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[9:26] to order. Town of Pres Valley regular
town council meeting March 12th, 2026.
[9:30] Clerk, please call the role.
>> Council member Lopez,
[9:34] » present.
>> Council member Kio,
[9:36] » present.
>> Council member Bringing.
[9:38] » Council member Greer,
>> here.
[9:40] » Council member Schumacher,
>> present.
[9:42] » Vice Mayor Searcher,
>> here. Mayor Podan
[9:45] » here.
>> We have a quorum.
[9:46] » Thank you, ma'am. I don't have it in my
notes on who our person for the
[9:51] invocation is, so they're here. Oh, come
on down, ma'am.
[9:56] » Please let everyone know who you are.
And if you can, please stand.
[10:02] » My name is Cheetah Olsen. And if you
don't mind, I'm going to read a
[10:05] scripture before I pray.
Thank you.
[10:10] from Psalm 46. It says, "God is our
refuge and strength, always ready to
[10:15] help in times of trouble. So we will not
fear when earthquakes come and the
[10:19] mountains crumble into the sea. Let the
oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains
[10:23] tremble as the waters surge. The Lord of
heaven's armies is here among us. The
[10:29] God of Israel is our fortress." I just
thought in light of everything that's
[10:33] happening that would be an appropriate
scripture. So Lord, we just come to you
[10:38] tonight and we thank you for the
opportunity to gather here in freedom.
[10:42] Lord, I ask tonight as we as we talk
about what needs to be talked about that
[10:47] your presence would be here and that
wisdom would be given to our town
[10:51] leaders. I thank you for the Lord for
those who have chosen to lead our
[10:56] community. And I just ask right now that
you would grant great blessing upon this
[11:00] time in your name. Amen.
[11:06] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and
[11:11] [clears throat] to the republic for
which it stands. One nation under God,
[11:16] indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
[11:20] » Thank you, ma'am. This time, can I get a
motion to approve the agenda as
[11:24] presented?
>> So moved.
[11:28] Have
>> a second.
[11:29] » I'll second. Cl.
>> Please call the vote.
[11:35] That passes unanimously. Mayor,
>> thank you ma'am. At this time I'd like
[11:38] to welcome down William Kushnes
in reference board of adjustments
[11:43] recognition of his service.
>> Good evening everyone. So tonight we are
[11:49] honored to recognize an individual who
has generously volunteered his time
[11:54] while serving as a dedicated and engaged
member of our community. We would like
[12:00] to recognize former board of adjustment
member William Kunish. The board of
[12:06] adjustment interprets and uphold town
code related to zoning and regulatory
[12:12] matters, helping ensure decisions are
made fairly and in accordance with
[12:17] established standards. Mr. Kunish served
two terms on the board, contributing
[12:24] nearly six years of volunteer service.
On behalf of the town and the residents
[12:29] we serve, we sincerely thank him for his
dedication and public service to our
[12:35] community. Please join us in thanking
William Kunish for his service.
[12:45] Thank you. Um Stacy Bristo, development
services director. I just want to say
[12:48] it's such a pleasure to have people that
are willing to sacrifice um what
[12:52] precious time we all have to doing
something like this. and without you, we
[12:56] could not do what we do. Um so even if
we don't get to see you very often, um
[12:59] that's okay sometimes, too. But um we're
really really grateful and I'm so thank
[13:02] you for all of the the time that you
spent with us. So thank you.
[13:05] » Thank you. Appreciate it.
[13:11] » And I would just like to thank the
mayor, the vice mayor, the council for
[13:14] giving citizens the opportunity to
participate in local government like
[13:18] this and to be part of the town. I've
lived in Presca Valley since 2007 and I
[13:23] saw this as a great opportunity to give
back to our community and to really be
[13:28] part of it and it's it's a wonderful
thing. It's great getting to know the
[13:31] people who work for the town and I want
to thank the staff as well for all of
[13:35] the support they've provided to the
board of adjustment throughout my time
[13:38] on the board.
Thank you.
[13:54] » [laughter]
>> She just texted me and I
[14:06] Next up, Steve Versetti from the Chamber
of Commerce.
