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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991.0730.TCWSM.Minutes TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS 111160 MINUTES OF THE WORK/STUDY SESSION OF TH1. FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1991 A public work/study session of the Fountain Hills Town Council was convened and called to order by Mayor John Cutillo at approximately 6:30 p.m. . Tuesday, July 30, 1991 in the conference room of the Fountain Hills Town Hall Offices located at 16836 E. Palisades. Building C. Fountain Hills, Arizona . Present for the work study session were Mayor John Cutillo, Vice Mayor Frank Clark and Counci.lmembers Mike Minarsich, Wally Hudson, Peg Tibbetts and Charlie Fox. Absent was Councilman Bill O 'Brien. Also present were Town Yanager Foci Nordin, Director of Cco unity Development Gary Jeppson, Town Attorney_ Bill Farrell and Nick Dottermann and Town Clerk Cassie Hansen. AGENDA ITEM #2 — RESOLUTION 1991-35, ADOPTING THE FINAL BUDGET FOP THE FISCAL YEAR 1991-92. Nr. Nordin explained that this item was simply the next step in the budget adoption process and it 's adoption would follow a public hearing. He said the budget had been published. He also said we were still waiting for a final number from the County on our assessed value. Mr. Nordin explained that they seemed to having a difficult time determining what our boundaries really were. AGENDA ITEM #3 — RESOLUTION 1991=36, ABANDONING WHATEVER R I GHTTITLE. OR INTEREST IT HAS IN THAT CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT AFFECTING ALONG REAR OF LOT 37 IN BLOCK 2 OF PLAT 506C, FOUNTAIN HILLS ARIZONA, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 159 OF MAPS PAGE31, RECORDS OF MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA._ Mr. Nordin reported that Councilman Hudson had been elected to the Board of Directors of the Arizona Municipal Risk Retention Pool . He also said staff was beginning to work on the five year plan. Mr. Nordin told the Council that a committee had been formed to work on the latest attack on the state shared revenues and would be meeting early in August to discuss strategy. Mr. Jeppson briefly addressed the abandonment and said staff had heard no response from anyone that had been notified. He said no one was using the easement at this time and recommended approvaF of the resolution. AGENDA ITEM #4 — SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU91-01 . FOUNTAINHEAD DEVELOPMENT AT 13013 N. PANORAMA DRIVE; A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A TEMPORARY SALES OFFICE TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE POOL/RECREATION BUILDING. Mr. Jeppson said the County had granted special use permits for a period of two years allowing sales offices in construction trailers. lie said the next three agenda items dealt with those special use permits which have lapsed and need to be addressed with application for new special use permits. He said the Town Code called for the Council, rather than the Flanning and Zoning Commission, deal with special use permits. Mr. Jeppson further said that staff recommended a one year extension for the Fountainhead project. Letters had been received from some of the residents asking that the Council limit the use of the recreation building Town Council Minutes 7/30/91 Page 1 of 4 as a sales office to ninety days rather than one year since they felt the;- here 141)being denied use of the building. The residents were suggesting that the nine' days would give the developer time to develop phases three and four and the subsequent ability to move the sales office down to the new area. Councilwoman Tibbetts asked if the residents had any recourse through the CC&R 's . No one knew what the CC&R 's said on the subject and it was decided to look into that aspect: of the matter. One of the residents stated that the recreational building, in it 's entirety, was being used for the sales office and they could not use any portion of it. The Council discussed the pros and cons of the extension and the problems for both the developer and the residents. Councilman Minarsich said he felt the residents offer of ninety was more than fair but Mayor Cutillo said he didn 't feel the Council should get in the middle of personal agreements made between the developer and the residents. These two stances were discussed at length until it was decided to check the CC&R 's even though there was a clear division of authority. AGENDA .ITEM #5 — SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU91-02 MORNINGSIDE SUBDIVISION AT17205N. TEAL DRIVE; A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION TRAILER AND CONSTRUCTION YARD. ---------- --- -------- Mr. Jeppson said they were requesting only a one year permit on the construction trailer because the developer hoped to be built out at the end of that