HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2023-132 Adopting a 2024 Town of Marana Legislative Policy Priority ProgramMARANA RESOLUTION NO.2023-132
RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; ADOPTING A 2024 TOWN
OF MARANA LEGISLATIVE POLICY PRIORITY PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING
AND DIRECTING THOSE AUTHORIZED TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA TO REPRESENT AND PURSUE IT
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF MARANA, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Those persons authorized by the Town of Marana to lobby on its
behalf and registered as such with the Secretary of the State of Arizona pursuant to
Arizona Revised Statutes § 41-1231 et seq. (the "Town Lobbyists") are hereby authorized
and directed, subject to the continuing supervision of the Town Manager and the Town
Council, to represent and pursue the legislative, executive and intergovernmental
interests of the Town of Marana by supporting legislation that embodies any of the
following basic principles:
A. Protects state -shared revenues that fund essential services and strengthen local
economies.
B. Maintains local control while seeking partnership between municipalities and
the state.
C. Empowers the Town of Marana with sufficient flexibility to address an
expanding and changing variety of local needs and conditions.
D. Establishes appropriate means to adequately compensate the Town for the
costs of complying with state -mandated requirements.
E. Provides the Town with the means to cope with unfunded mandates, cost
increases, population growth and escalating service requirements.
F. Enables the Town to provide public services in a more responsive, efficient,
and cost effective manner.
G. Ensures that the Town has the ability to provide, manage, or operate critical
infrastructure necessary to promote or maintain the health and safety of
residents, preserve and direct land use, and ensure the future sustainability of
the community.
SECTION 2. In addition to those basic principles set forth in Section 1 of this
resolution, the Town Lobbyists are authorized and directed to pursue the following
specific objectives:
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A. Support the maintenance and/or restoration of existing sources of
transportation funding for municipalities, including the Highway User
Revenue Fund (HURF) and Local Transportation Assistance Fund (LTAF) I
and II.
B. Support sustainable policies and funding for education programs (such as
preschool -12, CTE, and post -secondary education programs) that result in a
thriving and qualified Arizona workforce.
C. Support efforts to maintain, restore, and or/expand existing economic
development programs and funding, as well as efforts to create new programs,
tools, and funding sources that support state and local economic development
initiatives centered around attraction, growth, and retention and expansion of
businesses with high -wage jobs.
D. Support legislation that focuses on maintaining current or allocating additional
funding for airport -related development efforts, including but not limited to
economic development, capital improvements and maintenance, and funding
of an air traffic control tower.
E. Support legislation to provide additional state resources to address the
statewide housing shortage crisis through increased allocations to the State
Housing Trust Fund and innovative public -private partnerships to create
affordable workforce housing.
F. Support initiatives to enhance tourism in Southern Arizona, including efforts
to attract film and various motion media productions.
G. Support initiatives that expand access to high-speed internet service digital
literacy.
H. Support efforts to preserve access to water for municipal governments,
including continuation of statutory responsibility to develop and manage
water resources in order to provide existing and future residents with
appropriate levels of service.
I. Support legislation that encourages provision of funding for high quality
potable water resources and infrastructure for residents of local Arizona
municipalities.
J. Support legislation that simplifies Arizona's tax codes while protecting the
Town's state -shared revenue allocations, contracting sales tax, and other tax
revenue sources.
K. Support efforts that develop mutually beneficial solutions to state land use
issues, including expedited land acquisition processes and timely resolutions
to issues regarding protected land.
L. Oppose legislation that would curtail the Towri s current local zoning and
permitting authority and support legislation to preserve the public's
participation in the process.
M. Support legislation that encourages provision and allocation of funding for
flood control, flooding mitigation, and flood control infrastructure
maintenance and cleanup efforts for local municipalities.
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N. Support initiatives to preserve and enhance the Towri s ability to strategically
plan for and respond to emergencies and properly support public safety
personnel.
SECTION 3. Legislation that is inconsistent with any of the basic principles or
objectives set forth in Sections 1 and 2 above should be opposed or appropriate
amendments pursued.
SECTION 4. The Town Manager and staff are hereby directed and authorized to
undertake all other and further tasks required or beneficial to carry out the terms,
obligations and objectives of this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA, ARIZONA, this 19f day of December, 2023.
ATTEST:
David Udall, Town Clerk
Mayor Ed Honea
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J airall, Town Attorney
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