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PLACE AND DATE
Marana Town Hall, February 17, 2004
I. CALL TO ORDER
By Mayor Sutton at 7:01 p.m.
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Mayor Sutton
III. INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE
A moment of silence was observed.
IV. ROLL CALL
COUNCIL
Bobby Sutton, Jr. Mayor Present
Herb Kai Vice Mayor Present
Jim Blake Council Member Present
Patti Comerford Council Member Present
Tim Escobedo Council Member Present
Ed Honea Council Member Present
Carol McGorray Council Member Present
STAFF
Michael Reuwsaat Town Manager Present
Jaret Barr Assistant to the Town Manager Present
Frank Cassidy Town Attorney Present
Jocelyn Bronson Town Clerk Present
Jim DeGrood Development Services Administrator Present
Attached is a list of public attendees.
V. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member
Honea, the agenda was unanimously approved.
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VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES
Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member
Escobedo, the minutes of the January 6, 2004 Council Meeting, the minutes of the
January 13, 2004 PAG RTA Study Session, the minutes of the January 20, 2004
Council Meeting, and the minutes of the January 21, 2004 CFD Study Session were
all unanimously approved.
VII. CALL TO THE PIJBLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tucson City Council Member Shirley Scott was in attendance and spoke before the
Council. She praised the Town for its recent recognition of being named the "Best-
Managed City by the Pat Summerall Production's Champions of Industry. She
noted how important regional cooperation was to her office and thanked the
Towri s management staff for leading the way not only for Marana but for all of
southern Arizona. Ms. Scott, who is the elected representative from Ward IV in
Tucson, presented a plaque to Mayor Sutton commemorating the distinction.
Assistant Chief Al Pescada, Northwest Fire District, and Phil Cramer, NW Fire
Project Manager and Engineer, appeared before the Council to provide the
Council with an update on the future Northwest Fire Station No. 36, informally
called the Marana Fire Station. Assistant Chief Pescada described the new station
saying it would have a different look than other stations within this area. He said
that the $2.6M building was 13,534 sq. ft. in size and on a 2 acre site. He said it
would be the largest station in the district. He pointed out that the building was
not only for today but would serve the district 35 to 40 years into the future. The
assistant chief said that one of the goals of NW Fire was to regain some of the
traditional fire department history where, historically, the fire station was a
neighborhood hub. He noted that Northwest Fire would like to revitalize that
neighborhood relationship with the Marana residents. He added that, along with
the 911 service provided, Northwest Fire also related to the community through
non-emergent means such as baby-sitting classes, CPR classes, car seat installation
classes, and the facilitation of blood drives through visits by the Red Cross
Bloodmobile.
Ms. Alexis Lunceford, the Poppy Princess from the Casas Adobes American
Legion, arrived at the Council meeting and the group stood for the Pledge of
Allegiance. Ms. Lunceford distributed the paper poppy flowers associated with
the American Legion.
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Jane Howell spoke before the Council in order to recognize several Town
employees for their outstanding community service. She began by honoring
George Pesina, Sr., who was not present at the meeting. She said that Mr. Pesina, a
Town employee since 1994, had worked diligently to meet the internal
construction needs of the staff and had most recently tackled a difficult job in the
Marana Police Department (MPD) evidence room. She said that a hazardous
situation existed with fumes emanating from the MPD evidence room and,
through his expertise and problem solving skills, Mr. Pesina had devised a
customized ventilation system which saved the Town a great expense. Ms. Howell
commended him for his high level of performance throughout all of the years he
had been with Marana.
Next, the Human Resources Director recognized Allan Arnowitz, who was
originally hired in 1998 as a Street Inspector. She noted that Mr. Arnowitz had
performed a variety of jobs for the Town over the years and was currently a Public
Works Inspector, dealing with rights-of-way and construction related to public
works. She said that Mr. Arnowitz had taken on the responsibility of being the
Town's Safety Coordinator which entailed fairly extensive duties. She stated that a
great deal of expense had been saved through Mr. Arnowitz's efforts in putting
together an extensive free training program through OSHA, Southwest Risk, and
ADOSH. She said that he had single-handedly taken on the safety training
coordination particularly for the field employees.
