Dec 03, 2024 Council Meetings

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GOOD EVENING.

[ CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL ARE AWARE, WE HAD THE TRAGIC LOSS OF OUR FRIEND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, MAYOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

AND SO TONIGHT'S AGENDA WILL MOSTLY BE ON THAT TONIGHT.

SO MR. UDALL, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

VICE MAYOR POST.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KAI.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER.

HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

SO IF I COULD GET APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[ APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM D 1, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU SPEAK TO IT AT THAT TIME.

OTHERWISE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO A CALL TO THE PUBLIC TONIGHT.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS THAT WE MOVE THE COUNCIL REPORTS ALSO TO D 1.

SO IF I COULD GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF AGENDA WITH THOSE CHANGES.

THANK YOU. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.

LET'S SEE. WHERE ARE WE AT HERE? WE'LL CALL THE PUBLIC.

PROCLAMATIONS, I DON'T SEE ANY.

NO MANAGER'S REPORT TONIGHT.

CONSENT AGENDA. NOTHING ON THAT.

COUNCIL ACTION.

[ Public Hearing: Ordinance No. 2024.027: Relating to Development; amending Marana Town Code Title 17 (Land Development), Chapter 17-3 (Administration and Enforcement), Section 17-3-1 (Amendment and rezoning) to add provisions establishing time frames for review of zoning applications; and establishing an effective date (Jane Fairall)]

[ Public Hearing: Ordinance No. 2024.028: Relating to Development; amending Marana Town Code Title 17 (Land Development), amending Chapter 17-6 (General and Miscellaneous Development Regulations) by adding new Section 17-6-14 entitled Accessory Dwelling Units; amending chapter 17-4 (Zoning) by making conforming amendments to sections 17-4-2 (Use matrix) and 17-4-3 (Use conditions matrix); approving the housing impact statement pertaining to this ordinance; and establishing an effective date (Jane Fairall)]

[ Public Hearing: Ordinance No. 2024.029: Relating to Land Development; adopting amendments to Marana Town Code Title 17 “Land Development”; revising Section 17-1-6 (Definitions), to add a definition for “data center”; revising Section 17-4-2 (Use matrix) Table 2 - Use matrix, to add the data center use and to provide that data centers are prohibited as a principal use in all standard Town zones and allowed as accessory uses in the Town’s industrial zones LI and HI; revising sections 17-4-8 (Industrial zoning districts) and 17-4-16 (Legacy zones) to provide regulations for data centers operating as accessory uses; revising Chapter 17-6 “General and Miscellaneous Development Regulations” to add new section 17-6-13 (Data centers) establishing that data centers may only operate in the Town as a principal use if approved in a specific plan or specific plan amendment adopted through the normal rezoning process, and establishing development regulations for data centers; and designating an effective date (Jason Angell) Resolution No. 2024-108: Relating to Land Development; declaring as a public record filed with the Town Clerk the amendments adopted by Ordinance No. 2024.029, revisions to Title 17 "Land Development" of the Marana Town Code, including revising Section 17-1-6 (Definitions), to add a definition for “data center”; revising Section 17-4-2 (Use matrix) Table 2 - Use matrix, to add the data center use and to provide that data centers are prohibited as a principal use in all standard Town zones and allowed as accessory uses in the Town’s industrial zones LI and HI; revising sections 17-4-8 (Industrial zoning districts) and 17-4-16 (Legacy zones) to provide regulations for data centers operating as accessory uses; revising Chapter 17-6 “General and Miscellaneous Development Regulations” to add new section 17-6-13 (Data centers) establishing that data centers may only operate in the Town as a principal use if approved in a specific plan or specific plan amendment adopted through the normal rezoning process, and establishing development regulations for data centers (Jason Angell)]

I WILL NEED THE MOTION FOR TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS, ONE FOR A1 AND A2, THEN A SEPARATE MOTION FOR A3.

IS THAT CORRECT? VICE MAYOR POST, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THAT IS WHAT I SAID WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING, BUT I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT ALL WITH ONE MOTION.

BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK IS FOR ITEM A1 AND A2 WHEN WE BRING THOSE BACK ON DECEMBER 17TH, THAT WE BRING THEM BACK WITH AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE SO THAT THEY'RE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE NEED TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2025.

SO IF THAT COULD BE A PART OF THE MOTION ON A1 AND A2 THAT WHEN WE BRING THEM BACK, THEY WILL HAVE AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE? OKAY, GREAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ZIEGLER WERE YOU? YEAH. WOW, VICE MAYOR YOU'RE ALREADY ON IT.

WELL, I WAS LOOKING THAT WAY.

OH, OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS A1 AND A2 TO DECEMBER 17TH, MEETING WITH AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE AND TO MOVE A3 TO DECEMBER 17TH.

PERFECT. CAN I GET A SECOND TO THAT.

SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

D1 ITEM D1 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-110 RELATING TO FACILITIES NAMING THE

[ Resolution No. 2024-110: Relating to Facilities; naming the Marana Municipal Complex the "Ed Honea Marana Municipal Complex" (Terry Rozema)]

THANK YOU, MR. UDALL.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO THIS.

AND I'D LIKE TO GET A SECOND, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO, INCLUDING THOSE OF YOU HERE TONIGHT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT MAYOR HONEA.

AND SO BEFORE I MAKE MY MOTION, I'D LIKE TO JUST TELL YOU YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE KNOWN ED HONEA MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I CERTAINLY REMEMBER ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD WHEN HIS BOY WOULD PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE, BUT I REALLY GOT TO INTERACT WITH MAYOR HONEA ON A MORE PERSONAL ADULT LEVEL FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.

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HE AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.

I MEAN, HE WAS A VERY, VERY CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE TUESDAY NIGHT THAT I TOOK HIM HOME A LOT OF TIMES I'M KIND OF IN A HURRY, AND YOU KNOW, READY FOR, YOU KNOW, GO HOME.

AND SO THIS PARTICULAR TUESDAY NIGHT HE WANTED TO TALK.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, I WANTED TO LISTEN AND TALK.

AND WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION.

AND HE ACTUALLY WAS TELLING ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO FINISH THIS FOUR YEAR TERM, AND HE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

AND THERE WASN'T ONE PART OF ME THAT DIDN'T ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO THAT LIKE I WAS FINE WITH IT.

AND THEN WE DISCUSSED THAT IT REALLY WAS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE THE ED HONEA'S LIVE FOREVER.

AND THEN HE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF HIS COUSINS AND THEY WERE STILL ALIVE AND WE HAD QUITE THE LOVELY CONVERSATION.

AND HE WAS IN A FANTASTIC HE'S ALWAYS IN A GREAT MOOD.

BUT HE THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT HE SEEMED TO BE IN A REALLY, REALLY GOOD MOOD.

AND IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT THE CALL FRIDAY, JUST DAYS LATER THAT HE HAD PASSED AWAY, I WAS IN UTTER SHOCK.

I MEAN, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, THE MOOD THAT HE WAS IN, THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND JUST TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I WON'T BE GIVING HIM A RIDE HOME TONIGHT HITS PRETTY HARD.

YOU KNOW, ED HAD A PARTICULAR PERSONALITY.

I DON'T THINK I NEEDED TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT HE HAD A PARTICULAR PERSONALITY THAT MADE HIM PERFECT FOR THIS JOB.

I MEAN, HE WAS SO PERFECT TO BE THE MAYOR.

AND BECAUSE HE LIVED AND BREATHED MARANA, THAT'S ALL HE WANTED TO DO.

AND WHEN HE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING.

I FINALLY GOT HIM.

IT TOOK ME A FEW YEARS, BUT HE WOULDN'T CALL ME UNTIL MAYBE LATER IN THE DAY BECAUSE HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT MARANA ALL DAY, EVERY DAY THAT WAS HIS THING.

HE LOVED MARANA AND HE GAVE HIS LIFE.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN ACTUALLY SAY THAT ABOUT SOMEBODY.

HE LITERALLY GAVE HIS LIFE TO THE TOWN AND LIVED AND BREATHED IT AND WORKED ON IT ALL THE TIME, AND LOVED THE RESIDENTS OF MARANA.

