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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020.0204.TCRM.MinutesTOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL FEBRUARY 4, 2020 CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — Mayor Dickey Mayor Dickey called the meeting of February 4, 2020, to order at 5:30 p.m. and led the Council and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. MOMENT OF SILENCE Mayor Dickey led the Council and audience in a Moment of Silence. 3. ROLL CALL — Mayor Dickey Present: Mayor Ginny Dickey; Vice Mayor Sherry Leckrone; Councilmember Mike Scharnow; Councilmember Art Tolis; Councilmember Dennis Brown; Councilmember Alan Magazine; Councilmember David Spelich Staff Town Manager Grady E. Miller; Town Attorney Aaron D. Arnson; Town Clerk Elizabeth Present: A. Burke 4. REPORTS BY MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS AND TOWN MANAGER Town Manager Grady Miller reported on the first Annual Employee Recognition luncheon held last week, at which they recognized many employees, including Randy Harrel, 28 years as the Town Engineer, and the longest, continuously serving town engineer in Arizona. Councilmember Scharnow said that he was sorry to have missed the luncheon, but he had a prior engagement. He said that he did attend the State of the Town last week and it was well attended. He reported that he attended the Valley Metro Board Meeting last week where they went into Executive Session for Scott Smith's review. Councilmember Brown thanked Mr. Wesley, Mr. Weldy and Mr. Pock for putting on the Development Advisory Seminar. He said that it was attended by several builders and developers and was the first of many. The next one will be in September and if anyone was interested, they should attend as it was very informative. Councilmember Magazine said that he, too, attended the State of the Town and with standing room only at 250 people, it was extremely well done. He complimented the Mayor for having each of the department heads on the screen speaking to the audience. Vice Mayor Leckrone also complimented the Mayor for the delivery of her unifying message. Mayor Dickey reported that she attended the Volunteer Expo last week which seemed well attended. It was a wonderful way for the clubs and organizations in Town to show what they do, which is quite a lot. She attended the MAG (Maricopa Association of Governments) Regional Council Meeting. They Regular Meeting of February 4, 2020 Page 2 of 7 5. I1 0 A discussed grants and the census. She said that they are going to have a presentation on the Prop 400 renewal at their next meeting. She attended the assembly at Fountain Hills Unified School District honoring the mentors. She said that some of them have been there for 20 years. She read a proclamation, and she said that it was a nice show of appreciation. Mayor Dickey said that she met with the GPEC National Site Selection Committee, which was here for the Waste Management Tournament. She said that it was always great to meet them and share what a great place Fountain Hills is. She reported that on Thursday of this week the Pony Express will be arriving in Fountain Hills around 3:30 p.m. at the U.S. Post Office, and then an event will be held in the Circle outside the Community Center. She is hoping that everyone will be out of school by that time so they can attend. RECOGNITION of Stellar Students of the Month of February. Mayor Dickey then read a statement on each of the students and invited them forward to receive their certificates and have a photo taken. Below are the students for February 2020: Rylee Taylor McDowell Mountain Elementary School Dylan Tobias McDowell Mountain Elementary School Aysha Rasool Fountain Hills Middle School Daniel Garcia Fountain Hills Middle School Sophia Boeshans Fountain Hills High School Blake Anderson Fountain Hills High School RECOGNITION of outgoing Community Services Advisory Commissioner. Mayor Dickey read a Certificate of Appreciation for Daniel Fecteau for his service on the Community Services Advisory Commission. SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES/PRESENTATIONS PRESENTATION of Monthly Report by Captain Larry Kratzer of the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office. Captain Kratzer reviewed the monthly statistics report, Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, which is provided to the Town Manager each month, and demonstrated how it is utilized for determining resource allocation. Councilmember Magazine asked that when presentations are being made with such small print, that the Council be provided with a hard copy to allow them to follow along. Regular Meeting of February 4, 2020 Page 3 of 7 B. PRESENTATION of Update by Stephen Herring with Republic Services. Stephen Herring with Republic Services said that he wanted to talk about their upcoming bulk season and how it is being communicated with the customers. He also wanted to provide a brief update on recycling. He said that the bulk program started last year and provides everyone one free bulk pick-up service a year. It will be done in the spring, during spring cleaning, and the Town has been broken into eight zones. Each zone will have a different color and the color will indicate when their bulk pick up will occur. He said that this information will be shared in the Fountain Hills Times, on the Town's website and also in the Town's newsletter. Additionally, each resident will be getting a phone call the week before their service begins. It will start in March on every Wednesday and go through April. With regard to recycling, as many are aware in October they experienced a fire at the Salt River