Vice Mayor Shimoni reported that the CJCC is back meeting on a regular basis and he is looking forward to having good conversations about helping the most vulnerable in the community. Councilmember Odegaard reported that the Beautification and Public Art Commission met and discussed the traffic signal box art project and the award of contract for the artists. They will be holding a budget retreat on October 30, 2020 to discuss funding for other art projects. Councilmember Salas reported that she attended the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting where the two newly appointed commissioners were welcomed to the Commission. It was a productive and engaged meeting consisting of some ideas from commissioners about future discussion items such as opportunities for public/private partnerships with regard to park and recreation programming. They are taking a closer look at a cost recovery approach and a possible policy for recreation programming. She acknowledged the parks and recreation staff for their work in opening the recreation fields and Jay Lively. She also reported that she attended the Annual Discover Flagstaff Stakeholder and Partner Meeting where the keynote speaker spoke about focusing on the path forward and identifying strategic recovery tools for tourism. The Airport Commission also met; she noted that they currently have three vacant seats and they are actively recruiting additional members. They appointed Erik Peterson as the new Commission Chair and they received reports on increases in enplanements and fuel flow which indicates increase aviation activity. Councilmember Whelan reported that she attended the Northern Arizona Municipal Water User Association meeting where they discussed various letters to the Arizona Department of Water Resources. They are also sponsoring a water leadership forum. Mayor Evans indicated that she had questions about conflicts of interest of commission members. |
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Moved by Mayor Coral Evans, seconded by Councilmember Austin Aslan to recess into Executive Session for legal advice. | |||||||
Vote: 7 - 0 - Unanimously | |||||||
Council recessed into Executive Session at 6:07 p.m. and reconvened into open session at 6:27 p.m. | |||||||