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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/04/2007 Regular Council Meeting MinutesMINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: September 4, 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 Mayor Present Herb Kai Vice Mayor Excused Russell Clanagan Council Member Present Patti Comerford Council Member Present Tim Escobedo Council Member Present Carol McGorray Council Member Present Roxanne Ziegler Council Member Present STAFF Mike Reuwsaat Town Manager Excused Gilbert Davidson Deputy Town Manager Present Frank Cassidy Town Attorney Present Jocelyn Bronson Town Clerk Present B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE Led by Mayor Honea. C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Comerford, moving item number six to first item under Council Action was unanimously approved. D. CALL TO THE PUBLIC David Morales addressed Council regarding the National Bank building on Marana Road next to Nico's, how it is elevated four feet and how this had to do with the town getting incorporated. He talked about Cortaro Water's Pump No. 5. He asked Council to think about that between Grier Road and Moore Road there are over 20 concrete drainage pipes and when Council is approving projects to take this into consideration. E. PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentation on I'Marana 101" Program (John Wright) Mr. Wright addressed Council and stated the first graduation from the program was held with 20 new staff members completing the nearly six months of training. With the program they wanted to give more background on the town, why it is a special place to work and to give connections and relationships they can use throughout their time working for the town. They wanted them to be better civil leaders. There were thirteen sessions including the graduation breakfast. They did a tour of the town, presentations from all the departments, and they used a lot of outside agencies and had representation come from them. There is another session starting in October with a larger group of I MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: September 4, 2007 participants. The committee had a meeting with the Town Clerk's Office to discuss how they can work with CREW and how they can be merged over time and centralized them under one office. 2. Presentation relating to Public Works; the Town of Marana Stormwater Ordinance (Barbara Johnson) Jennifer Christelman addressed Council regarding the Stormwater Ordinance, stating that it is required through ADEQ. The town is mandated to comply with the stormwater program, and ADEQ requires the town to develop an ordinance that would prohibit discharges into our stormwater system as well as setting guidelines for construction to prevent sediment and erosion control. She noted that in December 2006, staff prepared a draft document and started having workshops with stakeholders, engineers, and developers in February 2007. Some of the highlights of the stormwater program are to prevent stormwater discharges into the storm sewer system. On construction sites ADEQ restricts compliance to one acre. Currently the reporting authority is Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. The ordinance includes inspections of public and private projects and enforcement and penalties for violation. Staff is planning to bring the ordinance to Council for adoption on September 181h. ANNOUNCEMENTS/UPDATES PROCLAMATIONS Mr. Montague addressed Council and introduced the Town's new purchasing coordinator, Jim Pregler. Mr. Pregler has over 25 years of experience of public procurement experience in various organizations. He will be involved in monitoring various requisitions, purchase orders for compliance with exiting laws and rules, as well as working with Mr. Montague's staff in establishing some standard forms, policies and protocols. He will participate in the process of all formal competitive procurement and establish some level of connection with our community of how to do business with Marana, some outreach service, as well as perhaps vendor registration. Ms. Bronson addressed Council regarding the CREW program that will be starting next Wednesday. This will be the fifth year and the sixth program for CREW and she noted that it is available to members of the public, our citizens and business owners. CREW is a free eight week program. There are approximately 40 people signed up. F. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Council Member Clanagan stated last Monday he attended a Governor's highway safety and alcohol prevention program put on at DMAFB in partnership with local communities. Council Member McGorray stated several Council members attended the League of Cities and Towns. She stated Vice Mayor Kai was honored for 12 years of service as a Council 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: September 4,2007 member for the town. She stated Mr. Cassidy presented a seminar on Proposition 207 which she and Mayor Honea attended. Council Member Escobedo also noted that it was a good conference. Council Member Comerford stated she attended the conference and it was a great opportunity to meet with other municipalities. Mayor Honea stated he attended the League and he was honored by them. They awarded him for twenty years of service. He stated Vice Mayor Kai is back in town and his heart surgery was a success. G. MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS No report. H. STAFF REPORTS GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Resolution No. 2007-146: Relating to Liquor Licenses; approval and recommendation to the State