[ 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. 3, 13, AND 14.]

SO I DO HAVE A NOTE HERE ON SOME ITEMS BEING PULLED.

BUT I AM GOING TO GO AND REACH OUT TO ANY SUPERVISORS IN REGARDS, I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THIS NOTE BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THIS HAS CHANGED UP.

SO SUPERVISOR KUKNYO WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL? 3 AND 13 OKAY, 3 AND 13. SUPERVISOR CHECK I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 14, 14.

AND VICE CHAIR, NOTHING. OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. I MAKE A MOVE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS NOT PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECONDED. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION, AND I HAVE A SECOND.

CLERK OF THE BOARD CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. CONSENT ITEMS 1 THROUGH 29 HAVE BEEN APPROVED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 3, 13 AND 14.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[3. Board of Supervisors - Approve 2025 updates to the Yavapai County Workforce Development Board (YCWDB) Policy Manual.]

NUMBER 3 I BELIEVE SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. SURE. AND THIS IS REALLY MORE FOR COMMENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE YAVAPAI COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND I WENT TO THEIR LAST MEETING, AND WE HAVE A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE AROUND THAT TABLE.

AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS STUFF.

AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT THIS BOARD IS REALLY DOING WELL IS WE'RE NOT REACTING TO TO ISSUES.

WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUT IN FRONT AND PLAN FOR THINGS TO COME.

AND THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS ARE DOING. IT'S TO HELP PEOPLE WHEN JOBS CHANGE, MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT COMES THROUGH, THERE'S A HUGE REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE, AND I JUST AM THANKFUL WE'RE OUT IN FRONT OF IT BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING IT HAPPEN NOW WHEN WE'RE IN THE GROCERY STORE NOW WE HAVE SELF CHECKOUT THAT'S JUST FLOODED. AND YOU HAVE ONE REGISTER OPEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT LADY USED TO DO THAT FOR 30 YEARS AND SHE'D RETIRE FROM DOING THAT.

AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEVER SAW COMING DOWN IN BROOKS COMPTON'S NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE BAGDAD MINES.

THOSE GIGANTIC GARBAGE TRUCKS ARE BEING AUTOMATED.

THAT IS SOMETHING A GUY WOULD DRIVE FOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER.

SO WE'RE SEEING MASSIVE CHANGES IN WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE WORKFORCE.

AND WHEN YOU GO FROM THESE HIGH PAYING JOBS TO NOTHING, IT'S GOING TO HURT.

AND I THINK THAT THE STUFF THAT YOU'RE DOING, COREY, ON THIS WITH THE RAPID RESPONSE POLICY, I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD THING. AND I THINK IT IS A REFLECTION OF THIS BOARD, HOW WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN FOR THESE CRISIS'S INSTEAD OF JUST REACTING TO CRISIS'S.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

I REACH OUT TO ANY OF THE OTHER SUPERVISORS IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

YES, I WOULD JUST CONCUR WITH WHAT SUPERVISOR KUKNYO SAID, BUT I JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT BAGDAD MINE DOES RETRAIN THE DRIVERS AND THEY KEEP THEM IN HOUSE. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT. WELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? ANY COMMENT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU GET AWAY.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. CHAIR MALLORY, VICE CHAIR BROOKS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

NO, JUST I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS. I THE BOARD WAS VERY HAPPY THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING.

I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOU THERE. AND YOU'RE HAVING THE BOARD THERE, AND YOUR PARTICIPATION WAS WAS GREAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE BOARD FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AS WE'VE OBVIOUSLY MADE A MAJOR SHIFT.

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OH, AND INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COREY CHRISTIANS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

BUT YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. AND WE'LL KEEP TRUCKING ALONG AND WON'T BE IN THIS ROLE TOO MUCH LONGER.

SO THIS PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE LAST MEETINGS I ATTEND IN THAT CAPACITY.

SO THANK YOU MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. THANKS FOR COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, ALL YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.

YOU HAD A LOT OF SMART, MOTIVATED PEOPLE AROUND THAT TABLE, AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT.

YES, YES. AND WE HAVE WE STILL HAVE THREE SEATS OPEN.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME FOLKS FROM THE VERDE SIDE IF YOU CAN IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT, JUST LET ME KNOW OR LET THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, GARTH, WITH FAN CONTRACTING KNOW AND GARTH BASCOM, AND WE'LL REACH OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN FILL THOSE THREE SEATS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COREY. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 3 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'LL SECOND THAT. CLERK OF THE BOARD CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY. WONDERFUL. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13.

[13. Community Health Services - Approve a Memorandum of Understanding, Employer Acceptance Agreement and Work Process Schedule with Arizona State University for Yavapai County Community Health Services (YCCHS) to provide Community Health Worker apprenticeship positions for Health Educators, and authorize the YCCHS Director to sign necessary documents. YC Contract Nos. 2025-078, 2025-079 and 2025-080 ]

AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THIS, IT'S COMING OUT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND WHENEVER I SEE THE WORD APPRENTICESHIP, I REALLY LIKE SEEING THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THIS NATION KIND OF GOT AWAY FROM THAT AND WE WERE ALL FOR COLLEGE DEGREES RATHER THAN APPRENTICESHIPS.

AND ANYTIME I SEE THAT, I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.

MY NAME IS LESLIE HORTON. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, AND I'M JOINED HERE WITH BY HEATHER KLOMPARENS.

SHE IS OUR SECTION MANAGER OVER COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION, AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT HAS PURSUED THIS PROGRAM.

BUT IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. ONE THING I CAN SAY BEFORE HEATHER COMES UP IS THAT OUR HEALTH EDUCATORS WHO ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM DON'T ALWAYS COME IN WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF EDUCATION.

OUR ENTRY LEVELS START AT A VERY LOW RATE OF PAY, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD IN EDUCATION AS THEY WORK FOR US, SO THAT IT CAN ALLOW THEM FURTHER JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THIS PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR, AS WE UTILIZE THE APPRENTICESHIP FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE A BILLABLE PROGRAM LATER THAT WILL HELP THEM BRING IN REVENUE TO OUR HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HEATHER, AND SHE'S GOING TO TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS HEATHER KLOMPARENS.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAM.

I'M REALLY ECSTATIC FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND FURTHER THEIR SKILLS SO THEY CAN HELP THE PUBLIC MORE IN IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ARE HAVE A GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR US TO BEGIN THIS PROGRAM.

BUT BUT FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S HAPPENING AND I'M EXCITED FOR THE PROGRAM FROM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR OUR STAFF.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR SUPPORT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND WHEN YOU HIT ON THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN WITH NOT A HUGE DEGREE LEVEL OF EDUCATION.

AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S JUST LIFE GETTING IN THE WAY, YOU KNOW, AT AN EARLY AGE.

AND YOU DON'T GET THAT. SO WHEN YOU CAN SPECIALIZE AND GET INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR PULLING THIS OFF. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE DO APPRECIATE IT AND SUPERVISOR CHECK, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD YOU LIKE ANY QUESTIONS? NOT ON THIS ITEM, BUT I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 13.

SECOND. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE CLERK? SUPERVISOR CHECK.

YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM 14, SUPERVISOR CHECK.

[14. Community Health Services - Approve Subrecipient Agreement between Yavapai County operating Yavapai County Community Health Services (YCCHS) for the Prescott Free Clinic, Inc. (Recipient) to accept pass through funding in the amount of $50,000.00, to improve cancer screening in Yavapai County, creation of a .73 FTE Care Coordinator position, request establishment of a new fund and authorize the YCCHS Director to sign necessary documents. YC Contract No. 2025-074 ]

THANK YOU CHAIR. EXCUSE ME. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE DIRECTOR HORTON.

THE REASON WHY I PULLED THIS ITEM WAS JUST THE NOTE OF THE 0.73 FULL TIME FTE POSITION.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY FUNDING THAT'S COMING TO US AND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000, WHICH I'M VIEWING AS SOFT MONEY.

I GENERALLY DON'T LIKE TO FUND POSITIONS BASED ON SOFT MONEY.

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SO I JUST WANTED TO INVITE YOU TO KIND OF SUBSTANTIATE THE ASSOCIATION THERE.

I READ THROUGH THE READING MATERIALS AND DIDN'T SEE THAT POSITION OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACTS.

SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST GIVING A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION ABOUT THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

THAT HAS RAISED A FEW EYEBROWS TOO THAT IT'S 0.73.

YOU KNOW, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE PRESCOTT FREE CLINIC, WHICH IS THE 501 C3 COMPONENT OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF YAVAPAI.

GENERALLY, WE DO NOT FUND STAFFING POSITIONS UNDER PRESCOTT FREE CLINIC GRANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE A DESIGNATED 501 C3. THEY DON'T FUND THE STAFF OR SPUN THE STAFF OR PAY THE STAFF OR DO BENEFIT PACKAGES LIKE THE COUNTY DOES.

AND SO WHAT WE HAD TO DO WITH THIS AGREEMENT IN PARTICULAR IS WE HAD WRITTEN A GRANT TO THE YMCA FOUNDATION THAT IS NOW DIGNITY ALSO. AND THEY GRANTED US THE MONEY WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE CHANGE IT A LITTLE BIT.

WE HAD ASKED FOR A GRANT AROUND SOME EDUCATION, BUT ALSO SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR CANCER.

AND BECAUSE DIGNITY DOES THEIR OWN CANCER AND OFTEN SCREENING, THEY WANTED US TO CHANGE IT TO AN EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IN THE COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE VERY HIGH RATES OF ESPECIALLY BREAST CANCER BUT OTHER CANCERS AS WELL.

AND SO THEY ASKED IF WE COULD POSSIBLY UTILIZE STAFFING TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND DO MORE EDUCATION AROUND BREAST CANCER SCREENING AWARENESS, AND THEN MAKING SURE WE'RE DRIVING PEOPLE INTO HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN CATCH CANCER EARLY AND GET THAT TREATMENT.

SO WITH THIS, THE REASON IT IS 0.73 IS BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY $50,000.

AND THAT PUTS THIS POSITION JUST IN UNDER FULL TIME.

IT'S A PART TIME POSITION JUST OVER 59 HOURS A PAY PERIOD.

AND WHAT WE OFTEN DO WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, THOUGH, IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NUMEROUS GRANTS WE CAN CROSS FUND PEOPLE.

SO WHAT WE WHAT WE GENERALLY END UP DOING IS HAVING A FULL TIME PERSON THAT IS CROSS FUNDED ACROSS TWO POSITIONS, AND THEN WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO ADJUST THE FTES BASED ON ADDING IN THE BENEFITS.

BUT THEN WE GET IT'S EASIER TO RECRUIT FOR OUR FULL TIME POSITIONS.

AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE PERSON IN STAFF ALREADY THAT WANTS TO MOVE INTO THIS PROGRAM AND DO THE WORK, AND THEN WE CAN WORK WITHIN WHERE THEY'RE WORKING CURRENTLY TO MAKE IT A FULL TIME POSITION.

WE WILL LIKELY BE POSTING THIS POSITION AS PART TIME, BUT WE WILL SEE WHO APPLIES IF IT'S PEOPLE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND WE'LL WORK WITHIN THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT THE GRANT STANDS IS IT WILL ONLY PAY ABOUT 59 AND A AND A FEW MINUTES CHANGE PER PAY PERIOD. AND THAT'S THE WAY WE HAD TO WRITE IT INTO THIS GRANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD ADEQUATELY STAFF IT FOR THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR IF THIS GRANT FUNDING IS DO YOU, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS FUNDING COMING TO US IN A CONSISTENT MANNER THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, OR HOW WOULD THIS BE FUNDED WITHOUT THAT? THIS GRANT WAS FUNDED FOR ONE YEAR WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING IT UP TO FIVE YEARS.

SO WE WILL HOPE FOR THOSE EXTENSIONS. WE ALWAYS KNOW WITH GRANTS THEY COULD COME AND GO AT ANY TIME.

BUT WE DO HOPE FOR THE BEST, AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO FULFILL THE DELIVERABLES SO THAT THEY'LL EXTEND THAT GRANT.

AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ASK IT'S A GRANT AND SO IF THE GRANT DOESN'T CONTINUE FOR SOME REASON, WE DO KNOW THAT THIS IS A POSITION OR THIS WOULD NOT BE THERE.

ABSOLUTELY. SO WITH MOST OF OUR HIRING THROUGHOUT OUR DEPARTMENT, WE MAKE CLEAR UPON THE INTERVIEW THAT IF IT'S GRANT FUNDED, THE GRANTS CAN GO AWAY AT ANY TIME. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT WITH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AND OTHER THINGS RIGHT NOW THAT THERE'S THERE'S ALWAYS SOME LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY BUT WE HOPE FOR THE BEST. WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD SUCCESS IN KEEPING GRANTS ONCE WE RECEIVE THEM, BUT WE DO MAKE THAT CLEAR UPON INTERVIEW THAT THIS IS A GRANT FUNDED POSITION, AND WE WILL HOPE THAT IT GETS EXTENDED UP TO THAT MAXIMUM TIME FRAME.

BUT IF IT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THAT GRANT GOING AWAY, MOST OF THE TIME THE JOB ALSO GOES AWAY WITH THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO ANY RELATIONSHIP THE BEST WAY TO START OFF ANY RELATIONSHIP, OF COURSE, IS WITH THE, THE FACTS AND THE TRUTHS.

SO THAT GIVES BOTH PARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY NEED TO BE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FOR EITHER ONE GOING FORWARD, AND NOTHING'S A GUARANTEE. ABSOLUTELY, I THANK YOU.

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WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR HORTON. I FEEL SATISFIED IN YOUR EXPLANATION AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 14.

SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

CLERK OF THE BOARD CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON BOTH ITEMS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS POINT OF THE BOARD MEETING, I WILL NOW HAND IT OVER TO MY VICE CHAIR, BROOKS COMPTON. AND HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE ACTION ITEMS AND THE HEARING ITEMS. I WILL SAY, I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE WHAT YOU SEE, BUT I HAVE A BELIEF THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS A BOARD, YOU WORK IN UNITY AND ALSO THAT YOU ALL HAVE THIS THE OPPORTUNITY OF PARTNERSHIP AND OWNERSHIP AS WE ALL SIT UP HERE MAKING SURE THAT WE SERVICE ALL THE COUNTY.

WE ARE ELECTED BY OUR DISTRICTS BUT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER ON OUR BOARD MEETINGS, WE ARE ONE BODY.

