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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/05/2003 Regular Council Meeting Minutes~'NiINUTE',S OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL AUGUST 5, 2003 PLACE AND DATE Marana Town Hall, August 5, 2003 I. CALL TO ORDER Due to the absence of the Mayor and Vice Mayor, the Town Clerk called the meeting to order at 7:C14 p.m. Ms. Bronson advised the Council members of their obligation to elect a presiding officer for the meeting. Upon motion by Council Member Blake and seconded by Council Member McGorray, Council Member Honea was unanimously approved as the presiding officer. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Council Member Honea III. INVOCATION/MON[ENT OF SILENCE A moment of silence was observed. IV. ROLL CALL COUNCIL Bobby Sutton, Jr Herb Kai Jim Blake Patti Comerford Tim Escobedo Ed Honea Carol McGorray STAFF Michael Reuwsaat Frank Cassidy Jocelyn Bronson Jim DeGrood jaret Barr Brad DeSpain Richard Vidaurri Kevin Sweeney Ron Smith Mayor Excused Vice Mayor Excused Council Member Present Council Member Present Council Member Present Council Member Present Council Member Present Toti~n Manager Present Town Attorney Present Town Clerk Present Development Services Administrator Present Assistant to the Town Manager Present Utilities Director Present Chief of Police Present Technical Services Director Present Parks and Recreation Director Present Attached is a list of public attendees. MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL.MEETING '' MARANA TOWN HALL AUGUST 5 2003 V. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Blake, the agenda was unanimously approved. VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Blake, the minutes of the July 15, 2003 regular Council meeting were unanimously approved. VII. CALL TO THE PUBLIGANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. Reuwsaat introduced Rick Lesko, the newly appointed Marana Unified School District Superintendent. He welcomed Mr. Lesko and remarked that he was looking forward to a continued close relationship with the school district. Mr. Lesko, who replaced Dr. Wade McLean after his retirement from MUSD in June 2003, gave a brief synopsis of his 25 year career with the school district and thanked the Council for their warm reception. He closed with an affirmation of the district's commitment to the Marana community. Janice Lawson-Honea, Marana Arts Council President, spoke before the Council in order to honor Leilani Schisler, longtime Marana resident, for her commitment to public arts and for her active role in the Towri s first arts organization during the early 1990s, the Marana Regional Arts Council. Ms. Lawson-Honea related how Ms. Schisler single-handedly raised the money necessary to match grant funding for a public art sculpture located on the current Town Hall grounds. This artwork, depicting local flora and fauna, was the first public art display in Marana and was created by local sculptor Susan Fareni. In June 1996, the artwork was dedicated to the Town of Marana. Ms. Lawson-Honea presented Ms. Schisler with a commemorative plaque containing a photograph of the sculpture and an inscription describing her accomplishment. Chief Vidaurri introduced five new Marana Police department officers. The new hires recently graduated from the Southern Arizona Law Enforcement Training Center (SALETC) in June and included Art Figueroa, Jennifer Harrison, Angela Henson, Randy Korth, and Jeff Pridgett. Officer Figueroa spent six years in the U.S. Air Force and is currently pursuing a degree in psychology. Officer Harrison holds an associates degree from Kapiolani College on Oahu, Hi, and hopes to ~- acquire training in accident reconstruction while employed by MPD. Officer Henson also has an Air Force background and worked as a corrections officer before her career change to law enforcement. 2 MINUTES OFREGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TO`R'N HALL AUGUST 5, 2003 Officer Korth received a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and worked as a remodeling contractor for seven years. Officer Pridgett earned a bachelor's degree in family studies with a minor in psychology and worked for Pima County Parks and Recreation as well as the Arizona Department of Corrections. Chief Vidaurri informed the audience that two of the recent graduates, Officers Korth and Pridgett, were graduates of Marana High School and he stated how pleased he was to have local residents choose to pursue a law enforcement career within their own neighborhood agency. Kevin Sweeney introduced the newly hired Network Information Technology (NIT) Manager, Tony Casella. He said that Mr. Casella would be administering the NIT division which included Steve Noeth, NIT Analyst, and two vacant positions yet to be filled. Karl Horvath, Marana resident, talked about the award he was recently given by the Reid Park Zoo for being the volunteer who raised the most money for one of the zoo exhibits. VIII. STAFF REPORTS There were no questions regarding the staff reports. IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Resolution No. 2003-84: Consideration of recommendation to State Liquor Board for a new No. 12 Restaurant limited liability company liquor license submitted by Donna Jean Elia on behalf of Barefoot Contessa, located at 4145 W. Ina Road, Marana, Arizona (Jocelyn Bronson) 2. Resolution No. 2003-85: Request by Northwest Fire District to annex certain property known as Gladden Farms Parks in order to provide fire protection services (Jocelyn Bronson) 3. Resolution No. 2003-68: Acceptance of Coachline Boulevard Phase II-B into the Town of Marana Streets Maintenance System (Farhad Moghimi) Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Blake, the consent agenda was unanimously approved. 