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7/12/04

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NOTICE AND AGENDA

REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

TOWN OF CAVE CREEK, ARIZONA

MONDAY, JULY 19, 2004

 

Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Cave Creek will hold an Executive Session during its Regular Session, which begins at 6:00 p.m.  The Executive Session will be held to discuss those legal matters set forth on the Executive Session Agenda set forth below, pursuant to A.R.S. Section 38-431.03(A) (3) and (4).

 

CALL TO ORDER 6:00 PM.  Vincent Francia, Mayor, 37622 N. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, AZ.

 

ROLL CALL   Mayor Vincent Francia, Vice-Mayor Ralph Mozilo, Council Members Gilbert Lopez, Grace Meeth, Terry Smith, Shea Stanfield, Jay Williams.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION: An Executive Session will be held during the Regular Council Session for legal matters pursuant to A.R.S. Section 38-431.03(A)(3), and (4) as follows:

                                   

EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA

1.      Discussion and consultation with the Town’s Attorney to consider its position and instruct its attorneys in order to resolve current litigation:

a.       Seginski v. Town (CV2001-008063)

                        A.R.S. Section 38-431.03(A)(3) and (4).

 

Council Action Needed:            Motion to convene into Executive Session.

 

The Public Meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. following the Executive Session.

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

 

CALL TO THE PUBLIC

Residents/Visitors are encouraged to comment about any matter not included on the agenda. State Law prevents the Council from taking action on items not on the agenda, except to set them for consideration at a future date.  Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes.

 

REPORTS

1.         Wayne Anderson, Town Engineer will give an update on the Environmental Protection Agency Grant process regarding the Phoenix Mine Site.

 

ACTION ITEMS

 

I.                   CONSENT AGENDA

A.                 Municipal Court Baseline Certification for 4th Quarter Fiscal Year 2004 in an amount of $32,368.83 pursuant to A.R.S. 12-116.04. The Town of Cave Creek will be required to send additional funds to the State Treasurer in the amount of $8,888.43.

 

Council Action Needed:Motion to approve the items listed on the Consent Agenda.

 

II.            GENERAL AGENDA ITEMS

If you wish to speak to the Council about any item included on the agenda for action, please complete a Request to Speak form and place it in the box at the end of the staff table.  The Town Clerk will call your name at the appropriate time.  Copies of any reports, photographs, diagrams, charts, maps, or other materials presented to the Council must be given to the Town Clerk for inclusion in the Official Town Record.

 

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1.         PRESENTATION TO THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL BY MR. BOB KITE OF PLANS CONCERNING THE RELOCATION OF RAWHIDE. THE PRESENTATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL DISCUSSION. NO ACTION IS AUTHORIZED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ITEM.

 

            Placed on the agenda by the Mayor, Town of Cave Creek.

           

Public Comment

 

Council Action Needed:No action is authorized in connection with this item.

 

 

 

 

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2.         DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE OR DENY A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR A PENDING SUPERIOR COURT ACTION KNOWN AS SEGINSKI V. TOWN OF CAVE CREEK, ET AL. (CASE NO. CV-2001-008063)

 

Placed on the agenda by the Town Attorney, Town of Cave Creek. (This item in continued from the July 6, 2004 Town Council Meeting.)

 

Public Comment

Council Action Needed:            Motion to approve or deny approval of the settlement agreement.

 

Narrative:            This is a request for Council to discuss and take action to approve or deny a Settlement Agreement for a pending Superior Court case Seginski v. Town of Cave Creek.

 

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3.         DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF REGARDING A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT TO THE TEXT OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO BE INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DISTRICT OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

 

                        Placed on the agenda by the Town Attorney, Town of Cave Creek.

 

Public Comment

Council Action Needed:            Motion to give direction to Staff.

 

NarrativeStaff is seeking direction as to what the Council may wish to review in the way of a new Ordinance to amend the text of the current zoning code.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4.         DISCUSSION AND RECONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE O2004-14 AMENDING THE CAVE CREEK ZONING ORDINANCE CHAPTER 4: USE DISTRICTS, SECTION 4.5(B) ALLOWABLE USES IN THE CORE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO ALLOW LIVING SPACES ABOVE OR BEHIND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; AND SECTION 4.5(C)(3), MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES IN CORE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO ALLOW MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES EQUIVALENT TO MR-8 (8 UNITS PER ACRE) IN THE BULK REGULATIONS FOR THE CORE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING DISTRICTS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. (CASE NO. A-04-06)

 

Placed on the agenda by the Mayor and Council by a motion to reconsider approved at the July 6, 2004 Town Council Meeting.

 

Public Comment

Council Action Needed:            Motion to approve or deny approval of Ordinance O2004-14.

Narrative: Town Council voted July 6, 2004 to re- consider Ordinance No. O2004-14.  Ordinance O2004-14 would allow residential living space above and behind commercial uses in all commercial zoning districts. The intension of mixing residential and commercial uses is to encourage diversity and vitality in the Town Core. (Case A-03-06).                 

