Jun 17, 2025 Council Meetings

>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JAQUELINE DAVID, FOLLOWED BY BOB PULFER.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS JAQUELINE DAVID.

I LIVE AT 21100 WEST FONTEND VE DRIVE IN MARANA.

>> I CAN'T HEAR YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I GUESS I'M TALLER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.

I THINK I PRESENT A UNIQUE SITUATION HERE BECAUSE I DO LIVE IN GLADDEN FARMS,

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SO I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF THE AREA THAT IS RIGHT IMMEDIATELY NEXT DOOR, BUT I DID WANT TO COME SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE LINDA VISTA 52 ANNEXATION.

>> I LOOKED AT THE MARANA TOWN VISION VERY CLOSELY, AND IT IS SHORT AND CLEAR THAT MARANA IS A TRAILBLAZING COMMUNITY THAT RAISES THE BAR FOR THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE.

HOWEVER, IT IS EVIDENT THAT RECENT PROJECTS IN MARANA THAT WE'VE EMBARKED ON ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED, AND I AM UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT BEING A RESIDENT OF BADEN FARMS.

>> THAT'S NOT YOU. YES, PLEASE CONTINUE.

>> WE TAKE A LOOK AT TANGERINE ROAD, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF WHERE I LIVE.

WE HAVE A CURRENT CONSTRUCTION OF A SIMILARLY SIZED 304 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE.

GLADDEN FARMS HAS BEEN A MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY FOR 21 YEARS, BUT THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH TIME FOR TANGERINE ROAD TO BE PLANNED TO THE EXTENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE MILE BACKUPS ON THE EAST WEST TRAFFIC PATTERN THAT THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, HAVE DOUBLED MY COMMUTE TIME.

I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I HAVE LITERALLY SAT THERE WITH A STOPWATCH, TIMING MY COMMUTE AND WAITING 20, 30 MINUTES TO JUST GET THROUGH FROM TRICO TO THE LIGHT.

IT ALSO HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH TIME TO PREVENT THE BACK OR THE BACKUP ONTO THE HIGHWAY ON ITEM, WHICH IS A 75 MILE/HOUR ZONE WITH A VERY HIGH THROUGHPUT OF TRAFFIC 18 WHEELER TRUCK LOADS.

IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND MY POINT BEING THAT IT HAS NEGATIVELY AFFECTED MY QUALITY OF LIFE WITH THE GROWTH, AND THE NOT SUSTAINABLE IMPACT OF THAT GROWTH IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD SUPPORT THAT GROWTH.

I FORESEE THAT THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN WITH THIS ANNEXATION IS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THIS GROWTH WOULDN'T BE THERE IN A TIMELY FASHION.

GLADDEN FARMS, AGAIN, WAS PLANNED FOR 20 YEARS, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.

THIS IS NOT PLANNED FOR THAT DENSITY.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ANNEXED IN.

IT IS CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR THREE TO FOUR ACRE PLOTS.

IT'S GOING TO BE ADDING, AGAIN, A SIMILARLY 304 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX.

AGAIN, THIS TANGERINE BEFORE THOSE APARTMENTS ARE FULL.

THIS IS TANGERINE BEFORE WE HAVE THE MARANA EVEN BUILT.

THIS IS TANGERINE BEFORE WE HAVE ALL OF THE PLOTS FILLED.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK OF THAT AS YOU'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS, AND I ALSO WAS ENCOURAGED TO COME HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND COMPELLED TO COME HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT FROM THE SUBJECT OF LEADING CONSTITUENTS.

I WAS VERY COMPELLED BASED ON THE EVENTS OF THE LAST TOWN HALL MEETING.

I WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE EVENTS THAT DID HAPPEN AT THIS MEETING.

IT DID SEEM VERY UNPROFESSIONAL.

THERE WERE SOME VERY HARSH COMMENTS THAT WERE SAID.

THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN COMMENTS ONLINE FROM THE VICE MAYOR THAT HAVE BEEN VERY DISMISSIVE, UNPROFESSIONAL, ONLINE AS WELL.

I DO EXPECT MORE FROM THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN THAT I LIVE IN, AND I'M A CONSTITUENT OF, SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BOB PULFER FOLLOWED BY BRAD DAMIO.

>> HELLO, BOB PULFER 5550 WEST LINDA VISA BOULEVARD.

I DON'T HAVE A PREPARED SPEECH.

I WOULDN'T MATTER.

I COULDN'T SEE IT ANYHOW IF I DID.

I HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF MY DRIVEWAY THAT LOOKS DIRECTLY ACROSS MY DRIVEWAY FROM LINDA VISA BOULEVARD TO ONE MILLION GALLONS OF WATER TANKS, AND TWO CELL PHONE TOWERS.

I WAS TOLD WHEN I WENT TO TRY TO GET WATER HOOK UP THAT THOSE TANKS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR MY ONE HOUSE.

THIS WAS MANY MONTHS BEFORE I HEARD ABOUT THIS CHANGE.

NOW THERE SEEMS TO BE PLENTY OF WATER TO SUPPLY ALL 650 NEW HOMES AT THIS NEW LINDA VISA 52.

I'M WONDERING WHERE THAT WATER IS COMING FROM.

IT COULDN'T EXTEND ANY WATER TO ME.

MATTER OF FACT, THE WATER MAIN COMING FROM

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THOSE TANKS RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE CORNER OF MY PROPERTY.

YOUR PE TOLD ME SPECIFICALLY THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CAPACITY THERE TO ADD ME TO THE SYSTEM.

I FIND THAT INSULTING WHEN I HEAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ADD ALL THESE OTHER HOUSES TO THAT WATER SYSTEM.

I HAVE ALL THESE PAPERWORK.

DOESN'T MATTER. IF I CAN'T HOOK UP, I CAN'T HOOK UP.

I KNOW IF I DUG DOWN SIX FEET ON THE CORNER OF MY PROPERTY, I'LL BET I'M GOING TO HIT WATER.

THAT IS UPSETTING ME.

NOW, SINCE I'M NOT IN MARANA, MAYBE YOU SHOULD ANNEX ALL OF US, ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE.

APPARENTLY, NONE OF THE LINDA VISTA 52 ARE BEING ANNEXED.

WE'RE JUST NEIGHBORS, SO WE'RE JUST NEXT TO WHAT'S BEING ANNEXED.

TECHNICALLY, I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE ANY SAY IN YOUR MARANA MEETING, SO WHERE DO WE GO WITH THIS? I STAND BEHIND EVERYBODY HERE.

I JUST HAD A DIFFERENT ISSUE I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP.

IT JUST THAT UPSETS ME.

I'M RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE PROPERTY THAT'S AFFECTED IN THE LINDA VISTA 52, SO I FEEL FOR THEM.

I'M GOING TO END UP WITH THE SAME VIEW OF WHATEVER IT IS, 153 STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND ALL THE HOUSES THAT WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, IT WAS SR.

I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ZONING BECAUSE WE DON'T AFFECT MARANA AT THIS TIME.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD ANNEX ALL OF US, AND IT WILL BE MEMBERS OF MARANA AND HAVE MORE OF US SAY.

THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU.

>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRAD DAMIO, FOLLOWED BY DAVID PARKER.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR POST AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AT THIS MEETING OF OFFICIALS WHO ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT MARANA CITIZENS.

MY NAME IS BRAD DAMIO.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LIVING DESERT ALLIANCE, A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION, ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING OVER 1,600 MEMBERS MOSTLY CENTERED IN MARANA AND PIMA COUNTY.

OUR MISSION IS TO KEEP OUR DESERT AND COMMUNITY LIVABLE AND THRIVING.

OUR ORGANIZATION IS HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE LINDA VISTA COMMUNITY IN THEIR QUEST TO OPPOSE THE LINDA VISTA 32 ANNEXATION AND REZONING PLAN.

WHILE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY IS INEVITABLE.

WE PREFER TO BE THOUGHTFUL GROWTH.

BY THOUGHTFUL, WE MEAN ADVANTAGES TO ALL MARANA CITIZENS, INCLUDING OUR FLORA AND WILDLIFE AND THE GOOD EARTH WE ALL LIVE ON.

ALL WHO INHABIT THIS AREA, NOT JUST THOSE OF US HERE TODAY OR THE BUILDERS OR THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS.

AS YOU KNOW, LINDA VISTA 32 ANNEXATION INCLUDES THREE PARCELS, 133 STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS, 142 SINGLE AND TWO STORY HOUSES TO SPREAD OVER 50 ACRES.

THIS HIGH DENSITY NEEDS MORE THOUGHT.

IT THREATENS AN IMPORTANT RIPARIAN AREA, A NATURAL SONORAN DESERT WILDLIFE, AND ESSENTIAL WATERSHED, INCLUDING A LARGE WASH IN A MOSTLY DESIGNATED FLOODPLAIN LOCATED IN THE TARTALNA FAN, JUST A MILE AWAY FROM THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME INVESTORS HAVE PURCHASED LARGE SWATHS OF PROPERTY IN THIS AREA, INCLUDING YOUR BROTHER, MAYOR POST, AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR RECUSING YOURSELF FROM ANY VOTE ON THIS MATTER.

THANK YOU. BUT THEY WERE HOPING TO MAKE A PROFIT BY CHANGING ZONING CODES TO FIT LARGE SCALE BUILDING PROJECTS THAT WILL KEEP BIG PROFITS.

NOW THAT PIMA COUNTY DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF CHANGE, THEY ASK TOWN OFFICIALS TO INDEX THE SITE.

THEN THE TOWN CAN CHANGE THE ZONING LAWS TO FIT WHATEVER ARBITRARY CODE IT WANTS WITHOUT THE OBJECTIONS AND OVERSIGHT OF PIMA COUNTY.

A SHREWD MOVE, I MUST SAY, BY PROPERTY INVESTORS, BUT NOT A THOUGHTFUL ONE REPRESENTING ALL THE CITIZENS OF MARANA, WHICH ALL OF YOU ARE HERE DOING.

AS YOU SEE BY THE TURNOUT HERE TODAY, AND I CONTEST TO YOU BY THE EMAILS I HAVE RECEIVED, YOUR CONSTITUENCY DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS ANNEXATION, DOES NOT SUPPORT LARGE SCALE BUILDING PLANS, AND DO NOT SUPPORT SCRAPING OUR EARTH, DISPLACING WATER, FLOOR, AND WILDLIFE, JUST TO MAKE A FEW OVERLY AGGRESSIVE INVESTORS HAPPY.

I URGE YOU ALL TO VOTE NO ON THIS ANNEXATION.

PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND ALL WHO LIVE HERE.

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FIND A THOUGHTFUL ALTERNATIVE THAT PROTECTS AND SERVES ALL OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PRECIOUS DESERT ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU.

>> THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE IS FOR DAVID PARKER.

>> DAVID YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. I COULD DO IT NOW OR LATER.

>> NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO GO THERE, SO NOW IT'S PERFECT.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE THAT MARANA WOULD BE MY HOME TWICE.

WE MOVED HERE IN 1996.

I RETIRED FROM THE COUNTY AND TOOK A JOB ELSEWHERE, THOUGHT WE WERE RELOCATING, AND WE DECIDED NOT TO RELOCATE. THIS IS OUR HOME.

WE GOT TO CHOOSE MARANA TWICE.

