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          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE]
WELCOME TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. 
          CAN I REMIND EVERYBODY TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? UH, MADAM CLERK, 
          [2. ROLL CALL/MOMENT OF ART]
CAN YOU READ THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MAYOR JALO. 
          I'M SORRY, WHAT'S THE MATTER? NOTHING. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, PRESENT VICE MAYOR PLU. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILOR DUNN. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILOR FOLTZ. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILOR FURMAN. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILOR KINSELLA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNSELOR WILLIAMSON. 
          HERE, PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          YEAH, PROBABLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A MOMENT OF ART. 
          WHERE IS NANCY? LET'S HANDS PLEASE ENLIGHTEN US WITH THIS MONTH'S ART. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS. 
          UM, BEFORE I GET INTO THE MOMENT OF ART, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION MOST OF YOU KNOW THE ART RECEPTION HAD TO BE CANCELED LAST WEEK DUE TO THE SNOW, SO I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US THIS THURSDAY. 
          UM, FOUR TO SIX IN THIS ROOM IN THE EE TO MEET KAREN TAYLOR AND MARIANNE LAKEY. 
          SO SEDONA FILM FESTIVAL IS NEXT WEEK. 
          WHAT WAS THAT? UM, OH, SOMEBODY JOINED THE MEETING. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          UM, FEBRUARY 24TH TO MARCH 3RD. 
          SO TODAY I HAVE PATRICK SCHWEISS TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND SHOW A, A QUICK CLIP SO YOU GET A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S TO COME. 
          UM, PATRICK SCHWEISS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND MARY D. FISHER THEATER. 
          20 YEARS AGO, HE TOOK THE HELM AT THE FESTIVAL AND HAS OVERSEEN ITS GROWTH FROM A THREE DAY FESTIVAL TO A NINE DAY CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENT FILM. 
          IN 2012, HE INITIATED AN OVERSAW THE FESTIVAL ORGANIZATION AS IT BUILT ITS OWN ART HOUSE THEATER VENUE, THE MARY D. FISHER THEATER, WHERE IT PRESENTS YEAR-ROUND INDEPENDENT FILMS, THEATRICAL AND BALLET PRODUCTIONS ON SCREEN FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 
          THERE ARE LIVE SIMULCAST THEATRICAL EVENTS AND OTHER ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS. 
          IN JUNE, 2022, THE FESTIVAL OPENED ITS NEWEST EDITION, THE ALICE GILL SHELDON THEATER. 
          NOW IT HAS TWO THEATER VENUES THAT OPERATE DAILY. 
          ALL YEAR LONG THROUGH THE THEATERS, PAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BRING CULTURAL EVENTS TO SEDONA THAT MAY NOT HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN SEEN BY OUR RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS, SUCH AS THE MET LIVE OPERA, BOLSHOI AND ROYAL BALLET PRODUCTIONS, THE NATIONAL THEATER OF LONDON, BROADWAY ON SCREEN PRODUCTIONS, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN, AND GREAT ART ON SCREEN. 
          AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES PRODUCTIONS BY THE GLOBE AND ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY AND MUSICAL CONCERTS. 
          THE MAIN OFFERINGS AT THE THEATER ARE THE BEST INDEPENDENT FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 
          PAT HAS ALSO SPEARHEADED COLLABORATIONS WITH SEVERAL OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN SEDONA TO CO-PRODUCE AND PRESENT EVENTS AT THE THEATER. 
          PLEASE WELCOME SOMEONE THAT TALKS FASTER THAN ME, PATRICK SCHWEISS, TO TALK ABOUT THE FILM, FILM FESTIVAL. 
          TRUE. 
          AND ENJOY THE TRAILER. 
          BREATHE. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          GOOD ONE. 
          NANCY. 
          I'M NOT QUITE SURE I TALK FASTER THAN YOU, HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYONE THAT TALKS FASTER THAN YOU. 
          HELLO, MAYOR JAB, LOW VICE MAYOR PLU, CITY COUNCILORS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. 
          AND I KNOW I'VE GOT EIGHT MINUTES. 
          I TALK FAST AND WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT IN. 
          WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE ARE TURNING 30 YEARS OLD NEXT WEEK IN JUST 11 DAYS. 
          THE ORGANIZATION IS 30 YEARS OLD, SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO BRING OUR BIGGEST FESTIVAL THAT WE'VE EVER HAD HERE. 
          AGAIN, MORE THAN 150 FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 
          LOTS OF GREAT WORKSHOPS, LOTS OF GREAT ACTORS, LOTS OF GREAT DIRECTORS, AND, UM, ALL THANKS TO THE INCREDIBLE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          MANY OF YOU COME TO OUR THEATER ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 
          UM, WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT WE DO YEAR ROUND, AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF CERTAINLY WHAT WE DO ANNUALLY. 
          UH, OF COURSE WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY. 
          THAT'S A, A NICE BUZZWORD THAT PETE REMINDS ME OF. 
          , UH, CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN 4.3 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF THE NINE DAYS. 
          UM, THAT HAS BEEN, UH, PROVEN BY SOME, UH, SURVEYS AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN 
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DONE. 
          SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT AND VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE BRING TO SEDONA YEAR ROUND. 
          SO I BROUGHT A TWO MINUTE CLIP WITH ME, SO, BUT I'M GONNA TALK BEFORE JOANNE RUNS THAT. 
          I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. 
          YOU'RE GONNA HEAR SOME OF THEM AGAIN IN THAT TWO MINUTE CLIP, BUT IT'S, UH, WHAT RED ROCK TV DOES FOR US. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY, VERY BLESSED TO HAVE SPONSORSHIPS FROM THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          OUR INCREDIBLE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY DONATES US 900 ROOM NIGHTS FREE OF CHARGE TO HOUSE OUR DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, ACTORS. 
          WE ARE VERY, VERY BLESSED WITH AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT. 
          OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR RESORTS, HOST PARTIES FOR US FREE OF CHARGE AS THEIR DONATION TO US, OUR INCREDIBLE MEMBERSHIP, OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSORS WHO UNDERWRITE AND GIVE US CASH DONATIONS, INCLUDING GRANTS FROM THE CITIES OF CITY OF SEDONA. 
          WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL AND WE ARE HERE FOR 30 YEARS AS A TESTAMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY BELIEVING IN US. 
          UM, AND I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT AND WE WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL AND NEVER TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. 
          AND WE WILL KEEP DELIVERING EVERY YEAR AND EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR AT OUR THEATERS, UM, TO MAKE YOU ALL VERY, VERY PROUD. 
          THIS YEAR WE'RE SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE OUR, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS OUR FIRST DAY WE WANTED TO KIND OF HONOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FESTIVAL HONOREES HERE IN THE PAST. 
          AND SO WE ACTUALLY FOUND FILMS THAT HAVE, ONE FILM HAS THREE PEOPLE IN THAT HAVE BEEN HONOREES IN OUR PAST BEFORE DIANE LAD, ANDREW MCCARTHY, AND MARY STEWART MASTERSON. 
          THEY'RE IN A BEAUTIFUL FILM CALLED AISLE OF HOPE, AND WE'RE WELCOMING WENDY MALICK, THE INCREDIBLY GIFTED WENDY MALICK. 
          IF ANY OF YOU WATCH HOT IN CLEVELAND OR JUST SHOOT ME, OR YOUNG SHELDON, YOU WILL KNOW HER AS A VERY, VERY FUNNY ACTRESS. 
          UM, SHE IS COMING HERE, SHE'S SO EXCITED. 
          SHE GOT MARRIED IN SEDONA, UM, OUT IN THE RED ROCKS AND HAD THEIR RECEPTION. 
          THEY ELOPED, SHE AND HER HUSBAND AND BROUGHT EIGHT FRIENDS AND THEY HAD DINNER CREEKSIDE AT LEBERTS. 
          SO SHE'S SUPER EXCITED TO COME BACK AND HER VERY BEST FRIEND AND COLLEGE ROOMMATE LIVES IN VILLE. 
          SO SHE'S HAVING A REUNION OF SORTS. 
          SO IT'S GONNA BE A SUPER FUN OPENING DAY. 
          WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          ON DAY TWO, WE ARE HONORING HENRY MANCINI, WHO WOULD BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD IF HE WAS STILL ALIVE IN APRIL. 
          AND HIS DAUGHTER, A MULTI GRAMMY NOMINEE, MONICA MANCINI AND HER MULTI GRAMMY WINNER AND EMMY WINNING HUSBAND GREG FIELD, ARE COMING TO DO AN EXTRAORDINARY SHOW ON THE WORKS OF HENRY MANCINI, HER DAD. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA SHOW SOME CLIPS. 
          SHE'S GONNA TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHAT HER DAD WAS THINKING WHEN HE WROTE THE MUSIC AND COMPOSED THE MUSIC. 
          AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA PERFORM THE MUSIC. 
          SO IT'S GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF CLIPS TALK AND A LIVE PERFORMANCE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW THAT CHICAGO WAS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST EVENT WE'VE EVER HAD IN OUR HISTORY. 
          THE CHICAGO PERFORMANCE. 
          THEY HAVE RECORDED A CHICAGO LIVE CONCERT FILM, TWO HOURS OF THEIR CONCERT IN HIGH DEFINITION SURROUND SOUND. 
          WE ARE THE FIRST PLACE TO SHOW IT, AND THE FIRST PLACE TO SHOW THE FILM. 
          LEE LOCKNEY, THE LEAD TRUMPET PLAYER WHO LIVES HERE IN SEDONA, IS GONNA BE THERE FOR THE Q AND A. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED THAT ROBERT SHIELDS HAS A BRAND NEW FILM UP. 
          MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM. 
          HE'S LIVED IN THE VERDE VALLEY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS OF SHIELDS AND YARNELL, AND HIS NEW FILM IS CALLED ROBERT SHIELDS, MY LIFE AS A ROBOT. 
          AND HE'S GONNA BE HERE FOR THE Q AND A AND TONY ORLANDO IS GONNA ZOOM IN FOR THE Q AND A AS WELL. 
          WE TRIED TO GET TONY HERE IN PERSON, BUT HE HAS A GIG IN, UM, NIAGARA FALLS THE NIGHT BEFORE AND A GIG IN INDIANAPOLIS THE NIGHT AFTER. 
          SO WE COULDN'T WORK OUT THE FLIGHTS TO GET HERE. 
          BUT HE LOVES ROBERT DEARLY, LOVES SEDONA, AND WANTED TO ZOOM IN AND BE PART OF THE FESTIVITIES. 
          AND THEN WE'RE HAVING AN EXTRAORDINARY FUN GREASE SING-ALONG EVENT. 
          ALL OF YOU WHO LOVE GREASE DON, YOUR POODLE SKIRTS, YOUR LEATHER JACKETS, YOUR PINK LADY JACKETS, AND COME OVER AT COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED. 
          THE DIRECTOR OF GREECE, RANDALL KLEISER IS GONNA BE HERE TO DO A Q AND A AND TAKE US BEHIND THE SCENES OF DIRECTING THE PHENOMENON THAT IS GREECE. 
          AND JUST LAST WEEK, WENDY LIPMAN COMMITTED, SHE'S GONNA SPONSOR THE AFTER PARTY, SO ANYBODY WHO HAS A TICKET TO THE GREASE SING-ALONG EVENT GETS FREE ADMISSION. 
          THANKS TO WENDY LIPMAN. 
          WE'RE TAKING YOU TO THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM AND WE'RE RELIVING THE DANCE SCENE IN GREECE. 
          THEY'RE BRINGING IN A BIG BAND. 
          THEY'RE BRINGING IN PUNCH BOWLS, CRAY PAPER BALLOONS, AND, UH, WENDY'S UNDERWRITING THE WHOLE THING TILL AK IS SPONSORING THAT EVENT. 
          AND EVERYONE WHO COMES GETS INVITED TO THAT. 
          AND, UH, OF COURSE, WE ARE CLOSING OUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL. 
          LUCY ARNA IS COMING TO SEDONA TO DO HER LIVE SHOW. 
          UH, SHE HAS A CABARET SHOW, UM, SHOW BUSINESSES, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, SHOW YEAH, ABOUT SHOW BUSINESS. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          I KEEP FORGETTING THE TITLE OF THE NAME. 
          UM, BUT SHE'S GONNA BE PERFORMING AND SHE'S VERY, VERY EXCITED BECAUSE OF COURSE, HER MOM HAD SOME HISTORY HERE IN SEDONA, AND LUCY'S BEEN HERE VISITING HER BROTHER AS WELL. 
          SO THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT CONNECTIONS THERE. 
          AND FINALLY, THE VERY, VERY LAST NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL, MARCH 3RD, WE DECIDED TO DO AWAY WITH THE CLOSING NIGHT FILMS AND MAKE A CELEBRATION FOR SEDONA. 
          AND WE'RE DOING A FREE CONCERT AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FEATURING THE WATERS BAND, WHICH ARE NATIVES, BORN AND RAISED IN SEDONA, DANIEL WATERS, JENNA CUNNINGHAM. 
          WENT TO RED ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATED FROM HERE. 
          THEY'RE NOW IN AUSTIN WITH A SEVEN PIECE BAND THAT TOURS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. 
          THEY PLAY THE EAGLES, FLEETWOOD MAC, YOU NAME IT, THEY PLAY IT. 
          AND IT'S GONNA BE A ROCK AND GOOD TIME. 
          EVERY TICKET IS FREE OF CHARGE SO THAT WE CAN THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR 30 YEARS OF SUPPORT. 
          SO WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY, UM, TO DO THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, VERY, VERY EXCITED TO END THE FESTIVAL WITH A VERY, VERY LOCAL 
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ACT. 
          SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. 
          AND WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, BUT A LITTLE SHORTER CLIP ON THE CLIP THAT JOANNE'S GONNA SHOW FOR YOU. 
          HI, I'M PAT SCHWEISS, DIRECTOR OF THE SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, INVITING YOU TO OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE BEST INDEPENDENT FILM FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 
          YES, THREE DECADES OF BRINGING YOU GREAT FILMS AND EVENTS RIGHT HERE IN SEDONA. 
          OPENING DAY IS GONNA FEATURE WENDY MALLICK HERE IN SEDONA TO HOST HER BRAND NEW FILM, 7,000 MILES. 
          AND SHE'S BRINGING A FEW CAST MEMBERS ALONG WITH HER. 
          IN ADDITION, DIANE LAD, MARY STEWART MASTERSON AND ANDREW MCCARTHY STARRING ISLE OF HOPE, OUR OPENING NIGHT FILM. 
          YOU ALSO WON'T WANNA MISS A TRIBUTE TO HENRY MANCINI ON WHAT WOULD BE HIS HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY. 
          THIS APRIL, WE'RE CELEBRATING HIS MUSIC IN THE MOVIES WITH HIS DAUGHTER MONICA AND HER HUSBAND GREG, DOING A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO HENRY MANCINI. 
          AND WE HAVE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF CHICAGO LIVE, 2024 CHICAGO, THE BAND CELEBRATING MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF PERFORMING TOGETHER WITH A LIVE CONCERT FILM. 
          LEE LOCK NAME, THE FOUNDING TRUMPET PLAYER WHO LIVES IN SEDONA, IS GONNA BE HERE TO HOST THE FILM IN Q AND A. 
          IN ADDITION, WE'RE CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF THE HIT MUSICAL MOVIE GREASE WITH RANDALL KLEER, THE DIRECTOR. 
          SO PUT ON YOUR POODLE SKIRTS AND LEATHER JACKETS AND COME JOIN US IN A SING ALONG FOR GREASE, CELEBRATING THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          AND ROBERT SHIELDS MY LIFE AS A ROBOT, SEDONAS OWN ROBERT SHIELDS, A BRAND NEW DOCUMENTARY. 
          WE ARE THE WORLD PREMIER. 
          YOU CAN LEARN ALL ABOUT HIM AND HE'S GONNA BRING A SPECIAL GUEST FROM THE FILM TOO. 
          GONNA BE A GREAT TIME RIGHT HERE IN SEDONA. 
          AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT WITH TWO VERY SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          LUCY ARNA WILL BE HERE IN SEDONA LIVE DURING HER CABARET ONE WOMAN SHOW. 
          AND ON SUNDAY, MARCH 3RD, WE END THE FESTIVAL WITH A FREE CONCERT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO THANK THEM FOR 30 YEARS OF THE SEDONA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURING THE WATERS BAND. 
          THE LEADS WERE BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE IN SEDONA, DANIEL WATERS AND JENNA CUNNINGHAM. 
          AND THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR SEVEN PIECE BAND DIRECT FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS TO CELEBRATE OUR 30 YEARS. 
          YOU WON'T WANNA MISS A MINUTE OF IT. 
          RUB ELBOWS WITH DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, AND ACTORS AT THE BEST INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL RIGHT HERE IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. 
          WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US. 
          CHECK OUT SEDONA FILM FESTIVAL.COM FOR ALL THE DETAILS. 
          WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES. 
          THAT WAS FUN. 
          AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I DID THAT IN ONE TAKE WITH NO SCRIPT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, . 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE FESTIVAL. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THAT WAS FUN. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM THREE, 
          [3. CONSENT ITEMS - APPROVE]
CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY WITH STAFF, THE PUBLIC OR COUNCIL CAN PULL AN ITEM, UH, FOR, UH, CLOSE DISCUSSION. 
          I KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY WISHES TO PULL ITEM E AND G. 
          THAT'S CORRECT, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEMS THREE E AND 3G. 
          OKAY, SO THEN I NEED A, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE A, B, C, D, AND FI MOVE THROUGH APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS THREE, A, B, C, D, AND F. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          KURT, DO YOU WANT TO, UH, DISCUSS THOSE TWO ITEMS? YES. 
          UM, SO THE FIRST ITEM, 
          [3.e. AB 3032 Approval of a Resolution calling the 2024 Primary Election for the offices of City Councilor (three seats with four-year terms) and Mayor (two-year term), a proposal for a 25-year Franchise Agreement renewal with AZ Water Company – and to call the 2024 General election, if needed.]
UH, CONSENT TO ITEMS THREE E UH, THERE WAS A, A BILL PASSED, UH, BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR LAST FRIDAY. 
          AND IT CHANGED THE, UM, THE DATES. 
          UH, AND SO LUCKILY WE HAD NOT PASSED OUR, OUR RESOLUTION, UH, CALLING FOR THE ELECTION YET. 
          UH, BUT IT CHANGED THE PRIMARY ELECTION DATE FROM AUGUST 6TH TO JULY 30TH. 
          UM, AND ALSO SOME OTHER DATES. 
          UM, IT ALSO WILL HAVE AN EFFECT FOR THOSE RUNNING, FOR, FOR WELL ANY OFFICE IN THE STATE FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR PETITIONS. 
          UM, AND THEY'LL NEED THE NEW DATE ON THEIR PETITIONS GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, THE OTHER, UM, PART OF THIS CALL FOR THE ELECTION WAS A CALL FOR THE, UH, RENEWAL OF THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH THE ARIZONA WATER COMPANY. 
          UM, THE TERMS OF THAT, UM, TODAY I RECEIVED SOME TERMS, UM, REQUESTING A FEW CHANGES IN THAT AGREEMENT, UH, FROM ARIZONA WATER COMPANY JUST AT ONE 30 THIS AFTERNOON. 
          UM, THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF NEGOTIATION. 
          AND SO WHILE IN THE, THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION, UH, HAD ATTACHED THE, THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, UH, THE CURRENT RESOLUTION, WE'VE DELETED THAT LANGUAGE WHERE IT'S ATTACHING THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. 
          UM, WE'RE STILL ASKING COUNSEL TO APPROVE THE, THE AMENDED RESOLUTION, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE UP ON THE SCREEN HERE. 
          JOANNE HAS IT UP FOR US. 
          UM, SO IT'S CHANGING AUGUST 6TH OF JULY 30TH, AND THE AS ATTACHED HERE TOO. 
          AND WHAT WILL GO WITH HAPPEN WITH THE, THE, UM, THE, THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IS ONCE WE 
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GET THAT NEGOTIATED, WE SHOULD JUST TAKE A, A WEEK OR TWO. 
          THERE'S JUST A COUPLE MINOR TERMS LEFT. 
          UH, WE WILL BRING THAT BACK SEPARATELY FOR COUNSEL TO APPROVE. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE STILL ASKING COUNSEL TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AS WE ARE REQUIRED TO, UH, ASK FOR A CALL FOR ELECTION BY COCONINO COUNTY, UH, PRIOR TO 180 DAYS, UM, OF THE ELECTION. 
          WE'RE NO LONGER WITHIN THAT, BUT, UM, IT SHOULD NOT BE A CONCERN. 
          THEY'VE, THEY'LL TAKE IT ANYWAY. 
          I BELIEVE. 
          SO. 
          UH, THE OTHER TERMS THAT CHANGED, JOAN, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, THE DATES. 
          SO, UM, TWO OTHER DATES GOT MOVED FORWARD A WEEK, UH, BECAUSE OF THE BILL THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. 
          THERE IS A POTENTIAL TRAILER BILL THAT'S GONNA COME AND, AND, AND AFTER THIS BILL THAT PASSED ON FRIDAY OF A SIGNED ON FRIDAY, UH, THAT MAY HAVE AN, UH, AN EFFECT ON SOME OF THESE DATES. 
          HELP CLARIFY A FEW THINGS WHERE THERE'S STILL OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS, BUT WE WILL JUST WAIT AND SEE IF THE LEGISLATURE DOES THAT. 
          UM, OTHER THAN THAT, DID WE, WE DID CHANGE THE MOTION FOR THIS JUST TO INCLUDE, UM, JOANNE CAN PULL IT UP, BUT WE JUST INCLUDED TWO AS AMENDED. 
          MM-HMM, , UM, ACTUALLY JUST ONE AS AMENDED NOW BECAUSE THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT HAS NOT YET, UH, BEEN AMENDED. 
          WE'LL BRING THAT BACK, LIKE I SAID, SEPARATELY. 
          YES. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          UM, IT'S IN, IT'S IN THERE. 
          IT'S FINE EITHER WAY AS AS AMENDED. 
          SO, UM, SO WE'RE ASKING TONIGHT JUST THE CALL FOR ELECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, UM, TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION. 
          AND THAT WILL GET THIS ON THE, UH, THE CALENDAR FOR COCONINO COUNTY. 
          AND YOU HAVE IT BY COUNTY. 
          UH, THE ACTUAL FRANCHISE AGREEMENT SHOULD FALL IN A COUPLE WEEKS. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL? OKAY. 
          CAN I, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, KATHY, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH 0 1 0 1 A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE 2024 PRIMARY ELECTION FOR THE OFFICES OF CITY COUNCILOR. 
          THREE SEATS WITH FOUR YEAR TERMS AND MAYOR TWO YEAR TERM AS AMENDED, AND A PROPOSAL FOR A 25 YEAR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT RENEWAL WITH ARIZONA WATER COMPANY AS AMENDED AND TO CALL FOR THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION IF NEEDED. 
          SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, BRIAN? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ITEM 
          [3.g. AB 3029 Approval of a Resolution authorizing the City of Sedona to enter into a Development Agreement with True Freedom Investments, LLC, regarding the approval of a Land Division Permit and timing of property improvements/building permit issuance at 115 Santa Barbara Drive.]
UH, 3G. 
          SOME QUESTIONS JUST CAME UP, UH, YESTERDAY REGARDING THE, UH, TRUE FREEDOM INVESTMENTS, LLC AND THE PROPERTY, UM, THERE ABOUT A POTENTIAL FORECLOSURE OR BANKRUPTCY THAT MAY BE HAPPENING. 
          AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS YET. 
          UH, AND SO WE'RE ARE JUST ASKING COUNSEL TO DEFER CONSIDERATION ON THIS. 
          AND IF WE CAN RESOLVE THOSE QUESTIONS AND STAFF STILL FEELS COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO COUNSEL, UH, THEN WE WOULD, WE WOULD BRING IT BACK. 
          UM, BUT BARRING THAT, WE'RE ASKING COUNSEL RIGHT NOW TO DEFER CONSIDERATION, UM, NO, NO SET DATE SO THAT WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE DO GIVE OUR APOLOGIES TO THE, UH, IF THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE FROM TRUE FREEDOM INVESTMENTS HERE TO, TO CHANGE THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL ON THAT? NO. 
          YES, KATHY? OH, A QUESTION ON THAT. 
          SO YOU, YOU ARE LOOKING JUST FOR THIS TO BE DEFERRED RATHER THAN IN ACTION, BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, THIS, THE PRECEDENT THAT THIS WOULD SET FOR THE LDC. 
          SO DO YOU DON'T WANT ANY COMMENTARY ON THAT AT THE MOMENT? NO. 
          WE JUST PUT THIS OFF PENDING MORE INFORMATION. 
          SO WE, UM, I MEAN THAT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF COUNSEL. 
          THIS, UH, YOU CAN DISCUSS THIS IF YOU WANT. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          CARRIE'S HERE, WE'RE ASKING JUST FOR DEFERRAL SO THAT IF WE CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUES WITH THE LLC, UH, THEN WE WOULD BRING IT BACK. 
          UM, IF WE CANNOT, THEN UH, IT WOULDN'T, WOULD NOT BE BROUGHT BACK TO RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL. 
          STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING THE ACTION ON THIS HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE YOU SATISFIED? MM-HMM, . 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF VICE MAYOR? SO WHEN THIS IS BROUGHT BACK, IT WON'T BE ON CONSENT. 
          IT'LL BE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA SO WE CAN TALK TO IT, RIGHT? SURE, YES, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          DO YOU NEED A, A MOTION? YOU NEED A MOTION TO DEFERRING IT? A MOTION TO DEFER CONSIDERATION OR A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          DENY. 
          THOSE ARE THE OPTION. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER CONSIDERATION ON ITEM 3G. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL DUNN. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ZERO OPPOSED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I MISSED THAT. 
          UH, ITEM FOUR APPOINTMENTS. 
          WE HAVE NONE. 
          SUMMARY 
          [5. SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS BY MAYOR/COUNCILORS/CITY MANAGER & COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS]
OF CURRENT EVENTS, UH, BY THE MAYOR, COUNCILOR, AND CITY MANAGER AND, AND FOR COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS. 
          AND 
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YES, GRACE, MAY YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I DO. 
          UH, SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION IS, UM, WORKING ON A YOUNG ARTIST AND AUTHORS SHOWCASE, AND THE 2024 THEME IS CLIMATE SCAPE RESILIENT CITIES FOR TOMORROW'S CLIMATE. 
          STUDENTS MUST BE 13 TO 18 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF THE MAY 1ST DEADLINE, AND, UH, CAN GO TO SEDONA SISTER CITIES WEBSITE, WHICH IS, UH, SEDONA SISTER CITIES.ORG/YAS Y AASS, WHICH IS YOUNG ARTISTS AND AUTHORS SHOWCASE TO LEARN ABOUT THE COMPETITION AND CATEGORIES OF ART, WRITING AND MUSIC. 
