Jul 02, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO JULY 2ND, 2025 YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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PLEASE STAND IF YOU CAN. OKAY. ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR CHECK AND MYSELF, LET US PRAY.

DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY AND ALL THE BLESSINGS YOU PROVIDE.

GIVE US COMFORT AS WE GRIEVE THE PASSING OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN, ELAINE BREMNER.

SHE WAS TRULY ONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN THAT DAY.

DEDICATED HER LIFE TO SERVING THOSE MOST IN NEED.

ELAINE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON BEHALF OF THE SENIOR POPULATION.

AND CARE DEEPLY FOR THE HOMEBOUND, ENSURING THAT THEY RECEIVED A HOT MEAL DAILY.

THROUGH HER WORK AT THE VERDE VALLEY SENIOR CENTER.

THOUGH SHE HAS LEFT US IN BODY, HER MEMORY LIVES ON IN THOUSANDS SHE HAS HELPED AND HER LEGACY SHALL BE HER RELENTLESS PURSUIT TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY A MEAL, BUT KINDNESS AND COMPASSION FOR THE ELDER CITIZENS OF THE VERDE VALLEY.

IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.

CLERK OF THE BOARD. COULD WE DO ROLL CALL, PLEASE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL BE SEEING THIS MORNING REGARDING THE ACTIVITIES

[1. Board of Supervisors - Presentation regarding the activities of the County Supervisors Association (CSA), including a discussion of the recent legislative session. Craig A. Sullivan, County Supervisors Association Executive Director.]

IN THE DISCUSSION, WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATES.

AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MR. CRAIG SULLIVAN AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF CSA, WHICH IS LYNNE PANCRAZI, AND SHE IS THE SUPERVISOR ALSO OF YUMA COUNTY.

SO I WELCOME THEM. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING LYNNE.

OH, IT IS NOW. I SEE. OKAY. WE HAVE THAT ISSUE IN ALL THE TIME TOO.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIRMAN. CHAIRPERSON. ANYWAY, IT ALL WORKS.

YEAH, IT'S ALL WORKED. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S VERY NICE TO BE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

WE HAD A DINNER LAST NIGHT AT A LITTLE ITALIAN PLACE.

THAT WAS JUST DELIGHTFUL. AND WE STAYED AT THE HACIENDA, AND.

OH, THAT HISTORY IS JUST BEAUTIFUL THERE. SO IT'S BEEN A NICE VISIT.

UP HERE. I HAVEN'T BEEN UP IN A WHILE, SO IT'S A LITTLE.

A LITTLE COOLER, I THINK. OH, 115 TO MY CAR SAID THE OTHER DAY WHEN I GOT IN 118 OUTSIDE.

SO. YES MY AIR CONDITIONING IS WORKING WELL. SO I'M FROM YUMA COUNTY.

I'M THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR DISTRICT FIVE IN YUMA COUNTY, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF CSA THIS YEAR.

I MET MOST OF YOU AT AT ORIENTATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO SERVE.

IT'S DEDICATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY TO BE WILLING TO SERVE.

AND THE SUPERVISOR JENKINS I'M SORRY, SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

YOU'RE NEW, BUT YOU'RE NOT NEW. I MEAN YOU'VE YOU'VE HAD EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY.

SO WITH THE CITY OF BEING MAYOR. AND SO YOUR EXPERIENCE FROM THAT WILL CARRY YOU WELL AS YOU BECOME A COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

IN FACT, I HAVE A NOTEBOOK FOR YOU THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE TO YOU, BUT MOST OF IT YOU WILL ALREADY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR A WHILE. SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND SUPERVISOR.

MALLORY. I'D PERSONALLY LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE ON FIRST OF ALL, THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE, WHICH MEETS EVERY FRIDAY DURING SESSION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE THE STAFF, MAKE SURE THE STAFF OF CSA MAKE SURE THAT THE,

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AND YOU'VE SERVED THERE VERY, VERY WELL. THANK YOU.

AND YOU'RE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR CSA.

SO YOU'LL BE STANDING IN THIS SPOT AND GOING DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE STATE VERY SOON.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU. IT'S AN HONOR.

YEAH. WELL JOINING US, YOU ALREADY KNOW CRAIG, BUT ALONG WITH HIM, WE HAVE CAITLIN KING RAISE YOUR HAND THERE AND YVONNE ORTEGA.

CAITLYN IS LEGISLATIVE LIAISON FOR CSA, AND WE CALL IVONNE OUR, WELL, SHE'S OUR AMBASSADOR OF. YEAH. FIRST IMPRESSIONS.

THERE'S THE WORD I WANT. IF YOU WHEN YOU GO INTO CSA, THE FIRST PERSON YOU SEE IS YVONNE, AND SHE'S ALWAYS GOT A SMILE ON HER FACE, AND SHE'S ALWAYS GOT A, A HELPING HAND WITH WHATEVER YOU NEED.

SO IF YOU CALL DOWN THERE, YVONNE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.

SO NOW, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANTED TO I UNDERSTAND ALL OF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT IN YUMA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN OCTOBER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HAUNTED TOUR OF THE YUMA TERRITORIAL PRISON AS WELL AS DINNER THERE. SO IT SHOULD BE AND THEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR MOST IMPORTANT MEETING WHERE WE MEET AND DECIDE ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TOWARDS TO THE LEGISLATURE ON BEHALF OF COUNTIES.

SO WITHOUT MOVING ON, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'M TURNING THIS OVER TO CRAIG, WHO HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THAT HAS WE'VE GENERATED OVER THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND THANK GOODNESS THE LEGISLATORS [INAUDIBLE] DIED.

SO WE'RE ALL SAFE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. AND WE'LL SEE YOU LATER.

NICE TO SEE YOU HERE. AND NICE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR AND MADAM CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU.

FOR THE RECORD, I'M CRAIG SULLIVAN WITH THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO REPORT OUT TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRESENTING HOW WE'RE SERVING YOUR COUNTY AND PARTNERING WITH ALL OF YOU AND SERVING YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND OF COURSE, TO FIELD ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE FROM US ON HOW WE'RE ABLE TO BETTER SUPPORT YOU IN THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO HERE.

I DID PROVIDE A COUPLE OF DOCUMENTS FOR YOU. ONE IS A PORTFOLIO OF SELECT WORK THAT I THINK MAY BE USEFUL TO YOU AS YOU LOOK THROUGH AND SEE HOW WE'RE USING DATA VISUALIZATIONS TO SUPPORT POLICY CONVERSATIONS.

DOWN AT THE CAPITOL AND IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CAPACITY.

AND I ALSO PROVIDED TO YOU A REPORT THAT'S FAIRLY LENGTHY AND CONTAINS A LOT OF CONTENT.

IT'S WHAT I'LL GO THROUGH HERE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.

I'M JUST GOING TO HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. BUT IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO DRILL INTO, I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO DO THAT. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE KEY POINTS FOR YOU AS WE GO FORWARD.

THE WAY WE'VE BROKEN THIS DOWN IS TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF USING OUR FORUM FOR INFORMATION SHARING, OUR DATA ANALYTICS FUNCTION, AND THEN THE WORK THAT WE DO IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORK WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

BUT I WANT TO BEGIN JUST WITH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE ORGANIZATION IS.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS HERE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE. THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, AS YOU KNOW, IS A NONPARTISAN FORUM FOR SUPERVISORS ACROSS THE STATE.

WE DO POLICY WORK AND RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS DECISION MAKING AT ALL LEVELS LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT. AND THE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME BECAUSE IT'S AN EFFICIENT WAY OF CREATING A COLLABORATION ACROSS THE 15 COUNTIES. AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORK BECOMES PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT, A LOT OF ENTITIES OUTSIDE OF YAVAPAI COUNTY INFLUENCE WHAT YOU DO.

THE LEGISLATURE, OBVIOUSLY, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE COURT SYSTEM AND STATE AGENCIES.

AND SO IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE ORGANIZE TO COLLABORATE ON YOUR BEHALF.

WE ARE SUPERVISOR DRIVEN. ALL 61 SUPERVISORS SERVE ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

IT REALLY HELPS ME GET A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE AND HOW I CAN SERVE ALL OF YOU.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM. OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SUPERVISOR MALLORY, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP FOR THAT EXTRA DUTY.

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YOU KNOW, WE MEET REGULARLY AND WE USE THAT FORUM TO BRING IN POLICY MAKERS, AGENCY HEADS AND OTHER TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO DIALOG ON ISSUES THAT ARE FACING ARIZONA COUNTIES. WE AS AN ASSOCIATION ALSO SERVE ON VARIOUS WORKGROUPS AND COMMITTEES, AND I PUT SOME SELECT ONES THERE FOR YOU.

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE GOVERNOR'S WATER COUNCIL.

I'M ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PSPRS. WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT REPRESENT COUNTIES WE'RE WORKING NOW ON.

THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE IS WORK AS IT RELATES TO HOW FIRE EXPOSURE HAS BEEN AFFECTING PEOPLE'S INSURANCE RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'M ALSO VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTY PROFESSIONAL STAFF WHERE WE BRING TOGETHER COUNTY MANAGERS AND OTHERS TO REALLY DIALOG ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. AND MR. THOMPSON, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THAT I ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE FORUMS WE HAVE IS WHEN MANAGERS COME TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT PROBLEMS THEY'RE TRYING TO SOLVE. AND WE LEARN A LOT. AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING.

I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT INTO OUR DATA ANALYTICS FUNCTION, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN BUILDING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

AND THIS REALLY IS ABOUT HAVING A FOUNDATION OF DATA AND INFORMATION THAT CAN BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO ANALYZE POLICIES AND INFORM DECISION MAKING.

OUR DATABASE HAS GROWN TO CLOSE TO 8 MILLION DATA POINTS.

WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? WHAT WE'RE PULLING IN ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA.

COUNTY BUDGET INFORMATION. STATE AGENCY INFORMATION.

AND OTHER THINGS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO MINE THAT AND START LOOKING AT TRENDS OR OTHER FACTOIDS THAT HELP INFORM OUR DATA PROCESSES.

WE USE IT ALL THE TIME AT THE STAFF LEVEL TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TO ADVANCE ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE.

WE CONDUCT SURVEYS AMONG THE COUNTIES. WE DO RESEARCH REPORTS.

WE MOST RECENTLY GOT A $1.4 MILLION GRANT FROM A BOARD TO DO A SERIES OF RESEARCH WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITIES, AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD ABOUT HOW THIS IS BUILDING OUT.

AND THIS BECOMES IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS US WITH THINGS LIKE THE NEXT FEW SLIDES DRILLING DOWN TO CREATE INFORMATION THAT HELPS FOLKS UNDERSTAND HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT WORKS, THE IMPACT OF STATE POLICIES ON COUNTY OPERATIONS AND FINANCE, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKFORCE, WHERE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT TRENDS, PARTICULARLY IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

MOVEMENT ACROSS AGENCIES TO GET BETTER EYES INTO THE STATEWIDE SYSTEM, AND THEN FOCUSING ON HOW COUNTIES MANDATE VARIOUS MANDATED FUNCTIONS.

AND ONE OF THE KEY REPORTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OVER THE SUMMER WITH ASU IS A PROCUREMENT STUDY, JUST TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THERE ARE BEST PRACTICES TO APPLY TO COUNTY, BUT ALSO CITY AND POSSIBLY EVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT PROCUREMENT.

SO THE DATA WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF, AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF SUPPORTING ELECTED OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS. THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE DATA VISUALIZATIONS OFF OF OUR PLATFORM.

WHAT WE'VE FOUND WITH ALL THE INFORMATION WE'VE DEVELOPED IS WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING IT OUT.

RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE REDESIGNING OUR WEBSITE NOW WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON HOW TO BRING THIS INFORMATION TO THE FOREFRONT.

SO IT'S NOT JUST MY TECHNICAL TEAM WHO'S MINING THE DATA, BUT YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCESS IT MORE ROBUSTLY AND YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN REVIEW OF PROPERTY TAX RATES, REVENUE TRENDS, WHATEVER YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO ACROSS COUNTIES.

SO I'LL BRIDGE A LITTLE BIT INTO JUST OUR WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND HIS SUPERVISOR.

YOU MENTIONED THE LEGISLATURE CLOSED DOWN THIS LAST WEEK.

AND A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS JUST REVIEWING ALL THE BILLS THAT COME IN THE PROCESS AND HELPING FORGE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH STATE LAWMAKERS.

AS YOU KNOW, COUNTIES ARE IN THE CONSTITUTION, AND THEY'RE STRUCTURED TO BE PARTNERS WITH STATE LEGISLATORS AND HOW YOU'RE SERVING CONSTITUENTS. AND I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO WITH YOUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.

SENATOR FINCHEM AND REPRESENTATIVE BLISS AND REPRESENTATIVE WYNN, THAT PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY AVAILABLE TO US AS WE'VE TAKEN INFORMATION FORWARD AT YOUR DIRECTION.

WE SENT OUT LAST WEEK A VERY DETAILED LIST ON EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE BUDGET TO YOUR TO YOUR TEAM, YOUR BUDGET FOLKS, AND YOUR MANAGEMENT FOLKS.

SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT A LOT OF WHAT WAS DONE AT THE STATE CAPITOL WAS ONE TIME MONEY, JUST ALLOCATIONS FOR VARIOUS INTERESTS. WHAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY FOCUS ON WERE SOLVING PROBLEMS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

AND THAT'S BEEN A BIT OF A TREND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND THAT'S RELEVANT FOR SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT IN JUST A MOMENT.

SO THESE ARE SOME KEY COUNTY TOUCH POINTS THAT WERE IN THE BUDGET.

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PROBATION OFFICERS WORK FOR THE COURT SYSTEM.

AND THEY ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE. BUT THE COUNTIES ARE A FUNDING PARTNER WITH THE STATE.

AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING OF LATE IS THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATING ONGOING MONEY TO FUND RAISES.

THEY'VE BEEN EXTENDED TO PROBATION OFFICERS. SO THAT'S CREATED A BIT OF AN UNSETTLING SITUATION.

WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SOLVING THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO.

THEY DID NOT SOLVE THAT GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

WHAT THEY DID IS THEY ALLOCATED ONE TIME FEDERAL MONEY TO BRIDGE THAT DEFICIT GOING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND THAT CREATES A BIT OF A FUNDING CLIFF IN SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT. JUVENILE DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS FUNDS.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE SECURED FOR THE COUNTIES A FEW YEARS AGO.

SO IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING APPROPRIATION. WE'VE RECONFIGURED IT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY COUNTY IS GETTING A SHARE OF THAT.

IT WAS VERY INCONSISTENT HOW THOSE MONIES WERE COMING OUT.

AND WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE JP OBLIGATION AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

THAT FUND HAD RUN SHORT. IN THE UPPER RIGHT IS A NOTE OF AN ITEM THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET.

IT RAISES THE CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR THE DC COURT SYSTEM FROM 5% TO 5.5%.

THEY ALSO ALLOCATED AN ONGOING APPROPRIATION TO OFFSET THOSE COSTS TO THE COUNTY ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT AS IT GOES FORWARD.

THE ALT TEXT SYSTEM A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALIZE THAT LARGE PORTIONS OF THEIR PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS GO RIGHT TO THE STATE TO PAY FOR THE ARIZONA LONG-TERM CARE SYSTEM.

SO WE GET A BILL EVERY YEAR, AND SOMETIMES THOSE BILLS ARE VERY LARGE.

THIS YEAR IT WENT UP BY ABOUT $10 MILLION ACROSS ALL 15 COUNTIES.

IT WAS A LITTLE LOWER OR THAT WAS STABILIZED IN A WAY THAT WE LIKED.

WE HAVE SEEN SITUATIONS WHERE THOSE HAVE GONE UP 25, $30 MILLION IN A SHOT AND COME IN LATE IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING WE KEEP AN EYE ON, IS HOW THAT SYSTEM IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATES.

I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THEY DID A LOT OF ONE TIME ALLOCATIONS.

AND SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SOME SELECT ITEMS ACROSS COUNTIES AND HOW THE STATE SUPPORTED LARGELY.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDER'S SOME ISSUES DOWN IN YUMA RELATED TO WASTE TIRE.

BUT YOU CAN JUST GET A SENSE OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING DOWN THAT, THAT, THAT YOUR TEAM LIKELY WORKED ON.

WE DO RUN BILLS FOR THE COUNTIES WE RAN FOR THIS YEAR, AND THEY'RE LISTED FOR YOU HERE.

I ONLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE. REPRESENTATIVE BLISS WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO US AT RUNNING A MODIFICATION TO THE SANATORIUM REQUIREMENTS THAT HAD BECOME AN IMPEDIMENT TO HIRING PEOPLE. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS, AND WE HOPE THAT IMPROVES THINGS.

AND AT THE LAST MINUTE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET AN EXTENSION TO THE WASTE HIRE FUND.

WE'RE PARTNERS IN IMPLEMENTING THE WASTE TIRE PROGRAM.

THAT WAS DUE TO SUNSET BUT SENATOR REPRESENTATIVE GRIFFIN HELPED US CONTINUE THAT.

THIS IS JUST A LIST OF POLICY AREAS THAT WE RESPOND TO, AND ALL I WANTED TO DO HERE WAS HIGHLIGHT.

THE TEAM FOCUSES ON THE HUNDREDS OF BILLS THAT TOUCH COUNTY OPERATIONS THAT COME IN EVERY YEAR.

AND WITH YOUR GUIDANCE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE, WE ENGAGE THEM, WE EITHER TRY TO AMEND THEM AND WORK THEM OUT, OR WE EDUCATE ABOUT WHY THEY OUGHT TO BE DEFEATED.

AND IT RUNS THE GAMUT ON POLICY AREAS AND REALLY PULLS US IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THAT AREA.

THESE ARE BILLS THAT ACTUALLY PASSED, AND WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS SENDING OUT A COMPLETE SUMMARY, AND IT'S ACTUALLY THREE TIMES AS LONG AS THIS THAT WE'LL SEND TO YOUR MANAGEMENT STAFF, THEY'LL NEED TO IMPLEMENT NEW LAWS BY I THINK IT'S SEPTEMBER IS THE GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE NOW. AND THAT DOCUMENT WILL HELP THEM TO IMPLEMENT THOSE NEW LAWS.

THE ONLY THINGS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, THERE WERE CHANGES TO THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT STATUTES FOLLOWING UP ON THE CITIES WHERE THEY KIND OF REQUIRE US TO UPDATE OUR REGULATIONS. AND THERE'S LIKE A BY-WRITE FOR CERTAIN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE IN PLACE NOW.

FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THERE WAS A SITUATION IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY RELATED TO THE TREASURER STEALING MAYBE $30 MILLION. I THINK THAT PERSON DID. AND SHE'S RECENTLY BEEN SENTENCED TO THE PENITENTIARY.

THEY'VE INCREASED OR THEY'VE ADVANCED IMPROVED STATUTES FOR AUDITOR GENERAL AUDITS OF THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.

WE WERE PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE SUPPORTED IT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO ROLL THAT ON IN THE NEXT YEAR.

SO BE AWARE OF THAT. SO LET ME JUST KIND OF LAND HERE ON JUST SOME DATA POINTS FOR YOU.

IT'S A, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL OF YOU AND SUPERVISOR MALLORY, SINCE YOU SPENT EVERY FRIDAY WITH US GOING OVER BILLS, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YOUR GOOD WORK REALLY GUIDED US.

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AND OF COURSE, THE TEAM DID A LOT OF WORK IN HAVING DIRECT BRIEFINGS WITH LAWMAKERS.

I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE CONVERSATION YOU HAVE WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS ON ISSUES THAT COME FORWARD.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT MATTERS. AND SO YOUR ENGAGEMENT IN THAT REALLY HELPED US GET A LOT OF GOOD RESULTS.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT WAS AN ONGOING EFFORT.

AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE I'LL MENTION IS SUPERVISOR LEE MENTIONED WE'RE GOING TO MEET IN YUMA TO SET OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE NEXT SESSION.

WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT OUR NEW RESEARCH PLAN, WHICH I THINK WILL BE KIND OF FUN.

IF YOU ALL WANT TO SUBMIT LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION PLEASE DO SO BY AUGUST 4TH.

AND THEN WE'LL MEET WITH THE MANAGERS AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE.

WHAT KINDS OF THINGS REALLY FIT, WHAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON ARE ISSUES THAT AFFECT COUNTY OPERATIONS AND COUNTY RESOURCES.

THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT I THINK WORK REALLY WELL.

AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED OR YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF HAVE IDENTIFIED BRINGING FORWARD, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK ON THEM IN THAT CAPACITY.

WE'LL ALSO BE BRINGING FORWARD SOME ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WE THINK WILL BE RELEVANT TO ALL 15 COUNTIES.

AND SO WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME. I DO APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THIS PLATFORM AND I'D BE HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, CRAIG, IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION.

WE HAVE QUITE A CROWD HERE TODAY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH THE STATE AFFECTS ALL THE COUNTIES, WHICH TRICKLES DOWN TO YOUR MUNICIPALITIES. AND IT IS A CHAIN REACTION.

SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KEEP AN EYE ON ALL OF THE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT IN OUR COUNTRY, BECAUSE IT DOES AFFECT US ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

SO IT'S GREAT FOR THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE. WE'LL KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT DEDICATED TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR OUR CITIZENS AND AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR COUNTIES, IN A VERY GOOD, GOOD STANDING.

YOU KNOW I WILL REACH ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

YES. GO AHEAD. VICE CHAIR. GREG, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. IT'S APPRECIATED AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE IN REFERENCE TO COUNTY OPERATIONS AND THE ABILITY OR NOT OR NOT THE ABILITY TO HIRE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL FOR BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION AND PLEASE CALL MY OFFICE AT ANY TIME.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. YEAH. HAPPY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS THE STATE'S TRADITION OF CONTINUING TO ERODE LOCAL CONTROL.

AND I THINK WE SAW SOME OF THAT THIS YEAR WITH THE CONSTRUCTION HOURS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE TRADITION OF TAKING A LOCAL PROBLEM AND MAKING A STATEWIDE LAW WHERE NOW IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, YOU CAN POUR CONCRETE AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING, WHICH MEANS CREWS WILL BE ROLLING IN AT THREE, THE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS AND ALL THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE GOING TO COME WITH THAT, THAT WE GOT TO DEAL WITH AND THE AIRBNB SITUATION, WHICH THEY TOOK OVER. NOW IT'S A COMPLETE MESS AND WE NEED TO FIX IT, BUT WE NEED THEIR HELP TO ALLOW US TO FIX IT.

AND ALLOWING FIREWORKS TO BE FOR SALE IN NORTHERN ARIZONA IS ABSOLUTELY INSANITY TO ME, SO I WISH THEY'D REALLY CONSIDER LOCAL CONTROL. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THE HOURS CONSTRUCTION CAN START, WHY THEY AREN'T JUST LEAVING THAT ALONE AND SAYING THAT'S LEFT UP TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO DECIDE.

YEAH, I UNDERSTOOD. SUPERVISOR CHECK. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, CRAIG.

I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS POSITION FUNDED.

AND SO THE WORK THAT CHAIR MALLORY AND ALL OF US AND CSA DOES IS REALLY OUR LIFELINE TO THAT CONVERSATION, HAVING, YOU KNOW, A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND ENGAGING IN THAT CONVERSATION. SO IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL.

AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THAT'S MY PLEASURE.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST HAVE TO TAKE A NOTE ON THAT, THAT SUPERVISOR CHECK SERVES ON A MORE NATURAL NATIONAL LEVEL WITH NACO AND DEALING WITH PUBLIC LANDS AND MANY OTHER THINGS. SO AS BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS, WE DO GO TO MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE, AND TO TRY TO ADVOCATE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND BRING IT BACK HOME.

SO THE PARTNERSHIP IS AMAZING AND FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING UP. IT'S OUR PLEASURE.

GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SAFE TRAVELS BACK DOWN THE 17.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[ 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 NOS. 8, 9, 14, 16, AND 20.]

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THE ITEMS I HAVE BEING PULLED TODAY ARE. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER NINE. ITEM NUMBER 14. ITEM NUMBER 16.

AND ITEM NUMBER 20. WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCLUDING EIGHT, NINE, 14, 16 AND 20. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. CLERK OF THE BOARD.

I HAVE A MOTION, AND I HAVE A SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. CONSENT ITEMS ONE THROUGH 21 HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS NUMBER EIGHT, NINE, 14, 16 AND 20.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL REFER TO SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

[8. Board of Supervisors - Approve the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) policy in accordance with A.R.S. § 38-863.01. ]

THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE ON NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS APPROVING THE PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL RETIREMENT SYSTEM POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR VOTE TODAY REFLECT SUPPORT FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE HAD A PRESENTATION AT OUR LAST MEETING FROM SPEAKERS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST PRESENTATIONS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

THE GENTLEMAN COULDN'T EVEN ANSWER THE MOST BASIC OF QUESTIONS.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE SYSTEM.

WE OWE AND SUPPORT THE PRSP FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FLAWS IN THE SYSTEM, AND I REALIZE WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS POLICY, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS A LOT OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

AND WHEN THIS COMES UP AGAIN, IF THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN FIXED, IT MIGHT BE A NO VOTE ON MY PART.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND MAURY THOMPSON, COULD WE HEAR FROM YOU, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THINGS CSA MAY HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF HERE, BUT I UNDERSTAND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND BUDGET MANAGER HAD A CALL WITH CSA STAFF ON THIS TOPIC YESTERDAY THAT THEY FOUND VERY INFORMATIVE, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT ANOTHER RESOURCE IN CSA TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, PERHAPS MORE USEFUL THAN THE PRESENTATION YOU REFERRED TO.

SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM. YOU MAY HAVE ALSO RECALL I COMMENTED ON A RECENT MEETING WITH STIFEL, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS. THEY HAD SOME MATERIAL THAT I FOUND EXTREMELY USEFUL AS WELL.

SO I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER AVENUES TO GET THE INFORMATION WE NEED. AND I JUST WITH MY TIME ON THE PRESCOTT CITY COUNCIL, I SAW THE EFFECTS THAT THIS SYSTEM CAN HAVE ON YOUR GENERAL FUND AND YOUR BUDGET AND THE PROBLEMS IT CREATED, THE ADDITIONAL TAXATION. IT CREATED, THE $86 MILLION THAT LEFT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE UNDER WATER BY ABOUT $44 MILLION.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE US GET IN THE SAME BOAT. MADAM CHAIR.

YES. I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT SUPERVISOR VICE CHAIR COMPTON AND I ARE THE DESIGNEES FROM THE BOARD TO WORK ON PRSP, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ENGAGED. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FURTHER ENGAGEMENT IN OUR TEAM, BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TO KIND OF SORT OUT SOME OF THE INITIAL CONVERSATION BEFORE IT COMES TO THE WHOLE BOARD. SO I THINK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IN MAKING THAT TIME OF THAT PREVIOUS PRESENTATION MORE EFFICIENT.

SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I'M DEFINITELY WILLING TO PUT IN THE TIME ON THIS TOPIC.

THANK YOU. CHAIR, IF I MAY. SUPERVISOR CHECK.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. YES. AND I WILL NOTE THAT YOU TWO ARE, AS YOU SAID, THE REPRESENTATIVES.

I PERSONALLY NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH INTO THOSE BODIES.

I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR THEY GET INTO THAT. SO STAFF WILL WORK WITH THEM TO TO UNDERSTAND IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND HOW FAR THEY'RE GOING INTO THAT WORK.

AND WITH THAT, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF YOU ALL HAVE MET WITH THOSE GROUPS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED, SO I WILL FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I THINK I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. AND OF COURSE, WE SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND AND APPRECIATE ALL OF THEM.

THEY ARE OUT ON THE FRONT LINES EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG, PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND PROTECTING US.

THIS RETIREMENT FUND HAS A WAY OF INVESTING, AND SOMETIMES THOSE INVESTMENTS DON'T DO VERY WELL.

AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE REALLY NOT TOO MUCH CONTROL OVER THE INVESTING, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU INVEST AND SOMETIMES THINGS JUST GO A LITTLE SOUTH.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO NOT TO TAKE A BAD MESSAGE HERE THAT WE ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE RETIREMENT FUND.

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SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL SURELY ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'LL SECOND. OKAY. CLERK OF THE BOARD. I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

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

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[9. Board of Supervisors - Approve Resolution No. 2161 Supporting Public Lands.]

THIS IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING PUBLIC LANDS.

I THINK I SHARED SOME CONCERNS, AND I'VE TALKED WITH SUPERVISOR CHECK ABOUT THIS WHERE ON THE BILL COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON, WHERE THEY WERE SAYING A LOT OF PUBLIC LANDS WILL GO UP FOR PRIVATE SALE.

I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING TO WALK THROUGH THE JEFF BEZOS NATIONAL FOREST OR THE YOU KNOW, SOME LUMBER COMPANY GETTING ALL THAT LAND. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S BEEN PULLED FROM THE BILL.

BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO STAY OUT IN FRONT OF TO MAKE SURE.

ONE OF THE REASONS A LOT OF US MOVED HERE WAS FOR THE USE OF THESE PUBLIC LANDS TO HUNT, FISH, HIKE, CAMP, WHATEVER. AND IF I THINK SOME OF IT DOES NEED TO GO AWAY.

A LOT OF THE BLM, I THINK OUR CHECKERBOARD NEEDS TO GO AWAY.

IT NEEDS TO BE REALLY REORGANIZED. BUT JUST SELLING IT OFF WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM THE THE STATE OR THE LOCAL AGENCIES, I THINK IS A BAD THING. SO I'D LIKE TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS MOVING FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN PULLED THIS YEAR.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. SO YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT I SERVE ON THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE.

SO THIS WAS DEFINITELY AN INTERESTING COUPLE OF WEEKS SORTING THIS PROBLEM OUT WITH THE BILL.

I'M GLAD IT'S OFF OF THE BILL THAT JUST PASSED THE SENATE.

BUT THE ISSUE IS NOT GOING AWAY. AND I WANT TO JUST NOTE THAT THERE IS AN AUTHENTIC NEED, YOU KNOW, UNDERNEATH THIS ISSUE. YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS A PETITION AND TO PURCHASE A PIECE OF FOREST SERVICE LAND THAT WE WANT TO MAKE INTO A PARK.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PETITIONS LIKE THAT OUT THERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITIES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER DIRECTION WE GO WITH PUBLIC LANDS SALES, THAT NEEDS TO BE COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND NOT FROM THE TOP DOWN, CERTAINLY NOT THROUGH ANY MANDATES.

AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE FOREST SERVICE FACILITATES ABOUT $11 BILLION IN SPENDING AND BLM DOES THE SAME. AND SO THESE ARE ECONOMIC ENGINES. AND OUR LAST MEETING, WE JUST CELEBRATED $9.5 MILLION BEING INVESTED FROM ARIZONA STATE PARKS AND TRAILS JUST IN THE VERDE VALLEY. SO WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR PUBLIC LANDS AND THEY ARE PROVIDING DIVIDENDS.

SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THAT STORY. AND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.

APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION SUPERVISOR CHECK.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YEAH, I JUST HAD ONE THING TO ADD, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN WHAT COULD HAPPEN ON A SMALL SCALE HERE ALREADY.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HERE EVER WENT SWIMMING IN THE LAKE.

IT WAS OWNED BY THE CITY OF PRESCOTT. IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO GO.

SUMMERTIME, WINTERTIME. THE CITY OF PRESCOTT SOLD IT.

THEY PUT A SIX FOOT FENCE AROUND IT, BUILT LIKE FIVE CUSTOM HOMES AND LOCKED EVERYBODY OUT.

AND WE CAN NO LONGER USE THAT. AND IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS TO BE ABLE TO DO AS A COMMUNITY.

BUT THE CITY DECIDED TO SELL THAT LAND OFF. SO WE'VE SEEN AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

AND ON A LARGER SCALE, I REALLY FEAR THAT MORE OF THAT COULD OCCUR.

THANK YOU. SUPER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY YES? YES.

THANK YOU. CHAIR I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND THANK SUPERVISOR KUKNYO AND JACK IN PARTICULAR, SUPERVISOR CHECK, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.

TO THE POINT ABOUT THE LOCAL CONTROL ASPECT, I JUST WANT TO DRAW THE BOARD'S AND THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION TO TOP OF PAGE TWO, THE NUMBER TWO, WHERE WE SAY OPPOSES ANY EFFORTS TO SELL, TRANSFER OR DISPOSE OF THESE PUBLIC LANDS.

AND I WILL SHARE THAT THE TEMPLATE I WAS LOOKING AT CAN BE ENDED THERE.

WE HAVE CHOSE TO ADD INCONSISTENT WITH LOCAL DESIRE.

SO TO TO EMPHASIZE SUPERVISOR CHECK COMMENTS, IT NEEDS TO BE DRIVEN BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COUNTIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US.

THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT MAYBE DOES MAKE SENSE AND WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT IS JUST THIS WHOLESALE SELL OFF IS WHERE WE HAVE CONCERNS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. THOMPSON. AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR ASSOCIATION COMES IN BECAUSE THEY ARE THE PARTNER AND THEY HELP US NAVIGATE THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND WE CONTINUALLY FIGHT. WE'RE ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR OUR LANDS AND OUR OPEN SPACES AND OUR WATER.

IT'S A CONSTANT FIGHT. SO THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

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SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. CONSENT ITEM NUMBER NINE IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO I ACTUALLY AM PULLING.

[14. Development Services - Approve a Professional Services Contract with Mark Rogers, Architect, PLLC in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00 to update the Home of My Own program's existing standard home plans to ensure compliance with the 2024 International Building Code. YC Contract No. 2025-201]

SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY APPROVING THIS RIGHT NOW.

SINCE WE REALLY HAVEN'T APPROVED OR GOTTEN THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE YET FOR 2024.

COULD YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE INFORMATION? YEAH.

