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Can't believe it?
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United.
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Let's pray.
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Father, thank you so much for your goodness.
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Thank you.
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The ability to live here in beautiful Gila County.
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We thank you, God, that you've given us this beautiful place, and we pray.
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The right ability and choices to steward it correctly.
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Today I just pray for the Board of Supervisors that you would give each one of them wisdom as they walk through decisions and
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choices that in no way can make everyone happy. But I pray God today that you give them the ability to balance justice and and
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mercy together and come to decisions that will help our county.
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We pray for every business owner and we ask you, Father, to bless economically every single person that is working together to
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make this county a great county.
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And we pray, Father, that there would be a revival of the.
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So that the crime rate would go down and that people's hearts would be turned towards you.
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But we thank you and we praise you for your help at this very moment and during this time.
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And we give you the glory in Jesus name. Amen.
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Thank you for that prayer.
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Please be seated.
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I already have a couple of calls to the public papers, which are the blue ones.
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And if you're here today or in Payson and wish to speak, that'll be called at the end of the meeting, so if.
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If more than the two, then please fill one out. Bring it up.
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To the clerk. And so let's start with item 2A on our regular agenda.
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I'm going to call for a motion to recess as the helicon of Board of Supervisors and convene as the Board of Directors of the Heel
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of.
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County Flood Control District.
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I'll second it. We have a motion in the second. All those in favor say aye, aye, aye. And so we.
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Are the Hill County Flood Control District. We have information, discussion and action to approve or deny a request submitted by
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Steve Mr. Steve Medina for a variance from the requirements of the Gila County Floodplain Management Ordinance for a room addition
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to a manufactured home, 107 S Cottonwood in Visila, Arizona.
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Which was built without a permit and is not in compliance with the ordinance and we have with us Darv today.
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Mr. Chairman, members of the board, I'm glad to be here.
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Present this information to you.
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This is a request received from Mr. Steve Medina.
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For Image Elite Services, LLC, which.
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Deals with manufactured housing.
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Is requesting A variance from the requirements of the Gila County Floodplain Management Ordinance.
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For the parcel at 107 S Cottonwood Lane, Guy.
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And this?
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This information is going to supplement the agenda item with some additional detail regarding this variance request.
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For background in August 20.
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The County Community Development Code enforce.
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Opened a case for this.
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Property for building an addition onto the manufactured home without permits.
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In September 2022, code enforcement notified Mr. Medina of floodplain requirements, among other requirements.
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On September 20.
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2020.
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Mr. Medina was sent a formal notice that his room addition was in violation of floor plan requirements.
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And stated what was required to bring it into compliance.
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Specifically mentioned where the required minimum floor ele.
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Flood damage resistant materials below the regulatory flood elevation.
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And flood vents in the walls around the crawl space below the room addition.
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Notwithstanding the notices of violation of his request.
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Work continued on the project without addressing the most critical issue, the floor elevation.
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I'm sorry, Doctor. You said the most critical. What the most critical issue? The floor elevation.
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And now the the flood vents were installed in the crawl space but the floor was not raised.
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The materials were the same.
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Blood resistant materials to.
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To my knowledge.
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Then in October.
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31st 2023 Mr. Medina.
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About the procedure to get a floodplain.
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And then on November.
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He requested a floodplain variance.
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Subsequently, staff reviewed his request and suggested that it might be to his advantage to provide more detail and justification.
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For the brilliance request.
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And a copy of the ordinance was sent and that the sections were noted that were relevant to the various procedures.
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Which would be advisable for him to consider and?
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How a variance?
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Justifiable for this project?
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This information was not included in the latest variance request.
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So then on January 20, January?
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This request was submitted with.
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And the information that you're given.
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Normally a request for would be for a variance to specific requirements of the ordinance.
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And.
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In fact.
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Federal Law, Section 44 CFR 60.6.
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It is required that the variances to be the minimum action necessary to afford relief.
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And.
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The absence of.
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Specific information.
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Implies.
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This request is for a variance from all floodplain requirements.
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For this entire time entire parcel without time limitations, that's how.
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I would interpret.
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And clarification might be.
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The attorneys.
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Feel free to.
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Mr. Medina provided an elevation certificate.
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Which?
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Flood vents were added to the wall around the crawl space.
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But that the floor elevation of the room addition was constructed 2.2 feet.
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Below the required floor elevation.
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Now the required floor elevation is 1 foot above.
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100 year water level level.
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So he's.
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1.2 feet below the actual water level.
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And two 2.2 feet below the required elevation.
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This elevation certificate also provided numbers to show that the depth of water in 100 year flood.
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Would be 2.9 to 5.3 feet above the ground adjacent to the home.
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There must be a mound or a hole there somewhere, but that gives you.
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Feel.
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To the flood there.
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And as floodwaters could inundate the floors of the building more than a foot deep.
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There is a risk of significant damage.
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For the structure and personal.
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There's also risk to health and safety.
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For the occupants from contaminated flood water.
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Debris and silt entering the home and MO.
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Growth in the building after the floodwaters received.
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Floodwaters are also expected to be about four feet deep at the driveway.
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So ingress and egress.
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Difficult either on foot or by.
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Since residents are not safe inside the home because it's in.
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There is not a Safeway to leave.
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And emergency responders would be at risk.
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Occupants to.
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This creates a potential hazard to the health and safety of occupants and respond.
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This situation could be.
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By complying with the floodplain regulations.
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And as you know, deep flooding from Tunnel Creek.
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Could last for a fairly long duration.
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Depending on the storm.
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I see nothing unique about this parcel compared to the neighborhood.
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Which would warrant a variance to waive off floodplain requirements.
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There is a statement on the variance request letter.
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That the addition needs to be low to match the floor of the manufactured home.
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This manufactured home was set prior to the regulations being in effect.
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So it would not have to be.
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'Cause it's that grandfather.
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But steps into the addition, while not desirable, could be possible.
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Alternatively, the manufactured.
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Could be reset to the required flood elevation.
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To match the.
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The addition if it were raised up.
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That non compliant.
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Could also be removed in.
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And meet the requirements of the regulations.
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And although there would be costs, neither of these alternatives would require a variance.
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In the ordinance, the definition of exceptional hardship which might justify our variance.
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Specifically excludes cost as an exceptional hardship.
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Therefore, a decision by the board to deny a variance would not result in an exceptional hardship for the ordinance.
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If a variance is granted.
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The ordinance requires that a notification signed by the chairman of the board.
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Be recorded so that it appears in the chain of title of the.
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The required wording is summarized as follows.
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A variance to construct a structure below the flood level could increase flood insurance premiums.
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Increases the risk to life and.
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And that the land would be ineligible for exchange of land pursuant to any flood relocation and land exchange program.
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And as a precautionary note.
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A history of variances.
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Jeopardize Gila County standing in the National Flood Insurance Program.
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Which could cause flood insurance premiums to rise for all county residents.
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Forget the county suspended from the National Flood Insurance Program.
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Which would make federal blood insurance unavailable.
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Those are not automatic with this variance, but.
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If it is granted that those are possibilities, that the trend persists.
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So in conclusion, there are health and safety issues for future building occupants.
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And emergency respond.
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If a variance is issued to allow the building addition floor.
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To remain below the regulatory flood elevation.
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Are also flood insurance premium disadvantages?
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The advantage of the variance appears to be purely economic, at the expense of the health and safety of occupants.
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And future owners and occupants.
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The ordinance allows a variance to be granted for an exceptional hardship that would result from failure to grant the ordinance.
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It further states that the required it is required that the except that the variance be exceptional unusual.
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And peculiar to the property involved.
