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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/01/2000 Regular Council Meeting MinutesMARANA TOWN HALL AUGUST 1, 2000 PLACE AND DATE Marana Town Hall, August 1, 2000 Pursuant to Marana Town Code Section 2-4-3, Duties at Meetings: In the event of the absence of both the mayor and the vice mayor, the clerk shall call the meeting to order and a temporary presiding officer shall be elected by a majority of those council members present, and that person shall serve until the return of the mayor or vice mayor. CALL TO ORDER Jocelyn Entz at 7:03 p.m. Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member Ham, unanimous approval was given for Council Member Honea to act as presiding officer over the meeting. II. III. IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Council Member Honea INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE Led by Brad DeSpain ROLL CALL COUNCIL Bobby Sutton, Jr. Mayor Excused Ed Honea Council Member Present Herb Kal Council Member Present Ora Mae Harn Council Member Present Roxanne Ziegler Council Member Excused Jim Blake Council Member Present STAFF Michael Hein Dan Hochuli Jocelyn Entz Brad DeSpain Jim DeGrood Town Manager Town Attorney Town Clerk Utilities Director Development Services Administrator The list of public attendees is attached. MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOwN HALL AUGUST 1, 2000 V. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member Harn and seconded by Council Member Blake, the agenda was unanimously approved. VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES A. Minutes of Council Meeting - July 18, 2000 Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member Kai, the minutes for the Council meeting held on July 18, 2000 were unanimously approved. VII. VIII. IX. CALL TO THE PUBLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS There were no announcements or speakers from the audience. STAFF REPORTS, IF ANY There were no questions regarding staff reports GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA Resolution No. 2000-84 - Continental Ranch Sunflower, Phase VII: Request for Approval of a llS-lot single family detached home subdivision Preliminary Plat on 24.69 acres located within Continental Ranch north of Twin Peaks Road, east of Silverbell Road in a Portion of Section 21, Township 12 South, Range 12 East. Property Owner/Applicant is Del Webb's Home Construction, Inc., 9155 N. Coachline Blvd., Marana, AZ 85743 (Shapiro) 2. Recovery Well Plan - City of Tucson's Santa Cruz River Managed Underground Storage Facility (Brad DeSpain) 3. Resolution No. 2000-86: Agreement for the Conveyance of Real Property to the City of Tucson (Brad DeSpain) 4. Proclamation - Proclaiming August 16, 2000 as National Airborne Day (Jocelyn Entz) Resolution No. 2000-89 - Consideration of recommendation to State Liquor Board for a No. 10 beer and wine store liquor license to Cortaro Pueblo Chevron aka Bob's Auto Spa, for premises located at 5625 W. Cortaro Farms Road (Jocelyn Entz) 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN: HALL AUGUST 1, 2000 Council Member Kal made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. This motion was seconded by Council Member Blake and unanimously approved. B. COUNCIL ACTION Public Hearing Ordinance No. 2000.13 - Central 1-10 Rezone: Consideration of a Town initiated rezone of the 1-10 Right-of-Way and adjacent Union Pacific Railroad properties generally located from approximately I/2 mile north of the Linda Vista Boulevard alignment and extending southeasterly to approximately 1/4 mile south of Cortaro Road, lying in portions of Sections 15, 22, 23, 26 and 27, Township 12 South, Range 12 East, from Town Zone R-144 (Single Family Residential minimum lot size 144,000 sq. ft.) to LI (Light Industrial) (Shapiro) Upon motion by Council Member Harn, seconded by Council Member Kai, approval was given to go into public hearing. Mr. Hein stated that this request for rezone went before the Planning and Zoning Commission on June 28, 2000 and was unanimously approved. He explained that this is a continuance of the pre-annexation agreement with Union Pacific Railroad requiring the Town to rezone the property. He said that, historically throughout Arizona, railroads were zoned at single family residential minimum and this rezoning effort converts the property to a more compatible use, light industrial. There were no comments from the audience. Upon motion by Council Member Harn, seconded by Council Member Blake, approval was given to come out of public hearing. Upon motion by Council Member Ham, seconded by Council Member Blake, Ordinance No. 2000.13 was unanimously approved. Resolution No. 2000-80 - AT&T Wireless Services Facility: A request for a Conditional Use Permit by AT&T Wireless Services to construct and operate a new wireless facility that will consist of an 85' Lattice Tower for the placement of cellular phone