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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Agenda Packet 08/05/2003• Mayor Vice Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Town Manager TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA 13251 N. Lon. Adams Road. August. 5, 2003 - 7::00 p.m. Bobby Sutton, Jr. Herb Kai Jim Blake Patti Comerford Tim Escobedo Ed Houea Carol McGorray Mike Reuwsaat Welcome to this Marana Council Meeting. Regular Council Meetings are usually held the first and third Tuesday of each. month at 7:.00 p.m. at the Marana Town. Hall, although. the date or time may change, or Special Meetings may b.e calIed at other times and/or places. Contact Town. HaII or watch for posted agendas for other meetings. This agenda may be revised. up to twenty-four hours prior to the meeting, In such a case a new agenda will be posted in place of this agenda.. If you are interested in speaking to the Council during Petitions and Comments, Public Hearings,. or other agenda items, you must: fill out a speaker card (at the rear of the Council Chambers) and deliver it to the Clerk in advance of the agenda item you wish to address, It is up to the Mayor and Council whether individuals will. be allowed to address the Council on issues other than Announcements, Petitions &~ Comments, and Public Hearings. All persons attending the Council Meeting, whether speaking to the Council or not, are expected to observe the Council Rules, as well as the rules of politeness, propriety, decorum and good conduct.. Any person interfering with the meeting in any way, or acting rudely or loudly will be removed from the meeting: and will not be allowed to return. To better serve the citizens of Marana and others attending our meetings, the Council Chamber is wheelchair and handicapped accessible. Any person who, by reason of any disability, is in need of special services as a result of their disability, such. as assistive listening devices, agenda materials printed in Braille or large print, a signer for the hearing. impaired,. etc., will. be accommodated.. Such special services. are available upon prior request, at least. ten (10) working days prior to the Council Meeting. For a copy of this agenda or questions about the Council Meetings, special services, or procedures, please contact Jocelyn C. Bronson, Town Clerk, at 682-3401., Monday through. Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THIS. AGENDA. Amended agenda items appear in tales. Posted by July 25, 2003 by 7:00 o'clock p.m., at the Marana Town Hall, Marana Police. Department, Marana Development Services Center. __ • TOWN OF MAR.ANA, ARIZONA COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 1.3251 N. Lon. Adams Road August. 5, 2003 - 7:.00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE IV. ROLL CALL V. APPROVAL OF AGENDA VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES Minutes of the July 15, 2003 Council Meeting VII. CALL TO TIDE PUBLIC~ANNOUNCEMENTS~INTRODUCTIQNS At this time, any member of the public is allowed to address the Town Council on any issue not already on tonight's agenda.. The speaker may have up to three (3) minutes to speak. Any persons wishing to address the Council must complete a speaker card (located. at the rear of the Council chamber} and deliver it to the Town Clerk prior to this agenda item being called. Pursuant to the Arizona Open Meeting Law, at the conclusion of Call to the Public, individual member of the Council may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the Council, may ask staff to review the matter, ar may ask that the matter be placed on a future agenda. VIII.. STAFF REPORTS lX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA The consent agenda contains agenda items requiring action by the Council. which are generally routine items not requiring. council discussion. A single motion will approve alI items on the consent agenda, including any resolutions or ordinances. A Council Member may remove any issue from the consent agenda, and that issue will. be discussed and voted upon separately, immediately following the consent agenda. 1. Resolution No. 2003-84; Consideration of recommendation to State Liquor Board for a new No. 12 Restaurant Iimited liability company liquor Iicense submitted. b3= Donna Jean Elia on behalf of Barefoot Contessa, located at 414 W. Ina Road, Marano, Arizona (Jocelyn Bronson) __ __ _ __ 2. Resolution No. 2003-85: Request by Northwest Fire District to annex certain property known as Gladden Farms Parks in order to provide fire protection services (Jocelyn Bronson 3. Resolution No. 2003-68 -Acceptance of Coachlne Boulevard Phase II-B into the Town of Marano Streets Maintenance System (Farhad Moghimi) 2 TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 13251 N. Lon Adams Road August. 