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HomeMy WebLinkAbout012417PA McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission Page 1 of 3 G:\Commission MMPC\Agenda & Minutes\Agenda\2016\012417PA POST ACTION AGENDA NOTICE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN PRESERVATION COMMISSION TIME: 5:00 P.M. WHEN: TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017 WHERE: FOUNTAIN HILLS COUNCIL CHAMBERS 16705 E. AVENUE OF THE FOUNTAINS, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ A majority of the Council members may be in attendance. No official action will be taken. McDowell Mountain Preservation Commissioners will attend either in person or by telephone conference call. PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION Anyone wishing to speak before the Commission must fill out a speaker’s card and submit it to the Executive Assistant prior to Commission discussion of that Agenda item. Speaker Cards are located in the Council Chamber Lobby and near the Executive Assistant’s position near the dais. Speakers will be called in the order in which the speaker cards were received either by the Executive Assistant or the Commission Chair. At that time, speakers should stand and approach the podium. Speakers are asked to state their name and whether or not they reside in Fountain Hills (do not provide a home address) prior to commenting and to direct their comments to the Presiding Officer and not to individual Commission members. Speakers’ statements should not be repetitive. If a speaker chooses not to speak when called, the speaker will be deemed to have waived his or her opportunity to speak on the matter. Speakers may not (i) reserve a portion of their time for a later time or (ii) transfer any portion of their time to another speaker. If there is a Public Hearing, please submit the speaker card to speak to that issue during the Public Hearing. Individual speakers will be allowed three contiguous minutes to address the Commission. Time limits may be waived by (i) discretion of the Community Services Department Director upon request by the speaker not less than 24 hours prior to a Meeting, (ii) consensus of the Commission at Meeting or (iii) the Chair either prior to or during a Meeting. Please be respectful when making your comments. If you do not comply with these rules, you will be asked to leave. 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 Town Council 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. The agenda for the meeting is as follows: 1) CALL TO ORDER and PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE @ 5:02 PM 2) ROLL CALL NO ACTION TAKEN 3) CALL to the PUBLIC NO ACTION TAKEN a) Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431-01(G), 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 Commissioner 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. McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission Page 2 of 3 G:\Commission MMPC\Agenda & Minutes\Agenda\2016\012417PA 4) CONSIDERATION of Approving the December 6, 2016 Meeting Minutes APPROVED 5) CONSIDERATION of Appointing a Commission Chair APPROVED, BILL MYERS APPOINTED AS CHAIR 6) CONSIDERATION of Appointing a Commission Vice Chair APPROVED, TOM BARBERIC APPOINTED AS VICE CHAIR 7) DISCUSSION of Topics to be Addressed at the Joint Meeting with Council NO ACTION TAKEN 8) DISCUSSION on the East Sonoran Trail NO ACTION TAKEN 9) UPDATE on the Sonoran Conservancy NO ACTION TAKEN 10) UPDATE on the IGA with Maricopa County Regarding the McDowell Mountain Preserve NO ACTION TAKEN 11) DISCUSSION of the QR codes and Website NO ACTION TAKEN 12) DISCUSSION of the 2017-2018 MMPC Submitted Budget NO ACTION TAKEN 13) UPDATE on 2017 MMPC Objectives NO ACTION TAKEN 14) REVIEW of the 2016 MMPC Objectives NO ACTION TAKEN 15) REVIEW of All of the Workgroups NO ACTION TAKEN 16) UPDATE on the January 23, 2017 Community Services Advisory Commission Meeting NO ACTION TAKEN 17) DISCUSSION on Who will Attend the Following CSAC Meeting Dates: NO ACTION TAKEN • January 23 • February 27 • March 27 • April 24 – has been rescheduled to April 17 as Joint Meeting with Council at 5:30 p.m. • May 22 • June 26 • No July or August Meetings • September 25 • October 23 • November 27 • No December Meeting 18) DISCUSSION of Merging the MMPC into the CSAC at the end of 2017 and the Possibility of Extending the MMPC NO ACTION TAKEN 19) DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION of a Name for the Trailhead at Top of Adero Canyon NO ACTION TAKEN 20) UPDATE on the Adero Canyon Trailhead Construction Project NO ACTION TAKEN 21) DISCUSSION of the New Kiosk at the Adero Canyon Trailhead Construction Project NO ACTION TAKEN 22) CONSIDERATION of Adjournment APPROVED @ 6:42 PM Dated this 25th day of January 2017 McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission Page 3 of 3 G:\Commission MMPC\Agenda & Minutes\Agenda\2016\012417PA By: Jennifer Lyons, Executive Assistant Pursuant to Title II