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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015.1217.TCREM.Minutesz:\council packets\2016\r160107\151217m.docx Page 1 of 8 TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE AND REGULAR SESSIONS OF THE FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL DECEMBER 17, 2015 EXECUTIVE SESSION * CALL TO ORDER Mayor Kavanagh called the Executive Session to order at 5:00 p.m. in the Fountain Conference Room - 2nd Floor. AGENDA ITEM #1- ROLL CALL AND VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION: PURSUANT TO A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3), DISCUSSION OR CONSULTATION FOR LEGAL ADVICE WITH THE ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEYS OF THE PUBLIC BODY (SPECIFICALLY: IMPOSITION OF VARIOUS FEES). Present for roll call were the following members of the Town Council: Mayor Linda Kavanagh, Councilmember Dennis Brown, Councilmember Nick DePorter, Councilmember Cecil Yates, Councilmember Alan Magazine and Vice Mayor Henry Leger. Town Manager Grady Miller, Town Attorney Andrew McGuire, Town Clerk Bevelyn Bender, Finance Director Craig Rudolphy and Gust Rosenfeld Attorney Kelly Williams were also present. Councilmember Cassie Hansen was not present at the meeting. Councilmember Brown MOVED to go into Executive Session at 5:00 p.m. and Councilmember Yates SECONDED the motion, which CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY by those present (6-0). AGENDA ITEM #2 - ADJOURNMENT. The Executive Session adjourned without objection at 6:15 p.m. REGULAR SESSION * CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Kavanagh called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. * INVOCATION - Pastor Kent Groethe, Shepherd of the Hills * ROLL CALL - Present for roll call were the following members of the Town Council: Mayor Linda Kavanagh, Councilmember Dennis Brown, Councilmember Nick DePorter, Councilmember Cecil Yates, Councilmember Alan Magazine and Vice Mayor Henry Leger. Town Manager Grady Miller, Town Attorney Andrew McGuire, and Town Clerk Bevelyn Bender were also present. Councilmember Cassie Hansen was not present at the meeting. * MAYOR'S REPORT i) None. * SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES/PRESENTATIONS i) Mayor Kavanagh may review recent events attended relating to Economic Development Mayor Kavanagh advised that at the MAG (Maricopa Association of Governments) meeting it was noted that discussions continue with the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to streamline the Exceptional Event Reporting. She noted that when Arizona has what the EPA classifies as an Exceptional Event, like a big dust storm or a wildfire, z:\council packets\2016\r160107\151217m.docx Page 2 of 8 the amount of paperwork that the EPA requires is overwhelming. She said that MAG is asking the EPA to recogn ize that Arizona is a desert community in which dust storms and wildfires are common and should allow for simpler reporting of events. She added that with reference to ozone levels approved by the EPA for their state, again she has asked MAG to urge the EPA to separate the transport ozone (ozone blowing their way from Mexico and California) from the ozone that is actually generated here in Arizona and not to hold Arizona responsible for that ozone. She reported that currently the total ozone in their atmosphere is being considered the responsibility of Arizona even though they have no control over what is coming from other areas. CALL TO THE PUBLIC None. CONSENT AGENDA AGENDA ITEM #1 - CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 19 AND DECEMBER 3, 2015. AGENDA ITEM #2 - CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING A LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY LAWRENCE ELLIGET, AGENT FOR FOUNTAIN HILLS DELI, LLC, DBA FOUNTAIN HILLS EXPRESS CONVENIENCE STORE & DELI, LOCATED AT 11829 N. SAGUARO BOULEVARD, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ. THIS IS FOR A SERIES 10 (BEER & WINE STORE). AGENDA ITEM #3 - CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING A FAIR/FESTIVAL LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK (MARCIA HORN) FOR THE PROMOTION OF A FUNDRAISER TO BE HELD ON AVENUE OF THE FOUNTAINS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FOUNTAIN HILLS SCULPTURE AND WINE EXPERIENCE, FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15TH THROUGH SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2016. AGENDA ITEM #4 - CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING A SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION FOR THE FOUNTAIN HILLS ELKS #2846 (WILLIAM PAGEAU) FOR THE PROMOTION OF A FUNDRAISER TO BE HELD AT 16766 E. PARKVIEW AVENUE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FOUNTAIN HILLS CHILI COOK-OFF, FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 10:00 P.M., SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016. AGENDA ITEM #5 - CONSIDERATION OF RESCINDING THE TAX ENFORCEMENT SETTLEMENT OFFER PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AT THE NOVEMBER 5, 2015 COUNCIL MEETING. AGENDA ITEM #6 - CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING A BUDGET TRANSFER FROM THE TOWN MANAGER'S CONTINGENCY FUND TO THE STREETS DIVISION BUDGET AND THE EXPENDITURE, IN AN AMOUNT OF $4,633.00 PLUS SALES