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Economic or financial hardship alone is not exceptional. That's out of the ordinance.
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And staff recommends that this variance request be denied for the.
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I just.
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General Manager decision is yours.
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Thank you, darling supervisor.
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I I have no questions. I mean if you.
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Pretty.
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Examination of the building and of the home.
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And the reason that the home is in the floodplain is because it was.
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Set prior to.
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Or it would be in violation as well. So I have no questions.
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Supervisor Klein, this is what I don't like about floodplain stuff. Or does this right here. And the reason is, is we have so many
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of these situations in Hemet County.
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And So what you're saying is, is if we deny the variance, he's going to have to tear that down and live without an addition on
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that modular. Which case the modular is already in the floodplain.
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Per today's standards, that the whole house is in the floodplain from the driveway on in.
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Whether we allow or not allow this addition on this trailer, that trailer could wash away next year anyway, right?
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And so if if it does, if that was to happen.
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Who's gonna replace that? It's not he the county, right? It's the.
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And so all we are doing on something like this, in my opinion is saying to this individual.
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No, you can't have this addition which.
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To me, the whole situation is is is out of place as far as our floodplain.
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Standards go anyway.
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Is still going to.
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Whether that additions on that house or not, that whole thing could go down the Creek.
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Right possibility.
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Well, you said, you know, from the driveway going in, you're 4 feet inside the floodplain.
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So to me it's like and we have so many of these situations.
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That's, that's where I'm coming from. It's like you look at Gila County as a whole.
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My.
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Which is more than half the heel accounting. I've got a number of these things there.
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Now the question I would ask you if this variance was granted, would this individual be able to get a building permit to go ahead
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and continue?
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And finish this edition? Or how would that work if the variance is granted?
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And he takes care of all.
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Building code.
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And zoning issues, whatever other requirements.
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He could be.
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Well, we don't in floodplain the ordinance doesn't allow us to.
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Issue a floodplain.
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But we.
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The notice of violation is.
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Is resolved by a variance.
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OK, so there wouldn't be floodplain requirements.
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Now.
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Speak to the issue.
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There being a hazard, yes, there was still a hazard from.
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Manufactured home unless they raise that also.
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And we're.
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They either remove or raise the.
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Right now in the time that I've been working here.
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I do take some satisfaction that.
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During. After.
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The houses that.
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Have been built with.
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Are not usually the ones with significant flood damage, it's those that are.
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Were built before.
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The regulations.
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So as.
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As building progress.
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And they meet these requirements, We're building a more flood resistant community.
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And I think that's the benefit.
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Everybody in the county.
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Unfortunately.
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You know, we don't. Well, I guess.
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Fortunately, we don't have the authority to make.
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Retroactively.
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Bring things into compliance, but from a safety standpoint, I know we still have a lot of those.
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Buildings.
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But over.
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As they add to them.
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Or replace them. We are building a more flood resistant community.
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So Dar, I've lived in Henry County all my life. I was born here. I've seen these creeps flood.
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And I've seen the damage they do. We've dealt with some of the situations on Panel Creek over there and campaign Creek and
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whatnot. I see that and and you can build whatever you want in some of these areas and it ain't gonna matter. On some of these
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floods, someone we're gonna wash away and some of them aren't. There's and sometimes there's no rhyme.
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But what I am saying is in my.
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Mine only is that.
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This property owner is.
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Has lived there. I don't know how long.
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You know, and he wants to build this. It isn't up to me to worry about what his flood insurance is going to cost and not going to
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cost.
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He's the one that's doing this.
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And he's already in the floodplain with his whole house, basically.
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And all's we would do if we denied this variance is making teardown as addition.
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But he's still going to live there, he or she, whoever it is.
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Is still gonna live there.
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And they're still going to be the ones that's going to have to deal with it if that ever happens to wash away.
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Not helicopter.
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And so that's all I'm saying and that's why I've had these discussions when we talked about this ordinance to start with.
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Floodplain issues are.
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Or they come to us from every.
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Because Gila County has so much property in what is now considered flood plains, we can't get away from it. And as a lot of these
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areas develop, the more sought after areas, more people are pushed off into what would be considered floodplains now.
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And so, I mean, I get it. We're going to deal with it and we're going to have to address it going on in the future. But we have a
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number of these situations sitting out there in Gila County.
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And and if we make that gentleman tear down his addition?
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We're not. We're not doing anything but.
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Causing him problems right there in my opinion.
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So that's all I have to say about it and I'll let you have it. Mr. Chair. Thank you supervisor. Thank you Card for.
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Your presentation and your point of view.
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I'm inclined to say that the reason we have the opportunity for variances is because there's unique situations that arise. This is
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certainly one where the home is below the flood level and now an addition that's going to be 2 1/2 feet or two feet higher than
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the than the home existing is.
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Does not seem to make logical sense other than it complies with.
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The floodplain issues, so umm.
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Did. Is Mr. Medina here today? I don't think he is.
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But do you know if Mr. Medina built this add on or whether he purchased the house with the add on started?
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That's not really clear.
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OK.
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We know that.
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There was something there.
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It was removed and reconstructed or whether it.
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Added.
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I couldn't say for sure. I'd say that a lot of our rural communities have similar things that have been done over the years.
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Because they're isolated and people have a tendency to do that, which is never recommended.
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We need to go through the permit process and this is the problem that we need to resolve. But today we're talking about the flood
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issue, the variance.
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And I printed out a map and gave to you and it seems like there's properties all around this house that are even closer to the
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river. So I can imagine that there's a number of people in the neighborhood that would be within the floodplain non compliant
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already. So what we're really doing is we're saying there's an addition onto a non compliant property. Do we allow the addition
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or?
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Not and so that to me is the question.
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I don't think it's going to put our flood insurance program at risk doing this one variance. I think if we were reckless with it,
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yeah, maybe it would.
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That's all I have to say about that anymore. Supervisor Humphrey? Yeah, Mr. Chair, I'll make a comment now. I had no questions,
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but now I have a comment.
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Decisions we make are going to set precedence as things go forward.
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And if we have places that are grandfathered in, then we can't change the grandfather.
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Of those that are.
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But going forward, we can set precedence of building without a permit.
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And not building to flood elevations.
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And so if.
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If like you say with the map with other homes in this area that are closer to the Creek.
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That may or may not be in the flood.
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But if they are, they're grandfathered in and so be.
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But if we.
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Allow for a non permitted N floodplain structure.
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Then we're setting precedence, so get ready.
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For anybody that lives by a Greek grandfathered.
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That wants to build a.
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However they.
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Because we have the ability to change it.
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And we did it.
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So we're going to be expected.
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To have individual variances come up.
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In the future.
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And that's my comment, Mr. Chair. So thank you.
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What Dart, I did ask you this, this, these folks would have to go back and and and get it permitted, right? That that would be the
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deal.
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I mean, the floodplain is one thing, the permit is another. And and it's not that I don't disagree with Mr. Humphrey on this.
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But if if they were made to go ahead and permit this, build it per.
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The building permit owed whatever standards.
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Then all we're talking about.
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The variance for the floodplain.
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Correct. OK.
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The thing with me is we have a project that's already started. I don't know if Mr. Medina started.
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And I know that doesn't meet the hardship thing at all. So with is there any other comments?
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Jessica, do you have anything that we should be aware of?
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If you're deliberating.
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The thought crossed my mind that this.
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National Flood Insurance program.
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That we have.
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Exists because there's really no market for.
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Flood insurance without it. So if you didn't have a National Flood Insurance program.
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That means that no one who's.
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Certain flood areas could ever get any insurance.
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People would not be build.
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Where?
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Because they couldn't get any ins.
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And the market would take care of this situation you?
