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          ALLEGIANCE LED BY SUPERVISOR GOODMAN. BECAUSE HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY TO GO. I CAN SEE THAT. ALL RIGHT. AND THOSE THAT WISH TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE STAND. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. 
          LET'S PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, PLEASE BLESS THIS TIME. BLESS THIS COUNTY. BLESS THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. GOD, YOU'VE GIVEN THEM TO US IN A TIME WHEN OUR NATION CRIES FOR JUSTICE, WHEN OUR NATION IS FEARFUL, OUR PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING. WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR TEENS. 
          WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR FAMILIES. GOD, PLEASE GIVE THIS BOARD WISDOM AS THEY NAVIGATE DEVELOPING CITIES, AS THEY NAVIGATE STARTING CITIES. GOT ALL THE THINGS. AND THE SKILLS THAT YOU'VE EQUIPPED THEM WITH. MAKE IT TRUE THAT IT BE FOR A TIME SUCH AS THIS FOR THEIR FAMILIES, THAT THEY'D BE BLESSED THAT WHEN THEY COME HOME, THEY'D BE ABLE TO LEAVE WORK AT THE DOOR. GOD, I THANK YOU FOR THIS BOARD AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE HELPED US WITH TO GET HERE AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE AHEAD. PLEASE BLESS THEM. IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WELCOME TO THE PINAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING. WE'RE IN ORDER. I'M GOING TO CHANGE THE SCHEDULE UP A LITTLE BIT. I'M 
          [5. 	Presentation of Certificates of Service to employees for 20, 25, and 30 years. (MaryEllen Sheppard/Leo Lew)]
GOING TO PUT ITEM NUMBER FIVE UP FRONT, PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE TO EMPLOYEES FOR 2025 AND 30 YEARS. I HAVE MR. LIU. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING. FIRST UP, WE HAVE OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, JOE ORTIZ, TO INTRODUCE HIS EMPLOYEES THAT WERE CELEBRATING. JOE IS NOT HERE. HE PROBABLY HE PROBABLY THINKS WE'RE FOLLOWING THE REGULAR SCHEDULE. HE'S LIKE, OH, SHOOT. HE'S RUNNING FROM THE OTHER BUILDING. I CAN GUESS RIGHT NOW. HE GOT WE GOT TODD AND SAID. WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TODD WILLIAMS. I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO TODAY I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DARREN GAUTHIER, OUR BUILDING INSPECTION SUPERVISOR. 
          HE'S BEEN WITH OUR BUILDING SAFETY DIVISION FOR 25 YEARS. DARREN IS NOT HERE TODAY. HE'S IN THE FIELD BECAUSE IN HIS OWN WORDS, HE HAS LOTS OF WORK TO DO. NOW. THE RESPECTFUL AND THOROUGH INTEGRITY THAT DARREN POSSESSES IS ONE THAT WE ALL STRIVE TO ACHIEVE IN THIS BUILDING SAFETY DIVISION. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE AND HIS ONGOING WILLINGNESS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT THE TEAM. DARREN AND THE TEAM ARE FOCUSED ON BUILDING SAFETY. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, BUILDING CODES ARE ESTABLISHED TO SET A MINIMUM STANDARD TO MAKE SURE OUR HOMES OR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ARE SAFE AND LIVABLE. THIS INCLUDES THINGS LIKE THE ELECTRICAL WIRING, PLUMBING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THINGS LIKE RUNNING WATER, WORKING KITCHENS, MAKING SURE YOUR ROOF TILES ARE SECURELY, SECURELY FASTENED TO YOUR ROOF, ALL ESSENTIALLY FOCUSING ON SAFETY FOR OUR HOMES AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. THEY ALSO ENSURE THAT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, YOU CAN GET OUT OF YOUR HOME SAFELY. THEY ESSENTIALLY HELP TO MAKE SURE YOUR HOME IS SAFE NOW. 
          DARREN BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH PINAL COUNTY ON AUGUST 27TH, 2001 AS A BUILDING INSPECTOR. 
          ONE. THIS YEAR, HE REACHES THAT SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE OF 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH PINAL COUNTY, MARKING A QUARTER CENTURY OF COMMITMENT TO THE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY. IN FEBRUARY 2005, DARREN WAS PROMOTED TO INSPECTION SUPERVISOR, CONTINUING TO GROW IN HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTRIBUTE HIS KNOWLEDGE TO THE DEPARTMENT. SO OVER THE COURSE OF HIS 25 YEAR CAREER FROM AUGUST 27TH, 2001 THROUGH 2026, DARREN HAS DEDICATED HIS TIME, BACKGROUND AND SACRIFICE TO PINAL COUNTY. NOW, PRIOR TO ME COMING OVER HERE, A FEW OF HIS INSPECTOR COLLEAGUES GAVE ME A NOTE HERE TO OFFER SOME WORDS. SO JORGE BASICALLY COMMENTED THAT DARREN IS A HARD WORKING AND CARING SUPERVISOR FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. I WOULD NOT HAVE LEARNED WHAT I KNOW NOW IF IT WAS NOT FOR DARREN. I'VE KNOWN HIM SINCE MY CAREER AS A 
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SUPERVISOR FOR MACROS CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE BEEN LEARNING FROM HIM EVER SINCE. I COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER SUPERVISOR. HIS KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT MAKE MY JOB EASY AND JOYFUL, ESPECIALLY FOR A SENSE OF HUMOR. GOD BLESS DARREN FOR HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO PINAL COUNTY. NATHAN, ONE OF THE OTHER INSPECTORS, SAID THROUGH THE YEARS, DARREN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE IDEAL SUPERVISOR. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN FAIR IN HIS DECISION MAKING AND HAS ALWAYS PUT THE CITIZEN FIRST. DARREN IS KIND AND THOUGHTFUL REGARDING THE STAFF AND CITIZEN ALIKE. DARREN STRIVES TO HELP THE CREW, ENSURING EVERYONE HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THE DAY'S INSPECTION. HE ALSO GENUINELY CARES ABOUT THE INSPECTORS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. HAS BEEN A JOY TO WORK WITH DARREN. HE'S BEEN A TERRIFIC MENTOR THROUGH MY YEARS OF SERVICE. I'M GRATEFUL TO KNOW HIM. SO ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE IN THE BUILDING SAFETY DIVISION, THEY SEND A HUGE THANK YOU AND WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS TO DARREN ON THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION. SO LASTLY, IN DARREN'S OWN WORDS, HE STATED THAT HE IS A MAN OF FEW WORDS, BUT IN HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, HE HAS SEEN MANY CHANGES DURING HIS TIME WITH BUILDING SAFETY. AND HE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO SAY THAN THAT. SO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ARE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO HELPING KEEP THE CITIZENS OF PINAL COUNTY SAFE. SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT FOR DARREN. SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT MARVIN, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT. JUST SAY HE'S A GOOD GUY. HE'S BEEN HERE 30 OR 20 YEARS. WAY TO GO, MARVIN. THANK YOU. TODD. IS MARVIN PRESENT IN THIS MEETING? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS HE. YEAH. DOES HE WANT TO COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE TODD COULDN'T COME UP? NO. OKAY, MAN. A FEW WORDS TO OKAY. HERE WE GO. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MARVIN. CONGRATULATIONS ON 20 YEARS. NEXT WE HAVE JASON CANTRELL, OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT SUBS. I DON'T HAVE THE SUBS ON MY LIST, UNFORTUNATELY, OUT OF THE OFFICE THIS WEEK. SO I WILL BE SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF FOR LINDA. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS MICHAEL WEST. I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF IT OPERATIONS, AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE HONORING LINDA FOR HER 30 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO LINDA FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL CAREER AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PINAL COUNTY. 
          SINCE AUGUST OF 1996. HER ADAPTABILITY, CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, AND STRONG LEADERSHIP HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN DRIVING THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF BOTH THE IT DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A CAREER PROGRESSION TIMELINE FOR LINDA. SHE STARTED AS AN ACCOUNT CLERK IN AUGUST OF 1996. SHE WAS PROMOTED TO A SECRETARY TWO. IN FEBRUARY OF 1998, SHE WAS AGAIN PROMOTED IN 1998 AS AN ACCOUNTANT ONE. AND THEN IN 2004 SHE WAS PROMOTED TO AN ACCOUNTANT. TWO, 2008 A BUDGET ANALYST, 2013 AN ACCOUNTANT FOUR, 2017 AN ERP ANALYST, AND FINALLY, HER CURRENT POSITION AS AN IT SUPPORT SUPERVISOR OVER THE ERP TEAM. SO LINDA HAS BEEN IN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. SHE'S HAD MULTIPLE POSITIONS. 
          SHE HAS A VERY GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF OF THE COUNTY. I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY TO HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE LINDA ACROSS ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT AND ROLE THAT SHE'S HELD IN THE COUNTY. BACK IN THE EARLY 2000, BEFORE IT HAD ITS OWN WAREHOUSE, LINDA AND I SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS TAGGING COMPUTERS, CRT MONITORS IN THE OLD MEDICAL SLASH HEALTH BUILDING WHERE PANEL VOTES SITS NOW. LINDA'S WORK ETHIC IS SECOND TO NONE. SHE'S EVEN ANSWERED WORK CALLS WHILE ON HORSEBACK ON HER DAY OFF. THAT IS TRUE. THE TRUE DEFINITION OF DEDICATION AND WHAT SHE BRINGS TO THE JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY. LINDA'S VERSATILE CAREER SPANNING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, SYSTEMS, ADMINISTRATION AND IT LEADERSHIP EXEMPLIFIES A RARE DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, LINDA, FOR THREE DECADES OF HARD WORK, INNOVATION, AND STEADFAST LEADERSHIP. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ONGOING CONTRIBUTIONS AND IMPACT IN PINAL COUNTY. WHERE'S LINDA? SHE'S OUT. SHE DIDN'T COME UP. SHE DIDN'T WANT 
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TO STOP. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP IN A FEW MINUTES, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PLAQUE AND TAKE PICTURES AND ALL THAT. SO NO WORDS OF WISDOM, NO GOOD JOKES. I DO MY JOB. ALL RIGHT. SHE JUST SIGNED UP. THANK YOU. LINDA. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE JUVENILE COURT SERVICES DIRECTOR JEANNIE TO INTRODUCE HER EMPLOYEE. DO WE? ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE OH. FOR THREE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IS GINA WITH US THIS MORNING? HI. GOOD MORNING. GINA. 
          CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 20 YEARS HERE. DID YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING? NO. 
          OKAY, A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR HERE ALL RIGHT? OH. 
          FOR FOUR. WE'RE LIKE THE DIAMONDBACKS IN OT LAST NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, REN, FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE UNLESS YOU ARE. HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING. THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT WE HAVE RECORDER DANA LEWIS. YES. WE KNEW THAT WE'D GET AN RBI HERE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN DANA LEWIS PINAL COUNTY RECORDER. AND THANK YOU, COUNTY MANAGER LOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE A FABULOUS INDIVIDUAL WHO IS TRACY HAMPTON. TRACY STARTED IN 2001 AS A DEPUTY CLERK TO AT OUR FLORENCE MAIN STREET OFFICE. SHE THEN PROGRESSED IN 2004 TO BE A CLERK TYPIST TWO. IN 2005 TO BE A DEPUTY CLERK, THREE IN OH SIX TO BE A DOCUMENT PROCESSING BOOKKEEPING SUPERVISOR. THEN, IN 2014, A DOCUMENT PROCESSING TECHNICIAN HERE IN OUR FLORENCE OFFICE AND THEN CONTINUE TO STAY THE COURSE AND WORK HER WAY UP THE LADDER WHERE IN 21, SHE WAS APPOINTED TO BE A DEPUTY RECORDING SUPERVISOR AND HEADS UP OUR SAN TAN VALLEY SATELLITE LOCATION. TRACY IS MOST DEARLY ONE OF THE KINDEST INDIVIDUALS I HAVE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET. HER AND HER HUSBAND RANDY HAVE RAISED THREE AMAZING, AMAZING DAUGHTERS, AND NOW SHE GETS THE PRIVILEGE OF DOTING ON FABULOUS LITTLE GRANDCHILDREN. I REVEL IN THE TIME THAT I GET TO SPEND AT THE SATELLITE OFFICE IN SAN TAN, BECAUSE I GET TO HEAR ABOUT THE FOUR H SHENANIGANS AND WHAT IT IS TO HAVE CHILDREN THAT RAISE PIGS AND SHOW THEM. BUT WHAT IS REALLY AMAZING AND WHAT WE DO IS THE FACT THAT BEING A RECORDING CLERK AND DOING RECORDATION, OR DOING VOTER REGISTRATION OR EVEN MANAGING ELECTIONS, THESE ARE NICHE CAREERS. THEY ARE VERY SPECIALIZED. AND I MUST SAY THAT TRACY PUTS THE PRO IN PROFESSIONAL. I THANK HER FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THIS COUNTY AND WHEN I ASKED HER ABOUT HER BEST MEMORY, SHE SAID IT WAS WORKING WITH AN AMAZING GROUP OF MENTORS AND SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF PINAL COUNTY. SO THANK YOU, TRACY, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US. I TRIED, YOU KNOW YOUR BEST, RIGHT? WE HAVE AN AUDIBLE. OUR DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CELESTE GARZA, IS HERE AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE A FEW WORDS. THAT WOULD BE THE PINCH HITTER. IS THAT WHAT WE GOT? YES. WE HAVE A DH. OKAY. YES. DESIGNATED CHAIRMAN, COUNTY MANAGER. LOU, THANK YOU FOR GOING A LITTLE BACK IN TIME TO RECOGNIZE MARVIN DE SCHIFRIN'S. 
          IF HE COULD COME UP HERE WITH ME. I NEVER LET THEM GO UNNOTICED. RIGHT. CHAIRMAN CELESTE GARZA, PUBLIC WORKS DEPUTY DIRECTOR HERE, ALWAYS TRYING TO EXEMPLIFY AND APPRECIATE OUR LENGTH OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES. AND DEAN IS VERY MUCH ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. 
          HE STARTED HERE IN 2006 AS A OPERATOR PART TIME. HE, IN 2008 TRANSITIONED INTO CERTIFIED OPERATOR. AND HE HAS THIS WONDERFUL WORK ETHIC AND HE IS ONE OF OUR CHERISHED EMPLOYEES. 
          SO HE'S BEEN RECOGNIZED FOUR TIMES WITH COINS OF EXCELLENCE. AND HE'S ALSO RECEIVED. IN 2023 A COUNTY ENGINEER'S ESTABROOKS AWARD FOR HIS WORK FOR US. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD RECOGNIZES HIM TO THE BEST OF WHAT WE CAN HERE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. AND WE THANK YOU, DEAN. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU'RE ALL COMING BACK SOON. 
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OKAY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SHERIFF TEEPLE HAS A FULL LINEUP, NINE IN TOTAL. WE WE GOT A FULL TEAM. THANK YOU. SHERIFF, COMING UP. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PINAL COUNTY, POINT OF PRIVILEGE. I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK ON THE AGENDA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, AND POINT OUT THAT LINDA'S LAST NAME IS COMPTON. I WOULD REALLY THINK WE NEED TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT SHE IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE BEST HORSEBACK RIDERS WE'VE YOU'VE EVER SEEN. SHE'S AN OUTSTANDING HORSE TRAINER, AND SHE HAS THE PRIVILEGE OF RAISING THE HARDEST HEADED AND HARD OF HEARING CORPORAL THAT HAS EVER RETIRED FROM THE PINAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE THANK HER FOR THAT. LIEUTENANT BENEDICT DIDN'T WANT TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          HE IS THE DE FACTO ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE OF SAN TAN VALLEY, AND HE IS VERY BUSY. 
          BUT I WANTED HIM TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE I CONSIDER HIM A PERSONAL FRIEND. AND THE DEFINITION OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT. MIKE HAS GROWN UP THROUGH THE CAREERS. HE WAS A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE FOR MANY YEARS. LUCKILY, HE ALLOWED ME TO CONVINCE HIM TO COME INTO INTERNAL AFFAIRS, WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE TWO THINGS THAT MIKE NOTED IN PASSING ONE TIME WAS THE FACT THAT HE'S REPLACED ME TWICE NOW. HE BECAME THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT SERGEANT AFTER I LEFT, AND HE BECAME LIEUTENANT AFTER I RETIRED. SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO FOLLOW ME IN THE SHERIFF'S FOOTSTEPS, BUT HE'D BE MORE THAN WELL AND WELCOME. 
          GOD BLESS YOU. YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, MIKE? I DIDN'T THINK SO. AND I DID NOT SEE SERGEANT EDDIE CASTRO OUT HERE. SERGEANT EDDIE CASTRO IS CURRENTLY A REGENTS CHARLIE SERGEANT OUT IN CASA GRANDE AREA. I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING ABOUT SERGEANT CASTRO IS, IS HE IS AS WELL LIKED BY HIS TROOPS AS HE IS BY THE PUBLIC. HE'S ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE THERE, ALWAYS HAPPY TO SERVE. AND HE'S JUST AN ALL AROUND GREAT GUY WITH A LONG CAREER. AND WE APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE. YOU COMING UP, JOHN? MELISSA, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING. WHAT'S GOING ON, BROTHER? SAY A COUPLE WORDS. OH, I GOT NOTHING TO SAY, SHERIFF. YOU GOT IT. JOHN JOHNSON IS THE DEFINITION OF A HAPPY GUY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT. I'VE NEVER MET HIM WHEN HE WASN'T SMILING. 
          HE'S ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP. HE CURRENTLY WORKS IN OUR WARRANT DIVISION UNDER MELISSA ARNOLD, AND I COULD SEE HIM AS A WORTHY SUCCESSOR TO HER IF SHE EVER DECIDES TO RETIRE. I HOPE YOU DON'T. BUT HE IS AN ABSOLUTE OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL AND JUST A KIND HEARTED PERSON. I WANTED TO USE THIS PUBLIC FORUM TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT A WHILE BACK WE LOST A SERGEANT WITH OUR AGENCY, ART STOUT. HE PASSED AWAY IN AN OFF DUTY MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT. HIS WIDOW LITERALLY WANTED ME TO TAKE HIS MOTORCYCLE TO THE JUNKYARD AND THROW IT AWAY, BUT WE CONVINCED HER THAT WE COULD USE SOME OF THE MONEY TO HELP HIS CHILDREN OUT. IF IT WASN'T FOR JOHN JOHNSON, WE WOULD HAVE NOT HAVE FOUND SOMEONE TO BUY THAT MOTORCYCLE AND GET IT PUT BACK ON THE ROAD. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY POIGNANT THAT WHAT WE SOLD THE MOTORCYCLE FOR WAS, IS $1,158, BECAUSE THAT WAS ART. STOUT'S BADGE NUMBER WAS 1158, AND THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS GREAT MAN RIGHT HERE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. AND EDWARD LILLY IS ALREADY RETIRED. HE HAD A LONG SERVICE WITH US. HE WAS OUTSTANDING. YOU WOULD ALWAYS SEE HIM IN INTAKE, TAKEN CARE OF, NOT ONLY STAFF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY WERE CHECKING INMATES IN, BUT TAKING CARE OF HIS FELLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO NEXT UP, WE HAVE MARION AND CAPTAIN OR CHIEF? CHIEF CHIEF. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, DEPUTY CHIEF GILBERT OILS HERE FROM PINAL COUNTY JAIL. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE, VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MR. LIU, ON BEHALF OF OUR ADMINISTRATION AND EMPLOYEES OF THE PINAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE DETENTION OFFICER GEORGE MARION, BADGE NUMBER 1550 ON ACHIEVING THIS GREAT 
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MILESTONE. 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE PINAL COUNTY ADULT DETENTION CENTER. FOR TWO DECADES, MARION HAS SERVED THIS COMMUNITY AND AGENCY AND HAS BEEN COUNTED UPON EVERY ASPECT OF THE PINAL COUNTY ADULT DETENTION CENTER. DURING HIS TIME, MARION HAS BECOME ONLY OF ONE OF ONLY HALF HANDFUL OF STAFF THAT OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A CERTIFICATION. THROUGH OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. ICE AS A DESIGNATED IMMIGRATION OFFICER THROUGH THE 287 PROGRAM WITHIN THE PINAL COUNTY JAIL. 
          ADDITIONALLY, MARION WAS A MEMBER OF THE DETENTION CENTERS SPECIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CALLED CERT TEAM, AS WELL AS THE DETENTION CENTER TRANSPORTATION UNIT. THROUGH HIS TIME, HE HAS WORKED EVERY CUSTODY LEVEL WITHIN THE FACILITY TO INCLUDE OUR MAXIMUM CUSTODY UNIT, ICE DETAINEES AT ONE TIME AND THE US MARSHALS DETAINEES AS THE AS THE CONSTRUCTION BUILDING IS GOING ON WITHIN THE DETENTION CENTER OUT FRONT, MAUREEN HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO DE FACTO THE FACE OF THE FACILITY BY BEING ASSIGNED AS A PRIMARY PERSON IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE LOBBY. SINCE WE HAD TO MOVE OUR LOBBY FROM THE JAIL TO THE ADMIN SHERIFF'S LOBBY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, HE. HERE. HE HAS DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL IN INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC, ENSURING THAT ALL OUR OPERATIONS CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S TRANSPIRING. DETENTION OFFICER MARION, AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO PINAL COUNTY AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. GOOD JOB. OH, GO OUT THE WAY. 
          YOU GOT IT, BROTHER. NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR AGENCY, TERESA NAVARETTE. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S GOING TO WANT TO COME UP EXCEPT TO ACCEPT HER PICTURE. TERESA HAS A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER WITH THE PINAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SHE WAS THE SECRETARY OF OUR TASK FORCE AND HAD TO DEAL WITH UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES. ONE IN PARTICULAR, I REMEMBER, THOUGHT IT WAS MORE UNDERCOVER TO NOT SHOWER FOR DAYS ON END, AND THE FACT THAT SHE TOLERATED ALL THAT. I GAVE HER THE NICKNAME OF LIFEBLOOD OF THE AGENCY. WHEN MIKE BENEDICT AND I WERE SERGEANTS IN SAN TAN VALLEY, BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONLY ADMIN ASSISTANT FOR THE ENTIRE SAN TAN VALLEY CITY BEFORE IT BECAME A CITY. AND OUR SUBSTATION WOULDN'T HAVE RUN IF IT WASN'T FOR HER. SO I THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT STILL CALLS HER THAT NAME. BUT IT IS TRUE, BECAUSE SHE GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED TO BE THE SUPERVISOR OVER THE PINAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ADULT DETENTION DEFICIT DISORDER GROUP, WHICH IS MYSELF, CHIEF HOYOS. CHIEF SWAT, AND UNDERSHERIFF BRIAN HARRELL. AND IF IT WASN'T FOR HER, WE WOULD ALL TELL YOU THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND OUR NEXT MEETING AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND HER HEAD IF IT WASN'T SCREWED ON. SO GOD BLESS YOU FOR LONG AND DEDICATED SERVICE. 
          AND SHE COMES FROM A TRUE LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY. HER BROTHER WAS ONE OF THE FINEST DEPUTIES I EVER USED TO WORK WITH. HE. YOU COULD CALL HIM OUT AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING FOR A BLOOD DRAW BACK WHEN WE HAD VERY FEW PHLEBOTOMISTS. AND IF YOU GUYS FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK, THE EXTREMELY HANDSOME LOOKING YOUNG MAN THAT IS THE TRAFFIC DEPUTY. THAT'S HER SON. THANK YOU. 
          THE BOARD, MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE DETENTION OFFICER LARRY STONE, BADGE NUMBER 1551, FOR HIS 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO PINAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ADULT DETENTION CENTER. TWO DECADES, OFFICER STONE. FOR TWO DECADES, OFFICER STONE HAS DEMONSTRATED HUGE COMMITMENT TO THIS AGENCY, HIS FELLOW EMPLOYEES, AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE'S GAINED VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN MANY ASPECTS OF DETENTION OPERATIONS, MAKING HIM A TREMENDOUS ASSET AND TRUSTED RESOURCE TO OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          OFFICER STONE CURRENTLY SERVES AS DETENTION OFFICER, BUT DURING HIS CAREER, HE ALSO SERVED AS A DISCIPLINARY HEARING OFFICER, A POSITION THAT REQUIRES PROFESSIONALISM, SOUND JUDGMENT, ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF DETENTION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. AN EXAMPLE OF THE DISCIPLINARY OFFICERS AND INMATES FOUND WITH CONTRABAND TICKET IS SERVED BY STAFF, AND STONE WOULD COME IN AND DO A HEARING ON IT TO FIND GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY WITHIN THE JAIL SETTING DUE PROCESS. HE'S ALSO CERTIFIED AS A FORKLIFT TRAINER AND CERTIFIED MANY STAFF ON THE FORK TRUCK. STONE HAS ASSISTED IN MANY PROJECTS IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO INCLUDE SETTING UP AND MAINTAINING THE FIREARMS RANGE LOCATED ON THE HIGHWAY, AND ORDERING AND PLACING OUR 40 FOOT STORAGE CONTAINERS ON THE PREMISES. IN ADDITION TO REGULAR DUTIES, DETENTION OFFICERS SERVE AS A FIREARMS 
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INSTRUCTOR. GREAT INSTRUCTOR. HE'S. I'VE INSTRUCTED ME IN SHOOTING THE WEAPON WHERE HE DEDICATES HIS TIME AND EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING AND GUIDING AND PREPARING OUR OFFICERS DURING ANNUAL FIREARM QUALIFICATIONS. OFFICER STONE CONTINUES TO COME TO WORK EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND SMILE AND GENUINE WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS. 
          STONE TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN WORK, CONTINUALLY LOOKS FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS. HE'S PROACTIVE IN IDENTIFYING ISSUES AND PROVIDING CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK, AND FINDING WAYS TO STREAMLINE PROCESS AND MAKE OUR WORKPLACE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT. HE'S FORWARD THINKING APPROACH DEMONSTRATES HE'S NOT ONLY COMMITTED PERFORMING HIS DUTIES, BUT ALSO INVESTED IN CONTINUING SUCCESS OF OUR ENTIRE AGENCY. OFFICER STONE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, LOYALTY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND COMMITMENT TO PCSO PINAL COUNTY JAIL AND ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, THANKS, STONE. STONY. CONGRATS. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PINAL COUNTY. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JESSICA TAPIA. JESSICA HAS 25 YEARS DEDICATED SERVICE WITH THE PINAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND I'M PARAPHRASING HER, BUT SHE RUNS OUR CHARLIE REGION CASA GRANDE SUBSTATION. AND TO PARAPHRASE THIS PLACE, THAT PLACE WOULD FALL DOWN AROUND IF SHE WASN'T THERE TO KEEP THE BOYS IN LINE. SO THAT'S WHERE SHE IS RIGHT NOW. AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THE BOS MEETING TODAY, I WILL BE TAKING HER PICTURE TO HER WITH HER CERTIFICATE BECAUSE IT'S VERY WELL DESERVED. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE COME FORWARD, MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT YOUR PICTURES. WE'RE GOING TO GET A GROUP PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. 
          UMBRELLA. HE'S GOING TO ORDER US ALL AROUND NO MATTER WHERE WE STAND. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD. IT NEVER IS. YOU KNOW. AND PEOPLE SAID YOU NEVER LEARN ANYTHING. SLOWLY. VERY SLOWLY. 
