HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-07-06 City Council Regular MinutesCITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
JULY 6, 2010
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Apache Junction, Arizona, was held on July 6, 2010, 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 7:16 p.m.
INVOCATION
Councilmember Wilson gave the Invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Vice Mayor Eck led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Present:Mayor Insalaco
Vice Mayor Eck
Councilmember Barker
Councilmember Coleman (arrived 9:00
p.m.)
Councilmember Dietz
Councilmember Serdy
Councilmember Wilson
Staff Present:City Manager George Hoffman
City Clerk Kathleen Connelly
City Attorney Joel Stern
Public Safety Director Jerald Monahan
Public Works Director David Fern
Development Svcs. Director Brad Steinke
Planning Manager Fred Baker
Economic Development Director Steve
Filipowicz
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Others Present:Senior Mechanic Keith Bedwell
Library Manager Spencer Paden
Business Advocate Janine Solley
Program Coordinator Heather Patel
Public Works Manager Shane Kiesow
Assistant Planner Todd Kennedy
ACCEPTANCE OF CONSENT AGENDA
)Vice Mayor Eck MOVED THAT
THE CONSENT AGENDA BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED; AND
THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
EXTENSION BETWEEN THE APACHE JUNCTION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION FOR VISITORS' CENTER OPERATIONS FROM
JULY 1, 2010 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,000; AND
THAT AUTHORIZATION BE GIVEN TO THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT
PENDING FINAL APPROVAL AS TO FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY; AND
THAT THE RECEIPT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE APACHE JUNCTION
PUBLIC LIBRARY BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
Councilmember Barker SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Public Works Director David Fern gave a brief history on the
career of Keith Bedwell and presented him with a 30 -year pin, a
certificate for 40 hours of leave, a cash bonus and a plaque
commemorating his 30 years of service to the city.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CURRENT EVENTS
Councilmember Serdy commented there are two committees that have
worked behind the scenes; one is the focal point committee and
the other is the tourism committee.They have recently been
merged into one to develop the focal point area and work on
tourism and making the medians more attractive.They are trying
to get more businesses welcomed here.Tomorrow there will
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finally be some results.There have been trees lit up around
the old Bashas' and up Phelps.One of the goals has been to
start there and get all the trees lit up and gradually work its
way out from there, similar to what you see in Tempe where you
go by and see the bridge lit up.It is very inviting.It makes
you want to go to the restaurants.After tomorrow's meeting
they hope there will be instructions in the paper on how
everyone can help with adopting a tree to light up.It will
make our downtown much more enjoyable and welcoming.He
encouraged everyone to look for it in the papers.
There was general discussion on what could be stated during this
part of the agenda.
Councilmember Wilson commented he was involved with others in
collecting contributions for the Fourth of July at the football
field.He was informed they collected a little over $1,700 that
would be used for next year's fireworks.He thanked everyone
who contributed to it.A number of people came back to donate
money to it.They gave huge complements to the display and what
they saw.They contributed additional dollars as well.He
thanked everyone involved.
Councilmember Barker stated they estimated between 7,000 and
10,000 people attended the Fourth of July Celebration to watch
the fireworks display from the field, the stands and the area
surrounding it.That is a tremendous amount of people.She
thanked the library for the terrific report they turned out.It
is available to the public at the library.It is beautifully
done, telling everything the library does.Everyone needs to
read it and see how many people have shown up there.
Mayor Insalaco commented the Fourth of July was very well done.
He thanked the parks and recreation department.They had their
stuff together.He felt sorry that he dunked the police chief
in the dunk tank, but he did it legally.He threw the ball and
hit it; he did not go up and pop the thing.He got thoroughly
soaked but he is still alive.
Vice Mayor Eck commented he noticed this year more than ever the
control of traffic by the police department.Kudos to the chief
and his staff because it seemed like before there was a
presence of officers, but this year it seemed like they were
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working it and they kept control of the traffic.He also
thanked the public works department.He was really impressed.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
City Manager George Hoffman thanked staff and the community for
their work on the Fourth of July.On behalf of city employees,
he expressed their thanks and gratitude for the 40 hours of
time.It means a lot.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
ORDINANCE NO. 1364, AMENDING THE
ZONING DISTRICT MAP IN RESPONSE TO
A REQUEST TO REZONE FOUR ACRES
FROM GR TO CR-5/PD FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF A 43 -UNIT SENIOR
HOUSING FACILITY
)Assistant Planner Todd
Kennedy briefed the council on the item.
Councilmember Barker stated
he mentioned that there were four major areas that were being
protested:traffic, view shed, crime and property values.She
asked if he could quickly address those areas.
Assistant Planner Todd
Kennedy stated those were statements that were given and
summarized in the protest petitions.The applicant has turned
in a memo describing each one of those.
Councilmember Barker stated
she just wanted the public to hear that.The council has read
it, but the public has not heard the reasons that the applicants
gave and their justification.
Assistant Planner Todd
Kennedy asked if she wanted him to go through the memo.
Councilmember Barker asked
him to do so rapidly.
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Assistant Planner Todd
Kennedy stated he needed to grab the memo.
Councilmember Barker
commented while he was looking for the memo that the applicant
had said about the traffic that it was because of the age of the
group of people who would reside there, that traffic would
actually be less than it would be for another development of
that sort.She asked if that is correct.
Assistant Planner Todd
Kennedy stated what he has in front of the memo is just some
extra information that the applicant turned in.He could refer
that over to the applicant for further explanation.
Councilmember Barker stated
that would work.
City Attorney Joel Stern
stated the applicant should present her case immediately after
Todd in done.He does not know if he is done or if there are
any other questions from the council for Todd.
