[Applause]
call the order for town prescott valley
regular council meeting april 25th 2019.
and uh tonight's an important night
for those that know that i'm a huge
cardinals fan and tonight's the draft so
so if by chance anyone hears who we
draft number one be sure to come on up
on the comments to the public love to
hear from you so
i'd like to invite pastor don come on up
for the invocation
and then after pastor don uh anna marie
if you would please uh lead us in the
pledge
sound good
thanks
now that we know that our mayor has gone
to the birds
[Laughter]
loving heavenly father we beseech you
and we thank you that before we do our
business we do business with you
because you have all
all the knowledge that we need
and so we humble ourselves before you
and say
in our bank account
we're bankrupt
but with you
we have bountiful riches
that help us beyond our own abilities
father bless this council
not only with wisdom
but with health
with unity of purpose for this town as
we progress
we thank you for all those who are
finding their way to this beautiful town
to settle in
to call it home
help us with the resources that you have
given us especially our water
thank you for the great snows that
you've given us this past winter and
the recharging of our water systems
we ask you to please watch over our
first responders
as they deal with the responsibilities
of this town
all those who serve our town in the
various capacities lord god that you
would bless them
with wisdom as they do their job as unto
you
we ask all these things
in your precious name jesus amen amen
amen
thank you sir
just go to the microphone and start us
off
i pledge
allegiance to the republic of the
righteousness one nation under god
indivisible
clerk would you please call the rolls
mayor pal gouda present vice mayor and i
here councilmember anderson here
councilmember grossman still here
councilmember mallory here councilmember
schumacher here and councilmember
packard president we have a quorum there
thanks ma'am
we're going to start off with
proclamation and the first one tonight
will be kids to park day
kids to parks day may the 18th 2019
whereas may 18 2019 is the ninth kids to
parks day organized and launched by the
national park trust held annually on the
third saturday of may and whereas kids
to parks day empowers kids and
encourages families
excuse me to get outdoors and visit
america's parks and whereas it is
important to introduce a new generation
to our nation's parks and whereas we
should encourage children to lead a more
active lifestyle to combat the issues of
childhood obesity diabetes mellitus
hypertension and
hypercholesterolemia that's a long one
sorry whereas kids to park stay is open
to all children and adults across the
country to encourage a large and diverse
group of participants and whereas kids
to parks day will broaden children's
appreciation for nature and outdoors now
therefore i cal palgood and mayor of the
town of prescott valley do hereby
declare may 18 2019 as kids to parks day
and urge the residents of preschool
valley to make time on this declared day
to take the children in their lives to a
neighborhood state or national park
thank you ma'am and we'll uh
turn it over to mr witty he's gonna say
a couple words and i'm sure there's
plenty to say about our parks well i
tell you what truthfully every day is
national take your kids to parks day so
to add much more to that would be rather
limited so i encourage everyone to jump
out there i want to say a big thank you
to all of our partners are out there all
of our different youth organizations
that help us
do these things get our young people
active engaged out there but there's
also some very nice leisure
opportunities
council is well aware of we have a
partnership with game and fish
coming up this saturday is our badges
and bobbers and global fever day so make
sure we jump out there the great thing
about that is it's entirely free
so that's a yes ma'am favorite
four-letter word for councilwoman nye so
uh those are some of the fun things
we'll have a couple hundred fourth
graders out tomorrow morning with us for
arbor day so we'll be celebrating that
as well too so they're about
opportunities abound for our young
people and families here in prescott
valley with our park system so make this
uh part of the treasured activity out
there whether it be in prescott valley
or state parks or national parks we
encourage you all to get out
that's terrific actually uh about 10
minutes before i even got here i was
down at mount valley park where there
was about 200 kids playing a little
league baseball and softball so it was
awesome
just get a picture real quick
moving on to our next one clerk will you
please read
national water safety month may 2019
whereas the citizens of prescott valley
recognize that swimming and aquatic
related activities relate to good
physical and mental health and enhance
the quality of life for all people and
whereas the citizens of prescott valley
understand the essential role that water
safety education plays in preventing
drowning and recreational water-related
injuries and whereas the citizens of
prescott valley are aware of the
contributions made by the recreational
water industry as represented by the
organizations involved in the national
water safety month coalition in
developing safe watering
swimming facilities aquatic programs
home pools and spas and related
activities providing healthy places to
recreate learn and grow build
self-esteem confidence and sense of
self-worth which contributes to the
quality of life in our community and
whereas the citizens of prescott valley
recognize the ongoing efforts and
commitment to educate the public on pool
and spa safety issues and initiatives by
the pool spa water park procreation and
parks industries and whereas the
citizens of prescott valley understand
the vital importance of communicating
water safety rules
and programs to families and individuals
of all ages whether owners of private
pools users of public swimming
facilities or visitors to natural
resources
now therefore i cal palguta mayor of the
town of prescott valley do hereby
proclaim the month of may 2019
as national water safety month in
prescott valley and urge all citizens to
support and promote this observance
thank you ma'am mr woody anything else
on this
yes sir i just want to let everyone know
that saturday may 25th our
mountain valley splash will open for the
2019 season uh the weekend before that
we'll be opening up for
first session swim lessons as well
as our one of their favorite weather men
