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>> [BACKGROUND] WELCOME, EVERYONE. THIS IS A MEETING OF
[ CALL TO ORDER]
THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.WE ARE MEETING TODAY IN THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES VERDI VALLEY COMPLEX HEARING ROOM, FIRST FLOOR, 10 SOUTH SIX STREET IN COTTONWOOD, ARIZONA.
TODAY'S DATE IS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22ND, 2025.
I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
ALL ITEMS LISTED ARE POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
THE ORDER OF THE ITEMS MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MEETING.
ONE OR MORE BOARD MEMBERS MAY ATTEND TELEPHONICALLY OR VIRTUALLY.
BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDING TELEPHONICALLY OR VIRTUALLY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE MEETING.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH THE INVOCATION BY MARY MALLORY, AND THEN ALSO THE PLEDGE BY MR. COMPTON.
>> GOOD MORNING, LORD. THANK YOU FOR THE SAFETY TRAVELING HERE THIS MORNING.
WE KNOW WE ARE IN NEED OF RAIN, SNOW.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COLD, BUT THE ANIMALS OUT THERE NEED MOISTURE.
THEY NEED WATER. OUR LANDS ARE DRY.
WE PRAY FOR SAFETY AMONG ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE WE'LL BE MOVING INTO SPRING.
LORD, LET US KNOW YOU AND RECOGNIZE YOU IN EVERY PART OF OUR DAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO DO OUR JOBS FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE AND UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WILL ALL RISE OR FALL TOGETHER, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO STAY UNITED IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
>> AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.
>> CLERK OF THE BOARD, CAN YOU CONDUCT ROLL CALL?
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH PRESENTATIONS.
[ PRESENTATIONS]
PRESENTATION IS A STATUS UPDATE ON SPARK LIGHT REGARDING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, FUNDED BY HIGH SPEED BROADBAND PROJECT AND THE VERDE VILLAGES.COREY CHRISTENSEN. GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
EVEN GREATER PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESS SO FAR OF YOUR ARPA FUNDED PROJECT IN THE VERDE VILLAGE.
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED A CONTRACT TO START THIS PROJECT ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2023, AND THE TOTAL ARPA ALLOCATION FOR ALL BROADBAND PROJECTS IS $16,883,047.
OF THAT, SPARK LIGHT WAS AWARDED FIVE MILLION DOLLAR.
TO THAT END, THEY'RE ALSO PAYING FOR 66% OF THIS PROJECT, BRINGING THEIR OWN INVESTMENT OF $10,671,217 TO THIS PROJECT.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SERVED IS 4,411 LOCATIONS.
THIS PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING OCCURRING DECEMBER 19TH, 2024.
WITH THAT, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM SPARK LIGHT THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE AMANDA POTTER, WHO IS A GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT LEAD, AND WE HAVE JAY MACLEOD, WHO IS THE SENIOR REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SPARK LIGHT, SOUTHWEST REGION, AND THEY WILL DISCUSS THIS PROJECT IN GREATER DETAIL. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO ATTEND.
WE JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE ON SCHEDULE. WE'RE PROGRESSING WELL.
WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DELAY WITH OUR LOCATES FOR THE DIGGING, BUT WE'VE OVERCOME THAT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT TURNING ON OUR FIRST SERVICES TO THE NEW HOMES IN ABOUT APRIL.
WE HAVE THIS MAP FOR YOU SHOWING WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, AND THEN A TIMELINE FOR THE FUTURE AREAS.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR US AND GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE.
>> I WAS GOING TO ADD, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING VERY WELL.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT 11 DIFFERENT WHAT WE CALL FDAS AREAS THAT WE'RE BUILDING OUT.
AS AMANDA MENTIONED, THE FIRST ONE WE'VE STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON, AND WE'VE GOT A TIMELINE OF END OF MARCH FOR THAT TO START.
BUT IT'S A PLEASURE FOR US TO BE INVOLVED WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY AND THE VERDE VILLAGES.
LIKE COREY SAID, AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE HOPING TO BE DONE WITH THE PROJECT BY THE END OF 2025.
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IF WE NEED TO EXTEND IT A LITTLE LONGER.WE DO HAVE THE GRACES TO DO THAT.
BUT FOR NOW, LIKE I SAID, THE FIRST SECTION OF THE BUILD WILL BE DONE THE END OF MARCH.
WE HAD THREE TOWN HALLS PRIOR TO BREAKING GROUND JUST FOR ANY CONCERNS OF REAR EASEMENTS, AND STUFF LIKE THAT FROM THE RESIDENTS.
WE HAD A FEW TURNOUT, NOT AS MANY AS WE WERE EXPECTING.
WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS WAS GOING TO TURN OUT AND IF THERE WERE GOING TO BE MANY COMPLAINTS OR THAT WE'D HAVE TO FIELD.
BUT TO DATE, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE COMPLAINT THAT WE ADDRESSED, AND THAT WAS A REAR EASEMENT CONCERN.
WE ADDRESSED THAT, AND EVERYTHING'S GOING SMOOTH.
>> SUPERVISOR CHECK. THIS IS YOUR AREA.
>> YES, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AS A NEW SUPERVISOR, I'M TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH BROADBAND.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY THERE. IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
I KNOW OUR COMMUNITIES ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW LEVEL OF SERVICE.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, ARE THESE BELOW GROUND PROJECTS ABOVE GROUND? ARE YOU TRENCHING? JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE DATA THERE.
>> YEAH, IT IS ALL UNDERGROUND, WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO GO, BUT NOT THE EASIEST WAY TO GO.
SINCE IT IS REAR EASEMENTS, WE'RE NOT USING A WHOLE LOT OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
WE'VE GOT CONTRACTORS HELPING US WITH THE PROJECT.
THEY'VE WORKED WITH US FOR YEARS ON MANY OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR DECISION MAKING.
BUT HAND DIGGING THE LANDSCAPE WAS A CONCERN COMING IN, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE PULLING A LOT OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS.
HAND DIGGING IS GOING TO BE GOING TO BE THE PROCESS IN A LOT OF LOCATIONS.
BUT WE STILL EXPECT TO BE ON SCHEDULE.
I SHOULD MENTION, ALSO, IT'S ALL FIBER NETWORK.
IT'S SYMMETRICAL SPEEDS, WHICH MEANS IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET ONE GIG UP, YOU'RE GOING TO GET ONE GIG DOWN.
THERE'S THE PACKAGES TO THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ONE GIG BY ONE GIG, 500 MEG BY 500 MEG AND 300 MEG BY 300 MEG.
IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S FIBER BECAUSE FIBER'S 99.9% RELIABLE.
>> WONDERFUL. WELL, HAVING PLANTED SOME VINEYARDS IN THAT AREA, I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY DIGGING.
I WONDERED HOW POSSIBLE IT WAS. THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. WELL, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IT WAS A PLEASURE BEING HERE.
[ CONSENT AGENDA (Routine items that may all be approved by one motion.) ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NO. 17.]
>> MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE APPROVED ALL BY ONE MOTION.
ANY SUPERVISORS PULLING ANY OTHER ITEM EXCEPT ITEM NUMBER 17 BY SUPERVISOR MALLORY? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 1-31 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 17.
>> WE GOT A MOTION BY MYSELF, AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.
>> MOTION CARRIES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY,
[17. Facilities - Approve the reallocation of funding to repave parking lots located at the Public Defender’s Office and the Camp Verde Detention Center. (All Districts)]
YOU PULLED ITEM NUMBER 17.>> I HAD SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS.
I KNOW SOME OF THE HISTORY, SO I TAKE IT THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GOING THROUGH A REMODEL, WHICH IS WHERE WE WERE GOING TO PAVE THE PARKING LOT.
BUT SINCE THE REMODEL IS GOING ON, WE'RE MOVING AND RELOCATING THE FUNDS.
COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT, HOW MUCH OF THE MONEY IS GOING OVER THERE? WILL WE DO AN RFP? IT SAYS PAVING, BUT IT ALSO USES THE WORD DETERIORATION.
>> YES. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.
I'M STANDING IN PLACE OF MR. BRANDON SCHULTZ OUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR WHO'S EN ROUTE.
HE MIGHT COME WHILE I'M GIVING A DESCRIPTION HERE, IN FACT, BUT I DID GET A CHANCE TO TALK WITH HIM BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS.
ORIGINALLY, THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT REQUESTED THAT THREE PARKING LOTS IN THE COUNTY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, AND THE CAMP VERY DETENTION CENTER BE PAVED.
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HERE IS MR. SCHULTZ, WHO WILL SAVE ME FROM THE HALF CORRECT ANSWERS I WOULD PROBABLY GIVE.>> WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING UP HERE. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M BRANDON SCHULTZ, THE DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU, TYLER FOR STANDING IN FOR ME.
GOT CAUGHT UP IN A LITTLE BIT OF ROADSIDE WORK THERE IN JEROME.
THEY WERE CLEANING SOME OF THE DITCHES OUT.
ANYWAY, QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER 17?
>> YES, SIR. DID YOU HEAR WHAT I ASKED?
>> HE HAD TOLD ME, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT AGAIN.
>> NO, THAT'S FINE. IT'S GOOD PRACTICE FOR ME.
DO WE OR WILL WE BE GOING OUT FOR AN RFP? ALSO, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE'RE USING? ALSO, THERE'S TWO WORDS USED IN THERE, PAVING AND DETERIORATION.
IS THE PARKING LOT IN REALLY BAD SHAPE, AND IF IT IS, WILL PAVING IT REALLY TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE? THOSE ARE.
>> GREAT QUESTION, SUPERVISOR MALLORY, THANKS FOR ASKING.
PARKING LOTS GO THROUGH A NORMAL LIFE CYCLE, DEPENDING UPON HOW WELL THEY'VE BEEN MAINTAINED AND OILED THROUGH THEIR LIFETIME.