AND GOOD MORNING. CHAIR MALLORY AND VICE CHAIR COMPTON AND BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JEREMY. I'M YOUR DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION AND AND CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AS YOU KNOW, OUR HOME OF MY OWN PROGRAM, YOU'VE YOU'VE HEARD ME BRAG ABOUT IT BEFORE OVER THE OVER THE YEARS.

WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO, AND WE HIRED A LOCAL ARCHITECT TO DESIGN SIX STANDARD PRE-DESIGNED HOME PLANS FOR FOR USE BY THE RESIDENTS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY TO TO REALLY DOWNLOAD AND TO BUILD ON THEIR PROPERTIES IF THEY WERE WANTING TO BUILD A HOUSE. THIS WAS A A LOWER COST OPTION FOR BUILDING A HOME ON THEIR PROPERTIES OR A GUEST HOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE WON AN AWARD FOR IT.

WE HAVE THOSE SIX STANDARD HOME PLANS AVAILABLE, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY COMPLETED WE'VE SEEN COMPLETED OVER 30 OF THOSE HOMES IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. SO, YOU KNOW, 30, 34 OF THOSE HOMES HAVE RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY LIVING IN THEM.

SO THAT'S BEEN THE GENESIS OF THIS, THOSE HOME PLANS WHEN WE WERE, WHEN WE HIRED THE ARCHITECT TO DO IT, THOSE HOME PLANS WERE DRAWN TO THE 2018 BUILDING CODE, WHICH IS THE BUILDING CODE THAT WE ARE UNDER IN YAVAPAI COUNTY RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A YAVAPAI COUNTY IS ON A SIX YEAR CYCLE OF ADOPTING BUILDING CODES, CURRENT BUILDING CODES.

AND WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE 2024 BUILDING CODE WITH AN ESTIMATED EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR, JANUARY 2026. SO THIS CONTRACT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING RIGHT NOW IS TO ALLOW FOR THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECT TO GO BACK, REDESIGN THOSE, OR REVISE THOSE ORIGINAL SIX PLANS TO THE 2024 BUILDING CODE.

SO SIX PLANS. THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, AND THEN THOSE PLANS HAVE TO COME BACK TO OUR DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ACCEPTABLE TO US. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY, WHEN WE HOPE TO HAVE THE BUILDING CODE ADOPTED.

SO THAT SIX MONTH TIMEFRAME IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO HAVE THOSE PLANS REDESIGNED TO THE 2024 BUILDING CODE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY OUR DEPARTMENT. AND BY THE TIME WE ADOPT THAT NEXT ITERATION OF BUILDING CODES, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION INTO WITH THE HOME OF MY OWN PLANS.

IF THEY WEREN'T DESIGNED AND READY TO GO, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE THAT, THOSE PLANS ANYMORE SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FREE SET OF HOME PLANS THAT THEY CAN USE, DOWNLOAD AND BUILD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. AND OF COURSE, THAT IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT HAS HELPED MANY PEOPLE GET A HOME.

SO OUR SIX PLANS ARE SIX FLOOR PLANS WILL ALL BE COVERED BY THIS.

THAT IS CORRECT CHAIR MALLORY. YES. AND SO JUST TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, WE'RE NOT YOU, THIS CONTRACT IS NOT TO DESIGN NEW PLANS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO RETAIN THE SAME SIX PLANS WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY POPULAR UP TO THIS POINT.

AND JUST UPDATE THOSE TO THE 2024 BUILDING CODE ITERATION.

OKAY, FANTASTIC. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION VERY MUCH.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 14.

SECOND. CLERK OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

COULD I CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? SUPERVISOR CHECK.

YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS.

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

CONSENT ITEM 14 IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT, JEREMY.

OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 16.

[16. Facilities - Approve a five (5) year Monument Maintenance Agreement with the Rotary Club of Prescott-Frontier, Arizona Inc. to provide volunteer maintenance of the Cowboy At Rest Monument and the Granite Mountain Hotshot Memorial located at the Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza. YC Contract No. 2025-187]

AND MADAM CHAIR, I JUST PULLED THIS. THIS IS CONCERNING THE FIVE YEAR MONUMENT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF PRESCOTT TO PROVIDE VOLUNTEER MAINTENANCE OF THE COWBOY AT REST MONUMENT AND THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOTSHOT MEMORIAL LOCATED AT THE COURTHOUSE PLAZA.

AND I REALLY THOUGHT THIS JUST DESERVED MORE THAN A SPOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I THINK IT DESERVED A THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE FROM THE ROTARY CLUB AS WELL.

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I'M BRANDON SCHULTZ HERE, DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. I'M ACTUALLY REALLY GLAD YOU PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE I NEEDED TO DISCUSS IT ANYWAY.

BEFORE WE GET INTO THE KUDOS FOR THE ROTARY CLUB OF PRESCOTT, WE DO HAVE TWO REPS HERE.

WHO WOULD LOVE TO COME UP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, MAYBE SPEAK ABOUT THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE HAD A COUPLE OF CLERICAL ERRORS THAT I NEED TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THAT. UNFORTUNATELY.

FORTUNATELY, WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH THREE ROTARY GROUPS DOWN THERE ON THE PLAZA.

THEY ARE NAMED ROTARY OF PRESCOTT, INCORPORATED.

ROTARY OF PRESCOTT DASH FRONTIER INCORPORATED, AND ROTARY OF PRESCOTT DASH SUNUP INCORPORATED.

AND SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE ENDED UP HAVING A LITTLE TYPO.

THREE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT HAVE NEARLY SIMILAR NAMES AND SIMILAR P.O.

BOXES. AND WE WERE HAD JUST ACTUALLY APPROVED A SIMILAR ONE FOR THE ROTARY CLUB OF PRESCOTT HENCE SOME OF THE CARRYOVER.

ANYWAY. SPECIFICALLY, WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IS IN SECTION 32 FOR THE NOTICES.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF PRESCOTT FRONTIER'S P.O. BOX IS 1903.

WE HAD IT MISS POSTED. AND THEN ALSO IN THE APPROVAL SECTIONS FOR THEM, WE DID NOT HAVE THE HYPHEN FRONTIER IN THERE, SO WE HAD THE WRONG NAME. I DO HAVE EXTRA COPIES HERE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE ANY OF THOSE.

IN THE EXECUTED COPY FROM THE ROTARY CLUB OF PRESCOTT FRONTIER WILL BE CORRECTED TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE ISSUES.

BUT YES, TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE MISS WENDY LANCEY AND LINDA SWEENEY HERE.

AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE WENDY COME UP AND AND JUST SPEAK TO THE PROJECT FOR JUST A MINUTE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THAT FIRST PART RUINED THE WARM FUZZY I WAS TRYING TO GET TO.

I FIGURED WE'D GET ALL THE DIRTY STUFF OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEN WE'D GET BACK TO THE WOMAN. SO REAL QUICK, BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT SUBJECT. WHEN WE APPROVE THIS, ARE YOU GOING TO NEED A ADDITIONAL IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A INCORRECT INFORMATION.

JUST DOES THAT MATTER? YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR.

VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT HAS BEEN CLARIFIED.

IT'S CLEARED OUT FROM THE RECORD OF THIS MEETING, WHAT'S REQUIRED AND A REVISED DOCUMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CHAIR FOR SIGNATURE THAT CONTAINS THAT CORRECTED INFORMATION. OKAY. SO WE CAN WHEN IT'S TIME, WE JUST MOVE FORWARD AS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WELCOME. GOOD MORNING BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS WENDY LANDSEA. I AM A MEMBER OF THE PRESCOTT FRONTIER ROTARY CLUB.

I CURRENTLY AM SERVING MY SECOND YEAR AS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS, SO I SCHEDULE AND HOW OUR CLUB PARTICIPATE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STATUES, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR CLUB HAS BEEN SERVING THE PRESCOTT AREA FOR 52 YEARS.

WE ARE ONE OF FOUR CLUBS IN THE AREA. THERE'S A NEW CLUB IN PRESCOTT VALLEY.

AND THEN AS WAS MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAVE THE ROTARY CLUB OF PRESCOTT, THE ORIGINAL ROTARY CLUB THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR OVER 100 YEARS, SERVING PRESCOTT AND THE PRESCOTT SIGN UP CLUB.

OUR CLUB CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 45 MEMBERS, AND WE'VE JUST FINISHED OUR ROTARY YEAR FROM JUNE 1ST.

SORRY, JULY 1ST OF LAST YEAR THROUGH JUNE 30TH.

AND DURING THAT TIME WE COMPLETED, OUR CLUB ALONE, COMPLETED 26 PROJECTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THAT INVOLVED OVER 480 VOLUNTEERS AND OVER 4000 VOLUNTEER HOURS.

WE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE COLLECTING DOING COLLECTIONS FOR VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE TEENS CLOSET, WE COLLECT TOILETRIES AND UNDER CLOTHING. EACH YEAR, THE TEACHER'S CLOSET FOR PRESCOTT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE COLLECT SUPPLIES TO STOCK THEIR TEACHER'S CLOSET.

AT CHRISTMAS TIME, WE ADOPT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW MANOR NURSING HOME.

AND SO EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THAT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW, WE COLLECT, WE GATHER GIFTS FOR THE RESIDENTS.

WE GO THERE, WE HAVE A PARTY, WE SING SONGS WITH THEM BRING REFRESHMENTS AND SO FORTH.

AND THOSE COLLECTIONS ALONE AMOUNTED TO OVER 400 ITEMS VALUED AT OVER $15,000.

SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE DO HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE PARTICIPATE IN WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA, LAYING WREATHS AT OUR VETERANS CEMETERY IN DECEMBER.

THE HEALING FIELDS IN PRESCOTT VALLEY, SETTING UP AND TAKING DOWN THE FLAGS FOR OUR 9/11 REMEMBRANCE.

FOR THE SALVATION ARMY WE PARTICIPATE IN BELL RINGING AT CHRISTMAS TIME.

AND THIS YEAR WE. THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE ALSO SERVED A MEAL AT THE WINTER WARM UP SHELTER.

THIS COMING SATURDAY WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME, ALL OF OUR ROTARY CLUBS ARE JOINING TOGETHER TO BE BARTENDERS AT THE RODEO THIS SATURDAY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY THERE.

ALL OF OUR CLUBS PARTICIPATE IN THE GRANITE CREEK CLEANUP THIS YEAR.

WE, SIX TIMES A YEAR, WE SUPPORT THE YAVAPAI FOOD NEIGHBORS GREEN BAG FOOD DRIVE PROGRAM.

OUR CLUB VOLUNTEERS AT PRESCOTT HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THE COMMUNITY BRINGS THE DONATIONS TO DROP THEM OFF.

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THAT INCLUDES A GIFT BAG WITH A BIRTHDAY CAKE PAN, A CAKE PAN, A CAKE MIX, FROSTING CANDLES.

SO THEY CAN GIVE THOSE TO THEIR CLIENTS AND THEY CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THEIR KIDS.

WE HAVE HEAVILY SUPPORTED THE PRESCOTT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OUR ENTIRE 50 PLUS YEARS.

WE READ TO THE KIDS IN THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM EVERY YEAR AS WELL AS WE DONATE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

WE PUT PLACE FLAGS AT FOR OUR VETERANS GRAVE SITES AT THE ROLLING HILLS CEMETERY FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

THAT WOULD BE MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, VETERANS DAY, AND AT CHRISTMAS, WE DO RESET CHRISTMAS.

AND WE ROTARY HAS A PROGRAM WE CALLED ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS.

IT'S A CAMP THAT HAPPENS NATIONWIDE EVERY YEAR.

AND HERE IN THIS AREA, IT'S HELD AT CAMP PINE ROCK.

SO THAT'S A PROGRAM FOR OUR YOUTH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO GO.

IT'S A THREE DAY CAMP THAT WE PROVIDE AND SUPPORT TEACHING LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO OUR YOUTH.

THE HIGH SCHOOL BRANCH OF ROTARY IS CALLED INTERACT, AND WE SUPPORT CLUBS AT BOTH PRESCOTT HIGH SCHOOL AND BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL.

IN THE PAST, THOSE CLUBS HAVE EACH HAD OVER 50 STUDENTS, MEMBERS AND THE COLLEGE LEVEL OF ROTARY IS CALLED ROTARY ACT.

AND WE SUPPORT A CLUB THERE AT EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO INSTILL SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP IN OUR YOUTH, STARTING IN HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE AND HOPEFULLY INTO ROTARY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WE HOST ONE BIG ANNUAL FUNDRAISER.

MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE ATTENDED OR BEEN AWARE OF GRAPES FOR GOOD.

IT HAPPENS IN SEPTEMBER AT WATER'S GARDEN CENTER.

THAT TYPICALLY RAISES ABOUT $65,000 THAT WE DONATE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY.

ROTARY IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, SO THE MONEY WE RAISE IS 100% DONATED BACK.

AND THAT MONEY, AS I MENTIONED, HAS SUPPORTED THE PRESCOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM AS WELL AS DISCOVERY GARDENS PRESCHOOL, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WE FUND A NURSING SCHOLARSHIP AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE, AND WE HAVE SUPPORTED IMAGINATION LIBRARY AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THROUGH OUR FUNDRAISING AS WELL AS HANDS ON ACTIVITIES OUT HERE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO PRESCOTT FIVE YEARS AGO, MY VERY FIRST PROJECT THAT I WORKED ON WAS THE STATUE MAINTENANCE AT THE COURTHOUSE PLAZA.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO ROTARY AND PRESCOTT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S A PROJECT THAT OUR CLUB EMBRACES. WE ALWAYS ENJOY DOING IT, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE DOING THAT IN THE FUTURE.

CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? WENDY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE REASON I PULLED THIS OFF IS BECAUSE WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND ONE THING I HEARD ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WAS THAT WE'RE LOSING OUR LOCAL FLAVOR, AND I CAN FEEL THAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE CAN FEEL THAT.

I THINK WE WANT TO GET SOME OF THAT BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE.

AND HAVING YOU GUYS HELP IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

I WENT TO A RECENT PRESENTATION ON AIRBNBS AND THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ARE HAVING ON COMMUNITIES.

AND THE MAYOR OF WILLIAMS SPOKE AT THIS, AND HE SAID THAT BECAUSE SO MANY HOMES ARE BEING TAKEN UP AND THEY'RE BASICALLY TURNING THEIR TOWN INTO A HOTEL.

THE POPULATION IS SHRINKING. AND AND HE SPECIFICALLY BROUGHT UP THE ROTARY.

EXCUSE ME. THAT I'M TYING IT IN RIGHT NOW. THAT 60 THEY HAD 60 PEOPLE IN THEIR ROTARY CLUB, AND NOW THEY'RE DOWN TO 20 JUST FROM THE EFFECTS.

AND ONE THING HE SAID DIRECTLY WAS, WE'RE LOSING OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT I THINK YOU ARE A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

THIS BOARD IS WORKING TO GET A LOT OF THOSE THINGS BACK THAT WE SEE PERCEIVED AS LOST.

AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME THAT YOU AND ALL YOUR PEOPLE PUT IN. SO TAKE THAT MESSAGE BACK, PLEASE. I WILL, THANK YOU. IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE AND OUR PLEASURE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE ALWAYS WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, ROTARY WAS MY GRANDFATHER'S LIFE AND GROWING UP.

I HEARD MANY STORIES ABOUT THE GOOD WORK, AND YOU DO, AND HE WOULD TAKE ME ALONG WITH HIM WHEN I'D BE DOWN IN GLENDALE OR HERE IN PRESCOTT.

AND WHAT YOU DO IS SO IMPORTANT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU.

WELL, NOW, WHEN WE'RE GOING DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE AND WALKING AROUND, WE'LL KNOW WHO'S TAKING CARE OF ALL OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENTS THAT ARE DOWN THERE.

AND THINK ABOUT ALL OF THAT. THIS COMMUNITY IS RUN ON VOLUNTEERS, PEOPLE JUST GIVING FROM THEIR HEART AND THEIR SOUL.

AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, AND EVEN THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE LOBBY, THEY ALSO DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEERING IN THEIR AREAS, IN THEIR COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE BLESSED HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, THAT IS FOR SURE.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

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SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CLERK, WILL YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. CONSENT ITEM 16 IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. ITEM NUMBER 20. LOOKS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.

[20. Sheriff - Approve Amendment No. 1 to extend the Agreement with Miwall Corporation in the amount of $90,229.00 for purchasing ammunition and munition products through April 13, 2026, utilizing Arizona Department of Administration Statewide Contract No. CTR071172. YC Contract No. 2024-395A1]

AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PROCUREMENT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT RETURN AND MAYBE GET THAT FROM A CONTRACT FROM MACY'S IN CHINO VALLEY OR GUNSIGHT OUT IN MALDEN.

LET'S, WHEN WE GET THESE STATEWIDE CONTRACTS, LET'S BRING THE MONEY BACK TO YAVAPAI COUNTY INSTEAD OF LETTING IT GO TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THAT'S IT. WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 20 OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'LL SECOND. CLERK. MOTION. AND A SECOND. COULD YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. CONSENT ITEM 20 HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY. THAT'S FANTASTIC. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Board of Supervisors - Approve a contract with Yavapai College to provide Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) One-Stop Operator and Title I-B (Adult, Youth, and Dislocated Worker) Services for the Yavapai County Regional Economic Development Area. YC Contract No. 2025-205]

YAVAPAI COLLEGE TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA) ONE-STOP OPERATOR.

TITLE I-B. MR. THOMPSON, ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THIS OR.

OH. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR MALLORY, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS CRAIG LEFEVER. I AM THE WORKFORCE DIRECTOR FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M ADDRESSING YOU. AND IN REGARD TO THE ITEM WE WERE LOOKING AT, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CONTRACT VERSION OF THE RFP, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT THE COUNTY HAD PUBLISHED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

SEARCHING FOR A ONE-STOP OPERATOR AND TITLE 1-B PROVIDER UNDER THE WIOA WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITIES ACT LEGISLATION.

SO THIS IS THE CONTRACT VERSION THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SET UP.

WHILE THE RFP ITSELF WAS VERY LITIGIOUS IN NATURE, IT DIDN'T MEET THE BAR OF BEING AN ACTUAL CONTRACT.

SO THIS WAS WRITTEN UP TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

AND IT'S IT'S REALLY JUST WAITING FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR YAVAPAI COLLEGE AS THE TITLE 1-B ADULT YOUTH AND DISLOCATED WORKER AND ONE-STOP OPERATOR FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY. FANTASTIC. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, AND WE DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MORE.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THIS IS A GREAT MOVE FOR US TYING IN WITH THE COLLEGE.

WE ALL HIT THE SAME TAXPAYER SO WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS TIED IN WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BRING DECENT PAYING JOBS HERE FOR OUR YOUNG WORKFORCE. SO I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO, THE ONE-STOP IS GOING TO BE GREAT.

AND I KNOW THE BOARD OF YAVAPAI IS ALSO EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS DONE, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE FOR THE CONTRACT. SECOND. OKAY. CLERK OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES.

VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ACTION ITEM ONE IT'S BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'RE GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[2. Development Services - Approve adjusted funding amounts for previously approved Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects administered through the Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) due to reduced funding in the amount of $266,080.00. ITEM CONTINUED UNTIL JULY 16, 2025, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.]

WELL GOOD MORNING, JEREMY. I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.

SO. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND GOOD MORNING. AGAIN CHAIR MALLORY AND VICE CHAIR COMPTON AND BOARD MEMBERS JEREMY DYE, YOUR DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND SO.

AND WE WANTED TO TO GIVE KIND OF AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AT THE JANUARY 8TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, YOU THIS BOARD, THIS BODY APPROVED THREE PROJECTS, THROUGH THE FAIR HOUSING PROGRAM. AND BY THE WAY, I NEED TO ALSO INTRODUCE ISABEL ROLLINS FROM NACOG AND THE HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND SHE CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THIS AS WELL IN SOME DETAIL.

BUT INITIALLY THOSE THOSE PROJECTS WERE APPROVED FOR THE PRESCOTT VALLEY FOOD BANK, THE VERDE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND ALSO YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR CESSPOOL ABATEMENT AND REPLACEMENT.

AND THOSE WERE THOSE WERE APPROVED WITH AT CERTAIN FUNDING AMOUNTS, WITH FUNDING THAT WAS ESTIMATED AT THE TIME TO BE ABOUT $1.3

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SO GIVEN THAT REDUCTION IN FUNDING, WE JUST WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD WITH WHAT WE'VE WHAT WHAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED IN TERMS OF HOW TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.

AND I'LL GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, TO ISABEL HERE AS WELL.

I'LL SWITCH PLACES WITH YOU. WELCOME, ISABEL.

I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE. OKAY.

OH, DO YOUR PRESENTATION? OH. WE CAN. SO JUST MOVING FORWARD, I'VE SUMMARIZED QUITE A BIT OF THIS.

AS YOU CAN TELL, THE ACTUAL FUNDING WAS REDUCED BY $266,080, SO THAT ACTUAL FUNDING NOW FOR THESE THREE PROGRAMS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS THIS 1,042,648 AGAIN, THESE WERE THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE FUNDED.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE THE REDUCTION THERE IS FOR THE YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CESSPOOL REPLACEMENT REDUCED TO 242,648. AND SO THE REASON THAT STAFF HAD KIND OF LANDED ON THAT IS THAT THIS CESSPOOL PROGRAM CAN NOW APPLY FOR COMPETITIVE CDBG FUNDING FOR FROM STATE SPECIAL PROJECT FUNDS TO MAKE UP FOR THOSE TO MAKE UP FOR THAT REDUCED AMOUNT OF FUNDING.

AND SO THIS IS THIS IS WHERE IT LANDS AT THE AT THE END, THE PRESCOTT VALLEY FOOD BANK REMAINS AT $400,000 AS A PROPOSED AMOUNT.

THE VERDE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY REMAINS AT $400,000.

AS WELL, WITH THAT REDUCED FUNDING BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CESSPOOL REMEDIATION.

AND THOSE ARE THE THAT WAS THE INFORMATION THAT I WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU.

AND AND AGAIN, ISABEL IS HERE TO TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND, AND FILL IN SOME OF THOSE BLANKS AS WELL.

THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU AGAIN, JEREMY. AND WELCOME ISABEL.

I DO SEE THAT SUPERVISOR CHECK HAS A QUESTION.

SO DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'VE GOT LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL WE HEAR FROM ISABEL? SURE. OKAY.

SORRY. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD. THAT WAS A, YOU KNOW, NICE, SUCCINCT OVERVIEW.

IT DID TAKE US A LOT LONGER THIS YEAR TO GET OUR FUNDING AMOUNT THAN THAN USUAL.

NORMALLY WE GET IT AROUND FEBRUARY OR MARCH OR HOPE TO.

AND SO YEAH, PART OF THE REASON THAT WE STRUCTURED IT THIS WAY IS THAT WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE THE CESSPOOL SEPTIC PROJECTS. WE KNOW THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PROJECT, BUT WE'RE ALSO NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW WELL IT'S GOING TO FIT WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF HOOPS THAT NEED TO BE JUMPED THROUGH.

SO I THINK THAT WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT WITH, WITH A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE CAN GO FOR. ALSO THE HOME REPAIR FUNDS, SOME OF THAT COULD ALSO BE USED FOR THE SEPTIC PROJECT IF IF THEY'RE GOING WELL AND WE NEED MORE FUNDING. SO WE'VE TRIED TO BUILD SOME FLEXIBILITY IN HERE.

AND I'VE BEEN DOING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FOR 25 YEARS WITH THE COUNTY.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO GO. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO WE HAD A CHANGE IN THE ALLOCATION OF THE MONEY.

SO THAT TOOK AWAY FROM THE PROJECTS, WHICH WAS THIS ONE.

THEN APACHE COUNTY COULDN'T REALLY USE THE FUNDING WHEN I WAS, ME AND SUPERVISOR CHECK WERE AT A NACOG MEETING, SO APACHE COUNTY, THEY HAD A PROJECT, COULDN'T GET IT.

SO THAT MONEY WAS DISPERSED, I THINK, AMONG THE OTHER COUNTIES.

YES. OKAY. SO I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROGRAM IN THE LAST TERM, AND WE HAD A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING IT. AND WE ALSO I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHEN DO YOU ACTUALLY GET THE INFORMATION TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY START TO MOVE FORWARD IN OUR DISTRICTS, BECAUSE WHEN I, WHEN I HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY, I WORKED WITH THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY, AND WE GOT A PROJECT GOING WITH THIS FUNDING.

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I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT THE BOARD HERE TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN IDEA IF YOU CAN'T SAY THAT RIGHT NOW.

I UNDERSTAND IT, JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. I WANTED, LIKE, TO KNOW.

I'M GUESSING 2028 WOULD BE THE YEAR THAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, BECAUSE WE ONLY GET THIS OPPORTUNITY ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS. CORRECT? YEAH. YAVAPAI COUNTY IS IN THE RURAL PROGRAM.

AND THE WAY THAT WORKS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA, EVERY INCORPORATED CITY, TOWN AND COUNTY GETS FUNDS EVERY FOUR YEARS.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH PRESCOTT VALLEY IS THEY ARE LEAVING THE RURAL PROGRAM THERE BECOMING ENTITLEMENT GETTING FUNDS EVERY YEAR.

AND THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY FOR PRESCOTT VALLEY.

BUT THAT'S ALSO A BIG PART OF THE REASON WHY THE THESE FUNDS WERE REDUCED IS BECAUSE WE LOST THE WHOLE POPULATION OF PRESCOTT VALLEY IN THE RURAL PROGRAM. AND YEAH, SO IT'LL BE THAT WAY MOVING FORWARD.

BUT IN TERMS OF OF THESE PROJECTS, THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE AUGUST 1ST, AND WE SHOULD BE READY TO ROLL WITH THE PROJECTS LATER THIS YEAR AFTER A FEW MONTHS AND AFTER ALL THE CONTRACTS ARE DONE.

OKAY. AND THEN I'M OF COURSE, I'M KIND OF THINKING A FEW YEARS OUT.

SO I'M THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT TERM BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'LL BE FOUR YEARS.

IT WOULD BE 2029 WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THE END OF 2028.

OKAY. SO 2029, WHICH IS WE VOTED FOR THIS IN JANUARY OF 2025 THIS YEAR.

SO IN 2028, WE COULD ACTUALLY START LOOKING AND SEEING WHAT MIGHT QUALIFY.

YES. AND THERE WOULD BE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN THE FALL.

OKAY. IN THE FALL. SO ALL RIGHT, SO MAKING A NOTE, WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND LOOK INTO THIS.

LET'S SAY WE START AROUND, I DON'T KNOW, SEPTEMBER OR EVEN AUGUST.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN ON THE BLOCK GRANTS.

THEY'RE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AND THEY REALLY CAN DO A LOT OF HELP.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS WASN'T A GOOD CHOICE.

I JUST KNOW THAT THINGS HAD A DIFFERENT ROLE TO IT.

AND IT WAS GREAT THE WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THOSE PROJECTS IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I KNOW SUPERVISOR CHECK HAS SOME QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. WELL, I GUESS I'LL FIRST JUST STATE THAT I DON'T SUPPORT FUNDING THESE PROJECTS AS RECOMMENDED.

MY PERSPECTIVE IS, FIRST OF ALL, THESE THESE PROJECTS CAME BEFORE US ON OUR VERY FIRST MEETING.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO UNDERSTAND AND METABOLIZE THE SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, YOU SPEAK OF FUTURE CDBG FUNDING BECOMING AVAILABLE FOR OUR CESSPOOL PROJECTS, BUT PRESCOTT VALLEY IS GOING TO HAVE SECURE, YOU KNOW, FUNDING SOURCE YEAR AFTER YEAR AS THEY'VE BECOME AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN JANUARY WHEN WE MADE THESE APPROVALS.

ADDITIONALLY, IN MY PERSPECTIVE, I BELIEVE THAT THE CESSPOOL PROJECTS FULFILL THE MISSION OF THE CDBG AND DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.

YOU KNOW, THEIR DESIRE FOR FUNDING PROJECTS MUCH BETTER THAN THE PRESCOTT VALLEY FOOD BANK PROJECT DID.

BUT BEYOND THAT, I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT PROJECT HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED SINCE WE VOTED ON IT, THAT IT'S NOT MOVING FORWARD IN THE WAY THAT WE ASSUMED.

WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT BEHIND THAT $400,000 IN FUNDING WAS THAT NOT ONLY WOULD SERVE PRESCOTT VALLEY, BUT ALSO EXPAND THE FACILITIES SO THAT IT COULD SERVE GREATER UNINCORPORATED YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT PROJECT'S NO LONGER MOVING FORWARD AS PLANNED.

MAYBE MURRAY COULD SPEAK TO THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU.

CHAIR. SUPERVISOR CHECK. I HAVE A SIMILAR QUESTION.

ISABEL. MY RECOLLECTION IS WHEN THIS CAME BEFORE THE BOARD, THAT FIRST PROJECT WAS PRESCOTT VALLEY FOOD BANK SLASH MEALS ON WHEELS.

MY UNDERSTANDING. AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE MEALS ON WHEELS PORTION IS NOW NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT.

SO I THINK WHAT SUPERVISOR CHECK AND I ARE ASKING IS, HAS THAT FROM WHAT THE BOARD APPROVED, HAS THAT PROJECT NOW SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED THAT IT OUGHT TO BE RECONSIDERED? YES. I CAN EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. SO THE PRESCOTT VALLEY FOOD BANK AND THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROJECTS WERE TWO SEPARATE APPLICATIONS THAT ACTUALLY I HAD SAID THEY COULD BE COMBINED INTO ONE BECAUSE THE COUNTY CAN ONLY DO A MAXIMUM OF THREE APPLICATIONS, BUT THEY WERE BOTH TAKING PLACE IN THE SAME BUILDING.

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BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS THE THE MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE FOUND OUT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO SO MUCH TO UPGRADE THEIR PORTION OF THE BUILDING AND PRESCOTT VALLEY THAT IT WASN'T WORTH IT TO THEM.

SO THEY PULLED OUT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE FOOD BANK BUILDING.

AND SO THAT WAS THAT PIECE WAS WAS JUST REMOVED.

THE FOOD BANK DOESN'T JUST SERVE PRESCOTT VALLEY.

IT SERVES A MUCH WIDER AREA THAN THAT. SO THAT'S MUCH OF THE REASON WHY IT WAS LOOKED AT FOR THE RURAL PROGRAM. WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I ECHO SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS SUPERVISOR CHECK HAS GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS, WHEN IT CAME TO US AS A NEW BOARD AND IT COMES AROUND EVERY FOUR YEARS.

I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK CHAIR MALLORY FOR HER GUIDANCE ON THIS AND FILLING ME IN ON THINGS AS A NEW SUPERVISOR TO HELP US IN THE NEXT ROUND, WHICH IS WHAT I BELIEVE SHE'S SPEAKING TO IN 2028 AND 2029.

AND JUST AGAIN, THANK CHAIR MALLORY FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER. OH, YES. CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IF I COULD FOLLOW UP ONE MORE CLARIFYING QUESTION, ISABEL.

ON THAT FIRST PROJECT, SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THE $400,000 ALLOCATION TO THE PRESCOTT VALLEY FOOD BANK IS STILL CONSISTENT WITH THE INITIAL APPLICATION AND APPROVAL. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE FUNDING. WELL, ALL THE FINANCIAL HIT ON THIS REDUCTION IS COMING OUT OF MY AREA IN DISTRICT FOUR.

AND WHILE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE CESSPOOLS BECOME IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR CESSPOOL FAILS, WE BASICALLY, AS YAVAPAI COUNTY HAVE TO KICK YOU OUT OF YOUR HOME AND SAY IT'S UNINHABITABLE ANYMORE.

IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES TO KIND OF FILL THAT GAPS.

AND ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH HIM ABOUT IS THAT BOTH COMMUNITIES ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO PUT IN A SEWER SYSTEM, AND THEY'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE FINAL SOLUTION.

EVEN SEPTIC TANKS, YOU KNOW, THE CESSPOOLS, THE SEPTICS ARE A BAND-AID, AND IT'S A NECESSARY BAND-AID.

BUT THE LONG TERM FIX IS TO GET THESE PEOPLE ON ON SEWER.

AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE WITH THAT. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM WITH THAT, I THINK REALLY SOLVES THE PROBLEM.

YEAH. SO YOU CAN TAKE THE MONEY. JUST TRY AND GET SOME MORE AND WE'LL PUT THE BAND-AIDS ON AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON SEWER.

YEAH, I KNOW I SAT ON A CALL THERE WORKING WITH VARIOUS FUNDERS TO GET THE THE SEWER SYSTEM IN PLACE, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE. SO THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE MEANTIME AND SYSTEMS FAILING.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A BAND-AID UNTIL THE REAL SYSTEM GETS IN.

I WANT TO JUST NOTE, IF I MAY CHAIR THE CRITERIA FOR THESE PROJECTS IS THAT IT HAS TO SERVE AT LEAST 51% OF PERSONS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT MUST BE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. THE PROJECT MUST AID IN PREVENTION OF SLUM OR BLIGHT.

THE PROJECT MUST SOLVE AN URGENT NEED OR HEALTH HAZARD.

AND I THINK CESSPOOLS REALLY EMBODY ALL THREE OF THOSE BULLET POINTS FULLY.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INITIAL PROJECT OF $400,000.

IF THAT PROJECT HAS CHANGED AT ALL, DOES THE BUDGET CHANGE? YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME CLARIFICATION THERE.

YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT, THEN I WOULD PREFER TO MAYBE SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND SEE $350,000, GO TO THE PRESCOTT VALLEY FOOD BANK AND ADD THAT $50,000 ONTO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY CESSPOOL PROJECT.

CHAIR, IF I COULD TURN A QUESTION FOR ISABEL.

SO COULD YOU EDUCATE US ON THE TIMEFRAMES ON THIS ACTION AND WHAT WE'RE BOUND TO IN TERMS OF MAKING DECISIONS? THE APPLICATIONS NEED TO BE PUT TOGETHER AND TURNED IN AUGUST 1ST.

SO A DECISION TODAY IS REALLY NECESSARY. I MEAN, IF THERE ARE BIG MISGIVINGS WE COULD DO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS TO LOOK AT SOMETHING, BUT. IF I MAY CHAIR A SECOND FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT.