          OKAY. EVERYBODY REALIZES HE JUST GAVE US BACK. THERE YOU GO. YOU'RE SMILING. OH, HE DIDN'T GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH. GOOD GOOD GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. JUST THESE THREE WITH PICTURES. WITH. WITH. EVERYBODY. HOLD ON. OKAY. YEAH. WHERE DO I. OH IT'S OKAY. SIT SOMEWHERE AND THEN THEY'LL MOVE US AROUND. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. I'M GOING THIS WAY. YOU KNOW WHAT? ACTUALLY, I'LL MAKE IT WORK. I WAS GOING TO SHIFT EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S LIKE HERDING CATS, SO I NEED YOU RIGHT HERE. JUST PICK UP THE. LET'S SEE. YOU GUYS. OKAY? GOING PAST THE SHADOW, YOU COME OVER HERE. YOU'RE NICE AND TALL. GET OVER ON THIS SIDE. YOU WANT TO GO UP TO WHERE I CAN STILL SEE YOU? YOU GUYS COME DOWN. GOODMAN. COME DOWN! COME OVER HERE. RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, I LIED. COME BACK. YOU COME BACK OVER HERE. RIGHT THERE. COME OVER. THERE YOU GO. YELLOW. GO IN BETWEEN THE. THERE YOU GO. AND TIGHT. OKAY? OKAY. POSITION SO YOU CAN SEE THE CAMERA. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. LOOK AT ALL THESE HAPPY PEOPLE. YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BLINK DURING THE PICTURE. BUT THIS MANY PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY LOOKING UP HERE THREE TWO. NICE. WE'RE GOING TO DO A COUPLE JUST TO MAKE SURE OKAY. BIG SMILE. HAPPY 321 AND ONE MORE JUST BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEBODY BLINKED AND 321. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
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I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU. I'LL SEND YOU. SO WE GOT IT. IS GENE ALFONSO IN THE ROOM? LATE BREAKING STORY. GINA CAME, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HER A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING. OH, GOOD. HI. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS GENE BRADNER, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF JUVENILE COURT SERVICES. AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING HERE THIS MORNING FOR GINA ALFONSO. HANG ON JUST A SECOND. CAN WE SHUT THE DOOR, PLEASE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, THERE WE GO. AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING HERE THIS MORNING FOR GINA ALFONSO, WHO IS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH PINAL COUNTY JUVENILE COURT SERVICES AND OUR JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY. 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IS A LOT AS AS YOU'VE HEARD, MANY PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING THAT TODAY. BUT IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE, WHEN WE HAVE DIFFICULTY RECRUITING AND RETAINING STAFF, ESPECIALLY IN 24 OVER SEVEN OPERATIONS, IT'S REALLY PROFOUND. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH GINA. SHE IS A GREAT MEMBER OF THE TEAM. SHE ALSO WORKS THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT, WHICH NOT EVERYBODY'S USED TO. 
          AND SO IT TAKES A SPECIAL KIND OF PERSON TO WORK THAT OVERNIGHT SHIFT. GINA IS A GREAT ADVOCATE NOT ONLY FOR STAFF WITHIN THE FACILITY, BUT ALSO FOR YOUTH. AND I'M TOLD, ONE OF HER BEST. I DON'T SEE HER VERY OFTEN AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THAT OVERNIGHT SHIFT, BUT I'M TOLD ONE OF HER BEST QUALITIES IS HER SENSE OF HUMOR. AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IN OUR LINE OF WORK, THAT BECOMES VERY CRITICAL IN ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A RELEASE TO BE ABLE TO NOT ALWAYS TAKE THE HARD THINGS THAT COME. SO, GINA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 20. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT IT? ALL 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION(S) (Part 1 of 3)]
RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO STEP BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ITEMS ONE, TWO AND THREE. MAKING A MOTION PLEASE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I I I WE'RE IN WE'RE NOW I GOT THE SECOND. I'M SORRY I JUMPED AHEAD. I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. OKAY. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. WE'RE BACK IN 
          [4. 	County Manager's Report (Information Only). (Leo Lew)]
SESSION. AND THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT. MR. LOU. 
          THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. I'M GOING TO PASS THE BATON TO DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER MARY ELLEN SHEPHERD. SHE HAS A UPDATE ON HOW OUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WENT THIS YEAR. THAT WAS A VERY SMOOTH HANDOFF. YOU SHOULD THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, COUNTY MANAGER LOU, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SAID, WE CANNOT ALWAYS BUILD THE FUTURE FOR OUR YOUTH, BUT WE CAN BUILD OUR YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE. PINAL COUNTY DID JUST THAT IN THE SUMMER OF 2026. AS THE BOARD IS AWARE, WE HOSTED OUR SECOND ANNUAL SUMMER OF SERVICE YOUTH PROGRAM, MAY THROUGH JULY WITH 57 PARTICIPANTS. THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WERE PROVIDED WITH HANDS ON, ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN FRIDAY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOVERNMENT THEMSELVES AND HOW AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BRING THEIR BEST SELVES TO WHATEVER THEIR FUTURE HOLDS. ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE PROGRAM WAS PUBLIC SECTOR CAREER EXPOSURE. MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ENTERING THE PROGRAM WITH NO PRIOR AWARENESS OF WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES OR WHY IT MATTERS. THROUGH OUR HANDS ON IMMERSION, THE YOUTH DISCOVERED THAT COUNTY WORK ISN'T JUST SITTING BEHIND A DESK, IT'S 
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ENGINEERING. IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY, LEGAL DEFENSE, ANIMAL WELFARE, HUMAN RESOURCES, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND SO ON. BY OPENING OUR DOOR, THESE YOUTH EXPERIENCED FOR THEMSELVES WHO THEIR GOVERNMENT IS AND WHAT WE DO. THEY LIKED WHAT THEY DISCOVERED. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. PRE INTERNSHIP. THEY DESCRIBED GOVERNMENT AS DISTANT, RIGID AND PURELY ADMINISTRATIVE POST INTERNSHIP. THEY DESCRIBED THEIR GOVERNMENT AS PEOPLE, INNOVATION AND DIRECT COMMUNITY CARE. THAT'S WHAT'S BEHIND COUNTY OPERATIONS. A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE INTERNS SHARED THAT BEFORE THE PROGRAM, THEY HAD NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED A CAREER IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THE PROGRAM SHIFTED THEIR VIEW FROM OF PUBLIC SERVICE, FROM BUREAUCRATIC POLICY MAKERS TO IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY LEADERS. AN IMPRESSIVE 37% OF THE INTERNS SAID THEY WOULD NOW CONSIDER PUBLIC SERVICE AS A CAREER CHOICE AFTER COMPLETING THE PROGRAM. THEY ALSO SAID THIS SIX WEEKS AGO. I THOUGHT PUBLIC HEALTH WAS ABOUT POLICIES AND REGULATIONS. TODAY, I KNOW IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE, PARTNERSHIPS AND CREATING LASTING IMPACTS WHERE IT MATTERS MOST. ANOTHER SAID THIS INTERNSHIP HAS HELPED ME DECIDE I WANT TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN ME ABOUT THAT. AN ATTORNEY IS NOT ONLY ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE LAW, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE AND HELPING MAKING A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES. I LIKE THAT COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE. THEY ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, MEETING NEW PEOPLE, MAKING VALUABLE CONNECTIONS, AND GETTING TO KNOW THE COUNTY MORE. THAT MADE ME THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANT FOR ME, FOR MY FUTURE. I REALLY ENJOYED THAT. EVERY STAFF MEMBER WAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT TEACHING US AND INVOLVING THE YOUNGER GENERATION. THEY WERE OPEN TO QUESTIONS AND MADE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE US FEEL VALUED. I ALSO ENJOYED SEEING GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN THEIR WORK DAY TO DAY. INSTEAD OF JUST TELLING US WHAT SERVICE IS. FEEDBACK FROM THE DEPARTMENTS WAS SUMMARIZED IN THIS WAY THEY. 
          THE INTERNS BROUGHT A FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND ENERGY AND GAVE A SPARK TO MORE SEASONED TEAM MEMBERS. WE ALSO LEARNED NEW SKILLS. ALL IN ALL, 100% OF THE SURVEYED INTERNS WOULD RECOMMEND THE PROGRAM TO OTHERS. OUR OVERALL RATING FROM THE INTERNS WAS 4.69 OUT OF FIVE. 
          THE DEPARTMENTS WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE GAVE THE EXPERIENCE A RATING OF 4.31 OUT OF FIVE. WE KNOW WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, WHICH, BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK FOR NEXT YEAR, LOOKS LIKE THIS. WE WILL ESTABLISH CLEAR PATHWAYS FOR THE INTERNS TO BECOME EMPLOYED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PROGRAM. WE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR OUR STRUGGLING YOUTH. WE'LL EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES DURING OUR FRIDAY TRAINING SESSIONS, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SITE TOURS AND LEADERSHIP PANELS, AND WILL ESTABLISH AN ALUMNI NETWORK SO THE INTERNS CAN STAY IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER AND HELP EACH OTHER SUPPORT THEIR CAREER JOURNEYS. PINAL COUNTY YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF. GOVERNMENT, PARENTS. STUDENTS. 
          COMMUNITY. ALL OF YOU. THERE IS SOMETHING VERY GOOD HAPPENING HERE. AND THE TRUTH IS, WHETHER THESE INTERNS MAKE A CAREER IN GOVERNMENT AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, OR WHETHER THEY USE THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN THIS PROGRAM TO MAKE THEIR GOVERNMENT WORK BETTER FOR THEM. 
          PROGRAMS LIKE THESE MAKE BOTH POSSIBLE AND WE ALL BENEFIT. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ALL OF THE COUNTY LEADERS WHO TOOK PART IN THIS. AND A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE HR DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE EXTRA WORK AND EFFORT THEY PUT INTO THIS TO DO SOMETHING MORE. IT ALL MATTERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS SHEPHERD. 
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ANYTHING ELSE, MR. LIU? THAT'S IT. YOU JUST HANDED THAT OFF AND SAID, ALL RIGHT. OKAY, HERE 
          [6. 	Supervisor District update(s) regarding notable current or upcoming events concerning the district. (Information Only) (Jeffrey McClure)]
WE GO THEN. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, SUPERVISOR DISTRICT UPDATES. WE WILL START WITH SUPERVISOR VITIELLO. WELL, YOU'RE REALLY. WOW. OKAY, THEN HOW ABOUT SUPERVISOR? STARTING IN OCTOBER, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. IT'S TIME TO START OUR CLEANUPS. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST ONE IN DUDLEYVILLE. OCTOBER 2ND AND THIRD. THAT'S EARLY IN THE MORNING FROM 7 TO 1. NO HAZARD, NO HAZMAT, NO OIL, NO GASOLINE, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND YOU NEED TO BRING AN ID. AND THAT'S OF COURSE, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE FROM TUCSON COMING UP BRINGING THEIR GARBAGE UP HERE. AND SO THAT THAT'S THE START OF THOSE. AND YESTERDAY IN SUPERIOR, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF THE. GLENN SMITH, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, DID A TOUR AND LOOK AT A LOT OF THE ASSETS AND THINGS THAT SUPERIOR IS DOING BY TURNING THEIR OLD HIGH SCHOOL INTO A MULTI GEN CENTER AND A TRAINING CENTER. AND I BELIEVE THAT SAME DEPUTY SECRETARY IS TOURING MARICOPA TODAY LOOKING AT SOME THINGS OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO US. THANK YOU SIR. SUPERVISOR MILLER FROM SUPERVISOR GOODMAN. WELL, I'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS. I'LL TAKE RICH'S POSITION TODAY. OKAY. NINE OVER 11, WHICH WAS I THINK MANY OF US PARTICIPATED IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND THINGS OVER THIS LAST WEEKEND FOR NINE OVER 11. AND TO REMEMBER THOSE THAT WERE FALLEN AND, AND LIVES THAT WERE TAKEN AND FAMILIES THAT WERE AFFECTED OVER THAT EVENT IN THAT TIME OF YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT PARTICULARLY THERE WAS FIVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZED EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND TWO OF THEM, AND WE'RE GATHERING PICTURES AND EVERYTHING ELSE OF THAT NATURE. BUT IN ONE IN HAD OVER 600 INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME AT THE OTHER FACILITY. AT ALA HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WAS A COUPLE HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT, AND THEY DID THINGS SUCH AS TYING QUILTS FOR FAMILIES, FOOD DRIVES. 
          THERE WAS AT THE ALA EVENT, THERE WAS AN EVENT THAT WENT FOR FOSTER KIDS AND PROVIDING CARE PACKAGES AND THINGS FOR KIDS THAT COME INTO THE FOSTER PROGRAM. AND IT'S PARTICULARLY GROUP HOMES. AND SO IT WAS PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY AWESOME TO PARTICIPATE AND BE A PART OF THAT. THERE WAS SOME FLAG CEREMONIES THAT WAS DONE. WE HAD THE AMERICAN LEGION FROM SAN TAN VALLEY COME AND PLAY TAPS AND PERFORM THAT CEREMONY. AND IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY SACRED. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SAN TAN VALLEY IS THERE ARE YEARS ANNIVERSARY. THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED A YEAR NOW. SO THAT'S GOOD. RIGHT? ON THE THIS SATURDAY THE 19TH, FROM 7 A.M. 
          TO 10 A.M. THEY'LL BE HOSTING A CELEBRATION AT MOUNTAIN VIEW. THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CHURCH, WHICH IS LOCATED ON HUNT HIGHWAY JUST WEST OF OF THE THOMPSON ROAD. SO ALL THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, YOU'RE WELCOME TO BE THERE FOR THAT SPECIAL OCCASION. THERE'LL BE PANCAKES. STEVE, I THINK YOU LIKE PANCAKES, SO THAT'S GOOD. BREAKFAST VENDORS. THERE'LL BE SOME FREE FAMILY FUN. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY EVENTFUL EFFECT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO WE'VE GOT A VIDEO THAT I LIKE TO THAT I'VE ASKED THAT WE SHOW TODAY. AND I THINK IT'S, I THINK THIS VIDEO IS INDICATIVE OF A LOT OF THE PROJECTS. AND PARTICULARLY WE'VE. WE'VE HONORED MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND AS YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO, I THINK IT WILL BE. IT'S WITH PUBLIC WORKS. AND THEY WERE AWARDED A PARTICULAR AWARD FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID ON A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE SAN TAN VALLEY AREA. MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, ESPECIALLY SAN TAN VALLEY, THAT WE'VE SPENT. THIS COUNTY HAS SPENT CLOSE TO $215 MILLION IN ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY AWESOME TO SEE. WE WERE ABLE TO TURN THAT OVER TO THE NEW CITY THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE CAN SHOW THIS, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD VIDEO ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN DONE ON THESE TWO PARTICULAR 
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ROADS, BUT THERE'S MANY OTHER ROADS THAT WERE BUILT AND HAVE BEEN SIMILAR TO THAT. SO IF YOU COULD ROLL IT, PLEASE. 
          IT STARTED WITH AN IDEA AND NEEDS SEEING THE NEED FOR MORE NORTH AND SOUTH AND EAST AND WEST ROADS WAS A BIG PROBLEM FOR US BEFORE WE STARTED. IT WAS JUST A TINY LITTLE TWO LANE CHIP SEALED ROAD AND THERE WAS SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT COMING IN, WE KNEW WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING. IT'S JUST A GAME CHANGER. ALL THAT EXPANSION OF COMBS ROAD WAS ALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE KENWORTHY BRIDGE. IT WAS A HUGE JOB. IT WENT FROM A TWO LANE ROAD TO A FIVE LANE ROAD. IN SOME SECTION ON COMBS. WE ADDED THREE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS. WE CROSSED A MAJOR WASH ON KENWORTHY TO MAKE ANOTHER NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIONS FROM DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND THEN GETTING ALL THE PLAYERS INVOLVED, ALL THE UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING. 
          IT WAS A 2 OR 3 YEAR PROJECT AND THE PROJECT OF THE YEAR. THE WINNER IS PINAL COUNTY'S COMBS ROAD AND KENWORTHY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE GOT TWO STATE AWARDS, ONE FROM AGC AND ONE FROM APWA. AND THEN WE WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY BY APWA FOR PROJECT OF THE YEAR IN THAT 5 TO $25 MILLION RANGE. THAT AWARD IS THE THING THAT JUST SAYS THAT WE'RE BEING RECOGNIZED OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A GREAT HONOR NOT ONLY TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE, BUT NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR THE PROJECT. IT MEANS A LOT TO SUNLAND. IT'S A BIG DEAL. THIS AWARD IS REALLY PRETTY SPECIAL. WE DID NOT EXPECT THE OUTCOME OF GETTING A NATIONAL ONE AS WELL. I STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE PLAYERS INVOLVED, ALL THE TEAMWORK, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO IT. IT WAS A HARD PROJECT, A LOT OF COORDINATION, A LOT OF EFFORTS TO GET THINGS DONE. AND WE'RE ALL REALLY PROUD OF THIS WARD SINCE WE ALL WORK VERY HARD AND THERE'S A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED WITH THIS, AND TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BRING THAT TOGETHER REALLY PAID OFF. IT WAS JUST A NICE TRIBUTE TO ALL THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYBODY PUT IN. THAT'S THE COOL PART ABOUT ALL OF THIS. IT'S KIND OF A LEGACY FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SUNLAND ASPHALT CEI DIBBLE TRACE. THANK YOU. WITHOUT YOU GUYS, WE WOULDN'T BE GETTING THIS AWARD. SO THANK YOU. THE BIG SATISFACTION FOR MOST OF OUR GUYS. YOU LOOK AT THE END RESULT AND YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH EASIER THEIR LIFE IS BECAUSE OF WHAT A ROAD LIKE THIS REPRESENTS AND WHAT IT DOES. IT'S NIGHT AND DAY. IT MAKES EVERYTHING SO MUCH EASIER TO GET AROUND IN THAT AREA. THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT SAFER AND BETTER IN THE LONG TERM. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE RESIDENTS PATIENCE DURING CONSTRUCTION. WE KNOW IT WASN'T EASY. WE DRIVE THOSE ROADS EVERY DAY. WE SAT IN THOSE DELAYS AS WELL. SO I KNOW IT WAS TOUGH, BUT HOPEFULLY THIS WAS ALL WORTH IT. WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL TEAM. WE'RE CREATING A COUNTY THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF. THIS SHOWS RIGHT HERE OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE A BUY IN. IT SHOWS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PROUD OF WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY DO, AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT RIGHT HERE REPRESENTS. SO SATURDAY, I TOOK SOME TIME TO ASK PEOPLE BECAUSE THE EVENTS WERE CENTERED AROUND WHERE THOSE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE WAS AT, AND I TOOK TIME AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEIR FEELINGS WERE. AND MANY PEOPLE COMMENTED ABOUT THE APPRECIATION THEY HAVE OF THE ATTENTION THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING AS A COUNTY TO THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TO HELPING THEM IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. SO I JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ON TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. SO TO TAG ALONG ON SUPERVISOR STURGES THING, IT IS CLEANUP MONTHS COMING AND TRI COMMUNITY AREA UP IN UP IN SALMON. WELL, WE WILL BE HAVING A CLEANUP AGAIN WITH THAT NON TOXIC BUT WASHERS, DRYERS, TRASH, ALL THAT STUFF. TIRES. I DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY FINDS ALL THESE TIRES BUT LOTS OF TIRES. ON OCTOBER 9TH AND 10TH FROM 7 TO 1 ON SOUTH ERICKSON ROAD DOWN AT THE END OF TOWN. AND SO THAT THAT'LL BE A GREAT THING. AND THEN. THERE'S A KIND OF AN ODD ONE, THE ARIZONA STATE BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC AND HISTORIC NAMES IS APPROVED. THE APPLICATION FOR AN UNNAMED VALLEY IN THE COPPER CORRIDOR TO BE NAMED MONARCH DRAW. IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WHERE THE HECK DID THAT COME FROM? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS GROUP. SO ALONG THE SAN PEDRO RIVER, JUST DOWN BELOW THE SALMON WELL AIRPORT. SO JUST WHERE IS THAT? IT'S LIKE EAST A LITTLE BIT EAST OF SALMON. WELL, JUST SOUTH OF MAMMOTH ALONG THE SAN PEDRO RIVER. THERE'S A DRAW THERE BACK IN THE 18. WELL, LET'S SEE, THIS GENTLEMAN, MR. MONARCH WAS CANADIAN INDIAN, FRENCH BACKGROUND, BORN IN OREGON TERRITORY, AND HE CAME HERE YEARS AGO. HE HOMESTEADED 
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IN THIS AREA. AND BEFORE HE'D DONE THAT, HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE IN FORT APACHE. IN THE 1890S, HE HOMESTEADED MAMMOTH. DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. HE ENLISTED AS A QUARTERMASTER IN THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT AS A MULE PACKER, AND HE WENT OFF TO FLORIDA AND THEN TO CUBA. 
          HE RETURNED. HE CAME BACK AND RE-ENLISTED AS A MASTER MULE PACKER. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG RANGE JOB. ANYWAY, SO THAT'S WHAT HE DID. IT WAS GREAT, BUT HE. HE WENT ON, AND THEN HE HAD. 
          HE WENT ON TO THE PHILIPPINES, WHERE HE UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY AND HIS HOMESTEAD WAS CONFISCATED LATER BY THE GOVERNMENT. BUT THIS DEDICATION DESIGNATION IS A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO HIS LEGACY AND HISTORICAL PRESENCE IN PINAL COUNTY. SO THERE YOU GO. AND THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I HAVE GOING ON AT THE MOMENT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WHEN YOU BUY NEW TIRES, LEAVE YOUR OLD ONES AT THE DEALER. IT'S SO SIMPLE. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. COME HOME WITH YOU. OKAY, OKAY. AND THAT DOES IT. SO WITH THAT, THAT MOVES US ALONG TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [7. 	Updates related to the Elections Department and County Recorder, focusing on recent activities, upcoming initiatives, and essential information. (Dana Lewis)]
SEVEN. UPDATES RELATED TO THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT. COUNTY RECORDER MISS LEWIS, WELCOME BACK. MAYBE. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE. VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD DANA LEWIS, PINAL COUNTY RECORDER, BRINGING FORTH TO YOU THE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER. THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD FOR RECREATION. EFFECTIVE MARCH. WE RECEIVED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND OUR MAILING OF BALLOTS ON SEPTEMBER 14TH. THAT'S THIS WEEK. THE SUPREME COURT DID RULE SEVEN TWO, AND THEY DECLINED AN APPLICATION TO IMPLEMENT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR THE 2026 GENERAL ELECTION, STATING THAT STATE AND LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO REASONABLY IMPLEMENT THE RULE BEFORE THE ELECTIONS. WHAT THE RULE FROM THE POSTAL SERVICE HAD SAID WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS THAT ONE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PRESENT THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE RECEIVING A BALLOT BY MAIL, AND THEN ALSO WOULD BE WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO RECEIVE LISTS BACK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE MARKED UNREGISTERED OR UNDOCUMENTED CITIZENS. WE HAD NOT RECEIVED THAT LIST FROM THE DHS. WE HAD NOT GIVEN OUR LIST OF PEOPLE RECEIVING EARLY BALLOTS. THE OTHER PROBLEM WITH IT IS WE HAD DONE EARLIER THIS YEAR, A SURVEY TO THE PUBLIC THAT ASKED WHAT THEY WANTED THEIR ENVELOPES TO LOOK LIKE FOR THEIR EARLY BALLOTS, AND RESOUNDING THEY CAME BACK. WE LOVE THE SECURITY ENVELOPE. 
          THIS WOULD HAVE TOTALLY TURNED THIS ON ITS EAR. WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE REMOVED THE SECURITY ENVELOPE AND ALL OF THE PII INFORMATION THAT IS CURRENTLY ON A BALLOT AFFIDAVIT WOULD BE ON THE OUTSIDE. WE CAN DO IT IN THE FUTURE, BUT I WANT ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THIS TO VOTERS THAT NOW THE LAW HAS CHANGED AND I HAVE TO DO THIS. AND THEN I WOULD HAVE HAD TO REWORK OUR UPCS AND ALL OF THAT. THIS, WITH THE TIMING, WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN ME ENOUGH TIME TO NOT ONLY DO IT, REDESIGN IT AND LAY IT OUT, BUT ALSO TEST IT AND MAKE SURE DOWNSTREAM THERE WEREN'T ANY IMPLICATIONS. SO WAS THANKFUL THAT THIS CAME AT THE TIME IT DID. DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T GET THERE. IT JUST MEANS RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE TO REDESIGN ANYTHING FOR OUR VOTERS IN PINAL COUNTY GOING INTO OUR GENERAL ELECTION. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR VOTERS, THOUGH, IS VOTING BY MAIL WILL CONTINUE, AS IT HAS IN ANY OF OUR PAST ELECTIONS. THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR BALLOT IN THE MAIL. THIS IS ON POINT TO BE THERE FOR OCTOBER 7TH. WHAT WE ARE TELLING VOTERS, THOUGH, IS BETWEEN THE TIME THAT WE STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MARCH EXECUTIVE ORDER AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS LOOK LIKE, WE STARTED HAVING REALLY ROBUST COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR POSTMASTER ABOUT WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE RULING MEANT, ABOUT WHAT THEIR HOLD WAS ON THIS. AND ALSO, WE HAD SEEN SOME CHANGES WITH OUR LOCAL POSTMASTERS ABOUT THE TIMELY RECEIPT OF OUR BALLOTS RETURN FROM OUR VOTERS. SO THESE THIS SITUATION ENCOURAGED A CONVERSATION THAT PRESENTED OTHER OBSTACLES FOR US. SO WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW IS USING THIS TIME TO ADVOCATE THAT VOTERS WHO RECEIVE AN EARLY BALLOT AND HAVE THAT AND VOTE IT, THAT THEY NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO PUT THAT IN THE MAIL THAT THEY PLEASE, I ENCOURAGE THEM. WE HAVE 15 BALLOT DROP BOXES THROUGHOUT COUNTY THAT ARE ON COUNTY LOCATED PROPERTY THAT ARE ON RECORDED SURVEILLANCE FOR SECURITY PURPOSES. WE ENCOURAGE VOTERS TO PLEASE UTILIZE THESE DROP BOXES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET YOUR BALLOT BACK. THERE'S NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING THAN ON ELECTION 
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NIGHT. WE GO TO THE POST OFFICE AND WE RECEIVE 50 BALLOTS AT THE POST OFFICE. BUT THE NEXT DAY I RECEIVE 800. AND BECAUSE WE ARE RECEIVED BY STATE, NOT A POSTMARKED STATE, THOSE 800 BALLOTS DON'T COUNT. SO I'M ASKING, PLEASE, IF YOU'RE A VOTER WHO IS GOING TO RETURN THAT EARLY BALLOT, USE A DROP BOX. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT ANY OF THE PROCESSES, IF THERE'S ANY DISCOURAGEMENT OR ANYTHING WITH THIS, WE HAVE IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING 27 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. WE HAVE FIVE FABULOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT PINAL COUNTY, SAN TAN VALLEY, APACHE JUNCTION, CASA GRANDE, MARICOPA, AND OF COURSE, THE FLORENCE VOTES BUILDING. PLEASE UTILIZE THESE SERVICES AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY, MAKE SURE YOU GO TO YOUR DESIGNATED VOTING LOCATION. PROPOSITION 144 I'VE HAD A ABUNDANCE OF CALLS, CALLS FROM PUBLIC OFFICIALS, CALL CALLS FROM LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, CALLS FROM VOTERS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AT VOTER EDUCATION WORKING GROUPS. AND WHEN I'M OUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE, PEOPLE ASKING WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS, BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING A LOT OF STUFF OUT IN THE GREAT ABYSS OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          I'M GOING TO WALK A VERY FINE LINE WITH YOU, BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO STEP ALL OVER THE LAW. 
