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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991.0205.TCWSM.Minutes TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS
MINUTES OF THE WORK/STUDY SESSION OF THE FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 5, 1991
A public meeting of the Fountain Hills Town Council was convened and called to
order by Mayor John Cutillo at 6:30 p.m. , Tuesday, February 5, 1991, in the
Conference Room of the Town Hall Offices located at 16836 E. Palisades Blvd. ,
Building C, Fountain Hills, Arizona.
ROLL CALL - Following the pledge to the flag, roll call was taken. Present for
roll call were the following members of the Fountain Hills Town Council: Mayor
John Cutillo, Vice Mayor Wally Hudson and Councilmembers Peg Tibbetts, Mike
Minarsich, Charlie Fox, Frank Clark and Bill O'Brien. Also present were Town
Manager Paul Nordin, Director of Community Development Gary Jeppson, Town
Attorney Bill Farrell and Town Clerk Cassie Hansen.
AGENDA ITEM #2 - PRESENTATION BY JACK MOORTEL, CHARLIE HUEBNER ON THE GOVERNOR'S
ALLIANCE AGAINST DRUGS
Councilman O'Brien reported that the alliance had not been active within the past
year but planned to meet on February 20, 1991 to reactivate.
Mr. Jack Moortel supplied the Council with a copy of an overview of the alliance
and explained what the organization 's purpose was. He stated that the President
had promised to allocate $15 billion to the state level to be used for domestic
purposes. He commented that he did not yet know how the money would be
distributed. He pointed out that the President had increased the drug budget to
$11 billion. He stated that Arizona had in the past received the greatest
increase in funds to be used to fight drug abuse. He said that he wanted to help
the cities and towns position themselves to receive their fair share of allocated
monies. He explained that the funds were referred to as "governor's
discretionary funds" and discussed some of the areas in which the money was
distributed. He stated that the alliance 's purpose basically was to maintain a
proactive stance and not a reactive stance by distributing and making available
information to the public.
Mr. Moortel explained that the Governor's Alliance was made up of approximately
78 cities and stated that they had over 950 executive committee members. He
stated that each task force was appointed by the mayor, supported by the city and
informed contacts within the community. He stated that the most important effort
taken by the office of substance abuse prevention and the department of health
services and education was community mobilization. He said that they were
looking at a funding cycle from the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP)
of approximately $144 million to be distributed in April, 1991 to various
communities. He explained that cities applying for funding from OSAP were
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competing against only cities and towns similar in size and stated that the funds
were specifically to help communities in their mobilization efforts. He further
stated that the Alliance was attempting to increase awareness of the latest
trends in drug prevention education and treatment.
Mr. Moortel stated that although he had never encountered a lack of interest and
people willing to volunteer their time, he had found that most communities lacked
a strategy or a plan for dealing with the issue of drug abuse. He stated that
this was what prevention was all about. He mentioned that on April 4, and 5,
1991 a chairperson 's training session would be held and said that this session
would bring the chairpersons in each community up to date on what was happening
on the state and national levels.
Mr. Moortel commented that Arizona State University had been instrumental in
research concerning the issue of drug abuse and said that the university provided
information beneficial to the Alliance. He commented that a Governor 's Youth
Commission Against Drugs which met on a quarterly basis had been developed with
the Drug Policy Council and the Statewide Executive Committee and that the
youths ' perspective was very interesting. He commented that they had implemented
a business partnership which brought in over $70,000 private funds for the
communities ' programs.
Mr. Moortel described the Arizona Drug Policy Council and stated that it was
comprised of all the major directors of the state agencies and chaired by the
Governor. He commented that a mayor, a community representative and a business
representative were the committee. He stated that their duties were very
explicit. He mentioned that the law enforcement agencies had become involved in
the program as many crimes were drug related.
Mr. Moortel addressed the "state strategy" as those issues important in Arizona.
He described the resource center developed in order to provide towns and cities
with needed information.
Mayor Cutillo commented that he had received a letter from the Governor
requesting that he join the Alliance. Mr. Moortel stated that by law the
Alliance had to spend 50% of the money they received on high-risk programs and
said that the other 50% was used as "Governor 's discretionary money" for
community mobilization.
Mr. Moortel explained that the best way in which to begin a program was to first
determine a community's resources. He also said that a community must also
invest in research to determine what areas needed to be addressed and pointed out
that the Alliance did not have gains in Phoenix before prevention programs were
available. He commented that he did not expect drugs to become a major problem
in Fountain Hills but stated that a good prevention and community mobilization
effort would assure that a problem would be even less likely to occur.
