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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCSAC_2026_0223_MinutesTOWN OF FDUNTAIN HILLS MINUTES �F THE REGIJLAR MEETING �F THE FQIJNTAIN HfLLS C�MMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMM15Sf�N February 23, 2�26 A Regular Meeting af the Fountain Hills Cammunity Ser�ices Advisory Commission was convened at 167�5 E. Avenue of the Fountains in ❑pen and public sessian at 5:04 p.m. Members Present: Chairperson Cary Reddick II; Cammissioner Ran Rupper# Commissioner 5tephen Barnes; Commissianer Natalie Vere�a Members Absent: Vice Chairperson Rary Wilson; Commissioner Craig Rudolphy; Y�uth C�mmissi�ner Adam aberg StafF Presenf: Cammunity Sen►ices Directar Ke�in Snipes and Administrative Assistant Stormy Ma�eikis ��TAIN�1 4 � �� � i � ,, � �; � � � � �,1 7 ��]` n , � ... � .. .- � �� � . � . y�f � o��o- �ha t f s Ar'ti TDWN �F FQLINTAIN HILLS FEBRUARY Z3, 202fi, COMMLlNITY SERVICES ApV15�RY C�MMi551�N MEETING MINLITES ,�....W�.. Past-Production File Town af Fauntain Hills Community 5er�ices Ad�isory CommiSsion Meeting Minutes February 23, 2026 Transcription Prv�ided By: e5cribers, LLC �*��� Trans�ription is pra�ided in vrder to fa�i4itate communicatiQn accessibility and may not be a totally verbatim record of the proceedings. ***�* Page 1 of l� T�WN �F FQUNTAIN HILLS FEBRUARY 23, 2025, C�MMUNITY SERVICES AdV15QRY CQMMl5510N MEETING MINUTfS RED�ICK: All right. Good e�ening. I call this meeting af the Cammunity 5er�i�e Ad�isory Commissions to order. Please rise for the Pledge af Allegiance. MULTIPLE SPEAKERS: � pledge allegiance to the flag of the United 5tate5 of America. And to the republic for which it stands, ane nation under Gad, indivisible, with liberty and justice far all. RE�DICK: We'II now ha�e a moment of silence. Okay. A14 right. Clerk, pfease call the roll. MAZEIKIS: Yes, chair. Can I start with Cammissioner Ran Ruppert? RUPPERT: Here. MAZEIKIS: Commissianer Natalie Varela? VARELA: Here. MAZEIKlS: Cammissioner Craig Rudolphy? CQmmissianer 5tephen Sarnes? BARNE5: Here. MA2EIKI5: Youth Commissioner Adam Oberg? Vice chair Rory Wilson? And Chair Carey Reddick? REO�ICK: Here. MAZEIKI5: And we have a quvrum. REDDICK: ❑kay. A quorum is present, and we will praceed. SNIPE5: Just -- just real quick, too, during the last meeting, we had trauble with the transcribing being clear through the mics. 5❑ if yau guys can make sure that you and -- and I'm a victim -- or a person who was in�alved in that as well sa I'!I try and make sure that I'm up to the mic as well. But it makes it a lat easier an Starmy to get the minutes. And as yau coukd see in last month's, there's several spats where it wasn't sure what was happening s❑ if we �ould try and make sure that the mics are an and that we're up clase to the mic when we're talking, it would �e greatly appreciated. RE�DICK: Absaluteiy. And nated. ❑kay. A quorum is present, and we'll proceed. Anyone wishing to address the commission must request a comment card an�# submit priflr tv starting a meeting and there's no ane present. Okay. We will cansent to Page 2 oi lfl T�WN flF faUNTAfN H�LLS FEBRUARY 23, 2026, COMMUNITY SERVICES AaV15�RY COMM15510N MEETING MINUTES agenda item 6A. 1'd like to mo�e to the consent vf the item. Item bA, appro�al of the Camrnunity 5er�ice Advisory Commissian meeting minutes from January 26th. Is there a mation ta appro�e the agerrda? VARELA: I mave to approve the minutes. RIJRPERT: 5e�and. RE�DICK: Perfect. Thank you. It has k�een mo�ed. And secvnd. All those in fa�or? MULTIPLE SPEAKERS: Aye. RE�DICK: Any opposed? Okay. This motian carries. All right. Regular agenda item 7A. We'll mo�e to item 7A, whi�h is the update an the Arirona State puxzle donor program Centennial Pavilivn. SNIPES: Thank you. So we just placed ❑ur next raund of vrders. We ardered nine more puxzle pieces. I'm pretty sure that something happened when Stormy came on that created a mad dash far puzzle pieces because within the first couple af months, we'�e had nine mare, so that'!I put us up -- do you know what the total was? I think it's right around half of them are now out, if not a little o�er half, so that's good. We'll be -- we should get those I think hy the end af this week we'll ha�e those and hopefully get them installed. 