[ CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL] [00:00:02] TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR POST. HERE. VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER. SHE IS EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD. EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER KAI. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER. HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE AND FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 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. THANK YOU, PLEASE BE SEATED. [ APPROVAL OF AGENDA] IF I COULD GET A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE C.2 AND MOVE IT TO RIGHT BEFORE A.1. IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT. BEFORE YOU DO THAT MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO REMOVE C.2 COMPLETELY FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND FOR A LATER DATE AND DISCUSSION. I, WHY A LATER DATE. WELL, SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT CONSENT AGENDA. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION TONIGHT. OH, WE ARE OKAY. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT IN FRONT OF A.1. OKAY. OH, YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. SO WE SPENT ALL OF OUR TIME DISCUSSING THE SOCIAL MEDIA PORTION OF THAT ITEM. YEAH. WE NEVER GOT TO THE PORTION THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO CAUSE SOME ISSUE AND SO WE NEED TO DISCUSS. OH, YOU'RE MOVING IT UP. OKAY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. SO DO I HAVE THAT MOTION? YES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION APPROVED. CALL TO THE PUBLIC. AT THIS TIME, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE TOWN COUNCIL [ 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 and deliver it to the Town Clerk. 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.] 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 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK. ANY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD AND DELIVER IT TO THE TOWN CLERK. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LIMIT TO 30 MINUTES AGAIN TONIGHT. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRETTY STANDARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF ON THE TOWN'S BEHALF, NOT THAT THAT WHAT'S COMING FROM THE PUBLIC IS NOT IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK 30 MINUTES EVEN THOUGH YOU DO HAVE IN THE TOWN CODE, YOU DO HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK, IF YOU REDUCE YOUR TIME A LITTLE BIT, I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. 1ST SPEAKER, PLEASE. OUR 1ST SPEAKER IS LORI MOORE, FOLLOWED BY DAVID SMITH. HELLO. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IF I COULD HAVE A UTOPIA MOMENT, MY MOMENT WOULD BE NOT TO HAVE DETENTION CENTERS AND NOT TO HAVE PRISONS OR JAILS. THAT WOULD BE MY UTOPIA MOMENT. BUT THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ALLOWED 20 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH OUR BORDERS UNVETTED AND THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE LEGALLY FOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FOR FINANCES. WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYBODY ON WELFARE AND HAVE AN OPEN BORDER. SO BECAUSE OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE TO ROUND UP THESE PEOPLE. THEY CANNOT STAY HERE. THEY THEY CANNOT BE HERE. BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. FOR HUMANITY PURPOSES, IF I WAS ONE OF THE GOOD PEOPLE ACROSS THE BORDER, 1 OF THE NICE PEOPLE, I DON'T. I'M NOT EVIL OR A CRIMINAL OR ANYTHING, OR THE BAD GUYS THAT THEY'RE ROUNDING UP. IF I GENUINELY THOUGHT I COULD COME HERE AND I WAS GIVEN $5,000 TO DO IT, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN MY $5,000 FOR LIVING HERE, BUT THEY GOT $5,000 TO COME ON OVER HERE AND THEY GOT TRANSPORTATION AND THEY GOT HOUSING AND THEY GOT EVERYTHING AND IF I WAS ONE OF THOSE GOOD PEOPLE THAT TRULY WANTED TO BE PART OF THE UNITED STATES, I WOULD BE SO PISSED THAT I HAD TO GO BACK AND IF I DID GET TO COME BACK OVER, IF I DID QUALIFY AND GET TO COME BACK OVER THE PROPER WAY, I WOULD BE A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN. I WOULD NOT BE A DEMOCRAT BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS USE THESE PEOPLE AS PAWNS AND THAT IS NOT RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID SMITH, FOLLOWED BY BETSY BRANTNER SMITH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. YOU SEE, I'M IN MY GREEN, WHICH I GREW UP IN FLAGSTAFF, THAT'S WHERE I, YOU KNOW. OH, YOU GOT YOUR GREEN ON EXCELLENT. [00:05:03] I KNOW, RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, SAINT PATRICK'S DAY IS A WONDERFUL DAY. IT'S A DAY OF, I THINK, GREAT CELEBRATION FOR A WONDERFUL EVENT AND I WANT TO CELEBRATE THIS CITY. I CAN'T EVERY TIME I COME UP HERE, I RECOMMEND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT CITY AND I WANT YOU TO MAINTAIN THAT. SADLY, MY HOMETOWN, WHEN I YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT MY WIFE RETIRED AND I SAID, WELL, THEN WE'RE MOVING BACK TO MY HOME. WE DID LOOK AT FLAGSTAFF, BUT FLAGSTAFF WASN'T THE FLAGSTAFF I GREW UP IN AND AND THE THING IS, MARANA STAYED MARANA FROM WHEN I LIVED HERE YEARS AGO. AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT AND THE THING I THINK THAT'S HAPPENING SO OFTEN WHEN I LOOK AROUND THIS, THIS COUNTY I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE AN ACTIVIST OR A RETIRED PERSON WHEN YOU GET ELECTED, ESPECIALLY IN A TOWN LIKE THIS WHERE WE ARE UNAFFILIATED, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS AT THAT POINT OF ELECTION AND I CHALLENGE ALL OF YOU TO REMEMBER THAT PUBLIC SERVICE, A PUBLIC SERVANT SUSPENDS ALL OF THEIR ACTIVIST DUTIES TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE GOOD, THE WELFARE AND THIS CITY IS GROWING, BUSINESSES ARE GROWING, THE TAX BASE IS GROWING. YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, GANG AND THE BIKE PATH IS GROWING. I LOVE THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I ALWAYS LOOK AT WHEN I GOT THIS SHIRT OUT THAT I WAS REMINDED OF MY HOMETOWN, WHICH WHERE I GREW UP, IT ISN'T THE SAME TOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE CAME IN SPECIAL INTERESTS TOOK OVER. AND I CONGRATULATE YOU FOR PREVENTING THAT AND I ASK YOU TO KEEP DOING THAT, PRESERVE THE SECURITY AND SAFETY. YES. I AM FOR A DETENTION CENTER TO ELIMINATE THE PEOPLE WHO ENTERED THIS NATION ILLEGALLY. SOVEREIGNTY IS WHAT OUR NATION'S ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A NATION WITHOUT SOVEREIGNTY. AND THE 1ST PRINCIPLE OF SOVEREIGNTY I LEARNED IN COLLEGE IN MY POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS, IS THE FACT THAT A SECURE BORDER IS THE 1ST COMPONENT OF ANY NATION. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND I AM SURE YOU ALL INTEND TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BETSY BRANTNER SMITH, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS PUKA. THANK YOU. HI, MAYOR, COUNCIL APPRECIATE YOU GUYS VERY MUCH, AGAIN, AS A RESIDENT OF MARANA AND SOMEONE WHO WAS MOVED HERE VERY DELIBERATELY BY THEIR HUSBAND WHO SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE GREAT. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY KEEPING THIS TOWN GREAT. IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE. AND WE'VE HAD THIS UPHEAVAL WITH MAYBE A DETENTION CENTER IN THE TOWN OF MARANA AND LAST WEEK WE HAD THE SOME CALLED IT A PROTEST, IT WAS ACTUALLY A BY INVITATION ONLY PRESS CONFERENCE, MOSTLY ATTENDED BY PEOPLE WHO, AGAIN, DON'T LIVE HERE. AND I WANT TO ASK YOU PEOPLE AND AGAIN, I'M SORRY THAT FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN THERE WHOSE DAD WAS IN PRISON IN FLORENCE AND, AND SHE HAD WAS FORCED TO GO VISIT HER DAD IN PRISON. AND I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT. I CAN'T REALLY RELATE TO THAT BECAUSE MY DAD WASN'T IN PRISON, MY DAD WENT TO KOREA, HELPED FIGHT COMMUNISTS, AND HE CAME HOME AND HE TOOK CARE OF HIS FAMILY. HE DIDN'T GET ARRESTED, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO PRISON. SO I'M SORRY THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE OTHER EXPERIENCES, BUT I WANT MARANA TO BE THE KIND OF TOWN THAT I GREW UP IN PART RURAL, PART CITY AND I WOULD PLEASE AGAIN ASK YOU TO KEEP THIS TOWN, THE TOWN THAT YOU RAN TO HELP, THE TOWN THAT YOU DECIDED TO SERVE AND I WOULD ASK YOU THAT YOU NOT GIVE IN TO THIS FAR LEFT TEMPER TANTRUM THAT IS OCCURRING AND THAT HAS PUT THE TOWN OF MARANA AT THE CENTER OF IT, THESE PEOPLE, MOST OF WHOM DON'T LIVE HERE, THEY WANT TO MAKE MARANA TUCSON. DON'T LET THEM DO IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS PUKA, FOLLOWED BY KIM MCALLISTER. HI, I'M DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER PUKA. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS CITIZENS OF PIMA COUNTY BOTH MATTERS AND. COULD YOU ADDRESS. OPPOSING. I HAD THE THE EXPERIENCE OF ATTENDING A MEETING, A REGIONAL CONVENING AT THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PHOENIX, AND THE TOPIC WAS WITNESS TO HOPE RESPONDING TO MASS DEPORTATION, ALSO PRESENT WERE THE DIOCESE OF TUCSON, SAN DIEGO, SANTA FE, [00:10:05] LA AND DENVER. WHAT WAS READ WAS A STATEMENT FROM THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF THE BORDER STATES, AND THE STATEMENT WAS A RECOMMENDED REFORMS TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN THE US. FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026, THIS WENT TO EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS. THE 2ND PARAGRAPH, WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE RIGHT AND DUTY OF A SOVEREIGN NATION TO ENFORCE ITS LAWS. