Feb 05, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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I'LL MAKE SURE. WELCOME, EVERYONE. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

[ CALL TO ORDER]

HEARING ROOM, FIRST FLOOR. YAVAPAI COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUILDING, 1015 FIRST STREET IN PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. TODAY'S DATE IS FEBRUARY 5TH. I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.

THE TIME NOW IS 9AM. 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 TELEPHONIC OR VIRTUALLY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE MEETING.

WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE TODAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH THE INVOCATION BY SUPERVISOR MALLORY AND THEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY SUPERVISOR NEIL.

GOOD MORNING, DEAR LORD. WE ARE ALWAYS SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GATHER HERE AND TO DO THIS PUBLIC BUSINESS, TO TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE FOREFRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY, TO APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US TO BUILD THIS GREAT COUNTY. WE ALSO APPRECIATE THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LAST BREATH, LORD, FOR THIS GIFT.

IT'S A GIFT TODAY. IT'S A GIFT EVERY DAY. LET US NEVER FORGET IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME.

ALLEGIANCE] AND I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO STAND AND ALSO GIVE MR. ROWLE SIMMONS A MOMENT OF SILENCE. HE ACTUALLY WAS THE SUPERVISOR FROM 2013 TO 2020, AND ALSO THE PRESCOTT MAYOR FROM 2001-2007, AND DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO LET'S DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR MR. SIMMONS.

THANK YOU. EVERYONE. PLEASE BE SEATED. AT THIS TIME, DID ANY OTHER SUPERVISORS HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT MR. SIMMONS? I'LL WEIGH IN ON ROWLE SIMMONS. HE USED TO LIVE ON MY STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN HE MET KRISTA, GOT MARRIED, AND THEY DECIDED TO UPGRADE TO ANOTHER AREA, BUT, I DON'T KNOW.

HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS REALLY IN FIRST. HE WAS THE ONE THAT HAD ALL THE BEEPERS AND THE PAGERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND ONE PROGRAM THAT HE DID THAT I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF TOO, IS HE GAVE EXPECTANT FATHERS A FREE PAGER.

SO LIKE WHEN THE WIFE WOULD GO INTO LABOR OR MULTIPLE FALSE LABORS, YOU'D GET A TEXT AND YOU'D GO RUNNING AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE DID REALLY NICE AND HE WAS ALWAYS A VERY APPROACHABLE MAN.

HE ALWAYS GAVE YOU TIME TO LISTEN TO HIM AND SORRY, HE'S GONE AND I HOPE I KNEW KRISTA WHEN SHE WORKED THE WINDOW AT SOUTHWEST SAVINGS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY MET. ACTUALLY, I GUESS IT'S GREAT WHEN YOU CAN LOOK UP A GUY'S NET WORTH ON THE SCREEN, BUT THAT'S A JOKE, KRISTA. I'M KIDDING. BUT NO, IT WAS.

THEY WERE ALWAYS HAPPY, AND THEY WERE TOGETHER FOREVER. IT WAS AMAZING MISS YOU ROWLE.

CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHEN I CAME TO THE COUNTY, IT WAS AN APPOINTMENT AND ROWLE WAS THE SITTING SUPERVISOR OF THE FOUR. THAT GAVE ME THE JOB AND THEN FROM THERE ON, I WENT ON TO DO THE ELECTIONS.

AND BY GOD'S GRACE, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY HERE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT THE ONE THING ROWLE ALWAYS DID IS THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS A WHAT IS TODAY? SO TODAY, IN ROWLE MEMORY, FEBRUARY 5TH IS NATIONAL WEATHERMAN'S DAY, A DAY TO APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE WHO FORECAST THE WEATHER, EVEN IF THEY GET IT WRONG. SO ROWLE WAS A GREAT LEADER, A GREAT COMMUNITY PERSON AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. WE WILL MISS HIM.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. HE WAS A GREAT MAN.

OKAY. MOVING FORWARD. CLERK OF THE BOARD. CAN YOU CONDUCT ROLL CALL?

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MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE APPROVED BY ALL IN ONE MOTION.

[ 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. 12, 16, and 19.]

AND ITEM 16 AND 19 BY SUPERVISOR WILL BE PULLED.

ANY OTHER ITEMS NEED TO BE PULLED. OKAY. WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 21, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 12, 16 AND 19. I'LL SECOND.

OKAY. CLERK OF THE BOARD. CAN YOU CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.

ALL CONSENT ITEMS ARE APPROVED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS 12, 16 AND 19.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12. SUPERVISOR.

[12. Human Resources - Approve a new Class Specification: Library Network Administrator. ]

TO APPROVE A NEW CLASS SPECIFICATION. THE LIBRARY NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR.

AND WE HAVE OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR HERE. I JUST WANTED TO.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS, IT'S GREAT.

MY REASON FOR PULLING THIS ITEM IS NOT, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIVE.

IT'S SIMPLY THAT I KNOW THAT COUNTY MANAGER MAURY THOMPSON IS LOOKING TO PUT TOGETHER A STUDY SESSION REGARDING THE LIBRARIES SO THAT WE CAN SORT OF REALLY TAKE A DEEP DIVE. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE BETTER.

TAKING A LOOK AT DURING THAT TIME, BUT PLEASE, MR. [INAUDIBLE], THANK YOU SO MUCH. SUPERVISOR CHUCK.

BOARD OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. YEAH. SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, BECAUSE IT'S JUST A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT'S BEING APPROVED TODAY, IT WILL NOT ACTUALLY APPROVE THE POSITION ITSELF TO BE FUNDED AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HIRE IT.

SO I WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD LATER ON, WHICH WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY BE AFTER THAT STUDY SESSION, TO ASK FOR APPROVAL TO HIRE SOMEBODY FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSITION.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IMPACTS THE MOTION OR NOT, BUT NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 12.

SECOND. OKAY. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT TO HAVE A STUDY SESSION REGARDING THIS? I MEAN, THAT'S STILL MY INTENT. I WOULD PREFER, OKAY, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT.

YOU'RE REQUESTING A STUDY SESSION. YEAH, WELL, I THINK IT'S BEING SCHEDULED AT THE MOMENT AND JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A STUDY SESSION, SOMETIMES WHERE YOU START ISN'T WHERE YOU END AND SO I JUST WANT TO HONOR THE PROCESS THERE AND MAYBE WE'LL COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE IDEAS THAT ACTUALLY IMPACT THIS JOB DESCRIPTION AND, AND KIND OF OTHER EMPLOYMENT POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LIBRARY.

THAT'S MY INTENT. UNLESS THERE'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF TIME CRUNCH BEHIND THIS.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY BUSY. I DO REALIZE THAT.

BUT THAT'S THAT WOULD BE MY INTENT TO TABLE THIS UNTIL AFTER THE STUDY SESSION.

OKAY. MY MISUNDERSTANDING. ANY COMMENTS BY THE BOARD? ANY OBJECTIONS FOR TABLING THE ITEM? OKAY, I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION THEN.

YEP AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL AFTER OUR STUDY SESSION.

OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT. CLERK OF THE BOARD. CAN YOU HANDLE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

TABLED. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

BY THE WAY. I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THANKLESS.

I SURE APPRECIATE THAT AND FOR THE RECORD, I'M COREY CHRISTIAN'S LIBRARY DIRECTOR.

I FORGOT TO SAY THAT AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THAT STUDY SESSION.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU COREY. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 16, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

[16. Public Works - Approve acceptance of an application from Granite Oaks Water Users Association for renewal of an existing water franchise agreement and set a hearing for March 5, 2025 to approve the agreement. (District 4 - Supervisor Kukyno)]

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FROM GRANITE OAKS WATER COMPANY? ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M CHRIS STEEL, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

I'M NOT AWARE IF ANYBODY IS HERE FROM THE GRANITE OAKS WATER COMPANY.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE LIKELY WILL BE A MEMBER IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE HEARING THAT WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR MARCH.

THIS IS THE APPLICATION FOR THE HEARING TO APPROVE THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.

SO WE LIKELY WOULD EXPECT SOMEBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ATTENDED FOR THE HEARING.

I JUST HAD THE QUESTIONS I HAD FOR HIM IS I SEE THAT THEY HAVE THREE WELLS.

IT LOOKS LIKE ONE IS PRODUCING 60 GALLONS A MINUTE, BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE PRODUCING 300 GALLONS A MINUTE, AND THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE WELLS OF THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN WATER COMPANY, WHICH HAVE GONE DRY LAST YEAR.

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AND I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT NEW DEVELOPMENT, LOOKING AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING, MAYBE RAISING AWARENESS, I WAS LOOKING AT THEIR WATER CONSUMPTION IN GRANITE OAKS IN JANUARY AND THEY WERE THEY WERE USING JUST UNDER 2 MILLION GALLONS A MONTH. JANUARY YOU GO TO AUGUST AND THAT NUMBER JUMPS TO 8.5 MILLION GALLONS A MONTH, WHICH TELLS YOU ONE THING.

IT'S BEING POURED ON THE GROUND TO SUPPORT TREES, TO SUPPORT LANDSCAPING.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GRADUALLY MAKE A CHANGE FOR. AND I WAS JUST HOPING TO TALK WITH THEM AND, SEEING IF THEY AGREED WITH THE ASSUMPTION I WAS MAKING.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP TODAY AND I GUESS WE'LL WAIT TO THE NEXT TIME TO SEE IF THEY SHOW UP FOR THIS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 16 OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL VOTE.

ITEM PASSES. OKAY. PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 19.

[19. Sheriff - Approve lease agreement renewal with Security Safe Storage, LLC., in the amount of $33,600.00, for a one-year recruitment campaign to fill ongoing vacancies within the Sheriff's Office through advertising on a local billboard. YC Contract No. 2024-045A1]

I THINK YOU GUYS ARE SHOWING IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR RECRUITMENT BECAUSE YOU SEE IT.

WOULD WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING WHERE MAYBE WE DON'T DO THIS AND WE PUT OUR OWN BILLBOARDS UP, AND THAT WAY THEY COULD BE MULTI-PURPOSE AS WELL.

SO IT COULD BE USED FOR RECRUITMENT. IT COULD BE USED FOR FIRE WISE.

IT COULD ADDRESS A LOT OF THE, I MEAN, WATER LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT AND I DIDN'T I JUST BROUGHT IT UP.

COULD WE BUILD THREE SIGNS IN STRATEGIC PLACES AND THIS REALLY ISN'T A QUESTION FOR YOU.

IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD TO SEE IF YOU GUYS THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THIS AS WELL TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND RAISE PUBLIC MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MR. CHAIRMAN, MY NAME IS JEFF NEWNHAM.

I'M THE CHIEF DEPUTY FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK THAT ANY HELP THAT THE COUNTY CAN GIVE, NOT ONLY OUR AGENCY, BUT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY WHEN IT RELATES TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION WOULD BE WELCOMED.

THIS BILLBOARD THIS PARTICULAR BILLBOARD THAT WE HAVE USED FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IS PAID FOR OUT OF SPECIAL FUNDS THAT THE SHERIFF HAS BEEN AWARDED. THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THINGS LIKE THIS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

WE'RE USING THE CRIMINAL ALIEN APPREHENSION FUND AS WELL AS SMART AND SAFE MONEY.

SO THAT MONEY. I DON'T THINK THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECT THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SOLELY BUILDS.

BUT I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA IF THE BOARD ENTERTAINED AN IDEA TO ENTER INTO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OF THEMSELVES TO CREATE A BILLBOARD THAT ALL OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS COULD USE.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE JUST ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE USED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I THINK THE BOARD IS AWARE THAT THREE YEARS AGO, OUR AGENCY HAD OVER 100 VACANCIES IN OUR AGENCY, AND AND ABOUT 55 OF THOSE WERE OUR UNIFORMED POSITIONS IN BOTH OF OUR DIVISIONS.

TWO YEARS AGO, WE ENTERED INTO THIS CAMPAIGN A SPECIFIC, PURPOSEFUL RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN.

THIS WAS JUST ONE ASPECT OF THAT THROUGH THAT CAMPAIGN.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE AND NOT JUST THIS CAMPAIGN, BUT THE BOARD'S HELP AND HR'S HELP AND REALLY EVERY STAKEHOLDER THAT WE HAD ENTERED INTO A STUDY FOR A FAIR MARKET WAGE FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

WITH THAT AND OUR RECRUITMENT, WE HAVE GONE FROM 110 VACANCIES THREE YEARS AGO TO 90 , TWO YEARS AGO.

