* 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. [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Tuesday, December 12, 2023 ONE OR MORE SUPERVISORS MAY ATTEND VIA VIDEO AND/OR TELEPHONICALLY Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02(H), the public body will have physical access to the meeting place one (1) hour prior to the start of the meeting. The Navajo County Board of Supervisors will hold a meeting open to the public on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, in the Supervisors’ Chamber in the Navajo County Governmental Complex, 100 East Code Talkers Drive, Holbrook, Arizona. The Board may vote to meet in a closed executive session to discuss certain matters and for legal advice on any item as indicated on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A) (3). This will be the last meeting that we use Zoom. All other meetings will be available for live view on the Navajo County Website. Join Zoom Meeting, click here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87692173340?pwd=WDU3WWhlZFcxd1JqN1BzYXI1dUdpZz09 Call In Number: 1-253-215-8782 OR 1-346-248-7799 (You may use either teleconference number) Meeting ID: 876 9217 3340 Passcode: 271616 Persons with disabilities who need accommodation to attend or participate in the meeting may contact the Clerk of the Board’s office at (928) 524-4053; at least 48 hours prior to the meeting, so an accommodation can be arranged. Items on the agenda may be considered out of order at the Chairperson's discretion. A copy of the agenda background material provided to the Board, except items to be considered in executive session, is available for public inspection at Navajo County website, www.navajocountyaz.gov “NOTICE TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS: Parents and legal guardians have the right to consent before Navajo County makes a video or voice recording of a minor child, pursuant to A.R.S. § 1-602(A)(9). The Navajo County Board of Supervisors regular meetings are recorded and may be viewed on Navajo County’s website, and social media pages. If you permit your child to attend/participate in a televised Navajo County Board of Supervisors meeting, a recording will be made, and your child’s picture may be posted on Navajo County’s social media pages. You may exercise your right not to consent by not allowing your child to attend/participate in the meeting.” 9:00 a.m. Call To Order: Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance] [00:00:13] GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN BY CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 9 0 3. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS OUR STAFF WAS WORKING OUT SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THANK YOU AGAIN. AND SO, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN BY CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 9:03 AM FOLLOWING WITH AN INVOCATION AND A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BEING LED BY OUR DISTRICT ONE SUPERVISOR, SUPERVISOR, FERN. BEN, IF YOU CAN ALL STAND GOOD MORNING. UM, THANK YOU THIS MORNING AS WE BEFORE PRESENCE AND, UM, AND WE HAVE, UM, THE AGENDA LEADERS HERE. AND I JUST PRAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, [00:05:01] ALLEGIANCE TO APPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS FOR ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE. LIBERTY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE. ALL THANK YOU SUPERVISOR ALI FOR THE INVOCATION AS WELL AS FOR LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND AGAIN, WELCOME TO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WITHIN THE CHAMBER THAT ARE IN THE HALL, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING, UM, VIRTUALLY. AND THEN WE DO, UM, HAVE EXCUSED AS SUPERVISOR, UM, WHITE SINGER FROM DISTRICT FIVE FROM TODAY'S MEETING. [2. CONSENT AGENDA: These items are considered to be routine or administrative in nature and will be approved in a single motion. A Board member may request for any item to be removed from the consent agenda and considered on the regular agenda:] AND SO WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THEM AS FOLLOWS, FOR A IS MINUTES, UH, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2023 REGULAR AND NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023. SPECIAL B IS WOR IN VOUCHER REPORT OVER 1000 FOR NOVEMBER, 2023 C CONSTABLE REPORTS, WINSLOW PRECINCT NUMBER TWO, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 2023. SNOWFLAKE PRECINCT NUMBER THREE, OCTOBER, 2023 KK TO PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR, OCTOBER, 2023, SHOW LOW PRECINCT NUMBER FIVE, OCTOBER, 2023, PINETOP LAKE SITE PRECINCT NUMBER SIX, NOVEMBER, 2020 3D IS 2024 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. E IS PURCHASE OF ONE COMPACT, RAPID DEPLOYABLE AND TWO MINI COMPACT RAPID DEPLOYABLE UNITS THROUGH FIRSTNET F AS AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO CONTRACT B ONE 9 MILLION 801 4 INMATE COMMISS AIR, UM, AND RESIDENT BANKING SERVICES WITH THE SUMMIT FOOD SERVICES LLC EXTENDING THE CONTRACT ONE YEAR. G IS A CONTRACT SIGNED BY THE COUNTY MANAGER PURSUANT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RESOLUTION. J-W-A-L-L-C CONTRACT NUMBER ONE FOR EXPANSION WORK AT THE WHITE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX IN SHOW LOW H IS ACCEPTANCE OF THE FY 24 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL VICTIMS' VICTIMS' RIGHTS PROGRAM GRANT AND THE AMOUNT OF $12,400 FOR 31.33% OF THE SALARY AND EMPLOYEE RELATED EXPENSE FOR THE VICTIM'S RIGHTS PROGRAM. SECRETARY I IS PURCHASED OF 175 MOBILE RADIOS AND 155 PORTABLE RADIOS FUNDED THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. GRANT GJ IS ACCEPTANCE OF FY 24 THROUGH FY 23 D-P-S-V-O-C VOCA GRANT NUMBER 2 2 0 2 3 2 9 4. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS K IS APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT APPOINTMENTS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE PRO TEMP AND JUVENILE HEARING OFFICERS TO SERVE IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2024 L 2023 SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARY LETTER APPROVING THE BOUNDARIES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NAVAJO COUNTY. M IS REISSUANCE A STALE DATE OF CHECK IN CERTIFICATE OF REMOVAL AND AN ABATEMENT PURGING RECORD OF TAX PENALTY AND INTEREST ON PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX PURSUANT TO ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE SUBSECTION 42 1 9 1 1 8 AND SUBSECTION 42 1 8 3 5 3 O ADOPT EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION POLICY P. APPOINTMENT OF JAMES ARCHER WALTON PIO, UH, AS A LI LIBERTARIAN PRECINCT COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR OH TWO PAINTED DESERT PRECINCT Q. APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS CLARKTON KAUFMAN, KENNETH RAY ALLEN, LISA A. MARSHALL CHRISTIE LYNN BLACKMAN, WALTER J BLACKMAN, DONNA LEANNE RU UH RUIZ AND BRIAN DALE WARREN AS REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE PRECINCT, OUR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND NAVAJO COUNTY TO RECEIVE 178,000 FOR FY 2023 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG PROGRAM FOR CLAY SPRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT S IS ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF THE COMPLETE REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT ROLE OF NAVAJO COUNTY FOR THE TAX YEAR 2024 AND DIRECT THE CLERK TO ACCEPT IT FOR FILING PURSUANT TO ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE SUBSECTION 42 1 5 1 5 3 T IS TASK AGREEMENT NUMBER 35 TO THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, NAVAJO REGION AND NAVAJO COUNTY FOR CONTINUED FUNDING SUPPORT OF TWO NA COUNTY ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. YOU AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND GRATION GRAN GRAN CAUCUS. I'M NOT TOO SURE IF I PRONOUNCED THAT CORRECTLY FOR A WEBCASTING SOLUTION. TO ADD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE SIMPLY SYMPATHY LETTERS TO PAM PHILLIPS PUBLIC FIDUCIARY, CARLA PLUM SHERIFF AND ELIZABETH WHITETHORN, BANAL CONSTABLE. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ITEMS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS? HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION OF APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THE ITEMS AS READ MOTION. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR BANAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SECOND BY VICE [00:10:01] CHAIR WHITING. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL PIS HAVE IT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL NOW GO [1. CALL TO THE PUBLIC: Individuals may address the Board on any relevant issue for up to 3 minutes. At the close of the call to the public, Board members may not respond to any comments but may respond to criticism, ask staff to review a matter or ask that a matter be placed on a future agenda.] AHEAD AND GO BACK UP TO THE CALL TO PUBLIC AND WE DO HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. SO THE INDIVIDUALS. UM, PLEASE, AS I MAKE YOUR, AS I RECOGNIZE YOU, YOU MAY COME TO THE PODIUM AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AS WELL AS YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THE AGENDA ITEM. AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUT WITH, UH, DONNA GERST. SHE'S PROBABLY OUTSIDE. DONNA GER. DONNA DONNA GIR. OKAY. ERIC GERST. DEBBIE BISMARCK. SHE'S ON HER WAY IN ROB HOSTLER TOGETHER. OKAY. YOU NEED TO COME IN IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS THE BOARD. OH, SO WE'RE DOING IT NOW. IS YOUR HUSBAND SOMEWHERE? YES. I HAVE A LITTLE FOLLOW ALONG HANDBOOK FOR YOU GUYS. YOU CAN HAND THAT TO MELISSA AND SHE'LL HAND IT TO US. THANK YOU. SO, WE'LL, WE'RE CURRENTLY ON THE CALL TO PUBLIC PART OF THE AGENDA. AND UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. UM, IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AS WELL AS YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN FROM THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YES, AND THEN FOLLOWING YOU WILL BE ERIC AND THEN DEBBIE AND THEN ROBIN. OKAY. IF WE CAN FIND ERIC, THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY. OKAY. MY NAME IS DONNA GERST AND I LIVE OUT AT WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE. AND WHAT I'VE GIVEN YOU AND I WISH I COULD SHARE WITH THE ROOM, IS JUST SOME OF OUR, WHAT, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, OUR COMMUNITY WORKING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION. WE HAVE A VALID WI, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TODAY FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO DISSOLVE, WHICH CAME AS A TOTAL SHOCK AND SURPRISE TO US. UM, I REACHED OUT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BACK IN SEPTEMBER, UM, ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO HAVE OUR DW, UM, UP, UP AND RUNNING DUSTED OFF THE SHELF. 'CAUSE WE HAVE ONE, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE, IT WOULDN'T BE UP AS A RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE IT. UM, I WAS TOLD THAT, SEE ABOUT GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT. THERE WAS A FLURRY OF EMAILS. HERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM. WE WERE TOLD, I WAS TOLD GET COMMUNITY INPUT AND SEAT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WOULD WORK UNDER YOU GUYS. THE END THE, WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTED TO DO WAS LOOK INTO HOW VIABLE IT WOULD BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY WORKING UNDER A DWI TO BUY VOYAGER WATER COMPANY, OF WHICH WE ALL KNOW THE PROPRIETOR, THE SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE DIED IN MARCH. THE, THE COM THE COMPANY'S NOW UP FOR GRABS, BUT RATHER THAN HAVE A A PRIVATE, NOT FOR-PROFIT INVESTOR COMPANY, CO-OP COME IN, OUR COMMUNITY WOULD RUN IT UNDER A DW. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DWS ACROSS THE STATE OF ARIZONA, RUN BY LOCAL BOARDS. NON-PROFIT AT GREAT SAVINGS WITH A, UH, I'M SORRY FOR THE ROOM. A D IS A DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. SO OUR OWN DISTRICT WOULD OWN, WOULD BE ABLE TO BUY THE WATER COMPANY. WE HAVE, I'M SAYING WE, 'CAUSE THERE IS A BOARD, ROB HOSLER IS THE CHAIRMAN OF IT. MY HUSBAND IS ALSO ON IT. THEY'VE BEEN IN EFFECT FOR TWO MONTHS. THEY SENT YOU ALL AN INTRODUCTORY LETTER WITH ALL OF THEIR EMAIL CONTACT NAMES AND EVERYTHING. THEY DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. AND I, I GOT WIND OF THAT ON MONDAY. LAST MONDAY WHEN I ASKED TO SIT IN ON ONE OF THEIR WORK SESSIONS [00:15:01] BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING WITH THIS. THEY HAVE TALKED WITH WFA. IN FACT, THEY HAVE A MEETING COMING UP TO MEET WITH WFA, WHICH IS A WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL AUTHORITY TO WORK ABOUT FUNDING. THERE ARE SO MANY GRANTS AND, AND, UH, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A DW TO, TO BUY WATER COMPANIES. IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. AND WA I'VE MET WITH WAI INVITED WFA AT A MEETING, BUT THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT IS, IS OUR COMMUNITY GOT TOGETHER AND I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ON OCTOBER 9TH WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ROOM. OCTOBER 19TH, EXCUSE, I'M SORRY, OCTOBER 18TH WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ROOM. MM-HMM. OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE. WE DID, I DID A PRESENTATION FOR AN HOUR ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES OF A DUET. ALL WE, ALL, OUR INTENT WAS TO SEE THE BOARD TO LOOK INTO THE OPPORTUNITIES OF DOING THIS OURSELVES. THERE IS AN ELECTION IN MARCH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT ON THE TABLE. WE, THE, THE BOARD ACTUALLY SENT YOU AN INTRODUCTION LETTER. MM-HMM. SIGNED BY ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ASKING TO BE RECOGNIZED BY YOU GUYS ASKING, THEY EVEN ASKED TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM. MM-HMM. . AND INSTEAD IT HAS TO APPEAR. YOU GUYS WENT BEHIND THEIR BACK FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS. NEVER EVEN REACHED OUT TO 'EM. I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE IT BY HAPPENSTANCE LAST WEEK ON A TUESDAY. MM-HMM. BECAUSE ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD SAID HE WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE COUNTY HADN'T REACHED OUT TO 'EM. SO I CALLED THE COUNTY AND SAID, WELL THAT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU GUYS SAID RECEIVED. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL. BUT AGAIN, I'M, I'LL CLOSE IT UP. BUT THIS IS JUST VERY DISAPPOINTING. AND UM, I ALSO READ YOUR RESOLUTION BY THE WAY, AND I ALSO HAVE YOUR OWN PAN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PLAN PAMPHLET GUIDEBOOK. MM-HMM. GOVERNING BOARDS. OCTOBER, 2022, PAGE 25 OF THAT SAYS YOU, THE WAY IT'S EASY TO DISSOLVE A D AND THE ONLY WAY YOU DO IT IS IF ONE OF THREE THINGS ARE MET. ONE, AND I'LL JUST, I CAN'T FIND IT. ONE PAGE 25 OF IT, ONE THE DW, I CAN'T REMEMBER. I'M SORRY. I'M NERVOUS. I'LL GET IT DOWN. OKAY. BUT THE LAST ONE WAS, IF IT PROVES TO SERVE NO USEFUL PURPOSE. MM-HMM. . AND I BELIEVE THAT IT SERVES A USEFUL PURPOSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. WE JUST WE'RE ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO IT. THIS, THIS BOARD HAS NEVER BEEN SOLD TO THE COMMUNITY ON OH, THEY'RE GONNA DO IT. IT CAN HAPPEN 'CAUSE THERE'S NO GUARANTEES THIS WOULD EVEN HAPPEN. UM, BUT TO ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE FUNDING WOULD BE, FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, AND TO HAVE OUR GOVERNMENT HELP US DO THAT. MM-HMM. . ANYWAY. THANK YOU FOR MY, I'M PROBABLY OUTTA MY THREE MINUTES USUALLY. NO, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S ON ME. I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT. UH, AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK FOR THE TIME. BUT WE CAN STAY WITHIN THE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ADDITIONAL THREE SPEAKERS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A, A LENGTHY AGENDA THIS MORNING. OKAY. I'M ON THE, UH, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD. UM, WE, EXCUSE ME, HAD THIS, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AS WELL? DEBBIE BISMARCK. UH, 85 92 FOX CIRCLE, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE, ARIZONA. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I'M ON THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD. UM, WE, UH, GOT DONNA, SHE CAME WITH US WITH THIS IDEA. WE HAD THIS MEETING, LIKE SHE SAID, THERE WERE AT LEAST 200 PEOPLE THERE. THERE WAS NOT A HAND RAISED WHEN ANY WITH ANYBODY OPPOSING LOOKING INTO THIS. THIS WAS MERELY JUST TRYING TO LOOK IN AND SEE WHAT WE COULD FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A HARD, THERE'S A LOT OF HARDSHIP IN OUR AREA AND, AND WE DON'T NEED TO LIKE, HAVE ANOTHER PROFIT COME IN AND RAISE ALL OF OUR WATER. I MEAN, THE COUNTY ALREADY APPROVED A ASSESSMENT ON OUR WATER, A SURCHARGE OF $29. SO, I MEAN, EVERYBODY THAT HAD A $20 BILL IS NOW PAYING A $50 BILL. YOU GET A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY COMING IN THERE AND IT'S GONNA BE EVEN MORE. I MEAN, IT'S, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. AND BY YOU JUST SHUTTING US DOWN, NOBODY ON THE BOARD. WE, WE WEREN'T EVEN NOTIFIED. AND WE'RE THE ONES THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GOES COPACETIC, WHICH WE ARE DOING. BUT TO YOU JUST TO SAY, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GONNA SHUT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IS THERE, IS THERE POSSIBLY YOU'RE LOOKING INTO SELLING IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY. I MEAN, WE, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE POINT OF IT WAS. WHY IT EVEN CAME TO BE. I MEAN THE COMMUNITY IS, YOU CAN SURVEY THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE, THE COMMUNITY IS ALL FOR IT. AND WHY [00:20:01] WOULD IT JUST BE, WHY WOULD YOU JUST SHUT THIS DOWN? LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THIS IS JUST MY VIEWPOINT. UM, BUT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD, THE FIVE MEMBERS, WHEN IT WAS APPROACHED TO US TO LOOK INTO IT, WE WERE WELL IN FAVOR OF LOOKING INTO IT AND SEEING WHERE WE CAN GO. YOU'RE NOT EVEN GIVING US THAT OPPORTUNITY, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS FAIR. MM-HMM. . I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY LIVES HERE IN WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE COMMUNITY. I REVIEW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, IT'S A VERY DEPRESSED AREA. SO I, I THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. MM-HMM. . OKAY. THANK YOU. IF I HAVE ANY TIME LEFT, I'LL YIELD IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. ERIC. YEAH. ERIC GERSH, 1971 DAG CIRCLE. UM, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. UM, I WANT TO START BY SAYING OVER 30 YEARS, THIS IS HOW LONG THIS WI CURRENTLY HAS BEEN IN PLACE. AND IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHILE WE'VE BEEN, THIS COMMUNITY'S BEEN ACTIVELY PUTTING A BOARD OF VOLUNTEERS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO SEIZE ON AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL ONLY OCCUR ONCE IN A GENERATION. THAT IS THE WATER SYSTEM IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A SALE OR A TRANSFER OF SOME TYPE BECAUSE THE ONLY OWNER IS NOW DECEASED. SO OUR OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A DWI TO MANAGE OUR OWN WATER SYSTEM IS NOW, AND THAT'S ONLY GONNA LAST AS LONG AS THAT, THAT THE STATUS OF THAT WATER SYSTEM STAYS IN PROBATE COURT, WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. WE ARE JUST WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A, WE A POTENTIAL BUYER FOR THAT SYSTEM. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA COST. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATES ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT WE DO KNOW THE COMMUNITY HAS PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TO LOOK INTO THIS, TO CREATE A BUSINESS PLAN AND TO, AND TO TAKE ACTION TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN A NON-PROFIT MANNER. WHAT THE, WHAT, I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT YOUR STAFF AND YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL ARE TRYING TO DECEIVE YOU. AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE I REVIEWED THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU AND IT LEAVES YOU WITH TWO CHOICES AND THEY'RE NOT TWO CHOICES. 'CAUSE BOTH OF THOSE CHOICES, LET ME BE CLEAR, ARE GONNA DESTROY OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE WILL LEAVE US AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS STAGE. AND THE PROBATE COURT IS NOT GONNA WAIT FOR US TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO START OVER. WE HAVE A LEGAL DWI IN PLACE NOW WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR OUR BOARD TO BE RECOGNIZED. THESE ARE AS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR A BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO WE CAN START TAKING STEPS TOWARDS WHAT IT, DETERMINING WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR THAT DWI TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE THE WATER SYSTEM. IT MAY NOT HAPPEN, BUT GUESS WHAT? THE COMMUNITY WILL GO INTO IT WITH OPEN EYES. THEY'LL KNOW WHAT'S ON THE TABLE FOR THEM. AND IF WE DON'T PURCHASE IT AS A COMMUNITY, THEN SOME BUSINESS ENTITY WILL COME IN AND DO IT AND THEN WE'LL BE SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES IN OUR BILL. BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR SURE IS IF YOU ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION, 49 DASH 2023, YOU'VE KILLED THE DWI AND YOU'VE KILLED OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. AND ALL I'M SAYING IS THIS, WE HAVE SIX MONTHS TO GET THIS DONE. YOU CAN DO THIS SIMPLY ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN HANDBOOK BY JUST VOTE, MA HAVING THIS VOTE IN SIX MONTHS. IF THERE'S NO NEED FOR A DWI, DISSOLVE THE DWI. BUT I'M SAYING LEAVE IT IN PLACE. AND NOT ONLY THAT, TAKE ACTION TO, TO CERTIFY OUR BOARD SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO, DO THE THINGS NECESSARY TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO PURCHASE THE WATER SYSTEM AND THEN COME TO YOU AND MAKE A PRESENTATION AS TO WHAT IT WOULD TAKE AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO DO THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU BOB. AND MY NAME'S ROB HOSTLER, 1949 NORTON PLACE, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES SHOW. UM, WE FORMED A BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, THEY ELECTED ME AS CHAIRMAN. ALL WE'RE BASICALLY ASKING FOR IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE THE AVENUES WE NEED TO RESEARCH TO FIND OUT THIS CAN BE A VIABLE OPTION RIGHT NOW, AS A JUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PEOPLE WON'T TALK TO US. WE CAN'T GET ANSWERS. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE US THE ANSWERS. YOU GIVE US THE AUTHORITY. WE CAN DO MORE RESEARCH INTO THIS. THAT'S ALL WE WANT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESEARCH THIS. AT THAT POINT, WE MAY MAKE A DECISION, HEY, THIS ISN'T GONNA WORK FOR US. WE DON'T KNOW. WE'RE NOT GONNA KNOW IF WE'RE NOT GIVING THAT OPPORTUNITY. A LOT OF FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY STRUGGLING FOR-PROFIT COMPANY COMES IN, THEY'RE GONNA RAISE THE RATES. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE ON THAT WATER DISTRICT. A LOT OF WORK. WE'RE PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT. MY WATER BILL'S MORE THAN DOUBLE RIGHT NOW THAN WHAT IT WAS. IT'S TIGHT. UM, AS A [00:25:01] DWI WE WOULD HAVE THE OPTION OF GRANTS WA REDUCED FUNDING, SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE COULD SAVE OUR COMMUNITY A LOT OF MONEY, KEEP THE WATER BILLS LOWER, MORE SUSTAINABLE FOR FAMILIES. SO BASICALLY ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BY OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S ALL WE WANT TO DO. PLEASE DON'T SHUT US DOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE? NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UM, CALL TO PUBLIC. AND SO WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND PROCEED TO THE NEXT AGENDA, WHICH IS NUMBER THREE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. UM, BEING [a. Presentation to Snowflake High School Volleyball Team for winning the 2023 3A State Championship] A PRESENTATION TO SNOWFLAKE HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 20 23 3 A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BEING PRESENTED BY, UM, VICE CHAIR WHITING. HEY, HOW ARE YOU GUYS? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? SO IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND TURNING AROUND THIS WAY. OH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. . FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING TWO YEARS IN A ROW. THAT'S EXCITING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, IT'S VERY RARE FOR SOMEBODY TO GO AND WIN STATE. A LOT OF PEOPLE TRY AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS. BUT FOR YOU GUYS AS A TEAM TO GO IN AND WIN TWO YEARS IN A ROW IS PRETTY REMARKABLE. UM, GREAT COACHING, GREAT PROGRAM THAT, UH, STARTS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE TODAY. SO WE COULD HONOR AND RECOGNIZE YOU. WE'RE DOING A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN PART BECAUSE MY ARM SITUATION THAT I GOT GOING ON, SO THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT. I COULD TELL AS YOU GUYS WALKED IN, EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS WANTED TO WALK UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND SPEAK FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, RIGHT? I KNOW CHLOE DOES , SHE'S NOT AFRAID TO TALK ANYMORE. . BUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA ASK COACH, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, WE WANT TO, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS, THIS IS KIND OF BE THE ORDER OF IT, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, IS WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU AND MAYBE YOUR TEAM CAPTAINS JUST SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO, TO WIN STATE, WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN STATE AND WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SAY TO ANYONE THAT WAS WANTING TO STRIVE TO DO THE SAME TYPE OF THING. WHAT IT MEANS TO WIN AT THAT LEVEL. UM, SO IF YOU AND YOUR CAPTAINS DON'T MIND SAYING THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, SOME, SOME AWARDS THAT WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT, UM, WILL HELP PUT ON YOUR NECK. BUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS AFTER THEY SPEAK, HAVE YOU COME UP TO MEET THE BOARD AND WE'LL DO A PICTURE UP HERE AND WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR MEDALS, IF THAT'S OKAY. WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT? OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THE MICROPHONE'S OVER HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY IT'LL BE TO GET TO IT. GO FIRST, YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS, I'LL GO FIRST. THEY'RE ALL NERVOUS. . UM, I, I'M HOPING I REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAD ASKED US TO SPEAK ON, BUT WINNING STATE TWO YEARS IN A ROW OR EVEN JUST THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, UM, IT MEANS A LOT. WE, WE WORK HARD, LIKE YOU SAID, IT STARTS FROM A REALLY YOUNG AGE AND THESE GIRLS, UM, BREATHE, SLEEP, EAT VOLLEYBALL, , THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THEY, AND THEY ALSO PLAY OTHER SPORTS TOO. BUT WHEN IT'S VOLLEYBALL SEASON, THEY PUT ALL OF THEIR, UM, FOCUS INTO VOLLEYBALL. UH, SOMETHING THAT, UM, THIS YEAR A LOT MAY NOT KNOW, IS WE STARTED OUT WITH, UM, FOUR INJURIES, UM, IN OUR, ON OUR TEAM. AND WE KIND OF, UM, STRUGGLED AT THE BEGINNING TO FIND OUR PLACE AND, AND FIND OUR GROOVE WITH EACH OTHER. UM, TO OUR THREE OF THOSE FOUR INJURIES WERE ABLE TO COME BACK. ONE, UM, SHE TORE HER ACL SO SHE WASN'T ABLE TO FINISH THE SEASON, UM, PLAYING ON THE COURT AND WE REALLY, REALLY MISSED HER. BUT THESE GIRLS FIGHTING THROUGH THAT SHOWED A LOT OF DETERMINATION AND DEDICATION INTO, UM, COMING BACK AND LANDING ON TOP AS CHAMPIONS. AND THAT TO ME IS, I DUNNO, IT, IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE THEM COME BACK AND FIGHT AS HARD AS THEY DID, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO LIVE UP AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO REPEAT IT BECAUSE OF HOW WE STARTED. BUT I WAS, I WAS PROUD OF THAT, THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. THANK YOU COACH. SO I DO ACTUALLY GET TO TALK , , BUT, UM, I, IT WAS REALLY COOL AND [00:30:01] SUCH AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY WINNING STATE ONCE, BUT WINNING IT AGAIN MY SENIOR YEAR. AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR MY VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND THE, MY COACHES FOR, YOU KNOW, GETTING US THERE. AND IT WAS REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW, GETTING THROUGH ALL THOSE INJURIES, BUT IT WAS AWESOME IN THE END WHEN EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, STEPPED AND RISE ABOVE THAT. SO, YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU . I THINK, LIKE JAMIE SAID, WE HAD A LOT OF DOUBT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND EVEN LIKE AT SOME POINT I WAS LIKE, UGH, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF. AND THEN ONCE WE GOT LIKE OUR TEAM BACK TOGETHER, EVERYTHING TOGETHER, IT WAS LIKE, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. LIKE THIS IS, THEY'RE AMAZING . I LOVE ALL OF 'EM AND I'M JUST GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM AND TO HAVE BACK TO BACK. I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY HEARD OF IN VOLLEYBALL AND IT'S JUST AN AMAZING THING. THANK YOU . THANK YOU. WE'RE, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CAPTAINS? THESE ARE MY TWO. ME TOO. PERFECT. I'M GONNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT TO YOU JUST TO SHARE. AND THEN IF YOU'LL COME UP HERE REAL FAST, THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE WANNA STATE AND WITH FOOTBALL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED FROM SOME OF THE PLAYERS WAS SHORTLY AFTER THEY WON, IT KIND OF WAS LIKE, NOW WHAT? AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW REALLY WHAT TO, TO DO. AND I GOTTA TELL YOU AS A COACH, I DIDN'T LOVE SEEING HOW THAT KIND OF PLAYED OUT FOR SOME OF 'EM AND HOW IT DIDN'T REALLY LIKE, IT WAS LIKE, NOW WHAT? 'CAUSE THAT WAS EVERYTHING. THAT WAS THEIR WORLD. THAT WAS EVERYTHING THEY WANTED. AND SO I'VE MADE IT A POINT SINCE THAT TO, TO ENCOURAGE PLAYERS THAT I HAVE A CHANCE TO COACH. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU THE SAME. THIS IS NOT THE BEGINNING, THIS IS NOT THE END. THIS IS JUST PART OF THE JOURNEY. AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS TREMENDOUS AND IT WILL ADD TO THE FLAVOR OF YOUR LIFE, BUT CARRY IT FORWARD AND BUILD UPON WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE. THERE'S SO MUCH MORE OF LIFE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LIFT AND HELP THOSE AROUND YOU AS YOU CONTINUE ON IN LIFE. BUT THIS WASN'T THE END, THIS ISN'T THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. THIS WAS A PART OF THE RIDE AND WHAT A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE IT WAS FOR EACH OF YOU GUYS AND CONTINUE TO LIFT AND BUILD THOSE AROUND YOU AND BE SOMETHING GREAT, BE SOMETHING SPECIAL. BECAUSE THIS WASN'T THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, IT WAS JUST PART OF YOUR JOURNEY AND IT WAS SPECIAL. SO CONGRATULATIONS. GLAD TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE WITH US. IF YOU GUYS WILL COME UP, WE WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. YOU THINK RIGHT HERE? SHOULD WE HAVE 'EM COME HERE OR UP TOP? IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO DO HERE, COACH. YEAH, IF YOU GUYS WILL HELP ME. I CAN'T WANNA PASS THOSE OUT AND YOU, YOU GUYS CAN PUT THOSE ON IF YOU DON'T MIND. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU GUYS TAKE ONE. DO YOU GUYS WANNA HAVE TO SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE TIGHTER AND THEN COME AROUND? THAT'S SO FUNNY. DO WE WANT HAVE, LET'S HAVE SOME IN FRONT GIRLS BUT THEN JUMP IN THE BACK SO THEY CAN GET EVERYBODY IN. SO THAT'S SO FUNNY. SQUEEZING IN THE MIDDLE. HOW YOU GUYS GO MEET ME TOO. I NEED TO SPIN. ALRIGHT, THAT LOOKS GREAT YOU GUYS. I'M GONNA TAKE A FEW. SO ONE, TWO, OH, SORRY, TWO, THREE THERE. CONGRATULATIONS. [b. Presentation to Snowflake High School Boys Soccer Team for winning the 2023 State Championship] NEXT THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS B, WHICH IS PRESENTATION TO SNOWFLAKE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2023 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. ALSO BEING PRESENTED BY VICE CHAIR WHITING. COME IN GUYS, IF YOU WANNA LINE UP OVER THIS WAY, JUST ALL UP HERE FACING THIS DIRECTION. [00:35:01] JUST RIGHT UP HERE. IT'D BE PERFECT COACH, IF YOU WANNA COME OVER HERE. COACH. I'M HOW MANY CAPTAINS DO YOU HAVE? THREE. PERFECT. COME IN GUYS. MAKE ROOM. HUDDLE UP. ACT LIKE YOU LIKE EACH OTHER. . ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. WANTED TO FIRST OFF JUST CONGRATULATE YOU ON WINNING STATE. WHAT AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. UH, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I, THE SOCCER GAMES I'VE BEEN TO IN MY LIFE, I ACTUALLY, I'LL ADMIT IT, I REALLY ENJOY IT. AND THAT GAME WATCHING YOU GUYS WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, MY HEART WAS RACING THE WHOLE TIME. I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE LIKE AT THAT LEVEL OF MY HEART RACING THE WHOLE TIME, BUT IT WAS ON PINS AND NEEDLES AND UH, WHILE IT MIGHT NOT BE HIGH SCORING, IT'S DEFINITELY HIGH ENERGY. AND YOU GUYS WERE A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH, ESPECIALLY AS YOU GUYS CAME TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND AS A UNIT. AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH YOU PLAY THIS YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND ON YOUR EFFORT AND ALL YOUR DETERMINATION AND TO YOU AS A NEW COACH AND THE WONDERFUL JOB YOU'VE DONE IN BRINGING THIS TEAM TOGETHER. UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DO A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOW BEING A PART OF SNOWFLAKE SOCCER AND COACHING AND TAKING TO THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. SO WHAT WE WANNA DO, IF OKAY WITH YOU COACH, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE'LL HAVE YOU AND THEN YOUR CAPTAINS JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A STATE CHAMPION AND WHAT THEY WOULD TELL ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO STRIVE TO BECOME A STATE, STATE CHAMPION. IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST KIND OF MAKING THOSE COMMENTS. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVERYBODY AFTER THEY'RE DONE MAKING THEIR COMMENTS COME THIS WAY, FACE THIS DIRECTION. BUT YOU'RE GONNA KIND OF PACK IN UP HERE IN THIS SECTION. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME METAL, SORRY, I'VE GOT PROBLEMS WITH MY ARM. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME METALS TO PASS AROUND THAT YOU GUYS CAN PUT ON AND THEN WE WANT TO DO A PICTURE WITH YOU IF THAT'S OKAY. AWESOME. THAT'D BE ALL RIGHT. OKAY, COACH, IF YOU DON'T MIND SHARING WITH US WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHAMPION AND WHAT YOU'D SHARE TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO STRIVE TO DO THE SAME. UH, I THINK, I THINK IT'S MORE OF WHAT WE DID TO GET THERE AND UH, IT, OUR TEAM MOTTO WAS, UM, REPETITIONS LEAD TO CONSISTENCY. CONSISTENCY WINS, CHAMPIONSHIPS. AND SO LOTS OF REPS, HARD WORK AND UH, GOING INTO IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY FELT LIKE THE BOYS SACRIFICED A LOT. UH, THERE IS A POINT IN THE SEASON WHERE I JUST THINK EVERYBODY JUST FINALLY SAW IT AND REALIZED LIKE, HEY, WE CAN BE STATE CHAMPIONS AND UH, YOU COULD DEFINITELY TELL INTENSITY AT PRACTICE WENT UP AND, AND, AND IT'S GOOD WHEN ALL THE BOYS GET ALONG. SO, AND WHEN WE ALL COMBINE FOR THAT ONE GOAL OF BECOMING STATE CHAMPIONS, LIKE IT'S HARD TO TAKE DOWN SOMEONE WHEN EVERYBODY BELIEVES THAT THEY CAN BE A CHAMPION. SO, THANK YOU COACH CAPTAINS, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING UP AND INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND IF YOU DON'T MIND SHARING WITH US WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A STATE CHAMPION, WHAT YOU SHARE TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO BECOME ONE. UH, HELLO. I WAS ONE OF THE THREE CAPTAINS AND MY NAME IS THOMAS HATCH. AND I THINK REALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AT LEAST FOR ME THAT CAME COMING INTO THIS SEASON IS KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THE LEGACY OF OUR TEAM. 'CAUSE A LOT OF US HERE, WE'VE HAD SIBLINGS PLAY AND THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN THEM LOSE IN THEIR LAST GAME. AND THAT REALLY STUCK WITH US. AND WE'VE ALL FELT THE PAIN OF LOSING. LIKE LAST YEAR WE LOST IN THE, UH, QUARTER FINAL. WE ALL KNEW WHAT THAT WAS LIKE, AND WE, WE KNEW THAT WE DIDN'T WANT THAT FOR US. WE DIDN'T WANT THAT FOR THIS TEAM, AND WE JUST WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO OUR REGION AND OUR, OUR STATE. SO THAT, THAT WAS REALLY FOR ME WHAT COMING INTO THIS. AND I THINK WE ALL KIND OF STEPPED UP AND WE KIND OF REALIZED, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO IT FOR NOT JUST US. IT WASN'T A ONE MAN SHOW. WE WANTED IT FOR THE TEAM AND EVERYONE REALLY SHOWED UP. THANK YOU. WISE WORDS? UH, MY NAME IS SEAN DAVIES. UM, I FEEL LIKE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE THROUGHOUT THE THING WAS THAT MINDSET, LIKE HE WAS SAYING AND LIKE HOW AT THE BEGINNING WE WERE SAYING WE WERE GONNA BE STATE CHAMPIONS AND I DON'T THINK WE REALLY ADOPTED THAT IDEA AND LIKE ACTUALLY BELIEVED UNTIL LIKE RIGHT BEFORE QUARTERFINALS AND LIKE ONCE, LIKE OUR MENTALITY WAS SET, I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY LIKE LOCKED US IN AS A TEAM. BUT YEAH, IT WAS GREAT. I, UH, I'M ZACH HALL. I WAS ALSO ONE OF THE CAPTAINS AND UH, FOR ME, ONE OF THE THINGS THIS SEASON WAS, UH, LIKE OBVIOUSLY US THREE WERE CAPTAINS, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE IT WASN'T JUST US, IT WAS THE ENTIRE TEAM. LIKE, SO WE'D, WE'D COME TOGETHER IN THE HUDDLE OR AT PRACTICE, WHATEVER, LIKE IF ANYTHING, IF ANYONE HAD A THOUGHT, LIKE NO ONE WOULD BE SHY TO JUST LIKE RAISE THEIR HAND AND GIVE US WHAT THEY THOUGHT. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY HELPED ME AS A CAPTAIN IS THAT EVERYONE WAS WILLING TO TALK. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HELPED US AND BROUGHT US TOGETHER AS THEY SAID. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HUGE FOR US. [00:40:01] THANK YOU. UM, JUST A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS FOR ME AND THEN IF YOU COME FORWARD TO DO, WE CAN DO THE PICTURE REAL FAST, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ONE, REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY YOUR COACH AND BY YOUR CAPTAINS. WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A TEAM. I'LL TELL YOU FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, WHEN WE WERE SITTING IN THE STANDS OF THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, WHAT I EXPERIENCED WAS A TEAM THAT WAS COMMITTED, THAT WAS A BROTHERHOOD AND THAT WAS UNIFIED IN THEIR VISION AND DESIRE TO WIN. I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE SCARED YOU MIGHT'VE BEEN THAT I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THAT. I WATCHED YOU GUYS GO OUT THERE AND PLAY WITH TENACITY AND WITH FUN AND AS A UNIT. UM, YOUR, YOUR COACH TALKED ABOUT YOUR CULTURE, YOUR CHEMISTRY THAT YOU GUYS HAD. AND I THINK THAT'S SO KEY TO ANY ORGANIZATION AND ITS SUCCESS. UH, CULTURE'S NOT ONE OF THE THINGS. IT'S EVERYTHING. AND YOU GUYS HAVE CREATED A GREAT CULTURE, EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU PERPETUATED TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS NOW. THEY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO WIN. YOU'VE CREATED THAT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WIN. UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL, THIS WAS JUST PART OF THE JOURNEY. YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, BUT PART OF THE, THE JOURNEY OF YOUR LIFE. TAKE WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM THIS AND GROW AND SHARE THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE. TAKE IT TO THE NEXT PARTS OF YOUR LIFE AND BE CHAMPIONS AND BE WINNERS IN LIFE. GO AND GIVE BACK AND FIND WAYS TO LIFT AND BUILD JUST LIKE YOU DID ON THE SOCCER TEAM. BUT VERY GLAD. CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOU GUYS. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND AS THEY COME UP HERE REAL QUICK. CONGRATULATIONS. I NEED YOU GUYS HELP. I'M GONNA PASS THOSE AROUND FOR YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA END UP HAVING TO PACK IN TIGHT ALMOST FROM LIKE THIS TO THAT PODIUM THERE. SO MIGHT EVEN HAVE TO BE LIKE THREE ROWS, PROBABLY NOT ANY FURTHER. PROBABLY ABOUT THERE YET. WE'LL PACK EVERYONE IN. MAYBE I'M IN A GROUP. NO ONE AT THE FRONT ON THE TABLE. I SHAKE YOUR HAND. I DIDN'T DO VERY WELL. THE CAMERA WON'T SHOOT YOU THAT FAR OUT. COME IN, COME IN CLOSER. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FORM MULTIPLE ROWS HERE. SQUEEZE ON DOWN GUYS. COME IN. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SQUEEZE DOWN. GET IN FRONT OF HIM HERE. YOUR TEAM HAS, YOU GUYS ARE SO TALL I CAN'T SEE SUPERVISOR AL . I NEED A FOOT STOOL. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE HIM SOMETHING COME CROUCH A LITTLE BIT. DO YOU WANT HAVE SOMETHING BACK HERE? YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE SOME. THAT'S A PROBLEM ALL MOMENT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW. YEAH, OF ALL OF THEM I THINK THEN OVER HERE THERE. DOES THAT HELP? YEAH, NOW IT WORKS BETTER. ONE, TWO IN THE AFTERNOON. SUPERVISOR. UM, DO YOU WANT MOVE SUPERVISOR? CAN WE HAVE YOU MOVE TO THE OTHER SIDE? TO COME DOWN HERE. I NEED TO STAND ON THIS CHAIR AS WELL. ? YEAH. THAT JUST A LITTLE. THERE WE GO. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT'S THAT? OH, . THANK YOU. CONGRATS GUYS. CONGRATS. I'M GONNA GO DOWN THERE. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. OKAY. TO THAT PART. [00:45:01] DO YOU, DO YOU WANT ME TO INVITE 'EM IN THEN? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET THEM. OKAY. YOU CAN JUST STAND RIGHT HERE. SO BEAR WITH ME AS I REMOVE THE PLASTIC COVER FROM THIS. ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING. VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD STAFF, UH, THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE. UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, UM, A FEW OR, WELL WE HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR THAT WERE INVITED, BUT, UM, TO HAVE, UM, COME, CAME INTO OUR CHAMBER THIS MORNING AS WE'RE LIKE TO DO A RECOGNITION OF OUR, UM, INDIAN NATIONAL FINALS RODEO [c. Presentation to Indian National Finals Rodeo Champions from Navajo County: Trey Begay (Rocky Ridge, AZ) Indian World Champion Team Roping Header; Janae Todacheenie (Rezline, AZ) Indian World Champion Ladies Breakaway Roper; Royd Billie (Chimney Butte/Dilkon, AZ) Jr. Bull Riding World Champion; and Tara Seaton (Chimney Butte/Dilkon, AZ) Indian World All Around Cowgirl] CHAMPIONS, UM, WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED THEIR SEASON EARLIER IN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THEIR 2024 SEASON. UM, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL. UM, UM, AFTER COMPETING AT A REGION OF THE TOUR OF OF THE RODEO TOURS, UM, THESE ATHLETES, UM, PARTICIPATED IN THE 40 47TH IN 47TH ANNUAL INDIAN NATIONAL FINALS RODEO, UM, BACK IN OCTOBER IN, IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. SO THE NFR, THE INFR, I'M SORRY, UM, HAS HOSTED THE CIRCUIT FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ATHLETES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING CANADA, UH, SINCE 1976. UH, THEIR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE, PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL INDIAN RODEO BY EMPOWERING FAMILIES, YOUTH, AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH A POSITIVE ROLE MODELING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS CO COMPETITION CULTURE, UM, AND TRADITION. AND SO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE DO HAVE WITHIN US IN THE CHAMBER, UM, THE OTHER TWO ARE ALSO RESIDENTS OF NAVAJO COUNTY. AND SO IT WAS, UH, PUT UPON US TO RECOGNIZE THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT HAVE SHOWCASED THEIR TALENT AND THEIR SKILLS IN THE COMPETITION IN WHICH THEY HAVE ENTERED IN AND, UM, CONTINUE TO, UH, ENTER AS WELL. AND SO THE REPRESENTATION, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I DO HAVE ONE FROM THE INDIAN WELLS COMMUNITY, ALSO KNOWN AS WHAT WE CALL IT AS RES LINE OR BASELINE. AND UH, HER NAME IS JANA, UH, TONI CLAN WISE, I WOULD CALL HER MY GRANDMOTHER. IN NAVAJO IT WOULD BE SHAMA. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, HER MOTHER AS ALSO, UM, AN EMPLOYEE HERE WITH THE NAVAJO COUNTY FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN ATTENDANCE, UM, MR. UH, ROY BILLY, HE'S ALSO A COMMUNITY ME, UH, RESIDENT OF, UM, DELCON, UH, COMES FROM THE CHIMNEY BUTTE AREA. AND SO JUST LIKE HOW WE IDENTIFY RELINE AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, DELCON, THAT AREA IS ALSO KNOWN AS CHIMNEY BUTTE. AND SO I'D LIKE TO DO A PRESENTATION HERE TO PRESENT THEM A PLAQUE AND IT READS, UM, PRESENTED TO, AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD. THEY BOTH HA THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME WORDING, UH, TO JANAE TONEY AS WELL AS ROY BILLY INDIAN WORLD CHAMPION LADY BREAKAWAY ROPER, AND THEN JUNIOR BULL RIDING WORLD CHAMPION. THIS IS IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR EXTRAORDINARY TALENT, DEDICATION AND UNWAVERING SPIRIT. WE PROUDLY HONOR YOU AS AN INDIAN WORLD CHAMPION. YOUR HARD WORK SKILL AND DETERMINATION HAVE PROPELLED YOU TO THE PINNACLE OF SUCCESS, INSPIRING GENERATIONS TO DREAM BIG AND REACH FOR THE STARS. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. AND MAY YOUR LEGACY CONTINUE TO SHINE BRIGHTLY FOR ALL TO SEE ON THIS 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2023 BY NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JANAE, CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK SHE WANTS TO TAKE SOME TOO. AND, UM, AND THEN ALSO TO OUR JUNIOR BULL RIDING, UM, WORLD CHAMPION, MR. ROY BILLY AS WELL. OH, YOU WANT, OKAY. YES. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ENTERTAIN THIS AS, UM, TO INVITE THEM TO THE, UM, TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE SUPERVISORS [00:50:01] AS WELL SO WE CAN FOLLOW YOU. DO THAT SIDE AND BOLT RIGHT HAND, LEFT HAND, SLIDE DOWN. THIS ACTUALLY EVERYBODY A COUPLE STEPS THIS WAY. THAT'S GREAT. WE'RE GONNA SKIP THIS EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN'S ASKED ME TO KIND OF, UH, FOR A MOMENT TO TAKE OVER AND TO RUN THE MEETING. UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO GO TO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE FROM ITEM D, UH, OR YEAH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FROM ITEM [a. Navajo County recognizes the following employees for their excellence in personal performance, far exceeding organization expectations for the month of November: Regan Esparza (County Attorney), Michael Sandoval (Facilities Management), Charalie Perkins (Sheriff), and Corbin Bloom (Facilities Management)] D TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND DO THAT PART OF IT FIRST. SO WE'LL GO TO ITEM FOUR, A EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND TURN THE TIME OVER TO, TO LEAH PETERSON. OH, , GOOD MORNING BOARD. UH, LEAH PETERSON COULDN'T BE HERE THIS MORNING, SO SHE ASKED IF I WOULD TAKE HER PLACE. SO, ALRIGHT, SO OUR UH, WE HAVE FOUR OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. AND THE FIRST ONE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE COME UP IS MICHAEL. WHOOPS, SORRY. REGAN ESPARZA. IS SHE HERE? NOT HERE. OKAY, WELL I'LL READ HER NOMINATION ANYWAY, JUST SO IT SHOWS IN THE RECORD. SHE WAS NOMINATED BY ANONYMOUS. UH, SHE WORKS IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND IT SAYS REGAN GETS HER PART OF THE PROCESS DONE. SHE IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND OFFER SUPPORT. SHE HANDLES A HEAVY WORKLOAD TO KEEP THE TEAM ROLLING. REGAN GETS HER JOB DONE, SHE MAKES PUT THAT DOWN TWICE. SHE MAKES SURE THAT CASES ARE SET UP, NOTICES SENT OUT, COURT DOCS ARE INPUT AND THAT EVERYTHING SHE CAN CONTROL IS DONE RIGHT AND THAT OTHERS CAN DO THEIR JOBS RIGHT AS WELL. AND THEN IT SAYS REGAN HAS DEVELOPED A SYSTEM TO MANAGE HER WORKLOAD. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE OUR OFFICE SMOOTH AND WELL, AND SHE DOES THAT THROUGH ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE DOES. SO THAT IS REGAN. NEXT PERSON IS MICHAEL SANDOVAL FROM FACILITIES AND MICHAEL WAS HERE. I SAW YOU GET YOUR LEAVE. YOU GET A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. DON, YOU LEAVE AMY, WHERE DO YOU WANT? IT'S ONLY GONNA BE UP THERE FOR TWO WEEKS. ALRIGHT, TAKE IT HOME. PUT IT ON YOUR FRIDGE. . OKAY. SO MICHAEL WAS NOMINATED BY JANELLE NOT EVEN GONNA TRY THE LAST NAME, SORRY. UM, BUT SHE WORKS IN THE HEALTH DISTRICT. SHE SAID MICHAEL IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP WHEN THE NEED ARISES, NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO ASKS FOR HELP. HE'S ALWAYS WILLING AND DOES IT WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND A SMILE ON HIS FACE. MICHAEL'S ABILITY TO GET GOALS AND TIMELINES FOR HIS WORK SHOWS HE MAKES A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS TIME WHILE PERFORMING HIS ENDLESS DUTIES. IF MICHAEL EVER MAKES A MISTAKE, HE ACKNOWLEDGES IT AND USES THAT AS A WAY TO STRENGTHEN HIS SKILLS SO IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. MICHAEL IS ALWAYS RESPECTFUL WHEN INTERACTING WITH STAFF AND KEEPS HIS PROMISES WHEN HE SAYS HE WILL FIX SOMETHING OR TAKE [00:55:01] CARE OF A PROBLEM THEY MAY HAVE IN THEIR BUILDING. MICHAEL IS A TRUSTWORTHY AND A RELIABLE EMPLOYEE. A LOT OF US CAN COUNT ON MICHAEL WHEN HE IS NEEDED. MICHAEL SHOWS TRUE EXCELLENCE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE WORK, HE DOES HIS SIGNIFICANT AND COMPLETES HIS TASK WITH PERFECTION. MICHAEL CONTINUES TO IMPROVE HIS BUILDING MAINTENANCE SKILLS, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS INCREMENTAL INNOVATION, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, WHICH SHOWS IN THE WORK HE DOES. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ONE IS CHARLIE PERKINS, NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. PUT ANYWHERE UP THERE OR AT YOUR DESK ON YOUR FRIDGE AT HOME, WHICH APPRECIATION? . OKAY. CHERYL? UH, CHARLIE. IT'S CHARLIE. CHARLIE, OKAY. CHARLIE WAS NOMINATED BY EMILY. FONT SAYS CHARLIE IS ALWAYS WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO RESOLVE ISSUES AND MAKE STREAMLINED PROCESSES. SHE SEES WHERE HER DEPARTMENT CAN DO BETTER FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AND IMPLEMENTS THOSE PROCEDURES. CHARLIE'S FORTHCOMING ON WORK AND ALWAYS PUTS IN 100% OF EFFORT TO MAKE SURE HER DEPARTMENT IS FUNCTIONING AT A HUNDRED PERCENT. SHE TAKES ACTION WHEN WORK, WHEN HELP IS NEEDED. CHARLIE IS THE SAME PERSON IN AND OUT OF WORK. SHE'S HARDWORKING AND IS A RELIABLE PERSON. SHE TREATS OTHERS WITH RESPECT ALWAYS. ON TEN NINE TWENTY THIRTEEN, AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE NAVAJO COUNTY COMPLEX INTERSECTION. CHARLIE STEPPED UP AND PUT INTO ACTION HER TRAINING TO ASSIST AT THE SCENE BY CONDUCTING TRAFFIC CONTROL BY HER DOING THIS, THE ROADS REMAINED UNCLOGGED AND OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO HAVE A CLEAR ROAD TO BE ABLE TO RUSH TO THE SCENE AND ASSIST THE INJURED DRIVER. THIS ALSO HELPED PREVENT ANY FURTHER ACCIDENTS AS PEOPLE WERE GIVEN CLEAR GUIDANCE ON NEXT STEPS AND HELPED REDUCE RISKS TO OTHER DRIVERS WHO HAPPENED UPON THE SCENE. CHARLIE USES HER EXPERIENCE IN TRAINING TO HELP ASSIST THE COMMUNITY ANY WAY SHE KNOWS HOW. OKAY, NEXT ONE IS CORBIN BLOOM FROM FACILITIES AS WELL. OKAY. AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU PUT THAT UP THERE. PUT PUT YOUR DESK ON THE REFRIGERATOR. ALL RIGHT. CORBIN BLOOM WAS NOMINATED BY PRESTON ROOT. UM, FREQUENTLY CORBIN IS SEEN MOVING MOWING SPRAINING FOR WEEDS AND CLEARING THE PARKING LOT SOLELY BY HIMSELF. HE'S SELF-MOTIVATED AND WHEN HE IS WORKING WITH A CREW, HE WORKS ALONG WITH THEM AND DOESN'T JUST COACH FROM THE SIDELINES. HE TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS WORK AND DOESN'T TRY TO DISPLACE HIS DUTIES. COLBIN IS QUALIFIED TO TAKE CHARGE OF ANY CREW THAT HE HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND CAN BE TRUSTED TO REFLECT THE VALUES AND GOALS OF NAVAJO COUNTY WHILE DOING SO. CORBIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE COUNTY COMPLEX GROUNDS AND DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB. HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY MOVED THE HEAVY TABLES FROM THE CODE TALKER'S ROOM INTO THE HALLWAY FOR THE HEALTH FAIR AND THEN REMOVED THEM AFTER THE FAIR WAS OVER. HE NEVER COMPLAINS AND QUIETLY AND COMPETENTLY GETS THE TASK ACCOMPLISHED. HE'S ONE THAT DOESN'T DEMAND RECOGNITION, BUT IS DESERVING OF IT NONETHELESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW WE GO TO FIVE EIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. AND [a. Personnel Service Awards: Congratulations to the following employees for their continued service to Navajo County: Tori Gorman (Sheriff) 5; Donna Porras (Superior Court) 5; Kristyn Saunders (Planning & Zoning) 5; Fernando Ochoa (Jail) 5; Tessia Roanhorse (Jail) 5; Marty Boisvert (Jail) 5; Julye Barton-Todacheenie (BOS/Admin) 5; Chrystal Sewell (Health) 5; Amanda Palmer (Jail) 5; Regan Esparza (County Attorney) 5; Jeffrey Brown (Jail) 5; Devon Hall (County Attorney) 5; Brandon Damron (Health) 5; Cody Cooper (Planning & Zoning) 5; Bobby Ripley (PW) 10; Pam Turley (Holbrook JC) 10; Denise Yazzie (Facilities)10; Heather Grigg (Clerk of Superior Ct) 10; Emily Font (Clerk of Superior Ct) 10; Tom Franklin (IT) 10; Justin Chavez (PW) 10; Nicky Baca (PW) 10; Brandon Andrews (PW) 10; James Hudspeth (Sheriff) 10; Laura Mudge (Probation) 15; Alden Whipple (Sheriff) 15; Bradley Carlyon (County Attorney) 15; Mark Jackson (PW) 15; Christopher Young (Jail) 20; and Pamela Searls (Superior Court) 30. ] NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO DOWN TO FIVE A BE A PERSONNEL SERVICE AWARDS BEING PRESENTED BY ERIC. ERIC. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE A NUMBER, NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING OUT IN THE HALLWAY. SO IT'S BEEN A, A A FEW, A FEW MONTHS SINCE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAND UP HERE AND, UH, DO THE PERSONNEL SERVICE AWARD. SO WE ARE TRYING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UH, TODAY, THIS MORNING WE, WE HAD OUR EMPLOYEES SHOW UP FOR A LITTLE GET TOGETHER AND WE HAD SOME GIFT BASKETS THAT, THAT EACH EMPLOYEE GOT A GIFT BASKET. THEY GOT A CUPCAKE WITH THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE CUPCAKE. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, OUR SIGNS AND OUR SHIRTS, UH, TO GIVE TO THESE [01:00:01] EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES TO RECOGNIZE FOR THEIR, THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE IN NAVAJO COUNTY FOR THE DEDICATION AND EFFORTS THAT THEY'VE PUT INTO THE SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY HERE. UH, SO I'D LIKE TO, TO READ THROUGH THE LIST. WE'RE GOING DO IT IN GROUPS TO GO A LITTLE BIT QUICKER. SO I'LL, I'LL READ THE NAMES OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE, HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, FOR FIVE YEARS. WE'LL CALL THEM UP, GIVE THEM THEIR SIGN AND THEIR SHIRT, AND IF WE COULD HAVE THE EMPLOYEES WALK UP HERE IN THE MIDDLE. AND THEN WE'LL GET A PICTURE WITH, WITH EVERYBODY TOGETHER. SO AGAIN, THIS IS FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE FOR, FOR NAVAJO COUNTY. FIRST WE HAVE TORI GORMAN. COME ON UP. TORI, DONNA POROUS. KRISTEN SAUNDERS, FERNANDO OCHOA, TESIA RHOR. MARTY VER, JULIE BARTON TINI. CRYSTAL SEWELL, AMANDA PALMER. NEXT IS, UH, IS IS REAGAN. REAGAN STARNS. I, I BELIEVE SHE WAS PART OF THE PREVIOUS AGENDA. ITEM TWO. HER, HER HUSBAND IS COMPETING IN THE WORLD SERIES OF TEAM ROPING IN LAS VEGAS THIS WEEK. AND SO SHE'S THERE SUPPORTING HIM, BUT SHE'S ALSO BEING RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE, FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. JEFFREY BROWN, YES. DEVIN HALL, BRANDON DAMRON, AND CODY COOPER. LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. AND GO AHEAD AND STAY UP THERE. WE'LL, WE WILL CALL THE OTHER FOLKS TOO. SO THIS NEXT GROUP HAS 10 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH NAVAJO COUNTY. WE HAVE BOBBY RIPLEY, PAM TURLEY, DENISE YAZI, HEATHER GRIGG, EMILY FONT, TOM FRANKLIN, JUSTIN CHAVEZ, NIKKI BACCA, BRANDON ANDREWS, JAMES HUSBETH. AND THAT ROUNDS OUT OUR GROUP OF, OF 10 YEAR SERVICE. NEXT IS 15. WE HAVE LAURA MUDGE, ALDEN WHIPPLE, AND MARK JACKSON. THANK FOR OUR 20 YEAR SERVICE GROUP. WE HAVE BRAD CARLINE AND CHRISTOPHER YOUNG. AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, OUR 30 YEAR SERVICE RECOGNITION IS PAM SEARLES. SO LET'S GET A NICE GROUP PICTURE. . UM, IF YOU CAN HOLD YOUR SIGNS A BIT AT AN ANGLE, TILT IT A LITTLE SO THAT YOU CAN SCOOCH IN A LITTLE CLOSER [01:05:01] TO AMANDA. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO A PANORAMA. YEAH, I MIGHT HAVE TO DO A ANOTHER. I DID, I DID ONE THIS MORNING. DO OKAY. LET ME TRY ONE MORE TIME. HOLD, STILL SMILE BOB RIGHT HERE A LITTLE BIT. OH YEAH, THERE WE GO. CHIEF, COULD YOU GET YOUR ELBOW OUT OF THE PICTURE PLEASE? OKAY, THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. READY, MEL? OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE [d. Consideration and adoption of Resolution Number 49-2023 revoking the White Mountain Lakes Domestic Water Improvement District's Board of Directors authority and further dissolving the White Mountain Lakes Domestic Water Improvement District. ] WILL NOW GO AHEAD AND GO BACK UP TO AGENDA ITEM D, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 9 2 0 2 3 REVOKING THE WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE DISTRICT, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORITY AND FUR, AND FURTHER DISSOLVING THE WHITE NON LAKES DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BEING PRESENTED BY OUR, UH, ROCHELLE KOPA, OUR GOVERNMENT DIRECT GOVERNMENTS DIRECTOR. SORRY, MICHELLE . IT'S OKAY. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM, TODAY I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD SOME FEEDBACK THIS MORNING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT, BUT WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND OPTIONS THAT YOU AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE IN TERMS OF, UM, MEETING THE COMMUNITY'S REQUEST THAT THEY PRESENTED. SO, AS AN OVERVIEW, IN NAVAJO COUNTY WATER SERVICE PROVISION IS PROVIDED IN A MULTIPLE VARIETY OF WAYS. UH, THE FIRST BEING MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS THROUGH PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES VIA PRIVATE WELLS, AND THEN THROUGH DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS OR WHAT WE CALL DWIS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT A DWI IS THAT THIS IS A TYPE OF COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UH, WHICH IN TURN IS A TYPE OF SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION ABOUT AWI. IN ADDITION, A DWI IS GOVERNED BY A SEPARATELY ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO WHEN WE SAY ELECTED, THIS HAS TO GO THROUGH THE FORMAL ELECTION PROCESS AND THEN CANVASSED ON A QUALIFIED ELECTION THROUGH THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND THROUGH THE COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE NAVAJO COUNTY DOES NOT PROVIDE WATER SERVICES, AND WE ARE NOT A UTILITY PROVIDER ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. UH, WE RELY ON MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL AS THESE OTHER TYPES OF, UH, SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE WATER SERVICES. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE. THEY'VE HAD A CHRONIC COUGH FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW. SO IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM THE WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES AREA STARTED [01:10:01] REACHING OUT TO THE COUNTY ABOUT REESTABLISHING A WOOD THAT HAD BEEN FORMED. IN 1991, WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASKING THAT IT WOULD NOT BE REESTABLISHED. SO AT THAT TIME, IT WASN'T CLEAR CUT FOR THE STAFF WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WAS FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS. SO WHAT WE STARTED DOING WAS RESEARCHING WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS. UM, AND WHAT WE REALIZED IS IT'S NOT A STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, REINVIGORATE THE 1991 DW AND APPOINT NEW BOARD MEMBERS. UM, THE PROCESS IS ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT. SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE 1990 1D THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT ALREADY. SO THERE WAS A DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ESTABLISHED IN 1991. AT THAT TIME, THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHICH IS THE PROCESS OUTRUN IN STATUTE. IN 1993, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CALLED FOR ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 12TH, 1993 FOR THAT DW IN LOOKING AT ARCHIVAL DATA, THAT ELECTION WAS NEVER CANVASSED. A BOND WAS NEVER PASSED, AND TAX WAS NEVER COLLECTED FOR THAT DW. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT 1991 DW EXISTED ON PAPER BUT NEVER FUNCTIONED AS A FULLY ELECTED BODY, UM, GOVERNING WATER SERVICE PROVISION IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT. AS A RESULT, UM, IT'S UNCLEAR WHEN THE DW AND ITS GOVERNING BOARD BECAME INACTIVE. YOU KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO STATUTE, WHEN SPECIAL DISTRICTS BECOME INACTIVE OVER, OR IF THEY LACK QUORUM FOR 30 DAYS OR MORE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN REVOKE THAT AUTHORITY AND DISSOLVE THAT SPECIAL DISTRICT, UH, THAT IS WITHIN STATE STATUTE AND WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. IT PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN PRUDENT IN 1993 FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHEN THAT ELECTION, UH, DID NOT HAPPEN TO GO IN AND REVOKE THE AUTHORITY OF THAT DUET AT THAT POINT. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT AND JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN. WE HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, THE RECORDER'S OFFICE, UM, AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE CANNOT FIND ANY DOCUMENTATION SINCE THE 1993 BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MINUTES THAT THAT DWI WAS ACTIVE AT ALL. THERE WAS NO TAX EVER COLLECTED, FINANCE NEVER ISSUED INVOICES, UM, OR TAX STATEMENTS. UM, SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION THAT THIS WOOD WAS EVER FUNCTIONING AFTER THE 1991 APPOINTMENTS. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CURRENT SITUATION OUT IN WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES. YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT EARLIER FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT CURRENTLY WATER SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A PRIVATE WATER COMPANY, UH, VOYAGER AT WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES WATER COMPANY IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THE SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THAT COMPANY PASSED AWAY AND HIS ESTATE, UH, IS GOING THROUGH PROBATE, THUS LEAVING THE FUTURE OF THE COMPANY. UM, UNKNOWN. THIS HAS CREATED A LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND SO AS A RESULT, GIVEN THAT UNCERTAINTY, SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, GOT TOGETHER AND, AND FOUND THROUGH THE PAPERWORK THAT THERE WAS THIS 1991 DW AND REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY AND ASKED THAT THIS, THIS DW BE REESTABLISHED SO THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD TAKE OVER WATER OPERATIONS. UM, OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM MORE CONTROL OVER WATER RATES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY, UH, VERSUS A PRIVATE ENTITY COMING IN AND POSSIBLY RAISING RATES. SO GIVEN ALL THAT, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WITHIN STATUTE, WHAT AUTHORITY DOES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE TO SUPPORT THE WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES COMMUNITY? THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY TWO PATHS THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN TAKE WHEN LOOKING AT SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE. THE FIRST OPTION IS THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN REVOKE THE, THE AUTHORITY OF THE 1991 AND CAN DISSOLVE THAT BOARD ENTIRELY. THE SECOND OPTION IS THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN REVOKE THE AUTHORITY OF THE 1991 DUET AND CALL FOR ELECTIONS. SO WE'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH THOSE TWO OPTIONS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WITH BOTH OF THE ITS OPTIONS. UM, THE PRIMARY CONCERN HERE IS THAT THE PRIVATE WATER COMPANY WILL BE SOLD TO ANOTHER PRIVATE WATER COMPANY. UM, EVEN IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TOOK ONE OF THESE ACTIONS TODAY, THAT DOESN'T STOP THE PRIVATE WATER COMPANY'S ABILITY TO STILL BE SOLD. SO IT DOESN'T PREVENT IT FROM BEING SOLD MOVING FORWARD. AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THE SELLER WOULD HAVE TO SELL TO THE DW AS THE THE FIRST BUYER. SO THE FIRST OPTION, EXCUSE ME, [01:15:02] THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COULD REVOKE THE AUTHORITY OF THE 1991 DWT AND DISSOLVE AUTO ALTOGETHER. SO THERE ARE SOME ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES TO THIS OPTION. THE FIRST IS THAT THE, BY DISSOLVING THE DUET AND ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL DISTRICT, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GAUGE WHETHER OR NOT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WHO RESIDES IN THIS DISTRICT SUPPORTS A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS NOT JUST, UM, A GOVERNING BODY MAKING DECISIONS. IT IS A TAXING DISTRICT. AND THIS GOVERNING BODY WILL HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS AROUND HOW THEY TAX THIS COMMUNITY FOR THIS SERVICE. UM, BY DISSOLVING THE DUE AND ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN, YOU ARE ABLE TO GAUGE WHETHER OR NOT THE 2023 COMMUNITY STILL REMAINS IN SUPPORT OF THE DUET. THE WAY THE 1991 COMMUNITY DID. IT ASSURES THAT A MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THE DWI. AGAIN, THE STATUTE IS VERY CLEAR AROUND HOW MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY MUST SIGN A PETITION SAYING THAT THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT. IT RELIEVES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ANY PRESSURE TO PURCHASE THE PRIVATE WATER COMPANY IN THE INTERIM. UM, AND THERE ARE NO COSTS ASSOCIATED TO THE COUNTY FOR AN ELECTION. SOME DISADVANTAGES IS THAT IT'S UNCLEAR WHY YOU CAN'T JUST SHIFT FROM, UH, 1991 DEFUNCT DW INTO AN ACTIVE DW. UM, IT COULD BE COSTLY FOR PROPONENTS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CREATING A NEW SPECIAL DISTRICT. FORMING NEW SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT CAN BE COMPLEX AND IT CAN BE, EXCUSE ME, DIFFICULT OR TIME CONSUMING TO COLLECT THE PETITION SIGNATURES. PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF SECOND HOMEOWNERS IN THAT COMMUNITY, AND SO THEY TEND TO BE SEASONAL. SO IT COULD TAKE THE RESIDENTS A LITTLE LONGER TO COLLECT THOSE SIGNATURES NECESSARY FOR THOSE SEASONAL RESIDENTS. THE SECOND OPTION THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS IS TO REVOKE THE AUTHORITY OF THE 1990 WINDWOOD AND CALL FOR ELECTIONS. SO THE ADVANTAGES TO THIS OPTION IS THAT PROPONENTS DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF CREATING A NEW COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OR SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT. THE COSTS TO THE PROPONENTS ARE POSSIBLY LESS THAN THEY WOULD INCUR IF THEY FORMED A NEW CID PARTLY BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING AT FORMING A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, THEY WILL HIRE AN ATTORNEY OR THEY WILL HIRE HIRE IN A CONSULTANT TO HELP THEM WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND THEN THE OTHER ADVANTAGE IS THAT THERE IS A SCHEDULE FOR PUTTING MANAGEMENT INTO THE HANDS OF THE NEW DISTRICT BOARD. UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS TO FALL IN LINE WITH ELECTIONS AND SPEAKING WITH THE ELECTIONS OFFICE, THE SOONEST THAT THEY COULD GET IT ON AN ELECTIONS CALENDAR WOULD BE MAY OF 2024. THAT BEING, THAT IF THERE WERE ENOUGH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO COULD COLLECT THE SIGNATURES TO BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT, UM, CLEARLY BACK IN 1993, THE ELECTION DIDN'T HAPPEN. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH QUALIFIED ELECTORS TO RUN FOR THOSE SEATS, OR IF THEY JUST CHOSE NOT TO HAVE AN ELECTION. UM, IT'S UNCLEAR MOVING FORWARD IF THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH QUALIFIED ELECTORS TO, TO RUN FOR THOSE SEATS IN A MAY, 2024 ELECTION. THE DISADVANTAGE IN CALLING FOR ELECTIONS IS THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS NO ACCURATE WAY OF TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, WE ARE BASING, UM, THE, THE PREMISE OF REINVIGORATING A 1991 DW. THAT COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST 30 YEARS. SO IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE 2023 COMMUNITY STILL REFLECTS THE SAME SENTIMENT AND IS STILL WILLING TO BE TAXED THE WAY THE 1991 COMMUNITY WAS. THERE IS A COST THAT THE COUNTY WILL BEAR IN HOLDING AN ELECTION FOR, FOR A NEW BOARD. AND IN THE INTERIM, IN THE TIME BETWEEN WHEN THE BOARD MAKES A DECISION AND WHEN THE ELECTIONS ARE CANVASSED, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, YOU ALL WOULD SERVE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THAT DUET. SO ANY ACTIONS TAKEN ON BEHALF OF THE DUET WOULD COME BEFORE THIS BODY. UM, MEANING YOU WOULD SERVE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THAT SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT UNTIL A NEW BOARD COULD BE ELECTED. AND THEN I TOUCHED ON THERE'S UNCERTAINTY WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH QUALIFIED ELECTORS WILLING TO RUN FOR THOSE SEATS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO GIVEN THAT INFORMATION, UM, YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEIR REQUEST IS TO SIMPLY REINVIGORATE OR REESTABLISH THAT 1991 DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BY SLIDING IN THEIR ADVISORY COMMITTEE INTO, UM, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SEATS. ACCORDING TO STATUTE, THAT IS NOT A STATUTORY OPTION. YOUR TWO OPTIONS ARE TO REVOKE [01:20:01] THE AUTHORITY AND CALL FOR ELECTIONS OR REVOKE THE AUTHORITY AND DISSOLVE THE DWI, ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO ESTABLISH A NEW DW, A 2023 DW. GIVEN THOSE TWO OPTIONS AND THEIR ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES, STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD BE OPTION ONE TO REVOKE THE AUTHORITY AND DISSOLVE THE DW. MR. CHAIR, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. UH, THANK YOU ROCHELLE, FOR THAT. AND, UM, SO DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? AND ANY QUESTIONS ITEM, VICE CHAIR? UH, JUST A, UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ACTUALLY. