Sep 16, 2025 Council Meetings

[ CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MARANA TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR POST. HERE. VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER.

PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER CAVANAUGH. HERE. COUNCILMEMBER COMERFORD.

HERE. COUNCILMEMBER KAI. PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER MURPHY.

PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER OFFICER. HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO STAND FOR A PLEDGE AND THEN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THE RECENT TRAGEDIES IN OUR NATION AND TO REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST ON 9-11. WHILE WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, WE SHOULD CHOOSE RESPECT AND CIVIL DISCOURSE OVER VIOLENCE. AND SO I JUST KIND OF WANT LIKE, EVERYBODY TO.

ANYWAY. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE 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.

[ APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM PASSES.

CALL TO THE PUBLIC. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS TONIGHT.

[ CALL TO THE PUBLIC At this time any member of the public is allowed to address the Town Council on any issue within the jurisdiction of the Town Council, except for items scheduled for a Public Hearing at this meeting. The speaker may have up to three minutes to speak. Any persons wishing to address the Council must complete a speaker card located outside the Council Chambers and deliver it to the Town Clerk prior to the commencement of the meeting. Individuals addressing a meeting at the Call to the Public will not be provided with electronic technology capabilities beyond the existing voice amplification and recording capabilities in the facilities. Pursuant to the Arizona Open Meeting Law, at the conclusion of Call to the Public, individual members of the Council may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the Council, and may ask staff to review the matter, or may ask that the matter be placed on a future agenda.]

[ Proclamation Recognizing Diaper Awareness Week (Jill McCleary)]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH.

[ MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]

WALK THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS IN MARANA.

BIKE AND GET DOWN TO THE MARC. GO FOR A SWIM.

RECREATE AT THE MARC. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND I'M ENJOYING IT, BUT IT REALLY IT'S TIME TO REALLY GET ACTIVE BECAUSE THE WEATHER'S GETTING COOLER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER COMERFORD. COUNCILMEMBER OFFICER.

YEAH, JUST LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN AND ALSO THE SCHOOL AND EVERYBODY THAT GOT INVOLVED IN THE DAY OF SERVICE THIS LAST SATURDAY.

THERE WAS PROJECTS GOING ON ALL OVER SATURDAY MORNING, AND I WENT AROUND AND HIT AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM.

AND AND EACH ONE OF THEM THAT I SHOWED UP AT, THEY HAD 20 PEOPLE HAD SIGNED UP ON ON THE FOOT, AND THE LIST WAS FULL ON THAT PAGE. BUT OVERALL, I THINK THAT THE JUST SERVE PROGRAM HAD OVER HAD OVER 500 PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP AND WERE OUT ON PROJECTS IN MARANA THIS LAST SATURDAY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO OFFICER FOR INVITING ME TO DO THAT.

THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING, ESPECIALLY IN THE TIMES THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND SUPPORT A COMMUNITY.

AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE ALL THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP.

ALSO, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO TERRY WITH A Y.

YOUR GUYS' PODCAST IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET ON AND ACTUALLY LISTEN BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU TIME TO ABSORB THE INFORMATION, BUT IT GIVES US TIME TO GET THAT TUNNEL VISION OUT AND LISTEN TO NEW STUFF.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU GUYS DOING THE PODCAST.

IT IS AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER KAI. NO REPORT MAYOR.

THANK YOU EVERYONE. I JUST HAVE A VERY LIGHT REPORT.

I HAD ONE MEETING WITH TEP THIS WEEK AND THEN I FORGOT THE VICE MAYOR.

BUT YOU WANT TO GO BEFORE ME OR AFTER ME? YOU ARE THE MAYOR.

WELL, THAT I ALWAYS FORGET YOU. I APOLOGIZE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START KICKING ME.

OR IT WAS VERY INTERESTING MEETING WITH THAT.

IT HAD WITH SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEP. THEY TALKED ABOUT POWER, RELIANCE, NEW GENERATION, AND THEY'RE REALLY WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW GENERATOR POWER HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO IT WAS AN EXCELLENT MEETING. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I HAVE IS FALL BALL HAS STARTED OVER AT THE PARKS AND REC.

