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Home My WebLink About1979-02-07 City Council Regular MinutesRegular Meeting of City of Apache Jct. City Council February 7, 1979 The regular meeting of the City Council of Apache Junction was called to order by Mayor Hudson at 7:10 p.m. Mayor Hudson waived the roll call since all members were present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Vice -Mayor Granillo made the motion to approve the minutes of January 24, 1979.Thomas Damiano seconded the motion. Motion carried. Mayor Hudson informed the Council that the new clerk -magistrate would be on the job Monday; also that one CETA position had been filled for the City. Vice -Mayor Granillo said that he wanted Attorney Curtis to make a statement on the sales tax. Attorney Curtis reported that a prior resolution that had been prepared by Attorney Goodwin and acted upon January 10, 1979 by the City Council, adopted the sales tax effective March 1, 1979 unless the Council took any action to the contrary. Since the Council had not taken any action to the con- trary and since they had had two meetings as required by law this resolution automatically put the city sales tax into effect 3/1/79. STREETS AND RIGHT -OF -WAY --Council member Peck: Council member Peck informed the Council that he had talked to a state engineer, whose name was Bob Jones, about the problems at Broadway and Palm Springs Road. State Engineer Jones had stated there was a recommendation to correct this problem but no action had been taken. He suggested that Council member Peck check into the matter to see what had happened. The engineer stated they had corrected the problem at Tomahawk Road by making a right angle to the highway. Council member Peck also reported that he had checked on the per- pendicular parking along the Trail and found that it was not il- legal but a vehicle could be cited because of the danger in the perpendicular parking. Council member Peck stated the potholes caused from the rain were still very much of a problem in Apache Junction. Mayor Hudson moved that the Council write a letter to the Board of Supervisors compaining as to the conditions of the roads and poor repair job done on the roads after the rains. Council member Burgess seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council members Shanks and Peck voted against. Council members Seeman, Damian°, Burgess, Vice -Mayor Granillo, and Mayor Hudson voted in favor of the motion. The motion passed. Council member Peck continued with his report. He said he had some calls in regard to zoning violations. One call concerned Regular Meeting cont'd February 7, 1979 Page 2 industrial use on the south side of Roosevelt , between Valley and Ironwood Roads. There was noise, etc.Council member Peck reported there was a complaint about industrial use on the north- east corner of Ironwood and Broadway. Council member Damiano made the motion that the Council write a letter to the County asking them to write a letter to the County Board of Supervisors asking them to investigate the non-compliance of the regulations of these properties.Vice -Mayor Granillo seconded the motion.The motion passed unanimously. Council member Peck then reported he had talked to Ron Sotomayor at the Greyhound Racing Track regarding the easement on Delaware, and that they had been Very cooperative. He stated that the federal government only gives matching funds if there is an 80 foot right- of-way on the street. Delaware has a minimum of 50 feet to 66th St. POLICE AND FIRE REPORT: Council member Seeman reported there had been one successful meet- ing regarding fire protection and police protection and the future of Apache Junction. She said there was to be another meeting March 5,1979 at 7:30 p.m. at her residence. PLANNING AND ZONING—REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE: Council member Damiano read a letter to the Council from Stan Glazier asking that the zoning on his property, Tract V, Cayton Subdivision, be changed from General Rural to CB -2.Council member Damian() made the motion that they recommend to the Planning and Zoning Board approval of the application to change the zoning on Glazier's property to CB -2 in accordance with the request. Vice -Mayor Granillo seconded the motion.in a roll call vote Council members Shanks, Seeman, Peck and Mayor Hudson voted Against. Council members Granillo, Burgess, Damiano voted in favor.The motion did not pass. A motion was placed on the floor. Council member Damiano made the motion that they table the request from Mr. Glazier until the next meeting to give the Council time to check Planning and Zoning and whether or not Planning and Zoning had been presented with a petition with 51% of the adjoining property owners' signatures. if so, the City Council of Apache Junction would like a copy. Vice -Mayor Grani110 seconded.Discussion was held on the motion. Council member Peck asked that the motion be amended, and the amendment would add to the motion the stipulation that the Council would favor zoning of CB -1 with a variance for storage construction. In a roll call