[14:13] » [clears throat]
[14:20] » Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, members
of town council and staff.
[14:25] On behalf of the Pres Valley Chamber of
Commerce, thank you for the opportunity
[14:28] to speak with you tonight. It is always
a privilege to share the work we are
[14:33] doing to support our local businesses,
strengthen our economy, and cultivate
[14:37] the sense of community that makes Presca
Valley such a special place to live and
[14:42] work. At the Chamber, we often say that
strong communities are built on strong
[14:48] businesses. When local businesses
thrive, jobs are created, families are
[14:54] supported, and more importantly, our
homegrown talent does stay here. Over
[14:59] the past several months, the chamber has
continued to focus on programs and
[15:03] initiatives that connect commerce with
community. And I'd like to highlight a
[15:08] few recent accomplishments.
This past Friday, the chamber proudly
[15:12] hosted a fourth annual International
Women's Day lunchon. This event
[15:16] continues to grow each year and this
year was our largest gathering yet with
[15:20] 240 attendees. It was truly inspire an
inspiring afternoon celebrating
[15:26] leadership, resilience, and the
important contributions women make in
[15:30] business and our town.
We were honored to feature two
[15:35] outstanding speakers. Our chamber board
chair Meredith Dunlap, who delivered a
[15:40] powerful message about resilience and
how to have self-awareness and believe
[15:45] in yourself. We're also fortunate to
welcome nationally recognized
[15:49] professional speaker, author Bevon
Ferrand, whose book, Your Damn
[15:54] Manifesto, has inspired individuals and
organizations across the country. Her
[15:59] keynote message encouraged attendees to
be intentional about their purpose and
[16:04] leadership resonating strongly resonated
strongly with everyone in the room. In
[16:09] fact, at one point as she was telling
her story, you would be hardressed to
[16:12] find a dry eye in the room. I would like
to send a sincere thank you to the town
[16:18] council members and town staff who
joined us for the lunchon. Your presence
[16:23] means a great deal to our business
community and demonstrates strong
[16:27] partnership that exists between the town
of Presca Valley and the chamber. And
[16:31] for those who could not attend, I have
some gifts for you guys. Here is Ben's
[16:37] book, The Damn Manifesto.
[16:51] » [clears throat]
>> During the lunchon, we're excited to
[16:54] announce the launch of our brand new
women in leadership program. This
[17:00] program will officially kick off in May
and will meet quarterly throughout the
[17:04] year. The goal is to provide
opportunities for mentorship, leadership
[17:08] development, and professional growth for
the leaders in our town. We are also
[17:13] have our business academy in full swing.
Our next class is on March 24th and we
[17:19] partner with Desert Financial Credit
Union and the classes are being taught
[17:22] by Jerry Tarling. The next class will be
on balance sheets and cash flow
[17:27] statements. So for those of you who want
to know about balance sheets and cash
[17:31] flow statements, the exciting terms of
that, please come and join us. Another
[17:36] encouraging sign for our local economy
is continued growth in the chamber
[17:40] membership. I am pleased to report that
Prescuit Valley Chamber of Commerce now
[17:44] has 611 members. Recently, we're proud
to welcome several new members to our
[17:50] chamber family, including including Reed
Plumbing, Tri-State Metal Roofing
[17:55] Supply, Leap and Learn Preschool, and
Hoey Construction. It is especially
[18:00] encouraging to see growth in the trades
sector. business businesses in
[18:06] construction, plumbing, and related
fields are essential to supporting
[18:10] Prescuit Valley's continued development
and infrastructure needs. Their
[18:14] participation in chamber helps ensure
that our local workforce and business
[18:18] community remain strong and connected.
The chamber's message is simple but
[18:23] important to connect commerce and
cultivate community. We accomplish this
[18:28] through the business advocacy,
professional development, and community
[18:32] events and partnerships such as this one
we have with the town of Presca Valley.
[18:38] As Presca Valley continues to grow,
collaboration between the town
[18:42] government and chamber of commerce and
local businesses remain essential.
