[ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA Tuesday, January 14, 2025 NAVAJO COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL COMPLEX BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' CHAMBERS 100 EAST CODE TALKERS DRIVE HOLBROOK, AZ 86025 One or more supervisors may attend telephonically Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02(H), the public body will have physical access to the meeting place one (1) hour prior to the start of the meeting. The Board may vote to meet in a closed executive session to discuss certain matters and for legal advice on any item as indicated on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(3). Items on the agenda may be considered out of order at the Chairperson's discretion. A copy of the agenda background material provided to the Board, except items to be considered in the executive session, is available for public inspection at the Navajo County website, www.navajocountyaz.gov WATCH THE MEETING LIVE AT: www.navajocountyaz.gov/660 All public comments will need to be made in person or in writing. Written comments will be received by the Clerk of the Board's office twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Board meeting, at melissa.buckley@navajocountyaz.gov. Persons with disabilities who need accommodation to attend or participate in the meeting may contact the Clerk of the Board’s office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting, so accommodation can be arranged. “NOTICE TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS: Parents and legal guardians have the right to consent before Navajo County makes a video or voice recording of a minor child, pursuant to A.R.S. § 1-602(A)(9). The Navajo County Board of Supervisors' regular meetings are recorded and may be viewed on Navajo County’s website and social media pages. If you permit your child to attend/participate in a televised Navajo County Board of Supervisors meeting, a recording will be made, and your child’s picture may be posted on Navajo County’s social media pages. You may exercise your right not to consent by not allowing your child to attend/participate in the meeting.” 9:00 a.m. Call To Order: Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance ]
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MORNING EVERYONE.IT'S NINE O'CLOCK, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE MEETING TODAY.
WE HAVE THE BOARD AND FULL ATTENDANCE SUPERVISOR.
SEYMOUR IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY, AND SO HE IS WITH US, AS YOU CAN SEE ONLINE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH A PRAYER AND A PLEDGE LED BY VICE CHAIR, SUPERVISOR JESUS CHRIST, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, FOR AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[a. Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2025]
THE BEGINNING OF 2025.SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR.
AND THEN VICE CHAIR AT THIS TIME, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR REQUEST, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR CHAIR.
CHAIRMAN I MOTION, UM, THAT YOU AS JASON WHI CONTINUE AND SERVE AS BOARD CHAIR FOR THE NEXT COMING YEAR.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ME TO REMAIN AS CHAIR THIS COMING YEAR.
THE MAJORITY IS TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH ME AS CHAIR.
IS THAT CORRECT? MUSA? DO WE NEED TO DO A HANG? OKAY, WE GOT EVERYBODY.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE VOTE FOR, UH, VICE CHAIR.
AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE, UH, SUPERVISOR WEINGER AS VICE CHAIR.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? AND THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.
SO WE HAVE ONE NAY AND THE REST YAY.
CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR WEINGER.
SO FOR THIS YEAR, THE VICE CHAIR, I SHOULD SAY, FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE, I'LL BE SERVING AS CHAIR AND SUPERVISOR WEINGER
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AS VICE CHAIR.UM, ANY MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON THEN.
I DON'T REALLY WHAT NEXT MEETING? OKAY.
[b. Presentation to Chairman Jason Whiting for his 2024 service. ]
THE NEXT ITEM, WE CERTAINLY FOR THE IT IS ITEM B, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE CHAIRMAN WHI FOR HIS SERVICE FOR THE 2024 YEAR.AND WITH THAT WE HAVE, UM, THIS BEAUTIFUL RECOGNITION.
IT'S A JASON WHINING FOR YOUR COMMITTED SERVICE AS CHAIRMAN JANUARY, 2024 TO DECEMBER, 2024.
AND CERTAINLY BEFORE, UM, WE GIVE THIS TO YOU, I JUST WANNA SHARE A FEW WORDS.
WE ALL ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR JASON AND THE WORK THAT HE DOES IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES.
I THINK THAT THIS PAST YEAR WAS CERTAINLY A ROUGH YEAR IN THE SENSE OF, UM, THAT IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR.
AN ELECTION YEAR IS ALWAYS, UM, UM, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING, BUT THERE CAN ALSO BE SOME GREAT POSITIVE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE LANDED HERE AT NAVAJO COUNTY, THAT THERE WERE SOME POSITIVE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE ELECTION AND THAT WAS THAT WE TRIED VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN, UM, UM, THE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE TRULY DESIRE TO SERVE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK THAT HAPPENS WITH GREAT LEADERSHIP AND I KNOW THAT JASON HAS TRIED, UM, TO VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT PERSPECTIVE.
UM, AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN GUIDING US THROUGH, UM, THIS PAST YEAR.
AND I KNOW THAT HE DOES A LOT OF WORK IN BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATURES IN ADVOCATING FOR OUR NEEDS WITHIN RURAL ARIZONA.
AND ALSO IN THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT ECONOMIC GROWTH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WHINING FOR YOUR SERVICE THIS PAST YEAR.
THANK YOU VICE CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR TRUST.
AND, UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH EACH OF YOU, APPRECIATE HOW YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITIES AND HOW EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER.
GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT ALL THE PEOPLE HERE AT NAVAJO COUNTY, INCLUDING OUR CITIZENS.
UM, IT'S OUR EXPERIENCE THAT OUR CULTURE HERE AT NAVAJO COUNTY IS THAT WE CARE ABOUT OTHERS FIRST.
IT'S A SERVANT STYLE LEADERSHIP AND I SEE THAT CONTINUALLY IN HOW EACH OF YOU SERVE AND WORK TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
UM, ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
I HATE, I'LL TALK ABOUT ONE OF YOU ALL DAY LONG.
SO ANYWAYS, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
[2. CONSENT AGENDA: These items are considered to be routine or administrative in nature and will be approved in a single motion. A Board member may request for any item to be removed from the consent agenda and considered on the regular agenda:]
CONSENT AGENDA.AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THE ITEM E IS GONNA BE REMOVED OR BEING TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ANYONE ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
HEARING NONE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR, UM, APPROVAL ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED.
WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.
[a. Navajo County recognizes the following employees for their excellence in personal performance, far exceeding organization expectations for the month of December: Brandon Damron (Health District), Brian Duncan (I.T.), Ron Smith (Court Administration), and Bryan Cook (IT)]
ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA.EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION TIME WILL TURN THE TIME OVER TO LEAH PETERSON, UM, TO RECOGNIZE A FEW SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING THIS LAST LITTLE BIT.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
IT GOING IT? ALL RIGHT, SWEETIE.
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FROM, UM, ANIMAL CONTROL.IS THERE ANY VOICE THROUGH THIS? IS THERE ANY VOICE NOTES? ALL RIGHT, YOU GET MINE.
HE WAS NOMINATED BY, UM, THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I'M PLEASED TO NOMINATE, UH, BRANDON FOR HIS, UH, FOR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.
HE EXEMPLIFIES OUR CORE VALUES, TEAMWORK, INTEGRITY, EXCELLENCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND INNOVATION.
IN HIS ROLE AS PROGRAM MANAGER OF THE ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL LEADING HIS TEAM OF THREE, BRANDON OVERSEES AN AREA COVERING 3,400 SQUARE MILES AND MANAGES APPROXIMATELY 1500 CALLS PER YEAR.
OFTEN EXTENDING REPORTS INTO SEVERAL OTHER AGENCIES ACROSS NAVAJO COUNTY.
BRANDON HOLDS HIMSELF AND HIS TEAM ACCOUNTABLE FOR TO A HIGH STANDARD.
HE IS DILIGENT IN TRACKING THEIR RESPONSES ACROSS THE COUNTY, MAKING SURE THAT EACH CALL IS MET WITH THE APPROPRIATE CARE AND TIMELINESS.
BRANDON IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS WITHIN HIS TEAM, WHEREBY EXPLORING NEW TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES, REFINING RESPONSE TECHNIQUES, AND IMPLEMENTING PROACTIVE MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THE BEST USE OF THEIR RESOURCES HIS CONTRIBUTES TRULY EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF THE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION'S VALUES.
NEXT I HAVE BYRON, IS IT BYRON COOK NEXT? OH NO.
NEXT I HAVE BRIAN DUNCAN FROM I TEAM.
UPSIDE, RIGHT? BRIAN WAS NOMINATED BY MINDY OLSON.
BRIAN CONSTANTLY IS WORKING WITH OTHERS TO PROBLEM SOLVE IN I IN THE IT WORLD.
BRIAN OFTEN FOLLOWS UP ON TICKETS WELL AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSED TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE STILL OPERATING SMOOTHLY WITH A GOAL RESULT STILL INTACT.
BRIAN IS VERY TRUSTWORTHY AND ALWAYS DELIVERS ON HIS PROMISES AND WITHIN WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE TOWARDS EVERYTHING HE SETS OUT TO ACCOMPLISH.
BRIAN IS AN OVERALL EXCELLENT TEAM PLAYER AND HOPE HIS SUPERVISORS KNOW WHAT A STAR THEY HAVE IN HIM.
BRIAN IS A PROBLEM SOLVER TAKING ON AN APPROACH HE THINKS OF OR LOOKS INTO TO MAKE THINGS WORK FOR THE PEOPLE.
RON GOT NOMINATED NOT BY ONE PERSON THIS MONTH, BUT BY TWO.
AND THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW WHAT AN OUTSTANDING PERSON HE IS.
RON ALWAYS IS WILLING TO HELP ANYONE OUT IN NEED NO MATTER WHAT THE TASK OR WHAT THE TASK IS FOR.
HE WEARS MANY HATS AND SOLVES ALL THE THINGS THAT CAN AND ALWAYS WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
HE'S WIDELY KNOWN THAT RON DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO SAY NO.
AND ONCE HE'S COMMITTED TO SOMETHING, HE'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITTED.
RON HELPS WITH SO MANY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS, NOT JUST IN NAAU COUNTY GOVERNMENT, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTY IT'S CITIZENS.
AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM ON OUR TEAM.
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I HAVE HEARD CUSTOMERS TALKING ABOUT HOW HELPFUL RON IS IN TAKING THEIR PAPERWORK TO THE JUDGE AND HOW EASY THEY MADE IT SEEM.BYRON WAS NOMINATED BY KAITLYN MONTOYA FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SINCE 2018, BRIAN HAS BEEN WORKING DIGITAL DIG DILIGENTLY ON THE STATE'S PROVIDED CONTRACTORS TO ASSIST IN CORRECTING THE DATA RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM.
IT IS KNOWN AS THE GIS TO PREPARE OUR AGENCY'S EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER IN TRANSMITTING THE NEXT GEN 9 1 1 AND G 9 1 1 IN 2020.
THE GIS PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE NG 9 1 1 SYSTEM AS IT PROVIDES REAL TIME LOCATION BASED ON DATA THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES TO ASSIST THE DISPATCHERS IN PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES EFFECTIVELY, BRIAN ACTS AS THE MAIN CONTACT FOR THE NORTHERN ARIZONA USERS ASSOCIATION 9 1 1 REGION, WHICH INCLUDES NAVAJO COUNTY, APACHE COUNTY SHOW LOWS REGIONAL DISPATCH, WINSLOW POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHITE MOUNTAIN, APACHE TRIBE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO HE HAS TAKEN THE VAST RESPONSIBILITY IN ASSISTING AND ENSURING THAT THE LOCAL EECC IS NOT ONLY NAVAJO COUNTY, BUT APACHE COUNTY AS WELL HAVE THE MOST RECENT AND UPTODATE DATA.
THE STATE 9 1 1 OFFICE PROVIDES SOME DATA TO DISPLAY SOME OF THE, UM, PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE SINCE JUNE OF 2023 TO PRESENT DAY BY BYRON ENHANCING ADDRESS POINTS, THE SERVICE PROVIDER TELEPHONE NUMBER RECORDS WITHIN THE LOCATION DATA.
HIS EFFORTS HAVE IMPROVED DATA ACCURACY FROM ON ALREADY HIGH 98.86 TO AN OUTSTANDING 99.39.
ALSO, THROUGH STRATEGIC UPDATES AND PRECISE DATA MANAGEMENT, BYRON HAS RAISED THE ACCURACY OF THE MSAG AND ROAD CENTER LINE DATABASE FROM 79% TO AN IMPRESSIVE 97% GREATLY BENEFITING THE EFFICIENCY OF CALL ROUTING AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS.
THANK YOU LAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? CHAIRMAN.
ALRIGHT, SUPERVISOR WEISINGER.
UM, FIRST, UM, CAN WE GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? THANK YOU.
I I, YOU KNOW, OUR ORGANIZATION CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THE GREAT PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP AND EXAMPLE.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SERVE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT AND SAY, UM, THEY DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO READ ANYTHING WITH ALL FOUR OF YOU.
UM, ALL OF US COULD PROBABLY PUT OUR OWN NARRATIVE TO EXACTLY WHY YOU'RE STANDING THERE AND THAT'S WELL DESERVING.
YOU ALL ARE KNOWN FOR SERVING AND HELPING IN VARIOUS WAYS AND PEOPLE ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU.
SO THANKS FOR THE WAY THAT YOU DO WHAT YOU DO.
SO YOU'RE APPRECIATED, YOUR NOTICED AND VALUED BY ALL OF US.
[a. Presentation to Bret Starns on his Retirement from Navajo County after 27+ Years of Service]
TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.UM, ITEM FOUR A, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS.
CAN WE JUST TABLE THAT AND THEN HE CAN'T RETIRE AND WE GOTTA KEEP HIM FOR A WHILE LONGER AND SWITCH A RULE ON YOUR LAST MINUTE THERE.
SO,
AND WE'RE GONNA TURN THE TIME OVER TO ERIC AND BRIAN FOR A PRESENTATION.
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GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.I, UH, I'VE BEEN DREADING THIS DAY FOR A WHILE 'CAUSE BRETT, UM, HE'S JUST BECOME A, A, A TRUE FRIEND OVER THE YEARS.
UH, BRETT, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP HERE, UH, BRETT'S BEEN WITH NAVAJO COUNTY FOR OVER 27 YEARS AND HAS JUST EMBODIED TRUE PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF NAVAJO COUNTY AND TO THE EMPLOYEES OF NAVAJO COUNTY.
I, UH, I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUOTE ON, ON MY WHITEBOARD IN MY OFFICE THAT'S, THAT'S FROM BRETT.
UM, BRIAN WROTE IT DOWN 'CAUSE I CAN'T QUITE QUITE REACH UP TO THE TOP LIKE THAT, BUT IT, IT SAYS THE, THE SUM OF THE PEANUTS MAKE THE ELEPHANT.
