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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/02/2004 Regular Council Meeting Minutes~~~7~~ `~~`~MINU'I'ES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING " '~;~" ~ _ MARANA~ TOVVN~HALL ~~ " ..~ ~ } _..~~ "; MARCH 2, 20D4 PLACE AND DATE Marana Town Hall, March 2, 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 Jaret Barr Interim Development Services Admin. Present Frank Cassidy Town Attorney Present Jocelyn Bronson Town Clerk Present Attached is a list of public attendees. V. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member McGorray, the agenda was unanimously approved. 1 '~~ ' MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING =_ l~1ARANA TOWN HALL ~; ', MARCH' 2, 2004 VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Blake, the minutes of the February 17, 2004 Council Meeting and the minutes of the February 17, 2004 IDA/CHODO Study Session were unanimously approved. VII. CALL TO THE PUgLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS Frank Cassidy introduced the newly hired legal secretary, Camille Desimone. Ms. Desimone comes to the Town from the City of Tucson and brings many years of legal secretarial experience to the Town Attorney's office. Ora Harn reminded the Mayor and Council of the upcoming America's Walk for Diabetes being held at 7:00 a.m. on April 24, 2004 at Painted Sky Elementary School in Oro Valley. Ms. Harn introduced Nina Simmons, Area Manager and Walk Coordinator for the Southern Arizona Diabetes Association, who provided additional details regarding the walk's registration process. Ms. Simmons commented that last year's walk effort by volunteers from the Town of Marana was a huge success and she encouraged everyone to participate again this year. Ms. Harn reported that a challenge to the Town of Marana from Oro Valley had been received regarding this charity walk. She said that Mayor Loomis, an honorary chair along with Mayor Sutton, had challenged Marana to match all efforts from Oro Valley associated with America's Walk for Diabetes. Ms. Harn suggested that a team from Marana be formed and that the challenge be accepted. She predicted that Marana could meet and beat the number of walk participants and money raised than from the Oro Valley team. Steve Temple, representing the Western Heritage group, spoke before the Council. He thanked the Town for the purchase of the new rodeo arena and acknowledged the outstanding support from Tom Ellis, Parks Superintendent, and the Parks and Recreation staff for all of the hard work put into this project. He said that his group's mission was to extend the western heritage to the Marana and northern Pima County youth involved in equestrian events. He said that he was ready to kick off that effort on Founders' Day. Mr. Temple presented the Mayor with the Western Heritage Foundation's First Mayor's Buckle, an award the group planned to keep as an ongoing effort associated with the Founders' Day rodeo events. 2 1~~IINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEIJTING '~ MARANA TOWNHALL MARCH 2; 2004 Mr. Temple said that he hoped the first buckle awarded would be displayed at the new Marana Municipal Complex as part of the Western Heritage Foundation's contribution to the preservation of the western lifestyle. He invited everyone to the rodeo events being held during the Founders' Day festivities on Saturday, March 13th. He noted that the events were primarily youth oriented and that the area youth would always have first priority for the use of the arena. Council Member Comerford introduced Justin Manning and Jordan Flayer, both from Boy Scout Troop #209, and congratulated the young men for their achievement of reaching their Eagle Scout status. She said she was very proud of their hard work and community involvement associated with the merit badges. VIII. STAFF REPORTS There were no questions regarding the staff reports. IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA There were no items scheduled for the consent agenda. B. COUNCIL ACTION 1. Presentation by LTC Louis H Tordan, Tr., Deputy Brigade Commander of the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (WAATS). LTC Jordan spoke before the Council about the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (WAATS) at the Pinal Air Park. He highlighted the proposed expansion of WAATS, the new missions for the site, and how the general community would be affected. He gave a brief history of the WAATS, commonly known as the "Gunfighter University" throughout the Army National Guard. He noted that the beautiful weather in southern Arizona was a major reason for the training site location. He explained that the program was established to train National Guard aviators and that over 9,000 pilots had completed the program with a combination of over 85,000 accident-free training hours. He noted that the 1-285 Attack Helicopter Battalion (AHB), which flew 35,000 hours annually in training for war time missions, was also located at the WAATS location. LTC Jordan described WAATS' current mission as conducting U.S. ~u Army directed aviation training, conducting other NGB (MACOM) directed aviation training, and conducting regional simulation support. 