* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] NEED TODAY. ALL RIGHTY. GOOD EVENING [1. REVIEW OF AGENDA BY COMMISSIONERS: ] EVERYBODY. HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING GOOD. IT IS, UH, MARCH 21ST, 2024. UM, SO WE'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, IF YOU GUYS WILL ALL STAND AND JOIN ME. LEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING FORWARD ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE A CALL TO THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE IN THE STANDS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH US ABOUT THAT? SEEING NONE. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON. [3. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE COMMISSION HEARING OF: February 15th, 2024.] UM, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE COMMISSION HEARING OF FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024. UH, COMMISSIONERS, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THOSE? DO YOU SEE ANY, UH, ISSUES? AND IF NOT, ARE THEY OKAY, MR. CHAND, IF SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING I'LL RECOMMEND OR I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 15TH. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND. UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AND, UH, ANYONE? ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ONE. WE HAVE, [4. TXT-A 24-005 AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES 20 AND 25 OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE - INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCES AND OTHER GROUP HOMES: Consideration of a text amendment to Article 20, Section 2001 and Article 25, Section 2518 of the Navajo County Zoning Ordinance, regarding Institutional Residences and other Group Homes which do not qualify as Group Homes for the Disabled.] UM, AGENDA NUM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS, UH, TXTA 2 4 0 0 5, WHICH IS AMENDMENT TWO, ARTICLES 20 AND 25 OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCES, AND OTHER GROUP HOMES. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION FROM SANDRA, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. UM, KRISTEN, CAN I GET THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? THANK YOU. SO THE ITEM I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS ANOTHER TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, IN REGARDS TOTI INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCES AND OTHER GROUP HOMES. UM, FOR THE JUST KIND OF GENERAL SUMMARY OF IT, UM, THERE WAS A COPY WITH THE STRIKETHROUGHS AND THEN THE CLEAN COPY AS WELL ATTACHED TO THE ITEM. UM, THE, UH, PROPOSAL TONIGHT IS AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ADD INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, THE THREE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS THAT STAFF HAVE DEEMED APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED, UM, APPROPRIATE FOR, UM, THE INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCES AND OTHER GROUP HOMES THAT DO NOT QUALIFY AS GROUP HOMES FOR THE DISABLED, AS WELL AS ADDING, UH, ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL STANDARDS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, GO THROUGH WITH THOSE. UM, WE HAD A COUPLE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCES COME THROUGH PRETTY RECENTLY. UM, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY TO STAFF, BUT TO THE APPLICANT AND TO, UH, THE COMMISSION AND THE BOARD IF WE HAD HAD A LIST OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AS WELL AS, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR THE ZONING THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT. SO WE JUST WANTED TO SEE TO IT THAT IT'S ADDED INTO THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THAT. UM, AND THEN ALSO ALONG WITH THAT, UM, THERE'S A SECTION THAT GOES THROUGH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EXPECTATION, UH, TO BE SET FORTH FOR THE APPLICANT SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO WHEN THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR THAT. IT WOULD STAY A SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS. UH, THEY WOULD JUST BE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. AND THERE'S NO PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE GROUP HOMES FOR THE DISABLED. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AMENDMENT FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCES AND OTHER GROUP HOMES. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE AVAILABLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IS THIS SOMETHING WE NEED TO VOTE ON TO COURT HEARING IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IT'LL HAVE TO OPEN AND CLOSE AND THEN YOU'RE TO CALL. OH, YEAH, THAT. OKAY. SO, UM, WITH THAT WE NEED TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC DISCUSSION. SO, UH, WE WILL FIRST HEAR FROM THOSE IN FAVOR. UM, IF ANYONE HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS, THEY CAN HAVE THE STAND. OKAY. AND SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO THOSE OPPOSED TO THIS MOTION OR TO [00:05:01] THIS AMENDMENT OR, UH, UH, ACTION ITEM. SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, AND I WILL REPEAT MYSELF. ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT THE NAVAJO COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES 20 AND 25 OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE TO THE NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF. I WOULD SECOND. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THOSE? THAT MOTION? UH, SEEING NONE, I'LL MOVE TO A VOTE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. UM, KRISTEN, ARE YOU, DID WE, I SEE A COUPLE COMMISSIONERS. DID YOU GET 'EM? YOU GOT 'EM. OKAY, PERFECT. [5. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN KICK-OFF MEETING:] OKAY, SO ON THE NEXT ONE, WE WILL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN KICKOFF MEETING. SOUNDS EXCITING. UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP IT EXCITING. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR YOU, AND THEN I'M GONNA LET LOGAN SIMPSON TAKE OVER IN 2023. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WENT OUT WITH A, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO DO A FULL UPDATE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UH, WE HAD DONE A, A VERY MINOR UPDATE LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO GO THROUGH AND REALLY OPEN THIS UP AND, UH, LOOK THROUGH THAT. AND SO, THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS, UM, LOGAN SIMPSON WAS, UH, DECIDED TO BE THE FIRM THAT WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FOR THE COUNTY. AND THIS EVENING, UH, WE STARTED SOME PRELIMINARY WORK WITH LOGAN SIMPSON. SO THEY'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS AND WHAT THE UPDATES ARE, UM, AND THEN KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE WHERE YOU CAN BE INVOLVED. AND AT THE END, I BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE ACTIVITY FOR THE COMMISSION JUST TO KIND OF START AND GET A FEELER WITH EVERYONE HERE. UM, SO WE'VE GOT TERRY HOGAN, WHO'S THE, THE LEAD FOR LOGAN SIMPSON, AND THEN MCKAYLA, WHO WORKS UNDER HER. UM, THE SECOND IN CHARGE THERE FOR THIS. THEY ARE HERE VIRTUALLY TONIGHT. UM, WE WILL HAVE THEM UP HERE IN THE COUNTY FOR FUTURE MEETINGS. SO YOU WILL GET TO SEE 'EM IN PERSON. WE WE'RE NOT HIDING THEM FROM YOU JUST FOR TONIGHT. IT WAS MOST CONVENIENT TO DO THIS, UH, VIRTUALLY FOR THEIR SAKE, AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CODY. SUPER. THANK YOU, CODY. AND JUST, JUST REAL QUICK, I'M GONNA DO A, A QUICK SOUND CHECK IF SOMEBODY COULD GIMME A THUMBS UP. ARE YOU HEARING ME OKAY? OH, AWESOME. THANK YOU, KRISTEN. OKAY, UM, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UH, MY NAME'S TERRY HOGAN. I'M WITH THE FIRM LOGAN SIMPSON, AND VERY, VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU YOUR KICKOFF MEETING FOR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. NEXT SLIDE. MIKAYLA AND I ARE GONNA TAG TEAM THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO, TO MIX IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND, UH, UH, KEEP YOU, KEEP YOU ALL, UH, AWAKE OVER THERE. UM, BUT, BUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS GO THROUGH SOME INTRODUCTIONS. UH, MOST OF THE FOLKS ON OUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, UM, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHY ARE WE EVEN DOING THIS? WHAT DOES THE STATUTE SAY? SOME OF THAT STUFF, UH, WE'LL GET INTO THE SCHEDULE, TELL YOU WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'RE GOING. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN OR THE STRATEGY THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO TRY TO GET, UH, THE MOST PEOPLE THAT WE CAN, UM, IN, IN NAVAJO COUNTY TO, UH, TO SPEAK AND TO GIVE INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS. UM, AS CODY MENTIONED, WE ARE GOING TO DO A LITTLE POLLING EXERCISE WITH YOU, AND THIS IS WHEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MCKAYLA. AND SO IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH. IT'S VERY EASY, UM, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO GET OUT YOUR CELL PHONES. UM, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO JUST, UH, SCAN IN A QR CODE OR PLUG IN A, AN ADDRESS. WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT. AND IT'S A LIVE, UH, POLLING EXERCISE WHERE WE'LL SEE THE LIVE RESULTS AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT WITH YOU, GO THROUGH NEXT STEPS, UH, OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND, UM, BE ON OUR WAY. SO WITH THAT, DO, ARE THERE ANY INITIAL QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SAY AT THIS POINT? OKAY, HEARING NONE. MOVING ON. ALRIGHT. UH, LIKE I SAID, AND LIKE CODY SAID, WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE LEAD CONSULTANTS HERE, UH, WITH LOGAN SIMPSON. UM, WE, WE HAVE A, UH, COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 34 YEARS. UM, OUR, UM, PRESIDENT AND CEO BRUCE MEEN IS ALSO OUR PROJECT ADVISOR. HE'S BEEN DOING THIS SORT OF WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR 30 PLUS YEARS. UH, SO YOU'LL SEE HIM FROM TIME TO TIME AS WELL IN SOME OF THE OUTREACH EVENTS. HE'LL, HE'LL BE AT AS WELL. UM, [00:10:01] I'M WORKING AS THE, THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS, UH, ON THIS PROJECT. JUST BY WAY OF, UH, QUICK BACKGROUND. I SPENT 30 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE, UM, 13 YEARS OF THAT IN ARIZONA, AND 13 YEARS OF THAT WAS IN, UH, COUNTY GOVERNMENT. UH, SO IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR ME TO, TO WORK, UH, ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR, FOR ANOTHER COUNTY. UM, I, I LOVE IT. I, I ENJOY MY TIME THOROUGHLY, AND REALLY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR NOW AS I'VE RETIRED FROM PUBLIC SERVICE DOING THIS SORT OF VISIONING AND COMPREHENSIVE LONG RANGE, UH, WORK WITH COMMUNITY, CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT ARIZONA. UH, MIKAYLA IS MY, MY ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER. SHE'S A ROCKSTAR. UM, SHE'S, SHE'S GONNA TAKE OVER PART OF THIS PRESENTATION. I CAN'T HEAR YOU, UM, VERY MUCH INTO CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AS WELL AS GRAPHICS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN AND GIS MAPPING ARE, ARE HER TALENTS. UM, UH, IF NOT ALL, ALL TALENTS, SHE COULD, SHE COULD DO THIS, UH, BETTER THAN ME, I'M SURE. SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, OUR TEAM IS, IS BROAD. WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, WE HAVE, UM, ENERGY EXPERTS, RECREATION, OPEN SPACE EXPERTS THAT WILL BE WORKING ON THIS PLAN. WE WILL INTRODUCE THESE FOLKS TO YOU AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AS NEEDED. UH, BUT THEY'RE IN THE BACKGROUND. JUST SUFFICE TO SAY, WE ALSO HAVE KIMLEY HORN AS ONE OF OUR TEAMING PARTNERS. THEY'LL BE WORKING ON THE TRANSPORTATION AND WATER RESOURCE COMPONENTS, UTILITY COMPONENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING. UH, THEY'RE AN ENGINEERING FIRM, AND WE ALSO HAVE ELLIOT P*****K, UH, DE P*****K AND COMPANY, WHO'S A PREMIER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, COMPANY, UH, WORKING, UH, ACROSS ARIZONA. THEY'LL BE WORKING ON OUR HOUSING AND OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH COMPONENTS OF THIS PLAN. NEXT, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE FOLKS, UH, FROM OUR TEAM, UH, THE NAVAJO, UH, COUNTY TEAM, AND IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY BROADER THAN THIS. UH, WE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ENTIRE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. UH, THIS IS OUR CORE TEAM. UM, CODY COOPER IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER. YOU'RE GONNA SEE HIS NAME ON EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SEE THINGS COME OUT IN BLURS AND NEWS RELEASES, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, CALL, CALL CODY. YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO CALL US AS WELL. UH, BUT WE'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH, WITH YOUR COUNTY, UH, STAFF, HOPEFULLY AS A, A SEAMLESS EXTENSION OF YOUR COUNTY STAFF, UM, AND, AND PROCESSING THIS, THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE NEXT. OKAY. UM, SO I KNOW THAT AS A PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOUR TOOLS ARE, AND YOU'RE AWARE THAT YOU HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOU'RE AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UH, A ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, AND YOU KNOW, YOUR TOOLS. AND SO BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION AND, AND FOR, UH, ANY GENERAL PUBLIC, UM, THAT, THAT HAS TUNED IN, UH, TO THIS MEETING, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JUST AT A BROAD LEVEL AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, TO, TO SET THE TONE. SO, UM, AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE, TITLE 11 FOR COUNTIES REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IN EVERY COUNTY IN ARIZONA. UH, THESE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE, ARE A COMMUNITY'S VISION DOCUMENT. WE OFTEN CALL THEM, UH, THE BLUEPRINT FOR GROWTH, UH, AND DEVELOPMENT. UM, THEY'RE GENERAL BECAUSE THEY'RE AT A 30,000 FOOT POLICY LEVEL. THEY ARE A POLICY DOCUMENT, NOT A REGULATORY DOCUMENT LIKE YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE OR YOUR SUBDIVISION SUBDIVISION REGULATION. AND THEY'RE COMPREHENSIVE IN THE FACT THAT THEY, THEY COVER A MULTIPLE, UH, A, A MULTIPLE, UM, LIST OF, OF TOPICS. SOME ARE REQUIRED, SOME ARE ELECTIVE, AND WE'LL GO OVER THAT AS WELL. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO LONG RANGE. SO, UM, TYPICALLY COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE 10 TO 20 YEARS OUT INTO THE FUTURE. UH, SO THIS IS THE VISION, UM, AND THE FUTURE VISION OF, OF NAVAJO COUNTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO, UM, THE, THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE GENERAL OF, OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, IS AS YOU SEE IN, IN ONE AND TWO, UH, THESE ARE TO, UH, HAVE COORDINATED, ADJUSTED, HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR THE PRESENT, UH, NEEDS AND THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY. SO YOU'LL SEE IN OUR PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE INVENTORY OF BASELINE CONDITION CONDITIONS, UH, TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ALL OF OUR TOPIC AREAS, UH, EXISTING AND RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THAT SPRINGBOARDS US INTO THE FUTURE, INTO, INTO THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE COUNTY. UM, THERE'S A MULTI MULTITUDE OF, UH, OF TOPIC AREAS. UH, THEY'RE MEANT TO, UH, DO NUMBER TWO OF CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES, AND, UH, IMPORTANTLY, ENSURING THOSE EFFICIENT EXPENDITURES OF PUBLIC MONEY. AND THEN PROMOTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE, AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC. UM, AS CODY SAID, UH, THE NAVAJO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH, UM, THE STATUTE. THESE ARE REQUIRED TO BE ADOPTED OR READOPTED EVERY 10 YEARS. UH, YOU CERTAINLY ARE IN CONFORMANCE, BUT IT HAS NOT SEEN ANY MAJOR UPDATES SINCE 2004. [00:15:01] SO THE TIME IS RIPE TO REALLY GET THIS PLAN IN, UH, ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES AND VISIONS. AND, AND THAT'S, UH, WHY WE'RE SO EXCITED TO, TO BE DOING THIS PROCESS WITH YOU NEXT. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHERE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FALLS IN THE HIERARCHY OF THINGS. UH, ALL PLANNING, ALL PLANNING RELATED. UH, SOMETIMES YOU SEE THIS AS AN UMBRELLA WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS AN UMBRELLA. UH, IN THIS INSTANCE WE HAVE IT AS, AS A PYRAMID, UH, AS THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID. SO, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS YOUR, YOUR OVERARCHING POLICY DOCUMENT, AND EVERYTHING IS AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT. AND DOCUMENTS GET MORE AND MORE SPECIFIC AS YOU GO UP, UH, THAT TRIANGLE, UH, THAT PYRAMID. SO WE HAVE A POLICY DOCUMENT WHO, WHO THEN FEEDS, OR, OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT IS YOUR ZONING, YOUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. UM, THE STATUTE ALLOWS FOR COUNTIES TO HAVE SPECIFIC AREA PLANS, WHICH ARE, UH, SOMEWHAT REGULATORY IN NATURE. THEY'RE ALSO POLICY DOCUMENTS, BUT THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE SPECIFIC. UH, AND THEN YOU GET INTO YOUR SITE PLANS AND YOUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, OR YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PRELIMINARY PLATS AND YOUR FINAL PLATS. UM, AND THOSE ARE, UM, MORE SPECIFIC. AND THEN YOU GET INTO YOUR CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING PLANS AND CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCIES. ALL OF THAT IMPLEMENTS IS MEANT TO IMPLEMENT THE COMMUNITY VISION OR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NEXT. ALL RIGHT. UM, AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG HERE. UM, I'LL TAKE A BREATH AND, AND SEE IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO THE END. UM, AND IF ANYONE, UH, CHAIRMAN, IF ANYONE HAS A QUESTION, UH, JUST, JUST TELL ME TO PAUSE AND WE, WE CAN STOP. UM, TOPICS, TOPICS THAT ARE COVERED, WE CALL THEM ELEMENTS. UM, IN, IN COUNTY, UM, TITLE IX, THERE ARE REQUIRED ELEMENTS FOR CERTAIN, CERTAIN THRESHOLDS OF POPULATION. UH, ALWAYS WE, WE LOOK TO HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT HAS LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION. AND I'LL, I'LL SHARE, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU THE COMPONENTS OF WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT. UH, NAVAJO COUNTY HAS ELECTED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL ELECTIVE, UH, COMPONENTS OR TOPIC AREAS, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE ON THE SCREENS. UH, WE, WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, UH, FOR ALL OF THESE AREAS. AND WE WILL BE WALKING THROUGH, UH, GOALS AND POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION TASKS FOR ALL OF THESE AREAS WITHIN, WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE COUNTY NEXT. OKAY. SO THERE, THERE ARE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS, UM, TWO THAT YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE. AND, AND THE THIRD ONE THAT YOU WILL TYPICALLY SEE IN A COMPREHENSIVE OR A GENERAL PLAN. UM, BY WAY OF, OF SHARING THIS WITH YOU, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU, UH, SOME EXPERT EXCERPTS FROM YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UH, SO ALWAYS, ALWAYS, UM, WE HAVE A FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AND THAT'S THE VISUAL ARTICULATION OF THE COMMUNITY'S VISION OF THE COUNTY'S VISION. AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THE, THE CURRENT, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE FUTURE DESIGNATIONS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET THIS CONFUSED WITH ZONING. UM, THESE ARE FUTURE DESIGNATIONS THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE IN CONCERT WITH YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ZONING RIGHT NOW OR EVEN WHAT'S ON THE GROUND. BUT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN PER STATE STATUTE IS AS FOLKS COME IN AND THEY REZONE, UH, IN THE COUNTY, AND THEY GO THROUGH THAT LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WITH YOUR BODY, THEY HAVE TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THIS VISION. SO THEY HAVE TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH, UH, THESE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS. SOMETIMES THE DESIGNATIONS ARE VERY BROAD. UH, SOMETIMES THEY GET VERY SPECIFIC AND THEY GET, UM, KIND OF ORTHODOX, LIKE YOU'LL SEE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, UH, SOMETIMES THEY'RE MORE LIKE CHARACTER AREAS, LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, UH, NOT A, NOT A WRONG OR RIGHT WAY, UH, TO DO THAT. AND WE'RE, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF, OF HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE. UM, WE KNOW THAT, UH, NAVAJO COUNTY HAS SOVEREIGN NATIONS IN, IN MOST OF THE COUNTY. SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND I'LL SHOW YOU AS WE, WE GO ON WITH DIFFERENT MAPS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT CENTER AREA OF NAVAJO COUNTY, AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR PLAN LOOKS AT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING. YOUR FLUME, YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP. NEXT. THE SECOND COMPONENT THAT YOU ALWAYS SEE IS GOALS AND POLICY. THIS IS A 30,000 FOOT POLICY DOCUMENT. UM, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE GOALS, UH, THAT ARE LISTED FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE TOPIC AREAS. AND THEN THERE'LL, THERE'LL BE MORE SPECIFIC POLICIES. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST AN EXCERPT FROM YOUR LAND USE ELEMENT, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE THE GOAL AND THAT THE POLICIES. UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EVERY ONE OF THE, THE GOALS AND POLICIES, AND WE'LL BE DOING AN AUDIT, UM, AND, AND ENSURING THAT, [00:20:01] UH, WHAT WE ARE UPDATING IS, IS PERTINENT STILL. UH, SO THERE MAY BE SOME THAT JUST GET CARRIED FORWARD. THERE MAY BE SOME THAT GET REVISED. THERE MAY BE SOME THAT ARE JUST NO LONGER PERTINENT. SO WE'LL BE DOING A FULL AUDIT OF ALL THE GOALS AND POLICIES AND BRINGING THOSE FORWARD. SOME OF, SOMETIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE POLICIES LIKE POLICY TWO C, UM, THAT READS, REVISING THE NAVAJO COUNTY ORDINANCE, THAT COULD EASILY BE CONVERTED INTO AN IMPLEMENTATION TAX TASK, WHICH I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION. AN EXAMPLE OF AN, AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. UM, EVERY, EVERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, IS MEANT TO BE IMPLE IMPLEMENTED, BUT NOT EVERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. SO, UM, EVERY YEAR, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, YOUR PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR WILL NEED TO GET UP AND GIVE A REPORT SAYING, HOW DOES MY, AND STATUTORILY, HOW DOES, HOW DOES THE GENERAL PLAN, HOW DOES A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, HOW IS IT BEING IMPLEMENTED? AND IT'S IMPLEMENTED BY ZONING. UM, AND SO, UM, THAT'S, YOU CAN SAY THAT, BUT A REALLY GOOD WAY TO, TO, UM, GET TO YOUR COMMUNITY'S VISION IS BY HAVING A VERY SYSTEMATIC IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH YOUR PROJECT TEAM. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL, WE'LL WALK INTO WITH THIS COMMISSION. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE ON THE SCREEN WHERE, UM, THIS PARTICULAR JURISDICTION, UM, JACKSON TETON HAD THEMES. AND SO THEIR, THEIR TOPIC AREAS WERE THEMED INTO ECOSYSTEM GROWTH, MANAGEMENT, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND THEY HAD TASKS IN THOSE. AND THEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THEIR PRIORITIZED BY WAY OF A, A KIND OF A QUADRANT SIT, UH, QUADRANT SYSTEM. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS QUADRANT AND YOU CAN SAY, OKAY, WHAT ARE MY REALLY EFFECTIVE TASKS OR ACTIONS THAT I CAN DO THAT ARE LOW COST? OKAY, GREAT. THEY'RE IN OUR, UH, UPPER RIGHT TOP. THOSE ARE WHAT WE WANNA DO FIRST. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES SOMETIMES, AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE THEM AS SHORT, MID, AND LONG TERM, UH, IN THEY'RE PRIORITIZED PER TOPIC AREA. REALLY IMPORTANT, IN MY OPINION, ONE OF A VERY CRITICAL, UM, IMPORTANT PARTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, SOMETIMES THEY GET EMBEDDED IN COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, SOMETIMES THEY'RE APPENDICES. UH, BUT THAT'S THE THIRD COMPONENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO, WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE, I'M GONNA TAKE A BREATH AND I'M GONNA ASK IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. UH, AND THEN I'M GONNA MOVE ON. TERRY, QUICK QUESTION. UH, YOU MENTIONED A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR THOSE CATEGORIES THAT, THAT THIS PLAN WILL BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT QUALIFIES SOMEBODY AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT. SURE. AND I, I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S SPEAKING. SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY GENERALLY CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, AND I'LL ANSWER THAT FORMAT. UM, SO WHAT QUALIFIES AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT? UM, A LOT OF THINGS, I THINK, UM, YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN A CERTAIN FIELD, UH, CERTIFICATIONS, UH, I'LL JUST TAKE MYSELF, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, I'M A LAND USE PLANNER. I HAVE A, A DEGREE IN PLANNING, A GRADUATE DEGREE IN PLANNING CERTIFICATION. UH, IN PLANNING. AND I'VE BEEN DOING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT YEARS. I FEEL, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE, AND IN ARIZONA, AS YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S LOCATIONAL AS WELL. I THINK PLAN. I SPENT TWO YEARS OF MY PLANNING CAREER IN, IN AUSTRALIA. AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT AT FIRST, IT WAS COMPLETELY, UM, FOREIGN, LITERALLY. AND I, I, I THOUGHT THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT HERE. BUT AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS, PLANNING, LANGUAGE PLANNING IS PLANNING ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND IF YOU JUST AND YOU DON'T HEAR THE ACCENT, IT'S LIKE, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME PROCESS. SO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, I WOULD SAY EDUCATION, YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATIONS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE LOOK FOR, UH, IN OUR SUBJECT MAP. UM, OUR TRANSPORTATION, UH, FIRM, UH, WE HAVE A LOT IN WATER RESOURCES. WE HAVE ENGINEERS ON THAT, ON THAT PANEL. UM, SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET TO MEET THOSE FOLKS THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE ARE, ARE CERTIFIED. THEY, THEY HAVE ENGINEERING DEGREES, UM, AND CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES IN THAT. WE HAVE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD SAY CERTIFICATION, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE. GREAT. THANK YOU. DOES THAT HELP? YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR, YEAH, WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. WE DON'T YES, SIR. HAVE ANY HARD COPIES AVAILABLE TO US, APPARENTLY. SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A BUNCH OF FUZZY PICTURES, AND I'M, I'M CURIOUS AS IF IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COUNCIL, [00:25:01] FOR THE COMMISSION IN THE FUTURE TO BE PROVIDED HARD COPIES SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE AND LISTEN AND READ WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, CODY, I SEE CODY, THAT'S IT. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. COMMISSIONER MUR, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD TRANSLATE A LITTLE BETTER TO THE SCREEN, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE HARD COPIES. OKAY. UM, FOR SURE. FOR EVERYONE. AND WE CAN GET THOSE OUT AHEAD OF TIME AS WELL, IF YOU NEED TO REVIEW 'EM. SO THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES ON THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. AM I, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCREEN IT'S DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO SEE? IS THAT IT IS A LOT OF THOSE PICTURES THAT HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON 'EM, THE, THE PRINT'S JUST BLURRY AND, AND IT'S, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO READ IT. OKAY. UM, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO AMEND WHAT, HOW I'M DOING THIS TO ARTICULATE IT, UH, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. UH, AND, AND WE WILL GET THIS PRESENTATION OUT TO YOU, UM, A I MEAN, AFTER THE FACT AS WELL. UM, SO I'LL, I'LL TRY TO SEE IF I CAN ARTICULATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS YOUR PROJECT SCHEDULE. AND THIS IS, THIS MAY BE A LOT OF INFORMATION. UM, SO I WILL, I'LL JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH IT. UM, THIS IS A 12 MONTH PROCESS, UM, FROM STARTING IN JANUARY. WE STARTED WITH A KICKOFF MEETING WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM. UH, WE GO ALL THE WAY TO FINAL PLAN IN, UH, PROJECTED TO BE DECEMBER OF 2024. SO IN THAT PROCESS, UH, WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN ESSENTIALLY PHASE TWO AND THREE, WHICH ARE CONCURRENT. UH, THOSE ARE OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS, THAT BASELINE ANALYSIS, LOOKING AT ALL THOSE TOPIC AREAS, UH, WE HAVE STARTED TO LAUNCH INTO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, WITH THESE KICKOFF MEETINGS WITH YOUR BODY, UH, WITH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE NEXT, NEXT WEEK. UM, WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THEN WE'LL START GETTING INTO THE, THE FOURTH PHASE, WHICH IS CALLED DRAFTING THE PLAN. DRAFTING THE PLAN AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALSO GO VERY CONCURRENTLY. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF, UM, TOUCH, TOUCH BASE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BE WRITING THINGS, WE'LL BE LISTENING, UM, AND, AND WE WILL, WE'LL, UM, EVOLVE WHAT WE'RE WRITING BASED UPON WHAT WE'RE HEARING. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE GO FAIRLY, FAIRLY CONCURRENT. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS FEBRUARY, ALL THE WAY TO THE END. AND YOU'RE DRAFTING THE PLAN STARTS IN APRIL. AND WE'LL START DOING THOSE CONCURRENTLY. AFTER THE PLAN IS DRAFTED, WE GET INTO WHAT'S CALLED A 60 DAY REVIEW. AND I, FORGIVE ME IF, IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE, UM, BUT THE 60 DAY REVIEW IS STATUTORILY REQUIRED. UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY 60 DAYS. UM, AND IT HAS TO HAPPEN PRIOR TO ADVERTISING FOR THE, FOR THE LAST, UH, OR FOR THE COMMISSION HEARING MEETING. AND SO DURING THAT TIME, WE'LL HAVE SOME SHOWCASE, UM, PRESENTATIONS. WE'LL BE DOING SOME THINGS TO PRESENT THE PLAN. AND THERE'S A DISTRIBUTION LIST THAT GOES FAR AND WIDE ALL OVER, UH, THE STATE OF ARIZONA FOR PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON THE PLAN. AFTER THAT HAPPENS, WE BRING BACK WHAT WE'VE ADDRESSED, UH, ALL OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT, WE'LL BRING THAT THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THROUGH YOUR BODY, ASKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE, THE, UM, PLAN. AND THEN YOUR RECOMMENDATION WILL GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, HOPEFULLY FOR APPROVAL. UM, AT THAT POINT, UH, THE PLAN, IF THEY APPROVE, WOULD BE FINAL, AND THAT'LL HAPPEN IN DECEMBER OF 2024. ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON THE, UH, PROJECT SCHEDULE? OKAY. HEARING NONE. AND A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION, COMMISSIONERS, UH, CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS WILL BE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE. THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL URGE YOU GUYS TO GO TO AS WELL. AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS STUFF, UH, THERE AS WELL. WE'LL DO A RECAP OF THESE MEETINGS FOR YOU. SO NEXT, NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. UM, BRIEFLY, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT EXISTING CONDITIONS. UH, WE HAVE STARTED THAT, UH, PROCESS. WE INTEND TO, TO FINISH THAT UP AT THE END OF APRIL. UM, WE ARE GOING THROUGH A SIGNIFICANT INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS, UH, COLLECTING OF DATA PROCESS. WE'VE STARTED TO CREATE THE BASE MAPS. AND IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, WE HAVE THE BASE MAP OF THE FULL COUNTY, UH, WHICH WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THE BOUNDARIES ARE FOR THE SOVEREIGN NATIONS, WHERE THAT AREA, UM, UH, WHERE THE AREAS FOR, UH, FEDERAL, UH, STATE LANDS ARE. WE, WE HAVE OWNERSHIP MAPS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AS WELL. ON THE NEXT MAP, [00:30:01] WE HAVE AN INSET MAP THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, UH, IN PARTICULAR, UH, CLOSER IN FOR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE, THE AREA THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE SOVEREIGN NATION. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE PLAN ON THE WHOLE COUNTY. UH, BUT THE PLAN DOES NOT, UH, GOVERN IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THE, THE, THE NATIONS THAT ARE SOVEREIGN. SO, UM, YOUR CURRENT PLAN BASICALLY TAKES THIS DONUT HOLE AND DOES A LOT OF IT, UH, WITHIN THIS AREA. UH, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE FULL COUNTY FOR CONNECTIVITY OF OPEN SPACE, UH, ROADWAYS AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE FULL COUNTY AND THEN THE SMALLER AREA. ANOTHER, UH, PART THAT I WANNA POINT OUT ON THIS MAP TO YOU IS YOUR CITIES AND TOWNS WITHIN YOUR COUNTY. UM, THOSE CITIES AND TOWNS HAVE INCORPORATED, INCORPORATED AREAS, UM, AS WELL AS THEIR MUNICIPAL PLANNING AREAS THAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR. UH, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE COORDINATE WITH THESE CITIES AND TOWNS. UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU. WE DON'T, WE DON'T GOVERN OVER THE CITIES AND TOWNS INCORPORATED AREA, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT MUNICIPAL PLANNING AREA THAT'S STILL IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE COORDINATION WITH THE CITIES AND TOWNS, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS EFFORT AS WELL. AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION NEXT. OKAY? UM, SO WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY WITH YOUR PROJECT TEAM AND YOUR COUNTY TEAM CREATED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN. UM, THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. UM, THE, THE NA NAVAJO COUNTY HAS ALSO PUT IN TO PLACE A PROCEDURES DOCUMENT THAT MEETS THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. UM, BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE TO DO PER STATUTE, AND IT'S JUST GOOD PLANNING PRACTICE, UM, I'LL TELL YOU. BUT THE, THE, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A BROAD DISSEMINATION OF, OF THE PROJECT, UH, TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, WRITTEN COMMENTS, PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND OPEN DISCUSSIONS, AND THEN CONSIDERATION OF THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO THOSE ARE OUR CRITERIA. THEY'RE VERY BROAD, AND YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PLAN IN ITS FULL ENTIRETY ON THE WEBPAGE THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED. UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT'S THE GIST OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IN THESE STRATEGIES. THE STRATEGIES ARE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE, UM, AS JUST BRIEFLY AS WE GO. SO NEXT, WE HAVE CREATED, UH, WITH YOUR COUNTY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AND YOUR PROJECT TEAM, A PROJECT BROWN, UH, BRANDING FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, TO CREATE A UNIFORM LOOK AND FEEL FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO EVERYTHING YOU SEE, INCLUDING ON THIS PRESENTATION ON THE WEBPAGE, ANYTHING THAT GOES OUT WILL KIND OF HAVE THE SAME COLOR SCHEME, THE TAGLINE OF NAVAJO COUNTY 2050, LOOKING OUT IN THE HORIZON, SUPPORTING PROSPERITY AND PRESERVATION. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S CER CERTAIN FONTS AND COLORS AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THAT WE'RE USING THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. NEXT, UH, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, COMMITTEE THAT WILL MEET THREE TIMES DURING THIS PROCESS, UH, VIRTUALLY. UM, THESE FOLKS WILL, UH, THEIR PRIMARY ROLE IS REALLY TO GUIDE THE PROCESS BY THEIR, AGAIN, THEIR SUBJECT AREA, MASTER THEIR FUNCTIONALITY. YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE ON THE LIST HERE, UM, AS WELL AS ACTING AS AMBASSADORS TO REALLY TRY TO GET THAT WORD OUT ABOUT THE EFFORT AND TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A BROAD COMMITTEE. UH, WE HAVE FEDERAL LEVEL OF, UH, FOREST SERVICE AND LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, UH, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. WE HAVE STATE LEVEL OF, OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE ARIZONA, UH, LAND DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE A VARIETY OF NAVAJO, UM, LOCAL, UH, REPRESENTATION FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TRIBAL SCHOOLS. UM, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, COMMISSIONERS AS WELL REPRESENTING, UM, THE TOWN ENGINEER OR THE, UH, UH, COUNTY ENGINEER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. NEXT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE, UH, SET UP A LIST AT THIS POINT OF FOLKS AND ENTITIES THAT WE WANT TO CONTACT. UM, I OFTEN SAY IN THESE PROCESSES, IF WE COULD GET EVERY SINGLE VOICE, UH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BUT IT'S UNREALISTIC. WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GONNA TRY, WE REALLY WILL. UM, BUT, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT. UM, SO WE TRY TO GET THE BROADEST REPRESENT REPRESENTATION AS POSSIBLE. UH, WE'VE STARTED THIS GROUP, UM, WITH LOC WITH CONTACTS. UM, I WOULD ASK THIS COMMISSION IF NOW OR LATER, IF YOU, IF YOU THINK OF ENTITIES OR FOLKS THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING WITH IN THIS PROCESS, PLEASE LET ME OR CODY KNOW, AND WE [00:35:01] WILL REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS. UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FROM, YOU KNOW, RAILROADS AND UTILITIES, UH, FROM EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS, ANYONE THAT HAS A STAKE IN DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE GROWTH OF NAVAJO COUNTY, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A PART IN THIS PROCESS. I HAVE A QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND. YES. WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU, YOU GUYS GONNA BE DOING TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS? GOOD QUESTION. UH, SO CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UH, WE WILL REACH OUT IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS FOR THESE, UM, MEETINGS. WE, WE WILL DO IN EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL, UH, VIRTUAL MEANING LIKE THIS OR TELEPHONIC, UH, MEETINGS, UH, WHERE, WHERE WE, UM, HAVE ONE-ON-ONE, UH, INTERVIEWS, IF YOU WILL. WE'LL HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT WILL, WILL ACT AS A GUIDE. UM, SOME OF THAT WILL STEM FROM WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH YOU TODAY. UM, AND THEN, WE'LL, WE'LL ALSO DO GROUPS. SO SOME OF THESE WILL JUST, UM, MAKE SENSE TO BE KIND OF IN A FOCUS GROUP, IF YOU WILL. UH, SO WE MIGHT HAVE A, A GROUP OF RETAIL OR, OR BUSINESSES THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, AND WE'LL HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM. SO DIFFERENT WAYS LIKE THAT. WE LIKE TO, TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE. WE WILL BE IN NAVAJO COUNTY SEVERAL TIMES, MANY, MANY TIMES DURING THIS PROCESS. SO IF WE CAN DOVETAIL IN PERSON MEETINGS, UM, IN, IN THE PROCESS, AND THAT'S MORE CONVENIENT AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT, WE'LL DO THAT. UH, WE CAN ALSO DO IT VIRTUALLY AND TELEPHONICALLY. SO ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO RELY ON THE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO YOU? LIKE WHAT, I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS A BIG, HUGE MARKETING PROCESS, AND IF THERE'S NOT AN AD CAMPAIGN OR SOMETHING, IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE HOW WOULD THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS KNOW ABOUT IT? OR HOW WOULD A LOCAL NONPROFIT, FAITH-BASED CHARITY KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS? THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANNA KNOW, IS HOW DID THE PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT IT? GREAT QUESTION. UM, SO, UM, I I, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA START, I'LL TEE THAT UP. UM, AND THEN I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK, UM, CODY TO, TO SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL. UM, BUT, BUT CHAIRMAN AND, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, WE, WE HAVE A, A BROAD STRATEGY TO TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT, UM, AS, AS KIND OF A BUZZ. UM, SO WE, WE HAVE A LIST OF FOLKS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING TO, UM, WITH THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE. WE'RE GONNA ASK THEM TO BE AMBASSADORS TO GET THE WORD OUT IN THEIR CIRCLES. WE HAVE A LIST OF FOLKS IN THESE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WE HAVE CREATED, UH, WITH YOUR PROJECT TEAM. WE ARE GONNA ASK, AS WE DO EACH OF THESE MEETINGS WITH YOURSELF, WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WITH THE CPC, WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES, LET US KNOW. GET THE WORD OUT, ACT, HELP US, UH, GET THE WORD OUT ON THIS IN ADDITION, AND I'LL SHOW YOU IN A, IN ANOTHER SLIDE. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE USING SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'RE GONNA BE USING E LIST. WE'RE GONNA BE DOING NEW NEWS RELEASES, UH, TO TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT, AS YOU KNOW, IN, IN DIFFERENT DIFFERENT VENUES FOR PEOPLE TO, TO, UH, PARTICIPATE. UH, LOOKING AT, GOING TO SHOW LOW DAYS, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, DIFFERENT VENUES THAT WE CAN GO OUT AND GO TO THE PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T NEED TO COME TO US. UH, SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I KNOW THAT, THAT YOU GUYS, UM, HAVING BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, MIGHT HAVE IDEAS TOO, UH, AND YOUR, YOUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND. SO IF YOU HAVE GREAT IDEAS, LET US KNOW. LET CODY KNOW, AND WE WILL, WE WILL CHASE THOSE UP. CODY, DID YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? YEAH, I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, AS FAR AS THESE COMMUNITY GROUPS HERE SPECIFICALLY, UM, SO HOW STAFF STARTED OUT IS WE, WE TOOK PREVALENT MEMBERS, MEMBERS THAT WE SEE PRETTY FREQUENTLY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES OR, OR JUST THAT ARE, UH, QUITE WELL KNOWN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE'VE PUT TOGETHER CONTACT LISTS ON THOSE. UM, WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT PRELIMINARILY TO SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SEE IF THEY'RE AWARE OF ANYONE, AND IF THEY CAN DO SOME OUTREACH AND COME BACK TO US WITH ANYONE WE'RE MISSING. AND SO, TONIGHT'S KIND OF OUR WAY OF KICKING OFF WITH THE COMMISSION IN THE SAME WAY OF, IF IT'S YOU OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ELSE THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO BE INVOLVED, UM, TO RECOMMEND THEM TO US, WE DON'T MISS THEM. AND THEN, AS TERRY SAID, WE ARE, WE ARE AIMING TO GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO COME TO US. UM, 'CAUSE WE FOUND THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK IN A COUNTY THIS BIG. UH, SO WE ARE AIMING FOR GOING OUT FOR SHOW DAYS AS WELL AS THE NAVAJO COUNTY FAIR, AND SPENDING A COUPLE DAYS AT THOSE VENUES SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE BEYOND OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR INITIAL GROUP THAT WE'VE FOUND HERE. THANKS. THANK YOU. GOOD, GOOD. CHAIRMAN. YEAH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. OKAY, FANTASTIC. UM, NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS GETS INTO, UM, THESE IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS. AND THIS IS STILL EVOLVING. UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE, WE LEARN MORE, WE GET SMARTER, [00:40:01] UH, IN TERMS OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO. UM, THE IDEA WITH THESE WORKSHOPS IS TO, UH, NOT ONLY EDUCATE FOLKS ON, ON WHAT WE FOUND WITH EXISTING CONDITIONS, UH, BUT TO GET THEIR INPUT ON FUTURE ASPIRATIONS, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, GOALS, UH, FOR ALL OF THOSE TOPIC AREAS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT. UM, ORIGINALLY, AND, AND, AND THIS MAY STILL BE THE CASE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET, UM, EVEN THOUGH I I SAY, YOU KNOW, THE SOVEREIGN NATIONS, WE'RE NOT GOVERNING, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, THEY, THEY USE COUNTY RESOURCES. THEY USE THE ROAD. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GET, UM, INPUT, UM, FROM, FROM EVERYBODY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE'RE LOCATIONALLY, UH, SPREAD OUT. UH, WE, WE TRACK THIS, UM, LIGHTLY. I MEAN, IT, IT, SOMETIMES THAT CONCERNS PEOPLE TRACKING, BUT WE, WE TRY TO GET AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE PARTICIPATION VOLUNTARILY, UH, IF PEOPLE WILL LET US KNOW. AND THEN IF WE'RE NOT GETTING GOOD PARTICIPATION IN AREAS, WE GO OUT INTO THOSE AREAS TO, TO TRY TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION. SO THIS IS AN EVOLVING THING, BUT THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THESE WORKSHOPS THAT WILL BE, UH, INFORMATIVE AND INTERACTIVE. UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME THAT WILL BE FORMAL PRESENTATIONS, THAT WILL HAVE SOME INTERACTION, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO TONIGHT. UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GO TO THOSE. UH, LIKE THE SHOW LOW DAYS, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BOOTH THERE FOR TWO DAYS WHERE WE'LL HAVE A BUNCH OF POSTER BOARDS AND INTERACTIONS, UH, PRIZES, SOME SWAG FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND, AND GIVE THEIR INPUT IN A, MAYBE A FUN WAY, A PRIZE WHEEL, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING. MAYBE, YOU KNOW, COLORING SHEETS FOR THE KIDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WE WANNA GO INTO THE SCHOOLS AND, UH, GET SOME INPUT THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND WELL, UH, WITH THE YOUTH AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO THIS, THIS PIECE IS EVOLVING, UH, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN. THIS IS WHERE THE, THE GIST OF GETTING THAT INPUT IS NEXT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HEARINGS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT. UM, YOU GUYS HAVE A, A, A LEGISLATIVE ROLE OF COURSE, UH, AS DOES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE PART AND PARCEL OF, OF THE WHOLE PLANNING PROCESS. SO, UM, NOT ONLY, UM, ARE WE MEETING WITH YOU, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, THIS MONTH. AND THEN AS WE GET THROUGH SOME OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, PIECES, WE'LL DO SOME RESULTS, UM, GETTING INPUT FROM, UH, FROM BOTH, UH, YOURSELVES AS A BODY, AS WELL AS THE BOARD, AS A BODY, UH, ON THE DIRECTION OF THE GOALS AND THE GUIDING POLICIES. AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THAT LEGISLATIVE PROCESS NEAR THE END OF, UH, THE PROCESS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER NEXT. OKAY, HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE PROJECT WEBSITE. UM, THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS TO GET TO THIS. UH, YOU CAN GET TO IT BY JUST PLUGGING IN NAVAJO COUNTY, 20 FIFTY.COM. YOU CAN GO TO THE COUNTY'S, UH, MAIN WEBPAGE, AND THERE'S A NEWS ITEM THERE. UH, UH, COUNTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ALSO HAS IT ON, ON THEIR WEBPAGE. UM, SO, UH, WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THE THE WEBPAGE IS IT'S AN EVOLVING WEBPAGE. IT'S VERY ROBUST. UH, IT WILL BE ROBUST AS WE GO. UH, YOU'LL SEE LOTS OF TABS WHERE YOU CAN, YOU CAN SIGN UP, YOU CAN CONTACT CODY DIRECTLY. UM, YOU, THERE'LL BE INTERACTIVE QUESTIONNAIRES THAT WILL LINK ONTO THIS MEETING INFORMATION. YOU CAN FIND RESOURCES LIKE THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN. UH, THE, THE PROJECT AREA MAP, THE FULL MAP, THE BASE MAPS. UM, THIS WILL EVOLVE AS WE GO. WE'LL BE TAKING THINGS OFF, PUTTING THINGS ON. UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ONTO THIS, UM, AND TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ABOUT IT AS WELL. UM, AS PEOPLE SIGN UP ON THIS, THEY WILL BE ON OUR LIST TO, TO DISTRIBUTE MEETINGS AND EVENTS TO, UH, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY, UH, COMMISSIONERS WILL, WILL GET THE WORD OUT AS PEOPLE SIGN UP ON THIS, UH, WEBPAGE. NEXT. AND THEN I, I SPOKE ABOUT THIS EARLIER. SO, UM, WORKING WITH THE, THE COUNTY'S PIO OFFICE, UM, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCESSING AND