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HomeMy WebLinkAbout130801A NOTICE OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL TIME: 6:30 PM WHEN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013 WHERE: FOUNTAIN HILLS COUNCIL CHAMBERS 16705 E. AVENUE OF THE FOUNTAINS, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ Councilmembers of the Town of Fountain Hills will attend either in person o r by telephone conference call; a quorum of the Town’s various Commissions or Boards may be in attendance at the Council 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 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. PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL Anyone wishing to speak before the Council must fill out a speaker’s card and submit it to the Town Clerk prior to Council discussion of that Agenda item. Speaker Cards are located in the Council Chamber Lobby and near the Clerk’s position on the dais. Speakers will be called in the order in which the speaker cards were received either by the Clerk or the Mayor. At that time, speakers should stand and approach the podium. Speakers are asked to state their name prior to commenting and to direct their comments to the Presiding Officer and not to individual Councilmembers. 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 Council. Time limits may be waived by (i) discretion of the Town Manager upon request by the speaker not less than 24 hours prior to a Meeting, (ii) consensus of the Council at Meeting or (iii) the Mayor 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. Mayor Linda M. Kavanagh Councilmember Dennis Brown Councilmember Cassie Hansen Councilmember Ginny Dickey Councilmember Henry Leger Vice Mayor Tait D. Elkie Councilmember Cecil A. Yates Date posted: 7/25/13 Time posted: 12:00 PM Z:\Council Packets\2013\R130801\130801A.docx Last printed 7/24/2013 4:23 PM Page 2 of 4 REGULAR SESSION AGENDA  CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Linda M. Kavanagh  INVOCATION – Representative member of A United Methodist Church  ROLL CALL – Mayor Linda M. Kavanagh  MAYOR’S REPORT i.) The Mayor will review RECENT EVENTS attended relating to ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ii.) The Mayor will read a PROCLAMATION regarding the Red Shirt Fridays. iii.) The Mayor will read a PROCLAMATION honoring the late President Dr. Clinton M. Pattea of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation.  SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES/PRESENTATIONS i) INTRODUCTION of the Town of Fountain Hills Fire Chief, Randy Roberts. ii) RECOGNITION of the Town of Fountain Hills’ designation as a Playful City U.S.A. Community. iii) RECOGNITION of the Town of Fountain Hills’ designation as top “Booming Suburb” in Arizona as per the Coldwell Banker Real Estate’s survey in the final installment of their “Best Places to Live” series. iv) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORT by Deputy Town Manager Julie Ghetti for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2013. v) RECOGNITION of the Town of Fountain Hills’ first Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting (PAFR) for year ending June 30, 2012. CALL TO THE PUBLIC 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 Council and (ii) is subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions. The Council 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 Councilmembers may (i) respond to criticism, (ii) ask staff to review a matter or (iii) ask that the matter be placed on a future Council agenda. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1. CONSIDERATION of approving the TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES from June 20, 2013. Date posted: 7/25/13 Time posted: 12:00 PM Z:\Council Packets\2013\R130801\130801A.docx Last printed 7/24/2013 4:23 PM Page 3 of 4 2. CONSIDERATION of approving of RESOLUTION 2013-36 abandoning whatever right, title, or interest the Town has in the certain public utility and drainage easements located at the northeasterly property line of Plat 604B, Block 6, Lot 18 (11711 Spotted Horse Way) as recorded in Book 196 of Maps, Page 27, Records of Maricopa County, Arizona. EA13-07 (RG Development, Inc.) 3. CONSIDERATION of approving of RESOLUTION 2013-32 abandoning whatever right, title, or interest the Town has in portions of the certain public utility and drainage easements, but retaining a telecommunication easement located at the northwesterly property line of Plat 603C, Block 5, Lot 20 (15728 E. Sycamore Drive) as recorded in Book 161 of Maps, Page 43, Records of Maricopa County, Arizona. EA13-06 (Batteen). 