Sep 01, 2026 Council Meetings

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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.

[ CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KAI. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER. HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

BUT WHAT IT IS TO ME REALLY, IS A MOMENT TO SAY A PRAYER.

AND RECENTLY WE HAD A TRAGIC INCIDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE A YOUNG CHILD WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED.

I PROBABLY CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'LL BE VERY EMOTIONAL, BUT VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF ALL THAT WERE INVOLVED, NOT JUST THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE YOUNG BOY, BUT THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE CAR.

AND SO AS WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, I'D REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO KEEP THOSE THAT FAMILIES IN YOUR HEART.

SORRY.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPROVAL OF AGENDA.

[ APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

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,

[ 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.]

THE SPEAKER MAY HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE NINE CARDS THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET STARTED. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVID MORALES, FOLLOWED BY JACKIE CRAIG.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF AND AUDIENCE. FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH. HOW WOULD I SAY IT? REACHING FOR MY SOUL, AND SAYING TO MYSELF, WHO AND WHAT AM I? AND I DECIDED THAT I AM A POOR COTTON PICKER FROM MARANA, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THAT'S WHAT MARANA WAS.

EVERYWHERE YOU WENT, NOTHING BUT COTTON FIELDS, AND THEY HAD THE CAMPITOS.

CAMPITOS WAS NOTHING BUT A CAMP WHERE PEOPLE WOULD LIVE.

THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WOULD GIVE THEM FREE RENT, FREE UTILITY, FREE EVERYTHING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN GET A FAMILY IN ONE ROOM, BUT THEY DID.

AND EVERY CORNER THROUGHOUT MARANA. AND I WENT TO SCHOOL.

I WOULD SAY 95% OF THE KIDS WOULD LIVE IN THE CAMPITOS.

NOW THAT I HAVE SETTLED WHO AND WHAT I AM, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO DO IS I SEARCHED THE MARANA INTERNET AND I COULDN'T FIND A HISTORY OF MARANA, SO I DECIDED TO TELL THIS COUNCIL THE HISTORY OF MARANA.

AND THE REASON THAT I SAY THE HISTORY OF MARANA IS BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR PAST, YOU WON'T KNOW YOUR FUTURE.

I GRADUATED FROM ELLER COLLEGE IN 2004 AND MY MAJOR WAS PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, AND MY MINOR WAS HISTORY. I LOVE HISTORY.

SO WITH THIS, I'LL START OFF WITH, MARANA DOES NOT EXIST.

IN REALITY, IT'S A MIRACLE MARANA EXISTS BECAUSE THERE WAS THINGS BEING DONE.

THEY WERE GOING TO HURT THE TOWN. I MEAN, REALLY HURT THE TOWN.

SO I WAS IN THE REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE

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MISS PEEL WAS A SCHOOL NURSE WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL, AND I ASKED HER, WHY DID WE INCORPORATE INA ROAD? IT'S NOT PART OF MARANA AND I TOLD HER, WHAT DID MR. [INAUDIBLE] TELL YOU? SHE TOLD ME SOMETHING THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL SHOULD ADOPT.

SHE TOLD ME IT WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING. SO WE TOOK IT.

AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT MARANA HAS DONE, IS IT WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING AND WE TOOK IT.

SO ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO. WELL, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TELL YOU IS THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE OBF OF BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. O STANDING FOR OF, B STANDING FOR BY, F STANDING FOR. YOU ARE HERE OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE.

IF YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT, YOU'LL NEVER GET RECALLED.

AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THAT. SO ANYWAY, MARANA'S HISTORY STARTS IN 1919. WE CAN'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE HISTORY TONIGHT, DAVID, BUT.

I KNOW I'M PAST THE THREE MINUTES. I'LL FINISH OFF AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT JUST REMEMBER, IN 1919, THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO MARANA HAPPENED.

BUT IT WAS THE MOST POSITIVE THING IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY, I'LL COME BACK NEXT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND FINISH IT. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. DAVID? MORALES.

I JUST. I DON'T KNOW. WHEN YOU SAID I DIDN'T SEE ANY HISTORY OF MARANA.

WE HAVE A HISTORIAN NOW. IT USED TO BE OUR TOWN CLERK, AND SHE'S EXCELLENT.

SO SHE WAS OUR HISTORIAN. I THINK WE STILL HAVE ONE.

AND IF SOMEBODY'S LOOKING FOR A HISTORY OF MARANA, THERE'S A TON OF IT.

AND I'M SURE WE COULD HELP YOU FIND IT. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING.

I RESEARCHED THIS. AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, HISTORY, YOU KNOW YOUR FUTURE.

I AGREE, AND THE TIMELINE IN THE MARC. IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START.

JUST REMEMBER, 1919 IS THE START OF MARANA, THE WORST AND THE BEST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL EXPLAIN IT.

IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, DAVID. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACKIE CRAIG, FOLLOWED BY BRAD DESPAIN.

MR. MAYOR, AND IF I COULD JUST REMIND COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO CALL TO THE PUBLIC, DO IT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC WHEN IT'S OVER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NICE TO SEE YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I'M JACKIE CRAIG.

I'M A RESIDENT OF MARANA. AND ALSO I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF IRONWOOD FOREST.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS A WONDERFUL CEREMONY.

DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR MAHONEY. IT WAS VERY MOVING.

AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE. SO THAT WAS VERY, VERY NICE.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 2026-063.

THE TOWN OF MARANA HAS BEEN. THAT'S THE WILLIAM SHAW WILDLIFE CORRIDOR FOR EVERYBODY.

THE TOWN OF MARANA HAS BEEN A VERY STRONG SUPPORTER OF IRONWOOD FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

DR. SHAW'S BUNNY MAP WAS A STRONG MOTIVATION FOR AREA CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF BOTH THE MONUMENT BACK IN 2000 AND THE SONORAN DESERT CONSERVATION PLAN IN 2001. THE MAP ESTABLISHED CLEAR WILDLIFE MOVEMENT CORRIDORS AMONG THE MOUNTAIN RANGES BORDERING AVRA VALLEY, THE SANTA CRUZ VALLEY AND THE CANADA DEL ORO BASIN, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CORRIDORS DIRECTLY LINKED AREAS OF THE TUCSON MOUNTAINS AND THE TORTOLITA MOUNTAINS. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE LITTLE THING.

FOR THOSE PEOPLE, IF YOU'RE DRIVING UP TWIN PEAKS NEAR I-10 AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT BIG DEVELOPMENT, CASCATA, IF YOU KEEP GOING, LOOKING ACROSS IT, YOU JUST CAN'T SEE IT.

BUT THAT IS WHERE THAT WILDLIFE CORRIDOR IS, NEAR WHERE AVRA VALLEY COMES INTO I-10.

SO THAT HAS BEEN PRESERVED, DESPITE WHAT YOU SEE BEING DUG UP IN THE DESERT.

SO BASICALLY THOSE WILDLIFE CORRIDORS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO IRONWOOD FOREST.

AND THAT IS WHY, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I'M HERE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

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OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRAD DESPAIN, FOLLOWED BY DAVE SMITH.

SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVE SMITH, FOLLOWED BY SUE RITZ.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ELECTED IN THIS LAST ELECTION, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.

WE HAVE OUR LITTLE D, DEMOCRATIC VOTE. AND NOW THE REPUBLIC START PART WHERE YOU REPRESENT US.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE ELECTION FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS RAN, THE PEOPLE WHO RAN MOSTLY RAN ON VERY POSITIVE GROWTH IDEAS, THE MAKING MARANA BETTER, WHICH IS IN MY LIFETIME. I'VE SEEN IT JUST INCREDIBLY CHANGE.

YOU KNOW, WHERE I USED TO HUNT QUAIL, I LIVE NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME.

THE THING THAT I FIND, THOUGH, IS THAT WHEN I COME TO THESE MEETINGS, I GOT KIND OF CALLED OUT LAST TIME AND I WASN'T HERE BECAUSE I SAID, IF YOU REMEMBER, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, HITLER, HITLER, HITLER, NAZI, NAZI, NAZI AND THAT STUFF, HOPEFULLY GETTING RID OF THE BOOGEYMAN THING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS TODAY, WHERE IT TAKES THE PLACE OF DEBATE, WHERE YOU CAN JUST CALL SOMEONE A NAME OR CALL SOMETHING A NEGATIVE OR SOMEHOW BRAND IT, AND THEN YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO DEBATE THE IDEA.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THINGS. I'M AMERICA.

THIS IS SHOCKING TO PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU GUYS LIVE IN A KIND OF A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE ARE OFTEN CONFRONTATIONAL POLITICAL ACTIVISTS. AMERICA WANTS THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS REMOVED FROM THIS NATION.

THAT'S A POLITICAL FACT. YOU DON'T GET IT. AND THE PEOPLE WHO SHOUT THE MOST ARE THE ONES WHO WON'T ALLOW YOU TO TALK ABOUT IT.

YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT A DETENTION CENTER. YOU GOT TO HAVE THAT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO PROCESS PEOPLE, YOU GOT TO HAVE A DETENTION CENTER. IT'LL BRING EMPLOYMENT.

IT'LL BRING ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO THIS CITY.

NOW, THE REAL BOOGEYMAN, THESE DATA CENTERS NOW, AND I'M LIKE, BOY, AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, WOW, YEAH, MAN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE EVERY DROP OF WATER IN OUR LIFE AND ELECTRICITY.

WELL, ELECTRICITY IS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF CERTAIN POOR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES, NOT IN THIS BOARD, BUT IN THIS STATE AND IN THIS NATION OVER THE LAST.

WELL, A FEW YEARS. AND THE PROBLEM I HAVE IN TRYING TO FIND OUT REALITY AND EXPLAIN THESE THINGS TO PEOPLE IS, LOOK, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THIS, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A MODERN WORLD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE DATA CENTERS.

AND YOU HAVE, I THINK. AND YOU YOU WERE CALLED OUT.

YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T DO DUE DILIGENCE THERE. YOU KNOW, A CITY MANAGER THAT'S DONE.

YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, I THINK, OF ANSWERING A LOT OF THE KEY QUESTIONS.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CREATING A COMMUNITY THAT KEEPS GROWING.

WE NEED MORE RESTAURANTS, BUT THAT'S JUST A PERSONAL COMPLAINT. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A FABULOUS JOB.

I HOPE THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS, THAT YOU ARE ELECTED TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND TO USE WISDOM.

THAT'S WHAT A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY IS. YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED TO USE YOUR WISDOM TO MAKE THE PROPER DECISIONS BASED ON YOUR JUDGMENT, NOT THE SCREAMS OF THE PEOPLE, NOT THE DEMOCRATIC LITTLE D DEMOCRATIC WHINING OF PEOPLE, BUT YOUR OWN WISDOM.

AND YOU'VE USED IT WELL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU USING IT POSITIVELY IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUE RITZ, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL ORMSON.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER.

ON AUGUST 17TH AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, VICE MAYOR MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

OTHER THINGS I CAN'T TALK ABOUT UP HERE, IT'S POLITICS.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP OUR LD 17 REPUBLICANS GET INTO LD 17.

SO I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT, BUT I'M SURE I'LL GET IN TROUBLE.

WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT. THE FACT THAT THE VICE MAYOR PREDICATED HER STATEMENT WITH ITS POLITICS IS PRECISELY WHY IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN STATED FROM THE DAIS, BECAUSE IT VIOLATES THE PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS CENTERED GOVERNMENT ADOPTED BY THIS COUNCIL IN 2009,

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SPEAKING FROM THE DAIS IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER IS THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC DUTY, AND ADVOCATING FOR ONE'S OWN POLITICAL PARTY IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE CODE OF PRINCIPLE AND ETHICS CENTERED GOVERNANCE, AS IT IS NEITHER FAIR NOR IS IT COLLECTIVE VALUE.

INSTEAD, IT DIVIDES AND ALIENATES A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE ELECTORATE.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINIONS ON POLITICAL ISSUES AND TO BE MEMBERS OF POLITICAL PARTIES, BUT I WOULD REQUEST THAT THOSE AFFILIATIONS BE LEFT AT THE DOOR WHEN ENTERING THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.

I ALSO REQUEST THAT OUR TOWN ATTORNEY RESEARCH THE REMARKS TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE 9-500.14, WHICH IS UNLAWFUL ADVOCACY IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AT A TOWN MEETING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL ORMSON, FOLLOWED BY JULIE PRINCE.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

ORMSON. MY WIFE AND OUR FOUR CHILDREN AND I HAVE CALLED MARANA HOME FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.

WE. THE SMALL TOWN CHARACTER, THE SCHOOLS, THE LOCAL EVENTS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PEOPLE.

AS WE ALL KNOW, MARANA HAS EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS CHANGE DURING OUR TIME HERE, MOST OF IT POSITIVE.

BUT AS OUR COMMUNITY GROWS, I FEEL IT'S ALSO OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ONE ANOTHER THAT WE MUST GROW WITH IT.

AS YOU STARTED THE MEETING OFF TONIGHT, MR. MAYOR, WITH THERE WAS THAT TRAGIC ACCIDENT RECENTLY REGARDING OR INVOLVING A YOUNG BOY ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL. THE MORNING AFTER THAT ACCIDENT, MY DAUGHTER WHO ATTENDS THE SAME SCHOOL ASKED IF WE COULD LEAVE SOME FLOWERS AND A STUFFED ANIMAL AT THE MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL. SO WE DID THE NEXT MORNING.

WHILE WE WERE THERE, I MET THE YOUNG BOY'S FATHER.

HE WAS STANDING THERE. HE WANTED TO MEET EVERYBODY WHO WAS OFFERING THEIR CONDOLENCES AND THANK THEM.

WE SPOKE BRIEFLY. HE TOLD ME ABOUT HIS SON. HE WANTED TO STAND IN THE EXACT SPOT AT THE EXACT TIME THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

HE ASKED IF I WOULD STAND THERE WITH HIM, SO I DID.

WE SHARED A HUG. IT WAS A VERY HARD MOMENT FOR ME.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW IT WAS FOR HIM. THAT MORNING WHILE I WAS PARKED THERE ALONG MIDFIELD, A CAR PASSED BY.