TAX, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHARING THE COST OF FOUNTAIN HILLS SISTER CITIES ENTRY SIGNS ON SHEA BOULEVARD. AGENDA ITEM #7 - CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE MUNICIPAL SPONSORSHIP AND LICENSE AGREEMENT. Councilmember Yates MOVED to approve the consent agenda as listed and Councilmember Brown SECONDED the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the following results: Mayor Linda Kavanagh Aye Councilmember Dennis Brown Aye Councilmember Nick DePorter Aye Councilmember Cecil Yates Aye Councilmember Cassie Hansen Absent Councilmember Alan Magazine Aye Vice Mayor Henry Leger Aye The motion CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY by those present (6-0). z:\council packets\2016\r160107\151217m.docx Page 3 of 8 REGULAR AGENDA AGENDA ITEM #8 - CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF "LAS MONTANAS DEL SOL DOS," A LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT OF LOT #5 (APN 176-27-388) THAT WILL CREATE A NEW TRACT "A," CASE #S 2015-10. Senior Planner Bob Rodgers addressed the Council relative to this agenda item and briefly highlighted the Staff Report contained in the Council's packets (copies available on line and in the office of the Town Clerk). He advised that a property line adjustment creates Tract A, which will be an unbuildable tract containing the mailboxes for the community and its maintenance will become the responsibility of the Homeowners Association. He added that it also redefines the side property line of Lot 5 in order to reduce the setback requirement and allow for a larger building envelope on that lot. He noted that the lot does continue to meet the minimum requirements contained in the Zoning Ordinance. He advised that staff recommends approval of this proposal. Councilmember Magazine MOVED to approve the final plat of Las Montas Del Sol Dos, a lot line adjustment of Lot #5, that will create a new Tract A and Councilmember Yates SECONDED the motion. Councilmember Brown advised that he would recuse himself from voting due to a conflict of interest. The motion CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY by those present and voting (5-0). AGENDA ITEM #9 - PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ORDINANCE 15-12, AMENDING THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS ZONING ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 6, SIGN REGULATIONS, RELATING TO A- FRAME SIGNS AND BANNERS. CASE # Z2015-04. Mayor Kavanagh stated that there is one Staff Report for Agenda Items #9 and #10 and declared the public hearing open at 6:36 p.m. Town Manager Grady Miller noted that late yesterday afternoon staff caught an error contained in the Council's packets (available on line and in the office of the Town Clerk) but it was too late to update the packets. He advised that they do have a memo in their packets that addresses this and said that apparently the violations that they had actually reported are shown as eight (8) when in reality there were sixty (60), of which fifty (50) were for signs without permits so the net result was ten (10) not counting those without sign permits. He reported that the previous year they had nine (9) for reasons other than not having permits and that number increased to ten (10) going into the new year. He apologized to the Council for the error. Senior Planner Bob Rodgers addressed the Council relative to this agenda item and advised that if the ordinance is approved, it will extend the expiration dates on Commercial A-Frame signs and Banners for special sales events to December 31, 2016. He pointed out that Section 6.08 B.1 relates to the sunset clause for the A-Frame signs and Section 6.08 D.1.c relates to the sunset clause for Banners. He advised that unless extended these two sign types will no longer be permitted in Fountain Hills after December 31, 2015. He said that since 2009, these signs have typically been given annual extensions and this year's request is the same -- a one year extension of the expiration date from December 31st of this year to December 31st of 2016. He pointed out that the Council was provided a corrected memo from Code Enforcement regarding compliance during the past year and stated that there were a manageable number of A-Frame sign violations this year. He informed the Council that the biggest reason for the apparent improvement is that the permits are no longer required so the lack of one is no longer a violation and the number of non -permit violations has stayed about the same. He added that Banner compliance gradually got a little worse but the numbers are still relatively low and Code Enforcement should still be able to keep it under control. He noted that the Planning & Zoning Commission forwarded a recommendation for approval of the extension until December 16, 2016 and staff also recommends approval of the request for an extension. He indicated his willingness to respond to any questions from the Council. Councilmember Yates stated that to borrow a conversation from Vice Mayor Leger regarding the fact that they keep talking about the same ordinance over and over again, he is not saying that they are completely out of the woods but what about moving forward and making this a solid ordinance and then if something did happen staff could bring the matter to the