The third employee Ms. Howell recognized was Patti Gingrich, who started with
the Town as a part-time office support at the Development Services Center then
moving to the Water department as a customer service clerk. She explained that
Ms. Gingrich was currently the Human Resources Secretary and had volunteered
for extensive telecommunications training necessary for the deaf community's
phone call translations. Ms. Howell said that this was a very valuable contribution
to the community and that she expected the training would be something the
Town would eventually incorporate in order to reach out to a more diverse
community.
Ora Mae Harn addressed the Council regarding the upcoming 2004 Founders'
Day dinner/ dance event benefiting the Marana Museum. She explained that the
event was scheduled for Friday night, March 12~, at the Heritage Highlands
Clubhouse and that the tickets were $25 per person. She said that a silent auction
was planned for the event and she urged everyone to ask local merchants to
donate items.
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Tammy Reyes updated the Council on the upcoming Founders' Day events and
newly configured parade route. Ms. Reyes listed some of the scheduled attractions
such as a karaoke area, rodeo events, arts and crafts displays, and plenty of food
vendors.
Council Member Comerford commended Ms. Reyes for her outstanding effort
associated with the Founders' Day planning.
Miley Clark, representing the Marana Arts Council, gave a brief summary of the
plans for the Mayor's VIP brunch being held Saturday, March 13~, immediately
following the annual parade. She said 250 guests were expected and that the
decorations and ambience would be the best yet in the VIP tent. She announced
that the Marana Rotary was handling the food and plate service.
Mayor Sutton asked if Ms. Clark had recently been a participant on a cable
television home redecorating program, Trading Spaces Family. Ms. Clark
confirmed that she had been involved with the show and that her segment would
air either the first or second Sunday in April at 7:00 p.m. on the TLC cable channel.
VIII. STAFF REPORTS
There were no questions regarding the staff reports.
IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
A. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Resolution No. 2004-18: Authorizing the renewal of an Intergovernmental
Agreement with Pima County for payment of incarceration of municipal
prisoners. (Michael Reuwsaat)
2. Ordinance No. 2004.05: Solar Energy System Credit Increase: An
ordinance of the Town of Marana, Arizona amending Marana Town
Code, Chapter 7, Article 7-3, relating to building permit fees, to increase
the building permit fee credit for new homes with certain solar energy
systems to $1,000. (Jack Holden)
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3. Discussion/Direction: Approval of a reconstruction of the town owned
building at the "Heritage Park" to become a public building. Qaret Barr)
Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member
McGorray, the consent agenda was unanimously approved.
B. COUNCIL ACTION
1. Swearing in by Oath the appointed members of the Board of Adjustment
(Michael Reuwsaat)
Ms. Bronson swore in Bob Anderson, Lyn Alvarez, Bill Ohl, Victor
Parmentier, Elaine Perillo, Jack Noble, and Bill Raffone, as members of the
Board of Adjustment.
2. PUBLIC HEARING• Resolution No. 2004-16: Twin Peaks Highland
Revised Preliminary Plat: A resolution of the Mayor and Council of the
Town of Marana, approving the preliminary plat for PRV-03133, Twin
Peaks Highland, submitted by D.R. Horton fora 119-lot single family
~-` detached home subdivision on 29.78 acres located within the Pima Farms
North Specific Plan, located west of Silverbell Road, between Twin
Peaks Road and Coachline Boulevard, in a portion of Section 20,
Township 12 South, Range 12 East. (Kevin Kish)
Mayor Sutton opened and closed the public hearing. There were no
speakers from the public.