EVERY AGENDA OR EVERY MEETING GOES ON MY CALENDAR.

I LOOK AT THE AT THE AGENDA, AND THEN I DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT I NEED TO COME.

WHEN I COME, IT'S BECAUSE I THINK BAD PUBLIC POLICY IS ON THE AGENDA.

I MAY NOT AGREE WITH EVERYTHING.

BUT THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE ME HERE ALL THE TIME IS BECAUSE I TRUST YOU TO DO GOOD GOVERNMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE.

BUT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY RELATED TO SWITCHING FROM ABANDONED JUNK VEHICLES TO INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLES.

I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CLEAVER THAN A SCALPEL.

I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH TO TAKE PLACES WHERE JUNK CARS START BUILDING UP AND THE DIFFICULTY WITH.

IS THAT REALLY JUNK OR AN ABANDONED? BUT SAYING THAT IF A VEHICLE WON'T START AND DRIVE ON ITS OWN, MY BATTERY WENT DEAD.

UNTIL I GET THAT BATTERY REPLACED, I'M NOW AGAINST THE LAW IF THIS PASSES, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.

IF I HAVE A POWER STRING PUMP THAT I CAN'T DRIVE UNTIL I GET IT REPLACED, AND I'M WAITING FOR THAT MECHANIC TO COME FIX IT OR FOR ME TO TAKE IT SOMEPLACE.

CAN'T DO IT. THAT'S INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE.

IT CANNOT BE ON THE STREET.

IT CAN'T EVEN BE IN MY DRIVEWAY, IT HAS TO BE IN MY GARAGE OR FULLY IN A CARPORT.

BY THE WAY, I CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN TWO.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CAR COLLECTORS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE FINDING OLDER VEHICLES, AND THEY'RE FIXING THEM UP.

IN FACT, SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE RIDDEN IN OUR CORVETTE, THAT WAS AN 11 YEAR RESTORATION PROJECT THAT WINS AWARDS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LEGAL IN MARANA.

THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE STRICT THAN THAN A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WOULD BE.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S TRYING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.

THIS JUST ISN'T THE WAY TO DO IT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GO THIS WAY.

I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY IN VIOLATION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW.

IN TITLE 28 SECTIONS ABOUT 48 30 AND FOLLOWING.

TOWN CAN'T MAKE A LAW TO PROHIBIT MY HAVING A VEHICLE ON THE OR ON MY PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE REGISTERED.

UNDER THIS LAW, IT WOULD BE CONFLICT WITH THAT.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE WORD, BUT IT'S THE SPIRIT.

I THINK THIS IS ONE TO GO BACK AND FIND A BETTER SOLUTION INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE THOUGHTS TO SOMEBODY I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.

I THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS, COUNCIL MEMBER KAVANAUGH.

[ MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]

>> YES, SURE. THANK YOU. LET ME GET THE MIC ON.

I ATTENDED ALONG WITH OUR TOWN MANAGER TERRY ROSEMA THE NORTHWEST PIMA COUNTY SERVICE CENTER ON MERICA MILE, THE FORMER HOME OF GOLDEN LANES, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, SETUP FOR A NEW LOCATION FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ADULT EDUCATION, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, AND SERVICING THE MOBILE FOOD.

TRUCKS AND INSPECTION AND TESTING.

THERE'S OTHER MAJOR THINGS GOING ON THERE.

IT WAS A REALLY NICE RIBBON CUTTING DEAL THERE.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ARCHITECTURALLY, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

THEY PUSHED OUT THE OLD BOLAN ALLEY AND REBUILT THIS NEW BUILDING THERE, BUT THEY USED ELEMENTS OF THE BOLAN ALLEY.

THEY PUT THE BOWLING LANES, THE WOODEN LANES WITH THE MARKERS ON THEM, WERE USED INSIDE THE BUILDING AS ART, WHERE THEY PUT ART WORK ON TOP OF IT AS WELL.

IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT.

BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, YOU LEFT UP OTHER ELEMENTS.

THE BASALT ROCK WALL IS STILL THERE.

THE BALLING BALL AND PEN.

THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO ADOPT,

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PRESERVE SOME OF THE HISTORY THEY'RE IN THAT FLOWING WELLS AREA.

IT WAS AN INTERESTING OPEN HOUSE, AND I THINK PIMA COUNTY, THE NORTHWEST CENTER, WILL SERVE MARANA WELL FOR OUR NEEDS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER OFFICER?

>> NO.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY.

>> JUST OTHER THAN WE HAVE CLOSED DOWN THE MARANA HERITAGE ARENA FOR THE SUMMER, HAD A GREAT EVENT. LOTS OF KIDS.

WE HAD 45 KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF SIX, SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT WESTERN EVENTS TAKING PLACE, AND SO WE'RE OFF FOR THE SUMMER, SO THAT'S IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER KAY.

>> NO REPORTING, MAYOR.

>> I HAVE A REPORT.

>> IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT BUSY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE WE FIRED THE PAG RTA.

I DIDN'T PERSONALLY, BUT WE HAVE SINCE APPOINTED A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MIKE ORTEGA.

HE WAS A FORMER CITY MANAGER AT THE CITY OF TUCSON.

HE HAS AGREED TO DO IT UNTIL APRIL OF 2026.

WHILE IN THE MEANTIME, WE LOOK FOR A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A VERY BIG STEP FORWARD.

MIKE ORTEGA IS A MAN OF GREAT INTEGRITY.

HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WHEN HE WAS WITH WHAT HE WAS FACED WITH.

HE DID A GREAT JOB AT THE CITY OF TUCSON.

I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A MOVEMENT FORWARD FOR PAG RTA, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SOME RESIDENTS OF THE CONTINENTAL RANCH, HOA.

IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.

A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS.

I WAS HAPPY TO DO THAT, AND I KNOW THE MANAGER MADE AN APPEARANCE.

NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

YOU GUYS CAN'T SEE THIS.

MAYBE YOU CAN. I HAVE THE BEST HAT IN THE WORLD.

THIS HAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY THE DISCOVER MARANA GROUP.

WE'RE DOING THE DINE AND DISCOVER AGAIN THIS YEAR.

YOU EAT AT FOUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND GET SOME MARANA MERCHANDISE.

I GUESS YOU GO AND GET A LITTLE SHEET SIGNED OFF AND TURN IT INTO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND GET ONE OF THESE REALLY COOL HATS.

I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT.

HOPEFULLY I CAN COLLECT QUITE A FEW NUMBER OF HATS BEFORE THIS PROGRAM IS OVER.

THEN MY GRANDSON HAS BEEN HAVING A GREAT TIME AT SUMMER CAMPS AT THE MARK.

JUST A FABULOUS TIME.

THE FIRST DAY HE WANTED PICKED UP EARLY BECAUSE HE WAS UNSURE, AND NOW THEY APPARENTLY CAN'T DRAG HIM OUT OF THERE.

KUDOS FOR WHOEVER IS DOING THOSE SUMMER CAMPS AT THE MARK, THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY POPULAR.

THE NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE TONE TONIGHT OF MOST OF THE SPEAKERS.

I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU HAD TO SAY TONIGHT.

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS MUCH DIFFERENT MEETING, WHERE RESIDENTS EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS RATHER THAN ATTACK ME.

I KNOW, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, I DECLARED A CONFLICT, AND I VIEW THAT AS A VERY IMPORTANT.

I VIEW MY ROLE HERE AS MAYOR, A VERY IMPORTANT, AND I VIEW MY CONFLICT AS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT I DO HERE AT THE TOWN.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE TONE TONIGHT FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONSENT AGENDA.

IF COUNSEL.

>> MR. MAYOR, HE SKIPPED THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

[ MANAGER’S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]

>> OH, NO, I DIDN'T. I'M SORRY, TERRY. [LAUGHTER] MR. ROSEBA?

>> APPARENTLY, I'M NOT THAT POPULAR.

A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND ACTUALLY, THE COUNCIL COVERED A NUMBER OF THEM ALREADY, SO GREAT JOB.

ONE OF THOSE WAS THE SUMMER CAMPS FOR THE KIDS.

IT HAS BEEN A ROUSING SUCCESS, AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DOUBLE THE SIZE NEXT YEAR.

I THINK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS NEXT YEAR, SO THAT'LL BE FANTASTIC.

WE'VE HAD 58 SFRS SO FAR, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PERMITS SO FAR FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD 133 FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH.

AGAIN, WITH SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS IMMEDIATELY,

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RIGHT AROUND THE THE COMPLEX HERE.

WE GOT MONARCH RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM THERE HERE TODAY, CYPRESS GARDENS, MANDARINA, ALL OF THOSE ARE BUSY PUTTING LOTS TOGETHER FOR HOUSES FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

THE MARK MEMBERSHIPS JUST CONTINUE TO GROW.

WE'RE SITTING AT 2,300 RIGHT NOW WITH WELL OVER 8,000 MEMBERS, AND WE'RE FAST APPROACHING 1,000 VISITS A DAY THERE AT THE MARK.

WE DID HAVE A REALLY COOL EVENT WITH SOME VOLUNTEERS AT THE HERITAGE FARMS PARK WHERE THEY SHOWED UP WITH STAFF.

IT WAS FOREIGN WARS POST 5990, AND THEY HAD A GREAT DAY PLANTING DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ROSE BUSHES THERE AT THE HERITAGE PARK.

IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL WHEN THEY'RE ALL IN BLOOM. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR FABULOUS SPECIAL EVENTS COMING UP ON JULY 4TH.

IT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON JULY 4TH.

IT'LL START AT AROUND 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON WITH FIREWORKS OCCURRING AT 9:00.

THERE'S GOING TO BE CAR SHOWS, SPLASH PADS, INFLATABLES, EXHIBITS.

MUSIC, PETTING ZOO, ALL KINDS OF GREAT STUFF THERE FOR FOLKS.

WE HOPE THE COMMUNITY COMES OUT STRONG AS THEY DO YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WE'RE ACTUALLY FORTUNATE THIS YEAR.

I KNOW A NUMBER OF PLACES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING THEIR FIREWORKS DUE TO FIRES.

WE HAD A VERY LARGE FIRE IN THE WASH JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT BURNT OUT EVERYTHING, AND KUDOS TO NORTHWEST FIRE FOR DOING THE CONTROLLED BURN, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY VERY SAFE EVENT BECAUSE OF THAT.

WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC ARC VEILING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE THIS COMING FRIDAY, JUNE THE 20TH, AT 9:00 A.M. AT THE MARANA REGIONAL AIRPORT.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF THESE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, REALLY, VERY POPULAR, AND AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THIS COMING FRIDAY AT 9:00 A.M.

THE TOWN OF MARANA RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION FOR BEST PROJECTS IN ARIZONA UNDER 5 MILLION FOR THE CAL PORTLAND SHARED USE PATH THAT CONNECTS ALL OF NORTH MARANA WITH THE REST OF THE LOOP, A GREAT PROJECT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME OF THE STAFF WHO ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THAT, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN JANE FARRELL HERE WHO WILL BE RECEIVING THAT AWARD HERE IN JULY, 31.

JUST A REMINDER THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE MONTH OF JULY, WE'LL BE TAKING JULY OFF AND RECONVENE IN AUGUST ON AUGUST 5TH.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. MAYOR.