Council. He reiterated that he is not saying that it is perfect yet but they do have this conversation every year and it may be time to go ahead and make this the ordinance and if something comes up, obviously staff has the ability to collect all of the information and come before the Council. z:\council packets\2016\r160107\151217m.docx Page 4 of 8 Mr. Rodgers asked if by a solid ordinance Councilmember Yates means no more expirations (no more sunset clauses) and Councilmember Yates concurred with that statement. Mr. Rodgers advised that that is a policy decision that the Council is free to make. Mayor Kavanagh advised that she concurs with the comments made by Councilmember Yates and noted that she used to be the Chair of the Chamber of Commerce Board (and they also got support for this from the Chamber) and she knows that the business community, besides telling the Council how valuable A-Frame signs and Banners are to them, also say that they are a big expense and they buy them up for the year for different sales they are going to have throughout the year. She pointed out that if something happens to their A-Frame signs then they have to buy new ones and they would like to know that they could keep them if they are going to put the money out t o purchase them -- they want to know that the money that they invest is for something that they can keep. The Mayor further stated that they know the value of A-Frame signs and Banners and they know they are not going to take them away from the businesses so they need to enforce the ones that are not complying and not punish the ones that are by making them constantly have to go through this. She pointed out that when they first started talking about this they talked about asking the Chamber for help and at that time they had a new CEO and he needed some time to first get into his job. She expressed the opinion that now he is really ready to help the Town as far as education goes and she believes they can really count on him. She advised that she agrees with Councilmember Yates that they should just let the staff handle this just like they handle any other ordinance and they will also look for help from the Chamber to get the education out. Councilmember Magazine asked whether they need to take some formal action on this and the Mayor replied after they close the public hearing they will do that but not yet -- they can take action under the next agenda item. Vice Mayor Leger asked what the rationale was for engaging in this process annually. Mr. Rodgers responded that if they remember back, A-Frame signs were not allowed at all and when Council decided to allow them to come back they wanted to do the annual renewals with the Sunset Clauses just to make sure that they didn't get out of hand like they had previously. He added that then Proposition 207 was adopted, and if they actually eliminated the signs and banners, they could never readopt the sunset clause. Vice Mayor Leger commented so basically it was just to make sure that people were complying and Mr. Rodgers agreed with that statement. He further stated that he agrees with Councilmember Yates that doing this annually does not make a whole lot of sense but the other side of that is he is not sure that removing it makes a lot of sense either. He advised that he would be in favor of pushing it out a couple of years and reviewing it -- three years or four years, something like that. He noted that the reason he says that is they have a Code Enforcement Officer who works extremely hard and it is unfortunate, and maybe the Chamber can help them with this, that the number of violations that are not attended to happen on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when the Officer is not out there. He said that he doesn't think that the data they are looking at is as accurate as they think it is and the rationale for doing this annually is to try and keep those numbers in check. He pointed out that on Sundays they have signs out on Shea Boulevard and on Saguaro so he is not sure that things are as good as they seem. He added that he does not think that totally removing the review period is the solution either. Councilmember Brown advised that he would like to remind everybody that when they finally took the signs off of the streets the comment was made that their street started to look a little bit like 32nd Avenue and Bell where every business has a sign out on the curb and it is not very attractive. He noted that they did have quite a battle with the signs for about a year before they finally got it under control and it was Proposition 207 that actually prompted them not to just give them carte blanche as they discussed and he has to say that he would agree with maybe a three or four year extension but he would hate to completely give it up because once they give up the ability to retract and take back the signs, it may get as bad as it was back in 2007 and 2008. He also agreed that the violations mostly take place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and in the medians and he thinks that three or four years would make good sense but he would hate to give it all up because if they do they would not be able to do anything about it in the future. Mayor Kavanagh asked whether the Council could make adjustments to the ordinance if staff brought this back at some