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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/04/2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes MARANA A.z, ESTABLISHED 1977 MARANA TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 115 5 5 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 8 5 65 3 Council Chambers, April 4, 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 7:02 p.m. Town Clerk Bronson called roll. Council Members Bowen and Ziegler were excused.- there was a quorum present. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE. Led by Mayor Honea. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Motion to al)prove by Vice Mayor Post, second bCouncil Y Member-Kai. Passed unanimously 5-0. CALL TO THE PUBLIC. Linda Zupi spoke on behalf of"Just Serve," a prograrn sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Ms. Zupi introduced Shari Saxton and Brad Rasmussen who are also part of the public relations team for the program. Just Serve is non- denominational and exists to serve the needs of communities by using volunteers to help with service prqjects such as blood drives, shelters, neighborhood beautification and disaster relief to name a few. Len Paradise spoke regarding some of the traffic concerns he has regarding Camino de Manana since the Twin Peaks Road was put in and the Tangerine Road construction project began. In his opinion, Camino de Manana has become a race zone and short cut for Oro Valley traffic and large delivery trucks traveling west. He noted that the police department has been working to the best of their resources to enforce the 35 MPH speed limit. The last data collected was that April 4,2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes I drivers are traveling an average 48 MPH. The quality of the pavement exacerbates the noise caused by high speeds, and his privacy wail has cracks from the vibration of the trucks. while the police department has been as responsive as they can be and have written several tickets, he would like something to be done about curtailing the truck traffic and speed on the road. PROCLAMATIONS Pi A proclamation honoring the service of Marana police Officer Robert "Bobby" Derfus (Jocelyn C. Bronson). Town Clerk Bronson read the proclamation for Officer Derfus and his current K-9, Biesk, are retiring April 14, 2017. Chief Rozema said a few words about the service of officer Derfus to the Marana Police Department and law enforcement activities in a southern Arizona. P2 Proclamation recognizing James Flores (Jocelyn C. Bronson). Town Clerk Bronson read the proclamation honoring the service of Jaynes Flores, who is retiring after 15 years with the Town of Marana. Mr. Flores was not able to attend the meeting. P3 Proclaiming April 28, 2017 as Arbor Day (Jocelyn C. Bronson). Read by Town Clerk Bronson. MAYOR. AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS. Council Member McOorray reported on the Founders' Day parade and events held March 25"' at ora Mae Harn Parr.. Mayor Honea reported on the proclamation given to the Town honoring its 40`x' anniversary by Supervisor Ally Miller on behalf of the Pima County Board of Supervisors at their meeting earlier this earning. MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS. Mr. Davidson noted that the Council Executive Report for March is now available on the town's website. Copies were distributed on the dais. PRESENTATIONS I Relating to Community Engagement; presenting student reflections regarding the Marana 2.0 internship experiences with the Town of Marana (Jocelyn C. Bronson). Town Clerk Bronson introduced the students from the Marana 2.0 program and thanked town staff and the MUSD administrative staff for their support of this program. Hannah Green and Stephanie Spencer co-presented on their 2.0 project which was mentored by Judge Sklar in the Magistrate Court. Alicia. Sanchez presented her team-building project in coordination with Marana High School and the Marana Police Department. 2 Relating to Water; presentation and discussion regarding a proposed Northwest .Recharge, Recovery, and Delivery System (NWRRDS) intergovernmental agreement among the 4'own. of Marana, the Metropolitan Domestic water Improvement District (Metro water), and the Town of oro valley (John Kmiec). Mr. Kmiec gave some background on why this project is important to the community. This project has been in the design stage over the last 2 1/2 years. He presented several maps of water level changes in the Tucson Basin since 1950. It is primarily because of the changes in the aquifer levels over time. The northwest water system providers April 4,2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 2 have been working to preserve and maintain delivery of water to the residents to the best of their ability, The maps depict the various water levels over time through 2000. The Avra Valley sub- basin is critical for the community as a whole. These drops helped bring the CAP water to fruition. Between 2000 and 2014, and after utilization of the CAP effluent took off in the region. There were dramatic changes in the local aquifer conditions, particularly,in Avra Valley where