AND SO AND I FEEL THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, VICE CHAIR COMPTON, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CHAIR MALLORY I APPRECIATE IT. ON TO ACTION. ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2149,

[1. Board of Supervisors - Discussion and possible action regarding Resolution No. 2149 approving the issuance of bonds not to exceed $204,000,000.00 Principal Amount of Revenue and Refunding Bonds (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Inc.), Series 2025 by the Volusia County Educational Facilities Authority (Volusia County, Florida) for the benefit of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses. APPROVED BY 3 TO 1 VOTE. SUPERVISOR CHECK OPPOSED.]

APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS NOT TO EXCEED $204 MILLION PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE AND REFUNDING BONDS EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY SERIES 2025 BY THE VOLUSIA COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY IN FLORIDA FOR THE BENEFIT OF EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY'S DAYTONA BEACH AND PRESCOTT CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON THIS TODAY, SO IF WE COULD MOVE THROUGH IT AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.

FIRST MARY CHICOINE. GOOD MORNING MARY. GOOD MORNING.

EXCUSE ME, IF I COULD. VICE CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TO LIMIT THE TIME FOR EACH SPEAKER OR NOT? TWO MINUTES, IF POSSIBLE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR. AND THANK YOU. IS YOUR MIC ON? IT IS NOW. GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I AM MARY CHICOINE. I AM THE BOARD CHAIR OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING.

IN A MINUTE, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER THE MICROPHONE TO STEPHEN POLK, WHO IS OUR COUNSEL AND OUR ATTORNEY FOR THE IDA, AND HE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE BOND. BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ANOTHER IMPACT THAT THE IDA HAS AS A PART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. WE CHARGE FEES TO ALL OF THOSE WHO WE WORK WITH ON THE BONDS.

AND WHAT THE THE BOARD DOES IS PUT THOSE FEES INTO A GRANT FUND THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

AND WE GIVE GRANTS TO YAVAPAI COUNTY NONPROFITS EVERY YEAR THAT SUPPORT THE WORK OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S THE SMALLER NONPROFITS.

WE FOUNDED THIS PROGRAM A YEAR AGO TO DATE, WE HAVE GIVEN $23,000.

WE WILL BE REVIEWING GRANTS AGAIN IN MAY, AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING ANOTHER $20,000 SOMETIME IN JULY OR AUGUST.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND YOUR APPROVAL OF WHAT IT ENABLES US TO DO WITH NONPROFITS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STEPHEN POLK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING STEPHEN.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR, CHAIRWOMAN, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS STEPHEN POLK. I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR THE YAVAPAI COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

THE YCIDA PLAYS AN IMPORTANT GOVERNMENTAL ROLE IN IMPROVING TAX EXEMPT BOND FINANCING FOR NONPROFITS AND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

BY LAW, THE YCIDA IS, IS NOT LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF THE BONDS.

THAT'S SOLELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BORROWERS.

AND SINCE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE YCIDA, WE'VE FACILITATED THE FINANCING OF OVER $1.6 BILLION IN FINANCING.

AND ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY.

THEY'VE BEEN THEY'VE BORROWED THEY DID BOND FINANCING IN 2019, $88 MILLION, 2017, $75 MILLION, 2005, $101 MILLION. AND IT GOES BACK TO 2003, 2001.

AND I'M SURE YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT ON OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE PRESCOTT CAMPUS WE HAVE HERE.

SO IN FEBRUARY, EMBRY-RIDDLE APPLIED TO THE YCIDA FOR A APPROVAL FOR TO CONDUCT A TEFRA HEARING, AND THEN TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR LOCAL APPROVAL.

NOW, EMBRY-RIDDLE, BECAUSE THEY'RE BASED OUT OF DAYTONA BEACH, THEY DO HAVE THEIR BOND FINANCING COMES OUT OF THE VOLUSIA COUNTY IDA.

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BUT BY FEDERAL LAW, TO QUALIFY FOR THAT TAX EXEMPT BOND FINANCING, THEY HAVE TO GET THE THEY HAVE TO CONDUCT A LOCAL TEFRA HEARING AND GET LOCAL APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SO IN FEBRUARY 26TH OF THIS YEAR, THE YCIDA HELD A PUBLIC MEETING.

EMBRY-RIDDLE PRESENTED THEIR AND THE YCIDA APPROVED THAT TEFRA HEARING.

SO THEN THAT TEFRA HEARING WAS WAS NOTICED AS REQUIRED BY LAW ON MARCH 24TH.

THE YCIDA TEFRA HEARING OFFICER HELD THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT'S THAT HEARING IS SOLELY TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS RECORDED IN THE MINUTES AND THEN PASSED ON TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AT THAT HEARING, THE CLARKDALE MAYOR, ROBYN, CLARK.

OH. CLARKDALE MAYOR ROBYN PRUD’HOMME-BAUER PROVIDED COMMENTS.

CLARKDALE COUNCIL WOMAN LAURA JONES PROVIDED COMMENTS, AND CLARK DALE TOWN MANAGER SUSAN GUTHRIE PROVIDED COMMENTS, ALL PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF REPETITIVE AIRCRAFT, NOISE TRAINING OUT OF THE COTTONWOOD AIRPORT AND ON THE CLARKDALE COMMUNITY.

AND I'D SAY I'D NOTE THEY'RE HERE TODAY, AND I WOULD EXPECT THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENT TO THE BOARD. SO THEN LET'S SEE, THE TEFRA HEARING WAS SOLELY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

NOW THE EMBRY-RIDDLE'S APPLICATION COMES BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR AN APPROVAL SO THAT THIS BOND FINANCING OUT OF FLORIDA CAN BE USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PRESCOTT CAMPUS. AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE, I THINK, A NEW STUDENT UNION, NEW DORMITORIES, THERE'S A FLIGHT TRAINING CENTER WITH WITH FLIGHT SIMULATORS IN THERE. THE LIST OF THOSE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT APPLICATION IN YOUR PACKET.

AND WITH THAT, I'D OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS. I WOULD NOTE THAT THERE ARE EMBRY-RIDDLE REPRESENTATIVES HERE PRESCOTT CHANCELLOR, KEN WITCHER, RODNEY CRUISE, WHO'S THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR ALL OF EMBRY-RIDDLE AND THEN I BELIEVE BY REMOTELY BY ZOOM IS THEIR BOND COUNSEL, KEN ARTIN. AT THIS TIME, I'D OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS.

MR. POLK I APPRECIATE IT, ANY OF MY SUPERVISORS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? NO VICE CHAIR. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. VICE CHAIRMAN. MR. WITCHER. GOOD MORNING AND GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR SUPERVISORS, I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE RELATED TO HOW THE BOND ISSUE MONIES WILL BE USED HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. WELL, SO DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO SPEAK? YES, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. I MIGHT JUST RESERVE MY MY COMMENT.

SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AS THE MEETING PROCEEDS, YOU'D BE WELCOME TO COME UP, IN MY VIEW, TO TO ANSWER THOSE. HAPPY TO. THANK YOU.

MR. WITCHER I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION REAL QUICK ON THIS LAST MINUTE EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED.

IS THIS IN REFERENCE TO THE AUXILIARY STRIPS AND THE REAL ESTATE LAND ACQUISITIONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE THAT YOU CAN SHARE ON THAT WITH ME? YEAH, WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING AUXILIARY FIELDS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WOULD BE A VALUE HERE FOR THE AIRPORTS THAT WE OPERATE HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

SO WE'RE PURSUING THAT. THOSE THOSE ARE IN NEGOTIATION RIGHT NOW.

SO THERE'S REALLY NO FURTHER FIRM INFORMATION I COULD SHARE WITH YOU OTHER THAN WE'RE PURSUING MULTIPLE OPTIONS HERE IN THE COUNTY.

OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I'VE REACHED OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND SPOKEN WITH YOU SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS AND IT SORT OF SEEMS LIKE WHEN I SPEAK TO EMBRY-RIDDLE, NOT YOU PERSONALLY, THAT IT'S SORT OF LIKE SPEAKING TO A BLACK HOLE.

I CAN'T GET ANSWERS BACK. I DON'T GET ANY COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE AUXILIARY FIELDS.

I PRESENTED MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR MY DISTRICT, WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT, AND I CAN'T GET ANY INFORMATION BACK, SO I WOULD HOPE THERE'D BE, YOU KNOW, BETTER COMMUNICATION MOVING FORWARD. YEAH.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT COMMUNICATION TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.

GOOD MORNING. MARY. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND PLEASE.

I'M SHORT. OKAY. CAN YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.

YES. OKAY. HI. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

MY NAME IS MARY LOU ROSE AND I LIVE IN CLARKDALE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU THAT YOU REJECT THE BOND REQUEST FROM EMBRY-RIDDLE TO EXPAND.

WHILE THIS BOND DOES NOT USE COUNTY FUNDS, YOUR APPROVAL UNDER TEFRA RULES ENABLES THE UNIVERSITY'S UNCHECKED GROWTH, INCLUDING THE FLIGHT SCHOOL, AT OUR COMMUNITY'S EXPENSE.

THE FLIGHT SCHOOL HAS ALREADY SHIFTED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ITS OPERATIONS OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE VERDE VALLEY THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY IMPACTED.

RESIDENTS NOW EXPERIENCE NEAR CONSTANT AIRCRAFT NOISE, DEGRADING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AN EXPANSION WILL ONLY MAKE THIS WORSE.

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH LINKS CHRONIC NOISE EXPOSURE TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE YET EMBRY-RIDDLE WANTS TO EXPAND EVEN MORE.

EMBRY-RIDDLE'S FLIGHT TRAINING FLEET BURNS LEADED AVIATION FUEL, A DOCUMENTED NEUROTOXIN.

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THE EPA CONFIRMS THAT SMALL PLANES USED BY THESE FLIGHT SCHOOL IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF AIRBORNE LEAD EMISSIONS, AND THE CDC WARNS CHILDREN NEAR AIRPORTS ARE AT HIGHER RISK.

YET EMBRY-RIDDLE CONTINUES POLLUTING OUR AIR DAILY AND REFUSE TO USE ALTERNATIVE AIRPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED WITH TAXPAYER FUNDS.

APPROVING THE BOND EXTENDS THE PROBLEM FOR YEARS AS UNLEADED ALTERNATIVES WON'T BE FULLY AVAILABLE TO AT LEAST 2030 IF THEY EVER MEET THAT DEADLINE.

THIS BOND MAY NOT COME FROM COUNTY FUNDS, BUT YOUR APPROVAL IS NOT JUST A FORMALITY IT GIVES EMBRY-RIDDLE THE GREEN LIGHT TO EXPAND WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE HARM IT ALREADY CAUSES. BEFORE YOU DECIDE, PLEASE CONSIDER CHILDREN EXPOSED TO LEADED FUEL HARMING THEIR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, ADULTS AT RISK OF HEART DISEASE FROM CONSTANT NOISE, RETIREES LIKE MYSELF WHO WORKED AND SAVED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, ONLY TO BE TO BE DEPRIVED THE PEACE IN THEIR OWN HOMES.

I CAN'T EVEN SIT OUTSIDE. PLEASE REJECT THIS BOND OR DEMAND REAL CHANGE FROM EMBRY-RIDDLE, SUCH AS BUILDING AND USING THEIR OWN TRAINING STRIPS BEFORE APPROVING THE BOND INSTEAD OF FORCING THE BURDEN ONTO US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MARY. MR. CATCLAW.

GOOD MORNING SIR. GOOD MORNING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

MY NAME IS THOMAS CATCLAW. I'M A HOMEOWNER IN CLARKDALE.

MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR BROOKS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE THE BOARD THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THIS RESOLUTION.

I STAND AND SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE RESOLUTION AND AT THE VERY LEAST, ENCOURAGE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO TABLE THIS RESOLUTION UNTIL EMBRY-RIDDLE AGREES TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS OF THE VERDE VALLEY TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF ITS FLIGHT TRAINING OPERATIONS.

THE UNIVERSITY IS A BAD NEIGHBOR. AND THE VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY TO USE ITS AUTHORITY TO HELP TO DEVELOP A COLLABORATIVE, LONG TERM RESOLUTION TO THE ISSUE OF REPETITIVE FLIGHT TRAINING AT THE COTTONWOOD AIRPORT.

WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. EMBRY-RIDDLE'S ECONOMIC IMPACT IN YAVAPAI COUNTY IS WELL KNOWN AND SIGNIFICANT, BUT THE NATURE OF ITS BUSINESS MEANS IT HAS AN IMPACT ON COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF ITS PRESCOTT CAMPUS AND THE STREETS OF PRESCOTT.

THE UNIQUE NATURE OF HIS BUSINESS MEANS IT HAS UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE COMMUNITIES IT OPERATES OVER.

SINCE 2023, THERE ARE GROWING NUMBERS OF OPERATIONS AT COTTONWOOD AIRPORT AND OVER THE ROOFS OF COTTONWOOD AND CLARKDALE.

OPERATIONS HAVE GONE FROM 18,000 ROUGHLY IN 2022, OVER 56,000 IN 2025, WITH AROUND 85% OF THOSE BEING EMBRY-RIDDLE TRAINING OPERATIONS. FOR MANY HOMEOWNERS AND RESIDENTS IN THE VERDE VALLEY, THE SITUATION THE COTTONWOOD AIRPORT AND WITH EMBRY-RIDDLE IS LIKE BUYING A HOME NEXT TO A QUAINT FAMILY FARM WITH A COUPLE OF COWS AND SOME CHICKENS, AND WAKING UP ONE MORNING NEXT TO A FACTORY FARM WITH 2,500 COWS.

THE FARM WAS THEIR FIRST, SURE, BUT THE FACTORY WAS NOT, AND THE CHANGES TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND ABILITY TO ENJOY OUR PROPERTY HAVE BEEN SWIFT AND DRAMATIC. RESIDENTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM CLARKDALE AND COTTONWOOD HAVE REPEATEDLY MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF EMBRY-RIDDLE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND ENCOURAGED THEM AND ASKED THEIR STUDENTS TO FLY FRIENDLY, INCLUDING TO COTTONWOOD, INCLUDING ADHERING TO COTTONWOOD'S VOLUNTARY NOISE ABATEMENT GUIDELINES. EMBRY-RIDDLE HAS REFUSED AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLY WITH THESE GUIDELINES AND TO DEVELOP A FLY FRIENDLY POLICY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE UNIVERSITY REFUSES TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP FROM THE COUNTY TO MAKE SOME POSITIVE CHANGES HERE.