future time because there was an issue. Town Attorney Andrew McGuire reminded the Council of Proposition 207 and its impact-- it is a restriction on the Council's ability to reduce someone's property rights or reduce the value of the property based upon the regulatio n that they impose. He added that it has been their opinion since they started this process with the A -Frame signs that they are at risk of a Proposition 207 claim based upon their sign provisions, just as they are for any other provision in the Code. He noted that this mechanism was intended to make sure that the Council never has to face that claim and that z:\council packets\2016\r160107\151217m.docx Page 5 of 8 they could push out into the future any decisions about the Sign Ordinance, whether A -Frames, Banners or anything else, with the understanding that their Proposition window of damages was always limited by that Sunset period. He said they use this process in order to prevent any claims being filed against the Town. Councilmember Yates advised that he is more apt to say "let's give them a longer run." He stated that he sat with Councilmember Brown on three different Sign Committees and he would like to propose a five -year extension but he is open for discussion. He expressed the opinion that that is a long enough time period in order to get a good sample. Councilmember Brown asked if they extend it to five years and they have problems with it whether they could bring the extension period back to two, three or four years. Mr. McGuire responded that it is all a matter of degree at that point -- could someone bring in a claim because the Town brings a five-year window down to a three-year window, sure and is it a lesser claim, probably, but it is still a claim opportunity. He cautioned against picking a sunset date that is so far out that they wouldn't be able to do anything in between. Councilmember Brown commented that if the number is five, this Council may not ever deal with it again and the next Council might not even have a clue so he would say that a three-year extension would be a good number to use. Councilmember Yates stated that it is back to the investment by the business owners in these A-Frame signs and the Banners and recapturing those costs, not that it is huge money but having been in small businesses, owners try to leverage even $100 for as long as they can. He said that he would be okay with a four-year extension. Vice Mayor Leger advised that the A-Frames are more manageable based on the data but what he noticed in the report and learned talking to the Town's Code Enforcement Officer is that the banners are significantly higher. He asked whether he was correct in stating that and Mr. Rodgers replied that they are on the rise. The Vice Mayor stated that he is real comfortable with three years. Councilmember DePorter said that he understands Proposition 207 and he thinks three or five years is a reasonable number. Councilmember Magazine stated that if Councilmember Brown would make a motion for three years he would be happy to second that motion (under the next agenda item). Town Clerk Bevelyn Bender advised that there were no citizens wishing to speak on this agenda item. Mayor Kavanagh declared the public hearing closed at 6:52 p.m. AGENDA ITEM, #10 - CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 15-12, AMENDING THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS ZONING ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 6, SIGN REGULATIONS, RELATING TO A- FRAME SIGNS AND BANNERS. CASE #Z2015-04. Councilmember Yates MOVED to approve Ordinance 15-12, a text amendment to Sections 6.08.B.11 and 6.08.D.1.c of the Fountain Hills Zoning Ordinance, extending the expiration dates for Banners and A-Frame signs to four years and Councilmember DePorter SECONDED the motion. Vice Mayor Leger MOVED to amend the motion to extend the expiration date for Banners and A-Frame signs to three years and Councilmember Magazine SECONDED the amended motion. The Mayor stated that they will vote on the amendment first. A roll call vote was taken with the following results: Mayor Linda Kavanagh Nay Councilmember Dennis Brown Aye Councilmember Nick DePorter Nay Councilmember Cecil Yates Nay Councilmember Cassie Hansen Absent Councilmember Alan Magazine Aye Vice Mayor Henry Leger Aye The motion DIED for lack of a majority vote (3-3). Mayor Kavanagh advised that they would now vote on the original motion. A roll call vote was taken with the following results: z:\council packets\2016\r160107\151217m.docx Page 6 of 8 Mayor Linda Kavanagh Aye Councilmember Dennis Brown Nay Councilmember Nick DePorter Aye Councilmember Cecil Yates Aye Councilmember Cassie Hansen Absent Councilmember Alan Magazine Nay Vice Mayor Henry Leger Nay The motion DIED for lack of a majority of votes (3-3). Councilmember Yates advised that he would like to rescind his motion in the idea of the holiday season and getting along with everybody. He said that he would go along with the three-year extension. Councilmember Yates MOVED to approve a three-year extension and Councilmember Magazine SECONDED the motion. A roll call vote was taken with the following results: Mayor Linda Kavanagh Aye Councilmember Dennis Brown Aye Councilmember Nick DePorter Aye Councilmember Cecil Yates Aye Councilmember Cassie Hansen Absent Councilmember