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Home My WebLink About2025.0603.TCREMCFD.Agenda.Packet NOTICE OF MEETING REGULAR MEETING EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT Board Chairman Gerry Friedel Board Vice Chairman Hannah Larrabee Board Member Gayle Earle Board Member Brenda Kalivianakis Board Member Rick Watts Board Member Peggy McMahon Board Member Allen Skillicorn TIME:REGULAR MEETING TO CONVENE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE COTTONWOOD MAINTENANCE DISTRICT MEETING WHEN:TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2025 WHERE:FOUNTAIN HILLS COUNCIL CHAMBERS 16705 E. AVENUE OF THE FOUNTAINS, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ Members of the Eagle Mountain Facilities District will attend either in person or by telephone conference call; a quorum of the Towns' various Commission, Committee, or Board members may be in attendance at this 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 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 recordings, 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 to parents pursuant to A.R.S. §1-602.A.9 have been waived. REQUEST TO COMMENT The Public is welcome to participate in 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 Town Clerk 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 Board. Verbal comments should be directed through the Presiding Officer and not to individual board members. 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 an agenda item, and hand it to the Town Clerk prior to discussion, if possible. TO COMMENT IN WRITING ONLINE: Please feel free to provide your comments by visiting https://www.fountainhillsaz.gov/public comment and SUBMIT a Request to Comment Card by no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day prior to the meeting. These comments will be shared with the Board. 1.CALL TO ORDER - Chairman Gerry M. Friedel 2.ROLL CALL - Chairman Gerry M. Friedel 3.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Approving the minutes for the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District Board Regular Meeting of May 6, 2025. 4.PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Approving Resolution EMCFD 2025-02, the Final Budget for the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026. 5.ADJOURNMENT Dated this 29 day of May, 2025. /S/ Bevelyn J. Bender, District Clerk The Town of Fountain Hills endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities. Please call 480-816-5199 (voice) or 1-800-367-8939 (TDD) 48 hours prior to the meeting to request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting or to obtain agenda information in large print format. Supporting documentation and staff reports furnished the Board with this agenda are available for review in the Clerk's Office. ITEM 3. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT Meeting Date: 06/03/2025 Meeting Type: Eagle Mountain CFD Agenda Type: Submitting Department: Administration Prepared by: Angela Padgett-Espiritu, Executive Assistant, TM/M/TC Request to Eagle Mountain CFD (Agenda Language): CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Approving the minutes for the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District Board Regular Meeting of May 6, 2025. Staff Summary (Background) The intent of approving meeting minutes is to ensure an accurate account of the discussion and action that took place at the meeting for archival purposes. Approved minutes are placed on the town's website and maintained as permanent records in compliance with state law. Related Ordinance, Policy or Guiding Principle N/A Risk Analysis N/A Recommendation(s) by Board(s) or Commission(s) N/A Staff Recommendation(s) Staff recommends approving the minutes of the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District Board Regular Meeting of May 6, 2025. SUGGESTED MOTION MOVE to approve the minutes of the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District Board Regular Meeting of May 6, 2025, as presented. Attachments VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT May 6, 2025 A Regular Meeting of the Fountain Hills Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District Board was convened at 16705 E. Avenue of the Fountains in open and public session at 5:25 p.m. Members Present: Board Chairman Gerry M. Friedel; Board Vice Chairman Hannah Larrabee; Board Member Gayle Earle; Board Member Brenda Kalivianakis; Board Member Rick Watts; Board Member Peggy McMahon; Board Member Allen Skillicorn Staff Present: District Manager Rachael Goodwin; District Attorney Robert Wingo; District Clerk Bevelyn Bender TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MAY 6, 2025 REGULAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT MEETING MINUTES Page 1 of 6 Post-Production File Town of Fountain Hills Town Council Regular Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District Meeting Minutes May 6, 2025 Transcription