60 A YEAR AGO AND NOW WE ARE LESS THAN 30. AND OUR UNIFORMED VACANCIES ARE ESSENTIALLY WITH WHEN YOU LOOK AT RETENTION AT FULL STAFF AND SO IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THIS HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO US AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE COME TO THE BOARD TO CONTINUE THAT CAMPAIGN AND TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR THIS BILLBOARD, THIS JUST ONE BILLBOARD THAT WE CAN USE FOR A YEAR AND IT'S PAID FOR OUT OF SPECIAL FUNDS,

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BUT, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY TIME I CAN TALK TO ALL THE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS IS IN PUBLIC SESSION.

SO ABSOLUTELY, I DO SUPPORT THIS AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NUMBER 19 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I WOULD LIKE TO CAN I DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK INTO THIS AND COME BACK WITH MAYBE SOME IDEAS? YES, WITH AGREEMENT OF THE BOARD. AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, SUPERVISOR, THIS IS A GOOD APPLICATION OF YOUR NEWLY ADOPTED RULES OF ORDER, WHICH WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE USE OF THEM ON THIS ITEM.

IF THE BOARD SO CHOOSES. YEAH, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

OKAY. ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THE BOARD. MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, FOR A BIT OF CLARIFICATION OR DIRECTION TO STAFF IN THINKING THIS THROUGH.

AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR COUTINHO, FOR THE CONVERSATION ON THIS YESTERDAY.

I THINK THERE'S THREE PRIMARY THINGS THAT THAT I WOULD WORK WITH STAFF TO DO.

FIRST WAS DOING AN INVENTORY OF OUR EXISTING LOCATIONS OF COURSE WHERE WE COULD.

SECONDLY THEN TO DO AN EVALUATION OF WHICH OF THOSE ARE GOOD LOCATIONS, I.E.

GOOD VISIBILITY TO MEET OUR INTENT AND THEN SOME INVESTIGATION OF WHAT THE COST WOULD BE.

GREAT. SOUND REASONABLE? YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND JUST TO ADD ON THAT, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BILLBOARDS AND US WANTING TO GET INFORMATION OUT THERE, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING IT IN EACH COMMUNITY.

SO WE WHEN WE DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY LIKE WILDFIRES AND WHATNOT, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET IMMEDIATELY OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEIR GOVERNMENT IS DOING FOR THEM, AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE EMERGENCY MESSAGES OUT TO THOSE.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'RE DONE WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO ACTION. ITEM NUMBER ONE WILL BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE FEBRUARY 19TH.

[1. Sheriff - Approve an Independent Contractor Agreement with Fitzgerald Strategies, LLC for Public Affairs and Government Relations Services in the amount of $217,600.00. YC Contract No. 2025-025]

[2. Sheriff - Approve acceptance of a grant award and agreement with the Arizona Department of Public Safety in the amount of $351,690.12, for personnel and software, and request establishment of a new fund number. YC Contract No. 2025-019]

I'M THE CHIEF DEPUTY OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE COME TO YOU WITH THIS ACTION ITEM TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.

WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS AND AGAIN, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE ABILITY TO SEEK SPECIAL FUNDING TO ENHANCE OUR HUMAN SMUGGLING EFFORTS HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY AND ALL OF THAT, ALL THAT ENTAILS AND IT WAS A WAY FOR US TO ADD DETECTIVES TO OUR TASK FORCE UP HERE AND TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS THAT COME IN FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO ADD THE CERTIFIED DETECTIVES TO THAT, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD 46 INVESTIGATIONS THAT FOCUSED ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND WE TOOK 16 INDIVIDUALS TO JAIL.

SOME OF THOSE VICTIMS, I WON'T SPEAK ABOUT ALL OF THEM, BUT I WILL SAY THIS.

LET ME JUST TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT THOSE DETECTIVES ARE DOING TO YESTERDAY.

TODAY, THEY STARTED A TRIAL THIS WEEK ON AN INDIVIDUAL THAT TARGETED TWO CHILDREN UNDER 10 YEARS OLD AND ATTEMPTED TO TRAFFIC TWO CHILDREN UNDER TEN YEARS OLD IN OUR COUNTY. SO WE DO HAVE THIS PROBLEM IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

IT IS A TRANSNATIONAL SYNDICATE THAT FUNDS THESE ISSUES.

AND SO THESE TWO DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN VERY WORTHWHILE.

SO WE WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM BY ENTERING INTO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS GRANT AWARD THAT WILL FUND THOSE TWO DETECTIVES AND THEIR EMPLOYEE RELATED EXPENSES. THANK YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND ANY COMMENT FROM THE BOARD.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. OKAY. CLERK OF THE BOARD. CAN YOU HANDLE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON. ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[3. Board of Supervisors - Discussion and possible action regarding appointment of a Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for calendar year 2025, to be effective upon the conclusion of the current meeting. VICE CHAIR COMPTON MOTIONED TO APPOINT SUPERVISOR MALLORY AS CHAIRMAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025; SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR KUKNYO; PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.]

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ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? YES, I'D LIKE TO.

FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE PUBLIC, THE TRADITION OF THE VICE CHAIR BECOMING CHAIR IS ALIVE AND WELL IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, BUT GIVEN THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE IN AND THAT I WAS JUST ELECTED TO THE BOARD AND I WAS JUST APPOINTED AS VICE CHAIRMAN, I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I DON'T ACCEPT THAT PRIVILEGE, AND I FEEL IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD FOR THE COUNTY THAT HAS MORE TENURE AND A LONGER TIME ON THE BOARD, AND WE'LL ALSO BRING A LITTLE GRACE TO THE CHAIRMANSHIP AND I THINK THAT PERSON SHOULD BE SUPERVISOR MARY MALLORY, AND THEREFORE I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE SUPERVISOR MALLORY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.

SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL VOTE.

AND I JUST I'M VERY HONORED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VICE-CHAIR YOU'RE WELCOME AND CHAIRMAN GREGORY.

YES. ITEM WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. WITH SUPERVISOR MALLORY AS CHAIR, EFFECTIVE UPON CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NUMBER ONE, APPROVE A WAIVER OF RIGHT

[1. 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, Planning Manager (AICP). (District 4 - Supervisor Kuknyo) APPROVED BY 4 TO 1 VOTE. VICE CHAIR COMPTON OPPOSED. ]

PHASE ONE SUBDIVISION CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 223 ACRES IN A PAD.

PLANNED AREA OF A DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.

PROJECT NAME REVISED FINAL PLAT OF SPRINGFIELD AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN.

PHASE ONE. PROPERTY OWNER SPRINGFIELD RANCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC AND ET AL.

APPLICANT JEFF DAVIS OF SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT RANCH AND GARY KELLY OF KELLY AND WISE ENGINEERING INCORPORATION.

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

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH MATT BLAKE WITH THE PLANNING MANAGER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

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

MY NAME IS MATT BLAKE. I'M YOUR PLANNING MANAGER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO START TO SPEAK TO PHASES TWO AND THREE.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM JEFFREY DAVIS, THE DEVELOPER, ON JANUARY 23RD 2025, INDICATING HIS REQUEST TO TABLE THOSE TWO ITEMS. FINAL PLAT FOR PHASES TWO AND THREE TO BE POSTPONED AND REMOVED FROM THE BOARD'S FEBRUARY 5TH MEETING.

AGENDA TO BE RESCHEDULED TO A NON SPECIFIC DATE AND THAT IS HIS LETTER.

SO HE WOULD BE LOOKING TO TABLE THOSE ITEMS TWO AND THREE TO A NONSPECIFIC DATE.

OKAY. AND I'LL JUST NOTE THAT IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

MR. DAVIS IS CERTAINLY HERE TO SPEAK TO THOSE ITEMS. OKAY AND THEN SO WE'RE DISCUSSING ITEM NUMBER ONE TODAY.

YES. OKAY.

THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION I WILL PRESENT IS FOR THE SPRINGFIELD RANCH AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN.

PHASE ONE, REVISED FINAL PLAT. AT THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ADDITIONALLY, AS I MENTIONED, JEFF DAVIS, THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROJECT, AND CHRIS MOORE OF SUNRISE ENGINEERING ARE HERE AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT. ALSO, ALTHOUGH ROGER MCCORMICK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, COULD NOT MAKE THE MEETING, JOE HEWITT, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, IS PRESENT AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE WAIVER REQUEST OF THE ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS. SO FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT GOT TO THIS STAGE.

IN 2020, 700 ACRES WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD FOR REZONING FROM THE R-1 L70 THAT IS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY SITE BUILT ONLY MINIMUM 70,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT SIZE.

ZONING DISTRICT TO THE PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.

NOW IN PLACE FOR THE SPRINGFIELD AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT.

THE PAD APPROVED IN THE ZONING FOR THE PAD, APPROVED THE ZONING FOR A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT FOR 340 LOTS,

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THIS EQUATES TO 95 FEWER LOTS THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE BEEN AFFORDED BY RIGHT UNDER THE R1L 70 ZONING.

IN ADDITION, THE APPROVED PAD CALLS FOR 30% 33% OPEN SPACE WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 231 ACRES.

AND I'LL NOTE THAT PHASE ONE PROVIDES 81 ACRES OF OF OPEN SPACE.

OKAY, SO THE FINAL PHASE PLOT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND RECORDED.

THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TODAY IS A REVISED FINAL PLAT, LIMITED TO NOTHING MORE THAN CONSIDERATION OF A WAIVER REQUEST OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS TO REDUCE THE ROAD PAVEMENT WIDTH FROM 30FT TO 24FT, LEAVING 12FT ON EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER LINE TO CREATE A FOUR FOOT WIDE AGGREGATE BASE.

WALKABLE SHOULDER ON EACH SIDE. FOR PEDESTRIANS, THERE MAY BE MORE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IF THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE CURRENT APPLICATION AND SPECIFIC WAIVER REQUESTS BEFORE US, THEY MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION, IN WHICH CASE BOARD COUNSEL IS PRESENT TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE.

AGAIN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SUBDIVISION FINAL PLAT IS SET FORTH AS A BY RIGHT APPROVAL IF ALL SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, WHEREAS A WAIVER REQUEST IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OR DENIAL AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION.

WEIGHING SUCH CONSIDERATIONS AS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AMENITIES AND AVOIDANCE OF NUISANCE AND ADVERSE IMPACTS FOR RESIDENTS WITHIN DEVELOPMENT AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

WHERE A WAIVER IS CONCERNED, AN APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR RELIEF FROM SOME ASPECT OF THE ORDINANCE OR SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OR DENIAL BY THE BOARD OF SUB BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO A REZONING OR A USE PERMIT.

YOU'RE ASKING RELIEF FROM THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE BACK TO THE STANDARD FORMAT.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN SUPERVISOR KUKNYO'S DISTRICT AND THAT IS DISTRICT FOUR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH THE YELLOW STAR AND THE UPPER LEFT OF THAT MAP AND HERE'S AN AREA MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD AND PIONEER PARKWAY.

SEE IF I CAN MAKE MY POINTER WORK. SO THERE'S THE MAIN INTERSECTION, PIONEER PARKWAY AND WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD, OUTLINED IN RED. YOU'RE SEEING THE OUTLINE OF PHASE ONE AND THE PAD.

YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERLYING ZONING THAT IS THE ENTIRETY OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

AND THAT IS IN THE PRESCOTT AREA. HERE IS A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE APPROVED PAD ZONING AGAIN, WHICH ENCOMPASSES A TOTAL OF 340 LOTS FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT.

PHASE ONE IS 223 ACRES IN SIZE AND CONTAINS 69 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO SOME AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

HERE IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE GREATER SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT AREA, WHICH IS SHOWN IN RED, WHICH IS PHASE ONE. TO THE NORTH OF PHASE ONE THERE IS THE REMAINING STRING FIELD PAD PROPERTY.

FURTHER TO THE NORTH THERE IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

TO THE EAST IS STATE OF ARIZONA LAND. LET'S SEE IF I CAN POINT THAT OUT.

THAT WOULD BE IN THIS AREA AND ADJACENT TO WILLIAMSON.

WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD TO THE SOUTH IS THE HOGAN RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT.

THAT IS DOWN HERE, AND TO THE WEST IS THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST AND THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN FEDERAL WILDERNESS AREA.

LOOKING NORTH AT THE EASTERN SECTION OF PHASE ONE, WE SEE PIONEER PARKWAY AGAIN BEING CONSTRUCTED OFF WILLIAMSON VALLEY.

THIS IS THE EXTENSION OF PIONEER PARKWAY WEST, BEING CONSTRUCTED OFF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD LEADING TO BLACK RIDGE TRAIL, WHICH WILL BECOME THE MAIN ARTERIAL ROAD THROUGH PHASE ONE.

