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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-15-2022 Regular Council Meeting Summary Minutesr MARANA AZ CELEBRATING 45 YEARS MARANA TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Council Chambers, November 15, 2022, at or after 6:00 PM Ed Honea, Mayor Jon Post, Vice Mayor Patti Comerford, Council Member Jackie Craig, Council Member Herb Kai, Council Member John Officer, Council Member Roxanne Ziegler, Council Member SUMMARY MINUTES CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Honea called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM and directed the Town Clerk to call the roll. All Council Members were present, constituting a quorum. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Vice Mayor Post moved to approve the agenda as presented. Council Member Kai seconded the motion. Motion passed, 7-0. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE: Led by Mayor Honea. CALL TO THE PUBLIC Mr. David Morales addressed the Council. He highlighted veterans and the veteran associations in the community. Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes November 15,2022 Page 1 of 8 Council Member Ziegler said she recently joined a veteran's association and complemented veterans. PROCLAMATIONS PR1 Proclamation recognizing November 26, 2022 as "Small Business Saturday" (David L. Udall) The proclamation will be mailed to the recipient. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Council Member Officer commented on his visit of the Waterman Restoration Site grand opening. Mayor Honea commented on recent Pima Association of Governments (PAG) and Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) meetings. He said he addressed the meetings in his recent podcast recording. Mayor Honea commented on the Executive Board meeting he recently attended for the Arizona League of Cities and Towns and on his and Council Member Officer's recent visit to Roche Tissue Diagnostics. He also praised the Erik Hite Foundation. Council Member Ziegler commented on the recent statewide general election results and the Parsons Steel 50th Anniversary event. MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Town Manger Terry Rozema praised the Erik Hite Foundation event. He said the Town has issued 11 single-family residential permits so far in November. Last November,there were 86 total permits issued. He announced Chase Construction was selected to be the construction manager at risk for the new community center and complemented the Parks and Recreation Department on receiving multiple state awards recently. He commented on the upcoming Concerts in the Courtyard event, the Thanksgiving food drive put on by the Police Department, the upcoming BioBlitz event, and an upcoming blood drive. PRESENTATIONS P1 Relating to Budget; presentation of first quarter results (July-September) for the Town's General Fund and other selected major funds for the 2022-2023 fiscal year (Yiannis Kalaitzidis) Finance Director Yiannis Kalaitzidis provided a PowerPoint presentation regarding the first quarter financial health of the Town's general fund and other selected major funds Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes November 15,2022 Page 2 of 8 for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation is on file with the Town Clerk's Office. CONSENT AGENDA Cl Resolution No. 2022-117: Relating to Personnel; Approving and adopting amendments to the Town's Personnel Policies and Procedures, revising Chapter 3 - Classification and Compensation, Policy 3-4 "Payroll Procedures" and Policy 3-12 "Employee Disbursements," multiple policy revisions to Chapter 4 Employment Benefits and Leaves, revising Chapter 5 - Work Rules and Employee Discipline, Section 5-5-5 "Grounds for Disciplinary Action," and revising Chapter 7 Safety and Health, Policy 7-5 "Drug- and Alcohol-free Workplace" (Curry C. Hale) C2 Resolution No. 2022-118: Relating to Water; approving and authorizing the Town Manager or Water Director to execute the Application for a Modification of Designation of Assured Water Supply (DWR No. 86-402254.0002), and to take all other action necessary to obtain the modification (Jing Luo) C3 Approval of the Regular Council Meeting Summary Minutes of November 1,2022 (David L. Udall) Council Member Ziegler moved to approve the consent agenda. Vice Mayor Post seconded the motion. Motion passed, 7-0. LIQUOR LICENSES BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES COUNCIL ACTION Al PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance No. 2022.016: Relating to Development; approving a rezoning of approximately 165 acres of land located east of Interstate 10, east and west of Adonis Road, and approximately 1.2 miles north of Tangerine Road from Zone E (Transportation Corridor)to R-4 (Residential), R-5 (Residential),and MR-1 (Multi-Family Residential) (Jason Angell) Mayor Honea opened the public hearing at 6:28 PM. Town Attorney Jane Fairall presented on this item. Ms.Fairall informed the Council that Town staff was still working with the developer and that the developer was requesting to continue public hearing to the January 17, 2023 Town Council meeting. Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes November 15,2022 Page 3 of 8 Mayor Honea closed the public hearing at 6:29 PM. Vice Mayor Post moved to continue the public hearing for Ordinance No. 2022.016 to the January 17, 2022 Town Council meeting. Council Member Comerford seconded the motion. Motion passed, 7-0. A2 PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance No. 2022.025: Relating to Development; approving a modification to Marana Ordinance No. 2003.19, which rezoned approximately 40 acres of land located generally at the northeast corner of Sanders Road and Moore Road, to delete a provision of the ordinance that required the developer to install dual water lines (Jane Fairall) Mayor Honea opened the public hearing at 6:31 PM. Town Attorney Jane Fairall presented on this item. Ms. Fairall said this item involved a request to delete the condition of a 2003 rezoning ordinance requiring the installation of a non-potable water system. She explained that, pursuant to a 2013 intergovernmental agremeent with the Cortaro Marana Irrigation District(CMID), developers were required to provide non-potable water unless CMID determined it was economically unfeasible. Ms. Fairall explained that both CMID and the Town had determined it was not economically feasible for the subdivision at issue to provide non-potable water, but the rezoning condition remained. Approval of this item would ensure there would not be a violation of the 2003 rezoning ordinance requirement. Mayor Honea closed the public hearing at 6:32 PM. Council Member Ziegler moved to adopt Ordinance No. 2022.025. Council Member Officer seconded the motion. Motion passed, 7-0. A3 PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance No. 2022.026: Relating to Development; adopting revisions to Title 17 "Land Development" of the Marana Town Code, including adding definitions for solar energy systems and energy storage to Section 17-1-6 (Definitions), adding zoning provisions for solar energy systems and energy storage to Chapter 17-4 "Zoning," revising Chapter 17-6"General Development Regulations" to add new section 17-6-11 (Solar energy systems and energy storage facilities); and other various revisions to Title 17 of the Marana Town Code; and designating an effective date (Travis Lundell) Resolution No. 2022-119: Relating to Development;declaring as a public record filed with the Town Clerk the amendments adopted by Ordinance No. 2022.026, revisions to Title Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes November 15,2022 Page 4 of 8 17 "Land Development" of the Marana Town Code, including adding definitions for solar energy systems and energy storage to Section 17-1-6 (Definitions), adding zoning provisions for solar energy systems and energy storage to Chapter 17-4 "Zoning," revising Chapter 17-6 "General Development Regulations" to add new Section 17-6-11 (Solar energy systems and energy storage facilities); and other various revisions to Title 17 of the Marana Town Code (Travis Lundell) Mayor Honea opened the public hearing at 6:34 PM. Planning Manger Steven Cheslak presented on this item. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation is on file with the Town Clerk's Office. Mr. Cheslak said the Town has received inquiries regarding the installation of large utility solar facilities and energy storage systems (battery energy storage systems, or BESS) and that the Town Code did not contain provisions specifically addressing development standards for these. He said the proposed standards in this item would revise the Town Code to address these land uses and provide standards for view sheds, among other things. Council Member Comerford and Council Member Ziegler expressed concern regarding large-scale disposal of the batteries. Mr. Cheslak explained there are decommissioning and disposal requirements developers would be contractually obligated to follow. Council Member Ziegler asked for clarification regarding who needed to approach the Arizona State Land Department for battery storage use requests, and Mr. Cheslak stated it would be the developers. Council Member Kai commented on how the Tesla battery systems work. Council Member Craig asked how the code provisions came about. Mr. Cheslak explained staff conducted research to develop the provisions and received stakeholder comments from power providers. Town Manager Terry Rozema informed the Council that staff looked to Coolidge, Arizona as part of developing the standards, which dealt with this issue extensively. Erik Hawkins,Chief Operating Office and General Council of Trico Electric Cooperative, addressed the Council regarding the benefits of the battery systems. He said Trico's hope was to eventually develop these systems on a smaller, more localized scale within neighborhoods. Mayor Honea commented on fire fighters who were killed trying to fight a battery related fire and asked if the batteries were safer now. Mr. Hawkins explained the batteries have newer technology to be safer in a fire and fire fighters are being trained on how to deal Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes November 15,2022 Page 5 of 8 with battery related fires. The batteries are now designed to