Vice Mayor Eck asked if he
would go back to where he had it lined out with the yellow.He
asked how far they have to be from the yellow line to the red to
be able to build.He asked if it is 150 feet.
Councilmember Barker stated
that is the distance for the people that will be affected by
this and who would be able to protest.
Vice Mayor Eck commented that
is only for the send out of the notification.He was looking at
this and trying to find out how far away the building should
actually be from the property line.
Mayor Insalaco commented he
thinks he is asking how far the building will be from the
property line.
Assistant Planner Todd
Kennedy stated it is a 50' side yard setback.
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Vice Mayor Eck stated he is
just trying to capture one of those four that he put up on how
they are going to affect the neighbors.
Mayor Insalaco commented the
building is not going to be on the property line.
Councilmember Wilson asked
why they could not move these buildings to be off of Valley
instead of off of the west side.
Assistant Planner Todd
Kennedy stated he was confused by the question.
Councilmember Wilson asked if
they could put it over to the right instead of where it is now.
Assistant Planner Todd
Kennedy stated this could be a question for the applicant, but
to the best of his knowledge it was to preserve the open space,
leave an open feel to it, and keep it in line with existing
development.The applicant could clarify it more.
Vice Mayor Eck asked if this
is age restricted.
Assistant Planner Todd
Kennedy stated it is.It is for age 62 and over.
Mayor Insalaco commented
there would not be many people driving.He requested the
applicant address the council.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe, Reece-
Angell -Rowe Architects, 4343 E. Avalon Drive, Phoenix, addressed
the council.She stated the building is proposed to be located
there because of a natural wash that comes through the
southeastern portion of the site.They are trying to maintain
that.They have to for drainage purposes and they want to
maintain it as an open, natural wash.The building will be kept
off that area.The north/south leg of the building will provide
shade for our exterior common area from the west sun.Regarding
the traffic question, there are 43 apartments.They are low
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income, elderly apartments.Based on Christian Care's 43 plus
years of experience with this type of resident, only about 40%
of the residents will have a vehicle when they move in and many
of them will sell their vehicles off after that because of the
services provided on site and bus trips to grocery stores and so
on.They do not need the vehicles as much.The visitor rate is
approximately 10% on any given day, which would be 4 to 5
vehicles.There is one staff member there each day.Comparing
it to another apartment building, it will have a very low
traffic impact.They asked for a reduction in parking spaces.
They have enough room on site for 57 spaces, but they would
prefer to keep it in a naturally landscaped area rather than
paved parking spaces that no one would be in.Regarding
decreased property values, that is a difficult issue to address.
Typically, any new construction and improvements aid an area,
but it is hard to document that one way or the other.The
potential increase in crime is another difficult issue.They
will say that they will have 43 very neighborhood block -oriented
watchful residents there.They are there and they pay
attention.Christian Care's other facilities are very clean,
safe and orderly properties.They do not believe they will
cause any crime factor.Being low income residents, they are
certainly not a target to attract outside crime.Regarding the
blocked mountain views, she had done a little sketch.It was
taken from the actual geographic peak height, and it shows the
location of their building and the locations of the residences
that complained.The dashed line that travels out there is a
sight line from one of the residences that filed a petition.It
shows it going across the peak of their building and where it
would impact on the mountains.They would only block a very
small width -wise portion of the mountains and do not take out
the peak at all.She showed a drawing of the sightline with
someone standing in the backyard.
Councilmember Dietz asked if
this would be available for any type of Section 8 housing.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated it
would not.It is low income, elderly housing but it is not
Section 8.
Mayor Insalaco commented
those are some of the rumors he had heard.
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Vice Mayor Eck commented as
far as he could tell, this is really built to protect the people
on the north side, but maybe not as much on the west.The
parking is on the west and the south.He does not know if they
are having shuttles come in, but all the individual parking is
on the west and south.He does not see traffic being an issue
for them.He does not feel there will be an issue with the view
or crime as there are only 43 units with seniors.No one will
be able to walk through there without someone seeing something.
He thinks it is unfortunate when you live in an area that has a
nice open area next to you.When he came on 13 years ago, this
was an issue.It did not make it past planning and zoning
because there was too much chaos and too many complaints.
Mayor Insalaco commented it
was three stories then.
Vice Mayor Eck commented he
was glad he did not have to come on the council and deal with
such an issue.Now, 13 years later, it is coming back.It has
been vacant that whole time.This is much more favorable.They
do have some property rights.They have a blank piece of
property and have suggestions on doing it different ways.He
thinks this is about as friendly to the neighbors as it can be
with the way it is set up.
Councilmember Wilson
commented he appreciated their information on the wash and he
understands.He has walked the property and came back to the
city to talk to them.He has a clear view of what they are
proposing and the impact.The only one that will be
dramatically affected is the one house on the west side.He
stepped off from the church approximately 200' and took a
picture.They will lose the south section of the Superstition
view from their backyard.He cannot see an impact on the others
across the street as far as the view shed.He was wondering
about moving the whole thing further onto the east side.It was
a concern after talking to a neighbor there who had stated if it
could be moved over so it would not dramatically affect her view
she would not have any problems.That is what he wanted to
express.He asked if they are all two stories.
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Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated it
is a single two-story building.
Councilmember Wilson stated
he understands the total height of the building, including the
peak, is 30'4".
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated
that is correct.
Councilmember Wilson stated
the current church height is 28'.That is why he used the
distance off the church and the gymnasium to see what the impact
would be.He is torn on that as it is affecting the one view
shed.He understands, but he wishes there were a way of working
it out.
Councilmember Barker
commented one of the major things to think about is that if this
property remains GR, it can have a 30' building there.It is
perfectly legal.They could have something crammed right up
next to setbacks.The setbacks are 20' or less in GR.It could
be much more densely packed than this; this is very moderate in
comparison to what GR would allow in this particular area.That
is something to keep in mind also.