PLEASE TABLE OR REJECT THIS BOND ISSUANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. CATCLAW. LESLIE EVANS, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING LESLIE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS LESLIE EVANS, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF CLARKDALE.

AND I WAS ON THE FENCE UP UNTIL I WALKED INTO THE ROOM TODAY IN REGARDS TO SPEAKING.

SO I HAVE NOTHING PREPARED, SO I'M JUST GOING TO WING IT.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A FACE TO THE RESIDENTS IN CLARKDALE TO THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON.

I MOVED TO CLARKDALE IN 2019 AFTER I LOST MY HOME IN THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2018 CAMP WILDFIRE THAT DESTROYED THE TOWN OF PARADISE, CALIFORNIA, AND IS TO DATE STILL THE DEADLIEST WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA.

AND WE MOVED TO OUR DREAM HOME IN CLARKDALE. WE'VE GOT BEAUTIFUL VIEWS.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOME. I MOVED THERE WITH NOTHING, AND IT WAS A DREAM HOME UNTIL FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS.

AND THEN THE ASSAULT FROM THE EMBRY-RIDDLE PLANES BEGAN.

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AND IT IS ALL DAY LONG, EVERY DAY, WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS INCLUDED.

I CAN NO LONGER ENJOY MY PROPERTY. I HAVE TO PHYSICALLY LEAVE IF I'M INSIDE THE HOUSE I HAVE TO WEAR HEADPHONES IF I DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I JUST. IT'S GOTTEN SO BAD THAT MY HOME IS NOW UP FOR SALE AND IT'S BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR TEN DAYS.

AND I HEAR COMMENTS BECAUSE, LIKE EVERYBODY, I HAVE A RING CAMERA.

I HEAR COMMENTS FROM PROSPECTIVE BUYERS ABOUT THE AIRPLANES AHEAD OVERHEAD.

SO YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT I'M EVEN GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL MY HOUSE AND GET OUT.

SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE A FACE TO SOMEBODY, A FACE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS AFFECTING IN A VERY NEGATIVE WAY. AND I OPPOSE THIS AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TOO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU LESLIE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE DO HEAR YOU. SUSAN GUTHRIE, TOWN OF CLARKDALE, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. I'M SUSAN GUTHRIE I'M THE TOWN MANAGER FOR THE TOWN OF CLARKDALE. GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY MANAGER.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THE TOWN OF CLARKDALE HAS GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY AS IT RELATES TO REPETITIVE FLIGHT TRAINING. AND I WANT TO PAUSE HERE BECAUSE IN THE MEMO THAT YOU RECEIVED TODAY FROM EMBRY-RIDDLE, YOU SEE THE SPLITTING OF HAIRS ABOUT REPETITIVE FLIGHT TRAINING TOUCH AND GOES VERSUS TAXI BACKS.

SO WHEN THEY SPEAK ABOUT COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, WHEN THEY'RE ON THE RUNWAY, THAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO A TAXI BACK, WHICH IN TERMS OF THE RESIDENTS, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.

ALL IT IS IS INSTEAD OF HITTING THE RUNWAY AND COMING BACK UP, THEY'RE HAVING TO STOP TAXI BACK AND THEN TAKE OFF AGAIN, BUT THEY'RE STILL FLYING OVER OVERHEAD. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I EXPLAINED THAT LITTLE NUANCE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL TO UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENCE.

THESE FLIGHTS OVER OUR COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT THIS TRAINING IS HAVING TO OUR RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE AS WELL AS THEIR PROPERTY VALUES AND YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED THE UNIVERSITY REPEATEDLY AND HAVE MET WITH THEM PERSONALLY THREE TIMES THIS YEAR. SO THESE ARE NOT OH, THEY JUST HEARD ABOUT THESE COMPLAINTS IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO.

THIS IS SEVERAL YEARS IN THE MAKING, BUT INTENSELY THIS YEAR.

WE WE'VE TRIED TO GET SOME RELIEF FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND ADDITIONALLY, THEY HAVE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM OUR CITIZENS OVER THE LAST YEAR. HUNDREDS. THESE COMPLAINTS HAVE ALSO GONE TO THE FAA.

WE HAVE BEEN VERY REASONABLE IN OUR REQUEST. WE ACTUALLY WENT TO THE EXPENSE OF HIRING AN FAA CONSULTANT TO ADVISE US ABOUT WHAT'S REASONABLE AND WHAT'S LEGAL FOR US TO EVEN ASK FOR. HOWEVER, TO DATE, AS OF 7:37 THIS MORNING AND SOMEBODY ELSE WILL GIVE YOU SOME DATA TO SUPPORT THAT.

THAT WAS FAST. OKAY. THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPROVEMENT IN FLIGHTS OVER CLARKDALE AS OF 7:37 THIS MORNING.

YOU HAVE A COPY OF OUR REQUEST BECAUSE THEY ARE CITED IN OUR TEFRA, BUT REALLY, IT'S JUST TO ABIDE BY THE FLY FRIENDLY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TOWN OF OR THE AIRPORT AT COTTONWOOD, WHICH IS DON'T FLY AFTER 6 P.M.

AT NIGHT AND BEFORE 8 A.M. ON WEEKDAYS. I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY PRETTY BASIC.

THOSE ARE FLAGRANTLY BEING DISREGARDED EVEN AS OF THIS MORNING.

AND THE NUANCE THAT THEY'RE USING IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TAXI BACK AND TOUCH AND GO.

WE HAD FIVE PLANES OVER OUR TOWN AT 7:37 THIS MORNING.

SO THEY'RE VIOLATING THAT FLY FRIENDLY RULE, AS WELL AS THE LIMIT OF FOUR TRAINING FLIGHTS THAT ONCE THERE WERE FIVE THIS MORNING, BUT OFTEN SEVEN. AND REMEMBER, THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOOL.

SO IF NOBODY FOLLOWS THE RULES, IT'S CHAOS IN CLARKDALE.

AND I JUST I JOKINGLY SAID YESTERDAY AND BUT REALLY IT'S THE TRUTH.

I FEEL LIKE ERIN BROCKOVICH LIKE JUST COMPLETELY BEING IGNORED BY A BIG ORGANIZATION, AND IT'S DECIMATING OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I'M GOING TO WRAP UP WITH THAT. THANK YOU.

SORRY FOR GOING OVER. NO PROBLEM. APPRECIATE IT.

LAURA JONES, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING LAURA. GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US AND OUR RESIDENTS.

I IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO PASS OUT SOMETHING TO YOU ALL.

I'D JUST LIKE TO NOTE THIS IS COUNCIL WOMAN LAURA JONES FROM THE TOWN OF CLARKDALE.

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THANK YOU. THANKS. I AM LAURA JONES FROM THE TOWN OF CLARKDALE.

WHAT I'VE PASSED OUT TO YOU IS A SCREENSHOT FROM A FLIGHT TRACKER APP THAT SHOWS ONE DAY OF FLIGHT PATTERN OVER CLARKDALE FROM EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY AIRPLANES.

THIS IS NOBODY ELSE IN THE PATTERN. THIS IS NOT PRIVATE FLIGHTS.

THIS IS NOT OTHER OTHER SCHOOLS. THIS IS STRICTLY EMBRY-RIDDLE.

THEY LITERALLY GO OVER OUR HOUSES AS MANY AS QUICKLY AS EVERY 30 SECONDS.

AND SO SOMEBODY IS SITTING IN THEIR HOME AND EVERY 30 SECONDS THERE'S A PLANE GOING OVER THEIR HOUSE.

THE AS MR. CATCLAW SAID, IN ABOUT 2018 THERE WERE 18,000 FLIGHTS.

WE WERE WE ACCOUNTED AT 64,000 LAST YEAR. OUR OPERATIONS, THAT IS 85% EMBRY-RIDDLE.

THIS IS IMPACTING OUR ABILITY FOR HOMES. YOU HEARD FROM MISS EVANS, ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, MOUNTAIN GATE, NOW HAS 31 HOMES FOR SALE, AND IT IS PRIMARILY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE AIRPLANE NOISE.

AND PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE SITTING ON THE MARKET.

THEY'RE NOT MOVING. I HAPPEN I HAPPEN TO BE A REALTOR AS WELL.

SO I LITERALLY JUST LOOKED THAT UP AS I WAS SITTING HERE WAITING FOR YOU ALL.

AND WE DO, WE RECEIVED DOZENS OF CALLS. OUR COMMUNITY HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO TRY TO TALK WITH EMBRY-RIDDLE.

WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE WITH THE WITH THE CHANCELLOR, WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO TRY TO DO THINGS THAT ARE IN THEIR CONTROL, THAT THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SADLY, AS A THIS IS 7:37 THIS MORNING THERE ARE FIVE EMBRY-RIDDLE EMBRY-RIDDLE PLANES IN PATTERN BEFORE THE 8:00 FLY FRIENDLY, AND WITH THE RISK OF THERE BEING A DANGEROUS NUMBER OF PLANES IN PATTERN.

SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

HOW FAR IS THIS PATTERN FROM THE AIRPORT? WE'RE ABOUT FOUR MILES FROM THE AIRPORT.

OKAY. YEAH. AND. AND. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. MAYOR. GOOD MORNING ROBYN. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING.

AND I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MANY OF YOU COMING OVER TO OUR STATE OF THE TOWN EVENT YESTERDAY.

THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE.

MY NAME IS ROBYN PRUD’HOMME-BAUER. I'M MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF CLARKDALE, AND I'M HERE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

ON THE BOND HEARING PROPOSAL FOR EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY.

WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF OF OF OBTAINING A LOCATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL AIRSTRIP, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THEIR EXPANSION PLANS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

WE UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, THAT THE TIMELINE IS WAY OUT.

IT TAKES A WHILE TO ACQUIRE THE LAND AND TO BUILD THE AIRSTRIP.

BUT RIGHT NOW, TODAY, AS WE AWAIT FOR THE FUTURE TO BECOME A REALITY EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY STUDENT PILOTS HAVE AT LEAST THREE CHOICES OF LANDING STRIPS IN ADDITION TO THE PRESCOTT AIRPORT TO FLY OUT OF FLY TO.

BUT EMBRY-RIDDLE REFUSES TO EQUALLY DISTRIBUTE THE FLIGHTS AMONG THE AIRPORTS AND SEND UP TO, AS YOU'VE HEARD, 5 TO 7 PLANES TO COTTONWOOD TO FLY TINY CIRCLES OVER MY TOWN OF CLARKDALE.

EVEN WITH THE EMAIL WE RECEIVED TODAY ABOUT WHY NO USE OF THE OTHER EXISTING AIRSTRIPS, IT IS CLEAR CLARKDALE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE INCREASED NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITY AS THEIR FLIGHT TRAINING PROGRAMS INCREASED WITH THE GROWTH OF EMBRY-RIDDLE IN PRESCOTT PRESCOTT. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

IT IS VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR TOWN.

WE HAVE HAD BUSINESSES CHOOSE NOT TO OPEN OR START OR CONTINUE IN CLARKDALE BECAUSE OF IT.

I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE OVER TIME. I'M GOING TO CLOSE REAL QUICK.

WE KNOW THAT YOU COUNTY SUPERVISORS PROBABLY FEEL PRESSURED TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST TODAY.

WE GET IT. BUT PLEASE REMEMBER, THE RESIDENTS OF CLARKDALE DO MATTER.

WE ARE NOT DISPENSABLE SO THAT AN ORGANIZATION CAN FURTHER THEIR THEIR GROWTH PATTERNS.

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THEY NEED TO BEHAVE IN A SOCIALLY AND COMPASSIONATE MANNER AND FOLLOW THE AIRPORT NOISE MITIGATION RECOMMENDATIONS AS TOWN MANAGER, GUTHRIE OUTLINED. OUR REQUESTS HAVE BEEN SIMPLE.

YES, THEY HAVE INDICATED IN THEIR EMAIL TODAY THAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO OUR REQUEST TO THE CROSSWIND BEING RETURNED TO 700FT INSTEAD OF THE 1,000. THAT MIGHT MINIMIZE A LITTLE BIT THE IMPACT ON SOME PARTS OF CLARKDALE.

IT WILL STILL BE AN IMPACT TO CLARKDALE AND TO THE WHOLE VERDE VALLEY.

IF EMBRY-RIDDLE HAS A DESIRE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, THEY NEED TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING OUR COMMENTS TODAY.

THANK YOU MAYOR. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE MAYOR? NO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. SUPERVISOR CHECK DID YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM MR. WITCHER? YES, I DO, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST OUTLINE EXACTLY THE REQUESTS THAT CLARKDALE HAVE PUT FORWARD.

AND THAT IS SOME OF IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MET.

TO FORMALLY SUPPORT THE REQUEST THAT THE COTTONWOOD AIRPORT CROSSWIND TURN BE REESTABLISHED AT 700FT.

REQUIRE ALL EMBRY-RIDDLE FLIGHTS TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CITY OF COTTONWOOD AIRPORT NOISE ABATEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH IS TO SIMPLY AVOID REPETITIVE FLIGHT TRAINING BETWEEN 6 AND 8, 6 P.M.

AND 8 A.M., AND THEN ON WEEKENDS 6 P.M. AND 9 A.M..

HAVE NO MORE THAN FOUR AIRCRAFT CONDUCT REPETITIVE FLIGHT TRAINING OPERATIONS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT ANY TIME.

WHEN DISTRIBUTING FLIGHTS TO COTTONWOOD, SELIGMAN AND BAGHDAD BAGHDAD ENSURE EQUAL DISTRIBUTION TO EACH AIRPORT AND TAKE ALL POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A DEDICATED LANDING STRIP FOR REPETITIVE FLIGHT TRAINING THAT WILL NOT IMPACT RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE THE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT THAT CAME IN TO ALL OF US EARLY THIS MORNING? YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE ON THOSE COMMENTS.

I THINK THIS MORNING WHAT YOU RECEIVED WAS OUR OUR REPLY TO THAT OR TRY TO ANSWER TO ENSURE THAT WE WE WERE COMPLYING WITH THE REQUEST THERE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND THAT WE ALSO SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE INCLUDED THERE WAS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF DECISION MAKING, AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING, AND HOW THE SAFETY IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF WHAT WE DO IN FLIGHT OPERATIONS.

