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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MARANA TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
PATRICK GOT BIT BY A RATTLESNAKE ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.
I COULD HEAR HIM, AND HIS WIFE WAS CALLING ME.
I COULD HEAR HIM IN THE BACKGROUND, AND HE SAID HE WOULD BE HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, PATRICK, HE MIGHT.
I'M SURE HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH IT LIKE PATRICK NORMALLY DOES.
AND SO WE WISH HIM WELL, AND I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO BE FINE.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT IS NATION, INDIVISIBLE.
[ APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
MOTION TO APPROVE, MAYOR.WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[ 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.]
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.
WE'RE GOING TO DO 30 MINUTES AGAIN TONIGHT.
MR. MAYOR, I HAVE FIVE SECONDS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS COLIN MELLORS, FOLLOWED BY SHARON FOLTZ.
YOU SPENT ALL THIS TIME GETTING IT LEVELED.
NOW I'M GOING TO MAKE IT WAY HIGHER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY RESEARCH DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF SPACES HERE THAT I'VE SUBMITTED IS FOCUSED ON THREE CONNECTED ISSUES.
THERMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, EVAPORATIVE COOLING WITH WASTEWATER AND ITS PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS, AS WELL AS CRITICAL REGULATORY GAPS AROUND CLOSED-LOOP COOLING SYSTEMS. USING THE URBAN WEATHER GENERATOR, A PEER-REVIEWED MIT-DEVELOPED URBAN MICROCLIMATE MODEL, I CONDUCTED A THERMAL DISPERSION ANALYSIS ON ONE OF THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER LOCATIONS AT THE LUCKETT ROAD COMPLEX AT FULL BUILD-OUT.
AT THE NEAREST SENSITIVE RECEPTOR, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERY, LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED SITE, THE PROJECTED AMBIENT TEMPERATURE INCREASES SHOWED 5 TO 6 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ABOVE THE BASELINE IN THE SUMMER, WHICH IS JUST NOTHING THERE IS TODAY, WITH PEAKS AS HIGH AS 30 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
THE VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERY IS A SITE OF ONGOING PUBLIC USE.
FAMILIES, VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, GROUNDSKEEPING STAFF VISIT REGULARLY, OFTEN DURING THE PEAK.
AFTERNOON HEAT WHEN THE THERMAL PLUME EFFECTS ARE AT THEIR GREATEST.
A FIVE TO SIX DEGREE INCREASE IN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AT THAT LOCATION SUSTAINED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER PUSHES CONDITIONS THAT ARE ALREADY DANGEROUS FOR OUTDOOR EXPOSURE INTO A RANGE THAT POSES A CREDIBLE RISK OF HEAT ILLNESS FOR ALL ON SITE.
WHILE THE CURRENT PROJECT PROPOSAL RELIES ON DRY AIR COOLING THERE IS A LOOPHOLE RELATED TO EVAPORATIVE COOLING USING WASTEWATER.
WHILE FINDING THIRD PARTY TO POTENTIALLY PAY FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT MAY APPEAR ATTRACTIVE, THESE POTENTIAL TOWERS WOULD AEROSOLIZE LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER.
IF THAT WATER IS NOT CONTINUOUSLY TREATED AND MONITORED, THEY POSE A REAL RISK OF LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE IN THE AREA.
THIS IS A REAL ISSUE AND IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED ACROSS SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN CONTAINS NO ENFORCEABLE LEGIONNAIRE'S MONITORING, TREATMENT, DISCLOSURE OR DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
APPLICABLE TO THE SCALE OF THIS INDUSTRIAL SIZE COOLING OPERATION IF IT WAS TO COME TO PASS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH GAP THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, NOT A MINOR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE IN OPERATION OF THAT FACILITY.
MORE CRITICALLY, THE ORDINANCE'S PERFORMANCE STANDARDS CAN BE AVOIDED ENTIRELY IF A DEVELOPER ELECTS TO ATTEMPT TO USE CLOSED-LOOP COOLING, WHICH THE ORDINANCE TREATS AS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THERMAL AND THE WATER USE PROVISIONS.
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT CLOSED-LOOP COOLING SYSTEMS ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATE REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
A DEVELOPER COULD CLAIM THE EXEMPTION, AVOID SCRUTINY,
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AND STILL OPERATE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH GENERATES SUBSTANTIAL WASTE HEAT, DISRUPTS THE LOCAL AREA CLIMATE, AND POSES SIGNIFICANT CHEMICAL COMPLICATIONS TO THE WATERSHED IN THE AREA.I'M ASKING THIS BODY TO REQUIRE A FORMAL THERMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY AS THE CONDITION OF ANY ZONING APPROVALS FOR DATA CENTERS.
THE COOLING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, INCLUDING LEGIONNAIRE'S RISKS, MANAGEMENTS AND APPLY ANY OF THIS REGARDLESS OF THE COOLING ARCHITECTURE OF THE FACILITIES PROVIDED.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHARON FOLTZ, FOLLOWED BY DAVID SAYAH.
WE'LL SEE HOW WELL THAT WORKS.
TREES ARE MORE THAN BEAUTIFUL.
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR WAY OF LIFE ON THIS PLANET.
THEY CREATE OXYGEN, AND THEY EAT CARBON DIOXIDE AND A LOT OF OTHER POLLUTANTS.
IF WE DID NOT HAVE TREES AND GREEN CANOPY ON THIS PLANET, NONE OF US WOULD EXIST.
THRIVING IN SO MANY WAYS, AND I THANK ALL OF YOU AND THE LEADERS FOR DOING THAT.
WE'RE ONE OF THE SAFEST COMMUNITIES IN ARIZONA, IF NOT IN THE WEST.
WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FAMILIES, AND I SEE THESE FAMILIES ALL THE TIME IN THE SCHOOLS AND THE LIBRARIES WHERE I VOLUNTEER.
AIR QUALITY IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST SHORTFALL WE HAVE IN MARANA, AND I'VE BEEN COMING UP HERE SINCE 1986.
AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 10 YEARS.
JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BIKE LOOP BETWEEN EL RIO PRESERVE AND INA ROAD, WE'VE LOST AT LEAST 15,000 TREES.
AND I FEEL THAT DUST AND THAT NOISE FROM THE FREEWAY AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THINGS WE NEEDED.
A WATER LINE, A SEWER LINE, RELOCATING THE RIVER, WHICH MAYBE WE DIDN'T NEED.
WHAT I'M HERE TO ASK IS THAT WE DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
A, START PROTECTING MORE TREES.
DEVELOPERS HAVE SO MANY GREAT TOOLS NOW.
THERE'S SO MANY SMART WAYS TO DO IT.
SURELY WE DON'T NEED TO JUST BLADE EVERYTHING DOWN.
WE NEED TO KEEP A LOT MORE MATURE VEGETATION.
WE NEED TO SEND OUT THE WATER TRUCKS AND WATER WHEN WE'RE HAVING EXTREME SUMMER DROUGHTS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE PARKS, AROUND THE SCHOOLS.
ANY PLACE WHERE FAMILIES ARE GATHERING, I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON IMPROVING THAT AIR QUALITY BECAUSE THOSE LITTLE LUNGS NEED QUALITY AIR.
AND WE WANT EVERYTHING ELSE TO BE GREAT IN MARANA.
WE CAN HAVE BETTER AIR QUALITY.
THE OTHER GREAT ADVANTAGE IS THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF ECOTOURISM.
AND FOREST SERVICE SAYS AVERAGE 300,000 PEOPLE VISIT MARANA.
MADEIRA CANYON EVERY YEAR TO GO BIRDING.
WE ARE IN LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
WE'VE GOT AT LEAST 11 MILES OF THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER.
WE'VE GOT SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK.
WE NEED TO BUILD UP OUR GREEN CANOPY AND OUR NATIVE VEGETATION AND BRING OUR BIRDS BACK AND JUST CAPITALIZE ON BIKING AND BIRDING AND ALL THE WONDERFUL ECOTOURISM THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO.