ISABEL. HELP EDUCATE US ALL ON HOW BOUND IS THE BOARD TO THE PREVIOUS DECISION AND NOTIFICATION TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS

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YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE FUNDING ESTIMATES, THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT BETWEEN WHEN THE PROJECTS ARE APPROVED AND WE'RE WORKING OFF ESTIMATE AND WE GET THE ACTUAL FIGURES. IT'S NORMALLY NOT MORE THAN 5 OR 10%.

THIS THIS YEAR IT WAS 25% DIFFERENCE. SO IT WAS A LOT BIGGER.

A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE NUMBERS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

IT WOULD STILL MEET WHATEVER WAS DECIDED AT THE JANUARY MEETING.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES, WE WOULD HAVE TO START THE PROCESS OVER.

SO, CHAIR, IF I MAY. ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION.

I HEARD YOU SAY, ISABEL, THAT THE OVERALL ALLOCATION ADJUSTED BY ABOUT 25%.

YES. SO, IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD IT BE ALLOWABLE FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE UP TO A 25% ADJUSTMENT IN THESE AMOUNTS WITHOUT NEEDING TO GO BACK THROUGH A FULL PROCESS? YES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REASONABLE.

SO WOULD WE DO THAT RIGHT NOW? WOULD WE MAKE THAT MOTION DIFFERENT OR I DON'T KNOW.

MAURY, DID YOU HAVE ANY INPUT? I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE, SO I DON'T WANT TO, YOU HAVE THE LOOK I GET SOMETIMES.

NO WORRIES. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU.

I HONESTLY DID NOT HAVE SPECIFIC INPUT. I WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTION, I GUESS, JUST IN TERMS OF THE BOARD EVALUATING OPTIONS OF WHETHER JULY 16TH, WHICH IS THE NEXT MEETING DATE. WHETHER THAT WOULD BE TOO LATE.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THOUGHT, IS THAT TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING DATE, IF THAT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY, THEN YES, THE MOTION WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE TODAY TO EITHER APPROVE THIS OR AN ALTERNATE ALLOCATION.

SO WITH THAT, ISABEL, JUST CURIOUS IF THIS GOT MOVED TO THE SIXTH TO THE 16TH, WHICH IS IN COTTONWOOD A COUPLE WEEKS THEN THE NUMBER WOULD CHANGE AND THEN THEY COULD WE COULD VOTE ON THAT, OR IS THAT NOT POSSIBLE? ARE YOU LOOKING AT RECONSIDERING THE NUMBERS THAT ARE UP HERE OR RECONSIDERING ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PROPOSED? I'M GOING TO REACH TO MAURY ON THAT. THE NUMBERS RIGHT? I WOULD SUGGEST JUST THE NUMBERS. AND AGAIN, I'M HEARING ISABEL SAYING YOU WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH A NO MORE THAN 25% ADJUSTMENT.

I WOULD YEAH, I THINK THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED LINES OUT THE PROJECTS DOESN'T LINE OUT THE EXACT AMOUNTS.

VERY GOOD. SO IT WOULD STILL MEET THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WAS PASSED.

VERY GOOD. BUT. SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE COULD ADDRESS THIS ON THE 16TH AND MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE BOARD SO DESIRES AT THAT TIME.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL JULY 16TH.

OKAY. SECOND. DISCUSSION. YES. DISCUSSION. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

JUST BECAUSE WE, AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS AS A BOARD BY THE 16TH? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALL TOGETHER AND WE CAN TALK.

WE CAN TALK UNTIL THE 16TH. IT SOUNDS GOOD. I MEAN, I'LL TAKE MORE MONEY FOR CESSPOOLS EVERY DAY, BUT WILL REDUCING PRESCOTT VALLEY, WILL THAT STILL MAKE THEIR PROJECT HAPPEN IF WE MOVE THESE NUMBERS AROUND? WILL IT STILL, IS IT NEEDED? AND WHAT WOULD THAT REDUCTION DO TO THE OTHER PROJECTS? MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THE INFORMATION WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

AND THE REASON TO HOLD OFF ANOTHER TWO WEEKS ON THIS ITEM.

SO COULD WE NOT HAVE SOME KIND OF WORK, STUDY OR SPECIAL SOMETHING BEFORE SO WE COULD ALL TALK? THAT'S ALWAYS THE ISSUE FOR US. WELL, YES, YOU'RE CORRECT, CHAIR.

AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT YOU DIRECT STAFF TO WORK ON THIS, ALONG WITH, OBVIOUSLY, ISABEL AND STAFF OF NCOG TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT IF WE MAKE UP TO 25% ADJUSTMENTS TO THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS, DOES THAT MAKE THEM NOT VIABLE? HAVE THOSE ANSWERS AND THEN BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION? I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME SENSE OF WHERE THE BOARD WANTS TO GO ON THIS, AND I CAN HAVE CONVERSATION INDIVIDUALLY TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REFLECTING THE BOARD'S DESIRES. SO BASICALLY THEN, IF WE TABLE THIS ON THE 16TH.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE WILL TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED.

BUT IF THAT FOR SOME REASON DOES THINGS HAPPEN, IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT. SO IT WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO REVISE IT.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ROLL WITH THIS.

AND THEN AND THEN WE WILL LEARN FROM THIS. AND IN 2028, WHEN THIS BOARD VOTES ON IT IN 2029,

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CHAIR AND IF I COULD, TO BE SPECIFIC, STAFF WILL BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD ON THE 16TH.

OKAY. VICE CHAIR. MR. BRENNAN, DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF? ACTUALLY, ARE WE TABLING? ACTUALLY CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I THINK THE DIRECTION HAS BEEN RECEIVED, AND IT'S ONLY NECESSARY FOR THE BOARD TO TABLE THE ITEM OR CONTINUE THE ITEM TO JULY 16TH.

IF THAT'S THE BOARD'S DESIRE. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW I HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THAT VOTE. CLERK. SUPERVISOR CHECK.

YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS.

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

ACTION. ITEM NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO THE JULY 16TH MEETING.

I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF THIS, I KNOW THIS PROBABLY WASN'T QUITE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AGAIN, THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.

AND SO WE'LL WORK THROUGH THIS. WE'LL GET ON TRACK AND WE'LL FIX IT BY THE 16TH WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE SOONER THAN LATER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO FACILITIES.

[3. Facilities - Approve a contract with Low Mountain Construction, LLC in the amount of $640,842.00 for the Camp Verde Connection Center Project No. CI0108, utilizing Arizona Attorney General's Office Opiod Abatement funding. YC Contract No. 2025-192]

HELLO. DO I HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER? NUMBER THREE.

OKAY. MADAM CHAIR? YES. I HAVE A COMMENT. GOOD.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU GUYS AS WELL. DAVID RHODES, YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF, AND I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS ITEM. THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF A MANY YEARS EFFORT TO DUPLICATE THE CONNECTION CENTER, WHICH IS THE REENTRY CENTER THAT EXISTS NOW IN PRESCOTT AT THE NEW CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACILITY.

WE'RE GOING TO DUPLICATE THAT CENTER AT THE CAMP VERDE JUSTICE FACILITY.

SO THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT EXISTS IN PRESCOTT WILL EXIST IN THE VERDE VALLEY.

AND THIS IS REENTRY, THIS IS A RESULT OF REACH OUT, WHICH IS YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REENTRY PROGRAM FROM INCARCERATION. THIS CONNECTION CENTER, THESE CONNECTION CENTERS ARE KEY BECAUSE THEY ALLOW FOR THE FACILITATION OF HANDOFF FROM JAIL TO TREATMENT PROVIDERS. AS YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL SUFFER FROM SOME TYPE OF MALADY RELATED TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND WE ARE TRYING TO CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES TO PREVENT THEM FROM ENDING UP BACK IN OUR CUSTODY AGAIN. THE MONEY, THE $640,000 THAT YOU'RE APPROVING TODAY IS ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE $1 MILLION GRANT THAT WE WERE AWARDED FROM THE ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, ACTUALLY, UNDER THE PRIOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, MARK BRNOVICH.

THAT'S HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. SO WE'RE READY TO GO.

WE'RE HOPING THE BOARD APPROVES THIS CONTRACT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU KNEW A LITTLE OF THE BACKSTORY ON HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT. WELL, THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

AND I DO LOVE THE WORDS. WE'RE READY TO GO. I LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE GOVERNMENT KIND OF MOVES SLOW, AND IT'S JUST A.

PAINFULLY. IT'S PAINFUL. YEAH. I WILL TELL YOU, YEAH. SOMEBODY IN THE BACK SUGGESTED YOU GUYS MEET EVERY WEEK.

[LAUGHS] I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT ENTERTAINING A MOTION ON THAT ONE.

THANK YOU THOUGH, SHERIFF. IT'S A NICE THOUGHT.

THANKS, STEVE. HI, BRANDON. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M BRANDON SHOULTS, DIRECTOR OF YOUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. WHAT MORE DO I HAVE TO SAY AFTER THAT? BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT WITH LOW MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $640,000.

842. AND AS DAVE SAID, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT DUPLICATION OF THE CONNECTION CENTER THAT WE HAVE HERE.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE PROJECT.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR CSO STAFF AND THE DESIGN ARCHITECT TO WORK WITHIN THE EXISTING BUILDING.

WE ARE ENCLOSING A SALLY PORT. IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE WHAT THE PRESCOTT FACILITY LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE SAME FUNCTION. GREAT.

WELL, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COUNTIES THAT HAVE MODELED WHAT YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS DONE.

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AND THE SHERIFF IS FOREVER DOWN AT THE CAPITOL TRYING TO GATHER UP MORE FUNDS AND GETTING THINGS DONE FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY DOWN THERE WHEN THE STATE IS, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THESE BUDGET ITEMS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO WE APPRECIATE HIS HARD WORK AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN SOME QUESTIONS.

WELL, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I'M SUPERVISOR JENKINS AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TOURING BOTH THE PRESCOTT AND THE CAMP VERDE JAIL, AND THE PRESCOTT CONVENTION CENTER WAS VERY MUCH IMPRESSED WITH OUR REDUCTION IN RECIDIVISM RATES.

I THINK THAT THE CONNECTION CENTER HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THOSE REDUCTIONS, WHICH IS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY FISCALLY, BUT ALSO TRULY GOOD FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE GETTING THEIR LIVES BACK ON TRACK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE OUR EYE TOWARDS. SO I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS.

FANTASTIC. SUPERVISOR JENKINS, I JUST ECHO WHAT SUPERVISOR CHECK SAID.

IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING. OUR TOURS YESTERDAY AND THE IMPACT THAT THIS CONNECTION CENTER HAS ON THE LIVES OF THE INMATES AS THEY ARE RELEASED INTO THE PUBLIC. IT'S A GOOD THING FOR EVERYBODY, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND GIVES THEM A LEG UP, A HEAD START INTO ASSUMING THEMSELVES BACK INTO THE PUBLIC. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. IT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OH, SORRY.

I WAS JUST GOING TO APPROVE NUMBER THREE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

GO AHEAD. BRANDON, WE CAN STILL HAVE. WE CAN. I WAS JUST GOING TO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE TERM YAVAPAI MODEL THAT HAS BEEN USED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION TALKING ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT YCSO HAS DONE. I'M JUST HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF THE PROJECT.

ABSOLUTELY. YOU DO A GREAT JOB AS WELL. WE ARE A GOOD TEAM HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION, AND WE HAVE A SECOND CLERK OF THE BOARD.

I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES.

VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC WORKS.

[4. Public Works - Approve additional project development administrative and construction fees in the amount of $1,595,200.00 for the Cornville Road and Tissaw Road Intersection Improvements project, pursuant to Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Intergovernmental Agreement #23-0009424-I. (District 2 - Supervisor Jenkins; District 3 - Supervisor Check)]

GOOD MORNING. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT HERE.

I'LL LET YOU DO THAT. YOU GOT A POWERPOINT. JUST TO GET MY LITTLE PRESENTATION UP HERE.

YEAH. SO WE HIT THE LIGHTS, PLEASE. THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD MORNING. CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS ROGER MCCORMICK. I'M YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

AND TODAY, BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE A ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE TWO DIFFERENT INVOICES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

THE FIRST INVOICE IS RELATED TO THE ADOT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION FEES.

AND THEN THE SECOND INVOICE IS DUE TO THE PROJECT BEING TO THE FINAL STAGES OF DESIGN AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE A FINALIZED ENGINEERING COST ESTIMATE TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO THE OTHER INVOICE IS RELATED TO FULLY FUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE FOR THE ROUNDABOUT.

NOW THE ROUNDABOUT IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CORN VILLE ROAD AND TISSAW ROAD.

WHEN YOU TAKE THE TWO INVOICES, THE ONE FOR CONSTRUCTION IS JUST OVER $4 MILLION.

AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATION FEES FOR ADOT IS 8000.

WE HAVE BUDGETED WITHIN THE REGIONAL ROAD HALF CENT PROGRAM, $2.5 MILLION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THE TWO INVOICES AND SUBTRACT OUT THE 2.5 MILLION THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED, WE'RE LEFT WITH THIS 1.59 MILLION IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

SO THAT'S THE REQUEST TODAY IS TO INCREASE THE ADDITIONAL TO A FUND ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED OF THE 2.5 MILLION BY 1.59 MILLION. SO THE GRANT APPLICATION WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY WORKED ON IN 2022 SUBMITTED TO SENATOR KELLY'S OFFICE AS PART OF THE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING IN 2023.

SO WE'VE HAD SOME TIME PASSED SINCE THE INITIAL ESTIMATES WERE DONE.

A LOT HAS CHANGED IN RELATION TO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WITH THE WAY INFLATION HAS GONE.

THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S DRIVING THE INCREASED COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUNDABOUT.

ALSO A DOT'S REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE IN RELATION TO FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND WHEN THEY ESTIMATE CONSTRUCTION LINE ITEMS IN GENERAL, I'D SAY THE FEDERAL PRICE FOR ASPHALT

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SO THAT'S LEADING TO THE OVERAGE AS WELL. JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE THIRD BULLET THERE IS THAT CORNVILLE ROAD IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR HIGHEST ADT ROADS WITHIN THE ENTIRE COUNTY. AND THAT'S FOR COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADS.

THERE ARE EIGHT OUT MAINTAINED ROADS AND THERE ARE MUNICIPAL MAINTAINED ROADS, BUT FOR COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADS.

CORNVILLE ROAD IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST. THE LAST POINT THERE IS LEADS US INTO THIS NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH THE REGIONAL ROAD FUND WHICH IS SPENT ON COLLECTORS AND ARTERIAL TYPE OF ROADWAYS.

ARE BIGGER TYPE OF ROADS WITHIN THE REGIONAL ROAD FUND.

I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE.

SO RIGHT NOW, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE JUST FINISHING, WE'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE ABOUT $21 MILLION LEFT OVER IN THAT ACCOUNT IF YOU'RE TO APPROVE THIS ADDITIONAL 1.5 MILLION TODAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE IN THE RECENT YEARS, HELD OFF ON SOME OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT.

SO WE'VE BUILT UP A LITTLE BIT OF BALANCE IN THERE.

NOW, I WILL SAY GOING FORWARD INTO THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE A BUSY YEAR AHEAD OF US.

WE DO HAVE ABOUT 20, JUST UPWARDS OF 24 MILLION PLANNED IN PROJECTS IN THE HALF CENT BUDGET ALONE, WHICH IS THE LARGEST BUDGET THAT THE COUNTY HAS EVER HAD IN THE HALF CENT BUDGET.

SO IF NEEDED, WE CAN ADJUST OVER THE FIVE YEAR PLAN TO KIND OF KEEP THINGS WHOLE.

WE DO HAVE NEXT YEAR, $4 MILLION BUDGETED FOR CORNVILLE ROAD TO DO SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

SO IF WE NEED TO ADJUST THAT VALUE IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE CONSTRUCTION SAVINGS AND SUCH AS AS WE PUT PROJECTS OUT THAT CAN BE UTILIZED TO KIND OF BOLSTER THE BOTTOM LINE, I WOULD SAY SO. SO WE ARE GOOD.

WE HAVE FUNDING IN THE HALF CENT BUDGET TO COVER THIS.

AND WITH THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE REAL QUICK OF THIS ROUNDABOUT.

SO THIS IS CORNVILLE ROAD RIGHT HERE. A LITTLE BIT WAYS DOWN THIS WAY IS WHERE STATE ROUTE 89 EIGHT GOES BETWEEN COTTONWOOD AND SEDONA.

AND SO THIS IS THE MAIN CORNVILLE ROAD THAT GOES OUT TO I-17 THIS WAY TO SAL ROAD GOES INTO THIS SUBDIVISION RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS CALLED THE VERDE SANTA FE AREA SUBDIVISION.

SO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP. THERE'S THIS PRETTY DENSELY POPULATED IN HERE.

A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MORE SAFELY GET OUT ONTO CORNVILLE ROAD AND NAVIGATE THIS INTERSECTION DURING HIGH OR PEAK HOURS OF TRAFFIC. SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS FOR APPROVAL OF THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SO ADT CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH PUTTING THE PROJECT OUT TO BID.

I APPRECIATE ALL THAT INFORMATION. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

WE HAVE A TIMESHARE OVER THERE RIGHT IN THAT AREA.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, OVER THE YEARS, IT HAS BECOME VERY DAUNTING TO TURN LEFT OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT AREA.

SO, YEAH, THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL. AND IT DOES NEED TO HAPPEN.

I'M GOING TO REFER TO MY TWO SUPERVISORS, SUPERVISOR CHECK AND SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

THIS IS A DUAL PROJECT FOR YOU LADIES. IT'S RIGHT ON THE, TISSAW ROAD IS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN OUR TWO DISTRICTS BUT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IT'S NEEDED FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT A NUMBER OF TIMES IN MY COMMUNICATIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, ROGER, FOR FLAGGING THIS EARLY ON FOR US AND REALLY SITTING DOWN AND MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTOOD THE REASONING WHY THIS BUDGET NEEDED TO INCREASE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS, EVEN THOUGH I THINK WE MIGHT END UP DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO YOU KNOW, LEARN YOUR LESSONS AS YOU GO.

AND THE ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING REQUIRED THROUGH ADOT WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF NOT TOTALLY A SURPRISE, BUT MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATED. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT PROJECT AND REALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY LONG INTO THE FUTURE.

GREAT. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CHECK. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME UP TO SPEED ON THIS.

I YOU KNOW, CAME A LITTLE BIT LATE TO THE GAME, BUT YOU WERE VERY THOROUGH IN EXPLAINING THE ADDITIONAL COST, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHEN DO YOU START CONSTRUCTION? SO WE'VE JUST FINALIZED IF I GO BACK HERE TO THE, SO THIS PORTION RIGHT HERE WAS ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE HAD TO

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AND SO NOW THAT ADOT HAS THAT, THEY CAN DO WHAT'S CALLED THE RIGHT OF WAY CERTIFICATION LETTER.

THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE LAST PIECE. PLUS THE FUNDING HERE HAS TO BE APPROVED.

BUT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. I WOULD SAY THIS SUMMER WITH GETTING THE BID PACKAGE OUT FOR CONTRACTORS TO START LOOKING AT.

THANK YOU. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

SECOND. OKAY. CLERK OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. COULD YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ACTION ITEM NUMBER FOUR HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

FANTASTIC. WELL, ITEM NUMBER FIVE LOOKS LIKE IS ALSO FOR YOU.

[5. Public Works - Approve Resolution No. 2159 imposing an Interim Fire Prohibition Order enacted on June 18, 2025, across Yavapai County Fire Zone 2, in accordance with Yavapai County Ordinance 2025-2, Section X and A.R.S.§11-251(63). (District 2 - Supervisor Jenkins; District 3 - Supervisor Check)]

SO I'M GOING TO LET ASHLEY, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER, COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM.

OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. ASHLEY GOOD MORNING.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

VICE CHAIR, SUPERVISORS. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'M ASHLEY AHLQUIST, YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER.

AND TODAY I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE RESOLUTION FOR FIRE BAN BEING ENACTED, OR I SHOULD SAY ELEVATED IN ZONE TWO.

SO, AS I'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, OUR OFFICE MEETS WEEKLY WITH THE CENTRAL WEST ZONE FOR FIRE RESTRICTION COORDINATION.

AND WHILE COCONINO AND KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST ARE NOT WITHIN THE CENTRAL WEST ZONE, WE STILL OBVIOUSLY NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN NORTH REGION BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A FOOTPRINT WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND SO IN OUR COORDINATION, WE LEARNED THAT COCONINO COUNTY WAS GOING INTO STAGE TWO DUE TO THE FUELS, THE MOISTURE LEVELS, WEATHER, ETC.. AND SO TO ALIGN WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE VERDE VALLEY, WE ELECTED TO ENACT STAGE TWO FOR ZONE TWO. SO AT THIS TIME, IF THIS IS APPROVED.

ZONE TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE WILL BE IN STAGE TWO AND ZONE ONE, ENCOMPASSING THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST WILL REMAIN IN STAGE ONE.

THANK YOU. ASHLEY. I WILL ALSO REFER OVER TO SUPERVISOR JENKINS AND SUPERVISOR CHECK.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS ANOTHER DUAL PROJECT FOR YOU TOO.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS. I KNOW FIRES TOP OF MIND.

MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE HIGH FIRE RISK, AS YOU KNOW, IS TRUE THROUGHOUT YAVAPAI COUNTY, BUT IT'S REALLY IN PEOPLE'S MINDS RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THIS WILL BRING AN AMOUNT OF COMFORT TO THEM.

THANK YOU. I AGREE. AND I'VE SEEN SOME PUBLICATIONS OUT ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA ALREADY ABOUT THIS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING THE WORD OUT AHEAD OF TIME.

THANK YOU. YES. ASHLEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE OF OUR FIRE SITUATION. WE DID HAVE QUITE A NICE RAIN LAST NIGHT.

THAT WAS FANTASTIC. WE DO NEED A LOT MORE THAN THAT, THOUGH.

SO, ANYWAY I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OH, YES. I'M SO SORRY, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, I DIDN'T.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY WITH THE VARIABLES THAT CHANGE ON THIS SO QUICK, YOU KNOW, THE RAINSTORM, THE HEAT WAVE, WHATEVER. I ASK, ASK OUR ATTORNEY, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST EMPOWER ASHLEY TO DO? WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR A MEETING TO COME UP TO PUT IN EMERGENCY MEASURES TO RESTRICT FIRE? CAN WE OFFER THIS TO OUR PROFESSIONALS? THANK YOU.

CHAIR. VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERVISOR COMPTON.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION AND PROCESS IN PLACE AND I WOULD DEFER TO ASHLEY.

IT ALLOWS THE CHAIR TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.

SO THERE ALREADY IS A MEASURE IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH STATE STATUTE AND OUR RESOLUTION, BUT I AGAIN HAND IT OFF TO YOU TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT.

THANK YOU. OF COURSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

SO RIGHT NOW WHEN WE MEET, IT IS A VERY FAST DECISION AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS TYPICALLY ENACTED MAYBE TWO DAYS OR BY THE END OF THE WEEK WE MEET ON A TUESDAY.

IT MIGHT BE ON A WEDNESDAY, IT MIGHT BE ON A FRIDAY WHEN WE ENACT.

AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO VERY QUICKLY.

SO PER THE ORDINANCE AND THE, THE PROCESSES, I WILL AUTHOR A DETERMINATION MEMO THAT GOES TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, AND THEN SHE IS ABLE TO DO AN INTERIM FIRE BAN THAT IS ALLOWS US TO ENACT WHEN WE NEED TO.

AND THEN IT'S JUST RATIFIED AT THE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

SO THE FIRE BANS ACTUALLY BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WEEK AND A HALF AT THIS POINT.

IT'S JUST MAKING THIS IS JUST MAKING IT ALL FORMAL.

MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT? DIDN'T WE KIND OF OUTLINE THAT THERE WOULD BE A SEPARATE SECTION FOR THINGS THAT WERE APPROVED AHEAD OF OUR BOARD MEETING. NEXT TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I BELIEVE YES.

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

YES WE DID. WE TALKED ABOUT CREATING A NOTES FOR THE RECORD.

WE NEED TO MODIFY THE RULES OF ORDER TO INCLUDE THAT.

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WITH THAT SAID, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

I'LL SECOND. CLERK OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. SO ITEM NUMBER SIX. SHERIFF.

[6. Sheriff - Approve acceptance of the Drug, Gang, and Violent Crime Control Grant Award (DC-26-011) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 in the amount of $362,880.00 from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission for the Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking Task Force. YC Contract No. 2023-265A2]

I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. YOU ARE VERY BUSY AND YOU ARE OUT THERE GETTING LOTS OF THINGS THAT HELP OUR COUNTY.

WELL. THANK YOU. YES. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THIS YEAR WITH THE STATE BUDGET.

IT TURNED OUT WELL. IT WAS A HEAVY PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET, FOR SURE.

AND A LOT OF MONEY IS COMING TO YAVAPAI COUNTY FOR SOME VERY GOOD THINGS.

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS FROM THE STATE BUDGET HOWEVER.

DAVID RHODES, YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF TODAY WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO ACCEPT, AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROPOSITION THE GRANT AWARD FROM THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION, 362,000 $363,000.

THIS MONEY GOES TO PARTIALLY FUND OUR NARCOTICS AND TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING THIS GRANT, AND THE MONEY ACTUALLY COMES FROM BUREAU OF JUSTICE AFFAIRS TO THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION.

THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION AWARDS THESE GRANT MONIES.

THERE'S AN ANNUAL APPLICATION PROCESS. WE'VE BEEN GETTING THIS MONEY FOR, OH MY GOSH, 40 YEARS, I THINK. WHEN THE THE ORIGINAL FORMATION OF PANTF BACK THEN, IT WAS THE PRESCOTT AREA NARCOTICS TASK FORCE.

THIS WAS THE SEED MONEY THAT ALLOWED THAT TASK FORCE TO START TO BEGIN.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE $362,000 HAS BEEN PRETTY STATIC FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS.

AND IT DOESN'T GO A LONG WAYS, BUT IT DOES GO A LITTLE WAYS TO HELPING US CONTINUE TO GET DRUGS OFF THE STREET, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, HUMAN SMUGGLERS, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU ACCEPT THIS A GRANT AGAIN FOR MAYBE THE 40TH ISH TIME.

AND SO WE CAN KEEP DOING OUR WORK. SOUNDS GREAT.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I'LL GLADLY MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS GRANT.

I SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

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

THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

I THINK THAT WAS IT FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. Treasurer - Approve a contract with Master's Touch, LLC in an amount not to exceed $342,490.00 for printing, mailing services, and materials for the Treasurer's and Assessor's Offices. YC Contract No. 2025-191]

WELL. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU, GENTLEMEN? YOU'VE BROUGHT THE ASSESSOR WITH YOU, I SEE.

WE DID. YES. SO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US PRESENT TO YOU.

BUT I THOUGHT YOU ALL WERE SUPPOSED TO DRESS IN YOUR WESTERN GARB THIS WEEK.

OH, THAT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I AM. OKAY.

DEE WINS. OH, I DID DO THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO. SO ON THE SECOND PAGE OF YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL, IT KIND OF GIVES A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO ORDINARILY THIS WOULDN'T BE A PRESENTATION OF JUST GO UNDER THE OTHER CATEGORY.

BUT BECAUSE THE ASSESSOR AND I JOINED TOGETHER TO LOWER THE COST FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY, IT PUT OUR TOTAL COST ABOVE THE $250,000 THRESHOLD, WHICH IN TURN REQUIRES US TO DO A PRESENTATION.

BUT I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GREAT CHANCE TO JUST TELL YOU HOW MUCH THE ASSESSOR'S DEPARTMENT AND THE TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING TOGETHER.

ONCE ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, WE LOWERED OUR COSTS BECAUSE WE GOT OUR VOLUMES UP OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING PARCEL CLEANUPS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY CLEANUPS, AND WE'RE SHARING TECHNOLOGY, AND THERE'S JUST A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, MAKING US MORE EFFICIENT AND HOPEFULLY SAVING THE TAXPAYERS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AND DOING A GOOD JOB. I APPRECIATE THAT CHIP. CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

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THANKS FOR HAVING US. I'M JUST HERE TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T TELL ANY BAD JOKES.

OH, WELL, HE HASN'T DONE ANY DAMAGE YET. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON MASTER'S TOUCH, BUT WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR TEN PLUS YEARS.

GREAT COMPANY. WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. THEY'RE A LOCAL YOU KNOW, ARIZONA COMPANY AND PROBABLY ABOUT 14 OF THE 15 COUNTIES USE THEM. SO. FANTASTIC. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

SECOND. OKAY. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOU TWO WORKING TOGETHER.

AND IT HELPS THE TAXPAYERS WITH THE FUNDING SOURCE.

SO THANK YOU. AND WE WANT THE BOARD AND THE CITIZENS TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR TAX BILLS, PROPERTY VALUATIONS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

THAT IS SO NICE OF YOU. SEE, I TOLD YOU. YES.

WELL, HE GOT IT IN THERE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ACTION ITEM NUMBER SEVEN HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

FANTASTIC. SO OUR NEXT SECTION IS HEARINGS, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A QUICK TEN MINUTE BREAK.

WE STARTED AT NINE. IT'S ABOUT 10:41 RIGHT NOW.

SO TEN MINUTE BREAK. WE'LL MEET BACK IF THERE ARE ANY MORE PEOPLE HERE THAT MIGHT HAVE GREEN SHEETS THAT THEY'RE HOLDING ON TO, PLEASE TURN THEM INTO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEE YOU IN TEN. OKAY. WELL, THAT WAS A WELL-DESERVED BREAK.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT. JUST, I SAW SOME MORE GREEN SHEETS FLOATING OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

SO, AGAIN, PLEASE TURN THEM INTO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD.

WE DO HAVE QUITE THE STACK, AND WE DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYBODY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE HEARINGS NOW.

[1. Board of Supervisors - Hearing to approve the proposed Special District Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026.]

OH. I'M SORRY. OH. OKAY. WELL, OKAY. WELL, THAT'S THE TIMEKEEPERS FAULT.

JUST KIDDING. OH. HE STARTED IT, AND I JUST WENT WITH IT.

THAT'S IT. DID YOU SEE THE TRACKS FROM THE BUS? YEAH I DO. I SEE THEM. IT'S THERE. LEFT TO MARK.

I'M SO SORRY, JAMIE. MY APOLOGIES. NO, NO. IT'S FINE.

I'M GONNA CHECK ALL SEATS, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S HERE.

NORMALLY, I'M NOT A PRESENTER. SO YOU'RE. YEAH.

YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE NOT. BUT ANYWAY, WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

AND HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MALLORY. VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JAYME RUSH. I AM THE CLERK OF THE BOARD.

THE HEARING ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS REGARDING A FEE SCHEDULE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY TO SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

EACH YEAR. THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT THIS FEE SCHEDULE FOR USE WITH SPECIAL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO STATUTE.

THE REIMBURSEMENT SCHEDULE DOES NOT EXCEED THE ACTUAL COST FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY.

IN ORDER TO SET THE FEE RATE THAT CAPTURES THE FULL COUNTIES THE VALUE OF THE COUNTY SERVICES, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR PERFORMS A SET OF CALCULATIONS, FIRST ESTIMATING THE WAGE AND FRINGE BENEFITS AND THE AVERAGE EMPLOYEE IN EACH POSITION.

AND THE SECOND STEP IS TO ESTIMATE THE EXPENSE FOR OTHER EMPLOYEE RELATED COSTS AND THE COUNTY INDIRECT COSTS.

THESE AMOUNTS ARE COMBINED, AND THE TOTAL IS THE AMOUNT PRESENTED AS THE FEE TO BE COLLECTED FROM SPECIAL DISTRICTS TO REIMBURSE THE COUNTY.

THE FEES PROPOSED DO NOT EXCEED ACTUAL COSTS FOR SERVICES, SO THE OVERALL FEE SCHEDULE FOR 25-26 HAS INCREASED ON AVERAGE BY 3.53% VERSUS THE 24-25 SCHEDULE.

THE FEE RATES CHANGED OVERALL THIS YEAR AS A RESULT OF THE 3.24 ESTIMATED WAGES INCREASE FROM THE COST OF LIVING AND MERIT COUNTYWIDE IN FISCAL YEAR 24-25. ANOTHER REASON FOR THE CHANGE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS IS THE INCREASE OF THE BUDGET AND DIRECT COSTS ALLOCATED IN THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN, AS WELL AS BUDGETED EMPLOYEE RELATED COSTS. THIS SCHEDULE WAS POSTED AND PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER.

AND TO DATE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JAMIE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT AND I WOULD PREFER NEXT YEAR WHEN WE HAVE THIS AGENDA ITEM, THE SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

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BECAUSE THAT REALLY ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS ONCE I RECEIVED THAT, BECAUSE IT EXPLAINED THE METHODOLOGY AS WELL AS THE VARIANCE BETWEEN ONE YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR AND THAT INFORMATION WAS VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WAS THE MOST EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, JAMIE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE THIS HEARING ITEM.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM HERE? NO GREEN SHEETS FOR THIS ONE. NO. CORRECT. AND SINCE YOU'RE HERE AND NOT THERE, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANY ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS ANYTHING TO SAY TO THIS ITEM? NO. OKAY. WITH THAT, THAT HEARING NOW ITEM WILL BE CLOSED.

ITEM NUMBER ONE. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

YES. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR COMPTON.

YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? YES. CHAIR MALLORY? YES. THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE FEE SCHEDULE UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE DOING TWO JOBS. RIGHT. AND PERFECT TIME THERE.

OKAY. ITEM NUMBER TWO. HEARING ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[2. Development Services - Approve a Class A Bingo License for Bridge Canyon Recreation Association located at 54134 Castano Road, Seligman, AZ 86337. (District 4 - Supervisor Kuknyo)]

YOU KNOW, BINGO IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING, AND IT'S VERY SERIOUS.