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THOSE LAWS SHOULD BE UPHELD IN A MANNER THAT PROTECTS THE GOD GIVEN HUMAN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF THE HUMAN PERSON. NEAR THE END, IT SAYS CONGRESS SHOULD REPAIR THE US IMMIGRATION SYSTEM BY PLACING HARD WORKING IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ON A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP, AND BY APPROVING ACCESS TO THE LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. BISHOPS OPPOSE THE INDISCRIMINATE MASS DEPORTATION OF PEOPLE AND BELIEVE IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS AND NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE NATION. NOW, I LEARNED A LOT FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL THESE CITIES ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND IN THIS IMMIGRANT POLICY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND IT IS NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CRIMINALS WHO ARE BEING DEPORTED, BUT FAMILIES ARE BEING DESTROYED. NOW, THE BISHOPS WENT ON TO MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM AT THE BORDER SHOULD BE HONORED. SENSITIVE INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE PROTECTED. THE RIGHT TO APPLY. I'M SORRY, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON THOSE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE NATION. YES, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE NATION AND I AM OFFENDED BY SOMEONE SAYING NICE PEOPLE. IT'S A VERY OFFENSIVE TERM. IMMIGRANT FAMILIES SHOULD BE KEPT TOGETHER, DUE PROCESS SHOULD BE RESTORED IN THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. THE USE OF TACTICS TO INTIMIDATE AND CREATE FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE HALTED AND THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIM MCALLISTER, FOLLOWED BY JACKIE MCGUIRE. MAYOR POST, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR AN ICE DETENTION CENTER IN MARANA, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW POINTS TONIGHT. IF PEOPLE REALLY CARED ABOUT THE ILLEGALS IN OUR DETENTION CENTERS AND WANTED TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS, THEY WOULD BE FIGHTING FOR MORE BEDS, MORE SPACE, MORE BATHROOMS, MORE EMPLOYEES, MORE DETENTION CENTERS AND SO HERE WE ARE, WE HAVE THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ALL THOSE THINGS WITH THE NEW DETENTION CENTER IN MARANA BUT THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE CONDITIONS WANT TO KEEP THIS EXTRA SPACE FROM OPENING. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME, THOSE OF US WHO WANT THE CENTER, WE'RE THE ONES ACTUALLY FIGHTING FOR BETTER CONDITIONS AND MORE BEDS. AND IF THE ARIZONA PRISON IN MARANA DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE, THEN WE NEED TO QUICKLY FIND ANOTHER ONE TO OPEN. THE ANSWER IS NOT TO KEEP CRAMMING MORE PEOPLE INTO LESS SPACE. 2ND, I HAVE COMPASSION FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT UP IN ALL OF THIS AS A CHRISTIAN, I BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON IS MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, AND THAT ALONE DESERVES RESPECT BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO BREAK LAWS WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES. AND I HEAR SOME OF THE PERSONAL STORIES AND THEY PULL AT THE HEARTSTRINGS. OF COURSE, NO ONE WANTS FAMILIES TO BE SEPARATED, BUT ALSO A PERSON WHO BRINGS THEIR FAMILY INTO A COUNTRY ILLEGALLY IS KNOWING AND IS KNOWINGLY BREAKING ITS LAWS. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO PUT THEIR FAMILY IN THIS HORRIBLE POSITION, THEY CHOSE TO PUT THEIR FAMILY AT RISK BY BREAKING THE LAW, AND THEY AND THEIR DECISION TO BREAK THE LAW IS WHAT IS HURTING THEIR FAMILY. THAT IS 100% ON THEM. YOU CAN'T GET MAD AT THE PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY WHO ARE NOW ENFORCING THE LAW. IT'S NOT AMERICA'S FAULT OR TRUMP'S FAULT OR ICES FAULT THAT PEOPLE WHO BREAK THE LAW WILL THEN HAVE TO SUFFER CONSEQUENCES FOR BREAKING THOSE LAWS. IN ROMANS 13 3, PAUL SAYS, FOR RULERS HOLD NO TERROR FOR THOSE WHO DO RIGHT, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO WRONG. DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE FROM THE FEAR OF WHAT AN AUTHORITY? THEN DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND YOU WILL BE COMMENDED, FOR IT IS A MINISTER OF GOD TO YOU FOR GOOD. IF SOMEONE'S FOLLOWING IMMIGRATION RULES, THEY HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BUT IF THEY'RE BREAKING IMMIGRATION LAWS, I'M SURE IT IS VERY SCARY FOR THEM AND I HATE THAT FOR THEM BUT THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN THIS POSITION AND I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD HAS IMMIGRATION LAWS LIKE THIS. I GOOGLED IT TO MAKE SURE, AND THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO AMERICA AND IT'S NOTHING NEW. [00:15:05] IT JUST HONESTLY SEEMS LIKE TEDIOUS AND CAN WE STOP WITH THE TRUMP IS HITLER HYSTERIA AND DETENTION CENTERS ARE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. IT IS GROTESQUE AND IT CHEAPENS THE ACTUAL HOLOCAUST, SPITS ON SURVIVORS AND MOCKS THEIR SUFFERING. AND HONESTLY, IT MAKES THE PEOPLE SAYING IT LOOKS SMALL, LIKE YOU'VE GOT NO REAL ARGUMENTS. AND SO YOU JUST SCREAM HITLER AND HOPE IT LANDS. TRUMP IS ENFORCING EXISTING LAW JUST LIKE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS HAVE DONE, AND JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IS DOING, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS NOT GENOCIDE. ICE IS NOT ROUNDING UP PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE, THEY ARE DEPORTING PEOPLE WHO BROKE ENTRY LAWS. LIKE EVERY OTHER COUNTRY DOES. NAZIS TARGETED RACE ICE TARGETS IMMIGRATION STATUS. 1 IS EVIL, THE OTHER IS BIBLICAL. IT IS ENFORCING A COUNTRY'S LAWS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JACKIE MAGUIRE, FOLLOWED BY DONNA FINE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT RESPECT MARANA CODE OF ETHICS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'LL BE DISCUSSING, AMENDING SAYS, QUOTE, ONE OF THE NUMBER A, SO THE MOST IMPORTANT IS ETHICS AND INTEGRITY, HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST ARE ENHANCED WHEN PEOPLE PERCEIVE THEIR DEALINGS WITH ANY ORGANIZATION ARE CONDUCTED IN AN HONEST AND TRUTHFUL MANNER. ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS CAN ENHANCE THE PUBLIC TRUST BY ENSURING THAT COMMUNICATION ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS ARE HONEST AND TRUTHFUL TO THE VERY BEST OF ONE'S KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY. FAIRNESS AND RESPECT. ALL ISSUES AND CITIZENS ARE HANDLED WITH IMPARTIALITY AND RESPECT. ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ADVISORY BOARD, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO TREAT ALL CITIZENS FAIRLY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PERCEPTION OF FAIRNESS AND RESPECT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY DIVIDING TIME REASONABLY AMONGST POTENTIAL SPEAKERS ON AN ISSUE AT A PUBLIC HEARING OR MEETING. IN REVIEWING, DISCUSSING AND DECIDING ISSUES, TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BE ACCESSIBLE, OPEN AND DIRECT, NOT ONLY WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR BOARD, BUT ALSO CITIZENS AND REPRESENTATIVES WHO APPEAR BEFORE THEM. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENTITLED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR PUBLIC SERVANTS AND UNDERSTAND THE POSITION OF THE COUNCIL OR COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ISSUES. THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS THAT I'M REALLY SAD. VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER IS NOT HERE TODAY BECAUSE, DESPITE YOUR ASSERTIONS THAT HER ACTIONS DO NOT VIOLATE LINK VERSUS FREED, THE VICE MAYOR HAS DEVELOPED A HABIT OF BLOCKING PEOPLE SHE DOESN'T LIKE OR AGREE WITH ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEN TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO SAY HORRIFICALLY DISRESPECTFUL AND INTENTIONALLY UNTRUE THINGS ABOUT THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, A FEW DAYS AGO, THE VICE MAYOR MENTIONED MYSELF AS BEING ONE OF THE PEOPLE AT THE PROTEST THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED FOR THE ICE DETENTION FACILITY. NOT ONLY WAS I NOT THERE, SHE ALSO MENTIONED ME AS BEING PART OF A SLATE OF CANDIDATES. THERE ARE 3 CANDIDATES RUNNING AS A SLATE, AND I AM NOT ONE OF THEM. SHE ALSO SAID THAT I WAS ANTI-POLICE AND QUITE FRANKLY, MY FATHER, WHO WAS CHIEF OF MILITARY POLICE ON THE MILITARY BASE THAT I WAS BORN ON AND WHOSE FAVORITE PICTURE IS HIM AND I STANDING IN FRONT OF HIS SQUAD CAR IN THE SMALL TOWN THAT I GREW UP IN AFTER HE RETIRED. WOULD BE PRETTY DISGUSTED TO HEAR THAT. YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE A RIGHT TO YOUR OPINION, BUT TO ASSERT THAT THE FACT THAT THE VICE MAYOR'S ACTIONS ARE PROTECTED BY SOME FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT WHEN SHE IS DISRESPECTING, BELITTLING, AND LITERALLY LYING ABOUT THE CITIZEN SHE WAS ELECTED TO REPRESENT IS ABSOLUTE CRAP. [APPLAUSE] I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTINUE FOR AS LONG AS IT HAS. COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD HAS ALSO TAKEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO CALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS TOWN IGNORANT AND ILL INFORMED. HAS IN THESE MEETINGS TOLD US WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE DON'T KNOW THE LAW. THE FACT THAT THIS CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE HAS MADE THE NEWS. IT HAS BECOME FODDER ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT IS ERODING THE CREDIBILITY OF THIS COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE WE NEED TO DO, BUT WE NEED TO BE RESPECTED AS CITIZENS AND YOU NEED TO FOLLOW YOUR CODE OF CONDUCT. [APPLAUSE] NEXT SPEAKER IS DONNA FINE, FOLLOWED BY HAROLD JOSS. MY HUSBAND AND I. