[6. Board of Supervisors - Approve conversion of a two (2) year private sector position on the Yavapai County Workforce Development Board (YCWDB) to a four (4) year public sector position representing education and appoint Dr. Marylou Mercado of Yavapai College as a General Member with a term date of June 30, 2028.]

MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

MR. CHRISTIANS.

CHAIRMAN BROWN.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M COREY CHRISTIANS, YOUR INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND I'LL SAY, IN MY 25 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING FELLOW PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT HAVE PASSION, DRIVE, MOTIVATION, AND A TRUE CALLING TO SERVE THE PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

I PRESENT TO YOU ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION TO SERVE ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

DOCTOR MARY LOU MERCADO IS CURRENTLY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH SCIENCES FOR YAVAPAI COLLEGE.

HER PROGRAMS HAVE HAD A DIRECT IMPACT ON DEVELOPING OUR WORKFORCE, INCLUDING CREATING PROGRAMS TO MEET OUR NEED FOR NURSES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY AND THIS STATE.

HER INSIGHT INTO OUR COUNTY'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, HER PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND HER ABILITY TO SEE THE PROBLEMS AND ADDRESS THEM WILL MAKE HER AN IDEAL MEMBER OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

I PRESENT TO YOU DOCTOR MARY LOU MERCADO.

DOCTOR MERCADO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN.

WELL, I LOVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

I JUST REALLY CANNOT HIDE IT.

MY FIRST DEGREE WAS FROM A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN WISCONSIN, WAUKESHA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE, AND I SERVED THE WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM ALL 16, AND NOW I'VE BEEN HERE SERVING YAVAPAI COUNTY AND YAVAPAI COLLEGE AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF WORKFORCE WITH MY TEAM.

THE NURSING DEPARTMENT JUST GRADUATED 52 BRAND NEW ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSES THAT ALL HAD JOB OPPORTUNITIES ALREADY AND WE HAD 17 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE NURSES GRADUATE AS WELL THAT ARE GOING INTO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE DATA SHOWS THAT THEY STAY HERE, 73% OF THEM DO, AND THEN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WITH CTECH TRADES AND MANUFACTURING, WE ARE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS THERE WITH ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT JOHN MORGAN LEADING THE HELM THERE.

SO THIS IS A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.

IT IS MY PASSION AND I WOULD SPEAK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I PROBABLY GET A LITTLE BIT TEARY EYED BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF YAVAPAI COUNTY ARE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO ATTAIN A LIVING WAGE TO OBTAIN HOUSING, TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES, TO MAKE THEIR PLACE HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, WHERE MANY OF THEM WERE BORN AND RAISED AND HAVE GROWN UP AND NOW ARE SERVING THE COUNTY WITH ALL OF THEIR HEART AND SOUL.

SO IT IS MY ROLE, MY MISSION, MY MINISTRY, IF YOU WILL, AND MY PASSION TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY AND TO MEET THEIR NEEDS THROUGH EDUCATION AND THE GOALS THAT THEY SO STRONGLY DESIRE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOCTOR.

WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONVERSION OF A TWO YEAR PRIVATE SECTOR POSITION ON THE YAVAPAI COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, YCWDB, TO A FOUR YEAR PUBLIC SECTOR POSITION REPRESENTING EDUCATION AND APPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR MARY LOU MERCADO OF YAVAPAI COLLEGE AS A GENERAL MEMBER WITH THE TERM DATE OF JUNE 30TH OF 2028.

SECOND. SECONDED BY MISS MALLORY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR, AND I WOULD ALSO JUST DO A FOOTNOTE THAT YOU KNOW ALREADY.

WE HAVE OUR PROBATIONERS HARD AT WORK FROM THE ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE COUNTY WHO ARE LEARNING OR WILL BE LEARNING NEW SKILLS TO BECOME EMPLOYABLE AND REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT'S YOUR GOAL AS WELL. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TOGETHER WITH YOU TO SEE HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT WITH THE PROBATIONERS ALSO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[8. Board of Supervisors - Approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Arizona for collaboration on various programs at the DK Ranch in Yavapai County. YC Contract No. 2024-604 (District 2 - Supervisor Gregory)]

NUMBER EIGHT, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOR COLLABORATION ON VARIOUS PROGRAMS AT THE DK RANCH IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

YAVAPAI CONTRACT NUMBER 2024604, AND IT'S IN SUPERVISOR GREGORY'S DISTRICT

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SUPERVISOR DISTRICT.

YEAH. GREGORY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I THINK MAURY DOES. YEAH, CHAIRMAN, WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED TO A DATE UNCERTAIN.

OKAY, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S FOR A FUTURE DATE.

YEAH, DATE UNKNOWN, THOUGH, JUST TABLED AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THEN WE'LL TABLE THAT ITEM AND MOVE RIGHT ON.

THANK YOU.

[1. Board of Supervisors - Approve the Yavapai County Workforce Development Board four (4) year local plan in accordance with Section 108 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).]

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVE THE YAVAPAI COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUR YEAR LOCAL PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 108 OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT, WIOA.

I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, BUT GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

ONCE AGAIN, COREY CHRISTIANS YOUR INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE LOCAL PLAN FOR THE YAVAPAI COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

THE LOCAL PLAN IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND BY SECTION 108 OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.

THIS PLAN WILL GUIDE OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WITH THE MANDATORY UPDATE OF THE PLAN AFTER TWO YEARS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE TEAM THAT PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER.

YAVAPAI COLLEGE GENEROUSLY DONATED THEIR TIME, TALENT AND EXPERTISE TO DRAFT THIS PLAN, SPECIFICALLY THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE, CONSISTING OF KAREN JONES, VINCENT REDGRAVE.

WE ALSO HAVE ERIC STOFF, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, AND LASTLY, CRAIG LEFEVER, WHO IS NOT PART OF THE REDC, BUT WHO IS THE ADULT EDUCATION TITLE TWO DIRECTOR AND ALSO A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEMBER.

SO CRAIG LEFEVER I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO VINCENT REDGRAVE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION, FOR THE REDC, TO TALK ABOUT THE LOCAL PLAN.

THANK YOU.

MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M JUST GOING TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW IN TERMS OF HOW THE PLAN WAS CONSTRUCTED.

THE OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS OF THE PLAN.

THEN A FINAL OVERVIEW OF THE OUTCOMES.

IT SHOULD JUST TAKE A FEW MOMENTS OF YOUR TIME.

SO THANK YOU, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER, AND YAVAPAI COLLEGE AS WELL.

AS COREY, SAID, THE PLAN IS A FOUR YEAR PLAN WITH A TWO YEAR UPDATE IN TERMS OF ANY STATE OR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, WHAT WE DID WAS WE STUDIED AND REVIEWED THE WIOA AND STATE SPECIFIC PRIORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS.

THAT WAS CONTINUALLY REVIEWED AS WE BUILT THE PLAN, AND THEN WHILST THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED, WE ENSURED THAT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO THAT IT WAS ALIGNED WITH ARIZONA'S WORKFORCE OBJECTIVES AND THEN SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO THE REGIONAL LEVEL REQUIREMENTS, WHICH I WILL COME TO IN A COUPLE OF MOMENTS IF YOU BEAR WITH ME. SO WE ENGAGED WITH THE WIOA CORE PARTNERS SPECIFICALLY.

THAT'S OUR TITLE ONE B PROVIDER, WHICH IS NACO CURRENTLY.

QUICK OVERVIEW. THEY PROVIDE ONE STOP SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, WORKFORCE SERVICES FOR YOUTH ADULTS, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, AND WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS. TITLE TWO PROVIDERS, WHICH IS ADULT EDUCATION SERVICES, HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY, AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.

TITLE THREE WAGNER-PEYSER.

THEY PROVIDE WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR GROUPS OF DISLOCATED WORKERS AND VETERANS PRIORITY SERVICES, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TITLE FOUR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, PROVIDING WORKFORCE RETRAINING AND FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH WORKFORCE RELATED BARRIERS, AND SO A LOT OF THAT CONSISTED OF FACE TO FACE MEETINGS PROBABLY SEVERAL HUNDRED EMAILS AT LEAST, AND THEN LOTS OF ZOOM MEETINGS AS THAT PLAN WAS BUILT OUT WITH THE CORE PARTNERS.

SO WE COULD PUT THAT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF THE CONTENTS, THERE ARE FIVE KEY AREAS THAT WILL POINT OUT.

WE CAN'T DIVE INTO ALL OF THE MINUTIA BECAUSE THIS MIGHT TAKE ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO DO, BUT IN TERMS IN ESSENCE, WHAT WE'VE GOT IS WE'VE GOT BUILDING THE SKILLED WORKFORCE ALIGNED WITH THOSE REGIONAL ECONOMIC NEEDS.

SO THAT'S EXPANDING JOB TRAINING.

IT'S APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. IT'S PARTNERING WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS AND EDUCATION PROVIDERS TO ALIGN THE TRAINING SPECIFIC TO INDUSTRY NEEDS AND ENHANCING THE CREDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN-DEMAND CAREERS. THE SECOND PORTION OF THAT IS PROMOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT.

SO THAT'S FOSTERING INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY SPECIFIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS, SUPPORTING BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION EFFORTS, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED RECRUITMENT AND

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TRAINING SERVICES TO THOSE EMPLOYERS.

THE THIRD SEGMENT IS INCREASING ACCESS AND EQUITY FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

THAT INCLUDES EXPANDING THE OUTREACH TO RURAL AREAS AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND THEN ALSO ENHANCING THAT SUPPORT FOR POPULATIONS WITH ANY TYPE OF BARRIER TO EMPLOYMENT, AND THAT COULD INCLUDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION OR CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE.

THEN THE FOURTH PIECE OF THAT WOULD BE THE CAREER PATHWAYS FOR YOUTH AND FOR ADULTS, AND THAT'S DEVELOPING THOSE YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT COMBINE EDUCATION, WORKFORCE EXPERIENCE, INTERNSHIPS, APPRENTICESHIPS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

IT ALSO INTEGRATES THE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND THAT, IN TURN PROMOTES THOSE CAREER PATHWAYS THAT LEAD TO HIGH DEMAND HIGH WAGE JOBS, OR AT LEAST LIVING WAGE JOBS AT THE VERY MINIMUM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED SERVICE DELIVERY SO THAT STRENGTHENING THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ARIZONA AT WORK, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, LOCAL COLLEGES, THE UNIVERSITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES ALIKE, AND BY INTEGRATING ALL OF THOSE, THEN WE INTEGRATE THE WORKFORCE, EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THAT PROVIDES AN OVERALL HOLISTIC UMBRELLA OF SERVICES, IF YOU LIKE, THAT WE PROVIDE FOR JOB SEEKERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO UPSKILL IN THE WORKFORCE AND FOR EMPLOYERS AS WELL, AND IN AMONGST THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SHARED PERFORMANCE METRICS AND THAT ENSURES ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADAPTABILITY AND THE CHANCE THEN FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND SO IN TERMS OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE PLAN THAT PROVIDES WORKFORCE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND WHAT WE'RE CALLING, WE ACTUALLY STOLE THE PHRASE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT IT'S THE NO WRONG DOOR ENVIRONMENT.

