[ CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH, AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
TODAY, THE INVOCATION WILL BE DONE BY SUPERVISOR MALLORY, AND THE PLEDGE WILL BE DONE BY THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, JAMIE.
GOOD MORNING, LORD. WE GATHER HERE TODAY, AND IT'S BY YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY THAT WE STAND IN THIS ROOM.
YOU KNOW US, YOU KNOW OUR HEARTS, AND YOU SEE US. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE, LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE WALK THIS JOURNEY. WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THE FREEDOM FOR US TO BE ABLE TO STAND HERE FREELY AND SAFELY.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN NEVER FORGET. WE WALK FREE IN THE STREETS. WE ARE SAFE.
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENTS ARE OUT THERE, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
LORD, THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE ALL, INCLUDING THEIR LAST BREATH.
LET US ALWAYS REMEMBER AND BE GRATEFUL FOR OUR LIFE TODAY, AND IF BY YOUR GRACE AND MERCY, OUR LIFE IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OKAY, CLERK, COULD YOU ROLL CALL, PLEASE? CHAIR COMPTON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON
[ AWARDS AND PROCLAMATIONS ]
TO AWARDS AND PROCLAMATIONS.FIRST, NUMBER ONE. GOOD MORNING, TYLER.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH.
WHEREAS, YAVAPAI COUNTY JOINS THE NATION IN RECOGNIZING AUGUST AS CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH AND AFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING ARIZONA'S FAMILIES BY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO PROVIDE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES BY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO PROVIDE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC STABILITY AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN.
AND WHEREAS, THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS A COMMITTED ADVOCATE FOR OUR CHILDREN WHOSE SAFETY AND SECURITY REMAIN TOP OF MIND.
AND WHEREAS, A CHILD WHO RECEIVES EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS MORE LIKELY TO FEEL SAFE AND SECURE AND IS BETTER EQUIPPED TO BE THEIR VERY BEST IN LIFE.
AND WHEREAS, THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, DCSS, IS COMMITTED TO PUTTING ARIZONA'S CHILDREN FIRST AND TO SERVING ARIZONANS WITH EXCELLENCE, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, AND KINDNESS, AS WELL AS BEING A CHAMPION FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY.
AND WHEREAS, DCSS STRONGLY ADVOCATES FOR PARENTING RESPONSIBILITIES BECAUSE PARENTS AND CHILDREN BENEFIT WHEN BOTH ARE ENGAGED WITH THEIR CHILD AT EVERY STAGE, REGARDLESS OF MARITAL STATUS.
AND WHEREAS, DCSS RECOGNIZES THE COMMITMENT OF LEGAL GUARDIANS WHO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHILDREN IN THE ABSENCE OF PARENTS.
AND WHEREAS, STRENGTHENING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY PROMOTES THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN, PROVIDES STABILITY, IMPROVES THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO ENHANCE THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.
AND WHEREAS, CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH VALUES PARENTS' INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES AND THOSE WHO MAKE REGULAR CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS TO SAFEGUARD THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2026 AS CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SETS HIS HAND AND CAUSES THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF YAVAPAI, ARIZONA, TO BE AFFIXED ON THE 5TH DAY OF AUGUST 2026.
TYLER, AND WHO DO WE HAVE COMING DOWN TODAY? IS IT WENDY AND JAMES FROM DES? YES, WE DO.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO, ANY COMMENTS OR SAY TO THIS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH.
HAVING YOUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
I DO COVER THIS REGION AND ALL OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
I WAS HERE FOR THE BIG STORM THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN WE HAD THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A CONTEST GOING ON FOR KIDS ALL THIS MONTH, AGES 5 TO 18.
ALL MEDIUMS OF ART ARE ALLOWED.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A LOT OF SUBMISSIONS FROM YAVAPAI COUNTY AS WELL.
OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.
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MOTION AND SECOND.KIRK, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? VICE CHAIR, CHECK.
PROCLAMATION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND IF YOU WOULD REMAIN, WE'RE GOING TO COME AFTER THE NEXT ONE.
WE'LL COME DOWN AND TAKE PICTURES REAL QUICK.
WHEREAS, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS HAVE PROVIDED HIGH-QUALITY, AFFORDABLE, COMPREHENSIVE, PRIMARY, AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE TO MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS, ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO CARE REGARDLESS OF INCOME OR INSURANCE STATUS.
AND WHEREAS, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF YAVAPAI IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF YAVAPAI COUNTY RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING INTEGRATED MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PREVENTATIVE, REPRODUCTIVE, AND ENABLING SERVICES THAT HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.
AND WHEREAS, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF YAVAPAI REMOVES BARRIERS TO CARE THROUGH AFFORDABLE SERVICES, A SLIDING FEE DISCOUNT PROGRAM, CERTIFIED APPLICATION COUNSELORS WHO ASSIST PATIENTS WITH ACCESS ENROLLMENT, AND A COMMITMENT TO SERVING ALL RESIDENTS WITH DIGNITY, COMPASSION, AND RESPECT.
AND WHEREAS, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES BY PREVENTING DISEASE, MANAGING CHRONIC CONDITIONS, EXPANDING ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, INCREASING CANCER SCREENINGS, SUPPORTING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, AND REDUCING UNNECESSARY EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS.
AND WHEREAS, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF YAVAPAI SERVES AS AN ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY PARTNER, COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THE EVOLVING HEALTH NEEDS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS, NATIONAL HEALTH CENTER WEEK RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATED PHYSICIANS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, NURSES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, DENTISTS, SUPPORT STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND PATIENTS WHOSE COMMITMENT STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVES THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY RESIDENTS EACH YEAR.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 2ND THROUGH 8TH, 2026, AS NATIONAL HEALTH CENTER WEEK IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF YAVAPAI AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ACROSS THE NATION MAKE IN PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE AND BUILDING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SETS HIS HAND AND CAUSES THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF YAVAPAI, ARIZONA, TO BE AFFIXED ON THE 5TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026.
LESLIE, I GUESS THIS IS YOUR TURN NOW.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I'M LESLIE HORTON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, AND GENERALLY WE BRING OUT A BUNCH OF OUR TEAM HERE TODAY, BUT WE ARE SUPER BUSY THIS WEEK.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DRAWING ATTENTION TO NATIONAL HEALTH CENTER WEEK.
THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE AND THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE PRESCOTT FREE CLINIC BOARD IS AT A GREAT PLACE RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK THAT WE'VE HAD OUR ROCKY PAST, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I AM CELEBRATING THIS WEEK THAT WE PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES AND THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE PRESCOTT FREE CLINIC BOARD HAS JUST BEEN SO IMPORTANT IN SUPPORTING HOW WE SERVE.
AND WE DO SERVE THE UNDERSERVED.
WE SERVE ANYONE WHO WALKS THROUGH OUR DOORS, WHETHER THEY HAVE NO INCOME, NO INSURANCE, OR GREAT INCOME AND GREAT INSURANCE.
WE WILL SERVE ANYONE, BUT WE HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON SERVING THE UNDERSERVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE THE SAFETY NET WHEN THEY CAN'T AFFORD INSURANCE AND WHEN THEY NEED TO HAVE AFFORDABLE BILLS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND SERVICES FROM OUR NORMAL LOCATIONS IN PRESCOTT, PRESCOTT VALLEY AND COTTONWOOD, INTO ASH FORK.
DOWN THE ROAD, WE WOULD HOPE TO SERVE IN DIFFERENT WAYS, ESPECIALLY ASSUMING SOME OF THE NEW GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR OUR RURAL SPACES.
BUT WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE STAFFING THAT WE HAVE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ON MY MIND THIS MORNING IS WE REALLY NEED NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PAS, AND DOCTORS.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANY, SEND THEM OUR WAY.
WE HAVE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, AS WELL AS NURSES.
AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE, IS KEEPING FULLY STAFFED AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT WE CAN SERVE THE WAY WE WANT TO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DRAWING ATTENTION TO NATIONAL HEALTH CENTER WEEK.
IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE BOARD WITH YOU AND ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND THE PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
AND THAT REALLY REACHES OUT FAR.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE SUPPORT.
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VICE CHAIR JACK? I THINK THE WORK THAT'S DONE IN THESE CLINICS IS REALLY IMPACTFUL, MEANINGFUL TO OUR COMMUNITIES.AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT AS MANY RESOURCES COME OUR WAY AS POSSIBLE.
YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THAT.
AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DO TOGETHER.
SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE ANY OF MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO GO OUT THERE AND SPEND SOME TIME JUST WATCHING WHO COMES THROUGH THE DOORS.
AND WHEN I WAS UP THERE, YOU'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS IN ASH FORK.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THAT DOOR, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE YOU TO GET THEM HELP AND MEDICAL HELP, THEY WOULD NOT GET IT.
AND IT GETS VERY OBVIOUS WHEN YOU SEE THAT.
AND NOW YOU ARE LITERALLY BOOKED OUT MONTHS FORWARD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SERVICE THE NEED THAT'S UP THERE.
BUT I AM ENCOURAGED ALSO THAT IN THESE OUTLYING AREAS, WE'RE NOW GOING TO SOON HOPEFULLY INCLUDE A PHARMACY AT OUR CLINIC OUT THERE.
SO THESE PEOPLE THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE CARS THAT WILL MAKE IT INTO TOWN CAN ACTUALLY GO JUST TO ASH FORK AND GET THEIR MEDICATION.
SO THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
WITH THAT, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.
PROCLAMATION NUMBER TWO IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL COME DOWN AND TAKE PICTURES.
[ PRESENTATIONS]
FIRST PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE 5TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S VALLEY DAY HELD ON APRIL 25TH.AND WE HAVE SHERRY, I BELIEVE.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. YOURSELF? FINE. THANK YOU.
YES, OUR PICTURES ARE UP THERE.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN COMPTON, VICE CHAIR, CZECH, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS SHERRY GARRIS, AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT AN EVENT THAT WE HAVE IN PEOPLE'S VALLEY EACH YEAR.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE PEOPLE'S VALLEY IS, WE ARE A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY OFF OF HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN PRESCOTT AND WICKENBURG.
OUR FULL-TIME RESIDENT POPULATION, PROBABLY 600 OR 700 PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES THERE.
WHILE WE LIVE IN THIS GORGEOUS AREA, MUCH LIKE PRESCOTT, WE HAVE TOWERING MOUNTAINS AND GREEN TREES AND BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DISABLED PEOPLE, A LOT OF SINGLE PARENTS, AND JUST PEOPLE THAT NEED A BIT OF HELP.
WELL, MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED THERE IN 2018, AND OUR DESIRE WAS TO FILL SOME GAPS AND TO HELP OUT.
AND WHAT WE SAW OURSELVES DOING WAS HAVING ONE DAY A YEAR WHERE WE WOULD GATHER SOME VOLUNTEERS AND DO SOME LANDSCAPING OR DEFER MAINTENANCE, MAYBE A LITTLE PAINTING, STAIRWAY REPAIR, WHATEVER PEOPLE NEEDED, ONE DAY A YEAR, GET SOME PEOPLE TOGETHER AND PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.
SO OUR CHALLENGE WAS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A BASE OF COMMUNICATION IN SMALL AREAS.
NOT EVERYBODY LIKES SOCIAL MEDIA OR USES IT.
SO WE USED OUR REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, AND WE TAPPED INTO OUR CLIENTS, AND WE HAD THEM TAP INTO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEN OUR FRIENDS, AND WE GOT A GROUP TOGETHER.
IN 2021, WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST SERVE DAY.
WE HAD 19 WHOLE VOLUNTEERS, AND WE SERVED SEVEN OR EIGHT HOUSES.
IT WAS A BIG DAY FOR US, BUT WE QUICKLY REALIZED WE HAD SOME NEEDS.
SO WE TRIED TO COORDINATE OUR DAY WITH THE CONGRESS DUMP DAYS, WHERE THE COUNTY OFFERS THE FREE DUMP DAYS, AND WE COORDINATED IT SO EVERYBODY
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WITH TRUCKS AND TRAILERS COULD BRING ALL THE DEBRIS DOWN THE HILL AND DUMP IT FOR FREE.AT LEAST THAT WOULDN'T BE A COST TO US.
BUT WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WAS A FAILED PLAN.
AND I'M GOING TO AGE MYSELF, BUT I WILL JUST SAY SANFORD & SONS HAD NOTHING ON US.
WE HAD A CARAVAN AND PROBABLY BROKE A LOT OF RULES, AND WE HAD THINGS PILING OVER AND SPILLING OVER, AND WE KNEW THAT THIS WASN'T GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE IF WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO THE SECOND YEAR, WASTE MANAGEMENT WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US A FEW DUMPSTERS.
THEY DONATED THREE, AND THAT WAS A BIG HELP.
BUT WE WERE GROWING, AND IT STILL WASN'T QUITE ENOUGH.
IN THE THIRD YEAR, IT WAS GOOD AND BAD.
OUR REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE PARTNERED WITH COUNTRY CHURCH OF PEOPLE'S VALLEY, WHICH WAS EXCELLENT.
NOW WE HAD A BASE OF COMMUNICATION, WE COULD GET THE WORD OUT, AND WE HAD A LOT MORE VOLUNTEERS.
WELL, MORE VOLUNTEERS MEANT MORE HOUSES SERVED, WHICH MEANT MORE GARBAGE, MORE DEBRIS, AND WE WERE REALLY MAXED OUT.
SOMEBODY SUGGESTED, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE COUNTY IF THEY'LL PARTNER WITH YOU AND COLLABORATE? WE THOUGHT, WHAT A NOVEL IDEA.
SO WE ASKED, AND WE HAD A RESOUNDING YES.
YAVAPAI COUNTY DONATED FOUR 40-YARD DUMPSTERS FOR US.
ADD THAT TO THE THREE THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE, AND NOW WE HAVE SEVEN 40-YARD DUMPSTERS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE FILL THEM TO THE BRIM EVERY YEAR.
AND IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S A GOOD THING.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF ACTION, AND WE HAVE EAGER PARTICIPATORY VOLUNTEERS, BUT WITHOUT THE HELP OF PARTNERS LIKE YAVAPAI COUNTY, WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
THE PICTURES YOU'RE SEEING THAT WERE UP THERE, THEY WERE FROM THIS YEAR'S EVENT, AND IT WAS LIKE OUR COMMUNITIES FILLED WITH A SEA OF RED T-SHIRTS.
I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME QUICK STATS FROM THIS YEAR.
OUR FIFTH YEAR, WE HAD OVER 70 VOLUNTEERS, AND WE ACCUMULATED OVER 300 MAN HOURS OF WORK OVER A TWO-DAY PERIOD.
WE SERVED 25 LOCATIONS, AND IN ADDITION TO HELPING RESIDENTS, WE ALSO CLEANED UP THE CEMETERY ALONG HIGHWAY 89.
WE DID SOME WORK FOR MODEL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WE ACTUALLY CLEANED UP OFF OF HIGHWAY 89 ITSELF.
WE HAD SOME BRAVE SOULS THAT WERE WILLING TO BE OUT THERE.
OUR VOLUNTEERS ALSO PUT TOGETHER SEVEN SLASH PILES, WHICH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL COME AND CHIP AND SHRED SLASH PILES.
SO WE HAD A BUNCH OF SLASH PILES, AND EACH YEAR, PEOPLE'S VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH US AND HAS GIVEN US SOME MANPOWER.
SO WE FELLED TREES, WE WHACKED WEEDS, WE HAULED AWAY BROKEN FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, CLEANED UP GARBAGE, AND SO MUCH MORE.
AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL OUR RESIDENTS ARE.
WE HAVE MANY IN TEARS, AND WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT GET HUGGED WHETHER THEY WANT TO OR NOT.
BUT A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY HAS MIRRORED OUR EFFORTS, SO NOW WE HAVE A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY THAT IS DOING THE SAME THING, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT ASKED US, HEY, CAN YOU GET US STARTED AND TELL US HOW YOU'RE DOING, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM IF THEY WANT OUR HELP.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THERE'S NO BETTER EXAMPLE OF A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT THAN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WE'VE GOT THE VOLUNTEERS, BUT WE STILL NEEDED HELP, AND YAVAPAI COUNTY ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE.
BETWEEN COUNTRY CHURCH AND DOWN HOME REALTY, WE PROVIDE BREAKFAST, LUNCH FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
THEY ALL GET A SPIFFY T-SHIRT LIKE THE ONE I'M WEARING, AND WE HAVE SAFETY SUPPLIES, BUT THOSE DUMPSTERS ARE CRITICAL.
AND NOT ONLY IS OUR COMMUNITY SAFER, IT'S CLEANER.
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND JUST A SHAMELESS PLUG, SERVE DAY 2027 IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS, SO YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM US.
WELL, FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND IT'S JUST WATCHING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT REMINDS ME WHETHER IT'S FUNDING FOR EDUCATION OR THIS EXCELLENT POLICY THIS ENTIRE BOARD HAS PUT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THE DUMPSTERS TO RURAL AREAS FOR SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT, SO MANY GOOD THINGS COME OUT OF THAT.
AND THAT YOU DO KNOW NOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
THIS BOARD IS UNITED IN SERVING THE RURAL AREAS.
WE HAVE ALL PUBLICLY SAID THAT IN ALL OF OUR AREAS.
AND HOW FABULOUS IT WAS YOU DID IT WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST FANTASTIC.
SO I COMMEND THE BOARD FOR THIS.
AND ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
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WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO HELP YOU GROW IN THE FUTURE AND KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND YOUR TIME.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHECK, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I AM THE WORKFORCE DIRECTOR FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY AND CHIEF STAFF TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
AS PER OUR SHARED GOVERNANCE AGREEMENT, I WILL BE GIVING A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACTIVITIES FOR THE PAST PROGRAM YEAR.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT PROGRAM YEAR, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AS PER THE WIOA LEGISLATION, FOLLOWS A PROGRAM YEAR THAT GOES FROM JULY 1ST TO JUNE 30TH OF THE NEXT CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
SO CURRENTLY WE'RE IN PROGRAM YEAR 26, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE INFORMATION I'LL BE GIVING YOU IS FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR THAT JUST ENDED, PROGRAM YEAR 25.
SO, I'LL BE SPEAKING BRIEFLY TO EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS. IF YOU WERE TO THINK OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY AS A BICYCLE, THE TWO WHEELS OF THE BICYCLE WOULD BE COMPLIANCE AND PERFORMANCE.
COMPLIANCE BEING THE FRONT WHEEL THAT DIRECTS EVERYTHING AND PERFORMANCE BEING THE REAR WHEEL THAT POWERS US MOVING FORWARD.
IF BOTH OF THOSE ELEMENTS, COMPLIANCE AND PERFORMANCE, AREN'T WORKING PROPERLY AND IN BALANCE WITH ONE ANOTHER, WE DON'T GET VERY FAR.
NEXT ITEM HERE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CHANGES.
SO, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF 20 POSITIONS, 19 OF WHICH ARE FILLED.
DURING THE MOST RECENT PROGRAM YEAR, WE HAD A NEW CHAIR.
JUSTIN TECLAW, WHO'S SITTING IN THE FRONT OVER THERE, IS NOW OUR CHAIR.
AND SANDY GRIFFITHS IS WORKING AS OUR VICE CHAIR.
BOTH THOSE EXECUTIVE POSITIONS ARE UP AND RUNNING VERY WELL.
ANOTHER ITEM I WOULD POINT OUT IS, OF OUR 20 MEMBER SPACES, 19 ARE CURRENTLY FILLED.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC WORKFORCE ORGANIZED LABOR CHAIR POSITION THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE FILLED TO MAKE US IN COMPLETE COMPLIANCE.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR MEMBERS TO FILL THAT POSITION.
ONE OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION, AS FAR AS OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CHANGES, WE NOW HAVE A FUNCTIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE.
THEIR FIRST MEETING WAS YESTERDAY.
AND THEY ARE UP AND LOOKING INTO FINANCE MATTERS ON BEHALF OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
AND HERE'S JUST A KIND OF GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THOSE 20 POSITIONS I JUST MENTIONED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE HIGHER-END STRUCTURE, THE, I SAY WIOA, WIOA, THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 2014.
THAT'S THE CHIEF LEGISLATION THAT COVERS EVERYTHING WE DO.
AND THEN UNDER THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE WORKFORCE ARIZONA COUNCIL OVERSEES THE WORKFORCE FOR THE ENTIRE STATE, THE STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, YOU ARE OUR CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL.
AGAIN, YOU'LL BE REFERRED TO AS SUCH IN THE LEGISLATION.
AND THEN THE YAVAPAI COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD WITH ITS 20 MEMBERS YOU SEE BELOW.
IT'S KIND OF A COMPLICATED REQUIREMENT FOR WHO YOU NEED TO SERVE ON YOUR BOARD, BUT THAT'S IN THE FINE PRINT THERE.
