Aug 27, 2024 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

ANYMORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL.

NUMBER TWO, NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

[a. CONSENT AGENDA: The following item(s) are considered to be of a routine or administrative in nature and will be approved as a group unless a member of the Board wishes to discuss a particular item: ]

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DISTRICT.

WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO MOVE INTO THAT DISTRICT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

THE AYE.

HAVE IT.

WE'RE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT.

WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE US.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MELISSA HAS 'EM UP ON THE SCREEN, OF COURSE.

AND YOU HAVE 'EM WITH YOU IN YOUR PACKET, BUT IF NO QUESTIONS CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF VOTE? AYE.

HEARING YOU ALL SAY, AYE.

I KNOW WE HAVE NONE IN OPPOSITION.

SO MOTION PASSES.

NA UM, WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO LEAVE THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION AND ENTER INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY JAIL BOARD OF SUPERVISOR OR BOARD DISTRICT GIMO COUNTY JAIL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION.

NAVAJO COUNTY JAIL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION, WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY,

IT'S ON THE SCREEN AND I KNOW THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED THAT, BUT, UM, ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.

CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

CHAIR ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

SESSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR, EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.

WE NOW ARE A REGULAR

[a. Navajo County recognizes the following employees for their excellence in personal performance, far exceeding organization expectations for the month of August: Jason Moore (County Attorney); Osman Ezrre (Public Works); and Allan Loen (Public Works) ]

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW AT LEAST I LOOK FORWARD TO.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

WITHIN THE TIME.

OVER TO YOU THEN.

AND BELONGINGS BACK AND FORTH.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN.

BOARD MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR EXCELLENT AND PERSONAL PERFORMANCE FOR EXCEEDING THE ORGANIZATIONAL EXPECTATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

FIRST, I HAVE JASON MOORE FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

IS HE HERE? I BELIEVE HE'S ON VACATION.

STILL ON VACATION.

, WE GET THAT.

WE WE'RE GONNA KNOCK HIM OUT NOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW .

NEXT I HAVE OSMOND.

ZERI WHERE YOU'RE, UH, ALAN LOWEN FROM PUBLIC WORKS.

NO.

AND THOSE ARE OUR THREE.

WE DO HAVE A VIDEO.

WOW.

JASON MOORE AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS NOMINATED FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH BY COUNTY MANAGER BRIAN LEIGHTON.

BRIAN SAYS JASON CONSISTENTLY JUMPS IN TO GET THINGS RESOLVED AND BRING HIS EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE TO BEAR IN A MYRIAD OF DIFFICULT AND SEEMINGLY UNRESOLVABLE SITUATIONS.

HE NEVER HESITATES TO STAND ALONGSIDE OR IN FRONT OF STAFF TO HANDLE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND IS ALWAYS READY TO HELP.

HE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

OSMOND FROM PUBLIC WORKS WAS NOMINATED FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH BY TASHA FROM PUBLIC WORKS.

TASHA SAYS HE WORKS WELL WITH OTHERS TO HELP THEM WITH PROBLEMS AND REACH A COMMON GOAL.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN REMODELING THE FRONT OFFICE, HE WORKED WITH EMPLOYEES TO CHOOSE PAINT COLORS, THEN TEXTURED AND PAINTED TO MAKE THEIR VISIONS COME TO LIFE.

HE ALSO HELPED THEM MOVE ALL THEIR FURNITURE

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HE IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS WORDS AND ACTIONS.

WHEN HE SAYS HE WILL DO SOMETHING A CERTAIN TIME OR BE SOMEWHERE A CERTAIN TIME, HE ALWAYS FOLLOWS THROUGH.

HE'S HONEST, TRUSTWORTHY, AND HARDWORKING.

HE TAKES PRIDE IN DOING A GOOD JOB THE FIRST TIME HE TAKES THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE AND CREATES STRONG WORK RELATIONSHIPS WITH COLLEAGUES.

THIS CREATES A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE.

HE HAS ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HE DOES AND USES THAT TO BETTER NAVAJO COUNTY.

ALAN IN PUBLIC WORKS WAS NOMINATED FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH BY NIKKI FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S DEPARTMENT.

SHE SAYS AL HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMMODATING TEAM MEMBERS I'VE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH.

HE WILL GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO HELP ME AND MY DEPARTMENT WHEN WE COME ACROSS VEHICULAR ISSUES.

AL ALWAYS HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND GIVES 110% IN HELPING OTHERS.

AL IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS AND DOES WHAT IS NECESSARY TO GET THE WORK DONE AND IN A PROFESSIONAL AND TIMELY MANNER.

AL'S WORK ETHIC IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE OFTEN.

HE'S OFTEN THE ONE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT OTHERS DON'T REALIZE HOW HARD HE WORKS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL SAFE IN OUR VEHICLES.

HE DOES AMAZING WORK AND YOU CAN TELL HE CARES ABOUT HIS JOB AND THE PEOPLE HE HELPS AL IS VERY INNOVATIVE WITH HIS WORK.

WHEN OTHER MECHANICS SAY IT CAN'T BE DONE, AL WILL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.

I AM SO THANKFUL FOR HIM AND HOW HE TAKES CARE OF MY DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PART OF OUR MEETING.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN, GO.

UM, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, FOR YOUR KINDNESS TO THOSE THAT YOU SERVE.

I I ENJOYED HEARING ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND THE KINDNESS THAT EXUDES FROM THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I'LL MAKE JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS THEN.

UM, A COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED.

IT WAS TALKED ABOUT THAT JASON ALWAYS JUMPS IN AND HELPS.

OSMOND HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU WORK WELL WITH OTHERS, UM, LOOKING TO SERVE AND HELP THEM.

AND AL DOES WHAT HE SAYS TO HELP OTHERS AND KIND OF EMBODIES THE LAW OF TIMES THE WORDS OR THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR WHEN THESE EMPLOYEES ARE BEING RECOGNIZED.

AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW YOU SHOW UP FOR OTHERS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND WORK WELL.

SO APPRECIATE YOU AND, UH, EMBODYING THAT AND ALSO BEING AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS OF WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE WORKING HERE AT NAVAJO COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

UM, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THANKS FOR THOSE REPORTS.

I REALLY ENJOYED THOSE THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER, UH, BRIAN AND THE TEAM, UM, THAT KIND OF SHOW AN ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, THE BODY OF WORK THAT'S GOING ON EACH MONTH.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, BUT APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.

THANKS SO MUCH.

TO PAM SEARLES ON A RETIREMENT OF OVER 31 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO NAVAJO COUNTY AND HIS RESIDENCE.

CAN WE GIVE MY HAND? THANK ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE B, PRESENTATION

[b. Presentation to Pam Searls on her retirement after over 31 years of public service to Navajo County and its residents.]

ERIC.

OKAY, GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THIS MORNING.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE TO NAVAJO COUNTY AND HER RETIREMENT.

PAM, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND LUANN, IF YOU COULD COME UP AS WELL.

SKIPPED THIS ONE.

LUANN IS OUR COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND, UH, PAM WORKS OVER IN THE COURT SIDE OF THINGS WITH, WITH NAVAJO COUNTY, AND AGAIN, HAS PUT IN OVER 31 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF NAVAJO COUNTY.

PAM IS ONE OF THE CONSISTENT PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT NAVAJO COUNTY THAT JUST KIND OF DOES A FANTASTIC JOB BEHIND THE SCENES AND JUST HAS HER, HER

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OFFICE RUNNING LIKE A WELL-OILED MACHINE AND JUST DOES A GREAT JOB AND WE'RE GONNA MISS HER AND WISH HER THE BEST IN HER RETIREMENT.

WANT TO INVITE LUANN UP HERE TO, TO SHARE A FEW WORDS AS WELL.

PAM'S GOING TO SORELY BE MISSED.

SHE'S OUR SUPERVISOR FOR COURT ENFORCEMENT AND SHE SUPERVISES THAT TEAM AND COURT ENFORCEMENT BASICALLY SUPERVISES, UM, THE ORDERS OF THE COURT BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCES THEN THERE'S NO JUSTICE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, SHE COLLECTS IS VICTIM RESTITUTION.

AND SO OVER THE 31 YEARS I CAN IMAGINE THAT SHE'S COLLECTED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF VICTIM RESTITUTION FOR OUR COUNTY.

UH, THE ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT I WOULD RATHER RECOGNIZE HER FOR WHO SHE IS THAN WHAT SHE DOES.

AND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT SHE'S BEEN HERE, SHE'S BEEN AN EXAMPLE TO ALL COURT EMPLOYEES.

SHE HAS, UM, EXHIBITED INTEGRITY IN EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES.

SHE'S ALWAYS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WORK THAT SHE DOES.

SHE MAKES SURE THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY DO AS WELL.

SHE'S TRAINED COUNTLESS EMPLOYEES WITH THE COURTS, MYSELF INCLUDED.

UM, AND THAT'S THE LEGACY THAT SHE WILL LEAVE WITH THE COUNTY.

ALL THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE TRAINING AND THE EXAMPLE THAT SHE HAS SHOWN TO OTHER EMPLOYEES, UM, THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH NAVAJO COUNTY, UH, THAT AS THEY SEE HER WORK ETHIC, THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE THAT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU PAM.

YES, THANK YOU MIKE TO COME OUT AND TAKE A PICTURE OF MARK.

MARK YOU WANNA COME UP AND GET THE PICTURE? , CAN I JUST SAY THAT WORKING FOR THE COURTS IS NEVER BORING, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ENTERTAINING.

I'VE STAYED IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT THIS WHOLE TIME 'CAUSE I'VE HAD WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO WORK WITH, STARTING WITH, UH, WAYNE ING AND THEN, UM, MARLA RANDALL AND NOW LUANN.

UM, WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.

BUT THE THE BEST THING I GOT TO GO WORK IN ALL THE COURTS IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

I GOT TO KNOW ALL THE JUDGES AND ALL THE PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT WORKING IN NAVAJO COUNTY IS THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH.

I'M GONNA MISS THAT SNUGGLE IN.

ANY COMMENTS? GREAT.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD, SUPERVISOR.

I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DEDICATED TO THE ORGANIZATION.

UM, THAT'S SUCH AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US, UH, AND YOUR HEART FOR IT AND YOUR HEART FOR SERVICE.

UM, IT SAYS A LOT TO ME WHEN YOU SAY, UM, THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

UM, YOU HAVE THOSE, THE EYES AND EARS TO KNOW THAT OVER THE 31 YEARS OF SERVICE AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD FEELING FOR ME.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO US AND, UM, HAPPY RETIREMENT.

YEAH, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WHITE SENIOR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OH, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAPPY RETIREMENT.

LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER HAND.

GO BACK TO ITEM A, WHICH I SKIPPED.

ALL RIGHT, WE GOTTA

[a. Recognition of Leah Thomas, CMC, for earning the designation of Certified Municipal Clerk, awarded by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC), Inc.]

WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF LEAH THOMAS, CMC FOR EARNING DESIGNATION OF CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK AWARDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS.

AND WE'RE GONNA TURN THAT OVER TO MELISSA BUCKLEY.

FULFILL RIGOROUS EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND DEMONSTRATE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY AND STATE.

SORRY, I HAD TO PUT IT REAL QUICK.

SO HER HUSBAND IS HERE AS WELL.

STEVE, YOU WANNA STAND UP HERE WITH US? SO, IIMC AWARDS THE CMC DESIGNATION EXCLUSIVELY TO CLERKS WHO

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PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING LEAH THOMAS ON ACHIEVING THE CERTIFIED GOSH CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK DESIGNATION THROUGH A SU AND THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS.

HER DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE HAVE TRULY PAID OFF.

LEAH COMPLETED A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ACCUMULATING 60 HOURS OF COURSEWORK AND 50 POINTS IN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.

EACH PROGRAM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ASSESSMENTS AND REPORTS ON HER LEARNINGS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO HER ROLE.

NOTABLY LEAH ALSO SERVES AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA COUNTY CLERK'S ASSOCIATION, SHOWCASING HER COMMITMENT TO HER PROFESSION.

LEAH REMAINS AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO OUR TEAM, AS YOU ALL KNOW.

SHE'S EXCEPTIONALLY ORGANIZED, A PROACTIVE SELF-STARTER, AND CONSISTENTLY READY TO LEND A HAND WHENEVER NEEDED.

HER ABILITY TO MAINTAIN CALM UNDER PRESSURE IS A STEADY INFLUENCE IN EVEN THE MOST CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES.

HER HUSBAND, STEVE, IS PRESENT WITH US TODAY AND CONGRATULATIONS.

SO LEAH RECEIVED, UM, A PLAQUE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS FOR CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK CERTIFICATE AND AN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FROM THE ARIZONA MUNICIPAL COURTS ASSOCIATION.

SO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBER SUPERVISOR? WEISNER, CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, THANK YOU FOR IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE ABLE TO COMMIT YOURSELF TO DOING, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND TAKING THE COURSES AND SO FORTH AND DOING YOUR JOB ON TOP OF THAT AND TAKING CARE OF YOUR FAMILY AND ALL OF THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU, UM, TOOK THAT TIME TO INVEST IN YOURSELF AND INVESTED IN THE ORGANIZATION.

AND I CAN ATTEST TO, UM, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MELISSA SHARED.

YOU'RE SUCH AN ASSET AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT, UM, I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU AND THAT, UM, YOU SERVED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS A RESULT.

YOU SERVE NAVAJO COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, CHAIRMAN .

SORRY, JUST DREW, DREW A BLANK RIGHT THERE.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, SIMILAR SENTIMENTS, BUT ALSO CONGRATULATIONS ON, UM, FROM ME.

UM, IT'S, UH, TRULY, UH, TO, TO INSPIRING TO SEE YOU, UM, ELEVATE YOURSELF WITHIN THE CAPACITY OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD AND PROVIDING THE ASSISTANCE TO, TO, TO MEL AND THE REST OF THE TEAM AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNTYWIDE AS WELL.

SO I'M VERY, UM, HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU AND, AND AS IS YOU ARE VERY PROACTIVE AND YOU VERY, UM, ARE, UH, UM, I GUESS IN GETTING THE, GETTING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND THE PROFICIENCY IN THE, UM, PROVIDING THAT EFFICIENCY WITHIN OUR OFFICE AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AGAIN.

APPRECIATE YOU, YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE TEAM, SHE'S ALWAYS LOOKING TO SERVE AND HELP OTHERS AND DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB DOING IT AND DOES IT WITH A SMILE.

BUT ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, AS WAS POINTED OUT, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND ADVANCE.

UM, WORKING INSIDE OF AN ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS IS GREAT, BUT LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO BRING SOME OUTSIDE, UM, TRAINING AND INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP TO ELEVATE IN DIFFERENT WAYS, UM, IS APPRECIATED.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND WILLINGNESS TO GO AND DO THAT.

CERTAINLY GLAD THAT WE GOTTA HONOR AND RECOGNIZE YOU TODAY AND VERY NICE TO SEE YOUR HUSBAND TODAY.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND SUPPORTING AND THANKS FOR, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF YOU AND ALL THAT'S DONE FOR NAVAJO COUNTY.

SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.

CAN WE GIVE HER ANOTHER HAND? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S

[c. Presentation of the activities of the County Supervisors Association for FY2023-2024, including a discussion of the recent legislative session.]

MOVE TO ITEM C.

WAIT, MELISSA, WE'VE GOT FIVE MINUTES, SO .

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM C PRESENTATION OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION FOR 2023 THROUGH 2024, UM, INCLUDING A DISCUSSION ON RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO CRAIG SULLIVAN AND PRESIDENT MILLER.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TODAY.

GOOD MORNING BOARD SUPERVISORS, DANVILLE COUNTY.

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THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US, UH, THE CSA TO COME AND GIVE OUR, I THINK WE'D CALL IT OUR ANNUAL REPORT, OUR SUCCESSES THIS YEAR WITH CSA.

UM, I HAVE FOR THE RECORD, I AM STEVE MILLER.

I'M THE PINAL COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR DISTRICT THREE AND HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS, UH, PRESIDENT OF CSA THIS YEAR.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, FIRST OF ALL THANK NAVAJO COUNTY FOR PARTICIPATING IN CSA.

IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.

I THINK CRAIG WILL SHOW YOU A LOT OF THE BENEFITS, UH, THIS MORNING OF, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THAT, UH, SUPERVISOR WHITING.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE LEG, UH, OUR LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU, .

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE, UH, SITTING IN THOSE MEETINGS WITH YOU.

SO, UM, JOINING ME IS DIRECTOR CRAIG SULLIVAN, BUT BEFORE I STEP DOWN, I WANNA REMIND YOU ALL THAT THE, UH, PINAL COUNTY IS, UH, UH, SPONSORING THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR'S LEGISLATIVE POLICY, UH, CONVENTION OR CON, UH, CONVENING IN, IN, UM, MARICOPA AT THE OC OXYGEN INDIAN RESERVATION ON OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH THE NINTH.

WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE.

IT'S USUALLY A, A LOT OF GOOD DEBATE AND SETS OUR POLICY FOR MOVING FORWARD NEXT YEAR WITH THE LEGISLATURE.

UH, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. SULLIVAN TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL THE, ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR AT CSA.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANKING ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, NOT JUST WITH CSA, BUT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

SO THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU PRESIDENT MILLER AND THANK YOU CHAIRMAN WHITING AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

FOR THE RECORD, I'M CRAIG SULLIVAN WITH THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION.

I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

UM, I DID PROVIDE TO YOU, UH, SOME HANDOUTS THAT CONTAIN SOME SLIDES THAT WALK THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR.

UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF IT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO EXPLORE ANY OF IT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IN DETAIL.

BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION, OUR DATA ANALYTICS, SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT HAVE EMERGED AND ONGOING.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE ENGAGEMENT AND GOING FORWARD.

IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME, UM, THAT WE STAND BEFORE YOU AND REPORT OUT HOW WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE YOU AND YOUR COUNTY.

AND SO INDEED, THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

UM, FIRST LET ME JUST START OUT WITH WHAT THE ORGANIZATION IS AND SO I'LL BOUNCE FORWARD.

MELISSA, I BROKE IT ALREADY.

OH, THERE WE GO.

OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WE ARE TASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTIES.

OKAY, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT WHAT THE ORGANIZATION IS.

SO YOU ALL KNOW THIS WELL, BUT THE ASSOCIATION IS A COLLABORATION OF 15 COUNTIES.

WE DO NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH AND POLICY WORK TO SUPPORT DECISION MAKING AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL AS THE LOCAL LEVEL.