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,, Councilman O'Brien mentioned that he had plans for the new Alliance to meet on
February 20, 1991, 6:00 p.m. at 4-Peaks library. He invited anyone interested
in becoming involved to attend.
Mr. Moortel stated that the Governor's Alliance would provide the Town with a
planning grant and would also provide the Town with a facilitator to help set
goals and objectives for the Town.
AGENDA ITEM #3 - MAYOR'S REPORT
A. Update on meetings attended
a. MAG
Mayor Cutillo stated that no-one had attended the MAG meeting the
past month as the Council had held their Special Meeting on the same
night. He stated that he would distribute agendas for each MAG
meeting to the Council in the future and mentioned that the MAG
group met the last Wednesday of each month.
b. S.E. Regional Landfill
Mayor Cutillo explained that the regional landfill siting
committee 's primary purpose was to investigate the need for
landfills and to choose appropriate sites. He stated that a
tentative proposal had been discussed to have a public vote for a
1/2% increase in sales tax in order to provide money for landfill
sites. He said that the County was getting in "serious trouble"
because many landfill sites were closing and also said he was "not
too sure about the life of the one that was taking care of the
Town 's trash now. "
c. GPEC
Mayor Cutillo reported that he and Mr. Nordin had attended a
breakfast meeting the past Tuesday and had been updated on the
economic condition of the state and Phoenix. He said that he had
attended a second GPEC meeting the past Friday morning at which the
Taiwanese delegation spoke. He invited any interested
Councilmembers to review the information he had received from each
of these meetings.
AGENDA ITEM #4 - TOWN MAGISTRATE'S MONTHLY REPORT
Magistrate Shoob introduced Mr. Ed Bubak as a new resident of Fountain Hills
recently relocated from South Dakota who had been a limited jurisdiction judge
in South Dakota. He stated that he was interested in appointing Mr. Bubak as
"Magistrate Pro-Tem". He explained that at that time a bill concerning domestic
violence and orders of protection was being discussed in the state legislature.
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He stated that one of the provisions for this proposed legislation was that a
magistrate must be on call 24-hours every day to issue orders when necessary and
pointed out that having only one magistrate judge would not suffice. He
commented that he hoped to appoint the Magistrate Pro-Tem within the next month
and that the appointment did not require Council action.
Magistrate Shoob reported that the Courts Community Service program was working
well for individuals unable to pay court fines. He stated that a defensive
driving school was being held every other week in Fountain Hills with ten to
eighteen people in attendance.
Magistrate Shoob commented that he was still working on obtaining a grant from
the Supreme Court for the purchase of a new computer system. He stated that the
Supreme Court had promised him a 386 - 33 MHz Computer with 150 Mb hard drive and
full back-up tape.
The Magistrate reported that the number of court cases had dropped since the
holidays but could not state any reasons. He reported that in the month of
January, 1991 the court had 157 cases pending. He stated that 258 cases had been
filed in January totaling 1, 700 cases since the court 's inception. He mentioned
that the court had tried 21 cases in January and 68 since inception. The number
of terminations reported for the month of January, 1991 was 263 and 1,543 since
inception. Gross revenue for January, 1991 was $11,940 and the year-to-date
total revenue was $65,547. He stated that the court 's outstanding accounts
totaled $41,043. He explained that the outstanding amount included active
payment plans totaling $12,000 and commented that suspended licenses totaled
$18,301 of the outstanding accounts. He stated that the total warrants for
arrest totaled $10,619. He further stated that the Fountain Hills ' court
collected approximately 72% of outstanding fines.
AGENDA ITEM #5 - TOWN MANAGER'S MONTHLY REPORT
A. Project Update
a. Update on selecting a cable provider for Fountain Hills
Mr. Nordin reported that he, Mr. Farrell and Mr. Larry Woodward
would meet with the Cable T.V. subcommittee the next day at 4:00
p.m. and welcomed anyone interested to attend.
b. Town Manager's application to the Arizona State Parks Board for
possible appointment to the Heritage Fund Advisory Committee
Mr. Nordin stated that upon further investigation he found that the
Arizona State Parks Board had three advisory committees, none with
which he desired membership. He explained that the board he was
interested in concerned local and state parks. He said that that
board was appointed by the Governor and was not staffed internally.
