Mar 12, 2024 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

APPRECIATE YOU CARING ENOUGH TO BE THERE AND FOR SHARING THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, YOU'VE SHARED TODAY.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH MS. BUCKLEY, WHO YOU, UH, CAN SEE THERE.

UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING ME.

ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, DEAR.

I'LL JUST MAKE A A COMMENT SUPERVISOR.

SEYMOUR, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW AT ANOTHER MEETING WE WERE ASKED.

I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS THIS VERY MUCH, UH, BECAUSE WE CAN'T CALL TO THE PUBLIC, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I, I FEEL THAT WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY HAVE SOME TYPE OF A PUBLIC FORUM OR A POSSIBLE, UH, ITEM ON A, A FUTURE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.

APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

WE HAVE ONE.

WE HAVE ONE MORE IN THE BOARDROOM.

UM, STEVE CARBAHOL.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS STEVE CARVALHAL.

I'M AT SIX 50 NORTH PENROD ROAD IN SHOW LOW, UH, TWO THINGS THIS MORNING.

FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY THINK THAT THE, THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHILE YOU MAY BE THINKING THAT YOU'RE SAVING THE TAXPAYERS, THE MI TAXPAYERS, THE MILEAGE COST OF YOUR NOT ATTENDING, REALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU HERE AS TAXPAYERS SO WE CAN TALK TO YOU IN PERSON AND NOT VIRTUALLY.

I THINK THAT'S, UH, A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.

THAT'S PART OF WHY WE HAVE PUBLIC FORUMS LIKE THIS.

AND YOUR MEETINGS ARE NOT HELD IN PRIVATE, UH, AT THIS STAGE.

SO PLEASE, IN THE FUTURE, EVERYBODY SHOW UP FOR THE MEETING.

YOU'RE BEING PAID TO DO SO BY TAXPAYERS MONEY.

WE'D REALLY LIKE YOU TO DO SO.

BE HERE IN PERSON.

SECOND THING IS AT THE, AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING IN PINETOP LAKESIDE RECENTLY FOR, UM, UH, SUPERVISOR WEINGER WITH DARRYL SEYMOUR ATTENDING AS WELL, AND MICHAEL, UH, SAMPLE, EVERYONE THERE, UH, INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE ACTUAL VOTING PROCESS TAKES PLACE WITHIN OUR COUNTY.

AND AT THAT MEETING WE HAD DISCUSSED PUTTING ON THE AGENDA FOR A FUTURE MEETING.

HOPEFULLY THIS NEXT ONE, UH, HAVING EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE, FROM THE COUNTY SIDE, COME AND DISCUSS AND EXPLAIN TO ALL OF US, INCLUDING ALL OF YOU, HOW THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF THE VOTING SYSTEM WORKS IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

AND WE WILL HAVE MORE PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC AT THAT MEETING SO WE CAN HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AS WELL.

AND THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST FOR Y'ALL, SHOW UP IN PERSON FOR THESE MEETINGS AND ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE COUNTY BOARD ROOM HERE WITH ALL OF Y'ALL ATTENDANTS AT A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING WHERE ALL THE ELECTION PERSONNEL CAN EXPLAIN THE EXACT PROCESS.

AND THAT'S IT.

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APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, UH, FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, MELISSA BUCKLEY.

UM, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

SO THANK YOU, MELISSA.

ANYONE ELSE? UM, NO, I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE, UM, THOSE THAT HAVE SPOKEN TO BE HERE.

WE HAVE, UM, ITEM NUMBER

[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:]

TWO, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

UM, MELISSA, DO YOU MIND PULLING THAT UP ON THE SCREEN? OH, YOU HAVE IT RIGHT THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

SO WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE YOU, SO EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE SHALL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THIS IS FOR ALL MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND IT SO WE HAVE A MOTION, THEN A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY AGAINST VOTE NAY? HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE'VE APPROVED A CONSENT AGENDA.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

THE LIBRARY DISTRICT CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE IN MIDDLE LIBRARY, UH, TO NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION.

SO MOVE INGER.

I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

DISTRICT REGULAR SESSION.

SUPERVISOR WHITE SENIOR WITH A MOTION TO MOVE INTO, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY AYES? HEARING NONE.

THE AYE.

HAVE IT.

WE NOW ARE ON THE LIBRARY

[1. Consideration of Navajo County Library District holding an annual book sale for books discarded by the district and its member libraries.]

UM, ITEM A ONE CONSIDERATION OF NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT HOLDING AN ANNUAL BOOK CELL FOR BOOKS DISCARDED BY THE DISTRICT AND ITS MEMBER LIBRARIES.

UM, WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO KATIE AND ALICIA.

IT, UH, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WRITING AND, UM, BOARD MEMBERS.

UM, UM, MOST OF THE LIBRARIES HAVE BOOKS CELLS ANNUALLY, BUT HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF BOOKS THAT, UM, TO DISPOSE OF AFTER.