IT'S CRITICAL ACTUALLY TO OUR SUCCESS AND TO THE AND TO REALLY THE NATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SUCCESS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBORS, IN THIS CASE, THAT WE'RE ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. IN MANY OF THOSE CASES THAT YOU SAW WERE ACTUALLY ALL OF THEM WE ARE COMPLYING. I UNDERSTAND THIS MORNING FROM THE FEEDBACK THAT THERE'S A LITTLE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN REPETITIVE FLIGHT TRAINING, WHAT THAT TRULY MEANS, AND I'M HAPPY TO TO WORK WITH ANYBODY OUT THERE REALLY TO ENSURE WE CLARIFY WHAT THAT IS.

OKAY. WELL, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THIS MATTER AS WELL.

AND LET'S SEE WHERE TO BEGIN. I THINK THAT FOR THE BOARD, JUST TO CLARIFY, I BELIEVE THE PROCESS OF WHY SUCH A BOND COMES BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AND I THINK THERE'S TWO PIECES TO OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS APPROVAL OR DENIAL. ONE BEING TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE STATE STATUTES HAVE BEEN ADHERED TO AND THE ACTUAL PROCESS HAS BEEN APPLIED IN THE MANNER APPROPRIATE. AND THE SECOND BEING THAT GENERALLY THIS TAX EXEMPT BOND IS GOING TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND SO WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THIS PROCESS IS A SINCERE RUSH.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S LEGITIMATE REASONS TO RUSH THIS, AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COULD AT ANY TIME CHOOSE TO ADD TAX MUNICIPAL BONDS SUCH AS THIS. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT PRESSURE. AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE SEEN THIS PROCESS BE RUSHED IN A MANNER THAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH. AS FAR AS THAT FIRST PIECE OF OF APPROVING, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN ADHERED TO IN A METHODICAL MANNER.

AND THE SECOND PIECE I KNOW THAT THESE GROUPS IN COTTONWOOD AND CLARKDALE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY, TRYING TO BRING SOLUTIONS TO THE TABLE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS NOW.

AND I PERSONALLY GET EMAILS SEVERAL A WEEK WITH, WITH RESIDENTS WITH, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST SMALL CONCERNS, BUT VERY LEGITIMATE CONCERNS. I BELIEVE THAT CLARKDALE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF OF SHAPING REASONABLE SOLUTIONS.

AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, ON ON THE BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR PIECE, I GUESS I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT IT'S TAKEN THIS PRESSURE AND THIS TIMELINE REGARDING THIS BOND TO HAVE EMBRY-RIDDLE COME TO THE TABLE.

AND SO, PERSONALLY, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE APPROVING THIS BOND WITHOUT GIVING THIS PROCESS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT SECOND

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PIECE IS SOMETHING I CAN REALLY STAND BEHIND.

I WANT TO ALSO STATE THAT I VERY MUCH SUPPORT EMBRY-RIDDLE ITS MISSION.

YOU KNOW, THE DESIRE TO INCREASE ITS ABILITY TO TRAIN MORE PILOTS.

THERE'S THERE'S NOT ANY CONFLICT IN ME IN THE MISSION OF THIS BOND OR, OR THE MANNER IN WHICH THE FUNDS ARE USED.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, FOR DISTRICT THREE SUPERVISOR, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONFLICTS THAT ARE PRESENT RIGHT NOW AREN'T TO BE MADE WORSE WITH THIS INCREASE IN STUDENT FLIGHTS.

YEAH. IT'S INTERESTING. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SURE. SOUNDS LIKE THE PROBLEMS ARE NOW. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT HAS TO REALLY BE WORKED OUT.

I'M TRYING TO TIE IN WHAT DOES THE BOND HAVE TO DO WITH WHAT'S EXISTING NOW? IS IT BEING USED AS LEVERAGE TO DRIVE CHANGE? IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

OR IS ANY OF THE MONEY, BECAUSE I HEARD WHAT WAS BEING SAID ABOUT WHAT THESE BONDS WERE USED FOR.

THAT'S RIGHT. WILL ANY OF THE MONEY FROM THESE BONDS RESULT IN INCREASED FLIGHT OPERATIONS IN COTTONWOOD? MONEY FROM THE BONDS. THE BONDS OR THE MONEY FOR THE BONDS IS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED FOR THE RESIDENTS, FOR THE THE BUILDINGS AND THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CAMPUS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THERE.

SO IT'S NOT TIED DIRECTLY TO FLIGHT OPERATIONS, BUT IT IS TIED TO GROWING OUR OUR OUR SIMULATION FACILITIES, OUR RESIDENTIAL HALLS, OUR STUDENT UNIONS. SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A STUDENT EXPERIENCE THAT WE'D HAVE THERE, INCREASING WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THERE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS ON THE CAMPUS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS HEARING TOO, IS LIKE, THIS BOND WOULDN'T RESULT IN INCREASING THIS PROBLEM OVER THERE.

BUT YOU'RE HEARING THIS PROBLEM TOO. WHAT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO ADDRESS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS PROBLEM? YEAH. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT IS THAT WORK WITH THE AUXILIARY FIELD.

AND WE'RE WORKING THAT DILIGENTLY. AND WE HAVE BEEN REALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE A CAPABILITY THAT'S THERE.

AND ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL CAPABILITY THAT WOULD RELIEVE SOME OF THE STRESS OFF THESE PUBLIC AIRPORTS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL IDENTIFY A SITE FOR THAT? WE HOPE AS SOON AS WE WE HOPE SOON. HE RAISED HIS HAND.

DOES HE HAVE AN IDEA? YES, PLEASE. ABSOLUTELY. FEEL FREE. PLEASE GO.

STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN, PLEASE. RODNEY CRUISE EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY. AND I'M NOT A BOND EXPERT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE COMMENT TO YOUR QUESTION SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

THESE PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY. THIS IS A REFINANCING OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO IF YOU GO TO OUR CAMPUS RIGHT NOW, THE SIMULATOR BUILDING IS DONE.

THE RESIDENCE HALL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THIS IS A REFINANCING OF THOSE PROJECTS. TO ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE THE AUXILIARY FIELD, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE THIS WEEK. WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH FOLKS TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

VICE CHAIR COMPTON LET ME PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE TO YOU.

I'M NOT SURE WHO YOU REACHED OUT TO AND ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS.

I MEAN, I'M SURE WE'VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED IN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE CONFIDENTIAL IN NATURE.

BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO DR.

WITCHER OR TO ME. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION.

SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR THAT ISSUE.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT GETTING INFORMATION AND I UNDERSTAND THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

BUT WHEN I HAVE RESIDENTS IN MY COMMUNITY THAT ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT AN AUXILIARY FIELD, AND EVEN MY PREDECESSOR WAS WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER A YEAR, AND WE HAVE NO COMMUNICATION, AND THE RESIDENTS ARE WILLING AND IT WILL RELIEVE THE PRESSURE OFF OF, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE IN CLARKSDALE. IT'S JUST IT'S TROUBLESOME FOR ME.

AND THEN I GET THIS AT THE LAST MINUTE. I'M SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THIS AT THE LAST MINUTE? YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THIS ISSUE, IS IT IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS REGARDING THE AUXILIARY FIELD.

AND YOU HAVE PARCELS THAT MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE FOR AN AUXILIARY FIELD.

THEY'RE TOO BIG FOR US TO ACQUIRE OR TOO SMALL FOR US TO ACQUIRE OR CAN'T MEET ALL OF OUR NEEDS.

WE'VE PROBABLY LOOKED AT I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY DIFFERENT PARCELS.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS WE'RE CLOSING IN ON ALL OF THOSE VERY QUICKLY, AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO I CAN TAKE THIS AS YOUR PUBLIC AFFIRMATION THAT YOU ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON AN AUXILIARY FIELD RIGHT NOW.

YES, SIR. BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT. AND I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS APPROVED THE FUNDING OF THAT.

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS BOND ISSUANCE.

I UNDERSTAND. BUT THE FUNDING OF THAT AUXILIARY FIELD IS DONE, SIR.

WE ARE WE ARE NOT THIS ISN'T A PIPELINE PROJECT OR A PIPE YOU KNOW, PIPE DREAM.

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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON.

AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY WHY I'M HERE. OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE IT IF YOU REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.

SO I HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, SO I UNDERSTAND.

OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE DR. WITCHER'S PHONE NUMBER.

AND I ALSO REMISS I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE ON TEAMS KEN ARTIN YOUR BOND COUNCIL AS WELL, JUST SO WE KNOW HE'S THERE. BUT THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.

I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING. SO KNOWING THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND KNOWING THE MEETING THAT WE WERE COMING TO TODAY, WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT JUST TO GO ALONG AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND PARTNER WITH THESE COMMUNITIES AND THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW SOME VERY BASIC, YOU KNOW, GUIDELINES FOR FOR THEM.

I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME, WE ARE A COMMUNITY, FAMILY AND RESPECT IS IMPORTANT AT EVERY LEVEL. AND WE HAVE MANY RELATIONSHIPS AND WE HAVE MANY FRIENDSHIPS AND THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS.

BUT WE NEED TO HAVE RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER AND EVEN AND WE NEED TO TRY TO GO OVER AND STEP INTO THEIR SHOES. AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT EMBRY-RIDDLE AND EVERYTHING YOU DO, BUT I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HERE. THIS IS SUCH THIS IS A REALLY EASY FIX THAT I SEE.

YEAH. CHAIR MALLORY FIRST OF ALL, LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR THE TIME THAT IT'S TAKEN FOR US TO GET HERE.

WE DID AND I DON'T OFFER THIS AS AN EXCUSE, JUST A FACT, WE'VE HAD A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP ON OUR PRESCOTT CAMPUS.

DR. WITCHER HAS BEEN OUT HERE FOR PROBABLY ABOUT NINE MONTHS NOW, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THIS.

THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT WE DO WITH THE FLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE EVERY DAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO RECONCILE IS OUR ABILITY TO GET OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE STAGE.

SO IT'S VERY, VERY COMPLEX. AGAIN, I DON'T OFFER THAT AS AN EXCUSE.

IT'S JUST THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

WHEN YOU HAVE AN AREA THAT NO LONGER ALLOWS FOR FLIGHT, THEN WE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THAT STUDENT ACROSS THE STAGE BY MAY. SO IT IS AN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED ISSUE, AND I WOULD JUST ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A REFINANCING INITIATIVE OF ALL OF THOSE EXISTING PROJECTS.

WELL, AND AND SO I FEEL CLARKDALE HAS BEEN VERY PATIENT I THINK I KNOW YOU HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY AND I, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING REALLY GOT RESOLVED FROM THAT.

AND IT JUST IT'S IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS MEETING, BUT YET THIS MORNING WE WENT UP VERY EARLY FLYING THE PLANES, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE SENSE OF THE SCHOOL AND THE STUDENTS.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS A REFI, BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER, WILL THIS ALSO INITIATE MORE FLIGHTS? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LIKE TOMORROW MORNING, ARE YOU STILL GOING TO SEND THEM UP? IN THE RESPONSE THAT WE SENT OUT THIS MORNING WE WILL COMPLY WITH THE RESPONSE.

EXACTLY. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YEAH. I WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS WHILE YOU'RE UP HERE, TOO. SO ON THIS $204 MILLION BOND, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS FLORIDA? HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ARIZONA? SIR, I IT IS IT IS AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF PROJECTS AND I THAT IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD TELL YOU WITH ANY DEGREE OF CERTAINTY, SIR. AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST I LIKE SEEING INVESTMENT COME INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS BEING A REFINANCE, I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE CO-MINGLING SOME PROBLEMS. AND I THINK THE PROBLEMS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE STATED ARE VERY REAL AND THEY'RE DEALING WITH IT.

YOU KNOW, I ASKED HOW FAR AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE AGE OLD PROBLEM YOU BUILD NEXT TO AN AIRPORT AND THAT.

BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THEY ARE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THESE PATHS ARE ARE QUITE A BIT AWAY, AS OPPOSED TO WE HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN PRESCOTT THAT ARE RIGHT BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO THE AIRPORT. AND THERE'S NO PITY ON THAT PART OF THINGS.

BUT I THINK WE'RE WE'RE CO-MINGLING ISSUES. I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH REFINANCING OF THE BONDS.

I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO. BUT HOW AS A COUNTY AND I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU ANYMORE.

I'M TALKING WITH YOU GUYS. HOW DO WE COME TOGETHER TO FIX THE ISSUE WITH THESE GUYS AND WORK WITH EMBRY-RIDDLE AS A, AS AN INTERMEDIARY TO TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS. IN THE MEANTIME, BEFORE A SECONDARY FIELD IS ESTABLISHED.

SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE BOND, BUT I THINK THERE'S OTHER UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE WORKED ON.

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AND DO WE OWN THAT AIRPORT? IS COTTONWOOD OURS? NO. NO. AND, SUPERVISOR, I MIGHT DISAGREE WITH YOU.

I DO, YOU KNOW, SEE THAT SECOND PIECE OF GENERALLY SAYING THAT AN ENTITY IS WORTHY OF A TAX FREE BOND IN ORDER TO DO GOOD IN THEIR COMMUNITY BROADLY. AND SO I HAVE REVIEWED THE LIST OF PROJECTS, AND THEY SEEM VERY MUCH GEARED TOWARDS INCREASING STUDENT CAPACITY. AND I REALIZE THERE'S SOME MITIGATIONS IN THERE WITH FLIGHT SIMULATORS POSSIBLY REDUCING SOME AIR FLIGHT HOURS.

BUT I READ THROUGH THE LANGUAGE AND IT REMAINS, I WOULD SAY, EXPLICITLY VAGUE THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY NO PROMISE THERE THAT FLIGHTS WOULD BE REDUCED IN ANY OF THE THE AIRSTRIP LANDINGS.

SO, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN OUTLINE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THESE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE MITIGATED AS YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD THE CAPACITY FOR INCREASING FOR INCREASING STUDENTS.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE VERY FAR AWAY FROM A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD CONFIDENCE VOTE ON THIS, BUT I PERSONALLY AM NOT THERE.

AND I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO ADD A CONCERN THAT WASN'T VOICED HERE TODAY AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PART OF THE, THE, THE TRAINING THAT PILOTS ARE ABLE TO DO OVER RESIDENTIAL AREAS IS A PRACTICE OF CUTTING THE ENGINE AND AND AND THEN RESTARTING THE ENGINE MID-FLIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S A PRACTICE THAT HAS PEOPLE, LIKE DESERVEDLY SCARED IN THEIR HOMES.