THE COUNTIES CREATED CSAA LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE IT WAS EFFECTIVE TO CENTRALIZE THE WORK AND EVERY COUNTY BENEFITS FROM IT.

AND OUR DESIRE IS TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK IN SUPPORTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT YOU AS COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND YOU CAN SEE WHY IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE A HUB THAT CAN CONNECT WITH ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES.

UH, OUR BOARD ARE ALL 61 SUPERVISORS IN THE STATE.

YOU KNOW THAT, UM, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF THIS BOARD.

WE SEE YOU AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS, OUR SMALL COUNTIES MEETINGS, OUR MANAGERS MEETINGS.

UM, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING AT OUR TABLE.

AND I DO WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO THE CHAIRMAN FOR HIS ROLE SERVING ON OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SIX YEAR TOUR OF DUTY IS OVER.

UM, BUT YOU DID AWESOME SUPERVISOR AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DID AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL FOR YOUR WORK ON OUR LPC.

UM, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSCRIPT YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO GOING FORWARD AS WELL.

I'M SORRY, MELISSA.

I'M MAKING MISTAKES HERE.

SO GO ONE MORE AND THEN WHAT DO YOU THINK I DID? I'M SO GLAD YOU DIDN'T SAY IT'S TURNED OFF .

SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INTERGOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITY.

AND SO WHAT I SHARED WITH YOU HERE IS JUST HOW WE USE OUR FORUM AS A WAY TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION AND BUILD COLLABORATIVE STRENGTH AMONG THE COUNTIES.

UM, WHAT I'VE LISTED FOR YOU HERE ARE THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAD COME TALK TO OUR BOARD LAST YEAR.

POLICY PROFESSIONALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, TALK ABOUT ISSUES, SHARE INFORMATION.

ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE SOME

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I SERVED ON THE GOVERNOR'S WATER POLICY COUNCIL.

I SERVE ON THE P-S-P-R-S ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE APPOINTEES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION, COMMISSION ON TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS THE COMMERCE AUTHORITY.

AND THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN VERY, ALL VERY ENGAGED IN BROADBAND.

AND SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT TOO.

UM, AT THE BOTTOM WE LINKED WHAT WE CALL AFFILIATE GROUPS.

AND UM, THESE ARE THE COUNTY PROFESSIONAL GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH CLOSELY.

IT HELPS BREAK DOWN SILOS, THE MANAGERS GROUP, THE PLANNERS, FINANCE DIRECTORS, OTHERS.

AND I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO YOUR COUNTY MANAGER.

UH, AND PARTICULARLY FOR ROCHELLE OPPA FOR HER ENGAGEMENT WITH US.

WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH, UH, THE INFORMATION THEY PROVIDE.

THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB.

WE ARE NEVER AT A LOSS ON HOW TO SERVE NAVAJO COUNTY AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THOSE PROFESSIONALS.

AND SO THANK YOU BRIAN AND THANK YOU ROCHELLE.

WE ALSO PARTNER, UH, WITH OUR, UH, UH, SISTER ORGANIZATION, THE ARIZONA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.

THEY'RE IN THE SAME COMPLEX AS US AND THAT CREATES A NICE PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.

MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES, BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHTING OUR COUNTY DATA INITIATIVE.

WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING A DATA AND ANALYTIC FUNCTION, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A MOUNTAIN OF DATA.

IT'S NORTH OF 4 MILLION DATA POINTS NOW AND CONTINUES TO GROW.

THE WHOLE INTENT IS TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT FORWARD FOR DECISION MAKING.

YOU'VE SEEN IT IN A LOT OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED.

WE ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING THAT OUT FURTHER TO INCLUDE COUNTY BUDGETARY DATA AT A LEVEL THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PREVIOUSLY AS WELL AS COURT RELATED DATA.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN A, A, A SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AS WE BUILD IT OUT TO SUPPORT ALL OF YOU.

THE NEXT SLIDE COVERS A COUPLE OF OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

OUR ORGANIZATION HAS SECURED $1.4 MILLION IN GRANTS FROM THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS TO DO UNIVERSITY BASED RESEARCH INTO KEY COUNTY ACTIVITIES.

WE SUPPORTED AND PROVIDED PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORK FOR A GRANT RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE ARIZONA, UH, SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION TO WORK ON A SIMILAR STUDY JUST FOR DETENTION OFFICERS.

SO THAT'S JUST KICKED OFF AND THAT'S ONGOING.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING RELATED TO PROCUREMENT ON THE, UH, THAT WILL LOOK AT EFFICIENCIES AND BEST PRACTICES ACROSS COUNTIES AND METRICS TO IMPROVE THAT FUNCTION.

AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE COLLABORATION WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH THE UNIVERSITIES TO BRING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SUPPORT DECISION MAKING.

I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON THE RIGHT HOW WE'RE BUILDING OUT, UM, WHAT WE CALL INFORMATION KITS TO INFORM KEY POLICY AREAS.

EXPENDITURE LIMIT RESOURCE GUIDE WAS RE UH, RELEASED OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT WAS INFORMED HEAVILY BY THE WORK MANY YEARS AGO THAT I REMEMBER DOING WITH THIS COUNTY WHEN YOU ALL REBASED YOUR EXPENDITURE LIMIT.

NOW OTHER COUNTIES ARE FOLLOWING SUIT, WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT KITS LIKE THIS IN OTHER AREAS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN THE NEXT YEAR.

YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON STABILIZING THE PUBLIC SAFETY PENSION SYSTEM AND THE CORRECTIONS OFFICER'S RETIREMENT PLAN FOR SOME TIME.

UH, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUE COUNTIES.

SEVEN YEARS AGO, WE AS AN ORGANIZATION SET A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TO TRY TO GET CONTROL OF THIS AND SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

AND I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE IMPROVED FUNDED STATUS.

WE'VE SECURED RESOURCES FROM THE STATE.

WE'VE IMPROVED DECISION MAKING AT THE P-S-P-R-S BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN TERMS OF THEIR ASSUMPTIONS.

AND WE'VE WORKED ON STRATEGIES WITHIN THE COUNTY TO PAY DOWN THAT DEBT.

THAT'S ALL INFORMATION SHARING.

OUR KEY NOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T ROLL BACKWARDS, THAT WE PROTECT THOSE TAXPAYER ASSETS AND THAT WE LINK WHAT WE KNOW FROM WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH WITH DECISIONS THAT THE SU LEGISLATURE MAY MAKE GOING FORWARD.

AND SO THIS IS A REAL SUCCESS STORY AND IT REALLY CAME TO MY ATTENTION BECAUSE WHEN WE SAT IN PINAL COUNTY LAST TIME FOR OUR POLICY SUMMIT, WE WERE MUCH FARTHER DOWN ON THE, UH, UNFUNDED LIABILITY CURVE.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE SET THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE.

THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, BROADBAND.

UH, WE ALL, WELL, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WE AS AN ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN CALLING ON THE LEGISLATURE FOR LEADERSHIP, ASKING FOR GRANT PROGRAMS, A CA TO GET OUT AHEAD WORKING WITH NACO TO SUPPORT FEDERAL RESOURCES.

THAT'S COME A LONG WAY MORE THAN WE WOULD'VE THOUGHT.

WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS WE ARE ON THE GOVERNOR'S INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORK GROUP AS IT RELATES TO BROADBAND.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH YOUR COUNTY MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT YOUR NEEDS HERE LOCALLY.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK THAT ROCHELLE'S BEEN DOING IN THAT WE'RE ON THE PHONE A LOT AS WELL AS GLEN KEPHART.

WE ARE ALL TRYING AS 15 COUNTIES TO OPTIMIZE THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.

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SO I'LL MOVE A LITTLE BIT IN THE LEGISLATURE AND YOU ALL SAT THROUGH OUR POST SESSION BRIEFING, SO I JUST WANT TO HIT SOME HIGH POINTS.

UM, FIRST OFF, YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF BILLS AT TOUCH COUNTY OPERATIONS.

OUR JOB IS TO TRIAGE THOSE, GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF ON HOW TO ENGAGE LAWMAKERS CONTEXTUALLY.

UH, WE'VE HAD A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH MANY LAWMAKERS AT THE STATE CAPITOL AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

UM, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN OF CONCERN.

THE GOVERNOR HAS LARGELY VETOED BILLS THAT WERE PARTISAN.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY CREATED PRESSURE FOR COLLABORATION AT THE LEGISLATURE, BUT IT'S ALSO LED TO MORE REFERRALS TO THE BALLOT BY THE MAJORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE.

AND YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT ON THIS NEXT SLIDE.

WE FOCUSED A LOT ON THE BUDGET BECAUSE WHEN WE MET LAST OCTOBER, WE KNEW THAT WE HAD A SEVERE BUDGET SITUATION AT THE STATE AND OUR BIGGEST WORRY WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD ROLL DOWNHILL.

UM, SO YOU ALL WORKED WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO COMMUNICATE TO LAWMAKERS DON'T SHIFT COSTS TO THE COUNTY TAXPAYER.

AND LARGELY THEY DID NOT DO THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENT HERE, BUT BASICALLY THE WAY THE LEGISLATURE SOLVED ITS BUDGET IS LISTED FOR YOU HERE.

FUND TRANSFERS ONE TIME SPENDING CUTS, ONGOING SPENDING CUTS LARGELY WITHIN, UH, THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STATE BUDGET.

THEY DID MAINTAIN THE RAINY DAY FUND OF ABOUT $1.5 BILLION, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

UM, BUT WE WERE VERY WORRIED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME SHIFTING, BUT YOUR LEGISLATORS, GOVERNOR AND MANY OTHERS MADE SURE THAT DIDN'T OCCUR.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL JUST, UH, I JUST WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE STATE DID THAT.

UM, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY LOST A LOT OF RESOURCES.

SO A LOT OF THE COMMITMENT FOR IMPROVING WATER SUPPLIES WAS LOST.

YOU'RE AWARE OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONIES THAT DIDN'T TOUCH THE COUNTY ALLOCATION.

IT DID TOUCH THE STATE AND SOME COUNTIES HAD BEEN SECURING GRANTS OUT OF THAT.

AND OF COURSE, MANY AGENCIES SAW ACROSS THE BOARD CUTS.

THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE KEY ITEMS THAT WERE OF CONCERN.

SO WE WERE PLEASED WITH HOW THE LEGISLATURE PROTECTED THE COUNTIES GENERALLY, BUT THERE WERE SOME ITEMS WE'RE STILL WORKING ON AND THEY'RE LISTED FOR YOU HERE.

THEY HAVE NOT SOLVED THE SITUATION OF PROVIDING ONGOING FUNDING FOR STATE FUNDED PROBATION OFFICERS.

WE ASKED FOR THAT TO BE FUNDED.

THE COURTS ASKED FOR THAT TO BE FUNDED.

MANY LAWMAKERS WERE AWARE OF IT, BUT IN THIS CONTEXT, THEY DID NOT PUT IN PLACE A SOLUTION.

THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE DID COME FORWARD AND WE ARE TOLD THEY WILL PROVIDE ABOUT $10 MILLION TO PATCH THAT IN THE NEXT FISCAL OR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT LEAVES THAT CLIFF IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND SO THAT'S A PROBLEM WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MONITOR.

IT'S NOT HITTING THE COUNTY YET, AND WE NEED TO FIND A PATH WHERE THE STATE WILL PICK UP ITS COMMITMENT.

WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN COURT RELATED COSTS, UH, AS WE OFTEN DO.

AND THIS ONE OCCURRED, UH, AS IT RELATES TO SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE SALARIES AND JP SALARIES.

AND SO LATE IN THE SESSION IN THE BUDGET, UH, SOLUTION, THEY DID PROVIDE SALARY INCREASES IN THE COURT SYSTEM.

THEY ESTIMATED THAT AT ABOUT $800,000 TOTAL FOR THE STATE AND IT WAS PASSED INTO THE BUDGET.

OUR ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THAT'S ABOUT $7 MILLION TO THE COUNTIES.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WERE VERY CONCERNED WITH ABOUT A LAST MINUTE AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET.

NOT SO MUCH THE POLICY CHOICE, BUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND THE LACK OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON THIS AND WE'LL BE SENDING A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR ASKING FOR FUNDING, UH, FOR THIS FUNCTION AS WELL.

LOT OF STUFF HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THIS TO YOU.

THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE PROTECTED IN THE BUDGET.

I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS WORRIED THEY WOULD SHIFT COSTS OR REMOVE THINGS.

THESE ARE A BUNCH OF COUNTY TOUCHPOINT THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON.

A LOT ARE LISTED UNDER PRIOR COUNTY APPROPRIATIONS PROTECTED.

AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU ALL HELPED WITH IN INDIGENT DEFENSE FUNDING, JUVENILE DEPENDENCY FUNDING, EOR RELIEF, AND L LOTTERY.

UH, THOSE WERE ALL SECURED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

WE DIDN'T LOSE THEM AND THAT WAS A GOOD THING.

THEY COULD HAVE BEEN EASY PICKINGS FOR THIS BUDGET SITUATION.

TRANSITION A LITTLE BIT INTO BILLS AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES FOR YOU THERE.

OVERWHELMINGLY, WHAT OUR TEAM DOES IS WHAT WE CALL REACTIVE ADVOCACY.

THIS IS WORKING ON, IN STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND DEALING WITH BILLS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS AND ARE BROUGHT FORWARD.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS.

THIS JUST GIVES YOU A SAMPLING OF THE POLICY AREAS AND THE PROFESSIONAL DIVERSITY THAT OUR TEAM HAS.

UM, WE GET INVOLVED IN A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, BETTER THAN ANYBODY THE SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES YOU HAVE, AND THEY'RE ALL TOUCHED IN STATE LAW.

THIS SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BILLS THAT WERE PASSED.

AND OVERWHELMINGLY ITEMS WERE AMENDED OUT BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNOR'S VETO THREAT.

WHERE THERE WERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONCERNS.

WE WORKED ON A LOT OF BILLS THAT UH, MAYBE WE DIDN'T LIKE AT THE BEGINNING, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO A GOOD SOLUTION WITH LAWMAKERS.

IN THE UPPER LEFT ARE THE PROACTIVE BILLS THAT WE TOOK.

WE MADE POLICY CHANGES AND THESE WERE AUTHORIZED BY OUR BOARD MADE POLICY CHANGES TO THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION, AND WE WORKED ON THE

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SOLUTION AS IT RELATED TO THE AUTOMATIC RECOUNT WITH ACO.

THEY LED ON THE ISSUE AND WE FILLED IN.

IT WAS A GREAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND WE WERE PLEASED WITH THAT RESULT.

THERE ARE MANY BILLS NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTATION.

UM, THINGS LIKE THE, UH, WELL-KNOWN TAMALE BILL, WHICH CHANGES FOOD REGULATION AS IT RELATES TO TAMALES.

THEY DID MAKE POLICY CHANGES RELATED TO LEGISLATIVE VACANCY APPOINTMENTS.

AND SO, UH, PLEASE LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE COMPLY WITH THE NEW MODIFICATIONS THAT THEY PUT IN PLACE.

AND THEY ADDED A REQUIREMENT FOR COUNTIES AND CITIES TO REPORT OUT PERMITTING TIMELINES AND PROCESSES.

WE WERE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS WAS DRAFTED.

IT WAS A LAST MINUTE ADDITION TO A BILL, UM, BECAUSE IT REALLY DIDN'T SHOW THE REAL, UH, NATURE OF, OF PERMITTING AND PLATTING.

BUT WE HAVE WORKED WITH YOUR PROFESSIONALS AND OTHERS TO PUT TOGETHER A BETTER FRAMEWORK BECAUSE WE VIEW THIS AS A DATA OPPORTUNITY.

WE WANT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE WANNA LOOK FOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS TOO.

AND SO KNOW THAT THAT'S OCCURRING AS WELL.

AND WE'LL BOUNCE OVER THIS ONE, MELISSA ONE MORE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AT THE END.

UM, WE WRAP UP SESSIONS BY PUTTING TOGETHER A LOT OF REPORTS FOR YOUR STAFF TO LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING NEW LAWS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS DONE AT THE STATE, BOTH POLICY-WISE AND FISCALLY.

THESE ARE THE FOUR REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF NEW LAWS IS SEPTEMBER 14TH.

AND SO WE KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT THESE NEW BILLS AND JUST SAYING, ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S THE ORIGIN STORY HERE? WE'RE AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH THAT.

AND THE REWARD FOR FINISHING A LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS WE HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

AND SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, OH, NO, I JUMPED AHEAD.

I WAS SO QUICK TO INVITE YOU TO OUR SUMMIT.

NO, YOU WERE RIGHT, MELISSA, GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

SO MR. CHAIRMAN, I TOOK A STAB AT JUST KIND OF QUANTIFYING SOME OF THE THROUGHPUT ON LPC BECAUSE I MADE YOU SIT THROUGH THOSE CALLS EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.

I MEAN, THESE, JUST SOME OF THE NUMBERS, UH, THAT WE PROCESS IN TERMS OF BILLS TRACKED AND PROCESSED AND POSITIONS TAKEN, I DIDN'T, UH, GET US, UH, CLARITY ON ALL THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE PUT FORWARD.

BUT WE DID TESTIFY NORTH OF 30 TIMES, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTIES BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GOT.

AND THAT WAS LARGELY JACOB.

HE DID A GREAT JOB.

WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HIS EFFORT THERE.

SO NOW WE'LL GO TO OUR WRAP.

UM, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF PREPARING FOR NEXT SESSION NOW.

AND SO MR. UH, MILLER INVITED YOU TO OUR SUMMIT.

I'D LIKE TO DO THE SAME.

AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT.

WE'LL DO POLICY AT OUR SUMMIT AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT A RESEARCH PLAN.

SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I TOOK A LOT OF TIME, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.

REAL QUICK, ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SUPERVISOR WHITES HERE.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU, UM, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MILLER, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY AND WELCOME AND WELCOME CRAIG.

UM, THE WORK THAT C-S-A-C-S-A DOES IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO COUNTIES AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT SUPPORT.

UM, THE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED CONSISTENTLY YEAR AFTER YEAR IS THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT IMPACT OUR COUNTIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO AND HOW IT IMPACTS OUR BUDGET AND HOW IT IMPACTS, UM, MAYBE THOSE, UM, UM, POLICIES THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THAT IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.

AND SO CSA REALLY HELPS US TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE AND THE ADVOCATION WORK AND BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR LAWMAKERS TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF HOW IT IMPACTS US IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.