Recycling Materials. They took quick action and shifted to taking recycling to the Cave Creek Transfer Station, and eventually to the Friedman Recycling in South Phoenix as their North Phoenix facility was down for upgrades. On Christmas Eve, the North Recycling Facility was reopened with a faster speed and rate. Since then, all of Fountain Hills recycling has been loaded in large trailers, going to the north gateway facility to be processed and recycled. Councilmember Magazine asked if received many complaints from the customers. Mr. Herring said that they have received some complaints about the changes in the routes to Mondays and Fridays, but that was strictly due to the change in the recycling facility. He explained that trucks used to come from the Cave Creek facility at Deer Valley and the 101, drive through and pick up recycling, drive it to the Beeline and drop it off, and then circle back through Town to pick up trash. When they weren't able to do that with the change in facility, it required a change in the overall schedule. Councilmember Magazine said that it is rare to find a company that is as efficient and responsive as they have been, and he is incredibly impressed. He said that they seem to be concerned about the citizens. Mayor Dickey thanked Republic Services for serving the community. 6. CALL TO THE PUBLIC Pursuant to A.R. S. §38-431.01(H), public comment is permitted (not required) on matters NOT listed on the agenda. Any such comment (i) must be within the jurisdiction of the Council, and (ii) is subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions. The Council will not discuss or take legal action on matters raised during Call to the Public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action. At the conclusion of the Call to the Public, individual councilmembers may (i) respond to criticism, (ii) ask staff to review a matter, or (iii) ask that the matter be placed on a future Council agenda. Charles Holmes, Fountain Hills resident, said that he loves the Town and all it has to offer. He went to an event the other day, the open house at EVIT, and he saw Mr. Miller. He said that EVIT is another asset in the community and he was so impressed with the facility. Regular Meeting of February 4, 2020 Page 4 of 7 7. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS All items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine, noncontroversial matters and will be enacted by one motion of the Council. All motions and subsequent approvals of consent items will include all recommended staff stipulations unless otherwise stated. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a councilmember or member of the public so requests. If a councilmember or member of the public wishes to discuss an item on the Consent Agenda, he/she may request so prior to the motion to accept the Consent Agenda or with notification to the Town Manager or Mayor prior to the date of the meeting for which the item was scheduled. The items will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. MOVED BY Councilmember Dennis Brown, SECONDED BY Councilmember Alan Magazine to approve Consent Agenda items 7-A through 7-E. Vote: 7 - 0 Passed - Unanimously A. CONSIDERATION OF approving the meeting minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 21, 2020. B. CONSIDERATION OF approval of Board and Commission Members' Terms. C. CONSIDERATION OF approving a Liquor License Application for Fry's Food & Drug #70, located at 14845 E. Shea Boulevard, Fountain Hills, Arizona, for a Series 7 (Wine & Beer Bar) license. D. CONSIDERATION OF approving a Liquor License Application for Blossom Kitchen, located at 14835 E. Shea Boulevard #100, Fountain Hills, Arizona, for a Series 12 (Restaurant) license. E. CONSIDERATION OF approving the final plat of "Replat for Adero Canyon - Parcel 6", a 45 lot residential subdivision. 8. REGULAR AGENDA A. CONSIDERATION OF approving the painting of twenty bollard lights in Fountain Park as part of a pilot program to determine durability and reduction of glare. Mr. Miller said that about a year ago Mr. Ted Blank approached the Town about painting a bollard at Fountain Park to enable him to determine if it was successful in reducing the glare. He said that Mr. Blank has indicated that he was able to reduce the glare by 90% without significantly reducing the light. He is now proposing to do another ten bollards south of the east parking lot and ten near the ampitheater, to test the glare. He said that this will help them determine if the lights that are together will produce the needed lighting without such glare. He said that staff will be involved to ensure that the light emitted will be sufficient to meet the ADA requirements. He said that they will go through the evaluation phase and staff and Mr. Blank will come back to Council with their findings and recommendations. Councilmember Brown asked if they were painting just the head of the light. Mr. Blank replied that they were. He said that they would be painting the area that reflects the light up and he then handed out pictures in addition to what was included in the packet. Mr. Blank said that they found a material designed for rifles and guns that are dragged through the brush. It is strong, well -formulated paint and it seems to succeed in resisting Regular Meeting of February 4, 2020 Page 5 of 7 the sprinkler heads. There are no chips after it has been there during the summer months. Councilmember Brown said that the only concern he has is if they paint 540 lights, ten years from now what are they going to do. He asked if they could be taken apart and have them powder coated. Mr. Blank said that he did not believe so. Councilmember