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Home My WebLink About07/15/2003 Regular Council Meeting Minutes,~,,,,~<, ~„~.R~~ MINUTES OF RI'GUL~1R COUNCli ~12EETiNt: ~MAR~1N.~ T01VN HALL .IULY1~, 2003 I. II. III. IV. V. PLACE AND DATE Marana Town Hall, July 15, 2003 CALL TO ORDER By Mayor Sutton at 7:05 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Mayor Sutton INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE A moment of silence was observed. 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 Assistant Town Manager Present Frank Cassidy To~n~n Attorney Present Jocelyn Bronson Town Clerk Present Jim DeGrood Development Services Administrator Present Jaret Barr Assistant to the Town Manager Present Tim Allen Municipal Complex Project Manager Present Attached is a list of public attendees. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member McGorray, the agenda was unanimously approved. 1 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEIJTING i~IARANA TOWN HALL JULY 15, 2003 VI. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Honea, the minutes of the July 1, 2003 CFD Study Session and the minutes of the July 1, 2003 regular Council meeting were unanimously approved. VII. CALL TO THE PUBLIC/ANNOUNCEMENTS Jane Howell, Jocelyn Bronson, and Chief Richard Vidaurri each spoke before the Council regarding the recognition of three Town employees and their lengthy terms of service with the Town. Ms. Bronson congratulated Lily Grijalva, courier, for her 25 years of employment with the Town. She gave a brief history of Ms. Grijalva's work history with five Town Clerks beginning in 1978. Chief Vidaurri congratulated both Judy Capen and Lt. Joe Carrasco for each having 20 years of service with Marana. The Chief related that Ms. Capen had hired on with the police department in 1983 and was the first civilian employee. He continued by saying that Lt. Carrasco also joined the Marana Police department in 1983 as a uniformed officer and had steadily moved up within the ranks to his present position as supervisor of the patrol division and the support division. Mayor Sutton presented each of the three employees with a letter of commendation and a gift of appreciation from the Town. Mr. Reuwsaat introduced two new Town employees to the Council. The newly hired employees included Leslie Liberti, Environmental Coordinator, and Frank Cassidy, Town Attorney. Hurvie Davis, former Town Manager, spoke before the Council in order to commend Daniel Hochuli for his many years of outstanding service to Marana. Mr. Davis remar ked that Mr. Hochuli had been instrumental in moving the Town forward with the important Ina/Thornydale annexation. He also congratulated Michael Hein, outgoing Town Manager, on his new position as Pima County Deputy Administrator and said that Mr. Hein had led the Town in the right direction over the past five years. He concluded with his congratulations to Michael Reuwsaat, incoming Town Manager, on his move. Mr. Davis stated his complete confidence that Mr. Reuwsaat would continue moving the_Tovvn forward. Mayor Sutton commented that there were many transitions taking place throughout the Town's administration and that all were important to the To~n~n's prosperous gro~n~th. He said that it was a very exciting time for Marana. 2 Y ~, ri ~ ~ _ ~e„>. Ni INUTF~ OF REGULAR COUNCIL MFE1'ING ~ti'IARANA TOWN HALL JULY~~15, 2003.._ Kevin Sweeney introduced a new hire in his department, Jack Avis, GIS Manager, and said that Mr. Avis was bringing over 28 years of surveying and geographic information systems skills to the technical services department. Mr. Sweeney also commended Chris Mack, Sr. GIS Analyst, for his recent article in the national publication Imaging Notes. The article spotlighted Marana as a fast- growing Arizona town and focused on its use of terrain-based 3-D visualization products as powerful communication tools for connecting with residents during development and planning processes. VIII. STAFF REPORTS There were no questions regarding the staff reports. IX. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS A. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Resolution No. 2003-79: Renaming Trico-Marana Road (Jim DeGrood) 2. Resolution No. 2003-70: Releasing the Assurance Agreement for Silverbell Place, Trust No. 7886-T, for Lots 1-153 and Common Areas A- B, and Acceptance of Public Improvements for Maintenance (Farhad Moghimi) 3. Resolution No. 2003-83: Continental Reserve Blocks 16 and 17 Lot Split. Request to split Blocks 16 and 17 on the Continental Reserve Final Block Plat into Blocks 16A,16B, and 16C; and Blocks 17A,17B,17C, and 17D. Blocks 16A and B, and Blocks 17A and B are developable parcels. Blocks 16C,17C and 17D are conservation areas (Joel Shapiro) 4. Resolution No. 2003-81: A request for the appointment of five members to the Cultural Resources Preservation Board, as established by Ordinance No. 2003.05, ratified by Mayor and Council on Apri115, 2003 (Joel Shapiro) Upon motion by Council Member Honea, seconded by Council Member Blake, the consent agenda was unanimously approved. 