THERE ARE NO BOOK RECYCLING SERVICES IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA.

AND THE THRIFT STORES AND USED BOOKSTORES DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS AS LARGE AS THE ONES THE LIBRARY DISTRICT WOULD NEED TO MAKE ANNUALLY.

IN SPITE OF EFFORTS TO DISPOSE OF THESE BOOKS WITHOUT THROWING THEM AWAY, WE STILL HAVE A LARGE QUANTITY OF THEM LEFT EVERY YEAR.

UH, NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT RECOMMENDS HOLDING AN ANNUAL BOOK SALE TO DISPOSE OF THESE BOOKS AND STILL BENEFIT LIBRARY USES.

AND, UH, NAVAJO COUNTY AND THEIR GUESTS.

THE BOOKS SALE PROCEEDS WOULD GO DIRECTLY BACK INTO PURCHASING MORE LIBRARIES, MATERIALS AND SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT.

UM, UM, AGAIN, UH, WE ARE JUST ASKING THAT WE CAN DO THIS ANNUALLY AND PRESERVE THIS TO, TO HELP, UM, KEEP THOSE FUNDS IN THE DISTRICT, KEEP THE BOOKS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WE'RE RUNNING OUTTA STORAGE CAPACITY AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE GET THAT ARE NOT CIRCULATING IN THE THROUGH THE LIBRARIES ANYMORE.

ANYTHING ELSE, KATIE OR ALICIA? UM, WE DO HAVE A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE WITH, UH, THE FAIRGROUNDS BEING ABLE TO HOLD THIS IN THE LAB.

THE, FROM THE 22ND TO THE 26TH FROM TWO TO SEVEN, WE'LL HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS FROM NCLD MANNING IT AT ALL TIME AND OFFERING THE BOOKS AT $5 A BAG.

UM, SO WHATEVER YOU CAN FIT IN THE BAG FOR THAT.

UM, AND THEN THE PROCEEDS WOULD BE USED ON THE VOLUNTEER LIBRARIES FIRST AND THEN THE OTHER LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT AFTER THE VOLUNTEERS NEEDS HAVE BEEN MET.

UM, WE PLAN MARKETING AND WE'D LIKE TO ALSO CONSIDER HAVING A COMMUNITY EXPO INVITING, LIKE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LOCAL INDUSTRIES, LOCAL BUSINESSES, WIC MEMBER LIBRARIES, MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, UM, THE ARIZONA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAZE LOTTERY, AND ALSO IF THE AZE LOTTERY IS THERE, THERE'S LIKELY TO BE PRESS COVERAGE AS WELL.

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ANY, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE DISCUSS? I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? ? PERFECT.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THEIR PROPOSAL TO HAVE THIS ANNUAL BOOKS OUT? NO.

WHAT'S THAT? IF WE DON'T, UH, IF NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IT, THEN CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.

THIS IS SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE SIGN.

SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR? UH, SECOND SUPERVISOR.

WHITE.

SUPERVISOR ALI, WITH A SECOND.

SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTIONS PASSED.

UM, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

SO MOVE SECOND IT.

SO, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PESKY.

I'M NUMBER FOUR, ADMINISTRATIVE

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE NOW RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

[a. Presentation on Economic Development Activities ]

SERVICES ITEM, A PRESENTATION ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

CHRIS, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY, AND GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WHITING.

GOOD MORNING TO THE, UH, SUPERVISOR OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS CHRIS PASTORS.

I I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR NAVAJO COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR REAL WORKING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN NAVAJO COUNTY AND APACHE COUNTY.

SO WHAT I'VE GOT TODAY HERE, AND I'M, I'M SORRY THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON, BUT I WELCOME ANY, UH, FUTURE INVITATIONS TO, UH, PRESENT IN PERSON.

I'M, I'M SITTING HERE.

I'VE GOT MY TIE ON.

I'M READY TO, UH, TO PRESENT AND WOULD WELCOME ANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE, UH, FUTURE TO PRESENT TO YOUR DISTRICTS, YOUR COMMUNITIES, OR AGAIN, IN PERSON.

UM, WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH, UH, EVERYBODY HERE TODAY IS AN UPDATE ON, ON REAL A Z AND, AND NAVAJO COUNTY'S, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES AND, AND HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THEM.

SO, REALLY, WE'VE GOT A, THIS IS A, I'LL, I'LL START WIDE AND THEN I'LL KIND OF DROP INTO THE, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.

BUT WE'VE GOT THREE PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED A A FEW YEARS AGO BY THE REAL AZ MEMBERS.

AND PRIORITY ONE, TWO, AND THREE PRIORITY ONE LOOKS LIKE OUR COAL COMMUNITY TRANSITION AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE'VE GOT A, A, A POWER PLANT IN, UH, IN NAVAJO COUNTY THAT'S CLOSING.