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We wouldn't.
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People asking for variances because they just wouldn't be able to get insurance period over to ask for.
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So the government stepped in.
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With no market and created.
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By establishing the flood insurance program and enabling.
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People to build within certain areas and flood areas.
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Notwithstanding the fact they are in those areas, they can still get ins.
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If the counties have an Ord.
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That they It's an ordinance that passes muster with federal government and the county is enforcing.
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Basically, then, the county qualifies for a reduced rate in the flight insurance program.
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So what's happening today, for example, is somebody's asking for a variance.
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And all the people who are potentially affected, which is lots of other people whose insurance rates may go up.
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Aren't here, don't know about it, have no idea that their interests are at stake.
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I don't even know this is going.
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And so this one action they have no effect.
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But at some point in time.
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You know the county takes allows enough variances.
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Then it could trigger an increased rate for everybody.
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And it's been that whole situation has been set up.
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Sequence of variances that have occurred and now the federal government's decided the people in charge of this I hope.
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The county is not complying sufficiently with the.
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What a plan management ordinance and.
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Not Subsid.
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Give them these benefits of rates anymore, Now everybody gets affect.
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So it's a it's one of those government things where?
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The people who may let it be.
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Don't know about it, as I said.
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Protect their interests.
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So it's the nature of this program.
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Created artificial.
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Markets allowing people to get insurance and building certain.
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I didn't get that ordered that but my insurance program right now you can fix that for me, but that's the way I understand it
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works.
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Thank you, Mr. Dalton, Mr. Menlo.
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Mr. Chairman Members.
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From your comments, it brought a question to my mind.
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Of a Jessica reject me to answer that is could a motion be made that the?
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Can be.
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Conditional on a building.
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Being obtained and that the addition is built according to building codes.
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Got a possibility?
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Six point.
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2 East says, upon consideration of the factors.
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Of section 6.2 D and the purposes of this ordinance.
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Floodplain board may attach such conditions to the granting of variances as it deems necessary.
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Further the purposes of this ordinance.
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So that answered, yes, the board can attach cond.
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OK. Thank you.
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Does this require a unanimous vote if we vote to?
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Not that I'm aware of, OK.
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If there's no further discussion, then I'll call for a motion.
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If I'm making a motion, Mr. Chair.
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I make a motion to deny a request submitted by Mr. Steve Medina for your variance from the requirements of Heila County Flood.
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Or management ordinance for the room addition to the manufactured home at One O 7 S Cottonwood in Visalia, which was built without
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a permit and is not in compliance with the ordinance.
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Mr. Chair, I'll second that and then we'll go with the vote. Thank you, Supervisor. We have a motion and a second to deny.
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The variance, all those in favor of that say.
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Aye, aye. All those opposed, aye.
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Thank you. Thank you, Doug.
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Thank you, Jonathan. Does not pass, our variance doesn't. I will make a motion now need a motion to adjourn as the Board of
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Directors of the Hill County Flood Control District reconvene as the Board of Supervisors. I'll make some move, Mr. Chair.
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I'll second all those in favor. Say aye, aye.
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Thank you, Item 2A, Information Discussion Action to authorize payment of maintenance fees to Motorola Solutions Incorporated for
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two quar.
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Of 2023 in the amount of $62,261.36 and for four quarters of 2020 four $33,309.82 per quarter for a total cost of $133,239.28 per
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year for a grant total of $195,500.64, which will allow Motorola Solutions, Inc to continue providing maintenance and updates to
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the Spillman software program utilized.
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Are the Gila County Sheriff's Office for its records and management system. Good morning, Sarah. Good morning, chairman, members
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of the board.
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This is our Spillman system. That's what we've known it for for years. It was purchased a few years back by Motorola, and that's
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when the name change happened. This runs pretty much every aspect of the record system in the Sheriff's Office.
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And this is for maintenance fees to continue.
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On with them and servicing and giving us updates and patching and that type of thing.
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Umm you are approving two quarters for 2023 that need to be paid to them and then all four quarters for 2024?
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With that, I'll take any questions. Thank you, Sarah. Supervisor Humphrey, I have no question, Mr. Chair.
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So, Sarah, you guys have had this since 9999? Yeah. OK.
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Cool. Thanks. You're welcome. We had a catastrophic records failure back then and that's when the board approved for us to go to a
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records management system. And so that was in 99 and we have not had any issues since then.
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Great. Thanks, Sarah with our call for motion.
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Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to authorize a payment of the maintenance fees to Motorola Motorola Solutions Incorporated as
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presented.
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I'll second that motion in a second to approve those in favor. Say aye. Aye. Thank you, Sarah.
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Item 2C. Information Discussion and action to approve the Use of Arizona State contract number Ctr. 063770 with Iron Mountain
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Information Management, LLC in the amount of $114,172.95 through June 30th, 2024 for the digitization of the assessors parcel
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records Micah.
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Good morning, Chairman, Christensen Supervisors.
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The Assessors office currently maintains parcel records, maps, and the historical value information and paper format. While the
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system has served well served us well for over over the years, it poses a significant risk due to the lack of a backup. Our paper
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records contain valuable historical title chain information, maps and property valuation data. However, without digitization,
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there is no safeguard against potential potential losses due to fire, accidents or other unforeseen events.
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Staff in the Payson office often need to access this information. Currently, they must contact the Globe office and request
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specific partial records, causing delays and inefficiencies.
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The solution would be the digitization, which we propose digitizing all accessories office records. This would involve scanning
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and organizing the existing paper files into a secure digital database. Benefits would include digitization that ensures our
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valuable historical information is backed up electronically, reducing the risk of permanent loss staffing. Both the Globe and
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Payson Office can directly access the records without unnecessary delays.
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And in the event of a fire or another emergency, the digital copies will remain.
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There is a second contract that will be forthcoming that is for the.
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Packaging, prep, transportation and destruction of those files once they've been digitally.
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Digitized. So there will be another contract that is forthcoming, but it's I believe its value is 7141 thousand $7142 and it's not
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finalized yet, but that will be part of the same digitization project. I just want to make you aware that there will be another
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coming contract related to this.
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I can take any questions you may.
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Thank you, Mike. Supervisor Humphrey, hi. I have no questions. I just think it's great that we're getting digitized to help.
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Access the files that we have.
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Ever. And for public access as well.
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Other than that, I have no comment. Thank you. I'll supervise the client. Micah, thanks. I agree with super supervisor Humphrey
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this, this is good and make life a lot easier for a lot of people. Absolutely. It's sort of like we're entering the.
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20th century and maybe even more.
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So is this ARPA money? Yes. OK, great. Chairman. Yes, yes. I just wanted to notate for the record that there is a document on the
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attachments. It's a single source justification. Now that is for the 2nd portion that he's mentioning, it is not relevant to this
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agenda item, So just to be presented at a later date, correct. OK. So we're not, we're only approving this 114,000. Yes, this is a
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rising out of a state contract. So we don't need a single source justification for a procurement purposes.
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Thank you, Jessica.
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OK, with that, I'll entertain a motion.
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Mr. Move to approve the use of Arizona State contract number Ctr. 063770 with Iron Mountain information.
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Management LLC as presented. And I'll second that Mr. Chair. Thank you. Motion to accept and seconded. All those in favor. Say
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aye. Aye. Thank you, Michael. Thank you, Carrie.
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Item 2D Information Discussion Action to approve amendment number one to Professional services Contract number 081723 with.
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Elections systems and software in the amount of $52,520.66 which extends the term of the contract for one additional year from
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year from April.
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2024 through April 17, 2020.
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Mr.
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Mr. Chairman, sorry for.
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Mr. Mariscal is busy.