Vice Mayor Eck commented that
accessory buildings have a 3' setback.
Mayor Insalaco commented
something will.go,on this property someday if this one does not.
They might not have :a chance to argue if it stays a.GR.Right
across the street the Superstition Mental Health building will
be 3 stories high.Apache Junction has to learn how to grow up,
and he is not.talking about age.They .are not makingany more
land.He asked if _there were any more questions of the
applicant.As there were none, he openedthe public hearing on
the item.
Ms. Tammy Lechner, 1467 W.
Greasewood, Apache Junction, addressed the council.She stated
she opposes the new building.
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Ms. Mary DeHaan, 1929 W.
Greasewood, Apache Junction, addressed the council.She stated
her view is where they propose to put the building.She has
lived there 18 years.They cannot produce traffic in their
neighborhood; she cannot have a business in her home that
produces traffic.The driveway for this building should be on
Valley Drive, not her street.There has already been crime at
the church itself.People will be parking in front of their
homes during visitor hours and during church hours.They stated
they do not need that many parking spaces but she went to the
70th Street unit and took photos on Father's Day.The spaces
were all full.She is 63, works, drives and will not be selling
her car.She does not understand why they think people will
sell their cars.They are active seniors.This is not assisted
living.A lot of people cut down Greasewood to avoid the
traffic signal and they do not want it to become a speedway.
She thought they had 20.5 percent protests, but she was advised
this morning by Todd that one was being kicked out.Before the
June 8 meeting, Raymond Laws, her neighbor, called and was told
by Todd that he already had his petition.When they went to the
meeting, they were told it was not there.She went to find out
why there were not enough petitions and found out there are two
Raymonds.Todd confused the last names and advised a petition
was on file for Laws when it was on file for the other Raymond.
She contacted them, it was sent to her, they redid it, and she
brought it back in on July 1.She is now being told that it was
too late.The petition should be part of the protest as they
were told that the Laws petition was in their office when it was
not.
Ms. Faye Eachus-Rears, 1326
W. Greasewood, Apache Junction, addressed the council.She
lives directly across from the proposed senior facility.Her
biggest objection is that the gourd area shown on the map is a
wash area but the other part is not.They walk it all the time.
The water designated for a retention area is the wash.She
believes the design is for shade for the residents.It would be
better for them to have all the entrances and building on
Valley.The original plan she was shown showed the Greasewood
entrances being for ambulances, utility and delivery vehicles.
All other vehicles are to use Valley.She also objected to the
aesthetics of the neighborhood.Her father was going to build a
beautiful home in the back and have horses.They have been
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discussing the improvements with Todd.That is all up in the
air now.She would like to see the "L" flipped if this has to
be done. Historically, a lot of their facilities change from
senior housing to assisted living.They are restricted by HUD
for 5 years.A gentleman at a church meeting stated it is
basically yes and no.A facility that he manages right now has
met the 5 year time and they are currently planning to move to
assisted living.They just acquire property and grow.This
property is in the middle of a residential neighborhood.It is
a quiet neighborhood.
Mr. Michael Weller, 471 W.
21st Avenue, Apache Junction, addressed the council.He gave
the council a print out on favored destinations by a travel
company.About halfway down it says the most painted and
photographed landmark in Arizona after the Grand Canyon are the
Superstition Mountains.We are proposing to block it.We bury
utilities yet allow multi -story buildings.It is horse property
and horses and high-rises do not work.The people want to see
the Superstitions.The city needs development but make it a
single story building.
Ms. Mary Grammater, 1278 W.
Greasewood, Apache Junction, addressed the council.She stated
she and her husband could not file a petition due to the
properties surrounding them and the location of her driveway.
On Sundays in the wintertime they have people attending church
parking on both sides of Valley.She asked if they are going to
require the people moving in to give up their cars.She and her
husband get $900 a month on disability.She is 57, he is 42.
She asked if he would be blocked from moving in if she could at
62.They do not state if the apartments are single or double;
86 people could be living there.Not everyone will give up
their vehicles and they have no buses out here or a reliable
taxi service.They could not be independent if they gave up
their vehicles.They seem to feel these people would not have
visitors.They have parking issues.They are saying that a
study in 2004 showed that a traffic signal was not needed at
Valley and Superstition.It will impact the neighborhood.She
has 5 dogs and has a kennel license.Her dogs will bark.She
knows the police will be called for barking complaints.She
commented there have been criminal acts in the neighborhood that
have not been in the papers, and she has had some dogs poisoned.
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She asked them to either make it a one story building or put in
on Valley.
Mr. John Kantowski, 835 W.
Windsong, Apache Junction, addressed the council.He stated he
feels like this is a big jump to go from GR to C-5/PD.He does
not live in this area but does live in a horse property area.
Tepee is the dividing line between low and medium density.If
everything is changed in the medium density, they need to put a
stop somewhere.He asked why this has been vacant for 13 years.
He does not want a two-story building here.The general plan
calls for low to medium density with R-143 on the other side of
Lost Dutchman.There are a lot of red shirts here, but none of
these people live within 1,000 feet of this subdivision.The
weight of the decision should go with the homeowners that have
dissented.He is trying to protect the horse properties.
Mr. Charles Aulston, 1368 W.
Greasewood, Apache Junction, addressed the council.He stated
he could not understand why they said these people would be too
old to drive.He is 75 and still drives.His neighbor is 93
and still drives.It will not work out like these people say it
will.It will be very busy on the weekends.He does not know
why these people would even think of building this in their
quiet neighborhood.
Mr. Elliott Fisher, 547 E.
