COMBINED WORK SESSION/SPECIAL MEETING
A M E N D E D
A M E N D E D
| COMBINED WORK SESSION/SPECIAL MEETING TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2021 |
COUNCIL CHAMBERS 211 WEST ASPEN AVENUE 3:00 P.M. |
ATTENTION
IN-PERSON AUDIENCES AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE RESUMED WITH LIMITED CAPACITY
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***
WE ARE NO LONGER USING TELEPHONE COMMENTS
All verbal public comments will be given through a virtual public comment platform
If you want to provide a verbal comment during the Council Meeting, use the link below to join the virtual public comment room.
VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT WAITING ROOM
Written comments may be submitted to publiccomment@flagstaffaz.gov. All comments submitted via email will be considered written comments and will be documented into the record as such.
IN-PERSON AUDIENCES AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE RESUMED WITH LIMITED CAPACITY
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***
WE ARE NO LONGER USING TELEPHONE COMMENTS
All verbal public comments will be given through a virtual public comment platform
If you want to provide a verbal comment during the Council Meeting, use the link below to join the virtual public comment room.
VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT WAITING ROOM
Written comments may be submitted to publiccomment@flagstaffaz.gov. All comments submitted via email will be considered written comments and will be documented into the record as such.
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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 work session, 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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ROLL CALL
| NOTE: One or more Councilmembers may be in attendance telephonically or by other technological means. |
| MAYOR DEASY VICE MAYOR DAGGETT COUNCILMEMBER ASLAN COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY |
COUNCILMEMBER SALAS COUNCILMEMBER SHIMONI COUNCILMEMBER SWEET |
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MISSION STATEMENT, AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the City of Flagstaff is to protect and enhance the quality of life for all.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Flagstaff City Council humbly acknowledges the ancestral homelands of this area's Indigenous nations and original stewards. These lands, still inhabited by Native descendants, border mountains sacred to Indigenous peoples. We honor them, their legacies, their traditions, and their continued contributions. We celebrate their past, present, and future generations who will forever know this place as home.
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Public Participation
Public Participation enables the public to address the council about items that are not on the prepared agenda. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end of the work session. You may speak at one or the other, but not both. Anyone wishing to comment at the meeting is asked to fill out a speaker card and submit it to the recording clerk. When the item comes up on the agenda, your name will be called. 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 to have 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.
Public Participation enables the public to address the council about items that are not on the prepared agenda. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end of the work session. You may speak at one or the other, but not both. Anyone wishing to comment at the meeting is asked to fill out a speaker card and submit it to the recording clerk. When the item comes up on the agenda, your name will be called. 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 to have 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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Recognition: Mrs. Cleo Wilson Murdoch
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Review of Draft Agenda for the November 16, 2021 City Council Meeting
Citizens wishing to speak on agenda items not specifically called out by the City Council may submit a speaker card for their items of interest to the recording clerk.
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Discussion about a citywide comprehensive cost recovery policy
Council Direction
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Review the current tax code with respect to exemptions on rental, leasing, and licensing of real property.
Council Discussion and Direction
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Northern Arizona Healthcare Update
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Adjournment
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SPECIAL MEETING
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Request from Lowell Observatory for letter from City Council supporting proposed bill regarding Section 17.
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Staff has no recommendation for this item.
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Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-53: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, authorizing a development agreement between Lowell Observatory and the City of Flagstaff related to the development of approximately 615 acres of land located west of Lowell Observatory, commonly referred to as Section 17.
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION:
If the City Council chooses to enter into the proposed development agreement:
1) Read Resolution No. 2021-53 by title only
2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2021-53 by title only (if approved above)
3) Adopt Resolution No. 2021-53
1) Read Resolution No. 2021-53 by title only
2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2021-53 by title only (if approved above)
3) Adopt Resolution No. 2021-53
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Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-54: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council in support of the Endangered Species Act
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION:
1) Read Resolution No. 2021-54 by title only
2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2021-54 by title only (if approved above)
3) Adopt Resolution No. 2021-54
2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2021-54 by title only (if approved above)
3) Adopt Resolution No. 2021-54
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Public Participation
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Informational Items To/From Mayor, Council, and City Manager; future agenda item requests
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Adjournment
| CERTIFICATE OF POSTING OF NOTICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing notice was duly posted at Flagstaff City Hall on , at a.m./p.m. in accordance with the statement filed by the City Council with the City Clerk. Dated this day of , 2021. __________________________________________ Stacy Saltzburg, MMC, City Clerk |