WE'VE GOT TWO MINES IN NAVAJO COUNTY THAT WERE COAL MINES THAT HAD HAVE CLOSED.

AND WE'VE GOT TWO MORE IN OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTY, APACHE, UH, THAT TWO POWER PLANTS THAT ARE GONNA CLOSE.

UH, ALSO PART OF THAT, UH, IS INDUSTRY RECRUITMENT.

SO BRINGING IN NEW BUSINESSES INTO OUR REGION.

UH, AND ALSO WITHIN PRIORITY ONE IS, UH, JOB CREATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

I'M GONNA TOUCH ON EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT PRIORITY TWO IS A, UH, A SET OF PRIORITIES THAT LOOKS LIKE WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, BUILDING OUR, OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DATA FOR OUR, OUR REGION, AS WELL AS, UH, BRANDY IN, UH, IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA.

PRIORITY THREE LOOKS LIKE BROADBAND, AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S A, UH, LARGE PRIORITY.

AND I'LL TALK ON THOSE, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT.

IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THIS, UH, THIS ROLE OF, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR NAVAJO COUNTY IS, UH, IS, HAS BEEN, UM, MOSTLY VACANT, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

IT WAS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, UM, JOIN THE TEAM AND BEGIN WORKING ON THESE, UH, THESE PRIORITIES FULL-TIME.

SO I, I, I SERVE AS, UH, THE, UM, IN, IN, IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

IT, IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT THAT I GET AROUND TO OUR MEMBERS, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND, UH, ACROSS OUR REGION TO, UH, TO ESTABLISH THOSE THAT TRUST THAT RELATIONSHIP.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I, I SAY IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO ENGAGE WITH ME, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, TO COME WITH THEM.

BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN BEGINNING TO PLANT SEEDS, UH, FOR OUR DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.

BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THESE THINGS, IF THERE WAS A SILVER BULLET SOLUTION, IT WOULD'VE ALREADY BEEN DONE.

UM, BUT REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITIES IN A, UH, IN A WAY THAT THEY, THEY SEE FIT AND THAT FITS WITH THEIR COMMUNITY VALUES.

AND SO, WHEN WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE POWER PLANT, UM, CLOSURES OF THE COAL COMMUNITY TRANSITION,

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NAVAJO COUNTY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A, UH, A LEADING FORCE IN THE NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA.

UH, WE, WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN A BRECK PROJECT.

WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, AND WHEN I SAY BRECK PROJECTS, IT'S, UH, BUILDING RESILIENT ECONOMIES AND COAL COMMUNITIES.

SO THAT'S BEEN A NATIONAL PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT.

WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME, UH, INDUSTRY RECRUITMENT TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW THAT ARE EXCELLENT FOR, UM, OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR REGION.

AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE WINS WE'VE HAD IN, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN, UH, JOB CREATION.

I'LL ALSO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SOME OF THE, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE, UH, COMPLETED FOR HOUSING, STRATEGIC PLANNING, BRANDING, AND THEN ALSO GIVE A, UH, A, A A A A NOD TO THE, UH, THE GROWING WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BROADBAND WORLD.

SO, UH, IN, IN THINKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU'VE GOTTA TAKE ALL OF THESE, THESE FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE BEFORE THE OTHER.

IT'S MANY OF THESE CONCURRENTLY.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF THINKING OF THAT, THAT SEED PLANTING, UH, FOR, UH, OUR, OUR OUR DISCUSSION HERE.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, MELISSA.

SO, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT INDUSTRY RECRUITMENT, WE HAVE HAD A, UH, A VERY, UH, RECENT WIN.

UH, SO OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR AND A HALF, I'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, IN A, UH, IN A NEIGHBORING COUNTY WORKING WITH A, UH, RV PARK.

AND, UH, THIS IS A, A TOURIST FOCUSED RV PARK.

AND, UH, WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED IS, UH, THE, UH, NEIGHBORING COUNTY WAS, UH, NOT COPACETIC TO THIS.

AND, UH, THE, UH, DEVELOPER OF THIS RV PARK, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 300 SITES, UH, IN WINSLOW, HE CALLED ME AND HE SAYS, HEY, CHRIS, UH, DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT DOES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NAVAJO COUNTY? I SAYS, JOHN, I DO.

GIVE ME A COUPLE MONTHS AND I'LL BE IN THAT POSITION.

AND SO, UH, JOHN GUNDERMAN AND HIS WIFE, LAURA GUNDERMAN, ARE, HAVE BEGAN A DEVELOPMENT OF AN RV PARK, A TOURIST FOCUSED, UH, RV PARK IN WINSLOW.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A, WELL, PEOPLE MAY THINK, OH, RV PARK, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF .

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE, THE FIRST TOURIST RV PARK BEING DEVELOPED IN WINSLOW IN 20 YEARS.

SO THIS, THIS REPRESENTS A, UH, A, A, A LARGE SHIFT IN, UH, INDUSTRY ATTRACTION.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

THEY, THEY DO TAKE TIME.

