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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/19/2005 Regular Council Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX JULY 19, 2005 PLACE AND DATE Marana Municipal Complex, July 19,2005 A. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Called to order by Mayor Honea at 7:00 p.m. COUNCIL Ed Honea Herb Kai Bob Allen Jim Blake Patti Comerford Tim Escobedo Carol McGorray Mayor Vice Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Present Present Present Present Present Excused Present STAFF Mike Reuwsaat Gilbert Davidson Frank Cassidy Jocelyn Bronson Town Manager Assistant Town Manager Town Attorney Town Clerk Present Present Present Present B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE Mayor Honea asked for a moment of silence to be observed for Council Member Escobedo's aunt who passed away. c. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member McGorray, the agenda was unanimously approved. D. CALL TO THE PUBLIC Ed Stolmaker, Marana Chamber of Commerce, addressed the Council and thanked them for their support. He announced that the Chamber had distributed the 2004-2005 Fiscal Year in Review and the Second Quarter Report for the 2005 Calendar Year to the Council. The Chamber had given away over $2000 to non-profit organizations in Marana. This year, the Chamber has a surplus of funds, and the Board of Directors is looking into starting a scholarship fund for students in the Marana School District. E. PRESENTATIONS Frank Cassidy, Town Attorney, introduced his law clerk, Del Post. Mr. Post is here for the summer; he attends law school in Montana. Mr. Post is helping with water issues and the transition for taking over the prosecution. F. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Mayor Honea welcomed Council Member Allen to the Council. 1 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX JULY 19, 2005 Council Member McGorray announced that a report in the Arizona Daily Star had named Heritage Highlands as one of the hundred best master-planned communities. Mayor Honea said that the Arizona Republic had printed a favorable article about the Town of Marana, as had the Tucson Citizen. G. MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Mike Reuwsaat, Town Manager, announced that the auction for the University of Arizona Farm. One bidder, Cardon Company, had been successful. Mr. Reuwsaat forwarded an e-mail to the president of the company, welcoming them to Marana. He stated that the Town of Marana had received the second check for the library from Jack Noble. He also announced that the Regional Transportation Authority is holding a meeting on Saturday, July 23, at 9:00 a.m. at the Lord of Grace Church. Next, he announced that also on July 23, the Miracle in Marana is holding a fundraiser event at Breakers called Christmas in July. Finally, there will be a memorial service for Bud Abrams Saturday evening at the Pima Air and Space Museum. H. STAFF REPORTS There were no questions. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS I. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Resolution No. 2005-85: Relating to Development; approving a final plat for the Villages IV at Dove Mountain (Barbara Berlin) 2. Resolution No. 2005-86: Relating to information technology; approving and authorizing the execution of the City of Tucson License for the Tucson Area GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Cooperative Internet Portal (Jack Avis) 3. Resolution No. 2005-87: Relating to Development; approving and authorizing the execution of an amended development agreement with Gladden Forest, LLC, relating to the Gladden Farms development project (Jim DeGrood) 4. Resolution No. 2005-88: Relating to Development; approving and authorizing the execution of an amended development agreement with Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc., relating to the Rancho Marana 154 development project (Jim DeGrood) 5. Approval of minutes for the regular meetings of the Mayor and Council held on June 21, 2005 and July 5,2005. Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member McGorray, the consent agenda was unanimously approved. J. COUNCIL DISCUSSION/ACTION 1. Resolution No. 2005-89: Relating to Development; approving and authorizing the execution of the Talavera Development Agreement (Frank Cassidy) Mr. Cassidy addressed the Council and gave a brief introduction to the Talavera Development Agreement. The property is located on the south side of Linda Vista Boulevard, between Blue Bonnet Road and Camino de Manana. Fundamentally, the 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARAN A MUNICIPAL COMPLEX JULY 19,2005 agreement would waive the on-site recreation requirement. The property has gone through a consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service, and a lot of the property must be left in a natural, undisturbed state. Staff thought it would be appropriate to not require them to also have the recreational requirement. The developer will be obligated to pay all applicable park and roadway development impact fees. Upon motion by Vice Mayor Kai, seconded by Council Member Blake, Resolution No. 2005- 89 was unanimously approved. 2. Resolution No. 2005-90: Relating to Development; approving a preliminary plat for Continental Ranch Retail Center - Westside (Barbara Berlin) Barbara Berlin gave an introduction to the item, a commercial subdivision as part of the Continental Ranch Center. All of the improvements would be the responsibility of the master developer and would have to be in place before any certificates of occupancy can be issued. Ms. Berlin said that the master developer will contribute $40,000 for two future traffic signal timing studies along the Cortaro Road corridor. This contribution is also required before any certificates of occupancy will be issued. Finally, Ms. Berlin announced that this was the development where In-N-Out Burger will be located. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Blake, Resolution No. 2005-90 was unanimously approved. 3. Resolution No. 2005-91: Relating to Development; approving a preliminary plat for Saguaro Springs Blocks 4 & 8 (Barbara Berlin) Ms. Berlin stated that this preliminary plat is for two large blocks in the Saguaro Springs area. There will be 611 residential units within the blocks, with both one- and two-story homes. The development will have to comply with the Saguaro Springs Residential Design Guidelines, as well as the residential design standards. Vice Mayor Kai asked what active and passive recreational facilities will be available to the site. Ms. Berlin said she would research and get back to the Vice Mayor. Mayor Honea asked about the residential design standards. Ms. Berlin replied that the standards were close to completion. She said the reason for the condition was that the development agreement for the entire Saguaro Springs area was still in process. Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member McGorray, Resolution No. 2005-91 was unanimously approved. 4. Relatin2 to San Lucas Development a. Resolution No. 2005-92: Relating to Development; approving a preliminary plat for San Lucas Blocks 2, 3 & 4 (Barbara Berlin) b. Resolution No. 2005-93: Relating to Development; approving a preliminary plat for San Lucas Blocks 5, 6 & 12 (Barbara Berlin) c. Resolution No. 2005-94: Relating to Development; approving a preliminary plat for San Lucas Block 11 (Barbara Berlin) 3 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARAN A MUNICIPAL COMPLEX JULY 19, 2005 Ms. Berlin addressed the Council and said that these were three blocks for the San Lucas development. They comprised a total of 535 lots for the three groupings. The Planning Commission had recommended approval in the June 2005 meeting. The preliminary plats had only one recommended condition, which was to comply with the most recent residential design standards. There were a number of conditions placed on the development at the time of rezoning, pertaining to access and railroad crossings. Those conditions were required to be addressed at the time of block plat, and were addressed in September of 2003. There were also conditions for notifications to prospective homeowners of the emergency access route, as well as the railroad. All items at the time of rezoning had been resolved. Council Member Comerford said that when the notification was given to the homeowners, it should be separately, and not in the middle of all the documentation. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Vice Mayor Kai, Resolution Nos. 2005-92, 2005-93, and 2005-94 were unanimously approved. K. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSffiLE ACTION a. Presentation: Marana Continental Ranch Library Project (Harvey Gill and Gilbert Davidson) Gilbert Davidson, Assistant Town Manager, addressed the Council and spoke regarding the IGA for the library. There had been a condition in the IGA where the Town would have a Design Review Committee and some input in the schematic design. Earlier in the evening, there had been a presentation by the architect. Harvey Gill, Public Works Director, addressed the Council and said it was a pleasure to be a member of the team assembled to design the library. Mr. Gill said the meeting was a culmination of over five months' effort between the Town, the City of Tucson, and Pima County. He introduced Jim Richard and Kelly Bauer, of Richard & Bauer, LLC, the architects for the project. Mr. Richard addressed the Council and said they were about one-third of the way through with the design process. The construction budget was about $2.8 million for the project. The library would be about 15,000 square feet for the library, along with about 5,000 square feet for an alternate. Mr. Richard distributed the Marana Library Design Charrette to the Council. He said that a very important consideration of the Town goals was that it needed to be a gathering place for the community, a safe place for community members, an icon (the primary facility within the park), a destination place for members of the community to go to, a center of activities for the park, and an integration with the park. Key to the Town's goals was to provide additional meeting space for public meeting. He said that they wanted to respond to the changing demographic of the Town. The major focus of the 5,000 square feet of expansion was a dedicated children's room. He explained the layout of the park. The key to placement of the library was where it would be seen. He expressed concern that the library would be hidden behind commercial development. He explained the design of the library and how it would be integrated with the park. Council Member Comerford thanked staff and the architects for their hard work. Upon motion by Council Member Comerford, seconded by Vice Mayor Kai, project staff was unanimously directed to proceed with the design concept and to forward the comments made at the meeting to Pima County, and to continue to work with the Design Review Committee. 4 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX JULY 19, 2005 Mayor Honea announced that State Senator Toni Hellon was in attendance. He thanked her for corning to the meeting. L. BOARDS. COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES RECESS a. THE COUNCIL SITTING AS THE GLADDEN FARMS COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT BOARD PUBLIC HEARING: GFCFD Resolution No. 2005-02: adoption of the Fiscal Year 2005-2006 final budget (Roy Cuaron) Roy Cuaron, District Treasurer, addressed the Board, and said that there would be a $2.80 ad valorem tax levy. Chair Honea declared the Public Hearing closed. Upon motion by Board Member Blake, seconded by Board Member McGorray, GFCFD Resolution No. 2005-02 was unanimously approved. ADJOURNED AS GLADDEN FARMS COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT BOARD AT 7:45 P.M. RECESS b. THE COUNCIL SITTING AS THE VANDERBILT FARMS COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT BOARD PUBLIC HEARING: VFCFD Resolution No. 2005-04: adoption ofthe Fiscal Year 2005-2006 final budget (Roy Cuaron) Mr. Cuaron addressed the Board said that by approving the budget the Board was authorizing an ad valorem tax levy of $2.80 per $100 assessed value. Upon motion by Board Member Kai, seconded by Board Member McGorray, VFCFD Resolution No. 2005-04 was unanimously approved. ADJOURN AS VANDERBILT FARMS COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT BOARD AT 7:46 P.M. RECESS RECONVENE REGULAR SESSION AT 7:47 P.M. M. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. 1. Executive Session pursuant to A.R.S. ~ 38-431.03(A)(1) to review the annual performance of Town Manager Michael A. Reuwsaat. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Blake, the Council voted unanimously to go into executive session at 7:48 p.m. The Council reconvened at the dais at 8:28 p.m. 5 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX JUL Y 19, 2005 N. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS There were none. O. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Blake, the Council voted unanimously to adjourn. The time was 8:28 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on July 19, 2005. I further certify that a quorum was present. ....\"""",,~ ~~-.\. OF ~ ~~';.\\""",,,,, ~ !if: 0 ii" 9.. ~ ::: ~ I CORPORATe "& ~ == 000 i= - ~SEAL;:: - ~~~. iIJI;: ~.. ., ~ ~ :1:I-I..\\~ ~ ~'iIZ 191'~ ""III;IIl\\~ 6