BUSY PLACE EVERY NIGHT, BUT A LOT OF FUN. VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, I ATTENDED THE FOUNDATION OR

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SO WE DID SEND FLOWERS FROM THE TOWN OF MARANA.

SO LET'S KEEP HIM IN YOUR THOUGHTS. LET'S SEE.

I WENT TO THE LD 17 MEETING. THAT'S LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 17.

IT'S GETTING VERY EXCITING IN THERE. RACHEL, CONGRESSWOMAN RACHEL JONES KESHEL.

SHE IS WANTING ME TO REMIND EVERYBODY SHE IS RUNNING FOR HER SEAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR IN 2026.

THERE ARE 1 OR 2 OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, SO WE'LL SEE WHO THAT IS.

AND I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW, SENATOR LEACH ON THE OTHER SIDE WILL NOT BE RUNNING AGAIN.

SO THAT IS OPEN TO. SO IT DOES AFFECT US DOWN HERE.

WE ARE IN LD 17. SO WE JUST KIND OF KEEP OUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

AND THEY ALSO ASKED IF I'D LIKE TO SPEAK. OF COURSE I DID.

AND I WENT ON ABOUT RTA NEXT AND HOW IMPORTANT HOW IMPERATIVE IT IS THAT WE GET BEHIND THAT AND WE VOTE FOR THAT.

SO THAT IT IS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. MR. ROZEMA, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

[ MANAGER’S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING ABLE TO HELP OUT OVER AT THE MARANA MIDDLE SCHOOL, PAINTING, WASHING WINDOWS, WEEDING, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

SO IT'S A WONDERFUL TURNOUT. I THINK WE HAD 50 PEOPLE THERE ALONE, SO IT WAS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT DAY. AND REALLY COOL TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY SHOW UP AT EACH ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS.

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE UPDATE WE HAD 43 SFR'S SO FAR FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

THAT'S SIX MORE THAN WE HAD FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST.

SO TRENDING IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER DIRECTION THIS MONTH AND SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR WAS 67.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH MARC NUMBERS HERE.

I DO WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY CERTAINLY THAT AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND THAT IS THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RENT SOME OF THE SPACES IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING THAT UP HERE OCTOBER 1ST.

AND WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF SLOW ROLL INTO IT A LITTLE BIT.

WE'LL HAVE ONE RENTAL FOR PER SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE, WHETHER THAT'S BASKETBALL COURTS OR WHETHER THAT'S THE COMMUNITY ROOM PER DAY, UNTIL WE KIND OF GET OUR FEET UNDERNEATH US AFTER OUR RENTALS WILL DO ONE PER MONTH PER LOCATION IN THE FACILITY UNTIL AGAIN, UNTIL WE KIND OF ROLL THIS OUT AND GET A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE UNDER OUR BELT HERE IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, BUT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 1ST. AND I KNOW THE THE COMMUNITY IS ANXIOUS TO GET IN THERE AND BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FACILITIES, AND THE TEAM'S ANXIOUS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AS WELL.

DO WE REMIND EVERYBODY THIS IS BECOMING A GROWING POPULAR EVENT FOR US? AND THAT'S THE CONCERT IN THE COURTYARDS. AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THURSDAY AT 5 P.M..

5 TO 7 AT THE MARANA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX THIS COMING THURSDAY.

SO KICKING IT OFF WITH A LATIN COUNTRY BAND EXPLOSION.

SO CERTAINLY WANT TO SHOW UP FOR THAT. GUESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING CANNED OR NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS TO DONATE TO THE MARANA FOOD BANK.

SO WE'RE DOING ONE OF OUR FOOD DRIVES AT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.

AND WE DO HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON OUR MOST RECENT PODCAST, COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS EVENTS COMING UP.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THREE SIGNIFICANT TOPICS GROWTH IN MARANA AS WELL AS THE RTA NEXT PLAN.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, DATA CENTERS JUST IN GENERAL PRETTY HOT TOPIC IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY WE DID A PODCAST ON IT THAT I THINK WAS RELEASED MONDAY, YESTERDAY GETTING ACTUALLY A LOT OF RESPONSE FROM THAT.

SO AGAIN, JUST MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITY IS EDUCATED ON THESE VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS.

WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS AND DATES FOR THAT. THE MARANA AQUATIC CENTER NEXT TUESDAY AT 05:30.

THE COYOTE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 5:30.

I'M SORRY, OCTOBER 1ST AT 5:30. AND THEN THE DOVE MOUNTAIN CSTEM SCHOOL.

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AND IT WAS A REALLY STRONG EPISODE BECAUSE WE HAD REALLY TWO STRONG, REALLY STRONG GUESTS ON THE SHOW.

WITH JANE AND JASON TALKING ABOUT DATA CENTERS.

THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR PHDS IN DATA CENTEROLOGY.

AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION.

AND ON THAT NOTE I WILL ALSO ANNOUNCE THAT THE REAL TALK WITH THE TOWN PODCAST.

THE TOWN'S PODCAST WON A SECOND SAVVY AWARD FOR BEST INTERVIEW/TALK SHOW.

NEWS PROGRAMING FOR POPULATIONS BETWEEN 0 AND 100,000 IS THERE.

HOW CAN THERE BE A TOWN WITH ZERO? I DON'T KNOW, BUT ANYWAY, FOR POPULATIONS UP TO 100,000, WE WON THE AWARD. WE GOT THE TOP AWARD AND IT WAS FOR A SPECIFIC PODCAST THAT WE DID LEADING UP TO THE OPENING OF THE MARC.

AND THAT INVOLVED WAYNE BARNETT AND BRANDON LAUE.

THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. AND A SHOUT OUT TO AMANDA ZACH AND VICK FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB ON THAT, OBVIOUSLY, AS IT WON YET ANOTHER NATIONAL AWARD.

SO REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONSENT AGENDA I HEAR A MOTION.

[ 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.]

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

A1 OR A1. ITEM A1 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-090 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION SUPPORTING THE RTA NEXT PLAN

[ Resolution No. 2025-090: Relating to Transportation; supporting the RTA Next Plan, as approved by the RTA Board on August 25, 2025 (Terry Rozema)]

SO IF EVERYBODY REMEMBERS WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY MICHAEL ORTEGA AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE WERE UNABLE TO PASS A RESOLUTION AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT WASN'T AGENDIZED CORRECTLY.

AND SO IT IS NOW ON THE AGENDA. I WOULD HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD SEE FIT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION WITH FULL SUPPORT FOR RTA NEXT.

SO I'D LOVE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND.

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

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. D1, ARE WE DOING? LET'S SEE.

[ Ordinance No. 2025.019: Relating to Utilities; amending Marana Town Code Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14-6 (Rates and Charges); revising Section 14-6-4 (Bill Adjustment for Excessive Water Leak) to remove certain payment time requirements and add provisions related to payment plans; and designating an effective date (Heidi Lasham)]

[ Ordinance No. 2025.020: Relating to Utilities; rescinding Marana Ordinance No. 2020.022, which arose out of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency and authorized town staff to implement payment plan options and other customer assistance programs to assist in collecting delinquent payments owed to the Water Department for service (Heidi Lasham)]

OKAY. D1 AND D2. ITEM D1 ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025.019 RELATING TO UTILITIES AMENDING THE TOWN CODE TITLE 14 UTILITIES. CHAPTER 14-6 RATES AND CHARGES.

REVISING SECTION 14-6-4 BILL ADJUSTMENT FOR EXCESSIVE WATER LEAK TO REMOVE CERTAIN PAYMENT TIME REQUIREMENTS AND ADD PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAYMENT PLANS AND DESIGNATING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM D2, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025.020 RELATING TO UTILITIES RESCINDING MARANA ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020.022, WHICH AROSE OUT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC EMERGENCY AND AUTHORIZE TOWN STAFF TO IMPLEMENT PAYMENT PLAN OPTIONS AND OTHER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO ASSIST IN COLLECTING DELINQUENT PAYMENTS OWED TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT FOR SERVICE.

MS. LASHAM, HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU SOME TIME AGO DURING COVID.

SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO COME BACK TO YOU AS WELL TO ASK.

SO THE WHY IN THE ASK IS BEFORE YOU TODAY ON ORDINANCE 2020.022.

