HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-01-06 City Council Regular MinutesCITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
JANUARY 6, 2015
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Apache Junction, Arizona, was held on January 6, 2015, at the
Apache Junction City Council Chambers pursuant to the notice
required by law.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Insalaco called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
INVOCATION
Councilmember Waldron gave the Invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilmember Wilson led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Present:Mayor Insalaco
Vice Mayor Barker
Councilmember Evans
Councilmember Rizzi
Councilmember Waldron
Councilmember Wilson
Staff Present:
(Councilmember Serdy was absent.)
City Manager George Hoffman
Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell
City Clerk Kathleen Connelly
City Attorney Joel Stern
Public Safety Director Tom Kelly
Development Services Director Larry
Kirch
Assistant to the City Manager Matt
Busby
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Others Present:Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
ACCEPTANCE OF CONSENT AGENDA
)Vice Mayor Barker MOVED
THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED.
Councilmember Evans SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
Mayor Insalaco read a proclamation designating January 20, 2015
as Arizona Winter Visitors Day and presented the proclamation to
Judy Lutes of the Arizona Winter Visitors Association.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CURRENT EVENTS
None.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell read two letters of
appreciation sent to the police department and code compliance.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
APPLICATION FOR A TEMPORARY
EXTENSION OF PREMISES FOR ELKS
LODGE #2349 FOR A CAR SHOW ON
JANUARY 17, 2015
)City Clerk Kathleen
Connelly briefed the council on the item.
Mayor Insalaco requested the
applicant address the council.
Ms. Cindy Pierson of the Elks
Lodge addressed the council.It is the fourth year helping the
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Paws 4 Life Car Show.Hopefully it is another good turnout like
last year when they had about 70 cars.
Mayor Insalaco commented that
is a good showing.
Ms. Cindy Pierson stated it
was really good.
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 THE APPLICATION FOR A TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PREMISES FOR
ELKS LODGE #2349 FOR JANUARY 17, 2015, SUBMITTED BY RALPH
HENDERSON, BE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL TO THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT
OF LIQUOR LICENSES AND CONTROL.
Vice Mayor Barker SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL EVENT
LIQUOR LICENSE FOR ELKS LODGE #2349
FOR LOST DUTCHMAN DAYS ON FEBRUARY
26, 2015
)City Clerk Kathleen
Connelly briefed the council on the item.
Ms. Cindy Pierson from the
Elks Lodge addressed the council for any questions.
Mayor Insalaco commented they
have none as they have been through this one before unless
someone else has any questions for her.This has always been a
success with no problems.He opened the public hearing on the
item.There being no one wishing to speak, he closed the public
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hearing and called for council discussion.. There being no
further discussion, he called for a motion.
Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT
THE APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSE FOR ELKS
LODGE #2349 FOR FEBRUARY 26, 2015, SUBMITTED BY RALPH HENDERSON,
BE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL TO THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR
LICENSES AND CONTROL.
Councilmember Wilson SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 1411, CASE
PZ-7-14, A CITY -INITIATED REQUEST
FOR A PROPOSED REZONING OF A ±2
ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1560 W.
SUPERSTITION BOULEVARD FROM
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK TO
GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT BY
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
)Senior Planner Rudy
Esquivias 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. 1411 BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND THE READING OF
THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE BE WAIVED.
Vice Mayor Barker SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
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City Clerk Kathleen Connelly
read the ordinance by title only.
Councilmember Waldron MOVED
THAT ORDINANCE NO. 1411, AS READ BY THE CITY CLERK, BE APPROVED
AND ADOPTED.
Vice Mayor Barker SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 1412, PZ-
6-14, FOR APPROVAL OF A PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT MAJOR AMENDMENT,
PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE PLAN OF
DEVELOPMENT FOR A GENERAL
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT BY PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT AT THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF IRONWOOD AND BASELINE
)Senior Planner Rudy
Esquivias briefed the council on the item.
Councilmember Rizzi commented
the trees in back on the west side of the property are a buffer
zone.When this was first brought to them they were told there
would not be any loading or unloading of goods in the back of
the stores.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated that is correct.