          AND 114, TEN SAYS THAT I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO UTILIZE COUNTY RESOURCES TO OPPOSE OR SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION JUST SO VOTERS THEN DO DUE DILIGENCE TO GO OUT AND BECOME EDUCATED. BUT IN PINAL COUNTY, PROP 144 WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE WAY WE DO ELECTIONS. WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE ON SITE TABULATION. IF PASSED, IT WOULD COST PINAL COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION FOR A TABULATION EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE LICENSING FOR THE 93 POLLING LOCATIONS THAT. WE HAVE SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS TO ENSURE THAT IF WE HAVE TO HAVE TABULATION EQUIPMENT, I WOULD OF COURSE NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL FULL TIME STAFF, MORE POLL WORKERS, MORE BOX TOPS, TRUCKS FOR DELIVERY AND PICK UP LARGER POLLING LOCATIONS BECAUSE THIS EQUIPMENT DOES TAKE UP SPACE. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE. THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS WEIGHING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THE EVENT THAT THIS PASSES. BUT I DO ASK THAT VOTERS GO OUT THERE AND BECOME EDUCATED ABOUT THIS. 
          THIS IS KIND OF A FIRST. IT'S A FIRST IN PINAL COUNTY, AND IT IS POTENTIALLY A FIRST ACROSS THE STATE OF ARIZONA DURING THE PRIMARY ELECTION FOR PINAL COUNTY CONSTABLE. AND WE CALL THEM PRECINCTS FOR CONSTABLES. AND IN PRECINCT THREE, THERE WERE TWO WRITING CANDIDATES FOR THE JULY PRIMARY ELECTION. BOTH CANDIDATES FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT, AS THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF VOTES. THAT NUMBER OF VOTES WAS THE SAME AS THEY WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO OBTAIN FOR THEIR SIGNATURE PETITIONS, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT MEET THE MUSTER FOR THAT. THAT MEANS THAT THEY CANNOT APPLY TO BE A WRITE IN FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. ONCE THEY FAIL TO GET THE WRITE IN VOTES. THERE. ADVENTURE STOPPEDANDIDATE DID FS A WRITE IN CANDIDATE FOR THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. THEY ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY CERTIFIED WRITE IN CANDIDATE FOR THAT OFFICE, AND THAT DEADLINE WAS NINE FOUR. THE ISSUE HERE IS THERE IS SOME LEGAL AMBIGUITY ON HOW MANY VOTES THIS CANDIDATE WOULD NEED AS A WRITE IN TO WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO THIS CONUNDRUM. ONE IS THAT THEY ONLY NEED ONE VOTE PER THE CONSTITUTION. SEVEN SEVEN. IT SAYS THAT THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST VOTES WINS, AND AS THE SOLE LEGAL CANDIDATE, THEY RECEIVE AT LEAST ONE VOTE. THEY WOULD WIN AS THE GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE. ANOTHER ONE IS 16645. THAT SAYS THAT WE SHOULD TREAT THEM AS THEY WOULD HAVE FOR THE PRIMARY, WHICH THEY WOULD NEED AT LEAST 300 VOTES TO WIN. AS THE PRIMARY CANDIDATE. WRITE IN, CANDIDATES WOULD HAVE NEEDED 300 VOTES TO WIN. SO THEN THE SAME RULE SHOULD APPLY FOR THE PERSON WHO IS RUNNING FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. THE NEXT ONE IS 16341, WHICH WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD TREAT THEM AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE, A WRITE IN WHICH, BECAUSE THEY GOT TO SKIP OVER THE PRIMARY ELECTION, THAT THEY WOULD NEED AT LEAST 506 VOTES TO BE CONSIDERED THE WINNER OF THAT CONTEST. WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND HAVE EVEN TALKED TO PREVIOUS ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS TO SEE IF ANY OF THEM HAVE EVER COME ABOUT THIS. THERE IS NO CASE LAW THAT WE CAN FIND. SO ONCE AGAIN, PINAL COUNTY IS ON THE THRESHOLD OF BEING THE FIRST FOR SOMETHING. SO I DON'T EVER WANT A CANDIDATE TO FEEL LIKE WE ARE NOT DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE OR OUR HOMEWORK, BECAUSE WE 
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ABSOLUTELY ARE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE THE LAW REALLY IS NOT GIVING US THE ANSWER. WE NEED TO BE DEFINITIVE. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ICO AND OTHER LOBBYISTS IN THE FUTURE TO SEE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE. I ALWAYS WANT TO COME FORTH AGAIN. THEY SAY IT TAKES AT LEAST THREE TIMES TO TALK TO VOTERS ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP, SO THAT THEY REALLY HAVE EMBEDDED THOSE IMPORTANT DATES TO GO FORWARD. YOU'LL SEE THE RED CHECK MARKS. THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SENT OUT THE PROOFS, OF COURSE, FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION TO CANDIDATES, PARTY CHAIRS AND THE FILING OFFICERS. THEY'VE ALREADY PROVIDED THE FEEDBACK. IF THERE WERE ANY CHANGES TO MAYBE WE HAD GOOFED ON BUTTERFINGER AS WE WERE DESIGNING. WE ARE GOOD TO GO IN THERE ALSO SEPTEMBER 4TH. NOT ONLY WAS IT THE RIGHT END DEADLINE, BUT IT WAS ALSO THE LAST DAY FOR US TO RECEIVE NAMES FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION BOARD, VOLUNTEERS, SPECIAL ELECTION BOARD, VOLUNTEERS, OR THE PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY GO TO OUR LOCAL JAIL OR TO VOTERS THAT ARE CONFINED AND CANNOT GET OUT TO VOTING ON ELECTION DAY. WE USE BIPARTISAN PEOPLE TO GO OUT WITH OUR MEMBER OF OUR VOTER OUTREACH TEAM TO ENSURE THAT PERSON HAS THE ABILITY TO CAST A BALLOT. SO WE'VE ALREADY CHECKED THE BOX ON ALL OF THOSE DEADLINES. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AUGUST 2ND IS THE FIRST DAY THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO START ACCEPTING EARLY BALLOT REQUESTS. BUT IF YOU SEE DOWN THIS TIMELINE, OCTOBER 23RD IS THE LAST DAY I CAN REQUEST. WELL, SEVERAL SLIDES AGO, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME ISSUES AND CONCERNS WE HAVE WITH GETTING BALLOTS AND MAIL IN BALLOTS TO VOTERS. 
          I ASK IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN, OR THAT YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY ON AVA, YOU ABLE YOU CHOSE TO TAKE YOURSELF OFF OF AVA AND YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THAT EARLY BALLOT. PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. AS A VOTER, PLEASE BE REACHING OUT TO THE CITIZEN CONTACT CENTER (520) 509-3555. CALL THEM. LET US KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THAT BALLOT. AND LET'S NOT BE WAITING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. THIS FRIDAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR US TO SEND OUT OUR MILITARY AND OVERSEAS BALLOTS AGAIN, BECAUSE THE USPS SITUATION, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR ELECTION SPECIALIST WHO MANAGES THIS PROGRAM AND ENSURING THAT ALL OF THOSE UOCAVA VOTERS DO GET THOSE BALLOTS IN TIME AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET THOSE BALLOTS BACK TO US IN TIME, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE NOT IN ARIZONA OR IF THEY ARE OVERSEAS, THE PRE-ELECTION, OR WE CALL IT THE INTERNAL LOGIC AND ACCURACY IS THE 29TH AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE IN OUR SPACES ON SEPTEMBER 29TH. IF YOU SEE, I HAVE A LITTLE INJECT THERE. ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER, PINAL COUNTY ELECTIONS AND VOTER REGISTRATION AND EARLY VOTING WILL BE HANDLING OUR FIRST OR SECOND INTERNAL TABLETOP EXERCISE. WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO GO TO A SPACE WHERE WE ARE HAVING THINGS THROWN AT US AS ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT UNPRECEDENTED, WHETHER IT BE AI, WHETHER IT BE DRONES, WHETHER WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE MIGHT BE PROTESTS AT SOME OF OUR VOTING LOCATIONS TO PROTEST MEMBERS AND PARTS OF OUR GOVERNMENT, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONCERNS THAT OTHER PARTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INJECTING THEMSELVES IN PLACES THAT WE ADMINISTER OUR ELECTIONS. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS ALL OUT THERE, BUT WE WORK BEST WHEN WE TRAIN AND WHEN WE WE PRACTICE SO THAT WE CAN BE READY FOR YOU ON ELECTION DAY. THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO PARTNER WITH ELECTION CORPORATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE BIPARTISAN POLICY PRP, AS YOU READY FOR TUESDAY, THE ELECTIONS GROUP, THESE THINK TANKS HAVE DONE THIS, AND THEY'RE COMING TO OUR FACILITY TO WORK WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE READY TO GO FULL THROTTLE ON ELECTION DAY FOR THE VOTERS OF PINAL COUNTY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, 29 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION IS THE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE. 27 DAYS IS WHEN WE SEND OUT THOSE EARLY BALLOTS. AND ALSO, YOU CAN START VOTING EARLY IN PERSON. AND THEN ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 3RD. I DID MY BEST TO KEEP IT BRIEF FOR YOU THIS MORNING. GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS LEWIS? NO, THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR. INFORMATIVE AS ALWAYS. ALL RIGHT. THIS BRINGS US BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. 
          [8. 	Discussion/approval/disapproval of a request for the Pinal County Board of Supervisors to approve a Proclamation declaring September 2026 as “Workforce Development Month” in Pinal County. The Proclamation recognizes the contributions of ARIZONA@WORK Pinal County, workforce professionals, employers, educational institutions, and community partners in connecting jobseekers and businesses with employment, training, and career opportunities and strengthening Pinal County’s workforce and economy. Proclamation to be read by Kaeden Peterson, Pinal County Business and Economic Development Strategist. (Joel Millman)  ]
DISCUSSION APPROVAL DISAPPROVAL OF A REQUEST FOR THE PINAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO APPROVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2026, AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MONTH IN PINAL COUNTY. I'M GOING TO GET. HI THERE. OKAY, MR. PETERSON, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS KEVIN 
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PIETERSEN. I'M WITH THE PINAL COUNTY ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          TYPICALLY, THESE PROCLAMATIONS ARE DONE THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE WHOLE MONTH. HOWEVER, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO SEND THE PROCLAMATIONS IN TO CLERK OF THE BOARD FOR THE AGENDA, OUR TEAM WAS BUSY FINALIZING OUR SUMMER SERIES OF HIRING EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE THIS YEAR. I KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME OUR DEPARTMENT MET WITH SOME OF YOU, IT WAS REQUESTED TO HAVE SOME NUMBERS AND SOME DATA. I BELIEVE SUPERVISOR GOODMAN REQUESTED THAT SPECIFICALLY. I DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE I WANT TO SHARE BRIEFLY OVER OUR SUMMER SERIES OF EVENTS, WE HOSTED OR SUPPORTED FOUR DIFFERENT HIRING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, ONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARIZONA AT WORK, MARICOPA COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE QUEEN CREEK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THIS EVENT WAS HELD IN MESA. HOWEVER, 49% OF THOSE ATTENDEES WERE PINAL COUNTY RESIDENTS. ANOTHER EVENT. TWO EVENTS WERE THEN HELD IN THE CITY OF CASA GRANDE AND AN ADDITIONAL EVENT WAS HELD AT CENTRAL ARIZONA COLLEGE SIGNAL PEAK CAMPUS IN COOLIDGE. BETWEEN THOSE FOUR EVENTS, WE. WE BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 40 EMPLOYERS AND WERE ABLE TO BRING JUST OVER A THOUSAND PINAL COUNTY RESIDENTS FACE TO FACE WITH THOSE EMPLOYERS. 90% OF THOSE EMPLOYERS REPORTED BACK THAT THEY SPOKE TO QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND EXPECTED TO MAKE HIRES FROM THOSE CANDIDATES THEY SPOKE TO AT THOSE EVENTS. VERY, VERY EXCITING TIME. WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD UPON THAT MOMENTUM, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PETERSON? IF NOT, THEN MAY I GET A MOTION, PLEASE, FOR THE PROCLAMATION? MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND? THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MR. PETERSON. YOU CARE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION? WE'D LOVE TO. WHEREAS PINAL COUNTY IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING A THRIVING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT BY EMPOWERING ITS RESIDENTS THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND. WHEREAS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, PROVIDING BUSINESSES WITH A SKILLED AND CAPABLE WORKFORCE AND INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY FOR GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT. AND WHEREAS, INVESTING IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HELPS TO BRIDGE THE SKILLS GAP, REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT, AND SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEREAS, THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, REGIONAL PARTNERS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IS CRUCIAL IN CREATING EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS, RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO ENHANCE JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS IN PINAL COUNTY. AND WHEREAS, PINAL COUNTY ACKNOWLEDGES THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF ALL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE PINAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MONTH IN PINAL COUNTY AND URGES ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE VALUABLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES THAT HELP SHAPE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SIGNED AND SEALED ON THIS 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 BY PINAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. AND NOW, DON'T GO AWAY. DON'T SIT DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE AND AND HOLD THE. PICTURE. YOU STAY THERE. 
          AND THANK YOU. YEAH. EVERYBODY'S ALL CLEAN SHOWERED TODAY. YOU LOOK GREAT. AND LOOKING RIGHT HERE. NICE. THREE, TWO. WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN. AND THREE, TWO ONE. NICE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOT PART OF. 
          [9. Discussion/approval/disapproval of Purchasing Division Report - September 16, 2026, and authorizing the Chairman to execute all necessary documents. (Traci Gorman/Angeline Woods)]
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OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. DISCUSSION APPROVAL. DISAPPROVAL OF PURCHASING DIVISION. REPORT. MISS GORMAN. THERE YOU ARE. GOOD MORNING. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. TRACY GORMAN, PURCHASING MANAGER. AND THIS IS THE PURCHASING DIVISION REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026. IN THIS REPORT, THE BOARD IS REQUESTED TO APPROVE FOUR CONTRACT AWARDS FOR IFB 262030 FOR LANDFILL DISPOSAL SERVICES. 
          WE ARE AWARDING THAT TO TWO VENDORS SOQ264931. FOR SPECIALTY LEGAL SERVICES, WE ARE AWARDING THAT TO FOUR VENDORS RFP 266431 FOR CLINIC STAFFING SERVICES. RFP 266731 FOR PROPERTY CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT SERVICES. WE ARE AWARDING THAT TO FOUR VENDORS. 
          THE BOARD IS REQUESTED TO APPROVE ONE CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR RFP 234628 FOR UNIFORMS FOR PCSO, WE ARE AWARDING THAT TO THREE VENDORS. THERE ARE TWO COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS WE WOULD LIKE TO NOTIFY YOU OF, AS THEY ARE BETWEEN 100,000 AND $250,000. 
          AND LASTLY, WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL OF TWO COOPERATIVE PURCHASES PURCHASE REQUISITIONS OVER $250,000. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GORMAN FROM THE BOARD? HEARING? SEEING NONE. MAKING A MOTION, PLEASE. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PURCHASING DIVISION REPORT DATED SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026, AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION AS YOUR SECOND, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MR. GORMAN. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THAT BRINGS 
          [10.  	CONSENT ITEMS]
US TO ITEM NUMBER TEN. CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH Z. ALL ITEMS INDICATED ALPHABETICALLY BELOW WILL BE HANDLED BY A SINGLE VOTE AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER OR COUNTY MANAGER CHECKS AT THE TIME THE AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE BOARD WISHES TO PULL AT THIS TIME? NO. COUNTY MANAGER, NONE. IN THAT CASE. MEGAN, MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE, FOR ITEM TEN. MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TEN, THE CONSENT AGENDA A THROUGH Z. I HAVE A MOTION AS THEIR SECOND, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. 
          [11. 	Meeting of the Pinal County Flood Control District Board of Directors. (Joshua Plumb/Joe Ortiz)]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 11. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO ASK. I'M GOING TO RECESS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE THE PINAL COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. SO HERE WE GO. DO I NEED A MOTION? WE'RE GOOD. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. 
          NEVER MIND. OKAY. SO. OKAY, THIS IS. LET'S SEE. OKAY. OKAY. THIS IS CONSENT ITEMS A AND B, ALL ITEMS INDICATED ALPHABETICALLY BELOW WILL BE HANDLED BY A SINGLE VOTE AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER OR COUNTY MANAGER OBJECTS TO TIME, THE AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE BOARD WISHES TO PULL AT THIS TIME? HEARING. SEEING NONE. COUNTY MANAGER. NO. IN THAT CASE, MAY I GET A MOTION, PLEASE, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A AND B ON THE PINAL COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING. OKAY, I HAVE A I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND MOTION SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. 
          HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW ADJOURN THE FLOOD CONTROL BOARD OF 
          [12. 	Meeting of the Pinal County Public Health Services District Board of Directors. (Merissa Mendoza/MaryEllen Sheppard)]
DIRECTORS MEETING AND CONVENE THE PINAL COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. RIGHT HERE. THIS IS CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH D. ALL ITEMS INDICATED ALPHABETICALLY BELOW WILL BE HANDLED BY A SINGLE VOTE AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER OR COUNTY MANAGER OBJECTS TO TIME, THE AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED OR IS CALLED. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE BOARD WISHES TO PULL AT THIS TIME? HEARING. SEEING NONE. COUNTY MANAGER. NO. IN THAT CASE, MAKE A MOTION PLEASE FOR ITEMS A THROUGH D, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH D FOR THE PINAL COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT MEETING. I HAVE A MOTION MADE. A SECOND PLEASE. SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU AND WE WILL NOW. ADJOURN. THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF 
          [13. 	Call to the Public— A "call to the public" is the time period for members of the public to address the Board of Supervisors to provide public input relating to subject matter within the Board of Supervisors authority or jurisdiction. Those wishing to address the Board of Supervisors need not request permission in advance. Action taken as a result of public comment will be limited to directing staff to study the matter or rescheduling it for further consideration and decision at a later date.]
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DIRECTORS MEETING AND RECONVENE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. REGULAR MEETING BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 13. SOMEWHERE IN HERE, THAT IS CALL THE PUBLIC. CALL THE PUBLIC IS A TIME PERIOD FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT RELATING TO SUBJECT MATTER WITHIN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AUTHORITY OR JURISDICTION. THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEED NOT REQUEST PERMISSION IN ADVANCE. ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO DIRECTING STAFF TO STUDY THE MATTER OR RESCHEDULING IT FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND DECISION AT A LATER DATE. I HAVE. OKAY, I HAVE TWO CARDS HERE. FIRST WILL BE MISS BADOWSKI. I'M AND I LIVE IN UNINCORPORATED PINAL COUNTY, AND IF YOU WILL NOTICE, STRANGELY, I DO NOT HAVE PAPERS. OH, I'M GOING TO TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH. AND I WANT TO START OUT WITH ONCE AGAIN TALKING ABOUT WHAT I CHERISH ABOUT THE UNITED STATES FOR 250. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. I LOVE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING GOING ON ARE JUST OVER ABOUT LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY AWARENESS AND LIBRARY CARDS. GO GO LIBRARIANS. AND I HAVE ON AN ORANGE SHIRT, AND THAT'S FOR THE NATIONAL DAY OF TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION, WHICH IS CELEBRATED ON THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER. AND IT RECOGNIZES THE IMPACT ON THE LIVES AND FUTURE LIVES OF DESCENDANTS OF PEOPLE FORCED INTO BOARDING SCHOOLS, NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND ARIZONA HAD ITS SHARE OF BOARDING SCHOOLS, BUT IT STARTED IN CANADA. BUT PART OF THIS IS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PROCLAMATIONS, AND I FREQUENTLY THINK THAT SHOULD BE PROCLAMATIONS ON THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE. AND I GOT THE GUIDELINES. MISS KENNEDY SENT THEM TO ME A LONG TIME AGO, AND I THOUGHT, THESE ARE BURDENSOME AND I CANNOT DEAL WITH THEM. IT'S NOT THAT THEY ARE, BUT WHAT I. THEY'RE NOT AIMED FOR ME BECAUSE AS A PLACE THAT SAYS. GROUP REPRESENTATIVE, ORGANIZATION REPRESENTED. AND WHAT I WANT IS MORE GLOBAL, I WANT THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING, LIKE IRA HAYES DAY. I DON'T HAVE A GROUP THAT DOES DOES THAT. SO I WONDER IF THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE COUNTY THAT YOU COULD DIRECT ME TO A PERSON, NOT A COMPUTER OR AI, THAT COULD HELP ME FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO PROCLAMATIONS ON GENERAL THINGS. NOT SPECIFIC. THE SECOND THING I REQUEST IS LAST TIME. SUPERVISOR THANKED MR. RAVELLO FOR TELLING HIM ABOUT THE RADIO SHOW, HIS RADIO SHOW, AND I WONDER IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE CAN BE A PLACE ON THE WEBSITE OR THE NEWSLETTER, OR SOMETHING THAT LISTS ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER MEDIA PRESENCE OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY. I GET THINGS FROM THE SHERIFF. I GET THINGS FROM MR. GOODMAN, I GET THINGS FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IT WOULD JUST BE NICE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING CENTRALIZED, LIKE, SEE YOUR COUNTY PEOPLE IN THIS PLACE. SO I JUST WONDERED IF YOU COULD DIRECT YOUR PEOPLE AND THANK YOU. SEE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HAVE MISS HARTLE. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS NANCY HARTLE, RESIDENT OF SAN TAN VALLEY. I HAVE THREE SEPARATE COMMENTS TO MAKE. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THERE WAS A POSSIBLE UNINTENTIONAL ERROR. CHAIRMAN MCCLURE, I'M CONCERNED THAT THE PEOPLE OFFERING THE PRAYER AND THE SEPTEMBER 2ND BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETING MAY NOT HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE INTERPRETATION THAT APPEARED TO BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRAYER. YOU MENTIONED THE WORD INTERPRETATION. THE PRAYER ITSELF INCLUDED THE WORDS NAMASTE. THE TERM NAMASTE IS THE ONLY THING I UNDERSTOOD ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. I BOW TO YOU RESPECTFULLY IN REVERENCE OF EACH PERSON WITHIN. WHEN THE PRAYER ENDED, THERE WAS A WOMAN ACCOMPANYING THE SPEAKER WHO APPEARED TO STEP FORWARD TO POSSIBLY PROVIDE INTERPRETATION. 
          BUT THE MOVING. THE MEETING MOVED SWIFTLY INTO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF MY 
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UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT, AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONTACT THEM, APOLOGIZE FOR THE OVERSIGHT AND INVITE THEM BACK TO PROVIDE THE INTERPRETATION. PLEASE REVIEW THE VIDEO TO SEE IF I'M CORRECT. 
          MAYBE I'M NOT. I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY MY ORDER OF. OH, I DID WANT TO SAY TOO, THAT I DO AGREE WITH HAVING VARIOUS KINDS OF PRAYER IN. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PRAYER AT ALL IN THESE MEETINGS. THE SAN TAN VALLEY HAD ONE AND INCLUDED AN AMERICAN, A NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER, WHICH I FOUND VERY. AN INCLUSIVE AND MEANINGFUL AND RESPECTFUL. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, I HOPE YOU WILL INCLUDE ALL DIFFERENT FAITHS. I'M GOING TO GO DOWN TO NUMBER TWO. I'M GOING TO DO THE VOTING. BASICALLY, I WAS GOING TO SAY QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT OUR COUNTY RECORDER JUST SAID. BUT NUMBER ONE, VOTE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AS SOON AS YOU GET YOUR BALLOTS, USE THE DROP BOXES OR GO UP TO THE DESK AND SHOW YOUR ID. IT'LL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE THE SIGNATURE VERIFICATION. THERE ARE, UNFORTUNATELY, VERY VARIOUS ATTEMPTS BY OUR PRESIDENT TO DESTROY OUR ABILITY TO OBTAIN OUR BALLOTS, AND THANK GOD THE SUPREME COURT DID OVERRULE THAT. OVER THE YEARS, PINAL COUNTY AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE FOUND ABSOLUTELY NO SIGNIFICANT FRAUD, NO NON-CITIZENS, BASICALLY NONE VOTING OR ATTEMPTING TO VOTE. AND THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HEAR THAT CLEARLY FROM OUR OFFICIALS, INCLUDING OUR COUNTY RECORDER, ALONG WITH THE CLASSES THAT ARE OFFERED AT THE PANEL VOTES OFFICE. I'M ASKING THE RECORDER TO ACTUALLY STATE IN OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, I KNOW YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GET THE WORD OUT, AS YOU KNOW, BUT CLEARLY STATE THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE FREE, FAIR, SECURE AND UNCOMPROMISED, INCLUDING THE 2020 ELECTION. YES, JOE BIDEN DID WIN. AND EXPLAIN THAT CONTINGENCY PLANS ARE IN PLACE THAT YOU ACTUALLY IF FEDERAL AGENTS, ICE PERSONNEL OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPEAR AT THESE VOTING PLACES, THAT YOU DO HAVE WAYS, YOU KNOW, TO TO THWART THAT, THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY BE APPEARED, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THE POLLING PLACES AND SO FORTH THAT COULD INTIMIDATE VOTERS. I ALSO ASKED SHERIFF PEOPLE TO STATE CLEARLY THAT HIS OFFICE WILL NOT ENGAGE IN OR SUPPORT INTIMIDATION TACTICS DURING THIS OR ANY FUTURE ELECTIONS. THE FINAL THING I WANTED TO SPEAK ON WAS THE AI THREAT. RECENT REPORTS INDICATE THAT WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF HUMAN ANNIHILATION BY UNCONTROLLABLE AI, WITH POSSIBLE HUMAN EXTINCTION WITHIN A DECADE. HOPEFULLY, THIS REALIZATION WILL HELP TO QUELL FUTURE PLANS FOR THE DATA CENTERS, SO I JUST HOPE YOU WILL STEP ONTO THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CHICKEN LITTLE THING. IT'S A TRUE THREAT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD PUBLIC CALL AT THIS TIME? MR. MR. RACK, COME ON UP. I'M NOEL RECK FROM ELOY. I WANT TO RECOUNT AN UGLY EXPERIENCE I HAD MONDAY NIGHT WHEN I ATTENDED THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FORUM AT THE PASSION CHURCH IN CASA GRANDE. I WENT TO SEE AND HEAR WITH MY OWN EYES AND EARS WITH THE CANDIDATES. HAD TO SAY. I SAT FRONT AND CENTER WITH NO APPREHENSION OF BEING THERE OR BEING SEEN BY THOSE WHO KNOW ME. 
          I WASN'T SURPRISED BY WHAT I HEARD OR WHAT I DIDN'T HEAR. I DIDN'T HEAR THE NAME DONALD TRUMP AS CONNECTING WITH HIM HAS BECOME POISON TO CANDIDATES. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT TARIFFS OR THE WAR IN IRAN, THE CORRESPONDING HIGH COST OF LIVING, THE $5,000 BRIBERY CHECKS DIE, OR CRITICAL RACE THEORY AS THOSE BOOGEYMEN ARE NOW PASSÉ. I DID HEAR ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR OFFICE, WHICH IS JUST WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE ELECTION SEASON. I ALSO HEARD COMMENTS ABOUT TRANSGENDER ATHLETES, DEMOCRATS HATING AMERICA AND OF COURSE, COMMUNISTS AND SOCIALISTS. THE NEW BOOGEYMAN STRIKING FEAR IN THE HEARTS OF THE SELF-PROCLAIMED TRUE PATRIOTS. THE LOW LIGHT OF THE EVENING CAME FROM THE FINAL SPEAKER, SAVE FOR LAST, BECAUSE SHE'S SUCH A FIRECRACKER, TERESA MARTINEZ. SHE SPOKE ABOUT MAGA VALUES, CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, THE DEMOCRATS HATING AMERICA, AND, OF COURSE, SOCIALISM. AS SHE SPOKE ABOUT SOCIALISM, SHE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SINGLE ME OUT FOR THE AUDIENCE. I'LL PARAPHRASE AS I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDS SHE USED, BUT IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          LOOK, EVERYBODY, WE HAVE A DEMOCRAT IN THE AUDIENCE TAKING NOTES. NOELLE, WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP SO EVERYONE CAN SEE YOU? I DIDN'T STAND AS I WASN'T GOING TO PLAY YOUR GAME. 