THIS WAS PUT IN EFFECT DURING THE COVID. THIS WAS A COVID PAYMENT PLAN, WHICH AS OF TODAY IS OBSOLETE SINCE WE ARE NO MORE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

SO THE ASK BEHIND THAT IS TO RESCIND THE COVID PAYMENT PLAN ORDINANCE.

AND THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE, LOOK AT SECTION 14-6-4 OF OUR TOWN CODE, WHICH CURRENTLY PROVIDES BILLING ADJUSTMENTS TO HELP CUSTOMERS FOR ABNORMALLY HIGH BILLS. BUT IT ONLY GIVES THEM A 20 DAY PERIOD IN ORDER TO PAY THAT BILL.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME CUSTOMERS THAT CAN'T NECESSARILY PAY THEIR BILL WITHIN 20 DAYS OF IF THEY LEFT A HOSE ON SPRINKLERS BREAK WHEN THEY'RE ON VACATION ITEMS SUCH AS THAT.

SO OUR ASK TODAY IS TO REVISE THE CODE TO REPLACE THE 20 DAY PAYMENT REQUIREMENT WITH PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING A PAYMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTED BY THE DIRECTOR, WHICH ALLOWS A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM TO HELP OUR CUSTOMERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO FURTHERMORE, INTO THE TOWN CODE, WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT A PAYMENT PLAN FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IS BEFORE YOU DOWN BELOW CUSTOMERS MUST BE IN GOOD STANDING.

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ALSO, THE SAME THING WILL BE THAT IN YOUR UNEXPECTED BILL IS THREE TIMES WHAT YOUR NORMAL USAGE IS, WHICH IS WHAT IT IS TODAY. AND THEN BELOW THAT ALSO LOOKS AT A SIX MONTH OPTION AND A 12 MONTH OPTION, GIVING YOU BETWEEN $500 AND A $1,000 AND AND $1,000 OR GREATER, ALONG WITH A DEPOSIT, SO THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ABIDE BY YOUR PAYMENT PLAN.

SO ALSO ON TOP OF PAYING YOUR PAYMENT PLAN, YOU ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CURRENT ON YOUR BILL THAT YOU HAVE THIS MONTH.

SO YOU PAY YOUR SEPTEMBER BILL PLUS WHATEVER YOUR PAYMENT PLAN IS, AND THEN YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PAYMENT PLAN.

AND DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, WHICH YOU'RE ON A PAYMENT PLAN, YOU WILL NOT GET ANY ADDITIONAL LATE FEES ADDED ON TO IT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2025.019 AND ALSO RESCINDING THE COVID ORDINANCE 2020.022.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? JUST ONE FOR VICE MAYOR. AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE I SAW SOME PEOPLE COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME PAYMENTS. I CERTAINLY COULDN'T OF WITH SOME OF THE AMOUNTS I SAW.

SO, THE PAYMENT PLAN IS WONDERFUL. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT OUT TO OUR FOLKS? ARE WE GOING TO PUT IT IN THE ON THE WEBSITE, OR ARE WE GOING TO PUT IT ON THEIR BILL SAYING, NOW WE HAVE THIS PLAN THAT WE CAN HELP YOU WITH? YES. VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER, WE WILL PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE WILL UPDATE THE INFORMATION THAT IS ON THE WEBSITE.

WE WILL ALSO PUT IT IN THE BILL LIKE A BILL INSERT.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.

COUNCILMEMBER KAI. HI. IF A CUSTOMER HAS A HIGH WATER BILL AND THEY DON'T SEE A LEAK ANYWHERE OR WHATEVER, WHAT'S THE NORMAL PROCEDURE? I MEAN, COULD IT BE THE METER ITSELF WITH A PROBLEM? OR IF THEN THEY START LOOKING AFTER THE METER ON THE HOMEOWNER SIDE FOR LEAKS OR WET SPOTS OR WHATEVER? WHAT DO THEY NORMALLY DO? AND YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER KAI.

SO WE'LL HAVE ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS ACTUALLY GO OUT TO THE HOME.

USUALLY SOMETIMES THE FOLKS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE WILL SEE AN UNUSUAL SPIKE IN THEIR BILL BECAUSE IN THEIR DOWNTIME BETWEEN, THEY'LL BE LOOKING TO SEE FOR SPIKES. BUT THOSE THAT HAVE NEW METERS NOW CAN SEE THEMSELVES WHEN THEIR SPIKES ARE ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO EITHER FROM THAT INFORMATION, THEN WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY GO OUT TO THE HOME.