AND IF YOU MESS IT UP, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.

I'VE SEEN THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. I'VE SEEN THEM HAPPEN TO YOU, CHAIR.

SO HERE WE ARE. AND THIS IS IN SUPERVISOR KUKNYO DISTRICT.

WE'RE DOING THE BINGO IN YOUR DISTRICT. OKAY, MARK.

MADAM CHAIR. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. MARK LUSSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

BEFORE YOU IS THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF A CLASS A BINGO LICENSE FOR THE BRIDGE CANYON RECREATION ASSOCIATION, LOCATED IN AT 54134 CASTANO ROAD IN SELIGMAN, ARIZONA.

THE REASON THIS IS BEFORE YOU IS WHEN A BINGO APPLICATION IS APPLIED FOR THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, THE LOCAL JURISDICTION HAS TO HAVE AN OPEN PUBLIC MEETING TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THAT LICENSE.

SO BEFORE YOU IS THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THAT THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, TO DATE, YOU HAVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION OR LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THIS.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR THIS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND SO YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS.

AND I WILL READ NO GREEN SHEETS. THIS IS A HEARING ITEM.

CHECKING THE ROOM. ANYBODY HERE WANT TO COMMENT TO THIS? ALL RIGHT. FANTASTIC. OKAY. WE'VE COVERED THE PUBLIC THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND SO I'LL REACH OUT TO SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. DO YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS ABOUT THE BINGO? CAN WE AMEND THIS TO MAKE IT A FULL BLOWN CASINO? [LAUGHTER] IF NOT. NO. I THINK. YOU'RE GONNA GET US IN TROUBLE.

I THINK THIS WOULD BE GREAT. IN SUPPORT OF DOING THAT, AND I WAS TOLD, I WAS ASKED BY SUPERVISOR COMPTON IF I WAS GOING TO DO THE BINGO JOKE, AND I KNEW NOT WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. SO I WILL NOT DO THAT, BUT I WILL DEFER.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT I DID NOT HAVE A JOKE.

I JUST ASSUMED YOU ALWAYS WOULD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT'S THE POINT.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPROVING A CLASS A BINGO LICENSE FOR RIDGE CANYON RECREATION ASSOCIATION, LOCATED IN SELIGMAN. SECOND BINGO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

AND ALL I WANT TO SAY IS VICE CHAIR, DO NOT ENCOURAGE SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

PLEASE. WE HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE. YES, MA'AM. SO, CLERK OF THE BOARD, YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. HEARING ITEM NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FANTASTIC. YES. THANK YOU. MARK.

OKAY. NUMBER THREE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING A PERMIT.

[3. Development Services - Approve a permanent and transferable Use Permit for APN 203-06-019F to allow for a proposed new, maximum 2,500 sq. ft. building to house a retreat/conference center with a maximum overnight capacity of 20 persons, for the purpose of workshops, seminars and overnight retreats on 9.66 acres in the R1-25 and RCU-2A zoning districts, subject to the conditions of approval. Owner: Richard and Delilah Smith, Trustees of the RDLVS Smith Family. Application No. PLA25-000030. (District 1 - Supervisor Compton)]

YES. GOOD MORNING. CHAIRMAN. VICE CHAIRMAN. SUPERVISORS BJ RATLIEF, ONE OF THE PLANNERS WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

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WOULD YOU LIKE THE FULL PRESENTATION OR AN ABBREVIATED ONE? ABBREVIATED, PLEASE. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. VERY QUICKLY.

THIS IS FOR AN APPLICATION FOR A USE PERMIT. YOU MATTER MINISTRY'S RETREAT CENTER.

WE DO HAVE RICHARD AND DELILAH SMITH HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON JUNE 5TH, WHERE IT HAD UNANIMOUS APPROVAL TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER BOURDON DID THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER BUCHANAN SECONDED.

AND WE HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER OSTERMAN.

VERY BRIEFLY. THIS IS AN APPLICATION REQUEST FOR A USE PERMIT FOR A RETREAT CENTER, A MAXIMUM 2500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ON AN R ONE PROPERTY, MAXIMUM OF 20 PERSONS PER NIGHT. BASICALLY TWO BEDROOMS, ONE ON EACH SIDE, TEN BEDS, COMMUNAL BATHROOMS, COMMUNITY AREA IN THE MIDDLE IS KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

IT IS IN THE COMMUNITY OF YARNELL. JUMPING DOWN.

BASICALLY, AGAIN, WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO WAS FOR THE CONDITIONS IS AGAIN UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSION.

BUT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE ABOUT BEING FAITH BASED CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES AND THAT IT WAS BASED ON CHURCH.

SO THAT WAS STRUCK. THAT LANGUAGE WAS STRUCK FROM CONDITION ONE.

AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THAT KIND OF TOOK OFF THE PARAMETERS, THE NATURAL PARAMETERS THAT WERE ON THIS PARTICULAR USE PERMIT REQUEST.

SO STAFF, WHEN IT WAS DONE, WE ACTUALLY ADDED OR WERE WE ARE MAKING A COUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR THIS AND I CAN REVIEW THOSE.

IT WAS PART OF THE STAFF MEMO AS PART OF YOUR PACKAGE.

BUT WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE CONDITIONS VERY BRIEFLY AGAIN.

THE FIRST ONE THAT LANGUAGE ABOUT CHURCH LEADERS AND MISSIONARIES WAS STRUCK, SO BUT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO YOU AGAIN.

IT WAS PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE IS WHAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMISSION.

BUT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO YOU AGAIN. PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER NONTRANSFERABLE.

AGAIN. THAT'S UP TO YOU. EVERYTHING ELSE IS KIND OF STANDARD THERE.

THE STANDARD CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE APPROVED. AND THEN FINALLY, THE TWO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.

AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING BUMPERS ON THIS PARTICULAR USE PERMIT.

SO A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OVERNIGHT RETREATS NO GREATER THAN 40 IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.

THEY ARE KIND OF FOCUSING ON WEEKEND TYPE RETREATS.

AND THEN WE DEFINED RETREAT TO MEAN ANY ACTIVITY FOR COMING IN OVERNIGHT ACTIVITY FOR PERSONAL RELAXATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION COUNSELING AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND OR GROUP ACTIVITIES FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.

RETREAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS WEDDINGS, CONCERTS, AND THEN ACTUALLY THE APPLICANTS ASK THAT WE ADD IN THEIR YOUTH CAMPS OR YOUTH RETREATS BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THEIR FOCUS. THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. AND THEN NUMBER TEN MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS.

DAY MEETINGS. THIS IS JUST A WORKSHOP OR SEMINAR IN THE DAYTIME WOULD BE NO GREATER THAN 100.

IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD, WITH A MAXIMUM OF ATTENDANCE, NO GREATER THAN 30 PERSONS AND A WORKSHOP COULD NOT OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME AS A RETREAT. SO THOSE WERE THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THE COMMUNITY'S IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

IT WAS UNANIMOUS. I INVITE ALL MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS TO A RETREAT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THEM.

THANK YOU, BJ, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO ME TO MAKE THE CHANGE TOWARDS A NONTRANSFERABLE APPROVAL IN MY MIND.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A CHANGE IN GROUP COULD REALLY CHANGE THE USE HERE.

SO I WOULD PREFER TO SEE THIS BE NONTRANSFERABLE, BUT OTHERWISE IN SUPPORT OF IT.

I WOULD PREFER IT AS WRITTEN. SO I'LL MAKE A MOVE TO MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS WRITTEN.

OKAY. SO THAT COMES BACK TO. IS THAT GOING TO BE NONTRANSFERABLE THEN? OKAY. WELL WAIT BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF UP TO YOU GUYS.

SO I HAVE TO YEAH. HOLD ON ONE SECOND BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET A SECOND MOVING SO WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION? WELL I'M SORRY. WELL, WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

IS WHAT I MEANT WITH IN CONCURRENCE WITH SUPERVISOR CHECK .

NOT TRANSFER. OKAY. YEAH. APOLOGIZE. OH, OKAY.

THEN I WILL SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, SUPERVISOR JENKINS? YOU YOU CLARIFIED IT. VICE CHAIR I WAS UNCLEAR WHAT YOUR MOTION WAS BECAUSE MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE TO YOU.

WHAT? WHICH DO YOU SUPPORT STAFF OR THE ORIGINAL? YOU SUPPORT THE STAFF ADDITIONS? THANK YOU. OKAY.

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SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. HEARING ITEM NUMBER THREE HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO HEARING ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[4. Development Services - Approve a Revised Final Plat of the Glen Ilah Ext. 2 subdivision for APN 203-03-035, to allow for the removal of Lot 140, with a waiver of the Yavapai County Subdivision Regulations Section 458.A requirement for 100% of property owner signatures, subject to the conditions of approval. Owner/Applicant(s): John & Kimberly Rice. Application No. PLA25-000022. (District 1 - Supervisor Compton)]

THIS IS IN DISTRICT ONE. BECCA. AND I THINK YOU HAD JUST COME IN, SPOKE WITH ME AND VICE CHAIR COMPTON REGARDING FOUR AND FIVE. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. CHAIR MALLORY. VICE CHAIR COMPTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

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

DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? I DO HAVE A PRESENT, I DO HAVE ONE PRESENTATION FOR THE BOARD TODAY.

THERE ARE TWO HEARING ITEMS PLA 2425 000022 AND PLA 25 000023.

I WILL BE GIVING ONE PRESENTATION FOR BOTH OF THOSE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO INTERRELATED.

OKAY. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIT THE LIGHTS PLEASE.

I KNOW I'M ALWAYS ASKING THAT, BUT THE VISUAL IS JUST A LOT EASIER I THINK.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TODAY I'LL BE GIVING ONE PRESENTATION FOR BOTH HEARING AGENDA ITEMS. I WILL PREFACE MY PRESENTATION WITH THE COMMENT THAT THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF BOTH OF THE APPLICATIONS ARE TO ALLOW FOR THE APPLICANT WHO OWNS THE THREE SUBJECT LOTS, TO COMBINE THEIR LOTS INTO ONE PROPERTY TO ALLOW FOR THEM TO PERMIT ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

SO TO START OFF, THIS IS IN ISN'T SUPERVISOR COMPTON'S DISTRICT.

DISTRICT ONE. THE APPLICATION WAS HEARD ON JUNE 5TH, 2025 AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY THIS APPLICATION TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

BOTH APPLICATIONS, I SHOULD CLARIFY. JUST TO START OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BRIEF HISTORY.

THE PROPERTY OWNERS, MR. AND MRS. RICE, WHO ARE PRESENT TODAY, PURCHASED THE TWO SUBJECT PARCELS IN 2023 AND THREE LOTS WITH THE INTENT OF COMBINING THEM AND BUILDING ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

ONE LOT IS WITHIN GLEN ILAH EXTENSION THREE SUBDIVISION.

ONE LOT IS IN GLEN ILAH EXTENSION TWO SUBDIVISION, AND THE OTHER LOT IS A METES AND BOUNDS LOT WITHIN IN THE MIDDLE.

THE APPLICANTS WERE UNAWARE OF THE REGULATIONS, WHICH DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO COMBINE THESE LOTS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THESE TWO SEPARATE REVISED FINAL PLAT APPLICATIONS. SO WE'LL JUST TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT SOME IMAGERY.

SO ON THE RIGHT IS THE GLEN ILAH EXTENSION THREE SUBDIVISION, OR TWO SUBDIVISION WITH LOT ONE.

ON THE LEFT IS THE GLEN ILAH EXTENSION THREE SUBDIVISION WITH LOT ONE.

AND IN THE MIDDLE IS THE MEETS AND BOUNCE PARCEL. THE WHOLE INTENT IS TO COMBINE THESE THREE LOTS AND MAKE ONE PARCEL.

SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE REVISED PLAT FOR EXTENSION TWO.

YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER THE PROPOSAL IS TO TAKE LOT 140 OUT OF THIS SUBDIVISION PLAT ENTIRELY.

AND THEN THE REVISED FINAL PLAT FOR EXTENSION THREE WOULD BRING THAT LOT OVER TO THE EXTENSION THREE SUBDIVISION, AS WELL AS THE MEETS AND BOUNCE PARCEL TO COMBINE AND CREATE ONE PARCEL IN THE EXTENSION THREE SUBDIVISION.

HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY STANDING ON FOOTHILL ROAD.

WE'RE LOOKING NORTH AT THE SUBJECT PARCELS. HERE WE'RE LOOKING NORTHEAST EXTENSION THREE, LOT ONE.

AND THEN FURTHER IN THE BACKGROUND ARE THE MEATS AND BOUNDS. AND LOT 140.

AND JUST ONE MORE PHOTO LOOKING WEST AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THIS PROPERTY, THIS APPLICATION IS SUPPORTED, WE BELIEVE, BY THE COMP PLAN BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS GOING THROUGH THE CORRECT PROCESS TO ASK FOR THIS, THESE TWO APPLICATIONS. AS FAR AS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

THE APPLICANT DID RECEIVE 26 SIGNATURES OF CONSENT OUT OF THE 50 SOME THAT WERE REQUIRED, THAT IS ABOUT 55%. WHICH IS WAS A GREAT FEAT, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE READ IN THEIR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION REPORT.

STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FOR EITHER APPLICATIONS.

THERE ARE NO STAFF CONCERNS WITH THIS APPLICATION, AND THE REQUEST FOR THE WAIVER OF THE 100% SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW

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SO I WILL BRING THIS BACK AND SAY THAT THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE APPLICATIONS.

SO WE WILL NEED A MOTION FOR PLA 25 000022 AND A SEPARATE MOTION FOR PLA 25 000023.

THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEF PRESENTATION. SUPERVISOR, I APOLOGIZE.

COMMISSIONER OSTERMAN FROM THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BECCA. THIS IS A HEARING ITEM. I KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY SHEETS? NO GREEN SHEETS. CHAIR MALLORY. AND THEN LET ME JUST REACH OUT AGAIN.

ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COMMENT REGARDING THIS ITEM? OKAY. AND SO WE'VE CLEARED THAT PART. I WILL GO BACK OVER TO VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

AGAIN, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY IT WAS UNANIMOUS.

NO OPPOSITION IN THE COMMUNITY. IT FITS THE COMMUNITY.

AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. AND I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE HERE ITEM NUMBER THREE, OR EXCUSE ME, FOUR.

I'LL SECOND. OKAY. AND, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO THROW IN HERE.

THANK YOU TO P&Z FOR ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS DO.

YOU PUT IN A LOT BEFORE IT EVEN COMES TO US. AND WHEN I THINK FOR ME ANYWAYS, WHEN I SEE UNANIMOUS VOTE APPROVING THAT, THAT CARRIES A HUGE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT. SO THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ME? YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'M PROBABLY REACHING OVER TO LEGAL RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WE'LL DO A MOTION.

WE GOT A MOTION A SECOND. SO WE'LL DO A VOTE ON THIS ONE.

AND THEN WE'LL JUST ROLL RIGHT INTO ANOTHER MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN A VOTE FOR NUMBER FIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF COMBINED TOGETHER.

IS THAT CORRECT, MAURY? THAT IS CORRECT. SHARE.

YES. OKAY. FANTASTIC. OKAY. SO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE GOT A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

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

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. HEARING ITEM NUMBER FOUR HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY. AND I MOVE TO APPROVE HEARING ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. Development Services - Approve a Revised Final Plat of the Glen Ilah Ext. 3 subdivision for APN 203-04-086, to allow for the expansion of Lot 1, with a waiver of the Yavapai County Subdivision Regulations Section 458.A requirement for 100% property owner signatures, subject to the conditions of approval. Owner/Applicant(s): John & Kimberly Rice. Application No. PLA25-000023. (District 1 - Supervisor Compton)]

WE HAVE A SECOND. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. HEARING ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

IT'S BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. FANTASTIC. SO I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANTS AND THE PROCESS GOING THROUGH IT, AND AND WISH YOU THE BEST. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

[6. Development Services - Approve a Rezoning and Density District Change for APN 205-25-045N from the R1L-175 zoning district to the RCU-2A zoning district on a 2.78-acre parcel, subject to the conditions of approval. Owner/Applicant(s): Mark & Katherine Wood. Application No. PLA25-000018. (District 1 - Supervisor Compton)]

DISTRICT CHANGE. HI, MATT. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MALLORY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. MY NAME IS MATT BLAKE, YOUR PLANNING MANAGER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

TODAY I WILL PRESENT THE APPLICATION FOR THE WOULD REZONING AND DENSITY DISTRICT CHANGE REQUEST.

THE APPLICANT, KATHERINE WOOD, IS IN ATTENDANCE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.

SHOULD THE BOARD HAVE ANY. OKAY, SO MOST IMPORTANTLY, LET'S JUST LOOK BACK TO PREVIOUS ACTION BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHICH PREVIOUSLY HEARD THIS CASE REQUEST ON JUNE 5TH AT THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WHERE THE COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR A REZONING AND DENSITY DISTRICT CHANGE.

AND I AM HAPPY TO GIVE SORT OF AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF THIS PRESENTATION, GIVEN THE PREVIOUS ACTION BY THE BY THE COMMISSION, WHICH WAS UNANIMOUS. THIS IS IN VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

I WILL DEFER TO HIM. HOW HE'D LIKE TO HANDLE THIS.

ABBREVIATED IS JUST FINE, THANK YOU. SOUNDS REAL GOOD.

THANK YOU. AND SO THIS IS IN FACT IN SUPERVISOR COMPTON DISTRICT, ONE.

THIS IS AN AREA MAP SHOWING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY JUST LOCATED SOUTH OF SKULL VALLEY ROAD ON O LD SKULL VALLEY ROAD.

THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ZONES GOING ON IN THIS AREA.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN THE R1L-175 ZONE WHICH SURROUNDS IT ON TWO SIDES.

ON TWO OTHER SIDES, WE HAVE THE RCU-2A ZONE, THE R1L-175 ZONE ALLOWS AS A MATTER OF RIGHT, A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY SITE BUILT ONLY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING ON A MINIMUM 175 SQUARE FOOT LOT SIZE.

SO THAT'S ABOUT FOUR ACRES. THAT'S ABOUT APPROXIMATELY ABOUT FOUR ACRES.

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I PUT A STAR RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ITS OUTLINE THERE.

MR. AND MRS. WOOD DO RESIDE ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.

JUST TO THE NORTH. YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TREES AND THE RESIDENCE.

AND AGAIN, SO THE RESIDENCE IS THE RESIDENCE IS LOCATED IN THE RCU-2A A ZONE, WHICH THEY PURCHASED ON AUGUST 1ST, 2022. THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH AGAIN. THE STAR INDICATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH IS VACANT.

YOU CAN SEE THE RESIDENCE JUST BELOW IT. TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE OLD SKULL VALLEY ROAD.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE RAILWAY BED WITH A TRAIN ON IT TO MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING.

I LIKE TRAINS, LOOKING EAST, NOW YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. OLD SKULL, VALLEY ROAD.

THE RAILWAY WITH TRAIN AND IRON SPRINGS ROAD.

AND LOOKING WEST. I JUST WANTED TO. THIS IS USUALLY.

WE ALWAYS WANT TO SIGNAL TO THE APPLICANT AND THE REVIEWING BODY IF THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS PRESENT.

AND IF YOU IF YOU'RE LOOKING WEST IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE AREA, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A WASH, THAT'S SKULL VALLEY WASH. AND EXTENDING FROM THAT WOULD BE A DESIGNATED FEMA DESIGNATED FLOODPLAIN.

AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE THE IMAGE THAT I SNIPPED OFF THE COUNTY'S INTERACTIVE MAP, THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS BISECTED TO SOME EXTENT BY THAT FEMA FLOOD HAZARD AREA. AND ALL THAT MEANS IS THAT SHOULD THE APPLICANT OBTAIN APPROVAL TODAY AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LOCATING A FUTURE MANUFACTURED HOME ON THE SITE THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO WORK WITH OUR FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MEETS THOSE TYPES OF STANDARDS REGARDING A FLOOD HAZARD AREA.

AND HERE'S A SITE PLAN SHOWING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY INDICATED AS A PARCEL C.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S IRREGULARLY SHAPED. THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1998.

THIS IS NOT A COUNTY MAINTAINED ROAD . OKAY, SO JUST SOME QUICK BACKGROUND.

MR. AND MRS. WOOD, THEY RESIDE ON PARCEL B, THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER CREATED AND PERMITTED THE SUBJECT PARCEL C THROUGH A MINOR LAND DIVISION PROCESS. THAT'S THE COUNTY'S PROCESS FOR SPLITTING A LOT, WHICH WAS THEN APPROVED BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2022. THE SUBJECT PARCEL WAS THEN RECORDED, SO IT'S REALLY A TWO STEP PROCESS.

WAS THEN RECORDED BY THE YAVAPAI COUNTY RECORDER.

JUNE 7TH, 2024. AGAIN BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. MR. AND MRS. WOOD PURCHASED THE PARCEL C IN OCTOBER 2022 AND THEN PARCEL D WAS PURCHASED NOVEMBER 20TH, 2024. BOTH PARCELS ARE CONTIGUOUS TO EACH OTHER, AND PARCEL C WAS CREATED FROM WHAT IS NOW PARCEL D IF YOU CAN SEE THOSE LETTERS. ZONING AND DENSITY. SO THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS 2.78 ACRES IN SIZE, OR 121,098FT², WHICH DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM 175,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT SIZE DENSITY REQUIRED IN THE R1L ZONING DISTRICT PER SECTION 410 OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ZONING ZONING ORDINANCE FOR A RESIDENCE. AS SUCH, THE PARCEL IS CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING.

THAT'S THAT'S WHY THE APPLICANT IS HERE TODAY.

SO ALTHOUGH THEY WENT THROUGH OUR PROCESS AND SPLIT THE LOT AND HAD IT RECORDED SOMEHOW WAS A MISTAKE WAS MADE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE.

IT'S AN UNDERSIZED LOT. THEY WENT THROUGH OUR PROCESS, THE PREVIOUS OWNER.

AND SO THAT'S THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE LEFT WITH.

THEY WENT THROUGH OUR PROCESS AND YET IT DOESN'T MEET THE ZONING STANDARD.

AND SO THE OTHER ISSUE ISN'T JUST THAT IT'S AN UNDERSIZED LOT, AND THAT'S WHY THEY WANT TO PUT IT IN R CU2, IT WOULD PARK PERFECTLY WITHIN THAT ZONE. BUT THEN RCU2 ALSO AFFORDS THE OPPORTUNITY AND RATHER THAN BUILDING A SITE, BUILD HOME THE AFFORDABILITY TO HAVE THE OPTION TO HAVE A MANUFACTURED HOME, WHICH IS IN FACT WHAT THE APPLICANT IS WISHING TO DO IN THIS INSTANT, HOW THAT MISTAKE HAPPENED, THAT'S PROBABLY BEST SERVED AS AN INTERNAL CONVERSATION.

WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING HERE IS THAT IS THE ACTUAL ZONING DENSITY, RIGHT? ABOUT FOUR ACRES IN SIZE. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY UNUSUAL FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.

TYPICALLY, THE RCU2 DISTRICT, TWO ACRE PER UNIT COVERS ABOUT 92% OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.

WHY THAT TYPE OF ZONE WAS CREATED, AND WE ONLY INTERSECT IT ONCE IN A WHILE.

AND IT'S A VERY SMALL AREA THAT'S TOUCHED BY THIS, THIS LOWER DENSITY.

WE DON'T KNOW. WE CAN'T LOOK BACK TO 1998. WE DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS, BUT IT'S AN ARTIFACT OF SOME DECISION THAT WAS IN THE PAST.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT A FORMER PROPERTY OWNER HAD ADVOCATED FOR.

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WE DON'T KNOW. BUT IT DOES CREATE A HARDSHIP FOR THIS LOT BEING JUST UNDER YOU KNOW, BEING BEING WELL UNDER WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT CALLS FOR.

JUST A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. THERE WERE NO LETTERS OR STATEMENTS OF OPPOSITION.

IN FACT, THERE WAS A A GROUP LETTER THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED WITH FOUR ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, POSITING SUPPORT FOR THIS REZONING AND DENSITY DISTRICT CHANGE SO EVERYBODY AROUND THE PROPERTY OWNER AND SUBJECT PROPERTY SEEMS WELL IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST BEFORE THE BOARD.

SO ONE INTERESTING ONE NUANCE OF THIS TYPE OF REQUEST.

THIS IS, AGAIN, IT'S NOT A USE PERMIT. IT'S A REZONING AND DENSITY DISTRICT CHANGE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK BACK TO THE STATUTES AND ENSURE THAT THE REZONING ACTUALLY HAS BASIS WITH WHAT IS CALLED FOR IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HERE, IN FACT, IN THIS CASE, THIS AREA CALLS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL TYPICALLY DOES HAVE A RESIDENCE ON IT.

AND FOLLOWING THE STATUTES ONE ACRE ZONING IS ACTUALLY APPLICABLE FOR PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT ARE SIGNALED IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LAND USE PLAN AGRICULTURAL AREA ONE ACRE ZONING IS AN ACCEPTABLE EQUIVALENT ZONING PER THE STATUTES. SO STAFF FINDS THIS TO BE AN APPROPRIATE REQUEST THAT IT IS IN FACT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THERE IS BASIS FOR THIS REZONING REQUEST. STAFF HAS NO CONCERNS FOR THIS REQUEST FOR REZONING AND DENSITY DISTRICT CHANGE. APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION WOULD REMOVE THE EXISTING NONCONFORMITY OF WHAT IS OTHERWISE AN APPROVED PARCEL, THEREBY ALLOWING THIS PARCEL TO BE DEVELOPED.

AND IN SUMMARY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING CONSIDERATION OF REZONING DENSITY.

DISTRICT CHANGE IN THE R1L- 175 THAT IS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, LIMITED TO SITE BUILT ONLY ONE 75,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOT SIZE TO THE ADJACENT RCU2A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY RURAL MINIMUM TWO ACRE PARCEL SIZE ZONING DISTRICT, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. WE HAVE HERE THE SUGGESTED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

PRETTY GENERIC. WE'RE SITING AT THE BOTTOM. NUMBER THREE, COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 12-1134 REGARDING THE REZONING PROCESS AND DENSITY DISTRICT. I'M HAPPY TO READ THROUGH THOSE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, AS IS THE APPLICANT.

OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS.

I'LL JUST CONFIRM OUR ALREADY GREEN SHEETS, NO GREEN SHEETS.

AND WE'LL AGAIN REACH OUT TO THE AUDIENCE. ANYONE HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR HEARING ITEM? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING GOING THERE, SO WE COVERED THE PUBLIC COMMENT PART OF IT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF THE HEARING.

VICE CHAIR? YES. IT'S IN MY DISTRICT. THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS IT, I SUPPORT IT, IT FITS THE AREA.

THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY LIVES NEXT TO IT. SO IF MY, UNLESS MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE. OKAY, WE DO HAVE A MOTION.

COULD I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY. WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

CLERK OF THE BOARD, WE WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. HEARING ITEM NUMBER SIX IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE ARE ON NOW TO HEARING ITEM

[7. Development Services - Approve a Preliminary Plat for APN: 205-25-001H to authorize a planned subdivision consisting of a total of 194 lots on a total of 764.21 acres, subject to the conditions of approval. Owner(s)/Applicant: Western Land Ranches LLC. Application No. PLA24-000031. (District 1 - Supervisor Compton)]

YES. I MOVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE ADVICE OF COUNCIL.

OKAY, I WILL SECOND THAT. SO CAN WE CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. YOU ARE NOW CONVENING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

OKAY, FOLKS, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL RETURN.

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CHAIR MATT MALLORY. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS MATT BLAKE, YOUR PLANNING MANAGER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

BEFORE I GOT STARTED, I WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SEVERAL PROFESSIONALS IN ATTENDANCE WHO ARE PREPARED TO PRESENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE RELATING TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND IF THE BOARD ALLOWS, THE APPLICANT DOES WISH TO PRESENT THEIR OWN PRESENTATION, MAKING THEIR PROFESSIONALS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THE MORE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.

I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT DIRECTOR MCCORMICK OF PUBLIC WORKS AND LYNN WHITMAN OF FLOOD CONTROL FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BOTH ARE LIKEWISE PRESENT, AS IS DEPUTY CHIEF TUNIS WITH THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSIONER OSTERMAN, WHO IS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PREVIOUS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS ON THE APPLICATION AND THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS THEREIN. SO THE APPLICANT IS WESTERN LAND RANCHES.

THEY'RE SEEKING APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY PLOT CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF 194 LOTS, RANGING IN SIZE FROM APPROXIMATELY 2 ACRES TO 25 ACRES, WITH AN OVERALL AVERAGE DENSITY OF APPROXIMATELY ONE UNIT PER 3.8 ACRES ON APPROXIMATELY 764.21 ACRES. CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RCU-2A ZONING DISTRICT.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF PROJECT BACKGROUND, BECAUSE THIS IS PREVIOUSLY GONE BEFORE THE BOARD ONCE, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TWICE ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2024 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, I'LL REFER TO THEM AS COMMISSION NOW, THE COMMISSION VOTED ON A MOTION TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT, AND THAT IS PLA24- 000031 TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THE MOTION TO DENY PASSED 5 TO 3. THEN THAT RECOMMENDATION, THEN STILL MOVED FORWARD TO THE BOARD.

THE BOARD MET ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2024. AT THAT MEETING, AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT, THE BOARD VOTED TO REMAND THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AGAIN, SAME NUMBER BACK TO THE TO THE COMMISSION TO A NONSPECIFIC DATE.

THE MOTION TO REMAND PASSED 3 TO 2. ON MAY 8TH, 2025.

THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MET, AND AT THAT MEETING THE COMMISSION VOTED ON A MOTION TO RECOMMEND DENIAL AGAIN OF PRELIMINARY PLAT, SAME NUMBER TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THE MOTION FAILED DUE TO A TIE VOTE 4 TO 4, WHICH STILL WHETHER THE BOARD WHETHER THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL OR APPROVAL. IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS A TIE VOTE.

THE APPLICATION STILL MOVES TO THE BOARD. WHICH BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT THE ITEM WAS MOVED FROM JUNE 4TH TO JULY 2ND.

JUST GET TO MY NOTES. AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, ON MAY 23RD, AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT, THEIR APPLICATION WAS MOVED FROM THE BOARD'S JUNE 4TH MEETING DATE TO JULY 2ND.

AGAIN TODAY BRINGING US TO TODAY. AND AS A COURTESY WE UPDATED OUR WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY WHEN THAT CHANGE WAS MADE TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE. WE ALSO NOTIFIED THE COMMUNITY INTEREST GROUP.

REPRESENTED WELL REPRESENTED HERE TODAY. WE ARE RURAL TO INFORM THEM OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE.

AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONER OSTERMAN, WHO SAT WITH THE COMMISSION AT BOTH MEETINGS, IS PRESENT TO ADDRESS THE PREVIOUS PREVIOUS ACTIONS BY THE COMMISSION. OKAY. SO GETTING BACK TO THE PROJECT ITSELF.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN SUPERVISOR COMPTON'S DISTRICT, THAT IS DISTRICT ONE.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE LOWER LEFT WITH THE STAR. DISTRICT ONE.

THIS IS AN AREA MAP. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 89 AND KIRKLAND VALLEY ROAD, IN THE KIRKLAND JUNCTION AREA. YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE PROPERTY IS BISECTED BY KIRKLAND, BY KIRKLAND CREEK, AND SEVERAL TRIBUTARY WASHES OF STATE SIGNIFICANCE, ENOUGH TO ESTABLISH A RIPARIAN AREA, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE STATEWIDE. SO NOT ALL PROPERTIES YOU KNOW, HAVE THESE SORTS OF FEATURES ON THEM.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THIS AS A VERY SIGNIFICANT WATERSHED PROPERTY BEING IT HAS A NAMED CREEK WITH WITH TRIBUTARY WASHES.

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THE UNDERLYING ZONING IS AGAIN RCU-2A WHICH ALLOWS FOR BY RIGHT RESIDENTIAL TWO ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZES.

AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING, IS NOT PROPOSING A REZONING OF THE PROPERTY BUT TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING RCU ZONING DISTRICT.

AND AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THERE IS A RANGE OF OF LOT SIZE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPOSED SUBDIVISIONS.

BUT ON AVERAGE, MOST OF THEM ARE MORE CLOSELY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE WITH THE TWO ACRE ZONING OR LARGER.

OKAY. OOPS. I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.

OKAY, SO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS A LAND USE DESIGNATION SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION OF AGRICULTURE. THIS LAND USE TYPE INCLUDES AREAS THAT ARE TYPICALLY, BUT NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF TEN ACRES OR MORE PROVIDING AGRICULTURAL USES THAT MIGHT HAVE A PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT.

SOME ASSOCIATED AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIAL USES MIGHT ALSO BE ASSIGNED TO THIS CATEGORY.

DISTRICTS ASSIGN THIS LAND USE TYPE MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO R1L, AND RCU, AND AGAIN THIS IS IN THE RCU2 DISTRICT.

SO THAT IS CONFORMANCE THERE. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE UNDERLYING ZONING, IT'S THE UNDERLYING ZONING THAT'S CONTROLLING.

SO WE HAVE AN AGRICULTURAL ZONE HERE. BUT IT'S THE UNDERLYING ZONING THAT CONTROLS IN ALL CASES.

AND SO THAT IS THE RCU 2A ZONING. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OUTLINES GOALS AND POLICIES SET FORTH BY THE COUNTY STAFF BELIEVES THE SUBJECT SUBDIVISION APPLICATION IS ALIGNED WITH GOAL ONE TO INCREASE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO A POLICY GOAL 1G TO ENCOURAGE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVER LONG SPLITTING TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAWS OF THE LAWS GOVERNING THE COUNTY ALLOW.