SO I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR UNDER THE WIOA LEGISLATION.
SO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, YOU HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT'S WORKING UNDER THEIR CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND HIS CABINET.
SO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WRITES A NATIONAL PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
THIS IS HOW WE WANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED.
THEY PRESENT THAT PLAN TO EACH OF THE STATES, AND THEN THE STATE UNDER THE WORKFORCE ARIZONA COUNCIL WRITES AN INDIVIDUAL PLAN FOR THE STATE SAYING, THIS IS HOW ARIZONA IS GOING TO FIT IN YOUR PLAN AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS PART OF THAT SYSTEM AND NETWORK.
THE STATE PLAN GETS PASSED DOWN TO EACH OF THE 12 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, EACH OF WHICH WRITES A LOCAL PLAN COVERING FOUR YEARS SAYING, THIS IS WHO WE ARE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, THIS IS HOW WE'LL HELP THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACHIEVE THE STATE PLAN.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE JUST PASSED THE MIDPOINT IN OUR FOUR-YEAR PLAN.
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WE'RE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO THE WORKFORCE ARIZONA COUNCIL A TWO-YEAR UPDATE SAYING, THIS IS WHAT'S WORKING, THIS IS WHAT'S NOT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS.SO THAT ACTUAL, WHAT IT SAYS IN BOLD THERE, LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS ARE REQUIRED TO MODIFY THEIR LOCAL PLANS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, EACH OF THE FOUR CORE PARTNERS UNDER WIOA WILL SUBMIT THEIR CONTENT AREAS FOR THAT LOCAL PLAN.
AS THE WORKFORCE DIRECTOR, I WILL PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, SUBMIT THEM TO THE WORKFORCE ARIZONA COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 30TH.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE VERY BOTTOM THERE.
AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH ALL SORTS OF STEPS AND IT SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING BY APRIL 1ST OF 2027.
AND AGAIN, THAT WILL BE OUR LOCAL PLAN.
THAT IS OUR CHIEF, AS FAR AS COMPLIANCE GOES, THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE COMPLIANCE DUTY TO WRITE, SUBMIT, AND HAVE APPROVED A LOCAL PLAN FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.
MOVING ON, ONE-STOP CERTIFICATION ITEMS. AGAIN, A COMPLIANCE ISSUE.
WE HAVE A BRAND NEW ONE-STOP CENTER AT THE PRESCOTT CAMPUS OF YAVAPAI COLLEGE.
THAT PARTICULAR SITE WAS REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE AND THEY SUBMITTED THE DOCUMENTATION TO THE WORKFORCE ARIZONA COUNCIL, WHICH ON JUNE 14TH APPROVED THAT SITE.
SO CURRENTLY ALL OF OUR ONE-STOPS THAT ARE OPERATING ARE UP AND RUNNING.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME NEW ONE-STOPS BASED ON OUR MOU IFA PLAN.
THAT IS ONE OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR TODAY.
SO AS ADDITIONAL ONE-STOP CENTERS GET ADDED TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY WORKFORCE SYSTEM, EACH ONE OF THOSE WILL HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED BY A COMMITTEE FROM THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
I AM CONSCIOUS OF THE TIME LIMIT.
PROVISIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR PY26, AGAIN, THAT JUST STARTED JULY 1ST OF 2026 TO JUNE 30TH OF 2027.
FOR TITLE I-B, TITLE I-B IS THE ADULT, YOUTH, AND DISLOCATED WORKER PROVIDER IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.
THAT'S YAVAPAI COLLEGE, AS WAS CHOSEN THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS OF TITLE I-B HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE BUDGET AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVING ITS OWN CLIENTS.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CHART HERE, THE PROGRAM YEAR THAT JUST ENDED, OUR PY25 ALLOCATION, HOW IT'S CHANGED IN PY26, THE AMOUNT OF THE CHANGE IN THE PERCENTAGE.
SO EACH ONE OF THOSE HAVE CHANGED.
ADULT AND YOUTH HAVE GONE DOWN, AND DISLOCATED WORKER HAS GONE UP, GIVING US A TOTAL OVERALL CHANGE OF A NET LOSS OF 8.5% IN OUR TITLE I-B FUNDING.
THIS WAS GIVEN OUT DURING A WORKFORCE ARIZONA COUNCIL GENERAL SESSION, AND BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT THE OTHER PROGRAMS RECEIVED, OF THE 12 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS IN ARIZONA, TWO HAD A GENERAL NET GAIN IN FUNDING, AND THE OTHER 10 WERE REDUCED TO SOME EXTENT, INCLUDING US.
NOW WE GET TO COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
IF YOU LOOK AT EACH OF THESE ITEMS HERE, I MENTIONED BEFORE THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUR CORE PARTNERS, TITLE I-B, II, III, AND IV.
EACH OF THOSE FOUR PARTNERS HAS THESE SAME GOALS FOR EVERY PROGRAM YEAR.
THIS IS BASED ON THE WIOA LEGISLATION.
THIS IS EVERY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CORE PARTNER IN THE COUNTRY HAS TO FOLLOW THESE FIVE PERFORMANCE METRICS.
THE FIRST THREE YOU'LL NOTICE ARE TIME-BASED.
IS THE PERSON EMPLOYED SIX MONTHS AFTER THEY LEAVE YOUR PROGRAM? IS THE CLIENT EMPLOYED 12 MONTHS AFTER THEY LEAVE YOUR PROGRAM? ARE THEY MAKING MORE THAN THEY WERE THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS AGO, THEIR MEDIAN EARNINGS? THE CREDENTIAL ATTAINMENT RATE AND MEASURABLE SKILLS GAIN EACH MEASURE, DID THEY GET AN INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL THAT ENABLED THEM TO WORK, OR DID THEY MAKE A SIGNIFICANT STEP ALONG THE PATHWAY TO GETTING THAT INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL? SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE MEASURED VERY PRECISELY FOR EACH OF THESE FOUR CORE PARTNERS.
AND IF YOU LOOK HERE UNDER TITLE I-B, THE ADULT, DISLOCATED WORKER, AND YOUTH
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PROGRAMS, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE AMOUNT OF NUMBERS IN THIS CHART.THE FIRST COLUMN UNDER ARIZONA STATEWIDE LEVEL FOR PY24 AND PY25, THESE WERE THE NUMBERS THAT THE STATE OF ARIZONA WAS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO MEET THESE PERFORMANCE TARGETS OVERALL.
AND THEN THE WORKFORCE ARIZONA COUNCIL LOOKED AT YAVAPAI COUNTY AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT YOU, AS PART OF OUR PROGRAM, TO MAKE THIS SECOND COLUMN HERE, WHERE IT'S A STATE-PROPOSED LWDA LEVEL.
THOSE WERE THE THINGS THEY ASKED US TO MEET.
WE MET WITH THEM AND NEGOTIATED THAT THIRD COLUMN, LOCAL AREA NEGOTIATED LEVEL.
SO THOSE ARE OUR PERFORMANCE TARGETS FOR PY24 AND PY25.
THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WAS SENT A LETTER FROM DES WITH OUR PERFORMANCE NUMBERS.
OF THE 20 PERFORMANCE METRICS, EACH OF THEM WAS MET.
THE NEXT COLUMN IS A LITTLE BIT SCARIER, PY25, WHICH IS NOT YET COMPLETE.
THOSE NUMBERS HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED BY DES OR WITHIN THE ARIZONA JOB CONNECTION DATABASE SYSTEM.
SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE LOOKING POORLY, AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY WILL GO UP SOME, BUT STILL POTENTIALLY THERE ARE SOME OF OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS WILL NOT BE MET FOR PY25, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY'RE WRITTEN.
WHEN YOU HAVE TO MEASURE CLIENT PERFORMANCE SIX AND 12 MONTHS AFTER THEY LEAVE YOUR PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HISTORY OF CLIENTS BEING IN THAT PROGRAM SIX AND 12 MONTHS BEFORE, AND WITH OUR CHANGE IN PROVIDERS, WE DON'T HAVE A RECORD GOING BACK FAR ENOUGH TO MAKE THOSE PARTICULAR PERFORMANCE METRICS.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP AHEAD, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
AGAIN, SAME COLUMNS, SAME NUMBERS, SAME TYPE OF PERFORMANCE METRICS.
YOU CAN SEE THE ARIZONA TARGETS AND THE STATE TARGETS AND OUR NEGOTIATED TARGETS FOR PY26, WHICH IS THE CURRENT YEAR, AND PY27, WHICH IS THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SOME OF THOSE WERE ACCEPTED AS WE SUBMITTED THEM.
SOME OF THOSE, THE DES NEGOTIATORS ASKED US TO RAISE THEM.
BUT AGAIN, THAT PY26, THAT'S OUR TARGET MOVING FORWARD.
WE'VE HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH STAFFING AND CHANGES IN PROVIDERS AND JUST THE GENERAL CHANGEOVER IN THE MAKEUP OF OUR BOARD, BUT I WOULD SAY WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND WE HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN MEETING OUR PY26 PERFORMANCE GOALS THIS YEAR.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THE ONE-STOP HAS BEEN VERY MUCH MISSED IN THE VERDE VALLEY SINCE OUR PROVIDERS CHANGED FROM NACOG TO THE COLLEGE.
IS THAT AN AREA THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR A FUTURE ONE-STOP IN YOUR PLANNING? WITHIN OUR CURRENT LOCAL PLAN, THE COTTONWOOD CENTER ON CHERRY STREET IS LISTED AS A COMPREHENSIVE ONE-STOP WHERE ALL FOUR CORE PARTNERS OFFER SERVICES.
THE MOU IFA THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH DES THAT'S UP FOR APPROVAL HAS THAT SEPARATED OUT INTO TITLE III AND IV PRESENTING SERVICES IN COTTONWOOD AND TITLES I AND II FOR GIVING SERVICES AT THE CLARKDALE CAMPUS, THE VERDE VALLEY CAMPUS OF YAVAPAI COLLEGE.
SO THAT IS A POTENTIAL CHANGE.
THE SERVICES WILL ALL STILL BE IN THE VALLEY, BUT IN TWO SEPARATE SITES INSTEAD OF ONE COMPREHENSIVE.
AND, I MEAN, I GUESS I'LL JUST HAVE A COMMENT ON TOP OF ALL THIS.
I REALIZE THAT THERE'S CRITICISM COMING TO YOU IN PARTICULAR THAT MAY NOT RELATE TO YOU AND YOUR SCOPE OF THIS.
BUT IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'D HAVE TO NEGOTIATE FOR, YOU KNOW, LESS AMBITIOUS GOALS WITH THE STATE.
I CAN SAY OVERARCHINGLY, IT'S BEEN A DISAPPOINTING TRANSITION IN PROVIDERS.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE REALLY HAVE TO MAKE THIS WORK.
AND SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN PULLING TOGETHER A STRONG BOARD AND WORKING WITH THE STATE AND WORKING WITH THE COLLEGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ON A BETTER TRACK.
SO I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO BETTER NUMBERS IN THE FUTURE.
AND I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT POTENTIALLY THERE'S A GOOD WORKFORCE SYSTEM IN PLACE ONCE WE HAVE EVERYONE PULLING TOGETHER WITH AN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND EVERYONE IS AN EQUAL PARTNER MOVING FORWARD.
I BELIEVE POTENTIALLY THAT WE COULD BE AN EXCELLENT WORKFORCE
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SYSTEM AND A MODEL FOR OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE STATE.WE JUST HAVE TO GET UP AND RUNNING.
CRAIG, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD AND WITH EVERYTHING.
BUT IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT TWO THINGS, COMPLIANCE AND PERFORMANCE.
ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE? CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE, OUR MOU IFA, WE'RE WORKING UNDER AN EXTENSION TO PROVIDE THE SIGNED MOU IFA BACK.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT BY THE AUGUST 30TH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
I'VE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION JUST BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE NINE SIGNATORIES, BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE.
PERFORMANCE? OUR PERFORMANCE METRIC...
ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE YOU GOT AN EXTENSION? CORRECT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON WE COULDN'T BE IN COMPLIANCE WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GET EXTRA TIME TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS? I THINK THE RULES OR THE COMPLIANCE IS PRETTY MUCH LAID OUT.
THE DEADLINE WAS VERY CLEAR IN THAT OUR PREVIOUS MOU IFA EXPIRED JUNE 30TH OF 2026 WHEN THE PROGRAM YEAR ENDED.
WE SHOULD HAVE HAD AN MOU IFA IN PLACE STARTING JULY 1ST.
WE DIDN'T REQUEST AN EXTENSION PER SE, BUT WERE GRANTED AN EXTENSION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SUBMIT AN MOU IFA.
OF THE 12 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN ARIZONA, AND I'M NOT OFFERING THIS AS AN EXCUSE, I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE ONE OF FIVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING UNDER THAT EXTENSION, AND WE ALL HAVE UNTIL THE AUGUST 30TH TO PRESENT A COMPLETED MOU IFA.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS AN EXCUSE.
YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, SO I'M GLAD FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.
YOU SAID THEY KIND OF GO TOGETHER.
THEY BOTH HAVE TO FUNCTION SIMULTANEOUSLY.
OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS, SO FOR THE FOUR CORE PARTNERS, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE FISCAL ACTIVITIES AND PERFORMANCE OF TITLE 1B, ADULT, YOUTH, AND DISLOCATED WORKER.
THOSE NUMBERS, AS PRESENTED, ARE BASED ON A DATABASE CALLED THE AJC ARIZONA JOB DATABASE.
BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS, WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS.
PART OF THAT, MOVING FORWARD, IS THAT WE NEED TO ENTER ALL THE CLIENTS WHO COME FOR SERVICES INTO THAT DATABASE.
TITLES 1B AND TITLE 3 BOTH USE THE SAME DATABASE.
WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING CREDIT FOR EVERYONE WHO COMES TO THE DOOR TO RECEIVE SERVICES.
AND ACTUALLY, WHO IS THE ONE, I'D LIKE TO ASK, PUTTING IN THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE DO GET THAT CREDIT? IS THAT THE COLLEGE? IT'S THE TITLE 1B SYSTEM, WHICH THE COLLEGE IS PROVIDING, ENTERS THE TITLE 1B CLIENTS, AND DES EMPLOYEES ENTER THE TITLE 3 CLIENTS.
OKAY, SO WHEN THE STATE GIVES US THIS FUNDING, IT'S DEFINITELY SUPPOSED TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, AT A POINT, POSSIBLY LOST THEIR JOB, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HELP, MAYBE THEY CAN GET AN EDUCATION WHILE THEY'RE GOING ALONG THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE DO HELP WITH ALL THAT, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA, BUT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.
YES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO USING THAT AJC SYSTEM TO DOCUMENT CLEARLY EVERYONE WHO COMES FOR SERVICES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ONE-STOP.
I UNDERSTAND WE MEET WITH PEOPLE.
EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM PROBABLY HAS MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE.
MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT WHEN WE MEET WITH PEOPLE, WHATEVER JOB IT IS THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE DO, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING HELP.
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LEAVING THE OFFICE EMPTY THE WAY THEY'RE COMING IN, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE AT A POINT IN THEIR LIFE WHERE THEY'RE HAVING SOME TRIALS.SO MY MAIN CONCERN HERE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING THE HELP THEY'RE ASKING FOR, THAT THEY FIND THAT PATH, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HELPING THEM WALK THAT PATH, WE'RE SHOWING THEM WHERE TO GO, AND THEN SOMETIMES THINGS NEED TO BE REALLY RIGHT AT THE CENTER WHERE EVERYTHING IS, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T ALWAYS GET TO ONE LOCATION TO THE OTHER.
SO I ABSOLUTELY LOOK FORWARD, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW, NUMBERS ARE GREAT, BUT I WANT TO KNOW THE PEOPLE.
I WANT TO KNOW WHO ARE THEY, DID THEY GET A JOB, WERE THEY ABLE TO GET TO WHAT THEY NEEDED, ALL THOSE THINGS.
THAT, THAT'S WHERE MY, MY HEART IS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BETTER RESULTS, COMPLIANCE, PERFORMANCE, WHAT HAVE YOU.
HI, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE VERDE VALLEY.
YOU'RE, YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS FOR ONE-STOP SERVICE.
IS, I WAS ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD YEARS AND YEARS AGO, AND I WASN'T, I DON'T REMEMBER IT BEING TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
I REMEMBER IT BEING ONE LOCATION, AND IT WAS A VERY POPULAR LOCATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO SPLIT IT, BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS THE ONE LOCATION, IT WAS HEAVILY USED.
AND MOVING IT UP TO THE CLARKDALE CAMPUS IS JUST ADDITIONAL MILEAGE AND, I GUESS, KIND OF FRUSTRATION FOR SOME FOLKS TO GET UP TO THAT LOCATION RATHER THAN HAVING THE ONE THAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING.
SO IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF HAVING TWO LOCATIONS AND YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO BETTER YOUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES BY DOING THAT.
SUPERVISOR JENKINS, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
YES, IN THE PAST, AT THE TIME THAT YOU WERE ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, THE COTTONWOOD CENTER WAS LISTED AS A COMPREHENSIVE, MEANING THE CLIENTS COULD ACCESS ALL SERVICES THERE.
TITLES 2 AND 3, DES WORKED DIRECTLY OUT OF THERE.
TITLE 1B HAD A PART-TIME PERSON WORKING OUT OF THERE PROVIDING SERVICES.
AND TITLE 2 WAS WHAT WE CALL A NON-CO-LOCATED PARTNER.
THEY WOULD GO DURING THE INTAKE AND ORIENTATION AND TALK ABOUT THEIR SERVICES, BUT THE ACTUAL SERVICES THEMSELVES, TITLE 2 IS ADULT EDUCATION, WERE PROVIDED AT THE CLARKDALE CAMPUS OF YAVAPAI COLLEGE JUST BECAUSE THE TITLE 2 PROVIDER NEEDS FULL-SIZE CLASSROOM SPACES TO PRESENT.
SO THAT WORKED VERY WELL INDEED, AND THE COTTONWOOD CENTER WAS POPULAR.
THE CHANGE THAT I MENTIONED IS BASED ON THE CURRENT MOU IFA SUBMISSION, AND THAT WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE TITLE 1B PROVIDER, THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THEM BECAUSE NOW THAT THE TITLE 1B PROVIDER IS THE COLLEGE, THEY CAN ACCESS THE SITE BETTER AND GET A DEDICATED SPACE FOR TITLE 1B SERVICES AT THE CLARKDALE CAMPUS OF YAVAPAI COLLEGE.
WELL, THE NUMBERS WILL PROVE IT OUT IN THE END.
THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, OKAY.
NO, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT THAT WE WOULD, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AS THE INITIAL APPROVAL OF THE MOU IFA, WILL FOLLOW THROUGH AND WATCH THAT.
SUPERVISOR KUTNER? AND, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR JENKINS.
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF IT BEING SPLIT UP, AND I THINK THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL FOUR SERVICE PROVIDERS AT EVERY SINGLE ONE-STOP.
AND SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T DEFINE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND YOU ONLY KNOW IF YOU'RE IN IT.
I'M THE LIAISON OF THIS BOARD.
BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ONE-STOP AND A COMPREHENSIVE ONE-STOP.
COMPREHENSIVE MEANS EVERYBODY'S THERE.
ONE-STOP MEANS THERE'S SOME PARTNERS THERE.
I KNOW WE INHERITED A TRAIN WRECK, AND I THINK EVERY PARTNER HAS BEEN WALKING ON EGGSHELLS WITH EACH OTHER TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT THAT IS NOW STARTING TO COME TOGETHER, WHICH IS VERY GOOD TO SEE.
AND TO SUPERVISOR MALLORY'S POINT ABOUT THE PEOPLE, A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, I WELCOME ANY BOARD MEMBER HERE TO SHOW UP AT THAT MEETING AND TAKE PART.
YAVAPAI ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN SOMEBODY, AND THEY TOLD A STORY ABOUT HOW THIS SYSTEM HELPED THEM.
AND, I MEAN, WHEN YOU REALLY HEAR THESE PEOPLE'S SITUATION, HOW THE COMPREHENSIVE, HOW THE ONE-STOP HAS HELPED THEM, I THINK THAT MEANS A BIG DIFFERENCE TO EVERYBODY.
AND THE SECRET TO THIS WHOLE THING IS GETTING THIS DOGGONE MOU DONE, FINISHED, OUT OF THE WAY.
AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP, LIKE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE'RE ON AN EXTENSION, DOES THAT MAKE US LOOK BAD? BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THERE'S 12 OF THESE SYSTEMS OUT THERE, FIVE ARE ON AN EXTENSION.
AND THE ONLY REASON WE'RE REALLY ON AN EXTENSION IS BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT MOU TO GET DONE AND SIGNED.