SO THAT WHEREVER YOU ENTER IN THAT WORKFORCE SYSTEM OR WITH ANY TITLE PROVIDER SPECIFICALLY, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE OTHER CORE PARTNERS AND THEIR SERVICES AND THOSE SERVICES, THOSE SERVICES CAN BE COMBINED AND SHARED AS WELL, AND SO THERE'S ESSENTIALLY A SEAMLESS TRANSITION BETWEEN THOSE SERVICE AND TITLE PROVIDERS.

THE TARGET POPULATIONS I MENTIONED EARLIER INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DISCONNECTED YOUTH, INDIVIDUALS WITH BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AND ADULTS SEEKING UPSKILLING OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE ARIZONA PLAN.

IN TOTAL, AS WELL AS THE YAVAPAI PLAN, IT EMPHASIZES A VISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS A THRIVING ECONOMY BY MEETING THE NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS AND FOSTERING WORKERS UPWARD MOBILITY, AND THAT'S DONE THROUGH SETTING MEASURABLE GOALS THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT THAT VISION.

MOST OF THAT WAS UNDERPINNED BY CONDUCTING A VERY THOROUGH ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE MARKET ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE HIGH GROWTH AREAS AND INDUSTRIES AND INDEPENDENT, IN-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS ARE, AND SET THE TRAINING AND PROGRAM PRIORITIES ACCORDINGLY, AND THAT WAS WITH A FOCUS ON THOSE HIGH DEMAND INDUSTRIES, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT LIMITED OR EXCLUSIVE, BUT THAT WOULD INCLUDE HEALTHCARE, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION.

THE PLAN ALSO COVERS THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION PROVIDERS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS EMBRY-RIDDLE YAVAPAI COLLEGE, PRESCOTT COLLEGE, NSU, ASU, AND U OF A.

WORKFORCE BOARD COLLABORATIONS SUCH AS MOJAVE AND YAVAPAI CO SERVING SELIGMAN, AND ALSO LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS VIVA RIO AND THE QUAD CITIES, AND THEN IT ALSO PROVIDES CLEAR ABOUT THE PLAN, PROVIDES CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ALIGN WITH WIOA PERFORMANCE INDICATORS EMPLOYMENT RATES, MEDIAN EARNINGS, CREDENTIAL ATTAINMENT, AND MEASURABLE SKILL GAINS, AND THE YAVAPAI PLAN ALSO PROVIDES A CLEAR GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK, TRANSPARENCY, COMPLIANCE AND COLLABORATION ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF THE WORKFORCE SYSTEM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

IF WE WERE GOING TO PINPOINT, I GUESS, ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRENT PLAN AND THE NEWLY PROPOSED PLAN IS THAT THE NEW PLAN WE THINK AND BELIEVE PROVIDES A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INDIVIDUAL CORE PARTNERS, RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THAT PLAN, THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ALSO IT'S MUCH MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE, COUNTY WIDE PLAN. THE PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEMBERS AND ACCORDINGLY UPDATED, AND THE PLAN WAS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE 6TH OF NOVEMBER THROUGH TO THE 19TH, AND SO THAT ENCOMPASSES, I GUESS, THOSE THREE BASIC ELEMENTS TO THAT, AND AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF YAVAPAI COLLEGE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO. DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE, AND, MR. BRENNAN, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS AGREEMENT? CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YES.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH MR. CHRISTIANS, AND THE COLLEGE HAS DONE EXCEPTIONAL WORK ON THIS PLAN.

TERRIFIC. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE YAVAPAI COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUR YEAR LOCAL PLAN.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 108 OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT, WIOA.

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SECOND BY MISS MALLORY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

APPROVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH EQUINE EMERGENCY EVACUATION, EEE, TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THE ASSISTANCE THEY PROVIDE TO RESIDENTS OF YAVAPAI

[2. Board of Supervisors - Approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Equine Emergency Evacuation (EEE) to formally recognize the assistance they provide to residents of Yavapai County through the evacuation of animals during emergencies. YC Contract No. 2024-599 ]

COUNTY THROUGH THE EVACUATION OF ANIMALS DURING EMERGENCY YAVAPAI CONTRACT NUMBER 2024599 MR. BRENNAN HAS READ THAT AND APPROVED THE MOU IN ITS RESPECT TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY. AM I CORRECT? YOU ARE CORRECT. YES, CHAIRMAN.

YOU ARE CORRECT. CHAIRMAN.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MARTY BRENNAN, BOARD COUNSEL.

I HAVE REVIEWED THIS MOU.

AS INDICATED. IT'S A PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN YAVAPAI COUNTY AND EEE, WHICH IS EQUINE EMERGENCY EVACUATION. EEE IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT.

THEY'VE BEEN ASSISTING RESIDENTS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY WITH EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS OF LARGE ANIMALS SINCE AT LEAST 2019. THEY PROVIDE A SERVICE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND MUCH LIKE THE MOU, THE EXISTING MOU BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND LASER, THIS WOULD FORMALIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR PROVIDING THIS SERVICE TO RESIDENTS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THIS MOU HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT AND ACIP AND ALL HAVE SIGNED OFF ON THIS MOU ACKNOWLEDGING EEE AS A VALUED PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY DURING EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS, AND I BELIEVE SOMEONE FROM EEE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED MOU. YES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT EEE IS THE EVACUATION OF ANIMALS BY BASICALLY GOING INTO THE OR BEYOND THE FIRE LINES THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN BY THE SHERIFF.

SO IT'S HIS SAY IN REGARDS TO WHETHER PEOPLE PASS OR NOT, AND THEY MAKE IT A BASICALLY A TECHNICAL RESCUE, AND THEN THEY DELIVER THOSE ANIMALS, USUALLY OVER TO WHEREVER THE OWNER HAS DESIGNATED OR TO THE LASER SITE UP AT THE RACETRACK.

YEP. CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSCORE.

THAT ONE LASER WORKS VERY WELL WITH EEE AND LASER'S FUNCTION IS TO SHELTER THESE ANIMALS.

THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID, AND EEE IS TO INTERVENE WHEN IT'S REQUIRED.

HAVING WORKED WITH THEM FOR YEARS NOW, I WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THAT [INAUDIBLE].

NOT ALWAYS A [INAUDIBLE], THAT'S FOR SURE.

COME ON UP. JUST AS A NOTE, LASER JUST RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR BY THE GOVERNOR, SO I'LL SNEAK THAT IN THERE.

YEAH. WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TRIPOLI AND OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS, MANY OF WHOM, WELL, A FEW OF WHOM ARE HERE TODAY. GUYS, CAN YOU STAND UP? THANK YOU FOR COMING. WE WANT TO SAY OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF RHODES AND CHIEF DEPUTY NOONAN.

THANK YOU. COUNTY MANAGERS, OEM, COUNTY RISK, COUNTY INSURANCE AND THE BOARD COUNSEL FOR THIS MOU.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO SERVE THIS COUNTY, TO EVACUATE ANIMALS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, AND JUST WANTED TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT ANIMALS.

THIS IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THEM, AND AS TRISH DEMURE SAID, WHEN WE DID A TECHNICAL RESCUE OF ONE OF THE ANIMALS, SHE SAID, IT'S INDESCRIBABLE FEELING OF JOY WHEN YOU SEE AN OWNER'S EYES AFTER YOU GET AN ANIMAL UP WHO HAS BEEN DOWN FOR TEN HOURS AND THE ANIMAL IS FINE, SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO US IF WE GET ANIMALS OUT OF FIRES, FLOODS, IF THEY'RE CAST IN A STALL DRAPED OVER A FENCE. THIS IS WHAT WE DO AND THIS IS OUR PASSION IN LIFE.

SO I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH EQUINE EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND RECOGNIZE THE ASSISTANCE THEY PROVIDE TO THE RESIDENTS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY THROUGH THE EVACUATION OF ANIMALS DURING EMERGENCY.

THIS WILL BE YAVAPAI COUNTY CONTRACT NUMBER 2024-599.

I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MISS MICHAELS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, NUMBER THREE.

[3. Board of Supervisors - Discussion and final approval of the recommended allocation awards for the 2024-25 Title III Forest Project Funds in the amount of $119,549.00, and authorization for the County Manager to reallocate any unspent funds from the $119,549.00 awards after December 31, 2025, to agencies having spent their entire award, in the order of highest ranked agency based on scores.]

DISCUSSION AND FINAL APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDED ALLOCATION AWARDS FOR THE 2024-25 TITLE THREE FOREST PROJECT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $119,549 AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER TO REALLOCATE ANY UNSPENT FUNDS FROM THE $119,549 AWARDS AFTER DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, TO AGENCIES HAVING SPENT THEIR ENTIRE AWARD IN ORDER OF HIGHEST RANKED AGENCY BASED SCORES. WOW.

YEAH, THAT WAS A LOT.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MAURY THOMPSON, COUNTY MANAGER, AND THAT MAY HAVE SOUNDED FAMILIAR.

I BELIEVE THAT'S THE SAME VERBIAGE FROM THE ACTION THAT WAS BEFORE YOU ON OCTOBER 2ND, WHEN THE SAME ALLOCATION AWARDS WERE PRESENTED IN PRELIMINARY OR PROPOSED FORM. SINCE THAT TIME, THIS HAS BEEN OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE MANDATORY 45 DAY PERIOD AND NO PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED.

SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SEEK YOUR FINAL APPROVAL ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU AND DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE IS THAT DOCUMENT LOADED IN THE SYSTEM SO THAT IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO IN AND SEE HOW MUCH IS AWARDED TO WHO? THEY CAN. IT IS SIR.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. I RECEIVED SOME DOCUMENTS THAT I CAN'T MAKE.

I DIDN'T MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY HAD TO REQUEST THE RECOMMENDED AWARDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 AND THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT.

SO THIS DOCUMENT IS THE ONE THEY'LL SEE.

CORRECT, AND WE'LL VERIFY THAT.

OKAY. GOOD.

ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. SECOND BY MR. OBERG. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'RE ON NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS NOT EASY TO READ BECAUSE IT'S LOCATED ON THIS SHEET, BUT BASICALLY

[4. Board of Supervisors - Discussion and possible action regarding appointment of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for calendar year 2025, to be effective January 1, 2025.]

THIS IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF A CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025, AND THIS BECOMES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST.

SO BASICALLY, I'M THE CHAIR UNTIL 12/31, AND THEN IT CHANGES OVERNIGHT TO WHOEVER THE NEW PERSON IS GOING TO BE. NOW BASICALLY THOSE NOMINATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO BE CHAIR ARE MADE INDIVIDUALLY BY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND THEN WE VOTE ON IT.

IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST A SEMI.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN HAVE A SEMI TRADITION, BUT IT HAD BEEN A TRADITION THAT THE VICE CHAIR USUALLY MOVES UP TO CHAIR BUT IN THIS CASE, MISS MICHAELS WAS NOT REELECTED.

SO NOW IT'S OPEN TO ONE OF THE OPEN BOARD MEMBERS OR ANY OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THAT SEEMS ODD, BUT WE CHECKED THE STATUTES AND THAT IS APPLICABLE.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR A CHAIRMAN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR SUPERVISOR GREGORY TO BE THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND? DIES FOR THE LACK OF A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND IT. YOU CAN'T SECOND YOUR OWN MOTION.

I DID THE MOTION.

OH, THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S RIGHT.

OKAY, AND WE'LL GO FORWARD THEN.

OKAY. OKAY.

MOTION IS MR. GREGORY.

IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? NO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MR. GREGORY HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

SO, VICE CHAIR, WE HAVE AN ISSUE HERE.

WE'VE GOT THREE NEW SUPERVISORS COMING ON BOARD.

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THEREFORE, YOU WANT TO PUT THIS OFF TILL THE NEXT MEETING OR DO YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD? I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT UNTIL THE NEW BOARD TAKES PLACE.

I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

SO IT'S TABLED UNTIL I THINK IT'S JANUARY 3RD.

EIGHTH? JANUARY 8TH.

OKAY. THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE FOR EIGHT DAYS.

YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING FORWARD, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES APPROVE A FINAL PLAT ON THE STRINGFIELD AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN.

PHASE ONE FINAL PLAT TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF A WAIVER OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

PAVEMENT WIDTH FROM 30 TO 24FT.

EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN BROWN.

THERE'S ONE ITEM PRIOR TO THAT HEARING.

THE FIRST ITEM IS TO REPEAL THE COUNTY ORDINANCE

[1. Development Services - Repeal Yavapai County Ordinance 2020-3, Regulating Medical and Recreational Marijuana. Project Name: Repeal of Ordinance 2020-3 Hearing Review; Applicant: Development Services Staff; PLA24-000111 (All Districts) ]

OKAY. I'M SORRY. BACK UP TO NUMBER ONE.

REPEAL THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ORDINANCE 2023 REGULATING MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.

THE PROJECT'S NAME IS REPEAL OF THE ORDINANCE 2023 HEARING REVIEW.

THE APPLICANT IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLA 24-000111.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. THERE YOU GO.

BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS REPEAL OF ORDINANCE 2020-3, AND YOU PROBABLY JUST KNEW HOW SIMPLE THIS WAS.

SO YOU WEREN'T REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IT, I'M GUESSING.

SO THIS IS A REPEAL FOR THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2020.

THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING ACTION.

THE ORDINANCE IN 2020-3 WAS CREATED AFTER THE PASSING OF PROPOSITION 207, WHICH BECAME LEGAL, GROW AND SELL ADULT USE MARIJUANA IN ARIZONA.

THIS WAS REALLY COMMON IN MOST JURISDICTIONS, AS WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THAT PROPOSITION.

SO MOST JURISDICTIONS GOT ON THE BOOKS AND ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS REGULATED, AND THERE WAS SOME CONTROL OVER IT WHEN PEOPLE WERE COMING IN, AND SO THIS WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, AND THIS WOULD COME BACK BEFORE YOU GUYS FOR MORE DETAIL AND WITH GOOD STANDARDS AND MORE COUNTY ATTORNEY REVIEW AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THUS IN 2021, YOU APPROVED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PLA21-000026 TO ESTABLISH THAT ORDINANCE AND THAT ORDINANCE WAS DUPLICATIVE, AND SO IT ACTUALLY REPEATS SOME OF THE OTHER ORDINANCE, AND SO WITH THIS CASE, WE'RE SIMPLY REPEALING THE ORIGINAL 2020 ORDINANCE, AND THE 2021 ORDINANCE WILL REMAIN, AND THIS WAS ADVERTISED IN THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, AND SO AT THIS TIME, STAFF IS REQUESTING CONSIDERATION OF THE REPEAL OF THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, 2023 TO ELIMINATE ANY DUPLICATE INFORMATION. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT FOR CONVERSATION, IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE CONVERSATION? I DON'T HAVE ONE.

IN CASE SOMEONE ELSE DID.

WE NEEDED A SECOND, SO I DID THAT JOB.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED PRIOR TO MOVING ON? MAY I PLEASE HAVE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD? YES. JESSICA SARKISSIAN WITH UPFRONT PLANNING.

I'M REPRESENTING YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THANK YOU. NUMBER TWO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO APPROVE A REVISED FINAL PLAT ON STRINGFIELD RANCH AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN.

[2. Development Services - Approve a Revised Final Plat of the Stringfield at Granite Mountain Phase 1 Final Plat to allow for the consideration of a waiver of the right of way pavement width from 30 feet to 24 feet, for a subdivision consisting of approximately 223.13 acres, in a Planned Area Development (PAD) zoning district. Project Name: Revised Final Plat of the Stringfield at Granite Mountain Phase 1 Final Plat; Property Owner: Stringfield Development Company LLC, et al.; Applicant/Agent: Jeff Davis of Stringfield Development Company LLC & Gary Kelley of Kelley/Wise Engineering Inc; PLA25-000135; APN(S): 106-06-042 through 106-06-116. The subject parcels are located west of the intersection of Pioneer Parkway and Williamson Valley Road, in the Williamson Valley area. Staff: Becca Sirakis (District 4 - Supervisor Brown)]

PHASE ONE FINAL PLAT TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF A WAIVER OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

PAVEMENT WIDTH FROM 30 TO 24FT FOR A SUBDIVISION CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 223.13 ACRES AND A PLANNED AREA OF DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.

PROJECT NAME REVISED FINAL PLAT OF THE STRINGFIELD AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN.

PHASE ONE FINAL PLAT.

PROPERTY OWNER IS STRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC ET AL.

APPLICANT AGENT JEFF DAVIS, A STRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC, AND GARY KELLY OF KELLY AND WISE ENGINEERING. PLA THAT SHOULD BE 24-000135, APN NUMBERS OF 106-06-042 THOUGH 106-06-116.

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THE SUBJECT PARCELS ARE LOCATED WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF PIONEER PARKWAY AND WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD AND WILLIAMSON VALLEY AREA.

STAFF IS BECCA SIRAKIS, MY DISTRICT.

OKAY, BASICALLY THIS IS OUTLINING JUST A CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO IT'S TAKING THE ROADWAY FROM 30FT TO 24, PRIMARILY TO ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO WALK DOWN THE STREET.

REALLY? YES. THE PAVEMENT WIDTH IS BEING REDUCED FROM 30FT TO OKAY, SO THIS WILL PUT BASICALLY SOME FOOTAGE ON THE OTHER SIDES OF BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY.

THE ROADS UP THERE IN THE HILLY AREA SO PEOPLE CAN WALK.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO MY NAME IS BECCA SIRAKIS, PLANNER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION IS FOR THE STRINGFIELD AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN.

PHASE ONE. REVISED FINAL PLAT.

AS CHAIRMAN BROWN JUST OUTLINED, IT IS AN APPLICATION FOR A WAIVER OF THE PAVEMENT WIDTH FROM 30FT TO 24FT.

THE APPLICATION IS WITHIN SUPERVISOR BROWN'S DISTRICT.

DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.

HERE'S AN AREA MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE CURRENTLY PLATTED PHASE ONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD AND PIONEER PARKWAY. THE LOTS ARE OUTLINED IN RED AND THERE ARE 69 PLATTED LOTS.

IN 2020, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES SHOWN IN BROWN, ALTOGETHER ENCOMPASSING APPROXIMATELY 01,110 ACRES IN TOTAL, WERE APPROVED FOR A REZONING FOR A PAD ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE STRINGFIELD AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT.

THIS PAD APPROVAL ENCOMPASSED A TOTAL OF 340 LOTS.

PHASE ONE CONTAINS 69.

SO WHEN LOOKING AT THE YAVAPAI COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL 0 TO 1 DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE. UNDER SECTION 2.7 LAND USE GOALS AND POLICIES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

GOAL ONE IS TO INCREASE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS WHERE POLICY 1G SPECIFICALLY STATES ENCOURAGE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVER LOT SPLITTING TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAWS GOVERNING THE COUNTY ALLOW, AND THIS APPLICATION IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PLANNED SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PROPOSING ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, A CENTRALIZED WATER SYSTEM FIRE SUPPRESSION MEASURES AND REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE GRADING AND DRAINAGE REVIEW.

SO HERE IS THE REVISED FINAL PLAT, AND AGAIN THE ONLY CHANGE IS ACTUALLY WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TO CHANGE THE PAVEMENT WIDTH FROM 30FT TO 24FT.

SO HERE'S JUST A LOOK AT THE PHASE ONE AREA.

IF YOU SEE THIS DIRT ROAD THAT IS KIND OF THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PHASE ONE AREA, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PORTION THAT GOES UP NORTH.

HERE. SO THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS DONE, BUT THEY ARE.

THEY DO NEED THIS WAIVER APPROVED IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PAVING.

SO AS FAR AS SYSTEM PARTICIPATION, THIS APPLICATION WAS POSTED AT THE PROPERTY AND THE APPLICATION WAS POSTED ON YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

SO THERE ARE NO STAFF CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSED REVISED FINAL PLAT AS IT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PAD.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSED PAVEMENT WIDTH WAIVER AS IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER.

IN SUMMARY, THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF A REVISED FINAL PLAT FOR PHASE THAT IS INCORRECT, SO REVISED FINAL PLAT FOR PHASE ONE TO ALLOW FOR A WAIVER TO BE PROCESSED FOR THE PAVEMENT WIDTH FROM 30FT TO 24FT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS. SIRAKIS, THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE IS THE SIZE OF THE ROADWAY.

CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. MR. CHAIRMAN, I GOT A COUPLE. IF WE COULD HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS COME ON UP FOR A MOMENT, I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

SO THE ORIGINAL 30FT, THAT WAS WITHIN COUNTY STANDARDS.

YEAH. CORRECT. THE 30FT CAME FROM.

OH, MY NAME IS ROGER MCCORMICK.

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I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

SO, YES, THE 30FT COMES FROM THE COUNTY ROADWAY ENGINEERING AND DESIGN STANDARDS.

FIGURE SIX FOR A LOCAL ROAD.

THE MINIMUM PAYMENT WIDTH IS 30FT.

DEFINED IN THAT DETAIL.

OKAY, AND IS 24FT STILL WITHIN COUNTY STANDARDS.

SO THERE'S NOT A ROADWAY DEFINED FOR THAT LOCAL CONNECTOR WITHIN THE COUNTY STANDARDS THAT IS 24FT.

SO THIS IS WHY THERE'S A WAIVER GOING BEFORE THE BOARD TO ASK FOR THAT REDUCTION IN PAVEMENT WIDTH.

