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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/16/2014 Regular Council Meeting MinutesREGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Council Chambers, December 16, 2014 at or after 7:00 PM Ed Honea, Mayor Jon Post, Vice Mayor David Bowen, Council Member Patti Comerford, Council Member Herb Kai, Council Member Carol McGorray, Council Member Roxanne Ziegler, Council Member REGULAR. COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL. Mayor Honea called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. Town Clerk Bronson called roll. Council Member McGorray was excused; there was a quorum present. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEIINVOCATIONIMOMENT OF SILENCE. Prior to the Pledge which was led by Mayor Honea, he announced that Council Member McGorray's son passed away early this morning. Ile had been ill for a long period. He asked the audience to please keep her and her family in their thoughts. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Motion by Vice Mayor Post to approve the agenda with the continuance of item A _I to the January 6, 2015 meeting. Second by Council Member Ifai. Approved unanimously 6 -01 CALL TO THE PUBLIC At this time any member of the public is allowed to address the Town Council on any issue within the jurisdiction of the Town Council, except for items scheduled for a Public Hearing ink; at this meeting. The speaker may have up to three minutes to speak. Any persons wishing to December 16, 2014 Meeting Minutes 1 address the Council must complete a speaker card located outside the Council Chambers and deliver it to the Town Clerk prior to the commencement of the meeting. Individuals addressing a meeting at the Call to the Public will not be provided with electronic technology capabilities beyond the existing voice amplification and recording capabilities in the facilities and the Town's overhead projector /document reader. Pursuant to the Arizona open Meeting Law, at the conclusion of Call to the Public, individual members of the Council may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the Council, and may ask staff to review the matter, or may ask that the matter be placed on a future agenda. Lori Sehaeffler, representing Run for the wall, presented a Certificate of Appreciation for the town's support from the Board of Directors and Riders of RFTw 2014. Run for the wall riders have been riding through the town for over 21 years. Mr. Davidson suggested that since the item A I was removed from the agenda to January, there may be speakers who would like to be heard on the issue at this tire. Mayor Honea concurred. David A. Lutz and Sandra Castagno spoke in opposition to the rezoning of the Lazy K Bar Ranch property. Mr. Lutz's comments related to impact fees and higher taxes and depleted water resources. Ms. Castagno's comments related to the density of the development disrupting the habitat and migration patterns of wildlife. Mr. Heller commented generally regarding growth and changes to plans approved by the Council. Barbara Rose spoke in appreciation of the work by Council Member McGorray and submitted a copy of the comments she will be making at the January 6, 2015 meeting. Robert Ferreira and Pat Lopez submitted speaker cards but deferred their comments to the January 6"' meeting. Bob Oilby, president of the Tucson Mountain Association noted that he submitted a letter of opposition, and he will be back on January 6 "'. Ken Scoville commented on what he felt was the disparity between the proposed Strategic Plan and the Council's position on the Lazy K Bar Ranch item. PROCLAMATIONS Proclamation honoring the Military order of the Purple Heart and proclaiming that Marana is a Purple Heart Town in the State of Arizona Mayor Honea asked Mike Dyer to speak regarding Marana as a Purple Heart Town. It was at Mr. Dyer's request that the proclamation was written. Mile Dyer spoke on behalf of the men and women who have been wounded or killed in action defending our country. He also thanked Council Member Kai and the Kai Family for donating the land for the veterans' cemetery. He also noted that there is a veterans' memorial at Mountain View Nigh School. Further, in the over 40 years he has been in Marana, it has always been a military- supportive community, and it's getting better all the time. He thanked the town for the proclamation and gave the Town Clerk the Badge of Military Honor and wristbands for distribution to the Council Members. Mayor December 16, 2014 Meeting Minutes 2 Honea gave Mr. Dyer the original proclamation and stated that the town would provide copies to any other veteran's groups who wanted it. Ms. Bronson then read the proclarnation. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Council Member Bowen talked about the Christmas Tree Lighting and said it was the highlight event of his time on the Council. He congratulated Vickie Hathaway and the rest of the staff for going a step beyond anything that has been done before. Council Member Comerford echoed those comments and also thanked the staff for their hard work in putting such a great event together. Mayor Honea said the comments from both Council Members Bowen and Comerford were his sentiments, too. His only concern is that if the event gets bigger, we won't know where to hold it. Staff did a wonderful job. MANAGER'S REPORT; SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS No report. PRESENTATIONS CONSENT AGENDA. Motion to approve b Vice Mayor Post, second by Council Member .tai. Passed unanimously 6 -0. The Consent Agenda contains items requiring action by the Council which are generally routine items not requiring Council discussion. A single motion and affirmative vote will approve all items on the Consent Agenda, including any resolutions or ordinances. Prior to a motion to approve the Consent Agenda, any Council member may remove any item from the Consent Agenda and that item will be discussed and voted upon separately. C1 Resolution No. 2014 -122 Relating to Development; Approving a release of subdivision assurances for San Lucas Block S and accepting public improvements for maintenance (Keith B rann) C2 Resolution No. 2014 -123 Relating to Development; Accepting the Tiffany Loop Potable Water Line public improvements for maintenance (Keith Brann) C3 Resolution No. 2014 -124 Relating to the Police Department; approving and authorizing the Town Manager to execute a Subgrantee Agreement with the Arizona Department of Homeland Security for purposes of receiving funds under the 2014 operation Stonegarden Grant Program (Lisa Shafer) December 16, 2014 Meeting Minutes 3 C4 Resolution No. 2014 -125 Relating to Intergovernmental Relations; adopting a 2015 Town of Marana legislative program and authorizing those engaged to lobby on behalf of the Town of Marana to represent and pursue it (Gilbert Davidson) C5 Resolution No. 2014 -126 Relating to Boards, Commissions and Committees; appointing Raymond Copenhaver as the Town of Marana citizen representative to the Tucson - Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee (Brian Varney) LIQUOR LICENSES BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES B I Resolution No. 2014 -127 Relating to Boards, Commissions and Committees; making appointments to the Town of Marana Personnel Action Review Board (Jocelyn C. Bronson). Vice Mayor Post spoke on behalf of the chairman of the committee, and stated that after reviewing and deliberating on the applications of the five candidates, the Committee recommends Don Duncan and Connie Steinman be appointed to the Marana Personnel Action Review Board. Council Member Bowen moved to appoint Don Duncan and Connie Steinman to the .Marana Personnel Action .review .hoard. Council Member Comerford seconded the motion. Passed unanimously G -o. B2 Relating to Boards Commissions and Committees; selecting three potential topics for the Winter 2015 Marana Citizens' Forum (Jocelyn Bronson). Death VVescovi- Chiordi presented this item. He noted that the Forum is reconvening for the Winter 2015 session beginning January 8 t1 ' At that orientation meeting, delegates will be selecting the topic they will be researching and making a recommendation on. A matrix of eight topics was placed on the dais for each Council Member to vote for their top three choices to be referred to the delegates. The proposed topics have come from prior Council recommendations, staff recommendations and older recommendations that have not been selected. There is no hierarchy to the way the topics are listed. He asked Council to take a few minutes at the dais to complete the matrix. The completed topic matrices were then given to the Town Clerk and Mr. Vescovi to compute. The top three choices will be given to the Forum delegates, and they will choose one to deliberate over the next 12 weeks. The Town Clerk read the topics into the record. B3 Approval of Minutes of November 25, 2014 Council Committee for Personnel Action Review Board Appointments (Jocelyn C. Bronson). Ms. Bronson noted that this item would normally have been included as a Consent item except as it related to a specific board action. Mr. Cassidy noted that only the Committee members would be eligible to vote on this item. December 16, 2014 Meeting Minutes 4 Motion by Vice Mayor Post, second by Council Member Comerford. Passed unanimously 2--0 with Council Member Mc Corray Being excused. COUNCIL ACTION Al PUBLIC I- TEARING ordinance No. 2014.030 Relating to Development; approving a rezoning of approximately 138 acres of land located at the west terminus of Pima Farms Road, west of the Scenic Drive alignment, from `RR' Resort and Recreation to `F' Specific Plan for the purpose of establishing the Lazy K Bar Ranch Specific Plan; approving a minor amendment to the General Plan; and approving and authorizing the mayor to execute the Lazy K Bar Ranch Development Agreement (Brian Varney) Moved to January C, 20150 ITEMS FOR DISCUS SIONIPGSSIBLE ACTION DI 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 the other governmental bodies (Gilbert Davidson) EXECUTIVE SESSIONS Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03, the Town Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, to discuss certain matters. El 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. E2 Executive Session pursuant to A.R.S. § 38w431.03(A )(1) for discussion, consideration and possible interviews of candidates for appointment to the Town of Marana Personnel Action Review Board. 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 re ular Town Council meeting after the date of the request pursuapt to Marana Town Code Section 2- 4 -2(B). ADJOURNMENT. Motion to adjourn by Vice Mayor Post, second by Council Member Bowen at 7:39 p.m. Passed unanimously 6-0. December 16, 2014 Meeting Minutes 5 CERTIFICATION I hereb certif that the fore are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meetin held on December 16, 2014. 1 further certif that a q uorum was present. �X,01 L� J cel tC.onson, Town Clerk I N ,HARANA December 16, 2014 Meetin Minutes