HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/10/2007 Study Session MinutesMINUTES OF STUDY SESSION MEETING
MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
DATE: April 10, 2007
PLACE AND DATE
Marana Municipal Complex
A. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
By Mayor Honea at 7:00 p.m.
COUNCIL
Ed Honea Mayor Present
Herb Kai Vice Mayor Present
Bob Allen Council Member Excused
Jim Blake Council Member Present
Patti Comerford Council Member Present
Tim Escobedo Council Member Present
Carol McGorray Council Member Present
STAFF
Mike Reuwsaat Town Manager Present
Gilbert Davidson Deputy Town Manager Present
Jim DeGrood Assistant Town Manager Present
Frank Cassidy Town Attorney Present
Jocelyn Bronson Town Clerk Present
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE
Led by Mayor Honea.
C. CALL TO THE PUBLIC
GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
D. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION
1. Discussion and direction regarding proposed amendments to Title 6 of the
Marana Town Code (Animal Control) ,adopting new licensing fees,
delinquency penalties, license transfer fees and duplicate tag fees and new
language regarding restitution to victims of vicious or destructive animals
(Jane Fairall)
Ms. Fairall addressed Council and stated the first item is a proposed amendment to
Title 6 of the Town Code regarding animal control. This proposed amendment
adopts new licensing fees, new delinquency penalties, transfer fees and duplicate
tag fees. This is brought to Council at the request of Pima Animal Control Center.
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The Board of Supervisors adopted these new increased fees effective April 1, 2007.
Most of the fees are modest increases. The County requests that we consider doing
this to eliminate any public confusion regarding different fee schedules for different
areas in the County. It is more consistent to keep everyone the same. A letter was
sent to all jurisdictions in Pima County requesting that they consider these fee
changes. One of the changes is regarding the restitution for people who are victims
of a vicious or destructive animal. Our current ordinance sets a cap of restitution up
to a thousand dollars, but under State law for any criminal offense if there's
economic loss the court is required to award restitution for the full amount which
could be over a thousand dollars under certain circumstances. So the change would
say that the court should award restitution in the full amount of the victim's
economic loss. Finally, Section 6-5-2(D) talks about a minimum fine prescribed,
refers to it, but there is no minimum fine prescribed.
Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member
Blake, staff was directed to bring back to Council for adoption the proposed
amendments to the Town Code, animal control provisions Town Code Title 6.
Uanimously approved.
2. Discussion and direction regarding proposed amendments to Title 5
(Municipal Court), adopting new probation monitoring fees (Jane Fairall)
Ms. Fairall addressed Council and stated this is an amendment to Title 5 which is
Municipal Court ordinance under our Town Code. 'This proposes to establish new
probation monitoring fees. At the current time, we have a private company who
does probation monitoring services for the court. They don't have a contract with
the court. Their fees are paid solely through the probation fees that the
probationers provided to them. The Town doesn't actually pay this private
company for its services. As a result of the Town, the growth of the criminal case
load in the court, there has been some difficulties with the use of a private
company. It's the court's belief that providing an in-house probation monitor
would contribute to the overall professionalism of the Marana Municipal Court.
An in-house probation monitor has been included in the budget for the court. The
fee they are proposing would cover the cost of that salary. The probation monitors
would get the most serious cases. Obviously we are only dealing with
misdemeanors, but the people who would get put on monitored probation are DUI
offenders, domestic violence offenders, and repeat offenders of any kind. They
believe that having an in-house monitor would allow that person to concentrate
solely on Marana Municipal Court defendants as opposed to the service we have
now has cases in Oro Valley, Tucson, and Sahuarita. This would be someone who
is devoted solely to Marana cases and someone that is not operating for profit. The
court has done studies for similar positions in the area. They have looked at how
many people have been put on monitored probation through the service we have at
this point and believe that the fees will cover the cost of the position and their
responsibilities. They have asked to have it included in the Title 5 because all the
other court fees are included in there.
Vice Mayor Kai asked what the cost for the probation monitor would be.
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Joe Teta addressed Council and stated the approximate cost of the position is
about $45,000 including benefits based on research and the statistics as to how
many people were placed on supervised probation over the past year. They would
estimate collecting a minimum of $50,000 to $55,000.