AND SO THE WORK THAT ROCHELLE DOES AND BRIAN DOES, UM, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, KEEPING US, UM, APPRAISED AND MINDFUL OF THOSE THINGS, UM, AND THE CONVERSATION.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO JASON AND THE WORK THAT HE'S HAS DONE AND REPRESENTING NAVAJO COUNTY ON THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL AND THE LEGISLATIVE CONVERSATION.

SO THANK YOU CRAIG.

OH, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

IT'S OUR PLEASURE.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WHITE HERE.

UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS HERE REAL QUICK.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ONE PRESIDENT MILLER, THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING IN WORKING WITH YOU.

YOU'RE A GREAT LEADER AND DID A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR IN LEADING OUT.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE.

WE KNOW IT WASN'T EASY TO TRAVEL.

AND CRAIG, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, A SINCERE THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS DO A TREMENDOUS JOB IN HELPING US.

UM, I KNOW THAT YOUR, YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE WELL RESPECTED AROUND THE STATE AND AROUND THE NATION BECAUSE OF THE WAY, THE PROFESSIONAL WAY THAT YOU DO THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

UM, YOU'RE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO ALL THE COUNTIES AND HELP US TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL WAY.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO RECOGNIZE IN ADDITION IS THE DATA LIBRARY THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE APPLAUDED FROM THE BEGINNING.

I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW GREAT THAT IS.

OFTEN WHEN WE'RE MEETING WITH

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DECISION MAKERS, UM, EMOTIONS PLAY SO MUCH INTO DECISION MAKING PERIOD, BUT THEY PLAY A LOT INTO, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW WE GET WORKED UP ABOUT STUFF.

AND TO HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF INFORMATION TO HELP US TO LOOK AT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING, UM, INSTEAD OF WHAT'S EMOTIONALLY OCCURRING, UM, HELPS US TO MAKE BETTER MORE SOUND DECISIONS.

AND THAT'S PROVEN TREMENDOUS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND SO APPLAUD YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS ON TRYING TO BUILD THAT LIBRARY OUT AND HELPING US TO BE A SOUND VOICE IN THE ROOM AND MAKING GOOD DECISIONS IN THAT.

SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE YOU TODAY.

WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS HERE, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

FIRST WE HAVE A, A BASKET FOR YOU, UM, THAT WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU WITH.

AND PRESIDENT MILLER, WE HAVE UM, A CUP FOR YOU AS WELL.

SO DO WE WANNA DO UP HERE? WE DO.

YOU, US TO COME OUT THERE, BOTH JOIN US UP HERE.

WE CAN DO A QUICK PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU THE ITEMS. CREATE A LANE FOR YOU THERE.

OUR WAY OF SAYING IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE LOST SOME.

THAT'S AWESOME.

THERE YOU GO.

COLOR, LIKE I'LL TAKE THAT'S FANTASTIC.

WHICH COLOR WOULD YOU LIKE? DOESN'T MATTER.

THAT'S AWESOME.

ALRIGHT, HAVE TO FINISH THIS BY SUNDAY.

TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

1, 2, 3.

HOLD IT.

I'M GONNA GRAB ONE MORE.

WASN'T THAT BIG.

HAVE TO DAY MY CABIN.

SO I CAME FROM THERE THIS MORNING.

WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME, UM, YOU COMING ALL THE WAY UP OR COMING THIS WAY TO VISIT US.

ALRIGHT, WE NEED TO MOVE ON

[a. 9:30 a.m. Discussion and action regarding Petition for Review of Real Property Valuation of APN 210-36-028W (Brad Beaubien); Swearing in of Assessor, Appraisers and Petitioners. ]

THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION SESSION.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL IS IN FAVOR VOTE.

ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.

THE PHONE? IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SIX A DISCUSSION AND ACTION REGARDING PETITION FOR REVIEW OF REAL PROPERTY VALUATION OF A PN TWO 10 DASH 36 DASH 0 2 8 W.

BRAD SWEARING INTO THE ASSESSOR AND APPRAISER PETITION.

GO AHEAD, MELISSA.

MR. BIN, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? YOU DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BEING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD.

THAT'S NOT, ARE WE READY MR. RUBIN? I'M SURE I'M NOT SAYING THAT RIGHT.

BRAD, DO YOU MIND, YOU'RE ON MUTE RIGHT NOW.

DO YOU MIND UNMUTING PLEASE HIT STAR SIX.

CAN YOU UNMUTE HIM? BRAD? HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR US AND HEAR.

CAN YOU NOD YOUR HEAD IF YOU CAN HEAR US? I CAN HEAR YOU.

I'VE UNMUTED YOU ON MY PHONE.

UM, DO YOU MIND, WE'RE TURNING TIME OVER YOU NOW TO STATE YOUR REASONS FOR YOUR PETITION.

UH, YES.

WE BELIEVE THAT.

WELL, I'M GETTING AN ECHO HERE.

I'M GETTING AN ECHO HERE.

HERE, HERE.

I'M GONNA TURN OFF THE COMPUTER.

THE COMPUTER.

IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT OKAY? LEMME USE THE PHONE.

CAN USE THE PHONE.

YOU HAVE

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THANK YOU SIR.

TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY.

YOU OKAY? I THINK THAT DID IT.

ARE YOU THERE? YEP.

OKAY, WELL TURN THE TIME OVER YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M SORRY, I I HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME HEARING YOU.

I'VE TRIED SEVERAL THINGS, THAT'S WHY I HAD THE PHONE AND THE COMPUTER BOLT ON HOPING THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR BETTER ON ONE.

GO AHEAD.

WE HAVE, UH, A PROPERTY THAT, IT'S A NICE PROPERTY.

IT'S IN THE PINES LIKE, LIKE THIS, THAT THE PAPERWORK SAYS, BUT IT'S VERY SLOPED.

AND IN ORDER TO BUILD HERE, WHICH WE ARE BUILDING, IT'S GOING TO COST A LOT MORE TO BUILD THIS, UM, HOUSE THAN IT WOULD BE ON THE COMPARABLES THAT, UM, WERE SUPPLIED BECAUSE THOSE HAVE VERY FLAT, UM, TOPOGRAPHY AND THERE ARE SOME PORTIONS OF THEIR, THEIR LAND THAT IS VERY SLOPED AND ROCKY LIKE OURS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FLAT LAND THAT IS BUILDABLE.

SO WE ARE BUILDING, BUT WE, WE SUPPLIED THE, THE COMPARABLE AS FAR AS WHAT IT IS COSTING US TO PUT IN THE STEM WALL SO WE CAN BUILD A HOUSE VERSUS WHAT IT WOULD'VE COST IF THIS LAND.

AND IT IS LIKE OVER $40,000 DIFFERENT.

AND SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE, UM, LAND REDUCED BECAUSE THAT'S ONCE WE BUILD AND YOU GUYS AREN'T GOING TO INCREASE IT.

WE WANT THE LANDS TO BE LOWER SO THAT OUR HOUSE WOULD BE AT THE RIGHT VALUE INSTEAD OF AT THIS HIGH LAND VALUE.

AND THEN HIGH HOUSE VALUE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THERE.

YOU'RE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU'RE SAYING DUE TO THE TOPOGRAPHY, YOU FEEL LIKE THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO INVEST MORE UPFRONT, SO THE VALUE OF YOUR LAND IS, IS LESS.

ABSOLUTELY.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT BEFORE WE TURN THE TIME OVER TO KAMI? UH, NO.

APPRECIATE THAT.

KAMI, DO YOU MIND STATING THE REASON FOR THE EVALUATION TO RESPOND? I'M JANA.

HI, SORRY, .

I'M JANA WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

UM, SO WE HAVE A 4.4 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED OUTSIDE THE, THE CITY LIMIT BOUNDARY OF SHOW LOW.

THE, UH, VALUE WAS DETERMINED USING MARKET SALES COMPARE COMPARABLES OF SIMILAR PROPERTIES, UH, WITH LIGHT CHARACTERISTICS.

UH, WE PROVIDED, UH, THE PETITIONER PROVIDED SALES, UH, OF PROPERTIES.

AND ON OUR SECOND PAGE HERE, WE HAVE A MAP THAT I, I, IT'S KIND OF DARK, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO NOTE THE SUBJECT PARCEL LOCATION DOWN AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, IT'S SURROUNDED BY A CIRCLE WITH A, THE, IT'S THAT TINY RECTANGLE THERE.

THE SALES PROVIDED BY THE PETITIONER WHERE, UH, THE FOUR OUTLINED WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES.

YOU SEE ONE IN CLAY SPRINGS AND THAT 4 0 9 PARCEL.

UM, THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT MARKET AREAS AND WE'RE NOT COMPARABLE TO THE, TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THE SALES SUPPLIED BY THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE ARE IN THE SAME MARKET AREA WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS TO THE PETITIONER'S PARCEL, UH, CHARACTERISTICS LIKE THE TALL PINES, THE UNEVEN TOPOGRAPHY, AND THE THE UNPAVED STREETLIGHTS AND SIDEWALKS.

THE PARCELS THAT WE SUPPLIED, UH, THE SALES RANGE IN SIZE FROM 1.5 TO NINE ACRES.

THE NINE ACRE PARCEL, IF YOU'LL FLIP TO YOUR SECOND PAGE MAP THERE, UM, ON THE LEFT CORNER THERE SHOWS THE SUBJECT PARCEL THAT LONG RECTANGLE.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, THE PARCEL RIGHT NEXT TO IT, UH, 2 10 36.

IT'S SOLD FOR 350,000, UH, WITH GIVES IT A PRICE PER ACRE AT 37,487.

OUR SUBJECT PARCEL IS LISTED AT 32,803.

IT IS A LARGE PARCEL, UH, LARGER THAN THE SUBJECT.

THERE'S, UM, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THIS LARGER PARCEL HAVE A LOWER PRICE PER ACRE THAN

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OUR SUBJECT.

AND YOU SEE THAT THE SUBJECT IS LOWER.

UM, WE HAVE THE OTHER TWO PARCELS IN THAT SAME MARKET AREA RANGING FROM 80,000 TO 85,000, UH, PER ACRE.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE.

WE DID AN ONSITE VISIT OF THE PROPERTY AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BACKFILL HAD BEEN DONE.

STEM WALLS WERE CONSTRUCTED FOR TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS, A STORAGE SHED AND AN RV ARE ON THE PARCEL.

UH, A COST SECURE REDUCTION FOR VACANT LAND TYPICALLY IS COMPARING VACANT PARCEL TO ANOTHER VACANT PARCEL.

ONCE THE COST SECURE IS, IS STARTED AND ACHIEVED, IT'S, IT'S NO LONGER SOMETHING WE CAN COMPARE IT TO.

YOU'VE ESSENTIALLY MADE IT A BIT MORE VALUABLE.

UH, SO THE CONCLUSION IS BASED ON THE SUPPLIED, UH, INFORMATION THAT ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS UNABLE TO FIND REASONING TO REDUCE THE 2025 LAND VALUE AS THE SALES IN THE SAME MARKET AREA SUPPORT, UH, OUR VALUATION.

JENNA, THANK YOU.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING INSURED IS YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE COMPARABLES THAT WERE PROVIDED WERE PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM AND, AND TOTALLY DIFFERENT MARKETS, RIGHT? SO YOU LOOKED AT COMPARABLE MARKETS, INCLUDING RIGHT NEXT TO, AND BASED ON THAT, WHAT I, I THOUGHT I'M LOOKING AT NUMBERS HERE.

THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS A 37, UH, THOUSAND 400 8487, UM, WHERE THE COUNTY'S AT IS 32,000, SO LESS THAN BUT 32,803, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.

PER ACRE PRICE, YES.

OKAY, EXCELLENT.

ALRIGHT, BRAD, ARE YOU STILL THERE WITH US? SO CAN I SPEAK AGAIN? YES, NOW IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.

SO I DON'T DISAGREE WITH MOST OF WHAT YOU SAID.

THAT NINE ACRE PARCEL IS LIKE I I SAID BEFORE, IT IS GOT ACRES OF FLAT LAND AND IT IS GOT A VIEW ACROSS THE BLUFF TO THE MOUNTAINS.

I IT IS, IT IS BY FAR A BETTER PIECE OF PROPERTY AND I COULD NEVER AFFORD IT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, AND THE OTHER TWO ARE AGAIN, FLAT AS WELL AND ARE, SO THEY'RE VERY SMALL AS WELL.

SO THEY, WE DON'T FEEL THEY'RE COMPARABLE.

AND YES, WE HAVE STARTED BUILDING, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T COMPARE IT BECAUSE IF, IF WE HADN'T, WE, WE'D HAVE THE SLOPE OF THIS LAND AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF BUILDING AND THE EXTRA EXPENSE OF BUILDING THAT WE'VE SUPPLIED.

AND SO WE FEEL LIKE IF WE GET DOWN TO 89, $90,000 FOR THE PROPERTY, WHEN WE BUILD THE HOUSE AND YOU RAISE THE, THE VALUE, WE'RE GONNA BE PROBABLY WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

BUT IF WE HAVE THIS EXTREMELY OUT PRICE LAND, THEN WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM AT THAT POINT.

SO WE'D LIKE TO GET THE LAND VALUED AS WHERE WE FEEL IT SHOULD GO.

AND THEN WHEN WE BUILD AND COMPLETE BUILDING, WE'LL, WE'LL, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'LL ALL GO UP.

BRAD.

BRAD, REAL QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT WAS THE PRICE PER ACRE THAT YOU WERE, SO THE COUNTY'S SAYING 32,000 8 0 3.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? UM, I SEE IT'S IN THE LETTER I IT IS BASICALLY 20 SOMETHING THOUSAND AN ACRE.

UH, WHERE DID I, AND SO WE BASICALLY FEEL IT WAS 90, SO 90 DIVIDED BY 4.4.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A CALCULATOR AND I CAN'T FIND IT IN THE NOTES HERE WHERE THE ACTUAL, UH, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE DID MOST OF THIS WORK AND SHE'S, IT DOES BY SQUARE FOOT, SO SHE HAS 76 CENTS, WHICH IS NOT THE WAY YOU GUYS TALK.

SO IT'S ABOUT 20,400, UM, 20,400 PER ACRE.

SO 90,000 DIVIDED BY 4.4.

SO SO ABOUT 12,000 ISH LESS THAN WHERE THE COUNTY'S AT RIGHT NOW.

IS IS WHAT YOU'RE, IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING AND WHAT THE NUMBER IS JUST BEING VERIFIED.

RIGHT.

AND THE COST OF BUILDING THE, THAT SIM WALL THAT IS NOW IN PLACE REFLECTS THAT.

IT, IT WAS OVER $40,000 MORE FOR TO PUT THAT IN.

AND I HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SUPPLIED YOU WITH THIS, SO I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET TO IT.

THE,

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WE, THE STEM WALL IS 91,000 JUST FOR THE STEM WALL AND ALL INVOLVED IN DOING THAT.

AND BEFORE IT WOULD'VE BEEN 43,000, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 37,000, NO, 47,000 MORE.

SO IF WE REDUCE THE PRODUCT, THE LAND DOWN THAT THEN WE'RE COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER PLACE THAT HAS SUPER FLAT, UM, BUILDING SITES WITH BETTER VIEWS.

ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, BRAD? I'M SORRY? ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR THINGS YOU'RE WANTING TO ADD? UH, NO, NO, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I THINK, WELL CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR WEINGER IN THINKING OF THE PROPERTY VALUES.

SO YOU HAVE, UM, 37 487, UM, PER ACRE FOR A COMPARABLE AND ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR ONES THAT HAVE THE SAME TERRAIN WITHIN LIKE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES THAT THE 37 8 4 7 IS A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY? I DID ADD SOME TOPOGRAPHY MAPS TO SHOW IT IS VERY SIMILAR.

I ADDED PHOTOS ALSO OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL, UM, SHOWING THERE'S ALSO FLAT TERRAIN.

YOU CAN SEE THE BACKFILL AND THE STEM WALL.

THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR.

UM, OUR TOPOGRAPHY MAP SHOWS WITH THE 50, UH, FOOT CONTOUR LINES THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN DARK AND A LIGHTER ONE SHOWING THAT THEY'RE, THEY BOTH ARE VERY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER.

I DISAGREE WITH THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT.

NO, WE, WE'VE HEARD THAT, SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WE'RE KIND OF AT AN IMPASSE THAT THE COUNTY SAYING THAT, THAT THEY ARE SIMILAR, THAT THEY ARE IN THE SAME MARKET AND YOU FEEL THAT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN PART WHAT I HEARD FROM YOU WAS BECAUSE THERE ARE COMPO OR THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LARGER, SO THERE'S MULTIPLE ACRES AND SOME OF THOSE ACRES ARE FLAT THAT ISN'T THAT YOUR, THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY.

FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AT THIS POINT? IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE APPRECIATE BOTH BEING ABLE TO SHARE KIND OF WHERE THEY'RE AT ON IT AND THE DISCUSSION THAT'S FOLLOWED.

SO THEY, IT IS SO WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THEIR HOUSE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES.

THEY, THEY CAN DRIVE STRAIGHT IN.

IT IS FLAT IN IT'S FLAT WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BUILD.

WE'RE HAVING TO HAUL THIS STUFF DOWN THE HILL TO GET WHERE WE'RE BUILDING AND IT'S, IT'S COSTING A LOT MORE.

CERTAINLY WE UNDERSTAND.

UM, OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I DO, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PART OF THIS IS AT PLAY IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE SAME MEASURING STICK WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL CITIZENS SO THAT WE KEEP THAT, THAT FAIR AND EQUITABLE.

IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME THERE INITIALLY THERE WAS SENT, UM, BY, BY THE PETITIONER WEREN'T IN THE SAME MARKETPLACE.

AND SO IT WOULD BE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHY THE COUNTY FEELS THE WAY THAT IT DOES.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT PERSONALLY.

UM, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE SAME MARKET AND IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND, UM, AS FAR AS THESE PARCELS ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER THAT WE'RE DOING COMPARABLES.

ONE IS AT 37,000 PER ACRE.

THE COUNTY IS ALREADY LOWERING THAT DOWN TO 32.

AND SO THERE IS A LESSER AMOUNT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE APPLICANT IS WANTING IT EVEN MORE SO.

AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, I KNOW RECENTLY WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT, WE BUILT A HOME NOT TOO LONG AGO NOW THIS MATTERS, BUT THERE WAS OTHER PIECES OF LAND THAT WE ACTUALLY, THE LOCATION LIKED A LOT MORE.

