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SELECTING FOR BRANDING, MARKETING, THERE'S SO MUCH PUBLIC OUTREACH AND RESEARCH AT THE FRONT END OF BOTH OF THOSE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MARRY AND ALIGN.
SO WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING, WE'RE NOT ASKING THE PUBLIC THE SAME THINGS OVER FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES, BUT LIKE THAT'S A REALLY COHESIVE, COORDINATED EFFORT.
I SUSPECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO A LOT OF THAT BEFORE WE HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO THE TAB.
SO I THINK THAT STAFF COULD HAVE AN INITIAL MEETING WITH THE TAB MEMBERS AND MAYBE THAT IS, THEY'RE NOT OFFICIAL YET.
MAYBE THAT'S, WE SPLIT 'EM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM IF THEY ARE OFFICIAL AT THAT POINT.
SO WE CAN DO AN ORIENTATION WITH 'EM.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KINDA GET THEM ACCLIMATED FOR A REAL GO PROBABLY AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
THE ORIENTATION WOULD INCLUDE OPEN MEETING LAW, THAT KIND OF, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO WASTE THAT KIND OF PROCEDURAL TYPE THINGS ONCE WE GET TO INTO THE MEAT OF THE WORK.
AND WE MAYBE HAVE A MEETING JUST TO DO THOSE THINGS INITIALLY.
SO IF THEY WERE NOT, SO IF WE APPOINT THEM EFFECTIVE, I'LL JUST THROW OUT JANUARY 1ST THEN THEIR ORIENTATION.
SO THEY WOULD GET AN APPOINTMENT
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THAT SAID THEY WERE, THAT THEIR TERM STARTS ON JANUARY 1ST, CORRECT? IF THAT'S THE DATE COUNCIL CHOOSES YEAH.WHATEVER DATE WE, IT, IT, IT, WE DIDN'T PUT IN NECESSARILY WHEN THEIR TERM STARTED IN HERE, IF I RECALL.
BUT IT WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST.
SO THAT WAY IF WHEN COUNSEL APPOINT 'EM, YOU CAN APPOINT 'EM EARLIER AND WE CAN HAVE A MEETING IN DECEMBER.
UM, FOR THE INITIAL BOARD, THAT'LL BE FINE.
IF THEIR APPOINTMENT WAS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND YOU WANTED TO DO AN ORIENTATION, WOULD THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW AT THAT POINT? UH, YEAH.
AS A CREATION OF A COUNCIL, A BOARD APPOINTED BY COUNCIL AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A QUORUM.
THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE OPEN MEETING EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT APPOINTED YET.
THEY'RE NOT APPOINTED EFFECTIVELY.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S NOT AN ATTEMPT TO SKIRT, IT'S JUST UHHUH.
MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO ABIDE BY THE OPEN MEETING WE NOTICED ANYWAY.
SO THEN IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT THEY'RE, 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA ACT UNDER THE RULES OF OPEN MEETING LAW, CORRECT? WE WILL.
FROM THE, AS SOON AS THEY RECEIVED THEIR LETTER.
JESSICA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? NO.
HOLLY ASKED THE SAME QUESTION, ALEX.
OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO FOUR.
KURT, OR DID YOU WANNA GO TO, WE HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE IN ARTICLE THREE, ARTICLE FOUR.
PETE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, PETE? YEAH, YOU HAVE THE MUTE F*****G BUTTONS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE EXERCISING WHILE YOU WERE THERE.
UH, YOU, YOU HAVE THE, THE MEETING, UH, DATE AND TIME, THAT'S THAT NOTICE OF MEETINGS, ANYTHING FOR COUNCILOR WILLIAMSON? I JUST NOTICED THE ONE POINT YOU PUT STAFF LIAISON THE OTHER TIME YOU PUT BOARD STAFF LIAISON.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU JUST WANNA MAKE IT ALL THE SAME.
YES, I CAN GO THROUGH AND AND MAKE IT CONSISTENT.
WHERE'S THE STAFF LIAISON? IT'S IN 4.8.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH ANYTHING ELSE IN 4.4 0.90, THAT I SEE? I SEE IT, YEAH.
UH, SECTION FIVE AND, AND SECTION FIVE JUST OUTLINES THE PROCEDURE WAS, WHICH WAS SET IN RESOLUTION THAT THE BOARD CAN REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THIS IS HOW H P C AND P AND Z ARE DONE AS WELL.
COUNSEL APPROVES THEIR FINAL, UH, RULES OF PROCEDURE.
AND THAT'S COMPLETES THE RULES OF PROCEDURE.
RIGHT NOW I TRIED TO KEEP HIM, UM, MORE BRIEF.
THEY OF COURSE CAN BE AMENDED AS NEEDS ARISE.
I, UH, I DID LEAVE OUT IF YOU SAW AN H P C AND P AND Z, THERE'S SECTIONS ON LEGAL ADVICE.
UM, SINCE THEY WON'T BE TAKING ANY LEGAL ACTION, JUST, UM, ADVISORY BOARD, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT EVER COMING UP.
UM, THEY COULD OF COURSE REQUEST ADVICE AND, AND HAPPY TO ATTEND ANY MEETING WHEN THEY'RE, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ON OPEN MEETING LAW.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL DO THAT TRAINING UP FRONT, BUT GENERALLY THEY WON'T, UM, HAVE REASON FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE.
KURT, DO YOU PLAN ON BEING THERE FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF MEETINGS OR HAVING ONE OF YOUR UH, STAFF? YES, I PLAN ON BEING THERE FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF MEETINGS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE, YEAH, DEPENDING ON WHO THE CHAIR IS, IF THEY'VE RUN A, A MEETING BEFORE, THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
UM, SO HAPPY TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY? BRIAN, YOU'VE BEEN VERY, ALL GOOD.
KURT DID A GREAT JOB OF WRITING THIS.
WELL, KAREN, WHO, WHO DID? KURT.
[8.c. Discussion/possible action regarding future meeting/agenda items.]
ITEM EIGHT C, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING FUTURE MEETING AND AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? IT'S SIX O'CLOCK REALLY.WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW, UH, THREE O'CLOCK AND A MEETING ON THURSDAY AND A MEETING ON THURSDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
UH, PETE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE WE, WE CLOSE? NO, I'M GOOD.
[10. ADJOURNMENT]
ALRIGHT.HEARING NOTHING WE'RE ADJOURNED.