I WAS PARKED ON THE SHOULDER. A CAR PASSED BY ME ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I MEAN, NOT EVEN 24 HOURS AFTER THIS ACCIDENT.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS THAT MOMENT THAT I FELT WE AS A TOWN CANNOT JUST SIMPLY FEEL SADNESS AND BE HEARTBROKEN FOR THIS YOUNG BOY IN THIS FAMILY. WE MUST DO SOMETHING.

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY IS AN UNIMAGINABLE LOSS.

BUT IT'S ALSO DEEPLY AFFECTED OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S DEEPLY AFFECTED PEOPLE.

I'VE SPOKEN TO MYSELF, MY FAMILY. I'M NOT HERE TO ASSIGN BLAME TO ANYBODY, BUT I AM HERE BECAUSE I FEEL WE CANNOT DISMISS THIS AS MERELY AN UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT, A TRAGEDY THAT REQUIRES ALL OF US RESIDENTS, DRIVERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, TOWN LEADERSHIP TO LOOK HONESTLY AT OURSELVES, AT WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY.

YOU SEE, AS YOU KNOW, GLADDEN FARMS ELEMENTARY, TANGERINE FARMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, THESE WERE DESIGNED AS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS WITH MINIMAL BUSSING. CHILDREN ARE EXPECTED. MOST CHILDREN ARE EXPECTED TO WALK OR RIDE THEIR BIKES TO THESE SCHOOLS.

IT'S A GREAT VISION AND IT'S WORKED OUT GREAT.

ALL OF MY KIDS HAVE WENT TO EVERY SCHOOL IN THIS TOWN, AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING.

BUT ANYBODY WHO REGULARLY TRAVELS MIDFIELD ROAD MIGHT GET A BOULEVARD.

GLADDEN FARMS DRIVE KNOWS DURING SCHOOL HOURS PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING, THERE'S DISTRACTED DRIVING, UNSAFE BEHAVIOR. SO TONIGHT I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL IF THEY MAY PLEASE TAKE ACTION.

INCREASE VISIBLE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE SCHOOLS DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL HOURS.

CONDUCT A SAFETY REVIEW OF ALL THESE ROUTES THAT THE CHILDREN TAKE TO SCHOOL, INCLUDING SPEEDS,

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I ALSO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER FORMING POSSIBLY A RESIDENT SAFETY TASK FORCE, SO THE RESPONSE CAN BE COLLABORATIVE AND INFORMED BY THOSE WHO TRAVEL THE ROADS MOST.

MAYOR POST, I SUPPORT YOU AND I SUPPORT THE COUNCIL.

I SUPPORT THE MARANA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I BELIEVE DEEPLY IN THE FUTURE OF OUR TOWN.

BUT SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY ALSO MEANS BEING WILLING TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR WHEN SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG AND SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG.

I BELIEVE MARANA IS AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY.

I PERSONALLY BELIEVE IT'S THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE. PERIOD.

I'M ASKING THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND ACT SO THAT IT STAYS THAT WAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIE PRINCE, FOLLOWED BY KIMBERLY MCALLISTER.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I KNOW I GOT THREE MINUTES, SO HERE I GO. MAYOR POST, I'D JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE ON TIME WITH ALL OF YOUR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS AND THAT YOU SELF-FUNDED. YOU TURNED THEM IN ON THE DEADLINE, BUT YOU ARE AT LEAST ON TIME.

AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THE OTHER INCUMBENTS COULD LEARN FROM THAT.

AND WAITING AND BEING LATE FOR $10 A DAY DOESN'T LET THE VOTERS SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHO'S SUPPORTING YOU BEFORE THE ELECTION. SO WITH THE CHANGE IN THE ELECTION THIS YEAR, IT WAS A LITTLE OFF, AND WE NEED TO GET SOME LAWS PASSED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

MY OTHER SUBJECT IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT VERY MUCH.

IT'S THE ICE FACILITY. IT'S COMING NOVEMBER 30TH.

IT'S SCHEDULED TO OPEN. I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE.

WHERE ARE MY NOTES HERE? THERE THEY ARE. THEY AFFECT ALL OF US.

READING FROM THE PROPOSED CONTRACT. MAINTAIN INSTITUTIONAL EMERGENCY READINESS.

THE EMERGENCY PLAN SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR TWO OR MORE DISTURBANCE CONTROL TEAMS, CONSISTING OF AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE ON EACH TEAM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL HAVE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS WITH APPROPRIATE STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES THAT WILL ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE EVENT OF ANY EMERGENCY INCIDENT THAT WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE COMMUNITY.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE INVOLVING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ANY OTHER MARANA ENTITIES.

THEY ALSO WANT EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING.

ANYWAY, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL OBTAIN THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY FROM STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO USE FORCE AS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE SECURITY OF THE FACILITY. NOW, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE MTC, YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER, BUT BACK IN 2010, THEY WERE OPERATING A FACILITY UP IN KINGMAN AND THREE PEOPLE ESCAPED THAT FACILITY.

GRANTED, IT WASN'T A DETAINEE ICE SITUATION, BUT THEY DID ESCAPE AND THEY MURDERED A COUPLE IN NEW MEXICO.

THEN FIVE YEARS LATER, THEY HAD THE BIG RIOT WITH MTC RUNNING THE FACILITY OWNED BY THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

AND DAYS AND DAYS OF RIOTS WENT ON. AND SO MY BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THEY ARE NOT A GOOD OPERATOR OF FACILITIES.

AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS. AND IF IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE NEED TO KNOW IF THOSE RESOURCES ARE BEING DRAGGED OVER TO THAT.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MORE FOR THE TOWN OF MARANA AND WHATNOT.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIMBERLY MCALLISTER, FOLLOWED BY TAMMY PEEL.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR POST, VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER AND TOWN COUNCIL.

I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU WHO WON YOUR ELECTION.

I WAS ON A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO KNOCKED ON DOORS IN MARANA JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE ELECTION AND ALSO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET OUT AND VOTE.

IT WAS VERY HOT, VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT VERY REWARDING JUST TO GET OUT AND KNOCK ON DOORS.

AND WE WERE SHOCKED HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY OPENED THEIR DOORS AND TALKED TO US AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH US.

OUR TEAM KNOCKED ON ALMOST 9000 DOORS. SO WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.

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BECAUSE THIS WAS A NONPARTISAN RACE, WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, BUT WE JUST GOT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE TOWN OF MARANA AND IT WAS VERY REWARDING.

I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE, THE SUPPORT THAT THEY HAD FOR MARANA FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.

THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT MARANA IS SAFE AND CLEAN AND GROWING AND THRIVING.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE THING THAT WE HEARD THE MOST IS THAT THEY REALLY DO NOT WANT MARANA TO BECOME TUCSON.

THEY SEE TUCSON, THEY SEE MARANA AND THE VERY DISTINCT DIFFERENCES.

THEY DON'T WANT LEADERSHIP THAT ALIGNS WITH WITH THE TUCSON POLICIES OR TUCSON POLITICIANS.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD A LOT. AND I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO KNOW THAT NOT ONCE DID A SINGLE PERSON EVER CALL ANY OF YOU A NAZI OR A FASCIST.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD. I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OUT IN THE REAL WORLD, JUST WITH MAYBE A FRINGE COMMUNITY. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

I THINK THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR COMMUNITY AND THINGS ARE GOING WELL, THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS. USUALLY THIS ROOM IS VERY, VERY EMPTY.

SO I JUST WANT. YOU DON'T USUALLY GET TO HEAR ALL THAT GOOD FEEDBACK.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS TODAY.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD THAT I LOVE HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK.

I LOVE YOUR MELTDOWNS. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE A MELTDOWN AT ALL, BUT IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR THOSE OF US.

WHEN I CAN'T BE HERE AT A MEETING, I ALWAYS WATCH THE VIDEO.

AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR THE INSIDE SCOOP AND JUST KIND OF THE INSIDE BASEBALL TO HEAR WHAT, WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN A TOWN BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE AND JUST HEARING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE AS, AS A, AS A, AS A TEAM AND THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU'VE BUILT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT'S THERE AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.

THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR, REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. AND I HOPE THAT JACKIE MCGUIRE WILL COME ON WITH HUMILITY AND LEARN AND LISTEN AND WATCH AND BE A PART OF THOSE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS AND THE GOOD COMMUNICATION AND WORK TO KEEP MARANA ON TRACK.

SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS TAMMY PEEL. TESTING.

YOU CAN PULL IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE. THERE YOU GO. HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TAMMY PEEL. I'M A SENIOR PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR PIMA COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, AND MY HUSBAND AND I ARE ALSO RESIDENTS OF MARANA AND THE TANGERINE RIDGE COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THE FUTURE PROPOSED CLOSING FOR 15 MONTHS OF ANGEL DRIVE DURING THE MATTAMY HOMES DEVELOPMENT OF TANGERINE CROSSING.

NOT ONLY WILL THE CLOSING OF ANGEL DRIVE IMPACT TANGERINE RIDGE RESIDENTS DAILY TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND BUSSING FOR OUR CHILDREN, IT IS ALSO A CRITICAL SAFETY CONCERN. AS THIS ROAD CLOSING PREVENTS LIFE SAVING VEHICLES FROM REACHING HALF OF THE TANGERINE RIDGE RESIDENTS PROMPTLY WHEN TIME MATTERS MOST. I MIGHT GET EMOTIONAL.

THIS IS DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR ME. AS MY HUSBAND WENT INTO SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IN MARCH AND LIFE SAVING MEASURES WERE NEEDED FROM EMTS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WITH ANGEL DRIVE OPEN, IT TOOK EMERGENCY PERSONNEL OVER SEVEN MINUTES TO ARRIVE AT MY HOME.

THIS MIGHT NOT SOUND LIKE A LONG TIME, BUT WHEN YOU'RE PERFORMING CPR ALONE BY YOURSELF CONTINUOUSLY FOR SEVEN MINUTES, IT CAN FEEL A LOT LONGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.

SORRY. GIVE ME A SECOND. MOST PEOPLE CANNOT EVEN PHYSICALLY LAST THAT LONG PERFORMING CPR.

MOST HOSPITALS AND EMTS SWITCH PLACES WHEN PERFORMING CPR CONTINUOUSLY EVERY 2 TO 3 MINUTES.

I PERFORMED IT FOR OVER 7.5 MINUTES. I WAS NEARING FULL EXHAUSTION AND TERRIFIED I COULDN'T CONTINUE.

WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, EVEN ANOTHER MINUTE COULD HAVE PREVENTED MY HUSBAND FROM BEING HERE TODAY.

SO REGARDING THE CLOSING OF ANGEL DRIVE, I'M REQUESTING.

NO, I'M PLEADING. WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PLEASE REQUIRE MATMY BUILDERS TO CONSTRUCT A TEMPORARY ROAD INTO THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS VERSUS CLOSING ANGEL DRIVE. I DO NOT WANT MYSELF OR ANY OF MY NEIGHBORS TO HAVE TO WAIT EVEN AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE LONGER FOR CRITICAL HELP TO ARRIVE. THE CLOSING OF ANGEL DRIVE IS UNNECESSARY TO THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND THE BUILDER CAN EASILY CREATE A TEMPORARY DIRT ROAD

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THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF I COULD ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ANGEL DRIVE. I WILL HAVE SOMEBODY LOOK INTO THAT.

MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF THAT WILL MEET WITH TAMMY, AND.

I DIDN'T GET THE LAST NAME. OUT IN THE LOBBY AND TALK TO HER ABOUT THE ISSUES AND GET IT RESOLVED.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE ICE FACILITY.

I HAVE NOT HEARD AN OPENING DATE. I AM NOT AWARE THAT THERE IS ONE.

MR. MAYOR, THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO MTC WAS LAST THURSDAY, THEY SAID THEY HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SHARE.

OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM I WISH TO ADDRESS IS THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN GLADDEN FARMS. YOU KNOW, AS REPORTS COME IN AND WE'RE FINISHING UP, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED, I ASSURE YOU, THE TOWN WILL REALLY LOOK THROUGH THAT WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS, OUR YOUNG CHILDREN, ARE SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MEET AND TALK ABOUT THAT, TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO. MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN.

JUST, YOU KNOW CALL INTO THE MANAGER'S OFFICE.

I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MEET ON THAT ISSUE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MYSELF AND ALL THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF HERE IN THE TOWN OF MARANA TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.

I DO KNOW, JUST BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I KNOW THAT OUR OFFICERS WILL, YOU KNOW, BECOME VIGILANT ON, YOU KNOW. AND AS I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE NOW, VIGILANT ON OUR KIDS TRAVELING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY PARENTS, ANY RESIDENT THAT'S CONCERNED.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT ON THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC TONIGHT? HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS.

[ MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]

THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT FLOCK CAMERAS, LICENSE PLATE READERS.

THERE'S A CERTAIN TYPE OF LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT ARE IN THE TOWN.

THE TOWN DOES NOT USE THAT TYPE OF LICENSE PLATE READER.

THE TOWN. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT USE IT.

I UNDERSTAND FLOCK CAMERAS CAN RECORD MORE THAN JUST A LICENSE PLATE.

INVADE PEOPLE'S PRIVACY, MAYBE. I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT THOSE FLOCK CAMERAS, BUT REST ASSURED THAT MARANA POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT USE FLOCK CAMERAS AND WILL NOT USE FLOCK CAMERAS. OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAD, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD.

COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER. NO REPORT, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT MESD HAS THEIR HOMECOMING NEXT WEEKEND.

AND ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THERE'S A STEAK FRY, AND IT'S A FUNDRAISER FOR TRYING TO KEEP OUR HERITAGE ALIVE HERE IN MARANA.

IT IS FOR THE FFA. AND SO ANYWAYS, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL GET OUT AND BUY SOME TICKETS.

IF YOU NEED SOME TICKETS, LET ME KNOW. BUT LET'S SUPPORT OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER KAI. NO REPORT, MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. LET'S SEE. A LOT OF US DID THIS.