I MEAN, JUST LOVE THEM TO A FAULT, AND IT MADE HIM THE PERFECT MAN FOR THE JOB.

I MEAN, YOU COULDN'T HAVE PICKED SOMEBODY BETTER THAN ED HONEA TO BE THE MAYOR OF MARANA.

AND TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A FANTASTIC COUNCIL DON'T GET ME WRONG.

I HOPE YOU GUYS DON'T THINK THAT.

[LAUGHTER] BUT ED WAS JUST A FORCE OF NATURE.

HE LITERALLY WAS.

HE AND I. I'M NOT.

THERE'S NO. EVERYBODY KNOWS.

HE AND I WOULD GET IN AN ARGUMENT AND ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED TO DO OR WHAT I WANTED TO DO AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SUCH I FELT LIKE WE ALWAYS HAD SUCH GREAT RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER THAT THOSE ARGUMENTS DIDN'T LEAVE BEYOND RIGHT THEN.

WE GOT ALONG SO WELL, EVEN THOUGH WE COULD HAVE THOSE ARGUMENTS.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE THIS TOWN REALLY WORK, IS BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE THOSE ARGUMENTS WITH HIM AND YOU COULD, AND TRUST ME, WE WOULD, AND STILL LOVE HIM.

STILL LOVED HE. WE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

AND I JUST COULD NOT SAY ENOUGH KIND THINGS THAT ARE JUST FROM MY HEART, HONESTLY AND TRULY ABOUT ED HONEA.

AND SO WITH THAT, HAVING ALL THAT BEEN SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-110, RENAMING THE MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX.

THE ED HONEA MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX.

SECOND. SECOND.

I GOT A SECOND FROM EVERYBODY, I HOPE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, GUYS, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

I PROBABLY TOOK UP A LOT OF ROOM, A LOT OF TIME.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE AUDIENCE INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

DAVID MIGHT ASK YOU TO TELL US WHO YOU ARE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP.

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I ACTUALLY WROTE THIS DOWN.

I PUT IT ON MY MARANA ROCKS PAGE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO SCREW THINGS UP.

SOMETIMES WHEN I, I CAN DO IT AT ANY TIME.

BUT I'M GOING TO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, AND GIVE ME THE HONOR HERE OF JUST READING IT.

MR. MAYOR, I WILL MISS YOU TERRIBLY.

YOUR PASSING WAS NOT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, NOR ANY PLAN.

SO YOUR COUNCIL WILL NEED SOME TIME TO GATHER OURSELVES AND SET THE SHIP RIGHT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

WE ACCOMPLISHED A HELL OF A LOT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND WE ALSO HAD A FEW BATTLES TO CONTEND WITH.

SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME, SOME TIME TO CELEBRATE YOU.

YOUR TIRELESS DEDICATION TO THE RESIDENTS OF MARANA AND THE COMMUNITY, YOUR COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK ON THE NUMEROUS BOARDS AND ORGANIZATIONS YOU WERE SO PROUD TO SERVE ON.

YOUR DESIRE TO ENSURE MARANA STAYS FINANCIALLY HEALTHY AND STABLE THAT ALLOWS US THE INDEPENDENCE TO CONTROL NOT ONLY OUR OWN DESTINY, EXCUSE ME, BUT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO ASSIST THEM IN ACHIEVING THEIRS.

MAYOR, YOU LEFT US TOO SOON.

WE WEREN'T READY, BUT NOT BEFORE YOU PROVIDED OUR TOWN WITH A VERY STRONG FOUNDATION IN WHICH TO GROW AND PROSPER.

AFTER WE SAY GOODBYE TO YOU AND ASSIST AND SUPPORT YOUR LOVED ONES AS BEST WE CAN OUR PROMISE TO YOU IS TO GET BACK TO WORK, HOLD YOU IN OUR HEARTS AND HOLD YOU IN OUR HEARTS AND MEMORIES, AND CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION YOU CREATED FOR THE TOWN OF MARANA.