5, 2003 - 7:.00 p.m. B, COUNCIL ACTION 1, Public Hearing on the Cochie Canyon Trail Northwest Annexation (Dick Gear) 2. Public Hearing on the Cochie Canyon Trail North Annexation (Dick Gear} 3. Presentation regarding the preliminary feasibility study of the Bureau. of Reclamation Park Site (Ron Smith} C, MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REPORT D, MANAGERS' REPORT X, UPCOMING EVENTS XI, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS XiI. ADJOURNMENT • Bobby Sutton, Jr., Mayor • 3 NIINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL 11LEETING MARANA TO~~N HALL AUGUST ~, 20(13 • PLACE AND DATE Marana Town Hall, August 5, 2003 I. CALL TO ORDER Due to the absence of the Mayor and Vice Mayor, the Town Clerk called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. Ms. Bronson advised the Council members of their obligation to elect a presiding officer for the meeting. Upon motion by Council Member Blake and seconded by Council Member McGorray, Council Member Honea was unanimously approved as the presiding officer. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Council Member Honea III. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE A moment of silence was observed. N. ROLL CALL COUNCIL Bobby Sutton, Jr. Mayor Excused Herb Kai Vice Mayor Excused Jim Blake Council Member Present Patti Comerford Council Member Present Tim Escobedo Council Member Present Ed Honea Council Member _ Present Carol McGorray Council Member Present STAFF Michael Reuwsaat Town Manager Present Frank Cassidy Town Attorney Present Jocelyn Bronson Town Clerk Present Jim DeGrood Development Services Administrator Present Jaret Barr Assistant to the Town Manager Present Brad DeSpain Utilities Director Present Richard Vidaurri Chief of Police Present Kevin Sweeney Technical Services Director- - Present Ron-Smith ~ Parks and.Recreation Director Present Attached is a list of .public attendees. MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARAN A TO~ti'N HALL AUGUST 5, 2003 V. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Blake, the agenda was unanimously approved. VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Blake, the minutes of the July 15, 2003 regular Council meeting were unanimously approved. VII. CALL TO THE PUBLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. Reuwsaat introduced Rick Lesko, the newly appointed Marana Unified School District Superintendent. He welcomed Mr. Lesko and remarked that he was looking forward to a continued close relationship with the school district. Mr. Lesko, who replaced Dr. Wade McLean after his retirement from MUSD in June 2003, gave a brief synopsis of his 25 year career with the school district and thanked the Council for their warm reception. He closed with an affirmation of the district's commitment to the Marana community. Janice Lawson-Honea, Marana Arts Council President, spoke before the Council in order to honor Leilani Schisler, longtime Marana resident, for her commitment to public arts and for her active role in the Towri s first arts organization during the early 1990s, the Marana Regional Arts Council. -Ms. Lawson-Honea related how Ms. Schisler single-handedly raised the money necessary to match grant funding for a public art sculpture located on the current Town Hall grounds. This artwork, depicting local flora and fauna, was the first public art display in Marana and was created by local sculptor Susan Fareni. In June 1996, the artwork was dedicated to the Town of Marana. Ms. Lawson-Honea presented Ms. Schisler with a commemorative plaque containing a photograph of the sculpture and an inscription describing her accomplishment. Chief Vidaurri introduced five new Marana Police department officers. The new hires recently graduated from the Southern Arizona Law Enforcement Training Center (SALETC)_ in June and included Art Figueroa, Jennifer Harrison, Angela - - - Henson, Randy Korth, and Jeff Pridgett. Officer Figueroa spent-six years :in the U.S.- Air Forceand is currently pursuing a degree in psychology. Officer Harrison holds an associates degree from- KapioTan College on Oahu, Hi, and hopes to acquire training in accident reconstruction while employed by MPD. Officer Henson also has an Air Force background and worked as a corrections officer before her career change to law enforcement. 2 MINUTES OF R7~E~G~ULARC7OUTNCIL ~CEETING ~7r'~1\1-11~~TO~Y~ I~1~LL _ ,_.. _ AUGUST 5, 2003 • Officer Korth received a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and worked as a remodeling contractor for seven years. Officer Pridgett earned a bachelor's degree in family studies with a minor in psychology and worked for Pima County Parks and Recreation as well as the Arizona Department of Corrections. Chief Vidaurri informed the audience that two of the recent graduates, Officers Korth and Pridgett, were graduates of Marana High School and he stated how pleased he was to have local residents choose to pursue a law enforcement career within their own neighborhood agency. Kevin Sweeney introduced the newly hired Network Information Technology (NIT) Manager, Tony Casella. He said that Mr. Casella would be administering the NIT division which included Steve Noeth, NIT Analyst, and two vacant positions yet to be filled. Karl Horvath, Marana resident, talked about the award he was recently given by the Reid Park Zoo for being the volunteer who raised the most money for one of the zoo exhibits. VIII. STAFF REPORTS There were no questions regarding the staff reports. IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Resolution No. 2003-84: Consideration of recommendation to State Liquor Board for a new No. 12 Restaurant limited liability company liquor license submitted by Donna Jean Elia on behalf of Barefoot Contessa, located at 4145 W. Ina Road, Marana, Arizona (Jocelyn Bronson) 2. Resolution No. 2003-85: Request by Northwest Fire District to annex certain property known as Gladden Farms Parks in order to provide fire protection services (Jocelyn Bronson) _ __ 3. _ Resolution No. 2003-68: Acceptance of Coachline Boulevard Phase II-B- -n#o the Town of lVlarana Streets Maintenance System (Farhad - - - ~--~--- - - -- ~ ~ - - -- _ Moghimi) - -- - Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Blake, the consent agenda was unanimously approved. 