AGENDA
ATTENTION IN-PERSON AUDIENCES AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE The meetings will continue to be live streamed on the city's website (https://www.flagstaff.az.gov/1461/Streaming-City-Council-Meetings) PUBLIC COMMENT PROTOCOL The process for submitting a public comment has changed and public comments will no longer be read by staff during the Council Meetings. All public comments will be taken either telephonically or accepted as a written comment. Public comments may be submitted to publiccomment@flagstaffaz.gov If you wish to address the City Council with a public comment by phone you must submit the following information: First and Last Name Phone Number Agenda Item number you wish to speak on If any of this information is missing, you will not be called. We will attempt to call you only one time. We are unable to provide a time when you may be called. All comments submitted otherwise will be considered written comments and will be documented into the record as such. If you wish to email Mayor and Council directly you may do so at council@flagstaffaz.gov. AGENDA |
1. | CALL TO ORDER
NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION
Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this regular meeting, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for legal advice and discussion with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3). |
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2. | ROLL CALL
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3. | PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MISSION STATEMENT
MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the City of Flagstaff is to protect and enhance the quality of life for all. |
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4. | PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Public Participation enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. If you wish to address the Council at tonight's meeting, please complete a comment card and submit it to the recording clerk as soon as possible. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak. |
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5. | CONSENT ITEMS
All matters under Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion approving the recommendations listed on the agenda. Unless otherwise indicated, expenditures approved by Council are budgeted items. |
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A. | Consideration of Appointment: Magistrate for the Flagstaff Municipal Court. | ||||||||
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
Approve the appointment of Honorable James Speed as Magistrate.
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B. | Consideration and Approval of Contract: Purchase of one (1) 2020 Caterpillar 730 EJ Articulated Haul Truck (Haul Truck). | ||||||||
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
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C. | Consideration and Approval of Contract: Independent Contract Agreement (ICA) with Salt River Project (SRP) to continue the Upper Lake Mary Watershed (ULM) Monitoring Project. | ||||||||
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
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D. | Ratification: Staff's action to send a letter in response to a request from ADEQ for public comment on a permit for helium drilling within the Holbrook Basin, Aquifer Protection Permit No. P-513196. | ||||||||
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
Ratify staff's action in sending a letter in response to a request from ADEQ for public comment on a permit for helium drilling within the Holbrook Basin, Aquifer Protection Permit No. P-513196.
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6. | ROUTINE ITEMS | ||||||||
A. | Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2020-22: An ordinance granting to UNS Gas, Inc. an Arizona Public Service Corporation, its legal representatives, successors, lessees and assigns, certain powers, licenses, rights-of-way, privileges and franchise to construct, operate and maintain in the City of Flagstaff, State of Arizona, as now or hereafter constituted, works, systems and plans for the handling, production, manufacturing, transporting, storing, sale and distribution of gas into, out of, and through said municipality, and for the distribution and sale of such gas to said municipality, its inhabitants and others, including customers inside, beyond, and outside of the limits of said municipality; and to use the streets, avenues, easements, rights-of-way, alleys, highways, sidewalks, bridges and other structures and places and public grounds in said municipality for a period of twenty-five (25) years; and prescribing in connection therewith certain rights, duties, terms and conditions herein mentioned; and providing for the payment to said municipality of a percentage of certain revenues of grantee from its operations therein; and declaring an emergency | ||||||||
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
1) Read Ordinance No. 2020-22 by title only for the final time
2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2020-22 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2020-22 |
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7. | PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS | ||||||||
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Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2020-51: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, adopting a Minor Plan Amendment to Chapter IX: Growth and Land Use of the Flagstaff Regional Plan 2030, in association with the Southside Community Specific Plan, and establishing an effective date and Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2020-52: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, adopting a Minor Plan Amendment to adopt the Southside Community Specific Plan, and establishing an effective date |
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STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
1) Hold the Public Hearing
2) Regional Plan Amendment
3) Southside Community Specific Plan
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8. | REGULAR AGENDA | ||||||||
A. | Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2020-21: Direct to Ordinance Zoning Map Amendment, by applicant Flagstaff at 4th, LLC, of approximately 13.65 acres of real property located at 1002 N Fourth Street (APN 106-08-005J) from Medium Density Residential (MR) to Highway Commercial (HC), for purposes of a horizontal mixed-use development containing commercial retail and multi-family residential uses. The development site is located in the Resource Protection Overlay (RPO). | ||||||||
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
The Planning & Zoning Commission recommends the City Council, in accordance with the findings presented by staff, approve the requested Direct to Ordinance Zoning Map Amendment for Flagstaff at 4th, LLC (PZ-18-00205-03) and take the following action:
1) Read Ordinance No. 2020-21 by title only for the final time. 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2020-21 by title only (if approved above). 3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2020-21. |
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B. | Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2020-50: A resolution authorizing the execution of a Development Agreement between Flagstaff at Fourth, LLC and the City of Flagstaff related to the development of approximately 13.65 acres of real property (APN 106-08-005J) located at 1002 N Fourth Street. (Flagstaff at Fourth Development Agreement) | ||||||||
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
1) Read Resolution No. 2020-50 by title only
2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2020-50 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2020-50 |
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C. | Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2020-23: An ordinance amending the Flagstaff City Code, Chapter 1-14, Personnel System, and the Flagstaff Employee Handbook of Regulations, Chapter 1-10-070, Employee Advisory Committee. | ||||||||
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
At the September 01, 2020 Council Meeting:
1) Read Ordinance No. 2020-23 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2020-23 by title only (if approved above) At the September 15, 2020 Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2020-23 by title only for the final time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2020-23 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2020-23 |
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D. | Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2020-13 and Ordinance No. 2020-10: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the City Clerk and entitled "Street Lighting and Traffic Signals, Signing, and Pavement Markings Code Amendments"; and an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 13, Engineering Design Standards and Specifications for new infrastructure, by adopting by reference that certain document entitled "Street Lighting and Traffic Signals, Signing, and Pavement Markings Code Amendments"; providing for penalties, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, and establishing an effective date | ||||||||
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
At the September 1, 2020 Council Meeting:
1) Read Resolution No. 2020-13 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2020-13 by title only (if approved above) 3) Read Ordinance No. 2020-10 by title only for the first time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2020-10 by title only (if approved above) At the September 15, 2020 Council Meeting: 5) Adopt Resolution No. 2020-13 6) Read Ordinance No. 2020-10 by title only for the final time 7) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2020-10 by title only (if approved above) 8) Adopt Ordinance No. 2020-10 |
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E. | Consideration and Approval of Preliminary Plat: Request from JP325, LLC. for Juniper Point, Phase 1, a 38-unit single-family residential subdivision. The site is 105.8 acres in size, of which 17.23 acres are being developed for this subdivision. The subdivision is located at 2000 John Wesley Powell Boulevard in the RR, Rural Residential zoning district. | ||||||||
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: | |||||||||
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends (5-1 vote) the City Council approve the preliminary plat with the conditions shown in the Executive Summary, below.
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9. | DISCUSSION ITEMS | ||||||||
A. | Citizen Petition - Placement of three “15 MPH 7am – 5pm School Days” signs with corresponding “End School Zone” signs on Pine Cliff Drive and Gemini Road | ||||||||
10. | COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS | ||||||||
11. | FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS After discussion and upon agreement by three members of the Council, an item will be moved to a regularly-scheduled Council meeting. |
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A. | Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.) A Citizens' Petition requesting that the Council consider changes to the US-89 and Smokerise Drive Intersection to "help patrons crossing street and vehicles leaving KOA more efficient and safer." | ||||||||
B. | Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.) A Citizens' Petition requesting that the Council consider building "a second tunnel/bridge on west side of town that would help with Milton congestion and connect Thompson St. to Lower Coconino St." | ||||||||
C. | Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.): A request by Councilmember Aslan to place on a future agenda a discussion about developing specific recommendations for Halloween night to ensure and encourage that trick or treaters and neighborhoods are engaging in concert in an agreed upon way that keeps everyone out and having fun but socially distant and safe or providing alternatives that keeps Halloween fun. | ||||||||
D. | Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.): A request by Councilmember Whelan to place on a future agenda a discussion to consider changing the Zoning Code to allow for the commercial mixed-use areas in student housing developments to be converted to permanent Affordable Housing. | ||||||||
12. | CITY MANAGER REPORT | ||||||||
A. | City Manager Report | ||||||||
13. | COVID-19 UPDATES | ||||||||
A. | Re-Entry Updates | ||||||||
14. | INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS FROM COUNCIL AND STAFF, FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS | ||||||||
15. | ADJOURNMENT | ||||||||
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