Alan Magazine Aye Vice Mayor Henry Leger Aye The motion CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY by those present (6-0). Mayor Kavanagh advised that they will be sure to reach out to the Chamber of Commerce regarding this issue since they offered their help in spreading education and bringing speaker s in to talk about it. She added that they promised to work diligently for compliance. AGENDA ITEM #11 - CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2015-54, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (AMENDED AND RESTATED AUGUST 1, 2013) RELATING TO THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (I.T.) POLICIES, VACATION LEAVE POLICY AND PERSONAL LEAVE POLICY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Town Manager Grady Miller addressed the Council relative to this agenda item and stated that before the Council is a request from staff to amend their Personnel Policies & Procedures relating to the Information Technology (I.T.), Vacation Leave Policy and Personal Leave Policy. He said that when he was in his previous role as the Administrative Services Director these were some issues that had come up. He explained that they have some arbitrary dates for folks for vacation leave before they start losing it. He noted that in other organizations he has worked in the policy has been very easy -- whatever accrual rate the employees are at they are allowed to keep up to two years' worth. He pointed out that this is predictable because then the employees know how much they can maintain and it limits the impact to the Town if they have an employee who might leave after a certain number of services as far as cash out because it will be limited to their accrual. Mr. Miller explained the current Personal Leave Policy (copies of the Staff Report and Resolution are available on line and in the office of the Town Clerk) and said that they allow 30 hours every January of every year and the issue with that is that with employees who submit their personal leave requests, they go through the process and it is tracked but unfortunately it is counted against their sick leave bal ance. He pointed out that most organizations normally have separate vacation, sick leave and personal leave balances or they have a combined balance but in their case they don't have a combined leave balance. He expressed the opinion that it would make sense to amend that so that they have a separate leave bank to avoid confusion. He added that staff has to go back and do adjustments after every payroll period and there are potential issues with errors. He recommended that the policy be amended so that they have a separate bank of leave for personal leave. He emphasized that there is no cost impact at all associated with doing this. Mr. Miller also discussed Information Technology Policies and stated that staff noticed that they needed to do some housekeeping on this because there have been some new technologies that have occurred that are not referenced in the Town's policies, i.e. I Pads, Smart Phones, etc., and they also did not have any guidelines or any "teeth" in the current policy. He stated that the Town's IT Administrator spent a great deal of time working through Finance Rudolphy to z:\council packets\2016\r160107\151217m.docx Page 7 of 8 come up with what he considers to be a very good, best practice policy. He stated that he recommends approval of the amendments and indicated his willingness to respond to any questions from the Council. He called attention to the fact that they also have an Emergency Clause because the Town's Personal Leave Policy re -ups itself every January. In response to a question from Councilmember Yates, Mr. Miller advised that the Town has a number of part-time employees and these policies would apply to them. He pointed out that they have what is called Regular Part -Time Employees, and those are what they call the employees who work 20 hours or more. He explained that bas ed on that they have available to them PTO (Personal Time Off) and that leave is pro-rated based on the hours that they work. There were no citizens wishing to speak on this agenda item. Vice Mayor Leger MOVED to approve Resolution 2015-54 and Councilmember DePorter SECONDED the motion, which CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY by those present (6-0). AGENDA ITEM #12 - COUNCIL DISCUSSION/DIRECTION TO THE TOWN MANAGER Items listed below are related only to the propriety of (i) placing such items on a future agenda for action or (ii) directing staff to conduct further research and report back to the Council. i) None. AGENDA ITEM #13 - SUMMARY OF COUNCIL REQUESTS AND REPORT ON RECENT ACTIVITIES BY THE MAYOR, INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE TOWN MANAGER. Town Manager Grady Miller advised that at the last Council meeting, Councilmember Yates had some specific questions relating to the Saguaro Boulevard Street Reconstruction Project and he asked Development Services Director Paul Mood to put together a Staff Report which is in the Council's packets (also available on line and in the office of the Town Clerk). He said that Mr. Mood is available this evening and willing to answer any further questions anyone has relating to this project. Councilmember Yates advised that he is very excited that it is done and within the specified