AND THAT, THAT QUOTE EM EMBODIES WHAT WE ALL STRIVE TO BE.
THAT LITTLE THINGS OVER TIME MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT DOES A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, OF SHOWING WHAT BRETT IS.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HIM AND HAD TO CALL HIM MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
AND HE IS ALWAYS THERE, READY TO HELP, WILLING TO GIVE WHATEVER'S NEEDED.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO INSPECTIONS AROUND THE COUNTY AND THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE, AND HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO, TO GO WITH AND, AND, UH, TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE DONE TO EACH ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
SO HE'S TRULY GONNA BE MISSED.
UH, BRIAN, IF YOU WANT TO SHARE A FEW WORDS TOO, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, SUPERVISORS, UM, YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION JACK OF ALL TRADES, MASTER OF NONE.
UH, THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO BRETT.
BRETT IS A MASTER OF ALL TRADES.
UM, I'VE THROWN, LIT EVERYTHING, EVERY SORT OF PROBLEM AT BRETT, UM, INCLUDING MANY KITCHEN SINKS.
AND BRETT HAS HANDLED EVERYTHING.
UM, HE'S JUST, JUST A MASTER AT HIS PROFESSION.
UM, HE'S LITERALLY TAKING CARE OF THE COUNTY, UM, WITH SUCH AN EYE AND A CAREFULNESS WHEN IT COMES TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL.
UM, SO DILIGENT AND SO CAREFUL WITH THE COUNTY'S MONEY, UM, AT EVERY, EVERY, EVERY STEP IN THE PROCESS.
UM, AND AS BRETT SAID, HE'S, ERIC HAS SAID BRETT IS A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING.
JUST GOOD, HONEST, HARDWORKING, JUST A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING AND A GREAT, GREAT FRIEND.
AND WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH, BRETT'S GONNA STICK AROUND AND AND HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT PART-TIME.
UM, BUT WHAT A WONDERFUL ASSET AND WONDERFUL PERSON YOU'VE BEEN.
BRETT, DO YOU WANT TO? WELL, YOU KNOW THAT I'M REALLY GOOD AT THIS
UM, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE NAVAJO COUNTY FOR ALMOST 28 YEARS, 27 AND A HALF YEARS.
UM, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR A BETTER ORGANIZATION OVERALL.
TRULY A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
UM, MY MY NOW MY TIME IS MY WIFE'S, UM, SHE'S BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR THIS, SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WE DO HAVE A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, A A NICE NAVAJO COUNTY WATER BOTTLE AND A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO THE SNOWFLAKE SMOKEHOUSE FOR BRETT TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD PLEASE, I'LL START WITH SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.
SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, BRETT HAS DONE SOME GREAT PROJECTS, UH, TO HELP.
HE SHOWS UP TO WORK EVERY DAY, WORKS HARD.
AND THESE ARE KIND OF THE PROJECTS THAT NOBODY ELSE LIKES TO DO, UH, BUT KEEPING THE COUNTY RUNNING FROM ITS PHYSICAL FACILITIES TO FIXING, UH, SEWER LINES, TO FIXING REPAIRS ON ROOFS, TO MODIFYING BUILDINGS.
AND I'M JUST, UH, REALLY IMPRESSED WITH BRETT AND HIS, UH, TEAM.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
AND I HOPE YOU HAVE JUST AS MUCH FUN, UH, THE NEXT 20 YEARS AS YOU'VE HAD THE PAST 20 YEARS.
'CAUSE YOU'VE REALLY MADE YOUR, YOUR WORK A JOY.
AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE TAUGHT US HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY.
THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, VICE CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND
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FOR YOUR STELLAR EXAMPLE.UM, I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED YOU.
I THINK THAT, UM, THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK QUIETLY THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, SHOW UP DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AND ARE DEDICATED AND, UM, MAYBE OFTEN DON'T GET THE RECOGNITION OR THE, UM, THE SHINING STAR.
'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF HOW I SEE YOU AS THE SHINING STAR.
YOU MAKE US ALL LOOK GOOD WHEN IT'S ALL BRETT'S WORK, IN A SENSE.
'CAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE, UM, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN I STARTED UNTIL NOW, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE TOUCHED THAT ENABLED US TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN A BETTER WAY.
AND SO, UM, SO YOUR LEGACY WILL STAND FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU CHOSE NAVAJO COUNTY AND THAT I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU AND TO LEARN FROM YOUR EXAMPLE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, I'LL, I'LL SAY IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU AND GET TO KNOW YOU.
I, UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT YOU IS YOU HAVE SOME INTERESTING TASKS SOMETIMES THAT YOU HAVE TO DO OR SOME OF THE DIFFERENT REMODELS OR THINGS THAT YOU'RE HANDLING, BUT I NEVER EXPERIENCED YOU DO IT WITH ANYTHING BUT A SMILE AND BEING PLEASANT AND EASY TO WORK WITH, WITH EVERYBODY, WHICH I'M SURE THE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH YOU, IT MAKES IT GREAT TO BE ABLE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOU.
YOU HAVE A VERY CALMING WAY ABOUT YOU AND A GREAT LEADERSHIP STYLE.
AND SO YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE HONEST.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT AT LEAST PART-TIME.
WE'LL STILL GET TO OCCUPY A LITTLE BIT OF HIS TIME.
UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU WON AND BE WITH YOUR SWEETHEART.
SO ANYHOW, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN TO LEAD, SERVE, AND LEAVE A LEGACY HERE FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL DO A GOOD ONE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE OVER 27 YEARS TO NAVAJO COUNTY.
I KNEE AROUND, YOU'RE ALWAYS, UM, FRIENDLY, SMILE, POSITIVENESS IN DOING YOUR PROJECTS.
LET'S, I'LL DO A PICTURE UP HERE.
I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ON THAT SIDE.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR B PRESENTATION
[b. Presentation and update on Capital Projects]
AND UPDATE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.AND TURN THE TIME OVER TO GRANT.
HEY, GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, THIS MORNING WE WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON A LOT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
UH, WE'VE MADE SOME MEGO MEANINGFUL PROGRESS ON MANY OF THESE, SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO GET TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU TODAY.
SO WHAT I THOUGHT I'D DO IS I'M GONNA DIVIDE THESE PROJECTS UP INTO KIND OF THREE CATEGORIES IN THE, WHERE THEY STAND IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE PROJECT.
SO THE FIRST THREE WE'LL COVER ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE, THAT ARE COMPLETED, CONSTRUCTION'S COMPLETED.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE COMPLEX, UM, REHABILITATION, THE CLAY SPRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER, ROOF REPLACEMENT, AND THE PINEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RESTORATION.
FROM THERE, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS.
THESE PROJECTS ARE IN CONSTRUCTION, BUT
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NOT YET COMPLETED.THOSE ARE BROADBAND, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FACILITY AND THE PINETOP LAKESIDE SENIOR CENTER, UM, ROOF REPLACEMENT, AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE EITHER IN DESIGN OR IN PLANNING, UM, BUT ARE NOT YET IN CONSTRUCTION YET.
WE'LL COVER THOSE FOUR OR FOUR IN THAT CATEGORY.
WE GOT THE ENTRY MONUMENT SIGNAGE OUT FRONT, OUT FRONT OF THE COMPLEX HERE.
WE'VE GOT PUBLIC SERVICE COUNTER PROJECT COMING DOWN THE PIPE HERE IN THE COMPLEX, AND THEN A COMPLEX MASTER PLAN AND THE NAVAJO COUNTY HISTORIC COURTHOUSE HERE IN DOWNTOWN HOLBROOK.
SO THE FIRST PROJECT ON, ON THE COMPLETED PROJECTS IS THE COMPLEX REHABILITATION PROJECT.
UM, WITH THIS PROJECT, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMO OUT THE EXISTING RESTROOMS AND, UM, CUT THE SAW, CUT THE SLAB HERE IN THE COMPLEX, AND REMOVE SOME, UM, REMOVE AND REPLACE SOME FAILING SEWER LINES.
WE HAD DETERIORATING CAST IRON SEWER LINES THAT, UM, WE WERE, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO GET UNDERNEATH THE SLAB OF THE BUILDING AND REPLACE THOSE WITH MODERN, UM, A BS PLASTIC PIPES.
AS A BYPRODUCT OF THAT, WE WERE THEN ABLE TO RECONSTRUCT BACK, UM, NEW RESTROOMS, ADDING IN A DA COMPLIANCE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE, UH, PRIOR TO THAT IN THE RESTROOMS. UM, OTHER THINGS, OTHER FOLKS WITH THE PROJECT WERE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO SAFETY AND SECURITY AND, UM, ACCESS TO SERVICES.
SO THE PROJECT ALSO ADDED EIGHT ACCESS CONTROL DOORS AND THREE OF THOSE, UM, SERVICE COUNTER SECURE SERVICE COUNTERS THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE RIGHT.
THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL OF 2024.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF A TWO PHASE PROJECT.
I'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SECURITY COUNTERS KIND OF BEING THE SECOND PHASE.
UM, COMPLETED THIS ONE IN OCTOBER OF 2020 4, 480 $9,000.
PROJECT, UH, CAME IN ON BUDGET WITHIN THE APPROVED BUDGET, UM, 70% OF THE PROJECT GRANT FUNDED.
NEXT, THE CLAY SPRINGS ROOF REPLACEMENT.
THIS IS A ONE OF THE COUNTY CDBG PROJECTS.
UM, ON THIS PROJECT, WE REMOVED THE EXISTING, UM, ROOF THAT WAS PASSED.
ITS USEFUL LIFE, REPLACED IT WITH THE STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT.
UM, I BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE, THIS ORIGINAL STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1912.
IT'S HAD A COUPLE ADD-ONS SINCE THEN.
UM, SO INEVITABLY WE REMOVED THE ROOF.
WE RAN INTO A FEW HURDLES, UM, REPLACED SOME ROOF DECKING ON THE PROJECT.
UH, THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER OF JUST LAST MONTH, JUST RIGHT AROUND THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
IT WAS COMPLETED LAST MONTH FOR $162,000.
THAT WAS RIGHT ON, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERED WITH THE CDBG FUNDS.
ALL RIGHT, AND THEN PINEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RESTORATION PROJECT.
THIS
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE COMPLETED WHEN I WAS UP HERE GIVEN THIS PRESENTATION.
BUT WE HAVE SOME HANDRAILS THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED THIS WEEK, BUT NEARLY COMPLETE.
UM, SO THIS IS A HISTORIC BUILDING IN, IN PINEDALE IN THE PINEDALE COMMUNITY THAT THE PROJECT SCOPE WAS, WE REPLACED THE ROOF ON THE BUILDING, AND WE ALSO DID SOME GRADING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WITH THOSE GRADING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS CAME, UM, ACCESSIBLE PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS, SIDEWALKS TO THE BUILDING.
UM, NOW ALL A DA COMPLIANT, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE PRIOR TO THE PROJECT.
UM, THIS PROJECT, I GOTTA SAY THIS HAS BEEN A FUN PROJECT TO WORK ON.
WE'VE, WE RAN INTO, IT'S AN OLD 80 PLUS YEAR OLD SITE AND FACILITY.
WE RAN INTO A, A LOT OF UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS ON THIS PROJECT.
WE RAN INTO MULTIPLE THREE LAYERS OF EXISTING SIDEWALKS BURIED OUT HERE.
ALONG AROUND THE SITE, WE RAN INTO UNDOCUMENTED ELECTRIC LINES THAT NEEDED RELOCATED.
CHALLENGES TO MITIGATE THE CONTRACTOR ON THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING TO WORK WITH AND VERY, UM, VERY FLEXIBLE AND, AND NIMBLE TO MOVE, UM, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK.
THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED WITH, UM, PART 55% FUNDED WITH A, A GRANT FROM ARIZONA STATE PARKS AS A REFRESHER.
AND AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WILL, ONCE THIS PROJECT'S CLOSED OUT, WE HAVE THE COUNTY'S INTENTION TO GO SUBMIT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THIS SAME FUNDING.
ASSUMING THAT THE GRANT PROGRAM GETS FUNDED, UH, IN THE STATE'S BUDGET, AND WE'LL GO BACK FOR A SECOND PROJECT IN OCTOBER OF THIS COMING YEAR, WOULD BE THE GRANT CYCLE FOR WINDOWS AND STUCCO ON THIS BUILDING.
OKAY, THEN MOVING INTO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS BUT NOT YET COMPLETED.
UM, BROADBAND, I'LL, I'LL JUMP RIGHT DOWN TO THE PIE CHARTS ON THE BOTTOM.
I THINK THIS DOES A GOOD JOB OF REPRESENTING KIND OF STATISTICAL DATA OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO ON THE BOTTOM LEFT DUCT, WE'VE INSTALLED 281,000 FEET OF THE CONDUIT OR THE DUCT ON
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THIS PROJECT.SO APPROACHING HALFWAY COMPLETE HERE IN THE CENTER OF THE HANDHOLDS.
THESE ARE THE ACCESS POINTS TO THE NETWORK.
UM, WE'VE GOT 120 OF THE HANDHOLDS INSTALLED, OR RIGHT AT 39% OF THE, OF THE TOTAL HANDHOLDS FOR THE PROJECT.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT THERE, THE FIBER, THE FIBER'S, THE LAST THING THAT GETS INSTALLED IN THE SEQUENCE OF CONSTRUCTION.
WE PUT THE DUCT IN, WE PUT THE HANDHOLDS IN, AND THEN WE INSTALL THE FIBER BETWEEN THE HAND HOLES.
UM, WE HAVE INSTALLED 80,000 FEET OF THAT.
SO 12% OF THE FIBER IS IN, UH, THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE, ON THE DUCT ON THIS PROJECT FOR SURE.
UM, THE TARGET COMPLETION DATE FOR THE BROADBAND PROJECT IS JULY OF 2025.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A, A, A BIG PUSH AT THE END TO MEET THAT, UM, DEADLINE.
THAT'S NEARLY ENTIRELY GRANT FUNDED.
ONE THING I DO WANNA ADD ON THIS PROJECT, KIND OF IN THE, TO CELEBRATE IN DECEMBER, WE RECEIVED OUR LAST PERMIT THAT WE NEEDED ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, THE PROJECT HAS HAD SOME EXTENSIVE CULTURAL CLEARANCE WORK AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE WORK.
SO THERE'S 16 MONTH PROCESS TO GET A PERMIT FROM THE FOREST SERVICE, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT AS OF LAST MONTH, SO WE ARE FULLY PERMITTED.
NEXT IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FACILITY.