          I KNOW THAT, UH, NANCY LAI IS WORKING WITH THE GROUP, UH, AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THIS SHOWCASE IS GOING TO BE, UH, SPONSORED BY SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL. 
          AND, UH, IT COULD BE VERY EXCITING. 
          SO WHAT IS YOUR TALENT? EVERYBODY? . 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MELISSA. 
          BRIAN. 
          OKAY, BRIAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR, UH, THE NORTHERN ARIZONA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. 
          I'M ON THEIR, UH, AREA COUNCIL ON AGING, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO OPENINGS FOR, UH, RESIDENTS OF COCONINO COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE ON THAT COUNCIL, UH, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS PROVIDING INPUT TO, UH, AND CONTRIBUTING TO DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF, UH, NACO INITIATIVES THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE AGED COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. 
          SO, IF ANY, AGAIN, COCONINO RESIDENTS MAY HAVE TWO SEATS OPEN. 
          IF ANYBODY HAS INTEREST IN THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME. 
          UH, THE SECOND ITEM IS, UM, IN MY ASSIGNMENT WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, SUBGROUP ON, UH, HOVS. 
          UM, IS THAT RIGHT, OHVS? YEAH. 
          SOMETHING DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT THERE. 
          OHVS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE HAD A, UH, A MEETING LAST WEEK. 
          THREE OF THE FOUR RENTAL CAR OR RENTAL OHV COMPANIES WERE PRESENT. 
          UH, PART OF THAT WAS TO JUST GET AN UPDATE ON THEIR PROGRESS WITH THE COMMITMENTS THEY MADE AROUND SAFETY AND NUISANCE, UM, UH, CONSIDERATIONS FOR THEIR VEHICLES. 
          UM, WE FOUND THAT ALL WERE LAGGING BEHIND THEIR LEVEL OF COMMITMENT, UM, WHICH IS A BIT OF A CONCERN. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER TOUCHPOINT CONVERSATION WITH THEM IN EARLY APRIL PRIOR TO COUNSEL TAKING UP THE, UH, ORDINANCE AGAIN. 
          SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT, WE'LL, THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL ELLO YOU SOMETHING TO ADD? YES, I DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE OUR VICE MAYOR WHO WAS JUST APPOINTED TO THE GOVERNORS BY THE GOVERNOR TO THE ARIZONA CIVIL RIGHTS ADVISORY BOARD. 
          I'M THRILLED TO HAVE YOU THERE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          OKAY, PETE, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AS THE, AS THE LIAISON TO THE KSB BOARD, I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE ANNUAL KSB AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE. 
          THERE'S NINE CATEGORIES. 
          GO TO THE SUDO, THE KEEP SUDO BEAUTIFUL.ORG WEBSITE GIVES YOU MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY FOR THOSE NINE AWARDS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL WILLIAMSON, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? I DON'T. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SO WE HAVE PUBLIC FORUM, 
          [6. PUBLIC FORUM]
WE HAVE ONE CARD. 
          ERIC, STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE WITH US. 
          YES. 
          UH, SO START, START OFF WITH YOUR NAME AND THE CITY, OF COURSE. 
          OKAY. 
          OF YOUR RESIDENCE. 
          MAYOR JALO, VICE MAYOR, PLU STAFF COUNSELORS. 
          I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. 
          MY NAME IS ERIC WILES, LONGTIME COMMUNITY MEMBER. 
          I LIVE IN CORN. 
          I'VE BEEN VISITING THIS AREA AND HAVE LIVED HERE. 
          WELL, I'VE BEEN VISITING SINCE I WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD, AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 50 YEARS. 
          THE GREAT NEWS HERE TO SHARE TODAY IS LOW INCOME STUDENT AID INCORPORATED, OR WHAT'S KNOWN AS LISA IS NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN AT THE WEST SEDONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS. 
          AND THE GREAT NEWS IS WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO FILLING OUR FIFTH AID REQUEST SINCE WE OPENED JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. 
          THE NEED IS GREAT. 
          THAT CAMPUS HAS 70.2% OF ITS CHILDREN ARE ON THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH ROLLS. 
          Y'ALL PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT NUMBER, BUT IT'S VERY DISCOVERABLE ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENT 
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WEBSITES. 
          WHAT WE DO IS, UH, YOU'LL SEE A SHEET OF PAPER THAT WAS PASSED AROUND THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT WE DO. 
          WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE FUNDING AND A BUNCH OF HARDWORKING VOLUNTEERS. 
          WE ARE NOW A CORE OF 24 VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE VERY COMMITTED. 
          WE STARTED IN COVILLE IN 2018, GAVE OUR FIRST AID REQUEST OUT APRIL 18TH, 2018. 
          WE HAVE NOW FILLED AID REQUESTS THAT HAVE HELPED OUR STUDENTS OVER 6,500 TIMES. 
          Y'ALL. 
          WE ARE HERE TODAY IN SEDONA BECAUSE OF A WONDERFUL GROUP CALLED THE BURTON FAMILY FOUNDATION, WHO GAVE US A MATCHING GRANT OPPORTUNITY. 
          THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER THAT EXPLAINED ALL THAT I'D LIKE. 
          I SEE THE TIME'S RUNNING PRETTY QUICKLY, SO I'D LIKE TO JUST SHARE A COUPLE STORIES. 
          ONE GREAT STORY I WANNA SHARE IS ABOUT THE WEST SEDONA CAMPUS. 
          RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW IS. 
          IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY TOMORROW CHILDREN WOULD BE LEFT OUT WITHOUT THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS WHO SUPPORT LOW INCOME STUDENT AID. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, EVERY SINGLE STUDENT ON THAT CAMPUS WILL RECEIVE A CANDYGRAM FROM LOW INCOME STUDENT AID. 
          YOU GUYS, WE THINK INCLUSION IS IMPORTANT. 
          I'LL TELL SOME STORIES REAL QUICK. 
          TIME'S RUNNING QUICK. 
          WE HAD A STUDENT THAT COULDN'T PLAY OR PARTICIPATE IN PE NO CLOTHES TOLD SHOES. 
          WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU BUY A PAIR OF SHOES. 
          WE HAD ANOTHER STUDENT THAT COULDN'T PLAY IN ANY ATHLETICS. 
          PARENTS COULDN'T AFFORD THE PADS IT TOOK FOR VOLLEYBALL OR THE, UH, UH, SPORTS PHYSICAL. 
          WE PAID FOR THE PHYSICAL, WE PAID FOR THE PAY TO PLAY FEES. 
          THAT'S AN EXTENSIVE LIST, I HOPE IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO, WE WOULD LOVE TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU AN OFFICIAL PRESENTATION WHERE YOU GUYS COULD ASK QUESTIONS, BUT WE'RE VERY BLESSED AND OVERJOYED THAT WE'RE NOW OFFICIALLY IN SEDONA. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS REALLY ENLIGHTENING. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT, ERIC. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ANY O ANY OTHER CARDS? I'M NOT SEEING ANY, ANY O ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY. 
          WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC FORUM AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, PROCLAMATIONS, 
          [7.a. Proclamation, Teen Dating Violence & Prevention Awareness Month, February 2024.]
RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS. 
          AND WE HAVE A, UH, PROCLAMATION DEALING WITH TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AND PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH IS FEBRUARY, 2024. 
          TRACY MCCONNELL, WHY DON'T YOU STEP UP AND JESSE, OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, I SAID JESSE, BUT I SEE, WHAT DOES IT SAY HERE? IT SAYS TRACY, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. 
          NO. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, , WHO DID THAT? . 
          TRACY'S THE ONE WHO GETS EVERYTHING DONE AND THEN I SHOW UP. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. 
          I I ACTUALLY KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE. 
          OKAY. 
          . 
          SO, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE HAVE TWO PAGES HERE. 
          WOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NATIONAL TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS PREVENTION MONTH, FEBRUARY, 2024. 
          WHEREAS THIS FEBRUARY DURING NATIONAL TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PRESERVATION, UH, PREVENTION MONTH, WE STAND WITH THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWN THE PAIN AND ISOLATION OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. 
          AND WE, UH, RECOMMIT TO ENDING THE CYCLE OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE THAT AFFECTS TOO MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          WHEREAS TOGETHER IT'S ON ALL OF US TO RAISE REGIONAL AWARENESS ABOUT TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AND PROMOTE SAFE, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. 
          WHEREAS FEMALES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24 ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, EXPER, EXCUSE ME, EXPERIENCING ABUSE AT A RATE ALMOST TRIPLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 
          AND WHEREAS ONE OF THREE ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN THE UNITED STATES IS A VICTIM OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND VERBAL ABUSE FROM A DATING PARTNER, A FIGURE THAT EXCEEDS THAT FAR EXCEEDS VICTIMIZATION RATES, UH, FOR OTHER TYPES OF VIOLENCE AFFECTING YOUTH. 
          AND WHEREAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN THE DATING RELATIONSHIP ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ARE AT GREATER RISK OF SUICIDE AND ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO CARRY PATTERNS OF ABUSE INTO FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          AND WHEREAS ONLY 33% OF TEENS WHO ARE IN THE ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP EVER TELL ANYONE ABOUT THE ABUSE. 
          AND 81% OF PARENTS SURVEYED EITHER BELIEVE TEEN DATING VIOLENCE IS NOT AN ISSUE OR ADMIT THAT IT THEY, THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW IT IS ONE. 
          AND WHEREAS BY PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EDUCATION ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND HEALTHY, UH, HEALTH, HEALTH, I'LL TRY THIS AGAIN. 
          AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND SKILLS BY CHANGING ATTITUDES AND, UH, PERPETUATE VIOLENCE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT DATING VIOLENCE CAN BE PREVENTED. 
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AND WHEREAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH WILL BENEFIT YOUNG PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES, REGARDLESS OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR ETHNICITY. 
          AND WHEREAS EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO A SAFE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP, UH, AND TO BE FREE OF ABUSE. 
          WHEREAS DATING VIOLENCE TRANSCENDS GENDER, RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. 
          IT TAKES MANY FORMS INCLUDING PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL ABUSE, BULLYING, AND SHAMING, WHICH CAN OCCUR IN, IN, IN PERSON OR THROUGH ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          WHEREAS IT IS, UH, IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS INVOLVED IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP OF ANY KIND. 
          AND IMMEDIATE AND CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE BY CALLING THE VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY AMAZING ORGANIZATION AT 9 2 8 6 3 4 25 11. 
          NOW, THERE FOR I SCOTT JA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEDONA IN ARIZONA ON BEHALF OF THE SEDONA CITY COUNCIL. 
          DUE, UH, DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 24TH AS NATIONAL TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. 
          I CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS IN SUPPORT, UH, TO SUPPORT EFFORTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND IN THEIR OWN FAMILIES TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES AND TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO, UH, TO TEEN DATING VIOLENCE. 
          IT'S ON ALL OF US. 
          ISSUE THIR THIS 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WOW. 
          THAT WAS A LOT. 
          . 
          A LOT. 
          YEAH. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR JALO. 
          UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND COUNSELORS. 
          MY NAME IS DUSTY JOHNSON. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY. 
          VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SAFETY SERVICES AND COMFORT TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 
          SO IN THE CONTEXT OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE ENGAGE IN YEAR ROUND AND ANNUALLY. 
          OUR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SERVICES, PROGRAMER YES. 
          UM, PROVIDES A, OR DELIVERS A FIVE WEEK AGE APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM TO SCHOOLS AROUND THE VERDE VALLEY AND HAS DONE SO FOR ALMOST THE, THE DURATION OF THE, THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS EXISTED. 
          IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WE PROVIDED 140 PRESENTATIONS TO OVER A THOUSAND YOUTH. 
          WE PROVIDE, UM, EDUCATION ON TOPICS LIKE GRATITUDE, BULLYING, POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE, RED FLAG AND GREEN FLAG IN RELATIONSHIPS AND EMPATHY. 
          PARENTS AND CHILDREN HAVE REPORTED LEARNING AND FINDING VALUE IN OUR CURRICULUM, UM, AND WE'VE SEEN A LARGE IMPACT. 
          UM, WHEN WE DELIVER THAT CURRICULUM, WE DO IT IN THE SCHOOLS AND IN THE LIBRARIES. 
          ACTUALLY, OUR ANNUAL TEEN MAS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE Y YAVAPAI COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES. 
          WE TEAM UP WITH THEM AND WE CREATE BASICALLY A GAME BOARD, IF YOU WILL, WITH VARIOUS, UM, BOOTHS FOR KIDS TO GO THROUGH. 
          THIS YEAR WE HAVE OVER 400 KIDS REGISTERED TO GO THROUGH THE TEEN MAZE TO BE HELD THE WEEK OF, UH, FEBRUARY 26TH THROUGH THE 29TH AT THE CLEMENS SAW BUILDING IN COTTONWOOD. 
          UM, THE TEEN MAZE BRINGS TO LIFE THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF VARIOUS LIFE CHOICES. 
          UM, AND THE KIDS GET GOOD MENTAL PICTURES OF NAVIGATING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE MAZE BY DRAWING SCENARIO CARDS OR SPINNING WHEELS OR ENGAGING IN DIFFERENT GAMES. 
          AND IT EDUCATES THEM IN A MYRIAD OF TOPICS LIKE FENTANYL AND MARIJUANA OR THE EFFECTS OF TOBACCO AND BA VAPING, CYBERSECURITY, SAFE DATING SKILLS, TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION, NUTRITION, SELF-CARE AND COPING SKILLS. 
