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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/03/2001 Regular Council Meeting Minutes PLACE AND DATE Marana Town Hall, April 3, 2001 I. CALL TO ORDER By Mayor Sutton at 7:05 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Mayor Sutton III. iNVOCATIONfMOMENT OF SILENCE_ ~Iayor Sutton asked that a moment of silence be observed. IV. ROLL CALL COUNCIL Present Bobby Sutton, Jr. Mayor Council Member Present Jim Blake Council Member Present Ora Mae Ham Council Member Present Ed I-Ionea Council Member Present Herb Kal Carol McGorray Council Member Present Present Roxanne Ziegler Council Member STAFF_ Town Manager Michael Hein Michael Reuwsaat Assistant Town Manager Dan Hochuli Town Attorney Town Clerk Jocelyn Entz Development Services Administrator Jim DeGrood Finance Director Roy Cuaron The list of public attendees is attached. V. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member Harn, seconded by Council Member Honea, the agenda was unanimously approved as amended, with the change being to reverse the order of items IX. B. 4 and 5 under Council Action. VI. A~CCEPTANCE OF MINUTES Minutes of Regular Meeting = March 20, 2001 Upon motion by Council Member Honea, and seconded by Council Member Kal, the minutes of the regular Council meeting held on March 20, 2001 were approved. VII. _CALL TO THE pUBLiC/ANNOUNCEMENTS- Melha Matson from Heritage Highlands spoke regarding the variance of the property along Tortolita Road · Ruth Fisher addressed the Council regarding her protest against commercial building near Heritage Highlands · Bob Hutchins from heritage Highlands spoke on a tangential item to the variance and said that he sense was any variance would bring declining property values to the area. He cited the cell tower and the issue of multiple businesses on the 3-acre parcel owned by Northwest Holdings · Keith Gentzler from Quail Crossing provided Council with a handout and made comments regarding traffic on Tortolita Road which is the main road in and out of Quail Crossing as well as the construction road to heritage Highlands. He is opposed to commercial development beyond what is there now and feels that any rezone should be for residential and open space only. The Mayor addressed those who spoke and said that he and other staff will address those issues and get information to the public before any variance issue on the subject property comes before Council again. · Ellen Shopes spoke to the issue of Richmond American Homes and presented Council with a handout. The Mayor asked to have the issue back before Council as a scheduled agenda item. · Chuck Shackelford addressed the Council regarding Woodside Homes construction - repairs to the streets and homes. VIII. STAFF REPORTS There were no questions regarding the staff reports. IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Resolution No. 2001-35_: Agreement between the Central Arizona Water ~onservation District (CAWCD) and the Town of Marana (the Town) providing for the delivery of excess Central Arizona Project (CAP) water ("Excess water") (Brad DeSpain) 2. Resolution No. 2001-36: intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between ~e Town of Marana (Marana) and the Town of Oro Valley (Oro Valley) regarding the provision of domestic water service within Marana Town Boundaries in Township 12S Range 12E Section 23 and along Camino de Oeste south of Countryside Subdivision (Brad DeSpain) 3. Resolution No. 2001-41.: authorizing the renewal of an Intergovernmental A'~eement with Pima County for payment of incarceration of municipal prisoners 0ocelyn Entz) 4. Resolution No. 2001-39: Appointments to the Town of Marana Business ~dvisory Committee 05AC) (Roy Cuaron) The Consent Agenda was unanimously approved upon motion by Council Member Ham and seconded by Council Member Blake. B. cOUNCIL ACTION 1. Public Hearing Resolution No. 2001-38: Northwest Holdings Inc., ~ariance: The Town Council acting as th~Board of Adjustment will hear a Variance application request for a proposed self.storage/equipment shelter project, located on the west side of Tortolita Road directly north of the Northwest Fire Station. This request is to obtain a variance to allow for less than the minimum twenty-five (25) acre lot size in the ( C ) Large Lot Zone per 05.02.03.B.1 of the Marana Land Development Code. The subject property is located within a portion of the southeast quarter of Section 26, TllS, R12E. Case Number VAR-0127 0oel Shapiro) The Mayor recommended that this item be continued to a future date in order to obtain more information and that the Public Hearing be re- noticed. Upon motion by Council Member Ham and seconded by Council Member Plonea, the Council sitting as the Board of Adjustment voted unanimously not to hold a public hearing on this item at tonight's meeting and further moved that the item be continued to a future date in order to obtain more information. 2. Resolution No. 2001-37_: Twin Peaks Highlands Preliminary Plat - Bequest for approval of a l18-1ot single-family detached manufactured home subdivision on 29.78 acres located southeast of Silverbell Road and Twin Peaks Road, within a portion of the southeast 1/4 of Section 20, Township 12 South, Range 12 East. Property Owner/Applicant is The Myers Development Corporation, P.O. Box 65629, Tucson, AZ 85728 (Joel Shapiro) Following the introduction of this item by Mr. DeGrood Emily Johnston of 7301 N. Wade Road addressed the Council regarding homes being built in the wash. Mr. DeGrood responded that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a condition that lands cannot be disturbed within a wash. There is a biological opinion on record and there is a 404 review in progress. Until there is a delineation of this item, the developer will not able to grade any property. Mayor Sutton expressed his disappointment with the first phase of this project and stated that he would ask for a continuance. Council Member PIonea also stated that he had voted against the first phase, stating that the facilities are vague and there are so many conditions and amendments