OKAY, THAT'S THIS AGAIN, THE INNER MAIN INTERSECTION, PIONEER PARKWAY, BLACK RIDGE TRAIL, THE MAIN ARTERIAL THROUGHFARE TO SERVE THIS DEVELOPMENT.

LOOKING EAST TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION OF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD AND PIONEER PARKWAY. AGAIN,

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WE SEE IN THIS IMAGE WE SEE BLACK RIDGE TRAIL TRAVERSING FROM WEST TO EAST.

THE PLOTTED LOTS WILL RIBBON EITHER SIDE OF BLACK RIDGE TRAIL AT A DENSITY OF ONE UNIT DEEP.

SO I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT AGAIN, HERE'S BLACK RIDGE TRAIL STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON SUBDIVISION AND THIS PART OF PHASE ONE THAT SUBDIVISION THE UNITS WILL RIBBON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD ONE ONE UNIT DEEP THERE.

LOOKING SOUTH AGAIN, THE MAJOR INTERSECTION, THE HO KAY GAN SUBDIVISION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNINGS OF PHASE ONE ALONG BLACK RIDGE TRAIL. BLACK RIDGE TRAIL. SO YOU CAN SEE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

HERE'S A COPY OF THE REVISED FINAL PLAT OF PHASE ONE.

THE REQUESTED WAIVER OF PAVEMENT WIDTH DOES NOT CHANGE THE ROADWAY WIDTH ON THE PLAT ITSELF.

THE PLAT IS REMAINING THE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, EXCEPT FOR THE TITLE DATE AND A REFERENCE TO THE WAIVER.

IF APPROVED, THE WAIVER REQUEST WILL ALLOW FOR THE PAVEMENT, WITH ON THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS TO BE REDUCED.

THIS IS A BLOWN UP IMAGE OF THE PHASE ONE PLAT.

THE ROADS ARE PRIVATE AND WILL BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE DEVELOPER.

AND THEN THE HOA. AS PART OF THE WAIVER REQUEST, AT LEAST AT THIS STAGE.

SO NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PROCESS.

AFTER A PLAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND RECORDED AND LOTS SOLD, THE REQUIREMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS TO PROCESS A WAIVER REQUEST ARE MUCH MORE DEMANDING.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SIGNATURE OF APPROVAL FROM ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION PHASE.

THIS IS A BIG TASK, AND IT MUST BE NOTED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MET THE 100% SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT.

THE LOT SHOWN IN RED AND ORANGE ON THIS GRAPHIC REPRESENT ALL 69 LOTS WITHIN PHASE ONE, AND I'LL JUST NOTE THAT THERE WERE NINE.

THERE ARE NINE UNSOLD LOTS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE APPLICANT THAT THAT COUNTS TOWARDS THAT 69.

SO MOST OF THE LOTS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE LOTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOLD.

OUTSIDE OF THE SPRINGFIELD SUBDIVISION. STAFF HAS RECEIVED THREE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FROM PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE HO KAY GAN SUBDIVISION.

WHILE NO LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THIS APPLICATION WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC, IT IS NOTED THAT ALL 60 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN PHASE ONE DID SIGN OFF ON THE APPLICANT'S WAIVER REQUEST. CAFMA REVIEW AND OF THE REVISED REVISED FINAL PLOT WITH WAIVER. THE CENTRAL ARIZONA FIRE MEDICAL AUTHORITY HAS REVIEWED THE PROPOSED REVISED FINAL PLAT WITH THE REQUEST FOR FOR PAVEMENT WAIVER, AND NOTES THE FOLLOWING IFC REQUIREMENTS, WHICH THE PROPOSED PROPOSED ROADS WILL MEET.

NUMBER ONE HAVE AN UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH OF 20FT, EXCLUSIVE OF SHOULDERS.

TWO THE MINIMUM ROAD WIDTH WILL BE 26FT. WHERE THERE ARE FIRE.

WHERE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE PRESENT. THREE AERIAL APPARATUS ACCESS ROAD SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH OF 26FT OF EXCLUSIVE SHOULDERS AND I WILL NOTE THAT DARRYL TIRPAK, THE YAVAPAI FIRE MARSHAL, IS PRESENT TODAY AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY PUBLIC WORKS SUPPORT OF WAIVER. ROGER MCCORMICK, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND COUNTY ENGINEER, AGAIN.

HE WAS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT HE DID PROVIDE THIS LETTER RECOMMENDATION.

YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE SLIDE. THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE WAIVER.

REQUEST FOR THE REDUCTION IN PAVEMENT WIDTH. AGAIN, MR. HEWITT IS HERE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THE WAIVER REQUEST OF THE ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS.

SO HE IS MORE THAN PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE WAIVER REQUEST, OVERALL CIRCULATION AND TRANSPORTATION QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO TO PHASE ONE IN THE PROJECT.

OKAY. SO HERE IS A ROADWAY CROSS SECTION MAP WE RECEIVED FROM THE DEVELOPER.

IT SHOWS WHAT WAS APPROVED AND THAT'S AT THE TOP AND THAT WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE WAIVER REQUEST.

THE APPROVED CROSS-SECTION SHOWS THE 15 FOOT LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, AND THE PROPOSED SHOWS THE REQUESTED REDUCTION IN PAVEMENT WIDTH OF 12 FOOT LANES TO

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I'M SORRY. SO HERE'S WHAT WAS APPROVED. THIS IS WHAT'S CURRENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE IN THREE FEET THAT ALLOWS FOR TO CREATE THESE FOUR FOOT PEDESTRIAN SHOULDERS, BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A FOOT HERE SEPARATING THE ROADWAYS.

SO YOU ADD THAT UP. SO YOU'VE GOT THESE FOUR FOOT WIDE AGGREGATE PATHWAYS.

SO THAT'S REALLY IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AND YOU STILL HAVE THE ENTIRETY OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THIS IS A TRAIL SITE PLAN ALSO RECEIVED FROM THE APPLICANT.

AND THIS SHOWS THE INTERSECTION OF THE PRESCOTT TRAIL WITH THE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN PATH ALONG BLACK RIDGE TRAIL.

SO THE IDEA BEING IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS TRAIL SYSTEM, IT CONNECTS INTO THE PROJECT.

THAT'S THAT WHITE LINE AND BLACK RIDGE TRAIL, AGAIN, IS THE MAIN ARTERIAL SERVICING ALL THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITHIN WITHIN PHASE ONE AND OTHER PHASE AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY WITH THE OTHER PHASES.

SO ESSENTIALLY THAT OFF ROAD THAT THAT SHOULDER, THAT PEDESTRIAN SHOULDER WOULD CONNECT TO THE CIRCLE TO THE CIRCLE TRAIL.

SO WITH THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AT THIS POINT WE TURN TO THE SUGGESTED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL SHOULD THE BOARD DETERMINE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS REQUEST FOR A WAIVER AS PART OF THE REVISED FINAL PLAT? I CAN READ THOSE AND THEN I CAN STOP. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME FOR JOE HEWITT WITH PUBLIC WORKS OR FOR THE DEVELOPER AND HIS PROFESSIONALS, WE'RE ALL HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

SO THE FIRST SUGGESTED CONDITION OF APPROVAL, NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF THE STRING FIELD AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN, PHASE ONE FINAL PLAT. WITH THAT NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL OF THE WAIVER OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS TO REDUCE THE PREVIOUSLY DESIGNED OVERALL PAVEMENT WIDTH ON ALL ROADS FROM 30FT TO 24FT, WHILE ACCOMMODATING THE 26 FOOT ROAD WITH REQUIREMENTS AT FIRE HYDRANT LOCATIONS. NUMBER THREE APPLICANT WILL CREATE A FOUR FOOT WIDE AGGREGATE BASE SHOULDER ON EACH SIDE OF ALL ROADWAYS.

SHOULDER COMPACTION REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE COMPACTED TO A MINIMUM OF 95% OF MAXIMUM DENSITY PER MAG SPECIFICATIONS 301-3 AND THESE AND THESE CONDITIONS WERE VETTED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE OTHERS TO COME UP AND ANSWER THE SAME.

THANK YOU. AND, SUPERVISOR MCNEIL, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT? YEP AND I HAD A QUESTION ON THE TRAIL THAT GOES THROUGH THERE.

IS THAT CONNECTING TO THE CIRCLE TRAIL, OR IS THAT COMPLETING THE CIRCLE TRAIL? SO AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE A NEW TRAIL, WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD ESSENTIALLY EXTEND THE CIRCUIT TRAIL TO CONNECT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND TO THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST.

I DON'T KNOW ALL THE GREAT DETAILS OF THAT. SO I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD ONE THAT I WOULD DEFER TO THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS.

OKAY AND THIS MIGHT BE THE SAME THING. THIS IS A GATED COMMUNITY.

WILL THAT TRAIL STILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? RIGHT.

I THINK I'D LIKE TO. I WOULD RECOMMEND TO HAVE TO DEFER TO THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS THAT.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND WITH THAT, IS MR. DAVIS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION, PLEASE? NEXT APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY, VICE CHAIR, COMPTON AND BOARD.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JEFF DAVIS. I AM THE MANAGING PARTNER FOR SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, THE APPLICANT FOR THIS WAIVER. THE CIRCLE TRAIL.

EXCUSE ME. THE CIRCLE TRAIL IS CURRENTLY BUILT AND DEVELOPED TO THE INTERSECTION.

RIGHT TO RIGHT THERE. NOW, THIS THING'S HARD TO HOLD STEADY, ISN'T IT? RIGHT THERE. THE WHITE LINE STARTS FROM THE INTERSECTION OF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD AND PIONEER PARKWAY.

THE EXTENSION. AND YOU SEE THAT GOING THROUGH ADDITIONAL STATE LAND UNTIL IT GETS UP TO THE SPRINGFIELD BORDER.

THAT EASEMENT IS IN PLACE BETWEEN THE CITY OF PRESCOTT AND ARIZONA STATE LAND TRUST DEPARTMENT.

THE TRAIL ONCE IT ENTERED SPRINGFIELD AND GOES THROUGH.

THAT'S ABOUT ONE MILE THROUGH OUR SECTION AND THEN EXITS OUT INTO THE NATIONAL FOREST.

THERE'S AN AGREEMENT WITH CITY PARKS AND RECS THAT WE ARE DEDICATING THAT EASEMENT, TRAIL EASEMENT TO THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

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SO THAT WAS, AS MATT EXPLAINED, THAT WAS PART OF A CONSIDERATION IN THIS CHANGE.

BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS 55 MILE CIRCLE PUBLIC CIRCLE TRAIL THAT WE'RE AND WE ARE FINISHING THE TRAIL.

THEY'VE BEEN ONE MILE SHORT OF THEIR COMPLETION.

SO MISS SPRINGFIELD WAS NEVER INTERESTED IN GIVING THAT ACCESS TO THE CITY PARKS AND REC.

AND I WAS. SO ONCE THAT'S DEVELOPED IN ORDER FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WE DON'T WE WON'T ALLOW VOLUNTEER TRAILS FROM THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S LOT PEOPLE'S LOTS TO GET ONTO THIS TRAIL. EVERYONE WILL NEED TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WE'RE CALLING THE SPRINGFIELD TRAILHEAD, AND WHERE WE HAVE PARKING, WE HAVE RESTROOM AND THEY CAN COME AND PARK IN OR ONTO THE TRAIL. IF THEY WANT TO WALK TO GET ON THE TRAIL, THEN THE PROPOSED WAIVER ALLOWS FOR THESE TWO FOUR FOOT SHOULDERS, WHERE THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO WALK SAFELY TO GET OVER TO THE TRAIL AND THEN TAKE OFF ON THE TRAIL.

THANKS AND, MR. CHAIR, I WROTE SOME STUFF DOWN BECAUSE THIS KEEPS ME FROM JUST BABBLING AND SOUNDING WEIRD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST FOUR WEEKS HAS BEEN LIKE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO SIT DOWN FOR THIS, JEFF. OKAY.

IT'S BEEN LIKE DRINKING THROUGH A FIRE HOSE ON THIS ONE. I'VE SPENT A TON OF TIME IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE SPENT ABOUT 95 HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH LARRY JACOBS.

THAT'S AN EXAGGERATION. BUT YOU KNOW, BEFORE US TODAY IS A DECISION TO ALLOW A PRIVATE ROAD TO BE REDUCED FROM 30FT TO 24FT.

BUT IT'S MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT. AND I'VE DOVE PRETTY DEEP INTO THIS ISSUE.

I RECEIVED MULTIPLE EMAILS ON THIS PROJECT, BOTH FOR AND AGAINST.

I'VE MET WITH THE CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE LANDOWNER, MISS STRINGFIELD, AND DEVELOPER JEFF DAVIS.