AND SO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE ENCOURAGE PLANNED SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT OVER LOT SPLITTING, WHERE ROAD AND HIGHWAY ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND FIRE PROTECTION MEMBERS MEASURES OUR REQUIREMENT, AMONG OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENITIES. AS WITH PADS AND CLUSTERING, THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS ENTAILS REVIEW AND COMMENT FROM APPLICABLE STATE AGENCIES AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS. PUBLIC NOTICE, A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PROCESS, AND PUBLIC MEETINGS SUCH AS THIS WITH PUBLIC INPUT BEFORE BOTH THE COMMISSION AND BOARD BEFORE ANY FINAL ACTION IS TAKEN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, YOU KNOW, WE WE CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE PLANNED SUB SUBDIVISIONS OVER LOT SPLITTING.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERY PROJECT STANDS AND FALLS ON ITS OWN MERITS.

OKAY, SO LET'S JUST GET INTO SOME SOME MORE AERIAL IMAGERY OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THIS IS LOOKING WEST FROM THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 89 AND KIRKLAND VALLEY ROAD.

IF YOU LOOK BACK TOWARDS THE THE FOOTHILLS AND THE MOUNTAINS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WASHES ARE DRAINING DOWN INTO THAT GREEN RIBBON, WHICH IS HARD TO SEE. THAT IS KIRKLAND CREEK AND JUST SOME IMAGERY, YOU KNOW, MANY DAYS OF THE YEARS IT MAY JUST SEEM SORT OF A DRY WASH, BUT BUT WHEN IT RAINS AND IN THE MONSOONS, IT BECOMES A VERY IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE.

AND I WOULD NOTE THAT THAT THAT CREEK CROSSES A PROPER APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE THROUGH THE PROPERTY.

OKAY. LOOKING ON NORTH, YOU CAN SEE THE THE PREEXISTING ACCESS ROAD TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BISECTING IT FROM KIRKLAND VALLEY ROAD.

THAT'S RANCHO SANTA YNEZ ROAD. AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING EAST.

YOU CAN AGAIN SEE THE INTERSECTION KIRKLAND VALLEY ROAD, STATE ROUTE 89.

YOU CAN SEE THIS IS LARGELY A VACANT PROPERTY AND AN EXTREMELY RURAL PART OF THE COUNTY.

AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE INTERSECTION KIRKLAND VALLEY ROAD, STATE ROUTE 89.

OKAY, SO THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT.

IT'S THERE'S MANY PAGES THAT THAT GO INTO THIS DOCUMENT.

SO I'M GOING TO MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT. THERE'S INDIVIDUAL SEATS.

SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE EVERYTHING BUT THE APPLICATION IN YOUR PACKET.

IT DID INCLUDE ALL OF THE PAGES. AND I'M REALLY GOING TO TRY TO JUST TOUCH ON SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL ASPECTS OF WHAT OF WHAT WE LOOK TO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING A PRELIMINARY PLOT OR A PLOT, A SUBDIVISION FOR, FOR COMPLETENESS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING CODE AND THE SUBDIVISION

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THERE ARE SOME OTHER CHANGES, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON AREAS AGAIN PERTINENT TO THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.

IN MANY CASES, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE APPLICANT AND THEIR PROFESSIONALS TO GET INTO SOME OF THE MORE DETAILS OR ASPECTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA OF OF AUTHORITY OR EXPERTISE. SO JUST TO START, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DENSITY AND OPEN SPACE.

YOU CAN KIND OF JUST SEE THE KEY ON THE RIGHT.

SO DENSITY THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION AGAIN CALLS FOR 194 RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON 664.21 ACRES, WITH AN AVERAGE 3.8 ACRE LOT SIZE CONSISTENT WITH THE RCU ZONING DISTRICT.

THE PROJECT IS NO LONGER SPLIT BETWEEN TWO PHASES, SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS A TWO PHASE PROJECT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS CHANGED, AND THAT IS HOW THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

OPEN SPACE. HERE'S A CHANGE. WHEN FIRST PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2024, THE APPLICANT HAD PROPOSED 196 LOTS. YOU JUST HEARD ME PREVIOUSLY SAY 194 LOTS.

AND HERE'S WHY, HERE'S THE CHANGE. THE PRELIMINARY PLOT, PRESENTED ON MAY 8TH, WAS REVISED TO SHOW A PORTION OF ONE OF THE LOTS, LOT 97, BEING SPLIT TO CREATE A PROPOSED 6.8 ACRE COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA AND THAT'S HARD TO SEE.

SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. BOOM. OKAY. SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT 97.

A PORTION OF THAT WAS CARVED OFF AT THE LAST MEETING BEFORE THE COMMISSION TO CREATE A PROPOSED A PROPOSED OPEN SPACE LOT. HOWEVER, DURING THE COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON MAY 8TH, 2025, AT THE SUGGESTION OF COMMISSIONER GRIFFITHS, THE APPLICANT AGREED TO MEET WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF TO REVISIT THE PROPOSED 6.8 ACRE CONCEPT, RESULTING IN THE SUBMISSION OF THE CURRENT RELABEL PLOT BEFORE YOU NOW, THAT REFLECTS THE RELABELING OF TWO LOTS LOT EIGHT, LOTS 87 AND 98 TO CREATE A LARGER COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN MANY CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN HAVE COME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, EXCEPT FOR THESE TWO LITTLE THINGS WHICH ARE LIMITED TO RELABELING.

THAT IS THE RELABELING OF, LET ME JUST USE THE POINTER.

OKAY. WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY LOT 98 AND LOT 87. THESE WERE GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

SO THAT'S HOW WE WENT FROM 195 LOTS TO 194. AND THIS IS JUST, THAT 97 IS A PORTION OF THAT.

SO THAT LEAVES US REALLY WITH WITH THERE WAS TWO LOTS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN THAT ARE NOW PROPOSED TO BECOME A COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA.

THESE WOULD NO LONGER BE RESIDENTIAL LOTS. AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS AREA AND WONDERING WHY THAT LOOKS LIKE A FOOTBALL FIELD, I CAN PROMISE YOU THERE'S NOT A FOOTBALL FIELD THAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE.

IT'S REALLY JUST TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT OF SIZE, OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT AREA, WHICH IN FACT, WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL TOGETHER, IS 34.57 ACRES, WHICH WOULD BE A COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE THAT WOULD SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT.

THIS COMMUNITY WOULDN'T BE, IT'S NOT BEING MEANT TO SERVE THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

IT'S TO SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT. IT WOULD BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA IN PERPETUITY, AND A LOT OF THOSE CONDITIONS WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE CC&RS. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR OWN CONDITIONS AT THE END THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.

OKAY. SO NOW WE WILL GO BACK TO THE PRELIMINARY PLOT AS WE KIND OF GO DOWN OUR LIST ON THE RIGHT.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ACCESS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS INGRESS AND EGRESS.

ACCESS FOR THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION WOULD BE FROM TWO LOCATIONS ALONG KIRKLAND VALLEY ROAD THAT WOULD BE SEPARATED BY 884.62FT.

WE MEASURED IT. THEN WE ASKED THE APPLICATION APPLICANT TO MEASURE IT.

SO SEPARATED BY 884.62FT IN LENGTH, AS MEASURED FROM THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION TO CENTER OF INTERSECTION.

AND LET ME JUST POINT TO THAT. SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EASY, SINCE IT'S REALLY HARD TO BLOW UP THE THESE PLATS TO MAKE IT MEANINGFUL.

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AND SO THIS CENTER THIS IS A PROPOSED INTERSECTION, A PROPOSED INGRESS EGRESS TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY.

THIS IS THE SECOND ONE. YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY ACCESS THAT'S PROPOSED DOWN HERE THAT WOULD SERVICE 89.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. THESE ARE SEPARATED BY OVER 884FT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. SO ARE YOU SAYING THE ENTIRE WATERCOURSE IS NOW OPEN SPACE OR WHERE DOES DO YOU HAVE A MAP WITH THIS WITH THE WATER GOING ACROSS IT? I DO, BUT THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO JUST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

SO AS SHOWN IN THE ORIGINAL SLIDES, THIS PROPERTY IS BISECT CRISSCROSSED WITH THE NAMED CREEK AND WASHES, AND SO A PORTION OF THAT AREA WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT 34 ACRE PLUS COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MEANINGFUL, USABLE OPEN SPACE, SOME OF IT'S IN A FLOODPLAIN, BUT IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR OPEN SPACE.

SUCH OF THIS SUCH AS THIS TO INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSTRAINED AREAS.

THEY'RE NOT IT'S WHAT'S NOT PROPOSED HERE IS ACTIVE RECREATIONAL USES, BALL FIELDS AND STUFF.

A LOT OF IT IS PROBABLY BEING PURPOSED FOR PICNIC AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THIS.

WALKING YOUR DOG TRAILS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TAKING THIS AREA OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOOTPRINT, ESPECIALLY BEING THAT A PORTION OF THAT OPEN SPACE AREA WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CREEK AND FLOOD FLOODPLAIN.

THERE'S A LOT OF RIVER OR CREEK FRONTAGE THAT BISECTS THE PROPOSED OPEN SPACE AREA IF LEFT ALONE.

AND AND IT RAINS, YOU MIGHT SEE QUITE A BIT OF REGENERATION OF RIPARIAN HABITATS.

SO BUT REALLY IT'S A PASSIVE RECREATIONAL. BUT MAYBE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF IT WOULD BE IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

OKAY. SO REGARDING A TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATION A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, WHAT WE CALL A TIA WAS COMPLETED AND ADOT AND PUBLIC WORKS HAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY PLOT.

NO WAIVERS ARE BEING REQUESTED. ADDITIONALLY, THE PRELIMINARY PLOT NOW CALLS FOR A DEDICATED EMERGENCY EXIT ONTO STATE ROUTE 89 THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY ADOT PUBLIC WORKS AND THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS CONTRACTED OR HAS AGREEMENT TO SERVE THE PROJECT.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. WE'LL GET TO THAT LATER IN GREATER DETAIL.

AND I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT AS WITH THIS, AS WITH THE PROVISION FOR THE EMERGENCY EXIT, THE SUBDIVISION TO 89 ALSO PROPOSES THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO OR THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS CONFIRMED WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL A GATE AT THE PROPOSED EMERGENCY EXIT AND THAT THAT GATE WOULD HAVE A EITHER A KNOCK, A KNOCK, A LOCK OR SIMILAR APPROVED SECURE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS POINT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD TYPICAL OF OTHER OTHER APPLICATIONS.

YOU KNOW, ON THE ONE HAND, YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE USING THAT INSTEAD OF THE DEDICATED INGRESS AND EGRESS, BUT YOU STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OUT WHEN THERE'S A FIRE.

BUT I'LL ASK THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF OF HOW THAT SYSTEM WORKS.

AND THEN INTERIOR ROADS, INTERIOR ROADS ARE TO BE PRIVATE AND BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA, NOT THE COUNTY.

AN IMPORTANT POINT AND MEET THE CURRENT COUNTY ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS.

SO AGAIN, NO WAIVERS ARE BEING REQUESTED AS FAR AS THE COUNTY ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS.

SO AND THAT CONFORMS TO PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS APPROVAL.

ANOTHER CHANGE I WANTED TO POINT OUT AND LET ME USE THE POINTER TO DO SO.

SO ORIGINALLY AND THIS SITE PLAN, WHEN IT FIRST APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION WE HAD THESE LONG DEAD END ROADS WITH THE CUL DE SACS AT THE END. AND A LOT OF THESE ROADS WEREN'T INTERCONNECTED.

SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT SORT OF ABILITY TO MOVE IN AND OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION IN A CIRCUITOUS MATTER, FROM EVEN A PLANNING STANDPOINT FORGET FIRE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO SEE, A WELL-DESIGNED CIRCULATION PLAN IS ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERCONNECTED AND CIRCUITOUS. SO THIS HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED.

THIS DID APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT THEIR PREVIOUS MEETING.

BUT WHAT'S CHANGED HERE IS THAT THE, THE CUL DE SACS ARE MUCH SHORTER NOW.

SOMETHING AROUND 400FT OR FAR LESS. MAYBE THE LARGEST OF THEM IS SOMEWHERE ABOVE 400FT.

AND SO THAT'S GOOD. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE LONG DEAD END STREETS.

ULTIMATELY, THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT THAT RUNS AFOUL OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE STANDARD.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED. AND HERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE OF JUST ONE OF THESE INTERCONNECTED STREETS.

SO PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS IF THERE'S A FIRE, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, OR MAYBE IF YOU'RE JUST ROLLERBLADING THAT,

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OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM, WE'RE MOVING DOWN THE LIST, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ELECTRICITY.

ANOTHER ISSUE IN A RURAL AREA SUCH AS THIS THE BOARD PACKET INCLUDES WHAT IS A WILL, WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE A WILL SERVE LETTER FROM APS TO THE APPLICANT DATED JANUARY 24TH, 2025. WE WANTED TO KIND OF GET TO THE BOTTOM EXACTLY WHAT THAT LETTER DOES AND DOESN'T DO, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE THE GENERIC LETTER THAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE.

AND SO WE FINALLY GOT IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH APS YESTERDAY VIA EMAIL.

SO THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. BUT IN THAT CORRESPONDENCE, APS CONFIRMED THAT AS A PUBLIC UTILITY, THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO SERVE CUSTOMERS WITHIN THEIR APPROVED SERVICE AREA, WHICH THIS IS AS COMMUNICATED TO THE APPLICANT.

THEY STATED THAT ONCE. I WOULD SAY SHOULD THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED, THE PLANS WOULD BE REVIEWED BY APS AND THEN APS WOULD DETERMINE WHAT, IF ANY, UPGRADES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HANDLE THE PROJECT ACCORDINGLY.

SO THIS VERY WELL COULD NECESSITATE IMPROVEMENTS, PERHAPS SUBSTANTIAL.

WE DON'T KNOW YET. THEY HAVEN'T REVIEWED THE PROJECT, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULDN'T GET INVOLVED UNTIL AFTER AFTER APPROVAL.

AND SO WITH LOTS OF AGENCIES, THEY WEIGH IN EARLIER IN THE PROCESS WITH APS, IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY WOULD BE WEIGHING IN AFTER THE FACT. AND IF THAT BECAME SOME SORT OF A HARDSHIP FOR THE APPLICANT, THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THEM TO ASK AND ANSWER.

SO AND THEY WERE ADVISED ALSO IN THE EMAIL THAT THEY WOULD BE THE APPLICANT WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR ANY UPGRADES THAT WOULD BE AT THEIR EXPENSE.

ESTIMATING THE LOAD BASED ON THE POTENTIAL OF EACH LOT.

TYPICALLY USING HISTORICAL INFORMATION FROM SIMILAR SITES.

AND SO IT JUST KIND OF WENT ON WITH SOME OF THOSE DETAILS.

SO I GOT A QUESTION REAL QUICK, PLEASE. OKAY.

SO JUST GETTING BACK TO APS REAL QUICK. SO DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY THAT YOU JUST GOT A RESPONSE FROM APS? CHAIR MALLORY NOT IN OUR PACKET BECAUSE YOU DID RECEIVE IT.

WE DO IN OUR PACKET. YOU THE BOARD IN ITS PACKET DOES HAVE A WILL SERVE LETTER.

AND THAT WAS FROM JANUARY 24TH, 2025. AND WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST ALWAYS TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

AND SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, UNANSWERED QUESTIONS LIKE NORMALLY WE GET MORE SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS LIKE WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS? AND THAT THE LETTER WAS KIND OF GENERIC, SO IT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.

SO WE REACHED OUT AGAIN AND AND THEY JUST KIND OF CLARIFIED THAT, YES, A, THIS IS A WILL SERVE LETTER.

YES. OUR PROCESS AND OUR REVIEW BEGINS AFTER APPROVAL.

SHOULD APPROVAL BE GRANTED. AND YES, IF THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ON THE HOOK APS TO SERVE THE PROJECT.

BUT IF THERE'S ANY UPGRADES, A LOT OF THAT WOULD BE ON THE APPLICANT'S DIME.

AND SO THAT THAT WAS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE THOUGHT HELPFUL TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND ASK APS TO PROVIDE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO GOING DOWN THE CONTINUING DOWN THE LIST, LET'S TALK ABOUT WASTEWATER, WATER AND WASTEWATER. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING INDIVIDUAL WELLS AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS. SO THIS PROJECT, THIS SUBDIVISION WOULD NOT BE SERVED BY A PUBLIC OR A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM.

ADDITIONALLY THEY HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES FOR A STATEMENT OF INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY.

A STATEMENT LETTER FROM ADWR IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO FINAL PLOT APPROVAL.

AS THE PROPERTY IS OUTSIDE OF THE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA, THE AMA.

THE APPLICANT CAN CHOOSE TO EITHER OBTAIN INADEQUATE OR ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY STATEMENT, IN THIS CASE WITH AN INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY STATEMENT.

THAT MEANS THAT THE DEVELOPER, THE APPLICANT, HAS CHOSEN TO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA NECESSARY TO OBTAIN AN ADEQUACY DETERMINATION FROM ADWR. THIS INFORMATION. SO WHEN THAT LETTER IS PROVIDED, THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AS PART OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLOT.

THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC REPORT AS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION, AS I UNDERSTAND IT. AND PERHAPS A GOOD QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

IT WOULDN'T THAT WOULD NOT BE INDICATED THAT STATUS OF INADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY ON THE FINAL PLOT.

I WILL DEFER TO THE APPLICANT TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE STATUS OF THE LETTER AND EXPLAIN THEIR DECISION REGARDING OBTAINING A STATEMENT OF INADEQUATE VERSUS ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY, AND HOW DOING SO DEMONSTRATES CONFORMANCE WITH SECTION 540G OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS REGARDING EVIDENCE OF SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLIES TO SERVE THE PROJECT. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET TO THAT SECTION NEXT.

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SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF SECTIONS IN THE SUBDIVISION REGS THAT WE HAVE SOME SLIDES TO SPEAK TO THAT ARE IMPORTANT HERE.

AND SO THIS SECTION 540G. ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT IN THE REVIEW OF A SUBDIVISION IS CONFORMANCE WITH SECTION 540G. AND I'M GOING TO PARAPHRASE IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM WELL WRITTEN, AND IT'S SOMEWHAT PUZZLING.

TO PARAPHRASE, REQUIRES AN APPLICANT TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE WATER TO SERVE THE SUBDIVISION.

THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED COPIES OF VARIOUS STUDIES AND A STATEMENT AND A STATEMENT LETTER SUPPORTING THEIR CONCLUSION THAT SUFFICIENT WATER IS AVAILABLE TO SERVE ALL LOTS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION, AND I WILL POINT THE BOARD.

THIS MORNING I HANDED OUT COPIES OF THAT STATEMENT LETTERS.

MY APOLOGIES, BUT WE NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR PACKET.

THERE WAS LOTS OF ATTACHMENTS AND THIS ONE WAS OVERLOOKED.

SO OUR MISTAKE, STAFF WILL DEFER TO THE APPLICANT'S HYDROLOGIST TO DISCUSS THE LETTER AND REFERENCE STUDIES, AND OUTLINE HOW THE PROPOSED WATER RESOURCES ARE ADEQUATE TO SERVE THE PROJECT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO THEY DID A NUMBER OF STUDIES, OUR TESTS THAT WE LOOK AT IS DID THEY PROVIDE EVIDENCE, YOU KNOW, WAS JUST WAS IT TOKENISM OR DID THEY REALLY HIRE YOU KNOW, AN EXPERT, A HYDROLOGIST TO CONDUCT EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IN THESE TYPES OF STUDIES? AND IT DOES. YOU KNOW, THE RECORD DOES SHOW THAT THEY DID A RIGOROUS AND COMPREHENSIVE AMOUNT OF STUDIES, THE ADEQUACY OF WHICH IS REALLY A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD AND NOT STAFF.

AND WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE PREPARED TO SPEAK ON WHAT THEIR PROCESS, WHAT THEIR ANALYSIS AND WHAT THEIR FINDING AND POSITION IS REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH WITH SECTION 540 G.

AND BEFORE I CHANGE SLIDES. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, STAFF FELT THAT THEY PROVIDED SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.

BUT AGAIN, THE ADEQUACY OF WHICH THAT'S THAT IS A DECISION FOR THE BOARD TO DETERMINE.

OKAY. WALKING TRAILS. SO THE PRELIMINARY PLAT DOES NOW REFLECT ANOTHER CHANGE IS THE ADDITION OF WALKING TRAILS.

AND THAT IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT IS REQUIRED AND IS NOW WOULD BE WE FIND, TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 580 B OF THE SUBDIVISION SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

THE TRAILS ARE TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA AND WILL BE LOCATED AS DEPICTED ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.

SO WHEN I GO BACK TO THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, YOU DON'T SEE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN SHEET AND THE TRAILS, BECAUSE IT GETS SO NOISY AND DETAIL TOO MUCH FOR POWERPOINT.

WE BASICALLY KIND OF THROW UP A SNIPPET OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

AND SO THEY ARE INDICATED ON THE VARIOUS SHEETS FOR THE PROJECT, HIGHLIGHTED WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BELOW.

THIS IS AN ITEM THAT THE APPLICANT CAN PROBABLY SPEAK IN GREAT IN DETAIL TOO IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SLIDES.

AND THEN THE TOP IMAGERY IS ACTUALLY FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND THEIR REGULATIONS.

SO THEY ARE THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR REGULATIONS.

THE TRAILS WILL ESSENTIALLY RUN NEXT TO MOST OF THE INTERIOR ROADS.

SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALONGSIDE EVERY, YOU KNOW, CONNECTOR OR EVERY STREET.

BUT PROBABLY WELL OVER TWO THIRDS OF ALL OF THE INTERIOR STREETS ARE GOING TO BE SERVED BY A TRAIL.

THE TRAIL WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

I KNOW THAT'S BEEN ANOTHER QUESTION THAT'S COME UP BEFORE AND AND THEY WILL BE BETWEEN 6 AND 8FT WIDE.

SO IN SOME CASES THEY'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE PAVEMENT BUT WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND IN OTHER CASES DEPENDING ON TOPOGRAPHY. OR MAYBE THERE'S THEY WOULD BE SET BACK A BIT MORE UP TO EIGHT FEET.

AND THAT'S, THAT LANGUAGE, THAT DIAGRAM THAT YOU'RE SEEING UP IN THE UPPER RIGHT THAT'S A LITTLE HARD TO READ IS THAT, AN APPLICANT FOR A SUBDIVISION SUCH AS THIS HAS TWO OPTIONS THAT THEY CAN DO AS FAR AS LIKE THE THE ADJACENCY FOR THAT TRAIL WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, HOW MANY FEET THAT'S GOING TO BE SET BACK. I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS.

SO THAT MIGHT BE AN AREA THAT WE MIGHT DEFER TO PUBLIC WORKS OF THE APPLICANT AND THEIR PROFESSIONALS TO SPEAK TO.

BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS THEY ARE, PUBLIC WORKS HAS FOUND THAT THEIR TRAIL PLAN AND ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS ARE COMPLIANT WITH THEIR STANDARDS, INCLUDING THE TRAIL. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE THE PRELIMINARY.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER PAGE FROM THE PRELIMINARY PLOT.

AND SUPERVISOR KUKNYO HAD ASKED A LITTLE WHILE AGO ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE FLOODPLAIN AREA.

SO LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CROSSHATCH ARROW ARROWS AND THE CROSSHATCH AREA WITH THE ARROWS POINTING WHAT I

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AND SO I'LL JUST POINT TO IT AGAIN. THESE ARE THE OPEN SPACE AREAS AND SO MUCH OF THAT OPEN SPACE, BUT NOT ALL OF IT IS IN THE FEMA FLOOD AREA. APPROPRIATE FOR PASSIVE RECREATION, BUT YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT A BUILDING THERE.

SO IF THEY WERE TO PUT UP A KIOSK OR PICNIC TABLE, ONE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT THEY HAVE USABLE AREA FOR THOSE TYPES OF PASSIVE RECREATIONAL USES.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT AREA COVERS. YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE HERE'S THE MAIN STEM OF THE NAME CREEK, THE TRIBUTARY WASHES, ETC.. SO THIS WAS ANOTHER CHANGE SINCE THE LAST MEETING BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

SO IMPORTANT TO POINT IT OUT. IT'S KIND OF A RELABELING OR RELABELING CHANGE.

THE FLOOD HAZARD AREA WAS ALWAYS SHOWN ON THE MAP.

SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. THE ONLY RELABELING CHANGE HERE IS THAT WE ASKED THE APPLICANT, AND THE APPLICANT AGREED TO SPELL THAT OUT ON THE MAP AS AN AREA THAT WOULD BE PROTECTED IN PERPETUITY THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE OFF LIMITS TO ANY FUTURE FOOTPRINT OF DEVELOPMENT OR DISTURBANCE.

SO IT'S THE 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN AND ENCOMPASSES ALL OF KIRKLAND CREEK, THE ASSOCIATED WASHES.

THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ENHANCEMENTS THAT SHOWED ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DO AS FAR AS THE CREEK PROTECTIONS.

I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE APPLICANT TO GET INTO THAT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARRIES, RIGHT, THE COVENANTS, THE DEEDS AND RESTRICTIONS. AND THAT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OVERSEES OR ADMINISTERS, BUT THEY'LL BE PREPARED TO TALK TO THAT. AND THEN ALSO IMPORTANT IS THE COMMERCIAL.

WELL, OOPS, SORRY. I CIRCLED THE COMMERCIAL WELL AREA HERE AND IT'S HARD TO SEE HERE. BUT THAT ALSO TALKS ABOUT A FUTURE STORAGE WATER STORAGE FACILITY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK MORE IN DETAIL TOO.

BUT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACILITY TO POINT OUT.

UNLESS THERE'S SOME ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CONTRACTED FIRE AUTHORITY OR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, THIS WOULD BE A FACILITY THAT WOULD BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA.

AND I'LL LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS TO WHAT ARRANGEMENTS THEY MAY BE CONTEMPLATING OR HAVE OR HAVE ENTERED.

AND ALL OF THAT IS STUFF THAT PROBABLY THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO SEE KIND OF CEMENTED AND IN PLACE AND READY TO GO AT THE FINAL PLOTS, AT THE FINAL PLOT STAGE. IN CASE OF FLOOD, IT LOOKS LIKE WE TRAP PEOPLE.

SO WE HAVE SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. SO ABSOLUTELY TRUE, WHAT JUMPS OUT HERE ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT IS THAT YOU DO HAVE ROADWAYS THAT ARE CROSSING FLOODPLAINS. AGAIN, THIS IS AN AREA PUBLIC WORKS CAN SPEAK.

THEY HAVE APPROVED. SO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDABLY SO.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY FIRST ROLE OF GOOD GOVERNMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BE LOOKING AT.

AND CERTAINLY AN ITEM THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN.

OKAY. FIRE COVERAGE. FINALLY, ANOTHER CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN MADE AS OF APRIL 8TH THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WESTERN LAND RANCHES HAVE ENTERED AN AGREEMENT REGARDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THIS, IS THAT THE SOUTHERN PART VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. ADDITIONALLY, ON MARCH 19TH TWO, 2025, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FIRE MARSHAL LAGRECA WITH THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT INDICATING HIS REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLOT. NOTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ADOPTION OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, ALONG WITH AMENDMENTS THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO.

SO THAT'S ALL, AS STATED IN THE LETTER, THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT THE BOARD RECEIVED WITH THEIR PACKET.

MATT, IS THAT ALSO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY FIRE CONSORTIUM LETTER? THAT'S PROBABLY A DETAIL THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SPEAK TO.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW THAT'S, THAT HAS BEEN STATED. NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE REFERENCING THE SAME LETTER. YEAH WE ARE.

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AND ON MAY 5TH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ALL THESE MATERIALS WERE INCLUDED IN THE BOARD'S PACKET.

THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS A FIRE STATION IN WILHOIT, APPROXIMATELY 5.7 MILES FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

AS FAR AS ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT, AND THE AGREEMENT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES, THE EXTENT OF SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED THEREIN, AND PROJECT COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE OR ANY OTHER STANDARDS, AND WE'LL GET TO OTHER STANDARDS, I WILL DEFER TO THE APPLICANT AND BELIEVE DEPUTY CHIEF TUNIS IS PRESENT TO SPEAK REGARDING FIRE REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBDIVISION AND AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

OKAY. SO ADDITIONALLY, WHEN CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS I WOULD POINT THE BOARD TO SECTION 580 D A SCHEDULE B OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, WHICH STATES I QUOTE, FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES, INCLUDING HYDRANTS AND WATER STORAGE, SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIRE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION. IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO PARTIES A CONTRACT WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT AND THE FIRE DISTRICT CAN SPEAK TO.

WITH RESPECT TO THAT, THAT FIRST ITEM REGARDING FIRE IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO SERVE THE SUBDIVISION.

THE NEXT PART IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THOUGH. OKAY, SO I MENTIONED FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES, INCLUDING HYDRANTS AND WATER STORAGE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIRE AUTHORITY.

SO IN THIS CASE, I'M PRESUMING THAT MEANS THAT THAT'S THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, SINCE THERE IS A CONTRACT, THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE NEXT PART OF SCHEDULE 580D AND SCHEDULE B IS, AND I QUOTE, SPECIFIC FIRE IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE THOSE DEEMED BY THE BOARD AS NECESSARY TO ADEQUATELY SERVE THE SUBDIVISION.

SO WE HAVE LETTERS FROM WE HAVE LETTERS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE STANDARDS, AS WERE ADOPTED IN 2018.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED THOSE STANDARDS.

BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. THERE MAY BE FIREWISE CONSIDERATIONS.

THERE MAY BE SOMETHING PARTICULAR TO THIS PROJECT.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE GET TO SECTION FIVE, AND THAT'S SPEAKING TO THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY TO LOOK AT THE ADEQUACY OF WHAT THOSE MEASURES ARE, WHAT WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND WHAT OTHER MEASURES MAY BE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO ADDRESS THE ADEQUATE OF APPROPRIATE FIRE RESPONSE TO SERVE THE SUBDIVISION.

SO I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT ONE OUT TO THE BOARD BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

AND AS A SIDE NOTE, I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE, BUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICE HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE STATE MARSHAL ON MAY 28TH, 2024, ON AN EARLIER VERSION OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, WHEREBY THE OSFM INDICATED THREE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS TO BE IMPOSED UPON THE APPLICANT, AND SO THESE WERE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

HOWEVER, SUBSEQUENTLY WE WERE INFORMED AFTER THAT MEETING DURING THAT THE OSFM, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, WOULD IN FACT NOT ENFORCE THE ADOPTED INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

THEIR POSITION WAS THAT THEY HAD DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE NOT THE AUTHORITY TO COMMENT AND DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE JURISDICTION.

SO INITIALLY WE REACHED OUT TO THEM. THEY WEIGHED IN.

THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, THEY BASICALLY INDICATED TO THE APPLICANT, YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO CONFORM WITH ALL OF THE IFC REQUIREMENTS APPROPRIATE TO THE PROJECT. THEY CALLED OUT THREE SPECIFIC ONES THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT.

WE CAN GO OVER THOSE PRESENTED THAT TO THE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THEN AFTER AT SOME POINT AFTER THEY SUBMITTED A FOLLOW UP EMAIL AND SAID, WE'RE NOT THE AUTHORITY ANYMORE.

LIKE THEY MADE A MISTAKE. SO THAT WAS PUZZLING TO US.

BUT I WANTED TO GET IT IN INTO THE RECORD. BECAUSE THEN DURING A FOLLOW UP ON JUNE 11TH, I MEAN, WE STILL PERSISTED BECAUSE IN SPEAKING WITH COUNSEL AND LEADERSHIP, WE NEVER ACTUALLY FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHY THEY DIDN'T HAVE JURISDICTION.

AND SO THAT'S REMAINED IN AN OPEN QUESTION AND CONCERN THAT WE'VE HAD THE ENTIRE TIME.

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WE RECEIVED IN WRITING ON JUNE 11TH, OSM ADVISED DEVELOPMENT SERVICE THAT BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE STATE, WHICH IS THE JURISDICTION OF THE OSFM, THAT THE AGREEMENT FOR THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT, REMEMBER I MENTIONED THAT THAT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES TO PROVIDE REQUESTED SERVICES THAT WE IT COULD BE SUBMITTED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY OSFM. SO THEN ONCE WE GOT THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN A SUDDEN CHANGE IN POSITION, WE IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED OSM WITH ALL THE PERTINENT DOCUMENTS, MOST OF WHICH THEY ALREADY HAD, BUT WE SUBMITTED THE CONTRACT. MOST IMPORTANTLY BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH US.

THEY INVITED US TO SUBMIT THE COMMENTS AND THEN THEY WENT DARK.

AND AS OF JULY 2ND TODAY, OSFM HAS REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE TO OUR REPEATED REQUESTS.

SO DIRECTOR DYE AND MYSELF HAD EMAILED THEM. SO AT LAST CONTACT THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.

IS THE FIRE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THIS MATTER? IT APPEARS. I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION FOR COUNCIL.

SO THEY HAVE JURISDICTION, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY WOULD NOT BE THE ENTITY PROVIDING A CONTRACTED SERVICE TO SERVE THE PROJECT.

SO THEY MAY REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THAT CONTRACT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT MEETS THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE.

BUT AS FAR AS LIKE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ALSO PRESUMABLY WANT TO LOOK TO THAT WHICH IS BEING REQUIRED AND CEMENTED IN THAT CONTRACT BETWEEN PARTIES. YES.

EXCUSE ME. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

GENERALLY WHAT'S STATED IS CORRECT. AS MATT POINTED OUT EARLIER, OUR REGULATION HAS KIND OF A TWO TIERED APPROACH AS TO WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR A DETERMINATION REGARDING FIRE PROTECTION.

FIRST, IT'S INFORMATION FROM THE AUTHORITY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THAT AREA.

AND WHEN THERE IS NO LOCAL LOCALLY ADOPTED FIRE CODE IN AN AREA THAT IS THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.

SO WE WOULD LOOK TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL TO OBTAIN INFORMATION.

