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Home My WebLink AboutCSAC_2026_0126_Minutes� TOV1lN OF F�LJNTA�N HILLS MINUTES �F THE REGULAR MEET�NG �F THE F�UNTAIN HILLS COMMUNITY SERVICES ADViS�RY C�MM15S4�N January 2C, 2026 A Regufar Meeting of the Fountai� Hills Communi#y 5ervices Ad�isory Commission was con�ened at 16705 E. Avenue of the Fountains in ❑�en and public session at 5:a0 p.m. Members Present: Vice Chairpersvn Rary Wilsan; Commissioner Craig Rudalphy; Commissioner 5tephen Barn�s; Commissioner Natalie Vereia; Yauth Gommissioner Adam �k�erg Members Absen#: Chairpersan Cary Reddick II; Commissivner Ron Ruppert 5taff Present: Community Servi�es ❑ire�tor Ke�in Snipes and Administra#ive Assistant Starmy Mazeikis �� AI� �.j _ � w° �s � �� , �,; �� ` , z �� xr . . � � �� O � b � • • `� �f! �ha t i s Ax�ti�� TOWN OF F�UNTAIN HILLS JANUARY 26, 2D26, C�MMUN4TY SERVICE ADVISORY CpMM1S51QN MEETING � Post-Pr�duction File Town af Fountain Hills Cammunity 5err�ice Ad�iSory Corrtmis5ion Meeting January 26, 2�26 Transcription Provided By: eScribers, LLC * * * * * Transcription is pro�ided in order to facilitate communicatian accessibifity and may not �e a totally �erbatim record ❑f the proceedings. ***** � Page � of 5 TOWN OF FQUN7AIN HILLS IANUARY 25, 202fi, COMMLJNITY SERVECE AOVI50RY CDMM15510lV MEETING ` Vi�e Chair Wilson: I'm gaing to go ahead and start the meeting. Number 1, we'll do a call ta order, �lease, 5tarmy? MA2EIKI5: Yes, ma'am. Chair Reddick. MAZEIKIS: Vice �hair Wilson. VICE CHAIR WIL5�N: Her2. MAZEiKlS: Yauth Commissioner Dlberg. CDMM15510NER OBERG: Here. MA2EfKl5: Commissianer Varela. COMMISSIONER VARELA: Here. MAZEIKIS: Commissioner 5tephen Barnes. COMM155lONER BARNES: Here. MAZEIKIS: Cammissianer Rudalphy C�MM1551�NER RUQ�LPHY: Here MAZEIKI5: Commissianer Ron Ruppert. And we �a�e a quorum. f VICE CHAlR WILSflN: Thank yau. And then I'EI do a statement of participation. All right. l And then daesn't look like we ha�e any presentations tanight; correct? All right. 5o we'll go on to the regular agenda. And Number A is cansideratian ar►d passible actian, appro�al of the Community ServiGes Ad�isvey Commisssan No�ember 24th 2�2� -- 20 -- sorry -- 2025 �erbatim meeting minutes. Did e�eryone ha�e a chance to re�iew the minutes from last meeting? COMM15510NER RU��LPHY: Yes, and I ma�ed ta appro�e the minutes. VICE CHAIR WlL50N: Can I get a secand? 6ARNE5: 5ecand. VICE CHAIR WlL50N: All those in favor say aye. ALL: Aye. VICE CHAIR WILSON: Any apposed? Great. That i5 an appro�al. IVext up, we �ave an update on the name change from Pleasantville Park to 5ky�iew Pa rk. SNIPES: Yeaf�. 5o the lang-awaited name change has occurred. We have aur final � Page 2 af 5 TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS JANUARY 26, 2026, COMMUNITY SERVICE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING round of review off to J2 as our designer on this project. And we are hoping to get that back, hopefully this week or next week from them. There's minimal changes that needed to be done. The --you know, Pleasant View's been out there for a long time. It was a name that we tagged on the park for --for future consideration. So that's where that started, that we decided if we named it, that it was ours. That's a pretty good tactic to have. As long as you got a name for something, it's pretty much yours. So we stuck with that all the way through until we were getting ready to finalize the plans. And then we came up with the one that we actually think work well - works well for the park and its intended purposes. And the next agenda, we'll be looking for support from this body to move forward with the design coming to fruition if you guys are willing to support that project from our final push and we can get that information off to counsel as well. If you have any questions or concerns, we can absolutely discuss that during the process. VICE CHAIR WILSON: Thank you, Kevin. I just had a quick question on the approval for Skyview Park. What's the timeline that you're looking to support with that? SNIPES: As far as getting action from --from this body, I would like to get it tonight because we will be pushing this out fairly quickly. And so we've discussed