Quail, Apache Junction, addressed the council.He stated he had
been watching the debate on the general plan for 18 years.The
north side is for horse people.He is for this project.The
problem is they keep amending the general plan to fit what comes
along.People expect something and they get something
different.He thinks this will bring some jobs and revenue.
They will continue to have problems if they deny splitting lots
yet allow a 43 -unit project like this go in on the north side of
town.
Ms. Patricia Bybee, 1431 W.
Greasewood, Apache Junction, addressed the council.She is the
one directly affected by this.She has no problems with
developing the lot but she does not want the hind end of the
building right in her face.No one has mentioned the dark sky
ordinance and it will be lit up all the time.She is not happy
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with fire trucks and ambulances coming in right next to their
houses.All they would have to do is flip it around and most of
them would be fine with it.
Mr. Bryan Kover, 2985 W.
Whitely, Apache Junction, addressed the council.He spoke with
people in charge of the project for the church.There will be
security cameras which will be monitored 24 hours a day.Crime
should not be an issue.If it stays rural, the building height
could be higher and the easements could be less, encroaching on
their view and making a bigger impact.The town needs
development.We need to be more open to development and the
town needs more jobs.
Mr. Steve Grammater, 1278 W.
Greasewood, Apache Junction, addressed the council.He stated
there is a private drive straight across that cannot be seen on
the map.It is owned by the man behind him, and he has seen him
go down and tell people to park somewhere else, especially in
the winter.The parking gets bad.There are not enough parking
spaces, and he would like to see it turned around.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
public hearing with no one else wishing to speak.He reopened
the item to council discussion.
Councilmember Barker
commented she was concerned about the ambulances going in on
Greasewood.She did not realize it.Either she did not read
her packet well or it went right over her head.It would be a
real problem for her.She has lived in this area for 40 years
and lived in an area that had miles of open desert at the end of
her block.She remembers when it was built over with houses.
They all thought there would be traffic, but that did not come
to be.That part does not concern her as much.She is
concerned about the ambulances, emergency vehicles and supply
vehicles going down a neighborhood street to access this
property.She thinks it is a very poor plan.
Vice Mayor Eck commented he
does hear the concerns.He was not fully aware of just how many
people in this small of an area had this many concerns.Part of
him is saying they own the property and have a right to develop
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it.He believes in property rights.As far as the zoning, it
actually fits the zoning as•it is south of Tepee.He looks at
the lot and wonders if there is a different building location
that could be used.Everything is pushed to the west side.
That seems to be the main concern.The views are legitimate as
the views will be cut off for people living to the west.There
will be a little bit more problem with traffic.He wished they
would look at all means of being friendly neighbors and see if
they cannot manipulate it to a different configuration in order
to not affect the views of the current neighbors.He thinks it
needs to go as far east as possible.
Councilmember Serdy commented
the city definitely needs the jobs.The whole area is shrinking
and they do not need to lose this development.If he lived in
those houses, he would want it on the east side as well.He
does not know how encumbering it would be to move it.They need
this and it would bring a lot of good.
Councilmember Barker asked if
there was any way to work on a reconfiguration of this.
City Attorney Joel Stern
stated this is a planned development.The applicant is asking
for numerous things that they normally would not be locked into.
They can ask, have the applicant come back up and ask her, or
bring it back.Usually these things cost money to design and
they have spent some sums of money to design the current plat
map.It is a council decision.They are asking for things that
are beyond the general zoning.He thinks they could.
Mayor Insalaco commented he
bought a home here and had a beautiful view of the Superstition
Mountains.The city water department put up a 3,000,000 gallon
water tank right in front of the house.It took away the view
of the mountains, but all he had to do was walk around the
building and he saw the Superstitions.There were two 20 -acre
vacant lots across the street where he used to walk his dogs.
They took away his dogs' play yard by putting homes there.The
idea is that he moved there now, and no one else should move
here.It seems like every development they get, that is what
they get from people.They do not want to see anyone else move
in or the land be developed.This is a feeling he is getting.
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It does not matter what is brought to this property.The people
are not going to be happy.If they sold it as GR, someone could
put up a big metal building for storage right at the property
line.These are problems they have to solve.They do have
feelings for people, but they also have to have feelings for the
entire community.He asked the applicant to come forward to see
if there was anything they could do to help out the neighbors.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe asked what
the question is.
Mayor Insalaco and
Councilmember Barker commented the thing that most bothers them
is the driveway for the ambulances and things.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe commented
she is not sure where they got the idea that the ambulances were
designated for Greasewood.She does not believe that is on the
plan.The point of the address being put on Valley Drive was to
make Valley the main access.Typically, an ambulance comes to
the address drive.
Councilmember Dietz commented
he looked through this and could not find anything saying the
Greasewood access was for ambulances.
Councilmember Barker
commented that she did not miss it.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated she
does not believe it is in there.She is not sure what document
that came from.
Councilmember Barker
commented there was a valid question brought up by one of the
people that came up regarding the lighting, especially in the
parking lot areas to the north side.She asked what kind of
lighting they are planning on putting in there.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated
they will comply with the dark sky ordinance.All the fixtures
will be shielded and down -directed.They will meet the city
standards for maximum foot candles at the property lines.All
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of those conditions will be met.They have no need for the
building to be lit up other than basic security in the parking
lot for people to see their way from the parking lot to the
building.They will not be trying to achieve anything more than
basic safety lighting in the parking area.
Vice Mayor Eck commented
there are so many different ways they could have laid this out.
He asked if there was any way to take into consideration the ten
existing neighbors.It is no fun to put in a development and
already have a dozen upset neighbors.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe commented
there are many ways to design any site.They could have looked
at moving it around, but she does not know what that does to the
planned development conditions.She asked if staff could
stipulate compliance with this site plan as modified per staff
review of trying to shift further away from the west property
line.