THEY WILL KNOCK ON THE DOOR TO SEE IF SOMEBODY IS HOME TO ACTUALLY HAVE THEM COME OUT, AND THEN THEY'LL INVESTIGATE NOT ONLY THE METER AND ON OUR SIDE, BUT ALSO ON THEIR SIDE, AND THEY'LL LOOK AROUND WITH THEM TO TRY AND HELP THEM FIND WHERE THE WET SPOT MIGHT BE.

SO HOW DO WE KNOW OUR METER IS GOOD? I MEAN, IS IT CALIBRATED OR WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT REMOVING IT OR WHATEVER? COUNCILMEMBER KAI THEY ACTUALLY USUALLY TYPICALLY LAST ABOUT TEN YEARS, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO GO BAD.

AND WE WILL LOOK AT GO BACK TO THEIR BILL AND LOOK AT WHAT THEIR AVERAGES ARE.

IF IT SPIKES SUPER HIGH WE'LL ASK THEM IF THERE'S A LEAK.

OTHERWISE WE'LL GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE THE ACTUAL METER.

AND IF WE SEE THAT IT IS BROKEN AND INDEED NOT WORKING, WE WILL REPLACE IT.

THANK YOU HEIDI. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I NEED TWO MOTIONS. SO WE'LL HANDLE D1 FIRST.

DO I HEAR A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. RELATING TO UTILITIES, AMENDING MARANA TOWN CODE, TITLE 14, CHAPTER 14-6-6 AND REVISING SECTIONS 14-6-4 BILL ADJUSTMENT FOR EXCESSIVE WATER RATE, TO REMOVE CERTAIN PAYMENT TIME REQUIREMENTS AND ADD PROVISIONS RELATED TO PAYMENT PLANS AND DESIGNATING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. I'LL MOVE ON THIS MAYOR. SECOND. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR D1. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES. NEED A MOTION FOR D2.

PATRICK, YOU DID SO WELL. YOU NEED TO DO IT. I CAN DO IT IF YOU LIKE. YOU DID SO WELL.

APPARENTLY, NOBODY WANTS TO STEP UP COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. D2.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025.020 RELATING TO UTILITIES RESCINDING MARANA ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020.022, WHICH AROSE OUT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC EMERGENCY AND AUTHORIZED TOWN STAFF TO IMPLEMENT PAYMENT PLAN OPTIONS AND OTHER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO ASSIST IN COLLECTING DELINQUENT PAYMENTS OWED TO THE MARANA DEPARTMENT FOR SERVICE.

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MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? D2 PASSES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. D3.

[ Relating to Public Art; presentation, discussion and selection of a public art design concept for fabrication and installation along Twin Peaks Road as part of the Rattlesnake Pass widening project (Andrea De La Cruz)]

MISS DE LA CRUZ. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON A NEW PUBLIC ART DESIGN CONCEPTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR INSTALLATION ALONG TWIN PEAKS ROAD. AND THIS WOULD BE AS PART OF THE TWIN PEAKS ROAD/RATTLESNAKE PASS WIDENING PROJECT.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE NEW ROADWAY, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROJECT, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, LANDSCAPE, SIDEWALKS, WE ALSO FOUND THAT THIS PROJECT PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE.

SO THIS SLIDE HERE JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING THE SCULPTURE TO BE LOCATED.

SO IT'S RIGHT OFF THE PASS AS YOU'RE HEADING INTO SAGUARO BLOOM.

THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE PROVIDES A ZOOMED IN VIEW OF WHAT I JUST SHOWED YOU.

SO THAT TEAL STAR HIGHLIGHTS WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING THE PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE.

SO THIS IS JUST NORTH OF THE NEW ROADWAY AND SOUTH OF THE OLD ROADWAY, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BE A UTILITY ACCESS EASEMENT.

AND JUST THIS PARTICULAR UTILITY ACCESS EASEMENT WOULD BE FOR [INAUDIBLE] PURPOSES? THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF WHERE THE PROJECT WOULD BE LOCATED.

