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          OKAY, 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE]
WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. 
          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 ON ONE NATION UNDER BEHALF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, IF YOU WILL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MADAM DEPUTY 
          [2. ROLL CALL]
CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ YOUR ROLL CALL? MAYOR BLO. 
          PRESENT VICE MAYOR PLU IS ABSENT AND EXCUSED. 
          CORRECT. 
          COUNCILOR DUNN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILOR LTZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILLOR FURMAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILLOR KINSELLA. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILLOR FAF. 
          HERE. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          SPECIAL 
          [3.a. AB 3181 Discussion/possible action regarding approval of a $15,000 grant to Catholic Charities Community Services to manage the proposed Emergency Cold Weather Overnight program for individuals experiencing homelessness.]
BUSINESS ITEM THREE THREE. 
          A AB 31 81. 
          DISCUSSION. 
          POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF A $15,000 GRANT TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES TO MANAGE THE PROPOSED EMERGENCY COLD WATER OVERNIGHT PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          JEANNIE, THAT'S GONNA BE YOU, YOU'RE GONNA START THAT? GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          EVERYONE CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? NO. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          A LITTLE CLOSER. 
          HOW ABOUT THAT? BETTER. 
          SO, UM, HAPPY TO BE HERE TO BE SHARING WITH YOU AGENDA BILL 31 81 REGARDING THE EMERGENCY COLD WEATHER OVERNIGHT PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE WITH US TODAY FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES, KAMI RAS BAND, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELESS SERVICES FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA. 
          AND SHE WILL BE, UM, UM, ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, CITY COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED STAFF, UH, TO ALLOCATE 15, $15,000 FOR A COLD, WET WEATHER EMERGENCY PROGRAM IN FISCAL 24. 
          UH, WE ARE IN FISCAL 25 AND WE ARE JUST GETTING THIS OFF THE GROUND. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A LONG TIME COMING, BUT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH, UM, SOME KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO GET THIS GOING. 
          UM, AND WHY DO WE NEED IT? WELL, SEDONA AREA HOMELESS POPULATION IS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 80 TO MAYBE 120 PEOPLE NIGHTLY. 
          AND CURRENTLY IN THE SEDONA OAK CREEK UNITED, UM, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 17 STUDENTS WHO ARE CLASSIFIED AS HOMELESS. 
          THE, UM, PARTNERS ON THIS, ON THIS PROJECT ARE CATHOLIC CHARITIES, COMMUNITY SERVICES, THE SEDONA LODGING COUNCIL. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE IF CHERYL BARON IS IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          OH, THERE SHE IS. 
          HI CHERYL. 
          AND OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SEDONA POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THOSE THREE GROUPS FOR HELPING TO GET THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER. 
          I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MAIN PARTNER, CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHO ARE BASED IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA. 
          THEY ARE AN INDEPENDENT 5 0 1 C3 ORGAN CORPORATION THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 1933 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. 
          THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 92 YEARS. 
          THEY ARE INDEPENDENT AND, AND AS SUCH, THEY HAVE A SEPARATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          THEY SERVE EIGHT COUNTIES, MARICOPA, YAVAPAI, COCONINO, NAVAJO, MOJAVE, LA PAZ, GILA, AND APACHE COUNTIES WITH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR MULTIPLE YEARS. 
          THEY ARE CONTRACTED WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. 
          AND AS SUCH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY OVERSEE DELIVER COORDINATED ENTRY AS THE LCEH, WHICH STANDS FOR THE LOCAL COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THIS IN OUR NEXT AGENDA, BILL. 
          SO TO CLARIFY, ABOUT CATHOLIC CHARITIES, WHICH IS A, A 
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WORLDWIDE, UH, VERY KNOWN PUBLIC ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, THE ALL CATHOLIC CHARITIES OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY FROM ONE ANOTHER, AND THEY DO HAVE MANY DIFFERENCES IN SERVICES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED. 
          THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES OF, UM, OF FLAGSTAFF IS A MEMBER OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES, USA. 
          BUT, UM, TO NOTE, I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT ALL FUNDING FOR EACH AGENCY IS INDEPENDENT OF ONE ANOTHER AND ALL THE PROGRAMS AND AND SERVICES ARE OPERATED INDEPENDENTLY. 
          AND THAT, AND WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 
          SO LET'S GO TO THE PROGRAM OUTLINE FOR THE COLD WEATHER EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT PROGRAM. 
          SO BASICALLY THE, THE GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM ARE TO PROVIDE AN OVERNIGHT STAY FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UH, AND TO PROVIDE INTAKE INTO THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES HMIS, WHICH IS STANDS FOR THE HOMELESS, UH, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. 
          GOT THAT RIGHT. 
          SO THE FIRST PERSON, THE FIRST AGENCY, THE FIRST STAKEHOLDER, UM, IS THE SEDONA POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 
          THEY WORK WITH THE POPULATION. 
          THEY WILL IDENTIFY, UM, PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO HAPPEN TO BE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE IN THE CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, UH, FREEZING HEAT, WHATEVER THAT EMERGENCY WEATHER MIGHT BE. 
          UH, THE, SO THE POLICE OFFICER WILL, UM, REVIEW A GUEST AGREEMENT WITH THE POTENTIAL PERSON. 
          AND THIS AG UH, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY THE PERSON. 
          UH, THE HOTEL IS CONTACTED AND THE PERSON EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO, UH, THE HOTEL BY THE POLICE. 
          UM, THE POLICE WILL PERFORM A WARM HANDOFF WITH MANAGEMENT, AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY WILL, UH, MANAGEMENT IS PRESENT, THE POLICE OFFICER IS PRESENT, AND THE INDIVIDUAL IS PRESENT. 
          THEY'RE ALL IN THE SAME ROOM. 
          THEY REVIEW THE GUEST AGREEMENT, THEY GO OVER THE RULES, THEY GO OVER THE EXPECTATIONS FROM FROM ALL PARTIES, AND THEN THE PERSON, UM, GOES, YOU KNOW, INTO THEIR ROOM AND THEY HAVE A NICE SECURE, UH, SAFE OVERNIGHT SPACE TO SLEEP. 
          FOLLOWING THAT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES WILL COORDINATE, THEY WILL GET, UM, CATHOLIC CHARITIES WILL RECEIVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSON. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE, SO THAT CATHOLIC CHARITIES ROLE IS TO REALLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO REALLY CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED, IF THEY ARE NEEDED. 
          SO THEY WILL ENTER THEM INTO, UM, THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, WHICH INVOLVES THE, UM, ENTRY INTO THE HMIS SYSTEM. 
          AND THEY WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE CLIENT. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO TRACK THE PARTICIPANTS, AND THEY WILL PROVIDE REGULAR PROGRAM UPDATES TO THE CITY OF SEDONA. 
          SO THE, KIND OF LIKE THE BROAD OUTLINE, THE PAYMENT AND FUNDING STRUCTURE FOR THIS. 
          SO CATHOLIC CHARITIES WILL PAY THE HOTEL, THERE WILL BE AN AGREED UPON RATE. 
          THE, ALL OF THE DETAILS ARE BEING WORKED OUT, UM, WITH THE SEDONA LODGE AND COUNCIL AND WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO WORK OUT AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS. 
          BUT THERE WILL BE AN AGREED UPON ROOM RATE. 
          THE CITY OF SEDONA WILL RE, WILL REIMBURSE CATHOLIC CHARITIES. 
          THERE WILL BE MONTHLY INVOICING, AND THERE IS ALSO GOING TO BE A BUDGETARY SET ASIDE FOR ANY POTENTIAL DAMAGE OR LIABILITY. 
          UM, NOT MORE THAN 30% OF THE FUNDING MAY BE SPENT FOR OVERHEAD, OVERHEAD, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, INSURANCE, AND POTENTIAL LIABILITIES. 
          IT'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT AND THERE IS NO LIABILITY TO THE CITY OF SEDONA WITH THIS STRUCTURE. 
          AND THAT IS THE END OF MY BRIEF, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          BUT BEFORE, UM, I LEAVE THE MIC, I DO WANT TO, 
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UM, MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR PUBLIC RECORD AND FOR THE RECORD TO ATTEST TO THE VIABILITY OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN VETTED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. 
          AND IT IS, AND ITS APPROPRIATENESS TO OPERATE THE COLD WEATHER PROGRAM. 
          THEY HAVE OPERATED, UM, AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE COLD WEATHER EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND THROUGHOUT SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES. 
          UM, EARLIER TODAY I FORWARDED A STATEMENT FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO CITY COUNCIL THAT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AS AN INDEPENDENT 5 0 1 C3 CORPORATION WITH AN INDEPENDENT BOARD ITS HISTORY, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THROUGHOUT EIGHT COUNTIES IN THE STATE AND VETTED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN NO ISSUES IN THEIR HISTORY IN THEIR LONG HISTORY IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 
          SO I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE VIABILITY, RESPECTABILITY, AND INTEGRITY OF THIS ORGANIZATION. 
          NOT ONLY DO I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE, BUT I WILL ALSO BE MONITORING PROGRESS AND EXPENDITURES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM AND WE CAN MAKE CHANGES IF NEEDED. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU, JEANNIE. 
          SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, I WANNA CHECK AND SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          ANYTHING? NOTHING, MELISSA. 
          SO, UM, IN THE PROCESS YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE POLICE WILL TAKE THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS, 'CAUSE I ASSUME IF THERE'S A FAMILY THAT THEY CAN STAY TOGETHER, UM, TO WHATEVER THE HOTEL IS IN WHICH THIS HAS BEEN ARRANGED. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE VEHICLE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL OWNS? UM, ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY OWN AN INDIVIDUAL, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN SLEEPING IN THEIR OR A VEHICLE, THEY MAY SLEEPING IN THEIR VEHICLE, AND NOW IT'S TOO COLD FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT AND TO THEIR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS? WELL, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT THE, THE POLICE WILL FOLLOW THE PERSON OR THE, THE, THEY WILL FOLLOW EACH OTHER TO THE HOTEL. 
          AND THE HOTEL. 
          THE, UH, CAR WILL THEN BE PARKED AT THE HOTEL. 
          SO JUST TO BE, JUST FOR CLARITY, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE TO THEN GET, GO WITH THE POLICE OFFICER SPECIFICALLY IN ORDER TO GO. 
          THEY WILL JUST BE FOLLOWED BY. 
          SO WHEN THEY GET THERE, BOTH THE POLICE, THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS AND THE HOTEL OPERATOR WILL ALL BE PRESENT SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR THE AGREEMENT. 
          CORRECT. 
          THANK YOU, KATHY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          UM, THIS IS A SEPARATE 5 0 1 C3 ORGANIZATION FROM OTHER ENTITIES THAT MAY ALSO USE THE TERM CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN THEIR TERM. 
          I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, ASK THAT. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE BOARD OF DIRECTOR DIRECTORS THAT DICTATES YOUR POLICY, THEN ANY OTHER CATHOLIC CHARITIES ORGANIZATION. 
          IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? YES. 
          SO MOVE THE MIC CLOSER. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. 
          WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND MEET WITH YOU. 
          BUT YES, CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA. 
          WE ARE OPERATING WITHIN OUR AREA. 
          AND SO WE HAVE OUR SEPARATE CEO SEPARATE BOARD, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          SO A LOT OF THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARE AFFILIATED WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, USA, BUT WE ARE SEPARATE 5 0 3 C ENTITY. 
          AND, UM, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, HEARD SOME, UH, FROM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAD CONCERNS REGARDING SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY HAVE HAD SOME ALLEGATIONS ABOUT, UM, MISMANAGEMENT OF FUNDS. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION. 
          AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, AGAIN, THERE'S NOTHING, THERE ARE NO ALLEGATIONS, THERE'S NOTHING PENDING, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION, CORRECT? YES. 
          AND WE DO A SINGLE POINT AUDIT EVERY YEAR, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD FINDINGS. 
          AND IF NEED BE, WE COULD SHARE THAT SINGLE POINT AUDIT WITH CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ANOTHER QUESTION, PLEASE. 
          UM, AS AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION, DO YOU HAVE A NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY FOR THE CLIENTS THAT YOU SERVE? WE DO. 
          UM, IN OUR HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAMS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WE RECOGNIZE AND AFFIRM THE DIGNITY, SANCTITY, AND VALUE OF EVERY HUMAN BEING, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND, BELIEF SYSTEM, ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL STATUS, RACE, ETHNICITY, OR SOCIAL OR SOCIAL STATUS, I'M SORRY, RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUALITY, OR SELF IDENTITY, AGE, HEALTH, GIFTS, ABILITIES, OR ANY SOCIETAL OR OTHER IDENTIFIER. 
          SO CATHOLIC CHARITIES SERVED ALL PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE. 
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THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY MY LAST QUESTION IS, UH, JEANIE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WOULD BE, I THINK THE TERM YOU USED WAS AGREED UPON ROOM RATE, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IS THE ROOM RATE THE SAME, WHETHER IT'S HOTEL A AND HOTEL B? OR IS IT A DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE HOTEL? WELL, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, COUNSELOR. 
          GOOD. 
          I GOT A GOOD ONE. 
          . 
          SO THOSE DETAILS ARE, ARE STILL TO BE WORKED OUT. 
          AND, UM, WHEN WE GET TO, UM, CHERYL BARRON FROM SEDONA LODGE AND COUNCIL IS IN THE AUDIENCE, SO PERHAPS SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO MORE COMPLETELY ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          WE HAVEN'T REALLY WORKED OUT THE ROOM RATE ITSELF, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S FROM, THAT'S A, I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE INFORMATION MM-HMM . 
          JUST TO HAVE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY, BEFORE I NO VOTE ON IT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY THAT CHERYL COULD ADDRESS THAT MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND BECAUSE IT LEADS TO ANOTHER QUESTION, IS 15,000 ENOUGH, RIGHT? IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE FIRST AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THIS CONTRACT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE COULD PROBABLY COME BACK AND DO MORE IF WE NEEDED, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS OUT THERE AND ON THE TABLE AND AND KNOWN AS PART OF THIS AS WELL. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES, AND YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO COUNSEL FOR, UM, AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST, BUT WE WILL WORK OUT THOSE DE WE THOSE DETAILS. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE'RE MOVING ON THIS TONIGHT, RIGHT? YES. 
          SO IS THERE, DOES CHERYL, DOES SHE ANSWER THAT QUESTION NOW OR? WELL, WE'LL HAVE, UH, WE CAN HAVE CHERYL COME UP. 
          YEAH. 
          CHERYL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST, WELL STINT, GO AHEAD AND CONGRATULATIONS, CHERYL. 
          I KNOW THE BATON PASSED TO YOU OFFICIALLY IN YOUR THANK YOU . 
          UH, SO RATES ARE GONNA BE, WE HAVE ABOUT SIX PROPERTIES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. 
          AND WE'RE DISCUSSING THE RATES TO BE BETWEEN 130, $150 A NIGHT. 
          AND IT COULD BE LESS THAN THAT. 
          UM, HOWEVER, IF WE GET INTO PEAK SEASON 150, WE'LL MAX AT THAT POINT, BUT IT'LL BE DIFFERENT FROM ONE HOTEL TO ANOTHER. 
          IT'LL BE ONE AGREED UPON RATE FOR THE WHICHEVER HOTEL. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S MY QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          ALRIGHT, PETE, THANKS MARK. 
          THANKS JEANIE, AND THANKS MS. RASBERRY FOR BEING HERE FOR THIS DAY. 
          MY QUESTION, I THINK REALLY I WANNA DIRECT TOWARDS THE CHIEF, BECAUSE I JUST WANNA KNOW, CHIEF, THIS IS A, A NEW DUTY FOR OUR OFFICERS TO DO A LITTLE BIT EXTRA HERE AND PROCESS THIS STUFF THROUGH. 
          I, I LIKE THE SOUND OF THE WARM HANDOFF THAT SOUNDED NICE AND COZY, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SOME TIME. 
          AND CHIEF, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT WHETHER YOU'VE REALLY THOUGHT THROUGH THIS AND WHETHER USING THE OFFICER, TAKING HIM OFF THE STREET FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          IS, IS IN YOUR PLAN, YOU'VE, YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PROGRAM, AT LEAST AS IT'S INITIALLY OUTLAID. 
          IS THERE A POTENTIAL FOR ONCE THE SITUATION IS UNDERSTOOD TO HAND THIS OFF TO SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY COULD SPEND THE TIME? OR IS THAT NOT A CONCERN OF YOURS? THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR COUNCILORS. 
          SO, UH, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR WHEN WE INITIALLY WERE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'VE CON YOU KNOW, CONTINUED HAVING DISCUSSIONS AS TIME ALLOWS. 
          OBVIOUSLY IF WE HAVE, UM, PRIORITY TRAFFIC THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MOMENT, WE'RE GONNA GO DEAL WITH THAT SITUATION FIRST. 
          AND OF COURSE THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND HELP, YOU KNOW, NAVIGATE THE WARM HANDOFF LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES THAT WOULD COME UP IS PROPERTY AND HOW MUCH CAN BE STORED OR TRANSFERRED. 
          WE HAVE LIMITED OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ASSIST WITHIN OUR AGENCY FOR ADDITIONAL PROPERTY SHOULD IT NOT NEED TO GO TO HOTELS. 
          SO THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE WOULD WORK OUT. 
          UM, DC DOWEL HAS BEEN, UH, ASSISTING DURING THIS, SO I'M GONNA PASS THE TORCH TO HIM BECAUSE HE'S DONE A LOT MORE MEETINGS. 
          AND IF ANYTHING, BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE ARE, WE'RE BOTH HERE TO HELP WITH ANY QUESTIONS. 
          SO HE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE MORE, 'CAUSE HE WAS AT THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, SO EVENING, UH, MAYOR ON COUNCIL. 
          SO, UH, IF, IF WE BACK UP FOR A MOMENT, THE, THE, UH, AGREEMENT BASICALLY HAS, I, I STOLE IT, RIGHT? I STOLE IT FROM, UM, THE, UH, VERDE VALLEY HOMELESS COALITION BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING WE IMPLEMENTED THERE. 
          AND RHONDA, UM, THE DIRECTOR, UM, REALLY THAT REALLY HELPED HER GET THROUGH AND HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHO COME INTO HER SHELTER OR INTO THE HOMELESS COALITION. 
          SO, UM, WHEN WE HEARD THESE, UM, CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO FROM HOTEL OWNERS ABOUT, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? AND WHAT ABOUT IF THEY'RE DISORDERLY AND INTERRUPTING OTHER GUESTS, WE THOUGHT, HEY, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO BRING THIS OVER AND 
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IMPLEMENT IT HERE AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THE WARM HANDOFF COMES UP, BECAUSE WHEN, FIRST OF ALL, UNDERSTAND THIS IS ALL CONSENSUAL. 
          WE, WE, WE CAN'T FORCE ANYBODY TO GO THERE. 
          SO IT, IT HAS TO BE A, HEY, WE WANNA HELP YOU. 
          CAN YOU PLEA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WILLING TO HELP YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THESE THINGS. 
          SO PART OF THAT CONSENSUAL THING IS THEM ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE TAKE YOU TO THE HOTEL, THESE ARE THE RULES, RIGHT? AND IF YOU DISOBEY THESE RULES, WELL THEN OUR HAND, YOU KNOW, OUR HAND UP TO YOU IS NOT GONNA BE VALID ANYMORE. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE TAKE AND WE GIVE THIS, UM, UH, THIS WARM HANDOFF THAT WE'RE THERE WITH THE MANAGEMENT AND THE PERSON SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          YOU'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING AND THEN THIS OTHER PERSON, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, CONVINCE OTHERWISE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE DO THE WARM HANDOFF. 
          AND, AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT, UM, TO THE POINT OF WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEIR CAR? WE, WE WILL DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO ASSOCIATE, YOU KNOW, TO GET THAT PERSON. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA WANT TO TOW THEIR CAR. 
          WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME PLACE FOR 'EM TO PARK IT. 
          IF THEY CAN DRIVE IT, THEY'LL DRIVE IT. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE ALL THESE FACTORS IN THERE. 
          THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE VERY GOOD AT UNDERSTANDING AND, AND FULFILLING THEIR NEEDS AND DOING THIS. 
          AND IT'S NOT A PROGRAM THAT WE'LL USE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          IF WE GO TO CIRCLE K AND SOMEBODY'S DISORDERLY, THIS ISN'T GONNA BE A PROGRAM, WE'RE GONNA BE LIKE, HEY, DISORDERLY PERSON, WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU TO THE HOTEL OVER HERE. 
          AND RIGHT. 
          THAT'S JUST NOT, SO THE OFFICERS WILL HAVE THAT DISCRETION. 
          THEY'LL KNOW WHEN TO USE IT, UM, WHEN NOT TO USE IT, AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF IT. 
          AND I THINK, UM, THE PROGRAM CAN BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY AS LONG AS WE DO THE WARM HANDOFF. 
          AND THE OFFICER SAYS TO MANAGEMENT, HEY, IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES TONIGHT, GIVE US A CALL BACK. 
          WE'LL COME OVER AND TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. 
          UM, AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THIS WARMS MY HEART TO SEE THIS MANY PEOPLE HERE FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SEVEN YEARS AGO, UH, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD'VE FILLED A ROOM THAT WE'RE THIS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AT ONCE. 
          THANKS DC I I APPRECIATE THOSE. 
          WHAT SOMETHING HE SAID. 
          MM-HMM . 
          CAN I JUST INTERRUPT FOR ONE SECOND, JUST SURE. 
          QUESTION WHILE WE HAVE THE DC SURE. 
          ON JUST SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID, THE WARM HANDOFF, AND I BELIEVE I WOULD KNOW THE INFORMATION AND THE ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANNA CONFIRM IT. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU DO EVERYTHING, IT ALL WORKS OUT GREAT, BUT HE BECOMES A PROBLEM IN THAT HOTEL, SHOULD IT THERE BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THAT SAME INDIVIDUAL, HE WOULD NOT BE OFFERED THIS GREAT SERVICE. 
          WOULD THAT BE CORRECT? A A YEAH. 
          CORRECT. 
          IT'S KIND OF THE SAME PHILOSOPHY THAT, UM, RHONDA HAS AT THE HOMELESS COALITION, UM, WILL HELP YOU, BUT YOU ARE ONLY WELCOME AS LONG AS YOU ARE WELCOMING TO OTHER GUESTS AND OTHER PEOPLE. 
          YOU CAN'T TAKE OTHER PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE AWAY AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT. 
          GO AHEAD, PETE. 
          NO, THANKS MAYOR. 
          UH, YES, THANKS DC FOR THOSE THOUGHTS. 
          AND YOU, YOU HELPED CLARIFY FOR ME, AND I DO AGREE THAT I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME, UH, APPRECIATION OF THE PRESENCE OF A POLICE OFFICER AT THE, WHEN THEY'VE INITIALLY ENGAGED WITH THE HOTEL. 
          I THINK THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. 
          SO, BUT I JUST WANNA ECHO OR, OR, OR ASK AGAIN IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY. 
          I'M HEARING FROM YOU THAT YOU, YOU BOTH ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE STAFFING'S NOT GONNA NEED TO CHANGE, THAT THIS ISN'T GONNA BE A BURDEN OR OTHERWISE REDUCE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE, UH, SHOWN TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          FOR THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY, NO, I BELIEVE WE CAN OPERATE IT WITHIN OUR CURRENT STAFFING. 
          I THINK WHERE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS HAVE COME IN IS THE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY MORE DEDICATED FOR, EVEN AFTER THAT ONE NIGHT STAY IN A HOTEL, RIGHT? IT'S ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING SOMEBODY MORE DESIGNATED TOWARDS ASSISTING WITH, UM, RESOURCES AND SERVICES AFTER THAT STAY. 
          BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I I, WHAT'S ONE NIGHT OF A STAY IN A HOTEL, IF THE NEXT NIGHT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME CHALLENGE AND SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS. 
          SO I THINK TO GET THROUGH 1, 2, 3 NIGHTS MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S EASY ENOUGH WITHIN OUR, OUR SCOPE OF OUR, OUR COVERAGE TO HANDLE THAT. 
          WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS WE NEED TO PUT MORE RESOURCES AND ALSO FIGURING OUT OTHER SERVICES TO PROVIDE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP IN A DAYTIME. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE SOMEBODY MORE DEDICATED THAT WOULD BE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND COLLABORATE WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES SHOULD THE PERSON WANT AND OR CHOOSE THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND CHIEF, THAT'LL BE FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. 
          SO , JUST HIT THE BUTTON. 
          DC THANKS. 
          UM, IF THIS PROGRAM'S APPROVED TONIGHT, HOW LONG BEFORE IT STARTS? SO, SO, SO AGAIN, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE HOUSING, UM, I MEAN WITH THE, UH, THE LODGING COUNCIL AND PD AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES, BUT WE COULD PROBABLY GET IT UP AND RUNNING IN A THREE WEEKS, A MONTH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 
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IF ALL GOES WELL WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT'S THE TRIGGER GONNA BE? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COLD OR INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          WHAT ARE WE GONNA, WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD FOR THAT? SO I, I PREFER TO KEEP IT OPEN AT THE DISCRETION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN I ASK, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO I'M ASSUMING, JEANIE, THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A MORE OR LESS, UM, ADVERTISED PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE OFFERING THE SERVICE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY HOMELESS. 
          IS THAT AN AN ACCURATE THOUGHT OR NOT? WELL, WE WOULD PROBABLY DO A SOCIAL MEDIA POST. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, ANNOUNCING IT. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE. 
          THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL REALLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY THEIR BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND THEY SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE AND THEY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STREETS. 
          SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'LL NEED ADVERTISING OF THE PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I, I GUESS WHERE I WAS HEADED IS NOT EVERYONE WHO'S HOMELESS IS VISIBLE. 
          NOT EVERYONE WHO'S HOMELESS WILL BE VISIBLE TO THE POLICE. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT ALL DISRUPTIVE. 
          UM, SOME OF THEM ARE WORKING, SOME OF THEM HAVE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL. 
          AND SO THERE IS A, AT LEAST A COMMUNITY WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY THAT WILL NOT BE HIGHLY VISIBLE AND POLICE WILL NOT SEE NECESSARILY ON THE STREETS. 
          SO WHERE I WAS HEADED WITH THIS WAS, IS THERE A WAY FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM EXISTS SO THEY CAN POTENTIALLY EVEN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE POLICE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAY, I HAVE AN ISSUE. 
          UM, AND I HAVE NO WAY OF KEEPING WARM AND MY CHILDREN HAVE NO WAY OF KEEPING WARM AND I CAN'T SEND THEM TO SCHOOL THIS WAY. 
          SO YES, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH THE LOCAL NONPROFITS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE HERE IN SEDONA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BRIAN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? UH, MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO OF MINE, VERY NICELY. 
          UM, YEAH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, CLARIFICATION FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES, BUT YOU DID ADDRESS, UH, THOSE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED YESTERDAY, I THINK QUITE NICELY. 
          AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO, ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S GO TO COMMENTS. 
          UH, I KATHY YEAH, I, YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          I JUST WANNA, FIRST OF ALL, THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          THIS IS, UH, GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY TURN OUT FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THIS, THERE ARE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS. 
          I'M SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM, THIS, UH, ACTION TONIGHT. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO USE AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN LINK PEOPLE TO, THAT HAVE NEEDS TO OTHER SERVICES THAT WE CAN'T PROVIDE OR AREN'T PROVIDING CURRENTLY. 
          AND THIS IS A WAY THAT THERE IS A ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE IN THAT AREA THAT, THAT CAN'T DO THAT. 
          I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HEAR ABOUT THE NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY AS WELL IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO OBSTACLES TO PEOPLE, UM, ACCESSING SERVICES IN ANY NEED. 
          UM, I ALSO, I THINK IT WAS AN INTERESTING POINT TO BRING UP, IS HOW DO WE LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO EXIST? AND AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THANK YOU FOR A LOT OF THE PARTNERS AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PRESENT HERE TONIGHT. 
          UH, THAT'S A GREAT START TO IT. 
          I ALSO, LAST COMMENT, UM, IS, UM, I I'M REALLY, I FEEL VERY GOOD THAT THIS IS BEING ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I MEAN, OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SEDONA IS KNOWN FOR HAVING SUCH A, A COMMUNITY PRESENCE AND BEING COMMUNITY MINDED. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER WAY THAT, AGAIN, WE REAFFIRM THAT OUR POLICE ARE HERE TO SERVE AND PROTECT, RIGHT? UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THE, THIS IS ABOUT. 
          SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ON IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, IT'S A CRUCIAL NEED AND I THINK IT'S IN GOOD HANDS THERE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM. 
          PETE, ANYTHING TO ADD? NO. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          MELISSA, I SUPPORT IT. 
          BRIAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS FOR THEIR, UH, PARTICIPATION INVOLVEMENT. 
          CHERYL, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE LODGING COUNCIL AND PLEASE EXTEND THANKS TO THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I TOO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHERYL AND THE LODGING COUNCIL, UH, ESPECIALLY AFTER SOME INCIDENTS IN THE PAST THAT A SIMILAR BUT LESS ROBUST PROGRAM, UH, HAD A LOT OF ISSUES. 
          AND I 
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REALLY COMMEND THE LODGING COUNCIL TO WANT TO COME BACK INTO THE REALM OF HELPING PEOPLE. 
          I, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I ALSO DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU COMING TOGETHER. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THE NEXT ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO BRING ALL OF YOU IN TO GET SOME COMMENTS AS WELL. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PD, UH, FOR, UH, WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED. 
          I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THE HOTELS WOULD'VE BEEN AS MUCH ON BOARD HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YOU BEING INVOLVED. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND, UH, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE OFFICERS HERE, UH, HANDLE SOME OF THE HOMELESS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT, BUT IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, THE COMPASSION THAT THEY HAVE. 
          SO, UH, I DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, UH, JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL. 
          SO, UH, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE THE $15,000 GRANT TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO MANAGE THE EMERGENCY COLD WEATHER OVERNIGHT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO A WRITTEN FUNDING AGREEMENT APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MARCY, YOU GOT THAT? OKAY. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO DON'T GO AWAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED YOU FOR A FEW MORE THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE IN A MINUTE. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM 
          [3.b. AB 3171 Discussion/possible direction regarding the development of a strategic plan to address homelessness in Sedona, including a regionally coordinated  plan for addressing homelessness in the Verde Valley.]
B, AB 31 71. 
          DISCUSSION POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGIC PLAN TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN SEDONA, INCLUDING A REGIONALLY COORDINATED PLAN FOR ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN THE VERDE VALLEY. 
          NEXT. 
          OKAY, SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'M GONNA LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT PEOPLE COMING TO THE MIC, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE NOT GONNA HOLD YOU TO A THREE MINUTE, UH, TIME LIMIT, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE REPRESENTING ORGANIZATIONS AND BEING A PART OF, UH, THIS PROJECT. 
          SO AS WE CAN, WE'RE GOING TO BRING EACH PERSON UP OR ONE FROM EACH ORGANIZATION IF NEED BE, IF YOU CHOOSE TO SPEAK, BECAUSE WE WANNA COLLABORATE TOGETHER. 
          SO JEANNIE'S GOING TO START OFF WITH, AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL BRING EACH ORGANIZATION UP. 
          SO THERE'S LIKE A THANK YOU, LAURA. 
          BY THE WAY, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, OUR NEW HOUSING COORDINATOR AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS, THIS IS LAURA STEWART AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH ME AND SHE'S PHENOMENAL. 
          SO THANKS LAURA, FOR ALL YOUR HELP. 
          YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T BE DOING THIS WITHOUT YOU. 
          SO, UM, HERE WE ARE. 
          AND I AM, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO EXTEND A VERY WARM WELCOME TO EVERYONE THIS AFTERNOON AS WE BEGIN OUR DIALOGUE TO FO THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF NOT ONLY PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT THOSE WHO MAY BE ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS, THOSE STRUGGLING WITH ISSUES SURROUNDING POVERTY AND THE LACK OF COORDINATED SERVICES IN SEDONA AND THE VERDE VALLEY. 
          UH, MY TEAM HAS WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET THIS GROUP TOGETHER, AND WE'VE PULLED TOGETHER A VERY DYNAMIC GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS, MOST OF WHO, UH, WHOM YOU WILL HEAR FROM TONIGHT, AS WELL AS A CALL IN. 
          WE HAVE, UM, DAVID BRIDGE, THE SPECIAL NEEDS ADMINISTRATOR AT THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING VIA TEAMS, UH, VIRTUALLY. 
          AND WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM OUR YAVAPAI COUNTY SUPERVISOR, NIKKI CHECK, WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY AS WELL, AND OTHER THOUGHT LEADERS, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND EXPERTS FROM THE FIELD. 
          WE ARE EXCITED TO INITIATE THIS CONVERSATION THAT REALLY JUST STARTED OUT, AS YOU KNOW, IT STARTED OUT AS A HOMELESS, UH, HOMELESSNESS NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DIRECTED BY COUNSEL AND DRIVEN BY OUR CONSULTANTS, JONATHAN DANFORTH AND MATTHEW WHITE OF VM ADVISING WHO ARE WITH ME HERE AT THE TABLE. 
          UM, AND THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT HAS DEVELOPED INTO THIS HOPEFULLY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STATE OF SUPPORT SERVICES IN SEDONA AND THE VERDE VALLEY, AND OUR POTENTIAL EFFORTS TO ENHANCE COORDINATED 
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ENTRY AND SERVICE DELIVERY WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN SEDONA AND THE VERDE VALLEY. 
          WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT AFTER THIS DISCUSSION, CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE A VERY GOOD SENSE OF WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS MIGHT BE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. 
          AND WE HAVE, SO WE HAVE A PRETTY FULL AGENDA TONIGHT. 
          WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FINDINGS, THE COORDINATED ENTRY STRUCTURE. 
          WE WILL HEAR FROM ADA, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING ABOUT GRANTS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES AND HOW OTHER COUNTIES IN THE STATE RESPOND. 
          WE WILL HEAR FROM LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND DIRECT CARE PROVIDERS. 
          AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH A COORDINATED RESPONSE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL DIRECTED DISCUSSION. 
          SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL TURN THE MIC OVER TO JONATHAN AND MATT TO GET STARTED WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FINDINGS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JEANNIE. 
          MAYOR, COUNSELORS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BACK. 
          YOU'LL REMEMBER JONATHAN, I'M MATT WHITE, UM, WITH, UH, VM ADVISING. 
          UM, AND JONATHAN AND I WERE HERE IN NOVEMBER TO PRESENT, UH, SOME FINDINGS. 
          AS JEANNIE INDICATED, WE'RE GONNA DO A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL, VERY QUICK SUMMARY, UM, TO JUMPSTART THE CONVERSATION. 
          UH, AND YOU'LL REMEMBER FROM OUR PRESENTATION JUST BACK IN NOVEMBER THAT WE ALSO SHARED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND HOW WE MIGHT FLESH OUT A PROGRAM DESIGN THAT ALIGNS WITH THE PARTICULAR ATTRIBUTES OR PROFILES OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HOW, UH, CITY OF SEDONA MIGHT, UM, ORGANIZE ITSELF AND ITS INTERVENTIONS IN ALIGNMENT WITH A BROADER REGIONAL STRATEGY. 
          UM, AND SO YOU DIRECTED US TO COME BACK, UM, AND AS JEANNIE INDICATED, ORGANIZE A WORK SESSION WITH LOTS OF INFORMATION THAT WOULD EQUIP YOU, UH, TO HELP FLESH OUT FURTHER THAT PROGRAM DESIGN AND THAT REGIONAL RESPONSE. 
          NEXT. 
          OKAY, WHY IS THIS NOT DOING IT? MM-HMM. 
          LAURA, IT'S NOT DOING IT. 
          LAURA, HELP HELP . 
          WHY IS NOT DOING IT? IT'S NOT CLICK ON IT, CLICK ON IT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE, THE AGENDA IS, WE'LL, WE'LL WALK THROUGH, UM, WE HAVE SOME STRUCTURED PRESENTATION AGAIN TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE DISCUSSION FROM LAST TIME AND TO BRING NEW INFORMATION TO, UM, TO THE GROUP, UH, ALL WITH THE DESIGN TO EQUIP YOU TO HELP FLESH OUT PROGRAM DESIGN. 
          WE INCLUDED, UM, SOME TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ALTHOUGH, UM, I'M, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S NOT, UH, NECESSARILY A REQUIREMENT, BUT WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE ENGAGEMENT AND COMMITMENT AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          SO THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM, UM, SOME OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE APPROACHES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, BUT ALLOCATING A SUFFICIENT TIME FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION, UH, TO LAND ON SOME NEXT STEPS AT THE END OF THE WORK SESSION, UH, THIS AFTERNOON. 
          OKAY. 
          BASED ON DATA THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US. 
          SO THIS IS COMPRISED OF HOMELESS MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION SYSTEM DATA AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS FROM PERSONS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION, SO FOOD BANKS, AND ALSO LOOKING AT RECORDS, UH, FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          WE BELIEVE A DEFENSIBLE NUMBER IS ABOUT 600 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS, UM, IN, UH, IN THE VERDE VALLEY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF A YEAR, IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD. 
          NOW, THAT 600 NUMBER, UM, IS NOT A SORT OF MONOLITHIC, UH, ONE HOMOGENEOUS GROUP. 
          IN FACT, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE TO LOOK AT HOW THAT BROADER POPULATION, THAT CENSUS OF 600 MIGHT BE DISTRIBUTED IN WAYS THAT, UH, CORRESPOND TO PARTICULAR TYPES OF NEEDS, UM, HOW PEOPLE USE SERVICES AND THE BEST OR THE MOST IMPACTFUL STRATEGIES TO HELP THEM RESOLVE THEIR HOUSING CRISIS. 
          SO OF THAT 600 NUMBER, UM, ABOUT, UM, UH, 360 ARE EXPERIENCING WHAT WE'RE CALLING TRANSITIONAL HOMELESSNESS. 
          THIS IS TYPICALLY, UH, BROUGHT ON BY A ONE-TIME CRISIS LOSS OF A JOB, HEALTHCARE SCARE. 
          UM, AND PEOPLE END UP LOSING THEIR HOUSING. 
          UM, BUT IT'S TYPICALLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY NEIGHBORS, UM, OTHER SOCIAL, UH, SERVICES, THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND THEY EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS FOR A JA VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, TYPICALLY AROUND THREE MONTHS. 
          THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS. 
          BUT BECAUSE IT'S SO SHORT AND BECAUSE THEY'RE 
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ABLE TO NAVIGATE, UM, AND COBBLE TOGETHER THE KINDS OF RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, THEY'RE NOT THE MOST VISIBLE POPULATION THAT WE SEE. 
          SO IT'S THE MOST SIZABLE POPULATION, BUT ALSO IN SOME WAYS THE MOST INVISIBLE POPULATION. 
          THE NEXT GROUP THAT WE LOOK AT WE'RE REFERRING TO AS EPISODIC. 
          AND THESE ARE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HOMELESSNESS HAS BECOME, UNFORTUNATELY, MORE OF A PATTERN, MULTIPLE SPELLS OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          EACH ONE TYPICALLY EXPERIENCES A LONGER LENGTH OF STAY, AND THERE ARE MORE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THAT HOUSEHOLD TO RESOLVE. 
          SO LONG-TERM, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT OR LACK OF CONSISTENT EMPLOYMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO, TO REGAIN HOUSING. 
          OFTENTIMES THERE'S THE BEGINNING OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, OR MAYBE FAMILY VIOLENCE ISSUES THAT GET EXACERBATED BY A HOMELESS DAY. 
          SO THIS IS, THE EPISODIC GROUP, UH, REPRESENTS ABOUT 180 PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY A HOMELESS, UH, ANYWHERE FROM THREE MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS. 
          BUT THERE'S A RISK OF NOT INTERVENING AND PROVIDING THE KIND OF INTERVENTION FOR THIS GROUP, BECAUSE THEY'LL VERY LIKELY PROGRESS TO THE FINAL GROUP, WHICH IS CHRONIC. 
          CHRONIC RES, UH, REFERS TO A POPULATION OF PEOPLE FOR WHOM HOMELESSNESS HAS ALMOST NOW BECOME A WAY OF LIFE OVER A YEAR OF LIVING ON THE STREET OR IN THEIR CAR. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND ALSO LIVING WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS, SUBSTANCE USE, CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, OR OTHER EXACERBATING FACTORS THAT MAKE RESOLVING THEIR HOMELESSNESS VERY DIFFICULT. 
          THE RESPONSE THAT SEDONA AND YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS PROVIDE WOULD ACTUALLY BE DIFFERENT FOR EACH OF THESE D FOR EACH OF THESE GROUPS, THERE ARE SOME FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL GROUPS, BUT AS PEOPLE PROGRESS FROM TRANSITIONAL TO EPISODIC AND THEN CHRONIC, THE LEVEL OF NEED IS MORE SIGNIFICANT. 
          SO THE, THE TYPES OF SERVICES, THE SCALE, THE DURATION OF SERVICES, THE INTENSITY TENDS TO INCREASE AS WE GO ALONG. 
          SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR RESPONSE THAT'S UNIQUELY ALIGNED WITH EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, BUT IS ALSO TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE, ARRESTING THE PROGRESSION FROM EPISODIC TO CHRONIC OR FROM TRANSITIONAL TO EPISODIC. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR PRESENTATION LAST TIME, RESOURCES OR STRUCTURES THAT EXIST ALREADY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THERE IS A PROCESS CALLED COORDINATED ENTRY. 
          AND THIS IS A FEDERALLY MANDATED APPROACH. 
          EVERY COMMUNITY MUST HAVE A COORDINATED ENTRY APPROACH. 
          AND THE, UH, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING HAS CREATED STANDARDS OR REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT COORDINATED ENTRY LOOKS LIKE FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA, AND THEN APPLIES THAT IN A UNIQUE WAY IN EACH COUNTY. 
          AND WE'LL TALK, UH, WE'LL HEAR IN JUST A MOMENT FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES, WHICH OPERATES THE COORDINATED ENTRY PROCESS FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY IN ADDITION TO A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTIES IN THE REGION. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR FRIENDS AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND, UH, GET SOME INFORMATION FROM, UH, A DO ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING ABOUT RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DEPLOY. 
          AND THEN AS JEANNIE SAID, UH, WE'VE ORGANIZED, UM, SOME INPUT FROM KEY STAKEHOLDERS, UM, UH, POLICE, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, UM, AND, UM, AND OTHER PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST APPROACH, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW WE DESIGN SOME KIND OF STRUCTURE THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE FOR SEDONA. 
          SO I'M GONNA PAUSE THERE. 
          UM, AND I THINK CAMMI, NOPE. 
          ARE YOU GOING TO JOIN US? YEAH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE. 
          CATHOLIC CHARITIES, I JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK INTRODUCTION. 
          LIKE I MENTIONED, MY NAME IS KAMI RAS BAND. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELESS SERVICES FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN THE NORTHERN ARIZONA. 
          I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK HERE FOR ABOUT ALMOST 15 YEARS. 
          AND JUST QUICKLY, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE, WE HAVE OUR SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR, WE HAVE OUR CHILD WELFARE DIRECTOR, AND TWO OF OUR HOUSING MANAGERS THAT ALSO SERVE IN THE YBA, PINE COCONINO COUNTY AREA AS WELL. 
          AND WE'RE ALL JUST GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT A CONTINUUM OF CARE IS AND COORDINATED ENTRY AND ANYTHING WE CAN HELP WITH. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          SO WHAT IS A CONTINUUM OF CARE? SO ESSENTIALLY, LIKE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY, IT IS A REQUIRED ENTITY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A GOVERNING BOARD WITH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. 
          WE DO TAKE PART IN THE COMP, THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE CONTINUUM OF 
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CARE FUNDING. 
          WE COORDINATE COMMUNITY STRATEGIES AND EFFORTS TO END HOMELESSNESS, AND THEN WE HELP MAINTAIN THAT COORDINATED ENTRY PROCESS. 
          AND SO CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS THE LCEH, THE LOCAL COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS REPRESENTATIVE. 
          BUT THAT IS A STRATEGY OF ALL COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT COME TOGETHER. 
          SO WE AGREE TO DO SOME OF THE REPORTING, WE AGREE TO ATTEND SOME OF THE STATEWIDE MEETINGS. 
          BUT REALLY ALL OF THIS WORK IS ABOUT US AS A COMMUNITY AND THE AMAZING PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE HERE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE APPROPRIATE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. 
          WE ALSO CONDUCT THE ANNUAL POINT IN TIME AND SOME OF THE OTHER HUD REPORTING THAT WE HAVE TO DO. 
          SO YOU'LL ALSO HEAR, ESPECIALLY IN YAVAPAI, YOU WILL HEAR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. 
          YOU'LL HEAR THE, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          YOU'LL HEAR LCH, THE LOCAL COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND YOU'LL ALSO HEAR OF THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT GROUP. 
          SO HISTORICALLY, THESE GROUPS HAVE HAD DIFFERENT NAMES, BUT THEY'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER IN THIS AREA. 
          AND SO DON'T BE CONFUSED BY A LOT OF ACRONYMS, A LOT OF NAMES, UM, WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON THOSE. 
          BUT ESSENTIALLY A LOT OF THIS IS ALREADY EXISTING AND WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER. 
          WE JUST MIGHT CALL IT DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          SO THE BALANCE OF STATE IS THE 13 COUNTIES IN ARIZONA OUTSIDE OF PIMA AND MARICOPA. 
          AND SO WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. 
          WE HAVE DESIGNATED, LIKE WAS MENTIONED, COORDINATED ENTRY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. 
          WE MEET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS STRATEGIES. 
          WE HAVE A SHARED FUNDING PROCESS THAT WE DO THAT IS COMPETITIVE, BUT WE HAVE A SHARED APPLICATION AS WELL. 
          AND SO I DON'T WANNA READ ALL THE FACTS HERE, BUT THIS GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE STATE. 
          AS MENTIONED, A FEW OF THE FUNCTIONS ARE A GOVERNANCE BOARD, WHICH AGAIN OVERSEES THE BALANCE OF STATE CONTINUUM OF CARE COMPLIANCE. 
          THEY PARTNER WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. 
          WE OVERSEE ESG COORDINATION, H-M-I-S-C-O-C APPLICATIONS. 
          THERE'S ALSO A SECTION HERE, SPECIFICALLY ON THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          WHAT THEY DO, AND I'LL LET DAVID BRIDGE SPEAK TO THAT UP NEXT. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO THIS LCEH LO LOCAL COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S US ON A COUNTY LEVEL, ENGAGING TOGETHER WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS, TRYING TO COORDINATE WHAT OUR SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE SO THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE MAKING SURE TO FIND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THAT ARE AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER AS PROVIDERS TO SHARE RESOURCES AND SHARE THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE THAT WE SERVE. 
          AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE THERE. 
          I THINK PROBABLY EVERYBODY'S FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT ELEMENTS AND WITH THE HEARTH ACT HERE, WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND, THIS IS SO AMAZING. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE ROOM. 
          IT'S BASICALLY JUST AGAIN, THAT THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT HAS OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN CREATE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR THOSE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHO THE LEAD AGENCIES ARE, SORRY,  IN THE OTHER CONTINUUMS THAT WE SERVE IN. 
          AND SO EVERY COC IN THOSE 13 COUNTIES DOES HAVE A LEAD AGENCY. 
          AGAIN, THAT LEAD AGENCY IS NOT WORKING INDEPENDENTLY. 
          THEY'RE JUST SAYING, HEY, WE WILL BE THE BACKBONE ORGANIZATION HERE. 
          WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE REPORTING, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF HOLDING MEETINGS. 
          WE'LL TAKE CARE OF BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE AS OFTEN AS WE CAN. 
          AND THOSE RESOURCES ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE IN, BECAUSE OUR SERVICES NEED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC TO THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND NEEDING RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE AGENCIES ARE AND WHO THEIR LEAD AGENCIES ARE. 
          AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS ONE IS ANOTHER GREAT ONE. 
          IF DAVID BRIDGE HAS SOME INPUT HERE, UM, WHEN WE GET TO HIM. 
          BUT THERE'S SOME REAL BENEFITS TO PARTICIPATING IN THE COCS AND THE LCEH. 
          IT IS AN ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO AS PARTNERS TO COME TOGETHER. 
          NONE OF US CAN SERVE THIS POPULATION AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO INDEPENDENTLY. 
          WE HAVE 
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SHARED RESOURCES, WE HAVE SHARED EXPERTISE, AND IT DOES TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT A LOT OF IT IS AROUND THE FUNDING ELIGIBILITY THAT COMES INTO THE COUNTIES. 
          BUT I JUST AGAIN WANNA ECHO THAT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT. 
          IT'S ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AND ABOUT REALLY SHOWING UP FOR THOSE WE SURF. 
          SO, NO, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          SO I JUST WANNA TAKE A SECOND HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT COORDINATED ENTRY LOOKS LIKE. 
          EVERY COUNTY THAT HAS A COC THAT HAS COORDINATED ENTRY HAS THE ABILITY TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR THEM AS LONG AS THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE HUD GUIDELINES. 
          SO YOU'LL HEAR TWO TERMS PRETTY FREQUENTLY. 
          YOU'LL HEAR A NO WRONG FRONT DOOR, OR YOU'LL HEAR A DESIGNATED FRONT DOOR. 
          SO COCONINO COUNTY HAS A DESIGNATED FRONT DOOR SYSTEM. 
          YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS A NO WRONG FRONT DOOR. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT AS HOUSING PROVIDERS, WE ARE GONNA DO THE SAME COORDINATED ENTRY INTAKE AT EVERY LOCATION THAT PROVIDES HOUSING SERVICES. 
          WE ALL AGREE TO USE THE SAME, UM, RESOURCES. 
          WE WILL REFER IN THE SAME WAY. 
          WE WILL USE, UH, SP DT, WHICH IS BASICALLY AN ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT HELPS PRIORITIZE AND MATCH THE NEED OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR HOUSEHOLD TO THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES. 
          AND THEN THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS THOSE AGENCIES GET TOGETHER EVERY OTHER WEEK AND THEY TALK ABOUT WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE AGENCIES COME FORWARD AND SAY, THESE ARE THE RESOURCES THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MATCH INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR COMMUNITY UP WITH INAPPROPRIATE RESOURCE. 
          SO, SO YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS A NO WRONG FRONT DOOR. 
          SO IF WE GO TO THE LAST SLIDE HERE FOR ME, THIS IS, CAN YOU HOLD FOR ONE SECOND? YES. 
          WE HAVE A QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR CAMMY SEDONA, SPLIT IT ACROSS TWO COUNTIES. 
          AND YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT YAVAPI. 
          SO HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT THAT? YES, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. 
          SO IN THE YEARS THAT WE HAVE FUNCTIONED WITH COORDINATED ENTRY, WE'VE SEEN IT OPERATE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          SO WE'VE TRIED TO DO ALL OF YAVAPAI COUNTY TOGETHER. 
          SO THE PRESCOTT SIDE, THE VERDE VALLEY SIDE MEETING TOGETHER, VIRTUALLY TAKING PART IN THAT CASE CONFERENCING AND THOSE LARGER LCEH MEETINGS, UM, OTHER YEARS IT'S MOVED FORWARD THAT NO VERDE VALLEY REALLY DOES WANT ITS OWN GROUP THAT, AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE THE INFORMATION, BUT IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO HAVE OUR OWN CASE CONFERENCING, TO HAVE OUR OWN LOCAL GROUP. 
          AND SO IT'S BEEN DONE BOTH WAYS, BUT IT USUALLY IS DONE SPECIFICALLY WITH YAVAPI COUNTY. 
          AND THE CURRENT MODEL WE HAVE IS THAT THERE IS SEPARATE VERDE VALLEY SIDE CASE CONFERENCING, SEPARATE PRESCOTT SIDE CASE CONFERENCING, AND FLAGSTAFF IS SEPARATE WITH COORDINATED ENTRY. 
          I WILL SAY THAT THE HMIS SYSTEM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DESIGNATE WHERE THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD LIKE TO RESIDE, AND YOU CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THAT COUNTY. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY HAPPENED TO BE IN SEDONA, BUT THEY WANTED TO GET TO FLAGSTAFF, YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY OR VICE VERSA. 
          SO WHAT I THINK WE'RE REALLY MOVING FORWARD TO, AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS JUST ENHANCE THAT GROUP IN THE VERDE VALLEY AND AGAIN, FEED IN WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTY BECAUSE THERE IS SOME BENEFITS OF THAT COUNTY APPROACH. 
          BUT HAVING SEPARATED BY VERDE VALLEY. 
          OKAY, MELISSA, I'M SORRY, I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED. 
          IF, IF I'M IN UPTOWN AND THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN HOMELESS AND THAT'S WHERE I CONTACT PD AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, I'M IN COCONINO. 
          I'M NOT IN YAVAPI. 
          ARE YOU SAYING THAT I HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO FLAGSTAFF IN ORDER TO DO SOMETHING GOING FORWARD? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD FIND THEM HOUSING IF IT WAS COLD OR DANGEROUS, WHATEVER. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE SEDONAS, BUT THAT DOESN'T GET THEM INTO THE YAVAPAI SYSTEM. 
          THEY'RE IN THE COCONINO SIDE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY. 
          THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO THAT PERSON THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU DOING THE COORDINATED ENTRY INTAKE WILL TELL THE STAFF FROM WHATEVER AGENCY THEY'RE WORKING WITH, WHERE THEY WANT TO BE, AND THEY CAN GO INTO THAT INFORMATION SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU SEE THEM AND PUT THEM WHERE THEY HAVE CLIENT CHOICE. 
          SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO TO COCONINO TO GET ON THEIR LIST OR GO TO PRESCOTT TO GET ON THEIR LIST. 
          THAT HOMELESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ACTUALLY FEEDS THE ENTIRE BALANCE OF STATE. 
          SO YOU CAN GIVE THEM THE OPTION TO BE WHERE THEY CHOOSE TO BE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ONE FOLLOW UP. 
          AND YOU SAID THAT, UM, YOUR ORGANIZATION IS THE PROVIDER FOR BOTH COUNTIES ANYWAY, 
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RIGHT? BECAUSE WE ARE THE LCEH LEAD FOR BOTH, AND WE DO COORDINATED ENTRY IN BOTH, BUT YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THE OTHER AGENCIES WITH NO WRONG FRONT DOOR. 
          I, BY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I WANNA STRESS THAT THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES HERE DOING THE SAME COORDINATED ENTRY THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES, WE'RE JUST THE LEAD AGENCY. 
          AND THIS LAST SLIDE IS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED, BUT IT JUST KIND OF INDICATES WHERE FOLKS MIGHT BE THE FLOW OF HOW THINGS WORK. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I THINK I WILL TURN IT OVER UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME RIGHT NOW. 
          I WILL PASS IT TO DAVID. 
          THANKS, MAYOR CAMMY. 
          JUST THIS MORNING I LISTENED TO A PODCAST. 
          MY, MY OLD FRIEND STEVE GOLDSMITH, HE'S A FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, AND HE'S AT HARVARD NOW. 
          HIS PODCAST IS THE DATA SMART CITY POD. 
          AND HE INTERVIEWED, OH, I THINK SHE WAS THE, SHE LE LEADS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF INNOVATION IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT AN INTEGRATED DATABASE THAT THEY REALLY FOUND TO BE NEEDED AND USEFUL THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON OVER THERE BECAUSE RIGHT, THE ADMIN BURDEN FOR ALL THIS STUFF, ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE USING IT, THEY'RE ALL TRYING TO DO THEIR OWN THING. 
          AND THERE'S LOTS OF TIME THAT'S LOST AND SERVICES THAT ARE LOST AND INFORMATION THAT ISN'T TRANSFERRED. 
          WHAT'S OUR STATUS HERE? IT, IT SOUNDS, I I, AND WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS IF THE VERDE VALLEY IS MOVING TOWARDS REALLY ESTABLISHING A COORDINATED RESPONSE SYSTEM, THAT IT'S BETTER TO START WITH  IS A GOOD DATABASE SYSTEM LIKE THAT RATHER THAN TRY TO PATCH IT IN LATER. 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE USING AND WHETHER THAT'S A, A YOU FIND THAT THAT'S STILL A NEEDED TOOL THAT'S BEEN HERE THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY LACKING? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, HMIS IS THE DATA SYSTEM THAT EVERYBODY USES, AND WE CAN PULL ACTUALLY REALLY GREAT DATA. 
          WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE BY NAME LIST THIS WEEK. 
          WE COULD SEE WHO'S AN INDIVIDUAL, WHO'S A FAMILY. 
          YOU CAN SEE SOME BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          YOU CAN SEE, IS IT SOMEBODY'S FIRST TIME HOMELESS? YOU CAN SEE, UM, IF THEY HAVE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, SO THAT I THINK IS OUR STARTING POINT. 
          AND THAT IS A SYSTEM THAT EVERYBODY THAT AGREES TO DO COORDINATED ENTRY IS REQUIRED TO PUT INTO THAT SYSTEM. 
          AND WE'RE MANDATED TO DO THAT THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. 
          SO WE CAN SHARE THAT DATA. 
          BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN ARIZONA RIGHT NOW TOO, WHERE THEY ARE WORKING. 
          THERE'S AN AZ HATT GROUP, THERE'S SOME OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE TRYING TO BUILD THAT DATA SYSTEM IN ARIZONA SO THAT IN THE FUTURE WE WILL HAVE FEEDING A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH OTHER SYSTEMS, WITH OTHER AREAS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY HONE IN ON THE DATA TO SEE WHO'S HERE AND THEN MAKE STRATEGIC PLANS WITH THAT. 
          SO FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET THAT ARE DOING THE FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION, LIKE OUR FUTURE POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE, IS THERE AN APP OR AN ENTRY SYSTEM THAT THEY CAN USE REAL TIME AND SORT OF UNDERSTAND, OH YEAH, WHO THIS PERSON IS AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ENGAGED, OR THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ENGAGED AND NOT SUCCESSFUL, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY NEED. 
          SO I THINK THEY COULD, UM, IN THE FUTURE IF THEY WANTED ACCESS TO THAT SYSTEM, I THINK FOR NOW THAT'S PARTLY WHAT CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS COMING TO THE TABLE TO DO. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE EXAM, WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY FOUND SOMEBODY THAT NEEDED TO GET INTO THAT HOTEL, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A REFERRAL SHEET THAT THEY COMPLETE WITH THAT PERSON THAT WILL THEN COME TO CATHOLIC CHARITY. 
          SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND ACTUALLY PUT THE PERSON IN THE SYSTEM, DO THE COORDINATED ENTRY FOR THEM. 
          BECAUSE AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA TAX THEM IN THEIR VERY BUSY ROLES ALREADY. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL TAKE ON DOING IS PUTTING THEM INTO THE SYSTEM. 
          BUT IF OTHER AGENCIES WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO HMIS, THAT IS CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          THANKS, KIM. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          WE GOOD? OKAY. 
          CONTINUE. 
          I THINK WE'LL PASS IT TO DAVID BRIDGE. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL, I, I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME OVER THE, OVER THE WIRE. 
          UM, I APOLOGIZE I WASN'T ABLE TO BE THERE IN PERSON TODAY. 
          UM, I, I REALLY WOULD'VE LIKED TO, TO BE THAT PERSON TO TAKE PART IN THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. 
          UM, BUT JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAMMY SAID OR CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS AS SHE STATED, UM, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT, MY NAME IS DAVID BRIDGE. 
          I'M THE SPECIAL NEEDS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. 
          WE OVERSEE, UM, A NUMBER OF OUR AGENCIES HOUSING PROGRAMS, BUT AS CAMMY POINTED OUT, WE'RE ALSO WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. 
          SO AS SHE POINTED OUT, THERE IS A GOVERNANCE ADVISORY BOARD MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE. 
          THEY, UM, ELECT OR PICK, UH, THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING TO, UH, PERFORM THOSE DUTIES OR COORDINATE OR ORGANIZE THOSE DUTIES THAT YOU SAW REFERRED TO EARLIER. 
          SO, UM, THOSE HUD REQUIRED ACTIVITIES 
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LIKE DOING THE AVERAGE, THE PIT COUNT, UH, WHICH WAS JUST COM, UH, TOOK PLACE THIS WEEK ACROSS THE STATE. 
          UM, UH, THE USE OF HMIS BE HEARD CAMMY DESCRIBED, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR AND MAKING SURE THOSE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE. 
          UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FROM HUD FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE IS DISTRIBUTED AND CONTRACTED. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, SO AS SHE POINTED OUT, THAT'S OUR UFA ROLE. 
          UM, AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT IN THE 13 COUNTIES THAT AREN'T MARICOPA OR TUCSON. 
          UM, THE TWO THINGS THEY ASKED ME TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT TODAY, SO, SO WE HAVE A HUGE ROLE IN THAT AND I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          THE OTHER PART THAT, UH, THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING IS JUST, WE ALSO ARE THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. 
          WE PROVIDE, UH, WE COORDINATE A NUMBER OF THE HOUSING RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS FOR THE STATE. 
          UM, AND SO AS, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE TRICKY LINE IN THE, IN THE HEARTH ACT THAT, UM, CAMMY HAD POINTED OUT WAS IN ADDITION TO THESE HUD REQUIRED ACTIVITIES, EVEN THOUGH OUR HUD MONEY ONLY PAYS FOR CERTAIN INTERVENTIONS LIKE HOUSING AND PERMANENT HOUSING FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UH, THERE'S THAT LINE IN THE HEARTH ACT THAT SAYS THIS CONTINUUM OF CARE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING UP A SYSTEM OF CARE THAT OVERSEES OUTREACH, SHELTER, HOUSING, AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO MAKING, UM, AN EFFECTIVE, UM, HOMELESS STRATEGY LIKE MATT POINTED OUT IN HIS INTRODUCTION. 
          ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, AND BRINGING TOGETHER ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THAT PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. 
          AND SO THAT'S REALLY ALSO THE, THE HUGE PART THAT A DH PLAYS. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE RESOURCES A DOH BRINGS TO THE TABLE. 
          UM, AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS WILL DEPEND ON, ON KIND OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THE, UH, SEDONA AND THE VERDE VALLEY AND Y THE YAVAPI COUNTY COME UP WITH. 
          BUT BASICALLY THROUGH A DOH OR THROUGH OUR FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES, WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE CONNECTION TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT. 
          UM, WE PROVIDE PASS THROUGH FUNDING, AS I SAID, FROM HUD FOR PERMANENT HOUSING AND FOR, UH, RAPID REHOUSING EACH YEAR. 
          THAT'S A COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT COMMUNITIES AND AGENCIES CAN PUT IN APPLICATIONS FORWARD TO BRING THOSE RESOURCES TO THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH DES WHO MANAGES THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS THROUGH HUD, UM, THAT FUND, EMERGENCY SHELTER, RAPID REHOUSING OUTREACH IN COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S A COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT COMES UP EVERY COUPLE YEARS. 
