Kenny Kale, a resident, used the meeting’s call to the public on July 10 to urge the Pinetop Lakeside Town Council to recognize a local historical connection and consider recreational and tourism investments.

Kale asked the town to dedicate the fall festival to mark what he said would be the fiftieth anniversary of Muhammad Ali’s training and residence in the community. "We should dedicate our fall festival event to honor the fiftieth anniversary of this man's legacy of good," he said. He also recommended forming a committee of stakeholders to study creating a dog park, seek funding for it and design programming to educate dog owners, which he said could contribute to a tourism plan positioning the town as "Arizona's dog vacation destination." Kale said such a plan "will increase revenues for our town" and called forming a committee "inexpensive."

Kale also voiced support for expanding pickleball facilities, describing them as a "wonderful opportunity to play in the cool summer pines." The council acknowledged his comments; no formal action, referral or staff assignment was made during the meeting on these suggestions.