          EACH SECTION OF THE MAZE IS PRESENTED THROUGH CREATIVE GAMES AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES BY VARIOUS COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ALL YEAR ROUND. 
          WE MUST BE WORKING AT HOME AND IN OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS AND MORE TO ENSURE THAT OUR YOUTH ARE SAFE AND CAN LOOK FORWARD TO LIVES FREE FROM VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND BRING ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THIS, AS WELL AS YOUR ORGANIZATION IS PRETTY AMAZING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          REGULAR BUSINESS ITEM 
          [8.a. AB 3028 Presentation/discussion regarding the Annual Audit findings and Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the City of Sedona for Fiscal Year 2022-23.]
EIGHT, AB 20, UH, 30 28 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ANNUAL AUDIT FINDINGS AND ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL, UH, REPORT FOR THE CITY OF SEDONA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
          20 23, 21. 
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FIRST, THIS ONE. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          GOOD EVENING, SHERRY. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING. 
          AND YOUR STAFF. 
          YES. 
          SO I HAVE WITH ME TODAY. 
          SO YOU HAVE MET RENEE STANLEY, SHE IS OUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER AND NEXT TO HER IS JEAN DIETRICH. 
          SHE IS THE PRINCIPAL, UM, THAT OVERSEES OUR AUDIT. 
          NOW, UM, THE LAST FEW YEARS YOU'VE UM, SEEN SANDY CROS FROMM, WHO HAS BEEN HERE AND SHE HAS RETIRED. 
          SO, UM, JEAN HAS TAKEN OVER OUR ACCOUNT NOW. 
          SO, UM, SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO RENEE TO GIVE YOU, UM, AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATUS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, UH, 2023 AND YOU'LL RUN THE SLIDESHOW FOR ME. 
          SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL, I'LL GO OVER THE, UH, SLIDESHOW FOR THE FINANCIAL STATUS AND, UM, PRESENTATION OF AUDIT RESULTS. 
          AND ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE DIRECT TO SHERRY. 
          I'M STILL TERRIFIED OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, SO , IF I CAN DO IT, ANYBODY CAN . 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FIRST STEP ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE THE FY 23 FINANCIAL RESULTS, OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION SUMMARY AND OUR AUDIT RESULTS. 
          SO HERE WE HAVE OUR GOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURES BY FUND. 
          UM, FY 22 WE HAD 38.4 MILLION AND OUR EXPENDITURES INCREASED, UM, FOR FY 23 TO 56.8 MILLION. 
          AND THIS WAS MOSTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PURCHASE OF THE CULTURAL PARK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CAPITAL OUTLAY HERE FOR THE, THE GRAPH, UM, GENERAL GOVERNMENT INCREASED, UM, 700,000, 24% PRIMARILY DUE TO PAY ADJUSTMENTS AS A RESULT OF A SALARY STUDY AND MERIT INCREASES, INCREASES TO HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS AND THE ADDITION OF SEVEN POSITIONS TO ADDRESS STAFFING GAPS IN EXPANDED CITY SERVICE LEVELS TO IMPROVE SUCCESSION PLANNING AND TO ACCELERATE THE CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM, PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSES INCREASED 1.7 MILLION OR 21% DUE PARTLY TO A ONE-TIME. 
          ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO P-S-P-R-S AS WELL AS PAY ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AS A RESULT OF THE SALARY STUDY, MERIT INCREASES, HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS, CULTURE AND RECREATION EXPENSES INCREASED, UM, 300012% DUE TO PAY ADJUSTMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE SALARY STUDY MERIT INCREASES. 
          UM, AND THE RESUMPTION OF SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WERE CANCELED DURING THE PRIOR YEAR AND ADDED SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE ADDITION OF A SUPPORT AGREEMENT FOR THE SEDONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
          ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DECREASED HALF A MILLION, 22%, LARGELY DUE TO THE REDUCTIONS IN THE SEDONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND TOURISM BUREAU CONTRACT TO REALIGN EXPECTATIONS OF THE TOURISM BUREAU ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED BY THE CITY. 
          AND VACANCY SAVINGS, HEALTH AND WELFARE EXPENSES INCREASED, UM, 0.4 MILLION, 44% AGAIN DUE TO PAY ADJUSTMENTS AS PART OF THE SALARY STUDY AND MERIT INCREASES, INCREASES IN HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. 
          ONE TIME CONSULTANT COSTS FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY ON OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLES, USE AN ADDED SUPPORT AGREEMENT FOR THE RED ROCK TRAIL FUND AND CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM TO ACCELERATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MUNICIPAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES INCREASED 1.3 MILLION 64% DUE TO FULL YEAR OF INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR THE SERIES 2022 BONDS. 
          AND THE ADDITION OF PAYMENTS FOR THE SECOND SERIES 2022 BONDS AND CAPITAL OUTLAY COSTS INCREASED 14.3 MILLION OR 103% DUE TO THE PURCHASE OF FORMER CULTURAL PARK PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. 
          GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES BY FUND INCREASED 3.3 MILLION. 
          UM, AND THIS WAS MOSTLY RELATED TO SOME INVESTMENT SALES 
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TAX DECREASE 1.3 MILLION OR 3%, UM, WE THINK DUE TO EUROPE REOPENING AND POSSIBLY DRAWING AWAY SOME TOURISM SIGNIFICANT INFLATION, POSSIBLY HAVING SOME IMPACT ON HOW PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING AND TALKS OF POSSIBLE COMING RECESSION WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON TOURISM IN OUR GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES INCREASED 1.8 MILLION OR 31% LARGELY DUE TO THE RECOGNITION OF ARPA REVENUE SPENT DURING THE YEAR THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS LIABILITIES OR UNEARNED REVENUE INVESTMENT EARNINGS INCREASED 3.1 MILLION OR 165% DUE TO SIGNIFICANT UNREALIZED LOSSES IN THE FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS RECOGNIZED IN THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          AND OUR GENERAL FUND, OUR GOVERNMENT TOLL FUND BALANCES DECREASED BY ABOUT 10%. 
          THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE DECREASE OF 5.3 MILLION OR 13% IS LARGELY DUE TO ALLOCATION OF SURPLUS BALANCES TO THE VARIOUS PRIORITIES AND INITIATIVES, INCLUDING A ONE-TIME TRANSFER OF $5 MILLION TO THE PUBLIC TRANSIT FUND TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARD ANTICIPATED FUTURE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION COSTS. 
          THE STREETS FUND BALANCED INCREASED BY 0.8 MILLION OR 252%, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FUND BALANCED TARGET AT 30% OF THE TOTAL ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          OPERATING EXPENDITURES OF THE FUND, THE GRANTS A DONATIONS FUND BALANCE INCREASED $16,000 OR 14% DUE TO A DISTRIBUTION OF THE SMART AND SAFE ARIZONA FUND. 
          MONIES ON A TRANSFER MADE DURING THE YEAR TO CLOSE OUT THE STEPS PROGRAM AS IT WAS NOT ADEQUATELY, ADEQUATELY FUNDED WITH DONATION REVENUES. 
          THE TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX FUND DECREASED BY 700,000 OR EIGHT OR 8% DUE TO AN INCREASE IN TRANSFERS TO THE PUBLIC TRANSIT FUND AS A RESULT OF INCREASED OPERATING COSTS WITH A FULL YEAR OF TRAILHEAD SHUTTLE OPERATIONS AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND BALANCE DECREASED BY 2.7 MILLION 9% DUE TO THE EXPENDITURE OF BOND PROCEEDS FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AS WELL AS EXPENDITURE OF BALANCES ASSIGNED FOR GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND HERE ARE OUR FUND BALANCE RESERVES. 
          UM, FOR NONS SPENDABLE FUND BALANCES, WE HAVE 2.1 MILLION, WHICH IS MOSTLY COMPRISED OF LONG-TERM LOANS RECEIVABLE, 2 MILLION FOR OUR SUNSET LOFTS LOAN AND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND PREPAID ITEMS AND DEPOSITS. 
          AT 0.1 MILLION RESTRICTED FUND BALANCES WERE AT 22.8 MILLION. 
          UM, THE BALANCE OF THE BOND PROCEEDS REMAINING IS AT 19 MILLION PARKS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES 2.8 MILLION, OTHER 0.4 MILLION. 
          UM, COMMITTED FUND BALANCES 10.8 MILLION. 
          TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX, 7.8 MILLION P-S-P-R-S UNFUNDED LIABILITY, 1.2 MILLION EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, 1.6 MILLION AND OTHER 0.2 MILLION ASSIGNED FUND BALANCES, 26.3 MILLION CAPITAL RESERVES AND GENERAL FUND SURPLUS ALLOCATED TO CAPITAL 10.4 MILLION. 
          AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GENERAL FUND SURPLUS ALLOCATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS 14.6 MILLION. 
          STREETS MAINTENANCE AND REHAB 1 MILLION AND OTHER 0.3 MILLION. 
          AND THEN OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCES 12.8 MILLION. 
          GENERAL FUND WAS AT 3.5 MILLION. 
          5.8 MILLION OF THAT REPRESENTS SURPLUS TO BE ALLOCATED DURING THE FY 25 BUDGET PROCESS AND OTHER FUNDS 0.7 MILLION. 
          AND THESE ARE THE TRANSFERS THAT WE MADE DURING FY 23 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO OTHER FUNDS. 
          SO WE HAD STREETS FUND SUBSIDY, 1.2 MILLION WASTEWATER FUND SUBSIDY, 3.2 MILLION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPORT, 500,000 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND SUPPORT, 2.5 MILLION VERDE SHUTTLE COSTS AND TRANSIT FUND, 247,000 PAID PARKING PROGRAM COSTS AND IT FUND 34,000. 
          AND THOSE WERE ALL ONGOING TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THE OTHER FUNDS. 
          AND THEN WE DID SOME ONE TIME TRANSFERS, UM, STREETS FUND OPERATING AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT RESERVES 755,000, AN ADDITIONAL TRANSFER APPROVED BY COUNCIL FOR 
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A PURCHASE OF THE SHELBY DRIVE PROPERTY 554,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPORT PORTION OF FY 21 AND FY 22 SURPLUSES INTRA FUND TRANSFER 750,000 CLOSEOUT, MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS AND GRANTS AND DONATIONS FUNDS 7.6 K COVER PROJECTED SHORTAGE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND PORTION OF FY 21 SURPLUS 8.3 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR FUTURE TRANSIT IMPLEMENTATION PORTION OF FO 22 SURPLUS 5 MILLION AND SUBTRACT OUT THE INTRA FUND TRANSFERS WE'RE AT 21.4 MILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGET SUMMARY. 
          UH, SALES TAX REVENUES WERE UNDER BUDGET BY 4.1 MILLION. 
          SLOW DOWN IN TOURISM LIKELY DUE TO THE REOPENING OF EUROPE. 
          SIGNIFICANT INFLATION POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE AMOUNT OF TRAVEL TALK OF THE COMING RECESSION, POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE AMOUNT OF TRAVEL AND THE CITY'S HOLD PLACED ON DESTINATION MARKETING DUE TO THE OVER SUBSCRIPTION OF TOURISM. 
          SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BED TAX REVENUES WERE OVER A BUDGET BY 1.6 MILLION, SAME AS ABOVE IN LIEU TAXES UNDER BUDGET BY HALF A MILLION. 
          LATE RECEIPTS OF THESE MONIES AFTER THE PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY DEFINED AS 60 DAYS AFTER YEAR END. 
          AND THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET SUMMARY UNSPENT CONTINGENCIES OF 600,000. 
          THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE EXPENDITURES WERE UNDER BUDGET BY 800,000 DUE TO DELAYS IN FILLING NEWLY ADDED POSITIONS. 
          DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPANDED PUBLIC RELATIONS SUPPORT, DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPANDED PROGRAMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROPOSED HOUSING PROGRAM FOR INCENTIVIZING LONG-TERM RENTALS OVER SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES WERE ALSO UNDER BUDGET BY 400,000. 
          TIMING OF COSTS RELATED TO THE REQUIRED TENURE UPDATE TO THE CITY'S COMMUNITY PLAN, EMPLOYEE TURNOVER AND RELATED VACANCY SAVINGS AND REDUCED NEED TO RELY ON OUTSOURCED PLAN REVIEWS AND POLICE EXPENDITURES WERE UNDER BUDGET BY 600,000 DUE TO EMPLOYEE TURNOVER AND RELATED VACANCY SAVINGS. 
          AND ONTO THE WASTEWATER FUND. 
          UM, EXPENSES BY TYPE WE HAVE THE COST OF SERVICES, DEPRECIATION AND INTEREST. 
          UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BOND ISSUANCES THIS YEAR. 
          IS THE SLIDE THAT YOU WERE GONNA TAKE OVER? NO, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
           WASTEWATER FUND REVENUES INCREASED BY 2.2 MILLION OR 35%. 
          THE CAPACITY FEE REVENUES INCREASED BY HALF A MILLION OR 85% DUE TO AN INCREASED IN FEES RECEIVED FOR A LARGE COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 
          AS WELL AS A GENERAL INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES REQUIRING SEWER CONNECTIONS. 
          DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTED SEWER LINES INCREASED BY 800,000 OR 1490% AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          OTHER REVENUES INCREASED BY 800,000 OR 155% DUE TO SIGNIFICANT OF REALIZED LOSSES IN THE FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS RECOGNIZED IN THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          AND THE WASTEWATER FUNDS NET POSITION, UM, WAS AT 98.6 MILLION IN FY 22. 
          IT'S NOW AT 103 MILLION FOR FY 23 AND SOME DETAILS ON THAT. 
