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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-03-17 City Council Regular MinutesCITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MARCH 17, 2015 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Apache Junction, Arizona, was held on March 17, 2015, at the Apache Junction City Council Chambers pursuant to the notice required by law. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Insalaco called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. INVOCATION Councilmember Wilson gave the Invocation. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Councilmember Waldron led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present:Mayor Insalaco Vice Mayor Barker Councilmember Evans Councilmember Rizzi Councilmember Serdy Councilmember Waldron Councilmember Wilson Staff Present:Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell City Clerk Kathleen Connelly City Attorney Joel Stern Public Safety Director Tom Kelly Development Services Director Larry Kirch Assistant to the City Manager Matt Busby Others Present:Management Assistant Anna McCray Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 1 OF 23 Principal Economic Development Specialist Janine Solley ACCEPTANCE OF CONSENT AGENDA )Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED: AND THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PRESIDING MAGISTRATE FOR A TERM BEGINNING JULY 1, 2015 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2017; AND THAT AUTHORIZATION BE GIVEN FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT; AND THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN FOR THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN DONNA R. O'MALLEY AND CARIS JAMES O'MALLEY AND THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1633 EAST 2ND AVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000 PLUS ALL CLOSING COSTS; AND THAT AUTHORIZATION BE GIVEN FOR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT PENDING APPROVAL AS TO FINAL FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY; AND THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN FOR RESOLUTION NO. 15-07, A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, PERTAINING TO THE SUBMISSION OF PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION IN ARIZONA'S 2016 HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN. Councilmember Rizzi SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS None. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CURRENT EVENTS Councilmember Wilson announced the Antique Tractor Show was just completed at the rodeo grounds and it was very successful.Kids were waiting in line to ride a tractor. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 2 OF 23 Councilmember Wilson announced the Pinal County Fair will start this Wednesday through Sunday with various animals, entertainment and rides. Councilmember Waldron announced he will be going to Washington, D.C. next week to represent the mayor on the Keep Your Promise legislation regarding a casino a tribe wants to build out west. The tribe will be picking up the cost. Councilmember Evans commented on a community service award she received from the Southeast Valley Association of Realtors which included $250 towards a nonprofit.She is giving that to the community garden.She described the events that will be going on during the final farmers' market for the season and commented on various sponsors for the garden. Councilmember Serdy commented he attended a Tourism Advisory Council meeting in Phoenix last week where he met the new state parks director, Sue Black.She is very enthusiastic with a lot of great ideas.He has invited her to a council meeting.He also gave out the bags and people from all over the state really liked them. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell commented there may be dollars in the state grant budget for the state parks.He gave a brief presentation on various projects in the downtown area. PUBLIC HEARINGS RESOLUTION NO. 15-08, APPROVING OR DENYING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, CASE NO. 3-14, TO ALLOW MEHMOOD MOHIUDDIN TO CONDUCT VARIOUS OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES ON HIS PROPERTIES LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOST DUTCHMAN AND NORTH APACHE TRAIL )Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias briefed the council on the item. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 3 OF 23 Councilmember Rizzi asked if there was a specific number of events they would be allowed to have.She thought it was tapped at six. Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias stated the resolution approved by the commission indicated Mr. Mohiuddin had agreed to limit the number of events to six per year.They would be held when the winter visitors are here. Rescinding the conditional use permit does not mean Mr. Mohiuddin can never again hold a concert event.He will have the option of going through the city's internal special events process where he presents his activity to staff.He could partner with a nonprofit organization in the city.He would have to do that every time he proposes to have an activity on his property.That process is still available to him.Under the commission's conditional use permit, that would be limited to six events per year. Councilmember Rizzi commented he stated he could partner with nonprofits.She thought the purpose of allowing him to have these events was to benefit nonprofits.She thought that was the sole purpose of doing these events. Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias stated that was part of his narrative.He wanted to hold these events that would mostly or all be charity -oriented types of events. City Attorney Joel Stern stated because they have an appellant, the appellant should be given the opportunity to speak.After that Mr. Mohiuddin can speak and then they can open it up to the public. Mayor Insalaco requested the appellant address the council. Mr. Jim Johnson stated he is the one who wrote the appeal.He has years of experience with sound and radar deflection.As they can see by it, it does bounce off the walls.The one point of about 20 degrees will shoot directly east into the housing areas.If the stage were turned about 180 degrees and have it running more south REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 4 OF 23 southwest, there is no wall in that area.It is only chain link fence.There would be no deflection of the sound.In the area it is currently at the wall would have to be so high to deflect the sound out into the desert it would cost a fortune to build one.He can understand his point in what he is trying to do. As he understands it, it is also relative to the nonprofit issue that was brought up at planning and zoning, and that is that ticket sales for the entry fee would go towards the nonprofit. He is not sure if that is true.He is sure Mr. Mohiuddin has a lot to gain by the revenue from the liquor and beverage sales from it.He can see the point of why he would do it like that. He suggested getting together with him and having all of them work together on it and resolve it to where everybody is happy with it. Mayor Insalaco called for Cristina Driscoll. City Attorney Joel Stern stated unless she is one of the appellants, he would ask that Mr. Mohiuddin address the council.Then he can open it up to the public. Mayor Insalaco called for Mr. Mohiuddin. Mr. Mehmood Mohiuddin addressed the council.He stated they were planning on doing all these events.Mr. Johnson commented he did not know how much truth there was to these being for nonprofits.They have copies of checks they have presented to the nonprofit organizations - fallen officers, boys and girls club and the next one they are working on is the wounded warriors.They put that one on hold.They have the most respect for their local neighbors.If it would cause a lot of trouble, they would withdraw from the conditional use permit.If his neighbors have respect for his business, the goal was to work together and figure out how they can resolve the issue.If they are willing to work with them, it will be a great opportunity for the City of Apache Junction to bring tourism and the people.The last two concerts they had, for example, the Bellamy Brothers, he had people from White Horse, Canada, Minnesota, Ohio and Idaho and they got their rooms and supported the local community.For REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 5 OF 23 instance, he had six people come into his place and comment he sells pizza and broasted chicken.They cannot eat there every day.He told them to go to the Handlebar, or to Cowboy Up and have a great steak over there.They buy groceries, food and all their other stuff at different locations throughout the whole community.The second concert required them to reserve 13 rooms in the two hotels in the city.That is the reason they are doing this, to bring more people and tourism to town.They and two businesses on Apache Trail just spent $4,500, getting together to put an advertisement in New Times Magazine for the Super Bowl.They started seeing a good result from that ad. The people saw the ad in it and came down the Apache Trail. They are working with other businesses together to attract more tourism and more people to see what is going on in this area. They are carrying the same theme as Goldfield Ghost Town and Museum.They are trying to attract people to this area by building a western town, western saloon and western look.That is what Apache Junction is about.All of them sitting up there, the most intelligent over here, see if that would help.They are all up for it and need to work together, help each other and help the local community.Hope Center wants to be a part of it, along with fallen officers and wounded warriors.They come to them to ask when they are going to have their next event.They need help.They are waiting to see what direction this is going to go and they will be happy to do that. Councilmember Rizzi commented he had written a letter to retract having this approved.She asked if he was still wanting to go forward. Mr. Mehmood Mohiuddin stated if his neighbors are happy and they can work it out, he would like to go forward.However they want it, if they want him to change the plan so that it does not bother them, he would absolutely like to go forward.It will help the whole community, not only them. Councilmember Rizzi commented she just wanted to know if he was interested in going forward as that will assist them in making their decision. Mr. Mehmood Mohiuddin stated he does. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 6 OF 23 Councilmember Rizzi asked if it is a possibility for them to move the stage as the gentleman suggested. Mr. Mehmood Mohiuddin stated they can.It is a portable stage.They hire a portable stage that can be set up and they bring a sound system.They work on it.He would be happy to invite them to the next concert if it is approved.They can check out the sound system.They will be happy to work with them and make sure they are comfortable and not bothered.They would like to work with them as they are a part of the community.All the community should get together to help the whole community. Councilmember Rizzi commented that moving the stage is a possibility. Mr. Mehmood Mohiuddin stated absolutely. Councilmember Rizzi commented he could maybe give the neighbors free tickets. Councilmember Waldron commented if the conditional use permit goes away it will not stop special events for charities. Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias stated that is correct. Councilmember Waldron commented they can still come in and do that. Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias stated that is correct.They can go through the special events process and if they are going to serve liquor at one of these special events than that part of the request would come before the council for their recommendation.As far as holding special events in that area in general, that can still be done. Councilmember Rizzi asked if this business has already paid fees and gone through a process to get this event going. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 7 OF 23 Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias stated they have had two events that he is aware of through the special events process, the Bellamy Brothers and T.G. Shepherd. He does not know what fees are involved, but two events have been held through our internal special events process.He believed both of those also involved temporary extension of premises to be able to sell beer. City Clerk Kathleen Connelly stated the nonprofits came before the council with an application for a special event liquor license.It was not done as an extension of premises. Councilmember Rizzi asked if those two events were outside. Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias stated they were.He showed the council on a map where the concerts were located. Councilmember Rizzi asked if they paid extra fees in order to get the conditional use permit or go before the planning and zoning commission. Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias stated they paid the standard fee required for any conditional use permit.Any conditional use permit has a fee associated with it and also an advertising fee.That fee is charged to anybody requesting a conditional use permit.There were no extra fees, per se, because of the type of proposal being made. Councilmember Rizzi commented say this goes away and they need to come in and get a permit for another event.She asked if they would have to pay the fees again. Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias stated they will. Councilmember Rizzi commented they will have to pay the fees each time. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 8 OF 23 Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias commented if they rescind the commission conditional use permit and Mr. Mohiuddin wants to come back next year and reconfigure the whole activity area and apply for a conditional use permit again, he would have to pay a new fee. Councilmember Wilson asked what would be the effect if they move the plans around that have been currently approved, such as moving the stage, parking and whatever else had to be done to make the changes. Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias stated there is a fourth option here.They can continue the item and give staff a reasonable amount of time to work with Mr. Mohiuddin and the neighbors to maybe reconfigure the site plan in a manner that is acceptable to everybody and come back to the council for a decision at that time. Councilmember Wilson asked if they can ask a question of the first person who was up here. City Attorney Joel Stern stated they can ask a question of the appellant.Zoning Code 1- 1612 does allow them to modify the decision,_ not just overrule it or uphold it.Some modification is allowed.If they want they can continue this and do it to a date certain so that it does not have to be advertised.During that time he can have a neighborhood meeting and the city should be included in that. There will be a new site plan if there is a change. Mayor Insalaco asked Mr. Johnson to address the council.He asked what he thought of continuing the item to allow them to work together. Mr. Jim Johnson asked if that is like tabling it. Mayor Insalaco commented yes, but it is not really tabling it. City Attorney Joel Stern stated they are technically not tabling it.They are extending REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 9 OF 23 the time to work on it and it will come back to the council to be considered again.It will be another public hearing. Councilmember Wilson commented it will give him the opportunity to work together with Mr. Mohiuddin to come up with something they are both in agreement to if at all possible. Mr. Jim Johnson stated they are willing to work with him.He wished he had approached them before he did any of this.It might have saved a lot of time, energy and money.He was not aware of it at all.He just now got it.If they can come up with some kind of game plan that everybody is happy with he does not see any reason not to continue it.Whichever way would be the easiest, simplest and most economical he is all for.He will pass this on to the other neighbors in the area.One is in attendance, one has health issues and one is working.He thinks it might be okay. Mayor Insalaco asked Mr. Mohiuddin what he thought of the issue. Mr. Mehmood Mohiuddin stated it is okay.They can be given a time period to work with them. He is up for whatever is better for everybody. Councilmember Wilson commented they might want to suggest to put this off to a date certain. City Attorney Joel Stern reminded them that this is a public hearing.They need to open it up to the public and then they can make a motion. Mayor Insalaco opened the public hearing on the item and called Cristina Driscoll. Ms. Cristina Driscoll, 1852 N. Goldfield, Apache Junction, addressed the council.She stated