timeline. He added that he likes promoting the fact that they came in under budget. He pointed out that unfortunately they don't leverage those funds, they go right back to pay the bond off but he just wanted all of the residents to know that the Council is spending their money wisely and saving money whenever possible to pay down what they asked the residents for. He said that the road is just beautiful and encouraged the residents to drive down Saguaro and see it for themselves. Mayor Kavanagh commented that she read over the punch list and she noticed something that some residents have mentioned to her -- that on some of the intersecting roads some of the seams appear to be a little bumpy and a sked if that is part of it because she didn't notice it in the punch list. Mr. Mood addressed the Council and reported that those items were on the punch list and he believes they have all been completed. He explained that the problem is matching into the existing roads and said that can be a little difficult. Councilmember Yates said that this is the one-year anniversary of Councilmember Magazine and Councilmember DePorter being sworn in as Councilmembers and stated that he wanted to recognize that. Mr. Miller advised that also noted that beginning with the January 7, 2016 meeting, the Town will start broadcasting all of their Council meetings live on Channel 11. He added that this is a big effort towards achieving the Council's goal of transparency since it will be much easier for residents to turn on the television and watch the meetings rather than having to stream them over the Internet. The Mayor advised that once again she and John were honored to be invited to participate in the lighting of the Menorah on the Avenue for Hanukkah and said that it was a fun afternoon with lots of food, entertainment and good friends. She stated that Town Manager Grady Miller, his wife Tammy and their family were also there and joined in the celebration. She added that at the event she met a wonderful resident of Fountain View Village, Dr. Raymon d Burstyn, who so kindly told her that he watches her all the time on Channel 11 and sent out a personal hello to him and thanked him for watching. She also gave a big thank you to the Noon Kiwanis for the awesome donation of the Tot Lot at Golden Eagle Park. She noted that Mr. Miller, Mark Mayer, the park staff, the Kiwanians and she got to cut the ribbon on the new playground for ages 2 to 5 years old and said that the tot l ot is an incredible donation that will create such a fun time for the little residents of the Town. She said that the Kiwanians generosity and hard work are awe z:\council packets\2016\r160107\151217m.docx Page 8 of 8 inspiring and thanked them on behalf of the entire Council. She also thanked the Noon Kiwanis for once again making every parent and grandparent happy with Breakfast with Santa and stated that the kids had a wonderful time and the Elves were the jolliest. She reported that the L. Alan Cruikshank River of Time Museum had its official grand re - opening and encouraged residents to stop by and see the new exhibits and visit the museum store for tax free gifts for the holidays. She further stated that Elf in the Hills at the Community Center was a huge success -- the trains, the Christmas trees, the beautiful Menorah table, all combined with music and lots of snacks, made for a great afternoon. She extended a personal thank you to the Mayor's Youth Council for all of their help at the event. Mayor Kavanagh also expressed appreciation to the Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer, Scott Soldat-Valenzuela, for a wonderful Stroll in the Glow. She advised that she was happy again to participate with Scott in turning on the Avenue holiday lights. She extended a thank you to all of the businesses that participated in the event as well. The Mayor advised that a lot of them got to tour the new dialysis center that just opened in Town and noted that it is an incredible place and so needed by many of the residents. She stated that Town resident Jim Judge has been working tirelessly for three years to bring a center here and said that they are all so grateful to Jim for his diligence and hard work. Mayor Kavanagh commented that she knows that Hanukah has just ended and she hopes that everyone who celebrated it had a wonderful time and now Christmas is coming up and on behalf of the Council she wished everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. AGENDA ITEM #14 - ADJOURNMENT Councilmember Yates MOVED to adjourn the meeting and Councilmember Brown SECONDED the motion, which CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY by those present (6-0). The meeting adjourned at 7:08 p.m. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS By _______________________________ Linda M. Kavanagh, Mayor ATTEST AND PREPARED BY: ___________________________ Bevelyn Bender, Town Clerk CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Executive Session, held in the Fountain Conference Room - 2nd Floor and Regular Session held by the Town Council of Fountain Hills in the Town Hall Council Chambers on the 17th day of December, 2015. I further certify that the meeting was duly called and that a quorum was present. DATED this 7th day of January, 2016. _____________________________ Bevelyn Bender, Town Clerk