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AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN FRICTION WITH THAT, BUT IT'S GETTING WORKED OUT.THE CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP ON THIS BOARD WITH JUSTIN TAKING OVER PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK GARTH DID A GREAT JOB.
BUT, YOU KNOW, JUSTIN BRINGS A NEW ENERGY AND A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF HOW HE WANTS TO DO IT.
I LOVE WHAT HE'S DOING SO FAR.
HE'S GOT A VICE CHAIR, SANDY GRIFFITHS, WHO ALSO IS ON THE BALL AND IS KNOWN FOR DOING GOOD THINGS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE THE CHAIR'S DESIRE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF JUSTIN WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT HE'S HEARD FROM THIS BOARD QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I THINK HE HAS A GOOD VISION HIMSELF.
SUPERVISOR MALLORY? YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY, SUPERVISOR COOK-NEIL, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.
AND NUMBERS ARE GREAT, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE STORIES.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MOVE ME.
FOR ME ON THIS TOPIC, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSING, BUT NOT A LOT OF RESULTS.
I WANT THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HELPED.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP THE PEOPLE, TO SUPERVISOR MALLORY'S POINT.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE, WHICH IS WHAT I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING FOR, WORKING TOWARDS, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO SEE, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
I PROMISE I WILL BRING THAT TO YOU AT THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I'M SORRY.
I HAVE TO ALSO SAY, REGARDING THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE SEPARATED OUT THE LOCATION, I THINK YOU SAID THAT THEY, MEANING IS THAT THE COLLEGE, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THEM? THE ONE-STOP PROVIDER REQUESTED TO HAVE THE ONE-STOP, THE TITLE I-B SERVICES BE AT A SATELLITE ONE-STOP AT THE CLARKDALE CAMPUS.
SO I JUST AM GOING TO MAKE A VERY CLEAR COMMENT.
WE ARE NOT HERE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US.
WE ARE HERE TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TO DO, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
[ NOTES FOR THE RECORD]
MOVING ON TO NOTES FOR THE RECORD.ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXECUTION OF LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE AGAPE HOUSE OF PRESCOTT'S FISCAL YEAR 2026 HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND GRANT
[ 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 ITEMS NO. 5 AND 6.]
APPLICATION.CLERK, WE'RE PULLING FIVE AND SIX.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ONE THROUGH FIVE, ONE THROUGH 35, EXCLUDING FIVE AND SIX.
CONSENT ITEMS ONE THROUGH 35 HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER FIVE AND SIX.
[5. Board of Supervisors - Approve Sandra Russell as a volunteer for the Board of Supervisors' District 5 Office, effective September 28, 2026, through January 4, 2027, and approve issuance of a county laptop and phone.]
ON TO CONSENT NUMBER FIVE.SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, YOU PULLED FIVE.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I TRIED TO GET A VOLUNTEER THROUGH MY OFFICE, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS BROUGHT UP, AND THE VOLUNTEER, WHO IS GOING TO BE SUPERVISING THIS VOLUNTEER? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I TRIED TO BRING IT IN, THE BOARD REALLY DIDN'T WANT ME SUPERVISING THAT.
IT WAS GIVEN TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT TO SUPERVISE THE VOLUNTEER, AND THAT VOLUNTEER HAD TO BE SHARED WITH EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE SAME SITUATION OR IF IT WAS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
AND THEN ALSO, THERE WAS A, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT TOOK US THREE MEETINGS TO GET THROUGH THIS.
AND I KNOW SUPERVISOR CHECK HAD A BIG CONCERN ABOUT CAMPAIGNING AND HELP WITH CAMPAIGNING.
AND I KNOW THAT SUPERVISOR MALLORY IS RUNNING FOR A POSITION AT CSA, AND PART OF THIS IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER THAT'S COMING ON BOARD TO GO UP TO THE CONFERENCE IN FLAGSTAFF FOR CSA.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY CONCERN THERE FROM SUPERVISOR CHECK.
AND I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE QUESTION YOUR INTEGRITY AND MOTIVATIONS, AND I WENT THROUGH THIS BEFORE, BUT ARE THESE QUESTIONS STILL VALID, OR DO WE HAVE A NEW WAY OF GOING THROUGH? MR. CHAIR, SINCE THAT QUESTION WAS DIRECTED AT ME, I MIGHT JUST SAY THIS IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TOPIC.
THE TOPIC THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY WAS REGARDING AN INTERN.
SO I'D RATHER KEEP THE CONVERSATION TO THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THIS VOLUNTEER.
MR. COUNTY MANAGER? MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERVISOR KUCANEO, JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I WAS THE ONE WHO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, SO I'LL AT LEAST GIVE THE INTRO TO IT.
EACH BOARD MEMBER HAS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT THAT IS YOUR EMPLOYEE, ALL FIVE.
AND SUPERVISOR MALLORY HAS HIRED AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT THAT WILL COME ON BOARD
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JANUARY 4TH.THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS ALREADY PASSED ALL EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND CHECKS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR EMPLOYMENT.
THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS OFFERED TO COME EARLY ON TO WORK AS A VOLUNTEER FOR SUPERVISOR MALLORY SO THAT SHE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION UNDER HER BELT AS SHE GOES THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR, 2027, BECAUSE IT WILL BE JANUARY 4TH, 2027 THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL STARTS EMPLOYMENT.
SO I WAS WORKING WITH SUPERVISOR MALLORY TO PUT THIS INDIVIDUAL ON AS A VOLUNTEER APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT THEY COULD RECEIVE THE LAPTOP, PROVIDE SOME SERVICE AS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE SUPERVISOR.
SO I PUT IT ON FOR THAT PURPOSE.
BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, THIS PERSON PASSED ALL BACKGROUND CHECKS THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY GIVE AN EMPLOYEE.
AND THAT'S THE PROCESS WE WOULD DO WITH ANY VOLUNTEER.
SUPERVISOR MALLORY? THANK YOU, CHAIR.
IN REGARDS, SUPERVISOR COOKNEAL, THAT I'M RUNNING FOR AN ELECTION, I AM ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR GOING ON FIVE YEARS.
PART OF THAT IS WE MOVE, AS THE EXECUTIVE BOARDS, I REPRESENT MEDIUM COUNTY CAUCUSES FOR THE STATE.
I AM THE FIRST VP, THE GENTLEMAN THAT WILL BE THE PRESIDENT THIS YEAR, ROLLS RIGHT IN.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR, I ROLL INTO THAT.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE DO HERE.
AND SO I AM A LITTLE BIT NOT SURE HOW YOU WOULD EVEN BRING THAT IN.
AND WHAT IT WAS THAT YOU NEEDED BACK IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, NOW IN REGARDS TO YOUR OFFICE, MS. RUSSELL IS MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
AND THEN WE HAVE A POLICY THAT IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE A VOLUNTEER.
IN THE LAST BOARD, WE HAD A SUPERVISOR THAT HAD MANY VOLUNTEERS.
WHEN JACK SMITH WAS HERE IN THIS DISTRICT, HE HAD A VOLUNTEER.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS NOTHING MORE THAN OTHERS WHO HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS BEFORE ME.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I CREATED.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE SEEN DONE OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
SO, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT SINCE MARCH, AT THE END OF MARCH.
AND I WILL STILL REALLY NOT HAVE A FULL EMPLOYEE UNTIL JANUARY 4TH.
AND IN THAT TIME, I HAVE HAD HELP, BUT I CONTINUE TO RUN IT ON MY OWN.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS, YOU COULD NOT DO ONE OF THESE JOBS WITHOUT AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT THAT WE HAVE.
I COULDN'T REVIEW THEM AND DO MY JOB.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS.
AND TO SUPERVISOR MALLORY'S CREDIT, SHE HAS RUN WITHOUT AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR MONTHS, AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING THAT SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO SO.
AND I COMMEND HER FOR DOING THAT.
I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT FIVE.
YEAH, SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
SUPERVISOR, YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER.
I'M OUT OF ORDER? YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER.
[6. Board of Supervisors - Approve the appointment of Michael Schumacher (District 5 Representative) to the Planning and Zoning Commission, effective August 5, 2026, completing the remainder of a term set to expire June 30, 2027.]
YES.I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE A CITIZEN THAT LIVES IN DISTRICT 5.
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, COULD YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE? SO WHEN YOU ARE IN THE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER STATUSES, WE HAVE PLANNING AND ZONING.
WE HAVE MANY BOARDS THAT PEOPLE CAN VOLUNTEER AND BE A PART OF.
SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, MR. SCHUMACHER SHOWED UP AT A BOARD MEETING IN COTTONWOOD.
I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE HIM THERE.
AFTER THE MEETING, WE GOT TO TALKING.
AND I'VE HAD THIS POSITION ON PLANNING AND ZONING OPENED FOR PROBABLY ALMOST A YEAR NOW.
MR. SCHUMACHER IS GOING TO FILL THAT POSITION, WHICH WILL MAKE IT COMPLETE.
AND IT WILL HELP MOVE A LOT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING ISSUES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT FORWARD.
SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU.
YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN DIAMOND VALLEY WITH THE WHOLE WATER.
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FOR ADOT FOR OVER 30 YEARS.SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS.
AND WHILE I'M UP HERE, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT-OUT TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY FOR THAT ARP GRANT DIAMOND VALLEY WATER RECEIVED.
BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY HELPED OUT.
WE HAD A WATER LOSS OF AROUND 28%.
AND WITH THAT GRANT MONEY, WE REPLACED SERVICE LINES AND THE MAIN WATER LINE UNDER HIGHWAY 69.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR WATER LOSS DOWN FROM 28% TO DOWN TO AROUND 10%.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY OF DIAMOND VALLEY APPRECIATES THAT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MICHAEL SCHUMACHER FOR PLANNING AND ZONING IN DISTRICT 5.
ACTION CONSENT ITEM NUMBER SIX
[1. Board of Supervisors - Consider such action as may be required regarding an appeal to the Board of Supervisors of Administrative Hearing Officer Case No. 26-001043, County of Yavapai v. Jesus R. Perez-Castillo/Ruby Dawn Santillan. (District 3 - Supervisor Check) VICE CHAIR CHECK MOTIONED TO UPHOLD ALL OF THE HEARING OFFICER'S DECISIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EXTENDING THE COMPLIANCE DATE TO OCTOBER 20, 2026; SECONDED BY CHAIR COMPTON; APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY ROLL CALL VOTE.]
HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHECK, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS AN APPEAL OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER CASE 26-001043, COUNTY OF YAVAPAI V. JESUS R. PEREZ CASTILLO AND RUBY DON CENTILLION REGARDING VIOLATIONS OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING AND BUILDING ORDINANCE FOR PARCEL 407-20181.
IT'S LOCATED IN SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 3.
THE HEARING OFFICER FOUND THE DEFENDANT RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING UNPERMITTED GRADING AND CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A FEMA ZONE FLOODWAY, LACK OF REQUIRED DEVELOPMENT AND DRAINAGE PERMITS, AND FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS.
THE DEFENDANTS HAVE APPEALED THE HEARING OFFICER DECISION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS PERMITTED BY COUNTY PROCEDURE AND ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY REVIEW LIMITED INFORMATION PRESENTING TO THE HEARING OFFICER DURING THE CASE ALONG WITH THE APPEAL MEMORANDUMS FROM THE DEFENDANT AND THE COUNTY.
NO NEW EVIDENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED.
ATTORNEY BEN KREITZBERG IS PRESENT REPRESENTING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THE BOARD IS REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEY KRISTEN MACKIN OF SIMS-MACKIN LTD WHO IS IN ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY AND WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
THE BOARD MAY UPHOLD ALL OR PART OF THE HEARING OFFICER DECISION, REVERSE ALL OR PART OF THE HEARING OFFICER DECISION, SEND THE MATTER BACK TO THE HEARING OFFICER FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, INCREASE, DECREASE, OR MODIFY ANY CIVIL PENALTY SET BY THE HEARING OFFICER, EXTEND, SHORTEN, OR MODIFY THE DATE FOR COMPLIANCE.
THE CHAIR WILL PRESIDE, AND BOARD MEMBERS MAY DIRECT QUESTIONS TO BOTH PARTIES REGARDING THE HEARING RECORD.
I'M NOT USED TO DOING THESE SO OFTEN, BUT I WOULD SEE THE PRESENTATION THROUGH HOWEVER YOU ALL WANT TO DO IT.
I DO HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER, THOUGH.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS PRESENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE APPELLANT IS NOT.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED ABOUT THIS IS THE COMPLIANCE DATE IS NOW SET FOR AUGUST 20, 2026.
SO I WOULD MOVE TO UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE PREVIOUS HEARING WITH EXTENSION OF THE COMPLIANCE DATE TO OCTOBER 20, 2026.
SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WORKS REALLY HARD ALL THE TIME.
THE ITEM HAS BEEN UPHELD AND EXTENDED FOR COMPLIANCE UNTIL AUGUST 20, 2026.
[2. Community Health Services - Approve the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) (CTR082573) for grant funding from the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), in the amount of $556,193.00 annually for a total of five (5) years for Rural Health Transformation funding of Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in Rural Areas and Maternal and Fetal Health. Approve five (5) new PCNs for new staff funded under the grant: two Registered Nurse I (1.80 FTE total, 72 hours per pay period), two Health Educator II (2.0 FTE total, 80 hours per pay period), and a Medical Assistant II (1.0 FTE, 80 hours per pay period) to support the grant deliverables. Approve establishing two new fund numbers for grant program initiatives and authorize Leslie Horton, Yavapai County Community Health Service Director, to execute all related documents including subsequent amendments that do not lead to a fiscal adjustment. YC Contract No. 2026-332]
THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION.ACTION NUMBER TWO, COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
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AGAIN, LESLIE HORTON, YOUR COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR.AND THIS MORNING I'M HERE TO PRESENT TWO ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE BEING THE APPROVAL OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT, OR IGA, FOR RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION FUNDS.
WE'RE BEING OFFERED FROM ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES $556,193 TO PROVIDE CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION MANAGEMENT IN RURAL AREAS AND MATERNAL AND FETAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING, ESPECIALLY SURROUNDING CONGENITAL SYPHILIS, BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THAT DRAMATICALLY ON THE INCREASE IN ARIZONA.
AND SO, BECAUSE OF OUR PROPORTION OF RURAL RESIDENTS, WE HAVE ABOUT 100,000 RURAL RESIDENTS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.
WE'RE GETTING A VERY GOOD FRACTION OF THIS FUNDING THAT COMES THROUGH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO TAKE THIS ON.
AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING BETTER SERVICES AROUND CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT, SCREENING, AND OTHER DELIVERABLES IN OUR MOST RURAL SPACES.
SO, I GUESS I WOULD OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS? OKAY.
MOVE TO APPROVE ACTION NUMBER TWO.
ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[3. Community Health Services - Approve a three-year (3) contract with 340B Unity, LLC in an amount not to exceed $536,400.00, to provide 340B Drug Pricing Program and Pharmacy analysis, monthly compliance reviews and annual audit consulting services for Yavapai County Community Health Services (YCCHS), utilizing 340B program and pharmacy fee revenue. YC Contract No. 2026-293]
TO YOUR NEXT ONE, SO THAT'S WHY I SAW A HEARING.WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT FIRST ONE.
THE SECOND ONE IS RFP, SO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WAS PUT OUT TO PROVIDE 340B PROGRAM AND PHARMACY COMPLIANCE FOR US.
THIS IS A PHARMACY DISCOUNT PROGRAM THAT OUR LOW-INCOME AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS CAN BENEFIT FROM.
THEY CAN GET PHARMACEUTICALS AT VERY REASONABLE RATES THROUGH 340B, BUT WE NEEDED A COMPANY TO CONTRACT WITH US TO HELP US WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS PROGRAM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INS AND OUTS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE CROSSED ALL OUR T'S AND DOTTED OUR I'S ON THIS PROGRAM SINCE IT IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM, AND SO WE HAD SIX RESPONSES TO THIS RFP.
THE HIGHEST RANKING OVERALL WAS 340B UNITY, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THEM THIS CONTRACT THAT YOU, THE BOARD, WILL SIGN WITH MY APPROVAL OF THEIR SERVICES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
ANY COMMENTS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
CHAIR, I'M HAVING A LITTLE HARD TIME HEARING SOME OF THE MICROPHONES.
IS THERE ANY WAY? I SEE JENKINS IS NODDING HER HEAD.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET THAT BOOSTED UP A LITTLE BIT? I'VE REQUESTED IT AT THE PAST TWO MEETINGS.
I WAS TOLD WE WERE AT THE MAXIMUM TODAY, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE COULD DO, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT FROM STAFF.
CHAIR, IF THE SPEAKERS AT THE PODIUM WOULDN'T MIND SPEAKING VERY CLOSELY TO THE MIC, THAT WILL HELP FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
BRANDON, YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON
[4. Facilities - Discussion and possible action regarding departmental space allocation and proposed floor plan for the Gurley Street Remodel project.]
TO TEST IT OUT.I'LL TRY TO SPEAK CLOSELY AND LOUDLY.
IS THAT BETTER? IS THAT BETTER? GREAT.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M BRANDON SCHULTZ, DIRECTOR OF YOUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE TWO ACTION ITEMS HERE TODAY.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE GURLEY STREET REMODEL.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, THE TWO DEPARTMENTS, EXCUSE ME, THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE STILL IN THAT BUILDING.
WE HAVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SOME MONTHS AGO, THE BOARD GAVE US DIRECTION TO GO BACK AND REALLOCATE THAT SPACE.
WE HAD THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, EXCUSE ME, THE SHERIFF AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY DISCUSS HOW THEY MIGHT BEST WORK TOGETHER IN THAT BUILDING.
THEY CAME TO AN AGREEMENT ON HOW THEY FELT LIKE THAT SPACE WOULD BEST BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
WE SAT DOWN WITH AN ARCHITECT AFTER THAT AGREEMENT AND WORKED THROUGH THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED AND ARE ATTACHED AS PART OF THIS AGENDA MEETING.
THEY HAVE ADDRESSED ALL OF THE NEEDS, AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS.
THEY HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY HIT
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THE SQUARE FOOTAGE TARGETS WE HAD ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE ARE BUDGET TARGETS, JUST LIKE BUDGET, AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SPEND EVERY DOLLAR.WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE PROVIDED ENOUGH SEATS, WHETHER THAT BE IN OFFICES OR IN CUBICLES, TO COVER THEIR FORECASTED HEADCOUNTS FOR 2043.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, INVITE THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
I AM JUST EXCITED, AS CAN BE, TO SEE THIS MOVEMENT.
SO I'M SURE THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION.
I JUST WOULD MOTION, BUT I'LL WAIT.
WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE ALSO TO COMMENT.
I'M JUST EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH GURLEY STREET AND THAT YOU HAVE A BOARD THAT IS 100% COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY LIKE NO OTHER BOARD HAS EVER DONE BEFORE, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE 100% OF THE NEEDS TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THAT BUILDING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YEAH, CHAIR.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I ASKED FOR WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS MOVEMENT, WHERE IS EVERYONE GOING TO GO? WHAT'S THE PLAN? AND YOU GUYS HAD THAT.
AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.
I WANT TO ALSO SHARE THE EXCITEMENT OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND MAKE A NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS GOING TO SAVE MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE TAX BASE.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY OVER THE LAST YEAR TO TAKE A CHALLENGING SITUATION AND FORGE A WAY FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHERE WE WOULD LAND.
I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE FOUND.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
[5. Facilities - Discussion and possible action to determine the configuration and placement location of the fully-engraved, stainless-steel replicas of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Civil Rights Amendments. ]
ITEM IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED.THANK YOU, CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR, CHECK, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM STILL BRANDON SCHULTZ, DIRECTOR OF YOUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE HERE IS A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CONFIGURATION PLACEMENT OF THE FULLY ENGRAVED STAINLESS STEEL REPLICAS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS, AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS AMENDMENTS.
AS AN EXAMPLE, WE'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT ONE OF THE PANELS HERE THAT'S LAYING ON THE GROUND RIGHT BELOW THE SCREEN.
WE HAVE PREPARED OR WE'VE DOWNLOADED A VIDEO.
AND IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME, WE'RE HAPPY TO WATCH IT OR PASS WHATEVER THE BOARD'S PLEASURE IS THERE.
I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES OF FOUNDATION FORWARD.
THE NUMBER ONE PRINCIPLE OF FOUNDATION FORWARD IS EDUCATION.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU TAKE FROM THIS EXPERIENCE, IT ALL GOES BACK TO EDUCATION.
EDUCATION ON AMERICAN HISTORY TO PRESERVE THAT HISTORY SURROUNDING THE TIME OF THE FOUNDING OF OUR COUNTRY.
