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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-20-2024 Regular Council Meeting Summary Minutes 446. MARANA AZ ESTABLISHED 1977 MARANA TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Council Chambers, August 20, 2024, 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 6:01 PM and directed the Town Clerk to call the roll. Council Member Ziegler was absent. All other Council Members were present, constituting a quorum. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE: Led by Mayor Honea. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Council Member Kai moved to approve the agenda as presented. Vice Mayor Post seconded the motion. Motion passed, 6-0. CALL TO THE PUBLIC Mr. David Morales addressed the Council. He requested that the Council consider working to change the pronunciation of the Town's name to the correct Spanish Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes August 20,2024 Page 1 of 7 pronunciation. He also requested that Sandario Road be spelled the way it should be spelled in Spanish- San Dario. PROCLAMATIONS PR1 Proclamation Recognizing Drowning Impact Prevention Month(David L. Udall) Town Clerk/ Assistant Town Attorney David Udall read the proclamation as Mayor Honea presented it to its recipients. PR2 Proclamation Recognizing Child Support Awareness Month (David L. Udall) Mr. Udall read the proclamation as Mayor Honea presented it to its recipient. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Council Member Comerford commented on the severe storm that occurred on July 14, 2024 and said it ripped off several of the tiles on her roof. She requested that the Town look into increased regulation and inspections related to more secure roofing practices. Mayor Honea commented on the following events he attended recently: a VFW community event, a Marana Chamber of Commerce luncheon where Chief of Police Jeffrey Pridgett spoke, a Western Area Army Training Site event at Pinal Airpark, and a fundraising event for flights back to Washington D.C. for veterans. He also said Mr. Paul Marsh, who helped found the Arizona Memorial Cemetery in Marana, recently passed away. MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Town Manager Terry Rozema said there were 60 single-family residential permits issued for the Month of August so far. He said last August, there were a total of 91 permits issued. He provided an update on the Community Center and Aquatics Facility construction,mentioned the splash pad at Heritage River Park was closed,and reminded the Council that Representative Juan Ciscomani was visiting one of the Towri s water treatment facilities. PRESENTATIONS CONSENT AGENDA Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes August 20,2024 Page 2 of 7 C1 Resolution No. 2024-076: Relating to Development; approving the final block plat for Mandarina Blocks 14-20 generally located north of Tangerine Road and east of Interstate 10 within portions of Section 36, Township 11 South and Range 11 East and Section 31, Township 11 South and Range 12 East (Scott Radden) C2 Resolution No. 2024-077: Relating to Development; approving a final plat for Moonlight Canyon at Saguaro Ranch Phase 2, Lots 2 and 3 located approximately one mile north of the north terminus of Thornydale Road within a portion of Section 20, Township 11 South and Range 13 East (Brian D. Varney) C3 Resolution No. 2024-078: Relating to Development; approving a final plat for Tavira at Twin Peaks Phase 1,Lots 1-45,Block 1 (Future Residential),and Common Areas "A" (Private Streets, Drainage, Public Utilities, Access, and Maintenance) and "B" (Natural Undisturbed Open Space, Drainage, Landscape, Public Utilities, and Public Trail) located east of Camino de Manana approximately 1/8th mile south of the Desert Falcon Lane alignment within a portion of Section 12, Township 12 South, Range 12 East (Brian D. Varney) C4 Resolution No. 2024-079: Relating to Marana Regional Airport; approving and authorizing the Mayor to sign the Fourth Amendment to the Master Development Lease Agreement for the lease of real property located at the Marana Regional Airport, 11700 West Avra Valley Road (David L. Udall) C5 Resolution No. 2024-080: Relating to Public Works; approving and authorizing the Mayor to sign a Utility Relocation Reimbursement Agreement with Tucson Electric Power Company for the relocation of certain TEP facilities as part of the Tangerine Road widening phase 2A road project (George Cardieri) C6 Relating to Procurement; approving a change order to the contract with Psomas, Inc. in the amount of $282,242.50 for the Tangerine Road Widening Phase 2A Project (ST098); authorizing the transfer of appropriations if necessary for the change order; and authorizing the Town Manager or designee to execute the necessary documents to effectuate the change order (Fausto Burruel) C7 Approval of Regular Council Meeting Summary Minutes of August 6,2024(David L. Udall) Vice Mayor Post moved to approve the consent agenda. Council Member Kai seconded the motion. Motion passed, 6-0. LIQUOR LICENSES Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes August 20,2024 Page 3 of 7 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES COUNCIL ACTION Al Resolution No. 2024-081: Relating to Community Facility Districts;Consideration and possible adoption of a resolution approving and authorizing the execution and delivery of a district development, financing participation and intergovernmental agreement (Mandarina Community Facilities District) (Yiannis Kalaitzidis) Finance Director Yiannis Kalaitzidis presented on this item. Detailed presentation slides, including summary points of the community facilities district proposal, tables, images, and maps, are on file with the Town Clerk's Office. For more information regarding the presentation please see the presentation slides. Clarifying questions were asked and answered during the presentation,and general discussion