THIS PROJECT, WE BROKE GROUND DECEMBER 9TH, SO ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LEFT THERE, THIS, SO THIS HAS BEEN AN OPERATIONAL ROAD YARD FOR MANY YEARS, SO WE HAD A LOT OF UNSUITABLE MATERIAL THAT WASN'T SUITABLE TO BUILD ON.
WE'VE SPENT THE FIRST MONTH REMOVING THAT.
UM, WE BROUGHT A MILLING MACHINE IN, MILLED OUT SOME ASPHALT AND SOME MILLINGS THAT WERE HARD PACKED IN THERE.
SO THE SITE'S BEEN, UM, OVER EXCAVATED AND WE'VE BROUGHT IN SUITABLE MATERIAL, BUILT THE BUILDING PAD BACK UP.
UM, WE ARE NOW THIS WEEK, UH, THE CONTRACTORS, UH, DIGGING FOOTINGS, AND WE'RE GONNA BE POURING FOOTINGS HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK WITH A TARGET TO GET THIS, UM, UTILITIES IN UNDER THE SLAB AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A SLAB THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH AND START COMING OUT OF THE GROUND ON THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, THIS PROJECT AS A LITTLE REFRESHER, THIS IS A 500 DAY CONTRACT.
SO THE CONTRACT COMPLETION DATE FOR THIS PROJECT IS APRIL OF 2026.
PINETOP LAKESIDE, SENIOR CITIZENS, UM, CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT.
THIS IS ANOTHER CDBG PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY, SIMILAR TO CLAY SPRINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
THIS ONE'S GONNA GET AN ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF.
AND THE MAIN BIG DIFFERENCE HERE IS THIS IS NOT A COUNTY OWNED FACILITY.
THIS IS, UM, OWNED BY THE PINETOP LAKESIDE SENIOR CENTER.
THIS IS A BUILDING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE FUNDING FOR THE NEW ROOF, AND WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTING THE, THE BUILDING OWNER, OWNER, THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER WITH, UM, WITH ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
NOTICE TO PROCEED HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THIS PROJECT AND MATERIALS ARE BEING ORDERED.
THIS, YOU KNOW, SO WILL BE BE, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A GOOD WEATHER WINDOW TO GET THIS PROJECT STARTED.
THESE GRANT FUNDS NEED TO BE EXPENDED BY APRIL 1ST, SO WE HAVE TO GET THIS ROOF DONE HERE IN THE WINTER.
UM, SO WE WILL, THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE READY TO GO JUST AS SOON AS WE GET A GOOD WEATHER WINDOW TO, UM, GET THIS ROOF
ALL RIGHT, MOVING INTO PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT IN CONSTRUCTION YET.
UM, THE COUNTY COMPLEX ENTRY, UH, MONUMENT SIGN.
SO CORRECTION ON THE FIRST BULLET.
WE RECEIVED THE EIGHT O PERMIT LAST WEEK.
THIS PROJECT IS NOW READY TO CONSTRUCT, UM, THIS, THIS WILL BE AN IN-HOUSE PROJECT.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING, UH, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO DEVELOP A SCHEDULE AND GET SOME OF THE MATERIALS NEEDED.
AND WE WILL LOOK TO MOVE THIS, MOVE THIS PROJECT INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT MONTH.
UM, A A COUPLE THINGS ON, ON THIS PROJECT IS, I THINK WHERE, WHERE APPROPRIATE, WHERE OPPORTUNITIES RISE AND WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, WE'LL LOOK TO, TO BUILD SIMILAR SIGNS TO THIS, TO KIND OF STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE, UM, WITH THE IDENTITY AND WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, VISION AND BRANDING.
SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WILL BE WILLIS STALL, A SCALED DOWN VERSION OF THIS SAME SIGN AT THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT FACILITY THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT TO TRY TO STAY CONSISTENT, UM, WITH THESE SIGNS.
BUT, AND THEN ONE THING I WANT TO ADD ON THIS IS WE, WE, THE, THE TWO STILL TOWERS THAT YOU SEE RIGHT BEHIND THE MONUMENT THAT SAYS NAVAJO COUNTY, THOSE ARE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED.
AND WE PARTNERED WITH MPC, THE NAVA PROGRAM THERE AT MPC FOR THOSE TOWERS, AND THEY, THEY FABRICATED THOSE FOR US.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE BY AND SEE THE SIGN IN A COUPLE MONTHS AND SEE WHAT PART THEY HAD IN IT.
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SERVICE COUNTERS, THESE ARE, THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE OF THE COMPLEX REHABILITATION PROJECT TO, FOR IMPROVEMENT TO SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND TO CUSTOMER ACCESS TO SERVICE.THIS IS THE SECURITY COUNTERS ALONG THE MAIN LINE OUT HERE FOR THE ASSESSOR TREASURE RECORDER.
UM, THIS DESIGN IS 95% COMPLETE.
YOU CAN SEE THE RENDERINGS UP THERE OF WHAT, WHAT THIS, UM, LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
LIKE I SAID, WE'VE READ 95% COMPLETE.
WE'RE MOVING INTO PRICING AND GETTING COST ESTIMATES, SO WE CAN ADD THAT PIECE INTO THE DISCUSSION AND, UM, GET FINAL, FINAL DESIGN AND GET A PERMIT FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THEN MOVE THIS INTO CONSTRUCTION, PROBABLY LOOKING LIKE SPRINGTIME, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT.
ONE MORE TIME, MELISSA, PLEASE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE BOARD, UM, PRIOR.
UM, SO WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE AND GET THIS MOVING FORWARD.
THIS UNDER THE BOARD'S GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION.
WE WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN FOR THIS COMPLEX HERE.
AND SO ON THE LEFT IS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND THAT WE, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WITH THIS STUDY.
UM, THIS, WE DO NOT HAVE A CONSULTANT ON BOARD YET, BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE SCOPE AND WHAT WE WANNA, UM, STRATEGICALLY OR SURGICALLY ADDRESS WITH THIS.
AND SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IS THE LIMITED SPACE THAT WE HAVE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR, FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF AND SERVICES HERE IN HOLBROOK.
UM, THE SUPERIOR COURTROOMS BEING NEAR CAPACITY, UM, LIMITED PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE HERE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF THE COMPLEX, OR ALL THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX.
THE, THE, SOMETIMES WE HAVE OVERFLOW HERE AT THE, AT THE BOARD CHAMBERS, AND THEN THE KIND OF THE PEDESTRIAN, OR NOT PEDESTRIAN, BUT THE DIFFICULT CUSTOMER ACCESS THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE.
SO, OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY YOU CAN SEE ON THERE ON THE RIGHT, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH 'EM ALL, BUT I THINK THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO OPTIMIZE EXISTING SERVICE OR EXISTING SPACE HERE.
WHAT ARE OUR UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE SPACE NEEDS? LOOKING AT WHERE IS THE MOST SENSIBLE LOCATION FOR A NEW BUILDING ON THIS PROPERTY, AND HOW WOULD THAT NEW BUILDING FIT? WOULD THAT BE SHERIFF OR WOULD THAT BE ADMINISTRATION? AND THEN THE SHERIFF'S IN HERE.
SO WE LOOK AT ALL THAT HOLISTICALLY TO KIND OF DEVELOP A FIVE TO 20 YEAR PLAN HERE AT THE COMPLEX, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, SOME ROUGH ORDER MAGNITUDE, COST ESTIMATES, AND PHASING AN IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THE LAST ONE, AND I'LL COVER THIS QUICKLY, IS THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN HOLBROOK.
UM, THIS PROJECT, WE'VE GOT A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S CALLED A-E-E-C-B-G GRANT, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT, JUST SHY OF $79,000 WE HAVE FOR THIS.
THAT'LL COVER DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE GONNA TARGET TO REPLACE 12 WINDOWS ON THIS BUILDING.
UM, THAT'S WHAT WE THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REPLACE.
THESE ARE AWESOME OLD WINDOWS, BUT, UM, THEY'RE VERY DRAFTY AND VERY LEAKY.
AND, UM, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO REPLACE THESE WITH, WITH TIME PERIOD.
UM, SIMILAR WINDOWS GOING BACK WITH THE SAME FORM AND ARCHITECTURE.
UM, THIS IS A, A HISTORICALLY REGISTERED BUILDING.
SO ALL THIS WILL GO THROUGH, GO THROUGH SHIPPO, UM, LIKELY A, A SUMMERTIME PROJECT.
THE, THE CONTRACT FOR THIS, FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES WAS ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA.
SO WE'LL MOVE THIS INTO DESIGN START TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON THE PROJECTS.
OBVIOUSLY THESE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING.
UM, YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN KEY TO THAT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY BEING ABLE TO COORDINATE AND GETTING GRANTS AND GETTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ALLOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN.
BUT, UH, REALLY YOU PENN, UH, A KEY TEAM MEMBER AND REALLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT FOR ME AT LEAST PERSONALLY, AND, UH, GRATEFUL TO THE WHOLE TEAM FOR ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT THAT'S HAPPENING A LOT, UM, KIND OF MODERNIZATION AND MOVING SOME THINGS FORWARD, UH, TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
[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: ]
MOTION TO MOVE INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION.WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
NOW WE'RE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, BOARD HEALTH SERVICES, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SESSION ITEM A IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ANYONE'S WISHING TO TALK ABOUT? IF NOT, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED.
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SECOND? SECOND.ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.
CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED.
WE'LL MOVE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
[1. Consideration of award of contract number B24-10-031, Navajo County Public Health Competency-Based Workforce Development Plan to Ascendient Healthcare Advisors.]
B, CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT NUMBER B 24 DASH 10 DASH 0 3 1.NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, COMPETENCY BASED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO ASCENDANT HEALTHCARE ADVISORS.
GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, WE ESPECIALLY REALIZED, UH, DURING COVID ACROSS THE NATION, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A HIGHLY QUALIFIED PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, WORKFORCE.
UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED THIS ALSO AND PUT OUT SOME GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND WE RECEIVED ONE OF THOSE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO MULTIPLE THINGS, UM, WITH THAT FUNDING.
UM, ENHANCED TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF, UH, SUSTAIN A FEW KEY POSITIONS THAT WE BROUGHT ON DURING COV THAT WE FOUND THAT WE NEEDED TO SUSTAIN.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO IS PUT OUT AN RFP FOR A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UH, WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, 25% OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE WILL HIT ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREMENT.
AND WITHIN THE NEXT SIX YEARS, OVER 40% OF MY TEAM WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT.
SO WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO PUT A STRONG WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH SOME SECESSION PLANNING COMPONENTS, UM, AND TIE THAT BACK TO PUBLIC HEALTH COMPETENCIES TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE SERVED AS WE LOSE THAT FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE HERE TO REQUEST, UH, THE BOARD'S APPROVAL TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO ASCENDANT HEALTHCARE ADVISORS.
AND THIS WOULD BE, UH, ABOUT 80% GRANT FUNDED.
ANY, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, HEARING AND CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION? CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM? PERFECT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.
YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.
[a. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 01-2025, approving/denying an update to the Navajo County Comprehensive Plan. ]
SESSION, WE'RE ON ITEM SIX, PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.ITEM SIX, A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION, THE POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO ONE DASH 2025, APPROVING OR DENYING AN UPDATE TO THE NAVAJO COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO CODY.
MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, SUPERVISORS, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
IN JUST A MOMENT, WE'LL HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
UM, HOWEVER, GIVEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND, AND HOW THIS PROCESS HAS PROCEEDED TO THIS POINT, JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE BOARD AND ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC REGARDING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SORRY, SHOULDA HAVE WAITED JUST ONE MORE TIME.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IMPORTANT.
GOT A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF, BUT JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH A NOTE FOR THE, THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD BASED ON ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
AND THIS WILL BE REITERATED THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION, THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITSELF IS NOT A REGULATORY DOCUMENT.
UM, THIS IS A RECOMME GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR OUR PURPOSES.
IT DOES BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR US TO GO THROUGH AMEN, AND AMEND AND ADOPT THOSE REGULATORY DOCUMENTS.
WE KNOW THIS IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF QUITE A FEW PEOPLE'S MINDS, UM, WITH THEIR INTERESTS IN OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY ORDINANCES BEING AMENDED OR ADOPTED.
UM, SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO CLEAR UP THAT THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES THE PATHWAY TOWARDS LOOKING AT THOSE AS A WHOLE.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL NOW INTRODUCE TERRY HOGAN.
SHE'S OUR CONSULTANT WITH LOGAN SIMPSON DESIGN, AND SHE'LL START OFF WITH OUR PRESENTATION HERE.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN AND, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, AS, UM, AND THANK YOU CODY FOR THAT GREAT INTRODUCTION.
UM, AND PRESENT TO YOUR, UH, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR, UH, YOUR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION TODAY.
IT'S BEEN A, UM, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL PROCESS.
UH, WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP WITH, WITH CODY AND MISHA AND ALL OF THEIR TEAM MEMBERS, UH, THEIR, THEIR TOPNOTCH.
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BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY IN ARIZONA FOR OVER 30 YEARS.UH, WORKED FOR ONE OF, UH, ONE OF THE COUNTIES FOR, UH, THE BULK OF THAT TIME.
AND, UH, MET A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS INDUSTRY.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, IT'S JUST BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR TEAM.
OUR TEAM CONSISTED OF, UM, OUR, UH, LOGAN SIMPSON AS THE LEAD CONSULTANT, AND WE'VE, WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU TO, TO BEFORE.
UH, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE, OF THE, UM, AUDIENCE, I WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN THE LEAD CONSULTANT IN THIS, UH, ASSISTING AND ACTING, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY AND, AND WORKING AS, AS THEIR, UM, AS THEIR TEAM MEMBERS.
WE'VE ALSO HAD EXPERTS, UH, INVOLVED, UH, IN THIS PROCESS, UH, BASED UPON THE TOPIC AREAS THAT THE COUNTY WANTED TO ADDRESS.
AND ARE YOU HEARING ME OKAY? I'M SORRY.
UH, WE HAVE KIMLEY HORN ON OUR TEAM, UH, WORKING ON TRANSPORTATION AND WATER RESOURCES AS WELL, AS WELL AS ELLIOT DE P*****K, WHO'S ONE OF THE, UH, THE PREMIER ECONOMIC, UH, ECONOMISTS IN THE STATE WORKING ON HOUSING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
SO, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD THOSE FUNCTIONALITIES IN OUR TEAM.
SO FOR TODAY, UM, I'M GONNA GO OVER, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE THIS AS BRIEF AS I CAN, BUT I WANNA BE THOROUGH, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ADOPTION HEARING.