Mr. DeGrood presented this item before the Council. He said that the
preliminary plat was a revised plat and that the project had appeared
before the Council on two other occasions. He explained that the first
presentation to the Council was in 2001 when it was approved with the
elimination of some lots and more recently the Council had approved the
project with the preservation of significant areas alongside of the Safford
Peak Wash. He noted that the project was primarily revised to address the
El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline (EPNG) which had originally been shown as
being within the main street within the subdivision. He reported that, after
discussion with EPNG, the developer had elected to leave the pipeline
within an undisturbed easement and to re-plat around the pipeline. He said
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that the concern was as a result of the pipeline issues with the Kinder-
Morgan gas pipeline within the City of Tucson. He stated that the redesign
of the project provided for a second entrance into the Pima Farms Reserve
subdivision that was currently in the platting process.
Upon motion by Vice Mayor Kai, seconded by Council Member Honea,
Resolution No. 2004-16 with specified conditions was unanimously
approved.
3. PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution No. 2004-17: Continental Reserve Block
15 Preliminary Plat: A resolution of the Mayor and Council of the Town
of Marana, Arizona, approving a preliminary plat on 19.80 acres, located
in Block 15 of the Continental Reserve Block Plat, within the Pima Farms
Specific Plan area, consisting of a 66-lot single family residential
subdivision. This property lies within Sections 28 and 33, Township 12
South, Range 12 East, on the south side of Continental Loop Road and
west of Pima Reserve Drive (Kevin Kish)
There were no speakers from the public regarding this item. The Mayor
opened and closed the public hearing.
Mr. Kish gave a brief outline of the project saying that it contained areas
affected by the development sensitive overlay requirements. He said that
the plat provided disclosure of the areas by way of notes and delineations.
He reported that a recently approved Council action, Marana Ordinance
No. 2004.04, relating to the establishment of the Towri s residential design
requirements, could not apply to this project as the 30-day waiting period
for the ordinance had not yet passed. He said that the project had furnished
its own residential design guidelines and that Town staff did not have any
issues with these guidelines. He requested that the text contained within
the proposed Marana Resolution No. 2004-17 referring to the
aforementioned ordinance be stricken from the resolution text. Mr. Kish
recommended approval subject to the requested text corrections.
Mr. Cassidy explained that the phrase "subject to conformance with
Marana Ordinance No. 2004.04 relating to Residential Design
Requirements, as approved by the Town Council on January 20, 2004"
should be deleted from the resolution. He said that a resolution with the
correct text would be ready for the Mayor to sign at the close of the
"°x meeting.
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Upon motion by Council Member Comerford, seconded by Council
Member Honea, Resolution No. 2004-17 with changes was unanimously
approved.
4. PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution No. 2004-20: Continental Reserve Block
16B Preliminary Plat: A resolution of the Mayor and Council of the Town
of Marana, Arizona, approving the Continental Reserve Block 16B
Preliminary Plat, consisting of an 86-lot detached home residential
subdivision on approximately 29.5 acres within the Pima Farms Specific
Plan. The property is generally located at the southwestern corner of
Pima Reserve Drive and Wade Road within Sections 28 and 33, Township
12 South, Range 12 East. (Kevin Kish)
Mayor Sutton opened and closed the public hearing. There were no
speakers from the public in reference to this item.
Mr. Kish presented this item and said that this project was part of the
Continental Reserve Final Block area. He explained that it was created by a
lot split in July 2003 and that it met all of the requirements of the
Continental Ranch Specific Plan as well as those of the applicable codes and
ordinances. He added that the same scenario existed with the proposed
resolution in terms of the language content referring to Marana Ordinance
No. 2004.04. He asked that the text be stricken from the resolution. He
recommended approval of the resolution with the requested change.
Upon motion by Council Member Comerford, seconded by Council
Member Honea, Resolution No. 2004-20 with changes was unanimously
approved.
5. PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution No. 2004-23: Gladden Farms Community
Facilities District: Consideration and possible adoption of a Resolution
of the Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona a
municipal corporation of Arizona, ordering and declaring formation of
Gladden Farms Community Facilities District; approving and
authorizing the execution and delivery of a District Development,
Financing Participation and Intergovernmental Agreement (Gladden
Farms Community Facilities District) and declaring an emergency.
(Michael Reuwsaat)
~~- Mayor Sutton opened and closed the public hearing. There were no
speakers from the public.
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Mr. Reuwsaat presented this item before Council and said that the action
was related to the January 21, 2004 item, authorizing approval of the
formation of the Gladden Farms Community Facilities District (GFCFD).
He gave a brief history of the item stating that the Mayor and Council
would serve as the Board of Directors, the Town Manager as the CFD
Manager, the Town Engineer as the CFD Engineer, and the Town Attorney
as the CFD Attorney. He said that other Town officials would serve in a
variety of CFD capacities as well. He conveyed that the Council's approval
of this action would authorize a May 18, 2004 election to authorize the sale
of $69M in bonds over the life of the CFD. He went on to say that the first
$23M was obligated to the developer for infrastructure directly related to
the benefit of the residents buying into the area. He said that the remaining
$46M would then be available to the Town for future flexibility if necessary
for public infrastructure. He said that after this item, the Council would
also be asked to approve an amended development agreement and, after
the Council meeting closed, the Council would sit as the CFD Board and
authorize the same information passed as the Council to effectuate all of the
items necessary to move forward with the GFCFD. He explained that the
developer's financial obligations were a $75,000 payment upfront which
was nonrefundable and an annual obligation of $100,000 in CFD operation
maintenance cost, to the extent they are not covered by the 304 O&M tax
levy. He said this amount applied to roadway improvements and
infrastructure dealing with the extension of Tangerine Farms Loop Road
and that this district anticipated a maximum secondary tax rate at $2.80 per
$100 assessed valuation. He noted that the tax rate included 304 per $100
O&M. He recommended approval of the resolution.
Council Member Honea commended Mr. Reuwsaat and Mr. Barr on the
outstanding work each had contributed on this project. He said that he
thought the two had put together a sustainable CFD format for the future
when other entities came into the Town. He also commended Gladden
Forest for working with the Town on such a difficult project. He said that
this was an important government/private sector enterprise that benefited
the entire community.
Mayor Sutton commented that this process was tough to get through and
that the current Council had always had great vision. He said that he
thought the CFDs would assure that development paid for itself and had a
workable mechanism. The Mayor said that this action also gave the Town
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great flexibility for Councils twenty to thirty years in the future to deal with
infrastructure needs essential for the community. He pointed out that he
realized this was a tough issue for some of the Council members because,
no matter how it was presented, it was a property tax. He said that while
Marana had long been dedicated to not having any property taxes for its
current residents, this action would ensure that development paid for itself.
He said that he was proud of this effort and to be associated with the legacy
of the current Council. He added that the decision to form the community
facility district had allowed the Town to position for a fiscally strong future.
Council Member Escobedo agreed with the Mayor and Council Member
Honea and said that everyone was to be commended for an excellent job
well done.
Mr. Barr thanked the entire Council for their understanding and patience
during the long learning process associated with this project. He added his
appreciation for Mark Reader and Michael Cafiso who acted as guides
during the community facilities district education process.
Upon motion by Council Member Honea, seconded by Council Member
Escobedo, Resolution No. 2004-23 was unanimously approved.
6. Resolution No. 2004-24: First Amendment to Gladden Farms
Development Agreement: Consideration and possible adoption of a
resolution of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona,
approving and authorizing the execution and delivery of a First
Amendment to Gladden Farms Development Agreement with Gladden
Forest, L.L.C. and declaring an emergency. (Michael Reuwsaat)
Mr. Cassidy spoke to the Council regarding this item. He said that the
proposed amendment carried forward many of the elements of the
negotiations on the previous item by taking the requirements from the CFD
negotiations and placing them onto the land.
Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member
Honea, Resolution No. 2004-24 was unanimously approved.
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7. State Legislative Issues - Discussion/Direction/Action regarding all
pending bills before the Legislature (Mike Reuwsaat)
Michael Racy gave an overview of the State Legislative issues concerning
Marana. He said described the legislative session as interesting and
apologized that he could not bring the Council better news. He said that
there were many bills introduced in 2004 that were adverse to the interest
of cities and towns and that those bills were moving through the legislative
process more effectively and rapidly than at any time he could remember
over the last 5 to 8 years. He reported on several general areas associated
with the State budget and said that a small amount of relief was being seen
due to improvement in the State's economy. He said that the State's budget
deficit turned out to be less than half of what was predicted earlier and that
the Legislative budget and the Governor's budget were far closer than they
were at this time last year. He said that budget negotiations between the
Governor's office and the Senate were moving along fairly smoothly but
that was not the case with the House of Representatives.
He reported that the good news for local governments was that there were
no attempts to modify revenue sharing to cities and towns and that there
were no other substantial direct impacts to cities and towns in the budget
proposals. He said there were some shifts of HURF dollars that might delay
various State projects especially outside of Maricopa County and those
were not measures that Marana supported. He described a bright spot in
the Governor's budget as the recommendation for the reinstatement of
100% of the flight property tax that's been a large benefit to the Marana
Northwest Regional Airport. He confirmed that the Town had been the
lead in this effort along with the State Airports Association. Mr. Racy spoke
about making significant progress with the State legislature on that front
but cautioned that a great deal of work was yet to be done. He indicated
that one of the largest issues of the year for both the Pima County and the
Maricopa County regions had been the regional transportation bills
authorizing the half cent sales tax. He gave a brief update on these bills
progress through legislative process. He noted that a number of
modifications had been requested along the way which would result in the
bills no longer being identical thus eliminating the possibility to
"substitute' either bill. He explained that this could add many additional
steps in the process and that there were negotiations underway to try to
resolve some of those outstanding issues on the regional transportation
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Mr. Racy continued by reporting on work being done with the Southern
Arizona Water Users' Association, along with Brad DeSpain, on Senate Bill
1349 dealing with exempt wells. He said that there were a number of
problems with the Cattlemen s Association but that the Utilities Director
had promised resolutions to those issues. He said that a number of other
bills going through the process that dealt specifically with circumstances in
the Maricopa County region could have negative consequences on the rest
of the State. He said that Senate Bill 1043 would put severe limitations on
Marana's ability to enter into development agreements containing business
incentives for new companies moving to the region. He noted that the
Town was very actively fighting that effort through a coalition of interested
parties.
Mayor Sutton asked Mr. Racy to expand on the fight against the passage of
Senate Bill 1043.
Mr. Racy responded by giving a brief background on the bill. He said that
the bill was the result of some cutting that had taken place in Maricopa
County over the last few years where jurisdictions bid against each other
for new businesses coming into their regions. He said that Senator Jack
Harper, newly elected to the Legislature in 2003, had introduced the bill last
year and that it failed by only one vote in its first committee. He confirmed
that there have been newspaper articles covering the circumstance where
two adjoining cities would bid against each other to give a package of
incentives to a large sales tax generator. He said that Senator Harper had
been offended by that practice and believed that it had worked to the
determent of the tax payers. He observed that, as a small business owner he
had felt that larger businesses were getting a benefit that he wasri t
.realizing. Mr. Racy mentioned the merits of those specific transactions that
linked significant job creation, economic development benefits and other
things from the point of view of the jurisdictions that entered into the
bidding processes. He noted that those transactions were different from the
kind of economic incentives the Town of Marana had granted, and that
most of rural Arizona granted, which were tied to specific infrastructure
reimbursements or other specific criteria. He said that the bill moved
rapidly through the Finance committee gaining enormous traction and took
everyone by surprise including the League of Arizona Cities and Towns as
well as business owners. He said that southern Arizona had rallied more
effectively than the rest of the State, but that much work was still needed to
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He said another bill of interest to the Town was one that would place
limitations on rights to condemn lease hold interests and a bill by
Representative Farnsworth on vested property rights that would create an
automatic trigger investing on property rights for a defined period of time.