Ms. Fairall stated that just about every domestic violence offender who is
convicted either by a plea or after trial is placed on monitored probation because
they are required bylaw to do domestic violence counseling and probably at least
half of the DUI offenders are placed on monitored probation. It is possible that we
might do more than that if we have an in-house probation department that we
know is going to be giving better service than we have now.
Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member
Blake, staff was directed to bring back to Council for adoption the proposed
amendments to the Town Code Municipal Court provisions Town Code Title 5.
Unanimously approved.
3. Discussion and direction regarding proposed amendments to Title 5
(Municipal Court), establishing a home detention program for DUI offenders
(Jane Fairall)
Ms. Fairall addressed Council and stated this amendment establishes a home
detention program for DUI defendants who are sentenced to jail and the
amendment provides that the program once established will comply with state
statutes. The state statute is a pretty lengthy statute and sets forth all the
requirements for a home detention program. It specifically authorizes the Town
under Town Council to authorize and establish a home detention program for DUI
offenses. Some of the major points that the state statute requires as far as findings
that the court has to make in order to actually sentence someone to home detention
instead of jail time. The payment of all costs for the program will be by the
prisoner. The court has to make a finding that the prisoner is neither a threat to
himself or other members of the community nor has a past history of violent
behavior. It would require mandatory drug and/or alcohol testing and counseling.
The monitoring of a prisoner is by electronic means or by other means and a
requirement that the prisoner first serve a minimum jail sentence before being
placed on home detention. The proposed amendment says that we will establish a
program that complies with the state statute. The main reason for bringing this to
Council is a way to control some of the jail costs that the Town pays the County
for housing our defendants from our court. The daily housing rate for our prisoners
is going to be going up from $57.46 a day to $62.79 a day for fiscal year 2007-08.
This is a way for appropriate people to be placed on home detention to defray
some of their costs. The statute requires that the Council hold a public hearing on
the matter and make a finding of necessity in order to establish a home detention
program. Ms. Fairall stated she is aware that they have a home detention program
in Tucson City Court they have used for many years and has been very successful.
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Council Member Escobedo asked how many individuals we would see on a
yearly basis that would fall under this criteria.
Ms. Fairall stated the way the statues are now it wouldn't apply to the vast
majority of first offenders because of the minimum jail requirement. Most people
wouldn't met that and wouldn't do home detention so it would be repeat offenders.
She stated she has seen an increase in that recently. In the last six months, they
have seen a lot more people with prior convictions for DUI. She stated it is about
four or five a month where as before it was zero to one a month. There is currently
a bill in front of the state legislature right now that would increase the minimum
jail sentence for a first time extreme DUI, right now that is 30 days jail, but 20
days can be suspended. This bill could increase greatly the number of people who
would be eligible for the home detention program and who might appropriately be
sentenced under the home detention program.
Vice Mayor Kai stated as part of the home detention program, he thought we
should require weekly AA meetings with verification of attendance.
Ms. Fairall stated she didn't think other than saying there is mandatory alcohol
testing and counseling that we couldn't mandate anything further than that. She
stated that would probably need to be left to the discretion of the probation
monitor, but the two would go hand in hand in monitoring these particular
defendants.
Council Member McGorray asked who supplied the counseling for a DUI
offender.
Ms. Fairall stated for a DUI offender there are a number of Department of Health
Services certified counselors. Under state law the requirement is that it has to be a
Department of Health Services certified counselor that is certified to provide DUI
counseling.
Upon motion by Council Member Comerford, seconded by Council Member
Escobedo, staff was directed to bring back to Council for public hearing and
adoption the proposed amendments to the Town Code Municipal Court provisions
Town Code Title 5. Uanimously approved.