[18:47] Together, we are creating an environment
where entrepreneurs can succeed,
[18:51] families can build their future, and our
community continues to thrive. Thank you
[18:57] again, mayor, town council, for your
continued support of the chamber and the
[19:01] business community we serve. We look
forward to continue working alongside
[19:05] you to ensure Prescuit Valley remains
one of the most vibrant businessfriendly
[19:09] communities in Northern Arizona. Thank
you.
[19:12] » Thank you, sir.
Next up, call the public. This time,
[19:16] members of the public may comment on
matters listed on the agenda or solely
[19:19] on matters within the jurisdiction of
the town. Any persons wishing to address
[19:22] the council must register their name
with the town clerk prior to the
[19:25] commencement of the meeting. At the
conclusion of call to the public, the
[19:27] council may respond to criticism, ask
staff to review a matter commented upon,
[19:30] or ask ask that a matter be put on a
future agenda. Such remarks shall be
[19:34] limited to three minutes unless
additional time is granted by the mayor.
[19:37] Clerk,
>> mayor, council, we have three speakers
[19:41] tonight. We have Patricia Bets, James
Kimes, and Walter Kosar.
[19:48] » Thank you, Miss Betold. You're up. Mr.
times if you would work your way down to
[19:51] the front that would be great.
>> You don't need to speak. Okay. Go ahead,
[19:57] Miss Bitchel.
Okay. Patricia Betsel 391 Armmitage Way
[20:03] um Chino Valley. This is concerning
resolution 226-2446,
[20:09] the proposed annexation and purchase of
state trust land parcel 800-200-065P
[20:17] and the placement of this item on the
consent agenda. The combination of these
[20:23] uh items on this particular um
resolution annexing land that the town
[20:29] already owns as part of the
intergovernmental agreement for the
[20:32] purchase of Glastford Hill for the p
purpose of preservation of hundreds of
[20:38] acres for a U price of about $3.6 $6
million and combining that with the
[20:44] annexation and purchase of 128 acres of
state trass land um appear to be
[20:51] combined here for the sole purpose of
misleading the public. Placing it on the
[20:56] consent agenda and robbing the public of
their rights to hear the issues only
[21:00] confirms that annexation of this
property will burden the Prescott Valley
[21:05] residents because it will then become
the responsibility of the town to extend
[21:09] infrastructure, water, sewer, police,
etc. to this property. That is the law.
[21:14] The use of evasive language in the
resolution does nothing to protect the
[21:19] town against these responsibilities, nor
does it render any confidence on the
[21:23] public's part. In other words, the
resolution is irresponsible. And that's
[21:27] not all. Finally, the public needs to be
aware that this could involve a purchase
[21:33] price of approximately $8.4 million. If
you base it on the sale of an
[21:39] immediately adjacent parcel that sold
for approximately $65,000 an acre, that
[21:45] was a total of approximately $6.5
million in November of 2025,
[21:52] only 3 months ago. Understand that the
adjacent parcel was also specifically
[21:58] purchased for development, not for
recreation or public space. And there is
[22:02] nothing in this resolution that
guarantees that this land purchase would
[22:06] not meet the same fate.
So this item, I'm asking that it be
[22:12] removed completely from this resolution
and be presented as a completely
[22:16] separate item on a future agenda for
discussion. $8.4 million plus the cost
[22:23] of infrastructure is not considered
quote routine by Prescott Valley
[22:28] residents and the taxpayers. Thank you.
Thank you, ma'am. Next up,
[22:37] » Walter.
>> Welcome, sir.