Councilmember Rizzi commented
there will not be any trucks back there.It will be peaceful
back there.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated there is no alleyway.The only thing that comes close to
an alleyway is a little loop which may be a drive thru or access
for one of the buildings.They do not know what the use is
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going to be yet.It is the only vehicle access point near the
manufactured homes.
Councilmember Rizzi commented
there is quite a bit of buffer zone.
Councilmember Wilson asked
what the little square things are at the front of the buildings.
He asked if it is covered or has supports.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated they are pillars.
Councilmember Wilson asked if
it is covered as it does not quite look like it.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated the pictures show it is a covered pedestrian walkway.
The roof lines extend over the sidewalk.
Councilmember Waldron
commented it would be interesting to see the traffic study with
the eastbound off ramp at Meridian.It will redirect a lot of
traffic over to Baseline and off of Ironwood.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated that is what the city engineer believes.
Vice Mayor Barker asked if
there are turn lanes to the east of this property.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated it will be a southbound deceleration lane.
Vice Mayor Barker commented
it is the northern driving traffic that will be of concern in
the morning.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated that is correct.
Mayor Insalaco requested the
applicant address the council.
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Mr. Grant Therion with A.T.
Meridian, the developer and applicant, addressed the council.
Vice Mayor Barker asked if
they have any possible tenants at this point.
Mr. Grant Therion stated they
do not right now.They did not want to go out to the market
unless they had something approved.They will go out to the
market if this plan is approved.
Mayor Insalaco commented a
lot of times they get developments, they pass them, and then
they sit on the shelf for two or three years.They already have
a couple of them in town.He asked if he has any idea, knowing
he has to get the tenants, how long before this might even get
started once it is approved.
Mr. Grant Therion stated
obviously as the developer the sooner the better.They would
love it to happen sooner.They used to be able to build it and
they will come, but in today's economy they have to have some
presales and preleasing.He used to be a developer that did
some brokerage.Now he is a broker that does some development
because he needs to go find tenants.He cannot promise them
something.
Mayor Insalaco commented he
is just asking if he has any idea on when he would like to get
it started.
Mr. Grant Therion stated he
is going to get it started.He has cost estimates and he will
go to a lender and see.He is all cued up ready to go as soon
as he gets some interest from tenants, either in the building in
the back or in the drive thrus.Obviously, east on Baseline
east of Ironwood there is one thousand acres the State Land
Department has that they sold at one time and then took back.
They would love that to happen.It would make this a lot more
feasible.It is those kinds of things.The timing of when they
happen may affect them.It will be positive things for them.A
lot of it will be dictated by the economy.Right now things are
not going great but they seem to be plugging along.They will
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go find certain uses they think would fit well there based on
the traffic that is there.He lives in Queen Creek and that is
what has interested him there.There is a lot of traffic on
Ironwood.He has talked to some economic development people
with Apache Junction to figure out what kind of uses are needed
out here.Those are what he is going to pursue.
Mayor Insalaco commented that
is what he wanted to know.He is not going to get this approved
and then just let it sit.
Councilmember Waldron
commented they are hoping State Land moves, too.
Assistant City Manager Bryant
Powell stated this is another opportunity where the Buxton Study
that they encouraged staff and budgeted in the prior year will
be data the economic development staff will present to the
private sector.They will be able to utilize that.This is
another one of those chances to watch and see how that
investment unfolds.
Mayor Insalaco opened the
public hearing on the item.
Mr. Ken Camp, Desert Harbor,
the development behind this, addressed the council.He stated
they have some concerns in the park.At the planning meeting
they were told they would build an 8 foot wall on the west and
north.He presumes the walls will butt up against each other so
they do not have any weeds growing up between them.They are
concerned about the height of the lighting in the back of the
building.If it is very high over the 8 foot wall it will light
up the whole row of people along the back wall.If the lighting
is down lower it should not affect them.He asked if there are
any back doors.
Mayor Insalaco commented
there are not.
Mr. Ken Camp stated they only
have one door in and out.He asked if that is against the fire
laws.