EDUCATION ON GOVERNMENT SO ALL WILL KNOW HOW GOVERNMENT IS MEANT TO SERVE AND PROTECT WE THE PEOPLE.
YOU SEE, NOT EVERYONE CAN GET TO WASHINGTON, TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THESE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS IN COMMUNITIES IN A PROPER SETTING.
AND NUMBER THREE IS COMMUNITY.
HAVING YOUR CHARTERS OF FREEDOM ALLOWS YOUR COMMUNITY A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GATHER TO CELEBRATE, TO HONOR, AND TO REFLECT.
PEOPLE ASK US, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? AND WE TELL THEM, YES, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY.
WE BELIEVE IT GIVES US A DIRECT LINK TO OUR FOUNDING FATHERS BY HELPING TO PRESERVE WHAT IT IS THEY GAVE THIS COUNTRY.
A GOVERNMENT TO SERVE AND PROTECT WE THE PEOPLE.
IF YOU WANT A MONUMENT OR A SETTING TO LAST, YOU PUT MORE UNDERGROUND THAN ABOVE GROUND.
THESE ARE NOT TIP-OVER MONUMENTS.
YOUR FOUNDATION GOES DOWN THREE AND A HALF FEET.
IT IS SOLID, REINFORCED POURED CONCRETE, COMING UP INTO A SOLID, REINFORCED CORE.
JUST THE CORE AND FOUNDATION OF THE CENTER DISPLAY WEIGHS OVER 38,000 POUNDS, OVER 19 TONS.
THERE ARE SIX DOCUMENTS DISPLAYED.
ALL ARE LIFE-SIZE, WHICH MEANS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS A LITTLE LARGER THAN THE OTHERS.
EACH ONE IS ON QUARTER-INCH ETCHED BRONZE AND WEIGHS OVER 60 POUNDS.
THERE IS A CHARTERS OF FREEDOM MEDALLION ON THE FRONT, WHICH IS VERY SPECIAL.
THE EAGLE REPRESENTS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
THE SEVEN STARS ABOVE THE EAGLE
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REPRESENT THE SEVEN ARTICLES OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.THE TEN STARS UNDER THE EAGLE REPRESENT THE FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS, YOUR BILL OF RIGHTS.
FROM THE BEGINNING, THIS HAS BEEN AN EDUCATION PROJECT.
WE LEARNED WE HAD TWO FOUNDING FATHERS WHO WERE VERY BIG ON EDUCATION, THOMAS JEFFERSON AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
THESE TWO BELIEVED THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE A FREE AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS, THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL WHAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1789 SAID, EDUCATE AND INFORM THE WHOLE MASS OF THE PEOPLE.
THEY ARE THE ONLY SURE RELIANCE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OUR LIBERTY.
AND JAMES MADISON WROTE IN 1822, A PEOPLE WHO MEAN TO BE THEIR OWN GOVERNORS MUST ARM THEMSELVES WITH THE POWER KNOWLEDGE GIVES.
OUR HOPE IS THAT OUR FUTURE LEADERS WILL COME FROM COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CHARTERS OF FREEDOM SETTING.
THAT YOUR CHILDREN WILL NO LONGER GROW UP JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS IN WASHINGTON.
THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THEIR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND THEIR BILL OF RIGHTS.
THE ONES THEY GREW UP RIGHT IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.
MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU READY TO BE A PART OF HISTORY? BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE YOUR CHARTERS OF FREEDOM.
IT'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT 300 TO 500 YEARS.
AND YOUR FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE GOING TO KNOW YOU ARE HERE.
THIS OFFER WAS MADE, I THINK, TO ALL COUNTIES.
AND AT FIRST, WHEN I READ ABOUT IT, I WAS UNSURE IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PLACE THAT WAS SUITABLE FOR THIS KIND OF DISPLAY.
BECAUSE OUR, YOU KNOW, PLAZA'S PRETTY WELL FULL OF MEMORIALS AND THE FAIR STREET LOBBY IS PRETTY COMPACT AS WELL.
BUT I REMEMBERED THAT WE ARE DOING A REMODEL OF THE COTTONWOOD ANNEX LOBBY, WHICH I HAVE FOUND TO BE A FAIRLY AIMLESS AND NOT VERY COHESIVE EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO WALK IN THAT DOOR.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT REMODEL IN GENERAL.
BUT I REALLY COULD SEE A WONDERFUL DISPLAY THERE.
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN GOVERNMENT LIKE YOU ALL TODAY, IT WOULD BE IN THE LOBBY OUTSIDE OF THE COTTONWOOD BOARDROOM.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD ALREADY BE IN OUR PLANS TO BUDGET.
SO IT WOULD BE PRETTY STREAMLINED.
AND THAT'S HOW I HOPE THIS CONVERSATION GOES.
WELL, I'LL JUST GO FROM RIGHT TO LEFT.
I MEAN, I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, SUPERVISOR, I MEAN, VICE CHAIR CHECKS COMMENTS.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT BELONGS THERE.
I DON'T THINK IT BELONGS HERE.
I THINK IT BELONGS IN OUR NEW BUILDING.
WITH A BEAUTIFUL PALATIAL HALL TO DISPLAY IT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, CHARLOTTE HALL HAS ALREADY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DONATING WONDERFUL ARTIFACTS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO HAVE ALSO PUT IN THAT DISPLAY HALL.
AND IT'S A BIG, BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY HALL.
AND IT'S IN BETWEEN ONE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND THE OTHER FOR BOTH OF US.
AND I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A MORE BEAUTIFUL LOCATION TO PUT IT, GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THIS IS, AND SORT OF SHARE IT BETWEEN US.
VICE CHAIR, I MEAN, SUPERVISOR MALLORY? WELL, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT I LOVE THIS PRESENTATION.
AND WHEN HE SAYS, IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY, IT'S NOT.
AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO REMEMBER.
THEY GAVE AND ARE STILL, THIS VERY MOMENT, GIVING THEIR LAST BREATH FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
TALKING, COMMUNICATING, IN FREEDOM.
AND FOR THE LOCATION, I HAVE NO PROBLEM PUTTING IT OVER AT THE NEW BUILDING.
I THINK WE ALL SHOULD EDUCATE AND NEVER STOP IT.
SUPERVISOR JENKINS? THANK YOU FOR THAT, THE PRESENTATION.
BECAUSE IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO VISUALIZE.
I'M LIKE, I DON'T GET JUST METAL PLATES.
WE ALL SHOULD BE VERY PROUD THAT WE LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND DISPLAY THIS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE, WHEREVER YOU, WE DECIDE TO PUT IT, THAT IT IS IN A PLACE WHERE IT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY, THIS IS A GREAT REMINDER, AND IT NEEDS TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE DO LIVE IN THE GREATEST NATION
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ON EARTH.SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? I THINK THIS IS ALSO SUPER IMPORTANT AND NEEDS A RESPECTFUL PLACE TO BE.
I WOULD, HOWEVER, LIKE TO TABLE THIS DECISION.
I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MADE TODAY.
AS WE TALK ABOUT FACILITIES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING UP AND THE DIFFERENT CHANGES WE'RE MAKING, I WANT TO BE REALLY SURE THAT WHEREVER WE PUT THIS, IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND IT MAY BE AT THE NEW BUILDING, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE NEW BUILDING IS A PUBLIC THING TO TALK ABOUT ANYMORE YET.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TABLE THIS FOR AND HAVE IT RESPECTFULLY STORED SOMEWHERE WITH FACILITIES UNTIL WE HAVE A CLEAR DECISION ON WHERE WE WANT TO PUT IT AND HOW IT NEEDS TO BE DISPLAYED.
IS THAT A MOTION, SUPERVISOR KUKNO? I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS DECISION, HAVE THESE ARTIFACTS RESPECTFULLY STORED, AND COME BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AS OUR FACILITIES PLAN IS VERY CLEAR.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
WOULD THE BOARD PREFER IF I BRING ANY SKETCHES, CONCEPTS, COSTS, ANY OPTIONS, HOPEFULLY LIMITED, MAYBE TWO? I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT.
ANY INFORMATION THAT I CAN PROVIDE FOR YOU GUYS TO ASSIST WITH YOUR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS? THAT WOULD BE NICE.
GIVEN WHAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY WAS NICE.
THERE IS INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT'S DONATING THIS, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME GUIDELINES, TOO, SO.
SO THE VIDEO THAT WE WATCHED WAS THE INITIAL PRESENTATION OF IT WHERE THEY WERE LITERALLY PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND THEY WERE CRAFTING THESE BRICK-AND-MORTAR PILLARS FOR THESE PLAQUES TO REST IN.
SINCE THEN, I THINK OUT OF JUST SHEER NEED AND VOLUME, THEY NEEDED TO MOVE FASTER, AND THEY SWITCHED FROM THAT TO LITERALLY JUST SHIPPING THEM OUT.
WE RECEIVED THIS GIFT WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED, NO COST, NO NOTHING.
I JUST SAID YES, AND IT SHOWED UP ON MY DOCK A WEEK AND A HALF LATER.
I WAS QUITE SHOCKED AT HOW QUICKLY IT SHOWED UP.
BUT WITH THAT, THEY HAVE OPENED IT UP TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES ON HOW WE DISPLAY AND WHERE WE PUT IT.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN VERY STRINGENT ON HOW WE DISPLAY IT.
I KNOW WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF THOSE BRICK AND CONCRETE PILLARS WITH THE GLASS TOPS, BUT I HAD HEARD THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE CREATING MOBILE DISPLAYS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE DOING A VARIETY OF OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS.
I THOUGHT WE COULD HANG THEM ON WALLS AS LONG AS WE HAD APPROPRIATE ANCHORS AND THEY WERE SAFE.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD PRESENT THESE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT COST IMPACTS.
AND SO WE CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S BRICK AND MORTAR.
I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS KIND OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION THAT KIND OF MEETS THE SCALE THAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR THESE.
AND THEN I CAN BRING YOU SOMETHING BACK OF THE COST TO HANG THEM, AND IT WOULD BE PRETTY SIMILAR IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ON THAT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR OPTIONS IN THE TWO PLACES, I GUESS, THAT WERE MENTIONED.
CHAIR, CAN I TOSS JUST ONE LAST ITEM OUT? AND I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS WITH THE BOARD ON LOCATION.
YOU COULD ALSO MAKE THEM SOMEWHAT MOBILE WHERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE FACILITIES THAT PUBLIC IS IN AND VISITS AND YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND YOUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR BROUGHT UP THE GOOD COMMENT THAT THERE'S NO STANDARD YET OF HOW THEY HAVE TO BE AFFIXED.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I SAW THIS WAS THAT BIG FIXTURE, BUT AS YOUR DIRECTOR JUST POINTED OUT, YOU COULD MAKE THEM WHERE THEY COULD BE AFFIXED IN ONE BUILDING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, COULD BE MOVED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS IS A VERY NICE THING THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTY IN YOUR BUILDING.
SO JUST A SUGGESTION AS YOU START LOOKING AT IT.
[6. Public Works - Award a contract to J. Banicki Construction, Inc. in the amount of $504,691.60 for the Epoxy Chip Seal Bridge Deck Preservation Project (FY 26-27) Project No. 2612121 - IFB No. 26-PW-62. YC Contract No. 2026-328 (District 2 - Supervisor Jenkins; District 5 - Supervisor Mallory)]
THANK YOU.LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU GIVE US IN THE FUTURE.
GOOD MORNING, VICE CHAIR CHECK AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M ROGER MCCORMICK, YOUR DIRECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR ACTION ITEM 6, WE HAVE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO J. BANANKE CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $504,691.60.
THIS IS FOR AN EPOXY CHIP SEAL PROJECT TO REPLACE THE TOP OF THE DECKS FOR FOUR BRIDGES THAT ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THOSE LOCATIONS ARE OAK CREEK BRIDGE OVER IN THE CORNVILLE COMMUNITY, LYNX CREEK BRIDGE ON OLD BLACK CANNON HIGHWAY, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO BRIDGES ON ANTELOPE CREEK ROAD THAT INCLUDE THE HACKBERRY CREEK CROSSING AND THE ANTELOPE CREEK CROSSING.
PUBLIC WORKS DID PUT THIS PROJECT OUT FOR BID.
WE RECEIVED TWO BIDS ON JULY 16TH.
THE TWO CONTRACTORS, DBA AND CONSTRUCTION, AT $523,333.20,
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AND THEN THE LOW BIDDER, JAY BANANKE, AT THE $504,691.60.THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE ON THIS PROJECT WAS $554,000, SO WE DID COME IN UNDER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE, WHICH IS GOOD.
THIS WAS BUDGETED AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR COST THAT YOU APPROVED.
IT WAS BUDGETED AT $500,000, SO WE WERE JUST OVER THAT BY ABOUT $4,600.
SO WE DO LIKE WHAT WE SEE HERE, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE.
NEXT, SUPERVISOR MALLORY, THEN SUPERVISOR JENKINS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN OUR BRIDGES, SO DEFINITELY I'M GOOD WITH THIS.
OH, I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING HOW YOU INSPECT BRIDGES AND GET THEM IN A MAINTENANCE PLAN SO WE GET AHEAD OF THE GAME.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO RESULTS.
IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
[1. Development Services - Approve a waiver of the Yavapai County Roadway Design Standards to allow for a reduction in pavement width from 28 feet to 24 feet, and to incorporate a 4-foot-wide aggregate base shoulder on each side of the pavement and approve a Preliminary Plat for APN 106-06-002S, to allow for Phase 4 of Stringfield at Granite Mountain, which proposes 49 single-family lots and three (3) tracts (A-C), on approximately 57.97 acres, in a PAD (Planned Area Development) zoning district, subject to the conditions of approval. Property Owner: Stringfield At Granite Mountain Trust #1 & Empire Title Agency, A Division of Stewart Title Co Ttee. Applicant/Agent: Jeff Davis of Stringfield Development Company, LLC. Application No. PLA24-000097. (District 4 - Supervisor Kuknyo)]
ACTION ITEM NUMBER SIX HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.MOVING ON TO HEARING ITEM NUMBER ONE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN COMPTON AND VICE CHAIR, CHECK.
MY NAME IS MATT BLAKE, YOUR PLANNING MANAGER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION I WILL PRESENT IS FOR STRINGFIELD RANCH AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN PHASE 4 PRELIMINARY PLOT.
THE REQUEST IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLOT FOR PHASE 4 OF THE STRINGFIELD AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN TO CREATE 49 SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS AND THREE TRACKS ON APPROXIMATELY 57.97 ACRES IN A PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT, AS WELL AS CONSIDERATION OF A WAIVER OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS TO ALLOW FOR REDUCTION IN PAVEMENT WIDTH FROM 28 TO 24 FEET AND TO INCORPORATE A FOUR-FOOT-WIDE AGGREGATE BASE SHOULDER ON EACH SIDE OF THE PAVEMENT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
WHEN THIS ITEM APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON JULY 2ND, A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE BOARD WAS PASSED, WITH SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER GARRISON IS PRESENT, SHOULD THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE PROPERTY IS IN SUPERVISOR KUCHNEO'S DISTRICT, DISTRICT 04, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE STAR ON THE MAP.
HERE IS AN AREA MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PHASE 4 OF THE PAD OUTLINED IN RED.
YOU CAN JUST KIND OF MAKE THAT OUT IN THE CENTER.
IT OUTLINES THAT PROPERTY IN TAN.
IT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD AND PIONEER PARKWAY IN THE PRESCOTT AREA.
PHASE 4 COMPRISES THE AREA SURROUNDING PHASE 4 COMPRISES THE R1L DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE RCU-2 DISTRICT.
HERE IS JUST AN AERIAL VIEW MAP.
PHASE 4 AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO THE NORTH IS UNENTITLED VACANT LAND OWNED BY THE STRINGFIELD RANCH.
TO THE SOUTH IS PHASE 3, TO THE EAST IS RANCHO GRANDE ESTATES, AND TO THE WEST IS LIMITED SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND MORE UNENTITLED VACANT LAND OWNED BY STRINGFIELD RANCH.
OKAY, WORD ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UNDER THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS A LAND USE DESIGNATION OF AGRICULTURE.
THIS LAND USE TYPE PROVIDES FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH ALLOWS AT LEAST ONE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE.
SECTION 2.7 OF THE COMP PLAN LAND USE GOALS AND POLICIES CALLS FOR INCREASING PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGING PADS OVER LOT SPLITTING.
THIS APPLICATION IS AN EXAMPLE OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PROPOSING ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, CENTRALIZED WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, FIRE SUPPRESSION MEASURES, OPEN SPACE GRADING, AND DRAINAGE REVIEW.
THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE PRELIMINARY PLOT FOR PHASE 4, WITH 49 LOTS RANGING BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2.2 ACRES IN SIZE, WITH AN AVERAGE LOT SIZE OF 0.72 ACRES.
THERE ARE THREE TRACKS PROPOSED AS PART OF PHASE 4.
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TRACK A IS A PRIVATE DRIVE, ESSENTIALLY WILDCAT DRIVE, ALL OF THE DRIVES THAT ARE SERVING THIS PHASE.AND 18.49 ACRES OF DESIGNATED OPEN SPACE, COMPRISING TRACT B TRACK C IS A LIFT STATION FOR THE SEWER THAT'S ESSENTIALLY 0.0 ACRES, SO NOT READILY VISIBLE ON THE MAP.
ACCESS FOR THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION PHASE IS FROM WILDCAT TRAIL, WHICH WAS PLATTED IN PHASE 3 OF THE SUBDIVISION.
THE INTERIOR ROAD SYSTEM IS PROPOSED, AGAIN, TO BE PRIVATE ROADS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
REGARDING EMERGENCY ACCESS, STAFF RECEIVED A LETTER FROM KEVIN O'NEILL, FIRE INSPECTOR WITH CAFMA, DATED APRIL 8, 2026.
THE LETTER CONFIRMS CAFMA'S REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE STRINGFIELD RANCH RECORDED GRANT OF AN EASEMENT FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS APPARATUS THROUGH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, AS SHOWN IN THE MAP.
AND SO, TAKE YOUR EYES TO KIND OF THE LEFT SIDE, THE UPPER LEFT OF THE MAP, THERE'S THAT BLACK LINE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE EASEMENT THAT WAS GRANTED BY A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER, SO THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS.
IT WOULDN'T BE READILY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EXCEPT DURING EMERGENCIES, PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT, JEFF DAVIS, WHO'S HERE TODAY, COULD SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY TO.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE MAP THERE, AND THAT'S SHOWN IN BLACK.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXISTING ACCESS ROAD FROM PHASE 1 TO HOZONI ROAD AND THE INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS IN ALL HOMES THROUGHOUT THE STRINGFIELD SUBDIVISION, THIS EASEMENT SATISFIES CAFMA'S SECONDARY FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL PROPOSED PHASES OF THE STRINGFIELD SUBDIVISION MASTER PLAN.
THE HOA HAS ACCEPTED THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN EMERGENCY ACCESS IN PERPETUITY.
AND THIS IS A SECOND LETTER FROM CAFMA.
THIS LETTER WAS DATED FEBRUARY 18, 2026, WHICH INCLUDED A LIST OF THREE REQUIREMENTS TO BE MET BY THE APPLICANT AS NECESSARY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE STANDARDS.
I BELIEVE FIRE MARSHAL DARRELL TURPAK IS PRESENT SHOULD THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING FIRE SAFETY, FIRE PREVENTION CONCERNS IN THEIR REVIEW OF THIS PROJECT.
PUBLIC WORKS, THE APPLICATION INCLUDES A REQUEST FOR A WAIVER OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS TO REDUCE THE PAVEMENT WIDTH FOR PRIVATE LOCAL STREETS IN THE STRINGFIELD RANCH PHASE 4 FROM 28 FEET TO 24 FEET, AND TO INCORPORATE A FOUR-FOOT-WIDE AGGREGATE BASE SHOULDER ON EACH SIDE OF THE PAVEMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DESIGN FOR ALL THREE PREVIOUS PHASES.
THE MAIN JUSTIFICATION FOR THE WAIVER, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THE APPLICATION CAN SPEAK TO, IS TO PROVIDE ENHANCED WALKABILITY WITH THE USABLE SHOULDER FOR PEDESTRIANS.
ROGER MCCORK, OUR COUNTY ENGINEER, HAS PROVIDED A LETTER INDICATING NO CONCERNS, AS SHOWN HERE, DATED JUNE 29, 2026.
I BELIEVE ROGER IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE WAIVER REQUESTS.
AND OF NOTE IS THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS UPDATED THE COUNTY ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS ON MAY 20, 2026, WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REDUCED THE REQUIRED STREET SECTION FROM 30 FEET TO 28 FEET. SO THE ASK IS THE WAIVER IS LESS THAN WHAT IT HAD BEEN IN PREVIOUS WAIVER REQUESTS FOR THE PREVIOUS PHASES. SO NOW IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A REDUCTION OF FOUR FEET. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE PAD REZONING, NOT PER EACH PHASE. SO IT'S NOT REQUIRED FOR, FOR THE PHASE.