3 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL iViEETING :~tAR4NA<TO`VN HALL AUGUST ~, 2003 B. COUNCIL ACTION 1. Public Hearing on the Cochie Canyon Trail Northwest Annexation (Dick Gear) Jaret Barr presented this item to the Council. He explained that this action was a mandatory public hearing following the Towri s filing of a blank petition indicating its desire to annex the 5.6 acre parcel. He informed the Council that the notification of all owners of real and personal property within the annexation area had been made and that all were given the opportunity to address the Mayor and Council with their concurrence or .objections. He added that the proposed annexation had been publicly noticed as required and had been published in the local legal newspaper as well as physically posted throughout the annexation area. He explained that the parcel was a Pima County island that had not been included in a 1980 annexation and was also partnered with a second annexation addressing another Pima County island within the same area. He noted that for years Pima County, the parcel owner and the Town of Marana, had all been under the impression that the two subject properties were within the official Town boundaries. He said that, as a result of research performed by the Town staff, it had been verified that the properties were not included within the Town. Mr. Barr commented that the second proposed annexation was the following item on the agenda. 2. Public Hearing on the Cochie Canyon Trail North Annexation (Dick Gear) Mr. Barr continued by addressing the Council regarding this item. He reaffirmed the connection of this annexation request with that of the previously heard item and pointed out that the State mandated noticing requirements had been met.. He reiterated that the two island parcels proposed for annexation had been a source of vagueness for years as to whether or not the properties were actually located within. the Town boundaries or outside in Pima County. He said that, after research by the Town, both parcels were found to be outside the official Marana boundaries -and that. this action was an effort to officially .bring the area - ---- -- _ into the Town boundary. -_ .- • 4 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING NI.~.RANA TOWN HALL ...AUGUST ~, 2003 3. Presentation regarding the preliminary feasibility study of the Bureau of Reclamation Park Site (Ron Smith) Ron Smith spoke regarding this item. He gave a brief presentation regarding the preliminary feasibility study of the Bureau of Reclamation Park Site which included preliminary park concept plans, preliminary cost estimates and site constraints. He recommended that the Council send a letter from the Mayor to the Bureau of Reclamation asking for the approval of the park site. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Blake, authorization to send a letter from Mayor Sutton to the Bureau of Reclamation requesting approval of the park site was unanimously approved. C. MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REPORT Council Member McGorray reported on the upcoming Marana Care Fair, an annual event jointly sponsored by the Marana Unified School District, the Marana Health Center and the Pima County Department of Health Services. She said that free vaccinations and free athletic physicals would be available to area youth. She urged everyone to support this worthy cause. Ms. McGorray also reported on the Golf for Kids event to be held at Heritage Highlands. Professional golfer, Chi Chi Rodriguez, will be the special guest at the event. All were encouraged to come out and participate. D. MANAGERS' REPORT There were no reports given at this time. X. UPCOMING EVENTS There were no upcoming events discussed at this time. XI. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS -- - -There were no future agenda items suggested at this time. , • 5 MINUTES, OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL AUGUST 5, 2403 XII. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Blake, approval to adjourn was unanimous. The time was 7:28 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on August 5, 2003. I further certify that a quorum was present. Jocelyn Bronson, Town Clerk • 6 • STAFF REPORTS TO COUNCIL • Building Parks & Rec Town Clerk Court Finance Human Resources ~/ Planning Po I i ce PW/Engineering Water • r~ ~~ Planning Department June 2003 Monthly StafF Report C ~ V~~ V~~V n ~~1QC~IVR ~~ ~_ oal • • The WLB Group, Inc:, representing Ina/Silverbell Holdings, has submitted the Preliminary Piat for Ina &Silverbell, Lots 1 thru 39. This project is located south of the .southwest corner of Ina Road and Silverbell Road in a portion of the .East'/Z of Section 2, Township 13 South,. Range 12 East. This preliminary plat consists of 39 single family.. residential lots on 58.78' acres: The minimum lot size within this subdivision is 16,000 square feet. The project density is approximately .66 residences per acre. Access to the ` subdivision will be provided from three locations off Silverbell Road. The-project. will include .96 miles of new public streets. The subdivision will provide approximately 41 acres of open. space with a maximum. site disturbance of 30include approximately .75 acres of private recreation area. Upon completion of the staff s review, this Preliminary Plat will be considered by the Planning Commission and Town Council. DM Federal Credit Union @ Arizona Pavilions Development Plan Acorn Associates Architects,. Ltd., representing DM Federal- Credit, has submitted-the development plan for a new branch facility. This project is within the Continental Ranch ~ r Specific Plan area on Lot 2 of Continental Ranch Retail Center. The site is south of Y Cortaro Road adjacent to Burger King. This-project consists of a 5,000 square foot financial institution with on-site parking and landscaping on 1.17 acres. Upon completion of the staff s review,.. this Development Plan will be considered. by the Planning Commission. T-Mobile @ Payless Cashways Development Plan T-Mobile has submitted the Development Plan for a telecommunications on a lease site located at the rear of the former Payless Cashways at 6421N. Thornydale Road. The telecommunications facility consists of the replacement of an existing light pole with a .new 50 foof pole together-with the installation of 6 .antennas and afenced.-equipment box on a 450 square-foot leased site: Upan completion of the staffs review, this Development . Plan will be administratively approved. Landscape Plans The Planning Department has received the following Landscape. Plan for administrative review: . • Gladden Farms, Block. l2 • Dove Mountain Boulevard,. Secret Springs brive and Saguaro Forest Loop Public Rights-of-WayRoadway Landscape and Irrigation Improvements __ San Lucas • DM Federal Credit Union " • Pima Farms Villages, Blocks 1-4 • Gladden Farms, Block 6 Gladden Farms, Block 10 Native Plant Permits r ' The Planning Department has received the following Native Plant Permit Application for administrative review: • Pima Farms Villages, Blocks 1-4 • • TOWN TOWN COUNCIL OF MEETING MARANA INFORMATION DATE: Au t 5, .2003 AGENDA ITEM: IX. B. 3 TO: Mayor and Council FROM: Ron Smith, Parks and Recreation Director SUBJECT: Presentation regarding the preliminary feasibility study of the Bureau of Reclamation Park Site DISCUSSION: Staff will present Council with an overview and update of the feasibility study on the Bureau of Reclamation Park Site. The presentation will include .preliminary park concept plans, preliminary cost estimates. and site constraints. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Mayor send a letter to the Bureau of Reclamation to authorize approval of the park site.. SUGGESTED MOTION: I move that the Mayor send a letter to the Bureau of Reclamation for approval of park site. RS/6:30 PM/07/30/03 • August 6, 2003 Carol Lynn Erwin, Area Manager Phoenix Area Office BUREAU OF RECLAMATION P.O. Box 81169 Phoenix, Arizona 85069-1169 Re: Bureau of Reclamation/Central Arizona Project/Town of Marana Park Site Dear Ms. Erwin: The Town of Marana is pleased to present the enclosed Preliminary Feasibility Study of the Bureau of Reclamation Park Site for the Town of Marana prepared on the Town's behalf by Tetra Tech, Inc. dated April 10, 2003. The Town seeks approval of the Preliminary Park Concept Plan found on the fold-out behind page 33 of the Study. This Concept Plan provides for the construction of little league baseball fields, girls softball fields, adult softball fields, high school baseball fields, a soccer complex, volleyball courts, a band shell, apicnic/playground area, passive open-space recreation areas and associated parking, rest rooms and ramadas/concession areas. The proposed park would approximately double the existing public park facilities located in the region, which include the Town's Ora Mae Harn Park, located about three miles north, and neighborhood parks in the Continental Ranch area, about six miles southeast of the proposed Park Site. This project has been presented and received with overwhelming enthusiasm at public meetings before the Town Parks Committee and the Mayor and Council. The project also received favorable coverage in a local newspaper feature story. The Town requests your assistance and advice on how best to move this project forward, so that a Cost-Sharing and Land Use Agreement maybe approved and executed. We look forward to working with the Bureau on this exciting project, and appreciate your assistance in bringing it to reality. Sincerely, Bobby Sutton, Jr. Mayor Carol Lynn Erwin, Area Manager Phoenix Area Office BUREAU OF RECLAMATION August 6, 2003 • Page 2 xc (w/encl.): Town Council Mike Reuwsaat, Town Manager CAWCD Board of Directors, c/o Sid Wilson Rick Mellegard., Bureau of Reclamation F. Eric Holler, P.E., Bureau of Reclamation Steve Anderson, Pima County Parks & Recreation • •