the aquifer levels rose, and there was a significant increase in the aquifer in north Marana. There was also rebounding in central Tucson where it was previously depleted. However, some of the aquifer has not recovered, especially in the northwest region between Continental Ranch and Dove Mountain as well as all the way to Oro Valley and in between. The rebounding occurred when the City of Tucson started some recovery projects in 2000 with the recovery of 8,000 acre feet from a recharge facility off of Pima Mine Road. As the recharge was pumped into the City, the City started cutting off wells which were previously depleting the aquifer. Recharge was also recovered from Central Avra Valley Storage and Recovery Project (CAVSARP) and Southern Avra Valley Storage and Recovery Project (SAVSARP), over the Tucson Mountains and into central Tucson, allowing the City to shut off more wells in the depleted area. In 2009, there was a similar project with Tucson Water. In 2012, Oro Valley, using a similar distribution system, bringing water through their system up to Oro Valley to help augment some of their excessive groundwater pumping in the CDO Wash area. In 2015, more water moved into the Tucson Basin as well as the City coming up with an agreement with Vail to start moving Vail CAP water to the east side of the Basin. There are more projects planned to move more water that the City owns into the Basin from the CAP recharge facility as well as from Pima Mine Road. Mr, Kmiec then described how the aquifer would be balanced in the northwest and alleviate the area where we still have significantly large depletion through a proposed agreement between the Town, Metro Water and the Town of Oro Valley. Metro Water and the Town of Oro Valley would be taking the majority share of the responsibility and capacity share of the project (38.5% AF per year each). Marana's share would be 23% for 2,400 AF per year. The recharge facility is located north of the Marana Airport which cuts down considerably on Marana's project costs of$3.4M compared to the $10.1M each from metro Water and Oro Valley. The two projects to complete Marana's delivery system are the airport booster and system re-design for $700K and the Cascada forebay booster station and pipeline for $700K plus Marana's portion of the project under the intergovernmental agreement or $4.8M total. Initial funding sources are from CAWDC on the disbursement of funds related to the Tucson Area Reliability Agreement of 201.1 and receipt of about $550K from CAP to Marana to support the NWRRDS. There are three other potential options for Marana.- to re-negotiate the Cascada Water Service Agreement, include the prQJect in the Twin Peaks Benefit Area Plan (water impact fie), or a combination of both. Metro Water will be the principal owner/operator of the NWRRDS. The average annual fixed costs of the operation are projected to be $328,640 for Metro Water and for Oro Valley and $306,800 for Marana. The lower cost for Marana is due to a slightly lower base usage rate and no power rate expenditure due to the location. The total usage rate for Metro Water and Oro Valley per acre foot is calculated at $133.65 as opposed to Marana's usage rate of $42.67 per acre foot., April 4,2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 3 All three governing bodies will consider and vote within the next two weeks. Mr. Kmiec plans to bring this back to Council for consideration on April 18, 2017. CONSENT AGENDA. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Post, second by Council Member 1(ai. Passed unanimously 5-0. C1 Resolution No. 2017-024: Relating to Parks and Recreation; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Town of Marana and Pima County Community College District for the delivery of adult and youth programming at designated Town facilities (Cynthia Nemeth-Briehn) C2 Resolution No. 2017-025: Relating to Development; approving a final plat for Camino de Oeste, Lots 1-144 and Common Areas 'A' & 'B'., located a quarter mile north of Cortaro Farms Road, bordered by Hartman Lane and Camino de Oeste (Steve Cheslak) C3 Resolution No. 2017-026-, Relating to Administration; approving and authorizing the Finance Director to execute Amendment One to the Inmate Work Contract between the Town of Marana, the Arizona Department of Corrections and the Management & Training Corporation for inmate labor services (Libby Shelton) C4 Resolution No. 2017-027: Relating to Police Department; approving and authorizing the Chief of Police to execute the Memorandum of Understanding between Pima County, the Marana Police Department, and other regional agencies for the U,S. Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women Fiscal Year 2017 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Grant Application (Libby, Shelton) C5 Resolution No, 2017-028: Relating to the Marana Regional. Airport; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute a land/facility use agreement between the Town of Marana and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management for use of the airport as an air tanker base for lire suppression activities during fire season (Jane Fairall) C6 Approval of March 21, 2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes (Jocelyn C. Bronson) LIQUOR LICENSES BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES COUNCIL ACTION Al PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance No. 2017.008; Relating to Development, approving a rezoning of approximately 34 acres of land located east of Twin Peaks Road and north of the Larnbert Lane alignment from R-144 (Single-Family Residential) to R-6 (Single-Family Residential) (Brian D, Varney). Mayor Honea opened the public hearing. Brian Varney presented an. overview of the project, and identified the amenities which included the densities, primary access from Twin Peaks Road and emergency access from Lambert Lane, He also noted the dedication of a 45-75 foot right of way along Lambert Lane and a 30-foot right of way for Blue Bonnet. The project is within the Town of Marana Water Service Area, and sewer will be April 4,2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 4 provided by Pima County. Staff is recommending approval based on the findings in the staff report and the conditions in the ordinance. Martin Moreno spoke regarding the adjacency of his property to the development. He wanted to clarify that what people may think is a road from Spectacular way to Lambert Lane is not a road. He hired a real estate attorney and. discuss it with Pima County Public works, both of whom agreed it is not a public road, and gave hint a. permit to fence the entire property. His fence line goes into the intersection of Lambert Lane and Blue Bonnet, Blue Bonnet does not exist as a public easement, nor a road. It is private property. Mayor Honea closed the public hearing. Motion to approve by Council.Member Kai second by Vice Mayor.Fast, Passed unanimously 5-0. A2 Resolution No. 2017-029: Relating to Economic Development; extending and expanding the Marana lob Creation Incentive Program (Frank Cassidy). Mr. Cassidy presented the background on this item, referring to the first program, adopted in 2010. At that time there was a case that came out of Phoenix that restricted how local governments could provide economic incentives to developments. Staff was looking at ways to bring good jobs to the town and major employers to the region. one of the items left off of our list was providing public infrastructure. The town has now been approached by a potential employer to provide infrastructure. The question is whether we can use the construction sales tax from the employee in question in situations whether they put at least $1M into their facility, and create at least 1.0 jobs with salaries of at least $40K per year. what we would do is take the sales tax generated from that property and pay that amount back to therm. Then the question became "for public infrastructure?" Can we go ahead and pay that back? This program as proposed tonight adds public infrastructure into the program with the possible reimbursable element and extends the program for another five years. In 2010, the program was adopted for three years, and before it lapsed in 2012, we extended it five years, and now it is going to lapse in 2018 unless Council extends it. Staff is recommending approval. Motion to approve by Council Member McGorray, second by bice Mayor Post. Passed un an info uslFy 5-0. A3 Resolution No. 2017-030: Relating to Purchasing; waiving bid procedures for the purchase of a used animal transport van and authorizing the Finance and Purchasing Director to proceed with a modified competitive procurement process (Lisa Shafer). Erik Montague presented this item, noting that the resolution seeks to waive the bidding related to the possible acquisition of a used vehicle since it is a unique vehicle. This came about as a result of the town's interest in getting into the animal care business. Staff believes that although one vehicle would be sufficient, it might be prudent to have some type of backup vehicle that won't be a fully outfitted vehicle of the same type but that meets our service needs. It is outfitted with air conditioning and cages. Staff is recommending approval. Motion to approve by Council Member McGorray, second by Vice Mayor Post. Passed a unanimously,y 5- . ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE 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 April 4,2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 5 upcoming meetings of the other governmental bodies (Gilbert Davidson). Mr. Davidson said that there were no major updates. Mayor Honea stated that Rep. Vince Leach from District 11 was selected by his peers as Legislator of the Year. He has been very good to our community. 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, pursu�int to Marana Town Code Section 2-4-2(B). ADJOURNMENT Motion to a(Ijourn the meeting at 8:16 p.m. by Vice Mtqor llo,'Vt, vecond by 1, -0. Counc1*1 Metnher McGoi-ttill Passed unani*niousill 5 CERTIFIC.,N"I'l ON I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana. Town Coi-inclit meeting held on April 4, 2017. 1 further certify that a quorum was present. ocelyn Bronson,VTown Clerk A MARANA AZ E.s*rABL1S14FD 1477 April 4,2017 Regular Council Meeting Minutes 6