4. Presentation: proposed aesthetic concept for Twin Peaks Interchange (Keith
Brann)
Mr. Brann addressed Council and stated in February several concepts were
presented to an aesthetic committee made up of staff and officers. During that
presentation, one theme was selected that being the Santa Cruz River. Laura
Mielcarek from Wheat-Scharf Associates, and Eric Sibson, the principal project
manager from URS Corporation are present and will present some specific items
relating to that concept. Ms. Mielcarek addressed Council and stated the aesthetic
committee decided on the concept of the Santa Cruz River for the Twin Peaks
interchange. There is a lot you can take from the Santa Cruz River and apply that
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to interchange and bridge aesthetics. There was a secondary concept of layers. The
Santa Cruz River lends itself to a lot of layering, layers of time and all the groups
that have traveled the Santa Cruz River over the years. Starting on the west end by
Continental Ranch there will be enhancements to the sidewalk barrier. There will
be aesthetic treatments in the medians. On the I-10 bridge there will be concrete
form liners on the piers and on walls. Along the top of the bridge is pedestrian
fencing where metal work and enhancements can be placed. Some of the paint
colors were taken from the Tucson area so there is some tie in with Tucson, but
also some unique colors too.
On the I-10 Bridge the concept proposed is metal work cattails on the pedestrian
fencing and a river rock textured form liner on the bridge barrier. They are
proposing five foot accent walls in front of the MSC wall. Without the accent
walls they would not be able to have trees along I-10 if they would have done
terraces instead. Both the accent wall and the MSC wall will receive custom form
liners in the shape of waves to reflect the river. Each wave would have a different
textured form liner. The waves will continue underneath the bridge and come back
out on the other side of the bridge on a concrete fascia wall. The custom form
liners can also include mountains, birds, clouds other detail if desired. There will
be wing walls. They are proposing a Hohokum sun as part of the whole scene of
the Santa Cruz River or paw prints because of the wildlife you see along the Santa
Cruz River and having paw prints going up along the wing wall.
Two options have been proposed for form liner work on the MSC walls that is
Hohokum imagery and the waves. The waves that will be used at the I-10
widening are a more contemporary look for waves. On the barrier sidewalk on the
left side near the Santa Cruz River coming up to the Santa Cruz River Bridge they
will be using barrier sidewalk. They are proposing waves and showing different
sediment layers that you see along the Santa Cruz River. They are calling a
medium place maker where there is an open space in the medium right before you
enter the bridge. They are proposing columns showing the different sediment
layers with the metal cattails on top which bring in the I-10 Bridge. They are
proposing that the pillars can be used on the I-10 Bridge. In medians that are six
feet and less they don't typically plant in those areas. They will be doing a special
concrete treatment where they will sandblast waves with the median. There are
other opportunities for the Twin Peaks project. They could look into doing waves
on the railings for the Santa Cruz River Bridge, slope pavement enhancements
underneath the Santa Cruz Bridge and also they have not explored the pedestrian
rest areas with the trail.
Mr. Davidson asked if direction was needed from Council on specific thematic
elements or on what elements to proceed with and finalize.
Mr. Sibson stated what they are looking for is direction from Council that the
concept that was selected is being pushed forward in the correct manner. That the
concepts that the landscape architect has come up with are in compliance with the
Town's vision of what this interchange should look like.
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Council Member Comerford stated when the Tangerine Bridge was painted the
lighter color was on the bottom and felt that was an invitation to graffiti and she
would like to see a dark color being towards the bottom of the bridge.
Council Member McGorray asked if it would be graffiti proof and what material
would be used on the bridge and columns.
Ms. Mielcarek stated they do take all measures to make it graffiti proof. They
have worked with ADOT on graffiti proofing paint. The MSC walls are not
accessible to people and neither is the I-10 bridge piers. The main concern would
be the barrier sidewalk where people would have access to and they would have a
graffiti coat on the paint.
Mr. Sibson stated the paint used on these projects is graffiti resistant, but nothing
is graffiti proof.
Council Member Escobedo stated he does not want our community to look like
Tucson. He stated he thinks the color pallet should resemble what the Town colors
are. He also stated that you've already been in Marana awhile by the time you got
to the welcoming sign so he did not think it was appropriate. He wished to see
something that identifies the Town itself maybe the Town seal or the Town logo.
Mr. Sibson stated he believes ADOT is not allowing Town seals and things like
that within bridge superstructure within the right of way.