He stated that he felt it was to the Town 's advantage to push to
become part of a more politically elected official position.
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c. Presentation of the Town 's Budget Review
Mr. Nordin reported that the Town had received a total of $897,904
during the first six months, and that they had spent over $643,000
leaving a positive cash balance, at the end of the calendar year, of
approximately $530,000. He complemented the Council and Town for
being in excellent financial condition, and recommended that the
Council consider setting up reserve funds for various programs.
B. Discuss
a. Special Event Requests as Follows:
Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce:
- the Great Fair
- the Trash Bash
No questions or concerns were raised regarding the Trash Bash.
Sunset Kiwanis and Chamber of Commerce:
- Special event liquor license for the Great Fair
Councilwoman Tibbetts stated that the Kiwanis International
had a blanket insurance policy, however, stated that the Town
still needed a special insurance coverage to serve liquor.
The Chamber of Commerce was responsible for the purchase of
the special liquor liability coverage. Ms. Hansen stated that
the liquor liability was purchased just before each event.
Mayor Cutillo commented that he opposed the liquor license for
the Great Fair.
Councilman Minarsich commented that the sheriff coverage
required when serving liquor was not provided during the last
event in which liquor was served. He requested assurances
that this would not happen again. Mr. Bruce Hansen commented
that at times it was difficult to control the sheriff 's staff
and stated that, in the past, the Town paid to have individual
sheriffs dedicated to patrolling each booth selling liquor.
Councilman Minarsich commented he had been told that
sponsoring the Great Fair had been opened up to other service
groups in Town and had been told that none were interested.
He stated that, however, he had been told by one service group
that they never had been approached. Mr. Hansen commented
that letters had been written to each service club asking for
their participation and the only response received was from
the Sunset Kiwanis group. He said that their intent was to
randomly choose one interested service group each year to
sponsor a booth at the fair.
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Mayor Cutillo expressed his feelings that the Great Fair was
a family affair and he did not desire alcoholic beverages
being sold. Councilman Minarsich commented that he felt there
were very good methods being employed by other cities in order
to keep drunkenness down during public events. Councilman Fox
stated that he felt just having a police officer or sheriff
stationed at the booth selling alcohol would be the best
deterrent to over-intoxication. Mr. Danny Tancredi expounded
on the virtues of prevention relating to alcohol related
problems and traffic accidents.
Fountain Hills Sunset Kiwanis:
- Biathlon
Vice Mayor Hudson commented that the Town had received an
insurance certificate from the organizers of the Biathlon.
MCO:
- Sunday concerts in the Park/closure of Saguaro
Mr. Keith McMahon reported that MCO had applied for closure of
Saguaro Boulevard on Sunday, February 10, 1991, and Sunday,
February 17, 1991. He stated that MCO may request additional
closures during March and April, 1991 but would address those
dates later.
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Mr. McMahon explained that MCO was sponsoring a series of
concerts in the park every Sunday until May 5, 1991, except
for the "Great Fair" weekend, as a public relations effort.
He stated that MCO had at first believed the concerts would
only attract small groups of approximately 3,000 people. He
stated, however, because approximately 10,000 people attended
the first concert adequate traffic control had not been
available and an accident had occurred. He requested that the
Council approve the closure of Saguaro Boulevard between
Stewart Vista and Parkview from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sundays in an effort to prevent traffic accidents. He said
that MCO would arrange to have Sheriff's personnel available
and would barricade the area as well as provide detours for
through traffic. Councilman O'Brien commented that he
preferred closing off even more of Saguaro Boulevard in order
to prevent traffic accidents.
Councilman Minarsich addressed the issue concerning the
Sheriff's deputies and their coverage of the Sunday concerts.
Mr. McMahon commented that they had hired four deputies to
police the traffic situation and stated that they had been
able to control traffic well until approximately 4:00 p.m.
when the concert ended. He discussed ways in which the
Sheriff's posse and the deputies could cover the concert in
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order to prevent any future accidents. Mr. Bruce Hansen
commented that Town Marshal Ron Dean was supposed to sign-off
on special event requests first and said that he decided
whether or not to call the sheriff. Mr. Hansen also said that
the sheriff's department could supply "sheriff 's cadets" who
work at no charge and can direct traffic. Mr. Nordin stated
that one of the Town 's goals was to utilize the Town 's Marshal
reserves as the first providers before requesting the sheriff
department 's aid. Councilman Minarsich asked Mr. McMahon to
increase his attendance estimations when planning for future
concerts. Mr. McMahon promised to rewrite the proposal to
include closing Saguaro Blvd. between Palisades and El Lago.
b. The proposed LTAF monies distribution schedule
No comments were made by the Council as to any specific
concerns. Mr. Nordin stated that they would follow the
schedule as outlined in the memo distributed by Town Clerk
Cassie Hansen.