          INSTEAD, I PUT MY ARMS UP IN THE AIR WITH MY NOTES IN HAND TO SAY, HERE I AM, AND YOU'RE PLAYING THE FOOL. AFTER SHE FINISHED AND THE PASTOR CONCLUDED THE EVENT BY DEPICTING DEMOCRATS AS GODLESS AND DEMONIC, SO CHRISTIAN OF HIM, I APPROACHED HER AND SAID, I CAME HERE TO HEAR THE CANDIDATE SPEAK. I SAT FRONT AND CENTER AND TOOK NOTES. AS AN INTERESTED VOTER, WHAT YOU DID WAS CLASSLESS AS USUAL, JUST CLASSLESS. HER RESPONSE WELL, I'M SORRY YOU TOOK IT THAT WAY. AS I STARTED TO WALK AWAY, I RESPONDED, WHAT OTHER WAY COULD I TAKE IT? IT WAS CLASSLESS. SHE THEN STARTED YELLING AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF HEY EVERYBODY, NOELLE IS ALL UPSET BECAUSE I OUTED HIM. POOR BABY. 
          NO ONE COULD HEAR OVER THE NOISE OF THE AUDIENCE LEAVING THE EVENT. HER ATTEMPTS TO 
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EMBARRASS AND PERHAPS ENDANGER ME OR OTHERS WENT FOR NAUGHT AND SHOWED HER AS THE OBNOXIOUS, CLOWNISH BULLY THAT SHE IS. I BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION TO ASK THE VOTERS OF PINAL COUNTY IN ARIZONA, INCLUDING THE BOARD. IS THIS THE PERSON? IS THIS THE PARTY YOU WANT TO EMPOWER WITH YOUR VOTE? COUNTY, STATE AND NATION OVER PARTY. WRITE TO TERESA MARTINEZ. YOUR HATEFUL DISDAIN FOR ME AND THE OTHER LD 16 DEMOCRATS, WHILE REPUBLICANS RECEIVE YOUR LOVING ATTENTION SHOWS IT'S TIME TO VOTE YOU OUT. TWO THINGS SHOULD HAPPEN. YOU SHOULD ISSUE A PUBLIC APOLOGY FOR YOUR STUNT AND POSSIBLY ENDANGERING ME OR OTHERS. AND WHETHER YOU DO OR DO NOT, VOTERS MUST REPLACE YOU WITH JULIA. GUSSIE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY? MISTER AVALOS? ROBERTO REVELES, RESIDENT OF GOLD CANYON. AT THE BOARD'S LAST REGULAR MEETING, I ASKED THAT YOU CONSIDER A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE PINAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO IDENTIFY ANY POSSIBLE COUNTY INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES THAT MAY HAVE ALLOWED. EMERGENCE OF THE TWO MOST ABUSIVE SHERIFFS IN OUR COUNTY'S HISTORY, SHERIFF PAUL BABEU AND SHERIFF MARK LAMB, BOTH OF WHOM ABUSED THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO SILENCE EXPLOITED SEXUAL VICTIMS. WHEN I REQUESTED AN AUDIT AT A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU APPEARED TO ASK THE COUNTY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO IT. HOWEVER, THUS FAR THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THIS BOARD IS WILLING TO EXERCISE YOUR OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY TO IDENTIFY COUNTY INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES THAT MAY HAVE ALLOWED THE EMERGENCE OF UNPRECEDENTED CORRUPTION BY THE COUNTY'S TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 
          ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED CORRUPTION BY THE COUNTY'S FORMER TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, SHERIFF MARK LAMB, MUST BE CONFRONTED BY THIS BOARD, SILENCED BY THOSE OF YOU CHARGED WITH GOVERNING. OUR COUNTY IS NOT BEING MET BY SILENCE FROM THE PUBLIC. AGAIN, IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO START REDEEMING PINAL COUNTY'S SOILED REPUTATION. MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I HEAR DIRECTION TO STAFF REGARDING MY REQUEST TO CONSIDER A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY? MISS LEWIS, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I JUST WANT TO REACH OUT AND TAKE A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE. FOR THOSE WHO ARE WONDERING HOW TO FIND ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT WOULD BE PANEL VOTES. I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THOSE WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR ELECTIONS WORLD. IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO GET UP HERE EVERY MONTH WITH THE MOU AND THAT BE THE ELECTION ELECTION SHOW. THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT PINELLAS COUNTY, PINAL COUNTY IS DOING TO SERVE OUR PUBLIC. BUT IF THEY WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN VOTER REGISTRATION, EARLY VOTING, THE ELECTIONS ON ELECTION DAY, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO BEHIND THE SCENES, WE ASK THAT THEY DO PARTICIPATE THE LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 9 A.M. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE VOTER EDUCATION WORKING GROUP, THINGS LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT INCLUDE CIVIL DISCOURSE, AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE IN THE HEADLINES. INSTEAD OF ME COMING UP HERE TO PROGRESS, TO PROFESS THAT KNOW THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE WHERE THEY ARE AFRAID THEY MAY BE. I DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE EVENT HAPPENS. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE HAVING THIS TABLETOP EXERCISE. 
          SO THE EVENT, ANYTHING WEIRD HAPPENS, WE'RE READY TO IDENTIFY IT AND ATTACK IT AT THAT MOMENT. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY? MISS HAWES? YEAH. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS DID BIDEN WIN THE ELECTION? DID HE? MY NAME IS SHAMIN HAWES. I DROVE UP HERE FOR AN HOUR FROM SAN MANUEL. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO MY ELDERS AND MY BETTERS WHO ADDRESSED ME ADDRESSED YOU BEFORE ME. I SOMEHOW FEEL INSIGNIFICANT TRYING TO GET YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO ME WHEN YOU 
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WON'T LISTEN TO ROBERTO ROVELLI'S. WHO HAS, YOU KNOW, A 70 OR 80 YEAR HISTORY IN POLITICS IN ARIZONA, AND YOU WON'T LISTEN TO HIM AND OPEN AN INVESTIGATION IN THE SHERIFF'S, YOU KNOW, STUPID ME. ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS INVESTIGATE THE SPENDING IN SAN MANUEL. BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU'RE CORRUPT. YOU'RE CORRUPT. AND I'VE I'VE CALLED OUT ALL THE PEOPLE YOU'RE IN CORRUPTION WITH IN MY NEWSPAPER, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE ENOUGH INTRODUCED INTO THE RECORD TODAY SO THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS AND READ IT. AND I'LL HAVE AN EXTRA ONE FOR MISS KENNEDY TO KEEP IN THE RECORD. BUT YOU GUYS ARE CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY AS A COUNTY. MR. GOODMAN, I LOVED YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS YOU'RE DOING THERE. 
          MEANWHILE, I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S UNINCORPORATED IN SAN MANUEL, WHERE THE COUNTY OWNS ALL THE ROADS AND STREETS. THEY WON'T DO A THING TO THEM. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALK IN ALL OF SAN MANUEL. MY FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT RIDE IN MOBILITY SCOOTERS, OR WORSE YET, TRY TO GET AROUND IN A WHEELCHAIR, CANNOT DO IT IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. AND YET THIS GUY AUTHORIZES SPENDING IN SAN MANUEL TO POUR CONCRETE OVER OUR LANDSCAPING MEDIANS. HOW IS THAT A SOLUTION FOR ANYTHING? I HAVE DEMANDED FOR YOU TO HAVE A TOWN HALL IN SAN MANUEL, AND YOU WON'T DO IT. I'VE BEEN ASKING YOU FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. YOU'VE BEEN IGNORING ME, HANGING UP ON ME, AND I CAN'T EVEN GET YOUR OTHER COUNTY SUPERVISORS TO TAKE ME SERIOUSLY. I'M GOING TO KEEP TALKING JUST LIKE MR. ROUVELAS DOES. GOD BLESS HIM FOREVER. I AM NEVER GOING TO SHUT UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I SUPPOSE ANY OTHERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD? HEARING? SEEING NONE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC. SO, MISS HARTLE, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I WILL LOOK BACK INTO THAT AND SEE IF I MISTAKENLY DID NOT ALLOW THE INTERPRETER TO COME UP, I, I DON'T REMEMBER, I DON'T RECALL AT THIS TIME, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION. MISS PODOLSKY. 
          IS THERE ANY SUPERVISOR? WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MANAGER LOU. THAT'S YOUR NAME. YOU OVER THERE? IS THERE ANY INFORMATION THAT WE COULD GIVE TO MISS PODOLSKY ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH PROCLAMATION? WE WORK WITH MISS KENNEDY TO FIGURE ALL THAT OUT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THEN ALSO, TO MR. AVALOS POINT THAT HE CONTINUES TO BRING UP. DO WE? WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE PCSO, DO WE? I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OF YOU. YES, MISS ROBERTS. 
          CHAIRMAN MCCLURE, I CANNOT GIVE YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT AT THIS TIME, AS THAT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON MY PART. OKAY. IF YOU COULD PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU, MR. AVILA. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SUPERVISOR GOODMAN, ALONG WITH THAT, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF AUDITING DOES TAKE PLACE TO ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF AUDITING SYSTEM THAT THAT GOES THROUGH AND DOES AN AUDIT ON EACH AND EVERY ELECTION DEPARTMENT, EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE. SO ELECTED OFFICIAL. YEAH. OKAY. IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO? YES, CHAIRMAN. I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW, WE DO THE RISK ASSESSMENT AND WE HAVE THEM DO THAT WITH EVERY OFFICE AND EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY. BUT WE CAN GO FURTHER INTO THAT IF YOU LIKE. LET'S LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK TO. OKAY. OKAY. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ANY ANYBODY? NO. GOOD. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION APPROVAL DISAPPROVAL OF THE PROGRAM. YEAR 2025 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, THE CAPER THAT WOULD BRING MISS PATEL UP. GOOD MORNING. MR. PRESENTATION UP. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HEATHER PATEL WITH THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND FINANCE. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, WHICH COVERS 
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ALL ACTIVITY FROM JULY 1ST OF 2005 TO JUNE 30TH OF 2026. THIS IS AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUT TOGETHER AND PROVIDE TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. WE LOOK AT THE THREE PROGRAMS THAT FALL UNDER THIS, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP, AND THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT. AND WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT WE SPENT DURING THAT ONE PROGRAM YEAR. DURING THAT TIME, WE DID SPEND OVER 1.6 MILLION ON A VARIETY OF PROJECTS. WE REHABILITATED FOR OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES. WE PROVIDED RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO 15 HOUSEHOLDS. WE PROVIDED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THROUGH A SUBRECIPIENT FOR 69 PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND WE PROVIDED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, ALL ALSO THROUGH A SUBRECIPIENT FOR 48 HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE DID AN ACQUISITION AND RENOVATION OF TWO RENTAL UNITS WITH A SUBRECIPIENT AS WELL. AND THEN WE DID ADA IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TOLTEC SENIOR CENTER IN ELOY. WHAT IS NOT ENTIRELY COVERED WITHIN THE. 
          THE PLAN IS WHAT WE ARE ON, WHAT PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. SO I WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER TO CONSTRUCT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. FIVE OF THE UNITS IN THAT COMPLEX ARE FUNDED IN PART BY OUR HOME PROGRAM. WE ALSO DID THE DESIGN OF THE SAN MANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER RENOVATION. WE DID A DESIGN OF A FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT OVER IN THE VALLEY OF THE SUN FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. 
          WE WERE PURCHASING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PLAYGROUND. WE ARE DOING IMPROVEMENTS TO WILSON DRIVE IN MARICOPA, SOME ADA SIDEWALKS IN ELOY, AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND SALE OF FOUR HOMES TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH A SUBRECIPIENT. WE ALSO PROVIDE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND CONTINUE WITH OUR OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECTS THAT ARE UP COMING VERY SOON IS THE ACTUAL RENOVATION OF THE SAN MANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER. THE REPLACEMENT OF A ROOF AT A SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX IN ELOY. THE INSTALLATION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES THAT WE DESIGNED OR ARE FINISHING UP DESIGNING, DOING SOME WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS IN ELOY, ADA SIDEWALKS IN FLORENCE, SOME INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING DESIGN OUT AT THE 11 MILE CORNER PROPERTY. THE DESIGN OF INFRASTRUCTURE OUT IN STANFIELD AND OF COURSE, OUR OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. THE ENTIRE CAPER IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. IT JUST GOES OVER THAT 1.6 THAT WE SPENT THIS PAST YEAR IN DETAIL, COVERING ALL OF THE DATA POINTS THAT HUD WANTS US TO COVER. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. THANK YOU. 
          MISS PATEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS PATEL AT THIS TIME? HEARING SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC CARE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? HEARING? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE BOARD NO OTHER QUESTIONS. SO IN THAT CASE, MAY I GET A MOTION, PLEASE, FOR ITEM 14? MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 14 AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION 
          [15. 	Public Hearing and discussion/approval/disapproval of Resolution No. 091626-RD26-023 ordering the abandonment and extinguishment of a roadway easement within Assessor’s Parcel Number 100-22-0520, N. Holmes Road. Supervisor District #5. (RD26-023) (Celeste Garza/Joe Ortiz)]
PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PATEL. THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 15. ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 091626-RD26-023. FOR THE ABANDONMENT AND DISTINGUISHED EXTINGUISHMENT OF A ROADWAY. AND I'VE GOT MISS GARZA. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD MORNING AGAIN, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HERE BEFORE YOU FOR ITEM NUMBER 15. IT'S ABANDONMENT OF THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF ROADWAY ON PIECES OF HOMES ROAD, MOCKINGBIRD AND GREASEWOOD. SO THIS THE U. SHAPED PIECE IS THE PIECE THAT'S UP FOR THE ABANDONMENT PROCESS TODAY. IN THIS PRESENTATION, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE PETITIONERS SURROUNDING THESE PARCELS WERE 100% IN AGREEMENT. ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, WE DID RECEIVE NOTIFICATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT RESIDES TO THE NORTH THAT TOUCHES THE 
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NORTHERN PORTION OF MOCKINGBIRD THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE REMOVED FROM THE PETITION. SO I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS REALLY JUST 66% OF PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE IN AGREEMENT. THE ORDINANCE READS THAT IF WE OBTAIN 51% IN AGREEMENT, WE CAN STILL BRING THE ABANDONMENT BEFORE YOU AND YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO ABANDON IT OR ABANDON THE THE EASEMENT OR NOT. THE UTILITIES WERE NOTIFIED LIKE USUAL. WE DON'T HAVE ANY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS PLANNED AS WELL. THE CHALLENGES THAT RESIDE WITH THIS PARCEL IS IT'S IT'S A LITTLE OVER HALF AN ACRE IN SIZE. THE TOPOGRAPHY. IT SITS ADJACENT TO THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST LOOKING THAT DIRECTION. 
          THIS IS ALONG THE ONE OF THE ALIGNMENTS OF GREASEWOOD. AND THERE'S A, A TRIBUTARY OR A WASH THAT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE PROPERTY. SO THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH A BUILDING ENVELOPE EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE PARCEL. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE ABANDONMENT. 
          I'LL PUT THIS PICTURE BACK UP HERE. AGAIN, YOU CAN'T SEE IT REALLY BECAUSE THE PINK ISN'T VERY TRANSPARENT. BUT THE WASH COMES IN FROM THE FOREST SERVICE AND GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF IT. SO THEY CAN'T BUILD IN THAT SECTION. SO THEY'RE BUILDING TO THE NORTH. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS GARZA. 
          HEARING. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS I DO HAVE A QUESTION. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THEY THEY REQUESTED TO HAVE THEIR NAME REMOVED FROM THE PETITION, BUT THEY DIDN'T OPPOSE. DID THEY? DID THEY OPPOSE THIS? AND I CAN READ IT TO YOU FORMALLY HERE. 
          THE LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN TO ONE OF OUR REAL ESTATE STAFF SAYS WE, LORI AND DAN RAMIREZ, WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE OUR NAME FROM THE PETITION FOR ABANDONMENT OF THE EASEMENT REQUESTED BY DON NELSON, PROPERTY OWNER AT 100-22-052. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME. THE PETITION REALLY SERVES AS AGREEMENT WITH THE ABANDONMENT, SO I THINK THEY JUST ASSUME REMOVING THEIR NAME MEANS THEY DISAGREE. THEY DISAGREE. THEY DID SIGN IT BACK IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR. SO I THINK THEY RECONSIDERED MAYBE ONCE SOME, YOU KNOW, MORE PERMITTING, MORE COMMUNICATION. I'M NOT REALLY ENTIRELY SURE. I STILL HAVE MORE THAN 50%. YES. THERE'S 66. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS GARZA? I GUESS JUST TO GO OFF OF THAT, IS THAT BEING USED FOR ANYTHING AT ALL? NO. IT'S VACANT TODAY. NO. IT'S UNDEVELOPED. OKAY. IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING. IT'S. AND THE LANDOWNERS HAS ACCESS FROM ANOTHER DIRECTION, RIGHT? HE DOES? YES. HE DOES. THERE'S STILL EASEMENT THAT REMAINS ALONG MOCKINGBIRD TO THE NORTH. OR THERE'S A CONNECTION TO GREASEWOOD TO THE SOUTH. OKAY. 
          OKAY. OH, I SEE. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS GARZA? HEARING NONE. THEN I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC WISH WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, MISS PODOLSKI? I SEE YOUR HAND UP, SO PLEASE COME FORWARD. UNINCORPORATED PINELLAS COUNTY. AND THIS REALLY DEALS WITH MORE OF THE LANDOWNERS. THE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND IT WERE CONSULTED. THERE WAS AN EASEMENT IN JULY OF 2025, AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, AND IT DID HAVE AN IMPACT ON LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T PROPERTY OWNERS, BECAUSE IT WAS THE ACCESS TO A TRAILHEAD THAT GOT YOU INTO THE TONTO NATIONAL WILDERNESS. AND WHEN IT SAID IT WAS CLOSE TO THE TONTO NATIONAL WILDERNESS, IT TRIGGERED THIS IN ME BECAUSE IT NOW YOU HAVE TO GO A LONG WAY OUT OF YOUR WAY BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AFTER IT WAS PUT UP FENCES, I'VE HAD I'VE HAD CORRESPONDENCE WITH SUPERVISOR ON THIS. AND I JUST WONDER, YOU KNOW, I SAW THE PICTURE AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, EXCEPT THAT ARE THERE OTHER PEOPLE? AND I'M NOT OPPOSING. I'M JUST SAYING, HOW DO YOU REALLY KNOW THAT KIND OF IMPACT OF ABANDONING AN EASEMENT? BECAUSE I'M SURE IT SEEMED LIKE NOTHING. YEAH. 
          PEOPLE THERE DON'T CARE ABOUT IT, BUT IT GREATLY IMPACTED. AND IT WAS DONE IN JULY. SO THE PEOPLE REALLY USED IT. A LOT OF THEM WEREN'T HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE HERE IN THE WINTER, AND THEY HIKE AND THEY TAKE THEIR HORSES. THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT USED IT FOR THEIR HORSES TO GET THERE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE UPSET. AND I JUST, I GUESS I'M USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 
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VENT ABOUT A PREVIOUS GRIEVANCE. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU, MR. PODOLSKI. ANY OTHERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK? HEARING. SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BOARD. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS TIME? I'LL JUST MAKE A STATEMENT THAT I. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT I THINK IF NO ONE IS HERE OPPOSING IT, THEN ODDS ARE IT'S GOING TO ALWAYS PASS. SO IF THERE'S EVER AN EASEMENT EXTINGUISHMENT THAT YOU THINK AFFECTS YOU NEGATIVELY, COME LET US KNOW ABOUT IT. OKAY. AND JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, I MEAN, THIS THIS WAS AN ACCESS THROUGH THERE. WHERE WOULD PEOPLE PARK ON THE STREET? I MEAN, THERE'S NO PARKING UP THERE. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TRAILHEAD? THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL TRAILER. 
          THEY NATIONAL FOREST WANTS EVERYBODY TO GO TO THE OFFICIAL TRAILHEAD THROUGH THE PARK. 
          IT'S ALSO SAFER, TOO, BECAUSE THEN SOMEBODY KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE. INSTEAD OF FINDING A CAR A WEEK LATER WITH DEAD HIKERS IN THERE. SO IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT IN THERE. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO JUST ACCESS THE WILDERNESS FROM IT FROM ANYWHERE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH PEOPLE'S YARDS. SO. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? HEARING SEEING NONE. MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 15. MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 15 AS WRITTEN. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. 
          [16. Public Hearing and discussion/approval/disapproval of Resolution No. 091626-RD26-024 ordering the abandonment and extinguishment of a roadway easement within Assessor’s Parcel Number 100-07-010C, Monterey Drive. Supervisor District #5. (RD26-024) (Celeste Garza/Joe Ortiz)]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 16. THE PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION. APPROVAL DISAPPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 091626-D26-02 FOR ORDERING ABANDONMENT AND EXTINGUISHMENT OF ROADWAY EASEMENT. MISS GARZA, YOU'RE BACK UP. YES. THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE ON MONTEREY, NOT NECESSARILY ON THE EAST SIDE OF ONE NORTH 80S, BUT ON THE THE NORTHERN SECTION NEAR THE GOLD MINES. THIS IS A PIECE OF MONTEREY EASEMENT THAT STILL EXISTS. YOU CAN SEE FROM ALL THE HATCHED THAT'S ON THIS MAP THAT SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ABANDONED. THIS PROPERTY OWNER OWNS SEVERAL PARCELS TO THE EAST AS WELL. SO HE'S DEDICATED SOME PRIVATE EASEMENTS FOR THOSE THAT NEED TO GET ACCESS THROUGH. IT'S TAKEN HIM QUITE SOME TIME TO GET THROUGH THE ABANDONMENT PROCESS AND GET THE CORRECT SIGNATURES. ALMOST TWO YEARS. 
          BUT HE HAS, YOU KNOW, STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND UTILITIES ARE IN AGREEMENT. SO THIS IS THAT LITTLE PIECE IN PURPLE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR ABANDONMENT TODAY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE TERRAIN OF WHERE THE ROADWAY WOULD WOULD BE AND NOT GOING TO PUT A ROAD ON THAT. NO. YEAH. HE WOULD COME IN FROM THAT MCKELLIPS ROAD ALIGNMENT TO THE NORTH OR TONTO STREET TO THE SOUTH. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS GARZA AT THIS TIME? NO, I THINK YOU COULD GET ACROSS THAT. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THERE'S CERTAIN VEHICLES THAT COULD. OKAY. THERE'S NO QUESTION. THANK YOU. 
          AT THIS POINT I WILL THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FOLKS FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. HEARING SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OR COMMENTS, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION, PLEASE. MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 15 AS PRESENTED. 1616 LET'S GO TO 16. OKAY, LET'S TRY THAT ONE. MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 16 AS PRESENTED. THAT'S BETTER. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND? THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, AYE. OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GLAD YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME. SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW. OKAY. 
          [17. Public Hearing and discussion/approval/disapproval of Resolution No. 2026-SUP-024-25, a Resolution approving case SUP-024-25; Karli Kemper, State 48 Arts and Academics, a nonprofit (501(c)(3)) educational organization (applicant/agent), on behalf of landowners James and Deborah Giles, is requesting approval of a Special Use Permit (SUP) to operate a microschool on an approximately 1.49-acre site within the GR General Rural Zone, situated in a portion of Section 14, Township 03S, Range 07E, Assessor Parcel Number 509-15-008F (legal description on file), located west of the intersection of W. Allen Road and N. Royce Road within Chandler Heights Ranches Unit I, southwest of the Town of San Tan Valley, in unincorporated Pinal County, Arizona. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial (7-2) of case SUP-024-25 with nineteen (19) stipulations. Supervisor District #1. (Harvey Krauss/Dedrick Denton)]
JUST CHECKING. OKAY. ITEM 17 IS PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION APPROVAL DISAPPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-SUP-024-25. AND MR. KRAUSS, YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE APPLICANT, CARLY KEMPER, HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING. THIS WOULD BE A CONTINUANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THIS AND THIS ITEM. AND SHE'S HERE TODAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT FROM HER. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND YOU WISH TO TELL US WHY YOU'D LIKE A CONTINUATION. IS WITH OR WITHOUT. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME 
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IS CARLY KEMPER. I RUN STATE 48 ARTS AND ACADEMICS, AND I APPLIED FOR THIS CIP BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT MY HOME BASED MICRO SCHOOL WAS NOT OTHERWISE LEGAL BECAUSE IT IS SOMEHOW NOT A SCHOOL. SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THIS HEARING BE POSTPONED. AND IN FACT, YOUR STAFF ALREADY OFFERED TO POSTPONE IT. IN LIGHT OF MY PENDING REQUEST FOR AN INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM SCHOOL AS USED IN THE ZONING CODE. AND I AGREE THAT POSTPONING IT WAS APPROPRIATE. ON AUGUST 13TH, I SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION FOR CODE INTERPRETATION TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT THROUGH THE ONLINE PORTAL, AND ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCE HER NAME. SANGEETA DEOKAR. EMIL EMAILED ME WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESUBMITTING THE REQUEST FOR INTERPRETATION TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT THROUGH THE PORTAL. SHE THEN SAID, QUOTE, IF YOU WISH TO PROCEED WITH THE VOA PROCESS FIRST, THE BOSS HEARING WILL NEED TO BE CONTINUED TO NOVEMBER. FOLLOWING THE HEARING, PLEASE CONFIRM HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED SO WE CAN ENSURE THE APPLICATIONS AND HEARINGS ARE PROCESSED ACCORDINGLY. I REPLIED THE SAME DAY. HI SANGEETA, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THE PROCESS. WE WILL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION PROPERLY FOR THE CODE INTERPRETATION AND TRY TO GET. ON THE OCTOBER 22ND HEARING SCHEDULE. WE WOULD ALSO THEN NEED TO POSTPONE THE HEARING TO NOVEMBER. AS YOU STATED, I THANKED HER FOR HER HELP. ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, WE RESUBMITTED THE APPLICATION FOR A CODE INTERPRETATION FOR SANGEETA'S INSTRUCTIONS. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY SANGEETA THAT WE CAN BE HEARD AT THE OCTOBER 22ND VOA MEETING. ACCORDINGLY, PER HER OFFER, TODAY'S SPECIAL USE PERMIT HEARING SHOULD BE POSTPONED. MAKES SENSE IF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AGREES WITH ME THAT THE TERM SCHOOL AS USED IN THE ZONING CODE, INCLUDES PRIVATE AND MICRO SCHOOLS, THEN I WOULD NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AT ALL, AND YOU WOULD NOT NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION. IN OTHER WORDS, POSTPONING THE HEARING MIGHT VERY WELL SAVE YOU SOME WORK, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'D APPRECIATE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? WELL, KIND OF QUESTION OR COMMENT OR STATEMENT WITH OR WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARING THE IT RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER WE CONTINUE IT WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING OR WITHOUT, OR EVEN IF WE CONTINUE IT OR IF WE EVEN CONTINUE IT. YEAH, WE KIND OF HAVE THREE THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SO IF WE IF WE CONTINUE IT, CAN WE DO WE DO WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING? RIGHT NOW, IT'S LISTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. WE'D HAVE TO HAVE IT NOW. YES. OKAY. 
