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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/01/2007 Regular Council Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: May 1, 2007 PLACE AND DATE Marana Municipal Complex A. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL By Mayor Honea at 7:00 p.m. COUNCIL Ed Honea Herb Kai Bob Allen Jim Blake Patti Comerford Tim Escobedo Carol McGorray Mayor Vice Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Present Present Present Present Excused Present Present ST AFF Mike Reuwsaat Gilbert Davidson Jim DeGrood Frank Cassidy Jocelyn Bronson Town Manager Deputy Town Manager Assistant Town Manager Town Attorney Town Clerk Present Present Present Present Present B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE Led by Mayor Honea. c. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Escobedo, removal of items number one and seven from Consent Agenda was unanimously approved. D. CALL TO THE PUBLIC Ed Stolmaker, President and CEO of Marana Chamber of Commerce, addressed Council regarding the 2006 Community Business Builder Award on Wednesday, May 9th to be held in Chambers. The award will be given to two businesses within the community, one business with 25 or more employees, and one with less than 25 employees. The reception starts at 5:30 to 6:30 with the program starting at 6:30. David Morales addressed Council and stated he was glad to be back after a health problem. He asked Council to do good for the Town and that the Town expects the best. E. PRESENTATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS/UPDATES PROCLAMATIONS 1 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: May 1, 2007 Mayor Honea revealed the first issue of the Marana News Weekly which will be devoted to Marana, A vra Valley, and Picture Rocks area. Ms. Bronson addressed Council and introduced a new member of the Clerk's Office, Viviana Ruiz. She will be responsible for the administrative functions in the Clerk's Office. Her most recent work experience was with Lewis Management. She is currently working on a degree in Business Management. F. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Council Member Escobedo stated he was invited to sit on the State of Arizona Real Estate Commission for rules and statutes committee which will begin tomorrow and run for four months. Council Member Allen stated he attended the University of Arizona Black Alumni Association's selection of the woman of the year which went to Bob Elliott's wife. He also attended the Special Olympic Rodeo which he stated raised approximately $20,000 for Special Olympics. He attended with Council Member Blake the family night at Ora Mae Ham Park. The police department has wanted to change the image of their shield from what it was as the old star badge. A majority of officers voted for a design. This was presented to the Town Manager who agreed with it. They will be receiving this new badge shortly which signifies we do have a professional law enforcement agency working for the community. Council Member Blake stated he attended the Rodeo Saturday and Sunday and family night. Council Member McGorray stated she was introduced to the Board of the Mariachi Folklorico. She attended with Ed Stolmaker the Tucson Pima Arts celebration and awards. Comcast was selected as a winner. Prizes were awarded for arts entities, but also for those that support the arts. She stated she attended the barrel racing. Vice Mayor Kai stated he will be attending the monthly Central Arizona Water Conservation District meeting in Phoenix on Thursday. He attended a republican fund raiser for John McCain. There was a group that put together $250,000 for McCain's presidency. Mayor Honea stated he attended family night. He stated there were all kinds of activities. He stated there were a lot of young families with small children. He stated he went to the Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday. He stated the officers raised a lot of money to help young children that are less fortunate and they worked very hard. The bicycle race had 1350 entries. He stated at the PAG RTA meeting last week, Mary Peters, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation was here. He stated several of them will be going to the Southern Arizona Town Hall starting Sunday. It is for elected officials, community leads, and educators from Southern Arizona that are getting together for three days to try to figure some common bonds and ways to work together for the benefit of people in the area. G. MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: May 1, 2007 H. STAFF REPORTS Mr. DeGrood addressed Council and announced that a member of the Business and Economic Development Advisory Commission, Bill Pharis, from National Bank of Tucson, was transferred to the Safford office and has submitted his resignation. He stated he will be a great loss. GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS I. CONSENT AGENDA Council Member Escobedo declared a conflict of interest on item number six. Upon motion by Vice Mayor Kai, seconded by Council Member McGorray, the Consent Agenda was unanimously approved. J. COUNCIL ACTION 1. Resolution No. 2007-66: Relating to Transportation; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement between the Town, Sun Tran and Continental Ranch Development for the purpose of establishing a Park & Ride lot to enable express bus service from Arizona Pavilions Center to the downtown Ronstadt Transit Center. (Jim DeGrood) Mr. DeGrood addressed Council and stated Mr. Wexler from Continental Ranch Development Company has offered to allow us to host the park and ride lot in a portion of his Arizona Pavilions Center. He introduced Katrina Heineking, General Manager of Sun Tran. Ms. Heineking stated while it was a service that was planned under the RTA for February, 2009 because of the 1-10 construction project ADOT has advanced the funding for the project so they could start it a little earlier. She stated they will be offering three trips from Marana to the downtown Tucson area about 7:20, 7:50 and 8:10 and three trips back in the afternoon. There is not a set route. They intend to be flexible. They are excited about starting the service on May 21 st. They would like to promote the service as much as possible. They plan to wrap a bus in promotion of the Marana Express. Vice Mayor Kai asked if these buses will be compressed natural gas buses or would they be diesel. Ms. Heineking stated they could be either. They do not specify particular buses. They have a fleet of 200 buses. About 95 percent ofthe buses are either compressed natural gas or bio-diesel 20 percent. Vice Mayor Kai asked what the fare would be. 3 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: May 1,2007 Ms. Heineking stated it would be one dollar per one way trip the same as the current fare structure. There is a reduced fare of.40 for low income, elderly or disabled. Mr. DeGrood stated Sun Tran is a great partner for the Town and they have been working hard to bring this to the Town. He stated that once they are on the express bus that enables them to connect with other buses throughout the Sun Tran system. Upon motion by Council Member Blake, seconded by Council Member Allen, Resolution No.2007-66 was unanimously approved. 