REST IN PEACE, MY FRIEND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROXANNE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KAI.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE KNOWN MAYOR HONEA LONGER THAN ANYONE ELSE HERE.

MAYOR HONEA AND I, WE WERE GRADE SCHOOLS TOGETHER, AND WE USED TO PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND AT MARANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND WE BOTH GRADUATED AT THE SAME TIME.

THE CLASS, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 65 IN OUR CLASS AND YOU KNOW, ED'S ONE OF HIS HOBBIES WERE PIGEONS, HOMING PIGEONS.

AND, OF COURSE, I HAD PIGEONS.

AND WE WOULD ALWAYS TRADE PIGEONS, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH AND EVERYTHING.

AND I'M SURE GOING TO MISS HIM, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAT ON THIS SIDE, LEFT SIDE OF MAYOR HONEA ALL THESE YEARS AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK BACK OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING HE'S DONE FOR OUR TOWN. YOU KNOW, ED WAS A LEADER AND HE NEVER GAVE UP.

AND OUR TOWN WOULD NOT BE WHERE IT IS TODAY, WERE IT NOT FOR ED.

YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR TOWN WAS FORMED, YOU KNOW, WE HAD VERY LITTLE TAX BASE, AND I BELIEVE OUR BUDGET WAS $43,000.

AND ED WOULD ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THAT.

AND SO WE NEEDED TO GET MORE INCOME TO GET THE TOWN ROLLING IN.

ED, MAYOR HONEA SAW THE POSSIBILITY OF ANNEXING INTO THE ORANGE GROVE PINE ROAD AREA AND THAT REALLY PUSHED, PUSHED THE TOWN AND GOT US GOING.

BANK PROTECTION WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

ED WAS REALLY A PROPONENT OF BANK PROTECTION WHERE WE COULD DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA HERE.

AND YOU KNOW, ED KNEW HOW TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS, BUT HE DID NOT GIVE AWAY THE FARM.

YOU KNOW, THE INTEREST WAS WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE TOWN OF MARANA.

A FEW MORE THINGS. YOU KNOW, ED SAW THE VALUE OF WATER FOR OUR TOWN AND AND PUSHED TO HAVE THE TOWN OWN AND OPERATE OUR SEWER SYSTEM WHERE WE HAD RENEWABLE WATER EFFLUENT FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

ANOTHER THING. WATER QUALITY.

WE HAD YOU KNOW, 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO AND ED WAS THERE PUSHING US.

LET'S GET THIS THING DONE, GUYS AND EVERYTHING.

SO YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, MARANA AGAIN, MARANA WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS TODAY WERE IT NOT FOR ED HONEA.

SO I'M SURE GOING TO MISS HIM.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AND HIS FAMILY.

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THANK YOU JON. THANK YOU HERB.

PATTI.

GIVE ME A MINUTE.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS ED BEYOND NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM.

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ED HONEA.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYBODY ISN'T WONDERFUL.

I'M SAYING THAT HE HE HAD A WAY OF MAKING EVERYBODY WONDERFUL.

HE WAS THE ONE THAT ENCOURAGED ME, ASKED ME TO PARTICIPATE IN TOWN.

AND, YOU JUST DIDN'T SAY NO TO ED.

AND I'M GLAD I DIDN'T.

AND GLAD I SAID YES.

AND ED AND I WERE BUDDIES.

WE DID A LOT TOGETHER.

WE WENT TO A LOT OF CONFERENCES.

WE WENT TO A LOT OF EVENTS.

WE DID A LOT OF THINGS TOGETHER.

AND I'M GOING TO MISS THAT.

IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GO TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WITHOUT HIM THERE.

I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT.

HE WAS MARANA'S BIGGEST CHEERLEADER.

HE WOULD NOT GIVE UP UNTIL HE SAW WHAT HE WANTED TO SEE THROUGH.

AS PROUD AS HE WAS OF MARANA, HE WAS STUBBORN, TOO.

WE ALL KNOW THAT PART OF HIM AND THAT'S WHAT MADE YOU LOVE HIM.

BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN THINGS STRONG ENOUGH THAT HE FELT WERE GOOD FOR THE TOWN TO HANG IN THERE AND MAKE SURE THINGS WERE DONE RIGHT.

HE JUST LOVED MARANA WITH EVERY OUNCE OF HIS BODY THAT MAN LOVED MARANA WANTED THE BEST FOR MARANA. EMPLOYEES, CITIZENS, EVERYONE ALIKE.

HE LOVED EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY LOVED HIM.

I WANT TO REACH OUT AND THANK PEOPLE FOR THE TONS OF CALLS AND EMAILS AND, AND THAT, THAT I JUST GOT FROM UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY EVER SAID ANYTHING BAD ABOUT ED THAT HE MET BECAUSE HE JUST HE TALKED WITH HIS HEART.

HE MEANT EVERYTHING HE DID WITH HIS HEART AND HE BELIEVED THAT.

AND I'M GOING TO MISS HIM TERRIBLY.

DARN YOU ED.

WHAT GIVES ME PEACE IS HOW HAPPY HE WAS.

HE WAS SO HAPPY AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, PLANNING THE FUTURE.

TALKING WITH EVERYBODY IN US, ALL SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN MARANA.

AND I THINK THE BEST WE CAN ALL DO IS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE DREAMS. AND FOR ME TO BE HALF THE PERSON HE WAS, HE, HE MEANT A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND THERE WILL BE NO REPLACING HIM.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONTINUE ON HIS DREAM THAT BECAME OUR DREAM.

I'M GOING TO MISS HIM.

REST IN PEACE, SAID ENJOY YOUR HEAVEN.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE.

ENJOY YOUR LAST OR YOUR NEXT DANCE WITH JAN.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE.

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JON. YOU KNOW, ED WAS MY NEIGHBOR BEFORE HE WAS THE MAYOR TO ME.

AND WHEN I MOVED OVER, JUST DOWN TO TWO DOORS DOWN FROM HIM HE JUST CAME OVER AND SAID, HEY, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO DO, I CAN HELP YOU, BUT I DON'T GET OFF MY ROUTE UNTIL EVERYTHING'S DELIVERED.

SO AS I MOVED IN THERE, I WAS REBUILDING A WALL OUT FRONT AND DOING A LOT OF LANDSCAPING AND STUFF AROUND THERE, AND HE WOULD COME OVER, HOW'S IT GOING? I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT TONIGHT.

BUT THE DAYS THAT HE GOT HOME EARLY, HE WOULD BE OVER THERE, STARTING JUST WAITING FOR ME TO COME IN.

IT WAS THAT EXTRA HAND, AND HE WAS A TRUE NEIGHBOR.

AND WE SAID THAT FOR YEARS.

YOU KNOW, HE'S MY NEIGHBOR.

HE'S JUST MY NEIGHBOR.

AND IT WAS ONE DAY I COME IN AND I SAID, HEY, WHAT'S THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION? WHAT'S THIS THING ABOUT? AND HE SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S PARKS AND REC.

THEY'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A TEN YEAR PLAN.

THIS WAS BACK A CENTURY AGO.

AND HE SAYS THEY NEED HELP ON THAT.

AND I SAID, I'LL VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT.

AND HE SAID, THAT'D BE GREAT, YOU KNOW.

AND HE DIDN'T HE NEVER TO ME, HE WAS NEVER THE MAYOR FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THEN I SAID, WHAT DO YOU DO AS A MAYOR? AND THEN HE HE WAS ED, THAT'S ALL HE WAS.

HE WAS RELATIONSHIPS THAT HE BUILT WITH PEOPLE IN THE TOWN, IN THE COUNTY, IN THE STATE WITH EVERYBODY.

THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT HE BUILT WITH PEOPLE AND IT ALL CAME BACK TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID WAS FOR MARANA, AND HE WAS ALWAYS FOR MARANA.

AND THE ONE THING THAT TO SHOW YOU WHAT ED DID AND HOW AN INFLUENCE HE WAS, HE GATHERED THE GREATEST THERE WAS IN THE AREA TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE.