antennas and an equipment shelter. The subject property is located on a 3-acre parcel on Beacon Hill, south of Lambert Lane and west of Silverbell Road within the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest ~/4 of Section 17, T12S, R12E. Martha Kuenhold with Tynan Group, 3333 E. Camelback Suite 1100, Phoenix, AZ 85016 represents the applicant. (Shapiro) MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING · · · AUGUST I, 2000 ' ' · " " ...' "~'' Mr. Shapiro gave a brief history of this item. He said that this project was presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission on June 28, 2000 and approved for recommendation to the Council. Martha Kuenhold, from the Tynan Group and representing the applicant, spoke before the Council regarding this item. She said that there were two main reasons for this request by AT&T. One reason was to improve their service coverage. Another was to have the Beacon Hill PCS/Microwave site serve as a telecommunication hub providing PCS service to surrounding areas and transport facilities between Tucson and Phoenix. Council Member Kai inquired about the number of additional users that would be able to be loaded onto this tower. Ms. Kuenhold replied that the tower was structurally loaded heavily and could hold at least two more carriers with antennae arrays and microwave dishes Council Member Kal asked if AT&T had extensively investigated every possibility of collocating with the existing tower to the north. Ms. Kuenhold said that, initially, this possibility was seriously considered but the decision was made against a collocation because of the tower mass required to hold the additional equipment. She explained that the existing tower was 100 ft. tall and AT&T's plan of adding this 85-ft. tower was to preserve the area views and aesthetics. Council Member Kal asked if it was possible to place the new tower closer to the existing tower so that the two towers blended more with the landscape than if set apart on the parcel. Ms. Kuenhold answered that the two towers were placed at the minimum separation of 100 feet. Gary Hollister, AT&T Wireless Services Collocation Manager, spoke before the Council regarding the existing tower located on Beacon Hill. He said that the tower was already shared by several other carriers and was at its structural limit. Council Member Blake questioned the equipment listed on an informational handout provided by the applicant. He inquired about the AT&T 85-ft. tower photo simulation sheet and the equipment listed as future collocation. Ms. Kuenhold answered that the top antennae arrays shown in the photo simulation were for AT&T and the two other arrays represented were for future carriers. The microwave dishes shown in the photo simulation were for AT&T for future placement. AUGUST 1, 2000 She explained that this was done to allow the tower to reach its maximum structural strength capacity. She added that the list of future collocation equipment on the photo simulation sheet was incorrect. She requested that the Council rely on the following informational sheet, Elevation Looking West, as well as her verbal description. She stated the four microwave dishes shown were not designated solely to AT&T. Council Member Blake said that, based on the presented information, the Town had no assurance that the tower was to be structurally capable of use by additional future collocators. Ms. Kuenhold stated that she understood that this was an important requirement for the Town and replied that AT&T would gladly accept a condition requiring the tower to be collocatable in its structural ability. Council Member Kai asked about the possibility of the Beacon Hill site taking the place of the AT&T future site at Dove Mountain. Ms. Kuenhold answered that the topography was not suitable and the distance between the two sites was too great for any potential service capabilities. She added that the importance of the "line of sight" at Beacon Hill in regard to the Phoenix-Tucson Digital Microwave System was critical. She commented that AT&T was working very hard at finding the best solutions for the Dove Mountain site. Upon motion by Council Member Kai, seconded by Council Member Blake, Resolution No. 2000-80 was unanimously approved with a condition. This condition is as follows: That the tower be capable of providing for the collocation of a minimum of two other wireless providers. Council Member Harn said that she appreciated the efforts of Council Member Blake to pinpoint the exact equipment that would be allowed on the proposed tower. She said that these types of structures were inevitable because of the high demand for cellular services for phones and Internet connections. Council Member Kai stated that he would have a tough time justifying another tower in the area. MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL.'MEET!NG . ." .. ..'