BUT DEFINITELY AS A PART OF THE CONSIDERATION THAT LAND HAD TO HAVE A LOT MORE WORK DONE TO IT.

AND SO WE HAD TO EVALUATE WHETHER IT WAS WORTH BUYING THAT LAND OR NOT FOR US BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT.

IRONICALLY, AT LEAST IN THE SITUATION THAT I HAD, THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THE VALUE OF THOSE LOTS BECAUSE IT WAS MORE DIFFICULT.

IN FACT, UM, BECAUSE THE LOCATION WAS IDEAL, UM, IT, IT MAINTAINED AND SO IT WOULD SEEM THAT'S THE CHOICE OF BUYER THAT, UH, THEY BOUGHT IN THAT LOCATION.

SO, UM, THE COMPARABLES SEEM TO MAKE SENSE TO ME.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE PETITIONER CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

THAT HAS TO BE DIFFICULT.

OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE MAKING A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THAT PROPERTY, UM, AND, AND MADE THAT DECISION WHEN THEY BOUGHT IT.

IT LOOKS LIKE, HOWEVER, THE COUNTY ALREADY IS SHOWING, UM, A LESSER PRICE THAN THE PARCEL THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO 'EM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS

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THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, THAT HAS BEEN OUTLINED HERE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

TO ITEM E, DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

MOTION PASSES.

UM, BRAD, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR INVESTMENT IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE AND WISH YOU THE BEST.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON

[b. 9:45 a.m. Discussion and action regarding Petition for Review of Real Property Valuation of APN 309-38-011 (Glauser Investments LLC c/o Circle K); Swearing in of Assessor, Appraisers and Petitioners. ]

UM, REGARDING PETITION FOR REVIEW OF REAL PROPERTY VALUATION OF A PN 3 0 9 DASH 38 DASH 0 1 1 ALLOWS OUR INVESTMENTS, UM, LLC OR CIRCLE K SWEARING IN OF ASSESSOR AND APPRAISERS AND PETITIONERS.

MELISSA, YOU, YOU'RE ALREADY UNDER OATH.

I I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE JUST PRESENT TODAY.

OH.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THE PETITION PRESENT.

DO WE HAVE THE, SO WE DON'T HAVE THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE NOBODY'S, WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM, UM, ANYBODY FROM THE PETITIONER'S SIDE.

OKAY, PERFECT.

WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THE SUPERVISOR SEYMOURS WITH US ONLINE.

UM, ALRIGHT.

TURN IT OVER.

THIS PROPERTY IS A CONVENIENCE STORE KNOWN AS CIRCLE K IN THE SHOW.

LOW AREA.

THE BUILDING CONSISTS OF 3,549 SQUARE FEET BUILDING ON 1.18 ACRES.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE PARKING LOT.

THIS IS THE CIRCLE K RIGHT THERE AT THE JUNCTION WHERE THE DEUCE AND TWO 60 COME IN TOGETHER.

UH, THE VALUATION THAT WAS DETERMINED BY US USING MARSHALL SWIFT, WHICH IS A BUILDING A COST SYSTEM, WHERE WE BUILD THE, THE, UH, BUILDING UP STRICTLY BASED ON THE COST TO DO THAT.

THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY VALUED AT $359,443, RIGHT AT $101 A SQUARE FOOT.

THE PARKING AREA IN CANOPY, WHICH ARE VALUED AT 384 22, THAT'S GOT OVER 30,000 BUCKS SQUARE FOOT OF PARKING AND OVER A 5,300 SQUARE FOOT CANOPY.

THE BASIS FOR THE APPEAL WAS THE PETITIONERS BASED ON COST.

SAME MARSHALL SWIFT COST THAT WE USE.

UH, THE ASSESSOR'S PACKET SHOWS THE COST COMPARISONS.

IF YOU LOOK BACK AT, I THINK IT'S PAGE FOUR, I'VE SORT OF BROKEN DOWN THE DIFFERENT COST COMPARISONS.

IF YOU GO DOWN, DOWN ABOUT THREE-FOURTHS OF THE WAY DOWN THE FIRST WORD'S YELLOW, IT SHOWS WHERE OUR INITIAL COST WAS.

WE'RE SHOWING THE BUILDING ITSELF AT ABOUT 341,000.

THEY'RE SHOWING IT AT 3 98.

SO THAT ISN'T THE, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THERE IS WE'RE USING DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE DEPRECIATION INSTEAD OF THE MARSHALL SWIFT.

AND THE OTHER THING IS THEY LITERALLY PUT NO COST IN FOR THE CANOPY.

ANY OF THE ASPHALT, ANY OF THE OFFSITE, ANY OF THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS, ALL THEY'RE LOOKING AT WAS JUST THE BUILDING.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IT COSTS QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO PUT THOSE, THOSE PARKING IN WITH THE CURBING AND THE LANDSCAPING, ALL THAT.

SO WE'RE, UM, WHEN WE DO OUR COST, WE'RE COMING OUT ABOUT $739,000 FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF.

WE ALSO FACTOR IN, BASED ON DEPARTMENT REVENUE, WE ARE TO PUT THE BUILDING AT MARKET VALUE.

NOT JUST WHAT IT COSTS TO BUILD IT, BUT AT MARKET VALUE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY LAST PAGE, THERE'S ALL THE MARKET COMPARISONS WE HAVE FOR, UM, RETAIL FACILITIES IN THE SHOW, LOW WAGON, WHALE AREA.

AND IF YOU SEE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 72% OF WHAT THEY'RE SELLING FOR.

SO IN ORDER TO BRING THOSE, THOSE COSTS UP, WE ADDED A 17% MARKET FACTOR.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY HAVE AND WHAT WE HAVE.

WE ADDED THE MARKET FACTOR OF 17% AND THEN WHEN WE ADD THE LAND VALUE BACK IN, WE'RE AT 9 6 7 9 9 3, WHICH IS A, UM, WITH A LIMITED VALUE AT 8 62 3 0 9.

SO WE DID MAKE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS 'CAUSE WE HAD THEM SITTING AT 9 9 9 5 0 5.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO SIT 'EM DOWN TO 9 67, 9 93.

I JUST WENT AND LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY AND TOOK OUT SOME COMPONENTS THAT I THOUGHT.

I LOOKED AT ALL THE CIRCLE KS AND ALL

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THE CONVENIENCE STORES.

AND THEN SOME OF 'EM WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE COMPONENTS ON.

SO IN ORDER TO BE EQUITABLE, I TOOK SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS THAT WE WEREN'T ASSESSING ON OTHER PROPERTIES OFF OF THIS PROPERTY, WHICH LOWERED IT FROM 9 9 9 5 0 5 DOWN TO 9 6 7 9 9 3.

THE LIMITED VALUE WILL REMAIN THE SAME AT 8 62 3 0 9 BASED ON ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE 13 3 0 1.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NOPE.

ANY, UH, THANK YOU.

UM, JUST CHECKING TO SEE.

DID THE PETITIONER BY CHANCE JOIN? NO.

NO.

I'VE CHECKED MY EMAIL AS WELL, JUST IN CASE.

AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY.

AND I EMAILED THE PACKET TOO 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE GONNA SHOW UP OR NOT THIS MORNING.

SO I EMAILED THEM THE PACKET THIS MORNING ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK.

APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.

AND THEIR, AND YOUR TIME.

SO, WITH THE PETITIONER NOT RESPONDING WE'LL GO NOW TO DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD.

ANY, UM, BOARD MEMBERS WISHING TO DISCUSS SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR? ANY ITEMS YOU WANNA DISCUSS ON THAT? I DON'T.

I APPRECIATE WHAT, UH, HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HERE BY OUR TREASURER.

I BE OUR ASSESSOR.

ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.

UM, ALREADY DOING GREAT WORK ON THAT, BUT THEN BEING FAIR AND EQUITABLE BY LOOKING AT THE OTHER CIRCLE KS IN THE AREA AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THAT FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND SO MAKING THOSE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS WHERE THE, THE AMENITIES WEREN'T RECOGNIZED IN THE OTHER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KIND OF TREATED THAT EQUALLY.

SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

AT LEAST.

I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

UM, SO IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION THAN CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION, SIR? SO WE HAVE A MOTION, A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? YES.

FOR ASSESSORS.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.

A AYE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION

[c. 10:00 a.m. Discussion and action regarding Petition for Review of Real Property Valuation of APN 212-03-001X (Menhennet Family Partnership/Circle K); Swearing in of Assessor, Appraisers and Petitioners. ]

AND ACTION.

REGARDING PETITION FOR REVIEW OF RULE PROPERTY VALUATION OF APN 212 DASH ZERO THREE DASH 0 0 1 X MEN FAMILY PARTNERSHIP CIRCLE CASE SWEARING IN OF THE ASSESSOR.

SO ASSESSOR'S ALREADY SWORN IN.

THIS IS THE SAME AGENT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THEM HERE.

AND KIM, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD THEN? OKAY.

THIS IS ALSO A CONVENIENCE SOURCE.

CIRCLE K.

THIS IS A CIRCLE K IN THE WAGON WHEEL AREA.

THE NEWER ONE THEY JUST BUILT.

THIS BUILDING CONSISTS OF 6,045 SQUARE FOOT.

IT ALSO HAS A CAR WASH WITH A SQUARE FOOTAGE OF, UH, 1,283 SQUARE FOOT.

AND IT SITS ON 1.82 ACRES WITH, WITH THE PARKING LOT.

THE VALUATION WAS DETERMINED JUST LIKE THE ONE BEFORE, USING MARSHALL SWIFT, THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY AT 1,086,319 OR $179 A SQUARE FOOT.

THIS IS A NEWER BUILDING, BIGGER BUILDING.

THE PARKING AREA AND CANOPY ARE VALUED AT 1,273,541, WHICH INCLUDES OVER 135,000 SQUARE FOOT PARKING AREA AND A 65 OVER 6,500 SQUARE FOOT CANOPY.

THE PETITIONER'S, UH, BASIS IS, ONCE AGAIN THE, THE COST.

THEY DID A COST ANALYSIS AND ONCE AGAIN ON THEIR COST ANALYSIS, ALL THEY DID WAS THE BUILDING.

THEY DIDN'T ADD ANY OF THE PARKING.

THEY DIDN'T ADD ANY OF THE, UM, CAR WASH OR ANY OF THE CANOPY INTO THE, INTO THEIR, UH, CALCULATIONS.

ONCE AGAIN, WE ADDED THAT 17% MARKET FACTOR FOR THE AREA.

'CAUSE AS THEY SAY, IT'S LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.

I HAVE MADE A CHANGE ON THIS ONE.

ALSO.

THE DEPARTMENT REVENUE HAS A REQUIREMENT THAT WALK-IN COOLERS.

WE HAVE TO ADJUST THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING WHEN THEY HAVE WALK-IN COOLERS IN THEM.

SO THE DEPARTMENT REVENUE GIVES US A PERCENTAGE TO DEDUCT BASED ON THE TYPE OF BUILDING THE YEAR OF THE BUILDING.

AND SO THIS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A 9% REDUCTION THAT IT DID NOT RECEIVE.

SO WE ARE JUST ASKING YOU TO ADJUST THIS FROM $2,605,538 TO 2,482,982 WITH A LIMITED VALUE UNCHANGED AT 1 MILLION 686, 6 41.

AND ALL THE PICTURES AND ALL THE ANALYSIS ARE ALL, ALL THERE.

FOR THIS ONE ALSO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE PETITIONER TO OFFER THEIRS, WE'LL COME TO THEN THE DISCUSSION PORTION OF THIS.

ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WISHING TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM?

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HEARING NONE, CHAIR, ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

CHAIRMAN, I MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS STATED FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WILL SECOND IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND.

MOTIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

APPRECIATE YOUR OFFICE.

IN DOING THIS.

ALRIGHT.

CHAIR MAY ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

SHERIFF'S OFFICE PRESENTATION.

THE AYE.

HAVE IT.

WE'RE NOW IN REGULAR SESSION.

WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,

[a. Presentation of the Navajo County Sheriff's Office Coordinated Re-Entry Services program]

NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, COORDINATED REENTRY SERVICES PROGRAM.

SHERIFF KLAUS, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN WHITING AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND THOSE ONLINE.

UM, TODAY I'M GONNA BE JOINED BY DEPUTY CHIEF GARCIA.

HIM AND I REALLY WENT BACK AND FORTH.

HE SAID HE REALLY WANTED TO DO THIS.

HE SAID, DAVE, PLEASE LET ME DO THIS PRESENTATION.

I SAID, ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, .

SO TODAY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA GIVE A, A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON A REENTRY PROGRAM THAT THE NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND REALLY THE NAVAJO COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION, WHICH SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR SITS ON AND, AND WORKS WITH US.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

UH, IT'S REALLY SPED UP IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS WITH A COUPLE GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM A CJC, UM, AND SOME DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.

DON WILSON, WHO'S NOT HERE WITH US, HAS KIND OF BEEN ONE OF THE EARLY FOUNDERS THAT, THAT HAS WORKED ON THIS.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, LIEUTENANT PETERSON, WHO WAS HERE EARLIER, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF GARCIA AND OTHERS THAT WORK WITH THEM IN THE JAIL, HAVE REALLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER.

SO YOU'VE SEEN THESE DIFFERENT GRANT, UH, PROPOSALS THAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD, UM, IN DIFFERENT PIECES THAT HAVE COME FORTH.

SO WHAT WE HOPE TO DO HERE TODAY IS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE COMPLETE STORY OF WHERE WE STARTED, WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, WITH A FEW SLIDES HERE TO TELL THE WHOLE STORY OF, OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

SO I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO, UH, TO DEPUTY CHIEF GARCIA.

THEN, OF COURSE, BE HERE WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, AT THE END TO KIND OF GIVE IT A, A SUMMARY OF, OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

SO, THANK YOU GUYS, MR. CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISORS.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, LIKE THE SHERIFF SAID IT WORKS THERE, , SHE SAID IT WORKS.

UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND, AND REALLY TRULY THE, THE, THE COMPOUNDING ISSUE IS, IS, YOU KNOW, A SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER AND OUR OPIOID PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING.

UH, WE'VE REALLY, REALLY SEEN THAT THERE'S BEEN AN UPTAKE ON IT AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.

HOW WE CAN GO ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE FROM OUR ANGLE.

UH, MELISSA, YOUR, UH, SO WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS THE BIGGEST, UH, EPIDEMIC AND HOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA CREATE, UH, PROGRAMS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA CREATE SOME WAY OF INTERCEPTING THOSE WITH, WITH DISORDERS AS THEY'RE COMING INTO THE JAIL.

SO THE FIRST THING WE HAD TO LOOK AT IS HOW THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE JAIL SPECIFICALLY INTERACTS WITH OTHER SERVICES, UH, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SPECIFIC NEEDS.

SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS REAL QUICK, IT'S A BASIC MODEL THAT JUST TALKS ABOUT IF YOU'RE NOT INCARCERATED, YOU'RE NOT ENGAGED WITH, WITH LAW, WITH SOMEBODY WITH, FROM WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

YOU HAVE SEVERAL SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

UH, IF BY CHANCE YOU DO ENGAGE IN CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO DO PRE-ARREST DIVERSION THROUGH THE COPE PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH OTHER TYPES OF DIVERSION, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UH, FROM THE INITIAL INTAKE.

UH, BUT FOR THOSE THAT, THAT, UH, ARE ACTUALLY ARRESTED AND BROUGHT INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY JAIL, UM, THOSE SERVICES KIND OF WANED.

UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT WHERE'S, WHERE'S THE MODEL? HOW

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CAN WE CREATE, UH, THE BIGGEST, UH, IMPACT WHILE WE HAVE THEM IN CUSTODY? 'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE AS YOU, AS YOU LOOK AT IT, WE HAVE 'EM FROM, UH, THE HEARING TO THE INITIAL, UH, DETENTION, UH, THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS.

AND THEN EVEN THROUGH TRANSITION BACK INTO COMMUNITY, WE SERVE THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT MODEL.

UH, FOR THOSE THAT, UH, HAVE, UH, IN WHO THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE INCARCERATION PROCESS.

WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A MACROSCOPIC PERSPECTIVE, THOSE THAT HAVE SUD OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS? UM, THE GREATEST IMPACT IS IN JAILS WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST AMOUNT.

WE USUALLY HAVE WITHIN OUR CUSTODY.

MORE THAN 60% OF 'EM HAVE SOME TYPE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER AS COMPARED TO, UH, WITHIN A COMMUNITY WHERE YOU HAVE MORE, LIKE 5% OF A NON-CAR SETTING.

UH, VERY SPECIFIC TO NAVAJO COUNTY.

UH, WITH HELP FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEY GAVE US SOME, SOME FACTS AND FIGURES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE HAD WITH OVERDOSES, AND THEN THOSE THAT HAVE HAD OVERDOSES, HOW MANY WE'VE HAD WITH DEATHS.

NOW GRANTED FROM THAT MACROSCOPIC VIEW, IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT HOWEVER, ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO DIES FROM AN OVERDOSE IS, IS SIGNIFICANT IN, IN OUR EYES, IN OUR PERSPECTIVE, FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY SETTING.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE TOOK IT.

AND WE COME UP WITH, UH, BASICALLY THIS CONCEPT OF FROM FRONT DOOR TO BACK DOOR, UM, WHICH MEANS AS THEY WALK INTO THE JAIL FROM THE VERY FRONT ENTRANCE, UM, HOW DO WE SERVE THEM THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS AND CONTINUE AS THEY WALK OUT OUR, OUR DOOR UPON RELEASE.

SO, REAL QUICKLY OR SLOWLY, UM, HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN A, IN A MODEL, YOU HAVE BOOKING, CUSTODY, RELEASE, WHAT ARE WE DOING AT EACH DIFFERENT LEVEL? UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BREAKDOWN.

SO INITIALLY, UH, WE HAVE INITIAL BOOKING.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE DOING OUR ASSESSMENTS.

WE'RE DOING COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND THOSE SOCIOECONOMIC NEEDS, UH, ARE DO THEY WORK? DO THEY NOT WORK? DO THEY HAVE FAMILY SUPPORT? DO THEY NOT HAVE FAMILY SUPPORT? DO THEY HAVE A HOME? ARE THEY HOMELESS? HOW, HOW ARE THEY IMPACTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? AND HOW DO WE PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES? UM, AS WE'RE, AS THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT, THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR OVERALL, HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE DETERMINANTS FOR THEIR HEALTH? HOW ARE WE GONNA, WHAT ARE THEIR GREATEST NEEDS AND WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITHIN OUR INCARCERATED SETTING? I APPARENTLY, UH, AND THEN ONCE WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT, WHAT PROGRAMS AND WHAT NEEDS THEY HAVE, UM, WE ENGAGE THEM IN FACILITATING THOSE SERVICES THROUGH, UH, IN CUSTODY TREATMENT WITH, UH, WE EVEN PROVIDE, WE'RE WORKING TO PROVIDE, UH, THOSE MAT SERVICES WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING MEDICATION FOR THOSE WHO, UM, ARE AT GREATEST RISK, UH, WITH OPIOID ADDICTIONS.