3 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL AUGUST 5, 2003 B. COUNCIL ACTION 1. Public Hearing on the Cochie Canyon Trail Northwest Annexation (Dick Gear) Jaret Barr presented this item to the Council. He explained that this action was a mandatory public hearing following the Town's filing of a blank petition indicating its desire to annex the 5.6 acre parcel. He informed the Council that the notification of all owners of real and personal property within the annexation area had been made and that all were given the opportunity to address the Mayor and Council with their concurrence or objections. He added that the proposed annexation had been publicly noticed as required and had been published in the local legal newspaper as well as physically posted throughout the annexation area. He explained that the parcel was a Pima County island that had not been included in a 1980 annexation and was also partnered with a second annexation addressing another Pima County island within the same area. He noted that for years Pima County, the parcel owner and the Town of Marana, had all been under the impression that the two subject properties were within the official Town boundaries. He said that, as a result of research performed by the Town staff, it had been verified that the properties were not included within the Town. Mr. Barr commented that the second proposed annexation was the following item on the agenda. 2. Public Hearing on the Cochie Canyon Trail North Annexation (Dick Gear) Mr. Barr continued by addressing the Council regarding this item. He reaffirmed the connection of this annexation request with that of the previously heard item and pointed out that the State mandated noticing requirements had been met. He reiterated that the two island parcels proposed for annexation had been a source of vagueness for years as to whether or not the properties were actually located within the Town boundaries or outside in Pima County. He said that, after research by the Town, both parcels were found to be outside the official Marana boundaries and that this action was an effort to officially bring the area into the Town boundary. 4 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL AUGUST 5, 2003 3. Presentation regarding the preliminary feasibility study of the Bureau of Reclamation Park Site (Ron Smith) Ron Smith spoke regarding this item. He gave a brief presentation regarding the preliminary feasibility study of the Bureau of Reclamation Park Site which included preliminary park concept plans, preliminary cost estimates and site constraints. He recommended that the Council send a letter from the Mayor to the Bureau of Reclamation asking for the approval of the park site. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Blake, authorization to send a letter from Mayor Sutton to the Bureau of Reclamation requesting approval of the park site was unanimously approved. C. MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REPORT Council Member McGorray reported on the upcoming Marana Care Fair, an annual event jointly sponsored by the Marana Unified School District, the ~~ Marana Health Center and the Pima County Department of Health Services. She said that free vaccinations and free athletic physicals would be available to area youth. She urged everyone to support this worthy cause. Ms. McGorray also reported on the Golf for Kids event to be held at Heritage Highlands. Professional golfer, Chi Chi Rodriguez, will be the special guest at the event. All were encouraged to come out and participate. D. MANAGERS' REPORT There were no reports given at this time. X. UPCOMING EVENTS There were no upcoming events discussed at this time. XI. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS There were no future agenda items suggested at this time. 5 .;,, MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA TOWN HALL' AUGUST 5,..2,003 XII. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Blake, approval to adjourn was unanimous. The time was 7:28 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on August 5, 2003. I further certify that a quorum was present. ~~ yn Bro son, T wn Clerk ~ ~~~ti~~Q~p©~nt~' a ~ . 4 ' ~ ~~~~ ;' ~~°~~~tattue`~~~ ~4 ~,~g~~IlB1,, 6 MARANA TOWN CO LINCIL MEETING ~" Public Attendees DATE: ~ a Name Address !~~ ~ 7~~~~iUJ~ S i~~ ~~~ /~ /~ ~-- ~~ ~- i - ~, i~~ ~~-~ SCoT l Ji'~v-,ni L;?rJ TI ~-1-~ j~ ~- ~!{~ ~~ r ~~i,~ ~- ,, ,. L ~~ / /~ ~~ - ,~ ~ ~~i.~ 17 ~ >.Z v, ;~ ~•c~ Cis I ~ Is 1 1-T ~ .C MARANA TOWN COUNCIL MEETING Public Attendees DATE: D ~/6s / ~ Name Address ~ Ef~ ~~s~G~; r r~.~~a ~ ' ~ r ~ ~~~ ~ ~~~~ ~1~~~~ ~~