Council Member Honea asked about the bill related to the lease
condemnation.
Mr. Racy replied that there were significant challenges on that bill as well.
He said that there was a lawsuit connected to the bill involving Maricopa
County. He mentioned that Maricopa County hasri t decided whether to
appeal the appellate court decision and stood up in committee publicly
taking a position of neutrality. He said that had made it difficult for other
communities to weigh in on the issue. He acknowledged that there was
plenty of work to do on that bill as well.
He briefly touched on House Bill 2398 which created additional flexibility
in the standards necessary for referendum petitions. He said that a
miscommunication between the League and the Governor's office on the
format of the bill had resulted in a disagreement stalemate. Mr. Racy said
that he believed a workable format had been designed and he planned to
meet with the lawyers in the legislative council to study if the concept
would work. He indicated that he was working with members of the
southern Arizona delegation to find a "strike everything" amendment to
address that issue.
Mr. Racy concluded his briefing saying that there were a number of bills on
annexation, one of which would raise the signature threshold from 50% to
80%. He did not think that it would pass. He said that two annexation bills
introduced by Representative Huffman, at the request of the City of
Tucson, were not bills having any negative effects on the Town but that
were not policies he expected to pass through the legislative process. He
added that a last item dealt with the significant issue of military
preservation, which could have serious consequences for the Town of
Marana. He explained that there had been discussions about increasing the
number and type of facilities that would be covered under the existing
protection statutes. He said that currently those statutes protected and were
designed for fixed-wing, permanently-based aircraft bases such as Davis
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Monthan Air Force Base. He stated that the original proposal out of the
Governor's task force was to apply the exact same standard and protection
to auxiliary fields, helicopter fields, and a number of other facilities. He
acknowledged that the proposed format overlaid on the helicopter base at
Pinal Air Park would effectively freeze a significant amount of growth and
development from the Pinal Air Park down to the Marana Northwest
Regional Airport. He reported that, after a number of meetings with the
Governor's office, an agreement had been reached to separate definitions
for military airports, auxiliary fields, helicopter bases, and other types of
installations and ongoing negotiations about what sort of protections
would be appropriate for helicopter bases in progress. He said that was
moving in the right direction but that it was something of concern to the
Town. He noted the new provisions regarding notification requirements for
military training routes and said that the Town was concerned about how
extensive those might be as well as what would or would not be included
in the notifications. He added that another troubling provision was that any
zoning action or general plan changes within the vicinity of any of these
areas, based on the prior definitions, would require the Town to get
approval by a bureaucrat in the State Department of Commerce before they
could act on any of the cases. Mr. Racy observed that this would put the
State in the role of a super zoning authority superceding that of cities,
towns and counties. He said that all local goverrunents had been troubled
by those provisions as well and that there has been good progress working
with various entities to get the requirements narrowed down to an
appropriate scale where they provided the necessary protection for
Arizona's military installations.
Mr. Reuwsaat commended Mr. Racy for his due diligence not only on
Marana's behalf but also for southern Arizona as well.
C. MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REPORT
There were no reports given at this time.
D. MANAGERS' REPORT
There were no reports given at this time.
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X. UPCOMING EVENTS
There was no discussion of upcoming events.
XI. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
No items were suggested for future agendas.
XII. ADJOURNMENT
Upon motion by Mayor Sutton, seconded by Council Member Escobedo, approval
to adjourn was unanimous. The time was 8:06 p.m.
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the
Marana Town Council meeting held on February 17, 2004. I further certify that a
quorum was present.
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