WE HAD ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED THREE WITH THIS LAST BUDGET CYCLE THAT WE WANTED TO REPLACE BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING SOME SUB BASE FAILURES.
THE TOP HAD DETERIORATED TO A POINT THAT IT WAS ROUGH, AND WE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS OF TRIPPING HAZARDS THAT SOMETIMES COME WITH HEELS AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE HAD IDENTIFIED A FEW PARKING LOTS THAT NEEDED SMOKE, ONE OF THEM BEING THE PARKING LOT FOR THE NEW HEALTH, EXCUSE ME, THE EXISTING HEALTH BUILDING IN PRESCOTT AT 1090.
WE HAVE ASKED. THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS WE'RE ASKING TO DELAY THAT PROJECT BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF GETTING READY TO BUILD A PHARMACY AND DO AN EXPANSION ON SITE, WHICH IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, AND WE'RE AFRAID IT'S GOING TO DAMAGE BRAND NEW PAVING IF WE DO IT RIGHT NOW.
WE'D LIKE TO WAIT, NOT DO THAT PROJECT, SO WE'RE NOT WASTING OUR MONEY.
THE PROJECTS WE'D LIKE TO TURN TO IS THE WHITESBAR BUILDING, WHERE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER WILL BE RESIDING FOR A WHILE.
THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT THAT'S A GOOD LOCATION FOR THEM.
WE'VE BEEN INVESTING IN THAT BUILDING.
THAT PARKING LOT HAS DETERIORATED OVER THE YEARS.
ONE OF THE THINGS SPECIFICALLY THAT WE FOUND THERE IS THERE'S A LOT OF SUBSURFACE WATER, AND THE BASE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT, AND WE ARE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT IN THE PAVEMENT, SOME CRACKING IN ADDITION TO DETERIORATION THAT'S GOING ON THERE.
NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO REPAVE, WE'RE GOING TO PULL THE PAVEMENT OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE BASE COURSE SO THAT WE CAN GET A LONGER LIFESPAN OUT OF OUR PARKING LOTS.
WE DO ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ONE HERE IN CAMP VERDE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO BETWEEN SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE AND THE DETENTION CENTER ITSELF. SIMILAR IN NATURE.
IT HAD MINIMAL BASE, NOT TO TODAY'S STANDARDS, HAS BEEN CUT UP QUITE A NUMBER OF TIMES THROUGH FAILURES, UTILITY FAILURES AND WHATNOT, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF PATCHING THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THAT PARKING LOT ANYWAY.
WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE THAT. IT GETS A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY GOING BACK AND FORTH TO COURT.
THERE AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SURFACES ARE GOOD PARKING SURFACES, THAT THE SUB BASE IS IN GOOD REPAIR, AND THAT WE CAN GET THE MOST OUT OF THOSE.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE REASONING WHY.
WE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED $375,000 TO DO THE HEALTH PROJECT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND SPLIT IT INTO TWO PROJECTS AND DO TWO PROJECTS THIS YEAR.
THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND REVISIT HEALTH PROBABLY IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THEN I BELIEVE THE LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS THE SOLICITATION ASPECT OF IT?
>> WE WILL PROBABLY USE THE OPERATED EQUIPMENT THAT OPERATED EQUIPMENT CONTRACT THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS PREVIOUSLY BID OUT.
THEY DO THAT, I BELIEVE ANNUALLY.
THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVERAL GREAT CONTRACTORS ON THERE, ONE OF THEM BEING EARTH RESOURCES.
WE'VE HAD THEM DO SEVERAL PAVING PROJECTS FOR US, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THEIR WORK THROUGH THE YEARS.
WE'D LIKE TO USE THAT OPERATED EQUIPMENT, WHICH WOULD JUST PAY FOR THEIR LABOR AND THEIR EQUIPMENT.
THEN WE WOULD BUY THE ASPHALT AND THE SUB BASE OFF OF A MATERIAL SUPPLY CONTRACT THAT, AGAIN, PUBLIC WORKS HAS ALREADY VETTED OUT. THAT WOULD BE THAT ONE.
THEN THE LAST ONE IN WHITE SPAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ELECT TO USE A PAVING CONTRACTOR OFF OF A STATE COOPERATIVE CONTRACT.
ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN COOPERATIVELY BID OUT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, SHOULD SATISFY ALL OF THE COUNTY'S REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS PROCUREMENT, BUT NOT A SPECIFIC BID FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL PROJECT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> WITH THAT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 17.
>> I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MALLORY, SECOND BY MYSELF.
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ALL IN FAVOR STATE AYE.>> MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ACTION.
[1. Board of Supervisors - Discussion and possible action of Board of Supervisors representation on organizations or entities required by statute or agreement for calendar year 2025.]
>> ACTION ITEM, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF BOARD SUPERVISORS REPRESENTATION ON ORGANIZATIONS OR ENTITIES REQUIRED BY STATE OR AGREEMENT FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MAURY THOMPSON, COUNTY MANAGER.
JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, I DISTRIBUTED TO YOU A DOCUMENT THAT I HAD PROPOSED REPRESENTATION CONSISTENT WITH THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT THERE.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'D BE HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH THOSE PROPOSED ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.
STARTING WITH THE CENTRAL YAVAPAI METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVE BOARD, SIMPO EXECUTIVE BOARD, PROPOSING A REPRESENTATION OF SUPERVISOR CHRIS KUKNYO, AND MARY MALLORY AS THE ALTERNATE.
THE CORRECTIONS OFFICER RETIREMENT PLAN, VICE CHAIR BROOKS COMPTON AND SUPERVISOR NIKKI CHECK AS ALTERNATE.
PUBLIC SAFETY RETIREMENT BOARD, VICE CHAIRMAN BROOKS COMPTON AND SUPERVISOR NIKKI CHECK AS ALTERNATE.
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY INVESTIGATORS RETIREMENT PLAN, VICE CHAIR BROOKS COMPTON, AND SUPERVISOR NIKKI CHECK AS ALTERNATE.
THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH, SUPERVISOR MARY MALLORY.
THE YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER COUNCIL OF ELECTORS, SUPERVISOR MARY MALLORY.
THE ARIZONA COUNTIES INSURANCE POOL, MYSELF, AND MARTIN BRENNAN, AS ALTERNATE.
THE ARIZONA STATE COUNCIL FOR THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR ADULT OFFENDER SUPERVISION, VICE CHAIRMAN BROOKS COMPTON AND SUPERVISOR NIKKI CHECK AS ALTERNATE.
THEN IF YOU FLIP OVER TO THE BACK, YOU'LL HAVE THE REMAINDER OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, STARTING WITH THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, OF COURSE, THAT IS THE FULL BOARD.
THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE, SUPERVISOR MARY MALLORY, AND SUPERVISOR CHRIS KUKNYO AS THE ALTERNATE.
THE NORTHERN ARIZONA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, SUPERVISOR NIKKI CHECK, AND SUPERVISOR JAMES GREGORY AS ALTERNATE.
THE PRESCOTT AREA WILD LAND URBAN INTERFACE COMMISSION, ALSO KNOWN AS YAVAPAI FIRE WISE, VICE CHAIRMAN BROOKS COMPTON, ALTERNATE SUPERVISOR CHRIS KUKNYO.
THE PRESCOTT FREE CLINIC, SUPERVISOR MARY MALLORY.
FRIENDS OF THE VERDI RIVER, SUPERVISOR NIKKI CHECK, CHAIRMAN JAMES GREGORY AS THE ALTERNATE.
THE VERDI VALLEY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION, SUPERVISOR NIKKI CHECK, CHAIRMAN JAMES GREGORY AS ALTERNATE.
FINALLY, THE YAVAPAI COMBINED TRUST, OUR HEALTHCARE REPRESENTATION, WENDY ROSS, CONNIE DEKEMPER, MARTIN BRENNAN, AND MYSELF AS ALTERNATE.
WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS OR OPEN UP TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR COMMENTS OR CONSIDERATION.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM THE BOARD? WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> WE GOT A MOTION BY MYSELF, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.
[2. Board of Supervisors - Discussion and possible action regarding the repealing of Resolution No. 1822, and adopting rules of order for the conduct of meetings of the Board of Supervisors.]
ITEM NUMBER 2, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE REPEALING OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 1822, AND ADOPTING RULES OF ORDER FOR CONDUCT OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MANAGER THOMPSON.>> YES. GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MAURY THOMPSON, COUNTY MANAGER, HERE WITH A DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED RULES OF ORDER FOR THE BOARD AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND THOUGHTS ON DEVELOPING A REVISED RULES OF ORDER.
MY OPINION IT WAS NEEDED, AND I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO PUT THESE IN PLACE.
I STAND HERE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD THIS MORNING REGARDING HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH THESE.
I'M PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I BELIEVE ARE THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE RULES OF ORDER, OR WE CAN TAKE IT PAGE BY PAGE, SECTION BY SECTION, WHATEVER THE BOARD PLEASURE.
>> I WOULD BE GOOD WITH JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE CHANGES.
>> BOARD WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT?
>> WELL, PAGE 1 IS BASICALLY WHAT I WOULD CALL A PREAMBLE.
THE RULES OF ORDER ACTUALLY START AT THE TOP OF PAGE 2.
FIRST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, AGAIN, IN MY OPINION, IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WHAT I'M CALLING AN ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND I WANT TO PAUSE HERE TO BE CLEAR.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A SECONDARY MEETING, BUT THE FIRST MEETING OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR WOULD BE KNOWN AS AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
PART OF THE BEGINNING OF THAT AGENDA WOULD BE THE ORGANIZATIONAL COMPONENTS, AND THEN GO RIGHT INTO THE REGULAR BUSINESS OF THAT MEETING SO WE COULD CONDUCT IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
AT THAT ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND PROPOSE THAT YOU WOULD REVIEW YOUR RULES OF ORDER.