down in the valley always reminds us to
keep our kids safe around water
he's a great spokesman for this
opportunity and that's exactly what
we're talking about we keep our young
people in our community as a whole safe
so come out enjoy variety of different
activities but swim lessons is number
one in water safety month is our
awareness campaign
thank you sir
the next one will be a day of
celebration of literacy success clerk
a day of celebration of literacy success
may 18 2019
whereas our community is welcoming many
new neighbors from countries and
cultures throughout the world people
from for whom english may not be their
first language and whereas some adults
due to learning disabilities in
childhood did not have educational
opportunities and whereas dorothy score
recognized the need for literacy
education in the community circa 1980
and whereas literacy is vital to an
informed and participatory citizenry and
whereas prescott valley prescott chino
valley library has had a literacy
program since 1980 and whereas there are
currently 65 tutors and helpers and 58
students in the literacy program and
whereas literacy tutors are urging the
public to recognize the value of
delivering this service to the community
and furthermore literacy tutors wish to
recognize the diligence of the adult
learners
excuse me in the literacy program
now therefore i cal pal gouda mayor of
prescott valley do hereby proclaim may
18th a day of celebration of literary
literacy success
thank you for doing that
my name is kathy lewis i'm the director
of the literacy program here in prescott
valley we also cover the prescott
library and the chino valley library we
teach adults 18 and older who are no
longer in school english if they've come
from other countries and they need to
learn english as a second language we
also teach adults americans who do not
know how to read write or spell or need
help they are matched one-on-one with a
tutor who is a volunteer
i call this program the shifting sans
because we're all volunteers including
myself
and there's always people coming and
going all the time but it's a lot of fun
we are celebrating the success of our
students one of our tutors here lucy who
came with me today came up with the idea
of honoring all of the hard work that
the students have put forth in
becoming
better
at their excuse me at their abilities
and also the hard work of the tutors who
meet with them once a week
on a
weekly basis for about an hour at a time
and the people who are dyslexic
have to meet with their tutor twice a
week because they need that kind of
reinforcement so this is the first time
we've done this we have had a wonderful
response and we're really excited to
offer lunch to the people that are
attending
our celebration
and so it's going to be a lot of fun
[Laughter]
well i will it has been an absolute joy
to be a literacy tutor my student and i
have been together for four years and
she's made huge progress and i just
felt like we needed a forum to
acknowledge that
do you ladies feel like you opened a new
world to them
i know that's a grandiose statement but
i did some of this volunteering in
phoenix and that's what a couple people
said to me
so i'm glad to have that validated
you
our next one will be mental health month
mental health month
for mind and for body may 2019
whereas mental health is essential to
everyone's overall health and well-being
all americans experience times of
difficulty and stress in their lives and
prevention is a effective way to reduce
the burden of mental health conditions
and where the where there is strong
research that animal companionship humor
spirituality religion recreation
social connections and work-life balance
can help all americans protect their
health and well-being
and whereas mental health conditions are
real and prevalent in our nation and
with effective treatment those
individuals with mental health and other
chronic conditions can recover and lead
full productive lives and whereas each
business school government agency health
care provider organization and citizen
shares the burden of mental health
problems and has a responsibility propo
to promote mental wellness and support
prevention efforts now therefore be it
resolved that i cal palguta mayor of the
town of prescott valley to hereby
proclaim may 2019 as mental health month
in the town of prescott valley and call
upon the citizens in prescott valley to
recommit to community in increasing
awareness and understanding of mental
health the steps our citizens can take
to protect their mental health and the
need for appropriate and accessible
services for all people with mental
health conditions and to join southwest
behavioral and health services in their
vision of eradicating the stigma that is
related to those who struggle with
behavioral health issues
do we have anyone here to receive this
well then i'll share a little bit
uh i served 20 years in the mental
health field and many of my friends told
me i was right where i belong because i
worked in the hospital
but what i want to share with you
is watching people's lives who they
thought were destroyed and that they had
no value to the community any longer
turn around and become vibrant citizens
and that's what mental health care is
about
so i applaud everyone who works in the
field and i thank them
from personal knowledge
all right now we're gonna we've got some
special guests here i think we're gonna
be bringing up
national therapy animal day so come on
up
good job brady
yeah no you can come right up here no
i'm just saying
clerk go ahead and read the proclamation
pet partners national therapy animal day
april 30th 2019
whereas there are thousands of pet
partners therapy animal team serving in
communities across the united states and
they have designated april the 30th as
national therapy animal day
and whereas pet partner therapy animal
teams in the town of prescott valley
play an essential role in improving
human health and well-being through the
human animal bond and whereas pet
partners therapy animal teams make
millions of visits per year in settings
such as hospitals nursing homes schools
and hospice they interact with a variety
of people in our community including
veterans seniors patients students
facing literacy challenges and those
approaching end of life
and whereas those exceptional therapy
dogs and animals who partner with their
human companions bring comfort
and healing to those in need now
therefore be it resolved that i kelphou
gouda
mayor of the town of prescott valley to
hereby proclaim april 30th 2019.
