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Source: The Arizona Daily Sun, FlagstaffOct.迷你倉 10--The Flagstaff City Council discussed during a work session Tuesday the language of three versions of a local food production resolution.Ultimately, Mayor Jerry Nabours asked Councilmember Jeff Oravits and Vice Mayor Coral Evans to work together to find common ground between their two versions to bring back to the public for input.Basically, the proposed nonbinding resolutions seek city support for efforts by its citizens to raise food, including food derived from agricultural animals, for consumption by themselves and their families.The newer versions of the resolution addressed some concern that the original resolution might somehow leave the door open or imply food producers did not have to comply with existing laws.Oravits' and Evans' resolutions, the second and third versions, added language to the effect that producers must abide by the law.Several residents commented to the council."There is no more fundamental right than the right to grow our own food" and control the quality of the food, Jonathan Allen said.Jim Burton said: "We are about civil rights; growing food for your family is a fundamental right. Times are changing. There are companies that may not have our best interests" in mind.Oravits said he was "disappointed" the resolution discussion had become "so political. It's really disappointing."Councilmember Scott Overton said: "I don't feel we are disallowing this. I am not interested in the resolution. It's not a very useful resolution in any of its three forms."Oravits said: "I would like to work on a compromise of our two resolutions (his and Evans')," proposing that he and Evans get more feedback from interested people before coming back for a council vote.VENDING CARTS AT ISSUEThe Council also discussed proposed amendments to the city statmini storagetes having to do with sidewalk cafes and vending carts.Roger Eastman, zoning code administrator for the city of Flagstaff, said the biggest issues related to an update of the code are: An inequity in the use fee, whether to apply the code outside the downtown area, and whether to make it easier for vending carts to get approval from nearby business owners.The mayor said he would like to see a prohibition of liquor before "say, 11 a.m. in the morning."Several residents offered their comment to the Council.Mark Lamberson, owner of Mountain Sports Flagstaff, said: "I feel this is a solution in search of a problem. So many people are trying to do what Flagstaff is now. We've done a pretty good job."Lamberson said in his opinion there are other downtown issues, such as broken sidewalks, that should take priority over this code revision."No one wants a vending cart in front of their place," said George Averbeck. "We don't want vendors ...."Averbeck said the carts don't pay for advertising like the downtown businesses do. He said he did not want to compete with the vending carts.As the code is currently written, vendors are required to get 100 percent approval from all business owners within 145 feet of their location. Vendors are only allowed in permitted locations.Councilmember Mark Woodson said he knows of some businesses that have encroached onto the sidewalk without a permit. Because no one is complaining and the city has other things to do that take priority, they are tolerated.The mayor asked the staff to highlight the changes to the existing code in the proposed amended draft for Council to discuss and consider at a future time.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, Ariz.) Visit The Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, Ariz.) at .azdailysun.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存