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I THINK IT'S GOOD TO REVIEW THOSE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO ENSURE THAT THEY STILL MAKE SENSE WHEN THEY'RE WORKING FOR HOW THE BOARD WANTS TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.YOU WOULD REVIEW THE RULES OF ORDER AT THAT TIME.
ALSO, AT THAT ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE THE ELECTION OF A CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
THEN UPON ELECTION OF A CHAIR, THE BOARD WOULD ELECT A VICE CHAIR TO SERVE A TERM CONCURRENT, THAT OF THE CHAIR.
AGAIN, WE WOULD MOVE THAT FROM THE END OF ONE YEAR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR, QUITE FRANKLY, AVOIDING SOME OF THE CONSTERNATION WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR WITH A MAJORITY NEW BOARD BEING ELECTED, YET AN OLD BOARD WAS CONSIDERING REPRESENTATION FOR THEMSELVES.
ON PAGE 3, I WOULD DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM NUMBER 10, AND THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT I HAD ASKED THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER INCLUDING.
I WILL READ THAT AS FAIRLY BRIEF.
THE CHAIR SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY TO SIGN ROUTINE NON CONTROVERSIAL DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NOT REASONABLY ANTICIPATED AND MAKE NO FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS ON THE BOARD BETWEEN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.
IF THIS AUTHORITY IS EXERCISED, THE CHAIR SHALL NOTIFY THE BOARD OF SUCH ACTION AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD AS A NOTE FOR THE RECORD FOR BOARD APPROVAL.
LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF INSTANCES.
THE MOST RECENT, I BELIEVE, WAS ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE, APS RECEIVED AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR A GRANT.
IT OCCURRED RIGHT AFTER THE BOARD HAD MET AND WAS DUE BEFORE YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
KNOWING THE BOARD AS I DID AT THAT TIME, I WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE FULL BOARD WOULD SAY, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO PROVIDE A LETTER OF ENDORSEMENT FOR THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY.
BUT YOUR RULES REALLY DIDN'T SPEAK TO THAT OR GIVE THE CHAIRMAN ANY AUTHORITY.
INSTANCES LIKE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO BESTOW UPON THE CHAIR THAT ABILITY, WITH THE TIGHT CONSTRAINTS HERE THAT WE'VE PLACED NO FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS, ET CETERA, AND THEN FULL NOTIFICATION FOR LATER BOARD APPROVAL.
LET'S GO TO PAGE 5 THEN AND THE HEADER THAT BEGINS MEETING AGENDAS.
AGAIN, THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS CAUSING CONSTERNATION WITH THE PRIOR BOARD THAT THESE RULES PROPOSE TO ADDRESS.
WHEN IT STATES IN NUMBER 19, ANY TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MAY PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA BY REQUESTING IN A PUBLIC MEETING OR BY CONTACTING THE COUNTY MANAGER.
AGAIN, GIVING US AN AVENUE FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE MORE INPUT INTO THE CREATION DEVELOPMENT OF ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE AGENDA RATHER THAN VESTING THAT AUTHORITY SOLELY IN THE CHAIR.
ITEM NUMBER 21, AGAIN, UNDER THAT SAME SECTION, THE COUNTY MANAGER SHALL PLACE MATTERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THAT LIST, BUT PROVIDING ME SOME GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD BELIEVES IS APPROPRIATE FOR A CONSENT AGENDA.
I THINK I'VE SHARED WITH THE BOARD THAT MY OPINION, I THINK WE SOMETIMES HAVE OVER USED, QUITE FRANKLY, THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE SOME CRITERIA ESTABLISHED FOR WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE IS APPROPRIATE FOR A CONSENT AGENDA.
FINALLY, NUMBER 25 IN THAT SECTION, A NEW ITEM.
INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT DIRECT THE COUNTY MANAGER TO CONDUCT WORK REQUIRING MORE THAN FOUR HOURS OF STAFF TIME PER EVENT WITHOUT SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE BOARD.
TO EXPLAIN THAT, ANYONE MAY BE LISTENING, SAY, WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, TO ENSURE THAT OF COURSE, THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD IS REALLY GIVING DIRECTION ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE YOUR VALUABLE STAFF RESOURCES INVESTED IN AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT DIRECTION, AND THERE IS SOME AGREEMENT ABOUT THAT.
MY LAST COMMENT AGAIN IS ON THE SECTION CALLED MEETING PROCEDURES.
ON THE VERY LAST PAGE, ITEM 7.
ITEM 30, THE VOTE DURING ALL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD SHALL BE TRANSACTED AS FOLLOWS: A, ALL VOTES SHALL BE TAKEN BY ROLL CALL BY THE CLERK OF THE BOARD.
IN MY OPINION, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE I, FOR ONE, HAVE NOT BEEN CERTAIN WHAT THE VOTE WAS.
I BELIEVE THAT CLARITY WILL BE A BENEFICIAL FOR ALL OF US, AND INCLUDING THE PUBLIC ON HOW THE BOARD IS VOTING ON ITEMS. WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES I BELIEVE THAT THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS.
>> ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SUPERVISOR KUKNYO
>> WHEN WE HAVE THE CHANGE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, SUPPOSE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT IS THE CHAIR DOES NOT GET RE-ELECTED, HE NO LONGER IS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL ON THE FIRST.
THE FIRST MEETING IN THE YEAR IS ON THE FOURTH.
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY IN THE COUNTY.
WHERE DOES THAT POWER GO TO MAKE DECISIONS?
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ADDRESSED THAT.
I KNOW THE ISSUE ABOUT IF THE CHAIR ISN'T ELECTED, AND INSTANCE IF THE VICE CHAIR ISN'T ELECTED, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, THEN YOU WOULD SELECT SOMEONE TO STAND IN FOR
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THEM IN A PRO TEM POSITION UNTIL YOU MADE THAT VOTE.AS TO THE AUTHORITY FOR SOMEONE TO ACT IN THE ABSENCE OF A CHAIR BEFORE THAT FIRST MEETING, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
>> I BELIEVE IT'S THE CHAIR PRO TEM WILL BE SELECTED BY THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED. GO AHEAD.
>> EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THE BOARD DOES HAVE AUTHORITY TO CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING IN A PRACTICAL SENSE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ARRANGED BY THE COUNTY MANAGER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD.
AN EMERGENCY MEETING CAN BE CALLED AT ANY TIME, AND THE 24 HOUR NOTICE REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED, SO YOU COULD LITERALLY CALL A MEETING ON THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, HAVE IT AN HOUR OR TWO LATER, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD PRESENT, THE BOARD COULD THEN TAKE ACTION TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN TO ACT WITH EMERGENCY POWERS AS NECESSARY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. BRENNAN. I FOUND THE CLAUSE THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
IT'S ON PAGE 3 DUTIES OF THE CHAIR OF VICE CHAIR PRESIDING OFFICER, IT'S ITEM NUMBER 12, BUT IT DOES, IN FACT, JUST SPEAK TO THE MEETING.
IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU WOULD NEED THE CHAIR TO ACT BEFORE YOU'VE EVEN DONE THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> I HAVE JUST A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK VICE CHAIR COMPTON FOR REALLY PUTTING A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS, AND, OF COURSE, MAURY THOMPSON, OUR COUNTY MANAGER.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE IMPROVES OUR PUBLIC PROCESS, IMPROVES TRANSPARENCY, REALLY ALLOWS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ADEQUATELY REPRESENT THEIR DISTRICT BETTER, BEING ABLE TO GET AN AGENDA ITEM WITHOUT THE ABILITY OF THE CHAIR TO BLOCK THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I BELIEVE THIS IS A REALLY GREAT STEP FORWARD, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THE WORK.
>> SUPERVISOR MALLORY, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT?
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENT BY THE BOARD? WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> MOTION BY MYSELF, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR COMPTON.
CLERK OF THE BOARD, I GUESS, NOW, WILL YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? ROLL CALL.
>> MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[3. Public Works - Discussion and possible action regarding the award of a contract to Asphalt Paving & Supply, Inc., in the amount of $1,051,585.00, for Pine Drive Dirt to Black Project #2423326. YC Contract No. 2025-009 (District 1 - Supervisor Compton)]
>> ITEM NUMBER 3, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE AWARD OF CONTRACT TO THE ASPHALT PAVING AND SUPPLY AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,051,585 FOR THE PINE DRIVE DIRT TO BLACK PROJECT. ROGER MCCORMICK.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY, AND SUPERVISORS.
>> I DON'T THINK YOUR MIC IS ON.
>> THERE WE GO. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY, SUPERVISORS.
GLAD TO BE HERE, ROGER MCCORMICK, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
THE ITEM WE HAVE BEFORE YOU FOR ACTION TODAY IS ONE OF THE DIRT TO BLACK PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE PAST YEAR, SO THIS IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT 1.
THE ACTION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO ASPHALT PAVING AND SUPPLY AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,051,585.
THE DIRT TO BLACK PROJECT ON PINE DRIVE TAKES THAT DIRT THAT'S OUT THERE, AND WE'RE PUTTING ASPHALT ON IT.
IT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'S ALSO A SMALL ROAD OFF OF PINE DRIVE THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE PROJECT CALLED VIEW DRIVE, THAT'S AN EXISTING PAVED ROAD THAT THE PAVEMENT HAS DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY.
WHILE WE'RE IN THE AREA, WE'RE GOING TO GET AND TAKE CARE OF VIEW DRIVE, AS WELL.
THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT THIS PROJECT WILL CONTAIN IS LISTED ON THE SCREEN HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
I DON'T THINK I'LL READ THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ITEM, BUT JUST IN SUMMARY, THE PROJECT LENGTH IS ABOUT 3,442 FEET.