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Preparing for the president presidential preference election which is coming up real quick And there's he's working to ensure.
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That all the poll workers are trained and Adequate asked if he could be excused.
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And asked if I would present this item to you.
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On October 3rd, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Professional Services Contract number 081723 with Elections Systems.
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And software for election service.
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And maintenance for the period beginning April 18, 2023 through April 17, 2024 with three one year renewal options.
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The original contract was executed for not to exceed amount without written authorization amount of $52,520.66.
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Elections systems and software partners with the.
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With the Department of Homeland.
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And is certified with the US Election System Commission.
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Election systems and software is the provider of our existing equipment. Ongoing maintenance and service are necessary.
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To remain in compliance with relevant regulations.
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He, the county elections department director, recommends the approval of Amendment #1 to the professional services contract number
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081723.
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With election systems and software to extend the term contract for the additional year.
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From April 18, 2024 through April 17, 2020, 2025.
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For a total contract amount not to exceed $52,520.66.
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This is.
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Ensures that helps to ensure the integrity of our elections and would ask.
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For your approval of this contract extension.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Supervisor.
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I have no questions, Supervisor Klein. I'm good.
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I'm good as well. We're not changing vendors. We're not changing machines. We're not changing our profit.
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You know, I'm saying that because we've discussed heavily the process and all that's involved. This is one of those components,
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right? There's many concerned about it. So OK, with that, I will entertain a motion.
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Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve Amendment number one to Professional Services Contract number 081723 with election
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Systems and software as presented.
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Mr. Chair, I'll second that. Hey, we have a motion or a second to approve all those in favor. Say aye, aye, aye, aye.
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Thank you, James. Item 2.
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Information Discussion Action to adopt Resolution #24-03-01 Accepting 2 drainage easements.
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One from Dean A and Ruth A Jasinski and one from Steven Aladhill. Alex, good morning. Good morning Mr. Chairman Board as you know
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when engineering project comes up the engine.
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Determines what kind of easements are required to complete the project.
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This is the acceptance or acceptance of this.
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Adoption of this resolution the acceptance of the two drainage easements that would be required for the Walnut Springs Cold
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replacement project.
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And so as you know, it took us quite a while to get these easements. And so now we're bringing them before the board for your
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acceptance. Thank you, Alex. Supervisor Humphrey.
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Yeah, no, it's great to have it here. We've been working on this project for a long, long time.
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And the easement is what has jeopardized us from routing water that we have very much needed to.
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So thank you very much for your persistence and for obtaining these easements for us.
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Advisor Klein. I'm good. Thank you, Alex. Yeah, thank you, Alex. Without our call for motion, I moved to adopt Resolution
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#24-O3-01.
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I'll second that.
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Of a motion and a second to approve those in favor, say aye, aye.
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Thank you, Alex. Number 2F information discussion action to review the bids submitted for invitation for bid number 112023, the
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Walnut Springs Blvd. Covert Replacement Award to the lowest, most responsive, responsible and qualified bidder and authorized the
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Chairman signature on the award contract.
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Thank you. So as we just accepted the drainage easements, the next thing would be to bring before you the request to award the bid
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for the project itself. As you know, last month we presented this and you guys gave us the permission to advertise. We received 5
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bids. When they came back, we reviewed the bids.
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And this bid came in at.
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$384,093.84 which exceeds the engineer's estimate of 3600 and.
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300 Three $167,805.82 By roughly 17,000 However, we felt that this bid, while it was within the range of the engineer's estimate,
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was the most capable and met all of the requirements needed for a construction project in County.
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OK. Thank you, Alex. Supervisor Humphrey. No, I'm, I'm all good. Thank you. Supervisor Klein, I'm good as well. Yeah, I only have
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one comment I guess the low bid 384,000 and.
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In the high bid 1.14 million.
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It's like 3.
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That that's astonishing to me, that.
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Then the other three bids were writing between. So it yeah, we.
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A variety of bits, yes. OK with that I will accept a motion.
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Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to award contract number 112023.
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To HT form an amount of $384,093.84.
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In response to imitation for bids number 11202.
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Mr. Carroll, second that thank you. Motion to approve and seconded those in favor. Say aye, aye. Thank you, Alex. Thank you.
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Item 2G Information Discussion Action to Consider Select one of the following three proposed projects to support in partnership
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with SRP Picopino Fuels Reduction Project, Egler Creek Phase One Mastication Project or South Pace in Phase One Mastication
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Project Carl Milford.
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Good morning, Chairman, Members of the Board, happy to be here so.
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On February 7th of 2023, Gila County went into an Mou with the Salt River Project.
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To support these fields.
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Fuels reduction projects here he would county committed $5000 and that Mou. It also says that we will provide input on which of
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the projects to.
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And that is why we're here today. So I have three projects to show to you guys. The first one is the Pico Pinot Fuels Reductions
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project.
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This is a floor spinning project that covers 718 acres of Ponderosa pine forest.
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This will be removing an overabundance of small diameter Ponderosa pine, Emery oak, Arizona white oak, and alligator Jupiter
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Jupiter Juniper Words are hard. Sorry.
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So the estimated cost of this project is $574,000, keeping in mind that we have committed $5000, so the estimated.
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Cost is not a direct cost to heal the county. Our commitment was the $5000.
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The next project is the Hagler Creek Phase One Mastication Project.
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This project is located 20 miles east of Payson. It covers 1687 acres of ponderosa pine and juniper woodland.
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Estimated cost of this project is about $1.3 million.
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And this is.
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Significantly larger project than the last one.
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Again, this project is mastication instead of thinning, so it's obviously the much higher price point and it's taking a lot more
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of that vegetation out.
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And the final project to choose from.
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Is the South Pace and Phase One Mastication project?
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This project covers 2229 acres of ponderosa pine and juniper woodland.
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This is just South of Payson UM.
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7 miles South of patient would be exact. The estimated cost on this project is $1.9 million.
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I wrote in there that.
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Our preference, and I'll explain to you why in a recent visit with.
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Our State Emergency Management.
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He ended the visit by asking what is the emergency?
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Keeps you from sleeping at night.
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And I told him that the majority of our wildfire starts or roadside starts and you're driven by southwest prevailing winds into
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the northeast.
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And Hwy. 87 presents a huge risk to patient being that it is a northeast climb.
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Increases in.
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And a lot of those areas have not burned in a very long time. This is a huge mitigation project towards.
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Taking care of that.
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So that is why this is the.
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Project from the Emergency Management perspective. Of course this is a board decision, not mine. I just wanted to provide my
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input.
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Also it is the highest dollar amount, so the highest return on investment for dealer counties portion of the investment.
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Just to give kind of a perspective of what these projects look like size wise, you can see all three here, the Hagler project.
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On the far right.
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South Pace and Phase one just there below patient and up in the top left corner, the Poco Pinot project.
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Mr. Harbors from SRP have anything else to add. I think that pretty much covers it. So we have three projects to choose from.
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Thank you, Carl, Supervisor Humphrey.
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I respect your professionalism and for your experience.
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Fires. And so I have to agree with your bang for buck.
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Thank you. Surprise.
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Actually, most of these are in your district.
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Rooms in mine, and I'd be interested to hear what you have to say between those two projects in your district.
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Oh, OK. Well, so Carl, these are all fully funded projects, right? So they're in the process of being funded. So and we're talking
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specific.
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Pico pinot.
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And.
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South facing right so pic.
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The estimated cost is 574,000. They're currently sitting at 498,000 towards that project. Some other partners involved in that I
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believe.
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But this one is DF FM and for service, right? Yeah, So the FM Forest Service also has stake in that, so they'll be contributing as
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well.