Mr. Davidson stated that is the case and they have met a number of times with
ADOT. There are some elements they can look at to incorporate into that. ADOT's
concern has been sometimes towns change their logo and it becomes very difficult
to change something that is set into the concrete or metal railing work. They are
open to elements or themes from the community. They do need to pick some of the
pier abutment design and asked if there were elements that we could add to not
only identify Marana at this interchange, but carry that same image or color with
each interchange that would be planned in the future.
Mr. Sibson stated most of the color pallet that is being shown is the color pallet
that was applied to the Tangerine interchange.
Vice Mayor Kai asked what cost this would add and how it will impact the
project.
Mr. Sibson stated when they are talking about things like form liners that is a
relatively inexpensive addition to the bridge. If you are adding elements like a
whole new wall that is not a functioning retaining wall that adds an aesthetic cost.
Landscaping is considered something they would do. Most of the bridge railings
are required for pedestrian safety. Approximately one percent of the bridge cost is
slated for aesthetics. There are no additional features beyond the aesthetics for this
bridge.
Mr. Davidson stated if we could provide them some clear direction on the
aesthetic work they can begin to make sure that is incorporated into the final
construction document.
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Council Member McGorray asked if there was any plan for continuity for every
bridge that would be built through Marana or will it be a stand alone.
Ms. Mielcarek stated that they are in the process of writing an aesthetics guideline
report for the I-10 corridor in Marana. They wrote a similar report for the Tucson
corridor. There is standards for everything from paint pallet to decomposed granite
color and sizes to a plant pallet to potential themes so therefore, it will not be a
stand alone. It will have unique features that no other interchange will have, but
there will be continuity.
Mr. Sibson stated that the intent has been that the Tortolita interchange will be the
focus entry way into Marana and some of the aesthetics incorporate in that
interchange. He stated the project time line is anticipating a public hearing in May
and they would like to have the aesthetic concept finalized so they can show that at
public hearing in May. There is no date set at this time.
Mayor Honea asked to have this continued to the meeting next week.
5. Presentation: Development Services improvement process (Gilbert Davidson)
Mr. Davidson addressed Council on the process of challenging themselves
internally, finding out how they can do it better and how they can provide better
service to the customer and their citizens. He stated what they have tried to
emphasize is that it has to be a team effort. What they are trying to do is for the
long run and how can they completely transform the culture of the organization so
every member of the staff can understand their role and how to better serve the
citizen and the customer. They have tried to involve as many levels of staff in this
process as possible and will continue to do that. He stated they need to know what
they are doing right, what they are doing wrong, and how we can get better.
Development Services is a collection of different departments that have to work
together to provide a service to whether it be a business owner, or resident or
developer. He stated what they have to do is fix many different little things and the
fixing of the little things is what will improve the overall system. They have
looked at other communities in the state of Arizona for ideas and everyone that has
been successful it was over time. They set out on fixing little things that led up to a
great deal of impact to the customer.
He stated he sees the improvement process as a series of changes and modification
over time. It is not something that is ever just completely finished and we've got
the perfect operating system. It is something we have to continuingly review and
modify as time goes on. The Council has set a vision and expectations and this
cannot be lost in this process. He stated that we have to make sure that the vision
and expectations is reflected in the general plan and in the actual codes. He stated
the final part is how do we fix the internal processes and procedures, how do you
get every member of staff to be problem solvers and not just identify the problems,
how do we make sure that when the customer comes in the door that they will be
treated fairly and that what they pay in terms of fees that they feel they are getting
something of value for that and that we do it in an efficient amount of time as
possible.
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Josh Wright addressed Council and stated we engage in this process in terms of
becoming a regional leader in terms of our development services. It is a matter of
making us the one who sets the trend for the region. They are trying to make sure
they are meeting the demand at the same time as moving forward with the changes
that need to be made to make a more efficient process for the future. They have put
together a team. This team is a lot more collaborative, wider spread among the
different departments than in the past when they've tried to look at these issues.
They have taken the three core departments in addition to representatives from the
Town Manger's office; planning, building and public works and expanded to the
other development divisions in the Town; water, GIS, even other outside agencies
like Pima County Waste Water, Northwest Fire. It is a project that involves Parks
and Recreation, the airport. It is a collaborative process that involves all aspects of
the Town.
