* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] THE PLEDGE OF [1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE] ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND NOW A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM. DEPUTY CLERK, THE [2. ROLL CALL] ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR BLO. HERE, VICE MAYOR PLU. PRESENT. COUNCILOR DUNN. HERE. COUNCILLOR FOLTZ. STILL PRESENT. COUNCILLOR FURMAN? HERE. COUNCILLOR KINSELLA. PRESENT. COUNCILLOR FAFF HERE. OKAY. UH, ITEM THREE, CONSENT [3. CONSENT ITEMS - APPROVE] ITEMS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL STAFF OR THE PUBLIC TO PULL AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY INDICATION FROM COUNSEL? SEEING NONE. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS THREE A AND B. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AND YOU OPPOSED? YOU UNANIMOUS. OKAY, HERE'S A BIG ITEM FOR THE DAY. ITEM [4.a. AB 3216 Discussion/possible action regarding the appointment of our first Senior Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate to serve a two-year term promoting and elevating literary arts in the City of Sedona in collaboration with Community Library Sedona.] FOUR APPOINTMENTS. ITEM A IS AB 32 16. DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR FIRST SENIOR POET LAUREATE AND THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE TO SERVE TWO YEAR TERM PROMOTING AND ELEVATING, UH, LITERARY ARTS IN THE CITY OF SEDONA. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY OF SEDONA. THAT WOULD BE NANCY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNSELORS, AND EVERYBODY. BEFORE I START THIS, JUST BRIEFLY, UH, THE NAS WATERCOLOR SOCIETY, NORTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY IS UP. AND JUST FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T HERE, THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOLTZ. WE HAD ALMOST A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. UM, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT. IT WAS A JURIED, UM, UH, ART SHOW. AND THE RIBBONS ARE PLACED. SO IF YOU HAVE TIME TO GO AROUND, YOU CAN SEE WHO'S FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND HONORABLE MENTIONS. SO THIS PROGRAM, FIRST, THANK YOU FOR GIVING, UM, US THE GREEN LIGHT. JUDY POE AND I HAVE WORKED IN COLLABORATION TOGETHER ON THIS WITH SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE. AND, UM, NO ONE EVER REALLY GOT AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT THIS IS. IT'S LIKE, JUST GO FOR IT. AND SO I DID AND WE DID IT IN FOUR MONTHS. BUT I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON IT SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE PROGRAM. SO WHY A POET LAUREATE PROGRAM? THIS PROGRAM WILL RECOGNIZE THE PLACE POETRY HAS IN ARIZONA'S CULTURAL AND CIVIC LIFE. IT'S ALSO TO ELEVATE LITERARY EDUCATION AND BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER, WHICH IS WHAT THE ARTS DO TO INSPIRE AN EMERGING GENERATION OF LITERARY ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE EXPOSED TO POETRY. AND BY APPOINTING A POET AND YOUTH POET LAUREATE, THE CITY IS ADVOCATING THE IMPORTANCE. SEDONA PLACES ON LANGUAGE LITERACY, READING, AND WRITING. JUST A LITTLE BACKSTORY. THE FIRST, UM, POET LAUREATE POSITION WAS CREATED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN 1985. UM, THE FIRST NOR GRO UNITED STATES POET WAS ROBERT PENN WARREN IN 1986. AND HE'S FROM KENTUCKY. AND THE CURRENT UNITED STATES POET LAUREATE IS AVA LIMON, THE FIRST LATINA FROM CALIFORNIA. AND SHE WAS APPOINTED IN 2222. EVERYONE KNOW, AS I'M SURE FAMILIAR FROM BIDEN'S ELECTION. THE INAUGURAL UNITED STATES POET YOUTH IS AMANDA GORMAN. AND SHE WROTE, UM, AND PERFORMED THAT AMAZING POEM, THE HILL WE CLIMB AT HIS INAUGURATION IN 2021. THE CURRENT UNITED STATES YOUTH POET LAUREATE IS STEPHANIE PACHECO FROM NEW YORK CITY, AND SHE WAS APPOINTED IN 2024. NOW, ALBERTO RIOS IS WAS THE FIRST, UM, POET LAUREATE FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA. AND HE WAS APPOINTED IN 2014. AND IT IS COMMON THAT HE WAS SO GOOD. HE JUST KEPT GETTING HIS, HIS, UM, HIS EXTENDED. SO HE IS CURRENTLY THE POET LAUREATE OF ARIZONA. HOWEVER, I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE STATE IS REAPPOINTED A NEW POET LAUREATE, AND WE'LL BE DECIDING ON THAT THIS DECEMBER. AND SO JANUARY 26TH, THE STATE WILL HAVE A NEW POET LAUREATE. ALSO. FUN FACT, GARY TOLD ME TODAY, UH, ALBERTO [00:05:01] RIOS, HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE WAS AT OUR LIBRARY WHEN HE BECAME OUR PERFORMANCE IS POET LAUREATE. RIGHT? UM, AND SO HE'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. HE'S AN ACADEMIC WRITER, CHANCELLOR OF THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS. HE'S AUTHORED 12 BOOKS. HE IS CURRENTLY AN A SU ENGLISH CREATIVE WRITING TEACHER AND HE'S BEEN DOING THAT SINCE 1982. OOPS. WHAT'S THIS? OH, I CLICKED. OKAY. MARCY, I MAY NEED YOU. OH, IT'S GOING BACKWARDS. WHAT'S HAPPENED? YOU CLICKED AGAIN. EVERYBODY. ALRIGHT, TAKE FIVE. ALL RIGHT, TAKE A BREAK. WHAT HAPPENED? SOMETHING CAME UP AND I JUST UPDATING YOU CLICKED THE MICROSOFT UPDATE. SORRY. OKAY. MM-HMM . NOTHING CAN DO. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU NOTHING I CAN DO. SO ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL UP ON A DIFFERENT COMPUTER? UM, YEAH. YEAH. CAN WE GET YOUR, OKAY. CAN YOU GET IT ON HIS COMPUTER? OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. THANK YOU, KURT. WORSE TIMES HAPPENED. ME POWERPOINT. PDF. THE PDF IS GOOD. THE PDF. OH NO, THE POWERPOINT. POWERPOINT. THANK YOU. . HOW LONG DID YOUR UPDATE TAKE? YOUR USB DEVICE MIGHT NEED MORE POWER FOR THAT. OKAY. THE SHOW WILL CONTINUE. I GOT IT. THANKS. OKAY, BACK TO THIS. UM, SO, UM, ALBERTO RIOS, UM, ONE OF HIS QUOTES THAT I LIKED WAS, LOOK BACK, ONLY FOR AS LONG AS YOU MUST THEN GO FORWARD INTO HISTORY. YOU WILL MAKE BE GOOD THEN BETTER. THE INAUGURAL POET LAUREATE FOR PHOENIX IS, UH, ROSEMARY DOMBROWSKI FROM 2016. THE FIRST POET LAUREATE, UM, FOR INAUGURAL POET LAUREATE YOUTH POET LAUREATE IS ANNIKA CLARK IN 2020. AND THE CURRENT YOUTH POET LAUREATE FOR PHOENIX IS OUR FIRST INDIGENOUS POET LAUREATE, SORAYA TAYLOR. AND SHE WAS APPOINTED IN 2024. NOW, I LOOKED INTO THIS AND THERE IS NO POET LAUREATE FOR FLAGSTAFF OR PRESCOTT THAT I COULD FIND. SO SEDONA IS THE FIRST FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA TO HAVE A SENIOR POET LAUREATE. THERE IS A YOUTH POET LAUREATE FOR FLAGSTAFF. THE FIRST ONE WAS MICHAELA MERRIMAN IN 2022. AND CURRENTLY IS CARSON REDMOND FROM 2024. SO ANYA, YOU'LL BE COLLABORATING WITH HER, I'M SURE. JUST A LITTLE QUICK BACKGROUND ON HOW THIS WORKED. WE GOT THIS TOGETHER IN FOUR MONTHS. JANUARY IS WHEN THE CALL WENT OUT FOR APPLICATIONS. AND WE GAVE THE PUBLIC A COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND THEN IN MARCH WE COLLECTED THOSE, HAD A COMMITTEE GO OVER EVERYTHING. AND, UM, BASED ON A RATING SHEET WE HAD, WE CAME OUT WITH THE SEVEN FINALISTS. AND THEN THEY PERFORMED FOR FOUR PERFORMANCES IN APRIL WITH THE FIRST BEING HERE, AS YOU REMEMBER, FOR THE MOMENT OF ART. AND THEN THE LAST PERFORMANCE IS WHEN WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION OF WHO WE WERE GONNA AWARD AND RECOMMEND. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY ON THE 13TH, THEIR ELIGIBILITY, UM, THEY HAD TO BE A POET IN THE LITERARY ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY OR BEYOND. THEY HAD TO BE WILLING TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SEDONA AREA, RESIDE WITHIN THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES, DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AS WELL AS IN THE AREA FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR. THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE HAD TO BE A CURRENT STUDENT OR RECENT GRAD IN THE SEDONA VERDE VALLEY SCHOOL AREA AND BE 16 TO 20 YEARS OLD. NOW, THE DUTIES THEY WILL PERFORM ARE GIVE UP TO FOUR PUBLIC READINGS PER YEAR, COMPOSED POEMS FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS, PROVIDE POETRY WORKSHOPS TO AREA SCHOOLS, PURSUE A MAJOR LITERARY PROJECT WITH EMPHASIS ON OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECTS AS THEY COME UP AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHER POET LAUREATES IN ARIZONA. THE SENIOR POET LAUREATE WILL GET $2,000 STIPEND, WHICH WE'VE RAISED AND HAD DONATIONS FOR, AND THAT'S FOR THEIR TWO YEAR TERM. THE SEDONA YOUTH POET LAUREATE WILL BE RECEIVING $2,000 TOWARDS THE COLLEGE OF THEIR CHOICE AS A SCHOLARSHIP. ADDITIONAL PER DIEM COSTS WILL COME UP AS NEEDED. AND WE HAVE SOME MONEY IN THE FUNDS FOR THAT AS WELL FOR TRAVEL AND OTHER THINGS I'D LIKE TO TAKE, UM, A TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO REX AEROSMITH WHO LAUNCHED THIS AND CAME UP WITH THIS WHOLE IDEA. HE'S IN GREECE RIGHT NOW, UM, SO I WILL SEND HIM A LINK TO THIS TOMORROW. UM, HE DONATED $5,000 TO THIS PROGRAM. DAVID AND ISABEL SIMMER FROM THE ROTARY CLUB DONATED $1,000. AND KENNETH AND ELIZABETH CARROLL DONATED $250. SO THIS WAS JUST A COMBINATION OF, UH, PICTURES [00:10:01] OF ALL THE FINALISTS. THE TOP LEFT IS CAMILLE LAFE T PACE, WHO IS SITTING BACK IN THERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. UM, GARY EVRY. AND THEN THE BOTTOM LEFT, MARTHA ENTON, FELICIA FOES, CLINT FRAS, AND THEN ANYA BLUE LYOR. