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Home My WebLink About05/16/2000 Regular Council Meeting MinutesMINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING M~NA TOWN HALL MAY 16, 2000 PLACE AND DATE Marana Town Hall, May 16, 2000 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Sutton at 7:05 p.m. II. III. IV. Me PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Mayor Sutton INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE Given by Reverend Robert Hyman ROLL CALL COUNCIL Bobby Sutton, Jr. Mike Reuwsaat Ed Honea Herb Kal Ora Mae Harn Roxanne Ziegler Jim Blake Mayor Vice Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Present Present Present Present Present Present Present STAFF Michael Hein Dan Hochuli Jocelyn Entz Brad DeSpain Jane Howell David Smith Jim DeGrood Farhad Moghimi Town Manager Town Attorney Town Clerk Utilities Director Human Resources Director Police Chief Development Services Administrator Assistant Public Works Director The list of public attendees is attached. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Vice Mayor Reuwsaat and seconded by Council Member Harn, the agenda with one change was unanimously approved. Item B. 5. was moved to the beginning of the Council Action agenda. MARANA TOWN HALL MAY 16; 2000 VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES A. Minutes of Council Meeting - May 2, 2000 Upon motion by Council Member Ziegler and seconded by Council Member Harn, the minutes for the May 2, 2000, Council meeting were approved 6/0. Mayor Sutton abstained from the vote because he was absent from the May 2, 2000 meeting. VII. CALL TO THE PUBLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS Ray Osowski spoke regarding his concern with the proposed placement of an AT&T cellular tower in the Heritage Highlands area. Due to the large number of elderly residents, this development has a high incidence of life-threatening emergency calls. Mr. Osowski worried that proper studies were not conducted regarding the possible interference from the tower with the repeater antennas utilized by Northwest Fire to monitor emergency calls. He also worried that Northwest Fire was not present at any of the several meetings he attended regarding this issue. Mayor Sutton replied that staff would provide Mr. Osowski with information on how the fire service is contracted in the Town and on Northwest Fire's opinion of possible interference from the AT&T tower. Mayor Sutton read a letter from Commanding Officer William Catto of the U. S. Marine Corps' Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One into the record. This letter highly praised the Town employees for their outstanding emergency response after the MV-22 Osprey helicopter crash at the Marana Northwest Regional Airport. This tragedy took place during a Marine field exercise on April 8, 2000. Numerous Town employees were on the scene within minutes and provided extremely important assistance and support during the rescue effort as well as the investigative period. A copy of the letter has been made a permanent part of this record. VIII. STAFF REPORTS, IF ANY There were no questions regarding the staff reports. MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 16; 2000 IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Resolution No. 2000-52 - Agreement between Town of Marana and Commercial International Securities, Ltd. For Construction of Water Facilities and Provision of Water Utility Service (Brad DeSpain) 2. Resolution No. 2000-53 - Intergovernmental Agreement for Use of the Multi-Agency Mutual Aid System (Dave Smith) 3. Resolution No. 2000-54 - Request by Marana Police Department for Renewal of Undercover Vehicle Registrations (Dave Smith) 4. Resolution No. 2000-56 and Ordinance No. 2000.07, declaring as a public record and amending Chapter 3, Administration, of the Town Code of the Town of Marana, by granting the power of appointment, suspension and removal of the Town Clerk/Town Marshall to the Town Manager, and making other technical changes throughout the chapter, and repealing all resolution, ordinances and rules of the Town of Marana in conflict therewith. (Dan Hochuli) Vice Mayor Reuwsaat made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. This motion was seconded by Council Member Blake and unanimously approved. B. COUNCIL ACTION e THE COUNCIL WILL BE ACTING AS THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT BOARD ON THIS ITEM. Resolution No. 2000-59 - Request for a variance to Title 21, Flood Plain and Erosion Hazard Management Code, by Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Tucson (property owners) and Reverend Robert A. Hyman (applicant) 12101 West Moore Road, Marana, Arizona 85653 (Jim DeGrood) Mr. Hein gave a short explanation of this variance request. The applicants were seeking permission to place a manufactured home on the property. This structure would be used primarily for small group meetings, one-hour religious instruction on Sunday mornings, and as a place to periodically distribute food and clothing to the needy. There were no questions from the Board regarding this item. Upon motion by Vice Mayor Reuwsaat and seconded by Council Member Ziegler, Resolution No. 2000-59 was unanimously approved. 