UH, SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH GETTING 'EM IN CUSTODY, GETTING SOME TYPE OF TREATMENT INITIATED AND OR COMPLETED WHILE THEY, WE HAVE THEM.

UM, AND THEN AS WE MOVE THAT FORWARD, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WE NEED TO START MAKING THOSE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS.

'CAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO GO FROM, UH, IN CUSTODY OUTSIDE TO RELEASE.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE START ENGAGING THEM IN, UH, PROPER PLANNING AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR RELEASE BACK INTO SOCIETY.

SO LASTLY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS, IS THAT TO, TO CREATE THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT WITHIN A CUSTODY SETTING.

ONE FOOT.

THERE WE GO.

UH, AND THEN OUR LAST STAGES IS GOING BACK TO IS THAT REINTEGRATION IN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

WE START DEVELOPING, UH, MORE PEER SUPPORT.

WE LOOK FOR, UH, MENTORS AND OTHER PEERS THAT CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE AS THEY WALK OUT, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE THAT CONTINUITY OF SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, UH, OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE CBI OR CHANGEPOINT, UH, OR IT'S CONNECTING THEM WITH THE REER OR WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR LOCAL FAMILY, UH, UH, RELIGIOUS PARTNERS.

IT'S SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION TO HELP THEM BE MORE SUCCESSFUL AND, AND, UH, INCREASE THEIR, THEIR ABILITY TO BE SOBER.

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IT'S CULTIVATING PARTNERSHIPS, WHETHER IT'S WITH DON AND, AND MR. CARLINE, THE, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROGRAMS. IT'S SOLICITING FOR, UH, OUR FUNDING SOURCES.

AND WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITHIN THIS PAST YEAR OF SECURING, UH, MULTIPLE GRANTS TO HELP US PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND CREATE A WHOLE PROGRAMS DIVISION THAT IS SOLELY DEDICATED TO DEALING WITH OUR, OUR SUD AND OUR BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD COMING INTO THE JAIL.

AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO START DEVELOPING AND CREATING.

THAT'S, IT'S A SUBSET OF THE JAIL, BUT IT'S ITS OWN DIVISION WITHIN THE JAIL THAT, THAT IS SOLELY FOCUSED ON, UH, SUCCESSFUL REENTRY OR COORDINATED REENTRY SERVICES, UH, TO PROVIDE SUCCESSFUL REENTRY BACK IN THE COMMUNITY.

WELL, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO, TO ENGAGE YOU IN IS, IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE DONE A LOT, BUT WE'RE NOT DONE.

UH, WE'RE JUST IN THE, IN THE INFANCY.

AND WE'RE JUST START TAKING THOSE FIRST FEW STEPS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD, WHAT IS THE GREATEST NEED, UH, IN STAFFING AND BUILDING AND FUNDING? UH, SO WE'VE STARTED LOOKING AT, UH, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY OF BUILDING OR CREATING A COORDINATED RELEASE CENTER WHERE WE COULD BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, UH, BRING IN, UH, OUTSIDE RESOURCES AND, AND VOLUNTEERS TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY MAKE CONNECTIONS AS PEOPLE ARE WALKING OUT THE DOOR, INSTEAD OF WALKING 'EM TO THE GATE, OPENING THE GATE, LETTING 'EM OUT, AND THEN WALKING DOWN THE PARKING LOT.

HOW DO WE MAKE IT EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS? UH, CREATING MORE PEERS, MORE MENTORS.

UH, WE NEED TO, UH, ALSO LEARN, UH, HOW OUR OUTCOMES ARE.

WE NEED A BETTER DATABASE TO TRACK THOSE.

UH, WE NEED MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE.

HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THAT? YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ENHANCE SUPPORT AND DIVERSIONARY PROGRAMS. WE NEED, UH, MORE VOLUNTEERS.

UH, WE NEED TO PROMOTE THOSE CONNECTIONS TO TREATMENT WHILE THEY'RE IN CUSTODY.

AND AS THEY'RE MOVING OUT, WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I KILLED THE BATTERY.

UH, AND ALWAYS WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, SECURING FUNDS.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE SEE, AND IT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC TO PUBLIC SAFETY, IS, UH, HOUSING.

HOUSING SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST, BIGGEST DEFICIT WE HAVE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, LEAVING THE FACILITIES AND MOVING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY IS FINDING THAT THAT HOUSING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT BASIC HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, THAT'S ONE OF YOUR BASIC LEVELS THAT WE NEED TO, TO CREATE.

THAT'S IT.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.

WELL AS BRAD AND HIS HEALTH AND DON AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE, THE WHOLE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

UM, I, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, I GUESS THE, THE COLLECTIVE WORK AND BEING ABLE TO PRO LOOK AT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TO SUPPORT, UM, THOSE WHO ARE INCARCERATED.

I THINK MANY OF THE PEOPLE, WHEN WE THINK OF THEM AS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND PEOPLE THAT, UM, WE WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE VALUABLE.

AND HOW DO WE PROVIDE THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, SO THANK YOU TO, UH, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR FOR YOUR WORK, UM, IN THE COMMITTEE.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

IT IS IMPORTANT WORK.

UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT RECIDIVISM, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT WE, IN HOW DO WE, UM, SPEAK TO THOSE CHALLENGES AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH OUR SYSTEMS, THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY LEAVE.

SO, THANK YOU.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR, WHITE, SENIOR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SHERIFF, IF I COULD JUST MAKE A COMMENT? SURE.

THAT IS A FANTASTIC PICTURE OVER AT THE PINEDALE BRIDGE.

I JUST APPRECIATE THAT , , YOU GUYS.

UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, EVERYTHING AS WELL AS, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON OUR COMMITTEE, UH, AS

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I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY OUR COMMUNITY CAN REALIZE THAT THIS IS A GREAT NEED AS ONE OF THE, I GUESS THE SAD BYPRODUCT OF, OF WHAT WE GET FROM ALL OF THE INFILTRATION OF THE DRUGS, BUT THAT WE ARE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOT CAUGHT UP IN SOME, SOME BAD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR SOCIETY.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.

HEARING NONE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

UH, PLEASE ECHO TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM AND THANK YOU, BRAD, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR AND ALL THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, YOU ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE BEYOND JUST THE REQUIRED RESPONSIBILITIES AND SAYING, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY FIX THIS PROBLEM AND FIND SOLUTIONS THAT HELP OUR PEOPLE TO BECOME BETTER AND NOT GET BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

YEAH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.

THAT'S EXACT, IF I WAS TO SUM IT UP, IS, IS, IS RIGHT THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T THANK ALL THOSE THAT WORK ON THIS AND ALL THOSE NAMES THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S AN ENTIRE TEAM THAT'S BEHIND COMING UP WITH THESE DIFFERENT IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS.

FIVE YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN ERNIE AND I FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THIS, I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMS DO WE HAVE IN THE JAIL? YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THESE THINGS ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW.

AND YOU SAW THAT, UH, WE, WE VISITED MOJAVE PINAL, UH, YAVAPI, UH, COCONINO, AND NOW US, UH, THAT ARE STARTING THESE TYPE OF REENTRY PROGRAMS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE IS, YOU KNOW, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS THERE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND THIS IS NOT TO DISMISS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE THAT THAT COMMIT THOSE CRIMES.

IF YOU FOLLOW WHAT A LOT OF OUR KINE INTERDICTION TEAMS ARE DOING THIS IS THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT MEANT FOR THOSE THAT ARE TRAFFICKING.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE STOPPED A CAR WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND PILLS, RIGHT? UH, HAD A STREET VALUE OF AROUND $800,000.

THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT THAT IS GEARED TOWARDS THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.

YOU'VE SEEN THOSE RISE IN, IN, UH, VIOLENCE, THAT THEY'VE TAKEN ASSAULTS AGAINST THEIR DEPUTIES.

THOSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

BUT EVERY YEAR WE HAVE AROUND 4,000 BOOKENDS INTO OUR JAIL.

AND YOU TAKE 20% OF THOSE, THEY'VE BEEN BOOKED INTO OUR JAIL BEFORE.

AND IF YOU TAKE SOME OF THOSE 20%, YOU CAN IDENTIFY SEVERAL THAT HAVE BEEN BOOKED IN NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR INTO OUR JAIL.

WHAT, AND THERE ARE THESE LOW LEVEL CRIMES THAT ARE, THAT ARE RECYCLING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY'S FRUSTRATED.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IS FRUSTRATED.

THE COURTS ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE YOU HAVE THESE ADDICTION CYCLES THAT THEY'RE NOT COMMITTING DANGEROUS FELONIES IN THE STREET.

THEY'RE JUST, I DON'T WANNA SAY THE WORD NUISANCE, BUT THEY'RE JUST THIS, THIS RE-OFFENDING TYPE OF BEHAVIOR THAT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WAS NOT DESIGNED TO ADDRESS ADDICTION.

AND SO NOW WE HAVE THESE, THESE ADDICTED THAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT IT'S, IT'S THE CHEMICAL MAKEUP, WHAT THE DRUGS HAVE DONE TO THE BRAIN, RIGHT? THAT THEY'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING ACCOUNTABILITY.

THEY'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING THE, THE, UH, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

AND IF WE, WE REENTER THEM INTO SOCIETY.

I LOOK AT IT, LOOK AT ALL THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE LABOR FORCE WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A JOB SHORTAGES EVERYWHERE.

IF I COULD TAKE A HUNDRED OF THESE THAT ARE CONTINUALLY REFUNDING, THEY GET TREATMENT AND THEN THEY'RE NOW WORKING AND THEY'RE EMPLOYING NOW THEIR FATHERS OR MOTHERS AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO GET AN EDUCATION.

THEY'RE WORKING AGAIN, I THINK NAVAJO COUNTY, THIS IS THE BEST, UH, THAT WE, WE TRY TO END THAT CYCLE OF THOSE 25 THAT HAVE BEEN BOOKED INTO THE JAIL TIME AND TIME AGAIN EVERY YEAR.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THESE, THESE, UH, FINE PEOPLE, THESE, UH, ERNIE AND HIS STAFF HAVE FOUND.

LET'S, LET'S WORK ON THAT DECK FOR THE COURSE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE, AND, UH, ALLOWING US TO DO THE PRESENTATION, BUT FOR THE BOARD'S, UM, COMMITMENT IN, IN ENTERING INTO THESE, THESE AGREEMENTS.

SO WE CAN START THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS LIKE WE'RE SEEING ELSEWHERE.

SO THANK YOU.

ITEM EIGHT, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT NUMBER B 24 DASH TWO DASH 0 0 8 FOR THE PINEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RESTORATION PROJECT TO AMERICAN COUNCIL CONTRACTING AND AUTHORIZE CHANGE ORDER AUTHORITY TO THE COUNTY MANAGER FOR 10% OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

SHERIFF, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON THEN.

UM, TO

[a. Consideration of award of Contract No. B24-02-008 for the Pinedale Elementary School Restoration Project to American Commercial Contracting and to authorize change order authority to the County Manager for 10% of the contract amount, and authorize the County Manager to execute the necessary documents.]

GRANT, GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.

UH, SO THIS ITEM THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS LIKE THE CHAIRMAN SAID, FOR A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, UH, FOR RESTORATION PROJECT AT THE PINEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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UM, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND AND BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROJECT.

UH, WE SPOKE TO THIS, OR I COVERED THIS BRIEFLY IN, IN JULY AT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATE.

BUT, SO THIS, THIS IS A STRUCTURE THAT THE COUNTY OWNED STRUCTURE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1939 OR DESIGNED IN 1939 AND COMPLETED IN 1942.

UM, THIS FACILITY OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY AS A, AS A SCHOOL FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THERE.

WELL, INTO THIS CENTURY, INTO THE, INTO THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.

UM, THE, THE STRUCTURE IS EXPERIENCING SOME, SOME DECAY AND SOME AGING, YOU KNOW, UM, SO THIS, THIS PROJECT LOOKS TO RESTORE THAT.

SO THE, THE, THE FACILITY IS HISTORICALLY REGISTERED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

IT WAS REGISTERED IN 2002.

SO THAT KIND OF FURTHER, UM, SOLIDIFIES ITS SIGNIFICANCE, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY.

TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT.

IT WAS, UM, IT STILL IS TO THIS DAY, USED AS THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE THEY MEET FOR TOWN MEETINGS, UM, SOCIAL GATHERINGS, FUNDRAISERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO, UM, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE COUNTY LOOKED, UH, FOR SOME FUNDING THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE, UH, GRANT FUNDING THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE TO START A RESTORATION PROJECT TO, TO PRESERVE THIS FACILITY FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

UM, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE PURSUIT OF A, A GRANT FROM THE ARIZONA STATE PARKS BOARD, UM, FOR, FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECTS.

SO WE ARE LEVERAGING THAT GRANT FOR THIS PROJECT.

THE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE GRANT AS IT IS, WE BROKE THE PROJECT INTO TWO PHASES.

SO THIS IS PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT, AND IT'S, UH, THE STAFF'S INTENT TO, TO PURSUE THIS GRANT AGAIN ONCE THIS PROJECT'S COMPLETE TO COMPLETE PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT.

SO THIS PHASE IN THIS CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY WILL BE FOR REPLACING THE ROOF ON THE BUILDING, UM, AND, AND REPAIRING SOME STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE ROOF THAT ARE, THAT ARE ROTTING AND DECAYING.

THE, THIS WILL ALSO, WE'RE GONNA REMOVE TWO CONTEMPORARY PORCHES ON THE BUILDING THAT WERE ADDED MUCH LATER AFTER THE FACT TO, UH, RESTORE THE BUILDING TO ITS ORIGINAL FORM.

AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF, NOT A LOT, WE HAVE WATER DAMAGE AND, AND WATER SEEPING INTO THE BUILDING DUE TO POOR GRADING AND DRAINAGE AND SIDEWALKS BUILT ABOVE THE STEM WALL.

SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, FIX ALL THAT DRAINAGE ISSUES ON THIS PRO WITH THIS PROJECT AND RECONSTRUCT, UM, ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS, UH, A DA ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS.

UM, SO WE WENT OUT TO BID FOR THE PROJECT.

WE RECEIVED ONE BID.

UM, IT'S A LOCAL CON, LOCAL NAVAJO COUNTY CONTRACTOR.

UM, THE BIDS WERE ASTONISHINGLY VERY CLOSE TO THE ARCHITECT'S ESTIMATE ON THIS PROJECT.

SO THE PROJECT WILL BE NEARLY ENTIRELY ALL FUNDED WITH THE GRANT AND, AND WITH OUR LOCAL MATCH.

UH, WE, UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS OR TO PRESENT THIS CONTRACT TO YOU GUYS TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TO PRESERVE THIS BUILDING FOR THEM, FOR, UH, FOR THEIR FUTURE USE AND WELL INTO THE FUTURE.

SO WITH THAT, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF, OF THIS CONTRACT, UH, FOR THE BASE BID PLUS BOTH ADD ALTERNATES ONE AND ADD ALTERNATE TWO.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

THANK YOU GRANT FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CHAIR? THIS IS SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE GRANT AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.

THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN HOPING TO HAVE FOR THE LAST, UH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS TO GET DONE OVER THERE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE HELP THAT WE HAVE FROM KEEN ON GETTING THIS GRANT.

AND I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PHASE, AND THEN WE'LL HOPE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE IT, BUT WE'VE GOTTA HAVE A SOUND ROOF FOR SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WITH THAT, THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS.

I'D MAKE, UH, A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED BOTH WITH BOTH OF THE ADDITIVES TO THE, THE BID.

SO MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF VOTE? AYE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY, NONE.

THE AYE HAVE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[b. Consideration of award of Contract for the Clay Springs Community Center Roof Replacement to Mountain Roof Repairs, LLC and to authorize change order authority to the County Manager for 10% of the contract amount, and authorize the County Manager to execute the necessary documents.]

CONSIDERATION OF ITEM B, CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE CLAY SPRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER.

ROOF REPLACEMENT TO MOUNTAIN ROOF REPAIRS, LLC AND AUTHORIZED CHANGE ORDER TO THE COUNTY MANAGER, 10% THE CONTRACT AMOUNT AND AUTHORIZED COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE, EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

GRANT, THANKS AGAIN, CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS.

UM, THIS IS A SIMILAR PROJECT.

THIS IS A, A ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT THE CLAY SPRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN

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AGING FACILITY IN, IN THAT COMMUNITY THAT, UM, USED TO BE A SCHOOL.

UM, THIS IS A PROJECT, SO THE COUNTY'S ROTATIONAL CDBG FUNDS.

THERE WAS A, A LIST OF PROJECTS AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UM, SELECTED THREE PROJECTS THAT THEY PRIORITIZED.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS.

SO THIS PROJECT IS ENTIRELY FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

UM, A PORTION OF THAT OF THE COUNTY'S, UM, CDBG FUNDS.

SO THIS PROJECT IS VERY TIMELY FOR THIS, FOR THIS STRUCTURE.

UM, THE, THE EXISTING ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF WILL BE REPLACED WITH A STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF.

UM, THE, THERE'S BEEN SOME PATCHWORK PUT ON THE ROOF OF THIS BUILDING.

THERE'S, THERE'S PATCHES, THERE'S AREAS WHERE SHINGLES ARE COMPLETELY MISSING AND, AND TARPS OVER THE ROOF.

SO VERY TIMELY WITH, WITH THIS FUNDING AND WITH THIS PROJECT.

UM, IT, THERE'S THIS, THE, THERE WE WENT OUT TO BID AND RECEIVED THREE BIDS ON THE PROJECT.

UM, THE, THE LOW BID ON THIS PROJECT IS BELOW THE ALLOCATED CDBG AMOUNT THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND, UM, THE REMAINING CDBG FUNDS OF ABOUT $16,000 WILL BE RETAINED FOR, UH, ANY CONTINGENCY OR POSSIBLE CHANGES ON THE PROJECT THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION.

UH, SO AG AGAIN, LIKEWISE WITH PINEDALE.

JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE TIMING AND THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT AND, UH, DO THIS MUCH NEEDED, UH, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ON THIS FACILITY.

SO, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE METAL ROOF, UH, CONTRACT FOR, FOR THE CLAY SPRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER.

NO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AS WELL, UM, ON THIS ONE.

THIS ONE I KNOW IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THOSE CITIZENS.

AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR.

IT'S THE AREA THAT THE CITIZENS COME TOGETHER AND DO A LOT OF THEIR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.

IT'S BEEN GENERATIONAL, SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO 'EM.

UM, THEY GREW UP GOING THERE, NOW THE NEXT GENERATION'S GOING THERE.

SO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT MATTER TO 'EM.

THE COUNTY'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF LOOKING FOR APPROPRIATE WAYS AND FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND HELP THIS EFFORT MOVING FORWARD.

AND THAT IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE IN CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE COUNTY AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BEEN ENJOYED THERE.

SO I KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

GRANT, THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT.

ALRIGHT,

[a. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration and adoption of Resolution Number 35-2024 approving/denying a Master Development Plan Amendment for an approved, approximately 80-unit, single family residential subdivision to be amended to allow for 49 single family lots, 74 townhome units, and changes to the roadways as well as open spaces in the Starlight Ridge Estates Special Development within the Wagon Wheel area. ]

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 35 20 24 APPROVING OR DENYING A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT FOR APPROVED APPROXIMATELY 80 UNIT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO BE AMENDED TO ALLOW FOR 49 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, 74 TOWNHOME UNITS AND CHANGES TO THE ROADWAY AS WELL AS OPEN SPACES IN THE STARLIGHT RIDGE ESTATES.

SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WAGON WHEEL AREA.

TYLER, GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.

UH, LET'S SEE.

DO WE GOT, ALL RIGHT.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR FIRST MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT OF THE YEAR, UH, FOR STARLIGHT RIDGE ESTATES.

UNIT NUMBER THREE.

UH, SHOWING OUR VICINITY MAP JUST OVER A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE TWO 60, UH, IN THE WAGON WHEEL AREA.

UH, BRIEF SUMMARY OF OUR PROJECT HERE TODAY.

WE HAVE FIVE TOTAL PARCELS AT APPROXIMATELY 53 ACRES.

IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT OWNED BY TST HOLDINGS AND THE REQUEST TODAY WE'RE LOOKING TO AMEND FROM A MAXIMUM OF 80 SINGLE FAMILY HOME UNITS.

UH, IF APPROVED, THAT WOULD CHANGE TO 49 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WITH 74 TOWN HOME UNITS.

UH, THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES.

UH, THE NORTHERN BLUE PORTION IS WHERE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING WILL BE PLANNED AND THEN THE UH, RED PORTION IS WHERE THOSE TOWN HOME UNITS WILL BE LOCATED.

HERE'S A PRETTY EARLY SITE PLAN, UH, KIND OF SHOWING THE LAYOUT OF THE, UH, AMEND THE AMENDMENT.

UH, THERE ARE ACCESS POINTS THERE TO THE NORTH.

THERE ARE TWO THERE TO THE EAST ALONG WAGON WHEEL LANE.

AND THEN THERE IS A SOUTHERN CONNECTION POINT THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE PAVED AND CONNECT TO WAGON WHEEL.

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I BELIEVE ROAD IS THE ROAD DOWN THERE.

OH NO, I THINK WE LOST IT.

, UH, OUR LOT SETBACKS.

UH, PRETTY STANDARD STUFF.

LOOKING AT 20 FEET IN THE FRONT, 15 IN THE REAR, 10 ON THE SIDES FOR BOTH THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AS WELL AS THE TOWNHOUSES.

UH, THAT'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO OUR R ONE 10.

SINGLE FAMILY, UH, ZONING SETBACKS AS WELL AS THE R THREE SETBACKS FOR MULTIFAMILY.

GOOD TO GO.

UH, THIS IS THE EXISTING TENTATIVE PLAT AS YOU CAN SEE IT JUST KIND OF FOR YOUR REFERENCE SHOWING THE 80 TOWN OR SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, UM, THERE ON THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT SUBJECT TO THE 11 CONDITIONS ON THERE.

I DO WANNA POINT OUT CONDITION NUMBER THREE.

UH, REQUIRES A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STUDIES SUCH AS A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN, UH, FLOOD PLAIN STUDY, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER, UH, DESIGN REPORTS.

THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE COUNTY, UH, BEFORE THEY GET TO TENTATIVE PLAT.

AND THEN ANY OF THE, ANY REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS AS A RESULT OF THOSE STUDIES, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE CONSTRUCTED OR IN A MINIMUM FINANCIALLY ASSURED BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO DEVELOP.

UH, ANY FURTHER.

UM, I AM HERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

WE DO HAVE THE ENGINEER HERE AS WELL.

UM, AND WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TYLER.

APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

MM-HMM, , UM, IS THE APPLICANT HERE WITH US? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.

LIKE I SAID, I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR ENGINEER BUT WE DO NOT HAVE OUR APPLICANT TODAY.

ALRIGHT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TO SPEAK SO THE CHAIR WOULD OPEN UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WERE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? MELISSA, DO WE HAVE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? WE DON'T HAVE THEIR FORM.

YOU DON'T HAVE A FORM? I DON'T HAVE PHONE FOR THAT.

FOR THAT I HAVE ON THIS SPEC ON THIS SPECIFIC ITEM.

DID YOU COME TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM? YES.

IF YOU'LL COME UP AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME, JUST ONE AT A TIME IS GREAT.

UH, MY NAME IS RONALD ETT.

I AM A RESIDENT OF WAGON WHEEL, UH, IN THE AREA OF, UH, 65 58 WAGON WHEEL LANE.

UM, MY CONCERN IS, UH, BEING A, A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT ON THEIR PLAN, THEY, THEY SHOW THAT THERE IS A, THERE GOING TO BE A ROAD EXIT THAT'S GONNA GO DOWN RIM ROAD AND EXIT ONTO WAGON WHEEL ROAD.

IS THAT CORRECT? APPLICANT'S NOT HERE.

ENGINEER.

ENGINEER, YES.

IT'S GOING TO CONNECT DOWN TO THE SOUTH THERE.

DO YOU HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE FORD APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION FOR THAT? BECAUSE THAT CROSSES THE INDIAN RESERVATION? I BELIEVE IT IS.

UM, SO YEAH, THEY, UH, AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR THIS, THEY WILL HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE APACHE, UH, RESERVATION DOWN THERE, UM, IN ORDER TO CONNECT TO WAGON WHEEL ROAD.

UM, IF THEY CAN'T GET THAT APPROVAL, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

MY NAME IS UH, JAMES GERARD.

AND UH, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY TWO ROADS COMING OUTTA STAR OUT RIDGE WEBB AND MINE.

LANE.

AND THERE'S ALREADY PEOPLE DRAG RACING DOWN THAT ROAD.

NOW YOU WANT TO ADD 49 FOR WHATEVER AMOUNT HOUSES JUST OUT IN THAT ONE ROAD.

EVEN IF YOU OPEN UP, UH, WAGON MILL ROAD, IT'S STILL GONNA BE USING WAGON WHEEL LANE.

THAT'S THE EASIEST LANE OUT OF THERE.

EVEN IF THE COUNTY PUTS IN A LIGHT, IT'S STILL GONNA MAKE THAT CONGESTED, THAT ROAD CONGESTED PEOPLE WALK UP AND DOWN THAT STREET ALL THE TIME EXERCISING.

SO THERE'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM ADDING THAT MANY MORE HOMES.

JAMES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE? WISHING TO SPEAK? OKAY.

NOT SEEING ANY UH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

SURE.

COME ON UP.

SHARE YOUR NAME IF YOU WOULD.

MY NAME IS MARIA GERARD AND I ALSO LIVE ON WAGON WHEEL LANE.

YOU ARE CHANGING

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THE ROAD.

HOW ARE YOU CHANGING THAT ROAD? OUR ROAD, WHAT IS IT GONNA BE? UM, A THREE LANE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

MY POINT IS, WELL MY CONCERN IS, AND I HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS.

HOW ARE WE ALL GONNA GET OUT IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY IN THAT AREA? IN THAT AREA? THERE'S ALSO, UM, THERE ARE ALSO THE ROW WE USE TO GET TO THE LIGHT TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET OUT OF OUR STREET.

'CAUSE WE CAN'T USE OUR WAGON WHEEL LANE TO GET OUT MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY DURING HOLIDAY, LIKE A WEEKEND HOLIDAY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO GO AROUND THROUGH THE BACK AND GO TO THE LIGHT.

NOW THAT LIGHT IS ALSO USED BY THE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PLUS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE, UM, TRAILER HOMES.

SO THERE'S JUST GONNA BE TOO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE REALLY NEED A GOOD PLAN.

IF THERE IS A FIRE LIKE THERE HAS BEEN BEFORE, IT IS GONNA BE A, A CHAOS.

JUST LIKE IT WAS WHEN THE CHESKY RODEO, CHESKY FIRE, THEY SAY IT WAS CHAOS.

IMAGINE NOW WITH THE POPULATION WE HAVE 20 YEARS LATER, WE DO NOT HAVE GOOD PLANNING ZONE PLANNING, CITY PLANNING, AND I'M VERY AFRAID OF THAT TRAFFIC.

THANK YOU, MARIA.

ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE SHOULDN'T SPEAK AT THE TIME.

HEARING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION PORTION OF THIS.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AT THIS POINT? I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE CITIZENS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET YOU GUYS TO RESPOND TOO.

BUT ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN, CAN WE HAVE, UM, TYLER ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN YEAH, SO THE ROADWAYS, UM, THOSE WILL, LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE ADDRESSED BY THE CONDITION THERE.

UM, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS STUDY, UM, FOR ACCESS TO THE SUBDIVISION.

ANY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT NEED TO GO IN AS A RESULT OF, UH, BEING IDENTIFIED IN THAT TRAFFICKED ANALYSIS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE BUILT, UM, BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

UM, CURRENTLY IT IS A COUNTY MAINTAINED ROAD.

UM, AND SO THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD RIGHT NOW, UM, WE IT WOULD BE THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY.

UM, AT THE MOMENT, LIKE I SAID, WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY GETTING THE SUBDIVISION ITSELF GOING, IF THERE ARE ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS.

UM, SO YOU KIND OF AN, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS ON THAT THEY ASKED? MM-HMM.

, UM, I GUESS SPECIFIC TO THE ROAD.

UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THAT.

SO IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY MM-HMM.

AND EVACUATION? MM-HMM.

, UM, DO WE HAVE A MAP THAT YEAH, WE CAN COME BACK OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? UH, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN, AND SO, UH, UH, THE PART OF THE INTENTION WITH THAT SOUTHERN ACCESS POINT BEING PAVED, REQUIRED TO BE PAVED AND CONNECT DOWN TO WAGON WHEEL ROAD, UM, THAT IS PARTIALLY, UM, TO ALLEVIATE THE STRESS OF PEOPLE UTILIZING WAGON WHEEL LANE.

UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE REQUIRING THEM TO PAVE IT, UM, AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE SOUTHERN POINT.

UM, GIVING US A SECOND POINT OF ACCESS OR MORE POINTS OF ACCESS TO THIS, UH, LITTLE SUBDIVISION AREA.

CAN YOU POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT'S AT? UH, LET'S SEE IF I GOT MY LASER.

IS IT THIS ONE? OKAY.

SHOULD HAVE THE RED.

THIS RESERVATION THAT DOES KIND OF CUT THROUGH THAT ROAD.

SO DOWN HERE I APOLOGIZE, IS WHERE, UH, RIM ROAD IS AND, UH, CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY IT IS JUST A, UH, DIRT ROAD.

UM, NO IMPROVEMENTS.

I BELIEVE IT'S GATED AT THE MOMENT.

UM, AND SO THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAVE THIS PORTION DOWN HERE.

UM, AND THERE IS A ROAD THAT IT LINKS TO WAGON WHEEL ROAD DOWN THERE AT THE SOUTH.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, REQUIRED AND THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THEIR ALTERNATE ACCESS POINT TO THE SUBDIVISION.

AND CONTINUING, I GUESS ON THE ROAD QUESTION.

MM-HMM, .

SO THERE WAS A, A STATEMENT BASED ON THE FORD COUNTY TRIBAL COMMUNITY? YES.

UM, AND ROADWAY THERE.

YES.

SO WHERE DOES IT INTERCONNECT THERE? IT, UH, I WISH I HAD MORE, BUT THERE IS A PORTION OF

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UM, LIKE I SAID, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GET ANY, UH, APPROVALS FROM THEM, UM, IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.

IF THEY CAN'T ACT, GET THE APPROVALS, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT ESSENTIALLY.

I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR YOU, SUPERVISOR WEINGER, UM, SO OVER THAT PORTION THAT GOES SOUTH HERE AND CONNECTS TOWARDS WAGON WHEEL ROAD, UH, THERE WAS A RIGHT OF WAY GRANTED BY THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE.

UH, THAT IS A RECORDED DOCUMENT THAT'S THERE ACROSS THERE.

UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE FOREST SERVICE AND ANY OTHER ENTITIES TO GET THAT PERMISSION FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS APPROVAL IS PREDICATED ON THAT.

SO THERE'S MULTIPLE FORMS OF RES EGRESS.

SO WITH THAT ROAD CHAIRMAN, UM, DOES IT NOT ACT AS THE SAME REQUIREMENT AS LIKE THE WILL SERVE? SO WHEN WE HAVE WILL SERVES FOR, UM, FIRE SAFETY AND SO FORTH? MM-HMM.

, UM, DO WE NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT IN PLACE PRIOR? UM, IT'S A CONDITION OF APPROVAL, UH, FOR THIS AMENDMENT.

IT'S IN THE LIST OF MY CONDITIONS.

MM-HMM.

AND, AND JUST FOR THE, THE BOARD'S INFORMATION, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE AGENCIES WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY APPROVALS FOR THOSE TYPES OF ROADS OR IMPROVEMENTS UNTIL THESE PROJECTS HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME FORM OF PROCESS WITH THE COUNTY.

UM, IT, IT BECOMES ALMOST TO A, A FORM A CHICKEN EGG TYPE OF SCENARIO OF WHICH ONE COMES FIRST THERE OF THE COUNTY HAS TO CONDITIONALLY APPROVE ON A PROJECT AND THEN THOSE AGENCIES WILL CONDITIONALLY APPROVE BASED ON THE COUNTY APPROVING.

UM, SO WE, WE EACH HAVE TO HAVE OUR CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO ALLOW THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

NEITHER CAN GRANT THAT OUTRIGHT UPFRONT.

UM, CHAIRMAN, AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION, UH, ON THE ROADWAY FLOW.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TRAFFIC FLOW, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT ROAD AND WORKING ON THAT ROAD CURRENTLY AND HAVE A PLAN TO FUTURE MITIGATION.

MM-HMM.

, UM, INTO, SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, THE ACCOUNT, BECAUSE WHEN I THINK OF POTENTIALLY IF THERE WERE TO BE 128, UM, DWELLINGS MM-HMM.

, EACH OF THOSE PROPERTIES COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE TWO CARS.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST 250 VEHICLES MM-HMM.

UM, HOW DOES THAT ACCOUNT WITH THE ORIG, UH, RESIDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY THERE? UM, I'M NOT SUPER SURE I, I CAN TAKE MY BEST STAB AT THAT.

I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT BASED ON THE REPORTS THEY COME THROUGH HERE AND ARE REVIEWED BY PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS OURSELVES, UM, THEY WILL TAKE, UH, THE ESTIMATED TRAFFIC COUNTS AS FAR AS WHAT EXISTS THERE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN BASED ON THE UNITS, THERE'S THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD.

AND WITH THAT THEY'LL ESTIMATE THE AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS AND ANY INCREASE THAT COULD CREATE FOR TRAFFIC AND, UH, POTENTIAL UTILIZATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND UTILIZING THAT ESTIMATED INCREASE, THEY WILL THEN CALCULATE IF WE NEED TO ADD ALTERNATIVE ROUTES LIKE THE EXTENSION OF RIM ROAD HERE IN ORDER TO PROPERLY ACCOMMODATE THAT TRAFFIC.

AND ALSO TO FIND OUT IF ANY IMPROVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY FOR THOSE EXISTING ROADS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT INCREASE ON THE AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS.

AND THAT'S LISTED AS ONE OF THE 11 REQUIREMENTS? MM-HMM.

, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED A PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC REPORT FOR THIS.

WE WILL REQUIRE A FINALIZED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE FULL DETERMINATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED HERE.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? YEAH, CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST ASK A QUESTION, UH, CONCERNING THE WATER, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.

IS IT WHO'S GOING TO SERVICE, UH, THE ADDITION HERE AND HAS THAT BEEN CLEARED, UH, BY THE COUNTY? THANK YOU.

BUT WE WERE INFORMED THAT THEY, UH, THEY WERE NOT AWARE WHEN GRANTING US THE WILL SERVE OF THE INCREASE OF UNITS.

SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR? YES, FOR THIS PROJECT WE RECEIVED A WILL SERVE FROM THE CITY OF SHOW LOW.

THEY CURRENTLY OWN THE WATER SYSTEM THAT SERVICES STARLIGHT RIDGE UNIT ONE AND TWO AND WOULD BE THE ONE SERVICING UNIT THREE.

UH, WE WERE CONTACTED BY JUSTIN TRIAS, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SCHOLA THIS LAST FRIDAY, UH, WITH SOME COMMENTS FROM THE CITY, UH, WHICH WE TOOK TIME FRIDAY AND YESTERDAY TO VET AND GO THROUGH ON THIS, UM, WITH WHAT THEY HAD PROVIDED TO STAFF HERE, UH, THEY NOTED THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED THE WILL SERVE, BUT WHEN THAT WILLS SERVE WAS GRANTED, THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE INCREASE OF 43 UNITS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

AS A PART OF THAT, THEY REQUESTED, UM, THEY REQUESTED THAT THE COUNTY REQUIRED AND NOTED THAT AS A PROVIDER THEY WOULD REQUIRE AN ENGINEERED STUDY OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THE WATER SYSTEM TO ACCOMMODATE ANY INCREASE.

AND THAT IF THE SYSTEM WAS UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT INCREASE, THAT THE APPLICANTS WOULD BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR SYSTEM NECESSITATED BY THE REPORT.

UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO HANDLE THROUGH THIS.