OKAY, AND IS THERE A PARTICULAR WIDTH REQUIREMENT AROUND FIRE HYDRANTS? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT, AND THE FIRE DISTRICT IS REQUIRING THAT THE PAVEMENT WIDTH BE WIDENED TO 26FT AROUND ALL HYDRANTS THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION.

SO THEN WE'LL HAVE 24FT, AND WHEN WE GET TO HYDRANT, WE GO TO 26 AND THEN BACK TO 24 AND UP TO 26.

IS THAT BASICALLY THE WAY YOU SEE THAT LAID OUT? YES. OKAY.

I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS PROBABLY FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO THIS ORIGINAL PLAT WAS APPROVED BY P&Z.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, BOARD.

MARK LUSSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR PHASE ONE.

THIS PLAT DID GO THROUGH P&Z AND WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD BACK IN MARCH OF 24.

OKAY, AND THEY VOTED ON IT NINE ZERO.

OR DO YOU REMEMBER THE VOTE FOR THE VOTE? I DO NOT RECALL. OKAY, BUT IT WAS APPROVED.

YES, SIR. OKAY, AND THEN IT CAME TO US TO BE BE APPROVED AS AS STIPULATED.

GETTING A RECEIPT FROM P&Z.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MY PERSONAL FEELINGS IS AN AGREEMENT IS AN AGREEMENT.

IF THEY SAY 30, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO STICK WITH 30.

I THINK EVERY TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CHANGE THINGS AFTER THE FACT, IT'S THAT IN MY MIND, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BAIT AND SWITCH, AND I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF A SITUATION.

SO I'M NOT CERTAIN WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS EXCEPT FOR CONVENIENCE, AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS WAIVER.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MISS MALLORY.

SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS 30.

WE AGREED TO THAT IN THE BEGINNING.

YES, IT WAS APPROVED AT 30FT.

OKAY. I SUPPORT STAYING WITH THE 30FT, SO.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MY POINT HERE IS THAT IT'S BEING RECOMMENDED TO HAVE THE VARIANCE FOR A REASON, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A PROVISION FOR CONSIDERATION FOR VARIANCES, AND IT'S PART OF THE BOARD'S PURVIEW AND FRANKLY JOB TO LISTEN TO PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION AND EXPERT OPINION, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THIS VARIANCE, AND YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH MR. OBERG ABOUT DON'T CHANGE THINGS IF YOU DON'T NEED TO, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT VARIANCES CAN AND SHOULD SERVE A PURPOSE, AND AS LONG AS WE'RE DILIGENT ABOUT WHAT THAT PURPOSE IS, THEN I THINK IT'S A NECESSARY TOOL IN OUR BAG.

SO FOR THAT REASON, I LEAN ON YOU, MARK, IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT THIS VARIANCE SHOULD BE GRANTED AND THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS THAT, THEN, YOU KNOW, I'D HAVE TO HAVE A VALID REASON TO SWIM UPSTREAM AGAINST THAT, AND I DO NOT.

I PRETTY MUCH AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'VE SAID, AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO.

DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS CHANGE AT ALL IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT REVIEWED IT, INCLUDING OTHER DEPARTMENTS, DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH IT AND ARE FINE WITH IT MOVING FORWARD.

THAT INCLUDES FLOOD CONTROL.

FLOOD CONTROL REVIEWED IT, PUBLIC WORKS REVIEWED IT.

FIRE DISTRICT REVIEWED IT.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

CORRECT, SIR. OKAY.

ANYTHING FROM PUBLIC WORKS? YEAH, WE REVIEWED IT, AND WE INCLUDED OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT IT.

THE REDUCTION IN WIDTH FROM 30 TO 24FT.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL UNPAVED SHOULDER.

BEFORE IT WAS GOING TO BE THREE FEET OF PAVED SHOULDER WITH ONE FOOT OF UNPAVED.

NOW THEY'RE GOING TO FOUR FEET OF UNPAVED.

THE IDEA AS EXPRESSED BY THE APPLICANT, IS TO PROVIDE A BETTER ACCESS FOR THOSE THAT LIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO WALK ON THE

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SHOULDERS AND AVOID WALKING WITH TRAFFIC ON THE ROADWAY TO PROVIDE THAT SEPARATION, AND, AND ALSO, THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ROAD IN THE FUTURE.

THESE ARE PRIVATE ROADS.

THE COUNTY WILL NOT BE MAINTAINING THESE.

SO THE COUNTY STANDARD OF THE 30FT.

WE LIKE TO STICK WITH THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE COUNTY MAINTAINING THOSE ROADS IN PERPETUITY INTO THE FUTURE.

AS THEY HAVE REQUESTED THIS REDUCTION, THE MAINTENANCE IS GOING TO BE UP TO THEM.

RIGHT, AND SO THE INCREASED MAINTENANCE THAT MAY COME WITH AN UNPAVED SHOULDER, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DEVELOPER AND THE SUBDIVISION'S RESPONSIBILITY, AND IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT, AND THIS WILL BE THEIR ROAD, NOT OUR ROAD.

CORRECT, IT'S THEIRS. IT WOULD ALWAYS STAY.

ONCE THEY DO THIS, THEY WILL ALWAYS STAY THEIR ROAD? THEY WON'T IT WON'T EVER COME BACK TO US? CORRECT. YEP, IT'S THEIR ROAD.

OKAY. OH, MY QUESTION ALSO IS SO AT 30FT, IF AT SOME POINT THE DEVELOPMENT SAID WE WOULD LIKE THESE TO BE TAKEN OVER BY THE COUNTY, THEY WOULD COME TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND WE COULD APPROVE IT BECAUSE IT MEETS COUNTY STANDARDS, BUT NOW IT'S 24.

THEY'D HAVE TO BRING IT BACK UP TO 30FT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT IT.

RIGHT? YEAH, AND IN THE FUTURE, IF THAT WAS EVER CONSIDERED AS AN OPTION FOR THE COUNTY TO TAKE OVER THESE ROADS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE COUNTY STANDARD IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE IT OVER.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, THAT USUALLY HAPPENS OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS LATER WHEN THE RESIDENTS HAVE HAD THE ROADS UNDER THEIR CONTROL FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND WE WOULD REQUIRE THAT AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS BE DONE, AND, AND THE PAVEMENT WOULD POSSIBLY HAVE TO BE REDONE TO MEET A 20 YEAR LIFESPAN.

BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE OVER A ROAD THAT'S HAD DEGRADATION AND NOT MAINTAINED OVER TIME.

SO, WELL, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT IN MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING FORWARD AND SAYING, WHY AREN'T WE MAINTAINING THE ROADS? WE SAY, WELL, YOU NEVER HAD THEM BROUGHT UP TO COUNTY STANDARDS AT THE TIME THEY WERE DEVELOPED.

SO UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THEM OR CONSIDER ACCEPTING THEM.

SO I COULD SEE AT SOMETIME WITH THIS LARGE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WOULD WANT US TO COME IN AND TAKE OVER THE ROADS AND I JUST THINK THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO ESTABLISH A DISTRICT AND GET THOSE ROADS UP TO STANDARD BEFORE WE'LL EVER ACCEPT THEM.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS GOING TO BE A GUARDED GATE COMMUNITY.

AM I CORRECT? DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

I AM GETTING THE CONFIRMATION FROM BECCA THAT IT IS.

I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PROJECT IS HERE.

IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. SO IF THESE BASICALLY ARE BEING BUILT TO THE OWN HOA STANDARDS AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE ROADS, THEY WON'T BE BUILT TO COUNTY STANDARDS, WHICH WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE A HIGHER, MUCH HIGHER LEVEL THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY HAVE, AND IF THIS WAS TURNED INTO ALL OF A SUDDEN THESE PAD AND REQUESTS ARE DISSOLVED, THEN WE COULD TURN AROUND AND GO BACK TO STATE STATUTE.

RIGHT WHERE? TWO ACRE MINIMUM.

IF THE PAD WAS ABSOLVED.

YES, AND WE WOULD HAVE THE.

BECCA SIRAKIS PLANNER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

IF THE PAD WAS RESOLVED OR IT WAS TAKEN AWAY.

IF FOR SOME REASON THE PAD NEVER REACHED ALL OF THE FINALS THAT IT NEEDED TO, AND LET'S SAY THE ROADS WERE NEVER COMPLETED, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS NEVER COMPLETED, WE NEVER FINALIZED THE PAD, THEN WE COULD TAKE ACTION, OF COURSE, TO REMOVE THE PAD AS WE'VE DONE IN OTHER CASES.

OTHERWISE, IF THE PAD IS APPROVED AND ALL EVERYTHING MEETS ISSUE A CFC FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

THEN THAT PROJECT IS NOW APPROVED AND CONSIDERED.

WHAT'S THE WORD? IT WOULD THEN BE APPROVED AND THERE'D BE NO REASON TO REVERT IT BACK TO RCU, BUT THAT IS ALWAYS AN OPTION THAT THE DEVELOPER CAN PURSUE.

THANK YOU.

MOVING TO.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEBODY OVER IN PRESCOTT THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

AM I RIGHT? CLERK OF THE BOARD.

YOU HAVE SOMEBODY OVER THERE TO HAVE THEM COME UP AND GIVE THEIR NAME.

THANK YOU. BARBARA.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN BROWN VICE CHAIRMAN, DOCTOR MICHAEL, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY STAFF.

MY NAME IS LARRY JACOBS.

I LIVE AT 1811 WEST YAMPA DRIVE.

I AM KIND OF A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER SIEGE NOW SINCE PROBABLY JUNE OF

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2023, WITH A CONSTRUCTION CORRIDOR THAT MR. JEFF DAVIS HAS PUT IN PLACE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS THAT CONSTRUCTION CORRIDOR HAS BEEN NOW AFFECTIONATELY CALLED MR. DAVIS'S BACKDOOR FOR STRINGFIELD RANCH, AND WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE ROAD WIDTH, WE'RE CONCERNED WITH PROBABLY THREE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS ISSUE ISN'T NEW BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BACK ON FEBRUARY 3RD OF 2022, AND I THANK COMMISSIONER SANDY GRIFFITHS FOR SPEAKING ON THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, HE WANTED TO REDUCE THE ROAD SIZE, AND SHE MADE HIM AWARE THAT FIRE MARSHAL WAS NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, MAINLY BECAUSE OF SPECIFIC 2018 FIRE CODES THAT PRESENT A FORMAL PROBLEM AND REMEMBER, PAVED SURFACES HAVE TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF A FIRE TRUCK AND THE WATER AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S ON THERE WHEN YOU TAKE A PAVING SURFACE OFF WHENEVER YOU HAVE RAINS OR ANYTHING ELSE, IT CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT IT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THAT TIME TO MR. DAVIS, HE DID NOT.

HE SAID HE WAS NOT HAVING SIDEWALKS.

HE WAS NOT HAVING CURBS.

