Jan 08, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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HEY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

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WE ARE MEETING TODAY AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

HEARING ROOM, FIRST FLOOR.

YAVAPAI COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUILDING AT 1015 FAIR STREET.

TODAY'S DATE IS JANUARY 8TH, 2025.

I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

TIME NOW IS ZERO 9:00.

ALL ITEMS LISTED ARE ACTION ITEMS. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

THE ORDER OF THE ITEMS MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MEETING.

ONE OR MORE MEETING ONE OR MORE BOARD MEMBERS MAY ATTEND TELEPHONICALLY OR VIRTUALLY.

WE HAVE EVERYONE HERE TODAY.

BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDING TELEFONICA VIRTUALLY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE MEETING.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH THE INVOCATION BY SUPERVISOR CUCCINELLO, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

JOIN ME. LORD, IT'S A NEW SEASON HERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE AND WE NEED YOUR WISDOM, YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR ADVICE.

WE WELCOME YOU TO USE US.

LET OUR WORDS BE YOUR WORDS.

AND PLEASE, JUST LET US DO THE GOOD FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AMEN. AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THANK YOU. CLERK OF THE BOARD.

CAN YOU CONDUCT ROLL CALL? YES, SIR.

QUORUM. THANK YOU.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED JUST IF YOU'RE HERE FOR HEARING ITEMS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX WITH THE STRINGFIELD RANCH, THAT ITEM IS GOING TO BE TABLED IN A LATER ON IN THE IN THE MEETING.

SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO COME ON FEBRUARY 5TH, WE'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK THEN.

BUT ONCE WE GET TO THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO HAVE TIME TO COMMENT TODAY ON THAT.

SO ONCE WE GET TO THAT AGENDA ITEM, WE'LL IT'LL BE TABLED AND BUT I'LL STILL ALLOW WHOEVER'S HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, SPEAK.

SO FILL OUT YOUR GREEN SHEETS.

YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE AND GIVE YOUR STATEMENT.

SO WITH GOING ON FURTHER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS FULLY DISCLOSED.

OKAY. WE'LL START OFF WITH THE AWARDS AND PROCLAMATIONS.

[ AWARDS AND PROCLAMATIONS ]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIRMAN.

THIS ONE IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME AS MY FAMILIES ARE ALSO VICTIMS. AND THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR AMERICAN DOWNWINDERS.

WHEREAS ON JANUARY 27TH, 1951, THE FIRST ABOVE GROUND NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS WERE CONDUCTED AT THE NEVADA PROVING GROUNDS, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, BEGINNING MANY YEARS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING THERE.

AND WHEREAS, WHEN TESTING BEGAN, THE U.S.

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ASSURED PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE DOWNWIND AND DOWNWIND FROM THE NEVADA PROVING GROUNDS THAT ABOVE GROUND NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS POSE NO HEALTH THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. AND WHEREAS, DESPITE THE ASSURANCES OF THE U.S.

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, MANY YAVAPAI COUNTY RESIDENTS WORKING AND LIVING DOWNWIND FROM THE ABOVE GROUND NUCLEAR TESTING SITES WERE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE RADIATION EXPOSURE GENERATED BY THE ABOVE GROUND NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING.

AND WHEREAS MANY YAVAPAI COUNTY RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM ADVERSE EFFECTS OF RADIATION EXPOSURE GENERATED BY THE ABOVE GROUND NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING THAT OCCURRED AT THE NEVADA PROVING GROUNDS.

AND WHEREAS WE MUST REMEMBER AND ADDRESS THE LINGERING PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT OF ABOVE GROUND NUCLEAR TESTS ON CITIZENS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY AND THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES, AND REMAIN AWARE OF SUCH THREATS TO RECOGNIZE AND PREVENT THEM NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE ON JANUARY 27TH, 2025, AS NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR AMERICAN DOWNWINDERS AND FURTHER, THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY DECLARE JANUARY 27TH, 2025 AS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR AMERICAN DOWNWINDERS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SETS HIS HAND AND CAUSES THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF YAVAPAI, ARIZONA TO BE AFFIXED ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025.

JAMES GREGORY CHAIRMAN.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.

I'LL SECOND THAT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR COMPTON, SECONDED BY MYSELF.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES. MR. CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF.

OKAY. CHERRY IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME DOWN.

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IS THIS ON? IS A GREEN LIGHT ON? YES IT IS. THERE YOU GO.

OKAY, NOW IT'S ON.

OKAY. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS CHERRY HANNA, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE MY DOWNWINDERS PRESENTATION, RECOGNIZING JANUARY 27TH AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR AMERICAN DOWNWINDERS.

BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A SHORT VIDEO EXPLAINING WHAT A DOWNWINDER IS.

SO, JAMIE, IF YOU'LL DIM THE LIGHTS AND THEN PLAY THE VIDEO.

AS THE COLD WAR INTENSIFIED AND THE ARMS RACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION ESCALATED AT A SHOCKING PACE, THE NEED FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS BECAME APPARENT.

ON DECEMBER 18TH, 1950, PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN APPROVED THE NUCLEAR PROVING GROUND, THE NEVADA TEST SITE, WHICH WAS 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. THE BARREN TESTING RANGE CARVED OUT OF THE MOJAVE DESERT, WOULD BE HOME FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES TO 928 OF THE 1054 ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

THE TESTING FINALLY ENDED IN SEPTEMBER 1992, WHEN A MORATORIUM WENT INTO EFFECT BEFORE THE MORATORIUM.

MUSHROOM CLOUDS WERE A FAMILIAR SIGHT FROM THE LAS VEGAS STRIP IN 1962.

PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY VISITED THE NEVADA TEST SITE.

HE HAS BEEN THE ONLY SITTING PRESIDENT TO DO SO.

IN 1963, 63, PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND SOVIET PRESIDENT NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV SIGNED A TREATY THAT REQUIRED THE SUPERPOWERS TO CONDUCT NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTS UNDERGROUND. THIS HISTORIC TREATY BANNED NUCLEAR TESTING IN THE AIR, OCEANS, OR SPACE.

THE FIRST NUCLEAR EXPERIMENT IN NEVADA LIT UP THE DESERT SKY ON JANUARY 27TH, 1951.

THE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT BLANKETED NOT ONLY THE ARID DESERT, BUT FARM FIELDS, HOMES, SCHOOLS, FACTORIES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE REGION.

THE WIND CARRIED CONTAMINATION THROUGHOUT PARTS OF ARIZONA, NEVADA AND UTAH.

PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AFFECTED AREAS WERE KNOWN AS DOWNWINDERS FROM 1945 TO 1962.

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CONDUCTED HUNDREDS OF NUCLEAR TESTS WHICH EXPOSED CITIZENS TO RADIATION.

EMPLOYEES IN THE URANIUM MINING INDUSTRY WERE ALSO EXPOSED TO TOXIC LEVELS OF RADIATION.

IN 1990, CONGRESS PASSED THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT AS AN APOLOGY TO APOLOGY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO DEVELOP CERTAIN CANCERS AND OTHER SERIOUS DISEASES RELATED TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING AND URANIUM MINING.

VICTIMS OR THEIR SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS ARE AWARDED AMOUNTS FROM $50,000 TO $100,000.

FREE CANCER SCREENINGS ARE AVAILABLE TO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.

THANK YOU. WHEN I APPEARED BEFORE THIS BOARD LAST JANUARY, HONORING JANUARY 27TH AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR AMERICAN DOWNWINDERS, WE WERE APPROACHING THE JUNE 2024 EXPIRATION DATE OF THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT, BETTER KNOWN AS RECA.

PRIOR TO THE RECA JUNE EXPIRATION DATE.

SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY, REPUBLICAN FROM MISSOURI, PUT FORTH SENATE BILL S 3853.

THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT, S 3853, WOULD GREATLY EXPAND THE CURRENT RECA PROGRAM.

SOME OF THE PROPOSALS TO EXPAND THE CRITERIA IN S 3853 WAS EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR MAKING CLAIMS BY SIX MORE YEARS, ADD ELIGIBILITY FOR WASTE EXPOSURES CONNECTED TO THE MANHATTAN PROJECT ACTIVITIES IN MISSOURI, TENNESSEE, OHIO, KENTUCKY, AND ALASKA, INCREASING TERRITORY COVERED AND INCREASING THE MONETARY PAYOUT APPROVED CLAIMS UNDER RECA.

IT WOULD ALSO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF DOWNWINDER STATES AND TERRITORIES ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION, INCLUDING A LONGER ELIGIBILITY WINDOW FOR URANIUM MINERS TO FILE CLAIMS AND ADD ELIGIBLE DISEASES, INCLUDING OTHER VARIOUS FORMS OF CANCER.

CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 19 FORMS OF CANCER COMPENSATED UNDER RECA.

IN MARCH OF 2024, IT WAS AN HONOR FOR ME AS AN ARIZONA DOWNWINDER ADVOCATE AND OTHER DOWNWINDER ADVOCATES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, TO BE INVITED TO

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FOR THREE DAYS TO MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL AND SENATORIAL REPRESENTATIVES IN SUPPORT OF S 3853.

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE FROM ARIZONA WERE MEMBERS OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE GREAT NAVAJO NATION.

THE NAVAJO PEOPLE WERE GREATLY AFFECTED BY THE NUCLEAR TESTING FALLOUT, AND MANY NAVAJOS WORKED IN THE URANIUM MINES.

BY SPECIAL INVITATION OF SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY, WE WERE SEATED IN THE GALLERY OF THE SENATE ROTUNDA TO WITNESS THE SENATE VOTE ON S 3853, WHICH PASSED THE SENATE 69 TO 30 WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

ARIZONA SENATORS MARK KELLY AND KIRSTEN SINEMA CO-SPONSORED S 3853.

AND IT WAS. AND I WAS THERE TO WATCH THEM VOTE YES.

THIS PHOTO IS RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT INTO THE ROTUNDA TO BE SEATED TO WATCH THE VOTE.

UNFORTUNATELY, S 3853 NEVER WAS BROUGHT TO A VOTE BEFORE THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON'S OFFICE STATED, UNFORTUNATELY, THE CURRENT SENATE BILL, S 3853, IS ESTIMATED TO COST BETWEEN 50 AND $60 BILLION IN NEW COVERAGE AND MANDATORY SPENDING WITH NO OFFSETS.

WITH THE BILL NOW STALLED IN THE HOUSE AND WITH MANY BACK AND FORTH NEGOTIATIONS REDUCING THE COST AND BENEFITS, AN AGREEMENT WAS UNABLE TO BE REACHED BY THE JUNE 2024 DEADLINE AND RECA, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1990, WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF JUNE 2024.

CURRENTLY, ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL DIVISION WHO PROCESSED THE RICA CLAIMS THERE ARE MORE THAN A THOUSAND PENDING CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION FILED AS OF THE END OF JULY 2024.

HOWEVER, ALL IS NOT LOST.

MY SOURCES IN WASHINGTON TELL ME THAT THEY ARE VERY HOPEFUL, WITH ROBERT F KENNEDY JR BEING NOMINATED AS PRESIDENT TRUMP DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

MR. KENNEDY, AS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DOWNWINDERS AND THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.

SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL BE TAKEN BACK UP.

AND WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE, WE WILL HAVE A STEP UP TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS PROGRAM REINSTATED.

WOULDN'T IT BE IRONIC IF MR. KENNEDY COULD DO THAT, SEEING HOW HIS UNCLE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY, WAS THE ONLY PRESIDENT TO VISIT THE TEST SITE FOR THE NUCLEAR TESTING, THAT HE WOULD BE THE PERSON TO BRING IT BACK AND DO HAVE BETTER COMPENSATION FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE TESTING.

SO AFTER THE VOTE, I CONTACTED CONGRESSMAN CRANE'S CHIEF OF STAFF, AND I ASKED IF I COULD MEET WITH CONGRESSMAN CRANE BECAUSE I WAS IN WASHINGTON TO SEE THE VOTE.

I WAS ADVISED TO CHECK BACK AFTER THE VOTE, IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I COULD MEET WITH CONGRESSMAN CRANE, BUT NO GUARANTEES BECAUSE HE HAD A FULL DAY OF MEETINGS.

I TRULY APPRECIATED THE EFFORTS OF CONGRESSMAN CRANE'S STAFF FOR GUIDING ME TO THE PROPER LOCATION, SO I COULD MEET WITH THE CONGRESSMAN BETWEEN MEETINGS. ALTHOUGH WE ONLY HAD A FEW MINUTES TO TALK, I AM GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR HIS SUPPORT OF RECA AND THE DOWNWINDERS.

AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ELISE WHITMAN.

SHE'S THE DISTRICT STAFF ASSISTANT FOR CONGRESSMAN ELI CRANE.

SHE WILL READ A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM CONGRESSMAN CRANE REGARDING THE DOWNWINDERS.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS AND BOARD.

IF I HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOU, I'M ELISE WHITMAN, DISTRICT STAFF ASSISTANT HERE IN THE PRESCOTT OFFICE FOR CONGRESSMAN ELI CRANE.

THE OFFICIAL LETTER IS ON ITS WAY FROM THE CONGRESSMAN FROM WASHINGTON, DC AND WILL BE DELIVERED HERE.

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO.

DEAR SUPERVISORS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.

LAST YEAR, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE TO MAYOR GOOD AND PRESCOTT CITY COUNCIL, EXPRESSING A COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE RECA PROGRAM.

I AM HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO SO AGAIN.

THIS YEAR, I WRITE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT CONGRESS MUST DO NEXT ON REAUTHORIZING AND STRENGTHENING THIS VITAL PROGRAM.

AS YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 1945 AND 1992, THE UNITED STATES CONDUCTED 206 ABOVE GROUND NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS, RELEASING HARMFUL RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL INTO THE AIR AND BLANKETING PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING ARIZONA.

DOWNWINDERS CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED AND SUFFER HEALTH EFFECTS RELATED TO THE TESTING.

SIMILARLY, THOSE WHO HELPED MINE MILL AND TRANSPORT URANIUM NEEDED FOR THESE WEAPONS CONTINUE TO BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WORK IN DEFENSE OF OUR NATION.

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AS WE ALL KNOW, RECA HAS EXPIRED AND CONGRESS HAS SOME WORK TO DO RIGHT NOW.

AMERICANS POISONED BY OUR GOVERNMENT'S NUCLEAR TESTS AND WASTE WILL NOT BE AWARDED THE LIFE SAVING HELP AFFORDED BY THE RECA PROGRAM FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.

CONGRESS CANNOT LET THIS STAND.

WORKING TO REPRESENT YOU IN CONGRESS, I HAVE REACHED ACROSS THE AISLE TO FIX THIS GOVERNMENT CAUSED HEALTH DISASTER THAT HAS IMPACTED MANY IN THE GREATER PRESCOTT AREA OVER THE LAST 80 YEARS.

SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE COSPONSORED H.R.

6753, THE URANIUM MINERS AND WORKERS ACT, WHICH REAUTHORIZES THE RECA PROGRAM FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS TO ALLOW EXPOSURE VICTIMS TO FILE CLAIMS AS THEIR SYMPTOMS MANIFEST. UNLIKE MANY OTHER BILLS IN CONGRESS, IT DOES NOT RESOLVE OR RESULT IN DEFICIT SPENDING, CREATE NEW FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY, FLY IN THE FACE OF SETTLED SCIENCE, BYPASS FEDERAL INDEMNITY PROVISIONS, OR IGNORE ARIZONANS.

THIS LEGISLATION HAS THE SUPPORT OF 28 CO-SPONSORS FROM 15 STATES, NINE OF WHOM ARE FELLOW MEMBERS ON THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE OF JURISDICTION FOR THE RECA PROGRAM.

FURTHERMORE, I COSPONSORED H.R.

7779, THE GOOD SAMARITAN REMEDIATION OF ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES ACT, WHICH ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, STATE AGENCIES, AND NONPROFITS TO BYPASS BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES AND SENSELESS LAWSUITS TO CLEAN UP ABANDONED MINES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THIS LEGISLATION WAS RECENTLY SIGNED INTO LAW.

I HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH SENATOR KELLY TO INTRODUCE H.R.

123, THE LEGACY MINE CLEANUP ACT, WHICH HOLDS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR IMPROVING THE CLEANUP OF ABANDONED HARD ROCK MINES.

THIS LEGISLATION PASSED THE SENATE LAST CONGRESS, AND IT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST.

I INTRODUCED THIS CONGRESS AS I PUSH FOR ITS CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE.

AGAIN, I WRITE TO COMMIT TO PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE RECA PROGRAM AND MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES CLEANER AND SAFER.