          THAT'S MY YES. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. SO. SUPERVISOR VIDEO. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, I WATCHED THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW. PNC MEETING AND I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHERE I DO THIS OR IF IT'S CONTINUED OR NOT CONTINUED. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK, SHOULD I ASK HER A QUESTION OR TWO OR NO? YEAH. I'M SORRY IF THE MATTER IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED. I THINK THOSE ARE QUESTIONS ARE APPROPRIATELY FOR WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HEAR THE ITEM AND THE CONTINUANCE. HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING PORTION TODAY BECAUSE IT WAS A NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. AND THERE MAY BE MEMBERS HERE WHO CAME SPECIFICALLY TO SPEAK TO LET THEM BE ABLE TO SPEAK. AND THEN IF YOU CONTINUE IT TO A DATE, CERTAIN THEY CAN COME BACK, IT'LL BE PUBLICIZED, RE PUBLICIZED AGAIN, SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW, BUT THERE MAY POSSIBLY BE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY THAT WOULD WANT TO SPEAK THAT. ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. NO. WELL, I'M STILL LOOKING AT YOU. I GUESS THE QUESTION, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS FOR ME, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE JUST HEARD, I IT'S WHAT I THINK I HEARD ANYWAY, WAS THAT IT'S A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION ON THIS. AND IF THE INTERPRETATION GOES IN HER FAVOR, THIS REALLY THIS PROCEDURE RIGHT HERE IS NULL AND VOID. IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE SHE'S SEEKING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. AND IF IT'S UNDER THE INTERPRETATION OF A SCHOOL, SHE WON'T NEED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. HER HOUSE CAN BE CONSIDERED A SCHOOL. GOOD MORNING. ALMOST AFTERNOON CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE LEGAL ARGUMENTS IN THIS CASE. MY UNDERSTANDING, BASED ON WHAT THE APPLICANT IS INDICATING TO THE BOARD, IS JUST THAT OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF A SCHOOL UNDER OUR CODE WOULD INCLUDE A MICRO SCHOOL, THAT THAT WOULD BE A USE AS OF RIGHT, WHICH WOULD NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. I'M NOT ESPOUSING THAT IS OUR POSITION OR I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE LEGAL ISSUE ON THIS ONE YET, BUT I UNDERSTAND HER CORRECTLY. THAT'S WHAT HER POSITION IS TODAY. AND SO YOUR UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S CLEAR AS MUD. SO LET'S. YEAH. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC 
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HEARING UNLESS THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WILL. FINE. 
          OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND FIRST UP, I HAVE JENNIFER CORCORAN. GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I HAD A LOT TO SAY, BUT THINGS HAVE KIND OF CHANGED NOW WITH WHAT WAS JUST SAID. THE TERM MICRO SCHOOL IS VAGUE FROM WHEN YOU LOOK THINGS UP. IT'S A SMALL GROUP OF KIDS, THE PRODUCTION OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING NEXT DOOR. I'M THE DIRECT, DIRECT NEIGHBOR IS NOT SMALL. THERE'S 20 TO 30 KIDS ON THIS PROPERTY. IT'S AN ACRE AND A HALF. THE NOISE I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE THIS IS NOT YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. KIDS GOING OUT AND PLAYING ON A PLAYGROUND. IT'S LOUD. I CAN'T OPEN MY WINDOWS. I CAN'T OPEN MY DOORS. 
          THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. JUST LAST WEDNESDAY, I STOOD OUTSIDE. THEY PROBABLY SAW ME. I COUNTED 21 CARS, PLUS GOING IN AND OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY. WE'RE IN A RURAL AREA, ME AND MY HUSBAND, WE BUILT OUR HOME OUT THERE TEN YEARS AGO. WE BUILT OUT THERE TO HAVE THE PEACE OF PEACE AND QUIET. NOT THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, NOT A BIG HOA RESIDENTIAL AREA FOR QUIET. AND IT HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT THAT SINCE THEY HAVE MOVED IN. THEY MOVED IN WITH THE INTENT OF DOING THIS SCHOOL. IT STARTED OUT AS A THEATER COMPANY. IT STILL IS A THEATER. AFTER SCHOOL. THEY HAVE ENRICHMENT, THEY HAVE DANCE, THEY HAVE CHOIR. IT'S NONSTOP. THEY HAVE TUFF SHEDS THAT THEY'VE CONVERTED INTO CLASSROOMS. THEY HAVE ONE BUILDING THAT THEY DID BUILD ON THEIR PROPERTY THAT I DO BELIEVE WENT THROUGH CODING, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS TUFF SHEDS CONVERTED INTO CLASSROOMS. ALL OF IT'S ON THEIR WEBSITE. YOU CAN SEE IT. IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S INSANE. I KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THESE COME FROM STAFF MEMBERS, FROM PARENTS OF THESE KIDS THAT GO TO THIS SCHOOL AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS DAILY. IT'S OUR LIVELIHOOD. IT'S MYSELF, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE NEXT TO ME. 
          THEY UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T BE HERE. AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIVES, WE HAVE JOBS. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THIS. THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS DENIED, I BELIEVE IT WAS 7 TO 2. AND I FEEL LIKE EVERY SINGLE TIME WE COME TO SOMETHING, IT'S JUST A LOOPHOLE TO SAY, HEY, WE CAN DO THIS. SO I, I MEAN, I HAVE A WHOLE THING, BUT I REALLY, I'M KIND OF AT A LOSS RIGHT NOW. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH. WE CAN'T HAVE QUESTIONS. WE JUST LISTEN. YEAH. SO IT'S, I MEAN, I MY OTHER CONCERNS ARE ADA COMPLIANCE. WHEN YOU HAVE 20 TO 30 PLUS KIDS, YOU HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE BEING PAID, THEY WORK THERE. YOU HAVE, I MEAN, FIRE SAFETY. YOU'RE ON AN ACRE AND A HALF IN A 2500 SQUARE FOOT HOME. YOU KNOW, MY, MY PROPERTY VALUE, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT CONCERNS, BUT THE SAFETY AND THE NOISE AND THE TRAFFIC ARE, ARE MY THREE MAIN. SO AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HAVE ARTHURAVE, I BELIEVE. DOES EVERYBODY CLEAR PLEASE STATE NAME AND GENERALLY WHERE YOU LIVE. I MEAN, YEAH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT SOME PROPERTY BACK. WE LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THE AFOREMENTIONED AS FAR AS PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE PURSUING. AND OVER THE YEARS, I BUILT MY HOUSE MYSELF. WE BOUGHT IT AS FAR AS TO HAVE PEACE AND QUIET. THAT'S ALL WE DO ASK FOR AS FAR AS THAT GOES. AND SINCE THEY MOVED IN ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, IT'S NOT BEEN THAT AT ALL. AS FAR AS A CONSENSUS, I CAN GIVE YOU A BUNCH OF NAMES. AS FAR AS NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE AROUND THERE, THERE'S AT LEAST 20 TO 25 OF US THAT WOULD SAY NAY IF WE WERE ASKED PRIVATELY AND INDIVIDUALLY. AS FAR AS BECAUSE OF THE SOUND, BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY, BECAUSE OF THE DUST, BECAUSE OF THE NOISE, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, ALL I'M ASKING IS I'M I'M 73 YEARS OLD. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GET UP AND MOVE AND FIND ANOTHER PLACE BECAUSE I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH NOISE FROM KIDS YELLING AND SCREAMING AND HOLLERING AND CHEERING. IT'S THAT PROPERTY IS JUST NOT CONDUCIVE. WHAT HAPPENED IS, IS THEY BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS TO, TO CONVERT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY INTO A COMMERCIAL PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO THAT WAY THEY CAN HAVE A THEATRICAL AND SCHOOL AND WITH ACADEMICS, OKAY. THAT TO ME IS MORE COMMERCIAL. AND IN FACT, THE LAST MEETING ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS DID MENTION AS FAR AS. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY HE HE TURNED IT DOWN, IS 
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BECAUSE OF THE FACT THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT A COMMERCIAL PIECE OF PROPERTY ON A MORE RESIDENTIAL, GENERAL RURAL AREA. SO TO ME, IT'S JUST NOT CONDUCIVE. AND I JUST ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO ALLOW ME TO HAVE MY PEACE AND QUIET THE REST OF MY LIFE. AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR. OKAY. BY THE WAY, THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY AS FAR AS THAT WE CAN CREATE A WIN WIN SITUATION HERE. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING MY TIME IS. I STILL GOT A MINUTE. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING AS FAR AS GOING BACK TO THE DUE DILIGENCE, IF THEY WOULD HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, DUE DILIGENCE, IF THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A REAL ESTATE AGENT THAT. DID HIS DUE DILIGENCE, AND IF THEY COMMUNICATED EFFECTIVELY WITH THAT REAL ESTATE AGENT, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEY WOULD HAVE GONE OUT AND FOUND A COMMERCIAL PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY COULD LEASE, RENT OR BUY AND BUILD OUT AND DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. THEY WANT TO EXPAND IT. THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND IT IF THEY WANTED TO EXPAND IT. AS FAR AS WHERE THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S GOING TO CREATE EVEN MORE HEARTACHES AND HARD FEELINGS. IT'S NOT A HEALTHY ATMOSPHERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW. IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, BUT IT ISN'T ANYMORE. WE GET ALONG TOGETHER EXCEPT FOR THE GROUP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. AND I, LIKE I SAID, I JUST APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. HE NAMED HIS NAME. DID YOU, MR. HARGRAVE? I KNOW IT'S A FORMALITY, BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND GENERALLY WHERE YOU LIVE? I'M SORRY. STATE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND GENERALLY WHERE YOU LIVE. JUST FOR THE RECORD. OH, OKAY. I LIVE AT THREE, TWO, FOUR, FIVE, FOUR NORTH FOREST ROAD. AND IF YOU SEE, IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE ISLAND RIGHT THERE WITH A LONG DRIVEWAY. BUT. AND YOUR NAME ON MY NAME? ARTHUR, A RTHUR. EVERYBODY CALLS ME ARTHUR. AND THE LAST NAME IS HARGRAVE. HARGRAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S JUST FOR THE RECORD. I MEAN, I CAN READ IT, BUT WE'RE NOT A PROBLEM. I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. NEXT IS JENNIFER BLACKFORD. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JENNIFER BLACKFORD. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE AREA WHERE THE SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY LOCATED. AND I AM ALSO THE MOTHER OF STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THERE. AS OF THIS YEAR, I HAVE SIX CHILDREN. THE AGE RANGE RANGE IN AGE FROM 9 TO 25. MY DREAM AS A MOTHER IS TO RAISE FUTURE CITIZENS THAT HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM, THAT CARE ABOUT THE FREEDOMS, AND INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN AND IMPROVE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM IN POSITIVE WAYS. EACH OF THEM ARE DIFFERENT. WE CHOSE INITIALLY HOMESCHOOLING FOR OUR FAMILY BECAUSE WE FELT THAT IT MET BEST, MET THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN. THEY EACH HAVE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS THAT ARE DIFFERENT. WHEN WE DISCOVERED STATE 48 MICRO SCHOOL THIS YEAR, WE WERE THRILLED. IT PROVIDED THE ENVIRONMENT OF HOME LEARNING THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO AS HOMESCHOOLERS, THAT WE LOVE AND FEEL IS VALUABLE BECAUSE IT'S IN SMALL GROUPS, AND IT ALSO PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AMONG FRIENDS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD AS A HOMESCHOOLER AS MUCH. MY YOUNGEST SON, WHO IS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, THRIVES IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS MORE LIKE HOME, THE LOCATION OF OUR MICRO SCHOOL AND ENVIRONMENT THAT STATE 48 HAS CREATED IS IDEAL FOR HIS LEARNING AND HIS GROWTH. IN FACT, IT IS THEIR LOCATION THAT DREW US TO THEM INITIALLY. 
          THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL SCENERY, DESERT WILDLIFE AND LOVELY FRESH AIR AND BLUE SKIES. HE CAN LEARN AND RECEIVE INSTRUCTION IN SMALL GROUPS AND IN A LESS FORMAL SETTING, THEN HEAD OUT DOOR TO PLAY IN THE YARD THAT IS EQUIPPED AS A NORMAL BACKYARD IS WITH TURF, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND EVEN A TETHERBALL. IT'S FAMILIAR IN THAT IT IS SIMILAR TO OUR PROPERTY THAT ISN'T VERY FAR AWAY. I BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'VE CREATED. HE'S FINDING COURAGE TO EXPLORE INTERESTS IN THINGS THAT HE WOULDN'T NORMALLY LIKE MUSICAL THEATER. HE IS THRIVING. 
          HE COMES HOME EVERY DAY AND TELLS ME ABOUT THE THINGS HE'S LEARNED AND HOW MUCH FUN HE HAS EXPLORING WITH THESE CHILDREN. I REALLY ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT STATE 48 HAS. 
          THEY'RE LOCATED ON A PROPERTY THAT'S EASILY UTILIZED TO FACILITATE LEARNING AT A 
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DISTANCE, AND IS STILL ALLOWS PRIVACY TO BOTH STUDENTS AND SURROUNDING HOMES. THEY HAVE STRONG PRIVATE FENCING THAT IS GIVES PRIVACY TO THE STUDENTS AND TO THE NEIGHBORS. THERE IS A VERY, VERY WELL DONE TRAFFIC PATTERN WITHIN THE PROPERTY. IT'S COMPLETELY BEHIND THE GATES. WHEN YOU DRIVE PAST THE HOME, ALL YOU SEE IS A BEAUTIFUL HOME JUST LIKE THE ONES NEXT TO IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. JENNY HARRIS. THERE YOU ARE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. OUR DAUGHTER STARTED GOING TO STATE 48 LAST YEAR, AND SHE HAS THRIVED BEING THERE. AND WE'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE CAMPERS AND AND WHAT THEY DO PROVIDE THERE. AND THE GILES AND WE OUR DAUGHTER HAD A BRAIN INJURY SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, SHE DID NOT GET THE HELP SHE NEEDED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL. NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE, BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS TO GIVE HER THE INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION THAT SHE NEEDED. AND JUST IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SHE'S BEEN AT STATE 48, THEY HAVE GOT HER BACK UP TO GRADE LEVEL, WHICH IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO ME. AND IT'S BECAUSE IT'S THIS SMALLER SCHOOL WITH MORE TEACHER PRESENCE THERE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO REALLY GIVE THESE KIDS A VERY VALUABLE TIME AND EDUCATION. I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR. I DO LOVE THAT IT'S IN THE SMALLER SETTING. TO ME, I DID I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AS WELL, BUT FROM ME, FROM A PARENT STANDPOINT, DRIVING INTO THAT COMMUNITY AND DROPPING MY DAUGHTER OFF THERE, IT FEELS REALLY SAFE AND I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL. SORRY, I'M MENOPAUSAL. I'M HORMONAL. SORRY. INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL THAT SHE IS IN SUCH A SAFE SPACE WHEN I LEAVE HER. I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN AND SO COMING, MOVING TO A CITY IS NOT ALWAYS AN EASY THING TO DO. TO LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN IN DIFFERENT PLACES. AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SAFETY THAT I FEEL WHEN I LEAVE HER THERE. ALSO, I AM A HUGE STICKLER ON SPEED AND PEOPLE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT, AND I HAVE BEEN GRATEFUL THAT IT APPEARS TO ME EVERY DAY WHEN I'M COMING AND GOING, THAT EVERYBODY IS FOLLOWING THE SPEED LIMIT AND BEING RESPECTFUL AND GETTING OFF OF THE STREETS QUICKLY AND DOING ALL PICK UP AND DROP OFF BEHIND THE GATES AND NOT CAUSING A PROBLEM THAT I'VE EVER WITNESSED MYSELF. I'M JUST GRATEFUL. I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO FOR MY DAUGHTER, AND I APPRECIATE THE QUALITY AND TIME AND ATTENTION THAT THEY'RE GETTING THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. THANK YOU. ROBERT, I BELIEVE DOLL OR DAILEY. I'M SORRY, I DON'T. DAILEY. OKAY. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS ROBERT DAILEY. I LIVE IN SAN TAN VALLEY. I WORK IN FLORENCE. AND THIS THE COUNTY, THE COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I AM THE PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN THAT ATTEND THE STATE 48 SCHOOL. AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERED A SCHOOL AND THAT THIS. ALL OF THESE ARGUMENTS AND THESE STATEMENTS WILL BE MOOT AND THE BOARD WON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE BOARD DOES NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, IF THAT BECOMES NECESSARY. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS. MY YOUNGEST SON, HE'S EIGHT YEARS OLD. THIS IS HIS SECOND YEAR AT STATE 48 ACADEMY. WE HAVE TRIED ALL OF THE SCHOOLING OPTIONS THAT WE COULD IN THE AREA. WE TRIED ALA CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE TRIED PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE TRIED OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS. NOTHING WORKED FOR HIM. IT WAS A FIGHT EVERY DAY TO GET HIM TO GO TO SCHOOL. QUITE FRANKLY, HE DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH A YEAR OF SCHOOL AT ALL UNTIL LAST YEAR WHEN HE WENT TO STATE 48 ACADEMY. I CREDIT THEM WITH HIM BEING ABLE TO READ, WITH HIM BEING ABLE TO BREAK OUT OF HIS SHELL AND GET MORE FRIENDS. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO, FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I REALLY APPRECIATED WHAT THE. I THINK IT WAS THE. THE DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER, SHE GAVE A QUOTE FROM SOMEBODY THAT SAID, WE CAN'T ALWAYS BUILD THE FUTURE WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN, BUT WE CAN BUILD OUR FUTURE. WE CAN BUILD OUR CHILDREN FOR THE FUTURE THAT THEY DESERVE. AND, AND I'M PARAPHRASING, OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T HAVE THE QUOTE, I JUST HEARD IT THIS MORNING, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT STATE 48 IS DOING. THEY'RE DOING A HUGE SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT 
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FAR OUTWEIGHS ANY IMPACT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS MINIMAL. I LIVE IN A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS OVER IN THE MORNING SUN FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CARPOOL TO, TO, AND FROM SCHOOL WHEN WE DROP OUR KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL, I DON'T SEE BACKED UP TRAFFIC. ALL OF THE DROP OFF GOES ON ON THE PROPERTY. THERE'S NOT PEOPLE SPEEDING. THERE'S NOT PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREET. THESE ARE PEOPLE ON THEIR PROPERTY. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DUST THAT I'M SEEING. THAT'S IT'S THERE'S LIKE QUARTER MINUS OR PEA GRAVEL THAT THAT KEEPS THE DUST DOWN. ALL OF THAT IS DONE ON THE PROPERTY. I'VE BEEN THERE MANY TIMES OF THE DAY TO DROP OFF LUNCH BOXES OR OTHER THINGS THAT THE KIDS HAVE FORGOTTEN. IT'S QUIET EVEN WHEN THE KIDS ARE OUTSIDE PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUND. I IT'S TO ME, IT'S NOT AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF NOISE. IF ANYTHING, WHAT I CAN HEAR WHEN I'M THERE, THAT'S MUCH LOUDER THAN THE STATE 48 MICRO SCHOOL IS THE ENTERPRISE SCHOOL THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD ON THOMPSON AND ROYCE. I THINK IT IS. OR IT'S BETWEEN ROYCE AND WHATEVER THE OTHER ROAD IS. I'M NOT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER ROAD IS, BUT I FREQUENTLY HAVE HEARD THE CHILDREN AT THAT SCHOOL AT A VOLUME WELL ABOVE WHATEVER IS THERE AT STATE 48. 
          WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS HELPING THESE KIDS LEARN READING, WRITING, CORE SUBJECTS, AND THEN SKILLS THAT WILL HELP THEM IN THEIR LIFE. IMPROVIZATION PUBLIC SPEAKING, HOW TO BREAK OUT OF THEIR SHELL, HOW TO MEMORIZE LINES, HOW TO SING, HOW TO DANCE COORDINATION. ALL THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE SEEM TRIVIAL, BUT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT SKILLS IN THEIR LIVES. 
          SO I THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THESE COMMENTS FOR, FOR IF, IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. CHUCK GREEN. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CHUCK GREEN AND I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF STATE 48 MICRO SCHOOL. I KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THIS SCHOOL. I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. AND I HAVE PERSONALLY ATTENDED EVENTS AT THIS PROPERTY. SO I WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT I'VE ACTUALLY OBSERVED. I UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT TRAFFIC NOISE AND LATE NIGHT EVENTS. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN VERY DIFFERENT. THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN HAS MADE A DELIBERATE EFFORT TO KEEP TRAFFIC OFF THE ROAD. CARS ENTER THROUGH THE PROPERTY, MOVE THROUGH A CIRCULAR TRAFFIC PATTERN, PICK UP OR DROP OFF AND LEAVE. I'VE NOT WITNESSED THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED. I'VE ALSO ATTENDED EVENTS AT THIS PROPERTY, INCLUDING A CHARITY CONCERT PERFORMED BY MY SON. THE EVENTS I'M AWARE OF HAVE BEEN LIMITED IN NUMBER AND THEY HAVE ENDED EARLY IN THE EVENING BEFORE 8 P.M. THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE PICTURE OF FREQUENT LATE NIGHT EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, BUT I THINK THERE'S A BIGGER QUESTION HERE THAN TRAFFIC AND NOISE. WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THIS PROPERTY IS GENUINELY BENEFITING CHILDREN. STATE 48, IS PROVIDING AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR KIDS WHO DON'T ALWAYS FIT COMFORTABLY INTO A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTING. THEY HAVE CREATED A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN CAN BE THEMSELVES, WHERE THE ARTS ARE TREATED AS SOMETHING IMPORTANT, AND WHERE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS CAN PARTICIPATE, PERFORM, CREATE AND BELONG. I'VE WORKED IN EDUCATION FOR OVER 20 YEARS, INCLUDING AS A TEACHER AND A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, AND I ACTUALLY WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR AT EDU, RIGHT? RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. I'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CHILD FINALLY FINDS A PLACE WHERE HE OR SHE CAN FEEL SUCCESSFUL. THAT CAN CHANGE, THAT CAN CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF A OF A CHILD'S LIFE. PEOPLE RUNNING STATE 48 ARE NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE IT IS SOME ENORMOUSLY PROFITABLE ENTERPRISE. I'VE WATCHED THEM SACRIFICE FINANCIALLY AND PERSONALLY BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THESE KIDS. I CERTAINLY BELIEVE NEIGHBORS HAVE THE RIGHT TO RAISE RAISE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS, BUT DECISIONS THIS IMPORTANT SHOULD BE BASED ON WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AT THE PROPERTY, NOT ON THINGS PEOPLE FEAR MIGHT HAPPEN, OR ALLEGATIONS THAT AREN'T SUPPORTED BY WHAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRED. IF THERE ARE REASONABLE CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC HOURS, NOISE OR EVENTS, THOSE CAN BE ADDRESSED. BUT I HOPE THE COUNTY WILL ALSO RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS GOOD THAT IS BEING DONE HERE. THERE IS A SMALL. THIS IS A SMALL SCHOOL MAKING A VERY LARGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF SOME KIDS WHO DESPERATELY NEED A PLACE LIKE THIS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO ALLOW STATE 48 MICRO SCHOOL TO CONTINUE DOING THAT WORK, AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. THANK YOU. TOM BAKER. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS TOM BAKER AND MY 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, TEAGAN, WHO'S SITTING RIGHT BACK THERE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE THAT THIS IMPACTS, ALONG WITH SOME OF HER OTHER STUDENTS. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. TEAGAN HAS ATTENDED STATE 48 SCHOOLS SINCE THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT IT OPENED. OUR FAMILY HAS HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF BEING A PART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH FIRSTHAND NOT ONLY HOW TEAGAN HAS GROWN HERE, BUT WHAT THIS ENVIRONMENT HAS MEANT TO ITS STUDENTS. SORRY, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE EMOTIONAL. I PREVIOUSLY WROTE TO THE BOARD ABOUT WHAT STATE 48 HAS MEANT TO MY DAUGHTER, BUT TODAY I WANT TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. THE LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL IS SIMPLY WHERE HER EDUCATION 
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HAPPENS. THE ENVIRONMENT ITSELF IS PART OF WHY HER EDUCATION WORKS HERE. MY DAUGHTER HAS ADHD AND AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER. LIKE MANY OF THE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND STATE 48, SHE DOES NOT NECESSARILY THRIVE IN A LARGE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE TRIED THAT. 
          LIKE MANY OF US, WE'VE TRIED MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS HERE. SHE HAS FOUND SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. SHE HAS SMALL CLASSES, INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION, STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER TEACHERS, PERFORMING ARTS INTEGRATED INTO HER EDUCATION IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SHE FEELS COMFORTABLE BEING HERSELF. I HAVE WATCHED THAT TRANSLATE INTO GREATER CONFIDENCE, STRONGER FRIENDSHIPS, IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AND SELF-DISCIPLINE, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL, A WILLINGNESS TO GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN, WHICH I, IF YOU HAVE KIDS, CAN BE TOUGH. BUT SHE WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M CONCERNED BY THE SUGGESTION THAT STATE 48 SHOULD CEASE ITS CURRENT OPERATIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH ADHD, AUTISM, SENSORY NEEDS, AUDITORY PROCESSING CHALLENGES, ANXIETY AND OTHER LEARNING DIFFICULTIES. ENVIRONMENT REALLY, REALLY MATTERS. A SMALLER, FAMILIAR HOME LIKE SETTING CAN REDUCE DISTRACTIONS AND SENSORY OVERLOAD AND GIVE CHILDREN THE PREDICTABILITY AND SECURITY THEY NEED TO FOCUS AND LEARN. ALTHOUGH STATE 48 OPERATES ON THE DIRECTOR'S RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, THE MAJORITY OF INSTRUCTION TAKES PLACE INSIDE IN SEPARATE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND SET UP FOR STUDENTS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE DIRECTOR'S HOME REMAINS WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE TO THEM WHEN THEY NEED IT. THAT COMBINATION IS PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS PLACE SPECIAL. IT FEELS LESS INSTITUTIONAL AND MORE LIKE A SMALL EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY. I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PUT THE IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD INTO PERSPECTIVE. THERE ARE NEVER MORE THAN APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 CHILDREN. I'VE OBSERVED THIS MYSELF. I'M THERE ALL THE TIME OUTSIDE FOR RECESS AT ONE TIME, AND THEY ARE OUTSIDE FOR NO MORE THAN ABOUT 20 MINUTES PER DAY, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL NUMBER. THESE CHILDREN ARE NOT SPENDING THEIR SCHOOL DAY RUNNING AROUND A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY ARE. THEY ARE LEARNING. AND MANY OF THEM ARE CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES SPECIFICALLY SOUGHT OUT AN ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE TRADITIONAL EDUCATION WASN'T MEETING THEIR NEEDS. ARIZONA IS KNOWN FOR EDUCATIONAL CHOICE, YET SPECIALIZED MICRO SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY THOSE CENTERED AROUND PERFORMING ARTS, ARE STILL RELATIVELY DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES TO FIND. TELLING A SCHOOL LIKE STATE 48 TO SIMPLY RELOCATE ASSUMES THAT THE BUILDING IS INTERCHANGEABLE WITH THE EDUCATIONAL MODEL. FOR THESE CHILDREN, IT JUST ISN'T. 
