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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/01/2011 Regular Council Meeting Minutes ARNA REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Council Chambers, March 1, 2011, at or after 7:00 PM Ed Honea, Mayor Herb Kai, Vice Mayor Russell Clanagan, Council Member Patti Comerford, Council Member Carol McGorray, Council Member Jon Post, Council Member Roxanne Ziegler, Council Member REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Honea called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. Town Clerk Bronson called roll. All Council Members were present. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE /1NVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE Mayor Honea noted that in honor of Girl Scout Week, Girl Scouts from Troop 1073 would lead the Pledge. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion to approve moved by Council Member McGorray, second by Council Member Clanagan. Motion carried unanimously. CALL TO THE PUBLIC Pastor Dave Hedgepath from Community Christian Church which has been at Grier and Sandario for nearly 58 years announced the dedication of their newly renovated and expanded facility on Saturday, March 19, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. until Noon. It is open to the public and they would like any and all to attend. He has extra invitations if anyone is interested. The theme of their renovation is "Expanding to Serve Christ, Congregation and our Community." He thanked many people for their support. PROCLAMATIONS Girl Scout Week Proclamation Ms. Bronson read the proclamation. Mayor Honea asked all the Girl Scouts to come to the podium where they would receive the proclamation and then recite the Girl Scout Pledge. Maria Manibusan with the Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona - Sahuaro thanked Council for their support. 1 March 1, 2011 Council Meeting Minutes MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Council Member McGorray reported on the success of the Accenture Match Play tournament, the La Fiesta de Los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo, and also noted that both events brought lots of tourists to the region, including a large number of visitors to the Biosphere II near Oracle. Mayor Honea echoed Council Member McGorray's comments and noted that attendance at the golf tournament was up 30 percent from 2010, and is hoping that we will get at least another year of having the tournament in Marana. MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Mr. Davidson thanked all of the town employees for the work they did behind the scenes for the match play golf tournament — public works, traffic engineering, police, and the public information officer. He also thanked the visible staff working the event. PRESENTATIONS None. CONSENT AGENDA Motion to approve moved by Council Member Clanagan, second by Council Member Ziegler. Motion carried unanimously. C 1: Resolution No. 2011 -31: Relating to Development; approving a release of assurances for Gladden Farms Block 8 and acceptance of public improvements for maintenance C 2: Resolution No. 2011 -32: Relating to the Environment; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with Tucson Audubon Society for borrow pit restoration C 3: Minutes of the February 8, 2011 special council meeting, the February 9, 2011 Joint Marana/Oro Valley study session and February 15, 2011 regular council meeting LIQUOR LICENSES BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES COUNCIL ACTION A 1: Resolution No. 2011 -33: Relating to Marana Regional Airport; approving and authorizing the Public Works Director to execute an Apron Use Permit Agreement between the Town of Marana and Southern Arizona Sports Car Club, Inc. for a series of non - aeronautical special events at the airport; and authorizing town staff to execute other similar agreements for future non - aeronautical special event series at the airport Presented by Barbara Johnson, who noted that this was being brought to Council because for many years non - aeronautical events at the airport just occurred and didn't go through the town process. Due to the restructuring of the airport management, staff has become more aware of the necessity of using the town's process to make sure that things 2 March 1, 2011 Council Meeting Minutes are properly managed. The Sports Car Club of America has been using the airport for many years but was told last year that those events would have to terminate because the town's insurance didn't cover those types events. The Sports Car Club came back with a proposal and talked about what their events brought to the town, including working with the high school. The legal, finance, public works, and clerk's departments worked to put a contract together for their events. Because this is the first contract of this type, staff felt it was important to bring this to Council's attention and to ask for their endorsement. The insurance has been changed to accommodate these types of non - aeronautical events and other concerns within the town have been addressed. She also introduced Rob Rockefeller and David Rock of the Sports Car Club who addressed and thanked Council. Kenneth Meeks, the automotive director at Marana High School, also addressed Council and noted that having the Sports Car Club events at the airport has provided a great opportunity for student involvement. Council Member Comerford also commented that this is a wonderful opportunity for Marana and for the high school. Motion to approve moved of Council Member Clanagan, second by Council Member McGorray. Motion carried unanimously. A 2: Ordinance No. 2011.08: Relating to Council; amending Marana Town Code section 2 -4 -1 (A) to eliminate the requirement that a council meeting must be held on the third Tuesday of every month and establishing procedures by which the Mayor, Council Members and the Town Manager may request additional meetings as necessary Presented by Cedric Hay, who noted that Arizona state statute