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With the South Area S payment area phase.
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Estimated cost is 1.9 million and the funding received is 1.6, so there's a larger price margin there towards making enough money
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to to complete that project but percentage wise.
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300,000 away from fully funded.
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It looks to me I I can't tell on the smaller map that I'm looking at here where everything is, but on that one I can sort of see
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it sort of in what I call the Cypress thicket area from lie over to the matter South.
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If if I, you know it looks like it's.
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Waste of.
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On West of Hwy. 87.
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So it's SE. So coming up into Payson.
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Pretty much on the left hand side of 87 when you're coming in.
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Oh, I'm sorry. Southwest. Yes. OK, I'll get you a compass for Chris. I need more caffeine, is what it is.
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OK. So that the confusion there was the wind, the prevailing winds out of the southwest, Yes. OK, right. Yeah and correct. So
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that's an ideal spot.
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My thoughts on it would be that.
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I would prioritize that because.
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It also would then protect the most people within.
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Of the three projects, although Poco Pino would be my second.
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But I think all the products are going to get done.
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That that would be my.
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Anything else, Supervisor Humphrey?
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Fine, so is.
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Right. All these projects are going to go, I mean.
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We're just looking to partner with one, but all three of them are gonna go.
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Good morning. Who are you? I'm Levi. Pardon, I am the Water and Forces Females Building Manager for Salt River Project. Thank you
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for having us today. Yes, all three projects. We are committed to working on today's discussion really.
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Just which 1K county is interested in partnering with us?
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Thank you. Thank you. Are all three of you from SRP. Well, thanks for coming today.
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Thanks so much for doing.
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5000 doesn't seem like much. I guess that's what we've budgeted for this, but.
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OK. Anything else?
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No. OK, then with that, I'll call.
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Mr. Chair, I want to support this outpatient phase one mastication project and partnership with Salt River Project. Mr. Chair,
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I'll 2nd that I have a motion and a second to approve all those in favor. Say aye, aye.
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Motion passes. Thank you, Carl. Thank you. Is that another 1-2 H information discussion? Action to adopt the Arizona Mutual Aid
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Compact is recommended by the Arizona Department of Emergency Management.
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Thank you ladies for.
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Appreciate it. So the Arizona Mutual Aid Compact is an agreement that he would County signed on to about five years ago.
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This has been rewritten so the Mutual Aid Compact is kind of a way for Emergency Management departments and government
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organizations to help each other out throughout the state of Arizona without individual MO us between governmental organizations.
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And I think the best way to explain this is to give a couple case of examples of when this was used.
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When I first started with.
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Mutual Aid Compact was in place and I was able to gain some experience by deploying to EOC's throughout the state.
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To play a role and support their emergency operations centers on multiple occasions, including the Penal Fire and the Telegraph
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Fire, we've actually used the feature a compact to bring in other Emergency Management employees from outside of Gila County into
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REOC.
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A prime example of that is during the Telegraph Fire was a backbone fire kicked off and we had.
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A much larger area of concern for the emergency operations.
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I brought in Katrina Jenkins, who is the Navajo County Emergency manager.
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We split our operations into half. We had southern operations in northern operations, Justin was our southern operations Chief and
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Katrina was our northern operations chief.
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And we can do this without. So it's it's basically a way that I can call them without a cost of.
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Each deployed personnel, their organization covers the cost of their travel unless indicated otherwise by that.
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We have seen situations where other counties would, you know, purchase bulk hotels or something for staff that are coming in, but
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it kind of cuts through a lot of that red tape and allows us to help each other out. Another good example from the Telegraph Fire.
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We were able to secure.
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Borrow.
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A sandbagger prior to our sandbagger arriving. So that's how the vast majority of the sandbags got built in preparation for the
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post fire flooding was to borrowed equipment using the Arizona Mutual Aid contact.
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So this is just a revised version of that. This goes out to all of the counties in Arizona as well as the tribal nations and the
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municipalities. So signing on to this mutual aid compact allows us that ability to work with our partner organizations and share
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resources.
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Thank you. Call Supervisor Humphrey.
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I have no questions, supervisor.
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I like it, Carl. So thank you.
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I don't like it anything that reduces our risk and improves our emergency response. So I made it through without confusing my
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directions this time, which is.
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I forget she accomplished.
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I'll take it right. Thanks, Carl. With that, I'll.
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Entertain a motion, Mr. Chair. I'll make the motion to adopt Arizona Mutual Aid Compact.
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Mr. Farrell second motion in the second to approve those in favor say aye aye aye aye motion passes item Thank you Carl item two I
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Information discussion action to review the bids submitted for invitation for bids I have be number 11302313. Various models of
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new Ford vehicles award to the lowest most respons.
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Responsible and qualified getter and authorized the chairman signature on the award contract. Mr. Laforge, Chairman, Members of
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the board.
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So today I'm here to seek approval to award the contract to purchase these 13 new vehicles for Gila County fleet.
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This is in response to the invitation for bids we conducted in early January.
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Where we advertised and went out to bid for these 13 vehicles.
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Two bids were received and reviewed, with Santan Ford meeting all the bid specifications and offering the lowest bid.
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Of these 13 vehicles that we're requesting, seven of them will be used for motor pool usage, five in the TCM complex.
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Up and pasting one at Central Heights here in Globe and one at the Copper Building here in Globe.
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And then four of the vehicles will be for BOS administrative services.
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And two for facilities.
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Out of these 13 vehicles we're requesting.
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Out of the vehicles we're replacing with these 13, some of them will be turned in and prepped for auction.
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And in some cases, some of them will be trickled down into other departments to replace older, aging vehicles.
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To which they will turn in theirs and will be kept for.
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So for each vehicle we're purchasing one and in some cases two vehicles will be turned in and added to future auction as to
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prevent increasing the size of the fleet.
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In total we have 15 vehicles that we'd like to turn in in exchange for these 13.
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If there's any questions, I'll take any questions.
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Thank you, David Supervisor Humphrey.
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Yeah. One, you said you're trading in some vehicles.
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We're just turning them into the fleet and then we'll prep them and send them to auction. That's what I meant.
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OK. And and another question that sometime at some point in time, I would maybe like to know the difference if we're going to buy
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13 vehicles with bid specifications.
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I was just wondering if perhaps Dodge, Chevy, GMC or whomever?
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What the price difference would be? Because it seems we always go out for Fords and I'm I'm not against Fords, I drive one, but I
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also drive a dodge. But I'm just wondering, beings, we are overseers of tax monies.
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What different bid we could get with the same specification? Yeah, no problem. I've actually already started working on getting
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numbers like that so.
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Whenever we can have a workshop meeting, yeah, I'd be good for that. That's fine. I appreciate.
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Supervisor Klein David, thank you for putting this together. So San Tan Ford is the one that looks like it's going to get it. But
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did did our local outfits here come anywhere close? I have only received two beds, one from San Tan and the other one I've never
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even heard of. I don't even know where they came from, and they were kind of wildly overpriced.
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As far as I understand we sent it out to 10 different.
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Dealership, right? So sometimes they don't get back in a timely manner or they choose not to even submit a bid, so I'm not sure.
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OK. But our, our local dealerships did get, they should have been.
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Because I always always include a list of, you know, these are the ones we've done business with the past, sure. And they should
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be included. And I always include the local dealerships. Yeah. Thank you, David.
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Mr. Romero, did you move forward for?
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Just to support a little bit about what Dave is doing with the vehicles, this was actually going for this. This was not a state
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contract. So we opened it up to anybody and everybody and actually we've got our bid from.