WE'LL GO OVER THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN FOR THE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
UH, BRIEFLY GO OVER THE PROCESS SCHEDULE, UH, GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, UH, EFFORTS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, AS WELL AS THE CONTENTS OF THE ACTUAL PLAN THAT'S WITHIN YOUR PACKET.
AND THEN OPEN THAT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND YOUR MOTION.
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME HERE.
UH, SO THESE BULLETS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, UM, EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE.
UM, THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO BE UPDATED, UH, REVIEWED OR READOPTED EVERY 10, 10 YEARS TO MAINTAIN THAT COMPLIANCE.
UH, THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WAS LOOKED AT AND READOPTED IN 2023, BUT WITH THE IDEA THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN, UH, LOOKED AT OR, OR UPDATED SINCE, UH, 2004.
AND SO THE IDEA WAS THEN TO GO THROUGH THAT UPDATE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS ALIGNED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY'S VISION AND VALUES.
THE PURPOSES OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ARE THE FIRST TWO BULLETS UP THERE.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A 30,000 POL AS CODY SAID.
IT'S A, IT'S A 30,000 FOOT POLICY DOCUMENT.
IT'S YOUR BLUEPRINT FOR GROWTH IN THE COUNTY FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE'LL GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, BUT THE PURPOSE IS TO GUIDE THAT COORDINATED, ADJUSTED, HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUR, YOUR PRESENT POPULATION AS WELL AS YOUR FUTURE POPULATION.
THIS IS A FORWARD LOOKING DOCUMENT.
IT'S A FUTURE VISIONING DOCUMENT.
UM, OTHER, OTHER PURPOSES IS TO CONSERVE YOUR NATURAL RESOURCES TO BE EFFICIENT WITH PUBLIC MONIES AND TO PROMOTE YOUR HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE AND GENERAL WELFARE.
AND AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT EVERY COUNTY AND THE STATE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE IN PLACE.
THIS IS OUR, UM, PYRAMID OF, UH, THE FOUNDATION OF HOW THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, WORKS IN, IN RELATION TO ALL OF YOUR OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS YOUR FOUNDATION OF YOUR, OF YOUR, OF YOUR TOOLS THAT, OF YOUR PLANNING TOOLS.
UH, FROM THAT POINT, EVERYTHING GETS MORE SPECIFIC.
EVERYTHING IMPLEMENTS THAT COMMUNITY VISION, THAT BLUEPRINT FROM GROWTH.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE THAT FOUNDATIONAL PIECE IN.
AND THEN AS YOU GO UP THAT PYRAMID, YOU HAVE YOUR ZONING CODE, WHICH CODY MENTIONED WAS GONNA BE LOOKED AT, UH, YOUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, YOUR AREA PLAN.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE.
UH, AND THEN YOUR SITE PLANS AND YOUR PRELIMINARY PLATS AND YOUR FINAL PLATS, AND THEN ON INTO THE BUILT WORLD OF YOUR BUILDING PLANS.
AND YOUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCIES, ALL IS MEANT TO IMPLEMENT YOUR COMMUNITY'S VISION OR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE HAD TO HAVE A STUDY AREA.
OF COURSE, WE'RE WORKING WITH NAVAJO COUNTY, SO IT'S THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
UH, WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU, UH, IN, IN MARCH AND TALKED ABOUT THIS.
UM, WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE COUNTY, UH, KNOWING THAT, UH, TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTY IS IN SOVEREIGN NATION.
UH, BUT THERE ARE, THERE'S CONNECTIVITY WITH, UH, ROADWAYS WITH OPEN SPACE.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THAT ENTIRE AREA AND TO COORDINATE WITH TRIBAL NATIONS AS WELL AS, UM, UH, INCORPORATED CITIES AND TOWNS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT FOCUS AREA ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE'RE REALLY PLANNING THOSE FUTURE LAND USE USES IN.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE SOVEREIGN NATION.
WE HAVE INCORPORATED CITIES AND TOWNS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN GENERAL PLANS THAT ARE A REQUIREMENT OF STATE LAW TOO.
SO WE WORK IN CONCERT WITH THEM AND WE COORDINATE THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LAND USES ARE COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT.
THIS IS THE PROCESS AND THE SCHEDULE.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY BEEN 12 MONTHS, A LITTLE OVER 12 MONTHS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THERE'S BEEN SIX PHASES OF THAT.
WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND, AND MOVED THE STAR AS WE'VE TALKED TO YOU VARIOUS TIMES IN THIS PROCESS.
PROJECT KICKOFFS, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS WHERE WE
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DID AN ANALYSIS AND PUBLISHED THAT REPORT ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE.UH, PHASES THREE AND FOUR ARE ESSENTIALLY, THEY'RE CONCURRENT.
UH, THEY'RE BUILT THAT WAY SO THAT WE GO OUT AND WE DO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, WE DRAFT SOME OF THE PLAN, SOME OF THE POLICIES, SOME OF THE ASPIRATIONS, THE VISION STATEMENTS, AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC.
WE GET FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE GO BACK AND FORTH UNTIL WE HAVE A PUBLIC VERSION OF THAT PLAN.
WE SEND THAT OUT TO A, A PUBLIC, UH, 60 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT ADOPTION PERIOD, OR THAT ADOPTION OF THE PLAN, WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST MONTH, UH, AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO YOUR BOARD.
AND, AND WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
IF THIS BOARD CHOOSES TO APPROVE OR ADOPT THE PLAN, IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE, UH, THIS MONTH, AND IT BECOMES YOUR GOVERNING LAND USE DOCUMENT FOR NAVAJO COUNTY.
SO, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN, WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU IN, UH, MARCH OF LAST YEAR.
UM, THIS IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN, IN PLAY, A PUBLIC PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN IN, IN PLACE A P THREE OR A PPP.
UM, THE COUNTY HAS YOUR OWN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, UM, PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT IS IN CONCERT WITH THE, UH, WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE MADE SURE THAT THIS PLAN WAS IN CONCERT WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND YOUR EXISTING, UM, UH, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROGRAM, WHICH I, WHICH I COMMEND YOU ON.
UM, THERE ARE FACETS IN THIS COMPONENTS THAT ARE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
I'M GONNA BRIEFLY GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE.
SUFFICE TO SAY, EARLY IN THE PROCESS, WE NEEDED TO PUT A STRATEGY TOGETHER THAT GAVE US, UH, THE BROADEST AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE ON THIS PLAN TO GET PEOPLE TO GIVE INPUT INTO IT.
UM, AND, UM, THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK, IF YOU WILL, YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
WE HAD, WE HAD, UH, TO, TO GET OUT THERE AND GET AS MUCH AS WE COULD.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THIS PROCESS.
WE ESTABLISHED THE PROJECT WEBSITE EARLY, UH, IN THE PROCESS, LAUNCHED THAT PUBLIC WEBSITE.
UM, I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THAT.
UM, WE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS, SUCCESS WITH THAT WEBSITE.
UM, I CHECKED, UH, THE NUMBERS YESTERDAY.
WERE OVER 9,100 VIEWS ON THAT WEBSITE.
WE HAVE 74 PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS AND UPDATES OF THAT, OF THIS PROJECT ALONG THE WAY.
UM, THE WEBSITE CAN BE, UH, LOOKED AT, UH, DIRECTLY GO TO DIRECTLY THROUGH THAT URL OR THROUGH THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE.
UH, WE'VE PROMOTED IT ALL THE EVENTS, THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR FOLKS, UH, FOR THE PROJECT.
EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, AGAIN, WE, WE SET UP THIS, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IT'S CALLED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE, CPC.
YOU CAN SEE THE MAKEUP OF ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S, IT'S OUR, UH, IT'S OUR EXPERTS.
IT'S OUR FUNCTIONAL EXPERTS, UH, FROM A, A FEDERAL, UH, UH, STATE AND A AND A COUNTY LEVEL.
THEY WERE INTEGRAL IN THIS PROCESS FOR GUIDING POLICIES AT THREE STRATEGIC TIMES IN THE PROCESS, THEY REVIEWED, THEY DIRECTED US, UH, AND THEY HELPED US COME UP WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS WELL AS THE POLICIES.
UM, AND THE, AND THE CONTENT OF THIS, THEY, UM, THEY ALSO WERE A BIG PART OF THE PUBLIC REVIEW.
MANY OF THESE AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO BE NOTIFIED BY THE STATE.
AND SO WE WANTED THEM, UH, INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS EARLY ON SO THEY COULD HELP DIRECT THIS PROCESS.
UH, WE ALSO ESTABLISHED, UM, MULTIFACETED, UM, THINGS THAT WE DID IN PERSON AND ELECTRONIC TO, TO TRY TO GET THE, THE, THE MOST PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, WE ESTABLISHED A, A COMMUNITY, UH, QUESTIONNAIRE BASED UPON OUR KICKOFF MEETINGS WITH PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, WITH, WITH THE MEETING THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU AND THE PROJECT TEAM TO GET A BASELINE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING, WHAT SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING ON IN THIS, IN THIS PLANNING EFFORT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF, THE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HEARD.
UM, THOSE, THAT SUMMARY HELPED DRIVE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, WHICH WE THEN TOOK OUT TO THE PUBLIC, UH, GOT FEEDBACK ON THAT AND THEN AGAIN, HELPED US DRIVE THE TOPIC AREAS OF THIS PLANNING EFFORT.
WE ALSO, UH, CONDUCTED COMMUNITY INTERVIEWS.
SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO WE OFFERED NOT ONLY ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES, VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO TALK TO US ON THE PHONE OR, YOU KNOW, VIA ZOOM OR MICROSOFT TEAMS OR IN PERSON.
UH, WE SENT OUT NOTIFICATION, UM, BASED UPON, UM, OUR PROJECT TEAM AND OUR, OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE, WE GENERATED A LIST OF ABOUT 40, 40, 40, 50 PEOPLE, ENTITIES.
WE SENT OUT THAT LIST AND WE, WE CONTINUED TO ASK PEOPLE IF THEY WANTED TO PERSONALLY TALK WITH US.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IN A 30 HOUR, HOUR AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, WE HAD 16 OF THOSE.
UM, AND, AND IT'S A GOOD CROSS SECTION, VERY HAPPY WITH THE CROSS SECTION.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S STATE DEPARTMENTS, THERE'S COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, THERE'S CITY DEPARTMENTS, THERE'S PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES.
UM, AND THERE'S COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT ON THIS PROCESS.
SO IT'S A VERY GOOD CROSS SECTION OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT WAY AND, AND GIVE US, UH, GIVE US THEIR
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THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS AND DIRECTIONS.UH, WE HAD, UH, EIGHT IN-PERSON EVENTS, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE, UH, ON THE SCREEN.
WE DID EARLY IN-PERSON EVENTS, UM, AT THE SIX DIFFERENT EVENTS ACROSS THE SUPERVISOR DISTRICTS.
AND THEN WE DID OUR OPEN HOUSES.
WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THAT PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD, WE HAD OVER 900 PEOPLE, UM, ACTUALLY ENGAGE, MEANING THEY CAME UP, UH, TO OUR BOOTH.
UH, THE COUNTY HAD, UM, WE, WE DEVELOPED OUR, UH, SWAG, UH, DIFFERENT MATERIALS, UH, WITH THE PROJECT LOGO.
WE HAD GIVEAWAYS, A LOT OF FUN WITH PEOPLE, UH, INTERACTING AND GIVING US, UM, GIVING US INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THE FUTURE IN A FUN MANNER.
UH, SO WE HAD INTERACTIVE BOARDS FOR THIS, UM, AND, AND A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ENGAGED WITH THAT.
UM, THE NEXT SCREEN SHOWS JUST SOME MORE PICTURES OF THAT.
THERE'S PICTURES ALL OVER THE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THE BROAD CRES, UH, CROSS SECTION OF, OF, WITHIN THE FOCUS AREA OF THE FIVE SUPERVISOR DISTRICT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THAT.
UM, UM, IN ADDITION, UM, EARLY ON, WE, WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO, UM, PRESENT TO THIS BODY AS WELL AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOU GUYS ARE PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL YOUR JOB, RIGHT? SO VERY IMPORTANT TO GET IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WE DID THAT EARLY IN THE PROCESS, MIDWAY IN THE PROCESS WITH BRIEFINGS, UH, AND WORK SESSIONS.
AND THEN AT THIS POINT, THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS OR THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, THESE, THESE MEETINGS ARE ALSO OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC.
UH, THEY'RE ADVERTISED, THEY'RE ON OUR WEBSITES, UH, AND THEY'RE OPEN MEETING LAW ADVERTISED SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND SPEAK, UM, AND PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
UH, SOME OF THESE, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE, THE POSTINGS THAT WE DID.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EXAMPLES IN OUR PLAN IN THE APPENDIX, BUT WE WANTED TO JUST SHOW YOU, UM, WITHIN THE COLOR SCHEME AND THE LOGO OF SUPPORTING PROSPERITY AND PRESERVATION, WE CREATED THESE SOCIAL MEDIA BLURBS, WORK WITH YOUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, UM, A GREAT, UM, UH, INTERACTION THERE.
UH, SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THESE OUT ACROSS THE DIFFERENT, UH, VENUES OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS DIFFERENT E LIST.
AND ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT WE CAME IN CONTACT WITH TO GET THEM, UH, TO UNDER TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND, AND HOW THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN PERSON IF THEY WANTED TO OR ONLINE.
WE HAD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UM, POSTINGS.
WE HAD NEWS ARTICLES, UH, PRESS RELEASES, UH, ALL OF THOSE SORT OF THINGS THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AGAIN, TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, WE HAD THAT 60 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD.
YOU CAN SEE THE TIMEFRAME ON THE SCREEN, THE TOP BULLET THERE.
THIS IS A STATUTORY RE STATUTORILY REQUIRED PROCESS.
UM, PENCILS ARE DOWN AT THAT POINT.
SO WE'VE WRITTEN, UH, WE'VE GONE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO SET IT DOWN AND SAY, OKAY, WE PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE PAGE.
WE PUBLISHED IT SO PEOPLE COULD GO IN THERE AND INTERACTIVE, INTERACT VERY EASILY.
UM, WE PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS RELEASES.
THERE'S A REQUIRED, UM, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE LIST.
UH, WE, WE GAVE THAT TO YOU IN THE PACKET.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID AN ENHANCED DISTRIBUTION TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THIS PROCESS ALONG THE WAY, IF THEY SIGNED UP TO THE WEBPAGE, IF THEY SIGNED UP OF EVENTS, IF THEY SIGNED UP, IF THEY WERE AN INTERVIEWEE, EVERYONE THAT WE COULD THINK OF, WE SENT IT OUT DIRECTLY TO THEM.