          THANK YOU, MISS BAKER. THANK YOU, HEATH, AND I'M GOING TO GUESS YOUR MADERO MADERO'S SORRY IF I BUTCHERED THAT A BIT, I CAN'T QUITE. HI, MY NAME IS HEATH MEDEIROS. I LIVE IN SAN TAN VALLEY IN JOHNSON RANCH, SO I JUST HAVE MINE TO READ HERE. I'M HERE TODAY. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF A DECISION BEFORE YOU DIRECTLY AFFECTS MY. MY SON ARLO AND THE KIND OF FUTURE THAT STATE 48 IS HELPING HIM BUILD WITH. HAVING A CHILD ON THE SPECTRUM HAS WORKED HARD AT STATE 48 AND THEY REALLY HELPING HIM WITH HIS COMMUNICATION, HIS LEARNING, HIS INDEPENDENCE AND HIS CONFIDENCE. HE DESERVES THE ACCESS TO THIS EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. HE'S BEEN GOING THERE FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. I'VE WATCHED HIM IMPROVE AND GROW IN MANY WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN HARD FOR US TO EVEN GET HIM TO DO AT HOME, EVEN AS HIS PARENTS, HIS ABILITY TO LEARN, HIS INDEPENDENCE AND HIS CONFIDENCE HAVE JUST GROWN SO MUCH. A SMALLER SCHOOL LIKE STATE 48 MICRO SCHOOL HAS PROVIDED INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION, STRUCTURE AND PERSONAL CONNECTION THAT HAVE MADE A VERY MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE FOR HIM. AND WE SEE THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND WE WANT HIM TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE AND DO AND LEARN MORE MATHEMATICAL SKILLS. I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE, WHAT I'VE WITNESSED WITH MY OWN TWO EYES WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCHOOLS DROP OFF AND PICK UP PROCESS. I TAKE HIM EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I PICK HIM UP EVERY SINGLE DAY. I NEVER SEE REALLY MORE THAN I WOULD SAY THE MOST IS 10 TO 12 CARS AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND THOSE MOVE THROUGH THE LINE VERY QUICKLY. THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF IS, I WOULD I'VE NEVER REALLY SAT IN THE CAR FOR MORE THAN PROBABLY 10 TO 12 MINUTES AT THE MOST. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE, NEIGHBORS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCHOOL, INCLUDING TRAFFIC, NOISE, DUST, AND SO ON, AND THOSE CONCERNS DESERVE DESERVE TO BE HEARD AND CONSIDERED. AND SOME OF THOSE MAY HAVE POTENTIAL REMEDIES IN TIME. WE'RE NOT ASKING. I'M NOT ASKING FOR EVERY FAMILY MEMBER TO CHOOSE A SCHOOL LIKE STATE 48. HOWEVER, I'M ASKING THAT FAMILIES LIKE MINE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE IT FOR OUR OWN KIDS. HAVING CHOICES MATTERS, AND GIVING OUR CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE MATTERS EVEN MORE. THANK 
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YOU, THANK YOU ARE THERE. I I'M OUT OF CARDS NOW. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? HEARING SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND ARE THERE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. SO IT'S A GIVEN THAT THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK TO US FOR SURE. 
          IT'S NOT A GIVEN. I MEAN, IF WE CONTINUE IT, IT'S GOING TO COME. SO IT MAY COME BACK BECAUSE IT GOES TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAY SOLVE IT OR IT MAY COME BACK TO US. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE STAFF A CHANCE TO TO GET IF IF SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN OVERVIEW OF THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHO LIVES WHERE, WHERE DO THE CARS COME FROM, ETC. 10 TO 12 CARS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT AT ANY TIME. SO AS THAT'S PREPARED, HARVEY, IF YOU COULD HAVE THAT READY JUST TO THAT, WE COULD SEE JUST HOW THIS ALL LAYS, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO EACH OTHER, MISTER CHAIR. YEAH, JUST TO KIND OF GO ALONG WITH THAT, TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALREADY, OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ALMOST ALL OF OUR SUBDIVISIONS HAVE PROPERTY THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR SCHOOLS ALREADY IN NEIGHBORHOODS. SO BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT ACCOMPANY THAT, LIKE PARKING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, DISABILITY FACILITIES FOR DISABLED KIDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH WHERE WE ARE WITH ALL THE THINGS HERE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY OUGHT TO BE LOOKING AT TOO, AND CHECKING OUT, MAKING SURE HARVEY, ALONG WITH THAT, AS YOU'RE GETTING THAT DIRECTION, I CAN TELL. 
          SUPERVISOR MILLER, I'M REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE DEFINITION OF A MICRO SCHOOL. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT THERE HAS TO BE PARAMETERS FOR THAT. AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A DISCUSSION BACK WHEN WE WERE DOING ALL THE CODE REVISIONS. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT PORTION OF THE CODE TO REALLY DISCUSS IT. BUT ANYWAY, I, I MEAN, I HEAR THE TERM, BUT I CAN'T DEFINE IT. AND I THINK WE NEED TO DEFINE THAT FIRST. RIGHT. SUPERVISOR VITIELLO, YOU HAD A COMMENT. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, WATCHING THE THE PNC MEETING, I HAVE CONCERNS WITH BUILDINGS AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF IT'S OKAY BECAUSE OR IF WAIT FOR THE CONTINUANCE, AS I SAID, OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE ILLEGALLY BUILT THAT WERE NOT PERMITTED TO BE BUILT. I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT AGAIN, I THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, DO I WAIT FOR THAT? DO I ASK FOR A TWO HOUR AND 20 MINUTE PRESENT ON THING PLANNING AND ZONING? BUT THERE IS A PRESENTATION, IS THERE NOT? MR. KRAUSS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLEASE COME UP AND PRESENT THAT. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE YOU DO THAT EARLIER. WELL, HE'S WALKING UP. I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT STEVE SAID. IN MY DISTRICT, ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS IS WEDDING VENUES. 
          JUST CREATING A WEDDING VENUE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NOT MADE TO TAKE A WEDDING VENUE WITH TONS OF GUESTS COMING IN. SO WE NEED TO DEFINITELY, LEO. WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE CODES, WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE THINGS. SO, MR. KRAUS, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE THERE WAS I DIDN'T SEE THAT THERE WAS A PRESENTATION. BUT NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE PRESENT. I WASN'T REALLY PREPARED FOR THIS BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE CONTINUED. BUT THE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ON THE BUILDINGS, YES, THERE ARE EXISTING BUILDINGS. AND ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS THAT WAS PROPOSED BY STAFF IS THAT ALL THE BUILDINGS WOULD BE HAVE TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE STANDARDS. ADA, IF THE IF THE SUP WAS APPROVED. SO THAT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT, A COSTLY REQUIREMENT. SO LET ME SEE. I KNOW, BUT BEFORE YOU, IF IT'S OKAY IF I JUST INTERJECT SOMETHING REAL QUICK, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING THESE RURAL AREAS WHERE WE REALLY HAVE HAD NO, NO CONTROL WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS. SO WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE COMING THAT ARE NON COMPLIANCE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVEN'T STAYED ON TOP OF IT TO REALLY LOOK AT IT. 
          WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN COMPLAINT BASED WHEN WE LOOK AT COMPLIANCE. SO TO TO, TO COME DOWN ON INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THINGS. AND YEAH, GRANTED THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT THEY DO, THEY, THEY MOVE SO FAR OUT, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW MOST OF THIS TIME THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE. SO ANYWAY, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. 
          AND I JUST, I, WE KEEP COMING BACK TO THAT. AND THAT'S THE PART THAT IS CHAIRMAN GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE FOR YEARS, DON'T I? I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST I, I GET WE'RE COMING TO 
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YOUR HOUSE NEXT CHAIR. IT ALREADY HAS. YOU GO TO HIS HOUSE, SO OKAY. PLEASE. 
          CHAIRMAN MCCLURE AND SUPERVISOR GOODMAN, HE DOES RAISE THIS IS THIS MATTER CAME TO US AS A RESULT OF A CODE COMPLAINT. SO THIS IS AS YOU KNOW, WE DO WE RESPOND ON COMPLAINTS. SO THIS IS A COMPLAINT FROM NEIGHBORS. IT'S AT THE IT'S IN THE LOCATED IN THE GR DISTRICT MICRO SCHOOL IS NOT DEFINED IN OUR CODE. PREVIOUSLY THE STATE STATUTES DO NOT DEFINE MICRO SCHOOL. 
          THEY ONLY DEFINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. THIS WOULD BE A PRIVATE SCHOOL, MAYBE EQUIVALENT MORE TO A HOMESCHOOLING ENVIRONMENT. IT'S IN SUPERVISOR DISTRICT. CARLY KEMPER, WHO PRESENTED. SHE'S. IT'S A. THE NAME OF IT IS STATE 48 ARTS AND ACADEMICS. I THINK THEY HAVE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CATER TO SPECIAL NEEDS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE REGULAR AND SPECIAL NEEDS AT VARIOUS AGES. THIS IS THE LOCATION. GENERALLY THIS IS THE PROPERTY SURROUNDED BY RURAL RESIDENTIAL. IT'S NOT CONSIDERED IT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A HOME OCCUPATION IF A HOME BASED BUSINESS. EXCUSE ME. HERE'S THE PROPERTY AGAIN. THERE IS A NEW PRIZE IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THIS, WHICH IS A CHARTER SCHOOL, WHICH IS GOING WHICH IS EXPERIENCING A LOT OF GROWTH AND ACTUALLY HAS A PLAN IN, IN THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS. BY THE WAY, HERE'S THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOTICE IT'S THE PROPERTY. NORTH. WEST, SOUTH. EAST, OR PICTURES. 
          THIS IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. BACK THAT UP. BACK UP. I WAS LOOKING AT THAT. COME BACK UP. SO THERE YOU GO. WHERE ARE THESE BUILDINGS. ARE THEY RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE. 
          THEY'RE NOT. THAT'S THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. THAT'S WHAT I THERE'S NO PICTURES OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY ON THIS IN THIS PICTURE THAT I SEE, THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING THERE. WHAT'S THE BIG BUILDING THERE NEXT TO THE HOUSE? IS THAT THE BUILDING THAT THEY USE? SO HOUSE THE GARAGE AND THERE'S A LAWN, THERE'S A HOUSE, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. I'D HAVE THE APPLICANT EXPLAIN WHAT EXACTLY SOMETHING'S BUILT. IF THE RED LINE IS THE PROPERTY LINE. NO. WELL, CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR MILLER, SOMETIMES THERE'S DISTORTION WITH THAT. IT COMES WITH AERIAL PHOTO. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT IT'S IT ISN'T MOST CASES IT'S IT'S JUST A NOT PRECISE LINE RIGHT HERE. BUT. 
          OKAY. YEAH, BUT MY QUESTION IS THEN WHATEVER'S ON THAT PROPERTY LINE, WHICH PROPERTY DO YOU THINK THOSE THEY LOOK LIKE SMALL BUILDINGS. I'M NOT SURE. I'D HAVE TO LET THE APPLICANT. I BELIEVE IT'S WITH THE OTHER PROPERTY. PROPERTY ON THAT SIDE. AND THOSE ARE JUST LITTLE TEN BY TEN SHEDS. LOOK, THERE'S SEVERAL TEN BY TENS. THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY. THAT'S THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. OKAY. SORRY. I'M SORRY. YOU NEED TO COME. COME TO THE MICROPHONE. 
          PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME AND TELL US. SORRY, MR. CROSS. SO JUST JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR THE QUESTIONS LIKE WHERE IS THE PROPERTY LINE? ARE THOSE FIVE BUILDINGS SHOWN? THOSE ARE NOT OURS. THAT'S THE NEIGHBOR. THAT'S THE NEIGHBORS. OKAY. SO THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION ARE NOT SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. IS YOUR PROPERTY YOUR IT'S NOT UP TO DATE. YEAH. THANK YOU. YOUR PROPERTY LINE IS RIGHT THERE. YES. RIGHT HERE. 
          THIS DARK LINE. OKAY. JUST SO, SUPERVISOR MILLER, YOU GOT THAT? I GOT IT. OKAY. MR. CHAIRMAN, IT'S KIND OF SHOWING AN ENVELOPE. SUPERVISOR. GO AHEAD PLEASE. SO AM I CORRECT ABOUT THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ILLEGAL THAT WERE NOT BUILT PROPERLY? THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANT TO 
          [02:30:01]
KNOW. SO WE DO HAVE A PERMIT FOR THE BUILDING THAT WE USE FOR. DID YOU FROM THE BEGINNING HAVE A PERMIT? YES YOU DID. SO THERE'S NO ILLEGAL BUILDINGS ON THIS PROPERTY? NO. WE APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT BEFORE WE BUILT IT. AND AND WE HAVE A SORRY, MY BRAIN IS FROZEN. A DETACHED GARAGE THAT CAME WITH THE PROPERTY. THAT IS ALSO ONE OF OUR CLASSROOMS. SO WHY AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING WAS IT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS ILLEGAL BUILDINGS, HAUNTED HOUSE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING THAT WE USE AS A CLASSROOM? THAT WAS A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE THAT WAS PUT UP FOR JUST AN EVENT THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN. SO THEY CAME OUT TO OBSERVE THAT. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE. THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE, MR. KRAUSS. CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR VITIELLO, THERE'S THERE'S AN OCCUPANCY CHANGE. SO WITH AN OCCUPANCY CHANGE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CODE UPGRADES TO THOSE BUILDINGS THAT THAT HOUSE KIDS. LET'S SEE, WHERE WERE WE? SO WE HAVE. BASICALLY WE ONLY WE ONLY DEFINE IN OUR CODE PUBLIC AND QUASI PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL DEFINITIONS. THIS WAS A CODE WAS DONE PROBABLY BEFORE WE HAD THE DEFINITION OF CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE STATE STATUTES. BUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE INSTITUTIONS ESTABLISHED OPERATED UNDER PUBLIC AUTHORITY, WHICH WE. AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE CONSIDERED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTE. NOW, PRIVATE SCHOOLS MEET STATE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, DO NOT RECEIVE THE MAJOR PORTION OF THEIR FUNDING FROM A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. SO PUBLIC SCHOOL IS ARE PERMITTED IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS PER STATE STATUTE. THE PROPOSED MICRO SCHOOL IS NOT A PUBLIC SCHOOL. IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A CHARTER SCHOOL. AND SO THEREFORE IT DOES NOT QUALIFY UNDER THE PUBLIC SCHOOL PROVISIONS. THE PROPOSED OPERATION MORE CLOSELY MEETS THE CODE DEFINITION OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A DEFINITION FOR MICRO SCHOOL. AND THE STATE STATUTES DO NOT DEFINE A MICRO SCHOOL. THE GR DISTRICT DOES NOT EXPRESSLY IDENTIFY PRIVATE SCHOOLS AS A PERMITTED USE, AND WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. UNLIKE SOME OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS. SO PUBLIC SCHOOL PERMITTED PRIVATE SCHOOL WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. ARIZONA STATUTES DEFINES PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHARTER SCHOOL AND PRIVATE SCHOOL. SO THE CHARTER SCHOOL ZONING EXEMPTION REQUIRES COUNTIES TO TREAT CHARTER SCHOOLS THE SAME AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR ZONING PURPOSES. 
          THEY'RE EXEMPT FROM ZONING REQUIREMENTS. SO CHARTER SCHOOLS CAN LOCATE WHEREVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE PERMITTED. BUT LIKE I SAID, MICRO SCHOOLS IS NOT DEFINED. A STATUTORY ZONING EXEMPTION EXEMPTION APPLIES TO BOTH PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. SO THIS IS MORE LIKE A HOME SCHOOL OR A PRIVATE SCHOOL. AND ARIZONA RECOGNIZES SEPARATE EDUCATIONAL MODELS. THE HOME SCHOOL MODEL, THE PRIVATE SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AN EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNT IS A PROGRAM OR A PRIVATE SCHOOL IS DEFINED AS A NONPROFIT INSTITUTION, WHILE A HOME SCHOOL IS. EDUCATION CONDUCTED PRIMARILY BY THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN. SO I DON'T. A LOT OF DEFINITIONS THERE. SO WE. I THINK IN THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE, AT ONE POINT, WE HAD. HAVE A DEFINITION FOR A MICRO SCHOOL AND TRIED TO PUT SOME DEFINITION INTO THAT. SO BASICALLY IN THAT DEFINITION, WE EVALUATED THIS PROJECT OR PROPOSAL BASED UPON THAT, THAT PROPOSED DEFINITION OF A MICRO SCHOOL, MEANING THAT IF IT HAD, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS LESS THAN 12 OR LESS THAN I THINK IT WAS LESS THAN 12 OR LESS WOULD CONSIDER IN A RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT. BUT IF IT WAS GREATER THAN 12, UP TO ABOUT 30 SOME, THEN IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED MORE OF A COMMERCIAL OPERATION. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CALI'S STATE 48, CURRENTLY HAS 20 STUDENTS ENROLLED, AND SHE WANTS TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO INCREASE IT TO 35, WHICH WAS THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THE PLANNING 
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COMMISSION, IF I COULD. THEY THEY FELT THAT A LOWER NUMBER WOULD BE MORE ACCEPTABLE, BUT SHE WAS SHE NEEDED TO HAVE UP TO 35. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ONLY 20 STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED. 
          SO I THINK WE WENT OVER SOME OF THIS ALREADY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. STATUTORY EXEMPTION APPLIES ONLY TO PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS, NOT TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR MICRO SCHOOLS. SO THEY WOULD THEY'RE THEY'RE UNDER THE AUTHORITY ZONING AUTHORITY OF THE OF THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF PARKING, DROP OFF, PICK UP AREAS, SITE PLAN. SO. THE QUESTION IS THE STAFF EVALUATED THE PROPOSAL UNDER THE COUNTY'S DISCRETIONARY SPECIAL USE PERMIT AUTHORITY FOR USES DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC INTERESTS. SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE IS THIS A USE THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES? AND IS IT DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST? SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CRITERIA WE USED IN TERMS OF EVALUATING THE PROPOSAL. SO IT'S LOCATED IN THE GR ZONES SUBDIVISION. 
          CHANDLER HEIGHTS RANCH IS NUMBER ONE SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. LARGE LARGE RURAL RESIDENTIAL. BOTH SIDES SURROUNDING THE AREA. THERE IS LIMITED EDUCATIONAL USE, MAY BE LIMITED. EDUCATIONAL USE MAY BE COMPATIBLE IF LOW. LOW INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL APPEARANCE MAINTAINED IN NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS ARE MINIMIZED. SO THIS WAS THE STAFF RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE PREVIOUS, EXCUSE ME. PREVIOUSLY WITH MICRO SCHOOLS, A ONE ACRE MINIMUM K THROUGH EIGHT UP TO 15 STUDENTS, 7 A.M. TO 6 P.M. 
          AND COMMERCIAL MICRO SCHOOLS WOULD BE TYPICALLY COMMERCIAL ZONING UP TO 49 STUDENTS, GREATER OPERATIONAL INTENSITY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT MICRO SCHOOL WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS ONE THAT MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR A COMMERCIAL ZONE. SO THE REQUEST IS TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE THIS MICRO SCHOOL ON ABOUT ONE AND A HALF ACRES WITHIN THE GR DISTRICT. THE EXISTING HOUSE IS ABOUT 2500FT■. 
          THE EXISTING DETACHED CLASSROOM BUILDINGS. THERE'S A GARAGE OF 400FT■!S, TWO SHEDS OF 800 AND 468FT■!S. APPROXIMATELY 35 STUDENTS, UP TO 35 STUDENTS, AGES EIGHT NINE THROUGH 18. THE HOURS 7 A.M. TO 6 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND STAFF EVALUATED. THIS SITE POTENTIALLY CAN MAKE IMPACT LIKE OTHER. WHAT OTHER COUNTIES AND CITIES WOULD CLASSIFY AS A COMMERCIAL MICRO SCHOOL. THAT WAS THE. THE PRIMARY CONCERN THAT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY WAS THE EVALUATION THAT IT SHOULD BE MORE A COMMERCIAL ZONING AREA RATHER THAN A RESIDENTIAL. HERE'S THE MORE OF THE SPECIFIC SITE PLAN. CAN YOU. WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU CAN BACK THAT UP. ONE. OKAY. IF I CAN GET IT. YOU GOT IT. OKAY. MY EYES CAN'T SEE THAT, SO I'LL HAVE TO RELY ON YOU. SO THERE'S AN EXISTING AND WE DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THIS ON GOOGLE EARTH. CAN YOU THROW THAT UP, MISS KENNEDY? IF YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT, IT'S UPDATED FROM THE GOOGLE MAPS. YOU HAVE IT. I THINK THAT ONE BUILDING IS NOT ON THERE. IT'S ON. OUTER PLEASE. OH, THERE YOU GO. THAT LOOKS BETTER. THAT'S WHAT'S THERE NOW. SO IS THAT THAT WHAT IS THERE PRESENTLY? AND I'M. OKAY. SO THE PLAY STRUCTURE OUT THERE, THAT ONE BROWN BUILDING, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE BEHIND THE GARAGE. AND THEN WHAT'S THE WHITE ONE? I GUESS THAT WHITE ONE'S JUST A SHED. OKAY, SO THE THREE ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE, ARE THOSE JUST SHEDS OR ARE THERE ACTUALLY CLASSES? THAT 
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LOOKS LIKE TWO TRAILERS TO ME. IT LOOKS LIKE TWO TRAILERS IN A HOUSE. IS THAT THE APPLICANT? OKAY, TWO TRAILERS IN A SHED, AM I CORRECT? YES, I'M GETTING A NOD. YES. OKAY. THE WHITE. 
          THE LARGER WHITE ONE. THAT ONE. THAT'S A SHED STORAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO BOARD, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KRAUSS OR THE APPLICANT? SEPTIC OR IS IT ON SEWER? WHO? I'M GOING TO GUESS. SEPTIC. SEPTIC. BUT. SEPTIC OR SEWER? SEPTIC. SEWER. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO, HARVEY. 
          OH, SORRY, MR. CHAIR. GO AHEAD. SO, HARVEY, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WANT TO GO UP TO 35. 
          AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A HOME SCHOOL. IF YOU'RE HOMESCHOOLING, YOU'RE NOT CHARGING. I'M SURE THEY'RE CHARGING, CORRECT? YES. A IS I BELIEVE WOULD BE OKAY. SO ANYWAY, MY, MY POINT IS, IS THAT AND NOW THEY WANT TO GO UP FROM 15 OR 12, WHATEVER THE NUMBER WAS UP TO 35. CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO, YES. 20 IS WHAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY 20 STUDENTS ENROLLED CURRENTLY IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THAT'S WHAT THEY. BUT THEY WANT TO GO UP TO 35. THEY WANT TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY, THE ABILITY TO WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO. 35 THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTED TO LIMIT IT TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHILDREN. GO AHEAD. SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I, I DO THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. I MEAN, MICRO SCHOOL FOR ME, IF I IF YOU SAID STEVE SET SOME PARAMETERS, IT'D BE 12, NO MORE THAN 12 OR AND AND THE HOURS WOULD BE FROM 7 TO 5. I THINK THAT AFTER THAT IT NEEDS TO GO TO A COMMERCIAL SITE. I MEAN, I CAN APPRECIATE THE, THE NEED TO, TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION, BUT IF YOU PUT 12 KIDS IN A RESIDENTIAL HOME, I DON'T CARE. THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY CRAZY. I MEAN, FOR A FULL EIGHT HOURS A DAY. AND SO AT LEAST IF THEY WERE RELATED TO ME, THEY WOULD BE CRAZY. BUT ANYWAY. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THINK THERE SHOULD BE A PARAMETER. AND IF AFTER THAT I THINK I MAYBE I COULD GIVE ON 15, BUT I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S, THAT'S STILL QUITE A FEW KIDS IN ONE SPOT. I THINK THE QUESTION BEFORE US THEN IS, I MEAN, PNC RECOMMENDED DENIAL, BUT ARE WE ARE WE CONSIDERING CONTINUING THIS TO THE 18TH OR ARE WE SAYING NO, I'M OKAY. CONTINUING THAT, I'D LIKE TO RESEARCH A LITTLE BIT MORE, GET MORE OF THEIR LEGAL PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, BECAUSE I DO WANT TO KNOW. I THINK I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COME UP IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK, YEAH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET FOR US TO GET MORE EDUCATED ON HOW THESE MICRO SCHOOLS WORK. 
          I MEAN, THERE HAS TO BE OTHER COMMERCIAL ENTITIES THAT HAVE MICRO SCHOOLS. YES. MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. I AGREE THAT WE COULD THIS WILL HELP US TO ADJUST CODES. YEAH. 
          AND THEN IF IF WE APPROVE THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE MORE AND MORE OF THIS WILDCAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES, WHICH THERE'S THERE'S OTHERS THAN JUST THESE SCHOOLS. OKAY. SO SO THANK YOU, MR. ROSS. SO, OKAY, SO YOUR COMMENTS ARE TELLING ME THAT WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME? WHAT'S THE MOTION GOING TO BE HERE, MISTER CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE THIS TO NOVEMBER 18TH, 2026 AT OUR AT THE BOARD MEETING. AT THAT TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT A PUBLIC HEARING. WITH A PUBLIC HEARING, WITH WITH PUBLIC HEARING, WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED NAY, NAY. DID YOU SAY I SAID SO THAT IS THREE TWO MOTION PASSES AND THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT MOVES US TO ITEM NUMBER 18. WELL HOLD ON. HOLD 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION(S) (Part 2 of 3)]
HOLD THAT THOUGHT. ITEM NUMBER 18. WE WOULD REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE BOARD SO WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT I'D ASK FOR A MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY. WELL YEAH. PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. 
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HE HAD HE HAD SOME EMERGENCY ISSUES DUE TO WEATHER. SO WE ARE GOING TO NOW I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO RECESS THE SESSION AND RECONVENE. WHAT WHAT MOTION IS NOT NECESSARY CHAIRMAN TO YOU JUST SAY FINE AND DANDY. I'M GOING TO RECESS THE SESSION. 
          THERE WE GO AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR SESSION. HOW'S THAT? I SAID SO. OKAY, SO NOW NOW THAT 
          [18. Public Hearing and discussion/approval/disapproval of Resolution No. 2026-SUP-007-26, a Resolution approving case SUP-007-26; Christine Tucker, Terra Consulting (Agent), Vertical Bridge and Verizon Wireless (Applicants) on behalf of Danielle Johnson, Nu Wavz Holding LLC (Landowner), is requesting approval of a Special Use Permit (SUP) to operate a new multi-carrier 80-foot-tall (top of branches) Wireless Communication Facility for Verizon, designed as a faux eucalyptus tree, within a 50’ x 50’ compound on a ±1.25 parcel in the GR General Rural Zone, Assessor Parcel Number: 200- 60-001F (legal on file), situated within Section 02, Township 04S, Range 09E, East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, located west of Cumberland Road, in the Arizona Skies Ranches community, north-east of the Town of Florence, in unincorporated Pinal County, Arizona. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial (9-0) of case SUP-007-26 with 17 stipulations. Supervisor District #5. (Tanya Bedward/Dedrick Denton)]
WE'RE DONE WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S LET'S GET TO ITEM NUMBER 18, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION APPROVAL DISAPPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-SUP-007-26. AND I HAVE MISS EDWARD. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. I HAVE BEFORE I START THE PRESENTATION, CHAIRMAN, I'M GOING TO HAND TO MISS KENNEDY COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED WELL. COMMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. SO I HAVE, ALONG WITH ATTACHMENTS. I'VE SHARED THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. I AM PRESENT. MY NAME IS TANYA AND I'M SENIOR PLANNER WITHIN THE COUNTY. I'M PRESENTING CASE SUP00726. AND THIS IS FOR A RELATES TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY. THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US IS TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE AN 80 FOOT HIGH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY ON TOP OF BRANCHES. FOR VERIZON. THIS PARCEL. THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS LOCATED WEST OF CUMBERLAND ROAD AND THIS IS WITHIN THE ARIZONA SKIES COMMUNITY IN UNINCORPORATED PINAL COUNTY. THE LAND OWNER IS NEW WAVES HOLDINGS AND THE SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT. THE COUNTY MAP SHOWS THE GENERAL LOCATION IN RELATION TO ITS SURROUNDING AREAS, AND WE SEE ON THIS MAP THE ZONING WHERE THE CURRENT ZONE IS. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED GR AND IS ALSO SURROUNDED BY GR ON ALL SIDES, AND THE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS VERY LOW DENSITY WITHIN THIS ENTIRE AREA. THIS PROVIDES THE VICINITY MAP. 