Liquor Board for a new No. 12 (Restaurant) liquor license submitted by David Elliott McGuire on behalf of Monkey Business entertainment located at 8581 N. Silverbell Road (Jocelyn Bronson) 2. Resolution No. 2007-147:-Relating to Liquor Licenses; approval and recommendation to the State Liquor Board for a new NO. 09 (Liquor Store) liquor license submitted by Kim Kenneth Kwiatkowski on behalf of Circle K Store #5537 located at 4900 W. Ina Road (Jocelyn Bronson) 3. Resolution No. 2007-148:-Relating to Public Works; approving and authorizing an updated version of the Town of Marana stormwater management program (plan) as required by state and federal law (Barbara Johnson) 4. Resolution No. 2007-149; Relating to Community Development; granting discretionary funding in the amount of $15,000 and use of Heritage House office space to the Marana Arts Council, Inc., an Arizona 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization to support the arts and artistic expression in Marana (T. Van Hook) 5. Resolution No. 2007-150:_Relating to the Police Department; approving and authorizing the execution of a task force agreement between MPD and the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (Richard Vadaurri) 3 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: September4,2007 Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member McGorray, the Consent Agenda was unanimously approved. J. COUNCIL ACTION 6. Minutes of the July 24, 2007 special meeting and the August 14, 2007 special meeting. Council Member Clanagan stated in talking with the Town Clerk he was advised that the minutes are a summary and not a verbatim transcript. He stated that it would be an opportunity to note on the minutes that these are a summary and that they are not verbatim and that the transcripts are maintained for a minimum of a year. Ms. Bronson stated she hoped within the month to be able to post the recordings of council meetings on the town's website which will allow use of executive summary minutes rather than extensive or verbatim minutes. Upon motion by Council Member Clanagan, seconded by Council Member McGorray, minutes were approved with Council Member Comerford abstaining on the minutes of August 14, 2007. 1. a. Ordinance No. 2007.21: Relating to Municipal Court; revising court fees; amending Marana Town Code Section 5-6-1 entitled "Fee Schedule for Court Costs;" and declaring an emergency (Jane Fairall) Ms. Fairall addressed Council and stated this item proposes to amend two of our municipal court ordinance fees, our local fees each by $15.00. One of them is referred to as the prosecution fee and the other one as the court improvement fee. The reason they are bringing it to Council is pursuant to a letter that the court received at the end of July in stating to all local courts that they do need to be assessing the state surcharges on your local ordinance fees, as well as any fines that are assessed. Currently the surcharges for the state add up to eighty percent and as of September I 91h that will be eighty four percent. Now, the prosecution fee is $25.00. They are proposing that to be $40.00 and the court improvement fee is $20 and they are proposing to amend that to $35.00. At the current time the court has not been sending the 80 percent. b. Resolution No. 2007-151: Relating to Municipal Court; declaring the revisions to Town Code Title 5 adopted by Marana Ordinance No. 2007.21 as a public record filed with the Town Clerk; and declaring an emergency (Jane Fairall) Upon motion by Council Member Escobedo, seconded by Council Member Comerford, Ordinance No. 2007.21 and Resolution No. 2007-151 were unanimously approved. 4 MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX DATE: September 4, 2007 K. BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES 1. Resolution No. 2007-152: ordering and declaring formation of the Saguaro Springs Community Facilities District; approving and authorizing the execution and delivery of a District Development, Financing Participation and Intergovernmental Agreement (Saguaro Springs Community Facilities District) and declaring an emergency (Frank Cassidy) Council Member Escobedo declared a conflict and was excused. Mr. Cassidy stated this item will create the Saguaro Springs Community Facilities District. It doesn't actually sell any bonds or impose any financial obligations. Typically this is created before purchasers buy into the property and as people buy into the district area the presence of the CFD is disclosed to them in the purchase documents. This follows the same format as the Gladden Farms CFD and the Vanderbilt CFD. It anticipates a general obligation bond tax rate of $2.50 per $100 of secondary assessed valuation plus .30 for operating and maintenance. Mr. Cassidy stated John Overdorff, bond council and Michael Lavalle are available to answer questions. Upon motion by Council Member Comerford, seconded by Council Member Clanagan, Resolution No. 2007-152 was approved 5-0. Mr. Overdorff addressed Council and stated they do not have the votes necessary for an emergency clause so the action takes effect, but the CFD Board cannot meet for 30 days. He stated we would have to wait 30 days for the resolution to be effective. L. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION M. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS N. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS O. ADJOURNMENT Upon motion by Council Member Clanagan, seconded by Council Member Comerford, Council voted to adjourn. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on September 4, 2007. I further certify that a quorum was present. elyn C ronson, Town Clerk 5