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THIS, BUT THAT'S JUST LIKE A, A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE CRITERIA SHEET LOOKED LIKE. UM, AND THEY, THE, UM, POETS WERE JUDGED ON A FEW THINGS. THE WRITTEN TEXT, ITY AND STRUCTURE, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION OVERALL EFFECT. ALSO PERFORMANCE, THEIR PRESENCE AND DELIVERY. WHAT IF THEY CONVEYED THE MEANING, HOW THEY CONVEYED THE MEANING, THEIR OVERALL PERFORMANCE. AND IT WAS ON A NUMBERS RATING FROM ONE TO SIX WEEK THROUGH BELOW AVERAGE. AVERAGE. GOOD, EXCELLENT AND OUTSTANDING. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE JUDGES JUDY POE. UM, REX AEROSMITH IN GREECE. CHRISTOPHER FOX GRAHAM, WHO'S WATCHING FROM THE OFFICE PUTTING OUT THE PAPER. BARBARA WHITEHORN, WHO WASN'T FEELING WELL, UM, UH, AND CA COUNSELOR KINSELLA . WRONG REACTION. I'M NOT. AND, AND JESSICA WILLIAMSON, OUR PREVIOUS COUNSELOR. THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST MOMENT OF ART, UM, THAT WE HAD APRIL 8TH WITH THE GROUP. THIS WAS COMMUNITY LIBRARY, SEDONA. AND IT WAS GREAT 'CAUSE ALL THE VENUES WERE SO DIFFERENT FOR THEM TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE IN DIFFERENT AREAS. SO THE LIBRARY, WE HAD A REALLY NICE TURNOUT THERE. IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A PACKED ROOM. UM, MARY FISHER, PAT TWICE WAS SO ACCOMMODATING AND THE THEATER WAS PRETTY FULL FOR THIS ONE. THEY GOT TO BE UP ON STAGE. AND, UM, THAT WAS WONDERFUL. AND THEN THE FINAL WAS AT AKA PAK. AND THIS WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EVENING 'CAUSE THE STARS WERE OUT AND WE WERE OUTSIDE UNDER THE SKY. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, THE JUDGES WENT OVER AND GRABBED A BITE TO EAT AND JUST KIND OF WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING AND TOOK OUR TIME TO DECIDE ON WHO WE WANTED TO RECOMMEND FOR THE FINAL TWO. SO GARY EVRY WILL IS, UM, FOR THE SEDONA POET LAUREATE IS OUR RECOMMENDATION. GARY IS AN AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST, A SLAM POET, A TEACHER, A MUSICIAN, AND A HISTORIAN. HE HAS POETRY AND FICTION PUBLISHED IN LITERARY MAGAZINES FOR DECADES, INCLUDING TWO PUBLISHED NOVELLAS. HE HAS SEVEN NOMINATIONS FOR THE RIESLING AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION POEM OF THE YEAR. FOR EIGHT YEARS. HE HAS HOSTED POETRY AND PROSE PROJECT, A LITERARY READING SERIES. CURRENTLY HE IS THE HOST OF POETRY AND POST PROJECT, WHICH I LISTEN TO. IT'S A WONDERFUL RADIO PROGRAM EVERY SUNDAY MORNING ON MELLOW MOUNTAIN RADIO, 1 0 6 0.5 AND SEVEN 80 KAZM. AND THAT FEATURES LOCAL AUTHORS, GARY, CONGRATULATIONS. AND FOR THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING ANYA BLUE LYOR. ANYA IS A VERDE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE. SHE'S A LIFETIME SEDONA RESIDENT. SHE LOVES ALL THINGS CREATIVE, ESPECIALLY READING, WRITING, AND SHARING POETRY. SHE BELIEVES EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE, ENJOY POETRY, AND WANTS TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. FOR OVER 16 YEARS, SHE HAS WATCHED SEDONA GROW AND EVOLVE AND SHE'S SEEN PEOPLE COME AND GO. HER GOAL BEFORE LEAVING FOR COLLEGE IN TWO YEARS IS TO GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT RAISED HER AND LEAVE HER MARK ON THE PEOPLE HERE SHARING THE THINGS SHE LOVES WITH THE TOWN AND SHE LOVES IS THE PERFECT WAY TO JUST DO THAT. SO, SO NOW THE WORK BEGINS. SO FOR, UM, TO CONGRATULATE THEM, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS WE WANNA GIVE THEM. AND THE FIRST IS, UM, THE LAUREL REITS THAT POETS WEAR. WE DIDN'T BRING TOGAS, WE JUST HAVE THE REITS . AND, UM, THEY'RE EACH GOING TO GET A CERTIFICATE AND A SEDONA CITY PIN. AND YOU'RE GETTING BUSINESS CARDS, WHICH I, I JUST DIDN'T MOCK UP FOR YOU, BUT THEY'LL BE PRINTED AND THEY SHOULD BE DELIVERED SOON. AND I'LL GET THEM TO YOU. SO DO YOU WANNA COME DOWN AND HELP ME? COME ON UP. GARY. . GARY, THAT MUST BE HOW, AND HERE IS YOUR PLAQUE. AND GARY HERE IS YOURS. AND, UM, ARE YOU GONNA DOT OH YEAH. ANDT GUYS THE MOTION, THE PLAQUE FOR TEA. PAYS FOR WANT. ALL RIGHT, COME ON UP. YOU SHOULD BE MOTION, MR. MAYOR. [00:15:02] MR. MAYOR, WE HAVEN'T VOTED. MAYOR WAIT. WE JUST MAKE A MOTION. KATHY. KATHY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THIS. OKAY. I WAS JUST GETTING SO WOUND UP IN THE EXCITEMENT. I UNDERSTAND. I'VE BEEN A PART OF IT. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN EXCITING. THIS IS SUPER COOL. COULD YOU MAKE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF GARY EVRY AS OUR POET LAUREATE AND OF ANYA BLUE LOIT LEOR AS OUR YOUTH POET LAUREATE. UM, FOR 2025 TO SERVE TWO YEAR TERM PROMOTING AND ELEVATING THE LITERARY ARTS IN THE CITY OF SEDONA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY. SEDONA SECOND. I WAS GONNA DO IT. . ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? DIDN'T THINK SO. COOL. ONE. WE'RE READY. . 1, 2, 3. NANCY, DO THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO WEAR THE WREATHS OR IS IT JUST ONE PRESENTING 24 7. 24 7. IS THAT WHENEVER THEY GO OUT IN THE CITY, THEY HAVE TO WEAR IT, CHOP OR WHATEVER? YEAH. . SURE. OKAY. NANCY, THAT COMPLETES THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. THAT COMPLETES THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF THE APPLICANTS. OH, VERY LOUD. OKAY. UM, THEY WILL EACH READ A POEM. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO, OH, THERE YOU GO. GARY, COME ON UP. THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THAT WAS MISSING, BUT YOU SAID NO, I DIDN'T HAVE IT DOWN IN MY NOTES. SORRY. WE JUST DECIDED IT'S FINE. ARE THE VOICES INSIDE MY HEAD BOTHERING YOU? 'CAUSE THEY'RE SURE AS HECK BOTHERING ME. A FRIEND OF MINE USED TO HAVE A BUMPER STICKER THAT SAID, I DO WHATEVER THE VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD TELL ME TO DO, EXCEPT I DO IT NAKED. I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE EXTREME AND I WON'T BE GOING THERE TODAY. THANK YOU. BUT I WILL ADMIT THAT I LIKE LISTENING TO THE VOICES IN MY HEAD. IN FACT, THERE MUST BE A LOT OF EMPTY SPACE INSIDE THIS OLD SKULL. 'CAUSE THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF VOICES RATTLING AND ECHOING AROUND IN THERE. I MEAN, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S THE VOICE OF MY GREAT UNCLE FRANK AND I CAN STILL HEAR HIM WHEN WE WOULD WORK IN HIS GARDENS IN THE SUMMER IN MICHIGAN, TELLING ME STORIES ABOUT PROHIBITION AND SPEAKEASY JAZZ JOINTS, AND HOW MY SAXOPHONE ONCE ENTERTAINED AL CAPONE. THERE'S THE VOICE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND DIRECTOR WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY THAT SAXOPHONE AND GAVE ME AN EVERLASTING LOVE OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. THERE'S THE VOICE OF MY NEWSPAPER EDITOR, ELLIE MATOO. SHE TOOK ME UNDER HER WING AND MENTORED ME. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION. SHE WAS THE FOUNDER AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA WOMEN'S PRESS ASSOCIATION. AND I ONLY WISH THAT I HAD LISTENED TO HER MORE. THERE ARE SO MANY VOICES OUT THERE. I HIKE INTO THESE RED ROCKS, I CLIMB INTO THESE OGAWA RUINS PERCHED WAY UP HIGH. AND I LISTENED TO THE WIND WHISPER, CARRYING THE VOICES OF THE ANCIENTS. AND IT TELLS ME I NEED TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE YAVAPI. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ALL ACROSS THIS PLANET WHO COME TO THE VERDE VALLEY TO RETIRE. AND WE NEED TO LISTEN. THEY'RE THERE. EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO TEACH IN THE SCHOOLS ALL ACROSS THE VERDE VALLEY. IN FACT, I WAS TEACHING THE FIFTH GRADERS TODAY, AND I'VE LEARNED THAT LISTENING TO THEIR VOICES, THEIR DREAMS AND THEIR CONCERNS OVER THE FUTURE ARE WORTH LISTENING TO. SOMETIMES THE VOICES POUND ON MY SKULL AND LONG DEPARTED DEAR FRIENDS, COME TO VISIT AND I CAN HEAR THE VOICE OF THE PASSIONATE POET CHRISTOPHER LANE ALL OVER AGAIN. THE CURMUDGEONY PHILANTHROPIST, JIM BISHOP HAS SO MUCH TO SAY, AND SOMETIMES I'M EVEN WELCOMED. AND I GET TO HEAR THE VOICE OF [00:20:01] ADELE SARON, THE POET, PAINTER AND FOUNDER OF GARDENS AGAINST HUMANITY, FLOWER POWER. YOU KNOW, MY POETRY FRIENDS CONGRATULATE ME ON THIS NEW PLATFORM. CONGRATULATE ME BECAUSE I'LL HAVE A BIGGER MICROPHONE TO SPEAK WITH AND I HOPE I USE IT WISELY. BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ME BEING POET LAUREATE IS GONNA BE LEARNING TO LISTEN. AND WHEN MY HEAD IS SO FULL OF ALL THESE VOICES THAT I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THAT THEY BEGIN TO LEAK OUT, I INTEND TO SHARE 'EM WITH YOU. AND SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR LISTENING, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. HI EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. OKAY. THIS IS MY POEM THAT I WROTE FOR MY ENGLISH CLASS CALLED POWER IN REFLECTION, A WOMAN'S LIFE IS ALL CONTRADICTION. USE YOUR VOICE, SPEAK UP, BUT NOT TOO LOUDLY. MEN WIELDING THEIR WORDS AS AMMUNITION CONVINCED WOMEN THEY SHOULD BE COWARDLY FOR WE ARE STRONGER. LEAVE IT TO US. SO WE BITE OUR TONGUES, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW MEN WERE BORN FROM THE BLOOD OF THEIR MOTHERS BLOOD THAT THEY SHED SO THEIR SONS COULD GROW. THE MEN OF OUR WORLD PREACH FREEDOM OF SPEECH. AND THE WOMEN SPEAK TRYING TO TELL THEM THAT WE ARE DYING, BUT IT DOESN'T REACH. THEY ARE TOO FOCUSED ON THEIR WORLD OF MEN. DAUGHTER, DON'T FORGET YOU ARE OF THE MOON. MEN'S RULE IS WANING. YOUR TIME WILL COME SOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S A WRAP. . THAT'S PRETTY DARN COOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NANCY, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER FOR US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MY PLEASURE. IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND THANKS FOR GIVING US THE GREEN LIGHT. OKAY. LONG OVERDUE. [5. SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS BY MAYOR/COUNCILORS/CITY MANAGER & COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS] OKAY. SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS. ITEM FIVE. UH, MELISSA. WELL, I, I CAN'T REALLY FOLLOW THAT, BUT I AM GOING TO TRY TO DO A DRAMATIC READING, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY. SEDONA, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN, FREE AND FEEL GOOD THIS WEEKEND? HEAD TO THE, THE, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M GONNA, I'M SORRY. I'M GONNA AD LIB A LITTLE BIT HERE. OKAY. HEAD TO THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY, SEDONAS COMMONS. THIS SATURDAY, 17 MAY FOR A NIGHT OF ART, MUSIC, AND CONNECTION. AT 5:00 PM THREE BRAND NEW BRONZE SCULPTURES FROM RENOWNED ARTISTS, CHARLES DELAY WILL BE UNVEILED. NO ONE SPILLING. WHAT THEY ARE IS A SURPRISE MEANT TO BE DISCOVERED TOGETHER. IF YOU LOVE A GOOD REVEAL, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU. THEN FROM SIX TO 7:30 PM STICK AROUND FOR AN EARLY EVENING CELEBRATION WITH SUGAR MOON, A POWERHOUSE FEMALE LED BAND KNOWN FOR DECADES OF DANCEABLE HITS THAT CROWDS SINGING AND MOVING. THINK A FIRE PIT AND LIVE MUSIC. THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THOSE LINE DANCING AND ZUMA SKILLS, WHICH YOU LEARNED AT THE LIBRARY TO USE. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME AND OF COURSE NO COVER. THIS IS WHAT COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE. BE PART OF IT. BIG THANKS TO THE FRIENDS OF THE SEDONA LIBRARY FOR MAKING NIGHTS LIKE THIS POSSIBLE. END OF MESSAGE, AND JUDY POPE THROW A GOOD PARTY. SO OVER AT OUR COMMUNITY LIBRARY, SEDONA, I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE THAT GREAT. YEAH. EXCITING. ANYTHING ELSE, KATHY? I'M FEELING THE PRESSURE TO RHYME, BUT I, I I JUST CAN'T I KNOW, RIGHT? I CAN'T PULL IT OFF. SO, UM, I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION, VOLUNTEER SEDONA, THAT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR, I THINK LESS THAN A YEAR OR JUST ABOUT A YEAR ONLY. AND IN THAT TIME HAS PULLED TOGETHER, UM, SOMETHING LIKE 45 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, OFFER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. THERE IS A VOLUNTEER EXPO HAPPENING TOMORROW UP AT THE HUB, THE HUB AT POSSE GROUNDS PARK. OVER 39 ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE PRESENTING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, HOW PEOPLE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND, UM, FIND SOME, UH, INNER PEACE BY HELPING OUT AND BEING A PART OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THERE'S EVERYTHING FROM ONE TIME VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO ONGOING COMMITMENTS SERVING ON A REGULAR BASIS. THERE'S EVERYTHING FROM CUTTING DRESS PATTERNS TO, UH, MAINTAINING OUR TRAILS, TO WORKING WITH ONGOING ORGANIZATIONS IN IN BOARD [00:25:01] CAPACITIES. UM, DRIVING FOR MEALS ON WHEELS. EVERYTHING IS REPRESENTED THERE. 39 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANYONE OUT THERE WHO'S LISTENING TO GO LEARN WHAT THEY ARE AND BE A PART OF HELPING OUR COMMUNITY BE AS STRONG AS IT IS. SO AGAIN, TOMORROW, ONE O'CLOCK TO 4:00 PM AT THE HUB, AT POSSE GROUNDS IS THE VOLUNTEER EXPO. EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. VICE MAYOR. YES. UH, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE MAYOR AND I WENT TO THE MCCAIN INSTITUTE ON, UH, GET THE DATE MAY 2ND, WHERE THE, UH, WE WERE HONORED ACTUALLY TO HAVE THE MAYOR AND THE GOVERNOR WELCOME FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE, MAYOR TO THE CITY AND THE GOVERNOR TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA, OR A NUMBER OF FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE OF ARIZONA. THERE. ALSO A BUSLOAD OF STUDENTS FROM A SU. THE MCCAIN INSTITUTE IS ACTUALLY PART OF A SU EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BASED IN WASHINGTON, DC AND, UH, SO STUDENTS FROM THE POLITICAL SCIENCE, UH, CLASSES WERE, WERE BUSED UP AND THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT. UH, LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT ACTUALLY ANY MAYOR FROM CITY OF SEDONA SPOKE AT THE FORUM AND WAS REQUESTED TO SPEAK AT THE FORUM. SO THAT, THAT WAS PRETTY NICE. UH, LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT AGENDA THIS YEAR FROM LAST YEAR WITH THE TRANSITION IN ADMINISTRATIONS. THEY HAD SOME DIFFICULTY WITH SPEAKERS, SO THEY HAD A LOT MORE SENATE, US SENATORS THERE, BOTH OF OUR US SENATORS FROM ARIZONA PLUS, UH, AMY KLOBUCHAR AND JIM, JIM LANGFORD, A COUPLE OF OTHERS. SO IT WAS A NICE EVENT. AND, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING? I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S, IT WAS A REALLY COOL EVENT. IT WAS, UM, AN HONOR. IT'S THE SECOND TIME AT, UH, I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK. AND, UH, I, I MEAN THESE HEADS OF, UH, DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, UH, SENATE, UH, PEOPLE, UH, THE GOVERNOR, WE GOT TO SPEND ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR WITH THE GOVERNOR. IT WAS, UH, QUITE NICE. AND, UM, I MEAN, WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THE GOVERNOR MANY TIMES BEFORE, BUT THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, A REAL HONOR TO BE THERE. SO WE GOT TO PLUG THE, THE BILLS. WE WANTED HER TO VETO . NOW YOU CAN SEE SHE DID. THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED. THAT AFFECTED THE CITY OF SEDONA. EXACTLY. AND MUNICIPALITIES IN ARIZONA. SO, ALRIGHT, UH, I WANT TO JUST MENTION A COUPLE THINGS. UH, FROM MAY 11TH TO 17TH, WE APPARENTLY STAND WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN HONORING PEACE OFFICERS, UH, MEMORIAL DAY AND NATIONAL POLICE WEEK TO PAY TRIBUTE TO LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL PEACE OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIED OR WHO HAVE BEEN DISABLED IN A LINE OF DUTY TO ALL OFFICERS, UH, PAST PRESIDENT OF FALLEN. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE CHIEF. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. SO THANK YOU. SO, UM, THIS MORNING, UH, DAVID KEEFE FROM THE CEO OF THE SEDONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I WERE AT THE FIRST SEDONA SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM, WHICH WAS, IS A NEW ORGANIZATION JUST, UH, BEGAN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. AND THEY REALLY WANNA BRING, UH, ART IN MANY DIFFERENT TYPES, UH, FORWARD IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT WAS A REALLY FUN EVENT. SO, UH, I APPRECIATED BEING ABLE TO SPEAK THERE AND WELCOME THEM TO THEIR FIRST EVENT. AND FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T AROUND YESTERDAY, WE HAD SORT OF EXCITING TIME FOR, UH, CUTTING THE RIBBON FOR THE FOREST ROAD EXTENSION. UH, THAT MADE ME FEEL REALLY GOOD. AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT, UH, HOW IT ALL CAME TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS AND STAFF TO DO WHAT THEY'D DONE TO PULL THAT TOGETHER WAS JUST, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. SO CHIEF AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE WITH YOUR, YOUR TEAM TO KEEP US ALL SAFE ON THAT, UH, VERY PITCHED ROAD, . ALL RIGHT. UH, WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION REPORT THAT, UH, THAT WE DID EARLIER TODAY. WE HAD, UH, JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING. AND WE C WE WILL CONTINUE THAT AFTER THIS MEETING, AS I SAID EARLIER. AND THEN PUBLIC FORUM. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? NO CARDS. OKAY. SO WE'LL CLOSE OUT, UH, THE PUBLIC FORUM. ITEM SIX, PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS. WE HAVE NONE. REGULAR [8.a. AB 3124 Discussion/possible action for approval of a Linking Agreement with KEAR Civil Corporation for the construction of the Northview Sewer Line Replacement Project in an amount not-to-exceed $593,920. ] BUSINESS ITEM EIGHT, ITEM EIGHT, A AB 31 24 DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION FOR APPROVAL OF A LINKING AGREEMENT WITH CLEAR [00:30:01] CIVIL, UH, CORPORATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A, OF THE NORTH VIEW, UH, SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $593,920. ROXANNE, WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCILORS. UM, THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR A LINKING AGREEMENT, WHICH IS A TYPE OF COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT THAT WE, UM, TEAM WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO USE PROCUREMENT, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR. UM, THIS IS WITH KEIR CIVIL CORPORATION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF OUR NORTHVIEW SEWER LINE. IT'S A SIX INCH SEWER MAINE, UM, THAT WE INHERITED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST BUILT OUR SEWER SYSTEM. AND THIS LINE IS PROBLEMATIC. IT HAS A LOT OF SAGS IN IT, IT GETS A LOT OF GREASE BUILDUP. UM, IT'S, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN A COUPLE OF SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS IN THE AREA. UM, SO THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE ABOUT 400 FEET OF SIX INCH SEWER PIPE. UM, AND THEN ALSO UPSIZE ABOUT 850 FEET OF, UM, UP TO EIGHT INCH SEWER PIPE TO ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO THAT LINE. UM, WE ARE, IT'S ESSENTIAL BECAUSE WE WANT TO AVOID SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS, AND WE ALSO HAVE IN EXPERIENCED A LOT OF INCREASED MAINTENANCE IN THAT LINE. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY CLEANING IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS NOW, WHICH IS, UM, EXCESSIVE. IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE NORMALLY DO. IT'S NORMALLY ABOUT FIVE YEAR ROTATION FOR A, A PROPER WORKING SEWER LINE. UM, SO, UM, YEAH, SO WE CHOSE CARE BASED ON THEIR, UM, PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE WITH OTHER CONTRACTS WITH US. UM, AND THEY ALSO HAVE CONSTRUCTION CREWS IN THE AREA, WHICH WE'VE, WE FELT WOULD BE, UM, EFFICIENT. SO, UM, THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS 9 590 $3,920 WE ARE, WHICH IS OVER WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, BUT WE WILL UTILIZE SOME FUNDS FROM NEXT YEAR'S, UM, PLANNED SEWER LINE REHABS TO COVER THE OVERAGE THERE. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MADEAS, PETE? JUST CHECKING. OKAY. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LINKING AGREEMENT WITH CURE CIVIL CORPORATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTHVIEW SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $593,920. SECOND. SECOND, MELISSA, SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WERE UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. OKAY, ITEM EIGHT B [8.b. AB 3146 Discussion/possible action for approval of a Resolution authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement for Construction and Administration of Emergency Siren System between Coconino County (AZ) and the City of Sedona.] AB 31 46, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY, EXCUSE ME, EMERGENCY SIREN SYSTEM BETWEEN COO COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SEDONA. CHIEF, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR, BUT I AM NOT GONNA BE PRESENTING. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT. UM, JESSICA WILL AND SHE'LL DO THE INTRO. WOW. OKAY. WE DON'T BITE REALLY. JESSICA . WELL, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M JESSICA BRYSON, I'M THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF. AND I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I'M JOINED HERE BY THE CHIEF, BUT I'M ALSO JOINED BY TIM CARTER AND HE IS THE, UM, ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE COCONINO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT. AND WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT, AS YOU SAW, UM, BETWEEN THE CITY AND COCONINO COUNTY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THAT EMERGENCY SIREN, UH, SYSTEM IN UPTOWN SEDONA. SO WE JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PROJECT AS WELL AS THAT INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT. UM, SO THIS IS A MULTI-AGENCY PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. THE CHIEF HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK WITH THE FORMER DIRECTOR, WES DYSON. AND WHEN WES MOVED ON, UM, TIM TOOK OVER, UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN, THESE TWO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT PROJECT FOR, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO THE MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM IS CRUCIAL TO OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, AS YOU WELL KNOW. AND WE DO A REALLY GREAT JOB OF, UM, TELLING OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT OUR MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, WE DO A GREAT JOB OF TELLING THEM TO TEXT, YOU KNOW, RED ROCKS. THIS IS OUR LITTLE PLUG FOR OUR NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS, UM, TO TEXT RED ROCKS TO 8 8 8 7 7 7, [00:35:02] OR TO SIGN UP FOR THAT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, UH, VIA WWW.NICKEL.COM FOR MORE CUSTOMIZED, UH, ALERTS. BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT WHEN I GO ON VACATION, I'M NOT ONE TO, YOU KNOW, GO LOOKING FOR THE MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR WHATEVER TOWN I'M VISITING. IT'S JUST NOT WHAT I DO. SO, UM, THIS, I'M, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT OUR, OUR VISITORS ARE NOT PREPARED, YOU KNOW, IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. UH, SO SOMETHING LIKE A WILDFIRE, A FLOOD, A SNOWSTORM, OR A HEAT RELATED EVENT. SO THESE SIREN SYSTEMS WILL ALLOW US TO REACH BOTH OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO NOTIFY THEM OF SUCH EMERGENCIES. SO ESPECIALLY IN A DENSE, DENSELY POPULATED AREA LIKE UPTOWN. UM, AND IT WOULD EVEN ALLOW US TO REACH OUR RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP FOR OUR SYSTEM, OR WHO MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF THAT EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. SO IT REALLY WILL HELP US TO REACH THE, THOSE POPULATIONS. UM, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT. UH, SO WE ARE, UM, AT THE CITY ARE, ARE GREAT BENEFICIARIES OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COCONINO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT FOUND THIS CONGRESSIONALLY DESIGNATED SPENDING AWARD. UM, AND IT'S ADMINISTERED BY FEMA TO FUND THIS PROJECT. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS JUST UNDER $270,000, SO IT'S ABOUT $269,200. AND THE, THE AWARD IS MADE DIRECTLY TO COCONINO COUNTY, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE ADMINISTERING THIS, THIS AWARD FOR YEAR ONE. SO IT'S THE RF P'S BEEN ISSUED TO, TO CO OR BY COCONINO COUNTY FOR THIS PROJECT ALREADY. SO THE SOLICITATIONS CLOSED AND WE, UH, HAD A TREMENDOUS RESPONSE TO THAT SOLICITATION. WE RECEIVED NINE PROPOSALS FOR IT. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THAT EVALUATION PROCESS FOR THOSE PROPOSALS, UH, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. UM, SO ONCE AWARDED THE CONTRACT WILL BE FOR THE PURCHASE INSTALLATION AND THEN YEAR ONE OF THE, UM, THE SUBSCRIPTION WARRANTY AND THE MAINTENANCE COST OF THAT SYSTEM. AND THEN BEYOND YEAR ONE, THEN THE CITY OF SEDONA WILL ASSUME, UH, THE COST OF THAT SYSTEM, WHICH, UH, THAT ANNUAL ONGOING COST WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $10,000. THAT'S WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ESTIMATED COSTS HAVE BEEN AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR SYSTEMS. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE SIRENS THAT WE, WE ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE, THEY'RE GONNA EMIT ACOUSTIC WARNING SIGNALS AND DIGITAL VOICE MESSAGING, AND THEY CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO, UM, EMIT, UH, VARIOUS LANGUAGES WITH VARIOUS MESSAGES AND THEY CAN BE CUSTOMIZED TO WHATEVER THE EMERGENCY SITUATION IS. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO POTENTIAL OPTIONS. THEY'RE GONNA BE EITHER POLE MOUNTED THAT ARE SUNKEN INTO THE GROUND OR ROOFTOP MOUNTED ON TOP OF SOME OF THE ROOFS, UM, AND AT POTENTIAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT UPTOWN. SO, AND TIM WAS SHARING WITH ME THE OTHER DAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM USING, UH, FEDERAL DOLLARS, THAT IF THEY ARE THE, UM, GROUND, THE POLE MOUNTED, UH, DEVICES THAT SIT IN THE GROUND, IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF GROUND DISTURBANCE, THEN WE MAY NEED TO GO THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS, UH, THE NEPA PROCESS WHERE THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HISTOR HISTORICAL, UH, EVALUATION DONE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO THAT DOES TAKE SOME TIME, WHICH MAY LENGTHEN THE, UM, THE PROCESS. SO JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF. UM, SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE AMOUNT THAT THIS FUNDING, UH, IS GIVEN TO US WILL, IT WILL, UH, FUND APPROXIMATELY FOUR SIRENS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY BE LOOKING AT. AND THE EXACT LOCATIONS WOULD BE BASED ON, UH, VENDOR TESTING AND EVALUATION. AND, UH, SO WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH OUR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE, UH, WHERE EXACTLY WOULD BE THE BEST LOCATION FOR THESE SIRENS. SO IF THIS PILOT PROCESS OR PROJECT IS DEEMED SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE COULD LOOK AT EXPANDING IT TO OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, SO THAT WE COULD BETTER SERVE OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. AND SO, UM, THE TARGET AREA IS IN THAT, THAT NORTHERN PART OF THE COCONINO COUNTY, UM, IN THAT UPTOWN AREA THAT WE'RE ALSO FAMILIAR WITH, UH, AND NOT TO, NOT TO GO BELOW PROBABLY THE BREW BREWER ROAD LOCATION. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF FOLEY AND TIM TO ADD WHATEVER THEY SEE FIT. HEY, GOOD EVENING MATTER, MS. VICE MAYOR. COUNSEL, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. UH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME EMAIL CONVERSATIONS ON THIS, UH, AND WITH MY PREDECESSOR WES, UH, KIND OF BEEN A LONG TIME COMING TO, GETTING TO THIS POINT, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. UM, A A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR THE, THE SYSTEM THAT WE'VE ALSO ASKED FOR, WE WROTE A VERY SPECIFIC RFP, UH, FOR THE PROPOSALS. UM, IT, IT IS DESIGNED TO, UH, FOR THE PROJECT TO, WHILE THE COUNTY WILL KIND OF PURCHASE AND INSTA BUILD THE HOUSE, WE WILL ARE GOING TO, UH, GIVE CHIEF FOLEY THE KEYS. UH, SO FOR THE LOCAL ACCESS ADMINISTRATION TO, TO [00:40:01] ACTIVATE THE SIREN, WILL, WILL BE SOLELY FOR THE CITY. UH, THAT SAID, WE ARE GOING TO BUILD IN A BACKUP TO, UH, OUR COUNTYWIDE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. UM, THAT WAY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, UH, THERE'S A, A REDUNDANT SYSTEM, UH, THAT WE CAN SET OFF THE REMOTELY EVEN, UM, FROM FLAGSTAFF, FROM WEB APPS OR WHATEVER, UH, JUST TO GIVE THAT, THAT BACKUP AND THAT LITTLE BIT OF A CONTINUITY THERE. UH, JESSICA DID MENTION THAT THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, UH, ASSESSMENTS, UM, THAT IS, UH, I WOULD SAY KIND OF THE, THE, THE BANE OF OUR EXISTENCE DEALING WITH FEDERAL FUNDING. A LOT OF TIMES IT, IT, IT IS A VALUABLE TOOL, BUT IT, UH, UH, THE, THE PROCESS CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT, ONCE WE WORK WITH, UH, WITH YOU GUYS TO, TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE, WE WILL SUBMIT THOSE FORMS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, UH, TO THE STATE AND, UH, UP CHANNEL TO FEMA SO WE CAN GET THAT PROCESS ROLLING, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO, UM, IT IS ONE THAT WE'RE EXCITED, UH, TO DO. UH, I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT PROJECT FOR, UH, FOR THE CITY. UM, AND I ALWAYS KIND OF, I TOLD JESSICA, I KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DATE MYSELF BEING FROM, UH, BORN AND RAISED IN THE, THE SOUTHEAST IN TORNADO COUNTRY. IT'S NOT THE OLD AIR RAID SIRENS THAT GO OFF EVERY SATURDAY AT, AT, AT NOON. UM, SOME OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. UM, THE, THE SYSTEMS ARE, UH, THEY'RE DESIGNED NOW. THE, THE, THE TESTING FOR THAT IS, IS COMPLETELY SILENT. UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S JUST A SYSTEMS CHECK OF THE ELECTRONICS THAT THE ONLY TIME THEY MAKE NOISE IS WHEN WE WANT THEM TO. UM, SO IT, UH, IT, IT'S VERY VALUABLE. THE TECHNOLOGY IS, UH, HAS GROWN. WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM A SYSTEM THAT WE PUT IN IN FLAGSTAFF SIMILAR TO THIS FOR, UH, DESIGN SHAPE AND, AND CAPABILITIES FOR THESE SYSTEMS. SO, UH, WE'RE REAL EXCITED TO, TO LOOK AT, UH, THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS AND, AND RANK THOSE AND GET THE BEST PRODUCT FOR THE CITY CHIEF. ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, JUST AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE IT. OKAY, BRIAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. I HEARD THE WORD NEPA. SO IS THAT APPLICABLE FOR A POLL IN A CITY RIGHT OF WAY? LIKE IS IT APPLICABLE NO MATTER WHAT, IF THERE'S A POLL THAT'S USED? I, I WILL SAY, UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS APPLICABLE. IF YOU WANNA HANG A FEDERALLY FUNDED PHOTO ON THAT WALL AND PUT A NAIL IN THE, THAT WALL, IT, IT'S APPLICABLE. SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, YES. SO JUST TO, TO GO OFF THAT, WHAT WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN, SOME OF THE LOCATIONS WE TENTATIVELY, PRELIMINARILY, UM, LOOKED AT WOULD BE MORE OF THE ROOF MOUNTED, WHICH GOES INTO WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING WITH, UM, SOME OF THE, THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE THAT CAPABILITY MORE SO THAN OTHERS, AND ALSO THAT MEET SOME OF OUR SPECIFIC CODES TO COLOR. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE COULD HAVE UP TO FOUR SIRENS, WE COULD ALSO SAY THAT DEPENDING ON THE SYSTEM, THAT WE COULD PICK THREE AND THEN ADD DISC FOR ADDING ADDITIONAL RADIUS TO THAT LOCATION. SO THERE'S A LOT ONCE IT'S DECIDED WHICH COMPANY, UM, THAT WILL MEET OUR NEEDS. AND, AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GREAT. TIM'S OFFERED US TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AS WELL WHEN GOING THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT MEETINGS. SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH CARRIE AND HANCO AS WELL TO HELP. OKAY. AND ALSO IF IT, IF, IF ONE OF THEM HAPPENS TO BE PLACED IN A LOCATION THAT'S ALREADY UNDERGONE A NEPA EVALUATION, THEN THAT NEPA WOULD STILL, WOULD STILL APPLY, SO. OH, OKAY. GOOD. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT THE MONEY IS FLOWING THROUGH FEMA. SO WITH THE CURRENT REGIME IN WASHINGTON HAVING FEMA IN ITS, UH, TARGET, UM, IS THERE ANY RISK OF THOSE FUNDS BEING LOST AT THIS POINT? NEVER SAY NEVER, BUT, UM, FOR THIS FUNDING, THIS WAS PART OF A, A LARGER AWARD THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVED FOR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER UPGRADES AND ENHANCEMENTS. UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM BOTH SENATOR KELLY'S OFFICE WHO SPONSORED THIS AND FROM, UH, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THAT THE FUNDING IS STILL THERE AND IS STILL IN PLACE. SO WE SHOULD PROCEED AS ACCORDINGLY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TODAY. APPRECIATE IT. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR MELISSA, ANYTHING AND THE PLACE? MAYOR. UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I GREW UP IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. I KNOW TORNADOES IRONS. UM, YOU, YOU SAID SOMETHING I FOUND CURIOUS. SO YOU SAID IF THIS WAS SUCCESSFUL, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANNA PLACE ADDITIONAL ONES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY ARE NOT IN COCONINO COUNTY. HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S GOING, IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, IF WE HAVE NO EMERGENCIES? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK, UM, WE'D EVALUATE IT. YEAH. I THINK WE WOULD EVALUATE IT FOR, UM, OTHER LOCATIONS. AND AS FAR AS HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION WENT, THAT SYSTEM ITSELF, AND THEN SOME OF THE TESTING THAT'S GONE ON, I MEAN, WE WILL, WE WILL BE TRYING TO RUN TESTS AND THINGS. SO IF IT'S [00:45:01] A, I MEAN, IDEALLY WE NEVER HAVE TO USE IT. YEAH. AND SO WE MIGHT NOT KNOW, UM, LATER ON, BUT I THINK WHAT, WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE WAS INCORPORATING A REDUNDANCY AS FAR AS NOTIFICATION. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LAYERS THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FLAGSTAFF THAT THEY'VE UTILIZED AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. SO WE'RE BUILDING THE PROGRAM AFTER THAT AND USING THEIR SUCCESS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF OUR SUCCESS. THANK YOU. I GUESS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT IS THIS MOVES FORWARD INTO YAVAPAI COUNTY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO USE IT. UM, MY OTHER QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, UM, IT'S FINE TO HAVE THESE SIRENS, BUT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE MEANING IS, SO THEY DON'T THINK IT'S JUST A STANDARD TEST WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN USE LANGUAGES AND SO AND SO ON, IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING OF WORKING WITH HOTELS AND SDRS AND ALL THESE OTHER PLACES WHERE WE HAVE VISITORS COME WHO WILL, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT THIS IS PART OF OUR SYSTEM FOR EVACUATION? SHOULD WE EVER NEED TO EVACUATE? SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES. UM, WE PLAN, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT YOU TENTATIVELY HAVE APPROVED FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, THAT THIS WILL BE PART OF THEIR FOLLOW-UP TO ALSO WORK WITH THERESA FOR SOME SHORT-TERM RENTAL AGREEMENTS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT FOR WHAT HOMEOWNERS WILL PUT IN THEIRS, US GO AROUND TO HOTELS AND DO SOME MORE NOTIFICATION AND EDUCATION SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. HI, TIM. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. UH, SO THIS HAS BEEN IN PROCESS FOR A WHILE, AND SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE IMPLEMENTATION. SO CAN YOU GIVE FOR, FOR THEM WHO ARE LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION? AND JESSICA, BY THE WAY, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB FIRST TIME. MM-HMM . GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. VICE SM MAYOR. APPRECIATE THAT. UH, CAN YOU GIVE A TIMELINE SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE AN EXPECTATION? THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION. UH, I WISH I COULD. AND I THINK A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO DEPEND ON, UM, WHAT THAT NEPA PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND FROM PRIOR PROJECTS, UM, NON-IRON. BUT GOING THROUGH THAT, THAT, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, HISTORICAL, UH, REVIEW FIRST, IF THERE'S GROUND DISTURBANCE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY TAKE LONGER. UM, I, I, IF WE SUBMIT A, A PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON TOP OF AN EXISTING BUILDING, UH, YOU KNOW, SAY ONE OF THE HOTELS WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP AND HAVE ONE ON THERE, UH, THAT USUALLY WILL BE A, A MUCH SHORTER, UH, AND CAN BE, YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW MONTHS VERSUS, UM, YOU KNOW, A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. SO UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE A, A SOLID ANSWER OF THESE WILL BE OPERATIONAL BY THIS DATE. UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE, THE, THE PROPOSAL SCORED BY THE END OF THE MONTH AND THEN WE WILL, UH, WORK WITH THROUGH THE COUNTY'S PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO, UM, AWARD AND NEGOTIATE A SUCCESSFUL CONTRACT THAT USUALLY TAKES, YOU KNOW, 30 DAYS. IT, IT'S A PRETTY QUICK PROCESS. UH, IF WE CAN STAY ON THAT AND THEN, UM, GET THEM TO TOWN, UH, THEY WILL PROBABLY COME, UH, TO SEDONA WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO SOME PHYSICAL ONSITE LOOKING AROUND FOR, UH, THE ACOUSTIC SURVEYS FOR WHERE THEY WANT TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS. UH, ONCE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE LOCATIONS, THEN WE CAN SUBMIT THAT, UH, PAPERWORK TO FEMA. THAT'S KIND OF THE WORKFLOW PROCESS. SO IT'LL TAKE A FEW MONTHS TO TO TO GET THROUGH THAT. AND THEN AS SOON AS WE GET THE APPROVALS, UH, FROM THE FEMA AND, AND ALSO FROM THE STATE HISTORICAL OFFICE, UH, WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION. SO CHIEF, I THINK THERE'S A OBVIOUS ANSWER TO WHERE THE LOCATIONS FOR THESE SIRENS SHOULD BE . UH, THAT'S WHY WE'VE TENTATIVELY SELECTED SOME SITES ALREADY , UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA KEEP WORKING ON IT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND REALLY TRY AND HELP THAT BE AN EASIER PROCESS FOR SOME OF THE SITE LOCATIONS. A LOT OF IT'S JUST THE ACOUSTIC TESTING ALONGSIDE. SO LIKE WE SAID, DEPENDING ON THE SYSTEM THAT WE PICK, IS IT ADDING MORE DISC FOR RADIUS OR IS IT ADDING ONE MORE SIREN IN ANOTHER LOCATION? AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE LOOKED AT. THAT REALLY DETERMINES IT. SURE. THE VISITOR CENTER WOULD BE AN IDEAL LOCATION. , YOU GO, RIGHT? ANDREW'S READY FOR ANYTHING. HE'S UP FOR THE TASK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY, DEREK. UM, I'LL JUST ADD, I GREW UP NEAR ONE OF THE NUCLEAR ATTACK SIRENS IN PHOENIX , AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THEY CAN BE TESTED SILENTLY, . SO JUST THUMBS UP THERE, PETE. THANK YOU. MAYOR, WILL YOU START THE PROCESS WITH ONE OR TWO IF THEY'RE EASILY LOCATABLE AND THEN DO MORE? OR DO YOU NEED TO WAIT TILL ALL FOUR ARE LOCATED? I WOULD SAY IT WOULD [00:50:01] BE BEST FOR US TO TRY AND DO THEM ALL AT ONE TIME TO KEEP FROM ANY DELAYS. SO IF, IF POSSIBLE, AND MOST IDEAL WOULD BE TO INSTALL THEM ALL AND IDENTIFY THE, IDENTIFY THE LOCATIONS AND HAVE THE CREW THAT'S OUT, DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME. I WILL SAY THAT I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE CHIEF'S VOICE BEAM DOWN TO ME EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AT NOON. BUT I'LL LIVE WITH THAT DISAPPOINTMENT THOUGH. THANK YOU. NO . KATHY, I'LL WAIT FOR COMMENTS. OKAY. SO, UH, A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. UH, HOW IS THE, UH, THE, UH, CLARITY OF THESE SPEAKERS AS FAR AS ECHOING, BECAUSE SIRENS I GET, THEY'RE SO NOW, I DON'T KNOW, 1970S, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN, EXCEPT IT'S A FIRE BACK IN NEW YORK. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS BECAUSE I REMEMBER WES GIVING THE PRESENTATION WITH THE CHIEF AND THE CHIEF BEFORE HER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE WORDS COMING OUT. SO HOW CLEAR WILL THEY BE SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND AND FEEL A LITTLE BIT SAFER? Y YES, SIR. GREAT QUESTION. UH, THE, THE SIRENS, USUALLY THE, FOR THE ACOUSTIC TESTS, UH, THEY WILL MEASURE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AT DECIBEL LEVELS. THEY'LL MEASURE THE SIREN SOUND ITSELF, UH, AND, AND THEN THE VOICE. TYPICALLY, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, UM, HISTORICALLY YOU'LL HAVE A, AN, AN ALERT SOUND OF SOME KIND THAT WILL NOTIFY PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, TO PAY ATTENTION. AND THEN IT WILL PLAY THE VOICE MESSAGE AND THEN USUALLY HAVE A CLOSING SOUND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TYPICALLY, THE VOICE DOESN'T CARRY QUITE AS FAR AS THE TONE. UH, SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL MEASURE TWO, UH, TWO DIFFERENT, UH, DECIBEL READINGS FOR THAT. BUT THE CLARITY IS USUALLY ENGINEERED FOR THESE SIRENS. AND THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN FLAGSTAFF FOR FLASH FLOODING, UH, ALONG A WASH, ARE EXTREMELY CLEAR. YEAH. EXCELLENT. AND YOU JUST ANSWERED MY NEXT QUESTION ABOUT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE THEM. I WASN'T SURE IF FLAGSTAFF HAD THEM. SO WE DID, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO LEVERAGE SOME, UH, DEPARTMENT OF FORESTING FIRE MANAGEMENT FUNDING. WE HAVE FOUR SITES, UH, IN THE, THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD, KIND OF IN THE EAST SIDE OF FLAGSTAFF, UM, WHERE WE HAVE A A, A VERY SIMILAR SYSTEM THERE. AND CAN YOU ACTIVATE SOME, BUT NOT ALL. SO THAT, OR SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE'RE INTO ZONES AS FLAGSTAFF INTO ZONES, ALSO IT FLEX STAFF IS, BUT ALL OF OUR SIRENS ARE KIND OF ALONG ONE DRAINAGE. UH, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, YOU CAN SELECT, UH, WHICH SIRENS TO ACTIVATE ALL NINE, ONE OR TWO, UH, OR A MIX. AND ARE THE, THESE PRERECORDED MESSAGES, OR CAN YOU SAY ZONE 12, WHERE I'M, I'M AT ZONE 12, YOU KNOW, READY, SET OR GO AND TO GIVE THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD GO BE ON NICKEL? TYPICALLY THE ANSWER IS YES, ALL THE ABOVE. UH, RIGHT NOW OURS ARE, ARE, AND WHAT WE WOULD, WOULD LOOK TO DO FOR HERE IS HAVE PRE-PROGRAMMED MESSAGING. UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A, A RADIO SYSTEM WHERE WE COULD BEAM THE CHIEF'S VOICE ON SATURDAY AND PLAY A LIVE MESSAGE. UH, DEPENDING SING WHAT MEANS EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, IT WOULD BE GOOD . SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE AN EVACUATION FOR A VERY DIFFERENT REASON THEN . I, I, I, I GET IT. I GET IT. AND THEN WHY ARE YOU CALLING THEM SIRENS? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY SIRENS INSTEAD OF SPEAKERS OR, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION OR WHATEVER. IS IT JUST AN EASY WORD FOR ME? I THINK THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'VE ALL GROWN UP, CALLING THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IS MORE APPROPRIATE. ABSOLUTELY. AND SOME CALL 'EM HIGH POWER SPEAKER ARRAYS. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST THE VERNACULAR FOR THAT . AND WOULD SOME OF THE A PS POLLS BE CANDIDATES FOR, OR THOSE LOCATIONS BE SOMETHING? 'CAUSE SOME OF THE POLES IN UPTOWN ARE QUITE HIGH. THE NEWER STEEL POLES ARE, ARE QUITE HIGH. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WORKS GOOD FOR YOU OR AGAINST YOU, BUT I JUST WANNA SEE THIS HAPPEN YESTERDAY. MM-HMM . SO IF A PREEXISTING POLE IS THERE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A NEPA STUDY, WHICH I DON'T GET IF IT'S NOT IN THE FOREST SERVICE, WHILE YOU'D HAVE TO DO ANYTHING IN THE CITY RIGHT AWAY. BUT, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED? IT DEFINITELY COULD BE CONSIDERED SO, WELL, IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO FOR SURE. WELL, AP PS HAS BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING WITH A LOT OF THINGS IN THE CITY. UH, I WOULD HOPE IT MAYBE THEY CAN WORK WITH YOU OR NOT. THAT ENDS MY QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL GO TO COMMENTS. UH, ANYTHING TO MY RIGHT? NOTHING, KATHY, I KNOW YOU HAD A COMMENT. I DO. I JUST, THIS HAS BEEN A, A, A WHILE COMING AND I JUST WANTED TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK FIRST OF ALL THE CHIEF FOR HAVING TAKEN THIS ON AND A VERY DEDICATED WAY, BUT REALLY ALSO COCONINO COUNTY WHO STEPPED IN WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO PULL ALL THIS TOGETHER AND HAS PROVIDED LEADERSHIP AND RESOURCES AND UH, IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCH A HELP TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THANKS FOR THAT AND SAY THAT IT REALLY LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS COMING IN. 'CAUSE I THINK IT WAS A MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS FEEL VERY [00:55:01] STRONGLY ABOUT, AND HOPEFULLY WILL SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT THERE'S A WAY THEY CAN BE WOKEN UP, UH, IF NEED BE. NOTHING GONNA WAKE ME UP. SO, SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME, DEDICATION. I DO HOPE THAT THE TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION CAN BE AS EXPEDIENT AS POSSIBLE, BUT I KNOW SOME OF THAT IS OUTTA YOUR HANDS, BUT WE'RE MOVING THAT MUCH CLOSER. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, I HAVE ONE MORE JUST THOUGHT OF, TIM, YOU REPRESENT COCONINO COUNTY. WHAT ABOUT YALI PI? BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THE SYSTEM CAN BE, YOU KNOW, TRANSITIONED INTO YAVAPAI AND WORK TOGETHER AND BEING THAT WE WOULD HAVE CONTROL OF THESE SPEAKERS, WHICH WHOEVER IT IS SPEAKING, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YAVAPAI IS GONNA BE WORKING WITH US? OR IS THIS, UH, JUST ON THE COCAINO SIDE? IT, SO BECAUSE THE FUNDING WAS AWARDED TO CO COCONINO COUNTY, IT HAS TO, UH, THE PROJECTS HAVE TO STAY PHYSICALLY WITHIN COCONINO COUNTY. UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE SOUND CAN'T TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, SOUND'S NOT GONNA STOP AT THE COUNTY LINE. UH, BUT MIKE, UH, MIKE COUNTERPART, ASHLEY ALQUIST, THAT YAVAPI COUNTY EMERGENCY BANK IS AWARE OF THIS. UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE REASON THAT THE COUNTY'S INVOLVED IS WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE FUNDING. SO I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AS WELL AS REACHING FORWARD TO THIS. IT'S SO I CAN REACH OUT TO HER AND COMMUNICATE AND ASK. BUT, UM, THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH IT. THEY SUPPORT IT. UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING THAT, THAT WE CAN DO TO, TO HELP YOUR RESIDENTS OR MY RESIDENTS AS WELL. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO, TO HELP THE PUBLIC IS, IS BENEFICIAL. AND OF COURSE, IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PAY INTO THE SYSTEM OURSELVES, RIGHT? SO IF WE WANNA EXPAND IT INTO Y PI, WE COULD DO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. CORRECT. SO, OKAY. CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS LONG OVERDUE ITEM MOTION? KATHY, THANK YOU. I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 6 6 0 6 0 0 6 AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF AN EMERGENCY SIREN SYSTEM BETWEEN COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA, AND THE CITY OF SEDONA. SECOND. OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? YOU ARE UNANIMOUS. GOOD JOB CHIEF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JESSICA AND JESSICA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE SHOULD BRING YOU BACK AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. OH, . THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. OKAY, [8.c. AB 3213 Discussion/possible action regarding adoption of an Ordinance amending Sedona City Code Section 2.10.040 Powers and duties of the mayor.] ITEM C, AB 32 13. DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SEDONA CITY CODE SECTION 2.1 0.040 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSELORS. UH, WE HAVE BEFORE YOU SOME PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2 10 0 4 0. UH, THIS IS JUST, UM, THE NEXT PART OF A DISCUSSION THAT STARTED WITH COUNCIL, UM, BACK WHEN THEY WERE REVIEWING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE. UH, AT THE TIME I DIDN'T REALIZE, I KNEW THEY BOTH SPOKE ABOUT THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF MAYORS, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE IS THAT THEY'RE EXACTLY, EXACTLY DUPLICATED THE RULES SAID THE EXACT SAME AS THE ORDINANCE. UM, AND SO THIS IS A PROPOSED CHANGE AND UPDATE THAT WOULD, WE TOOK THIS OUT OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE. UM, COUNSEL APPROVED THAT ALREADY. AND THEN THIS IS THE, THE NEXT PART OF THE DISCUSSION. SO, PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL HAD HAD ASKED TO REMOVE THE, UH, THAT THEY MAY BE CALLED THE, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE CITY THAT WAS LISTED IN TWO PLACES IN BOTH THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AND THE CITY CODE. SO THAT'S IN THERE. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER CHANGES ARE ONE, UH, TO BRING THE CITY CODE AND COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. THE EMERGENCY POWERS ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO, UM, ORDER THE CLOSING OF ANY BUSINESS. UH, THAT WAS A CHANGE THAT CAME OUT OF COVID-19 EMERGENCY PROCLAMATIONS FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. UM, AND THEN JUST MAKING THESE TERMS GENDER NEUTRAL, CALLING IT THE MAYOR INSTEAD OF HE, UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A FEMALE MAYOR, COUPLE. YEP. UH, AND THEN THE, ALSO MAKING A CHANGE JUST TO THE PROCEDURES ABOUT DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH COUNSELOR RAISED THIS, UM, BUT STATING ABOUT THE ABILITY OF, OF A COUNCIL TO REVIEW A MAYOR'S EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION. SO THIS WAS KIND OF THE, THE MOST COMMON SENSE WAY I COULD THINK OF DOING IT. AND ALSO ALLOWING THE, THE VICE MAYOR ALREADY CAN ACT IN THE MAYOR'S ABSENCE, BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THE MAYOR WAS UNABLE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION, ALLOWING THE VICE MAYOR TO DO THAT, UH, AND THEN ALLOWING COUNCIL TO HAVE A CHECK ON THAT TO, UM, TERMINATE ANY DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY OR EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION UPON A MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNCIL. SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES BEFORE COUNCIL. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. BRIAN, [01:00:01] MELISSA, VICE MAYOR? NO. OKAY. KATHY, OF COURSE. . HI. UM, KURT, YOU HAD SAID, UH, IN THE AB THAT, UH, ONE OF THE GOALS WAS TO MAKE THE TERMS GENDER NEUTRAL, BUT IN RIGHT, IN A, IT SAYS THE MAYOR SHALL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL AND PRESIDE OVER MEETING SHOULD IT NOT JUST BE CHAIR OR CHAIRPERSON. AND UNDER THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE TOO. UM, UNDER C IT SAYS THE MAYOR SHALL EXECUTE AND AUTH AUTHENTICATE BY HIS SIGNATURE. SHOULD IT SAY BY YES, SIR. EITHER THEIR SIGNATURE OR JUST BY SIGNATURE? CORRECT. I CAN MAKE BOTH THOSE CHANGES. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD CATCH. THAT'S WHAT I DO. , WE KNOW PETE. NOPE. DEREK, UH, REMOVING, ORDERING THE CLOSING OF ANY BUSINESS IS ONE OF THE POWERS. UM, ARE WE JUST DOING THAT? SO IT'S NOT IN THE CODE? 'CAUSE IT'S INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO. SO THAT IS A, THIS THE AUTHORITY FOR ALL THIS COMES FROM THE STATE LAW AND THE STATE REMOVED THAT, UM, AS AN AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR. SO IT'S NO LONGER AN OPTION. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO I'VE GOT BOTH THOSE CHANGES MADE IN THE DOCUMENT ALREADY. OKAY. SO THAT WE'LL GO TO AS WE AS AMENDED. AS AMENDED. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I CAN DO THAT. KATHY, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 0 5 0 5 AMENDING SEDONA CITY CODE SECTIONS 2.1 0.040 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE MAYOR AS AMENDED HERE IN DISCUSSION. SECOND. OKAY. SECONDED BY COUNCILOR FURMAN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? WE UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE GONNA STILL DO, UH, A I'M SORRY, D JUST, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, YEAH, IF YOU WANNA ANNOUNCE IT, MR. MAY, WE CAN DO THAT ONE. YEAH. [8.d. AB 3188 Discussion/possible direction/action regarding proposed State legislation, short-term rental legislation, lobbying efforts, and State budget and their potential impact on the City of Sedona] D IS AB UH, 31 88. DISCUSSION POSSIBLE DIRECTION. ACTION. REGARDING PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATION, SHORT-TERM RENTAL LEGISLATION, LOBBYING EFFORTS, AND THE STATE BUDGET AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE CITY OF SEDONA. OKAY. SO, UM, I PREPARED THIS REPORT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND IT QUICKLY GOT OUT OF DATE. UM, ALTHOUGH THE LEGISLATURES TAKING A, A RECESS, THE GOVERNOR'S BEEN, BEEN VERY ACTIVE BY MY COUNT THAT THERE'S, SHE'S VETOED 87 BILLS AS OF YESTERDAY. THEN SHE VETOED ANOTHER 36 LAST NIGHT, AND THEN 13 JUST, UH, JUST CAME OUT A FEW. I'M NOT SURE WHEN, SOMETIME TODAY. UM, SO THE, THE FIRST FOUR BILLS ARE STILL JUST SITTING IN THE HOUSE. UH, SO THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY CONCERNED, BUT SHE DID, UH, VETO HB 2222. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, UH, REQUIREMENTS, SHE VETOED THE ONES COUNSELS HAS DISCUSSED A COUPLE TIMES ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE. UH, SHE ALSO JUST TODAY VETOED, UH, SB 10 36, UM, ABOUT, UM, THE, SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE, UM, A PROHIBITION AGAINST USING CITY RESOURCES TO INFLUENCE AN AN ELECTION. AND THAT HER REASONING SHE STATED WAS SHE FELT THAT INFRINGED UPON SOME FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND WENT TOO BROAD AND THAT THE CURRENT LAW WAS SUFFICIENT, UM, TO, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT ANY MISUSE OF CITY RESOURCES. UH, AND THEN SHE DID SIGN SB 1353. SO THAT ONE WAS APPROVED TODAY. UH, IT'S ONE THAT WE OPPOSED, UH, IT HAS BEEN AMENDED QUITE A BIT FROM, FROM WHAT WE ARE INITIALLY WERE OPPOSING IT FOR. UH, IT, THE, THE PART ABOUT ALLOWING THIRD PARTY REVIEWS ONLY APPLIES TO CITIES OVER 30,000. BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME OTHER, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT WILL HAVE SOME EFFECT ON HOW WE DO PERMIT REVIEWS. BUT NOTHING, UH, TOO DRASTIC. SO THAT ONE WAS SIGNED TODAY. ANOTHER BILL THAT WAS SIGNED TODAY THAT WAS A STRIKER AND THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ON THE LIST WAS SB 1182 ABOUT MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION HOURS AND COUNTY CONSTRUCTION HOURS. UM, THE CITY ALREADY ALLOWS, UH, FI ALREADY HAS PRETTY LARGE CONSTRUCTION HOURS, 6:00 AM TO 9:00 PM UH, IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND IT CAN GO AT 5:00 AM TO 9:00 PM IN INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL AREAS. UM, THE STATE LAW WILL NOW REQUIRE 5:00 AM EVERYWHERE. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE ZONE, SO, AND DURING SUMMER MONTHS ANYWAYS. SO THEY'LL, WE'LL, WE WILL ALL GET WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND WE'LL LIKELY PUSH THAT FORWARD AN HOUR. THAT ONE, THAT ALSO LEAVES IT OPEN. THE, THE STATE LAW ONLY REQUIRES THE CONSTRUCTION HOURS TO BE TILL 7:00 PM OURS IS TILL 9:00 PM SO THAT'LL BE A DISCUSSION FOR, UM, COUNCIL AS WELL WHEN THAT, IF WE PREPARE AN AMENDMENT TO BRING THAT BACK. WHETHER YOU WANT [01:05:01] TO, SINCE WE'RE GOING EARLIER IN THE MORNING, IN THE SUMMER, DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE UP EARLIER IN THE EVENING? SO, UM, THAT WILL BE ONE THAT JUST CAME UP AS WELL. KURT. IS THAT PERMISSIBLE OR MANDATORY? MANDATORY. SO MANDATORY DURING THE SUMMER HOURS. SO I, I GUESS IN WINTER HOURS YOU COULD HAVE REALLY SHORT ANYWAY. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE PRETTY, UH, APPARENTLY MORE GENEROUS THAN OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS ANYWAYS AND CONSTRUCTION HOURS AND SO IT ONLY REALLY AMOUNT TO A ONE HOUR EARLIER DURING SUMMER MONTHS IN THE SEA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEP. DEREK, I CAN'T READ THESE NUMBERS. ARE ANY OF THE VETOES IN DANGER OF BEING OVERRIDDEN? UM, NO. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. THEY WERE ALL TOO CLOSE. OKAY. SO, AND IT'D HAVE TO BE IN BOTH HOUSES AND I DON'T SEE HER PARTY NECESSARILY, EVEN IF THEY SUPPORTED ORIGINALLY GOING INTO IT, TRY TO OVERRIDE HER VETO, SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT IS KURT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, [8.e. AB 3066 Discussion/possible action regarding future meeting/agenda items] ITEM A AB 30 66 DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING FUTURE MEETING AND AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING PROPOSED BY COUNSEL? NO. OKAY. [9. EXECUTIVE SESSION] JUST REMEMBER WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK IN TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THIS MEETING IS CLOSED AND RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH, YOU CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING IS STILL PENDING. YES. SO WE ARE ADJOURNED [10. ADJOURNMENT] FOR THE OPEN SESSION, THE REGULAR SESSION, REGULAR MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.