WE'VE GOT THE HOUSING AND THE ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGH HOTELS AND RESORTS.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS IT'S TIME FOR THE TOWN TO REALLY THINK ABOUT OPENING, CREATING A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THRIVING BUSINESSES.
THEY ALL GIVE CHARITABLY AND HAVE A GREEN RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY WOULD LOVE TO FUND, TO DO GRANTS AND WORK ON PROJECTS.
I WISH I HAD TIME TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY PILOT PROJECT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID SAYAH, FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER HANLON.
AM I ALLOWED TO GIVE A POWERPOINT SLIDE COPIES TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR? AM I ALLOWED? OKAY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.
I'M A MARANA VETERAN, AIR FORCE VETERAN, AND A MARANA RESIDENT.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INFORM YOU THAT I TOOK THE INITIATIVE ON MY OWN ACCORD, WITH NO INFLUENCE
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FROM ANYONE, AND NOT HIRED BY ANY OUTSIDE AGENCY TO CONDUCT AN ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE LEVEL SURVEY ON OUR VETERANS' CEMETERY PROPERTY.ADDITIONALLY, I PAID FOR THIS SERVICE OUT OF MY OWN POCKET.
MY MISSION? IS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND VETERANS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT NOISE LEVELS BEING GENERATED BY OUR DATA CENTER THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE SERENITY OF OUR CEMETERY.
THIS NOISE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH, AROUND 5.15 P.M.
I MET THE TECHNICIAN WHO PERFORMED THE SURVEY AND WALKED AROUND WHILE HE TESTED AREAS NEXT TO I-10 AND WORKED HIS WAY BACK TO THE COMMITTAL SHELTER.
AFTERWARDS, HE SET UP A DEVICE THAT GENERATED...
65 DECIBELS ON LOCKETT ROAD DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE ENTRANCE AND MEASURED VARIOUS POINTS ON THE PROPERTY.
I HAVE PROVIDED AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE CEMETERY THAT HAS YELLOW AND RED DOTS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
THESE ARE AREAS I REQUESTED TO BE MEASURED AND TO SEE HOW NOISE LEVELS WOULD TRAVEL INTO THE CEMETERY.
YELLOW DOTS ARE POINTS MEASURING NOISE LEVELS PRODUCED BY THE 65 DECIBEL GENERATING SOURCE AND THE RED DOTS MEASURED THE NOISE GENERATED FROM THE I-10 TRAFFIC.
I HIRED CSS COMPLIANCE SAFETY SUPPLY WHO ARE BASED OUT OF DENVER, COLORADO.
THE TECHNICIAN WHO PERFORMED THE SURVEY HAS OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF TESTING.
THE SPECIFIC MEASUREMENT RESULTS OF THE TEST WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK.
HOWEVER, WITH THE TOWN'S PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ALL THE DETAILS OF THE SURVEY AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ANYONE OF CONCERN.
I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO THE TOWN ON THE BEST WAY TO MAKE THIS INFORMATION EASILY THE EXPERIENCE.
ADDITIONALLY, IF TOWN LEADERSHIP WOULD LIKE ME TO PROVIDE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEF AFTER RECEIVING THE RESULTS AT THE NEXT TOWN MEETING, I WILL DO SO.
FROM WHAT I DID WITNESSING DURING THE TESTING AND MY PERSONAL OPINION, 65 DECIBELS WILL HAVE NO IMPACT TO OUR CEMETERY AND WILL ALLOW OUR SACRED RESTING PLACE TO REMAIN A TRANQUIL SITE FOR OUR VETERANS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER HANLON, FOLLOWED BY DENNIS SHANNON.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M NOT HERE TO DEBATE NATIONAL POLITICS OR PERSONALITIES.
THAT CONVERSATION CAN STAY ON THE INTERNET WITH THE KEYBOARD COWBOYS AND THE TROLLS.
THE TRUTH IS WE ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO CHANGE EACH OTHER'S MINDS TONIGHT.
THAT WOULD TAKE MORE TIME AND, FRANKLY, MORE EMPATHY AND COMPASSION THAN A THREE-MINUTE COMMENT ALLOWS.
SO I WANT TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF YOU.
IS THIS DETENTION CENTER GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY OF MARANA? MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY COME BEFORE YOU AND PRESENTED FACTS AND EXAMPLES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE DETENTION CENTERS HAVE BROUGHT CONTROVERSY, DIVISION, AND LONG-TERM HARM.
NOT TO MENTION THE DEVASTATION DONE TO THE PEOPLE INTERRED.
YET THE RESPONSE WE KEEP HEARING IS THE SAME.
IT ISN'T FINITE, AND IT ISN'T BINARY.
FROM WHERE MANY OF US ARE STANDING, THIS FEELS LESS LIKE A LACK OF OPTIONS AND MORE LIKE A CRISIS OF IMAGINATION.
YOU'VE SAID YOU CANNOT TELL A PRIVATELY OWNED BUSINESS WHAT TO DO WITH ITS PROPERTY, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT ISN'T ENTIRELY TRUE.
IF I BOUGHT A PROPERTY HERE AND PROPOSED OPENING AN ADULT ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, THERE WOULD BE IMMEDIATE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ZONING, PERMITS, UTILITIES, COMMUNITY STANDARDS, ETC.
AND MANY OF THE SAME PEOPLE SUPPORTING THIS DETENTION CENTER WOULD BE STANDING HERE CLUTCHING THEIR PEARLS DEMANDING THAT YOU DO SOMETHING.
AND I DOUBT THE ANSWER WOULD THEN BE, OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
SO THE REAL QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY, BUT WHETHER YOU ARE WILLING TO FULLY EXPLORE THE AUTHORITY YOU ALREADY HAVE.
YOU'VE ALSO SAID, YOU'RE AFRAID OF BEING SUED.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THIS TOWN.
BUT IF THE THREAT OF A LAWSUIT FROM A COMPANY TRYING TO OPERATE IN YOUR JURISDICTION IS ENOUGH TO STOP YOU FROM ACTING, THEN I THINK IT'S FAIR TO ASK WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE COMPANY AND THE PEOPLE WHO RUN IT, AND WHETHER THAT ALONE SHOULD GIVE YOU PAUSE.
IF THE CONCERN IS LEGAL RISK, THEN WHY NOT MAKE AN OFFER TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY? IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED.
IF THEY ACCEPT, YOU TAKE CONTROL OF THE OUTCOME.
IF THEY DON'T, AT LEAST YOU'VE SHOWN THIS COMMUNITY THAT YOU'VE TRIED.
IT'S ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED THAT PIMA COLLEGE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CAMPUS HERE.
I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS LEARNING AND BUILDING A FUTURE THAN A THOUSAND DETAINEES BEING HELD IN CONDITIONS THAT BRING CONFLICT, PROTEST, AND DIVISION TO THIS COMMUNITY.
OR WHY NOT UN-ANNEX THE PROPERTY AND RETURN IT
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TO COUNTY JURISDICTION? IF THERE IS TRULY AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS IN THE COUNTY TO STOP PRIVATELY OWNED PRISONS, THEN LET THE COUNTY BE THE ONE TO ADDRESS IT AND BEAR THAT RESPONSIBILITY.YOU'VE HEARD CLEARLY FROM MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT THIS.
IF YOU TRULY FEEL THE SAME WAY, THEN TRY HARDER.
USE EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO YOU.
BECAUSE WHEN COMMUNITIES TRULY WANT SOMETHING TO STOP, THEY GENERALLY FIND A WAY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS BY VOTING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DENNIS SHANNON.
AND MR. MAYOR, I'VE GOTTEN TWO MORE CARDS.
THE SPEAKER AFTER THAT WOULD BE JACKIE MCGUIRE.
MAYOR POST, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DENNIS SHANNON, MEMBER OF PIMA RESISTS ICE.