IT WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE OVERALL PAD REZONING AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL OF THESE PHASES. HOWEVER, STAFF DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATION LETTERS TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A HALF-MILE RADIUS.
SURVEY ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, THREE WAS POSTED ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE, ALONG WITH PROPERTY POSTINGS AT THREE PROMINENT LOCATIONS.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMMENTS OR LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT RECEIVED FOR THIS REQUEST AS OF JULY 30, 2026. STAFF CONCERNS. THE PROPOSED PRELIMINARY PLAT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED PAD, AS WELL AS SECTION 463 OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED PAYMENT WITH WAIVER IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEER AND CAFMA. AND SO, AS SUCH, STAFF HAS NO CONCERNS WITH, WITH FACE, APPROVAL OF FACE FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT. SUMMARY
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REQUEST. BASICALLY, THAT'S THE SAME LANGUAGE. IF I MOVE FORWARD ONE SLIDE TO THE SUGGESTED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WISH, I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO READ THE CONDITIONS OR AT.
ALL THE SUPERVISORS, ALL THE SUPERVISORS HAVE READ THE CONDITIONS, HAVEN'T THEY? SO, YOU.
SO, AT THIS TIME, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL JUST NOTE THAT WE HAVE SOME PROFESSIONALS IN THE ROOM.
THE APPLICANT, JEFF DAVIS, IS ALSO PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER GARRISON, SHOULD THE BOARD WISH TO HEAR FROM A REPRESENTATIVE FROM YOUR COMMISSION.
JUST AS A NOTE, THIS, FOR MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS, THIS IS A HEARING ITEM.
SO, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, IT'S YOUR DISTRICT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS IS NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN IT'S BEEN FOR PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE.
BUT BECAUSE OF OUR, THE WAY OUR ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, IT HAS TO COME BACK FOR A WAIVER EVERY TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING CHANGED TO WHERE IF WE APPROVE STREET WIDTH, THAT IT CARRIES ON.
BECAUSE THIS IS STILL GOING TO COME IN FRONT OF US FOR PHASE FIVE, PHASE SIX, PHASE SEVEN.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IF WE'VE ALREADY SAID, YES, WE'RE OKAY WITH HOW THESE STREETS ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED, THEN I THINK THAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO KEEP SHOWING UP.
THE DEVELOPER HAS TO KEEP SHOWING UP.
AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S A WASTE OF EVERYBODY'S TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS.
THERE'S THINGS GOING ON THERE THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH.
THERE'S THINGS THAT I DO AGREE WITH.
I DID GET ONE LETTER OF CONCERN FROM LARRY JACOBS, WHO HAS BEEN VERY, HAD A MICROSCOPE ON THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS, HE'S DOING HIS DILIGENCE AS A NEIGHBOR.
AND HIS CONCERN WAS THAT WHERE IT HAS TO GO WIDER OUT TO 26 FEET FOR THE FIRE HYDRANTS, THAT HASN'T OCCURRED.
AND HE BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF WRAP RIP IN BETWEEN THE FIRE HYDRANT AND THE ROAD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CATHMA WOULD SAY.
MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON WITH ONE PARTICULAR, AS THESE LOTS GET SOLD OFF, DIFFERENT PEOPLE COME IN TO BUILD THE HOUSES.
AND A NEIGHBOR CALLED, COMPLAINED, AND INSTEAD OF JUST TRYING TO GO THROUGH THESE CHANNELS, I JUST CALLED UP MR. DAVIS AND SAID, HEY, CAN YOU FIX THIS? AND WITHIN TWO DAYS, THE ISSUES WERE RESOLVED, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE RESOLVED A DIFFERENT ISSUE, SO I'VE GOT TO TALK TO HIM AGAIN TODAY.
BUT HE WAS VERY RESPONSIVE TO THAT.
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT AS WELL AS THINGS THAT PEOPLE SEE AS WRONG.
I MEAN, I THINK THE PAVED STREETS, FIRE HYDRANTS, WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THAT AREA.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT PLACE LIGHT UP ONCE BEFORE.
AND THERE'S STILL SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT.
BUT I'M OKAY WITH THIS WAIVER, JUST AS I HAVE BEEN FOR PHASE 01, 2, AND 3.
VICE CHAIR, ANY GREEN SHEETS? THERE ARE NO GREEN SHEETS ON THIS MATTER.
CLERK, ANYTHING ONLINE? ONE COMMENT WAS RECEIVED AS REFERENCED BY SUPERVISOR KUPIO.
DOES ANY OF THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK? NO? OKAY, I MOVE TO APPROVE HEARING ITEM NUMBER ONE.
[2. Development Services - Approve a rezoning for APN 300-20-003C and APN 300-20-003R, from the R1L-36A zoning district to the R1L-5A zoning district, subject to the conditions of approval. Owner/Applicant: Vincent & Lisa Fornara. Application No. PLA26-000040. (District 1 - Supervisor Compton)]
YES.HEARING ITEM NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE OPENING IT.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHECK, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BECCA SORAKIS, PLANNER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I AM PRESENTING THE FRENARA REZONING APPLICATION, WHICH IS A REQUEST TO REZONE A 2.06-ACRE PARCEL FROM R1L36A TO R1L5A AND TO REZONE A 4.72-ACRE PORTION OF THE ADJACENT PARCEL FROM R1L36A TO R1L5A.
ALTHOUGH THIS APPLICATION IS STRICTLY A REZONING REQUEST, THE REASON THE APPLICANT IS PURSUING THIS REZONING APPLICATION IS TO ALLOW THEM TO ADJUST THE LOT LINES BETWEEN THOSE TWO PARCELS THEY OWN.
AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
SO THE REZONING APPLICATION WAS HEARD BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON JULY 2ND AND RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER GARRISON IS PRESENT AND AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE DELIBERATIONS.
MOVING ON TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES, LOCATION, AND ZONING.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN CHAIR COMPTON'S DISTRICT, DISTRICT 1.
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THE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTH OF THE SKULL VALLEY AREA AND IS SHOWN IN RED ON THE SCREEN.BOTH SUBJECT PARCELS ARE ZONED R1L36A, WHICH REQUIRES A 36-ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE.
THE SURROUNDING ZONING TO THE WEST, NORTH, AND EAST IS ALSO R1L36A, AND TO THE SOUTH IS RCU2A.
HERE IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE TWO PARCELS.
THE PROPERTY IS ACCESSED FROM THE WEST OFF OF TOUGH COUNTRY TRAIL, AND THERE'S A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE AND A FEW OUTBUILDINGS ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
THE APPLICATION INVOLVES TWO ADJACENT PARCELS.
ONE OF THE TWO PARCELS IS 320-003C, OUTLINED IN RED.
IT IS A LEGAL, NON-CONFORMING PARCEL.
IT WAS CREATED IN 1981 AND MET THE RCU18 ZONING DISTRICT AT THAT TIME.
THE SECOND PARCEL IS OUTLINED IN GREEN ON THE SCREEN AND IS A 48.43-ACRE PARCEL.
THE FNORAS HAVE REQUESTED THIS REZONING APPLICATION BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADJUST THEIR LOT LINES AND ALLOW FOR THAT 2.06-ACRE PARCEL OUTLINED IN RED TO BECOME A 6.78-ACRE PARCEL, LEAVING A 41.65-ACRE PARCEL OUTLINED IN GREEN.
SO THE INTENT OF THIS REZONING IS TO JUST ALLOW A LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE APPLICANTS TO EXPAND THEIR PARCEL.
THE PROPERTIES HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF AGRICULTURAL, WHICH ALLOWS FOR ONE DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE.
THE PROPOSED ZONING OF R1L5A DOES NOT INCREASE THE UNDERLYING ONE DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE ALLOWANCE AND DOES CONFORM WITH THE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION.
THE APPLICANT HAS SENT OUT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION LETTERS TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 01,000 FEET, AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT FOR THIS APPLICATION.
AND SO IN CONCLUSION, THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR A REZONING OF A 2.06-ACRE PARCEL AND A 4.72-ACRE PORTION OF A PARCEL FROM R1L36A TO R1L5A.
OKAY. STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THIS APPLICATION.
THANK YOU, BECCA. AND DO WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE KNOWN THE APPLICANTS SINCE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD INTEGRITY.
AND THIS IS JUST A MATTER OF JUMPING THROUGH GOVERNMENT HOOPS TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, BUT THEY'RE NECESSARY.
SO I FULLY SUPPORT WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE, CHAIR, ON SOMETHING THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT.
FLIGHT, CHAIR, CHECK. ANY GREEN SHEETS? I DON'T HAVE ANY GREEN SHEETS ON THIS ONE.
CLERK? NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED.
THIS IS A HEARING ITEM. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE HEARING ITEM NUMBER TWO.
[3. Development Services - Approve a permanent and transferable Use Permit for APN 501-10-017 to authorize development of a religious institution within a R1L-18 Zoning District on a 1.09-acre parcel, subject to the conditions of approval. Owners: Family Church BCC. Applicant/Agent: David and Jeannie Glover. Application No. PLA26-000041. (District 2 - Supervisor Jenkins)]
YES.HEARING ITEM NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BJ RATLIFF, ONE OF THE PLANNERS WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I'M HERE THIS MORNING GOING TO PRESENT THE USE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR FAMILY CHURCH, PRESENTED BY OR BROUGHT IN BY DAVE AND JEANNIE GLOVER.
THIS IS IN SUPERVISOR JENKINS, DISTRICT 2 AREA DOWN IN BLACK CANYON CITY.
IT WENT BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING ON JULY 2ND, WHERE IT RECEIVED APPROVAL WITH A 6-2 RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER GARRISON IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SO, THE REQUEST IS, THIS ZONING IS R1L 18, AND WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, YOU CAN SEE THAT RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS ARE ALLOWED UPON A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, HENCE THE BACKGROUND ON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
THERE IS ONE WAIVER REQUEST THAT WAS NOT A PART OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE.
WE KIND OF MISSED IT WHEN THE PACKET WAS ORIGINALLY PUT TOGETHER, BUT THEY ARE REQUESTING, AS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, THEY ARE ALLOWED A 4-BY-4 SIGN.
THAT'S PLANNED FOR, BUT THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING TO PAINT A SIGN ON THE BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE 6-BY-6, AND I'LL GET TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE SITE PLAN.
AGAIN, COMMUNITY OF BLACK CANYON CITY.
THE ZONING IS R1L, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN ONE ACRE.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ZONING, IT IS ECLECTIC.
THIS ZONING IS R1L RESIDENTIAL.
ACROSS THE STREET, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL WORK.
IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT IS R110, AND YOU ALSO HAVE COMMERCIAL AND THEN R1L.
DOES THAT BLEED ACROSS, OR IS THAT JUST THE BLUE BOX? NO, IT ACTUALLY BLEEDS ACROSS.
SO THIS IS OUR SUBJECT PARCEL,
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AND THERE IS A PIECE OF R1L THAT IS ACTUALLY A PART OF THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL IS DULY ZONED.AND THEY OWN THEM BOTH? NO, THEY ONLY OWN THE SUBJECT PARCEL.
THEY ONLY OWN THIS PARCEL RIGHT HERE.
WHY IS IT LIKE THAT? THAT'S THE WAY IT WOULD READ BETTER.
I'M SORRY, LET ME DO IT THIS WAY.
THE PURPLE LINE IS THE PARCEL, AND THEN THIS IS JUST A TEXT BOX SHOWING THE SUBJECT.
THIS IS THE ZONING KIND OF DROPPED DOWN WITH TRANSPARENCY.
YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE STREET, THIS IS ALL RESIDENTIAL, AND IT'S FULLY BUILT OUT OFF OF HILL STREET.
IT BEGAN ACTUALLY AS A COMMUNITY CENTER BACK IN THE EARLY.
IT'S A PREEXISTING BUILDING, MID-60S.
IT'S CURRENTLY A MASONIC LODGE.
THIS HAS GOT COMMERCIAL STORAGE BUILDINGS.
IT HAS A SMOKE SHOP AND SOME OTHER RETAIL THINGS ON IT.
AND THEN THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, THIS IS ACTUALLY ON THE R1L BECAUSE THIS IS ALL PREEXISTING, BUT ADDITIONAL OF THE STORAGE HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ZONING AND KIND OF THE GENERAL USE OF THE AREA? OKAY.
THE SITE PLAN AND THE WAIVER REQUEST.
SO THE SITE OR THE CURRENT PROPERTY IS VACANT, SLIGHTLY OVER ONE ACRE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A MODIFIED SITE PLAN COMING OUT OF PNZ OR AS PART OF PNZ.
THEY WERE REQUESTED TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE CONDITION.
BUT THE MAJOR CHANGE IN THIS IS THE SANCTUARY PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CHURCH BUILDING.
SANCTUARY IS PLANNED FOR THIS AREA.
AND THIS WAS A MUCH LARGER L-SHAPED.
IT CAME OUT ANOTHER 20 FEET OR SO LIKE THAT.
SO THE BUILDING HAS BEEN REDUCED IN SIZE, AND THAT CAME AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL.
THE FIRE MARSHAL CAME OUT ON SITE AND KIND OF REVIEWED THIS SITE PLAN IN PARTICULAR WITH THE APPLICANT IN BETWEEN PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE BOARD IN TODAY'S MEETING.
AND SO THE APPLICANT HAS REDUCED THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING TO ALLOW FOR A GREATER TURNAROUND AREA HERE FOR ANY EMERGENCY VEHICLES COMING IN.
THE WAIVER REQUEST ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING, THEY ARE PLANNING TO, IF THIS IS APPROVED, THEY WERE GOING TO PAINT ON A 6X6 LOGO SIGN ON THE REAR OF IT, AND THAT WAS WHAT THE WAIVER REQUEST IS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GENERAL SITE PLAN? BJ, I JUST...
IS THE BACK OF THE BUILDING GOING TO FACE THE BLOCK WALL? I'M CONFUSED WHY PAINT A SIGN THERE.
WHICH DIRECTION ARE YOU CONSIDERING THE BACK OF THE BUILDING? THE BACK OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE HERE, AND YES, IT WOULD BE FACING THE BLOCK WALL.
THE BLOCK WALL IS ONLY 6 FOOT, I THINK, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE ABOVE.
SO THE APPLICANTS MAILED THEIR LETTER IN EARLY APRIL.
THEY HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ATTENDED BY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE ON APRIL 18.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MAILED OUR LETTERS AND POSTED THE PROPERTY MID-JUNE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE TOTAL OF WHAT WE HAD ARE GOING INTO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
SURVEY 123, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 25 SUBMITTALS ON THE SURVEY, 21 IN SUPPORT, 4 IN OPPOSITION.
THE APPLICANT GAVE US 25 LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT THEY RECEIVED DURING THEIR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
BY THE TIME WE WENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING, WE HAD TWO E-MAILS OF OPPOSITION AND THEN THIS UNVERIFIED INFORMATION ON AN ONLINE SURVEY.
TODAY, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE THE TWO OPPOSITION LETTERS OR E-MAILS, 25 LETTERS OF SUPPORT ORIGINALLY.
WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVEN ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 32 LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
AGAIN, AS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND AS AN ALLOWANCE WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THIS IS AN ALLOWED USE UPON USE PERMIT BEING GRANTED.
IT IS IN THEN GOAL SIX, WHICH IS THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, BOTH PUBLIC OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE APPLICANT HAS DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND MET THIS GOAL.
SO IN SUMMARY, IT IS REQUEST FOR A CONDITION OF A CONSIDERATION OF A PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION IN AN R1L-18 ZONING DISTRICT ON A LITTLE BIT MORE OF ONE ACRE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
AND I AM HAPPY TO RUN THROUGH THOSE CONDITIONS OR STAND FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
THEY HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION.
SUPERVISOR JENKINS, SUPERVISOR COOK, BOTH OF YOU.
WHAT WERE THE CONDITIONS? CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE, STAFF HAVE NO CONCERN FOR THIS.
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SO THE CONDITIONS, FIRST ONE, PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT.SECOND ONE IS WITH THE SITE PLAN, APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN.
AND UPON THE WAY THAT IT CAME OUT OF PLANNING AND ZONING IS THE JUNE 1ST SITE PLAN TO BE MODIFIED ACCORDING TO ALL APPLICABLE CODES AND REGULATIONS.
THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ON PARKING AND TURNAROUND AND STUFF.
AND SO THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND WE ASSURED THEM THAT THROUGH THE BUILDING AND BUILDING PERMITTING PROCESS, EVERYTHING WOULD BE MET THROUGH THAT GENERAL PROCESS.
STANDARD THREE AND FOUR ARE PRETTY MUCH STANDARD CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE TO BE ISSUED WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVAL, CONFIRMING ALL STIPULATIONS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
THE USE IS OPERATING IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL APPROVALS AND BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL THE APPLICABLE COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
OR THE USE PERMIT WILL BECOME NULL AND VOID.
IN THE EVENT THE OWNER WOULD SUBJECT OR FILE A CLAIM UNDER PROP 207, WHICH IS ARS 12-1134, IT WOULD ALSO BECOME NULL AND VOID.
AND THEN THE WAIVER REQUEST NUMBER FIVE WE ADDED AT P&Z, WHICH IS TO ALLOW FOR THAT SIX-BY-SIX SIGN.
SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? YES, MA'AM.
WHAT WAS THE GIST OF THE OPPOSITION LETTERS? THE OPPOSITION LETTERS, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF ON THE ONLINE PETITION, OF WHICH WE REALLY DIDN'T ADDRESS BECAUSE IT'S UNVERIFIED INFORMATION.
SO THE TWO LETTERS, ONE CAME FROM ONE CHURCH THAT SAID BASICALLY WE HAVE ENOUGH CHURCHES, IF I CAN KIND OF PARAPHRASE IT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS AGAIN SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE ACCESS BECAUSE THIS IS A DEAD-END PROPERTY.
SO ONE WAS FROM ANOTHER CHURCH? YES.
AND THEN ONE WAS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL? ACTUALLY, I THINK THE SECOND ONE, AND I CAN VERIFY IT, BUT I BELIEVE ALSO THE OTHER ONE, WE HAD TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FROM TWO OTHER CHURCHES.
WOW, CIRCLE K AND MAVERICK, HUH? OKAY.
THE APPLICANT HAS A PRESENTATION? THE APPLICANT HAS A PRESENTATION.
AFTER THE APPLICATION, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER GARRISON.
CERTAINLY, AND AT YOUR DIRECTION, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SHEETS, TOO, SO HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PROCEED, JUST LET ME KNOW.
WELL, CAN THEY DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONER.
SUPERVISOR MALLORY? MINE IS JUST ABOUT THE VOTE.
WHAT WAS THE VOTE FOR PLANNING AND ZONING? SIX IN FAVOR, TWO AGAINST.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED THE COMMISSIONERS TO ADDRESS THAT SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON WHAT THOSE TWO WERE.
MAY WE HAVE THE APPLICANT PRESENTATION, PLEASE? GOOD MORNING.
COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? YES.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US TODAY.
MY NAME IS JEANNIE GLOVER, AND I AM ONE OF THE APPLICANTS AND PART OF FAMILY CHURCH HERE WITH MY HUSBAND, DAVID GLOVER.
AND SO WE'LL DO THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION, TRY TO KEEP IT QUICK, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON HERE.
SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR HEARING US.
A FAMILY CHURCH IS NOT A NEW CHURCH TO BLACK CANYON CITY.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE RESIDED IN BLACK CANYON CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, SO WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR CHURCH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR SIX AND A HALF YEARS, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY RESIDING AT THE LOCAL SCHOOL, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE, AND THAT IS WHY WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN BLACK CANYON CITY.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO MY HUSBAND NOW TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE OTHER DETAILS.
I AM THE PASTOR AND APPLICANT FOR THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOU GUYS BEING HERE TO LISTEN TO US.
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BEFORE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, WE LISTENED TO.
WE TOOK IT IN, AND WE RESPECTED ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS.
AND THAT IS WHY, UPON THAT, WE WENT HOME AND WE WENT TO WORK.
AND SO, LIKE BJ HAD MENTIONED, WE DID SHRINK THE SANCTUARY SOME TO ALLOW A GREATER ROOM FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS.
THAT IS SO HUGELY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT PUT ANYONE INTO DANGER IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER.
WE RESPECT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE.
THAT IS, WHAT GOOD IS THE CHURCH IF PEOPLE ARE GETTING INJURED BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY? SO WE DID ADJUST THAT.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARKING, AND THE PARKING IS DOTTED BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A NON-STRUCTURAL ASPECT OF THE PROPERTY.
THAT COULD BE ADJUSTED TO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS BY THE COUNTY.