THAT 327 FEET, ALSO THAT I MENTIONED VIEW DRIVE, THE MAJOR ITEMS WITHIN THE PROJECT INCLUDE ROADWAY EXCAVATION, SUBGRADE PREP, ASPHALTIC CONCRETE, AND THEN ALSO REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING BRIDGE THAT'S OUT THERE THAT HAS SEEN END OF LIFE, AND WE NEED TO PUT IN A NEW BRIDGE TO CROSS ONE OF THE WASHES OUT THERE.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW MAP OF THE PROJECT AREA.
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IT'S OFF OF VITAL WILD.IT DOES LOOP AROUND ON ITSELF, AND SO IT'S A CONTINUOUS LOOP ALL THE WAY FROM ONE SIDE OF VITAL WILD TO THE OTHER.
IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER THERE, YOU CAN SEE VIEW DRIVE THAT'S POINTED TO.
THAT'S THE EXISTING PAVED ROAD THAT'S WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT WE'LL BE REPLACING.
THEN THE DARKER LINE IS THE UNPAVED PORTION THAT WE'LL BE PAVING.
THIS IS THE BID TAB THAT WE TOOK IN FROM THE CONTRACTORS.
WE HAD TWO BIDS ON THE PROJECT, ASPHALT PAVING AND SUPPLY AND EARTH RESOURCES.
ASPHALT PAVING WAS LOW AT THAT $1,051,585.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AWARD TO ASPHALT PAVING SUPPLY AS THE LOW BID, AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?
>> NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, GETTING THIS DONE, AND THE BRIDGE IS VERY WELCOMED.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL.
>> JERRY, YOU SAID, HOW WIDE IS THIS ROAD?
>> LET ME SEE IF I CAN LOOK UP THE TYPICAL SECTION HERE.
THE TOTAL WIDTH THAT WE'RE PAVING IS 20 FEET WIDE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> WE GOT A MOTION BY MYSELF, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR CHECK. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
>> MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
>> MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, ROGER.
NEXT ITEM WILL BE FOR THE SHERIFF,
[4. Sheriff - Discussion and possible action regarding approval of an agreement under State Contract No. CTR070214, in the amount of $1,960,000.00, for the development of a cross-systems recidivism tracking database. YC Contract No. 2025-012 ]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT UNDER THE STATE CONTRACT CTR 070214, AN AMOUNT OF $1,960,000 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS SYSTEMS RECIDIVISM, TRACKING DATABASE.WITH THAT, DO WE WANT TO HAVE THE OVERALL DISCUSSION AND THEN MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE?
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DAVID RHODES, YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF. WELCOME.
I WAS TRYING TO KEEP IT OFF FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
ANYWAYS. WELCOME. IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU, ALL THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND BE OVER HERE IN THE VERDI VALLEY.
TODAY, THIS IS ANOTHER STEP IN A VERY LONG PROCESS OF BUILDING OUT THE COUNTY'S REACH OUT PROGRAM NOT ONLY HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, BUT STATEWIDE.
REACH OUT, AS YOU KNOW, IS OUR MAIN RECIDIVISM REDUCTION TOOL THAT WE BEGAN IN 2018, WHICH HAS BEEN FULLY FUNDED BY OUTSIDE FUNDING, APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
THIS APPROPRIATION IS FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OUT OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
THE CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR 1.96, I BELIEVE, WITH KYNDRYL IS TO BUILD A CROSS SYSTEM.
WHEN I SAY CROSS SYSTEM, THAT MEANS TREATMENT PROVIDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, JAIL, COMMUNITY PROVIDERS, RECIDIVISM TRACKING DATABASE.
ALL OF THOSE SYSTEMS OR ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES, THOSE DISCIPLINES WITHIN THE COUNTY, HAVE ACCESS TO THIS RECIDIVISM TRACKING DATABASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF POPULATING IT WITH INFORMATION ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE JUSTICE INVOLVED AND ALSO MENTALLY ILL SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THROUGH DATA THINGS THAT ARE WORKING AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT WORKING TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM.
I'LL REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE RECIDIVISM OF THAT AT-RISK POPULATION WAS ABOUT 50% WHEN WE BEGAN IN 2018.
TODAY, IT IS ABOUT 18%, WHICH IT'S REMAINED THERE FOR NOW GOING ON SEVEN YEARS.
WE'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS SUCCESS, AND RECIDIVISM IS MEASURED BY NEW CRIMES COMMITTED.
BECAUSE THE PROJECT HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL AND SOUGHT AFTER STATEWIDE, YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS BEEN SEEN AS A LEADER IN THIS EFFORT.
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WE ALREADY HAVE ONE DATABASE THAT WE BUILT THAT'S ONLY FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY, AND IT'S AN OLD CANNED SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND UPGRADED.WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR MONEY TO FUND THIS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE ORIGINALLY GOT AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO BUILD THIS DATABASE, AND IT WENT TO THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION, AND FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, THEY FAILED TO ACT QUICKLY ENOUGH AND THAT MONEY WAS LAPSING AND IT WAS SWEPT BACK TO THE STATE GENERAL FUND.
WHEN WE WERE GOING BACK TO GET THAT MONEY REAPPROPRIATED, WE LEARNED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, SHE OFFERED TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FROM THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT, AND SO SHE DID, $3,000,000.
WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
WE IDENTIFIED A VENDOR THAT'S GOING TO BUILD THIS DATABASE FOR US, ENHANCE IT, MAINTAIN IT.
IT'S KYNDRYL INC. RIGHT NOW, REACH OUT IS IN YAVAPAI, COCONINO, MOJAVE, PINAL, AND NAVAJO COUNTIES.
WE BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO EXPAND INTO MARICOPA COUNTY AS WELL.
THIS IS ANOTHER STEP IN THE PROCESS OF ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT AND ACCEPT THIS MONEY SO THAT WE CAN KEEP MOVING.
WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TALK ABOUT A LEGAL ISSUE CONCERNING THIS ITEM. CAN I HAVE A SECOND?
>> WITH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO ADD ON TO THAT MOTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT DISCUSSION REGARDING LAWSUITS, CONSULTATION, AND CLAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY.
COULD YOU SECOND THAT AGAIN FOR ME?
>> YES, CHAIRMAN, I SECOND THAT.
>> WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HOPE TO BE BACK IN AROUND 30 MINUTES.
DO WE WANT TO STEP IN THE OTHER ROOM OR? DREW, ARE WE LIVE? WITH THAT, THANKS FOR BEING PATIENT, WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT UNDER STATE CONTRACT CTR 070214, AN AMOUNT OF $1,960,000 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROSS SYSTEM RECIDIVISM TRACKING DATABASE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
>> WITH THAT, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CLERK OF THE BOARD, CAN YOU DO ROLL CALL VOTE?
>> THANK YOU, SHERIFF. THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM, AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
[1. Development Services - Approve the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control of series 10 Beer and Wine Store Liquor License Application # 318423 without protest, submitted by Brian Jon Krane for Jesse Lee’s Beer and Wine Shop located at 6657 SR179 #D9A, Sedona, AZ 86351. (District 3 - Supervisor Check)]
>> MOVING ON TO HEARINGS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
APPROVE THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSE AND CONTROL OF SERIES 10 BEER AND WINE STORE LIQUOR APPLICATION 318423 WITHOUT PROTEST SUBMITTED BY BRIAN JONES CRANE FOR JESSE LEE'S BAR AND WINE SHOP LOCATED IN SEDONA.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS MARK LUSSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
BEFORE YOU IS THE LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THE 10 BEER AND WINE STORE LIQUOR SUBMITTED BY BRIAN CRANE FOR JESSE LEE'S BEER AND WINE SHOP IN SEDONA.
AS OF THIS TIME, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT LETTERS, SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> I'LL SECOND THAT. WITH THAT, ANY OF FURTHER DISCUSSION? CLERK OF THE BOARD, ROLL CALL VOTE.
>> THE ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> THANK YOU, MARK, AND WE'LL PRESS ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
[2. Development Services - Approve the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control of series 12 Restaurant Liquor License Application # 319393 without protest, submitted by Theresa June Morse for Miley’s Cafe located at 700 Hwy 179 STEA-108, Sedona, AZ 86351. (District 3 - Supervisor Check)]
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, APPROVE THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSE AND CONTROL OF[00:40:01]
A SERIES 12 RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION WITHOUT PROTEST SUBMITTED BY TRESA JUNE MOORS FROM MILEY'S CAFE IN SEDONA. MARTIN.>> WELL, AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, MARK LUSSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AGAIN, BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE A MILEY'S CAFE LOCATED IN SEDONA.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS RECEIVED NO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT FOR THIS HEARING ITEM, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU MAY HAVE ANY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?
>> JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, IN THIS PROCESS, IT'S A LOCAL MUNICIPAL OR GOVERNING BODIES' APPROVAL THAT THEN GOES TO THE STATE LIQUOR BOARDS.
THIS ISN'T THE FINAL APPROVAL, BUT THE STATE REALLY LIKES TO KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN NO OPPOSITION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, JUST FOR EVERYONE'S INPUT.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ONE AS WELL.
>> WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CLERK OF THE BOARD, CAN YOU CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE?
>> I CAN TRY. SUPERVISOR CHECK?
>> YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THE ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL GET THERE.
>> IT'S FUN. WE'RE LAUGHING. IT'S GREAT.
>> THIS IS A GREAT TEST FOR ME.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE CHANGES IN THE RULES OF ORDER.
>> YES. YOU WILL GET AT LEAST A C ON THIS.
[3. Development Services - Approve a permanent and transferrable Use Permit to allow for a waiver of Section 540 Height Limits to allow a six (6) foot solid wood fence located within the front setback to remain in place, subject to the conditions of approval. Project Name: Durlene Fence Use Permit; Property Owner: Fernanda Durlene Revoc. Liv. Trust; Applicant: Fernanda Durlene; APN: 408-21-466; PLA24-000099. The property is located at 7930 Medicine Wheel Lane, Sedona, AZ 86336. Staff: Stephanie Johnson. (District 3 - Supervisor Check)]
NEXT ONE WILL BE ITEM NUMBER THREE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, APPROVE A PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A WAIVER OF SECTION 540 HEIGHT LIMITS TO ALLOW SIX FOOT SOLID WOOD FENCE LOCATED WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACKS TO REMAIN IN PLACE.SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL, PROJECT IS DURLENE FENCE USE PERMIT LOCATED IN SEDONA.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE.
