At tomorrow's joint study/voting session at City Hall, council will consider asking voters to approve a 25-year extension of the 1-percent sales tax that has been in existence since 1996.

The Prescott Capital Needs Committee, the Open Space Committee, and the Citizens Tax Committee recently met to discuss an agreeable m.o. for approaching a sales tax extension vote in May 2009.

The consensus was a recommendation that streets and open space be separated. In addition, they recommended that extending the one-cent sales tax for streets projects be placed on the May 2009 ballot. The current one cent sales tax sunsets in 2015.

The Council must call an election in January and finalize the ballot language in February to place the issues before voters in May.

The council meeting is open to the public who will have an opportunity to comment.

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

• Council will hold a 2 p.m. special meeting with the Prescott Unified School District board to continue discussion of a location for the proposed new high school.
• Consideration of purchase for two open space parcels in the Granite Dells area

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The Prescott City Council will hold its regular voting session at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Prescott City Hall.

ON THE AGENDA

Big Chino Ranch. Jim Holt, project manager, will give an update. Discussion/vote regarding purchase of 20 easements necessary for the 30-mile pipeline. This purchase will be the first of 128 needed. Discussion of request for total accounting of the money the city has spent so far on the project.

Prescott College. Consideration of request to buy and close the alley that runs parallel to Grove Avenue between Western Drive and Sheldon Street.

College seeks alley closure to create a safe walkway for students, faculty and others who use the alley in front of the Crossroads Center.

Discussion of related request by Prescott College to buy a section of Garden Street, which the city closed down in 1996.

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Positions are open to all middle school and high school students, aged 13-18, interested in local government and community service.

The Mayor's Youth Advisory Council volunteer for various local events and programs, and are in the process of creating a service project to call their own.

The program seeks interested, involved and caring youth that are willing to work hard to make Prescott an even better place for kids. Applicants must live in Prescott or adjacent unincorporated areas.

Applications are available at City Hall or the Grace Sparkes Activity Center (824 E. Gurley) or by calling 777-1551 or City Hall at 777-1248.

Wildfire fighters and college soccer champions recognized by Prescott City Council.

At Tuesday's city council meeting, Emergency Services Director, Darrell Willis, presented representatives from the Granite Mountain Hot Shot wildfire fighting crew.

According to Willis, they are the only city sponsored Hot Shot Crew in the United States. "The crew, which works off of a national model and has Type 1 status, receives 50% of its funding through a grant, and is reimbursed when they travel to another jurisdiction to help in a fire fight."

The crew recently completed technical rescue training--which qualifies them to respond to rescues in extreme situations such as water and motor vehicle accidents that involve a high level of complexity and skill.

At their Tuesday Dec. 2 study session, Prescott city council members will consider abandoning an alley that runs in front of the Prescott College Crossroads Center and part of Garden Street south of Sheldon

The session is a continuation from an October meeting, when council agreed to postpone the matter to allow for more discussion between the college and the neighbors who may be affected by the action.

The city has split the two matters - allowing for the council to vote separately on the alley and the Garden Street issues.

Agenda Highlights

• Consideration for purchasing utility easements necessary for the construction of The Big Chino water pipeline. The City and Prescott Valley propose offering a total of $72,740 for the 20 identified easements.

• Consider 17 different code amendments, dealing with administration, plumbing, mechanical code, fuel gas code, electrical code, and the energy conservation code.

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