occurred as follows: • Mr.Kalaitzidis highlighted that the item before the Council involved the approval of a community facilities district (CFD) agreement for the proposed Mandarina Community Facilities District, and that the actual formation of the district would be brought before Council at a later date. • Vice Mayor Post asked why Mandarina was suddenly wanting a CFD. He said it was the first time he had heard of it. Mr. Kalaitzidis said his understanding was that Mandarina has always wanted a CFD. • Vice Mayor Post asked why the Town was considering a$3.80 tax rate for the CFD instead of the standard $2.50. He said the Council established a higher rate for extraordinary infrastructure expenses like full-build interchanges, which are not involved here. Mr. Kalaitzidis said the higher rates were appropriate for regional projects like the drainage completed by Mandarina. Vice Mayor Post said there were protected facilities agreements in place to reimburse the developer for the regional infrastructure and said this would cause double dipping for reimbursement. Mr.Kalaitzidis said the development agreement prohibits double dipping. Vice Mayor Post said he didn't remember discussions regarding setting the rate such that it would guarantee Mandarina to get all of its money back. Mr. Kalaitzidis said there is never a guarantee the developer's full reimbursement will be recouped, and Vice Mayor Post commented this is what the CFD would do. • Deputy Town Manager Erik Montague said the Mandarina CFD has been contemplated for some period of time, even going back to the Mandarina settlement agreement. He said Town staff believes that the agreement before the Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes August 20,2024 Page 4 of 7 Council conforms to the Council's direction that a CFD rate higher than $2.50 is appropriate in cases where extraordinary infrastructure is involved. He said part of the reason for coming before Council at this time was to receive feedback related to significant deal points. • Mayor Honea said issuing a CFD was not a guarantee. He said other jurisdictions do not have CFDs, and that he was accountable to the voters and taxpayers of the community. He said he would be a no vote if the rate was set at$3.80 and said he was disappointed it was brought before Council at that rate. He said this directly impacts housing payments for members of the community and said he wished he had had a heads-up on this item earlier than tonight. Vice Mayor Post said he would also be a no vote if the rate was set at $3.80 and said he did not think the infrastructure involved justified extraordinary costs. • Council Member Kai said when people shop for homes,they will look at whether there is a CFD tax and that many people do not want to face that. • Council Member Craig asked (1) if the creation of the CFD would impact the Town's ability to borrow money and (2) what the worst-case scenario would be if a recession hit, and the developer walked away and did not help during that time. Mr. Kalaitzidis said (1) a CFD is a separate legal entity and that there should be little to no impact on the Town and (2) that, in a worst-case scenario, the CFD would raise the tax levy on residents. Council Member Kai expressed concern with CFDs during periods of recession. • Council Member Comerford said there was nothing in the deal requiring Mandarina to help pay for the needed Tangerine interchange improvements and said a lot of homes will be going in at the development. Mr. Kalaitzidis said his understanding was that the CFD would not be participating in the Tangerine interchange improvements, but that the development would contribute to it by way of impact fee payments. Mr. Karl Huish, owner of Mandarina Holdings, addressed the Council. He highlighted two extraordinary infrastructure improvements Mandarina installed that he said he never had to do in his development career: (1) the regional drainage channels that lifted 350 acres out of the flood plain and (2) the offsite water and wastewater infrastructure that had to be installed underneath Interstate 10. He said one of the tunnels was required to be hand-dug under the interstate. He said the reason there had not been development on the east side of Interstate 10 was because of the high costs of the required infrastructure and that Mandarina made future development possible in that area because Mandarina Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes August 20,2024 Page 5 of 7 paid those costs. He also highlighted that inflation has caused the costs of installing infrastructure to be much higher than when the last CFD was established at a rate of$2.50. Mayor Honea indicated the Council would not take any action on this item. Mr. Paul Gales of GreenbergTraurig, outside counsel for the Town on this item, addressed the Council and answered questions regarding the Council's procedural options. Vice Mayor Post moved to adopt Resolution No. 2024-081, as amended to set a tax rate of $2.50 plus $0.30 maintenance. Council Member Craig seconded the motion as so amended.Mayor Honea asked Mr. Udall to poll the council on the motion.Mayor Honea voted Nay, Vice Mayor Post voted Aye, Council Member Craig voted Aye, Council Member Comerford voted Aye, Council Member Kai voted Nay, and Council Member Officer voted Aye. Motion passed, 4-2. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION 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 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. Vice Mayor Post moved to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed, 6-0. Meeting adjourned at 7:05 PM. Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes August 20,2024 Page 6 of 7 CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the regular Town Council meeting held on August 20, 2024. I further certify that a quorum was present. Davi . Udall, Town Clerk IVIARANA A. ESTABLISHED 1977 Council Regular Meeting Summary Minutes August 20,2024 Page 7 of 7