I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT RULE OF LAW, A PHRASE THAT'S BECOME QUITE POPULAR IN THESE HALLOWED HALLS OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT PIMA RESISTS ICE HAS NEVER SUGGESTED ANYTHING, ACTION, STEPS, BEHAVIOR, THAT WAS OUTSIDE.
WE'VE ABIDED BY THE RULES OF THIS ASSEMBLY AND WE'VE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH IN WAYS BOTH LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TO PREVENT THE PROPOSED ICE DETENTION CENTER FROM BEING OPENED.
WHAT FEMA RESISTS ICE DOES STAND AGAINST IS PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE RULE OF LAW AND THE POLICIES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED BY ICE DO JUST THAT.
IMMIGRATION LAWS, AND THEY ARE A BLATANT VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT IS WHAT PIMA RESIST ICE IS STANDING AGAINST, VIOLATIONS OF RULE OF LAW.
NOW, SOME MISINFORMATION HAS BEEN DISSEMINATED ABOUT WHAT A PROPOSED DETENTION CENTER WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IT WERE OPEN, THAT THERE WOULD BE LOCAL OVERSIGHT AND WE WOULD ENSURE THAT THE DETAINEES WERE TREATED HUMANELY.
THIS GOES AGAINST ALL THE FACTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN DETENTION CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE HAS BEEN NO LOCAL OVERSIGHT AND INDEED LEGISLATORS WHO HAD THE LEGAL DUTY TO INSPECT...
SUCH FACILITIES WERE DENIED ACCESS UNTIL THEY TOOK LEGAL MEANS TO GAIN ACCESS.
AND WHEN THEY WERE ALLOWED, THEY WERE GIVEN STERILIZED TOURS RATHER THAN TRUE INSPECTIONS.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE INCARCERATIONS ARE ILLEGAL.
AND THE CONDITIONS ARE INHUMANE.
PIMA RESIST ICE HAS RESEARCHED A NUMBER OF MEANS OF OPPOSING THIS, AND WE CALL ON YOU TO JOIN US AS WE WORK WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL ENTITIES TO OPPOSE THIS DETENTION CENTER.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACKIE MCGUIRE, FOLLOWED BY JULIE PRINCE.
HELLO, COUNCIL, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BUDGETING PROCESS TODAY.
YOU HAD YOUR BUDGET MEETING LAST WEEK, AND I KNOW PUBLIC COMMENT WASN'T ALLOWED.
I WAS A FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, AND I STARTED JUST BEFORE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN 2005 WHEN THE MARKET WAS REALLY HOT, EVERYBODY WAS FLIPPING HOUSES, AND THINGS WERE GREAT.
AND I HAD A LOT OF CUSTOMERS THAT HAD INVESTED THEIR PORTFOLIOS BASED ON THAT KIND OF HYPE AND FERVOR THAT WAS IN THE MARKET.
AND OF COURSE, WHEN 2008 HAPPENED, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE ALL IN PRETTY TERRIBLE POSITIONS.
LIKEWISE, DURING THE DOT-COM BUBBLE IN THE 99-2000, THE NASDAQ FELL 80% IN THE COURSE OF ABOUT NINE MONTHS.
I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT THE AI BUBBLE, AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN.
ROUGHLY 80% OF THE DOLLAR VALUE GAINS IN THE S&P 500 RIGHT NOW ARE BEING DRIVEN BY JUST FIVE COMPANIES.
65% OF THAT HAS BEEN AI DRIVEN.
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BUFFETT QUOTE THAT'S, BE FEARFUL WHEN OTHERS ARE GREEDY AND GREEDY WHEN OTHERS ARE FEARFUL.THE MARKET IS UP 13% SINCE MARCH 30TH. HOWEVER, THE MARKET IS NOT THE ECONOMY.
87% OF AMERICANS DO NOT OWN STOCKS.
87% OF AMERICANS ARE NOT BENEFITING FROM THIS.
87% OF AMERICANS ARE HURTING FROM $5 GAS, INCREASING COST OF LIVING, UNAFFORDABLE GROCERIES, CHILD CARE, EDUCATION, HOUSING, AND THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MARANA.
SO AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, WHILE I KNOW THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING WELL FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I'VE PROVIDED WHAT WE CALL A MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS.
SO ALL OF MY CUSTOMERS WHEN I WAS A FINANCIAL ADVISOR BEFORE WE WOULD DO ANYTHING WITH THEIR PORTFOLIO WHEN I HAD A FIDUCIARY DUTY AND WAS REQUIRED TO DO WHAT WAS IN THEIR BEST FINANCIAL INTERESTS, WE WOULD PERFORM ONE OF THESE ANALYSES.
SO THIS ONE HAPPENS TO GO THROUGH 10,000 ITERATIONS OF WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN IN THE ECONOMY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
AND IN EVEN A MILD RECESSION, MARANA'S BUDGET BREAKS ITS 25% COVENANT BY 2032.
OUR TAX BASE IS OVERLY CONCENTRATED IN SALES TAX, CONSTRUCTION TAX, AND DURING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO MARANA'S BUDGET, IT WASN'T PRETTY.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPLORE WAYS TO DIVERSIFY THE TAX BASE.
I'VE PROVIDED THE MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS, AND I WOULD LOVE IF YOU COULD LOOK AT IT.
I AM VERY WORRIED AT THIS POINT THAT MARANA'S BUDGET AND MARANA'S ECONOMY ARE BASICALLY UNDERPINNED BY TWO SOURCES OF REVENUE THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THIS AI BUBBLE BURSTS, AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COPPER ON EARTH TO BUILD ENOUGH DATA CENTERS TO KEEP THIS BUBBLE FROM BURSTING.
WE WOULD HAVE TO MINE AS MUCH COPPER IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS AS WE HAVE IN THE LAST 10,000 YEARS.
THE COST OF MINING COPPER HAS GONE UP 50% SINCE 2020.
WE WILL NOT GENERATE $10 TRILLION WORTH OF DEMAND FOR AI BY 2030 AS WE NEED TO TO KEEP THIS BUBBLE INFLATED.
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH ANY OF YOU ABOUT WAYS TO PROTECT OUR ECONOMY FROM SAID AI IMPLOSION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIE PRINCE.
MR. MAYOR, I ALSO HAVE A REQUEST FROM SHARON FOLTZ TO SPEAK A SECOND TIME.
I'M A RESIDENT OF MARANA FOR 23 YEARS.
I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THE MARANA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HAVE...
I HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH CHIEF PRITCHARD, AND I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE FULLY STAFFED, BUT THEY COULD ALWAYS USE MORE, IN MY OPINION, STAFF AND SUPPORT.
I WANT TO ASK, BEFORE I FORGET, ABOUT THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER.
I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY UPDATES ON THAT, AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF FATAL CRASHES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD AFFECT IT OR NOT, BUT IT CERTAINLY COULD NOT HURT, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT AN UPDATE ON THAT.
THE ETHICS CODE FOR THE TOWN OF MARANA, THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY IN IT, NOT JUST MY OPINION, BUT I THINK IF ANYBODY READS IT, THEY WOULD COME TO THAT CONCLUSION.
NEPOTISM IN ANY FORM IS NOT ETHICAL, IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A GOVERNMENTAL BODY THAT NEPOTISM WAS OKAY TO EVEN MENTION AT ALL.
IT DOESN'T BELONG IN THE CODE.
IT'S AND SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT ON THEIR WEBSITES THAT IT'S MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE THAT THEY'RE A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER AS OPPOSED TO A TOWN OF MARANA RESIDENT.
WELL, IT'S NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
AND WHEN THAT IS BROUGHT UP, PERSONAL ATTACKS HAVE ENSUED, AND I CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THAT AND DOCUMENTATION.
WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? WELL, JUST THAT NEPOTISM DOESN'T BELONG IN ANY CODE WHATSOEVER.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO HAVE THE WORD NEPOTISM IN AN ETHICS CODE FOR A GOVERNMENTAL BODY.