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THERE IS AN OPEN AREA FOR ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING IF NECESSARY.AND FOR OVERFLOW, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN BROUGHT UP ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE KNOW THAT OUR FINAL SITE PLAN MUST MEET ALL FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, BUILDING CODES FOR ACCESS, PARKING, AND TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL ADHERE TO ALL REQUIREMENTS.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE DID HAVE AN ON-SITE MEETING WITH THE DAISY MOUNTAIN FIRE MARSHAL.
HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SACRIFICE SOME TIME, MET US.
WE WENT OVER ACCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE REQUIRED ACCESS FOR THEIR APPARATUSES.
AND THIS IS HIS HIGHLIGHTED DRAWING.
HE SAID THERE'S ADEQUATE ALTERNATIVE HAMMERHEAD TURNAROUND POINTS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE PURPLE.
THE YELLOW AND GREEN, HE SAID WE HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR OUR FIRE HOSE.
HE'S SEEN NO ISSUE WHATSOEVER FOR THEM TO SERVICE THE ADJUSTED AND UPDATED SITE PLAN.
AND AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT, I WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT, BECAUSE TRAFFIC IMPACT STATEMENT, I KNOW THERE'S A STUDY IN THE STATEMENT, WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH GRANITE BASIN ENGINEERING.
I SPOKE WITH THE ENGINEER MONDAY.
HE TOLD ME HE WOULD BE ON-SITE THIS AFTERNOON IN PROCESSING HIS TRAFFIC IMPACT STATEMENT.
HE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH JOE HEWATT CONCERNING THIS PROJECT.
SO WE FULLY KNOW THAT WE MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS.
AND ANY QUESTIONS, WE WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER.
WHAT CAN I ANSWER FOR YOU? CAN YOU BRING BACK UP MY PRESENTATION IN CASE I NEED IT? JUST FOR EVERYONE'S REFERENCE, I WENT DOWN THERE.
I LISTENED TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSIONER'S MEETING.
OF COURSE, I READ ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED.
JUST TO COVER OTHER THINGS, A COUPLE THINGS.
THIS IS, AS FAR AS THE RELIGIOUS FACILITY BEING CONSTRUCTED, THAT'S A BY-RIGHT.
WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR IS IT'S TIED TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
WHEN I VISITED DOWN THERE, I NOTICED AND TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE HOMES THAT ARE ON, I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HILL.
AND THEN BEHIND THAT IS VINE STREET.
AND I COULD ONLY LOCATE ONE PROPERTY THAT HAD A COMPLETE PASS-THROUGH BETWEEN HILL AND VINE.
BUT THERE ARE TWO PROPERTIES THAT PEOPLE NOTICEABLY ARE LIVING IN THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THIS LOT.
AND I HAD A STAFF LOOK INTO IF WE HAD HEARD COMMENTS FROM EITHER ONE OF THOSE HOUSES BECAUSE IT DOES WEIGH, GIVES ME A LOT OF WEIGHT FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THIS.
AND I BELIEVE THE ONE PROPERTY OWNER WAS IN SUPPORT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNER, BUT I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT THEY OPPOSED IT.
IT WAS LOT SEVEN OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
AND THE OTHER THING I NOTICED, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, OF THE SIX HOUSES ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS WAS A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, TWO OF THEM HAVE ACCESS OTHER THAN FROM HILL STREET.
ONE WOULD BE K-MINE ROAD, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS VINE STREET, JUST FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION.
WHEN I LISTENED TO THE MEETING, THERE WERE TWO VOTES TO NOT RECOMMEND, AND COMMISSIONER GARRISON IS HERE, AND HE CAN CERTAINLY, IF I GET IT WRONG.
THEY WERE REALLY DUE TO THE INADEQUACY OF THE SITE PLAN, WHICH IS WHY THEY, AS PART OF THEIR CONDITIONS, IS TO BRING US BACK A REVISED SITE PLAN.
AND THAT CENTERED AROUND, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE PARKING ISSUES, THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS.
THOSE WERE THE TWO THINGS, AND I NOTICED THAT THAT'S BEEN REMEDIED.
AND THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD HAVE YOU COMMENT ON, OR PERHAPS THE PROPERTY OWNER COMMENT ON, IT IS A NARROW ROAD.
IT'S NOT REALLY A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END.
YOU CANNOT GO DOWN AND SAFELY TURN AROUND.
AND THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY
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PARKING THAT EXCEEDS THE PARKING SPACES AS IDENTIFIED ON THE SITE PLAN, THEY CANNOT PARK ON THE STREET.ON THE SHOULDERS, THERE ARE SHOULDERS.
BUT BECAUSE THAT STREET IS SO NARROW THAT I CAN'T, I WOULD NOT AGREE WITH THEM EVER HAVING ANY OVERFLOW PARKING ON THE STREET.
THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THING, IT'S PROBABLY ILLEGAL, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND ENFORCE IT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M LOOKING AT THE ATTORNEY, IF THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE ADD TO THE CONDITIONS THAT NO STREET PARKING FOR THIS FACILITY.
THANK YOU, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, SUPERVISOR.
HONESTLY, I ASSUME THAT ISSUE WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY.
AND IF IT IS TOO NARROW TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC, I WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE A PROHIBITION IN PLACE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING TO PREVENT THE BOARD STATING THAT AS A CONDITION.
I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING ON THE STREET.
BUT IF THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF DURING THE DEPARTMENTAL REVIEWS, GOOD WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND I CAN LET YOU KNOW THE APPLICANT HAS CONTRACTED FOR THEIR TRAFFIC.
IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED YET.
I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY ALL MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
IF COMMISSIONER GARRISON WOULD LIKE TO HOPEFULLY SUBSTANTIATE MY COMMENTS.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHECK, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I SERVE AS A COMMISSIONER ON THE PNZ, REPRESENTING DISTRICT 3.
BEFORE I GET TO YOUR QUESTION REAL QUICK, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE GURLEY STREET PROJECT.
BACK WHEN WE APPROVED THE JUSTICE CENTER, ONE OF THE BIG CONSIDERATIONS FOR MAKING THAT MOVE AND ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WOULD HAPPEN AS PART OF THAT WAS THE MODIFICATION OF GURLEY STREET.
SO TO YOUR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY, A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION HAD TO DO WITH THE RUDIMENTARY NATURE OF THE DESIGN THAT WAS PROPOSED AND THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN THROUGH CODE REVIEW IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER.
SO A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON FOR THIS HEARING ITEM REALLY HAD TO DO WITH THE DESIGN.
WE DID DISCUSS PARKING ON THE STREET.
IT WAS NOTED THAT IN THEIR DESIGN THERE WAS STILL QUITE A BIT OF ROOM LEFT FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON SITE.
THEY WERE ONLY CONSTRUCTING WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR DOORS OPEN AND MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR PARISHIONERS CURRENTLY.
ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH NOT ALLOWING STREET PARKING WAS THAT THERE ARE RESIDENTS ON THAT STREET AND THEY DO USE THE STREET FOR PARKING AS WELL.
SO IF THERE WAS SOMETHING DONE TO NOT ALLOW STREET PARKING FOR THE CHURCH, IT WOULD ALSO BE A DETRIMENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THAT STREET AS WELL.
AND THE REST OF OUR DISCUSSION REALLY HAD TO DO WITH THE SAME THING THAT WAS THE NO VOTE ON STRINGFIELD, WHICH WAS THE GOING FROM 28 TO 24 FEET.
BUT THE CHURCH DID SAY THAT THEY WOULD BE MODIFYING AND IMPROVING THE SHOULDERS ON THIS STREET, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT BETTER THAN IT IS TODAY.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARRISON.
BETWEEN THE TIME OF YOUR MEETING AND THIS MEETING, I THINK ALL MY CONCERNS THAT AROSE OUT OF MY SITE VISIT AS WELL AS LISTENING TO YOUR MEETING HAVE BEEN RESOLVED FOR ME.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING.
THERE IS A LARGE STACK OF GREEN SHEETS HERE, SO I WILL CALL YOUR NAME.
WE'LL START WITH THOSE WHO HAVE STATED THEY WISH TO SPEAK.
IF YOU APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO IT, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THIS LITTLE GREEN, YELLOW, AND RED APPARATUS WILL NOTIFY YOU WHEN YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP.
YOU CAN FINISH YOUR THOUGHT AND THEN LEAVE THE PODIUM.
OKAY, I HAVE CAITLIN BRANNIGAN.
IS CAITLIN HERE? AND YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? YES.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AND ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WHY I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR FAMILY CHURCH TO HAVE A PERMANENT HOME
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IN OUR COMMUNITY.FIRST, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE LOCAL SCHOOL FOR ALLOWING THE CHURCH TO MEET THERE FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.
THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS, AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS ALLOWED OUR CONGREGATION TO GROW AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
AT THE SAME TIME, OPERATING OUT OF A SHARED SPACE COMES WITH CHALLENGES.
EVERY WEEK, VOLUNTEERS SPEND SIGNIFICANT TIME UNLOADING TRAILERS, SETTING UP CHAIRS, ARRANGING EQUIPMENT, AND PACKING EVERYTHING AWAY AFTER SERVICES.
A PERMANENT CHURCH BUILDING WOULD ALLOW THOSE RESOURCES, ENERGY, AND VOLUNTEER HOURS TO BE DIRECTED TOWARD SERVICING PEOPLE RATHER THAN SETTING UP AND TEARING DOWN.
HAVING A DEDICATED SPACE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE STABILITY AND CONSISTENCY WHILE WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT THE SCHOOL MUST PRIORITIZE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY NEEDS.
THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHERE EVENTS SUCH AS SCHOOL DANCES, GRADUATIONS, OR EVEN HOSTING FIREFIGHTERS DURING WILDFIRE SEASON THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE ABILITY TO HOLD SERVICES IN OUR NORMAL SPACES.
A PERMANENT LOCATION WOULD ENSURE THAT THE CHURCH ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, AND OUTREACH EFFORTS COULD CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, A CHURCH BUILDING IS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE FOR SUNDAY SERVICES.
IT CREATES A RELIABLE GATHERING PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND ENCOURAGEMENT, SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING.
A PERMANENT CHURCH HOME WOULD HELP THE CHURCH CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR YEARS TO COME.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, BUT IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE SEE YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND ESPECIALLY COMMENTING.
SHELLY, YOUR KITTIES? I DON'T KNOW.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHECK.
THE ENTIRE BOARD, SUPERVISOR, I AM SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO DRIVE DOWN TO OUR LITTLE TOWN.
I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
YOU COULD HAVE LOOKED IT UP ON THE PAPER.
YOU COULD HAVE WATCHED THE VIDEOS.
IT MEANS A LOT TO US BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE, PROBABLY A LOT OF THE RURAL COMMUNITIES FEEL A LITTLE FORGOTTEN, SO THANK YOU.
I AM A RELATIVELY NEW MEMBER OF THE CHURCH.
I STARTED ATTENDING A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
IRONICALLY, YOU GUYS HAD A LITTLE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN, AND THAT IS WHY I JOINED THEM.
IT IS 100% THE OUTREACH TO THE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT THEY HAVE SPECIAL THINGS.
WE'RE PRETTY LIMITED RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN REALLY ONLY DO WEDNESDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
EVERYBODY ALWAYS SAYS THEY WANT TO HELP THE CHILDREN.
MANY TIMES THEY MEAN IT IN THEIR BILLFOLD.
IT'S DIFFERENT TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN OUTREACH PROGRAM TO THE YOUTH.
THAT MEANS TIME, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE, WELL, EVERYBODY'S BUSY.
THIS CHURCH GIVES TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME.
MY BUSINESS PARTNER AND I, THE OTHER ONE'S NOT HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE A SMALL REAL ESTATE OFFICE.
AND AFTER OUR LIONS GROUP KIND OF DIED OUT FROM AGE SEVERAL YEARS BACK, ALMOST 20 NOW, WE DECIDED TO HOST THE ANGEL TRAIN, NOT HAVE IT GO AWAY.
AND THIS CHURCH, SINCE THEY FORMED YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE CAN COUNT ON THEM FOR STORAGE OF THE TOYS.
THEY SHOW UP IN DROVES TO HELP US SEPARATE THE PACKAGES, WRAP THEM, OFFER TO HELP DELIVER THEM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, IF ANYBODY HERE IS EVEN OPPOSED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON ANYBODY'S HEART TO A CHURCH BECAUSE EVERYBODY KEEPS LABELING IT AS ANOTHER CHURCH, NOT YOU GUYS.
BUT PLEASE, WITH YOUR HEARTS, DECIDE FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY TRULY NEED SOMEPLACE SAFE TO GO WHERE THEY'RE NOT JUST EDUCATED.
SOMETIMES OUR WEDNESDAYS LOOK LIKE BEING TOTALLY GETTING SOME OF THE KIDS TO A BIBLE STUDY BECAUSE THERE WAS NOBODY TO HELP THEM AT HOME WITH HOMEWORK.
I GUESS THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY OTHER THAN THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH.
I'M GRATEFUL, ESPECIALLY SUPERVISOR JENKINS FOR COMING DOWN.
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AND SUPERVISOR MALLORY, I LOVE THAT I CAN SEE YOUR HEART WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR COUNTRY WHEN YOU SPEAK.MARGARET WALKER WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR ME BECAUSE I'M SHORT.
THANK YOU, PANEL SUPERVISORS, CHAIR COMPTON, FOR LISTENING TO US.
YES, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
I'M ONE OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
I'VE LIVED IN BLACK CANYON 30 YEARS AND HAVE KNOWN JEANNIE AND DAVE GLOVER FOR 20 YEARS.
THEY WILL DO ANYTHING YOU ASK.
AND, YES, THIS IS FOR THE CHILDREN.
I'VE SEEN CHILDREN'S LIVES CHANGE BECAUSE THEY HEAR THE WORD OF GOD.
THEY'RE JUST SO, THEY COME FROM BROKEN HOMES, AND WE HELP THEM.
AND WHEN YOU COME UP, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN FOR THE RECORD? WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE ISSUE.
THIS IS MY HUSBAND, SID WOLFE.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
LIKE THEY SAID BEFORE, OUR CHURCH IS SO COMMITTED TO THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
SID AND I ARE ACTUALLY NEW TO THE CHURCH, ALTHOUGH DAVID AND JEANNIE ARE NOT NEW TO ME.
SO I'VE ATTENDED THE CHURCH MANY DIFFERENT TIMES.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN HELPING OUT WITH THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL.
AND WATCHING THOSE KIDS COME IN, OH, MY GOSH, THEY ARE SO HUNGRY FOR THE LORD.
AND IT'S JUST SO EXCITING TO WATCH THEM.
AND WE'VE HELPED IN THE KITCHEN IN MAKING THE DINNERS FOR THEM, SPAGHETTI AND HOT DOGS AND POTATO CHIPS.
AND LIKE THEY SAID, WE HAVE TO TEAR DOWN EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR FACILITY.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR STUFF SEPARATE FROM THE SCHOOL'S STUFF.
AND WHAT A BLESSING IT WOULD BE TO HAVE OUR OWN FACILITY SO THAT WE COULD, WE JUST NEED OUR OWN PLACE.
AND WE JUST ASK YOU PRAYERFULLY THAT YOU CONSIDER OUR SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
SCOTT STONE FULLERTON WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US.
LORD, I WAS IN A DARK AREA IN MY LIFE.
I TALKED TO DAVE, PASTOR DAVE, AND J.W. AT TIMES.
J.W. WOULD COME TO MY HOUSE AND WOULD JUST READ, WE'D TALK, READ THE BIBLE TOGETHER BECAUSE I COULDN'T GO SEE ANYBODY BECAUSE I'D GOTTEN MY LEG OPERATED ON, AND HE WAS HERE EVERY WEEK.
IT'S A BLESSING TO HAVE THEM PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE IT TOOK ME OUT OF THE DARK AREA, AND NOW IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LORD, AND I LOVE THAT.
AND I WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ASK LOVERS FOR ANYTHING, AND THEY'RE LIKE RIGHT THERE, NO MATTER WHAT.
WE HAD CHILDREN'S QUEST, AND IT'S LIKE, WHEW, WHAT A BLESSING THAT WAS.
JUST WATCHING THE CHILDREN JUST LEARN HOW TO READ.
I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST SO LITTLE, AND THEY'RE JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT THE LORD.
IT'S A BLESSING TO HAVE THIS, AND IT'S A BLESSING TO HAVE FAMILY CHURCH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS, FAMILY CHURCH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT'S TOTALLY NEW TO ME, AND IT IS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN MY LIFE.
I GREW UP IN A ABUSIVE HOME AND ALL THAT, BUT THIS FAMILY CHURCH IS A BLESSING FOR EVERYBODY.
IT CAN BE A, WE CAN WALK TO THE CHURCH.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE BECAUSE
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WE LIVE SO CLOSE.THAT'S LIKE, I KNOW IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DRIVING AND HOW THERE AIN'T ENOUGH ROOM FOR PARKING, BUT THERE IS PARKING.
YOU JUST DIDN'T PUT IT ON THE MAP BECAUSE DOWN BELOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PLACES DOWN THERE FOR PARKING.
YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I HOPE YOU AGREE TO ACCEPT US AS THE CHURCH THERE.
I HOPE YOU SAY, YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'D LOVE TO SEE.
HI, MY NAME'S JUDY OBAR, AND I LIVE IN BLACK CANYON CITY.
I'VE LIVED THERE MY WHOLE LIFE.
FIVE YEARS AGO, I HAD A BRAIN TUMOR, AND WHEN I WAS RECOVERING FROM THAT BRAIN TUMOR, I WAS NOT A MEMBER OF FAMILY CHURCH, BUT I HAD MEMBERS FROM THAT CHURCH PROVIDE FOOD FOR ME.
THOSE WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE MY HUSBAND CALLED, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW ME, AND THEY PRAYED FOR ME.
I'VE SINCE ATTENDED THAT CHURCH.
AND LAST YEAR, OR YEAH, LAST YEAR, I HAD A MASSIVE SEIZURE.
HE WAS THERE THE NIGHT THAT IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS IN THE ER.
MY FATHER PASSED AWAY TWO YEARS AGO.
DAVE WAS THERE WITH MY FATHER, COMFORTING HIM BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY.
AND HE WAS THERE TO COMFORT MY MOTHER AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE HOSPITAL.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL WOMEN IN OUR CHURCH THAT HAVE LOST THEIR HUSBANDS, AND I'VE WITNESSED THEM PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THEM, PROVIDE CELL PHONES, BECAUSE ONE OF THE MEMBERS, HER PHONE WASN'T WORKING WHERE SHE LIVED, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE COULD CALL IN CASE, LIKE, THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY.
IF THEY NEED HELP WITH THEIR HOMES, THEIR HUSBANDS WERE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE THAT.
THE CHURCH HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THEM.
HE HOMESCHOOLS, AND THIS IS A PLACE WHERE HE HAS COMMUNITY.
HE'S ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OTHER CHILDREN.
I'VE SEEN THEM FEED THE CHILDREN, PROVIDE DINNERS FOR THE KIDS.
THEY'VE PROVIDED VOCATIONAL BIBLE STUDY.
THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IN BLACK CANYON CITY, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO NOT GET IN TROUBLE.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE IN BLACK CANYON CITY.
THERE'S DRUGS OR GETTING PREGNANT OR DOING THINGS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
AND THIS CHURCH, THEY PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR THOSE KIDS.
A LOT OF THESE KIDS, THEY COME FROM BROKEN HOMES.
THEY'RE IN PLACEMENT, FOSTER CARE.
THEY'RE RAISED BY THEIR GRANDPARENTS.
AND THIS CHURCH PROVIDES A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH THEIR FRIENDS, MAKE FRIENDS, AND ALSO HAVE ADULT FIGURES BE ABLE TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH LIFE.
AND I JUST FULLY SUPPORT THE BUILD OF THIS CHURCH.
IT'S SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
YOU CAN WALK TO THE POST OFFICE.
SO I THANK YOU FOR THIS CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR STORY, JUDY.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK BUT HAVE WRITTEN COMMENTS.
I'LL NOTIFY YOU I DON'T READ COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD.
SO IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, JUST PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
CAROL BATDORFF IS IN FAVOR OF THE ISSUE.
TAMLYN FULLERTON IS IN FAVOR OF THE ISSUE.
JOANNE MARY CHAWLER IS IN FAVOR OF THE ISSUE.
SUSAN PAILAGE IS IN FAVOR OF THE ISSUE.
SANDRA GLOVER IS IN FAVOR OF THE ISSUE.
STACIA PRIEST IS IN FAVOR OF THE ISSUE.
SO YOU'LL HAVE YOUR FULL THREE MINUTES ONCE YOU GET UP THERE.
I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AT CANNON SCHOOL FOR 18 YEARS.