1. Proclamation, Proclaiming May 21 through May 27, 2000 as Public Works Week (Jim DeGrood) Ms. Entz read the proclamation into the record and a copy has been made a permanent part of this record. All Public Works department employees received a Certificate of MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL MAY 16, 2000 o e Recognition acknowledging their outstanding contributions to the health, safety, and comfort of the community. Mr. Moghimi and Mr. Dolan distributed these certificates to the numerous employees who were present at this Council meeting. Mr. Hein related several examples of outstanding workmanship he had personally witnessed from Public Works employees and added that those situations reflected well upon the Town's organization. He expressed his pride in being a part of Marana. Mayor Sutton agreed with Mr. Hein and stated that the high quality of work he had observed was greatly appreciated. Discussion/Direction: Presentation by Tucson Entertainment, L.L.C. to discuss teen nights at The New West and staffing of off-duty police officers (Mike Hein) Kirby Bond, representing Tucson Entertainment, L.L.C., spoke before the Council regarding this item. He thanked the Town for supporting Tucson Entertainment in their efforts to become a more responsible business and in their efforts to provide safe, supervised, alcohol-free entertainment to community teens. He explained some of the details of the precautions and safeguards that are taken to ensure proper supervision during summer teen nights at his establishment. A motion was made by Vice Mayor Reuwsaat to grant permission for off-duty Marana Police officers to work as security personnel at The New West on teen nights. The motion was seconded by Council Member Ziegler and approved unanimously. Discussion/Direction: Status report on Santa Cruz River Corridor Planning Process (Farhad Moghimi) Mr. Moghimi introduced Mark Myers, an independent water consultant, to the Council. Mr. Myers gave a brief update on the status of this project's planning process and announced the formation of a Technical Advisory Group (TAG). This group will outline technical considerations and potential trade-offs relating to the multiple elements of the Santa Cruz River Corridor project. Resolution No. 2000-55 - Request by Comcast Real Estate Holdings, Inc. for the approval of a Development Plan for the expansion of the Comcast (formerly Jones Intercable) facility located on Lot 8 within the Continental Ranch Business Park. The subject site is 2.73 acres located north of the existing facility, at the corner of Pavilions Drive and Hospitality Road in a portion of Section 26, T12S, R12E. The applicant is the WLB Group, Inc., 4444 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85711 (Joel Shapiro) Upon motion made by Council Member Honea and seconded by Council Member Blake, Resolution No. 2000-55 was unanimously approved. 4 MINUTES OF ~GULAR COUNCIL MEETING M~A TOWN HALL MAY 16, 2000 e EXECUTIVE SESSION - Pursuant to A.R.S. 38-431.01 (a) (4) for discussion and consultation with the Town Attorney to consider the Town's position and instruct its attorney on pending or threatened litigation. Upon motion by Vice Mayor Reuwsaat and seconded by Council Member Ziegler, the Council meeting was recessed for an executive session at 8:03 p.m. The meeting was reconvened at 8:34 p.m. with all Council members present on the dais. 7. Discussion/Direction: Pima Association of Governments Regional Council Agenda (Mike Hein) A general discussion took place regarding the PAG agenda items for the May 24, 2000 meeting. Two agenda items of interest to the Town were Air Quality updates and the status of PM10 Exceedances. C. Mayor and Council's Report Council Member Ziegler announced that she would be leaving Raytheon in order to begin a position with IBM. She said that she would provide her contact information shortly. Council Member Harn reported that she would be on vacation from May 21 through June 7, 2000, in order to attend her great-nephew's military wedding and his graduation from Annapolis. She also announced that the Marana Health Center and the Marana Rotary Club were jointly sponsoring a golf tournament on May 20, 2000. The tournament begins at 7:00 a.m. at the Sun City Vistoso Golf Course. Mayor Sutton reported that the next two weeks would be very busy for him and that he would not be available at Town Hall on Tuesdays during that time. He said that he could always be reached through his mobile number. D. Manager's Report There was no report. X. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS There were no future agenda items submitted. MINUTES OF ~GULAR coUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL MAY 16, 2000 XI. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Kai, seconded by Council Member Blake, adjournment was unanimously approved. The time was 8:45 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on May 16, 2000. I further certify that a quorum was present. Jocelyn c. Entz, Town Clerk