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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/01/2005 Regular Council Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL FEBRUARY 1,2005 PLACE AND DATE Marana Town Hall, February 1,2005 I. CALL TO ORDER By Mayor Sutton at 7:00 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Mayor Sutton III. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE A moment of silence was observed. IV. ROLL CALL COUNCIL Bobby Sutton, Jr. Herb Kai Jim Blake Patti Comerford Tim Escobedo Ed Honea Carol McGorray Mayor Vice Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Present Present Present Present Present Present Present STAFF Mike Reuwsaat Janet Barr Frank Cassidy Jocelyn Bronson Town Manager Asst. Town Manager Town Attorney Town Clerk Present Present Present Present Attached is a list of public attendees. V. Approval of A2enda A motion to approve the agenda as written was made by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Comerford. The motion carried unanimously. IV. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES A motion was made by Council Member Comerford to approve the minutes of the January 4, 2005, regular meeting. The motion was seconded by Council Member McGorray, and was unanimously approved. MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL FEBRUARY 1,2005 VII. CALL TO THE PUBLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS Chief Vidaurri noted that he attended a presentation put on by the Sons of the American Revolution 2004 Outstanding Law Enforcement Officers in Southern Arizona. Marana Police Officer Bobby Derfus was awarded the outstanding Officer of the Y ear Award for 2004 for the Marana Police Department. Chief Vidaurri introduced Officer Derfus and noted several of his achievements over the past year. VIII. STAFF REPORTS There were no questions regarding the staff reports. IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Resolution No. 2005-15: Relating to Liquor Licenses; approving a recommendation to the Arizona Department of Liquor License & Control for a No. 12 (Restaurant) liquor license submitted by Texas Roadhouse Holdings, LLC, located at 8450 N. Cracker Barrel Road. (Jocelyn Bronson) 2. Resolution No. 2005-14: Relating to Transportation; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Town of Marana and Pima County for the sharing of costs involved in the provision of public transit services to certain areas of Pima County and the Town of Marana. (Jim DeGrood) 3. Resolution No. 2005-13: Relating to Subdivisions; approving a Final Plat for the Re-subdivision of Gladden Farms Blocks 13, 14, and 15. (Barbara Berlin) A motion was made by Council Member Escobedo to approve the Consent Agenda, seconded by Council Member Blake. The motion carried unanimously. B. COUNCIL ACTION 1. Update: Municipal Complex (Marc Thompson. D.L. Withers). Mr. Reuwsaat introduced Keith Dumais, construction manager for D.L. Withers, who presented the signage that was chosen by the building committee. Keith also noted that March 15th was still the target date for completing the building, or at least for moving furniture. He also noted that the first floor was about done. The second floor was painted and the third floor would be painted tomorrow. The Council chamber itself was being dry-walled today and the roof was dried in, so that would be coming along quickly. Regarding site work, Barnett would be opened Monday. Grier Road would be closed down on Tuesday. They were going to try to have Grier done by the end of April, depending on the weather. Mayor Sutton noted that he had taken a mini-tour of the building and was very impressed MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL FEBRUARY 1,2005 with it. Mr. Reuwsaat thanked Keith for his part in moving the building along, and noted the tentative move-in schedule for the Court and the Police, including dispatch, which would require a one-day turnover. 2. Presentation: Municipal Complex Ribbon-Cuttin2 and Dedication Ceremonv (Mike Reuwsaat). Mr. Reuwsaat noted that the dedication of the new facility has tentatively been scheduled for Founder's Day. The inclement weather experienced this winter has made it unfeasible to hold the event in the courtyard where a lot of the activities were going to occur on Founder's Day. Mr. Reuwsaat asked for Council's recommendation on where to move the dedication, noting that the date would determine the tone and tenor. The first option was to hold it the first Council meeting of May, on a Tuesday night. Basically, there would be a ceremonial Council Meeting with ribbon cutting and fireworks, with the events ending at about 8:30 p.m. A second option would be basically, the same format, but it would be held on a Friday or Saturday evening. The advantage to that being that more residents may come to a Friday or Saturday event than to a Tuesday night. Mayor Sutton noted that members of the Legislature would probably be more available on a weekend but also that Cinco de Mayo was that weekend, which might compete with the dedication event. After a brief discussion as to the pros and cons of the options, the Mayor moved to hold the dedication the night of May 3. The motion was seconded by Council Member Escobedo, and the motion carried unanimously. 3. Information/Presentation: Proposed art work and landscape architecture for Cortaro Farms Road. UPRR to Star Grass Drive (Harvev Gill). Council Member Escobedo introduced the project manager for the Cortaro Farms Road, Mr. Leonard Fuentes for CPE Consultants, who gave an update on the art work and the landscaping. Mr. Fuentes gave an overview of the status of the roadway project, including the art and landscaping elements associated with the project. He introduced artists, Nina Borgia- Aberle and Stephen Grede, and the landscape architect, Rick Schoenfeld They presented the art and landscaping integrated elements of the project. Ms. Borgia-Aberle spoke on behalf of herself and Mr. Grede, and reviewed their tenure with the project beginning in January of 2001, noting that they had met with the citizens advisory committee first and then members of the community at the first open house on April 26, 2001. During this open house, they spoke to many members of the community about their initial concepts and distributed questionnaires. Ms. Borgia-Aberle noted that a copy of the questionnaire was in the paperwork given to the Council Members, further stating that honoring the natural environment as well as many historical references, MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL FEBRUARY 1,2005 including dairy farming and specific reference to the roadway's namesake, Cortaro Farms, was the focus of their research. The rural aspect and feeling of the area, including the pristine stretches of desert that still existed, added to how they decided to create a cross section of a native flower to enhance the railings that would be