I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO ENSURE THE DOWNWINDERS, URANIUM MINERS, URANIUM MILLERS AND ORANGE TRANSPORTERS HARMED ARE NOT IGNORED BY THE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT FAILED THEM. I AM HONORED TO HAVE MY LETTER READ BEFORE YOU TODAY, AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO REPRESENT YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND WISHES IN CONGRESS.

SINCERELY, ELIJAH CRANE, MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OKAY.

NEXT ITEM. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED.

PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGING WEEK OF JANUARY 19TH AS NATIONAL MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION WEEK AND YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE YAVAPAI COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER SERVES THE YAVAPAI, THE COUNTY OF CITIZENS, AND HONORS THE DECEASED OF THE COUNTY BY INVESTIGATING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES CONCERNING DEATHS THAT OCCUR WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

WHEREAS YAVAPAI COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE EMPLOYEES DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO ENSURE EVERY CITIZEN IS REPRESENTED BY QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATORS WHO ARE ABLE TO PERFORM KNOWLEDGE, COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE INVESTIGATIONS INTO DEATHS OF OUR CITIZENS AND VISITORS.

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WHEREAS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ETHICAL, QUALIFIED, INDEPENDENT AND THOROUGH DEATH INVESTIGATIONS.

MEDICAL DEATH, INVESTIGATORS HAVE ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS INDISPENSABLE COMPONENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS EFFECTIVE ADVOCATING FOR THOSE WHO CAN NO LONGER SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RECOGNIZES THE WEEK OF JANUARY 19TH THROUGH THE DAY OF 25TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL MEDICAL DEATH INVESTIGATORS WEEK THROUGHOUT YAVAPAI COUNTY AND THEREFORE IN WITNESS OF THE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

LESLIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STEP UP? GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR MEDICAL LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATOR TEAM.

THEY'RE ALL HERE TODAY, SO YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THEM IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT AND I DON'T KNOW IF I INTRODUCED MYSELF.

LESLIE HORTON, COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES YOU KNOW, OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IS SUCH A NEAT OPERATION.

I MEAN, IT IS THE ONE OF THE COOLEST OFFICES THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY.

THEY DO SUCH INTERESTING WORK.

AND YOU KNOW THEY TRULY DO HAVE TO BE PROBLEM SOLVERS, MYSTERY SOLVERS.

BUT ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR FAMILIES IS THESE GUYS HAVE TO TALK FAMILIES THROUGH CLOSURE.

AND AS THEY FIND OUT WHAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS OR THE MANNER OF DEATH, THEY REALLY HAVE TO TALK THAT THROUGH WITH FAMILIES.

AND SOMETIMES THERE'S DISBELIEF AS TO WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT THEY REALLY DO A GREAT JOB OF BEING EMPATHETIC AND CARING AND REALLY, TRULY WALKING FAMILIES THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND SO AS A MANDATORY FUNCTION OF OUR COUNTY, BUT AN AMAZING PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS AWESOME TEAM OF DEATH INVESTIGATORS.

WE HAVE OUR LEADER, DOCTOR CAROLINE CROSS.

SHE'S HERE AS OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER, THERE MANAGER AMY ROBERTS.

AND THEN HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, WE HAVE FRANCISCO MORALES.

HE'S BEEN HERE THE LONGEST OF ALL OF OUR DEATH INVESTIGATORS, BUT HE'S ALSO OUR SINGLE AND SOLE MALE IN THE OFFICE.

SO HE HAS PROBABLY CHALLENGES THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE APPRECIATE HIM.

AND WE HAVE SAVANNAH DAVIS ALSO BACK HERE.

SAMANTHA SHIPLEY, KELSEY BEAR AND HOLLY HARDING IS ALSO OUR AUTOPSY TECH.

SO YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE HIM WHEN WE TAKE A PICTURE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THEM, THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR THEM.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND WITH THAT. WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION.

SECOND. OKAY.

MOTION BY MYSELF, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR COMPTON.

ALL IN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES.

LET'S STEP DOWN AND GET A PHOTO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. LESLIE.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[ CONSENT AGENDA (Routine items that may all be approved by one motion.)]

DOES ANY SUPERVISORS WISH TO PULL ANY ITEM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER EIGHT? MR. CHAIR. ONE AND EIGHT.

ONE AND EIGHT. OKAY, ONE AND EIGHT.

WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 16, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM ONE AND NUMBER EIGHT.

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OKAY. WITH THAT, ANOTHER CHECK WITH THE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, STATE AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVING ON. WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER ONE.

[1. Board of Supervisors - Approve minutes of the Regular Board of Supervisors' meeting of November 20, 2024. ]

GIVE ME A SECOND HERE. YOU WANTED TO PULL ITEM ONE.

YES, PLEASE. OKAY.

AND JUST REALLY, FOR LEGAL ADVICE AND, AND WE ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING, WHICH I WAS NOT THERE FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF NIKKI OR BROOKS WAS AT THAT MEETING AS WELL.

SO CAN WE VOTE ON APPROVING MINUTES BEING ACCURATE WHEN WE WERE NOT THERE? AND I'M HAPPY TO RELY ON CHAIR GREGORY AND SUPERVISOR MALLORY IF THEY SAY THEY LOOK ACCURATE, I'M HAPPY TO VOTE ALONG WITH THAT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S LEGAL TO DO THAT.

COUNCILMAN BRENNAN.

YES. EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IF THE BOARD IS NOT IF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD IS NOT COMFORTABLE VOTING, THERE IS A VIDEO RECORD FOR THE BOARD THAT COULD BE REVIEWED IN ADVANCE OF THE VOTE.

BUT THIS IS A MINISTERIAL FUNCTION OF THE BOARD THAT IS REQUIRED.

SO WE DO NEED TO HAVE THE BOARD ACTUALLY APPROVE THE MINUTES.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE THIS TO THE NEXT AGENDA SO THAT YOU COULD REVIEW THE VIDEO AND THE MINUTES TO MAKE SURE THEY ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THAT MEETING, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT.

BUT IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY DO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

AND SINCE YOU ARE THE SITTING BOARD, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO CAN PERFORM THAT FUNCTION.

CHAIRMAN, I WAS PRESENT IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THE LAST MEETING, AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING ON THOSE MINUTES.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY WITH THAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR STATE AYE.

AYE. OKAY.

EVERYBODY STATE AYE.

I ABSTAIN. OH YOU ABSTAIN.

OKAY. WE GOT ONE ABSTAIN AND FOUR AYES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. Human Resources - Approve new Class Specification for Budget Analyst Senior. Approve two (2) new Class Specifications and positions for Director - Workforce Development, and Coordinator - Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) with an effective date of January 19, 2025, and transfer capacity from General Fund contingency in an amount not to exceed $88,467. ]

APPROVED TWO CLASS SPECIFICATIONS AND POSITIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATOR.

SUPERVISOR COOK, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM? YEAH, I JUST WHEN I LOOK AT IT, WE'RE ADDING TWO NEW STAFF.

AND I HATE TO DO THAT WHEN I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEING COVERED HERE.

AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT WAYS OF GOING ABOUT DOING IT, BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST RECENTLY CAME OFF THE BOARD OF YAVAPAI COLLEGE, AND WHEN I WAS READING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE ROLES OF THIS POSITION, IT'S ALREADY EVERYTHING IS ALREADY BEING COVERED DOING THAT.

AND I THINK WHEN WE SERVE THE SAME TAXPAYER, CAN WE THINK DIFFERENTLY AND TRY AND USE WHAT'S THERE EXISTING ALREADY? AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE THE FIDUCIARY OF THAT MONEY COMING THROUGH, BUT COULD WE USE SOMEONE THAT'S ALREADY DOING THIS, PAY THEM A DOLLAR A YEAR AT THE COLLEGE AND HAVE THEM DO THAT FOR US? AND INSTEAD OF SPENDING THIS MONEY ON NEW STAFF, COULD WE SPEND IT ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING? COUNTY MANAGER. GOOD MORNING.

CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MAURY THOMPSON, COUNTY MANAGER.

AND I'D START BY SAYING EXCELLENT QUESTIONS.

THE NEW BOARD LIKELY IS UNAWARE OF THE HISTORY OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, BUT OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE WENT THROUGH SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

THE NORTHERN ARIZONA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS HAD HISTORICALLY AND HISTORICALLY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS SERVING A DUAL ROLE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HERE IN HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, SERVING AS THE ADMINISTRATOR AND ALSO THE PROVIDER OF SERVICES THAT HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THIS BOARD.

AND I BELIEVE, FAIR TO SAY, MOST ALL INVOLVED AS AN INHERENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

IT HAD BEEN ADDRESSED HISTORICALLY BY PUTTING IN PLACE SOME FIREWALLS, IF YOU WILL.

HOWEVER, THE I CAN BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK FOR THE STATE IN SAYING THAT THEY WERE OKAY WITH THOSE, BUT THEY WEREN'T IDEAL DUE TO SOME ISSUES WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NACOG AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

THE BOARD MADE SOME DECISIONS TO ALTER THAT RELATIONSHIP.

THE COUNTY THEN BECAME THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THOSE SERVICES, AND COG CONTINUED TO BE THE PROVIDER OF SERVICES.

WHAT I'M DESCRIBING HERE IS HOW WE'VE ADDRESSED CONFLICT.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING ON ITS FACE MAKES SENSE.

AND I ACTUALLY ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS.

IF THE COLLEGE WERE TO PERFORM BOTH OF THOSE FUNCTIONS, I THINK WE WOULD BE BACK INTO THAT SAME CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT WE WERE FACING WITH NACOG.

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I WILL ASSURE YOU THAT SINCE THE COUNTY MADE THE CHANGE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ADMINISTERING IT DIRECTLY, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A VERY, VERY CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE.

I'VE GOT KORI CHRISTIANS HERE WHO'S SERVING AS OUR INTERIM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR UNTIL HOPEFULLY WE GET THIS POSITION APPROVED AND POSTED.

AND DOCTOR MERCADO FROM YAVAPAI COLLEGE, I THINK COULD ALSO ADD TO MY COMMENTS IF YOU'D LIKE.

OKAY. OKAY.

COREY. AND COREY, THANK YOU.

WE JUST KEEP PILING THINGS ON TOP OF YOU.

SO THANKS FOR TAKING THAT ON.

IT'S MY PLEASURE. MY PLEASURE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. COREY CHRISTIAN'S CURRENT INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

YEAH. SO I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING RIDE SINCE I STARTED THIS ROLE IN JULY.

SO AS YOUR COUNTY LIBRARIAN, I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE ABOUT FIVE PAGES OF STATUTES I HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

AND FOR THE MOST PART, THE COUNTY HAS TOTAL AUTHORITY OVER HOW LIBRARIES ARE RUN.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS NOTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S RUN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE'S MULTIPLE PROGRAMS AND YAVAPAI COLLEGE HAS THEIR OWN PROGRAM AS WELL, IS RUN THROUGH THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT. SO THAT PARTICULAR LEGISLATION IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM RUN THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT IS THEN PASSED, PASSES DOLLARS AND ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATION ON TO THE STATE, WHICH IS THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY.

THEN PASSES ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATION ON TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHO ACTS AS THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL.

ACCORDING TO THE WIOA JARGON, THEN YOU GUYS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT.

APPROVE AND APPROVE PEOPLE TO BE ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

SO THAT PARTICULAR GROUP KIND OF ACTS AS AN EXTENSION BOARD FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY BEING THE FISCAL AGENT FOR ALL FUNDS, ALL THESE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT COME THROUGH.

SO AS KIND OF EXPANDING A BIT ON WHAT MR. THOMPSON SAID, THAT THE CHALLENGE COMES WHEN WE HAVE $1.7 MILLION IN WIOA FUNDS COMING IN.

THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, ACTING AS AN EXTENSION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DETERMINES HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE SPENT.

SO THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVE VERY FEW OF THOSE FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS.

BUT THERE IS MASSIVE, MASSIVE OVERSIGHT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

SO WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS IS REALLY WORKING ON GETTING TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH THOSE WITH THAT OVERSIGHT, GETTING POLICIES TOGETHER, LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS, GETTING INTO COMPLIANCE, APPROVING TRANSFERS BETWEEN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS WHICH REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US.

I SHOULDN'T SAY NOTHING TO DO BUT THEIR SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF, MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GET HELP WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY RECEIVING THOSE FUNDS AND ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK, THAT'S WHERE YAVAPAI COLLEGE COMES INTO PLACE THROUGH THE ELIGIBLE TRAINING PROGRAM, THE TPL LIST THEY PROVIDE ACTUAL EDUCATION TO PEOPLE HOPING TO IMPROVE THEIR POSITION WITHIN THE WORKFORCE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER ROLES THAT THEY PLAY AS WELL.

FOR INSTANCE, THEY ALSO HAVE TWO MEMBERS ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD ITSELF.

DOCTOR MERCADO AND MR. LEFEVRE, WHO ARE BOTH HERE, BOTH ON THE BOARD.

SO YAVAPAI COLLEGE DOES HAVE A HUGE SAY.

BUT THERE ARE I MEAN, A LOT OF PARTNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING IT WORK.

SO THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING YAVAPAI COUNTY BE THE ADMINISTRATOR IS IT REALLY ELIMINATES ALL THOSE CONFLICTS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GIVING MONEY TO.

SO IT ALLOWS THEM TO DO THE SERVICE THEY KNOW HOW TO DO BEST, SUCH AS THE COLLEGE PROVIDING AN EDUCATION.

AND IT ALLOWS US, AS THE FISCAL AGENT, TO MAKE SURE THE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT EXACTLY HOW THEY NEED TO BE SPENT, BECAUSE IN THE END, IT'S NOT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD THAT'S ON THE HOOK IF THOSE MONIES ARE SPENT INCORRECTLY.

IT'S THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO MAKING SURE THE COUNTY MAKING SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT APPROPRIATELY IS REALLY ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM.

I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE IF WE COULD CLEAN UP THE BUREAUCRACY, HOW MUCH MONEY WE'D HAVE TO SPEND ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

I AND I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT THE BUREAUCRACY IS CREATED BY YAVAPAI COUNTY, AND THERE'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.

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I GET IT. YEAH, I GET IT.

AND JUST GROWING UP HERE, I MEAN, IT WAS.

SO IT IS REALLY HARD FOR THE WORKING PERSON TO MAKE A LIVING HERE.

AND I KNOW YAVAPAI HAS SWITCHED THEIR FOCUS TO LIVING WAGE JOBS.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OUT TO THE C TECH OUT THERE AT THE AIRPORT, BUT THERE'S AMAZING THINGS.

PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH A 16 WEEK COURSE AND COME OUT MAKING $80,000 A YEAR, AND THAT CHANGES LIVES.

SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS BIG ON MY LIST BECAUSE I LIVED IT AND I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS.

SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO WORK CLOSER WITH THE COLLEGE TO GET IT DONE BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN.

THEY GOT A ROBOTICS PROGRAM OUT THERE THAT THEY'RE GETTING SIX FIGURES COMING OUT OF SCHOOL AFTER TWO YEAR PROGRAM, AND THAT'S FROM PEOPLE THAT MAKE 20, $30,000 A YEAR. IT'S A BIG BUMP IN THEIR LIVES.

SO JUST ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO STREAMLINE IT, COOPERATE.

AND I JUST I ALWAYS HATE ADDING STAFF.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IF WE CANNOT DO IT.

AND WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THE ROLES IT I KNOW THEY DO EVERYTHING ON HERE AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AND THE MONEY FLOW, BUT I WAS JUST HOPING WE COULD HAVE CLEANED THAT UP SOMEHOW. AND I KNOW IT'S ABOVE OUR LEVEL AS WELL.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CRAZY, AND I WILL SAY TO A CERTAIN DEGREE ALSO THAT THIS ROLE WAS PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS A DIRECTOR FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT POSITION WAS WITH NACOG.

AND WHEN WE ELIMINATED THAT CONFLICT, WE STILL NEEDED THAT ROLE.

IT JUST HAD TO BE PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY NOW BECAUSE IT COULD NO LONGER BE PROVIDED BY NACOG.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL IN FAVOR STATE AYE.

AYE. AYE. AYE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU CORY.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO BE ACTION ITEM DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR CALENDAR

[1. 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 immediately. ]

CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

WITH THE POSITION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, THERE COMES AN AMOUNT OF REPRESENTATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT EACH DISTRICT DESERVES TO HAVE A CHANCE AT THAT, THAT REPRESENTATION.

SO IN THE PREVIOUS BOARD CHAIRMAN WAS FROM DISTRICT FOUR.

VICE CHAIR WAS DISTRICT THREE.

AND NOW THE PREVIOUS BOARD HAS SELECTED JAMES GREGORY AS CHAIR.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

EXCUSE ME.