>> MR. ROSEM THINK THAT AUGUST COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE ON AUGUST 6 BECAUSE AUGUST 5TH IS ELECTION DAY.

>> MR. MAYOR?

>> YES.

>> GOOD CATCH. YES. THAT'S CORRECT.

I WAS TESTING OUR COUNSEL, AND SHE GOT IT RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD.

>> THE OTHER THING IS, YOU LAUGH AT JULY 4TH.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD JULY 4TH ON JULY 3RD.

THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE, WE COULD HAVE MISSED THAT DATE.

CONSENT AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA,

[ CONSENT AGENDA The Consent Agenda contains items requiring action by the Council which are generally routine items not requiring Council discussion. A single motion and affirmative vote will approve all items on the Consent Agenda, including any resolutions or ordinances. Prior to a motion to approve the Consent Agenda, any Council member may remove any item from the Consent Agenda and that item will be discussed and voted upon separately.]

REMOVING ITEM C1 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE.

WOULD THAT BE OKAY FOR THE COUNCIL?

>> I WOULD AGREE.

>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> SENATE AGENDA IS APPROVED. B1.

[ Resolution No. 2025-064: Relating to Boards, Commissions, and Committees; making appointments to the Town of Marana Planning Commission (David L. Udall)]

>> ITEM B1. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-064, RELATING TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES, MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO THE TOWN OF MARANA PLANNING COMMISSION.

>> MR. UDALL, GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING.

THE FOLLOWING THREE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR YOUR TERMS ARE SET TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30 OF 2025.

THE TERMS OF DAVID BOWEN RONALD HILL AND SHARON TYSON.

TOWN STAFF HAS SOLICITED APPLICATIONS TO FILL THESE SEATS AFTER JUNE 30.

THE FOLLOWING APPLICANTS HAVE APPLIED DAVID BOWEN, RONALD HILL, AND SHARON TYSON.

THESE APPLICANTS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE TOWN CODE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

UNDER THE TOWN CODE, THE COUNCIL MAY DO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING THIS EVENING.

INTERVIEW APPLICANTS, EITHER IN PUBLIC OR IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION SCHEDULED ON TONIGHT'S MEETING IN CASE THAT IS DESIRED.

MAKE APPOINTMENTS, ORDER THE SOLICITATION OF ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS,

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OR TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION THE COUNCIL DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

I KNOW AT LEAST ONE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TONIGHT, MISS SHARON TYSON.

THIS IS A DISCRETIONARY ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR B1.

MOVE REAPPOINT THE 33.

>> DAVID BOWEN, RONALD HILL AND SHARON TYSON.

>> HAVE A SECOND?

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> ITEM B2. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-065, RELATING TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES, MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE TOWN OF MARANA UTILITIES BOARD.

>> ITEM PASSES. B2.

[ Resolution No. 2025-065: Relating to Boards, Commissions, and Committees; making an appointment to the Town of Marana Utilities Board (David L. Udall)]

>> MR. UDALL.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE UTILITIES BOARD IS A SEVEN MEMBER BODY THAT CONSISTS OF THE WATER DIRECTOR, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, TWO TOWN EMPLOYEES APPOINTED BY THE TOWN MANAGER, AND THREE COUNCIL APPOINTED MEMBERS THAT ARE EITHER TOWN RESIDENTS OR TOWN UTILITY CUSTOMERS.

IT'S THESE THREE COUNCIL APPOINTED POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY VACANT BECAUSE THEREFORE YEAR TERMS HAVE EXPIRED.

THESE ARE THE TERMS OF RONSON CHE, EMILY BRITSON, AND MR. JEFF BIGGS.

>> GOOD NIGHT, SHARON.

>> TOWN STAFF HAS SOLICITED APPLICATIONS TO FILL THESE SEATS AND HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM MR. BIGGS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.

HE DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE ON THE UTILITIES BOARD, AND A COPY OF HIS APPLICATION IS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA MATERIALS TONIGHT.

SAME RULES AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THE COUNCIL HAS VARIOUS OPTIONS BEFORE IT, AND AN EXECUTIVE SESSION HAS ALSO BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS ITEM IF DESIRED.

TOWN STAFF WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SOLICIT APPLICATIONS TO FILL THE REMAINING TWO SEATS, AND I BELIEVE AT LEAST ONE APPLICATION HAS SINCE COME IN SINCE THE AGENDA WAS POSTED.

WE WILL PROCESS THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

WITH THAT, OH, MR. BIGGS IS ALSO HERE IN CASE THAT IS HELPFUL TO THE COUNCIL.

WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM?

>> MAYOR.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER KAVANAUGH.

>> I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-065 APPOINTING JEFF BIGGS TO THE TOWN OF MARANA UTILITY BOARD.

>> THANK YOU. MAYOR, SECOND.

>> THEN MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> A5.

[ Resolution No. 2025-070: Relating to Tourism; approving and authorizing the implementation of the Town of Marana Tourism Master Plan, 2025 - 2035 (Stefanie Boe) ]

>> ITEM A5.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-070, RELATING TO TOURISM, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOWN OF MARANA TOURISM MASTER PLAN, 2025 THROUGH 2035.

>> STEPHANIE, I WANT TO TELL ALL OF THE STAFF HOW WELL YOU DID ON MAKING SURE I GOT THIS.

I MEAN, I SEE WATER BOTTLES AROUND HERE.

I SEE, WELL, I TAKE THAT BACK.

PARKS AND REC DID GET ME A JACKET.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE HAT. SO COOL.

>> I HAVE TO GIVE ALL CREDIT TO THE CHAMBER FOR THAT.

>> OH, RIGHT.

>> YES. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD.

THE CLICKER. I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I'M STEPHANIE BO, THE TOURISM AND MARKETING MANAGER FOR THE TOWN, AND I'VE BEEN ENROLL SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2023.

THIS IS OUR FIRST MAJOR TASK THAT WE TOOK ON, SO REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO YOU TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME DATA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I WANTED TO START OFF WITH THIS STATEMENT THAT'S ON THE SLIDE FOR YOU THERE.

THAT GREAT PLACES TO VISIT ARE GREAT PLACES TO LIVE.

AS WE GO THROUGH THIS AND I GO THROUGH ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS, LET'S ANCHOR ON THAT.

THAT TOURISM IS NOT JUST FOR THE VISITOR.

IT IS FOR US AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS THAT BRINGING THE AMENITIES THAT VISITORS WILL LOVE WILL MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER.

EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO YOU TODAY AND WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE WHO AND THE WHY JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT TOURISM ECONOMY.

WE'RE GOING TO DREAM ABOUT MARANA IN 2035.

THEN MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL HAVE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN SO THAT OUR TEAM CAN GO ON WITH NEXT STEPS.

LET'S DIVE RIGHT INTO WHAT IS DISCOVER MARANA.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN WITHIN THE TOWN ARE STILL WONDERING WHAT WE ARE.

I WANTED TO JUST WALK QUICKLY THROUGH THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR ANYBODY WHO'S NEVER EVEN HEARD OF DISCOVER MARANA TONIGHT.

WE ARE THE OFFICIAL DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION FOR THE TOWN.

THIS DMO, AS IT'S CALLED, HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2014.

MANY PEOPLE THINK THIS IS MAYBE NEW. IT IS NOT.

THE TOWN REALLY HAD

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THAT FORESIGHT OVER A DECADE AGO TO OWN OUR OWN STORY WHEN IT COMES TO TOURISM.

KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO DID THAT.

PICKING UP THE MANTLE AND MOVING FORWARD.

WE ARE FUNDED BY THE BED TAX, WHICH IS A 6% TAX THAT GOES ON EVERY HOTEL AND VACATION HOME.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOU AND FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME, TOURISTS PAY FOR WHAT WE DO THROUGH THE DISCOVER MARANA.

IT'S NOT OUR TAX ON US, IT'S OUR TAX ON OUR VISITORS.

IT'S NOT A BURDEN ON OUR COMMUNITY.

WE RUN DISCOVERMN.ORG.

>> I HOPE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT OUR BEAUTIFUL WEBSITE THAT WE LAUNCHED AT THE END OF 2023.

TECHNICALLY, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST PROJECT I HAD DONE AT THAT POINT.

THAT WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL THERE.

THEN WOULD LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE ARE AT DISCOVER MARANA.

OUR JOB IS TO CONNECT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ATTRACTIONS TO VISITORS, VERY SIMPLE RIGHT THERE.

BUT WE GO A STEP FURTHER BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS ENTERTAIN THEIR GUESTS WHEN THEIR GUESTS COME, AND THAT IS A BIG PART OF TOURISM THROUGHOUT PIMA COUNTY.

IT'S ACTUALLY 49% OF ALL VISITORS TO OUR AREA ARE COMING TO VISIT US, OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY.

THEY'RE TAKING A TRIP TO SEE GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, AND THEY'RE COMING HERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST WEATHER.

BUT NOT TODAY, WE DON'T.

THEY'RE NOT COMING RIGHT NOW, MAYBE, BUT THEY COME WHEN OUR WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL.

WE PARTNER WITH ORO VALLEY, WHICH IS NOW THEIR OWN DMO AS WELL, AND THEY ARE AT EXPLORE OV.

WE'LL GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT.

WE FREQUENTLY PARTNER WITH PANEL COUNTY AS WELL.

WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE, AS THIS REGION, ARE DOING BETTER, WE'RE ALL DOING BETTER.

WE HAVE MANY AMENITIES IN OTHER AREAS THAT ARE NOT IN MARANA THAT ARE GREAT FOR OUR TOURISTS AND US, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD PARTNERS.

THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO THE PLANNING TEAM.

I DID NOT DO THIS WORK BY MYSELF.

THIS HAS TAKEN A VILLAGE OF PEOPLE, AND HERE'S ALL THEIR NAMES.

MANY OF THEM CAME TONIGHT, SO I'M REALLY HOPING WE CAN GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

GUYS, STAND UP AND LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] THANKS, GUYS.

THE COOL THING IS, I MEAN, EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE, UNLESS THEY WERE A TOWN EMPLOYEE, THEY DID THIS FOR FREE.

THIS WAS ON THEIR OWN TIME BECAUSE THEY LOVE OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAVE A STAKE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

MANY OF THEM ARE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH US FOR IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH I APPRECIATE SO MUCH.

OUR CONSULTANT TEAM IS HERE TONIGHT, WHEREABOUT, MATHEW AND STACY, IF YOU COULD STAND AS WELL.

AGAIN, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.

THEY CAME HERE AND ASKED TOUGH QUESTIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

WE WEREN'T HERE TO BE POLLYANNA.

THAT'S LIKE MY FAVORITE WORD THIS WEEK, BUT WE WERE HERE TO DO THE REAL JOB, AND THEY REALLY HELPED US, SO APPRECIATE IT.

WHY WE'RE DOING THIS GOES BACK TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN 5.

THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL THEMSELVES TO SAY, WE WANT TO DO A TOURISM MASTER PLAN.

WE ARE EXECUTING ON WHAT YOU WANTED US TO DO, AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE EXECUTING TO THE LEVEL THAT YOU'RE HOPING THAT WE WERE.

WE'RE UNDER CHERISHED HERITAGE AND THRIVING COMMERCE.

AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO JUST LEVEL SET.