          CAPACITY FEES WERE UNDER BUDGET BY HALF 1,000,001 TIME. 
          CAPACITY FEES WERE NOT RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR AS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. 
          SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS WERE UNDER BUDGETED BY 300,000 STAFF. 
          TURNOVER DELAYS IN FILLING NEW POSITIONS, SUPPLIES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES UNDER BUDGET BY 400,000 DELAYS IN MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT COSTS AS WELL AS UNUSED PLACEHOLDERS FOR ANY URGENT MAINTENANCE NEEDS. 
          CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES UNDER BUDGET BY 4.8 MILLION. 
          THIS WAS DELAYS IN CIP PROJECTS SUCH AS THE MAJOR LIFT STATION UPGRADES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER INFLATIONARY FACTORS THAN IN ANTICIPATED. 
          SO TOTAL CIP EXPENDITURES, UH, FOR FY 22, UH, VERSUS FY 23 YOU CAN SEE UM, WE SPENT 32 MILLION THAT IS MOSTLY RELATED TO THE PURCHASE OF CULTURAL PARK 
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AND THIS IS WHERE SHERRY WE'LL TAKE OVER . 
          SO, UM, ON THE LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS. 
          UM, AND I JUST DID WANNA POINT OUT THAT AT THE TOP OF THE SLIDES WE DO HAVE THE PAGES IN THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT WHERE YOU CAN FIND THESE ITEMS. UM, WE REFER TO THAT ACRONYM AS AFER. 
          UM, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE NO LONGER USE THE FORMER ACRONYM, UM, THAT WAS USED. 
          SO IT'S, IT WAS OFFICIALLY CHANGED TO FER SO, UM, ON OUR LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS. 
          SO THOSE DID INCREASE. 
          THEY WENT FROM 65 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 22 TO 73 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 23. 
          UM, SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 8.3%. 
          UM, THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT IS GOING TO BE RELATED TO THE REVENUE BONDS. 
          UM, SO THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY PAYMENTS ON THE REVENUE BONDS THAT BROUGHT SOME OF THAT DOWN, BUT WE DID ISSUE 10 MILLION FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE FORMER FORMER CULTURAL PARK. 
          UM, SOME OF THE OTHER ONES HERE. 
          SO ADJUSTMENTS ON THE CAPITAL APPRECIATION BONDS, WE'RE GETTING REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO THE FINAL PAYMENT ON THE SERIES 1998 BONDS. 
          THE LAST ONE WILL BE JULY 1ST, 2024. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE DONE WITH ALL THOSE CAPITAL APPRECIATION BONDS, FINANCE PURCHASES. 
          THERE WERE A COUPLE FINANCE PURCHASES THAT WE HAD ENTERED INTO DURING THE YEAR. 
          ONE WAS RELATED TO THE MICRO TRANSIT VEHICLES AND ONE WAS RELATED TO THE V TRUCK THAT TECHNICALLY WAS GOING TO BE PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET. 
          AND ALL THAT ACTIVITY WON'T REALLY HAPPEN UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET, BUT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LONG LEAD TIME TO GET THAT TRUCK, UM, WE WANTED TO GET THAT APPROVED AND MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON THE LEASES. 
          SO THOSE DID GO DOWN PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE UM, UH, LEASE THAT WE HAD FOR THE TRAILHEAD SHUTTLE PARKING LOT OFF OF BOING. 
          AND UM, SO THAT LEASE CONCLUDED AND WE DID PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY, UM, ON THE UH, NET PENSION AND OPED LIABILITIES. 
          SO WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN THOSE OF 4.6 MILLION. 
          UM, THAT BREAKS DOWN TO 2.7 MILLION INCREASE RELATED TO THE ARIZONA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS BASICALLY EVERYONE THAT'S NOT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UM, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A COST SHARING PROGRAM, WE ARE STILL REQUIRED TO ESTIMATE OUR PORTION OF THE LIABILITY. 
          SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE IT'S A SPECIFIC, WE KNOW THIS IS EXACTLY OUR LIABILITY 'CAUSE IT'S JUST NOT TRACKED THAT WAY, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO RECOGNIZE SOME SORT OF LIABILITY. 
          UM, AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO THAT WAS AN INCREASE OF 1.9 MILLION. 
          UM, IN THAT UNFUNDED LIABILITY THAT IS SPECIFICALLY OUR LIABILITY BECAUSE IT'S UM, TRACKED INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH EMPLOYER. 
          AND, UM, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR THERE WAS THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS IN GETTING THE ACTUARIAL REPORTS FOR THESE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE REPORTED, AND THIS IS EXTREMELY COMMON BECAUSE OF THOSE ACTUARY REPORTS, WHAT WE'RE REPORTING ARE THE LIABILITIES AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2022 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE JUNE, 2023 INFORMATION. 
          SO THE IMPACT OF THE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE MADE ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THESE NUMBERS. 
          YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING? SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, WITH THE, UH, BONDS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE BOND COVENANTS IS RELATED TO HOW MUCH OF OUR PLEDGED REVENUES ARE COMPARED TO HOW MUCH THE, UM, BOND PRINCIPLE INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE. 
          THE BOND COVENANTS REQUIRED AT THAT AMOUNT BE ONE AND A HALF TIMES. 
          UM, THE REVENUES ARE ONE AND A HALF TIMES THE EXPENDITURES EACH YEAR. 
          AND WE ARE, FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, WE WERE AT 5.3 TIMES. 
          SO WELL ABOVE THE, THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. 
          THIS IS REALLY TECHNICALLY THE ONLY LIMITATION THAT WE HAVE ON THE AMOUNT OF BONDS WE HAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, UM, LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUCH WE COULD ISSUE AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT IS CONCERNED. 
          SO WE WERE WELL BELOW WITH HOME RULE. 
          THE, UM, THAT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY HAS VOTED ON THAT IS IN PLACE FOR FISCAL YEAR 23. 
          AND WE ARE ALL THE WAY THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27 ON OUR AUTHORIZATION, THE AMOUNT BUDGETED BECOMES WHAT OUR EXPENDITURE LIMIT IS. 
          SO THE AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 WAS ONE 105 MILLION, UM, EXPENDITURES WERE AT 71. 
          SO WE WERE WELL UNDER THAT LIMIT AT THE 33, UM, MILLION UNDER. 
          SO NEXT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JEAN FROM CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN ON THE AUDIT RESULTS AND LET ME BRING UP HER PRESENTATION. 
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IT'S FINE. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH SHERRY AND THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR OUR PRESENTATION OF THE AUDIT OF THE CITY OF SEDONA. 
          COULD YOU JUST BRING THE MIC A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOURSELF OR SIT CLOSER TO THE MIC SO WE CAN HEAR YOU BETTER BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S, HOW'S THAT? MUCH BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2023, IT DOESN'T LIKE BEING FAR AWAY FROM THAT. 
          I'LL TRY TO GET, THERE YOU GO. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          IT JUST WASN'T CLICKED ON. 
          SO WHAT IS AN AUDIT FOR, FOR THIS COUNCIL? WE, AS AUDITORS EXAMINE VERIFY MANAGEMENT'S ASSERTION THEIR ACCURACY, THEIR PRESENTATION OF YOUR FINANCIAL RESULTS, AND WE PROVIDE OPINIONS ON THOSE RESULTS. 
          WE INCLUDE OUR FINDINGS AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WE EVALUATE THE RISK OF THE AUDIT AND THE AUDITOR'S WORK IS FOR YOU, THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE CITY, NOT FOR MANAGEMENT. 
          SO YOU ARE OUR CLIENT IN A REPORTING PACKAGE. 
          WE HAVE OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATION TO YOU AS GOVERNANCE, THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, THE AFER FOR THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDES OUR AUDIT OPINIONS AS WELL AS A SINGLE AUDIT REPORT PERFORMED UNDER GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND INCLUDING A REPORT ON THE MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS TESTED IN YOUR SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL AWARDS, AS WELL AS A COMPLIANCE REPORT ON THE HIGH HIGHWAY HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUNDS AND YOUR EXPENDITURE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT. 
          AS PART OF OUR REQUIRED GOVERNANCE COMMUNICATION, I'M PLEASED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY IRREGULAR OR UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS AND NO FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS. 
          WE EVALUATED MANAGEMENT'S ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY WERE CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR YEAR. 
          THERE WAS AN ADOPTION OF ONE STANDARD ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSCRIPTION BASED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARRANGEMENTS. 
          UM, MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTED THAT STANDARD WITH NO FINDINGS OR ANY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          THERE WERE NO MATERIAL AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS, NO UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS, AND NO DIFFICULTIES IN OR DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT ON ACCOUNTING POLICIES FOR COMPONENTS OF YOUR AFER, THERE ARE THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHICH WE WISH YOU ISSUE. 
          AUDIT OPINIONS ON THE MAJOR FUNDS AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE COMBINING AN INDIVIDUAL FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT THE BACK OF THE FER. 
          WE DO IT IN RELATION TO OPINION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY RELATE TO THE AUDITED FUND STATEMENTS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HAVE REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 
          THIS WOULD INCLUDE YOUR BUDGET TO ACTUALS. 
          THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE YOUR OPE DISCLOSURES AS AND YOUR A SRS DISCLOSURES, AS WELL AS YOUR MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS WHERE MANAGEMENT TELLS THE STORY OF THE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR. 
          WE DO NOT OPINE ON THAT, BUT WE READ IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE INFORMATION IN THE . 
          WE ARE PLEASED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE RENDERED A CLEAN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE A CPA FIRM CAN PROVIDE FOR YOUR SINGLE AUDIT RESULTS. 
          THE SINGLE AUDIT WAS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. 
          WE IDENTIFIED NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES. 
          WE DID HAVE ONE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY OVER, UM, PROCUREMENT DUE TO A CHANGE IN FUNDING SOURCE, BUT FOR NOT HAVING A SINGLE AUDIT FOR MORE THAN TWICE. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND SINGLE AUDIT. 
          THE CITY HAS RECEIVED A VERY CLEAN AUDIT AND YOUR, UH, MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE ACCOMMODATED FOR RECOMMEND ACCOMMODATED FOR THAT. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. 
          UM, MAJOR PROGRAM TESTED WAS THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND AND THE TOTAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURES WERE $1.6 MILLION. 
          OF THAT 94% WAS IN THAT FUND FOR YOUR HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUND COMPLIANCE. 
          WE TOOK THE AUDIT APPROACH OF SAMPLING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE TRANSACTIONS AS WELL AS PAYROLL TRANSACTIONS AND HAD NO FINDINGS TO REPORT TO THIS BODY. 
          YOUR ANNUAL EXPENDED LIMITATION REPORT AS SHERRY HAS PRESENTED, UM, YOUR HOME WAS $105 MILLION, YOUR AMOUNT SUBJECT TO LIMITATION WAS $71.8 MILLION SO WELL WITHIN THE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION. 
          AND THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION OF THE AUDIT OF THE CITY OF SEDONA FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2023. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS HOLLY? HOLLY? YEAH. 
          WHO WANTS GO AHEAD KATHY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF GENERAL 
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QUESTIONS REALLY ABOUT THE ACTHAR. 
          UM, SO SHERRY, WHEN DOES THE SERIES 2022 BONDS COMPLETE FINISH? I'M JUST CURIOUS. 
          30 YEARS. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S 2042 IS WHAT STICKS IN MY HEAD, BUT I CAN OKAY. 
          SEE IF I CAN FIND THAT QUICKLY. 
          SO THAT IS ON PAGE 65 OF THE FER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO YES, 2042. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, ON PAGE, I THINK IT WAS 39, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN. 
          THE IN LIE TAXES THAT WERE UNDER BUDGET BY 0.5 MILLION, WHAT EXACTLY ARE THOSE PLEASE? UM, SO THERE ARE AGREEMENTS WITH, UM, A COUPLE OF THE TIMESHARES AND SO SUMMIT AND FAIRFIELD AND SOME OF THOSE MONIES GO TO THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS AND WITH SUMMIT, A PORTION GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY IN LIEU TAXES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEY WERE UNDER BUDGET. 
          MODIFIED ACCRUAL IS WEIRD. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE THE WAY THAT BUSINESSES WOULD NECESSARILY DO THEIR FULL ACCRUAL. 
          AND SO WE IDENTIFY 60 DAYS AS THE PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY THAT MONIES ARE RECEIVED SOON ENOUGH TO PAY LIABILITIES OF THE YEAR. 
          AND SO THOSE MONIES THAT WERE DUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 WERE RECEIVED AFTER THAT 60 DAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN IT'S PROBABLY A SIMILAR ANSWER, MAYBE HOPEFULLY TO THE WASTEWATER CAPACITY FEES THAT WERE NOT RECOVERED, THAT HALF MILLION THERE, THOSE ARE STILL TO BE COLLECTED. 
          SO, UM, WE DO A PROJECTION OF VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT AND TRY AND MAKE AN ESTIMATION OF WHEN CERTAIN THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHEN WE MIGHT COLLECT THOSE FEES. 
          SO THESE, THOSE WOULD STILL BE IN THE PIPELINE AND JUST WOULD BE RECEIVED AT A LATER DATE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST ON YOUR PRESENTATION, IT WAS CAUGHT THAT THERE WAS THE LONG TERM OBLIGATIONS AT 65.4 MILLION FOR 2022. 
          AND ON 2023 IN OUR PACKETS, IT HAS THE SAME NUMBER WHEN ACTUALLY IT WAS UPDATED TO 73.7. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEBODY WENT INTO THE DOCUMENTS OF THE MEETING THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET THE CORRECTED VERSION. 
          DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE RATHER THAN SEEING THE, THE POWERPOINT WAS, WAS JUST SUBMITTED EARLIER TODAY, SO IT WASN'T EVEN IN THE PACKET. 
          VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          LE COUNCIL WILLIAMSON, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT SORT OF THANK SHERRY FOR ONCE AGAIN DOING HER, HER USUAL OUTSTANDING JOB AND IT, UM, IT REFLECTS SO WELL ON THE CITY AND I THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS, JOANNE, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL OPEN AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          GREAT REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU ARE UP, TODD? MM-HMM, . 
          OKAY. 
          I, BEFORE HE STARTS HIS PRESENTATION, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          OH, FOR HIM? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN I JUST CALL THE ITEM AND OF COURSE YOU MAY. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY, ITEM 
          [8.b. AB 3027 Discussion/possible direction/action regarding proposed State legislation, short-term rental legislation and State budget and their potential impact on the City of Sedona.]
B, AB 30 27. 
          DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE DIRECTION ACTION. 
          REGARDING PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATION, SHORT TERM RENTAL LEGISLATION AND STATE BUDGET AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE CITY OF SEDONA. 
          TODD, AND COME. 
          YES, HAVE A SIT DOWN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHERE'S YOUR, YOUR PARTNER A CRIME? IS HE ON OR NO? UH, PAUL, PAUL WILL NOT BE JOINING ME TODAY. 
          OH DAMN. 
          IN PERSON HERE. 
          UM, WE, UH, I'M GONNA SAY HAPPY FIRST OFF. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 
          HAPPY EARLY STATEHOOD DAY. 
          UH, TOMORROW IS ARIZONA'S BIRTHDAY AND AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE ARIZONA'S BIRTHDAY BY JAMMING AS MANY BILLS AS WE CAN,  ON A COMMITTEE AGENDA, UM, ON EVERY COMMITTEE AGENDA AND, UH, HAVING LATE NIGHTS. 
          SO, UM, PAUL IS, UH, DOWN AT THE CAPITOL, UM, WORKING, UH, BILLS ON YOUR BEHALF DOWN THERE TODAY AND, UH, SO HE WON'T BE JOINING, BUT HAPPY TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON YOUR BEHALF. 
          BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE RE THE REASON BEHIND THE CHANGE IN THE ELECTION DATE AND WHERE THAT COMES FROM AND WHY IT HAD TO 
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BE DONE IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF AN ONGOING PROCESS. 
          THAT, THAT, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE POWERS THAT BE MAY NOT CARE, IT'S REALLY DISRUPTED A LOT OF THE ONGOING. 
          SO I, I WOULD SORT OF LIKE TO KNOW THE REASON IT HAD TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW AND WHY IT WAS DONE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMSON. 
          SO A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, IN 2022, THERE WAS LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED THAT EXPANDED THE RECOUNT, UH, THRESHOLD IN ORDER TO TRIGGER OR RECOUNT, UM, FROM, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS 0.01% TO POINT, UH, 5%. 
          SO WITH THAT CHANGE, THAT, AND ARIZONA'S RACES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY CLOSER AND CLOSER. 
          SO WITH THAT CHANGE, IT PUT SEVERAL, UH, UM, UH, POTENTIALLY SEVERAL RACES AT RISK OF GOING TO RECOUNT, WHICH WOULD EXTEND THE PROCESS OF VERIFYING FROM THE PRIMARY AND THEN TO THE GENERAL. 
          SO BECAUSE OF THAT LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED AND SIGNED INTO LAW, THEREFORE, UM, THIS LEGISLATION WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT VETERANS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERSEAS WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR BALLOTS IN A TIMELY FASHION. 
          THAT'S WHY THE PRIMARY DATE WAS MOVED BACK. 
          UM, PARTICULARLY SO THE REASON WHY IT HAPPENED NOW INSTEAD OF LAST YEAR, INSTEAD OF LAST YEAR, UM, UH, T TYPICALLY A A LOT OF THINGS GET DONE, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE TO GET DONE. 
          AND THERE WAS A DATE THAT WAS PUT THAT WAS LAST FRIDAY, UH, FROM THE COUNTIES TO SAY, IF WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS CHANGE, WE'VE GOTTA GO AHEAD AND, AND GET IT DONE BY THE STATE. 
          SO THERE HAD BEEN, UH, CONVERSATIONS, NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON, UM, BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT SOLUTION WAS GONNA BE. 
          AND AS IS OFTEN THE TIMES, UH, IT'S NEVER, UH, DIRECTLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, OTHER THINGS GET THROWN IN, GET TAKEN OUT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY, UM, THAT'S WHY IT WAS PUSHED OFF AND ULTIMATELY PASSED LAST WEEK AND PUT INTO LAW. 
          AND JUST A, A SUBSET OF THAT QUESTION, WHICH IS I UNDERSTAND THAT IT REQUIRE, THE BILL REQUIRES THE CLERK'S OFFICES TO STAY OPEN A WEEKEND AS PART OF THAT. 
          IS THAT YES. 
          YEAH. 
          NEVERMIND. 
          IT'S PROBABLY TOO, IT'S TOO MUCH IN THE WEEDS. 
          YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION OF WHAT WAS BEHIND IT. 
          WHAT WAS BEHIND IT WAS A PRIOR LEGISLATION AND A FAILURE TO ACT LAST YEAR. 
          'CAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE DONE LAST YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, TODD, WHY DON'T YOU, GREAT. 
          WELL, LET CONTINUE ON. 
          LET ME, LET ME PROCEED WITH, IT'S, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF INTO SESSION HERE, BUT, UM, JUST LAST MONDAY WAS THE FINAL DAY TO HEAR BILLS, UH, OR TO INTRODUCE BILLS IN THE HOUSE. 
          AND THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK TO HEAR BILLS AND COMMITTEE IN THEIR HOUSE OF ORIGIN. 
          SO FROM A TIMEFRAME COMPONENT, IT'S VERY COMPACT. 
          THAT'S WHY WE SEE THE LONG AGENDAS THIS WEEK. 
          UM, PARTICULARLY, UH, ON YOUR BEHALF, THERE'S ABOUT 1600 BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED. 
          SO 1600 BILLS INTRODUCED, AND THEY'RE ALL TRYING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THAT FIRST PROCESS THIS WEEK OR THIS FINAL WEEK. 
          AND THEN NEXT WEEK IS CONSIDERED CROSSOVER WEEK. 
          SO WE WON'T SEE COMMITTEE AGENDAS IN EARNEST. 
          THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CAN MEET AN EXTRA WEEK. 
          SO ANY BILL THAT DOESN'T GET THROUGH, THEY'LL TRY TO GET IT PUT ON APPROPRIATIONS, BUT WE'LL SEE THE FLOOR ACTION ON COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND THIRD READ WHERE THEY TRY AND VOTE THE THE BILL OUT. 
          BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, WE, WE, PAUL AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON YOUR BEHALF, MEETING WITH MEMBERS ON A FEW DIFFERENT ISSUES. 
          AND I, I THINK I'LL JUST START OUT, UM, UH, WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ISSUE. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S, UH, AN ISSUE THAT SINCE WE'VE BEEN BROUGHT ON BOARD, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NOT ONLY WITH YOUR MEMBERS, BUT WITH LEADERSHIP AND TRYING TO MOVE THAT ISSUE FORWARD. 
          UH, I DON'T HAVE TO RECOUNT FOR YOU, BUT AT THE THIS YEAR'S LEAGUE, UH, RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE, UH, THERE WERE, UH, THREE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT WERE PASSED AT THE LEAGUE RESOLUTION, AND THEY WERE TURNED INTO SENATOR. 
          IT WAS TURNED INTO A SENATOR KAVANAUGH BILL, UM, AND ACTUALLY, REPRESENTATIVE BLISS, UH, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE HERE. 
          SHE INTRODUCED A BILL AS WELL, UM, UH, TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE THREE ISSUES. 
          AND, UM, LAST YEAR, UH, THEY DID NOT RECEIVE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. 
          SO THAT WAS, UH, DISAPPOINTING AND FRUSTRATING LAST YEAR THAT THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. 
          OBVIOUSLY, YOU GOTTA DO THAT IN ORDER TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          WELL, THIS YEAR, UH, SENATOR KAVANAUGH'S BILL DID RECEIVE A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT. 
          IT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE. 
          UM, BUT AS, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS A FINAL WEEK TO HEAR A BILL AND COMMITTEE, AND IT WAS NOT PUT ON THE AGENDA. 
          SO, UM, IT'S A FRUSTRATION, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH YOUR SENATOR, SENATOR BENNETT, UH, TO TRY AND PUSH THAT BALL FORWARD TOO, UH, FRANKLY, IN THE SENATE. 
          AND, AND THERE'S, AS WE'VE WORKED WITH YOUR SENATOR WHO'S 
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OPEN TO THAT, UH, OPEN TO CHANGES AND, AND SENATOR KAVANAUGH AND OTHER, UH, GOP SENATORS AND DEMOCRAT SENATORS THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THESE CHANGES, UM, WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO, UM, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT GETTING A HEARING. 
          UM, SENATE LEADERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, PUSHING THIS LEGISLATION THROUGH OR ALLOWING THIS LEGISLATION TO, TO MOVE THROUGH. 
          AND SO FRANKLY, THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE, UH, UH, NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT FOR THE LEAGUE AND TRYING TO WORK DIFFERENT ANGLES TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET. 
          THIS IS, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK. 
          SO, UM, SENATOR BENNETT HAS, HAS BEEN A PART OF, YOU KNOW, UH, CONVERSATIONS, TRYING TO ENCOURAGE SENATE LEADERSHIP TO ALLOW THOSE, UH, COMMITTEE HEARING TO HAPPEN. 
          AND, UM, BUT TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO, UH, BE SUCCESSFUL TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. 
          UM, JUMPING OVER TO THE HOUSE SIDE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BLISS, WHO IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, INTRODUCED THREE DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGISLATION, LIKE I MENTIONED AT ONE OF 'EM, UH, MIRRORED THE, UH, LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS. 
          ANOTHER ONE WOULD, UH, UH, HAVE ALLOWED, UH, CITIES LIKE YOURS TO BE ABLE TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SHORT TERM RENTALS, UM, IN A CITY. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS A ONLINE ADVERTISING BILL THAT SHE INTRODUCED AS WELL. 
          THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT BILLS. 
          SAME THING IN THE HOUSE SIDE. 
          UH, THEY DID NOT RECEIVE A, UH, A, UH, A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT LAST YEAR. 
          SO THEY DID RECEIVE A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT THIS YEAR. 
          THEY WENT TO THE REGULATORY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE SIGN THAT THEY GOT ASSIGNED, OBVIOUSLY. 
          AND THEN ONCE THEY WERE ASSIGNED, UH, WE IMMEDIATELY WORKED WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BLISS TO TRY AND GET THEM ON A COMMITTEE AGENDA. 
          SO I WILL SAY JUST, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO REPRESENTATIVE BLISS FOR THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE. 
          SHE REALLY HAS ACTIVELY TRIED TO GET THESE BILLS ON A COMMITTEE AGENDA. 
          I'VE, I, I HAD A LATE NIGHT CONVERSATION WITH HER, UM, ON THE PHONE, UH, LAST WEEK WHERE SHE CALLED ME AND SHE SAID, AS WE WERE TEXTING BACK AND FORTH, SHE CALLED ME AND WE HAD A, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION, AND THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT HOPE, UM, THAT THE BILL WOULD BE ON THE, UH, REGULATORY AFFAIRS AGENDA THIS WEEK BASED OFF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT SHE HAS HAD, SHE HAD HAD. 
          AFTER THAT, AS WE WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT, WE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING, UH, WAITING FOR THAT COMMITTEE AGENDA TO COME OUT. 
          AND WHEN THE COMMITTEE AGENDA CAME OUT, THE BILLS WERE NOT ON THAT. 
          SO, UM, BEFORE WE EVEN SAW THAT, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BLISS, SHE, SHE, SHE SAID, ALL RIGHT, LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET GOING. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER CITY LOBBYISTS TOO. 
          I KNOW WE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, START GEARING UP FOR WHAT A POTENTIAL COMMITTEE COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THAT COMMITTEE IS ON WEDNESDAY, AND THAT BILL IS NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          BUT, UH, I WILL, I WILL GIVE REPRESENTATIVE BLISS A LOT OF CREDIT FOR. 
          THE FACT IS PUSHING, UH, TRYING TO GET ON THAT COMMITTEE AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT SHE POSSIBLY COULD. 
          AND WE'VE CONT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH, UH, NOT ONLY WITH OTHER CITY LOBBYISTS THAT ARE ADVOCATES FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL REFORM, BUT, UH, AS THE SESSION STARTS UNTIL A SESSION ENDS, EVERYTHING IS POTENTIALLY NOT, NOTHING'S DEAD UNTIL IT'S COMPLETELY DEAD. 
          UM, THERE'S THE FRONT DOOR PROCESS, WHICH YOU GO IN THROUGH THE REGULAR COMMITTEES, BUT, UM, WHETHER YOU'RE SUPPORTING A BILL OR OPPOSED TO A BILL, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN FOR OTHER AVENUES WHERE IT POPS UP VIA STRYKER, POPS UP AS AN AMENDMENT. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE, ACTIVELY EXPLORE, UM, WHAT ARE THERE OTHER PATHWAYS? UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S, UH, THIS IS LAST WEEK TO HEAR BILLS AND COMMITTEE. 