4. CONSIDERATION of approving RESOLUTION 2013-40 abandoning whatever right, title, or interest the Town has in the certain public utility and drainage easements located at the easterly side property line of Plat 201A, Block 1, Lot 6 (11817 N. Nightingale Circle) as recorded in Book 150 of Maps, Page 32, Records of Maricopa County, Arizona. EA13-08 (Robert Tidrick) 5. CONSIDERATION of a FINAL REPLAT for a Lot Join at 16707 and 16719 E. Last Trail Drive, aka Plat 412-B, Block 5, Lots 5 & 6. (APN 176-09-277 & APN 176-09- 278) Case # S2013-02 6. CONSIDERATION of approving RESOLUTION 2013-39, the Town of Fountain Hills Personnel Policies and Procedures, Amended and Restated August 1, 2013. 7. CONSIDERATION of approving a SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION submitted by Jean Linzer, representing the Fountain Hills and Lower Verde Valley Museum and Historical Society, for the purpose of a fundraiser. The event is scheduled for Saturday, August 10, 2013, from 5:00-10:00 p.m., at the Community Center. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 8. CONSIDERATION of APPOINTING five Commissioners and one Youth Commissioner to the Strategic Planning Advisory Commission (SPAC), each for a term beginning on August 1, 2013 and expiring on June 30, 2015. 9. PUBLIC HEARING of a request for a RE-ZONING from C-1 to C-3 and for a SPECIAL USE PERMIT to allow Prevco Subsea Housings LLC to remodel an existing 4,830 sq. ft. office building, construct an additional 9,960 sq. ft. light assembly and manufacturing building and to install additional landscaping and other site upgrades at 11843 N. Desert Vista. (Cases #Z2013-05 , #SU2013-02 ) 10. CONSIDERATION of a request for a RE-ZONING from C-1 to C-3 and for a SPECIAL USE PERMIT to allow Prevco Subsea Housings LLC to remodel an existing 4,830 sq. ft. office building, construct an additional 9,960 sq. ft. light assembly and manufacturing building and to install additional landscaping and other site upgrades at 11843 N. Desert Vista. (Cases #Z2013-05 , #SU2013-02 ) Date posted: 7/25/13 Time posted: 12:00 PM Z:\Council Packets\2013\R130801\130801A.docx Last printed 7/24/2013 4:23 PM Page 4 of 4 11. CONSIDERATION of RESOLUTION 2013-24, levying upon the assessed valuation of the property within the Town of Fountain Hills, subject to taxation a certain sum upon each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of valuation sufficient to raise the amount estimated to be required in the annual budget to provide funds for bond redemptions, and for the purpose of paying interest upon bonded indebtedness; all for the Fiscal Year ending the June 30, 2014. 12. CONSIDERATION of a BUDGET TRANSFER from the Special Revenue Fund, Miscellaneous grant line item appropriation to the Vehicle Replacement Fund, in the amount of $200,690.91, for vehicles and equipment as scheduled in the Vehicle Replacement Schedule. 13. DISCUSSION WITH POSSIBLE ACTION relating to THE PROPOSED League of Arizona Cities and Towns Resolutions to be considered for adoption by the 2014 Resolutions Committee at their August 27, 2013 business meeting, held during the League of Arizona Cities and Towns Annual Conference. 14. COUNCIL DISCUSSION/DIRECTION to the Town Manager Ken Buchanan. Items listed below are related only to the propriety of (i) placing such items on a future agenda for ac tion or (ii) directing staff to conduct further research and report back to the Council: A. NONE. 15. SUMMARY of Council requests and REPORT ON RECENT ACTIVITIES by the Town Manager Ken Buchanan. 