Assistant Planner Todd
Kennedy stated that is something they could work on with one of
the conditions of approval.It must be like a certain distance.
The original presentation was 50' but they could probably
increase that, moving it further to the east.However, the wash
would need to be mitigated in the plan review process.They
need to meet engineering requirements.
City Attorney Joel Stern
commented the basic core question is if this can be reconfigured
so that everybody is happy.The answer to that is no.However,
to satisfy the basic objections of the view shed, the closer to
the east the better it would help out.There might be some wash
issues.He has not been on the property so he is not aware of
it.There may be some water flow issues.They may ask for
additional things under the planned development if they have to
move things around.They would have to get those if they have
moved something.That could come back and he does not think
they would have to re -advertise or republish anything.
Vice Mayor Eck commented he
is just asking if they would give it a shot and try to work out
a compromise.
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City Attorney Joel Stern
stated they could try to work things out and continue the
matter.The manager had asked if this could be done tonight.
He does not believe so as they would have to see the site plan.
It has to come back.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated
they are willing to work with that.She would like to keep the
"L" orientation, but she is willing to move it over.
Mayor Insalaco commented he
walked the property, too, and the wash does not seem that big.
Councilmember Barker stated
it still creates a problem.She can understand that.She would
like to see if this could be shifted.If bringing it back would
not cost the applicant more, meaning their having to pay another
fee to come back before in a public hearing, she would prefer to
bring it back.
City Attorney Joel Stern
stated it would not cost them any more as they would be
continuing it.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated
they would have to pay for the redesign.
Councilmember Barker stated
that is true.
City Attorney Joel Stern
stated there would have to be another public hearing that would
have to be continued to a date certain.That might not be the
hearing that solves the problem.There might be another
hearing.Hopefully that is not the case, but it could happen.
Councilmember Serdy asked
what the groundbreaking date would be if this is passed tonight.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated
that is undetermined.They are still pending getting the grant
for the project.
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Councilmember Serdy commented
we have approved a project like this before off of Ironwood and
it never happened.He asked if this would happen if it gets
approved and they have the funding.He would hate to waste all
this time.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated if
the funding comes through the project will happen.
Councilmember Serdy stated
they do not have a date.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated
they do not have a guarantee on the funding yet.
Councilmember Serdy asked if
it could be by the end of the year or in a year.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated it
is a government grant.It was supposed to be awarded in
February; they delayed it to April, and have now delayed to
August.They do not know if this proposal will get the grant or
not.
Councilmember Dietz commented
it sounds like government work to him.
Councilmember Serdy asked
what their estimate would be on what it would cost them to
postpone it.He asked if it would be enough to kill the
project.He would not want to vote to do anything to kill this
project.He asked what it would cost if this had to be redrawn.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated it
would probably be in the area of $2,000.It is money the
nonprofit agency would have to come up with up front.The
design fees are separate from the grant.
Councilmember Serdy commented
Quail Creek is 2 stories, and the church is 2 stories.The
Grand Hotel was 2 stories.He thinks people get used to the 2
stories.There are lots of views of the mountains.
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Vice Mayor Eck commented they
approved one next to it and it never happened.
Mayor Insalaco commented a
lot of things have not happened because of the economy.
Councilmember Barker
commented she believes there is a misconception somewhere about
north.Comments made from earlier councils and the current
council deal with the northeast area as being kept as open as
possible.North itself was never designated as far as she was
aware.She could be wrong.Superstition has got the shopping
center, the nursery, the church, et cetera along there.This
has become a commercial area, for the most part, down through
there.This does fit in with what has been happening along
Superstition in that area.Her major concern was the ambulance
thing.That really bothered her.It seems to her that if
traffic becomes a concern, they can go to their public works
later and talk about it.
City Attorney Joel Stern
stated there is that concern that Councilmember Barker brought
up.There are some time elements that staff would have to
review.There would be some time issue there.He does not know
who on staff would want to address how long it would take if
this were to be redesigned.
Planning Manager Fred Baker
stated part of the answer is how quick the applicant could turn
the design around.We have cancelled the other July meeting.
They would be looking at August for the earliest.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated it
would not be hard to do if they keep the orientation of the
building and just slide it further away from the west property
line.They could come back for the next scheduled meeting.Or
they can stipulate a distance for them to move it over.
Planning Manager Fred Baker
stated they could add a condition for it to be moved another 50'
from the west property line.
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Mayor Insalaco commented 50'
is an awful lot.
Councilmember Barker stated
they are 50' now.
Planning Manager Fred Baker
stated they could just move it an additional 50' and allow staff
to approve that particular site plan with that condition.
Ms. Stephanie Rowe stated
they would be agreeable to that stipulation.
There was general discussion
regarding amending the motion so that this could be done at this
meeting.It was determined that they could.
Planning Manager Fred Baker
stated the applicant is willing to do that.The applicant would
identify the additional 50' as additional landscape buffer, the
parking adjacent to the building would move, and the access
points on Greasewood and Valley would not move.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
discussion with no further comments and called for a motion.
Councilmember Barker MOVED
THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1364 BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND THE READING OF
THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE BE WAIVED.
Councilmember Dietz SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
City Clerk Kathleen Connelly
read the ordinance by title only.
Councilmember Barker MOVED
THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1364, AS READ BY THE CITY CLERK, BE APPROVED
AND ADOPTED WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT:THAT AN ADDITIONAL 50
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FOOT SETBACK BE ADDED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY FOR A
TOTAL OF 100 FOOT SETBACK.
Vice Mayor Eck SECONDED THE
MOTION.
VOTE:5-1 (Councilmember Wilson voted in opposition.)
The motion carried.
Mayor Insalaco called for a
ten minute break.