vote Council members Shanks, Seeman, Peck and Mayor Hudson voted in favor. Council members Damiano voted against. Vice -Mayor Granillo abstained.The second vote was taken.In the second vote Council members Shanks, Seeman, Peck and Mayor Hudson Regular Meeting cont'd February 7,1979 Page 3 voted in favor.Vice -Mayor Granillo abstained.Council members Damiano and Burgess voted against. Motion passed. REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE: Mr. Parks, from the audience, brought several matter to the at- tention of the Council. One was a letter from Harold Kriss changing the zoning on his property from General Rural to CB -1 for a trailer park. This is located next to Sana Tanks and is out- side the 3 mile limit. Council member Damiano made the motion to table this matter for further study. The motion was not seconded. The motion died. APPROVAL OF SUBDIVISION PLAN: It was then brought to the Councils' attention the study of Apache Villa #4 which would be phase #4 of Apache Villa Subdivision on Ironwood between 12 and 16th Streets. The subdivision of Ray Homes presented a request to the County asking for the engineers' approval of the subdivision plan. Council member Seeman made the motion this matter be tabled until next week and referred to the Planning and Zoning Committee for further study. Council member Shanks seconded.Motion passed unanimously. LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION—HEARING: Mr. Parks then brought up the subject of a #16 liquor license for the Sundancer Restaurant at the corner of Tomahawk and Apache Trail. This is a restaurant license with liquor on the premises only.Mr. Parks wanted to go on record as having told the Council that this liquor license should be posted 20 days before a hearing.The hearing would be March 7, 1979. Council member Shanks made the motion to accept and approve the posting of a notice of a #16 liquor license application and to send this recommendation to the State and also to the County. Council member Damiano seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Mayor Hudson then asked Attorney Goodwin to make a statement on this subject. Attorney Goodwin said they had been told by Terry Smith at Planning and Zoning that a petition was needed from the neighbors with 51% of the neighboring property owners signing in favor of a liquor license. She said this was required by the County according to the information given them. Council member Seeman made the motion that the City have a hearing on this liquor license for the Sundancer Restaurant on March 7, 1979 and the notice of the hearing of the liquor license be posted 20 days prior to that.Council member Shanks seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Regular Meeting contld February 7, 1979 Page 41POLICIES AND RECORDS: Council member Shanks made her report on Policies and Records and the census. She reported that Isabel Ballard would take charge of handling the election and the County had offered any help they could give the City Council on the election. Council member Shanks then reported on the census.She said she had been informed that no action would be taken on the Apache Junction census until March 15, 1979.On March 16, 1979, the material would be sent to Denver. Council member Seeman made the motion that City Ordinance #1 be amended to provide that regular Council meetings shall be held on the first and third Wednesday of each month and on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month open meeting shall be held, open to the public for the purpose of general discussion and no official action shall be taken at the meetings held on the second and fourth Wednesdays. Council member Shanks seconded. In a roll call vote Council members Shanks and Peck voted against. Council members Seeman, Damian°, Burgess, Vice -Mayor Granillo and Mayor Hudson voted in favor. Mayor Hudson then made the statement that he felt, along with Council member Peck, that this motion would greatly hamper the progress of the City Council due to the fact the second and fourth Wednesdays the Council would not be able to enact any official business. However, he stated he would go along with the Council members that favored it. NEW BUSINESS: Vice -Mayor Granillo presented the Council an agreement for the collection of taxes to submit to the State Department for the Council members to sign. Mayor Hudson reported that the sales tax ordinance that was being published in the Apache Sentinel was costing $180.00 a week and would have to be published four times. He asked the City Attorney if this was necessary.Attorney Curtis stated that it was. Council member Seeman announced that the East Valley Health Center next to Bashals was having a hearing in March on a new 120 bed facility.She thought it was to the best interest of Apache Jct. for the people to have input into this hearing.She said she was asking Tom Jacobson to talk at the meeting of the 21st. There was discussion on the one percent sales ordinance. Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Approved this day of 1979 by the Mayor and City Council. CITY CLERK