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Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2020-66: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council declaring a housing crisis for the City of Flagstaff, prioritizing affordable housing within City operations to create safe, decent and affordable housing opportunities for all community members. |
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The following individuals addressed Council in support of the resolution:
- Tyler Denham
- Khara House
- Devonna McLaughlin
- Joe Galli, on behalf of the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce
The following comments were received:
- Housing costs in Flagstaff are high because more people want to live in Flagstaff than there is housing for.
- People forced to live far away from the city center due to high housing costs have a greater carbon footprint and environmental impact.
- There is not enough housing, so build more, preferably dense housing close to transit and jobs.
- This is about how the City Council values the majority of Flagstaff residents who are not homeowners.
- Support the efforts to both make housing in Flagstaff more affordable and attainable, and to increase the supply of housing in Flagstaff.
- The resolution is an opportunity for the City to meaningfully partner with the development community in Flagstaff to address this issue, and recognize the need for partnership and collaboration to provide significant housing solutions.
- In the state of Arizona roughly 17,0000 new housing units are needed annually to meet the needs of its citizens.
- Council needs to recognize the emergency status of Flagstaff’s housing crisis.
- Please move forward with passing the resolution.
- Families who are housing cost burden are only one event away from having to make really difficult choices in their lives.
- COVID has demonstrated the housing is healthcare.
- Housing is the number one challenge facing the community.
- The resolution requires a long-term plan to be brought forward for consideration.
- Housing should be a topic discussed jointly with the Coconino County Board of Supervisors.
- It is important to understand the hurdles the building community are experiencing that make it challenging to get more units into Flagstaff.
Written comments in support of the resolution were submitted by the following individuals:
- Shelley Smithson
- Rebecca Cirzan
- Eric Wolverton
- Jeff Axtell
- Sarah Rendon
- Luke Ostrand
- Tatum Covey
- Zane Jenkins
Housing Director Sarah Darr provided a PowerPoint presentation that covered the following:
HOUSING CRISIS RESOLUTION 2020-66
TIMELINE
CITIZEN’S PETITION
CHANGES FROM LAST WEEK |
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The following individuals addressed Council in support of the resolution:
- Tyler Denham
- Khara House
- Devonna McLaughlin
- Joe Galli, on behalf of the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce
The following comments were received:
- Housing costs in Flagstaff are high because more people want to live in Flagstaff than there is housing for.
- People are forced to live far away from the city center due to high housing costs and as a result, have a greater carbon footprint and environmental impact.
- There is not enough housing, so build more, preferably dense housing close to transit and jobs.
- This is about how the City Council values the majority of Flagstaff residents who are not homeowners.
- Support the efforts to both make housing in Flagstaff more affordable and attainable and to increase the supply of housing in Flagstaff.
- The resolution is an opportunity for the City to meaningfully partner with the development community in Flagstaff to address this issue and recognize the need for partnership and collaboration to provide significant housing solutions.
- In the state of Arizona roughly 17,0000 new housing units are needed annually to meet the needs of its citizens.
- Council needs to recognize the emergency status of Flagstaff’s housing crisis.
- Please move forward with passing the resolution.
- Families who are housing cost burden are only one event away from having to make really difficult choices in their lives.
- COVID has demonstrated that housing is healthcare.
- Housing is the number one challenge facing the community.
- The resolution requires a long-term plan to be brought forward for consideration.
- Housing should be a topic discussed jointly with the Coconino County Board of Supervisors.
- It is important to understand the hurdles the building community are experiencing that make it challenging to get more units into Flagstaff.
Written comments in support of the resolution were submitted by the following individuals:
- Shelley Smithson
- Rebecca Cirzan
- Eric Wolverton
- Jeff Axtell
- Sarah Rendon
- Luke Ostrand
- Tatum Covey
- Zane Jenkins
Housing Director Sarah Darr provided a PowerPoint presentation that covered the following:
HOUSING CRISIS RESOLUTION 2020-66
TIMELINE
CITIZEN’S PETITION
CHANGES FROM LAST WEEK |
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Moved by Councilmember Jim McCarthy, seconded by Councilmember Charlie Odegaard to read Resolution No. 2020-66 by title only.
Councilmember Odegaard stated that he would like to see the word crisis replaced with emergency.
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Moved by Councilmember Charlie Odegaard, seconded by Councilmember Jamie Whelan to amend the motion to change the word crisis to emergency as presented by the petition.
Councilmember Aslan noted his disagreement with the word change. He supports the resolution and the need to address the situation. The climate emergency is a different type of problem than housing; climate is a global existential threat with implications both locally and globally. It would dilute the issue and cause confusion.
Vice Mayor Shimoni expressed his agreement in declaring a housing emergency rather than a housing crisis. He believes that it is possible to tackle both matters as emergencies. They are not mutually exclusive issues and there is quite a bit of crossover between the two which supports the suggestion of declaring both as emergencies.
Councilmember Whelan also expressed support for declaring it as an emergency.
Mayor Evans stated that the housing crisis being experienced in Flagstaff is not unique. Suggesting the climate emergency is more important because it is a global issue, the same could be said for housing. She expressed concern about how it looks to be saving the environment in Flagstaff but it will only be for the privileged people who get to live there. It is about a bold statement from Council showing the seriousness of the situation.
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Vote: 5 - 2 |
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NAY:
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Councilmember Austin Aslan
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Councilmember Jim McCarthy
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Councilmembers McCarthy and Aslan stated that they strongly agreed that there is a housing crisis and that they supported the housing crisis resolution but that they could not support changing the wording from crisis to emergency.
ORIGINAL MOTION: |
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Vote: 5 - 2 |
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NAY:
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Councilmember Austin Aslan
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Councilmember Jim McCarthy
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A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING A HOUSING CRISIS FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, PRIORITIZING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN CITY OPERATIONS TO CREATE SAFE, DECENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. |
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Moved by Councilmember Jamie Whelan, seconded by Vice Mayor Adam Shimoni to adopt Resolution No. 2020-66.
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Vote: 5 - 2 |
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NAY:
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Councilmember Austin Aslan
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Councilmember Jim McCarthy
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