[22:41] » Mayor, vice mayor, council members, and
staff. My name is Walt Kosar, uh,
[22:45] Granville, Prescuit Valley. I wanted to
talk tonight on the issue of the
[22:50] affordable housing and the plan that
you'll be talking about later. And one
[22:54] of the aspects of that is the employer
support for you providing um affordable
[23:00] housing for workforce. To me, one of the
key one of the top employers in town
[23:06] that should be involved here is the
medical center. Yavapai regional medical
[23:10] center. Um they're obviously a really
important part of our community and
[23:14] provide critical health care to all our
residents. Um I watched the tape from
[23:19] the state of the town meeting. Um, and
they have some very big plans for the
[23:24] future in the town here, but I worry a
little bit about whether or not there's
[23:28] affordable housing for some of the staff
that they'll need for some of these uh
[23:31] new plans. And it's not just about
doctors or nurses, but you have people
[23:36] cleaning the floors, cooking the meals,
changing the light bulbs, keeping
[23:40] records. Um, it's important that you
without this staff, these these staff
[23:45] people, the the facilities don't
function. So I think it would be good to
[23:50] have the medical center be directly
involved and take kind of a leading role
[23:53] in the side of the employer sponsored um
affordable housing whether that be reap
[23:59] based employees or maybe even developing
their own housing. For example, on
[24:04] Windsong, the east side of Windsong
Road, just out from all the medical
[24:08] buildings, there's a nice open plot of
land. And I'm not sure what the
[24:11] long-term plan there is, but that would
be a great location to put in some
[24:15] rental housing for for hospital and
medical staff. Um, even new people
[24:20] moving into the area, new doctors or
nurses or employees that are new to the
[24:24] area, they're going to be working for
the medical center, having to lay out a
[24:28] half a million dollars to buy a new
home, which is kind of the average price
[24:32] these days. That could be a little
steep. So, having that ability to have
[24:35] some dedicated housing for those
employees, I think, is really critical.
[24:38] So, I just wanted to bring that up to
you. Thank you.
[24:41] » Thank you, sir.
[24:47] » Confirming, Mr. times. You do not wish
to speak?
[24:51] » No.
[24:57] » Okay. Well, next time, ladies and
gentlemen, if you're not familiar with
[25:01] Mr. Kimes, he is a uh a political rock
star. He he served some time with former
[25:07] Governor Npalitano um in the political
world. So, I've known Mr. Kimes for a
[25:11] very long time. And he's a man that
speaks words of wisdom, and when he
[25:15] speaks, you should listen. So, we'll
catch you next time, sir.
[25:22] » Moving on. Council communications to my
right. Councilwoman
[25:29] » Councilwoman Greer.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Um, I just wanted to
[25:33] report that last week I spent a
wonderful lunchon with the entire board
[25:38] of SRP and learned a lot about water and
the development that they're doing for
[25:43] the state of Arizona. um and that it'll
kind of go into a little bit about
[25:48] tonight, but they are looking at some of
the rural areas. So, very impressed with
[25:53] what they plan on doing in the future.
>> Councilman Greer,
[25:57] » I just want to thank the the chamber
again for a spectacular event. Um,
[26:03] everybody enjoyed it so much. So, thank
you,
[26:06] » Mr. Davidson. No report, Mr. Mayor.
>> Thank you. Consent agenda. All matters
[26:11] listed under the consent agenda are
considered routine by the town council
[26:13] and will be enacted by one motion. There
will be no separate discussion of these
[26:16] items. If discussion is desired, that
item will be removed from the consent
[26:20] agenda and be considered separately. Uh
Councilman Fry, you advised me you would
[26:24] like to remove item 8F. Is there another
item you'd like to remove?
[26:29] » No, sir. I just uh what I've seen is it
seems like it has created 8F has created
[26:35] some confusion among
town people. So, uh, I think it deserves
[26:41] a separate, um, airing thing.
>> And that's fine. Councilman Ke, you have
[26:45] an item you wish you removed.
>> Uh, yes. Um, I was at coffee with the
[26:49] cop, um, yesterday and some citizens
were a little bit concerned about, I
[26:53] believe it's item a 8C
>> and so I just wanted um to give Chief
[26:58] Tyer an opportunity to address what
that's, you know, what it's for.
[27:03] » All right. Thank you. We'll start with
uh, item 8F. We'll just do them
[27:06] individually. This is direction steps
annexation town owned and ASLD property
[27:12] outside town limits. Councilman Frey,
any questions you have for staff that is
[27:16] not in the staff report. M
>> Mr. Mayor, c could I just explain it
[27:20] since I'm probably the one who caused
this?
[27:24] » Sure, sir.
>> Would that be okay? First of all, you
[27:28] probably remember that the town has
already bought 1300 acres up on the
[27:34] hill.
352 of those acres happened to be in the
[27:38] county. So, at some point, we needed to
annex it and we just haven't gotten
[27:44] around to it. We bought it back in 2023.