time. AGENDA ITEM #6 — SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU91-03. GLENBROOK SUBDIVISION AT 16010 E. GLENEAGLE DRIVE; A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A TEMPORARY SALES OFFICE TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE MODEL HOME ON LOT 31. It was discussed that using this model home as a sales office for a period of two years would not put a hardship on the existing residents. Mr. Nordin, in addressing all of the requests, commented that it appeared the recommendations of staff on each were driven by the projects themselves . AGENDA ITEM #7 — POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE LEAGUE POLICY STATEMENT. Mayor Cutillo explained that one thing he had in mind to look at in this regard was the law which covered taking over the Sanitary District and determining if there would be anyway to make it easier to do. Bruce Hansen commented that there was one problem in changing legislation to take over Sanitary Districts and that was the fact that there were twenty five other sanitary districts in the state. It was decided that staff would investigate and do research into the matter. Mr. Nordin would also pursue the state shared revenue issue. In answer. to Councilwoman Tibbett 's question, it was stated that the Legislature was supposed to look at the policy statement and consider proposing hills from it 's content. It was also stated that the League was supposed to take it 's direction and purpose from the policy statement. AGENDA ITEM #8 — POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICE PROGRAM. — — -- — Mr. Nordin said that if the Council wanted to authorize an expenditure to the program it was within their prerogative to do so even though it had not been Town Council Minutes 7/30/91 Page 2 of 4 included in the budget. Mr. Farrell stated that it was perfectly legal for the Council to expend general funds in this manner. If general fund monies were going to be expended, there had to be a public health, safety and welfare consideration and the community ought to receive back some benefit that would have the rough equivalency of the contribution, ie. something flowing hack to the community. Councilman Hudson reported that he had rethought this issue and that even though Fountain Hills did not have a problem, the County did and Fountain Hills is part of the County. He also stated that we did owe something to our fellow man other than just taking care of ourselves. He reported on some of the other communities that were currently donating to CASS: Avondale 2.34 per resident per year Carefree 9.39 Chandler 1.65 Glendale 3. 70 Goodyear 2.21 Litchfield Park 1.94 Paradise Valley . 77 He said that we were being asked to give only .51 per person per year and that it seemed like $5,000, being less than .50 per resident, was a reasonable amount that would go for a good cause. Councilwoman Tibbetts pointed out that we did have some need in this regard but that so far, the churches and other community groups were seeing to the need. Vice Mayor Clark supported the dollar amount being asked for and Mr. Nordin said the budget could handle it. 410, AGENDA ITEM #9 — KIWANIS SPECIAL EVENT REQUEST FOR A BIATHLON ON SUNDAY. AUGUST _1.1, 1991.. Mr. Nordin said that all appropriate paperwork was coming together and that Marshal Dean had reported that all security would be provided by the reserves. Needed signatures would be obtained- by Thursday. It was discussed that a policy should be put into effect regarding street sweeping, whether the Town should charge or not charge for the service. Councilman Fox pointed out that the sweeping has been done in conjunction with the normal street sweeping scheduling. Mayor Cutillo suggested that staff put: some sort of policy together in this regard. AGENDA ITEM #10 — AWARD THE HID FOR ADDITIONS TO THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM. Mr. Nordin said that: two bids had been submitted last Friday, one from CBH and one from American Telephone. He said that Cassie had been taken out of the loop and that he had worked directly with Julie on this. CBH had been the low bid and staff would recommend approval of that bid. Councilman Hudson requested a letter irounthe attorney declaring the conflict of interest per statute and Mr. Farrell said it had been done already. AGENDA ITEM #11 — ADJOURNMENT The Council adjourned the work study session at approximately 7:37 p.m. Lor Town Council Minutes 7, 30/9.1 Page 3 of 4 TOWN OF FOUNTAIN (TILLS I B y ' ?All""4--laidide-- —Y't4'C )117-1 John Y. Cutillo. Favor ATTEST: 31-44-A-A.-15 . 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 30th day of July, 1991. I further certify that the meeting was duly called and that a quorum was present. DATED this SH ' day of September, 1991. k.14./Ka. Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk Town Council Minutes 7/30/91 Page 4 of 4