AND THEN WE DID, UM, ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, NEWS RELEASES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
WE DID ALSO HOLD THE TWO PUBLIC OPEN PUBLIC, UH, OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS, UH, AND HAD SOME SOME GOOD, UM, INTERACTION AT THAT POINT.
WE HAD THE PLAN AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO TALK TO AND QR CODES SO THEY COULD GO DIRECTLY INTO THE WEBSITE AND MAKE THEIR COMMENTS.
WE RECEIVED, AS CODY MENTIONED, A LOT OF COMMENTS.
UM, THE BULK OF THOSE WERE VERY POSITIVE.
WE HAVE WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PROCESS IN A SPREADSHEET AND ADDRESSED THOSE WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM, UH, TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE THEN PUT THAT IN THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET RIGHT NOW.
SO, VERY GOOD PROCESS, UH, VERY, UM, VERY TRANSPARENT IN THAT WAY.
SO, AND YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME, CHAIRMAN, TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY, UM, JUST PLEASE STOP.
UM, I WANNA GO OVER THE CONTENTS OF THE PLAN, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND FOR YOU.
I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.
UM, STATUTORILY, NAVAJO COUNTY, BASED ON YOUR POPULATION, IS ONLY REQUIRED TO GENERALLY ADDRESS LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PROJECT TEAM TO ADDRESS ALL NINE TOPIC AREAS THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN.
SO, UH, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE.
OF COURSE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, VERY IMPORTANT.
HOUSING, WASTEWATER, WATER, PUBLIC FACILITIES, ENERGY, UH, RENEWABLE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT, AND OPEN SPACE.
ALL OF THOSE ARE ADDRESSED IN THIS PLAN AT THAT HIGH LEVEL, 30,000 FOOT.
WE NEEDED SOME WAY TO STRUCTURE IT SO SOMEBODY COULD GET THEIR HEAD AROUND A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND NOT HAVE A 400 PAGE DOCUMENT.
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THE GOAL IN MY CAREER IS TO MAKE SHORT DOCUMENTS THAT PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, READ, ABSORB, AND UNDERSTAND.THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE LONG DOCUMENTS.
SO WE THEME THOSE, UM, ACCORDING TO YOUR LOGO, UM, IN, IN, IN A PROGRESS, QUALITY OF LIFE AND STEWARDSHIP.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE CREATED WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM AND OUR ENTITIES, UH, GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
YOU CAN THINK OF THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AS MANY VISION STATEMENTS FOR EACH OF THOSE THEMES.
THEY'RE ALL VERY INTERACTIVE, UH, INTERRELATED, BUT THEY DRIVE THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.
I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF THEM, BUT I WANNA READ THE FIRST ONE, UH, JUST FOR THE BEN OF THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, JUST SO YOU CAN GET THE FLAVOR OF HOW THESE ARE NAVAJO COUNTY RESPECTS THEIR HERITAGE AND RURAL CULTURE WHILE EMBRACING AN INNOVATIVE AND PROSPEROUS ECONOMY WITH A BALANCE OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL USES, CONNECTED WITH A WELL MAINTAINED AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT CONNECTS TO LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT THEN DRIVES YOUR GOALS AND POLICIES LATER IN THE PLAN AND, AND SO ON AND SO ON WITH QUALITY OF LIFE AND STEWARDSHIP.
OKAY? THE MOST VISIBLE, VISIBLE ASPECT OF YOUR PLAN IS YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UH, THIS FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
OFTENTIMES PEOPLE WILL CONFUSE THIS WITH ZONING.
UH, THIS IS NOT YOUR, THIS IS NOT YOUR ZONING MAP.
UH, THIS MAY NOT BE WHAT'S ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.
BUT AS PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS, UH, THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, EITHER WITH A ZONE CHANGE OR A CONDITIONAL USE PER PERMIT, WHATEVER COMES THROUGH YOUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, THE STATUTE SAYS THAT YOU MUST BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH YOUR LAND USE PLAN.
SO THIS PLAN'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OUR LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THOSE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THEY'VE CHANGED FROM WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW.
YOU HAVE WHAT? UH, YOU HAVE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE CALLED CHARACTER AREAS.
UH, THE PROJECT TEAM WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE ORTHODOX WITH THAT, UM, THAT TERMINOLOGY.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, AND ACROSS WHAT I MEAN BY ORTHODOX IS, IS MOST THE BULK OF ARIZONA COUNTIES, THE CITIES AND TOWNS HAVE THESE KIND OF MORE OR ORTHODOX NAMES.
SO, RURAL, RESIDENTIAL, OPEN SPACE, MIXED USE, EMPLOYMENT, MULTIFAMILY.
UM, AND, AND SO THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE THE SAME THOUGH.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE ROLL OUT IN THIS FOCUS AREA.
UM, OVER, UM, 60 70, 70 2% IS A RURAL RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE.
THIS IS A RURAL COUNTY, UM, AZTEC AREA PLAN.
YOU SEE THAT, UM, PLAN THERE IN THE, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL THAT COLOR MAUVE, MAYBE THAT IS AN ACTIVE PLAN.
IT'S AN, IT'S AN AREA PLAN THAT COVERS THAT VERY LARGE AREA, 12, ALMOST 13% OF YOUR PLANNING AREA.
IT HAS ITS OWN FUTURE LAND USES AND POLICIES.
IT WORKS IN CONCERT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT IT IS NOT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, AREA PLANS ARE A CREATURE OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THEREFORE, THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME CRITERIA.
UH, WE'VE MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER THAT THIS PLAN GETS LOOKED AT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WITHIN CONCERT WITH WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS GOING FORWARD.
IT'S AN OLDER PLAN, BUT IT'S, IT'S IN PLACE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON THE MAP, THERE'S HEBER GUARD.
THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, AREA PLAN THAT'S, THAT'S DOWN IN HEBREW OVER GUARD.
AND THEN ALSO WE'VE PUT TOGETHER POTENTIAL, UH, GROWTH AREAS.
AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS IN THE CIRCLE.
AND I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE SEE THAT WILL HAVE MORE INTENSE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
UH, BE IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UH, EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANNEXED BY THOSE COMMUNITIES.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALL IN RELATION TO YOUR, UH, JURISDICTIONAL, UH, COMMUNITIES WITHIN NAVAJO COUNTY.
SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE GENERAL GROWTH AREAS AS WELL.
UH, WE HAVE MAPS, UH, THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR APPENDIX THAT ARE HIGH RESOLUTION.
SO YOU CAN SEE THESE A LITTLE BIT EASIER, EASIER AND, AND CLEARER.
UM, I'M GONNA JUST GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY.
THE LAND USES IN THESE AREAS ARE MORE INTENSE.
SO YOU SEE THE EMPLOYMENT, YOU SEE THE MULTI, UH, FAMILY, YOU SEE MIXED USE, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS FROM WINSLOW, HOLBROOK, SNOWFLAKE, UM, AND SO ON DOWN TO OUR LAST TWO.
UM, THOSE AREAS ARE, ARE MORE DEVELOPED.
SO YOU WOULD YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE MIGHT BE GROWTH AREAS? UH, SO THOSE ARE IN YOUR PLAN AS WELL.
UM, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR NINE TOPIC AREAS HAS GOALS AND POLICIES.
AGAIN, I KEEP SAYING THIS IS A 30,000 FOOT POLICY DOCUMENT.
SO WE HAVE GOALS, UH, THAT DRIVE THOSE TOPIC AREAS OF HOW THE COUNTY WANTS, UH, THOSE, THOSE AREAS TO, UH, PLAY OUT IN THE FUTURE.
AS FAR AS THE BLUEPRINT FOR GROWTH IN THE COUNTY, WE'VE, WE LOOKED AT, WE WENT THROUGH A PLAN AUDIT PROCESS WITH ALL OF YOUR FUNCTIONAL DOC, UH, UH, DEPARTMENTS, LOOKING AT YOUR EXISTING POLICIES TOGETHER.
UH, DO WE KEEP THEM? DO WE REVISE
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THEM? DO WE ADD NEW THINGS BASED UPON THE DIFFERENT TOPIC AREAS THAT YOU WANT? WE'VE ORIENTED THESE GOALS SO THAT THEY'RE ACTION ORIENTED.YOU COULD SEE THE WORDS OF FOSTER ENCOURAGE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING GROUP OR WHEN DEVELOPERS COME IN, THEY LOOK AT THESE POLICIES AND SAY, ARE WE IN CONCERT WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATION? YEAH.
ARE WE IN CONCERT WITH OUR GOALS AND POLICIES? YES OR NO? UH, AND THAT'S HOW YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW YOU ADMINISTER THE PLAN.
THE POLICIES ARE, ARE WORDED IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN THAN YOU MAY BE USED TO.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRONGER.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, POLICY ONE THAT RELATES TO OUR LAND USE GOALS.
UH, NAVAJO COUNTY SUPPORTS CONTINUED COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AGENCIES TO ENSURE A BALANCE MIX OF LAND USES IN THE REGION.
NAVAJO COUNTY, UH, DOES NOT SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT WITH INADEQUATE SERVICES OR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EXASPERATES OR NEGATIVELY IMPACTS SURROUNDING LANDS OR COMMUNITIES, OR WILL SUPPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY OF TOWN WHERE APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE ARE MORE READILY AVAILABLE.
SO THAT'S THE FLAVOR THAT YOU'LL SEE THROUGH THOSE GOALS AND POLICIES, UH, THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE NINE TOPIC AREAS.
AND LASTLY, UH, IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND I WANNA COMMEND YOUR STAFF FOR WANTING TO DO AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UM, THE WAY THAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED IS VIA VIA ZONE CHANGES.
UM, THAT'S GENERALLY HOW IT'S DONE, BUT IN THE STATUTE, UM, THE STATUTE DOES NOT REQUIRE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO IMPLEMENT YOUR COMMUNITY'S VISION, WAYS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING RIGHT NOW.
WE LOOKED AT, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S 87 OF THESE ACTION ITEMS ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TOPIC AREAS, UH, RELATED THOSE BACK TO THE GOAL AREAS AND PUT IN ACTION ITEMS THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO DO.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S RESOURCES.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, COVID DS THAT HAPPEN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YOU ARE NOT BOUND TO THIS, BUT THIS IS A GOOD PLAN GOING FORWARD OF HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS VISION.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THINGS ON THERE ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THE COUNTY WANTS TO, AND I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THIS RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT THEIR GIS ZONING MAP TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCURATE.
UH, THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SHORT TERM.
UH, REVIEWING AND UPDATING YOUR, YOUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PROCEDURE.
JUST WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT IT, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN CONCERT WITH THEIR, YOUR COMMUNITY VISION AND VALUES, UH, UPDATING THAT AZTEC AREA PLAN, POTENTIALLY, UH, RELOOKING AT THAT, AND ON AND ON AND ON.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR SHORT TERM ACTIONS, YOUR MIDTERM, YOUR LONG TERM, AND THEN ONGOING THINGS LIKE COORDINATING WITH THE DIFFERENT, UM, FEDERAL AGENCIES OR LUKE AIR FORCE BASE FOR THE AIRSPACE.
UM, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS ACTION PLAN, AND I REALLY WANNA COMMEND YOUR STAFF FOR, FOR HAVING, UH, THE COURAGE TO REALLY PUT THAT IN WRITING AND, AND, AND GIVE THAT TO YOU AS, AS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
AND WITH THAT, UH, UH, CHAIRMAN AND, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN, UM, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THIS PROCESS.
I THINK WE HAD A WONDERFUL PROCESS, A LOT OF INPUT, UH, WONDERFUL STAFF TO WORK WITH AND, AND, UH, ELECTEDS AND APPOINTEDS, UH, HAPPY TO OPEN THIS UP AT THIS POINT, UH, TO QUESTIONS TO, TO OUR PROJECT TEAM, UH, OR TO A, TO A MOTION WE WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND, UH, IN CONCERT WITH YOUR STAFF, UH, APPROVAL OF NAVAJO COUNTY 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO CALL THE PUBLIC OR OPEN IT TO A PUBLIC HEARING? PROBABLY NOT TILL AFTER.
YOU KEEP SAYING, NAVAJO COUNTY AND NAVAJO COUNTY BEGINS AT THE BORDER OF UTAH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, I BELIEVE GILA COUNTY AND THEN APACHE COUNTY ACROSS TO COCONINO.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE TWO THIRDS OF THE SOVEREIGN NATION, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT, HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED AND THEY'RE, I DON'T SEE THAT YOU MENTIONED ANY INPUT FROM THOSE, UM, THOSE GROUP, BOTH THE HOPI AND THE NAVAJO.
AND I DON'T LIKE YOUR PLAN BOTTOM LINE.
SO IT'S JUST FOR THE TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITY TO GROW WEALTHY AND IMPROVE WHILE THE REST OF THE, THE, THE COUNTY IS LEFT BEHIND.
IS THAT WHY YOU'RE SO RUSHING IT AND TRYING TO GET THIS THROUGH? AND, UM, I DON'T GET IT.
YOU GUYS ALWAYS SAY NAVAJO COUNTY, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE NAVAJO COUNTY IS.
YOU'RE LEAVING TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTY OUT.
YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT THREE, LITTLE BIT OF DISTRICT ONE, AND A LITTLE BIT OF DISTRICT TWO,
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MAYBE A TAD OF DISTRICT FIVE.AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME.
CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ADDRESS THAT, PLEASE? OKAY.
CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR, BANAL, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND THE QUESTIONS THERE.
AS FAR AS WHAT WE PUT FORWARD WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE ARE LIMITED WITH THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY ON THIS.
AND SO THAT LIMITS TO THE UNINCORPORATED PORTIONS OF THIS THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED SOVEREIGN NATION AS A PART OF THE PROCESS.
WE DID LOOK AT THE CONNECTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS WITH THOSE CITIZENS.
AND AS A PART OF OUR OUTREACH, WE DID HAVE OUTREACH TO A LOT OF THE, UM, DIFFERENT CHAPTERS HERE WITHIN THE NAVAJO NATION.
OTHERWISE, WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH SOME CONSTITUENTS, SOME, UH, LOWER LEVEL REPRESENTATIVES.
UM, AS YOU HEARD TERRY MENTION HERE, WE, WE REACHED OUT TO 40 OR 50 DIFFERENT ENTITIES, UH, AS FAR AS COMMUNITY INTERVIEWS.
AND WE HAD SOME PRETTY LIMITED, UH, LEVEL OF FEEDBACK THAT WAS RECEIVED, UM, EVEN FROM TOWNS AND CITIES, NOT JUST WITH THE, THE NAVAJO NATION OR WHITE MOUNTAIN, APACHE AND OTHERWISE.