16. ADJOURNMENT. DATED this 25th day of July, 2013. _____________________________________ Bevelyn J. Bender, Town Clerk The Town of Fountain Hills endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities. Please call 480 -816-5100 (voice) or 1-800-367-8939 (TDD) 48 hours prior to the meeting to request a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting or to obtain agenda information in large print format. Supporting documentation and staff reports furnished the Council with this agenda are available for review in the Clerk’s office. NOTICE OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL TIME: 6:30 PM WHEN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013 WHERE: FOUNTAIN HILLS COUNCIL CHAMBERS 16705 E. AVENUE OF THE FOUNTAINS, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ Councilmembers of the Town of Fountain Hills will attend either in person o r by telephone conference call; a quorum of the Town’s various Commissions or Boards may be in attendance at the Council 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 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. PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL Anyone wishing to speak before the Council must fill out a speaker’s card and submit it to the Town Clerk prior to Council discussion of that Agenda item. Speaker Cards are located in the Council Chamber Lobby and near the Clerk’s position on the dais. Speakers will be called in the order in which the speaker cards were received either by the Clerk or the Mayor. At that time, speakers should stand and approach the podium. Speakers are asked to state their name prior to commenting and to direct their comments to the Presiding Officer and not to individual Councilmembers. 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 Council. Time limits may be waived by (i) discretion of the Town Manager upon request by the speaker not less than 24 hours prior to a Meeting, (ii) consensus of the Council at Meeting or (iii) the Mayor 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. Mayor Linda M. Kavanagh Councilmember Dennis Brown Councilmember Cassie Hansen Councilmember Ginny Dickey Councilmember Henry Leger Vice Mayor Tait D. Elkie Councilmember Cecil A. Yates Date posted: 7/25/13 Time posted: 12:00 PM Z:\Council Packets\2013\R130801\130801A.docx Last printed 7/24/2013 4:23 PM Page 2 of 4 REGULAR SESSION AGENDA  CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Linda M. Kavanagh  INVOCATION – Representative member of A United Methodist Church  ROLL CALL – Mayor Linda M. Kavanagh  MAYOR’S REPORT i.) The Mayor will review RECENT EVENTS attended relating to ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ii.) The Mayor will read a PROCLAMATION regarding the Red Shirt Fridays. iii.) The Mayor will read a PROCLAMATION honoring the late President Dr. Clinton M. Pattea of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation.  SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES/PRESENTATIONS i) INTRODUCTION of the Town of Fountain Hills Fire Chief, Randy Roberts. ii) RECOGNITION of the Town of Fountain Hills’ designation as a Playful City U.S.A. Community. iii) RECOGNITION of the Town of Fountain Hills’ designation as top “Booming Suburb” in Arizona as per the Coldwell Banker Real Estate’s survey in the final installment of their “Best Places to Live” series. iv) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORT by Deputy Town Manager Julie Ghetti for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2013. v) RECOGNITION of the Town of Fountain Hills’ first Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting (PAFR) for year ending June 30, 2012. CALL TO THE PUBLIC 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 Council and (ii) is subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions. The Council 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 Councilmembers may (i) respond to criticism, (ii) ask staff to review a matter or (iii) ask that the matter be placed on a future Council agenda. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1. CONSIDERATION of approving the TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES from June 20, 2013. Date posted: 7/25/13 Time posted: 12:00 PM Z:\Council Packets\2013\R130801\130801A.docx Last printed 7/24/2013 4:23 PM Page 3 of 4 2. CONSIDERATION of approving of RESOLUTION 2013-36 abandoning whatever right, title, or interest the Town has in the certain public utility and drainage easements located at the northeasterly property line of Plat 604B, Block 6, Lot 18 (11711 Spotted Horse Way) as recorded in Book 196 of Maps, Page 27, Records of Maricopa County, Arizona. EA13-07 (RG Development, Inc.) 3. CONSIDERATION of approving of RESOLUTION 2013-32 abandoning whatever right, title, or interest the Town has in portions of the certain public utility and drainage easements, but retaining a telecommunication easement located at the northwesterly property line of Plat 603C, Block 5, Lot 20 (15728 E. Sycamore Drive) as recorded in Book 161 of Maps, Page 43, Records of Maricopa County, Arizona. EA13-06 (Batteen). 