SignalsAZ.com Prescott News Podcast - Weekly Update with Mayor Goode of Prescott | Feb 10

Episode Date: February 11, 2025

Send us a text and chime in!Hello, I’m Mayor Phil Goode with your weekly update.City of Prescott Holiday ClosuresHousehold Hazardous Waste EventErosion Control Coordinator TrainingCouncil Discusses Citizen PetitionCouncil Study Session and Voting MeetingUpcoming City Committee MeetingsCity Council Subcommittee Seeking ApplicantsCivic Enhancement Committee Grant Applicationshttps://www.signalsaz.com/articles/weekly-update-with-mayor-goode-of-prescott-feb-10/Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Hello, I'm Mayor Phil Good with your weekly update. The City of Prescott will be closed on Monday, February 17th, and observance of President's Day. City offices will reopen on Tuesday, February 18th at 8 a.m. The Prescott Public Library will be closed on Monday, February 17th, reopening Tuesday, February 18th at 9 a.m. The City of Prescott's solid waste division will not be collecting residential or commercial routes

on Monday, February 17. All routes will shift by one day throughout the week and be collected on the next business day. The City of Prescott Transfer Station will not be open on February 17th, Monday. The transfer station will reopen Tuesday, February 18th, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. For further information,

contact the City of Prescott's Solid Waste Division and visit Prescottrecycles.com. In March, the household hazardous waste event will take place which allows residents to safely dispose of unwanted household hazardous waste. The pickup dates will be from March 3rd through March 28, but you must pre-register for this contracted curbside pickup event. Registration is open now and will run through March 21st. This event is exclusively for residential trash customers

and is not available to commercial businesses and apartment complexes. Accepted materials include, but are not limited to, insecticides, pesticides, gasoline, car batteries, draining oven cleaners, bleaches, oil-based paints, stains, or thinners with a five-gallon limit, latex paints, a 20-gallon limit, adhesives, and non-alcaline batteries. All items will need to be in a box labeled HHW for household hazardous waste and placed in front of your home six to ten feet up from your curb so it can be safely and easily seen by our contractor for pickup on your scheduled day. Remember, this event is exclusively for residential utility customers. Commercial businesses will not receive these services.

If you're not sure if an item is hazardous, we have a recycle wizard to help you learn how to safely dispose of your items. If you have any additional questions, please call our Prescott Recycise. cycles.com team at 928-771-1116. The city of Prescott Public Works Department is hosting a two-day erosion control coordinator training and certification course. This course will provide education and certification in erosion and sediment control. Instruction and certification are provided by the Arizona chapter of Associated General Contractors. A registration fee is required for this course. Course content covers stormwater, sediment, and erosion control regulations, best management practices, an introduction to preparing stormwater pollution prevention plans, site inspection, monitoring,

and stabilization in a review of permit requirements. This course is required for Arizona Department of Transportation or federal projects and is highly recommended for municipal projects. Council held a special meeting last week to discuss reconsideration of the citizen petition submitted by Bonnie McMahon and Rob Moyer. The purpose of the petition is to amend the city charter to automatically apply open space protections to any city-owned property zoned as natural open space, and any city-owned property designated as open space on the general plan's land-use map. The purpose of the measure would be to ensure that properties could only be used for limited open-space purposes and

would not be able to be sold, leased, or otherwise encumbered without a vote of the residents of the city. After much discussion, Council has directed staff to prepare a draft for council consideration. It will be discussed again and possibly voted on at the February 25th Council meeting. Council meets for its regularly scheduled Tuesday meeting tomorrow for a study session at 1 p.m. during the study session, we'll receive a presentation and update on plans for West Granite Creek Park for discussion. At 3 p.m., counsel will hold its voting meeting. We will continue our consideration of adding an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units, also known as ADUs. Recent changes to state statutes have preempted the City of Prescott Land Development Code regarding ADUs,

and it appears that the legislature wishes to make further changes to the state's to the statute that will directly impact Prescott's code. Many council members, however, would like to amend the code to require water submeters with all ADUs. Staff is recommending updates to the Prescott City Code to make it consistent with the revisions, which we will discuss. We will also discuss the possible addition of a proclamation policy to the council rules of procedure.

Staff will provide three options for the council to review a discuss, and return with a updated resolution and rules of procedure for adoption at the next voting meeting based on feedback provided by the council. In other city meetings, the Tourism Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 12th at 11 a.m. in the council chambers. Next Tuesday, February 18th, the Airport Advisory Committee will meet at the old terminal building on McCurdy Drive in Prescott at 2 p.m. The City Council Subcommittee on appointments is seeking applications from citizens who are interested in serving on city boards, commissions, and committees. There are four vacancies on the Workforce Housing Committee,

three full-term and one short-term position. You do not have to be a Prescott resident to serve on this board. Boards, commissions, and committees provide opportunities for citizens to take an active role in their local government, and I would encourage you to consider applying. The City of Prescott's Civic Enhancement Committee is now accepting grant applications for eligible non-profit organizations that promote music and parks, especially for the children of Prescott. These non-profit organizations are encouraged to apply for funding for fiscal year 2026.

The application filing deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025. Applications are available on the City of Prescott's website. I'm Mayor Phil Good, and I'll update you again next week. Thanks for watching.