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Mayor Insalaco commented not
anymore.
City Attorney Joel Stern
stated this is not question and answer.
Mr. Ken Camp stated he is
just concerned.
City Attorney Joel Stern
stated he can make his points and then the council can direct
staff to get those answers.
Mr. Ken Camp stated they are
also concerned about the lighting in the parking lot.They are
very concerned about the access out of this going onto Ironwood.
He asked if it is going north or south.They cannot get out of
their parking lot now in the morning and in the afternoon.They
are also concerned about what time of day the trash would be
picked up.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
public hearing with no one else wishing to speak.He reopened
the item to council discussion.
Vice Mayor Barker requested
they get some of those questions answered.
Councilmember Waldron asked
Rudy or the architect to address the concerns.
Mr. Rob Burkheimer, the
architect, addressed the council.There was a question about
the height of the wall.They mentioned in the planning and
zoning meeting that it would be 8 feet.There are some details
that need to be worked out later on as there is a wall there
now.Where the wall hits exactly on the property line and where
they are trying to put a new wall he cannot be sure if there is
a space between or not.It is a detail thing that will have to
be worked out later.Obviously, nobody wants to have a dead
zone there.
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Vice Mayor Barker commented
they do not want a space in there.
Mr. Rob Burkheimer agreed.
He acknowledged that.They have to work with the night sky
ordinance and they are not allowed to shed any light beyond
their property line.Except for maybe some ambient light factor
there is no reason to light that up other than to make sure it
is not a pitch black area over there.He does not see that as
an issue or concern.Things like that are normally reviewed in
plan review.There are no back doors.He is not sure about the
lighting in the parking lot except they have the same issue of
the night sky ordinance applying.They have to provide
photometric studies showing they are not producing any stray
light going off the property.It is another standard in plan
review.It is too early to mention trash pick up or how it
would be done.A retail center is normally done once a week on
demand.This is a small center and should not be high demand.
There is always an issue of people dumping their trash in the
center more than the center producing its own trash.It is a
detail that is not germane at this time.
Vice Mayor Barker commented
he had another question in regards to access.He asked how the
traffic would be directed going out of there.
Mr. Rob Burkheimer stated
they have done a traffic study and have a deceleration lane.
Vice Mayor Barker commented
she believes his concern is they would be turning north and
would try to butt up against all that traffic going north.
Mr. Rob Burkheimer stated he
did not know how to respond to that except that everywhere they
can do that.He does not think this is the kind of center that
is going to generate a lot of cars at one time.It is not a
large commercial center where they would have hundreds of cars
trying to get out.One or two cars.If they cannot get out on
their thing, they can pull through to the site on the corner and
do their turn from there.The two properties are congruent with
each other.The deceleration lane will help with the cars
coming from the north.They will pull out of the traffic flow
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and not cause people to want to come to the center to stop
traffic in the northbound direction.Again, it is a very small
center, very modest in size, and they are not looking at a lot
of cars.
Mayor Insalaco closed the
discussion with no further comments and called for a motion.
Vice Mayor Baker MOVED THAT
ORDINANCE NO. 1412 BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND THE READING OF THE
ENTIRE ORDINANCE BE WAIVED.
Councilmember Evans SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
City Clerk Kathleen Connelly
read the ordinance by title only.
Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT
ORDINANCE NO. 1412, AS READ BY THE CITY CLERK, BE APPROVED AND
ADOPTED.
Councilmember Wilson SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 1408,
ANNEXATION CASE AN -2-14, REQUEST
BY MESA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
AND JBW INVESTMENTS LLC FOR
ANNEXATION OF AND ASSIGNMENT OF
CITY ZONING DISTRICTS TO
PROPERTIES LOCATED AT THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF TOMAHAWK AND
US 60/PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 1409,
CASE PZ-4-14, REQUEST BY MESA
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DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND JBW
INVESTMENTS LLC FOR REZONING
SEVERAL PROPERTIES LOCATED AT
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF TOMAHAWK
AND US 60 FROM RESIDENTIAL
ZONINGS TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT BY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
)Senior Planner Rudy
Esquivias briefed the council on the items.