We needed to annex it. It was our
[27:49] property. It was out in the county. We
had never annexed our own property
[27:54] before. Normally, when you annex
property, you annex somebody else's
[27:57] property. And the statute is set up for
you to do it that way. you you you get a
[28:03] petition from them and uh they sign it
and you go through processes. So we had
[28:08] actually never annexed property that we
own before. And so we talked with
[28:13] outside counsel and said, "Do you have
any idea how we can do that? It the
[28:18] statute doesn't quite fit really
easily." And he said, "Well, why don't
[28:21] you adopt a resolution and just
basically say this is what we'll do.
[28:25] This is how we'll do it in terms of
annexing our own property." It doesn't
[28:30] annex the property. You still have to
file the petition, hold the hearing,
[28:35] adopt the ordinance, and all of that is
to come in the future. And so this was
[28:39] put on the consent agenda only because
it says when you do this, the mayor can
[28:45] sign instead of a private property owner
and and just went through and explained
[28:50] how the statute would be followed for
annexing the town's property. So it it
[28:55] it it really is housekeeping is all it
is. Councilman F.
[29:01] » Uh thank you, Mr. Leler. Uh I think that
answers my questions. Um but Mr. Mayor,
[29:08] can can we open this up to public
questions on this one particular item?
[29:12] » No, it's not common. It's not in our
agenda. We can't have a public hearing
[29:17] without agendaizing it.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[29:20] » Uh I I just wanted to also follow up. Um
I had spoken to Gilbert today um because
[29:26] it had talked about um including certain
infrastructure within 10 years and um
[29:32] Gilbert explained to me that that's
legally required language that needs to
[29:36] be within the contract and um and when
the annexation actually occurs, it will
[29:42] come back to council, I'm told. So so
this is just the first step in the
[29:47] process and council will approve the
annexation should that go forward. And
[29:53] let me just add that it there's no
contract. What we're doing under the
[29:57] statute is if you annex property, you
have to tell the world how you plan to
[30:03] provide infrastructure for that
property. And so it's not binding. You
[30:08] simply have a plan. And so we've
actually been criticized by folks from
[30:12] time to time who said they didn't think
we had done enough to set out a plan
[30:16] when we annexed property. And so we
thought, ah, well, this is a good
[30:20] opportunity to say, well, this is
property that's going to be used for
[30:24] trails, so we don't think we're going to
do this and we don't think we're going
[30:27] to do that, but we are going to do this
and this is how you'll get into it. And
[30:30] it's pretty benign stuff. Mr. Leg, just
to confirm, this is just approving a
[30:36] process. We will have plenty of public
hearings in the future. People from the
[30:40] audience will be able to come. We'll be
able to answer questions through email.
[30:44] This isn't just a one and done. This is
just giving staff direction on a process
[30:48] to handle this.
>> Let me explain one more thing about it.
[30:51] Some of that property that we reference
in this resolution, we haven't purchased
[30:55] yet. It's still owned by the state. What
we're suggesting is that we go ahead and
[31:01] annex that, which is a challenge because
you got to go get the approval of the
[31:07] selection board at the state before you
can even do that. But if we do that,
[31:11] once it's inside the town limits, the
day may come where the town will then go
[31:17] to the state and purchase that piece and
it'll end up being or doing the same
[31:23] thing that the piece next to it is
doing, which is for recreation. It was
[31:26] all part of the Glassford Hill process.
So, it was just it it was again if we
[31:34] annex it, this is what we'll do. We'll
go to the state. We'll ask them if we
[31:38] can annex it. and we just included that
in this resolution.
[31:42] » Any other questions for Mr. Leggler?
Again, this is all part of the process
[31:47] and this was originally discussed when
we first purchased Glassford Hill back
[31:52] um a couple years ago. So, Vice Mayor
>> Oh, so for clarification, are we adding
[31:59] um AF back into
>> We'll vote on ADF by itself.
[32:03] » Okay.
>> No further questions. I'll entertain a
[32:06] motion to approve. Just AF at this time.
[32:11] Mr. Mayor, I make a motion to approve
item 8F on the consent agenda as stated.