          UM, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM ON COORDINATING THOSE FUNDS. 
          UM, WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO ACTUALLY BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO SUSTAIN, UH, FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS. 
          YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH YE AND SOME OF THOSE, I KNOW THERE'S THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA AND YAVAPAI COUNTY. 
          AGAIN, THOSE GO THROUGH THE CONTINUUM, UH, NOT THROUGH THE CONTINUUM CARE, BUT THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO THE PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING IS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY. 
          SO TO THE DEGREE THAT THERE IS, UH, SECTION EIGHT OR FORMALLY CALLED SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS OR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALSO MANAGED THROUGH, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. 
          SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF RESOURCES DEPENDING ON THE STRATEGIES THAT THE COMMUNITY COMES UP WITH THAT WE CAN, UM, PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR, UM, OR HELP COORDINATE OR, OR, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT APPLICATIONS FOR. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO GET STATE MONEY. 
          THE PRIMARY SOURCE HERE IS THE, UH, STATE HOUSING TRUST FUND THAT WE MANAGE. 
          UM, LAST YEAR THAT WAS ABOUT A $15 MILLION, UH, $15 MILLION ALLOCATION. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, THROUGH THAT WE CAN FUND A NUMBER OF, UM, DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS. 
          AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT'S FUNDED SHELTER BEFORE THAT'S FUNDED. 
          RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS THAT YOU'VE HEARD OF. 
          IT FUNDS SOME PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS. UH, DEVELOPMENT OF SHELTERS HAS BEEN A, UM, ACTIVITY OR, OR TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS HAS BEEN AN ACTIVITY WE'VE FUNDED. 
          UM, WE'VE DONE PREVENTION AND FLEX FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS OR TRY TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR, UH, UNIT. 
          EVICTION PREVENTION HAS ALL BEEN PART OF MONEY THAT WE'VE USED TO THE COUNTY. 
          UM, ONE VERY LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, UH, IS YOU'RE ALL AWARE SEDONA HAS A PENDING APP OR HAS AN APPLICATION, AN ACTIVE APPLICATION THROUGH, UM, OUR HOUSE OR HSSF FUNDS, OUR HOMELESS SHELTER AND SERVICES FUND, UM, THAT WAS SUSPENDED AS THE, AS THE COUNTY, OR I'M SORRY, THE CITY OF SEDONA STARTED GOING THROUGH SOME OF THEIR REFLECTIONS AND WORK ON BUILDING THIS LARGER PLAN. 
          I JUST WANTED TO PASS ON THAT, THAT FUNDING IS STILL THERE. 
          UM, IT HASN'T BEEN COMMITTED TO ANY OTHER PROJECT. 
          IT'S THERE FOR SEDONA. 
          UM, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN, UH, RESPOND TO, TO MAKE SURE IT STILL FITS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, FUNDING INTENTS. 
          BUT THAT FUNDING IS STILL THERE, AND WE'RE OPEN TO THE SOLUTIONS THAT THIS COMMUNITY, UH, THAT SEDONA COMES UP WITH, WHETHER IT'S IN SEDONA OR MAYBE A LARGER PROJECT INVOLVING MAYBE OTHER COMMUNITIES OR, OR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. 
          UM, THE OTHER PART THAT'S A HUGE PART OF BOTH OF OUR ROLE IS THE, UM, COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT AND THE, AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROVIDER, AND IS, UH, ALSO SUPPORTS 
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OUR WORK IN GENERAL AROUND HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, YOU HEARD KAMI TALK A LOT ABOUT HMIS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS THAT WE DO AS PART OF, UH, BEING THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, UM, IS WE HAVE THE HMI SYSTEM THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO USE PER HUD, BUT WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF MODIFICATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR CONTINUED UNIQUENESS OF OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE. 
          SO THAT INCLUDES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BREAK IT DOWN. 
          SO INSTEAD OF JUST ONE REPORT FOR THE ENTIRE BALANCE OF STATE, BECAUSE EACH COUNTY IS SO DIFFERENT, UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BREAK DOWN THOSE. 
          AS CAMMY POINTED OUT, WE CAN BREAK DOWN OUR BIN NAME LISTS, WE CAN BREAK DOWN OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND ALL OF OUR REPORTING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 
          WE CAN ALSO SHOW OUTCOMES AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 
          WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CITIES YET, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YAVAPAI AND GILA COUNTY BECAUSE EACH CONTINUUM, EACH COUNTY IS SO DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE. 
          UM, THE QUESTION, AN EXCELLENT QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THIS INTEGRATION OF DATA SYSTEMS. UH, CAMMY ALLUDED TO, UM, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE AN ACTIVE PROGRAM THAT WE HOPE TO LAUNCH, UM, BY THIS YEAR TO INTEGRATE ALL THREE HMI ASSISTANCE FOR ALL THREE, UH, CONTINUOUS OF CARE IN ARIZONA. 
          SO WE'D HAVE ONE ARIZONA, STATEWIDE HMI ASSISTANCE, SO WE CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT MIGRATION BETWEEN COUNTIES OR, YOU KNOW, THE MOVE FROM URBAN TO, YOU KNOW, RURAL AREAS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE DEMOGRAPHICS AND, AND INFORMATION BETWEEN COUNTIES. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING, PROBABLY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROJECT RIGHT NOW TO INTEGRATE ALL OF OUR HMIS DATA, UH, WITH, UM, DATA FROM ACCESS AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES SO THAT WE CAN START LOOKING AT THIS. 
          UH, WE ALL ARE PROBABLY INTELLECTUALLY AWARE THAT MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE HEALTHCARE ISSUES CAN BE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO PEOPLE'S HOUSING INSTABILITY CAN LEAD TO HOMELESSNESS. 
          ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION, UH, OUR MEDICAID SYSTEM NOTES VERY WELL THAT THE LACK OF HOUSING, UH, DRAMATICALLY INCREASES HEALTH COMPLICATIONS AND HEALTH COSTS. 
          UM, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, 2025, WE WILL HAVE AN ACTIVE INTER-AGENCY DATA SHARE BETWEEN THE THREE STATE HMIS SYSTEMS AND ACCESS. 
          AND THERE'S ACTUALLY COORDINATION GOING ON AND ACTUALLY FUNDING COMING THROUGH MEDICAID, UM, THAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS OF, OF PARTICULARLY MEMBERS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, UH, TO TRY TO ENGAGE THEM OUT OF THE HOMELESS SYSTEM AND GET THEM INTO THE TYPES OF MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE, UH, THAT THEY NEED TO BE STABLE IN ADDITION TO WORKING ON THEIR HOUSING GOALS THROUGH THE, THE HOMELESS SYSTEM. 
          SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REALLY, UH, YOU, I COULDN'T SEE YOU ASK THAT QUESTION, BUT THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 
          AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT, UH, YAVAPI, SEDONA, THE VERDE VALLEY WOULD BE PARTICIPATED IN BY BECOMING PART OF THIS HMIS SYSTEM AND, AND BUILDING THIS SYSTEM OF CARE. 
          AND THAT'S THE LAST THING I'LL JUST SAY IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EACH OF OUR COUNT, THE REASON WE HAVE THESE LOCAL COALITIONS, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT ROLE, EACH OF OUR COUNTIES IS SO ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS, IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHY, UM, WHENEVER I'VE BEEN TO YAVAPI, THIS ISSUE OF THE MOUNT MINGUS CHALLENGE COMES UP, RIGHT? THAT YOU BASICALLY HAVE TWO URBAN AREAS THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH SPLIT BY A MOUNTAIN. 
          IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST DRIVING THE, AS THE CROW FLIES 10 MILES OR WHATEVER IT IS BETWEEN THESE CITIES. 
          BUT YOU LITERALLY HAVE A TWO OR THREE, THREE HOUR DRIVE TO COORDINATE SERVICES OR TO COORDINATE BETWEEN THOSE COMMUNITIES. 
          SIMILAR ISSUES ARISE IN GILA COUNTY AND SOME OF OUR OTHER COUNTIES. 
          UM, WE HAVE COUNTIES THAT HAVE NO SHELTER. 
          WE HAVE COUNTIES THAT HAVE NO OUTREACH. 
          AND SO THE REAL GOAL OF THE LOCAL COALITIONS IS FOR EACH COUNTY TO KIND OF BRING TOGETHER THEIR STAKEHOLDERS, THEIR RESOURCES, UM, WHOEVER THAT MAY BE, POLICE. 
          UM, I'VE HEARD ALL THE WONDERFUL TESTIMONY ABOUT HOW WELL YOUR POLICE ENGAGE, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S NO SHELTER IN TOWN, SOMETIMES THAT IS YOUR FIRST RESPONSE. 
          AND SO, AND THE NUMBER, UH, THE GOAL OF THE LOCAL COALITION IS TO BRING TOGETHER WHOEVER THOSE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AROUND OUR COUNTY RIGHT NOW AND OUR LOCAL COALITIONS, WE HAVE OVER 350 ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT ARE WORKING IN THEIR COUNTIES TO BUILD THESE SYSTEMS OF CARE, USE THESE RESOURCES AND, AND, AND SERVE THEIR HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT, UH, PARTICIPATION, EILA COUNTY, MOJAVE COUNTY, UH, UH, GRAND COUNTY, UH, AND I THINK THERE'S ONE OTHER ONE, UM, THEIR COUNTIES ARE, OH, PINAL COUNTY. 
          UH, THEIR COUNTIES ARE ACTUALLY THE LEAD AGENCIES RUNNING THE LOCAL COALITION. 
          SO THE ROLES THAT CAMMY DESCRIBED THEIR PROVIDING IN YOUR COMMUNITY, UH, ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY ENTITIES IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, WITH THAT, A LOT OF TIMES THEY LEVERAGE OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES LIKE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH POLICE OR OTHER, UH, CITY OR COUNTY INTI ENTITIES TO BUILD THAT COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE THAT SERVES, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          AND AGAIN, BUT THAT'S REALLY, IT JUST VARIES DEPENDING ON THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT RE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, I'LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT, SO IF THERE'S QUESTIONS YOU KNOW, ABOUT ANY OF OUR ROLES, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER. 
          UM, BUT LIKE I 
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SAID, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M EXCITED, UH, TO SEE THIS CONVENING AND BRINGING THESE GROUPS TOGETHER TO, TO REALLY BUILD THIS EFFECTIVE, UH, AGAIN, CONTINUUM OF SERVICES TO SERVE THIS POPULATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OKAY, MAYOR, JUST REAL QUICKLY, DAVID, I, BEFORE I FORGET, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND ADO FOR THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE FUNDING THAT YOU'VE BEEN HOLDING FOR US AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR PUBLIC PROCESS AND IN EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED AND, AND, AND WANT TO DO. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          JEANNIE, WE'RE GONNA DO THE PUBLIC OUTREACH SHOW. 
          SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MORE ON OUR AGENDA HERE, AND THEN WE CAN GO TO OPEN COMMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, LOCAL COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS, THAT STRUCTURE THAT CAMMIE TALKED ABOUT. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES FROM A DO. 
          UM, AND AS WE BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO ACTIVATE THE COORDIN ENTRY RESPONSE AND DEPLOY THE STATE RESOURCES, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR SOME, FROM SOME ADDITIONAL LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT WOULD RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AROUND THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THE GREATEST NEEDS, HOW THE COMMUNITY MIGHT RESPOND, AND HOW WE BEGIN TO STRUCTURE A MORE REGIONAL COHESIVE ALIGNED APPROACH. 
          AND I THINK OUR FIRST, UH, SPEAKER IS, UM, A FIRST RESPONDER OF THE POLICE, UH, YES. 
          UH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE, CHRIS DOWELL. 
          YES. 
          IF YOU COULD, D YOU WANT TO, YOU YOU WANNA GO THERE, PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, CHRISTAL, DEPUTY CHIEF INTERIM. 
          UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE SEE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IS THAT, UM, AS A SOCIETY, MOST THINGS FALL ON THE POLICE, RIGHT? THERE'S NO OTHER RESOURCE THERE. 
          SO IT FALLS ON THE POLICE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN THE VERDE VALLEY. 
          UM, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE'RE ENABLED TO BE ABLE TO HAND, UM, UH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE RESOURCES. 
          AND THAT, AND IN THE PAST, IT HASN'T BEEN LIKE THAT. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, A HAMSTER WHEEL, RIGHT? WE GET STUCK IN A HAMSTER WHEEL, THE POLICE OFFICER ARREST SOMEBODY FOR SOMETHING. 
          THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, ARREST POWERS. 
          AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY OTHER RESOURCES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION NEXT WEEK, THE STEPS THAT YOU'RE TAKING, THE STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES REALLY ASSIST US AND REALLY ASSIST THE POLICE OFFICERS WITH HELPING THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND IT ACTUALLY HELPS THE COMMUNITY 'CAUSE IT GETS THE POLICE OFFICERS BACK ON THE STREET QUICKER. 
          SO A POLICE OFFICER ISN'T, UM, DOING THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DEAL WITH THE SAME PERSON THREE TIMES IN A DAY, AND THEN BY THE TIME THEY'VE GIVEN THREE WARNINGS, NUMBER FOUR, UH, WELL, I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO TAKE IT TO JAIL NOW. 
          SO THESE RESOURCES REALLY HELP WITH THAT. 
          UM, THE OUT THE OUTREACH SERVICE, UM, OR THE, UM, OFFICER WHO PROVIDES RESOURCES, WHICH, UM, THE CHIEF IS, UM, UH, SPEARHEADING THIS YEAR, UH, AND THAT WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IN COTTONWOOD IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THE OFFICERS TO HAVE CONSISTENCY WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY'VE BEEN, THAT THAT OFFICER DOES THE SAME THING. 
          HE SEES IT EVERY DAY. 
          UM, HE KNOWS WHAT THE PERSON'S NEEDS ARE, HE'S ABLE TO BETTER COORDINATE WITH RESOURCES, UM, AND, UM, GET THAT PERSON TO THE NEXT STEP. 
          SO, UM, FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S REALLY SORRY. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY, UH, A GOOD THING THAT WE START OFF WITH THE EMERGENCY SHELTER, UM, FOOD VOUCHERS AND THIS KIND OF THING IN ORDER TO ASSIST WITH THIS. 
          UM, AND, UM, UH, TO REALLY GET IT GOING. 
          UM, CHIEF ENTAL FROM PHOENIX, UM, WHO'S NOW THE COTTONWOOD CHIEF, UM, HE WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT OBVIOUSLY IN PHOENIX IN A MUCH BETTER, BIGGER PLACE. 
          UM, AND AS I SAID, WHEN I CAME UP HERE, UM, FROM, FROM DOWN THERE, IT REALLY WASN'T ON MY RADAR AS MUCH BECAUSE WE ONLY INTERACTED WITH THAT PERSON, YOU KNOW, ONCE, AND THEN WE DIDN'T SEE THEM AGAIN FOR THE MOST PART. 
          UM, AND HERE WE DO, HERE, WE SEE THAT PERSON EVERY DAY, AND IT'S A LOT MORE, UM, UH, CLOSE TO US. 
          AND, UM, WE REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES AND, AND KEEP THE QUALITY OF LIFE UP FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, CASTLE DC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, NEXT UP IS, UM, THE US FOREST SERVICE OFFICER, 
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CHRISTIAN ROPER. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR, UH, HOSTING THIS MEETING SO THAT WE CAN ALL TALK AND COLLABORATE AMONGST, UM, DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, UH, AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, HERE IN THE VERDE VALLEY, WE'VE GOT, UH, OUR OWN JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES WITH THE FOREST SERVICE. 
          WE HAVE THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST OF VERDE RANGER DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE THE RED ROCK RANGER DISTRICT, WHICH COVERS THE SEDONA AREA. 
          ESSENTIALLY, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, THE FOREST SERVICE MANAGES ABOUT 790,000 ACRES, UH, IN AND AROUND THE VERDE VALLEY. 
          AND TO START WITH THE MISSION OF THE FOREST SERVICE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AROUND HERE, UM, OUR JOB IS TO, TO MANAGE NATURAL RESOURCES, PRIMARILY WATER QUALITY, UM, BUT ALSO IN THE CONTEXT WITH OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES. 
          AND, AND ONE OF THOSE ASPECTS OF THE FOREST SERVICE IS TO MANAGE FOR RECREATION. 
          UM, IN ORDER TO, TO MANAGE FOR THOSE, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE REGULATIONS. 
          UH, A COMMON ONE THAT MOST FOLKS KNOW IS A 14 DAY STAY LIMIT, WHERE YOU CAN'T CAMP BEYOND 14 DAYS. 
          ONE THAT'S LESSER KNOWN IS YOU CAN'T RESIDE ON NATIONAL FOREST, SO YOU CAN'T EVER LIVE ON THE FOREST. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF SEPARATE FROM THE RECREATIONAL LIMIT OF A 14 DAY STAY LIMIT. 
          IN ORDER TO TRACK THAT AND ENFORCE THAT, UM, THE FOREST SERVICE HAS AN APP THAT WE USE LOCALLY, AT LEAST ON THE KINO SIDE OF THE FOREST, UM, WHICH IS ILLUSTRATED HERE. 
          UH, AND WE TRACK CAMPERS AND OVERNIGHT USE ON THE NATIONAL FOREST IN ORDER TO DEVELOP TRENDS AND BETTER ASSIST WITH ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION. 
          UM, SO IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE UTILIZED THIS APP, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 30,000 ENTRIES. 
          UM, AND DURING 2020, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS A MASSIVE INFLUX ON THE NATIONAL FOREST. 
          NOT A SURPRISE TO MOST PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE DURING THAT TIME, WITH THE INFLUX OF COVID PUSHING PEOPLE OUT ONTO THE FOREST AND, AND GETTING OUTSIDE. 
          UM, THE BLUE LINE ON THE GRAPH ILLUSTRATES ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO THAT CAN BE VERBAL WARNINGS, WRITTEN WARNINGS, ARRESTS, OR CITATIONS. 
          UH, THE RED INDICATES THE WINTERTIME USE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY OCTOBER TO APRIL HERE, AND THEN THE YELLOW IS SUMMERTIME USE. 
          IN THE SUMMERTIME. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY VIOLATIONS WITH PEOPLE STAYING HERE TOO LONG. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY ENJOYABLE TO BE IN A TENT WHEN IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AT A TIME. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE WINTERTIME IS, IS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT, THAT INFLUENCE AND THE EXTRA LOAD ON THE FOREST. 
          AND IN TURN, THE EXTRA LOAD ON OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, WHICH IS IN A LOT OF CASES BEYOND THE, THE CARRYING CAPACITY THAT, THAT, UH, THEY CAN SUSTAIN WITHOUT IMPACT. 
          YOU CAN SEE A LARGE DROP OFF IN 2023. 
          AND THAT'S IN PART DUE TO MANAGEMENT ACTIONS THAT THE FOREST SERVICE KIND OF HAD TO TAKE AS A LAST RESORT, WHICH LIMITED CAMPING OPPORTUNITIES, OR IN SOME CASES COMPLETELY TOOK AWAY CAMPING OPPORTUNITIES ON A TOTAL OF ABOUT 80,000 ACRES IN THE COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST, AND ABOUT 30,000 ACRES ON THE VERDE RANGER DISTRICT OF THE PRESCOTT. 
          IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES, THESE NEXT SET OF SLIDES, UM, SHOW THE IMPACTS OF THE OVERUSE. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING PRIOR TO THOSE CLOSURES ON THE PRESCOTT. 
          THEIR CLOSURE STARTED IN 2019 ON THE COCONINO. 
          IT STARTED IN 2022 IN SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, BUT NEGATIVE IMPACTS, UH, INCLUDE OBVIOUSLY DESTRUCTION AND NATURAL RESOURCES AS THE TOP OF OUR CONCERNS, UM, WITH COMPACTION DAMAGE. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE, UH, RVS AND THEY GET FURTHER AND FURTHER OFF THE ROAD, YOU HAVE LACK OF VEGETATION COMING BACK THROUGH. 
          WE CAN KEEP GOING TO A COUPLE. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          UM, WE HAVE LOTS OF ABANDONED PROPERTY, WATER QUALITY ISSUES WITH TRASH AND SEDIMENT WASHING INTO OUR STREAMS, INTO OUR CREEKS. 
          UM, AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA BEING LEFT BEHIND, BIOHAZARD FROM FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE TOILETS AND DISPERSED RECREATION SITES WHERE WE DON'T PROVIDE THOSE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, PART OF WHAT LED THE, THE PRESCOTT TO HAVE THEIR FIRST CLOSURE IN 2019 IS THAT WHILE THEY WERE GATHERING DATA IN 2017, COTTONWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO 230 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN ONE YEAR, JUST IN ABOUT A TWO AND A HALF SQUARE MILE AREA, AROUND A THOUSAND TRAILS. 
          AND THOSE 230 CALLS FOR SERVICE INCLUDED THEFT, DRUG USE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ANIMAL ISSUES, WELFARE 
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CHECKS, AND EVEN A FATALITY. 
          AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY NOT COMMON, NOT UNCOMMON TYPES OF CALLS, BUT NORMALLY IT'S MORE, MORE SPREAD OUT THAN THAT ON THE COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST, UH, SAFETY CONCERNS ARE USED IN THAT APP. 
          SO ANYBODY THAT AN EMPLOYEE CONTACTS THAT FEELS WOULD BE A SAFETY RISK FOR OTHER NON-LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES OF CONTACT, THEY CAN MARK THAT AND, AND FLAG THAT PERSON AS A SAFETY RISK. 
          AND ABOUT 5% OF THE INTERACTIONS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH VISITORS, ARE CONSIDERED A SAFETY RISK FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          ON THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST, WHERE THEY HAD LESS LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE, UH, THAT THAT NUMBER WAS A LOT HIGHER. 
          AND FROM 2016 TO 2019, THEIR EMPLOYEES DIDN'T MAKE ANY PUBLIC CONTACTS DUE TO THE SAFETY CONCERNS. 
          OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S A SAFETY CONCERN TO FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN UNIFORM, THAT THAT SAFETY RISK IS GONNA APPLY TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          UH, WE CAN SCROLL THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE PHOTOS, SO MORE COMPACTION DAMAGE, PEOPLE BURNING TRASH. 
          UM, ONE OF THE SUBSEQUENT PHOTOS IS GOING TO SHOW PEOPLE BURN OUT TRAILERS AND CARS. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS AN IMPACT NOT JUST ON OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, OUR SAFETY, BUT ALSO ON OUR TOURISM AND, AND THEREFORE THE ECONOMY IN, IN TURN. 
          UH, AND THEN ON OUR TAXPAYERS FOR, WE'VE PURCHASED NOW THREE OF THOSE DUMP TRAILERS THAT WE USE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO CLEAR OUT TRASH OFF OF PUBLIC LANDS. 
          THAT'S LEFT. 
          KEEP GOING. 
          I THINK TWO MORE. 
          SO THE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ARE TO CLOSE ABOUT 10 TO 15% OF THE PUBLIC LANDS, UH, THAT THE FOREST SERVICE MANAGERS HERE IN THE VERDE VALLEY TO CAMPING OR TO RESTRICT THE CAMPING ON THOSE LANDS. 
          WITH THAT ALSO COMES A FIRE RESTRICTION, KNOWING THAT INHERENT WITH CAMPING ALSO NORMALLY COMES CAMPFIRES AND THOSE CAMPFIRES POSE RISKS TO THE COMMUNITIES. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THESE MAPS, THE FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT IS ON HIGHWAY TWO 60 CORRIDOR STRETCHING ALL THE WAY FROM COTTONWOOD TO CAMP VERDE. 
          AND THEN THE CENTER ONE IS AROUND SEDONA VILLAGE, VOTE CREEK AND OAK CREEK CANYON. 
          AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS THE MOST RECENT FROM THE 2022 CLOSURE IN THE WEST SEDONA AREA, ALMOST OUT TO THE CITY LIMITS OF COTTONWOOD. 
          AND WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT IS THAT ALL THESE CLOSURES ARE AROUND OUR URBAN CENTERS, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE, WHERE MOST OF THE USE IS COMING FROM, IS FOLKS THAT ARE STAYING ON THE LAND TO ACCESS, WHETHER IT BE SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT, ET CETERA, ON, UH, IN OUR URBAN AREAS. 
          SO HOW DOES THIS, SORRY. 
          AND PART OF THE OTHER MANAGEMENT ACTIONS WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT. 
          SO NOT JUST PUTTING UP SIGNS SAYING, HEY, YOU CAN'T CAMP HERE, BUT ALSO ACTIVE RESEEDING, HAVING TO PUT UP ACTIVE BARRIERS, UH, ET CETERA IN ORDER TO HAVE THE LAND BE RECLAIMED TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE RECURRING ISSUES WHEN THAT CLOSURE ONE DAY ENDS AND WE ALLOW CAMPING AGAIN. 
          JUST HOLD FOR ONE. 
          YEP. 
          PETE, OH, I'M JUST GONNA LET HIM FINISH. 
          OKAY, CONTINUE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, TWO MORE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE CAN SEE JUST IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD IN THAT LAST PHOTO, WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD RECOVERY. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO BOULDER OFF THE ROAD, UM, HAVE, HAVE GOOD RECOVERY WITH THE SEATING, AND LUCKILY SOME RAIN THAT YEAR. 
          UM, SO THAT WHEN THAT CLOSURE DOES LIFT ONE DAY, THAT THAT AREA DOES NOT BECOME THE SAME ATTRACTION FOR CAMPING THAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY NEXT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S ON THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST. 
          SO THAT'S ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF REGENERATION WITHOUT ACTIVE SEEDING, AND THAT'S HOW LONG IT, IT TAKES OUR FORESTS TO RECOVER OUT HERE IN A DESERT ENVIRONMENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE? UM, A LOT OF THOSE PHOTOS, UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THE IMPACTS OF THE NATIONAL FOREST, IF YOU RECREATE IT ALL IN THE FOREST, PROBABLY ARE NOT, NOT NEW TO YOU AND YOU'VE SEEN THEM AROUND. 
          UM, BUT AS I STATED BEFORE, WITH OUR CLOSURE ORDERS, UH, A LOT OF OUR MOST CONCENTRATED USE AND, AND OUR, THEREFORE OUR DAMAGE IS IN AND AROUND THE URBAN CENTERS. 
          UM, FOR THE FOREST SERVICE, WE TRIED EDUCATION. 
          WE HAD SITE HOSTS, WE HAD RECREATION TECHNICIANS, OF WHICH THERE'S ONLY NINE IN THE VERDE VALLEY, AND THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE VERDE VALLEY WHEN WE'RE FULLY STAFFED, UM, TO TRY AND DO EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT, THAT WASN'T ENOUGH. 
          WE HAD TO TAKE THE EXTRA STEP AND MOVE FORWARD AND, AND CLOSE THOSE PUBLIC LANDS, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY TAKES AN OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, RESIDENTS, TOURISTS. 
          UM, THE PROBLEM ISN'T GOING AWAY. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEM MOVES AROUND. 
          SO IF WE GO, I BELIEVE TO ONE MORE SLIDE. 
          SO THIS IS IN 2022, THE YEAR THAT THE FIRST CLOSURE IN WEST SEDONA 
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WAS, UH, WAS PUT INTO PLACE. 
          AND THAT WASN'T UNTIL SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE ABOUT 3000 CAMPS THAT WERE LOGGED IN THE WEST SEDONA AREA. 
          AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THAT THAT USED STARTS TO SPREAD OUT. 
          SO WE HAVE LOWER NUMBERS IN 2023. 
          IF YOU GO BACK TO, OR IF YOU REMEMBER THE, THE FIRST GRAPH, UM, WE HAVE MUCH LOWER NUMBERS. 
          AND THEN IN 2023, IT SPREADS OUT THE USE. 
          UH, THAT 1000 NUMBER IN THE MIDDLE IS THE BEAVERHEAD FLAT ROAD AREA, WHICH STARTED TO SEE SOME MORE IMPACT. 
          AND THEN IF WE GO BACK TO 2000, OR NEXT TO 2024, WE HAVE MUCH MORE USE ALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE VERDE VALLEY AREA. 
          AND THIS IS, KIND OF GOES WITH THE TOOTHPASTE ANALOGY, WHICH WE CAN SQUEEZE THE TOOTHPASTE IN ONE AREA, BUT IT'S GONNA GO SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? UM, AND SO THE FOREST SERVICE CAN WORK TO PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES, BUT IN THE TRACK, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE AN AREA, THE USE AND, AND THE ISSUE OF RESIDENTIAL USE AND STAY LIMIT VIOLATIONS ISN'T GOING AWAY. 
          IT'S JUST BEING MOVED AROUND. 
          AND NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IT, IT WOULD BE ON TRACK TO SPREAD THAT DAMAGE TO OTHER LOCATIONS WHEN TRYING TO ADDRESS IT WITH THE FOREST SERVICE. 
          ONE PROBLEM IS WE'RE NOT A SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY. 
          WE'RE A NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCY. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR MISSION IS FROM CONGRESS. 
          AND THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO STICK WITH. 
          SO WE DO OUR BEST, UM, TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT'S VERY HARD WITHOUT HAVING SOCIAL SERVICES THAT ARE HERE AND AVAILABLE TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING OUT ON THE FOREST. 
          UM, SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS ARE THAT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT COUNTIES, FOUR DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES, AND THEN THE STATE GOVERNMENT, AND, AND OFTEN THE COUNTY AND THE STATE RESOURCES ARE IN OTHER TOWNS, UM, AND CAN'T COME OUT TO THE FOLKS IN THE FIELD THAT MAY NOT HAVE A VEHICLE, MAY NOT HAVE A PHONE, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION ONLINE, UH, AND AND SUCH. 
          UM, ANOTHER CHALLENGE IS JUST ADDRESSING WHAT IS THE ROOT PROBLEM. 
          SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LIVE ON NATIONAL FOREST BEING LEGAL OR NOT. 
          THEY CHOOSE TO DO IT. 
          UM, AND THAT MAY BE, UM, NOT AN ECONOMIC DRIVER THAT MAY JUST BE A LIFESTYLE CHOICE, WHETHER IT BE RETIREES OR FOLKS THAT CHOOSE THAT, UM, AS THEY WORK. 
          UM, ANOTHER ROOT PROBLEM IS, IS LONG-TERM ECONOMIC STRUGGLES THAT HAVE LANDED PEOPLE THERE. 
          AND WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FOLKS TALK ABOUT HOW, UM, MEDICAL NEEDS CAN LAND PEOPLE IN THAT, THAT WAY. 
          UM, AND THEN IT COULD, THE NATIONAL FOREST IS OFTEN A LAST CHANCE LIVING SITUATION. 
          MOST PEOPLE DON'T DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO LIVE ON THE FOREST, BUT DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES OR ADDICTION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE STRUGGLES, THEY END UP ON THE FOREST BECAUSE THEY CAN'T, UH, GET THE FINANCES OR, OR THE MENTAL WHEREWITHAL IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FIND HOUSING, KEEP A JOB, ET CETERA. 
          AND THEN THE LAST GROUP IS, IS SEASONAL EMPLOYEES. 
          WE HAVE THAT HUGE UPTICK IN THE WINTER, NO DOUBT, BECAUSE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL WINTER WEATHER. 
          UM, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE TOURISM AND THE SERVICE INDUSTRIES ARE BOOMING AND IT'S HARD TO FIND A SHORT TERM RENTAL PLACE. 
          AND, AND OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE FOREST SERVICE ALSO FEEL THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE LAST STRUGGLE IS JUST THE CONNECTION ACROSS THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. 