THE SECOND PART OF THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE BOARD MAKES A DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT'S ADEQUATE FOR FIRE PROTECTION FOR THAT, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND THAT COMMUNITY. AND I THINK IN MAKING THAT DETERMINATION, IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, WHAT WHAT CONTRACTS MAY BE IN PLACE TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DISTRICT COMES INTO PLAY.

SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEERS. EXCUSE ME.

YOU ARE CORRECT. THE DEPARTMENT AND NOT A DISTRICT.

THEY'RE A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT, JUST TO KIND OF GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS CAPTURED IN THAT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES. A LOT OF IT'S LEGALESE, BUT WE AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STILL NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF FOLLOW UP EMAIL AND TO THE EFFECT OF, YOU KNOW, PLEASE SAY IN WRITING THAT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXTENDED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE APPLICANT TO SERVE THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYTHING COVERED UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF RECENT EMAIL WHEREBY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CONFIRMING THAT REQUEST THAT CLARIFYING OUR UNDERSTANDING. AND THEN WE WENT A STEP FURTHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS OR REQUESTS REQUIREMENTS THAT WHEN THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL WAS WHAT. HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN WEIGHING IN THOSE THREE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT.

IS YOUR CONTRACT COVERING THOSE, OR IS THAT ALL ROLLED IN IN YOUR REQUIRING THE APPLICANT FOR ADHERENCE WITH THE IFC? AND THEY SAID YES. SO JUST SO WE REALLY TRIED TO CHASE THIS ONE DOWN TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULD.

WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. OKAY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. SO THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN WITH US NOW AGAIN, IT'S BEEN BEFORE THE THE COMMISSION TWICE, THE BOARD ONCE NOW BACK BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY.

SO WE HAVE PREVIOUS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. AND THAT ACTUALLY BEGAN BEFORE AN APPLICATION WAS EVEN HEARD BY THE P&Z.

SO PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF THE INITIAL APPLICATION, WE RECEIVED THE, THE INITIAL APPLICATION WAS FIRST RECEIVED ON MARCH 4TH, 2024. STAFF'S RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

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SO NOW, YOU KNOW, WORD IS GETTING OUT. PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING WHAT'S PROPOSED ON PAPER.

ALL LETTERS RECEIVED BY STAFF FOR THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION WERE INCLUDED IN THE MAY 8TH, 2024 COMMISSION PACKET AND THE AGENDA FOR REFERENCE. SO YOU KNOW, EVEN EVEN THOUGH THE APPLICATION HAS CHANGED SO MUCH, YOU HAD THE BOARD HAD THE BENEFIT OF SEEING WHAT ALL THOSE COMMENTS WERE TO DATE.

NOW WE SHIFT TO TO THE CURRENT PROCESS BEFORE US WITH THE APPLICATION, SINCE IT HAS CHANGED AND SINCE IT HAS LAST BEEN BEFORE THE COMMISSION, SINCE RECEIPT OF THE REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAT RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 5TH, STAFF RECEIVED 25 LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.

SIX WERE FROM THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER AND ONE IN SUPPORT.

ADDITIONALLY, STAFF RECEIVED TWO SURVEY 123 COMMENTS.

THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE IN OPPOSITION AND ONE WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE A NEUTRAL COMMENT OF THE LETTERS RECEIVED.

TO DATE, ONLY ONE WAS RECEIVED FROM A PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN THE 1000 FOOT REQUIRED CITIZEN PARTICIPATION BOUNDARY.

BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT'S THE APPLICANT'S PROCESS TO CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

THERE'S ALSO WHAT WE DO TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE NOTICE.

AND SO WHEN IT WAS OUR TIME TO PROVIDE NOTICE FOR THE HEARING, WE DID IT WITHIN ONE MILE, ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN ONE MILE. SO WE WENT SORT OF ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE NORMALLY DO RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS A REALLY RURAL AREA.

OKAY. AND AND THEN JUST TO GO BACK AND SO AGAIN ALL OF ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS WERE IN IN THE BOARD'S PACKET.

OKAY. CONFORMANCE WITH APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

THE PROPOSED PRELIMINARY PLOT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE.

AND THIS REALLY WHAT THAT GETS TO IS, IS IT THE RIGHT ZONE? ARE THEY PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT IS BY RIGHT WITHIN THE ZONE? AND, YOU KNOW, OUR STANDARD OR THE ZONING ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR FOR PLANNED SUBDIVISIONS SUCH AS THIS DOESN'T MEET THE LIMIT, THE LIMITED MINIMUM LOT SIZE TESTS, THE DENSITY, THE SETBACK.

ALL THIS IS MORE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SIMPLE ARITHMETIC.

AND THOSE ARE REALLY EASY BOXES FOR US TO CHECK, ALTHOUGH IT TAKES TIME FOR A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS.

AS FAR AS AGENCY COORDINATION ALL RELEVANT COUNTY DEPARTMENTS HAVE REVIEWED AND ISSUED APPROVALS FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. SO ONCE WE GET INTO THE CONDITIONS, IF THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT PUBLIC WORKS MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED, THAT'S GOING TO SHOW UP IN THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL, WHICH WE'LL GET TO.

ALL REQUIRED STATE REGULATORY AGENCY APPROVALS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED ABSENT COMMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.

ABSENT, I SUPPOSE, IN PART, THAT ULTIMATELY APS GETS A FINAL REVIEW AND THEY WEIGH IN.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE THE WILL SERVE LETTER.

AND IT IS NOTED THAT CONFORMANCE WITH CERTAIN SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, SUCH AS THE ADEQUACY OF WATER SUPPLY, FIRE, FIRE PROTECTION ARE DISCRETIONARY DETERMINATIONS OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS THAT ONE WHERE THE BOARD HAS DISCRETION IF YOU'RE DISSATISFIED, IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ADEQUACY SERVICE OR WATER SUPPLY YOUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS GIVE YOU DISCRETION TO ADDRESS REQUIREMENT, THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL MEASURES. SO THAT'S REALLY OUTSIDE OF.

THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE REALLY OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW.

OKAY. SO IN SUMMARY AGAIN CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLOT CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF 194 LOTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES TO 25 ACRES, WITH AN AVERAGE DENSITY OF APPROXIMATELY ONE UNIT PER 3.9 ACRES.

I'M SORRY, THAT SHOULD BE 3.8 ACRES. MY APOLOGY ON APPROXIMATELY 764.21 ACRES.

ALL REVIEWING AGENCIES HAVE PROVIDED THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLOT.

ABSENT THE ONES I JUST NOTED AND AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR ME TO END ON BEFORE WE GET INTO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL OR HAVING ME STAND FOR QUESTIONS OR THE APPLICANT PRESENTING IS, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN MAKING A MOTION AND AS THE BOARD VOTES, AND THIS IS PROBABLY AN ITEM THAT COUNCIL CAN SPEAK TO, IS A PER ARS 11-822(B) REGARDING SUBDIVISION APPROVAL, THE GROUND OF, THE GROUND FOR OF REFUSAL OR APPROVAL OF ANY PLAT SUBMITTED, INCLUDING CITATION OF, OR REFERENCE TO THE RULE OR REGULATION VIOLATED BY THE PLOT, SHALL BE STATED ON THE RECORD OF THE BOARD.

SO, JUST TO PARAPHRASE THAT IS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET ON THE RECORD YOUR REASONINGS FOR DENIAL OR APPROVAL.

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WE HAVE A FEW THAT STAFF HAS TACKED ON SINCE THE LAST MEETING.

NOW THAT WE HAD THE BENEFIT OF SOME OF THAT RELABELING AND HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE CC AND OURS TO ENSURE THAT SHOULD THIS PROJECT BE APPROVED, THAT THE PUBLIC AND THOSE RESIDENTS TO BE SERVED BY THE PROJECT ARE ACTUALLY GETTING WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PROVIDE FOR THEM IN THE WAY OF OPEN SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS. WE CAN GO OVER THESE NOW, OR WE COULD HOLD THESE TO LATER.

I COULD STAND NOW FOR QUESTIONS. I KIND OF HAVE A SCHEDULE HERE.

WOULD WE WANT TO. MARTY, DO WE WANT TO GO THROUGH QUESTIONS NOW, OR SHALL I MOVE ON TO, OF COURSE, THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION? CHAIR. VICE CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR MATT.

ARE YOU NEAR COMPLETION OF THE PRESENTATION FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? THANK YOU. YES. SO, OTHER THAN JUST PRESENTING THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL I'M COMPLETE WITH MY PRESENTATION.

OKAY. SO THEN CHAIR, AND ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTIONS, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO RUN THROUGH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

AND THEN IF YOU COULD STAND FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.

OKAY. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD AND CHAIR MALLORY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT'S IT'S PROBABLY ALSO TRUE THAT SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS MAY BE ANSWERED AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.

AND THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS, SO. OKAY, SO THESE ARE SUGGESTED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

AND I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT CONDITION ONE IS A STANDARD CONDITION.

CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TWO THROUGH SIX. HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY PUBLIC WORKS.

SO YOU KNOW PUBLIC WORKS IS HAS A LOT TO SAY ON THIS PROJECT.

AND THE SUGGESTED CONDITIONS REFLECT THAT CONDITION TEN WAS ADDED BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF.

AND DO YOU WANT ME TO TO READ THESE INDIVIDUALLY? I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. YES. YOU KNOW WHAT? PLEASE DO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COVER EVERYTHING AND THAT EVERYTHING IS ON RECORD.

HAPPY. YOU HAPPY TO DO SO. SO CONDITION OF APPROVAL.

ONE SUBMITTAL OF A FINAL PLAT TO BE WITHIN TWO YEARS OF PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL.

AND TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

CONDITION TWO, THE KIRKLAND VALLEY ROAD LEFT TURN AND RIGHT TURN LANES AT THE TWO SITE ACCESS POINTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED BY THE DEVELOPER PER SCHEMATIC PROVIDED TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, AS WELL AS TO ALL PERTINENT DESIGN STANDARDS, INCLUDING YAVAPAI COUNTY ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS.

CONDITION THREE. ANY AND ALL REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE YAVAPAI COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT, WITH ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS.

ALL CONSTRUCTION PLANS SHALL BE SIGNED, SEALED AND DATED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER LICENSED IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

ALL DESIGN PLANS SHALL BE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE YAVAPAI COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF PERMITS.

CONDITION FOR ALL ON SITE AND OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS MUST FOLLOW THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS DATED DECEMBER 2020 AS A PRIVATE ROAD. MINOR MODIFICATIONS MAY BE REQUESTED, BUT ALL MODIFICATIONS FROM THE STANDARDS REQUIRE WAIVER SUBMISSIONS TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. CONDITION FIVE, THE FINAL PLOT SHALL INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO THE STRUCTURAL SECTION OF THE SURFACE TREATMENT OF THE ROAD WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION.

AND AGAIN, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE WERE PROVIDED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS.

ITEM SIX CONDITION SIX. THE COUNTY ENGINEER WILL REQUIRE A SEALED GEOTECHNICAL REPORT TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED STRUCTURAL SECTION AND SURFACE TREATMENT FOR THE ROADS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION, TO INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE DESIGN LIFE FOR THE ROADS.

CONDITION SEVEN, STATE ROUTE 89 NORTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED BY THE DEVELOPER CONSIDER THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN CONCEPT PROPOSED BY THE PROJECT TEAM, DEVELOPED WITH INPUT FROM ADOT, CONSISTING OF 150 FOOT SYMMETRICAL TRANSITION TAPER, A 90 FOOT GAP OPENING, AND A 225 FOOT STORAGE LENGTH AS SHOWN ON THE TIA APPENDIX H TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH A ROADWAY BRIDGE CROSSING ABOUT 500FT SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION.

CONDITION EIGHT, ANY AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE ADOT RIGHT OF WAY WILL REQUIRE AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT, WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE NORTHWEST DISTRICT PERMITS OFFICE PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT.

ANY AND ALL WORK WITHIN THE ADOT RIGHT OF WAY SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO ADOT STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS.

ALL CONSTRUCTION PLANS SHALL BE SIGNED, SEALED AND DATED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER LICENSED IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

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CONDITION TEN, THE SUBDIVISION MUST MEET THE FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS MANDATED BY THE CONTRACTED FIRE AUTHORITY.

AND I'LL JUST NOTE ON THAT AND MAYBE IT SHOULD BE ADDED OR STATED THAT WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AS ADOPTED, WHATEVER IS MOST CURRENT. THEN WE HAD SOME STAFF SUGGESTED CONDITIONS, SO THIS CAME UP.

SO THESE WEREN'T ONES THAT WENT BEFORE THE COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THESE ARE IN REACTION TO THOSE RELABELING CHANGES THAT WERE EFFECTUATED TO THE PRELIMINARY PLOT THAT WE WENT OVER EARLIER. I'M HAPPY TO READ THESE AS WELL, UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PAUSE.

OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. CONDITION 11 AGAIN. THESE ARE STAFF PROPOSED.

THE 34.87 ACRE AREA REFERRED TO AS THE COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA ON THE PRELIMINARY PLOT, WILL BE PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

FOR SECTION ONE OF THE LETTER SUPPLIED BY THE APPLICANT DATED 6/19/2025, AND SHALL LIKEWISE BE FORMALLY PROTECTED THROUGH RECORDED COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS, THE CC&RS, THAT EXPLICITLY PROHIBIT ANY DEVELOPMENT OR DEGRADATION OF THESE SENSITIVE AREAS, BEYOND PROVIDING FOR PASSIVE RECREATIONAL USES AND ACTIVITIES.

CONDITION 12 ALL LAND LOCATED WITHIN THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN CONTOUR DEPICTED ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WILL BE FORMALLY DESIGNATED AS RIPARIAN PROTECTION AREAS ON THE FINAL PLAT, AND PER THE LETTER SUPPLIED BY THE APPLICANT DATED 6/19/2025.

CONDITION 13 DEVELOPER TO BREACH EXISTING STOCK PONDS AND AND EXTINGUISH ALL STOCK, POND AND SURFACE WATER RIGHTS WITHIN THE RANCHO SANTA IN AND SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY WITHIN TWO YEARS OF FINAL PLAT RECORDING FOR SECTION THREE OF THE LETTER SUPPLIED BY THE APPLICANT DATED 6/19/2025 AND CONDITION 14 DEVELOPER TO FORMALLY RETIRE 54 ACRES OF IRRIGATED FARMLAND, AS REFERENCED IN SECTION FOUR OF THE LETTER SUPPLIED BY THE APPLICANT DATED 6/19/ 2025. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MATT. SO DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL FROM THE BOARD RIGHT NOW? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL WE'LL NOW HAVE THE APPLICANT TO COME UP AND GIVE HIS GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING. AFTERNOON. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DEMONSTRATIVE EXHIBITS WE'RE GOING TO SET UP HERE TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT BETTER VISUALS OF OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

I'VE ALSO GOT OUR ENGINEER HERE AS WELL TO OFFER YOU KIND OF MORE TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLOT.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT HERE TODAY IS INFORMATION THAT DEMONSTRATES, WITHOUT ANY QUESTION IN MY MIND, THAT THIS APPLICATION COMPLIES WITH ALL REGULATIONS AND ALL STANDARDS FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND NOT ONLY DOES IT COMPLY WITH THOSE STANDARDS, BUT IT GOES FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT IS EXCEPTIONALLY VALUABLE FOR A LOT OF REASONS, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT WILL CONSERVE WATER, IT WILL PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND IT WILL OFFER A CONSISTENT AND DURABLE PROJECT THAT MAINTAINS THE RURAL INTEGRITY OF THIS AREA.

COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME? YES. SORRY. AXEL BUCKWALTER FROM CLARK HILL.

AND THEN GOOD AFTERNOON, SCOTT LION, LION ENGINEERING, PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.

AND SO WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU AS WELL.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF ACTUAL COPIES OF DRAFT CC&RS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR PRESENTATION.

THESE ARE DOCUMENTS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY AND BE APPROVED AS PART OF THE FINAL PLAT.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN LATER. BUT WE THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO LOOK AT NOW BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED IN THESE TYPE OF RESTRICTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO AS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ALREADY HERE IS JUST KIND OF A GENERAL DEPICTION OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.

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GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. WELL, AS MATT BLAKE THOROUGHLY COVERED IT.

SCOTT LION, LION ENGINEERING AGAIN. PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.

THE PRELIMINARY PLAT HAS TWO MAIN ACCESS POINTS, BOTH OFF OF KIRKLAND RANCH ROAD.

BOTH WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE FULLY PROVED INTERSECTIONS FOR TURNING MOTIONS RIGHT TURN LANES AND LEFT TURN LANES, TOGETHER WITH AN EMERGENCY ACCESS OFF OF HIGHWAY 89.

THE CURRENT PRELIMINARY PLAT AS SHOWN, WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY WAIVERS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF SPECIAL TREATMENT ON IT.

IT'S COMPLIANT WITH THE CURRENT REGULATIONS AS NEEDED PER THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PER YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS WELL.

AGAIN, STREET WIDTHS WILL BE IMPROVED TO FULL WIDTHS.

TRAILS WILL BE ADDED. AS YOU CAN SEE ON VARIOUS SHEETS THROUGHOUT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, EASEMENT WIDTHS FOR THE ROADWAYS DO MEET YAVAPAI COUNTY ROADWAY STANDARDS FOR THE MAIN ARTERIALS OR COLLECTOR STREETS.

THEY ARE 66FT WIDE. FOR THE MINOR STREETS WITH TEN LOTS OR LESS, THEY ARE 50FT WIDE.

CUL DE SACS, RADIUS AND EVERYTHING ALL TURN RADIUSES WILL MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC FLOW. AGAIN, AS POINTED OUT HIGHWAY 89, THERE ARE PROPOSED LEFT TURN LANE RIGHT NOW FOR NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC.

CURRENTLY IT IS JUST A TWO LANE ROAD. WITHOUT THAT LEFT HAND TURN LANE.

SO WITH THAT, IT'S FAIRLY GENERIC AND IT'S IMPROVEMENTS WHEN IT IS MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BY THE COUNTY.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. I WAS NOTED AT 884FT BETWEEN THE TWO INGRESS AND EGRESS.

IS THAT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODES? THAT SHOULD BE MORE ABOUT 4000FT. SO I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, BUT TYPICALLY IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PROVIDED. ARE YOUR ROADS PAVED IN THERE? CURRENTLY THE PROPOSED TO BE CHIP SEALED.

ON A STRUCTURED BASE.

ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S JUST A GENERAL SUMMARY OF KIND OF THE HIGH LEVEL POINTS OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

WE HAVE 194 LOTS. AVERAGE SIZE 3.76 ACRES. NO ZONING CHANGES.

34 ACRES OF COMMON SPACE. WE HAVE 127 ACRES OF RIPARIAN PROTECTION AREAS, WHICH INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT PROTECTIONS GOING FORWARD. TO PREVENT DEGRADATION OF WATER QUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIPARIAN AREAS AND THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE ECOSYSTEM IN THIS AREA.

WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT KIRKLAND JUNCTION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WITH SCOTT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER THAT SPECIFICALLY IMPROVE AN INTERSECTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN EARMARKED FOR FUNDING FOR THE FUTURE. AND SO THIS IS A AN INSTANCE WHERE THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY IN AN AREA THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED FUNDS YET.

WE HAVE 4.6 MILES OF RECREATIONAL TRAILS. WE HAVE A DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO SHOW THAT THIS PROJECT WILL CONSERVE WATER OVER THE LONG TERM, COMPARED TO THE CURRENT USES ON THE SITE.

THAT INCLUDES BY RETIRING EXISTING INEFFICIENT IRRIGATED ACREAGE, AS WELL AS THE EXTINGUISHMENT OF SURFACE WATER RIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE BREACHING OF EXISTING STOCK PONDS, WHICH WILL BOTH INCLUDE AN INCREASE FLOWS IN KIRKLAND CREEK AND IMPROVE THE GENERAL HABITAT OF THE AREA, AS WELL AS HELP THE HEALTH OF THE AQUIFER.

WE ALSO HAVE FIRE PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNED THAT WILL GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL APPLICABLE STANDARDS, AND WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FIRE FLOWS AND STORAGE TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE PLANNED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO HAVE AS AS THE APPLICANT, AS A GENERAL PRACTICE, PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FOR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

AS A GENERAL BASIS, THEY OFFER A 10% DISCOUNT TO ALL FIRST RESPONDERS AND MILITARY VETERANS PURCHASING PROPERTY IN ANY OF THEIR PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND IN THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, THEY WILL ALSO COVER CLOSING COSTS ON THESE ROADS THAT ARE SEALED.

WHO'S GOT ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THAT FOREVER? THAT WOULD BE THE HOA. SO THERE IS NO SCENARIO HERE.

WELL, WE'LL GET TO IT ON THE FIRE SUPPRESSION INFRASTRUCTURE, BECAUSE THAT DEPENDS ON THE DECISION OF THE FIRE OF THE FIRE JURISDICTION.

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IN FACT, IT'LL ACTUALLY BE THE ALTERNATIVE. WE WILL BE CONTRIBUTING ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC RESOURCES TO THE COUNTY.

HOW MANY FIRE HYDRANTS ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT? AT THE MOMENT THERE IS A FIRE HOOK UP PROPOSED AT THE STORAGE SITE.

SO. ZERO. WELL. ZERO. I MEAN, THERE'S ZERO FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME. I WOULD DISAGREE A BIT, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE AS WE'VE EXPLAINED AND AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS ISSUE CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE PROJECT, THERE WILL BE A, YOU KNOW, FIRE HYDRANT THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORAGE TANKS THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.

A FIRE HYDRANT FOR 194 HOMES. THAT'S ALL I NEED.

THANK YOU. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT.

AND THE GENERAL TAKEAWAY HERE HAS ALREADY BEEN EXPLAINED, WHICH IS THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT SEEKING TO CHANGE THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT AND IS COMPLIANT WITH THE TERMS OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY APPLICABLE.

MOREOVER, WE'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY SORT OF WAIVERS.

WE'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY SORT OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR ANY SORT OF ASSISTANCE FROM THE COUNTY.

AND IN FACT, WE ARE JUST SIMPLY GOING TO EXIST AS AS IT'S ALREADY SET OUT.

THIS PROJECT ALSO IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION STATEMENT FOR THE AREA.

IT WILL MAINTAIN THE RURAL CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY.

IT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE, GROWTH AND TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS IN THE VISION STATEMENT.

IT WILL PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION.

IT WILL PROVIDE A DEMONSTRATIVE ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE AREA.

IT WILL CONSERVE WATER. IT WILL INCREASE SAFETY.

AND THERE IS NO COST TO THIS DEVELOPMENT TO THE PUBLIC.

HERE IS AN EXHIBIT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY SEEN, BUT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED OPEN SPACE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S 34 ACRES.

AS WE ALSO PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, SCALE CAN BE A LITTLE LOST WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE LARGE SPACES.

THAT'S WHY WE SUPERIMPOSED A FOOTBALL FIELD SO YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF SCALE.

BUT WE'VE ALSO CHOSEN THIS AREA FOR OTHER REASONS, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL AND RIPARIAN AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH KIRKLAND CREEK. AND SO THIS WILL PROVIDE DIRECT BENEFIT TO THOSE AREAS.

IT WILL ALSO ALLOW THEM TO BE OPEN FOR CONTINUED RECREATION, AND IT WILL PRESERVE AND CONSERVE THEM IN PERPETUITY.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.

AND I ALSO HAVE DRAFT, IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED TO REVIEW THEM, BECAUSE OUR RIPARIAN PROTECTION AREAS INCLUDE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE WILL BE EXCLUDING LIVESTOCK AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, FARM AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS FROM ACCESS TO THESE AREAS IN AN EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE AND PREVENT ANY SORT OF DEGRADATION.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN A LOT OF OUR WATCHES AND WATER RESOURCES IN ARIZONA TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, GRAZING LIVESTOCK CAUSING ISSUES. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND OTHER THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT ULTIMATELY PROVIDES A BENEFIT TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND THE BENEFIT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

HERE'S ANOTHER EXHIBIT THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE PURPLE LINES THAT INTERSECT VARIOUS DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND AND RECREATE AT QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS WE PERCEIVE THESE OR FORESEE THESE BEING USED FOR EQUESTRIAN USES.

WE SEE THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, LOW IMPACT RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

WE SEE THEM AS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE OPEN SPACE AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY ENJOY AND YOU KNOW AND ENJOY T HIS NATURAL AND IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL AREA. WE'VE ALSO LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT CONCERNS RELATED TO FIRE PROTECTION, AND WE HAVE A MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO ENSURING THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL OFFER AND IMPROVE FIRE SAFETY, NOT ONLY FOR ITS SPECIFIC LOCATION, BUT ALSO FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE.

AND PART OF THAT MULTIFACETED APPROACH IS THE IMPOSITION OF STRICT FIREWISE REQUIREMENTS.

WHICH I'M SURE A NUMBER OF YOU ARE RELATIVELY WELL FAMILIAR.

I KNOW VICE CHAIR CHAIRS, SOME OF THOSE, THOSE COMMITTEES AND I HAVE COPIES OF THOSE DRAFT CC&RS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW THEM. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE ARE IMPOSING VARIOUS RESTRICTIONS BASED ON DIFFERENT RADIUSES AROUND STRUCTURES.

WE ARE IMPOSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TYPE OF MATERIALS THAT ARE USED IN CONSTRUCTION.

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WHO CONTROLS THE HOA? IS IT THE THE DEVELOPER, A THIRD PARTY OR THE RESIDENTS? WELL, SO THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WILL DEPEND ULTIMATELY ON TIME BECAUSE INITIALLY BEFORE THE PROJECT IS SOLD OR ANY OTHER LOTS ARE ACQUIRED BY INDIVIDUALS, THE DEVELOPER WILL RETAIN CONTROL AT A CERTAIN POINT OF OWNERSHIP.

THAT CONTROL WILL SHIFT TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW THEY WILL BE MEMBERS OF THE HOA AND THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE HOA GOING FORWARD. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

YOU JUST SAID BEFORE THE PROJECT IS SOLD. I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.

AS LAND AND LOTS INDIVIDUALLY ARE SOLD AS IN DUE COURSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU. OVERALL, THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE SIGNIFICANT AND THEY WILL IMPOSE AND ULTIMATELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ANY SORT OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRUCTURES, BOTH FOR TRANSMISSION TO TRANSMISSION BETWEEN STRUCTURES AS WELL AS FOR WILDLAND FIRES. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THESE, YOU KNOW, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS TYPICALLY REQUIRED BY EITHER ORDINANCE, STATUTE OR LAW.

SO LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS AGAIN. ONE FIRE HYDRANT FOR WILDLAND FIRES AND 194 HOMES.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING, AS WE WILL SEE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION A 60,000 GALLON STORAGE TANK, WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTING RESOURCES AND WATER RESOURCES THAT WILL BE ABLE TO USE FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS NO EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY ANYWHERE NEAR THIS COMMUNITY, AND SO IF YOU HAD A WILDLAND FIRE OR ANYWHERE ELSE, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS RESOURCE WILL BE ABLE AND WILL BE USEFUL FOR FIGHTING ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY THAT ARISES IN THE GENERAL VICINITY.

OKAY. I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THERE OBVIOUSLY IS VOLUNTEER IS NOT FULL TIME.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE RECORDS SHOW THEY ONLY SHOW UP 70% OF THE TIME.

SO IF IT'S PART OF THE 30% OF THE TIME, THEY DON'T SHOW UP AND THEY'RE ON THE JOB AND I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO.

WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT THE FIRE? WELL THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID PLAN TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAD TO RESPOND TO AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY.

AND SO THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE. BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY SPOKEN WITH THEM ON MANY OCCASIONS, AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED BY THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO CRISES AND EMERGENCIES IN THEIR AREA.

AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY, THEY VERY MUCH CONVEYED TO US, AS THEY HAVE IN ALL OF THE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE COUNTY AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING AND HAPPY TO SERVE THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT, AS PROPOSED, IT COMPLIES WITH ALL STATUTES AND ORDINANCES.

AND THEY BELIEVE THAT WITHIN THEIR, YOU KNOW, EXPERTISE THAT THEY THAT THIS OFFERS SUFFICIENT FIRE PROTECTION AND ACTUALLY IMPROVES THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES IN THE AREA.

WELL, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF THE FIRE MARSHAL WHO SIGNED THE LETTER FOR FIRE PROTECTION.

I HAD THE MEETING WITH HIM AND COUNTY ATTORNEY AND MR. GOODMAN HERE, AND HIS ANSWER TO FIRE PROTECTION WAS TO TAKE A 3000 GALLON TENDER AND RUN BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WILHOIT TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.

THAT IS LITERALLY WHAT HE TOLD ME. CORRECT. AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS THAT THIS WILL OFFER ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES THAT WILL NOT REQUIRE THAT TO BE NECESSARY, BECAUSE WE ARE PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO USE THAT AS A SPOT TO RESPOND TO OTHER EMERGENCIES IN OTHER AREAS, WHICH WILL NOT REQUIRE THEM TO GO BACK TO WILHOIT.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS AN EMERGENCY THAT IS MORE LOCATED CLOSER TO THESE EMERGENCY RESOURCES, THIS PROJECT AND PROPOSAL WILL IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND.

OKAY. WELL, THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WILHOIT SOUTHERN NEVADA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN REFERENCE TO CONDITIONS, WHAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO PROPERLY PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY, TOLD THE THREE OF US AGAIN THAT HE HAD NO CONDITIONS.

NO CONDITIONS. WELL, SO WHAT CONDITIONS ARE BEING MET IF THERE ARE NO CONDITIONS IMPOSED? I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, VICE CHAIR. WE BELIEVE THAT AS PROPOSED.

THIS PROJECT COMPLIES WITH FIRST THE 2018 STANDARDS, AS WELL AS THE RURAL FIRE STANDARDS, WHICH. EXCUSE ME FOR LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE, BUT THE NFPA 11142.

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WE BELIEVE THAT CURRENT REGULATIONS DO NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRE US TO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO MEET CERTAIN FIRE FLOW REQUIREMENTS.

HOWEVER, WE'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND DONE THAT WORK OURSELVES, AND WE BELIEVE THAT AS PROPOSED THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE, WE, WE WILL BE BUILDING WILL ALLOW FOR A 1000 GPM FIRE FLOW FOR AN HOUR PERIOD, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE 2018 REGULATIONS. OKAY. WELL, THE AVERAGE FLOW IS 1500, NOT A THOUSAND.

JUST SO YOU KNOW. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO REDO YOUR MATH.

WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT SECTION FOUR ADG, THE APPENDIX TO THE 2018 FIRE CODE SPECIFICALLY FOR SINGLE AND DOUBLE OCCUPANCY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, THE STANDARD IS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, A THOUSAND GPM.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING A 60,000 A GALLON TANK ALONG WITH A SYSTEM THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO PUMP, ON AVERAGE, 450 GALLONS PER MINUTE ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF 24 HOURS.

IF YOU DO COMBINE THOSE TWO THINGS OVER AN HOUR PERIOD, IT DOES ACTUALLY EXCEED 1500 AND GALLONS PER MINUTE.

DO YOU HAVE THE FIREFIGHTERS TO FIGHT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AT THAT DEPARTMENT? I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE. IT'S JUST NOT THERE.

I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN THE LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FIRST RESPONDERS OF THE AREA, AND I TRUST THEIR EXPERTISE AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COMMIT TO SERVING THIS PROJECT.

AND TO DATE, YOU KNOW, AS INDICATED IN THE RECORD, THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT COMPLIES WITH THEIR STANDARDS AND THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN OFFER. YOU KNOW, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE NECESSARY. I'LL BE QUIET FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU JUST SAID IT COMPLIES WITH THEIR STANDARDS. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD NONE. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT, VICE CHAIR, BUT AGAIN AS AGREED.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS THIS PROJECT DOES COMPLY WITH THE 2018 FIRE CODE AS WELL AS THE NFPA 1142 STANDARDS.

OKAY. WELL, THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE IS GOING TO RUN ABOUT 4000FT BETWEEN THOSE TWO INGRESS AND EGRESS, AND YOU'RE AT 880 884FT. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.

AND THAT IS PARTIALLY AND PRACTICALLY WHY WE HAVE INCLUDED, IF WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAT HERE THE EMERGENCY EGRESS AND ACCESS POINT FARTHER DOWN ON THE FREEWAY. I'LL LET OTHERS AND THE AUDIENCE ADDRESS THAT LATER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. AS WE'VE EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT HERE IN OUR BACK AND FORTH, WE ARE PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLIES IN THE AREA THAT NOT ONLY WILL OFFER A BENEFIT TO THIS SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO THE WIDER COMMUNITY. ONE THING THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONALLY CONSIDERED, AND ARE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON, IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO PROVIDE A, YOU KNOW, A HELICOPTER LANDING SPOT FOR RESPONSES TO EMERGENCIES IN THE AREA.

BUT WE ARE GENERALLY COMMITTED AND BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS ADDITIONAL ABOVE AND BEYOND SERVICES AND PROTECTIONS THAT OTHERWISE ARE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SLIDE HERE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AS YOU SEE IN THE IN THE PACKETS OF INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE LETTERS FROM, FROM THIS DEPARTMENT THAT CONFIRM THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT OR THIS PROPOSAL MEETS ALL APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED AND BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN OFFER THE NECESSARY SERVICES AND PROTECTIONS FOR IT TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO HERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO SCOTT ON BECAUSE HE LIKES TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS. AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY IN RELATION TO THE KIRKLAND JUNCTION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WILL OFFER A, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY BENEFIT TO A, YOU KNOW, AN AREA THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED, BUT WHICH, YOU KNOW, HASN'T BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DUE TO, YOU KNOW, BUDGETARY CONCERNS.

WELL, ONE QUICK QUESTION, SIR. YES. YOU SAID SOUTHERN NEVADA, SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT.

CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY FIRE CONSORTIUM IS WHO GAVE US THIS LETTER? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT IS A WIDER BODY OF MULTIPLE AGENCIES.