5a it's really starting to -- to take shape o�er there if you ha�en't seen it recently. And when we add nine more, it's really gaing to start ta -- ia came tagether. And then we'I! be doing a push kind of get some urgencies for people that want to be in�ol�ed in it if they`re �n the fence about it. 6ecause we are running out of orders that we'll be placir�g on those. Dnce it gets filled up it's dane. 5o we'll be doing that after we get this next round put up. REDDICK: Commissioners. Any questians? MAZEIKf5: Carey or Chair, sarry. If you go to page 15, you can see all the Qnes tha# are marked in green are the ones that are sold. And then currently we don't ha�e any that we're holding for proofs. And so that will gi�e you a really gaod idea on where we stand with almost the pavilion wall is almost completely filled up. RE�DICK: Nice work. Goad job. MA2EIK15: Thank yau. Page 3 of 10 TOWN QF FOUNTAIN HiLLS FEBRIIARY Z3, 2D26, CDMMUNITY SERVICES AQVI50RY COMMIS5IDN MEETING MINUTES REobICK: All right. Well, we will mo�e ta item 7B discussian, passible action regarding the 5ky�iew Park suppart and apprv�al plans. Ke�in, I wi11 let yau proceed. SNIPES: Afrighty. So I belie�e the plans were sent aut with the packet. We also have some renderings to shaw, I�ut I just figured I would ga through a few of the pages on here that I think are critical t❑ understanding what we're trying to da with the park as well as how we're going to a�complish that. It alsa helps to cover the increase in price from the original guesstimation to actual fruition and where we're at taday. As you can see, we'll have se�eral trai4s going through the park. These will all he natural. They wan't be -- they'll be done with 5tay La�k a lot like we did at the entrance to Odera trailhead whi�h has worked aut really well. We als❑ used that o�er at Panarama Park. 5a that'll -- that'll help. �ne, it's cheaper than doing con�rete. And B, I wanted it to be more af a natural setting a�er there. And so we'�e worked hard ta kind �f maintain that as we ga. Let's see. Here yau can kind of see the entry sign. And then we did some constellations on them as wekl. And then on the a�tual shade structure an the bottam picture there, you can see where we actually named the canstellations as well, s� that it'll he more informative when you are out there loaking at it, yau'll ha�e a point af reference to what it -- to what it is as well as where yau can find it. Here you can kind af see the center activity area and because af the r�ad that's going by with Golden Eagle going by as well as Bainbridge, we really needed to block out all headlights that are coming down the hill, which was -- proved to be extremely difficult. Because of that, such a height compared to the -- the space we're trying to protect. 50 we hac! to go ta�ler with the structure as well as angle in some -- some shade blocking. Not from the sun, but from the headlights. 5o that was a major contributing factor. The -- t❑ help reduce some of the �ast we're �nly doing the -- the first few panels next t❑ eac#� ❑f the entryways with the star patterns, and the rest of them will be more af a plain look so that we could help ta try and keep the �ast down. But as you can see, there's a few different images. Let's see. L�t's go to this one. 5o you can kind ❑f see yau're Iooking through the top with this ane where you �an see there's three entryways Page 4 of 10 T�WN �F F�UNTAIN HILLS FEBitUARY 23, 2D26, COMMUNlTY 5ERVICE5 AdVIS�RY COMMISSION MEETING MINi1TE5 that will be �oming in s❑ we can get people in from different angles. And we were -- we were picky a�out tf�e exteriar of those entryways making it so you ha�e ta walk araund something to walk in so that there isn't a dire�t line of sight ir�ta the �iewing area. And then one ❑f the -- the things that we did late that I think is really cool is we -- we icind of treated the center of the shade -- the structure area the concrete as being our saiar system sa you can see where the