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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 20, 1992
A public meeting of the Fountain Hills Town Council was convened and called to
order by Mayor John Cutillo at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, February 20, 1992, in the
Fountain Hills Town Hall, located at 16836 E. Palisades Blvd., Building C,
Fountain Hills, Arizona.
ROLL CALL - Following the pledge to the flag and the invocation by Councilman
Charles Fox, roll call was taken. Present for roll call were the following
members of the Fountain Hills Town Council: Mayor John Cutillo, Vice Mayor Peg
Tibbetts and Councilmembers Frank Clark, Mike Minarsich, Charlie Fox, Bill
O'Brien and Wally Hudson. Also present were Director of Community Development
Gary Jeppson, Town Engineer Randy Harrel, Town Attorney Bill Farrell and Town
Clerk Cassie Hansen.
Mayor Cutillo stated that there was a consent agenda and that all items listed
with an asterisk were considered to be routine matters and would be enacted by
one motion and roll call vote of the Council. There would be no separate
discussion of the items unless a Councilmember or member of the public so
requested, in which event the item would be removed from the Consent Agenda and
considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.
The consent agenda items were read by Mayor Cutillo and the Council acted on
them. Councilman Clark made a MOTION to approve as read. SECONDED by Vice Mayor
Tibbetts and CARRIED unanimously. A roll call vote was taken and the results
were as follows:
Mayor Cutillo aye
Vice Mayor Tibbetts aye
Councilman O'Brien aye
Councilman Hudson aye
Councilman Clark aye
Councilman Minarsich aye
Councilman Fox aye
The roll call vote results were seven aye to zero nay votes.
AGENDA ITEM #2 - ACCEPTANCE OF THE MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 6TH OF 1992.
This item was a part of the consent agenda. Councilman Clark made a MOTION to
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approve. SECONDED by Vice Mayor Tibbetts and CARRIED unanimously.
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AGENDA ITEM #3 - CONSIDERATION OF THE SPECIAL EVENT REQUEST SUBMITTED BY THE
SUNSET KIWANIS FORA BIATHLON TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23RD, 1992.
This item was a part of the consent agenda. Councilman Clark made a MOTION to
approve. SECONDED by Vice Mayor Tibbetts and CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #4 - CONSIDERATION OF THE LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY
STUART T. BURTON FOR 4 SONS FOOD STORE LOCATED AT 13779 FOUNTAIN HILLS BOULEVARD.
This item was a part of the consent agenda. Councilman Clark made a MOTION to
approve. SECONDED by Vice Mayor Tibbetts and CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #5 - CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 1992-03, PROVIDING NOTICE OF THE
REGULAR PRIMARY ELECTION; AND ESTABLISHING POLLING PLACES AND VOTING DISTRICTS
AND THE TIMES THAT SUCH POLLS WILL BE OPEN.
This item was a part of the consent agenda. Councilman Clark made a MOTION to
approve. SECONDED by Vice Mayor Tibbetts and CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #6 - CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 1992-04, ABANDONING WHATEVER RIGHT,
TITLE, OR INTEREST IT HAS IN THAT CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT AND DRAINAGE
EASEMENT LOCATED ALONG THE EAST LOT LINE OF LOT 1, BLOCK 4, OR PLAT 401B FOUNTAIN
HILLS, ARIZONA, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 155 OF MAPS, PAGE 12, RECORDS OF MARICOPA
COUNTY, ARIZONA; EXCEPT THE NORTH FIFTEEN FEET OF SAID EASEMENT.
Mayor Cutillo stated that the applicant requested the Council continue the item.
Mayor Cutillo made a MOTION to continue the request until the March 6, 1992
meeting. SECONDED by Councilman Hudson and CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #7 - CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 1992-05, ABANDONING WHATEVER RIGHT,
TITLE, OR INTEREST IT HAS IN THAT CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT AND DRAINAGE
EASEMENT LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH LOT LINE OF LOT 23, BLOCK 6, OF PLAT 431
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 151 OF MAPS, PAGE 43, RECORDS OF
MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA; EXCEPT THE NORTH SEVEN FEET OF SAID EASEMENT.
This item was a part of the consent agenda. Councilman Clark made a MOTION to
approve. SECONDED by Vice Mayor Tibbetts and CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #8 - PRESENTATION BY CAPTAIN HENDERSHOTT OF THE MARICOPA COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON HIS MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT.
