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Home My WebLink About08/21/2001 Regular Council Meeting MinutesMINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TO~~N HALL AUGUST 21, 2001 PLACE AND DATE Marana Town Hall, August 21, 2001 I. CALL TO ORDER By Mayor Sutton at 7:02 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Mayor Sutton III. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE Mayor Sutton requested that a moment of silence be observed. IV. ROLL CALL COUNCIL Bobby Sutton, Jr. Mayor Present Herb Kai Vice Mayor Present Jim Blake Council Member Present Patti Comerford Council Member Present Tim Escobedo Council Member Present Ed Honea Council Member Present Carol McGorray Council Member Present STAFF Michael Hein Town Manager Michael Reuwsaat Assistant Town Manager Dan Hochuli Town Attorney Jocelyn Entz Town Clerk Attached is a list of public attendees. V. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member Escobedo, the agenda was unanimously approved. VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES Upon motion by Council Member Honea, seconded by Council Member Blake, the minutes of the Special Council Meeting of August 11-12, 2001 and the Regular Council meeting of August 7, 2001, were unanimously approved. 1 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL HEFTING MARANA TO`R'N HALL AUGUST 21, 200 VII. CALL TO THE PUBLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS There were no responses to Call to the Public. VIII. STAFF REPORTS There were no questions regarding staff reports. IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Resolution No. 2001-107: Sales Agreement between the Town of Marana and Paul and Virglyn Samuelson to purchase two 1-acre parcels for the Town of Marana's First-time Homebuyer Program (Dan Groseclose) 2. Resolution No. 2001-105: Sales Agreement between the Town of Marana and Wayne R. and Barbara I. Honea to purchase afive-acre "`~ parcel as part of the Santa Cruz River Linear Park (Dan Groseclose) 3. Resolution No. 2001-99: Central Arizona Project Incentive Recharge Agreement between the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD) and the Town of Marana (the Town) for the delivery of incentive recharge Central Arizona Project (CAP) water (Brad DeSpain) 4. Resolution No. 2001-94: Consideration of recommendation to State Liquor Board for a No. 07 (beer and wine) liquor license submitted by Randy D. Nations on behalf of The Links at Continental Ranch, located at 8480 N. Continental Drive, Marana, Arizona (Jocelyn Entz) 5. Proclamation: "Marana Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month" September 2001 (Jocelyn Entz) 6. Resolution No. 2001-108, authorizing the Town of Marana to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement creating a Marana Construction Works! Project 2001 with Pima County to continue the Youth-Build HOME Program (Dan Groseclose) 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA T01~VN HALL AUGUS'T' 21, 2001 7. Resolution No. 2001-85: El Rio at Continental Ranch: Request for Approval of a 102-lot preliminary subdivision plat on 22.85 acres located within Continental Ranch parcel 43, on the north side of Coachline Boulevard northeast of the Pima County subdivision La Puerta Del Norte, within a portion of Sections 16 & 17, Township 12 South, Range 12 East. Property Owner/Applicant is KB Home, 5780 N. Swan, Tucson, AZ 85731 (Joel Shapiro) Council Member Honea stated a conflict of interest on the Consent item number 2, and abstained from voting. Upon motion by Council Member Honea, with the exception noted, and seconded by Vice Mayor Kai, the Consent Agenda was approved. B. COUNCIL ACTION 1. Public Hearing Resolution No. 2001-89 -The Council will be sitting as the Board of Adjustment for this item. Woehlck Horse Variance: Request by Gerald and Jay Woehlck for a variance of the R-144 Residential Zoning restriction that only allows corrals, barns, stables and other livestock as accessory to a primary residential use per 05.10.02.D.3 of the Marana Land Development Code. The property is located at 5050 West Angel Drive, which is approximately 1/i mile east of Dove Mountain Blvd. And 1/4 mile south of Tangerine, within a portion of the northwest quarter of Section 01, Township 12 South, Range 12 East (Joel Shapiro) Mr. Hein explained that the applicant had requested a continuance due to circumstances that prevented them from applying for the necessary permits at this time. Upon motion by Vice Mayor Kai, seconded by Council Member McGorray, the item was continued to a future Council meeting of an unspecified date. 3 MINUTES OE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL .AUGUST 21, 2001 2. Executive Session -Pursuant to A.R.S. Section 38-431.03 (A)(4) for discussion and consultation with the Town Attorney in order to consider the Town's position and instruct its attorney regarding pending litigation in Tortolita vs. Town of Marana (Dan Hochuli) Mayor Sutton indicated that an executive session was not necessary at this time. Upon motion of Vice Mayor Kai, seconded by Council Member Escobedo, the motion to not have an executive session was unanimously approved. C. MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REPORT Council Member Comerford stated how proud she was of the building staff who worked with the school district's contractors to get Estes School open in time for the beginning of the school year. She stated that Building Official Jack Holden was very accommodating in getting the school open. He did a great job and should have a letter to that effect in his file. She talked to many teachers and parents who told her how pleased they were with the town staff. Assistant Manager Reuwsaat was also available and answered questions and got a lot of positive response. One comment was made regarding Building Inspector George Gleeson, who worked many long hours with the subcontractors to get the electrical inspections completed the day before school was to open, in spite of being "off the clock". Vice Mayor Kai said how much he enjoyed the retreat and thanked Mike Hein and Jocelyn for a great job. Council Member Honea also said how much he enjoyed the retreat and thought there was very good facilitation. Council Member Blake had no report. Council Member McGorray said she thought her first retreat was fantastic. She also applauded Jane Howell and Mike Hein for their efforts. Mayor Sutton thanked all of the staff who worked on making the retreat so successful. He indicated that he would like the Council to make sure they had signed all the letters of thanks and appreciation to the department heads. 4 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL AUGUST 21, 2001. D. MANAGERS' REPORT Mike Reuwsaat thanked everyone for their expressions of sympathy upon the death of his mother. He also indicated how impressed school district and town citizens were with the efforts of the Building Department staff to ensure the safety of the Twin Peaks and Estes Schools. He, too, would like George Gleeson to have a letter of appreciation in his file. X. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS There were no items presented for future agendas at this time. XI. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Blake and seconded by Council Member Escobedo, unanimous approval to adjourn was given. The time was 7:12 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on August 21, 2001. 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