BACK ON THE 20TH OF AUGUST, WE ATTENDED THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MARANA CHAMBER, GIVING OUT SOME AWARDS. OH, I FORGOT TO BRING IT. THE TOWN HAS AN AWARD OR CERTIFICATE I'D LIKE TO GIVE TO THEM.

IT WAS ONE THAT SAID WE HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER FOR 39 YEARS.

SO I'M SORRY, ANDREA. I WILL BRING IT NEXT TIME.

SECONDLY, FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE AT DICKEY'S, THE BARBECUE PLACE THAT IS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP.

SO WE WERE THERE AND I THINK ONE OF THE OWNERS HAS TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE UOA BECAUSE HALF THE TEAM WAS THERE, WHICH IS INTERESTING. AND WHAT'S THE LAST THING? OH, LAST NIGHT WE WENT TO PHOENIX AND JIM CONWAY, WHO WAS OUR PARKS AND RECS DIRECTOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS, GOT A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

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OH, DID HE LEAVE? DAV IS HAVING A 100TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY. THOSE WHO ARE VETERANS OR HAVE BEEN IN THE SERVICE, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS.

MY DAD SERVED IN THIS A LONG TIME. I WAS PART OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CEMETERY.

I'M ALSO AN HONORARY MEMBER IN A VETERANS CLUB.

SO THESE KINDS OF THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO ME.

IF YOU WANT TO GO, I'D BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION.

IT IS THIS SATURDAY, $25 GETS TWO PEOPLE IN AND IT IS AT OLD TUCSON.

DOORS OPEN AT 4. AND IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, COME TALK TO ME.

WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE ARIZONA CITIES AND TOWNS, TOWNS AND CITIES, CITIES AND TOWNS. YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO.

PEOPLE GET ME OUT OF MARANA, BUT I WENT. IT'S REALLY HOT IN PHOENIX.

MISERABLY HOT. ANYWAY. SOME OF THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS THAT WE HAD, THERE WERE MANY ON WATER.

AND TO HEAR COMMUNITIES IN METRO PHOENIX DEVELOPMENTS.

THEY ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT WATER.

I MEAN, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT THE ONLY WATER THEY HAVE IS FROM THE CAP AND IT'S GOING AWAY. AND THEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IN MARANA, PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA WHO HAVE WORKED FOR THE LAST 30, 40, 50 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WATER PLANNING IS AS SMART ON POINT.

AND WE HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. SOUTHERN ARIZONA IS IN NO WAY IN THE CONDITION THAT SOME OF AREAS OF METRO. PHOENIX, SCOTTSDALE. SCOTTSDALE IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

I MEAN, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THERE THAT ARE DESPERATELY GOING TO BE SEARCHING FOR WATER.

THEY'RE ACTIVELY TALKING ABOUT TOILET TO TAP.

THEY'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW. AND NOBODY ON THIS COUNCIL.

I MEAN, WE HAVE DONE THINGS THAT HAVE BETTERED OUR POSITION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, PLANNING HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER MANY, MANY DECADES IN OUR REGION.

AND WE ARE DOING SO MUCH BETTER THAN PRETTY MUCH 90% OF ARIZONA.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE REALLY PROUD OF.

I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AWARDS BANQUETS FOR JIM CONROY.

WHAT A GREAT MAN JIM CONROY IS. I MEAN, WE COULD NOT HAVE HAD A BETTER PARKS DIRECTOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, WE WERE SO BLESSED TO HAVE HIM FOR THE YEARS THAT HE GAVE US.

HE HELPED OUR PARKS IMMENSELY. I MEAN, WE POSITIONED OURSELVES AS, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY THAT HAS FIRST CLASS PARKS.

AND ALTHOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT HELPED WITH THIS, JIM'S LEADERSHIP REALLY PUSHED US DOWN THE ROAD IN A DIRECTION THAT WE CAN ALL BE VERY PROUD OF. SO I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THANK HIM. I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT WHAT A GREAT MAN.

MR. ROZEMA. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

[ MANAGER’S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]

I HOPE HE'S WATCHING TONIGHT. ACTUALLY, I REALLY DO.

BUT I HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL.

FIRST OF ALL, OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UPDATE, 48 FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

LAST MONTH HERE AND FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, LAST YEAR IT WAS 39 FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKS AND. IS THIS CUTTING IN AND OUT? ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECS APRA BANQUET THAT WE WENT TO LAST NIGHT AS WELL.

AND IT IS CERTAINLY THE HIGHLIGHT, I THINK, AND I HEARD THIS REPEATEDLY FROM PEOPLE THAT WENT LAST NIGHT THAT HOW PROUD WE WERE TO BE A PART OF MARANA. AND JIM CONROY'S SPEECH WAS FANTASTIC.

THE STANDING OVATIONS FOR HIM WERE AMAZING. AND I THINK YOU SPOKE VERY PERFECTLY TO JIM CONROY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO ENDED UP WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER ADDITIONAL, IN ADDITION TO THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

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AND KUDOS TO THE COUNCIL FOR PUSHING THAT FORWARD AND REALLY PRESSING STAFF TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS IT DID.

AND THEN THE OTHER AWARD THAT WE RECEIVED WAS ONE FOR MARKETING AND MEDIA FOR OUR CAN'T WAIT WEDNESDAY CAMPAIGN IN ANTICIPATION OF THE OPENING OF THE MARC. SO KUDOS TO VIC HATHAWAY AND HER ENTIRE CREW FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID IN MAKING THAT A REALITY.

THE LAST COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS WE DO HAVE CONCERT IN THE COURTYARDS COMING BACK TO TOWN IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE. THEY SEEM TO GET MORE AND MORE POPULAR EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR OF DOING THEM. PEOPLE SHOW UP, LISTEN TO MUSIC, AND JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME.

SO HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER STARTS TO COOPERATE WITH US.

AND THEN LASTLY, I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT REAL TALK WITH THE TOWN.

WE DID A PODCAST WITH A GROUP OF PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES WHO DID A GREAT COMMUNITY PROJECT, DEDICATED, DONATED THEIR TIME TO BUILD A BATTING CAGE FOR THE MARANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM.

AND WE JUST RECORDED ONE TODAY TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH'S POINT ABOUT FLOCK CAMERAS.

PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT FLOCK CAMERAS. I GOT THE LOW DOWN, THE SKINNY FROM CHIEF BRIDGET.

CAPTAIN BRITNEY KENT AND CAPTAIN DESTEFANO. THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF REALLY OUTLINING THE LPR CAMERAS.

WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT THEY AREN'T, WHO HAS CONTROL OF THEM.

ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. SO THAT'LL COME OUT NEXT TUESDAY, AND WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL CHECK THAT OUT IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVING ALONG. CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION?

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

[ Resolution No. 2026-063: Relating to Wildlife Conservation; designating the Marana portion of the Critical Landscape Connection identified in the Conservation Lands System as the William Shaw Wildlife Corridor (Terry Rozema)]

DESIGNATING THE MARANA PORTION OF THE CRITICAL LANDSCAPE CONNECTION IDENTIFIED IN THE CONSERVATION LAND SYSTEM AS THE WILLIAM SHAW WILDLIFE CORRIDOR.

SO IT SAYS TERRY, BUT. I KNOW, YOU GOT ME INSTEAD.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. TONIGHT, STAFF IS BRINGING FORWARD A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING DR.

WILLIAM W. SHAW, WHOSE PIONEERING RESEARCH ON WILDLIFE MOVEMENT CORRIDORS HAS HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON LAND USE PLANNING IN PIMA COUNTY.

DR. SHAW'S 1986 REPORT, CRITICAL AND SENSITIVE WILDLIFE HABITATS OF EASTERN PIMA COUNTY, KNOWN FOR THE BUNNY MAP, CHARTED THE MAJOR WILDLIFE PATHWAYS THAT LINK THE GARCIA STRIP OF THE TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION WITH THE IRONWOOD FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT CONTINUING THROUGH THE TUCSON MOUNTAINS AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER TOWARD THE TORTOLITA FAN AND TORTOLITA MOUNTAINS.

HIS WORK LATER HELPED SHAPE THE SONORAN DESERT CONSERVATION PLAN AND THE CONSERVATION LAND SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE DESIGNATION OF THIS CORRIDOR AS A CRITICAL LANDSCAPE CONNECTION.

TO HONOR DR. SHAW'S CONTRIBUTIONS AND TO MARK THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSERVATION LAND SYSTEM, TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION FORMALLY DESIGNATES THE MARANA SEGMENT OF THIS LANDSCAPE CONNECTION AS THE WILLIAM SHAW WILDLIFE CORRIDOR.

AT THIS TIME, IT IS MY HONOR TO INVITE DR. SHAW TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE REMARKS WITH THE COUNCIL.

[APPLAUSE]. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE KIND WORDS AND THANK YOU MOSTLY FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE VISION OF THE SONORAN DESERT CONSERVATION PLAN, WITH THE IDEA OF PRESERVING THE BIODIVERSITY OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT IS SO WELL EMBODIED BY THE SCREENSAVER YOU'VE CHOSEN. THE IDEA OF THE SONORAN DESERT CONSERVATION PLAN IS TO BUILD THRIVING COMMUNITIES, THRIVING ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AROUND A SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THESE BEAUTIFUL AREAS AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE LIVE. AND IT'S PROVEN TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND ALSO PROVEN TO BE A VERY GOOD LONG TERM REGIONAL LAND USE PLAN, BECAUSE MANY OF THE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT.

AND WE'LL BE PROTECTING TO PROVIDE THIS CONNECTIVITY.

ARE AREAS THAT ARE LEAST SUITABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

THEY TEND TO BE FLOOD PRONE. THEY TEND TO BE IMPORTANT FOR GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, AND THEY TEND TO BE THE AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO SAVE AS OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATIONAL

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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS CONCEPT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. SHAW. [APPLAUSE]. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. CHAIR ENTERTAINS A MOTION. SO MOVED.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES A2. [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

[ Resolution No. 2026-064: Relating to Budget; approving the transfer of up to $4,200,000 in budgeted expense authority from the Water Resources Fund (Fund #5016), New Renewable Water Resource Acquisition project (WT066) to the Water Reclamation Facility Phase II Expansion project (WR023) in the Wastewater Impact Fee Fund (Fund #5038) for fiscal year 2026-2027 budget (Mike Osborne)]

RELATING TO BUDGET. APPROVING THE TRANSFER OF UP TO $4.2 MILLION IN BUDGET EXPENSE AUTHORITY FROM THE WATER RESOURCES FUND.

FUND NUMBER 5016. NEW RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCE ACQUISITION PROJECT WT066 TO THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY PHASE 2 EXPANSION PROJECT WR023 IN THE WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE FUND. FUND NUMBER 5038 FOR FISCAL YEAR 26-27 BUDGET.

MR. OSBORNE, I START TO WORRY WHEN I SEE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALWAYS WANT MORE MONEY. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO DO.

OH, I HEAR THIS IS ADJUSTABLE NOW. THESE ARE ALL NEW.

DON'T MESS THEM UP. I'M LOOKING AT RICARDO. HE'S POINTING AT ME, SO.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THE ITEM WE BRING FOR YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE A TRANSFER OF $4.2 MILLION IN BUDGET EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM THE NEW RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCE FUND TO THE WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE FUND TO BE USED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT WR023, THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY EXPANSION.

THE OVERALL PROJECT IS REFLECTED IN THREE SEPARATE PROJECTS IN THE CIP SCHEDULE.

THE FIRST PROJECT BEING THE RECHARGE BASINS PHASE 2 EXPANSION.

THE SECOND PROJECT BEING THE MARANA WRF SECOND SCREW PRESS.

AND THE OVERALL PROJECT BEING THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY PHASE 2 EXPANSION.

OF COURSE, THE LARGEST OF THE PROJECT IS THE WRF PHASE TWO EXPANSION.

THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE SECOND SCREW PRESS AT THE WRF.

THESE PROJECTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE LATEST IMPACT FEE STUDY IN THE AMOUNT OF $39.1 MILLION.

THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED USING THE PHASE 1 CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THE WRF AND ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION.

HOWEVER, COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPACED INFLATION AND ORIGINAL COST ESTIMATES, AND THE TOTAL WR023 PROJECT COSTS ARE CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT $80.4 MILLION.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK UP HERE A LOT.

THIS HOPEFULLY COVERS. OKAY. COVERS US, SO. AND THAT $80.4 MILLION IS AN ALL IN COST.

THAT'S DESIGN. THAT'S CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. THAT'S AN ALL IN COST.

SO THE CURRENT BUDGET AVAILABLE STANDS AT $72.1 MILLION.

CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT $76.2 MILLION, A DIFFERENCE OF ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION.

SO TO ALLOW FOR CONTINGENCIES, WE ARE ASKING FOR $4.2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL BUDGET CAPACITY TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

THE BUDGET CAPACITY IS AVAILABLE IN THE NEW RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES ACQUISITION PROJECT, WT2066, WHERE FUNDING WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

STAFF IS REQUESTING THE TRANSFER OF UP TO $4.2 MILLION FROM THE WATER RESOURCES FUND TO THE WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE FUND, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. THE BUDGET CAPACITY WILL ONLY BE TRANSFERRED AS NEEDED.

ONCE COMPLETED, THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT TO EXPAND THE WRF AND INCREASE THE RECHARGE CAPABILITIES IS ESTIMATED AT $95.4 MILLION. THE TOWN PLANS TO FUND THE PROJECT THROUGH IMPACT FEE FUNDING, AND IT WILL BE FINANCED THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT, IN LINE WITH THE PLAN SET FORTH IN THE IMPACT FEE STUDY.

THE DEBT WILL BE ISSUED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AFTER APPROVAL BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN A FUTURE PUBLIC MEETING.

SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026-064, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. OSBORNE? MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH.

YEAH. MR. OSBORNE, THESE BIG NUMBERS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WATER RECLAMATION AND WATER RECHARGE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN SUCH A GREAT SHAPE HERE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA.