of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission does not discriminate on the basis of a disability regarding admission to public meetings. Individuals with disabilities who require auxiliary aids or services for effective communication in this meeting may contact 480-816-5100 (voice) or 1-800-367-8939 (TDD), 72 business hours prior to the meeting start time. McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission Page 1 of 2 G:\Commission MMPC\Agenda & Minutes\Agenda\2016\012417A- NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN PRESERVATION COMMISSION TIME: 5:00 P.M. WHEN: TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017 WHERE: FOUNTAIN HILLS COUNCIL CHAMBERS 16705 E. AVENUE OF THE FOUNTAINS, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ A majority of the Council members may be in attendance. No official action will be taken. McDowell Mountain Preservation Commissioners will attend either in person or by telephone conference call. PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION Anyone wishing to speak before the Commission must fill out a speaker’s card and submit it to the Executive Assistant prior to Commission discussion of that Agenda item. Speaker Cards are located in the Council Chamber Lobby and near the Executive Assistant’s position near the dais. Speakers will be called in the order in which the speaker cards were received either by the Executive Assistant or the Commission Chair. At that time, speakers should stand and approach the podium. Speakers are asked to state their name and whether or not they reside in Fountain Hills (do not provide a home address) prior to commenting and to direct their comments to the Presiding Officer and not to individual Commission members. Speakers’ statements should not be repetitive. If a speaker chooses not to speak when called, the speaker will be deemed to have waived his or her opportunity to speak on the matter. Speakers may not (i) reserve a portion of their time for a later time or (ii) transfer any portion of their time to another speaker. If there is a Public Hearing, please submit the speaker card to speak to that issue during the Public Hearing. Individual speakers will be allowed three contiguous minutes to address the Commission. Time limits may be waived by (i) discretion of the Community Services Department Director upon request by the speaker not less than 24 hours prior to a Meeting, (ii) consensus of the Commission at Meeting or (iii) the Chair either prior to or during a Meeting. Please be respectful when making your comments. If you do not comply with these rules, you will be asked to leave. 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 Town Council 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. The agenda for the meeting is as follows: 1. CALL TO ORDER and PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. ROLL CALL 3. CALL to the PUBLIC a) Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431-01(G), 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 Commissioner 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. 4. CONSIDERATION of Approving the December 6, 2016 Meeting Minutes McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission Page 2 of 2 G:\Commission MMPC\Agenda & Minutes\Agenda\2016\012417A- 5. CONSIDERATION of Appointing a Commission Chair 6. CONSIDERATION of Appointing a Commission Vice-Chair 7. DISCUSSION of Topics to be Addressed at the Joint Meeting with Council 8. DISCUSSION on the East Loop Sonoran Trail 9. UPDATE on the Sonoran Conservancy 10. UPDATE on the IGA with Maricopa County Regarding the McDowell Mountain Preserve 11. DISCUSSION of the QR codes and Website 12. DISCUSSION of the 2017-2018 MMPC Submitted Budget 13. UPDATE on the 2017 MMPC Objectives 14. REVIEW of the 2016 MMPC Objectives 15. REVIEW of All of the Workgroups 16. UPDATE on the January 23, 2016 Community Services Advisory Commission Meeting 17. DISCUSSION on Who will Attend the Following CSAC Meetings Dates: • January 23 • February 27 • March 27 • April 24 • May 22 • June 26 • No July or August Meetings • September 25 • October 23 • November 27 • No December Meeting 18. DISCUSSION of Merging the MMPC into the CSAC at the end of 2017 and the Possibility of Extending the MMPC 19. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION of a Name for the Trailhead at Top of Adero Canyon 20. UPDATE on the Adero Canyon Trailhead Construction Project 21. DISCUSSION of the New Kiosk at the Adero Canyon Trailhead Construction Project 22. CONSIDERATION of Adjournment Dated this 17th day of January 2017 By: Jennifer Lyons, Executive Assistant Pursuant to Title II of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission does not discriminate on the basis of a disability regarding admission to public meetings. Individuals with disabilities who require auxiliary aids or services for effective communication in this meeting may contact 480-816-5100 (voice) or 1-800-367-8939 (TDD), 72 business hours prior to the meeting start time.