excuse me a minute
i'm losing my voice
do hereby proclaim april 30th 219 is
national therapy animal day in the town
of prescott valley and encourage our
citizens to celebrate our therapy
animals and their human handlers further
i publicly salute the service of therapy
animal teams in our community and in
communities across the nation
great thank you
i'll leave it up to you ma'am to
introduce both
it's ingrained
thank you
we certainly do appreciate the
recognition just to let everyone know
pet partners of prescott is a relatively
new organization while pet partners is a
national organization we just recently
formed our chapter here we have
approximately 25 therapy teams
you'll see
several of them represented here
as a therapy dog team we visit
places to help bring
some joy to life some
stress relief as we heard about mental
health month
and all in recognition we do that as
well
the teams that you see here visit a
variety of places
we visit
yrmc east and west we are visiting the
prescott unified school district some of
the schools there we visit pineview
adult care the va medical center and don
is also one of our therapy team handlers
jake and sailor or his therapy dogs and
we tried to get him to bring his dogs
with him
but he would have needed a dog sitter so
he's dogless this evening but cruiser
loves him
family home hostas actually cruiser and
i
visit the pv civic center once a week
and we try to provide some stress relief
to to the employees here
and every now and then especially up on
the fourth floor he loves going into
ivan's office because apparently as town
attorney ivan could use some stress
relief right
we also visit marley house the chino
valley schools as well as juvenile
detention and we're hoping to break into
humboldt unified school district here
pretty soon
there are clinical studies that do show
the animal human bond is absolutely
phenomenal when it comes to health for
both the health of the people as well as
the health of the animals and it's so
important for us uh to bring that
forward
we have with us tonight first off my
name is laura
and i've been around for a little while
some of you may know me hi scott
um and this is cruiser cruiser is a res
dog he came off of the res in new mexico
you'll notice he's a tripod they believe
he was struck by a vehicle and united
animal friends picked him up we have
lana and tama where's lana there and
tama we have deb and megan
we have laurie and bailey
bailey's uh just a fabulous pup that
that poodle is just amazing bailey and
cruiser i think are best friends they
just love to play outside and then we
have pat and riot
down here as well so this is just a
small representation of uh pet partners
of prescott we take in the quad city
area we do live in all
all the four different locations four
different cities and towns and we are
open to a lot of different places that
may not have therapy dog teams coming in
yet so if you are interested
you can see one of us
afterwards when we're finished we've got
some business cards you can also contact
don he'd be more than happy to help you
laura do you train great grands they're
better behaved than my great grant
well actually they are pretty good
awesome
if
that is one relaxed therapy dog
surprised
that's too funny
too cute
you're all drivers
no i mean why not
the great one
all right moving on to item six schedule
announcements and presentations first up
will be teacher of the year nominees and
students who do we have representing for
that
jim
i think i think you're up mr streeter
i thought i had no responsibilities
okay teachers need to come up and jim
clemons needs to come up
and principals
[Laughter]
i'm actually going to turn this over to
jim clemons who is a part of the humble
education foundation and chaired this
year's teacher of the year
banquet so jim
you didn't tell me i was going to have
to speak
but
this year we had a great event
we had over 200 people at the event
cal kell was there and
we we just
really want to thank all the sponsors
that helped us in this year's event
and and i'll let i'll let them introduce
themselves but before they get up here
it's all about the teachers and then
even after the event
we've raised enough money that we will
do teacher grants and scholarships
throughout next year so we're very
pleased about that and
just looking forward to another great
event next year so i'm going to have
you all
come up and introduce yourself good job
come on ladies
good evening my name is amy fleming i'm
the proud principal at lake valley
elementary school and our teacher of the
year is miss morgan peterson second
grade teacher and she was nominated by a
fifth grade student that had her a few
years ago but she left that kind of
lasting impression so
this is our goal
miss grant
i am kim grant principal at mountain
view elementary school and this is
shannon gantz she's a fifth grade
teacher and was nominated by one of her
students because of all the care that
she gives to them
excellent
[Applause]
good evening danette derrickson
principal at liberty traditional school
and this is troy carreras he's one of
our fourth grade teachers nominated by
one of our fifth grade students who had
him last year and just her letter was
one that said how much she
loved him because he was always caring
compassionate calm and quiet so
court minor principal brash mountain
high school we had dave kapka our ct
instructor at the high school also
softball coach who was
brash mountain high school's teacher of
the year
excellent
and i am dan streeter i am not the
principal of coyote springs elementary
school
but i will stand in for candace
where we were coyote was able to
recognize jennifer ruiz who is one of
the outstanding teachers on that campus
that really does a phenomenal job of
focusing our students on those skills
that are needed beyond content knowledge
you start talking about the four c's um
coyote springs has always led the way
and jennifer is one of those teachers
that does that for us so please
as jim mentioned i was there that night
and just listening to each of the
letters that were read i truly believe
it was probably the hardest decision
because every single person that was
nominated and i'm sure there was a
laundry list of other teachers that
easily could have been up there as well
and it was it was just truly amazing
just to hear the impact they had on each
of those students
throughout the day i know it's a you
guys hear it all the time and it's a
thankless job and people take teachers
for granted every single day and i just
