WORK SESSION AGENDA
| CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2024 |
COUNCIL CHAMBERS 211 WEST ASPEN AVENUE 3:00 P.M. |
All City Council Meetings are live streamed on the city's website (https://www.flagstaff.az.gov/1461/Streaming-City-Council-Meetings)
***PUBLIC COMMENT***
Verbal public comments may be given through a virtual public comment platform or in-person
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.
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 work session, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for discussion and consultation 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).
2.
Roll Call
| NOTE: One or more Councilmembers may be in attendance through other technological means. |
| MAYOR DAGGETT VICE MAYOR ASLAN COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE |
COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY COUNCILMEMBER SWEET |
3.
Pledge of Allegiance, Mission Statement, and Land Acknowledgement
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.
4.
Public Participation
Public Participation enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the prepared agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end. If you wish to address the Council at today'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.
Public Participation enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the prepared agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end. If you wish to address the Council at today'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.
5.
Review of Draft Agenda for the March 5, 2024 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.
6.
City Manager Report
Information Only
7.
2024 Amendments to Engineering Design Standards, TITLE 13
Staff will provide an overview of the proposed amendments to the Engineering Design Standards and ask Council to provide initial feedback on the proposed amendments, concerns with any amendments, and any sections the Council would like to review and discuss in more detail.
8.
Butler Avenue Corridor and Pilot Bicycle Lanes Update
Staff recommends transitioning the separated bicycle lanes to painted double stripes on Butler Avenue and Beaver Street to lessen the financial impacts and staffing requirements on City snow operations, and in anticipation of the future projects including the Safe Streets for All grant project and the Lone Tree Overpass project. Staff also recommends keeping the speed limit on Butler Avenue the same to promote voluntary compliance, encourage uniform flow, clearly communicate reasonable and prudent speeds, and ensure an effective enforcement environment for the Police Department.
9.
Public Participation
10.
Informational Items To/From Mayor, Council, and City Manager; future agenda item requests
11.
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 , 2024. __________________________________________ Stacy Saltzburg, MMC, City Clerk |
THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ENDEAVORS TO MAKE ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS ACCESSIBLE TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. With 48-hour advance notice, reasonable accommodations will be made upon request for persons with disabilities or non-English speaking residents. Please call the City Clerk (928) 213-2076 or email at stacy.saltzburg@flagstaffaz.gov to request an accommodation to participate in this public meeting.
NOTICE TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS: Parents and legal guardians have the right to consent before the City of Flagstaff makes a video or voice recording of a minor child, pursuant to A.R.S. § 1-602(A)(9). The Flagstaff City Council meetings are live-streamed and recorded and may be viewed on the City of Flagstaff's website. If you permit your child to attend/participate in a televised Council meeting, a recording will be made. You may exercise your right not to consent by not allowing your child to attend/participate in the meeting.