WHAT IS TOURISM? WHAT IS IN A TOURISM MASTER PLAN? PROBABLY NOT.

EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE KNOWS THAT, AND I DON'T THINK I KNEW BEFORE I STARTED IN TOURISM.

TOURISM IS SHOP, DINE, STAY, PLAY, AND RELAX.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS ROLL UP INTO TOURISM.

SHOP, DINE, STAY, PLAY, AND RELAX, AND WE HAVE ALL OF THAT HERE.

WE HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH THIS SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2024.

ACTUALLY, A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THAT, INTERNAL STAFF WAS CREATING THE RFP, PUTTING THE RFP OUT, HIRING THE CONSULTANTS, AND THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

WE'VE BEEN AT THIS A WHILE, AND AGAIN, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.

WE HAVE BEEN ON SIX INFO GATHERING AND FIELD TRIPS.

WE HAD SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS.

WE WERE BEFORE COUNCIL IN OCTOBER FOR A STUDY SESSION.

THAT'S MORE THAN 600 TOUCH POINTS THERE.

WE ALSO HAD QUITE A BIT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE DELIVERED THIS FINAL DRAFT TO YOU, MAY 2ND.

WE HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING FURTHER SINCE MAY 2ND WHEN WE DELIVERED THAT TO YOU AND TO THE CIVIC COMMITTEE.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE CIVIC COMMITTEE AS WELL.

THEY SAT THROUGH, I THINK, THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT SESSIONS WITH US AS WE

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ASKED THEM A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE FROM MARANA.

WE CAME BACK AGAIN, AND MANY OF THEM WEIGHED IN ON THE DRAFT AS WELL, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF WORK.

SORRY, I GOT TO GIVE THE DOG SOME LOVE.

HOPEFULLY, YOU'VE BEEN TO RESCUE ME AT THE TUCSON PREMIUM OUTLETS.

THIS IS WHY WE DO THIS.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN IN THE BOTTOM AT GROWTH IN VISITOR SPEND, AND THEN GO UP FROM THERE TO GROWTH IN TAX SPACE.

WHEN WE GET MORE FOLKS HERE INTO TOWN SPENDING THEIR MONEY, IT COMES IN THROUGH SALES TAX, AND THEN WE ARE ABLE, AS A COMMUNITY, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES FOR OURSELVES.

THE MORE MONEY THAT WE HAVE COMING IN, THE BETTER WE CAN DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, BUT FOR THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, WE DON'T HAVE OUR PROPERTY TAXES HERE IN MARANA.

WE RELY ON OTHER FORMS OF MONEY IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BUDGET.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BRING ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN.

THEN, AGAIN, ONCE WE HAVE THAT GROWTH IN VISITOR SPEND, THAT INCREASES THE THINGS TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE LOVE THAT.

WE LOVE HAVING PLACES TO GO WITH OUR FAMILIES TO ENJOY OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND THAT'S IN THE ORANGE CIRCLE AS WELL.

ALL OF THESE THINGS COME TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THAT OVERARCHING GREAT PLACES TO VISIT, ARE GREAT PLACES TO LIVE.

WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT OF DOLLARS AND CENTS, AGAIN, TO SAY WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

OUR DIRECT VISITOR SPEND IN 2023 WAS OVER $156 MILLION.

IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT.

THEN WE HAVE TO PUT IN A MULTIPLIER.

I'VE BEEN LEARNING A LOT ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT I'M NOT AN EXPERT HERE, BUT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT WHAT'S CALLED THE MULTIPLIER.

WE TAKE THAT DIRECT VISITOR SPEND, WE ADD SOME THINGS IN LIKE LABOR AND TAXES, AND YOU GET THE NEW NUMBER OF $318 MILLION.

WELL, IT IS OUR NUMBER 1 INDUSTRY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING A LIVING SERVING THE VISITOR, AND WE SO APPRECIATE THEM.

HOSPITALITY IS SUCH A IT'S A BIG INDUSTRY.

AGAIN, EYE OPENING NUMBERS.

I KNOW THAT I WAS VERY SURPRISED, OUR PREVIOUS NUMBERS WERE UNDER 200 MILLION BACK IN, I WANT TO SAY, 2019.

THIS IS A GREAT THING TO SEE.

THEN TO PUT IT INTO THINGS THAT, AGAIN, I'M NOT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPERT, SO I WANTED TO PUT IT INTO THINGS THAT I UNDERSTAND REALLY WELL, EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON TOURISM RELATED ACTIVITIES HAS DOUBLE THE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE TOURISM AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER.

WE'VE DONE ALL THIS HARD WORK, AND WHAT DID WE GET TO? WE GOT TO THIS STATEMENT HERE THAT I LOVE THAT MARANA IS THE DESTINATION TO BE CLOSE TO EVERYTHING YET FAR FROM ORDINARY, AND THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH PEOPLE DURING INTERVIEWS AND DURING SURVEYS.

WE HAVE THE CLOSE TO EVERYTHING. THANK YOU, I-10.

THEN WE ARE REALLY DIFFERENT.

WE'RE A TRAIL BLAZING COMMUNITY.

WE ARE SETTING THE BAR HIGH, AND WE LIVE THAT AND BREATHE THAT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE EIGHT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ROLL UP INTO THIS AND THAT MAKE US SPECIAL.

THE SONORAN DESERT LANDSCAPES, OBVIOUSLY, WE ACTUALLY CLAIM TOTALLY THE THE MOUNTAINS ARE OURS, AND WE PROMOTE THEM. THEY'RE OURS.

WIDE OPEN SKIES, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, AWARD WINNING FEST FESTIVALS AND EVENTS.

IN MARANA, YOU CAN BE A COWBOY, IF YOU WANT TO.

LAYERS OF HISTORY HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO OUR FARMERS WHO MADE US WHAT WE ARE TODAY.

DESTINATION SHOPPING, WHICH I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT.

WE HAVE THE ONLY DOUBLE FIVE-STAR RESORT AND SPA IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, THE RITZ-CARLTON AT DOVE MOUNTAIN.

WE HAVE OUR OWN AIRPORT, SOMETHING THAT REALLY SETS US APART FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMING TOGETHER.

THAT IS THE MARANA OF TODAY THAT WE KNOW AND WE LOVE.

THERE ARE THREE BUCKETS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE AS TOURISM; WELCOMING FAMILY TRAVEL, EXCITING OUTDOOR RECREATION, AND UNIQUE AGRO WESTERN EXPERIENCES.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT MAKE MARANA SO AMAZING, AND WE'RE GOING TO AMPLIFY THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO HYPE IT UP.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BIG BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THINGS WE CAN OFFER NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT OUR VISITORS.

HERE TODAY, WE MENTIONED THE 49% ARE VISITING FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.

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THAT'S THE VFR, THEY SAY IN TOURISM.

UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME HERE TO MARANA, THEY ACTUALLY MIGHT SAY THEY'RE VISITING SOUTHERN ARIZONA.

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE IN MARANA.

WE KNOW THEY ARE CITIZENS WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE IN MARANA.

WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT.

HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT? IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK, BUT I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THAT IF BISBEE, ARIZONA, CAN BE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, MARANA, ARIZONA CAN BE AS WELL.

THEY PUT IN 30 YEARS OF HARD WORK, AND WE'RE DOING THAT TOO. THAT'S OUR NOW.

SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO TO HELP EVERYONE ENTERTAIN THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHEN THEY COME, SO WE KNOW THEY COME IN THE WINTER, IS THAT DINE & DISCOVER CAMPAIGN THAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED WITH THE CHAMBER.

THE CHAMBER HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS PROGRAM, WHICH YOU COVERED IT SO WELL.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE CARDS IN THE BACK.

IF YOU WANT TO PICK UP A CARD, IT'S ON THE TABLE IN THE LOBBY, AND IT'S EAT AT FOUR DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS OR DIFFERENT ESTABLISHMENTS IN MARANA OVER THE SUMMER, AND YOU'LL GET THAT GREAT MERCHANDISE.

YOU ALSO GET A CHANCE TO COME IN AND MEET WITH SALLY FROM THE VISITORS CENTER, WHO'S SITTING IN THE SECOND ROW HERE.

SHE'LL HELP YOU THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

BUT IT'S A GREAT WAY SO THAT YOU CAN FIND A GEM THAT'S BEEN HIDDEN TO YOU SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THERE THIS FALL.

WE ALSO RUN THE TASTE OF MARANA PROGRAM.

AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE RESTAURANT TASK FORCE, WE REALLY STARTED TO UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THE CONCERNS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH RESTAURANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO MYTH BUST ON THAT.

SEVERAL OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE STANDOUT AWARD ARE HERE FOR 15 YEARS PLUS, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THEM AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND AT THE SAME TIME, HELP OTHER RESTAURANTEURS CHOOSE MARANA.

THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HOPE TO SEE IN 2035.

WE'VE DONE ALL THIS HARD WORK THROUGH THE PLAN, AND WE WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE HAVING FAMILIES CHOOSING MARANA AS THEIR TRAVEL DESTINATION.

AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THAT NAME RECOGNITION, AND THEY'RE NOT JUST COMING TO SWIM IN GRANDPA'S POOL.

THEY'RE COMING TO MARANA BECAUSE THEY KNOW THERE'S WORLD CLASS FUN THINGS TO DO FOR THEIR FAMILY HERE.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE DREAMING FOR THE 2035 IS JUST LIKE WE CHOOSE, MAYBE TO PACK UP AND GO TO SAN DIEGO FOR OUR FAMILY VACATION.

WE MIGHT EVEN SAY, WE'RE GOING TO MISSION BEACH OR WE MIGHT SAY WE'RE GOING TO CARLSBAD.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO SAY THAT ABOUT MARANA TOO BY 2035.

HERE'S ANOTHER THING WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.

DAY VISITATION.

IT IS HAPPENING FOR SHOPPING, OUTDOOR RECREATION, AND THOSE AWARD WINNING FESTIVALS AND EVENTS.

IT'S HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. GET READY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN ON THESE NUMBERS.

I TOLD YOU IN OCTOBER WE WOULD COME BACK WITH SOME DATA, AND HERE IT IS, AND IT'S CRAZY.

OH, NO, I THOUGHT IT WASN'T GONNA GO.

MARANA CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES THE TUCSON PREMIUM OUTLETS AND MANY OTHER THINGS, WE HAD 2.1 MILLION VISITS THERE IN 2024.

I MEAN, RAISE YOUR HAND IF THAT BLEW YOUR MIND.

COME ON. 2.1 MILLION VISITS.

NOW, I MIGHT BE 10 OF THOSE AND YOU MIGHT BE 10 OF THOSE, BUT THAT'S VISITS.

THEN, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT NEXT NUMBER, 700,000 OTHER PEOPLE CAME 50 MILES AWAY FROM HOME.

THAT'S NOT TUCSON.

THEY MAY COME FROM BENSON.

THEY MIGHT BE FROM PHOENIX.

THEY MIGHT BE FROM QUEEN CREEK.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO WE CAN GET TO SAY, COME HERE, STAY HERE, HAVE YOUR VACATION HERE.

DON'T JUST COME SHOPPING.

DON'T JUST STAY IN A TUCSON HOTEL, STAY IN A MARANA HOTEL WHILE YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME SHOPPING.