THIS ONE IS LOOKING EAST. SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE NEW ROADWAY AS WELL AS THAT UTILITY ACCESS EASEMENT.

AND THE SCULPTURE WOULD BE LOCATED RIGHT IN THE CENTER.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE RECENTLY, IT NO LONGER LOOKS LIKE THAT.

YOU CAN SEE LANDSCAPING PART OF THE PROJECT, BUT THIS IS JUST WHERE THE PROJECT WOULD BE LOCATED.

SO AS A WAY TO CELEBRATE AND HIGHLIGHT THE AREA, RATTLESNAKE PASS, WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN AS RATTLESNAKE PASS SINCE THE 1930S.

WE DID FIND IT FITTING TO INCLUDE A CONCRETE SCULPTURE, A DECORATIVE CONCRETE SCULPTURE OF A A RATTLESNAKE. WESTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE.

AND THIS SLIDE HERE JUST HIGHLIGHTS WHAT A CONCRETE SCULPTURE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THESE HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE INSPIRATIONS THAT WERE USED FOR THE DESIGNS THAT I WILL BE PROPOSING TO YOU SHORTLY.

SO I INCLUDED THIS SLIDE. JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE OF JUST HOW MUCH DETAIL YOU'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE WITH A CONCRETE SCULPTURE.

AND THE PLANNING CENTER USED THESE AS INSPIRATION FOR THE PUBLIC ART CONCEPTS THAT I AM ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU.

SO THE FIRST CONCEPT IS CALLED RATTLESNAKE AT REST.

SO THIS CONCEPT A PRESENTS A REALISTIC. I'M SORRY, VICE MAYOR.

THIS PRESENTS A REALISTIC AND NATURALISTIC DEPICTION OF A WESTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE.

SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SNAKE IS RESTING ON A BOULDER.

AND THIS IS JUST EMPHASIZING ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

THE SNAKE WOULD HAVE A DETAILED TEXTURE AND A NATURALISTIC COLOR TO IT JUST TO PRESENT A LIFELIKE RATTLESNAKE.

THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS CONCEPT ARE ABOUT 8 FEET HIGH AND 18FT IN DIAMETER.

AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE FABRICATED OUT OF CONCRETE.

OOPS. SKIPPED A CONCEPT. CONCEPT B IS ALSO CALLED RATTLESNAKE RISING.

THIS DESIGN TAKES A MORE ARTISTIC APPROACH WHEN COMPARED TO CONCEPT A, SO THIS IS INSPIRED BY A CHOLLA SKELETON.

AND IT HAS MORE OF AN ABSTRACT QUALITY TO IT.

THE SNAKE, AS OPPOSED TO THE FIRST CONCEPT, IT IS MORE UPRIGHT AND ALERT.

NOT INTENDED TO BE AGGRESSIVE, BUT IT IS MORE ALERT.

THIS ONE, AS OPPOSED TO THE FIRST ONE, IS MOUNTED ON A MAN MADE BASE.

SO HERE YOU SEE IT ON A CONCRETE PEDESTAL OR PLINTH.

THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS ONE SLIGHTLY TALLER OR HIGHER THAN THE OTHER ONE, AT NINE FEET IN HEIGHT AND 15FT IN DIAMETER.

THEN CONCEPT C IS RATTLESNAKE ON THE MOVE. THIS ONE DEPICTS A RATTLESNAKE THAT IS IN MOTION OR SLITHERING THROUGH THE DESERT LANDSCAPE, A LITTLE MORE DYNAMIC AND ELONGATED, AND IT WOULD BE STRETCHING ACROSS PART OF THAT SITE.

THE FINISH OF IT IS DIFFERENT THAN CONCEPT A, WHICH IS MORE REALISTIC.

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THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS ONE ARE APPROXIMATELY 60FT LONG AND THEN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET TALL.

THEN CONCEPT D IS AGAIN RATTLESNAKE ON THE MOVE, VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS CONCEPT, EXCEPT THIS ONE ALSO HAS THAT ARTISTIC TWIST WITH IT BEING INSPIRED BY A CHOLLA SKELETON STILL 60FT LONG AND THE HEIGHT OF THIS ONE IS APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET TALL.