sun's at and each of our planets as it -- as they ga away from the sun, and they did thase proportionately to make it have a similar effe�t to what that would be. And I think that's going to came out really cool when you -- when yau first walk into the area. Nere at the bottom, you can kind af see the -- the lighting that will be being used. They all come from under -- under benches and away from eye �eight which will help. Let's see down here you can see the -- the types of lighting that's being used. So we'll be using off ta the right there we'll be using t�e red band lighting. And then at the very battom will be a seat wall, and it cuts back in and the light will just shine dawn to the ground. And so that'll really help ta whether it's just lighting up what you need to see and that's where yau're walking, but it won't be lighting up the entire spa�e where yau're trying to view from. And here's showing how much light will be in there when thase lights are an. And as you can see, it's -- it's very nominal. Foot candles out in the center af it, whi��+ was the goal as we were doing it. And it'll be red light so that it wan't be hard on your eyes when you're trying to do sky -- sky gazing. And then some renderings that we also just got in. Yau guys are getting a super sneak -- sneak peek. 5❑ here as yau can see -- so this is one of the entrances. So we had these walls put up t❑ where that yau ha�e to walk around them to -- it'll totaliy prevent light from being a�le t❑ �ome in fram ea�h af the different angles af where cars wauld typically be driving. Here's another angle where you can kind of see in from the edges, but yau wan`t be a4�le to see #rom where the cars will be dri�ing. Here you can kind of see the star patterns that are gaing to be put an with their names listed o�er them as well. And yau Page 5 of 1Q TOWN �F FOUNTAIN HILlS FEBRUARY 23, 202fi, CQMMIJNITY SERVICES ADVf50RY CflMM15510N MEETlNG MINUTES can see the benches inside ti�e seat walls that I was discussir�g earlier. This is ar�e of the other educational areas that will ha�e a shade structure aver it. It's a little bit smaller space but �ou{d be gaod for the right size classes depending on, you knaw, this is going ta be a day and night acti�ity space. And sa we'If ha�e two spaces that are similar to this for -- for �lasses and -- and events like that. As yau can see, it's -- it's a substantial structure. I think it`s -- I'm trying to remember off the top of my head, but I belie�e it's 12-faot entry point and up to 14 on the inside. 5o it is a-- a big structure to make sure that we're blacking aut all the fight that we need to. That's all the renderings I ha�e. With t�at, I'll take any questians that you all might ha�e. And we are laoking for a �ote of support from the committee as aur next step in our agenda. So if yau ha�e any questions �eforehand, naw's your chance. RUPPERT: Just a cauple of infrastru�ture questians. Are there going ta be �ameras there? 5NIPE5: We -- we don't have it scheduled at this time #ar it, but we are doing that within all of our parks. RUPPERT: How about electricity for, like, events if somebady wants to rent this pla�e aut? SNIPES: Yeah. There will be electrical in several paints within -- within the area just in �ase we dv need svmething like that. RLIPPERT: The benches on the inside and the one in that educational area, the concrete benches, are they going to be skateboard proaf. SNIPES: We haven't had issues with that lately. It doesn't mean that we won't. but if we da, it daesn't take much to -- to add that inta it afterwards. YeaF�, that's mare important right naw. That's true. RUPPERT: And ane -- one last questian is that the site plan, does it ga all the way back to that, like, ro�k cliff that's along t�e edge? SNIPES: Yes. RLIPPERT: So the trees that are on the ane side are, like up against the rock cliff there. I forget is there are hames on tap of that? Page 6 of 10 TOWN pF FOUNTAIN H11LS FEBRUARY 23, 20�6, C�MMUNITY SERVICES AflVISORY C�MMl551�N MEETING MINU�ES SNIPES: There are, yes. RUPPERT: Is t�ere any, like, street drainage that comes into that carner? SNIPE5: No. No, it's