I ATTENDED A COMMUNITY MEETING SET UP BY LARRY JACOBS WITH FOLKS FROM BOTH HOGAN AND PEMBERTON AND MR. DAVIS. I HAVE LITERALLY GONE OUT TO THE AREAS SURROUNDING THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH A TAPE MEASURE TO CHECK THE WIDTHS OF ROADS.

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT THIS IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE REQUEST BEFORE US TODAY, BUT A FEELING FROM THE EXISTING RESIDENTS THAT PROMISES AND COMMITMENTS WERE BROKEN AND A GENUINE FEAR OF WHAT WILL COME NEXT AND WHAT OTHER WAIVER WILL THE COUNTY ALLOW? THE DEVELOPER CLAIMS THAT HE WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO DO ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, AND HE'S NOT BROKEN ANY LAWS. AND THAT APPEARS TO BE THE TRUTH AS WELL.

WITH PERMISSION FOR ALL THESE CHANGES BEING GIVEN BY PEOPLE THAT PREVIOUSLY SAT WHERE WE SIT TODAY.

HE CLAIMS THAT MUCH OF THE BEHAVIOR IRRITATING THE RESIDENTS WAS FROM SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE BEYOND HIS CONTROL, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT GOING THROUGH HO KAY GAN AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING, WHEN RESIDENTS SAY IT WAS PLEDGED TO ONLY ACCESS THROUGH HIS OWN ENTRANCE.

A FIRE ROAD AT HOZONI THAT IS BEING USED BY PERSONNEL AND ACCESS FOR WATER TRUCKS TO FILL AT HYDRANTS.

CREWS KNOCKING OUT WATER AND CABLE LINES THAT SERVICE HO KAY GAN.

THEY MAY BE SUBS, BUT WHEN YOU ARE THE ONE WHO WRITES THE CHECK FOR THOSE SERVICES, I THINK YOU'D HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONTROL THAN THAT OVER THOSE PEOPLE.

I WENT TO THE FIRE GATE AT HOZONI AND NOTICED IT WAS CHAINED, BUT WITH A COMBINATION LOCK.

I ASKED WHY A KNOX LOCK, ONLY USED BY FIRE WAS NOT THERE.

HE SAID IT WAS ORDERED AND BE THERE SOON. AND A FEW DAYS AGO I WENT OUT THERE AND A KNOX LOCK WAS ON THE GATE, BUT ALSO A NEW KEY LOCK THAT INDICATED TO ME THAT HE INTENDED TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT FOR ACCESS.

WHICH REALLY RUBBED ME THE WRONG WAY. BUT IN HIS DEFENSE, THE PREVIOUS BOARD GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO USE THAT ROAD, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE BOARD, BUT MAYBE STAFF. I READ ONLINE THAT MISS STRINGFIELD SHOULD NOT LET THIS BE HER LEGACY, AND MRS. STRINGFIELD'S LEGACY IS REALLY NO ONE ELSE'S BUSINESS.

I MET WITH STRINGFIELD, AND SHE SAID THAT SHE APPROACHED MR. DAVIS TO DO THIS PROJECT. SHE HAS NO HEIRS. SHE IS THE LAST ONE AND SHE WANTS MONEY TO ENJOY HER RETIREMENT.

SHE'S A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER AND THAT IS HER RIGHT.

AND BY THE WAY, SHE IS STILL HOLDING ON TO 500 ACRES FOR ACRES FOR HERSELF.

I EVEN REMEMBER MISS STRINGFIELD TALKING ABOUT HO KAY GAN WHEN THAT CAME IN.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ACRE LOTS AND ABOVE. AND WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF MONEY, THEY STARTED CHOPPING IT DOWN INTO SMALLER LOTS.

AND IT WAS FUNNY THAT SHE ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN.

THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT I DO LIKE BIGGER LOTS THAT LIMIT DENSITY, WHICH IS CONTROLLING GROWTH.

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WE WON'T HAVE MORE PEOPLE POURING ONTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

I LIKE THE USE OF EXISTING VEGETATION RATHER THAN THE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE SERVICE.

LIKE I TALKED ABOUT WITH WATER USAGE. THESE PLANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE KNOW HOW TO LIVE ON WHAT FALLS FROM THE SKY. I LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE'S FIRE HYDRANTS HERE WHEN TALKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, THEY TOLD ME THAT THOSE TRUCKS CAN USE 500 GALLONS A MINUTE.

WHEN YOU'RE USING A WATER TENDER, IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT IT REALLY IS BENEFICIAL, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF WILDFIRE, THAT WE HAVE HYDRANTS OUT THERE. AND I DROVE THROUGH HO KAY GAN TODAY AS WELL AND YOU GUYS HAVE FIRE HYDRANTS OUT THERE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

THE HEART OF THIS MATTER TODAY IS ALLOWING A 24 FOOT ROAD WITH 26FT AT HYDRANTS AND A FOUR FOOT COMPACTED SHOULDERS ON EACH SIDE.

I WENT OUT AND MEASURED THE ROADS IN HO KAY GAN THERE COUNTY ROADS, AND THEY MEASURED 19 FOOT FIVE IN WIDTH ON PEMBERTON, ANOTHER COUNTY ROAD. THEY MEASURED 19.9FT. BUT WHEN PEMBERTON TURNS INTO A PRIVATE ROAD, IT'S REDUCED TO 16.5 AT THE BEGINNING AND FURTHER REDUCES TO ONLY 12 FOOT WIDTH EVEN ACROSS THE ROAD AT SOUTHVIEW, IN FRONT OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSE.

THE ROAD IS ONLY 26FT WIDE. I UNDERSTAND THAT CURRENT DESIGN STANDARDS MAY REQUIRE A 30 FOOT WIDTH, BUT THE ENTIRE SURROUNDING AREA DOES NOT REFLECT THIS.

I REALIZE STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE WHOLE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY IS IS SMALLER THAN 30 FOOT.

WHEN A GENTLEMAN WAS AGAINST THE REDUCTION BECAUSE OF FIRE RISK, I SAID, BUT YOUR ROAD IS ONLY 12 FOOT WIDE.

ARE YOU GOING TO EXPAND IT FOR FIRE SAFETY? AND HE REPLIED, ONLY IF THE COUNTY PAYS FOR IT.

BUT IT WAS A PRIVATE ROAD. THAT'S HIS BUSINESS BACK IN THERE.

THIS ROAD THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY IS ALSO A PRIVATE ROAD.

THE COUNTY WILL NOT BE PAVING, PLOWING, MAINTAINING AND LET THE RECORD SHOW TO FUTURE BOARDS.

I HOPE THAT THIS BOARD AGREES WITH ME. WE HOPE THEY NEVER TAKE ON THESE ROADS.

THAT'S AN EXPENSE YOU DON'T WANT. LAST MEETING A MAN SPOKE AND HE SAID ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION.

AND I THINK HE GOT THAT RIGHT. THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WAS HELD LAST SATURDAY SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO.

NO GOVERNMENT, JUST THE PEOPLE AND THE DEVELOPER.

STRAIGHT TALK AND HARD QUESTIONS WERE GIVEN THERE.

MR. DAVIS EVEN SAID HE MESSED UP AND HE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS ALL CLEANED UP BEFOREHAND, WHICH I THINK IS WHY TWO AND THREE ARE BEING PULLED.

THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED SOONER AND HIS PLANS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETE WITHOUT DETAILS NEEDING TO BE CHANGED.

I THINK IN THE FUTURE, THE COUNTY SHOULD REQUIRE THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS ALONG WITH THE REQUIRED PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS BUILDING.

THERE WAS PUBLIC MEETINGS WE COULD HAVE SHOWED UP HERE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING IN THE BACK OF WAFFLES AND MORE.

I THINK ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND LET PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS STRAIGHT BACK AND FORTH.

HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE. I INQUIRED MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT CAFMA, WHICH ARE HERE TODAY, AND THEY'RE FREE TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE.

IF THEY WERE GOOD WITH THE REDUCED WIDTH AND THEY SAID YES.

BUT WILL YOUR TRUCKS BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND? AND THEY SAID YES.

THE FIRE PROFESSIONALS GAVE THIS A GREEN LIGHT.

THEY HAVE GIVEN US PAPERWORK SUPPORTING THIS POSITION.

OUR OWN STAFF IS GOOD WITH THIS REDUCTION. WHEN YOUR ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN ARE GOOD WITH THE PROJECT, I DON'T MUCH HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON. EVEN MOST OF THE PEOPLE LAST SATURDAY AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING WERE OKAY WITH THE ROAD WITH.

I MEAN, MANY OF YOU ARE PROBABLY THERE. I ASKED THE FOLKS THAT STAYED THE WHOLE TIME AS THEY WERE LEAVING.

MANY PEOPLE LEFT EARLY, PROBABLY ABOUT A THIRD TO A HALF OF THE CROWD.

THEY WERE MOST CONCERNED WITH THIS DEVELOPER CUTTING ROADS THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, CONNECTING THIS DEVELOPMENT INTO THEIR QUIET NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING AND STORMWATER RUNOFF.

AND I GOT A LETTER FROM MR. ROBERTS THAT LAYS OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF CONCERNS THAT I'M GOING TO PASS ALONG TO STAFF, BECAUSE THESE ARE GENUINE CONCERNS. I HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT WHEN I WAS ON PRESCOTT CITY COUNCIL WITH THE CLIFF ROSE SUBDIVISION. THE DEVELOPER CAME IN, KNOCKED OUT ALL THESE ROADS, PUT IN ALL THIS STUFF, AND THEY WERE GONE. THEN HERE CAME THE FLOOD CONTROL PROBLEMS, BECAUSE NOW YOU GOT ASPHALT, MOVING WATER A DIFFERENT WAY. YOU GOT CUTS IN THE ROAD AND THE CITY HAD TO SPEND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF PUBLIC MONEY TO MAKE THIS DEVELOPMENT RIGHT. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WILDFIRE RESPONSE.

BUT THE BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THAT THE DEVELOPER SEEMED TO BE GETTING AWAY WITH EVERYTHING, AND THE COUNTY WAS ALLOWING IT.

THAT WAS THE OVERALL CONCERN. WE HAVE HAD THIS SITUATION PASSED ON TO US TODAY, BUT I DO HAVE A MESSAGE FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE IN DISTRICT FOUR.

IT'S A NEW DAY. COME WITH A FINAL PLAN AND IF WE APPROVE IT, THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

DO NOT EXPECT WAIVERS. DO NOT EXPECT EXCEPTIONS THAT DAMAGE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTS.

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WITHIN TWO MONTHS, I AM HOPING THAT THIS BOARD WILL HAVE A STUDY SESSION AND DEVELOP THE COUNTY'S FIRST NOISE ORDINANCE.

WE DO NOT HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW TO CONTROL THE HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION NOISE AND JAKE BRAKES AND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE TWO SURROUNDING AREAS, WILL BE EXPOSED TO EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION NOISE, POSSIBLY HAMMER HOLES, AND I HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT WHEN I LIVED ON BLACK DRIVE AND THEY WERE PUTTING IN THE WALMART AND FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR WE HEARD.

THAT'S IRRITATING AS HELL. JUST AS OTHER RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, HAD TO DO WHEN THEIR HOMES WERE BUILT.

I MEAN, WHEN MY HOME WAS BUILT, I HAD THAT GOING ON IN.

MY NEIGHBORS DEALT WITH IT AS WELL. BUT WE CAN LIMIT THE HOURS OF THIS DISTURBANCE.

I'M GOING TO ASK STAFF WHY WE HAVE A 30 FOOT STANDARD IF WE ARE NOT ENFORCING IT AND ALLOWING WAIVERS.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYWHERE AROUND THERE IT'S LESS THAN WHAT THIS REQUIREMENT IS TO BE.

WHEN A FIRE GATE IS INSTALLED FOR SAFETY, IT NEEDS TO ONLY HAVE A KNOX LOCK ON IT AND REMAIN SHUT AND I'M ALL ABOUT FIRE ROADS AND WHAT WAS SURPRISING ME IS MOST OF THE RESIDENTS AREN'T BECAUSE THEY FEAR THAT IT WILL BE OPENED AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC WILL POUR THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO PUSH IT ANYMORE. AND I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM IN COYOTE SPRINGS TOO.

THEY DO NOT WANT TO BACK ROAD OUT TO OR TO THEIR ROAD OUT TO THE NORTH FOR FIRE ACCESS.

I WOULD BE SCARED TO DEATH ABOUT THAT AND I AM, BECAUSE I LIVE ON A DEAD END OF A DIRT ROAD OFF OF LOVE LANE.