THEN THE ARIZONA PAVILIONS, OH, THAT BLEW MY MIND TOO, 9.2 MILLION VISITS.

WE'RE A COMMUNITY OF 63,000 PEOPLE.

THAT'S A LOT OF VISITS.

NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE THOUSAND VISITS CAME FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

NOT JUST OUTSIDE OUR COMMUNITY, OUTSIDE OF TUCSON.

WE KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING TODAY.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT TO GET THE FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY ENJOYING WHAT WE HAVE TO STAY OVERNIGHT? BY 2035, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MULTI-DAY EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES THAT WILL DRIVE THOSE OVERNIGHT STAYS.

OUR FAMILY FROM HERMASIO, WHO'S COMING TO GO BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOPPING AT THE TUCSON PREMIUM OUTLETS IS GOING TO STAY TWO NIGHTS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A BLAST WITH THEIR KIDS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND TELL THEIR FRIENDS.

THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, THEY STAYED IN MARANA.

THAT'S THE 2035 VISION.

OF COURSE, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY, BY 2035, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BEST DOWNTOWN IN THE ENTIRE STATE.

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WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING SELFIES UNDERNEATH THAT GORGEOUS VIEWPOINT.

I MEAN, IT'S STUNNING, AND THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR US BY 2035.

>> BETTER BE SOONER THAN THAT.

>> WELL, BUT WE'LL BE DONE.

IT'LL BE DONE BY 2035, SIR.

HOW DO WE GET THERE? THIS IS A LOT, AND THIS WAS A, I BELIEVE, 54 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT WE GAVE YOU.

I WANTED TO JUST WALK THROUGH ONE PIECE TO SHOW YOU THE HOW WE GET THERE.

THEN, OF COURSE, I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING.

BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH TO READ EVERYTHING, BUT THERE ARE 10 OBJECTIVES WITHIN THE PLAN.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT EXPANDING FESTIVALS AND EVENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE A FANTASTIC CASE STUDY TO GO THROUGH TONIGHT OF SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AND BROUGHT THE REVENUE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON EXPANDING OUR AWARD WINNING FESTIVALS AND EVENTS.

IN PHASE 1, IN YEARS 1-4, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON PROMOTION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF EVENTS THAT ALREADY HAPPEN IN THE MARANA AREA THAT JUST NEED SOME AMPLIFICATION, AND MAYBE TO BRING SOME BEST PRACTICES TO THE ORGANIZERS.

DESERT BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN MARANA FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

>> IT'S NOW IN THE GLADDEN FARMS PARK, AND THEY SPEND THREE DAYS THERE.

THEY HAD 143 DAY PASSES SOLD, BUT THERE WERE 700 PEOPLE THERE.

IF WE CAN GET THOSE FOLKS TO STAY OVERNIGHT AND GO TO THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL, WE'VE GOTTEN MORE STAYS, MORE REVENUE, MORE FUNDS.

IN PHASE 2, IN YEARS FIVE TO SEVEN, WE'RE ENHANCING WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE COMMUNITY, HELPING YOU, FOLKS WHO WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO START A FARMERS MARKET, WHO RECOGNIZE THE LACK OF SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND SO REALLY HELPING ENHANCE THAT.

THEN IN PHASE 3, IT'S EXPANSION.

MAYBE THAT IS A MINI COUNTRY THUNDER THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT BEFORE FALL FESTIVAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AGAIN, IT'S DREAMING BIG.

THERE ARE NO SOLID PLANS.

THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ALL GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

HERE'S OUR CASE STUDY ON EVENTS.

WE HAD BAJA SAE HERE IN MAY.

THAT'S THE SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND, OF COURSE, THEY HIRE ENGINEERS AND FOR ALL THE MAJOR COMPANIES, EVERY MAJOR COMPANY YOU CAN THINK OF, AND SO IT'S A MOTOR SPORTS FOR COLLEGE TEAMS, AND THEY BUILD THOSE AWESOME LITTLE BUGGIES THERE THAT YOU SEE, AND THERE'S THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS, AND THEY RACE THEM.

WE HAD PIMA COUNTY APPROACH US, PIMA COUNTY TOURISM, AND THANKS TO THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE'VE BUILT, THEY REACHED OUT AND SAID, WE CAN'T HOST THIS, BUT CAN YOU HOST THIS? OF COURSE, THE TOWN ITSELF DOES NOT HAVE A FACILITY TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

BUT LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH MAGGIE AND MELISSA OUT AT THE MARANA PUMPKIN PATCH AND JUST SAID, HEY, LET'S GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THIS.

I THINK THIS IS A REALLY HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

TO BRING A LIGHT TO THE MARANA AREA WITH ALL OF THESE ENGINEERS WHO MIGHT WANT TO COME BACK HERE AND WORK AT SOME POINT, TOO AND SO THE PUMPKIN PATCH JUMPED IN WITH BOTH FEET.

IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES, HOLY COW, THEY TORE UP TWO FIELDS ON THE FARM THERE, BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT.

WE HAD 3,100 VISITORS OVER FOUR DAYS TO OUR COMMUNITY, 65 TEAMS FROM ACROSS NORTH AMERICA SO THAT'S CANADA, MEXICO, AND ALL OF THE UNITED STATES.

THEY EACH HAD ABOUT 22 PEOPLE ON THEIR TEAM, AND WE HAD SPECTATORS AND VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.

FROM THE DATA WE KNOW, THE NUMBERS WE HAVE, THERE WERE 589 PLUS HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS AND I KNOW THAT'S MUCH MORE BECAUSE I MET FOLKS THAT DAY FROM CANADA, WHO SPOKE FRENCH, BUT I KNOW THEY WERE STAYING IN A HOTEL IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM MICHIGAN, CALIFORNIA.

WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS OF THOSE PEOPLE AND WHERE THEY STAYED.

WHAT WE HAVE IS WHAT THE BAJA SAE GROUP WAS ABLE TO GIVE US.

THEIR ESTIMATED DIRECT SPENDING FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WAS 420,000 AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THOSE MULTIPLIERS I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT'S A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

PEOPLE WERE SAYING WE SAW ALL THESE LICENSE PLATES IN AND OUT BURGER.

WHO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE? IT WAS THESE PEOPLE. THEY DROVE HERE.

IT WAS AMAZING TO GO THROUGH THE PUMPKIN PATCH PARKING LOT AND SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES, ALL THE FLAGS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND IT WAS AWESOME.

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I HOPE MORE PEOPLE GOT A CHANCE TO COME.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO WRAP UP AND JUST REMIND US OF THE WHY THE GREAT PLACES TO VISIT ARE GREAT PLACES TO LIVE AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS, AND THEN I HOPE WE'RE ADOPTING THIS PLAN, AND WE CAN MARCH FORWARD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH, STEPHANIE.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? COUNCILMEMBER OFFICER.

>> I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH ALL OF THIS SUNDAY, I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW YOU GUYS PUT THE PICTURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT TOGETHER.

I NOTICED IN THERE THERE ARE GRANDCHILDREN THAT DON'T LIVE HERE, ARE COMING TO VISIT THEIR PARENTS THAT ARE HERE, AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IN THE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE UTILIZING THESE THINGS.

THOSE ARE JUST BY COINCIDENCE OF THINGS THAT I SAW IN THERE, BUT IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION.

>> ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN CAVANAUGH.

>> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE, I'D LIKE TO WEIGH YOU GUYS AND THE TEAM INCORPORATES SOME OF OUR BEST FRIENDS, DOGS AND THE DISCOVERY OF MARANA.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU IDENTIFIED THAT AS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO DO.

BRING THEIR DOGS TO MARANA.

WE LOVE DOGS, AND THIS IS A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU. WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT? THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF DOGS.

>> OH, GOODNESS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I THINK THAT WAS INFLUENCED BY PARKS AND RECREATION.

THEY'VE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB OF CREATING THE DOG LIFE, HASHTAG, AND WE'RE A PRETTY UNIQUE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN BRING OUR DOGS TO MOST OF OUR EVENTS AND IN OTHER PLACES, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

I LOVE THAT AGAIN, OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING THAT WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR FAMILIES, AND WITH FAMILIES, COME, USUALLY, DOGS. THANK YOU.

>> WELL, STEPHANIE, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND YOUR VOLUNTEERS ON PUTTING TOGETHER SUCH AN AMAZING DOCUMENT.

I REALLY ENJOYED THE PRESENTATION.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE TAKING IT SO SERIOUSLY, AND IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR US, SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

DO I HEAR A MOTION ON A5? COUNCILMEMBER OFFICER.

>> YEAH. I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2025-070, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE IMPLICATION OF THE TOWN OF MARANA TOURISM MASTER PLAN FOR 2025 TO 2035.

>> HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

>> ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] A.

ITEM A1.

[ PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution No. 2025-066: Relating to Community and Neighborhood Services; approving and adopting the Town of Marana Plan Year 2025 Annual Action Plan for the Town of Marana Community Development Block Grant Program and authorizing the Town Manager to transmit the Annual Action Plan document to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (Lisa Shafer)]

>> ITEM A1, PUBLIC HEARING, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-066, RELATING TO COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE TOWN OF MARANA PLAN YEAR 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF MARANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO TRANSMIT THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN DOCUMENT TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

>> HELLO, LISA. HOW ARE YOU?

>> HELLO, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE BEEN PRESENTING, SO FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST FOR ME TO PRESENT IN THE DARK, SO I'M EXCITED.

I THINK WAS ON MY BINGO CARD, BUT THIS IS AWESOME.

TONIGHT, I HAVE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY.

>> I'M SORRY, LISA.

I NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YOU MAY CONTINUE. I'M SO SORRY. YOU'RE ON A ROLL.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING WE'LL BE DOING EVERY YEAR.

BUT SINCE WE HAVE TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANTED TO GIVE JUST A LITTLE BRIEF OVER VIEW OF WHY WE DO THIS.

WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING CDBG MONEY FOR YEARS, AND WE RECEIVED IT FROM THE COUNTY.

BUT THREE YEARS AGO, BASICALLY, WE DECIDED TO GO OUT ON OUR OWN AND WE ARE NOW RECEIVING OUR MONEY DIRECTLY FROM HUD.

PART OF THAT IS EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU WITH OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

THIS IS A LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF IF WHY.

WE HAVE TO OUTLINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR MONEY THAT HUD GIVES US EVERY YEAR SO YOU HAVE TO SEE IT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE HAD TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE PUT OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TOGETHER.

WE DID HAVE PEOPLE ATTEND THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS NICE.

WE HAD PROBABLY PROBABLY LESS THAN 10, BUT STILL WAS MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

SO IT WAS GOOD. THEN WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR PD FACILITY.

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WE HAD ONE AT THE WHEELER TAFT LIBRARY.

WE DID HAVE SOMEBODY ATTEND THAT ONE, SO THAT WAS GOOD AND THEN TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING.

THEN THEY ALL BEEN NOTICED.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

WE'VE ALL PROPERLY NOTICED THEM IN THE PAPER AND SO OUR CDBG FUNDS HAVE TO MEET ONE OF BASICALLY THREE AREAS.

WE TEND TO DO EVERYTHING WITH THE HAVE TO BENEFIT THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT OR EXCUSE ME, PROGRAMS. WE HAVE WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WHICH IS OUR HOUSING REHAB.