not allowed to drain -- none af thase lots were allowed to drain that way. BARNE5: nkay. That's all I had. 5NIPE5: Yep. RUPPERT: 5pec#acular, by the way. SNIPES: Thank you. Appreciate it. VARELA: Veah, I tttink it's great. Will it -- will it be able to be ren#ed aut if somebody wants to like, I mean, I cauld actually see somebody wanting ta do like a wedding there because they're really into -- SNIPES: Yeah, yeah. It'll be like the rest of our parks where we'll ha�e the ability t� rent it out, yes. VARfLA: Great. I think it laaks amazing. SNIPES: Thank you. REDDICK: Yeah. And Ke�in, just to add, you know, { think these individuals ha�e stated it's very detailed. �he team has done a great job. It's very creati�e. And I think it's gaing ta laok great nQt anly for our cammunity but fflr the astrfllogy cammunity as well. 5v welf done. SNIPES: Awesome. Thank yflu. REQDICK: Yeah. VARELA: I guess I wvuid ha�e ane more question. And I more s❑ when I �ould think I would hear peaple saying this is what they're spending money on, why would -- why wauld they da this instead af, you know, fixing the roads ❑r doing so what's our -- what are we saying? SNIPES: Why to Lhat? 5❑ -- VARELA: Yeah. SNIPES: 5o this -- this park is actually all being built with de�elapment funcis that are anly allawed to be used far parks. They couldn'# be used for raads even if we wanted Page 7 of 1� TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS FEBRUARY 23, 2025, COMMUNITY SERVICES A�VIS�RY COMM45SION MEETING MINLITES ta. So that's -- that's aur -- that was the whole idea of this fram -- from start ta finish was that we had development funds that do expire after ten years. We ha�e enough in that budget right nflw ta build this �ark e�en with the inGrease in cast, which we think cauld be upwards af what we're asking for 1.4, we're haping to come in under one. 6ut with s�me of the unknowns that we have aut there, that's where we felt camfQrtable. RUPPERT: It's been a bane yard -- SNIPES: Yea�. RUPPERT: -- for 3S years, so -- SNIP�S: Exactly. Wha knows wnat's under the sail? REDdICK: All right. If there are no further discussions, the chair will entertain a motivn. Is there a se�and mfltion? 5arry. VARELA: I mo�e ta mave farward with this pfan. Qo yau want some#hing more specific? SNIPES: it could just be in support �f thQ building of 5ky�iew -- 5ky�iew Park. VARELA: Okay. I'm in suppart of the k�uilding of 5ky�iew Park. 5a I mave that we ma�e forward. REDQICK: Is ihere a secand? BARNES: I secand. REDDICK: Can yau do a rall call or just �ote. 5NIPE5: Yau can just cfo a �ate. REDQICK: Yep. All those in fa�or? MIJLTIPLE SPEAKERS: AyQ. REDDICK: Perfect. Okay. This moEion carries. All right. Item 7C and 7D. We'll now ma�e to 7C, which is the update on the upcoming e�ents and volunteer opportunities. 5NlPE5: We ha�e the -- we ha�e a list of thase on page 15 of the agenda, and you know, we're coming up on same af our bigger e�ents. We'll ha�e Irish Fest coming up. We have Teen Takeaver this 5aturday which has always been a fun e�ent, and it's grQwn steadily a�er the last se�eral years sa that'il be gving on in the cammunity center Saturday night. And then arish Fountain Festi�al is �oming up. That's a big one that we're always laoking for as5istance fr�m especially for money handlers. f think we filled Page 8 af 10 TOWN aF FOLJNTAIN HILLS FfBRUARY 23, 2Q2b, C�MMUNITY 5ERVICES AdV150RY CflMM1551�N MEETING MINUTES up vur -- vur -- our list this year already, sa that'S a gaod thing. But if anybady was interesied in caming aut ta �alunteer, that would be great. We would certainEq use yau. And then we'�e changed things a little bit this year where we'�e added Extra�aganza and Touch a Truck to the same date at the same park whi�h is at a new locatian. That one's gaing to t�e at ❑esert Vista this year. It`s the first time we'�e done it o�er there. But we were s❑ busy in the spring that we felt like each of thase e�ents were smaller by themsel�es and so if we could combine them, that would make it so we c�uld do both still and not �ave our staff F�a�ing ta came in extra days to run them. 5a that's aur plan for this