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Like an international firm. So next time we're going to structure who can bid and where the vehicles can come from etcetera. Turns
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out Cantan with low cost anyway. So we didn't have to consider that international firm Also Dave is already working on making us a
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preferred vendor.
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A fleet, A fleet vendor with with with Chevrolet.
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And we're going to follow up on that process so that we make sure that if if we want to use a single.
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Type of manufacturer like Ford that it is within the realm of cost competitive versus the others. So that that's that work is
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ongoing.
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OK. Thank you. So just one for my own information. So we do buy a lot of Fords and I'm a Ford guy, I like Ford.
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And there is the idea that, OK, the value is 1 brand as valuable as the other and why is the price different? But in focusing on
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one brand, is it more advantageous for us as Gila County to maintain one brand over?
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Say multiple brands, I believe so. I have done some fleet management training. I've been to some fleet management conferences.
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And it's typical and it's kind of.
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You know, widely used where you standardize your fleet. The fewer makes and models you have reduces the amount of stock you have
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to have, the amount of specialized tools you need.
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Amount of specialized training you need. So kind of by standardizing your fleet and having.
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Fewer makes and models. It does help.
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Cutting down the cost of training tools and like I said and you don't have as big of an overhead of stock. So that's one reason
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why we've kind of.
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Gone this direction.
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OK. Thank you, David. With that, I'll call for motion.
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Next year I'm out to award contract number 113023 to Santan Fork in the amount of $626,356.49 in response.
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Invitation for bit number 113023, Mr. Chair. I'll second that motion to prove. And second, all those in favor. Say aye. Aye. Thank
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you, David. Thank you.
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Item 2 J Information Discussion Action to authorize the Public Health and Community Services Department.
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To submit a grant application to the Arizona Department of Housing for housing insecurity flex funding in the amount of $240,000.
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We have Joshua Good Morning, Chairman, members of the board. So a lot of grants come across our desk, especially as I'm starting
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to get to know community services. One of the things we're looking for with the lower admin pieces, grants that help us do more of
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what we're already doing.
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So we came across this grant, Mister Man Love Sent it to us is from the Arizona Department of Housing. And it really allows us a
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lot of flexibility around things that we're already doing with our staff. And that is like rental assistance, paying deposits,
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getting help people transfer from one location to another, start up costs for jobs, job relocation, those kind of things. So there
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are things that we're already kind of doing, which means we can do this without extra staffing so we can kind of put all of this
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money into.
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Haley County and the residents and do it without needing to have additional staff or those type of things.
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For your approval.
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Thank you, Joshua supervisor.
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I have no questions. I just appreciate all the all the reaching that you do for the grant and the help.
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Surprise the client. Thank you, Mr. Chair Josh. So this is a good deal, but you said it would help like 20 people roughly.
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For two years or 20 people a month for two years, so we can.
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What kind of a demand do you guys have?
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For helping people, I mean, what kind of numbers do you guys deal with? You know, and I don't know, but.
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What I've talked to from our finance division is that we were really sitting really well all through the COVID time when the
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funding was a little larger and now what's happened is a lot of those funding programs and things for the people with lower
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socioeconomic income.
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Has kind of gone away and dried up and starting this January, we've seen like a two 300% increase.
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And people coming to us for services. So I guess the amounts changed a lot lately, but when we see hundreds of clients.
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OK. So these kind of funds and I think that's where it helps, is one thing we've talked about in the work session where we really
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community service is really piece meal, lots of little grants to go together that where you use a little bit from this box to help
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a person, you'll use a little bit from a couple other pots to help a person. So you're really looking for these type of grants or
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just more money that you can add on to those other funds that aren't coming, but you know they're allowed to be added to those
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other funds.
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So what you're saying you kind of look for the demand to kind of increase then as we go along here since COVID is shut, shut down.
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OK, Thank you, Josh.
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Yes, thank you, Josh. The more grants we received, the better we can.
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So with that, I will ask for motion, Mr. Chair. I'll make the motion to authorize the Public Health and Community Services
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Department to submit a grant application to the Arizona Department of Housing as presented.
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Mr. Chair, I'll second the motion, and a second to approve those in favor. Say aye. Aye. Thank you, Josh. And we have another one.
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Item 2K Information Discussion Action to Approve Funding Agreement Number.
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216-24 Between the Arizona Department of Housing and the Hilo County Community Services Division. Housing services to provide
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Southwest Gas Corporation and A.
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Weatherization Assistance Program funding the amount of $266,400.
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For the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
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Chairman, Members of the board.
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For a lot of these services that are capped off especially with like Section 8 housing, things like that. But even some of the
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other programs and they have multiple lists where hundreds long and they close the list just because we can't get more people on
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this. So I mean obviously the need is the need is more than what we have for funding right now.
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So I think those.
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Keep going.
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I don't know if we'll ever get ahead of them.
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Never so.
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OK. Thank you. Thank you, Josh. With that, I'll call for a motion.
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Mr. Chair, I would make the motion to approve Arizona Department of Housing Funding Agreement #216-24AS presented.
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I'll second have motion and a second to approve those in favor. Say aye, aye.
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Thank you, Joshua.
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Item 2L Information Discussion and Action to Approve.
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Economic Development Agreement at 02022024 between Gila County, the Hayden Winkelman Little League District #11 in the amount of
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$500 which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public.
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Mr. Klein, Thank you, Mr. Chair. So this is something I've helped these kids out with all through the two terms I've been on
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board, and it's a good thing it it really means a lot to them down there in our corner.
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And so I just continued on with it.
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Any questions, Supervisor? Hopefully no, I have no questions. Anything for the kids I.
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Klein. And with that, I will ask for a motion.
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Mr. Chair, I move to approve economic develop.
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Agreement number 0222024, which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. Mr. Cheryl, second that we have a
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motion and a second to approve those in favor say aye.
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Motion passes 2M.
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Information, discussion and action to approve intergovernmental agreement number.
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02032024 and Economic development grant between Hill County and Hayden Winkleman Unified School District 41 in the amount of $1500
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which supported determined to be for the benefit of the public supervisor client.
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Same same basis is helping the kids right there in Winkelman and Hayden.
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The scholarship opportunity.
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And there's something I've been doing for the last eight years.
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Supervisor Humphrey.
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I have no questions, neither do I. So with that, I'll call for motion.
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Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve intergovernmental agreement.
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02/03 2:02.
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Which the board has determined to be for the benefit of the public.
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Mr. Chair, I'll second that motion, and a second to approve those in favor. Say Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye. And last item 2 N Information
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Discussion Action approved an IGA number 2020012024, an Economic Development grant between Hila County and the Town of Winkleman.
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In the amount, $11,000 were supported to Germany for the benefit of the public.
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Mr. Chair, this is a little bit different. This is in request for a dipper to help the count of Hayden and Winkelman right there.
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They're going through a bunch of properties down there and cleaning things up and trying to firewise a bunch. I worked with Homero
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on this and we went through and and looked at different sizes, different.
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Different makes models everything else and this seems to be the one.
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They can use and and be able to use it without any difficulties fairly.
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No, like ours. We have one at the landfill. It's a big thing.
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Big Chipper.
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This isn't that big. It's a lot smaller.
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And anyway, I'll take questions and also this will be coming out of constituent fund.
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Correct. Mr. Klein, I was going to say that the last three items here that we're discussing.
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Are prepared and submitted by each individual supervisor for funds that they have at their discretion. So even though we are all
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approving that, it is initiated in this case by Supervisor Klein and on occasion you will also see where we share in those.
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Correct project.
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With that I will call.
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Mr. I moved to approving the government agreement number 020012024.
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Which aborted determined to be for the benefit of the public. Mr. Chair, I'll second that. Second to approve those in favor. Say
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aye aye.