Mayor Insalaco reconvened the
meeting.
OLD BUSINESS
DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
)Business Advocate Janine
Solley briefed the council on the item.
Mr. Ed Gawf of G and G
Consulting provided a project status update on the goals and
strategies that included the key steps necessary to create a
successful downtown, the action plan, the vision, the organizing
principles, unique identify, development zones, suburban zones,
transition zones, the Apache Trail median, landscaping Idaho
Road, economic vitality, the downtown core, architecture,
accessibility, infrastructure, preservation of mountain views,
variety of event locations, sustainability and elimination of
blight.They should have the full package to the council at the
end of August.
Vice Mayor Eck commented he
has heard through the years that Apache Junction does not know
what it wants downtown.They bring in one type of business and
the city does not want that.He asked if they would have a grid
of types of businesses or will they be open to whatever might
come to the city.
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Mr. Ed Gawf stated each zone
will have its own set of design guidelines that are unique to
that particular zone.Visually they will be slightly different.
They will go through and make recommendations.They will make
recommendations on some uses that should be there and those that
should not be there.It is harder to take away uses now with
Proposition 207, but they can identify those for them.He
believes that the market place works pretty well.The market
place should dictate where those uses will be and the council
will control it through design and bulk requirements.
Vice Mayor Eck commented that
is fine with him.He thinks you have to keep your mind open.
Mr. Ed Gawf agreed.The
market is more sophisticated than any planner can be, and maybe
even any city council.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
item with no further discussion and moved to the next item.
POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR THE
SUBMISSION OF A FISCAL YEAR 2010
STATE SPECIAL PROJECT APPLICATION )
)Program Coordinator
Heather Patel briefed the council on the item.
Councilmember Barker asked if
there is another type of grant that would cover the Community
Alliance Against Family Abuse improvements.She asked if the
city has gone after grants in the past that were for
improvements in low income areas.
Program Coordinator Heather
Patel stated she does not know what grants were applied for
previous to her working for the city that were for nonprofits.
Councilmember Barker stated
nonprofit is the thing that makes it sticky for a low income
grant.
Program Coordinator Heather
Patel stated nonprofits can apply for their own grants.The
Community Development Block Grant and the State Special Project
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Program are specifically to low income or limited clientele
populations.Women with children are the focus population that
falls under the State Special Projects purview.That is why it
is an eligible activity.
Vice Mayor Eck commented when
he was first on the council there were some grants that were for
low income.
Councilmember Barker
commented she does not remember what they were for but she does
recall them going through.She asked if Community Alliance
Against Family Abuse has investigated going for a grant
themselves.She is curious as she understands what they are
asking for but wonders why they have not gone out for a grant to
get this done.
Program Coordinator Heather
Patel stated she believes they have looked at other options but
the Community Development Block Grant program is a very popular
funding source for nonprofits to do this sort of thing.That is
why they are looking at us.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
discussion with no further comments and moved on to the next
item.
NEW BUSINESS
RESOLUTION NO. 10-12, AUTHORIZING
THE SUBMISSION OF AN ARIZONA
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ARIZONA
BIOFUELS CONVERSION GRANT
APPLICATION AND COMMITTING LOCAL
FUNDS AS LEVERAGE
)Program Coordinator
Heather Patel briefed the council on the item.
Vice Mayor Eck commented he
never heard of E85.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated it is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline.It is a blend
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that 2008 and newer vehicles can operate on.A lot of the
police patrol cars can run on it and it runs a lot cleaner than
gasoline.
Councilmember Serdy asked
where they would buy it.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated it is available at the Phoenix rack, which is
where a lot of the wholesale gasoline in the valley goes.It is
available and the price is fairly comparable to regular
gasoline.It fluctuates a little bit so we might pay a couple
cents more or less depending on the time of year.
Councilmember Serdy asked if
it was made out of corn or bean.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated he thought it would be both.Ethanol is made out
of soy bean as well as corn, along with other products.
Councilmember Wilson asked if
they are deactivating the underground storage tanks.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated that is correct.The life span usually for
underground tanks is 20 years; we are beyond that.The standard
is to replace underground tanks at the 20 year mark.The
suppliers of our underground tanks do not warrant it any longer.
The city carries insurance for the tanks.However, it is not
good practice for a leak to begin and then depend on the
insurance.It would be our deductible to repair it.
Councilmember Wilson asked if
we had just done recovery for them as well.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated the pumps.The dispensers will not change.The
tanks will change.The scope of work will include abandonment
of the underground tanks, making the underground disconnection,
and stabilizing the underground tanks.Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality has strict rules on how to clean the
underground tanks and fill them up with foam.It makes them
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very neutral and they can be left underground.The above ground
tanks will allow them to get around Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality and Environmental Protection Agency
testing.We currently have to do it annually for the
underground tanks to make sure they are not leaking.
Councilmember Wilson
commented the biggest problem with above ground tanks is the
sun.He asked if they would have to put up a shade to cover
them.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated they would not.The walls of the tank are real
thick.They will handle high velocity rifle shots up to and
beyond 50 caliber.With the thickness of the walls, it will be
a marginal influence to the fuel inside.The school district
has above ground tanks that they have had for several years.
There is no canopy over them and it has not been an issue.
Vice Mayor Eck asked if he
knows anyone running on E85 and if he had compared, it with any
other town or city.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated he has not inquired on E85 but Mesa has experience
with CNG and Tempe used propane.
Vice Mayor Eck commented the
officers would have to flip off the CNG to do a chase.It did
not work out.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated E85 has no performance impact.However, there is
a small decrease in miles per gallon.There was a definite
issue with CNG when it came to patrol cars.