TO CONFIRM SUPERVISOR JAMES GREGORY AS CHAIR.

I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY, WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE.

OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.

AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH THE SAME INTENT TO HAVE SUPERVISOR BROOKS COMPTON BE VICE CHAIR.

AND I'LL SECOND THAT.

SO WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.

AND SO WE'LL GO TO A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE.

AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY. THANK YOU NIKKI. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

[1. Development Services - Approve Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control of series 007 Beer and Wine Bar Liquor License Application #314030 without protest, submitted by Tina Marie Barnhart for The Cleator Bar and Yacht Club located at 13025 East Crown King Road, Cleator, Arizona 86333. (District 2 - Supervisor Gregory)]

FIRST ONE WILL BE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, APPROVE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSES AND CONTROL OF SERIES OF BEER AND WINE AND BAR LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION 314030 WITHOUT PROTEST.

SUBMITTING BY THE SUBMISSION BY KINA BERNHARDT OF THE CLEATOR BAR AND YACHT CLUB, LOCATED ON EAST CROWN KING ROAD.

MARK LARSON. GOOD MORNING.

CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS.

MARK LUSSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

BEFORE YOU IS THE POTENTIAL APPROVAL OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THE CLEATOR BARTON BAR AND YACHT CLUB IN THE TOWN OF CLEATOR.

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

WE AT THIS POINT HAVE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THIS.

AND CLERK OF THE BOARD, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO, SIR. THE BOARD DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AND THERE'S NO GREEN SHEETS FOR THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK.

OKAY. WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND. OKAY.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? ANYBODY WANTED ANY DISCUSSION ON IT? THEY'RE ALREADY SERVING LIQUOR.

WHY DO THEY NEED A LICENSE? I DRINK THEIR LIQUOR.

I LOOKED AT THIS APPLICATION, THIS IS A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP.

SO ANY TIME THAT THE COMPANY NAME CHANGES, THE OWNERSHIP CHANGES, THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR THIS LICENSE AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET THE SAME RECORD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, STATE AYE.

AYE. AYE.

OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.

MARK. NEXT ITEM WILL BE ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[2. Development Services - Approve nontransferable Use Permit to allow for a licensed private preschool for up to eighteen (18) children, as well as occasional after-school programs and tutoring for K-6 grade homeschooled students, within a private residence and playground on approximately 2.01 acres in the RCU-2A zoning district, subject to the conditions of approval. Project Name: My School AZ Use Permit; Property Owner: Robert Northcott; Applicant: Amie Trujillo; PLA24-000073; APN: 306-02-432B. The property is located at 2285 West Road 1 South in Chino Valley, Arizona. Staff: Susan Hébert. (District 4 - Supervisor Kuknyo)]

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AND THIS IS LOCATED IN SUPERVISOR KUKNYO'S DISTRICT IN THE CHINO VALLEY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M SUSAN HEBERT, PLANNER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

MISSION HEARD THIS APPLICATION AND APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION TO THE BOARD IN A VOTE 5 TO 2.

THE MAIN CONCERNS WERE ABOUT INCREASED TRAFFIC ON THE UNMAINTAINED ROADS OF THE AREA.

AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER PETERSON IS HERE TODAY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION.

SUPERVISOR KUYNKO, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT.

YEAH. IT'D BE GREAT TO HEAR I'VE RECEIVED LETTERS IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT, AND THEY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TOO.

THIS IS A DIRT ROAD.

IT'S A PRIVATE ROAD.

IT'S NOT MAINTAINED.

AND IT'S A BUSINESS SET UP IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AND ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IT WAS THINK ABOUT EXISTING RESIDENTS.

THAT ALWAYS COMES FIRST.

IT WILL CREATE DUST.

IT WILL CREATE TRAFFIC.

SO, IF WE ALLOW A SCHOOL TO SET UP IN THIS ZONE, DO WE ALSO ALLOW A PLUMBER TO RUN HIS RUN HIS BUSINESS OUT OF THIS OR ANY OTHER BUSINESSES. ARE WE OPENING UP RESIDENTIAL? I MEAN, WE HAVE ZONING TO ENSURE WHEN PEOPLE BUY A PLACE THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GETTING, THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE LIVING.

AND THAT'S MY BIG CONCERN.

I'M NOT FOR THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT IS A BUSINESS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

OKAY. AND IF I MAY CONTINUE A LITTLE FURTHER, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE VISUAL EXAMPLES TO SHOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT ROAD IS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

AND JUST TO AS A REMINDER, THE PRECEDENT WOULDN'T BE SET BY THIS.

WE ALWAYS SEE THESE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

ALL RIGHT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE TOWN LIMITS OF CHINO VALLEY.

KIND OF SEE THERE. ALL THE PARCELS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE THE RCU 2A ZONING, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL.

AND THAT IS A RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO HERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

THIS SHOWS THE TWO ACRE PARCEL.

YOU CAN SEE THE OFF STREET OFF LOADING ZONE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS RECENTLY UPDATED.

AFTER THAT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE.

THE AREA OF THE GARAGE, THE MASTER BEDROOM AND THE KITCHEN WOULD BE USED FOR VERY SMALL PRESCHOOL.

THE RESIDENTS WOULD CONTINUE TO LIVE THERE.

OKAY. AND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE AERIAL VIEWS, I CAN JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE A SMALL PRESCHOOL JUST TO TRY OUT INITIALLY.

IF SHE WERE TO THINK OF EXPANDING IT, SHE WOULD LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT LOCATION ALTOGETHER.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE INITIAL SCHOOL.

OKAY. LICENSING THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES IS NEEDED FOR MORE THAN FIVE CHILDREN.

THERE'S A VERY LONG LIST OF REGULATIONS, SO IT WOULD BE WELL REGULATED.

AND THIS USE PERMIT IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.

AND JUST AS A NOTE SCHOOLS ARE, YOU CAN FIND THEM IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS QUITE OFTEN BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CHILDREN LIVE.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR SCHOOLS IN THESE RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT.

PRIVATE SCHOOLS DO NEED AN APPROVED USE PERMIT.

IF THIS WERE A PUBLIC SCHOOL, EVEN A HIGH SCHOOL OR A COLLEGE.

WE WOULDN'T NEED A USE PERMIT IN THE ZONING DISTRICT, ACTUALLY.

OKAY. AND BUILDING CODES ARE ALSO MORE STRICT WHEN THERE ARE MORE THAN FIVE CHILDREN.

SO IF THIS USE PERMIT IS APPROVED, ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR A REGULAR BUILDING PERMIT WOULD STILL NEED TO BE MET.

THE PERMIT WOULD BE FOR A CHANGE OF USE, AND THAT WOULD BE FROM A TYPICAL RESIDENCE, ANY BUILDING MODIFICATIONS NEEDED FOR THE SCHOOL USE.

AND I BELIEVE YOU CAN SEE ON THE IMAGE HERE REID ROAD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

THAT'S WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS FOR ROAD ONE SOUTH.

SO CARS WOULD NEED TO CONTINUE PAST THOSE FIRST FOUR LOTS TO GET TO THE RESIDENTS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE.

SO THAT IS THE MAIN CONCERN.

IF ANY ANYBODY WERE TRAVELING FROM IN TOWN, THEY WOULD LEAVE THE PAVEMENT AT THAT POINT GOING PAST FOUR LOTS.

OKAY. THIS IS THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY.

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YOU CAN SEE AN OVERVIEW WOULD BE AN INNER FENCE FOR THAT PLAYGROUND.

AND THIS WOULD BE THE DROP OFF AREA WITH CARS ENTERING FROM THAT SETBACK GATE.

THERE WOULD BE ROOM FOR FIVE CARS TO PARK IN THE FRONT AND AN ADA SPACE AT THE ENTRANCE.

THAT WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO TRAFFIC WAITING ON THE ON THE ROAD DURING THE MORNINGS.

ALTHOUGH THE APPLICANT STATED PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE DROPPING OFF THEIR CHILDREN ALL AT ONCE, IT WOULD BE THROUGHOUT THE DAY MAYBE.

YOU CAN SEE AN ADDITIONAL AREA FOR FIVE MORE CARS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR ANY EMPLOYEES.

AND THIS IS THE BACKYARD AREA THAT WOULD NOT BE USED BY THE CHILDREN AT ALL.

OKAY. FOUR.

DURING THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PERIOD, FOUR RESPONSES OF SUPPORT WERE SENT TO THE APPLICANT BY NEIGHBORS, ONCE THEY WERE NOTIFIED.

TWO WERE NEUTRAL EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE ROAD CONDITIONS, DROP OFF TIMES AND NOISE.

AFTER A SIGN WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY, ONE GENERAL OPPOSITION WITHOUT COMMENTS WAS POSTED TO OUR ONLINE SURVEY AND THREE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION WERE SENT TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. TWO ADDITIONAL EMAILS IN SUPPORT FROM OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION RANGE WERE ALSO SENT BY THE APPLICANT.

OKAY. AND WE HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH THE SCHOOL ITSELF, JUST THAT INCREASED TRAFFIC ON AN UNMAINTAINED ROAD.

AND HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ROAD, THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ROAD ONE SOUTH.

THE APPLICANT HAS MET WITH PUBLIC WORKS AFTER THAT PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING LAST MONTH TO DISCUSS ROAD MAINTENANCE OPTIONS.

THEY SHE SAID THAT PUBLIC WORKS DID SEEM CONFIDENT IN HER PLANS FOR SOME GRADING PROFESSIONALS TO WORK ON THAT ROAD AT THE APPLICANT'S EXPENSE.

IS THAT LOCKED IN? WE DISCUSSED THAT AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, INCLUDING THAT AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS SEEM TO BE AGAINST THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE.

AND IT WOULD REQUIRE SPELLING OUT SOME VERY SPECIFIC DETAILS RATHER THAN HAVING NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT.

IT, AND THE APPLICANT WAS TASKED WITH WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

OKAY. IN SUMMARY, THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR A LICENSED PRIVATE PRESCHOOL FOR NO MORE THAN 18 CHILDREN, INCLUDING OCCASIONAL AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING FOR K THROUGH SIX HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS.

THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IS DETERMINED DURING THE LICENSING PROCESS BY THE STATE.

ONCE THEY COME OUT AND INSPECT THE FACILITIES AND SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

THE NUMBER COULD BE LOWERED BUT NOT RAISED.

OKAY. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.

THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ARE ON THE SCREEN.

I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THE ONES IN THE LARGER FONT.

CONDITION NUMBER TWO REQUIRES LICENSING.

IF THE LICENSE CAN'T BE OBTAINED WITHIN TWO YEARS, OR IF IT LAPSES OR IS REVOKED.

THE USE PERMIT WOULD BE TERMINATED.

CONDITION NUMBER THREE REQUIRES CHILD DROP OFF AND PICKUP TO BE IN THE PULL THROUGH AREA, SEPARATED FROM THE ROAD, AND DROP OFF TIMES TO BE MANAGED SO THERE WOULD THERE WOULD NEVER BE WAITING OR PARKING ON THAT ROAD, AND PLAYGROUND HOURS WOULD BE LIMITED TO 8 A.M.

TO 6 P.M.. AND CONDITION NUMBER FIVE DOES SAY THAT A CHANGE OF USE PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS ANY BUILDING CODE, FIRE CODE, OR STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THE APPLICANT. AMY TRUJILLO IS ALSO HERE.

AND AGAIN COMMISSIONER PETERSON.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL 18 STUDENTS, 36 CAR TRIPS UP AND DOWN.

IT'S A DIRT ROAD.

THAT'S PRIVATE ROAD, NOT MAINTAINED.

OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO USE IT AS WELL.

AND WHEN IT RAINS OUT THERE, THAT JUST GETS MUDDY AS HECK OUT THERE.

AND NOW YOU'RE PUTTING RUTS 36 TIMES A DAY THROUGH THAT ROAD.

AND YOU KNOW, JUST THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE PUTTING A BUSINESS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

SO I WOULD BE AGAINST DOING THIS.

CHAIRMAN. I MY SON ACTUALLY WENT TO AN IN-HOME PRESCHOOL.

WE WERE VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH THE EXPERIENCE AND THE RESULTS.

SO I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, I LOOK UPON THESE OPERATIONS FAVORABLY IN MANY INSTANCES.

HOWEVER, I DO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE ROAD MAINTENANCE, BUT JUST IT BEING A DIRT ROAD AND THE AMOUNT OF DUST THAT'S CREATED.

THERE'S SILICA IN, IN DUST, WHICH IF INHALED, CREATES SILICOSIS OF THE LUNGS.

THAT'S WHAT MANY MINERS ENDURE AS HEALTH PROBLEMS.

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THE NEED MAY BE THERE, AND THE MISSION IS ADMIRABLE, BUT I ECHO THE SAME CONCERNS THAT SUPERVISOR KUKNYO BROUGHT UP AND SUPERVISOR CHECK.

AND IT JUST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT I COULD SUPPORT AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? SHE DOES HAVE SOME PLANS THAT SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS.

SURE. IF IT'S OKAY WITH CHAIR.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

HI. MY NAME IS AMY TRUJILLO, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY.

VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN COME AND ASK FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND HAVE THESE THINGS BE A POSSIBILITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING THAT LIKE TO ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO MOMENT TO THANK SUSAN.

SHE'S BEEN AMAZING.

SHE'S BEEN A GREAT GUIDE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND ALL THE PAPERWORK AND THE PROCEDURES.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN AND HEAR YOU, THE CHILDREN THAT I'M LOOKING AT SERVICING LIVE BEHIND ME AT THE END OF THE ROAD.

THERE ARE PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE HOPING TO ENROLL IN MY SCHOOL, AND THEY ALREADY DRIVE THE ROADS.

THEY ALREADY LIVE IN THE DUST.

IT'S PART OF WHY WE CHOSE TO BUILD IN THE COUNTRY IS TO BE THAT REMOTE.

I, I CAN'T EVEN IN THE SCHOOL.

IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, I WORKED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR THREE YEARS IN CHINO VALLEY.

I'M A VETERAN TEACHER OF 24 YEARS.

THERE ARE DIRT ROADS ALL OVER CHINO VALLEY.

AND YOU'RE CORRECT. THE DUST SETTLES AT NIGHT.

I FEEL LIKE LOWERING THE TRAFFIC IN MY LITTLE STRETCH OF ROAD IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT.

PAVING A QUARTER MILE OF ROAD IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE ALL THE DUST THAT COMES UP AND ALL THE DEATHS THAT ALREADY COMES DOWN.

LIMITING THIS SCHOOL IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT MORE NEED FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE REALLY CLOSE.

THEY LIVE CLOSE. THEY KNOW ME PERSONALLY.

I WAS A TEACHER FOR SOME OF THE OLDER CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THE YOUNGER SIBLINGS ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY.

THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THINGS I CAN CONTROL AND I CAN HAVE INPUT FOR.

I CAN TRY TO MAINTAIN THE ROAD.

I CAN DEFINITELY BRING A CREW OUT, AND WE CAN PUT SOME AV DOWN AND WE CAN MAKE IT MUCH MORE PRESENTABLE.

I CAN DO THE SAME THING FOR MY PROPERTY, BUT I CANNOT KEEP THE DUST IN ALL OF CHINO VALLEY, WHERE ALL THE DIRT ROADS ARE OUT THERE FROM SETTLING IN THE EVENING.

SO THOSE WOULD BE MY COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT FOR ME THAT MANY OF THE CHILDREN ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT CERTAINLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

SOME OF THE LETTERS IN THE PACKET COME FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVE BEHIND ME, PEOPLE THAT LIVE AT THE END OF THE STREET.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

THERE WAS ALSO SOME NEGATIVE LETTERS, TOO.

YES, SIR. WHY WOULD YOU.

EVEN IF IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD THING LIKE THAT, WHY ARE YOU HERE TODAY, THEN? I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

IT SOUNDS LIKE LIKE KIDS COULD WALK OVER TO YOUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

YES, SIR. I COULD VERY WELL OPEN A PRESCHOOL WITHOUT PERMISSION.

I COULD PROBABLY GET AWAY WITH IT FOR QUITE A AMOUNT OF TIME, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE OUT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING PRESCHOOLS IN THEIR HOME.

I CAN, BY STATE LAW, WATCH FOUR CHILDREN THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO ME IN MY HOME.

I'M A TEACHER AND FOR KIDS SOUNDS KIND OF BORING, SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HELP KIDS THAT ARE HOMESCHOOLING HELP KIDS.

THE KIDS THAT I SENT TO THIRD GRADE THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH MATH OR STRUGGLING WITH READING, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE TUTORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AND I WANT TO DO IT PROPERLY.

I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I COULD HAVE OPENED UP SHOP.

