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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-07-02 City Council Regular MinutesCITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING JULY 2, 2013 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Apache Junction, Arizona, was held on July 2, 2013, 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 Evans 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:City Manager George Hoffman Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell City Clerk Kathleen Connelly City Attorney Joel Stern Interim Public Safety Director/Deputy Chief Tom Kelly Human Resources Director Liz Riley Assistant to the City Manager Matt Busby Others Present:Community Relations Manager Pat Brenner REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 1 OF 20 ACCEPTANCE OF CONSENT AGENDA )Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED EXCEPT THAT ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE CONTRACT RENEWAL BETWEEN THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION AND THE GREATER PHOENIX ECONOMIC COUNCIL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED TO FOLLOW ITEM NUMBER 10; THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE APACHE JUNCTION PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012- 2013; AND THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER; AND THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT PENDING APPROVAL AS TO FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY; AND THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 19, 2013, BE RATIFIED. Councilmember Waldron SECONDED THE MOTION. Councilmember Serdy asked for a clarification that Item Number 10 would be discussed separately. it opens it for more stated Item Number 3 Vice Mayor Barker commented discussion before the vote. City Clerk Kathleen Connelly would be discussed separately. that would be after Item Number 10. Councilmember Serdy asked if City Clerk Kathleen Connelly stated that is correct. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 2 OF 20 None. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CURRENT EVENTS Councilmember Evans commented she was at WalMart earlier today making some purchases.As she arrived home, there was a truck outside her home and the driver handed over her wallet that she had lost, still containing all her cash, credit cards and driver's license.She wanted to share that as proof of the wonderful citizens in Apache Junction. Councilmember Serdy reminded everyone of the Fourth of July festivities at the high school and all over town. Mayor Insalaco thanked Republic Services for sponsoring the fireworks again.He gave a partial list of the activities for the celebration and wished everyone a safe Fourth of July. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT City Manager George Hoffman thanked the council for renewing the city attorney and his agreements and commented others would be making presentations. Assistant to the City Manager Matt Busby gave a brief legislative update on Senate Bill 1454.Changes now allow lengthening of terms of office for elected city officials and clarification of issues for the alternative expenditure limitation.He commented there is a referendum out there that may affect the city.The city clerk may want to talk about it. City Clerk Kathleen Connelly stated there is a group organizing to do a referendum on this senate bill.They will need roughly 87,000 valid signatures by September 12.Should they be successful, this bill will be put on hold until the general election in November 2013.She is not sure of the implications for the cities that are betwixt and between the alternative expenditure limitations. Assistant to the City Manager Matt Busby stated the second provision of the bill they are watching closely is the provision for cities to be prohibited from requiring homeowners associations as part of the subdivision process.The city was REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 3 OF 20 opposed to this.The current zoning ordinance allows the option; the current zoning ordinance will conform to this. Vice Mayor Barker asked if the common areas or community -owned property includes streets. Assistant to the City Manager Matt Busby stated the bill does not define any of those terms.He would think if they are private roads within the development they would be considered property.However, he is not a lawyer. City Attorney Joel Stern stated if it is a private development with private streets, it would probably be common area.It would be defined under the deed restrictions.Under this bill, it is not. Vice Mayor Barker commented that could create problems. Chief Executive Officer Julie Nunley of Banner Goldfield Medical Center gave an overview of the recent facility enhancements and services available, including clinics with primary care providers, the closure of Banner Goldfield for thirty days to train personnel on new processes, turning the hospital from cardiovascular to a community hospital with general acute care focus, retaining their surgery suites for general surgery and later orthopedic and gynecological surgeries with other specialties being added as needed, full service laboratory, imaging, physical therapy and an emergency department.They are now a cardiac referral center. Councilmember Waldron asked where they fly out of. Chief Executive Officer Julie Nunley stated they use the helicopter pad next to the hospital.She continued with her overview.They will continue to pursue a level 4 trauma rating which is the lowest level of trauma treatment. Mayor Insalaco commented he scared his wife Tuesday and she took him to Banner Goldfield.The person who signed him in did not recognize him and he was surprised at the quality of care.The doctor who came in recognized him.They ended up transferring him to the heart hospital but it was just gas from his colonoscopy that he had Monday.It was a good experience. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 4 OF 20 Chief Executive Officer July Nunley stated they use a specific model of care which also reduces costs.They keep as many people in the community where they live.They have had over 400 patients in the emergency room during the summer season which is much higher than they anticipated.They are awaiting their joint commission accreditation which has to be in place for Medicare to reimburse them.They have passed all the tests with no recommendations.Because of the number of patients in the emergency department thus far they are already planning on expanding that department.They are landlocked on that site so they are looking at surrounding property to the hospital.They will try to have that ready for the winter season. Councilmember Waldron commented he would encourage anyone to go visit the remarkable facility.It is state of the art.The operating rooms are phenomenal. Chief Executive Officer Julie Nunley stated the councilmembers were given a special tour that th'e public cannot partake of. However they will give the public tours of certain areas they will be allowed to see. Chief Executive Officer Roc Arnett of the East Valley Partnership gave a presentation on the East Valley Rising project, including a video presentation.He advised they are changing the logo name to Phoenix East Valley to capture the well known name of Phoenix. Mayor Insalaco asked which tag line took the most votes at the dinner.• Chief Executive Officer Roc Arnett stated it was Phoenix East Valley, where Arizona creates for the world.He continued with his presentation. Councilmember Serdy asked if the logo colors will stay black and orange. Chief Executive Officer Roc Arnett stated their designers tell them the black is to emphasize Phoenix and the orange represents the sun and sunshine.They may have some tweaking to do with that. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 5 OF 20 CONSENT AGENDA (continued item) GREATER PHOENIX ECONOMIC COUNCIL CONTRACT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND REAPPOINTMENT OF COUNCILMEMBER SERDY TO SERVE ON THE GREATER PHOENIX ECONOMIC COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS )• )Vice Mayor Barker commented she pulled it off the Consent Agenda as she had a feeling there were still more questions and because she felt, for some reason or another, the city was being seen as some of the site selectors on Mr. Arnett's graph were seeing the East Valley; as really not here or just a bunch of retirees or whatever.We are not opposed to regionalism.We are a part of the East Valley Partnership, Central Arizona Governments, Maricopa Association of Governments and the League of Cities and Towns.We spend $60,000 annually on those three organizations and from that we have received millions of dollars in funding for roads and other infrastructure.She does not know how they could calculate the cost of the lobbying that has been done by Arizona League of Cities and Towns for our benefit as well as the benefit of the region.She does not have a problem with belonging to an organization that is going to perpetuate the region and help to contribute to the region and to our ability to contribute to the region.She does have a problem when all she has seen from this particular organization has been very generic information that goes to every city.They just change the picture and send in another city's picture and put their name on it and change the statistics on the stationary chart. She has a problem with that and that is why she brought it back. Councilmember Waldron commented one of the concerns he has is for the money that is spent, particularly in economic development, there has to be some kind of return.His concern is the formulas that are provided show us getting five dollars for every one dollar are not unique to us. Vice Mayor Barker commented it is eight dollars. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 6 OF 20 Councilmember Waldron commented it is a formula put together by an outfit called In Plan that is not real true dollars to Apache Junction. Regionalism is a great concept but he thinks if they are going to move forward with Greater Phoenix Economic Council or anyone else they will need reports that come along, benchmarks, to see what benefit the city is receiving for the money that is spent. His concern is there is nothing specific to the city that shows a return for that money.Not everything in government spending has a return but in these situations there should be some type of benchmarking where they can see it. Vice Mayor Barker commented it should be specifically to Apache Junction and not be generic. She agrees and that was one of her concerns.It is not so much being able to say this thing came from this organization but to be able to explain to the people who hold the council accountable why they are spending the money and what they are getting for that.She wants to be able to say this is what this organization is doing for the city, has done for the city and will continue to do for the city.Right now it is a little bit difficult to see that. Councilmember Serdy commented we are still in a recession that we are coming out of.There has not been a lot going on lately.They have a skeleton crew on the city's economic development team.With what they are paying here, it is less than a third of what one employee would be in that department.Greater Phoenix Economic Council would be doing part of the economic development team's work.The Portalis project came and went.It is in limbo.There are 10 square miles of some of the most prime real estate in the whole valley.Greater Phoenix Economic Council has just received instructions to start working that for the city.If anything is going to happen, he does not think it is going to happen as it has in the last 15 years which has been building houses and hoping something else comes.They have influence with the State Land Department.He is hoping, and they have promised him, they are going to start working that property for us.They have more knowhow than our skeleton crew does.With the presentation we just saw from East Valley Rising, he feels they would be taking a step backward if they step away from this now.He would like to give it a little more time.The one thing Dave discovered REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 7 OF 20 last night is we are paying a little bit higher rate than the people in Maricopa County.After this vote this year, unless they remedy that he will have a hard time voting for it again after this.He would hope they would put us on the same playing field as everyone else.He thinks if they could shift that property down south into more development and industrial rather than hope that homebuilders come and build us a bunch of houses is the way to go.He thinks they need to stay with them for another year. Vice Mayor Barker commented she agreed with him.She is not trying to pull out of this. She thinks they want somebody from that organization to be talking to us as a group. Mayor Insalaco commented they need to let us know what is going on. Vice Mayor Barker commented we see them once a year when they want our money.That is it. That is all we see of them.She feels not only are we paying more than Maricopa County, we are kind of the red-headed stepchildren here.It bothers her because we do have land down there that has potential.We need sources from the state part of it and all the help we can get.When all we see is a person coming and saying, hey we are great and they need our money, and then says bye because this is regionalistic.She agreed she would like to give them one more year but she would certainly like to see a different attitude in this year. Councilmember Waldron commented that is what he was going to tell them.He would like to see quarterly reports on what the direct impact is on Apache Junction. Councilmember Serdy commented he does forward the newsletters that are given out but understands they would like a report directly to Apache Junction instead of it being lumped in with all of them. Mayor Insalaco closed the discussion with no further comments and called for a motion. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 8 OF 20 Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT THE CONTRACT RENEWAL BETWEEN THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION AND THE GREATER PHOENIX ECONOMIC COUNCIL (GPEC) FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $21,186.00 BE APPROVED; AND THAT AUTHORIZATION BE GIVEN FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE CONTRACT PENDING APPROVAL AS TO FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY; AND THAT COUNCILMEMBER SERDY BE REAPPOINTED AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GPEC BOARD; AND THAT WE GET REPORTS ON SOME KIND OF REGULAR BASIS FROM THE PEOPLE AT GPEC THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH US AND HOW OUR INVOLVEMENT IS BEING UTILIZED AND SO FORTH. Councilmember Wilson SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. Councilmember Serdy commented before they move on, he sees that Angela Talbot is in the audience.He requested she go to the city's website and have Barry and the staff watch this meeting to see what was discussed. PUBLIC HEARINGS RESOLUTION NO. 13-23, DECLARING THE "CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION PERSONNEL RULES 2013" A PUBLIC RECORD )Human Resources Director Liz Riley briefed the council on the item. Mayor Insalaco opened the public hearing on the item.There being no one wishing to speak, he closed the public hearing and reopened the item to council discussion.There being no further discussion, he called for a motion. Councilmember Waldron MOVED RESOLUTION NO. 13-23, A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK ENTITLED "CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION PERSONNEL RULES 2013"; REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 9 OF 20 REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, BE APPROVED. Vice Mayor Barker SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. ORDINANCE NO. 1390, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE "CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION PERSONNEL RULES 2013" )Human Resources Director Liz Riley briefed the council on the item. Mayor Insalaco opened the public hearing on the item.There being no one wishing to speak, he closed the public hearing and reopened the item to council discussion.There being no further discussion, he called for a motion. Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1390 BE READ BY TITLE ONLY WITH THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE AND THAT THE READING OF THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE BE WAIVED. , Councilmember Waldron SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. City Clerk Kathleen Connelly read the ordinance by title only with the emergency clause. Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1390, AS READ BY THE CITY CLERK, BE APPROVED AND ADOPTED. Councilmember Waldron SECONDED THE MOTION. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 10 OF 20 VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. ORDINANCE NO. 1392, AMENDING THE CITY CODE, CHAPTER 3 ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE 3-6 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BY MODIFYING SECTION 3-6-3, SUBSECTION (B), APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL )City Manager George Hoffman briefed the council on the item. Mayor Insalaco opened the public hearing on the item.There being no one wishing to speak, he closed the public hearing and reopened the item to council discussion.There being no further discussion, he called for a motion. Councilmember Waldron MOVED THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1392 BE READ BY TITLE ONLY WITH THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE AND THAT THE READING OF THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE BE WAIVED. Vice Mayor Barker SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. City Clerk Kathleen Connelly read the ordinance by title only with the emergency clause. Councilmember Waldron MOVED THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1392, AS READ BY THE CITY CLERK, BE APPROVED AND ADOPTED. Vice Mayor Barker SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 11 OF 20 ORDINANCE NO. 1391, AMENDING THE CITY CODE, CHAPTER 8 BUSINESS, ARTICLE 8-8 LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL, COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE EVENTS BY MODIFYING SECTION 8-8-1 DEFINITIONS Community Relations Manager Pat Brenner briefed the council on the item. Mayor Insalaco opened the public hearing on the item.There being no one wishing to speak, he closed the public hearing and reopened the item to council discussion. Councilmember Wilson commented he thinks anything they can do to assist our local citizens and businesses to remove the barrier that appears to have been there for quite some time of the city trying to stop some of these activities should be done.He knows it was not really the ongoing intent but a lot of people felt there was a barrier there; that the city was an obstruction.He thinks they should do anything they can to try to remove that barrier.This is a huge step forward making it easier and more comfortable for someone that has never dealt with it. Vice Mayor Barker commented she thinks this is a good beginning.There is still a lot of work yet to be done.They will find those problems as they move forward and they need to be ready to address them.They cannot re -committee and start all over again.They need to address these as they come up as it is very important for businesses for their own sake as well as for the community.The community enjoys these things so we want to encourage them to have them, not discourage them. Mayor Insalaco closed the discussion with no further comments and called for a motion. Councilmember Wilson MOVED THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1391 BE READ BY TITLE ONLY WITH THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE AND THAT THE ENTIRE READING OF THE ORDINANCE BE WAIVED. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 12 OF 20 Vice Mayor Barker SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. City Clerk Kathleen Connelly read the ordinance by title only with the emergency clause. Councilmember Wilson MOVED THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1391, AS READ BY THE CITY CLERK, BE APPROVED. THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. OLD BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS None. DIRECTION TO STAFF Vice Mayor Barker SECONDED PREPARATION OF A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION COPPER. PROJECT )Assistant to the City Manager Matt Busby briefed the council on the item. Vice Mayor Barker commented she could only pull down two of the resolutions that were in the packet.The third one would not come down.There is a difference in the fifth whereas.She looked