3 __. .~~- ~_MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING a~~ .~ ~ NiARANA TOWN HALL ..L ~. :. ~ :. MARCII2, 2004 LTC Jordan stated that WAATS, at the Silver Bell Army Heliport, focused on attack, scout, and counter-drug mission training which was key to homeland security. He listed some of the aircraft used in the training as well as the air space available for the training process. He concluded his presentation by thanking the Mayor and Council for their continued support of the WAATS operation. There were no questions from the Council. 2. Resolution No. 2004-20: Authorizing the Town Manager to execute any and all documents necessary to effectuate the purchase of the transmission tower located at 5100 W. Ina Road for sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars (Roy Cuaron) Mr. Cuaron spoke before the Council regarding this item. He explained that Town staff had been working with Southwest Transmission Cooperative, Inc. (SWTransco) for over seven months in order to purchase the transmission tower located at the Marana Operations Center (MOC). He explained that a need for a transmission tower was discovered during the ~- implementation of the Town sWide-Area Network (WAN) system and that the Town held a leasehold interest in the MOC tower. The finance director said that the revenue from the leasehold would be used for the $1,700 monthly purchase payment to SWTransco and that there would be no budget impact on the Town with this arrangement. He explained that the note was at 6% interest with a payoff within 40 to 42 months. He mentioned that SWTransco would share in the risks/lease income for fifteen years. He recommended authorization for the purchase of the transmission tower at 5100 W. Ina Road. Upon motion by Vice Mayor Kai, seconded by Council Member Blake, Resolution No. 2004-20 was unanimously approved. 3. Resolution No. 2004-21: Agreement for Construction of Water Facilities and Provision of Water Utility Service known as the Studebaker Drive/Sunset Ranch Estates Extension Project of the Continental Reserve Water System (Brad DeSpain) Mr. DeSpain presented this item before the Council. He explained that the proposed agreement was for a small extension off of the Continental Reserve water system which provided the water service for Sunset Ranch Estates, a 34-acre subdivision west of Continental Reserve. 4 ~- ~ ..MINUTES OF 1ZCGULAR COUI~~CIL MEETING ~; ':~ =: MARANA TOWN HALL ~- MAKCH 2, 2004 Mr. DeSpain said that asix-inch main was extended approximately 900 feet to a well site where meters were installed to bring the new customers into the Town of Marana's water system. He said that the 500 gallon pressure tank, cable, and submersible pump already in place were now property of the Town and that the four new customers paid all Town costs for the installation process. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Blake, Resolution No. 2004-21 was unanimously approved. 4. State Legislative Issues: Discussionf Directior'/Action regarding all pending bills before the Legislature (Mike Reuwsaat) Mr. Barr commented that no new action had occurred since the last Legislative report and that there was no update to present at this time. C. MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REPORT Council Member McGorray reported that she and Council Member Escobedo had represented Marana by riding in a vintage carriage in the 2004 Tucson Rodeo Parade. She said that she and Council Member Escobedo had thoroughly enjoyed the experience. She noted that Tammy Reyes had made perfect arrangements for the Marana officials' parade experience and that Ms. Reyes' efforts eased the trip to downtown Tucson during the busy Fiesta de los Vaqueros activities. Council Member Escobedo reported that Mayor Sutton and former Town Manager Mike Hein had recently played golf together in the Tucson Open Golf Tournament. He said that it was especially enjoyable because the other golfer in their threesome was Phil Slocum, who eventually ended up winning the tournament. Council Member Comerford reported that she and Council Members Blake and McGorray had accompanied Mike Reuwsaat and Frank Cassidy to the Governor's State of the State address. She said that she was impressed with Governor Napolitano's speech and with the way the Governor graciously took comments and questions from the audience afterwards. 5 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL 1~~1EFTING ~~_: MARANA TO« N HALL ~, ~ f t ;;T _ MARCH 2, 204-I D. MANAGERS' REPORT There were no reports given at this time. X. UPCOMING EVENTS There was no discussion of upcoming events. XI. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Council Member Escobedo asked that the topic of a Teen Advisory Council be placed on the next agenda. XII. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member McGorray, approval to adjourn was unanimous. The time was 7:38 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on March 2, 2004. I further certify that a quorum was present. ocelyn nson, Town Clerk ``®``~OFIi~,~®~,os ~~~~~p~uan~~~~ ~i w 1-~~' GORP~ORRTF~9 0 a SEAL ~j ,9~-ipuu~a~a~ ~~~ s~'~®®~'E~14~, ~`~ 6