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Thank you very much. And we have consent agenda items 3A.
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Through three.
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Would Supervisor Humphrey, do you wish to remove one or more of those items to discuss separately? No, Sir. And I'm good today.
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Supervisor Client, same question. I'm good as well. I will then call for a motion for the consent agenda.
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Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve consent agenda items. 3823 I'll second that OK motion and seconded to approve consent.
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All those in favor say aye, aye.
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Aye, motion passes. And now we come to portion item number 4, which is a call to the public. Call to the public is held for the
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public benefit to allow individuals to address the board of Supervis.
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On any issue within the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors.
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The board members may not discuss items that are not specifically identified on the agenda, therefore pursuing ARS 3840.
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431.01 At the conclusion of the open call to the public, individual members of the Board of Supervisors may respond to criticism
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made by those who have addressed the Board.
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And they may ask staff to review a matter, or may ask that they matter be put on a future agenda for future discussion.
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And decision at a future date. Cassandra, do we have anyone on YouTube?
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Thank you. And Lisa, do we have anyone present in Payson?
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No, Sir.
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OK and.
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We have two individuals that have submitted here today.
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In Globe and our first one is Cindy Hudson, who resides in Pine, wishes to speak on the Vacation Rental Short Term Rental
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Ordinance.
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I'd like to Cindy if you would please limit your comments to 3 minutes or less.
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Thank you. Good morning.
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Surprise Humphrey, Supervisor Klein and Chairman Christensen I.
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Samantha placed one of these brochures at each year.
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Right. Yeah, everyone's got one, right. OK, so everybody knows. I need to say I'm Sydney Hudson and I reside in Pine and I own and
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manage the Beeline guest house with my husband Vince.
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The Beeline Guest House is in the center of Pine in the retail corridor Hwy. 87. So I'm pretty much here today to represent the
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businesses that are along the retail court. There are 65 of them.
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And you can see if you open your research to the center. It lists all of our businesses from antique shops to.
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Neighborhood markets to ancillary service providers here.
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The effect of the ordinance on short term rentals 2023-08 will be to kill every business in time.
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The majority of these businesses depend on recreational visitors.
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They depend on people coming to.
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A lot of times people come up to enjoy our our environment because we have that beautiful corner.
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With pine, Rosa, Pines and everything. People come up to go to an art show. People come up to visit relatives and they say this is
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great up here, I want to stay here.
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We can't lose those because when they're here, when they're staying here, when they're short term rentals, they're going to our
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shops, they're eating in our restaurants, they're using our services.
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So this ordinance.
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Will have the effect of killing short term rentals, which will have the secondary effect of killing businesses in time.
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If you look at your brochure, the very front talks about time being a gateway to the Arizona Trail.
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And I'm sure a lot of you know about the Arizona Trail.
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Piney is basically halfway on the Arizona thrill and so most of the through hikers stay in Pine in our short term rentals.
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When they're there, they eat in our restaurants, They buy, they buy supplies at the hardware store, they buy supplies at the local
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market.
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So they are.
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Time. So hotel rentals are supporting pine and I say pine, it's Pine and strawberry.
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So it's imperative that we keep what we have.
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And not kill the short term rental bus.
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For the sake of a few problem bad actors, we understand we need regulation. But they need to be reasonable regulations, not
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regulations that will kill our business.
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The way this ordinance is.
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I couldn't house a single trail.
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Because they walk in.
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That day I'm arriving in Pine. Today I need a price of state. I'm arriving in Pine tomorrow morning. I need a place to stay.
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If I have to background check them 24 hours before, according to this ordinance, I can't host them. I can't let them stay.
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That's that's 30% of my business of the window.
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So as a short term rent.
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We lose.
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I know that's my timer, but I will be real quick. But also don't forget on the back of this brochure.
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All the festivals.
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That occur in time. Every weekend there's something going.
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Those those vendors stay in our search room rentals.
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Those people that come up from the valley to attend the festival stay in our short term rentals.
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So that ordinance has an effect not just on short term rent.
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But the entire town of Pine and Strawberry and Young I'm hearing as well.
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I don't know that much about Young, but I know about Tiny Strawberry.
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Basically, we need to revamp this ordinance. This was This was taken from Scottsdale and Coconino.
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We are not Scottsdale. We are not helping, you know, County. We do not have the economic diversity that Scottsdale has.
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Or Copenhagen.
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So let me just say quickly, this ordinance needs to be revised.
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We are have to have a work session scheduled for April 30th to have this discussion.
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We certainly are planning to have further discussions on the.
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Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Menlov, and thank you Mrs. Hudson. Any any comments that the supervisors would like to make?
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Can't. Well, I didn't know if that was criticism or something. Need to defend myself.
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Oh.
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I don't have any comments. I just look forward to the work. Yes, so.
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April 30th, we will be having a work session and have discussions.
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On many of the things brought up just here by Mrs. Hudson and I also have another one, and I'm sorry, I can't.
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Clearly it's.
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Halor.
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And you have a Mesa address and you also wish to speak on the short term rental ordinance, please. 3 minutes, please. Yes, thank
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you. Thank you so much. Good morning, Chairman and Steam Board members.
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Just echoing a lot of the comments that Cindy already made and in support of the short term rentals, my husband and I Bradley
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reside primarily in the Mesa area, but do have been blessed with the opportunity to have a second home.
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Strawberry Arizona which we purchased in 2019. In 2021 we decided to list it as a short term rental for those times in which we do
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not have the opportunity to be up in that area. For folks that Cindy describes, you know that love an opportunity to have a
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getaway from the the heat of the of the of the valley or you know enjoy the festivals and and just the the community of the pine.
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Strawberry area.
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And our short term rentals, not only to do they have they provided the economic benefits that you know, Cindy described in detail,
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but also provide me a demand that is not there with the other establishment, you know, lodging and and and whatnot. And while I, I
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also understand that there there's always going to be you know bad actors in the mix and being a also a public citizen, I work for
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a state agency and have done so for over 28 years.
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In a regulatory setting, I understand the need for regulation. I understand the need to evaluate and and and and come to a
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consensus and I'm pleased to hear about the work session that is going to be taking place and and so I'm here not only
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representing you know Serenity Cabinet as as we athlete unnamed our cabin but the the short term rentals in the area and and hope
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to be able to engage in meaningful dialogue and come to some agreement.
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Understanding there is a need for regulation, but where can we meet somewhere in the middle and address the the valid and serious
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concerns that need to be addressed and and and and and work?
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To address the other regulations that perhaps.
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Again, we're putting in writing you know, because it was may have been copied from some other ordinances and do not necessarily
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apply to the Pine Strawberry districts and and come to some consensus. So again I thank you for the opportunity you know to speak
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to you and.
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Get to meet you and I did. My husband and I did already send an e-mail on February 25th with the specific regulations that we have
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concerns with and also some suggestions, You know, one of the things that I learned being in the regulatory environment.
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Won't just come and complain, come with some suggestions and possible solutions that we can have meaningful dialogue. So thank you
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so much. Thank you, Mrs.
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And I look for a very lively April 30th.
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I've been keeping track of all of my emails.
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I have yours.
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And with that, I will ask if there's anyone.
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In Globe in this room now for a call to the public remaining.
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OK. Then I will close our call to the public and we'll go to item number 5, which is the Board of Supervisors and the County
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Manager.
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I may present a brief summary of current events that they're encountering. So Mr. Menlov.
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Mr. Chairman last week attended.
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A meeting for Discovery County that was held at Bullion Plaza.
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And it was looking for input. Where are we standing on cover? Hilla County.
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And really great meeting.