4. CONSIDERATION of approving RESOLUTION 2013-40 abandoning whatever right, title, or interest the Town has in the certain public utility and drainage easements located at the easterly side property line of Plat 201A, Block 1, Lot 6 (11817 N. Nightingale Circle) as recorded in Book 150 of Maps, Page 32, Records of Maricopa County, Arizona. EA13-08 (Robert Tidrick) 5. CONSIDERATION of a FINAL REPLAT for a Lot Join at 16707 and 16719 E. Last Trail Drive, aka Plat 412-B, Block 5, Lots 5 & 6. (APN 176-09-277 & APN 176-09- 278) Case # S2013-02 6. CONSIDERATION of approving RESOLUTION 2013-39, the Town of Fountain Hills Personnel Policies and Procedures, Amended and Restated August 1, 2013. 7. CONSIDERATION of approving a SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION submitted by Jean Linzer, representing the Fountain Hills and Lower Verde Valley Museum and Historical Society, for the purpose of a fundraiser. The event is scheduled for Saturday, August 10, 2013, from 5:00-10:00 p.m., at the Community Center. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 8. CONSIDERATION of APPOINTING five Commissioners and one Youth Commissioner to the Strategic Planning Advisory Commission (SPAC), each for a term beginning on August 1, 2013 and expiring on June 30, 2015. 9. PUBLIC HEARING of a request for a RE-ZONING from C-1 to C-3 and for a SPECIAL USE PERMIT to allow Prevco Subsea Housings LLC to remodel an existing 4,830 sq. ft. office building, construct an additional 9,960 sq. ft. light assembly and manufacturing building and to install additional landscaping and other site upgrades at 11843 N. Desert Vista. (Cases #Z2013-05 , #SU2013-02 ) 10. CONSIDERATION of a request for a RE-ZONING from C-1 to C-3 and for a SPECIAL USE PERMIT to allow Prevco Subsea Housings LLC to remodel an existing 4,830 sq. ft. office building, construct an additional 9,960 sq. ft. light assembly and manufacturing building and to install additional landscaping and other site upgrades at 11843 N. Desert Vista. (Cases #Z2013-05 , #SU2013-02 ) Date posted: 7/25/13 Time posted: 12:00 PM Z:\Council Packets\2013\R130801\130801A.docx Last printed 7/24/2013 4:23 PM Page 4 of 4 11. CONSIDERATION of RESOLUTION 2013-24, levying upon the assessed valuation of the property within the Town of Fountain Hills, subject to taxation a certain sum upon each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of valuation sufficient to raise the amount estimated to be required in the annual budget to provide funds for bond redemptions, and for the purpose of paying interest upon bonded indebtedness; all for the Fiscal Year ending the June 30, 2014. 12. CONSIDERATION of a BUDGET TRANSFER from the Special Revenue Fund, Miscellaneous grant line item appropriation to the Vehicle Replacement Fund, in the amount of $200,690.91, for vehicles and equipment as scheduled in the Vehicle Replacement Schedule. 13. DISCUSSION WITH POSSIBLE ACTION relating to THE PROPOSED League of Arizona Cities and Towns Resolutions to be considered for adoption by the 2014 Resolutions Committee at their August 27, 2013 business meeting, held during the League of Arizona Cities and Towns Annual Conference. 14. COUNCIL DISCUSSION/DIRECTION to the Town Manager Ken Buchanan. Items listed below are related only to the propriety of (i) placing such items on a future agenda for ac tion or (ii) directing staff to conduct further research and report back to the Council: A. NONE. 15. SUMMARY of Council requests and REPORT ON RECENT ACTIVITIES by the Town Manager Ken Buchanan. 16. ADJOURNMENT. DATED this 25th day of July, 2013. _____________________________________ Bevelyn J. Bender, Town Clerk The Town of Fountain Hills endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities. Please call 480 -816-5100 (voice) or 1-800-367-8939 (TDD) 48 hours prior to the meeting to request a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting or to obtain agenda information in large print format. Supporting documentation and staff reports furnished the Council with this agenda are available for review in the Clerk’s office.