          AND THAT'S TO BRING IT BACK TO THIS MEETING. 
          AND, AND MY THANKS FOR YOU ALL BRINGING THIS GROUP TOGETHER, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO START THAT COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE MUNICIPALITIES AND WITH THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          BUT IF THERE WERE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR FOLKS IN THE FIELD WHERE WE CAN REFER THEM TO THE CORRECT SOCIAL SERVICES, I THINK THAT WOULD BRING, UH, A LOT OF, UH, A MORE HOLISTIC RESPONSE FOR FOLKS AND TO FIND AN ACTUAL SOLUTION RATHER THAN TO KEEP SQUEEZING THE TOOTHPASTE TUBE AND MOVING THE PROBLEM AROUND. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, OFFICER ROPER. 
          OKAY. 
          HOLD ON ONE SECOND BEFORE YOU REPEAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU OFFICER ROPER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, YOUR PRESENCE HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          ONE, UM, THE STATUS OF THE LIMITED CAMPING WEST OF SEDONA THAT YOU IMPLEMENTED IN 2022. 
          YEAH. 
          WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT IS? MY RECOLLECTION WAS THAT THAT WAS A TEMPORARY MEASURE AND THEN MAYBE RENEWED ONCE, BUT WHAT'S THE GOING FORWARD? WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING? CORRECT. 
          SO IT IS STILL A TEMPORARY MEASURE. 
          UH, IT DID GO THROUGH A NEPA PROCESS, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WAS PUBLIC INPUT AND ALLOWS IT TO BE, UH, EXTENDED FURTHER THAN AN EMERGENCY CLOSURE. 
          SO ON THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST, A TWO 60 CLOSURE IS TWO YEARS AT A TIME, AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY THAT THERE IS A ONGOING EMERGENCY TO KEEP THAT CLOSURE GOING. 
          WITH THE NEPA PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH ON THE, THE RED ROCK DISTRICT, UM, THAT HAS, UH, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE MANAGEMENT OUT THERE. 
          UM, SO 
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IT'S POTENTIAL THAT, THAT WE COULD IMPROVE SITES FURTHER, UH, HAVE CAMP HOSTS OR MORE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE AND CONTINUE THAT WITH MORE MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, OR THE POSSIBILITY IS TO LET THE ORDER EXPIRE, UM, AND OPEN IT BACK UP TO THE WAY THAT IT WAS, WHICH WOULD BE FOLLOWING, UH, MOTOR VEHICLE USE MAP CAMPING REGULATIONS. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S THE NEXT DECISION DATE OR EXPIRATION DATE? UM, I CAN LOOK IT UP ON MY COMPUTER. 
          I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          DON'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          SORRY. 
          YOU ALSO SHOWED US A SLIDE. 
          WHAT, WHICH WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CAMP REPORTS AND THE CITATIONS, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DECREASE FROM 2023, AND YOU ATTRIBUTED THAT TO THOSE ACTIONS THAT THE FOREST SERVICE TOOK IN 2022. 
          WHAT COMMENT OR EXPLANATION THOUGHTS DO YOU HAVE ABOUT THE DRAMATIC RISE IN 2024? I THINK, UM, PART OF THE RISE IN 2024 HAS TO DO WITH, UM, THAT WE HAVE INCREASED USE OFF OF BEAVERHEAD FLAT. 
          AND BEAVERHEAD FLAT IS, UM, MUCH LIKE WEST SEDONA WAS PRIOR TO ACTIVE MANAGEMENT, PRIOR TO COVID, WHICH IS THAT THERE'S NO MORE REGULATION THERE THAN THERE IS ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE INCREASED USE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I WOULD BELIEVE, WHICH I DON'T, I DIDN'T PULL THE STATISTICS FOR IT, BUT OVERALL WE HAVE ABOUT AN 11% RECIDIVISM RATE. 
          UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP MORE, UH, RECENTLY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR BRIAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU OFFICER, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          UM, IS IT ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE GROWTH THAT IS SEEN, LIKE IN THE 2024, UH, MAP, IS THAT BETTER ABILITY TO COUNT? UH, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THESE, UM, THESE NUMBERS I PROVIDE, I BE CAREFUL, REALLY CAREFUL NOT TO CALL THEM STATISTICS. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEFINITELY FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY. 
          UM, AND THERE CAN MOST DEFINITELY BE ERRORS IN THEM. 
          SO I THINK THE TRENDS ARE ACCURATE MM-HMM . 
          BUT THE, UM, THE STATISTICAL, UH, PROBABILITY THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACCURATE AS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CAMPERS IS PROBABLY NOT THERE. 
          SO YES, THERE CAN BE VARIANTS ABSOLUTELY, AND WHETHER WE HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE APP, UM, WHICH IN THIS CASE WE DIDN'T HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FROM 23 TO 24, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH THE MAP OR ABILITY TO LOG MORE CAMPS COULD BE DIFFERENT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A GOTCHA SORT OF QUESTION OR LINE OF QUESTIONING. 
          SO IS IT, UM, IS IT NEWS FOR YOU TODAY TO GET TO HEAR ABOUT CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND THE COORDINATION, UH, YOU KNOW, COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM? IS THAT, IS THAT LIKE A, AH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEW RESOURCE FOR US, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM AZ COMPLETE HEALTH HERE IN A FEW MINUTES, BECAUSE I ASSUME THAT YOU GUYS FROM TIME TO TIME DO IN FACT ENCOUNTER SOMEBODY EXPERIENCING A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS. 
          AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, NOW WHAT FOR SURE FOR, IS THIS INFORMATIVE FOR YOU TODAY? IT, IT IS FOR SURE INFORMATIVE. 
          UM, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF ANECDOTALLY. 
          SO NOT SPEAKING FOR THE BROADER FOREST SERVICE NOW, UM, CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAS HONESTLY BEEN ONE OF OUR BEST PARTNERS FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          AND BEST RESOURCES FOR US TO SEND PEOPLE TO. 
          UM, SPECTRUM HEALTHCARE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM HAS BEEN ANOTHER REALLY BENEFICIAL THING. 
          AND THAT, FRANKLY, A LOT OF MY COWORKERS ARE JEALOUS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IT IN THEIR AREAS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, AS FAR AS THE, FOR VETERANS, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND NATIONS FINEST ARE TWO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE OFTEN REFER PEOPLE TO, BUT WITHOUT HAVING ACTIVE FOLLOW UP, I THINK THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT MISSING. 
          AND SO WE CAN PROVIDE THEM THE INFORMATION, BUT THEN IT'S ON THE ONUS OF THAT PERSON TO MAKE THE CONNECTION AND FOLLOW THROUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DO HAVE MORE AWARENESS OF SOME OF THESE RESOURCES THAN, THAN WHAT I PERCEIVED THAT YOU MIGHT, SO THAT'S GOOD TO, GOOD TO KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OFFICER. 
          QUICK QUESTION. 
          SO WE DON'T END UP WITH A WHACK-A-MOLE KIND OF A SITUATION, WHICH WE HAVE NOW TO SOME EXTENT, BUT IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM AND YOU DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SIMILAR PROGRAM, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE OR ANY KIND OF CONSIDERATION OR FUNDING TO DO IT. 
          HOW WOULD YOU VENTURE TO SEE THE FOREST SERVICE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME KIND OF, UH, SIMILAR PROCESS, OR YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAND 'EM OVER TO SEDONA PD WHO WILL THEN ENTER THEM INTO THE SYSTEM THEIR WAY? YEAH, SO IF THE FOREST SERVICE HAS THE ABILITY FOR OUR FIELD GOING, FOLKS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE LIMITED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT OUR RECREATION TECHNICIANS ALSO MAKE A LOT OF PUBLIC CONTACTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IF, IF WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DIRECTLY ENTER PEOPLE IN THE SYSTEM, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING WE WOULD DO. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST LIMITED TO HANDING BROCHURES FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES OR NATION'S FINEST. 
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UM, BUT IF WE HAD THE ABILITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, UM, BUT IT, UH, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY MANAGERS AND OUR, OUR DECISION MAKERS FOR SURE. 
          WAY, WAY UP THERE FOR SURE. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT, THAT WHOLE SYSTEM. 
          UM, BUT NOW AFTER YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT THIS PROCESS, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LOOK INTO FURTHER BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TAKING 'EM FROM THE FOREST, YOU KNOW, GUIDING THEM INTO THE CITY OF SEDONA OR THE CITY OF COTTONWOOD. 
          SO, UM, I DUNNO HOW YOU'RE GONNA MANAGE THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU CAN WORK WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF AND, UH, MAYBE COME UP TO SOME KIND OF, UH, PROCESS. 
          YEAH, FOR SURE. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO US TO, FOR US NOT TO, UM, JUST PUSH PEOPLE ALONG AND TO, TO FIND THAT HOLISTIC SOLUTION. 
          AND, AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY IN MY POSITION, IF, IF WE CAN'T FIND A HOLISTIC SOLUTION, IT'S A CONTINUED PROBLEM. 
          IT, UH, IT CAN END IN ENFORCEMENT ACTION, UM, WHICH ISN'T GENERALLY HELPFUL TO FOLKS. 
          SO WE TRY AND FIND THAT, THAT RESPONSE THAT REALLY WILL HELP THEM TO MOVE OUTTA THAT SITUATION. 
          YEAH, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF TALKED ABOUT THAT ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T USUALLY WORK, SO YEAH, WE LEARNED A LOT LATELY, SO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANKS, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JEANIE. 
          NEXT. 
          SO DO WE HAVE MAUREEN KZA IN THE AUDIENCE? IS MAUREEN HERE OR ANYONE? OH, HI MAUREEN. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM? MAUREEN, UM, IS ON THE BOARD OF THE ST. 
          VINCENT DEPAUL FOOD BANK, WHICH IS A LOCAL FOOD BANK WITH THURSDAY DISTRIBUTION. 
          UM, MAYOR AND COUNSELORS, MAUREEN COZA. 
          I'M WITH ST. 
          VINCENT DEPAUL. 
          UM, I'M AN OUTREACH, UH, COORDINATOR AND I WORK WITH THE, UM, ST. 
          VINCENT DEPAUL FOOD BANK. 
          WE, OUR, UH, GOAL IS TO FEED, CLOTHE, AND HOUSE. 
          WE DO A GREAT JOB FEEDING CLOTHING. 
          HOUSING IS, UM, NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR ST. 
          VINCENT DEPAUL. 
          PAUL, OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO KEEP PEOPLE WHO ARE HOUSED HOUSED. 
          SO WE PROVIDE A RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, AND, UM, RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS, UM, ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT HALF OF OUR BUDGET. 
          UH, BECAUSE OF THE, THE INCREASE IN RENTS. 
          WE'VE SEEN THE NUMBER OF CASES WHERE, UM, ELDERLY HAVE BEEN EVICTED AND IT'S VERY HARD, UM, TO REHOUSE THE ELDERLY. 
          THEY'RE, MANY OF THEM WERE NOT ABLE TO GET AROUND TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT, AT APARTMENTS. 
          UM, SO WE SEE, UH, UNUSUAL CASES AND WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO KEEP THEM HOUSED. 
          WE ALSO ATTEND TO A LOT OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS. 
          UH, THE HOMELESS HAVE GONE, MANY OF THEM HAVE GONE FOR YEARS WITHOUT DENTAL CARE, AND THEY COME TO US, UH, AND NEED EXTENSIVE, UH, DENTAL WORK, OR THEY COME WITH EXTENSIVE MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT, UM, ARE NOT JUST MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THEY'RE BEYOND MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, SO ST. 
          VINCENT DE PAUL IS, IS, UM, ALSO, UM, WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS BECAUSE WE VIEW THEIR AU WHEN THEY DO HAVE AN AUTOMOBILE, WE VIEW THAT AUTO AS THEIR HOME. 
          AND SO WE DO HAVE A, A GRANT FROM THE CITY, UM, THAT WE ATTEND TO THEIR REPAIRS SO THAT THE AUTOMOBILE CAN BE SAFE TO OPERATE. 
          AND, UM, THIS AT LEAST PROVIDES THEM, UM, WITH CONTINUED HOUSING. 
          UM, AND IT ALSO PROTECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE MANY OF 'EM ARE LIVING OUT ON THE, EITHER IN THE FOREST OR OUT ON THE, UM, AREAS, UH, WEST OF, UH, SEDONA. 
          SO THOSE, UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR MAIN, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS TO HELPING THE HOMELESS. 
          UM, I ALSO WORK WITH THE MONDAY NIGHT SUPPER, AND SO WE DO, UH, PROVIDE AT LEAST A HOT MEAL, UH, ONCE A WEEK FOR THE, UH, MANY OF THOSE ATTENDING THE SEDONA COMMUNITY SUPPER ARE ACTUALLY, UH, PART OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          WELL, NO, BEFORE YOU GO AWAY, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE DESK, PLEASE. 
          I'M SORRY, WHAT PERCENTAGE DID YOU SAY AGAIN, WAS GOING TO YOUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? ABOUT HALF OF OUR BUDGET GOES TO HALF OF YOUR BUDGET. 
          AND HOW DOES SOME, WHAT, WHAT ARE NOT EXACTLY, BUT WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS? HOW DOES SOMEBODY QUALIFY FOR THAT ASSISTANCE? THEY HAVE FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THEY HAVE TO 
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HAVE A VALID LEASE. 
          AND WE DO, WE DO LOOK IT UP ON THE GIS MAP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING THE OWNER, PROPERTY OWNER AND NOT A SUBLETTER. 
          AND WE HAVE TO SEE THAT THEY, UH, EITHER ARE OUT OF WORK. 
          THEY'VE HAD SOME, UM, MEDICAL CONDITION THAT PREVENTED THEM FROM, UM, TEMP WORKING TEMPORARILY. 
          AND WE, WE MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ONE OR MAYBE TWO MONTHS OF RENT, BUT WE ARE NOT THE PIGGY BANK FOR PAYING THEIR RENTAL, UM, FEES ON A MONTHLY BASIS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO LIMIT, UH, WHAT WE PAY OUT TO. 
          UH, AND WE ALSO, UH, THE FIRST THING THAT WE ASK IS HOW MUCH CAN THEY CONTRIBUTE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED IN THE PAYMENT OF THEIR RENT AND NOT JUST, UM, AS SOMEONE ONCE SAID TO ME, I LIVE ON THE GIFT ECONOMY AND THAT'S NOT WHAT ST. 
          VINCENT DEPAUL IS, UM, THAT'S NOT OUR PHILOSOPHY. 
          WE ARE TO, WE ARE A BRIDGE, UH, TO HELP PEOPLE GET OVER DIFFICULT TIMES AND NOT, UM, THE PIGGY BANK. 
          ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU HELPED, AND HOW MANY MONTHLY DO YOU SEE? JUST ROUGH, ROUGH, ROUGH NUMBERS. 
          PROBABLY 15, 15 TO 20 PER MONTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WOW. 
          GOOD. 
          OH, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY, BRIAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANKS FOR COMING, MAUREEN. 
          UM, CAN YOU JUST SHARE, UH, LIKE ST. 
          VINCENT DEPAUL IS A NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION, OR INTERNATIONAL PERHAPS. 
          SO I ASSUME SIMILAR TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES, IT'S PROBABLY BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALLER ENTITIES. 
          WHAT GEOGRAPHY DOES, DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION SUPPORT CURRENTLY? OKAY. 
          ALL IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, ALL OF THE CONFERENCES, THE, THE LOCAL CONFERENCES, UH, COME UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF PHOENIX, ST. 
          VINCENT DEPAUL. 
          WE RAISE OUR OWN, UM, MONIES AND WE SPEND THOSE MONIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO OUR DONATION BASE IS PRIMARILY ST. 
          JOHN VNI, UM, CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          AND WE DO GO OUT FOR GRANTS, UM, TO HELP, UH, SUPPLEMENT OUR, OUR BUDGET WHEN WE HAVE, WELL, FOR INSTANCE, THE TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE HAD SO MANY CARS AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FEED, CLOTHE, AND HOUSE. 
          SO, UM, WE LOOK FOR OTHER, UM, FUNDING SOURCES, UM, FOR PROJECTS. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF THE PEOPLE, THE 15 TO 20, IS THAT VERDE VALLEY? IS IT MORE SEDONA? LIKE SEDONA? THAT IS SEDONA. 
          WE SERVE ONLY SEDONA. 
          WE HAVE A CONFERENCE IN CAMP VERDE, WE HAVE A, A CONFERENCE IN, UM, COTTONWOOD AND UM, AND ONE IN FLAGSTAFF. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THE ROUGH NUMBERS SERVED BY COTTONWOOD AND CAMP VERDE AS WELL? NO, I DON'T. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, MAUREEN, I HAVE A, A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          YOU, YOU MENTIONED YOU HAVE A FOOD, UH, KITCHEN TREE. 
          WHERE IS THAT IN SEDONA? YES, IT IS. 
          IT'S AT, IT'S ON THE, UM, CAMPUS OF, UH, ST. 
          JOHN VNI CHURCH. 
          OKAY. 
          I REMEMBER, YEAH, I REMEMBER THEM ASKING FOR SOME KITCHEN EQUIPMENT A COUPLE YEARS AGO. 
          I, NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HIGH LEVEL, CAN YOU CORRELATE ANY UPTICK IN YOUR PEOPLE WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS? OH, YES. 
          , YOU, YOU WILL. 
          YES, WE DID. 
          WE, WE ACTUALLY SAW THAT, UM, AND, AND TRACKED IT, UM, FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE WE COULD, WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE PEOPLE GETTING EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEIR HOMES WERE BEING TURNED INTO SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO RELOCATE PEOPLE. 
          SO WE HAD, WE HAD A TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THAT. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU IF YOU COULD SH, IF YOU WOULD MIND SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH, WITH JEANNIE. 
          UH, I COULD USE THAT AT THE STATE CAPITOL THAT, THAT KIND OF REPORT. 
          SURE. 
          SO IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND THAT SOONER, YOU CAN GET THAT TO HER, THE BETTER. 
          AND SHE HAS A PHONE NUMBER FOR YOU, I'M SURE. 
          SO YES, IN CASE I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THAT INFORMATION COULD PROVE TO BE VERY HELPFUL TO US. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAUREEN? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR REEN? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU MAUREEN. 
          OKAY, NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, UM, THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA COMPLETE HEALTH. 
          WE HAVE BILL MITCHELL AND ANTHONY, DID YOU WANT TO COME UP AS WELL? UM, THEY'RE GOING TO TALK 
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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE REBA, ANOTHER ACRONYM THAT YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THANKS FOR HAVING US. 
          DO YOU WANNA COME OVER HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE SLIDES? WELL, I'M JUST GONNA INTRODUCE US REAL QUICK AND THEN BILL'S GONNA TALK OFF THE SLIDES. 
          SO DO YOU WANT TO GO OVER THERE? NO, NOT REALLY. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          SO I'M ANTHONY MANCINI. 
          I AM THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEAD WITH ARIZONA COMPLETE HEALTH, COVERING THE MAJORITY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. 
          UM, SO MY TERRITORY IS YAVAPAI COCONINO, NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES. 
          UM, I'M JUST GONNA INTRODUCE OUR HEALTH PLAN A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE'VE HAD A NAME CHANGE OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS AS WELL. 
          SO PREVIOUSLY, A LOT OF FOLKS IN THIS ROOM MIGHT HAVE KNOWN US AS CAREFIRST. 
          UM, CAREFIRST WAS ACTUALLY ACQUIRED BY ARIZONA COMPLETE HEALTH, I BELIEVE, AT ABOUT 2018. 
          UM, SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAD TO INTEGRATE INTO OUR HEALTH PLAN. 
          UM, AND THE NAME CHANGE WAS THE LAST THING THAT WE DID JUST TO KIND OF SIMPLIFY OUR MEDICAID HEALTH PLANS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA. 
          SO, CAREFIRST NAME HAS BEEN SUNSET, AND WE ARE NOW JUST ARIZONA COMPLETE HEALTH WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MEDICAID PLAN. 
          UM, AS ONE OF THE STATE'S ACCESS HEALTH PLANS, WE ENSURE ABOUT 475,000 LIVES. 
          UM, OUR MAIN LINES OF BUSINESS ARE MEDICAID, MEDICARE, AND MARKETPLACE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A FEW OTHER CONTRACTS BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA OR STATEWIDE OFFERINGS, AND THOSE WOULD BE THE REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE THE REBA ACRONYM. 
          AND THEN THIS COMING OCTOBER 1ST, WE ARE STILL PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW ARIZONA LONG-TERM CARE CONTRACT TO BE ONE OF THE STATEWIDE PROVIDERS FOR LONG-TERM CARE. 
          UM, IN MY ROLE, I WORK WITH A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT NORTHERN ARIZONA AND I MANAGE OUR COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT. 
          SO IT'S OUR GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP FACILITATE, UM, THE WORK OUR STAKEHOLDERS DO IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT NORTHERN ARIZONA. 
          BILL IS OUR CRISIS FIRST RESPONDER LIAISON. 
          HE COVERS YAVAPAI IN COCONINO COUNTY AND ADMINISTERS THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS HOTLINE AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          THE, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THE REBA CONTRACT IS WE ARE ALLOWED TO STAND UP SERVICES THAT SUPPORT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST OUR HEALTH PLAN MEMBERS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT BILL'S GONNA TOUCH ON, IS THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS HOTLINE, HOW IT WORKS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, AND HOW IT CAN BE ACCESSED BY PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITIES, FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO JUST AN AVERAGE COMMUNITY MEMBER. 
          GREAT. 
          I'LL HANG OUT IN CASE THERE'S QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, SO BILL, JUST GIMME A SIGNAL WHEN YOU WANT THE SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME, UH, FIVE OR 10 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME TO JUST BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH WHAT I'M SURE WOULD BE PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR CONVERSATION THAT I TYPICALLY HAVE WITH FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES. 
          SO, A LITTLE BIT OF REFERENCE ABOUT ME, I'M A RETIRED FIRST RESPONDER. 
          I'M A DEPUTY SHERIFF, RETIRED OUTTA COCONINO COUNTY. 
          I'M INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN SEDONA OVER THE YEARS, UH, BUT I ALSO GET TO COVER YAVAPAI COUNTY AS WELL. 
          SO TWO OF THE COUNTIES I'M MOST INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH AND HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA ALL MY LIFE. 
          UM, SO WORKING AS THE, UH, THE FIRST RESPONDER LIAISON, I GET TO WORK WITH ALL FIRST RESPONDER, EXCUSE ME, FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES WITHIN MY TERRITORIES. 
          PLUS I GET TO GO HELP THE OTHER REMAINING, UH, COUNTIES ACROSS THE NORTH NAVAJO APACHE, MOJAVE COUNTY. 
          UM, I SPEAK TO THE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS THAT FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE WHEN DEALING WITH, AS CHIEF DOW MENTIONED, UH, BEING ABLE TO GET THAT OFFICER BACK ON THE ROAD. 
          WE'RE SIMPLY HERE AS AN ORGANIZATION TO HELP TAKE ONE OF THOSE HATS OFF, WHICH I'M SURE IN MY 20 PLUS YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE, I'VE NEVER BEEN LICENSED AS A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN OR SOMEBODY TO DIAGNOSE SOMEBODY AS THEY'RE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 
          UH, MUCH LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          WE WANNA REMOVE THAT AND HELP THEM GET THEMSELVES BACK INTO ANOTHER WORKING ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN TO, UH, KEEP DEALING WITH THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER. 
          WE WORK WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO CREATE A, A SAFETY NET, IF YOU WILL, OF HOW TO HANDLE CRISIS RESPONSE AND HOW CRISIS CAN BE NOT JUST A SPECIFIC REGIONAL, BUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. 
          SO, UM, LIKE ANTHONY MENTIONED, WE ARE, UH, UH, CONTRACTED THROUGH ACCESS TO PROVIDE, UH, SERVICES FOR THE CRISIS, UM, AS WELL AS WE ARE IN CHARGE OF THE SMI POPULATION. 
          SO WE HAVE HANDS ON WITH A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, INTERACT WITH. 
          UM, WE ARE AN INSURANCE PLAN LIKE ANTHONY MENTIONED. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TOOLS WITHIN OUR DISPOSAL TO HELP EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. 
          EACH COMMUNITY HAS THEIR OWN PROCESSES AND, AND THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR THOSE SERVICES AND THOSE FOLKS THAT NEED A SERVICE. 
          UM, WE WORK WITHIN THOSE SYSTEMS 
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TO HELP CREATE A BIGGER OVERARCHING SYSTEM TO CATCH SOME OF THOSE THAT MIGHT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. 
          AGAIN. 
          IN OCTOBER OF 2022, THE ACCESS HAD MANDATED, WE GO TO A STATEWIDE CRISIS PROVIDER LINE. 
          SO WE HAVE GONE TO A, A SINGLE LINE PROVIDER, AND THERE ARE, UM, 19 DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBERS ACROSS THE STATE. 
          THERE'S 16 ALONE, UH, DIFFERENT NUMBERS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THAT PEOPLE CAN CALL FOR CRISIS SERVICES. 
          MOST OF THOSE BEING THE PROVIDERS THEMSELVES HAVE CREATED A CRISIS LINE BECAUSE FOR SO LONG THE REBA HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN WAYS OF CREATING NEW SYSTEMS. EACH COMMUNITY HAS DEVELOPED THEIR OWN SYSTEM. 
          WE WORK WITHIN THAT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE SINGLE WIDE, SINGLE, SINGLE STATEWIDE CRISIS LINE, WHICH IS THE 8 4 4 YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. 
          UH, IF YOU TAKE NOTHING ELSE AWAY FROM THIS INFORMATION, PLEASE GRASP THAT NUMBER BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR ACCESS TO EVERYTHING AND ALL THINGS ENCOMPASSING WHEN IT COMES TO CRISIS IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A SINGLE LINE PROVIDER, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE OUR LOCAL RESOURCES. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE AN OVERARCHING THERE'S ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LARGER POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING. 
          UM, SO GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, I REALLY WANNA HIT THIS REAL QUICK BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 
          PLEASE NOTE, OUR DEFINITION OF A CRISIS IS ANYTHING OUTSIDE THAT PERSON'S ABILITY TO COPE. 
          THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD STATEMENT. 
          IF IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH NEXUS CALL, WE CAN HANDLE AND, AND HELP AND ASSIST IN GETTING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THAT PERSON, THAT INDIVIDUAL, AS WELL AS THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAPPEN TO BE INVOLVED. 
          UM, GO AHEAD. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT HERE TO REPLACE CRISIS PROVIDERS SPECTRUM, UH, HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          AS ONE OF OUR PROVIDERS, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH, WE, WE WORK HAND IN HAND TO, TO MAKE THE SERVICES HERE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER. 
          AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS TO HAVE THOSE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND ENHANCE THE SERVICES THAT FIRST RESPONDERS NEED. 
          I I THINK YOU'LL AGREE THAT IF, UH, SOMETHING IS WORKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY, FIRST RESPONDERS WILL SEE IT FIRST. 
          IF IT'S BROKEN, THEY'LL DEFINITELY SEE IT FIRST. 
          SO WE WORK WITHIN THOSE AREAS TO FIND DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO HELP FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT HAVE, HAVE NEEDED ADDITIONAL SERVICES. 
          BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING TRADITIONALLY AVAILABLE. 
          SO, BILL, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I JUST WANNA PAUSE YOUR VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I WANTED TO CALL UP TO THE, TO THE PODIUM, UH, YAWE COUNTY SUPERVISOR WHO HAS A TIMING ISSUE. 
          AND WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM HER BEFORE SHE HAS TO LEAVE. 
          I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT HIM, BUT I CAN GO RIGHT AFTER THAT. 
          THAT ONE'S GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, HE MAY BE ANOTHER COUPLE OF MINUTES, SO, OKAY. 
          YEAH, YOU'RE, I'LL BE BRIEF. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SO SORRY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          GO. 
          UM, SO JUST OUR GOALS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REDUCE, UH, THE UNNECESSARY DETENTIONS IF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO HELP AND SERVICE AN INDIVIDUAL. 
          TYPICALLY, AND I CAN SPEAK FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, WE JUST TOOK 'EM TO JAIL 'CAUSE THAT WAS THE BEST RESOURCE WE HAD AT THE TIME, AND WE NEEDED OTHER CALLS TO GO TO. 
          IS THAT THE MOST APPROPRIATE? NO. 
          DOES IT HELP THE INDIVIDUAL? USUALLY NOT. 
          IT JUST KICKS THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR ANOTHER FIRST RESPONDER TO DEAL WITH LATER. 
          WE WANNA WORK UP FRONT IN REDUCING THAT, UH, THE USE OF THE EMERGENCY ROOMS. I THINK YOU ALL CAN AGREE THAT THE DRAIN ON, ON OUR, OUR SYSTEMS BOTH FINANCIALLY AND, UH, OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET AS PEOPLE WANES ON, ON THE SERVICES THAT WE EITHER TRY TO GET PEOPLE INTO AND WE CAN'T FIND A SOLUTION FOR 'EM, OR WE JUST SIMPLY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, UH, PERSON BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN NO RESOLUTION. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE 9 8 8 SYSTEM THAT CAME ONLINE IS THE ONLY REASON WE REALLY HAVE TO DIAL AREA CODES AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, BUT IT HAS BEEN LISTED AS THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE SUICIDE PREVENTION CRISIS LINE. 
          UM, WE HAVE A VERY, VERY ROBUST SYSTEM IN ARIZONA. 
          OUR CRISIS SYSTEM IS MODELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, UH, THREE WEEKS AGO, I HAD A GROUP OF DOCTORS FROM HAWAII THAT CAME HERE TO RESEARCH AND SEE HOW WE DO SPECIFICALLY IN MY TWO AREAS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE WAY THE ISLANDS RUN IS EXACTLY HOW YAVAPAI AND COO COUNTIES RUN. 
          UM, THEY'RE HERE TO UNDERSTAND OUR SYSTEM AND TO SEE HOW, UH, THEY CAN IMPLEMENT IT IN THEIR AREAS. 
          BUT THE SYSTEM WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH UTILIZING THE STATEWIDE CRISIS LINE, UM, IT'S A FAR BETTER SYSTEM AND IT CATCHES MORE PEOPLE. 
          THE CRISIS LINE YOU GOTTA THINK OF IS, IS THAT, UH, MORE LIKE A MASS CASUALTY EVENT THAT HAPPENS, OR IF THERE'S JUST SOMETHING THAT OVER HAPPENS TO OVERWHELM OUR CRISIS PROVIDERS HERE. 
          BY HAVING ACCESS TO THAT CRISIS LINE, YOU GET ADDITIONAL, UH, RESOURCES FROM ACROSS THE STATE. 
          SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT 
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JUST A SPECIFIC LOCAL YAVAPI OR COCONINO COUNTY. 
          IT BECOMES A LARGER ISSUE. 
          IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, IT COMES FROM ACROSS THE STATE. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING, UM, UH, OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US, THAT CRISIS LINE IS THAT CONDUIT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          JUST SOME QUICK STATS I HAPPENED TO GRAB, UM, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, BEING HERE AT THIS MEETING. 
          THE FIRST SLIDE IS THE TOTAL, UH, CALL VOLUME OF THE LAST THREE MONTHS FOR THE ENTIRE YBA PI COUNTY. 
          UM, OOPS, I'M SO SORRY. 
          UM, GO RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CALL VOLUME FOR THREE MONTHS. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE SUICIDALITY, UM, UH, THE REASONS FOR THE, THE PRESENTATIONS, THE DISPATCHES. 