MR. MONTAGUE, IF MS. PRINCE WANTS TO STEP OUTSIDE, WE'VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE PEOPLE HERE FROM THE MARANA AIRPORT.
ONE IS THE DIRECTOR, ONE IS THE SUPERVISOR, ONE IS THERE EVERY DAY.
WE HAVE HAD, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, IT'S FULL OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS TOWER.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO OUTSIDE NOW AND SPEAK TO THEM, I'M SORRY.
[ Proclamation Recognizing Public Works Week (Jill McCleary)]
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PROCLAMATIONS, P1.PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
ALL RIGHT, READY TO GO? ALL RIGHT.
WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROVIDE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS, AND WHEREAS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, OPERATING AND MAINTAINING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL TO SERVING THEIR CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND COMFORT OF THIS COMMUNITY GREATLY DEPENDS ON PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES AND SERVICES, AND WHEREAS THE EFFICIENCY OF THE QUALIFIED AND DEDICATED PERSONNEL WHO STAFF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS IS MATERIALLY INFLUENCED BY THE UNDERSTANDING OF INFORMED CITIZENS REGARDING THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY PERFORM.
AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2026 MARKS THE 66TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, THE THEME FOR THIS WEEK IS ROOTED IN SERVICE, POWERED BY COMMUNITY, WHICH SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON THE WAY PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS ADVANCE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND NOW THEREFORE, I, JOHN POST, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF MARANA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD, 2026, AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING PUBLIC WORKS.
AND TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL MAKE TO PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN THE COMFORT, HEALTHY, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
[ MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]
WELL, GUYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS, COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER? NO REPORT, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY? I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOL FUNCTIONS GOING ON, SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY DOING THAT.
AND ALSO JUST A QUICK SHOUT-OUT TO MY NIECE, WHO WON THE U OF A STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, AND I WENT TO HER DEAL YESTERDAY, SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
COUNCIL MEMBER KAI? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED AND WISH PATRICK KAVANAUGH WELL.
HE'S CURRENTLY AT THE ER ROOM AT BANNER AND I AM HE'S IN A LOT OF PAIN UH SO HE'S NOT COMING OH HE'S NOT COMING UH SO REALLY SWOLLEN HAND AND ANTI-VENOM IS FLOWING SO MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL WE UH WE HOPE HIM WELL ABSOLUTELY RECOVER SOON YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR YES VICE MAYOR I'M GONNA COVER UM FIRST OF ALL MORANA POLICE DEPARTMENT AWARDS THANKS.
AGAIN, ANOTHER WONDERFUL AWARD.
VERY MUCH SUPPORTING THE TOWN OF MARANA.
WE'RE GETTING SOME NEW FOLKS IN, I HEARD, SOME RECRUITS COMING IN SOON.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, OF COURSE, GET ONE OF THE BETTER STATISTICS ON POLICE PER RESIDENCE.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THEY ARE TRAINED.
AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE TRAINED VERY WELL.
IT WAS HOSTED AT THE PUMPKIN PATCH.
THAT WAS 100 YEARS OF SCHOOL BEING OPEN IN MUSD, A GOOD NIGHT AT THE PUMPKIN PATCH, AND LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS.
I THINK SOME OF THE SPEAKERS WE HAD WERE VERY INTERESTING FROM YEARS AGO.
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AND THE LAST...BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
MR. MELLORS, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND YOUR WIFE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW THAT I FILED A POLICE REPORT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH THE SHENANIGANS YOU PULLED OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.
SO I DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW, BUT I'M LETTING YOU KNOW.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO.
RUN ME OVER, YELL AT ME, WHICH I GOT YELLED AT, BUT NO PROBLEM.
BUT ANYWAY, I DID FILE A REPORT, AND I WOULD ASK YOU NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN.
IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE, VICE MAYOR? YES, IT IS.
I DO ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT...
IT WAS AN AMAZING CELEBRATION ONLY MARRED BY THE FACT THAT PRICE FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED TO COME AND PROTEST OUT FRONT OF MY PLACE OF BUSINESS, ALSO WHERE I LIVE, WHERE MY CHILDREN LIVE, WHERE MY GRANDCHILDREN LIVE.
THEY REFUSED TO MOVE OFF OF THE PROPERTY.
THEY PRICE ALSO PUT OUT INFORMATION THAT WAS FACTUALLY UNTRUE, BOTH IN THE FLYER THAT THEY SUBMITTED AND IN THE INTERVIEW THAT THEY DID WITH KOLD.
AND SO I THINK THAT WAS IN POOR JUDGMENT OF PRICE.
I HAVE TREATED PRICE WITH RESPECT.
I HAVE SAT AND LISTENED TO EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID.
I CONTINUE TO TAKE MEETINGS WITH SENATOR GALLEGO'S OFFICE, CONTINUE TO SPEAK WITH SUPERVISOR JEN ALLEN.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I, THAT WAS IN POOR FORM.
I WOULD NOT SEND A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO YOUR HOMES WHERE YOUR CHILDREN LIVE, WHERE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN LIVE, AND THEN LAUGH ABOUT IT.
I THINK THAT WAS IN VERY, VERY POOR TASTE.
I AM GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU'VE BURNED BRIDGE WITH ME.
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT I HAVE JUST IGNORED YOU.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS IN POOR TASTE.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT'S GIGGLING ABOUT IT AND LAUGHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
WHEN PEOPLE GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT BEING, YOU KNOW, THEIR ADDRESS IS DISCLOSED AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THEM, I HAVE NOT DONE THAT TO ANYBODY.
BUT THEN ALL THESE PEOPLE SHOW UP AT MY RESIDENCE, MY PLACE OF BUSINESS, AND THAT WAS WRONG.
SECOND THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS LAST WEEK I PUT TOGETHER A FIELD TRIP WITH MYSELF, THE VICE MAYOR, THE TOWN MANAGER, DEPUTY TOWN MANAGER, MS. FARRELL, OUR ATTORNEY, MS. DE LA CRUZ WENT WITH US.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO MENTION THAT OR NOT.
BRETT WENT WITH US, AND WE HAD A LIST OF DATA CENTERS THAT WE VISITED IN THE PHOENIX METRO.
THE FIRST ONE THAT WE VISITED, THE FIRST TWO THAT WE VISITED WERE ON THE 202 AND ELLSWORTH.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD, I FELT LIKE I WAS CONFIDENT IN EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE DOING, BUT I LITERALLY, BECAUSE OF PEOPLE COMING UP TO THE DAIS AND SPEAKING AND THINGS THAT I HAD.
THAT I HAD SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I WASN'T EXACTLY SURE WHAT TO THINK.
AND SO WE DRIVE UP THERE AND WE PULL UP TO THE GUARD GATE AND THE GUARD CAME OUT.
AND OF COURSE, HE WOULDN'T LET US ENTER THE FACILITY, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS.
WE ASKED HIM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO WORK THERE.
WAS IT NOISY? HE SAID, NO, IT'S NOT NOISY AT ALL.
HE SAID, WELL, I WALK I WALK OVER THERE EVERY DAY FOR LUNCH.
I DON'T REALLY NOTICE IT'S ANY HOTTER HERE THAN IT IS AT MY HOUSE.
AND SO WE DIDN'T GET TO TALK TO HIM VERY MUCH, AND SO WE LEFT.
DROVE AND PARKED, GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WALKED THE PERIMETER OF THIS PARTICULAR LARGE DATA CENTER, AND YOU COULD NOT HEAR ANYTHING AT ALL.
THERE WAS NOTHING YOU COULD HEAR.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE LANDSCAPING LIKE WE HAVE.
THEIR BUILDINGS ARE NOT GOING TO LOOK THE SAME.
IT WAS MORE UTILITARIAN IN THE LOOK.
THERE WERE A LOT OF CARS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT, MORE THAN, I MEAN, THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT
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OF CARS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT.AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE WATCHED THIS DATA CENTER FOR 30 MINUTES, AND THEN WE GOT IN THE CAR AND DROVE AROUND TO THE NEXT DATA CENTER.