I VERY WELL COULD HAVE DONE THAT.

THAT'S NOT THE PROPER THING TO DO.

I WANT TO BE LICENSED.

I WANT TO BE CERTIFIED.

I HAVE A STRONG DESIRE TO DO IT WELL AND RIGHT.

SO I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH SUSAN AND I'M HERE TODAY.

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YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T COME DOWN VERY FAR FROM THAT IF THEY ALREADY HAVE.

AND IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET STARTED, ONCE I HAVE A WAITING LIST, ONCE I HAVE A REPUTATION, I CAN VERY WELL, MY INTENTION IS TO STRETCH OUT.

YES, SIR. THIS IS A WAY FOR ME TO GET STARTED, TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO DO FOR MY FUTURE, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE IT, LIKE A LITTLE TRIAL RUN AND TO HOPEFULLY GROW.

RIGHT NOW, I HAVE FOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING FOR A YES AND WAITING FOR ME TO SET UP SHOP.

I COULD HAVE STARTED WATCHING KIDS LAST YEAR WHEN I DIDN'T SIGN MY TEACHING CONTRACT.

I HAVE NOT DONE THAT FOR FRIENDS OR FAMILY.

I WANT TO DO IT WELL AND RIGHT.

SO I AM HERE. CHAIRMAN.

AND GO AHEAD SUPERVISOR MALLORY.

OKAY. I JUST I JUST WANT TO EXTEND A SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOU DOING THIS IN A CORRECT MANNER AND LOOKING AT ALL THOSE AVENUES AND BEING THAT PERSON, BECAUSE I WILL SAY MANY TIMES, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T BOTHER TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT SPEAKS CREDIBILITY AND HONESTY AND INTEGRITY AND THAT MATTERS A LOT.

AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOUR DESIRE, YOUR HEARTFELT DESIRE IS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND WE DO HAVE A P&Z COMMISSIONER THAT'S HERE TODAY.

WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO STEP UP AND DISCUSS? SURE. ANY INFORMATION HELPS.

SUPERVISOR PETERSON.

I'M CURIOUS HOW THE P&Z BOARD WENT ON THIS.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY AND COMMISSION.

I'M JIM PETERSON.

I'M ONE OF THE P&Z COMMISSIONERS THAT REVIEWED THIS PROCESS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DUST ISSUE OR THE TRAFFIC ISSUE IS A MAJOR CONCERN THAT IS RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK THIS IS A RATHER THAN A BIG BUSINESS.

THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS AND IT'S A STARTING OF A BUSINESS.

AND BECAUSE HALF OF THE POTENTIAL STUDENTS ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE NOT BRINGING IN A LOT OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.

AND I AND THE OTHER POSITION I THINK THAT WAS CRITICAL TO ME WAS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A STAGED PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE COME AND GO DURING THE DAY. IT'S NOT ALL 8:00 AND LEAVING AT 4:00 SO THAT YOU HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS FOR, FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, I THINK THE ISSUE WAS THAT THIS IS A SMALL OPERATION.

IT'S A STARTUP OPERATION.

IT'S COMPLAINT DRIVEN.

IF IT IF OVER THE NEXT PERIOD OF TIME, THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC THAT POTENTIALLY MIGHT ARISE, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLAIN TO THE COUNTY AND THE COMMISSION, AND THAT APPLICATION WOULD BE HANDLED AS A RESULT OF THAT.

I THINK THOSE ARE PROBABLY SUMMARIZE MY THOUGHTS ON IT AND MOST OF THE COMMISSION.

BUT WE STRUGGLED WITH IT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC ON THE, ON THE DIRT ROAD.

BUT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S A SMALL PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO EITHER GROW OR NOT GROW.

AND THEY OBVIOUSLY WANT TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN TO THE ROAD IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THEIR SERVICE.

SO I HOPE THAT SUMMARIZES IT FOR YOU.

AND WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL VOTE? THERE WERE THERE WERE 5 TO 2.

5 TO 2. IT WAS 5 TO 2.

I HAVE IT. AND CHAIRMAN ALSO HAD GONE OUT THERE WITH INSPECTIONS AS WELL, ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE REPORTS ON HER, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS INTACT.

RIGHT. AND I GUESS WHAT'S WEIGHING HEAVILY ON ME IS, IS SHE'S COMING FORWARD.

SHE'S BEING TOTALLY TRANSPARENT AND SUBMITTING WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO.

THOSE CHILDREN LIVE WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY THAT ARE GOING TO MITIGATE THAT BY WALKING TO SCHOOL.

AND OKAY.

WELL THANK YOU. AND IT'S A SERVICE THAT OBVIOUSLY SHE'S TRYING TO PROVIDE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING SHE'S TRYING TO IMPOSE ON PEOPLE.

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COMMISSIONER PETERSON, WOULD YOU GO INTO DETAIL OR MAYBE MISS TRUJILLO CAN, ABOUT THE STAGING OF TIMES? I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THAT IN MY REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION.

MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE A CONCENTRATION OF PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT 8 A.M.

OR, YOU KNOW, AT CERTAIN TIMES.

NO, I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

WHEN YOU DEFINE THIS AS A SCHOOL, IT'S NOT A REGULAR SCHOOL.

IT'S A SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE DAY BY A PROFESSIONAL TEACHER WHO IS TRYING TO SATISFY THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY THERE SO. MR. CHAIR. YES. WHAT OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD YOU ALLOW IN RESIDENTIAL ZONINGS? BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT'S SMALL, SO IT'S OKAY.

WHAT OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD BE OKAY IN A RESIDENTIAL? THAT'S PROBABLY OUTSIDE MY SCOPE? YOU'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH STAFF ON THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF SMALL COMPANIES THAT HAVE UPS COMING AND GOING FROM THEIR HOMES AS A RESULT OF THEIR BUSINESS.

BUT I THINK THAT'S OUTSIDE OF MY SCOPE, RIGHT? AND WHY DID THE TWO VOTE NO.

WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC, THE DIRT, WHICH IS A CONCERN, BUT WE HAVE DIRT ROADS ALL OVER THE COUNTY, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT SHOULD BE THE OVERRIDING DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO REVIEW ITEMS THAT DON'T FIT INTO THE REGULAR PROCESS.

AND WE TRY TO REVIEW THOSE, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WAYS TO MINIMIZE CONCERNS, AND THEN WE MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TO MAKE THE DECISION.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO, SIR. WITH THAT DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THIS APPLICATION.

SECOND. OKAY, WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR STATE AYE.

AYE. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS. I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT.

OH. I'M NAY.

I SUPPORT THIS.

OKAY. SO FOUR FOR DENIAL.

ONE DENY AND THAT'S MARY MALLORY.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM.

[3. Development Services - Prioritize proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects to be funded in 2025, and approve Resolution No. 2144 authorizing the submission of three (3) grant applications from the following projects: Town of Camp Verde; Yavapai County Development Services Environmental Unit; Verde Valley Habitat for Humanity/NACOG; Autism Spectrum Center for Educational and Neurological Development, Inc. (ASCEND); Hope House of Sedona; Steps to Recovery; Prescott Valley Food Bank; Yarnell Regional Community Center; Yarnell Water Improvement Association; Meals on Wheels Prescott Valley/Dewey. (All Districts)]

HOPE HOUSE OF SEDONA.

STEPS TO RECOVERY, PRESCOTT VALLEY FOOD BANK, YARNELL COMMUNITY CENTER.

YARNELL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, MEALS ON WHEELS IN PRESCOTT VALLEY AND DEWEY.

OKAY. JEREMY.

WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY AND VICE CHAIR, COMPTON AND BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

MY NAME IS JEREMY DYE. I'M YOUR DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

AND I ALSO HAVE WITH ME HERE ISABEL ROLLINS FROM NACOG.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, THIS HEARING ITEM.

AND SO I CAN PROVIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR THIS AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO ISABEL TO GET INTO SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFICS AS WELL.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, USUALLY REFERRED TO AS CDBG FUNDS.

THESE ARE FEDERAL HUD FUNDS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND ADMINISTERED TO THE COUNTIES THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. AND ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE NACOG PROGRAM.

THESE ARE ALLOCATED EVERY FOUR YEARS TO YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE ANTICIPATING OR ESTIMATING ABOUT $1.3 MILLION BEING ALLOCATED TO YAVAPAI COUNTY FOR THESE PROJECTS.

AND SO ISABEL, HERE WITH ME AND FROM NACOG AND SUZANNE JORDAN FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICE, WORK TOGETHER TO COORDINATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY.

AND SO THE PROCESS FOR THE COUNTIES 2025 CDBG FUND FUNDING ROUND BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2024, WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS SOLICITING PROJECT PROPOSALS.

AND CDBG FUNDS CAN FUND A DIVERSE ASSORTMENT OF PROJECTS, BUT IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.

PROJECTS MUST MEET AT LEAST ONE OF THE THREE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES AS AUTHORIZED IN THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974.

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AT LEAST 51% OF PERSONS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT MUST BE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, OR THE PROJECT MUST AID IN PREVENTION OF SLUMS OR BLIGHT, OR THE PROJECT MUST SOLVE AN URGENT NEED OR HEALTH HAZARD.

AND SO TODAY, WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THREE PROJECTS, UP TO THREE PROJECTS FOR THE AVAILABLE CDBG FUNDING AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION 2144 AUTHORIZING THOSE THREE PROJECTS SUBMISSIONS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO CHOOSE A FOURTH AND MAYBE A FIFTH PROJECT TO KEEP KIND OF ON THE BACK BURNER IN THE EVENT THAT ONE OF THESE THREE PROJECTS ARE UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, OR IF ADDITIONAL FUNDING GRANT FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE, AND AT THAT TIME, WE COULD FUND THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.

SO IN OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE RECEIVED 11 PROJECT PROPOSALS, WHICH WE CAN DISCUSS FURTHER.

OF COURSE, AS YOU THE BOARD.

AND OF THOSE PROJECTS, THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAVE OFFERED SUGGESTED RANKINGS WHICH COUNTY MANAGER THOMPSON IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.

SO WE'VE ALSO ASKED REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THESE PROJECT PROPOSALS TO BE IN ATTENDANCE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE PROJECT.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ISABEL FROM NACOG, AND SHE'S HAD OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY IN HER ROLE WITH NACOG, AND SHE CAN TALK THROUGH THE SLIDE PRESENTATION.

GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SINCE THE COUNTY ONLY GOES THROUGH THIS EVERY FOUR YEARS AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEW OF NEW MEMBERS.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINER POINTS OF THIS PROCESS.

AND LET'S SEE IS THIS IS THIS THE.

OKAY. WHICH ONE? ALL RIGHT. SO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO DEVELOP VIABLE COMMUNITIES THROUGH DECENT HOUSING, LIVING ENVIRONMENTS AND EXPANDED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, MAINLY SERVING PERSONS OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. AND THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF PROJECTS THAT YOU CAN FUND WITH THE CDBG FUNDS.

GENERALLY INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING AND PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS.

THE FUNDS CAN ONLY GO THROUGH A COUNTY OR CITY OR TOWN, BUT SPECIAL DISTRICTS OR NONPROFITS CAN RECEIVE THE FUNDS THROUGH THE INCORPORATED ENTITY AND IN THE RURAL PROGRAM.

THE WAY WE WORK IT IS THAT ALL THE INCORPORATED COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTY GET FUNDS ON A ROTATIONAL BASIS EVERY FOUR YEARS.

YAVAPAI COUNTY IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED FUNDS THIS YEAR IN 2025.

SO IN ORDER TO GET THE PROCESS STARTED, WE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS NOVEMBER 27TH AND DECEMBER 2ND TO GET IDEAS FOR POTENTIAL PROJECTS. AND AS JEREMY SAID, IT'S HUD FUNDS ORIGINALLY, AND IT GOES THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, AND THEN IT'S ALLOCATED OUT TO THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IN THE STATE TO WORK THROUGH THE WHOLE FUNDING AND APPLICATION PROCESS. AND WE ALSO ASSIST WITH ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANTS.

THE. WAYS TO HAVE AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT CAN BE EITHER BY SERVING MOSTLY LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE, ADDRESSING SLUMS AND BLIGHT, OR IN URGENT HEALTH HAZARD.

MOST OF THE PROJECTS MEET THE LOW MODERATE INCOME OBJECTIVE.

AND THERE'S ALSO SOME GROUPS IF YOU'RE SERVING THESE CERTAIN GROUPS, THEY AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR THE FUNDING AS WELL.

THOSE ARE SENIORS, ADULTS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES, PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PEOPLE WHO ARE LITERATE, PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS OR MIGRANT FARM WORKERS.

AND THERE IS VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST GROUP YOU CAN DO, YOU KNOW, ROAD PROJECTS AND SIDEWALKS.

ALSO PUBLIC SERVICES ARE.

MOST OF THE TIME THOSE ARE DONE THROUGH NONPROFITS.

YOU CAN FUND OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, VEHICLES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU CAN ALSO FUND PLANNING PROJECTS OR NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION OR HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

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AS LONG AS YOU'RE SERVING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE FOR THE MOST PART.

THE IT'S FEDERAL FUNDING.

SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT INVOLVED WITH THESE.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS TAKES ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS BECAUSE IT INVOLVES THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SO FORTH.

BEFORE THE CONTRACTS CAN BE SIGNED WITH THE STATE, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS HAVE TO BE DONE FOR EVERY PROJECT.

THEN THERE'S FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND DAVIS-BACON LABOR STANDARDS, WHICH CAN BRING UP THE COST.

SO THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THAT IT'S PRETTY ADMINISTRATIVE HEAVY FUNDING.

YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS FUNDED A VARIETY OF PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS.

THESE SLIDES JUST GO BACK 15 YEARS.

YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO PICK MORE THAN THREE PROJECTS, BUT A LOT OF NONPROFITS WERE FUNDED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN.

ASH FORK HAS RECEIVED FUNDING.

LET'S SEE. HARD TO READ.

YES. THE ARK HABITAT.

AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, SELIGMAN SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT, YARNELL, COTTONWOOD CIVIC CENTER, PRESCOTT VALLEY.

SO THERE'S A LARGE VARIETY OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED.

IT, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, THERE'S WE'RE ESTIMATING 1.3 MILLION TO BE COMING THIS YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN ONLY WORK OFF OF ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW BASED ON LAST YEAR'S FIGURES.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THE EXACT ALLOCATION UNTIL CONGRESS COMES UP WITH THAT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

BUT WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING THE PROCESS FORWARD IN THE MEANTIME, AND WE'LL ADJUST THE GRANTS AS NEEDED.

WHEN WE KNOW THE ACTUAL AMOUNT.

COUNTY CAN PICK UP TO THREE PROJECTS WITH THE FUNDING.

THEY CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO APPLY FOR A COMPETITIVE GRANT, WHICH SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED SOMETIME THIS YEAR.

IT HASN'T BEEN ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE, SO I WILL JUST LET THE COUNTY KNOW WHEN THAT OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE.

AND THE GRANTS ARE GENERALLY BETWEEN 100 AND SO THE SCHEDULE WE'RE WORKING WITH, WE'RE A COUPLE NOTCHES DOWN THERE.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR PROJECT INPUT.

THE THIS HEARING TODAY IS FOR THE BOARD TO SELECT THE THREE PROJECTS TO MOVE TO APPLICATION AND PASS RESOLUTIONS.

THEN OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE'LL BE PUTTING THE FULL APPLICATIONS TOGETHER AND GETTING THEM APPROVED BY REGIONAL COUNCIL AND SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING ON JUNE 1ST.

THE FUNDS SHOULD ACTUALLY BE UNDER CONTRACT AND AVAILABLE IN THE FALL, SUMMERTIME, AROUND SEPTEMBER.

AND WITH THAT, THAT'S THE CDBG OVERVIEW.

AND I DON'T KNOW, DID WE WANT TO OPEN IT FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS OR.

YES, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS, IF AT THIS POINT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE PROGRAM OR PROCESS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO COUNTY MANAGER THOMPSON.

OKAY. QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

OKAY. OKAY.

SO OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE IS SPECIFIC TO THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PROPOSED AT THE AT THAT FIRST HEARING, THOSE TWO HEARINGS THAT WE HELD IN COTTONWOOD IN PRESCOTT, DECEMBER 2ND AND NOVEMBER 27TH.

THESE ARE RANKED BY THESE WERE RANKED BY STAFF FOR AS TO PREFERENCE AT THIS POINT, WHAT MAY WORK BEST.

AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO COUNTY MANAGER THOMPSON TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

MANAGER THOMPSON. THANK YOU JEREMY.

GOOD MORNING. CHAIRMAN.

