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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991.1121.TCRM.Minutes TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL NOVEMBER 21, 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. , Thursday, November 21 , 1991 , 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 Charlie 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, and Bill O'Brien. Councilman Hudson was absent . Also present were Town Manager Paul Nordin, Town Attorney Bill Farrell , Community Development Director Gary Jeppson, 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. AGENDA TTEM #2 - ACCEPTANCE OF THE MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 5TH, 1991 Councilman Clark made a MOTION to approve as read. SECONDED by Vice Mayor Tibbetts and CARRIED unanimously. AGENDA ITEM #3.B.2. - APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR SUNFLOWER CONDOMINIUMS. Councilman Clark made a MOTION to approve as read. SECONDED by Vice Mayor Tibbetts and CARRIED unanimously. AGENDA ITEM #3.B.3. - APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE REPLAT OF LOT 1 , BLOCK 5, PLAT 203. Councilman Clark made a MOTION to approve as read. SECONDED by Vice Mayor Tibbetts and CARRIED unanimously. AGENDA ITEM #4 - RESOLUTION 1991-48, A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, DESIGNATING THE ELECTION DATE AND PURPOSE OF ELECTION; DESIGNATING THE DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION; AND DESIGNATING THE PLACE AND THE LAST DATE FOR CANDIDATES TO FILE NOMINATION PAPERS. Minutes of the Regular Session of the Town Council 11/21/91 Page 1 of 4 The aforementioned items were approved on the consent agenda on a MOTION made by Councilman Clark, SECONDED by Vice Mayor Tibbetts. The roll call vote was as NIN) follows: Councilman Fox aye Councilman Clark aye Councilman Minarsich aye Vice Mayor Tibbetts aye Councilman O'Brien aye Mayor Cutillo aye Councilman Hudson was absent. AGENDA ITEM #3 - TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT #3.A.1. - Project update, Beeline Highway update. Mr. Nordin stated that in two weeks, Mr. Dallas Saxton from the Arizona Department of Transportation would be at the meeting to give a report. #3.A.2. - Street paving project. Mr. Nordin showed a chart and explained it. He said that the aerial mapping was done and the companies were into the design work. Mr. Nordin said that staff was on schedule. #3.A.3. - Presentation of the 1990-91 fiscal year audit. Mr. Craig Trbovich stated that copies of the audit had been distributed to the Council. He called attention to page one in the report and said that the last paragraph on the page was the most important, the opinion paragraph. He read, in our opinion, the 441) general purpose, financial statements of the Town of Fountain Hills present clearly in all material respects, the financial position of the Town of Fountain Hills, as of June 30, 1991 , in the year that ended. Mr. Turbovich reviewed the report stating that the Town's total equity and other credits figure was $423,398 in the general funds balance. He said the H.U.R.F. fund balance was $299,533. Mr. Turbovich said that the bond proceeds funds were in the capital project fund. #3.B.1. - Adopting "Fountain Hills" as the official song of Fountain Hills. Councilman Clark made a MOTION to approve the request subject to staff completing an appropriate agreement with Ms. Meyers covering items such as the use of the song and the liability and anything else Mr. Farrell felt was necessary. SECONDED by Councilman Minarsich. Vice Mayor Tibbetts stated that staff needed to explore the publishing rights also. Ms. Meyers stated that they had been listed with B.M.I. publishing company but it was not under contract. She said Mr. .Tim Wood had his own publishing company however, since they were fifty-fifty partners, if he published it, he would receive more than the fifty percent. Ms. Meyers explained that the not for profit exemption meant that a copyrighted work could be used in non-commercial circumstances. The motion CARRIED unanimously. #3.B.4. - Approving the Arizona State Parks Board Grant-In-Aid Participant Agreement. Mr. Nordin said that the agreement would be executed within a couple of days and he stated that the Council needed to let him know before that time Minutes of the Regular Session of the Town Council 11/21/91 Page 2 of 4 if they had any questions or problems. 4111, #3.B.5. — Approving the contract with Vernon Swaback and Associates for development of the General Plan. Mr. Jeppson said that the contract before the Council was a standard contract prepared by Maricopa County Community Development Agency for Community Development Block Grant monies. He stated that the contract had been negotiated down from the original amount by approximately $4,000. Councilman Minarsich stated that if the economic development item that was removed from the contract for that amount would still need to he addressed, perhaps it could be included in the contract. Mayor Cutillo and Councilman Minarsich pointed out that if the study was done under separate contract , the Town could pay more for it than if included in the current studies. Mr. Nordin stated that the Economic Development Council had money left in their budget and it could be used to purchase the services to do the study if that was necessary. Vice Mayor Tibbetts asked about Tasks 1 and 3. She stated that she had been questioned by citizens about when there would be another Townhall . Vice Mayor Tibbetts said that it appeared that many of the Townhall topics would he addressed in Tasks 1 and 3. She asked the Council if a Townhall should he held later in the year, after the General Plan was completed. Councilmen Minarsich and O'Brien stated that they questioned the need for a formal Townhall . Councilman Minarsich stated that he thought the Townhall should address issues other than the ones that Vernon Swahack would be covering. Councilman Fox said that a Townhall gave the Town officials a good guideline of what citizens' opinions were and what the public wanted. Mr. Gardon stated that there were three main topics that his company would address, however, there would be other items that would come up and they would address them as necessary. He said that the Townhall should be used to address education, arts and culture, public service, etc. Mr. Gardon said that they would plan the meetings so that people would not have to choose between going to the General Plan sessions or the Townhall. Mayor Cutillo stated that perhaps it would be helpful for the Townhall to he planned in the fall of 1992, after the General Plan study was completed. Ms. Doris Dugger asked how Vernon Swahack would contact the public and how often the meetings would he. Mr. Gardon stated that they would advertise through the local paper and postings around the Town. Councilman Minarsich made a MOTION to approve the contract with Vernon Swaback for development of a General Plan as presented. Councilman O'Brien made an AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION stating that it was the General Plan dated November 15. SECONDED by Councilman Fox. Councilman Minarsich WITHDREW THE MOTION, SECOND WITHDRAWN by Councilman Fox, for. clarification. Councilman Minarsich made a MOTION to approve the contract with Vernon Swaback and Associates for the development of a General Plan as dated November 15, 1991 , not to exceed the amount of $69,300. SECONDED by Councilman Fox and CARRIED unanimously. AGENDA ITEM #4 — CALL TO THE PUBLIC Mayor Cutillo made a call to the public and no one responded. Minutes of the Regular Session of the Town Council 11/21/91 Ihir Page 3 of 4 AGENDA ITEM #5 - ADJOURNMENT `1111) Councilman Minarsich made a MOTION to adjourn. SECONDED by Councilman Fox and CARRIED unanimously. The Town Council adjourned at approximately 7: 18 p.m. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS By: �—r �i/ Joh M. Cutillo, Mayor ATTEST: C . • Cassie R. Hansen, Town Clerk PREPARED BY: C4 ( C Lari L. Bra cher, Secretary CERTIFICATION 4:0) 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 21st day of November 1991 . I further certify that the meeting was duly called and that a quorum was present. DATED this 54- day of December 1991. e_.44-441t• / AL42A) Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk Minutes of the Regular Session of the Town Council 11/21/91 Page 4 of 4