AGENDA ITEM #6 -RESOLUTION 1991-01 ABANDONING WHATEVER RIGHT. TITLE, OR INTEREST
THE TOWN HAS IN THAT CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT AFFECTING ALONG REAR OF ALL
THE LOTS IN BLOCK 1, AND THE EASTERN SIDES OF LOTS 2, 15. 19 AND 31 OF BLOCK 1,
411, THE WESTERN SIDE OF LOTS 3, 16, 17. 18 AND 30 OF BLOCK 1 OF PLAT 602-C. A
SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF SECTIONS 15 AND 16. TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 6 EAST, OF
THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, IN FOUNTAIN HILLS, MARICOPA COUNTY,
ARIZONA
Mr. Nordin stated that Mr. Jeppson had contacted all parties involved in the
abandonment of the easement.
AGENDA ITEM #7 - RESOLUTION 1991-05, ESTABLISHING A SALARY EQUIVALENT FOR
PURPOSES OF WORKER COMPENSATION INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE TOWN MARSHAL
RESERVES
Mr. Nordin explained an addendum to the current resolution to provide for
workman 's comp for an estimated 15 officers. He explained that he and Marshal
Dean would like to establish two classes of officers within the reserve program -
- a Class I and a Class II. He stated that the Class I officer would be a non-
certified officer and a Class II would be an ALEOWAC certified officer. He said
that ALEOWAC certified officers would have a higher workers compensation rate
than the Class I. Vice Mayor Hudson stated that the rates varied greatly for
workers compensation depending upon the risk involved in the job. Mr. Nordin
mentioned that a physical for each volunteer was required as a safety precaution.
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AGENDA ITEM #8 - RESOLUTION 1991-06. AUTHORIZING THE TOWN TO JOIN THE FEDERAL
SURPLUS PROPERTY DONATION PROGRAM
Mr. Nordin stated that he felt the information provided to the Councilmembers was
"self explanatory" and no discussion was needed.
AGENDA ITEM #9 - ADOPTING THE FELKER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
AGENDA ITEM #10 - ORDINANCE 91-02. EXTENDING AND INCREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, COUNTY OF MARICOPA, STATE OF ARIZONA. PURSUANT TO
THE PROVISIONS OP TITLE 9. CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 7, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES AND
AMENDMENTS THERETO. BY ANNEXING THERETO CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTIGUOUS TO THE
EXISTING TOWN LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS
Mr. Nordin began by drawing attention to the draft document received from the
Felker group. He stated that he, Mr. Jeppson and Mr. Farrell were reviewing the
document and commented that they were not yet finished with their evaluation.
He mentioned that the Planning and Zoning Commission had met to discuss the
Felker project and that they had submitted two memorandums to the Council for
their discussion.
Mr. Jeppson stated that the primary topics concerning the project were second
access for density, mass grading, road sections, density of transfer, composition
of the products becoming part of the project, park lands set aside, design
guidelines and the length of the development agreement. He stated that
Nos)negotiations concerning second access not only to Shea Boulevard but also in and
out of each parcel had been discussed by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Vice Mayor Hudson stated that the Council would provide the access for the
project by their right of eminent domain should any problems exist.
Mr. Jeppson commented that the issue of density was an important point of
discussion. He explained that the developer had acquired the property with an
approved master plan from the County of 1,569 units. He pointed out that the
property was zoned RURAL-43 which, he explained, allowed one dwelling unit per
acre. He stated that staff recommended that the 1,331 units be approved as the
parcel distribution and stated that the Commission had approved this density 4
aye to 3 nay votes. He stated that currently the most dense unit within Fountain
Hills was Villas D'este on El Lago at 26.64 units per acre. He mentioned that
the most dense area in the Felker development was proposed at 12 units per acre.
He stated that the remainder of the Felker project was actually less dense than
that allowed by zoning and said that the least dense parcel proposed for the
Felker project was 3 units per acre.