>> STEPHANIE, GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M STEPHANIE JOHNSON, PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I AM HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU MISS FERNANDA DURLENE'S REQUEST FOR A USE PERMIT FOR HER FENCE.
PARDON ME, I STILL AM HOLDING ON TO SOME CONGESTION, SO I APOLOGIZE.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MET ON DECEMBER 19TH HERE IN THIS ROOM.
THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR THIS USE PERMIT.
COMMISSIONER PETERSON MADE THE MOTION, AND COMMISSIONER CHERRY SECONDED THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER RHODOCIA IS HERE AND PRESENT TODAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING AND THEIR CONVERSATIONS.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT 3, SUPERVISOR CHECK'S DISTRICT.
>> TH SUBJECT PARCEL IS LOCATED AT 7930 MEDICINE WHEEL LANE.
THIS IS OFF OF BILL GRAY ROAD, NORTH OF HIGHWAY 89, BUT WEST OF SEDONA.
IT'S KIND OF IN ITS OWN LITTLE TUCKED BACK AREA.
THE SURROUNDING PARCELS ARE ALL ZONED THE SAME AS THE SUBJECT PARCEL.
THAT'S AN RCU-2A ZONING DISTRICT.
THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORING PARCELS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
HOWEVER, MUCH OF THE AREA OUT HERE IS UNDEVELOPED PARCELS.
MISS DURLENE HAS SUBMITTED A USE PERMIT APPLICATION REQUESTING ALLOWANCE FOR A WAIVER OF SECTION 540, THE HEIGHT LIMITS OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE.
MISS DURLENE IS SEEKING PERMISSION TO KEEP THE SIX FOOT HIGH SOLID WOOD FENCE IN PLACE, AND IT'S LOCATED WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACK OF THE PARCEL.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT HOW THE FENCING ORDINANCE WORKS AND WHAT THOSE ALLOWANCES ARE.
FENCING IS AN ALLOWABLE USE ON ALL PROPERTIES.
HOWEVER, FENCING THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN A FRONT SETBACK HAS SOME LIMITATIONS.
SPECIFICALLY, SOLID OR PRIVACY FENCING MAY NOT EXCEED FOUR FOOT HIGH WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACK.
IF A SIX FOOT HIGH FENCE IS DESIRED WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACK, IT MUST EITHER BE FULLY OPEN, SUCH AS CHAIN LINK, OR THE BOTTOM FOUR FOOT CAN BE SOLID AND THE TOP TWO FOOT HAS TO ALLOW FOR 50% PASSAGE OF AIR OR LIGHT.
YOU'LL SEE SOME EXAMPLES COMING UP OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU MAKE A SIX FOOT FENCE WITH A TWO FOOT OPEN NON OPAQUE TOP.
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SIX FOOT FENCING THAT'S CHAIN LINK OR OPEN AND SEE THROUGH CAN GO ALL THE WAY UP TO PROPERTY LINES OR THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE EASEMENT, ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PROPERTY.THE LIMITATIONS COME INTO PLACE WHEN IT'S SOLID, WHEN IT'S A PRIVACY OR SOLID TYPE FENCING.
HERE ON THE SITE PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA IS REPRESENTING WHERE THE FENCE IS LOCATED.
THE TOMAHAWK PASS EASEMENT IS A 30-FOOT WIDE EASEMENT THAT IS ENTIRELY LOCATED ON THIS PARCEL.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE HERE, IN BETWEEN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA AND THIS PROPERTY LINE REPRESENTS 30 FEET.
THAT IS THE EASEMENT OF TOMAHAWK PASS.
IN DECEMBER OF 2023, MISS DURLENE CHANGED THE ADDRESS OF HER PROPERTY FROM BEING ADDRESSED OFF OF THIS SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, TOMAHAWK PASS, TO THIS EASTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, MEDICINE WHEEL.
MISS DURLENE MISTAKENLY THOUGHT THAT THE CHANGE TO HER ADDRESS CHANGED THE ORIENTATION AND DESIGNATION OF THE FRONT FOR HER PROPERTY.
THE ADDRESS CHANGE DID NOT CHANGE THE FRONT DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY, AND WE WOULD NOT USE AN ADDRESS CHANGE TO CHANGE THAT DESIGNATION AS IT WOULD THEN CREATE SOME ENCROACHMENT ISSUES FOR THE HOME AND CREATE MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN WHAT MISS DURLENE IS TRYING TO ADDRESS.
YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE THE EXISTING HOME IS 25 FEET FROM THIS WESTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
THAT IS THE REQUIRED SETBACK FOR AN INTERIOR SIDE.
IF THIS WERE THE REAR AND THIS WERE THE FRONT, A 50-FOOT SETBACK WOULD BE REQUIRED OVER HERE, AND THE HOME WOULD NO LONGER MEET SETBACKS.
CHANGING THE ORIENTATION OF THE PROPERTY WAS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION FOR THIS SITUATION.
MISS DURLENE DID OBTAIN A FENCE PERMIT IN JUNE OF 2024 FOR A FOUR FOOT HIGH SOLID FENCE.
THIS WAS APPROVED BECAUSE IT WAS COMPLIANT WITH THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SECTION 540 HEIGHT LIMITS IN THE ORDINANCE.
IN EARLY AUGUST OF 2024, WE HAD LAND USE STAFF OUT IN THE AREA WHO HAD NOTED THAT THE FENCE WAS ERECTED.
HOWEVER, IT WAS EXCEEDING THE FOOT HIGH ALLOWANCE WITHIN A FRONT SETBACK.
JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND AND EXPLANATION, THIS IS THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE EASEMENT.
SHOULD SHE DESIRE TO HAVE A SIX FOOT SOLID FENCE, IT WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE TO MEET THIS 30-FOOT EASEMENT WIDTH, BUT THE 50-FOOT SETBACK AS WELL.
THAT WOULD PUT THE FENCE CONSIDERABLY BACK.
IT'D BE 80 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY EDGE. PARDON ME.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT ORIENTATION OF THE PROPERTY TO MAKE THIS A SIDE WHERE THE SIX FOOT WOULD BE ALLOWED, THE OPTIONS FOR MISS DURLENE WERE TO EITHER REDUCE THE FENCE TO A FOUR FOOT SOLID FENCE.
LET'S SEE, IT'S NOT GOING TO PLAY NICE. THERE WE GO.
OR SHE COULD DO SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE FENCE THAT MET THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.
THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO HAVE A FOUR FOOT HIGH FENCE WITH A TWO FOOT NON OPAQUE TOP THAT ALLOWS FOR 50% PASSAGE OF AIR OR LIGHT.
WE DID DISCUSS DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE FENCE HEIGHT ISSUE, AND MISS DURLENE HAS CHOSEN TO PURSUE A USE PERMIT TO KEEP THE SIX FOOT HIGH FENCE AS IT IS.
AGAIN, CHANGING THAT FRONT TO ACCOMMODATE IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE FOR THE HOME.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF THE SITE AND THE AREA.
THIS IS THE BILL GRAY ROAD INTERSECTION TO SACRED MESA TRAIL.
THERE WAS NOTICE POSTED OF THE HEARING AT THIS INTERSECTION.
THIS IS ENTERING INTO SACRED MESA TRAIL.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT POSTING IN VIEW.
THIS IS THE SECONDARY POSTING FOR THE HEARING NOTICE.
THIS IS AT THE JUNCTION OF TOMAHAWK PASS AND MEDICINE WHEEL LANE.
THIS IS LOOKING ALONG THE EXTERIOR SIDE OF MISS DURLENE'S PROPERTY, WHERE MEDICINE WHEEL LANE IS AT.
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>> CORRECT, THESE ARE NOT COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADS.
YOU CAN GET A GLIMPSE OF THE SUBJECT FENCE STARTING TO SHOW UP HERE IN THE BACKGROUND.
THIS IS THE HILL LOOKING UP TOMAHAWK PASS.
IF WE JUST TURNED THE OTHER DIRECTION, NOW WE'RE LOOKING DOWNHILL AT THE TOMAHAWK PASS EASEMENT AS WELL.
>> THIS PHOTO GIVES YOU A REALLY GOOD VIEW OF WHAT THAT EASEMENT LOOKS LIKE IN COMPARISON TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE FENCE, AND ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SITE PLAN HERE.
I DID GET OUT THERE AND I MEASURED IT WHEN I WAS TAKING PHOTOS, AND THIS IS ABOUT 30 FEET EXACTLY FROM THE FENCE TO THIS POSTING RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WHAT'S BEING USED AS TOMAHAWK PASS IS NOT THE FULL 30 FOOT WIDTH.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PRIVATE EASEMENT.
IT'S NOT A COUNTY MAINTAIN OR PUBLIC WORKS ROAD.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THIS VIEW THAT THE FENCE IS DEFINITELY OUTSIDE OF THE TRAVELED PORTION OF THE EASEMENT.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LITTLE VIEW LOOKING EAST ALONG TOMAHAWK PASS AND HOW THAT FENCE IS SET BACK OFF OF THE TRAVELED EDGE OF THE EASEMENT.
THIS VIEW IS NEAR THE TOP OF TOMAHAWK PASS AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOMAHAWK PASS EASEMENT IS CLEAR AND IT'S NOT IMPEDED BY THE FENCE.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY ENTRANCE.
THIS IS OFF OF MEDICINE WHEEL LANE WHERE MR. LEAN BELIEVED TO BE THE FRONT SIDE OF HER PROPERTY.