want to thank you for what you guys do
mr mayor i want to thank the town um
just
the relationship that the school
district has with the town i think is
something that should be held up for for
other places to see
the support
from
council member grossman who's at all of
our board meetings has always been a
part of our advisory committees
laura lee who's been a key who was a key
driver in the development of our
strategic plan
rick anderson who
was really one of the founding members
of the humble education foundation and
helped get that started and then to be
able to welcome mayor palgouda not just
to the position of mayor but into our
district as he was as he mentioned at
that event as well so we thank you for
that we do have a couple teachers that
aren't here because it doesn't end
we have teachers that are currently on
student council leadership trips on
athletic events so this isn't everybody
that was recognized that night but we do
thank you guys for recognizing our
teachers
absolutely
that's how you fix this
just notice how orderly this went i mean
these teachers were right on point with
this picture
larry was out of it right now
now with that being said we'll be moving
on to item b councilman grossman will be
presenting soon in the month anna marie
zea
hopefully i said that correctly
all right good evening everybody uh
once again we have uh our student of the
month okay the uh student month the
optimist club of yappy county
in collaboration with bradshaw mountain
high school and the town of prescott
valley are honoring the outstanding
student for april anna maria isaiah this
honor is being presented because of the
nomination and recommendation of her
school staff and instructors at bradshaw
mountain high school
again i've said this before and i will
keep saying it this is not a popularity
contest this is a person who has
exemplified themselves in the eyes of
their teachers instructors and school
staff
so that's where it comes from and uh
i'm going to read her bio
we ask her to write it so i'm going to
read it
it's a little long but
when you hear it you'll understand why i
really want to get this out there she is
an incredible
student
before i start reading it
it's just another student that is
well-rounded in the school and the
community extracurricular activities
uh
and
when i finish reading it you'll
understand my name is anna maria zayer i
am 17 years old and a senior at bradshaw
mountain high school i have attended
bradshaw mountain for two years my
junior and senior year
i have participated in cross country all
four years and have been on the varsity
team all four years also all four years
i received most valued athlete athlete
awards for the female and cross country
i made it to the state championships my
sophomore year and junior year missed it
my senior year by only two seconds due
to an ongoing injury previously in the
season and a nasty fall during the
sectionals race
she claims she still has a scar from
that
i have also participated in track and
field all four years of high school and
been on the varsity team all four years
i have received most valued freshman and
most valued sophomore for the females in
track my main event in track is the 1600
which i believe is mild right
okay but i also participate regularly in
the 4 by 800 which is the relay race the
800 and the 3200
which is two miles anyway i have also
participated in 300 meter hurdles and
pole vaults
okay
that's the comment i made to you earlier
anyway
i have also learned the basics of
throwing a javelin and discus even
though i have never competed in those
events i also helped at the special
olympics and many middle school track
meets my senior year i participated in
powder puff which you'll have to explain
to us later
we lost but i still had a lot of fun i
played a small part in helping startup
of a girls wrestling team that team is
still in the works and is currently only
a club that really needs coaches and
sponsors i became a black belt in
taekwondo before high school but i like
to teach my girlfriend some simple moves
so they can kick serious
anyway if need be
i worked at my grandma's food bank in
chino valley almost every weekend my
freshman and sophomore years of high
school the smell of those potatoes still
haunt me
with my church i went on a mission trip
to an orphanage on the reservation
called naomi house and made lunch and
dinner played with the kids and handed
out gifts
in the summer between my junior and
senior year i helped at an elementary
school in prescott by painting
classrooms during the fall break of my
senior year i went on a road trip to
oregon to help my great aunt deep clean
her house after her crazy neighbor
invaded her house
i have maintained mostly all a's in my
classes i have taken all the required
math english science and history classes
i have taken weight training for both my
years at bradshaw i am in an advanced
ceramics art class where i have made
bowls and cups and fairy houses and
animals
i took a medieval and civil war history
class
i am in technical theater and know how
to properly coil a rope or cord i
haven't received any outstanding awards
for my art but a few pieces have been
displayed at the public library at some
point and finally i have received
student of the munch which
student of the month which i never
imagined i would receive i also have her
grade scores but i'll let uh her
principal court minor
talk about that as you can see after
reading this she is an incredibly
well-rounded student and we expect great
things from her in the future so here is
a principal court minor and then i will
take the phone back after that
thank you councilman uh grossman
mayor belguda vice mayor nye council
members distinguished guests my name is
court minor proud principal bration
mountain high school and it's my
pleasure tonight to introduce you to
anna zee
anna is um
just a ball of energy if you just take a
look at her she's a ball of energy with
a big smile everywhere she goes um she
brings positivity with her she is a
office aide for us and she does anything
and everything that is asked of her and
i appreciate my staff
noticing
all the extra work that she does both at
school and outside of school
um
but if you listen to uh councilman
grossman's speech there from her she's a
helper she's about helping people and
she's done an incredible job in fact my
the front office uh staff asked me to
fail her this year so he could have her
back for next year but
her parents aren't going to let that
