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Home My WebLink About02/20/2001 Regular Council Meeting Minutes Marana Town Hall, February 20, 2001 I. CALL TO ORDER By Mayor Sutton at 7:08 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ~ed by Mayor Sutton III. iNVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE Mayor Sutton asked that a moment of silence be observed and acknowledged to Council Member Ham that the moment of silence observed during the last Council Meeting was in remembrance of Gerald Ham, Council Member Ora Ham's husband. IV. ROLL CALL COUNCIL Present Bobby Sutton, Jr. Mayor Council Member Present Jim Blake Present Ora Mae Ham Council Member Council Member Present Ed Honea Present Herb Kal Council Member Excused Roxarme Ziegler Council Member STAFE ~iichael Hein Town Manager Michael Reuwsaat Assistant Town Manager Dan Hochuli Town Attorney Town Clerk Jocelyn Entz Jim DeGrood Development Services Administrator The list of public attendees is attached. V. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Upon motion by Council Member Ham, seconded by Council Member Blake, the agenda was unanimously approved. VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES_ Minutes of Regular Meeting - February 8, 2001 Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member Honea, the minutes of the regular Council meeting held on February 8, 2001 were approved with Council Member I-Iarn abstaining as she was not present for the entire meeting. VII. CALL TO THE PUBLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS_ · Jim DeGrood introduced two staff members: Brett Canale and Chris Mack · Ora Ham thanked the community for its support surrounding the death of her husband, Jerry. · Mayor Sutton and Jack I-Iolden presented George Gleeson with a certificate regarding the MUSD Holiday Share 2000 Program and thanked George and his wife, Kathy, for helping close to 400 people with food and gifts for the holidays. George in turn thanked all the Town employees for their contributions to this project. · Mayor Sutton acknowledge the award given by SAHBA to Jim DeGrood. Council Member Ham elaborated that this award was given in honor of the volunteer work Jim has done in Kosovo. Mayor Sutton asked that more recognition be given to Jim once more information about the award is forthcoming. VIIL STAFF REPORTS There were no questions regarding the staff reports. IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Authorization for Police Department to Accept a Law Enforcement Block Grant from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (Dave Smith) 2. Resolution No. 2001-12: To increase the speed limit from the existing 35 mph to 50 mph on Silverbell Road between the western Town limit and Sanders Road (Farhad Moghimi) 3. Resolution No. 2001-18.: Expansion of the Metropolitan Domestic Water Improvement District (Brad DeSpain) 4. Resolution No. 2001-20: The Gallery, Parcel I, Phase II, "Cottages" Final Plat (Joel Shapiro) 2 5. Resolution No. 2001-28: Development Agreement between the Town of Marana and D. 12. Horton Homes 6. Resolution No. 2001-21: Silverbell Place Final Plat - Request for Approval of a 153-1ot single family detached home subdivision Final Plat on 39.45 acres located west of Silverbeil Road between Cortaro Road and Ina Road, within a Portion of the W1/2 of Section 35, Township 12 South, Range 12 East. Property Owner/Applicant is D.IL Horton, Inc., 525 E. Williams Circle, Tucson, AZ. (Joel Shapiro) 7. Ordinance No. 2001.04 and Resolution No. 2001-22: Adoption of the 2000 International Building Codes with modifications; 2000 InternatiOnal Residential Code with modifications; 2000 International Mechanical Code with modifications; 2000 International Property Maintenance Code with modifications; 1997 Uniform Administrative Code with modifications; and the April 2000 Building Valuation Data for Fee Assessment with modifications (Jack Hoiden) 8. Resolution No. 2001-23: Release of Substitute Assurance Agreement, Sunset Acres II (Farhad Moghimi) 9. Resolution No. 2001-26: Water Service Agreement, Saguaro Springs (Brad DeSpain) 10. Resolution. No. 2001-19: Application of Sunflower Community Association for a Class A Bingo License (Jocelyn Entz) Upon motion by Council Member Harn, seconded by Council Member Blake, the consent agenda was unanimously approved. B. COUNCIL ACTION 1. Ordinance No. 2001.03: Ina Road/Silverbeil Annexation - Consideration and approval of an annexation comprising approximately 150 acres in the northeast one-quarter of Section 2, Township 13 South, Range 12 East, and a strip of R-O-W in Section 35, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Pima County, Arizona. The annexation area is located south of Ina Road and is roughly bisected from northwest to southeast by Silverbell Road (Dick Gear) Assistant Town Manager, Mike Reuwsaat gave a description of the annexation and discussed the zoning translation from Pima county to Marana. Upon motion by Council Member Honea and seconded by Council Member Kai, the motion to approve Ordinance No. 2001.03 was unanimous. 