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Captain Hendershott presented his monthly report to the Council. He stated that
there were twelve forced entry burglaries and nine thefts in January. He
explained that they were along the main arterial roadways in town and the
majority of them were on Palisades. Captain Hendershott stated that the area of
increased activity was a crime of opportunity. He explained that the majority
of burglars were discovered during traffic stops, not during the commission of
the crime. Captain Hendershott stated that during the month of January there
were 164 citations written, the majority of them were for speeding and no proof
of insurance. He said that they were stopping more speeders for lesser
violations.
AGENDA ITEM #9 - TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT: PROJECT UPDATE (WITH POSSIBLE DIRECTION
FROM THE COUNCIL FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION) REPORT BY COUNCILMAN CLARK AND RANDY
HARREL ON THE BEELINE HIGHWAY PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING.
Councilman Clark said that he and Mr. Harrel attended a workshop concerning the
design study of Highway 87 from McDowell Road to Shea Boulevard. He stated that
the participants were considered to have an interest in the project. The Arizona
Department of Transportation, the Salt River/Pima/Maricopa Indian Community, the
Town of Fountain Hills, the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, Salt
River Project, Maricopa County Highway Department, and several consulting,
engineering and architectural firms were all in attendance and had involvement
in the planning of the Beeline Highway redesign. He said A.D.O.T.'s idea to
involve everyone was excellent and he reviewed the Committee's goals. He stated
the objectives of the workshop were planning, to develop a joint mission
statement, to include the overriding philosophy of the team, to include goals,
objectives and action steps needed to insure an efficient, effective and timely
completion of the project. Councilman Clark stated that the alliance was to
develop and commit to a charter expressing primary interest, desires and needs
of each team member on the project team. He added that the resolution was to
discuss and resolve openly and honestly potential problems and conflicts that
would hamper the successful completion of the project. Councilman Clark said
they had charged that teamwork would enable them to discuss and become familiar
with essential elements of a high performance team adding that it would link
those factors with the successful execution of the committee's charter.
Councilman Clark said the team would evaluate, to develop a system for continual
tracking and the monitoring of the efficiency and effectiveness of the team.
They would respect the charter, to recognize that the organizations and
individuals that made up the team would have to sometimes respond to outside
pressures and stresses unknown to them. He said the spirit would be to recognize
the success of the chartered partnership and ultimately rest on each individual
team member. Councilman Clark said there were thirty persons on the team,
divided in five groups. Their task was not able to be completed in one session,
therefore another meeting had been scheduled for Tuesday, March 3. Councilman
Clark said each member was allowed to state what their primary concern was. He
stated that Fountain Hills' primary interest was a safe design completed at an
early date. Mr. Gendler asked if the committee would stay involved with the
project through its completion and Councilman Clark said that was his
understanding. Ms. Petroff asked what the completion date was. Councilman Clark
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said that was discussed and A.D.O.T. had committed to complete the study by
January 1993, complete the design by April 1994, start construction by July 1994.
Councilman Clark said that at the meeting he suggested that many of the details
of the project could be started ahead of the normal schedule and that would help
prevent some of the usual delays. Ms. Wood asked why the McDowell Indian tribe
was not included in the meeting and Councilman Clark stated that this portion of
the design did not involve them.
Councilman Fox stated that Mr. Nordin had discussed possible ways to get citizen
input for a Town Hall. He said the Town Hall two years prior had given the
Council a basis for the direction the community wanted them to head in. He
suggested that a Town Hall could be set up using the five topics that came out
of the last one. Vice Mayor Tibbetts stated that an excellent source of
thoughtful suggestions from a community was a well planned Town Hall. She stated
that there would be several things that would have to take place in order to have
a successful Town Hall. Councilman Fox stated that the delegates should be
briefed on the history of the town before their breaking off into smaller groups.
Councilman Minarsich said he agreed and stated that the Times' editorials had
shown him that the Council was not communicating well enough to the public.
Councilman Clark agreed that a survey should be done to see if the old priorities
were still important and also to take a fresh look at the wants and needs of
today. Vice Mayor Tibbetts stated that the next Town Hall could be more specific
in format than the 1990 Town Hall.
AGENDA ITEM #10 - PRESENTATION BY RANDY HARREL ON THE STREET PORTION OF THE FIVE
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Mr. Harrel stated that the existing street and drainage systems in Fountain Hills
had three sources of construction: the developer, the road districts and the
Town. He said the existing problems were inadequate site distances along the
roadways, on curves and at intersections. He added that other problems were
excessively steep grades, structurally inadequate pavement, water ponding areas,
wash crossings, inadequate shoulders, obstructions at curbs. Mr. Harrel said
there were ditches that had eroded, wedge curbs that were breaking up in many
locations in town, and excessively steep driveways. Mr. Harrel stated that less
than two years after the Town took over the roadways, there was a fifteen mile
paving project funded by a five million dollar bond issue. He said the project
was under design and they would be going to construction within thirty days. He
stated that new equipment for road maintenance had been ordered or purchased and
that the street signage had been upgraded.