I WILL NOT SIGN OFF ON ANY OTHER USE FOR A ROAD AS LONG AS I'M HERE.

THESE LOTS IN PHASE ONE, PHASE ONE HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, AND I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR THE REDUCTION IN WIDTH FOR THE ROAD.

BUT THIS CLOSES THE DOOR ON THE LAST FOUR YEARS GOING FORWARD.

IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH TIGHTER THAN THIS. SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT.

WAS THAT A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO HEAR IF ANY OF THE OTHER MEMBERS WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS.

I'D BE LOVING TO HEAR IT. I WELCOME KATHY TO WEIGH IN ON THIS.

I OFFER STAFF TO WEIGH IN ON THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IF I HAVE BEEN WRONG IN ANYTHING I'VE SAID TODAY, I WELCOME CORRECTION AND I'VE GOTTEN THAT A LOT BECAUSE THIS PERSON SAYS, THIS PERSON SAYS THAT.

AND YOU GOT TO SEARCH OUT WHAT THE TRUTH IS. [INAUDIBLE] MALLORY.

YES. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. YOU KNOW I JUST HAVE TO SAY SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB ON BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY.

THANKS. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HERE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE OR THE GREEN SHEETS OR HOWEVER IT IS.

BUT THIS BOARD IS DEFINITELY HAVING A LOT OF THINGS GIVEN TO THEM RIGHT OUT THE GATE AND I BELIEVE IN MY HEART AND SOUL. THIS IS A GREAT BOARD GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU'VE INVESTED ON THIS TOPIC.

SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DIG IN AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE IS APPROVAL. YOU KNOW, BROADLY FOR THIS SPECIFIC ITEM, WHICH IS A REDUCTION FROM 30FT OF PAVEMENT TO 24. AND I THINK JUST TO MAYBE TALK TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ASKED IS, WHY DOES THE COUNTY HAVE A STANDARD THAT'S HIGHER THAN WHAT IS IN EXISTENCE? AND I THINK IT'S IN MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.

IT'S THAT THE COUNTY HAS THAT STANDARD, REALLY ONLY FOR ROADS THAT WE WOULD TAKE ON FOR MAINTENANCE AND SO IT'S KIND OF A GOOD THING THAT WE HAVE THAT 30 FOOT STANDARD.

BUT AND TO, TO JUST BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT, UNLESS I'M INCORRECT ON THAT.

BUT WE'VE SEEN THIS ITEM COME BEFORE US A NUMBER OF TIMES AND THEN IT'S BEEN TABLED.

BEFORE WE HAVE TOO MUCH MORE DISCUSSION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HEARING ITEM NUMBER ONE WITH A SUGGESTED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL OUTLINED BY MR. BLAKE. OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, I WANT TO HEAR IT BEFORE THIS GOES ON AND THAT INCLUDES THE PUBLIC.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GET THE GREEN SHEETS. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT A GREEN SHEET. WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK. SO YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. WITH THAT YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES BECAUSE WE HAVE A TON OF GREEN SHEETS.

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SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, I DO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.

I'LL PLEDGE HERE ON PUBLIC RECORD TO WORK WITH YOU AS CLOSELY AS YOU NEED ME TO.

I WILL CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I ENJOYED SATURDAY'S MEETING, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T GET TO EAT BECAUSE I HAD TO TALK TOO MUCH.

BUT EVERYBODY WAS PLEASANT TO WORK WITH. THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION WELL BEYOND THIS WAIVER.

AND SO I'M SURE THERE'LL BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

I THANK DENNIS AND LARRY BOTH FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

I THINK THAT WAS WAS A GOOD PUSH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AS MY SUPERVISOR.

WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE PART OF THE OWNERS OF THE SPRINGFIELD PHASE ONE PROPERTY.

AS MATT, I'M SORRY TO CALL YOU BY FIRST NAME.

I DON'T HAVE YOUR LAST NAME. OKAY. THANK YOU.

AS WAS GIVEN TO YOU WE DID PRESENT 60. CONSENT AGREEMENTS THAT WERE SIGNED BY ALL THE OWNERS, HUSBANDS AND WIVES OF THE 60 LOTS THAT WAS NOTARIZED.

A LOT WANTED TO COME. THERE ARE SEVERAL HERE.

I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO SAY THE SAME THING, AND POSSIBLY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS A LITTLE BIT FASTER WITH THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE WITH THE SECOND. I APPRECIATE THAT PART OF IT.

I WANTED TO JUST EXPLAIN ABOUT THE GATE, THE EXIT GATE ON HOZONI THAT GOES SOUTH DOWN THE YAMPA STREET.

YES, I KNOW THAT WAS A BONE OF CONTENTION. IT DOES HAVE THE KNOX LOCK ON THERE NOW THAT KEVIN O'NEILL PUT ON WITH ME.

YES, I HAVE A SECOND LOCK THAT AND I THE ONLY GUY WITH A KEY.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID WE HAVE AN ACCIDENT OUT ON WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD, PIONEER PARKWAY AND THAT HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN TO WHERE WE CAN'T GET IN AND OUT.

I COULD STILL GO OPEN THAT GATE AND LET MY WORKERS LEAVE WITH THEIR TRUCKS AND THEIR CARS AND GET OUT OF THERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR MY ENGINEERS HERE TO COME UP HERE.

I THINK WE HAVE A LETTER FROM OUR GEOTECH ENGINEER.

IT WAS STATED EARLIER, I THINK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BACKED THAT UP.

WHEN WE DO OUR STREETS OUT HERE. SO IF I HAVE EIGHT INCHES OF COMPACTED AB WITH FOUR INCHES OF ASPHALT, IF THAT'S MY STREET SECTION, 12IN TOTAL, MY SHOULDER WILL BE 12IN OF COMPACTED AB, AND I HAVE MY GEOTECH HAS SENT A LETTER THAT THEY HAVE SEALED THAT YOU'RE WELCOME TO HAVE A COPY, BUT THOSE FOUR FOOT SHOULDERS WILL TAKE THE EXACT SAME WEIGHT AS THE PAVED STREET.

SO? SO SOME FOLKS HAVE SAID THE STREET'S NOT SAFE.

SOME OF THE FOLKS HAVE SAID, YOU'RE SHRINKING IT BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING THIS PAVEMENT.

WE'RE NOT. WE STILL HAVE 32FT IN WIDTH, AND ALL 32FT WILL TAKE US 75,000 POUND FIRE TRUCK, DROPPED CONCRETE TRUCKS, TRUCKS, SEMIS, MOVING TRUCKS, ETC..

SO AS YOU CLEARLY STATED AND I APPRECIATE WE HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM.

THIS IS A SAFE, SAFE DEAL REGARDING THE WATER.

WE HAVE A HYDRANT METER DOWN ON YAMPA AND HOZONI.

THAT WAS THE ONLY METER CLOSE TO US THAT WE COULD PULL WATER FROM.

WE BURIED A LINE UP ONTO OUR PROJECT. WE HAVE A WATER TOWER.

OUR TRUCKS NEVER. OUR WATER TRUCKS NEVER LEAVE THE JOB SITE.

THEY DO NOT GO DOWN AND FILL FROM THAT HYDRANT.

THERE IS AN UNDERGROUND PIPE THAT RUNS UP THERE ABOUT 800FT TO A TOWER WE FILL AT THE TOWER ON SITE.

AS SOON AS THE CITY'S PROJECT IS FINISHED OUT AT THE INTERSECTION AND THEY TIE IN MY 12 INCH WATER LINE, I HAVE TWO HYDRANTS ON THE PIONEER PARKWAY EXTENSION.

WE WILL MOVE OUR TOWER TO PIONEER PARKWAY AND OUR TRUCKS WILL GO THERE.

WE'LL PULL THE LINE UP, PULL THE METER OFF OF THE HYDRANT.

WE HAVE NO REASON TO BE INTO THE HOGAN SUBDIVISION, SO I THINK THAT COVERS ALL THE THINGS I WANT.

I'LL ASK MY ENGINEER TO JUST STAND DOWN UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND NOT TAKE MORE TIME.

THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT. DENNIS DIONNE, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS DENNIS DIONNE.

I WAS ACTUALLY THE GUY WHO SET UP THAT PUBLIC MEETING.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CLEAR UP SOMETHING BECAUSE JEFF DAVIS HAD CALLED ME ON MONDAY AND ASKED ME IF I COULD CHECK WITH ALL OUR PEOPLE ON PEMBERTON AND SEE IF WE COULD GET A, YOU KNOW, AN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. AND I SAID I WOULD BUT HE SAYS, WELL, YOU REPRESENT BETWEEN 80 AND 100 PEOPLE AND HE THOUGHT YOU GUYS MIGHT THINK I REPRESENT THAT. AT THE LAST MEETING, I SAID, I SPOKE WITH BETWEEN 80 AND 100 PEOPLE ABOUT THIS,

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OKAY. THE PEOPLE AT PEMBERTON WHO I SPEAK FOR, I GO TO PERSONALLY AND ASK THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE I COME TO THE MEETING, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM WORK. SO I JUST WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR THAT I REPRESENT NOBODY EXCEPT FOR MYSELF.

WITH THAT BEING SAID I DID GO DOOR TO DOOR AND IT WAS LIKE A YESTERDAY WAS A 5 TO 12.

FIVE? YES, 12 NO AND THEN ONE OF THE FIVE ASKED ME TO SPEAK WITH JEFF ABOUT MAYBE HE COULD TABLE THIS AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK TO IT AND HE COULD TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT MAYBE THE TEN FEET OF HIS PROPERTY SO WE COULD WIDEN OUR ROAD, AND HE SAYS HE'S NOT GOING TO TABLE IT AND I UNDERSTAND TIME IS MONEY FOR HIM.

HE'S A DEVELOPER. AND THEN HE SAYS HE. WE'VE ALREADY HAD A PUBLIC MEETING, SO HE HAD NO INTEREST IN MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE AGAIN.

SO TWO OF THE YESES WENT TO NO. SO IT'S A 14.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE BOARD IS HEADS AT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TOTALLY AND JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE PERSON WHO'S COME AND TALKED WITH THE PUBLIC, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.

WE MOVED THERE BECAUSE IT'S RURAL. AND THIS IS KIND OF CHANGING THAT FOR US.

RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THE REAL COMPLAINT IS, I BELIEVE.

AND THEN YOU NOTICE PEOPLE FROM THE THIS COUNTY, THEY TALK LIKE THEY WORK FOR THE DEVELOPER AND IT'S A SHAME THAT THEY HAVEN'T ATTENDED ANY OF THESE MEETINGS LIKE MR. KUKNYO HAS. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAPPEN HERE IN THE FUTURE, IS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING YES TO THIS SHOULD HAVE TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S WE PAY TAXES, IT'S OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE. SO WE SHOULD BE PART OF IT.

AND I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND JUST FOR SOME CLARITY, MR. CHAIR THE TEN FEET HE'S TALKING ABOUT, THEY WANT TO WIDEN PEMBERTON AT ONE CERTAIN POINT, AND IT HAPPENS TO BE SPRINGFIELD PROPERTY AND I HEARD MR. DAVIS SAY THAT HE WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT AND HE WOULD DO IT.

SO KEEP THAT THERE. AS LONG AS I'M HERE, I'LL TESTIFY THAT I HEARD THAT WAS WAS GIVEN AS WELL AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT NOTHING THAT EXCUSE ME, I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYTHING THAT DOWN ABOUT JEFF.

JEFF HAS BEEN A STAND UP GUY. RIGHT. SO I'M NOT I'M MOSTLY IT'S TOWARDS THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, IT'S 75% OF THE BLAMES THERE. 25 IS ON HIM. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HIS PROJECT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND HE'S INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY, WHICH HE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HE WANTS.

THANK YOU. MR. PARKER, PLEASE COME FORWARD. DAVID.

OH, OKAY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT REGARDS TO THE NARROWING OF THE STREET.

WHY DID THE PEOPLE IN TODAY'S WORLD DEEM IT NECESSARY TO WIDEN IT FROM 24 TO 30? DOES THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE WISDOM OF MAYBE THE NARROW STREET COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO PEOPLE'S HEALTH THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY? CORRECT. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. BEST PRACTICES. SO IF YOU HAD A 30 FOOT WIDE STREET AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING ORCHESTRATED TODAY OR DEEMED NECESSARY TODAY, WHY ARE YOU CHANGING THAT? WASN'T THERE PAST PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS DEEMED MORE APPROPRIATE THAN A NARROW STREET? AND WHO'S TO BENEFIT BY A NARROW STREET IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THERE.