Vice Mayor Eck asked if they
would get credit through the government for running on this
cleaner fuel to make up for some of these expenses.Obviously
they have the grant.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated that might be the first credit.He is not aware
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of any grants for maintaining the operation.Past councils have
wanted to know what they could do to increase the use of
alternate fuel.This is one of the options that is immediately
before us.
Councilmember Wilson asked if
there is a state requirement that they will have to have so many
vehicles for the air.We are looking at the possibility of
doing another PM10.He asked if this would help the city at all
in the upcoming assessment.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated it definitely would.There are changes in the
PM10. Moving towards alternate fuel will help with that.Also,
those at a population of 50,000 or more have other air quality
statutes that will actually kick in.One of them has to do with
alternate fuel.This is a step in that direction as we get
closer to our population of 50,000.
Councilmember Barker asked if
this fuel will be for all of our vehicles, and how many vehicles
do we have that will not meet that.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated we have a lot that do not.We only have 6 or so
that are actually 2008 or newer.But, all the newer patrol
cars, cars and trucks they are purchasing will be 2008 or newer.
The volume of use of E85 will grow as we move into the future.
These tanks are compartmentalized.We currently have two below
ground tanks that have one compartment each; one has diesel and
one has gasoline.These above ground tanks will have two
compartments in them, so they can still run gasoline out of one
compartment and E85 out of the other.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
discussion with no further comments and called for a motion.
Vice Mayor Eck MOVED THAT
RESOLUTION NO. 10-12, A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, APPROVING THE SUBMITTAL
OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR
THE ARIZONA BIOFUELS CONVERSION GRANT PROGRAM AND COMMITTING
LOCAL FUNDS AS LEVERAGE, BE APPROVED.
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Councilmember Dietz SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
REQUESTED DEVELOPMENT FEE APPEAL
FROM COLLEEN RYAN
Development Services
Director Brad Steinke briefed the council on the item.
Mayor Insalaco asked if it
was a mobile home or a house that was removed from the property.
Development Services Director
Brad Steinke stated he thought it was a traditional stick built,
but he does not know for sure.
Councilmember Barker asked
when it was built.
Development Services Director
Brad Steinke stated it was built before 1985.
Councilmember Wilson
commented he thought they discussed after the last one that they
were going to bring forward a change on the rule on that.He
asked for a status update on that change.
Development Services Director
Brad Steinke stated in the 2010-11 work program they have
identified an update to the development fee ordinance.It would
be included in that.He thinks he has that for the second
quarter of the fiscal year.
Vice Mayor Eck commented he
was going to ask George if they could put that on and discuss
it.He knows of another situation where a mobile home was a
1961 on Delaware but because they tore it down and it has been
over 12 months, they have a $10,000 in development fees.It
needed to be condemned.It was better off being a bare lot.
They just put it up for sale.With the economy, it did not
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sell.The man is just pulling his hair out.The 1961 trailer
would not have sold.It was an eyesore and a safety hazard.
There are a few exceptions they need to look at for the
development fees, regarding the 12 months where there was a
prior unit.He would like to discuss it.If they are going to
wait until the second quarter, if that is what is planned, then
that is fine.He would really like to get it on the agenda.
Development Services Director
Brad Steinke stated he agreed.He commented to not quote him on
the second quarter, but he believes the work program is coming
before them soon and they can adjust it and put it in the first
quarter.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
discussion with no further comments and moved on to the next
item.
RATIFICATION OF THE PURCHASE OF
COMPUTER SERVERS FROM DELL L.P.
)Public Safety Director
Jerald Monahan briefed the council on the item.
Councilmember Serdy commented
it would be good to know that if all the computers did crash
that the police department would survive.He thinks a lot of
them have been in retail stores when the cash register crashes
and they do not know how to do business.He asked how they
would handle things in case all the computers went down in an
emergency.He asked if they would still be able to communicate
and hoped they were not reliant on the system.
Public Safety Director Jerald
Monahan stated we do have a system of uninterrupted power
supplies that should create a failsafe.That is with servers
with current upgrades and maintained by our contract companies.
We should be able to withstand any kind of crash.We need the
upgrades to maintain that.
Councilmember Coleman
commented he has not read or heard a lot of good things about
Dell recently.He asked if they are the only choice or if they
are the recommendation of the IT people.
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Public Safety Director Jerald
Monahan stated that is the company the city has a contract with,
and that is why they are the one of choice.
Councilmember Dietz commented
he brought some articles in and gave them to Kathy.There are a
lot of problems and lawsuits against Dell.He asked if they
have a contract where they have to purchase Dell.
City Clerk Kathleen Connelly
stated she does not believe she has ever seen one.The city
attorney is saying the same thing.
Councilmember Dietz commented
if that is the case, he would wish to review that contract.If
one or all of these new computers went down, they would be in
the same boat.He would hate for that to happen with so many
problems that are out there with Dell.He thinks a little more
history needs to be made.These are already purchased and there
is nothing they can do about it; they are obviously going
through with it.But he thinks in the future they really need
to look at that to see what options are available.
Public Safety Director Jerald
Monahan stated it was the police department IT staff that waived
the red flag.Because of the amount of the purchase and the
concerns over technology in general, they asked the city's IT
director, Earl Simmers, to review what his staff was doing and
confirm the need.The decision to go with Dell he believes was
based on a city decision.He was told by his staff that we had
a contract but it certainly appears that we have used Dell
exclusively in the past at all levels within the city.
Councilmember Dietz commented
that is fine.He just thinks they need to research a little bit
more before we put out another large amount.
City Clerk Kathleen Connelly
stated she does not believe Dell has any exclusive contract with
us.She has not seen one.
City Attorney Joel Stern
commented he had not seen that contract.
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Mayor Insalaco closed the
discussion with no further comments and called for a motion.