          UH, WE HAD KIND OF, WE HAD TALKED AND, AND SHE, REPRESENTATIVE BLIS HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS TO SEE IF THERE WAS A, ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY, UM, IN A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE TO HAVE, UH, THE BILL HARD. 
          UM, BUT THAT WAS NOT TO BE. 
          SO, UH, WE CONTINUE, PAUL AND I CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY PROD AND, UH, LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES, HAVE CONVERSATIONS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT ON YOUR BEHALF AS, UH, THIS ISSUE IS MOVES OR AS, AS THE SESSION MOVES FORWARD. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S CURRENTLY WHERE, UH, WE ARE ON THE SHORT TERM RENTALS. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I'LL, MAYBE I'LL, I'LL JUMP OVER TO, UH, OHVS. 
          UH, AND MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TOO. 
          I JUST WANNA THANK THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR FOR YOUR TRIP DOWN TO PHOENIX YESTERDAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN THE HILL AND HAVING A, HAVING A MEETING. 
          WE HAD A REALLY GOOD, UH, CONVERSATION. 
          GOOD MEETING WITH SENATOR KERR. 
          SHE IS THE MAJORITY WHIP ON THE SENATE SIDE. 
          SHE'S SOMEBODY THAT HAS, UH, LED THE CHARGE ON OHV, UH, UH, STUDY THE STUDY COMMITTEE AND POTENTIAL REFORM. 
          UH, WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER AND BROUGHT SOME REALLY GOOD 
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DATA. 
          UH, FRANKLY, SHE WAS, SHE WAS VERY IMPRESSED. 
          , IT'S, UH, DATA. 
          SHE, UH, SHE'S, UH, SHE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR. 
          AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO, UH, TO GET THAT TO HER. 
          AND HER STAFF. 
          HER STAFF WAS IN THE MEETING AS WELL. 
          UM, UH, SENATOR KERR HAS A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW, UH, CURRENTLY HAS A BILL THAT, UM, WILL, WILL EXTEND THE STUDY COMMITTEE. 
          AND SHE ALSO HAS ANOTHER BILL THAT WILL ALLOW, UH, EDUCATION, UH, MANDATE EDUCATION, UH, FOR OHVS. 
          IT'S CURRENTLY, UH, IT'S ON SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, WHICH MET YESTERDAY, BUT BECAUSE THE COMMITTEES WERE SO LONG, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA END UP MEETING ON THURSDAY. 
          SO, UM, THERE, THAT BILL WILL BE HEARD ON THURSDAY. 
          UM, BASED OFF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH HER, UM, THERE WILL BE AMENDMENTS, UH, AN AN AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THAT, UH, BILL, UM, AT SOME POINT, UH, PROBABLY, UM, ON THE FLOOR, WHICH WILL, UM, HAVE OTHER PROVISIONS, UH, UM, THAT WILL ADDRESS THE REGULATIONS OF O HVS. 
          UM, THERE'S CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT, UM, THROUGH THE STUDY COMMITTEE THAT, UH, FOLKS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AGREE UPON THAT WILL HELP PROMOTE SAFETY. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER ABOUT. 
          AND FRANKLY, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO BRING UP SOME OTHER IDEAS AS WELL. 
          UM, AND SO I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR THERE. 
          I KNOW THERE'S, UH, THE REPORT FROM, UH, THAT THE GREATER SEDONA, UH, REPORT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE FOR HER PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND THEN, UH, CHAT THROUGH BRIEFLY AT THE MEETING AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, SHE IS, UH, SHE, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY, IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT WITH HER THIS YEAR. 
          UM, I ANTICIPATE THAT BILL MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          ONE OTHER BILL I DO WANNA MENTION FOR YOU, IT'S A SENATE BILL 10 52. 
          IT IS A SENATOR CARROLL BILL. 
          IT'S A BILL THAT ALLOWS, UH, THE WAIT LIMIT FOR O HVS TO BE INCREASED TO AN ADDITIONAL, UH, THOUSAND POUNDS. 
          THAT IS A BILL THAT SEDONA IS ON RECORD OFFICIALLY AT THE CAPITOL AS BEING OPPOSED TO, UM, I'VE HAD CONVERSATION, A CONVERSATION WITH THE, UH, SPONSOR OF THAT BILL, AND EXPLAINED OUR POSITION IN SEDONA, UH, FROM SEDONAS PERSPECTIVE ON WHY WE ARE OPPOSED TO THAT BILL. 
          THAT'S A BILL THAT WENT THROUGH COMMITTEE. 
          IT HAS NOT BEEN VOTED ON, ON THE FLOOR YET IN THE SENATE, BUT IT'S A SIMILAR BILL TO WHAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR, UH, FRANKLY, AND VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR. 
          AND SO THEY'RE ROLLING IT BACK, UH, ANOTHER TIME. 
          SO THIS IS A BILL THAT'S SUPPORTED BY, UM, SOME OF THE OPERATORS AND AIR MANUFACTURERS OF O HVS AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, FINALLY, I WILL, UH, I'LL JUST MENTION THAT THERE IS A BILL, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BLISS HAS, HER GENERAL HAS A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT BILL, IT'S HOUSE BILL 2162. 
          THAT'S A BILL THAT, UH, SHE INTRODUCED LAST YEAR ON SEDONAS BEHALF. 
          I KNOW WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS THE LAST TIME I WAS UP HERE. 
          SHE FELT STRONGLY THAT SHE WANTED TO INTRODUCE THAT AGAIN. 
          SHE SAID, I UNDERSTAND THAT SEDONA HAS, IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR GENERAL PLAN, AND THIS IS NOT GONNA, UH, GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP SEDONA FOR, FOR THIS YEAR. 
          BUT, UM, THERE MAY BE OTHER CITIES, AND FRANKLY, THIS IS A GOOD BILL AND THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 
          SO SHE INTRODUCED THAT BILL AGAIN, UM, WENT THROUGH COMMITTEE AS IT WENT TO CAUCUS. 
          UM, IN THE HOUSE. 
          THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ON THE, UH, TIME LIMIT THAT A CITY HAS TO REFER IT TO THE BALLOT. 
          UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS AN ISSUE WHERE A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATION CHANGED, LEGISLATION THAT WAS CHANGED. 
          SO IN REPRESENTATIVE BLISS'S GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT BILLS, IT ALLOWS THE CITY 180 DAYS TO REFER THE, THE BILL, UH, WITH THE COUNTY. 
          AND IT MOVES IT FROM 120 TO 180 TO REFLECT LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ON, IS THIS EXPANDING, UH, THE TIME LIMIT? AND REALLY THE BILL WAS JUST TRYING TO MIRROR WHAT WAS ALREADY IN STATUTE. 
          BUT THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THAT AFTER HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR STAFF HERE AT THE CITY. 
          THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT IT, IT TO, TO REVERT BACK TO THE 120 DAYS, FRANKLY, WAS NOT GOING TO BE, UH, AN ISSUE OR HURTFUL TO THE CITY. 
          IT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY STILL TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. 
          SO THERE WAS A, AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS DONE ON, UM, AD COW, WHICH IS, UH, IT'S KIND OF A TECHNICALITY, UH, , IT'S, I, I'VE ONLY SEEN IT ACTUALLY DONE A FEW TIMES, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO ADD THIS AMENDMENT ON AD COW BY THE PERSON THAT RAISED THIS AS AN ISSUE. 
          AND SO IT WAS AMENDED ON, SO IT WAS, IT'S GONE THROUGH COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, AND IT WILL BE ON, UH, THIRD READ AT SOME POINT AND THEN MOVE OVER TO THE SENATE TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, THOSE ARE THE PREDOMINANT ISSUES THAT, THAT WE'VE WORKED ON. 
          UM, ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK 
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YOU TO, UH, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR FOR COMING DOWN. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE LUNCH WITH, UH, ANOTHER SENATOR. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SENATOR BENNETT WAS GREAT TO INTRODUCE, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR FROM THE FLOOR. 
          AND, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS COOL TO SEE THAT WHEN, WHEN HE INTRODUCED THEM, UH, YOU COULD SEE THE OTHER SENATORS, UH, WERE, WERE, EVERYBODY KNOWS SEDONA, AND THEY WERE GRATEFUL FOR, UH, FOR SENATOR BENNETT INTRODUCING THEM. 
          AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND, UM, THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE HE SAID WE WERE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL  PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE. 
          HE DID , THE OTHER MEMBERS AGREED. 
          SO, YEAH, I, ANY PERFECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          JESSICA WAS ON THE SIDE, UM, LAST YEAR. 
          THERE WAS, I THINK, IN THE SENATE, UH, REGARDING THE, UM, GENERAL PLAN VOTE, WHO JUST FOR, FOR REASONS UNEXPLAINED, JUST SORT OF WOULDN'T MOVE IT FORWARD. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE THIS YEAR WHETHER THAT'S STILL GONNA BE AN ISSUE OR NOT? YES. 
          UH, MAYOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, THE, UH, THE BILL WHEN IT PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE LAST YEAR, WENT OVER SENATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE. 
          WE WOULD ANTICIPATE IT GOES TO SENATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE. 
          RIGHT? AGAIN, WHEN THE BILL WASN'T HEARD LAST YEAR, UH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, UM, TOLD THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL SAID, COME BACK TO ME NEXT YEAR AND LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT AND, AND REPRESENTATIVE BLISS, UH, CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PETE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, BRIAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          HI, TODD. 
          HI. 
          QUESTION FOR YOU OR KURT, OR BOTH? SO, UH, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES ATTENDED AN IN, UH, A LOCAL COMMUNITY MEETING THIS MORNING IN WHICH THE, UH, UH, A-Z-L-T-A, UH, ARIZONA LODGING AND TOURISM ASSOCIATION WAS PRESENT, UH, THEIR CEO, THEIR, UH, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PERSON. 
          AND IN THE QUESTION OF STR BILLS, UH, THEY WERE ASKED, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, DO YOU SUPPORT, UH, REFORM BILLS, UH, INCLUDING CAPS ON THEM? AND THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PERSON SAID, WELL, THAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND WE DON'T SUPPORT UNCONSTITUTIONAL BILLS. 
          AND I PROTESTED TO SAY, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY CASE LAW THAT HAS RULED THAT A CAP WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 
          SO WHAT SAY YOU ABOUT THAT ASSERTION, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT'S NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 
          MANY EITHER IN ARIZONA OR OTHER STATES OR THE US CONSTITUTION WOULD NOT PROHIBIT THAT TYPE OF, UM, CAP AND IT'S DONE IN OTHER STATES AND OTHER CITIES. 
          THANK YOU, KURT. 
          TODD, YOU WANNA WEIGH IN ON THAT? I, I'M A LOBBYIST, NOT A LAWYER, BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GO WITH KURT . 
          YOU SLEPT AT A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LAST NIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OTHER, I GUESS IS, IS MAYBE JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION TO HELP, UM, OUR LOCAL MEDIA THAT SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. 
          SO TODD, CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU INSTRUCTION FROM THE BEGINNING ON THIS LEGISLATIVE SEASON, THAT WE WANT OHV REFORM LEGISLATION TO BE PASSED? BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT IMPORTANT TO US UP HERE, AND I'D LIKE TO HELP THAT LOCAL MEDIA GET CLARITY ON THIS POINT. 
          YES, MAYOR, UH, COUNCILMAN THAT THAT HAS BEEN THE DIRECTION FROM THE BEGINNING. 
          I MEAN, FRANKLY, THAT'S BEEN THE DIRECTION FROM BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THIS SESSION, THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE PRIORITY FOR YOU GUYS, ONE OF THE PRIORITIES, TOP PRIORITIES FOR YOU ALL. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHERE WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGISLATORS. 
          THEY KNOW THAT, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THAT, I MEAN, I THINK NOT TO, NOT TO, YOU KNOW, EMPHASIZE TOO MUCH, BUT THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR TOOK, YOU KNOW, FOUR HOURS OF DRIVING OUT OF THEIR DAY TO COME DOWN AND MEET WITH A MEMBER ON THIS ISSUE AND HAD DATA AND HAD BINDERS THAT IT, IT WAS IMPACTFUL FOR, FOR SENATOR KERR AND, AND SHE APPRECIATED IT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT FOR US. 
          . 
          THANK YOU MAYOR FOR US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL DUNN, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO VICE MAYOR? HANG NOW. 
          I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE SITE. 
          I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING THAT SINGLE INDIVIDUALS CAN JUST STOP A PROCESS COMPLETELY. 
          AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD YESTERDAY WAS THAT TO EVEN GET A BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE THESE DAYS, THE, THERE MUST BE A MAJORITY OF 
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REPUBLICANS ON THAT COMMITTEE, NOT A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATORS, BUT A MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS. 
          AND IF THERE ISN'T, THEN THE BILL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SPONSORED BY A REPUBLICAN, THE CHAIRMAN IS A REPUBLICAN, IT WILL NOT LEAVE THAT COMMITTEE. 
          AND, UH, AND SO THAT IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. 
          DOES NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF COLLABORATION OR BIPARTISANSHIP, BUT I GUESS WE ALREADY KNEW THAT. 
          UH, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE POWER OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR A LEGISLATIVE LEADER IS SINGULAR. 
          SO THEY JUST CAN DO WHAT THEY WANNA DO. 
          AND THE ONLY WAY AROUND THAT TRULY IS TO CHANGE THE LEADERSHIP. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND BEFORE I, I GIVE MY 2 CENTS, UH, PETE, DO YOU WANNA JUMP IN? GREAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, TODD, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON, UH, COUNCILOR FO'S QUESTION ABOUT A-Z-L-T-A. 