          UM, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THESE ARE SEDONA SPECIFIC AREA CODES IN A LOT OF WAYS, UM, THOSE NUMBERS TO ME DON'T REPRESENT THE ACTUAL WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STREET WITH PEOPLE THAT NEED SERVICES, UH, STRICTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH TRYING TO GET INFORMATION INTO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT CALLING THE CRISIS LINE DIRECTLY. 
          UM, IF WE'RE NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO USE THOSE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE SHORT-CHANGING THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE. 
          UM, I KNOW FIRSTHAND THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY LOW FOR SEDONA. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, GO AHEAD. 
          IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION, NO LONGER IN DEPTH, UH, ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SERVICES WE CAN PROVIDE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF AN HOUR AND A HALF LONG CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE WITH PEOPLE. 
          THE DATA AND THE STATS THAT WE GATHER, UM, ARE IMMENSE. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE REBA BEFORE US, THE PREVIOUS, UH, REBA BEFORE US, DID NOT GATHER THE AMOUNT OF DATA AND STATS THAT WE DO. 
          UM, WE ARE VERY DATA DRIVEN, AND THAT HELPS US FORMULATE DIFFERENT PLANS FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS AND WITHIN DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AT ANY POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BILL, WE HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          I BELIEVE, SO IF I COULD, COULD WE HOLD, IF, IF BILL COULD JUST STAY HERE, WE CAN HOLD QUESTIONS AND THEN WE CAN HAVE SUPERVISOR. 
          THAT WOULD BE FINE. 
          CHECK COME UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK FROM HERE? YES, SURE. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE THERE, IF NOT, BUT GET YOU THE HANDHELD. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? MM-HMM . 
          YES. 
          OH, GREAT. 
          UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. 
          AND I, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I I DO HAVE TO GET ONTO SOME, UH, EVENING COMMITMENTS. 
          BUT, UH, JUST A, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          ONE IS THAT HOMELESSNESS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH. 
          UM, IN MY EARLY TWENTIES, I ACTUALLY WORKED AS A CASE MANAGER FOR A TRANSITIONAL, UH, LIVING PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK YOUTH AND ALSO WORKED OVERNIGHTS IN A, A YOUTH HOMELESS SHELTER. 
          UM, SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE I'VE WORKED IN THIS FIELD. 
          WHAT I KNOW ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE AND IT REALLY, UH, TAKES A COMPLEX APPROACH IN SOLVING ANY COMPONENT OF IT. 
          SO I JUST WANNA SAY I'M VERY INSPIRED BY THE GROUP THAT'S IN THIS ROOM. 
          I THINK THAT, UH, WE HAVE THAT COMPLEX RESPONSE, UH, HERE IN THIS ROOM. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, OR, OR ONE THING I, I GUESS I WANNA POINT OUT WHAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING VERY RECENTLY IS, UH, WE AWARDED OUR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, THE CDBG BLOCK GRANTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NAAG, AND REALLY, UH, WITH A FOCUS TOWARDS KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES CURRENTLY. 
          AND THE, THE, THE TWO WAYS THAT WE DID THAT IN PARTICULAR WERE, UH, FUNDING, I THINK ABOUT $400,000, UH, TO THE VERDE VALLEY, UH, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, DOING HOME IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S HOMES CONTINUE TO BE LIVABLE, THAT OUR HOUSING STOCK CONTINUES TO BE USABLE. 
          UH, AND THEN I THINK ABOUT $500,000 BETWEEN THE PRESCOTT VALLEY FOOD BANK AND PRESCOTT VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO, UH, CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FUND MEALS ON WHEELS IN A DIFFERENT WAY THROUGH THE COUNTY AND, AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORTIVE, UH, THAT WAY. 
          UH, THERE'S LOTS OF OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, BUT I ALSO WANNA, UH, POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE LIEUTENANT PRITCHARD HERE, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE FROM YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT I GET TO SPEAK RIGHT AFTER YOU BECAUSE SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS RELEVANT TO THE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WHEN RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, OUR OFFICERS WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT PEOPLE GET CONNECTED WITH THEM. 
          SO I SEE YAVAPAI COUNTY AS A PARTNER AND REALLY GREASING THE, THE WHEELS OF REGIONAL COL COLLABORATION. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, UM, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS 
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AND ENTITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY, UH, WILL MAKE GOOD PARTNERS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND I, I HOPE TO BE MORE ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION AS IT MOVES FORWARD. 
          MM-HMM . 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          BRIAN, AND THEN PETER, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? BRIAN'S FIRST, ACTUALLY, DO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR NIKKI BEFORE HE DISAPPEARS? OKAY, SURE. 
          THANKS, NIKKI, FOR, FOR YOUR WORDS. 
          I'M, MY QUESTION REALLY JUST GOES TO LOOKING FORWARD AND SOMETIMES PAST INTERACTIONS WITH THE COUNTY. 
          THE COUNTY SEEMS OFTEN TO BE MORE MOTIVATED TO DEAL WITH THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND KIND OF LEAVE THE CITIES ON THEIR OWN. 
          OTHER TOPICS HAVE COME UP IN OUR PAST WHERE WE FEEL ABANDONED BY THE COUNTY. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH SEDONA AND THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE VERDE VALLEY, UH, AND SEEING THAT OUR RESIDENTS AS COUNTY FOLKS, CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. 
          UM, WELL, I THINK THAT'S A, A GREAT POINT. 
          UM, IN SMALL COMMUNITIES, I THINK THE BEST APPROACH IS ALWAYS TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS OFTEN DON'T EVEN KNOW IF, IF THEY'RE LIVING WITHIN MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OR IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS. 
          AND SO, UH, THE MORE CONSISTENT SERVICES CAN BE AVAILABLE, UM, TO EVERYONE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITIES. 
          THAT'S, UH, DEFINITELY WHAT WE WOULD AIM FOR. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, UH, IT TAKES THE WORK OF, OF GETTING TOGETHER AND IDENTIFYING COMMON PROBLEMS AND COMMON SOLUTIONS, AND I'M DEFINITELY WILLING TO DO THAT WORK. 
          SO I, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO, UH, BROADLY OFFER SERVICES EVEN IN MUNICIPALITIES. 
          BUT THERE, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS TO THAT. 
          UM, BUT, UH, I SEE THE COUNTY AS ALWAYS BEING A WILLING PARTNER AND, UH, MOST OF THE TIME WILLING TO OVERLOOK, UM, YOU KNOW, JURISDICTION OR, OR AUTHORITY TO JUST GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION IN HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM, FROM THE DIRECTORS I'VE WORKED WITH SO FAR AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 
          THANKS FOR THOSE WORDS, NIKKI. 
          HOW REFRESHING. 
          YEAH, IT'S . 
          KATHY, DID YOU HAVE A QUICK COMMENT FOR YES, THE SUPERVISOR, UH, SUPERVISOR YOU MENTION THAT, UM, STONE COMMUNITY BLOCK MONEY WENT TO THE PRESCOTT MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM. 
          AND IN THE SAME VEIN AS MUNICIPALITIES WORKING TOGETHER, I'M CERTAINLY HOPING THAT WE CAN, UH, GET, UH, THE SEDONA MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM RUN BY THE STONE COMMUNITY CENTER OR SENIOR SERVICES CENTER, UM, ON, ON YOUR, ON THE RADAR OF THE COUNTY IN A WAY THAT IT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN. 
          SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR, I'M ANTICIPATING YOUR OPENNESS TO THAT AND I'M THANKING YOU FOR THAT. 
          SURE. 
          AND, AND JUST TO NOTE ON HOW WE CHOSE THOSE ALLOCATIONS. 
          'CAUSE ACTUALLY SEVERAL MEALS ON WHEELS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS APPLIED FOR THAT. 
          WE REALLY FOCUS THOSE DOLLARS TOWARDS BRICK AND MORTAR, UH, UPGRADES IF WE COULD, BUT IDENTIFIED THE BROAD NEED AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE SUPERVISOR? OKAY, THANK YOU, NIKKI. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          SURE. 
          UH, BRIAN, SO YOUR, UH, QUESTION FOR BILL. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, BILL ANTHONY, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND, UH, HAVING HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ANTHONY PREVIOUSLY AND, AND, AND SEE A SIMILAR PRESENTATION AT NAAG, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK I UNDERSTAND, LIKE, BILL, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT THE SEDONA NUMBERS, IF JEANNIE, IF YOU CAN GO BACK, UH, THE ONE PAGE I THINK, UM, SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, GEE, THESE NUMBERS ARE PROBABLY LOW, ISN'T, AND IT ACTUALLY ISN'T JUST WHETHER IT'S SEDONA, IT WOULD BE THROUGHOUT THE, THE SERVICE AREA. 
          FIRST RESPONDERS NEED TO BE CALLING YOUR NUMBER, THE CRISIS NUMBER FIRST. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? AND HAVING THAT RESULT IN DISPATCHING TO SPECTRUM, FOR INSTANCE, FOR A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS? CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OUR SERVICES ARE SET UP THAT WE CAN GRAB SOME INITIAL INFORMATION OFF THE FRONT END, UM, AND REALLY THE TRIAGE BEGINS AS SOON AS THAT PERSON MAKES CONTACT WITH THE OTHER HUMAN ON THE, ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S THE SAME AS, UH, AN OFFICER BEING IN A SHOOTING AND HAVING THERE BE A MEDIC AND A FIRE CREW WAITING THERE TO HELP WHOEVER'S INJURED. 
          UH, THAT'S HOW QUICK THE TRIAGE REALLY STARTS FROM THE INITIAL PHONE CALL. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED IS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS TO PERHAPS NOT GO DIRECTLY TO SPECTRUM, BUT TO GO THROUGH THE HOTLINE NUMBER. 
          THAT WAY YOU'RE ABLE TO TRACK AND THAT HELPS SUPPORT OVERALL PROGRAM MEASUREMENT AND, YOU KNOW, ASSESSMENT OF SUCCESSES AND, AND ABLE TO HELP YOU STRATEGICALLY PLAN CORRECTLY. 
          YES. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE GEARED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UPFRONT. 
          UM, AND DURING THAT TIME THAT ALLOWS US TO ASSESS WHICH TEAM IS CLOSEST, 
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WHO CAN GO, UM, ALL THE VEHICLES ARE GPS AND CELL DISPATCHED. 
          UM, SO IT REALLY DOES GIVE US THE BETTER ENHANCEMENT OF WHAT TEAM IS CLOSER IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE A REASON THAT SPECTRUM IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THE HILL AND THEY HAVE, UH, THEIR TEAMS ARE GONNA BE AN EXTENDED ETA, IF I HAVE A TEAM IN FLAGSTAFF THAT CAN BE HERE IN A MUCH QUICKER TIME TO BE ABLE TO COME. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER THE NAME ON THE SIDE OF THE DOOR. 
          IT, IT MATTERS. 
          THE SERVICE GETS TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO TO BE HELPED, UH, IN REAL TIME. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU BET. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OH, IT'S UP . 
          WHERE? MAYOR JEANNIE, ARE YOU THROUGH THE LOCAL STAKEHOLDER RESPONSE SECTION YET? UM, ONE MORE. 
          YES, THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE LOCAL STAKEHOLDER RESPONSE. 
          SO IF I COULD YES, TWO QUESTIONS. 
          ONE, I SEE THE FIRE CHIEF MIUS IS HERE AND WE'VE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ONE-ON-ONE YET ABOUT THE IMPACT ON HOMELESSNESS, ON FIRE SERVICE. 
          I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE IN OTHER PLACES THAT OFTEN FIRE RESPONSE, THEY GET CALLED OUT, YOU KNOW, TO HELP BECAUSE OF A, A HEALTH ISSUE OR JUST SOMEONE WANTING TO GET OUTTA THE COLD AND THEY ENTER THE EMS SYSTEM. 
          I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT WOULD BE THE IM, WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT OF HOMELESSNESS ON YOUR ORGANIZATION AND WHAT DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO IN TERMS OF A, PERHAPS A, A BETTER REGIONAL COORDINATED RESPONSE CHIEF BEFORE YOU BEGIN? SO JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY SPOKE A PART OF THE MAIN PROGRAM, OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK. 
          WE HAVE A LIST OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, SO OH, GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE CHIEF WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF IT. 
          I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE THIS, WE ARE NOT BY ANY MEANS OVER, SO, BECAUSE A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HERE THAT NEED TO MR. MAYOR MEMBERS, THE COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I DIDN'T PREPARE ANY DATA, BUT TO TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION QUICKLY AND AS, AND AS SWIFTLY AS WE CAN, WE, WE GET THOSE PEOPLE TOWARDS PD. 
          UM, JOKING ASIDE, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH SUO PD. 
          UM, WE'VE MADE A ROBUST EFFORT TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH SPECTRUM AND, AND HAVE KIND OF BEEN A PART OF THEIR PROCESS SINCE, SINCE THEY BEGAN. 
          AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS PREPARED TONIGHT, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, I I THINK A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE ALREADY TALKED ALLUDED TO IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF A FEW ROUTES. 
          THERE'S JAIL AND THERE'S THE HOSPITAL, AND THEN THERE'S THE CRISIS TEAMS WHICH HELP GET RESOURCES OUT THERE. 
          AND, UH, I, I WOULDN'T, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A HUGE IMPACT TO THE FIRE DISTRICT AND OUR, OUR SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          UM, THOSE THAT WE DO TRANSPORT GENERALLY HAVE A MENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEED OR A, A GENERAL HEALTH NEED. 
          UH, PARTICULARLY A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, BEFORE THE FOREST SERVICE STARTED THEIR CLOSURES, WE HAD A LOT OF MEDICAL CALLS OUT OUT THE 5, 2 5 OUT IN WEST SEDONA. 
          AND, UH, IT, THERE WAS SOME LAYERS OF DIFFICULTY 'CAUSE OF THE TERRAIN AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE BEING DISPATCHED TO THE 15TH WHITE CLASS C MOTOR HOME ON THE RIGHT. 
          AND SO JUST NAVIGATING TO IN THE DARK TO THE CALL WAS DIFFICULT. 
          AND THEN YOU, THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE UNKNOWNS WITH, WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND, AND THE FOREST SERVICE SPOKE TO LIMITED LAW ENFORCEMENT AVAILABILITY OUT IN THE, IN THE NETHERLANDS. 
          SO, UM, ULTIMATELY A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY ALL OUR PARTNER AGENCIES HAVE IMPROVED AND ARE DECREASED THE LIABILITIES AND THE, THE RESOURCE DEMANDS ON THE FIRE DISTRICT. 
          UM, WE STILL DO HAVE DEMANDS, BUT LIKE I SAID, UH, WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH FOREST SERVICE WITH YPI COUNTY, COCONINO COUNTY DPS, UH, SPD AND, UH, SPECTRUM AND IN THE NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE. 
          SO, UM, IT, IT, IF YOU SO DESIRE, I CAN PUT TOGETHER SOME NUMBERS OR SOME IMPACTS AND WORK WITH OUR EMS STAFF TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          WELL, MOSTLY I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR APPETITE AND ENTHUSIASM FOR CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH THE GROUP AS ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS. 
          I THINK, OH, IT, IT, IT'S HUGE. 
          IN FACT, BEYOND THAT, WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME PROGRAMS, UH, MORE, MORE TO DELIVER IMPROVED CARE TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH VERDE VALLEY CAREGIVERS. 
          WE'RE WORKING MORE WITH NAH UH, KIND OF KIND OF BRIDGING THAT, THAT RESIDENTIAL NEED AND THEN THAT VISITOR NEED. 
          AND THEN THE, THOSE THAT ARE, UH, IN NEED THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AS WE SPOKE TO THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WORKING HOMELESS AND THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, WE'RE KIND OF THROWING CASTING A BIG NET OVER EVERYTHING. 
          AND, AND I'M, I'M OPTIMISTIC RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I THINK COLLECTIVELY FROM THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR DOWN, 
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WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD SET OF RELATIONSHIPS BUILT AND A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS CHIEF. 
          AND THEN, KIND OF A RELATED QUESTION, JEANNIE, IT MIGHT GO TO YOU OR TO MATT, I MIGHT CALL YOU MIKE AT ONE POINT BECAUSE MIKE WHITE WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ILLINOIS COACHES, FOOTBALL COACHES IN THE PAST. 
          BUT MATT, OR PERHAPS MAYOR TO YOU, RELATED TO THE COMMENT THAT YOU JUST MADE, LOOKING AT THE LIST OF ATTENDEES AND LOOKING OUT INTO THE AUDIENCE, I'M NOT AWARE WHETHER NAH AND THE DEMAND ON THE HOSPITAL RESOURCES HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS OR NOT. 
          I'M CURIOUS IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN OR IF THEY WILL BE HA HAVE THEY BEEN OR WILL THEY BE IN THE FUTURE? THEY, WE, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION UP TO THIS POINT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WON'T BE INVOLVED MOVING FORWARD. 
          GREAT. 
          GOOD. 
          THANKS JEAN. 
          THANKS, MAN. 
          WERE THEY ASKED TO BE, WERE THEY INVITED? NO. 
          RIGHT. 
          JUST WANNA CLARIFY. 
          IT'S NOT THAT THEY DIDN'T PARTICIPATE, THEY WERE, DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          THEY OKAY? YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANKS MARK. 
          SO, ALRIGHT, UM, SO I'M GONNA CALL DIFFERENT, UH, UH, COMMUNITY PEOPLE HERE FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          I'M GONNA GO DOWN A LIST. 
          WELL, WHAT, BUT FIRST WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE DIRECT CARE, UM, RESPONSE AND WE STILL HAVE DAVID BRIDGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING ON THE LINE WHO MIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, TUNE WILL TUNE INTO THIS SE SEGMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          NUMBER FIVE. 
          YEAH, I KNOW, BUT THIS IS STILL PART, OKAY. 
          SO YES, CAMMIE, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UM, RETURN AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO VM. 
          ARE WE GONNA TAKE A BREAK AT ANY POINT? UH, YEAH, WHY DON'T WE TAKE A BREAK AFTER I DON'T, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE A SIX O'CLOCK DEADLINE. 
          THANKS BRIAN. 
          I APPRECI APPRECIATE YOU KILLING THAT BREAK TIMEFRAME. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, HOPEFULLY ALL OF THIS, UH, THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND DISCUSSION AND CONTRIBUTIONS WILL HELP TO EQUIP YOU. 
          UM, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU FROM AN EVIDENCE-BASED KIND OF RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE ON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE STRUCTURED A HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE WITH THE GREATEST IMPACT THAT RESULTS IN REDUCED NUMBERS, UM, OR EVEN IN SOME CASES ELIMINATING HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT WHAT THOSE ATTRIBUTES ARE AND THEN ALIGNED THEM WITH THE DIFFERENT KIND OF, UH, COHORTS. 
          UH, SO FOR THAT FIRST GROUP, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST HOMELESS, ONE TIME TRANSITIONAL, IF YOU WERE FULLY RESOURCED, AND THESE ARE ASPIRATIONAL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT IF YOU WERE FULLY RESOURCED, YOU WOULD HAVE THESE ELEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO SOMEONE IN CRISIS, ADDRESS THEIR BASIC NEEDS. 
          AND THAT CAN BE EVERYTHING FROM THE, UH, CRISIS, UH, MOTEL, UH, CONTRACT THAT YOU JUST DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS EVENING. 
          UH, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, UM, UH, SOME VERY MODEST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE WHO JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. 
          UM, AND THEN SERVICE COORDINATION. 
          THE COMPLEXITY OF ALL OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FROM THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION, JUST NAVIGATING THOSE SYSTEMS IS REALLY ONEROUS FOR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE IN THE MIDST OF CRISIS THEMSELVES. 
          SO PROVIDING OR OVERLAYING, UH, A NAVIGATOR OR A CASEWORKER THAT CAN HELP TO KIND OF SORT THROUGH THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE RESPONSE SYSTEM CAN ALSO HELP TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY'RE IN CRISIS AND ACCELERATE THEIR EXIT OUT OF, OUT OF CRISIS AND OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BE, UH, BEST, UH, UH, BEST POSITIONED SEDONA TO REDUCE TRANSITIONAL HOMELESSNESS OR, OR REDUCE THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS. 
          THE SECOND GROUP, SO THAT'S ABOUT 60% OF THE POPULATION. 
          THE SECOND GROUP THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE EPISODIC GROUP ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MULTIPLE SPELLS OF HOMELESSNESS AND ARE GONNA REQUIRE MORE INTENSIVE SERVICES. 
          SO IN THIS INSTANCE, A HOUSING FOCUSED CASE MANAGEMENT, WHO'S GOING TO WORK WITH THE HOUSEHOLD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE HOUSING CRISIS, WHETHER IT WAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, WHETHER IT WAS, UH, A ONE-TIME HEALTH CRISIS, UH, WHETHER IT WAS RELATIONSHIP OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND THEN HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES. 
          HOUSING FOCUSED CASE MANAGEMENT ALSO MATCHES, UH, AVAILABLE, UH, HOUSING RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SOMETIMES THAT'S A HOST, A FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND WHO'S WILLING TO LET SOMEONE STAY WITH THEM ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. 
          IN OTHER INSTANCES, IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE IDENTIFYING OR DOING AN INVENTORY OF YOUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, YOUR LANDLORDS WHO'D BE WILLING TO RENT TO PEOPLE EXITING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND MAKING THAT CONNECTION OF THE HOUSING TO THE PERSON, UM, AND HAVING THAT SERVICE PER SERVICE COORDINATION ROLE, UM, IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR THE, THE EPISODIC GROUP. 
          AND THEN FINALLY FOR THE CHRONIC GROUP. 
          AND THIS IS THE SMALL, YES. 
          QUICK QUESTION ON THE EPISODIC, HOW OFTEN, I MEAN, I'M TRYING, 
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I DON'T WANNA MAKE AN ASSUMPTION BASED ON THE NUMBERS 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT 360 IN TRANSITIONAL, YOU KNOW, 880, 180 IN EPISODIC AND 60 IN CHRONIC. 
          SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS THAT REALLY REFLECTIVE OF THE EPISODIC? WHEN YOU CAN GIVE THE RESOURCES, WHAT IS THE SUCCESS RATE OF KEEPING THEM FROM SLIDING INTO CHRONIC? I MEAN, IS THIS NUMBER, ARE THESE NUMBERS A DIRECT REPRESENTATION OF THAT? MM-HMM . 
          THEY ARE IN THE, IN THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE FROM COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE EFFECTIVE RESPONSES IN THESE, FOR THIS COHORT, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT AN 85, UH, AROUND AN 85% SUCCESS RATE. 
          SO OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS, THEY'RE ABLE TO RESOLVE THEIR HOUSING CRISIS. 
          UH, THEY DON'T EXPERIENCE SUBSEQUENT SPELLS OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, ABOUT AT 15%, UH, MIGHT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OR CRISIS RESPONSE IN SOME SUBSEQUENT PERIOD. 
          AND THAT'S IN THE EPISODIC CATEGORY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THE FINAL GROUP, THE CHRONIC GROUP, AGAIN, IT'S THE MOST VISIBLE BECAUSE THEY'RE HOMELESS THE LONGEST, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE SMALLEST IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 
          UM, AND THIS IS THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WILL REQUIRE LONG-TERM SUPPORTS. 
          OFTEN IT'S A H SOME KIND OF HOUSING SUBSIDY OR VOUCHER TO ENSURE THEIR HOUSING STABILITY. 
          AND THAT'S PAIRED WITH LONG-TERM SERVICES, UH, TREATMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITION, MENTAL HEALTH. 
          UM, AND OFTENTIMES THERE ARE EXACERBATED, UH, OR COMPLEX, UH, PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AS WELL THAT ARE, THAT WORSEN BECAUSE OF THEIR HOMELESS STATUS. 
          UM, AGAIN, ABOUT 10% OF THE POPULATION, BUT THIS IS A PERMANENT INTERVENTION. 
          UH, UH, WE REFER TO THIS AS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHERE THERE'S, UH, A SUBSIDY SOURCE THAT'S CONSISTENT AS LONG AS SOMEONE NEEDS IT. 
          AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE MATCHED TO THAT HOUSING, UH, SO PEOPLE CAN RETAIN THEIR, THEIR SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT. 
          UH, SO THESE ARE THE INTERVENTIONS THAT WOULD BE, IF YOU HAD THE WELL MOST SORT OF IMPACTFUL, UH, FULLY RESOURCED SYSTEM, YOU WOULD HAVE THESE ELEMENTS IN PLACE FOR EACH OF THESE COHORTS. 
          BRIAN? THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO MATT, I JUST HAD THE EPIPHANY, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF. 
          SO WE'VE GOT THREE TYPOLOGIES. 
          YOU'VE THEN OUTLINED WHAT EACH TYPOLOGY NEEDS. 
          THIS NEEDS TO GET MAPPED INTO WHAT DO ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE THAT THEN MATCH UP WITH THESE NEEDS BY TYPOLOGY AND WHAT GEOGRAPHY THEY'RE SUPPORTING. 
          SO WE UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S SEDONA ONLY, IF IT'S VERDE VALLEY WIDE, I KNOW ROBIN'S HERE AND, UH, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT SUPPORTS CLARKDALE, FOR INSTANCE. 
          UM, SO THAT TO ME SEEMS LIKE A REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL BECAUSE THAT ULTIMATELY IS GONNA POINT REALLY TO WHAT CAPABILITIES DO WE REALLY HAVE RIGHT NOW? AND THEN WHERE ARE THE GAPS? AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE WHAT ARE THE CRITICAL GAPS THAT WE WANT TO GO DO SOMETHING ABOUT. 
          YEP. 
          SO NEED THAT, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          THAT INVENTORY MAPPING THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. 
          AND THEN I WOULD SUGGEST OVERLAYING ON TOP OF THAT, THE LOCAL COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE. 
          THAT, THAT STRUCTURE THAT MAKES THE CONNECTIONS FOR ALL OF THESE CRITICAL PIECES. 
          AND THEN COMMUNICATE OUT TO ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, POLICE, FIRE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HOSPITALS, EDUCATION, SO THAT EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU FIND SOMEONE WHO'S IN CRISIS? WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE PATHWAY TO GET THEM CONNECTED? AND THEN TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE MANAGING ON AN ACTIVE BASIS, ALL OF THOSE CONNECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR YOU. 
          PETE FIRST? YEAH, MATT, PLEASE REMIND ME, I'M SURE WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, THIS THE QUESTION WHEN YOU LAST SPOKE WITH US, BUT I I DON'T REMEMBER VAN LIFERS. 
          ARE THEY IN YOUR COUNTS, PEOPLE BY CHOICE WHO MIGHT BE SEASONAL WORKERS OR MAYBE EVEN EPISODIC WORKERS? YES. 
          ARE THEY IN THIS AND, AND YES, YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY BE INCLUDED IN THIS, WHAT WE DID IS MAP THE UTILIZATION PATTERNS. 
          SO THESE ARE THE WAYS THE, THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND THEN THEY'RE THE SORT OF CONDITIONS, WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR HOUSING CRISIS AND WHETHER THERE ARE PERSONAL CHOICES OR THERE, YOU KNOW, FAMILY ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON. 
          UM, CROSS ACRO, UH, THEY'RE MAPPED ACROSS ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES. 
          SO THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, UM, WHO WOULD BE, AS YOU DESCRIBED, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN A CAR, UM, WHO CAME HERE EXPRESS EXPRESSLY FOR THE VERY SPECIFIC KIND OF SEDONA LIFESTYLE. 
          UM, AND THEN FOUND THEMSELVES ONCE THEY WERE HERE, UH, NOT IN AN ECONOMIC POSITION WHERE THEY COULD MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED THEIR ENTIRE LIFE HERE AND WHO'S BEEN STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, UM, THEIR ENTIRE TIME AND HAVE NEVER HAD THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO RESOLVE. 
          SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE, UH, ALL OF THOSE KIND OF ATTRIBUTES ARE INCLUDED HERE. 
          WE'RE JUST DESCRIBING THE UTILIZATION PATTERNS AND THE LENGTH OF TIME. 
          THANKS MATT. 
          THANKS MAN. 
          OKAY. 
          KATHY, THIS JUMPS 
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AHEAD A LITTLE BIT, BUT UM, IN THE SECTION EIGHT, UM, VOUCHERS, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF SEDONA AND THEN REGIONALLY ABOUT HOW MANY AVAILABLE APARTMENTS THERE ARE? HOMES THAT WOULD, WHERE A LANDLORD WOULD ACTUALLY BE PARTICIPATING IN A SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM? AND I HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION WE HAD IN NOVEMBER, THAT THERE WAS VERY FEW. 
          AND IT SEEMS WHEN YOU GET TO THE POINT OF THE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN FOUNDATIONAL THINGS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT, WHERE, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 'CAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FILLING IN THE GAPS, WHAT IS THE NUMBER THAT'S A AVAIL? THERE'S A NEED LIKE FOR 60 HOMES, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          WHAT'S THE AVAILABILITY? I, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC NUMBER, UM, IS DAVID BRIDGE TO, WITH US? THEY, UH, THEY OFFER, THEY ACT AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY. 
          SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE, DAVID, ARE YOU WITH US? YEAH, I'M STILL WITH YOU. 
          HI. 
          UM, I CAN GET YOU A NUMBER OF, THE NUMBER OF VOUCHERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE HAVE STATEWIDE WITH VOUCHERS, NOT JUST SECTION EIGHT, BUT OUR, OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE VOUCHERS IS THE LACK OF, OF APARTMENTS IN WHICH TO APPLY THOSE VOUCHERS. 
          UM, THE COUNT YAVAPAI COUNTY, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, AND MANY COUNTY CAN TALK TO US THAT THEY WERE DOING FOR A LITTLE WHILE, IS TRYING TO DO SOME OF THAT LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH THAT MATT WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          THAT HAS BEEN AN EFFORT WE'VE TRIED IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. 
          BUT, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE UNITS IS, BUT I CAN'T GET THE NUMBER OF LIKE VOUCHERS AND UNUSED VOUCHERS. 
          THERE ARE ONE LAST QUESTION ON, ON SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS, AND I THINK THIS GOES TO OUR, UM, ATTORNEY, IS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT IF, IF WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS, COULD WE FURTHER INCENTIVIZE LANDLORDS TO ACCEPT SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS? OR THAT WOULD BE, UH, OR WOULD THAT BE A GIFT CLAUSE ISSUE OR SOMETHING? UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          I DON'T THINK SO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'D BE A GIFT CLAUSE ISSUE. 
          I THINK INCENTIVES ARE GENERALLY A WAY FOR THE CITY TO, UM, APPROPRIATELY SPEND PUBLIC FUNDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO DAVID, DON'T GO AWAY. 
          UH, I WAS GONNA SAY, IF I MAY, THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION STATEWIDE THAT'S, UH, DOING THIS, LIKE IN MARICOPA, THEY HAVE INCENTIVIZED LANDLORDS, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH OFFERS TO PAY DAMAGES OR TO ACTUALLY GIVE THEM INCENTIVES TO RENT TO INDIVIDUALS, UM, IS PART OF FUTURE HEARINGS OR, OR DISCUSSIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE COULD MAKE INTRODUCTIONS THERE. 
          THEY COULD MAYBE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEIR EXPERIENCE AND, AND SUCCESS RATES. 
          IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MARICOPA COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THERE'S A MODEL. 
          AND IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT, THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT HOUSING GRANTS THAT ALSO HAVE LANDLORD INCENTIVES AS WELL AS SEVERAL OF THE VETERAN SSVF GRANTS THAT ALSO HAVE LANDLORD INCENTIVES AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE BEING USED. 
          YOU GOOD? YEAH. 
          THANK YOU KATHY. 
          THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS UP ABOUT SECTION EIGHT. 
          UH, DAVID, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A TOPIC OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT RELATED, UH, A PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, CAN YOU GET STATEWIDE SECTION EIGHT NUMBERS, UH, AS FAR AS A DROP IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OF, AGAIN, SHORT TERM RENTALS, YOU HAVE ANY CORRELATION WITH, BECAUSE OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS, CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, SECTION EIGHT HOUSING, UH, INVENTORY HAS DROPPED BECAUSE THOSE HOUSES, INSTEAD OF BEING SECTION EIGHT, HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO SHORT-TERM RENTALS, WHICH, AND THE REASON I BRING THIS UP HAS HAPPENED, UH, IN WILLIAMS AND OR NEED GOING UP AND WHAT AND OR NEED GOING UP. 
          RIGHT? BUT THEY'RE BEING DISPLACED BECAUSE THE OWNERS ARE GOING TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          AND I HAVE SOMETHING. 
          YEAH, I WOULD HAVE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANY DIRECT, UM, CORRELATION. 
          I CAN, I CAN, LET ME LOOK INTO THAT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY DIRECT NUMBERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHOW THE UTILIZATION RATES, YOU KNOW, AMONG COUNTIES. 
          SO WE COULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK AT WILLIAMS OR WE COULD LOOK AT MOJAVE OR COCONINO COUNTY AT THEIR UTILIZATION RATES AND, AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY IMPACT. 
          RIGHT. 
          WELL, I ALREADY KNOW WILLIAMS, SEE IF I CAN TRACK THAT DOWN FROM A HOUSING STOCK STANDPOINT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S A, A STAT THAT, UM, SECTION EIGHT TRACKS. 
          IF, IF YOU CAN DO THAT, THAT WOULD HELP. 
          I'M HAVE TO BE DOWN AT THE CAPITOL, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THAT INFORMATION COULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UH, NEXT ONE, JEANIE, OR ARE WE NOW CAN WE GO TO THE LIST? OKAY. 
          WHERE ARE WE? ARE YOU, DID WE, IS THAT IT FOR THIS? MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NOW, OKAY. 
          SO IT BRINGS US TO OUR, OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM BEFORE OPEN COMMENT. 
          WE'LL MAKE THIS VERY BRIEF. 
          THESE ARE THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. 
          UM, THIS JUST AS A WAY TO SORT OF TRACK OR GAUGE YOUR PROGRESS, UM, THESE ARE THE INDICATORS THAT FEDERAL PARTNERS AND CERTAINLY STATE PARTNERS WOULD BE LOOKING AT. 
          UM, AND SO THESE WOULD, WE'RE SUGGESTING 
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THESE ARE THE INDICATORS THAT CITY OF SEDONA MIGHT EMPLOY. 
          UM, AS YOU START TO THINK ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF, UH, WHOLE SORT OF SYSTEM INTERVENTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO EMPLOY, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY RESOLVED BASED ON THE INTERVENTIONS THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING. 
          AND, UH, THE EXTENT TO WHICH A BROADER CONSORTIUM OF HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS AND, UH, AND, AND, UM, OTHER PARTNERS ARE ENGAGED AND SUPPORTING AND ADVANCING THE GOALS OF SEDONA. 
          UM, SO JUST, UH, UH, INCLUDING THOSE AS A SORT OF, UH, FUTURE REPORT CARD THAT YOU SHOULD, UH, CONSIDER FOR TRACKING. 
          OKAY. 
          MATT, YOUR ACRONYMS THERE. 
          RAPID R RH AND THE, THE RAPID RESOLUTION IS, UH, IS A WAY TO DESCRIBE HOW SOMEONE WOULD, WOULD END THEIR HOMELESSNESS OR RESOLVE THEIR HOMELESSNESS OUT OF THAT FIRST COHORT. 
          THE TRANSITIONAL. 
          THE SECOND IS A FORM OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES, BUT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THEIR HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT THAT SUPPORT. 
          AND SO THAT STANDS FOR RAPID REHOUSING. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD ONE FOR THE CHRONIC, UH, COHORT IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          SO A VOUCHER WITH SERVICES ATTACHED. 
          I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, UH, TRYING TO TRACK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, PERCENTAGES, WHATEVER, OF FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH THE OTHER SERVICES VERSUS JUST SAYING, NOPE, I WANT THIS, I DON'T WANT TO DO ALL THE REST OF THIS GOOD STUFF. 
          I'M NOT INTERESTED IN SOLVING MY PROBLEM. 
          AND WHETHER THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I THINK THAT VERY FIRST BULLET, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED, CONTACTED, GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE EXTENT AND SCOPE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE ISSUE. 
          AND THEN FROM THAT, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO A RESOURCE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE RESOLVING THEIR HOMELESSNESS? AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING BACK TO HOMELESSNESS AFTER GETTING AN INTERVENTION. 
          UM, SO ALL OF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO NOW, UM, BRINGS US TO THE OPEN COMMENT. 
          CAN I JUST SAY ONE QUICK THING? OH, SURE, CAM, JUST, JUST ONE LAST COMMENT ON THIS REALLY QUICK. 
          I, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WITH THESE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, A LOT OF THIS IS ALREADY TRACKED IN HMIS. 
          UM, CERTAINLY WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED, WE WOULD WANT TO INCREASE THIS ROBUST SYSTEM, BUT THERE ARE DATA POINTS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THIS CURRENTLY. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE AGENCIES ALREADY WORKING HERE ON VERDE VALLEY DOING THIS WORK WITH COORDINATED ENTRY. 
          AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT THE VERDE VALLEY HOMELESS COALITION, VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY, HOPE, HOUSE OF SEDONA, HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, WE'VE GOT OUR OUTREACH, OUR HOUSING, AND OUR VETERAN TEAMS AS WELL AS NATION'S FINEST. 
          SO THESE GROUPS ARE ALREADY DOING SOME OF THIS WORK. 
          AND SO I THINK I JUST DIDN'T WANNA MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SO, JEANNIE, BEFORE WE GO ON, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK. 
          OKAY? OKAY. 
          AND THE MEETING IS SUPPOSED TO CONCLUDE AT SIX O'CLOCK. 
          I REALIZE WE'RE GONNA GO BEYOND THAT, BUT ESPECIALLY HOW IMPORTANT THIS TOPIC IS AND THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO GO BEYOND. 
          BUT, UM, GIVE US SOME MINUTES. 
          SO I, I HOPE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, I HOPE THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WILL BE ABLE, PLEASE STICK AROUND. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE NOW GETTING TO EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EACH, UH, SPEAKER WHO'S INTERESTED, UH, A FEW MINUTES TO, UH, ASK QUESTIONS OR PARTICIPATE. 
          SORRY. 
          WAS THAT OKAY? EARLIER? CAN WE, CAN I ASK EVERYBODY TO TAKE THEIR SEATS PLEASE? OKAY. 
          IF I CAN WRITE DOWN, WE WANNA TRY TO GET BACK ON TRACK. 
          JEANNIE COTTONWOOD, CHIEF IS NEXT. 
          I'LL, I'M GONNA GO DOWN MY LIST. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SWR GAVE ME SOME GOOD INFORMATION. 
          THE SUPERINTENDENT, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, SO TOLD HE HAD TO LEAVE, BUT HE GAVE ME HIS NOTES AND I'LL, IS IT, I CAN'T GET TO SLEEP. 
          WHAT I, WHAT? I LIKE THE NUMBNESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, FOLKS, I ONLY HAVE, ALRIGHT, UH, MARCY, WE'RE GOOD. 
          WE'RE BACK ON. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR INDULGENCE. 
          AND WE TRIED TO KEEP IT RATHER, RATHER SHORT. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO BRING IN, UH, THE COTTONWOOD CHIEF, UH, BRIAN ETHAL, 
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AND HE HAS A REALLY COOL PROJECT THEY'RE DOING AT COTTONWOOD THAT I'D LIKE HIM TO, UH, SHARE WITH EVERYBODY HERE. 
          THEY, THEY DON'T ALREADY KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE IMPRESSED. 
          YEAH. 
          GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          ONE AND TWO, THANKS FOR HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND, AND TAKING A, A, A REGIONAL APPROACH TO THIS. 
          AND, UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I KNOW DEPUTY CHIEF DOW TALKED ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE IN PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DOWN THERE WE WERE THE HOME OF THE LARGEST HOMELESS SHELTER IN THE STATE. 
          IT WAS. 
          SO WE THERE, AND YOU'LL, UH, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD FROM MAYOR GALLEGO, THE, THE CONCERNS ABOUT US BEING THE ONES THAT EVERYBODY JUST BROUGHT THEIR PROBLEMS INTO PHOENIX, AND IT WASN'T, WE ALWAYS WANTED THIS REGIONAL APPROACH TO IT, SO IT WASN'T JUST ONE, ONE CITY, ONE ENTITY TAKING A BRUNT OF ALL OF THIS. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THIS DISCUSSION. 
          UM, I GO BACK WORKING IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WORKING, UH, WITH HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE CAREER. 
          IN FACT, DAVID BRIDGE, IF HE'S STILL ON, HE AND I WORKED TOGETHER 20, 20 YEARS AGO. 
          AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, TAKING THIS COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING, I, I, I'VE EXPERIENCED ALL LEVELS WHEN, AS A, AS AN OFFICER, WHERE WERE OUR RESPONSIBILITY RESPONDED, AND WE WERE THE ONES THAT RESPONDED TO EVERY CALL. 
          WE, OUR, OUR ANSWER TO THIS WAS ARREST CITATIONS AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CALL. 
          RIGHT? UM, AND WE QUICKLY, WELL, WE LEARNED OVER TIME, UH, THAT THAT WASN'T THE, THE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT A SOLUTION. 
          AND WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH LONG TERM SOLUTIONS TO THIS ISSUE. 
          SO, IN DOING SO, UM, WHEN I, AS I, AS I MENTIONED 20 YEARS AGO, WORKING WITH DAVID AND HIS TEAM OVER AT CAS AND THE HUMAN SERVICES CAMPUS, WE CREATED THIS OUTREACH TEAM. 
          AND THIS OUTREACH TEAM WAS A GROUP OF SERVICE PROVIDERS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE IN THIS ROOM TODAY. 
          AND WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH, UH, A TEAM THAT WOULD GO OUT AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES AND TRY TO REALLY COME UP WITH LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND WE FOUND OUT THERE'S NOT A SINGLE APPROACH THAT'S GONNA ANSWER YOUR PROBLEM. 
          THERE'S THERE, IT JUST DOESN'T EXIST. 
          THERE'S NOT A MAGIC, UH, WAY TO JUST GO OUT AND, AND SOLVE THIS ISSUE AND SOLVE THESE ISSUES THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE FACING. 
          AND IT TAKES THIS WHOLE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND APPROACH AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS, UM, HAVE A ROLE IN THIS RESPONSE. 
          AND I WAS A PART OF THESE OUTREACH TEAMS WHERE WE ACTUALLY RODE TOGETHER IN A VAN. 
          WE WOULD HAVE ALL OF US REPRESENTED FROM EVERY ENTITY IN A VAN AND WE WOULD GO OUT. 
          AND WHILE IT WAS, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, I THOUGHT IT WORKED REALLY WELL, AND IT WAS GREAT FOR ME. 
          IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. 
          IT WAS GREAT TO BE A PART OF THAT AND, AND SEE THE WORK THAT GETS DONE OUTSIDE OF WHAT, OF JUST AN ARREST OR A CITATION. 
          UM, WE FOUND DOING IT THAT WAY WASN'T THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND, UM, SOMETIMES IT'S THE SUBSTANCE, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. 
          OTHER TIMES IT'S JUST FOOD. 
          AND AND OTHER TIMES IT'S JUST SHELTER, RIGHT? AND THEN SOMETIMES IT IS ENFORCEMENT. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU GO ALL OUT TOGETHER AND YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT ONE ISSUE, AND THEN EVERYBODY GETS CAUGHT UP IN THAT, RIGHT? SO WE, WE, WE MOLDED IT INTO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT COTTONWOOD IS CURRENTLY DOING. 
          AND THAT'S AN OUTREACH OFFICER PROGRAM WHERE THE OFFICER HIMSELF HAS A REALLY GOOD WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE SYSTEM, HAS THE ABILITY TO WORK THROUGH THESE ISSUES, UM, AND HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, IS A REALLY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS, SO THAT WHEN HE DOES RESPOND TO AN INDIVIDUAL, AN UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL, AND, AND ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, HE, HE'S ARMED WITH THE TOOLS AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE COMMUN CONNECTION WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AND HOW TO CONNECT THAT PERSON TO THE SERVICES THAT HE BELIEVES THEY NEED. 
          NOW, I KNOW BRIAN SAID WE'RE, WE'RE NOT CLINICIANS. 
          WE DON'T CLAIM TO BE, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS, UM, WHEN PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY ARE CALLING FOR A SOLUTION, THEY'RE CALLING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY'RE EITHER CALLING THEIR CAR, UH, OR NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, OR THEY'RE CALLING 9 1 1. 
          UM, AND WE, WE'RE NOT GONNA NOT RESPOND, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND. 
          AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS IS RESPOND WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS THIS WORKING KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO ADDRESS THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. 
          UM, NOW WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE EXPERTS IN ALL DIFFERENT AREAS, WHETHER IT'S A DUI, WHETHER IT'S DRUG ENFORCEMENT, WHETHER IT'S, UM, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND THEY'RE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE AN OFFICER THAT'S AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD AND HAS THIS KNOWLEDGE BASE AND THIS ABILITY TO COME UP, UH, MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS AND WORK WITH THEM. 
          I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE WITH OURS. 
          SO OFFICER REP IS OUR OUTREACH OFFICER AND HE'S THE ONE THAT DOES THIS, UH, FOR THE COTTONWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND, UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE WITH HIM TWO WEEKS AGO TO REALLY, 'CAUSE 'CAUSE IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON. 
          THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, MOST, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS, YOU EITHER GET INTO SOCIAL WORKER, YOU GET INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU DON'T GET INTO 
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LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE A SOCIAL WORKER, RIGHT? SO IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK AND, AND YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE RIGHT ONE. 
          AND I DO, AND I KNOW, AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THERE ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS IN ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UH, THAT JOINED FOR THIS REASON AND WANT TO REALLY PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF HELP AND ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND YOU GOTTA FIND THAT ONE, YOU GOTTA IDENTIFY THAT PERSON AND YOU GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND YOU IDENTIFY HIM. 
          BUT OURS IS OFFICER REP AND HE REALLY TRULY BELIEVES IN THE MISSION AND BELIEVES IN WHAT HE'S DOING. 
          UM, AND, AND IS SEARCHING FOR EVERY WAY TO COME UP WITH THAT LONG TERM SOLUTION. 
          UM, PART OF THAT IS, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I TELL EVERYBODY, AND, AND DEPUTY CHIEF DO TALKED ABOUT IT, ARREST, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE ANSWER. 
          IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION, BUT IT IS A TOOL. 
          UM, I CAN TELL YOU THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE AND HAVE WORKED CLOSELY, UH, WITH A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE THROUGH THIS, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT THE ARREST IS WHAT SAVED THEIR LIVES. 
          SO THERE ARE TIMES, AND SO THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE WILL MAKE AN ARREST AND THAT OFFICER REP WILL MAKE THAT ARREST OR DO THE ENFORCEMENT OR WRITE THAT CITATION. 
          BUT WE KNOW DEEP DOWN THAT THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER AND THE SOLUTION. 
          AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET, THAT OFFICER ALSO WORKS WITH OUR COURT SYSTEM AND WE TRY TO COME UP WITH A DIVERSION FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO HELP STEER THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO THE SERVICES THEY NEED, AS OPPOSED TO WE JAIL'S NOT THE ANSWER, WE GET THAT, BUT SOMETIMES THAT ARREST OR THAT CITATION WILL GIVE HIM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET DIVERTED INTO THE SERVICES THAT HE NEEDS. 
          SO, UH, OFFICER REP FOR US IS THE ONE THAT HAS THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE, HAS THAT ABILITY TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS AND COME UP WITH LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS AND WORK WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND, UH, I CAN'T STATE ENOUGH HOW POSITIVE THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA ASK FOR NUMBERS. 
          UH, I DON'T HAVE 'EM. 
          I CAN TELL YOU ANECDOTALLY, UM, IN MY SHORT TIME HERE. 
          SO WHAT, WE HIT A CRITICAL LOW STAFFING LEVEL WITHIN THE COTTONWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT, JUST LIKE EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ACROSS THE NATION. 
          UM, AND PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL, HE, HE WAS PUT BACK INTO A REGULAR PATROL DUTY SPECIAL. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS. 
          UM, AS SOON AS WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE, UH, A COUPLE OF OFFICERS, MY FIRST PRIORITY WAS TO BRING THAT PROGRAM BACK. 
          SO HE'S BEEN BACK JUST FOR A COUPLE WEEKS NOW. 
          UM, I CAN ALREADY, I, I PERSONALLY DRIVING AROUND CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE, UM, THAT HE'S MAKING. 
          UH, HE ALSO WORKS WITH CLEANUPS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHEN, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE PICTURES YOU SAW FROM OUR, THE FOREST SERVICE INDIVIDUAL, WE'RE CLEANING THOSE TYPES OF AREAS UP AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT THE, THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND BLIGHT ISSUES THAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS FACING OR SEEING ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          SO HE, HE HAS THOSE CONTACTS AND IT'S JUST THAT HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS FROM A POLICE OFFICER'S APPROACH. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          UM, BRIAN, AND THEN I'LL GO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          CHIEF, THANKS FOR COMING TODAY AND EXPLAINING HOW THAT PROGRAM'S WORKING FOR YOU IN COTTONWOOD. 
          A QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, DO YOU SEE IT CRITICAL THAT THIS INTERFACING TYPE ROLE, THIS COORDINATING ROLE THAT IT BE IN PD OR COULD IT BE MORE OF A TRADITIONAL SOCIAL WORKER? UH, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR OFFICER IS ENGAGING AT THE POINT WHERE THERE'S BEEN A CALL FOR SERVICE, CORRECT? OR IS THERE SOME PROACTIVE, HEY, I SEE SOMEBODY THAT VISUALLY WOULD APPEAR TO BE A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO TALK TO THEM. 
          I I THINK YOU ALREADY ANSWERED MY QUESTION A MOMENT AGO THAT IT IS BASED ON A CALL FOR SERVICE. 
          MAJORITY CALL FOR SERVICE. 
          UM, AND A CALL WILL COME IN OR IT'LL BE, UH, AN OFFICER THAT, THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT RESPONDS AND JUST PASSES THAT INFORMATION ON TO THIS TO OUR OUTREACH OFFICER. 
          BUT IT IS ALSO PROACTIVE TOO. 
          HE'S ALSO OUT THERE, LIKE WHEN I RODE WITH HIM, WE WERE PROACTIVELY WALKING TRAILS LOOKING, YOU KNOW, UH, 'CAUSE BUT IT WAS FROM PRIOR COMPLAINTS, RIGHT? IT'S ALL, IT'S, IT IS COMPLAINT BASED. 
          AND THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UM, WHETHER IT SHOULD BE AN OFFICER OR, OR A CIVILIAN OR SOCIAL, I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE, UM, THERE, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY DO WANT A POLICE OFFICER TO RESPOND. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A, AN OFFICER WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE BASE TO DO IT. 
          ONE, TWO, UM, MY EXPERIENCE SOMETIMES, UH, A A LOT OF THE TIMES THE, THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE DOESN'T FEEL SAFE FOR THAT INITIAL CONTACT AND THEY'LL END UP CALLING A POLICE OFFICER OUT THERE FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. 
          AND WE STILL END UP SENDING AN OFFICER OUT THERE ANYWAY. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE AN OFFICER THAT CAN DO BOTH, ONE BE THERE TO FOR, AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE THOSE SAFETY CONCERNS, AND TWO, UM, CAN HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE AND ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, DOES IT ALSO. 
          BUT, BUT, BUT IF IT'S AN OFFICER WHO'S SHOWING UP, THEN IS THAT INTIMIDATING FOR THE PERSON INVOLVED? SURE. 
          YEAH, SURE IT CAN BE. 
          UM, AND THE, UH, IT IT, WHEN YOU HAVE AN OFF I GET. 
          SO WHERE I COME FROM THERE, THE, THE NUMBERS WERE SO HIGH AND DIFFICULT. 
          YOU DO RUN INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS DOWN THERE. 
          I COULD TELL YOU, I, I DID WORK IN THE AREA AROUND THE HUMAN SERVICES CAMPUS, UM, AND I'M SURE DAVID CAN ATTEST TO IT. 
          I KNEW EVERYBODY OUT 
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THERE AND THEY ALL KNEW ME. 
          IN FACT, THAT WHEN I WENT BACK AS A COMMANDER, THEY WOULD STILL REFER TO ME AS SARGE. 
          UM, BUT YOU STILL GET TO KNOW THEM REALLY WELL, RIGHT? AND THE OFFICER HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THOSE MULTIPLE CONTACTS AND OVER TIME, UM, WHICH KIND OF LOWERS THAT BARRIER AND LOWERS THAT, UM, THAT HURDLE. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE THIS ONE, THE, THE RIGHT OFFICER THAT'S DEDICATED AND DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND IS DEDICATED TO THE MISSION, I, I BELIEVE IT'S STILL A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND YOU CAN DROP THOSE BARRIERS. 
          HOW WELL IS THE PROGRAM KNOWN IN COTTONWOOD? LIKE WHAT, WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK DO YOU GET FROM THE RESIDENTS IN COTTONWOOD ABOUT HAVING THIS RESOURCE OFFICER? YEAH, SO I'VE BEEN TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS, I'VE BEEN TO DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS. 
          I'VE BEEN TO OTHER CITY MEETINGS ALSO. 
          AND I'M LIKE, I BROUGHT THE PROGRAM BACK. 
          I BROUGHT REP BACK. 
          I, OFFICER REP IS BACK, IS BASICALLY WHAT I'LL SAY. 
          AND THEN I'LL BE LIKE, THANK GOD. 
          THANK GOD THAT WAS, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO CHIEF IN DC I'M TRYING TO CORRELATE THE LONGEVITY OF THE PROGRAM. 
          I NOW, I THINK WITH DC AND COTTONWOOD, WHAT WAS THE TIMEFRAME THAT THAT PROGRAM WAS IN PLACE AND TO WHAT THE CHIEF SAID THAT THE COMMUNITY SAYING, OH, THANK GOD, THANK GOD THAT'S A GREAT SIGN. 
          I HOPE YOU GET THE SAME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UH, RESPONSE HERE. 
          BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE SURE THAT IT DID WORK, THAT THE LONGEVITY OVER TIME IT WORKED. 
          YES. 
          UH, MAYOR, SO I GOT TO COTTONWOOD IN 2017 AND I ULTIMATELY WAS PROMOTED TO COMMANDER IN 2020. 
          AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS ALLOWED TO RUN WITH THE PREVIOUS CHIEF OF 11 TO RUN WITH IT. 
          AND WE STARTED OFF AS A PART-TIME. 
          SO OFFICER REP WAS DOING IT PART-TIME AND IT KIND OF WORKED OUT. 
          BUT WE HAD SOME STRUGGLES AS A PART-TIME. 
          WE THEN HAD HIM GO FULL-TIME AND THEN BACK, HE ENDED UP GOING BACK PART-TIME BECAUSE OF STAFFING AND STUFF. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME SINCE 2020. 
          AND I, SAME THING THAT, UH, CHIEF ENTAL SAYS IS WHEN HE'S GONE, EVERYBODY NOTICED. 
          THEY'RE LIKE, WHERE'S OFFICER REP AT? AND WE'RE LIKE, UH, WELL, UH, AND THEN YOU'VE GOTTA EXPLAIN TO THEM, WELL, I HAD TO USE HIM FOR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          SO, I MEAN, THE PROGRAM IS VERY WELL KNOWN IN COTTONWOOD, AND WHEN HE'S NOT THERE, HE'S, IT'S NOTICED. 
          AND WHEN HE IS THERE, HE'S NOTICED. 
          SO IT'S A VERY, I, TO ME, IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL. 
          AND UM, AGAIN, IT JUST CAME OUT OF SEEING WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN COTTONWOOD, SEEING THE NECESSITY FOR CONSISTENCY. 
          'CAUSE THAT WAS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WHEN I WAS WORKING THE STREET, WAS CONSISTENCY. 
          'CAUSE I WOULD TELL SOMEBODY SOMETHING AND THE NEXT OFFICER WOULD TELL THEM SOMETHING ELSE. 
          AND THEN WE JUST, WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. 
          SO IF NOTHING ELSE, IT PROVIDES CONSISTENCY. 
          IT PROVIDES THE RESOURCES AND IT PROVIDES SOMEBODY WHO'S ONE POINT OF CONTACT FOR IT. 
          AND I GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU ASK ANYBODY IN COTTONWOOD, THEY'LL TELL YOU, THEY KNOW WHEN HE'S NOT AROUND BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE IT. 
          IT, IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY'S QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE, THE LEVELS OF THE HOMELESSNESS ROSE WHEN HE WASN'T THERE? I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE LEVELS ROSE OR, OR WENT DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT I'LL SAY IS MORE PEOPLE WERE PROVIDED RESOURCES AND MORE PEOPLE, UM, KNEW WHAT THE RULES WERE AND HAD ACCOUNTABILITY THINGS. 
          AND WE DID A LOT OF MORE DEFERRED PROSECUTION AND A LOT MORE ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING, WHICH REALLY HELPS. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED. 
          THEY, SOME OF THEM NEED THAT PUSH TO HERE'S SOME SERVICES, HERE'S SOME DRUG SERVICES, HERE'S SOME WORK SERVICES. 
          THEY NEED THAT PUSH. 
          AND WHEN WE SAY ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T DO IT, WE'RE JUST SAYING JAIL IS PROBABLY NOT THE ANSWER. 
          WE'RE NOT SAYING ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AND DEFERRED PROSECUTION ARE HUGE TOOLS. 
          AND OUR TOOL BAG, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT TO HELP WITH THESE THINGS. 
          SO I DON'T WANNA SAY IT REALLY MAKES NUMBERS GO DRASTICALLY UP OR DOWN. 
          WHAT IT DOES IS IT HELPS THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS PART OF IT NOW. 
          AND HOW LONG WAS YOUR, THE PROGRAM IN PLACE WHILE YOU WERE THERE? THE ENTIRE TIME? UNLESS WE HAD A STAFFING SHORTAGE FROM 17 ON 2020. 
          2020 ON, YEAH. 
          AS A COM. 
          AS A COMMANDER, YES. 
          SO, AND CHIEF, WOULD YOU, UH, AGREE WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION? YOU FEEL THAT NOW THAT YOU BROUGHT IT BACK, ARE YOU'RE SEEING THE EXACT SAME THING? SO IT WAS REPLICATED, CAME RIGHT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS. 
          YEAH, A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          UM, TIMING'S EVERYTHING. 
          WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS, THESE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS ESPECIALLY, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU GET 'EM AT THE RIGHT TIME AND, AND THEY'RE READY FOR SERVICES AT THAT TIME, IT'S CRITICAL THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE AND YOU AND HAVING AN OFFICER THERE IN SUCH A QUICK TIME AND NOT WAITING. 
          'CAUSE THE LONGER YOU WAIT, I, I'VE EXPERIENCED IT, THE LONGER YOU WAIT, THE, SOMETIMES THAT TIMING GOES AWAY AND YOU'VE LOST THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THAT INDIVIDUAL TO SERVICES. 
          SO, UM, IT IT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS THAT MAKES IT SUCH A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. 
          SO MY LAST QUESTION IS THIS. 
          IF JUST 
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HEARING WHAT YOU SAID, I'M THINKING THAT HAVING A SOCIAL WORKER IN THAT POSITION WHO COULDN'T TAKE THE ROLE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE A DEFICIT AS OPPOSED TO A UNIFORMED OFFICER WHO COULD RESPOND, BE RECOGNIZED AS A PERSON WHO NOT IN POSSIBLY IN A UNIFORM, MAYBE NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS QUICKLY. 
          WOULD THAT BE A, A GOOD STATEMENT? SO I I, I DON'T WANT TO CALL, I WOULDN'T CALL IT A DEFICIT. 
          UM, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHO WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH TO GET THAT PERSON IN THE SERVICES ANYWAY, RIGHT? UM, I JUST THINK THAT THE, THE SPEED THAT THE OFFICER'S ALREADY THERE, THAT IF HE ALREADY HAS THIS KNOWLEDGE BASE AND IS IMMEDIATELY GET TO GET, KINDA CONNECT THEM TO THE SERVICES, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          I COULD TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE BEST THING THAT THE CITY OF PHOENIX EVER DID WAS CREATE THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS WHERE THEY, THEY BROUGHT IN THAT THEY DID BRING IN A TEAM OF, UH, UH, OF OUTREACH WORKERS, UH, CIVILIAN OUTREACH WORKERS, WHICH WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH. 
          I MEAN, FACT THAT WAS PART OF THE INTERVIEWS AND, AND BUILDING THAT, THEM BUILDING THAT TEAM. 
          UM, AND IT WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. 
          BUT WHEN YOU PARTNER TOGETHER AND YOU WORK TOGETHER, AND WE'RE JUST, AGAIN, WE'RE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. 
          WE'RE NOT THE SOLUTION. 
          WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST A PART OF THAT COLLABORATIVE GROUP. 
          THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF PETE. 
          THANKS. 
          MAYOR. 
          CHIEF AND OR DC AND OR MATT . 
          UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COTTONWOOD PROGRAM, THE COTTONWOOD PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES SOME ALTERNATIVE COURT SERVICES. 
          THAT'S TRUE. 
          AND I'M CURIOUS, THE QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK IS, HOW CRITICAL IS THAT? WAS THAT A BOLT-ON THAT SERVES, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT, A NICE TO HAVE? OR DO YOU REALLY FEEL THAT THAT WAS AN INTEGRAL KEY PART OF THE APPROACH? I THINK IT'S KEY. 
          I, WE, WE DID THIS DOWN THERE IN VALLEY TOO. 
          UM, AND THE JUDGE, THE COTTONWOOD MAGISTRATE, THE JUDGE AND COTTONWOOD IS, IS ON BOARD, OUR PROSECUTOR'S ON BOARD. 
          UM, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO THAT. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY TAKE IT. 
          UM, BUT IT, IT, IT'S BEEN A REALLY BIG, IT'S A, IT'S, IT IS A KEY PART OF IT IN TRYING TO GAIN SUCCESS. 
          FOR SURE. 
          DO YOU SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THAT WITH YOUR LONGER COTTONWOOD EXPERIENCE? AND, AND I'M REALLY MORE INTERESTED IN THE COTTONWOOD EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN PHOENIX. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT'S THE WHOLE WORLD DOWN THERE. 
          I I, WHEN I GOT HERE, I TOLD 'EM I WOULDN'T USE THE P WORD . 
          I I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM . 
          UM, SO WHAT I'LL SAY IS, UM, ALTERNATIVE SENTENCE IN THE DEFERRED PROSECUTION. 
          WERE ALREADY PART OF THE CITY OF COTTONWOOD BEFORE WE STARTED THE OUTREACH SERVICES PROGRAM. 
          WHAT THE OUTREACH SERVICES PROGRAM DOES, DID WAS KIND OF TIE IT TOGETHER BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE PROSECUTOR AND SAY, HEY, I'VE DEALT WITH THIS PERSON. 
          THIS IS WHAT I THINK THEY NEED. 
          AND OR, YOU KNOW, AND IT REALLY HELPED TIE IT ALL TOGETHER. 