THIS PARTICULAR DATA CENTER, WE WENT AROUND TO THE BACKSIDE, AND THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD, A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS DATA CENTER AND THE HOMES THAT BACKED UP TO THE DATA CENTER WERE NOT ANY FURTHER AWAY THAN FROM HERE TO THE.
THEY WERE THAT CLOSE, MAYBE CLOSER.
AND BEAUTIFUL HOMES, BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS WE DROVE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS WALKING TO HIS HOUSE.
AND SO I TOLD TERRY TO STOP AND I ROLLED DOWN MY WINDOW AND ASKED THE GENTLEMAN TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE STOP.
AND I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND I WENT OVER AND INTRODUCED MYSELF AND PROCEEDED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THIS GENTLEMAN, YOU KNOW, WHERE I ASKED HIM, EVERYTHING THAT I COULD THINK OF.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, TERRY HAD WALKED OVER.
I MEAN, I ASKED HIM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WAS LIKE LIVING THERE.
WAS IT NOISY? I THINK, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE POLLUTION, THE HEAT.
I'VE ASKED HIM EVERYTHING THAT I COULD THINK OF, AND HE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUES LIVING IN THAT PROXIMITY TO THAT DATA CENTER.
AND SO, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO AN INTERACTION BETWEEN, BUT SO, SO, YOU KNOW, AFTER HE INVITED US INTO HIS HOME, HE, IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION.
YOU KNOW, WE ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS ELECTRIC BILL.
HE SAID HIS ELECTRIC BILL HAS NOT CHANGED DUE TO THE DATA CENTER.
HIM EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD THINK OF.
HE WAS A VERY FORTHCOMING INDIVIDUAL.
HE HAD NOT HEARD OF HIS NEIGHBORS HAVING ANY COMPLAINTS.
HE SAID, I'M SURE THOSE PEOPLE OVER THERE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT AS THEIR BACKDROP, BUT AS FAR AS CHANGING THEIR LIFESTYLE, IT HASN'T DONE THAT WHATSOEVER.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
THE THIRD PLACE THAT WE WENT TO WAS A MUCH OLDER DATA CENTER BUILT IN 2013 AND IT IS ONE THAT HAS HAD SOME COMPLAINTS AGAINST IT AND THAT IS WHY WE WENT TO VISIT IT IN PARTICULAR.
AND SO WE WALKED AROUND THIS DATA CENTER AND WE WERE CLOSE, WE WERE CLOSE TO IT.
THERE WAS A SET OF APARTMENTS ACROSS THE STREET, ACROSS A TWO-LANE STREET.
SO THERE WAS A DATA CENTER, 50 FOOT, A FENCE, AND THEN A TWO-LANE STREET, AND THEN THE APARTMENTS.
AND WE WALKED AROUND THIS DATA CENTER AND BRETT HAD A SOUND MEASURING DEVICE AND HE MEASURED THE SOUND AND IT WAS 60 DECIBELS NEXT TO THE APARTMENTS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS DATA CENTER.
THERE WAS REAL, NO REAL, I MEAN, THEY HAD A CRANE OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS RUNNING AT VARIOUS TIMES AND WHEN IT SHUT OFF, IT GOT PRETTY QUIET AND WE COULDN'T REALLY HEAR ANYTHING.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER DATA CENTER THAT WAS MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF NOISE.
WE THINK IT WAS A DATA CENTER.
AND THEN WE GOT IN THE CAR AND LEFT AND TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACKWARD INTO WHAT THEY CALL INNOVATION.
IS THAT WHAT IT WAS CALLED? INNOVATION? INNOVATION.
ANYWAY, IT WAS SOME OTHER DATA CENTERS WITH SOME OTHER TECH COMPANIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
THAT LOOKED IT LOOKED BEAUTIFUL.
AND SO IT WAS AN EXCELLENT TRIP THAT WE TOOK.
IT REALLY ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD.
VICE MAYOR, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I'M JUST GLAD WE WENT UP THERE.
SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK WE SHOULD HAVE GONE SOONER, BUT THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
BUT I WAS SURPRISED, I WILL SAY.
AND I KNOW FOLKS HAVE COME UP HERE AND SAID THEY CAN HEAR THEM FROM EIGHT MILES AWAY, DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOUNDS.
WELL, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAYBE GO UP TO THESE AND WE CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS AND LISTEN TO THOSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, GUYS? WE'RE NOT TAKING COMMENT FROM THE AUDIT.
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TO LEAVE THE BUILDING, WE CAN HAVE YOU ESCORTED OUT OR WE CAN BE QUIET.I'M NOT UP FOR ELECTION, MA'AM.
SO ANYWAY, AGAIN, I GUESS I COULD LIE AND SAY, OH MY GOD, THESE THINGS ARE LOUD, BUT THEY...
AND PLEASE, AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO YELL OUT FROM THE AUDIENCE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO YELL OUT FROM THE AUDIENCE, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU AGAIN.
PLEASE EITHER REFRAIN FROM YELLING OUT OR LEAVE.
SO ANYWAY, AGAIN, WE HAVE PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND SAY THAT THEY'RE LOUD AND YOU CAN'T LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM.
YOU CAN HEAR THEM FROM EIGHT MILES AWAY.
YOU CAN LOOK TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE COME UP AND SAID.
WELL, I WENT TO FOUR OF THEM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DID AND THREE AS QUIET AS ANYTHING.
ONE WAS, AGAIN, BUILT IN 2013.
THEY EXPLAINED WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT, OR WE DID, AND TECHNOLOGY'S CHANGED.
AND SO I'M GLAD WE TOOK THE TOUR UP THERE AND CAN TELL THE TRUTH THAT WE HEARD THEM.
WE WISH WE COULD HAVE GONE IN, BUT WE KNEW WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.
BUT THAT'S STUFF THE FACTS SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE PICKED THE FIRST ONE NOW THAT MISS MCGUIRE'S LEFT AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THIS ANSWER IS BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST SIMILAR TO THE PHASE ONE OF THE ONE THAT WE'RE BUILDING UH THAT IS THE REASON THAT WE WENT TO THIS ONE IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE NEWER ONES THAT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR IN SIZE TO THE PHASE ONE OF WHAT WE WERE BUILDING SO BEING CALLED UH LYING OR DISHONEST UH I GUESS THAT'S ON HER THANK YOU.
ERIC, IS THERE ANYTHING? I'M SORRY.
NO, IT WAS BUILT IN 2025 OR 24.
AND IT WAS HOW MANY DECIBELS? MAYBE BRETT REMEMBERS? WE DIDN'T MEASURE IT.
BUT I MEAN, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME.
MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JUST FOR CLARITY, RELATED TO KIND OF THE EQUIVALENCY OF THE RELATED TO THE TYPES OF FACILITIES THAT WE VISITED, THE FIRST FACILITY THAT YOU MENTIONED, IS ANTICIPATED BASICALLY AT FULL BUILD-OUT TO BE AT APPROXIMATELY 2.2 MILLION, 2.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET, OVER 400 ACRES, AND SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 450 MEGAWATTS OF POWER CONSUMPTION.
THAT WAS THE FIRST AT META, RIGHT? THE FIRST FACILITY, CORRECT.
THE SECOND FACILITY THAT YOU MENTIONED WHERE THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT NOISE, THAT WAS IN CHANDLER, AND IT'S CYRUS.
THAT ONE'S ABOUT 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET, OVER EIGHT BUILDINGS, AND IT'S THE OLDER SITE IN 2013, AS YOU MENTIONED, AND IT IS SMALLER AND LOWER IN POWER CONSUMPTION, BUT SIGNIFICANT IN SIZE.
MR. MAYOR, I'M JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE MOVE ON FROM THIS TOPIC SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA AND WE'VE COVERED IT AS A CURRENT EVENT, I THINK, SUFFICIENTLY.