DO THEY BENEFIT BECAUSE IT'S A NARROW STREET, OR DOES THE DEVELOPER BENEFIT BECAUSE HE'S MAKING A LESS WIDE STREET SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PAVE AS MUCH. WHY NOT DO THE 30 FOOT WIDE STREET AND HAVE THOSE SIDE FOUR FEET ON EACH SIDE? WOULDN'T THAT BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE NEIGHBORS? AND IF YOU WERE GOING TO DONATE THE ROADS TO THE CITY AND THE OR THE COUNTY IN THE FUTURE, AND THE COUNTY SAYS, OH NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET OUR STANDARDS, WHICH ARE 30 FOOT.

THEY SAY, YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO WIDEN THE STREET FROM 24 TO 30FT, THEN WE'LL TAKE THEM OVER.

WELL, I THINK THE DEVELOPER SHOULD MAKE THEM 30FT TO BEGIN WITH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JACOBS. LARRY. WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY, VICE CHAIRMAN, COMPTON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YAVAPAI COUNTY STAFF.

I'VE WRITTEN THIS DOWN SO I CAN GET THROUGH IT RELATIVELY QUICK.

ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND IS MY POSITION HAS CHANGED SOMEWHAT.

I THANK MR. DAVIES FOR THE MEETING THIS WEEK.

IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MUCH BETTER IF IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO,

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BUT I'M STILL OPPOSED TO THE PAVEMENT WAIVER FOR AT LEAST FIVE REASONS, BUT WOULD BE OPEN TO DISCUSS THE WAIVER FOR THE ROAD WIDTH.

IF A TRANSFER OF LIABILITY WITH A HOME HARMLESS AGREEMENT FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY TO TRANSFER THE ROAD LIABILITY RISK TO SPRINGFIELD RANCH AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. THAT WOULD BE AT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

ENGINEER COULD ASSURE THAT BEST PRACTICE STANDARDS ARE STILL BEING MET AND GUARANTEED, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEVIATE FROM THAT BEST STANDARDS PROCEEDINGS. BUT I'M VERY PROACTIVE IN THE WAY I DO THINGS, AND I TRY TO ANTICIPATE ALL THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS, TO EVALUATE RISKS, TO DETERMINE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR PROBLEM RESOLUTION.

MY FIRST POSITION AND I'VE TALKED TO BOTH THE FIRE MARSHAL AND DARRYL TIRPAK, AND I'VE ALSO TALKED TO THE PRESCOTT FIRE MARSHAL, ANTHONY VALDEZ, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT, AND THEY'LL BOTH BE RESPONDING IN THESE PARTICULAR SITUATIONS.

AND THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, LIKE I'VE INDICATED IN DE 103.1 ACCESS ROAD, DOES REQUIRE THE HYDRANT TO BE 26FT.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A LOOPHOLE IN THAT, AND IT DOES ALLOW AS LONG AS THE 20FT PRIOR TO THE HYDRANT AND 20FT AFTER THE HYDROGEN IS 26FT.

THEY ALLOW THAT WHICH YOU CAN THEN REDUCE THE ROAD DOWN TO 24FT.

HOWEVER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS ALONG WITH THAT, THERE'S ANOTHER CODE UNDER 103.6 THAT REQUIRES, SINCE YOU'VE REDUCED IT DOWN FROM 26FT, THAT BOTH SIDES OF THAT ROAD NOW BECOME A FIRE LANE.

IN OTHER WORDS, NO ONE CAN BE PARKING ON THAT ROAD, AND IT REQUIRES THAT SIGNAGE BE PUT UP.

THAT'S 12IN BY 16IN THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD ARE NOW A FIRE LANE.

NO ONE CAN PARK ON THE ROAD, WHICH WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION TIME, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE LIVING THERE AND THEY HAVE TO GET PAST AND THERE CAN'T BE ANYONE PARKING ON THAT ROAD.

POSITION THREE IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO PROVISION TO ENFORCE FIRE LANE VIOLATIONS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

I DID SOME EXTENSIVE STUDYING ON THIS, AND THERE IS NO FIRE LANE ORDINANCE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND NORMALLY OUR YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, SINCE THEY WORK IN A RURAL SETTING, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND GIVE PARKING TICKETS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE PARKING TICKETS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE AND THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PROVISION TO DO THAT.

THEY DO HAVE ATCS, WHICH IS THE ARIZONA TRAFFIC TICKET COMPLAINT FORM, WHICH THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO ONE CODE UNDER 2873, BUT THERE'S NO FIRE LANE VIOLATION ON THAT. SO THIS WOULD REQUIRE THAT YOU AS A BOARD, CREATE A FIRE LANE CODE AND WORK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT POSITION FOR IS.

WITH THE RECENT FIRES IN CALIFORNIA, I THINK WE'RE ALL CONCERNED.

I'VE LIVED AT HOHOKAM NOW FOR ALMOST 14 YEARS, AND I WAS HERE DURING THE DOSI FIRE, AND IT'S ONLY AN ACT OF GOD THAT CHANGED THE WIND, BECAUSE I WAS PLANNING ON STAYING AND FIGHTING IT TO TRY TO MAINTAIN MY HOME.

SO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ACCESS AND I THINK WHAT MR. JEFF DAVIS IS DOING THERE WITH FIRE HYDRANTS AND THOSE ROADS THAT WILL GO TO THE WEST SIDE, THAT WILL BORDER UP AGAINST THE FOREST LAND THAT HAS A LOT OF FUEL.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, THE WILDLIFE, THE WILDLAND AREA OVER THERE AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN, WHICH ALSO HAS A POTENTIAL FIRE BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM ALREADY HAVE BURNED, POSITION FIVE IS A POSITION THAT I WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME ON THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

THE CURRENT YAVAPAI COUNTY ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS IN SECTION THREE REQUIRES THAT REQUIRES THAT LOCAL STREETS BE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS 30 FOOT STANDARD BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THIS, IT'S 28FT OF PAVEMENT AND THAT'S IN SECTION 3.2, TABLE ONE. MAYBE MR. JOE COULD SPEAK ON THAT ISSUE AND SECTION 1.4 DOES ALLOW DEVIATIONS FROM APPROVED PLANS AFTER PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, WHEN THESE PLANS ARE PUT TOGETHER IN, THESE STANDARDS ARE PUT TOGETHER, THEY'RE BASED ON BEST PRACTICES.

AND WHENEVER YOU DEVIATE FROM THE BEST PRACTICE, THAT CAUSES SOME POTENTIAL RISKS TO COME INTO PLAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ASKING IS MR. JEFF DAVIS HAS ALREADY CLEARLY INDICATED THAT HE HAS 60 PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNING OFF ON THIS AND WILLING TO COME FORWARD AND DO THIS.

WELL, IF THAT BE THE CASE, ARE THESE SAME 60 PEOPLE WILLING TO COME FORWARD AND SIGN TO TRANSFER THAT RISK IN THE FORM OF A WAIVER OF LIABILITY AND OR A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND EVERYONE ELSE.

IF WE DEVIATE TO THE STANDARD THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR THIS.

I HAVE DONE THIS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS I'VE WORKED WITH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.

YES, SIR. YEAH, WE CAN CLOSE IT UP. YOU'RE OKAY? I'M RIGHT AT THE END NOW, BUT MY POSITION IS TO DO A RELEASE OF LIABILITY, A WAIVER OF LIABILITY,

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SOMEONE IS GOING TO RUN OFF THE ROAD, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.

AND THAT'S MY CONCERN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. CHERRY. DAN KIM. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DAN CHERRY.

I LIVE AT 2219 WEST TONTO RIDGE ROAD. I'M WITHIN THE 1000 FOOT KIND OF BUFFER ZONE AROUND THIS SUBDIVISION.

WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF ALL THESE HEARINGS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE COUNTY DOES A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.

I WANTED TO COME UP AND I ACTUALLY DIDN'T PLAN ON SPEAKING.

BUT SUPERVISOR, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR DIVING SO DEEPLY INTO THIS.

I THINK YOU NAILED IT PERFECTLY WITH YOUR STATEMENTS, AND YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT AS FAR AS THIS DECISION AND AND THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR HERE TODAY. I'VE LIVED IN HO KAY GAN PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE LIFE, SINCE THE EARLY 70S.

MY FAMILY STILL OWNS PROPERTY THERE AND WE KNEW THE SPRINGFIELD SUBDIVISION WOULD BE DEVELOPED EVENTUALLY.

I KNEW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE EFFECTS.

WE ARE DOING SO. THE CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC AND NOISE IS A BIT OF A CUMBERSOME THING, BUT THAT'S THE PRICE OF DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU HAVE POINTED OUT. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND I FULLY SUPPORT YOU GUYS MOVING THIS FORWARD.

AT THIS POINT, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH YOUR STATEMENTS THAT YOU'VE MADE HERE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KOPP. JOHN KOPP.

YEAH. YEAH, I'M JOHN KOPP. I LIVE IN LAKE HAVASU CITY. MY WIFE AND ME WERE UP HERE LOOKING WHAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, COULD WE LIVE UP HERE? AND WE SAW SPRINGFIELD AND WE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

WHAT A DEVELOPMENT. IT'S SO NATURAL. THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THIS ROAD DECISION.

IT'S REALLY KEEPING THE LAND. NATURAL WATER IS GOING TO RUN OFF THE BLACKTOP.

WHY HAVE IT BE SIX FEET WIDER? I MEAN, IT JUST KEEPS THE GROUND DRY.

WHY NOT LET IT GO INTO THE AB? HE'S STILL PREPARING THE GROUND.

IT'S NOT COST THEM LESS TO DO THIS. HE'S STILL SPENDING A FORTUNE FOR HIS ROAD.

BUT 95% COMPACTION. OKAY, SO THE WATER IS GOING.

I GOT 5% I CAN SOAK IN, YOU KNOW, THAT 5% WHERE HE PUT THE AB AND THAT JUST HELPS PERK THE GROUND, YOU KNOW, FOR WATER. AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I DON'T SEE WHAT THIS IS HURTING. HE'S STILL GOT A ROAD THAT'S WIDE.

WHAT MATERIAL IS ON IT IS THE DIFFERENCE. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW.

AND MY WIFE AND MYSELF, OUR DOGS. WE'RE GOING TO WALK, YOU KNOW.

WE'RE GOING TO WALK ON AB. THAT'S FINE. YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY IT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I'M GOING TO HAVE FIRE SPRINKLERS IN MY HOUSE, TOO.

MR. ZWICK, JACOB ZWICK. YEAH. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN GREGORY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU. CHRIS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BACKGROUND WORK THAT YOU DID, THE LEGWORK THAT YOU DID THERE.

I'M A LOT OWNER, A LOT 55 IN SPRINGFIELD, MY WIFE AND I, AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS CHANGE, THE THING THAT WE LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT YOU HAVE AN INCREASED WALKING PATH FROM 1FT TO 3FT.

THAT'S A BIG CHANGE. THAT'S A NICE THING TO HAVE. IT MAKES IT A NICER COMMUNITY AND SO I LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S MY PERSONAL VIEW. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE APPROVALS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CAFMA HAS WEIGHED IN ON IT FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.

THEY'RE GOOD WITH THE ROAD WIDTH AS IT IS. PUBLIC WORKS HAS GIVEN THEIR THUMBS UP ON IT AND ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 60 OF US, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE SAYING, YEAH, THIS IS A GOOD THING.

SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO GO FORWARD WITH IT. AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOUG. HOWARD, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. VERY IMPRESSIVE JOB WITH THE YOUR PRESENTATION ON WHAT THIS ROAD WAIVER IS ALL ABOUT.

I'VE BEEN IN PRESCOTT FOR 28 YEARS. I'M PRETTY VESTED.

I'VE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER. I'VE BEEN A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. I BUILT MY OWN HOUSE BY HAND 28 YEARS AGO.

I'M STILL IN IT. NONE OF THAT REALLY MATTERS.

EXCEPT THAT I'M CURRENTLY A PROPERTY OWNER IN SPRINGFIELD.

I'VE FULLY LOOKED AT THE ROAD WAIVER SITUATION.

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THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE STEPPING UP HERE AND TALKING, INCLUDING AT THE LAST MEETING, THAT I WONDERED WHAT THEIR MOTIVATION IS.

I UNDERSTAND THEY LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. NOBODY LIKES TO SEE CONSTRUCTION.

NOBODY LIKES TO HEAR THE NOISE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET THAT DONE AND FINISH WITH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THEN LET'S ALLOW THE SUPERVISORS TO DO THEIR JOB.

APPROVE THIS, AND LET'S MOVE ON. SO I WOULD ASK ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S GOING TO GET UP HERE AND SPEAK.

