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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/19/2013 Regular Council Meeting Minutest owrv o i� i 9 I�IAf�AN,4+ � � qRiZON�` REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Council Chambers, March 19, 2013, at or after 7:00 PM Ed Honea, Mayor Patti Comerford, Vice Mayor David Bowen, Council Member Herb Kai, 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 7:00 p.m. All Council Members were present. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE. Led by Mayor Honea. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Motion to approve by Council Member McGorray, second by Council Member Bowen. Passed unanimously. CALL TO THE PUBLIC. Kent Crotts spoke regarding his recent candidacy for election to Council and congratulated the Council that was seated. Although he was unsuccessful in his bid for a seat on the Council, he appreciated the opportunity of running and of getting to know staff better and for their professionalism. David Morales also addressed the Council regaxding his run for a Council seat as well as his concern regarding financing of the wastewater acquisitions. He stated that he will be focusing his future efforts on mentaring veterans. PROCLAMATIONS MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Vice Mayor Comerford reported on the Founders' Day events and the upcoming American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, which will be held May 4-5, 2013 at the Crossroads at Silverbell Park. Jocelyn Bronson is captain of TEAM MARANA and will be providing additional details to Council and staff. Mayor Honea also commented on Founders' Day and how successful he thought it was in spite of the weather. He congratulated the Heritage Meeting Minutes for March 19, 2012 Page 1 of 5 Conservancy for their efforts and also the many hours of time that T. Van Hook and her staff of JR Burns and Melanie Nelson devoted to helping make the event a success. MANAGER' S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Mr. Davidson reported that Lupita Chavez in Human Resources is a finalist for an innovation that she's doing on the town's website with the HR team. Kudos to Lupita and the department. He also reminded everyone that the Marana Main Street festival is coming up on Apri16-7. This is a new event to showcase the beginnings of Main Street and to get businesses and other community groups engaged. Mr. Davidson noted that the Founders' Day was a big event. He praised the leadership of Patrick Nilz and the Heritage Conservancy, but also a big salute to T. Van Hook, JR Burns and Melanie Nelson for all the preparation work they did behind the scenes to help the Heritage Conservancy pull off a great event. Mayor Honea followed up on that and stated that a lot of town staff folks put in a lot of hours on the event. PRESENTATIONS CONSENT AGENDA. Motion to approve by Council Member Bowen, second by Council Member McGorray. Passed unanimously. C 1: Resolution No. 2013-022: Relating to the Police Department; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute the second amendment to the intergovernmental agreement between the Town of Marana, Pima County and other Participating Jurisdictions regarding the Pima Regional Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.) Team C 2: Resolution No. 2013-023: Relating to Municipal Court; approving the appointment of Michael P. Pollard as magistrate pro tempore for the Marana Municipal Court C 3: Resolution No. 2013-024: Relating to Community Development; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute an intergovernmental agreement between Pima County and the Town of Marana for management and implementation of the Community Development Block Grant Program for funding of public infrastructure at the Marana Heritage River Park C 4: Approval of regular and special council meeting minutes of February 19 and March 5, 2013 C 5: Approval of March 11, 2013 Council Subcommittee meeting minutes LIQUOR LICENSES L 1: Relating to Liquor Licenses; recommendation to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control regarding a special event liquor license application submitted by Mary A. Carter, on behalf of the Marana Health Center Foundation for the Marana Main Street Festival Spring Event to be held April 5-6, 2013. Ms. Bronson noted that the application was processed Meeting Minutes for March 19, 2012 Page 2 of 5 properly and no protests were received. Staff recommended approval. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Comerford, second by Council Member Bowen. Passed unanimously. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES B 1: Resolution No. 2013-025: Relating to Boards, Commissions and Committees; making appointments to the Town of Marana Planning Commission. Mr. Kish presented to Council that the subcommittee met on March 11, 2013 to review the eight applications for the two open positions. Council Member McGorray was selected as chairperson. After review, the subcommittee voted to recommend to the full Council the appointments of Don Duncan for a term expiring June 30, 2013, and Thomas Schnee for a term expiring June 30, 2015. Motion to approve by Council Member McGorray, second by Vice Mayor Comerford. Passed unanimously. Mayor Honea thanked the subcommittee for their efforts. B 2: Resolution No. 2013-026: Relating to Boards, Commissions and Committees; selecting three potential topics for the Spring 2013 Marana Citizens' Forum session. Presented by Mr. Davidson, who noted that this item was one of the adjustments made several weeks ago to the Marana Citizens' Forum process. One of the things discussed in previous Forum sessions by the delegates was the ability to choose the issues affecting the community. Staff developed three discussion topics for the delegates to choose from. With Council approval, these topics will be forwarded to the delegates with a briefing sheet. Then they can vote on the one they want to discuss during the Forum session. The topics are: preparing for Strategic Plan III; marketing, branding and tourism; and north Marana growth. Motion to approve the three topics by Council Member McGorray, second by Vice Mayor Comerford. Passed unanimously. COUNCIL ACTION A 1: PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance No. 2013.004: Relating to Development; approving amendments to the Marana Main Street Specific Plan. The Mayor declared the Public Hearing open. Presented by Kevin Kish. The area is about 28 acres located behind the Chevron station on Sandario Road. Staff is looking at updating the introduction, the development plans and some of the regulations to the specific plan as new policies which have come into play since the original specific plan was brought forward. One of the key amendments is the creation of an additional land use designation to include a highway opportunities area for travelers. Hospitality acreage is still there as is an enlarged area for drive-through (a conditional use process required) to avoid clogging up the Main Street area with in and out traffic. The other significant item is a gateway sign, up to an 85-foot tall sign with an electronic message board. This will also require a conditional use permit. This would not be a power center type of signs such as Pavilions. So the highway portion and along Sandario is the only significant change to require some setbacks for a nice corridor to maintain the character of Marana Main Street. Council Member Post asked how Sandario will be affected. Mr. Kish responded that the improvements along Sandario are meant to spur some reinvestment activity for the town. This will start the upgrade with individual parcels. If we can create the reinvestment fund, we can help existing businesses refresh their street appearance. Mr. Davidson noted that staff has been working with the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) for funds that can be reinvested for sidewalks along Meeting Minutes for March 19, 2012 Page 3 of 5 Sandario, but these are two different issues. Sandario is going to have to be something that the town will have to find financial resources for in the future. The specific plan is still a concept plan. Money will be critical to redevelop all of the road network. Council Member Kai asked about future changes to the Marana interchange. Do the plans today match up with the future plans? Mr. Kish responded that the changes in the plan are affecting the alignments, so that stays the same and is in consideration of Marana Main Street tying into Marana Road. Mr. Davidson responded to a question from Vice Mayor Comerford regarding road alignment adjustments and whether property owners are aware of those, noting that staff is still working through some of those issues. No members of the audience asked to speak. The Mayor declared the public hearing closed. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Comerford, second by Council Member Kai. Passed unanimously. A 2: Resolution No. 2013-027: Relating to Elections; declaring and adopting the results of the primary election held on March 12, 2013. Ms. Bronson noted that the Official Canvass was placed on the dais as well as a copy of the resolution, now completed as of March 15. There were approximately 205 ballots not counted on election night. There were 6,169 ballots case; 16 were rejected. This is about a seven percent increase over the 2011 election. Each incumbent received over half of the ballots cast and are therefore deemed elected at the primary. Both ballot questions passed by about a three to one margin. Council Member Bowen asked about the increase in votes over 2011 and whether we have ever had that many votes cast in prior elections. Ms. Bronson responded that the highest number of votes cast was about 23 percent in the 2011 primary. Voter turnout for this election was about 31 percent. Motion to approve by Council Member Bowen, second by Council Member Ziegler. Passed unanimously. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION D 1: Relating to Legislation and Government Actions; Discussion and possible action regarding all pending state, federal, and local legislation/government actions and on recent and upcoming meetings of other governmental bodies. Presented by Mr. Del Post, who noted that the bill that has gained the most notoriety among cities and towns is the tax simplification bill, HB 2657. There has been some movement. It was held up in the House Appropriations regarding the collections of revenues, the auditing functions and the construction sales tax. To get around those issues, last night there was a strike all amendment introduced by the Governor in the Senate. The strike all amendment contains every provision that the previous bill contain — all of the negative language that cities and towns were concerned about. In terms of strategy, the League continues to work with the Governor. In fact we thought they had made quite a bit of progress regarding the collection issue and the auditing issue to the point that we were satisfied with what we thought was being worked out. But it looks like we're back to the drawing board again. We'll continue to advise our lobbying delegation of our concerns with the bilis. We'il continue to provide updates as they occur. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS Meeting Minutes for March 19, 2012 Page 4 of 5 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), for discussion or consultation with the Town's attorneys and to instruct the Town's representatives concerning (1) the lawsuit entitled Pima County v. Town of Marana, Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV2011-099966 and (2) pending legal issues, settlement discussions and contract negotiations relating to the transition of Marana wastewater collection and treatment from Pima County to the Town of Marana. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Notwithstanding the mayor's discretion regarding the items to be placed on the agenda, if three or more Council members request that an item be placed on the agenda, it must be placed on the agenda for the second regular Town Council meeting after the date of the request, pursuant to Marana Town Code Section 2-4-2(B). ADJOURNMENT. Motion to adjourn at 7:31 p.m. by Council Member Bowen, second by Council Member McGorray. Passed unanimously. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on March 19, 2013. I further certify that a quorum was present. � celyn Bronson, Town Clerk Meeting Minutes for March 19, 2012 Page 5 of 5