2. _Resolution N~. 2001-27: Authorization for the Town of Maraua to enter into a purchase agreement with Herbert IL Jones to purchase a one (1) acre lot in Berry Acres (Mike Reuwsaat) Assistant Town Manager, Mike Renwsaat, briefly discussed the item and asked for approval. Mayor Sutton asked Mr. Renwsaat to expand on how the Town has been working with Pima county regarding the Berry Acres area. Mr. Reuwsaat stated that this is a sensitive issue and that it must be a voluntary act on the part of the residents to move out of the area. No one will be forced to leave the area. Council Member Ham asked if criteria would be established for this process. Mr. Renwsaat assured Council that there would be criteria specifically relating to health and safety issues. Council Member Ham asked for clarification on why the Berry Areas area did not receive the water that other areas did in order to be included in the floodway. Mr. Renwsaat said that the 1983 flood was not a 100-year flood and that the measurements were taken at Cortaro Road to come to the reasoning that the area is in harms way. Upon motion by Council Member Honea and seconded by Council Member Blake, the Council unanimously approved Resolution No. 2001-27. 3. Presentation by Chief Pieehura of Northwest Fire District on the progress of the annexation of northern Marana (Mike Hein) Chief Piechura reported on the completion of the annexataon of northern Marana into the fire district He stated that this had been a long and involved process and could not have been done without the considerable assistance of the Town Council and staff. He noted that Station 36, which is located near the present Marana Court, is fully operational and that another fire station is being considered for an 1-10/Tangerine location when that area becomes more built up. Mayor Sutton thanked Chief Piechura, and Council Member Honea expressed his appreciation for having the annexation completed and in place. 4. Legislative Update (Mike Hein) Mr. Hein reported that there are a couple of items of interest to Marana before the Legislature fight now, but typical of this time in the session, action is fairly slow. 5. Executive Session - Pursuant to A.R.S. Section 38.431.03 (A)(4) for discussion and consultation with the Town Attorney, Town Manager and Assistant Town Manager in order to consider the Town's position and discuss ongoing litigation regarding Aegis vs. Town of Marana and Town of Marana vs. Qwest (Dan Hochuli) Upon motion by Council Member Kai and seconded by Council Member Blake, the Council Members left the dais to convene Executive Session. 6. Action or direction resulting from Executive Session regarding Aegis vs. Town of Marana (Mayor Sutton) 4 At 7:59 p.m., Council reconvened at the dais. Pursuant to discussion in Executive Session, Council Member Ham made a motion that staff be directed to offer settlement of the Aegis vs. Marana lawsuit for $50,000 under the terms contained in the offer to settle fi:om Plaintiff's attorney dated February 5, 2001. The motion was seconded by Council Member Blake and passed unanimously. 7. Action or direction resulting from Executive Session regarding Town of Marana vs. Qwest (Mayor Sutton) . . · · Council Member Honea made a motion to direct staff to Pursuant to discussion m Executive Session, dismiss the Marana vs. Qwest condemnation lawsuit, without prejudice, paying the defendant's fees and costs incurred. The motion was seconded by Council Member Kal and passed unanimously. A. Mayor and Council's Report Council Member Ham reported on the breakfast for Founders' Day and requested that the Council Members to give her names of any people that they would like to have invited. There were no other reports fi:om the Council. B. Managers' Reports There were no reports fi:om the Managers. I. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS There were no items for cons~deratton at this time. II. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Ham and seconded by Council Member Blake, the Council voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 8:01 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on February 20, 2001. I further certify that a quorum was present. 5