[32:16] » I second.
[32:22] » That passes unanimously. Mayor,
>> thank you ma'am. Item 8 C. Chief,
[32:27] any qu any clarification that is not in
our staff report that you wish to share?
[32:31] » Good afternoon, mayor, vice mayor,
counsel. Thanks for the opportunity.
[32:34] It's really a good opportunity to share
what what this is uh this task force
[32:38] operation is about. Um this is not
unlike task forces around the United
[32:42] States. When you talk about the joint
terrorism task forces, drug enforcement
[32:45] administration task forces, um FBI safe
street task forces. When you have those
[32:51] task forces, you have multi- agencies
working together, state, local, and
[32:54] federal. Federal credentials are granted
to those state and local officers on
[32:58] that. This uh credentiing is a United
States Marshall Service credential to
[33:02] one of our detectives assigned to the
state gang task force which is under the
[33:05] leadership of the Arizona Department of
Public Safety GDUM task force. That
[33:09] detective will have this as an
additional uh certification and
[33:12] incillary duties as a credentialed US
marshal which will also bring additional
[33:17] resources to our town to apprehend
violent felony subjects who are wanted
[33:21] on warrants. Uh it'll also open up
jurisdictional opportunities so that if
[33:24] we need to make arrests on tribal land
or other jurisdictions, we can move
[33:28] those uh marshals over there, including
ours. And then um it also brings
[33:33] significant resources to the Pres Valley
Police Department in training equipment
[33:38] over time. And it is really a force
multiplier. If I need a United States
[33:42] Marshall to come and support our
operations, I'd have a task force uh
[33:46] officer there. and it makes it a lot
easier to bring in in in that uh that
[33:50] type of force multipliers. Same thing
with the state gang uh task force by
[33:54] having that detective on there. When we
have a gang pop uh problem pop up in
[33:58] Pres Valley, frankly, I can make that
phone call and we can have as many uh
[34:02] DPS detectives as we need here in the
community. So, it's about those
[34:04] relationships and the ease of
operations.
[34:07] » Thank you, sir. Any more questions for
Chief?
[34:10] » Thank you.
>> Yes, ma'am. Thank you. I'll entertain a
[34:12] motion for item 8 C.
[34:16] Well, says I made the motion. So, Mr.
Mayor, I'll go ahead and make the motion
[34:20] to approve item 8 C as stated.
>> A second. All
[34:26] » in favor or I'm sorry, clerk follow the
vote.
[34:36] » That passes unanimously. Mayor,
>> thank you, ma'am. Now I entertain a
[34:39] motion for item 8 A, 8B, 8 D as in David
and 8 E as in Edward.
[34:47] » Mr. Mr. Mayor, are we going to do 8F?
Didn't we do those before? So if we
[34:51] could do C and
>> we did 8F separately.
[34:54] » Okay.
>> Yes, we already did 8F and 8 C.
[34:59] This is approving the rest of the agenda
items.
[35:01] » Correct.
>> Mr. Mr. May, I'll make a motion to
[35:04] approve all under the uh items 8 A, 8 B,
8 D, and 8E on the consent agenda by
[35:10] electronic vote.
>> I'll second,
[35:20] » Council Member Fry. Thank you. That
passes unanimously. Mayor,
[35:24] » thank you, ma'am. Doesn't get any more
transparent than that, I guess. Item 9A,
[35:28] Prescuit Valley Affordable Housing Plan
Consideration and possible action. Lar,
[35:32] welcome.
Mayor, vice mayor, council members,
[35:36] thanks for having me. This is Tracy
Lera, neighborhood services director.
[35:42] So, I'm here to talk to you about an
affordable housing plan for Presca
[35:46] Valley. So, why why do we have one? Why
do we need one? Um, well, last year we
[35:51] did a survey for our residents and
attainable housing or affordable housing
[35:55] was ranked as a top priority. Housing
cost has um risen faster than wages here
[36:01] in Presca Valley and nationwide. U 29%
of our households are costburdened and
[36:09] 41.5%
of our renters are costbururden. Cost
[36:13] burden is 30 over 30% of their household
income is going to the pay their rent or
[36:18] their mortgage and economic growth
depends on workforce housing.