HE WAS NOT HAVING ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE PAVING, AND HE WANTED TO REDUCE THE SIZE, BUT THERE ARE STANDARDS REQUIRED IN THE FIRE CODE, ALONG WITH THE 2018 BUILDING CODE THAT PRECLUDE THAT, AND ONE OF THE STANDARDS I WANT TO BRING UP IS SECTION D 103 FOR MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS, D 103.1 IS THE ACCESS ROAD WIDTH WITH THE HYDRANT, AND IT SHALL BE 26FT OR GREATER WITH A HYDRANT, AND IT DOES REQUIRE SIGNAGE.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE 26FT OR GREATER, THERE'S NO PARKING ON THAT ROADWAY AT ALL, SO ANYTHING IN LESS THAN 26FT WOULD REQUIRE NO PARKING AND A POST FIRE LANE SIGNS ON BOTH SIDES.

IF IT IS 26FT OR GREATER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE FIRE LANE SIGNED ON ONE SIDE.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS OUR ISSUE ONE, THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED, AND HE WAS GOING TO TAKE THIS BACK TO PUBLIC WORKS, AND IT WAS A COST ISSUE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, ACCORDING TO MR. DAVIS, BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL FUEL COSTS AND ADDITIONAL ASPHALT COSTS.

ISSUE TWO THAT WE HAVE IS SINCE THERE WILL BE SEVERAL NEW HOMES BUILT ON THIS PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT, THE HILLSIDE TOPOGRAPHY IS SUCH THAT IT WILL REQUIRE MORE THAN 24FT OF ROAD SURFACE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND TO EXCAVATE AND CLEAR LOTS AND WORKERS VEHICLES AND HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN FIVE 60 OF THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE IF THEY CAUSE A BOTTLENECK, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON OR DO ANY CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR HOMES, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT THAT WILL HAVE TO GO IN THERE TO LEVEL THE LOTS, TO DO THE FOOTERS, TO MAKE AREAS WHERE THEY CAN PUT THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND SO FORTH. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT WE ARE OPPOSED TO MAKING IT ANY SMALLER SO THAT IT CAN ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC THAT CAN SAFELY FLOW.

ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES I THINK YOU NEED TO BRING FORWARD IS THIS IS A HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT MEANS ONE SIDE OF THAT ROAD HAS A DROP OFF, AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING TO STOP A VEHICLE IF IT CAN'T NEGOTIATE AROUND ANY OBSTACLES.

IF IT DOES FALL OFF ON THE SIDE OF THAT ROAD, BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ANY ROAD GUARDS OR ANYTHING ELSE THERE.

SO OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A CONCERN THAT WE HAVE.

OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS IF THEY DO CLOG UP THE ROADWAY, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR A RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT SO THEY CAN GO BACK DOWN THROUGH YAMPA AND GO UP THE HOZHONI ACCESS. THIS ACCESS WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A CONSTRUCTION CORRIDOR.

THIS ACCESS WAS MEANT ONLY TO BE AN ESCAPE ACCESS IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S AN EMERGENCY ACCESS.

IT IS NOT A CONSTRUCTION ACCESS, AND WE'VE HAD TO PUT UP WITH 15 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION MISHAPS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE CAUSED HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE ISSUES, ALONG WITH QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, AND AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH MR. DAVIS HAVE FALLEN SHORT THAT WE'VE HAD TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS ON OUR OWN.

SO THE [INAUDIBLE] EXPERIENCE WITH HIS CONSTRUCTION MISHAPS AND ADVERSELY AFFECTING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE BELIEVE THAT HOZHONI IS NOT MR. DAVIS'S PERSONAL BACKDOOR TO GAIN ACCESS AND BRING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT INTO HIS DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ONLY FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY UNTIL THE KNOX BOX AND A GATE IS INSTALLED SO THAT WE CAN

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REGULATE THE FIRST RESPONDERS ONLY MAKING ACCESS TO THAT DEVELOPMENT.

WE DON'T CARE HOW BIG HE WANTS TO MAKE HIS ROADS, BUT IF HE DOESN'T PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND MAKE THE ROADS SUFFICIENT THAT IT DOESN'T CAUSE A BOTTLENECK, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE US PROBLEMS BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO COME BACK TO THE COUNTY, ASK FOR ANOTHER RIGHT OF WAY, PERMIT AND ASK TO GAIN ACCESS TO OUR PROPERTY, WHICH WE ARE QUITE FRANKLY TIRED OF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THESE MATTERS.

SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE ISSUE OF THE 26FT AT THE FIRE HYDRANTS.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

BECCA SARAKIS PLANNER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY CAFMA, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER OF APPROVAL THROUGH CAFMA, AND JEFF DAVIS AND HIS ENGINEER AS WELL ARE AVAILABLE AND CAN TALK SPECIFICS, BUT SPECIFICALLY THEY DO PLAN ON MEETING THEY WILL BE MEETING ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO.

THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO.

OKAY. DOES PUBLIC WORKS HAVE ANY CONCERN WITH THE ROAD SURFACE AND OR THE TYPE OF ROAD THEY'RE PUTTING IN AND OR THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD WHEN IT COMES TO THE FIRE HYDRANTS? SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE REDUCTION IN THE PAVEMENT WIDTH IS JUST A.

YEAH. SO ROGER MCCORMICK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AGAIN.

SO WITH THE REDUCTION IN WIDTH, AS STATED BEFORE, IT'S JUST A CHANGE.

THE OVERALL SECTIONAL WIDTH IS STILL 32FT AS IT WAS BEFORE.

THEY'RE JUST NOT PAVING AS MUCH OF THAT 32FT AS THEY HAD INITIALLY STATED.

SO REDUCTION DOWN TO THE 24FT WILL THEN REQUIRE FOUR FEET OF UNPAVED SHOULDER TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

OKAY. OKAY.

WITH THAT, I SEEM TO HAVE ANSWERED ALL THOSE QUESTIONS.

LET'S MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO OF THE HEARING.

IS THERE A SECOND? BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT MOTION, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL IN PRESCOTT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.

OH, HE NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON.

OKAY. NOT ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. MR. CUNEO. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISORS, I'M CHRIS CUNEO.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND I SHARE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TODAY BY NOT ONLY THE SUPERVISORS, BUT THE PUBLIC AS WELL, AND THEY'RE WITH ITEMS TWO, THREE AND FOUR. I FIRST THOUGHT WAS FIRE AND I CONTACTED CENTRAL YAVAPAI AND ASKED HIM, WOULD YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS DROP IN THE WIDTH? AND HE SAID, NO, WE WOULDN'T, BUT WAIT, LET ME CHECK AND MAKE A CALL.

HE MADE A CALL AND FOUND OUT IT DID GET APPROVED THEM.

CHRIS? ABOUT GUARDRAILS. ARE THEY GOING TO BE INSTALLED? WILL THE COUNTY EVER BE ASKED TO TAKE OVER MAINTENANCE OF THESE ROADS? THERE'S NO CURB AND GUTTER ON THESE ROADS AT ALL, AND DURING MY TIME ON THE PRESCOTT CITY COUNCIL, I HAD TO APPROVE MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO BE SPENT ON THE CLIFF ROAD SUBDIVISION TO CONTROL FLOOD CONTROL ISSUES THAT WEREN'T CONSIDERED BY THE DEVELOPERS AS THE PROBLEMS GOT WORSE.

IT FELL TO THE TAXPAYERS TO REMEDIATE THESE ISSUES.

I'LL BE THE INCOMING SUPERVISOR FOR THE DISTRICT THAT THIS PROJECT IS IN, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A FIRM GRASP ON ALL THAT IT ENTAILS.

I KNOW SUPERVISOR BROWN HAS BEEN WATCHING THIS VERY CLOSELY, AND HE'S GOT A GOOD GRIP ON THIS, AND MANY OF THESE CONCERNS MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.

I MET WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND I FEEL MANY OF THE THINGS HE'S INCORPORATING INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE ALSO VERY GOOD.

EXAMPLES WOULD BE USE OF EXISTING NATIVE PLANTS, LOW DENSITY, LARGE LOTS, ET CETERA.

HOWEVER, MANY CONCERNS WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WHILE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FROM EXISTING RESIDENTS.

THESE WOULD INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ACCESS NOISE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND FLOOD CONTROL.

THE ISSUES ARE COMING OUT OF THE [INAUDIBLE] NEIGHBORHOOD, AND AS THIS PROJECT CONTINUES, POTENTIALLY THE RESIDENTS OFF OF THE STREET PEMBERTON.

I FEEL MOST OF THESE CONCERNS CAN BE WORKED OUT AND DID NOT SEE THE RUSH TO APPROVE ALL THREE PHASES AT TODAY'S MEETING.

COULD YOU MAYBE APPROVE PHASE ONE AND WAIT ON PHASE TWO AND THREE? I'D LIKE TO SEE IT TABLED.

ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS THE GRADE OF THE ROAD IS LISTED AT 2%.

THE SLOPE SHOWS 2 TO 1 AND 3 TO 1, BUT NO PERCENTAGE IS LISTED FOR BOTH OF THE FOUR FOOT SHOULDERS.

THE DRAWINGS LED THE READER TO ASSUME THAT THERE ARE ALSO 2%, BUT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THAT THIS ON THE DRAWINGS THAT INDEED IT IS.

THIS WILL BE THE AREA WHERE PEOPLE WALK, ANIMALS WALK AND I THINK IT HAS TO BE FLAT.

IT CAN'T BE SLOPED AS WELL.

CHRIS, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? YES, MA'AM. VERY GOOD.

WE WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS JUST ITEM NUMBER TWO, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE OTHER TWO SEPARATELY.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL YOU WHEN THOSE ARE BROUGHT UP.

ALL RIGHT? OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS, CHRIS.

ALL RIGHT. SO BASICALLY I'M MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO OF THE HEARINGS.

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THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WILL BE THE CORRECTIONS TO THE SIZE OF THE ROAD, WHICH WILL BE FROM 30 TO 24FT, EXCEPT FOR THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE LOCATED, WHICH WILL BE 26FT. CORRECT.

OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD BE GLAD TO DO THAT.

IN MOST CASES, I'M CONCERNED THAT I DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC'S CONCERNS.

THERE'S THE APPROVAL PROCESS, THERE'S THE DOTTING THE I'S AND CROSSING OF THE T'S, AND THEN THERE'S HOW THE COMMUNITY FEELS AND I'M SENSING THAT THERE'S A VOID THERE, AND IT'S PROBLEMATIC TO ME, AND HAVE ALREADY HEARD ONE GENTLEMAN.

YES, I DID.

WE ALSO HEARD THE PROPOSED NEW SUPERVISOR COMING INTO THAT DISTRICT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN? THE BOARD RECEIVED TWO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

ARE THEY FROM THE SAME PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN? NO, SIR. OKAY.

SO DOES THAT DIE OF EMOTION? YES IT DOES. YES, IT DOES DIE FOR A LACK OF A MOTION.

CHAIRMAN BROWN, MAY I ASK IF THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? OKAY. THANK YOU.

MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

EXCUSE MY VOICE. I'M HAVING VOICEBOX SURGERY IN FEBRUARY, SO I'M NOT SURE WHETHER YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD.