at Winkleman and Miami.He had said there were 3 according to the information in the computer.Miami and Winkleman were identical except for the fifth whereas.Winkleman said they understand the potential REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 13 OF 20 positive and negative cultural and financial impacts associated with and so on.Miami said whereas they understand the positive cultural and financial impacts they exclude the negative.She wondered why. Assistant to the City Manager Matt Busby stated he did not know why.He thinks they each drafted their resolution in the way their councils felt comfortable.In the Miami resolution they understand the positive financial while recognizing there may be negative cultural and financial.There are little nuances to differentiate them.They are very similar.If they direct staff to do so, they will formulate a draft similar but probably with our own nuances as well. Vice Mayor Barker commented she is also concerned about number two.She is a little uncomfortable with the whole notion.She is uncomfortable from an environmental point of view because the environmental study was not done prior to the beginning of the feasibility study. That bothers her but not enough to stand up and scream and shout.She would like to see the environmental study done before they resolve to back an entire 40,000 to 60,000 years from this point on.She would like the city's nuanced in a way to show we are well aware the environmental study has not been done.It would help her out a lot.This does offer jobs but those jobs are primarily technical jobs.They are not jobs the regular Joe off the street who has done nothing but dig ditches for the last 10 years would be able to get right away.There are indirect jobs for contractors.If you read through all the website material and all the material she gleaned off a variety of places, some of which is probably not true and some of which was really negative, there has to be a way to acknowledge the fact this is a project that has the potential to employ many people.It is a project that has the potential to indirectly serve the cities of Superior, Globe, Miami and all the way around the area with new businesses that will cater to those folks who work in this area and those contractors that have to come in from wherever to work in this area.That is a given and it is 100% true.But it is a mine.She asked if there is something they can do with that. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 14 OF 20 Assistant to the City Manager Matt Busby commented luckily they have this recorded and he can go back over and review this. City Manager George Hoffman stated perhaps if they were to support it, they could affirm the environmental analysis would be done before the project goes commercial, which he thinks is what they were saying in the first place. Vice Mayor Barker commented they understand that.According to them, they will have their project operational plan that has to go in, and from what she read that is when the Environmental Protection Agency will then do theirs.They want to do this together.She understands why because otherwise it would stretch it out another 5 to 10 years if they did not conjoin these efforts at the same time.She would not want to put a halt to that possibility. City Manager George Hoffman stated he is trying to mirror back to her so that when they try to do the draftsmanship they are reflecting her interests.Her interests are to be supportive of the project with the understanding that a full and complete environmental analysis will be done. Vice Mayor Barker commented absolutely. Councilmember Wilson commented one of the things they do need to realize is there are negative impacts. Vice Mayor Barker commented there are.There will be a 500' hole. Councilmember Wilson commented they said the 600' is actually the cave. Vice Mayor Barker commented that is underneath. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 15 OF 20 Councilmember Wilson commented it is all going to sink down.There are some negative impacts that will happen. Vice Mayor Barker commented talk about a sink hole. Councilmember Wilson commented they need to recognize that and as we progress in time they need to find ways to eliminate some of the environmental impact. Councilmember Serdy asked if he wanted that put in the resolution. Vice Mayor Barker commented she thinks they need to recognize that. Councilmember Serdy commented he would like to put in the resolution that we do away with the Environmental Protection Agency. Vice Mayor Barker commented to Councilmember Serdy that would be good; then they could not breathe. Councilmember Serdy commented the Earth has had atmosphere for a long time and it always will. Vice Mayor Barker commented they can fight that battle somewhere else. Councilmember Waldron commented he would like the resolution to reference the March 20 letter that the mayor wrote to show their support. Mayor Insalaco commented that would be the one he wrote to Congress. Councilmember Waldron commented he would like to see that referenced in the resolution. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 16 OF 20 Mayor Insalaco closed the discussion with no further comments and called for a motion. Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION BE GIVEN TO STAFF REGARDING PREPARATION OF A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION COPPER PROJECT FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION:THAT INCLUDES REFERENCES TO AFFIRMING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY STUDY THAT WILL BE DONE AND RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT WE REALIZE THERE ARE POTENTIAL HAZARDS INVOLVED AND THAT THE COMPANY WILL, OF COURSE, WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO TAKE ON THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES IN THE FUTURE TO PERHAPS FIX THAT, OR SOMETHING IN MUCH, MUCH BETTER TERMINOLOGY BECAUSE YOU ARE A FAR BETTER WORDSMITH THAN I WHEN IT COMES TO THAT; AND THE MAYOR'S LETTER OF HIS SUPPORT. Councilmember Waldron SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. LOST DUTCHMAN MONUMENT )Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell briefed the council on the item. City Attorney Joel Stern stated Councilmember Serdy had mentioned he wanted to display the AJ symbol perhaps and make it in conjunction with the signage. Councilmember Serdy commented it was not with this one.It would be the street signage that has the outline of the Superstitions.The Dons are also going to be doing signage directing them to our downtown starting at Idaho.They are confused about what we want them to do.They want to know if we want a plain, rectangular sign and what the design concept is.They will pay for this and staff will help them install it.Central Arizona College has volunteered a spot of land to put one on Idaho since the state will not give it to us.The Dons want some help in coming up with a design.Since we already have a sign that Matt designed with the silhouette of REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 17 OF 20 the Superstitions, they could cut it out and then say historical Dons Lost Dutchman Monument ahead.He thinks that is what they are looking for. Vice Mayor Barker commented the motion in the book is basically what Bryant said, to allocate staff time to research the city's possible role in partnering the Dons on preserving and enhancing the Lost Dutchman Monument and that included signage. Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell stated that will include signage, landscaping, and the costs for who will clean it and maintain it.They need to start talking about those.There is also a resolution or proclamation. Vice Mayor Barker commented those need to come first before a design is actually given to someone to be put in the ground. Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell stated that is correct. Councilmember Serdy commented the Dons are looking for direction as well as staff.They want to know how to work with us.They are being very amenable. Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell stated the direction tonight will start the formal process. Mayor Insalaco closed the discussion with no further comments and called for a motion. Councilmember Waldron MOVED THAT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION BE GIVEN TO STAFF REGARDING THE LOST DUTCHMAN MONUMENT:THAT THE APPROPRIATE CITY STAFF ALLOCATE TIME TO FURTHER RESEARCH THE CITY'S POSSIBLE ROLE IN PARTNERING WITH THE DONS ON PRESERVING AND ENHANCING THE LOST DUTCHMAN MONUMENT AND/OR DRAFT A PROCLAMATION THAT DEMONSTRATES THE CITY'S SUPPORT OF THIS MONUMENT. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 18 OF 20 Vice Mayor Barker SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. 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, JULY 15, 2013, 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, JULY 16, 2013, IN THE CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM. Councilmember Wilson SECONDED THE MOTION. VOTE:Unanimous. The motion carried. CALL TO THE PUBLIC: Mr. Thomas Aulik, 2292 N. Ironwood #11, Apache Junction, addressed the council regarding the landfill. ADJOURNMENT ) )Mayor Insalaco adjourned the meeting at 8:33 p.m. Consent Agenda Items are as follows: 1. Acceptance of Agenda. 2. Approval of Minutes of Regular Meeting of June 18, 2013. 3. Consideration of approval of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) contract for economic development services in the amount of $21,186.00, and reappointment of Councilmember Serdy to serve on the GPEC Board of Directors. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 19 OF 20 4. Acknowledge receipt of the Annual Report of the Apache Junction Public Library Board of Trustees for 2012-2013 fiscal year. 5. Consideration of approval of an employment agreement with the city manager. 6. Consideration of approval of ratification of city attorney employment agreement. ACCEPTED THIS 16TH DAY OF JULY, 2013, BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA. SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS 16TH DAY OF JULY, 2013. ATTEST: KATHLEEN CONNELLY City Clerk HN S. rffBALACO ayor 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 2nd day of July, 2013.I further certify that the meeting was duly called and held and that a quorum was present. Dated this 9th day of June, 2013. KATHLEEN CONNELLY City Clerk REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 2013 PAGE 20 OF 20