Mayor Insalaco requested the
applicant address the council.
Mr. John Wharton, 1540 E. San
Remo, Gilbert, addressed the council.He stated he appreciated
being able to meet with Rudy a couple of weeks ago and work out
some details.He told him he would do everything he could to
bring the hotel to the property as soon as possible.He had
hoped to get a four-story, 84 -room hotel there.They said go
get the zoning so here we are.He was hoping to get a sign the
same as Carl's Jr. but the ordinance has been changed and he
thinks they can live with that.He thinks they can live with
removing a lot of things the city did not want.He would like a
little bit of flexibility with the balance of parcel, other than
the hotel part, so their hands are not so tied.He is not sure
what is going to go in there.They would like to have a little
more elbow room.
Councilmember Waldron
commented he does not understand that if he is looking for a
hotel or motel on that property why he would want to have a
mini -storage warehouse or a used car sales lot.
Mr. John Wharton stated those
are located next to hotels all the time.It is not their
intent.
Councilmember Waldron
commented he has stayed at motels and has not seen a used car
lot next door.
Mr. John Wharton stated he
thinks the motel at Idaho and US 60 has a mini -storage right
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next door.These things happen.The property that surrounds
them is an old mobile home park.It is not that upscale.They
do not expect some upscale user is going to want to necessarily
want to be there unless they get a really nice hotel there.
Then their options will increase.That is their first priority.
They are not looking specifically for anything else.They want
to have some flexibility because they feel like they are doing
their best to get a hotel for the city.They are okay with the
sign and eliminating the vast majority of the uses the city does
not want.
Mayor Insalaco commented he
has a problem with RV, boat and vehicle storage.They turn out
to be, excuse his expression, junkyards.
Councilmember Rizzi agreed.
Vice Mayor Barker commented
anywhere things are up against the freeway.
Mayor Insalaco commented
right up against the freeway with boat trailers and a lot of
people just store them there and they forget about them.They
turn out to be junk.And the used auto sales and stuff.As far
as the multi -use and single family, he would not have a problem
with that, but he sure has a problem with the RV, boat and
vehicle storage and the used auto sales.
Vice Mayor Barker asked if
the idea here is to make this better.He alluded to the fact
the area around it was not as upscale, which was his term.She
asked if the idea is to create situations in which we become
more upscale.She asked why the council would want to put
itself in a position where nothing particularly upscale would
want to be there, such as having warehouses backed up against
the freeway and cars parked all over the place.She does not
know why he would want to do that to himself.
Mr. John Wharton stated he is
not necessarily in disagreement with her.The property is a
half mile north of Baseline Road.There is nothing for seven
miles on the other side of Baseline Road except the landfill.
They can go three miles east and west on Tomahawk and there is
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nothing.There is up to fifty square miles of nothing.The
other property on Ironwood has all the traffic.This property
does not have traffic.This is not a great commercial location
because of its access and there are no homes out there.It is
state-owned land so it will probably not happen any time soon.
He thinks, at least in the interim, be a little bit flexible to
some of the things that go out there.Maybe with a window of
for so many years they can do this but not that as there are not
enough homes out there to support a business and there will not
be for years in that particular area to support a lot of
commercial uses.Particularly with the fact it is virtually a
dead end road.It goes to the landfill.There is not a lot of
traffic going up and down the street.And there is the access
issue discussed the last time.He has been in commercial real
estate for a long time and he has all the credentials.He has
the three top in the world.He knows a little bit about what he
is talking about.This site is not a great site.
Councilmember Wilson asked if
the area to the north is the non -hotel portion.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated they do not know yet.They have a very, very conceptual
drawing which shows a possible hotel site along Tomahawk.The
rest of it was set aside for RV storage.This is not a real
plan.The hotel does not necessarily have to go here.One
example is on 29th Avenue and Idaho there is the 4 Sons and the
hotel is a few hundred feet to the east of the 4 Sons.It does
not necessarily have to be on the main road frontage.They do
not have a development plan, only an idea.