WE DID THAT WHEN WE WERE WITH THE COUNTY.

BUT SOMETHING WE STARTED WHEN WE GOT OUR OWN FUNDS WAS UTILITY ASSISTANCE.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS PAST YEAR.

THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD YEAR.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER WHAT THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE FINISHING UP IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR.

THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED 210,000 AND WE PUT EVERYTHING IN THAT INTO ONE THING WE HAVEN'T LISTED HERE IS OUR ADMIN FUNDS, WHICH PAYS FOR A PORTION OF KRISTINE BLER WHO WAS BEHIND ME IN THE DARK HERE.

BUT KRISTINE RUNS OUR PROGRAM AND SO THIS FUNDS PAY FOR A PORTION OF HER SALARY.

IT ALSO PAYS FOR OUR NEXT DOOR PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR ONLINE PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE GET TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS.

EVERYTHING ELSE GOES TOWARDS OUR HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM AND OUR UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS PAST YEAR, WE ASSISTED NINE RESIDENTS WITH HOME REPAIRS WITH ALMOST $111,000, AND WE'VE ASSISTED 30 RESIDENTS WITH UTILITY ASSISTANCE TOTALING OVER 15,000.

UTILITY ASSISTANCE IS CAPPED AT ONE TIME A YEAR, AND THEY CAN RECEIVE UP TO $500 TOWARDS YOUR GAS ELECTRIC OR WATER BILLS.

THE HOME REPAIRS IS GOING TO BE ONE TIME IN OUR FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN YEARS.

RIGHT NOW, IT WILL BE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE IN OUR THIRD YEAR.

THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT ONE TIME IN THIS TOTAL FIVE YEARS.

LET'S SEE. THEN WE PUT TOGETHER OUR THIRD YEAR ANNUAL OPTION PLAN.

THIS YEAR WE DECREASED A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS NOT REALLY UNEXPECTED.

THE STATE OF ARIZONA DID HAVE ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENT CITIES THAT WERE BASICALLY GOT A SHARE OF THE MONEY THIS YEAR.

IT'S PRETTY NORMAL WHEN WE HAVE MORE ENTITLEMENT CITIES COME ON BOARD THAT YOU'LL SEE A DECREASE IN FUNDS.

OUR DIDN'T GO DOWN TERRIBLY, BUT WE LOST ABOUT $3,000 THIS YEAR.

THE WAY WE HAVE TO DO OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS WE DIVIDE IT UP INTO THE CATEGORIES.

MOST OF OUR MONEY GOES INTO HOME REHABILITATION, OUR HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM AND THEN UTILITY EXCUSE ME, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES IS OUR UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS CAPPED AT 15%, AND THEN OUR ADMINISTRATION IS CAPPED AT 20%.

THIS IS HOW WE DEVIATE, EXCUSE ME, ALLOCATE THE MONEY.

SORRY. GOING FORWARD, AGAIN, YOU WILL SEE ME COME UP HERE EVERY YEAR, OR KRISTINE.

I KEEP TELLING HER THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING THIS, AND TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN BEFORE YOU EACH YEAR.

IN THE FALL, WE DO A CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE, IT BASICALLY OUR CAPER.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE TAKE BEFORE YOU, BUT IT IS A DOCUMENT THAT KRISTINE PUT TOGETHER ON HOW WE SPENT OUR FUNDS.

DID WE MEET OUR THRESHOLDS? DID WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PUT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE, AND THEY CAN CERTAINLY GIVE US COMMENTS IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

THEN IN EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE WILL HAVE TO ADOPT A NEW FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THAT THIS WOULD BE COMING BEFORE YOU SPRING OF 2028 FOR THE FOLLOWING FALL.

WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS SHAFFER? LISA, GREAT GREAT PRESENTATION.

I MET WITH SUPERVISOR ALLEN. I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN.

RECENTLY AND TALKED TO HER ABOUT THE COUNTY'S NEW PROGRAM, THEY RAISED THE PROPERTY TAX TO RAISE SOME MONEY FOR THIS.

I TOLD HER THAT WE WANTED SOME OF THAT BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS PAID INTO IT AND SO WHETHER OR NOT WE GET IT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF YOU HAD ANY SPECIFIC REQUESTS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE TO HER FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR PROGRAMS. IS THERE ANY QUESTION?

>> QUESTION.

>> OH, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER KAVANAUGH.

>> LISA, I ALWAYS WONDERED HOW YOUR DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY FINDS THESE RESIDENTS WHO NEED HELP AROUND THEIR HOUSE, WEATHERIZATION,

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MORE EFFICIENCY AND SUCH THAT YOU REALLY DO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE. HOW DO YOU FIND THEM?

>> MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER KAVANAUGH, A LOT OF IT'S WORD OF MOUTH.

CERTAINLY, WE DO GO TO DIFFERENT PUBLIC EVENTS.

WE'LL HAVE CARDS THAT WE HAND OUT.

WE WORK OBVIOUSLY, CODE ENFORCEMENT IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

CODE ENFORCEMENT IS OUT AND ABOUT IN THE PUBLIC IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY MIGHT SEE WHERE SOMEBODY COULD USE ASSISTANCE OR OR THINK THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE ASSISTANCE, AND THEY WILL TALK TO THEM AND DIRECT THEM TO KRISTINE IF THEY ARE.

UTILITY ASSISTANCE IS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUR WATER DEPARTMENT, TEP HAS SENT PEOPLE OUR WAY, TRICO IS SENDING PEOPLE OUR WAY.

THAT IS JUST GETTING THE DIFFERENT UTILITIES ON BOARD WITH SENDING PEOPLE OUR WAY.

BUT A LOT OF IT, SOMETIMES, WE'LL HAVE NEIGHBORS SAYING, I'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THIS ASSISTANCE, AND THEN THEY WILL SEND THEIR NEIGHBOR FRIENDS TO US.

>> THANK YOU, LISA.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THIS ITEM?

>> MR. MAYOR.

>> I'M SORRY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WOULD ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, I DECLARE THE PUBLIC MEETING CLOSED.

DO I HEAR A MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER KAY?

>> I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-066.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ITEM A2, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 0.013, RELATING TO BUILDING SAFETY, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE BUILDING CODE SUITE AS LISTED IN THE AGENDA, ADOPTING LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREGOING CODES, AMENDING MARANA TOWN CODE TITLE 7 BUILDING BY REVISING SECTION 7-1-2, BUILDING CODES ADOPTED, AND DESIGNATING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> A2.

[ Ordinance No. 2025.013: Relating to Building Safety; adopting by reference the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), the 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), the 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC), the 2024 International Residential Code (IRC), the 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC), the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), the 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC), the 2024 International Fire Code (IFC), the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), and the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC); adopting local amendments to the foregoing codes; amending Marana Town Code Title 7 (Building) by revising Section 7-1-2 (Building codes adopted); and designating an effective date (David Spurlock) Resolution No. 2025-067: Relating to Building Safety; declaring the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), the 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), the 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC), the 2024 International Residential Code (IRC), the 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC), the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), the 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC), the 2024 International Fire Code (IFC), the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), and the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) and the local amendments to the foregoing codes adopted by Marana Ordinance No. 2025.013 as public records filed with the Town Clerk (David Spurlock)]

RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 5-067, RELATING TO BUILDING SAFETY, DECLARING THE BUILDING CODE SUITE AS LISTED IN THE AGENDA AND THE LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREGOING CODES ADOPTED BY MARANA ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 0.013 AS PUBLIC RECORDS FILED WITH THE TOWN CLERK.

>> ARE YOU READY?

>> I AM, SIR. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. WHAT'S IT?

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLICATED. NO?

>> I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT NOT.

>> PERFECT.

>> I TRY TO MAKE IT NOT COMPLICATED.

I'LL ECHO LISA'S STATEMENT.

THIS WILL BE MY FIRST MEETING IN THE DARK.

I THINK MAYBE TO SOMETHING.

BUT I WILL AS A BUILDING SAFETY.

>> BUT YOU HAVE THAT OR COME BACK ON THURSDAY.

>> AS A BUILDING SAFETY PROFESSIONAL, I WILL HAVE TO ADMIT I'M TO APOLOGIZE UP FRONT BECAUSE WE'RE UNABLE TO SHUT IT OFF OR TURN IT OFF.

>> IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU'RE HERE ON THIS ITEM.

>> WELL, ON THE FIRST THING, I NOTICED WHEN I REALIZED NOBODY SHUT A SWITCH OFF, I WENT, WAIT A SECOND.

OUR EMERGENCY LIGHTING DIDN'T KICK ON.

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE UNFORTUNATELY SHUT.

WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH FACILITIES ON THAT CONVERSATION AND FIGURE IT OUT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVIS BERLOCK, YOUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK AND BRIEF, BUT JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE BUILDING CODES, WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY, AND BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, OF COURSE, BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING CODE, YOU'LL HEAR STAFF WE TALK ABOUT VAK CODE OR BUILDING CODE, AND YOU SAID, LIKE YOU BRIEFLY MENTIONED, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.

I LIKE THIS GRAPHIC BECAUSE I THROW IT UP REAL QUICK, BECAUSE IT SHOWS JUST THE GRAPHIC OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CODES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE VAK CODE.

IT'S THE BUILDING CODE, RESIDENTIAL CODE, FIRE CODE, PLUMBING CODE, MECHANICAL CODE.

A LOT OF BOOKS, A LOT OF INFORMATION.

REAL QUICK HERE, HERE'S A LIST OF THEM.

THE 2024 CODES WE'RE LOOKING TO ADOPT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

IT'S 11 BOOKS, APPROXIMATELY 4,000 PAGES OF CODE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO TRAIN OUR STAFF UP AND KEEP THEM UP ON.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT WE'VE GOT TO LOOK GOOD STAFF.

A COUPLE OF BRIEF POINTS I WANT TO HIT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CODES OR ICC CODES, INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL.

THESE CODES ARE ADOPTED, UPDATED, REGION OR NATIONALLY, EVERY THREE YEARS.

A THREE-YEAR CYCLE THAT HAS BEEN SINCE 2000.

THE TOWN AND ALSO THE REGION WITH OUR LOCAL NEIGHBORS, OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, WE'RE ON A SIX-YEAR CYCLE, SO WE SKIP A CODE CYCLE.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY ON THE 2018TH.

THERE WOULD BE THE 2021S.

WE ARE LOOKING TO GO TO THE 2024.

THESE SET UP A NATIONAL STANDARDS, WE REFER TO AS A MODEL CODE, AND THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE SOME REGIONAL AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED REGIONALLY.

PRIOR TO THE ICC, YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IN THE TIME PERIOD PRIOR TO 2000, THERE WERE THREE NATIONAL CODES, MODEL CODES, A WEST COAST, EAST COAST, AND SOUTH.

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BRINGING THE CODE COUNCIL TOGETHER WAS BRINGING THIS NATIONAL UMBRELLA OF BRINGING THE THREE CODES TOGETHER AND CREATING ONE STANDARD.

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADOPT THE 2024 CODES WITH OUR AMENDMENTS, EXCEPT THE 2024 ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, WE'RE LOOKING TO STAY BACK WITH THE CURRENT 2018 CODE THAT WE'RE UNDER RIGHT NOW TODAY FOR THE CONSERVATION CODE.