VICE CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MAURY THOMPSON, COUNTY MANAGER AGAIN.

SO I WANT TO START BY ISSUING MY THANKS TO JEREMY AND ISABEL FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO YAVAPAI COUNTY IN THIS PROCESS.

GREATLY APPRECIATED.

I WANT TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING THAT ISABEL MENTIONED.

WE'VE GOT, AS WE KNOW, A MAJORITY NEW BOARD.

FIRST TIME THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I WOULD ALSO COMMENT THAT WE'VE GOT NEW STAFF FIRST TIME THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL.

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I HAD A BIT OF DISCOMFORT, AND I WILL DISCLOSE THAT WITH THE BOARD ABOUT THIS PROCESS, THAT WE WOULD BE STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY GIVING YOU 11 PROJECTS AND SAYING, SORT IT OUT AND COME UP WITH YOUR IDEAS, MY OPINION.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES AND RESHAPE THIS.

AND THE MODEL I WOULD LOOK TO IS WHAT WE DO WITH FIREWISE.

YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF WHO HAVE EXPERTISE.

THEY REVIEW THOSE PROJECTS, THEY HAVE SET CRITERIA, THEY MOVE FORTH THEN A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.

AND WE WANT TO BE QUITE CLEAR, RECOGNIZE FULLY THIS IS THE BOARD'S DECISION.

BUT AGAIN, BELIEVE IT'S PROFESSIONAL STAFF'S JOB TO BRING YOU SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO AT LEAST START YOUR DELIBERATIONS WITH.

SO WITH THAT REGARD, WE BEGIN LOOKING AT THE 11 PROJECTS HERE.

AND I'LL PAUSE HERE AGAIN TO SAY, IN MY OPINION, ALL OF THESE ARE GOOD, WORTHY PROJECTS AND APPRECIATE THE WORK DONE BY EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS SUBMITTING FOR CDBG FUNDS.

HAVING SAID THAT, IN SHORT ORDER, WE ESTABLISH SOME CRITERIA, SOME LOGIC THAT WE COULD APPLY TO THIS THAT I BELIEVE MADE SENSE.

THOSE WERE THREEFOLD.

ONE, IT FELT IT IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE MOST BASIC OF NEEDS.

AND BY THAT I THINK ABOUT WATER, SANITATION, FOOD AND SHELTER AS BEING THE MOST BASIC HUMAN NEEDS.

SECONDLY, I FELT IT IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED WITH THESE FUNDING.

IDEALLY, YOU WOULDN'T BE USING ONE TIME FUNDING TO SUPPORT ONGOING NEEDS.

SO A SECOND CONSIDERATION.

AND THIRD, AND VERY IMPORTANT IN YAVAPAI COUNTY'S CASE TO LOOK AT GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION, HOW WE'RE USING THESE FUNDS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

SO USING THOSE THREE CRITERIA, THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU, AGAIN, IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST TO START CONVERSATION IS TO LOOK AT AND IT'S ON THE SCREEN.

THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS, MEALS ON WHEELS PRESCOTT VALLEY HUB AND PRESCOTT VALLEY FOOD BANK.

IF YOU WILL NOTE IN THE NOTES THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO THESE PROJECTS COULD BE COMBINED BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY COMPANION PIECES OF ONE PROJECT. SO I'M RECOMMENDING STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE TWO YELLOW BE CONSIDERED ONE PROJECT.

I'M DOING THE MATH. THAT'S $519,500.

SECONDLY, SO THAT ADDRESSES FOOD.

THE THIRD VERDE VALLEY, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

OBVIOUSLY A SHELTER ISSUE.

$400,000 BRINGS US TO 919,500 WORKING FROM OUR $1,200,000 THAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO A PRELIMINARY ALLOCATION ON.

THAT LEAVES $280,500.

SO THE THIRD PROJECT RECOMMENDATION IS REPLACEMENT OF CESSPOOLS WITH SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND ASH FORK AND SELIGMAN AGAIN ADDRESSING WATER AND SANITATION ISSUES.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE REQUEST THERE WAS $500,000.

I'VE OF COURSE CONFERRED WITH JEREMY DYE, OUR DIRECTOR THERE, THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS SCALABLE, MEANING THAT IF YOU DON'T ALLOCATE THE FULL 500 ANY FUNDS DEDICATED TOWARDS THAT PROJECT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED TOWARD THEIR OBJECTIVE THERE.

SO AGAIN, THAT LEAVES 280,500.

SO A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF FOR THAT PROJECT.

MY OPINION THAT ALSO ALLOWS IF THE TOTAL COMES IN HIGHER THAN THE 1.2, AS YOU SAW, PROJECTING MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN 1.3, THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO GO AHEAD AND MORE FULLY MEET THAT REQUEST.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE.

FIRST, I WILL START OFF WITH QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

OKAY. AND THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO SPEAK IN COTTONWOOD.

DAMIEN BROWNING. OKAY, SIR.

STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO TALK.

OKAY. THE MIC'S NOT ON.

MY NAME IS QUENTIN ELLIS WITH STEPS TO RECOVERY HOMES.

DAMIEN BROWNING STANDING HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT NOT HAVE THE ANSWER TO.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

THE CITY OF SEDONA GAVE US A CDBG GRANT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND AT FIRST THEY SAID WE COULD BUILD A TRANSITIONAL HOUSE OR WE COULD PURCHASE A TRANSITIONAL HOUSE IN COTTONWOOD, BECAUSE IT WAS A $400,000 GRANT.

AND WE IT JUST WASN'T FEASIBLE FOR US TO FINANCE A HOME IN SEDONA FOR $500,000.

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SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A TRANSITIONAL HOME IN COTTONWOOD, BECAUSE IT WOULD GREATLY SERVE OUR NEEDS AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THIS PROJECT, IT MEETS THE LOW MODERATE INCOME REQUIREMENT, AND IT ALSO MEETS THE THIRD, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE THIRD OBJECTIVE OF THE HEALTH HAZARD AND HAZARD AND COMMUNITY ISSUES. THIS PROJECT IS REALLY THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL NECESSITY TO START HEALING SOME OF OUR ISSUES WITH MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, HOMELESSNESS, BROKEN FAMILIES, AND OUR WORKFORCE HERE IN RURAL YAVAPAI COUNTY.

MYSELF PERSONALLY, I'M A PRODUCT OF STEPS RECOVERY HOMES HOUSING.

IT'S REALLY A LONGER PROCESS THAN THREE THAN 3 TO 6 MONTHS.

THIS IS A 18 MONTH TO FIVE YEAR PROCESS.

PERSONALLY, I SPENT 21 MONTHS IN STEPS RECOVERY HOMES HOUSING, AND I'VE CHOSEN TO STAY IN THE FIELD AND WORK WITH THE COMPANY BECAUSE CHANGED MY LIFE.

SO I'M TRYING TO CHANGE OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

AND I'VE BEEN INDEPENDENT LIVING ON MY OWN FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW BECAUSE IT TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME.

AND, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IS ALWAYS FULL.

THERE'S A WAIT LIST, AND IT'S KIND OF A COVETED SPOT TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE PLACES.

BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING IS SO GREAT HERE, AND THERE'S BARRIERS TO GETTING INTO RENTAL PROPERTIES SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, FELONIOUS RECORDS CREDIT SCORES, RENTAL HISTORY.

THERE'S LOTS OF HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH AND LOTS OF BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST COMING OUT OF INCARCERATION AND TRYING TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM, OR WHETHER IT'S JUST SOMEBODY THAT WAS HOMELESS AND TRYING TO TURN THEIR LIFE AROUND.

THERE'S BARRIERS WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING RIGHT HERE IN COTTONWOOD.

AND SO THIS GRANT WOULD ALLOW US TO PURCHASE A HOME.

OUR ESTIMATED COST IS ABOUT $500,000.

WE'RE ASKING FOR $400,000 FOR A FIVE BEDROOM, THREE BATH HOME.

AND THIS IS THIS IS JUST GOING TO GO TO SUPPORT OUR, OUR MISSION, WHICH IS TO CHANGE LIVES THROUGH RECOVERY.

SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

THANK YOU.

TANYA SIMS. GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISOR GREGORY AND THE REST OF THE SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

MAY I INVITE ISABEL WITH NACOG TO COME UP WITH ME? IS THAT ALLOWED? OKAY.

SO YOU MAY BE THERE AS WELL.

YES. SHE'S HERE. HI, TANYA.

HI. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? WHEN I ORIGINALLY PRESENTED OUR APPLICATION IDEA FOR CDBG, I PRESENTED AS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

BUT WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH NACOG WHERE WE CAN ESSENTIALLY SERVE THE ENTIRE YAVAPAI COUNTY WITH HOME REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN AGING POPULATION.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN AGING HOME STOCK, AND WE HAVE WAITLISTS OF HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE ASKED FOR SUPPORT IN IMPROVING THEIR HOMES.

AND THESE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 80% OR BELOW OF AMI AND ISABEL CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF NACOG, BUT OUR PROGRAM HERE IN THE VERDE VALLEY, MOST OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE 60% AMI AND BELOW.

SO THAT MEANS THEIR INCOME, ANNUAL INCOME IS IN THE 20 $30,000 RANGE.

AND THEY'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OWN A HOME.

THEY'VE JUST HAD SOME COMPLICATIONS AND DIFFICULTIES.

AND MOST OF OUR FOLKS ARE SENIORS AND VETERANS WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THEIR HOMES FOR YEARS, AND THEY'RE AGING IN THEIR HOMES, BUT THEIR INCOME JUST DOESN'T GO AS FAR AS IT USED TO. SO THEN THE DECLINE IN THEIR MAINTENANCE HAPPENS.

AND SO WE END UP WITH SITUATIONS WHERE WE NEED MULTIPLE DOLLARS AND MULTIPLE SUPPORT TO HELP KEEP FOLKS IN THEIR HOMES.

ISABEL, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER WITH ME, BUT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE SUPERVISORS HOW MANY HOMEOWNERS WERE ASSISTED IN THE LAST GRANT GO AROUND.

DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER? I'M SORRY I DID NOT BRING THAT.

I THINK WE DID 17 HOMES THROUGH THE COUNTY CDBG FUNDING LAST [INAUDIBLE] WAS THAT 17 AND YAVAPAI? AND I THINK WE DID 7 OR 9 IN THE VERDE VALLEY.

OKAY. YEAH.

ANYWAY SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING HOMEOWNERS, KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES WHEN THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. AND AS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES, HOUSING IS HOUSING.

AND SAFE AND HEALTHY HOUSING IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY NEEDS AS WELL AS HEALTH AND FOOD.

SO I AM ASKING OR WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO SUPPORT OUR APPLICATION FOR HOME REPAIRS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE ON WAITLISTS.

I KNOW NACOG HAS A THREE YEAR WAIT LIST.

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DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, ISABEL? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS, AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE WAYS TO HELP CONTRIBUTE BY KEEPING EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK, YOU KNOW, SAFE AND USABLE AND ENABLING IT TO BE USED FOR LONGER AMOUNT OF TIME, JUST HELPS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION.

SO, IT ALSO HELPS IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WE'RE IMPROVING THE HOMES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN. YES.

WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS YOU KNOW, MY PROCESS OF LOOKING AT A GRANT.

I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE INTENT BEHIND THOSE DOLLARS AND ALSO THE DYNAMICS OF SOURCES FOR OTHER FUNDING.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING, HAVING BEEN A DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IN DIRECTOR IN MY IN MY PAST IS THE, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

THE ABILITY TO FIND GRANT FUNDING FOR BRICK AND MORTAR, YOU KNOW, NEW BUILDING OR RENOVATION IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

SO I CERTAINLY PRIORITIZED SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS FOR THIS BASED ON, ON THAT, THAT THIS IS A LIMITED OPPORTUNITY TO DO ON THE GROUND BRICK AND MORTAR WORK.

AND THEN ALSO I, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING FOCUS.

AND THEN ALSO THAT THERE'S THE ADDITION OF LOOKING AT CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE COMMUNITIES MORE RESILIENT.

I BELIEVE THAT'S DEFINITELY WITHIN MANY OF THESE APPLICATIONS.

I, I WANT TO STEER AWAY FROM PROGRAMMATIC COSTS AGAIN FOR, FOR SIMILAR REASONS.

AND ALSO THAT THE VERDE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

I'VE SEEN EITHER THAT PROGRAM OR SIMILAR PROGRAMS DO EXCELLENT WORK IN JEROME, A HISTORIC PLACE.

I KNOW MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE HISTORIC HOMES AND AND THEY ALONG WITH OTHERS, IT CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING TO KEEP THEM LIVABLE.

SO THAT'S THOSE ARE SOME OF MY COMMENTS.

ONE OTHER ISSUE I KNOW LESS ABOUT IS THE CESSPOOLS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS MOSTLY A DISTRICT FOUR ISSUE, AND ASH FORK AND SELIGMAN.

THAT'S A COMMUNITY BLIGHT, AND I THINK IT'S A FAIRLY SERIOUS ONE.

IT'S I'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SITUATION AND THE RISK TO WATER AND LIVELIHOOD THERE.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERVISOR.

I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION AS WELL.

THE THERE ARE CESSPOOLS ALL OVER YAVAPAI COUNTY, RIGHT? THE COUNTY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE 1800S, OF COURSE.

AND AS PEOPLE MOVE IN, THAT WAS THEIR INITIALLY THEIR SOURCE OF PROVIDING A WASTEWATER SYSTEM TO THEIR HOMES, RIGHT? SO IN THE EARLY 1900S, PEOPLE USED CESSPOOLS AS KIND OF THE STANDARD WAY OF PROVIDING FOR THEIR WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. IN THE 1970S, ADEQ BASICALLY OUTLAWED THEM.

RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT USABLE AS A THEY'RE NOT AN APPROVED WASTEWATER SYSTEM.

SO HOMES, YOU KNOW, BEING BUILT FROM THAT POINT ON HAD TO BE ON SOME KIND OF AN APPROVED SEPTIC SYSTEM, A STANDARD SEPTIC SYSTEM WITH LEACH LINES OR, OR SOME KIND OF AN ALTERNATIVE WASTEWATER SYSTEM EQUIVALENT THAT WOULD BE APPROVED BY ADEQ.

SO FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS, CESSPOOLS HAVE BASICALLY BEEN ILLEGAL.

SO WHEN THEY FAIL, THEY CAN'T BE REPLACED, THEY CAN'T BE REPAIRED.

THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED WITH AN APPROVED WASTEWATER SYSTEM.

A SEPTIC SYSTEM. AND SO PRIMARILY WHAT WE'VE SEEN UP IN THE THOSE CESSPOOLS ARE PRIMARILY UP IN THE, THE ASH FORK AND SELIGMAN AREAS THERE.

BUT THEY ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE AT THIS POINT.

WE'RE ESTIMATING IN YAVAPAI COUNTY ANYWHERE FROM 5000 TO 10,000 CESSPOOLS.

THE NUMBER COULD ACTUALLY BE MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE AS THEY WERE GOING IN AND BEING INSTALLED IN THE 1900S, THERE WAS NO OVERSIGHT.

THERE WAS NO REGULATION TO REALLY IDENTIFY HOW MANY CESSPOOLS WE REALLY HAVE IN THE COUNTY AT THIS POINT.

SO THAT'S OUR BEST POSSIBLE GUESS.

AND SO A 50 YEAR OLD WASTEWATER SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, 60 YEARS OLD, 70 YEARS OLD, THEY FAIL.

RIGHT. AND WHEN THEY FAIL AGAIN, THEY CAN'T BE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER CESSPOOL OR REPAIRED.

SO IN THOSE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS SUCH AS SELIGMAN AND ASH FORK, THE PROPERTY, SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES UP THERE ARE VERY

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SO, YOU KNOW, A SEPTIC SYSTEM CAN COST, YOU KNOW, 20,000, 30,000, $40,000 TO INSTALL AND A LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOME WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A HOME THAT DOESN'T HAVE A WORKING WASTEWATER SYSTEM? YOU CAN'T LIVE IN IT.

IT'S NOT LIVABLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE NOW.

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'RE SEEING KIND OF AN UPTICK IN THESE IN THESE HOMES THAT THEIR, THEIR SYSTEMS ARE STARTING TO FAIL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THAT AS TIME, TIME GOES ON.

AND THESE OLD SYSTEMS THAT THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLAWED, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY SINCE THE 1970S, START TO FAIL MORE AND MORE.

JEREMY, HOW FAR DOES THIS GO TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM? IS THE $280,000 GOING TO DO ANYTHING? A $280,000 WOULD, WOULD TAKE A GOOD BITE OUT OF IT.