AND AS YOU KNOW, IN THE SPIRIT OF FIRST RESPONSE, THERE IS VARIOUS DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THEMSELVES TO OFFER SERVICES AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SPECIFIC RESPONDING UNIT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

AT FIRST IT WILL BE THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE A GREATER NEED FOR RESOURCES, THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO THE CONSORTIUM, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A WIDER SWATH OF ENTITIES.

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THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. AGAIN, FOR THE HIGHWAY 89 IMPROVEMENTS, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS SUBMITTED TO PUBLIC WORKS AND TO AID FOR REVIEW.

THE TIA DID NOTE THAT THE UNDERGROUND BACKGROUND TRAFFIC EXISTING AS IS TODAY, WARRANTS A LEFT TURN LANE AT THIS INTERSECTION.

WITH THE REQUEST FOR THIS SUBDIVISION, THE DEVELOPER HAS NOTED THAT THEY WILL BE DOING A LEFT TURN LANE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AT THIS INTERSECTION. CRASH DATA ALSO REPRESENTED AT THIS INTERSECTION.

THERE'S BEEN FIVE CRASHES TWO OF WHICH WAS NOTED IN THE TIA COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD THERE BEEN A LEFT TURN LANE AT THIS INTERSECTION.

THE INTERSECTION WILL BE SYMMETRICAL, WIDENING.

AS NOTED BY MATT, WITH SPECIFIC DISTANCES FOR THE TAPER, STORAGE AND GAP LANES ALL TOGETHER.

SO IT WILL FIT WITHIN THE EXISTING ADA RIGHT OF WAY AND WILL MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY ADOT.

THE OTHER THING, AS NOTED BY AXEL, WAS WE DID INITIALLY REQUEST TWO EMERGENCY ACCESS POINTS OFF OF HIGHWAY 89 AND THAT REQUEST WAS DENIED.

THEY ONLY GRANTED ONE EMERGENCY ACCESS OFF 89 INTO THE SUBDIVISION AS WELL.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ROADWAY WIDENING? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THIS? NO, I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER QUICK SLIDE OF WHAT WE EXPLAINED IN OUR LATEST LETTER.

BUT DO REPRESENT SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS ALWAYS DONE FOR ALL OF THEIR PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE THINK IT REPRESENTS, YOU KNOW, THE INTEGRITY OF THE APPLICANT AND DEMONSTRATES, YOU KNOW, WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH HERE WHEN WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU.

AND WE THINK THAT IT, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL HELP, WILL HELP. SO AS EXPLAINED EARLIER, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 10% DISCOUNT TO ALL CURRENT FORMER US ARMED FORCE MEMBERS THAT EXTENDS TO THE COAST GUARD AS WELL, OF COURSE.

AND CLOSING COSTS WILL BE COVERED FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS.

YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO COMMITTED TO USING LOCAL RESOURCES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT.

THEY USE LOCAL EXPERTS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, LOCAL MATERIALS, LOCAL RENTED EQUIPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION.

AND WE SEE THIS AS ANOTHER EXTENSION OF THE GENERAL PROGRESS FORWARD OF THE COUNTY.

AND WE SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT THAT WILL HELP.

IN THE SAME SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT IS NOT ASKING OR WILL NOT INCUR ANY COSTS TO THE COUNTY.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT WILL PROVIDE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS TO THE COUNTY, BOTH THROUGH, YOU KNOW, TAX REVENUE AS WELL AS GENERAL INCREASE IN POPULATION AND FOLKS IN THE AREA THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE AREA AND SPENDING MONEY HERE.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND SOMETHING THAT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND TO A DECENT EXTENT, AND WE ALSO DO HAVE A LARGER EXHIBIT OVER THERE, WHICH IS HIDDEN IN THE CORNER.

BUT THIS EXHIBIT ALSO JUST DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF SHOWING WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

AND, AND MATT IS CORRECT THAT THE BLUE AREAS THAT YOU SEE HERE DO ALIGN WITH THE 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN THAT EXISTS IN THIS AREA.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING ARE SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR THIS ENTIRE AREA.

AND THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS AS A WHOLE WILL OFFER STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND WILL OVERALL NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS AREA, BUT THE ENTIRE KIRKLAND CREEK REGION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER.

AS I SAID BEFORE, I HAVE DRAFT RIPARIAN PROTECTION RESTRICTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW THEM.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THAT WOULD BE PROHIBITED CONSTRUCTION OF ANY BUILDINGS, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES OR IMPERVIOUS SURFACES.

ALTERATION OF NATURAL DRAINAGE PATTERNS, REMOVAL OF NATIVE RIPARIAN VEGETATION.

INSTALLING FENCING WALLS OR BARRIERS THAT IMPEDE NATURAL FLOW OR WILDLIFE MOVEMENTS, AND STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF MATERIALS OR DEBRIS.

WE ALSO ARE YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO PROHIBIT LIVESTOCK AND THE RIPARIAN PROTECTION AREAS, AND WE ARE MAKING IT A MANDATORY FUNCTION OF THE HOA TO ENFORCE THESE REGULATIONS.

AND WE INTEND TO WE INTEND TO PROTECT THESE AREAS.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT AS A WHOLE, THESE WILL NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, OFFER A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE PROJECT,

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AND ALSO, I'D BE WONDERING HOW WOULD THESE SEPTIC SYSTEMS INTERFERE AND GET INTO THIS RIVER FLOW? YES, THOSE ARE BOTH GREAT QUESTIONS. AND I'LL IF I'VE GOT LASER HERE, THERE WE GO.

SO FROM A FROM AN ACCESS POINT THERE IS YOUR CONCERN IS IS WELL FOUNDED.

BUT WE DO HAVE PLANS TO ADDRESS IT. SO SPECIFICALLY WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES HERE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO EGRESS FROM THIS POINT, IN THE SAME SENSE THAT ALL OF THESE FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO EGRESS HERE, AS WELL AS ALL THESE FOLKS HERE WILL BE ABLE TO EGRESS THIS WAY.

THE CONCERN THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED IS POTENTIALLY IN RELATION TO THE FOLKS BACK HERE.

BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT FOR THIS SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, CHANNEL THAT OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, A VERY SIGNIFICANT EVENT YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CROSS THAT. AND WE ALSO JUST GENERALLY RECOGNIZE THAT IN ARIZONA, IN A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE WASHES THAT ARE DRY FOR 99% OF THE TIME THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THERE IS FLOWING WATER THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T BE WANTING TO CROSS. BUT WE GENERALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO POSE A HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK LONG TERM, AND THAT WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO ADDRESS IT AS NEEDED.

AND SCOTT, YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? YEAH. JUST TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THAT COMMENT.

THE DRAINAGE REPORT THAT WAS SUBMITTED, SIZE STRUCTURES FOR THE 100 YEAR EVENT.

SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY WATER OVERFLOWING THESE ROADS IN THE EVENT OF A LARGE RAINFALL EVENT.

NOW, OF COURSE, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EVENT LARGER THAN A 100 YEAR EVENT.

RIGHT. BUT WE GENERALLY BELIEVE THAT AS DESIGNED, WE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR THE MAJORITY OF, YOU KNOW, PREDICTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND AS EVERYONE KNOWS HERE IN ARIZONA, THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE THAT SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT SIZED APPROPRIATELY. BUT AS, WE'VE DEMONSTRATED WITH KIND OF THE REPORTS WHICH I HAVE COPIES OF AS WELL, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, FROM A HIGH DEGREE OF ENGINEERING UNCERTAINTY AS PROPOSED, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS.

I WAS JUST HERE IN 83. SO YES. AND WE'VE BEEN IN A LONG DROUGHT.

AND I COVER HOLDEN, AND WE HAVE AN AREA ON FEATHER MOUNTAIN THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED, AND WE GET CONSTANT COMPLAINTS OF WHEN IT RAINS.

I CAN'T GET OUT. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY MUCH FAMILIAR ALSO WITH, YOU KNOW, THE EVENTS OF 89, 91 AND 92, IN PHOENIX, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD SIGNIFICANT FLOWS IN THE SALT RIVER THAT WASHED OUT VERY SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ESSENTIALLY STRANDED EVERYBODY IN TEMPE FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS.

AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT TYPE OF A SITUATION HERE BECAUSE AS WE'VE EXPLAINED, FOR THOSE GENERAL STANDARD 100 YEAR OR LESS EVENTS THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURES IN PLACE THAT WILL ALLOW FOLKS TO EGRESS SAFELY.

AND ALL THIS STUFF. YES. AND THEN ON THE SEPTIC ISSUE SO WE GENERALLY BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, SEPTIC SYSTEMS ARE MODERN SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAT ARE WELL MAINTAINED DO NOT POSE WATER QUALITY RISKS TO THE GENERAL AREA. AND WE ALSO GENERALLY BELIEVE AND WE'LL GET TO THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, THAT IN THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION, THE PROPERTY ACTUALLY PRESENTS A FAR MORE SIGNIFICANT RISK TO WATER QUALITY AND GENERAL ECOSYSTEM HEALTH.

AS IT'S SET OUT. AND THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE THAT IS FLOOD IRRIGATED WITHIN RIPARIAN AREAS, WITHIN AREAS THAT DIRECTLY FLOW INTO KIRKLAND CREEK, AND THAT BY RETIRING THOSE ACREAGES AND PREVENTING THAT TYPE OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE, THAT IS GENERALLY THE MOST INEFFICIENT WAYS TO, TO IRRIGATE NOWADAYS.

THAT WE WILL WE WILL IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALSO GONE OUT AND DONE VARIOUS GEOTECHNICAL WORK.

WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WATER QUALITY EXPERTS. LOOK AT OUR SEPTIC SYSTEM PLANS AND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ARE CONFIDENT FROM A HIGH DEGREE OF ENGINEERING CERTAINTY THAT THERE WILL NOT BE AN ADVERSE IMPACT TO KIRKLAND CREEK BECAUSE OF OF THE PROLIFERATION OF THOSE SYSTEMS. AND GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES DOWN TO THE FACT THAT ON A WHOLE, THIS PROJECT IS STILL A VERY RURAL PROJECT. AND FROM A DENSITY PERSPECTIVE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FAR MORE SIGNIFICANT WATER QUALITY IMPACTS FROM LIVESTOCK NATURAL, YOU KNOW, NATURAL SOURCES WILDLIFE THAN YOU WILL HAVE FROM THE AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE OPERATE IN SEPTIC SYSTEMS IN THIS AREA, 192 SEPTICS IS NOT IS GOING TO BE BETTER THAN A COUPLE COWS.

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THANK YOU. AND AS YOU MAY BE AWARE THESE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES WITH LIVESTOCK ARE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN THE VERDE RIVER SYSTEM AND OTHER PLACES IN ARIZONA, AND HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF FEDERAL LITIGATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE TYPE OF IMPACTS, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DEGRADATION TO WATER QUALITY AS WELL AS OTHER ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIPARIAN SYSTEMS. WELL, I REPRESENT THE AREA.

I'M OUT IN THE AREA ALL THE TIME AND IT'S A COUPLE COWS.

BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. AND WE AREN'T HERE TO SUGGEST THAT CURRENT LAND USES ARE A PROBLEM IN ANY SENSE.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS, IS ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT WE FIND AND WE SEE ON THIS PROPERTY THAT EXIST TODAY.

AND SPECIFICALLY, WE THINK THAT WE ARE FORWARD LOOKING, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT CAUSES ANY ADDITIONAL IMPACTS OR ANY GREATER HARMS TO THE REGION. AND WE THINK THAT ON A BALANCE, THIS PROJECT AS A WHOLE WILL IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, REDUCE WATER DEMANDS AND WILL GREATLY IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OF THE REGION.

AND ONE OF THE KEY DETAILS AND IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THAT IS THE RETIREMENT OF THIS IRRIGATED FARMLAND.

AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE ON THIS EXHIBIT HERE.

BUT, SCOTT, IF YOU WANTED TO GRAB THE MORE DEMONSTRATIVE EXAMPLE, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THAT BASICALLY PERPENDICULAR WITH ALL THESE GREEN LINES HERE, THERE ARE CANALS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THOSE IRRIGATION FEATURES TELL YOU THAT THIS FIELD, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THE ACREAGE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY AND THE WATER DEMANDS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WERE THAT WERE PRESENTING.

BUT WHAT THESE INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES SHOW YOU IS THAT THIS FIELD FOR A LONG TIME HAS BEEN FLOOD IRRIGATED.

AND IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE BIT OFF SCREEN HERE YOU WILL SEE A IMPOUNDMENT THAT IS USED OR WAS USED TO RETAIN GROUNDWATER THAT WAS PUMPED FROM THE WELL THAT WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, DEDICATING OR MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO FLOOD THESE CANALS AND THEN IRRIGATE THIS FIELD. AND OUR CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES ARE THAT THAT USED ABOUT 168 ACRE FEET A YEAR, THAT WATER DEMAND IS FAR AND ABOVE WHAT THE MAXIMUM WATER DEMAND OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE AT BUILD OUT, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 36 ACRE FEET.

THOSE FIGURES ARE BASED ON THE WATER DEMAND CALCULATORS AND OTHER REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.

AND AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, IT WAS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY EXCLUDED IN OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE THIS MORNING, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY SIGNED INTO LAW YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE.

THERE IS A BEEN A NEW BILL IN ARIZONA THAT ALLOWS FOR AG TO URBAN CONVERSIONS OF WATER USE.

BUT THE GENERAL OVERALL POINT OF THAT BILL IS THAT DOWN IN PHOENIX, THEY ARE GOING TO NOW ALLOW RURAL AGRICULTURAL WATER USERS TO CONVERT THEIR DEMAND TO RESIDENTIAL DEMANDS.

THEY ALSO THEN SET OUT A FACTOR FOR HOW THEY CALCULATE HOW MUCH WATER WILL BE SAVED.

AND THE CONVERSION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY SAVING OVER 168 ACRE FEET FOR AT MOST 36 ACRE FEET, IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THOSE STANDARDS SET OUT.

SO WHAT THIS EXHIBIT HERE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES TO THE BOARD IS THAT THIS PROJECT WILL REDUCE STRAIN ON THIS AQUIFER. IT WILL REDUCE GROUNDWATER PUMPING AND IT WILL IMPROVE WATER CONSERVATION AND VICE CHAIR, TO ALSO LINK THIS BACK TO SEPTIC TANKS. PROPERLY MAINTAINED SEPTIC TANKS DO STILL DISCHARGE WATER INTO THEIR GENERAL ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WATER QUALITY AND MAINTENANCE, BUT IT ALSO SERVES AS A POINT OF RECHARGE FOR THE UNDERLYING AQUIFER AND WILL RESULT IN MORE BASE FLOWS IN KIRKLAND CREEK.

AND SO WHAT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY, AGAIN, PROPOSING HERE IS GOING FROM A VERY INEFFICIENT SURFACE WATER, SORRY, THEIR IRRIGATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT WATER PUMPING AND LOSSES DUE TO EVAPORATION AND OTHER OTHER ISSUES,

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I'VE JUST GOT TO DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. IF YOUR SEPTIC SYSTEMS ARE RECHARGING YOUR AQUIFER, I THINK YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER HOOP TO JUMP THROUGH.

SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR.

IN THIS INSTANCE SPECIFICALLY WE BELIEVE THAT THE AQUIFER IN THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION IS RELATIVELY SHALLOW.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY RECHARGING THE AQUIFER DIRECTLY FROM SEPTIC OUTFLOW.

BUT WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IS YOU WILL BE HAVING THAT WATER FLOW INTO THE ALLUVIAL SYSTEM OF THIS AREA, WHICH THEN WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT BASE FLOWS IN THIS REACH OF KIRKLAND CREEK.

AND THEN ONCE YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL BASE FLOWS IN KIRKLAND CREEK FROM, YOU KNOW, THE FLOW OF THIS WATER OUT OF THE ALLUVIUM, YOU WILL THEN SEE ADDITIONAL RECHARGE LATER ON IN THE SYSTEM AS THAT WATER PERCOLATES THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND ACTUALLY INFILTRATES LATER ON.

AS IT MOVES DOWN THE REACH OF KIRKLAND CREEK.

SO YOU ARE CORRECT THAT MY EXPLANATION WAS NOT COMPLETELY ACCURATE, BUT FOR THE YOU KNOW, THE POINT OF BREVITY, WE BELIEVE THAT AS A GENERAL MATTER OF FACT, THIS ENTIRE PROJECT WILL ULTIMATELY RESULT IN MORE RECHARGE TO THE AREA AND WATER CONSERVATION. I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M SORRY, AND I'M NOT TAKING AWAY ANY OF YOUR TIME.

I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW MANY MORE SLIDES DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE? WHERE ARE WE AT WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

AND I DO NOT HAVE A NUMBER ON THESE SLIDES, SO I THINK WE'VE GOT MAYBE 5 OR 6 MORE.

BUT IF YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING TAKING A BREAK, I HAVE NO ISSUE.

TAKING A BREAK AND RESTARTING. NO, IT ISN'T ABOUT US TAKING A BREAK.

IT'S IT'S THE GREEN SHEETS WE HAVE THAT WE STILL.

WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, AND SO ANYWAY, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.

NO, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE FOR THIS. I UNDER NO WORRIES, I UNDERSTAND.

AND I WILL SPEED UP A LITTLE BIT AND COVER THE LAST FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS.

JUST REAL QUICK. SO THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS WON'T AFFECT THE WATER QUALITY, BUT THEY WILL BE RECHARGING THE AQUIFER.

YEAH. YES. SUPERVISOR. BUT SPECIFICALLY, IT'S OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE OF THE WATERSHED. AND WHAT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT IS THAT AS YOU REDUCE GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS AND YOU INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS IN THE ALLUVIUM, YOU THEN HAVE NATURAL ADDITIONAL BASE FLOW DISCHARGE INTO KIRKLAND CREEK OR EVEN INTO THE SUB FLOW OF KIRKLAND CREEK, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AS EVERYONE'S AWARE, IN ARIZONA, YOU HAVE THESE WATER CHANNELS THAT ARE GENERALLY DRY OR AT LEAST APPEAR TO BE DRY, BUT YOU STILL HAVE WATER THAT'S FLOWING UNDERGROUND.

RIGHT? AND AS THAT WATER FLOWS, IT MOVES DOWN THOSE CHANNELS.

PART OF THAT WILL THEN INFILTRATE, EVENTUALLY INTO THE AQUIFER.

SO IT'S KIND OF AN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE THAT IT'S NOT DIRECTLY FROM, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF DISCHARGES INITIALLY RECHARGING, BUT IT WILL RECHARGE AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE WATERSHED.

AND IT IS A HOW DEEP IS THE STATIC WATER LEVEL UNDER THIS PROPERTY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. YOU CAN BALLPARK IT.

I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE 98FT. AND SO PRETTY CLOSE TO THE TOP.

CORRECT. AND WE HAVE LOOKED VERY EXTENSIVELY AT THE WATER RESOURCES IN THIS AREA, AND AS PART OF THE MATERIALS THAT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A SUMMARY AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL REPORTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH THAT SUMMARY THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT THE WATER DEMAND FOR THE SUBDIVISION, IF, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW, IT WAS FULLY BUILT OUT A 100 YEAR DEMAND, WHICH IS A STANDARD THAT IS USED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.

YOU WOULD HAVE A DRAWDOWN OF THE AQUIFER BY LESS THAN FOUR FEET.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO GO BACK TO KIND OF SOME OF THE EARLIER POINTS THAT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSED HERE.

WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IN ITS OF ITSELF AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO REDUCE THE CURRENT WATER USE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLIES AVAILABLE, BECAUSE IF YOU ALSO THAT LOOK AT THE THICKNESS OF THAT AQUIFER YOU KNOW, A REDUCTION OF FOUR FEET IS NOT GETTING YOU ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM.

YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT THEN, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL WATER RESOURCES THERE THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

CERTAINLY THERE ARE OTHER USES. BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT THIS PROJECT WILL REDUCE CURRENT DEMAND AND WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE WATER RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST 100 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.

YOU MEAN CURRENT POTENTIAL DEMAND BECAUSE THERE'S NO DEMAND RIGHT NOW.

WELL, THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. WHEN I REFER TO OTHER DEMAND, I REFER TO OTHER DEMAND IN THE GENERAL AREA AND THERE IS EXISTING DEMAND.

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AS EVERYONE IS WELL AWARE, THIS WAS AN OPERATING RANCH FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THERE IS NOTHING TO PRECLUDE THAT FROM CONTINUING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS IRRIGATED FIELDS IN PLACE.

THERE IS IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS PROJECT AS A WAY TO RETIRE THAT ACREAGE AND REMOVE THOSE DEMANDS FROM THE SYSTEM. AND, YOU KNOW, AND AS PART OF THAT SERIOUS COMMITMENT, WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO EXTINGUISH AND BREACH ALL EXISTING STOCK, PONDS AND WATER RIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND WHILE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE AN IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT STOCK PONDS IS THAT YOU CAN FILL THEM UP AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT UNDER ARIZONA LAW. AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT BREACHING THESE STOCK BONDS, RETIRING THESE WATER RIGHTS WILL ALLOW MORE WATER TO FLOW INTO KIRKLAND CREEK, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY MOVE THROUGH WATERSHED, INCREASE WATER AVAILABILITY AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. SO THIS IS JUST A BIT OF A MORE DIRECT SUMMARY OF WHAT THE WATER RESOURCES AND LINKS IT BACK TO THE YAVAPAI SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. AND SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, TIES AND GIVES YOU A, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATIVE SHOWING THAT THIS PROJECT AS A WHOLE COMPLIES WITH YOUR REGULATIONS AND IN FACT, IS ACTUALLY AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE STATUS QUO.

HERE IS JUST ANOTHER SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT KIND OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ASPECT AND BENEFITS OF OF COMING BEFORE THE THE BOARD HERE TO, TO ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT. THE APPLICANT IS COMMITTED TO MOVING THROUGH THE OFFICIAL CHANNELS.

THE APPLICANT HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS TO THIS PROJECT AS IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED TO ADDRESS BOTH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY. COUNTY AND COMMISSIONER CONCERNS.

WE THINK THAT IN ITS CURRENT FORM, IT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT A TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO UNDER LAW.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE COMMITTED TO A PROJECT THAT PROVIDES REAL BENEFIT AND REAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE AREA.

AND WE THINK THAT WE'VE DONE THAT IN A LOT OF WAYS.

AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO GOING CONTINUING ON THAT PROCESS AS WE MOVE TO A FINAL PLAT.

AND TO ADDRESS MR. VICE CHAIR CONCERNS, PART OF THAT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING WORK TO IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN ROOT OR CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL FIRE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF SUPPLY IN OTHER AREAS OF THE PROJECT.

AT THE MOMENT, WE THINK THAT STILL REQUIRES SOME ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING WORK.

AND SO WE BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT AS PART OF THE FINAL PLAT PROCESS.

SO THIS IS OUR FINAL SLIDE CHAIR. AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THE ADDITIONAL OTHER CONDITIONS AND CC&RS AND RESTRICTIONS.

THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF OTHER DETAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT AND PROPOSAL THAT'S NOT BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY, BUT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN OTHER PROCEEDINGS, SPECIFICALLY IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THERE WERE CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL USE RESTRICTIONS, PROHIBIT PROHIBITING LOT SPLITS, MOBILE HOMES, FIREWISE STANDARDS, ETC.. I HAVE DRAFTS OF ALL THESE CC&RS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW.

AS YOU KNOW, GENERALLY AWARE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE GENERALLY LEFT TO BE DETERMINED BETWEEN PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT.

BUT WE'VE COMMITTED TO EXPLAINING OUR POSITION ON ALL OF THESE NOW, TO SHOW THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROJECT NOT ONLY COMPLIES WITH ESTABLISHED STANDARDS, BUT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO TO SHOW THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS THE BOARD HAS SOME QUESTIONS AT ALL OR WE'RE GOOD TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK. WE I GUESS WE DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND WE'LL WE'LL TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'RE COMING BACK AND WE'RE DOING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WELL WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY. IT'S 1:36 IN THE AFTERNOON CONSIDERING THE TIME WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE DOING BEEN DOING VERY WELL.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE. SO WE WILL MOVE NOW OVER TO THE VICE CHAIR.

WE ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR HEARING ON THIS ITEM.

WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS, PRESENTATIONS AND QUESTIONS.

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CHAIR. THANK YOU, CLAUDETTE HAVERFORD. AND JUST TO, WE HAVE TWO MINUTES.

TWO MINUTES UP HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. CLAUDETTE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. GOOD AFTERNOON TO CHAIR.

VICE CHAIR.

DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S ON. NOW, THE GREEN LIGHTS ON AGAIN.

CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND THE BOARD. MY NAME IS CLAUDETTE HAVOC FIELD DENOISE SPEAKING FIRST.

SO SORRY FOR THE NOISE. SO MY NAME IS CLAUDETTE HAVERFORD AND I AM A PROPERTY OWNER IN SKULL VALLEY.

AND I ALSO OWN THE SEVEN SPEAR CATTLE RANCH OUT OF SKULL VALLEY.

IT'S ABOUT ROUGHLY 115MI². SO I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD AS A BOARD SUPERVISOR FOR TRIANGLE NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS AND HOW I OPPOSE THIS DEVELOPMENT.

FIRST OFF IS WATER. THE WATER IS NOT PART OF THE SKULL VALLEY AQUIFER.

I WANT TO STATE THAT THIS WATER HAS HAS BEEN DEPLETED.

I'M HAULING WATER TO FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON MY RANCH, TWO OF WHICH ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE WILHOIT SUBDIVISION.

WE'RE HAULING WATER EVERY DAY TO TAKE CARE OF THE WILDLIFE AND THE LIVESTOCK.

WATER IS LIFE. SO WHEN THE WATER IS DEPLETED WAY UP INTO COPPER BASIN, RESIDENTS IN COPPER BASIN, WHICH ARE ABOUT NINE AND A HALF MILES, ARE ACTUALLY HAULING WATER BECAUSE THEIR WELLS HAVE GONE DRY.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT PUTTING 194 WELLS, 194 SEPTICS ON THIS LOW LINE, LET'S JUST THINK OF IT LIKE THIS. WE'RE PUTTING 194 FOUR STRAWS IN A GLASS.

THEY START SUCKING IT OUT. WHAT HAPPENS? IT DRIES UP.

THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW BECAUSE WE ARE IN A DROUGHT.

A MONSOON ISN'T GOING TO BRING US OUT. SO THERE IS A SUBDIVISION IN PRESCOTT THAT HAS RAN OUT OF WATER AND PEOPLE ARE HAULING IT.

SO IS THIS GOING TO BECOME A DEVELOPMENT THAT GETS OVERBUILT, ABANDONED AND SITS THERE WITH NOTHING.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR LOTS OF REASONS.

THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE CROSSING THE RIPARIAN AREA, AS A BOARD MEMBER OF NRCD.

WHAT'S THAT GOING TO DO? THERE'S A CHIP SEAL THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE RIPARIAN.

WE ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH THE KIRKLAND CREEK PROJECT BECAUSE OF SEDIMENT AND EROSION.

THANK YOU AGAIN. I STRONGLY OPPOSE. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] RENEE HAUS.

RENEE HAUS . I'M A RESIDENT OF KIRKLAND, AND I DID HAVE SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO READ, BUT.

WOW. AFTER LISTENING TO THEIR PRESENTATION, THE IMPLICATION THAT RANCHING CAUSES MORE ISSUES WITH WATER QUALITY AND PROTECTION OF THE LAND. I FIND THAT QUITE OFFENSIVE.

I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY DO KNOW THEIR AUDIENCE.

THE OTHER THING THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 194 SEPTICS, AND HE'S SAYING IT'S GOING TO RECHARGE THE GROUNDWATER.

YOU WERE SPOT ON. I HAVE A LETTER FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKAGE.

I RAISE THOSE QUESTIONS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND THEY SAID, YES, YOU HAVE VALID CONCERNS BECAUSE OF THE SHALLOW WATER.

I HOPE THAT IS IN YOUR PACKAGE. AND THEY ALSO SAID THAT WE SHOULD COME TO THIS MEETING AND EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS, THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO US AND 194 INDIVIDUAL WELLS.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WILHOIT RUNS OUT OF WATER AND YOU'VE APPROVED THIS PROJECT? WHO ARE THEY GOING TO COME TO? THERE'S NO CITY OF SCOTTSDALE TO HAUL THEIR WATER LIKE THEY DID AT RIO VERDE.

IT'S REAL, AND IT'S A TRUE THING THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY IN ARIZONA.

IT'S NOT TEN YEARS FROM NOW. IT'S NOT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

SO WE ASK THAT YOU DENY THIS PROJECT? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. LES FULLERTON.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. OF COURSE. NAME IS LES FULLERTON.

I'M A RESIDENT OF SKULL VALLEY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

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WE, THE RESIDENTS, VOTED FOR YOU, NOT THE DEVELOPERS THAT NORMALLY LIVE IN PHOENIX.

OKAY. THESE DEVELOPERS ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN MAKING MONEY, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL, AND DON'T CARE ONE BIT OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THE AREA AFTER THEY HAVE FILLED THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS AND LEAVE.

THEY'RE GONE. THEY DON'T CARE. I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD AND MANY YEARS.

WAS ON CALL 24/7 365, WORKING HUGE AMOUNTS OF OVERTIME IN ORDER TO LIVE WHERE I DO.

OKAY. AND WE HAVE PROUD RESIDENTS THERE THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS SINCE THE 1800S.

OKAY. AT THE LAST MEETING. THE FOUR THAT VOTED AGAINST US. I HAVE TO PLAGIARIZE.

AND SIGHT FROM AN OLD FILM. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE. THESE DEVELOPERS HAVE NO REGARD FOR THE AREA.

OUR WATER ISSUES ARE OVERLOADED. VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I WAS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN, SO I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THERE. WHEN WE'RE RESPONDING, YOU KNOW, TO THINGS LIKE THE RAILROAD DECIDING TO GRIND THE TRACKS IN JULY AND WE ARE FIGHTING THE FIRES THAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A WATER CAR THAT SPRAYS THE TRACKS. BUT THE STEEL IS SO HOT, THE FIRES ARE CREATED AFTER THEY'RE GONE.

OKAY? WE DO NOT WANT THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA TO BECOME WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE PRESCOTT VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE COUNTIES. OKAY, THIS IS THE FOURTH MEETING ABOUT THIS, AND EACH TIME IS FOR THEIR FINANCIAL GAIN.

AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE NO REGARD FOR THE IMPACT THEIR DEVELOPMENT WOULD CAUSE TO THIS AREA AND ITS RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU SIR. SIR, YOU'RE AT TWO MINUTES, BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. [APPLAUSE] TOM RIGDON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR.

MY NAME IS TOM RIGDON FROM KIRKLAND. JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT PIECE OF GROUND THAT HOUSTON WAS IRRIGATED IN MY 62 YEARS, IT'S NEVER BEEN IRRIGATED. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I'D LIKE TO READ A LETTER FROM MY AUNT, WHO IS A RETIRED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN SOUTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

MY FAMILY OWNS THE RIGDON RANCH IN KIRKLAND, WHERE I GREW UP.

IT WAS STARTED BY MY GRANDFATHER IN 1902, AND HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL COW CALF OPERATION FOR OVER 120 YEARS.

OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY BORDERS RANCHO SANTA YNEZ ON ITS SOUTH AND WEST SIDE.

KIRKLAND CREEK IS PART OF THE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

IT IS A PROTECTED SURFACE WATER AND TRIBUTARY OF THE BILL WILLIAMS RIVER.

AS A PERENNIAL WATER, IT RUNS INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH RANCHO SANTA YNEZ FROM RIGDON RANCH AND THEN CONTINUES AGAIN THROUGH RIGDON RANCH, THEN THE VA BAR RANCH AND SQUARE M RANCH, EVENTUALLY MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH MANY OTHER RANCHES TO THE BILL WILLIAMS RIVER, RIGDON RANCH, RANCHO SANTA YNEZ, AND THE VA BARR RANCH ALL HAVE REGISTERED STOCK RIGHTS IN THE WATERS OF KIRKLAND CREEK.

THE SQUARE M RANCH HAS REGISTERED IRRIGATION RIGHTS IN ADDITION TO STOCK WATER RIGHTS.

THESE WATER RIGHTS ARE LEGALLY ESTABLISHED AND SUPERIOR RIGHT TO THE USE OF THE WATER AND VITAL COMPONENTS OF THE RANCHES THAT KIRKLAND CREEK PASSES THROUGH.

A DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIZE AND LOCATION PROPOSED FOR RANCHO SANTA YNEZ, INCLUDING ALL THE ROADS, BUILDINGS, WELLS, AND SEPTIC TANKS WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED LIKELY LOWER THE WATER LEVEL OR EVEN DRY UP KIRKLAND CREEK.

SEPTIC TANKS AND LEACH LINES NEAR THE CREEK COULD CONTAMINATE THE WATER.

CONSTRUCTION OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR BRIDGES COULD DISRUPT THE FLOW OF THE WATER.

THE EFFECT WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR ALL INVOLVED.

THE RANCHERS WHO RELY ON THE WATER FOR THEIR LIVESTOCK AND IRRIGATION, AND THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS WHOSE VERY EXISTENCE DEPENDS UPON THE WATER.

MY FAMILY AND OTHER RANCHERS ALONG KIRKLAND CREEK HAVE SPENT WELL OVER A CENTURY ENSURING THAT THE WATERS OF THE CREEK COULD CONTINUE TO RUN FREE OF POLLUTANTS AND BE RESPONSIBLY

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THERE IS A VERY REAL POTENTIAL THAT THIS HOUSING DEVELOPER WILL DESTROY ALL OF THAT.

LENGTHY AND COSTLY LITIGATION COULD RESULT IF IT CAUSES ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE CREEK AND THE LEGAL USERS OF THE WATER.

I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU DENY THE PROPOSAL BY WESTERN LAND RANCH FOR THESE REASONS.

ONE PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE NATURAL HABITAT AND RIPARIAN BEAUTY OF KIRKLAND CREEK.