mandates that the Council, by ordinance, fix the time and place of its meetings. The code currently states that the Council shall hold meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. What has been discovered through the agenda process is that occasionally there will be a time when we don't need two regular meetings each month. The ordinance before Council deletes the requirement to have the second Tuesday meeting of the month. It gives more flexibility to Council and potentially can save time and money. He asked for comments from Council. Mayor Honea asked if the ordinance could be expanded to say that either the first or second regular meeting could be dispensed with subject to proper notice so that there is an option to cancel either meeting. Mr. Hay noted that he had prepared an alternative ordinance based on that possible feedback. He projected that ordinance on the screen to Council and noted the change in language to reflect the Mayor's comments compared to the ordinance in Council's prepared packet materials. Motion moved by Council Member Clanagan, second by Council Member Post, the ordinance shall allow, with proper notice, cancellation of either the first or second regular meeting of each month. Motion carried unanimously. A 3: Resolution No. 2011 -34: Relating to Utilities; requesting the City of Tucson to include a Stored Water Credits surcharge in the water rates charged to Tucson Water customers within the town limits of the Town of Marana Dorothy O'Brien presented this item, gave a brief history of the reason for the change. She noted that the proposed surcharge would be $.08 per CCF which is one cubic feet of water, which is how Tucson Water bills their customers. Each account would be charged 3 March 1, 2011 Council Meeting Minutes that amount per CCF on a monthly basis, and that amount would be turned over to the town to recover the cost of transferring stored water credits to Tucson Water on an annual basis as is required by the intergovernmental agreement between the Town and Tucson Water, and then extending water into service areas where they are not contractually obligated to do so. She noted the areas that are contractually obligated and then some smaller areas that represent an individual property owner which has an agreement for the provision of water by Tucson Water. What staff intends is to apply a surcharge which recovers the direct cost of water to buy the long term storage credits to transfer to them as well as replace the water in our bank to replace the credits that are already stored. For a user of about 7,000 gallons, which is fairly average, the $.08 surcharge would be about $.75. Motion to approve moved by Council Member Post, second by Vice Mayor Kai. Motion carried unanimously. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION /POSSIBLE ACTION D 1: Legislative /Intergovernmental Report: regarding all pending state and federal legislation and report on recent meetings of other legislative bodies Josh Wright reported that yesterday was the 50 day of the current session. This is about halfway in the process. There are still some large issues to be addressed related to municipalities — the biggest being the state budget. There has been some good news is that January 2011 marked the sixth consecutive month where the state experience growth in revenues — about 7.5 percent increase over January 2010. There are two bills in particular we are tracking — one is SB 1286 dealing with permits that would require a response for any permit of any kind to be given within 60 days. The problem with the bill is that it is vague — what is a yes or no response — for a single submittal or the entire project. We are working with the League on where that bill is headed. The other bill is SB 1525 dealing with impact fees. This is being driven by the Central Arizona Homebuilders Association. They have made some significant changes to impact fees and worked with the League to achieve a compromise. This year they decided to throw any compromise or negotiation aside and go straight to the Legislature and ask for what they want. This would make a longer process to spend the money but a shorter window from date of collection to actually spend the money. Staff will be tracking the progress of this bill. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS Motion to go into executive session on Item E. 3 moved by Council Member McGorray, second by Council Member Comerford Motion carried unanimously. Council left the dais at 7:33 p.m. Council returned to the dais at 7:43 p.m. E 1: Executive Session pursuant to A.R.S. §38- 431.03 (A)(3), Council may ask for discussion or consultation for legal advice with the Town Attorney concerning any matter listed on this agenda E 2: Executive Session pursuant to A.R.S. § 38- 431.03(A)(3),(4) and (7), discussion or consultation for legal advice with the Town's attorneys and discussion and to consider its 4 March 1, 2011 Council Meeting Minutes position and instruct the Town Manager and staff concerning (1) the lawsuit entitled Town of Marana v. Pima County /Pima County v. Marana (consolidated), Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV2008- 001131, (2) pending legal issues, settlement discussions and contract negotiations relating to the transition of Marana wastewater collection and treatment to the Town of Marana E 3: Executive session pursuant to A.R.S. § 38- 431.03(A)(3) and (4) to discuss and consult for legal advice with the town's attorneys and to consider the town's position and give direction concerning the application and handling of Park Development Impact Fees collected within the Dove Mountain area FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn moved by Council Member Post, second by Council Member Comerford. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 7:44 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on March 1, 2011. I further certify that a quorum was present. e yn C. ronson, Town Clerk o k"���illi' C ° � 00 SEAL /1lif► 5 March 1, 2011 Council Meeting Minutes