          HAVE YOU MET WITH THEM? IS IT WORTHWHILE KNOWING THAT THEY'RE OUT THERE SPEWING SOME DISINFORMATION? SHOULD WE HAVE, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, HAVE THEY TAKEN POSITIONS ON BILLS? HAVE THEY BEEN HELPFUL OR NOT HELPFUL, OR JUST NOT ENGAGED ON THESE ISSUES? THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ON THAT. 
          I, I, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT, THAT CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, BUT, UM, THIS MORNING OR THIS MORNING? THIS MORNING, YEAH, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT, BUT I HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM IF YOU, UM, MAYBE I CAN CONNECT WITH YOU EITHER TOMORROW OR LATER TONIGHT AND, AND GET THE SPECIFICS OF, OF WHO, WHO WAS THERE AND WHO HAD SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          BUT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING WHERE, YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT THAT HAS NOT BEEN, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE, THE MAJOR PRESSURE POINT OF OPPOSITION. 
          BUT, UM, HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          AND I, I, I MUST SAY YESTERDAY WAS A VERY ENLIGHTENING OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE, WE WERE ASKED TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK AT THE LAST MINUTE VICE MAYOR AND I, AND IT FELT GOOD TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INFORMATION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, OR THE, WHAT WOULD IT BE CALLED? IS IT SHE WAS THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL? THE SPONSOR? NO, BUT FOR THE, THE, UH, OHV SUBCOMMITTEE THAT SHE OH YEAH. 
          HEADS UP CHAIRMAN OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE. 
          YEP. 
          SO, UH, AND IT WAS INTERESTING THAT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD GATHERED, UH, THAT SHE WASN'T AWARE OF YET. 
          SHE WOULD BE, I'M SURE AS HER COMMITTEE MOVED FORWARD, BUT IT WAS NICE TO BE, UH, REQUESTED TO COME DOWN AND SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN NICER. 
          BUT, UH, ONE THING THAT, UH, I DON'T THINK EITHER, UH, UH, KURT, YOU HAVEN'T OPINED YET OR GIVEN YOUR UPDATE. 
          UH, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT, UP UNTIL, HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A CHANGE THAT IT'S LEGAL TO HAVE AN OPEN CONTAINER IN AN OHV CURRENTLY, AND THAT CAME FROM THE CENTER. 
          I, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. 
          AND, UM, MAYBE JUST MAYBE ONCE, IF, IF, AND SHE WAS CONFIDENT THAT WAS A LOOPHOLE THAT COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          AND THAT CAME FROM, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WE BROUGHT BACK FROM DOWN TO HER FROM THE, UH, GAME AND FISH, UH, THAT THEY, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY NEEDED THE FISH GAME, AND FISH NEEDS THE LOOPHOLES TO BE CLOSED. 
          AND THEY GAVE A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS ON, UH, VERBIAGE NEED TO BE CHANGED. 
          AND SHE SAID THAT IF THAT'S CHANGED, THAT MAY BE ONE WAY OF SOLVING A LOT OF THE ACCIDENTS. 
          'CAUSE GO FIGURE, PEOPLE DON'T DRIVE, DRINK A DRIVE IN THE CAR, BUT THEY'RE GONNA GO INTO THE FOREST AND HAVE BEEN SEEN DRINKING AND DRIVING AND THEY CAN'T BE CITED. 
          SO, UH, I WALKED AWAY FROM THAT MEETING WITH THAT LITTLE TIDBIT OF INFORMATION SAYING, WELL, WE REALLY, MAYBE WE MADE MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. 
          SO IT WAS, IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING. 
          AND, UM, THE SENATOR DIDN'T REALLY GIVE US TOO MUCH INFORMATION, EXCEPT THAT SHE'S TRYING HARD TO MAKE CHANGES AND, UH, FOR THE FACT THAT THEY'RE EXPANDING THE, THE LENGTH OF TIME FOR THE COMMITTEE AND, UH, MAYBE SOMETHING CAN, CAN COME FROM THAT. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR, UH, INVITING US TO COME DOWN, GIVING US THE INVITATION, UH, CARRYING IT FROM HER. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT IT WAS LAST MINUTE. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF QUICK, UH, PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS VERY WELL WORTH IT FOR US. 
          AND I WANNA THANK THE VICE MAYOR FOR COMING, FOR, COMING DOWN WITH ME AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, 
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ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD, TODD? JUST BECAUSE PAUL COULDN'T BE HERE. 
          HE DIDN'T WANT TO, HE HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO TODAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR PAUL. 
          PAUL DID WANNA BE HERE. 
          HE, UH, TRUST ME, HE WISHES HE WAS HERE. 
          I, I, I JOKED WITH HIM. 
          I MAY HEAD DOWN THE HILL AND JOIN HIM AT COMMITTEE DOWN AT THE CAPITOL. 
          HE'LL STILL BE THERE. 
          YEAH, HE'LL STILL BE THERE. 
          BUT, UM, NO, I JUST, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO, TO, TO FURTHER THESE ISSUES. 
          UM, WHETHER IT'S, UH, WITH BILLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAVE THEIR NAME ON IT OR IF IT'S, UH, VIA AMENDMENTS OR OTHER OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          OH, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, KURT, DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION? YES, MAYOR, I BELIEVE VICE MAYOR HAD A QUESTION. 
          I WAS JUST SAY THAT YOU WANTED TO BRING UP THAT BILL FOR COUNCIL'S REVIEW. 
          YES, THERE'S A COUPLE THAT I WANTED TO GET COUNCIL'S, UH, INPUT ON. 
          SO ON THE REPORT, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH IT, UM, THE ONES THAT MOVED MADE SOME PROGRESS. 
          I LEFT ON THERE. 
          UH, I REMOVED THE ONES THAT HAD NOT MADE ANY PROGRESS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS FROM THE LAST TIME WE MET, BUT I LEFT THEIR NAMES THERE. 
          WERE STILL MONITORING THOSE, UH, THE HOUSE BILLS AND SENATE BILLS AND, UH, THE CONCURRENT, THE, THE RESOLUTIONS ARE THERE. 
          UM, AND SAME THING WITH THE BILLS THAT WE WERE IN OPPOSITION TO REMOVE THE ONES THAT HAD NOT MADE ANY PROGRESS AS OF YESTERDAY. 
          IF THEY DO MAKE PROGRESS, THEN THEY'LL GO BACK ON THE REPORT. 
          UM, THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, UH, THE ONLY IT PASSED THE COMMITTEE WITH ONE, UH, UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE AMENDMENTS, BUT THE MAJOR ONE WAS THAT INSTEAD OF 90 DAYS, UM, IT WOULD ONLY TAKE, WE'D ONLY HAVE TO REPORT OUR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR 30 DAYS BEFOREHAND. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT SHORTER. 
          SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THERE. 
          THERE WERE TWO BILLS. 
          AND ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO ADD A THIRD ONE 'CAUSE I HAD NOT, UM, ADDED IN, UH, SENATOR KERR'S BILL ON OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. 
          UM, SO SB SO WE'LL DO THAT ONE FIRST AS A ONE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, I BELIEVE WE'D LIKE TO SUPPORT. 
          SENATOR KERR HAS HER SB 1567 OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLES EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. 
          UH, AND IT'S A PROPOSED, UM, THAT EVERYONE STARTING, IT'D BE BEGINNING NEXT YEAR, FIRST AT THE ARIZONA GAME OF FISH, DEVELOP A, UH, A OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT PROGRAM AND THEN THAT IT BE A REQUIREMENT STARTING NEXT CALENDAR YEAR THAT EVERYONE HAS TO COMPLETE THE COURSE IN ORDER TO, UH, OPERATE AN OHV WITHIN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 
          SO CURRENTLY OUR LOCAL OHV RENTAL COMPANIES HAVE THEIR OWN, UM, YOU KNOW, VIDEO AND LITTLE, UH, EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT THEY DO. 
          BUT THIS WOULD BE ONE REQUIRED FOR PRIVATE OPERATORS AS WELL. 
          UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL HAS ANY OPINIONS ON SUPPORTING, UH, THAT BILL. 
          I'M SORRY, WHAT NUMBER IS THAT PLEASE? IT'S SB 1567. 
          IT'S NOT ON THE REPORT. 
          OH, . 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN'T FIND. 
          AND THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M ASKING TO ADD THAT RIGHT NOW AND ADD THAT I WAS LISTENING TO TODD TALK ABOUT IT AND REALIZE THAT WE HAD NOT, UH, WEIGHED IN ON THAT BILL. 
          SO, I MEAN, THE, THE ONLY DOWNSIDE I COULD SEE IS PEOPLE COULD SAY, OH, WELL THEN SEDONAS SHOULD BE HAPPY THEY GOT AN EDUCATION COMPONENT. 
          THEY DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE AGAINST ALWAYS FEES. 
          BUT THAT'S THE SAME ARGUMENT THAT'S MADE WITH EVERY BILL THAT WE OPPOSE OR SUPPORT. 
          SO, ALRIGHT. 
          UH, THE OTHER, THE TWO NEW ONES, UH, SHE TOLD US BY THE WAY, THAT SHE COULDN'T GET SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION IN THE COMMITTEE. 
          TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE REQUIRE PEOPLE TO BE EDUCATED, BUT IT IS STILL ON ONE MORE COMMITTEE OR IT'S, IT JUST GOT BUMPED THURSDAY. 
          SO I MEAN WE'LL WEIGH IN SUPPORT AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THURSDAY. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          HB 25 84. 
          UM, THIS IS ONE THAT THE LEAGUES ASK CITIES TO, TO WEIGH AN OPPOSITION. 
          UH, IT WOULD, WHAT IT DOES IS PREVENTS CITIES FROM ADOPTING ANY AMENDMENTS TO BUILDING CODES. 
          SO THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE. 
          SO ANY MATERIAL THAT'S ALLOWED IN THE, IN THE INTERNATIONAL, UH, RESIDENTIAL CODE WOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED HERE. 
          SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE, WE ADOPT SOME CHANGES INCLUDING, WE REQUIRE FULLY SHIELDED LIGHT FIXTURES FOR DARK SKY COMPLIANCE. 
          UH, WE PROHIBIT SHINGLE, UH, WOOD SHINGLE ROOFS, UH, FOR FIRE SAFETY, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THERE'S, THEY'RE MINOR, THEY'RE NOT GENERALLY IN SEDONAS CASE ANYWAY, HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MONETARY COST OF SPILLS BEING SOLD IS THIS WILL MAKE IT CHEAPER IF YOU CAN USE THE WHOLE VARIETY OF, OF UH, FIXTURES AND MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN THE BUILDING CODE. 
          BUT OUR, OUR CODE AMENDMENTS ARE GENERALLY HAVE TO DO WITH SAFETY REASONS, AESTHETIC REASONS TO SOME OF THEM WE PROHIBIT, UM, MIRROR SURFACES, REFLECTIVE SURFACES SO THEY DON'T LIGHT UP THE WHOLE VALLEY WHEN YOU'RE STANDING AT ANY OF THE DOZENS OF VIEWPOINTS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY. 
          UH, WE ALSO DELETE THE ALLOWANCE FOR, UH, STONE RUBBLE FOUNDATIONS AND WOOD FOUNDATIONS WHICH ARE ALLOWED. 
          UM, BUT THEY'VE BEEN SHOWN 
          [01:35:01]
TO BE VERY INFERIOR AND UM, SUBJECT TO TERMITE ISSUES, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE CODE STILL ALLOWS 'EM, THERE'S THE CITY LIKES TO DO A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE CODE IN SOME CERTAIN AREAS. 
          SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO OPPOSE A SPILL. 
          THIS IS ONCE AGAIN TAKING AWAY LOCAL CONTROL. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I WILL WEIGH THE CITY IN AN OPPOSITION. 
          AND THEN, UH, LIKEWISE WE HAVE HERE HB 27 20 AND 1415 FEES, UM, DO NOT DIRECTLY APPLY TO THE CITY 'CAUSE IT ONLY APPLIES TO UM, MUNICIPALITIES WITH 75,000 OR MORE, BUT THE LEAGUE'S ASKING CITIES TO WEIGH IN OPPOSITION, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PREEMPTION ISSUES. 
          UH, THIS IS ALSO, THE LANGUAGE WAS TAKEN FROM A BILL THAT PASSED MONTANA LAST YEAR AND UM, IS CURRENTLY, UM, BEING HELD UP, UH, BECAUSE OF LITIGATION. 
          SO NOT A GOOD BILL FOR THAT REASON ALSO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          LOOKS LIKE I GOT A MAJORITY OF COUNSEL AND OPPOSITION TO THAT ONE AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE REPORT, UNLESS COUNSEL HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. 
          ANYTHING FROM DAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU BOTH. 
          DO WE NEED TO, KURT, DO YOU WANT US TO OPEN UP A PUBLIC SESSION FOR THAT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS BUT YOU CAN JUST ANNOUNCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANNA BE SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          OPEN AND CLOSE THE SESSION. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, WE 
          [8.c. Discussion/possible action regarding future meeting/agenda items.]
HAVE ITEM C, DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING FUTURE MEETING, AGENDA ITEMS, ANYTHING FROM THE COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, HEARING NOTHING. 
          WE DO NOT, MAYOR, THERE'S NO MEETING TOMORROW. 
          JUST YOU MUST MENTAL TELEPATHY. 
          YOU ALWAYS DO. 
          YOU ALWAYS BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW. 
          SO, UH, EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT WEEK. 
          [10. ADJOURNMENT]
MEETINGS ADJOURNED. 
          HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. 
          HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. 
          YEAH.
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