Mr. Wright stated that they have four goals. They want to determine where the
process as it stands now can be streamlined. In terms of their finances making sure
they are accountable and transparent in everything they do. Creating appropriate
staff measures for DSC processes and staff and appropriate performance measures.
Ultimately it comes down to our customer we have to satisfy in the end. They have
taken an approach of involving as many different stakeholder groups as possible
that are involved in this type of process. Mr. Davidson consulted all core elements
of development services to talk about what they see as their role in their
department, what do they see as the role in the larger Town of Marana
organization, how can they make their job better, what changes need to be made so
getting that initial staff contact and feedback. They have also broadened that to a
lot of committees and groups on specific topics over time and getting citizen input
and finally the business community.
There are three stages in the process to make sure that we're following along with
what our goals are. The first is an assessment stage of what do we have currently
and what's it like now in our development services center. They have been
working on a financial analysis getting an idea of how much money are we doing
for consultant services, what could we be bringing inside, are we getting the
maximum value every time we used an outside consultant. They are looking at are
we getting the maximum value out of our software packages, are we using all the
modules that we could be using, what else could we add or do we need to switch to
a different system to give us the reports we need. The best practice research is
going to other municipalities seeing what they've done and what we can bring
here. Review of training opportunities is people wanted to understand the entire
process better and how this fit into the larger scope of developing the entire Town
of Marana and so giving them the training opportunity to do that.
Implementation will occur once they have taken all assessment stages and
determined how to put their recommendations into place. They have been having
committees that have been meeting that will be developing forms and materials
that will be provided to all the customers. Creating standard operating procedures
which have been at different department levels and they have not been universal
for the entire developmental service center. Making sure that the data that is
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entered into our CRW and other software systems is accurate. Making sure we
have the right staffing levels. Making sure this is a town wide scope by tying into
the land development code which is being rewritten and also to the general plan
update. Once we have implemented all these things and assessed where we are
then keeping track of how we are doing.
Mr. Wright said the ultimate goals would be to publish a Marana development
guide book that includes all of what they've researched. Team meetings and
keeping a team approach. Using the website and all the features added to our
advantage and even having online permitting for simple things. Consistent
reporting to Mayor and Council to the Manger's Office, and to the citizens and
making sure we publish those reports. The flow charting committee has produced
two flow charts about the processes for different planning elements and they meet
regularly. There is a standard operating procedures committee which has been
developing a new guidebook for all the standard operating procedures for these
different types of processes and putting together materials. They have been
working with the finance department on a financial analysis.
Mr. Wright stated that they have researched a lot of municipalities in the State.
They have done a lot of calls and interviews. They have compiled a huge binder of
material on what has worked for them. People are interested in the region and how
do we help them get through development services centers around the entire
region. They have convened a rapid response team where they can get all the
developmental services people together to make sure they get the process done as
fast as possible. They have brought in Northwest Fire to do reviews in-house to
speed up that process. They are looking at bringing in a lot of scanning and records
retention in-house to make that process faster for the customer. The have begun
preliminary talks with Pima County to have someone from Waste Water come in
to work with them in getting it streamlined.
Vice Mayor Kai stated that he would encourage customers and staff to participate
more in follow up calls. He believes someone needs to be responsible to make the
calls for better communication.
Mayor Honea stated one of the things that has happened is a set of plans is
submitted, they are looked through in a preliminary format and they are told to do
certain things. They then change it and when they come back then there is
something else to be changed. If the staff member makes the change they need to
talk to the applicant where further changes maybe needed, that time is money for a
lot of these people. Mayor Honea also stated he has had calls on permitting. He
stated we need to be an advocate for the citizen. He stated he feels that a lot of
people coming into Marana with plans and permitting are finding us an adversary.
He stated we need to do everything we possibly can to get that project done. He
stated that somebody needs to be responsible for things making it through the
process in a timely manner. He stated we need to be an advocate for the person
coming in and making the application.
Vice Mayor Kai stated he encourages staff to talk to Stephen Finney at his
restaurant. Vice Mayor Kai stated Mr. Finney is passionate in what he wants to do
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and when he comes to our Town and there are obstacles that it goes back to time is
money.
Mr. Davidson stated apart from any single customer or developer their goal is to
make sure everyone understands the process. He interviewed every member of the
core development services staff one on one. He has spent a lot of time with various
developers, business owners and citizens and communication is what comes up
every time.