[ MANAGER’S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]
MANAGERS REPORT.MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF TERRY ROSEMA, TOWN MANAGER, I DO HAVE A BRIEF REPORT.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PERMITS FOR LAST MONTH, WE ENDED UP WITH 102.
FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN APRIL OF 25, WE HAD 78, SO WE'VE IMPROVED YEAR OVER YEAR ON THAT.
THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE MARKED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARK, SO TO KIND OF MARK THAT SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARY.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HELD A WELLNESS EXPO THERE, WHICH INCLUDED VARIOUS VENDORS, GROUPS, SOME FITNESS GROUPS HOLDING CLASSES, DIFFERENT TOURS, DEMOS, HEALTH RESOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS SOME FOOD TRUCKS AND RAFFLES.
SO A WELL-ATTENDED EVENT TO CELEBRATE A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST HAD TO DO WITH THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE ORA MAYHORN POOL.
SO WITH THE MARK IN FULL SWING.
WE EVENTUALLY WILL NEED TO DECOMMISSION, REMOVE THE VESSEL, BASICALLY.
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BASICALLY TESTING REQUIRED.THAT MAY BE REQUIRED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ASBESTOS OR OTHER THINGS IN THERE.
THERE IS NO ASBESTOS, SO IT'S GOING TO BE BACK ON TRACK.
IT SHOULD BE DONE EARLY JULY, BY ABOUT JULY 3RD, TO HAVE THAT DECOMMISSIONED.
EL RIO DISC GOLF COURSE AND PARKING LOT, BASICALLY ALL THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
THE BID IS SCHEDULED TO CLOSE ON MAY 19TH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FROM THE BEGINNING.
TIME TO TIME, SO THAT'S BEGINNING TO MOVE AGAIN.
ANOTHER BIG EVENT THAT'S COMING UP THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY, MAY 9TH, IS THE ANNUAL MOTHER'S DAY 5K, AND THAT WILL BE HELD UP AT THE GLADDEN FARMS PARK. IT WILL BEGIN AT 8 O'CLOCK, AND BASICALLY THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO BE A TOAST FOR MOMS AT 9 O'CLOCK, SO IMMEDIATELY AFTER.
AND THEN REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN, AND SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY IF THEY'RE SO INTERESTED.
THE LAST THING IS JUST KIND OF A REMINDER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC AND AS WELL AS COUNCIL WALKING IN, YOU STILL SEE THE CONSTRUCTION FENCE, AND THAT'S DUE TO SOME OF THE SECURITY AND LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
THEY'RE ANTICIPATED TO BE DONE IN EARLY JUNE.
SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR.
[ 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.]
MAYOR.CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[ PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution No. 2026-028: Relating to Community and Neighborhood Services; approving and adopting the Town of Marana Plan Year 2026 Annual Action Plan for the Town of Marana Community Development Block Grant Program and authorizing the Town Manager to transmit the Annual Action Plan document to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (Lisa Shafer)]
A1.RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-028 RELATING TO COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE TOWN OF MARANA PLAN YEAR 2026 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF MARANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO TRANSMIT THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN DOCUMENT TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
STEPPING IN FOR LISA, WHO IS ENJOYING HER TIME IN TURKS AND CAICOS THIS WEEK.
I'M COMING TO YOU TONIGHT TO PRESENT OUR PROGRAM YEAR 26 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR OUR CDBG GRANT.
EVERY YEAR HUD REQUIRES THE TOWN TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WHICH OUTLINES ESSENTIALLY HOW WE INTEND TO SPEND THE CDBG FUNDS.
PART OF THIS REQUIREMENT IS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
COMMUNITY INPUT IS OF COURSE VERY IMPORTANT IN DECIDING HOW TO SPEND THESE FUNDS AND SO WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS PRIOR TO THE DRAFT.
AFTER THOSE MEETINGS WE CREATE THE DRAFT AND THEN WE PUT IT OUT FOR A 30-DAY COMMENT PERIOD.
AND WITHIN THAT TIME, WE HOLD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, TONIGHT'S MEETING WOULD BE THE THIRD COMMUNITY MEETING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR THIRD YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, SO I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY GO OVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR CURRENT YEAR.
WE RECEIVED ABOUT $207,000, A LITTLE OVER $207,000 THIS YEAR.
AND SO FAR, WE'VE ASSISTED EIGHT RESIDENTS WITH OUR HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
AND ABOUT 40 RESIDENTS WITH OUR UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THIS SLIDE HERE BREAKS DOWN A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY.
OUR HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM IS A LONG-STANDING PROGRAM.
WE'VE OFFERED THIS PROGRAM TO OUR RESIDENTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR ELIGIBLE CLIENTS PROVIDES HOME REPAIR SERVICES SUCH AS ROOF REPAIR, HVAC UNITS.
WATER HEATERS, ELECTRICAL UPGRADES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
OUR UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS A NEWER PROGRAM THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST PROBABLY TWO YEARS, AND IT IS FOR ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS.
IT PROVIDES UP TO $500 ONE TIME PER YEAR TO UTILITIES, ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, WHICH WE CLASSIFY AS GAS, WATER, AND ELECTRIC.
THE NEXT FUND BUCKET IS OUR ADMINISTRATION.
SOME STAFFING, SALARY, AS WELL AS CONSULTING, AS WELL AS OUR ONLINE APPLICATION SOFTWARE.
AND THEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP IS ACTUALLY MONEY THAT'S ROLLED OVER FROM OUR PROGRAM YEAR 23, SO MONEY THAT'S JUST ROLLED OVER.
THIS PROVIDES DUMPSTERS TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT JUST PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO KEEP THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS CLEAN AND CLEAR.
MOVING ON TO THIS CURRENT, THIS NEXT PROGRAM YEAR OF 26, WE RECEIVED $223,434.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST THAT WE'VE
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RECEIVED EVER.IT WAS ACTUALLY AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $16,000, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.
AND HERE'S HOW WE PROPOSED TO BREAK THAT DOWN.
SO HUD, UNFORTUNATELY, GIVES US A CAP ON ADMIN.
SO THERE'S A 20% ADMIN, WHICH LEAVES THE $44,000 FOR ADMINISTRATION.
OUR UTILITY ASSISTANCE ALSO HAS A CAP, UNFORTUNATELY, OF 15% OF OUR TOTAL ALLOCATION, SO THAT'S $33,515.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO PUT IN ABOUT $75,233.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY QUITE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE FROM YEARS PAST, BUT I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT JUST LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP PROGRAM THAT HAS ROLLOVER MONEY, WE HAVE LOTS OF ROLLOVER FUNDS FOR HOME REPAIR FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE THIS DECREASE THIS YEAR AFFECTING OUR ABILITY TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS AT ALL.
AND THEN A NEW PROJECT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A PARKS ADA ACCESSIBILITY ASSESSMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,000.
WAYNE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ADA ASSESSMENT, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ADA ACCESSIBILITY OBVIOUSLY IS QUITE IMPORTANT, AND ADA COMPLIANCE IS CERTAINLY NOT LIKE A ONE-TIME ACHIEVEMENT, RIGHT? THE STANDARDS EVOLVE OVER TIME.
AND THAT LEAVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR OLDER FACILITIES TO MAYBE NOT, YOU KNOW, MEET UP TO SOME OF OUR STANDARDS.
AND SO THIS ASSESSMENT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE A TOWNWIDE ALL OF OUR PUBLIC PARKS.
IT WOULD BE A FULL ASSESSMENT.
IT WOULD PROVIDE A LIST OF SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD ALLOW PARKS AND RECREATION TO DETERMINE ANY FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE.
SO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CDBG PROGRAM.
OF COURSE, EVERY SPRING WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO YOU, JUST LIKE NOW.
IN FALL, WE DO A CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, ALSO KNOWN AS CAPER, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE END-OF-YEAR SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DID THAT YEAR, HOW MUCH WE SPENT, WHO WE'VE HELPED, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
AND THEN EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE TO ADOPT A NEW CONSOLIDATED PLAN, SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU IN SPRING OF 2028.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYTHING? QUESTIONS? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS, MR. MAYOR.