happen she's she's just that big of help
and just such a positive
student she's giving student tours
on our campus as well as helped us with
a myriad of different things that you
have to do as a ta in the front office
so this won't surprise you she's going
to graduate um with a three point well
excuse me we're in our eighth semester
so at the end of seven she had a 3.927
gpa she is a ranked 20th out of 365
seniors she's in the top five percent of
her class she'll be heading off to nau
to get her nursing degree and then from
there she'll join the air force
and she'll she wants to be a flight
nurse
which doesn't surprise me in terms of
all the help
that she provides on campus she's just a
caring human being however she did
surprise me when she says if she didn't
get to be a flight nurse she just wants
to join the marines and drive a tank
so
again again with her personality not
real surprised so i'm going to turn over
to mr grossman here so you present the
award and then we'll introduce anna zee
usually at this point i introduced uh
butch miller who is the president of the
optimist club and uh unfortunately he
couldn't be here tonight
so i have the distinct honor of
step forward a little bit
okay we have this award for you the
optimist club of yavapai county
to all
certify to all that anna maria isaiah
has been named april student of the
month and it's signed by uh
which
actually this one's signed by mike i
think anyway and they also have for you
a uh paperweight
i understand it makes a good walnut
cracker but not you could you could use
it however you want but
display it proudly you earned it
and now
please
say a few words and if you like bring up
your parents and introduce them to us
please
come on mom and dad come on
hello um i would like to thank the town
of prescott valley and the optimist club
for honoring me here tonight i'd also
like to thank um all the staff mr miner
here and the teachers at brochurement
high school for helping me through
school basically and helping with my
good grades and my mom and dad here for
pushing me through
all my extracurricular activities and
also my grades and so thank you would
either of you like to say a few words
as you can see through all that with all
the work that she's done she's still
very humble in her in her words and her
presentation so congratulations thank
you very much you earned it
sorry
come on mr streeter
good job aina go lumberjacks
next up
the one and only mr brady cabral with
the chamber of commerce
evening mayor and council uh my name is
brady i am your preschool valley chamber
of commerce chamber guy
i am here tonight
to do a couple of things first i would
like to present a living example of the
growth in the business community in
prescott valley i would like to
introduce georgia atwell she is a beauty
expert and independent sales director
with mary kay
hello my name is georgia atwell and i'm
going to try to play with this just a
little bit
and and my husband and i are excited to
be here in prescott valley and because
we love the mountains we love the clean
air and we're super excited about trying
our first uh hike
walking first and then we'll get brave
and get some bikes and be able to enjoy
all that prescott valley
has to offer but um let me ask you have
you ever found uh
felt like your skin was dull or dry
or maybe you wanted to do something
different with your eyebrows or
i know not maybe not the men but or try
a new foundation and just didn't know
where to start
well that's what i'm here for i offer a
one hour free
skincare and makeup session
where you get to
try before you buy of course i'm going
to do everything in my power to tempt
you my hopes are that you fall in love
with our products my services and with
me
my goal is to empower women to look and
feel their beautiful best not just on
their wedding day
but every day and in addition i will
share with you the purpose behind the
product knowing that with mary kay
p l doesn't stand for profit and loss it
stands for people and love
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thank you for the
a little gift we've got a beauty
consultation me and her later um so i'm
also here to present some events that
the chamber has coming up um on on may
the 4th um star wars day we are doing a
team up to clean up event
in partnership with the town of prescott
valley as well as kathma
we are cleaning up prescott valley if
there is a road a street a community a
park that you think needs a little tlc
this is your opportunity to get out
there in full force um the following
weekend um
weekend of may 9th 10th 11th and 12th
we're calling may 9th the weekend
we have prescott valley days we are
celebrating
we are we are putting on ranch to table
on may 9th um it is a premier event
celebrating agriculture in um in and
around prescott valley and then uh may
10th we've got uh fiesta del pueblo uh
may 11th we've got a lot of things going
on but i'm most excited about our wild
wing eating contest which we we hope
lots of people come out for
but we are just going to be celebrating
preschool valley that entire weekend and
we hope everybody will join us
any questions
no sir
okay we'll see all of you at team up to
cleanup
yes okay perfect we'll see you guys next
weekend thank you very much
thanks freddie
moving on to item seven council comments
i have some and marty i've saved some
for you
take it away uh do what you can yeah mr
witty mentioned our goal fever days i
just want to give you some facts
that will be saturday this coming
saturday 27th that would be from 9 a.m
to 7 p.m
the badgers and bobbers did retalia was
free fishing for free i would gotta say
that will be from 10 to one
and it's really important that you know
that we have ada shuttles that will help
people get to the park because there
won't be any room to park in the park
and they will be right there at the
corner of fifth and second streets i
want to tell you also the movies under
the stars are coming back
that begins on may 24th through june
28th
anybody here go to the drive-in movie
last year at defensive woo yeah
well we're going to have that again on
may 31st
that's not all we have this wonderful
theater on the green
we have concerts there concerts
and that begins on may 25th
that's from five to seven
dancing on the green is encouraged
and um father's day weekend
is a really special concert time there's
also going to be a car show
so
you've got to mark those dates dan we're
hopping in the old town tonight
and i'll bet you know a lot about
golfing balls
