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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/19/2010 Joint Study Session Minutes`OWN OF MAI2ANA ~ -,:=~f gRiZONP JOINT TOWN COUNCIL /PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION MINUTES 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Board Room, October 19, 2010, at or after 6:00 p.m. Ed Honea, Mayor Herb Kai, Vice Mayor Council Members Russell Clanagan Patti Comerford Carol McGorray Jon Post Roxanne Ziegler Norman Fogel, Chair Gary Pound, Vice Chair Commissioners Jeffrey Adragna Marcia Jakab Billy Schisler Michael Wiles Tina Wood ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THIS AGENDA. Revisions to the agenda can occur up to 24 hours prior to the meeting. Revised agenda items appear in italics. The Council Chambers are 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 to the Town Clerk at least 10 working days prior to the Council meeting. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Honea called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m., noting that a quorum of the Planning Commission was not present at the beginning of the meeting, but that a quorum of the Council was present. All Council members were present. Commissioner Wiles joined the meeting at 6:10 p.m. and a provided a quorum for the Planning Commission. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE Led by Mayor Honea. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion to approve moved by Council Member Post, second by Council Member Comerford Motion carried unanimously. DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/POSSIBLE ACTION 1. Presentation: Relating to Planning; presentation to the Town Council and Planning Commission on the status of the 2010 General Plan (Kevin Kish) Mr. Kish noted that they are still taking public comments for the draft plan. He also noted the different outreach meetings that had taken place and the input tpWN pL v MARANA ~ :3, gRILVNP JOINT TOWN COUNCIL /PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION MINUTES 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Board Room, October 19, 2010 at or after 6:00 p.m. through regional participation. The planning boundary for this General Plan is 220 square miles and runs into Pinal County. The CAG in Pinal County wants to minimize overlapping jurisdictions, so staff has been working with them on that as well as property owners. Property owner, The Walton Group, understands why Marana wants to keep them in the planning area even though there is a potential conflict with Eloy -across from the Red Rock area. The conflict area consists of about 220 acres, although The Walton Group has over 1,000 acres in Pinal County. We are at 122 square miles for the current planning boundary. Regarding annexation, neither jurisdiction is close to developing near The Walton Group property at this time -but Marana is actually closer distance-wise. If Marana gets there first, we'll have a great opportunity to move forward. If Eloy gets there first, it's kind of a gentleman's agreement to respect whoever gets there first. Council asked for clarification as to how the planning boundaries were established. In the areas where there are irregular boundaries, we are squaring those to make them easier to identify. To the east, there has been an agreement with Oro Valley that Shannon Road would be the barrier. To the south, it is the City of Tucson boundary. The CAP alignment is the north boundary toward Pinal County. The presentation continued with further discussion regarding land ownership, state trust land and the challenges it presents, the economic activity centers - based on the town's economic roadmap, the future growth areas, future land use and the roads network. He also noted that at this time, staff sees no need to encourage development in the Tortolita Fan area. Gilbert Davidson noted that before there is development, there will have to be a number of conversations with the environmental community, because they have identified that as critical habitat area. It will be a long-term community discussion over the next several years. Planning Commission hearings will be in November and then to Council in December to get this ready for the ballot in May 2011. Mayor Honea asked when the Plan was mandated to be done. Mr. Kish said that it was on a 10-year cycle, but legislation has extended the time to 2015 to take it to the voters. Staff believed that the opportunity to do the Plan in-house and utilize staff made it viable to do the plan now so that it wouldn't have to be done again unti12021. Once the Plan is adopted, it will be prepared to go to the voters. 2 .(OWN OF ~_, q ~i,aiz,nhA ~~ ..: ~RIZONP JOINT TOWN COUNCIL /PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION MINUTES 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Board Room, October 19, 2010, at or after 6:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn moved by Council Member Clanagan, second by Council Member McGorray, and motion moved by Commissioner Jakab, second by Commissioner Wiles, the meeting was adjourned at 6:36 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Joint Town Council/Planning Commission Study Session held on October 19, 2010. I further certify that a quorum of the Cou}~il and of the Commission was J own Clerk 3