Brown said that was his only concern --the long-term maintenance. Councilmember Scharnow asked how easy it was to get the paint off if they determine it is not going to work. Mr. Blank said that he was able to remove the paint with paint thinner and the black paint came off while there was no damage to the surface underneath. Councilmember Scharnow said that it does sound like it will be effective. He hoped this will be a good solution. Councilmember Brown asked if staff would be involved in the painting. Mr. Blank said that he has 23 resident volunteers and it probably will not take more than 15 minutes per head. Mr. Miller noted that staff will want to ensure that the paint is the paint they would spec out and the removal will come off as mentioned. He said that this is a process that staff will want to supervise and the Parks Manager will be involved. The following individuals submitted written support for this item: Charles Holmes, Jeff Esposito, Peggy Yeargain, Clyde Hurtig, Karen Farkas, Maria Larson, Lou Liebovich, S.M. Kendall, Patti Proy, Nancy Bill, Joe Bill, Dale Noss, Donna Brinkmeyer, Robert Wilson, Scott Adams, David & Joan Dunham, John Mason, Rachel Mason, and Cindy Couture. Councilmember Magazine asked how long it will take to determine it this solution will work. Mr. Blank said that they will be measuring the light intensities on the sidewalk and the longevity of the coatings. They will wait as long as the Council was comfortable with. He said that the first test was done in May of 2019. There were some hard water deposits on the paint, but it has not affected the reduction in glare; nothing that the Council would find objectionable. MOVED BY Councilmember Dennis Brown, SECONDED BY Councilmember Alan Magazine approve authorizing Ted Blank to lead volunteers in painting 20 bollard light fixtures black as part of a pilot program to reduce glare from the lighting in Fountain Park; and direct Mr. Blank and staff to report their findings and recommendations to the Town Council upon completion of the pilot program. Vote: 7 - 0 Passed - Unanimously B. DISCUSSION WITH POSSIBLE DIRECTION relating to any item included in the League of Arizona Cities and Towns' weekly Legislative Bulletin(s) or relating to any action proposed or pending before the State Legislature. Mr. Miller said that this is the first meeting that they have had the Legislative Bulletins included in the packet. There are a number of bills being tracked. He will not go into any, but if Council has any in particular they would like to discuss or want staff to track, he would ask that they indicate those. He said that the purpose of this agenda item is for Council to be able to discuss legislation as it moves quickly through the process. Sometimes Council may want to direct staff to oppose or support pending legislation. Councilmember Scharnow said that he read in the first bulletin a bill regarding the fuel tax Regular Meeting of February 4, 2020 Page 6 of 7 and the need to increase it to address transportation and road maintenance needs. He asked if that bill was moving at all. Mr. Miller said that he has heard there will be some movement because of the hybrids. Right now they are getting a break on vehicle registration. There is talk of finding a way to recapture that through registration fees for those types of vehicles because they still impact the roadways. He said that there is talk of something soon coming in the way of electric rigs and trucking vehicles. They would continue the heavy weight still being on the highways but paying less into the fuel tax. Mayor Dickey noted that if Councilmembers are not interested or able to attend the telephonic meetings, they may want to be sure and receive the notes from those meetings as they often include even more information than the bulletins. She said that there were two bills she was keeping an eye on. One was the prime contracting bill (2404). The League believes this will harm towns that do not have large building supply stores and could hurt the state overall. At some point they may want to take a stand on that. She said that she would like to know Councilmember Brown's thoughts at some point. Also, there is a bill to extend the time limit on candidate signs from 60 days prior to the election to 120 days. Based on the Gilbert case a few years ago they cannot regulate signs based on content. This will has the potential for the proliferation of signs. They will want to keep an eye on that one. 9. COUNCIL DISCUSSION/DIRECTION to the TOWN MANAGER Item(s) listed below are related only to the propriety of (i) placing such item(s) on a future agenda for action, or (fi) directing staff to conduct further research and report back to the Council. Councilmember Magazine asked that when there are presentations that include small print, they receive a hard copy as well so they are able to follow along. Mayor Dickey reminded everyone that Stephanie is having a big vow renewal for Valentine's Day at Fountain Park and they are hoping to break the world record. 10. ADJOURNMENT MOVED BY Councilmember Alan Magazine, SECONDED BY Councilmember Dennis Brown to adjourn. Vote: 7 - 0 Passed - Unanimously The Regular Meeting of the Fountain Hills Town Council held February 4, 2020, adjourned at 6:25 p.m. ATTEST AND PREPARED BY: ¢abet urke, wn CI rk TO N OF FOUNTAIN HILLS l Gint Dickey, Mayor Regular Meeting of February 4, 2020 Page 7 of 7 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 in the Town Hall Council Chambers on the 4th day of February, 2020. 1 further certify that the meeting was duly called and that a quorum was present. DATED this 18th day of February, 2020. !VA �r Wr-,�L� R az 0007 Clerk