I ALSO DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, A PLANE THAT HAD COME OUT OF THE COTTONWOOD AIRPORT CRASHED INTO A RESIDENCE, AND THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT WAS RELATED TO EMBRY-RIDDLE DIRECTLY, BUT THESE ARE STUDENT PILOTS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEM OVER SUCH A DENSELY POPULATED AREA, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE CONSTRAINTS ON THE TYPES OF PRACTICES THAT CAN OCCUR OVER CLARKDALE AND COTTONWOOD, SPECIFICALLY. SUPERVISOR CHECK THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT VERY CLEARLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WILL THE SIMULATOR TRAINING REDUCE THAT? WHAT WE ALL KNOW IS GOING TO REDUCE THAT IS THE ACQUISITION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUXILIARY FIELD.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THAT, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, SOLVES THE PROBLEM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CHAIR MALLORY. YEAH. SO ONE THING YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE AUXILIARY FIELD, IT'S IN THE FUTURE. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU KNOW, I'M IN THIS GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, AND SOMETIMES I HAVE A FUTURE THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOMETHING FOR TEN YEARS, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS.

WHAT IS THE FUTURE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WE HAVE MEETINGS THIS WEEK, CHAIR MALLORY TO WORK ON THAT VERY SPECIFIC ISSUE.

I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE WORKING ON A TIMELINE OF 18 TO 24 MONTHS.

AND ALSO, I LIVE IN GRANVILLE, SO I, I KNOW YOU DO FLY OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

I NEVER HEAR THOSE PLANES. SO JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE FLIGHT? OH, SHE'S SAYING THE ASCENT. I JUST SEE YOU FLYING AROUND UP THERE, BUT I DO NOT EVER HEAR YOU.

FORGIVE ME CHAIR MALLORY. I'M NOT THE PILOT IN THE ORGANIZATION.

LET ME. LET ME TURN THAT BACK OVER TO THERE'S SOME MORE EMBRY-RIDDLE. I DO SEE QUITE A LOT JUST ABOVE GRANVILLE.

I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS. SURE, THERE'S. THERE'S A PRACTICE, DESIGNATED PRACTICE AREAS THAT WE USE IN THE AIRSPACE THAT'S AFFORDED TO US.

AND MANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE FOR LIKE THE AND AGAIN, THE, THE PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE DOING I THINK YOU MENTIONED CUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL OF OUR PROCEDURES ARE DRIVEN BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS, THE TRAINING SYLLABUS OF PART 141.

AND THERE ARE POWER ON AND POWER OFF STALLS IN THAT WE WOULD NEVER DELIBERATELY CUT OFF THE ENGINE ON THE AIRCRAFT, OF COURSE, BUT WE DO PRACTICE FOR THOSE SCENARIOS. AND THAT MANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE AT ALTITUDE, AND THAT MIGHT BE WHY YOU DON'T HEAR THE NOISE AS WELL.

THESE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR FRIENDS IN CLARKDALE ARE ARE RELATED TO THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS OR THE PATTERN OPERATIONS AROUND THAT AIRPORT FOR TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS OR FULL STOP LANDINGS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION? NOPE. MAYBE JUST TO HEAR FROM MR. POLK AGAIN.

OKAY. THE NATURE OF THE BONDS. IS THIS A REFINANCE OF THE BONDS, AS HE'S SAYING, OR IS THIS GOING TO BE USED

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FOR MORE GROWTH? OKAY. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO VICE CHAIR, CHAIRWOMAN AND SUPERVISOR CHECK.

STEPHEN POLK, ATTORNEY FOR YCIDA. AND WE DO HAVE THE BOND COUNSEL, KEN ARTIN, ONLINE HERE, WHO COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THAT MORE ACCURATELY.

BUT THE INFORMATION I HAVE, I THINK, IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, RODNEY CRUISE, REPORTED, WHICH IS THOSE PROJECTS AT THE PRESCOTT CAMPUS ARE PRIMARILY ALREADY UNDERWAY AND COMPLETED.

AND SO THIS IS REALLY JUST THE TO GET THE TAX EXEMPT FINANCING THAT WILL ULTIMATELY JUST REDUCE THEIR TOTAL BORROWING COSTS AND REDUCE THE COST FOR THEIR NONPROFIT UNIVERSITY FOR IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE ALREADY TRYING TO DO.

THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE TOWN OF CLARKDALE MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

WOULD YOU MIND? NO. FEEL FREE. YES. SHORT IF POSSIBLE.

NO PROBLEM. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, YOU DO NOT HEAR THEM ADDRESSING THAT THERE ARE TWO OTHER LANDING STRIPS IN ADDITION TO PRESCOTT THAT THEY CAN USE.

AND IN THE LETTER YOU RECEIVED TODAY FROM THEM, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THEY NOTE THE DISTANCE AND THAT THE REASON THEY'RE USING COTTONWOOD IS IT'S CLOSER, WHICH MEANS FINANCIALLY IT'S A BETTER DEAL FOR THEM TO THEN TO THE STUDENTS TO FLY FARTHER.

BUT IT'S SO THAT'S A TRADE OFF. ARE WE GOING TO DECIMATE A WHOLE COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE VALUE OF THEIR HOMES TO SAVE THE UNIVERSITY AND THE STUDENTS TIME AND MONEY? IF IT IS A SHORT TERM WINDOW OF TIME WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON AN AUXILIARY FIELD, I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL EQUALLY DISTRIBUTE THE FLIGHTS BETWEEN THESE OTHER AIRSTRIPS THAT I BELIEVE THE COUNTY HAS INVESTED MONEY IN. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET A TAX EXEMPTION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS TAXPAYERS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO, YOU NEED TO ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY WITH THAT TAX EXEMPTION TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

AND THESE ARE EASY SOLUTIONS. BUT UP UNTIL DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, WHEN WE MET WITH THEM, WE COULDN'T EVEN GET A COMMITMENT THAT IF THEY OPENED THESE NEW STRIPS THAT THEY WOULD NOT USE COTTONWOOD. THEY SAID, NO, WE'RE DOING THIS TO MEET OUR FUTURE DEMAND AND THAT WE'RE AT CAPACITY AND WE NEED MORE. BUT THEY HAVE TWO OTHER OF YOUR LANDING STRIPS THAT THEY'RE NOT USING BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONVENIENT AND IT'S NOT FINANCIALLY AS GOOD.

BUT LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE AND I'VE GOT HUNDREDS MORE THAT DESERVE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND, SUPERVISOR, I RESPECT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE CO-MINGLING OF THE ISSUES, BUT THIS IS OUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS IT.

IF YOU APPROVE THIS TODAY, YOU HAVE TAKEN AWAY ANY LEVERAGE.

ANY. BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

I'M SORRY. NO OFFENSE. I LIKE THESE GENTLEMEN AS PEOPLE, AND I LOVE THEIR MISSION, I GREW UP IN THE AIR FORCE.

I SUPPORT THIS, BUT THEIR MISSION IS GROWING AND BUT AT OUR EXPENSE.

SO REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS PLEASE, I BEG OF YOU.

THIS IS OUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY. IF WE DO NOT TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY, THEY WILL NOT VOLUNTARILY DO IT AS EXHIBITED BY WHAT, SIX MONTHS AGO? WE MET WITH BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN, AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE THINGS EXPLICITLY WRITTEN WERE PRESENTED.

AND ZERO PROGRESS IT GOT WORSE. WE HAVE HAD FLIGHTS AT 8:30 AT NIGHT, 06:00 IN THE MORNING, OVER AND OVER AND OVER. I JUST BEG OF YOU, THERE'S SO MANY NUANCES AND THE WAY THAT THEY SPEAK, THEY'RE THREADING THIS NEEDLE AND THREAD BETWEEN WHAT IS THE FACTS.

AND IT'S VERY CONVOLUTED LANGUAGE AND WE'RE LISTENING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IT.

WE CAN HEAR WHERE THEY'RE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT EQUALLY DISTRIBUTING THESE FLIGHTS.

AND THAT'S AN EASY FIX. AND WHEN WE ASK ABOUT IT, THEY CITE SAFETY.

AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

I'M SORRY. I'M WRAPPING IT UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.

WELL, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME AND COMMENTS TODAY.

I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION JUST ON TIMELINE. I WOULD PREFER TO SEE I DON'T WANT TO HANG THIS UP INDEFINITELY.

I WOULD PREFER TO SEE SOME CONSENSUS BUILT REGARDING OUR COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF TWO WEEKS IS AN ADEQUATE TIME TO TURN THAT AROUND SO THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY COME BEFORE THE BOARD ON APRIL 16TH WITH SOME MORE CONCRETE SOLUTIONS AND OUR COMMUNITY'S ADDRESS BEING ADEQUATELY OUR COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS BEING ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED, IS THAT TIMELINE POSSIBLE? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

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YES, SURE. EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. SUPERVISOR CHECK.

SORRY. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU MET WITH THE CITY ABOUT ALL THIS? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU MET IN THE PAST YEAR WITH THEM? I MEAN, REALLY MET WITH THEM? SURE. THE THE MEETING I THINK THEY WERE REFERRING TO SIX MONTHS AGO WAS JANUARY THE 16TH THAT WE MET WITH THEM.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THAT I PERSONALLY MET WITH WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM CLARKDALE.

AND THEN I TRAVELED THERE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON TO MEET WITH THEM AGAIN, JUST TO TALK ABOUT, IN PARTICULAR, IN THIS CASE, THE ADVANCEMENTS WE'VE MADE WITH PURSUING THE AUXILIARY FIELD.

SO YOU KNOW THAT PROBABLY EVERY TIME YOU MEET WITH THEM THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW, RIGHT? WHAT THE ISSUES PROBABLY ARE, THAT WE'RE ALL THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH.

SURE. SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS AFFECTING ALL OF US.

SO THAT'S WHY I SAID EARLIER TODAY THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ELECTED BY DISTRICTS, WE DO NOT SERVE ON LITTLE ISLANDS.

WE SERVE AS A BOARD REPRESENTING ALL OF THE PEOPLE.

SURE. BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS COMMUNITY WILL AFFECT US, AND WE WILL EITHER RISE OR FALL TOGETHER.

BUT IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE TOGETHER NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT THIS.

I AM JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WITH THE MEETINGS THAT YOU'VE HAD WITH THEM, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A REFINANCE AND OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET A LOWER INTEREST RATE. AND THE ISSUE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ALL OF THAT BUT I, I DEFINITELY FEEL THERE NEEDS TO BE A MEETING OF, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE, HOW DOES THIS WORK FOR EVERYBODY? SURE. IT REALLY DOES. AND, AND AND HONESTLY, THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF THAT'S A LOT OF FLYING.

IT REALLY IS. SO THANK YOU. AND I'M SORRY. YOU GO AHEAD.

BUT MAY 7TH IS THE FOLLOWING MEETING HERE IN PRESCOTT.

SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO ASK BOND COUNSEL HOW THIS AFFECTS THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND BEFORE IT'S MOVED, LIKE SO. WHERE IS YOUR TIMELINE ON THIS? CAN YOU USE TWO WEEKS OR DOES THAT KILL SOMETHING? HAPPY, THIS IS KEN ARTIN. I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM OF BRYANT MILLER OLIVE.

AND WE'RE ACTING AS BOND COUNSEL TO EMBRY-RIDDLE ON THIS TRANSACTION.

CURRENTLY, THIS IS THE LAST APPROVAL. WE DO NEED TO RECEIVE RATINGS LETTERS CONFIRMING THE UNIVERSITY'S UNDERLYING RATING TO SELL THE BONDS. THAT IS EXPECTED ON OR ABOUT APRIL 14TH.

WE'RE TRYING TO PRICE THE BONDS IN APRIL IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY RISK THAT CONGRESS WILL ACT ON THEIR RESOLUTION. WHICH, RIGHT NOW THE FEAR IS TAX EXEMPTION FOR BONDS, FOR NOT FOR PROFITS IS AN EXPENSE UNDER THE FEDERAL BUDGET. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IF IF THEY WANT TO ENDORSE TAX CUTS AND ALL THE OTHER BENEFITS, THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A METHOD OF PAYING FOR IT.

THE FEAR IS, ONE OF THE METHODS OF PAYING FOR TAX BENEFITS IS TO REMOVE THE EXEMPTION.

I HAVE A NUMBER OF NOT FOR PROFIT UNIVERSITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR FINANCINGS ACCOMPLISHED IN APRIL TO AVOID THE RISK OF SOMETHING, SOMETHING BAD HAPPENING IN CONGRESS IN MAY. A MAY APPROVAL WOULD BE PAST THAT POINT.

SO YOUR YOUR HARD DEADLINE IS APRIL 14TH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR RIGHT NOW.

YES. SO I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND WE'RE DANCING.

YES. YEAH. AND THE ONE THING I WANT TO STRESS THE.

AND IT'S BEEN SAID YES, THIS IS A VENUE WHERE THE PARTIES ARE GETTING TOGETHER, BUT THE APPROVING THE BONDS TODAY DOES NOT FINANCE AN EXPANSION. MOST OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION THAT WOULD QUALIFY TO BE REFINANCED ARE EITHER UNCONSTRUCTED UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, COMPLETED.

SO YES, THIS IS THE FLIGHT ISSUE IS A PRESSING ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THE TEFRA APPROVAL IS NOTHING MORE THAN TRYING TO ALLOW THE UNIVERSITY TO FINANCE COSTS,

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FINANCE THEIR PROJECTS AT A LOWER COST. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND CAN EMBRY-RIDDLE SUGGEST ANY TEMPORARY MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THIS PROBLEM UNTIL YOUR NEW STRIP IS UP AND RUNNING? YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN ANY WAY.

I MEAN, THERE'S THERE THERE THERE ARE, OUR GOAL HERE IS TO EDUCATE THE FUTURE AVIATION AEROSPACE PROFESSIONALS THAT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED BY OUR INDUSTRY. SO THAT DEMAND IS HIGH.

I THINK ALL OF US KNOW THAT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THAT DEMAND OF OUR INDUSTRY, AND WE'RE OPEN TO ANY CONVERSATIONS NOW.

OUR TRAINING SYLLABUS, ALL THAT STUFF IS DRIVEN BY A VERY DISTINCT SYLLABUS, PART 141 OF OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS.

BUT ANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN DO IN THERE, WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THOSE THINGS.

CAN WE SPLIT THIS? THE SUGGESTION OF SPLITTING IT UP AMONGST MULTIPLE AIRPORTS, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY OR NOT A POSSIBILITY? SO THAT THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN. AND WE DO USE ALL THE ASSETS THAT THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US HERE AND REALLY IN THE STATE.

YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, EVERY FLIGHT IS SET UP FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CONDITION.

SOMETIMES THAT'S THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PILOT, THE STUDENT PILOT, THEIR CAPABILITIES, THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT THESE AIRPORTS, SOMETIMES EVEN THE THE ALIGNMENT OF THE RUNWAYS CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON IF WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THAT AIRPORT OR NOT.

AND BECAUSE OF THIS DISTINCT SAFETY CULTURE THAT WE USE, WE TEACH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THESE PILOTS ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS. SO WE TAKE THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

SO BASED ON THE ACTIVITY, BASED ON THE TYPE OF OF AIRCRAFT WE'RE OPERATING, AND ALSO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE STUDENT AND THE TRAINING ACTIVITY THAT NEEDS TO BE CONDUCTED, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT COME INTO PLAY FOR EVERY SINGLE FLIGHT.

BECAUSE WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE SELIGMAN, WE HAVE COTTONWOOD, WE HAVE BAGDAD.

SO WE USE ALL THOSE RESOURCES, INCLUDING CLARK.

SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. THANK YOU. RIGHT.

WE WE USE WICKENBURG. WE PUT AIRCRAFT IN FLAGSTAFF OR DIAMONDS IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THEY CAN OPERATE AT THAT LEVEL FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.

THE CLARK, AT CLARK MEMORIAL FIELD UP THERE, WE'VE USED THOSE FACILITIES.

NOW, AGAIN, EVERY EVERY FLIGHT, WE MAKE A DECISION FOR WHAT'S THE BEST UTILIZATION TO ACCOMPLISH THE TRAINING AND DO IT IN A SAFE WAY.

SO THANK YOU, MR. WITCHER, I APPRECIATE IT. AND I'VE CALLED FOR A MOTION IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO WRAP THIS UP.

YES, I KNOW THAT APRIL 16TH IS A LONG MEETING.

HOWEVER, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO RESOLVE THIS WITHIN THE MONTH OF APRIL.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE APRIL 16TH MEETING.

I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? NO SECOND.

NOT A SECOND. WELL THE MOTION FAILS WITHOUT A SECOND? ANY OTHER MOTIONS? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE BOND.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. PLEASE VOTE.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. NO. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES, BUT CAN I HAVE AN EXPLANATION HERE? YES. I WILL SUPPORT THIS, BUT I WILL REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION.

AND I TRULY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MESSAGE, AN EMAIL SENT TO MY OFFICE RELATIVELY SOON THAT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SOME OF THESE REQUESTS OF THIS TOWN.

OKAY. AND ME AS WELL. YOU ARE A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

I ECHO IT AS WELL. BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE GOOD PARTNERS, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL ON PUBLIC RECORD AND I'M SURE WE HAVE FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS GOING FORWARD.

AND THESE ARE YOUR PEOPLE. THIS IS YOUR TOWN.

THIS IS YOUR COUNTY. I NEED YOU TO STEP IT UP.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MOTION IS APPROVED BY A SPLIT VOTE OF 3 TO 1 WITH SUPERVISOR CHECK OPPOSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[2. Sheriff - Approve Lease Agreement between Yavapai County and Prescott Commercial Real Estate in the amount of $533,151.03 for an initial term of sixty (60) months and two (2), five-year renewal options for the use of Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) Task Force, and adjust the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) budget to accommodate the reallocation of funds necessary for this lease agreement. YC Contract No. 2025-065]

MR. NEWNUM. YES. MR. NEWNUM, I APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING UP TODAY, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH BRIEFED ON THIS SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO.

I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

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MADAM CLERK. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

YES. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES.

YOU HAVE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, AND WE WILL TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK.

HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BROOKS IS ONE.

OH. HE IS. EXCUSE ME, EVERYONE, WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO HEARINGS, NUMBER ONE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, APPROVE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL FEE SCHEDULE PURSUANT TO

[1. Development Services - Approve adjustments to the Development Services Environmental Fee Schedule pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes §11-251.05, §11-251.08, and §11-251.13. Project Name: Development Services Updated Environmental Unit Fee Schedule; PLA24-000137. (All Districts)]

ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES 11- 25 1.05 , .08 , AND .13.

PROJECT NAME DEVELOPMENT SERVICES UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL UNIT FEE SCHEDULE PLA24 -000137.

ALL DISTRICTS. GOOD MORNING, MR. LUSSON. GOOD MORNING, VICE CHAIR.

CHAIR. MY NAME IS MARK LUSSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL UNIT SERVICE FEES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT.

SO WHY DOES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CHARGE PERMIT FEES WELL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ADDRESSING, BUILDING PLAN REVIEWS AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS, CODE ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, ENVIRONMENTAL SEPTIC REVIEWS, PERMITTING AND PLANNING.

AND TODAY WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS SOLELY THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEES.

SO TO FURTHER WHY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES CHARGE FEES, IS FOR COST RECOVERY.

PERMIT FEES ARE IN PLACE TO RECOVER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COSTS FOR THOSE PERMITTING APPLICATIONS, FIELD INSPECTIONS, PLAN REVIEWS AND OTHER SERVICES THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROVIDES FOR THE PUBLIC.

FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCES FEES. ENSURE DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ARE COMPLYING WITH THE CURRENT CODES AND ORDINANCES WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED.

FOR PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTIONS. WE HAVE A TERRIFIC GROUP OF EMPLOYEES THAT GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE, THAT LOOK AT THE PLAN REVIEWS AND APPROVE THESE BASED ON THOSE ADOPTED CODES AND ORDINANCES.

FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, FEES, SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND MANAGING THE PERMITTING PROCESS, INCLUDING EVERYTHING THAT WE USE, THE TOOLS AND SOFTWARES THAT WE USE TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS.

AND WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF ADJUSTING THESE FEES? SO FOR BUDGET RECOVERY, CURRENTLY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS A GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT.

BUT WITH OUR FEES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS ABLE TO REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND WITH THOSE FEES THAT WE OBTAIN.

IT REDUCES THE BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS BY PAYING FOR ITSELF, THE DEPARTMENT CAN REDUCE ITS BURDEN ON THE GENERAL FUND.

IN ESSENCE, DEVELOPMENT PAYS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

AND COST OWNERSHIP, PROPERTY OWNERS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS WILL BEAR THE FULL COST OF THEIR PROJECT.

SO IF THEY ARE BUILDING A HOUSE, THEY ARE PAYING FOR ALL OF OUR SERVICES FOR THE PERMITTING AND INSPECTION SIDE OF THAT HOUSE.

SO WHY ARE WE HERE BEFORE THE BOARD? SO ACCORDING TO STATE STATUTE, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT STATUTES THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BOARD TO GET THESE FEES APPROVALS. THE FIRST IS THAT THE BOARD MAY ESTABLISH AND CHARGE REASONABLE FEES FOR PERMITS ISSUED AND INSPECTIONS MADE PURSUANT TO ANY CODE.

THE SECOND ONE IS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY ADOPT FEE SCHEDULES FOR ANY SPECIFIC PRODUCT OR SERVICE THE COUNTY PROVIDES TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THE LAST ONE IS THAT IT ALLOWS THE BOARD TO COVER THE EXPENSE OF THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE GIVEN FOR THE FEE CHARGE THAT IS ASSESSED.

SO LOOKING AT THIS GRAPH, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE GOAL TO MAINTAIN ABOUT A 90 TO 90% COVERAGE OR REIMBURSEMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST FOUR FISCAL YEARS, WE HAVE MAINTAINED A DECENT COVERAGE.

BUT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE SEEN THAT DROP DUE TO RISING COSTS, OPERATIONAL COSTS, AND WE'RE NOW CURRENTLY COVERING ABOUT 70% OF WHAT WE USE FROM THE GENERAL FUND, SO WE'RE REIMBURSING 70%. AND AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO GET INTO THAT 90 TO 95% RANGE.

SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THESE FEE ADJUSTMENTS? ONE THESE FEES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL UNIT ARE OUTDATED.

THE LAST TIME THESE WERE UPDATED WAS 1999. THERE WAS A COST MISMATCH.

CURRENTLY WE ARE RECOVERING 70%, OUR GOAL AS A DEPARTMENT IS TO HAVE THAT REVENUE RECOVERY BETWEEN 90 AND 95%.

THE FEES ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER UNITS. WE OPERATE UNDER A DELEGATION AGREEMENT WITH ADEQ.

SO UNLIKE ANY OTHER UNIT IN OUR SYSTEM, IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO A QUASI JUDICIAL BODY FOR A PRE-APPROVAL TO TO GO TO THE BOARD.

ADEQ SETS THOSE FEES AS A CEILING, AND WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY AT THEM OR BELOW THEM.

SO ADEQ SETS THOSE FEES AND ON THE CHART ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE ARE THE MORE COMMON PERMITS THAT WE GET THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL

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FOR OUR FIRST ONE, A RESIDENTIAL CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM AT 3,000 GALLONS PER DAY OR LESS.

THAT'S KIND OF YOUR TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL SEPTIC PERMIT.

ADEQ ALLOWS A JURISDICTION TO CHARGE UP TO $5,200.

OUR PROPOSED FEE IS GOING TO BE $550, WHICH IS ABOUT A 10% EQUAL FOR WHAT WE COULD BE CHARGING.

WE'RE ONLY CHARGING ABOUT 10% OF WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE CHARGING. AND AS YOU GO THROUGH THE LIST, THE GENERAL PERMIT 3,000 TO 24,000 ADEQ HAS A MAX CHARGE OF #11,000.

WE ARE ASKING FOR $2,500, OR ABOUT 23% OF WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

HOW OUR FEES MATCH TO OTHER COUNTIES? SO WE DO NOT WANT TO BE TRAILBLAZERS AS FAR AS RECOUPING THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY.

ON THIS CHART, YOU'LL SEE HOW YAVAPAI COUNTY WITH THE PROPOSED RATES COMPARED TO COCONINO, PINAL AND MARICOPA, ONES THAT HAVE SIMILAR PROCESSES AS US.

YOU WILL NOTE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ARE THOSE COUNTIES THAT HAVE THE LOWEST FOR THAT PERMIT COST.

AND HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ARE THOSE COUNTIES THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST IN COST.

NOTICE THAT OURS IS MOSTLY BLACK. OTHER THAN THE WELL REVIEW AT $225, THAT'S THE LOWEST COST FOR THAT PERMIT TYPE.

WE'RE ALSO WITH OUR PROPOSED FEES. WE'RE STAYING RIGHT ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK WITH OTHER WITH THESE OTHER COUNTIES.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE LOWEST, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE HIGHEST EITHER. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN WHAT'S GOOD FOR US IN THE COUNTY AND REIMBURSING THAT GENERAL FUND.

SO THROUGH CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, WE'VE GIVEN THE PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES SINCE OUR DECEMBER 4TH MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LAST YEAR.

THESE NEW PROPOSED FEES WERE POSTED ON THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WEBSITE ON JANUARY 10TH.

THEY WERE POSTED TO THE COUNTY MAIN PAGE ON JANUARY 13TH, AND WE RAN TWO DISPLAY ADS TO MEET PUBLIC NOTIFICATION ON MARCH 15TH AND ON THE 16TH FOR THE TWO DIFFERENT NEWSPAPERS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. AGAIN, SINCE ADEQ SETS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FEE, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FROM AN APPROVAL FROM A QUASI JUDICIAL BODY BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PUBLIC HEARING.

BUT WE DID HAVE PUBLIC INPUT. ON DECEMBER 4TH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REQUESTED ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER INPUT.

SO WE TOOK THAT AND HELD TWO MEETINGS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.

OUR FIRST MEETING WAS DECEMBER 18TH, AND WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE COTTONWOOD OFFICES, AND THEN AGAIN ON JANUARY 7TH, WHERE WE MET THE PUBLIC IN OUR PRESCOTT OFFICES.

WE DID LISTEN TO STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE DID MAKE SOME FEE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE DID HAVE.

ONE UPDATE I DO WANT TO MENTION ON RECORD IS WHILE WE ARE NOT IMPLEMENTING ANY NEW FEES, WE'RE NOT PRESENTING ANY NEW PROCESSES AND A NEW FEE FOR THAT PROCESS. HOWEVER, IN THE TIME BEING, WE DID ELIMINATE, WE DO.

WE DID FIND TWO PERMIT TYPES THAT WERE GOING TO INACTIVATE ON OUR INACTIVATE IN OUR PERMITTING SYSTEM.

AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE ALTER CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION, ALTER CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM, AND ALTER CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION FOR AN ALTERNATE SYSTEM.

ARE THOSE STILL AVAILABLE? ALTERNATE SYSTEMS? OR ARE WE SAYING WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THOSE ANYMORE? SO THE ALTER CONSTRUCTION IS BASICALLY A REDESIGN.

SO I'M SORRY IF I'M BEING TOO CONFUSING. IT'S NOT REPLACING THE ALTERNATE SYSTEM.

THAT'S A STANDALONE THING THAT'S STAYING UNTOUCHED.

THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SUPERVISORS ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A COMMENT THAT I ATTENDED THE DECEMBER 18TH PUBLIC MEETING, AND I REALLY, REALLY PLEASED THAT THE COMMENTS I HEARD FROM INDUSTRY PARTNERS IN THAT MEETING WERE VERY MUCH CONSIDERED AND ACTUALLY TRANSLATED INTO CHANGES. SO THAT OCCURRED BOTH WITH THE ALTERNATE SYSTEMS AND ALSO THE A312G VARIANCES, WHERE YOU WERE ABLE TO REALLY TEASE SOME NUANCE INTO THE APPLICATIONS THERE. AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND AND REALLY TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT TO HEART THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MARK I APPRECIATE IT.

WE HAVE ONE GREEN SHEET TODAY, MISS GRIFFIS. OUR ESTEEMED PLANNING AND PLANNING AND ZONING MEMBER. GOOD MORNING SANDY.

GOOD MORNING. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. CHAIR MALLORY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

I'M PRIVILEGED TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING TO OFFER OUR SUPPORT IN APPROVING THESE ENVIRONMENTAL FEES.

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MANY OF YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS TO GET THESE OVER THE FINISH LINE.

WE STARTED FIVE MONTHS AGO AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY APPLAUD DAWN, YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH UNIT MANAGER AND HER AMAZING TEAM FOR BEING SO WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE INDUSTRY AND LOOK AT SOME FEE CHANGES AND LOOK AT THE DELIVERABLES THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FEES.