SO I, UH, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT CONCERN.
WE HAVE TRIED TO DO THE BEST WE ABSOLUTELY CAN WITHIN OUR STATUTORY AUTHORITY THAT IS GRANTED TO PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
CODY, ANY, UH, OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING THERE.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NAVAJO COUNTY PLAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AREAS THAT NAVAJO COUNTY HAS STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH MEANS WE DON'T HAVE THAT INSIDE THE CITIES OR INCORPORATED AREAS.
SO WE CAN'T REALLY SPEAK OR DO A PLAN FOR THEM.
IS THAT ACCURATE, MR. CHAIRMAN? THANK YOU.
SO TOWNS ARE REQUIRED TO DO GENERAL PLANS BASED ON STATE STATUTE.
SO THIS DOES NOT GOVERN ANYTHING BESIDES THE UNINCORPORATED NON RESERVATION PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
UM, WE DO LOOK TO WORK IN CONCERT WITH ALL OF THOSE JURISDICTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PLANS ARE NOT, UM, CONTRA TO THEIR PLANS AS WELL.
THAT IS A NICE PART OF THE STATUTORY 60 DAY REQUIREMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO ALL TOWNS AND CITIES AND ADJOINING COUNTIES AS WELL.
UM, IT, IT'S NICE BECAUSE IT KIND OF FORCES THE CONVERSATION OUT THERE FOR US, UM, AND PROVIDES THAT FRAMEWORK AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL JURISDICTIONS WHERE WE HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY, UH, OVER TIME HERE.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THEN THANK YOU.
THAT MEANS THAT, AND, AND I STILL HAVE A FURTHER COMMENT CHAIR.
WE'LL LET YOU HAVE THAT THEN IN HERE IN A SECOND.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THEN, SO CITIES, TOWNS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY GOVERNANCE.
THEY HAVE GOVERNANCE OF THOSE.
IN FACT, I USED TO SIT ON THE TOWN COUNCIL AND WOULD'VE BEEN UPSET IF THE COUNTY WAS TRYING TO DICTATE TO US WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO INSIDE OF OUR TOWN.
SO WE DON'T DO THAT, UM, NOR IN OTHER COUNTIES, NOR IN TRIBAL LANDS.
BUT WE, WHAT I THINK I HEARD FROM YOU IS THAT WE DO REACH OUT AND TRY TO FIND WAYS TO PARTNER AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR PLAN WORKS WITH THEIR PLANS BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING THEIR OWN PLANS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
SO I, I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO, WINSLOW HAD GONE THROUGH AND DONE THEIR GENERAL PLAN.
AND THE, THE NICE PART ABOUT THE STATE LAW BEYOND WHERE WE BUILD THESE RELATIONSHIPS JUST ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, IS THEY REACHED OUT TO US WITH THEIR 60 DAY REVIEW, AND WE WERE ABLE TO COMMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN OUR PLANS, UM, OR, OR NOTE WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENCES AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK OUT ANY OF THOSE POTENTIAL ISSUES.
UM, SO WE WILL, WE VERY ACTIVELY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL AGENCIES WHERE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY.
UM, BUT OF COURSE, WE, WE CAN'T FORCE ANY RELATIONSHIPS AND WE, WE DO NOT REGULATE ANYTHING BESIDES THE UNINCORPORATED PORTIONS HERE.
AL, YOU SAID YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
AND YOU'RE, YOU KEPT SAYING ALL JURISDICTIONS AND ALL AREAS, BUT YOU'RE NOT EVEN TRYING, I BET YOU DIDN'T EVEN CONTACT THE NAVAJO NATION TO SEE IF THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
YOU SAID CHAPTERS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING AT THE CHAPTERS, NOR HAVE THE CHAPTERS ASKED ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
AND YOU KEPT SAYING STATUTORY MEANING, OKAY, WE'LL LEAVE YOU BEHIND BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT UNDER NAVAJO COUNTIES, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND I SEE THAT AS, YOU KNOW, LEAVING US OUT, THOSE ARE TWO THIRDS OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY.
YOU'RE LEAVING US OUT AS YOU ARE TRYING TO GROW, UM, WEALTHY AND IMPROVE AND EVERYTHING FOR YOUR AREA, BUT NOT FOR OUR AREA.
AND I SEE THAT THROUGH AND THROUGH.
IN FACT, ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS SAID, I WAS LISTENING TO THE RADIO AND I HEARD THAT NAVAJO COUNTY THERE IN THE AREA IN HOLBROOK IS VERY PREJUDICE.
IS THAT CORRECT? I WAS TOLD, AND I SAID, I DON'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T HEAR, UM, YOUR RADIO, UM, COMMENTARIES OR YOUR, WHAT YOU WERE LISTENING
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TO.AND SO I SEE IT, I SEE IT MYSELF, I SEE IT EVEN TODAY, EVEN THE FIRST DAY I CAME HERE, I SAW IT.
SO YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO PUSH TWO THIRDS OF THE NATION ASIDE OR NOT THE NATION, THE COUNTY, AND YOU THINKING THAT IT'S COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE, SUPPOSED TO BE A LARGE SCOPE COVERING OR INVOLVING MUCH INCLUSIVE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU'RE EXCLUDING THE REST OF THE COUNTY THAT YOU'RE CALLING SOVEREIGN NATIONS OR NONS, STATUTORY IN YOUR CASE, STATUTORY.
IF I, IF I MAY, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND FOR THE UPDATE AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT, UH, YOU AND THE TEAM HAS PUT IN, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE, THE CONSULTANT AND, UM, PRESENTING AND FINALIZING THIS, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I MEAN, HAVING BEEN EMPLOYED AND STARTING MY EMPLOYMENT WITH THE NAVAJO COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT IN PAST TIMES WITH THE, THE LATE BILL FREELY AND HIS TEAMS, UM, I DO SOMEWHAT HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, UH, THE PLANNING AND, WELL, I THINK IT'S NOW CALLED THE COMMUNITY SERVICES OR COMMUNITY PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IT'S NO LONGER PLANNING AND ZONING, IS IT? UH, SUPERVISOR PRESS GUIDES, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
PLANNING AND AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AND, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE, THAT THE, THAT THE, THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED HERE IS BASICALLY OUTLINING THE COUNTY'S FUTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE GOALS FOR THE POLICIES, UM, GUIDING THE LAND USED INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DECISIONS, UM, WITHIN OUR COUNTY JURISDICTION.
UM, WHILE THE RESPECTIVE TRIBES SUCH AS WHITE MOUNT APACHE, NAVAJO NATION, AND THE HOPI TRIBE, WE HAVE MORE OF A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY PLANNING WITHIN THE SOVEREIGN, UM, BOUNDARIES, UM, OF OUR FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TERRITORY OR JURISDICTIONS PRIORITIZING, LIKE CULTURE PRESERVATION, UM, SELF-DETERMINATION ALONGSIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THERE, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, FOR, UH, SUPERVISOR BE IS THERE ARE SOME KEY DIFFERENCES, UM, AS FAR AS A COMPREHENSIVE IN, IN, I GUESS I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY TO MY, TO MY UNDERSTANDING AND, AND, AND I, AND I, AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES DO UNDERSTAND THAT, IS THAT THERE'S TWO KEY DIFFERENCES HERE.
WE AS A COUNTY, WHEN WE HAVE OUR COUNTY HAT ON AS SUPERVISORS, WE OPERATE UNDER STATE AUTHORITY, WHILE TRIBAL NATIONS ARE CONSIDERED, UM, SOVEREIGN ENTITIES WITH THE RIGHT TO GOVERN THEMSELVES.
UM, MEANING THAT THEIR PLANNING PROCESS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO STATE REGULATIONS IN THE, IN THE SAME WAY.
AND THEN ALSO THE FOCUSED AREAS.
YOU HAVE THE COUNTY THAT'S FOCUSING HERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR THREE TRIBAL NATIONS, UM, WHO HAVE, UM, WHO, WHOSE FOCUS IS, IS DIFFERENT.
SO THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TYPICALLY FOCUSES ON LAND USE ZONING, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, THE ECONOMIC, UM, GROWTH, AND THE POPULATION PROJECTIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY BOUNDARIES.
WELL, US, I DON'T PUT LITTLE, UH, UM, WHEN I SAY US, I MEAN THE, THE TRIBAL NATIONS PLAN, LIKE I SAID, PRIORITIZES CULTURAL PRESERVATION, COMMUNITY HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS SPECIFIC TO THEIR TRIBAL LANDS, UM, AND THE TRADITIONS.
AND THEN I KNOW THAT WITH CONSULTATIONS, I'M SURE THAT THE RESPECTIVE TRIBES MAY HAVE BEEN CONSULTED BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT NAVAJO NATION AND THE HOPI TRIBE DO HAVE FEE LAND SURROUNDING THE CITY LIMITS OF WINSLOW, AND THEN ALONG I 40, AND THEN ALSO GOING ALONG HIGHWAY 87 IN THOSE AREAS, UM, WHICH ARE, HAVE A DIFFERENT, UM, PLANNING PROCESS WITHIN THE TRIBE BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT, THOSE LANDS ARE NOT IDENTIFIED AS TRIBAL TRUST LANDS, BUT THOSE ARE MORE OF A FEE LAND TYPE TO WHERE THEY HAVE THE TRIBE CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH, WITH THOSE.
UM, SO I'M SURE THAT CONSULTATION HAS BEEN MADE.
AND THEN ALSO THE, THE OTHER DIFFERENCE TOO IS LIKE THE, UM, THE FUNDING TRIBAL NATIONS, WE RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING INITIATIVES AND THEN WITH, TO, TO HELP MORE SPECIFIC TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE NATION.
UM, WHILE COUNTIES, THEY PRIMARILY, UM, RELY ON LOCAL, UM, FUNDING RESOURCES SUCH AS THE TAXES THAT PEOPLE PAY, UM, PTPT AND SO FORTH.
AND, AND SO I DO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
AND UM, AND I KNOW THAT WITH THIS PLAN, UM, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE ACCORDING TO WHAT STATE STATUTE IS DONE.
BUT I GUESS UNDERSTANDING HOW THE STATE OPERATES AND THEN HOW THE NATIONS OPERATES WITH THOSE KEY DIFFERENCES, UM, PROVIDES THAT CLARIFICATION.
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OLI UNDERSTANDS THAT PART.ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? GO AHEAD.
CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT? PLEASE? YES, GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT HAVE SPENT HOURS AND RESEARCH OUR STAFF, UH, THE TIME THEY PUT INTO THIS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED AS WE LOOK FORWARD INTO DEVELOPMENT, INTO ZONING ORDINANCES, INTO PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES THAT THEY GROW.
IT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FROM A LARGE LEVEL TO DETERMINE HOW OUR COMMUNITY'S GOING TO GROW THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT SHOWS THAT WE WILL POSSIBLY A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OUR CITIZENS AND NUMBER OF HOUSING OVER THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS.
SO THAT FALLS UPON US AS A RESPONSIBILITY OF SUPERVISORS.
HOW CAN WE SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS SO THAT WE STAY VIABLE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH SOME OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND GO FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO GROW.
I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED, AN EXCELLENT PLAN THAT HAS BEEN VETTED BY OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOOKED AT IT, THAT HAVE, UH, MADE MODIFICATIONS THAT WHERE WE HAVE, WE'VE TRIED TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC, UH, IN SEVERAL WAYS.
AND I JUST LOOK BACK AT IT, IT WAS 2004 WHEN THE LAST TIME WE HAD A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE SHOULD ADD ONE DONE IN 2014.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL 2023 THAT WE MODIFIED SOMETHING SO THAT WE COULD BE IN COMPLIANCE.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY A, A FANTASTIC CATCH UP.
WE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE OUR ECONOMY IS GROWING RIGHT NOW WITH CHANGING OF RENEWABLE SOURCES, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CLOSING OF SOME OF OUR POWER PLANTS AND ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING FORWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY AND HOW DO WE GET ONBOARDED.
SO THIS MAKES A PLAN THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT, INVESTORS CAN LOOK AT, COMPANIES CAN LOOK AT AND SAY, WHAT DOES NAVAJO COUNTY OFFER US? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO VIABLY BE PART? AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANYTHING, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FOUNDATION IN THAT PYRAMID, AND IF YOUR FOUNDATION ISN'T STRONG, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GROW.
AND SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, HAVE, IT'S BY NO MEANS THE PERFECT PLAN, BUT IT IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE WILL TWEAK IT THROUGH ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS AS WE GO FORWARD OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS, MAKING THIS POSITIVE AS WE GROW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.
SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE DID ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC? OKAY.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MELISSA, DID YOU GET ANY? I DON'T HAVE ANY SLIPS.
NO PUBLIC LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON THIS ITEM? CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THE QUESTION ON APPROVAL, SO IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVAL, UM, AND THERE'S A POINT WHERE WE DESIRE AN AMENDMENT OR THAT WE GO BACK AND WE MODIFY.
SO IF THE RECOMMENDATION IS EVERY 10 YEARS, UM, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE FOR US? CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, I APPRECIATE THE, THE QUESTION THERE.
SO, UM, STATUTORILY WE ARE REQUIRED TO, UH, READOPT OR UPDATE EVERY 10 YEARS BY THE STATE OF ARIZONA THROUGH THEIR STATUTES.
UH, HOWEVER, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT.
UM, SO SAY WE WERE TO NOTICE WITHIN A YEAR THAT THERE'S A, A LARGE TREND THAT WE'VE MISSED OR A LARGE SHIFT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, EITHER THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STAFF OR THE DIRECTION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, WE CAN COME FORTH AND UPDATE ANY ONE PORTION OR THE ENTIRETY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, WE WOULD JUST UNDERGO A, A VERSION OF THIS PROCESS THAT WE HAVE JUST UNDERGONE AND THE UNDERWENT IN THE PAST YEAR.
UM, SO AT ANY POINT IN TIME WE CAN COME FORWARD AND MAKE AN UPDATE IF WE START TO NOTICE SOME SHIFTS WHERE WE HAD NOT, UH, REALIZED THEY MIGHT COME.
'CAUSE WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT A, A PERFECT DOCUMENT, WHICH IS WHY IT'S, IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT AND VERY ENABLED AS FAR AS UPDATING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
I, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE IN HELPING US TO BE ABLE TO, ONE, MEET THE REQUIREMENT, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT IN A PROFESSIONAL AND SOUND WAY.