          AND I KNOW FROM SITTING THROUGH, UH, PROSECUTOR INTERVIEWS AND, AND JUDGE INTERVIEWS THAT THAT WAS THE MAINSTAY BEHIND THIS. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WAS LIKE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HIRE YOU IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT OUR SOLUTIONS FOR THESE THINGS. 
          SO THAT WAS A REALLY BIG PART. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, TO THE CHIEF'S POINT THAT THOSE SERVICES ARE, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, HE SAYS THE JUDGE IS ON BOARD, THE PROSECUTOR'S ON BOARD, AND, AND WE KNOW THAT. 
          AND I'VE HAD SOME VERY GOOD CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO I KNOW THAT THAT WAS REALLY, I, AND I THINK THAT THEY WERE ALREADY SOLUTION BASED. 
          IT WAS JUST, WE COULD REALLY SEE IT COME TO FRUITION WHEN OFFICER REP CAME IN AND WAS ABLE TO, TO REALLY TIE THOSE THINGS IN. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, YOUR FEES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO SOME OF THE STUFF IS GONNA BE FEED BASED THAT CAN COME BACK INTO THE PROGRAMS. SOME OF IT CAN BE, UM, LIKE COMMUNITY SERVICE THINGS. 
          SO WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, WHO ARE ACTUALLY ULTIMATELY SENTENCED TO JUST COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
          'CAUSE THEY CAN'T, I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? YOU'RE GONNA GIVE SOMEBODY A $500 FINE FOR LITTERING? PROBABLY NOT, BECAUSE THAT PERSON ISN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO PAY IT. 
          BUT THEN THEY DO COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WE BRING THEM OUT TO THOSE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED. 
          AND THEN WHEN THEY GOT THE TICKET FOR LITTERING AND NOW THEY'RE CLEANING UP A MESS, THEY'RE LIKE, OH. 
          SO THEY START TO SELF-POLICE THEMSELVES. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE STANDING THERE AND BE LIKE, HEY MAN, DON'T THROW THAT DOWN THERE. 
          'CAUSE IF I GET COMMUNITY SERVICE GUY, I GOTTA PICK THAT UP. 
          SO IT, IT BECOMES YOUR OWN COMMUNITY, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT YOU NEED. 
          AND IT CAN BE A SELF-SUSTAINING PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH OFFICER REP. 
          THE AMOUNT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM CLEANING UP THESE OLD CAMPS AND SUCH. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS, UM, I, THE COMMUNITY LOVED THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUMP UP THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYBODY JUST BY, I GUESS THE CIRCULATION OF RESOURCES, RIGHT? YOU'RE JUST, IT, IT WORKS. 
          AND MATT, JUST QUICKLY, HOW MUCH HAS THIS ALTERNATIVE COURT SERVICES BEEN PART OF YOUR STRATEGY WORK FOR US SO FAR? IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE MODEL. 
          UM, AND AS, AS WE'VE HEARD THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF, UM, DIVERTING PEOPLE FROM JAIL AND ENGAGING IN SERVICES IS GONNA BE A MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL 
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STRATEGY RATHER THAN CITATION OR SOME PUNITIVE APPROACH. 
          UM, THE, THE EVIDENCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE EMPLOYED THAT, UM, IS CLEAR THAT THAT'S A, A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE WAY TO MANAGE IT. 
          DEREK, AND THEN I HAVE ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION. 
          UH, QUESTION FOR THE DEPUTY CHIEF. 
          UM, GIVEN THE SIZE OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, DO YOU EXPECT THIS WOULD BE A FULL-TIME JOB FOR AN OFFICER, OR IS THIS SOMETHING AN OFFICER COULD DO THREE QUARTERS OF THE TIME AND SOMETHING ELSE? NO, IT'S A, IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB JUST BECAUSE, UM, ONCE THIS PROGRAM GETS STARTED, EVERY OFFICER ON THE STREET SAYS, HEY, I RAN INTO JIMMY. 
          JIMMY NEEDS SOME HELP. 
          SO HE GOES OUT AND HELPS JIMMY AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE COMES AND SAYS, HEY JOHN, UH, JOHN COULD USE SOME HELP ON THIS. 
          AND THEN HE GOES OUT AND HELPS JOHN. 
          SO IT REALLY BECOMES A, A FULL-TIME JOB. 
          BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT, IT HELPS THE OFFICERS ON PATROL. 
          UM, IT TAKES SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF OF THAT, RIGHT? SO YEAH, IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB FOR HIM, BUT THEN IT GIVES THE OFFICERS MORE TIME FOR OTHER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BECOME A PRIORITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THIS IS MY FINAL QUESTION I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IS FOR THE, THE DC SO WHEN YOU TRANSITIONED FROM COTTONWOOD TO HERE, HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU SEE HERE THAT LEFT COTTONWOOD THE WHACK-A-MOLE THEORY? IT, WELL, TO THE FOREST SERVICE OFFICER'S POINT, UM, YOU, IT'S A TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE. 
          YOU PUSH 'EM ONE PLACE, THEY GO THE OTHER. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO BE, THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO BE A REGIONAL APPROACH. 
          IF COTTONWOOD DOES MORE, THEN SEDONA, THEY'RE GONNA COME HERE. 
          UH, AND IT'S THE SAME THING WITH ENFORCEMENT. 
          UM, IF YOU DO MORE ENFORCEMENT IN COTTONWOOD, AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ALL GOING TO THE FOREST, THEY KNEW THAT RESOURCES WEREN'T IN THE FOREST. 
          SO WE'RE EN FORCING THINGS. 
          THEY GO TO THE FOREST BECAUSE THAT RESOURCE ISN'T THERE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT'S, TO ME, IT'S IMPERATIVE. 
          IT'S A REGIONAL APPROACH. 
          AND EVERYBODY HAS TO BE PUTTING IN, 'CAUSE WE ALL HAVE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          AND IF WE ARE, THEN THE TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE, YOU WON'T SEE THOSE NUMBERS LIKE 3000 IN ONE PLACE. 
          THEY KIND OF, THEY GET SPREAD OUT MORE, WHICH IS A LOT MORE MANAGEABLE FOR ALL OF US. 
          WE'LL SEND 'EM BACK TO PHOENIX . 
          WELL, THAT, THAT WAS PART OF THE, THE PROBLEM WE SAW. 
          WE DID SEE AN INFERENCE. 
          I WAS DOWN THERE. 
          I SAW IT BY THE CAPITOL. 
          IT'S, IT WAS HORRIFYING. 
          MATT, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT? YOU WERE, YOU WERE REACTING DURING THAT, SO I WANTED TO JUST ASK WHETHER YOU HAD SOME THOUGHTS. 
          THE PULL YOUR MIC. 
          UH, JONATHAN AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS. 
          IN THE WORK THAT WE DO ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO KIND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING WORK. 
          UM, AND IT'S JUST, IT, IT, UM, TO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, BE SUCH A USEFUL PARTNER, UM, AND TO IT, IT'S A, IT'S A GEM THAT YOU HAVE IN THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A STANDARD APPROACH ACROSS A, A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, SECTORS. 
          UM, SO IT JUST IS REASSURING TO HEAR THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU BRIAN. 
          AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          CHIEF, UH, WHAT ABOUT PANHANDLING? THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS AT PANHANDLE, IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHICH TYPOLOGY THEY NECESSARILY FIT INTO. 
          THEY MAY JUST BE VAN LIFERS THAT ARE OPPORTUNISTIC. 
          WHAT ROLE DOES OFFICER REP PLAY RELATIVE TO PANHANDLING IN COTTONWOOD? SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DO IN COTTONWOOD AND KIND OF REPLICATED, 'CAUSE WE WERE GETTING ALL THE COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS DONE IN, IN COTTONWOOD ALSO, AND HE AND I HAD THIS DISCUSSION WHEN I DID THE RIDE ALONG WITH HIM. 
          UM, BUT WE, WE STARTED PUTTING UP THE SIGNS, UM, ADVISING THE COMMUNITY, NOT WHERE THE RESOURCES WERE. 
          DIRECT THEM TO RESOURCES. 
          DON'T GIVE THEM THE HANDOUT RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE THAT'S NATIONWIDE, UM, BECAUSE WE DO RUN INTO FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, RIGHT? AS IT, AS IT RELATES TO THAT. 
          AND WHEN OUR FIREFIGHTER PARTNERS ARE OUT THERE WITH THE FILL THE BOOT, UM, AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, FILL THE BOOT. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE AN IN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S UNHOUSED OUT THERE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING. 
          AND WE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE ENFORCEMENT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR US, BUT IT'S REALLY AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU'RE, THEY'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE DIRECTING 'EM THE RIGHT PLACES, UM, TO GET THOSE, THE HELP THEY NEED AND NOT ENABLING TO MAINTAIN THEIR LIFESTYLE THAT THEY'RE LIVING, UM, THAT'S HOW YOU, YOU KNOW, TRUE ADDRESS IT. 
          AND IT'S AN ED EDUCATIONAL PORTION FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AND THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S THE APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN. 
          SO WE PUT THE SIGNAGE UP AND WE KIND OF STOLE THAT FROM SCOTTSDALE. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU, UH, TALKING TO HIM, OUR COMPLAINTS NOSE DIVED AFTER WE PUT THE SIGNS UP, EVEN JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IT. 
          LIKE, AND REALIZING, OH, MAYBE IT'S US AND NOT THEM. 
          RIGHT? AND YET WALMART STILL HAS IT, BUT YEAH. 
          UH, DEREK ACTUALLY, I HAD A COMMENT THAT I WAS GONNA PHRASE AS A QUESTION, BUT HE JUST ANSWERED IT. 
          I THINK WE NEED THESE SIGNS IN SEDONA. 
          WELL, WE HAVE SIGNS AT THE, AT SAFEWAY AND BASHERS, I BELIEVE. 
          AND, UH, , I'M NOT SURE, BUT NEVER SEEN THEM. 
          DO WE SEEN THEY'RE ON THE PRIVATE 
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PROPERTY SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          YEAH. 
          PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT ENTITY. 
          TRESPASS. 
          WE CAN DO THAT. 
          BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SIGNAGE. 
          I LIKE, I'VE SEEN SIGNAGE DOWN IN THE, IN THE VALLEY THAT SAYS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE DON'T ENCOURAGE PANHANDLING, CONSIDER A DONATION TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          DO WE HAVE THOSE SIGNS IN HERE? WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SIGNS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE, I I KNOW YOU'RE MOVING ON. 
          MAYOR. 
          UH, COUNCIL, IF I CAN JUST TOUCH ON ONE MORE THING. 
          THE H-M-I-S-I THINK THERE WAS A TALK LIKE, OH, WE'LL HAVE OUR OFFICERS, WE'LL HAVE HMIS NOW THERE'S SOME HURDLES THERE. 
          UM, AND THIS IS ANOTHER BENEFIT TO THIS PROGRAM. 
          I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN TALKS WITH DAVID BRIDGE ABOUT GETTING THE ONE OFFICER ACCESS TO HMS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THERE AND, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S HIPAA TYPE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND, AND HURDLES TO GET OVER. 
          SO ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS IF YOU CAN GET THAT ONE OFFICER APPROVED, HMIS AND THEN IT'LL REALLY HELP ALONG, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCESS TO HMIS. 
          GOOD POINT. 
          REALLY GOOD POINT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, LIEUTENANT, UH, PRITCHARD FROM  COUNTY. 
          ARE YOU, ARE YOU STILL HERE? OKAY. 
          UH, CAN YOU, YOU WANT, IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, NIKKI SEEMED TO THINK YOU HAD A LOT TO SAY. 
          SO , SHE PUT YOU IN THE, IN THE HOT SEAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE INVITE TO COME AND TO, TO LISTEN AND TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. 
          UH, NIKKI, UH, SUPERVISOR CHECK DID PUT ME IN THE HOT SEAT. 
           NO, I WAS NOT PLANNING ON SPEAKING , UH, CHIEF FOLEY. 
          UH, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD ECHO THE EFFORTS AND THE EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, BROUGHT FORTH HERE BY DEPUTY CHIEF DOW, CHIEF FREUD, AL THE, THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE, THE DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY THAT WE ENGAGE THIS POPULATION, UM, WITH THE DIGNITY AND THE COMPASSION AND THINGS. 
          I, I JUST REALLY WANNA APPLAUD THIS ENTIRE EFFORT AND THE EXAMINATION OF THIS PROCESS. 
          UH, MARK, THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          WE DO OFTEN, UH, SEE THINGS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING AND, AND, AND THOSE THINGS. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO NOTE THAT. 
          UM, I REALLY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO THAT. 
          I COULD ADD, UM, OFFICER ROPER, UH, PHENOMENAL PRES PRESENTATION. 
          UM, WE ARE OUT THERE IN THE FOREST OFTENTIMES WITH OR IN LIEU OF THEM WHEN THEY ARE ABSENT. 
          UM, THE, THE WORK THAT OFFICER REP HAS DONE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE, CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF AND APPLAUD THE WORK THAT I'VE SEEN FROM THAT, THAT PERSPECTIVE. 
          UM, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE I ADMIT I HAVEN'T HAD ALL THE ANSWERS AND I'VE REACHED OUT DIRECTLY TO OFFICER REP WHO WAS WILLING TO, TO ADVISE OR EVEN INTERVENE, UM, AND TAKE THINGS OVER. 
          SO I WOULD, I'M, I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND ENCOURAGED BY THIS ENTIRE EFFORT. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE OTHERS WHOM I DRAGGED ALONG WHO I THINK WOULD HAVE SOME VERY VALUABLE PERSPECTIVES, UM, WHO I HOPE WILL ALSO BEGIN TO SPEAK. 
          BUT IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS I REALLY DIDN'T. 
          NO. 
          IF YOU WANT, WHO IS HERE WITH YOU THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN ADD VALUABLE COMPONENTS. 
          I DO TOO. 
          UH, BEA THAYER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH, UH, COALITION. 
          AND THEN, UM, FOUR WITH SPECTRUM AND RIGHT THERE ON MY LIST, SO SURE. 
          WHY DON'T YOU COME UP? YEAH. 
          AND THEN CEO, UH, TAMARA PLAYER WITH POLAR HEALTH. 
          GREAT, GREAT. 
          ONE AT A TIME WOULD BE GREAT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSELORS. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING US TO COME IN HERE AND TELL YOU ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN YOUR AREA. 
          I'M BEA THAYER. 
          I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE YAVAPAI JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH COALITION AND DIRECTOR OF INMATE SERVICES DIVISION. 
          THESE ARE PROJECTS UNDER THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, AND HEAVILY ENDORSED BY SHERIFF RHODES. 
          SO THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE, UM, SHERIFF RHODES HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ISSUES COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
          AND WE HAVE CREATED A PATH TO IDENTIFY THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEN DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO DIVERT, DEFLECT, CONNECT PEOPLE TO SERVICES ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO ONE OF THEM IS COORDINATING THE, UM, CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING THAT'S OPEN TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRST RESPONDERS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 
          WE DO THAT TWICE A YEAR. 
          IT'S A 40 HOUR TRAINING. 
          AND IN THAT EXPERIENCE, UM, EXPERIE FIRST RESPONDERS GET THE CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH NEEDS, UM, TO EVEN INCLUDE TRAUMA, 
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UM, COGNITIVE ISSUES, BUT MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AUTISM, HOW TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS, HOW TO, UM, REACH OUT TO OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          THEY COME AND FACILITATE A LOT OF THOSE WORKSHOPS DURING THAT WEEK. 
          AND THEN, UM, HOW TO DEESCALATE AND WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND GET 'EM CONNECTED TO SERVICES. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PORTION IS WHEN INDIVIDUALS DO COME INTO THE JAIL, UM, WE HAVE A WHOLE INMATE SERVICES DIVISION DEDICATED TO IDENTIFYING PEOPLE WITH NEEDS. 
          WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING NATURE OF YOU BEING HERE AND LOOKING AT SERVICES THAT COULD SUPPORT THEM? UM, OF COURSE, MOST INDIVIDUALS GET RELEASED FROM JAIL. 
          A LOT OF FOLKS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, CAN'T PAY A $500 FINE. 
          RIGHT? AND THEY CAN BE SITTING AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. 
          WE, UM, EVERYBODY WHO COMES INTO THE DETENTION FACILITIES HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SCREENED. 
          WE LOOK FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND THEN OTHER FACTORS. 
          AND HOUSING IS DEFINITELY ONE. 
          EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING DATA FOR YEARS NOW. 
          WE KNOW THAT ABOUT A QUARTER OF OUR PEOPLE WHO COME IN DO DISCLOSE NOT HAVING SAFE AND CONSISTENT HOUSING. 
          UM, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO COME IN FROM THE SEDONA COURTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT STATISTIC AS WELL. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UM, SIT IN AT COURTS AND LET THE, UM, JUDGES KNOW THAT THE PERSON HAS THESE RISK FACTORS, WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO, UM, ENGAGE WITH. 
          AND THEN WE REACH OUT. 
          WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH, UH, CATHOLIC CHARITIES. 
          WE PARTNER WITH THE VERDE VALLEY HOMELESS COALITION. 
          WE WORK HAND IN HAND TIGHTLY WITH, UM, POLAR HEALTH AND SPECTRUM HEALTHCARE, AND TRYING TO GUIDE PEOPLE, UM, TO THESE SERVICES AND GET 'EM RELEASED TO TREATMENT SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, TAKE THAT NEXT STEP, USE THIS AS A MORE POSITIVE MEANS WITH INVOLVEMENT WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND THEN CREATE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND REDUCE, UM, CRIME IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WHO'S NEXT WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR GROUP? YEAH, BECAUSE YOU ARE ON MY LIST, I JUST WANNA CALL YOU IN, IN IN ORDER SINCE YOU'RE TOGETHER. 
          OH, I'M SHORT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
          GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS PAIGE LEFORT. 
          I'M A DIRECTOR AT SPECTRUM HEALTHCARE GROUP, AND PART OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES IS OVERSEEING OUR CRISIS MOBILE TEAMS FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPECTRUM AND THEN TALK ABOUT HOW IT IMPACTS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY. 
          SO, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, SPECTRUM IS BORN AND RAISED IN THE VERDE VALLEY. 
          WE STARTED HERE IN 1965 IN A SMALL HOUSE ON BEACH STREET IN COTTONWOOD. 
          AND NOW WE ARE A FULLY INTEGRATED CLINIC ACROSS THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 
          THIS IS WHERE OUR HEART IS. 
          WE'VE PROVIDED CRISIS SERVICES EXCLUSIVELY TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST DECADE, AND ARE NOW FULLY FUNDED BY THE REBA AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ARIZONA COMPLETE HEALTH, UM, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE FOR YOU GUYS. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE RUN INTO AS A CRISIS MOBILE PROVIDER, THE NUMBER ONE SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH WE RUN INTO ARE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO THEY HAVE A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS OR A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, OR A SUBSTANCE ABUSE RELATED CRISIS. 
          AND ONE OF THOSE UNDERLYING FACTORS IS GOING TO BE HOMELESSNESS. 
          WHAT WE FIND IS WITHOUT A COHESIVE RESOURCE PLAN, THESE INDIVIDUALS SPEND THEIR TIME IN EMERGENCY ROOMS AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS. 
          THAT IS AN ADVERSE IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL MEDICAID FUNDED INDIVIDUALS. 
          SO THAT'S TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A, WE HAVE A MISMATCHED RESOURCE POOL RIGHT NOW. 
          ALL OF US ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM TOGETHER TO SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE, TO HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES, TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITIES UP. 
          BUT A COHESIVE PLAN SUCH AS WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED TODAY WOULD BE SO IMPACTFUL TO THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE PLUGIN WE'RE MISSING. 
          AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM TODAY BECAUSE WE WANT A SEAT AT THE TABLE. 
          WE'RE ALL VERY THRILLED TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND THE WORK YOU ALL HAVE DONE, BUT WE WANNA SEE IT COME TO FRUITION. 
          I'VE WORKED WITH OFFICER REP FOR, AND THE COTTONWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR YEARS NOW, AND THEY'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          WHEN WE RUN INTO ONE OF THESE CALLS, IT'S, OH, THANK GOSH, REP IS HERE. 
          OKAY, . 
          AND I'M SURE HE DOES THE SAME THING WHEN CRISIS SHOWS UP SOMETIMES. 
          SO WITHOUT THESE COLLABORATIONS AND THESE RELATIONSHIPS, YOU KNOW, WE DO WHAT WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT A COHESIVE STRATEGY, ESPECIALLY FOR AN AREA LIKE SEDONA, IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPACTFUL. 
          TO YOUR POINT, YOUR STRADDLING A COUNTY LINE. 
          WE ARE VERY WELL VERSED IN THAT BECAUSE WE WORK WITH ALL THE AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THAT COUNTY LINE. 
          AND WE HAVE THE EXACT SAME CIRCUMSTANCE IN ASHWORTH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL. 
          SO WE'RE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT RESOURCE GOES WHERE AND WHAT PAPERWORK GOES WHERE, AND WHAT AGENCY DO YOU CALL? AND IF I TAKE TWO STEPS TO THE LEFT, AM I IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY? AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE ALL OF US HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I DO WANNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SERVICES AS WELL. 
          UM, MY CRISIS TEAM LIVE HERE. 
          THEY WORK HERE. 
          UM, ONE OF MY CRISIS WORKERS 
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IS NOW WITH THE SEDONA DISPATCH, AND HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB OVER THERE. 
          AND WE, WE SHARE KIND OF, I'M A LITTLE BETTER, BUT HE'S GREAT. 
          YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO A GREAT WITH HIM. 
          UM, BUT THEY LIVE HERE. 
          THEY WORK HERE. 
          THIS IS THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY ARE 15 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE THESE CALLS ARE COMING IN. 
          THIS IMPACTS THEIR PERSONAL LIVES TOO. 
          THEY'RE RAISING THEIR CHILDREN HERE AND THEY WANNA SEE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY JUST AS MUCH AS THEY WANNA BE THE ONES PROVIDING THAT SERVICE. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO EXPANDING OUR COVERAGE AREAS. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COCONINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. 
          WE RESPOND ALL THE WAY TO WILLIAMS ON THE OTHER HALF OF THE MOUNTAIN. 
          AND WE ARE NOW COVERING FLAGSTAFF AS WELL AT THE REQUEST OF ARIZONA COMPLETE HEALTH. 
          SO WE ARE SLOWLY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE EVERYWHERE THAT WE CAN, EXPANDING OUT FROM OUR HOME AREA, BECAUSE WE NOTICE THESE GAPS OCCUR. 
          AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE FAST RESPONSE TIMES, AND THAT WE CAN ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THERE IS A WARM HANDOFF, BUT ACTIVE NINE ONE WALLS WHEN 9 1 1 CALLS OCCURRING, WHERE A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL COULD POTENTIALLY COME IN AND ASSIST. 
          THESE ARE THE WAYS WE WANNA SEE OUR COMMUNITY WORK TOGETHER, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY WAY THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOUR TEAM OR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT HERE TODAY. 
          THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IS THAT THE LAST OF YOUR GROUP, OR NO, WE HAVE THE CEO OF POLARA HEALTH. 
          TAMARA PLAYER. 
          WELL, I WAS GOING TO SHOOT ALREADY ON MY LIST. 
          MAYOR, COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCIL, EVERYBODY, UH, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO BE HERE OR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY AND FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I'VE SAT HERE AND LISTENED TO THE STORIES AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE FOR THIS WHOLE REGION. 
          AND, UH, I'M JUST EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT. 
          SO, MY NAME IS TAMARA PLAYER. 
          I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO FOR POLARA HEALTH. 
          SINCE 1966, WE HAVE DEDICATED, UM, HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO SERVING RESIDENTS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. 
          WE BEGAN IN A SMALL OFFICE IN DOWNTOWN PRESCOTT, AND WE HAVE NOW EXPANDED TO 11, UH, LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT YAVAPAI COUNTY. 
          AT POLARA HEALTH, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE CARE FROM BIRTH TO END OF LIFE THROUGH 48, UH, DIFFERENT DIVERSE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. 
          THOSE INCLUDE OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, PRIMARY CARE. 
          WE HAVE AN INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. 
          AND NOTABLY, WE OPERATE THE ONLY CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT, UM, IN OUR COUNTY. 
          WE ALSO SERVE AS A TITLE 36 PROVIDER FOR COURT ORDERED EVALUATION AND COURT ORDERED TREATMENT. 
          UH, SO WE INTERACT A LOT, UH, WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, SPECTRUM. 
          EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING, UH, OVER 9,000 INDIVIDUALS, UM, THROUGH, AGAIN, THE VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT WE OFFER AND ABOUT 325 EMPLOYEES. 
          TO PAIGE'S POINT, THESE EMPLOYEES LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE VIBRANT FABRIC OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. 
          AND SO IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE AND WONDERFUL, UH, PLACE TO LIVE AND THRIVE AND TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES. 
          ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES WE EXPERIENCE AS AN ORGANIZATION, UH, PROVIDING HEALTHCARE IS THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THIS ISSUE NOT ONLY AFFECTS OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT TOP TALENT, BUT IT IMPACTS HEALTH OUTCOMES, UH, FOR SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS, MANY OF WHOM LIVE RIGHT HERE IN SEDONA. 
          SO, LET ME SHARE A QUICK STORY TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THIS. 
          A GENTLEMAN FROM SEDONA, UH, WHO WAS PERSISTENTLY AND GRAVELY DISABLED WAS BROUGHT TO OUR CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT THROUGH THE TITLE 36 PROCESS. 
          I WILL SHARE WITH YOU YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, UH, SPECTRUM MOBILE CRISIS. 
          UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD NUMEROUS INTERACTIONS WITH HIM. 
          INITIALLY, HE DIDN'T TRUST ANYONE AND REFUSED ASSISTANCE, UH, KNOWING THAT, AGREEING, IF HE WENT VOLUNTARY, UM, HE COULD, UH, PREVENT OR KEEP, KEEP HIMSELF FROM GOING ON COURT ORDERED TREATMENT. 
          SO HE WOULD COME IN, HE WOULD GO VOLUNTARY, HE WOULD TAKE HIS MEDICATIONS, AND THEN HE WOULD BE DISCHARGED ONLY TO GO BACK INTO THE FOREST AND OF SEDONA AND STOP TAKING HIS MEDICATIONS. 
          THIS CYCLE REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT EACH VISIT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP AND WORK WITH HIM. 
          WE BUILT TRUST. 
          HE ALLOWED US TO HELP HIM WITH SMALL TASKS, ENGAGED IN MORE CONVERSATIONS AND TREATMENT PLANNING, AND EVENTUALLY AGREED TO CARRY A CARD WITH HIS NAME ON IT, INSTRUCTING, UH, ANYBODY WHO MIGHT COME INTO CONTACT WITH HIM TO BRING HIM TO THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT IF HE WASN'T DOING WELL. 
          RIGHT? THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY REALLY WORKING TOGETHER TO SAY, WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 
          JAIL ISN'T THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO PLACE HIM IN A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, WHICH IS WHAT HE NEEDED AT THAT TIME. 
          UH, AND THE LAST I KNEW HE WAS STILL THERE. 
          AND, UH, MAKING REALLY GREAT PROGRESS. 
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OUR WORK IS CHALLENGING, YET INCREDIBLY REWARDING. 
          WE PARTNER WITH SPECTRUM'S, MOBILE CRISIS TEAM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL LIFE-SAVING CARE EVERY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE CARE WE PROVIDE VARIES BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS, BUT OUR COMMITMENT REMAINS STEADFAST. 
          WHILE OUR SERVICES LEAD TO POSITIVE CHANGE, HEALTH RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS, LIKE HOUSING, ACCESS TO FOOD IS CRITICAL TO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR ALL OF US. 
          AS HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. 
          AND I HAVE WITNESSED, UH, THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT COORDINATED ENTRY HAS ON HOUSING THE MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS AND CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY, CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIFE. 
          I DID SOME GREAT WORK, UH, IN ANOTHER STATE PRIOR TO HAVING THE PRIVILEGE TO COME IN TO ARIZONA. 
          SO AS A TRUSTED, UH, PROVIDER DEDICATED TO PROVIDING QUALITY CARE TO PEOPLE IN DAVA PIKE COUNTY, WE NEED PARTNERS WHO CAN HELP SOLVE HOUSING AND ADDRESS OTHER HEALTH RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING, UH, WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION. 
          AND SO, IF, IF YOU DECIDE TO MAKE THIS DECISION, WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS YOU HAVE THE COMMITMENT OF OUR ORGANIZATION, UH, TO BE AT THE TABLE AND TO HELP, UH, BECAUSE WE NEED ALL OF US WORKING ON THIS ISSUE TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          THE, THE, UM, EXAMPLE THAT YOU CITED, THE GENTLEMAN FROM SEDONA. 
          YES. 
          HE'S IN A PROGRAM NOW. 
          IS THAT PROGRAM ALSO LOCALLY BASED? IS THAT ANY YAVAPAI COUNTY? YES. 
          ANY APA COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, YES. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          BEFORE I CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER, I WANNA SHARE SOMETHING. 
          UH, UH, TOM SWER, OUR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, UH, COULDN'T STAY, BUT HE GAVE ME SOME NOTES. 
          UH, SO I WANTED TO SHARE SOME FACTS WITH YOU THAT HE GAVE ME. 
          UH, CURRENTLY IT'S VERY TYPICAL BETWEEN 20 AND 30 AT ANY TIME OR HOMELESS FROM HIS SCHOOL. 
          OKAY. 
          CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, 2210 FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, FIVE FROM THE MIDDLE OF SCHOOL, SEVEN FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          12 ARE DOUBLED UP WITH RELATIVES. 
          ONE IS ON HIS OWN COUCH SURFING, BUT HE'S OVER 18. 
          FOUR ARE UNACCOMPANIED, UH, NOT WITH LEGAL GUARDIANS STAYING WITH A RELATIVE. 
          FOUR ARE, ARE IN A HOMELESS SHELTER. 
          ONE IS CAMPING OR COUCH SURFING. 
          THIS IS OUR, OUR SCHOOL KIDS. 
          SO I JUST WANNA THROW THAT OUT THERE. 
          UH, I WISH HE COULD HAVE STAYED 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER COMPELLING, UH, INFORMATION. 
          UH, BUT HE'S BEEN A GOOD ADVOCATE FOR ME FOR, UH, HOMELESS AND SHORT-TERM RENTAL CORRELATION. 
          SO, UM, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE THIS ANOTHER DAY ANYWAY, AND HOPEFULLY HE CAN STAY LONGER. 
          SO, IS HEATHER HERE? OH, YOU ARE. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AND LOOKING. 
          I DIDN'T SEE, BUT I KNOW HEATHER'S, UH, HAS SOMETHING TO SAY FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME'S HEATHER KLO. 
          PARENTS. 
          I WORK FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES. 
          UM, EXCUSE MY VOICE. 
          I SEEM TO HAVE LOST IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 
          ANYWAY, UM, I, SO THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE FOR THE INVITATION. 
          THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. 
          I, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WORK IN CRISIS. 
          UM, THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY ARE JUST ASTOUNDING. 
          AND I'M SO THANKFUL TO LIVE HERE AND, AND WORK HERE. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT WE, UM, HAVE A FED, FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER. 
          WE PROVIDE, UM, MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR UNINSURED, UM, UNDERINSURED AND INSURED. 
          UM, WE HAVE A SLIDING FEE SCALE, SO, UM, ANYBODY CAN BE SEEN. 
          WE WILL NEVER TURN ANYONE AWAY. 