that are vague that it would be hard to police. He further stated that the Council should look at this very strongly and talk to the developers regarding the Council's position on minimum lot size of 6,000 sq. feet and that any development on this property should be consistent with what the Council is requiring of other developers. The plat is convoluted and vague and would like to see the conditions worked out before the item is brought back to Council. Council Member Zeigler asked the developer if they had been made aware of the 6,000 sq. foot lot size. They indicated that they had not. She suggested that a group composed of staff and Council and Planning and Zoning members get together and decide what they want and then get together with the developer. Council Member Blake expressed his displeasure with the Twin Peaks I project and stated that he was not particularly keen on this phase and asked that he be included in criteria meetings before bringing the matter back before Council. Upon motion of Council Member Ham and seconded by Council Member Kal, voted unanimously to consider this item on a future agenda. Mayor Sutton raised the question as to whether the Planning and Zoning Comrmsslon had approved this for consideration by Council with the 16 conditions. Mr. DeGrood assured him that they had done so on February 20, 2001. Mayor Sutton recessed the meeting briefly at 7:58 p.m. The Council returned to the dais at 8:10 p.m. and the meeting reconvened. 3. Resolution No. 2001~40-: approval of Development Agreement between ~he Town of Marana and Arizona Pavilions Development, Inc. (Roy Cuaron) After an introduction of this item by Mr. Cuaron, Council Member I-Ionea moved to approve Resolution No. 2001-40. The motion was seconded by Council Member Blake and unanimously approved. 4. ~: request for approval of the Santa Cruz River Lineal Park Concept (Mike Reuwsaat) After an overview of this item by Mr. Reuwsaat, Council Member Zeigler moved for approval. The motion was seconded by Council Member Blake and unanimously approved. 5. ~: Request for authorization to submit applications for State Land parcels (Mike Reuwsaat) After an overview of this item by Mr. Reuwsaat, Council Member Blake moved for approval, with a second by Council Member I-Ionea. The Council unanimously voted to approve this item. 6. ~: request for firmncial assistance from I-Iendricks Elementary School (Council Member Ham) This item was addressed by Mayor Sutton with comment from Council Member I-Iarn. Mayor Sutton expressed his concern that any monetary gifts to schools should have some commensurate value and that not all schools have requested or been given funds by the Council due to a variety of restrictions. Council Member Harn stated that she had made no commitment to Hendricks School for a specific amount, only that she had suggested that if the school wanted to be considered for funding, that a letter be written to the Mayor and Council outlining the request. Council Member Ham further stated that she understood the Mayor's position and suggested that rather than have the Council arbitrate where funds are spent in schools, that Council adopt a policy position during the budget process to address extraordinary funding requests from school. Council Member Ham made a motion to continue the item until Council has an Member Zeigler and passea u 7' 7. Legislative Update (Mike Hein) Legislative Consultant, Michael Racy, introduced his colleague, Yvoune Anderson, and noted that several issues of interest to the Council are still before the Legislature. He is currently working with a coalition of airports to restore funding to the flight property tax. Another bill has been sponsored regarding changes in personnel policies regarding law enforcement officers. Another piece of legislation would authorize use electronic bidding for bond issues. It would be counties and towns to Another bill has cleanup provisions in efficient and is a nationwide trend. design/build legislation that would be put into permit statute allowing rapid build projects. There is a land use bill of some conern. The more of the 2400 acres of state land is being considered now, and stateids issue that he is moving forward with the legislation in various forms as it actively contentious in the Legislative arena. Council Member Kal asked for comment or clarification regarding the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. He asked if Mr. Racy knew of a lawsuit being planned by the state against the county. Mr. Racy said that he did not know of a lawsuit but gave an update of what he did know about the Plan. Currently, it applies to all cities, counties and towns and places some fairly ambiguous restrictions on the kinds of agreements a council could enter into with an federal agency dealing with water rights, wildlife management and anything with state trust lands. C. MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REPORT Council Member Ham thanked Mr. Reuwsaat and Dick Gear for their considerable efforts on behalf of the progress with the Food Bank addition. She also stated that she would be out of town from April 5 -21 visiting her daughter back east. D. MANAGERS' REPORT Mr. Hein addressed the issue of the remaining budget hearings before Council and stated how much he appreciated Council's action and help with the allocation process. Mr. Reuwsaat passed around a photo of Parks staff installing the first water fountain in Continental Ranch Park· Staff will be delivering bleachers for leagues during the seasons and Jim DeGrood will be getting the construction documents together X. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS The items mentioned during Call to the Public will be reviewed with staff for possible inclusion in a future agenda. XL ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Blake and seconded by Council Member Honea, the Council voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 8:44 p.m. CERTIFICATION · the Marana I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of Town Council meeting held on March 20, 2001. I further certify that a quorum Council