[36:26] So, what we've done already, we did
create the neighborhood services
[36:30] department to help with these
initiatives. We've implemented the home
[36:35] of my own PB edition to help support
opportunities to build your own home um
[36:41] with pre-approved plans. We've updated
some zoning that allows smaller lot
[36:46] sizes and housing flexibility.
Completed a residential property study.
[36:52] So, we had an audit last year where um
City Detect came and drove the
[36:56] neighborhoods and evaluated our current
conditions
[37:00] and we completed our 2025 housing needs
assessment.
[37:06] Here is some of our data that had helped
support the affordable housing plan that
[37:10] came from the needs assessment. So on
the left uh table one you can really see
[37:16] the gap when you chart our wages which
have had an increase just not as extreme
[37:23] as our housing costs.
And on the table two um this kind of
[37:28] does a comparison over time showing
going back to 1980 what our income was
[37:34] versus our um housing monthly payments.
And 1980 it was about 40% of their
[37:40] income. So it was still really high then
but you can see as it gets to 2010 2010
[37:46] um it was only 16% of your income was
used for paying for your home. Um now up
[37:51] in 2025 we have a 48% of your income is
[clears throat] going to your home.
[38:00] So our recommendations in the housing
plan focus on four key areas. One,
[38:06] neighborhood and housing preservation.
And this is really just to keep our
[38:11] current homes preserved so that nobody
is displaced.
[38:19] Some tools for that program are home
repair partnerships, using our CDBG
[38:24] funding um to do home repairs for those
that need it, doing cleanup coordination
[38:31] and targeted infill incentives.
The second focus area is employer
[38:36] support for workforce housing. Uh this
is working with employers in town to
[38:41] create partnerships, help provide them
tools and resources to create their own
[38:46] um employer assisted programs.
It's looking at home buyer assistance
[38:52] and incentives for those employers.
And the goal with that is to really live
[38:58] where you work. So, we want to keep
Prescuit Valley residents living and
[39:02] working here.
[39:06] Next is affordable owner occupied
housing. To support that, we want to
[39:11] continue to look at maybe other
pre-approved plans, flexible zoning
[39:16] options, fee reductions tied to
affordability,
[39:20] and looking at development of our own
town-owned uh properties.
[39:26] And similar to this is affordable
renting housing. So 12.5% vacancy rate
[39:32] here in Presca Valley overall, but
that's limited affordability.
[39:37] So nearly half of our renters are
costburden.
[39:41] So to tackle this, we're looking at
flexible zoning for multif family,
[39:46] density bonuses, looking at reduced or
deferred fees, and partnerships for
[39:52] mixed income projects.
All of this is supported by community
[39:56] engagement. We definitely need the
community to support this. It takes
[40:01] everyone. Um so this will evolve with
our community, but we just want to
[40:06] continue listening sessions, some coffee
chats, popup booths just to be a
[40:11] presence and have those conversations
and organizational partnerships.
[40:18] I did want to provide some
clarifications of what this plan is not.
[40:22] So, this plan does not mandate specific
developments.
[40:26] It does not commit the town to new
spending without council approval.
[40:30] Um, it does not override zoning without
public process.
[40:35] And it does not eliminate private market
solutions. So, it just does provide a
[40:40] framework for action and evaluation.
With that, I'll take any questions.
[40:45] » Thank you, ma'am. Good job. We have
questions for staff
[40:49] or comments.
>> Uh, I just got a quick question. Um I
[40:52] believe Mr. Kosar had mentioned um
partnering like with dignity and and
[40:57] having discussions getting in the room.
Are you are you doing that with some of
[41:01] our employers?
>> We have not yet but it's definitely on
[41:04] our list.
>> Yes.
[41:09] » It's one of the challenges when it comes
to supply and demand. Right.
[41:12] » Right.
