HomeMy WebLinkAboutMMPC.2023.0926.AgendaNOTICE OF MEETING
REGULAR MEETING
MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Chairman Scott Grzybowski
Vice Chairman Steven Nurney
Commissioner Bill Craig
Commissioner Janice Holden
Commissioner Sherry Irwin
Commissioner Brian Jennings
Commissioner D.J. Willard
TIME: 5:00 P.M. — REGULAR MEETING
WHEN: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
WHERE: FOUNTAIN HILLS COUNCIL CHAMBERS
16705 E. AVENUE OF THE FOUNTAINS, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ
Commissioners of the Town of Fountain Hills will attend either in person or by telephone conference call;
a quorum of the Town's Council, various Commission, Committee or Board members may be in
attendance at the Commission meeting.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to A.R.S. §1-602.A.9, subject to certain specified statutory
exceptions, parents have a right to consent before the State or any of its political subdivisions make a
video or audio recording of a minor child. Meetings of the Commission are audio and/or video recorded
and, as a result, proceedings in which children are present may be subject to such recording. Parents, in
order to exercise their rights may either file written consent with the Town Clerk to such recording, or
take personal action to ensure that their child or children are not present when a recording may be made.
If a child is present at the time a recording is made, the Town will assume that the rights afforded parents
pursuant to A.R.S. §1-602.A.9 have been waived.
REQUEST TO COMMENT
The public is welcome to participate in Commission meetings.
TO SPEAK TO AN AGENDA ITEM, please complete a Request to Comment card, located in the back of
the Council Chambers, and hand it to the Executive Assistant prior to discussion of that item, if
possible. Include the agenda item on which you wish to comment. Speakers will be allowed three
contiguous minutes to address the Commission. Verbal comments should be directed through the
Presiding Officer and not to individual Commissioners.
TO COMMENT ON AN AGENDA ITEM IN WRITING ONLY, please complete a Request to Comment card,
indicating it is a written comment, and check the box on whether you are FOR or AGAINST and agenda
item, and hand it to the Executive Assistant prior to discussion, if possible.
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1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. REPORTS BY COMMISSIONERS
4. CALL TO THE PUBLIC
Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.01(H), public comment is permitted (not required) on matters NOT listed on the
agenda. Any such comment (i) must be within the jurisdiction of the Commission, and (ii) is subject to reasonable
time, place, and manner restrictions. The Commission will not discuss or take legal action on matters raised
during Call to the Public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action. At the conclusion
of the Call to the Public, individual commissioners may (i) respond to criticism, (ii) ask staff to review a matter, or
(iii) ask that the matter be placed on a future Commission agenda.
5. CONSIDERATION OF AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Approval of McDowell Mountain Preservation
Commission June 27, 2023 Verbatim Minutes
6. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Appointment of MMPC Commission Chair
7. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Appointment of MMPC Commission Vice Chair
8. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: MMPC Scope of Charter
9. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: MMPC 2024 Meeting Dates
10. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Non -Native Invasive Plant (NNIP) Working Group
11. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Moving Toolboxes
12. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Volunteer Waiver
13. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Fountain Hills Trail System Designated as National
Recreational Trails by the Secretary of the Interior
14. UPDATE: Installation of New Trail Counters
15. UPDATE: Sonoran Conservancy Fountain Hills Liaison
16. UPDATE: Trail Counter Activity
17. UPDATE: Future Agenda Items
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18. UPDATE: Next MMPC Meeting October 24, 2023
19. ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING OF NOTICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing notice was duly posted in accordance with
the statement filed by the McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission with the Town Clerk.
d the 21st day of September, 2023
Patti Lopuszanski, €alecutive Assistant
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available for review in the Community Services' Office.