I WOULD TRY TO GET UP HERE AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT SOONER, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

AS SUPERVISOR OBERG KIND OF QUESTIONED, WHY THE CHANGE? SO WE SET UP THE 30FT ORIGINALLY.

THERE'S A 32 FOOT WIDE WHAT WE CALL A HINGE POINT TO HINGE POINT OUT THERE.

IT WAS 30FT OF ASPHALT AND A FOOT OF SHOULDER, A FOOT OF SHOULDER, 50FT A RIGHT OF WAY.

WE GOT DRAINAGE SWALES OUT THERE BECAUSE OF DRAINAGE ISSUES.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT.

NOTHING'S CHANGING ON THIS FINAL PLAT, OTHER THAN WHEN WE WALKED IT AND STARTED TAPING AND PAINTING EVERYTHING OUT FOR PAVING.

WE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT ENGINEERING FIRMS THERE, AND EVERYBODY QUESTIONED WHY WE ONLY HAD ONE FOOT SHOULDERS AND WE HAD THREE FOOT OF PAVING AS PART OF THE SHOULDERS. THE QUESTION AND THE CONCERN WAS TRAFFIC.

CARS TEND TO STAY ON PAVING.

PEDESTRIANS IF THEY'RE ON PAVING.

WE HAD A TENDENCY OF CARS COMING OFF OF THEIR 12 FOOT INTO THE 15FT, PEDESTRIANS OFF OF THEIR THREE FEET INTO THE 12 FOOT TRAVEL LANE AND SO WHAT WE DID AT AMERICAN RANCH, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, WAS WE DID THE 24FT OF ASPHALT AND THEN WE DID THE FOUR FOOT SHOULDERS.

SO WE AGREED TO DO COMPACTED AB.

IT'S AT A 2% GRADE, WHICH ANSWERS CRAIG'S QUESTION.

EXCUSE ME, THE OTHER SUPERVISOR'S QUESTION.

SO EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE PROPERLY AND THAT'S WHY WE PRESENTED THE WAIVER.

THE WAIVER, IN OUR OPINION, THE ENGINEER'S OPINION WAS SIMPLY SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE AS AN, AS-BUILT 12 FOOT TRAVEL LANES AS STANDARD.

THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

WE DON'T NEED WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE TRAVEL LANE.

WE STILL HAVE 12FT EACH DIRECTION.

THAT'S ALL WE EVER HAD.

WE'RE CHANGING THE THREE FEET OF ASPHALT SHOULDER TO AB SHOULDER, SO THAT PEDESTRIANS CLEARLY CAN STEP ONTO A SHOULDER AND WAIT FOR CARS TO PASS.

IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY.

MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT SEEING THIS SOONER.

IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME ON A WALKTHROUGH AS WE STARTED TO GET LINED OUT TO DO THE PAVING.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RESIDENTS.

THERE'S STILL 32FT.

THERE'S STILL 50FT.

WE'RE DOING THE EXTRA.

WE'RE 26FT FOR THE FIRE TRUCKS.

NOBODY'S GOING TO HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE MOVING AROUND OUT THERE WITH EQUIPMENT.

WE'VE GOT SCRAPERS. WE'VE GOT GRADERS.

PEOPLE CAN BUILD THEIR HOUSES.

SO YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF NOISE AND A LOT OF FEAR FACTOR.

THAT'S IRRELEVANT.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY WE'RE DOING A REVISED PLAT, BUT IT'S A TECHNICALITY.

THE PLAT'S DONE.

ALL THE WATER, SEWER, GAS, ELECTRIC CABLE IS INSTALLED.

WE'RE READY TO PAVE.

SO WE'VE DONE THREE MILES OF OFFSITE SEWER A QUARTER MILE OF OFFSITE WATER.

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WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A SAFER RESIDENTIAL AREA.

TYPICALLY, YOU'D HAVE A FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK TO WALK ON.

WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT SAME ELEMENT IN THIS RURAL, LARGE LOT SETTING.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU'D RECONSIDER, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO A MOTION SO WE CAN KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN OUR CONSTRUCTION.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

WHY NOT JUST INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE SHOULDER AND KEEP THE.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE OUT THERE.

WE'VE HAD TO CREATE LARGE DRAINAGE AREAS, DEEP DRAINAGE CHANNELS, RIPRAP, AND SO WE CAN'T PUSH OUT ANY FURTHER WITHOUT TEARING UP MORE SLOPE.

I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY BEEN.

NOW YOU'RE BACK TO CHANGING THE ROAD WITH SLOPE EASEMENTS AND GOING A WHOLE DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

IT WAS IT MADE SENSE, AND I'VE GOT A LETTER SUBMITTED BY CIVTECH, WHO'S OUR CIVIL ENGINEER IS OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, SUNRISE ENGINEERING, KELLY/WISE ENGINEERING, SKG ENGINEERING.

ALL THE ENGINEERING FIRMS HAVE AGREED THIS IS THE WAY TO GO.

YOUR STAFF AGREES FOR THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN. OH.

I'M SORRY. NO, YOU GO AHEAD.

I'LL ASK UNDER THIS NEW CONSIDERATION AND EXPLANATION, WHICH I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE.

I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION REQUEST RATHER.

ARE YOU DONE? OKAY.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. I HAD A QUESTION FOR MARTY, AND THE OTHER QUESTION, SIR, IS WE.

WHEN WE CAME TO THE ORIGINAL 30 FOOT.

HOW COME WE.

I GUESS WE CAME TO THAT.

I MEAN, I GUESS I'M JUST NOT QUITE GETTING.

WE STARTED OFF WITH 30.

WAS THAT OUR. THAT WAS OUR DIRECTION, EVEN THOUGH WE ALWAYS KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A PRIVATE ROAD.

THAT WAS WHAT OUR STANDARD WAS.

MAYBE. ROGER. YOU COULD.

WE DIRECTED HIM TO 30.

YEAH. SO ROGER MCCORMICK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

THE 30FT COMES FROM THE COUNTY ADOPTED ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS.

EVEN EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW THESE WERE GOING TO BE PRIVATE ROADS.

CORRECT? YEAH. THE PRIVATE ROADS STILL FOLLOW THOSE STANDARDS, UNLESS A WAIVER IS REQUESTED.

I SEE. OKAY, THEN, AND SO WAS THERE EVER A CONVERSATION MAYBE ABOUT FROM THE APPLICANT ABOUT 24 BEFORE THIS? JUST. YEAH. SO JUST RIGHT WITHIN THE LAST MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF IS WHEN THE DISCUSSION STARTED, WHEN WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. I GOT ONE QUESTION FOR ROGER.

WHY DO WE REQUIRE 30FT? WHAT'S THE REASONING BEHIND THAT? SO THE COUNTY HAS HISTORICALLY WE HAVE ROADS AROUND THE COUNTY THAT ARE 24FT WIDE.

SOME OF THEM ARE EVEN LESS THAN THAT.

SOME OF THEM ARE 20FT, AND WHEN YOU HAVE A SHOULDER NEXT TO THE ROAD, IT TENDS TO ERODE AND SO WE LIKE TO ACTUALLY PAVE THE ROAD OUT A LITTLE WIDER AS PART OF OUR STANDARD, SO THAT IT PROTECTS THE EDGE OF THE ROAD INTO THE FUTURE, AND SO THAT NOW IS GOING TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPER TO DO THE MAINTENANCE ON THAT ROADWAY.

THEY WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE SHOULDER, AND, YOU KNOW, THE EDGE OF THE ASPHALT WILL BE UP TO THEM, BUT THE COUNTY, WHEN WE INSTALL IT, WE LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA PROTECTION TO THE EDGE OF THE TRAVELED WAY, WHICH IS WHY WE GO WIDER WITH OUR STANDARD THAN A 24FT.

WHAT'S THE WIDTH OF THE ROADS IN AMERICAN RANCH? THAT I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

MR. CHAIRMAN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO ADD THAT CURRENTLY WE'VE SOLD OVER 50 OF OUR PHASE 169 LOTS.

I SUBMITTED CONSENT AGREEMENTS FROM ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE CLOSED THOSE 50 AND ANOTHER TEN THAT ARE IN ESCROW.

ALL 60 OF THOSE CONSENTED TO REDUCING THIS.

THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT.

ANOTHER POSITIVE NOTE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE PRIVATE STREETS, SO THEY'RE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU HAVE NO LIABILITY TO IT, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO 12 FOOT TRAVEL LANES.

THERE'S 24FT OF ASPHALT FOR FIRE TRUCKS, CAFMA HAS ALREADY APPROVED IT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THESE STREETS.

SO I DON'T THINK IT'LL EVER HAPPEN.

IT'S NOT HAPPENING AT AMERICAN RANCH.

WE BUILT THAT AND STARTED THAT IN THE YEAR 2000.

SO 25 YEARS LATER, THEY'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO RUN THEIR STREETS.

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THIS PROJECT'S AS WELL FUNDED WITH THE HOA.

IT HAS ITS OWN WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

SO WE RUN ALL THE WATER AND ALL THE SEWER.

WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HYDRANTS.

WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE DRAINAGE.

WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING, AND FOR SOMEBODY TO STEP UP HERE AND SAY, HEY, TAKE MY STREETS AT STRINGFIELD.

BE RESPONSIBLE.

YOU CAN EASILY SAY, NO, THEY'RE NOT BUILT TO OUR MINIMUM 30 FOOT STANDARDS, AND I'M NOT.

I'M ONLY ASKING TO CHANGE THREE FEET OF SHOULDER FROM PAVEMENT TO AB.

SO IT'S A DIFFERENT COLOR.

IT'S A DIFFERENT TEXTURE.

IT GIVES THE PEDESTRIANS THAT ABILITY TO STEP OVER, AND THE GUYS DRIVING THE CARS KNOW TO STAY ON THE ASPHALT, AND IT'S JUST SAFER, AND EVERYBODY OUT HERE IN MY PROJECT WANTS IT.

SO I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR RECONSIDERATION.

DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I WAS JUST REMINDING ALL OF US, BECAUSE TIME GOES BY THAT YOU DO NOW HAVE A MOTION ON ON THE FLOOR.

I MOVED TO SUPPORT THIS.

EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIRMAN.

CAN I SPEAK AGAIN? LACK OF A SECOND, SO THEREFORE, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MOTION, I'LL ENTERTAIN THAT.

DO WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION? THAT'S WHAT I JUST DID.

I DID IT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO BEFORE HE STARTED.

YES, I HEARD THAT. EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIRMAN, COULD I ADD SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN CONSIDERED? WHO IS THAT? MR. JACOBS IN PRESCOTT.

I'M SORRY, NO.

ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, ITEM NUMBER TWO.

IS THERE A MOTION? YES, SIR. I MADE THE MOTION.

ARE YOU MAKING THE MOTION? I'M GLAD FOR YOU TO MAKE THE MOTION.

HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IT, MR. CHAIRMAN. DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.

I MOVED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO TO APPROVE THIS.