she would like to discuss something that was not discussed the last time.She is from Goldfield Road and they can hear it all the way over there.She has some neighbors that were not able to make it tonight.She cannot really speak for REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 10 OF 23 them but one is in the hospital.She asked them to take into consideration some type of testing before this is completely approved, some kind of sound testing.If she is in bed at night on Goldfield Road and she can hear it, she has nothing but sympathy for her neighbors that are on Cortez who were having a barbecue and could not even hear each other speak outside.She asked them to be caring and considerate, especially if the sound is traveling that far. Mayor Insalaco commented if they change the stage and the speakers are heading the other way, she will be surprised in the reduction in sound that will happen. Ms. Cristina Driscoll stated she hoped so. Mayor Insalaco commented he could not guarantee it, but being a musician himself and dealing with this stuff, changing the position could help a great deal. Councilmember Rizzi commented if she remembered correctly, she thought these events were supposed to end by 9 p.m.She asked if that was part of the approval.They will not be playing into the middle of the night.That is something she may need to know. asked Rudy if that was correct. stated that is correct. asked if it is 9 p.m. City Attorney Joel Stern Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias City Attorney Joel Stern Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias stated under the conditional use permit the events must end at 9 p.m. Mr. Mehmood Mohiuddin stated they are to end at 9 p.m.The noise ordinance is at 10 p.m. They are not breaking any state or city regulations.The last REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 11 OF 23 one was finished up by 5:30 p.m. and the other by 7:30 p.m. Under the conditional use permit they have to be done by 9:00 p.m.They will make an effort to be done before that to make sure the neighbors are not interrupted by them.They are not violating city or state rules or regulations or the noise ordinance.That is what they are planning to do.They would like to work with the neighbors.He thanked the mayor for being a musician and saying changing the speakers will make a huge difference. stated he is not believe there is conduct, which is if it does, it is intent.There is no time limit for curfew on noise. City Attorney Joel Stern sure that is exactly accurate.He does not a 10:00 p.m. prohibition.In fact, disorderly a state statute, noise can happen any time and still a crime, depending on the criminal also a criminal nuisance statute and there is those.He is not sure there is a 10:00 p.m. He is not sure that is accurate. Mayor Insalaco commented he thought he had heard that it was 11:00 p.m. at one time. City Attorney Joel Stern stated there is a construction noise ordinance but he does not recall the exact times.He believes they can start at 6:00 a.m. and must finish by 8:00 p.m., but he does not remember definitely.But that is construction noise, not from a stage or band.But he can look into that.He does not think it is correct. Mayor Insalaco asked him to look into that if he could.He then closed the public hearing with no one else wishing to speak and called for any council discussion. Councilmember Serdy commented he is encouraged by all the parties wanting to work together and keep an open dialogue.He thinks that once it gets approved and there is another event, there still may be some problems.If so, then they can keep working through it until it gets right. There could be more barriers and more positioning until it is done.He thinks this is good for the community and the area if they can all make it work. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 12 OF 23 Councilmember Evans commented she thinks it is great the neighbors are willing to listen and possibly have this work for everyone.But with the amount of land that is there now that he can work with, even on the furthest south piece, if that stage faced Apache Trail and completely got the noise going away from all residences, she thinks it can be reconfigured easily enough that most of the problems could be eliminated.If there was nothing but parking on the far east section so that the noise was all deflected to the north and west possibly.That would help tremendously. Mayor Insalaco commented that is what he was saying, to turn it 180 degrees. Councilmember Evans commented and moved further south.It should not be in the parcel behind the building because that is part of the reflection.It should be facing parking the 35 cars. Councilmember Waldron commented he is encouraged as well to have the neighbors work with him.The council actually asked him to do that before this even started which would have resolved a lot of these issues before it got this far.He hopes they are able to reach some type of an agreement.If not, they can take the appropriate action. Mayor Insalaco closed the discussion with no further comments and called for a motion. Councilmember Waldron MOVED THAT ITEM NUMBER 8, THE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 15-08, BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE APRIL 7, 2015 COUNCIL MEETING. City Clerk Kathleen Connelly stated that is their next immediate agenda.That means all of these discussions and whatever is going to happen need to be completed by a week from tomorrow in order to get it through the system and on to the agenda. City Attorney Joel Stern stated April 21 is the next meeting and that is about a month. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 13 OF 23 commented that is fine. stated it will be April 21. HIS MOTION TO APRIL 21. THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. OLD BUSINESS Councilmember Waldron City Clerk Kathleen Connelly Councilmember Waldron AMENDED Councilmember Evans SECONDED CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS )Management Assistant Anna McCray briefed the council on the item. Councilmember Wilson commented he does not understand what the purposes are for these possible additional boards and commissions. Vice Mayor Barker and Mayor Insalaco agreed. Management Assistant Anna McCray stated she has a high overview as to what some of these are.They had asked at the last meeting that she not do all the research prior to coming back to them.She will try to provide them with additional information on each of them that they wish. The age -friendly commission was found in the City of Maricopa. It brings together folks of all ages, 20 -years -old up to 80 plus, to reduce socialized isolation, provides the older generation with more social opportunities, more civic opportunities, and brings together various groups of individuals from different ethnic and racial backgrounds, financial backgrounds, representing faith, veteran and nonprofit groups. Vice Mayor Barker asked how. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 14 OF 23 Management Assistant Anna McCray stated that could be discussed at the next meeting. Mayor Insalaco commented they have the multi -generation center. Councilmember Wilson commented that is one that he would like to get more information on. Management Assistant Anna McCray stated the next one is art community and cultural development.She did hear interest on that at the previous meeting.If they are in agreement with that she will add it to the list.The next one is the budget audit finance and enterprise public safety; it is a combined one or more of these. It is used in Mesa, Queen Creek and Maricopa. The consensus was the council did not think so. Mayor Insalaco commented for the citizens' forum we have the leadership institute. Vice Mayor Barker agreed. Mayor Insalaco commented there is a development advisory forum. Management Assistant Anna McCray stated that is in the City of Mesa. Vice Mayor Barker commented that was the downtown development group.We can do that one. Management Assistant Anna McCray asked about the design review board. Mayor Insalaco commented no way. Councilmember Waldron and Vice Mayor Barker agreed. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 15 OF 23 Management Assistant Anna McCray asked about the downtown vision committee. Councilmember Waldron commented they kind of have that with the DRIS. Vice Mayor Barker commented that the DRIS is already there. Mayor Insalaco commented the city has stuff they do not have. Councilmember Evans commented we have that but it is really just our staff.It is not a board or group of citizens. Councilmember Waldron commented it is based on the study that was put together.He is not sure what that committee would do.He would hate to see a committee come together and not do anything. Vice Mayor Barker, Mayor Insalaco and Councilmember Evans agreed. Councilmember Wilson commented they can always have meetings and invite the public concerning that. Management Assistant Anna McCray stated it is with the City of Mesa.It was originally designed to hear appeals of decisions made by the building safety division.It sounds like it evolved over time to include making sure that design and landscaping of development is aesthetically pleasing aside from being within code. Vice Mayor Barker and Mayor Insalaco commented we already have that. Councilmember Wilson commented we already have it with planning and zoning. Councilmember Serdy asked if they could go back and revisit one.There was interest in the REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 16 OF 23 arts community and cultural development.On some of these boards there are a couple positions where we allow people from outside the city on.If they do create that group, he thinks it would be a good idea, as a lot of the artists live up against the mountain and maybe Gold Canyon, to expand bigger than just the city limits. Vice Mayor Barker and Mayor Insalaco agreed. Management Assistant Anna McCray asked about the economic development advisory board. They advise the city council on economic development including goal setting, strategic planning, marketing and business recruitment, retention and expansion. Vice Mayor Barker and Mayor Insalaco commented we have Janine and E'lan for that. Councilmember Waldron commented they are doing a great job, too. Vice Mayor Barker agreed. Management Assistant Anna McCray asked about the employee benefits advisory board. Councilmember Serdy commented they do not need that. Mayor Insalaco asked what the government affairs committee is. Management Assistant Anna McCray stated she believes it is one that Matt Busby partakes in in the intergovernmental.Moving on to the second page, there is the historic preservation board found in Mesa, Maricopa and Marana. Vice Mayor Barker commented we are not old enough. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 17 OF 23 The consensus of the council agreed. Councilmember Wilson asked if that could also be combined with the arts. Vice Mayor Barker commented it seems like it would go with it. Mayor Insalaco commented there would not be enough time in a month to put all these boards out for all their meetings. Management Assistant Anna McCray stated they would be surprised.She has fast fingers to do research. Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell stated or staffing them. Mayor Insalaco commented our staff can only do so much. Vice Mayor Barker commented they also have a museum and cultural board which appears to her to go back to the arts and culture. Management Assistant Anna McCray stated that is correct. Some are called different things but do the same things. Vice Mayor Barker stated they actually cross over. Mayor Insalaco commented he did not know about anyone else but the only one he is interested in is the youth council. Vice Mayor Barker agreed and added they had already said that one. Councilmember Rizzi commented the youth and the arts. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 18 OF 23 Councilmember Waldron commented they have a lot of boards and commissions. Vice Mayor Barker commented Mesa is busy. Councilmember Evans commented she would like more information on the transportation and sustainability board, as well as energy conservation.Gilbert had some really interesting presentations and awards given to students for some of their ideas that they came up with.We do not really have anything that goes along with that.She asked the city clerk if Spencer basically writes a report once a year for the library board. City Clerk Kathleen Connelly stated which the council adopts. Councilmember Evans commented that is correct.She asked if the library board is very active or only meets occasionally. Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell stated they are active.They are probably one of our more active boards.The comment he believes she is referring to is they want to do more, but they are a regular board.They are like parks and recreation, having a standing meeting night. Councilmember Evans commented that was part of her question because the one municipality had a parks, recreation and library board combined.They did it that way instead of having two separate boards. are not as smart as we are. Powell asked what city that was. it was Gilbert. Mayor Insalaco commented they Assistant City Manager Bryant Councilmember Evans commented REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 19 OF 23 City Clerk Kathleen Connelly stated if that was Gilbert, she does not think they have their own public library.They have a regional library. Mayor Insalaco commented that is probably why it is. Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell stated they have a third party contract for a regional Maricopa County library. Vice Mayor Barker commented the decisions that the library board makes in writing their annual report and the reviews that they do of finances, et cetera, are not something that a library board in Gilbert would do.It seems like a moot point. Mayor Insalaco asked what he is hearing from the council.They want her to investigate the youth council and the arts. and transportation. transportation and environment. and energy conservation. Councilmember Evans commented Vice Mayor Barker commented Councilmember Evans commented Councilmember Wilson commented that should be it, though he would like to know what the age one is. Vice Mayor Barker commented the age -friendly sounds interesting. Councilmember Rizzi commented the age one is interesting. Management Assistant Anna McCray stated on her list she has age -friendly; arts, community and cultural development; youth council; sustainability and REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 20 OF 23 transportation; environmental and energy conservation advisory board and the redevelopment commission from Gilbert. Mayor Insalaco commented from Gilbert so that they can get an idea. Management Assistant Anna McCray stated she would have the information to them in the coming weeks. This was a discussion item only.Mayor Insalaco closed the item with no further discussion and moved on to the next item. NEW BUSINESS None. DIRECTION TO STAFF None. SELECTION OF MEETING DATES, TIMES, LOCATIONS, AND PURPOSES Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:45 P.M. AND A WORK SESSION AT 7:00 P.M. BE HELD ON MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015, IN THE CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM AND CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS RESPECTIVELY; AND THAT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:45 P.M. BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015, IN THE CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM. Councilmember Waldron SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. CALL TO THE PUBLIC None. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 21 OF 23 ADJOURNMENT Mayor Insalaco adjourned the meeting at 7:58 p.m. Consent Agenda Items are as follows: 1. Consideration of acceptance of agenda. 2. Consideration of approval of minutes of regular meeting of March 3, 2015. 3. Consideration of approval of employment agreement with presiding magistrate. 4. Consideration of the purchase and sale agreement of the property located at 1633 East 2nd Avenue, Apache Junction. 5. Consideration of Resolution No. 15-07, allowing the City of Apache Junction Police Department to submit grant applications to the Governor's Office of Highway Safety. ACCEPTED THIS 7TH DAY OF APRIL, 2015, BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA. SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS 7TH DAY OF APRIL, 2015. ATTEST: KATHLEEN CONNELLY City Clerk REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 22 OF 23 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Apache Junction, Arizona, held on the 17th day of March, 2015.I further certify that the meeting was duly called and held and that a quorum was present. Dated this 19th day of March, 2015. KATHLEEN CONNELLY City Clerk REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 17, 2015 PAGE 23 OF 23