HEARING NONE, I DECLARE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER KAI? YES, I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[ Resolution No. 2026-029 : Relating to Development; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute the Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Vanderbilt Farms Development Agreement (Jane Fairall)]
MOTION PASSES.ITEM A2, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-029, RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT.
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED VANDERBILT FARMS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
MAYOR POST, VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A PROPOSED SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED VANDERBILT FARMS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS ENTERED INTO IN JUNE OF 2020 ORIGINALLY.
THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE USED TO CALL VANDERBILT FARMS IS NOW REFERRED TO AS MONARCH AND I'VE GOT A GENERAL MAP THERE FROM THE REPLAT THAT WAS DONE IN 2020 AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE DID THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT IT'S THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, BARNETT ROAD FROM US, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE OVER THERE AS WE SPEAK.
SO IN JUNE OF 2025, JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE ENTERED INTO THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THAT 2020 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF THAT AGREEMENT WERE TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO CONSTRUCT CLARK CRUMBS BOULEVARD THROUGH THE MONARCH.
DEVELOPMENT IN THREE PHASES WITH GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF I CAN REMEMBER THE PHASES HERE, ON THIS MAP THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, THEY'RE KIND OF THE ORANGEY COLOR HERE.
THAT'S PHASE ONE, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN THE SECTION HERE THAT TRAVERSES BLOCK TWO IS PHASE TWO.
THE APPROACH DOWN TOWARDS MORE ROAD.
SO WE AGREED TO ALLOW CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THOSE PHASES AS THE BLOCKS WERE BUILT OUT.
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PROVISIONS IN THERE ABOUT TAKING WHAT WAS POSTVALE ROAD OUT OF SERVICE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY NOT AN ACTUAL RIGHT-OF-WAY.IT WAS A PROPERTY THAT BELONGED TO THE DEVELOPER THAT THEY WERE ALLOWING US TO USE AS A ROAD PURSUANT TO A LICENSE AGREEMENT.
AT THAT TIME IN LAST YEAR IN JUNE, WE DID MENTION THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING BACK ANOTHER AGREEMENT TO COUNCIL TO DISCUSS REIMBURSEMENT FOR CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD AS WELL AS FOR THE CLARK FARMS SEWER INTERSECTION.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK FIRST ABOUT THE CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD REIMBURSEMENT.
THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE TOWN'S 2022 STREETS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, SO IT'S PART OF OUR IMPACT FEE PROGRAM.
AND THE CHART UP HERE ON THE TOP OF THE, YOU KNOW, ABOVE THE MAP HERE IS A CLIP FROM THAT 2022 STREETS IIP, AND IT BREAKS DOWN THE PROJECT INTO TWO PARTS HERE.
CLARK FARMS FROM DESPAIN DRIVE TO LON ADAMS ROAD, WHICH IS THE ORANGE PART HERE, HAS A VALUE OF ABOUT $3.3 MILLION.
AND THEN THE PORTION THAT THE MONARCH DEVELOPER IS BUILDING OF THE NEXT SEGMENT HERE, LON ADAMS ROAD TO MOORE ROAD, HAS A VALUE OF ABOUT $6.1 MILLION.
SO THE DEVELOPER IS ENTITLED TO IMPACT FEE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR PROVIDING THE ROAD PURSUANT TO THE...
HOWEVER, THE LITTLE OVER $9.5 MILLION, THEY WOULDN'T ACTUALLY RECEIVE IN JUST IMPACT FEE REIMBURSEMENTS.
THE IMPACT FEE REIMBURSEMENTS DOESN'T EVEN GET THEM HALFWAY TO $9.5 MILLION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF EDUS THAT THEY PLAN TO HAVE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE PROPOSAL IN AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS TO ALSO USE CONSTRUCTION SALES TAX REVENUES THAT ARE GENERATED FROM THE MONARCH DEVELOPMENT 75% OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION SALES TAX REVENUES TO ALSO REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPER UP TO THE AMOUNT OF THE NINE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN NINE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS SO THAT IS THE FIRST PROPOSAL OF THE AGREEMENT AND I GUESS I COULD SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD AND THE REIMBURSEMENT THERE ALL RIGHT, THEN I WILL MOVE ON TO THE SEWER.
SO THERE IS A PROJECT LISTED WITHIN THE 2022 SEWER IIP INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
IT'S LISTED AS IMPROVEMENT NUMBER 10, AND IT IS A 15-INCH GRAVITY SEWER PIPE.
AND IT HAS A DIFFERENT ALIGNMENT THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AT THIS POINT.
IN THE IIP FROM 2022, THE ALIGNMENT GOES BASICALLY ALONG MOORE ROAD AND THEN UP LAWTON ADAMS ROAD TO CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD.
BUT WITH THE UPDATE TO THE SEWER MASTER PLAN AND THROUGH DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN OUR WATER DEPARTMENT STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER, WE ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT ALIGNMENT SO THAT THE SEWER LINE WILL RUN JUST THROUGH THE CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD ALIGNMENT.
AND IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE UPSIZED FROM THE 15-INCH THAT WAS IN THE 2022 IIP TO A 21-INCH IN THE MONARCH DEVELOPMENT.
WE WILL BE BRINGING, ASSUMING THIS IS APPROVED, WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AN AMENDMENT TO THAT 2022 SEWER IIP TO CHANGE THE ALIGNMENT OF THAT ONE PROJECT, TO UPDATE THE COST FOR THAT PROJECT, AND OF COURSE ALSO...
TO CHANGE THE SIZE FROM THE 15 INCH TO THE 21 INCH.
THE DEVELOPER HAS BUILT THE PORTION OF THAT LINE THAT IS IN THIS SECTION THAT I'M KIND OF POINTING AT HERE OF CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD WHICH WAS CLARK FARMS BOULEVARD PHASE THEY'VE DONE THAT PURSUANT TO THEIR WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE WITH US AND THEN THIS SECTION THAT GOES FROM KIND OF WHERE BLOCK SIX AND BLOCK SEVEN INTERSECT HERE DOWN TO THE MORE ROAD ALIGNMENT WILL BE COMING AS THE ROAD IS DEVELOPED.
AND THAT COST IS ABOUT $1.4 MILLION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE PUTTING INTO THE NEW, THE AMENDED 2022 SEWER IEP THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU.
AND PURSUANT TO THIS, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT AND STATE LAW, THE DEVELOPER WOULD RECEIVE IMPACT FEE CREDITS FOR THAT $1.4
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MILLION SEWER LINE AS THEY BUILD OUT MONARCH.IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SEWER LINE OR THE REIMBURSEMENT THERE.
SO THEY'RE BUILDING, OVERSIZING IT FOR OTHER USE, FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENT? YES.
IT IS BEING BUILT BIGGER THAN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE NEEDED.
AND THIS WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE THAT'S GOING IN BARNETT ROAD.
IS THAT CORRECT? MR. MAYOR, SO THE EVENTUAL, WHEN WE BRING BACK THAT, AND I HAD A MAP, BUT IT WAS WRONG, SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE A MAP SHOWING THE SEWER LINE.
THE SEWER LINE WILL ALSO BRANCH OFF KIND OF UP HERE AND GO BETWEEN BLOCK 7 AND BLOCK 8 AND THEN GO DOWN BARNETT ROAD.
THE DEVELOPER, MONARCH, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
IT WILL BE BUILT BY THE TOWN IN A FUTURE PROJECT, BUT THAT WILL ALSO BE IMPACT FEE FUNDED.
AND BACK TO THE ROAD, IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT IN THE ROAD.
THAT'S A ROAD THAT'S GOING TO BE USED BY OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, OTHER TRAFFIC THAN WHAT'S GENERATED ON SITE.
MR. MAYOR, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REGIONAL ROADWAYS UP HERE IN NORTH MARANA.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD, IS JUST THAT WE'VE ALSO AGREED TO EXTEND THE DA.