I THINK IN LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING
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THAT, UM, BEING DILIGENT AND REACHING OUT TO, UM, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEIR, UM, VOICES AND UNDERSTANDING AND HOW IT IMPACTS OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT WE TOOK THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITIES IN BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS IMPORTANT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND HOW IT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT, UM, THEIR OWN PROPERTIES, LANDS, COMMUNITIES, UM, DISCUSSIONS ON FUTURE PROJECTS AND SO FORTH.ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE, UM, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PROGRESS AND GROWTH OF NAVAJO COUNTY.
AND SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE PLAN, AND WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITHIN THE BOARD CHAMBERS ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY AND HOW DO WE LOOK AT RENEWABLE ENERGY.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE ARE, WE LOOK AT HOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOOKS AT THAT, THAT WE, UM, THE VALUE OF ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PLAN AND HOW OUR COMMUNITIES ARE INVOLVED, HOW OUR NEIGHBORS ARE INVOLVED, AND REALLY TAKING THAT VALUE PERSPECTIVE.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO REALLY TRY TO, UM, DELVE INTO THAT AND, UM, HELP, UM, CREATE A PLAN OR A STARTING PLACE THAT, THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, THEIR VALUE AND THEIR IMPORTANCE, AND HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER SO THAT THOSE PROJECTS BECOME SUCCESSFUL.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT IN THOSE, BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
UM, THE CONVERSATIONS WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, CERTAINLY OUR TRIBAL, UM, PARTNERS ARE IMPORTANT.
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE, THE CONNECTION, I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECOME PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.
THIS IS JUST PART OF THAT AND BEING ABLE TO THINK ABOUT, WELL, THESE ARE THE, THE, THE STANDARDS, THE POLICIES THAT NAVAJO COUNTY UPHOLDS, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE, I GUESS SUPPORTING THE STRUCTURES AND SO FORTH.
UM, BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR PARTNERS AND OUR PARTNERS UNDERSTANDING HOW WE, UM, VALUE OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, FAMILIES, LAND PROPERTIES AND SO FORTH, UM, THAT, THAT BECOMES AN EXTENSION OF THAT.
IT MIGHT NOT SPECIFICALLY SAY, UM, BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TRIBAL PARTNERSHIP, PARTNERSHIP, THAT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT VALUE FOR ALL OF US, NOT JUST THE THREE OF US WHO REPRESENT TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, BUT I KNOW FOR ALL FIVE OF US THAT, UM, TRIBAL COMMUNITIES ARE A VALUED ASSET FOR NAVAJO COUNTY.
AND I, I JUST ADD THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME MISUNDERSTANDING AND, UM, AND SO I WANNA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.
BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THIS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I WOULD ECHO AND SAY THANK YOU.
IT'S OBVIOUS THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TRYING TO DO SOME OUTREACH, MAKING SURE CONNECTING WITH THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND ACTUALLY WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU WENT ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE CONNECTING TO, UH, TO FIND OUT WHAT CITIZENS WANT FOR NAVAJO COUNTY.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND UPDATE TO THE NAVAJO NOW NAVAJO COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE THE MAJORITY, UH, IN FAVOR OF, SO MOTION PASSES.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR THANK YOU CHAIR.
TIME AND CONSIDERATION ON THIS.
[a. Presentation of Navajo County's Waste Tire Program and notification of the receipt of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Voluntary Environmental Stewardship Program (VESP) Bronze Award.]
ON TO ITEM SEVEN, PUBLIC WORKS.ITEM SEVEN, A PRESENTATION OF IOWA COUNTY'S WASTE TIRE PROGRAM, A NOTIFICATION OF THE RECEIPT OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM, BRONZE AWARD.
AND WE WILL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.
UH, NAVAJO COUNTY HAS RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM A DQ FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINED COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS FOR A THREE YEAR IN A ROW.
NOW, UH, THE VESP BRONZE AWARD, VESP STANDS FOR VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM, IS IN RECOGNITION OF NAVAJO COUNTY'S WASTE TIRE FACILITIES FOR MAKING A DEMONSTRATED EFFORT IN COM, UH, TO COMPLY WITH THE, WITH THE REGULATIONS.
UM, BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO MANNY BALLER, SHE'S WITH
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A DQ, SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE.I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY AND GIVE A VERY BRIEF, UM, OVERVIEW OF NAVAJO COUNTY'S WASTE UH, TIRE PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, PLEASE STOP ME AND ASK ME ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.
SO, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A DEQ.
UH, THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY STATE LEGISLATURE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAM, AND A DQ IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT.
THERE ARE TWO WASTE TIRE COLLECTION SITES.
ONE IS IN HOLBROOK AND ONE IS IN SHOW.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, PUBLIC WORKS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNITY CLEANUP.
THAT'S OUR FUNCTION AS WELL, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO LIKE A BIRD TRASH.
SO DURING THAT COMMUNITY CLEANUP, WE ALSO SEND OUT OUR, UH, TRAILERS IF THERE IS ANY NEED, UH, TO COLLECT, UH, THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE TIRES.
SO, SO WE MAKE A GOOD EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE IS A INFORMATION OUT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR TIRES AND, AND BRING IT TO, TO US.
OR SOMETIMES WE ALSO, UH, GO TO THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, TO PICK UP THE TIRES.
AND I WILL GO IN A LITTLE DETAIL ON THAT.
UH, CRUM RUBBER MANUFACTURER OF AMERICA, LLC, THEY HAVE CONTRACT WITH NAVAJO COUNTY TO HAUL AND DISPOSE WASTE TIRE.
UH, WE, WE HAVE A CONTRACT PRICE WITH THEM OF, UH, $76 90 CENT PER TON.
WE, WE, THAT'S WHAT WE PAY THEM.
THEY COME TO OUR YARD AND, AND PICK IT UP.
WE HAVE, UH, FEW OUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE IN AUDIENCE, SEAN, TASHA, KATIE, AND STEVIE, UH, WHO WORK IN COLLABORATION TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM BECAUSE RECORD KEEPING DOCUMENTATION IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
SO, SO THEY ARE THERE AT THIS, UH, SITES, UH, TO HELP WHOEVER IS, UH, COMING UP WITH THESE TIRES.
THE NEXT NEXT SLIDE IS JUST GIVES A DATA, UH, FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH ENDED JUNE 30TH OF, UH, OF LAST YEAR.
AND NOW WE ARE IN FISCAL YEAR 25.
SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, WE COLLECTED 54,268 TIRES.
AND TO THE TABLE TO THE RIGHT, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WAS COLLECTED IN SHOW LOW AND HOLBROOK YARD.
AND ALSO, UH, I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, WHEN I SAY TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, THESE ARE TRIBAL GOVERNMENTAL AREAS ADMINISTERED BY THEM.
BUT WE DO SEND OUT OUR TRAILERS OUT THERE IF THERE IS A NEED TO GO AND PICK UP THE TIRES.
UH, IN THE PAST WE GOT SEVERAL RE UH, REQUESTS FROM CHAPTERS.
UM, MANY TIMES, UH, WE GET A LOT OF TIRES FROM THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE, THEY COME AND DELIVER IT TO OUR SHOULDER, UH, YARD.
SO, SO THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL SO FAR.
ALSO, UM, THE STATE FUNDING IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE COLLECT, UH, A LOT OF TIRES.
SO WITHOUT STATE FUNDS, THIS PROGRAM WON'T EXIST.
SO, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE GRANT OR THE FUNDING WE GET EVERY YEAR FROM THE, UH, STATE OF ARIZONA.
THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE GET VARIES EVERY YEAR.
UH, USUALLY WE GET OVER 210,000, UH, BUT IT VARIES.
THERE IS A, UH, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS IN ORIGINAL REVISED STATUTE, HOW THE FUNDING IS GET, UH, FUNDING GETS DISTRIBUTED.
SO, SO YOU CAN SEE THE CHART TO THE RIGHT, UH, WHERE ARD USUALLY GETS, UM, LITTLE MORE, UH, THAN THE HOLBROOK.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE BOTH FACILITIES THAT ARE VERY ACTIVE AND WE COLLECT A LOT OF TIRES.
UM, THE CHART, THE TABLE BELOW, UH, SHOWS THE COLLECTION SINCE LAST FOUR YEARS, 2020 TO 2024.
UM, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE ON AVERAGE WE ARE, WE ARE GETTING LITTLE OVER 60,000 TIRES EVERY YEAR.
UH, THIS IS A FLYER I WANNA HIGHLIGHT.
THIS IS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ANYONE TO DOWNLOAD TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
UH, IT, IT GIVES A LOT OF INFORMATION.
IT TELLS US, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, WHAT IS THE FEE IF SOMEONE IS BRINGING TIRE MORE THAN CERTAIN RIM SIZES.
SO, AND ALSO IT GIVES THE MAP AND THE LOCATION, UH, WHERE THEY CAN BRING IN.
SO THIS, THIS IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER PUBLIC WORKS WEBPAGE FOR ANYONE TO, IF THEY HAVE ANY INFORMATION, THEY CAN, THEY CAN EASILY DOWNLOAD, DOWNLOAD THIS, THIS ATTACHMENT.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO MANNY.
UH, SHE CAN, I THINK SHE HAS A PRESENTATION AS WELL.
DID YOU, DO I HAVE ACCESS TO THAT? YEAH, I THINK I,
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GOOD MORNING.UM, SUPERVISOR WHITING, VICE CHAIR, WEINGER AND BOARD.
I AM THE COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR NAVAJO AND APACHE AND GILA COUNTY.
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU PERSONALLY, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TODAY TO PRESENT THIS REALLY VERY UNIQUE RECOGNITION.
THE ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE, PUSH THE BUTTON.
OH, THE, UM, REQUESTED THAT AIR A DEQ CREATE A VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM THAT RECOGNIZES ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE REGULATE IN THEIR COMPLIANCE RECORDS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN ALMOST 10 YEARS SINCE A DQ HAS BEEN DOING THIS, SO IT'S NOT WORKING.
KEEP, SO THERE ARE, I LIKE TO SAY THAT THE VESP PROGRAM IS A STAIRCASE TO PLATINUM AND NAVAJO COUNTY IS AT BRONZE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT QUALIFYING FOR THE, WITH THE TIRE PROGRAM.
SO AS IF THEY WANT TO, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE UP THESE LADDERS TO PLATINUM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE COPPER IS A ONE-TIME RECOGNITION.
SO IF THERE IS SOMEONE ON THE NAVAJO NATION, THE HOPI NATION, THE THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE, EVEN REGULAR COUNTY, YOU CAN RECOGNIZE A COMPANY AND ORGANIZATION WHO'S DOING GREAT SERVICE.
SO LIKE A CLEANUP, A WASTE TIRE CLEANUP, A RIVER CLEANUP, OR ANYTHING ELSE, YOU CAN CONTACT ME OR ANYONE ELSE AT A DEQ AND WE CAN NOMINATE THEM AND THEY CAN GET A COPPER AWARD.
BRONZE IS WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLIANCE RECORD OF THREE YEARS BEING COMPLIANT.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHERE THIS RECOGNITION COMES IN.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED A DE Q4 YEARS AGO, THE NAVAJO COUNTY WASTE TIRE PROGRAM WAS SIX YEARS.
SIX YEARS IN ARREAR WITH REPORTING.
AND THEY HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF CATCHING UP ALL OF THOSE YEARS AND THEN BEING COMPLIANT EVERY YEAR.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEIR FACILITY IS ALSO COMPLIANT.
THEN YOU CAN HAVE SILVER, GOLD, AND PLATINUM, AND PLATINUM IS WHERE YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN PLACE.
AND SO I WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER AND, AND THIS JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S THREE YEAR HISTORY, UM, YEAH, JUST IT'S NOT WORKING.
UM, THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS TO THIS.
UM, GENERALLY WHEN A DEQ COMES OUT, THEY COME OUT AND THEY'RE NOT GIVING YOU NOTIFICATION, THEY'RE LIKE, WE'RE GONNA BE HERE, WE'RE COMING TO CHECK YOU OUT WITH BEING A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
GENERALLY THERE ARE PRE NOTIFICATIONS, THERE'S RECOGNITIONS AND ABOVE, AND THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITIES SOMETIMES TO NEGOTIATE, PERMIT, SOME PERMIT FLEXIBILITIES.
THIS IS NOT A LICENSE, UM, AS IT IS JUST A RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
'CAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE SAW VALUE IN THE FACT THAT AS COMPLIANCE GOES, IT'S EASIER TO CREATE COMPLIANCE THROUGH VOLUNTARY ME MEANS RATHER THAN CREATING MORE REGULATION AND MORE RULES AND REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO TODAY IT'S MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT BOTH THE SOUTH ROAD YARD AND THE NORTH COUNTY ROAD YARD, THE CERTIFICATE.
AND I ALSO WANNA JUST THANK YOU.
I, I LIVE IN APACHE COUNTY AND I HAVE BROUGHT TIRES TO THE SHOW, LOW ROAD YARD TO THE SHOW LOW, THE HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT, OR NOT HAZARD THAT TO THE, UM, E-WASTE EVENT.
THERE'S ALWAYS A, I THERE'S NOT A TRAILER THERE.
THEY'RE USUALLY ON THE BACKSIDE OVER THERE.
JUST DUMP YOUR TIRES OVER THERE AND THEN THEY COME AND PICK THEM UP.
AND THERE'S ALWAYS A HUGE MOUNTAIN OF TIRES.
AND I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY IN APACHE COUNTY THAT ACCEPTS THESE TIRES.
AND SO PEOPLE BRING THEM FROM APACHE COUNTY TO THE SHOULDER ROAD YARD AT THE E-WASTE EVENT.
AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT 'CAUSE IT'S THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS.
YOU WANNA DO THAT? DO WE HAVE A SOUTH ROAD YARD? I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO HOLD THAT ONE? A BROOK FOR THE NORTH ROAD YARD, WOULD YOU DO ONE FOR ME? SORRY?
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WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO STAND? IT'S NOT OVER HERE.ON THE SIDE WOULD BE POSSIBLE ACTUALLY TO GET IT WITH THE BOARD AS WELL, BECAUSE IN FRONT HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, LET'S, LET'S, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD.
I KNOW, YEAH, SHE'LL DIRECT US.
HOW DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD FIT EVERYBODY IN, UM, THOSE WHO ARE HOLDING THE AWARD CERTIFICATES? NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF SOME, IF YOU'RE HOLDING A CERTIFICATE, WOULD YOU MIND STANDING UNDER THIS CLATE? HOW DO YOU WANT, CAN YOU GET TO FIT THIS WAY? I THINK SO, YES.
DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY.
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TO HONOR THEM.
[b. Consideration of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the State of Arizona, Department of Transportation for the Silver Creek Drive and Silver Lake Boulevard Crossing.]