IF YOU ARE NOT MOTIVATED BECAUSE YOU'RE A PROPERTY OWNER UP THERE, THAT YOU STEP ASIDE AND LET THE PEOPLE TALK, WHO ARE WE'RE THE ONES THAT MATTER. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THOMAS KECK. HELLO, CHAIRMAN.

BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS TOM KECK. I'M AN ATTORNEY HERE IN PRESCOTT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE FROM HO KAY GAN. WHEN I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL HERE, I DROVE A TRUCK AND DELIVERED SOME OF THE FIRST TRUSSES AND LUMBER TO HOGAN AND THE STREETS ARE NARROWER. THE STREETS ARE NARROWER NORTH OF THERE.

BUT I REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT LARRY JACOBS WAS SAYING.

HE TALKS ABOUT RISK AND SOME KIND OF HOLD HARMLESS.

WELL, THESE ARE GOING TO BE PRIVATE ROADS BUILT BY A PRIVATE DEVELOPER ON PRIVATE LAND OWNED BY HOA.

THE COUNTY IS NOT LIABLE FOR THIS PROPERTY. IT'S NOT LIABLE FOR THESE ROADS.

THERE DOES NOT NEED TO BE SOME KIND OF A RISK ASSESSMENT.

THE HOA WILL, OF COURSE, HAVE SUBSTANTIAL INSURANCE.

IT WILL HAVE LIABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE ROADS.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. SO I MEAN, THIS WHOLE RISK ASSESSMENT THING IS IT'S JUST A RED HERRING.

IT DOESN'T BELONG HERE. IT'S JUST ANOTHER REASON WHY A NEIGHBOR DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME. THERE'S BEEN DEVELOPMENT ALL OVER AND SOMETIMES I WISH I COULD GO BACK, BUT THERE'S NO TURNING BACK. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FIRE CODE.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AND I'VE READ THE FIRE CODE. YOU KNOW, THE FIRE CODE.

INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE IN 2018 IS WHAT THE COUNTY HAS.

THERE'S NEW ONES ADOPTED. THEY STILL SAY THE SAME THING.

THAT'S 20 FOOT MINIMUM. THAT'S WHY THEY REQUIRE AT LEAST 26.

IF YOU HAVE A 20 FOOT, YOU FOOT, YOU GOT TO HAVE 26 BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PULL UP YOUR FIRE TRUCK AND HAVE SOME ROOM.

SO IF YOU HAVE 24, YOU ONLY NEED ANOTHER FOOT.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT MINIMUM 20 FOOT ROADS. WE GOT 24.

THAT'S 12 FOOT. 12FT BOTH WAYS. YOU HAVE A SHOULDER YOU CAN DRIVE ON, BUT THE FIRE TRUCKS HAVE THAT EXTRA FOOT.

SO THAT THE PERSONNEL CAN GET OUT AND WORK AROUND THE FIRE TRUCK NEXT TO THE FIRE HYDRANTS.

THAT'S ALL THAT FOOT IS FOR. HIS NEXT POINT WAS AGAIN FIRE LANES.

I DRAFTED THE DECLARATION AND THE AMENDED DECLARATION.

THERE IS NO PARKING ON THESE ROADS. EVERY HOMEOWNER IS REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR OWN PARKING ON SITE.

THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE GARAGES. THE ONLY PARKING IS DURING CONSTRUCTION AND FOR EMERGENCIES.

THAT'S ALL THERE IS. SO BY DEFINITION, IT'S ALREADY A FIRE IT ALWAYS WILL BE AND I THINK THE LAST ONE TALKED ABOUT DEVIATIONS. WELL, THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING WAIVERS IN THE CODE WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED WAS TO ALLOW REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS AND IF WE WENT BACK TO THE LAST HEARING, WE HEARD PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TALK ABOUT WHY THEY LIKE WIDER ROADS BECAUSE THEY CRUMBLE AT THE EDGES AND IT'S FOR MAINTENANCE.

WELL, THESE ARE NEW ROADS, MAG STANDARDS. THEY'RE FIVE SIX INCHES ASPHALT AND FIVE SIX INCHES OF AB ON TOP OF FIVE SIX INCHES OF AB.

THESE ARE NOT THE SAME KIND OF ROADS AND THE COUNTY IS NOT MAINTAINING THEM.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. I JUST THINK THE LEGAL ISSUES ARE KIND OF RED HERRINGS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE DECLARATION, IF YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN PLACE FOR THIS SUBDIVISION, IT REALLY SHOULD BE ALL SYSTEMS GO. THE PEOPLE AFFECTED ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE A CHANGE AND I THANK YOU.

SORRY I WENT OVER. RYAN AND I APOLOGIZE. I CAN'T READ YOUR LAST NAME, BUT IT STARTS WITH AN R, OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S MY NAME IS RYAN ROUNDY.

ROUNDY. SORRY FOR MY CHICKEN SCRATCH THERE. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.

CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS. I OWN PROPERTY AT SPRINGFIELD.

AND WHERE I'M AT CURRENTLY, WE LIVE IN IN THE COUNTY.

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AND MY FAMILY AND I, WE LIKE TO GO ON WALKS, AND THERE IS NO WALKWAY.

KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS LIKE.

THERE'S NO WALKWAY OUT THERE. SO WE WALK ON THE ROADS.

WHILE MANY PEOPLE DON'T FOLLOW SPEED LIMIT SIGNS OR EVEN SLOW DOWN WHEN PEDESTRIANS ARE OUT THERE.

SO I THINK HAVING A DESIGNATED AREA FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ON IS GOING TO KEEP THEM SAFER.

IF YOU'RE DRIVING AND YOU GO IN THE AB, NO ONE WANTS TO DRIVE ON THE AB, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE APT TO STAY ON THE ROAD.

SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS.

GIVE THEM A SPOT TO WALK INSTEAD OF WALKING ON THE ROAD.

SO I AM DEFINITELY FOR THE APPROVAL OF MAKING THE ROAD 24FT.

AND I'M ALSO LIVING THERE, SO I WILL MY FAMILY AND I WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A POSITIVE EFFECT.

SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME SPEAK, AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS LOOKING INTO THIS.

THANK YOU. JEFF HOLCOMB. GOOD MORNING BOARD.

MY NAME IS JEFF HOLCOMB. MY WIFE AND I, CHERRY OWN TWO PROPERTIES IN SPRINGFIELD.

AND JEFF DAVIS HAS BUILT SOME PHENOMENAL FACILITIES.

IF YOU LOOK AT AMERICAN RANCH OUT IN WILLIAMSON VALLEY, IT LOOKS NATURAL.

IT LOOKS AMAZING. AND WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO LOOK NATURAL ON THAT HILL.

HE'S GOT CERTAIN SETBACKS, WHICH IS GREAT. ROOF DESIGNS, ROOF HEIGHTS.

AND TO ME, WHAT I'VE SEEN, HE'S BUILT. HE DOES A QUALITY JOB AND VERY TASTEFUL.

I THINK THE FOUR FOOT WALKWAY IS, LIKE EVERYBODY SAID, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A WALKWAY.

IF YOU WANT TO WALK YOUR DOG, YOU WANT TO GO FOR A WALK.

WE ALL NEED TO WALK NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING OLDER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US. SO I AM TOTALLY FAVOR FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT, THIS CHANGE.

AND AGAIN YOU KNOW, JEFF HAS DONE A STAND UP JOB ON WHAT HE BUILDS AND HOW HE'S DEVELOPED THIS PROPERTY.

HE'S GOING TO DEVELOP IT AND MAKE IT LOOK NATURAL AS IT CAN BE ON THE HILLSIDE.

SO YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE DOWN BELOW MAY NOT APPROVE IT OR LIKE IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T STOP GROWTH OF PRESCOTT. IT'S GROWING. AND I'VE BEEN HERE AND SEEN IT GROW SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND SO YOU CAN'T STOP IT.

SO WE HAVE TO GO WITH IT AND TRY TO DO THE BEST, YOU KNOW THAT HE CAN TO MAKE IT LOOK AS NATURAL AS HE CAN AND I THINK INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT AN EXTRA WIDE ASPHALT ROAD AND OR A CEMENT SIDEWALK, THE NATURAL WALKWAY WOULD LOOK MUCH NICER AS WELL TO THE HILLSIDE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MARY KELLY. HELLO.

HELLO, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME. I LIVE OUT IN CANYON RANCH, AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2018.

MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, AND JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PRESCOTT COMMUNITY AND FELL IN LOVE WITH WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD AND EVERYTHING ALONG IT. BUT WE DECIDED WE WANT TO STAY HERE AND AGE IN PLACE AND WE BEGAN TO TALK BACK THEN THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT? AT SOME POINT WE MAY WANT TO MOVE CLOSER TO TOWN.

WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF THERE WERE DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE COULD MAYBE BUILD OUR OWN HOME? HE WAS A MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER AT BERKELEY LABS, SO HE'S ALL ABOUT DESIGN.

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO THAT IN OUR FUTURE YEARS? SO IN 2018, WE HAPPENED TO BE READING THE COURIER AND SAW AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE 700 ACRE PARCEL THAT WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, AND JEFF WAS MAKING A PRESENTATION. SO I SENT A NOTE TO MY LOCAL REALTOR HERE TO SAY, HEY, KEEP AN EYE ON THIS BECAUSE YOU SOLD US OUR HOUSE FOUR YEARS AGO AND WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE YET, BUT EVENTUALLY WE WILL WANT TO MOVE AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

SO TIME WENT ON. WE GOT OUR NAMES ON A FRIENDS AND FAMILY LIST, AND IN 2021, JEFF GAVE ME A CALL AND SAID, HEY, I'VE COME TO YOUR NAME ON THE LIST AND IT'S TIME TO ASK YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A RIDE OUT AND ACTUALLY SEE WHAT YOU EXPRESSED INTEREST IN AND BY THEN, SADLY, MY HUSBAND HAD PASSED FROM A GLIOBLASTOMA BRAIN TUMOR AND I WAS ON MY OWN MAKING THAT DECISION.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WAS STILL THE RIGHT DECISION.

I STILL WANT TO BE CLOSE TO TOWN EVENTUALLY. I STILL WANT TO BUILD KIND OF MY DREAM HOME.

I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN REAL ESTATE, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY KIND OF DESIRE TO BUILD MY OWN HOME.

I HAVE FELT THAT WORKING WITH THIS DEVELOPER AND THE TEAM THEY'VE WORKED WITH INTEGRITY OVER THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM.

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WE ARE BUILDING OUR OWN COMMUNITY AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO KIND OF ALIGNING WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE OPPOSED TO SOME ASPECTS.

WE WILL BE A GREAT NEW COMMUNITY FOR PRESCOTT, AND WE HOPE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE VALUES THAT WE ALL SHARE.

SO I JUST, I'M IN TOTAL FAVOR. I'M ONE OF THE 60, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ONCE AGAIN, I CAN'T READ THE LAST NAME, BUT I'LL TRY SCOTT [INAUDIBLE].

NOPE. VALERIE STRINGER. GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU.

I'M VALERIE STRINGER. THANK YOU, CHRIS, VERY MUCH.

SUPERVISOR O'CONNELL, I REPRESENT IRENE SPRINGFIELD, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HISTORY REAL QUICK.

SHE IS FIFTH GENERATION IN PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.

SHE WENT TO SCHOOL HERE. SHE GRADUATED FROM PRESCOTT HIGH.

WE GRADUATED TOGETHER IN 1972. YES. I'M 70 YEARS OLD.

WE WENT ALL THROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOGETHER. I'VE KNOWN HER SINCE I WAS SIX.

WONDERFUL. HARD DRIVEN LADY. SHE WAS A TEACHER AT PRESCOTT HIGH SCHOOL FOR 30 YEARS.

SHE ALSO TAUGHT AT EMBRY-RIDDLE AND YAVAPAI COLLEGE, SO SHE HAS DEFINITELY PAID HER DUES TO THIS COMMUNITY.

SHE IS A REMARKABLE WOMAN AND I LOVE HER LIKE A SISTER.

THIS WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER TO SELL. YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT 1200 ACRES.

HER PARENTS ARE BOTH GONE. SHE'S NOT IN THE BEST OF HEALTH.

AND SHE SAID, VAL, I NEED HELP. WE REPRESENT ME, AND SHE'S A VERY INDEPENDENT WOMAN, HAS A LOT OF HEALTH ISSUES.

ALWAYS HAS AND WHEN SHE CONTACTED ME IN 04'. I ASKED HER.

I SAID, WHY ME? SHE SAID, BECAUSE YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE. THAT WAS NICE TO ME WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.

SO I'M SO GLAD YOU GOT TO MEET HER. SHE'S AN AMAZING LADY AND SO WHEN I CONTACTED JEFF.