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE A SISTER THAT LIVE IN THAT LIVES IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE TODDLERS, THEY LIVE ON THE VERY STREET ABOVE WHERE ALEX PRETI WAS MURDERED ON THAT DAY WHEN THE MURDER OCCURRED. THEY TRIED TO HUDDLE WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN THE BACK OF THEIR APARTMENT IN HOPES THAT THE TEAR GAS WOULD NOT REACH THEM OR THEIR CHILDREN. NO ONE IS BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE WHEN FEDERAL AGENTS MURDER CITIZENS OR SPRAY CHEMICALS ON THEM. [00:20:07] I WOULD NEVER WANT TO EXPERIENCE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I WONDER, IS THIS WHAT YOU WOULD WANT THE CHILDREN OF MARANA TO EXPERIENCE? ICE DAMAGES THE COMMUNITY, IT CHANGES EVERYTHING. ACTUAL PROTECTIONS ARE BEING DIMINISHED, RESOURCES ARE BEING PULLED AWAY FROM CYBER SECURITY, FROM ADDRESSING DRUG TRAFFICKING, FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND MORE. MORE SECURITY MEASURES ARE BEING REMOVED IN ORDER TO GO AFTER AND DEPORT THOSE WHO ARE HARMING NO ONE AND HAVE COMMITTED NO CRIMES. THIS ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY'RE GOING AFTER THE WORST OF THE WORST. YET, OVER 70% OF THOSE DETAINED BY ICE HAVE COMMITTED NO CRIMES, THEY CAME TO OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY WERE IN FEAR OF PHYSICAL HARM, IN FEAR OF RAPE, IN FEAR THAT IF THEY STAYED THERE, THEIR LIVES OR THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WERE IN DANGER. WHO AMONG US WOULD NOT DO THEIR VERY BEST TO KEEP THEIR FAMILIES SAFE AND ALIVE? AT THE LAST TOWN COUNCIL MEETING, SOMEONE STATED THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A SWEET DEAL THAT IMMIGRANTS CAN SELF-DEPORT AND GET $1,000 TO DO SO. YET THERE ARE MANY IN DETENTION CENTERS WHO HAVE REMAINED THERE FOR MANY MONTHS AFTER SAYING THEY WANTED TO SELF-DEPORT. THIS IS COSTING OUR COUNTRY A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY TO PAY TO KEEP THESE PEOPLE IN DETENTION CENTERS UNDER HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS WHERE HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS ARE COMMON. EVEN IF YOU IGNORE THAT POINT, I HAVE TO WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE CONSIDER IT A GREAT DEAL TO GIVE UP THEIR SAFETY OR THE SAFETY OF THEIR FAMILY FOR THE PRICE OF $1,000 OR A COUPLE THOUSAND. THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT ADHERING TO THE LAW. MANY IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE FULLY COMPLIED WITH THE LAW AND ARE HERE LEGALLY ARE BEING DETAINED. MANY OF THOSE END UP IN ICE DETENTION CENTERS, CITIZENS ARE BEING DETAINED WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. THERE IS NO WAY TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE EVEN CITIZENS, DOCUMENTS ARE OFTEN TAKEN AWAY AND NOT RETURNED TO THEM. DETENTION CENTERS OFTEN SERVE MAGGOT RIDDEN FOOD AND FAIL TO PROVIDE MEDICAL MEDICAL CARE. JUST RECENTLY, SOMEONE DIED DUE TO NOT HAVING MEDICAL CARE FROM A TOOTHACHE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HAROLD JOSS, FOLLOWED BY JOE FOUTS, MAYOR AND TOWN MANAGER, DEPUTY TOWN MANAGER. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO ALL SPEAK ON A REGULAR BASIS ON CURRENT ISSUES. I APPRECIATE THAT. 4 WEEKS AGO, I WAS HERE FOR MY FIRST EVER COUNCIL MEETING AND I WAS KIND OF APPALLED. 1 OF THE THINGS IS THE PROPOSED ICE DETENTION FACILITY AND EVERYBODY SAID IT WAS GOING TO REDUCE SAFETY AND WE CAN BECOME DANGEROUS AND ALL THAT. SO I CAN RESPOND WITH MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. WE MOVED INTO THE AREA IN 1989. WE LOOKED AROUND FOR A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE. WE DECIDED ON THE MARANA SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GO, AND I WAS A PILOT AT THE TIME AND THE APPLE VALLEY AIRPORT WAS RIGHT UP THE ROAD. IT'S A GREAT LITTLE REGIONAL PLACE. SO WE SETTLED THERE IN 89 ABOUT AND I HAVE TO READ THIS FOR YEARS. 5 YEARS LATER, THE MARANA COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT FACILITY OPENED UP, IT WAS LOW, I FORGET WHAT THEY CALL IT, LOW SECURITY AND IT WAS A REHABILITATION TYPE OF THING AND I DON'T RECALL ANY KIND OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS, PROBLEMS OR ANYTHING DURING THE OPERATION OF THAT AND WE'VE GONE ALL THESE YEARS, AND I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD A PEEP OUT OF ANYBODY ABOUT THAT. SO NOW HERE WE ARE 15 YEARS LATER OR WHATEVER IT'S BEEN, AND THEY'RE GETTING BACK AND WE HAVE NOW THE SAME FACILITY, THE SAME PEOPLE RUNNING THE FACILITY. IT'S CHANGED ITS PURPOSE. IT'S NOW AN ICE DETENTION FACILITY, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO REALLY CHANGE MUCH OF ANYTHING. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME TOWN WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING AND 4 WEEKS AGO, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW. WELL, SINCE THIS IS THE SAME FACILITY WE'VE HAD, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES OF LAW. IT'S JUST COMING BACK AGAIN, I DON'T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. SO I THINK IT IS ADDRESSING OR HELPING ADDRESS THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT PROBLEM WE INHERITED OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS. AND SO I WISH TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR ALL THESE YEARS, SINCE 1989, ANYWAY, AND HELP GUIDE MARANA THE WAY IT SHOULD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT. [00:25:07] THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOE FOUTS, FOLLOWED BY DENNIS SHANNON. HEY, GUYS, WE'RE HERE AGAIN AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE HERE FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT TRUMP DOES IS A BAD IDEA AND NO ONE LIKES IT. SO WE'LL KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL WE UNTIL WE DIE, UNTIL I DIE AT LEAST. SO AND JUST THE NAME TRUMP TRIGGERS THESE LEFT PEOPLE AND THEY GET MAD AND CRY AND SCREAM AND NAMES MAKE UP LIES AND I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE DETENTION CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. SO I'LL CHECK, I'LL CHECK ON THEM. I'LL LOOK ON MY BACKYARD AND HEY, IS EVERYTHING GOING ALL RIGHT OVER THERE? SO IT'S GOING TO BE FINE. SO AND THE MAGGOTS IN THE FOOD AND THE HORRIBLE SITUATIONS, IT'S DETENTION. IT'S JAIL, IT'S PRISON. YOU'VE DONE A CRIME. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S BEEN LOCKED UP IN AN ACTUAL FEDERAL PRISON. THERE'S ONE ON WILMONT, YOU GUYS CAN VISIT THAT AND IT'S IT'S NOT PRETTY. IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE PRETTY. YOU KNOW? YOU DID A CRIME. I HEAR THINGS ABOUT SEPARATING FAMILIES. YOU KNOW IF THE DAD IS BEING BOOKED OVER TO THE KIDS AND THE MOM CAN GET A SUITCASE AND GO WITH THEM. NO ONE'S STOPPING US. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE RULE OF LAW, RIGHT? IF I WERE TO HIT MY WIFE AT MY HOUSE AND THE POLICE CALLED. I WOULD BE RIPPED APART FROM MY FAMILY AND PUT IN JAIL. IT'S CONSEQUENCES. SO THE LAW, THE LAW THAT WAS BROKEN IS BEING ILLEGAL. SO YOU GOT TO GO BACK, DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE YOU OVER HERE. SO. YEAH, BUT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. DON'T LET THESE LEFT PEOPLE INTERROGATE OR ANTAGONIZE, HARASS. AND WE JUST GOT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. SO JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET MORE GOOD PEOPLE UP ON THE PANEL AND WE CAN KEEP THIS TOWN GOING AND MAYBE TAKE OVER TUCSON, GET REGINA OUT OF THERE AND ALL HER LITTLE FRIENDS. AND I MEAN, THEY JUST ARE. IT'S LIKE A WHOLE FAMILY OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NUTS. SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT NEXT, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP MOVING ON DOWN THE ROAD. GOOD JOB GUYS, AND LET'S KEEP DOING IT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE 6 MINUTES LEFT UNTIL WE HIT 30 MINUTES. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DENNIS SHANNON, FOLLOWED BY COLIN MELLORS. HELLO, MAYOR POST. GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU TOO. PATRICK. COUNCIL. MEMBERS TERI. DENNIS. SHANNON. I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHY I OPPOSE THIS IN ALL ICE DETENTION CENTERS. LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT QUOTED CHAPTER AND VERSE OF U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW TO EXPLAIN TO US THAT IT IS A CRIME TO BE IN THE COUNTRY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, ACTUALLY, IT'S A MISDEMEANOR CIVIL OFFENSE. ENTERING THE COUNTRY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION IS A MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL OFFENSE. BOTH OF THEM ARE MISDEMEANORS, WHICH MEANS A MINOR INFRACTION. THE WORST THAT YOU CAN BE ACCUSED OF IS ENTERING THE COUNTRY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, BEING DEPORTED THAN ENTERING THE COUNTRY AGAIN. THE PENALTY FOR THAT, IF FOUND GUILTY, IS 6 MONTHS IN A FEDERAL PRISON. THE DIFFICULTY IS IF FOUND GUILTY, THERE ARE 90,000 PEOPLE CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN OVER 200 ICE DETENTION CENTERS ACROSS THIS LAND OF THE FREE WHO HAVE NEVER HAD THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS HONORED. THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH I KNOW EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM UPHOLDS, CLEARLY STATES THAT ANY PERSON WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES, CITIZEN OR NOT, IF ACCUSED OF, IF SUSPECTED OF AN OFFENSE, HAS THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW, THE RIGHT TO SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL, THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL. THESE PEOPLE HAVE HAD NO DUE PROCESS OF LAW. THEY HAVE NEVER TALKED TO AN ATTORNEY AND THEY HAVE NOT EVEN HAD A HEARING, MUCH LESS A FAIR TRIAL, THAT IS INHUMANE AGAINST THE LAW AND A BLATANT VIOLATION OF OUR CONSTITUTION. HOW DO WE OPPOSE THIS? AND I CALL ON EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM, WHATEVER YOUR POLITICAL LEANINGS ARE, TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. WE OPPOSE IT BY PASSING AT LEAST A RESOLUTION. I WASN'T HERE 2 MEETINGS AGO BECAUSE I WAS IN SOUTH TUCSON, WHERE I WITNESSED BOTH CONSERVATIVES AND PROGRESSIVES VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO PASS A RESOLUTION OPPOSING MARANA'S PROPOSED DETENTION CENTER BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THE DETRIMENT THAT THAT CENTER WOULD HAVE ON THEIR [00:30:09] LITTLE COMMUNITY. OUR SISTER STATE NEXT DOOR IN NEW MEXICO HAS NOT PASSED A RESOLUTION, NOT AN ORDINANCE. THEY HAVE PASSED A STATE LAW PROHIBITING ICE DETENTION CENTERS IN THEIR FAIR STATE, 3 OF WHICH EXIST. 1 OF THEM IS BEING DISMANTLED, WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, A HIGHLY RESPECTED HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ORGANIZATION THAT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE COMPANY THAT RUNS THAT DETENTION CENTER IS, I QUOTE, INCAPABLE OF RUNNING A HUMANE FACILITY. THAT COMPANY IS NONE OTHER THAN OUR VERY OWN MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING CORPORATION. I CALL ON EVERYONE IN MARANA TO OPPOSE THIS ILLEGAL, INHUMANE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL DETENTION OF PEOPLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.