I CAN EXPLAIN THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT.

THAT BASICALLY HAS TO DEAL WITH THE 2024 CODE JUST WHEN IT'S GOT PRINTED, UPDATED, IT WAS THE LAST CODE TO GET UPDATED, AND AS WE STARTED GOING THROUGH IT, NOT ONLY WERE THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO THE BOOK ITSELF TO BE OPEN AND HONEST, WAS RUSHED TO PUBLICATION, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INCONSISTENCIES, A LOT OF ERRORS IN IT.

WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING AT 18, IT'S WORKING VERY WELL FOR US.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO STAY WITH IT.

SOME OF THE MAJOR POINTS WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THESE AMENDMENTS.

LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE, BUT JUST HIT THE HIGH POINTS.

THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.

THE WAY CODES ARE STRUCTURED, ALWAYS THE CHAPTER 1 IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

AS I RATTLED OFF ALL THOSE DIFFERENT BOOKS, INSTEAD OF AMENDING EVERY ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION OF EACH CODE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THEM.

YOU'LL SEE THE AMENDMENTS REFER BACK TO THE IEBC, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, AND USING THAT AS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION TO ADMINISTER ALL THOSE INDIVIDUAL CODE BOOKS.

INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, SAYING EARLIER, BECAUSE ALSO REFERENCE.

THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SFR, HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

THAT ONE BOOK CONTAINS ALL THOSE OTHER ASPECTS, LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL.

IT'S ALL IN ONE BOOK, AND ALSO THE ENERGY CODE IS IN THERE.

YOU'LL SEE AN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE CHAPTER 11, WHICH IS THE REFERENCE TO THE ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTS, AND WE REFER IT BACK TO THE 2018.

THAT'S JUST TO CLEAN IT UP AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE 2024 CODE.

INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE.

THIS STATEMENT HERE REFERS BACK TO AN OVERALL PROCESS AS WELL.

PRIOR TO 2018, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUR CODE AMENDMENTS, SO I CAME HERE IN 2017, I THE LAST TIME I WAS IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS PROPOSING THIS.

WE HAD TAKEN THIS APPROACH HISTORICALLY PRIOR TO 2018.

I GET THE INTENT, BUT REGIONAL CONSISTENCY.

WE PRETTY MUCH ADOPTED WHATEVER PIMA COUNTY ADOPTED.

THE CITY OF TUCSON, WE TOOK THEIR CODE, THEIR AMENDMENTS ADOPTED HERE.

SAME WITH THE FIRE CODE, WE TOOK WHATEVER THE FIRE DISTRICT ADOPTED, AND WE TOOK HERE, BUT WE HAVE MULTIPLE FIRE DISTRICTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE TOOK MORE OF APPROACH OF, WE'RE GOING TO BLAZE OUR OWN PATH.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST GOING TO ADOPT WHAT CITY OF TUCSON, PIMA COUNTY IS? WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN APPROACH THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THESE CODES, BUT A MINIMUM AS WE FEEL RIGHT AND WHAT IS MOST THE INTEREST OF TOWN OF MARANA.

WE TAKE A REAL APPROACH OF THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.

THERE'S A NOT VERY MANY AMENDMENTS.

WE DO SOME ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS, SOME PIECES WHERE WE NEED TO, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE CONCEPTS WITH THE CODES.

IT SETS A BASE MINIMUM.

THESE ARE MINIMUM LIFE SAFETY CODES.

>> DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE A CHANGE FOR AN APPLICANT? IS THAT UNDER YOUR PURVIEW?

>> HERE WE GO, GO BACK TO CHAPTER 1.

>> IT GIVES ME LOTS OF AUTHORITY, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT THAT WAY, IN POWER TO INTERPRET AND APPLY THE CODE, AS LONG AS I'M STILL WITHIN THE CONFINES AND THE INTENT OF THE CODE.

BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF, WE'LL CALL IT GRAY AREA, SOMETIMES, CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO COVER EVERYTHING FROM THOSE 4,000 PAGES FROM A WATER HEATER REPLACEMENT TO BUILDING A HOSPITAL IN OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

WE CAN'T ADDRESS EVERY SCENARIO, EVERY SITUATION.

OPEN AND HONESTLY, ON A DAILY BASIS, STAFF ARE BRINGING TO ME, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS ISSUE WITH THIS PROJECT, HOW DO YOU WANT TO APPLY THE CODE? I MAKE A DETERMINATION.

>> GOOD.

>> I HAVE TO STAND BY IT.

>> IN THIS CASE, LIKE I SAID, WE ADOPTED OUR OWN AMENDMENTS TO THE FIRE CODE, AND WE'VE CONTINUED WITH THAT SINCE 2018.

I KNOW NORTHWEST FIRES HERE, AND WE COORDINATE VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AND WORK SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFLICTS.

AREAS THAT NORTHWEST FIRE IS THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION.

WE DEFER OUR REVIEWS TO THEM AND TO THEIR CODE, WHICH THEY'VE ALREADY ADOPTED THE 2024 FIRE CODE AS WELL.

THEN WE ADDRESS IT WITH OUR OTHER FIRE DISTRICTS AND THOSE AREAS THAT ARE NOT IN FIRE DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE AREAS IN THE TOWN THAT ARE NOT WITHIN A FIRE DISTRICT.

THEREFORE, WE ARE THE FIRE AUTHORITY WHEN IT COMES TO CODE IN THERE.

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JUST REAL QUICK AS A GRAPHIC.

THESE ARE ALL OUR PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH SAID THE FR'S REGIONAL, MAKING SURE WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID SOME CONFLICTS, BUT ALSO PUTTING MARANA FIRST IN OUR AMENDMENTS.

THEN WHY DO WE KEEP ON THIS CYCLE? TECHNOLOGY AND CODE IS CHANGING ALL THE TIME, SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL, TOO.

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES KEEP UPDATE CLARITY INTERPRETATION, WE'RE WORKING IN A WORLD THAT IS CONSTANTLY AMENDING, CHANGING. BE OPEN AND HONEST.

LET EVERY THREE-YEAR CYCLE.

WE DO IT SIX, PRETTY MUCH LIKE ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD WHEN IT'S PRINTED.

IT'S PROBABLY OUT OF DATE THE NEXT DAY TO SOME EXTENT FAR AS THE SPEED OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE GO WITH.

BUT THAT FALLS BACK INTO.

I GET PROPOSALS FOR, WE CALL IT ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS AND METHODS.

YOU KNOW, NEW PRODUCTS COME OUT.

IS IT ALLOWED BY CODE? I DON'T KNOW. LET'S LOOK AT IT.

LET'S LOOK AT TESTINGS, LOOK AT LISTINGS, LOOK AT INFORMATION, THEN I MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THAT, AND THEN I CAN ALLOW A BUILDER TO USE IT.

THERE'S FLEXIBILITY OF THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE.

THIS GOES TO ONE OF THE CODES WE ADOPT THAT ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS EXISTING AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

CODES USED TO BE BEFORE YOU TOUCHED THE BUILDING, YOU HAD TO BRING IT COMPLETELY UP TO NEW STANDARDS, NEW CODES, AND A LOT OF TIMES, THAT WAS NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY, BUT TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE IN A LOT OF CASES.

LIKE I SAID, REGIONAL CONSISTENT COORDINATION OF FIRE DISTRICT.

THIS IS A BIG ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS OUR ISO RATING.

WE JUST WENT THROUGH POST-COVID.

WE FINALLY HAD ANOTHER ISO RATING TWO YEARS AGO, WHICH, IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD NORTHWEST FIRE TALK ABOUT, I THINK YOU ISO ONE RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY.

THIS IS A RATINGS ON RISK OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS SETS THE BASELINE RATE OF INSURANCE RATES FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS AND OUR BUSINESSES.

BEING OUT OF DATE WITH CODE ADOPTION AFFECTS US ON OUR ISO RATING.

ADOPTING THE NEW CODE, 2024 WILL HELP US IN OUR RATINGS AND BRING OUR RATINGS.

TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE'LL GO THROUGH ANOTHER EVALUATION.

THAT'LL PUT US IN A GOOD POSITION FOR A BETTER READING.

WITH THAT? PRETTY MUCH.

LIKE I SAID, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, ANY CLARIFICATION, OR ADDRESS ANY ISSUES.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SPERLOCK?

>> AVID, I HAD A QUESTION, IF I COULD, MAYOR.

>> YOU MAY.

>> THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING THESE NEW CODES MAY BE A QUICK AMENDMENT OR SOMETHING.

HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THE BUILDERS SEE THAT?

>> I SPENT LAST WEEK.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

CUSTOMER KAVANAUGH. LIKE YOU SAID, YOU SAW THE LOGO UP THERE FOR OUR HOME-BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.

WE COORDINATE A LOT AND WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SOUTHERN ARIZONA HOME BUILDER ASSOCIATION.

I JUST MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK, TALKED ABOUT THESE AMENDMENTS, WHICH YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. BUILDERS ARE SAVVY.

THEY KEEP UP ON CODES.

THEY KNOW WHAT'S COMING AS WELL, TOO.

THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME.

THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME AMENDMENTS COMING FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

WE'RE CURIOUS IF WE'RE GOING THOSE ROUTES.

I SHOWED THEM OUR AMENDMENTS, TALKED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE OPEN AND HONEST, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS FROM THE BUILDERS OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR CODE ADOPTION.

BUT THEY HAVE TO KEEP UP ON IT AS WELL, TOO.

THEY'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF IT.

BUT IT'S A HEAVY LOAD. IT'S A HEAVY TASK.

EVEN THOUGH WE SKIP A CYCLE, WE STILL HAVE TO BE OPEN HONEST.

I HAD TO BUY THE 2021 CODE BOOKS AND GO REVIEW THEM BECAUSE I HAVE TO TRACK THE CHANGES 18-21 THEN TO 21-24.

>> THAT MUST CARRY.

>> WHY ARE WE DOING IT EVERY SIX YEARS VERSUS EVERY THREE YEARS? BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY LOAD.

>> THAT MUST CARRY THROUGH ALSO TO THE BUILDING INSPECTORS AS THE HOME IS BEING BUILT.

>> YES. I'M BIASED, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE BEST INSPECTION TEAM AND PLAN REVIEW TEAM IN THE REGION.

WE'RE SETTING THE STANDARD FOR OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS AS WELL, TOO.

WE CONSTANTLY WORK ON CONTINUED EDUCATION FOR THEM.

AT THE END OF THE DAYS, WE'RE ALREADY GOING THROUGH THESE 2024 CODES.

WE HAVE ROUND TABLE SESSIONS DISCUSSING THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING OUT.

WE SEND THEM TO MULTIPLE CONFERENCES A YEAR.

I THINK WITH THEIR CERTIFICATIONS, THEY REQUIRE MOST OF OUR STAFF ARE HAVING TO MAINTAIN 60 HOURS OF CONTINUED EDUCATION JUST TO MAINTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATIONS.

>> THANK YOU, DAVID.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SURPRISED YOU ONLY DO THAT EVERY SIX YEARS, SO SEE YOU IN 2030.

>> 2030, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT.

>> HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU BEFORE I KNOW WE'LL SEE.