UH, BUT THESE GUYS HAVE HAD THEIR FINANCING APPROVED AND, UH, HAVE BEGUN TO, UH, TO DEVELOP THEIR SITE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES DON'T MISS OUT ON BUSINESS INTERESTS OR BUSINESS INQUIRIES IS WE'VE DEVELOPED A, UH, A NEW SITE THAT'S THE REAL AZ.ORG.

UM, SO IF YOU GO TO WWW.REALAZ.ORG, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A, UH, A, A, A BEAUTIFUL HIGH SPEED WEBSITE THAT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE KIND OF SPLIT INTO THREE DIFFERENT REGIONS, NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH.

BUT REALLY, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, BUSINESSES WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE WAGES? WHAT ARE THE HOUSING? WHAT IS THE, UM, THE INDUSTRY LOOK LIKE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES? AND SO WE'VE GOT ALL THAT DOCUMENTED, BUT I THINK THE NEXT THING THAT WE NEEDED WAS WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AVAILABLE SITES ARE LISTED FOR SALE.

AND SO WE, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR REAL AC MEMBERS TO, UH, DEVELOP AN MLS INTEGRATION.

AND SO WHAT THAT'S DONE IS IT'S TAKEN ALL THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYWHERE FROM, FROM HOLBROOK WINSLOW TO PINETOP, ST.

JOHN'S, SNOWFLAKE, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND HAVE THOSE ACTIVELY LISTED.

AND SO WHAT WE, WE'VE DONE ESSENTIALLY IS PUT MORE HOOKS IN THE WATER FOR THESE BUSINESSES TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE WHEN IT COMES TO INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, UH, PROPERTIES AVAILABLE.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALSO DONE FOR THE, UH, THE COUNTY IS, AND, AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO HEAR IT LATER THIS MONTH, IS WE APPLIED FOR A NAVAJO COUNTY WIDE BROWN FIELDS GRANT.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT'S A, UH, THAT'S A NO COST ASSESSMENT TO PRIVATE OWNERS ANYWHERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

DOESN'T MATTER YOUR JURISDICTION, WHETHER IT BE MUNICIPALITY OR OTHERWISE, BUT THESE BROWNFIELD GRANTS HELP THOSE SITES THAT MIGHT HAVE, UH, HISTORICAL PROBLEMS, MAYBE AN OLD GAS TANK, OR THEY HAVE SOME LEAD OR ASBESTOS REMOVAL THAT'S, UH, NECESSARY.

SO WE, WE'VE APPLIED FOR THAT, AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING BACK TO THE, UH, THE BOARD ON OUR, OUR APPLICATION.

UH, ONCE, UH, WE, WE GET NOTIFICATION THIS MONTH, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COAL COMMUNITIES.

THIS IS A, THIS IS A BIG LIFT.

THIS IS A, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO ON OUR OWN.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY PARTNERED UP, UH, NAVAJO COUNTY HAS PARTNERED UP WITH APACHE COUNTY AND COCONINO COUNTY TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL TRANSITION STRATEGY THAT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING FOR, FOR A LANDMASS THAT'S THE SIZE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

THIS IS QUITE A BIG LIFT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO IT, THE COUNTIES HAVE TAKEN THE, UH, THE LEAD ROLE IN, IN DEVELOPING A STRATEGY THAT INVOLVES

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ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE AND WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BROUGHT THESE FEDERAL RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO JUST, UH, LATE LAST MONTH, WE HAD, UH, TWO FEDERAL FUNDING SUMMITS.

THESE WERE THE FIRST THAT HAPPENED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE NATION WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD, UH, SEVEN FEDERAL PARTNERS AND, UH, SIX, UH, REGIONAL FUNDING PARTNERS THAT HAVE COME TO OUR COMMUNITIES IN ST.

JOHN'S AND ALSO JOSEPH CITY TO MEET WITH COMMUNITY PROJECT LEADERS TO MATCH UP FUNDING WITH PROJECTS.

THIS IS, THIS MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S, UH, AS SIMPLE AND IT, IT'S CONSTRUCT AND IT, IT'S DESIGNED TO BE THAT WAY, BUT IT ALSO HAS TO BE BROAD AND, UH, ADAPTIVE TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

SO I'M HAPPY TO, UH, TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE SUCCESSFULLY, UH, UM, HAD TWO FEDERAL FUNDING SUMMITS IN OUR REGION, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE AND, UH, AND JOB CREATION.

I WANT TO, UH, TO GIVE SPECIAL MENTION TO THE, UH, NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

UM, SO, UH, THE, UH, UM, CHAIR, OR EXCUSE ME, NOT THE CHAIR, THE, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEREMY FLOWERS AND I, UH, WERE WORKING ON A, UH, GRANT.

THEY WERE RECENTLY AWARDED, UH, $400,000 TO AN ADDITIONAL $400,000 FOR LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.

