HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/21/2014 Regular Council Meeting MinutesREGULAR. COUNCIL MEETING
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115 5 5 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 8 5 6 5 3
Council Chambers, January 21, 2014, at or after 7:00 PM
Ed Honea, Mayor
Jon Post, Vice Mayor
David Bowen, Council Member
Patti Comerford, Council Member
IIerb Kai, Council Member
Carol McGorray, Council Member
Roxanne Ziegler, Council Member
REGULAR CGUNCII:j 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 ,ALLEGIANCEIINVOCATION/MOMENT of SILENCE. Led by Mayor
Honea,
APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Motion to approve by Council Member McGorray, second by
Council .Member Aai. Passed unanimously.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC. No speaker cards were presented.
PROCLAMA.rI",IONS
National School Choice week
MAYOR .AND COUNCIL, REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS. Council
Member Comerford reported on a fundraiser for the Marana Food Bank at Harley Davidson
this Saturday. Marana citizen, Dan Heston, will be running for 12 hours straight in Footfalls for
Food — the second year Mr. Heston has done this. Everyone is welcome to come out this
weekend and give hien some support. Council Member McGorray added to Council Member
Comerford's report, statim that Mr. Heston will be coning across the finish line at 3 p.m. The
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Board of Directors from. Food Bank will be there, and it would be great to have a good --sized
crowd cheering him on across the finish line.
MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS. No report.
PRESENTATIONS
CONSENT AGENDA. .Motion to approve the Consent Agenda by Council Member Kai,
second by Council Member Bowen. Passed unanimously.
C 1: Resolution No. 2014004: Relating to Development; approving a final block plat for
Marana Main Street, Blocks 1 through 10 and Common Area 'A'.
C 2: Approval of January 7, 2014 meeting minutes
LIQUOR LICENSES
L 1: Relating to Liquor Licenses; recommendation to the Arizona State Liquor Board regarding
a new series 12 (restaurant) liquor license application submitted by Javier Ramos Mora on behalf
of Taco Giro Mexican Food, located at 4140 W. Ina Rd., Suite 1, 80, Marana, AZ 8574 1. Jocelyn
Bronson stated that the application was properly reviewed and posted. Staff received no protests
and is recommending Council approval. Motion to approve by Council Member McGorray,
second by Council Member Ziegler. Passed unanimously.
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
COUNCIL ACTION
Al: PUBLIC HEARING: ordinance No. 2014.001: Relating to Development; adopting an
amendment to the Continental Ranch Specific Plan to add congregate care housing as a permitted
use within the Commercial land use designation on land identified within the Specific Plan as
Parcels 565 57 and 72 only. Steven Vasquez presented to Council. It would affect the area at
the northeast corner of Cortaro and Silverbell Roads. The Continental Ranch Specific Plan was
adopted in 1988. The final plat for the affected parcels was adopted in 2005. rhe applicant is in
process of developing a congregate care facility. On December 18, 2013, the Planning
Commission approved the application. Staff received one call in favor of project. Mayor
Honea opened the public hearing. There were no speakers from the public. Council Member
Ziegler stated her support for the project, although she is concerned about the location as it is
adjacent to the wheeler Taft Library. She thought the area better suited to this project from a
zoning perspective was closer to the Urgent Care on Silverbell. Erin Farris from Star
Consulting, the project engineer, addressed Council Member Ziegler's concerns. Vice Mayor
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Post also expressed his concerns regarding the location of the facilities in proximity to the
district park. Both Ms. Harris and Mr. Vasquez presented background information on the
decision to use this location for the project.
Council Member Ziegler moved not to adopt ordinance No. 2014.0 1, second by Vice Mayor
Post. Motion failed 4-3 with Vice Mayor Post, and Council Members Kai and Ziegler voting
"aye. " A second motion in favor of adopting Ordinance No. .2014.0.1 by Council Member
Mc Gorray, second by Council Member Bowen, passed 4-3 with Council Members Bowen,
Comerford, McGorray and Mayor Honea voting in furor of adoption.
ITEMS FOR DISCUS SIONIPOSSIBLE ACTION
D 1: PUBLIC HEARING: Presentation: Relating to Utilities; public hearing pursuant to A.R.S.
9-463.05 (D) regarding land use assumptions and infrastructure improvement plans related to the
Town's 2014 development impact fees for Water and Sewer. Mayor Honea opened the public
hearing. Presented by John Kmiec, who addressed Council with the permissible uses for the
requested development fees, which includes new construction only. The deadline to have these
fees in place is August 1, 2014. He then spoke to the fee adoption process, including growth
assumptions, the infrastructure improvement plan and development fee report. The remainder of
his presentation focused on comments to date, water service areas, the Marana and Pima County
designated management areas and cost detail for acquiring the Marana water reclamation facility.
This item was for information and open comment by the public. No Council action was
required.
D 2: 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. Mr. Davidson acknowledged that the legislative session.
is open, and staff will be presenting updates to Council when we get them from the League or
our contract lobbyists. Updates of interest to any municipality across the state will be given to
Council in the form of ernails and presentations at meetings.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
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.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
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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 7:33 p.m. by Vice Mayor Post, second by Couned
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 January 21, 2014. 1 further certify that a quorum was present.
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