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.
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Mayor Bobby Sutton, Jr.
INVOCATIO~OMENT OF SILENCE
Given by Pastor Susan Sauerberg, Resurrection Lutheran Church
ROLL CALL
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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.
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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)
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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
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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.
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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)
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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
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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.
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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.