....' AUGUST 1, 2000 3. Public Hearing Resolution No. 2000-90 - San Lucas General Plan Amendment: o Consideration of approval for a request to change the existing General Plan designation of Interstate Development Zone to the Community Development Zone on approximately 293 acres of land, located on the east side of 1-10, at the Trico- Marana interchange, north of the Marana Estates subdivision, in the northern 1/2 of Section 22, TllS, RllE. Assessor's Parcel Numbers 217-27-002H, J, K, L and 217-29- 002C. The applicant is BCIF Group, represented by The Planning Center, 110 S. Church St., Suite 1260, Tucson, AZ 85701 (Joel Shapiro) Mr. Shapiro reported that he had received a letter from the applicant regarding the San Lucas rezoning. The letter requested a continuance to an appropriate future date. Mr. Shapiro said that he believed this date would be sometime in September 2000. Upon motion by Council Member Harn, seconded by Council Member Blake, unanimous approval was given for a continuance of Item B.3 Public Hearing Resolution No. 2000-90 to a future Council agenda. Public Hearing Ordinance No. 2000.12 - San Lucas Rezone: Consideration of approval for a request to rezone approximately 293 acres from Zone "E' (Transportation Corridor Zone) to 14 acres of "VC' (Village Commercial), 11 acres "CO" (Commercial), 81 acres "R-6" (Single Family Residential, minimum lot size 6,000 sq. ft.), 75 acres "R-7" (Single Family Residential, minimum lot size 7,000 sq. ft.), 82 acres "R-8" (Single Family Residential, minimum lot size 8,000 sq. ft.), and 30 acres "R-144' (Single Family Residential, minimum lot size 144,000 sq. ft.) of land located on the east side of 1-10 at the Trico-Marana interchange, in the Northern 1/2 of Section 22, TllS, RllE. Assessor's Parcel Numbers 217-27-002H, J, K, L and 217-29-002C. The applicant is BCIF Group, represented by The Planning Center, 110 S. Church St., Suite 1260, Tucson, AZ 85701 (Joel Shapiro) Mr. Hein recommended that this item be continued until further notice because of its connection to the previous item, B. 3. Upon motion by Council Member Harn, seconded by Council Member Kai, Item B.4 Public Hearing Ordinance No. 2000.12 was continued to a future Council agenda. The vote was unanimous. Ordinance No. 2000.14 - Weiss Annexation: Consideration and approval of an annexation comprising approximately 30 acres in the east one-half of the east one- half of Section 26, Township 11 South, Range 12 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Pima County, Arizona. The annexation area is located immediately west of the Dove Mountain area adjacent to Tortolita Road (Dick Gear) MINUTES· OF REGULAR cOUNciL MEETING MARANA Town HALL ...... Mr. Hein explained that the proposed annexation comprises approximately 30 acres of land along the west side of Tortolita Road in the Dove Mountain area and was brought to the Town by the owner of 65 percent of the value of the annexation area. He said that the Town Council held a public hearing for this annexation on June 20, 2000 and that the requisite time period had passed without comment. Upon motion by Council Member Harn, seconded by Council Member Kai, Ordinance No. 2000.14 was unanimously approved. 6. Discussion/Direction: Final Budget for 4th of July 2000 activities from the Marana Chamber of Commerce (Mayor Sutton) A motion was made by Council Member Harn, to recommend funding of $10,000 from the Town's contingency fund to be awarded to the Chamber of Commerce in order to cover the $3,021 deficit from the 2000 Fourth of July event. Council Member Kai asked how the figure of $10,000 had been decided upon. Council Member Ham said that this amount would repay the deficit for the 2000 event and also provide $6,979 startup money for the Chamber of Commerce to fund the 2001 Fourth of July event planning. Council Member Honea remarked that the Chamber of Commerce had ended up becoming a victim of their own success when the event grew so large. He pointed out that $8,000 was spent on traffic control devices alone. He said that if the Town expected the Chamber of Commerce to continue running this event, then the Chamber needed to generate a profit. He said that the Town wanted the Chamber to eventually become self- sustaining at some point regarding the large events such as Founders' Day and the Fourth of July. He added that Marana had benefited greatly with the publicity associated with the Fourth of July event. He agreed with Council Member Harn that the Chamber be authorized to receive a $10,000 funding from the contingency fund. Council Member Blake pointed out several differences between the previous expense report submitted by the Chamber and the report distributed as backup material for this item. He commented that he did not see the $2,200 for police security previously listed and said that this would raise the Town's portion of the expenses to over $5,000. He mentioned that while the Fourth of July was a very successful public relations event with a crowd of 36,000, he found it hard to understand how it did not generate a profit. He said that this might have been because of poor planning. He added that he was going to vote for approval of the funding award but that he intended to keep a close eye on the future planning of this event by the Chamber of Commerce. MINUTES OF REGULAR cOuNCiL MEETING, MARANA TOWN HALL " AUGUST 1,. 