it several times over the last year and a half we've been working on it. So this is to where we think it's going to be over what the budget was stated as being, just over (indiscernible). COMMISSIONER VARELA: Gosh, you guys, I definitely can't hear anything. SNIPES: I will try to speak up more into the mic. COMMISSIONER VARELA: Oh, I can definitely --I can definitely hear you now. Thank you. SNIPES: Okay. Sorry about that. COMMISSIONER RUDOLPHY: So Kevin, the original budget approval was 800,000. And now you might be going back to ask for 1.4 million? SNIPES: Up to. Yeah. COMMISSIONER RUDOLPHY: Can you provide a brief explanation of almost doubling of the cost? Page 3 of 5 TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS JANUARY 26, 2026, COMMUNITY SERVICE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING SNIPES: Yeah. So basically, we started this conversation several years ago, and there's definitely been a change in the cost of things since then, as well as the building of the structure. As we were building, as we were working with Dark Skies for the main center structure, with the challenges that Golden Eagle presented with the hill coming down - cars coming down the hill and lights shining into the center area, we really had to fortify the area so that we could prevent light intrusion. And that took quite a bit more metal on the --on the structure than what was originally planned. And like I said, I'm pretty confident in seeing the engineering estimates. I know there's some things on there that we can work with to --to help reduce that number. But I've always had the mindset of going in with a number and coming in under that. And I feel like this is another spot where that would probably be the case. But I don't like having to go back and ask for more once we've --once we've got this far into it. I'd rather ask high and come in. COMMISSIONER RUDOLPHY: Based on current policy, I'm thinking that's a pretty big jump that had been spoken before in the past many years when we were getting a feel for how big it was going to be. I mean I can see that there's lots of possible action. But my estimate is it's a point of (indiscernible). SNIPES: Certainly. VICE CHAIR WILSON: Natalie, do you have any comments or questions? COMMISSIONER VARELA: {Indiscernible). VICE CHAIR WILSON: Thank you. We can move on to discussing the Arizona State Puzzle Donor Program Centennial Pavilion. SNIPES: A bunch of stuff happening again and not just approaching this weekend, and getting some pretty good numbers and you know, {indiscernible). VICE CHAIR WILSON: Awesome. Thank you. We discussed the topic of taking on (indiscernible). SNIPES: Not that I've heard any significant push to --push it to there. I think it was - when staffing says during the week, and I know that it's going to be a different (indiscernible). Page 4 of 5 TDWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS JANUARY 2fi, 2�26, C�MMUNITY SERVICE AOVI50RY COMM155fON MEETING VICE CHAIR WILS�N: What is the consequences for that? SNIPES: {Indiscernible}. VICE CHAIR WILS�N: Sounds gaod. Thank yau. (Indiscernible�. If I may say to e�eryone that I have decided ta step down in April as my time comes to an end. {IndiscernibleJ. SNIPES: {Indiscernibley C�MM1551DNER RLID�LPHY: �Indiscernible�. SNIPE5: �Indiscernible} VICE CHAIR WIL5�N: Thank you, Craig. �Indiscernible}. Ma�e to second, can I get a motion to adjourn? C�MM1551DNER RIJ�nLPHY: I ma�e ta adjourn. VIC� CHAIR WIL50N: can I get a second. C�MM1551DNER BARNES: Second. VICE CHAIR WILSnN: All those in fa�ar say aye. ALL: Aye. ( VICE CHAIR WILSDN: Meeting adjourned at 5:22pm. l Page 5 vf 5 Having no further business, Chairperson Reddick adjourned the Regular Meeting of the Community Services Advisory Commission meeting held on January 26, 2026, at 5:22 p.m. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS ATTEST AND PREPARED BY: CERTI FICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Regular Meeting held by the Community Services Advisory Commission of Fountain Hills in the Town Hall Council Chambers on the 26 of January 2026. I further certify that the meeting was duly called and that a quorum was present. DATED this 23 Day of February 2026.