necessary along the sidewalks on the north side of Cortaro from east of the railroad tracks to Hartman Lane. An art element would be placed at 10-foot increments along 1,720 feet of railing, or approximately 172 art elements. Their final meeting with the community was on October 8, 2002, when they presented their final design for the cow element and the art element for the railing, including color choices for the railing. The cowart element would be fully integrated with the landscape design and would have lighting, making it visible at night. Mr. Schoenfeld then presented the landscape project as a desert, low-water-use design that relies heavily on native vegetation to this area. The design was driven by the plants that were salvaged as part of native plant preservation plan process. They noted the drainages that would impact major washes. There was also a requirement to have significant tree plantings in the median isle, as well as the shoulders. There would be transplanted ironwood, palo verde, some desert willow, a number of saguaros that are along the alignment. He then showed a typical section with accent plants approaching the medians and concrete pavers as well as sidewalks of decomposed granite. He noted that all planting would be watered by an automatic drip irrigation system. Mayor Sutton noted general agreement with the railing and landscape plan but voiced his about the cow. It was an 80-square-foot cow. In comparing the cow concept with the current Marana monument sign near the Pinal County line, he noted that the existing monument was a descriptive history of Marana, and that most people wouldn't understand the concept of the cow as part of Marana's history. He stated that unless there was a description of why the cow was there, he didn't care for the cow being there. Mr. Schoenfeld clarified for the Council that the cow was included in the design prior to Marana's annexation of the area. When this process was done originally, it was actually done through Pima County, prior to the Willow Ridge annexation by Marana. As part of the IGA with Pima County, CPE agreed not change the landscaping and some of the design, and that was why the artists brought the cow before Council. So this group of artists and people did work with the community, but it wasn't Marana at the time, which was why it is coming before the Council now. Council Member Blake asked that Mr. Schoenfeld define the community that was originally approach. Ms. Borgia-Aberle responded that Pima County design/transportation has a process where they do mailings within a certain number of feet from the roadway, generally within a half mile from the road, so everybody who lived near Cortaro Farms Road was invited to the meetings. That mailing was extended to some other residents who were affected by the project. On the citizens' advisory committee, there were 12 key people in the neighborhood from neighborhood associations, and others who served on the citizens' advisory committee to the County. CPE's design was completed a year and a half ago, so MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL FEBRUARY 1,2005 it was before the Town of Marana annexed the property. There were two public meetings. The first meeting on April 26, 2001 included about 40 or 50 residents. Prior to that, they met with the citizens' advisory committee. Then they met with the general public after Pima County did a mailing for the open meeting. Mayor Sutton expressed his concern that there was not one Marana resident in that group, in 2001, because Marana had not started construction of home in that area. If there were residents, they constituted a small amount. Based on annexations, there are some people on that road now but weren't included in this process. Mayor Sutton gave direction to staff to get together with the artists and bring the item back at a future date after further public input regarding design, noting that much of what has been done on the project was still viable. Perhaps a design incorporating a collage with a cow and a cotton bloom and the Santa Cruz River and something showing the water our community was built on and based here and the reason they are here would be more appropriate. Mr. Barr agreed to move that process forward, again noting that he would work with the artists and share what was being done artistically with the new municipal complex area so that there was some consistency in the public road art throughout the town. Mr. Fuentes concluded the presentation by updating Council on actual roadway projects. They do have the two roadway projects. One was Cortaro Farms from the railroad to Star Grass Drive. The second project was the intermittent safety improvements at Hartman Lane and Cortaro Farms Road. This intersection improvement was advertised the first week of January. They received bids on January 13th. The low bid was $40,000 less than the engineer's estimate. The low bidder was Dar-Hil Corporation. It was my understanding that their contract was supposed to be executed today. 4. Resolution No. 2005-11: Relating to Subdivisions; approving a Preliminary Plat for Saguaro Ranch T-Bench Bar (Barbara Berlin) Ms. Berlin presented this item to Council for consideration and gave a brief overview of the project. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray seconded by Council Member Honea the motion was unanimously approved. 5. Resolution No. 2005-12: Relating to Subdivisions; approving a Preliminary Plat for Saguaro Ranch South Amended Lots 1-31 (Barbara Berlin) Ms. Berlin presented this item to Council for consideration. Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member McGorray, the motion was unanimously approved. 6. Update: Pending Water Issues (Mike Reuwsaat) MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL FEBRUARY 1,2005 Mr. Reuwsaat noted that due to the importance of this item, any matters regarding water would be placed on the regular council agenda as necessary. He then briefly updated Council on current activities, both locally, regionally and statewide. 7. State Legislative Issues: Discussion/Direction/Action regarding all pending bills before the Legislature (Mike Reuwsaat) The League of Cities and Towns Legislative Issues Bulletins Nos. 1 and 2 were distributed to Council for information. C. MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REPORT D. MANAGERS' REPORT Audio difficulties occurred during the Mayor and Council and Managers' reports. X. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS There were no items. XI. ADJOURNMENT A motion to adjourn was made by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by council Member McGorray. Upon unanimous approval, Mayor Sutton adjourned the meeting at 7:58 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council regular meeting held on February 1, 2005. I further certify that a quorum was present. ...""" ""'l ~.... 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