OKAY, THEN I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

[3. Development Services - Approve a Final Plat for Phase 2 of Stringfield at Granite Mountain, to allow for consideration of a waiver of the right of way pavement width from 30 feet to 24 feet, and to create 30 single family lots and three tracts (A-C), on approximately 57.33 acres, in a PAD (Planned Area Development) zoning district, subject to the conditions of approval. Project Name: Stringfield at Granite Mountain Phase 2 Final Plat; Property Owner: Stringfield Development Company LLC; Applicant/Agent: Jeff Davis of Stringfield Development Company LLC & Gary Kelley of Kelley/Wise Engineering Inc; PLA24-000123; APN: 106-06-002N. The subject parcel is located west of the intersection of Pioneer Parkway and Williamson Valley Road, in the Williamson Valley area. Staff: Becca Sirakis (District 4 - Supervisor Brown)]

[4. Development Services - Approve a Final Plat for Phase 3 of Stringfield at Granite Mountain, to allow for the consideration of a waiver of the right of way pavement width from 30 feet to 24 feet, and to create 41 single family lots and four tracts (A-D), on approximately 49.27 acres, in a PAD (Planned Area Development) zoning district, subject to the conditions of approval. Project Name: Stringfield at Granite Mountain Phase 3 Final Plat; Property Owner: Stringfield Development Company LLC; Applicant/Agent: Jeff Davis of Stringfield Development Company LLC & Gary Kelley of Kelley/Wise Engineering Inc; APN(S): 106-06-002E & 106-06-002P; PLA24-000124 The subject parcels are located west of the intersection of Pioneer Parkway and Williamson Valley Road, in the Williamson Valley area. Staff: Becca Sirakis (District 4 - Supervisor Brown)]

DO WE WANT TO POSTPONE ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND FOUR? I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO TABLE FOR THE NEXT BOARD COMING IN.

BECCA? BECCA SIRAKIS, PLANNER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THAT IS YOUR, THAT IS THE BOARD'S DECISION.

I FEEL I FEEL PERSONALLY THAT THIS APPLICATION HAS GONE THROUGH ALL THE PROPER ROUTES AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE COUNTY, BUT THAT IS ONLY MY OPINION.

THANK YOU. GOOD TO DEAL WITH THE LAWSUIT.

CAN WE GET THIS ON JANUARY 8TH MEETING? I'M ASKING MAURY OR I'M ASKING MARTY.

YES. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IF THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY CONTINUES IT TO A DATE AND ANNOUNCES THAT DATE ON THE RECORD, THEN YES, THE PRIOR PUBLICATION WOULD STILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR THAT SUBSEQUENT DATE.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE BASICALLY THE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD ON.

NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN REJECTED BY THE BOARD ON A 3 TO 2 VOTE.

SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NUMBER THREE AND FOUR.

SO WITH THAT CAN WE PUT THIS MOVE.

IS THAT THE WISH OF THE BOARD TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER DATE IN JANUARY? YES. FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.

YES. YES.

MY THOUGHT WAS WE WOULD PUT ALL OF THEM TO JANUARY 8TH, BUT-- I KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT IS, BUT WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THOSE YET, SO LET'S STAY IN ORDER AND DEAL.

YES, CHAIRMAN; I'M SORRY.

SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION? AND MARTY MIGHT NEED TO ANSWER THIS, IS TO MAKE A MOTION FOR NUMBER TWO, THREE AND FOUR TO BE PUSHED TO JANUARY 8TH MEETING.

I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION.

YOU HAVE TO. YOU HAVE TO UNDO NUMBER TWO, THOUGH.

YEAH, THAT'S MY QUESTION.

DONNA MICHAELS. EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

ACTION'S ALREADY BEEN TAKEN TODAY IN RELATION TO ITEM TWO.

THE BOARD HAS DENIED APPROVAL OF ITEM TWO.

THAT DOES NOT PREVENT THAT FROM COMING BACK BEFORE THE BOARD AT A LATER DATE.

IF THAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AT THAT TIME OR OTHERWISE, AS PROVIDED BY THE RULES OF ORDER.

SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING AT THIS TIME, AND YOUR SUGGESTION ON ITEM THREE AND FOUR, SHOULD WE HEAR THOSE TODAY OR JUST MOVE THEM DIRECTLY BY SEPARATE MOTION? THE MATTERS ARE SET FOR HEARING.

IDEALLY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THEM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU REQUEST INPUT FROM THE APPLICANT ON CONTINUING THOSE ITEMS, BUT

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ULTIMATELY THAT WILL BE THE DECISION OF THE CHAIRMAN AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE CONTINUED BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SET FOR HEARING, PEOPLE MAY HAVE COME HERE TO HEAR ABOUT THESE ITEMS, AND THE APPLICANT SPECIFICALLY WAS ADVISED THEY WOULD BE ON TODAY FOR HEARING.

IT MIGHT BE BEST TO AT LEAST OBTAIN HIS INPUT BEFORE THE BOARD TAKES FINAL ACTION.

SO WHAT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE? WELL, I CAN SAY THAT I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT I HAVE WITH TWO, WITH THREE AND FOUR.

SO I WOULD I COULD GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT PHASE TWO AND THREE, WHICH IS NUMBER THREE AND FOUR ON THE AGENDA.

AM I CORRECT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH. OKAY.

NUMBER THREE AND FOUR IS WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE.

SO IF I UNDERSTAND THE WILL OF THE BOARD, THE SUGGESTION IS TO TAKE THE REMAINING ITEMS AND MOVE THEM TO A SPECIFIC DATE IN JANUARY AND HAVE THE NEW BOARD ACT ON THAT WHICH I SUPPORT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE INDICATING, MR. GREGORY? YES, I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THREE AND FOUR FOR THE JANUARY 8TH MEETING.

SECOND. LET'S GET APPROVAL.

MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOVED TO JANUARY.

CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WOULD JUST FOR THE RECORD AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. DAVIS, I SPOKE BRIEFLY TO MR. DAVIS AS THE BOARD WAS DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE.

I BELIEVE THAT HE DOES NOT OBJECT TO CONTINUE AT THIS POINT TO CONTINUING THESE TWO REMAINING OR ALL THREE MATTERS TO THE EIGHTH.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S UP TO MR. DAVIS. OKAY.

BECCA, YOU MAY NEED TO MAKE THESE GET BACK ON THE AGENDA AT THAT DATE.

MARK, IS THAT OKAY? MARK. YES.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THESE GET PUT BACK ON FOR THAT DATE IN JANUARY.

YES, CHAIR WE WILL PUT THEM ON THE JANUARY 8TH.

SO NUMBER TWO WILL BE A RECONSIDERATION, AND NUMBER THREE AND FOUR WILL THEN MOVE FORWARD AS NEW.

RIGHT. OKAY.

IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY UP HERE? I'M FINE. OKAY.

I SEE A LOT OF SHAKING YESES.

MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I HAVE THE FLOOR FOR JUST A MOMENT? SURE. I JUST THINK I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD THAT WE KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL, SO TO SPEAK, THAT I WENT THROUGH A MASTER PLAN WITH THE BOARD P&Z AND BOARD 340 UNITS.

IT HAD MY ROAD LAYOUTS, IT HAD THE PHASES, IT HAD THE DENSITIES.

THIS FINAL PLAT IS A FORMALITY OF ME COMING FORWARD AND DOTTING THE I'S AND CROSSING THE T'S, SO MY PLATS SHOULD GO FORWARD.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY MY PLATS ARE BEING DENIED THE ISSUE AT HAND IS THE FACT THAT WE WANTED TO REDUCE OUR SHOULDER WIDTHS.

WELL, LET ME HOLD YOU RIGHT THERE, MR. DAVIS. LET ME MAKE SURE I'M CORRECT, BUT, MARTY, ACTUALLY, PLAT NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED, BUT IT'S AT THE PREVIOUS ROAD DESIGN AT 30FT.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY. SO THAT'S STILL GOOD.

NO, I UNDERSTAND I'M UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

I GO TO THE FINISH LINE.

I PAVE OUT 30FT WITH A ONE FOOT SHOULDER, AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO IGNORE THE WISHES OF 60 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOUGHT PROPERTIES INSIDE PHASE ONE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU GUYS WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

YOU SEEM TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO NEIGHBORS DOWN ON YAMPA THAT ARE UPSET THAT WE USED THE BACK DOOR FOR CONSTRUCTION, WHICH I HAD PERMITS FOR.

I HAD APPROVALS FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO DO.

I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO DO, AND I'VE ANSWERED EVERY PHONE CALL OF EVERYBODY THAT'S EVER COME SWEPT STREETS.

ET CETERA. ET CETERA.

SO THIS IS THIS ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT ANY OF THAT.

WE'RE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR.

THAT IS WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC IS.

IT'S WHERE ALL THE UTILITIES COME.

THAT'S WHERE THE SIGNALIZATION FOR THIS SUBDIVISION IS.

SO THIS ISSUE WAS REALLY ABOUT SAFETY AND REDUCING OUR FOUR FOOT SHOULDER, TAKING THREE FEET OUT OF THAT.

SO I'LL BRING IT FORWARD, BUT PHASES TWO AND THREE COME FORWARD WITH THE SAME DESIGN WHICH HAS YOUR STAFF SUPPORT.

EVERYBODY HERE SUPPORTS THAT.

SO I'M MIFFED AT WHY YOU DON'T SUPPORT MY YOUR OTHER CONSTITUENTS, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AT STRINGFIELD, THAT THIS IS THEIR HOME, THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD AND LIVE AND WALK, AND SO WHEN I'LL BRING IT BACK IN IN JANUARY, THAT'S FINE, AND I'D LOVE A SIDEBAR WITH YOU GUYS TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT.

THE TWO OF YOU FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE, I'D LIKE THAT.

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I WOULD LIKE THAT.

SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.

I CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH SOME OF MY RESIDENTS THAT ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO LIVE HERE.

THEY WANT TO BE HERE THE REST OF THEIR LIVES THERE AND IN STRINGFIELD BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATIONS AND THE AMENITIES WE BROUGHT FORWARD.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

I APOLOGIZE FOR COMING IN LATE WITH THIS REQUEST.

I KNOW NOBODY LIKES THAT.

I RESPECT THAT I'VE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR TODAY.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT WITH YOU.

WE'LL COME BACK ON THE EIGHTH, BUT THEY'RE ALL THREE, AND I CAN GO BUILD ONE IF YOU WANT 30FT OUT THERE, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.

IT IS NOT A MONEY THING, AND WE'LL ROLL FORWARD AND WE'LL BUILD IT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT DECISION, AND MY 60 RESIDENTS OUT OF 69 LOTS ARE ASKING YOU TO GO WITH THEM ON THIS.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AND I'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO BRING BACK TWO AND THREE.

ON JANUARY 8TH.

WE ALL APPROVED IT. I THINK WE ALREADY VOTED ON IT, RIGHT? NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STILL AT.

OKAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION FOR THE RECORD, THAT IT WILL BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS JANUARY 8TH IN PRESCOTT. OKAY, AND WILL THAT INCLUDE THE REWRITTEN ITEM IN NUMBER TWO? THAT'S ALL THREE. THAT'S ALL THREE STRINGFIELD RANCH ITEMS. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

GOT IT. THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF ALL THREE OF THEM.