[APPLAUSE] NEXT SPEAKER IS COLIN MELLORS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, WHILE I VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE MARANA'S CURRENT DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, MARANA EXISTING REGULATORY FRAMEWORK MUST BE UPDATED TO ADDRESS THE REALITIES THAT THESE FACILITIES BRING. FIRST, THE ORDINANCE ENABLES GENERATOR USE FOR BACKUP AND EMERGENCY PURPOSES, BUT NEVER DEFINES THOSE TERMS. OPERATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE EXPLOITED IDENTICAL LANGUAGE TO RUN EQUIPMENT FOR PEAK DEMAND, OFFSET AND CONTINUOUS PRIME GENERATION. THIS DISTINCTION IS NOT SEMANTIC. IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ENGINE RUNNING INFREQUENTLY AND CONTINUOUSLY. I'M REQUESTING EXPLICIT USE CATEGORY CATEGORIES WITH ANNUAL. OUR CAPS, TRANSPARENT PUBLIC MONITORING AND A PROHIBITION ON RECLASSIFICATION WITHOUT A NEW PUBLIC HEARING TO THIS BODY. 2ND, A FACILITY OF THIS SIZE CAN STORE UPWARDS OF HALF 1 MILLION TO 2 MILLION PLUS GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL ON SITE, DEPENDING ON DESIGN DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE. THE ROAD SITE FACILITY LIES IN THE TUCSON ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA RECHARGE ZONES AND NEAR SENSITIVE AREAS SUCH AS THE VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERY. I'M REQUESTING MANDATORY ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS, EXPLICIT STORAGE AND CONTAINMENT STANDARDS, GROUNDWATER AND LEAK MONITORING PROGRAMS, AND REPORTING ALIGNMENTS WITH ADEQ TO ENSURE NO DAMAGE HAPPENS FROM LEAKING DIESEL FUEL. 3RD, THE ORDINANCE CONTAINS NO PROVISIONS FOR LARGE SCALE BATTERY STORAGE, A TECHNOLOGY INCREASINGLY DEPLOYED AT FACILITIES OF THIS SIZE AND STATURE. A LITHIUM ION THERMAL RUNAWAY EVENT AT HYPERSCALE CAN CONSUME HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF SUPPRESSION WATER DAILY TO KEEP THEM FROM BURNING THE THE FACILITY DOWN. I'M REQUESTING INDEPENDENT SAFETY ASSESSMENTS AND ACTIONABLE MITIGATION PLANS AS PERMITTING PREREQUISITES, ALONG WITH ROAD NETWORK ASSESSMENTS FOR TANKER SHUTTLE OPERATIONS. IN THE EVENT, ONSITE SUPPRESSION INFRASTRUCTURE PROVES INSUFFICIENT. 4TH, GOOD ENGINEERING. GOOD ENGINEERING PRACTICE FROM THE EPA STACK, HEIGHT CALCULATION SHOULD BE PERMIT PREREQUISITES, NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT. EXISTING AMBIGUITY IN THE DEFINITION OF THE BUILDING HEIGHT AND WHAT'S INCLUDED ENTIRELY IN ITS CALCULATION AT THE FOR THE COMPLETE FACILITY NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. 5TH, MARANA SITS IN A VALLEY WITH DOCUMENTED THERMAL INVERSIONS, MONSOON STAGNATION, EVENTS, AND DRAINAGE FLOWS THAT CAN CHANNEL EMISSIONS TOWARDS PINAL COUNTY, ORO VALLEY AND THE IRONWOOD FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT. ROUTINE GENERATOR LOAD TESTING SHOULD BE PROHIBITED DURING THE PRE-MONSOON WINDOWS AND ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AIR QUALITY HAZARD DAYS, NOT JUST THE CURRENT EVENING AND WEEKEND PROHIBITIONS. 6TH ORO VALLEY, PINAL COUNTY, ACD, ADEQ AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, WHICH HOLDS STANDING FOR IRONWOOD FOREST ALL HAVE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN THESE PROJECTS AND THE SPECIFIC PERMITS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. FORMAL NOTIFICATION AND CONSULTATION WITH THESE BODIES SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTIONAL COURTESY. FINALLY, MULTIPLE CO-LOCATED FACILITIES, POTENTIALLY UNDER DIFFERENT LEGAL OWNERSHIP, MUST BE TREATED AS A SINGLE SOURCE FOR EMISSIONS ACCOUNTING. WITHOUT THE SAFEGUARD, THRESHOLD SPLITTING IS NOT JUST POSSIBLE, IT'S PREDICTABLE. THE ORDINANCE MUST AGGREGATE FACILITIES WITHIN A 1 MILE RADIUS FOR PERMITTING AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PURPOSES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] DID YOU? DID YOU LEAVE THAT INFORMATION HERE? AND I'LL SEND A DIGITAL COPY TO MAKE IT EASIER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. BUSY WEEK THERE. [ MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS] MAYOR. THANK YOU. WE HAD 10TH ANNIVERSARY ARIZONA VETERANS CEMETERY EVENT LAST WEEK. [00:35:02] ALSO DASHED OVER TO NORTHWEST FIRE AWARDS AND RECOGNITION MEETING AT THE STAR DANCE, AND MY FAVORITE WAS THE CLASSIC AND FAMILY NAIL SPA IN THE GLADDEN FARMS FRY'S SHOPPING CENTER. IT WAS A MARANA CHAMBER EVENT AND LOOKING AT MY NAILS I SHOULD HAVE STAYED LONGER. THANK YOU MAYOR APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER. NO REPORT MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY. JUST REALLY JUST REALLY QUICK, WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT FOUNDER'S DAY IS ON SATURDAY. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT FOUNDER'S TIME THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY GETS TOGETHER AND IT'S EVENT THAT'S HOSTED BY OUR TOWN. ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR MARANA, FFA AND 4-H KIDS. THEY HOSTED AN EVENT ON SUNDAY AT MARANA HERITAGE ARENA LAST SUNDAY, AND WE HAD KIDS FROM ALL OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA COME AND OUR KIDS ARE AMAZING AND I HOPE YOU GUYS REALLY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SEE THE KIDS OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND ALSO, PLEASE SUPPORT THEM AT THE FAIR. THESE KIDS WORK EXTREMELY HARD ON THEIR BOOKS AND THEIR LOGINS AND SHOUT OUT TO BRIAN LEE, WHO RUNS THE HORSE PART OF IT. IT WAS AMAZING. OUR KIDS NOT ONLY WERE AT THE TOP OF THEIR CLASSES, BUT THEIR WAY THEY TREATED OTHER PEOPLE WAS AMAZING, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM OUR CHILDREN. SO SHOUT OUT TO THAT. AND ALSO I GOT TO ATTEND THE CEMETERY DEAL AND OPEN MARANA MORTUARY AND CEMETERY. WE ARE ALWAYS REALLY PROUD OF OUR VETERANS AREA, BUT WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE VETERANS CEMETERY HERE IN ARIZONA, IT IS AMAZING. SO A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL, BUT THANK YOU GUYS. AND YOU'RE YOU'RE THE ANNOUNCER FOR FOUNDERS DAY AGAIN. AWESOME. THAT'S GREAT. COUNCIL MEMBER KAI. MAYOR. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE VETERANS CEMETERY. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ALWAYS SUCH AN EMOTIONAL TIME FOR ME TO BE OVER THERE. AND, AND WHAT A GREAT EVENT THAT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WENT INTO PUTTING THAT CEMETERY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S JUST SUCH A TO ME, IT'S JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SPOT. JUST EVERY OPPORTUNITY I HAVE TO GO THERE JUST PROVES THAT. LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DID I DO? I HAD SOMETHING ELSE. OH. RTA. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ON RTA. I PERSONALLY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO PASS, BUT IT ACTUALLY DID OVERWHELMINGLY. IN FACT, IT WAS FAIRLY A SIZABLE MANDATE FOR THE, FOR THE VOTERS IN OUR REGION AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO DON'T TELL ANYBODY, BUT MARANA IS GOING TO REALLY, REALLY CLEAN UP UNDER RTA NEXT. I MEAN, MARANA IS GOING TO DO VERY, VERY WELL. WE GET MORE ROAD, TANGERINE ROAD WE GET THE TANGERINE TI, YOU KNOW AND THEN THE COUNTY'S PORTION, WHICH WE NEVER REALLY EVEN TALKED ABOUT. THE COUNTY IS GOING TO DO THORNYDALE, SILVERBELL MR. ROZEMA WHERE THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM, ISN'T THERE? LINDA VISTA LAMBERT YOU KNOW ROADS THAT ARE VERY ADJACENT TO THE TOWN THAT ARE GOING TO JUST PLAY SUCH A BENEFICIAL ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SO OVERALL, MARANA DID VERY, VERY WELL IN RTA NEXT. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO START MEETING AS AN RTA BOARD. WE ARE GOING TO START TO MEET TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS GET MOVED FORWARD VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AND TYPICALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE ENTITY SO MARANA OR TUCSON OR ORO VALLEY, YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF GETTING YOUR PROJECT READY TO GO AND IN TRUE MARANA FASHION, WE DON'T MESS AROUND. WE GET OUR PROJECTS READY TO GO SO THAT WHEN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY, WE ARE FIRST IN LINE. WE ARE READY TO GO. AND SO YOU WILL SEE THAT THAT WILL BE THE CASE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE OUR PROJECTS READY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TERMS EVERY TERM. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT RTA. MR. ROZEMA. [ MANAGER’S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS] MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. A FEW UPDATES, OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UPDATES, 41 PERMITS THROUGH YESTERDAY. AS OF NOON TODAY, ACTUALLY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2025, WE HAD 135. SO A BANNER MONTH LAST YEAR PACING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THAT. RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE A CONCERT IN THE COURTYARD EVENT COMING UP THIS COMING THURSDAY. IT'S GOING TO BE WARM. SO BRING YOUR WATERS AND HATS AND WHATNOT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT BAND THERE, TOMSMITH A MOTOWN, R&B, LATIN AND JAZZ BAND. [00:40:05] SO GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND HEAR SOME LIVE MUSIC. AS COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY INDICATED, WE DO HAVE FOUNDERS DAY EVENT THIS COMING SATURDAY. AGAIN, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY WARM. SO WE WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE BRING LOTS OF WATER. WE'LL HAVE TONS OF WATER. THE TEAM MET TODAY TO TALK ABOUT ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE STAY COOL, OPENING UP SPACES, THE LOBBIES, THE MARC OTHER AREAS, COOLING STATIONS, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO STAY AS COOL AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP TO BRING ONE CAN OF FOOD, NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEM, OR PET FOOD FOR THE MARANA FOOD BANK. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DONATION BOXES. THE FOOD BANK IS SOMETHING WE ALL SUPPORT AND LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TO SUPPORT. SO WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP AND DO THAT. WE DO HAVE THE STATE OF TOWN THAT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY, ON THURSDAY, APRIL THE 2ND OUT AT THE RITZ CARLTON AND THE THEME THIS YEAR IS BUILDING THE TOWN OF TOMORROW AND WE DID HAVE RELEASED THIS PAST WEEK. ACTUALLY TODAY THE MOST RECENT REAL TALK WITH THE TOWN WHERE WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH THE CHIEF AND LISA SCHAFER ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT MARANA STAYS SAFE AND CLEAN AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR EVERYBODY DECIDES TO LEAVE OR STAY. I WANT TO HAVE EVERYBODY WATCH THIS PRESENTATION. [ Relating to Communications; Presentation and discussion regarding the Town of Marana's Tangerine Interchange Improvements Outreach Strategy (Vic Hathaway)] SO WE'RE GOING TO DO P.1. FIRST AND THEN IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME. ITEM P.1. RELATING TO COMMUNICATIONS, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE TOWN OF MARANA TANGERINE INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS OUTREACH STRATEGY. MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS PRESENTATION THAT VIC IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH HERE. REALLY IS, I THINK, JUST AN AMAZING IDEA FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND NO DOUBT THAT PEOPLE DON'T ENJOY SITTING IN TRAFFIC WHEN THERE'S CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. AND WE HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON AT THE TANGERINE INTERCHANGE AND IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT DURING THE PROJECT BUT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, IT'S GOING TO BE GLORIOUS AND SO VIC'S GOING TO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE AND TO MAKE THIS NOT SUCH A UNPLEASANT THING. SO, VIC, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. TERI, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY. I'M ALSO JOINED WITH FAUSTO FAUSTO, SO HE'LL BE HERE. I CAN SPEAK FROM THE PR PERSPECTIVE. HE'S HERE TO GIVE THE EXPERT INPUT FROM THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF PUBLIC WORKS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE TANGERINE ROAD INTERCHANGE. HERE'S A MAP OF THE AREA. PRETTY MUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. YOU'LL SEE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT IMPACTING PHASES TO THE AREA AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE. SO PHASE 1 IS ALREADY COMPLETED. THIS WAS THE WESTBOUND OFF RAMP IMPROVEMENTS AND AS A AS A RESULT OF PHASE 1 WE HAD A NEW DEDICATED WESTBOUND TURN LANES AND WE GOT MORE VEHICLE STORAGE. PHASE 2 THROUGH 4. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STARTING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE EASTBOUND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. AS A RESULT OF THIS PHASE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES, NEW DEDICATED EASTBOUND TURN LANE, MORE VEHICLE STORAGE, AND ON AND OFF RAMP REALIGNMENTS. THIS SUMMER IN JULY WILL BEGIN PHASE 5 WHICH IS THE UNDERPASS ABUTMENT IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERPASS LANES. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO WIDE UNDERNEATH JUST LIKE CORTARO, THEY'LL BE DRAIN DRAINAGE BASIN IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPROVED SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY. THAT WILL NOT CONCLUDE, THOSE ARE OUR INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. 1 WILL BE THE RAILROAD CROSSING IMPROVEMENT THAT IS CONTINGENT UPON THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD SCHEDULE AND SO FROM THERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THOSE LANES. WE'LL SEE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN THE EXPANSION WILL HAPPEN AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THEN FINALLY THE ULTIMATE INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN RTA NEXT PERIOD 2. THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A GRADE SEPARATED CROSSING AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, MUCH LIKE WHAT YOU SEE AT TWIN PEAKS. SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO ALEXANDER CHAVEZ FROM PUBLIC WORKS, WHO HELPED PUT TOGETHER THIS INFOGRAPHIC. I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE HOW THE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT. OKAY, SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR PUBLIC? 1ST, WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN EASTBOUND OFF RAMP CLOSURE. SO THIS WILL AFFECT TRAFFIC COMING FROM PHOENIX. THIS WILL BEGIN MAY 18TH TO LAST APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS. TANGERINE ROAD WILL REMAIN OPEN UNDER THE BRIDGE. NEXT BEGINNING JUNE 2026, WILL DO WESTBOUND OFF RAMP CLOSURE, WHICH IS FOR, THIS WILL IMPACT THE TRAFFIC COMING FROM TUCSON. [00:45:01] THIS WILL LAST UNTIL MARCH 2027, SO THIS IS A PRETTY LONG IMPACT. AGAIN, TANGERINE ROAD WILL REMAIN OPEN UNDER THE BRIDGE WITH LANE CLOSURES AND WE WILL. WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH ADOT ABOUT POSSIBLE DETOURS AROUND THIS AREA AND THEN FINALLY, CONTINGENT UPON UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD SCHEDULE, WE WILL SEE A FULL CLOSURE AT TANGERINE RAILROAD CROSSING. SO TANGERINE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING, BUT WILL REMAIN OPEN UNDER THE BRIDGE AND THE RAMPS WILL WILL BE OPEN, BUT WE MAY SEE INTERMITTENT CLOSURES. SO OVERALL, WE HAVE 3 MAIN MESSAGES THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THE 1ST ONE IS, IF POSSIBLE, AVOID TANGERINE INTERCHANGE. AND THIS WILL WORK WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE INFORMED OF THE PROJECT AND ARE ABLE TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. OUR 2ND MESSAGE THOUGH, IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO GET STUCK ON TANGERINE INTERCHANGE AREA AND WE HELP TO MANAGE THOSE EXPECTATIONS. SO THIS WILL AFFECT TRAVELERS WHO ARE UNAWARE OF THE PROJECT. A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE REGION COMING THROUGH INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS RIGHT THERE WHO ARE UNABLE TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. AND THEN FINALLY, WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOSTER TRANSPARENCY ON PROJECT LOGISTICS AND OUTCOMES. SO THIS IS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THIS MAJOR INTERCHANGE, AND WE'LL KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET THAT INFORMATION. SO NORMALLY FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS, WE HAVE A STANDARD TRAFFIC ALERTS, OUTREACH PR PROCESS AND THAT INVOLVES TRAFFIC ALERTS, PROJECT WEBSITE, NEWSLETTERS, EMAILS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THOSE THINGS. FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THOUGH, BEING SUCH A BIG PROJECT THAT TAKES SUCH A LONG TIME, WE WANTED TO TAKE INSPIRATION FROM OUR NEIGHBOR OVER IN THE STATE OF UTAH, THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THEY, THEY TOOK ON QUITE A PROJECT WHERE THEY WORKED ON DOZENS OF BRIDGES SIMULTANEOUSLY ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE. THEY WERE LOOKING AT TRAFFIC BRIDGES, WILDLIFE CROSSINGS, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, AND THEY'RE NATURAL BRIDGES AND SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE SOMETHING AT THE SCALE OF OUR TANGERINE INTERCHANGE, THEY'RE DOING THAT ALL OVER THE STATE AT THE SAME TIME AND SO THE WAY THEY DECIDED TO APPROACH THIS WAS KIND OF A SIMILAR IDEA OF HOW CAN WE EDUCATE THE PEOPLE AND MANAGE THEIR EXPECTATIONS. AND SO THEY ROLLED OUT BRIDGEFEST. AND SO IN ADDITION TO A CONCERT TYPE FLIER, THEY ALSO HAD A LICENSED GRAPHIC DESIGNS AND ENCOURAGED BUSINESSES TO, TO MAKE MERCH AND JUST HAD A GREAT CAMPAIGN WHERE THEY WERE TEACHING PEOPLE WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE BRIDGES. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY DID HERE AND SO HOW CAN WE DELIVER AND TAKE INSPIRATION FROM UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVER CRITICAL INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT IS EYE CATCHING AND MEMORABLE? SO TAKING INSPIRATION, WE DECIDED TO INCORPORATE A PLAYFUL APPROACH THAT APPEALS TO THE FAST MOVING MODERN AUDIENCE AND WILL INCORPORATE EDUCATION BASED OUTREACH. SO WE ARE EXPLORING THE GREAT TANGERINE SQUEEZE SOUR NOW, SWEET LATER. SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO DEPLOY THE SAME PR CAMPAIGN THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO OF SOMETHING OF THIS SCALE, HOWEVER, ADDING A LEVEL OF RECOGNITION TO IT. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF OUR PROJECT WEB PAGE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE INFOGRAPHIC THAT I SHOWED EARLIER, AS WELL AS A RECOGNIZABLE MASCOT. THIS SAME BRANDING CAN BE PROMOTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT PHASE WE'RE CURRENTLY IN AND BECAUSE WE ARE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS ONLINE AND ARE RECEIVING OUR EMAILS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD PRINT PRODUCTS AS WELL. SO THE 1ST THING WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IS HAVE THIS PRESENT AT FOUNDERS DAY AT THE TOWN OF MARANA BOOTH, START GETTING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ON THAT. WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING OTHER SIGNAGE AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES LIKE PARK KIOSKS, BUT WE'LL BE EXPANDING ON OUR PRINT MATERIALS. SO OVERALL, OUR OUTREACH METHODS INCLUDE A PROJECT WEB PAGE, SO EVERYONE CAN GO TO MARANAAZ.GOV/SQUEEZE AND FIND THE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THAT INTERCHANGE, FROM THERE, THEY'LL GET THE TRAFFIC ALERTS, MEDIA COVERAGE, EDUCATION VIDEOS, AND ACTIVITIES. MY TEAM PLANS TO WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO GO OUT ON THE FIELD AND DO STORIES WITH THE PEOPLE OUT THERE, AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC IN A FUN WAY. AND AS WELL AS ACTIVITIES, WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT ON THE WEBSITE FOR DIGITAL OUTREACH, THAT INCLUDES A PRESS RELEASE, MEDIA RELATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, EMAILS AND NEWSLETTERS. SO I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO CURRENTLY ISN'T SUBSCRIBED TO THE TOWN OF MARANA, PLEASE GO TO MARANAAZ.GOV THERE'S A NEWSROOM ON THERE AND IF YOU PUT IN YOUR EMAIL, YOU WILL GET NOTIFIED OF EVERYTHING. WE ALSO PLAN TO PUT OUT A REAL TALK WITH THE TOWN OF MARANA PODCAST DEDICATED TO THIS PROJECT. SO SOMEONE WHO MAYBE IS CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC CAN ARE WELCOME TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST EPISODE AND OF COURSE, PRINT MATERIALS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE. SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE STREET, THEY'LL SEE AND RECOGNIZE JUST LIKE OUR PROJECT SIGNS THAT YOU SEE FOR RTA. [00:50:04] IT'LL BE SIMILAR LIKE THAT AND THEN FINALLY, HOW CAN WE ELEVATE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR PUBLIC? AND WE LOOKED AT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY. SO 1 WAS SOMETHING FUN, LIKE A BINGO CARD WHERE, YOU KNOW, DID YOU LEAVE 10 MINUTES EARLIER THAN USUAL? DID YOU TELL SOMEBODY ABOUT THE INTERCHANGE? DID YOU LISTEN TO THE PODCAST EPISODE, THINGS LIKE THAT AND IF YOU COMPLETE YOUR BINGO CARD, YOU CAN GET GIVEAWAYS. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GIVEAWAY ITEMS LIKE THAT. YEAH, AND JUST BUILDING ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT AND OVERALL AWARENESS OF THE PROJECT. SO WE KNOW THAT COUNCIL IS OUT THERE AND YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC AND SO WE WANTED TO HELP YOU WITH THIS. SO MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU AS PART OF YOUR CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO I'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU THE WEB PAGE URL TO PROMOTE. WE HAVE STICKERS THAT WE'VE CREATED AND YOU'RE WELCOME AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE OUR SOCIAL POSTS. SO TO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD AND SO I KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT OUR ROLLOUT VIDEO IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND HOPEFULLY AUDIO WORKS AND WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES. THIS WILL BE JUST KIND OF A FUN INSTAGRAM SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT THE TEAM PUT TOGETHER THIS WEEK AND FEATURES STAFF FROM PUBLIC WORKS, AND I HOPE IT DOESN'T BLAST. WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS.STUCK ON [INAUDIBLE] ROAD AGAIN. EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY. WAIT, IS THAT A TANGERINE? HI, THERE. I'M ALEX CHAVEZ WITH MARANA PUBLIC WORKS. WE KNOW TRAFFIC HERE COULD FEEL LIKE A SQUEEZE, BUT WE'RE MAKING SOME BIG IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROAD AND THAT MEANS A LITTLE MORE CONSTRUCTION WHILE OUR CREWS FINISH OFF BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THERE'S THAT TANGERINE AGAIN. YOU NEED THIS. WE'LL GET TO THIS IN A MOMENT BUT FIRST, DID YOU KNOW WE FINISHED SOME PRETTY BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LIKE THE TANGERINE ROAD WIDENING AND TWIN PEAKS RATTLESNAKE PASS PROJECT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND UNDER BUDGET. WE'RE ALREADY ON TRACK FOR THIS PROJECT BY COMPLETING THE WESTBOUND OFF RAMP IMPROVEMENTS ON TIME, MORE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY. IT MAY BE A LITTLE SLOWER NOW, BUT SWEET LATER. EXACTLY. WELCOME TO THE GREAT TANGERINE SQUEEZE. A LITTLE SOUR NOW, BUT IT'LL BE SO SWEET WHEN IT'S ALL DONE. SERIOUSLY? OKAY. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. I WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS. AND FAUSTO IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT. WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY WELL DONE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, REALLY HELP OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH TANGERINE AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL GET BETTER. IF I COULD ASK FAUSTO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. HI. IS YOUR SO YOU SAID LANE CLOSURES, WESTBOUND LANE CLOSURES. DOES THAT MEAN NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO GET OFF AT TANGERINE AT TIMES? WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THAT. MAYOR. YEAH, I THINK WE'RE. YEAH. SO WE'RE STILL EVALUATING LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE ROUTES AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THE CONCERN IS, AS YOU'RE AWARE PREVIOUSLY TO US IMPROVING THE WESTBOUND OFF RAMP DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION AND INCREASING THE STORAGE CAPACITY, THERE WAS SOME STACKING THAT WOULD OCCUR IN VEHICLES STACK ONTO THE MAIN LINE OF THE INTERSTATE WITH THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO, TO BUILD THE ABUTMENT LANES OR ACTUALLY CARVE OUT THE ABUTMENT LANES, I SHOULD SAY THEY NEED TO HAVE MORE AREA TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THAT. SO WE DO NEED TO SHRINK DOWN TO ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY NEED THAT EXTRA ROOM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK. THOUGH WON'T COMPLETELY CLOSE IT FOR THE MOST PART. IT WON'T COMPLETELY CLOSE IT, BUT OUR CONCERN IS THAT WESTBOUND OFF RAMP STACKING BACK. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO TO NEGATE HAVING TO DO THAT. BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT COULD IT STILL BE OPEN AS FAR AS PEOPLE GOING EASTBOUND ON TANGERINE, THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT'S AN OPTION THAT'S BEING EVALUATED. SO IF PEOPLE WERE TO CHOOSE TO GET OFF AT AVRA VALLEY, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABL, IS THAT FRONTAGE ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE GOING TO BE 2 LANE, OR IS IT GOING TO REVERT TO 1 LANE? SO AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS UTILIZING AVRA VALLEY AND MAYBE DOING SOME SOME CHANGING OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROL THERE WHERE THE CURRENTLY THERE'S A STOP ON THE OFF RAMP AND MAYBE REMOVING THAT. AGAIN, THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS WITH ADOT. SO NOTHING SET IN STONE. THE CONCERN WITH UTILIZING THE FRONTAGE ROAD IS THERE'S A RAILROAD SPUR THAT GOES TO CALLE PORTLAND THAT CAME UP AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THEIR TRAINS ACTIVELY STACK THERE. WE'VE HEARD ANYWHERE FROM 15 MINUTES TO AN HOUR PLUS, SO WE DON'T WANT TO ESTABLISH A DETOUR THAT WOULD PLACE TRAVELING PUBLIC TO OUR TRAINS ARE THEN BASICALLY LOCKED IN PLACE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS. SO IF THIS FORCES MORE PEOPLE TO USE MARANA, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT? [00:55:04] COULD YOU PUT IN SOME TEMPORARY STOPS SIGNALS AT MARANA. SO. WHEN CARS GET OFF, IT'S 1, 1, 1. I MEAN, IT JUST TAKES FOREVER. CORRECT. SO SPEAKING WESTBOUND SO WE'LL CALL IT UPSTREAM. WE'RE LOOKING AT AVRA VALLEY AND OR TWIN PEAKS BEING AN OPTION AND 1 DETOUR ROUTE WOULD ACTUALLY BE TO UTILIZE AVRA VALLEY AND THE TAKE TRAFFIC AROUND TO SANDERS AND BRINGING THEM UP IN THE NORTH MARANA THAT, THAT WAY IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER ROUTE. WE'VE DONE SOME, USING GOOGLE AT THIS POINT, SOME ESTIMATES OF HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE YOU TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, IT'S ABOUT 5 MINUTES LONGER. GOING THAT ROUTE THAN GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN AND GETTING OFF AT TANGERINE. SO, SO THERE IS. I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BECAUSE THE ISSUE WITH PLACING SIGNALS AT MARANA IS THAT THERE WOULD NEED TO BE AN INTERFACE WITH THE RAILROAD, SO IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST PUTTING IN TEMPORARY SIGNALS IN PLACE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO INTERFACE WITH THE SIGNAL THAT EXISTS FOR THE TRAINS. SO THOSE 2 WOULD HAVE COMMUNICATIONS AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN EASILY OR QUICKLY WITH UPR. OKAY. SO COUNCILMEMBER KAI GO AHEAD. IS THERE A WAY WE CAN SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE MARANA INTERCHANGE? SEEMS LIKE COMING OFF THE RAMP OR COMING FROM THE EAST AREA. SAN LUCAS, THAT TRAFFIC GOES AWFULLY FAST UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN SLOW THAT DOWN IN THE INTERIM WHILE WE'RE GETTING ALL THIS WORK DONE? MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER KAI. I CAN HAVE THE TRAFFIC TEAM EVALUATE THAT AND LOOK AND SEE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT TRAFFIC SPEEDS CONCERNING THAT AREA. HONESTLY, USUALLY THE CONGESTION, IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR HIGH TRAVEL SPEEDS, BUT THAT'S WHAT I USUALLY HEAR ABOUT AS A CONGESTION BUT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. MAYOR I HAD A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER KAI. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TURNING LEFT, COMING OFF THE FREEWAY ON MARANA ROAD, WHATEVER THAT ROAD IS CALLED RIGHT NOW BUT ANYWAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT PEOPLE GOING RIGHT AND YOU WANT TO GO LEFT AND YOU REALLY IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT SEEING THE TRAFFIC COMING FLYING THROUGH THERE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF CLOSE CALLS PERSONALLY AND SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO FOR I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT THAT'S A GOOD POINT. ANYWAYS, ROUTING PEOPLE DOWN AVRA VALLEY ROAD TO SANDERS I THINK, OR SAN DARIO MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CAVANAUGH SANDERS IS IT SANDERS. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD REALLY ELIMINATE THIS. THE YOU KNOW, CONTINUATION OF STACKING CARS ON TANGERINE WHEN TANGERINE IS DOWN TO ONE LANE, I GUESS. RIGHT. THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE, ISN'T IT? IT'S A CHALLENGE AND IT'S A CONCERN. OBVIOUSLY WE WE EXPERIENCED THAT PREVIOUS TO US DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAPPENED BUT NOW THAT IT'S AN ACTIVE WORK PROJECT AND IT IS THE TOWN OF MARANA PROJECT, WE WE DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT STACKING. WE HAD CONCERNS BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY BUT YEAH, WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE TRAFFIC STACKING BACK INTO THE MAIN LINE. YEAH. BESIDES THAT, WHAT ARE SOME OTHER BIG CHALLENGES IN THIS WHOLE PROJECT? JUST OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH ADOT. A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES IS JUST HOW MUCH TRAFFIC VOLUME THAT DOES UTILIZE THAT INTERCHANGE, AS WE KNOW, AND TRYING TO WORK AROUND THAT AND MINIMIZE OUR IMPACTS TO TRAFFIC AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT TRAFFIC. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PRESENTING THIS AND BEFORE I FORGET, I JUST WANT TO GIVE BIG KUDOS TO VIC AND HER TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE AND ALSO MY TEAM. ALEX, AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, WAS PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THIS AS WELL. SO VERY CREATIVE VIC. JUST 1 MORE QUESTION, IF I COULD ON THE LET'S SEE. WELL, LET'S SEE, I THINK THAT'LL DO IT REALLY JUST VERY CREATIVE. WE APPRECIATE THAT, VIC. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A A LONG MEETING, BUT THIS WOULD BE A FINE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. [01:00:16] CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER KAI. [ 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.] MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT. AGENDA C.1 AND C.3. HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM PASSES UP. C.2 MISS [ Resolution No. 2026-017: Relating to Mayor and Council; approving the updated Town of Marana Code of Principle- and Ethics-Centered Governance (Jane Fairall)] FARRELL. ITEM C.2. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-017. RELATING TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL. APPROVING THE UPDATED TOWN OF MARANA CODE OF PRINCIPAL AND ETHICS. GOVERNANCE CENTERED GOVERNANCE. MAYOR POST, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AS YOU MENTIONED WHEN WE WERE REMOVING THIS ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA WE DISCUSSED REVISIONS TO THE THE CODE AT THE COUNCIL RETREAT IN FEBRUARY, BUT WE DID NOT DISCUSS THIS PARTICULAR REVISION REGARDING THE POLICY ON NEPOTISM THAT HAS COME TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION IN THE LAST FEW DAYS AND THAT IS AN OVERSIGHT ON MY PART. SO 100% ON ME. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS WAS NOT A CHANGE THAT WAS REQUESTED BY ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. NONE OF YOU ASKED FOR THIS. NONE OF YOU SUGGESTED IT. IT WAS A STAFF PROPOSED CHANGE AND I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT PROPOSED CHANGE WAS AND WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO AT THIS POINT. SO THE CODE, THE ETHICS CODE FOR SHORT, WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL IN 2009, ALMOST 17 YEARS AGO. SO WE BEGAN LOOKING AT IT FOR ANY POSSIBLE CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY. THE CODE HAS A POLICY ON NEPOTISM IN IT RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS, UNREVISED AND WHAT THAT PROVIDES IS THAT ANY FOR ANY TOWN EMPLOYMENT POSITION THAT IS HIRED DIRECTLY BY THE TOWN COUNCIL? NO RELATIVE OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY BE HIRED INTO SUCH POSITION. THERE ARE NO PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WOULD REMAIN INTACT, AS IT HAS SINCE 2009. THERE IS ANOTHER PROVISION OF THAT PARAGRAPH THAT STATES THAT NO RELATIVE OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY BE DIRECTLY APPOINTED TO A BOARD, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN UNLESS THE APPOINTMENT IS MADE THROUGH AN OPEN, COMPETITIVE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS. THAT LANGUAGE WOULD ALSO REMAIN. WHAT STAFF HAD PROPOSED AS A CHANGE WAS TO NOT APPLY THAT POLICY TO THOSE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS OR COMMITTEES BY THEIR THAT BY THEIR OWN RULES ALLOW FOR DIRECT APPOINTMENTS WITHOUT A COMPETITIVE PROCESS. CURRENTLY THE TOWN ONLY HAS 1 BODY THAT WOULD MEET THAT DEFINITION. IT IS THE MARANA MARANA CIVIC COMMITTEE, WHICH IS AN ADVISORY BOARD OF CITIZENS. THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THAT BOARD IS THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER GETS TO APPOINT 1 MEMBER AND EACH OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHICH IS MUSD AND NORTHWEST FIRE AND MARANA HEALTH CARE GETS TO A POINT WHEN ONE MEMBER AS WELL, WITHOUT FULL APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL. NOW, THE REASON WHY STAFF SUGGESTED THAT CHANGE WAS WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING THE CODE. WE REALIZED THAT A FEW YEARS BACK, WE USED TO HAVE A BOARD CALLED THE MARANA CITIZENS FORUM AND THAT MAYOR MAHONEY SISTER SERVED ON THAT, THAT BOARD OR THAT CITIZEN'S FORUM. AND SO WE THOUGHT WE COULD SUGGEST A CHANGE THAT WOULD ADDRESS IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT OCCURRED IN THE FUTURE. IT PROBABLY WAS A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM. AGAIN, GIVEN THAT NONE OF YOU WERE ASKING US TO DO THAT AND NONE OF YOU SUGGESTED THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE. SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK THAT I WOULD STILL RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE UPDATED CODE AS WE DISCUSSED AT, AT THE COUNCIL RETREAT. WE COULD REMOVE THIS PARTICULAR PROVISION FROM THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE AND JUST APPROVE IT WITH NO CHANGES TO THE NEPOTISM POLICY. IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER AT THIS POINT AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND AGAIN, APOLOGIZE FOR MY OVERSIGHT AND FOR BRINGING THIS ON US. THANK YOU. JANE, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS FARRELL? YEAH, I HAD A COMMENT. QUESTION. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST READ THIS, JANE THIS WEEK. I REALLY THOUGHT THERE WAS A TYPO IN WHAT YOU SAID. YOU KNOW THAT THE REVISIONS TO THE SECTION OF NEPOTISM TO NOT ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBER RELATIVES TO BE APPOINTED. ETC ETC. I MEAN, I JUST HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THAT BECAUSE NEPOTISM TO ME IS AN UGLY WORD, [01:05:04] IT CAN BE AN UGLY WORD AND IT'S JUST LIKE, WHY WOULD THE TOWN EVEN COME, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS EVEN CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND SO I'M GLAD I APOLOGIZE. APOLOGY ACCEPTED. I'M GLAD WE'RE NOT ADOPTING THIS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? MAYOR POST, COUNCIL MEMBER, CAVANAUGH. WELL, IT'S UP TO THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL BUT AS IT WAS A STAFF PROPOSED CHANGE I WOULD HAVE NO CONCERN WITH ADOPTING THE UPDATED CODE WITHOUT THAT PARTICULAR CHANGE BEING INCLUDED. MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD REAL QUICK SO EVERYTHING JANE SAYS IS UNDER 100% SPOT ON. THE 1 THING I WILL NOTE, AND I THINK PROBABLY THE REASON THAT STAFF ENDED UP MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION IS BECAUSE FOR THAT SPECIFIC COMMITTEE, THAT SINGULAR COMMITTEE WE'VE HAD REAL DIFFICULTY GETTING PEOPLE TO SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE MAYOR'S SISTER ENDED UP SITTING ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE MULTIPLE TIMES. MULTIPLE TIMES. BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE. SO IT MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE VACANT SEATS ON THAT COMMITTEE AND THAT MAY BE WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS THE REASON THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT CHANGE. SO IF WE TOOK IT OUT, WHAT WOULD IT, HOW WOULD IT READ. MAYOR POST, IT WOULD JUST READ THE SAME AS IT READS RIGHT NOW COMMISSIONS OR COMMITTEES THAT, BY THEIR OWN RULES, ALLOW FOR DIRECT APPOINTMENTS WITHOUT A COMPETITIVE PROCESS. THAT SENTENCE WAS ADDED IN THE PROPOSAL AND WE WOULD JUST REMOVE THAT SENTENCE AND KEEP THE THE NEPOTISM POLICY THE SAME AS IT HAS EXISTED SINCE 2009. YEAH, I WOULD SUGGEST WE TAKE IT OUT. I WOULD I WOULD WOULD AGREE. I'M A LITTLE UNCLEAR WHAT IT'S GOING TO REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS, THIS PARAGRAPH THAT I'M READING. SO THERE'S, THERE'S 1 COMMITTEE THAT THIS WOULD APPLY TO AND TYPICALLY IN THE PAST, WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF VACANCIES ON THIS COMMITTEE, AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS REQUIRED TO FIND 1 OR 2 PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. SO, MAYOR HONEA WOULD ASK A RELATIVE WHO WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND SERVED ON IT MANY, MANY TIMES AND I THAT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHAT STAFF WAS SPEAKING OF. I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING WORTH THAT. WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, FIGHT ABOUT IF WE HAVE A VACANCY ON A COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A VACANCY, YOU KNOW. AND NOT EVERYBODY'S COMING UP AND SAYING, I WANT TO DO IT. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE VACANCIES. YUP. YOU KNOW, WE EITHER WE EITHER DO THIS. I MEAN, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW ANY OF US THAT ARE GOING TO PUT FAMILY MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT WE EITHER DO THIS OR WE DON'T. I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. IS THAT THE DECISION? EITHER WE DO IT OR WE DON'T. SO MAYOR. MAYOR POST. COUNCIL MEMBER. CAVANAUGH. SO THE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS YOUR QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. BUT THE POLICY ON REPETITION WITH NEPOTISM WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO READ THAT NO RELATIVE OF A COUNCIL MEMBER MAY BE DIRECTLY APPOINTED TO A BOARD, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE UNLESS THE APPOINTMENT IS MADE THROUGH AN OPEN, COMPETITIVE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS. FINISH. OKAY. JUST TO END, IF EVERYBODY'S GOOD, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT. I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM C 2. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. ITEM PASSES. A.1. ITEM, A.1. PUBLIC HEARING. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026.007. [ PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance No. 2026.007: Relating to Land Development; amending Marana Town Code Title 17 (Land Development), Chapter 17-6 (General and Miscellaneous Development Regulations) by amending Section 17-6-14 “Accessory Dwelling Units” to revise the definition of “Restricted-affordable dwelling unit”, to clarify provisions related to the use of accessory dwelling units as short-term rentals, and to update an exception for land in the vicinity of a public airport; making conforming revisions to title 9 (Business Regulations), chapter 9-14 (Short-Term and Vacation Rentals), section 9-14-9 “Compliance with laws; prohibited uses; accessory dwelling units” regarding the use of accessory dwelling units as short-term rentals; and designating an effective date (Jane Fairall)] RELATING TO LAND DEVELOPMENT. AMENDING MARANA CODE TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 17-6 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 17-6-14 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNIT TO CLARIFY PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE USE OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AS SHORT TERM RENTALS, AND TO UPDATE AN EXCEPTION FOR LAND IN THE VICINITY OF A PUBLIC AIRPORT. MAKING CONFORMING REVISION TO TITLE 9 BUSINESS REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 9-14. SHORT TERM AND VACATION RENTALS. SECTION 9-14-9 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS PROHIBITED USES ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS REGARDING THE USE OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AS SHORT TERM RENTALS AND DESIGNATING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WE ARE IN PUBLIC HEARING. MISS FARRELL. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AS YOU MAY RECALL, BACK IN 2024, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE THAT ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR ACCESSORY [01:10:04] DWELLING UNITS, OR ADUS, AS REQUIRED BY STATE LEGISLATION THAT ALSO WAS PASSED IN 2024. THE, THE, ORDINANCE THE TOWN PASSED DOES NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE POPULATION OF THE TOWN REACHES 75,000 PEOPLE, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE IT IN PLACE FOR WHEN THAT OCCURRED. PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS WHEN ATTACHED AND WHEN DETACHED ADU ON ANY SINGLE FAMILY LOT OR PARCEL THAT CONTAINS A PRIMARY DWELLING AND ALLOWS AN ADDITIONAL ADU ON LOTS THAT ARE ONE ACRE OR LARGER, AS LONG AS 1 OF THE ADUS ON THE LOT IS RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE. THE IN 2025, THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE ADOPTED SOME ADDITIONAL REVISIONS TO THEIR ADU BILL, WHICH REQUIRES US TO ADOPT SOME ADDITIONAL REVISIONS TO OUR ADU ORDINANCE. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT TONIGHT. IF YOU WOULD I BELIEVE TO BE RELATIVELY MINOR CHANGES 1 IS A REVISION TO THE DEFINITION OF RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNIT THAT A RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNIT MEANS A DWELLING UNIT THAT EITHER THROUGH A DEED RESTRICTION OR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN, IS RENTED TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING UP TO 80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME INSTEAD OF SHALL BE. THAT JUST MAKES A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE. THE GRAMMAR, I THINK IN THAT SENTENCE DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. AND NOW IN ORDER TO QUALIFY, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE IT RENTED TO A RESTRICTED TO A HOUSEHOLD EARNING UP TO 80%. IT UPDATES AN EXCEPTION FOR LAND IN THE VICINITY OF A PUBLIC AIRPORT. THE PROVISIONS DO NOT APPLY GENERALLY TO SINGLE FAMILY LOT OR PARCELS THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF A PUBLIC AIRPORT. AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE, I'M SORRY, ADDED A PROVISION THAT SAYS IF THAT AIRPORT HAS A NOISE LEVEL OF GREATER THAN 65DB. IT ALSO CLARIFIES THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR MANDATING OWNER OCCUPANCY. OCCUPANCY FOR ADUS THAT ARE USED AS SHORT TERM RENTALS, PREVIOUSLY, IT JUST SAID THAT AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT MAY BE USED FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL ONLY IF AND WHEN THE OWNER RESIDES ON THE PROPERTY. BUT PURSUANT TO THE STATE LAW, WE CAN ONLY HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT IF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OR SIMILAR FINAL APPROVAL BY THE TOWN WAS ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING CORRESPONDING CHANGES TO TOWN CODE CHAPTER 9-14, WHICH IS NOT IN OUR ZONING CODE, BUT IS OUR BUSINESS LICENSING CODE, WHERE WE LICENSE A SHORT TERM AND VACATION RENTALS AND IT IS THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT I JUST READ TO YOU THAT AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT WAS ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OR SIMILAR FINAL APPROVAL BY THE TOWN ON OR AFTER 7TH SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024 CAN ONLY BE USED AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL IF THE OWNER IS LIVING ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL. THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS FOR WHAT I THINK ARE PRETTY SIMPLE CHANGES, BUT I DO RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE SO THAT WE CAN STAY IN LINE WITH THE STATE LAW. ONCE WE HIT OUR 75,000, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. IF I COULD MAYOR. JANE, WHERE DO WE SEE THESE AD[APPLAUSE] UNITS GOING IN IN THE TOWN OF MARANA PRIMARILY. YOU KNOW MOST HOAS ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW IT. THERE'S NO ROOM REALLY. MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. RIGHT NOW WE DON'T SEE THEM COMING INTO THE TOWN. YEAH. FOR 1 THING, BECAUSE THIS ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS THEM UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES HASN'T GONE INTO EFFECT YET. IT WON'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL WE HIT THE 75,000. CORRECT. SO IN MOST AREAS OF THE TOWN THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE NOT SEEING THEM. I DON'T RECALL IF THERE ARE SOME OF OUR MIXED USE ZONES THAT THAT MAY ALLOW THEM BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN HAS SEEN. ALSO SOME OF OUR MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE SPECIFIC PLANS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALREADY SET. THEIR ZONING HAS ALREADY BEEN SET BY THEIR SPECIFIC PLAN, LIKE DOVE MOUNTAIN CONTINENTAL RANCH, THOSE AREAS WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. SO ON THAT NOTE, IF A IF WE REACH 75,000 AND WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN COME IN TO THE TOWN, DO THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO THIS? MR. MAYOR THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT AT THE TIME, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD BECAUSE A SPECIFIC PLAN GENERALLY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN [01:15:08] ZONING REGULATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN CODE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. HAS ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER KAI. MOVE TO ADOPT NUMBER 2026.007. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. D.1 ITEM D.1 RELATING TO LEGISLATION AND GOVERNMENT ACTIONS, [ Relating to Legislation and Government Actions; discussion and possible action or direction regarding all pending state, federal, and local legislation/government actions and on recent and upcoming meetings of other governmental bodies (Terry Rozema)] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OR DIRECTION REGARDING ALL PENDING STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEGISLATION SLASH GOVERNMENT ACTIONS AND ON RECENT AND UPCOMING MEETINGS OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODIES. MR.. ROZEMA. MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE A LITTLE WAYS INTO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THERE REMAINS A NUMBER OF BILLS THAT ARE STILL CONCERNING TO US. SB 1431 IS ONE OF THOSE, IT'S REALLY HAS IT'S TITLED PLANT COMMUNITIES DESIGN PROHIBITION AND ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD STRIP THE TOWN OF ANY ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE STANDARDS THAT WOULD DIRECT DEVELOPERS, HOUSE BUILDERS WHAT THE HOUSES WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO THEY COULD ESSENTIALLY DO THE SAME HOUSE COOKIE CUTTER REPEATEDLY RIGHT ON DOWN THE LINE ALL 2 STORIES, YOU KNOW, NO DEVIATIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CODE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO AWAY. SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY OPPOSING THIS BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT IT COULD HAVE TO THE ESTHETICS OF THE COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS 1 HOUSE BILL THAT'S 2946 MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, DEVELOPMENT FEES. THIS WOULD REALLY RESTRICT AND LIMIT AND ELIMINATE THE ABILITY OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES TO COLLECT FEES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO FOR US SPECIFICALLY, IT WOULD BE RELATED TO IMPACT FEES. SO ALL OF THOSE NEW ROADS THAT WE NEED WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CHARGE THE IMPACT FEES THAT WOULD HELP TO PAY FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE'RE OPPOSING THAT OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR BUDGET AND ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GROWTH. AND THEN THE LAST ONE I HAD ON REAL QUICK IS RELATED TO FEES AND TAX INCREASES, THIS ONE WOULD PROHIBIT CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES FROM ADOPTING NEW TAXES OR HAVING ANY KIND OF INCREASE ON EXISTING TAXES, FEES OR UTILITIES. BETWEEN JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR, ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2030, UNLESS THE VOTERS APPROVED IT BY A MARGIN OF 60%. SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE AND SOME CHANGING ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE SOME OF THAT, MASSAGE IT. BUT AT THIS TIME THAT THE TOWN REMAINS AS IN OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS ROZEMA? ITEM D.2. ITEM D.2. [ Relating to Budget; discussion, direction and possible action regarding development of the fiscal year 2026/2027 budget, including proposed budget initiatives and expenditures (Terry Rozema)] RELATING TO BUDGET DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26-27 BUDGET, INCLUDING PROPOSED BUDGET INITIATIVES AND EXPENDITURES. MR. ROZEMA. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THIS WILL BE A STANDING ITEM HERE FOR THE NEXT NUMBER OF MEETINGS UNTIL WE GET MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. IT GIVES THE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT ANY ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD WANT US AS STAFF TO LOOK AT FOR INCLUSION INTO THE BUDGET THAT'S NOT ALREADY IN THERE. SO IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU WISH TO BRING FORWARD. THIS WOULD BE A TIME. THE NEXT MEETING WILL HAVE THIS SET UP, SO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS THEY COME UP. ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR MR. ROZEMA? NOPE. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. YES, MR. MAYOR. WE NEED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ON ITEMS E.2 AND E.3. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION 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.] I'LL GIVE YOU A MOTION. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO CLEAR CONFLICT. THANK YOU, MR. COUNCIL MEMBER KAI. WE ARE. YOU. OH, I'M SORRY, JILL, WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. MISS FARRELL. MR. MAYOR, WE WILL HAVE 2 SEPARATE MOTIONS. [01:20:04] IF I COULD GET A MOTION REGARDING ITEM E.2 FOR COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED AS DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON THAT, MAYOR. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. AND THE SAME MOTION FOR ITEM E.3. FOR COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED, AS DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON THAT, MA'AM. WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION. MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.