          AGAIN, THE LOCATION IN RELATION TO OTHER LAND USES, AND THIS IS AN AERIAL OVERVIEW OF THE PARCEL ITSELF. ON THE SLIDE OUR PICTORIALS LOOKING AT THE FROM THE VARIOUS LOCATION ON THE PARCEL. VARIOUS DIRECTIONS RATHER ON THE PARCEL NOTICES WERE INSTALLED ON THE SITE AND THESE. THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT WAS PROVIDED ON THE SITE. THE REQUEST FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMITS, AS I MENTIONED, IS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE 80 FOOT TALL TOP OF BRANCHES, STEALTH FACILITY AND THIS IS. THIS WILL TAKE THE FORM OF A FOUR EUCALYPTUS TREE WITHIN A 50 BY 50 COMPOUND. THE FACILITY IS BEING. IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED OPERATED BY VERIZON AND. VERIZON HAS INDICATED THAT THIS IS A PART OF THEIR OVERALL PLAN TO UPGRADE AND EXPAND ITS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, AND THIS IS TO ENHANCE ITS G FOR LTE AND 5G TECHNOLOGY. THE DESIGN. THE TOWER IS DESIGNED TO BE A MULTI CARRIER FACILITY AS WELL. IT HAS ALSO INCORPORATED FEATURES WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE ESTHETICS AND ENSURE THAT THE STRUCTURE BLENDS WITH THE SURROUNDING THROUGH CAMOUFLAGE FEATURES. THIS PROVIDES, AT A HIGH LEVEL, JUST AN OUTLINE OF WHAT THE THE SITE WILL LOOK LIKE. THE. JUST TO NOTE THAT THE PARCEL. THE SETBACKS OF THE TOWER MEETS THE. THE CODE REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS A 1 TO 1. I NOTE THAT THE HEIGHT OF THE. THE TOWER IS PROPOSED TO BE 80 AND. AS INDICATED ON THIS SLIDE, THE SETBACK ON THE RESPECTIVE SIDES. ACCESS FOR THIS PARCEL IS VIA CUMBERLAND ROAD AND THIS WILL BE BY WAY OF A 2020FT WIDE ACCESS UTILITY EASEMENT AND WITH A. WITH A LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 80FT. THIS IS THE ELEVATED VIEW OF THE EUCALYPTUS STRUCTURE. AND THIS IS A. THIS 
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SHOWS THE CROSS SECTION OF THE ANTENNAS ON THE STRUCTURE. THE APPLICANTS ALSO PROVIDED PRE COVERAGE AND POST COVERAGE. MAPS WHICH ARE INDICATED ARE SHOWN ON THE SLIDE. JUST TO NOTE THAT THE REQUISITE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESSES WERE UNDERTAKEN AS OUTLINED ON THE SLIDE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LEVEL. TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION WERE RECEIVED. AND JUST TO NOTE AS WELL THAT YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED ANOTHER LETTER OF OPPOSITION, WHICH I JUST SHARED WITH MISS KENNEDY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PERSONS WHO HAD OPPOSED AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO HE HAS REITERATED HIS POSITION ON THAT MATTER, ON OPPOSING THIS. THIS PROJECT AT THE JULY 16TH. AT THE JULY 16TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THE COMMISSION MEMBERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY 9 TO 0 TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF CASE SUP 000726. AND JUST TO NOTE AS WELL, CHAIRMAN, THAT AT THE PNC MEETING, THE APPLICANT HAD PROPOSED A AN 85 FOOT, 85FT TOP OF BRANCHES AND THEY HAD SINCE RECOMMENDED REQUESTED AN AMENDMENT TO THAT STIPULATION TO AMEND THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER TO MAKE IT 80. AMONG THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR DENIAL DURING THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS THAT THE COMMISSION NOTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE IMPORTANCE OF ENHANCING AND BUILDING OUT COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND THEY INDICATED THEY HAD NO OBJECTION IN THAT REGARD. 
          HOWEVER, THEY WERE THE RACE CONCERN AS IT IT RELATES TO THE POSSIBLE IMPACT IT COULD HAVE ON PERSONS LIVELIHOOD, PROPERTY, PROPERTY VALUE. AND JUST TO NOTE, ONE OF ONE CONCERN, ONE MEMBER ALSO INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR CERTAIN PREEMPTIVE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY THE COUNTY SO THAT WHEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE SEEKING TO PURCHASE PROPERTY, THAT THEY WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO MAKE INFORMED DECISION IN TERMS OF HAVING INFORMATION OF LIKELY AREAS, THAT CELL TOWERS MAY BE LOCATED BASED ON SUITABILITY FOR SUCH STRUCTURE TO BE LOCATED IN THOSE AREAS. 17 STIPULATIONS WERE ALSO PROVIDED BY STAFF, AND THAT IS THAT WAS PREPARED SHARED IN THE STAFF REPORT. THAT SUMS UP MY PRESENTATION. 
          CHAIRMAN, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. AND JUST TO NOTE AS WELL THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WILL ALSO BE MAKING A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MISS BEDFORD, DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BEDFORD THIS TIME? HEARING. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE. AND SO IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE COME UP AND GIVE A PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. PINAL COUNTY IS GROWING LIKE CRAZY. AS YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS A CELL PHONE. TO MEET CUSTOMER NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS. WIRELESS PROVIDERS NEED THE ABILITY TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE THEIR NETWORKS WHERE USERS LIVE, WORK, TRAVEL AND PLAY. SO THE TOWERS HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE NEED THEM TO BE. WHY THIS LOCATION? THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, YOU MIGHT ASK? IT'S AN ENTIRE DESERT, UNDEVELOPED FOR THE MOST PART, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO LOCATE. WE HAVE TO GO WHERE THE ENGINEER NEEDS THE SITE TO FILL A GAP IN SERVICE. THE ENGINEER DETERMINES WHERE THE SEARCH RING IS NEEDED BASED ON DATA HE RECEIVES FROM THE THE CALL CENTER AND THE SWITCHING OFFICE. AND THAT'S BASED ON DROPPED CALLS, CALLS THAT ARE BUFFERED, CALLS THAT 
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JUST CAN'T GET CONNECTIVITY. SO WE HAVE TO FIND A SITE OR LOCATION WITHIN THE CIRCLE. AND ALSO THAT MEETS HIS HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. IN THIS CASE IT'S 80FT. THE TALLER THE TOWER, THE BROADER THE COVERAGE RING. SO IT JUST DEPENDS. THAT'S A SITE BY SITE ISSUE. THE SITE HAS TO BE BUILDABLE, MEANING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BUILD ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN OR IN A CLUSTER OF TREES WHERE THE SIGNAL MIGHT BE BLOCKED. SO IT HAS TO BE A SITE THAT'S THAT'S BUILDABLE AND THEN ZONE ABLE. SO WE DO MEET ALL THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE PINAL COUNTY ORDINANCE. 
          AS FAR AS ZONING GOES, WOULD YOU I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME? OH I'M SORRY, DID I NOT DO THAT? I AM SO SORRY. CHRISTINE TUCKER AND I LIVE IN GILBERT, ARIZONA. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANOTHER REALLY KEY COMPONENT OF THIS IS WE HAVE TO FIND AN INTERESTED LANDOWNER THAT IS WILLING TO LEASE US, AND WE HAVE TO COME TO BUSINESS TERMS WITH THAT LANDOWNER. AND THAT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT MIGHT SEEM SOMETIMES. WE DO HAVE, OBVIOUSLY A LEASE IN PLACE WITH LANDOWNER WHO IS WILLING AND WE COULD COME TO BUSINESS TERMS WITH, AND THEN THE SITE HAS TO MEET ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS, WHICH IT DOES. I REACH. EXCUSE ME. I REACHED OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, BEN SIEVERT, WHO OWNS. 
          HE'S A PARTNER AT NEW WAVE AND ASKED HIM TO GIVE ME SOME HISTORY BECAUSE I DIDN'T I WASN'T THE SITE ACQUISITION PERSON THAT THAT SEARCHED THIS AREA. I'M JUST HANDLING THE ZONING. SO I REACHED OUT TO HIM TO GET SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY ENDED UP IN THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL, BECAUSE HE OWNS FIVE PARCELS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I WONDER WHY HE PICKED THIS PARTICULAR ONE. HE HAD NO IDEA THAT PAUL'S PROPERTY ACROSS ACROSS THE STREET, THERE WAS A WAS A RESIDENCE. HE HAD BEEN OUT THERE. HE DOESN'T FREQUENTLY GO OUT THERE. IT'S KIND OF A REMOTE AREA. BUT HE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS A RESIDENCE. HE THOUGHT IT WAS A PART OF PAUL'S COMMERCIAL TRUCKING BUSINESS, SINCE HE HAD SEEN, YOU KNOW, TRUCKING 18 WHEELERS AND THINGS ON THE PROPERTY AND PALLETS, HE SAID. AND TRAILERS. HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A HOME. AND ANOTHER REASON THAT HE PICKED THAT PARCEL WAS BECAUSE THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY ANYWHERE IN THIS AREA FOR ANY OF THOSE PARCELS. SO HE AND HE'S FRIENDLY WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS DOWN THERE THAT OWN PARCELS. HE WAS GOING TO BRING THE WORK WITH THE POWER COMPANY TO BRING THE POWER. HE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD WAY TO BRING POWER AS CLOSE TO THAT AREA AS HE COULD. SO THAT WAS HIS THINKING. IT WAS NOTHING MALICIOUS. WHY HE PICKED THAT PARCEL OVER THE OTHER. SO HERE'S THE HERE'S THE PRE AND POST COVERAGE MAPS, WHICH TANYA ALREADY SHOWED YOU. THOSE LITTLE TRIANGLE MULTICOLORED ITEMS. THERE ARE EXISTING TOWER SITES. SO ON THE ON THE PRE PICTURE YOU SEE THERE'S THREE TOWERS. AND THEN UP IN THE UPPER QUADRANT WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PURPLE THAT THAT'S NO COVERAGE. THAT'S A DEAD AREA. SO THE WAY CELLULAR WORKS IS AS YOU'RE TRAVELING DOWN A ROAD AND YOU'RE ON A CALL, YOU'RE CALL TRANSFERS FROM TOWER TO TOWER AND HANDS OFF FROM ONE TOWER TO THE NEXT. THEY'RE GETTING MANY DROPPED CALLS IN THE PURPLE AREA UP THERE, WHICH IS WHERE THE GAP IN SERVICE IS. SO THERE'S SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO FILL A GAP IN SERVICE. UP IN THE POST PICTURE. THAT'S WHAT THE ENGINEER IS SHOWING US IN THE GREEN. YOU CAN SEE THEY ADDED THAT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TOWER SITE, AND IT COVERS QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AREA OF COVERAGE. SO THE THE OPTIMAL COVERAGE IS THE GREEN. SO THAT PROVIDES TRAVELING CELLULAR CALLS AND ALSO DATA DOWNLOADS CURRENTLY IN THAT LOCATION. I KNOW PAUL MENTIONED THAT HE HAD COVERAGE FRIES AND COVERAGE. IT'S LTE AT BEST. SO THERE'S LTE, THEN THERE'S 4G, THEN THERE'S 5G AND SIX G WILL BE COMING OUT SOON. SO I THINK WE HAD 2 TO 3 BARS BECAUSE WE WE WENT OUT AND CHECKED IT AS WELL. IS IS SIGNIFICANT. LESS THAN WHAT THE CARRIER IS CHARGED TO PROVIDE. I KNOW RIGHT BEFORE COVID HIT, THERE WAS A CHARGE 
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BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HAVE ALL CARRIERS ENHANCE THEIR SYSTEMS TO UNDERSERVED AREAS, WHICH WERE MANY OF THE RURAL AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE CHARGED TO DO. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY'RE ALL THE CARRIERS ARE TRYING TO DO THAT. THIS IS A COVERAGE OR THIS IS OUR SEARCH RING, A COPY OF OUR SEARCH RING THAT WERE ISSUED BY THE ENGINEER. SO HE SAYS HERE WE NEED SOMETHING IN THIS AREA AT 80FT. SO THAT'S OUR DIRECTION WE GO, WE TRY TO FIND, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME INTERESTED PROPERTY OWNER. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE CONTACTED. THERE WAS ONE MORE LADY. I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT ON THIS LIST. 
          BUT ANYWAY, WE CONTACTED MCGARRAH PROPERTIES THERE IN ILLINOIS. COULD NOT GET A RESPONSE OUT OF THEM. THEY'RE A BIG DEVELOPER. I DON'T THINK THEY HAD ANY INTEREST IN LEASING A 50 BY 50 PLOT. THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP THAT AREA. ARIZONA STATE LAND ONLY LEASE FOR TEN YEARS. SO FOR A A WIRELESS COMPANY OR A TOWER COMPANY TO MAKE THAT BIG OF A CAPITAL INVESTMENT. AND ALSO THE CARRIERS, ONCE THEY ONCE THEY COMMIT TO A LOCATION, THE FUTURE LOCATIONS ARE BASED ON THIS LOCATION JUST FOR THE WHOLE HANDOFF THING. THEY HAVE TO BE THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THEY LIKE TO BE THERE AT LEAST 50 YEARS. SO TEN YEAR LEASE WOULD NOT WORK. THE FEDERAL FEDERAL OWNED LAND IS ALL THE RED AREA UP THERE COULD NOT GET ANY KIND OF RESPONSE FROM THEM AT ALL. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY LEASED 50 BY 50 PARCELS, WAS TOLD THEY DON'T LIKE TO SUBDIVIDE THEIR PROPERTY. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 40 YEARS. I'VE NEVER HAD LUCK LEASING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO OUR PROPERTY OWNER IS THE GREEN. THERE'S FIVE PARCELS ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER. WE WERE ABLE TO REACH AGREEMENT, A FINANCIAL AGREEMENT WITH HIM. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THEY HE HE PICKED THE LOT JUST TO TRY TO BRING THAT ELECTRICITY DOWN TO SERVE HIS BUDDIES. IS THAT I THINK IT'S A DAIRY FARM THAT'S KIND OF DIAGONAL UP THERE. AND THEY, THEY REALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO BRING THE POWER COMPANY TO BRING POWER DOWN THERE. AND THEN WE CONTACTED THE JENNIFER AND YVONNE, AND WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T REACH AN AGREEMENT FOR EITHER ONE OF THEIR PROPERTIES. THEIR PROPERTIES ARE THE TWO BELOW THE GREEN ONES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED WEREN'T ABLE TO REACH ANYONE ON THE OTHER PARCELS THAT WE DID TRY. SO. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE THAT'S WHERE WE DO OUR CONTACTING AND MAILING AND REPEATED EFFORTS, PHONE CALLING, MAILING. A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE DID NOT RESPOND AT ALL. I DID HAVE A NICE RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION WITH PAUL WHO DID ADVISE ME OF HIS HIS POSITION. I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS SOME WAY I COULD TALK TO THE OUR LANDLORD AND SEE IF WE COULD MAYBE MOVE THE TOWER TO THE FARTHEST GREEN PARCEL UP THERE AWAY FROM HIS. IF THAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO HIS CONCERN, AND HE DID SAY NO. I ALSO ASKED PAUL WHAT WE COULD DO TO MITIGATE HIS CONCERNS. 
          AND HE DID ADVISE IF WE MOVE THE SITE A MILE AWAY, THEN HE MIGHT NOT OPPOSE IT, BUT THAT THAT JUST WON'T WORK FOR THE RF ENGINEER. FOR TECHNICAL REASONS, WE HAVE TO BE WITHIN THIS RING SO THAT THAT WASN'T AN OPTION. AS TANYA MENTIONED, WE DO MEET ALL THE TECHNICAL CODE REQUIREMENTS IN THE PINAL COUNTY ORDINANCE. ONE OF THEM SAYS MIMICS VEGETATION. YOU SAW THE YOU SAW THE PICTURES OUT THERE. THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF VEGETATION. WE ARE REQUIRED BY YOUR ORDINANCE TO STEALTH THE SITE. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO STEALTH A A TOWER, BUT THERE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE PER YOUR ORDINANCE ARE PALM TREE, WHICH IS NOT CO-LOCATED. THAT'S ANOTHER REQUIREMENT IN PINAL COUNTY. IF YOU BUILD A NEW TOWER, IT HAS TO ALLOW FOR OTHER CARRIERS TO CO-LOCATE ON IT. SO PALM TREES REALLY DON'T LEND THEMSELVES TO CO-LOCATION. SO THAT'S NOT REALLY AN OPTION. AND CACTUS, A SAGUARO CACTUS, THAT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR CO-LOCATION EITHER. SO AND THEN I THINK IT WAS AN ELM TREE, A PINE TREE AND AN ELM TREE. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO PINE TREES. THEY PROVIDE PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE, BUT I PERSONALLY 
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THINK EUCALYPTUS TREES PROVIDE THE BEST CONCEALMENT OF THESE FOR THESE KIND OF COMMUNICATION SITES. BUT MY CLIENT WOULD CONSIDER PINE IF IF THAT'S PREFERRED, OR AN ELM. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT PARTIAL, JUST WHATEVER THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THE SITE DOES NOT EXCEED 80FT. THERE IS, LIKE SHE MENTIONED, AN EIGHT FOOT CMU WALL AROUND THE ENCLOSURE TO SCREEN THE GROUND EQUIPMENT. IT WILL ALLOW FOR CO-LOCATION OF OTHER CARRIERS. IT WILL NOT GENERATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC TO THE SITE ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE. IT'S IT'S WE'RE GHOST TENANTS. I MEAN, IT JUST IT WILL JUST BE A TREE STANDING THERE ON THE LOT. WE'LL HAVE PERIODIC MAINTENANCE DONE. MAYBE SWITCH OUT AN ANTENNA IF IT GOES BAD. YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE TO ADJUST AN ANTENNA AT TIMES, BUT VERY, VERY RARELY WILL THEY EVER BE AT THE SITE. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE LESS TRAFFIC. THE THREE TIMES I'VE BEEN TO THE SITE, THERE ARE LARGE COMMERCIAL TRUCKS GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS. THE WHOLE TIME I WAS AT THE SITES. WE WON'T. WE WON'T HAVE THAT ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE. SO IT'LL BE LESS TRAFFIC THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON THERE. THERE'LL BE ONE TECH SPACE PROVIDED FOR THE TECHNICIAN TO COME OUT PERIODICALLY. AND AND LIKE I SAID, THE FAUX EUCALYPTUS PROVIDES THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE IN MY OPINION. OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHERE WERE THE LARGE TRUCKS GOING? THERE'S NOTHING DOWN. WELL, THE DAIRY FARM, I THINK THEY WERE GOING DOWN TO THE DAIRY FARM, WHICH WAS PAST PAUL'S PROPERTY ON THE RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE A TREE FARM AND PICTURES, BUT OKAY, BUT ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS IS GOING ON THERE, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE SOME KIND OF AGRICULTURAL OR FARMING TYPE OF BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT, MAYBE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WAS A BUNCH OF TRUCKS. I KNOW THERE WAS A THERE WAS MENTION OF PROPERTY VALUES. AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THIS SLIDE WAS IMPORTANT TO SHOW STAFF. AND THE AND THE BOARD HERE, MOST PEOPLE THAT BASED ON THESE TWO REPORTS, ONE ONE WAS FROM MONEY MAGAZINE AND ONE WAS FROM CTIA. AND THIS IS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THESE REPORTS WERE COMPLETED. THEY SAY THAT NEW HOME BUYERS, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER THE MILLENNIAL TYPE, AGES. ONE OF THEIR KEY FACTORS IN LOOKING FOR A HOME IS HOW GOOD THEIR SERVICES OR SELL SERVICES. AND SOMETIMES EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN HOW GOOD THE SCHOOLS ARE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THAT'S PRETTY TELLING. WHEN WE ALL WERE ASKED TO WORK FROM HOME DURING COVID, EVERYBODY HAD TO WORK FROM HOME. SO I THINK THAT STARTED A TREND. THEY'RE SHOWING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WORKING FROM THEIR FROM THEIR RESIDENCES. SO THEY DO DEMAND THAT THEIR ELECTRONICS WORK PROPERLY. SO THE TOWER COMPANIES DURING COVID NOTICED WHERE MANY OF THE GAPS IN SERVICE WERE. SO THEY'RE FOCUSING ON TRYING TO FILL THOSE GAPS AND. I KNOW I HAVE TWO KIDS, TWO SONS IN THEIR EARLY 20S, LOOKING FOR HOMES SOON. AND ANYWHERE WE GO, THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS SEE HOW MANY BARS THEY HAVE ON THEIR PHONE. SO IT IS SERIOUS. AND THIS IS JUST THIS IS JUST A TREE. IT'S AN 80 FOOT TREE. IT'S THE SITE. I KNOW THERE AREN'T ANY TALL TREES AROUND IT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE AT THAT HEIGHT TO MEET THE COVERAGE OBJECTIVE THAT THE RF ENGINEER NEEDS. WE NEED THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CELL PHONES TO WORK. I DON'T KNOW IF IF YOU KNOW, PAUL WOULD OPPOSE ANY TREE THAT'S 80FT THAT OUR PROPERTY OWNER MIGHT WANT TO GO OUT AND PLANT A TREE THAT'S 80FT TALL. OR IF HE JUST OPPOSES THIS ONE BECAUSE IT TRANSMITS RF SIGNAL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OH, I THINK THERE WAS ONE MORE. 
          SORRY. THERE WAS ONE MORE IMPORTANT THING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION LATE, LATE MONDAY, THERE WAS A TITLE REPORT THAT IN PAUL SUBMITTED ANOTHER LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO TANYA. SHE SENT THAT OVER TO ME MONDAY. I'M NOT SURE. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE. AND I'LL LET PAUL ADDRESS THIS, BUT IT MIGHT BE HIS TITLE REPORT FROM WHEN HE PURCHASED HIS PROPERTY. IT 
          [03:10:05]
WAS DATED NOVEMBER OF 2020. IT IS SAYING THAT THERE IS A RESTRICTION AGAINST ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL OR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, HE SAYS. IT SAYS CELL TOWERS. I COULDN'T FIND WHERE HE WAS REFERENCING IN THE EMAIL, BUT I DID NOTE THAT THERE WAS A RESTRICTION ENACTED IN 1978, AND IT RAN THROUGH 2002. THE AREA HAS BEEN REPLANTED TWICE, SO THE TITLE COMPANY, OUR TITLE COMPANY IS CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO, MAYBE IT WAS AMENDED OUT OF THERE. WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DETERMINE WHAT WHAT THIS DISCREPANCY IS THE TITLE REPORT AS JUST A NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS FOR US. WE RUN A TITLE REPORT RIGHT OFF THE BAT. AS SOON AS WE FIND AN INTERESTED PROPERTY OWNER, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS RUN A TITLE REPORT. THE TITLE COMPANY REVIEWS IT. WE TELL THEM WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO PLACE ON THE ON THE PARCEL VERTICAL BRIDGE WHO WILL OWN AND CONSTRUCT THE SITE HAS A LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAT FOCUSES ON REAL ESTATE LAW. 
          SO THEY REVIEW ALL THE TITLES, THEY CLEAR ALL THE TITLES, AND THEY HANDLE GETTING THE LEASES IN PLACE. THEY DO. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO ALL DAY, EVERY DAY NATIONWIDE. SO THEY'RE VERY THOROUGH WITH THEIR TITLE REPORT REVIEWS. OUR TITLE REPORT THAT WE PULLED WAS SEPTEMBER OF 2025. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THIS RESTRICTION. THERE WERE NO DECLARATIONS OF ANY TYPE OF PREVENTING CELL TOWER ON THIS PARCEL THAT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND. ALSO, OUR PROPERTY OWNER, HE'S A LAND DEVELOPER. HE OWNS PROPERTY ALL OVER ARIZONA. THAT'S WHAT HE DOES FOR A LIVING AND HAS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. HE HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT TITLES. AND HE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING, I THINK IN PAUL'S LETTER IT SAID THAT HE WOULD HAVE SIGNED SOMETHING AGREEING TO THIS RESTRICTION AT HIS CLOSING. I CALLED HIM IMMEDIATELY. BEN SIEVERT, WHO IS AVAILABLE BY PHONE. HE SAID, IN CASE ANYBODY HAD QUESTIONS. BUT I SAID, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. HE SAID, HE'S LIKE, NO, I, I, THIS IS WHAT I DO. CHRISTINE, YOU'RE AWARE THIS IS WHAT I DO. I AM A LAND DEVELOPER. SO I'M, HE'S VERY WELL VERSED AT REVIEWING TITLES AND RESTRICTIONS AND DECLARATIONS. AND HE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL WHEN HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY THAT SAID ANYTHING RESTRICTING THIS TYPE OF INSTALLATION. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. HE WAS VERY, VERY SURPRISED BY IT. I THINK THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS FOR ME. ANY QUESTION, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO ASK SUPERVISOR VITIELLO THE ON THIS SEARCH OF THE RING. YES, SIR. THE LITTLE STAR IS THE NO, I DON'T I WAS ASKING I, ONE OF MY PROJECT COORDINATORS PUT THAT TOGETHER AND I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION THE OTHER DAY. I GO, WHAT'S THAT STARTING? IT'S LIKE, WHAT STAR? HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE STAR ON HIS SHEET. I'M LIKE, HOW'D THE STAR GET ON? I DON'T KNOW, THAT STAR DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. SO THE THE GENTLEMAN WHO'S OPPOSING IT, HIS HOUSE IS ACROSS FROM THE GREEN, OBVIOUSLY. YES. I'LL PUT THAT SLIDE BACK UP SO WE CAN. SO HE'S THAT OVER THERE. IT'S GRAY. YEP. DIRECTLY ACROSS THERE WERE TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION AND THEY'RE BOTH THE GRAY SHADED ONES JUST SO THE BOARD CAN SEE. 
          WHERE IS THE CELL PHONE TOWER GOING TO BE ON THESE GREEN ONE, THE FIRST ONE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE THE GREEN, THE GRAY. OOPS. GOT YOU. SO SO I HAD ASKED HIM IF WE, IF, IF IT WOULD HELP IF WE MOVED IT TO THE FARTHEST PARCEL AWAY, HOW FAR AWAY WOULD THAT BE. DO YOU KNOW, I MEAN EACH PARCEL IS WHAT HALF MILE SECTION? HOW FAR? THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 1000FT. OKAY. 
          OPPOSED TO. RIGHT NOW. HE'S WHAT, 100FT? OH, NO. IT'S FARTHER THAN THAT. IT'S AT LEAST A FOOTBALL FIELD. I THINK IT'S 100 YARDS. IT'S 820 BECAUSE I HAVE A 600 QUARTER. 
          WAIT. OKAY. I'M SORRY, HE CAN'T TALK YET. OH, NO. NO, NO. YEAH, WE JUST CAN'T HEAR IT. OH, OKAY. 
          SO COME UP AND IDENTIFY. I HEARD HIM, IT'S BASICALLY 800FT AWAY. HE'S SAYING WELL HE'S SAYING SOMETHING. SOMETHING ABOUT HIS IS 800FT. BUT I DON'T KNOW. IT'S ABOUT IT'S IN MY VIEW. I STOOD WHERE THE TOWER WAS GOING AND I LOOKED AT HIS WHERE HE'S LOCATED. IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY TO ME. SO THAT'S NOT DO YOU NOT AGREE WITH THAT OR I'M NOT THE BEST AT. OKAY, SO THAT'S 100 YARDS. SO YOU'RE 100 YARDS, NOT 100FT, 500 YARDS. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW FAR AWAY, IF YOU WERE TO PUT IT ALL THE WAY BACK, ALL 
          [03:15:01]
THE WAY BACK LIKE YOU ASKED. OKAY, SO IS THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? I GUESS WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT WHEN IT COMES UP 1000. IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER MILE AWAY, ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE AWAY. 
