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Home My WebLink About06/02/2015 Regular Council Meeting MinutesREGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Council Chambers, June 2, 2015 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 :00 p.m. Town Clerk Bronson call roll. Vice Mayor Post and Council Member McGorray were excused; there was a quorum present. PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCEIINVOCATIONIMDMENT OF SILENCE. Led by Mayor Honea, APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Motion to aj- ;prove the amended agenda by removing item C 1, which will cone before Council at u later date, by Council Me- pniber Comerford, second by Council Meomber Bowen. Passed unanimously 5-0. CALL TO THE PUBLIC. No spear: cards were presents. In $Is Al MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Council Member Comerford reported that long -time resident and community leader, Dan Ryan, passed away. On behalf of the Council, she expressed her condolences to his family. June 2, 2015 Meeting Minutes 1 Mayor Honea echoed the sentiments regarding Dan Ryan and his contributions to the community as a friend and community leader. Mayor Honea also noted that Council Member McGorray was ill. MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Mr. Davidson presented on the Council Executive Report. PRESENTATIONS CONSENT AGENDA. Motion to approve Items C 2 and C3 by Council Member Bolven, second by Council Member ,Ziegler. Passed unanimously 5 -0. C 1 Resolution No. 2015 -054 Relating to Development; approving a final plat for Los Saguaros at Dove Mountain, Lots 1.34239 and Common .Areas "A" (Private Streets), "B" (open Space), "C" (Open Space /Drainage) and "D" (open Space /Public Sewer) located south of Dove Mountain Boulevard and east of Saguaro Forest Drive (Steven Cheslak) C 2 Resolution No. 2015056 Relating to Development; approving a final plat for Tortolita Vistas Phase 11, Lots 23-35, 4091, and 151- 154, Common Area "A" (Private Streets) and Common Area "B" (Natural Undisturbed open Space) located west of Thornydale Road and north of Tangerine Road (Brian Varney) C 3 Approval of May 19, 2015 Regular Council Meeting Minutes (Jocelyn C. Bronson) LIQUOR LICENSES BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES COUNCIL ACTION A 1 Resolution No. 2015 -055 Relating to the Marana Regional Airport; approving and authorizing the Town Manager to execute an Airport Development Reimbursable Grant Agreement for Grant Number 1 5 S3N between the State of Arizona by and through the Department of Transportation and the Town of Marana for the purpose of aiding in financing a Project of Master Plan Update, GIS, Business Plan, Rates and Charges Study (Lisa Shafer) Presented by Steve Miller, Airport Manager, who gave a brief review of what is going on at the airport. The grant which Is the subject of tonight's item is for re- evaluating the airport in the current economy and rescaling the projects previously developed in 2007. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has also awarded a grant as part of this package for a June 2, 2015 Meeting Minutes 2 business plan which has never been done. That will dovetail into the town's Strategic flan. Another component is to do an airport geographic information systems (GIS) survey that is requested by the Federal Aviation. Administration (FAA) that will take us into the next generation aircraft system. The last piece is for a rates and charges survey that has not been done for ten years. Collectively, this is a $460K grant. He then gave a quick review of other projects that were awarded this year. For FY 2015-16, we received $3.2M for various projects, all of which are already in progress or will be starting soon. Among those are a pavement project for overlays on both runways and most of Taxiway B. The kickoff will be June 15, and construction will begin in August. That will be a 45 -60 day project managed by Kimley Horn & Associates. Also received was a $550K grant to replace all of the runway and taxiways signs as well as two pairs of runway and 'identifier lights. That project began several months ago and will be completed by the end of the year. The airport was also the recipient of a wildlife hazard assessment which is fully funded by the FAA and ADOT. This $100K one-year project began in November and will evaluate the wildlife at the airport. The ultimate goal of the assessment is to determine if we need to have any wildlife mitigation projects. The master plan will tape about 18 months. The business plan is about a one -year project. Lastly, six surveillance cameras are being installed on top of the rotating beacon tower which will record virtually all areas of the airport 2417 for security purposes. He thanked Council for their support of projects begun since he started with the town about three and a half years ago. Going forward, there are a lot of exciting projects, and he's looking forward to updating the master plan and the business plan and see where those lead. Council Member Ziegler asked how the rate and charges study would be incorporated into the town's comprehensive fee schedule. Mr. Miller said that the current fees will be evaluated, and any recommendations for increasing or adding additional fees will go before Council for approval during the regular fee schedule process. It would be next year before any new fees are implemented. Council Member Kai asked how well the new gate access system was working. Mr. Miller responded that there have been a couple of mechanical issues which now appear to be resolved, but that the gate access system has been working well. Motion to rrl)lir o ve by Cmin cY .member .Bo jven, second bjj Co un cY Me ib r Ziegler. . Passed unanimously 5-0. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSIONIPOSSIBLE ACTION D I Relating to Finance; presentation, discussion and direction regarding conducting a special mid- decade census (Gilbert Davidson). Mr. Davidson noted that Marana has grown quite a bit June Z, 2015 Meeting Minutes 3 over the past few y ears, and it would have been to the town's financial advanta with respect to state shared revenues to g o forward with this process. However, after reachin out to the Lea of Arizona Cities and Towns, it was learned that a number of cities and towns are in the same situation. Several of the municipalities in the Maricopa re are workin with the Lea support special le to be proposed in the next session that would use the state's population estimates as the actual driver in the formulas with the state shared revenue. Other cities have a to that and will not be movin forward independent of that process, and the Lea stated that the would want Marana to g o alon with that re to the le to modif how the use the formula usin the population counts for state shared revenues rather than doin a census count. However, if the Council wants to proceed with a census, staff estimates it would cost $1M plus, as we would have to hire all of the census takers and follow the federal g uidelines. If the state does modif the statutes, it would save all the communities in Arizona a considerable amount of time and mone b bein able to use the official numbers that the state g enerates ever y ear based on several factors. He recommends workin with the Lea Ma Honeli iioted that he is on the Lea board, and most of the cities and towns are on board with this. D 2 Relatin to Le and Government Actions discussion and possible action re all pendin state, federal, and local le actions and on recent and upcomin meetin of the other g overnmental bodies (Gilbert Davidson). No report. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS E I Executive Session pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03 (A Council ma ask for discussion or consultation for le advice with the Town Attorne concernin an matter listed on this a FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT. Motion to adjourn at 7:17 p.m. 1) Council Member Bowen, second b Council Member Kai. Passed unanimousl 5-0. CERTIFICATION I hereb certif that the fore are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meetin held on June 2, 2015. 1 further certif that a q uorum was present. A 0 el C. onson, Town Clerk 9 June 2, 2015 Meetin Minutes 4 � Q -� *A/ te