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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/28/2000 Special Council Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETIING HE~TAGE HIGHLANDS CLUBHOUSE, 4949 W. HERITAGE CLUB BOULEV~ MARANA, ARIZONA 85653 MARCH 28, 2000 PLACE AND DATE Heritage Highlands Clubhouse, 4949 W. Heritage Club Boulevard, Marana, Arizona, March 28, 2000 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Bobby Sutton, Jr. at 6:06 p.m. II. III. IVe PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Mayor Bobby Sutton, Jr. INVOCATIO~OMENT OF SILENCE Given by Pastor Susan Sauerberg, Resurrection Lutheran Church ROLL CALL V, COUNCIL Bobby Sutton, Jr. Mayor Present Mike Reuwsaat Vice Mayor Present Ed Honea Council Member Present Herb Kai Council Member Present Ora Mae Ham Council Member Excused Roxanne ziegler Council Member Excused Jim Blake Council Member Present STAFF Michael Hein Dan Hochuli Jocelyn Entz Jim DeGrood Joel Shapiro Town Manager Town Attorney Town Clerk Development Services Administrator Planning Director The list of additional staff and public attendees is attached. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Vice Mayor Reuwsaat and seconded by Council Member Blake, the agenda was unanimously approved. VI. Vii. MINUTES OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING .., . HERiTAGE HIGHLANDS CLUBHOUSE, 4949 W. HERITAGE CLUB BOULEV~:' " MARANA, ARIZONA 85653 MARCH 28, 2000 ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES There were no minutes to approve. ~CALL TO THE PUBLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS There were no requests from the public or from staff to address the Council. STAFF REPORTS, IF ANY There were no staff reports. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Resolution No. 2000-30 - Re-appointments to the Business Advisory Committee (Roy Cuaron) 2. Resolution No. 2000-3.1: Authorization for the Town Manager or the Utilities Director to execute modifications relating to the Town's designation of its water utility service area (Brad DeSpain) Upon motion by Vice Mayor Reuwsaat, seconded by Council Member Blake, the consent agenda was unanimously approved. B. COUNCIL ACTION . Public Hearing- Ordinance No. 2000.04 and Resolution No. 2000-34: Request by Cottonwood Properties to amend the RedHawk Specific Plan (commonly known as Dove Mountain). Proposed amendments would officially change the Specific Plan name from RedHaWk to Dove Mountain, change the internal circulation pattern, lower the overall project density, increase the permitted holes of golf, establish parking standards for large scale resort hotels, permit one community riding stable within a residential area, permit the Dove Mountain Sales Center to be used as an office, delete the Specialty Commercial land use category, allow minor administrative amendments, modify the Land Use Plan and Land Use Table, allow current Town street standards to be used rather than thOse detailed in the Specific Plan, provide for preservation of open space within Estate Lots, and correct clerical and typographical errors, and by Resolution No. 2000-34, making it a public record. The applicant is Cottonwood Properties, 3567 E. Sunrise Drive, Suite 219, Tucson, AZ 85718 (Joel Shapiro) Upon motion by Council Member Honea and seconded by Vice Mayor Reuwsaat, it was unanimously approved to move into public hearing on this item. Jim DeGrood provided an overview of the changes that would occur with this amendment of the RedHawk Specific Plan. Cottonwood Properties, Inc. president, David Mehl, spoke briefly and offered to answer questions from the audience. There were none. Re MINUTES OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ~RITAGE HIGHLANDS CLUBHOUSE, 4949 W. HERITAGE CLUB BOULEVARD MARANA, ARIZONA 85653 MARCH 28, 200O Upon motion by Vice Mayor Reuwsaat, seconded by Council Member Blake, the Council unanimously voted to come out of public hearing. Vice Mayor Reuwsaat moved to approve the adoption of adoption of Ordinance No. 2000.04 and Resolution No. 2000-34. Council Member Honea seconded the motion, and it was unanimously approved. Public Hg.arin' g - Resolution No. 2000-33: Request to extend the time contingency on Ordinance 99.31, the Continental Ranch Specific Plan resort amendment, by ninety days: Ordinance 99.31 approved amendments to the Continental Ranch Specific Plan allowing the development of a destination water resort. The Ordinance was approved contingent upon receipt by the Development Services Administrator of a recorded deed transf~g ownership of the subject property to the applicant by March 31, 2000. The Current request would extend this deadline by ninety days. The affected property is located between Interstate 10 and the Santa Cruz River north of Cortaro Road within portions of Sections 22 and 26, T12S, R12E. Applicant is Ike Isaacson, 8701 S. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85706 (Joel Shapiro) Upon motion by Council Member Kai and seconded by Council Member Honea, it was unanimously approved to move this item into public hearing. Dan Hochuli addressed the need to extend the time contingency on this item. There were no comments from the public. Upon motion by Vice Mayor Reuwsaat, seconded by Council Member Honea, the Council unanimously voted to come out of public hearing. Council Member Honea moved to approve the adoption of adoption of Resolution No. 2000-33. Council Member Blake seconded the motion, and it was unanimously approved. 3. Discussion/Direction: Continental Ranch River Trail status report (Jim DeGrood) e Mr. DeGrood handed out a revised timeline to the Council for this project, and introduced Mr. Rick Schonfeld of Collins/Pifia, who discussed many of the elements of the master planning involved in the River Trail. Vice Mayor Reuwsaat addressed the issue of the 50-foot buffer between the homes whose lots will along the trail. The Council thanked Mr. Schonfeld for the work he has done on this project. Discussion/Direction: Comparison of the Growing Smarter, Growing Smarter Plus legislation and the proposed Citizens Growth Management Initiative (Joel Shapiro) Mr. Shapiro distributed a memorandum to Council regarding the Growing Smarter Act and the Citizens Growth Management Initiative. He discussed the current Growing Smarter legislation and the general ramifications to the Town and to the Town's General Plan of that or the Citizens Growth Management Initiative, should the Citizens Initiative be approved by the voters. The memorandum is quite extensive, and both Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Hein encouraged the Council and staff to become familiar with the language in both initiatives. Ms. Tchampel, a 3 , MINUTES OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING HERITAGE HIGHLANDS CLUBHOUSE, 4949 W. HERITAGE CLUB BOULEVAR~' MARANA, ARIZONA 85653 MARCH 28, 2000 X~ property owner in Marana, addressed the Council and the audience regarding her concerns that neither the legislation nor the proposed Initiative addresses individual property owners. C. Mayor and Council's Report There were no reports from Council. D. Manager's Report There was no report. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Vice Mayor Reuwsaat requested that dialog be initiated with Pima County on the issue of overlay zone compatibility for generating revenues through impact fees. Possibly this could be done administratively with a letter to the Board of Supervisors before making it an agenda item. Xie ADJOURNMENT Mayor Sutton thanked the staff of Heritage Highlands for making their facility available for this special meeting. He further stated that he looked forward to more opportunities to bring the activities of the Council to the residents through special meetings at sites other than the Council chambers. He thanked everyone for coming. Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Vice Mayor Reuwsaat, the Council unanimously approVed adjournment of the meeting at 7:03 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on March 28, 2000. I further certify that a quorum was present.