Staff had divided their needs into eight different areas: inventory, mapping,
street improvements, drainage, routine maintenance, preventive maintenance,
maintenance yard and buildings and facilities, maintenance equipment and
personnel. He said the inventory and mapping systems were something not really
seen, just realized by the end result. The focal point of the needs analysis
were transportation and street improvements. He said the next item on the list
was traffic control devices and at the top of that list was the intersection of
Fountain Hills and Palisades Boulevard. He stated that staff would start the
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feasibility study within the next thirty days. Mr. Harrel said that MCO had a
commitment to pay fifty percent of the expense of a traffic signal for the that
intersection as well as at Los Altos Parkway. He said the main topic of
discussion was the reconstruction of Fountain Hills Boulevard. Mr. Harrel said
that MCO had an obligation to fund approximately sixty percent of the over three
million dollar project. He stated that the reconstruction of Fountain Hills
Boulevard or the completion of Palisades Boulevard would need to be done as soon
as possible. Vice Mayor Tibbetts stated that she had been informed that
Palisades would not be completed until development had been started along it.
Councilman Clark clarified the fact that MCO had agreed to an old estimate of
approximately two million dollars and not to the maintenance or extras that would
be involved. Mayor Cutillo stated that the Fountain Hills Boulevard
reconstruction should be a separate agenda item.
Mr. Harrel stated that staff felt Shea Boulevard would be adequate through the
five year plan with a few added amenities. He stated that staff had considered
ten to eleven thousand feet of sidewalks to areas that generate significant
amounts of pedestrian traffic. Mr. Harrel said that the high school would be
opening next year and would have no sidewalks leading to it or around it and
staff felt that should be a priority. He stated that bike paths and bike lanes
were currently being studied with parks and recreation. Mrs. Wilhelm stated that
hikers, bikers and equestrians did not mix. Mr. Harrel clarified that the topics
that he was discussing were just ideas and Councilman Minarsich stated that a lot
of it was a wish list and perhaps would not ever develop. Ms. Petroff asked
where the figures came from as she felt they were extremely high. Mr. Harrel
said staff worked up the figures and used the cost of all facets involved and
compared the figures to MCO's past figures. Councilman Clark added that when an
estimate such as this was done, staff wanted to be on the high side, not low.
In response to confusion in the public, Councilman Clark said that the Council
had asked staff to look into approximately ten different topics on the five year
plan and possible ways to fund them, however, they could choose not to implement
any of them. Mr. Harrel reviewed some miscellaneous items in his plan. Mr.
Harrel stated that he felt another priority was to upgrade the main arterial
streets so that people could travel them all the time. He also explained that
a routine maintenance program was important and what steps were entailed. Mr.
Harrel stated that included in his proposal was striping. He said there were
seven items for consideration of purchase over the next five years. Mr. Harrel
showed some revenue sources and stated that some of the sources would have to go
to specific projects. He said the Federal Aide Fund would be $90,000 annually.
Mr. Harrel said that the majority of the projects had no specific source of
income currently and that a great deal of the grant funds had specific uses that
they had to go toward. Mr. Harrel stated that there would be an I.G.A. soon to
conduct a drainage study and contour map of Fountain Hills. Councilman Fox
commended Mr. Harrel for the in-depth study he presented the Council. Ms.
Charles stated that Mr. Harrel did an excellent job on his presentation and asked
if Fountain Hills Boulevard would be re-engineered if it was not reconstructed
and Mr. Harrel answered affirmatively. Ms. Wilhelm asked about the road paving
construction schedule and Mr. Harrel explained that during the six month period
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between April and September 1992, all of the paving would be completed.
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AGENDA ITEM #11 - CALL TO THE PUBLIC.
Mayor Cutillo made the call to the public. No one responded.
AGENDA ITEM #12 - ADJOURNMENT.
Councilman Fox made a MOTION to adjourn. SECONDED by Councilman Tibbetts and
CARRIED unanimously. The Town Council adjourned at approximately 9:00 p.m.
TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS
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John M. Cutillo, Mayor
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Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk
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PREPARED BYf,'-i / . Aft „, !,
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CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the
minutes of the Regular Meeting held by the Town Council of Fountain Hills on the
20th day of February 1992. I further certify that the meeting was duly called
and that a quorum was present.
DATED this S 1 — day of March 1992. ta
Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk
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