ALL THREE. TWO AND THREE.

OKAY. TWO, THREE AND FOUR.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. Development Services - Approve Subdivision Regulation Amendments for Section 456 Additional Requirements and Accompanying Statements; Section 600 Disclosure of Financial Assurances; and Section 620 Financial Assurances for Required Public or Private Improvements; Updates to timeline for completion requirements, to clarify bond requirements for subdivision applications. Project Name: Subdivision Regulations Amendment-Bond Language; Applicant: Development Services Staff; PLA24-000091(All Districts) ]

APPROVE A SUBDIVISION REGULATION AMENDMENTS FOR SECTION 456.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND ACCOMPANYING STATEMENTS.

SECTION 600 DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL ASSURANCES, AND SECTION 620 FINANCIAL ASSURANCES FOR REQUIRED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS.

UPDATES TO TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS TO CLARIFY BOND REQUIREMENTS.

BOND I'M SORRY BOND REQUIREMENTS TO SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS.

PROJECT NAME IS SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AMENDMENT BOND LANGUAGE.

APPLICANT IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF AT PLA 24-000091, AND IT'S IN ALL DISTRICTS. HELLO AGAIN.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

NAME? MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M JESSICA SARKISSIAN UPFRONT PLANNING ENTITLEMENTS REPRESENTING YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THIS IS OUR SECOND ORDINANCE UPDATE.

SO THE THIS WAS INITIATED IN MARCH OF 2024 THROUGH A JOINT SESSION.

THIS CAME UP AS APPLICANTS AND DEVELOPERS WERE LOOKING THROUGH IT, AND EVEN CITY OFFICIALS OR COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE COMMENTING THAT IT WAS UNCLEAR ABOUT CERTAIN ORDINANCES IN HERE REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT.

I WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING HEARING ON NOVEMBER 7TH FOR THE FIRST HEARING, FIRST READING ON NOVEMBER 21ST, AGAIN WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING WAS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY, AND THEN TODAY IS GOING TO GO THROUGH WITH YOU GUYS ON THE BOARD FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, HOPEFULLY.

SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE CURRENT.

WE CAN SHOW YOU THE CURRENT SECTIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO.

THIS IS THE CURRENT SECTION.

456 TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ACCOMPANYING STATEMENTS, BUT IT'S EASIER, AND IT'S ALSO IN YOUR BOARD PACKET.

YOU CAN SEE THE DELETION AND ADD OF THE DIFFERENT THE CHANGES.

SO ON E IT'S A COST ESTIMATE FOR CONSTRUCTING THE REQUIRED SITE IMPROVEMENTS SIGNED AND SEALED, AND IT'S BEING CHANGED TO BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER REGISTERED IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

THE COST ESTIMATES AND ASSURANCES SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND OR COUNTY ATTORNEY PRIOR TO APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT.

SEE SECTION SIX REGARDING COST ESTIMATES, AND SO WE JUST REMOVED THE METHOD AND TYPE, AND THEN THE FACT THAT THEY MUST BE EXECUTED AND PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY BEFORE THE SUBDIVISION PLAT IS RECORDED.

SO THIS IS JUST CLARIFICATION ON PROCESS OF WHERE THEY STAND IN THE STEPS, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN ENGINEER THAT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN ARIZONA, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE REGISTERED HERE.

SO IT OPENS IT UP A LITTLE BIT FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES, AND FOR ENGINEERS, WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING IN TO USE WHOEVER THEY CHOOSE TO, AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW THE SAME LOCAL STANDARDS.

THE NEXT SECTION IS SECTION 600.

LET'S GO BACK TO NUMBER A REAL QUICK.

QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON NUMBER A'S? THIS IS PRETTY MUCH CHANGING FROM THE LANGUAGE TO MAKING WHAT WE'RE PRACTICING.

CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS SINCE IT SAYS SEALED.

I GUESS YOU DON'T NEED THE WORD REGISTERED BECAUSE ONLY A REGISTERED, BASICALLY A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER CAN PROVIDE THE SEAL.

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IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY, AND THE ACTUAL ASSURANCE MUST BE EXECUTED.

I ASSUME THE ASSURANCE IS THAT YOU HAVE THIS SEALED DESIGN BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY BRING IT TO THE BOARD.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO WHY IS IT WE'RE TAKING THAT SENTENCE OUT? WELL, THEY'RE JUST SAYING THAT THEY NEED.

WELL, IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE ASSURANCES NEED TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE I CAN'T THINK OF COUNTY MANAGER.

IT'S RIGHT THERE. SO DISCUSS WITH THEM FIRST BEFORE THEY'RE APPROVED, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS, AND SO THEY WANT TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH THEM ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES OF WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR ASSURANCES, AND SO THIS WAS KIND OF LIMITING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO THE SUBDIVISION PLAT AT THAT TIME.

I GUESS I'M KIND OF HARD TO EXPLAIN, BUT IT WAS IT WAS CONFUSING A LOT OF WHEN THEY WERE REVIEWING IT AND DISCUSSING THE PROCESS AND THE ORDER OF TIMELINE AND WHEN THINGS NEED TO BE ASSURED VERSUS IF THEY'RE RECORDING IT DURING THE PROCESS.

OR IS THE PLAT RECORDED OR BEFORE OR AFTER THINGS LIKE TIMELINES AND THAT I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY.

THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH TIMING.

I THINK IT REALLY WAS, AS YOU POINTED OUT, PRIMARILY A TIMING ISSUE WHERE THE ASSURANCES DIDN'T HAVE TO BE PRESENTED UNTIL THE PLAT WAS RECORDED AND THE PLAT IS NOT RECORDED UNTIL AFTER IT'S APPROVED.

SO THE IDEA THAT YOU COULD PRESENT ASSURANCES AFTER A BOARD COMES, AFTER A PLAT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO INSTEAD THEY YEAH, THEY'VE ALTERED THE PROCESS SO THAT THE ASSURANCES HAVE TO BE APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER OR COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

EXCUSE ME BEFORE THE PLAT EVER COMES BEFORE THE BOARD, AND YOU THINK RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME. I'M SORRY.

OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? OH, NO. WE HAVE. THIS IS.

THERE'S MORE. THERE'S MORE.

THERE'S MORE THAN WHAT'S UP THERE? THERE'S MORE, YES.

SO THIS IS ONE SECTION.

THERE'S TWO MORE.

THE SECOND SECTION IS SECTION 600, WHICH IS DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL ASSURANCES AGAIN.

SO NO FINAL PLAT WILL BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR RECORDED PREVIOUSLY.

IT WAS JUST RECORDED APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR RECORDED BY THE COUNTY.

UNLESS ONE OR MORE OF THE ASSURANCES LISTED IN SECTION 620 IS PROVIDED TO STAFF AND APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND/OR ATTORNEY, OR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVES AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF ASSURANCE WITH THE FINAL PLAT APPROVAL.

KIND OF THE SAME THING, GIVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S THE SECOND ONE.

SURE MAKES SENSE TO ME, MR. CHAIRMAN. ARE WE ABLE TO ACT ON ALL THREE OF THESE? YES. IT'S ONE. YES, WELL, THAT'S WHY I SPLIT THEM UP TO VOTE ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

THEY ARE ONE CASE. GOING THAT WAY, BUT I WAS TOLD TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE AT WHERE WE ARE NOW.

THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF I SAY YES TO NUMBER TWO AND NOT TO NUMBER ONE? YOU CAN DEFINITELY MAKE YOUR OWN RECOMMENDATION AT THE TIME.

NUMBER THREE, THIS IS THE FINAL ONE.

YES. THIS ONE IS A LOT EASIER.

SECTION 620 FINANCIAL ASSURANCES FOR REQUIRED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS.

PERFORMANCE BOND, AND SO HERE IS WE REMOVED THE WITHIN AND CHANGE IT TO COVERING.

SO THE SUBDIVIDER SHALL FILE WITH THE COUNTY A BOND EXECUTED BY A SURETY COMPANY HOLDING A LICENSE TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE COUNTY IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED BY THESE REGULATIONS AND COVERING THE TIME FOR COMPLETION OF IMPROVEMENTS, AS ESTIMATED BY THE ENGINEER OF RECORD AND APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER. THE PERFORMANCE BOND SHALL BE APPROVED AS TO FORM A LEGALITY BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.

MR. CHAIRMAN, ALL OF THIS LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IT CLEARLY IS, I THINK MAKES A GREAT DEAL OF SENSE AND ALIGNS WITH OUR DESIRE TO CLEAN UP OUR OUR ORDINANCES AND CREATE EVEN NEW ONES, AND SO, WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK BECAUSE IT TAKES WORK TO GET THIS DONE AND I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

MR. CHAIRMAN. OKAY.

WHAT ARE YOU. ALL THREE.

ALL THREE? YES, SIR.

SO BASICALLY THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION AMENDMENTS FOR SECTION 456 AND AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND ACCOMPANYING STATEMENTS.

SECTION 600, DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL ASSURANCES IN 620.

FINANCIAL ASSURANCES FOR REQUIRED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS.

OKAY, AND UPDATE THAT TIMELINE.

RIGHT. OKAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL THREE OF THOSE.

CORRECT. IT'S THE ONE CASE PLA 24-000091.

OKAY I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THIS IS A HEARING ITEM, THEREFORE IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT OR ANYTHING ANYWHERE, MISS CLERK?

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NO, SIR. NOTHING.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

[ CALL TO THE PUBLIC: Individuals may address the Board for up to three (3) minutes on any relevant issue within the Board's jurisdiction. Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.01(H), Board members shall not discuss or take action on matters raised during the call to the public. The Board may direct staff to study the matter or direct that the matter be rescheduled for consideration at a later date.]

CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

CALL THE PUBLIC.

INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY RELEVANT ISSUE WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION.

PURSUANT TO ARS 38-431.01H.

BOARD MEMBERS SHALL NOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON MATTERS RAISED DURING THE CALL PUBLIC.

THE BOARD MAY DIRECT STAFF TO STUDY THE MATTER AND DIRECT THAT MATTER TO BE RESCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION AT A LATER DATE.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FOR CALL OF THE PUBLIC? YES, SIR. YOU DO? YOUR COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR, MISS HORTON, IS PRESENT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

LESLIE HORTON, COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR.

I DO HOPE THAT YOU WILL PONDER AND STUDY ON THIS ISSUE AFTER WE'RE DONE.

BUT REALLY, WE USE THIS CALL TO THE PUBLIC FOR A SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISOR CRAIG L BROWN.

WE'VE CREATED MELISSA GARCIA IS UP HERE WITH ME, AND WE HELD A GREAT EVENT IN ASH FORK JUST LAST FRIDAY, COMMEMORATING THE OPENING SOON OF A NEW HEALTH SERVICES SITE IN ASH FORK.