I CAN, I AM 100% IN HOPES THAT YOU WILL APPROVE THIS USE PERMIT.
LIKE WAS STATED EARLIER, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING FOR THE CHILDREN TO DO.
HE GOES EVERY WEDNESDAY TO THEIR KIDS PROGRAM.
THE CHILDREN NEED THE STRUCTURE BECAUSE THEY, A GOOD MANY OF THEM DO COME FROM BROKEN HOMES.
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UM, THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT FELLOWSHIP.THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT GUIDANCE.
THEY NEED A SOLID FOUNDATION, NOT SINKING SAND.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND GIVE SO MUCH TO OUR YOUTH.
UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO US.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE ENTERTAINING THIS REQUEST AND I HOPE THAT IT IS APPROVED.
AND ANDREW OBAR IS IN FAVOR OF THE ISSUE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY STACK OF GREEN SHEETS.
SO I, MY HUSBAND AND I ATTEND A CHURCH IN PRESCOTT VALLEY.
IT'S QUAD CITIES AND WE ARE IN A SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.
UH, BUT OUR CHURCH IS FINALLY GETTING OFF THE GROUND AND THEY'RE BUILDING IT.
SO I ENJOY THAT PART OF IT VERY MUCH.
BUT WHAT I SEE HERE TODAY IS, UH, MR. AND MRS. GLOVER ARE LIKE THE HANDS AND FEET OF GOD WARMS MY HEART.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT WE CAN SIT IN THIS ROOM AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT GOD AND CHURCH.
AND THAT'S PART OF OUR COUNTRY.
SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO TELL SUPERVISOR JENKINS, I BRING SOME REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE.
FOR 37 YEARS, I LIVED ON A VERY SHORT STREET THAT HAD TWO CHURCHES ON IT.
WE HAD THE, WE HAD THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS ON ONE SIDE.
WE HAD THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WERE SHIRKED OUT GREAT BECAUSE THEY SHOWED UP ON SATURDAY.
AND SURE, THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS WOULD WAKE YOU UP FROM A GOOD NAP EVERY NOW AND THEN.
BUT THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR JOB, RIGHT? SO, UH, I, I, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SO LOW IMPACT AND THEY'RE GREAT NEIGHBORS TO HAVE.
THEY ALWAYS KEEP THEIR PLACE UP LOOKING NICE THAT I'VE SEEN IN MY EXPERIENCE.
CLERK, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ONLINE? THE BOARD RECEIVED SEVEN LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND EIGHT IN OPPOSITION.
DOES ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, SHOWING UP AND BEING ENGAGED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING OR NOT SUPPORTING AS SOME ONLINE, BUT IT'S, IT'S ABOUT BEING A PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO I'M ALWAYS APPRECIATIVE OF ANYONE CHIMING IN ON AN ITEM IN, UH, IN MY DISTRICT.
AND I ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE GLOVERS FOR HEARING THE COMMISSION, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND MAKING THE ADJUSTMENTS, UM, THAT WERE REQUESTED.
UH, I, UM, FULLY SUPPORT THIS.
AND UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER, UM, BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE COMMENTS, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE HEARING ITEM THREE.
[4. Public Works - Approve Resolution No. 2183 regarding the abandonment of a portion of the public right-of-way for East Hereford Lane in the Prescott Country Club Mobile Villas Subdivision. (District 2 - Supervisor Jenkins)]
YES.HEARING ITEM NUMBER THREE HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, THIS HEARING ITEM, UH, BEFORE YOU TODAY, UH, ACTUALLY THE NEXT TWO HEARING ITEMS, BOTH HEARING, HEARING ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, THEY'RE VERY SIMILARLY, UH, RELATED IN THAT A LOT OF THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE AND THE, UM, OBJECTIONS THAT, THAT YOU'LL SEE THERE WERE IN RELATION TO, UM, VERY SIMILAR, UM, REQUESTS.
SO FIRST WE HAVE HERE, UM, THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2183.
SO THIS IS REGARDING THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF, OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR EAST HEREFORD LANE IN THE PRESCOTT COUNTRY CLUB, AND THIS DOES RESIDE WITHIN DISTRICT 2, SUPERVISOR JENKINS DISTRICT.
UM, THIS IS AN INFORMATIVE SLIDE HERE AS TO HOW WE, UM, DISPOSE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, UM, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
THERE'S TWO WAYS IN WHICH WE DO THAT.
THE OTHER IS THROUGH EXTINGUISHMENT.
THE COUNTY, UH, GOT POSSESSION OF THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PLAT, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT NEEDS TO BE DISPOSED OF THROUGH ABANDONMENT.
SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR RESOLUTION, UH, 2046, WHICH IS THE COUNTY'S, UH, ABANDONMENT RESOLUTION, AND ALSO THE STATE STATUTE 286701, VICKI JOHNSON HAS SUBMITTED A PETITION FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION
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OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF EAST HEREFORD LANE.UH, THE PETITIONER IS CONCERNED THAT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COULD CAUSE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC NEAR HER PROPERTY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT HER USE AND ENJOYMENT OF HER PROPERTY AS WELL AS HER PROPERTY VALUE.
THE BLUE STAR THAT YOU SEE THERE IS WHERE, UM, HEREFORD LANE IS LOCATED, UH, AND WE'LL ZOOM IN HERE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
OH, GOT A LITTLE IMAGE THERE FOR YOU.
SO THIS IS THE END OF THAT HEREFORD ROAD, UM, WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THE, THE END OF THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY THERE.
SO THE, THE POINT IN QUESTION, UH, WOULD BE THAT 43.59 FEET BY ONE, ONE FOOT WIDE TO THE CENTER OF THE ROADWAY FOR HEREFORD LANE.
UM, SO THE REQUEST, UH, DOES A BUTT TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER.
SO IT CAN ONLY BE FOR HALF THE 43.59 FEET OF THAT 80 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
UM, THIS IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF, UH, THE AREA.
THE COUNTY DOES MAINTAIN DOWN TO THE END OF THE PAVEMENT THERE.
UM, AND THEN IT KIND OF BECOMES DIRT, UH, AFTER THAT TO THE END OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
UM, SO THE STATE STATUTE DOES REQUIRE THAT, UH, MS. JOHNSON WOULD HAVE TO PAY AN AMOUNT DEEMED, UM, BY THE BOARD TO COMMENSURATE, UH, FOR THE COST OF THE ABANDONED ROADWAY.
PUBLIC WORKS DID WORK WITH THE, UH, THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IN LOOKING AT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY VALUES.
AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THAT, UM, STRIP OF LAND WOULD, UH, COST AROUND $170.87.
UM, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, BUT WITH, UM, ALL ABANDONMENTS, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH EXTINGUISHMENT OR ABANDONMENT OF OUR PUBLIC ROADWAY, THE, IF THERE'S ANY EXISTING UTILITIES THAT HAVE EASEMENTS THROUGH THERE, THAT WOULD NOT AFFECT THOSE.
THEY WOULD STILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
SO THIS PROPOSED ABANDONMENT, UM, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PETITIONER TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOAL OF PREVENTING INCREASED INGRESS OR EGRESS, UH, POTENTIALLY IN THE NEAR, UH, NEAR THE PROPERTY INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT IT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
UH, IF ANYTHING WERE TO BE DONE AT THE END OF THE, UH, THAT, UM, ROADWAY AS FAR AS INSTALLATION OF A CUL-DE-SAC OR, OR A HAMMERHEAD OR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE NEEDED TO WORK ON THE ROADWAY, UM, THAT COULD, UM, INTERFERE WITH OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT.
IT WOULD RESTRICT ACCESS TO THE NEIGHBORING PARCEL, WHICH IS APN 402-14012C.
AND IT COULD HINDER FIRST RESPONDERS DURING AN EMERGENCY, UM, IF THAT ROADWAY WERE TO CONNECT INTO A FUTURE PARCEL.
LASTLY, IT WOULD, UM, HINDER THE COUNTY'S ABILITY TO CONTROL THE ACCESS AT THAT POINT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD ONCE THE ABANDONMENT IS ACCEPTED.
UH, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE COUNTY DOES HAVE MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO CONTROL, UM, DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF OUR PUBLIC ROADWAYS THAT ARE EXISTING.
UM, WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT TODAY.
TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSES ARE DONE, UM, AND THOSE ARE COMPLETED.
AND THEY LOOK AT THINGS SUCH AS FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROADWAY, THE CAPACITY OF THE ROADWAY, THE SAFETY, UH, THE SITE DISTANCE, AND ALSO THE TRAFFIC GENERATION THAT WILL HAPPEN IN RELATION TO THAT USE OF THE ROADWAY.
SO THOSE ARE ALL CONSIDERED AND, UM, ADDRESSED PRIOR TO PUBLIC WORKS GRANTING ACCESS TO THE ROADWAY.
THE OWNERS OF APN, UH, 402-14012C DID SUBMIT LETTERS OF OBJECTION TO THE, UH, PETITION FOR THIS ABANDONMENT.
UH, THOSE WERE INCLUDED AS PART OF MY REPORT, UH, WITH THE ENGINEERS, COUNTY ENGINEERS REPORT.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE DID RECEIVE CORRESPONDENCE FROM CAFMA FIRE CHIEF EXPRESSING HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE PETITIONER'S CONCERNS.
AND, UM, HE DID STATE, UM, AND I HAVE A QUOTE HERE, I'LL READ IT FOR HIM SO I DON'T PARAPHRASE ANYTHING.
SAYS, HOWEVER, FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH FULLY ELIMINATING FUTURE ACCESS POINTS.
MAINTAINING THE LIGHT, THE ABILITY FOR EMERGENCY INGRESS EGRESS IS CRITICAL, PARTICULARLY AS THE AREA DEVELOPS OVER TIME.
WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENTS PROVIDED THAT CLEAR PROVISIONS ARE INCLUDED TO ALLOW THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS THROUGH THESE AREAS PROVIDED THROUGH ACCESS IS TRAVERSABLE DURING AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY INCIDENT, ENSURING RESPONDERS CAN ENTER AND EXIT AS NEEDED TO PROTECT, PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
AND THAT WAS, UH, IN RELATION TO OBJECTIONS THAT, THAT, UM, IS WHAT WE RECEIVED.
LASTLY, THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE.
UM, SHOULD RELIEF BE GRANTED HERE TODAY THROUGH THIS HEARING, UM, AND OF THE, FOR THIS PETITION, THE APPROVAL OF THE ABANDONMENT WILL BE, UH, CONDITIONED UPON THE PETITIONER COMPLETING THE ABANDONMENT PROCESS WITHIN 120 DAYS, UM, OF BOARD APPROVAL OR THE APPROVAL SHALL BE RESCINDED AND THE
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PETITIONER WILL BE REQUIRED TO, UH, PETITION AGAIN.UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, SO HAPPY TO.
UM, I'M REALLY CONFLICTED ON THIS ONE AND, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING THAT, UM, WE ALL KNOW WHEN WE BUY PROPERTY AND THERE IS A PIECE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY NEXT TO US, WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE A NEIGHBOR, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, YOU HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
UM, THE SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME IS TWO WAY.
THE SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HOMES NOW, IF YOU WOULD BLOCK THAT OFF AND THERE WAS A FIRE, I MEAN, THAT PROVIDES THEM ACCESS OUT OF PRESCOTT COUNTRY CLUB, AS WELL AS SHOULD A NEW DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FOUR OH, WHATEVER THAT PARCEL NUMBER IS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I'M REALLY CONFLICTED BOTH WAYS.
I, I CAN SEE BOTH WAYS OF HOW THIS COULD GO.
UM, HOWEVER, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS AND READING WHAT YOU PUT UP HERE, YOU MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO, UM, RESTRICT THE FLOW FROM A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD HATE, WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE FOR THESE FOLKS WHO HAVE ENJOYED PROBABLY DECADES.
PRESCOTT COUNTRY CLUB HAS BEEN THERE.
UM, THEY, THEY'VE ENJOYED THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY OF NO THROUGH TRAFFIC.
SO SHOULD A NEW DEVELOPMENT GO IN, I WOULD REALLY HATE TO SEE THE DEVELOPER.
CAUSE ACTUALLY THERE'S SEVEN CONNECTIONS, NOT JUST THE TWO THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY.
EVERYBODY, UM, THAT TO USE THAT AS THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE TO EMPTYING THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T PUT ANYTHING WRITING OR HOLD THEM TO IT, BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT, UM, THE COUNTY WOULD CERTAINLY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT FOR OUR ROADS, EXISTING ROADS TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC AND CAUSE EVEN MORE MAINTENANCE ISSUES THERE.
UM, BUT NOTHING IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SAY THAT FOR SURE, BUT IT CAN HAPPEN.
UM, SO, UH, I KNOW IT'S A HEARING ITEM.
SO I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE HEARING AND I, UM, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL REQUEST.
UM, CERTAINLY WANT TO HEAR FROM, UM, MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS IF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR CONCERNS OR IDEAS ARE SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT.
WE ARE, WE ARE BUDGET AND SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS.
UM, SO THAT, AND SAFETY GOES BOTH WAYS.
LIKE I SAID, THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE THERE TODAY AND ENJOY A PEACEFUL, QUIET STREET AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT COMES IN AND THAT BECOMES A THOROUGHFARE, UM, THAT AFFECTS THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEIR SAFETY.
SO I JUST WANT TO HEAR, UM, UM, FROM THE PARTICIPANTS, UM, HERE.
SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, YOU HAD A COMMENT? YES, I DID.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, I BRING REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE.
I DROVE A GARBAGE TRUCK DOWN EVERY ONE OF THESE STREETS EVERY WEEK FOR YEARS.
SO, UH, AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS KIND OF STUFF, WHAT I LOOK AT IS INTENT.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE PLANS, YOU KNOW, THESE STREETS ARE NOT CUL-DE-SAC.
THEY ARE MADE TO CONNECT TO SOMETHING.
AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS MULTIPLES.
I THINK THERE WAS SEVEN PEOPLE COMING TO THAT AND FIVE OF THEM GOT PULLED.
THERE WAS ONLY TWO LEFT THAT WERE THERE.
AND, UH, AS WE JUST SAW WITH, UH, STRINGFIELD, THE BIG PUSH WAS GET A SECOND WAY OUT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, PUBLIC SAFETY IS, IS HUGE.
AND, UM, REALLY THERE'S ONLY TWO WAYS OUT OF THAT PLACE RIGHT NOW.
THE OLD BLACK CANYON HIGHWAY AND THE, UH, 69.
THIS WOULD BE A BACKSIDE WAY OUT.
BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I DO, I LOOK AT INTENT.
AND WHEN YOU, IF YOU, WHEN YOU HAD THAT MAP UP, YOU COULD REALLY SEE THAT THESE STREETS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE INTENDED TO KEEP GOING.
THEY DID NOT CALL THE SACK THEM OUT.
THEY DID NOT PUT UP ANY KIND OF BARRIER.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
BUT, UH, I'M SURE SUPERVISOR JENKINS KNOWS HER AREA WELL.
SO I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT WHATEVER SHE DECIDES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YEAH.
UM, I DO FEEL STRONGLY ON THIS MATTER, ACTUALLY.
UH, I UNDERSTAND BEING NERVOUS ABOUT FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THE TIME TO PLAN FOR THOSE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IS WHEN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS COME FORWARD.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE IN-DEPTH PROCESSES TO IDENTIFY THOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AS THEY COME.
MEANWHILE, THE COUNTY WORKS VERY DILIGENTLY, UH, TO IDENTIFY AND TO, UM, TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, OWNERSHIP OF OUR RIGHT OF WAYS FOR THE SOLE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS PUBLIC SAFETY THERE.
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ACCIDENT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM THAT THIS, UH, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY EXISTS IN THIS LOCATION.AND I DO SEE VERY CLEARLY THAT AS SUPERVISORS, PUBLIC SAFETY HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FRONT OF OUR MINDS AS WE MAKE DECISIONS.
SO I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS ABANDONMENT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AS SUPERVISOR KUKNYO MENTIONED, IS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE ROADS AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE JUST GOING.
YOU KNOW? AND, UM, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE ALL AROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM YEARS PAST.
THERE ARE ROADS THAT ARE, HAVE A VISION FOR A FUTURE.
AND TODAY IS THE DAY THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BUILD OUT THOSE ROADS, THOSE IDEAS, THAT FUTURE.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABILITY, EMERGENCY VEHICLES GETTING IN, NO PROBLEM.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M OUT WITH THIS.
DO YOU HAVE A GREEN SHEET? THAT'S YOUR CHECK.
UH, RON FAIN IS OPPOSED TO THE ISSUE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? GOOD MORNING, SIR.
GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISOR, VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.
RON FAIN, I REPRESENT, UH, THE FAMILY THAT OWNS THE ADJACENT 320 ACRES.
AND THE CATTLE OPERATION THAT IS ALSO OUT THERE ON THAT 320 ACRES IS, IT'S A PART OF A LARGER PARCEL.
WE'RE OPPOSED TO THE ABANDONMENT OF THE, UH, OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE IS, IF YOU ABANDON THESE RIGHT-OF-WAYS, YOU REMOVE THIS PUBLIC BODY AND ANY FUTURE PUBLIC BODY'S ABILITY TO OPINE ABOUT EMERGENCY OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS.
TODAY, THERE'S NO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS NO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT GOING IN THERE.
I CAN'T SAY WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE, BUT TODAY THERE IS NONE.
SO FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS, THESE RIGHT-OF-WAYS HAVE BEEN QUIET, AND I ANTICIPATE THEY'RE GOING TO REMAIN QUIET.
IF A DEVELOPMENT COMES, UH, BEFORE THIS BODY AND OR THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, ALL THE PUBLIC PROCESS IS AVAILABLE TO THE HOMEOWNERS WHO WISH TO ABANDON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
ALL THEIR ISSUES AND CONCERNS WOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO YOU'RE NOT ELIMINATING THEIR VOICE.
YOU'RE NOT ELIMINATING THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT DENYING ACCESS.
AND THAT PROPERTY, IF IT WAS TO BUILD OUT, WOULD LIKELY, YOU KNOW, NEED SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY ACCESS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, EVEN IF IT'S GATED.
WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGH PRIORITIES OF PRESCOTT VALLEY AND THE COUNTY IS TO HAVE FUTURE ALTERNATIVE ACCESS POINTS.
EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT OPEN THOROUGHFARES, THEY USUALLY HAVE THOSE AS GATED.
SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THIS, THIS, UM, ABANDONMENT AND THE NEXT ONE THAT'S BEHIND IT.
UH, AND, AND IN THAT DENIAL DOESN'T TAKE AWAY ANYBODY'S RIGHTS.
IT JUST DEFERS IT TO WHENEVER THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE.
EVERYBODY CAN COME TALK ABOUT IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
I THINK IT'S JUST PREMATURE TO DO THAT TODAY AND REMOVE, UH, THE PUBLIC PROCESS, UH, BEFORE WE EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT, SOMEBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE HERE.
UM, JUST TO SUM UP WHAT I SAID EARLY ON, SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT TO ANYTHING.
AND TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, IT'S EASY TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.
UM, AND I HAVE TO PUT FULL FAITH AND TRUST DURING THE PROCESS WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD GO THROUGH, UM, UM, THAT THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT, UM, TO TAKE CARE OF, UH, ANY FUTURE INQUIRIES OR CONCERNS.
AND, AND I KNOW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL ALWAYS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, THE BEST CASE FOR TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.
JAMIE, I FORGOT TO ASK ANY KIND OF THE COMMENTS ONLINE.
AND NOBODY FURTHER FROM THE AUDIENCE.
FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD, MA'AM.
DO WE HAVE MORE COMMENTS? OKAY.
AFTER, WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED, IF YOU COULD PLEASE FILL OUT A GREEN SHEET AND HAND IT TO THE CLERK.
I'M CONNIE KESSNER, AND I LIVE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB.
AND WE WERE TOLD, AND THIS IS MONTHS AGO,
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THAT THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP AND PUT IN PARCELS FOR 2,000 WHATEVER.NOW WE, THE COUNTY, WE MET WITH THE COUNTY, AND THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS OR THAT.
AND IF YOU WANTED TO CUT OFF YOUR STREET, THEN YOU HAD TO APPLY FOR IT.
I KNOW THAT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, SOMETHING GOT CHANGED.
AND WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THIS MEETING TODAY.
THIS IS THE MOST CONFUSING THING I'VE EVER SEEN.
I DON'T WANT 2,000 CARS GOING PAST MY HOUSE.
IF YOU PUT IN A PLOT OF LAND, AND YOU, I DON'T CARE.
I THINK IT'S MOBILES OR WHATEVER THEY WERE GOING TO DO BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T BUILD HOUSES.
IT WAS VOTED DOWN ABOUT THE WATER.