UTILIZING SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, UM, THAT THE COUNTY UTILIZES, AS WELL AS NEWSLETTERS AND E-BLAST, UH, NEWS RELEASES AS WELL FOR PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THOSE ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRES. UM, AND, AND GETTING THAT OUT THERE IN, IN THAT FASHION AS WELL. UM, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE PAPER TOO, SO, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE INFORMATIONAL SHEETS THAT THE COUNTY CAN PUT JUST AT THE FRONT COUNTER FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT OR POST UP WITH QR CODES SO THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND GO DIRECTLY TO THE WEBPAGE OR TO A QUESTIONNAIRE, THAT SORT OF THING. SO, TRYING TO, TO BE AS BROAD AND DIVERSE AS WE CAN TO GET AS MUCH INPUT. UM, SO FOLKS, UM, I WOULD OPEN IT UP AT THIS POINT FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN. UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, [00:45:01] WE WILL GO RIGHT TO MY COLLEAGUE, MCKAYLA, AND GO INTO OUR INTERACTIVE EXERCISE WITH YOU. I, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU. NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSION MEMBERS. UH, AS TERRY MENTIONED, MY NAME IS MIKAYLA PHY, AND I'M THE ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER. MIKAYLA, WE'RE HAVING A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME HEARING YOU. IT, IT'S JUST REALLY BLURRY. I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOUR HEADSET OR JUST, UH, DO YOUR BEST TO SPEAK VERY CLEARLY AND SEE IF IT GETS ANY BETTER. OKAY. LET ME SEE IF I CAN CHANGE, UM, IF MY HEADPHONES UP. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? IS THAT BETTER? YEAH, A LOT BETTER. OKAY, GREAT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, UH, MY NAME'S MIKAYLA DUNPHY, UH, ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER WORKING WITH TERRY AT LOGAN SIMPSON. UM, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO START EXPLORING SOME OF THE STRENGTHS, ISSUES, OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COUNTY WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, THIS EVENING. UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO USE, UM, THIS SITE, UH, CALLED MENTI, WHERE WE CAN CREATE THESE VIRTUAL LIVE INTERACTIVE POLLS. UM, SO TO ACCESS THIS POLL, UM, IF FOLKS CAN PULL OUT THEIR SMARTPHONE, AND IF YOU CAN, UH, TAKE A, UM, PICTURE, HOLD YOUR PHONE UP TO THE QR CODE, IF THAT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN GO TO, UH, WWW.MENTIMENTI.COM. I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A MOMENT TO LOAD THAT UP ON YOUR PHONE. HOLD IT MYSELF TOO. WE WOULD ALSO, ALRIGHT, ONCE, WE WOULD ALSO INVITE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE IF THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S THERE, UM, OR ONLINE, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AS WELL. AWESOME. SO ONCE, ONCE FOLKS HAVE THAT UP. UM, AT MENTI.COM. UM, IF YOU'RE ASKED TO INPUT A NUMBER, THE NUMBER IS 8 2 0 9 8 5 1 7. THAT'S 8 2 0 9 8 5 1 7. LOOKS LIKE THREE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESSED IT. UM, CLICKING ON THE THUMBS UP ON YOUR PHONE. FOUR. AWESOME. OKAY. UH, JUST, JUST ONE SECOND HERE, MIKAYLA. SO WE, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC WIFI NETWORK, UM, HERE WITH THE COUNTY. IF YOU GO TO THE WIFI OPTIONS, IT'LL BE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC. UM, THERE'S JUST A DISCLAIMER TO NOT USE INAPPROPRIATE WEBSITES WHILE YOU USE IT. ALRIGHT. DOES ANYONE NEED ANOTHER MOMENT TO ACCESS THE SITE? YEAH, WE'LL NEED JUST ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE HERE. SO SOME PEOPLE CAN CONNECT TO WIFI. WE HAVE SOME, UH, LIMITED SERVICE HERE ON IN THE COUNTY, DESPITE THE TOWERS ACROSS THE STREET. IF ANY COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO USE MY WORK PHONE, THEY'RE [00:50:01] WELCOME TO. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SEVEN GREAT . OKAY. OKAY. I, I THINK WE HAVE EVERYONE WHO'S ABLE TO CONNECT OR WANTS TO CONNECT NOW. MIKAYLA. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. ALRIGHT, SO THIS EXERCISE THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO IS SIMILAR TO AN EXERCISE WE DID WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM, INCLUDING COUNTY STAFF, UM, DURING OUR KICKOFF CALL. UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT FURTHER WHEN WE START ENGAGING THE PUBLIC MORE BROADLY IN THOSE ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS THAT TERRY MENTIONED, UM, AS WELL AS IN, UM, QUESTIONNAIRES THAT WE'LL PUT OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. SO THIS FIRST QUESTION, WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT NAVAJO COUNTY? YOU HAVE THREE, UM, THREE SPACES TO INPUT, UM, A WORD, A COUPLE WORDS, WHAT COMES TO MIND FIRST WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, WHAT, WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT THE COUNTY RECREATION. AND I'LL, FOR FOLKS WHO AREN'T ABLE TO SEE THIS SCREEN, UM, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE RESPONSES ON YOUR PHONE. UM, BUT FOR OTHERS, I'LL, I'LL JUST READ THESE OUT AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGH. OPEN, RURAL, VERY PRETTY PEOPLE OUTDOORS. IT'S HOME. A LOT OF GOOD ONES HERE. OPEN ATMOSPHERE, OPEN SPACES, PEACE, AND QUIET. GREAT. ALRIGHT, MOVING TO THE NEXT QUESTION. WHAT DOES NAVAJO COUNTY DO WELL, AGAIN, JUST ONE, ONE WORD, A SHORT PHRASE. THIS COULD BE WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT DO WELL? WHAT DOES THE PLANNING COMMISSION DO? WELL, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. WHAT DOES NAVAJO COUNTY DO WELL? COOPERATION. INFORM SUPPORT, TRIES ITS BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE. GREAT. PZ COMMISSION COMMUNICATION. COMMUN COMMUNICATION SUPPORT. GREAT. LIKE WE HAVE NINE RESPONSES. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT NAVAJO COUNTY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT NAVAJO COUNTY. WHAT WOULD IT BE? COST OF LIVING. COST CHANGE THE COUNTY SEAT MINDSETS, HOUSING, JOBS, LOWER HOUSING PRICES. IT'S LIKE LOTS OF REFERENCES TO HAVE TO COST. AND, UM, HOUSING, [00:55:02] TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LESS STATE LAND. GREAT. THANKS EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED IN NAVAJO COUNTY? THINK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES HERE. WHERE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, AFFORDABILITY, JOBS PAY. STARTING TO SEE SOME THEMES HERE. MORE HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES, HIGHER PAYING JOBS. AFFORDABILITY. GIVE THIS ONE ANOTHER COUPLE SECONDS. TRANSPORTATION. GREAT. ARE THERE ANY OBSTACLES TO THE FUTURE PROSPERITY OF NAVAJO COUNTY? THINKING ABOUT 10 TO 20 YEARS OUT IN THE FUTURE, WHICH IS THE TIMEFRAME, UH, TYPICAL OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, ARE THERE ANY OBSTACLES TO THE FUTURE PROSPERITY OF NAVAJO COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE? NOT ENOUGH INDUSTRY, TOO MUCH STATE LAND, A ZCC INDUSTRY. NONE THAT CAN BE OVER CO FUNDING ENERGY. RIGHT? I THINK FOLKS, WE'RE JUST RUNNING OUT OF LETTERS FOR SOME OF THESE. IF, IF, UM, IF ANY, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE HAVE THOUGHTS OR WANT TO SHARE, UM, ANY MORE OBSTACLES, UH, FEEL FREE. WE, WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE IN NOTES AS WELL. NOT ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S THE END OF OUR INTERACTIVE POLLING EXERCISE. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING. UM, JUST I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, UH, IN CASE THOSE, THOSE SPARKED ANY, UM, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, IDEAS, COMMENTS, UM, UH, RELATED TO SOME OF THOSE, THOSE STRENGTHS, ISSUES, OPPORTUNITIES, UM, OBSTACLES IN THE COUNTY? IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UM, ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? MR. YES. UH, I WOULD THE 25 CHARACTERS IN THE RESPONSES, IS THAT GONNA BE STANDARD? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S ENOUGH? IS THAT CHARACTERS OR WORDS? IT'S CHARACTERS, I BELIEVE, FOR THIS EXERCISE. AND WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT AND HAVE A, A SHORT ANSWER RESPONSE. I THINK THAT LAST OBSTACLE ONE WAS A, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE A SHORT, UM, UH, YEAH, SHORT ANSWER RESPONSE WOULD WORK, UM, PERHAPS MORE APPROPRIATELY SO WE CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT. THANK YOU. YEAH, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ALSO ON THE, GO AHEAD. WHEN YOU SEE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF COMMISSION, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SEE ON THE ONLINE POLLS, I MEAN, THIS IS A QUICK, KIND OF A QUICK, UH, TEST OF A POLL, BUT THE ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRES WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPACE THAT, THAT FOLKS CAN JUST FREE FLOW RIGHT IN. UM, SO WE MAY HAVE SOME MULTIPLE CHOICE FROM THINGS THAT WE'VE GLEANED OR LEARNED FROM THESE MEETINGS. UH, BUT THEN, THEN WE ALWAYS OPEN IT UP FOR, FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENT AND, AND THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL SURVEYS AS WELL AS THIS POLL OR, OR JUST THIS POLL. OH YEAH. OKAY. THIS IS JUST THE INITIAL POLL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [01:00:06] ALRIGHT, SO THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE, UH, DESCRIBES SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE PROCESS. NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS. SIMILAR TO THIS MEETING, WE WON'T BE GOING THROUGH THIS INTERACTIVE EXERCISE, BUT INFORMING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS TO, UM, THIS UPDATE PROCESS. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD ON MARCH 26TH. UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE KICKOFF MEETING, THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE MARCH 27TH, ALSO NEXT WEEK. UM, AND AS TERRY MENTIONED, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT. UM, SO THAT WILL BE, UM, THAT WILL BE DRAFTED, UM, EH BY APRIL. UM, SO, UH, NEXT, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, EARLY NEXT. UM, AND THEN THAT QUESTIONNAIRE, THE FIRST QUESTIONNAIRE, UM, OF SEVERAL QUESTIONNAIRES, UM, WILL, UH, LAUNCH IN AROUND APRIL, MAY. UM, ONE WILL ALSO, UM, BEGIN COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, ENGAGING WITH, UM, WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, AND, UH, ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS, UH, THE COUNTY. UM, MAY IS, UH, THE, THE TIME WHEN WE WILL BEGIN DRAFTING THE PLAN ITSELF, SO DRAFTING GOALS, POLICIES, ACTIONS, UM, AS TERRY MENTIONED, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING. NUMBER TWO WILL BE IN MAY AS WELL. UM, AND THEN COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS. SO REACHING OUT TO THE BROADER PUBLIC, UM, IN APPROXIMATELY JUNE, UM, AT, YOU KNOW, SHOW LOW DAYS AND ANOTHER EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. MAKAYLA, I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS, UH, YES, CHAIRMAN ROGERS. SO SAY FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GET TO APRIL WHERE WE'RE AT PRETTY CLOSE, AND YOU GET QUESTIONNAIRE ONE AND YOU SEND OUT ALL THOSE, UM, SURVEYS, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU GUYS SENT 'EM OUT, AND IT COMES BACK AS NUMBER ONE IS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NUMBER TWO IS ENERGY CRISIS. UM, AND THEN NUMBER THREE, SOMETHING ELSE. BUT, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS AT THAT POINT? WOULD YOU GUYS THEN GO TO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MEETING THERE IN MAY AND START TO DRAFT UP ITEMS, WHICH, WHICH THEN YOU, UH, WOULD BRING BACK OUT LIKE IN THE 1ST OF JUNE BACK TO, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE CROWD OR TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR COUNTY TO KIND OF GET THEIR TAKE ON IT? I JUST KIND OF WANNA GET IT MORE OF LIKE ACTUALLY WHAT THE, HOW THE ISSUES GET RESOLVED AND HOW YOU GUYS GO FOR IT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE LIKE THIS HUGE TASK THAT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND HOW TO DO IT. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WE'VE STRUCTURED OUR QUESTIONNAIRES SO THAT THIS, THE FIRST QUESTIONNAIRE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, VISION AND, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS LIKE THE ONES WE JUST ASKED ALL OF YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING, LOOKING AT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AT, AT A, AT A HIGH LEVEL, ONCE WE GET A SENSE OF SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FROM A WIDE, UH, ARRAY OF, OF FOLKS ACROSS THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE TOP PRIORITIES THAT AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'LL THEN TRANSLATE INTO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE START DRAFTING THOSE, THOSE GOALS AND POLICIES THAT ASSOCIATE WITH, UM, WITH SOME OF THOSE KEY ISSUES THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE RAISING. UM, AND SO THEN WE'LL IN, IN THAT SECOND QUESTIONNAIRE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REF, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REFLECT ON WHAT WE HEARD IN THE FIRST BUILD ON THAT, UM, AND THEN START GETTING INTO HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO CRAFT GOALS AND POLICIES THAT, THAT ADDRESS THOSE KEY CONCERNS. UM, SO EACH QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BUILD ON THE NEXT, SO THAT WE ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT WE MAY, WE NEED TO, UM, SUCCESSFULLY DRAFT THE PLAN OUT OF CURIOSITY. PERFECT. AND SORRY IF I'M ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS, BUT HOW MUCH WEIGHT DO YOU PUT ON SAY YOUR GUYS' KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE VERSUS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT? SO SAY JUST FOR EXAMPLE, IF EVERYBODY WANTED MORE WEED DISPENSARIES, AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, WE DON'T NEED WEED DISPENSARIES ON EVERY, LIKE, HOW MUCH OF THAT WEIGHT OF THE PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE TO LIKE, LOOK AT THE ACTUAL CAN AND SAY, IF WE DID THAT, IT WOULD REALLY MESS SOMETHING UP? [01:05:03] I, I CAN TAKE A STAB AT THAT. OKAY, GO FOR IT. UM, SO, UM, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE, WE COULD AS PLANNERS, UM, WRITE YOU A WONDERFUL GLOWING, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, CODY COULD DO THAT IN HIS SLEEP, BUT IT WILL BE MEANINGLESS, UH, BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, FROM, FROM A STATUTORY LEVEL, UH, TO BEST PRACTICE TO EVERYTHING THAT, THAT WE'VE LEARNED IN SCHOOL AND AND LIFE, IS THAT IT'S A COMMUNITY VISION. SO, UM, SO WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH OPEN MINDS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THIS COMMUNITY? AND EVERY COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT. I MEAN, THE PROCESS IS THE SAME, THE PROCESS, IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS AND IT GETS US TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO, BUT WHAT WE HEAR, UH, CHANGES THAT, AND IT'S, IT'S CUSTOMIZED TO EACH COMMUNITY NOW. UM, WE WILL, THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IN IN WHAT YOU DO THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS THESE CHECKS AND BALANCES OF, OF, YOU KNOW, CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR DECISIONS. SO PART OF OUR, UM, EXPERTISE IS TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WE'VE DONE THESE PLANS ACROSS THE NATION. UH, WE'VE SEEN THEM BE IMPLEMENTED. IMPLEMENTED, AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING A CHOICE TO DO THIS COULD LEAD TO X, Y, Z, AND LETTING THE COMMUNITY FEEL THAT, ABSORB THAT, IS THAT WHERE WE WANNA GO? UM, AND SO IT'S THIS ITERATIVE BACK AND FORTH PROCESS OF, OF GIVING FOLKS CHOICES, UM, LEARNING WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN A COMMUNITY, AND THEN BUILDING ON THAT, LIKE MIKAYLA SAID, AND GOING FORWARD, IT, IT'S NOT A, UM, IT'S NOT A PROCESS THAT WE COULD DO OVERNIGHT. UM, LIKE I SAID, I'LL, I'LL WRITE YOU A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'LL BE BEAUTIFUL AND IT'LL BE MEANINGLESS TO YOUR COMMUNITY. SO WE, WE, WE JUST DON'T WANNA GO THERE. DOES THAT HELP AT ALL? YEAH, THAT HELPS A LOT. THERE'S, I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DON'T WANT ANY GROWTH AT ALL. THEY WANNA HIDE UNDER A ROCK AND SIT ON FACEBOOK AND GET MAD AT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME FROM CALIFORNIA AND IT, IT, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE THE ONES THAT ARE THE MOST VOCAL. AND SO WE HAVE TO JUST NOT, I DON'T KNOW, TAKE YOUR GUYS' EXPERIENCE FOR EXAMPLE. WE'LL USE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAND IN HAND BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I SAY, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO FOCUS 100% ON SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE MORE BOISTEROUS THAN OTHERS. SURE. AND, AND CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF COMMISSION ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BALANCE. YOU KNOW, WE WORK IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE POLARIZED ALL THE TIME. UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR NATION, YOU KNOW, FEELS THAT WAY. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO GO THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WORK WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS. UH, WE TRY TO GET TO A CONSENSUS AND A COLLECTIVE VISION. UM, AND WE'RE SUCCESSFUL AT THAT. UM, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND TELL YOU THAT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE HAPPY. UM, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA PUT FORTH A PLAN. UM, I MEAN, ULTIMATELY YOU AS A BODY ARE GONNA HAVE TO SAY, YEAH, WE'RE THE REPRESENTATIVES AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD ALL OF THIS AND THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANNA GO. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS YOUR ELECTEDS ARE GONNA HAVE TO SAY, ABSOLUTELY, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING. WE'VE HEARD, UH, ALL DIFFERENT FACETS, AND THIS IS OUR BEST PLAN FORWARD. AND IS EVERYBODY GONNA BE HAPPY WITH THAT? NO. NO, THEY'RE NOT. UH, BUT WE HOPE TO GET A MAJORITY. WE HOPE TO GET A REPRESENTATIVE, AND WE HOPE TO GO IN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT DIRECTION THAT PUSHES THE BALL FORWARD FOR YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT IT PUSHED FORWARD COLLECTIVELY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. UM, MOST OF THE PROJECTS SEEMS REALLY TECHNOLOGY HEAVY AND TECHNOLOGY BASED. UH, OUR COUNTY'S PRETTY RURAL. WE HAVE A LOT OF RURAL AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE, UH, GOOD INTERNET CONNECTION OR SERVICE. MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE A LOT OF RETIREES. I WATCH THEM. THEY HAVE A TOUGH TIME CHECKING IN AT THE KIOSK TO GET THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, THEY'RE GONNA STRUGGLE WITH THIS OR THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA DO IT AT ALL. SO I, I WOULD JUST CAUTION THAT, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A GOOD OLD FASHIONED PEN AND PAPER COMPONENT TO MAYBE SOME OF THIS OR, UH, AT LEAST AVAILABLE SO WE CAN GET EVERYBODY'S INPUT. AND NOBODY FEELS LEFT OUT. I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER. WE WILL. ABSOLUTELY. IS IS THIS WHOLE THING GONNA BE BASED ON ONLINE ZOOM AND ONLINE? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE YOUR WORKSHOPS, YOUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, YOUR ZOOM AND YOUR COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS, ARE THEY GONNA BE ALL ONLINE OR ARE THERE GONNA BE ANY IN-PERSON COMMUNITY COM COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN TOUCH WITH [01:10:01] SOMEONE? CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF COMMISSION? WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, TO DO BOTH. UM, SO WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE SOME VIRTUAL, UH, MEETINGS, UH, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE MEET LIKE THIS, WE'LL HAVE TELEPHONIC MEETINGS. UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UH, IN-PERSON MEETINGS, UH, CODY HAD MENTIONED WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GO TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. IT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO THINGS. UM, GO TO WHERE THE MOST, MOST FOLKS ARE NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, WILL WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PADS AND ELECTRONIC PADS WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO THINGS ELECTRONICALLY? UH, BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT PEN AND PAPER WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, THEY CAN MARK ON A BOARD AND THEY CAN SAY, I DON'T LIKE THIS UP HERE. OR, YOU KNOW, DOTS, THEY CAN USE DOTS. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSITY, UH, OF, OF, UM, OF, OF VENUES AND, UM, UH, I GUESS TOOLS I GUESS, TO USE FOR PEOPLE, UM, SO THAT THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T FEEL ISOLATED, UM, OR EXCLUDED. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, NO MATTER WHAT, WHAT THEIR LEVEL OF EDUCATION, THEIR AGE, EVERYTHING, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IF THEY WANT TO. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THIS. THAT'S WHY, UH, AND I APOLOGIZE. UM, YOU GUYS, IF YOU, IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE AND YOU LOOK THROUGH THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN, WE'VE DRAFTED THAT IN THAT FASHION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S IN ONLINE THINGS, THERE'S ALSO IN-PERSON EVENTS. SO BOTH QUITE PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO A WEBSITE QUITE PERSONALLY. I WANNA GO TO A MEETING AND I WANNA MEET PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVERS AND SHAKERS AND I WANNA MAKE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED AND ACCOMPLISH THINGS. AND I, I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING THROUGH ZOOM AND THE COMPUTER, BUT THANK YOU. YEAH. AND JUST TO TAG ONTO TO THAT, COMMISSIONER MERV, WE HAVE MADE A, A REALLY LARGE EMPHASIS WITH THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN TO HAVE THOSE IN PERSON. UM, WE'RE WELL AWARE IF THERE, WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE HERE AND LIMITATIONS OR ATTITUDES OR PREFERENCES FOR THAT. UM, SO WE'LL GIVE SOME OPTIONS TO THOSE THAT PROVERB VIRTUAL, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE PLENTY OF IN-PERSON BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE ROOT OF THIS COUNTY IS TALKING AND MEETING. SO, YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND, UM, CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS ALSO, JUST TO TAG ONTO THAT, UM, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHTS ON VENUES AND EVENTS, UH, PLACES THAT WE CAN GO, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE DO LET US KNOW. AGAIN, YOU GUYS ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, YOU KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY BEST. UM, AND, AND WE WILL PIVOT. UM, WE'VE PUT THE PLAN IN PLACE, UM, AS A STRATEGY, BUT WE, IT EVOLVES, IT'S EVOLVING PLAN. UH, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO HEAR EVERY SINGLE VOICE. UM, IS THAT POSSIBLE? PROBABLY NOT. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S OUR GOAL. CODY, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT REACHES OUT TO A LOT OF THESE FACEBOOK GROUPS. AND I WOULD DISAGREE WITH MY FELLOW CHAIRMAN 'CAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THAT 90% OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE JUST OLD PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK. LIKE THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND IF WE GET TO THE GROUP LEADERS OF EACH OF THOSE, LIKE, LIKE THERE'S A HEBREW OVER GUARD, YOU KNOW, BUY, SELL, BARTER PAGE THAT HAS 10 MILLION PEOPLE ON IT, I SWEAR. AND IT'S LIKE, LIKE THOSE, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE EXTREMELY ACTIVE AND YOU ARE GONNA GET TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF FEEDBACK IF YOU CAN JUST REACH OUT TO ALL THOSE GROUPS. AND SNOWFLAKE HAS ONE, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES HAS ONE, AND THO THAT'S GONNA BE LIKE WILDFIRE IF YOU CAN GET IT OUT THERE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND THAT, THAT'S OUR KIND OF MULTIPLE APPROACHES HERE. SO WE, THE COUNTY DOES HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, WHICH DEALS MOSTLY WITH LIKE THE SOCIAL MEDIA REACHING OUT TO THE NEWSPAPERS AND OTHERWISE. UM, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH HER ON THE ONE SIDE TO, TO GO OUT AND REACH OUT THROUGH LIKE FACEBOOK OR ANYONE'S PREFERRED SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE COMMISSIONER MURPH HAS IT, FOR THOSE WHO ARE LIKE, I'M NEVER USING FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'RE LIKE, COOL, LET'S MEET IN A ROOM LIKE THIS AND LET'S TALK IT THROUGH. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HIT BOTH SIDES 'CAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S, YOU GET ALL OF IT IN A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW KIND OF THE ROOTS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE MEET IN A ROOM AND TALK IT THROUGH. AND THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN THE CHANGES WHERE PEOPLE PREFER THE VIRTUAL AND WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT TO 'EM. WE'VE GOT THE RESOURCES FOR IT. UM, THAT'S A, A BIG PART OF BRINGING ON LOGAN SIMPSON IS THEY CAN HELP US WITH A LOT OF THAT, WHERE STAFF MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT ALL AND JUGGLE IT ALL AT ONE TIME. SO WE CAN KIND OF TAKE A MULTIPLE PRONGED APPROACH WITH IT. WILL THERE BE LARGE PORTIONS OF AREAS? SO SAY THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IS THIS PLAN GOING TO REZONE AREAS FOR SAY, MOBILE HOME, OR, UH, IS IT, IS THAT KIND OF WHAT THE [01:15:01] PLAN IS? SO THIS WON'T AFFECT ANY OF THE ZONING OVERALL. UM, WHEN YOU GET THESE POCKETED AREAS, YOU CAN START TO TARGET CERTAIN TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT BASED ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS WANTED TO SEE. AND THEN THAT'LL HELP WHEN YOU SEE LIKE HEARING ITEMS, LIKE ZONE CHANGES THAT COME IN THE FUTURE OR PLATS OR SAY AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR OTHERWISE, IT HELPS TO MAKE DECISIONS TO SAY, THIS COMMUNITY HAS SAID THEY WANT THIS, THIS IS IN FRONT OF YOU, SO THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S ENVISIONED. THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD GO AND SUPPORT. OR IF THEY COME FORWARD WITH A PROJECT THAT'S THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE, THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS LOW DENSITY. WE HAVE NO INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY, THEY DON'T WANT THIS AND WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR IT. MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T SUPPORT THIS KIND OF PROJECT. SO IT'S MORE OF A GUIDING FOR THE OTHER HEARINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA END UP HAVING IN FRONT OF YOU TO LET THESE COMMUNITIES IN POCKETS KIND OF DECIDE AND LOOK AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THEM AND SEE WHAT'S APPROPRIATE, WHAT'S NOT, UM, WHAT, WHAT SHOULD WE AIM FOR? 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO FORCE DECISIONS DOWN THE PUBLIC'S THROAT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED THEIR, THEIR FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE FUTURE DECISIONS THAT ARE INFORMED. SO NO ZONE CHANGING AT ALL. UM, IT, IT JUST GIVES GUIDANCE FOR THOSE FUTURE TYPES OF, UH, PROCESSES FOR THE COMMISSION AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. COOL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SOUNDS REALLY EXCITING. IT'S KIND OF A BIG WEIGHT ON EVERYONE'S SHOULDERS. ALL RIGHT. UM, I GUESS IF NO ONE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL UH, [6. COMMISSIONER’S COMMENTS AND/OR DIRECTIONS TO STAFF: Commissioners may use this time to offer additional comments regarding any item on this agenda, or any other topic; and the Commission may direct staff to study or provide additional information on topics of the Commissions’ choosing.] MOVE RIGHT ALONG. UH, TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AND OR DIRECTIONS TO STAFF. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY. [7. REPORT FROM STAFF TO THE COMMISSION:] UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REPORT FROM STAFF TO THE COMMISSION. WELL, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. UM, WE'LL KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED AND REACH OUT TO YOU. AND, UM, PLEASE FEEL IT IS A TWO-WAY STREET. REACH OUT TO US IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR WANT TO GET INVOLVED OR KNOW ANYONE THAT YOU THINK MIGHT WANT TO GET INVOLVED. WE, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK. UM, AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME ITEMS LOCKED UP FOR THE AGENDA FOR YOU. WE'LL KNOW BY NEXT THURSDAY IF THOSE ITEMS ARE, ARE GONNA GO THROUGH. WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT. WE'LL HAVE SOME ITEMS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. UM, SO WE'LL REACH OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS LETTING YOU KNOW IF THERE'S A MEETING AND THEN WITH THE, UH, AGENDA AND STAFF REPORTS FOR YOU. UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME. DRIVE SAFE. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU STAFF. UH, I KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK WITH WORKING WITH ALL THIS. SO THANK YOU GUYS. UM, I APPRECIATE IT. AND UH, WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING, UH, NEXT MONTH WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.