THEN FINALLY THE FIFTH CONCEPT, WHICH IS CONCEPT E, THIS ONE IS THE MARANA PUBLIC ART REVIEW COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION.

SO AS PART OF THE PUBLIC ART POLICY, WE DID PRESENT THE FOUR CONCEPTS THAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU TO THE COMMITTEE.

THEY REVIEWED THOSE FOUR CONCEPTS, AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS TO COMBINE CONCEPT A, WHICH HAS AGAIN, THAT NATURAL LOOK TO IT, VERY REALISTIC LOOK, KEEPING THE MAJORITY OF THE ELEMENTS FROM CONCEPT A, WHICH IS THAT NATURAL BORDER, THE NATURAL COLORATION.

BUT INCORPORATING CONCEPT B'S POSE. SO CONCEPT A WAS MORE AT REST.

CONCEPT B HAD THAT UPRIGHT ALERT LOOK TO IT, AND THE MAIN REASON WHY THEY'RE PROPOSING OR RECOMMENDING COMBINING IT IS CONCEPT B DOES HAVE A MORE OF AN IMPACT SINCE IT IS A LITTLE TALLER.

SO THIS ONE IS 9 FEET TALL AND 15FT IN DIAMETER.

SO THAT THOSE ARE THE FIVE CONCEPTS THAT WE HAVE.

YES. YOU CAN TURN BACK VICE MAYOR. AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

OPENING IT UP ALSO TO YOUR FEEDBACK. QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS.

MOTION. DECISIONS. I HAD A QUESTION IF I COULD.

YES. THIS DESIGN, WILL IT BE VISIBLE? CLEARLY VISIBLE, NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU'RE GOING OVER THE PASS, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE APPROACHING, YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER CAVANAUGH. YES. AND THAT LOCATION, WE DID SELECT IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE VISIBILITY.

SO IT WOULD BE VISIBLE FOR TRAVELERS IN ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO WHETHER YOU'RE COMING IN A CAR OR A CYCLIST OR A PEDESTRIAN WALKING IN THE MULTI-USE PATH, I THINK IT WOULD BE VISIBLE BY A LOT. COUNCILMEMBER COMERFORD.

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU, YOUR COMMITTEE. I THINK ITEM NUMBER ONE GIVES IT THAT REALISM OR NUMBER 5.

B? E WHATEVER GIVES IT THAT REALISTIC LOOK AND THE HEIGHT AND EVERYTHING.

I THINK IT'S GOOD. JUST MY OPINION. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER KAI. QUICK QUESTION. WHAT ABOUT NIGHT IS GOING TO BE LIT OR WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THERE? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER KAI I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING LIGHTING AT NIGHT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. YEAH. WHY IS IT CALLED RATTLESNAKE PASS? MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN CALLED RATTLESNAKE PASS SINCE THE 1930S, AND I TRIED DOING SOME RESEARCH, TALKED TO OUR HISTORIAN TOO TO SEE IF BY ANY CHANCE, THAT SHE KNEW.

AND I COULDN'T FIND THE ANSWER OF WHY IT'S CALLED RATTLESNAKE PASS.

I JUST KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN REFERRED AS THAT SINCE THE 1930S. INTERESTING YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER KAI.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT CAME FROM ALL THE ROCKS THAT WAS IN THE PAST THERE, AND RATTLESNAKES THAT CONGREGATE UNDER THOSE ROCKS.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ANYONE WANTED RATTLESNAKES AND, YOU KNOW, WALK AMONG THE ROCKS THERE AND SEE IF THEY COULD FIND THEM.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE NAME CAME FROM. COUNCILMEMBER KAI I LOVE THAT RESPONSE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THAT. WELL ANYBODY HAVE THROW OUT WANT TO THROW OUT A DECISION? COUNCILMEMBER KAI. I MOVE TO APPROVE A DESIGN CONCEPT E FOR THE TWIN PEAKS ROAD RATTLESNAKE PASS PUBLIC ART PROJECT.

I'LL SECOND IT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? GOT IT. ITEM PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DO WE NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES. WE DO. WE NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION?

[ EXECUTIVE SESSIONS Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03, the Town Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, to discuss certain matters.]

BACK IN SESSION. WE DO NOT NEED ANY MOTIONS ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN.

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