RIGHT? WE WOULDN'T TAKE A REAL BITE OUT OF THE 5000, 10,000 CESSPOOL PROBLEM.

RIGHT. BUT AS THOSE AS THOSE SYSTEMS FAIL IN SPECIFIC FOR SPECIFIC HOMES, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE TO THEM TO GET THERE, TO GET A WORKING SYSTEM UP AND FUNCTIONING AND GET THOSE PEOPLE BACK INTO THEIR HOMES AGAIN.

AND DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE READY AND WILLING TO ACCEPT THESE FUNDS? WE DON'T HAVE A WORKING LIST AT THE MOMENT.

I APPRECIATE THAT, THOUGH SUPERVISOR CHECK.

WE DON'T HAVE A WORKING LIST AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE DO HAVE SPECIFIC CASES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH OUR WORKING THROUGH OUR LAND USE OUR CODE COMPLIANCE PROCESS RIGHT NOW WHERE THERE ARE FAILING SYSTEMS. AND THIS WOULD THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE START OF OUR LIST AT THIS POINT.

MR. CHAIR. YEAH, I THINK THIS THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY FLOATS TO THE TOP, SO TO SPEAK, THE CESSPOOLS.

BUT WELL SAID.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT A WHAT A CESSPOOL IS.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE A SEPTIC SYSTEM, YOU HAVE A TWO TANK SYSTEM THAT EVERYTHING GOES INTO IT.

TWO CHAMBERS. BUGS EAT IT.

CLEAN WATER COMES OUT THE SIDE, BUT IN A CESSPOOL IT'S A VERY SHALLOW TANK, USUALLY A CYLINDRICAL TANK WITH HOLES IN IT WHERE YOUR SOLIDS FLOAT TO THE BOTTOM, BUT THERE IS NO TREATMENT AND WATER COMES OUT.

WELL. PRETTY SOON YOU GET THAT WHERE IT CLOGS UP AND NOW IT'S JUST GOING OUT.

AND THEN YOU GET THIS NICE LITTLE POND OF THAT'S FLOATING TO THE TOP.

AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE GRANTS, IT'S, IT'S NOT IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE NEEDS THAT ARE LISTED HERE AND THEY'RE ALL QUALITY NEEDS, BUT HOW CAN WE HELP THE MOST PEOPLE POSSIBLE.

AND IT'S AND I NOTICE IT SAID LIKE 30 PEOPLE, BUT IT REALLY HELPS THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE ANIMALS COMING BY.

ARE THEY GOING TO COME GET A DRINK OUT OF THAT WATER THAT'S NOW LEACHING TO THE TOP? IS SOMEONE GOING TO GET SICK FROM THAT EXPOSURE? I MEAN, IT REALLY HELPS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND TO SUPERVISOR COMPTON'S POINT.

I THINK YOU START HELPING THE ONES THAT FAIL, THAT ARE RIGHT IN THE TOWNS OF ASH FORK AND SELIGMAN, AND YOU JUST MAKE THE MOST IMPACT TO IT.

SO AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS LIST AS WELL, MANY OF THEM ALREADY HAVE FUNDRAISING CAPABILITIES BUILT INTO THEM.

THEY ALREADY HAVE MACHINES THAT RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR PROJECTS, BUT THERE IS NO MACHINE BUILT TO COLLECT MONEY TO REPLACE CESSPOOLS IN ASH FORK.

SO I THINK IT'S A WORTHY PROJECT.

I KNOW IT'S IN MY AREA, BUT I THINK IT FLOATS TO THE TOP.

AND ALSO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I LIKE TO SEE ONE TIME USE PROJECTS, NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE FUNDED, ONGOING AND ONGOING BECAUSE THERE MAY NOT BE MONEY TO DO THAT. OKAY.

MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, I FAIL TO SHARE TWO OTHER POINTS THAT I HAD HERE IN MY NOTES.

AGAIN, YOU HEARD THE CRITERIA THAT STAFF USED IN ONE OF THOSE WAS FOOD.

WELL, IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE LIST, YOU WILL SEE THE YARNELL REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER SLASH MEALS ON WHEELS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE LOGIC OF NOT INCLUDING THEM HERE.

PARTLY AGAIN, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, 11 GREAT PROJECTS BROUGHT FORWARD IN VERY LIMITED FUNDS.

SO VERY TOUGH DECISIONS TO BE MADE.

YOU MAY RECALL AT LEAST THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A FEW YEARS.

WE BEGAN FUNDING THE YARNELL REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER, MEALS ON WHEELS, THROUGH WHAT WE CALL OUR OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTIONS AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS EACH YEAR.

SO THAT FACTORED INTO OUR CONSIDERATION.

HAVING SAID THAT, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT YOU LOOK AT, WHEN WE GET TO CONTRIBUTIONS THIS YEAR, ADDRESSING AT LEAST SOME OF THEIR NEED THROUGH INCREASING CONTRIBUTIONS THERE.

IF THE BOARD BELIEVES THAT THAT THAT'S WORTHY IN A LARGER SCALE CONVERSATION WITH ONE SUPERVISOR LED US TO COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT PROBABLY IT'S TIME THAT WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION TO LOOK AT OUR FOOD PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND PRIMARILY MEALS ON WHEELS, TO SEE WHERE WE

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SO I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE OUR FRIENDS AT THE YARD AND OUR REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER OUT OF THIS CONVERSATION TODAY.

AGAIN, THAT'S THAT WAS PART OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS.

AND FINALLY, BEFORE YOU GO TO DELIBERATIONS, EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT CLEARLY A DECISION MAKER HERE, DO YOU WANT TO DISCLOSE THAT I AM A MEMBER OF THE PRESCOTT MEALS ON WHEELS BOARD OF DIRECTORS? SO I JUST WANT THAT STATED OUT THERE.

THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, MARIE, ONE THING THAT YOU DIDN'T BRING UP IS NOT ONLY IS MEALS ON WHEELS FOOD, BUT SOMETIMES THAT DRIVER THAT DELIVERS THE FOOD IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT SEES THAT PERSON THAT DAY THEY WILL FIND PEOPLE DECEASED, CORRECT? THEY WILL FIND PEOPLE IN NEED.

SO THERE'S IT'S WAY MORE THAN FOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

YES, IT'S MAYBE THE ONLY HUMAN CONTACT SOME GET.

AND IT'S THAT SAFETY CHECK AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.

WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. WITH THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2144 AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF THE FOLLOWING GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING ITEMS. NUMBER ONE BUILDING UPGRADES AND FOOD BANK EXPANSION AND REMODEL.

NUMBER TWO YAVAPAI COUNTY HOUSING REPAIR PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH NACOG.

AND NUMBER THREE, REPLACE THE CESSPOOLS WITH SEPTIC SYSTEMS. CHAIRMAN. BEFORE THE BOARD VOTES, MAY I ASK FOR A CLARIFICATION FROM ISABEL TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAM? DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YEAH.

WITH THAT, THAT'S A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WITH THAT AS I STATED BEFORE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX ARE GOING TO BE TABLED, BUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

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

[5. Development Services - Approve a Final Plat for Phase 2 of Stringfield at Granite Mountain to create 30 single-family lots and three tracts (A-C), on approximately 57.33 acres, in a PAD (Planned Area Development) zoning district and consideration of a waiver of the Yavapai County Roadway Design Standards to allow for a reduction in pavement width from 30 feet to 24 feet, 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 and 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. Staff: Matt Blake. (District 4 - Supervisor Kuknyo)]

[6. Development Services - Approve a Final Plat for Phase 3 of Stringfield at Granite Mountain; to create 41 single family lots and four tracts (A-D), on approximately 49.27 acres, in a PAD (Planned Area Development) zoning district, and consideration of a waiver of the Yavapai County Roadway Design Standards to allow for a reduction in pavement width from 30 feet to 24 feet, 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 and 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. Staff: Matt Blake. (District 4 - Supervisor Kuknyo)]

YES MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.

YEAH. JUST AS YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED TO CONTINUE THOSE ITEMS RESPECTIVE OF STRINGFIELD RANCH PHASES ONE, TWO AND THREE TO THE FEBRUARY 5TH BOARD MEETING.

AND THE APPLICANT MR. DAVIS IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THAT, BUT THAT IS THE REQUEST.

OKAY. WITH THOSE THAT CAN'T SPEAK ON THE FIFTH, I HAVE GREEN SHEETS.

WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES TO TALK.

WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE MIC, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR STATEMENT, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO WITH ELIZABETH GATELY.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEMBERS.

I'LL JUST KEEP IT BRIEF SINCE WE'RE CONTINUING UNTIL FEBRUARY NOW.

BUT I AM ON 2200 WEST SHADOW VALLEY RANCH ROAD.

I'M IN A NINE ACRE RANCH THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 1972.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T GET ANY OF THESE NOTICES.

THE ONLY REASON I HEARD ABOUT STRINGFIELD RANCH WAS BECAUSE A FRIEND OF MINE THAT LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL SAID, DID YOU GET THIS PLOT MAP AND NOTIFICATION ABOUT THIS NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT? NO, I HAD NO IDEA.

SO I THINK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE BURNT RANCH SHADOW VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE ON LIST.

I KNOW DISTANCE WISE WE'RE A BIT FURTHER, BUT MY BACKYARD.

I STARE RIGHT AT THE HILLSIDE AT PHASE ONE AT NIGHT.

NOW THAT WE'RE IN, YOU KNOW, WINTER SEASON WHEN IT'S DARK, THEY'RE STILL WORKING FIVE, 06:00 AT NIGHT, AND I SEE THE LIGHTS FROM THEIR TRUCKS RUNNING UP AND DOWN THAT DIRT ROAD.

SO IT DOES AFFECT US. IT WILL AFFECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES IN SOME WAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE NOTIFIED, AS WELL AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD GOING IN.

THANK YOU. AND YOUR NAME IS? ELIZABETH GATLEY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DENNIS DION.

HELLO. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS DENNIS DION.

I'D LIKE TO. I LIVE ON PEMBERTON DRIVE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR HEARING MY GRIEVANCES ABOUT THE SPRINGFIELD RANCH.

I'VE TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF TO TALK TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON PEMBERTON, THE 17 FAMILIES, AND AS WELL AT THE BASE OF PEMBERTON AND ALSO AT BUENA VISTA TRAIL AND YAMPA DRIVE.

AND I'VE SPOKEN TO BETWEEN 80 AND 100 PEOPLE.

BEFORE I CONTINUE. I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR KUKNYO AND COMPTON, SUPERVISOR THOMPSON FOR COMING UP TO OUR AREA AND SEEING PHYSICALLY SEEING WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THERE AND THE AND ALSO THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SCHOOL, THE DUST.

I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF THAT.

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AND WELL, TALKING TO THEM, I ASKED THEM ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION OR LACK OF AND I READ THEM THE MISSION STATEMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RIGHT.

AND IT SAYS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS DEDICATED TO DELIVERING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND UPHOLDING OUTSTANDING VALUES BY MAINTAINING EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND AN ATMOSPHERE OF MUTUAL RESPECT THROUGH EDUCATION, COOPERATION AND AWARENESS.

AND EVERYBODY I TALKED TO AGREED THAT THEY FAILED AT THIS, THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS NOT LIKE THE YOUNG LADY WAS.

JUST A LOT OF US DON'T GET THESE THINGS, THIS COMMUNICATION.

I HAVEN'T BEEN TO ANY OF THESE MEETINGS.

I WENT TO THE LAST MEETING IN COTTONWOOD, MY FIRST MEETING EVER, AND I WAS A LITTLE SHOCKED.

IF YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MEETING, YOU SHOULD REVIEW IT BECAUSE OF HOW LARRY JACOBS WAS TOLD AFTER HE SPOKE, WAS CAME BACK UP TO ASK IF HE COULD SPEAK AGAIN.

AND BY SUPERVISOR, CRAIG BROWN, WHO'S NO LONGER HERE, THANK GOD, WAS TOLD NO.

RIGHT. AND BUT YET THE DEVELOPER COULD COME UP AND A PERSON, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM PLANNING MADE A COUPLE TRIPS UP.

THAT WAS, I THOUGHT THE LADY FROM PLANNING WAS WORKING FOR THE DEVELOPER.

I DIDN'T REALIZE SHE WAS PLANNING AND IT JUST APPEARED THAT WAY.

MAYBE SHE IS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT JUST APPEARED THAT WAY.

SO I WOULD SAY YOU SHOULD REVIEW THAT.

WITH THAT SAYING OUT OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE I FOUND, NOBODY WAS HAPPY WITH THIS PROJECT AND NOBODY THAT THOUGHT THAT THE, THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND SERVICE IS GIVING US FULL COMMUNICATIONS.

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR GRIEVANCES.

THANK YOU.

LARRY DICKENS.

SUPERVISOR GREGORY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK AT THE END FOR THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I AM A SOLUTIONS ORIENTED MANAGER.

I HAVE SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS, AND I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THOSE.

SO I THINK IT MAY GO OVER THE THREE MINUTES, BUT I THINK YOU'LL LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR.

OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD.

AND WITH ROBERT ROBERTS.

YES. GOOD MORNING. MY COMMENT IS PRIMARILY REGARDING SAFETY OF NARROWING THE ROADWAY.

THE RECENT FIRE IN PACIFIC PALISADES EXEMPLIFIES WHAT CAN HAPPEN.

EGRESS AND OUT GRASS WHEN A FIRE SITUATION OCCURS.

IN THAT SITUATION, PEOPLE WERE BLOCKED IN THE ROAD.

THEY DECIDED TO WALK OUT.

THEY LOCKED THEIR CARS AND LEFT THEM IN THE ROADWAY, BLOCKING EVERYONE BEHIND THEM.

I THINK WE NEED AS MUCH ROAD WIDTH AS WE CAN GET IN TERMS OF THE PAVEMENT AND THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THAT PARTICULAR ROAD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

RANDY WEBB.

GOOD MORNING. I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF YAMPA AND GERONIMO.

I'M NOT GOING TO TALK LONG, BUT I WANT TO GIVE MY TIME TO LARRY, WHO HAS MORE TIME TO SPEAK.

BUT AS THE LADY WAS SPEAKING EARLIER ABOUT THE TIME FRAMES IN WHICH THEY OPERATE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, THEY START WORKING AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING.

I'M RIGHT BELOW WHERE THE WORK LINE IS.

SO IF WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS VERSUS A BUILDER, WE'RE GOING OUT IN A COMPLETELY WRONG MANNER.

I DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE ROAD AS WELL THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING.

ANY OPERATING VEHICLE, THE TRASH TRUCKS THAT GO UP THERE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE, THAT ROADWAY IS GOING TO BE HINDERING THE RESIDENTS OF THAT COMPLEX COMING THROUGH.

I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, IT'S MOSTLY A FLAT FOUNDATION OF THOSE PROPERTIES.

THE PROPERTY WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS NOT.

THERE'S QUITE A GRADE GOING UP THE HILLS AND SO FORTH.

SO. BUT I WANT TO GIVE MY THE REST OF MY TIME TO LARRY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK LONGER.

OKAY. OKAY. AND YOUR NAME WAS RANDY WEBB? YES, SIR. OKAY. THOMAS DALY.

GOOD MORNING. CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TOM STALEY.

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I CURRENTLY RESIDE ON WEST BUENA VISTA TRAIL.

AND LIKE SOME OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE, I LIVE ABOUT 2 OR 300 YARDS BELOW THE WORK BEING DONE.

AND STARTING ABOUT 6 A.M.

IN THE MORNING AND GOING TILL ABOUT 4 OR 5 IN THE AFTERNOON.

THERE'S A CONSTANT BEEPING.

THERE'S CLOUDS OF DUST THAT, WITH THE PROPER WIND, COMES RIGHT DOWN ON MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS.

AND THERE'S THE OCCASIONAL THUMPING OF BLASTING GOING ON UP THERE.

SO I'M HOPING THAT SPRINGFIELD RANCH HAS THE PROPER CERTIFICATIONS AND OKAY TO BE TO BE BLASTING UP THERE AMONGST US RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS.

I'VE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH MR. DAVIS BY EMAIL SEVERAL TIMES.

HE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO MY EMAILS.

I WAS HOPING THAT SPRINGFIELD WOULD BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

APPARENTLY THEY'RE NOT.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE YOUR DECISION, I BELIEVE, ON THE FIRST PHASE OF NOT WIDENING THE ROADS.

SO IN MY NOTIFICATION, THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT.

THE WIDENING OF THE ROADS I SUPPORT, NOT WIDENING THE ROADS.

HOWEVER, YOU GUYS WANT TO PUT THAT.

I THINK IT SETS A VERY BAD PRECEDENT THAT WHEN A GOVERNMENT AGENCY APPROVES A DIVISION, NOT A DIVISION. A W\WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? THANK YOU. DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN LATER, THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO COME BACK AND CHANGE IT.