>> WE'LL SEE YOU BEFORE THAT. BUT IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY, IN THIS, YOU'LL HOPEFULLY NOT TELL THAT.

>> I NEED A MOTION FOR THE ORDINANCE AND THE RESOLUTION. COUNCIL MEMBER KAY?

>> MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 0.013 AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-067, ADOPTING THE 2024 BUILDING CODES WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS AND MAKING THEM PUBLIC RECORDS.

>> BILL, A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

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>> ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A3.

[ Resolution No. 2025-068: Relating to Airport; approving and authorizing the Mayor to sign the "Third Amendment to First Amended FBO Lease Agreement" with Pima Aviation, Inc. for the exchange of certain Airport parcels in furtherance of the Town's air traffic control tower project (David L. Udall)]

>> ITEM A3.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-068, RELATING TO AIRPORT, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO FIRST AMENDED FBO LEASE AGREEMENT WITH PIMA AVIATION INCORPORATED FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN AIRPORT PARCELS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE TOWN'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER PROJECT.

>> OH, EXCITING FOR THE TOWER. GREAT. MR. YES.

HELLO.

>YES, GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR POST, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE TOWN AND PIMA AVIATION ARE PARTIES TO A LEASE AGREEMENT, THAT IS THE FIRST AMENDED FBO LEASE AGREEMENT IS THE TITLE.

IT'S FOR THE LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY AT THE AIRPORT.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE LEASE PROVIDES THAT THE TOWN MAY REMOVE PORTIONS OF REAL PROPERTY FROM THE LEASED PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSE OF UTILIZING THE REMOVED PORTION FOR ADDITIONAL AERONAUTICAL AND AVIATION PURPOSES.

I'M IN EXCHANGE FOR THE REMOVED PARCEL.

THE TOWN MUST USE ITS BEST EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ANOTHER PARCEL OF EQUIVALENT SIZE AND FAIR MARKET VALUE LOCATED WITHIN THE AIRPORT.

THIS EXCHANGE IS EFFECTUATED THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE, WHICH IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM TONIGHT.

THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE FAA'S TOWER CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM UNDER WHICH IT IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER ON AIRPORT PROPERTY TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFE AND ORDERLY FLOW OF AIR TRAFFIC.

TOWER SIGHTING STUDY FOUND THAT THE PARCEL OF LAND THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED FOR REMOVAL UNDER THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TONIGHT, I WAS IDEAL FOR THE LOCATION OF THE TOWER BECAUSE IT'S NEAR THE AIRPORT CENTRAL POINT IN AN OPEN, STABILIZED, AND ACCESSIBLE AREA THAT WILL PROVIDE THE TOWER WITH THE BEST VIEWS OF THE AIRPORT.

THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE FBO LEASE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS A RESULT OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TOWN BETWEEN TOWN STAFF AND PIMA AVIATION.

I WILL PULL UP A VISUAL TO HELP US HERE.

IF APPROVED, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REMOVE A PARCEL OF LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 1.69 ACRES AND LOCATED APPROXIMATELY HERE, JUST THIS LOWER CIRCLE.

>> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REMOVE THAT AREA FROM THE LEASE PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER IN THAT LOCATION.

IN EXCHANGE, THE THIRD AMENDMENT WOULD ADD A PARCEL OF LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 1.69 ACRES, AND THAT IS APPROXIMATELY HERE.

IT'S THIS BLACK CIRCLE TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE MAP, AND IT WOULD ADD THAT TO THE LEASED PREMISES.

THE THIRD AMENDMENT ALSO WOULD REQUIRE PM AVIATION TO DEVELOP THE ADDED PARCEL, THAT TOP CIRCLE, BY 2031, WHICH IS THE SAME TIME FRAME THAT THIS PARCEL HERE, THIS PURPLE PARCEL, IS UNDER OBLIGATIONS TO DEVELOP.

THEY'D HAVE TO DEVELOP WITHIN THAT SAME TIME FRAME.

THAT PURPLE PARCEL WAS ADDED BY OPERATION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE FIRST AMENDED FPO LEASE.

FAILURE TO BEGIN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THAT TOP PARCEL THAT'S BEING ADDED WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME FRAME WOULD RESULT IN THE ADDED PARCEL BEING REMOVED FROM THE LEASE PREMISES.

THEY ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO DEVELOP THAT TOP PARCEL IN ORDER TO KEEP IT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME.

>> JUST THE CIRCLE PORTION OR THE ENTIRE?

>> THIS AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH THIS LOCATION HERE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT TIME PERIOD FOR THAT IS TIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT TIME PERIOD FOR THE PURPLE PORTION THAT WAS THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. TOWN STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT, AND WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. UDALL?

>> MAYOR, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> THE AREA THERE WHERE THE CIRCLE IS AND THE BUILDING WHERE YOU'RE REQUIRING THEM TO BUILD THERE IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WHAT BUILDINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT THERE? IS THAT GOING TO BE AIRPLANE HANGERS, OR WHAT BUILDINGS?

>> MAYOR POST COUNCIL MEMBER KAVANAUGH, WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED PLANS FROM PM AVIATION FOR THE PURPLE PARCELS.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD PLAN ON BUILDING IN THAT LOCATION.

AS FAR AS THE ADDED PARCEL THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE UNDER THIS AMENDMENT, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED PLANS YET FOR THAT EITHER.

WE'RE NOT SURE IS THE SHORT ANSWER.

BUT IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY HANGERS.

I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE, BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AERONAUTICAL IN AVIATION PURPOSES.

>> NOW, IF I HEARD THIS CORRECTLY,

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WE'RE MOVING THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER TO THE LOCATION THAT WOULD BE A BETTER LOCATION.

DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY?

>> MAYOR POST COUNCIL MEMBER KAVANAUGH, SO THIS LEASE WOULD BASICALLY OPEN UP SOME LAND THAT CURRENTLY IS UNDER THE FPO LEASE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP HERE, WHERE THIS CIRCLE IS, THAT YELLOW HATCHED AREA, THAT AREA IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE FPO LEASE, AND THE SITE STUDY FOUND THAT THAT AREA IS THE BEST AREA FOR THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER.

AS A RESULT, WHAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DO IS BASICALLY TAKE THAT UNDERLYING LAND OUT OF THE LEASE SO THAT WE CAN PUT THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER IN THAT LOCATION.

>> WILL WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY IF THE TOWER WAS MOVED THERE, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET IT APPROVED IN ANOTHER LOCATION?

>> MAYOR POST COUNCIL MEMBER KAVANAUGH, THIS LEASE DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT STUDY WAS DONE WITH THIS AREA IN MIND.

>> MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER KAVANAUGH, THE SITE THAT WE DID THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY FOR, THE SITE ANALYSIS AND EVERYTHING IS THIS VERY SITE.

>> IS IT?

>> THE SITE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE ON THIS MAP.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE FAUSTO HERE NOW, SO DIG DEEP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. UDALL.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.

>> BOARD, PLEASURE. MOTION.

>> I MOVE, MAYOR.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER KAVANAUGH.

>> I MOVE TO ADOPT.

>> I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-068, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE FIRST AMENDED FPO LEASE AGREEMENT WITH PMA AVIATION INC. FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN AIRPORT PARCELS IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE TOWN'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER PROJECT.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES. A4.

>> [OVERLAPPING] AYE.

[ Resolution No. 2025-069: Relating to Development; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Vanderbilt Farms Development Agreement (Jane Fairall)]

>> ITEM A4.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-069, RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED VANDERBILT FARMS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

>> MS. FARRELL.

>> MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO THE MONARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

BACK IN JUNE OF 2020, THE TOWN ENTERED INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR WHAT WAS THEN CALLED VANDERBILT FARMS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT.

THE TOWN AND SUNBELT, WHO IS NOW THE MASTER DEVELOPER OF THE MONARCH PROJECT, HAVE NEGOTIATED A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THAT 2020 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT ADDRESSES TWO AREAS OF THE AGREEMENT AND REQUESTS CHANGES THROUGH THIS FIRST AMENDMENT.

ONE HAS TO DO WITH PARAGRAPH 9 OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, WHICH SET FORTH, A BLOCK BY BLOCK, WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE FOR EACH BLOCK AS THEY WERE COMPLETED BEFORE LOTS COULD BE SOLD.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO JUST REWRITE AND REPLACE THAT PARAGRAPH 9 WITH A NEW PARAGRAPH 9, PRIMARILY TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD TO PROCEED IN THREE PHASES.

THE GRAPHIC THAT I'VE PUT UP SHOWS THOSE THREE PHASES.

THIS WAS HELPFULLY PROVIDED BY SUNBELT, SO I THANK THEM FOR GIVING ME THIS.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN IS THE PROPOSED PHASE 1 WITH DEVELOPMENT OF BLOCK 1, THE ORANGE IS PHASE 2, AND THE PURPLE IS PHASE 3.

OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION DID WORK WITH SUNBELT AND HAS APPROVED THIS NEW CONCEPT, AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD WORK FOR THE TOWN AS WELL AS FOR SUNBELT.

THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE HAS TO DO WITH THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD AND MOORE ROAD INTERSECTION.

THAT IS ALSO ADDRESSED BY THIS FIRST AMENDMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AT THIS POINT IS THREE-LANE SECTIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CLARK FARMS AND MOORE ROAD WITH TAPERING OUT TO TWO-LANE SECTIONS AS MONARCH IS DEVELOPED.

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THE SECOND PIECE OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING A CHANGE TO HAS TO DO WITH POSTVALE ROAD.

THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAD THREE PROVISIONS TO BE EXACT OF WHEN POSTVALE ROAD, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY RIGHT HERE, WHERE I'M DRAWING THE CURSOR THERE, DOWN THE MIDDLE OF FUTURE BLOCK 2 OF MONARCH.

POSTVALE ROAD WAS ACTUALLY ABANDONED MANY YEARS AGO.

THE TOWNS CONTINUED TO USE IT AS A ROAD OVER THE YEARS, AND IN THE 2020 AGREEMENT, THE PROPERTY OWNER DID GIVE US A LICENSE AGREEMENT TO USE IT AS A ROAD.

BUT THERE WERE THREE TRIGGERS FOR WHEN POSTVALE ROAD WOULD BE THE PAVEMENT REMOVED, AND IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION.

WE ARE ADDING A FOURTH TRIGGER FOR THAT IF THIS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT POSTVALE ROAD TO BE CLOSED DOWN AND THE PAVEMENT REMOVED WHEN THE DEVELOPER COMPLETES LON ADAMS ROAD FROM MOORE ROAD, AND THEN UP FROM MOORE ROAD TO CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD TO THE WESTERN TERMINUS OF CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD, AND THEN UP LON ADAMS ROAD UP TO BARNETT ROAD, INCLUDING CROSSING THE CULVERT THAT IS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW.

THESE RED ARROWS SHOW THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT POSTVALE ROAD, THE ACCESS ONCE POSTVALE ROAD IS CLOSED DOWN, AND I PROBABLY DIDN'T EXPLAIN THAT VERY WELL, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WOULD REMAIN IN PLACE.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. FARRELL? [NOISE] NO.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER KAY.

>> I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-069, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED VANDERBILT FARM DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

>> SECOND THAT MOVEMENT.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> [OVERLAPPING] AYE.

>> ITEM PASSES.