Council Member McGorray stated what she has experienced is that when
someone submits a plan the plan is going back and forth. She stated her and Mr.
Davidson have discussed suggesting that one person take on a project and have
ownership so that when the paper comes back they continue on with that one
person.
Council Member Blake stated he has gone through the process with an applicant
and when he goes to the individual and asks what is the problem. The comment he
hears is the applicant hired a lousy engineer or architect. He stated that was
unacceptable. He stated if they did they should have told the applicant when they
first submitted the plans.
Mr. Wright stated that is something they hear and that is a problem. One of the
things he and Mr. Davidson talked about is being one of the first municipalities
that would contact all parties involved when there is a problem. A lot of times the
breakdown in communication is not always between staff and the contractor that's
been hired by the developer, but between the developer and his own contractor.
They would like to broaden their communication base to include all of the parties
involved in developing that piece of property.
Council Member Escobedo stated we need to look at that our staff is not reading
too much into the code.
6. Presentation: presentation of a manual for the development and
implementation of a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) (Barbara Johnson)
Ms. Johnson addressed Council and presented a capital improvement program.
She asked how they can leverage the millions of dollars of infrastructure that we
invest in to make sure we are able to build the vision for the town. The capital
improvements program is a blueprint for applying the town's capital expenditures
and it coordinates community planning, financial capacity, and physical
development. The capital improvement program is composed of two parts, a
capital budget and a capital program. The program itself will extend that beyond
the capital budget and look at what five years looks like so you're beginning to
build the town with a plan. As we go through the process and determine the
criteria, at the end what you have is a recommendation from a working group
which looks at how that vision is implemented. The program extends for five years
or beyond. It facilitates the coordination between capital needs and the operating
budgets. It takes care of looking at how you manage a credit rating. It identifies the
most economic means of financing capital projects. It increases opportunities for
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achieving and obtaining Federal and State aid because we've got an actual
program we can present to them with a long term vision. It focuses the attention of
the community on the objectives on what your capacity is. It keeps the public
informed about where we're going, where we need to be and what projects need to
be build to get there so we're not over committing. They keep operations and
maintenance in mind as part of the normal budgeting process. We need to look at
investigating and identifying what the town's infrastructure needs are.
She asked how do you make the priority calls so that you're not taking the dollars
and committing it to things that really cannot be built within that context. You
establish the goals to guide the development of your annual budget. You gain more
control of the annual budget because you're looking out three, four and five years.
It looks at options and develops the strategies of how we look at the capital
improvement and deferred maintenance needs. If we were to adopt a CIP
ordinance and appoint a CIP working group that would work directly under the
Town Manager. The second step in developing it would be to develop an inventory
of existing facilities. The third step would be to look at the status of previously
approved projects. She stated how are we going to look at the town's financial
capacity that will drive the reality of what can and can't happen. She asked how do
we get people to give us what to compile and evaluate projects for the future. They
are measured to the criteria. Establish the projects priorities. Look at the financing
plans. A capital improvement program would be recommended through the Town
Manager's office to the Council for approval. That then drives the budget. It's a
planning process that would be modified year by year.
Mr. Davidson stated what has been proposed is a tool that Council will be able to
use and implement through staff, then outreach to the public to make very
important decisions as to the growth and what is built for the future.
Council Member Comerford asked about direct and indirect taxes.
Ms. Johnson stated she is thinking sales tax, assessments and how do we maintain
that level of constancy. She is looking at how we level that. A lot of CIP projects
are a decade from project concept to implementation and in that time the costs
begin to escalate. She is looking at what does it actually take to do a project
including our staff costs because if a job is done earlier how much is being saved.
Mr. Davidson stated the greatest indirect tax is time. He referred to the Cortaro
project and stated they will make sure they do our projects much better in the
future.
Mayor Honea stated he appreciated what has been done for accountability. He
stated he appreciated the coordination in projects.
E. ADJOURNMENT
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Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member McGorray,
Council voted unanimously to adjourn.
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council
meeting held on April 10, 2007. I further certify that a quorum was present.
r
celyn C. onson, Town Clerk
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