THAT'S A VERY BAD PRECEDENT.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY MAIN CONCERN.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THE THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS ON MY LETTER FOR THE PLAT NUMBERS, THERE'S PLAT ONE.

IT DID NOT TELL ME HOW MANY LOTS WERE IN THAT PLOT.

BUT IN PLOT TWO AND PLOT THREE, PHASE TWO, IT SAYS IT HAS 95 ACRES.

APPROXIMATELY 95 ACRES WITH 30 LOTS.

PHASE THREE. THERE'S I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ACRES, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 41 LOT.

SO, MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS, IS THE DEVELOPER NOW WANTING TO ADD MORE LOTS TO THESE PHASES.

AND IF SO, THEN THAT SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED EITHER, BECAUSE IF THE DEVELOPER IS COMING BACK AND ASKING TO WIDEN ROADS AFTER THEY ALREADY HAVE SPECIFIED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT, WHO'S TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK AND INCREASE TO 350 PLUS LOTS ALREADY GOING UP THERE.

SO I'M HERE TO JUST REITERATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT'S GOING ON.

I KNOW THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT.

SO WHEN WE COME BEFORE YOU THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING A LEGITIMATE.

BUT AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE YAVAPAI COUNTY AWARE THAT WHEN I GET NOTIFIED IT'S HARD TO HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY WHEN THEY SEND ME CORRESPONDENCE WHERE YOU SPELL COUNTY WRONG.

CAN I APPROACH AND SHOW YOU? SURE. IT SAYS YAVAPAI C O U N Y.

AGAIN, IT MAY SEEM SMALL, BUT IT'S NOT.

IF THE COUNTY CAN'T PUT OUT CORRESPONDENCE WHERE THEY SPELL THE WORD CORRECTLY, WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LARRY JACOBS.

COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY VICE CHAIRMAN COMPTON, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YAVAPAI COUNTY STAFF.

I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND A TIMELINE, AND IN THAT WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT I PREPARED.

I HAVE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS FROM THE INCEPTION.

I WENT TO THE VERY FIRST MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

AND BY THE WAY, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE OF MY BACKGROUND BEFORE I GO INTO THAT.

I'M NOT NEW TO THE COUNTY.

I'VE BEEN PAYING TAXES SINCE 1997.

AGAIN, I LIVE OVER AT 1811 WEST YAMPA AND I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

I HAVE BEEN A PREVIOUS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER.

I DID THAT BACK IN 2012 2013.

I WAS THEN ASKED TO BECOME YOUR HEARING OFFICER SINCE ONE OF THE HEARING OFFICERS HAD LEFT.

I HAVE BEEN ONE OF YOUR HEARING OFFICERS SINCE THAT TIME UP TO MY RESIGNATION, WHICH OCCURRED IN MARCH OR I'M SORRY, APRIL OF 2024.

AND THE REASON THAT I RESIGNED WAS BECAUSE I HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING, ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH MANY PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, BOTH EMPLOYEES

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I HAVE CONTACTED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH SEVERAL LETTERS, AND I'VE GIVEN THEM INFORMATION ON WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAD WAS WHEN I FIRST WENT TO THE FIRST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.

I DID SPEAK, AND THE MAIN BRUNT OF MY SPEAKING WAS ON THE FLOODING ISSUE BECAUSE IT TOOK QUITE SOME TIME TO GET THAT RETENTION POND AND PUT IN THERE.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HOZHONI AND IN [INAUDIBLE] WERE FLOODED OUT.

THE CONCERNS WAS ON THAT.

BUT I KNEW FROM THE VERY INCEPTION THAT MEETING THERE WAS A PROBLEM.

I TOOK THE TIME TO GIVE MY BUSINESS CARDS TO AT THE TIME, MR. DAVE WILLIAMS, WHO WAS THE PLANNING AND ZONING, OR I'M SORRY, HE WAS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AND ASKED THAT MY BUSINESS CARD BE PUT ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S FILE ON THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A REDACTED FILE.

SINCE I HAVE A REDACTED FILE, I NEVER RECEIVE ANY OF THESE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY YAVAPAI COUNTY DOES THAT BECAUSE IN MARICOPA I HAD A REDACTED FILE.

THEY MERELY PUT RESIDENT ON MY LETTERS, AND I STILL GOT THEM.

BUT THEY DON'T HERE. SO SINCE I'M TAKING OUT OF THE SYSTEM, I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THEM, SO I GAVE THEM THAT.

I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING, NOTHING.

NOT EVEN SO MUCH AS A LETTER.

SO I ALSO HAD THE TIME TO TALK TO MR. DAVIS AT THAT MEETING.

I GAVE HIM GAVE MY BUSINESS CARD.

WE SPOKE ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS.

HE ASSURED ME THAT THEY WOULD NEVER BE COMING INTO THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNITY.

WELL, I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION.

HE DID, AND HE DID FOR OVER A YEAR.

AND THEN HE'D LEAVE AND HE'D COME BACK AGAIN.

AS A RESULT OF THIS, I DID PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST THAT WERE SENT IN SIX DAYS AFTER HE STARTED IN OUR COMMUNITY UNANNOUNCED AND 05:00 IS WHEN THEY'D START.

AND IT'S MORE THAN BEEPING WHEN YOU BRING IN SEMI TRUCKS INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA, WHEN IT'S PRECLUDED BY STATE LAW UNDER TITLE 11 AND SEVERAL PROVISIONS IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE, INCLUDING 209, 502 AND 504.

WITH THAT SAID, I PUT IN A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST SIX DAYS LATER, FOUND OUT THEY HAD NO AUTHORIZATION TO COME IN OR NOT EVEN SO MUCH AS A RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT.

AND AFTER MY PUBLIC RECORDS WENT IN, ALL OF A SUDDEN A RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT WAS GRANTED THE SAME DAY, BUT IT WASN'T EVEN SIGNED FOR ANOTHER WEEK AND A HALF BY THE CONTRACTOR.

I KNOW THE COUNTY IS LIKE A MAJOR MUNICIPALITY THAT I WORKED AT FOR MANY YEARS.

YOU'RE SELF-INSURED.

THERE'S A TWO PAGE CONTRACT AT THE END OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT THAT GIVES SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO WHAT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU THEY DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH ANY OF THEM.

I IMMEDIATELY CALLED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND I CALLED PUBLIC WORKS AND REQUESTED THAT AN INSPECTOR COME OUT AND GIVE THEM A STOP WORK ORDER INSTEAD.

YOU KNOW WHAT I GOT? I GOT I GOT PUBLIC WORKS COMING OUT AND PUTTING UP ALL THE CONSTRUCTION SIGNS FOR THE DEVELOPER AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE, AND DOING MANY OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

I CONTINUED TO TRY TO WORK EVEN AFTER MY RESIGNATION IN ATTEMPT TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS.

BUT THE BIGGEST SOLUTION HAS BEEN NO COMMUNICATION.

NONE. AND NOT ONLY HAS IT BEEN NO COMMUNICATION, BUT THE DEVELOPER ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS CAUSED SERIOUS CONSTRUCTION MISHAPS THAT I GAVE MY CARD TO THE PROJECT MANAGER NASA DEVELOPED NONE.

I'VE NEVER HEARD FROM MR. DAVIS. NOW, I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE BRUNT OF THIS ON MR. DAVIS, BECAUSE MR. DAVIS IS ONLY HALF THE PROBLEM.

THE OTHER HALF IS DEALING WITH COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

IT'S DEALING WITH COUNTY SUPERVISORS, AND IT'S DEALING WITH COUNTY POLICIES THAT HAVE PRECLUDED ANY OF THE CITIZENS FROM BEING MADE AWARE BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNICATION FILTERING THAT HAS OCCURRED.

AND WE'RE QUITE, QUITE TIRED OF IT.

I HAVE SINCE CALLED BOTH THE FIRE DISTRICT.

I'VE CALLED BOTH THE FIRE DISTRICT MARSHALS HERE IN THE LAST WEEK.

EVIDENTLY, THEY KEEP SAYING ALL THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WELL, IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY A PREVIOUS FIRE MARSHAL, AND HE DIDN'T TAKE SEVERAL CONSIDERATIONS INTO MINE IN TERMS OF THE REMOTENESS OF THIS AREA.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL.

AND I'VE LOOKED AT THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WHICH PROMPTED ME TO WRITE TWO DOCUMENTS TO YOU ON MONDAY, AND I DELIVERED THEM PERSONALLY TO MR. MOYE THOMPSON AND MR. BRENNAN. YOU'LL PROBABLY APPRECIATE THIS.

I HAVE ALWAYS WORKED IN MY CAREER, MY PREVIOUS CAREER IN A LARGE MUNICIPALITY, AND I'VE WORKED IN TRYING TO GATHER FACTS BASED UPON CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE AND EVIDENCE THAT'S BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

I DIDN'T MESS AROUND WITH PREPONDERANCE.

I WANTED TO BE SURE ABOUT WHAT I'M SAYING, AND BEFORE I EXPRESSED MY OPINIONS AS TO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, LIKE I HEARD AT THE LAST MEETING,

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SO THE TWO DOCUMENTS WILL HELP ME GATHER THE REST OF THE INFORMATION I NEED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE GONE TO TWO ENTITIES ABOVE THE COUNTY.

DO I WANT TO PURSUE THAT? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I WANT TO BE A PROBLEM SOLVER AND I WANT THE COUNTY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

I AM WILLING TO MEET AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF HOLKHAM, WITH THIS BOARD, WITH COUNTY STAFF, WITH THE APPLICABLE DIRECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED, WITH MR. DAVIS, WITH HIS PEOPLE, AND ALSO WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM PEMBERTON AND DISCUSS SOLUTIONS.

UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T TURN BACK THE CLOCK.

I CAN'T GO BACK TO WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN TERMS OF HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED BY THE COMMUNITY.

BUT I CAN AT LEAST TRY TO FIND A VIABLE SOLUTION THAT WILL ALLOW MR. DAVIS TO CONTINUE WITH HIS PROJECT.

I HAVE GONE AND LOOKED AT SEVERAL AREAS.

THIS IS ALL A HILLSIDE COMMUNITY, FOLKS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST PHASE ONE.

NO, IT'S PHASE TWO, THREE, 4 OR 5.

THEY'RE ALL HILLSIDE.

I SEE SOME REAL PROBLEMS SINCE IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE US FORESTS AND SOME OF THE WILDERNESS AREAS UP AROUND GRANITE MOUNTAIN. I SEE SOME REAL PROBLEMS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE WORKED IN THIS AREA FOR A LONG TIME.

I WAS I'VE BEEN A CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGER SINCE 2003, AND I'M WILLING TO FIND A SOLUTION.

I WOULD PROPOSE THAT A STUDY SESSION WITH THE BOARD, WITH COUNTY STAFF, WITH MR. DAVIS AND HIS COLLEAGUES, ALONG WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PEMBERTON GROUP, AND COME AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN SIT DOWN, PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER. IF HE'S GOT $200 MILLION IN THIS PROJECT, HE DOESN'T WANT TO STOP.

I MIGHT ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK LAWSUITS.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN LAWSUITS.

THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT THAT COME OUT OF LAWSUITS ARE ATTORNEYS.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY VIEW.

AND THAT'S WHY I'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY.

AND I WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY.

BUT I'M AT MY WIT'S END BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2020.

AND I'VE GOTTEN NOWHERE.

I'M CONTINUING. BY THE WAY, I CAN THINK OF SEVERAL THINGS WE NEED TO DO.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO IS GET RID OF THE RECORDED LINE OVER THERE AT PLANNING.

YEAH. IT SAYS SOMEONE WILL CONTACT YOU WITHIN 24 HOURS.

I MUST HAVE PUT FOUR CALLS ON THAT I TO THIS DATE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED.

AND THAT WAS BACK IN JUNE OF 2023.

AND I CAN TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M A PRODUCT OF THE 60S.

YOU KNOW, I WENT TO SCHOOL IN THE 60S.

WHEN YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, YOU WERE TAUGHT GOVERNMENT, YOU WERE TAUGHT GEOGRAPHY, AND YOU WERE TAUGHT HISTORY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER FROM GOVERNMENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I ASKED MY ONE OF MY INSTRUCTORS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT? YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR ALL THESE THINGS.

YOU KNOW WHAT HE TOLD ME? HE SAID GOVERNMENT IS TO REFLECT THE PUBLIC WILL AND GOVERN IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

THIS PROJECT HAS NOT PROGRESSED IN THAT MANNER.

THE OTHER THING I LOOK AT, AND I ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT WHEN I LOOK AT LOOK AT ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE I'VE DEVELOPED SEVERAL STRATEGIC PLANS IN THE ORGANIZATION I WORKED AT, I HAD MISSION STATEMENTS, I HAD VISION STATEMENTS.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE VISION STATEMENT FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY IS.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, YOU SHOULD PUT IT UP THERE IN YOUR MIRROR WHEN YOU GET READY TO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY.

THEIR VISION STATEMENT IS YAVAPAI COUNTY WILL SERVE AND PROTECT ITS CITIZENS THROUGH EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF ALL ITS RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF THOSE THEY SERVE. UNFORTUNATELY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS PROJECT.

BUT I'M WILLING, BEFORE I PROCEED TO SUSPEND THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT I DIRECTED TO MR. THOMPSON ON MONDAY.

IF WE CAN HAVE THAT STUDY SESSION AND BRING ALL OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND TRY TO FIND A VIABLE SOLUTION TO ALLOW MR. DAVIS TO CONTINUE WITH THIS PROJECT AND WHAT I WOULD CALL A MORE PROFESSIONAL MANNER, THEN WHAT HAS BEEN DONE THUS FAR? I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A GREEN SHEET ONCE YOU'RE DONE.

OKAY. WELL, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, COMPTON AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JEFF DAVIS.

YOU'VE HEARD MY NAME MULTIPLE TIMES TODAY.

MY ADDRESS IS 110 EAST GURLEY STREET, PRESCOTT, AZ 86301.

SO I WANTED TO STATE ON RECORD AND WITH THE BOARD TO MR. STALEY, I DIDN'T I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY EMAILS FROM YOU.

I APOLOGIZE IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A MOMENT AFTERWARDS.

I'D LIKE TO GET YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER.

I'D BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.

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SOME GO INTO MY JUNK MAIL.

SO I'M NOT SAYING YOU DIDN'T SEND IT.

I'M JUST SAYING I HAVE NOT SEEN IT.

I APOLOGIZE, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP SOME DIALOG WITH YOU AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP MR. DION REGARDING THE PEMBERTON AND THOSE FOLKS, I'VE NOT BEEN INVITED TO ANY MEETINGS.

I'M OPEN TO GO TO ANY MEETINGS THAT THEY HAVE.

I'M USED TO THAT.

I'M NOT AFRAID OF THAT.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS.

GREAT. AND SO IF THEY WOULD JUST CONTACT ME.

BUT MY PHONE NUMBER, FOR THE RECORD, IT'S A CELL PHONE.

I'VE HAD IT FOR 15 YEARS.

IT'S (928) 925-6332.

I WOULD CALL THAT EMAILS TEND TO DROP INTO JUNK.

I DO ANSWER MY PHONE CALLS.

I TALK TO EVERYBODY TO MR. JACOBS. WE DID MEET OVER FOUR YEARS AGO.

HE DID GIVE ME HIS CARD.

I'VE TRIED TO RETURN EVERY CALL.

I'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY CALLS OR VOICEMAILS FROM LARRY IF I, IF YOU DID AND I DON'T HAVE THOSE, I APOLOGIZE TO LARRY.

I'M OPEN TO MEET WITH YOU TO SIT DOWN.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THE PROBLEM.

I'D LIKE TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

REGARDING TRAFFIC CONTROL, WE HAVE PAID FOR ALL TRAFFIC CONTROL.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THE COUNTY FOLKS COMING OUT AND SETTING UP, BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT LARRY IS WRONG, BUT I KNOW THAT I'M WRITING CHECKS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO BOTH QUAIL AND THE OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL COMPANIES AND PAYING FOR THOSE THINGS.

SO WE ARE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PERMITS.

WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING UP THERE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

THERE ARE NO CONSTRUCTION HOURS, SO I CAN'T CONTROL MY CONTRACTORS AS TO WHEN THEY GET OUT THERE AND GET STARTED.

SO I'D LIKE TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THAT.

I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A BAD NEIGHBOR.

WHEN I WAS MANAGING PARTNER FOR AMERICAN RANCH.

WE BUILT OVER 600 ACRES ADJACENT TO THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AREA THERE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH CAFMA.