yeah but i got the pinwheels first
go for it
okay
like laura lee said saturday we have the
gold fever day and badgers and barbers
but at 11 o'clock that morning we have
the uh pinwheel which is uh
we're planting the pinwheels right out
here in the civic center correct
uh and that's to uh
for prevent child abuse uh it's it's a
huge problem
nationwide and uh we've been doing this
for uh several years now and it's
it just uh
brings out that
no community is immune from uh from
these acts of violence against children
and uh so there'll be a lot of people
out there to give you all the
information you need if you have any
questions the pinwheel display
it's the small pinwheels we plant them
in the ground and
we'll also have people who were victims
talk about it
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then sunday we have uh
the prescott valley police foundation
has their golf tournament and ball drop
i believe
i'm not sure if there are any openings
left for the golf but i know they have
available where you could buy uh raffle
tickets basically they're going to do a
ball drop closest to the whole
depending on how many balls are sold
you could get you get half the price
basically
anyway uh that is on the prescott valley
uh
police foundation website and also on
their facebook page the information for
that
and for those of you that are interested
the uh firefighter angel pancake
breakfast is also taking place
from uh at eight o'clock that morning uh
at the training center on valley road
let's see
and then the other item after that is
uh that i'm involved with is memorial
day weekend we are going to have the
prescott valley grand prix
uh if you haven't seen it before
uh it's a lot of fun watching eight
nine-year-olds on uh
80 cc and 100 cc bicycles going around a
two mile dirt course that have berms
that are you know 45 degree angle 30
degree angle where uh gravity and
centrifugal force play major factors uh
but it's a two mile course i will be one
of the mcs i was last year it was a lot
of fun i'll be teamed up with a
gentleman named mark wright and it's a
fun family event it is ten dollars to
get in
uh it's five dollars for children six to
twelve and under five is free
so all that information is uh available
online uh you go to azopracing.com
and believe it or not that's all i have
wowzers
councilwoman
yes so i would like to let you know that
of course we have memorial day coming up
it will be may 28th and as we have done
in the past
we put up a field of flag that
represents soldiers from arizona
that have given the ultimate sacrifice
for the freedoms that we have the very
freedom that we have tonight as we sit
here and have speech and sit safe and
sound
so please
on may 24th
we will be putting those flags up we
will have biles of those brave men and
women and
i encourage you to come out and help us
be about approximately 350 flags at this
time
the field will be up from may 24th
until may 29th
time for setup and all that will be
um
more in the next weeks to come but i do
want to put it out there on your
calendars and then we will be having a
service
on memorial day
right here out on the lawn at the
theater and we'll give you a more update
time on that as well so we thank you and
we look forward to having you there
great
if there's nothing else
moving on to item number eight
consent agenda all matters listed under
consent agenda are considered routine by
the town council and will be enacted by
one motion there will be no separate
discussion of these items if discussion
is desired that item will be removed
from the consent agenda and will be
considered separately for discussion and
possible action
item a approving the april 4th 2019
council and work study minutes and april
11 2019 work study minutes item b
accepting the easement for the civic
drive improvement project cip number s
422
item c approving an extension of grant
agreement
completion date for the proma fourth
management plan outreach brochure to
december 31st 2019
item d approving an extension of arizona
water protection fund grant agreement to
september 30th 2020
item e approving an icac
fund reimbursement from the prescott
valley police department to the phoenix
pd task force
item f approving a public utility
easement across two town parcels
parcel number 103-38-715
and parcel 103-38-716
for maintenance and operation of street
lights on town property
located at the corner of spouse and
viewpoint for approval and conveyance of
these easements to arizona public
service
item g
approving a budget transfer from the
customer accounts
banking services account in the amount
of eighteen thousand dollars to the
customer accounts building renovation
account
item h approving the professional
service agreement with pros consulting
in the amount of 109 312 dollars for the
parks and recreation master plan
item i
department reports item j accounts
payable and item k
monthly financial report
does any council person wish to remove
an item
if not mr mary i'll make a motion
what i'd like to second
motion to approve the consent agenda as
read
sorry about that and i'd like to make a
second
clerk with a motion in a second will you
please call the vote
they're not logged in
passes unanimously there
okay thank you
move on to item nine new business
uh item a is consideration of approving
contingency funding for the purchase of
a pant vehicle with ancillary equipment
for not more than twenty four thousand
dollars
chief mayor council tonight i bring a
powerpoint
the request tonight here is for
contingency funds to purchase a
replacement vehicle for use by our pant
detective and i hope when i'm done
you'll see why
so
real quick
partners against drunk driving it's a
partner partners against narcotics
trafficking
is a multi-jurisdictional task force
responsible for enforcement and
investigation of state and federal drug
offenses in yavapai county it operates
under the command of the apple pie
county sheriff's office they have one
lieutenant
and with oversight of a board consisting
of the chief executives from each
partner agency i am currently the
co-chair of that board
partner agencies include prescott valley
yavapai county sheriff's office prescott
chino valley cottonwood camp very
marshall's office and sedona
the pant lieutenant oversees two
sergeants and 10 detectives
pandas is proactive with undercover
narcotics stings interstate highway
narcotics and addictions and community
outreach and education efforts
prescott valley has provided staffing to
pan since its inception in 1988.