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY. SO, AND JASON, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, AS YOU'VE GONE AND LOOKED AT THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR SHELF FOR, FOR SHARING WITH US ON IT, THESE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS. SO WHEN THEY HAD, WHEN THEY PUT TOGETHER EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN, I WANNA BE, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO FIND, UH, POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. LIKE, I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT THING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S LEGAL, WHAT WE CAN DO, AND, AND THE AUTHORITIES. SO EVEN WITH, THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A BOARD, UM, BUT THEY, BUT THAT BOARD HAS NO AUTHORITY TO DO ANYTHING. IS THAT CORRECT? SUPERVISOR WHITING? THAT IS A ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. UM, THE ONLY WAY TO, AND HONESTLY, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE LAST, UH, GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS WERE BECAUSE IT WAS SO LONG AGO. UH, WE OPERATE ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL OF THOSE SEATS ARE VACANT AT THIS POINT. UM, UNDER THE LAW, THE ONLY WAY TO FILL VACANCIES, UH, IF YOU HAVE 'EM ON, UH, WATER DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD THAT IS SELF-GOVERNING, UH, IS THIS ONE WAS SET UP TO BE, UM, IS FOR THE WATER, IS IS FOR THE, UH, DISTRICT'S GOVERNING BOARD ITSELF TO APPOINT THE MEMBERS. BUT IT CAN'T EVEN FORM A QUORUM BECAUSE NONE OF THOSE ORIGINAL BOARD MEMBERS ARE AROUND ANYMORE. AND SO, UH, THAT'S WHY WE END UP WITH THE POINT, IT BEING AT A POINT WHERE, UM, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN REALLY DO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO GET NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO FILL THOSE OLD VACANT SEATS IS TO REVOKE THE AUTHORITY AND, UH, CALL FOR IN ELECTIONS TO GET THOSE SEATS FILLED. THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY OPTION THAT YOU HAVE. I WOULD SAY, UM, THERE'S ANO THERE'S A THIRD OPTION, UM, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE ONE, UH, ROCHELLE WAS SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT. AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT THE BOARD COULD, UH, REVOKE THE AUTHORITY OF, UH, UH, THE OLD, UH, GOVERNING BOARD AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COULD, UH, RUN THE DISTRICT THEMSELVES. BUT JAN NAVAJO COUNTY HASN'T BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF BEING A PUBLIC UTILITY AND IT NEVER HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. UM, WE DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION THAT YOU WOULD BE LIKELY TO CONSIDER. UM, SO, UH, WE'RE NOT REALLY THROWING IT OUT THERE, UM, IN THE, UH, UH, IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS. UM, I CAN TELL THE BOARD, THE BOARD THAT, UH, PERSONALLY I HAVE NO, I DON'T CARE WHICH WAY THE BOARD GOES WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. UM, I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE OPTIONS. UM, I HELPED, UH, ROCHELLE COME UP WITH, UH, EXPLAINING WITH THE SLIDE, EXPLAINING SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF, UH, GOING WITH EITHER OF THE TWO OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. UM, SO AT ANY RATE, UM, THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT IS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS AT THIS POINT. UM, BUT IF WE WANT TO RESURRECT, UH, THE OLD DISTRICT, UM, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO HAVE NEW ELECTIONS. AND I UNDERSTAND FROM THE ELECTIONS DIRECTOR, THE SOONEST THAT CAN HAPPEN IS MAY WE CAN GET 'EM ON THE MAY CALENDAR FOR ELECTIONS. UH, WHAT IF THEY WENT THE OTHER DIRECTION? SO LET'S SAY THAT IT'S REVOKED, UM, AND THAT THEY GO BACK TO CREATING, 'CAUSE I, LOOKING AT BOTH THESE, I'M GONNA KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH, BUT IF, IF IT WAS REVOKED AND DISSOLVED MM-HMM, , THEY COULD GO BACK TO CREATING ANOTHER DUET AND ACTUALLY HAVING A, IF VOTED UPON BY THE PEOPLE, A SIMILAR PROCESS. BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF MORE LIKE A TIMELINE THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IS THERE ANY TAX THAT'S BEING, THERE'S NO TAX. SO THE ABILITY TO GO IN AND BE ABLE TO PURCHASE IS STILL WELL INTENDED, BUT SPECULATIVE IN THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THEY CAN GO GET SOME OF THE LOANS AND QUALIFY FOR THEM. BUT THERE'S NO REVENUE THAT WOULD BE COMING IN TO ALLOW FOR THAT AND ONGOING REVENUE. UM, SO WOULD THAT BOARD, IF WE WENT FOR, SO GO BACK TO IF WE CALL FOR AN ELECTION, THE BOARD GETS SEATED MM-HMM. , DOES THAT BOARD THEN PICK WHAT THEY WANT TO TAX THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN GO IN AND, AND START COLLECTING MONIES? UM, LIKE HOW WOULD THEY HAVE REVENUE? SURE. UH, LET ME FIRST OFF, UM, ADDRESS THE FIRST QUESTION THAT YOU HAD. AND THAT WOULD, AND I BELIEVE, UH, THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION WAS, UH, DIRECTED MORE AT, UM, HOW LONG IS IT WOULD IT TAKE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO SET UP A NEW DISTRICT IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO DISSOLVE, UH, [01:25:01] THE OLD DISTRICT? AND THAT ANSWER IS, IT DEPENDS LARGELY ON HOW AGGRESSIVE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE IN CIRCULATING, UH, PETITIONS TO FORM A NEW DISTRICT. UM, THAT USUALLY IS THE LONGEST AND MOST DIFFICULT STEP IN THE PROCESS. UM, UH, AND IF THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, AND I'M, AND I'M, IT'S KIND OF ROUGH GUESS 'CAUSE IT'S ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON THEM, BUT I WOULD GUESS SIX TO NINE MONTHS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT, IT, THAT'S WHY I'M ESTIMATING IT WOULD TAKE FAR LONGER, SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER AT LEAST, UH, TO, UH, REVOKE THE AUTHORITY AND DISSOLVE THE DISTRICT AND SET UP A NEW ONE THAN IT WOULD TO, UM, UH, APPOINT TO, UH, REVOKE THEIR AUTHORITY AND CALL FOR NEW ELECTIONS. SO I THINK IT WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE LONGER. AND THEN YOUR QUESTION IS ABOUT WHAT IS THEIR AUTHORITY FOR IN TERMS OF TAXES? UM, AND THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST CHALLENGE THAT A NEWLY ELECTED GOVERNING BOARD OF THE WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE, UH, UH, DISTRICT WOULD HAVE, WOULD, WOULD FACE IS, OKAY, NOW THAT WE'RE HERE, UM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FINANCE PURCHASING A FOYA OR WATER COMPANY? UM, USUALLY THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY BONDING. UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONSULT WITH, UH, BONDING COUNCIL. UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE BONDING COUNCIL FOR THAT REASON. THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO, UM, UH, UH, ESTABLISH SOME KIND OF A TAX RATE, UH, SO THAT, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FUND, UH, THE COST OF, OF THE, OF THE BONDING PROCESS, UH, BECAUSE THAT ISN'T FREE. UM, AND, UH, AND THEN THE OTHER AF AFTER THAT'S DONE, THEN THE BOARD WOULD ALSO AND ASSUME THAT THEY WOULD SUCCESSFULLY PURCHASE VOYAGER. UH, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY, UH, FOR NOT ONLY, UH, TAXATION, BUT ALSO SETTING WATER RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. SO ONCE THAT BOARD IS SEATED, THEN THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING OTH OTHER THAN THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO TO BOND AND IF THEY COULD GO TO BOND AND THEN THAT'S ANOTHER ELECTION PROCESS, AND THEN SEE IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO GO AND, AND PURCHASE. I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTION TO DO THE, TO DO, TO DO BONDS FOR, UH, THAT PARTICULAR KIND OF DISTRICT MR. SUPERVISOR. BUT, UM, NEEDLESS TO SAY, REGARDLESS OF THAT, UH, IT WOULD TAKE, UM, IT, IT WOULD TAKE ADDITIONAL TIME TO GO THROUGH THE BONDING PROCESS TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE VOYAGER. SO CAN THEY BOND WITHOUT, JUST AS A BOARD, THAT BOARD CAN APPROVE THE BONDING WITHOUT HAVING TO SEEK THE APPROVAL FROM THE PEOPLE? WHAT YOU HEARD IN MY VOICE IS UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THAT ISSUE. YEAH. UM, UH, WE DON'T, UH, ADVISE, UH, DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ON BONDING. UH, WE NEVER HAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T REPRESENT THEM LEGALLY. UH, BUT, UH, THEY WOULD PROBABLY WORK WITH, UH, UH, FIRST OFF THEIR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL, UH, TO OBTAIN BONDING COUNSEL AND, AND THEY'D GET PROPER ADVICE ON THAT GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE. PART OF WHY I'M ASKING THAT IS, AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO IS WELL INTENDED. UM, AND LOOKING AT JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE OPTION. UM, BUT AS PART OF THAT PROCESS AND LOOKING TO HAVE THE OPTION, LIKE YOU HAD STATED, NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT IT, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT? AND DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REALLY BE ABLE TO GO? AND MY CONCERN AT THAT POINT IS, THE CONCERN IS DO THE PEOPLE, IS THERE A WAY, AND IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE ON THAT TAX, IT'S ABOUT TO OCCUR. 'CAUSE THEY'VE NOT EXPERIENCED A TAX UP TO THIS POINT. THERE'S NOT BEEN A TAX THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED. THE DWI WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO PLACE, BUT IT'S NEVER FUNCTIONED. IT'S NEVER BEEN THERE. AND SO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED IT. THEY DON'T HAVE ATTACKS. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS ALL HAPPENS. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME ALREADY THAT HAVE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT NOT WANTING TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. THEY'D RATHER SEE IT IN THE, THE HANDS OF THE PRIVATE. AND, AND THIS IS HARD BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMM, OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE OUR BOARD'S INTENTION ALWAYS HAS BEEN. I KNOW THAT'S MINE. YOU WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST BY THEM. YEAH. BUT YOU'RE KIND OF HAVING TO READ BETWEEN TO SOMEWHAT WHAT PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ARE SAYING WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING THEY'RE WANTING TO DO, AND THE ACTUAL ABILITY TO EXECUTE WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO, TO GO IN AND DO. YEAH. UM, ULTIMATELY IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND I GET THIS, THEY'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WATER STABILITY OUT IN THAT AREA. MM-HMM. , WHICH OBVIOUSLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. YEAH. UM, AND THAT WHOEVER OWNS IT NOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ESTATE, GETS TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHEN THEY WANT TO SELL IT AND HOW THEY WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT. YEAH. AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHOEVER THE EXECUTOR OF THIS STATE IS, UM, THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS THE, THE OBLIGATION TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE, UH, REVENUE ON BEHALF OF THE DECEASED ESTATE. AND SO, UM, PROBABLY THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO SELL IT TO THE HIGHEST [01:30:01] BIDDER, UH, WHETHER THAT BE ANOTHER PRIVATE WATER COMPANY OR WHETHER IT BE, UH, A REFORMED OR RECONSTITUTED, UH, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE, UH, DW. SO, UM, SO YEAH, I MAY I SPEAK, I I HAVE, SO MA'AM, I'M SORRY. UM, WE, I HAVE DOCUMENTS THAT CONTRADICT WHAT HE'S SAYING RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN, UM, DISCUSSION JUST BETWEEN, UM, OUR PRESENTER, LEGAL COUNSEL AND THE BOARD, UM, OPPORTUNITY WAS ALREADY PROVIDED DURING THE CALL TO PUBLIC. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR, UH, THIS DIALOGUE TO, AND I'M SPEAKING IN GENERALITIES. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, PROBATE CASE. I DON'T, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE EXECUTOR MYSELF. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE YOU GO. BUT THAT'S GENERALLY HOW PROBATES WORK. THAT'S GENERALLY THE OBLIGATION THAT SOMEONE AN EXECUTOR, UH, OF A, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAS IF THEY'RE EXECUTOR OF A WILL. SO YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THEM NOR HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION NO. WITH THEM. BUT YOU'RE SPEAKING THAT, THAT TRADITIONALLY THAT'S WHAT THEIR OBLIGATION IS, IS TO GET THE HIGHEST VALUE FOR YEAH. AND SO IT COULD BE THAT THERE'S ONE OF THE OTHER, ONE OF THE OTHER WATER COMPANIES THAT'S IN THE AREA MAY LOOK TO COME IN AND PURCHASE IT AND OPERATE IT AND RUN IT. IT'S POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEVEL OF PRIVATE INTEREST IS. THAT'S RIGHT. MR. SUPERVISOR, I COULDN'T TELL YOU. BUT THERE'S SOME AND, AND THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO CREATE A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY IT SOUNDS LIKE, FOR THE COMMUNITY. YEAH. UM, I MAY HAVE SOME MOWER QUESTIONS, BUT WANT TO DEFER IF THERE'S ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANT TO SURE. JOE, I GUESS MY QUESTION, IF WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP SOMETHING THAT'S UH, BEEN GOING ON FOR 30 YEARS THAT REALLY DIDN'T EXIST, EXISTED BY PAPER. WHAT WOULD BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY IF WE PUT IT TO ELECTION? JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF WE PUT IT TO ELECTION, THAT WOULD SPEED UP THE PROCESS FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE. IF THEY WANTED TO TRY TO FORM THE DISTRICT, WOULD WOULD'VE PUT ANY ADDED RESPONSIBILITY ON US AS A BOARD ACTING AS THAT DISTRICT IN THE INTERIM THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ACT AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR IN THE BEHALF OF DECISION. DO YOU WANNA TALK THAT OR DO YOU WANT ME, I COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? 'CAUSE I WAS, I CAN'T ASKING THE QUESTION FROM THE ASSESSOR. SO, CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. UH, IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHOSE TO REVOKE THE AUTHORITY AND CALL FOR ELECTIONS BETWEEN THE TIME YOU REVOKE THE AUTHORITY AND WHEN THE ELECTION TAKES PLACE, YOU AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD SERVE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DUET. SO YOU WOULD HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DWI UNTIL A NEW BOARD WERE ELECTED. BUT THE DUET HAS FUNCTIONED FOR 30 YEARS ON PAPER OR BEEN THERE AND NOTHING'S BEEN REQUIRED OF EITHER THAT BOARD OR THAT WE KNOW OF, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO CHANCES OF ANYTHING BEING REQUIRED OF US WOULD BE SLIM OR SIMILAR, I WOULD SAY THERE THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. YOU MIGHT RECEIVE, UM, YOU MIGHT RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY TO ACT QUICKLY, UM, AND TO START SEEKING FUNDING AND ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN LOOKING FOR FUNDING FOR PURCHASING THAT WATER DISTRICT BECAUSE THERE IS A SENSE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT IS THE DIRECTION THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WOULD GO. THANK YOU. TRUE. FOR ADDITIONAL CLARITY. SO TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL LIABILITIES, YOU, YOU, OR WHAT I THOUGHT I SAW IS THAT IF WE GO THAT OPTION AND CALL FOR AN ELECTION, THAT THEN WE INCUR THE COST OF THE ELECTION. IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT IS CORRECT. THE COUNTY WOULD FRONT THE BILL. YOU COULD, YOU COULD, I BELIEVE AND JASON CAN ANSWER IN MORE DETAIL, UM, CHARGE THAT EXPENSE, THAT ELECTIONS EXPENSE TO THE DW ONCE THE NEW PORT IS ESTABLISHED THAT YES, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. CORRECT. SO IN OTHER WORDS, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS BIG PICTURE BECAUSE WE'RE OPERATING FROM, AS I SEE IT FROM A PLACE OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REPRESENTING THE WHOLE COUNTY. AND WHILE THIS WOULD SERVE THAT PORTION OF THE COUNTY, WE'RE ASKING THE REST OF THE TAXPAYERS TO TAKE ON THE LIABILITY AND EXPENSE, UH, TO RUN THAT ELECTION. AND IS THAT, AND THEY DON'T GET A SAYING IT, THEY JUST GET AN EXPENSE AND A BILL TO BE ABLE TO DO. OKAY. UM, SO IN ONE, IN I'M JUST, UH, THE SOONEST THAT THEY COULD HAVE THAT ELECTION, IF WE DID THAT, EVEN AT THE BOARD SET UP FRONT, THAT THERE WAS NO INTENTION FOR US TO, TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL THAT BOARD WAS SEATED. SO COMING TO US AND SAYING, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO DO THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, THAT'S NOT THE INTENTION OF THIS BOARD. UM, EVEN IF THAT WAS CLEARLY LAID OUT UPFRONT THAT THEY WAS WAITING UNTIL THAT BOARD WAS SEATED, ONCE [01:35:01] SEATED, UM, THAT'S MAY AT BEST. AND THEN THEY COULD START THE PROCESS. YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT ANOTHER TIMELINE, UM, OF SIX TO NINE MONTHS POTENTIALLY IF IT WAS DISSOLVED AND THEY WENT FOR ELECTION AND THAT'S IF THEY MOVED QUICKLY. THAT PUTS US AT WHAT, LOOKING MORE IN THE FALL. MM-HMM. . SO A COUPLE MONTHS LATER. THE ONLY THING THAT I SEE OF VALUE THERE AND THE QUICKER PART OF IT, I, I GET IT. 'CAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S ENOUGH TIME BEFORE THE EXECUTOR OF THE, THE TRUST HAS TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT BY MAY AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO AND GET THE FUNDING APPROVED ON ALL THOSE PROCESSES. UM, AND WE WOULD BEAR AN EXPENSE IN HOPE OF, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THAT ELECTION THAT THIS ALL HAPPENS AT A TIMEFRAME THAT'LL ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO WHAT'S THE COST OF THE ELECTION? I KNOW I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE, I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T REMEMBER. SURE. SO THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT HAS ESTIMATED IT BETWEEN 30 505,000 BASED ON THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS WITHIN THE WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES COMMUNITY. SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE LIABILITY IF WE TOOK IT OVER. THIS IS THE COST OF THAT ELECTION. THAT'S CORRECT. 35 TO FIVE, 5,000 TO RUN IT. THE BENEFIT OF GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION OF COURSE, IS THAT NOW WE ACTUALLY GET TO SEE WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT BECAUSE IT'LL BE A TRUE VOTE. THEY VOTE ON WHETHER THEY WANT TO DO THIS TO IT, KNOWING UP FRONT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A TAX THAT'S COMING AND YOU REALLY DO GET TO HEAR THE VOICE OF WHAT THAT COMMUNITY WANTS. OH, UH, THAT'S CORRECT. VICE CHAIRMAN. THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT BY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF A FORMING A NEW COMMUNITY OR COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING CALLED A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT. THAT THE COMMUNITY SUBMITS THAT IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY ARTICULATE HOW THAT, UM, COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PLANS TO OPERATE. AND THEY KIND OF OUTLINE WHAT A BUSINESS PLAN IS AND HOW IT WOULD OPERATE IN THE BENEFIT OF THAT COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW, LIKE YOU, YOU SAID IT'S, IT'S SPECULATIVE. WE'RE HOPING TO GET GRANT DOLLARS FROM WFA AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, BUT, UM, THERE'S NO CLEAR INDICATION ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT DUET IS SUSTAINABLE AND THOSE SERVICES ARE SUSTAINED IN THE LONG RUN. BY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE COMMUNITY COULD PULL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND BETTER DISPLAY TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. YES, WE DO HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN TO MOVE THIS FORWARD THAT IS NOT BASED SOLELY ON SPECULATION AND THAT THERE IS SUPPORT TO BOND AND TAX THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THIS SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 'CAUSE I SEE THE URGENCY AND WHY THEY WANT TO HURRY AND, AND DO IN HOPES OF, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING A BEST SOLUTION FOR THE CITIZENS THAT ARE OUT THERE. BUT IN, IN THE HURRY OF IT. I DO WORRY WE'RE GAINING A FEW EXTRA MONTHS ON THAT TIMELINE. SO WE GAIN A FEW EXTRA MONTHS, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW THE PEOPLE FILL OUT THERE. AND I THINK THAT THE OTHER GIVES THE OPTION FOR THEM TO HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER A BUSINESS PLAN THAT SAYS, THIS IS WHAT WE INTEND TO DO, THIS IS INTENDED HOW WE INTEND TO OPERATE IT, AND THEN GET THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND. OKAY. IF IT, WHAT HAPPENS, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS. 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS OUTSIDE OF, THIS IS ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE COUNTING ON WATER BEING OUT THERE AND WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE EXECUTOR DECIDES NOT TO SELL IT? OR CAN IT, IS IT, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE WITH, WITH THE WATER? I KNOW THAT'S GOTTA BE PART OF THEIR CONCERN IS HOW DO WE KEEP THIS OPERATIONAL MR. SUPERVISOR? I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. UM, UNFORTUNATELY I KNOW THAT, UM, THE DWI AS WELL AS THE DWIS AS WELL AS PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES, UH, HAVE REGULATIONS THAT, UH, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW BY THE STATE. UM, AND THE STATE MIGHT HAVE BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ON THEIR END. UH, BUT ON THE COUNTY END, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ABILITY OURSELVES TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS, UNLESS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD, UH, DECIDED TO ASSUME THE FUNCTIONS OF, UH, THE DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVING DISTRICT'S BOARD AND, AND, UH, STEP IN ITSELF AND TRY TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE ASSETS, WHICH OF COURSE WILL BE UNPRECEDENTED. OKAY, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NOPE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND PROCEED TO THE ACTION. UM, FOR A MOTION CHAIR, I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION, BUT I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT REAL QUICK. OKAY. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT THE GROUP HAS TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING AND HAS LOOKED AT A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, [01:40:01] IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT YOUR CURRENT ACTIONS, UM, WHILE WELL INTENDED, THERE'S NO AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER THAT BOARD AND DO AS YOU'VE DONE. UM, THEY'VE PROVIDED US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THE RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF IS MAKING TO DISSOLVE IT AND ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO GO AND ACTUALLY CREATE A BOARD WHERE PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO GO AND VOTE ON THAT. VOTE ON WHAT'S GONNA BE TAXED AND PUT TOGETHER A BUSINESS PLAN, WHAT'S SERVING THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEIR VOICE IS ABLE TO BE HEARD AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A VOTE ON THAT, UM, RATHER THAN SPECULATIVE. SO I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IT'S PRESENTED BY STAFF. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, IS THERE ANY MORE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. WE'LL [a. Consideration and acceptance of the Resignation of Constable Greg Sharp of Justice Precinct #6 (Pinetop-Lakeside), effective December 31, 2023, and possible appointment of Dan Price to fill the remainder of the unexpired term of the vacant office effective January 1, 2024. ] NOW GO AHEAD AND PROCEED TO THE NEXT AGENDA. ITEM SIX, A CON, UH, CONSIDERATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESIGNATION OF CONSTABLE GREG SHARP OF THE JUSTICE PRE JUSTICE PRECINCT. NUMBER SIX, PINETOP LAKE SITE. EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 AND POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF DAN PRICE TO FILL THE REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF THE VACANT OFFICE. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024 BEING PRESENTED BY CONSTABLE SHARP. GOOD MORNING. AFTER SIX AND A HALF YEARS SERVING AS CONSTABLE IN PINETOP LAKESIDE, I'VE MADE THE DECISION TO RETIRE. MY LAST DAY WILL BE DECEMBER 31ST. THAT BEING SAID, I ASK THAT THE BOARD APPOINT DAN PRICE, A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT AND RESIDENT OF LAKESIDE AS MY SUCCESSOR COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1ST. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, DAN HAS SPENT TIME WITH ME TO LEARN THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE. ALSO, ALONG WITH HIS PAST EXPERIENCE AND EXPOSURE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CALIFORNIA, I BELIEVE HE IS A WELL SUITED CANDIDATE. LAST MONTH I SENT UP COPIES OF HIS RESUME AND NUMEROUS TRAINING CERTIFICATES TO HOLBROOK FOR REVIEW, WHICH WILL FURTHER VALIDATE THE ABILITY OF HIM TO ACCOMPLISH THIS JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE YES. WILL, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION. I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD FIRST. JUST STAND RIGHT THERE IN A MINUTE. OKAY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ? IT'S OKAY, WE'RE SORT OF WENT OFF. NO, AND I THINK I STARTED IT BY NOT GOING TO CALL THE PUBLIC FIRST THIS MORNING. UM, , DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR, FOR THE CONSIDERATION? ACCEPTANCE OF RESIGNATION OF CONSTABLE GREG SHARP MOTION PRIVILEGE RESIGNATION AT THIS TIME? OKAY, I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR WHITING. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSS DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE. ALL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. THE A'S HAVE IT SUPERVISOR YES. BEHALF OF A SUPERVISOR, WHITE SENIOR. WE'D JUST LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED, SIR. OH, , WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU, MUCH YOU SPENT AND EVERYTHING YOU DID, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE I'VE BEEN SERVED . I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WELL NOW GO AHEAD AND YOU GONNA ADDRESS THE APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR IF YOU OPEN THE MOTION IS ONLY TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION. POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT. YEAH. YOU CAN DO IT AS A SEPARATE MOTION, BUT OKAY. THERE'S GONNA BE A VACANCY IN JANUARY 1ST UNLESS YOU APPOINT SOMEBODY. BE APPOINTMENT. IS THAT GONNA BE A SEPARATE, YOU CAN DO THIS. A SEPARATE SECTION ITEM. ALL RIGHTY THEN. UM, BASED ON ADVISEMENT FROM LEGAL COUNSEL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, SEPARATE MOTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DAN PRICE TO FILL THE REMAINDER OF THE EXPIRED TERM OF THE VACANT OFFICE. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UH, HEARING NONE CHAIR, I MEAN VICE CHAIR. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I'LL MAKE A MOTION. UH, OKAY. AS RECOMMENDED. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT? [01:45:01] SECOND. ALRIGHT, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. MR. PRICE. MR. PRICE, HONOR. THANK YOU SIR. BOARD MEMBERS, UH, MY NAME IS DAN PRICE. UH, I'M AN EXECUTIVE PROTECTION SPECIALIST BY TRADE, UM, CERTIFIED ARMED PROTECTION SPECIALIST, UH, MARI COSTA COLLEGE CERTIFIED ARMED SECURITY SPECIALIST. MARI COSTA COLLEGE, CERTIFIED IN HIGH THREAT PROTECTIVE SERVICES THROUGH SEC FOUR INTERNATIONAL, POST CERTIFIED THROUGH RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S, UH, ARREST, SEARCH AND SEIZURES AS WELL AS FIREARMS. THE BEN CLARK TRAINING ACADEMY. I'M A EOC CERTIFIED THROUGH SAN BERNARDINO SHERIFF'S ACADEMY. UM, I COULD GO ON, YOU KNOW, I'M A LICENSED AND BONDED THROUGH A CALIFORNIA BAIL AGENTS ASSOCIATION IN A FUGITIVE RECOVERY. I'VE DONE SOME SORT OF PROCESS SERVING BEFORE IN MY PAST. UM, I MOVED UP HERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, KIND OF FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE. SO, UM, PLANTED SOME ROOTS ALONG WITH, UH, MY PARTNERSHIP WITH RETIRED SERGEANT JEFF OVERTON, WHO SERVED, UH, THE COMMUNITY FOR 15 YEARS WITH MULTIPLE CITATIONS FOR VALOR. UH, UH, WE OPENED A MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY AND SO I'M ALSO THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF, UH, WHITE MOUNTAIN KEMPO KARATE. WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED A, UM, SINGLE PARENTS PROGRAM, AN AT-RISK YOUTH PROGRAM, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING FOR A POWELL PROGRAM, A POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAVE PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY. UM, I HAVE MULTIPLE LETTERS OF, UH, OF WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, SEE ME AS I CHOSE TO. UM, BECKY HAS THOSE, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO READ THOSE. UM, UH, SPENT ABOUT TWO MONTHS, UH, DOING RIDE-ALONGS WITH, UH, CONSTABLE SHARP. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING WITH MY PASTOR ABOUT IT AND SPEAKING WITH MY MENTOR AND MY FRIEND, UH, SERGEANT OVERTON ABOUT IT. UM, I BELIEVE I CAN DO SOME GOOD. I'VE ALREADY HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST EVICTION I ROLLED OUT WITH ON, WITH, UH, CONSTABLE SHARP, UH, THE GUY FELL ON SOME HARD TIMES. YOU KNOW, I HAD HIM A JOB. I HAD HIM AND HIS GIRL A PLACE TO STAY WITHIN 48 HOURS. I HAD THE GUY ON HIS FEET, HE'S DOING WELL. YOU KNOW, HE JUST FELL, FELL ON SOME HARD TIMES, YOU KNOW, UH, HE NEEDED A HAND UP, YOU KNOW, HE ACTUALLY WROTE JUDGE HIGGINS A LETTER, I BELIEVE, UM, THANKING HIM FOR MY INVOLVEMENT IN HIS LIFE. AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S WHAT I SEE MYSELF DOING, YOU KNOW, SERVING THE PAPER AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THAT'S EASY. BUT WORKING WITH ERNIE, PASTOR ERNIE FROM THE CHURCH AND THE RE-CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK I CAN DO SOME GREAT THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK US A WHILE TO KIND OF GET TO THE DECISION TO TAKE THIS, UH, COMMISSION, YOU KNOW. BUT I'VE BEEN FRIENDS WITH, UH, CONSTABLE SHARP FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'D DO ANYTHING FOR HIM. SO HE WANTS TO GO, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S DONE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE CONVINCED ME, HIM AND BECKY AND, UH, THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AT MY COURTHOUSE TO HAVE CONVINCED ME TO, UH, STEP UP AND, AND DO WHAT I CAN FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WILL DO EXACTLY THAT. MM-HMM. . THANK YOU MR. PRICE FOR THAT. DOES HEAR ANY FOLLOW UP COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY. ABSOLUTELY. I'M ALREADY SERVING THE COMMUNITY. THIS JUST GIVES ME MORE POWER, GIVES ME MORE AVENUES, YOU KNOW, UM, SO I WANNA DO GREAT THINGS FOR YOU GUYS. I LOVE IT UP HERE. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, I, I DO. SO APPRECIATE IT. NICE CHAIR. OH, I THANK YOU. UH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO SERVE AS, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY SHARED, BUT I GUESS I PROBABLY WOULD APPRECIATE MORE IS THE, THE HEART WITH WHICH YOU HAVE EXPRESSED THAT YOU WANT TO SERVE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO HERE AT NAVAJO COUNTY IS IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST DOING THE JOB. IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SERVING. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO. SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. WELL, GOD PUT ME HERE. THIS, THIS ISN'T BY MY DOING. I MEAN, I WOULD'VE NEVER SOUGHT THIS OUT MYSELF, YOU KNOW, BUT HE PUTS THINGS IN MY PATH FOR A REASON. YOU KNOW, IT'S MY JOB TO, TO UNDERSTAND HOW AND HOW I CAN USE IT TO HELP OTHERS, YOU KNOW, SO. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE DOWN TO SIX SEVEN, I MEAN, I'M SORRY. NUMBER SEVEN, NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS SESSION. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT BOARD? ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ALI. ALL THOSE [01:50:01] IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. WE DO HAVE ONE [a. CONSENT AGENDA: The following item(s) are considered to be of a routine or administrative in nature and will be approved as a group unless a member of the Board wishes to discuss a particular item: ] ITEM, WHICH IS THE NAVAJO COUNTY CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS SLASH CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR 2024. TWO IS NAVAJO COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR 2024. THREE IS CONSIDERATION OF DELEGATION OF AGREEMENT, A GR 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 BETWEEN THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES AND NAVAJO COUNTY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, THREE ITEMS HEARING? I TAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND. ALRIGHT, SECOND. VICE BY SUPERVISOR ALI, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW [1. Consideration of award of Contract No. B23-09-025 COVID-19 After-Action Report and Improvement Plan to Coll Consulting, LLC.] GO TO B, WHICH IS ONE CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT NUMBER B 2 3 0 9 2 0 2 5, CVID 19 AFTER ACTION REPORT AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO CALL CONSULTING LLC BEING PRESENTED BY KATRINA AND KIMBERLY. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE KIM TO YOU, ALTHOUGH YOU ALREADY KNOW HER FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, BUT, UM, SHE IS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM MANAGER. AND I'M GONNA TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO HER. THANK YOU, KAT. GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. SO TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL, UM, TO BRING ON CO COLE CONSULTING TO WRITE OUR COVID AFTER ACTION AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS DONE INTERNALLY, UM, BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND IN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO GET THAT DOCUMENTED. AND SO, UM, THEY, UM, THEY WERE CHOSEN OUT OF SEVERAL TO COME ON BOARD AND WRITE THAT PLAN FOR US. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM FROM THE BOARD? HEARING NONE, I MEAN, NOT HERE. OKAY. YEAH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ACTION. SORRY. YOU'RE FINE. I READ AHEAD. UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT? ALL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR WHITING, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A. ALRIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND NEED A MOTION TO RETURN BACK TO REGULAR SESSION, PLEASE. SO MOVED. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ALI. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT, THE AYES HAVE IT. NUMBER EIGHT, LIBRARY DISTRICT, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION. UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE? PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT? OKAY. SO MOVED. ALRIGHT. MOTION BY VICE. VICE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND SUPERVISOR? ALI HAD SECOND PROMOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. I BELIEVE THE AYES HAVE IT. OKAY. [1. Presentation of the Navajo County Library District 2023 year-end review. ] A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM PRESENTATION OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT 2023 YEAR IN REVIEW BEING PRESENTED BY JENNIFER. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAPPENED AT THE LIBRARY DISTRICT THIS YEAR. THIS IS A LIBRARY DISTRICT, , AND, UH, I'M JUST GONNA POINT SOME OF THE, UH, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE POINTS ON THE YOUR END REVIEW. UM, OUR CARD HOLDERS ARE UP BY A THOUSAND, OVER A THOUSAND AT 26,891 CARD HOLDERS. THESE ARE ACTIVE USERS AT THE LIBRARY. UM, OUR CHECKOUTS, YOU SEE THE NUMBER AS, UH, 27,375. THAT IS ALMOST 15,000 MORE CHECKOUTS THIS YEAR THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR. UM, WE'VE ADDED OVER 41,000 PHYSICAL TITLES, UM, WHICH ARE BOOKS INSIDE THE LIBRARIES, OUR DIGITAL TIRES, WHICH, UM, ANYBODY CAN ACCESS. WE'VE ADDED 24,894, BUT I THINK THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE ADDED HOOPLA THIS YEAR, WHICH GAVE US MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION TITLES OVER SEVEN FORMATS. SO, UH, THAT'S EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, MOVIES, GRAPHIC NOVELS, [01:55:01] EMAGAZINE E MAGAZINES, . AND, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, NOT ONLY DO OUR 13 MEMBER LIBRARIES, UH, BENEFIT FROM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UM, E RESOURCE CARD JUST FOR, UM, THE NAVAJO NATION WINDOW ROCK BRANCH SO THAT ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE THINGS CAN GET A CARD JUST FOR THOSE THINGS. UM, WE'VE HAD OVER 38,000 COMPUTER SESSIONS, VOLUNTEER HOURS, OVER 6,000 HOURS THAT PEOPLE JUST GIVE OF THEIR TIME TO HELP THE LIBRARY DISTRICT OPERATE. UM, OUR ONLINE CATALOG SEARCHES ARE, IS OVER 170,000 WEBSITE VISITS, 48,000. HERE'S AN AMAZING THING. WE JUST INSTITUTED THE COURIER JUST IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. UM, THAT'S IN SERVICE. SO WE HAVE ONE POSITION THAT DOES THAT, ALTHOUGH WE'VE ALL STARTED DOING A LITTLE BIT OF IT. UM, THEY HAVE TRANSPORTED 29,919 ITEMS THROUGHOUT OUR 13 MEMBER LIBRARIES THIS YEAR. AND, UM, WHICH IS OVER 1500. DRIVE TIME, DRIVE TIME HOURS. UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA, UH, SHANNON WILL SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT WHAT, HOW THAT REALLY HELPS OUR MEMBER LIBRARIES. UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ADDED WAS THE, UH, CLOUD LIBRARY MOVIES, IOC BOOKS, THOSE IVO BOOKS ARE, THEY'RE 3D THE CURRENT, UM, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FOR KIDS. AND IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU NEED HELP GETTING IBOX FOR YOU HAVE CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEW, WE WILL LET YOU SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK. 'CAUSE IT'S AMAZING. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT, UH, THAT ALLOWED US TO HIRE TWO DIGITAL NAVIGATORS, WHICH WAS A, A NEED FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBER LIBRARIES. AND, UH, BENU WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT WHEN SHE, WHEN SHE JOINS. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WAS WE PARTIC WE COLLABORATED WITH THE HR DEPARTMENT FOR THE, UM, WELLNESS CHALLENGE THE THIRD QUARTER, AND WE ENDED UP ADDING A HUNDRED NEW CARDHOLDERS JUST IN THAT SIX, EIGHT TIMES, SIX, EIGHT WEEKS I THINK IT WAS. AND, UH, I THINK THAT WAS FANTASTIC. AND DURING THIS YEAR, WE APPLIED FOUR AND RECEIVED EIGHT GRANTS, UH, TOTALING MORE THAN $220,000 IN EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE RESOURCES AND SERVICES. AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO KATIE PEARSON. SHE'S OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND SHE'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR EVENTS THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR FIRST ANNUAL DISTRICT-WIDE TRAINING. UM, THIS, THE FIRST TIME LIBRARY STAFF FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT HAVE MET TOGETHER. AND WE HAD C-P-C-P-R TRAINING AND, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERED BY, UH, SHERIFF KIRBY AND NOT SHERRY, UH, SHERIFF KIRBY, DEPUTY KIRBY, UH, OUT OF SNOWFLAKE, I BELIEVE. AND, UM, THEN WE HAD THE DINO ENCOUNTER THIS SUMMER. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU SAW, IT WAS AMAZING, BUT WE HAD OVER 2000 LIBRARY USERS AND THEIR GUESTS PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND, UM, COUNTYWIDE, WE'VE HAD 3,102 EVENTS AND WITH MORE THAN 12,491 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. UH, WE ALSO CREATED 51 PROGRAM KITS WITH MORE IN THE WORKS, AND WE CREATED AN EEV DEVICE COLLECTION. AND WITH THAT EEV DEVICE COLLECTION, UM, WHAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT, ALANA? UH, WELL, WE HAVE LAUNCHPAD TABLETS, WHICH ARE PRE-PROGRAMMED TABLETS FOR CHILDREN THAT TEACH THEM DIFFERENT SKILLS, READING THROUGH FUN GAMES. MM-HMM, , UH, THERE'S PLAYAWAY AUDIOS, WHICH ARE SELF-CONTAINED AUDIO BOOKS YOU JUST PLUG IN, IN THE EAR EARPHONES. UM, THERE WERE PLAYAWAY VIEWS, WHICH ARE DEVICES THAT HAVE MOVIES AND, UM, DOCUMENTARIES ON THEM. AND THEN THERE ARE THE, I, UH, THE V AND UM, WONDER BOOKS THAT ARE THE BOOK ITSELF, BUT ALSO WITH THE DEVICE ON THE INSIDE OF THE COVER THAT READS THE BOOK TO THE CHILD OR HELPS THE CHILD READ ALONG. AND IT, THAT TEACHES, UM, READING SKILLS. AND I'M GOING TO TURN THE TIME OVER TO OUR COURIER, SHANNON. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SHANNON WILSON. I'M CURRENTLY THE COURIER [02:00:01] FOR THE LIBRARY DISTRICT. MY JOB INVOLVE, OUR, OUR JOB INVOLVES, UM, UM, TRANSPORTING ITEMS THROUGH THE COUNTY LIBRARIES FROM KETA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SICU, ARIZONA. SO WE, WE GO THROUGH THE COUNTY AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER VISITED THE LIBRARY, WE MOVE BOOKS ON THAT PATRONS PUT ON HOLD. SO IF YOU PUT A BOOK ON HOLD IN HOLBROOK AND SOMEBODY WANTS IT IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY, IT GOES THROUGH OUR OFFICE. AND THAT'S HOW WE ROTATE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY. AND THEN WE HAD, I HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH A PATRON IN SNOWFLAKE. SHE APPROACHED THE COURIER VAN AND SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OUR JOB WAS. 'CAUSE I GUESS THEY SEE THE VAN ALL OVER AND THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW. SO SHE APPROACHED ME AND SHE SAID, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR VAN? OR WHAT DO YOU TAKE IN AND OUT? SO I TOLD HER, UM, WE ROTATE BOOKS IN THE COUNTY WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. SO, OH, AND THEN SHE GOES, OH WOW. I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR POSITION BECAUSE WHEN I PUT A BOOK ON HOLD HERE AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU'RE THE PEOPLE THAT BRING THE BOOK TO THE LIBRARY. SO WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR POSITION. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT ARE MY JOB ENTITLES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO BENU HUMA, OUR DIGITAL NAVIGATOR. THANK YOU. GREETINGS EVERYBODY. BOARD MEMBERS AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THE, I GUESS WE WOULD BE CALLED AUDIENCE. UM, I'M THE DIGITAL NAVIGATOR WITH THE NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT. SO WHAT I DO IS I VISIT OUR, UH, 13 MEMBER LIBRARIES, UH, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AND THERE I AM PRESENT AS A WARM BODY TO ANSWER ANY DIGITAL LITERACY QUESTIONS THE PATRONS MAY HAVE. UM, ONE OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE, UM, GRANT THAT I WORK UNDER IS, UM, AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM, WHICH IS, UM, A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT'S DISPENSED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATION, THE FCC. OKAY. LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT, BUT THE FCC IS THE ONE THAT DISPENSES THAT, UM, GRANT TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE CONNECTED IN THE RURAL AREA, UM, GET 'EM CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET, UM, PROVIDE DIGITAL LITERACY, UM, CLASSES, AND, UM, ALSO TO, UM, SIGN PATRONS, UH, OR BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST PATRONS IN SIGNING UP FOR THE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS $30 OFF OF, UH, PEOPLE'S INTERNET BILL IF THEY'RE IN TOWN. AND $75 OFF OF THE INTERNET BILL IF THEY'RE ON THE RESERVATION. IT ALSO PROVIDES A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UH, CREDIT FOR A DEVICE SUCH AS A PHONE OR A, UM, A TABLET. SO I AM THERE IN THE LIBRARIES, UM, COMMUNICATING WITH PATRONS, GETTING A FEEL FOR WHAT THEY MAY NEED AND NOT NECESSARILY COME IN AS, I'M GONNA TEACH YOU SOMETHING, HERE I GO, BUT MORE SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED? WHAT, HOW CAN I BE OF SERVICE? HOW CAN THE DISTRICT HELP? UM, AND SO FAR THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN REALLY JUST HAVING A WARM BODY THERE FOR CONVENIENCE WHEN PEOPLE, UM, HAVE QUESTIONS. A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, ESPECIALLY OUR ELDERS, THEY ARE, UM, KIND OF ANXIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO NAVIGATING DEVICES AND WHATNOT. AND A LOT OF THEM I FOUND HAVE, UM, OUTDATED SYSTEMS. SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE LIKE HOOPLA FOR INSTANCE, UM, WHICH IS A DIGITAL RESOURCE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO UTILIZE IT. SO TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND ALSO TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S UPDATED DEVICES AVAILABLE FOR THEM SEEMS TO BE, UM, A, A, A HELPFUL SEGUE FOR OUR ELDERS TO GET MORE DIGITALLY, UM, LITERATE. SO THAT IS WHAT I DO. MY NAME IS BENU HUMMA AND UM, I'M HERE AT THE NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AND, UM, ON BEHALF OF NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT, THANK YOU. AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO, UH, FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES, THE HELP THAT YOU PROVIDE THE LIBRARIES, IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH, UH, INFORMATION IS PASSED TO THE COMMUNITIES AND HOW NEEDED THEY ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. ALL OF YOU. IT'S BEEN GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR, UM, UPDATE THAT YOU PROVIDED. AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE, UH, YOU, EACH OF YOU [02:05:01] AT VARIOUS, UH, EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, NOT JUST WITHIN DISTRICT ONE, BUT WITHIN ALL FIVE DISTRICTS. AND SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL OUT THERE AND PROMOTING AND PROVIDING THAT OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS IN NAVAJO COUNTY TO KNOW MORE OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY. AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY NETWORK MEETING AND PROVIDING AN UPDATE ONTO THAT. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE VERY INTERESTED IN WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT. WERE VERY, UH, SENT DIRECT EMAILS RELATING HOW YOU WERE A ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT PRESENTATION DURING THAT TIME SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND, UH, KEEP ON KEEPING ON IS WHAT SUPERVISOR INGER WOULD SAY IN YOUR, IN, IN YOUR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND NEED A MOTION TO RETURN BACK TO REGULAR SESSION. SO MOVED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TODAY? SECOND. OKAY. MOTION TO RETURN BACK TO REGULAR SESSION BY VICE-CHAIR, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ALI. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. WE ARE NOW UNDER, UH, AGENDA ITEM NINE, PUBLIC WORKS, A PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ONE [1. Consideration of award of Contract #B23-08-002 Comprehensive Plan to Logan Simpson Design, Inc.] CONSIDERATION OF AWARD CONTRACT NUMBER B 2 3 0 802 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO LOGAN SIMPSON DESIGN INCORPORATED BEING PRESENTED BY MR. COOPER. MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISORS, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF THE THE RFP PROCESS AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS FINAL RESULT. UM, JUST SO THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW THAT. SO, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DID PUT OUT THE RFP FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR WITH SUBMITTALS DUE ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, ALSO OF THIS YEAR. WITHIN THAT RFP, THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE PUT OUT FOR QUALIFIED CONSULTANTS WOULD BE TO CONDUCT DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, VISIONING AND GOAL SETTING, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY AND PLAN ADOPTION. AND THEN WITH THAT RFP, OUR AREAS OF EMPHASIS FOR THE SUBMITTALS WERE RELATED TO LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDED AN ASSESSMENT OF OUR CURRENT HOUSING AS WELL AS THE FUTURE NEEDS ANALYSIS, WATER RESOURCES, ENERGY USAGE, OPEN SPACE, AS WELL AS GRAPHICS INTEGRATED FOR THE PLAN. WE DID RECEIVE SEVEN PROPOSALS FOR THIS RFP. UM, THERE WAS A PANEL PUT TOGETHER WITH THREE MEMBERS TO EVALUATE THOSE PROPOSALS. THIS PANEL INITIALLY REVIEWED FOR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, PROPOSED APPROACH, THE ABILITY TO MEET THE PROJECT TIMELINE, WHICH IS 12 MONTHS HERE, REFERENCES AS WELL AS THE COST BREAKDOWN. FOLLOWING THE PROPOSAL EVALUATION BY THE PANEL PANEL, THE PANEL HAD NARROWED THAT DOWN TO TWO FINALISTS. WITH THAT, UH, THOSE TWO FINALISTS. THE PANEL THEN HELD A FINER IN FINAL INTERVIEW WITH THEM, UM, TO JUDGE THE BEST OF THE TWO. AND WITH THAT INTERVIEW EVALUATION WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT COMPREHENSIVE BREAKDOWN OF COST, THE FULL SUMMARY OF ABILITY TO MEET PROJECT DEADLINE, AND THEN ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS OR, UH, ANTICIPATED CHALLENGES RATHER, UM, FOLLOWING ALL OF THESE STEPS, THE PANEL DID CONCLUDE THAT LOGAN SIMPSON DESIGN PRESENTED THE SUBMITTAL THAT MOST MET THE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION. UM, SO TODAY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS ARE ASKING THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD APPROVE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE TO LOGAN SIMPSON DESIGN. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU MIGHT HAVE THEM. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CODY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED. UM, WITH THE MOTION BOARD, I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY VICE CHAIR WHITING, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND NOW PROCEED TO NUMBER TWO, [2. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of adoption of Resolution Number 50-2023, to allow for a Master Development Plan Amendment from an approved, approximately 508-unit, single-family residential development with commercial uses, to be amended to allow for recreational vehicles/park models and manufactured homes for a total of 660 dwelling units along with amenities, accessory uses, and commercial uses in the Show Low Mountain Ranch Special Development within the White Mountain Lake area. ] PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS YEAH, CONSIDERATION AND OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 5 0 2 0 2 3 TO ALLOW FOR A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AMENDMENT FOR AN APPROVED APPROXIMATELY 508 UNIT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH COMMERCIAL USES TO BE AMENDED TO ALLOW FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, PARK MODELS, AND MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR A TOTAL OF 660 DWELLING UNITS ALONG WITH AMENITIES, ACCESSORY USES, AND COMMERCIAL USES IN THE SHOW. MOUNTAIN RANCH SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE AREA, BEING ALSO PRESENTED BY MR. COOPER. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN SUPERVISORS, UM, AS NOTED THERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT PROPOSED FOR SHO MOUNTAIN RANCH. THIS SITE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3.8 MILES FROM STATE ROUTE 77, AS WELL AS A LITTLE OVER THREE AND A HALF MILES FROM STATE, OR, SORRY, HIGHWAY 60. UM, THIS ITEM HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN TABLED TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO HOST A COMMUNITY MEETING. AT THAT COMMUNITY MEETING THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65 ATTENDEES. AND FOLLOWING THE MEETING, THE, THE DEVELOPER PROPOSED SOME CHANGES, WHICH INCLUDED REDUCING DENSITIES, INCREASING SOME BUFFERS FOR NEIGHBORS IN AREAS WHERE THOSE DIDN'T ALREADY EXIST. AND ADDING A SINGLE FAMILY [02:10:01] ELEMENT TO THIS PROJECT. UM, THIS ITEM WAS, AGAIN, TABLED LAST MONTH JUST TO GIVE STAFF A CHANCE TO FULLY ANALYZE AND GO THROUGH AND PROVIDE POTENTIAL CONDITIONS IF APPROVED, UH, FOR THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES. HERE'S A QUICK PROJECT SUMMARY OF THIS. THE, THE BIGGEST OF NOTE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS THIS IS GOING, UH, AS PROPOSED FROM 508 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS TO THE NEWLY PROPOSED 660 UNITS OF RV PARK MODEL AND MANUFACTURED HOMES ALONG WITH THE AMENITIES, ACCESSORY USES AND THE COMMERCIAL USAGE THROUGH PARCEL. A HERE'S THE SURROUNDING ZONING ON THIS MAP, WHICH INCLUDES SOME R ONE 10 THERE, UH, WITH LAGUNA ESTATES AND THEN RU ONE, UM, THAT SURROUNDS THE CINDER PITS AND THEN JUST TO THE SOUTH THERE OFF OF ROUNDUP DRIVE AS WELL AS SOME COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL THAT FRONTS UP THE BORDEN RANCH ROAD. THOSE HAVE DENSITIES THAT RANGE ANYWHERE FROM, UH, FOUR DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE FOR R 1 10, 1 DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE FOR RU ONE AND THEN CR POTENTIALLY UP TO, UH, 43 WITH THE HIGHER DENSITY. THIS WAS. AND I, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AS I GO THROUGH THIS, I'M NOT TRYING TO CAUSE ANY CONFUSION, BUT I WANT EVERYONE TO BE AWARE AS TO HOW THIS IS PROCEEDED SO WE KNOW WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN THAT WAS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE APPLICANT HOSTING THEIR COMMUNITY MEETING. UM, SO THIS ONE HERE SHOWS THE 758 RESIDENTIAL UH, UNITS AND IT SHOWS THOSE FOUR PARCELS OR VILLAGES AS THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED. THIS IS THE ACTUAL AMENDED PROPOSAL THE DEVELOPER HAS ASKED TO BE CONSIDERED TODAY. UM, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THE NEWLY ADDED VILLAGE E JUST UP TO THE NORTHWEST THERE, WHICH IS ALLOCATED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS PROPOSED. THIS WOULD HAVE AN UNDERLYING ZONING OF RU ONE, UM, WHICH IS A MINIMUM OF, UH, ONE ACRE FOR A PARCEL SIZE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO NOTED WITH THIS E UM, THEY'VE VOLUNTEERED TO INCREASE THE WIDTH ON THE REAR ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT TO 200 FEET AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENTLY REQUIRED 150 FEET. UM, SO AS TO SLIGHTLY REDUCE THE DENSITY THAT'S ADJACENT TO SOME OF THOSE RU ONE PROPERTIES JUST TO THE EAST THERE BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND THE CINDER PITS, THEY HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT THEY WOULD VOLUNTEER A 40 FOOT SETBACK FOR ANY, UH, STRUCTURES THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY. AND TYPICALLY WITH THAT RU ONE YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT A DISTANCE OF 20 FEET, SO THAT'S NEARLY DOUBLE THAT DISTANCE. YOU'LL ALSO NOTE THAT VILLAGE D HERE WITH THE ADDITION OF VILLAGE E HAS REDUCED IN SIZE. SO THAT'S REDUCED FROM APPROXIMATELY 80 ACRES TO 48 AND A HALF ACRES. AND THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING REDUCING FROM 312 UNITS TO 189 UNITS, WHICH IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT DECREASE FROM 7 58 TO SIX 60. THEY HAVE ALSO NOTED WITH VILLAGE D OR PARCEL D THERE, UM, THAT THEY WOULD INCLUDE A 50 FOOT BUFFER ALONG THAT EASTERN LINE. SO AS THE BUFFER AWAY FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. JUST FOR EVERYONE'S NOTE HERE, THIS IS WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED. THIS IS WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS AND WHAT IS VALID ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS A 508 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT SITE DETAIL. THIS ISN'T WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED TODAY. UM, NEITHER OF THE SITE DETAILS THAT I SHOW YOU WILL BE, BUT THIS IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE GENERAL SIGHTING. THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WOULD GO THROUGH SITE PLAN REVIEW WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IF APPROVED. THIS IS THE SITE DETAIL WHICH SHOWS THOSE REDUCTIONS HERE. UM, IF THEY WENT FORWARD WITH E AT A FUTURE DATE, THEY COULD COME FORWARD WITH A A MORE SPECIFIC SITE DETAIL FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY. SO, UM, AS OF TODAY, YOU'LL NOTE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, AND I'M SORRY I MISSED THIS HERE, UH, I DIDN'T UPDATE THE DATES, BUT AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE RECEIVED FOUR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AGAINST THIS ITEM. OUTSIDE OF THOSE THAT WERE RECEIVED AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING, THREE OF THOSE WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. A FOURTH WAS FROM ONE OF THE INITIAL THREE SUBMITTERS. UM, BUT THAT WAS JUST SUBMITTED TO US YESTERDAY, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR PACKET. UM, THOSE COMMENTS THAT WERE AGAINST MAJORLY, UH, THE MAJOR FOCUSES WERE TRAFFIC, WATER, SEWER, LIGHTING, UM, PREVENTION OF CODE VIOLATIONS ON THE PROPERTIES THEMSELVES, WORRYING ABOUT ANIMAL HUSBANDRY BEING REVOKED IN THE AREA OR THERE BEING CONCERNS WITH THAT, WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORS THAT ALREADY HAVE THAT IN PLACE. THE ACCESS TO THIS SITE, THE DENSITY, THE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATENESS OF ITS USAGE, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES, DRAINAGE, CELL RECEPTION AND LACK OF INTERNET IN THE AREA BASED ON THE ANALYSIS THAT STAFF HAS MADE FOR THIS ITEM, THIS COMPLIES WITH OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DOES NOT PRESENT ANY CONCERNS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE AS CONDITIONED. UH, BASED ON THAT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THIS WAS AT THE SEPTEMBER 21ST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HEARING RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BASED ON THE ORIGINAL HIGHER DENSITY. [02:15:01] UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THIS SUBJECT TO 18 CONDITIONS. I'LL TRY TO TALK THROUGH THESE AS QUICKLY AS I CAN. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOME OF THESE, UM, WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN SIMILAR CONCERNS FROM THE PUBLIC AND THESE ARE CONDITIONS THAT WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS THE SAFETY IN PLACE FOR ANYTHING PROPOSED. UM, SO ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY PERMITS WOULD NEED TO BE OBTAINED. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF 660 UNITS. WE HAVE OUTLINED THOSE MAXIMUM UNITS ALLOWED INDIVIDUALLY FOR PARCEL C, D, AND E, WHICH IS A KNOT TO EXCEED. IF THEY WERE TO ALTER. UM, WE ARE REQUIRING THAT THERE BE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, A MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN, A FLOODPLAIN STUDY, A SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM REPORT, AND A WATER DISTRIBUTION DESIGN REPORT. WE'VE RECEIVED SOME PRELIMINARY COPIES OF SOME OF THOSE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS. WE WILL REQUIRE FINAL COPIES THAT GET REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY PUBLIC WORKS. UM, WE WOULD REQUIRE ALL IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFIED BE CONSTRUCTED OR ASSURED BEFORE THE STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT REQUIRES THEM ALL OFF-ROAD DRAINAGE EASEMENTS BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ACCOMMODATE DRAINAGE UP TO A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT PER OUR FLOOD CONTROL ORDINANCE. UM, DRAINAGE STRUCTURES MADE TO ACCOMMODATE A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT PER THE SAME ACCESS TO ROUNDUP DRIVE BEING FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE EMERGENCY EGRESS ONLY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, NO OTHER USAGE, ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PARCEL A, UM, AS WELL AS B, C, D AND E, BUT WOULD REQUIRE SITE PLAN REVIEW FROM THE COMMISSION AND APPROVAL ALL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS BEING MET AT THE APPROPRIATE STAGE IF NECESSARY. AND THEN AGAIN, ALL SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, FLOOD CONTROL, ORDINANCE, BUILDING, SAFETY ORDINANCE, AND APPLICABLE BE MET AT THE APPROPRIATE STAGE. THE APPLICANT HAS VOLUNTEERED TO ADD LANGUAGE OR TO ADD THIS CONDITION, WHICH WOULD BE, THEY WOULD HAVE LANGUAGE IN THEIR CCNRS OR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS WHICH WOULD, UH, NOTE FOR ANYONE COMING INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT THERE'S A RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL NATURE OF NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES SO THAT THEY HAVE THAT DISCLOSURE. THEY HAVE ALSO VOLUNTEERED TO ADD IN, AND, AND THIS IS EXPECTED FROM THE COUNTY, BUT JUST FOR CLARITY THAT ALL COMMON AREAS, OPEN SPACE, COMMUNITY, FACILITIES, AMENITIES, ROADWAYS, AND SIMILAR WILL BE PRIVATE MAINTAINED. AND STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPROVAL OF THIS MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT BE CONDITIONED ON THE NEXT STAGE OCCURRING WITHIN THE NEXT 24 MONTHS. I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT TO RUN THROUGH THERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT IS HERE I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A, A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND THEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE AS WELL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GREG. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS GREG LOPER. MY ADDRESS IS 34 NORTH, 600 WEST IN TAYLOR. AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU. I WANT TO THANK CODY AND SANDRA FOR THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT I'VE TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR OTHER ACTIVITIES TO FOCUS ON THIS PROJECT. AS CODY JUST OUTLINED, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF REVISIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AND IN MEETINGS WE'VE HAD THE PUBLIC MEETING. WHAT WE BELIEVE WE HAD BEFORE YOU IS, UM, A GREAT PRODUCT THAT, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN EVEN THE ORIGINAL ONE, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD ONE AT THAT TIME. BUT REAL QUICK, UM, IN THE INTEREST OF BREVITY, I'LL JUST KIND OF SHOW YOU A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF THE SUBMITTED SITE PLAN, WHICH IS THE ONE ON THE LEFT, AND THEN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS THE REVISED ONE, THE ONE THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION. UM, THIS IS A LITTLE SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT ITSELF. THIS WAS AS ORIGINAL. THIS IS THE AS PRESENTED TODAY. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN, KIND OF A, WE CALL IT A LOTTING EXHIBIT OR A YIELD EXHIBIT SO WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK. IT'S WHAT WE BASE THE TRAFFIC STUDIES ON. SO WHAT WE BASE OUR DRAINAGE STUDIES ON, UM, AS CODY MENTIONED, YOU CAN SEE THE BUFFERS HERE, SUBSTANTIAL ONE ALONG THE ONE TO THE SOUTH. WE DO SHOW THE EMERGENCY ONLY ACCESS TO THE SOUTH. UH, WE SHOW THAT THE, UM, CIRCULATION SYSTEM THROUGH THE PROJECT. THERE ARE TWO POINTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS TO EVERY VILLAGE WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS. PARCEL E, WHICH IS THE ONE AT THE EXTREME UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE PROJECT, THAT'S OUR NEWER ONE. AS CODY MENTIONED, THAT'S TO BE A RURAL ONE. UNDERLYING ZONING, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY BIGGER, AS MENTIONED IN TERMS OF LOT WIDTHS ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL SETBACKS. ALSO IN OUR NARRATIVE, WE NOTED THAT ALL OF THE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES THAT COULD OTHERWISE OCCUR IN RURAL ONE. THINGS LIKE CHURCHES AND FARM STANDS AND THINGS LIKE THOSE, WE'VE TAKEN THOSE OUT. IT'S PURELY MEANT TO BE RESIDENTIAL. UH, PROBABLY A SUBDIVISION PLAT AT SOME [02:20:01] POINT IN THE FUTURE. AND I'M GONNA STOP HERE. NOT, UH, NOT TO IGNORE ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, UH, THAT I CAN ADDRESS IF NEEDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GREG. SORRY FOR THAT. THANK YOU ALBERT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND NOW HEAR FROM THE, OR OPEN UP TO THE, FOR THE PUBLIC. AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL IN ATTENDANCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THIS IS, YEAH. UH, DEBBIE, I MIGHT HAVE GOT THIS. HOLD ON. UH, DEBBIE. ERIC, THIS IS WHAT? BISMARCK. OKAY. SECOND COLUMN. DEBBIE BISMARCK. ALRIGHT. SHE'S NOT IN ATTENDANCE. I DON'T THINK SHE'S ONLINE AS WELL. NO. OKAY. SO, UM, NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO NOW ON TO DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD BOARD. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL JUST RUN BY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I HAVE ON YOUR CC AND OURS. ARE THEY GOING TO BE, UH, A COPY OF THAT'LL BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND, AND RECORDED, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR? YES, SIR. THEY'LL BE RECORDED. OKAY. THEY'LL BE INCLUDED IN ANY SALES OR LEASE RESTRICTIONS OR LEASE AGREEMENTS THAT GO FORWARD. OKAY. AND THEN FOR STAFF, UH, I SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WHERE BEFORE WE HAD JUST A TRAFFIC STATEMENT. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND A CATEGORY ONE ANALYSIS? OR ARE THEY THE SAME? UM, AS FAR AS, I GUESS I COULD RELY TO, TO BILL BEST FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I DON'T WANNA TO SPEAK OUT A TURN HERE. I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, SO. OKAY. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. THE DIFFERENCE IS, UH, THE, UH, UH, STATEMENT VERSUS ANALYSIS IS MORE DETAIL WITH A NUMBER OF LOTS THAT ARE IN THE SUBDIVISION AND THE IMPACTS AND THE MULTIPLE, UM, UH, ACCESS POINTS. THAT'S WHY WE WENT FOR THE ANALYSIS. BUT IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ANALYSIS AND A CATEGORY ONE ANALYSIS THAT YOU JUST DEFINED A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IN THEIR TRAFFIC STATEMENT, THEY REFERRED TO NOT DOING A CATEGORY ONE ANALYSIS. I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, SO I'M ASKING IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO? UH, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER . OKAY. I'M NOT SURE. WE'LL GO WITH WHICHEVER ONE'S GREATER. OKAY. YES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IT REQUIRES MORE OF THE, THE STUDY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL THAT I WOULD REQUEST THAT, THAT BE CHANGED OR NOTED IN THE REQUIREMENTS. BUT MR. LOPER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I THINK YOU'VE MADE A BETTER PROJECT STAFF. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB REVIEWING THIS GOING THROUGH. IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE, UH, BUT ON A SHORT NOTICE THAT YOU'VE MADE THINGS GO AND HAPPEN AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A BETTER PROJECT THAN ORIGINALLY, UH, PLATTED. HOPEFULLY IT GETS BUILT. HOPEFULLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP IN OUR AREA AND, AND MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO OTHER ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO THE ACTION FOR THIS ITEM BOARD. SO, MR. CHAIR? YES, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT STAFF HAVE PRESENTED. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT? I'LL SECOND IT. ALRIGHT. WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, VICE, VICE CHAIR WHITING, TO INCLUDE ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION PROVIDED BY STAFF SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. I'M GOING TO NOW BE TURNING THE TIME OVER TO VICE-CHAIR WHO WILL BE CHAIRING THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING, UM, AS I HAVE TO LEAVE TO ATTEND A FUNCTION OR A CONFIRMED, UM, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT, UM, FOR THE NAVAJO HEALTH PROGRAM. BUT I'LL PARTICIPATE. RESUME. THANK YOU. BYE, CHAIR. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. WE'LL [3. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of adoption of Resolution Number 51-2023, approving/denying a Zone Change from R-3 to C-R to allow for a 54 space RV Park on a 4.65 acre parcel located north of Pinetop/Lakeside, along Porter Mountain Road. ] MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION NUMBER 51 DASH 2020, UH, 23. AND WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO TYLER RICHARDS. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. VICE-CHAIR. CHAIR AS YOU'RE LEAVING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. [02:25:03] GOOD? NO, YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. ALRIGHTYY. SO, YES, WE ARE TAKING A LOOK. UM, THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR A ZONE CHANGE FROM R THREE TO CR TO ALLOW FOR A 54 SPACE RV PARK. UH, HERE IS A BRIEF VIEW OF THE VICINITY MAP SHOWING KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE AREA, SITTING ABOUT JUST OVER A MILE TO THE ARIZONA TWO 60 THERE, UH, ALONG PORTER MOUNTAIN ROAD. JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT, UH, SITTING, LIKE I SAID, NORTH OF PINETOP LAKESIDE, UH, ONE PARCEL, APPROXIMATELY 4.65 ACRES. CURRENTLY IT IS ZONED R THREE, UM, WHICH IS A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND IT WILL BE PROPOSED ZONING TO COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, LIKE I SAID, FOR THAT PROPOSED USE OF AN RV PARK. HERE IS A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE AREA, UH, THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN BLUE. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE AREA IS MAINLY ZONED R THREE, BUT THERE ARE PATCHES OF CR ZONING. UM, THERE IS A PATCH OF CR ZONING DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF THIS PARCEL, AND THAT WOULD ELIMINATE ANY CONCERNS, UM, FOR SPOT ZONING. UM, WHICH WOULD BE A, SORRY, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT THERE. UH, THERE IS CR ZONING FROM THE NORTH, SO SPOT ZONING IS NOT A CONCERN. HERE IS A BRIEF VIEW OF THE SITE MAP SHOWING KIND OF WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE. I'LL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PORTION OR ON THE SPECIAL USE ITEM. UM, GETTING MORE DETAILS ON THAT. UH, COMING TO THE STAFF ANALYSIS, LIKE I SAID, IT DOES HAVE THAT CR ZONING FROM THE NORTH, SO THERE IS NO CONCERN FOR SPOT ZONING. THE PROPOSAL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PROPOSED ZONING HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH CURRENT AND LIKELY FUTURE USES. THERE ARE MINIMAL ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE AREA. AND STAFF HAVE RECEIVED A PETITION AGAINST THIS ZONE CHANGE AS WELL AS TWO COMMENTS AGAINST THIS ZONE CHANGE AS OF DECEMBER 5TH. AND THAT PETITION HAS 25 SIGNATURES, UH, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ZONE CHANGE. THE NAVAJO COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2023. AND STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE FOR PORTER CREEK RV PARK. AND I'LL BE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MM-HMM, , DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE WITH US TODAY? YES, SIR. PERFECT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, GOOD MORNING. I THINK IT'S STILL MORNING, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. NICE TO BE HERE. THANKS FOR CONSIDERING THIS ITEM FOR THE REZONE OF THE 4.6 ACRES UP THERE IN LAKESIDE. UH, APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING IT. WE THINK IT FITS WITHIN THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY. IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A FAIRLY UNIQUE, UH, PROJECT FOR IN NAVAJO COUNTY RIGHT THERE. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PIECES OF NAVAJO COUNTY PROPERTY THAT ARE ALSO HAVE SEWER SERVICE TO THEM. AND SO THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE, UH, CHOSE THIS PIECE OF GROUND TO DEVELOP. WE THINK IT, UH, WORKS WELL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, WE WILL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONSIDERATION. UH, MY NAME'S BRUCE IRONSIDE. I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT. UM, AND I, UH, REPRESENT BRA INDUSTRIES, THE DEVELOPER ON, ON THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT. UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. PERFECT. UM, ANY THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC HEARING, THAT'S FINE. SO WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC HEARING. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? UH, YES. GOOD MORNING. UH, THIS IS BRIAN MORRIS, UH, 3 6 5 7 PINE WAY, LAKESIDE. UM, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE MARINE, I KNOW FAMILY. UH, WE HAVE THE PROPERTY, UH, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. UH, AND SO I'M, UH, JUST, UH, UH, REACHING OUT ON THEIR BEHALF, UH, TO EXPRESS SOME CONCERNS. UH, FIRST I WANNA SAY THAT THE MORENO FAMILY IS NOT, UH, NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT. UH, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, SEE SOME CONSIDERATION ON THE SEPARATION OF THE COMMERCIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND THE, AND THE ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES. UH, MORENO FAMILY'S PROPERTY, UH, UH, DIRECTLY ABUTS SIX OF THE RV SPACES. SO THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT, UH, UH, DIESEL EXHAUST, UH, THE NOISE OF, OF VEHICLES COMING AND GOING AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE. SO, UH, THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN IS, IS THE, UM, THE NEED FOR A, A WALL BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES AS WELL AS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER. WE KNOW THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UH, INDICATES THERE'S A SOLID WALL, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THAT MATERIAL IS GONNA BE. AND SO WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THAT, UH, BE AN IMPERMEABLE, [02:30:01] UH, WALL. UH, SOMETHING LIKE A CMU OR STONE OR SOMETHING, UH, SIMILAR THAT WE'D LIKE TO AVOID THE USE OF CHAIN LEAF FENCE OR WOOD SLATS, UH, DUE TO THE PERMEABLE NATURE, UH, OF THAT MATERIAL AND THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE REQUIRED, UH, FOR THOSE TYPES OF FENCES. WHEREAS A SEAMING BLOCK WALL WOULD REQUIRE LITTLE OR NO, UH, MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE. UH, THERE'S A FEW, I SENT A LETTER EARLIER THAT OUTLINED A FEW OTHER, UH, UH, CONCERNS. ONE, ONE AGAIN, IS THE LANDSCAPING. WE THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO PROVIDE SOME BUFFER, UH, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE BUFFER BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE ZONING CODE OR THE DEVELOPMENT. UM, I KNOW THAT THE, THE PROPOSAL SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, MAINTAINED THE TREES AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. UM, I THINK IN ORDER TO ASSURE, UH, THAT, UM, THAT NATURAL LOOK OF THE LOT IS MAINTAINED, YOU KNOW, THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONDITIONS OR STIPULATION REQUESTING, UM, UM, A PLANT AND INVENTORY STATEMENT. SO WE COULD SEE THAT, UH, THOSE TREES ARE MAINTAINED. UM, ONE OTHER CONCERN IS THE 54 LOTS, UH, APPEAR TO, UH, POSSIBLY EXCEED THE 50% ALLOWABLE BUILDABLE AREA. UM, AND SO WE WANT TO KNOW HOW THAT MIGHT BE ADDRESSED. THERE'S ALSO A CALL FOR, UH, SOME TYPE OF STRUCTURE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY. UH, IT SAYS IN THE NOTES A CLUBHOUSE OR AN RV CHECK-IN. AND SO WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THAT, UH, STRUCTURE ALSO, UH, PLAYS INTO THE 50% LOCK COVERAGE. UH, SO AGAIN, THOUGH, ONE OTHER THING, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE RVS, UH, ARE, ARE APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 14 FEET IN HEIGHT ON OCCASION, UNLESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SP SPRINT VANS A LITTLE BIT LESS. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LIGHTS. YOU OPEN UP THE, THE CANOPY ON THESE RVS AND A LOT OF 'EM HAVE THE LIGHTS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE CANOPIES. THE DOORWAYS HAVE ENTRY LIGHTS AND, UH, THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, COULD PERHAPS ON THOSE SIX, UH, SPACES SPILL OVER INTO THE MORENOS UH, PROPERTY INTO THE WINDOWS THERE. AND SO PART OF THE ZONING CODE REQUIRES, UH, YOU KNOW, LIGHT REFLECTION TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. SO WE WANT TO KNOW HOW THAT MIGHT BE ADDRESSED. AND AGAIN, PROVIDING SOME LANDSCAPE BUFFER MIGHT BE, UM, A DIRECTION TOWARDS THAT. AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. UH, MR. MORRIS, APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? OKAY, HEARING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE BOARD DISCUSSION PORTION OF THIS. THERE WAS A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I KNOW PUBLIC RECOMMENDED, BUT WHAT'S ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE, UH, PERSON ON, ON PUBLIC HEARING. YOU KNOW, JUST SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ON FENCING, LIGHTING, UH, POSSIBLE CHECK-IN STATION. SURE. UM, SO I, I CAN ADDRESS, UH, THESE QUESTIONS NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UM, THESE ARE KIND OF MORE QUESTIONS GEARED TOWARDS THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. UM, AND I CAN ADDRESS, HAVE CONDITIONS AND THINGS IN THERE THAT CAN, UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS AS WELL. IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO DO IT THEN, OR I CAN DO IT NOW. UM, HOWEVER THE BOARD WOULD LIKE ME TO PROCEED NOW, IT'S FINE FOR ME. SURE. UM, SO AS FOR THE FENCING, UH, THERE IS A CONDITION LISTED IN HERE, UM, THAT REQUIRES THERE TO BE AT LEAST A SIX FOOT SOLID FENCE, UH, ALONG THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY. UM, A MATERIAL IS NOT SPECIFIED. UM, I CAN DEFER TO OUR APPLICANT, UM, AND SEE IF MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE MATERIAL, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, UH, APPROVED BY THE, UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE MATERIAL ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. UM, LOOKING THROUGH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DID THEY HAVE? UH, AS FOR SOME OF THE WATER, UH, THERE IS AN ONSITE, WELL ON THE PROPERTY, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO CONNECT TO. THERE IS AN EXISTING SEWER CONNECTION TO THE PINETOP LAKESIDE SANITARY DISTRICT, UM, THAT THEY'RE INTENDING TO CONNECT TO, UM, THE CLUBHOUSE. UH, IT IS AN ALLOWED AREA FOR THIS USAGE. UM, THE LOT COVERAGE, I BELIEVE THAT REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO STRUCTURE, UH, COVERED STRUCTURES WITH WALLS AND ROOFS. THIS RV PARK WOULD MAINLY BE PARKING SPACES. AND SO THAT LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENT IS, UM, SATISFIED THERE. UM, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CONCERNS, I'M TRYING TO THINK. UM, AND THEN, LET'S SEE. CHECK FOR MY LIGHTING CONDITION. [02:35:04] YOU KNOW, I HAVE IT. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN I DO HAVE A CONDITION IN THERE THAT ALL LIGHTING ON THE PROPERTY SHALL BE SHIELDED TO REFLECT DOWNWARD, BE MOTION ACTIVATED, AND BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NAVAJO COUNTY LIGHTING ORDINANCE. CAN I JUST, MR. , DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THE FENCE ISSUE? PLEASE? DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR CHALLENGES WITH, UH, MEETING THAT REQUEST OR NOT? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN AND, UH, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, WE'RE COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, WITH A SOLID SURFACE, YOU KNOW, UH, FENCE. WE DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT AT PLANNING AND ZONING. UM, THE EXISTING PARK THAT WE WERE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE, IT'S LIKE A CORRUGATED METAL FENCE THAT MAYBE SOME PEOPLE HAVE SEEN AROUND, UH, AT LEAST IN THE SHOW, LOW AREA THAT MIGHT ACCOMPLISH, UH, PROTECTING THE NEIGHBORS FROM THE CONCERNS. IT IS SOLID. THE FUMES WOULDN'T GO THROUGH IT, LIGHT WOULDN'T GO THROUGH IT. I LIKE THE FEEL THAT A LITTLE BETTER THAN CONCRETE WALLS. RIGHT. I STILL THINK WE DON'T NEED THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY NECESSARILY. AND SO, UM, BUT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH, YOU KNOW, WORKING THAT OUT WITH, WITH, WITH STAFF IF, IF THAT'S FINE. IF WE NEED TO BE AMENABLE FOR THOSE SIX UNITS. UM, I'VE, I'VE SEEN THE CORRUGATED FENCING, IT'S VERY NICE. AND, AND THINGS JUST, UH, I'VE KNOWN BRUCE, WHAT, 15 YEARS PLUS 20 YEARS, PROBABLY 20 THERE. ARE YOU AN OWNER ON THIS PROJECT THE APPLICANT LISTS YOU BUT IS, UH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, AN LLC AS SUCH? I'M THE OWNER, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, I DO WANT TO EXPRESS THAT WHAT BRUCE SAYS THAT HE DOES, HE DOES AND OR HE WILL DO THAT. HE DOES. AND SOME OF HIS PROJECTS THAT HE'S DONE ARE, ARE VERY, VERY NICE. UH, YOUR PROJECT THAT YOU HAVE OF YOUR, WHERE YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE IS, IS FIRST CLASS. AND SO I'M SURE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS ANYBODY, UH, MAKING IT THERE. WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WATER CONNECTION. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BE MEANINGFUL TO HELP, UH, POSSIBLY EXTENDING YOUR WATER SERVICES TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND THINGS IF, IF NEED BE? UH, CERTAINLY, UH, I CAN ADDRESS THAT. UM, NOW, AND, AND WITH, IN, EVEN IN THE SITE PLAN, OUR INTENTION IS TO BUILD A, A STANDALONE SYSTEM THAT WOULD SUPPORT, UH, 54 UNITS, UH, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH IRRELEVANT. THE NUMBER OF UNITS ISN'T REALLY WHAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP. WE HAVE TO DEVELOP IT FOR A FIRE FLOW, WHICH IS VERY TYPICAL IN A WATER DEVELOPMENT, UH, DESIGN PROJECT, RIGHT? SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS INDICATED THEY WANT TWO FIRE HYDRANTS SOMEWHERE ON SITE. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE, UH, A TANK AND A BOOSTER TO, TO PROVIDE THE, THE REQUIRED FIRE FLOW AT THAT POINT. THE, THE AMOUNT OF 54 UNITS, UH, USES IS KIND OF IRRELEVANT, RIGHT? FIRE HEADERS ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1,002 THOUSAND AND GPM. UH, THERE'S AN EXISTING SIX INCH WELL OUT THERE, WHICH IS PROBABLY AS, PROBABLY AS ADEQUATE OR, UH, AND IT'S PROBABLY AS LARGE AS THE EXISTING WATER COMPANY HAS THERE. NOW, ON A, ON A, ON A KIND OF AN ADJACENT SITE, WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP LIKE THE PUBLIC STANDARDS. WE, WE NEED TO, ANYHOW, AN A DQ AND A DWR WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. I, I'M COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A COMMUNITY GUY, IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR ME TO DEVELOP THAT AS A PRIVATE, AS A PRIVATE COMPANY. WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT TO PUBLIC STANDARDS WITH THE HOPE THAT THERE MAY BE AN ADVANTAGE FOR THE WATER COMPANY TO PURCHASE, TAKE OVER, MANAGE SOMEWHERE, SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES THAT MAY BE ABLE TO UPGRADE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I WANNA BE A LITTLE BIT SENSITIVE TO HOW I SAY, UM, THE EXISTING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE HAS IN. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS IT MAY BE INADEQUATE, UH, FROM THE FIRE FLOW PERSPECTIVE, UH, AND, AND CERTAIN UH, TIMES OF THE YEAR THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME PROBLEMS. AND SO IF WE CAN ADD ADDITIONAL STORAGE AND CAPACITY TO THE, TO THAT SYSTEM, UM, BY TYING TO THAT PUBLIC SYSTEM, WE'RE VERY OPEN TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS. OKAY. OKAY. I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED WHAT I NEEDED THERE. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I HAVE QUESTIONS. ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO, NOT, NO. OKAY. NO MORE DISCUSSION. SHOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UH, AS PRESENTED THE ZONE CHANGE AS WELL AS WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS TODAY. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON [02:40:01] TO, UH, [4. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of adoption of Resolution Number 52-2023, approving/denying a Special Use Permit to allow for construction of a 54 space RV Park on a 4.65 acre parcel, located north of Pinetop/Lakeside, along Porter Mountain Road.] PUBLIC HEARING OR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION RESOLUTION NUMBER 52 DASH 2023. UM, TURN THE TIME OVER TO TYLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN THIS MORNING. STILL GOT A LITTLE BIT TIME LEFT. UM, SO THIS IS THE REQUEST FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR PORTER CREEK RV PARK. UM, KIND OF HEARD SOME OF THE DETAILS A LITTLE BIT FOR THE ZONE CHANGE. UM, BUT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK HERE. LIKE I SAID, HERE'S YOUR VICINITY MAP SHOWN WHERE WE'RE AT, JUST OVER A MILE, UH, FROM THE TWO 60 ALONG PORTER MOUNTAIN ROAD. THIS IS A, UH, LARGER VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL ITSELF. UM, KINDA SHOWING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHERE IT'S AT. HERE IS AN ACTUAL VIEW OF THE SITE PLAN ITSELF. UM, 54 SPACE RV PARK. UM, A MINIMUM RV SITE SIZE OF ABOUT 1400 SQUARE FEET, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 3,500 SQUARE FEET. UM, I DID DISCUSS THAT SOLID FENCING WALL ALONG THE NORTHERN WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY. UH, THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO SIX FOOT LANDSCAPING FENCE SURROUNDING THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY. UM, THEY WILL BE MAKING PAVED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ENTRANCE ON MOUNTAIN VIEW WAY, AS WELL AS THE ENTRANCE TO THE RV PARK ITSELF. UH, THEY'RE BUILT, THERE ARE INDICATIONS FOR OPEN UNDEVELOPED AREAS, LIKE I SAID, THERE IS THAT ON ONSITE WELL AND A SEWER CONNECTION TO THE PINETOP LAKESIDE SANITARY DISTRICT, WHICH THEY'RE INTENDING ON UTILIZING. HERE'S KIND OF A, UH, BIGGER VERSION OF THE RV SITE LAYOUT SHOWING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHERE THE RVS WILL BE. SO COMING TO OUR STAFF ANALYSIS, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT DENSITY THAT REFLECT THE GOALS AND NEEDS OF EXISTING COMMUNITIES. UM, BUFFERS BETWEEN DIFFERENT LAND USES APPROPRIATELY SURFACE COMMERCIAL USES PLACEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IN PAVED AREAS, NEAR ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES SUCH AS, UH, PINETOP LAKESIDE, ENCOURAGING SPECIALTY ENTERPRISES THAT SUPPORT RECREATION TOURISM NEAR THE NATIONAL FOREST. UM, HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ONLY WHERE FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE. UH, IT ENCOURAGES MULTIPLE ACCESS ROUTES INTO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS. REVIEW FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH PATTERNS THAT SUPPORT ADJACENT USES. UH, THIS PROPOSAL SUPPORTS ALL OF THOSE, UM, ITEMS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UH, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTICED AND POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARIZONA STATE LAW AND ARTICLE 29 DOES MEET THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND SEVERAL GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. LIKE I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THIS PROPOSED USE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH CURRENT LIKELY FUTURE USES, MINIMAL ADVERSE EFFECTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE AREA. LIKE I SAID, WE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT AGAINST THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AS WELL AS TWO COMMENTS AGAINST THE ZONE CHANGE AND THAT PETITION AGAINST THE ZONE CHANGE. COMING TO OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BOTH THE COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS WELL AS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, WHICH, UM, ARE LISTED HERE AS WELL. I CAN RUN THROUGH THEM REALLY QUICK JUST SO THAT WE HAVE CLARITY ON WHAT IS ACTUALLY THERE. LIKE I SAID, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN ALL NAVAJO COUNTY PERMITS INCLUDED. TWO, BUT NOT LIMITING BUILDING SEWER, GRADING DRAINAGE AND SIGN PERMITTING. ALL CORNERS WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH VISION TRIANGLE RULES. THERE'LL BE NO O OCCUPATION PRIOR TO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL BUILDING DIVISION REQUIREMENTS. ALL LIGHTING ON THE PROPERTY SHALL BE SHIELDED DOWNWARD AND MOTION ACTIVATED. YOU'LL NEED A SITE LIGHTING PLAN PREPARED BY AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO THE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED SITE PLAN. ANY EXPANSIONS OR CHANGES WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THERE WILL BE FENCING REQUIRED AROUND THE BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY, LIKE I SAID, THAT SIX FEET, UH, ON THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN BOUNDARIES AND THE THREE TO SIX, THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN. THOUGH IF, UM, THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO CONDITION, UM, MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS ON THAT, WHILE THEY ARE ABLE TO DO SO, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A GEOTECHNICAL REPORT FOR ACCESS TO WITHIN, UH, THE PROPOSED USAGE. THEY'LL NEED TO SUBMIT A TRAFFIC STUDY TO THE PUBLIC WORKS PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF ANY BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE PROPOSED STRUCTURES. THEY'LL NEED A GRADING, A GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLAN, AS WELL AS A DRAINAGE STUDY. AND THE WATER SYSTEM WILL NEED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TIMBER, MESA FIRE AND MEDICAL DISTRICT. THEY WILL NEED TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING WATER SYSTEM OR CREATE A NEW ONE APPROVED BY THE A DEQ AS WELL AS THEIR WASTEWATER SYSTEM. THEIR SPECIAL USE PERMIT, APPRO SPECIAL USE PERMIT PRIVILEGES WILL NEED TO BE UTILIZED WITHIN 12 MONTHS. AND IT WILL BE PERSONAL TO THE PERMIT UNTIL CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, AT WHICH POINT IT WILL RUN WITH THE LAND AND IT WILL BE REVIEWED AND INSPECTED BY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT EVERY FIVE YEARS. UM, I'LL BE HERE FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. PERFECT. THANK YOU, TYLER. GREAT JOB. YOU DID IT IN ONE BREATH. [02:45:01] TRYING. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE? PERFECT. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, VICE CHAIRMAN. UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, SUPERVISORS FOR YOUR RECORD. MY NAME IS BRUCE SEASIDE WITH BRA INDUSTRIES, UH, THIS MORNING, UM, LOCATED IN SHOLO. UH, IT'S BEEN A PRETTY SIMPLE PROJECT TO WORK THROUGH WITH YOUR STAFF, UH, APPRECIATE THEIR PROFESSIONAL, UM, PROFESSIONALISM AS WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THERE MAY BE SOMETHING IN YOUR PACKET THAT KIND OF RECALLS THAT. I THINK THIS THING WAS ORIGINALLY, UH, ZONED AS AN RV PARK, UH, A COUPLE OF DECADES AGO. AND WE BASICALLY, THEY'RE JUST ASKING TO GET THAT, UH, UPDATED AND IT'S BEEN FUN TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT. WE THINK WE'VE, UH, ACCOMPLISHED, UH, SOMETHING THAT FITS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS ABOUT FENCING, WATER, SEWER, UH, I THINK AND, AND TREES HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AS WELL. IT'S, THOSE ARE CERTAINLY IMPORTANT TO US AS, AS A DEVELOPER. AND, UH, WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO SAVE, UH, THOSE, SO EACH INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL SITE CAN, UH, CONTAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME NATURAL AREA OPEN SPACE. SO, UH, WE'VE TRIED TO, WE TRY TO DO RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS AND, UH, I THINK OUR SITE PLAN REFLECTS THAT. THERE'S, WE WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, PUT ON THE PROPERTY AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM, UH, ON THE SITE PLAN. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK? UH, YES. UH, BRIAN MORRIS. ONCE AGAIN, 3 6 5, 7 PINE WAY. LAKESIDE. I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN ONE MORE TIME. UM, UH, BRUCE, I DID GET A CHANCE TO GO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF YOUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, OTHER RV PARKS AND, AND I DO AGREE, UM, WITH THE COUNCIL OR THE BOARD, UM, YOU, YOU DO HAVE VERY NICE, NICELY DEVELOPED PROPERTIES, UH, LOTS OF TREES IN THE PHOTOS. SO IT'S, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT, THAT, UM, YOU, YOU DO, UM, TAKE PRIDE IN IN TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT, THAT NATURAL FORESTED LOOK. SO APPRECIATE THAT. UM, WITH THAT SAID, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS PROBABLY AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE JUST SIMPLY REQUESTING THAT SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE CLEARLY DOCUMENTED IN, IN THE ZONING CONDITION FOR THE PROPERTIES. UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE, THE METAL CORRUGATED METAL FENCING, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PROP PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT AGAIN, JUST DOCUMENTING WHAT THAT MATERIAL'S GOING TO BE. SO IT'S, IT'S CLEAR TO THE NEIGHBORS WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES OUT, WHAT THEY COULD EXPECT TO SEE. UH, ALONG THOSE LINES, ANY MAINTENANCE REQUIRED FOR THAT FENCING IS ALSO DOCUMENTED. WHO'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FENCE? SHOULD IT, SHOULD IT, UM, YOU KNOW, START TO DETERIORATE BOTH, BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE IN, IN FACT, UH, SO JUST SOME OF THAT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST RESPOND BACK TO THE, THE LOT COVERAGE OF 50% AS WELL. UH, YOU KNOW, 54 SPACES, UH, LOOKS QUITE DENSE ON THE PROPERTY. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ONCE YOU START LANDING TREES IN SOME OF THESE SPACES. UM, UH, BUT THE 50% COVERAGE DOES NOT DISTINGUISH A COVERED SPACE, AT LEAST IN THE ZONING CODE I'M READING. IT DOESN'T DISCOVER, DOESN'T DISTINGUISH A COVERED SPACE VERSUS ANY OTHER DEVELOPED TYPE OF SPACE. IT JUST SAYS 50% LOCK COVERAGE. SO, UH, IN MY INTERPRETATION, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED IN A, IN A STIPULATION IS, IS WHAT DOES THAT COVERAGE ENTAIL? IS IT, IS IT THE DEVELOPED RV SPACE? IS IT THE PAVED PARKING AREAS? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS 50% IN THE COURSE? ANY, ANY NEW BUILDINGS THAT MIGHT BE, UH, PUT ON THERE. SO AGAIN, JUST SOME CLARIFICATIONS DOCUMENTED SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, SEE THAT AND, AND SAY, OKAY, YEAH, THEY ARE FOLLOWING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING CODES AND THE STIPULATIONS OF, OF, OF THESE MEETINGS. BUT OTHERWISE, UM, I GENERALLY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH, WITH THE PROPOSAL. UM, I THINK YOUR PROPERTIES LOOK PRETTY GOOD, BRUCE. SO GOOD JOB. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICATION TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? OKAY, HEARING NONE THEN WE'LL, UM, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE BOARD. ANY DISCUSSION I WOULD JUST MAKE, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE JUST MOVE, UH, WITH THE STIPULATIONS THE SAME THAT WE DID FOR THE ZONE CHANGE. THEY WILL ALSO APPLY TO THE, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND THAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WILL BE REVIEWED IN THREE YEARS, WHICH GIVES PROTECTION, UH, TO THE HOMEOWNERS AROUND AS FAR AS THOSE MAINTENANCE AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT [02:50:01] HE JUST ASKED ABOUT. IT HAS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, AS WE INSPECT THAT EVERY THREE YEARS TO CONTINUE. AND I'M GONNA LEAVE IT AT THE LIBERTY OF, UH, THE DEVELOPER AS FAR AS THE FENCING, BUT IF AT LEAST, UH, THAT METAL OR, OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AS AN OPTION DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WOOD MAY BE AN OPTION, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S SOLID AND, AND CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THE FUMES THAT HE'S TALKED ABOUT. AND THAT WITH THAT, I MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO, IN INCLUDE THOSE ITEMS. WE HAVE A MOTION TO VOTE A SECOND. SECOND. HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? AND NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. MS. JAR SIDE, THAT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION THAT YOU GAVE A APPLICATION. IF YOU GAVE ALL OF THOSE, IF EVERYBODY TURNED THOSE IN LIKE THAT, UH, THESE GUYS WOULD, WOULD HAVE MINIMAL WORK TO DO TOO. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOROUGHNESS WITH YOUR APPLICATION TOO. THANK YOU. WHAT YOU DO IN THE PRO COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WE'RE ON TO [5. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 53-2023 approving/denying a request by Pinnacle Consulting, Inc. for a Special Use Permit to allow for the construction of a 100' monopole wireless communication tower and associated facilities in the Heber area. ] ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 53 DASH 2023 AND TURN THE TIME OVER TO SANDRA. AND WE'VE STILL GOT SIX MORE MINUTES, SO GOOD MORNING. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, UH, CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS. THE ITEM I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS YET ANOTHER CELL TOWER. THIS ONE IS LOCATED IN THE HEBER OVER GUARD AREA AT A PN 2 0 6 DASH THREE FOUR DASH 0 0 5. IT'S ONE PARCEL, APPROXIMATELY SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES IN SIZE. THE ZONING ON THAT IS INDUSTRIAL ONE. UM, THE OWNERS ARE CHARLES AND TINA PARHAM. THE EXISTING USE ON THE PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL AND THE PROPOSED USE WOULD BE ONE 100 FOOT TALL TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER, EXCUSE ME. UM, THERE IS ALSO A DEDICATED ACCESS AND UTILITY EASEMENT FROM THE TOWER, UH, TO THE TOWER FROM HIGHWAY 2 77 AND A SIX FOOT TALL CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE LEASED PROJECT AREA. I'VE GOT THE VICINITY MAP HERE FOR YOU ON THE PRESENTATION. UM, IT IS OFF OF 2 77 IN HEBER. IT'S ABOUT 7,984 FEET FROM, UH, HIGHWAY TWO 60. SO, UM, IT'S MORE IN, UH, AN AREA OF TOWN THAT'S A BIT MORE COMMERCIAL ON, UH, THAT LIKE NORTHWEST SIDE OF 2 77 AND MORE RESIDENTIAL, UM, TO THAT SOUTHEAST. UM, AND SO THAT, UH, PARCEL WAS CHANGED. UH, THE ZONING WAS CHANGED IN 2003 TO THE INDUSTRIAL ONE TO ALLOW FOR, UM, THAT COMMERCIAL USAGE THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY AS OF TODAY. AND AT THE NOVEMBER 16TH, 2023 MEETING, THE NAVAJO COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH NO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN. IT SHOWS, UM, TOWARD THAT NORTHEAST CORNER. THERE'S THAT ACCESS FROM 2 77 THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND THEY'VE ALSO PROPOSED, UM, THAT PORTION FOR AN ACCESS EASEMENT, UM, OFF OF 2 77 TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE, UH, LEASED PROJECT AREA. AND THE MINIMUM SETBACK FOR THE LEASED AREA IS 110 FEET, WHICH IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL ZONING. SO THAT WOULD BE A ONE TO ONE HEIGHT TO, UH, SETBACK. SO THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE. I'VE INCLUDED THE ELEVATIONS, UM, AS WELL AS THE VISUAL SIMS FROM, UH, THE, FROM 2 77 AND THEN ALSO FROM THAT MORE RESIDENTIAL AREA, UM, TO THE SOUTHEAST AS WELL. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE SURROUNDING AREAS. UM, AND THE ITEM WAS PROPERLY NOTICED IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RS AND ARTICLE 29, BUT IT WAS NOT POSTED DUE TO INACCESSIBILITY. UM, THERE IS A DOWNHILL SLOPE OFF OF 2 77 ONTO THE PROPERTY. UM, AND SO THERE WASN'T ANYWHERE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO PUT THE PHYSICAL POSTING SIGNS ON THE SITE, BUT IT WAS ADVERTISED IN THE, UH, WHOLE GROUP TRIBUNE, EXCUSE ME. UM, AND THERE WERE NOTE CARDS ALSO MAILED OUT THE PROPOSALS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MEET SEVERAL GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PROPOSED USE HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS COMPATIBLE WITH CURRENT AND LIKELY FUTURE USES. THERE ARE MINIMAL ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE AREA, AND AS OF DECEMBER 5TH, UM, AND ALSO AS OF TODAY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROJECT. UM, SO THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS WELL AS STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL [02:55:01] USE PERMIT FOR THE AZ 11 DASH 1 66 BACKHOE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR, APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AS THE APPLICANT HERE AND DESIRES TO SPEAK. I AM, UH, PRESENT ON ZOOM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, MY NAME IS JOHN CATTS WITH PINNACLE CONSULTING. UM, WE ARE THE, UH, SITE ACQUISITION COMPANY HERE. UH, I THAT I'LL, I'LL KEEP IT QUICK. UH, THIS IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PRESENTATION THERE, UH, IT'S IN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE. UM, THERE'S A BACK COAST SERVICE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UH, ALL COMMERCIAL COMPANY, UH, ON THE PROPERTY. UM, IT'S A HUNDRED FOOT TOWER, UH, BUT THE SETBACKS ARE, ARE MORE THAN MET THERE. IT'S 110 FEET AT THE LEASE FROM ANY, ANY SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINES, UM, THAT THE AREA IS, YOU KNOW, GREAT NEED OF UPGRADED SERVICE. UM, THERE THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNITY OPPOSITION TO THIS POINT. UM, UH, DURING THE COMMUNITY MEETING THERE WAS, UH, ONE IN ATTENDANCE AND, UM, HE PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, ASKED IF, UH, BUILDING THIS WOULD, UM, WOULD BOLSTER THE, THE SIGNAL IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED, OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD. SO, UM, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, THEY'RE, UH, WANTING AND MEETING IT IN, IN THE AREA. UM, UH, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO BUILD IT UP AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR, UM, WE'LL NOW OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? NOBODY, MELISSA. OKAY. HEARING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL GO TO THE BOARD DISCUSSION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT IF HE HAS ANY PROBLEM MAKING THAT A MONO PINE VERSUS A MONO POLE JUST DUE TO THE PINE TREES AND THE AESTHETICS OF THAT AREA. OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT WAS CONSIDERED. UM, IT DID NOT GO FORWARD AS, UM, LET ME SEE IN THE, I'M TRYING TO BRING UP THE, UM, THE PICTURES AGAIN. SO, UH, LONG STORY SHORT, UH, I BELIEVE THE REASON THAT WAS DROPPED IS BECAUSE, UH, IT, IT WOULD LOOK A, A LITTLE BIT AWKWARD, UH, WITH, WITH THE REAL ONES THERE. AND ALSO SINCE IT IS A COMMERCIAL SLASH INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, UM, THE, THE MONO POLE WOULD FIT IN, UM, YOU KNOW, FIT IN JUST RIGHT, UH, AROUND THE AREA. SO I'M CONFUSED . SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THE MONO PINE AND YOU WANT TO BE, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT REALLY MY CALL. THAT'S, UH, FAR ABOVE MY MY, UH, MY PAY GRADE AT, AT THIS POINT, WE, UM, HAVE IT AS A MONOPOLE, UM, THAT WAS AGREED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BY, BY THE, BY THE OWNER OF THE PARCEL, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE COMMISSION, UH, TO CHANGE IT. NOW I, I'M SURE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT'S AGAIN, THOUGH THAT, THAT'S NOT A CALL THAT I COULD MAKE. I, IF THAT'S A CONDITION OF THE SUP, I WILL SEND THAT BACK TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DESIGN AND, UH, OUR A E DEPARTMENT AND WE CAN, WE CAN GO FROM THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OKAY. HEARING NONE AT THIS POINT, CHAIR. TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDES? JUST THE VISIBILITY SLIDE THERE THAT WE, HE SHOWED, IS THAT HIS OR IS THAT ON OURS? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I'M, I'M GONNA ASK THE BOARD. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS', YOU KNOW, FEELINGS HERE. DO YOU FEEL JUST, UH, THE POLL LIKE THAT IT IS GONNA BE BETTER THAN THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK MORE LIKE A PINE TREE? IF THAT WAS IN YOUR [03:00:01] BACKYARD? I CAN SEE BOTH, BOTH SIDES. 'CAUSE IT'S MUCH TALLER THAN ANY OTHER PINE TREE AROUND. BUT YET, IF YOU HAVE ANY OPINION, ANY COMMENTS? I DON'T KNOW. I, I COULD SEE IT BEING NICE TO HAVE IT LOOK LIKE A PERSONALLY TO HAVE IT LOOK LIKE A, LIKE A PINE TREE, BUT ALSO IF I LIVED THERE, I JUST WANT THE SERVICE AND IT'S A COMMERCIAL AREA. I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE APPLICANT'S HAD ON IT, BUT I, YEAH, AND THE, THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE BEFORE, SORRY, I WAS NOT CLEAR THERE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE, IF, IF WE DID DISGUISE IT AS A OPINE, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD VERY MUCH STAND OUT. UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, CONTRARY TO, TO FIRST THOUGHT WHEN WE PUT THESE ACTUAL MONO POLES UP AFTER A WHILE, UM, UH, PEOPLE JUST DON'T NOTICE THEM. IT IS LIKE, UH, NOT NOTICING, UM, POWER POLES, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A UTILITY TYPE THING. BUT IF, IF THERE WERE A AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WERE POWER, YOU KNOW, TWO, THREE TIMES OF THE REST OF THE OTHER TREES IN THE AREA AND, UM, SOMEBODY KIND OF NOTICED IT WAS A LITTLE FAKE LOOKING, UH, THAT TENDS TO BE A, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT MORE. I, I'VE NOTICED, UH, THAN, AND THAT GOES JUST STRAIGHT POLL, UH, FOR, FOR THE SERVICE. I AGREE WITH YOU ON, ON THIS, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR ONE HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS VIEW SHOT, THAT IF WE PUT PINE ON IT, IT'D BE BIGGER. IF IT WERE SHORTER THAN I PROBABLY WOULD BE RECOMMENDING IT. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED. SECOND WE MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NONE. THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, ALL, ALL RIGHT. WE'RE [6. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration and adoption of Resolution Number 54-2023 approving/denying a Special Use Permit to allow for the construction and operation of a 112.5 MWdc solar energy generation facility, 75 MW Battery Energy Storage System, and associated facilities on approximately 625 acres located in the Snowflake area.] GONNA MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING OUR CONSOLIDATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 54 DASH 2023 ON A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. WE'RE GONNA TURN THE TIME OVER TO CODY COOPER. ALL RIGHT, MR. VICE CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN ONLINE, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME FOR THIS ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. NOW, UM, LEMME JUST MOVE THROUGH ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS THIS SOLAR GENERATION FACILITY AS WELL AS BATTERY STORAGE. THIS IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF SNOWFLAKE AND THREE AND A HALF MILES TO THE WEST OF STATE ROUTE 77 THERE. UM, THIS PROJECT IS PROPOSED FOR 112 AND A HALF MEGAWATTS DC GENERATION AND NOW FOR 75 MEGAWATTS OF BATTERY STORAGE. WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY RECEIVED WAS FOR 20 MEGAWATTS OF BATTERY STORAGE. THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THEY WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THAT AS FAR AS THEIR APPROVALS. AND WITH THAT INCREASE, IT WOULD NOT INCREASE THE FOOTPRINT OR BOUNDARY OF THIS PROJECT. UM, SO STAFF HAS NO CONCERNS AND I'LL, I'LL TOUCH ON OUR RECOMMENDATION LATER, BUT NO CONCERNS WITH THAT INCREASE FROM OUR SIDE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BROUGHT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TODAY. HERE'S A PROPOSED ACCESS MAP FOR YOU. THIS ACCESS WOULD COME OFF OF STATE ROUTE 77 AND THEN WOULD UTILIZE ROADS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPROVED AS A RESULT OF THE DRY LAKE WIND FARM. UM, HERE IS AN AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY AND ON SITE YOU CAN SEE DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, PROBABLY EASIER TO SEE THE SHADOW THAN THE THING ITSELF. THAT IS ONE OF THE WIND TURBINES FROM THE DRY LAKE WIND FARM IN THAT SOUTHEAST. UM, THE APPLICANT HERE DOES HAVE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT LEASE, UH, AGREEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT, SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY INTERFERENCE, BUT THERE ARE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE IMPROVED ROADS AS A RESULT OF THAT, THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD LOOK TO UTILIZE. JUST GONNA SUMMARIZE THE COMPONENTS PRETTY QUICKLY. UH, SO FOR CONSTRUCTION THERE WOULD BE THE LAY DOWN YARDS FOR THE WORK CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TRAILERS AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FEATURES TO PREVENT ANY FLOODING. AND THEN AS FAR AS OPERATION, NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE HERE. I'M JUST GONNA KEEP 'EM UP. UM, BUT THESE ARE ALL OF THE TYPICAL COMPONENTS THAT YOU WOULD SEE, UH, FOR A SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION FACILITY. UM, SOME PERIMETER FENCING AND AREA FOR A SUBSTATION SIGNAGE FOR WARNINGS. I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A, A SECOND TO READ THROUGH 'EM, BUT, ALL RIGHT. AND HERE'S THE SITE PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED SITE. MY NEXT SLIDE HAS IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER UP. IT'S JUST STILL DIFFICULT TO DO FULL JUSTICE, BUT, UM, THIS SHOWS THE LOCATIONS FOR SOME OF THE PROPOSED COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH. UH, IF I, YES, SORRY, [03:05:01] UM, THE SUBSTATION AREA, SOME LAY DOWN AREAS, THE INVERTER LOCATIONS AS WELL AS INTERNAL GRAVEL ACCESS ROADS THAT COME OFF OF THAT ALREADY IMPROVED ROADWAY, THIS IS AS CLOSE AS I CAN GET. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S THE BEST I CAN DO WHILE STILL SHOWING THE COMPONENTS. UM, SO AS A NOTE FOR THIS SITE, THE APPLICANT HAS GONE THROUGH AND COMPLETED REVIEWS FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES, PLANT AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS, AS WELL AS WETLAND AND STREAM FEATURES. UM, THIS SITE HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE LITTLE TO NO IMPACT ON THOSE RESEARCHES OR ON THOSE RESOURCES. BASED UPON THIS REVIEW. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, WHICH IS THE NEAREST LOCAL, OR SORRY, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW, AS WELL AS THE NEAREST LOCAL FIRE JURISDICTION, WHICH WOULD BE THE RESPONDING JURISDICTION FOR THIS TO ENSURE THAT FIRE PROTECTION IS GONNA BE PROVIDED FOR THIS PROJECT AND IT GOES THROUGH WITH THE PROPER FIRE CODE AT LAST MONTH'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, HEARING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT. STAFF HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT AS OF TODAY. UH, STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PROJECT. IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL RELEVANT GOALS AND POLICIES OF NAVAJO COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN OUR STAFF REPORT AS IT MEETS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE NAVAJO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE AND WILL NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE BASED UPON THE CONDITIONS PROVIDED. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT SUBJECT TO 17 CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT. I WILL NOT GO THROUGH AND SUMMARIZE THESE ONES UNLESS YOU'D LIKE ME TO. UM, THAT'S 'CAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT PAGES. THEY GET A LITTLE BIT LENGTHY WITH THESE FACILITIES. UM, THE APPLICANT, OR SORRY, STAFF, UH, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THE APPLICANT IS HERE, UM, TO PRESENT AND TALK TO THE, THE BOARD. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. TURN THE TIME OVER THE APPLICANT. HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UH, MY NAME'S DON BUOL. I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT COR SALE ENERGY. WE'RE THE DEVELOPER ON THIS PROJECT. AND, UM, WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. THANKS TO CODY FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE OVER ZOOM AS WELL. HANNAH ALFRED AND JAMES PIPPEN. UM, BUT I'LL, UH, I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF AND THEN, UM, CAN OPEN IT UP TO SOME QUESTIONS. UM, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US. WE'RE BASED IN DENVER, UM, BUT WE DEVELOP RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. UM, WE, UM, HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH PROJECTS OF THIS SIZE AND, UM, ARE, UM, EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, THE POTENTIAL HERE. SO TO GET INTO THE PROJECT ITSELF, IT'S ABOUT 600 ACRES, UH, ABOUT 20 OR SO MILES FROM HERE NEAR SNOWFLAKE. UM, THE PROJECT WILL, UM, ACTUALLY HAVE A 75 MEGAWATT BATTERY, AS CODY MENTIONED, THAT WAS A, A CHANGE WE MADE LATER IN THE PROCESS. BUT, UM, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THE SIZE. AND AS CODY MENTIONED, WE'RE NOT ALTERING THE FOOTPRINT OR, UM, ANY ASPECT OF THE DESIGN, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. SO THIS SITE LOCATION IS, WE THINK, IDEAL FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS. UM, IT IS LOCATED ON THE SITE OF A CURRENT WIND FARM, UM, AND, UM, THERE ARE NO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA. UM, SO THERE WILL NOT BE ANY DISTURBANCE TO HOMES OR BUSINESSES. AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE THE USE THAT THE, UH, THAT THE SITE IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED FOR. HERE'S A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE LAYOUT. AS CODY MENTIONED, WE'VE DONE A LOT TO WORK AROUND WETLANDS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES AND ALSO TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING ACCESS IN THE AREA. UM, THAT'S WHY IT'S SORT OF AN ODD SHAPE, UM, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO AVOID THOSE MORE, MORE SENSITIVE AREAS AND, UM, MAINLY MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T IMPACTING ANY WETLANDS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF REITERATING THAT IT, THERE ARE NO CONCERNS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED ON THE SITE. UM, THERE WERE NONE FOR THE DRY LAKE WIND FARM. AND, UM, WE'VE DONE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF THE, YOU KNOW, FLORA AND FAUNA IN THE AREA AND HAVE NOT FOUND ANY POTENTIAL CONCERNS. SO LASTLY, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PROJECT. THIS WILL BE A $200 MILLION PLUS INVESTMENT IN THE AREA. UM, IT'LL GENERATE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR IN TAX REVENUE. IT'LL CREATE OVER 300 JOBS DURING CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERAL PERMANENT MAINTENANCE JOBS. UM, ADDITIONALLY THIS PROJECT IS INTERCONNECTING TO THE A PS SYSTEM. SO THE POWER WILL BE GENERATED AND ABSORBED LOCALLY, BUT IT WILL BE OWNED BY A GROUP OF PRIVATE INVESTORS. UM, THERE WILL BE NO RATE BASING FOR THIS PROJECT. A PS WILL NOT HAVE TO RAISE RATES OR, YOU KNOW, INVEST IN THE PROJECT ITSELF. IT'LL ALL BE DONE PRIVATELY. [03:10:01] AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE ENERGY WILL BE PRODUCED AND CONSUMED LOCALLY. UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, UM, WHEN I MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER NOW TO, WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? OKAY, HEARING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD. ANY DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? VICE CHAIR? THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE ON THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THIS AS WELL AS OTHER PROJECTS TO OUR STAFF, THAT WE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THAT WE'RE REEVALUATING THOSE BOND, UH, REQUIREMENTS. EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE AND MORE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, COMING ON THAT WE DON'T LET ANY OF THAT SLIP BEHIND BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE PUBLIC IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE THINGS, UH, NEED NOT, I DON'T MEAN TO CALL IT THINGS WHEN THESE GENERATING PLANTS, UH, WHATEVER PURPOSE THEY'RE USING, THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, ARE NO LONGER VIABLE, THAT THEY ARE RESTORED AND THAT WE'RE NOT HELD LIABLE FOR THAT, THAT THERE IS BONDING IN, IN PLACE. SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE PROJECT HERE. THANK YOU. ANY MORE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON. CHAIR, INDICATE A MOTION AT THIS TIME, VICE CHAIR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS PROJECT AS PRESENTED. SECOND. SECOND. SO SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND NONE. THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK STAFF FOR WORKING ON THAT. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER [10. COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE: Report from County Manager, County Attorney and Board members. ] 10, THE COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE. UM, MR. CARLINE, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY EVIDENCE? I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION FOR A WONDERFUL COUNTY CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS PAST AFTERNOON. PERFECT. THANK YOU BRIAN. THANK YOU THEN FOR DOING THAT. UH, BRIAN? NOTHING FROM ME, SIR. PERFECT. SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE MOVED THIS UP TO THE VERY FIRST TODAY BECAUSE THERE WAS A BIG CHOIR HERE. OKAY. . BUT WE NEED TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR CHAIRMAN, UH, PE GUY AND OUR SUPERVISOR ALI, FOR HAVING A BIRTHDAY RECENTLY HERE. AND I THINK IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT YOU GUYS JOIN IN WITH US AS WE GIVE THEM A GREAT HAPPY BIRTHDAY HERE. OKAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISOR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, . NOW JUST, UH, REAL QUICK, BRIEF REPORT. WAS ABLE TO FINISH UP A YEAR PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, THE JAIL SERVICE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH. UH, BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH HAVING PEERS IN OUR JAIL, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH AND WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT IT WAS A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED. AND SO IT'S BEEN VERY WELL, A REAL SAD STORY OF WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE HAVE ADDICTIONS. ALL OF THOSE ADDICTIONS ARE NOT BECAUSE OF THEM. SOMETIMES THOSE ADDICTIONS ARE BECAUSE OF THEIR PARENTS, BECAUSE OF SOCIETY OR OTHER ISSUES. A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL CAME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW. UH, SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, INTERVIEWING WITH THE OFFICER THERE DOING, UH, AN ARREST. AND HE ASKED HER, HOW DID YOU GET TO THIS POINT? AND WHERE, WHAT ARE YOU USING? BECAUSE WE WANNA KNOW WHAT DRUG YOU'RE ON. SHE'S 14 YEARS OLD. AND SHE SAID SHE WAS ADDICTED TO HEROIN AND SHE'D BEEN USING IT FOR TWO YEARS. SHE WAS ASKED HOW SHE BECAME ADDICTED TO IT, AND SHE SAID, MY PARENTS WERE ON HEROIN AND THEY WERE HIGH ONE NIGHT. AND THEY DECIDED THAT I NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO ONE OF MY PARENTS HELD ME DOWN WHILE THE OTHER ONE INJECTED ME. AND SO NOW AS SOCIETY, WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH AND HELP THESE PEOPLE AND IT'S SOME, A RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE ON. IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY THAT WITH THE NUMBER OF FENTANYL PILLS THAT WE HAVE COMING ACROSS OUR BORDERS, THE DRUG CHALLENGES THAT'S COMING FROM CHINA, FROM FROM UH, MEXICO, THE CARTELS, IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BROADER. AND WE SAT IN A ROOM WITH MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW, UH, SOBER, WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH SOBRIETY FOR MANY YEARS AND WILLING TO GIVE BACK AND HELP IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M HOPING THAT NAVAJO COUNTY CAN CONTINUE TO BE AN EXAMPLE AND CONTINUE TO REACH OUT, KNOW THESE PEOPLE BY NAME [03:15:01] RATHER THAN THEY'RE AN ADDICT. KNOW THEM JUST LIKE WE ARE KNOWN AND, AND RESPECT THEM AND HELP THEM IN ALL THAT WE CAN. I WANNA WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS. UH, IT'S A GREAT TIME OF THE YEAR. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO, TO PONDER THE BLESSINGS THAT WE DO HAVE OF THOSE OF LIFE AND THOSE OF HAPPINESS AND THOSE BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, THE SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. AND I WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, SUPERVISOR, UH, AL. UM, HI EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOU BEING HERE WITH US. APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UM, MY REPORT IS THAT, UM, I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH, UM, SENATOR KELLY'S STAFF IN CHAPTER, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE MAJOR ARTERIALS THAT, UM, GO IN THE BLACK MESA AREA THAT, UM, WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH CHINA WAIVER, THE CULTURAL, UM, RESOURCES, COMPLIANCE, AND SEE IF WE CAN, UM, GET A GET AROUND IT. HOWEVER, UM, I, I PERSONALLY DOUBT IT, BUT, UM, THEY'RE GIVING IT A SHOCK TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION THIS COMING YEAR. OTHERWISE, UM, THEY'LL LOSE FUNDING FROM THE NAVAJO NATION. UM, I DON'T WANT THEM TO LOSE FUNDING FROM THE NAVAJO NATION. AND THEY DO ALSO HAVE SOME FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, FOR THE, FOR THAT ROAD PROJECT IN 80 31 IS THE NAME OF IT. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME GRAVELING PROJECT, HOPEFULLY AFTER THIS NEW YEAR'S WE'LL, UM, TAKE IT UP AGAIN, UM, DEPENDING ON, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, RECOMMENDATION. AND I APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE, UM, COUPLE OF, UH, GREATER OPERATORS, UM, ON THE LISTING TODAY FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND, UM, ANOTHER THING IS, UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM CHRIS PASTORES, HOPEFULLY HE'S STILL HERE. UM, HE IS, UM, SET UP. HE AND I HAVE SET UP, UM, SOME TEACHING, UM, TRAINING FOR AT LEAST FOUR OF THE CHAPTERS INITIALLY TO SEE HOW THAT THEY WILL GO ABOUT, UM, GETTING A GRANT FROM THE COAL IMPACTED. UM, GRANT. SO, SO FAR I KNOW ONE CHAPTER HAS BEEN REALLY, UH, WORKING ON GETTING HIS, UM, DOCUMENTATIONS IN AND THE OTHER ONES, UM, ARE BEING A LITTLE SLOW. HOWEVER, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE REST OF OUR CHAPTERS AND DO ANOTHER PRESENTATION TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE I BELIEVE ALL OF MY CHAPTERS ARE EITHER NEAR, UH, GENERATING STATION THAT HAVE CLOSED DOWN OR STILL IN OPERATION AS WELL AS, UM, COAL MINING SITES, UM, THAT HAVE CLOSED DOWN. SO THAT IS MY REPORT AND I JUST WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND OF COURSE A HAPPY NEW YEAR, UM, THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, 2024. AND, UM, THANK YOU CHAIR AND UM, VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR FOR HIS TIME ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, AND I KNOW CHAIRMAN IS ON THE ROAD. UM, CHAIRMAN, YOU WANNA MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON A BUSINESS UPDATE, KIND OF BUSINESS UPDATE? UH, NOT AT THIS TIME. I'LL RESERVE UNTIL THE NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU. PERFECT. DRIVE SAFE. I'LL JUST SAY, UM, HAS BEEN SAID BY MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THE MEETINGS HAVE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * 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.