SO EVERYTHING IS UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE STAND.
HE SAID NOTHING'S BEING DEVELOPED THERE.
NOW WHO DO WE BELIEVE? I WANT TO KNOW.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING HERE ABOUT IT? NOTHING.
I DO KNOW THAT HE JUST WENT ON THE PUBLIC RECORD AND SAID THERE WAS NONE, SO YOU GOT THAT.
THERE WAS A WHAT? HE JUST SPOKE, AND NOW THAT'S ON THE PUBLIC RECORD.
THIS IS RECORDED, SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, YOU COULD STUFF THAT AT HIM.
I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S STILL IN THE PROCESS OF WANTING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING OVER THERE, AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS.
WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP 2,000 LOTS, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN YOUR OWN ACCESS.
WHY DO YOU NEED OURS? WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
THEY KNEW THIS WAS COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
THERE'S OTHER LOTS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE, I GUESS.
SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW SOMETHING SOMEDAY.
ANY OTHER FURTHER GREEN SHEETS? NO GREEN SHEETS? NOBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? ANYTHING FURTHER, ROGER? NOTHING FURTHER.
I THINK IT'S ALL BEEN DISCUSSED.
SUPERVISOR JENKINS? DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
MY MOTION IS TO NOT APPROVE HEARING ITEM 4.
HEARING ITEM NUMBER 4 HAS BEEN DENIED.
MA'AM? WHAT DO WE DO? MA'AM? MA'AM? THE ITEMS. MA'AM? THE ITEMS.
[5. Public Works - Approve Resolution No. 2184 regarding the Abandonment of a portion of the public right-of-way for East Pima Road in the Prescott Country Club Subdivision. (District 2 - Supervisor Jenkins)]
WE'RE DONE WITH THE HEARING.SO, VERY SIMILARLY RELATED, WHICH WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THIS ONE, TOO.
I WON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME GOING OVER THE DETAILS ON THIS ONE BECAUSE IT IS SO SIMILARLY RELATED.
BUT THE RESOLUTION IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT? THE FIRST ONE WAS 2183 THAT YOU JUST VOTED ON.
AND WE'LL GET HERE TO THE NEXT ONE.
THIS IS ALSO THROUGH ABANDONMENT.
THE APPLICANTS ARE MARK PARTHAY AND PEGGY HARRIS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THE PETITION FOR ABANDONMENT.
AND, UM, SAME CONCERN AS, AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
THE PETITIONERS ARE CONCERNED THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COULD CAUSE AN INCREASE TO TRAFFIC NEAR THEIR PROPERTIES AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THEIR USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL AS PROPERTY VALUE.
UM, THIS IS THE LOCATION HERE.
UH, THIS IS A ZOOMED IN VERSION OF THAT.
SO, UM, IT WOULD BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PIMA ROAD AS IT COMES TO THE TERMINATION THERE AT THE END.
THIS RIGHT OF WAY IS 50 FEET WIDE, WHEREAS THE FIRST ONE WAS 80.
SO, THIS IS A 25 FOOT REQUEST.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VERSION, UM, OF THIS AREA.
UH, THE VALUATION THAT WAS, UH, CALCULATED FOR THIS AND WORKING
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WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, UM, WAS $71.75.THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPENSATED BACK TO THE BOARD.
EXISTING UTILITIES WILL REMAIN, UM, IF THIS ABANDONMENT WERE APPROVED, AS FAR AS THOSE EASEMENTS.
UH, SAME DISCUSSION THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY WITH, UM, THE PREVIOUS, UH, PARTNER.
UH, PARCEL FOR THESE REASONS LISTED ONE THROUGH FIVE.
UM, THIS IS, UM, IT WOULD ALLOW THE PRACTITIONER TO, UH, GET THEIR GOAL, BUT IT COULD INTERFERE WITH OUR COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
UH, IT, IT COULD RE, RESTRICT ACCESS TO THE, THE PARCEL OF THE SAME 40214012C.
AND THEN IT ALSO COULD HINDER FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND YOU HAVE A COUNTY'S ABILITY TO CONTROL ACCESS GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, THE COUNTY DOES HAVE MECHANISMS IN PLACE.
WHERE SHOULD A DEVELOPMENT COME IN, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM.
UH, AND, AND I WILL SAY JUST TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE.
THE COUNTY HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED IN RELATION TO ANY OF THESE ROADWAYS.
UM, WE HAVE NO, UH, IN RELATION TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE, THE ADJACENT PARCEL.
SO, UM, AT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NO INDICATION THAT THOSE WOULD, WOULD BE DEVELOPED.
AT SUCH TIME, WE WOULD, WE WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT US AND MAKE US PART OF THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT WE COULD DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN LOOKING AFTER THESE ROADS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE IMPACT IS TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, THIS IS THE SAME SLIDE I SHARED BEFORE.
UH, IN THE SAKE OF TIME, I WON'T GO THROUGH IT.
BUT SAME COMMENT FROM, UH, CAFMA FIRE CHIEF, UM, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S REPORT THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
AND, UM, LASTLY, IT'S JUST THE CONDITION THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETE THIS WITHIN 120 DAYS IF THE BOARD SO CHOOSES, UM, APPROVAL TODAY.
I, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, THIS PROCESS.
BECAUSE IT, UM, MAY SEEM CONFUSING TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS.
UM, I WAS APPROACHED MANY, MANY MONTHS AGO ABOUT THIS.
UM, STAFF WORKED WITH THEM, UH, OVER THE MANY, MANY MONTHS, UM, PROVIDING OPTIONS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES TODAY, KNOWING THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE BOARD FOR THIS TO GO THROUGH.
UM, SO I THANK STAFF FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND, UM, ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE FIND OURSELVES HERE TODAY.
MR. FAIN, YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE ALSO? YOU HAD LISTED.
MR. SUPERVISOR, VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.
JUST TO REPEAT THE SAME, VOTING THIS ABANDONMENT DOWN DOES NOT TAKE AWAY ANY RIGHTS.
IT JUST BRINGS THE ISSUE UP LATER IF AND WHEN THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO THAT PROPERTY.
TODAY, THERE IS NO SUBMITTAL FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PROPERTY, NO INTEREST ON THAT PROPERTY.
IF THERE WAS, IT WOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY BECAUSE THAT'S THE ANNEXED AREA, IS THE JURISDICTIONAL PROPERTY.
THAT JURISDICTION ABUTTING YOUR JURISDICTION WOULD AUTOMATICALLY PULL ALL THE STAFF TOGETHER FOR CONSIDERATION AND FURTHER IN-DEPTH STUDY OF WHAT THESE RIGHT-OF-WAYS WOULD BE USED FOR OR POSSIBLY NOT EVEN USED AT ALL.
I JUST THINK IT'S PREMATURE TODAY TO ABANDON THESE AND TAKE AWAY THAT AUTHORITY YOU HAVE TO RENDER A DECISION AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
ANY OTHER GREEN SHEETS? MA'AM, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE MATTER? YES, MA'AM.
AND WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I'VE BEEN IN THE COUNTRY CLUB ABOUT 23 YEARS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF HEARSAY AND REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION MUCH.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO JEFF MCNEESE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
ONE TIME I CALLED HIM AND I ASKED HIM FOR INFORMATION ON WHICH WAY TO GO WITH THIS DEAL BECAUSE I'M THE LAST HOUSE ON OLD CHISHOLM, WHICH IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO THREATEN TO OPEN THAT ROAD AND LET THE TRAFFIC FROM THE 2,000 OR SO HOMES THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING.
I EXPECTED HIM TO TELL ME IF THE HOMEOWNER YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO PETITION OR TRY TO GET HELP SO THAT THEY DON'T OPEN THAT ROAD.
BUT HE SAID, WELL, IT'S UP IN THE AIR.
WE DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.
ANYWAY, HE GAVE ME NO INFORMATION THAT WOULD GIVE ME
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HOPE FOR HAVING THE ROAD LEFT THE WAY IT IS.ANYWAY, SOME OF THE INFORMATION I GOT FROM THE BOARD PEOPLE WAS THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CHECK IN THERE TO START THE PROGRAM ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP THE ROAD FROM BEING OPENED.
AND HE SENT MY CHECK BACK BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE I'M NOT INTERESTED.
WELL, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
ALL I KNOW IS I LOVE THE COUNTRY CLUB THE WAY IT IS, AND I DON'T WANT ALL THOSE CARS COMING THROUGH MY LITTLE QUIET ROAD THAT I WATCH BY.
EVERYBODY WALKS THEIR DOG EVERY MORNING THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS.
I ALSO REALIZED THAT THE PROPERTY VALUE IS GOING TO GO DOWN FOR ALL OF US, AND THAT'S NOT GOOD.
SO I JUST WANTED A LITTLE HELP IN WHICH WAY, AS A HOMEOWNER, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO.
AND I WAS GLAD TO HEAR ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SAY THAT SHE IS NOT REALLY CRAZY ABOUT THEM OPENING ROADS AND CHANGING THINGS AND MAKING IT CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE THROUGH.
ANYWAY, I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET A LITTLE HELP WITH THIS.
THERE ARE NO MORE GREEN SHEETS ON HEARING ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
ANYTHING ONLINE? NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK TO THE MATTER? SUPERVISOR JENKINS, IT'S YOUR DISTRICT.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, I MOVE TO NOT APPROVE HEARING ITEM FIVE.
ITEM HAS BEEN DENIED UNANIMOUSLY.
CHAIR, I REQUEST A QUICK FIVE.
[ 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(I), Board members shall not discuss or take action on matters raised during the call to the public. At the conclusion of an open call to the public, individual members of the public body may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the public body, may ask staff to review a matter or may ask that a matter be put on a future agenda.]
GIVE YOU TEN.MOVING ON TO CALL TO THE PUBLIC.
I HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SPEAK REGARDING THE PROPOSED WIND FARM IN SELIGMAN.
IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
I'VE BEEN IN SELIGMAN FOR ABOUT 22 YEARS BEFORE THAT, FROM HERE.
AND UP THERE, I WAS, MY WIFE AND I WERE FIREFIGHTER EMTS FOR ABOUT 11 YEARS, AND I WAS ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF FOR JUST ABOUT THAT LONG.
AND I'M A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, AND ALSO MY WIFE DID TWO TERMS ON THE SELIGMAN SCHOOL BOARD.
WE NOT ONLY HAVE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN SELIGMAN, OUR HOME WHERE WE RAISED OUR FOUR CHILDREN WHO GRADUATED IN SELIGMAN, IS RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF THE PROPOSED WIND FARM.
AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS REMEMBER ME LAST TIME WHEN I BROKE DOWN.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO COVER ALL THAT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE HERE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS, THEY HAD TO WORK TODAY.
AND IT'S A LONG DISTANCE, AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK.
BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT WHEN THE HEARING COMES, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT IN THE PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE HEARING, WE'RE GOING TO PACK THE HOUSE.
BUT UP THERE RIGHT NOW, I WAS JUST GOING TO LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE MOOD IS.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DARK CLOUD HANGING OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DEPRESSED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
REAL ESTATE SALES HAVE STOPPED.
PEOPLE HAVE BACKED OUT OF CONTRACTS.
I'VE GOT OLDER NEIGHBORS WHO NEED TO MOVE AWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE ON STEEP HILLSIDES AND THEY CAN'T SELL THEIR HOUSE NOW BECAUSE WE GOT THIS BIG THING LOOMING.
AND FOR TRIPLE OAK POWER TO JUST NOTIFY PEOPLE WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF THIS PROJECT, IT REALLY CONFUSES US BECAUSE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO 660 FEET TALL WINDMILLS, 76 OF THEM.
AND A HALF A MILE, THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT PEOPLE FOR MILES AROUND.
THAT'S REALLY THE REALITY OF IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HERE TO KIND OF REMIND YOU THIS IS ON OUR MIND.
WHEN WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, I'M GOING TO GO TO BED OR WE WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
AND SO I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THIS.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL PACK THE HOUSE WHEN THE HEARING HAPPENS.
CHAIR, CAN I ASK LEGAL SOMETHING? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE CAN, THE LAST SPEAKER BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE 1,000 FOOT
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NOTIFICATION.WHEN THE IMPACT IS GREATER THAN 01,000 FEET, DO WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR ORDINANCE TO MAKE THE REQUIREMENTS GO BIGGER? CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, SUPERVISOR, I'LL TAKE THAT AS DIRECTION FOR STAFF TO INVESTIGATE THAT ISSUE.
WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE AND PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION TO THE BOARD ON IT.
I LIVE IN SELIGMAN, ARIZONA IN SIERRA VERDE RANCH.
MY HOUSE IS PROBABLY LESS THAN HALF A MILE AWAY FROM THESE PROPOSED MONSTROSITIES THEY WANT TO PUT IN.
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT, 660 FEET.
I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU FOLKS ONE TIME BEFORE.
AND I WILL SAY IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
YOU GUYS REALLY EARN YOUR WAGE DOING THIS STUFF.
IT'S A TOUGH DECISION ON EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT JUST SEEM TO CREEP UP EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND THAT ARE FIGHTING AGAINST WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO STOP HERE.
THE RANCHER, I'M SURE HE'S IN IT FOR MONEY, FRED RUSKIN.
AND TRIPLE OAK IS PRETTY SMART ABOUT THE WAY THEY GO ABOUT TRYING TO PUSH THIS THING THROUGH.
I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I WALKED IN THE DOOR THAT THEIR MAN WAS, PARDON ME? BILL.
HE WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR SOMETHING.
HIS NAME IS ON THE PLAQUE OUT THERE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ASPECT OF REGULATIONS AND EVERYTHING FOR THIS.
I'VE TALKED TO ELI, OUR REPRESENTATIVE, AND HE'S DEAD AGAINST THIS THING GOING IN.
HE'S DEAD AGAINST HAVING IT CROSS FORESTRY LAND AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHICH THEY MAY HAVE TO DO.
I DON'T NEED THIS KIND OF STRESS IN MY LIFE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BUILT THIS PLACE, YOU KNOW, WITH SWEAT, BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS.
AND THIS IS A LEGACY FOR MY FAMILY, FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN AND SUCH.
AND THEY'RE JUST PUSHING FORWARD WITH THIS.
I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENCY THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE SO FOLKS THAT ARE SO FAR AWAY CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
I MEAN, WE'RE A COUPLE HOURS FROM HERE.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A COMMITMENT JUST TO GET DOWN HERE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
THIS WILL DESTROY OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
SO FRED RUSKIN, THE RANCHER, GETS RICH OFF THESE THINGS AND WE LOSE BIG TIME.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE THAT CLOSE TO ONE OF THESE THINGS.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLASHING RED LIGHTS RUINING OUR DARK SKY OUT THERE.
ALL THE REASONS WE LEFT TO GO TO A PLACE LIKE THIS IS DISAPPEARING BEFORE OUR EYES.
THIS THING NEEDS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY IN SELIGMAN.
AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE AGAINST THIS.
THEY JUST CAN'T MAKE IT DOWN HERE ON A WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO AWAY WITH THIS THING.
DAVID FEITZ? AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD, APPRECIATE THE TIME TODAY.
I'M IN HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT I AM.
I AM A PROPERTY OWNER OUT THERE AT SIERRA BIRDIE RANCH.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAT I THINK THAT'S BEING OVERLOOKED.
WE ALL AGREE THAT ARIZONA IS A VERY FRAGILE ENVIRONMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS, WE GET WATER TWO WAYS.
BULK WATER IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND THE SECOND IS CONDENSATION.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS COMPLETELY.
CONDENSATION IS A BIG PART BETWEEN THE RAIN CYCLES.
HOW DO THESE LITTLE PLANTS AND ANIMALS SURVIVE? IT'S CONDENSATION.
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, THE HEAVY AIR GOES TO THE GROUND AND CONDENSATES OVERNIGHT.
AND THOSE LITTLE DROPLETS THAT COME ONTO THE GRASS AND THOSE LITTLE DROPLETS THAT REACH THE GROUND IS WHAT A LOT OF THE ANIMALS SURVIVE AND A LOT OF THE GRASS AND VEGETATION LIVE OFF OF IN BETWEEN THOSE BIG RAIN STORMS. AND THOSE WIND TURBINES ARE KNOWN WHEN THEY'RE SPINNING,
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THEY DISRUPT THAT CYCLE OF THAT HEAVY AIR, CONDENSING AND CAUSING THAT CONDENSATION THAT OCCURS IN THE GROUND.SO WITH THAT, IT CAUSES AN ISLAND EFFECT.
AND THAT ISLAND EFFECT WILL CONTINUALLY DRY OUT WHAT'S ALREADY A FRAGILE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THIS IS GOING TO START TO CAUSE US TO UP THE WILDFIRES, DRY OUT, KILL OFF THE VEGETATION, AND DRY OUT THE ENVIRONMENT EVEN FURTHER.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN 8% TO 15% DROP IN SOIL MOISTURE LEVEL WHEN WIND FARMS ARE AROUND.
AND THIS JUST WON'T IMPACT OUR AREA.
WE'RE TALKING MILES AND MILES AND MILES AROUND IT.
AND THEN YOU GET THAT ISLAND EFFECT.
AND THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE DROP IN MOISTURE IN FLAGSTAFF, PRESCOTT, TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST OF US.
AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
[ SUPERVISOR REPORTS Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02(K), individual Supervisors may present brief summaries of current events but no discussion may occur, and no action may be taken regarding anything that is presented.]
SO THANKS, EVERYBODY.THAT'S ALL THE GREEN SHEETS I HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THAT'S IN THE CALL OF THE PUBLIC.
MOVE ON TO SUPERVISOR REPORTS.
WE JUST, MANY OF US WENT TO THE NACO OR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
THIS TIME IT WAS IN NEW ORLEANS.
AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED MY PARTICIPATION ON THE PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE.
I'M VERY PROUD TO BE REPRESENTING YAVAPAI COUNTY AND WAS HONESTLY SURPRISED TO HAVE RECEIVED A PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT.
A NACO PRESIDENT APPOINTED ME TO BE A VICE CHAIR OF THAT PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE.
SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY TO HAVE A COMMUNITY OF SUPERVISORS AND COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE DEALING WITH MANY OF THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE ARE REGARDING DATA CENTERS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY USE AND RECREATION IMPACTS AND SEARCH AND RESCUE.
SO IT'S BEEN A VERY FULFILLING TIME FOR ME.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO NOW REPRESENT YAVAPAI COUNTY AS VICE CHAIR OF PUBLIC LANDS STEERING COMMITTEE.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW I GOT APPOINTED TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
I HOPE THAT HELPS US TO DO SOME INFLUENCE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL ON HOW TO GET TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR THE STATE AND FOR THE COUNTY.
MORE FOR DISTRICT FOUR, EVEN PARTICULAR DISTRICT FOR OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONLY THREE AWARDED AND CHINO VALLEY WAS IN THERE AND DIDN'T GET IT.
THE BOARD CAME OUT AND SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT CHINO VALLEY BE IN THE FOURTH.
I TALKED WITH THE HEAD OF THE ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY, AND THERE IS NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER THAT CHINO WILL GET THAT.
SO THEY'RE SCREWED FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
IT WILL JUST BE IN THE OTHER UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT WERE APPOINTED.
I'M GOING TO PASS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE REALLY I THINK CRAIG HANDLED THAT PRETTY WELL.
AND JUST CHINO VALLEY EVENTS, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY REALLY CAME TOGETHER.
THEY HAD A BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT WHERE THEY GAVE OUT BACKPACK SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ESSENCE RESTAURANT FOR PUTTING THAT ON AND REAL HOPE FOR COMING OUT WITH FOOD, CLEANING SUPPLIES TO GET THESE PEOPLE GOING.
AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT TO SAY.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON A HEARING ITEM WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN THE COTTONWOOD.
IT HAD TO DO WITH THE STORAGE CONTAINERS.
AND SO WHAT WAS REALLY GREAT IS TODAY, OF COURSE, WE WERE ABLE TO APPOINT SOMEONE, MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING, WHICH WILL BE GREAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
HE HAD BEEN AT THAT MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT I DID GO AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND VISIT WITH MR. WOMACK AND TALK WITH HIM.
AND WE WORKED THROUGH SOME THINGS, AND I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT WAS A GOOD SOLUTION, AND WE'VE COME TO A GOOD PLACE.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT I THINK WE'LL BE HAVING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THESE STORAGE CONTAINERS AND WHAT THE OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS ARE
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DOING.I MOVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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YES.YOU ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ON ONE, THREE, AND FOUR, IN REFERENCE TO TWO, MOVE TO AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN VERIFIED ANSWER TO COMPLAINT FILED BY THE CENTRAL YAVAPAI HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD CASE NUMBER S1300CV202600972, AND TO CONTINUE THIS MATTER FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THE AUGUST 19TH BOARD
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MEETING.THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.