this is a picture of the current vehicle
by that's used by our pant detective
it's a 2007 toyota tundra pickup
with just over 120 000 miles on it
i'm going to go through a laundry list
of mechanical and safety issues that
have a direct correlation to the health
and safety of our officer
the suspension is failing it's quite
noisy and frequently bottoms out
the airbags i don't even know why it's
on the list they don't work they're
inoperable
tires are almost completely bald and
have not been replaced in at least nine
years
three of the four tires have either
nails or screws lodged in them
the vehicle does not have
any emergency equipment like the
overhead or red and blue lights or
anything like that the air conditioner
is barely working and in the middle of
the summer does not cool the truck down
our mechanic believes that the fuel pump
is about to fail
and it has a cracked windshield which is
also a violation of the motor vehicle
code of the state
the vehicle was involved in a shooting
and currently has two bullet holes in
the driver's door and the tailgate
that's the one in the door
the uh the rear driver's door
does not open
i'm sorry the rear driver's side
passenger door does not open due to
heavy damage and it's been involved in
several on on scene or on duty
collisions this obviously creates a
safety hazard
and so let me tell you a quick story a
few months back
pant detectives went to a a location
just outside of cottonwood they were
going to serve a search warrant
and as soon as they pulled up they
misjudged where the house was and they
accidentally pulled up right in front of
it and as soon as they did they started
taking rounds and and gunfire from the
residents
my detective at the time ryan spriggs
actually had to lay down
behind the tire of the vehicle because
he was in a position unable to return
fire but he was vulnerable and so he had
to hide behind the tire of this truck as
it took the damage
these are some pictures of the damage of
the vehicle
this is what renders the passenger door
unable to be
opened so why why is this a big deal
so this is the door that doesn't open
if detectives pull up to a location to
serve a search warrant or do whatever
and somebody opened fire on them like
they did in cottonwood
you would want to exit the
vehicle in this case on the driver's
side
the problem is if there's anybody in the
back seat they can't get out that door
so they would have to exit into the
field of fire
not what we would want
some additional concerns
numerous suspects have told detectives
that most of the drug dealers and users
in the area know that this vehicle is
driven by a pant detective
the vehicle has been driven but for over
nine years
and
interestingly
we can't get informants to get into the
truck because they know it's known and
they don't want to be seen in
it so
while driving around and we're trying to
maybe do uh conduct some surveillance at
known locations
people will actually come out and start
taking photographs of the truck
so in the end we have a truck that
doesn't work
it's a safety hazard
and it is not effective for the job it
is intended for
so we need something new or newer or
different
so we considered one possibility but we
figured
that might be too conspicuous as well
so
what we're gonna do is uh we're looking
at a newer model suv or pickup we're not
exactly sure
the twenty four thousand dollars would
be used to purchase the vehicle and
equip it with emergency and
communications equipment
we're gonna work with a local dealership
uh but beyond that i really don't wanna
go into a lot of specifics i know that
the rfca gave some specifics and i can
tell you that i don't know if that's
exactly the vehicle that we're going to
be looking at
but again i don't really want to tell
you what we're going to look at or buy
because then that kind of defeats the
purpose of being undercover
so with that if you have any questions
i'd be more than happy to answer them
for you
will the old truck go back to auction
it'll be turned back in it's a
rico forfeiture vehicle so it would go
back to the the forfeiture lot
and if somebody wanted it go for it
fair enough
i think this is a no-brainer chief so
yeah
somebody came a motion
okay i'll make a motion
i make a motion authorize necessary
transfers from contingency funding to
purchase a pant vehicle with ancillary
ancillary
equipment for not more than twenty four
thousand dollars by electronic vote
sorry clerk with a motion in a second
please call the vote
it passes unanimously mayor thank you
ma'am thank you chief
item b is consideration of approving the
award of a construction contract to the
lowest responsive bidder copper state
paving and construction llc in an amount
up to 526 thousand one hundred forty
three dollars and seventy cents for the
civic drive sidewalk project cip number
s422
mayor council good evening uh just to do
a brief overview of what was presented
last week on the civic drive improvement
project uh the exhibit you see here uh
just shows the extents of the project
uh in yellow would be uh what would be
the contribution from the town and from
uh community development block grant
funding in the amount of three hundred
thousand dollars
uh and the scope of that project would
be to
widen the either the west or the north
side of the roadway
uh curb gutter and sidewalk some minor
drainage improvements and some street
lighting
what you see in blue would be a
contribution from yavapai county
they own the empty lot right there in
the corner and through the efforts of
supervisor jack smith working with uh
kenny van kieran who's the facilities
director and uh phil bordone who's the
county manager they were able to come up
with 106 thousand dollars uh in uh
monies to uh put towards the project and
so the area in blue
uh will be uh
basically what would mirror uh what's in
front of the school right there it'd be
a little bit of additional paving
some angled parking
curb gutter sidewalk there as well and
some street lighting in there as well
so this is just a couple of quick
exhibits to just show you what we do
with the grant funding when we get it
we've i believe this is a third or
fourth year in a row that we've received
grant funding and so this is our 2017
project
and this is uh
right in front of the liberty school
where we added an additional southbound
lane
curb gutter and sidewalk improvements
there and also street lighting and the
street lighting that you see here will
be the street lighting that will be put
on the project as well
this is our 2018 project grant funded as
well
this will pretty much mirror what we
have what we're going to do on civic
drive
this is long look you can see where we
widened some of the roadway
added curb gutter and sidewalk there
made that a three-lane configuration
which is what we will be doing on the
civic drive as well
this is just a mock-up of the project
sign and it shows all the the project
partners
the arizona department of housing
you've got yavapai county there
copper state paving who uh
we want to be the low bid contractor and
kimberly horn the engineer
and so i'm here to recommend award of
the construction contract to uh copper
state paving and construction
uh they were a little bit on the
contract in the amount of 526 thousand
one hundred forty three dollars and
seventy cents
great thank you for that questions
we really really got into it last week
get the works done
if anybody out there thinks we don't
have questions we had him last week
correct