SEVEN B, CONSIDERATION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE SILVER CREEK DRIVE IN SILVER LAKE BOULEVARD CROSSING.GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.
UH, NAVAJO COUNTY HAS RECEIVED, UH, FUNDING THROUGH A Z SMART FUNDS FOR DESIGN OF A PROJECT, UH, IN DISTRICT THREE.
UH, THE WORK PROPOSED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT CONSISTS OF PREPARING PROJECT PLANS, SPECIFICATION, EVALUATING AND IDENTIFYING DESIGN ALTERNATIVES, ALTERNATIVES FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AT SILVER CREEK DRIVE AND STORMING CROSSING AT SILVER LAKE BOULEVARD.
UH, I JUST WANT TO, UH, SHOW ON THE, ON THE SCREEN WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED.
UH, IT IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF WHITE MOUNTAIN, UH, OR YEAH, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES COMMUNITY.
UH, THE PROJECT, UH, INCLUDES, UH, DOING A NEW BRIDGE CROSSING, UH, OVER ROCKY RODEO.
UH, RIGHT NOW, THE CROSSING THAT'S EXISTING, IT'S NOT VERY RESILIENT CROSSING, UH, SILVER KICK DRIVE IS A COLLECTOR ROAD.
IT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR ACCESS, UH, FROM HIGHWAY 77 INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO, UH, WE NEED A NEW STORM WIND CROSSING AT SILVER LAKE BOULEVARD.
SO LAST YEAR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS APPLIED FOR S SMART FUNDING AND WE WERE, UH, WE HAD TO COMPETE FOR IT.
WE GOT 890,000, UH, TO DO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT EFFORT, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE FUNDING, AZ SMART COMES FROM ADOT, UH, ADOT WILL ADMINISTER THE DESIGN DOUBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, THIS IGA IS TO MEMORIALIZE THAT AGREEMENT.
SO BA BA I MEAN, UH, ALL THE DETAILS OF THE IGA AND, UH, UH, CAUSE BREAKDOWN IS IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THIS IGA.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
YOU MAY HAVE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, SORRY, THESE ARE MORE PICTURES I DIDN'T REALIZE.
UH, SO THIS IS THE LOCATION WHERE WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A NEW BRIDGE CROSSING.
THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE EXISTING PIPE COLOR.
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MORE THAN 20 FEET IS CONSIDERED AS A BRIDGE.SO WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A NEW BRIDGE HERE AND REMOVE THE PIPE CROSSING.
UH, SAME, UH, THIS IS A STORM DRAIN CROSSING.
SO WE ARE PLANNING AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT, THIS WILL ALSO GET REPLACED, AT LEAST THE DESIGN WORK.
WE WILL GET STARTED AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR SEPARATE FUNDING TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION WORK.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? WHAT'S THE, THE PLAN? AND MAYBE, MAYBE YOU TALK ABOUT, MAYBE I DIDN'T CATCH THAT, BUT WHERE THIS IS GREAT AND GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT.
OBVIOUSLY AS YOU GO AND DO THAT IN THAT AREA, THERE'LL BE TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE WE JUST HAD ONE THAT WE HAD TO DO AND WE HAD TO DO IT AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO DO, BUT MAKING SURE THAT IT'S MINIMAL IN ITS IMPACT OR WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
IS THAT ALL THAT'LL BE CONSIDERED? YEAH, THAT WILL BE, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THAT WILL BE DEFINITELY CONSIDERED.
UH, BECAUSE WE CANNOT JUST CUT OFF ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY.
RIGHT? SO WE WILL DEFINITELY WORK ON, UH, DETOUR ROUTES, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T IMPACT BOTH ROUTES AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE COMMUNITY GETS LOCKED IN.
SO THOSE ALL WILL BE CONSIDERED DURING DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AS A PART OF OUR MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT WAYS TO COMMUNICATE THAT EFFECTIVELY SO THEY KNOW WHEN IT'S COMING YEAH.
WHEN IT SHOULD BE DONE AND WHAT KIND OF THE ROUTE WILL BE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO, BUT JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO REMEMBER TO LOOK TO DO THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? IF NOT, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND.
YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVORABLE, AYE.
HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.
THANK THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
[a. Consideration of an application from Concho Animal Advocates for a Class B Bingo License, at the Cedar Hills Senior Center, 9419 E Concho Highway, Snowflake]
A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION FROM THE CONS, ANIMAL ADVOCATES FOR A CLASS B BINGLE LICENSE AT THE CEDAR HILLS SENIOR CENTER.9 4 1 9 EAST CONCHO HIGHWAY IN SNOWFLAKE.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR SUPERVISORS.
THIS APPLICATION FOR BINGO LICENSES FROM THE CONCHO ANIMAL ADVOCATES.
THEY WOULD BE HOLDING BINGO AT THE CEDAR CEDAR HILLS SENIOR CENTER LOCATED OUTSIDE OF SNOWFLAKE.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT HAVE ALL RESPONDED THAT THE APPLICATION MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE FROM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE CONCHO ANIMAL ADVOCATE AND CLASS B BINGO.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.
[b. EXECUTIVE SESSION: pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3) for the Board to receive legal advice from its attorney regarding a Civil Action filed by SBA Communications Corporation 3:24-CV-08230-DWI]
ON NOW TO ITEM B, EXECUTIVE SESSION.PERSISTENT TO A RS 38 DASH 4 3 1 0 3 A THREE FOR THE BOARD TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM ITS ATTORNEY REGARDING A CIVIL ACTION FILED BY SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION.
SO WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE AYES HAVE, IT WILL CONVENE IN THE BOARD CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND THEN ARE YOU READY, MELISSA? OKAY.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED A MOTION TO COME BACK FROM REGULAR.
[c. RECONVENE: Consideration and direction to County Attorney regarding a response in the Civil Action filed by SBA Communications Corporation 3:24-CV-08230-DWI. ]
REGULAR SESSION.WE NEED TO GET A MOTION FOR THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
WE'RE NOW OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? APPRECIATE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BRIEFING US AND TALKING WITH US.
UH, AT THIS TIME, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
CHAIRMAN, I MOTION THAT, UH, THE STAFF BE DIRECTED TO FILE A RESPONSE
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TO, UM, THE CIVIC ACTION FILED BY SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION.SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FILE A RESPONSE TO SBA THE COURT.
UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I'LL SECOND IT.
HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.
[9. COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE: Report from County Manager, County Attorney and Board members.]
BUSINESS UPDATE.UM, MR. LAYTON, ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, ANYTHING? THANK YOU.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS OUR CHAIRMAN AND THANK YOU FOR THE JOB THAT YOU DID LAST YEAR.
AS WELL AS, UH, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR BEALLE FOR YOUR TIME AS SERVING AS VICE CHAIR AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING.
AND SUPERVISOR WEINGER, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR POSITION AS VICE CHAIR THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, AS I'VE KIND OF THOUGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEVASTATION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN, IN CALIFORNIA AND THE LOSS OF LIES THAT WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT THREAT CONTINUALLY HERE IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
I CAME ACROSS A, A POST THAT WAS GIVEN BY A VERY GOOD FRIEND AND TO MY WIFE'S.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW YEAR HERE.
SHE SAYS, 15 MONTHS AGO WHEN I WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON, WE CAME INTO THIS SIDE HAWK.
IT WAS SO WEIRD TO ME TO NOT HAVE TO TAKE TOILET PAPER INTO THE BATHROOM WITH ME.
THE CLOTHING I HAD ON AND THE LITTLE PURSE MY SISTER BOUGHT ME WAS ALL I OWNED THAT DAY.
I OWNED ONE PAIR OF NIKES AND THEY WERE ON MY FEET.
I HAD AN IPHONE AND I COULDN'T WORK IT.
I WAS SO EXCITED TO GO SOMEWHERE AND BUY SOME REAL CHAPSTICK.
BUT AT THE TABLE WERE MY DAY ONES.
THE PEOPLE WHO RODE THIS OUT WITH ME AND HAD FOR EIGHT YEARS, MY KIDS, MY GRANDKIDS, AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS, AND MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER.
THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO DO WAS TO GO HOME.
BUT AT THAT WAS TO GO HOME AND TO BE WITH MY FAMILY AND TO BE WITH MY LOVED ONES BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT I HAD THAT DAY WAS WHAT I HAD ON.
AND SHE HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN SPEAKING OUT FOR RECOVERING PROGRAMS OF BEING ABLE TO OVERCOME ADDICTIONS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE.
BUT AS I THINK ABOUT THE DEVASTATION THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE'VE LOST ALL OF OUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS, THAT REALLY ISN'T IMPORTANT.
IT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR HEART.
AND IF WE HAVE THE STRENGTH AND THE FAITH, WE CAN REBUILD ANYTHING.
AND IT'S USUALLY THE FRIENDS AROUND US THAT COME IN IN TIMES OF NEED.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS OF LIVING WHERE WE LIVE.
AND I JUST, UH, CHALLENGED JUST ALL THIS AND THEN THIS NEW YEAR TO, TO SET GOALS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HELP US TO BE BETTER PEOPLE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE IN THIS NEW COMING YEAR.
SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, UH, SUPERVISOR
UM, THANK YOU CHAIR COLLEAGUES, UM, JUST, UH, BEEN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, UM, WESTERN AGENCY GENERAL AGENCY VETERANS AND SOME OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER VETERANS MEETINGS.
I'VE ATTENDED MULTIPLE TIMES AND AS WELL AS THE CHAPTER MEETINGS, UM, IF THEY, UH, WHAT CHAPTER MEETINGS ARE MY FIRST PRIORITY.
AND THIS MONTH I WENT OUT TO, UM, WESTERN AGENCY, UM, CHAPTER OFFICIALS ORIENTATION, UH, NOT ORIENTATION,
ALSO AKA CENTRAL AGENCY, AND EIGHT CHAPTERS IN THE, UM, WESTERN AGENCY.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN, UM, PART OF MY, UH, HOLIDAY EVENTS AS WELL, UM, WITH THE, THE VETS AND THE, THE CHAPTERS.
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SO THAT'S, UM, MY REPORT FOR NOW.ANYTHING? UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHO ACTED AS THE HONOR GUARD FOR DEPUTY CAULKINGS WHO HAD, UM, HIS FUNERAL THIS PAST SATURDAY.
UM, CERTAINLY WE SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE THE SHERIFF AND, UM, THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND THEIR RESPECT FOR THEIR FELLOW COLLEAGUES.
SO I SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THEM AS WELL.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE CALIFORNIA FIRES HAVE CERTAINLY, UM, ARE PROBABLY TEACHING OUR NATION A LESSON, UM, NOT ONLY IN COMPASSION, UH, BUT ALSO IN THINKING ABOUT OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE A CONTINUED CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE ON URBAN INTERFACE FIRES AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND WE HAVE CERTAINLY ALL OF THE CONDITIONS THAT ALIGN AND WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND CONTINUE, UM, TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR LAND.
AND ALSO BEING GOOD, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR PART IN MITIGATING OUR PROPERTIES AND ALSO WORKING AS A COMMUNITY, UM, TO ENHANCE THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, CERTAINLY, UM, I KNOW THAT ALL OF US PROBABLY KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FIRE IN SOME WAY.
AND, UM, IT IS DEVASTATION THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN AS A NATION, UM, DUE TO FIRE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT, SUPERVISOR.
UM, I WOULD ECHO, I'M GETTING KIND OF NERVOUS AS WE WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND WE GET READY TO MOVE INTO FIRE SEASON.
OUR CONDITIONS HERE ARE, IT'S BEEN REALLY DRY.
AND SO LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO PRAY FOR RAIN AND THEN ALSO BEING RESPONSIBLE AROUND, UM, THE POTENTIAL FIRE SEASON THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
I ENCOURAGE US ALL TO GET WAY OUT IN FRONT OF THAT AND BE PREPARED FOR IT.
UM, ALSO WANT TO THANK EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR TRUST.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE WITH YOU AND, UH, FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO.
UM, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU REPRESENT.
AND I, I REALLY, I APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT I SEE YOU GET TO SINCERELY DO THAT.
I NOTICED AS, UH, SUPERVISOR WEINGER CAME INTO THE FUNERAL, UM, AND I APOLOGIZE TO MAKE IT PERSONAL, BUT I SAW HOW EMOTIONAL SHE WAS AND HOW MUCH SHE WAS TOUCHED AND CARED GENUINELY FOR THE OFFICER AND THOSE THAT WERE HURTING ME IN THAT ROOM.
IT OCCURRED TO ME AS WE SAT IN THAT ROOM.
UH, WHILE I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE, AND I TALKED TO BRIAN ABOUT THIS, WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT WORK HERE AND I CAN SAY, AT LEAST FOR ME, I SINCERELY CARE ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF OUR TEAM AND PART OF OUR FAMILY.
I DON'T ALWAYS KNOW EVERYBODY AS WELL AS I WOULD LIKE TO.
UM, AND GETTING A CHANCE TO KIND OF HEAR ABOUT HIS LIFE AND HOW HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE COUNTY DURING THE TIME THAT HE WAS HERE.
IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GO AND BE A PART OF THAT.
IT ALSO OCCURRED TO ME THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING KIND TO EACH OTHER, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE THE GOOD, UM, 'CAUSE THE REALITY IS WE'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE.
WE MIGHT SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BUT PEOPLE START OFF THE DAY INTENDING TO GO OUT AND TO DO GOOD.
WE JUST MIGHT BE LOOKING AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
AND SO GIVE EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE AND ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT GOING INTO THIS NEW YEAR.
UH, GRATEFUL FOR THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE.
GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY IN THE WAY THAT THEY CHOOSE TO SERVE.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL HELP HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT AS WELL.
'CAUSE IT IS MY INTENTION TO MAKE SURE THAT I SEE THE BEST IN PEOPLE AS WE MOVE INTO 2025.
SO, ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
MELISSA, THAT THERE ARE ANY INDIVIDUALS NO, NO.
OKAY WITH THAT, THEN WE STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, BEFORE WE LEAVE, IT IS SUPERVISOR WHITINGS.
WE'RE RECOGNIZING HIS BIRTHDAY, SO WE HAVE TO SING.
SOMEONE SAID I CAN SING, BUT WE CAN ALL SING.
UM, WE HAVE CAKE UP HERE, SO DON'T FORGET TO CAKE, GET CAKE BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SING YOUR OWN BIRTHDAY SONGS.
I HAD A LOT OF, UH, FRIENDS, ALL WHO HERE TO EXPRESS HOW OLD I'M
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SO, I'VE NEVER, UH, BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING TOO YOUNG OR ANYBODY'S EVER UNDER GUESS MY AGE.SO