THEREFORE, WHEN SHE BUILT THE FENCE, SHE BELIEVED THAT TO BE A SIDE WHERE SHE WAS ALLOWED TO BUILD A SIX FOOT FENCE, BUT SINCE THEN HAS FOUND THAT THE CHANGE OF THAT ADDRESS DID NOT CHANGE THAT FRONT DESIGNATION.
BUT THIS IS THAT OPEN FENCING THAT'S ALLOWED RIGHT UP TO PROPERTY LINES BECAUSE IT DOESN'T PROVIDE OR DOESN'T CREATE ANY VISIBILITY ISSUES.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
IT IS A VERY RURAL AREA, THE 1,000 FOOT RADIUS DOES NOT REACH TO VERY MANY PARCELS, BUT MR. LEAN DID SEND HER PRE-APPLICATION LETTER AND NOTICE TO ALL NEIGHBORS AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE, THE ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE 1,000 FEET.
SHE SENT THAT INFORMATION OUT ON AUGUST 9TH OF 2024, AND THEN HELD AN ONSITE MEETING ON AUGUST 27TH, 2004.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ALSO SENT NOTICE TO ALL OF THOSE SAME LATE NEIGHBORS WITHIN 1,000 FEET IN DECEMBER OF 2024 AND POSTED THE PROPERTY IN DECEMBER AS WELL.
ONE COMMENT OF SUPPORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED ON OUR SURVEY 1, 02,3 POSTED ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.
I DID CHECK THAT AGAIN THIS MORNING.
THERE'S STILL ONLY THE ONE COMMENT THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED.
NO OPPOSITION HAS BEEN RECEIVED TO THIS APPLICATION.
MOST OF THE SUPPORT WAS FROM THE NEIGHBORING CASNER MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THIS VIEW.
I KNOW THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO YOU SHOWED MANY MORE SUPPORT LETTERS THAN WHAT IS REPRESENTED ON THIS MAP.
THAT'S BECAUSE MOST OF THEM WERE OUTSIDE OF THAT 1,000 FOOT RADIUS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DIRECT NEIGHBOR TO THE WEST HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT, AND THERE'S ALSO A NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH THAT HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A RESIDENTIAL 0-1 DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE.
STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE SUBJECT APPLICATION FOR THE USE PERMIT IS ALIGNED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOAL 6, AND THAT STAFF IS FACILITATING A PROCESS BY WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN WORK WITH THE PUBLIC IN THE COMMUNITY TO PROPOSE A LAND USE DECISION THROUGH A PROPER PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
MY APOLOGIES. IN SUMMARY, MR. LEAN IS HERE TO REQUEST CONSIDERATION OF A PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A WAIVER OF SECTION 540, THE HEIGHT LIMITS IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR AN EXISTING SIX FOOT SOLID WOOD FENCE LOCATED WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACK TO REMAIN IN PLACE ON APPROXIMATELY 2.5 ACRES IN THE RCU-2A DISTRICT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
THERE ARE NO CONCERNS FROM STAFF.
MR. LEAN HAS WORKED HARD TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING ON HER PROPERTY.
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THIS IS HER ONLY OUTSTANDING ISSUE ON THE PARCEL AS FAR AS ANY TYPE OF LAND USE VIOLATIONS.SHE IS WORKING THROUGH THE USE PERMIT PROCESS TO RESOLVE THIS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SOMETIMES, A GOOD FENCE CAN MAKE FOR A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
YOU'VE READ THE INFORMATION IN THE PACKETS.
THIS COULD BE ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE A GOOD FENCE HELPS THE COMMUNITY.
I'M HITTING THE WRONG DIRECTION AGAIN.
THE SUGGESTED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ARE A PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT.
TRANSFERABLE. IF THERE'S EVER A NEW OWNER, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE FENCE DOWN OR GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN.
PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A WAIVER OF SECTION 540 HEIGHT LIMITS AND ALLOW APPROXIMATELY 270 LINEAR FEET OF SIX FOOT HIGH SOLID WOOD FENCE TO REMAIN IN PLACE ALONG THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE TOMAHAWK PASS EASEMENT WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACK.
APPLICANT MUST OBTAIN A REVISED PLOT PLAN TO CORRECT THE PERMITTED FENCE HEIGHT WHICH SHE HAS ALREADY APPLIED FOR, AND IT'S PENDING DECISION OF THIS APPLICATION TODAY.
THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DEVELOPED IN GENERAL ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLOT PLAN SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION, ALL APPLICABLE CODES, REGULATIONS, AND ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.
IN THE EVENT THAT THE OWNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FILES A CLAIM UNDER ARS SECTION 12 1134 REGARDING THIS USE PERMIT, THE USE PERMIT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE AGAIN, HAVE COMMISSIONER RHODOCIA HERE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM.
I ALSO HAVE THE APPLICANT AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
>> SUPERVISOR CHECK, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT.
>> I'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC.
IF WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YES, WE DO. IT'S MR. TOM GARRETT.
IF YOU CAN STEP UP AND SPEAK IN THE MIC, MAKE SURE THE GREEN LIGHTS ON. JUST STATE YOUR NAME.
>> HI. MY NAME IS TOM GARRETT.
AND MY WIFE SONNY AND I LIVE AT 6200 EAST BILL GRAY ROAD.
AS YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN MADE AWARE THAT'S ALSO FIRST ROAD 761.
WE BOUGHT OUR PROPERTY IN 2000 AND WE BECAME FULL TIME RESIDENTS IN 2007.
PROBABLY IS MY ESTIMATE, BUT I'M GUESSING THAT WE LIVE APPROXIMATELY A MILE AND A HALF AS THE CROW FLIES FROM FERNANDO'S HOME.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN TO FERNANDO'S ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
SOMETIMES, SHE'S HAD CHILDREN THERE, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I KNOW FROM CONVERSATION THAT ONCE THIS RESIDENCE, THAT'S AN AIRBNB CHANGED OWNERSHIP, SHE'S HAD ANY NUMBER OF UNINVITED VISITORS IN VARIOUS STATES OF COGNITION, WHETHER IT BE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS OR WHATEVER, AND IT'S BEEN VERY SCARY FOR HER BECAUSE SHE LIVES BY HERSELF, MOST OF THE TIME.
MY WIFE AND I, AS I THINK I SAID, HAVE VISITED HER RESIDENCE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, AND WE WERE THERE ON THE 27TH FOR THAT MEETING THAT SHE INVITED EVERYBODY IN CASNER MOUNTAIN ESTATES, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE OUTSIDE THE THOUSAND FEET BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE NOT PEOPLE THAT OBJECTED TO HER FENCE.
WE MET ON THE OUTSIDE OF HER HOUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE FROM THE FENCE AND VISITED ABOUT EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
I WOULD GUESS THAT THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN PEOPLE AT THIS MEETING.
THEN WE WENT AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF HER HOUSE WHERE THE FENCE EXISTS.
WHILE WE WERE ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE FENCE IS, THERE WAS A LARGE PANEL TRUCK THAT I ASSUME DELIVERING CATERING EQUIPMENT, CHAIRS OR WHATEVER, TENTS, WHATEVER BECAUSE OF THE SIGNAGE ON THE TRUCK.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT EVEN A 12-FOOT FENCE WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT IF YOU LIVE THERE.
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IT'S JUST A PATHETIC SITUATION.I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS CURRENT OWNER OF THIS RESIDENCE THAT'S AN AIRBNB HAS BEEN TOTALLY UNCOOPERATIVE WITH FERNANDO IN EVERY REGARD THAT I'M AWARE OF FROM CONVERSATION WITH HER.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MY WIFE AND I ARE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN SUPPORT OF YOU APPROVING THIS SIX FOOT FENCE.
A TWO FOOT EXTENSION WOULD DO NOTHING.
IF IT WAS SEE THROUGH LIKE THOSE PICTURES, IT WOULD DO NOTHING TO RESOLVE THE SAD SITUATION THAT FERNANDO IS FACED WITH.
I'D LIKE TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERISM AND INVOLVEMENT, AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
>> CHAIRMAN, I THINK MY ONLY COMMENT HERE IS THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE OFTEN MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.
THAT BEING SAID, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE WORK FOR REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MISS JOHNSON FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND ALSO COMMISSIONER RHODOCIA, FOR BEING PRESENT TODAY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO I'M SATISFIED WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE? THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WHAT DROVE THIS TO COME HERE TODAY?
>> THAT WOULD BE BEST EXPLAINED BY THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND EXPLAIN HOW THIS CAME ALL ABOUT, IF I MAY.
I'VE BEEN A LOCAL RESIDENT OF YAVAPAI COUNTY SINCE 2015.
I CHOSE TO LIVE IN A REMOTE LOCATION FOR ITS PEACE, QUIET, AND SAFETY.
IN JULY 2020, ROBIN BENKAZA BOUGHT THE HOUSE AT 4080 EAST TOMAHAWK PASS, LOCATED ONE HOUSE PAST MINE.
SHE NAMED HER PROPERTY THE SANCTUARY AT SACRAMESA.
SINCE THAT TIME, OUR CALM PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BECOME A NIGHTMARE, TO SAY THE LEAST.
WHEN ROBIN PURCHASED A HOME, SHE TOLD US THAT SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO SHORT TERM RENT A HOME AS THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD BEEN DOING SINCE 2008.
THIS MEANT A MAXIMUM OF 16 GUESTS AND NO EVENTS.
ROBIN ALSO TOLD US THAT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS SHE WOULD MOVE OUT HERE AND LIVE AS OUR NEIGHBOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF THIS IS TRUE.
ROBIN HAS NEVER MOVED OUT HERE.
SHE RESIDES IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
FURTHERMORE, SHE LISTED HER HOME HOUSE FOR RENTALS FOR WEDDINGS, EVENTS, RETREATS, CORPORATE GATHERINGS, AND COMMERCIAL EVENTS SUCH AS MOVIE SHOOTINGS FOR UP TO 40 GUESTS PER DAY.