Mr. Jeppson commented on the amount of grading which would need to be done in
order to facilitate the densities approved for the project and agreed that
extensive grading must take place in order to promote those densities. He
commented on the revegetation plan and stated that they would review the
revegetation of the area prior to approving the grading plan.
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Mr. Jeppson stated that the Felker project would provide a certain amount of open
space, that the total amount of open space would not be reduced and would be
specified in the agreement.
Mr. Jeppson commented that the Commission had also discussed the restaurant and
resort site. He stated that the commission 's recommendation was that if a resort
was not built in the area provided within a specified time period that the parcel
return to an open space designation and not be developed.
Mr. Jeppson said that the Commission decided not to recommend the Council set
aside a special area for a public park. He commented that the Commission felt
the golf course was considered to be sufficient recreation for the residents of
the development. He stated that the Commission did recommend the zoning as
proposed by the Felker group. He commented that the Commission planned to
discuss the design guidelines further at their February 14, 1991 meeting.
Mr. Farrell requested guidance from the Council on specific areas. The first was
concerning the "vesting schedule" which he explained was a term giving developers
and builders a-sense of comfort that their zoning was vested so that they could
offer the product to developers or end users with a sense of certainty that they
would not be required to seek Council approvals later. He stated that the
"vesting schedule" was also a benefit to the Town in that potential residents
would not be surprised when parcels next to them would be developed for high
intensity use. He stated that the Town was willing to grant vesting, but they
needed to see some commitment in terms of start dates and number of units so as
to provide a "performance measurement. " He commented that the development
agreement reads that there will be a 2-year hold on the resort parcel for resort.
After that time the developer may determine to use the land for residential units
or continue to pursue to merchandising the site as a resort. He stated that
dates needed to be determined concerning commencement dates of the golf course,
residential construction, infrastructure and the residential units. He commented
that if when these dates arrived and nothing had happened, then vesting no longer
was part of the development agreement and the Council and Town would be free to
change the zoning categories.
Mr. Dick Felker stated that the commencement of the infrastructure and the golf
course would be no later than December, 1992. He commented that the uncertainty
of the war effort and other international affairs made dates difficult to
pinpoint. He said that commencement of the residential units would follow within
one year being December, 1993. He stated that the commercial development would
happen sometime during the middle to the end of the entire development and
explained that as homes were built the need for commercial properties would grow.
Commencement of the resort property would not be until December, 1996. He stated
that he felt the resort should be developed last as he believed that particular
parcel to be most appropriate for a resort. Councilman O'Brien pointed out that
as Mr. Felker's idea for commencement: of the resort property was after the 2-year
period being specified in the development agreement that this date would negate
the vestment. Mr. Farrell stated that the 2-year period was only a maximum
period during which the developer could not request that zoning be changed to
residential. Mr. Gardon explained that the concept was that the zoning would
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vest as to the entirety of the project for a minimum of ten years. He commented
that the schedule only stated that if the developer wanted to feel assured that
the vesting would last for longer than ten years, then the developer was required
to meet the schedule.
Mr. Felker clarified that the resort area would be "frozen as a resort" for two
years. Four years after that time it could either be zoned as resort or
residential , then during the remaining four years the area could be resort or
residential. If, after ten years, the Town could maintain the position that the
developer had not vested by failure to comply with the development agreement.
Mr. Felker commented that the agreement was somewhat inconsistent where it read
"the golf course open space need not be used for golf course purposes. " He said
that the most difficult job for Mr. Jeppson was to evaluate the grading plan and
the grading notes. He stated that it was conceivable that areas displayed as
golf course could receive fill which was cut from other parts of the development
and placed on that area thus disturbing natural vegetation and, theoretically,
never have a golf course built on that location. He pressed that this was an
issued needing- to be discussed.
Councilwoman Tibbetts stated that she had witnessed projects in which grading had
taken place, but no structure was ever erected. She said that she wanted some
kind of assurance given to the Council that, once graded, the project would go
forth. Mr. Nordin commented that he agreed with her concern but commented that
this was one area which had not yet been discussed and explained that an "element
of trust" needed to exist between both parties. Mr. Gardon stated that they
would not grade for the golf course unless they were ready to begin construction.