THANK YOU. AND ALSO THE WATER BILL INCREASES FOR THE CITIZENS OF MARANA.

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THE RECENT RATE INCREASE WE JUST WENT THROUGH AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR WAS TO COVER ONGOING O&M COSTS AT THE WRF AND THE RECHARGE FACILITY. THE COSTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE IMPACT FEE FUND, WHICH MEANS IT'S A DEVELOPER FUND THAT PAYS THOSE IMPACT FEES AND FUNDS THIS PROJECT.

SO THE TWO ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED. YEAH. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER KAI.

YES. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-064.

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

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. NICE JOB, MIKE. A3.

[ Resolution No. 2026-065: Relating to Water; approving and authorizing the Mayor to sign the Fourth Amendment to Town of Marana Agreement for Construction of Water Facilities Under Private Contract for Twin Peaks Crossings (David L. Udall)]

APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF MARANA AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WATER FACILITIES UNDER PRIVATE CONTRACT FOR TWIN PEAKS CROSSING. MR. UDALL. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING. IN AUGUST OF 2023, THE TOWN AND THE DEVELOPER HERE, REDWING INVESTMENTS, ENTERED A WHEELING AGREEMENT FOR THE TWIN PEAKS CROSSINGS DEVELOPMENT, LOCATED SOUTH OF TANGERINE ROAD AND EAST OF TWIN PEAKS ROAD.

IN ADDITION TO THE TOWN'S STANDARD WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THE AGREEMENT PERMITTED TEMPORARY WATER WHEELING TO THE DEVELOPER'S PROPERTY UNTIL THE TOWN INSTALLS ITS OWN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG TWIN PEAKS ROAD THAT WILL GO UP TO TANGERINE ROAD.

SINCE 2023, THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN AMENDED SEVERAL TIMES, PRIMARILY TO EXTEND CERTAIN DEADLINES, AND THE DEVELOPER IS NOW PREPARING TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO A PROSPECTIVE BUILDER AND HAS REQUESTED AN EXTENSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COMMENCEMENT DEADLINE IN THE AGREEMENT.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AS WE HAVE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE PROSPECTIVE BUILDER, WE'VE DISCUSSED THE AGREEMENT AND A COUPLE OF THINGS CAME TO LIGHT.

I'M GOING TO PULL UP A MAP HERE SO YOU CAN HAVE A REFERENCE POINT.

IT BECAME APPARENT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT A 16 INCH WATER TRANSMISSION MAIN ALONG ANGEL DRIVE.

AND YOU CAN SEE ANGEL DRIVE HERE. IT'S JUST EAST OF TWIN PEAKS ROAD, SOUTH OF TANGERINE ROAD.

I'M SORRY, I'LL SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE.

IT WAS APPARENT THAT A 16 INCH WATER MAIN WATER TRANSMISSION MAIN WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE TOWN'S IIP PROJECT THAT WILL ACTUALLY RUN THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UP TWIN PEAKS ROAD. AND THIS IIP PROJECT WAS IN FACT IDENTIFIED IN THE TOWN'S 2022 WATER FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. CURRENTLY, THOUGH, THE WHEELING AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATES TWO 8 INCH LINES ALONG ANGEL DRIVE.

ONE IS FOR THE TOWN'S SEA WATER PRESSURE ZONE AND ONE IS FOR THE B PRESSURE ZONE.

AFTER MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE PROSPECTIVE BUILDER, TOWN STAFF DETERMINED THAT THE PLANNED EIGHT INCH B ZONE LINE IN ANGEL DRIVE SHOULD INSTEAD BE THE 16 INCH WATER MAIN THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED IN THE 2022 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IIP.

SO, IF APPROVED, THE AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WILL ESSENTIALLY DO FOUR THINGS.

FIRST, IT WILL REVISE THE DEFINITION OF FACILITY PLAN AND THE WHEELING AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THE MOST CURRENT WATER IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGE FROM AN 8 INCH B ZONE LINE TO THE 16 INCH WATER TRANSMISSION MAIN ALONG ANGEL DRIVE, AS CONTEMPLATED IN THE 2022 IIP.

SECOND, IT WILL PROVIDE FOR IMPACT FEE REIMBURSEMENTS RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 16 INCH ANGEL DRIVE LINE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

THE MECHANICS OF THAT REIMBURSEMENT CAN BE FOUND IN THE AGENDA MATERIALS TONIGHT.

THIRD, THE AMENDMENT WILL EXTEND THE CONSTRUCTION COMMENCEMENT DEADLINE TO OCTOBER 2027 AS REQUESTED BY THE DEVELOPER.

AND FINALLY, IT WILL MAKE OTHER NECESSARY CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS.

ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE WHEELING AGREEMENT WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. UDALL? IS THE DEVELOPER PAYING FOR ANY OF THIS? MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, CAVANAUGH.

SO THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT THE 16 INCH MAIN.

HOWEVER, THEY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO IMPACT FEE REIMBURSEMENT UNDER STATE LAW.

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SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. A4. ITEM A4. PUBLIC HEARING. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026.015.

[ PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance No. 2026.015: Relating to Development; approving a rezoning of approximately 28.1 acres of land located at the southwest corner of West Twin Peaks Road and West Desert Falcon Lane, from R-36 (Residential) to SP (Specific Plan), creating the OVCN Twin Peaks Campus Specific Plan; approving a minor amendment to the General Plan amending the land use category from LDR (Low density residential) to MPA (Master planned area) (Austin Schreffler) Resolution No. 2026-066: Relating to Development; declaring as a public record filed with the Town Clerk the OVCN Twin Peaks Campus Specific Plan adopted by Ordinance No. 2026.015 (Austin Schreffler)  ]

APPROVING A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN.

AMENDING THE LAND USE CATEGORY FROM LDR, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MPA, MASTER PLANNED AREA.

AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-066. RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT.

DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD FILED WITH THE TOWN CLERK, THE OVCN TWIN PEAKS CAMPUS SPECIFIC PLAN ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026.015.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, IF I MAY, I DO WANT TO QUICKLY MENTION THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE RECEIVED SIGNATURES IN PROTEST OF THIS REZONE THIS MORNING. I HAVE PLACED COPIES OF THOSE SIGNATURES AT THE DAIS FOR EACH OF YOU, AND THEY WERE ALSO EMAILED TO YOU THIS MORNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD ELABORATE ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

UNDER STATE LAW, THERE ARE SOME CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH, IF A PROTEST IS RECEIVED RELATING TO A REZONING ORDINANCE, THAT IT MAY TRIGGER A REQUIREMENT THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL APPROVE THE REZONING BY A SUPERMAJORITY OR THREE QUARTERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.

BUT ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE IN ORDER TO TRIGGER THAT SUPERMAJORITY IS THAT THE PROTESTS BE RECEIVED IN WRITING BY NOON ON ONE BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IN THIS CASE, THE RECEIPT OF THE PROTEST DOCUMENTS THIS MORNING, DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW REQUIRING IT TO BE RECEIVED AT NOON THE DAY BEFORE THE HEARING. SO THE SUPERMAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT IS NOT TRIGGERED HERE.

BUT NONETHELESS, THE DOCUMENTS, AS MISS MCCLEARY NOTED, HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL AND ARE ON THE DAIS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO I DECLARE THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. AUSTIN.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I DON'T. MOVE THIS BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT FOR PCZ2601-001. OVCN SPECIFIC PLAN REZONE.

HOW ABOUT NOW? ARE WE GOOD? YEAH. COOL. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE APPLICANT IS ORO VALLEY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, REPRESENTED BY PARADIGM LAND SOLUTION.

THE REQUEST IS A SPECIFIC PLAN REZONE SOLELY FOR HEIGHT DEVIATION.

I'LL GET INTO THE SPECIFICS ON THAT IN A COUPLE MORE SLIDES.

THE SIZE AND LOCATION IS 28 ACRES AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF TWIN PEAKS AND DESERT FALCON.

YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE ON THIS MAP. THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PARCEL IS R 36.

I DO HAVE A TYPO THERE. THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

THAT SAYS TRADITIONAL, SO THAT IS AN ERROR. I APOLOGIZE.

SO EXISTING CONDITIONS ON SITE. THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THAT MAP, THE ENTIRE AREA IS WITHIN THE TOWN'S 2040 GENERAL PLANNING AREA, AND ALL SURROUNDING PROPERTIES FEATURE A LDR, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL GENERAL PLAN.

LAND USE ZONING WISE, SOUTH IS R 36 RESIDENTIAL.

TO THE EAST IS TWIN PEAKS ROAD. TO THE NORTH IS LEGACY ZONED C LARGE LOT WHICH IS STATE TRUST LAND.

AND THEN TO THE WEST IS UNINCORPORATED PIMA COUNTY.

SO PROPOSED ZONING. SO THE PROPOSED ZONING, IT'S A SPECIFIC PLAN REZONING.

THIS SPECIFIC PLAN IS SOLELY FOR HEIGHT DEVIATION.

SO THE UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION ALREADY PERMITS THE PROPOSED LAND USE BY RIGHT.

THE ONLY THING THAT IT DOES NOT PERMIT IS A 40 FOOT HEIGHT, WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS NEEDED FOR THE OVCN CHURCH GYMNASIUM,

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SO FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IT WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 29TH, AND IT WAS VOTED 5 TO 0, WITH TWO COMMISSIONERS ABSENT TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE TOWN COUNCIL.

SEVERAL NEARBY RESIDENTS ADDRESSED THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PRIMARY CONCERNS RELATED TO LIGHTING AND INCREASED TRAFFIC.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS, THIS IS A DISCRETIONARY ITEM FOR THE TOWN COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

SHOULD THE COUNCIL CHOOSE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, STAFF RECOMMENDS IT BE SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS.

ON THIS SLIDE HERE, STAFF DOES HAVE A REQUEST OF COUNCIL TO ADD THE FOLLOWING CONDITION, WHICH IS THAT A RECORD OF SURVEY MUST BE RECORDED AND PROVIDED TO THE TOWN PRIOR TO APPROVAL OF A DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

OTHERWISE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU ALL FROM THE STAFF SIDE.

I DO HAVE PAUL OLAND HERE WHO HAS A PRESENTATION AS WELL, SO I CAN INVITE HIM UP.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

HEY, AUSTIN, BEFORE YOU TAKE. YEAH, THIS IS EMBARRASSING, BUT HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME? SHREFFLER. SHREFFLER. YEAH, I THINK ACTUALLY THE STAFF REPORT PACKET HAD A C IN IT, BUT THERE'S NO C.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. PAUL OLAND WITH PARADIGM LAND DESIGN.

AND AUSTIN AND I DID NOT COORDINATE OUR SHIRTS.

I'M SURE. SO ORO VALLEY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE IS VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO BUILD A FACILITY ON THIS PROPERTY. BUT BUILD IT IN A WAY THAT WILL FULLY BENEFIT, THAT WILL INCREASE THE BUILDING'S UTILITY FROM A SPORTS STANDPOINT, WHICH I'LL GET INTO IN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT OTHERWISE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS REALLY TRY TO DESIGN THIS SITE IN A WAY THAT IS COGNIZANT OF OUR LOWER DENSITY NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST, COGNIZANT OF OUR EXISTING ZONING AND TRYING TO LIVE WITHIN THAT EXISTING ZONING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS ACCOMPLISHED THAT WITH ONE EXCEPTION.

AND THAT, AS AUSTIN SAID, HAS TO DO WITH BUILDING HEIGHT.

SO IF YOU LOOK ON THIS MAP HERE TO THE LEFT. AND I APOLOGIZE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL, BUT THERE'S A BIGGER ONE IN THE REPORT.

WE'VE GOT SEVERAL SITE ELEMENTS. WE'VE GOT THE BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL PARTS WHICH I'LL GET TO.

THEN WE'VE GOT SOME PARKING AREAS KIND OF THREADED THROUGH THE MIDDLE THERE, AND THEN SPORTS FACILITIES ON THE SOUTH EDGE THERE.

AND AS FAR AS THE SPORTS FACILITIES GO, WE HAVE TUCKED THEM INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER AWAY FROM THE WESTERN EDGE.

THE WESTERN EDGE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A STRIPE OF GREEN AROUND THE ENTIRE SITE.

IT VARIES FROM 40 TO 100FT. ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS DRAINAGE.

IT ALSO SERVES CAPACITIES FOR WILDLIFE MOVEMENT AND ALSO LANDSCAPE BUFFERING.

SO ALONG THE ENTIRE WESTERN EDGE, WE HAVE A 100 FOOT BUFFER.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE THERE THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE GREEN.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT 40 FOOT BUFFERS AROUND THE OTHER EDGES THERE LIKE ALONG TWIN PEAKS AND DESERT FALCON TO THE NORTH.

THE BUILDING, YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S SORT OF IN THREE RECTANGLES, WITH THE MIDDLE ONE STAGGERED UP A LITTLE BIT.

AND WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT THE CHURCH WANTED TO HAVE WITHIN THIS BUILDING, WHICH INCLUDE GYMNASIUMS AND CLASSROOMS, AUDITORIUM, ENTRYWAY, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE QUICKLY BECAME AWARE THAT TWO OF THEM, THE GYMNASIUM AND THEN THE SORT OF THE ENTRYWAY AUDITORIUM AREA REALLY FUNCTIONED BEST OVER 30FT, WHICH IS WHAT OUR EXISTING ZONING ALLOWS.

THE GYMNASIUM ONE IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST JUST BECAUSE WHEN THEY POP THOSE BALLS IN THE AIR, THEY GO HIGH AND YOU REALLY CAN'T PLAY A REGULATION OR EVEN A TURF, YOU KNOW, A TERRIFICALLY FUN VOLLEYBALL GAME IF YOU'RE ALWAYS HITTING THE CEILING WITH THE BALL.

SO A 40 FOOT BUILDING HEIGHT ALLOWS A REGULATION VOLLEYBALL GAME TO OCCUR.

AND SO THAT'S THE ONE REASON, REALLY THE ONE REASON WHY WE'RE STANDING HERE TODAY.