NO ISSUES WITH ANYBODY OUT THERE.

I MEAN, THAT'S A TOP SHELF COMMUNITY THAT WENT SEAMLESSLY.

I'M ALSO THE MANAGING PARTNER FOR PRESCOTT LAKES AND PRESCOTT, WICKENBURG RANCH AND WICKENBURG AND YAVAPAI COUNTY.

IT'S I UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM.

I'M NOT OUT HERE AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE DOING THIS BECAUSE I NEED TO DO THIS.

I'M DOING IT BECAUSE I ENJOY IT.

I'M DOING IT BECAUSE IRENE STRINGFIELD ASKED ME TO DO THIS.

SHE APPRECIATED WHAT WE DID AT AMERICAN RANCH.

SHE WANTED SOMETHING OF A LEGACY ON HER PROPERTY.

SO I SIGNED UP WITH THIS SIX YEARS AGO.

I DIDN'T HAVE ALL THOSE GRAY HAIRS SIX YEARS AGO.

SO I'M, HAVE I DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT? NO. AND I APOLOGIZE.

HAVE I MISSED SOME PHONE CALLS? HAVE I MISSED SOME EMAILS? PROBABLY. I'M SORRY.

I'M DOING EVERYTHING, WHICH THAT'S MY FAULT.

I DON'T HAVE A COMPANY.

I HAVE MYSELF.

BUT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT IN THIS PROJECT WAS RAN THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FOR OUR MASTER PLAN OF 340 UNITS.

WE'RE NOT INCREASING ANY DENSITY.

340 UNITS IS MY MAXIMUM THROUGH MY COUNTY ZONING.

WE APPROVED. WE WERE APPROVED THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

A PAD OVERLAY, 340 UNITS.

WE'RE IN TOTAL COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.

AND I GOT UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR BOTH THE MASTER PLAN, THE DENSITY, THE PAD OVERLAY.

MY ONLY CONTINGENCY WAS I HAD TO PROVIDE MY WATER FROM THE CITY OF PRESCOTT.

I DID. WE HAVE OFFICIALLY APPROVED STRINGFIELD DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THAT THE BOARD APPROVED.

AND I HAVE A IGA THAT'S LIFETIME WITH THE CITY OF PRESCOTT.

IT PROVIDES 100 YEAR ASSURANCE.

THEY'RE DOING THE WATER.

THEY JUST STARTED A JOB THAT STARTS AT PIONEER PARKWAY IN WILLIAMS VALLEY ROAD AND RUNS NORTH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD, EXTENDING THEIR 12 INCH LINE UP TO LONGVIEW.

AND THAT ALSO ALLOWS ME TO TIE INTO IT.

SO ALL THAT'S DONE, I PUT IN THREE AND A HALF MILES OF SEWER DOWN PIONEER PARKWAY SO THAT THE CITY COULD TAKE OUR SEWAGE AND PROCESS IT THROUGH THEIR PLANT AND REGENERATE IT INTO THE AQUIFER FOR CREDITS FOR THE CITY OF PRESCOTT.

SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GREAT THINGS FROM A DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE.

THIS IS THE STRINGFIELD FILLED RANCH.

PRIVATE PROPERTY.

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THAT SEEMS TO BE SO THAT GETS SOME CONTROVERSY, IS THE FACT THAT I HAVE 30FT OF ASPHALT, AND THREE FEET OF THAT GOES EACH DIRECTION INTO THE SHOULDER, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.

I HAVE MY 60 PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE PURCHASED OUT HERE HAVE SIGNED CONSENT AGREEMENTS.

THEY DON'T WANT THAT.

THEY JUST ASKED ME TO SHRINK THE ASPHALT DOWN, MAKE THE FOUR FOOT SHOULDERS OUT OF A DIFFERENT MATERIAL THAT'S MORE IDENTIFIABLE AS PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT ON THE FIFTH.

I DIDN'T SHRINK THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE RIGHT OF WAY IS THE SAME.

I'VE GOT PUBLIC WORKS SUPPORT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, REPORT SUPPORT, AND I HAVE CAFE SUPPORT.

CENTRAL ARIZONA FIRE THAT WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS SAFE.

IT'S THE SAME WIDTH, SAME GAME ACCESSIBILITY.

WE CAN GET SEMI TRUCKS IN THERE WITH TRUSSES.

WE CAN BRING FRAMING PACKAGES, CONCRETE TRUCKS AND FIRE TRUCKS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

NOT DOING ANYTHING BAD WITH THAT.

I CAN BRING 100 PEOPLE IN HERE THAT HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED IN PHASE ONE THAT HAVE SIGNED THEIR CONSENT AGREEMENTS, AND LOAD THIS PLACE UP AND TAKE ALL DAY LONG TO TELL YOU THAT THEY SUPPORT IT.

BUT I GAVE IT TO YOU IN CONSENT AGREEMENTS SO THAT I WOULDN'T TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME.

I'VE TAKEN MORE THAN I EXPECTED TO TODAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I'LL SIGN THE GREEN PAPER AND LARRY AND MR. STALEY. MR. DION, I'LL STICK AROUND AND EXCHANGE OUR CONTACT INFO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. MOVING ON.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT.

JUST IN TIME.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE'LL GET STARTED HERE.

[ COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02(K), the County Manager may present brief summaries of current events but no discussion may occur, and no action may be taken regarding anything that is presented.]

THE COUNTY MANAGER MAY PRESENT BRIEF SUMMARIES OF CURRENT EVENTS, BUT NO DISCUSSION MAY OCCUR AND NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN REGARDING ANYTHING THAT IS PRESENTED.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OFF WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER.

GOOD MORNING. ONE MORE TIME.

CHAIRMAN. VICE CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MAURY THOMPSON, COUNTY MANAGER.

TWO ITEMS TO REPORT THIS MORNING.

BOTH TWO PIECES OF GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

I'LL START WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HAS ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 10TH OF THIS PREVIOUS YEAR, A GRANT AWARD TO US YAVAPAI COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF SLIGHTLY MORE THAN $1 MILLION FOR OUR HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM.

SO THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO CONTINUE OUR CLINIC SERVICES OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO EXPAND SERVICES INTO NEW AREAS.

I THINK THE THINK THE BOARD IS AWARE OF WITH THESE FUNDS.

THESE GRANTS ALSO ALLOW US TO OFFER A SLIDING FEE SCALE TO PATIENTS WHO CAN'T AFFORD HIGH MEDICAL BILLS.

SO, ANOTHER ATTRIBUTE OF THESE FUNDS.

SO VERY PLEASED TO RECEIVE THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

SECOND ITEM IS NOTIFICATION.

A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL STAFF AWARDS.

SO AT THE 2024 ARIZONA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES SUMMIT AWARD BREAKFAST, WHICH WAS ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, TWO YAVAPAI COUNTY PROGRAMS WERE AWARD WINNERS.

IN OUR LIBRARIES, THE YAVAPAI COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT WAS RECOGNIZED FOR ENHANCING LIFELONG LITERACY PROGRAM.

AND THEN ALSO WE WERE RECOGNIZED FOR OUR BRINGING BROADBAND TO CONGRESS AREA AS TWO AWARD WINNERS.

SO AGAIN, STAFF CONTINUE TO DO GOOD WORK AND GET RECOGNIZED FOR THAT.

SO WANTED TO SHARE THAT THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS OR I GUESS WE CAN'T RESPOND AS A BOARD.

SO MOVING FORWARD TO THE CALL OF THE PUBLIC.

[ 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.]

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. I THINK YOUR MIC IS OFF.

VICE CHAIRMAN.

THERE WE GO. I'M NOT USED TO THESE MICROPHONE THINGS, SO, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LITTLE WORK.

AND GOOD MORNING.

SUPERVISORS AND STAFF.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING ARIZONA'S HOMETOWN RADIO GROUP.

AS YOU BEGIN YOUR 20, 25 YEAR, WE ARE BEGINNING OUR 40TH YEAR OF BROADCASTING HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE ENJOYED TREMENDOUSLY COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF DOING INTERVIEWS, OF WHICH YOUR COUNTY MANAGER, MR. THOMPSON, SAT FOR ONE THIS PAST THURSDAY.

BUT WE HAVE ENJOYED OUR RELATIONSHIP OVER THE YEARS DATING BACK TO SUPERVISORS FELDMEYER, CAMP

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I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW OF OUR MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS THE EXPANSION OF OUR JACK FM 94.7.

WE JUST SIGNED ON THE AIR WITH OUR NEW TOWER SITE ON MORMON MOUNTAIN, WHICH WILL PUT OUR SIGNAL AND ALSO WILL BROADCAST OUR LOCAL BUSINESS MESSAGES TO THE PEOPLE OF FLAGSTAFF AND SEDONA SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT EXPANSION.

THE CALL LETTERS AND THE NEW STATION ARE KJXL, WHICH STANDS FOR JACK EXTRA LARGE AND IT IS ON 94.7 FM, THE SAME DIAL POSITION AS WE CURRENTLY ENJOY IN COTTONWOOD AND THE QUAD CITIES.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, WE DO HAVE AN OFFICE IN COTTONWOOD THAT'S MANNED FULL TIME, AND WE HAVE ENJOYED THE ABILITY TO BROADCAST THE MESSAGES FROM OUR BUSINESS PEOPLE AND FROM THE COUNTY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN AS ONE OF THE FEW STATIONS THAT IS UNIQUELY ABLE TO DO SO. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SINGLE OUT THE TALK SHOWS ON KQ AND OUR TALK OF THE TOWN ON THURSDAYS THAT I GET TO HOST, BUT WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITIES FEATURED BOTH CHINO VALLEY PRESCOTT AS WELL AS WELL AS PRESCOTT VALLEY AND COTTONWOOD.

AND THEN OUR THURSDAY SHOW, WHICH YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, ARE WELCOME TO JOIN ME ON THURSDAYS AND REPRESENTING THE COUNTY AND AND BE ABLE TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF JOY TO OUR LISTENING AUDIENCE.

I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR TALK SHOWS SEBASTIAN GORKA, AMERICA FIRST, HE HAS LEFT AND IS JOINING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COUNTERTERRORISM.

HE WILL BE REPLACED BY HUGH HEWITT, WHO HAS BEEN HOSTING A SHOW EARLY IN THE MORNING.

HE WILL NOW BE ON IN THE AFTERNOONS.

SO WE WILL JUST KEEP ON KEEPING ON TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.

BUT WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR 40TH YEAR COINCIDES WITH YOUR FIRST YEAR AS THE 2025 BOARD.

AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT ALSO FOR THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. CHAIR, HE'S BEEN HAD AN AMAZING STORY.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHEN HE.

ALL HE HAD WAS A TELEPHONE POLE ON ROBERT ROAD, AND THAT WAS THE STATION.

AND I THINK ROBERT ROAD WAS THE ONLY PAVED ROAD AT THE TIME.

AND THEN YOU FOLLOW IT UP WITH THE FIRST SOLAR POWERED RADIO STATION IN THE COUNTRY.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DONE YOUR WHOLE BUSINESS MODEL, BUT BEING BY COMMUNITY INVOLVED, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

JOE TRUDEAU.

THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

YES, SIR.

YEAH. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND THE BOARD. HONORED TO BE HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR NEW TERM.

MY NAME IS JOE TRUDEAU.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE AT 6100 RW FIELDS ROAD.

AND THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT TONE THAN THE REST OF THIS MEETING.

IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE PERSONAL.

I LIVE ON A ROUGHLY 120 ACRE INHOLDING WITHIN THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST, OF WHICH I HOLD TITLE TO ABOUT 25 ACRES.

OUR LAND WAS ESTABLISHED AS A PATENTED MINING CLAIM IN THE LATE 1860S, AND OUR FAMILY ACQUIRED THE LAND AROUND 1960 AFTER THE OLD ORO FLAME MINE WENT BELLY UP DUE TO TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF THE ORR.

THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER RUNS ITS MEANDERING COURSE THROUGH OUR PROPERTY ON ITS WAY SOUTHWEST DOWN TOWARDS WALNUT GROVE IN DISTRICT ONE.

LIVING ON AN OLD MINE WITH TAILINGS PILES AND SHAFTS, ADDITS AND LOTS OF SHARP, RUSTING STEEL ARTIFACTS ALL AROUND.

I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON MINING IN OUR REGION AS A ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT.

I HAVE A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF MINING IMPACTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND AS A MEMBER OF OUR BEAUTIFUL ADVANCED SOCIETY, I DO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MINING IN OUR IN OUR ECONOMY AND OUR CULTURE, ESPECIALLY IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, THAT BEING A PART OF OUR HISTORY.

BUT THERE'S A TIME AND A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY, TO ASK FOR THE COUNTY'S HELP IN PROTECTING THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER WATERSHED FROM FUTURE MINING.

I BELIEVE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THE GOLD PARADISE PEAK MINE DEBACLE.

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I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

I AM HERE TO DISCUSS SOMETHING MUCH MORE POSITIVE TO GET BEHIND, RATHER THAN TO BE OPPOSED OR CONCERNED WITH.

AND THAT IS THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FORESTS REQUEST THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR IN DC WITHDRAW A PORTION OF THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER WATERSHED ON PUBLIC LAND FROM WHAT THEY CALL MINERAL LOCATION AND ENTRY.

THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A MINERAL WITHDRAWAL.

SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THIS MINERAL WITHDRAWAL.

I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF YOU INFORMALLY ABOUT IT.

THIS WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING FOR WATER QUALITY, WILDLIFE HABITAT, OUTDOOR RECREATION, FIRE RISK REDUCTION, AND OUR GROWING NATURE BASED OUTDOOR RECREATION ECONOMY IN THE GREATER PRESCOTT AREA.

SO THE FOREST SERVICE, THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST, HAS PROPOSED TO PROTECT A 3700 ACRE AREA IN THE UPPER HASSAYAMPA RIVER WATERSHED, BASICALLY FROM HASSAYAMPA LAKE DOWN TO BORED CREEK, WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY JUST ABOVE WILLHOIT.

FROM SOME ASPECTS OF FUTURE MINING, THE WITHDRAWAL IS IN DISTRICTS FIVE AND ONE, AND IT SURROUNDS MY PROPERTY AND MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.

IT IS NOT AN ALL OUT BAN ON MINING.

CURRENT MINING CLAIM HOLDERS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE THAT THEIR CLAIMS ARE VALID AND PROCEED WITH PLANS OF OPERATIONS, BUT NO NEW CLAIMS WOULD BE FILED.

CLAIMS WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED OUT AS THEY ARE NOT ADEQUATELY FILED WITH THE BLM ANNUALLY AND ANY APPLICATIONS TO DEVELOP A NEW MINE WOULD UNDERGO HIGH LEVELS OF SCRUTINY AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS.

ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR INHOLDING ARE FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS WITHDRAWAL, AS WE KNOW, IT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY AND FOR OUR LITTLE HIGH DESERT RIVER.

SO I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER TAKING ACTION IN SUPPORT OF THE MINERAL WITHDRAWAL, WHETHER THAT IS A LETTER OR SOME OTHER FORM OF SUPPORT, AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAS BEEN A PRECEDENT IN THE PAST.

FORMER CHAIRMAN CRAIG BROWN WROTE A LETTER TO THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT IN 2017 OR 18, IN OPPOSITION TO THE KIRKLAND MINE DOWN IN SKULL VALLEY.

SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT.

SO I KNOW THAT THE BOARD HAS INTERACTED WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES IN REGARDS TO MINING TOPICS IN THE PAST.

SO THAT'S IT. I'M AVAILABLE TO AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU AT YOUR DISCRETION OR WITH YOUR STAFF UPON YOUR INSTRUCTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

OKAY. IS THERE ANY MORE GREEN SHEETS? ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HERE IN PRESCOTT OR IN COTTONWOOD? OKAY. DON'T SOUND LIKE IT.

[ EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ITEM NUMBER ONE CONVENE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO ARS 38 431 .03 FOR ADVICE AND CONSULTATION.

CONSULTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF REVISED RULES OF PROCEDURES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.

CHAIRMAN. OKAY.

DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DO THIS.

I THINK WE COULD DO THIS OUT IN THE OPEN.

IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE SCARY, BUT THAT'S JUST MY JUST MY OPINION.

SECOND. OKAY, WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.

I. OKAY.

WE'LL GO AHEAD. OKAY.

AND THAT'S 4-1 GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I GAVE JAMIE THE GREEN SHEETS.

OKAY. ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BACK AND COME BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THERE'S GOING TO BE NO ACTION TAKEN ON THE DISCUSSION, THE ON THE RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE BOARD.

SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ADJOURN.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR STATE AYE.

AYE. OKAY.

UNANIMOUS MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.