Councilmember Wilson asked if
leaving the property as GR would open up the opportunities for
him to market it any different.He knows the portion down where
the apartment buildings are would be locked in.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated all this is theoretically going to go away.If this is
rezoned, then over time all these uses would go away.The
commercial development opportunity would come along.
Councilmember Wilson
commented if they left the portion to the north GR he would have
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to come in later on for a rezoning and it would be addressed in
the future.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated the portion down below right now is zoned for apartments.
The north pieces are basically zoned for 1.25 acre manufactured
homes horse property.
Councilmember Wilson asked if
he would have to come in for a rezoning if he decides to put a
hotel in the lower area.
Senior Planner Rudy Esquivias
stated he would.
Mayor Insalaco commented he
has a problem with him putting in a used car lot.They are
going to be fenced in so here they go with a chain link fence.
If he puts in a boat storage it is a chain link fence.They
have so many of them now and they are trying to clean up the
city.To him, it is not them being good stewards of the city if
they do this that way.He has a terrible time with that.
Councilmember Rizzi agreed.
She commented she believes this is one of those times when they
need to stick to their guns.Planning and zoning had gone
through and carefully taken a look at some of the other
businesses we have and some of the potential we have in this
area.It is one of those times when they need to stick to their
guns and back up our planning and zoning commission.They have
worked hard on this.She agrees they are uses they just do not
want in that area.
Mr. John Wharton asked if the
application would be acceptable if the outside storage was
deleted.He asked if he stipulates to no outside storage would
the rest of the application would be acceptable.
Mayor Insalaco asked what he
plans to do with the used cars.He asked if they would be put
inside a building.
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Mr. John Wharton stated they
can nix the used cars, too.He is just trying to get this done
tonight.
Vice Mayor Barker commented
in reality they could just take it as it came through planning
and zoning and, if they wish, they could add the number ten
signage per the staff memo.
Councilmember Evans commented
she has absolutely no problem with the annexation and the
rezoning allowing him to pursue a hotel or a number of hotels.
As far as any of those other uses, other than multi -family, she
still does not want them on the freeway access.It does not
even really fit.She liked what planning and zoning came up
with, she still thinks number ten needs to be added in, but they
are just not what they want by the freeway.The city has
limited freeway visibility and he has limited access in there,
which is one of the things he said originally that he had a
problem with.She is confused why he would not sell off the
back part to a hotel and keep the front for retail.
Mr. John Wharton stated that
is the second site plan.It is to put the hotel on the east
side with a plan for a restaurant, maybe a Denny's or something,
which is what they would really like to do.He asked to have
the site plan put on the overhead.It shows the hotel on the
eastern side along the freeway with some restaurant pads.What
is crossed out on the uses is boat storage, where he had wanted
to delete that from planning and zoning's recommendations.He
will take that off.Now he will take off the mini -storage.He
will take off the auto sales.When he takes all that out he is
basically going with what planning and zoning suggested.
Vice Mayor Barker stated he
is.
Mr. John Wharton stated he is
okay with that.If they are okay with that, he is okay with
that.
Councilmember Waldron
commented he had mentioned at the work session that under item
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eight, he still has the option of going to development services
for a conditional use permit for another use.That option still
exists for him to do.
Mr. John Wharton stated that
is helpful.
Mayor Insalaco commented plus
to change an ordinance for one person, then they have someone
else coming up.They would want to know if they did it for one
party why they would not do it for them.This is our ordinance
and they should stick by it.
Councilmember Rizzi agreed.
Mayor Insalaco opened the
public hearing on the items.There being no one wishing to
speak, he closed the public hearing and reopened the items to
council discussion.There being no further discussion, he
called for a motion.
Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT
ORDINANCE NO. 1408 BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND 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.
Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT
ORDINANCE NO. 1408, AS READ BY THE CITY CLERK, BE APPROVED AND
ADOPTED.
Councilmember Wilson SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
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The motion carried.
Mayor Insalaco called for the
second motion.
Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT
ORDINANCE NO. 1409 BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND THE READING OF THE
ENTIRE ORDINANCE BE WAIVED.
Councilmember Wilson SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
City Clerk Kathleen Connelly
read the ordinance by title only.