THE CURRENT EXPIRATION DATE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD BE IN JUNE OF 2040, AND WE'VE AGREED TO EXTEND IT TO JUNE OF 2050, A 10-YEAR EXTENSION, IF THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS APPROVED.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? FOR MS. FARRELL? THERE ARE ALSO SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DEVELOPER HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.
I DON'T NEED TO HEAR FROM THEM.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR.
I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026-029.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[ Relating to Development and Public Works; update, discussion, and possible direction regarding public and private projects and development applications on the Town’s Marana Current and Proposed Projects internet site (Brett Wittenberg)]
THANK YOU.D1? ITEM D1, RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UPDATE, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS ON THE TOWN'S MARANA CURRENT AND PROPOSED PROJECTS INTERNET SITE.
MR. WITTENBERG, DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YOU DID.
YOUR SECOND ONE? FIRST ONE, SECOND ONE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT FOR US.
MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THIS IS OUR MONTHLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
SINCE I HAVE THE FIRST ONE UNDER MY BELT, I'LL EXPAND ON IT A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS TIME.
SO COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, AGAIN, THIS MONTH, NOTHING NEW ON THE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS UNDER REVIEW.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
SO THE FLINT BUILDINGS, JUST SOME UPDATES ON THOSE TWO BUILDINGS.
BUILDING 425 WAS SOLD TO AN ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
THE TENANT IS GOING TO BE GXO, WHICH IS A SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTOR.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHO THE TENANT IS YET FOR THAT PORTION OF THAT BUILDING.
MOVING ON TO KFC. SO THIS IS ON MARANA ROAD.
SO THEY DID SOME GRADING MONTHS AGO AND THEN WORK STOPPED ON THIS.
AND WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM TO GET A STATUS UPDATE BECAUSE THEIR GRADING PERMIT'S SET TO EXPIRE END OF JUNE.
THEY'VE GOT OPEN TRENCHES THERE THAT WE ADVISE THEM IF THEY DON'T GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS, WE WOULD PROBABLY START THE PROCESS OF DRAWING ON A BOND TO CLEAN UP THE SITE.
THEY RESPONDED BACK THAT KFC IS GOING TO BE.
PAYING THEIR BUILDING PERMITS HOPEFULLY SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK AND THEY ANTICIPATE ON STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON THAT THE FIRST WEEK OF FIRST WEEK OF JUNE.
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HERE WE GO SO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TANGERINE ROAD SO I HAD A QUESTION ON THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE MEETING.SO TWO GRADING PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR BURGER KING AND TACO BELL.
SO THEY STARTED THE GRADING ON THOSE.
TWO SITES AND WE'LL BE GOING VERTICAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, NOTHING NEW FOR UNDER REVIEW PROJECTS, JUST SOME UPDATES.
I THINK THAT IT'S BENEFICIAL TO GET SOME UPDATES ONCE YOU SEE THE DIRT START MOVING AND THINGS GO VERTICAL AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WHEN WE START GETTING THE CALLS ON THESE.
THE BIGGEST ONE, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, CASCADA.
SO THEY HAVE A MASS GRADING PERMIT THAT COVERS APPROXIMATELY THE EAST HALF OF THE PROJECT, AND THEY'VE GOT SOME ARCHAEOLOGICAL ITEMS TO ADDRESS ON THE WEST HALF.
THAT'S WHY THEY AREN'T DOING ANY GRADING ON THAT.
SIX BLOCKS ON THE NORTH HALF ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND AS WAS TOUCHED ON, MONARCH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HERE, WE HAVE THREE BLOCKS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
ONE BLOCK THAT IS CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO GO VERTICAL, AND ANOTHER BLOCK THAT'S PROBABLY TWO TO THREE MONTHS OUT BEFORE THEY'LL BE READY TO GO VERTICAL ON THAT.
LAND USE PROJECTS, SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE HAVE THE TORD AND LITA SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT.
THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT.
THEY'RE JUST MOVING AROUND THE LAND USES WITHIN THE SPECIFIC PLAN.
SO THAT'S JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT.
THEY AREN'T CHANGING ACREAGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SEVEN PERMITS WERE ISSUED, FIVE WERE REMODEL RETAIL, AND TWO WERE REMODEL INDUSTRIAL.
BUSINESS LICENSES, 21 WERE ISSUED.
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, 102 FOR THE MONTH, SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OVER LAST MONTH, WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE.
MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, NOTHING NEW ON THAT FRONT.
BUILDING PERMITS IN GENERAL, 308 BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE PAST MONTH.
AND THEN FINALLY, INSPECTIONS, HOLDING STEADY.
I THINK WE WERE AT 1,500 LAST MONTH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT THIS MONTH.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRETT? AS I CAN.
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THE FLINT BUILDINGS, THE TWO ON THE BACK, THE COUPLE IN THE BACK.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON GXO COMING IN? AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH.
STAFF ON THE TENANT FINISH ON THAT.
SO I THINK THEY'RE MOVING ALONG PRETTY QUICKLY.
I WOULD IMAGINE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS THINGS ARE RESOLVED.
WE SHOULD SEE SOMETHING GOING ON OVER THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ 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)]
ITEM D2.RELATING TO LEGISLATION AND GOVERNMENT ACTIONS, 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. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF TERRY ROSAMONT, TOWN MANAGER, I DO JUST HAVE A REALLY BRIEF REPORT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH THE GOVERNOR HOBBS WAITING FOR THE BUDGET.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A MORATORIUM SO THERE HASN'T BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT IN ANY BILLS.
BECAUSE SHE THREATENED TO BASICALLY VETO THEM IF THEY MADE IT TO HER DESK.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT, BUT NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE.
REALLY, THE HINGE POINT RIGHT NOW HAS TO DO WITH THE STATE BUDGET ITSELF.
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SO THE LEGISLATURE DID PASS A BUDGET AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSMITTING OR TRANSMITTED IT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR HER CONSIDERATION REVIEW.IT'S WIDELY EXPECTED THAT SHE'S GOING TO VETO IT.
IT DIFFERS FROM WHAT HER WISHES OR WHAT SHE BELIEVES THE NEEDS ARE FOR ARIZONA IN A NUMBER OF KEY AREAS.
IN THE BUDGET THAT'S ON OUR DESK, THERE'S 5% CUTS ACROSS MOST STATE DEPARTMENTS EXCEPT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOME OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THERE'S SIGNIFICANT TAX REFORM THAT SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT, ALONG WITH OTHER MEASURES THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT BUDGET. SO IT'S WIDELY EXPECTED THAT SHE'S GOING TO VETO IT SOON. BUT AS OF TODAY, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. SO ONCE THEY GET DONE WRANGLING WITH THAT, WE DO ANTICIPATE ONE OR MORE BILLS WILL MOVE IN THE FUTURE, AND THEN FUTURE UPDATES WILL HAVE MORE FOR YOU AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ERIC?
[ Relating to Budget; discussion, direction and possible action regarding development of fiscal year 2026/2027 budget, including proposed budget initiatives and expenditures (Terry Rozema)]
D3. ITEM D3, RELATING TO BUDGET, DISCUSSION, DIRECTION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 26-27 BUDGET, INCLUDING PROPOSED BUDGET INITIATIVES AND EXPENDITURES.MR. MONTAGUE. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, LAST WEEK AT OUR STUDY SESSION, THE TOWN MANAGER, ALONG WITH THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, PRESENTED TO YOU THE MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET, SO WE'RE IN FULL SWING. THE NEXT TIME YOU'LL SEE THE FORMAL BUDGET WILL BE ON MAY 19TH, WHEN WE'LL ADOPT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM GIVES US A SLIVER OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN NOW AND BEFORE YOU SEE IT ON THE 19TH. AND SO WITH THAT, I'D BE GLAD TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE BUDGET. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE BUDGET? NOT YET. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU. WE DON'T NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT I'M AWARE OF. ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.