2000 Ms. Maslyn replied that a profit was possible if parking and admittance fees had been charged. She said that neither of these had been done because it was the desire to keep the event as low cost and free as possible for the community. Council Member Blake asked if any restrictions were placed on the number of vendors allowed at the event. Ms. Maslyn answered that there had not been any restrictions placed on the number of vendors allowed or the types of foods allowed to be sold. Upon motion by Council Member Harn, seconded by Council Member Kai, authorization to extend $10,000 from the Town's contingency fund to the Marana Chamber of Commerce for the Fourth of July 2000 expenses and future event planning was unanimously approved. 7. Presentation by Jim DeGrood on his recent trip to Kosovo (Jim DeGrood) Mr. DeGrood gave a lengthy presentation on his recent tour of Kosovo. He explained that he became involved in a group humanitarian effort through his church and several friends including Steve and Marcie Hill. The Hill couple was present in the audience and assisted Mr. DeGrood throughout the presentation. They all told of their mutual interest in this war-torn country. Kosovo put out a worldwide call for help rebuilding their country when the ethnic war ended in June 1999. Tucson responded to this distress call through several volunteer groups from Pantano Christian Church and Casas Adobes Baptist Church. The Tucson groups teamed with others from Kentucky, Colorado and Ohio and pooled their resources. As a collective force, they were able to send a retired Army master sergeant and his school teacher wife to Kosovo. This couple ran a refugee camp for the returning residents. After the camp was established, the collective sent several other families overseas. Mr. DeGrood said that it was an interesting scenario from the perspective of being the Western humanitarian, Christian organization there to help when the Serbs, orthodox Christians, were trying to annihilate the Kosovoans. He said that he made many friendships and shared many memorable experiences while there. Mr. DeGrood gave a brief outline of the troubled history of Kosovo, dating back to the Middle Ages. He said that the country was literally burned to the ground by the Serbs with everything of any value destroyed. Some of the examples given were wells contaminated with slain livestock, schools stripped of all books, chalkboards and supplies, and the majority of the housing without roofs, windows or doors. Additionally, the reservoir providing most of the country's water supply had raw sewage running into it and had tested positive for hepatitis. MINUTEs OF REGULAR COUNCIL, MEETING.. MARANA TOWN HALL ..... ': AUGUST 1, 2000 ...... Xe He said that it was a huge job getting the community ready for the bitter cold winter. They found a "person of peace" in little village four kilometers from the Serbian border and set up shop there. Their group worked with the United Nations and NATO and other European organizations getting the housing situation to a habitable level. To date, their organization has completely re-roofed or re-built over 100 homes in that area. Most of village residents now have shelter and are beginning to rebuild and re-establish their lives. Many problems such as lack of water and contamination, sewage problems, ruined roadway systems still exist and an enormous amount of work is yet to be done. Council Member Honea thanked Mr. DeGrood and the Hills for the informative presentation. He said that it made him appreciate the lifestyle he enjoyed as an American. He commended the trio for traveling across the world to extend their aid and expertise to the residents of Kosovo. Mr. Hill also extended an invitation to anyone wanting to participate in this humanitarian effort. He said that a trip was tentatively scheduled for October 2000 and everyone was welcome to volunteer. Council Member Harn said that she would like to send clothes and toys for the children when the group decides to return to Kosovo. C. Mayor and Council's Report There were no reports. D. Manager's Report There was no report from Mr. Hein. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS There were no items submitted for future agendas. MINUTEs OF.REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.· · '.. ,:'. i...". ',:., .. M~A ToWN HALL .." ' "" 'f.:'. ',"' "."".. AuGUsT 1, 2000 ' '" ""'" '"" "' :' XI. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member Kai, adjournment was unanimously approved. The time was 8:33 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on August 1, 2000. I further certify that a quorum was present. 10