WE, NAVAJO COUNTY HAS ALSO BEEN A, UH, AWARDED A $25,000 GRANT, UH, FOR A GRANT WRITER TO SUPPORT THE NORTHLAND PIONEER COLLEGE IN A FORESTRY OPERATIONS TRAINING PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT LOOKS AT ALL THE, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGES HERE, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND COUNTIES.

AND, UH, AUS, UH, ECONO, UH, ECOLOGICAL POLICY, UM, OR, SORRY, ERI, ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INSTITUTE.

SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU JUST A PICTURE OF WHAT OUR FEDERAL FUNDING SUMMIT HERE IS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE, UH, IN THE JOSEPH CITY, UH, UM, SCHOOL.

AND, UH, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WAS BREAK DOWN SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS THAT FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE AND BRING THOSE PEOPLE TO MEET OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS.

SO THERE, THIS WAS KIND OF A, UH, A, A WORKSHOPPING EVENT WHERE, UH, PROJECT LEADERS WERE ABLE TO PITCH THEIR IDEAS TO FUNDERS AND THEN GET FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT APPROPRIATE FUNDING PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE, UH, TO THEM.

SO THIS IS, UH, THIS KINDA JUST SHOWS SOME OF THAT, THAT WORK AND PROCESS, UH, THAT WE DID, UH, DURING THE, UH, THE FEDERAL FUNDING SUMMITS.

THE, THE LAST ITEMS, I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THERE.

THANK YOU, MELISSA.

WE'VE, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE HOUSING, THIS IS ALSO A BIG CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF GETTING THE DATA FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.

AND, AND WE'RE, I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT, THAT THE JURISDICTIONS, THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, ARE IN CONTROL OF WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THEY REFLECT THEIR COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS, THEIR COMMUNITIES' VALUES.

SO A, AS A, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT.

WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN ECONOMIC, UH, OVERVIEW FOR THEIR JURISDICTION, AS WELL AS A SERIES OF RESOURCES AND ACTIONS THAT THEY CAN TAKE SHOULD THEY DEEM THOSE APPROPRIATE TO INCENTIVIZE OR ENCOURAGE MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

UH, WE SAY THAT IT'S COMPLETED HERE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, TO LINK BACK UP WITH EVERY SINGLE JURISDICTION THAT IS, UH, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

SO, I, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WEBSITE.

I ENCOURAGE THOSE TO GO TO THAT, UH, WWW.REALAZ.ORG TO, TO SEE, UM, HOW WE ARE, UH, PRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO THE, UH, WIDER WORLD.

WE'VE ALSO, UM, BEEN WORKING WITH CLOSELY WITH, UH, GLEN KEPHART AND JOY WHITING, UH, FROM NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES, RESPECTIVELY, ON THEIR BROADBAND PROJECTS.

SO THOSE PROJECTS IN THEMSELVES, YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE DOING THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LEADERS AND THOSE, UH, THOSE PROJECT, UH, ORGANIZERS.

SO ON THE LAST SLIDE HERE, I JUST WANT TO, UH, TO SHARE MY, MY NAME, MY NUMBER, UM, WITH ALL THOSE, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, I, I, I HAVE A, UH, MY CELL PHONE NUMBER THERE.

UM, I, I'M, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO, UH, TO COME TO YOU TO, UH, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON THAT, THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, AND, UH, BRING THOSE RESOURCES, BRING THOSE PROJECTS, UH, TO, UH, TO, TO BEAR FRUIT.

UM, SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, AND OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, FROM THE BOARD, UH, AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRIS.

GREAT WORK.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

AND DO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS AT THIS TIME? CHAIRMAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANT TO THANK CHRIS FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT FOR

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REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE WORK THAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO AND PERFORMING THE SUCCESS THAT HE'S HAVING.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, REALLY BENEFIT US HERE, NOT ONLY NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? THIS IS FERN.

UM, GO AHEAD.

I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AS WELL.

UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK CHRIS FOR, UM, DOING THIS, UM, PROJECT.

AND A LOT OF MY COMMUNITIES, UM, HAVE ATTENDED AND ARE VERY INTERESTED, UM, IN THIS, UM, COAL IMPACTED COMMUNITY GRANT.

SO I WENT TO, UM, K TOWNSHIP, UM, MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND THEY WERE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE NPC PROJECT.

UM, THAT'S GOING THROUGH.

AND I JUST MENTIONED THAT I'M THANKFUL TOO BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO GO FAR AWAY TO GO TO COLLEGE AND, UM, HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY OUT POCKET.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT WOULD REALLY BENEFIT THEM, ESPECIALLY IF THOSE ONES THAT WANNA TAKE SOME COLLEGE COURSES DURING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.