ALL THIS WITHOUT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
YOU MAY FIND ALL LINKS TO THESE EVENTS, WEBSITES ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL NAMED SEDONA RANCH.
BETWEEN 2020-2022, I CONTACTED ROBIN AND HER MANY PROPERTY MANAGERS MULTIPLE TIMES ASKING THEM TO MAKE SURE NO LARGE EVENTS WERE BEING HELD WITHOUT PERMITS, THAT THE OUTSIDE MUSIC WAS TO BE TURNED DOWN AFTER 9:00 PM AND TO PLEASE ASK THEIR GUESTS TO DRIVE SAFELY UP IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE, AND TO PLEASE COMPLY WITH ANY COUNTY RULES.
ROBIN BENKAZA DID NOT ADDRESS ANY OF THESE ISSUES.
SHE AND HER PARTNER JEFF AKINS, CONTINUED TO HAVE MORE WEDDINGS, MOSTLY WITHOUT PERMITS OR WITH PERMITS THAT WERE ILLEGALLY ADDRESSED, SUCH AS SERVING ALCOHOL ON A PERMIT THAT SAID NO ALCOHOL.
SHE ALSO HAS HAD EVENTS JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEKEND SINCE THEN.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, AND FOR YOU TO SEE HER LACK OF RESPECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ROBIN HAD HER WORKER BLADE A ROAD WITH THEIR OWN TRACTOR OVER FOREST SERVICE LAND TO MAKE A PRIVATE DRIVE FROM SACRAMESA TRAIL TO THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE.
THE FOREST SERVICE HAS NOW MADE ROBIN PAID FOR LARGE BOULDERS TO BLOCK THIS ACCESS.
STILL, IT WILL TAKE MANY YEARS FOR THE FOREST TO RE-VEGETATE AND HEAL.
ROBIN CLAIMS SHE HAS NO IDEA WHO BLADED THIS ROAD.
ONCE IT BECAME CLEAR THAT ROBIN WAS NOT GOING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNTY RULES, I FINALLY CONTACTED ALLISON SPRAGENS AT YAVAPAI COUNTY VIA EMAIL AND TOLD HER ABOUT THE SITUATION.
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FOR MY PROTECTION AND FOR EVIDENCE PURPOSES, I HAVE INSTALLED SECURITY CAMERAS THROUGHOUT MY PROPERTY THIS YEAR.I'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECORD MANY OF THESE ISSUES THAT I SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, THIS INCLUDES NOISE FROM WEDDINGS, DJ YELLING ON A MIC LATE AT NIGHT, VERDI VALLEY RENTAL TRUCKS COMING UP AND DOWN TOMAHAWK PASS, FL ORES, CATERING TRUCKS, SPEEDING CARS, MINIBUSES, PORTA POTTIES, UNAPPROVED EXTERIOR LIGHTINGS, AND TRESPASSERS LATE AT NIGHT ONTO MY PROPERTY.
MOST OF THESE WEDDINGS AND EVENTS WERE HELD WITHOUT PERMITS AS I TOLD YOU.
I WAS INFORMED BY THE COUNTY THAT ANY EVENT OR WEDDING, INCLUDING A FAMILY OR FRIENDS NEEDS A PERMIT.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL VEHICLES TRESPASSING ONTO MY PROPERTY LATE AT NIGHT, KNOCKING ON MY DOOR ASKING IF THIS WAS THE SANCTUARY.
I'VE HAD VANDALISM DONE TO MY PROPERTY, AND I'VE HAD TRESPASSERS DAMAGE MY PROPERTY.
POLICE REPORTS HAVE BEEN FILED.
BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES, I HAVE BECOME VERY SAD, ANGRY, AND DISRUPTED IN MY DAILY LIFE.
MY HEALTH HAS BEEN SEVERELY AFFECTED.
MY HEART RAISES EVERY TIME I HEAR A CAR ENTERING MY PROPERTY WONDERING, WHO WILL I MEET THIS TIME? ARE THEY SAFE? ARE THEY DRUNK FROM THE PARTY NEXT DOOR? MY GRANDKIDS AND I NO LONGER ENJOY RIDING OUR BICYCLES ON OUR SHARE EASEMENT BECAUSE MANY GUESTS OF THE SANCTUARY, INCLUDING THE CURRENT PROPERTY MANAGER, PURPOSELY DRIVE RECKLESSLY AND WITHOUT RESPECT FOR THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT SIGNS.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF DISRESPECT THAT I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE 2020.
I'VE HAD TO BUILD THIS FENCE PARTIALLY CLOSING THE OLD FRONT OF MY HOUSE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN MY SANITY AND FOR MY SAFETY.
THIS FENCE AT ITS CURRENT HEIGHT IS IMPERATIVE BECAUSE OF DUST, FLYING DEBRIS, TRAFFIC NOISE, AND TRESPASSERS.
IF THE FENCE WAS ANY LOWER, IT WOULD NOT ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
THIS FENCE HAS COST ME $15,000, AN EXPENSE THAT I DID NOT WISH TO PUT FORTH.
HOWEVER, IT WAS NEEDED FOR MY SAFETY AS I LIVE HERE MOSTLY ALONE.
THIS IS MY HOME WHERE I REGULARLY HAVE MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN VISIT, AND MY INTENTION IS TO CONTINUE TO KEEP IT A SAFE HOME AND DESTINATION FOR US ALL.
I'M RELYING ON YOU, THE COUNTY, TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AT THE SANCTUARY, AND TO ASSURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BE A SAFE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN APPROVE THIS FENCE IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT I'VE SHARED WITH YOU TODAY.
SO I HAVE A SHORT RECORDED VIDEO OF THE TYPE OF PARTIES WE HEAR BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND MIDNIGHT.
>> FIFTEEN SECONDS [BACKGROUND].
>> THANK YOU, MR. LEAN. I DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT WE CANNOT RESPOND TO ITEMS THAT AREN'T AGENDIZED, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE TOPICS GET INTO ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE AGENDIZED AT A LATER TIME, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THE QUESTION REMAINS, WHO DROVE THIS TO COME TO US TODAY? WAS IT A COMPLAINT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR IS SHE JUST SAYING, "I DIDN'T GET A PERMIT, AND I WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT."
>> OUR LAND USE STAFF HAD NOTICED THAT THE PERMIT OR THAT THE FENCE EXCEEDED WHAT WAS PERMITTED.
SHE OBTAINED A PERMIT FOR A FOUR-FOOT FENCE, AND WHEN LAND USE WAS OUT THERE IN THE AREA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY NOTICED IT WAS A SIX-FOOT FENCE RATHER THAN FOUR.
ONCE SHE WAS NOTIFIED, SHE BEGAN EFFORTS TO RECTIFY THE FENCE HEIGHT ISSUE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> WE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND.
>> WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. [LAUGHTER]
>> HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK SOMETIMES.
>> SORRY FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, TOO.
[4. Development Services - Approve a Preliminary Plat for Phase 14 of the Talking Rock Ranch subdivision to create 59 single-family lots and three tracts (A-C), and approve a waiver request to allow for the reduction of design speeds for minor collector streets, subject to the conditions of approval. Project Name: Talking Rock Ranch Ph. 14 Preliminary Plat; Owner(s): Talking Rock Land LLC; Applicant: Granite Basin Engineering Inc.; PLA24-000051; APN(s): 306-35-628J, 628K, & 628L. The property is in Williamson Valley. Staff: Becca Sirakis (District 4 - Supervisor Kuknyo)]
>> ITEM NUMBER 4, APPROVE A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR PHASE 14 OF TALKING ROCK RANCH SUBDIVISION TO CREATE 59 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND THREE TRACKS A-C, AND APPROVE A WAIVER REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR THE REDUCTION DESIGN SPEEDS FOR MINOR COLLECTOR STREETS.
SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROJECT IN TALKING ROCK NUMBER 14,
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PLAT OWNER TALKING ROCK LAND, LLC, APPLICANT GRANITE BASIN ENGINEERING.THE PROPERTY IS IN WILLIAMSON VALLEY, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO DISTRICT. BECCA. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BECAS ROCHAS, PLANNER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND I AM PRESENTING THE APPLICATION FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR TALKING ROCK RANCH, PHASE 14.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE APPLICATION, I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.
THEY DID HEAR THIS ON DECEMBER 19TH AND MADE A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
TODAY WITH US, WE DO HAVE COMMISSIONER RHODOCIA TO SPEAK ON THE COMMISSION'S DECISION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
BEFORE WE GET FURTHER INTO THE APPLICATION, I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT PROCESS QUICKLY.
PER SECTION 408 OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, A PRELIMINARY PLAT MAY BE PROCESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IF IT MEETS THE GUIDELINES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND NO WAIVERS ARE BEING REQUESTED.
IF A PRELIMINARY PLAT IS APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, IT MAY PROCEED DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD FOR FINAL PLAT.
THIS APPLICATION DOES INCLUDE A WAIVER REQUEST AND HAS GONE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND IS HERE TODAY FOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACTION.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT BACKGROUND.
THIS TALKING ROCK RANCH, PLAN DAIRY DEVELOPMENT, WAS APPROVED IN 1998, THE ZONING.
SUBSEQUENTLY, PHASES OF THE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THROUGHOUT THE LAST 25 YEARS.
THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,500 LOTS.