Provided By: eScribers, LLC * * * * * Transcription is provided in order to facilitate communication accessibility and may not be a totally verbatim record of the proceedings. * * * * * TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MAY 6, 2025 REGULAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT MEETING MINUTES Page 2 of 6 MAYOR FRIEDEL: Thank you. And then I'd like to open a hearing for our second -- Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District. Roll call, please. BENDER: Chair Friedel? MAYOR FRIEDEL: Present. BENDER: Vice Chair Larrabee? LARRABEE: Present. BENDER: Board Member Earle? EARLE: Present. BENDER: Board Member Kalivianakis is not in the room yet. Board Member Watts? WATTS: Aye. BENDER: Board Member McMahon? MCMAHON: Here. BENDER: Board Member Skillicorn? SKILLICORN: Yeah, here. MAYOR FRIEDEL: Okay. And then we need Consideration and Possible Action for the approval of the minutes, so I need a motion and a second, please. LARRABEE: Move to approve. EARLE: Second. MAYOR FRIEDEL: Roll call, please. I'm sorry. Any comment cards before we do the roll call? BENDER: No, Chairman. MAYOR FRIEDEL: Okay. Thank you. Roll call, please. BENDER: Board Member Watts? WATTS: Aye. BENDER: Board Member McMahon? MCMAHON: Aye. BENDER: Board Member Kalivianakis is not in the room yet. Board Member Earle? TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MAY 6, 2025 REGULAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT MEETING MINUTES Page 3 of 6 EARLE: Aye. BENDER: Board Member Skillicorn? SKILLICORN: Yes. BENDER: Vice Mayor Larrabee? LARRABEE: Aye. BENDER: And Chairman Friedel? MAYOR FRIEDEL: Aye. BENDER: Six-zero. MAYOR FRIEDEL: Thank you. And I see Paul's back up again. So we're going to have Consideration and Possible Action on the tentative budget. Go ahead, Paul. SOLDINGER: Great. Again, thank you, Chairman and Board. So this second meeting for Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District is also considering the tentative fiscal year 2026 budget for this special taxing district. We have discussed this in prior council meetings. We've actually expended most of the monies in this fund, and we made the last debt payment back in 2021. So with an existing special taxing district, you are required to adopt a budget, so that's why we're here today. We're adopting a budget for $200 just to meet the public notice requirements to send out public notice and publish in the newspaper. No tax levy will be levied upon the Eagle Mountain residents. And the only other things to consider is we will likely recommend closure of this facilities district beginning next year based on bond counsel and special taxing district counsel advice. So with that, I'm here for any questions that you have. MAYOR FRIEDEL: Seeing no questions, I would need to have a motion to approve this resolution and a second. LARRABEE: Move to approve. WATTS: Second. MAYOR FRIEDEL: Any comment cards, Town Clerk? BENDER: No, Chairman. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MAY 6, 2025 REGULAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT MEETING MINUTES Page 4 of 6 MAYOR FRIEDEL: No? Okay. Can we get a roll call vote, please? BENDER: Board Member Kalivianakis is not in the room. KALIVIANAKIS: Aye. BENDER: Hi. Aye. Board Member Earle? EARLE: Aye. BENDER: Board Member McMahon? MCMAHON: Aye. BENDER: Board Member Skillicorn? SKILLICORN: Yes. BENDER: Board Member Watts? WATTS: Aye. BENDER: Vice Chair Larrabee? LARRABEE: Aye. BENDER: And Chair Friedel? MAYOR FRIEDEL: Aye. BENDER: Six-zero. I mean seven-zero. MAYOR FRIEDEL: Thank you. And then that concludes our business with this, so I need a motion and a second for adjournment. KALIVIANAKIS: Motion to adjourn. EARLE: Second. MAYOR FRIEDEL: Roll call, please. BENDER: Board Member Watts? WATTS: Aye. BENDER: Board Member McMahon? MCMAHON: Aye. BENDER: Board Member Kalivianakis? KALIVIANAKIS: Aye. BENDER: Board Member Earle? TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MAY 6, 2025 REGULAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT MEETING MINUTES Page 5 of 6 EARLE: Aye. BENDER: Board Member Skillicorn? SKILLICORN: Yes. BENDER: Vice Chair Larrabee? LARRABEE: Aye. BENDER: And Chair Friedel? MAYOR FRIEDEL: Aye. BENDER: Seven-zero. MAYOR FRIEDEL: Thank you. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MAY 6, 2025 REGULAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT MEETING MINUTES Page 6 of 6 HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, BOARD CHAIRMAN GERRY M. FRIEDEL ADJOURNED THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAIN FACILITIES DISTRICT BOARD HELD ON MAY 6, 2025, AT 5:27 P.M. APPROVED: ____________________________________ GERRY M. FRIEDEL, CHAIRMAN ATTEST: ____________________________________ BEVELYN BENDER, DISTRICT CLERK CERTIFICATION I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING MINUTES ARE A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT MEETING OF THE BOARD, FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA HELD ON MAY 6, 2025. I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT THE MEETING WAS DULY CALLED AND HELD AND THAT A QUORUM WAS PRESENT. ________________________________ BEVELYN BENDER, DISTRICT CLERK ITEM 4. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS STAFF REPORT Meeting Date: 06/03/2025 Meeting Type: Eagle Mountain CFD Agenda Type: Submitting Department: Administration Prepared by: Paul Soldinger, Chief Financial Officer Request to Eagle Mountain CFD (Agenda Language): PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Approving Resolution EMCFD 2025-02, the Final Budget for the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026. Staff Summary (Background) The Tentative Budget for the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District was approved by the Board of Directors on May 6, 2025. Approval of this Resolution will adopt the Final Budget of the District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026. Related Ordinance, Policy or Guiding Principle A.R.S. § 48-715 and § 48-716 Risk Analysis If the Resolution is not approved, the publication costs for the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District will not be budgeted for the fiscal year. Recommendation(s) by Board(s) or Commission(s) N/A Staff Recommendation(s) Staff recommends approval of Resolution EMCFD 2025-02. SUGGESTED MOTION MOVE to adopt Resolution EMCFD 2025-02. Attachments RESOLUTION EMCFD2025-02 EXHIBIT A Presentation RESOLUTION EMCFD 2025-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, APPROVING THE FINAL BUDGET OF THE DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026 RECITALS: WHEREAS, pursuant to ARIZ. REV. STAT. §§ 48-715 and 48-716, on May 6, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District (the “Board”) approved Resolution EMCFD 2025-01, which (i) adopted statements and schedules attached as Exhibit A and incorporated therein by reference as the tentative budget for the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District, Maricopa County, Arizona, (the “District”) for the fiscal year 2025-26 and (ii) authorized and directed the District Clerk to cause to be (a) mailed to the governing body of the Town of Fountain Hills and (b) published in a manner prescribed by law, a notice that the Board would meet on June 3, 2025, for the purpose of conducting a final hearing for District taxpayers on the statements and estimates of the District expenditures filed with the District Clerk; and WHEREAS, proper notice was given by publication in the Fountain Hills Times on May 14, 2025, and May 21, 2025; and WHEREAS, in accordance with ARIZ. REV. STAT. § 48-716 and following published notice, a public hearing was conducted on June 3, 2025, at which hearing any taxpayer was permitted to appear and be heard regarding the 2025-26 annual budget for the District. ENACTMENTS: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT, as follows: SECTION 1. The recitals above are hereby incorporated as if fully set forth herein. SECTION 2. The Board has heard all objections and has determined that (i) such objections do not provide a basis for a modification of the statements and schedules attached hereto as Exhibit A and (ii) any informalities or irregularities which may have occurred in the adoption process for the District budget have been properly remedied. SECTION 3. The statements and schedules attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference, are hereby approved for the purpose as hereinafter set forth as the final budget for the District for the fiscal year 2025-26. The statements and estimates of the operation and maintenance expenses of the District are hereby filed with the District Clerk. SECTION 4. The District Chairperson, the District Clerk, and the District Counsel are hereby authorized and directed to take all steps necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution. RESOLUTION EMCFD 2025-02 PAGE 2 2 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Eagle Mountain Community Facilities District, Maricopa County, Arizona, June 3, 2025. DISTRICT CHAIRPERSON ATTEST: DISTRICT CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: DISTRICT COUNSEL EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION EMCFD 2025-02 [Final Budget] EAGLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT FINAL BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 For the Fiscal Year Revenues Ended June 30, 2026 Tax Levy at $0.00 per $100 Limited Property Value Assessed Valuation $ 0 Prior Year Assessments (Delinquent) 0 Interest Income 0 TOTAL $ 0 Expenses Annual Debt Service Payment on Refunded Bonds $ 0 Advertising 200 TOTAL $ 200 Eagle Mountain CFD •6/3/2025 Final Budget Adoption • $200 for FY2026 • Final bond payment made July 1, 2021 • No tax levy for FY2026 • Budgeted amount for public notices • Staff will recommend considering Eagle Mountain CFD closure next year