ASKING FOR PERMISSION IS BECAUSE WE WANT THIS BUILDING TO BE AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE.

EVERYTHING ON HERE, AS AUSTIN SAID, IS ALREADY ALLOWED.

SO IF WE WEREN'T LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL BUILDING HEIGHT FOR THIS BUILDING, WE WOULDN'T NEED TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND ASK FOR ANYTHING.

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WE LOOKED AT THOSE BUILDING ELEMENTS AND WE THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD MAKE SOME SENSE TO PUT THE TALLEST ONE THE FURTHEST FROM THE NEIGHBORS, AND THEN STEP IT DOWN FROM THERE. SO EACH OF THOSE THREE RECTANGLES THAT YOU CAN SEE REPRESENTED IN THIS BUILDING FOOTPRINT STEP UP.

SO THE WESTERNMOST ONE IS AT 30FT, WHICH IS RIGHT WHERE WE'RE ALLOWED BY EXISTING ZONING.

THE MIDDLE RECTANGLE STEPS UP TO 35, AND THEN THE ONE ON THE EAST STEPS UP TO 40.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE GYMNASIUM IS. AND BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCES INVOLVED, WE'VE GOT THE 100FT ON THE WEST.

THAT'S THE BUFFER YARD, THE CHANNEL. AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME CIRCULATION ELEMENTS.

THEN THE BUILDING, THE 30 FOOT EDGE, THE WESTERN 30 FOOT EDGE OF THAT BUILDING WILL COMPLETELY BLOCK THE 35 AND 40 FOOT BUILDING ELEMENTS WHEN VIEWED FROM THE WEST.

SO WE COULD ACTUALLY ASK FOR MORE AND HAVE THE SAME ZERO IMPACT.

BUT WHAT WE NEED IS 40FT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

SO ARCHITECT RICK HUTCH OVER AT SEAVER FRANKS CAME UP WITH THAT PATTERN THERE, THAT ROOF LINE.

AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS REALLY WELL BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES IS, IT EFFECTIVELY RESULTS IN NO DIFFERENCE COMPARED TO EXISTING ZONING IN TERMS OF BUILDING HEIGHT WHEN VIEWED FROM OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST.

FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, THAT DID COME UP AT P&Z.

THE CHURCH WILL BE IMPROVING DESERT FALCON FROM TWIN PEAKS OVER TO AND JUST PAST THE PROPOSED ENTRYWAY THERE.

TWIN PEAKS IS A LITTLE FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY.

IT'S PARTLY MARANA, BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE THE JOG ON THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE THERE.

A CHUNK OF TWIN PEAKS IS ACTUALLY STILL OWNED BY THIS.

IT'S STILL WITHIN THIS PROPERTY. SO AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE'LL ALSO BE GRANTING THAT TO THE TOWN AS AN IMPROVEMENT TO TWIN PEAKS OR DESERT FALCON. WE ALSO HAVE A DESIGN EXCEPTION APPROVED FOR ACCESS ONTO TWIN PEAKS. WE WORKED WITH MR. BURRELL AND HIS TEAM AND DETERMINED THAT IF YOU LOOK ON THIS MAP, YOU'VE GOT AN EXISTING MEDIUM BREAK AT DESERT FALCON RIGHT THERE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER.

WE'VE ALSO GOT AN EXISTING MEDIUM BREAK AT OUR SOUTHEAST CORNER, WHICH I CAN'T FIGURE OUT REALLY WHY IT'S THERE, BUT THE SPACING MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ACTUALLY LOCATE A MEDIAN BREAK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING OUR ACCESS, WHICH IS GREATLY GOING TO CUT DOWN ON HOW MUCH DESERT FALCON IS GOING TO GET USED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THE ZONING, BUT SINCE P&Z, THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN APPROVED, IT WAS IN PROCESS. SO NOW WE CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT TWIN PEAKS ACCESS IS GOING TO HAVE A BIG BENEFIT AND A REDUCTION IN DESERT FALCON TRAFFIC.

SORRY. THE TWO ON THE RIGHT ARE FROM ORO VALLEY.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY ARCHITECTURAL MOCK UPS OF THIS ONE THIS EARLY IN THE GAME.

BUT THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF THE SORT OF THE QUALITY OF ARCHITECTURE THAT THE CHURCH HAS PROPOSED ELSEWHERE AND I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE HERE AS WELL.

AUSTIN TALKED ABOUT THE GENERAL PLAN, HOW THE USES ARE ALREADY EXISTING BY RIGHT.

SO ON HERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AREAS, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ALREADY THE.

JUST FOR REFERENCE, THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS DESERT FALCON.

SO IT'S DIRT, PARTLY ASPHALT, PARTLY. THERE'S SOME MAILBOXES THERE.

THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF EROSION RIGHT NOW THAT OCCURS ALONG THAT EDGE, WHICH COMES THROUGH A CULVERT JUST NORTH OF DESERT FALCON UNDER TWIN PEAKS.

SO WE'LL BE CLEANING UP ALL THAT EROSION, IMPROVING DESERT FALCON, OBVIOUSLY TO TOWN STANDARDS.

LIKE I SAID, FROM TWIN PEAKS UP TO JUST PAST OUR ENTRYWAY.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, I KNOW EVERYONE HERE, I THINK, IS FAMILIAR WITH THESE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT TWIN PEAKS CORRIDOR WAS APPROVED YEARS AGO.

AND SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

WE'VE GOT MERITAGE, LENNAR, LENNAR AGAIN, MATTAMY, FAIRFIELD.

THE ORANGE ONE IS FAIRFIELD. IT'S NOT BUILT YET, BUT THAT ONE'S ALSO APPROVED.

AND WE'RE THE GREEN. SO THERE IS AN ACTIVITY CORRIDOR GOING ON HERE BY DESIGN.

THIS IS THE KIND OF THINGS THAT I THINK WERE ENVISIONED.

AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING THAT. JUST TO PIVOT A LITTLE BIT INTO THE LESS EXCITING TOPIC OF PUBLIC

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WE'LL BE INSTALLING THAT MEDIAN BRAKE ON TWIN PEAKS, ALL ACCORDING TO THE TOWN CODE, OF COURSE.

WE'LL ALSO BE PULLING THIS WATER LINE A LITTLE FURTHER UP TWIN PEAKS, WHICH IS I THINK, A PIECE OF THE ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE LAST ITEM.

SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP TOWARD COMPLETING THAT VISION FOR BRINGING WATER UP TWIN PEAKS.

WE'LL BRING IT NORTH A LITTLE FURTHER THAN IT EXISTS TODAY AND THEN LOOP IT THROUGH THE SITE.

FROM A SEWER STANDPOINT, SAME THING. IT WILL CONNECT INTO A MANHOLE ON TWIN PEAKS AND WE'LL PULL IT INTO THE SITE.

SO NOTHING SUPER EXCITING THERE, BUT ALL AT THE DEVELOPER'S EXPENSE.

I MENTIONED THAT THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL AROUND THE PERIMETER, ALSO THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, WILL SERVE ALSO AS WILDLIFE FLOW.

AND SO THE WAY THAT CAME ABOUT IS WHEN WE FIRST SUBMITTED TOWN OF MARANA ENVIRONMENTAL POINTED OUT THAT WHEN TWIN PEAKS ROAD WAS DESIGNED, THERE WERE, OF COURSE, A NUMBER OF CULVERTS GOING UNDERNEATH THAT ALLOW WATER TO FLOW THROUGH STORMWATER, BUT ALSO THEY WERE DIFFERENT SIZED CULVERTS, NOT JUST FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES, BUT FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF WILDLIFE.

AND SO WHAT MISS BLOOMER TOLD US IS, THIS IS FINE IN CONCEPT, BUT YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD IMPEDE THE SAME SIZE WILDLIFE THAT WILL BE COMING UNDER TWIN PEAKS ROAD BY DESIGN.

YOU CAN'T IMPEDE IT FROM CONTINUING DOWN AND GOING THROUGH YOUR PROPERTY.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ANY ROADWAY CROSSINGS OF OUR PERIMETER CHANNEL NEED TO HAVE CULVERTS THE SAME SIZE AS THE ONES THAT ARE UNDER TWIN PEAKS UPSTREAM.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK THE ONE, THIS PICTURE ON THE LEFT, I BELIEVE IS THE LARGEST CULVERT THAT IMPACTS THIS SITE.

AND I THINK IT'S A MULE DEER RATED CULVERT. SO I THINK THAT'S THE ANIMAL THAT STICKS IN MY HEAD.

BUT WHATEVER IT IS, OUR CULVERTS WILL BE THE SAME SIZE AT LEAST.

SO THAT IF AN ANIMAL CAN GET UNDER TWIN PEAKS, IT CAN CONTINUE AND FIND ITS WAY PAST OUR SITE AS WELL.

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

AGAIN, OVCN IS VERY EXCITED TO GET GOING WITH THIS AND WOULD BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? VICE MAYOR? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. HOW FAR ON. OH, HERE WE GO.

DESERT FALCON. HOW MUCH OF THAT IS IN THE TOWN AND HOW MUCH OF THAT IS IN THE COUNTY? SURE. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER. IT'S ABOUT HALF AND A HALF EAST TO WEST.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS JOGGED PROPERTY LINE, THE BLACK AND WHITE ON THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PART THAT JOGS UP IS STILL WITHIN THIS PROPERTY. AND THE PART THAT ISN'T IS ALREADY TOWN RIGHT AWAY.

IS THAT THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING? YES. OKAY.

SO HOW MANY MILES. IS IT MILES THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE ROAD? MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.

YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD WE'RE ADDING? YEAH, BUT.

YEAH, THAT YOU'RE ADDING. YEAH. AND WE'D HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, RIGHT, TERRY? I MEAN, OR. ERIK? MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. IT IS A PRETTY SHORT SECTION OF ROAD.

BUT YES, WE WOULD MAINTAIN IT IF IT IS A TOWN MAINTAINED ROAD, WHICH IT WOULD BE.

OKAY, SO NOT TOO LONG. YEAH, I THINK I CAN ANSWER.

SO THE PART THAT'S THE LOWER JOG IN THAT NORTHERN BOUNDARY IS ALREADY THE TOWN'S OKAY, BUT WE'LL BE IMPROVING IT SO THAT IT'S BETTER AND MORE EASY TO MAINTAIN. AND THEN THE LAST LITTLE PART WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE IS, I'M GUESSING MAYBE 80 OR 100FT MORE TO GET PAST OUR PROPOSED ACCESS POINT. OKAY. AND PIMA COUNTY SEWER. YES, MA'AM.

AND MARANA WATER. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. YEAH. YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE WEST HERE.

PEOPLE LOOKING FROM THE WEST RIGHT HERE. THAT'S WEST ON THE MAP DOWN? THIS WAY. THAT'S LOOKING WEST. OKAY. WELL YEAH, THERE'S.

WELL, POSSIBLY NOT. THEY WOULDN'T SEE THE. THEY WOULD.

THEY WOULDN'T SEE THE BUILDING. LOOKS LIKE THEY WOULD, BUT.

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SO FROM THE WEST. SO TO THE LEFT OF THE BUILDING IS WHERE THE NEIGHBORS ARE.

THE PROPERTIES NORTH AND SOUTH ARE NOT YET DEVELOPED.

BUT FROM THE WEST, THEY'LL DEFINITELY SEE THE BUILDING.

YEAH. AND I'M SORRY IF THAT WASN'T CLEAR. THEY WILL SEE A 30 FOOT BUILDING.

WHAT THEY WON'T SEE ARE THE 35 AND 40 FOOT ELEMENTS.

OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT 30 FOOT ROOF LINE. YEAH.

WILL JUST KIND OF BLOCK IT BECAUSE THE LINE OF SIGHT.

YEAH. WHAT IS THAT. IS THE ENTIRE PROPERTY GOING TO BE WALLED OR FENCED? WHAT AM I LOOKING AT THERE? WHAT'S THE PROPOSAL? YEAH. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WILDLIFE FENCING TO HAVE WITH STAFF.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE ALONG TWIN PEAKS. SO WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF ON THAT ISSUE.

YEAH. HOW'S THAT. YEAH. IF YOU DON'T KNOW YET, HEY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EXPECTED PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES, YOU KNOW? DURING THE WEEK AND THE WEEKENDS? I THINK THE RESIDENTS OR SOME OF THEM ARE HERE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT IF YOU COULD. SURE.

YEAH. SO THE CHURCH BELIEVES THAT THEIR FACILITIES SHOULD BE USED A LOT.

THAT'S A SAFE STATEMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, AS STEWARDS OF THE RESOURCES THAT THE LORD HAS BLESSED THEM WITH, THEY DON'T FEEL IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND NOT HAVE IT USED BY A LOT OF THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE IDEA. THEY'RE TRYING TO DEPLOY THOSE BLESSINGS BACK.

SO TO THAT END, THE IDEA IS FOR IT TO GET USED QUITE A BIT.

PEAK HOURS, I DON'T THINK THEY WILL ALIGN WITH NORMAL RUSH HOURS.

THERE ARE. TYPICALLY THERE'S A SUNDAY MORNING PEAK HOUR FOR SURE.

THERE'S A WEDNESDAY EVENING PEAK HOUR AFTER RUSH HOUR.

AND THEN AS THEY HAVE PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, SOCCER OR VOLLEYBALL OR, YOU KNOW, FLAG FOOTBALL OR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE HERE. THOSE WILL HAVE OBVIOUSLY TRAFFIC IMPACTS, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A TON OF PEOPLE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

ACTUALLY, IT MIGHT HELP IF I TALKED FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THEIR SPORTS MINISTRY.

I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THAT I APOLOGIZE. SO THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE HAS A VERY ACTIVE AND VIBRANT SPORTS MINISTRY RUN OUT OF THEIR MAIN CAMPUS IN ORO VALLEY. WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE IS A LOT OF SELF-DETERMINATION AS FAR AS FACILITY AVAILABILITY. SO THEY'RE RENTING FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS, OTHER CHURCHES, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

AND SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE SORT OF SUBJECT, OR.