IT WAS A VERY GREAT EXPERIENCE. I KNOW IT TOOK LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE, BUT TODAY'S THE DAY TO GET IT OVER THE FINISH LINE. AND AGAIN, KUDOS TO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT IN MARK'S BUDGET THERE'S A HIDDEN BUDGET FEE IN THERE SOMEWHERE TO ANSWER ALL OF MY EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS.

I HAVEN'T QUITE DISCOVERED WHERE IT IS, BUT I KNOW IT'S THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR POSITIVE SUPPORT OF THESE FEES.

AND AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.

AND AGAIN, IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO SAY HI GOOD MORNING AND I SUPPORT THESE FEES.

THANK YOU CHAIR I MEAN SANDY. MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING US SMILE JUST THIS MOMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. SANDY SO WHEN YOU TALK WITH ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION, DO THEY BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I SEE THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.

WE HAVEN'T RAISED THESE FEES IN OVER 25 YEARS, AND A LOT OF THINGS HAVE GONE, INFLATION HAS CAUGHT UP.

DO YOUR PEOPLE SEE THAT AS WELL? DO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS TIME TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAY? IT WAS TIME, BUT THEN THERE WERE QUESTIONS ON THE PERCENTAGE OF THE FEES.

YOU WERE AT OUR JANUARY MEETING, YOU HEARD FROM THE INDUSTRY, AND IT WAS PAST TIME TO DO IT, BUT AGAIN, WITH THE EXPLANATION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ON WHAT THESE FEES WERE TO BE USED FOR THE DELIVERABLES THEY ACCEPTED THEM WITH OPEN ARMS. THANKS. NOTHING IS OUT OF LINE. [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY FURTHER PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION? NO. OPEN TO A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE NEW FEES.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SUPERVISOR CHECK.

YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. HEARINGS NUMBER TWO. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES APPROVE FINAL PLAT OF WHISPERING CANYONS,

[2. Development Services - Approve a Final Plat of the Whispering Canyon Phase 11 for APN(S): 306-35-730A & 306-35-633H to create 53 single family residential lots and 4 tracts, on approximately 61.12 acres in a PAD (Planned Area Development) zoning district. Owner: PAF – Prescott, LLC; Applicant: Scott Lyon of Lyon Engineering & Surveying Inc. Application No. PLA24-000151. (District 4 - Supervisor Kuknyo)]

PHASE 11 FOR APM:306-35- 730A, -633H TO CREATE 53 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND FOUR TRACKS ON APPROXIMATELY 61.18 ACRES, ONE TWO ACRES IN THE PAD ZONING DISTRICT OWNER PAF PRESCOTT LLC APPLICANT SCOTT LYON LYON ENGINEERING SURVEYING APPLICATION NUMBER PLA24-000151, SUPERVISOR DISTRICT.

BECCA GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING VICE CHAIR COMPTON, CHAIR MALLORY, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BECCA SIRAKIS PLANNER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THANK YOU. SO THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION I AM PRESENTING IS FOR THE WHISPERING CANYON PHASE 11 FINAL PLAT.

THIS ITEM WAS PREVIOUSLY HEARD BY THIS BODY AT THE MARCH 5TH, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, OF WHICH IT WAS TABLED TO BE HEARD AT THIS MEETING TO ENABLE TO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE GAINED.

WITH THAT IN MIND, SINCE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HEARING THIS APPLICATION, WOULD THE BOARD LIKE ME TO PROCEED WITH MY FULL PRESENTATION OR GIVE AN ABBREVIATED PRESENTATION? TO ABBREVIATE IT'S FINE. OKAY, PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT. SO ON MARCH 5TH, 2001, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DID APPROVE THE ZONING MAP CHANGE FROM RCU-2 A TO PAD TO ALLOW FOR THE 400 LOTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM HALF AN ACRE TO TWO ACRES.

THE LOTS BORDERING THE NORTH OF THE PROJECT ARE ADJACENT TO THE INSCRIPTION CANYON RANCH LOTS THAT ARE LARGER AND ARE PURPOSEFULLY TWO ACRES OR LARGER TO MATCH THAT.

THE EXISTING INTERNAL INTERNAL ARTERIAL ROADWAYS WERE CONSTRUCTED UNDER PREVIOUS ROADWAY STANDARDS AND WAIVERS. THE PROPOSED ROADS FOR PHASE 11 ARE PROPOSED TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THOSE PREVIOUS APPROVALS AND STANDARDS.

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SO STAFF HAS RECEIVED THREE COMMENTS OF OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION SO FAR, AND THEY ARE ALL REGARDING THE THE CONCERN ABOUT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON WHISPERING OR WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD.

BUT I DID WANT TO BRING I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OUR TRAFFIC AUTHORITY, FOR THIS TYPE OF APPLICATION.

SO IN SUMMARY, IN LOOKING AT THE FINAL PLAT, THE APPLICATION IS FOR 53 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND FOUR TRACKS, AND IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE EXISTING PAD APPROVAL FROM 2001.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

THE APPLICANT, SCOTT LYON, IS HERE, AS WELL AS THE ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND ROGER MCCORMICK WITH PUBLIC WORKS IS HERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISORS ANY QUESTIONS? NOT ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THE CONCERN ABOUT THE ROAD IS HUGE.

AND LAST NIGHT, THE SHERIFF PUT ON A PRESENTATION, AND IT WAS SUCH A GOOD SHOWING OF THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE ROOM AND MOVE FIRE TRUCKS OUT OF THE GARAGE AND HAVE THE MEETING IN THE FIRE TRUCK GARAGE.

AND I THINK THE, THE WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, I'M THINKING, OKAY, 53 HOMES, TWO PEOPLE PER HOME, A TRIP PER DAY, IN AND OUT, THAT'S 200 MORE VEHICLES GOING UP AND DOWN WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD.

AND THAT'S OUR PROBLEM AS A COUNTY. I THINK WE HAVE TO GET BETTER ON KEEPING UP WITH WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE THERE AND I THINK WE SEE THAT, AND THAT'S A MATTER OF MONEY. WE NEED TO HAVE MORE TO DO, THESE KIND OF PROJECTS.

I LIKE A LOT OF THE THINGS THEY DO OUT THERE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE COMMUNICATION WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS DIDN'T GO VERY WELL.

WHEN I WENT AND LOOKED, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL PRIVATE ROADS IN THERE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO GET ON THE DEVELOPER WAS TO FIX THIS ONE CURVE, LO AND BEHOLD, THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT ROAD IS OUR ROAD AS THE COUNTY.

SO WE WENT OUT THERE AND BECAUSE OF THE THE STANDARDS FOR THAT KIND OF ROAD, WE COULD NOT PUT IN A GUARDRAIL.

BUT WE DID PUT IN DELINEATORS JUST THE OTHER DAY.

AND THAT WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE PERSON.

A LOT OF IT IS JUST SHOCK OF GROWING AND AND PEOPLE THINKING, THIS IS THIS IS MY BACKYARD WHEN IT'S REALLY PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY. I THINK SOME THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENT, BUT I DO LIKE HOW THEY HAVE THE EXISTING VEGETATION THAT'S ALREADY GROWN FROM THE GROUND. THERE'S NOT A BUNCH OF NEW IRRIGATION GOING ON BECAUSE I THINK WATER IS A THING.

I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE HOOKED UP ON SEWER AND THE EFFLUENTS BEING USED ACROSS THE STREET.

I WOULD, WOULD RATHER SEE RECHARGE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY DELICATE WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WHOLE ZONING STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE, WE GOT TO HAVE PADS AND REALLY SLOW DOWN ON WHAT I SEE AS THE WILDCAT DEVELOPMENTS, WHERE WE'RE JUST GETTING LOT SPLITS.

AND THEN REALLY, THE COUNTY HAS NO BEARING AT ALL IN FLOOD ISSUES, ROAD ISSUES, WHATEVER.

BECAUSE BASICALLY YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT ON YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY.

I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THE PADS. I THINK THIS BOARD IS INHERITING A LOT OF ANCIENT PROBLEMS THAT THAT MAYBE NEEDED TO BE FIXED BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS THING WAS PLATTED IN 2001, AND THE BOARD APPROVED IT.

I THINK THEY DID SOMETHING ELSE IN 2007 AS WELL.

AND NOW HERE IT IS BEFORE US FOR THE FINAL PLAT.

SO ONCE THIS IS DONE, WHISPERING CANYON IS DONE.

THERE WILL BE NO MORE GROWTH OUT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS IS THEIR FINAL PLAT. CORRECT. I WILL LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT THIS PROPERTY OWNER THIS IS THE LAST PHASE OF THIS PROPERTY OWNER WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THERE THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT AND THE APPLICANT CAN. BUT JUST AS A NOTE FOR SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, I HAVE ASKED STAFF TO FIND OUT HOW MANY OF THESE ARE ACTUALLY SITTING OUT THERE IN THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FORCED ON, THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY COMPILING, IT TURNS OUT TO BE A MUCH LONGER LIST THAN I HAD THOUGHT SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THE FUTURE. SO STAFF IS CURRENTLY DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.

WELL, TALKING ROCK IS GOING TO BE GROWING. YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS ALL IN. YOU KNOW, INSCRIPTION CANYON WHO KNOWS.

AND AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE PADS AND I THINK SOMETIMES YOU SAY, WELL, 53 HOMES.

WELL, HOW MANY OF THE PRIVATE BUILDINGS ARE BEING BUILT? HOW MANY ON ON PRIVATE LAND? I THINK IT SHOCKS YOU WHEN YOU SEE THAT NUMBER.

I LIKE I LIKE THE WIDTH OF THE ROADS IN THERE.

AND THAT'S ONE THAT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE WITH ME, TOO. LOOKING AT WHAT [INAUDIBLE] REALLY WANTS.

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WHAT DO YOU WANT? AND IT'S COME UP A FEW TIMES IN MY 13 WEEKS UP HERE.

AND WELL, IT HAS TO BE 26FT AT A FIRE HYDRANT.

BUT WE'RE GOOD WITH 24. AND THEN SOME OF THESE ROADS IN HERE ARE 20FT.

EXCUSE ME. VICE CHAIR, CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO I WOULD JUST REMIND THE BOARD THAT THE COMMENTS SHOULD BE RELATED TO THE ITEM AS AGENDA . SO IT HAS TO BE SPECIFICALLY AS TO APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT ON THE WHISPERING CANYON PHASE 11.

SO CAN I SPEAK TO THE ROAD WIDTHS IN PHASE 11 OF WHISPERING CANYON.

YES. THEY'RE 20FT. SO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED? BUT EITHER WAY, I'LL CUT IT KIND OF SHORT. BUT I SEE APPROVING THIS FINAL PHASE IT'S DONE WITH AND TO THE POINT OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP.

I THINK AS A SUPERVISOR, I WILL BE TRYING EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD THAT WOULD THESE PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT ONTO AND EXIT ONTO. AND THE SHERIFF IS GOING TO BE HELPING TO SLOW THAT DOWN.

I THINK THERE'S THERE WAS A REAL BIG COMMITMENT LAST NIGHT.

THANK YOU SUPERVISO KUKNYO. WE HAVE TWO GREEN SHEETS.

JOHN TIPTON, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING JOHN. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. AND FOR THE RECORD.

I'M JOHN TIPTON. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I'VE LIVED IN WHISPERING CANYON NOW FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS, AND I'M HERE NOW TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE START OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY WE HAVE 77 LOTS STILL FOR SALE FOR THAT WERE BUILT IN PHASES 6 AND 07, 77 CURRENTLY, 21 OF THOSE 77 LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD, THAT'S 27%.

MY CONCERN IS IT WASN'T CLEAR, AND I DID ATTEND THE LAST MEETING VIRTUALLY, IF APPROVED, WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD START.

HOWEVER, WE HAD AN HOA MEETING WITH SPRING CANYON BACK IN 2023, AND THE PRINCIPAL LEAD OF THE DEVELOPER AT THAT MEETING SPECIFICALLY TOLD US PHASE 11 WOULD NOT START UNTIL 50% OF PHASES 6 AND 7 WERE SOLD OUT.

THEY'RE WELL BELOW THAT. MY OPINION IS 100% OF THOSE LOTS SHOULD BE SOLD BEFORE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT STARTS.

SO I'M CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE LOTS IN THERE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SITTING WITH WEEDS GROWING ON THEM.

IT'S A BLIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND WHY CAN'T WE SAY, LET'S APPROVE PHASE 11, BUT LET'S WAIT UNTIL MORE OF THE LOTS IN 6 AND 7 HAVE BEEN SOLD BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.

OTHERWISE, WE MAY HAVE MORE THAN 50% OF THESE LOTS SITTING THERE WAITING TO BE SOLD.

THAT'S MY CONCERN. AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT I'M AGAINST THIS.

IT'S JUST THAT IF APPROVED, MAYBE THE CAVEAT COULD BE INCLUDED THAT THIS CONSTRUCTION MAY NOT START ON PHASE 11 UNTIL MORE OF THESE LOTS DOWN IN 6 AND 7 ARE FINISHED. THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT ONE TIME, I THINK 8, 9 AND 10, BUT THE WHOEVER OWNED THAT LAND DID NOT OFFER TO SELL THAT TO THE DEVELOPER.

AND IF I COULD, AM I PERMITTED TO ASK THE APPLICANT A QUESTION? NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT. JOHN, WHERE ARE YOU AT BY THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, DO YOU KNOW? I'M DOWN ON TEDDER ROAD, WHICH IS DOWN IN PHASE 3.

SO AND WHAT'S YOUR CONCERN ABOUT NOT BUILDING UNTIL OTHER LOTS ARE SOLD? WHAT WHAT IS THAT IT WILL BE A GHOST TOWN LOOK, OR ? THERE'S ALREADY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR RUMORS CIRCULATING AROUND THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS LEFT, AND THEY'RE NOT YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD ON THOSE LOTS, WHICH IS NOT TRUE.

I HAVE TALKED TO THE REAL ESTATE AGENT DOWN THERE AND REPRESENTS WHISPERING CANYON, THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE LOTS TO BE PURCHASED.

I BELIEVE THAT BUILDER HAS EXCLUSIVE BUILDING RIGHTS ON THOSE LOTS.

SO EITHER THEY'RE BUILDING SPEC HOMES AND SELLING THEM AS THEY BUILD THEM, OR THEY'RE SELLING THE LOTS AND THEN BUILDING THE HOME.