          AND WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN COTTONWOOD, AND WE'RE WORKING ON OUR MOBILE UNITS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO, UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO SOMEONE THAT CAN GET YOU SIGNED UP FOR ACCESS IF YOU MAY QUALIFY. 
          AND YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          WORKING ON THE MOBILE UNITS MEANS WHEN WE, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          THEY'RE JUST, WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, GETTING THEM CERTIFIED. 
          IT TAKES SOME TIME. 
          THE SPEED OF GOVERNMENT , UM, IT'S AT THE STATE RIGHT NOW AND, UM, WE SH MONTHS. 
          WHAT'S THAT? MONTHS IN THE ORDER? UM, I WANNA SAY WEEKS. 
          WEEKS. 
          I WANNA SAY WEEKS. 
          BUT PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME. 
          I DON'T, I LIKE, I HEARD THAT TODAY, FEBRUARY 12TH WAS THE DAY, THE DATE I HEARD TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTNERS. 
          SO, MARY, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? MARY CHICON? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COVERED ALL THE BASES. 
          UH, JESSE JOHNSON, ARE YOU HERE? I, I'M MY DAUGHTER. 
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OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T SEE HER, BUT I MISS HEATHER. 
          SO WHAT CAN I SEE? SO, UH, LET ME SEE, UH, JUSTIN PRICE WITH THE US VETS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND RHONDA BISHOP. 
          SHE, SHE WAS HERE BUT WAS UNABLE TO STAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE BRIAN HAD TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 
          I KNOW  LEFT BEFORE THE BREAK. 
          MAYOR, UH, TOM NINGS FROM VIVI RIO, ALSO, MARCY WAS HERE TO SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT SHE HAD AH, OKAY. 
          SHE DID TELL ME THAT. 
          AND OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT COVERS, OH, WAIT A MINUTE. 
          NACOG PEOPLE, ANYBODY HERE FROM DAYCO? NOBODY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND OLD TOWN MISSION? KELLY WILSON. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I APOLOGIZE IF THEY, IF THEY HAD TO LEAVE. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL GOOD CONTRIBUTORS AND GOOD PARTNERS. 
          UM, UH, DON HALFORD? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR INDU INDULGING US AND HANGING OUT TO SHARE THE INFORMATION. 
          SO IF YOU HADN'T HAD THE BREAK, I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT. 
          I, . 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, MY NAME IS DON HALFORD. 
          I'M REPRESENTING THE ORGANIZATION CALLED SAFECO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SEDONA AREA VETERANS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          AND WHAT WE DO, WE LIMIT OURSELF TO ASSISTING VETERANS, BUT IF WE HAVE A VETERAN THAT'S IN CRISIS, UM, SOME EXAMPLES WE'VE HAD VETERANS THAT WERE GONNA BE KICKED OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY RENT, SO WE PAID THE RENT FOR 'EM. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE GONNA HAVE UTILITIES CUT OFF. 
          OKAY. 
          WE PAID THEIR UTILITY BILL. 
          UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE LIVING IN THE FOREST. 
          WELL, WE'VE REPAIRED THOSE CAMPERS. 
          WE BOUGHT THOSE CAMPERS, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND WARM BLANKETS. 
          SO WHILE WE'RE, WE'RE LIMITED WITH JUST ASSISTING VETERANS, UH, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN QUITE A FEW VETERANS' LIVES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST GOING THROUGH SOME TOUGH TIMES. 
          WE'RE NOT HERE TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT SOMEBODY FOR MONTHS OR SOMETHING, BUT WE'RE HERE TO GET 'EM OVER THAT HUMP SO THAT THEY CAN GET BACK TO THEIR LIFE THAT THEY HAD BEFORE THE CRISIS HAPPENED. 
          AND SHORT AND SWEET, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 
          THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, KATHY. 
          YES. 
          UH, DO YOU COORDINATE WITH ANY, I NOTICED SOME OF THE PROGRAMS YOU SAID ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT, UM, ST. 
          VINCENT DEPAUL IS DOING THROUGH ST. 
          JOHN VNI AS THE CONTACT POINT. 
          SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT COORDINATION EXISTS. 
          UM, NORMALLY THE COORDINATION IS WHEN ONE OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS YOU JUST MENTIONED THERE, THEY CAN'T HELP 'EM OR WE CAN'T HELP 'EM, THEN WE CONTACT EACH OTHER AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS PERSON HERE, WE CAN'T HELP, OR WE CAN ONLY HELP, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH. 
          CAN YOU HELP? SO WE DO WORK TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANKS, SIR. 
          AND THEN I THINK THE LAST SPEAKER IS, UH, JANE TESO FROM THE SEDONA, UH, COMMUNITY FOOD BANK? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYBODY HERE THAT SHE LEFT? SHE LEFT. 
          I KNOW. 
          WELL, ANYBODY HERE THAT I MISSED? UH, THAT WASN'T ON THE, OR WASN'T ON THE LIST THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? UM, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          UM, MY NAME IS JANE TSO. 
          I'M A BOARD MEMBER OH. 
          AND, UM, VOLUNTEER AT THE SEDONA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK. 
          UM, OUR MAJOR SERVICE TO HELP OUR HOME FREE CLIENTS IS TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THEM. 
          UM, IN 2024, WE SAW 364 UNIQUE HOME FREE INDIVIDUALS. 
          THAT MEANS THEY COULD HAVE COME TO SEE US, UM, A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR OR ONCE A WEEK. 
          UM, WE SEE EACH GROUP OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER ON THE SLIDES, TRANSITION, TRANSITIONAL, EPISODIC, AND CHRONIC, UM, WHERE WE CAN, WE ALSO REACH OUT TO, UM, UH, FACILITIES OR, OR, UH, HELP IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, FOR INSTANCE, TWICE A YEAR WE HAVE A MOBILE HEALTH VAN THAT COMES INTO OUR PARKING LOT. 
          SO, UM, THEY ARE ABLE TO ASSIST ANY CLIENT OF OURS WHO, UH, WANTS TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THOSE SERVICES. 
          SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE DO. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HER? NO. 
          YES. 
          UH, THE MAYOR OF CLARKDALE. 
          YES. 
          I ASKED 
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ROBIN. 
          SHE DOESN'T, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO COME SPEAK AT MY MEETINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY. 
          BUT NO, WE, I, I CHATTED WITH ROBIN BEFORE AND SHE SAID SHE DOESN'T THE SAME THING WITH ANN. 
          ANN DOESN'T. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO, AND SINCE WE HAVE TWO MAYORS HERE, AND COTTONWOOD ALREADY HAS A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM, I HOPE WE CAN GET, UH, MAYOR ROBIN PUT ON BOWER TO, UH, BE INCLUDED. 
          I KNOW SHE'S VERY INTERESTED IN THE HOMELESS PROBLEM, BUT WE, AND WE TALK EVERY OTHER WEEK USUALLY, BUT, UH, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE ON BOARD ALL FIVE CITIES AND TOWNS AS WELL AS THE COUNTY. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE A WHACK-A-MOLE IN THE VERDE VALLEY. 
          SO, UH, RIGHT. 
          ROBIN, YOU DON'T WISH TO SPEAK? RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          THEN I THINK WE COVERED ALL THE, THE EXTRA SPEAKERS. 
          OKAY. 
          DID I MISS ANYBODY? I, UM, YEAH. 
          IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WE, THIS FINAL CALL? UM, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM COTTONWOOD. 
          OH, YEP. 
          HE'S HERE. 
          WHO, WHO, OKAY. 
          MAYBE HE'S NOT GOING TO THE MAYOR'S HERE TOO, SO, YOU KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND TALKING ABOUT THIS AND PARTICIPATING AND BEING A PART OF THIS REALLY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND COMING TO THE TABLE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, NEXT STEPS WILL BE THAT WE WILL BE IN TOUCH AND PERHAPS WE CAN GET SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNSEL ON ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HAPPENING GOING FORWARD? WELL, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          RIGHT? SO I, I THINK, UH, YOU WANNA JUST SHARE SOME PERSONAL COMMENTS. 
          I THINK THAT, UH, WHAT THE, UH, CHIEF IS TALKING ABOUT, UH, AS FAR AS IN MY OPINION, UH, WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT'S GONNA COME UP, COME UP DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT'S THE BEST TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          BUT IS THERE INTEREST TO HAVE STAFF PROCEED WITH JUST GETTING MORE INFORMATION? NO. 
          SPEAK TO THAT, CATHERINE. 
          SURE. 
          I THINK BRIAN HAS HAND UP FIRST THOUGH. 
          WELL, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M VERY CLEAR ON THIS, AND IT'S MY EPIPHANY. 
          I SHARED EARLIER THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THESE TYPOLOGIES AND THE NEEDED SUPPORT AND MAP THEM TO ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS, COVER THEIR GEOGRAPHY, GET IDEAS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY'RE SERVING CURRENTLY. 
          UM, AND TO ME THAT'S A VERY NECESSARY NEXT STEP IN BEING ABLE TO REALLY DECIDE, UH, WHERE WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE, WHERE WE NEED TO FUND, WHERE WE NEED TO SUPPORT, TO WHATEVER EXTENT, TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS, UH, CHALLENGE THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE, IN THE VALLEY. 
          AND IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, WE, WE MISSED GETTING TO HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF THE, UH, KEY PARTNERS TODAY. 
          SO I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER SESSION IN WHICH WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THOSE OTHER PARTNERS AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN ACTUALLY START TALKING ABOUT IT, FORMULATING A STRATEGY WITH THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 
          SO THAT'S KINDA WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW. 
          JEANNIE, THANK YOU FOR COORDINATING THE MEETING TODAY. 
          THANK YOU GUYS FROM V UH, AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S BEEN HERE. 
          UH, SUPER HELPFUL, SUPER INSIGHTFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MELISSA. 
          WA YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          SO I, I AGREE THAT, UH, I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT HOMELESSNESS FOR ME IS, UM, A CRITICAL TOPIC, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR AREA. 
          UM, IT'S HARD TO LIVE IN AN AFFLUENT COMMUNITY AND WATCH PEOPLE STRUGGLE. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE ATTEMPTED BEFORE TO TRY AND, AND MOVE THE NEEDLE. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY THIS TIME WE WILL BE MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL. 
          I WANNA SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TODAY, WHETHER THEY'RE NOW AN EMPTY SEAT OR NOT. 
          UM, I WAS NOT AWARE OF SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS FOR SURE THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND HOW ALL OF THAT WORK ALMOST INTERLEAVES WITH OTHER ENTITIES I WAS AWARE OF. 
          UM, AND THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND ENERGY AND, UM, RESOURCES THAT ARE GOING TOWARDS TRYING TO HELP INDIVIDUALS. 
          I KNOW THE, THE FOLKS FROM THE, UM, THE ADVISORY GROUP HERE SORT OF KNOW THAT I AM. 
          THANKS, ANDY. 
          YOU'VE RUINED MY MOMENTUM, MAN. 
          , BUT I WON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY THIS TIME. 
          SO, UM, WHEN WE HAD OUR CONVERSATION LAST TIME, I STILL HOLD 
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TO THE SAME PRECEPTS. 
          UM, I'M NOT SURE, AS HAS MENTIONED BY BEEN MENTIONED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT WE SHOULD BE INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO VAN LIFE AND WHO ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO DO MOUNTAIN BIKING, UH, HERE DURING OUR MOUNTAIN BIKING SEASON, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA MOVE TO COLORADO AND WHATEVER. 
          I, I DON'T WANT THEM COUNTED IN OUR NUMBERS. 
          UM, YES. 
          WILL THEY GO TO THE FOOD BANK AND GET FREE FOOD? ABSOLUTELY. 
          IF THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. 
          BUT IF THEY'RE DRIVING A MERCEDES VAN, I'M REALLY NOT SURE THAT THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE FOOD BANK. 
          SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO KNOW EVENTUALLY WHAT THE REAL NUMBERS ARE IF WE TAKE THOSE FOLKS OUT. 
          I ALSO REALLY AM INTERESTED IN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN TRANSITIONAL. 
          IF WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES FROM FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS, THEN I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A MAJOR COUP FOR US. 
          AND I KNOW HOUSING IS AN ISSUE HERE IN SEDONA AND ACROSS THE VALLEY FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S PARTLY A MATTER OF THE COST OF LIVING HERE. 
          WE JUST HEARD LAST NIGHT ABOUT MORE UNITS NOT BEING AFFORDABLE, BUT BEING CONDOS. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME GREAT POTENTIALS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD FROM JEANNIE. 
          SO ALL OF THIS IS HOPEFUL. 
          AND WE, TO ME, THIS IS A CRITICAL PIECE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, WE NEED TO HAVE A BREADTH OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO MOVE HERE OR TO HAVE THIS AS A SECOND HOME OR WHATEVER. 
          WE NEED CHILDREN TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE NEED YOUNG, YOUNG FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP THEM FROM BECOMING HOMELESS WHEN THEY COME HERE AND TRY TO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT I REALLY AM FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, I DON'T WANT THEM TO BECOME CHRONIC HOMELESS IF WE CAN PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR US TO BE DOING. 
          I'M GLAD IT'S REGIONAL BECAUSE THIS IS A REGIONAL PROBLEM. 
          UH, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE JUST NOT THAT FAR APART, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE. 
          AND WE HAVE AN ENORMOUSLY BEAUTIFUL FOREST ALL AROUND US THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN. 
          AND, UM, I AM WELL AWARE WHEN THE OFFICER CAME, I WAS WELL AWARE OF THE TRASH PILES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE FOREST FROM PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO LIVE THERE. 
          UM, SO I'M ALL FOR THIS. 
          I'M ALL FOR COMING UP WITH A STRATEGY. 
          UM, I REALLY LIKED THE ALTERNATIVE, UH, TO JAIL CONCEPT. 
          IT'S NOT ONE I'VE HEARD US SPEAK OF BEFORE. 
          UH, IT'S NOT ONE I'VE HEARD OUR JUDGE SPEAK OF BEFORE, BUT I REALLY LIKE IT. 
          UM, I WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR THEM TO HAVE TO GO UP AND CLEAN UP THE MESS IN THE CAMPS IN THE FOREST. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM DO THAT. 
          UM, SO I AM, I'M, FOR WHATEVER WE CAN COME UP WITH, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT A MORE COHESIVE STRATEGY MIGHT BE, UH, WITH ALL THESE WONDERFUL SERVICES AND WONDERFUL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE COORDINATION THAT WOULD BE DONE. 
          UM, I LOVE THE, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY IS A NO WRONG DOOR, UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT DOOR TO GO TO. 
          AND HOWEVER WE GET THEM IN A DOOR, GOD BLESS THEM. 
          THIS IS HOW WE GET 'EM STARTED. 
          SO THANK ALL OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU, KATHY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP, UH, COUNCILLOR LTZ SAID EXACTLY WHAT I, WHAT I THINK IS MORE CONCRETE. 
          WE NEED THE NEXT STEPS NOW. 
          SO I WANNA KNOW, IS THIS PART OF WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY CONTRACTED AS OUR ADVISORS ON THIS? UH, IS THIS THE NEXT, WHAT IS THE NEXT STAGE? DO YOU DO THAT MAPPING? IS THAT AUTOMATICALLY, CAN WE ASSUME THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? DOES THAT THEN COME BACK TO US? IS THAT ALREADY COVERED IN THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU FOR YOUR ADVISING SERVICES? I, I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE CONCRETE NEXT STEPS ARE. 
          WE SAID WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE. 
          WELL, OR WHEN ARE WE TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT AND TO, TO WHAT PURPOSE? I DON'T THINK IT HELPS TO, UM, NOT HAVE SOME OF THE TOOLS FIRST BEFORE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          SO I, I'M LOOKING FOR THE CONCRETE FROM, FROM YOU THREE SITTING THERE, PROFESSIONALS IN THIS AREA TO TELL ME WHAT'S NEXT SO I CAN COMMENT BACK ON THAT. 
          SO GO FOR IT, JONATHAN. 
          SURE. 
          UM, OUR SCOPE OF WORK, REALLY AS OF THE END OF THIS MONTH, IS PRETTY MUCH WINDING DOWN. 
          OUR HOURS ARE, ARE READING, REACHING THEIR LIMIT. 
          AND SO WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN EXPLORING A SCOPE OF WORK TO DO MAPPING, TO COMPLETE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND, UH, AND ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THAT WORK. 
          SO 
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ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACT TO DO THAT? YES. 
          SO MY QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER IS, WHEN WOULD THAT COME FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION? IS IT THE NEXT STEP TO BRING THAT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION? HOW DO, HOW DO WE NOT SLOW THE PROCESS OF DEALING WITH THIS HUGE ISSUE THAT'S BEEN ON OUR PLATES FOR YEARS? UM, BUT, AND NOW WE SEEM TO HAVE MADE SOME REAL HEADWAY AND SOME COMMUNICATION AND I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN HOW DO WE KEEP THE BALL ROLLING? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNSELOR, MAYOR. 
          UM, WELL, AS SOON AS WE CAN WORK OUT A SCOPE OF WORK, UM, FOR THAT ADDITIONAL WORK AND GET A QUOTE FROM THE CONSULTANTS, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING IT BACK TO AT THE NEXT POSSIBLE MEETING FOR APPROVAL AND TO CONTINUE THE WORK. 
          BUT, UM, WE NEED TO RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR TIMELINE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE OTHER CLIENTS THEY'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO WHAT THEIR AVAILABILITY IS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK TO THEM ABOUT, SO YOU WOULD NEED THAT DIRECTION FROM US UP HERE THOUGH NOW TONIGHT. 
          SO WE NEED TO, IF YOU, IF I WROTE IT DOWN WHEN, UH, COUNCILOR FOLTZ WAS SPEAKING PREVIOUSLY MM-HMM . 
          IN THE MEETING, UM, ABOUT THE MAPPING IDEA. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          BUT IF, AND I ASSUME THERE'S A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO INDICATE, YOU KNOW, WITH HEAD NODS OR WHATEVER, WE'RE HAPPY TO PURSUE THAT. 
          DO YOU GUYS WANNA SPEAK TO THAT FIRST? YOUR AVAILABILITY OR WHAT YOU SEE IS, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? OR AS COUNCILOR FOLTZ WAS MENTIONING THAT I THINK JONATHAN AND I ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THAT'S A LIKELY NEXT STEP THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. 
          UM, WE WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND, AND WE'VE DONE PROCESS MAPPING AND RESOURCE MAPPING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, SO WE WOULD NEED NOT UNDERSTAND BASED ON THOSE TOPOLOGIES, WHAT ARE THE EXISTING RESOURCES, THE SERVICE SLOTS, THE PROVIDER CAPACITY, AND THEN WHERE ARE THE GAPS? AND THEN WE COULD ATTACH SOME DOLLAR NUMBERS TO THOSE GAPS. 
          SO YOU UNDERSTAND, IF WE COME BACK TO YOU WITH THAT GAPS ANALYSIS, THAT SORT OF RESOURCE MAPPING, WHERE WOULD ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS BE DIRECTED THAT WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF REDUCING INFLOW AND ACCELERATING EXITS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS? I THINK THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO PRODUCING FOR YOU. 
          WOULD THAT ALSO, WOULD THAT INCLUDE A, A COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES LIST? LIKE I, FOR ONE, DID NOT KNOW THAT THE, UM, FOOD BANK HAD A MOBILE HEALTH BAN. 
          UM, I DID NOT KNOW THAT WE HAD TWO ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING, UH, ASSISTANCE FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS. 
          I DID NOT KNOW THAT WE HAD TWO ORGANIZATIONS GIVING RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IS WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED IN THAT COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE? I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT INCLUDED. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD, IT'S, UM, IT'S AN, IT'S KIND OF A NATURAL BYPRODUCT OF THAT AND WE CAN PACKAGE IT AS SUCH AS A RESEARCH LIST. 
          PETE, MAY I, BEFORE YOU MOVE OFF OF THAT TOPIC THOUGH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COUNSELOR, PLEASE. 
          UM, SO I THINK WHAT THE END WORK PRODUCT THAT I BELIEVE WE'RE EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, WAS, UM, THE ADOPTION OF A STRATEGY CORRECT. 
          BY THE COUNCIL. 
          SO THAT PIECE IS STILL COMING. 
          WE'RE JUST GONNA ADD IN THIS ADDITIONAL SEGMENT TO HELP THEM FINALIZE THE STRATEGY. 
          CORRECT. 
          WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A CHANGE ORDER? WE'RE PLANNING FOR LIKE ANOTHER, WERE WE NOT PLANNING FOR ANOTHER, UH, SOME OTHER DOCUMENT FROM YES. 
          TIME? YES, WE ARE AS PART OF THE CURRENT SCOPE. 
          SO WE WERE, UM, WE HAVE PAUSED THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND SO WE CAN COMPLETE THE STRATEGIC PLAN PORTION OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, AS IN DEPTH OF AN ANALYSIS AS WE'RE DESCRIBING HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO, MAYOR, I'VE GOT COMMENT TO MAKE ON POINT TO THIS, BUT THEN OTHER LARGER COMMENTS AS WELL, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO RIGHT NOW. 
          WHATEVER'S THE MOST TIME CONSUMING, LESS TIME CONSUMING, THE MOST TIME CONSUMING, LESS TIME CONSUMING, BECAUSE YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, LET, LET, LET ME JUST TRY AND KNOCK EVERYTHING OUT. 
          I, AND I WON'T REPEAT A LOT OF IT, BUT I TOO WANNA JUST START BY THANKING EVERYONE THAT IS HERE TONIGHT. 
          AND IT, IT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, QUITE MOTIVATING AND INSPIRATIONAL TO SEE THE FOLKS THAT COME, UH, HERE TO OUR MEETING TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 
          IT'S, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT GET DRAWN TO THIS LINE OF WORK AND, UM, SPECIAL MOTIVATION. 
          AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. 
          AND I'M ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE COTTONWOOD AND CLARKDALE MAYORS HERE. 
          UM, AND THE COUNTY FOLKS, UH, REACTING TO THE LINE ON YOUR SLIDES IS HOW DO WE BEGIN TO ACTIVATE A REGIONAL RESPONSE? AND THAT'S THE QUESTION I KEEP COMING BACK TO. 
          AND WE'VE GOT SOME REGIONAL REPRESENTATION HERE, BUT IT GOES TO THE DISCUSSION 
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THAT WE WERE JUST HAVING HERE. 
          THAT I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SORT OF, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, A CONTINUED WORK IN THIS DIRECTION, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S A MAYORS AND MANAGERS MEETING AND CONVERSATION HERE THAT GOES TO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA MAP ALL OF THE COUNTY JUST ON OUR NICKEL. 
          I THINK THAT THIS IS A REGIONAL RESPONSE AND THAT THERE'S AT LEAST A CONVERSATION AMONGST THE REGIONAL MAYORS AND, AND COUNTY ABOUT HOW THIS WORK GETS PAID TO DO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, I I I RECOGNIZE THAT SEDONA IS ALWAYS IN A UNIQUE POSITION HERE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME RESOURCES THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO BE TOTALLY ON SEDONAS. 
          UM, NICKEL. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT, OH, IT WAS, IT'S REALLY A QUESTION. 
          UH, COUNCILOR, YOU BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE COURT SYSTEM. 
          I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THAT AS WELL, AND I TURN KURT, KURT, MAKE SURE YOUR EARS ARE ON. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TAP INTO THE EXISTING COURT SERVICE PROCESSES THAT HAPPENED IN COTTONWOOD CLARKDALE NOW? OR DO WE HAVE TO DO IT ON OUR OWN BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE COURTS ARE STRUCTURED? SO MAYOR COUNCIL, I BELIEVE WE'D HAVE TO, I MEAN, THERE, THERE CAN BE SOME OVERLAP AND WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES, WE'D HAVE TO PRO MOST LIKELY HAVE OUR OWN PROGRAM. 
          YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE AND WHAT WE CAN NOT HAVE. 
          YOU KNOW, I I, AFTER TODAY'S HEARING, I'M NOT ACTUALLY MOTIVATED TO CREATE OR DUPLICATE MUCH. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT RESOURCE THIS YEAR, UH, PERHAPS OTHER THAN THE COURT ISSUE. 
          BUT EVEN THEN, I'D LIKE TO TRY US TO TRY TO BE AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE OF USING WHATEVER RESOURCES THAT WE CAN. 
          I'M JUST VERY IMPRESSED THAT THERE'S AS MANY, AS MANY RESOURCES ARE HERE. 
          AND THAT COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION, I THINK IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE. 
          UH, AND I THINK YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT IN YOUR REPORT. 
          AND, AND THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT IS PRINCIPLE AS, AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, I, I'M HOPING I'M, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE MUST HAVE ABOUT WHETHER VAN LIFERS SHOULD BE IN THE COUNT OR NOT. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I'M OF TWO MINDS OF THE ISSUE. 
          I CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM WHETHER WE WANT THEM TO OR NOT. 
          BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. 
          AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN THERE MIGHT BE A CONSEQUENCE FOR DOING THAT. 
          SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT I DO THINK WE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU PETE. 
          UM, FIRST OFF, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE FINALLY GOT OUR COLD WEATHER PROGRAM GOING. 
          JEANNIE, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. 
          I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE PLACED IT IN GOOD HANDS. 
          UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW THAT GOES. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO ECHO MELISSA'S COMMENT, UH, ABOUT VAN LIFERS. 
          I'M NOT INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THAT LIFESTYLE. 
          UM, IT'S ONE THING IF SOMEBODY IS LIVING IN A VAN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HOMELESS AND THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOB, ET CETERA. 
          BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, DOING THIS AS A, AS A LEISURE LIFESTYLE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T BE PAYING FOR THAT. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SLIPPAGE AND THEY'RE GONNA BENEFIT FROM SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. WE CAN'T AVOID THAT. 
          BUT, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO WORK TO TRY TO ROOT THOSE PEOPLE OUT AND, AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE BENEFITS. 
          UM, LAST POINT I'LL MAKE IS I, YOU KNOW, I I'M, I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE LOW HANGING FRUIT. 
          UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE HEARING CONSISTENTLY FROM THE CHIEF, FROM THE DEPUTY CHIEF, FROM THE CHIEFS IN COTTONWOOD, OR THE CHIEF IN COTTONWOOD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THIS RESOURCE OFFICER. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THAT. 
          UM, MAYBE EASIER SAID THAN DONE, BUT WE NEED TO FIND THE MONEY FOR THIS, UH, NOT ONLY TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, UH, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, WELLBEING OF OUR OTHER RESIDENTS. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS A, THIS IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE, NOT ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, BUT FOR OUR OTHER RESIDENTS WHO ARE, ARE DEALING WITH THIS. 
          AND FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THIS DIFFERENT COORDINATION THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO TAKE PLACE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE HIRING THIS OFFICER IS SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, NO BRAINER. 
          UM, IT WOULD TAKE SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF OUR OTHER OFFICERS, UH, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT, LETS THEM DO OTHER PARTS OF THEIR JOB. 
          UH, COUNSEL, WE SEE THESE REPORTS EVERY DAY, TWICE A DAY, EVERY DAY, TWICE A DAY. 
          WE SEE THESE REPORTS AND, YOU KNOW, THREE QUARTERS OF 'EM HAVE PEH CORRECT AFTER THE NAME OF THE PERSON. 
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AND IF WE HAD SOMEONE DEDICATED TO HELPING THOSE PEOPLE AND WHERE NECESSARY ARRESTING THOSE PEOPLE, UM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          UM, COUNSELOR LTZ EARLIER COMMENTED ON, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT A SOCIAL WORKER? DO WE WANT A POLICE OFFICER? I THINK WE WANT A POLICE OFFICER. 
          UM, IT MAY BE MORE INTIMIDATING IN SOME CASES, BUT UH, I THINK WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS, YOU KNOW, EQUIPPED TO DEAL IF A SITUATION TURNS VIOLENT, UH, WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOMEONE WITH ARREST AUTHORITY. 
          UH, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT TO GO. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANNA CREATE A SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM, UM, WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I THINK IF WE GAVE THEM THE FUNDING THEY NEEDED TO CREATE THIS POSITION, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I THINK I'VE SHARED MY OPINION BEFORE. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, GO WITH, UH, A RESOURCE OFFICER FIRST. 
          WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH THE PROCESS FOR A REGIONAL APPROACH, BUT I THINK COTTONWOODS DOING IT WITHOUT THE REGIONAL APPROACH, BUT MAYBE PEOPLE, THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE COMING HERE, SO BY THE COTTONWOOD AND SEDONA, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH A RESOURCE OFFICER, THEN WE CAN CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS. 
          UH, AS FAR AS, I THINK IT WAS PETE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE MAYOR MANAGERS MEETING. 
          YEAH, WELL, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, , BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS SCHEDULED, UH, ISSUES. 
          BUT, UH, ANNETTE, PERHAPS IT MIGHT EXPEDITE IT IF YOU CAN WORK WITH THE OTHER MANAGERS WITHOUT THE MAYORS AND I, I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE, WHILE WE HAVE EXCEPTIONAL MAYORS IN THE VERDE VALLEY, WE HAVE TOTALLY, UH, EXCEPTIONAL MANAGERS AS WELL. 
          AND THEY COULD START THE PROCESS AND THEN, UH, WE CAN, WHEN WE DO HAVE A MAYOR MANAGERS MEETING, WHICH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE LIKE EVERY OTHER WEEK OR AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH, THEN WE CAN BE BROUGHT IN. 
          BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S THE QUICKEST WAY TO GET STARTED. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE COME TO THE BUDGET PROCESS, I THINK THE CHIEF HAS ALREADY HAS A PACKAGE ALREADY PLANNED FROM THE WAY SHE HAS BEEN SMILING AND, AND HAPPY ABOUT THE THOUGHT OF IT, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL AS WELL. 
          UM, I THINK WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE, AS DEREK SAID, THIS IS NOT JUST A HOMELESS ISSUE, IT'S A COMMUNITY ISSUE, IT'S A RESIDENT ISSUE AS WELL. 
          PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A LONG TIME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THE HOMELESS PROBLEM? THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT A HOMELESS PRO PROBLEM. 
          BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ARREST AND SIGHT, IT'S GIVING THEM HELP. 
          IF THEY DECIDE TO LEAVE, THEY DON'T WANT THE HELP. 
          OKAY. 
          AS LONG AS THEY LEAVE THE VERDE VALLEY, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. 
          UH, SO I WOULD SUPPORT THAT PROCESS. 
          IF ANNETTE CAN SCHEDULE THAT WITH THE OTHER MANAGERS, I'M SURE THAT COULD WORK OUT. 
          SO, UM, DO YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTION NOW? UH, JAMES? I DO. 
          I HAVE, I HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANNETTE, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH AS WELL? YES, MARIN, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS AT THE PRIORITY SETTING. 
          AND, UM, I WILL LOOK AT THE UPCOMING MEETING SCHEDULE AND SEE WHERE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO TRY TO INVITE BACK THE FOLKS WHO WERE UNABLE TO STAY TODAY. 
          YOU KNOW, MAYBE GIVE A LITTLE TIME SLOT FOR A, UM, FOR THAT PIECE RIGHT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          IT'S GONNA BE IN THE LONG WORK SESSION BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT NEW INFORMATION WILL COME OUT THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT. 
          SO IT'S, I DON'T LOOK, WE WENT WAY OVER TIME HERE, BUT THIS IS A CRITICAL TOPIC, SO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LONG TOPIC? OKAY,  ANYWAY. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, DISCUSSION PO POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING IDEAS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS AND AGENDA ITEMS, ANYTHING FROM MADEAS, . 
          NOTHING 
          [5. ADJOURNMENT]
NEW. 
          HEARING NOTHING, THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
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