THEY'RE NOT SORT OF SUBJECT, THEY'RE VERY SUBJECT TO OTHER PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE FACILITIES TO SCHEDULE THEIR PRACTICES.

AND YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW TOUGH THAT GETS WHEN YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SPORTS AND DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS AND EVERYTHING.

SO MAIN THRUST HERE ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THIS PROPERTY HERE, IS TO TAKE CONTROL AND SORT OF CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO RUN PRACTICES AND GAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON A SCHEDULE THAT WORKS BEST FOR THE FAMILIES AND FOR THE CHURCH.

THANK YOU. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WHAT SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS ARE BEING PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS WEST OF THE SITE REGARDING, YOU KNOW, NOISE, LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, EVENING SPORTS EVENTS RIGHT THERE IN THEIR BACKYARDS? SURE. NO, THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. SO WE WILL, OF COURSE, ABIDE BY ALL OF THE APPLICABLE NOISE AND LIGHTING RULES THAT MARANA HAS.

BUT THOSE AREN'T REALLY THE BAR WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.

I MEAN, THE CHURCH WANTS TO BE A REALLY GOOD NEIGHBOR.

THE FIELD LIGHTS WILL BE DARK SKY COMPLIANT, AND THEY CAN AIM THOSE THINGS AND STOP THEM LIKE TEN FEET OUTSIDE THE FIELD NOW. IT'S AMAZING. AND THEY CAN DO THAT WITH SOUND AS WELL.

THEY CAN REALLY CONTROL IT. LIGHTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON UNLESS THE FIELD IS ACTUALLY IN USE.

THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO FLIP THEM ON EVERY NIGHT FOR FUN. AND YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S THE IDEA.

AND THEY HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY. SO IF ANYBODY IS BEING AFFECTED, THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

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AND I THINK THE LOUDEST THING YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ARE PARENTS CHEERING.

GOOD. I'D LIKE TO SEE LESS TRAFFIC ON DESERT FALCON LANE.

REALLY. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THAT.

AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS THERE WILL APPRECIATE IT.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO TRIGGER THE TWIN PEAKS ROAD MEDIAN CUTTING? IS THAT GOING TO. IS THAT AUTOMATIC? IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN? YES, SIR.

OKAY. I THINK THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THAT. WHAT IS, YOU KNOW.

WILL THERE BE ANY NEW SAFETY CONCERNS ON THAT.

PEOPLE TURNING THERE. HOW DO WE PREVENT/ HOW DO WE IMPROVE SAFETY THERE? PEOPLE TURNING RIGHT THERE? SURE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW.

TWIN PEAKS MEDIAN CUT. YEAH. WELL, IT'LL BE THE SAME REALLY SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS AS THE OTHER ONES.

SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOCAL ROAD OR AN INDIVIDUAL USER PROPERTY LIKE THIS, ACCESSING ONTO A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROAD, THE MOST PROBLEMATIC MOVEMENT IS USUALLY A U-TURN FOLLOWED BY A LEFT TURN OUT.

THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CONFLICTS.

SO WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW, RATHER THAN HAVING, YOU KNOW, AN ENTRANCE SOMEWHERE ELSE IS, IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO NORTH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO NORTH WITHOUT TOUCHING DESERT FALCON.

IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO SOUTH, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A LOT EASIER BECAUSE IT'S A RIGHT TURN.

IT'S REALLY THE NORTHBOUND ONES THAT COULD BE MORE PROBLEMATIC.

BUT THIS MEDIUM BREAK ALLOWS THOSE NORTH BOUNDERS TO DO THAT WITHOUT GETTING TO DESERT FALCON AND WITHOUT MAKING A U-TURN FURTHER SOUTH.

OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 40 FOOT REQUEST FOR THE 40 FOOT VOLLEYBALL.

WHY 40FT? WHY NOT 35? HAS THERE BEEN STUDIES ON HOW HIGH THESE BALLS ARE BOUNCED UP? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. I COULDN'T IMAGINE 40FT.

THIS ISN'T EVEN 40FT HERE. YEAH. WELL, I'M NO VOLLEYBALL EXPERT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A NATIONAL SPORTS FACILITY DESIGN CONSULTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE DESIGNING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK, WHICH SEEMS PRUDENT. AND WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW.

THE BALLS GO WAY UP. BUT THAT DOESN'T DEFINE THE ROOF.

SO BASICALLY THERE'S YOUR WHOLE ROOF STRUCTURE, WHICH IN A BUILDING LIKE THIS CAN BE, YOU KNOW, 05, 6, 7MFEET OF SPACE THERE BETWEEN THE CEILING AND THE ACTUAL ROOF.

SO THE VOLLEYBALL ITSELF DOESN'T NEED TO GO 40FT IN THE AIR, BUT THEY DO HIT THOSE BALLS 30 SOMETHING IN THE AIR.

AND THAT DEFINES THAT INTERNAL CEILING HEIGHT.

AND THEN THE REST OF IT'S JUST, WELL, WHAT ARE THE ARCHITECTS SAY WE NEED TO DESIGN IT STRUCTURALLY ABOVE THAT.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S ALL I HAD, MAYOR.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD. LET'S TALK ABOUT KIDS.

HOW MANY KIDS DO WE ANTICIPATE PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAMS? ALL OF YOUR PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THERE? I'M GOING TO NEED TO PHONE A FRIEND.

OKAY. I'M CHRIS COLLINS, ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE PASTORS AT OVCN.

TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I CAN GIVE YOU KIND OF DATA AND STATISTICS ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO, AS WELL AS KIND OF WHAT'S PROJECTED. WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH OUR PROGRAMS THAT OPERATE OUT OF FACILITIES IN ORO VALLEY IN A GIVEN YEAR OVER THE FOUR SPORTS WE CURRENTLY DO, WE HAVE REGISTRATIONS IN EXCESS OF 500 KIDS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

THOSE 500 SPOTS ARE LIMITED BY ACCESS TO FACILITIES AND USE.

SO THE ANSWER TO WHAT COULD WE DO? A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

RIGHT. AND WE WOULD MATCH WHATEVER THE DEMAND WOULD BE FROM THE COMMUNITY SEEKING FAITH BASED SPORTING OPPORTUNITIES AS A PART OF THE MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH.

THAT'S ONLY ONE ASPECT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THAT SPACE, BUT OUR HEART IS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD. AND THAT'S GIVING ACCESS TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANS.

I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF HOMESCHOOLED KIDS HERE IN MARANA, AND THAT ACTUALLY GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEIR SCHOOL TIME

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YEAH. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER KAI.

DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? GO AHEAD, SIR. GO AHEAD.

PAUL. MY QUESTION FOR YOUR 40 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT.

DID YOU FOLKS EVER LOOK AT BURYING THAT TEN FOOT DOWN IN THE GROUND? MAYBE THAT HAS SOME PLUS OR MINUS? HAVE YOU EVEN LOOKED AT THAT? YOU CAN GET BY WITH A 30 FOOT. SURE. YEAH. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER KAI. WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

AND THE REASON WAS, TALKING TO THE CONTRACTOR, THEY SAID, WELL, THAT IS EXCEEDINGLY EXPENSIVE.

AND YOU INTRODUCE WATER INFILTRATION ISSUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND WE SAID, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD SPEND THE MONEY.

AND THEN THE ARCHITECT SAID WE DON'T NEED TO BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE IT ANYWAY.

SO OUR 30 FOOT HEIGHT, WHICH WE'RE ALLOWED TO BY EXISTING ZONING, WILL COMPLETELY BLOCK THE 40 FOOT ELEMENT ANYWAY.

SO IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF MONEY TO SINK IT DOWN BECAUSE THERE'D BE NO VISUAL BENEFIT.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU, PAUL. YEP. VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, MR. ARLEN, I GUESS A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WASN'T REQUIRED ON FALCON? YEAH. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. OKAY. VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE.

SO AFTER THE ZONING, THEY WOULD COME BACK IN FOR A DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AT THAT TIME. OKAY. AT THAT TIME. AND ARE THERE BUSINESS HOURS AT THE CHURCH? BUSINESS HOURS. I MEAN, ARE YOU OPEN ALL NIGHT? YEAH. SO, NO, I AM. UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO BE THERE.

I WOULD SAY WE OPERATE KIND OF FROM AN OFFICE STANDPOINT AND OPERATIONS STANDPOINT, PRETTY STANDARD, YOU KNOW, 8 OR 9 IN THE MORNING ON WEEKDAYS TO 4 OR 5 IN THE AFTERNOON FROM AN OPERATIONAL SIDE.

BUT WE DO HAVE MINISTRY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE MOST EVERY EVENING.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SUNDAYS ARE OUR DAY OF WORSHIP.

BUT THOSE DO NOT GO, YOU KNOW, PAST 10 P.M. ON ANY TYPE OF REGULAR BASIS.

THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. SOME OF US NEED HELP LATER IN THE EVENING, SO.

BUT THANK YOU. SO YOU DO HAVE HOURS. I THINK THAT WAS IT.

CAN I ADD SOMETHING? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. YES.

JUST AN ADDITION TO THE ANSWER ABOUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

YEAH. THE FULL BLOWN TRAFFIC STUDY IS REQUIRED LATER, LIKE AUSTIN SAID.

BUT TO GET THAT MEDIAN BRAKE DESIGN EXCEPTION APPROVED, WE DID LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER WITH THE ENGINEERS.

SO THAT'S ALREADY UNDERGONE ENOUGH SCRUTINY TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

AND SO THAT WILL BE MODELED INTO THAT TRAFFIC REPORT AT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR, I HAD A FOLLOW UP. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH.

THANK YOU. MR. OWEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD SOME NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, RIGHT? WITH THE NEIGHBORS AROUND? OKAY. WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS OF THESE NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT THIS PROJECT? AND, YOU KNOW, HOW WERE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS ADDRESSED BY YOUR TEAM? SURE. I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT WAS EXPRESSED AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS WERE CONCERNS.

I THINK THEY TURNED INTO COMPLAINTS WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY A PROBLEM. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO NEVER TURN INTO COMPLAINTS AND JUST ADDRESS THE CONCERNS.

BUT TRAFFIC, LIGHTING, NOISE. PROXIMITY OF, YOU KNOW, ANY ACTIVITY TO WHAT IS A FAIRLY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN BUILDING HEIGHT AS WELL. I THINK THOSE WERE TRAFFIC, NOISE, LIGHTING ACTIVITY, WILDLIFE, ALL THE THINGS. AND WHAT YOU SAID JUST NOW REALLY TRIGGERED ME BECAUSE WHAT WAS ONCE A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD WON'T BE QUIET.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE TIMES DURING THE DAY AND DURING THE WEEKENDS.

SURE. THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT. I DON'T AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT THIS WILL MAKE IT A NOT QUIET PLACE.

BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS ALREADY ALLOWED AND ALLOWING US TEN MORE FEET TO BUILD A PROPER

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SO. VICE MAYOR? YEAH, I WANT COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND MAKE THAT CLEAR IS, WE'RE ONLY HERE ABOUT A 10 FOOT. WHAT I WANT. EXTRA FOR THE GYM. IF THAT WASN'T IN PLAY, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE HERE TODAY.

SO I MEAN, I'M JUST PUTTING IT TO BASIC WORDS IS, AGAIN, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO RAISE THAT ROOF A LITTLE BIT, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE HERE. SO THAT'S JUST A DATA POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY, DID YOU HAVE A.

YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION. RIGHT NOW IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL.

SO HOW MANY HOUSES, I GUESS. IS THERE SOMEONE WHO CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION? HOW MANY HOUSES WOULD GO THERE IF IT WASN'T USED FOR THIS FOR THE CHURCH? BECAUSE IT'S 26 ACRES, SO. LET ME DO SOME QUICK MATH FOR YOU.

I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT MATH EITHER. SO YOU GOT A CALCULATOR THERE THOUGH? CAN SOMEONE ANSWER THAT? STILL NOT GOOD. WELL, IT'S A 20.

BETTER THAN I AM. JUST GIVE ME A CALCULATOR. IT'S A 28 ACRE SITE AND IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED R 36.

SO THE MINIMUM ZONING LOT SIZE IS 36,000FT². SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 33 HOMES.

33 HOMES. THANK YOU. SO MAYOR, WE'RE ONLY VOTING ON THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING ON THIS PARTICULAR. NO, WE'RE VOTING ON. A ZONING.

SPECIFIC PLAN.

THEY WENT WITH A SPECIFIC. OH, OKAY. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS.

YES, MR. MAYOR. I'VE RECEIVED EIGHT CARDS. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS TED BEDNAR AND THEN FOLLOWED BY MOLLY BEDNAR.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. WELCOME, MR. VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TED BEDNAR. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN BUILDING HOUSES AND DEVELOPING PROPERTIES IN THE GREATER TUCSON AREA, INCLUDING THE MARANA AREA, FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 37. WITH ALL MY EXPERIENCES, I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT REZONING PROJECTS CAN ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ENHANCE INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES AND WHAT A PROPOSED REZONING CAN ABSOLUTELY BE DEVASTATIONAL TO QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY VALUES. SORRY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE I LIVE ON DESERT FALCON.

SO THIS IS THIS IMPACTS ME AND MY PROPERTY VALUES.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST HERE FOR THE HYPE. LET'S MAKE THAT CLEAR.

THE PROPERTY IS ZONED R 36 WHICH IS 36,000FT² PER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

IF YOU CALCULATE IT OUT, IT DOES COME TO 32. BUT ONCE YOU PUT IN ROADS, ME BEING A BUILDER, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET ABOUT 24, 25 HOUSES.

R 36 HAS A MAXIMUM 40% LOT COVERAGE. THE INTENTION OF THAT IS, THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE LEFT PRISTINE SONORAN DESERT AND UNDEVELOPED. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BLADE EVERY SINGLE SQUARE INCH AND THEN REPLANT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. ALL OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, INCLUDING WHERE I LIVE, WHICH IS IN UNINCORPORATED PIMA COUNTY. UNINCORPORATED PIMA COUNTY IS GR 1.