Vice Mayor Barker MOVED THAT
ORDINANCE NO. 1409, AS READ BY THE CITY CLERK, BE APPROVED AND
ADOPTED ADDING THE CONDITION NUMBER TEN, SIGNAGE, CONTAINED IN
THE DECEMBER 22ND STAFF REPORT.
Councilmember Waldron
SECONDED THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
None.
NEW BUSINESS
None.
DIRECTION TO STAFF
ACCEPTANCE OF CENTURYLINK CABLE
TV LICENSE APPLICATION
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)City Attorney Joel Stern
briefed the council on the item.
Mayor Insalaco called for any
discussion.There being no discussion, he called for a motion.
Councilmember Waldron MOVED
THAT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION BE GIVEN TO STAFF REGARDING
ACCEPTANCE OF THE CENTURYLINK CABLE TV LICENSE APPLICATION:1)
FILE CENTURYLINK APPLICATION AND PROPOSED CABLE TV LICENSE
AGREEMENT (DECEMBER 16TH VERSION) IN A PUBLIC FILE AT THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO APACHE JUNCTION CITY CODE, VOLUME I,
SECTION 14-1-16(A) AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.
2) SCHEDULE ON THE JANUARY 20TH COUNCIL AGENDA CONSIDERATION FOR
APPROVAL OF THE CENTURYLINK APPLICATION UNDER NEW BUSINESS.3)
SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED CENTURYLINK CABLE TV
LICENSE AGREEMENT UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2015
FOR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION.AND 4) CAUSE A NOTICE TO BE
PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION ONCE A WEEK FOR
TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ANNOUNCING THE FEBRUARY 3RD, 2015 PUBLIC
HEARING WHERE CENTURYLINK'S PROPOSED CABLE TV LICENSE WILL BE
DISCUSSED AND CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL.THE FIRST PUBLICATION
SHALL BE PUBLISHED BETWEEN JANUARY 11TH AND JANUARY 17TH, 2015
AND THE SECOND BETWEEN JANUARY 18TH AND JANUARY 24TH, 2015.
Vice Mayor Barker SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
CHANGES/REPEAL OF CERTAIN
PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, VOLUME
I, CHAPTER 14, CABLE TELEVISION
)City Attorney Joel Stern
briefed the council on the item.
Mayor Insalaco called for any
discussion.There being no discussion, he called for a motion.
Councilmember Waldron MOVED
THAT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION BE GIVEN TO STAFF REGARDING
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JANUARY 6, 2015
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CHANGES/REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, VOLUME I,
CHAPTER 14, CABLE TELEVISION:SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON
JANUARY 20TH, 2015 (DISCUSSION, PUBLIC INPUT ONLY) AND FEBRUARY
3RD, 2015 (DISCUSSION, PUBLIC INPUT AND COUNCIL ACTION) FOR AN
ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION MODIFYING APACHE JUNCTION CITY CODE,
VOLUME I, CHAPTER 14, CABLE SYSTEMS.
Councilmember Rizzi SECONDED
THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
SELECTION OF MEETING DATES, TIMES, LOCATIONS, AND PURPOSES
Vice Mayor Barker announced
the executive session and work session scheduled for Monday,
January 19, 2015, have been cancelled due to Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day.She MOVED THAT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:45 P.M. AND A
WORK SESSION AT 7:00 P.M. BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015,
IN THE CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM AND CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
RESPECTIVELY.
SECONDED THE MOTION.
VOTE:Unanimous.
The motion carried.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC:
None.
ADJOURNMENT
Councilmember Waldron
)Mayor Insalaco adjourned
the meeting at 8:05 p.m.
Consent Agenda Items are as follows:
1. Acceptance of Agenda.
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2. Approval of Minutes of Regular Meeting of December 16, 2014.
ACCEPTED THIS 20TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2015, BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA.
SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS 20TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2015.
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 January, 2015.I further certify that the meeting was
duly called and held and that a quorum was present.
Dated this 8th day of January, 2015.
KATHLEEN CONNELLY
City Clerk
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JANUARY 6, 2015
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