Councilmember Coleman MOVED
THAT THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER SERVERS AND RELATED SOFTWARE FOR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM DELL L.P. IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$108,000 BE RATIFIED.
Councilmember Dietz SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR
MATERIAL AND LABOR TO LOWER AND
RAISE MANHOLES AND VALVES WITH
TALIS CONSTRUCTION/SECOND
AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR PAVING
MATERIALS WITH MESA MATERIALS, INC.
/SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR
PRE -COATED CHIPS WITH MESA
MATERIALS, INC./EXTENSION OF
CONTRACT PW 2009-09 BULK FUEL
)Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow briefed the council on the items.
Vice Mayor Eck asked if they
would be doing the manholes with Citywide again.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated that is correct.
Vice Mayor Eck commented they
do a good job.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
items with no further discussion and moved on to the next item.
PW 2010-02 JANITORIAL .SERVICES
AWARD OF BID TO GCA SERVICES GROUP
INC.
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)Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow briefed the council on the item.
Vice Mayor Eck asked if they
had been paying $117,000 with the other group.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated we were actually paying them $187,000 or closer to
$190,000.Our savings will be between $60,000 and $70,000.
had been with.
Kiesow stated it had been with ABM.
can do it for that much less.
Vice Mayor Eck asked who that
Public Works Manager Shane
Vice Mayor Eck commented GCA
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated they did check out their references.GCA services
the Phoenix convention center.The convention center has many
of the same type of offices and meeting rooms.They also do Sky
Harbor which has a large volume of people characteristic to the
large volume,of.people we get at the library and.multi-gen -
center.They are .used to servicing high volume buildings.
Councilmember Serdy commented
these companies are notorious for having undocumented workers.
He asked how we could have assurance that there would not be
any.He believed the City of Mesa actually had their offices
cleaned by some.
Vice Mayor Eck commented they
found two.people in the entire staff.
Councilmember Serdy.commented
one would.be-tooltiny.He asked.how we would have assurances
that they would be.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated we do have assurance built in through our bid, as
well as our agreement that we would move forward with.Those
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assurances include a screening that covers a criminal background
check for their staff, a background check for employment
eligibility, and a motor vehicle background check as they will
be driving on our campus from building to building.They will
have a 10 panel drug screen as well.That is the full gamut of
screens that we have required in our contract documents.Their
proposal that they submitted back to us for review verifies that
that is what they will do for screening their staff that works
at our campus and our facility.
Councilmember Dietz asked if
this is quite a bit cheaper than if we did this in house.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated he thinks it would be cheaper because of the
impact on morale on staff.They might have the public works
manager, the public works director and city manager cleaning
bathrooms which might be an issue to some to pay these people to
do that.He would say yes.
City Manager George Hoffman
stated he understood the question slightly differently.He
wanted to know if we could competitively do it in house if we
were to go out and augment our janitorial staff and buy our
supplies.
Councilmember Dietz commented
which we did at one time.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated when they did the initial bid 5 years ago it was
competitively cheaper than what we could do in house.He thinks
with the prices he is seeing this time, they could not beat it
for the amount of staff the city would have to hire to do it in
house.
Councilmember Coleman asked
if this covers all of our buildings.
Public Works Manager Shane
Kiesow stated it does not cover some of the parks buildings such
as the buildings at Prospector Park and the pool.It does not
cover public safety.There is an in house janitorial person
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there.However, our janitorial staff fills in when she is on
vacation or is sick.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
discussion with no further comments and called for a motion.
Councilmember Barker MOVED
THAT THE AWARD OF BID FOR PROJECT PW 2010-02, JANITORIAL
SERVICES, BE AWARDED TO GCA SERVICES, INC. IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $117,320.10; AND THAT AUTHORIZATION BE GIVEN FOR THE
MAYOR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT PENDING FINAL APPROVAL AS TO FORM BY
THE CITY ATTORNEY.
Councilmember Wilson SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
DISCUSSION ON RESOLUTION NO. 10-27,
APPROVING A MINOR GENERAL PLAN TEXT
AMENDMENT
Development Services
Director Brad Steinke briefed the council on the item.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
discussion with no comments and moved on to the next item.
COUNCIL DIRECTION TO STAFF
None.
SELECTION OF MEETING DATES, TIMES, LOCATIONS, AND PURPOSES
Councilmember Dietz commented
the executive session and work session have been canceled for
Monday, July 19, 2010 and the executive session and regular
meeting have been canceled for Tuesday, July 20, 2010.He MOVED
THAT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:45 P.M. AND A WORK SESSION AT
7:00 P.M. BE HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010, IN THE CITY
COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM AND CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, RESPECTIVELY;
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AND THAT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:45 P.M. BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
AUGUST 3, 2010, IN THE CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM.
Councilmember Barker SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC:
Mr. Elliott Fisher, 547 E. Quail, Apache Junction, addressed the
council regarding the resolution on the San Tan Valley
incorporation and a councilmember making alleged comments to
volunteers working on his recall petitions.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Insalaco adjourned
the meeting at 10:10 p.m.
Consent Agenda Items are as follows:
1. Acceptance of Agenda.
2. Approval of Minutes of Regular Meeting of June 15, 2010.
3. Consideration of approval of a Professional Services
Agreement Extension with the Apache Junction Chamber of
Commerce in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00.
4. Acknowledge receipt of the Annual Report of the Apache
Junction Public Library.
ACCEPTED THIS 3RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2010, BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA.
SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS 3RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2010.
N S. INSALACO
ayor
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;W-icA3—
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN CONNELLY
City Clerk
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 6th
day of July, 2010.I further certify that the meeting was duly
called and held and that a quorum was present.
Dated this 27th day of July, 2010.
KATHLEEN CONNELLY
City Clerk
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