AND NUMBER TWO, PROTECT THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF ITS WATER USERS.

THANK YOU SIR. ROBIN WALTER.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ROBIN WALTER. I'M AN ATTORNEY IN WICKENBURG AND PRESCOTT.

BUT MY VESTED INTEREST IS THAT WE HAVE LAND IN KIRKLAND AND SKULL VALLEY, UPON WHICH WE PLAN TO BUILD VERY SOON.

BUT I WANT TO RAISE A COUPLE OF THINGS AND TRY TO CRAM IN.

I THOUGHT WE HAD THREE MINUTES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE. YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. IT IS TWO MINUTES.

AND IF YOU WATCH THE TIMER, IT'LL READ. WE'RE DONE, BUT GO AHEAD.

OKAY. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE APPLICANT, I COUNTED 13 TIMES.

HE SAID WE BELIEVE, WE BELIEVE, WE BELIEVE, WE BELIEVE.

THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY DISCONNECTED FROM ANY BASIS, IN FACT FOR WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, BUT BY A SERENDIPITOUS EVENT.

AND THE ONLY REASON I MENTIONED THAT I'M AN ATTORNEY IS THAT I WENT TO THE SKULL VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETING LAST NIGHT, A DEPARTMENT WHERE I PLAN TO JOIN VERY SOON. AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF WHAT THE APPLICANT SAID AT THE LAST MEETING WAS CORRECT, AND THAT IS THAT THEY HAD THE THEY HAD THE BACKING OF THE SKULL VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT NOW IN ADDITION TO THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI THING.

BUT THEY MENTIONED SKULL VALLEY. SO I WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE CASE.

AND THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR, LIKE WE TAKE NO POSITION ON THIS.

WE'RE NOT FOR IT AGAINST IT PERSONALLY, I KNOW WHERE THEY STAND, BUT WE CAN'T PUBLICLY TAKE A STAND AGAIN.

BUT WE MADE NO STATEMENT OR ANY IMPLICATION TO THE APPLICANT THAT THEY WOULD DO SO.

AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, AT THAT MEETING, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO EXPAND THE TERRITORY OF THE SKULL VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GO UP COPPER BASIN ROAD. THEY VOTED IT DOWN. SO WE CAN'T HANDLE IT.

WE CAN'T HANDLE IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PART OF VOLUNTEER THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IN THIS THING.

I MEAN, YOU CALL SOMEBODY A FIRE DEPARTMENT. ONE GUY IS GETTING A HAIRCUT, TWO ARE ON VACATION, ONE SICK, THE OTHER ONE'S ON THE BACK OF A TRACTOR AND CAN HEAR HIS CELL PHONE.

IT'S VOLUNTEER. AND I, THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS THIS REQUEST BY VARIOUS HOMEOWNERS TO GET A LETTER FROM THE SKULL VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT STATING THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION, AND THEY WERE READY TO DO IT.

THEY DIDN'T HIRE ME AS THEIR ATTORNEY, BUT I WAITED AND I SAID, THIS IS A CRAZY IDEA. AND THEY VOTED IT DOWN. AND WHY? I SAID, THE MINUTE YOU PUT THAT IN WRITING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE SUPPRESSION SUPPORT, YOU CAN'T PULL IT BACK. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, BECAUSE OF WEATHER OR ANY OTHER REASON, YOU CAN'T GET THERE? AND GUESS WHAT? YOUR HOUSE BURNS, THE INSURANCE COMPANY PAYS THE PRICE, AND THEN THE INSURANCE COMPANY SEGREGATES AGAINST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY JUST HOOKED HIMSELF INTO AN INCREDIBLE AND RIDICULOUS LIABILITY EXPOSURE.

SO I SAY THAT TO SANTA YNEZ. I'M SORRY. THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU MAY WANT TO RECONSIDER YOUR COMMITMENT TO DO THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE HANGING YOURSELF OUT FOR LIABILITY.

THANK YOU. SIR. [APPLAUSE] PEEPLES VALLEY FIRE CAPTAIN RAY PAIZ .

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. CAPTAIN RAY PAIZ, PEEPLES VALLEY FIRE.

EXCUSE ME. RAY PAIZ, PEEPLES VALLEY FIRE PREVENTION SPECIALIST AND WEAVER MOUNTAIN'S FIREWISE COMMUNITIES LEAD COORDINATOR.

I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AS SUCCINCTLY AS I CAN.

MINIMUM STANDARDS DO NOT EQUATE TO ADEQUATE. THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.

AND WE ALL KNOW AS EVIDENCED BY WHAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY ALREADY ON THE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SLIDES.

AND YOU ARE ALL EDUCATED TO THIS ADEQUACY COMES FROM YOUR JUDGMENT, NOT FROM THE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT WERE PRESENTED BY OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THAT WERE ABSENT HERE. THOSE ARE THE FIRE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE REPRESENTING THAT AREA.

NOW THIS DEVELOPER CHOSE TO CHERRY PICK DEPARTMENTS TO WORK WITH.

I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE'S VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT ADJACENT TO THAT DEVELOPMENT AS I STATED EARLIER, SHOULD HAVE A SPHERE OF INFLUENCE ON THAT. WE WERE NEVER GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT.

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SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES, AS EVIDENCED BY THE CONTRACT THAT IS NOW SIGNED BY THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE CONTRACT AS WE SEE IT, REALLY IS INADEQUATE.

THEY DON'T MEET NFPA 1720 STANDARDS. THEY DON'T MEET SOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE STANDARDS.

AND THEY CERTAINLY AREN'T GOING TO ENFORCE THE INTERNATIONAL WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE CODE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DO JUST THAT OR THE EXPERIENCE TO DO THAT.

AND THEREFORE, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ISSUES, MY TIME IS UP.

SO I'M GOING TO END IT VERY QUICKLY. THE PEOPLE'S VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT STANDS OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THE INADEQUACY OF FIRE PROTECTION.

THANK YOU SIR. DOUG HALLS.

CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THE SKULL WILHOIT FIRE DEPARTMENT, NONE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS THERE HAVE AN AMBULANCE. OKAY.

THERE IS NO AMBULANCE IN THE AREA. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MADE CLEAR TO EACH OF YOU.

SO YOU UNDERSTAND. OKAY. WHY ARE WE LIVING HERE? THE COMMUNITY HAS REPEATEDLY BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE DEFICIENCY OF THE PLAN.

AND THE FRAUDULENT LETTERS PRESENTED TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN REGARD TO FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

FORMER SUPERVISOR OBERG HAD SPOKE TO APS PREVIOUSLY, AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY HAD ENOUGH AVAILABLE CAPACITY TO SERVE ABOUT 20 MORE HOMES.

IS IT GOING TO BE THE 21ST OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY? THE DEVELOPER HAS NEVER SUBMITTED TO APS A PLAN, SO APS COULD GET THEM A PRICE ON WHAT IT WOULD BE TO HAVE AVAILABLE CAPACITY TO SERVE THE ENTIRE SOME DIVISION. ONE HAS TO ASK, IS THE DEVELOPER THINKING THEY ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS FINAL PLAT APPROVAL WITH SIMPLY AN APS LETTER TO SERVE AND LEAVE THE UNSUSPECTING BUYERS OF THEIR LOTS LEFT TO CARRY THE COST OF GETTING ELECTRICAL SERVICE.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS CLAUDETTE HAVERFORD, TOMMIE RIGDON, KATHY MONTGOMERY HAVE ALL SPOKEN ABOUT WELLS AND SPRINGS GOING DRY IN THE AREA.

DIANE BRAUN OF WILHOIT SPOKE OF THE ACME WATER COMPANY'S WELL GOING DRY AND WILHOIT GOES ON WATER RESTRICTIONS EACH SUMMER.

THE KIRKLAND MINE HAD TO DO AN EXTENSIVE WATER STUDY WITH MODELING.

WHY ON EARTH WOULD WE ALLOW THIS DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITHIN AN INADEQUATE WATER STATEMENT? THE EFFECT OF 196 WELLS ON KIRKLAND CREEK AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES COULD BE DEVASTATING.

THE HYDROLOGY REPORT THE DEVELOPER REFERS TO REFERENCES THE SKULL VALLEY BASIN.

THIS PROJECT IS NOT IN THE SKULL VALLEY BASIN.

NO INDEPENDENT AGENCY HAS EVEN REVIEWED THE WATER REPORT FOR ACCURACY.

INADEQUATE WATER. REALLY? THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY.

IN REGARD TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YES, THE 124 PAGE GUIDEBOOK THE COUNTY SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS DEVELOPING.

YOU'RE AT YOUR TWO MINUTES. ONE THING. YES, SIR.

TO QUOTE SUPERVISOR OBERG. THE PROJECT DOES NOT MEET EIGHT OF THE NINE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

FORMER SUPERVISOR OBERG. [APPLAUSE] MARIE. COSENZA.

IS MARIE HERE? OPPOSED. DEBORAH PARKINSON. IT'S OKAY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, RENEE. IT'S. SHE'S OPPOSED. IT'S SIMPLE.

I GOT A LOT OF THEM, RIGHT? SHE'S OPPOSED. DANIEL SEMLER.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. DANIEL SEMLER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I TRIED TO READ SOMETHING THAT I HAD WRITTEN.

I RAN OUT OF TIME. BASICALLY, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS ABOUT FIRE PROTECTION, BECAUSE THAT IS MY EXPERTISE.

THE WILHOIT FIRE DEPARTMENT CANNOT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE NFPA STANDARD. OR INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE ASSOCIATION STANDARDS.

THEY DON'T HAVE. THEY HAVE 15 MEMBERS. TWO OF THEM ARE MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR STANDARDS FOR TRAINING.

SO ALL THE TALK ABOUT A ONE HYDRANT ON SITE FOR 194 HOMES IS RIDICULOUS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULDN'T EVEN DELIVER THAT.

INITIAL IGNITION OF A FIRE HAS TO BE SUPPRESSED WITHIN THE FIRST 5 TO 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE HOME IS INVOLVED. THEREAFTER, IT BECOMES A DEFENSIVE OPERATION, WHICH THEN FURTHER THREATENS OTHER HOMES IN A

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IF YOU DON'T HAVE WATER, YOU CAN'T DELIVER IT ANYWAY.

SO THANK YOU SIR. THAT'S IT. [APPLAUSE] KENNETH DENNING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. MY NAME IS KENNETH DENNEY, OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS KENNY DENNEY, AND I LIVE IN KIRKLAND, AND I AM A PROUD RESIDENT, AND I'M VERY ACTIVE IN MY COMMUNITY.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO DO IS HAVE ALL THESE SEPTIC SYSTEMS. I CANNOT BELIEVE AND CANNOT AGREE WITH ANYONE THAT THOSE SEPTIC SYSTEMS WILL NOT HARM THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR YEARS.

THAT CONCENTRATION OF TOXIC WATER IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US THAT LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY.

AND THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WATER USAGE, THERE ARE LAWSUITS.

AND I TRAVELED ALL OVER ARIZONA. THERE ARE LAWSUITS ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT HAVE GONE ON FOR YEARS, BECAUSE THERE IS AN INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF WATER FOR THE RESIDENTS, AND THERE'S ALWAYS DISPUTES ABOUT WHO OWNS THE WATER, WHO CAN USE THE WATER. AND THIS PROJECT IS NOT SPECIFYING ENOUGH HOW MUCH WATER THAT THESE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE AND HOW DEEP THEIR WELLS WILL BE. THIS WILL CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR THE REST OF US DOWN LOAD, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS PROJECT GO THROUGH.

I'M VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO IT. THANK YOU SIR. [APPLAUSE] BRAD RASMUSSEN BRAD.

OPPOSED. TOM RITTER. HELLO, MY NAME IS TOM RITTER AND I LIVE ON KIRKLAND CREEK. FOURTH GENERATION THERE. AND OF COURSE, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LARGE NUMBER OF WELLS AND THE SEPTICS BECAUSE OF THE WATER QUALITY. EVERY YEAR ON OUR FREE FLOWING PART OF THE KIRKLAND CREEK WE'RE ON, WE HAVE A PICNIC FOR THE SCHOOL, VALLEY SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ALL THE LITTLE KIDS COME AND FROLIC IN THE WATER AND HAVE A GOOD TIME, AND MY GRANDKIDS DO TOO.

AND I'D HATE TO HAVE TO CURTAIL THOSE KIND OF THINGS BECAUSE OF HEALTH FEARS.

ANOTHER THING, OUR PART OF KIRKLAND CREEK DOESN'T GO INTO THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER.

IT GOES ON DOWN INTO THE COLORADO RIVER. BUT I JUST AND AND HAVING ATTENDED THESE MANY MEETINGS, IT SEEMED VERY OBVIOUS THAT THE PROPONENTS ONLY REACT TO WHAT IS BROUGHT UP BY THE OPPONENTS.

AND I, THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THEIR COMMITMENT TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND I ENDORSE ALL THE OTHER STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE] DIANE BRAUN.

CHAIR AND BOARD. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DIANE BRAUN.

COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR? MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE] .

AND I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NICE TO SEE A COURTEOUS BOARD DEALING WITH DEALS THAT ARE.

YOU WERE VOTED IN BY WE THE PEOPLE. I THINK WASHINGTON, BOTH BEFORE AND PRESENT, COULD TAKE A VERY GOOD LESSON FROM YOUR CONDUCT.

WATER AVAILABILITY AND FIRE PROTECTION. THESE TWO TOPICS ARE THE CORE ISSUES AND PARAMOUNT THREATS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT KIRKLAND JUNCTION.

WATER IS LIFE. IT'S THAT SIMPLE AND ALL ENCOMPASSING.

WITHOUT WATER, EVERYTHING DIES IN WILHOIT. SEVERAL WELLS OF THE NOW DEFUNCT ACME WATER COMPANY WENT DRY THROUGH THE AREA.

RANCHERS WELL HAVE DRIED UP AND OR DRASTICALLY DECREASED OUTPUT.

YET WESTERN LAND AND RANCHES WANTS TO CREATE 194 PARCELS, WHICH WILL RESULT IN 194 INDIVIDUAL WELLS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SUBMITTING INADEQUATE WATER REPORTS.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE KIRKLAND JUNCTION JEOPARDIZE THE LONG TERM WATER SUPPLY AT THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THE REGION.

THE FUTURES OF THE PEOPLE OF WILHOIT, KIRKLAND, SKULL VALLEY, PEEPLES VALLEY, AND YARNELL SHOULD NOT BE ENDANGERED SO THAT THE OWNERS OF WESTERN LAND AND RANCHERS CAN POCKET MORE MONEY.

WILHOIT' S VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S THAT IS DEPARTMENT, NOT DISTRICT, HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, A DANGER AS PROPOSED BY THE LAWYER EARLIER.

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AT A RECENT MEETING, THE FIRE CHIEF TOLD US THAT THEIR EQUIPMENT, TRUCKS AND TENDER ARE OLD AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AND OR REPLACEMENT.

SO YOU'RE AT YOUR TWO MINUTES. CAN I DEVOTE MY TIME, WHICH I REQUESTED EARLIER? NO, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO FILL UP. BUT YOU CAN GET BACK UP AND SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. OKAY.

CAN I, WHEN I SPEAK FOR MYSELF, INCLUDE THIS IF YOU'D LIKE, SIR.

THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FREE. THANK YOU.

TRACY SERET. NO TRACY. OPPOSED. DOESN'T HAVE FIRE PROTECTION.

JUSTIN CANTON. I CLOSE. CARTER. I'M SORRY. I KNEW I COULDN'T GET THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING WITHOUT DOING THAT, AND I GOT A DOOZY NEXT TOO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS JUSTIN CARTER.

SQUARE AM RANCH, 9700 KIRKLAND VALLEY ROAD. MY FAMILY IS RANCHED IN THE AREA DOWNSTREAM ADJACENT TO KIRKLAND CREEK SINCE 1871.

I'D LIKE TO BE THE FIRST TO STATE THAT I AM AGAINST THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

IN MY OPINION, IT IS NOT SMART DEVELOPMENT FOR A RURAL COMMUNITY THAT IN NO WAY COULD SUSTAIN THE LONG TERM RAMIFICATIONS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

TWO CONCERNS OF MANY THAT I HAVE IS THE IMPACT OF THE DRAINAGE TO KIRKLAND CREEK AND INCREASED TRAFFIC THAT WOULD FURTHER IMPACT AN ALREADY BURDENED AND INADEQUATE THOMPSON VALLEY ROAD, KIRKLAND VALLEY ROAD, AND IRON SPRINGS ROAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST TALK ABOUT KIRKLAND CREEK AND THE DRAINAGE IMPACT FROM THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

KIRKLAND CREEK IS IDENTIFIED AS A RIPARIAN FOREST DUE TO THE HEAVY PRESENCE OF KIRKLAND OR COTTONWOOD TREES AND VEGETATION IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, AS WELL AS DOWNSTREAM, THE THREAT OF INCREASED NITRATES AND OR CONTAMINATED FROM EITHER UNMITIGATED EROSION OR FROM RESIDENTIAL IMPACT, CAN LEAD TO WEAKENED VEGETATION STRUCTURE AND INCREASED VULNERABILITY TO PEST HARMING VEGETATION.

I HAVE WITH ME DOCUMENTATION AND EXHIBITS THAT CAN THAT CAN BE PRESENTED AND DEMONSTRATE CURRENT CONDITIONS.

AGRICULTURAL LAND AND PROPOSED PLANTS SHOWING REMOVAL OF THE CATTLE PONDS, WHICH ACT AS DETENTION BASINS TO SLOW SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE TO KIRKLAND CREEK, AND UPDATED LAND PLAN WITH IDENTIFIED 100 YEAR DELINEATION CALCULATED ACREAGE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED.

LASTLY, DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY OF DEMONSTRATED SURFACE AND FLOWS VELOCITY THAT WOULD INCREASE DUE TO THE REMOVAL OF THE CATTLE PONDS THAT AGAIN ACT AS DETENTION BASINS TO FLOW TO KIRKLAND CREEK, SHOWN IN A CIVIL DEMOLITION PLAN.

THIS CONFLICTS WITH THE PROVIDED PHASE TWO AND OUR DRAINAGE REPORT DATED JANUARY 8TH, 2024, BASED ON PRE-DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL INVESTIGATIONS.

IN CONCLUSION, I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE PROJECT TO AT LEAST, IF FOUND VIABLE, TO BE REQUIRED AS THE SAME TWO ACRE OR LESS PROJECT AND ALL OF ITS REQUIREMENT.

YOUR TEN MINUTES AGAIN, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE FEASIBILITY.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE]. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YEAH. UNBELIEVABLE. YEAH. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE DOING THE JOB YOU'RE DOING.

THERE YOU GO. RIGHT. AND THERE'S WATER AGAIN.

IF SOUTHERN YAVAPAI FIRE TRUCK WAS AND SO ON BY BREAKING DOWN TO FINISH OFF AND SPEAKING WALDEN MEADOWS COMMUNITY CO-OP, THE WATER UTILITY ONLY FOUR MILES FROM KIRTLAND JUNCTION.

ANY PRINCIPAL DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE CONTACTED NEARBY WATER UTILITIES AS PART OF THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

WESTERN LAND AND RANCHES HAS NOT DONE SO. THERE IS NO LOGICAL OR ETHICAL REASON FOR 196 LOTS TO BE DEVELOPED WITH THEIR SEPTICS.

OF COURSE, THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ARE FIERCELY AGAINST IT.

SUCH A DEVELOPMENT WOULD POSE A THREAT TO EVERYONE IN THE REGION.

WATER IS LIFE AND EVERYTHING LIVES OR DIES BY IT.

FROM MY OWN POINT. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YEAH. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FEELING OF PRESCOTT GOING AWAY WITH THE NEW THINGS COMING IN. IF YOU VOTE FOR THE APPLICANTS, YOU'LL BE DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

ONLY IN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY. 17 MILES TO WILHOIT, EXACTLY FROM THE COURTHOUSE.

REGARDING THE FIRE, FIRE CHIEFS WILL TELL YOU IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF IF.

IT'S A QUESTION OF WHEN. IT'S NOT IF. AND THE PRESENTATION BY THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE BEARD DIDN'T GET HIS NAME KEPT SAYING ABOUT WHEN. SORRY. IF. NOT WHEN. FIVE VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THAT. PRESENTED. OH. I GOT THE FEELING THAT EVEN OUR OWN PLANNING AND ZONING WAS A LITTLE BIT, THE TONE OF HIS PRESENTATION WAS SEEMED TO BE FAVORING A LITTLE BIT OF THE APPLICANT

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SO WE'RE AT. WE'RE AT TWO MINUTES, SIR. THANK YOU.

WE'RE AT TWO MINUTES AGAIN. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'LL JUST GO THROUGH .

[INAUDIBLE]. OPPOSED. WATER. VANESSA ALLEN. OPPOSE. WATER. JACOB. I CANNOT READ IT. I KNOW I CAN'T READ IT, SO OPPOSE. LARRY AND KAREN [INAUDIBLE] OPPOSE RENE VINK. OPPOSE. MICHAEL HAYNES. OPPOSE MICHAEL FISK. OPPOSE. GARY UPTON. OPPOSE. JARED [INAUDIBLE] OPPOSED. JERALD MONTGOMERY. OPPOSED. KATHRYN MONTGOMERY OPPOSED. PATTI HARRISON OPPOSED. RANDY HARRISON OPPOSED. LISA WALTER. OPPOSE. MONTE LOCKHART OPPOSE. NINA LOCKHART OPPOSE. MICHELLE CATLIN. OPPOSE. MICHAEL BAILEY. OPPOSE. LANNY BILE OPPOSE. KAREN HILL OPPOSE. JIM WARD OPPOSED. JOANN WARD OPPOSED. CHRISTOPHER MENDOZA. OPPOSED. DALTON MILLS OPPOSE. DONNA MILLS. OPPOSE. CAL AND LES LEWIS OPPOSED TO OPPOSE MARTHA BOURGEOIS. OPPOSE. ELIZABETH MAY. OPPOSE. KEN STUART. OPPOSE. KATHY STUART. OPPOSED. SAM SNIDER OPPOSE. SIERRA SNIDER. OPPOSE. BEN BAILEY. OPPOSE. MICHAEL RESSLER OPPOSE. BLAKE RICHARDS OPPOSE. LISA FINNELL OPPOSE. CALLING THE. CAN'T READ IT TO. DEBAGGIO. OPPOSE CAROLYN HARRIS. OPPOSE PAUL HARRIS. OPPOSE. CYNTHIA HARRIS OPPOSED. JOHN GREENBERG OPPOSED. ANN CALVERT OPPOSED. JEFF CALVERT OPPOSED. DELILAH SMITH IS A YES. RICHARD SMITH. YES. SUCESSO. YES. DEL BALLO. YES.THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE GREEN SHEETS, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE CHAIR. I THINK THAT'S TO ME I'M THINKING THAT'S THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THERE.

PRETTY MUCH. RIGHT. YES. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

YOUR HEARING CLOSE, MADAM CHAIR. SO JUST WE ARE ABOUT TO DO THAT.

ONE MORE CHECK. JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.

ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT HAS. OH. I'M SORRY.

OH. DO WE HAVE ANY? I WAS JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO FINISH ADDRESSING THE AUDIENCE.

OKAY, BUT I WANTED TO INFORM THE BOARD THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED 66 COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION AND TWO IN FAVOR THAT WAS DISSEMINATED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SO ONE LAST CHECK. ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMMENT.

WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT. YES. OKAY. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT, MA'AM? YOU, SIR TO. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT? AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

THEN YOU, MA'AM, AND THEN THE PERSON IN THE BACK.

GO AHEAD SIR. MY NAME IS DALE BARLOW AND I'M A LANDOWNER AND BEEN IN SKULL VALLEY FOR THE PAST 55 YEARS.

AND I'M QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM BREAKING THESE PARCELS DOWN INTO SUCH SMALL ACREAGE.

IS THIS GOING TO SET A PRECEDENT? I MEAN, WE WERE SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF DEEDED LAND UP THERE.

I LIVE EIGHT MILES NORTH. AND CAN THEY, IF WE GET THIS STARTED, WHERE WE HAVE SMALL PARCELS LIKE THAT, WHERE WE'RE ALREADY CROWDED, THE SKULL VALLEY OR THE IRON SPRINGS ROAD IS IS REALLY BAD, CROWDED AND DANGEROUS.

AND THERE'S NOT MUCH RESPECT SHOWN ON THAT ROAD.

RIGHT? SO I DON'T WANT TO STAND HERE AND COMPLAIN, BUT THESE ARE REAL THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

AND I THINK ALL THESE OTHER COMMENTS WERE VERY REAL.

I'M A LICENSED WELL DRILLER, HAVE BEEN FOR 40 YEARS, AND I THINK THE WATER IS A MAJOR, MAJOR THING TO CONSIDER.

I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, SIR, THAT THIS IS YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COME UP HERE AND ADDRESS US WITH YOUR CONCERN.

IT IS NOT A COMPLAINT. IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON. CAROLYN. HELLO. I'M CAROLYN HARRIS OF SKULL VALLEY.

AND THE ONE CONCERN IS, EVERY TIME I DRIVE TO TO PRESCOTT FROM SKULL VALLEY, I SEE DANGER.

AND I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME TURNOUTS.

THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED. THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY. BUT IF YOU ADD ANOTHER 200 HOME SITES, THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO PRESCOTT, TOO. AND I DON'T THINK THE TURNOUTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT SAFE ENOUGH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE I FORGET, I JUST NEED THE THREE OF YOU TO FILL OUT A

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OH. THANK YOU. OKAY. OH, YOU DID ALL RIGHT. GREAT.

OH, AWESOME. THANK YOU. WELCOME. MY NAME IS JIM WARD.

I LIVE IN KIRKLAND. AND THANK YOU. WHAT I HAVEN'T HEARD IS THIS PROJECT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

AND WHY? WHY ARE WE PUTTING A SUBDIVISION IN A RURAL AREA.

AGRICULTURAL AREA. YOU'VE GOT KIRKLAND CREEK.

WHO'S GOING TO KEEP ALL THE PUNKS OUT OF KIRKLAND CREEK? WHO'S GOING TO KEEP THE PEOPLE OUT OF IT FROM DESTROYING IT? YOU LET ALL THESE PEOPLE COME IN THERE. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP GIVING AWAY OUR AGRICULTURAL.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO EAT? I SAY NO TO THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE HEARING. MADAM CHAIR. YES. GO AHEAD. VICE CHAIR.

UNDER SECTION 417 OF THE COUNTY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE IF A PRELIMINARY PLAT MEETS ALL SUBDIVISION RULES AND REGULATIONS. IF IT DOES NOT, THEN THE BOARD MUST DISAPPROVE THE PLAT SECTION FIVE AND CONTAINS TWO REQUIREMENTS FOR PRELIMINARY PLATS RELATED TO FIRE PROTECTION.

FIRST, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT MUST SATISFY ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE FIRE AUTHORITY WITH JURISDICTION.

SECOND, THE BOARD MUST DETERMINE IF THE PROPOSED FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES ARE ADEQUATE TO SERVE THE PROTECT THE SUBDIVISION AND THE COMMUNITY.

IN THIS CASE, THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS IN A RURAL AREA THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF ANY FIRE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE HEARD TODAY MANY OF THE SAME CONCERNS REGARDING FIRE SAFETY THAT WERE EXPRESSED BY THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHEN THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT CAME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING. IN FACT, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT HAS COME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TWICE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT DUE IN PART TO CONCERNS RELATED TO FIRE SAFETY.

AND ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA IS AWARE OF THE DEVASTATION AND DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY PAST FIRE IN THAT AREA.

AS OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, THE ONLY PROVISION CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR FIRE PROTECTION IS AN AGREEMENT WITH A PART TIME VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT LOCATED IN KIRKLAND, THE SOUTHERN YAVAPAI VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THAT AGREEMENT ONLY APPLIES TO RAW LAND AND DOES NOT EVEN INCLUDE SERVICES RELATED TO WILDLAND FIRES.

I'VE MET WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT HE DOES.

BUT THE REALITY IS, AND THE CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGES, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

I BELIEVE THE PROPOSED PLAT VIOLATES SECTION 100 OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES US TO ACT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES ARE NOT ADEQUATE.

WITH THAT SAID, I MOVE TO DENY THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT.

SECOND. [APPLAUSE] CLERK OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. CAN WE CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? SUPERVISOR CHECK.

NO. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. EXCUSE ME. SORRY.

THE DOUBLE NEGATIVE THERE. MAY I CHANGE MY VOTE TO YES? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO SUPERVISOR CHECK, I HAVE A YES.

VICE CHAIR COMPTON. I HAVE A YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

COULD YOU REPEAT THE MOTION, PLEASE, SO THAT WE GET THE YES AND NO'S CORRECT? THANK YOU. VERY WELL. I'M PROPOSING TO DENY THE PLATT.

MY VOTE IS AYE. I AGREE WITH VICE CHAIR.[LAUGHS] SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. AND CHAIR MALLORY. YES. THE ITEM IS DENIED UNANIMOUSLY [CHEERING].

SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE TODAY. IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY.

SAFE TRAVELS HOME. THANK YOU AGAIN. I MOVE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING, MADAM CHAIR? EXCUSE ME, I WILL. WE. OH, WAIT. WE CAN'T. OKAY.

HANG ON. WE HAVE TO. I WE HAD TO GIVE REASONS FOR OUR BILLS.

EXCUSE ME. HELLO? EXCUSE ME. WE HAD TWO MORE COME IN AT THE LAST MINUTE.

JUST REGULAR CALL TO THE. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, PLEASE LISTEN UP.

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NOT TO DO WITH THIS. DEBORAH LAURA. IT'S FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

JUST NOT ABOUT. PATRICIA BETHEL. NO. SHE LEFT, I THINK I DID SEE THEM LEAVE.

OKAY. JUST. AND THAT WAS PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU.

SORRY. I NOW MOVE TO ADJOURN. DID YOU DO? WE ARE NOT. OKAY. THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION RIGHT NOW.

NEED SOME ATTENTION, SOME STRUCTURE. THANK YOU.

SO WE ARE FINISHED WITH THE HEARING ITEM. BUT WE STILL NEEDED THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS WHERE I STOPPED EVERYBODY.

BECAUSE WE ALWAYS DO PUBLIC COMMENT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ABOUT THE HEARING.

I STILL HAVE TO DO SOME MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE ARE NOT ADJOURNED.

AS FAR AS THE MEETING GOES. THERE WAS A MOTION AT THAT WAS SAID TO ADJOURN, BUT WE DID NOT DO A SECOND ON THAT.

SO I'M ROLLING IT BACK. IS MARTY HERE? AM I DOING OKAY? I'M PULLING THIS THING BACK IN ORDER. ARE WE DOING OKAY HERE? YES. YES. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

EXACTLY. YES. YOU CAN PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND JUST FOR THE CROWD'S INFORMATION, THOUGH, THE HEARING IS COMPLETE AND THAT DECISION IS HAS BEEN MADE IN HIS FINAL.

SO, YES. THEY DON'T WISH TO STAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO. RIGHT. OKAY. SO CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

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

BE RESCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION AT A LATER DATE.

SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF GREEN SHEETS THAT THE VICE CHAIR HAD AND THOSE PEOPLE LEFT, BUT APPARENTLY THERE IS MORE CALL TO THE PUBLIC. IS THAT YOU? TREASURER CHIP DAVIS, WELCOME.

THANK YOU. YES, ABSOLUTELY. YOUR MIC'S OFF. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, SO I WON'T BE TOO LENGTHY.

LIKE MAYBE 3.5 MINUTES. YOU HAVE TO. YOU ALL WERE GIVEN AN AUDIT REPORT ON JUNE 4TH AT A BOARD MEETING. A PUBLIC MEETING. AND SO THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THERE THAT ADDRESSED THE YAVAPAI COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THEM IN THE PUBLIC SETTING AND ON RECORD.

I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SOMEBODY AND IT'S GOING TO CRITICIZE A DEPARTMENT IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, THAT THE COURTESY BE EXTENDED TO THAT DEPARTMENT TO BE PRESENT SO THAT THEY MIGHT REPRESENT WHERE THEIR POSITIONS ARE OR MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR MISREPRESENTATIONS. IN THE REPORT AND IN THE BACKUP THAT I'VE LEFT WITH YOU, THERE IS BACKUP TO GO WITH THE EXPLANATIONS THAT I'M GIVING YOU. WE HAVE TAKEN THE AUDITOR'S INFORMATION SERIOUSLY.

WE HAVE ADDRESSED IT. WE HAVE FOUND A FEW MISREPRESENTATIONS, MAYBE A FEW THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK WAS THE MOST PROFESSIONAL THING IN THE WORLD TO SAY. I'LL WALK THROUGH THEM REALLY QUICKLY, OR YOU CAN CATCH THEM IN YOUR PACKET.

BUT THOSE THINGS THAT WERE LISTED, THEY WERE FIXED BEFORE THE GUY EVEN FINISHED THE FRICKING AUDIT.

HE WAS TEN MONTHS LATE ON HIS AUDIT. HE INDICATED THAT WE DON'T GIVE YOU ALL INFORMATION, BUT HE COULD GO ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE AND SEE THAT WE SUBMIT

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THE YAVAPAI COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE IS A LITTLE MORE PROFESSIONAL THAN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE INDICATED IN THAT AUDITOR'S REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION WHEN IT'S LEGAL TO DO SO.

I KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT TODAY, BUT ANYWAY, PLEASE AT LEAST REVIEW THE FIRST ONE AND A QUARTER PAGE OF THE LETTER I WROTE TO YOU.

JUST I MEAN, I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS THINKING THAT WE HAVE SOME BAD PEOPLE UP THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT, GREAT PEOPLE AND WE'RE DOING VERY PROFESSIONAL WORK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. DAVIS. OKAY, SO I THINK NOW THAT MAY CONCLUDE MY CALL TO THE PUBLIC. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID. I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN AND I'LL SECOND YOU.

CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES.

VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. YOUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.