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Home My WebLink About05/21/2002 Regular Council Meeting MinutesII. PLACE AND DATE Marana Town Hall, May 21, 2002 CALL TO ORDER By Mayor Sutton at 7:09 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Mayor Sutton III. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE A moment of silence was observed. IV. ROLL CALL 'V. 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 Michael Hein Michael Reuwsaat Dan Hochuli Jim DeGrood Jocelyn Entz Town Manager Present Assistant Town Manager Excused Town Attorney Excused Development Services Administrator Excused Town Clerk Present Attached is a list of public attendees. APPROVAL- OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member Comerford, the agenda was unanimously approved. VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES By motion of Vice Mayor Kal, seconded by Council Member Escobedo, the minutes for the May 7, 2002 regular Council meeting were approved 7/0. VII. CALL TO THE PUBLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS Gary Henley of 11525 W. Grier Road and Georgia Acker of 11471 W. Grier Road addressed the Council regarding the Iow-income apartment project and adjacent roadway that is scheduled to be built on Lon Adams Road. Both spoke in opposition to this project. Mayor Sutton thanked Mr. Henley and Mrs. Acker for their comments and asked Mr. Hein to update Council and the audience on the status of this project. Mr. Hein indicated that there was misinformation circulating about this project, and that a recent newspaper article did not give a full account of the dynamics of the proposed project. He stated that there were inherent conflicts with development projects in established neighborhoods, and that this was an instance where a conflict had arisen. Mr. Hein stated that the developer had obtained partial funding for the project based on getting tax credits that would mandate that a certain number of units in the project would need to be dedicated to low-income families but that the rest of the apartments would be market-based. He stated that an information meeting about this project would be held within the next three weeks for the citizens on Grier Road and hoped that in addition to this project, the meeting would facilitate sharing the Northwest Marana Plan that was adopted last year that put forth the types of building that could occur ,in the northern part of Marana. Letters from both Mr. Henley and Mrs. Acker have been made a permanent part of this record. Mayor Sutton then congratulated Town Clerk, Jocelyn Entz, for completing her Master's Degree in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University, and recognized that Ms. Entz had already been utilizing her leadership capabilities through staff development projects. Mayor Sutton also recognized Police Chief Dave Smith who was not present, but who had also completed his Master's_Degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix within the last few weeks. The Mayor recognized the considerable efforts that obtaining these graduate degrees had entailed and asked that the Council and members of the audience congratulate both of these employees after the meeting. VIII. STAFF REPORTS There were no questions regarding staff reports. 2 MARANA TO~ H~L~> IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENTAGENDA 1. Public Works Week Proclamation (Farhad Moghimi) 3. Resolution No. 2002-58: Continental Reserve Block 14 Final Plat: A request for approval of an 82-1ot single family detached home subdivision located on 42.10 acres, generally located southwest of the Continental Reserve Loop Road and west of Artesiano Road, within portions of Sections 28 and 33, Township 12 South, Range 12 East (Joel Shapiro) 4. Resolution No. 2002-59: Continental Reserve Block 10 Final Plat: A request to approve a 69-1ot single family subdivision located on Block 10 of the Final Block Plat of Continental Reserve, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, Section 28, on the west side of Continental Reserve Loop Road, south of Pima Farms Road (Joel Shapiro) 5. Resolution No. 2002-60: Continental Reserve Blocks 1 and 7 - Final Plat: o An application for a request of Final Plat approval for a 61-lot single family detached home subdivision on 26.45 acres located within Continental Reserve in Block 1 and a portion of Block 7, on the west side of Continental Loop Road, north of Pima Farms Road in Section 28, Township 12 South, Range 12 Egst (Joel Shapiro) Resolution No. 2002-65: Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between The Town of Marana (Marana) and the Town of Oro Valley (Oro Valley) regarding the provision of temporary emergency water service (Brad DeSpain) At the request of Council Member Escobedo, Consent Agenda Item 2 was removed for a separate vote. Upon motion by Vice Mayor Kai and seconded by Council Member Escobedo, the Consent Agenda, Items 1, 3, ~. 4, 5, and 6 were unanimously approved. 2. Resolution No. 2002-57: Continental Reserve Block 8 Final Plat: A request for approval of a 97-1ot single family subdivision located on Block 8 and a portion of Block 7 of the Final Block Plat of Continental Reserve, on the west side of Continental Loop Road, south of Pima Farms Road, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, Section 28 (Joel Shapiro) A motion to approve Consent Agenda Item 2 was made by Council Member Blake and seconded by Vice Mayor KaL The motion passed by a vote of 4/3, with Council Members Escobedo, Comerford and Honea dissenting. B. COUNCIL ACTION Resolution No. 2002-64: Appointmont to the Town of Marana Planning and Zoning Commission (Mike Hein). Upon motion by Council Member Comerford and seconded by Council Member Honea, Robert F. Allen was appointed to the Marana Planning and Zoning Commission to fill the term vacated by Marty Dorgan. Mr. Alien's term will run through June 30, 2005. The Clerk will administer the Loyalty Oath to Mr. Allen prior to his being seated at the next Planning and Zoning meeting. EXECUTIVE SESSION. Pursuant to A.R.S. § 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 and contemplated litigation in Tortolita v. Town of Marana, Aspen Green v. Tucson, and related cased (Dan Hochuli). 3. Action on Executive Session. Mayor Sutton explained that this item was placed on each agenda while these cases were active so that direction could be given to the Town Attorney relative to any court action that may occur. Mayor Sutton stated that, at this time, there was no need for an Executive Session regarding pending litigation, further negating a need for Council action. 4. Legislative Update (Mike Hein) Mr. Hein reported that the current legislative se§~ion -d, as not yet completed, but that Council should be aware that there was some negative activity regarding state shared revenues and the possible elimination of G.I.T.E.M., the state's gang interdiction task force, to which three of our Marana officers were currently assigned. The state funding of the salaries for our officers represents about $162,000. Mr. Hein said that he would keep the Council apprised of the situation, and also, when these officers would need to return to regular duty. 4 C. MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REPORT Council Member Escobedo reported on the Employee Appreciation Day held May 18th at the Sportspark facility. He commended the committee who worked on the event and said that the food was great. He added that Sportspark was a very gracious host and, although the unseasonable heat probably kept some employees away, there was a good turnout. Mayor Sutton also reported on the event and agreed that the food was great. He echoed Council Member Escobedo's sentiment that, in spite of the heat, there was still a good turnout and that there was also a good mingling between people from all departments. No other reports were given at this time. D. MANAGERS' REPORT There were no reports given at this time. X. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS There were no future agenda items suggested at this time. XI. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo and seconded by Council Member Blake, unanimous approval to adjourn was given. The time was 7:25 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on May 21, 2002. I further certify that a quorum was present. Due to operator malfunction, there is no audio tape available from this meeting. o %SEAL MARANA TOWN COUNCIL MEETING Public Attendees .Name Address AL.b,,,, ~rt