melt down within the containment unit in the event of a fire. Council Member Ziegler asked about the size and look of the battery systems. Mr. Hawkins provided an explanation of the size and said the photo in the slides provided a good representation of what they will look like.Please see the PowerPoint slides for more information. Council Member Ziegler asked how long a BESS project would take to construct. Mr. Hawkins said one was built during the pandemic in 14 months. Mayor Honea said it was good to support projects creating clean power. Mayor Honea closed the public hearing at 6:56 PM. Council Member Kia moved to adopt Ordinance No. 2022.026 and Resolution No. 2022- 119. Vice Mayor Post seconded the motion. Motion passed, 7-0. A4 Relating to Mayor and Council; administration of the oath of office for Council Members Herb Kai,Jon Post, Patti Comerford, and John Officer (David L. Udall) Town Clerk/Assistant Town Attorney David Udall administered the oath of office to the four elected Council Members and distributed to each a certificate of election. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION D1 Resolution No. 2022-120: Relating to Flood Control; endorsing the Pima County Regional Flood Control District Santa Cruz River Management Plan (Fausto Burruel) Public Works Director Fausto Burruel introduced Mr. Evan Canfield with the Pima County Regional Flood Control District and Mr. Kevin Payne with Kimley Horn. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation is on file with the Town Clerk's Office. Mr. Canfield introduced the purpose of the Santa Cruz River Management Plan, which was to develop a management strategy to balance flood risk management, drainage infrastructure protection, water recharge, recreation opportunities, public safety, and riparian habitat preservation for the river from Grant Road to Pinal County. He provided the following link to a webpage containing more information: http://www.pima.gov/santacruzriverplan/. Mr. Canfield explained how the river was divided up into separate project areas and explained the several projects that were identified as part of the plan. He also showed a slide documenting stakeholder concerns that assisted in the selection of projects. Mr. Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes November 15,2022 Page 6 of 8 Payne explained there are 13 projects within the Marana Town limits and showed several maps while explaining these projects. Mr. Canfield explained the vegetation management plan, the implementation plan, and the schedule for the various projects. Council Member Comerford, Council Member Kai, and Mayor Honea expressed concern regarding vegetation in the river and the risks it posed to bridges, etc. Council Member Comerford also expressed concern regarding homeless camps and the debris created that could cause damage when the river flows. Mr. Canfield explained it was a problem,and that the Flood Control District has worked with law enforcement to address it. Council Member Ziegler commented on Marana's response to homeless camps and asked where undercutting was occurring on the river. She also asked if the Town needed to provide funding for the projects. Mr. Canfield explained there was undercutting near the Quarry Pines development and on the Cortaro Farms side and explained mitigation efforts. He said he does not believe Marana is on the hook for funding currently,but said the District may look to share costs once recreation amenities are developed. He also said the District does not build bridges. Vice Mayor Post complemented their work. Council Member Officer commented there was a need to maintain what we have now before adding new things. Vice Mayor Post moved to approve Resolution No. 2022-120. Council Member Officer seconded the motion. Motion passed, 7-0. D2 Relating to Mayor and Council; selection of the Vice Mayor (David L. Udall) Council Member Ziegler moved to appoint Jon Post to serve as Vice Mayor. Council Member Comerford seconded the motion. Motion passed, 7-0. 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), Council may ask for discussion or consideration, or consultation with designated Town representatives, or consultation for legal advice with the Town Attorney, concerning any matter listed on this agenda for any of the reasons listed in A.R.S. §38-431.03 (A). 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 Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes November 15,2022 Page 7 of 8 be placed on the agenda for the second regular Town Council meeting after the date of the request, pursuant to Marana Town Code Section 2-4-2(B). Mayor Honea asked for future agenda items. There were no future agenda items. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Honea asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Council Member Ziegler moved to adjourn the meeting. Council Member Officer seconded the motion. Motion passed, 7-0. Meeting adjourned at 7:38 PM. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on November 15, 2022. I further certify that a quorum was present. David L. Udall, Town Clerk MARANA AZ ESTABLISHED 1977 Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes November 15,2022 Page 8 of 8