Mr. Farrell explained that the moratorium issue basically stated the Town was not
a municipal utility, that they offered neither water nor sewer service and that
they made no representation as to the utilities ' availability. He also stated
that the moratorium said neither the developer nor its successors would
institute, except by court order, any law, rule or regulation which would limit
the number of building permits or approvals. If they did, the moratorium
directed the developer to specifically exclude the subject property from their
application. He explained that the "no growth" attitude was being addressed.
He stated that he was not in favor of moratoriums and said he would like to
delete it from the agreement. He did, however, stress that he did not want the
issue to stunt the approval of the development agreement.
Mr. Nordin stated that he had spoken with Mr. Felker regarding the moratorium.
He commented that the concept of the moratorium language would be deleted and be
replaced with language stating that no moratorium, if imposed, would single out
the Felker development. He explained the concern with a moratorium was that a
decision made by the current Council may bind future councils. Mr. Gardon
commented that he felt the moratorium was part in parcel of the vesting concept.
He further commented that as a compromise, a moratorium could be allowed for
utility purposes so the current or future council would have the ability to act
and stated that he felt the compromise would give both the developer and the Town
the flexibility desired. Mr. Farrell stated that in order to effectively set up
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a moratorium for land use control purposes, a great deal of ground work needed
to be laid. He commented that the Town could control growth with a moratorium
and stated that a moratorium involving utilities often was a question concerning
area and not the number of units.
Mr. Farrell commented that he believed a future council may consider growth
controls and limit the number of areas within Fountain Hills zoned as residential
areas. He further commented that having too many single family homes was not
economically good as it was expensive to provide sheriff and other services to
these areas.
Mr. Nordin commented that as the next developer coming into Fountain Hills may
wish to utilize the Felker 's development agreement as a prototype, he felt any
moratorium may be precedent setting. Councilman O'Brien clarified that the only
moratorium the Council could issue was for utilities.
Mr. Farrell requested clarification that should the Council be called upon to use
its power of eminent domain for the road, the developer would pay all associated
costs. -
Mr. Felker commented that the roads within the project would be turned over to
the Town after a warranty period. He stated that these roads would be turned
over immediately upon approval of all the as—builts and testing documents and
after the warranty period. Councilman Fox expressed his concern regarding the
amount of heavy construction traffic traversing the roads within the project for
the first five years and suggested that the developer could "over develop" some
of the roads. Mr. Felker explained that the last course of AC would be left off
until after the majority of construction traffic was gone and said that if the
streets were constructed properly they should not have any trouble. Mr. Nordin
stated that he knew of another method to combat wear and tear on the streets
during construction phase.
Mr. Gardon explained the statistical analysis provided to the Council. He said
that approximately 42 d of the 500 acres was in an open space category and stated
that as 170 acres was utilized as golf course, approximately half of the open
space was left to be used as hiking trails or for other recreational amenities.
He discussed the need for allowing water drainage or retention as determined by
each parcel 's particular location.
Mr. Danny Tancredi expressed his concerns regarding recreational areas for the
residents of the Felker parcel. He pointed out that they would be closer to
Scottsdale than any of the current Fountain Hills parks or schools. Mr. Gardon
stated that the development was not geared towards being a "family community" and
commented that Mr. Tancredi 's concerns were noted but the development could not
provide certain recreational amenities. He stated that other amenities were
planned such as bike paths.
Mr. Nordin commented that he hoped to address and review his concerns regarding
the grading provisions in the development agreement and the natural buffer areas
between the golf course and homes within the next few days.
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Mr. Gardon stated that a new category had been added to the zoning districts
which completed all categories proposed in the parcel . He explained that the new
category provided for open space and stated that that category did not exist in
the Town 's current zoning. He also distributed an addendum concerning the
minimal roads and hammerheads as they related to emergency access.
Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Commission Mike Scharnow stated that the
Commission could not state specifically what types of recreational amenities they
wanted. Mr. Gardon and Mr. Felker promised that they would attempt to help the
Commission address the Commission 's concerns and wants.
AGENDA ITEM #11 - ADJOURNMENT
The Town Council adjourned the Work/Study Session at approximately 10:15 p.m.
TOWN 0 FO N H LLS
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By:
Joh . Cutillo, Mayor
ATTEST: C . 'dam
Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the
minutes of the Work/Study Session held by the Town Council of Fountain Hills on
the 5th day of February, 1991. I further certify that the meeting was duly
called and that a quorum was present.
DATED this L1+4 _ day of April, 1991.
(720-6441.L- 4S. /1q1.404,_)
Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk
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