UH, SO WHEN YOU SEE WITH CONDITION THREE, THERE'S THE WATER DISTRIBUTION DESIGN REPORT, IT WOULD BE THE SAME INFORMATION COMING IN AND THAT'S TYPICALLY INFORMATION WE'LL SEE AT THE TENTATIVE PLAT.

UM,

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SO JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THE ONLY OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE POTENTIALLY A PERFORMANCE BOND IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED ULTIMATELY A, A PERFORMANCE BOND THAT COMPLETES THE IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND THE ROADWAY.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, WITH A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT, AND WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT WHO HAVE CURRENTLY BOUGHT IN THERE, THEY SAW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE 80 UNITS AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WOULD JUST BE AN 80 UNIT, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING CLOSE TO 123 UNITS, UH, GOING IN.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE POSSIBLE SOME PROVISIONS THAT IF THIS WERE TO COME FORWARD, UH, AS A FINALIZED THING, THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE SOME TYPE OF PROVISIONS ON THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS THAT ARE USED ON THE EXTERIOR OF SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS.

AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT THERE'D BE OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE USES OF THE, UH, TOWN HOMES THAT, THAT I, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT CONDITIONS.

I THINK, UH, ON FINALIZING THE PLATS, THERE MAY BE SOME CC IN R CONDITIONS AND THINGS THERE THAT I'D WANT TO AT LEAST LOOK AT AND EXPLORE.

BUT I APPRECIATE STAFF'S EFFORT ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, HEARING NONE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

CHAIRMAN, I I MOTION FOR A MODIFICATION TO THE, WHAT IS RECOMMENDED HERE THAT WITH THE WILL SERVE IN, SO GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN APPLICANT GOES, UM, BEFORE A PNZ, THERE'S SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS TO HAVE AND ONE OF THOSE IS THE WATER WILL SERVE.

AND SO THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING OR THE ALL OF THE INFORMATION WAS NOT PRESENTED AND THE INCREASE OF DWELLINGS THAT WOULD BE ON THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT ONE OF, THERE COULD BE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THIS COULD GO.

AND SO IN THINKING ABOUT THIS AND READING THE CONCERNS AND IN THINKING ABOUT THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE IN THAT SURROUNDING AREAS THAT YOU PURCHASED YOUR PROPERTY, UNDERSTANDING THAT WOULD, THERE WOULD BE 80 DWELLINGS.

AND SO WHEN WE THINK, AND CERTAINLY I SUPPORT BUSINESS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE INVESTING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

WE WANT BUSINESS OWNERS AND WE WANT THEM TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP, UM, PROPERTIES LIKE THIS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE INDIVIDUALS COME TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND BE ABLE TO, UM, BE A WORKFORCE AND RAISE THEIR FAMILIES AND LIVE IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.

SO I, I CERTAINLY IMPOR, UH, SUPPORT THAT ENDEAVOR.

BUT I THINK THAT IN ORDER FOR US, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT WE ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO ONE ANOTHER.

AND SO WE ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

UM, HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR ENSURING THAT, UH, THE INDI THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO WITH THE WILL SERVED FOR WATER PARTICULARLY, UM, THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING AND NOT INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED ON THE ADDITIONAL UNITS.

SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT THAT INFORMATION BE PRESENTED, UM, BACK TO PNZ AND THAT THE APPLICANT COME BACK TO US, UM, WHEN THAT INFORMATION IS PRESENTED.

THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THIS THAT'S CERTAINLY IMPORTANT, UM, AND THAT I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE APPLICANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THAT IN THINKING ABOUT NEIGHBORS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

WE SUPPORT YOU AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND WE WANT YOU TO DEVELOP, TO DEVELOP IN OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT SHOULD BE STATED.

UM, BRAD, AS FAR AS, BECAUSE GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, SO IF THE APPLICANT HAS TO GO BACK TO PNC, IT'S CONSIDERED AS A

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DENIAL.

AND SO IT TAKES ONE YEAR FOR THAT APPLICANT TO COME BACK.

UM, I FEEL THAT THERE IS A PROJECT HERE THAT WE SHOULD, UM, BE ABLE TO SUPPORT WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS, UM, IN GOING BACK THROUGH THAT PROCEDURE.

IF IT'S A A SIX MONTH WAIT PERIOD WHERE THEY HAVE TO GET THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO PMC AND FOLLOW THAT WITHOUT, UM, WAIVING THE ONE YEAR, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY.

MR. CHAIRMAN, IS THAT THE RESPONSE? YEAH, PLEASE, SUPERVISOR WEISINGER, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU MOVE THE TABLE THIS MATTER.

I BELIEVE YOU'VE GIVEN DIRECTION TO THE SUBDIVIDED THAT YOU WOULD REQUEST THAT HE TAKE IT BACK TO PMZ.

THAT WAY IT'S NOT ACTING AS A DENIAL AND HE WOULD'VE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO REPRESENT IT.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

SO WE WILL, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

I WILL, UM, FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR COUNTY OF ATTORNEY TO TABLE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS, UM, THOSE SPECIFIC CRITERIA BEFORE IT GOES BACK TO PNC AND, AND MR. CHAIRMAN, WHEN A MOTION TO TABLE IS PRESENTED, UNLESS THERE IS OPPOSITION FROM ANOTHER SUPERVISOR'S AUTOMATICALLY TABLED.

SO THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE.

IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS AROUND THAT FROM A BOARD? COULD WE JUST CLARIFY THE MOTION AGAIN? BECAUSE I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD ALSO IN THEIR PERFORMANCE BONDS, DEVELOPMENT BONDS BE ADDED.

DOES THAT BE, WOULD BE PART OF THE CONDITIONS, BUT, UH, I, I, I, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER WE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO ADDRESS THIS, IF IT'S COMING BACK BEFORE US AGAIN, THEN WHETHER WE PUT 'EM IN AT THAT TIME OR WHETHER WE MAKE THAT A STIPULATION AS PART OF THE CONDITION THAT WOULD BE SET FORWARD, HOWEVER.

MR. CHAIRMAN, A MOTION TO TABLE'S.

JUST A MOTION TO TABLE DOESN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF CONDITIONS ADDED TO IT.

SO TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT SURE IF HIS SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR HEARD THAT, BUT A MOTION TO TABLE, JUST A MOTION TO TABLE.

IT WON'T HAVE ANY STIPULATIONS IN IT, BUT CERTAINLY I WOULD IMAGINE OUR VOICES COULD BE HEARD OR SHARED WITH THE PLANNING ZONING.

YOU STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY INDIVIDUALLY TO SPEAK TO YOUR STAFF ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS.

SO WE COULD SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT OUR CONCERNS.

SO IT WOULD BE JUST BE A MOTION TO TABLE AT THIS TIME.

UM, IT, IT, IT IS ACTUALLY AN AUTOMATICALLY TABLED UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST TO TABLE.

OF THIS, UH, MEETING AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST? A TABLE FOR MEMBER OF THE BOARD? THE MATTER STATEMENT, THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER WANTS TO ASK A QUESTION.

WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? WE CAN DO THAT BEFORE WE TABLE IT.

SO BEFORE WE TABLE IT, THE ENGINEER FOR THE APPLICANT HAS A QUESTION AS I UNDERSTAND IT, EMORY ELLSWORTH, I WORK FOR PAINT AND SKY ENGINEERING.

UM, JUST TO COMMENT ON THIS ONE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MISUNDERSTANDING CAME WITH THE CITY.

I HAVE AN EMAIL THAT I SENT TO SHANE HEMIS AT THE, THE CITY ENGINEER THAT INCLUDES THE REVISED SITE PLAN.

SO IT HAS ALL THE UNITS SHOWN ON THAT MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE SAME ONE THAT YOU RECEIVED.

UM, AND AS A NOTE PRIOR TO THAT, THEY HAD ALSO GIVEN US A WELLS SERVE LETTER ON A PRIOR MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT THAT WE WERE SHOWING 200 PLUS, UM, TINY HOMES THAT WAS SINCE REVISED.

SO I I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE THE CONFUSION CAME WITH THE, THE CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS.

MY NAME IS DOUG AL WITH PAINTED SKY ENGINEERING AND SURVEY AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME CHAIRMAN AND, AND, UM, SUPERVISORS.

UM, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT LIKE EMORY MENTIONED, UH, WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROJECT A LONG TIME AGO.

AND WHEN WE ORIGINALLY CAME FORTH WITH A, WITH A, WITH A PLAN TO COUNTY STAFF, WE CAME IN WITH A PLAN THAT SHOWED OVER 200 UNITS BEFORE WE EVER CAME TO THE PUBLIC.

THE COUNTY STAFF WAS PROTECTING THE, WAS PROTECTING THE PUBLIC AND WE BROUGHT THE NUMBER OF UNITS WAY DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS MORE, UH, UM, AMIABLE TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORS.

UM, A COUPLE THINGS WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT.

THERE'S A LOT OF OPEN SPACE IN THIS LAYOUT, ESPECIALLY SURROUNDING THE, UH, TOWN HOME UNIT.

SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND, AND WHATEVER COMES

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BUT WE HAVE, UH, LOOKED AROUND, REACHED OUT, TRIED TO DO THINGS, UH, AS FAR AS THE DRAINAGE, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

UM, SO I KNOW THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME THE PUBLIC HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT.

I'M NOT SURE WHY, BUT NOBODY FROM THE PUBLIC CAME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY CHANCE TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE SAID TODAY.

BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THINGS AND IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS OUR FIRST, THIS IS OUR FIRST GO AROUND COMING, UH, TO STAFF AND, AND TO THE COUNTY.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR IS THERE ANY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MO OR WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO TABLE? IS ANYONE AGAINST THAT ON THE BOARD NOT HEARING ANY? IT IS TABLED.

CHAIRMAN, CAN I MAKE ONE FINAL STATEMENT? YEAH.

UH, I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE THE ENGINEERS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT PERSPECTIVE.

I CERTAINLY, UM, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING IN TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND, UM, WE WILL SEE THIS BACK OF THE AGENDA, SO THANK YOU.

TO ITEM 10, PUBLIC WORKS, CONSIDERATION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN NAVAJO COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF PINE LAKESIDE TO ALLOW FOR A LOAN THE AMOUNT OF 610,000 CONSTRUCTION OF A PORTION OF PORT MOUNTAIN ROAD TO BE REIMBURSED BACK IN NAL COUNTY IN ILLINOIS ON MARCH 31ST, 2025.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON.

PAST ITEM A

[a. Consideration of an Intergovernmental Agreement between Navajo County and the Town of Pinetop-Lakeside to allow for a loan in the amount of $610,000 for the construction of a portion of Porter Mountain Road, to be reimbursed back to Navajo county no later than March 31, 2025.]

MR. F? YES, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THE, UH, THE TOWN OF PINETOP LAKESIDE HAS A, A PROJECT, UM, TO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON PORTER MOUNTAIN ROAD, WHICH AFFECTS THE, THE SCHOOL IN THAT AREA.

UM, FOR THIS PROJECT, THEY HAD ANTICIPATED, UH, BASED ON AN AWARDED, UH, ADJACENT WAYS FUNDS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FUND THIS PROJECT.

UM, THEY HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS FUNDING IS GONNA BE LATER THAN ANTICIPATED, AND THEREFORE THE TOWN OF PINETOP, LAKESIDE HAS COME TO US TO, UM, RECEIVE FUNDS NOT TO NOT TO EXCEED $610,000.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT IN THIS INTERGOVERNMENT AGREEMENT, IT IS AGREED THAT THIS, THESE FUNDS WILL BE PAID BACK TO THE COUNTY BY MARCH 31ST, 2025, WHICH IS IN THE, THE SAME FISCAL YEAR THAT THE MONEY WILL BE PROVIDED TO THEM.

SO AT THIS TIME, I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THIS AND IT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF TO APPROVE THIS INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. BLAKE.

ANY DISCUSSION? GO.

SUPER WHITE SINGER.

WELL, THANK YOU TO PINE TOP LAKESIDE, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY, MELANIA AND KEVIN.

UM, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ONGOING OR HAS BEEN, UH, SOMETHING THAT, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A DREAM IN A SENSE WHEN IT STARTED, UM, THAT WE SAW THAT THERE WERE PARTICULAR NEEDS ON THAT ROADWAY, THAT STUDENTS WERE BEING IMPACTED, THAT FAMILIES WERE BEING IMPACTED, STUDENT SAFETY.

UM, SO WHEN I THINK OF THIS, I THINK OF IT AS THE PUERTO MOUNTAIN SAFETY CORRIDOR, UM, PROJECT.

AND SO I KNOW NAVAJO COUNTY, WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN BEING ABLE TO VET AND REACH OUT TO OUR LEGISLATURES AND OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO GET FUNDING, UM, AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AND I'M SO, UM, PROUD OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR LITTLE TOWN OF PINE TOUGH LAKESIDE.

AND SO I KNOW, UM, THAT IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT AND IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND HAVEN'T SEEN THE, THE PROJECT OR WORK THAT IS BEING DONE, UM, IT IS QUITE AN ENHANCEMENT AND I KNOW THAT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WILL FEEL MUCH SAFER WALKING ON THAT ROADWAY OR UTILIZING THAT ROADWAY.

SO, UH, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO'S INVESTED TIME IN LOOKING AT THIS AND HOW WE CAN TACKLE THIS PROBLEM.

UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I HAD REACHED OUT TO BRIAN AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT I WANT TO SEE THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO WORK WITH AS NAVAJO COUNTY TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS IN PINETOP, LAKESIDE.

AND, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS PARTICIPATED, UM, WITH

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THAT I MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE.

THE AYE HAVE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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

UM, BRAD, ANYTHING TO UPDATE? NOT THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU, UH, MR. LAYTON? ANYTHING? UH, YEAH, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

LAST WEEK THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED A PARTIAL RULING ON A CASE WHICH CAN IMPACT SOME VOTERS REGISTERING TO ARIZONA, UH, TO VOTE IN ARIZONA.

UH, WE'VE RECEIVED DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE AND FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THAT, AND STAFF IS WORKING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

UH, AND ALSO A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER THE PRIMARY ELECTION, WE WERE, UH, MADE AWARE OF SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS, UM, ABOUT THE ELECTION.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING POLL WORKERS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT MAY HAVE TRANSPIRED, UM, AT THOSE POLL LOCATIONS.

UH, THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS WE ARE LOOKING INTO ARE TYPICALLY HANDLED AT THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY IN THE MOMENT.

UM, TYPICALLY WHEN QUESTIONS OR CONFUSIONS ARISE, POLL WORKERS ARE ASKED TO CALL THE RECORDER'S OFFICE OR CALL THE ELECTIONS OFFICE.

SO IT'S A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GO BACK IN TIME, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND IF THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION, WE'RE TRYING TO ASCERTAIN WHY THE RECORDER'S OFFICE IN THE ELECTIONS OFFICE WERE NOT CONTACTED IN THE MOMENT TO HELP HER RESOLVE THOSE CONCERNS.

UH, BUT AS WE FIND OUT MORE, I'LL REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD.

ALRIGHT, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, I JUST, UH, SORRY I'M NOT THERE TODAY, BUT I APPRECIATE, UH, THE MEETING.

APPRECIATE STAFF'S, UH, PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS TODAY.

I'M JUST, UH, APPRECIATE AND JUST HOPE THAT EVERYBODY, I GUESS I, I JUST WANT TO PUT A PLUG IN FOR OUR COUNTY FAIR.

JUST HOPE THAT EVERYBODY CAN, UH, ENJOY THE FAIR THIS YEAR AND, AND BE PART OF THAT.

IT'S GONNA BE A, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT THE CITY OF BROOK AS WELL AS MANY VOLUNTEERS AND MANY STAFF MEMBERS, UH, MICHAEL SAMPLES AND, AND HIS CREW WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO PUT ON A FANTASTIC FAIR.

SO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND, AND PARTICIPATE IN THE FAIR.

SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, UM, SUPERVISOR .

UH, NONE AT THIS TIME.

OKAY, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WEISINGER.

UM, JUST ONE THING.

THE WHITE MOUNT APACHE TRIBAL COMMUNITY IS HAVING THEIR BEAR AND RODEO THIS COMING WEEKEND, SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, COME OUT.

UM, YESTERDAY WAS THE OPENING OF THE FAIR AND NAVAJO COUNTY WAS GRATEFUL TO PARTNER AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SPECIAL NEEDS RODEO.

SO, UM, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

UM, SOME GOOD STUFF HAPPENING THERE.

SO IF YOU HAVE A SECOND, UH, THE PARADE IS ON SATURDAY MORNING AND IT STARTS AT NINE O'CLOCK AND THEN THEY HAVE A, WHAT'S CALLED A NIGHT PERFORMANCE, UM, ON SATURDAY EVENING WHERE THEY HAVE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND UM, AZTEC DANCERS AND ALL KIND TYPES OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT COME ON SATURDAY EVENING.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THAT'S IT.

CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT.

WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.

UM, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S ATTENDANCE AND ATTENDANCE TO THE MEETING THAT WE HAD.

UM, WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS FOR CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

LAST TIME ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS CALL TO THE PUBLIC INDIVIDUALS.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 'EM HERE THAT WE'LL END UP GOING TO, BUT WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR TIME AND BEING HERE.

WE'LL GO TO THE

[12. CALL TO THE PUBLIC: Individuals may address the Board on any relevant issue for up to 3 minutes. At the close of the call to the public, Board members may not respond to any comments but may respond to criticism, ask staff to review a matter or ask that a matter be placed on a future agenda.]

UM, INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY RELEVANT ISSUES FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES AT THE CLOSE OF THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC BOARD.

MEMBERS MAY NOT RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS, BUT MAY RESPOND TO CRITICISM AND ASK STAFF TO REVIEW A MATTER OR ASK THAT A MATTER BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

OKAY? WE HAVE A FEW HERE BEFORE US.

SO THE FIRST ONE, MELISSA, DID YOU KIND OF PUT THESE IN ORDER OF WHAT THEY ARE? OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

ALRIGHT, LISA, LISA VICENTE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD MORNING.

IT'S STILL MORNING.

UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING THAT I MOVED HERE TO HAVE A HEALTHIER LIFE AND

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I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE PAPER MILL WIND FARM AND THE ORDINANCES RELATED TO WIND FARM CONSTRUCTION TO BE ON THE AGENDA.

AND, UM, IT'S BEEN CONFUSING FIGURING OUT HOW TO, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT TWICE WE, WE KNEW HOW TO DO IT.

SO APPARENTLY WE NEED ONE OF YOU TO, UM, SPONSOR US.