we ready for the motion so with that
being said yes
a
motion to approve the award of
construction contract to the lowest
responsibility
copper step fading and construction llc
in an amount of up to
528 thousand
143 dollars
and like i always do where did 70 cents
come from
i love these figures
okay i'll second it
thank you
clerk will you please call the vote
that passes unanimously mayor thank you
ma'am thank you sir
items three or c consideration of
approving the purchase of four
pickleball courts from general acrylics
via mojave contract number
150-gai3-0201 in the amount of 117
836 dollars and 84 cents mr whitty good
evening mayor and council i i know
you've had before you a number of
different times discussions related to
this particular park parcel that's under
development uh this would be one of the
three amenities that we're bringing to
that site and we're very excited to see
that pickleball is in our coming into
our inventory
and so with that we have a mojave
contract with general acrylics they're a
provider located down in the valley that
provides this is one of their main
areas of expertise they also do athletic
fields and other court services
staff is recommending to you this
mojave contract for your approval and
we'll be installing four courts
inclusive of nets fencing as well as
then also
six lighting fixtures for evening play
if approved we'll begin that process uh
as soon as possible and i'll have these
ready in july for play
great i hope it's as big a relief to the
rest of you as me that
pickleball people got their wish and
they can spend their energy now
for something else
i have i have these have been some of
the most delightful people that i've
encountered it's just a privilege to to
talk to them actually i'm teasing a
little bit because they're just so
delightful and they're so excited and so
happy
that we're doing this so they are
great with that being said can we get a
motion
i'd like to make a motion
motion to approve the purchase of four
pickleball courts from general acrylics
via mojave contract number 150
a one three
zero two zero one in the amount of one
hundred seventeen thousand eight hundred
thirty six dollars and eighty four cents
second
thank you clerk with a motion in a
second will you please call the vote
that passes unanimously mayor thank you
ma'am thank you mr woody
moving on to item 10 comments from the
public consideration and discussion of
general unscheduled comments from the
public those wishing to address the
council need not request permission in
in advance any such remarks shall be
addressed to the council as a whole and
not to any member thereof
such remarks shall be limited to five
minutes unless additional time is
granted by the mayor
at the conclusion of the unscheduled
comments individual members of the
council may respond to the item
addressed at the direction or at the
discretion of the mayor or they may ask
the town manager to review the matter or
ask that the matter be placed on a
future agenda
with that being said
if we'll come on up there sir
you know how it goes state your name
please
i am back
my name is clyde pruitt i'm trying to
get our older neighborhoods back into
shape
with some hopefully some help from code
enforcement and they definitely need
help
i spoke to a code enforcement agent
earlier this week and
i addressed some issues and he goes i'm
just too busy i can't do that
we're failing somewhere
at one point in time the town had three
code enforcement officers i believe
now we're down to two
we're not shrinking we're only growing
we need more help
and i don't know what needs to be done
besides me coming in every two weeks and
you know grabbing you guys by the ear
and saying you know you need to listen
to me but
we seriously need to do something to
revitalize the older neighborhoods to
get them up
the people that's been here for years
and they think it's the old days i don't
have to fix anything i can just let it
go
i don't want to have to spend
two thousand dollars so i don't have to
look at my neighbors junk in their
backyard
i have shared some photos with some
council members
and
they've seen what i have to deal with on
a daily basis and it's just it's just
not right
and it's not right that we don't have
enough code enforcement agents or enough
staffing we're doing a lot of great
things in the town of prescott valley
but we need to take and address this
issue too
and
i'm open for suggestions what can be
done besides me driving around
being junior code enforcement agent
myself because when i call in or when i
come down to the town
civic center i bring in a list and
i deal a lot with uh fernando and he
knows when i come in with a list they're
legitimate complaints but they don't
have time to come out and actually
follow up on them necessarily just like
when i caught one of the agents the
other day he was out for something else
i happened to catch him when he was
getting out of his truck
and said hey can you look at this and
that's why he's like i you gave me 30
you know two weeks ago i'm trying to
follow up on then how can you give me
more stuff
and i don't know what needs to be done
but the town seems to be failing
and i hate to say that the town's
failing but it seems like they are as
far as
following up on code enforcement and we
have i had an issue with a neighbor
they were out of compliance
last year
i kept asking code enforcement
what's the status on my neighbor what's
the status
oh it's an open case i can't do anything
about it because it was under the other
agent's
jurisdiction before they switch
territories i guess you would say
because they switched zones
on where they
take care of
and he thought it was under
it was an open case under
the other uh field agent come to find
out the case has been closed since the
somewhere around the first of the year
nothing's been done to the property
and it's just
it's just terrible that you can't sit
out and enjoy the reason we're up here
for the fresh year
beautiful sunsets and
you know the cool weather we're not
sweating to death like the people are in
the valley already
and we're up here to enjoy stuff but
it's hard to enjoy when you gotta look
at you know a trash cheap next door to
you
so
any suggestions comments i'm hoping what
whatever can be done
i'm here to
try to get it figured out
sorry i appreciate you coming believe it
or not i mean coming here and speaking
to us that's great um i believe mr
tarkowski will have
some words to add along i know you guys
have spoken before and we have the
challenges that that exist
and i understand that and
um
i will continue to work in a fluid
manner to try to
to rectify whatever situation we have
going on i i know we
need to budget for a lot of different
things but i think somewhere along the
way we need to look at the budget as far
as
getting more filled agents
for the township
and i'm not sure who
i'm i'm new to all this but i'm trying
to do what i can to get fernando and
them as much help as you know
so
you tell me what else i need to do but
so we can try to get some more
some more staffing or something so
they're not so overwhelmed so when you
say hey can you look at this they don't
tell you
i can't i'm too busy sure no i
understand your frustration okay sir
i appreciate it thank you
anyone else
that being said
move on to item 11. can i get a motion
to adjourn
i'll make a motion to adjourn
can we have a second
no second
kirk please call the vote
that passes unanimously there thank you
ma'am thanks everyone for coming out
you