>> When supply is uh low and demand is
[41:16] high, prices go high. I know our
neighbor to the west, they have, I
[41:20] believe it's about 18,000 lots that are
able to be permitted in in their
[41:25] jurisdiction that they haven't even
touched yet and we are much much lower
[41:28] than that. So, it creates that challenge
and this isn't obviously a flip a switch
[41:33] type of solve a problem. So, I I commend
you and staff to do what you can and
[41:39] let's see what we can hear. I know
unfortunately when we have our listening
[41:42] sessions we're going to hear prices are
high, rent is high, sales sale of homes
[41:46] are high and that's because one there's
not a lot of flat lots out there left in
[41:50] Presa Valley. For those of us that have
been here for a while, a lot of them are
[41:54] sloped. A lot of them require a lot of
dirt work and uh that drives the price
[41:58] of homes up. So, uh your work is
certainly cut out in front of you and we
[42:02] appreciate all the hard work you've done
so far.
[42:04] » Thank you, mayor.
>> And we should entertain a motion.
[42:14] Mr. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to
approve the Prescott Valley affordable
[42:18] housing plan by electronic vote.
>> I'll second that. Cler, please call
[42:22] vote.
[42:28] » Mayor, that passes unanimously.
>> Thank you, ma'am. Next up, final
[42:31] item.Uou
Salt River Valley Water Users
[42:34] Association and Salt River Project
agricultural improvement and power
[42:37] district to assist financing storm water
recharge pilot project. Mr. Leggler, I
[42:42] believe this is yours.
>> Mr. Mayor, members of the council, I'll
[42:44] lead off with it if there's any
followup. Uh, Mr. Leggler can kind of
[42:48] chime in on it. Uh, this is something
we've been working on for quite some
[42:52] time. Uh this memorandum of
understanding is with Salt River Project
[42:56] which is a government entity here in the
state of Arizona that's tasked with uh
[43:02] not only supplying water to the met uh
metropolitan area of Phoenix uh and some
[43:07] of the surrounding communities there um
but also they have a whole power
[43:11] division as well. And so we have been
working with uh SRP as a partner on one
[43:17] of our exciting storm water uh pilot
projects. This is one of the first uh
[43:23] projects of its kind in the state of
Arizona. Uh and we are testing how we
[43:29] can try to get storm water uh down into
the aquifer without it evaporating off
[43:35] which almost probably 95%
of all rainwater uh either is uh is lost
[43:41] to evaporation. So this is testing how
can we try to get more of that water
[43:47] back into our aquifer for the benefit of
not only the aquifer but you know uh all
[43:52] of us and so
this is SRP has agreed to provide
[43:58] $40,000
uh to the overall cost of the pilot
[44:02] project. There is a companion pilot
project that's taking place down in Red
[44:06] Rock, Arizona. Uh, and we'll be kind of
the second one testing with our
[44:11] particular types of soils. We have had
to work with SRP extensively on and as
[44:18] you can imagine, Salt River Project has
water rights in northern Arizona and
[44:23] they had great concern in terms of
anything that would divert any of what
[44:29] they perceive as their water rights. And
so we had to work with them on a whole
[44:33] formula of what was is called uh urban
enhanced runoff. So it's basically water
[44:40] that would be considered pre-development
that is not part of would you know would
[44:46] be not part of their uh entitlement. uh
and trying to figure out how do we
[44:51] quantify that so that we make sure
whatever water we do get back into the
[44:55] aquifer is not water that they would
have received uh as part of their
[44:59] reservoir system. Uh so this is a very
positive thing. uh SRP is very selective
[45:04] in who they work with on different items
and so to have them at the table with us
[45:10] is is I think very important and and as
a strong testament to the council's
[45:16] leadership on trying to make sure that
we're really thinking long term with our
[45:19] water resources. So with that um I'll
take any questions that you have.
[45:24] » Questions for Mr. Davidson?
None. Nicely done sir. I entertain a
[45:29] motion.
[45:32] » Mr. Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve
a memorandum of understanding with Salt
[45:36] River project to assist in funding the
in Prescuit Valley storm water recharge
[45:40] project involving an anal analyst an
[laughter]
[45:45] anal
analysis of the Iris system in the
[45:49] amount of $40,000. Sorry.
>> I second.
[45:53] » Please hold.
[45:58] Mayor, that passes unanimously.
>> Thank you, ma'am. Thanks for coming out,
[46:00] everyone. Drive safe.
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