          OKAY. YES. IF YOU PUT IT TO THE LAST ONE. CORRECT. AND THAT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER FOR US BECAUSE POWER WOULD BE A LOT CHEAPER AND EASIER TO BRING IN. BUT LIKE I SAID, MY LANDLORD WAS TRYING TO HELP BECAUSE NOBODY HAS POWER DOWN THERE. SO. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO POSSIBLY EVEN SAY SOMETHING LIKE A WATER TOWER BECAUSE THAT TREE LOOKS RIDICULOUS. IT'S YOUR CODE. SO I KNOW YOU GUYS WANT. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND, BUT IF THERE WAS A WAY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND I'M JUST ASKING, I'M, I'M, I'M GOING TO SAY YES, THE THE TOWER COMPANIES, OF COURSE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          BUT BUT YEAH, WE HAVE DONE THAT. WE'VE DONE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSTALLATIONS. WE'VE HAD A WATER TOWER. OKAY. BECAUSE I'VE RESEARCHED IT. SO THAT'S. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. CROSS, I DON'T THINK YOU'D LIKE A CROSS OUT THERE BUT WE'VE DONE. YEAH. STEEPLE. YEAH. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SO ON YOUR COVERAGE MAP BACK UP TO THAT. YES SIR. YEAH THAT'S A GOOD ONE. SO YEAH. 
          SO OKAY, LOOKING AT THAT, I MEAN THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE IN COVERAGE, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. 
          BUT BUT ALONG WELL HERE THIS THING. THAT'S YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S HIGHWAY 79. SO THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY BETTER COVERAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 79. AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE TRAVEL. AND OUT THERE WHERE IT'S GOT BETTER COVERAGE, IT'S JUST BLANK GROUND. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY SEE. AND THESE ARE COMPUTER GENERATED. YES. OKAY. SO THE RF ENGINEER DETERMINES THAT I DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THAT. THAT'S MY QUESTION IS COMPUTER GENERATED. THANK YOU. 
          SO THEN FROM THAT HAVE YOU DONE HAVE YOU DONE DRIVE BY TESTS TO SEE WHERE THERE IS AND IS NOT COVERAGE? I'M SURE THE ENGINEER HAS. I HAVEN'T BECAUSE I DON'T DO THAT. YEAH. THAT'S THAT ALL GOES INTO THEY DO THEY DO DRIVE DRIVE TESTS. THEY COLLECT DATA FROM THEIR SWITCHING OFFICE BASED ON DROPPED CALLS AND BLOCKED CALLS OF USERS IN THE AREA. AND IT IS FOR CONNECTIVITY. SO WE GO FROM TOWER TO TOWER TO TOWER, AND THERE'S OTHER TOWERS IN THE AREA. I SEE THAT THAT IT HAS TO HAND OFF TO. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. YOUR PRESENTATION. EXCUSE ME, NONE OF THIS IS IN YOUR PRESENTATION. SO IT'S DIFFICULT. WHAT DO YOU MEAN NONE OF IT'S IN YOUR PRESENTATION? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. NONE OF IT IS IN YOUR THE DRIVE BY INFORMATION IS NOT HERE. THE DROP CALL INFORMATION IS NOT HERE. ALL I SEE IS A COMPUTER GENERATED MAP, WHICH REALLY NICE COLORS. IT'S LIKE A PAINT BALL SPLOTCH, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER INFORMATION. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT THE BEST COVERAGE IS, OR THE FACT THAT THERE'S A LACK OF COVERAGE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. WELL, I SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU WHEN I WAS OUT THERE, I DIDN'T HAVE GOOD COVERAGE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE YOU KNOW, I DON'T I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M SAYING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT THAT BUT THAT'S INFORMATION THAT I'M PROVIDING AND I'M TESTIFYING TO THAT THAT MY COVERAGE WAS LTE. I CAN HAVE MY COLLEAGUE COME UP HERE TOO. HE HAS VERIZON AND SAY THE SAME THING. SO THERE'S TWO OF US THAT HAVE VERIZON THAT JUST HAVE LTE IN THAT AREA. AND THE GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE GREATER THAN JUST LTE, WHICH IS MINIMAL VOICE INSTEAD OF VOICE AND DATA COVERAGE. THEN DOES AT&T DOES ALL THE DIFFERENT ONES. THEY HAVE COVERAGE THERE. I MEAN, MY AT&T WORK, I'M ONLY HERE TO REPRESENT VERIZON. VERIZON. OKAY. AND IF IF ONE OF THOSE CARRIERS WANTS TO CO-LOCATE ON THIS INSTALLATION, I WOULD DEFINITELY DIRECT THEM TO VERTICAL BRIDGE. OKAY, SO IT'S JUST VERIZON. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, I DON'T SEE ANY TOWERS WHEN I TO ADDRESS YOU THAT QUESTION FURTHER, WHEN I GO OUT THERE AND DO A 360, I SEE NO TOWERS ANYWHERE. SO YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE GETTING SOME MORE SUBMITTALS COMING UP. I WOULD IMAGINE IN SHORT ORDER. I KNOW TANYA SAID SHE JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER ONE FROM VERTICAL BRIDGE. WE'RE NOT WORKING ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO THEY'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE COVERAGE IN UNDERSERVED AREAS WHERE CUSTOMERS ARE PAYING FOR SERVICE THAT THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY'RE REGULATED TO DO. OKAY, SUPERVISOR GOODMAN, WHAT ARE THE, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT HEIGHTS OF THE OTHER CELL TOWERS, WHAT THEY ARE NOW, WHAT THOSE OTHER HEIGHTS ARE HERE. 
          YEAH, 80. THEY'RE 80 FOOTERS. YES. OKAY. NOW THE. SORRY, CHAIRMAN. THAT'S OKAY. GO AHEAD. 
          [03:20:07]
I WATCHED THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING WHERE I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE LTE, BUT I ALSO HAVE THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS AT HIS HOUSE IN HIS BASEMENT SAYING HE GETS FIVE BARS, HE GETS 5G. I CAN ONLY SAY WHAT I LISTENED TO. I UNDERSTAND, AND AGAIN, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND NOT BELIEVE YOU OR NOT BELIEVE HIM. BUT NO, I RESPECT THAT. I'M STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. 
          WHY DOES HE HAVE FIVE 5G AND YOU HAVE LTE? THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I DO THIS FOR A LIVING, AND I GO TO A LOT OF THESE HEARINGS, AND I HEAR THE SAME THING FROM MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THESE INSTALLATIONS. I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. I KNOW WHAT WHAT OUR PHONE SAID, AND I DO RESPECT WHAT WHAT PAUL HAS SAID. HE'S BEEN HE'S BEEN VERY NICE AND PROFESSIONAL AND RESPECTFUL IN DEALING WITH US. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. I KNOW THERE'S A PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING THERE. OKAY, OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EXCUSE ME. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S SEE. OKAY, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          AND AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO CONVENE THE PUBLIC HEARING JUST LIKE THAT. AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I DON'T HAVE ANY. OH, I DO HAVE A CARD HERE SOMEPLACE. PAUL DUNLAP, THE PERSON WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. COME ON DOWN. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PAUL. NO, NO, DON'T JUST GET TO THE THING THERE AND THEN. AND THEN TELL US ALL ABOUT YOURSELF AND GENERALLY WHERE YOU LIVE, EVEN THOUGH WE ALREADY KNOW. JUST FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS PAUL DUNLAP. 
          I OWN PROPERTY JUST ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED CELL PHONE TOWER. THE ADDRESS IS ACTUALLY 25146 NORTH JAMIE LANE, WHICH IS THE ROAD THAT SEPARATES THE TWO PROPERTIES. SO THERE IS A 30 FOOT EASEMENT THERE. I HAVE SOME PAPERS HERE, SOME DOCUMENTATIONS. THE SECOND PAGE ON THIS, IF I CAN SUBMIT THESE IF YOU PLEASE. ON THE SECOND PAGE, I ACTUALLY HAVE A PHOTO OF MY PHONE IN FRONT OF THE PINAL COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD FOR THE NOTIFICATION OF THE HEARING. AND IF YOU LOOK JUST TO THE LEFT OF WHERE IT SAYS 45%, THE CHARGE ON MY PHONE, IT SAYS 5G, AND THERE'S MY PROOF. SO I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ONE IN MY BASEMENT, MAYBE A VIDEO, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I HAVE VERIZON, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY. I STILL HAVE VERIZON. THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT A CELL PHONE TOWER IN MY FRONT YARD. BUT ANYWAY, GOOD AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN. MY TIME HAS STARTED. SO WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY IN 2020 WITH PLANS TO BUILD A 4000 SQUARE FOOT HOME FOR OUR FAMILY. WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN 2022 AND WILL BE MOVING IN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN WE PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY. WE SIGNED AND AGREED TO A DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS, WHICH ALL LANDOWNERS IN ARIZONA SKY RANCHES SIGNED AND AGREED TO. WE PROVIDED A COPY FOR YOU TO REVIEW, WHICH CLEARLY STATES THAT ARIZONA SKY RANCHES IS RESTRICTED TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, WHICH WAS ONE REASON WE CHOSE THIS AREA TO BUILD OUR HOUSE. WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION IF WE BUILT A HOUSE HERE, WE WOULD HAVE A NEIGHBOR INSTEAD OF A CELL PHONE TOWER OR COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO REFER TO PINAL COUNTY ORDINANCE, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED ON THE DOCUMENTS WE PROVIDED THAT PROPOSED A CELL PHONE TOWER IS TO BE PLACED ON 1.1.25 ACRES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY 164FT WIDE BY 332FT LONG, WHICH DIRECTLY ABUTS TO OUR PROPERTY WITH A 30 FOOT EASEMENT FOR JAMIE LANE, WHICH RUNS BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES. THE ORDINANCE STATES THAT THE SETBACK SHOULD BE ONE FOOT FOR EVERY ONE FOOT IN HEIGHT OF THE FACILITIES, WHICH WOULD BE LESS THAN 85FT, WHICH I GUESS THEY ADMITTED IT TO 80FT. STILL, WITH THE EASEMENT. IT WOULD STILL NOT MEET THE STANDARDS. SO ACCORDING TO COUNTY ORDINANCE, THE CELL PHONE DOESN'T MEET THE STANDARDS FOR PLACING IT ON THIS LOT, ANY OTHER OR ANY OTHER ADJACENT LOT OWNED BY NEW WAVES HOLDINGS. ALSO, THIS CELL PHONE TOWER IS NOT NECESSARY IN THIS LOCATION. THE CELL PHONE COVERAGE IN THIS AREA IS GREAT. IN THIS IN IN THE SPOT WHERE THE PROPOSED CELL PHONE TOWER HAS 5G COVERAGE, I COVERED THAT I HAVE 5G IN MY BASEMENT. SO WE ALSO NOTICED ON THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR THE SUP STATES. THIS AREA IS UNDEVELOPED LAND SURROUNDED BY SHRUBS AND NO STRUCTURES, WHICH IS A MISREPRESENTATION OF THIS AREA. ALSO, THE PHOTOS THAT WERE SUBMITTED EXCLUDED MY HOUSE. SO THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A FEW OTHER POINTS, BUT THANK YOU, 
          [03:25:06]
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? OKAY. 
          HEARING SEEING NONE, I WILL RESPOND TO NOT YET HEARING AND SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ARE THERE IS THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AT THIS POINT? I. I GUESS I DO. I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHY. WHY THIS LOCATION HERE? I MEAN, THE LANDOWNER HAS OTHER PARCELS AROUND HERE BESIDES THAT PIECE RIGHT THERE, CORRECT? CORRECT. I'M SORRY. WHY THAT SPECIFIC RIGHT THERE ACROSS. YEAH. AS I MENTIONED, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S BEEN BUILT FOR QUITE A WHILE. SO IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW NOBODY WAS THERE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF OR CLOSE TO TWO YEARS NEGOTIATION. YEAH. THIS LOOKS SO. THE REASON HE PICKED THAT PARCEL IS THE LANDOWNER SAID HE DID NOT KNOW THAT DOME WAS A WAS A HOME. HE THOUGHT IT WAS A BUSINESS BECAUSE THERE WAS BUSINESS ACTIVITY ON THE GOING ON. HE HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS A HOUSE, BUT HE WANTED TO BRING IT. HE WANTED TO BRING POWER DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S NO POWER ON ANY OF THOSE. HE'D BE OPEN TO ANY OF HIS FIVE PARCELS THAT HE OWNS. BUT WE WERE CONSIDERING MOVING IT TO THE FARTHEST PARCEL, WHICH WOULD IT WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM TO HAVE HE HAD A DEAL WORKED OUT WITH THE ELECTRIC COMPANY THAT THEY WOULD BRING POWER ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT STREET. IT'S VERY REMOTE AND RURAL, AND THEY WOULD GIVE THEM A CREDIT FOR EACH PARCEL, EACH OF THE FIVE PARCELS, IN ORDER TO SET A LARGE TRANSFORMER DOWN THERE, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO BRING POWER DOWN THERE. SO HE'S BENEFITED FROM NO. HE THOUGHT PUTTING YOUR CELL TOWER THERE TO BRING THE WATER DOWN THE POWER LINE DOWN THERE. RIGHT. HE WAS HOPING THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE COULD BENEFIT, BUT RIGHT NOW HE'LL BENEFIT, WHICH WILL INCREASE. HE'LL BENEFIT BY THE RENT, AND HE'LL BENEFIT BY HAVING POWER TO THOSE LOTS. BUT THE CREDIT THAT HE WAS GOING TO RECEIVE FROM THE POWER COMPANY FOR THOSE, EACH LOT, HE WAS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE THAT TO THE COST OF BRINGING POWER DOWN, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY EXTENSIVE STILL. SO I WOULDN'T SAY THAT HE'S YOU KNOW, HE IS BENEFITING BECAUSE IF HE EVER, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE DEVELOPS THOSE PARCELS, THEY'LL HAVE POWER AVAILABLE THEN. SO THAT'S HOW HE WOULD BENEFIT. AND THERE'S NO POWER THERE NOW AT THAT HOUSE. NO, OR I DON'T, I DON'T I CAN'T SPEAK FOR PAUL, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES. DO YOU DO SOLAR. YEAH. I SPENT SOLAR OKAY. SOLAR BECAUSE OF THE OKAY. OKAY. SO AND YOU SAY YOU REACHED OUT TO ALL THESE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR HOW LONG A PERIOD OF TIME I NINE MONTHS. IT WAS A IT WAS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WHO MOVED GYM. I CAN'T THINK OF HIS LAST NAME WHO WAS WORKING ON THIS SITE. BUT YEAH, HE WORKED AT LEAST NINE MONTHS, NINE MONTHS. THIS SITE'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. YOUR ATTEMPT REPEATED ATTEMPTS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M JUST WONDERING. EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS, EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS AND LETTERS, NOT EMAILS, I'M SORRY. NOT EMAILS. LET ME TAKE THAT BACK. PHONE CALLS AND LETTERS IS WHAT THEY WERE. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE DID NOT HAVE AN EMAIL OR HE DID NOT HAVE AN EMAIL IN THE IN THE FILE, BUT EMAILS WENT TO MAGHERA PROPERTIES. AND BECAUSE BY I MEAN THE ARIZONA STATE, THE THE ASSESSOR, YOU KNOW, ON THE ASSESSOR PARCEL MAP WOULD HAVE THE ADDRESSES AND MAILING ADDRESSES FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE. SO AND THEN NO RESPONSE. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR SHOCKING TIMES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES HE MAILED THEM, BUT I KNOW HE DID. HE DID A MAILING AND HE THAT WE CAN ALSO GET PHONE CALLS BECAUSE THERE'S AN APP OR A PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE'S PHONE NUMBERS. SO I'M AWARE OF THOSE. YEAH, YEAH. SO HE DID REACH OUT AND WE EVEN REACHED OUT. SO YEAH. HOW DID MR. CHAIRMAN, HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THE, THE HEIGHT OF IT ALL? I GUESS THAT'S PART OF IT BECAUSE DO YOU RUN A, TAKE A LIFT OUT THERE AND LIFT IT UP 80FT IN THE AIR? I THINK IN THE OLDEN DAYS THEY USED TO DO THAT. THEY USED TO SOMETIMES THEY WOULD PUT A BALLOON UP A HELIUM BALLOON WITH AN ANTENNA UP THERE. BUT NOW THEY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT DETERMINE COMPUTER PROGRAMS THAT WILL DETERMINE WHAT THE COVERAGE IS. IF YOU HAVE A LOWER HEIGHT, LIKE WE HAVE SMALL CELLS THAT WE'RE DEPLOYING ALL OVER THE WIRELESS. SO THOSE THOSE ARE, I DON'T KNOW, 35FT MAYBE THEY'RE ON CITY, COUNTY STREET LIGHT POLES. SO THEY COVER A MUCH. 
          MORE CONCISE AREA AND PRECISE AREA THAN SOMETHING THAT'S 80FT TALL, WHICH WILL COVER MILES. 
          [03:30:06]
COUPLE MILES IS LINE OF SIGHT BECAUSE IT'S VHF. YEAH. OKAY. MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO ASK, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT TALK ABOUT FOR SINGLE RESIDENTS ONLY, AND HE'S GOT IT RIGHT HERE. THAT'S EXACTLY THE TITLE REPORT THAT WE WE I PROVIDED TANYA. I JUST PROVIDED IT TO HER. ONCE SHE SENT ME, SHE SENT ME PAUL'S LETTER OF OPPOSITION AND THAT WAS ATTACHED TO IT. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THAT CAME FROM. I SENT IT TO THE TITLE COMPANY AND SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON? THEY'RE TRYING TO JUST LIKE I EXPLAINED, WE RUN A TITLE REPORT. THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS THAT WE. WE TAKE VERTICAL BRIDGE, WHO OWNS TOWERS NATIONWIDE. THEY ORDER A TITLE REPORT IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME OR WASTE ANYBODY'S TIME AND MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW THIS. SO THEY DO A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE TITLE. AND THE TITLE COMPANY GAVE US A TITLE COMMITMENT, WHICH IS TITLE INSURANCE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY ARE INSURING THIS INSTALLATION ON THIS PARCEL, BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING CONTRARY TO ALLOWING THAT. SO IT IS PUZZLING TO ME. 
          I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. I RAN ACTUALLY, NOT ME, BECAUSE I'M NOT AS YOUNG AS THE GUYS THAT WORK FOR ME, BUT THEY RAN IT THROUGH AI. OUR TITLE COMMITMENT THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE TITLE COMPANY, SEE IF THEY COULD SHED ANY LIGHT ON THIS. 
          HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM YET, BUT AI, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, SAID I REVIEWED THE TITLE COMMITMENT THAT THAT WE RAN AND THE RECORDED DOCUMENTS INCLUDED WITH IT. I DO NOT SEE ANY RESTRICTION IN THIS TITLE PACKAGE THAT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS A CELL TOWER, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY, ANTENNA, OR WIRELESS USE ON THE PROPERTY, OR ANY COMMERCIAL USE. 
          RIGHT. AND THEN IT GOES ON WITH DETAILS. SO THIS IS STATING THIS IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. I, I UNDERSTAND THAT DATED IT'S DATED AND STAMPED WITH PINAL COUNTY. I MEAN, IN 1978 IS WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THAT. AND IF YOU READ FURTHER A COUPLE PARAGRAPHS BEYOND THAT, IT SAYS IT RUNS FROM 1978 TO 2002. THAT WHOLE AREA HAS BEEN REPLATTED TWICE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION THAT WE HAD WITH THE TITLE COMPANY IS, DID THIS REPLATTING AMEND THE RESTRICTIONS, OR HOW DOES HE HAVE A TITLE REPORT THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE TITLE REPORT WE JUST RAN SEPTEMBER OF 2025? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW. I JUST ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT MONDAY NIGHT. AND I I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T HAVE I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. BUT ALL OF OUR RESEARCH, LIKE I'M GOING TO REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAR TITLE. AND WE WERE PROVIDED A CLEAR TITLE. THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WE ASK WHEN NEGOTIATING WITH A PROPERTY OWNER. ARE THERE ANY DEEDS OR RESTRICTIONS THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM DOING THIS TYPE OF INSTALLATION? AND, AND I FELT PRETTY CONFIDENT SPEAKING TO THIS PROPERTY OWNER, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE'S A LAND DEVELOPER. SO THAT'S WHAT HIS WHOLE LIVELIHOOD IS ABOUT. I DON'T SEE WHAT YOU JUST SAID. NO, I DON'T SEE THAT. WHAT'S THAT WHERE SHE'S SAYING A FEW PARAGRAPHS AND I ASKED HIM, AM I BLIND? I'M JUST WONDERING IF AM I BLIND BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT HERE. I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT ON MY PHONE. I COULD SHOW YOU. 
          DO ANY OF YOU GUYS SEE THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW I'M KIND OF BLIND. LET'S SEE. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? STATES THAT SHE'S SAYING IT WAS REDONE IN 2002 ON THIS ON THIS PAGE, ON THIS STAMP. YOU'RE SAYING IT'S ON THAT PAGE. I GOT I GOT A DATE HERE OF 2010, NUMBER 160616. 
          THESE RESTRICTIONS SHALL RUN WITH BIND AND BURDEN THE PROPERTIES AND SAID RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE BINDING UPON EACH OWNER AND HIS HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUCCESSORS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. AND IT SAYS AND PERSONS CLAIMING INTEREST UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST OF 2002. I'M SORRY. YOU SAID A COUPLE. YOU SAID JUST RIGHT BELOW IT. SO I WAS LOOKING JUST OH WELL, 15 BELOW. SORRY. WHAT IS IT? 16. 16 YEAH, YEAH. 16 I IT DIDN'T 
          [03:35:04]
HAVE A PAGE NUMBER. NO, NO, BUT THAT'S IN THE TITLE REPORT THAT HE PROVIDED. AND OUR TITLE COMPANY FOUND NOTHING, NONE OF THESE RESTRICTIONS. SO THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY SO THEN PERPLEXING. IT DOES SAY THAT. AND THEN IT SAYS AFTER SAID DATE THESE RESTRICTIONS AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME UNLESS TERMINATED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, SHALL AUTOMATICALLY EXTEND FOR SUCCESSIVE PERIODS OF TEN YEARS EACH. CORRECT. SO WHERE IS IT? WHERE IS IT TEN YEARS TERMINATED OR. WELL, THE ORIGINAL RESTRICTION WAS PLACED FROM 78 TO 2002, AT WHICH POINT IF IF THEY DIDN'T REDEVELOP OR AMEND THEM, IT WOULD BE AUTOMATIC RENEWALS. HOWEVER, THE THE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN REPLATTED TWICE AND THE TITLE COMPANY IS TRYING TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THROUGH THOSE TWO REPLATTING PROCESSES THAT THESE RESTRICTIONS, BECAUSE NOT ONE OF THEM SHOWED UP ON THE TITLE REPORT THAT WE HAVE. I. I WAS ON OUR PROPERTY OWNER IS LIKE, I'VE. I NEVER SAW A SINGLE THING THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T SIGN ANYTHING AT CLOSING REFERENCING ANY OF THIS. SO IT IS, IT'S IT'S STRANGE. BECAUSE I THINK HIS TITLE WAS RUN MAYBE FIVE YEARS BEFORE OURS. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN. I CAN'T. AN ATTORNEY. WE HAVE THE TITLE REPORT. I DID EMAIL IT TO TANYA. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP YOU RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT I CAN IT'S ON MY PHONE. I CAN EMAIL 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION(S) (Part 3 of 3)]
THEM OVER. EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU NEED LEGAL ADVICE ON WHICH YOU GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. YES. SINCE WE'VE ONLY RECESSED, LET'S RECONVENE R QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? COMMENTS. HEARING. SEEING. NONE. 
          IN THIS CASE, IN MAKING A MOTION. PLEASE. CHAIRMAN. MA'AM, I'M SORRY IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OH. OH, OKAY. YOU KNOW. GOOD. I JUST SAID NO. OKAY. MAY I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED. 
          HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW BACK IN REGULAR MEETING. NOW, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? COMMENTS? NONE. HEARING. NONE. SEEING NONE. MAY I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? MISTER CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY SUP00726 AND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026SUP007-26. DENYING THE SUP APPLICATION APPLICATION INCLUDING THE WRITINGS THE WRITINGS FOUND. FIND FOUND IN SUPPORT OF DENIAL AT EXHIBIT A OF THE RESOLUTION, SIR. CORRECTION THE WRITTEN FINDINGS GLASSES THE WRITTEN FINDINGS OF EXHIBIT A OF THE RESOLUTION. DOES THAT SUFFICE, MISS KENNEDY? OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING 
          [19. Discussion/approval/disapproval of the request to create new job classifications to meet the current staffing needs of the department in order to provide necessary services. Funding for these positions is authorized in the Pinal County FY 2026-2027 budget.]
NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THAT MOVES US TO ITEM NUMBER 19 AND THAT IS DISCUSSION APPROVAL. 
          DISAPPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO CREATE NEW JOB CLASSIFICATIONS TO MEET THE CURRENT STAFFING NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE NECESSARY SERVICES. AND I HAVE. MISS VERDUGO, THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISOR MCCLURE. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M KIMBERLY VERDUGO, HUMAN RESOURCES CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION MANAGER. TODAY, WE SEEK YOUR APPROVAL TO CREATE TWO NEW CLASSIFICATIONS TO MEET THE CRITICAL OPERATIONAL NEEDS IN OUR COUNTY DEPARTMENTS. AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST, SUPERVISOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH, AND AN AUTOPSY SERVICES SUPERVISOR IN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. 
          THESE ROLES WILL ADDRESS INCREASING WORKLOADS AND PROVIDE ESSENTIAL OVERSIGHT WITH BOTH WITHIN BOTH DEPARTMENTS, THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST. OKAY. CAN WE. SORRY. CLOSE THE DOORS. CLOSE THE DOORS. WHERE'S OUR COPS? YEAH, WE'RE THE DEPUTY. GO GET. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT, MISS VERDUGO. THANK YOU. THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST SUPERVISOR IN PUBLIC HEALTH 
          [03:40:06]
WILL OVERSEE DISEASE INVESTIGATION. STAFF PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND COORDINATE SURVEILLANCE, OUTBREAK RESPONSE AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. THE AUTOPSY SUPERVISOR SERVICES SUPERVISOR WILL ASSIST THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. MEDICAL EXAMINERS OVERSEE FORENSIC TECHNICIANS AND THE DAILY MORGUE OPERATIONS. AS CASELOADS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. GIVEN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR REVISED PAY GRADE STRUCTURE, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 25TH, 2026. WE RECOMMEND THESE NEW CLASSIFICATIONS BE EFFECTIVE ON THAT SAME DATE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. MY QUESTION DID YOU SAY DISEASE AND INFECTED STAFF OR DID YOU MEAN THAT THEY WERE THEY JUST CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAID? NO DISEASE STAFF. OH, OKAY. SO NOT NOT DISEASE AND INFECTED STAFF. 
          OKAY. JUST CHECKING. OKAY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS VERDUGO? HEARING. SEEING NONE. THEN MAY IT PLEASE GET A MOTION? MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 19 AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. 
          [20. Discussion of Board Members' request for future agenda item(s) and/or reports to be presented at upcoming meetings. (Jeffrey McClure)]
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HANGING AROUND ALL DAY. APPRECIATE IT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 20 WHICH IS DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE BOARD WISHES TO PUT ON FUTURE AGENDAS? YES. CAN WE HAVE. NO. NO, NO, YOU GO AWAY. OKAY. SO SO HEARING, SEEING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS OF THE
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