BUT MY QUESTION WAS TO AND I DID NOT HEAR THIS AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

WHO IS THE DEVELOPER OR WHO WILL BE THE DEVELOPER ON PHASE 11? WILL IT BE THE SAME COMPANY? SOMEBODY DIFFERENT? WILL THEY BE BUILDING SPEC HOMES? AND NUMBER TWO, WHEN IS THIS SUPPOSED TO START?

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THAT WAS NEVER MADE CLEAR. IS THIS GOING TO START IMMEDIATELY UPON APPROVAL OR IS IT GOING TO WAIT 2 OR 3 MONTHS? ARE WE GOING TO WAIT, AS WAS TOLD TO US BY THE DEVELOPER WHEN IT'S 50% SOLD OUT? I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU SIR. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. MR. GEORGE THORNBURGH, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING GEORGE.

GOOD MORNING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. SUPERVISORS, LET ME SAY HELLO FIRST.

MANAGERS AND I'M EVEN GOING TO INCLUDE JAMIE BECAUSE SHE WORKS.

THANK YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME? GEORGE THORNBURGH.

PULL THAT MIC A LITTLE CLOSER, IF YOU COULD. HOW'S THAT? BETTER? GREAT, THANK YOU SIR. I'M GOING TO CUT TO THE CHASE.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS GREAT TO SEE CHRIS AT THAT MEETING IN CHINO VALLEY LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS A GOOD MEETING. YOU SHOWED COMPASSION FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT THAT THEY BROUGHT UP THAT WAS FACING US IN THE FUTURE.

I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN ATTEMPT. MY GUT FEEL TELLS ME THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON WITHIN YOU FOLKS.

NOT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT NOT TOGETHER. I SEE THIS AS A LOST CAUSE.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO BRING UP ANY OF THE COMMENTS I WAS GOING TO HAVE AGAINST THE BILL.

OKAY. BECAUSE I CAME INTO THIS RATHER LATE. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT IF THIS ALREADY MAKES SENSE, THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO SUGGEST IS NEXT TIME YOU HAVE A BUILDER, COME AND PLAN AND POST SIGNS. DON'T HAVE THEM DO IT ON A 12 BY 18 PIECE OF CARDBOARD THAT'S BLOWN OFF BY THE WIND IN THREE DAYS.

OKAY. IT WAS A LOUSY JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

I HAVE THE LETTER I GOT WAS ANYBODY WITHIN 1,000FT WOULD GET NOTIFIED.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A FEW MORE. I MADE COPIES AND DISTRIBUTED THEM TO MORE YARDS.

JUST BE HONEST, TELL US WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD.

YOU KNOW IT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A SHAM FROM THE BEGINNING ON.

THE BUILDERS PART TRYING TO HIDE WHAT WE'RE DOING TILL WE CAME TO THE MEETING.

SO, IN MY GUT FEEL, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY I JUST FEEL THIS IS ALREADY GOING TO BE VOTED ON POSITIVE OR YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE IT.

SO I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. THANK YOU GEORGE, AND I WANT TO WISH CHRIS GOOD LUCK ON MAINTAINING WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD AS THE BUILDING CONTINUES. AND YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A MONKEY ON YOUR BACK GOOD LUCK SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON HEARING ITEM TWO.

YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE DO THE MOTION, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE BUILDER ON SOME OF THE THE QUESTIONS RAISED.

IS THE BUILDER AVAILABLE? YES. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

JUST ON YOU KNOW, THE THINGS JOHN BROUGHT UP.

YOU KNOW, HE'S SAYING 77 LOTS STILL FOR SALE, 21 ARE SOLD.

AND WE WON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL THERE'S 50% SOLD.

IS THERE ANY WEIGHT TO THAT? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. STERLING JOHNSON, COPPER TREE CONSTRUCTION. SO THERE ARE 72 LOTS BETWEEN PHASES 6 AND 7.

WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, 28 OF THOSE LOTS SOLD AND UNDER CONTRACT, UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS OF TODAY.

THAT IS OUR GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, IS WE DO NOT WANT TO BE STARTING A NEW PHASE UNTIL THE PRIOR PHASE HAS BEEN ABOUT 50% BUILT THROUGH.

AND WHEN WE SAY STARTING THE NEW PHASE MEANS LOTS READY FOR SALE.

THE IMPROVEMENTS AT PHASE 11 TO BRING LOTS READY FOR SALE IS BETWEEN 18 TO 24 MONTHS, AND WE'RE SELLING ABOUT 26 HOMES A YEAR.

SO THE APPROVAL TODAY WILL KEEP US ON TRACK TO HAVE PHASE 11 READY TO SELL THROUGH ONCE PHASES 6 AND 7 ARE SOLD THROUGH.

KEY POINT FOR US IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A STAFF, IT'S A SMALL COMPANY, WE'RE A LOCAL BUILDER, WE HAVE STAFF OF THREE PEOPLE. I CAN'T HAVE A GAP WHERE I HAVE NOTHING TO SELL AND KEEP PAYING SALARIES FOR THREE FOLKS HERE LOCALLY DURING THAT TIME.

SO THE SEQUENCING OF HAVING PHASE 11 COMPLETE FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE, READY TO SELL LOTS, VERY CRITICAL THAT WE GET THE APPROVAL TODAY.

SO WE CAN START IN THAT CIVIL IMPROVEMENT RIGHT AWAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT. I MOVE TO APPROVE HEARING ITEM NUMBER TWO. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. HEARING'S ITEM NUMBER THREE; PUBLIC WORKS HEARING TO APPROVE WATER SERVICE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH BIG PARK WATER

[3. Public Works - Hearing to Approve a Water Service Franchise Agreement with Big Park Water Company. YC Contract No. 2025-068 (District 3 - Supervisor Check)]

COMPANY. YAVAPAI COUNTY CONTRACT 2025-068, SUPERVISOR CHECK THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT.

ROGER GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING VICE CHAIR COMPTON, CHAIR MALLORY, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO AND SUPERVISOR CHECK.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS MORNING TO GO OVER THESE COUPLE HEARING ITEMS. I BELIEVE THIS ONE HERE IS THE FEES. LET'S TRY THIS ONE HERE.

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OKAY. SO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS ALREADY ACCEPTED THE APPLICATION FOR THIS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH BIG [INAUDIBLE] BIG PARK WATER COMPANY. AND SO THIS WOULD BE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGREEMENT NOW THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED THE APPLICATION.

SO THE HEARING IS TO APPROVE THAT WATER SERVICE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH BIG PARK WATER COMPANY.

THIS APPROVAL IS FOR THE USE OF THE COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY ONLY.

ALL OTHER REGULATIONS FOR THIS UTILITY ARE GOVERNED BY THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION.

THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL WAS APPROVED, AS STATED EARLIER ON THE 5TH OF MARCH. AND IT WAS ADVERTISED IN THE DAILY COURIER AND ALSO IN THE VERDE INDEPENDENT FOR THREE WEEKS.

JUST FOR SOME NUMBERS THIS COMPANY STARTED BACK IN 1965 AND IT SERVES ABOUT 3,156 WATER CUSTOMERS.

THIS IS A LITTLE MAP. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT THIS IS THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK AREA.

SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM THERE.

RIGHT IN THIS AREA HERE IS VERDE VALLEY SCHOOL ROAD.

JACK'S CANYON GOES OFF THIS WAY SO IT'S KIND OF IN THE HEART OF THE VERDE OR THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK.

THE THE NEXT HEARING THAT YOU WILL BE HEARING AFTER THIS ONE IS FOR LITTLE PARK, THE LITTLE BROTHER OF BIG PARK AND THERE'S AN INSET OF THAT PART RIGHT HERE, IT'S LOCATED FURTHER UP THIS WAY.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT WHILE WE'RE HERE IN THE BIG PARK WATER COMPANY AREA, LITTLE PARK IS UP IN THIS AREA.

SO THE APPROVAL, THE APPROVAL THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT SO THAT THE WATER COMPANY CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE, MAINTAIN, AND CONSTRUCT THEIR LINES WITHIN THE COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHECK ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I MET WITH THE SITE MANAGER FOR BOTH LITTLE AND BIG PARK WATER COMPANY.

HIS NAME IS NICK GUTOVIC. HE'S A PART OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS THAT RUNS BIG PARK WATER, AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THEIR PLANNING AND YOU KNOW, REALLY WORKING TO CUT DOWN ON LEAKS AND INNOVATING.

INNOVATING. SO I FEEL LIKE THESE GUYS ARE AN OPEN BOOK.

THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO BE ABOVE BOARD.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS FRANCHISE APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHECK. I MOVE TO APPROVE HEARING ITEM NUMBER THREE. I'LL SECOND.

MOTION AND A SECOND, MADAM CLERK. SUPERVISOR CHECK.

YES. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES.

VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

HEARING. ITEM NUMBER FOUR; HEARING TO APPROVE WATER SERVICE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. LITTLE PARK WATER COMPANY CONTRACT 2025-069,

[4. Public Works - Hearing to Approve a Water Service Franchise Agreement with Little Park Water Company. YC Contract No. 2025-069 (District 3 - Supervisor Check)]

SUPERVISOR CHECK DISTRICT AGAIN. YEAH. SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PRELUDE TO IT, THIS IS SISTER COMPANY TO BIG PARK.

I THINK I'LL SKIP THROUGH SOME OF THIS STUFF, AS I'VE JUST SAID IT FOR THE FIRST ONE.

REALLY, THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION IS THIS HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1979.

THERE'S 112 CUSTOMERS SO QUITE A BIT SMALLER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE 3156.

BUT YOU YOU GUYS ALSO DID ACCEPT THIS APPLICATION ON THE 5TH AND WAS ADVERTISED IN THE PAPER, THE DAILY COURIER AND THE AND THE VERDE INDEPENDENT FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.

AND SO NOW HERE WE ARE TO ACCEPT THE AGREEMENT FOR LITTLE PARK.

SUPERVISOR CHECK ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION HAPPENS AFTER.

GO AHEAD. MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WE WERE DOING GRANITE OAKS, WE HAD SOME REALLY DETAILED WATER USAGE BY MONTH.

IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT. AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE HOW DEEP THE WELLS ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE CATCHING WATER AT, TO REALLY LOOK AT CHANGES, AND IT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY JUST DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT IN THIS OR IF IT'S TYPICALLY INCLUDED IN THIS.

I THINK IT IS KIND OF DEPENDENT UPON THE SPECIFIC WATER COMPANY AND KIND OF WHAT THEY PUT TOGETHER AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION SUBMISSION.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, SOMETIMES THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAN THERE WITH THE GRANITE OAK SITUATION THAT YOU MENTIONED.

AND SO YEAH, NOT ALWAYS THE SAME, BUT IT'S NICE WHEN IT'S THERE.

IT'S GOOD GOOD TO SEE IT. YEAH, I CAN SHARE THAT A PART OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE IS THROUGH SMART METERING WHICH I HAD MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, BUT THAT'S A REAL PLUS IN IDENTIFYING WHERE LEAKS ARE OCCURRING.

AND WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THEIR WORK IS NOT ONLY DID THEY MOVE TO A SMART SYSTEM, BUT THEY ALSO FULLY BUILT IN AN ANALOG SYSTEM.

SO IF THERE'S EVER ANY SECURITY ISSUES OR OR DISCREPANCIES WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVERT BACK AND KEEP PROVIDING WATER IN A

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MECHANICAL WAY. SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR ME, AND I'M SURE NICK WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE A CALL OR A MEETING IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, MADAM CLERK.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD,

[ 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.]

PLEASE? I WOULD BE VERY PLEASED TO DO THAT VICE CHAIRMAN, MAURY THOMPSON COUNTY MANAGER, AND GOOD MORNING, VICE CHAIR, CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TWO ITEMS TO REPORT TO THE BOARD THIS MORNING.

AND THE FIRST BEING SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD FOR SUPERVISOR TO VACANCY.

SO, AS WE KNOW, THE DATE FOR THIS APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN SET FOR OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH AT 9 A.M. IN THE BOARD'S COTTONWOOD COTTONWOOD HEARING ROOM.

CONSISTENT WITH THEIR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITY RELATING TO THIS APPOINTMENT, THE BOARD'S SUBCOMMITTEE HAS MET AND WE WERE SCHEDULED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL BOARD OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS MOST CLOSELY REFLECTIVE OF THAT PROFILE THAT YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE DEVELOPED BACK IN AN EARLIER COTTONWOOD MEETING, ACTUALLY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025 STUDY SESSION. AT THAT TIME, I BELIEVE MANY OF US WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE A LARGE A LARGE AMOUNT OF INTEREST TO THIS APPOINTMENT.

AS WE KNOW, THAT RESPONSE HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT LIMITED TO FIVE APPLICANTS.

SO BASED UPON THE LIMITED APPLICANT RESPONSE THAT THE BOARD RECEIVED, THE SUBCOMMITTEE MET, AND WE BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS BOARD TO DEFER FROM A RECOMMENDATION BUT HEAR FROM ALL FIVE APPLICANTS AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.

THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS MAKING THE FOLLOWING PROCESS RECOMMENDATION TO THAT MEETING.

WE ARE PROPOSING THAT DURING THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS ON THE 16TH, WE WOULD ALLOCATE FIVE MINUTES TO EACH OF THE FIVE APPLICANTS TO MAKE INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS AS TO THEIR DESIRE TO BE APPOINTED, THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION THEY DESIRE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD. EACH APPLICANT WOULD ALSO BE PRESENTED WITH A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME FOR ALL FIVE APPLICANTS.

EACH APPLICANT WOULD BE ALLOTTED 15 MINUTES FOR RESPONSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO TOWARD THAT END, THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS ASKING FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD TO SUBMIT TWO QUESTIONS TO THE COUNTY MANAGER MYSELF FOR CONSIDERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SET OF QUESTIONS TO BE USED. AND IF THERE ARE FOLLOW UP CONCERNS WITH THAT PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND WE CAN HAVE THAT THAT CONVERSATION. SO MOVING ON THE SECOND ITEM IS NOTICE THAT ON APRIL 11TH, 2025, THE GENERAL CROOK CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WILL DEDICATE A LIBERTY TREE AND COMMEMORATIVE MARKER AT THE SHARLOT HALL MUSEUM IN RECOGNITION OF THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

THESE INITIATIVES LIKE THIS ARE MEANT TO SERVE AS REMINDERS OF THE SHARED VALUES OF LIBERTY AND UNITY THAT CONTINUE TO INSPIRE AND GUIDE OUR COMMUNITIES.