I SAID, JEFF, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. SHE NEEDS TO SELL HER PROPERTY.

SHE'S TIRED OF PEOPLE HUNTING ON HER LAND, CUTTING HER FENCES.

THEY'RE HUNTING, TRESPASSING, HIKING ALL THROUGH HER LAND.

SHE'S ONE WOMAN TRYING TO CARRY OFF 1200 ACRES.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. SHE'S NOT A CATTLE BARONESS.

SHE HAS VERY LITTLE CATTLE AND SO THIS WAS THE RESULT OF HER HAVING TO DEVELOP A STRING FILLED RANCH.

SHE STILL HAS 500 ACRES. YES. WE DID APPROACH THE CITY COUNCIL AT ONE TIME.

THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN INCORPORATING IT TO THE CITY AND THAT'S MUCH TO HER, THEIR SHAME, BECAUSE AT ONE POINT SHE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT DONATING SOME LAND.

SHE IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT ANYMORE. SO I COME TO YOU ON BEHALF OF HER.

SHE TALKED TO JEFF AND JEFF AND HER AND I HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS AND SHE SAID, I DON'T WANT A FREEWAY NEXT TO ME.

I DON'T WANT THOSE GIANT ROADS. I DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE WILLIAMSON VALLEY. I DON'T WANT GIANT STREETS RUNNING THROUGH THAT.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT, AND I WANT SMALL. I WANT LARGER ACREAGES BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE NO OFFENSE, LIKE OKAY, GONE OR ANYTHING ELSE, SHE SAID. I DON'T WANT IT CHOPPED UP BECAUSE THIS IS MY LAND.

MY DAD, MY GRANDMOTHER, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WORKED THIS LAND.

SO YES, SHE IT WAS UP TO HER. SHE WOULDN'T HAVE SHE COULDN'T SELL IT.

BUT SHE NEEDS TO. SO I ASK YOU ON HER BEHALF TO GIVE JEFF DAVIS THAT RIGHT AWAY OF WHAT HE WANTS AND THE REVISION TO THAT, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT SHE WANTS TOO.

AND I JUST ASK YOU ON BEHALF OF HER TO CONSIDER THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IRENE, PLEASE CONTACT ME. I'M VALERIE STRINGER. I SOLD REAL ESTATE IN THIS CITY FOR 26 YEARS.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. I'M THIRD GENERATION, MY CHILDREN ARE BORN AND RAISED HERE AND MY GRANDCHILDREN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER GREEN SHEETS? NOPE. NO FURTHER GREEN SHEETS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A OH ACTUALLY WE GOT A FIRST AND SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

I'LL CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL BE BACK IN TEN MINUTES.

OK, COUNTY MANAGER, PURSUANT TO AHS 431 K, THE COUNTY MANAGER MAY PRESENT BRIEF SUMMARIES OF CURRENT EVENTS,

[ 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.]

MALLORY THOMPSON, OUR COUNTY MANAGER. GOOD MORNING.

THAT'S LOUD. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MAURY THOMPSON, COUNTY MANAGER. THREE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THIS MORNING.

FIRST, NOTICE THAT THE YAVAPAI COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT HAS BEEN AWARDED CYBER SECURITY FUNDS.

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VERY PLEASED TO NOTE THAT WE ARE ONE OF TEN LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES AWARDED FUNDS FOR THIS PILOT.

THESE FUNDS WILL PROVIDE FOR FIREWALL FEATURES, INCLUDING ADVANCED THREAT PROTECTION AND MALWARE PROTECTION.

THIS WILL LAST FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, SO KUDOS TO OUR LIBRARY DISTRICT.

NEXT, I'M VERY PLEASED TO SHARE THIS NEWS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

BUT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED A BOND RATING UPGRADE BY FITCH FROM AA TO AA PLUS.

SO VERY PLEASED AND THAT IS. YES. YAY! YAY FOR THAT AND THANKS TO THE BOARD AND PREVIOUS BOARDS AND PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT.

AND THE VICE CHAIR, OF COURSE. YES. AS WE NOTED, GREAT WORK BY A NEW BOARD HERE SO QUICKLY.

BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THIS IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE COUNTY.

SO THANKS TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROVIDING GREAT SUPPORT TO US TO ENABLE US TO GET THIS RECOGNITION AND THIS WILL HAVE POSITIVE BENEFIT FOR US, OF COURSE, GOING FORWARD AND FINALLY, I WANT TO NOTIFY THE BOARD THAT EARLIER THIS MORNING, I DID RECEIVE A NOTICE OF FORMAL RESIGNATION FROM CURRENT CHAIRMAN JAMES GREGORY AS DISTRICT TWO SUPERVISOR.

NOTIFYING US THAT HIS LAST DAY WILL BE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025.

AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE DATE OF OUR NEXT MEETING.

SO I ASSUME MORE SPECIFICALLY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT MEETING.

THE CHAIRMAN'S RESIGNATION WILL BE EFFECTIVE.

YOU MAY ALSO KNOW THAT PER STATE STATUTE, VERY UNIQUE IN THE CASE OF THE CHAIRMAN, THAT NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO GO TO THE COUNTY RECORDER.

SO THE CHAIRMAN HAD ADDRESSED THE LETTER TO MYSELF AND THE COUNTY RECORDER.

THIS MORNING I TOOK AN ORIGINAL OF THAT TO THE COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE.

SHE WAS NOT IN AT THE TIME. I DELIVERED THAT TO THE DEPUTY AND ENSURED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS PROVIDING TO HER AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THAT INTO THE HANDS OF THE RECORDER. SO THAT HAS BEEN DONE PER STATE STATUTE.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO CALL 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.]

PURSUANT TO ARS 38 431.01 H. BOARD MEMBERS SHALL NOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ANY ACTION ON MATTERS RAISED DURING THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

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

VICE CHAIR IS THERE ANY GREEN SHEETS? TWO GREEN SHEETS.

LAURA CHAN. YOU CAN SWITCH.

JUST STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS KING CHAN. I'M AN UNINCORPORATED YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. I JUST WANT TO GO OVER A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN TO ME.

WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS MORNING. THE HEALTH BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREET WIDTHS.

AND I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE HAVING SPENT 35 YEARS IN THE FIRE SERVICE, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING APPARATUS THROUGH. BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT STREET WIDTHS.

WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS ONE THING THAT'S COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR YOU ALL FOR A LONG TIME IS THE SOLAR ORDINANCE AND THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE.

JANUARY 17TH IN CALIFORNIA WITH THE MOSS LANDING FIRE.

THE MOSS LANDING FIRE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES, IF NOT THE WORLD. THEY EVACUATED OVER 8000 ACRES, WHICH IS ABOUT 12MI².

IT AFFECTED ABOUT 1500 RESIDENTS. NOW, THIS IS WHAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THE MOSS LANDING FIRE IS WE STARTED FINALLY GETTING DATA.

YOU GUYS HAVE ALL HEARD GUYS AND GALS HAVE ALL HEARD HOW THERE'S NO DATA, THERE'S NO NEGATIVE EFFECTS TO THESE FIRES.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME REPORTS NOW. WE ACTUALLY HAD RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES 25 MILES AWAY.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A STUDY THAT WAS DONE THAT FOUND HEAVY METALS IN SOIL AND WATER TWO WEEKS AFTER THE INCIDENT.

WAIT A MINUTE. I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO NEGATIVE EFFECTS TO BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FIRES.

THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON JANUARY 28TH PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM AGAINST ANY BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR 45 DAYS TO BE EXTENDED UP TO A YEAR AFTER THAT.

WELL, WHY AM I SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS? I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTRODUCING THIS INTO YAVAPAI COUNTY.

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BEAUTIFUL GRASSLANDS. THE CLOSEST HYDRANT TO SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS IS GOING TO PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT FOUR MILES.

THERE. YOU TALKED ABOUT EGRESS EARLIER. THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OF EGRESS FOR A LOT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES.

WELL, THOSE FIRES WOULD THEN AFFECT MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES AND SO W HY IS IT A BIG DEAL TO LOOK AT WATER? OKAY. THE ONE OF THE WAYS WE CONTROL BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS IS WE APPLY WATER TO THE VAULTS.

THE FIRE CHIEF CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IF YOU REALLY WANT THEM TO, BUT WE APPLY WATER TO THE VAULTS TO KEEP THE SURROUNDING VAULTS FROM REACHING THERMAL RUNAWAY. A MASTER STREAM TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 568 TO 840 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

THAT'S ONE MASTER STREAM. IN ORDER TO KEEP THESE VAULTS COOL, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE USING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 3 TO 4 AT A MINIMUM, AND MULTIPLE HAND LINES. WE'VE GOTTEN NOTHING OUT THERE THAT CAN SUPPLY 2 TO 3000 GALLONS.

AND THAT'S AGAIN, CONSERVATIVELY AT 462 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

WE'VE GOT NOTHING OUT THERE THAT'S GOING TO SUPPLY THAT. THERE ARE NO WATER TENDERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND WE SURE AS HECK ARE NOT GOING TO BE DROPPING HOSE LINES FOR THOUSANDS, FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES OR TONS OF MILES.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER A MORATORIUM ON BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LAURA. OKAY.

I ALWAYS GET REALLY NERVOUS. OH, CAN YOU RESET THE TIMER, PLEASE? [INAUDIBLE]. HELLO. MY NAME IS LAURA CHAN. I LIVE IN UNINCORPORATED YAVAPAI COUNTY.

CHAIRMAN GREGORY FOR THE LAST TIME. VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.

SUPERVISOR, I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER ON, AND YOU MADE A QUOTE THAT SOMETIMES WE REALLY HAVE TO SEARCH OUT WHAT THE TRUTH IS AND I THINK THE SOLAR ISSUE HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE CHALLENGE IS RELATED TO BORDERS BETWEEN TOWNS AND THE COUNTY.

BUT WE HAVE A SERIOUS ISSUE GOING ON THE BORDER OF YAVAPAI COUNTY AND CHINO VALLEY, AND THERE HAS BEEN A COMPLETE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. THEY HAVE REPEATEDLY STATED NO PROJECTS, NO PROPOSALS, BUT THEY HAVE ADDED WORDS APPLICATIONS APPLIED FOR THROUGH A OPEN RECORDS REQUEST. WE HAVE LEARNED OF PROPOSALS, INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN OF CHINO VALLEY, 2020, 2022. THOSE ARE JUST TWO P AND Z.

THEY APPROVED SENDING AN ORDINANCE TO THE TOWN COUNCIL.

DURING THE DISCUSSION, THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT INCREASING THE LENGTH BETWEEN THE SETBACKS TO ONE MILE.

WHEN THEY LEARNED IT WOULD EXCLUDE ONE OF THE PROPOSALS, THEY WENT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE.

I THOUGHT THERE WERE NO APPLICATIONS OR PROPOSALS.

SO THIS ORDINANCE HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY THE SOLAR INDUSTRY.

THE SOLAR COMPANIES INPUT TWO OF THE THREE SOLAR COMPANIES ACTUALLY PRESENTED AT THEIR COMMITTEE.

PUBLIC WAS NOT ALLOWED. THEY WERE THERE TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY SHARED. THEY EVEN GOT DINNER. SO I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHINO VALLEY, BUT THIS BORDERS ON OUR COMMUNITY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.

ME. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? THE BIAS OF THIS ORDINANCE IS PUTTING THE RESIDENTS AT RISK.

WE PAY TAXES TO CHINO VALLEY. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? SUPERVISOR COOK, THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT BUSSES.

WE ALL LIVE IN THE SAME COMMUNITY. WHAT IS YOUR STANCE ON THIS AND WHAT WILL YOU DO? CAN YOU DO TO STOP THE SOLAR INDUSTRY BIAS AND BEST AND UTILITY SCALE SOLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY? MR. CHAIR, I'VE BEEN ADDRESSED BY NAME. WE DON'T USUALLY COMMENT ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER AT A LATER DATE, BUT WE USUALLY DON'T RESPOND TO QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT THEY CAN. YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THEM AFTER THE MEETING AND OKAY.

OKAY WITH THAT. ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT? GREEN SHEETS.

[INAUDIBLE] OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[ EXECUTIVE SESSION]

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SECOND OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND. CLERK OF THE BOARD.

CAN YOU CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.

. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE CLAIM BY ALEXANDER CAVENDISH IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,024.88,

[ EXECUTIVE SESSION FOLLOW-UP ACTION]

MOTION IS DENIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. THANK YOU.

WITH THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MOVE TO ADJOURN.

OKAY. I'LL SECOND. ROLL CALL VOTE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.