AND MY HAT'S OFF RIGHT NOW TO TOWN STAFF.

TERRY, YOU AND ERIC AND DIANE THAT WERE THERE AT THE FIRST OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTHWEST FIRE.

THE RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND JUST THE THE LOVE FOR WHO THEY RESPONDED TO AND THE WAY THAT IT WAS HANDLED, I'VE BEEN THROUGH FOUR IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE SAME THING.

TWO OF THEM I WAS ON SCENE WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE SHOWED UP AND WHEN YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY THERE.

THEY DID A GOOD JOB, BUT THEY DID NOTHING, WHAT OUR TOWN STAFF DID.

THEY DID NOTHING TO LIKE WHAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DID, AND THEY DID NOTHING LIKE WHAT NORTHWEST FIRE DID ON SCENE.

JUST THE RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER, FOR WHY THEY WERE THERE AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS.

AND THAT'S WHAT ED CREATED.

ED CREATED A STRONG COMMUNITY, AND HE'S GOING TO BE GREATLY MISSED.

GREATLY MISSED.

THANK YOU. JON.

PATRICK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? SURE. SURE.

WELL, IT'S BEEN ENJOYABLE HEARING ALL THE STORIES FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND VICE MAYOR HERE.

AND I GUESS I'M THE YOUNGEST FRIEND OF ED.

I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

AND YOU CAN TELL A LOT FROM SOMEBODY AFTER ABOUT TWO MINUTES OF CONVERSING WITH THEM.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, IN TALKING TO THE MAYOR, I KNEW, RIGHT, I KNEW THE DAY I MET HIM, CAME TO A COUNCIL MEETING, AND I WANTED TO SHAKE HIS HAND.

HE HE WAS GENUINE.

I KNOW HE WAS AUTHENTIC.

HE MEANT WHAT HE SAID.

HE WAS EASY TO SMILE.

AND I JUST, I, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THIS EMPTY CHAIR UP HERE, AND I REMEMBER SEEING HIM THERE SO OFTEN AND MANY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND I REALLY RESPECTED HIM AS OUR MAYOR, REALLY.

IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WHAT THE COUNCIL DID AND THE MAYOR LEADING THE COUNCIL AND GROWING THIS TOWN.

AND I KNEW THAT MAYOR HONEA LOVED THE CITIZENS OF MARANA, LOVED THEM BECAUSE THEY CHOSE TO LIVE HERE.

AND WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT A BETTER TOWN FOR EVERYONE, NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS, BUT THE BUSINESSES HERE.

AND HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE HAD LONG FRIENDSHIPS WITH HIM.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T HAVE THAT LONG FRIENDSHIP WITH THIS, WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK TONIGHT? DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED [INAUDIBLE] NO.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO. MR. VICE MAYOR. I'M SORRY TERRY.

NO, I APOLOGIZE.

I SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK ON BEHALF OF STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL SPEAK ABOUT OUR MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, VICE MAYOR, AND TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, I THINK YOUR LEADERSHIP IN DECIDING TO HOLD THIS MEETING AND TO NOT HOLD REGULAR

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IT JUST IS ABSOLUTELY SURREAL THAT THE MAYOR IS NOT WITH US.

AND I THINK WE ALL KIND OF EXPECTED THAT HE WAS GOING TO OUTLIVE ALL OF US AND BE HERE LONG AFTER WE STEPPED AWAY FROM OUR POSITIONS AND MOVED ON. AND, YOU KNOW, I LOVED HEARING THE STORIES AND THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF MAYOR HONEA'S CHARACTER AND HIS IMPACT ON YOUR LIVES AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT YOU HAD AND HOW ALL THAT HAPPENED.

AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO CONVEY TO OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT THIS MAN MEANT.

AND I KNOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW HIM IN THIS ORGANIZATION AND LOVE HIM AND HAVE GROWN TO REALLY HAVE A SOFT SPOT IN THEIR HEART FOR MAYOR ED HONEA.