UM, HAVING A NEW CAMPUS AND, AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THE VISUAL OF, OF A NEW CAMPUS INSTEAD OF SOME TRAILER HIDDEN IN THE BACKGROUND WOULD REALLY, UM, BE ATTRACTIVE TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, ATTEND CLASSES THERE IN .

SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT I AM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, CHRIS, FOR DOING THIS.

AND THE TEACHER BETO CHAPTER IS, UM, GIVING THEIR THANKS AS WELL AS TOWNSHIP.

SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, WHAT PROJECTS WILL, UM, COME TO FRUIT AND, AND, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS TIME.

SURE.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR PENAL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, YES, CHAIRMAN, THIS IS SUPERVISOR WEINGER.

UM, CHRIS, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING OUT IN THE REGION.

I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UM, OUR REGION AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE WITH THE POTENTIAL OR THE CLOSURE OF COAL INDUSTRY AND HOW DOES THAT, UM, IMPACT COMMERCE AND SO FORTH, AND BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, UM, AND OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITIES IS SO IMPORTANT TO BEING ABLE TO GROW AND PROVIDE, UM, THOSE JOBS THAT ARE NEEDED WITHIN OUR COUNTY.

AND SO THE, THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAD ACROSS THE REGION ARE, UM, PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT.

SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND I THINK AS A BOARD AND THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE IN ORDER TO ENHANCE, UM, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ARE, ARE IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, 'CAUSE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, BECAUSE THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE COAL INDUSTRY, WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAD THE DISCUSSION OF BUDGET IMPACT NOT ONLY TO US, BUT TO OUR TOWNS AND TO OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

AND SO THOSE ARE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

SO BEING ABLE TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE, VERY POSITIVE THING.

SO GRATEFUL FOR THE INFORMATION AND FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEING SET DOWN.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND STAFF AND THOSE THAT ARE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE ARE ALSO, UM, WATCHING THE LIVE STREAM.

UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU.

AND IT IS DEFINITELY UNTUCK TO WHEN WE CAME ONTO THE REALIZATION OF THIS, UH, CO OF THIS INDUSTRY THAT'S, UH, THAT WILL BE CLOSING DOWN AND AS IT IS, UM, WE'VE SEEN AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE, UM, THE, IN THE BIG IMPACT ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY, UM, TO THE COUNTIES AND THE TOWNS THAT RELY ON THAT FOR JOBS AND ECONOMIC STABILITY AND AS SUCH, UM, WITH RURAL A Z AND WITH THOSE THAT ARE A PART OF IT, AND NOT ONLY FROM THE COUNTY LEVEL, BUT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AS WELL.

AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ALL THOSE THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT'S INVOLVED OR CONSIDERED STAKEHOLDERS, UM, FOR THIS, UM, TO FIND ALTERNATIVE INDUSTRIES FOR THE COMMUNITIES, UM, TO EXPLORE, WHICH I'M SURE THAT THEY HAVE DONE ARE CONTINUING TO DO.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE SUPPORT THAT WE RENDER AS FAR AS THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THESE COMMUNITIES DURING THIS TIME OF TRANSITION.

SO BRINGING THEM TOGETHER AND TO FIND THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, MAY BE A CHALLENGING PROCESS, BUT

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AS WE CONTINUE TO, BUT WITH THE SUPPORT AND THE, UH, CREATIVITY, UM, I WILL DEFINITELY BOUNCE BACK, UM, FROM THE COUNTY SIDE AS WELL AS FROM THOSE THAT ARE NEIGHBORING COUNTIES AND TOWNS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY AT THIS TIME.

CHAIR, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED.

UM, AND THANK YOU AGAIN, CHRIS, FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND ESPECIALLY FOR COMMUNICATING WELL WITH THE BOARD AS WELL AS WITH ALL THE, UH, COMMUNITIES AND KEEPING EVERYBODY KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER.

SO DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO, TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE,

[a. Consideration of approving the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the White Mountain Apache Tribe Division of Transportation and Navajo County for assistance in road projects.]

PUBLIC WORKS.

ITEM FIVE, A CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WHITE MOUNT APACHE TRIBE, DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION, NAVAJO COUNTY FOR ASSISTANCE IN ROAD PROJECTS.

MANY GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, CHAIRWOMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, NAVAJO COUNTY AND WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAD A LONGSTANDING MOA, WHICH ACTS AS IGA TO WORK ON TRANSPORTATION RELATED PROJECT.

UH, THIS MOA IS PAST DUE.

UH, THIS MOA IN THE PAST HAS ALLOWED US TO WORK, UH, AND ASSIST AND COLLABORATE WITH THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AT WHITE MOUNT AND APACHE TRIBE ON VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION RELATED PROJECTS.

SO, SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE SAME MOA, UH, THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW.

UH, AND THIS IS A GOOD THING THAT WILL ALLOW US TO WORK, COLLABORATE WITH THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE.

UM, ALL OF THE INFORMATION ARE ALSO IN THE PACKET REGARDING THAT.

