Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-24: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, authorizing the acquisition of a joint law enforcement firearms training facility for public safety, providing for delegation of authority, providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date

Consideration and Approval of Purchase Agreement: Shoot West Properties, LLC
 

1. Read Ordinance No. 2025-24 by title only for the final time
2. City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2025-24 by title only (if approved above)
3. Adopt Ordinance No. 2025-24
4. Approve the Purchase Agreement with Shoot West Properties, LLC and authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents

This ordinance authorizes the acquisition of an Indoor Shooting Range located at 11972 N US Highway 89 Flagstaff, AZ 86004 ("Property") to provide year-round firearms training for various law enforcement activities in partnership between the City of Flagstaff ("City"), Coconino County Community College District ("CCCD"), and Coconino County ("County"). The City, CCCD, County desire to share in the cost of acquiring the Property and operating it as a Firearms Training Facility, and to share use of said Firearms Training Facility. Council will act on a proposed intergovernmental agreement as a separate item in an upcoming council meeting.

Staff is bringing this ordinance and the approval of the purchase contract in order to open up escrow with the property owner. The purchase contract is still subject to approval of the forthcoming intergovernmental agreement.

The purchase price was negotiated with the property owner and confirmed to be below replacement value through an appraisal. Additionally, comparing the purchase price versus building a new facility using construction cost estimates from the North expansion to the existing law enforcement facility, less any land costs, demonstrates a significant cost savings of approximately 6 million dollars. This purchase is an opportunity to acquire a vital asset for public safety at a significant discount to funding and financing new construction.

The purchase price of $2,350,000 is funded in partnership with the partnership agencies in the following amounts:

1. Payment by City: $1,000,000. These funds are contributed through a combination of development impact fees ($442,000) and a Police Department budget reallocation ($558,000).
2. Payment by Community Agencies: $1,350,000.

TOTAL: $2,350,000.

This purchase was not anticipated during the FY2025-26 Budget process and therefore is an unbudgeted purchase.  City may be required to do a formal budget amendment to further reallocate budget appropriation to the Police Department, if needed.

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This is the first time this item is appearing before council.

Not approve the acquisition and purchase agreement.

High Performance Governance and Safe and Healthy Community; Provide public safety services with resources, staff, and training responsive to the community's needs. 

Goal PF.3. Provide high-quality emergency response and public safety services including law enforcement, fire, medical, and ambulance transport service.

Health and Safety HS-4
Action 3: Construct new City of Flagstaff buildings to be carbon neutral and designed for use as resilience hubs, providing safe havens for community members during all types of disruptive events. The proposed firearm training center was certified at Gold level through the Coconino County Sustainable Building Program in 2021. Green features include a 48-kilowatt solar array which generates twice the annual power used and a 5000-gallon buried rain water collection tank which supplies the automated drip irrigation system. 

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