AND THAT WAS EASY TO DO BECAUSE MAYOR HONEA HAD A SOFT SPOT IN HIS HEART FOR EVERY ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, MANY OF WHOM HE KNEW BY NAME. AND WHEN HE DIDN'T KNOW SOMEBODY BY NAME, HE WOULD ASK ME, NOW, WHO'S THAT? AND WHAT DO THEY DO? AND DO THEY LIVE IN THE TOWN? OH, GOOD. WE HIRED A MARANA, MARANA PERSON.

OH THAT'S GOOD. RIGHT? AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.

AND IT BOTHERED HIM GREATLY WHEN SOMEBODY WOULD SAY HELLO AND HE COULDN'T SEE THEM TO KNOW WHO THEY WERE, AND HE WOULD TELL ME, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MACULAR.

AND I WOULD SAY, YEAH, MAYOR, I KNOW I'VE BEEN WITH YOU NOW FOR FOR FOUR YEARS.

I KNOW YOU HAVE MACULAR.

WELL, I DIDN'T SEE. I KNOW, BUT IT MEANT SO MUCH TO HIM THAT PEOPLE KNEW THAT HE WASN'T HE WASN'T IGNORING THEM BECAUSE HE LOVED THE PEOPLE SO MUCH.

AND I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, YOU KNOW, FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE HERE ON THE DAIS TONIGHT ARE SO TRUE.

HE WAS OUR TOWN'S GREATEST CHEERLEADER, AND HE WAS THE PERFECT GUY FOR THE JOB BECAUSE HE WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.

AND SOMETIMES THAT PASSION CAME OUT IN WAYS THAT FELT LIKE HE WAS YELLING AT ME.

BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, HE DID.

AND WE HAD THESE AWESOME CONVERSATIONS AND THESE AWESOME ARGUMENTS, AND IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID, VICE MAYOR, WHEN YOU WERE DONE WITH IT, IT WAS DONE. IT DIDN'T HANG OVER UNTIL THE NEXT DAY OR THE NEXT WEEK OR WHATEVER, IT WAS DONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS MUCH AS THE MAYOR LOVED ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNCIL, AND HE HAD DONE SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE ANNEXATIONS AND THE EXPANSIONS AND THE PURCHASING OF SEWER AND WATER RIGHTS AND YOU KNOW, THE BUILDINGS AND THE ROADWAYS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND THE FACILITIES AND, AND THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER.

ALL OF THESE THINGS I THINK ARE AMAZING.

AND I KNOW HE WAS SO PROUD OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD STAFF MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE THING THAT HE WAS MOST PROUD OF IS THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THAT MEANT A LOT TO HIM.

AND AS I THOUGHT A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] AND LEARNED MORE ABOUT HER.

I THOUGHT, MAN, THAT'S THAT'S SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE AND THAT SPIRIT OF PUTTING OTHERS AHEAD OF SELF AND THAT SPIRIT OF DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT MAKES MARANA UNIQUE AND SPECIAL.

AND THAT WAS MAYOR ED HONEA AS WELL.

HE SACRIFICED, AS YOU SAID, VICE MAYOR.

HE SACRIFICED FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

HE WASN'T SOMEBODY THAT WAS JUST BORN HERE AND RAISED HERE AND LIVED HERE.

HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO LIVED FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS A PASSION FOR HIM.

AND HE BECAME A VERY DEAR FRIEND IN FOUR YEARS.

AND I, TOO, AS ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO MISS HIM GREATLY.

AND I KNOW I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE STAFF IN THIS ORGANIZATION WE'RE ALL GOING TO MISS MAYOR ED HONEA.

THANK YOU TERRY.

I'D LIKE TO CALL THE VOTE FOR D ONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FIRSTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO NAME THEM.

THERE'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST CHRISTMAS WITHOUT HIM.

SO I WANT EVERYBODY, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME COME SEE THE THE TREE LIGHTING.

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YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST WILL BE ON MY NOTE, I'VE MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FOR 16 YEARS.

I HAVE MADE THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THAT.

IT'S VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT.

SO, ANYWAY, DO I HEAR A MOTION, OR DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS, DOES ANY COUNCIL HAVE ANY ITEMS? I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. WE'RE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.