3 _.. ~ _._ 1~1INUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ~~I~LR~~NATOWN HALL. .IULY 15, 2003 B. COUNCIL ACTION 1. Discussion/Direction: Appointment of Michael A. Reuwsaat as Town Manager (Jane Howell) Mayor Sutton spoke to the Council about the Towri s excellent opportunity to transition Mr. Reuwsaat from his current position as assistant town manager into the town manager position. The Mayor said that the Town was lucky to have such talented, quality leaders. Council Member Honea commented that he was thrilled that Mr. Reuwsaat had accepted the town manager's position and wished him all the best. Council Member Escobedo stated that he believed the Town was in good hands with Mr. Reuwsaat and that he had always been there for the community. Council Member Blake said that he looked forward to working with Mr. " ~' Reuwsaat for many years to come. Upon motion by Mayor Sutton, seconded by Council Member Blake, the appointment of Michael A. Reuwsaat as the Town Manager, effective August 1, 2003, at a salary of $112,500 and vehicle allowance of $500 per month was unanimously approved. Mr. Reuwsaat said that he was excited about his new position and thanked the Council for their support and leadership over the years. He asked for his family to rise so that he could acknowledge their support and love. He thanked Michael Hein for direction and tutelage during his tenure as assistant town manager. 2. Administeri ng Loyalty Oaths to appointments on the Town of Marana Planning & Zoning Commission (Jocelyn Bronson) Ms. Bronson asked that the new and returning Planning and Zoning Commissioners come up to the podium in order to receive the Loyalty Oaths. The new appointees were Thomas Hestwood and Richard Purcella and the re-appointees were Russell Clanagan and Billy Schisler. The terms -~- of office for all four appointments will expire June 30, 2007. 4 MINUTES OF REGUI.:~R COUNCIL MEETING ~'~I~~RANA TOWN Hr~LL JULY t5, 20U3 Russell Clanagan announced that he would be riding in the El Tour de Tucson bicycle race in November as a member of Team Sydney in honor of his daughter, Sydney, who passed away this year. He said that he would be raising money for the Tu Nidito charitable organization which helps families of dying children. He asked for commitments with this endeavor from the Council and Town staff. At this time, Mayor Sutton called for a recess in the meeting. The time was 8:43 p.m. At 8:55 p.m. Mayor Sutton called the meeting back to order. All Council members were present and seated on the dais. 3. Ordinance No. 2003.18: Request for waiver of rezoning condition #4 regarding building envelopes on the southwest corner of Flying Diamond and Camino de Oeste. The original conditions of rezoning are contained in Ordinance No. 2003.02 (Joel Shapiro) Mr. DeGrood gave a brief history of this item. He said that the applicant had requested that the identification of specific building envelopes during the lot split process be moved to the building plan stage as there was more than one logical site for building each 1"at. The owner would like to allow the purchaser of the lot to choose which site to put the home on. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Honea, Ordinance No. 2003.18 amending condition #4 of the rezoning conditions for the southwest corner of Flying Diamond and Camino de Oeste contained in Ordinance No. 2003.02 was unanimously approved. 4. PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance No. 2003.16 and Resolution No. 2003-78: An amendment to the Marana Land Development Code, amending Title 3 DEFINITIONS by adding and modifying various definitions pertaining to animals and animal keeping; Title 5 -ZONING, dealing with the various permitted, prohibited and conditional uses related to animals and animal keeping; and Title 8 -BUILDING CODE, to be renamed GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS dealing with requirements associated with animal keeping and other related technical inconsistencies specific to Title 8 (Joel Shapiro) s > MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL NiEETIN(~ :VIARANA TOWN HALL JDLY15, 20„03 Jim DeGrood presented this item to Council. He said that this was an ongoing effort of updating the Land Development Code. He briefly listed the changes being made. He said that Title 3 -Definitions was updated to include numerous definitions related to individual species and various animal related practices in order to help clarify the animal keeping regulations established throughout the Code. He remarked that Title 5 - Zoning was updated through several zoning designations, as necessary, in order to provide an updated and comprehensive list of permitted, accessory, conditional and prohibited uses for animal keeping. He reported that Title 8 -General Development Standards was updated mainly through a completely new section entitled Animal Keeping and Related Structures which outlines development standards pertaining to all zones based on animal type and use. Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Vice Mayor Kai, Ordinance No. 2003.16, as presented, and Resolution No. 2003-78 declaring Title 3, 5, and 8, as amended, a public record were unanimously approved. 5. Discussion/Direction: Conservation Planning Process Update (Leslie Liberti) Mr. Reuwsaat introduced this item before Council. He said that Ms. Liberti would be giving a short presentation recapping Phase I of the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) process recently concluded by the Town. He announced that the Town had received notification today of the approval for $139,000 in federal funding for Phase II of this process. Ms. Liberti addressed the Council regarding this item and gave a brief history of the Towri s initiation of the conservation planning process in December 2002. She explained that the ultimate goal was to prepare a Habitat Conservation Plan to support an application for an incidental take permit under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). She pointed out that the planning process was divided into three phases and that Phase I was recently completed. She stated that the first phase established a baseline determining the planning area, the conservation targets, and the need for the Incidental Take Permit. Ms. Liberti indicated that Phase II would focus on developing conservation strategies for the conservation targets identified in Phase I and that Phase III consisted of preparation of environmental documentation for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act that would be required to support the Town's application for an incidental take permit. 6 ~tiIINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING iVIAI~4NA~TOWN HALL .)ULY 1~, 2003 Mr. Reuwsaat complimented Ms. Liberti on her hard work with this complicated task. He also commended the technical group and the steering group for the HCP planning. 6. Progress Update on Town Hall Construction Mr. DeGrood spoke before the Council regarding this item. He said that the Town was presently in plan review for the vertical elements of the municipal complex and was approximately 70% of the way through the procurement process. He said that the contracts for the earthwork and paving, structural steel, electrical, concrete, masonry, plumbing, HVAC, mechanical, sprinklers, and elevators had all been awarded and the balance of trades were to be bid at the end of July. He said that the project team had proceeded with cable management systems design using consultants. He reported that there would be monthly status reports and brochures compiled to disperse in the area neighborhoods. He said that Morris Reyna, civil engineering consultant, was working closely with the residents and was dedicated 100% to the Town Hall project. He listed the near-term milestones as being the completion of the underground utilities in August, the first foundation concrete in September, the first concrete slab on grade and the first structural steel erection in October, the structural steel top out in December, and the beginning of the stone work in late January or early February 2004. Council Member Escobedo said that this was an appropriate time for all of the Council member to meet the architects and other major players associated with this project. Mr. DeGrood agreed that this was an excellent suggestion. He called for Tim Allen, project manager, to come forward and identify the members of the project team. Mr. Allen introduced Curt Ench, the architect representing Durrant, Mary Alexander, the interior designer from Studio 207, D. L. Withers, the construction manager from Phoenix, Mark Thompson, project manager, Dave Bradley, also from D.L. Withers. Mr. Sweeney commented that shortly there would be a "live" web page where the public would be able to log onto the Towri s web site and follow the progress of the Toti~n Hall project in real time as it happens. He said that this would be on line within the next few weeks. C. MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S REPORT There were no reports at this time. ~~~INUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IZARANA TOWN HALL JULY 15,2003 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. XII. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member McGorray, approval to adjourn was unanimous. The time was 8:18 p.m. CERTIFICATION "~ I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on July 15, 2003. 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