AND, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.

UH, I'D LIKE IT TO BE EITHER THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER OR THE FIRST SESSION IN OCTOBER.

I'M NOT ABLE TO ATTEND ON THE SECOND SESSION SEPTEMBER.

UM, THERE ARE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO BUILD THESE NEXT TO HUMAN BEINGS THAT ARE LIVING 24 7 ON THE LAND.

AND I I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, SUPERVISOR WEINGER AND SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR BRINGING UP DURING THE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS WHEN THEY BUY LAND MATTER AND THAT THAT MAKES GOOD NEIGHBORS.

SO I DID MY BEST TO LOOK UP WHAT WAS POSSIBLE IN THE AREA, AND IF THIS GOES THROUGH AS IS, I WILL END UP BEING COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY 650 FOOT WINDMILLS AND, AND THE TURBINES THAT WERE PUT UP IN SHOVEL ON RETREAT, WERE PROMISED TO HAVE RADAR AND NOT HAVE ANY, UH, BLINKING LIGHTS AND THEY HAVE BLINKING LIGHTS.

SO IT DOESN'T MAKE US FEEL COMFORTABLE.

THAT PROMISES, UH, WILL BE TREATED RESPECTFULLY AFTER CONSTRUCTION HAS ALREADY STARTED.

UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP? WELL, I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I DON'T LOVE ABOUT THEM, BUT, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH OPEN LAND AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A REASON THAT THEY NEED TO BE NEXT TO PEOPLE.

THE WORLD.

UH, I'M A SENSITIVE, I GOT SURGERIES STARTING AS A CHILDHOOD.

I, I, I'VE HAD SEVEN SURGERIES, I HAD DENGUE FEVER, I GOT CANCER IN THE PLACE WHERE THEY CUT MY SPINAL CORD AND, AND UM, I JUST, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA LIVE A, I JUST WANNA LIVE A GOOD LIFE IN MY BODY AND I DON'T WANNA BE SCARED FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS THAT NEW CRAP'S GONNA START BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT WANTS TO MAKE MONEY SO THAT CALIFORNIA CAN GET ENERGY BECAUSE THESE AREN'T EVEN GONNA GIVE A SINGLE WATT TO ANYONE.

ANY OF MY ON GRID COUNTY CONSTITUENTS, NONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA GET ANY OF THIS.

NONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA GET ANY OF THIS ENERGY.

SO I, I WILL BE REQUEST THAT WE ARE MORE DILIGENT.

ALSO, LOGAN SMITH IS BOTH, NO, I JUST NEED TO SAY LOGAN SMITH IS BOTH THE COMPREHENSION PLAN, UM, SUPER, UH, SUPERVISION AND THEY'RE DOING THE SURVEYING FOR BLUE EARTH AND THEY CAME ONTO MY PROPERTY ILLEGALLY AND GAVE ME A REALLY HARD TIME ABOUT IT.

YES, THANK YOU.

AND I'M SORRY FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, PLEASE TALK TO STAFF ABOUT SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS AS FAR AS POTENTIAL WAYS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THIS CONVERSATION AND WHERE THAT PROJECT'S AT RIGHT NOW.

CAN, CAN WE, UH, CAN WE GET ON THE, ON THE AGENDA? YOU CAN TALK WITH THAT.

TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

WHO DO I TALK TO ABOUT IT? BE IF YOU TALK TO MELISSA AND THE TEAM, SO AFTERWARDS.

HUGE MONSTROSITIES ANYMORE.

ALRIGHT, NANCY, GOOD MORNING.

UM, I TOO AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT GOOD NEIGHBORS 'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

UM, UH, WE FORMED A LITTLE GROUP CALLED THE NAVAJO COUNTY COALITION.

WE HAVE A LITTLE WEBSITE.

WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE WANT THE ORDINANCES REVISITED FOR WIND FARMS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT RENEWABLE ENERGY IS IMPORTANT, SO IT'S NOT A FIGHT AGAINST RENEWABLE ENERGY PER SE, BUT MORE SO A WAY OF LIFE.

UM, OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE IMPORTANT AND, UM, THEY BRING TOURISM AS WELL.

THESE OPEN SPACES BRING TOURISM AND A LOT OF US THRIVE OFF THE TOURISM.

IF NOTHING ELSE IN THIS AREA.

THE WIND FARMS AREN'T NECESSARILY ATTRACTIVE.

YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO POSE HEALTH THREATS AND, UM, UH, IMPACT TO WILDLIFE.

AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW IMPACTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

NOT JUST THE BIRDS, BUT ALSO THE RATTLESNAKES AND TARANTULAS.

WHAT ARE ALSO, THEY'RE ALSO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, UM, AND LIKE LISA SAID, THE HUMAN IMPACT, UH, NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THESE WIND FARMS. AND WE HAVE BETTER WAYS NOW.

SO WE ARE JUST ASKING THAT THESE THINGS ARE REVISITED AND THAT NEWER TECHNOLOGY IS USED.

WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THESE

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AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW, BLADELESS MACHINES SEEM TO BE MORE EFFICIENT NOW, ALSO MORE AFFORDABLE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT DISHING OUT $200 MILLION IN TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THIS ONE PROJECT TO BLUE EARTH.

UH, BLUE EARTH IS ON THE BOARD OF REALE, OR NOT THE BOARD, I'M SORRY, THE A MEMBER OF REALE ALONG WITH TEP AND A ES.

AND THESE ARE ALL FOREIGN ENTITIES COMING FROM CANADA AND, AND, UH, THE UK AND, AND MEGA CORPORATIONS LIKE, UM, UH, WHAT IS VANGUARD AND BLACKROCK? ALL THE ONES WE HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW.

SO WE JUST WANT A MORE LOCAL INPUTS ON THOSE ORDINANCES AND JUST BE KIND TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

THESE PEOPLE DID NOT, I DID NOT MOVE UP HERE.

I'VE LIVED IN ARIZONA FOR 25 YEARS.

I'VE LIVED IN THE SOUTHWEST MY WHOLE LIFE.

ONE OF OUR BIG DRAWS IS THE OPEN SPACES AND THE CLEAN AIR AND THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE MOVE UP HERE FOR.

THEY'RE GETTING AWAY FROM THE VALLEY FOR THAT REASON.

AND SO WE JUST LIKE TO PRESERVE THOSE THINGS ANY WAY WE CAN.

I'M NOT SAYING IF WE COULD SHUT IT ALL DOWN, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'D BE A PREFERENCE, BUT RIGHT NOW I'M NOT SURE WHY WE DON'T.

IT'S ONLY PRODUCING 1% OF THE ENERGY IN ARIZONA.

IT'S NOT VERY EFFICIENT.

UM, ESPECIALLY UP HERE BECAUSE OUR WIND IS NOT PREDICTABLE AND THEY'RE UP A LITTLE TOO HIGH.

FROM WHAT I'M READING.

I'M NO EXPERT.

I'M GOING TO GOOGLE UNIVERSITY ON SOME OF THIS OF COURSE, BUT, UM, I DO SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HEALTH CONCERNS AND JUST LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW WITH BLACK LUNG THAT IT WAS GONNA BE A THING.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THINGS, HOW WE'RE GONNA BE AFFECTED BY THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES EITHER.

AND SO WE JUST NEED TO REVISIT THAT.

SO WE JUST WOULD LIKE THE ORDINANCES TO BE REVISITED, TALK TO SOME, TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT GETTING ON THE AGENDA AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT BEING KINDER TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

THANK YOU, NANCY.

OKAY, MOVING ON.

UM, TO BELINDA, UH, MS. K ARIZONA, AND THIS IS FOR THE RECORD.

UH, TO SUMMARIZE, FEDERAL LAW, THE OFFICER OF ELECTIONS NEEDS TO PRESERVE ELECTION RECORDS FOR 22 MONTHS BY VIRTUE OF THE WIDESPREAD USED MAIL-IN BALLOTS.

THE USPS IS AN OFFICER OF ELECTION AND IS THEREFORE MANDATED TO MAINTAIN ALL RECORDS IN MAIL-IN BALLOTS, PASSING THROUGH ALL ITS FACILITIES FOR A PERIOD OF 22 MONTHS.

AND THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL ELECTIONS READINESS REPORT FOR 2024.

IT HAS STATED THAT THE POSTAL SERVICE PERSONNEL DID NOT ALWAYS COMPLY WITH THE ELECTION AND POLITICAL MAIL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THAT EVER HALF THE FACILITIES VISITED WERE NOT MAINTAINING THE ELECTION AND POLITICAL MAIL LOGS IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

WITNESSES REPORTED MAIL BINS OF BALLOTS THAT WERE DELIVERED WITHOUT ANY CHAIN OF CUSTODY, PAPERWORK, OR THE BALLOTS BEING COUNTED UPON RECEIPT.

THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS AT THE USPS MAKE IT AN UNRELIABLE BALLOT DELIVERY SERVICE.

THE USPS DOES NOT MAINTAIN ADEQUATE RECORDS TO SERVE AS A CONDUIT FOR VOTERS BALLOTS.

THE USPS IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED AGENCY AND SHOULD NOT SERVE IN THE CAPACITY OF A POLL WORKER OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ELECTION MIDDLEMAN.

THE USPS SERVES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND SHOULD NOT SERVE AS A MIDDLEMAN FOR A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

THE USPS HAS PROVEN SO UNRELIABLE THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC CANNOT BE CONFIDENT IN THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS, THERE IS A GREATER CHANCE OF FRAUD BEING PERPETRATED USING MAIL-IN BALLOTS.

THIS WAS CLEARLY EVIDENT BY THE 60 PLUS PEOPLE TURNED AWAY LAST MONTH AT THE PRIMARY IN PINON ALONE, TELLING THEM THAT THEY HAD ALREADY VOTED BY MAIL.

THERE WERE REPORTS FROM OTHER POLLING PLACES WITH SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF VOTERS BEING TURNED AWAY.

SUPERVISOR WHITING RESPONDED SAYING THEIR REMEDY WAS VOTING PROVISIONALLY IN PINON.

THERE WAS A LINE THAT WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF PROCESS PER BALLOT FOR THE 16 PEOPLE WHO VOTED PROVISIONALLY ADD THE 60 DISENFRANCHISED VOTERS.

THAT'S 90 MORE HOURS WITHOUT THE FAILED MAIL-IN VOTING SYSTEM, THESE, THESE VOTERS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED.

IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF PROVISIONAL VOTING, WE SHOULD VOTE AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL WITH ONLY ONE BALLOT STYLE, WHICH ELIMINATES THE LENGTHY CALLS TO THE COUNTY.

WHILE WE'RE VOTING IN PERSON BY PRECINCT ON ELECTION DAY, WE CAN HAND COUNT QUICK AND EASILY NAVAJO COUNTY OFFICIALS, YOU ARE FAILING THE CITIZENS AND DISENFRANCHISING VOTERS.

GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.

ALL RIGHT, STEVE.

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STEVE CARVALHAL .

JUST WANNA ASK YOU GUYS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T RESPOND, BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

YOU'RE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT TO SERVE THE DISTRICT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, AND WE SEE IT EVERYWHERE, WE SEE IT IN LARGE CORPORATIONS, WE SEE IT IN LARGE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, WE SEE IT IN SMALL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS WHERE EVERYBODY STARTS CONSIDERING THAT THE COUNTY ITSELF IS THE ENTITY IN WHICH THEY SERVE.

THAT IS PATENTLY UNTRUE.

YOU SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO ELECT YOU IN THE LAST OVER 200 AGENDA ITEMS, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE DISSENTING VOTE.

YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT IN A COUNTY THE SIZE OF THIS 10,000 SQUARE MILES WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT DIVERSE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL THINGS, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE DISAGREEMENT IN THE COUNTY THAT YOU GUYS REPRESENT.

I WOULD SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING YOUR PEOPLE WHEN WE SEE THIS.

THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

THERE'S ANOTHER THING CONCERNING THE WINDMILLS THAT I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.

WE ALL LIVE UP HERE BECAUSE THIS IS A DANG BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.

MANY OF YOU WERE BORN HERE, YOU HAVEN'T MOVED AWAY BECAUSE IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE.

WITH THE REGARD TO THE WINDMILL FARMS THEMSELVES, ASK YOURSELVES THIS.

DO YOU WANT TO BE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO PRESERVED THIS WAY OF LIFE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE LIVE FOR HERE? OR DO YOU WANNA BE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO DESTROYED IT? THAT'S YOUR QUESTION.

WAS BECAUSE MOST OF THE VOLUNTEERS SIGNED A WAIVER FROM GETTING PAID USING THEIR 2020 ELECTION DATA OF OVER 92,000 BALLOTS AND THEIR 2024 VOLUNTEER COST.

APPRECIATE IT STEVE.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DONNA.

MY NAME IS DONNA SHERWIN.

I LIVE IN PINETOP, ARIZONA.

UM, I'M HERE TO, UH, ONCE AGAIN REQUEST THAT YOU CREATE, UH, DEBRIEFING, UM, ELECTION COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BASICALLY, UH, CONSIST OF THE ELECTION OFFICIALS FROM NAVAJO COUNTY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BRIAN LEIGHTON AND UM, A POLL WORKERS.

UM, I HEAR THAT BRIAN OVER THERE HAS BEEN INTERVIEWING POLL WORKERS WHO SAW THINGS AT THE ELECTION, UM, ON THE 30TH OF JULY, THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

AND, UM, IS DISAPPOINTED THAT NOBODY CALLED THE COUNTY TO SAY THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS. BUT I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING DURING ANY OF THE TRAINING THAT WE WERE TOLD TO CALL THE COUNTY PERSONALLY AND PICK UP OUR PHONES TO SAY THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING AWRY.

UM, ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY, UM, FOR THE DROPBOX OF THE BALLOTS IN WHITE RIVER WAS NOT, UM, HONORED.

UM, I JUST, UH, IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF A SURVEY THAT COULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE POLL WORKERS, UH, HOW HARD WOULD THAT BE SO THAT EVERYBODY WHO WORKED IN THE POLLS COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMETHING IN WRITING AND TURN IT INTO YOU? I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, UM, ABNORMAL REQUEST.

AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO HAVE THE DEBRIEF DEBRIEFING DONE IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A DEBRIEFING, UH, COMMITTEE.

UM, I THINK THE, UM, THE EYES AND EARS ON THE GROUND ARE THE MOST CRITICAL TO HEAR FROM BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME IN AND LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE ON THE 10TH OF AUGUST HERE, THAT THE, UH, ELECTION OFFICIALS SAID IT WAS A PERFECT ELECTION, BUT YET WE ALL COME IN HERE AND TELL YOU THAT WE SAW THINGS DIFFERENTLY AS POLL WORKERS.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE BEING HONORED.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE IT'S FALLING ON DEAF EARS AND IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT US, YOU WON'T HEAR US OR SEE US.

IT'S A LITTLE INSULTING.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT BRIAN'S INTERVIEWING POLL WORKERS AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO HE'S TALKING TO 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CALL AND I WAS THE ONE THAT SPOKE TWO WEEKS AGO HERE TO YOU ALL, UH, REGARDING POTENTIALLY CREATING A DEBRIEFING ELECTION COMMITTEE.

SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST AND, UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

THANK YOU DAWN.

WELCOME.

ALRIGHT, ROGER, THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

I AM ROGER GORES.

I LIVE ON WILD F DRIVE IN.

HE OVER REGARD.

THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF STATEMENTS MADE AT THE MINNEHAHA COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA COMMISSIONER'S MEETING ON THE RESULTS OF THEIR 100% AUDIT AND MANUAL RECOUNT OF THEIR PRIMARY ELECTION.

THE 13,000 BALLOTS WERE COMPRISED OF 570 RACES AND INITIATIVES AND INCLUDED THE 132 BALLOTS PREVIOUSLY REJECTED BY THE ES AND S TABULATOR.

DUE TO THE VOTER INTENT AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW NOT BEING READ, THE AUDITOR CHOSE TO SAVE THE BALLOT IMAGES.

DESPITE CONTROVERSY WITH STATE OFFICIALS, SHE LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TABULATOR AND THE HEAD COUNT HAND COUNT.

THE 50 VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED THE ONE DAY AUDIT WITH HALF OF THEM TRAINED ON THE DAY OF THE AUDIT.

THE AUDIT ENDED UP WITH A NEW OFFICIAL COUNT.

THE VOLUNTEER COST OF $6,500

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I ESTIMATED THAT IT WOULD ONLY COST 45,600 TO DO A HUNDRED PERCENT HAND COUNT FOR 92,000 BALLOTS.

THE AUTO STATED THAT THE FOLLOWING, THE TABULATOR RECOUNT TOOK ALMOST AS LONG AS THE HAND COUNT RECOUNT.

I WOULD SAY THAT IT COSTS WAY MORE TO RUN THE TABULATOR DUE TO LOTS OF TRAINING, TESTING, AND HIGH COST OF THE TABULATOR SYSTEM.

THERE IS SO MUCH COST THAT GOES INTO A TABULATOR SYSTEM.

SHE RESPONDED TO A COMMISSIONER'S QUESTION ON DOING A HUNDRED PERCENT HAND COUNT FOR THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION WITH A YES.

WE DO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.

PEOPLE IN THE AUDIT PROCESS ENJOYED BEING PART OF THE PROCESS.

IT'S A GOOD WAY TO BUILD TRANSPARENCY.

SHE STRONGLY BELIEVES IN USING BOTH SYSTEMS TO DO AN AUDIT AS IT HOLDS PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND VERIFIES THAT YOU CAN TRUST THE SYSTEM.

OTHERS STATED THE FOLLOWING, HAVING THE CAST VOTE RECORD AND BALLOT IMAGES TURNED ON IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE POST-ELECTION AUDITS.

THE ESNS WEBSITE FREQUENTLY ASK QUESTIONS SAYS THAT BALLOT IMAGES AND CAST VOTE RECORDS AND ARE IN AN ESSENTIAL, ESSENTIAL PART OF THE POST-ELECTION AUDIT.

I WILL SEND EACH OF YOU AND THE CLERK A COPY OF THE YOUTUBE LINK THAT I OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION FROM.

ALRIGHT, THANKS EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, ROGER.

ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

AS A REMINDER, STATE STATUTE DOES NOT ALLOW THE BOARD TO RESPOND TO INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS OR DISCUSS TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

AS WAS NOTED PREVIOUSLY, BY LAW WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO PERSONAL CRITICISMS OR REFER MATTERS TO THE STAFF TO FOLLOW UP.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND WE'LL GIVE THEM OUR CONSIDERATION.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.