THE PAD REZONING APPLICATION WAS APPROVED WITH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDED A BLANKET APPROVAL FOR THE SIDE WAIVERS WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS EXPIRED, AND THUS THE APPLICANT MUST REQUEST THE DEVIATION IN ROADWAY DESIGN SPEEDS THROUGH THIS WAIVER PROCESS.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LEGAL COUNSEL HAS DIRECTED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT THIS IS A MORE FAVORABLE PROCESS AT THIS TIME TO PROCESS IT AS A WAIVER IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
JUST TO TOUCH ON THE WAIVER ITSELF A LITTLE BIT, T HE APPLICANT HAS STATED IN THEIR LETTER AND REQUEST OF THE WAIVER THAT THE PURPOSE IS TO MAINTAIN THE CONTINUITY WITH ALL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ROADS IN ALL THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PHASES.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY REDUCED SUCH AS REDUCTION IN CUT AND FILL OF THE TERRAIN WITH THE PROPOSED DESIGN SPEEDS BEING 25 FOR MINOR COLLECTOR STREETS AND 15 FOR LOCAL STREETS.
IT'LL HELP THE ROADS FOLLOW THE TERRAIN OF THE LAND.
TODAY'S APPLICATION IS AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR 59 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND THREE TRACKS.
ALONG WITH A WAIVER REQUEST TO TABLE 2, SECTION 303 OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS FOR ROADWAY DESIGN SPEEDS.
THE TABLE IS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT.
THE SPECIFIC WAIVER REQUESTS ARE THE REDUCTION OF DESIGN SPEEDS FOR MINOR COLLECTOR STREETS FROM 40 MILES PER HOUR TO 25 MILES PER HOUR, AND THE REDUCTION OF DESIGN SPEEDS FOR LOCAL STREETS FROM 30 MILES TO 15 MILES PER HOUR.
ROGER MCCORMICK, YAVAPAI COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND COUNTY ENGINEER HAS PROVIDED A MEMO OF RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE WAIVER REQUESTS, AND HE IS, OF COURSE, AVAILABLE TO SPEAK ON THIS.
THIS APPLICATION, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT IS LOCATED WITHIN SUPERVISOR KUKNYO'S DISTRICT, DISTRICT NUMBER 4.
IN RED, WE CAN SEE THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED PHASE 14, TO THE NORTH IS CROSSROADS RANCH, SHOWN IN YELLOW, THAT IS ZONED R1L, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH, IS ALSO ZONED PAD.
THESE ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED PORTIONS OF THE TALKING ROCK RANCH AREA, AND THEN TO THE WEST IS UNDEVELOPED PAD LAND THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE TALKING ROCK RANCH AREA.
THIS IS A ZONING MAP, JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER VIEW.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD.
IT'S NOT THE BEST PHOTO, BUT HERE'S AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THE PROJECT SITE.
IT'S MOUNTAINOUS AND HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE TERRAIN THAN THE OTHER PORTIONS OF TALKING ROCK.
HERE IS TALKING ROCK RANCH PHASE 14, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT SHOWS THE 59 PROPOSED LOTS AND THE TRACKS FOR OPEN SPACE.
>> WHERE IS THAT OPEN SPACE AT?
>> OPEN SPACE IS ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER HERE AS WELL AS HERE.
AND THOSE LOTS UP NORTH ARE MUCH LARGER, WHICH DOES WELL WITH TALKING WITH CROSSROADS.
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BECAUSE CROSS ROADS WOULDN'T ACCEPT ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS RIGHT UP NEXT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL 40 ACRE PARCELS.>> YEAH, THEY'RE LARGER PARCELS.
>> UNDER SECTION 2.7 LAND USE GOALS AND POLICIES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, GOAL 1 IS TO INCREASE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHERE POLICY 1G SPECIFICALLY STATES, ENCOURAGE PLAN DEVELOPMENT OVER LOT SPLITTING TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAWS GOVERNING OVER THE COUNTY ALLOW.
GOAL 6 ENCOURAGES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN LAND USE DECISIONS.
STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS SUBJECT APPLICATION IS IN LINE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS PROPOSING CENTRALIZED WATER, WASTEWATER SYSTEM, AND FIRE SUPPRESSION AND REGULATION MEASURES IN LIEU OF LOT SPLITTING, WHERE NONE OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED OR REQUIRED.
SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS ARE THE MECHANISM THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THE OVERSIGHT IT NEEDS TO CREATE PLANNED NEIGHBORHOODS WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE.
I DO HAVE ANOTHER AERIAL PHOTO.
IN THE BACKGROUND, IS THE TALKING ROCK RANCH PHASE 1A, 1B, AND 1C, AND THE OUTLINED AREA IS APPROXIMATELY WHERE PHASE 14 WOULD BE PLATTED.
AS FAR AS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, THE COUNTY DID POST THE PROPERTY, SEND OUT LETTERS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROVIDED A SURVEY ONLINE.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION FOR THIS APPLICATION.
>> WERE THE PEOPLE IN CROSSROADS NOTIFIED?
>>YES. AS FAR AS STAFF CONCERNS, STAFF HAS NO CONCERN WITH CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSED PRELIMINARY PLAT.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSED WAIVER DESIGN AS IT IS IN LINE WITH THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PHASES, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED ISSUES WITH USING THAT DESIGN SPEED ALL THESE YEARS.
IN SUMMARY, THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR PHASE 14 OF TALKING ROCK RANCH TO CREATE 59 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND THREE TRACKS ALONG WITH CONSIDERATION OF A WAIVER REQUEST FOR THE ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS TO ALLOW FOR MINOR COLLECTOR STREETS TO BE REDUCED FROM 40 MILES PER HOUR TO 25 MILES PER HOUR AND FOR LOCAL STREETS FROM 30-15 MILES PER HOUR.
ON THE BOARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ARE THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> SUPERVISOR KUKNYO FROM THE DISTRICT.
>> WELL, JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT IS IT DID TAKE IN WHEN YOU HAVE CROSSROADS AND TALKING ROCK, THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, BUT THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT.
CROSSROADS HAS GIANT LOTS FOR HOMES, AND THE PEOPLE LIKE IT THAT WAY.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY CONSIDERED THAT WHEN THEY MADE THIS PHASE.
ALSO, THAT YOU GOT 59 HOMES ON 89 ACRES.
I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS TO SLOW THE GROWTH IS TO HAVE BIGGER LOTS LIKE THAT, PUT A HOME ON THEM, AND THEN THEY'RE OFF THE MARKET THERE.
I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD, WHICH IS ONGOING, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE ADDING AT LEAST 59 MORE CARS COMING INTO TOWN.
BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED NO OPPOSITION TO THIS?
>> I THINK THE REDUCTION IN SPEED LIMIT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SUBDIVISION ARE DRIVING GOLF CARTS AROUND IN THERE.
>> ANY COMMENTS TO THE PUBLIC OR GREEN SHEETS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> THE ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[ 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.]
WE'RE AT THE POINT OF THE MEETING FOR CALL TO THE PUBLIC.INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY RELEVANT ISSUE WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO ARS 38,431.01H.
BOARD MEMBERS SHALL NOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON MATTERS RAISED DURING THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC.
THE BOARD MAY DIRECT STAFF TO STUDY THE MATTER AND DIRECT THE MATTER TO BE RESCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION AT A LATER DATE.
VICE CHAIR COMPTON, IS THERE ANY GREEN SHEETS?
>> YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE ONE GREEN SHEET.
LAURA, CHAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LAURA CHAN.
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[LAUGHTER] I LIVE IN MINGUS MEADOWS, UNINCORPORATED YAVAPAI COUNTY.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IT'S NICE TO SEE THE NEW BOARD, AND WELCOME.
I AM HERE TO REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE OF YAVAPAI COUNTY AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN AN ISSUE RELATED TO THE INTERCONNECTION PROJECT, LIGHT SOURCE BP, DRACONIS, AND THE PROPOSED WHILE NOT APPLIED FOR SOLAR PROJECT.
LIGHT SOURCE BP HAS A PROPOSAL AND WILL BE SEEKING A CUT FOR 3-5,000 AN ACRE SOLAR FARM IN THE TOWN OF CHINO VALLEY.
IT WILL HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT FOR THE NEIGHBORING MINGUS MEADOWS, ANTELOPE, AND PAQUITA VALLEY.
THIS PROJECT INVOLVES AN INTERCONNECTION TO THE SUBSTATION, AND WILL REQUIRE 110 FEET TOWERS, WHICH WILL BE AS CLOSE TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN A FLAT LAND WHERE YOU WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO HEAR THAT CLICKING AT NIGHT.
THIS DRACONIS ENERGY TRANSMISSION LINE, THE PROJECT FOR THAT LINE, 24-004608, THE PERMIT NUMBER WAS PRE 24-000004.
IT WAS DOCUMENTED AS VOID, PERMIT NOT REQUIRED AND APRIL 18, 2024.
IN ADDITION, WITH THIS PROJECT, THE APPROVAL, CHINO VALLEY HAS LOOKING AT THE PROPOSAL OF A SOLAR ORDINANCE.
THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE IN CONFLICT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL RIGHTS.
IT COULD PLACE LARGE SCALE UTILITY SOLAR FARMS 500 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL HOMES IN YAVAPAI COUNTY AS WELL.
IN ADDITION, WITH THE BAS, THERE'S NO CURRENT EGRESS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE EVENT OF A BAS FIRE OR EVACUATION ROUTES AS THIS IS A LIMITED AREA AND ENCOMPASSING SUCH A LARGE AREA.
DUE TO THIS, I AM ASKING, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY CAN DO FOR ITS RESIDENTS TO WORK WITH THE TOWN OF CHINO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE INTERCONNECTION LINE AND THAT PROCESS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY, OUR HOME VALUES, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
PREDOMINANTLY, WE WANT TO LIVE IN A SAFE PLACE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO GREEN SHEETS. WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> GO AHEAD AND TRY ONE MORE ROLL CALL VOTE.
>> YOU WERE ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
>> MR. CHAIR, I FAILED TO SAY THAT THE MAYOR CHINO VALLEY JOINED US HERE TODAY, SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE TOM ARMSTRONG. EVEN AFTER WE'RE ADJOURNED.
>> YES.
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