2. a. PUBLIC HEARING. Ordinance No. 2007.11: Relating to Municipal Court; amending Title 5 of the Marana Town Code by adding section 5-8, establishing a home detention program for nUl offenders; and designating an effective date. (Jane Fairall) b. Resolution No. 2007-67: Relating to Municipal Court; declaring the revisions to Town Code Title 5 adopted by Marana Ordinance No. 2007.11 as a public record filed with the Town Clerk; and declaring an emergency (Jane Fairall) Ms. Fairall addressed Council and stated this item was original brought to Council at the April 10th Study Session. It would approve a home detention program for use in the Marana Municipal Court for eligible DUI offenders. Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Vice Mayor Kai, Ordinance No. 2007.11 was unanimously approved. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Blake, Resolution No. 2007-67 was unanimously approved. 3. Ordinance No. 2007.12: Relating to Municipal Court; amending Title 5 of the Marana Town Code by adding section 5-6-2, establishing new probation monitoring fees; and designating an effective date. (Jane Fairall) b. Resolution No. 2007-68: Relating to Municipal Court; declaring the revisions to Town Code Title 5 adopted by Marana Ordinance No. 2007.12 as a public record filed with the Town Clerk; and declaring an emergency. (Jane Fairall) Ms. Fairall stated this ordinance was also brought to Council at the April 10th Study Session and would establish probation fees for people placed on monitored probation through our court. 4 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: May 1, 2007 Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member McGorray, Ordinance No. 2007.12 and Resolution No. 2007-68 and declaring an emergency was unanimously approved. 4. Ordinance No. 2007.13: Relating to Animal Control; amending Title 6 of the Marana Town Code to establish new dog licensing fees, delinquency penalties, license transfer fees and duplicate tag fees; amending section 6-5-2; and designating an effective date. (Jane Fairall) b. Resolution No. 2007-69: Relating to Animal Control; declaring the revisions to Town Code Title 6 adopted by Marana Ordinance No. 2007.13 as a public record filed with the Town Clerk; and declaring an emergency. (Jane Fairall) Ms. Fairall stated this relates to amendments to the animal control code and was brought to Council at the April 10th Study Session. There were a couple of additional amendments made in section 652, mainly changing some of the language to make it read better and taking out some of the redundant information that was not presented on April 10th and were made in the interim time period. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Blake, Ordinance No. 2007.13, Resolution No. 2007-69, and declaring an emergency was unanimously approved. 5. Resolution No. 2007-70: Relating to Development; approving and authorizing a preliminary plat for Oasis Hills II. (Kevin Kish) Mr. Kish addressed Council and stated the applicant is requesting preliminary plat approval for a 40 lot single family detached home subdivision on 9.8 acres of land. The property is generally located at the east side of Camino de Manana south of Oasis Road. The project is part of the Casada Specific Plan. It has a land use designation of medium density residential. This particular project has a mix of lot sizes with the smallest being the 5,000 sq. ft. lot and an average equaling 5,420 which is within the minimum lot allowable under the MDR of 3,500. The project has its main point of access off of Camino de Manana. An internal on-site circulation exists with an emergency access onto Oasis Road. Upon motion by Council Member Allen, seconded by Council Member Escobedo, Resolution No. 2007-70 was unanimously approved. 6. Resolution No. 2007-71: Relating to Development; approving and authorizing the execution of the First Amendment to the Development Agreement Regarding Development Impact Fee Credits for Gladden Farms, and declaring an emergency. (Jim DeGrood) Mr. DeGrood addressed Council and stated he is bringing the first amendment to a development agreement which was originally approved in 2005. In the 2005 5 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: May 1, 2007 agreement, they identified what credits would come to the Gladden Farms project for the infrastructure that was developed, both the park and road infrastructure and adjusted the impact fees accordingly. The amendment will address two things. The first affects blocks one, seven, eight, nine, thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, nineteen, twenty- two, twenty-four and twenty-five. These blocks are the blocks that front along Tangerine Farms Road and are within the improvement district for Tangerine Farms. The improvement district does construct road improvements which are creditable against the transportation component of the impact fee. The properties all bare a $6,200 per lot assessment in the improvement district of which $4,544 of it is related to roadway. All the utilities that are going in that are being paid for are not creditable against the transportation impact fee, but the roadway elements are. The second item is when they did the impact fee credits for the park they did it based on some projected costs. During the course of construction the construction costs came in higher. They are doing an adjustment to the amount per lot based upon the actual dollars expended and bourn by the community facilities district. Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Vice Mayor Kai, Resolution No. 2007-71 was unanimously approved. 7. Resolution No. 2007-72: Relating to Mayor and Council; approving May 16, 2007, as the second regular Council meeting in May 2007. (Jocelyn Bronson) Ms. Bronson addressed Council and stated the next regularly scheduled meeting for May falls on Election Day, May 15th and Town Code permits us to change the date of the meeting if it falls on a legal holiday or Election Day. Staff is recommending May 16th for the next regular scheduled Council meeting. Council Member Escobedo stated there is early voting setup at Town Hall available through May 11th. Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member McGorray, Resolution No. 2007-72 was unanimously approved. K. BOARDS. COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES 1. Resolution No. 2007-73: Relating to Boards, Commissions and Committees; approving and authorizing the re-appointments of Scott Mundell, Marsha Johnson and Gary Davidson to the Dove Mountain Resort Community Facilities District for four-year terms to expire in June 2011. (Jocelyn Bronson) Ms. Bronson addressed Council and stated the district manager for the Red Hawk Canyon Community Facilities District is petitioning Council to approve the reappointments of Scott Mundell, Marsha Johnson and Gary Davidson. These are for four year terms that will expire in June, 2011. 6 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: May 1, 2007 Upon motion by Vice Mayor Kai, seconded by Council Member Escobedo, Resolution No. 2007-73 was unanimously approved. L. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. 1. State Le2islative Issues: Discussion/Direction/Action regarding all pending bills before the Legislature. (Mike Reuwsaat) Mr. Racy addressed Council and stated the session passed the 100th day when it was supposed to end which was April 16th. There might be a budget on the horizon. All the committee hearings have finished for the year, except conference committees and informational hearings. There is floor activity left in both the House and Senate. There is not enormous amount of bills left. The biggest remaining outstanding item for this legislative session is the budget. The Senate has been actively working with members for over a month. The House hasn't done as much work behind the scenes on their budget, but they did hold a budget hearing this week to start the process moving. Last year the session went on to June 21 st. One of the items they are waiting to see if the budget touches on is going to be transportation. That was one of the most significant issues of this legislative session. There were a couple of different initiatives for accelerated funding for high growth communities. Marana qualified under all those different proposals, but at this point all of them have fallen through. Most of the transportation proposals for the year have not made it out of the respective chambers and if anything is done this year it will be a modest nod towards transportation funding in the budget either a small use of the rainy day fund, small expansion of state bonding authority, but there will be no statewide reforms this year on transportation funding. In the Senate last week, the bill to create a blue ribbon transportation study committee failed. There has been a state plumbing code commission which was a bad idea. It has been repealed. There are some technical changes on open meeting laws that apply primarily to boards and commissions that the Town sets up. The municipal development fee procedures bill passed and was signed by the governor. This was the bill that was the consensus bill worked on by the Southern Arizona Homebuilders Association and the League of Cities and Towns and widely supported by municipal governments. The governor vetoed the A-frame sign bill. A limitation on municipal tax incentives was designed primarily because of events that took place in the Phoenix metro area, but because of the language there was a risk that Marana could be included. The president of the Senate has held the bill insisting that the sponsor of it must remove Marana, southern Arizona or the bill will not move forward and the bill has sat for over a month. Another bill they are watching carefully is the construction sales tax limitation bill. It has been heavily amended and in its current form is consistent with the Town of Marana's practices. It is proposed to go to a conference committee. It is less of a concern than it was earlier in the session. The State land reform proposal would have been a referral to the ballot next year. It is stalled in the Senate. The Town was successful in getting all the lands they wanted included in the list, but the bill has run into trouble with the Arizona Education Association, Nature Conservancy, some other 7 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: May 1, 2007 groups, some concerns of the governor's office, most of the concerns center on whether the bill does enough. It doesn't create any mechanism to create future conservation lands and it doesn't deal at all with rural state lands. The way the bill is structured is there is the referral to the ballot, but the legal descriptions for all the lands are included in a separate piece of legislation so in this unique situation the governor does have to sign it. Most referrals the governor wouldn't be involved, but with this one she would be involved. There are provisions for acquisition of right of way that we would be interested in and the ability to preserve some of those lands. Council Member McGorray referred to Senate bill 1555, the sex offender residency restrictions. She stated that is for schools and daycare centers and asked if they have talked about making that restriction regarding parks. Mr. Racy stated he hasn't been actively involved in the bill. He stated he could find out. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Council Member Escobedo stated he would like to see review of our current Planning and Zoning Commission that those officials were appointed by Council after the May 15th election. M. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member McGorray, seconded by Council Member Escobedo, Council voted unanimously to adjourn. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on May l, 2007. 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