UH, THIS MOA IS NOT, UH, CHANGED.

UH, JUST THERE ARE SOME MINOR TWEAKS WE DID, UH, TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S, UH, IT'S THE SAME MOA THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY.

UM, AT THIS POINT I'M ASKING, I'M REQUESTING, UH, BOARD FOR, UH, FOR THE ROLE OF THIS MOA AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, MANNY.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? UM, CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A COMMENT.

GO AHEAD.

UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

THIS IS SUPERVISOR WEINGER.

UH, IN REGARD TO THIS, I GUESS I WANTED TO MAKE A CLARIFYING POINT THAT, UM, THESE MLAS ARE, UM, THAT WE HAVE THEM SET IN PLACE FOR ALL TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND ALL TOWNSHIPS.

UM, THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT NAVAJO COUNTY, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CREATE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR GROWTH AND CONTINUED, UM, CAPACITY BUILDING WITHIN EACH TOWNSHIP AND TRIBAL COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THOSE TRANSPORTATION, MOA, UM, THANK YOU, UH, MANNY FOR THE WORK AND BRINGING IT TO US, UM, THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS ALLOW FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS OR THESE MOAS ALLOW FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLOW FOR FUNDAMENTAL WORK TO BE, UM, PROVIDED FOR OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE WAY OF TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.

TRIBAL COMMUNITIES HAVE, UM, SEPARATE, UM, FUNDING SUPPORTS AND THE GOV.

UH, THEN NAVAJO COUNTY ORGANIZATION ITSELF PARTICIPATES IN SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO SUPPORT THEM AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT WORK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ONGOING FOR MANY YEARS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND WITH THAT I APPROVE, UM, THE MOA THANK YOU.

SO THAT WAS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL THEN? YES.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

UH, SUPERVISOR WEINGER.

UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND SUPERVISOR? SEYMOUR? I'LL SECOND IT.

ROLL TO ITEM B, CONSIDERATION OF INTERGOVERNMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND NAVAJO COUNTY FOR FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTIONS BEEN APPROVED.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[b. Consideration of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Arizona and Navajo County for federal Transportation Alternatives Grant for a sidewalk project in the Joseph City area.]

ALTERNATIVE GRANT FOR A SIDEWALK PROJECT IN JOSEPH CITY AREA.

MANNY, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, CHAIRWOMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISOR.

UH, THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION IS A, UH, PEDESTRIAN OR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT MULTI-USE PATHWAY PROJECT IN JOSEPH CITY, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT TWO.

UH, LAST YEAR BOARD APPROVED CDBG FARMS FOR THIS PROJECT.

UH, AND LAST FALL, UH, WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME, I APPLIED FOR TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE GRANT.

THIS IS A FORMULA GRANT THAT, UH, IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH A DA AND, UH, THIS IS A FEDERAL GRANT.

SO THIS IGA IS REGARDING, UH, IS REGARDING THAT PROJECT.

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IT PROVIDES FEDERAL, UH, FUNDING, UH, FOR OUR PROJECT.

AND, UH, OUR SHARE ON THIS PROJECT, UH, REGARDING THIS GRANT IS ONLY 5.7%.

THE DETAILS OF THE IGA AND THE COST ESTIMATE INFORMATION, UM, IS IN THE PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW.

UH, IN ADDITION TO CDPG, UH, AND THIS TA GRANT, UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT, UH, THERE MAY BE SOME HERF MONEY, UH, THAT CAN, THAT WILL BE USED FROM, UH, FROM THE COUNTY FUNDS AS WELL.

UH, BUT BOTH OF THESE GRANT PROVIDES SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.

UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF, OF THIS IGA.

A I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, MANNY.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, HEARING NONE.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR, THE SUPERVISOR MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY SUPERVISOR WEINGER.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU, MANNY.

APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE LAST ITEM ON THE, UH, AGENDA, THE

[6. COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE: Report from County Manager, County Attorney and Board members. ]

COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE.

UM, REPORT FROM, LET'S SEE, SUPERVISOR, OR LET'S GO TO MR. CARLINE.

UM, BRAD, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US, UH, AT THIS TIME? I DON'T, UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.

OKAY, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, ANYTHING TO UPDATE? YEAH, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

I JUST, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS PAST WEEK.

UH, WITH THE HELP OF, UH, ROCHELLE KOPA, WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WASHINGTON DC AND I WAS ABLE TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND FEDERAL LAND SUBCOMMITTEE ON A BILL THAT WOULD, UH, CONVEY FEDERAL LAND TO NAVAJO COUNTY AND APACHE COUNTY THAT WOULD IMPACT THE CEMETERIES IN PINEDALE AS WELL AS IN ALPINE.

