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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/07/2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes ............ MARANA AZ ESTABLISHED 1977 MARANA TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL. MEETING MINUTFS 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Council Chambers, February 7, 2017, 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 7:16 p.m. Town Clerk Bronson called roll. Council Member Kai was excused; there was a quorum present. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEIINVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE. Led by Mayor Honea. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Motion to approve by Council Member Ziegler, second by Council Member McGorray. Passed unanimously 6--0. ;ALL TO THE PUBLIC. No speaker cards were presented. PROCLAMATIONS M.A.YOR. AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT ]EVENTS. Mayor Honea and Council Member Ziegler reported on the memorial service at the Marana Mortuary for former town manager, Hurvie Davis, who died January 31, 2017. February 7,2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes I MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CIJItRENT EVENTS. Miro Davidson reported that the monthly C=ouncil Executive Report for all building and development activity in January is now available online and in paper format. PRESENTATIONS P1 Relating to Legislation and Government .Actions; a presentation by the Town's lobbyist, Triadvocates, regarding the current legislative session, including updates on various legislative issues relevant to the Town of Marana (Gilbert Davidson). Tony Hunter introduced Julie Rees who introduced. Lourdes Pena who joined their team in November. They provided an overview of their firm which now has eight consultants. Ms. Rees gave an overview of the new legislators who took office in 2017. Ms. Pen'a gave an overview of the Governor's budget which includes $9.8B in spending. The main priority from the Governor's office is K-12 education. The budget includes $114M for K-12 education in targeted investments, over 982 bills introduced so far. Trends appear to be toward K-12 education reforms and funding, workers' compensation reform, limitation on local bonds, elections reform, rights-ol=way and state sovereignty. Ms. Dees noted that Marana's priorities are fiscal sustainability, economic development, local control., transportation and public safety. Ms. Dena referred to some of the bills that are already in the process. She also reviewed some of the future legislation including construction TPT reform, manufacturing competitiveness and. a PSPRS reform trailer for pooling and governance. CONSENT AGENDA. Motion to approve by council Member Bowen, second by Vice Maor Post. Passed unanimously 6--0. C 1 Resolution No. 2017007: Relating to Development; approving a release of assurances for Gladden Farms Block 16 subdivision and accepting public improvements for maintenance (Keith Brann) C2 Resolution No. 2017-008-. Relating to Public works; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute a public improvement participation agreement for the construction of a sewer connection for the Leman Academy oro valley site to the public sewer system as part of the Tangerine Corridor Project (Prank Cassidy) C3 Resolution No. 2017-009: Relating to Utilities; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute a Reconciliation Agreement for Construction of water Facilities under Private Contract for the willow vista Subdivision (Frank Cassidy) C4 .Approval of January 12, 2017 Strategic Plan working Group Community Meeting Minutes, January 17, 2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes, and January 31, 2017 Study Session Meeting Minutes (Jocelyn C. Bronson) LIQUOR LICENSES Ll Relating to Liquor Licenses; recommendation to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control regarding a New Series 12 Restaurant liquor license application submitted February 7,2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 2 by Kevin Arnold Krarnber on behalf of Boston's the Gourmet Pizza, located at 5525 W. Arizona. Pavilions Dr., Marana, Arizona 85653 (Jocelyn Bronson). Ms. Bronson noted that the application had, been properly reviewed and posted, and that no protests were received. Staff recommends approval. Motion to approve by Council Member McGorray, second by Council Member Zeigler. Passed unan info usly 6-0. L2 Relating to Liquor Licenses; recommendation to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control regarding a new Series 3 Instate Microbrewery liquor license application submitted by Todd Douglas Button on behalf of Button Brew House, located at 6800 North Camino Martin, Suite 160, Marana, Arizona 55741 (Jocelyn Bronson). Ms. Bronson noted that the application had been properly reviewed and posted, and that no protests were received. Staff recommends approval. Motion to approve by Council Member Bowen, second by Vice.mayor Post. Passed unanimously 6-0. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES B 1 Relating to Boards, Commissions and Committees; selecting three potential topics for the Winter/Spring 2017 Marana Citizens' Forum (Jocelyn. Bronson). Ms. 'Bronson noted that the upcoming Forum session will be the eighth session facilitated by her and Heath vescovi-Chiordi. There are currently 25 delegates sitting on the Forum. Mr. vescovl* instructed Council on choosing their top three choices from the matrix provided. The Forum will then select their choice from those three choices for deliberation at the next session which. begins February 16, 2017. COUNCIL ACTION Al Ordinance No. 2017.004: Relating to Finance; adopting the amended Town of Marana comprehensive fee schedule; and designating an effective date (Jamsheed Mehta). Resolution No. 2017-010: Relating to Finance; declaring as a public record filed with the Town Clerk the amended "Down of Marana comprehensive fee schedule adopted by Ordinance No. 2017.004 (Jamsheed Mehta). Mr. Mehta noted that if Council approves the amended fee schedule tonight, it will go into effect March 13, 2017. Motion to approve Ordinance No. 20.17.004 and Resolution No. 20.17- 010 0.17oxo by Council Member Ziegler, second by Council Member Bowen. Passed unanimously 6- 0. A2 Resolution. No. 2017-011: Relating to the Marana Regional Airport; approving and adopting the Airport Master Plan and the Airport Strategic Business Plan. (Steve Miller). Mr. Miller introduced the consultants, Charlie McDermott from Armstrong Consulting who will give a brief update on the master plan, and Richard Crossman from Genesis Aviation who will present on the first business plan for the airport. Mr. McDermott noted previous briefings before Council and said that tonight's presentation was a general recap of the goal of the master plan. ne goals were to establish realistic aviation activity forecasts and get FAA approval for the February 7,2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 3 forecasts. Future airport development covers a 20-year planning period grouped into three. phases of 1-5 years, 6-10 years and 11-20 years. Three planned areas of development are the specialty aviation services complex to house repair, restoration and other specialised operations, the corporate development complex which will house the fixed base operator, the corporate hangars and the terminal building, and the general aviation complex to include hangar development, right training and charter services. Input for this plan was received f i orn the FAA, ADoT and the PAC and TAC airport committees. Mr. McDermott described the timeline and site development for each of the three phases, and highlights such as the aircraft parking apron, a new fuel facility, an air traffic control tower and additional runways. The 3 5 airport development projects are estimated in 2016 dollars to be $35.2M. The towns share of the cost will be about $24.2M. Mr. Crossman noted the purpose of the airport business plan and the goal, which is to be consistent with regional opportunities and airport strengths. He then enumerated the prioritized goals, among them to identify new funding opportunities for infrastructure improvements and pursue a new joint air traffic control tower for the regional airport and Pinal Airpark, or a single tower if a joint tower is not possible, attract new specialty air service providers to the airport and build new terminal facilities. He also noted that the airport is one of the major economic activity centers for the town, The plan was designed to build on Marana's duality of life, community support, a skilled labor market, access to major markets and appropriate infrastructure. Next steps will be the execution of the plan which will include addressing the airport's infrastructure challenges, develop and implement a marketing plan as well as continue to evaluate and improve the airport's financial position. Motion to approve the airport master plan and business plan by Council Member Bowen, second by Council Member McGorray. Passed unanimously f-D. 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 the other governmental bodies (Gilbert Davidson). overview of the master plan and the business plan by Mr. McDermott. 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. 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 2w4-2(B). February 7,2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 4 ADJOURNMENT, Motion to adjourn at 7:58 p.m. by Vice ,Hayor Post, second by Council ,Member McGorray. Passed unanimously CERTIFICATION I hereby icy that the foregoing tree and correctof the Marana Town Councl"I meetingel on February that a quorums present. 11110 ,,ely rsent. ey + orison, gown Clerk Ad AMMM MARANA AZ ESTABLISHED 1977 February 7,2017 Regular Council Meeting,Minutes