ONE HOUSE PER ACRE. R 36 IS AS CLOSE. AS MARANA ZONING, THAT'S AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO GR 1.

3600 SQUARE FEET IS 0.82 ACRE, AN ACRE BEING 43,560FT².

SO ALL THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH, WHICH I DID GET ALL OF THE DAWN FAMILY MEMBERS THAT OWN THAT 65 ACRES DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH, IT'S ALSO MARANA R 36, BUT THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION THAT SAYS THE PROPERTIES HAVE TO BE MINIMUM 2.5 ACRES.

SO THAT PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH, DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF THEIR ILLUMINATED SPORTS FIELDS IS GOING TO BE 2.5 ACRES LARGER LOTS WHICH ARE GOING TO COMMAND HIGHER PRICES, HIGHER VALUES. NOW THAT INCREASES SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY VALUES.

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SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE A CHURCH, NO SPORTS.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO SPORTS, NO CHURCH. IT CAN'T BE TWO PRIMARY USES.

ONLY ONE IS PERMITTED. SO THEY'RE IN VIOLATION.

THEY'RE IN COMPLETE DISREGARD TO MARANA ZONING CODE THREE, FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE SECOND THING IS, ALL OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES BEING RESIDENTIAL, WE ALL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE NATIVE PLANT PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. NOW, IN THAT AREA IS A GLORIOUS SWATH OF IRONWOOD TREES, WHICH ARE ONE OF THE THREE HIGHEST PROTECTED SPECIES OF PLANT. WHEN I WAS UP HERE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AT THE END OF JULY, I ASKED, HAVE THEY DONE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY? I MEAN, I'VE HAD TO DO SUBDIVISION. WHEN I DEVELOPED SUBDIVISIONS, WE HAD TO DO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES.

THEY HAVE NOT. SO I DID ONE ON MY OWN. TO LET YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 293 SAGUAROS ON THE PROPERTY.

THERE ARE 178 IRONWOOD TREES ON THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN I JUST PICKED ONE OF THE OTHER HIGHEST PROTECTED SPECIES, THE HACKBERRY BUSH.

I LOVE THE HACKBERRY BUSH. THERE IS 196 HACKBERRY BUSHES ON THE PROPERTY.

THAT'S A TOTAL OF JUST THE THREE PROTECTED SPECIES, 668 TOTAL OF THE HIGHEST PROTECTED SPECIES OF PLANT.

SO PER THE NPPO, YOU MUST EITHER REMEDIATE OR GET EXEMPTION.

REMEDIATE MEANS YOU HAVE TO TRANSPLANT ON SITE.

OR IF YOU REMOVE, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE. NOW, I TOOK THEIR LITTLE DEVELOPMENT PLAN HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THEY SHOW A LANDSCAPE PLAN WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND IT'S PRETTY DENSE. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CRAM IN A HANDFUL MORE TREES OR SOMETHING, BUT NOT MUCH.

I COUNTED THEM ALL. THERE IS 374. THEY INDICATE 374 PLANTINGS.

SO. I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOUR TIME IS UP, SO IF YOU COULD FINISH UP WHAT YOU'RE.

YEAH. AFTER NPPO, I GOT ONE OTHER THING. AND MY WIFE WILL GRANT ME HER TIME, IF YOU PLEASE ALLOW THAT.

NO, WE DON'T DO THAT. OKAY, THEN I'LL GO AS FAST AS I CAN.

SO KNOWING THAT THERE'S 374, THEY CANNOT REMEDIATE, THEY CANNOT TRANSPLANT 667.

THE OTHER THING IS EXEMPTION. EXEMPTION MEANS THEY HAVE TO DECLARE 40% PER NPPO.

40% HAS TO BE DECLARED A NATURAL OPEN SPACE. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BLADE EVERY SINGLE SQUARE INCH.

THEY CAN'T DO THAT. SO THEY'RE IN COMPLETE VIOLATION OF THE NATIVE PLANT PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.

NOW, THE MOST EGREGIOUS POINT. AND PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, MR. MAYOR. THE MOST EGREGIOUS THING OF THIS WHOLE THING IS THEIR ABSOLUTE, COMPLETE, TOTAL DISREGARD FOR MARANA'S OUTDOOR LIGHTING CODE.

THIS WHOLE AREA IS A DARK SKY AREA. IT IS MARANA ZONE E2, WHICH ONLY ALLOWS 24,000 LUMENS PER ACRE. TO PROPERLY LIGHT A FOOTBALL FIELD FOR NIGHT ACTIVITY TAKES 1.5 TO 2.5 MILLION LUMENS. THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN COMPLY WITH MARANA'S OUTDOOR LIGHTING CODE.

AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN ADDRESSED THE BASKETBALL COURT.

MR. MAYOR. WAY OVER TIME. WAY OVER TIME.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MOLLY BEDNAR, FOLLOWED BY COURTNEY LAND.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE. I KNOW THAT IT MEANS A LOT.

AND I TRY TO BE AS LENIENT AS I CAN. AND IN THAT CASE, I WENT WAY OVER TIME.

BUT, YOU KNOW.

START WRAPPING IT UP AT THAT POINT. REALLY SHOULD WRAP IT UP BEFORE THEN, BUT I TRY REALLY HARD TO BE AS LENIENT AS POSSIBLE. NEXT SPEAKER.

HI, MY NAME IS MOLLY BEDNAR. I'M MARRIED TO TED BEDNAR OVER THERE.

I'M ALSO A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS THE LIGHTING PART.

BECAUSE IT IS 27 ACRES, THEY'RE ONLY REQUIRED TO HAVE 648,000 LUMENS MAXIMUM.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, WITH ALL THE FOOTBALL FIELDS, THE PARK, THE PARKING LOT, THE BASKETBALL FIELDS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE POSSIBLE OF FOUR TO 6 TO 8 MILLION LUMENS FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT, WHICH IS WAY OVER STANDARD.

ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. WELL, IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE ALL LIVE IN.

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WE HAVE A VERY. ALL THE HOUSES ARE LITTLE AN ACRE OR ABOVE.

WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE NOISE THAT. HE WAS SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE PARK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WHICH COULD BE UP TO 10:00 AT NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT. SO WE CAN HAVE SPORTING EVENTS EVERY NIGHT TILL 10:00 WITH THE LIGHTS ON, ON OUR QUIET, DARK STREET, WHICH WAS NOT WHY WE LIVED THERE.

ANOTHER THING WE HAVE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE TRAFFIC COMING OUT ON DESERT FALCON THAT COULD COME DOWN TO OUR PARKING STREET, WHICH IS A DIRT ROAD, AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 634 PARKING SPOTS SPACE, IS WHAT THEY WERE CLAIMING TO PUT IN THERE.

IF ALL THE CARS AREN'T ABLE TO COME OUT ONTO TWIN PEAKS AND THEY ARE ABLE TO COME OUT ON DESERT FALCON, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO ADD A LOT OF TRAFFIC. IF THEY DO SOME EVENTS, WHICH THEY DO, WITH A LOT OF CHURCHES AS WELL, THEY GET OVERFILLED THEIR PARKING LOT. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYWHERE FOR THEIR CARS TO PARK.

YOU CAN'T PARK ON TWIN PEAKS, SO THEY'RE GOING TO END UP ON DESERT FALCON, WHICH IS VERY SMALL, BY THE WAY. WE'RE CONCERNED WITH THE NOISE. WE'RE CONCERNED WITH TRASH.

WE'RE JUST CONCERNED WITH THE ENTIRE PROJECT IN GENERAL BEING LOCATED IN THIS AREA.

THAT'S PRISTINE DESERT AND THEY'RE GOING TO JUST DESTROY THE ENTIRE AREA.

I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE SPOT FOR IT. I THINK IT SHOULD BE MOVED CLOSER DOWN BY I-10 OR OFF THAT WAY WHERE THERE'S MORE OPEN SPACE WHERE IT'S NOT AS CACTUS-EY AND A BEAUTIFUL PRISTINE DESERT. SO I DON'T. LET'S SEE.

AND I THINK THAT'S IT. OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK AS WELL, SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COURTNEY LAND FOLLOWED BY KEVIN LAND.

OKAY, SO I DON'T. I'M COURTNEY, I'M A RESIDENT ON DESERT FALCON.

I DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE FIGURES FOR YOU. I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT EVERY TIME THAT THEY PRESENT, THEY'VE PRESENTED A DIFFERENT PICTURE TO US, WHICH MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, LIKE SHE SAID, THE TRAFFIC.

WE LIVE DOWN A TINY ROAD. IF ANY OF YOU GO VISIT DESERT FALCON, TWO CARS CAN BARELY PASS AT THE SAME TIME.

USUALLY I WAIT AT THE END OF THE ROAD FOR SOMEONE TO COME DOWN AND THEN PROCEED DOWN.

AND WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE NOISE CONTROL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER VISITED [INAUDIBLE] PARK.

AND THAT'S DOWN AND IT HAS ALMOST, YOU KNOW, WALLS AROUND IT.

YOU CAN STAND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LISTEN TO THE WHISTLES.

AND IT'S JUST A BIG CONCERN BECAUSE WE'RE QUIET.

I THINK THE LOUDEST THING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE MY HOUND DOGS.

AND I'M BEING SERIOUS. IT IS QUIET WHERE WE LIVE.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO KIDS BEING INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES.

I JUST THINK, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS BUILDING HEIGHT CHANGE.

I CANNOT FIND THAT A VOLLEYBALL BUILDING HAS TO BE 40FT.

I AM NOT FINDING THAT. I SEE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE COLLEGIATE LEVEL SPORTS? I JUST DON'T SEE WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE A BUILDING HEIGHT THAT HIGH.

I THINK THEY CAN FUNCTION WITH KIDS SPORTS LIKE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH A LOWER BUILDING HEIGHT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 10 P.M. IF YOU GO OUTSIDE AT MY HOUSE AT 10 P.M.

DOWN DESERT FALCON, IT'S QUIET, IT'S DARK, IT'S NICE.

WE HAVE WILDLIFE. AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TAKING IN ANY OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN CHANGE TIMING, YOU KNOW, DO THEY REALLY? THEY JUST KEEP SAYING MARANA CODE. MARANA CODE.

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE NEIGHBORS? IT IS A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DON'T WANT LIGHTS ON UNTIL 10:00 AT NIGHT.

IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE REASON WE MOVED THERE.

I USED TO LIVE FURTHER OUT IN MARANA. I CHOSE THIS AREA BECAUSE IT WAS QUIET.

I KNEW TWIN PEAKS WAS DEVELOPED. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO DEVELOP, BUT I'D RATHER HAVE HOUSES THERE WHERE YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE LIGHTS, NOT A FOOTBALL FIELD. I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.

I KNOW THIS IS JUST BUILDING HEIGHT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE APPROVED BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN FUNCTION WITH KIDS SPORTS IN A LOWER HEIGHT BUILDING, BUT THEY KEEP THROWING IN OTHER THINGS ABOUT TRAFFIC, AND THEY'RE NOT GIVING US A CHANCE TO SAY, I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE TRAFFIC. IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR OTHER CAMPUS, THERE'S A VIDEO CIRCULATING OF JUST WHAT A NIGHTMARE THE TRAFFIC HAS BECOME, AND THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T APPROVED IN ORO VALLEY.

THE NEIGHBORS, THEY HAVE A BIGGER NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY FOUGHT AND THEY FOUGHT HARD.

JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS, I FEEL LIKE WE STILL SHOULD BE HEARD.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER HAS WITHDRAWN THEIR CARD.

SO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RUTH TAYLOR, FOLLOWED BY GERALD DONALDSON.

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MY PROPERTY IS WITHIN 300FT OF THE PROPOSED ORO VALLEY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE TWIN PEAKS CAMPUS REZONING.

AND I AM HERE TONIGHT ASKING YOU TO DENY THE REZONING REQUEST FOR THE 28 ACRE PARCEL HERE IN MARANA.

THIS ISN'T THE CHURCH'S FIRST ATTEMPT AT THIS PROJECT.

THEY PROPOSED THE SAME SPORTS MINISTRY COMPLEX IN ORO VALLEY, WHERE IT DRAGGED ON FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS.

THE ORO VALLEY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL.

TOWN STAFF FOUND THE PROJECT DIDN'T MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR COMPATIBILITY ON LIGHTING, NOISE AND TRAFFIC, AND NEIGHBORS ORGANIZED FOR YEARS AGAINST IT BEFORE THE CHURCH EVENTUALLY WITHDREW THE SPORTS COMPLEX PLAN AND PIVOTED TO A SMALLER SANCTUARY INSTEAD. SO I FEEL LIKE THIS PROJECT IS COMING TO MARANA BECAUSE IT COULDN'T GET THROUGH IN ORO VALLEY.

NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE IT'S A BETTER FIT HERE.

THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU ISN'T SIMPLE BY RIGHT DEVELOPMENT.

THE APPLICANT IS ASKING TO REZONE THIS LAND FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO A SPECIFIC PLAN, AND TO RAISE THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT FROM 30FT, WHAT'S ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT R 36 ZONING, TO 40FT, SPECIFICALLY TO ACCOMMODATE A GYMNASIUM.

THAT'S A REAL CHANGE TO THE CHARACTER OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT A TECHNICALITY.

I'D ALSO ASK THE COUNCIL DIRECTLY, HAS APPLICANT DISCLOSE TO YOU IN THE APPLICATION MATERIALS OR IN THEIR PRESENTATION, THE FULL HISTORY OF THIS PROJECT AND ORO VALLEY, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL? THEIR STAFF FINDINGS THAT IT FAILED THE COMPATIBILITY THRESHOLD ON LIGHTING, NOISE AND TRAFFIC, AND THE YEARS OF ORGANIZED NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION THAT LED THEM TO EVENTUALLY WITHDRAW THE SPORTS COMPLEX HERE? AND IF THAT HISTORY WASN'T PART OF WHAT YOU WERE GIVEN, I'D ASK YOU TO REQUEST IT BEFORE VOTING, BECAUSE IT'S DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO WHETHER THIS PROJECT FITS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD HERE EITHER.