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We are also there's also a meeting scheduled for patient to get the same input from the public on Discovery Hill County. What
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we're doing right, we can prove on that'll be Wednesday, next Wednesday morning at 10 at the Payson Public Library.
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Also on Wednesday because because of that meeting that we're having in Payson looking to schedule.
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The first meeting of the Beulah County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority.
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On Wednesday, March 13th at 1:30, from 1:30 to 3:00.
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We'll be sending out information to those that are on the board, which is the mayors for.
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The six incorporated communities in Gila.
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And Supervisor Humphrey is our designated tag representative.
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And also all of us, it's on transportation.
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Committee for Gila County, so we'll have Supervisor Humphrey chair that meeting.
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At 1130 next Wednesday afternoon, but this is to talk about our transportation transit systems in Gila County, the two existing
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that we have which are managed by the Town of Miami and the Town of Payson.
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To see how we how that is all working and and.
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Get the.
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TPA going forward. So that's my report, Mr.
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Thank you, Jim. See, I look forward to that.
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Proceeding Supervisor Humphrey.
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Oh yeah, I was on Kiko Open.
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On the 4th attended Discover Gila County presentation at the William Plaza.
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Attended a District 2 project review.
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Attended a Tri-City Sanitation District meeting.
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Will hold the Tunnel Basin community meeting this evening at 5:00.
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Was that a meeting?
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With staff on working on a ribbon cutting for the tunnel bridge, which is.
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A great thing that that's getting really close to being finished.
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And I just would like to say I have had a lot of emails on.
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The short term rentals.
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A lot of them say that it's a bad ordinance, but recommendations on.
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What could be changed in that ordinance would be beneficial going forward?
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That's all I have. Thank you supervisors brother.
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So I really don't have anything from last week.
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But I too have received a lot of emails and from some of you as well and so. So I really look forward to that work session that's
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coming up in April. I pushed for it.
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When we voted in the ordinance. So I'm really glad it's going to happen now because there's been a lot of.
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Interest.
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And so I I do look forward to a lot of clarification and maybe some changes. So anyway.
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Other than that, I'm leaving for DC. We're flying out tonight.
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I'll be in DC in the morning. We have meetings tomorrow, I think, with Senator Kelly.
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And some others. And then Thursday I have a meeting with Senator Congressman Crane.
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And I think cinema.
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No, OK, trained but.
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Thursday night I'll be in the State of the Union address with with Congressman Crane.
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And then we'll be coming back Friday, so.
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And go from there.
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Have fun with.
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Thank you. Yeah. I look forward to this state of the Union.
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Watch it on the.
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Yeah, I normally did have two for 60 years or whatever.
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Stay safe back there. So yes, I've been receiving just on the.
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I call them the SRT's short now that St.
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And I've received a lot of the emails. I'm keeping track of everyone of them.
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Copying everyone?
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Melissa, my assistant, volunteered to make some kind of a graph chart spreadsheet.
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And so she's done that, and that'll be helpful. Make sure everybody gets that when we get closer to the time.
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So I think what people should understand is that the Board of Supervisors is interested in hearing from the public. We have those
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in support and those that have issues and we want to look at all of that and we are willing to listen to that and respond
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appropriately, I hope. And with that, I will say that met with Joseph Dickerson recently updated me on a few of the building
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projects. We had a really great conversation. He's a good guy.
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Really. One of?
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Best people in the county.
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We have so many.
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And he was on Kmoji yesterday and I was kind of happened to be in the area at the time and so he invited me in and I was there for
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maybe 20 or 25 minutes on the program and so it worked out really well.
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Hard working, man. Got a lot to do maintaining all of our facilities.
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Also had LPC meeting the legislature here in the state has produced quite a number of bills.
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And only one is.
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Over 1600 bills have been presented, so it's it's it's kind of a battleground all the time.
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And so there's nothing really new to report there, but there are bills that are always present that seem to be.
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Involving elections or involving.
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Water issues, watershed, drainage, all of that stuff.
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The one-size-fits-all at the state level will not be compatible with all the variations that we have in this state, so hopefully
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we're not going to have A1 size fits.
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Ruling at some point when it comes to water or management or resources and all those kind of things. So there's always that
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discussion.
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And with that I don't have anything else though if there's nothing.
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Yeah, I just do a couple of supervisor client. Thank you for representing us in Washington. Appreciate that. You're welcome.
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And the Tri-City sanitation needs funding. So you can, I've already heard about it very much and also to most of my emails on
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short term rentals have been from the owners of a short term rental, not the residents that live in the community. So also I would
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like to hear from the residents and the communities because we have to make decisions and so the more information from both sides
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that we can get, the better decisions we're able to make.
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Thank you.
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Mr.
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So I'm sorry that that brought up one thing since you're going to Washington.
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The Four Force Restoration Initiative and the Eastern Arizona Counties Organization.
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Are concerned about the funding for forest restoration that they're working on with that. So appreciate you to our decline
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carrying that message back to Washington of support for pork. Ryan, I know you're very well aware of you attended the meetings and
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all that. No, I appreciate that, James. Yeah, it is a concern and so it is 1/4 fries is a project we can't afford to lose And so
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it's really important and I I understand that Tri-City sanitation district issues as well so.
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So there's some messages we're going to be busy, we've we definitely have the rounds to make, but I know the people back there.
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Discussion.
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I did have a couple of more things circuit.
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One is here here a while back, you know, we our last work session, we were discussing the proposal of different fees and whatnot
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for the Veterans Center in Young.
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And I have a bad habit of getting on my soapbox, but I did that day as well and I pushed that, You know, as far as veterans are
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concerned, I don't want to see adult any money coming from them.
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That should be something that they've already paid their price.
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But after that conversation, I've had other people call me.
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As well concerned over the.
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One of them was Representative Marshall.
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And and representing Marshall is a veteran himself.
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I'll tell you what I passed on to him from my standpoint.
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The gifting clause is something that we have to address. It's by statute. We have to live by that. But I pushed on to him that I
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would like to see a state legislature push a bill that would exempt the veterans from the gifting clause.
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That would give us some rel.
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So that we can help these people with without being afraid.
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Jessica Really hollering loud. So. So I'm going to continue to push that.
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I want to see that.
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They're the ones who write the laws they need to fix this.
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And in in that that sense.
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The other one was is there's been, I guess behind the scenes.
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A bunch of discussion on the different fees that are proposed for the fairgrounds.
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And and I'm getting the calls now for the last two or three days on like the 4H clubs, things like that, that these kids, you know
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we are huge supporters of kids in general. We always have been and I, I.
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Totally expect that we always will be.
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And so I'm getting those calls now, you know, 4H clubs, whatnot, they they just have a few dollars here and there and as you'll
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see, we always try and support them. All three of us have. And so that's another one that that's going to be.
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Have to be addressed as well. And so thank you Jessica, for all your advice and everything and hopefully we'll get worked around
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that. But those are the phone calls I'm getting. I don't know if either one of you are getting those yet, but if you're not, I
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would imagine you are here shortly, so.
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Have been in those discussions and have talked to Jessica and Mr. O'Driscoll and.
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Moving forward with solutions.
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And I and I appreciate Jessica and her attitude to try.
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And accommodate what we.
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And balance that with the legal process and so as we discuss fees or.
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Things that we need.
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To know every option possible when it comes to the Veterans Center and some of these other.
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Things and I don't want to get in trouble with any gifting clauses, but it certainly seems very subjective from one person to the
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next what that actually needs.
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Well, the thing of it is, felonies aren't fun, so I've never had one. I'll clarify that, but I don't want one. OK, anybody else
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want to confess?
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All right, with that, we are adjourned.
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