AND IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DO THAT AND TO POSSIBLY MOVE FORWARD TO SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS, TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I DO FEEL, UH, ON THE CALL TO PUBLIC TODAY, WE HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS THERE, AND I, I DO HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EITHER CONSENT, UH, SOMETHING ON, UH, OUR, UH, ACTION ITEM ON A CALENDAR, ON OUR AGENDA, OR THAT WE DO WORK TOWARDS HAVING, UH, SOME TYPE OF A PUBLIC, UH, MEETING WHERE, WHETHER IT BE A TOWN HALL TYPE MEETING OR SOMETHING.

SO I JUST KNOW THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND BE ABLE TO HAVE WHERE WE CAN PRESENT, UH, SOMETHING OF CALVA COUNTY, UH, DOES THEIR ELECTIONS.

THANKFUL FOR EVERYBODY AND FOR THE WORK.

AND JUST HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL, UH, SPRING AND EASTER SEASON AS WE GO INTO THAT.

GREAT TIME OF YEAR.

SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

UM, SUPERVISOR, PE KAI, UH, GOOD MORNING CHAIR.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND AUDIENCE.

AND MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE, THE BOARD AND THOSE THAT ARE ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, AS FAR AS BOARD DISTRICT TWO, JUST A QUICK HIGHLIGHT, BUT I'LL BE SURE TO ADD MORE IN DEPTH TO IT.

UM, DURING OUR IN PER, DURING OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING, UM, WE CONTINUE TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD AS FAR AS MOVING AND PREPARING FOR AND ASSISTING IN THE, UM, COMMUNITY CLEANUPS THAT ARE COMING UP AS PART OF THE EARTH DAY, UM, ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH, UM, UH, I BELIEVE AS ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EQUALITY, WHO HAD, UM, CAME OUT TO THE HARD ROCK HARD ROCK CHAPTER YESTERDAY DURING OUR DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY NETWORK MEETING.

AND THAT WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL, UM, COMMUNITY NETWORK MEET OR NETWORK MEETING THAT WE HAVE HAD.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING INTO ANOTHER, UM, CHAPTER COMMUNITY NEXT MONTH.

AND SO, UM, OVERALL, UM, FOR AS FAR AS FOR DISTRICT TWO, EVERYTHING'S GOING AS, AS SHOULD WITH THE SUPPORT AND, UM, AND THE ASSISTANCE THAT IS RENDERED BY STAFF AND ENSURING THAT SOME OF OUR PROJECTS AND OUR TASKS, UM, BOTH TRIBAL AND NON-TRIBAL, UM, CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, SUCH AS WHAT WAS JUST RECENTLY PASSED IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, SIDEWALK ROCK, UH, PROJECT, UM, FOR JOSEPH CITY, WHICH I'M SURE THAT CHAIRMAN HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN, UM, PRIOR TO OUR REDISTRICTING.

SO GRATEFUL FOR, UM, STAFFS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND WE LOOK FOR AREAS THAT WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT TO THEM IN RETURN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SHA.

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UM, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.

I CERTAINLY WANNA THANK, UM, THOSE WHO PROVIDED SUPPORT AT THE TOWN HALL THAT WE HOSTED IN PINETOP LAKESIDE.

UM, WE HAD A VERY GOOD RESPONSE AND GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO WERE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE SUPPORT AT THAT EVENT.

UM, LOTS OF QUESTIONS AROUND, UM, OUR UPCOMING ELECTION AND LOTS OF DISCUSSION POINTS ON, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT, UM, THE PUBLIC CAN, UM, THE INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

UH, SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THEM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC IN THE WAY OF THE ELECTION AND HOW THE COUNTY PREPARES FOR AN ELECTION.

UM, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A, UM, I GUESS A MEET AND GREET WHERE WE MET, UM, SECRETARY DEB HOLLAND OF THE INTERIOR.

AND, UM, ROCHELLE OPPA, UM, SHE NEVER TOOTS HER OWN HORN, BUT SHE SERVES AS, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE FORT APACHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

AND I SAY I SERVE AS ONE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND AS PART OF THAT, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ADVOCATE FOR FORD APACHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

AND, UM, MS. LAFA DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN DOING THAT.

UM, STILL CONVERSATIONS AROUND TRANSPORTATION, GETTING READY FOR UPCOMING WHITE MOUNTAIN REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, WHICH, UH, INCLUDES APACHE COUNTY, NAVAJO COUNTY, AND SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS.

SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AS I SERVE AS THE CHAIR.

UM, AND CERTAINLY INVITE IF WE HAVE FELLOW TOWNSHIPS WHO ARE LISTENING.

UM, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENT, WE CERTAINLY EXTEND THE INVITATION FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEND THOSE INVITES OUT.

THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT FROM NAVAJO COUNTY TEAM AND, UM, GETTING THAT WORK OFF THE GROUND.

UM, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WHITE.

ALL RIGHT, VICE CHAIRMAN.

UM, GOOD MORNING.

UM, CHAIR, I DON'T HAVE HAVE ANY UPDATES AT THIS TIME.