HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/06/1999 Study Session MinutesMINUTES OF COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
MARANA TOWN COUNCIL
APRIL 6, 1999
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PLACE AND DATE
Marana Town Hall, April 6, 1999
CALL TO ORDER
By Mayor Ora Harn at 5:40 P.M.
ROLL CALL
COUNCIL
Ora M. Ham
Bobby Sutton, Jr.
Ed Honea
Herb Kal
Sherry Millner
Michael Reuwsaat
Roxanne Ziegler
Mayor Present
Vice Mayor Excused
Council Member Present
Council Member Excused
Council Member Present
Council Member Present
Council Member Present
STAFF
Michael Hein
Diane Mangialardi
Jane Johnson
Brad DeSpain
Jerry Flannery
Dave Atler
Jocelyn Entz
Town Manager
Acting Town Clerk
Human Resources Director
Utilities Director
Development Services Administrator
Public Works Director
Executive Asst. to Town Manager
APPROVAL OFAGENDA
A motion was made by Mike Reuwsaat, seconded by Ed Honea, to approve the
agenda, as wdtten. The motion carried 510.
GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
A. Discussion and Direction of the Town of Marana's Santa Cruz River
C. orridor Plan (SCRC).
Mike Hein spoke bdefly about Marana's interest in the future of the
Santa Cruz River Corridor (SCRC) and the important role the planning
will play in the community's future. He introduced Mark Myers, a
consultant working with Town staff to develop planning strategies.
Mr. Myers distributed a printed outlined of the aggressive approach
planned for the next 18 months and how the various committees and
task forces would operate. He spoke about the goals of the Marana
community for the SCRC and how innovative, creative and exciting the
possibilities are for the SCRC area within the Town limits.
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Mr. Myers stressed that the most important goal was for the Town of
Marana to become the leader in planning decisions for the SCRC in
creating an integrated, strong corridor theme.
Mayor Ham and Council Member Mike Reuwsaat related concerns
about the enormous amount of time that would be required of the Town
staff and Council Members to meet the aggressive projected
expectations of the planning process. Council Member Roxanne
Ziegler agreed but added that Marana would be irresponsible if this
SCRC project was not prioritized as a major concern to the Marana
community. Council Member Ed Honea pointed out as an example that
Pima County owned a maior portion of the river corridor property and as
a higher govemment entity could overstep Marana to accomplish their
own goals. Mr. Honea added that the proposed planning process could
be considered a special project with budget money set aside to charge
against as opposed to each department carrying the financial strain. Mr.
Honea proposed entering a line item for the next Council meeting to hire
a staff person to coordinate the enormous workload connected with the
numerous agencies, utilities and governments that would become
involved in the project. Council Member Reuwsaat agreed with Mr.
Honea that a staff person was required. He also stated that it is essential
to identify this project as extremely important to Marana's future and
urged the Council to act aggressively in taking the forefront in the
planning process with other entities.
Brad DeSpain, Utilities Director, explained to the Council that Mark
Myers was instrumental while working on the North Santa Cruz
Replenishment Project in capturing federal monies for that study. Mr.
DeSpain pointed out that the two projects were very similar and that
federal agencies were struggling for projects related to water issues. He
concluded by stating that Marana would alleviate the pressure from
some of the vadous government entities by taking the leadership role in
the SCRC planning process.
Mike Hein stated that Marana would want to include as many entities
and factions as possible to achieve positioning itself as the project's
leader. He added that staff would come back to the Council at a later
meeting with departmental budget allocations regarding this project
under Development Services.
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Mayor Harn and Council Member Reuwsaat both urged the Council to
consider the various universities and colleges in the area as resources
for project staffing with internships, etc.
There was no further discussion.
VI.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Ed Honea, seconded by Mike Reuwsaat, to
adjourn. The motion passed 5/0. Time: 6:50 P.M.
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are the true and correct minutes of
the Marana Town Council Study Session held on April 6,1999. I further certify
that a quorum was present.
DIANE MANGIALARI~,, ACTING TOWN CLERK