I'D ALSO POINT OUT THAT MARANA HAS VACANT LAND ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, INCLUDING PARCELS ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR THAT WOULDN'T REQUIRE CONVERTING A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING AT ALL.

AND I'D ASK THE APPLICANT AND THE COUNCIL WHY A SITE THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE UPROOTING AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION WASN'T THE STARTING POINT FOR THE OVATION SPORTS COMPLEX. I HAVE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO WEIGH THREE IMPACT CONCERNS THAT ARE VERY CONCRETE. NUMBER ONE IS THE LIGHT POLLUTION. THE LIT OUTDOOR SPORTS FIELD AND TALLER GYM WORKS AGAINST THE DARK SKY, THE NOISE AND TRAFFIC, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED AS WELL AS THE A HABITAT AND OPEN LAND.

SO 28 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND THAT SUPPORTS WILDLIFE.

AND HAVING INSTEAD A LIT, PAVED, HEAVILY USED SPORTS COMPLEX WILL NOT, WILL NOT BE EQUATE.

SO I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO HOLD THIS APPLICATION TO THE SAME STANDARD THAT ORO VALLEY DID.

DOES IT FIT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IT'S BEING DROPPED INTO. I DON'T BELIEVE IT DOES.

AND I'M ASKING YOU TO DENY THE REZONING AND HEIGHT INCREASE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GERALD DONALDSON, FOLLOWED BY MIKE BRANDON.

MAYOR. COUNCIL. I'M GERALD DONALDSON. I LIVE ON THAT ROAD.

I MOVED THERE FOR A REASON. BECAUSE IT'S RURAL.

IT'S DARK, AND IT'S QUIET. I THINK YOU'RE BEING LED DOWN THE PRIMROSE LANE BY WHAT THEY'RE TELLING YOU.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S 100% TRUTH IN WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

THEY THEY TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF HOUSES THAT COULD BE BUILT.

IF YOU TAKE OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE 25% OF YOUR HOUSES.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 24, 25 HOUSES. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D GIVE UP A CHANCE TO GET THE TAXATION OFF OF THOSE HOUSES. YOU'RE GOING TO GET ZERO TAX OFF OF THIS NOTHING.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A DETRIMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S GOING TO HURT OUR PROPERTY VALUES. GETTING OUT ONTO TWIN PEAKS,

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YOU CAN SIT THERE FOR 2 OR 3 MINUTES SOMETIMES JUST MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN OUT AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURNS ONTO THERE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE TRAFFIC BACKED UP EVERYWHERE.

THE LIGHT POLLUTION, THE NOISE. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THEM TRYING TO DO THIS AS THEIR GOOD DEED, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THEY CAN DO THIS.

THEY'VE BEEN TURNED DOWN BEFORE. AND I FEEL THAT OURS IS ANOTHER REASON THAT IT SHOULD BE TURNED DOWN.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE BRANDON, FOLLOWED BY JULIE PRINCE.

HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS? SO EVERYONE'S ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ALL THE IMPACT STUDIES, ALL THAT STUFF.

TALK ABOUT GOOD NEIGHBORS, TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY AND US HAVING A CONVERSATION.

THE TOP THING WE'VE TOLD THEM, IF WE HAVE NO SAY IN THIS WAS SOME SORT OF LIKE A GATE SO PEOPLE CAN'T COME DOWN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT IS SIGNAGE.

AND THEN, I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT SIGNAGE, THERE'S A SPEED LIMIT SIGN AT 15 MILES AN HOUR ON OUR ROAD. NO ONE GOES 15.

THEY ALL GO 30. SO AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT TWIN PEAKS.

PEOPLE ARE GOING 60, 70, 80 MILES AN HOUR. YOU HAVE A DUDE WHO COULDN'T EVEN MAKE THE TURN BY THE WATER TOWER AND WENT OVER TWIN PEAKS INTO THE WALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S HOW FAST PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN THERE. SO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT BETTER HAVING A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF THAT, ESPECIALLY ON A SUNDAY OR ANY TIME WITH SPORTS EVENTS? I DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT OF THAT. THE HEIGHT, IF THE HEIGHT IS SUCH A BIG DEAL, WHY DON'T THEY GO LOWER? LIKE I SAID, WHY ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE MEETING THE WHOLE NINE YARDS IF IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GO HIGHER, GO LOWER. THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING YOU. THOSE ARE MY BIGGEST THINGS.

I MEAN, YOU'VE HEARD IT FROM EVERYONE ELSE ABOUT ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. AND I MEAN, YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT LIKE THE PYGMY OWLS AND ALL THAT THAT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW DEVELOPMENT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I KNOW GROWTH HAPPENS, BUT I DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT OF A WHOLE SPORTS FIELD.

WHEN WE'RE BUILDING ANOTHER PARK AT TWIN PEAKS, YOU GOT ALL THE ONES ON TANGERINE UP IN DUB MOUNTAIN, AND WITH MORE SCHOOLS BEING BUILT, THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS OR SCHOOL CAMPUSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT AS WELL.

THOSE ARE MY THINGS. AND I HAVE KIDS THAT ARE HOMESCHOOLED AND ALL THAT TOO, AND WE USE THE REGULAR PUBLIC PARKS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

SO THOSE ARE MY BIG THINGS ON IT. SO THANK YOU GUYS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIE PRINCE. AND MR. MAYOR, I GOT ONE MORE CARD FOR CODY BROWN TO FOLLOW.

HELLO AGAIN. I'M BACK. YEAH, I WAS GLAD PEOPLE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT ORO VALLEY TURNED THIS DOWN.

THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING IT SINCE 2021. AND THEY WERE JUST, YEAH, DO SOME RESEARCH AND LOOK INTO THAT. THEY WERE LOOKING AT 600 FOOT BOUNDARY WHERE PEOPLE WERE NOTIFIED AND THEY'VE REDUCED THAT NOW FOR THIS 1 TO 300 FOOT AROUND THE BOUNDARY, WHERE THE ONLY PEOPLE NOTIFIED BY MAIL THAT COULD ATTEND THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING IN JULY MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE, 26 PEOPLE. THERE HAVE BEEN LETTERS WRITTEN AND IT JUST SEEMS TO AND IT WAS VOTED FOR THERE AND THEN AND I DON'T KNOW WHY NO ONE CAN WAIT A FEW MINUTES OR A, A WHILE.

I'M NERVOUS. I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT GOOD. IT'S A SPORTS COMPLEX WITH BUILDING HEIGHTS UP TO 42FT, A MULTI-USE BUILDING AND A 300 SEAT AMPHITHEATER.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A PART OF THIS NOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING IN ORO VALLEY.

AND THAT WAS ALL STRUCK DOWN AN INDOOR ATHLETIC FIELD TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT A LATER DATE.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH. IT SEEMED PRETTY VAGUE TO ME ON THE APPLICATION AND THE PAPERWORK I READ, BUT THIS IS YEAH, IT WAS FOUGHT VERY VIGILANTLY IN ORO VALLEY.

THEY DENIED IT. AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE THAT YOU PLEASE DENY THE ZONING ON THIS AND LOOK INTO IT MORE AND THEN PERHAPS BRING IT BACK AT SOME POINT. THIS IS THE ONE TIME WE HAVE CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT PROPERTY IS RIGHT NOW WITH THIS REZONING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST CARD I HAVE FOR THE EVENING IS CODY BROWN.

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I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD APPROVE THIS. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE IT'S YOUR LAND.

DO WHATEVER THE HECK YOU WANT ON IT. AND ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE FIGHTING OVER TEN FEET.

SEEMS A LITTLE SILLY TO ME. BUT I, I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE CONCERNS AND WORRIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE ON ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.

THE NIMBY, NIMBY DIVIDE IS ONE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED AT THIS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I THINK A VOICE THAT DOESN'T GET HEARD IN THESE MEETINGS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T HERE YET.

ALL THE KIDS WHO HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR FRIENDSHIPS AND MEMORIES AT THIS COMPLEX, THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE YET, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BUILT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEM TO MOVE HERE YET.

I THINK THOSE VOICES ARE OFTEN NEVER HEARD IN THESE KIND OF MEETINGS, IN THESE SETTINGS.

AND SO I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS.

AND WHILE THERE ARE VERY REAL TRADE OFFS, THESE TRADE OFFS ARE TRUE FOR EVERY DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE SUN.

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PROS AND CONS THAT WE HAVE TO WEIGH IN BALANCE, AND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BENEFIT THE PROS AREN'T HERE YET, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BUILT IT FOR THEM YET. AND I JUST WANT, WHEN THE COUNCIL TAKES THEIR VOTE LATER, TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE BENEFITING FROM THIS BUT AREN'T HERE BECAUSE, WELL, THEY'RE CHILDREN. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GENERALLY DON'T SHOW UP TO THESE THINGS. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT IN YOUR VOTE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE US A SPEAKER CARD WHEN YOU'RE DONE.

I'M SO SORRY. I NORMALLY WOULD, AND I'LL DO THAT.

I'M SORRY. I WOULD HAVE DONE IT IN ADVANCE SINCE I'M SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW. I JUST WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND SAY, WE DID SEND A LETTER IN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I DIDN'T HEAR IT MENTIONED BY PAUL THIS EVENING, BUT WE DID ASK FOR A REDUCED FOOTPRINT ON THIS PROJECT.

THAT IS A MIGHTY LARGE PARKING LOT. SPECIFICALLY, WE JUST ASKED FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A RECONFIGURATION WE THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BENEFITED THE LANDSCAPE HERE. SO, KATE HORTON, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME.

COALITION FOR SONORAN DESERT PROTECTION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? HEARING NONE. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? YOU KNOW, THIS IS A YOUNG COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

A LOT. AND THE TOWN IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THE AMENITIES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH THEIR OWN MONEY, COME ALONG AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO BUILD THIS.

WE WANT TO OFFER THIS AS AN AMENITY TO THE COMMUNITY.

TO ME IS. TO BE HONEST, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

I KNOW HOW MANY. HAVING RAISED MY KIDS HERE, WITH GRANDKIDS, I KNOW HOW NEEDED THESE FACILITIES ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THE TOWN IS DOING THE BEST WE CAN AS FAST AS WE CAN.

BUT TO HAVE SOMEBODY STEP UP AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE AND DO OUR PART IS AMAZING.

IS TRULY, TRULY AMAZING. I KNOW WHAT SPORTS CAN DO FOR OUR YOUNG KIDS.

I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. AND SO I PERSONALLY AM IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS THAT I STATED.

AND IF NOBODY'S WANTING TO MAKE A MOTION, I AM WILLING TO DO SO.

I'LL. GO AHEAD. TO YOUR POINT. AGAIN, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS IS ABOUT A 10 FOOT HEIGHT. IF IT WASN'T THAT, THEY COULD COME AND DO THIS, WITHOUT THE 10 FOOT. BUT THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME AND I'M HEARING IS, WE HAVE CODES IN THE TOWN OF MARANA AND YOU'VE ALL HIT ON THEM. THE LIGHTS, THE TRAFFIC. WIDENING.

THE KIDS MAKING NOISE. YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE BUSINESS HOURS.

YOU MIGHT HEAR SOME NOISE. AGAIN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I'D LOVE TO HAVE A CHURCH NEXT TO ME. I USED TO LIVE NEAR A CEMETERY AND THAT WAS A GREAT PARTNER, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S GOING TO BE NOISE, THERE'S GOING TO BE LIGHTS, THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS PROBLEM,

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PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. AND WE HAVE DONE THIS MANY TIMES AND, BELIEVE ME, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AS YOU WOULD.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WOULD GO THERE. YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD AND HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO HAVE NOBODY AT THAT AREA FOR A LONG TIME.

EVERYBODY THAT SPOKE. APPROVE A LIGHTED FOOTBALL FIELD IN YOUR BACKYARD.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, SIR, I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.

THE LIGHTS GO OFF AT NINE, BUT THEY'RE THE LIGHTS YOU CAN'T SEE.

IT'S NEVER BOTHERED ME, BUT TO YOUR POINT. BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW YET, SIR, THAT ARE GOING TO BOTHER YOU. AND, AGAIN, IF WE NEED TO TAKE IT.

I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS. I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT.

TO YOU THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE THINGS THAT. THE TOWN CODES THAT WE HAVE.

AND IT TALKS ABOUT LIGHTS. IT TALKS ABOUT THE ROAD.

I ASKED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. IT TALKS ABOUT THE OCCUPATION.

HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN OCCUPY THAT. BUT WHEN YOU COME UP HERE, YOU SOUND LIKE YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER.

SECONDLY, YES, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1989. I'VE HEARD A LOT.

AND BELIEVE ME, I HEARD WHAT HAPPENED IN ORO VALLEY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS DISGRACEFUL. I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OVER THERE.

I KNOW THEY SHUT YOU DOWN OR THEY SHUT DOWN OVER THERE.

I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE THE FOLKS OVER THERE BOUGHT THAT AREA FOR THE KIDS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE CHURCH. AND ORO VALLEY BOUGHT IT. OKAY.

THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO DO IT. SO FOR SOMEBODY WHO SAYS, YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

NO, I WATCHED IT FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS FROM OVER HERE IN MARANA.

SO MAYBE I'LL JUST. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL JUST STOP RIGHT THERE.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR, I'M JUST VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS FACILITY, THE LIGHTING RIGHT UP AGAINST THESE HOUSES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF WRAP ITSELF AROUND THE EXISTING HOMES.

AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. SO I HOPE WE COULD ADDRESS THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH COULD ADDRESS THAT TO HELP MINIMIZE IT.

YOU KNOW. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? HEARING NONE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026.015 AND RESOLUTION 2026-066.

MR. MAYOR, DOES THE MOTION INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL CONDITION THAT AUSTIN MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION REGARDING THE RECORD OF SURVEY? YEAH. TO BE SUPPLIED AT THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN? THAT'S FINE. SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

DO WE NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? MR. MAYOR, WE NEED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ITEMS E2 AND E3.

[ 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.]

WE JUST DISCUSSED. THAT'S IT. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. HEARING NONE. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.