year. We're laaking forward. We think that that is gaing t❑ really help out bath af those become larger e�ents. Those are our main anes that are just araund the corner. Then, you knaw, of �ourse, we'�e gat Music Fest coming up in April, and so that's anather one that we`II be loaking far �olunteers to come and help us aut at that one as well. That`s it. ftE�DICiC: Ali right. Thank yau, Ke�in. Item 7�, which is the next meeting date. It`s March 3ath, 202�. I'd like ta d❑ a call to the public. Okay. Call to the public is now �losed. Next, future agenda -- agencia -- agenda items. All right. Are there any requests for future agenda items? VARE�A: I just have a question. And I must have missed where I should ask this, but do you ha�e a �ount of haw many peaple were at the car shaw ❑r an estimate? 5NIPE5: 1 dan't we can add tha# to the next agenda. And we can discuss it there. VARELA: ❑kay. Yeah. Thank yau. And then one ather thing. The -- this list, the spring 2�25 list, is there somewhere to laok up these e�ents? Like, I-- SNIPES: These are all found on our -- on aur web page. And so that's prababiy the easiest spot to find it is on the Fauntain Hills website. VARELA: Well, I guess like, more like a little blip of, like, I hecause I wanted I was specifically looking what that hecause af be fundraising. I didn't see it. I mean, I-- I found it an the just you know, by Goagle af that, k�ut is there anywhere like where there's a blip, a description of all ❑f these events ar just them listed aut? Page 4 of 1� TOWN OF FQUNTAIN HILLS FE6RUARY 23, 202fi, COMMUf�ITY SERVICES AOViSORY CaMM1551flN MEETING MINIJTES SiVIPES: You mean indi�idually and what they entail type of deal. It certainly happens as we're getting claser ta the e�ents through our sacial media posts. VARELA: �k�y. SNIPE5: That's the main place where infarmatian like that will be at when we shaat lots of �ideos with Mike Peltan and our -- aur staff themselves to post bath an the Faceboak page far community ser�ices and or the Town's page. VAREI..A: Yeah. ❑kay. Thanks. RUPPEftT: Back to 5kyview, is there -- there's not going t� he a, like, a public hearing paster put up for that, for a hearing for that? lust -- SNIPES: Na, we're gning to present it t� coun�il and -- and ma�e forward with what it is. With it being such a speciali2ed park we felt like ha�ing the specialist he�p us with the design was -- and we worked with -- we did work with t#�e Dark 5ky community a Iot thrnughout the pro�ess. They'�e �een in�ol�ed every step ❑f the way. RLIPPERT: Back to e�ents. And I may ha�e missed this in the mailbox, but you know, the town used to put aut a nice little, like, pamphlet in the mail ❑r a little magazine type thing, which was wonder#ul with all the e�ents in it in color. ❑id we get one this year or did I miss it? SNIPES: We quit doing Fhe Laop se�eral years ago that -- it 6ecame cost prohibiti��, and we'�e gane to an all digital farmat on that. RLIPPERT: Qkay. It was nice though. SNIPES: LJh-huh. REpQICK: All right. Well, if there are na further business, the �hair will entertain a motion to adjourn. RIJPPERT: I make a m�tion to adjourn. ftEdaICK: Is there a secand? VARELA: I second. REooICK: All thnse in favor? MUL7IPLE 5PEAKERS: Aye. REDDICK: Okay. This meeting is adjourned. Page 10 vf 10 Having no further business, Chairperson Reddick adjourned the Regular Meeting of the Cvmmunity Services Advisory Cvmmissian meeting held on February 23, 2026, at 5:27 p.m. TaWN �F FOUNTAIN HILLS � � �:�� G�:�� � Carey eddick I , hairperson ATTEST ANO PREPAREO BY: .� :�YV�.t. `_'I Y Y � '?�. ¢_ Xt' ,I_.r� 5tarmy Maze�is, Adrrwr�iistrati�e A�sistant CERTIFICATIpN I her�by certify that the f�regaing minutes are a true and �orre�t cvpy af the minutes of the Regular Meeting held by the Community Services Ad�isory Cammission of Fountain Hilfs in the Town Hall Council Chambers on the 23�d ❑f February ��26. I further certify that the meeting was duly called and that a quQrum was present. DATE� this 23�d ❑ay of March 2026. �.� �,_�.� �-�nc�_�� ��� Stormy IUfazeik��, Administ'rative Assistant �L�T A i,� y�. ti s �� �^ w w �yf��� ...� u�,e �+at is ��sY�.