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5.         DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE O2004-25 AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP THERETO, BY REZONING A PARCEL FROM MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (MR-14) TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) (THE KNOLLS SUBDIVISION) LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF CAVE CREEK

 

                        Placed on the agenda by the Planning Department, Town of Cave Creek.

 

                        Public Comment

Council Action Needed:Motion to approve or deny approval of First Reading of ordinance O2004-25.

Narrative:       The owner and developer of The Knolls subdivision has filed a request to amend the final plat to allow for limited lot reconfiguration.  The Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed lot changes (F-04-01) at its May 6, 2004 public hearing.   The case had been advertised and forwarded to the Town Council for review.

 

In researching the case staff found that, although this subdivision was approved as a Planned Unit Development (PUD) in 1998, no ordinance was approved to clarify the zoning standards that would apply to the subdivision.  The subdivision is under construction.  While the developer is requesting some changes to lot orientation, staff has prepared an ordinance for review by Town Council that rezones this parcel as a Planned Unit Development (PUD) subject to the development standards as described in Exhibit “B”. 

 

6.         PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO A FINAL PLAT FOR THE KNOLLS SUBDIVISION. (CASE NO. F-04-01)

 

Placed on the agenda by the Planning Department, Town of Cave Creek. (This item is continued from the July 6, 2004 Town Council Meeting.) (Staff is recommending this case F-04-01 be continued to a date uncertain to allow for possible first and second reading of Ordinance O2004-25, as well as a 30-day effective date.)

 

CASE NO:            F-04-01; Amend Final Plat; The Knolls Subdivision

APPLICANT:            Windsor Cave Creek, LLC

LOCATION:            The Knolls Subdivision; 38426 N. Jacqueline Drive

ZONING:Multi-Family Residential (MR-14)

REQUEST:Amend final Plat by adjusting five (5) lots in the approved and recorded subdivision.

 

                        Public Hearing

Council Action Needed:            Motion to approve or deny approval of an amendment to a Final Plan for the Knolls Subdivision; case F-04-01.

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7.         DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION  R2004-05 OR AN ALTERNATIVE STATEMENT OF POLICY CONCERNING A POLICY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF PROVISIONS OF THE CAVE CREEK TOWN CODE AND ORDINANCES.

 

Placed on the agenda by the town Attorney/Town Prosecutor, Town of Cave Creek. (This item is continued from the June 7, 2004 Town Council Meeting.)

 

Public Comment

Council Action Needed:            Motion to approve Resolution No. R2004-05 or an alternative statement of policy concerning a policy for the enforcement of provisions of the Cave Creek Town Code and Ordinances.

 

Narrative:            This is a request for Council to adopt a Code Enforcement Policy.

 

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8.         DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE O2004-27 AMENDING THE TOWN CODE CHAPTER 31 TOWN OFFICERS BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 31.28 ENTITLED COMMENCEMENT OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON CIVIL CODE INFRACTION CONSISTING.

 

Placed on the agenda by the Town Attorney, Town of Cave Creek.

 

                        Public Comment

Council Action Needed:            Motion to approve or deny approval of First reading of Ordinance O2004-27.

 

Narrative: This is a possible first reading of an Ordinance that amends the Town Code and establishes the procedure for the new civil code process. The Ordinance provides that when a civil code infraction is observed then the responsible staff person of civil code enforcement officer shall issue a notice explaining the code violation and giving a date and time for re- inspection. Should compliance not be observed then a Notice of Hearing will be issued with a date and time to appear before the Civil Hearing Officer who shall conduct a tape recorded hearing and dispose of the matter.

 

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9.         DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DONATE FUNDS TO THE PROJECT LATCH-FREE PROGRAM OPERATED BY DESERT FOOTHILLS YOUTH LEADERSHIP, INC.

 

Placed on the agenda by the Mayor, Town of Cave Creek

 

Public Comment

Council Action Needed:Motion to approve or deny approval for the request for funding.

 

Narrative: This is a request for Council to consider donating funds to the Project Latch-Free program operated by Desert Foothills Youth Leadership, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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10.       DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE O2004-24 AMENDING THE 2003 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE.

 

Placed on the agenda by the Building Safety Department, Town of Cave Creek.

 

                        Public Comment

Council Action Needed:Motion to approve or deny approval of First Reading of Ordinance O2004-24.

 

Narrative:  The majority of the amendments to the 2003 International Fire Code are amendments that are currently in effect as amendments to the adopted 1997 Uniform Fire Code.  The main exceptions are that this ordinance would require all new single-family homes be equipped with an automatic fire sprinkler system and it would address potential fire hazards in grass-, grain-, brush- and forest-covered lands.

 

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11.       AUTHORIZATION TO EXPEND FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $45,000.00 FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO TRUCKS FROM BILL LUKE DODGE USING THE STATE PURCHASING CONTRACT

 

Placed on the agenda by the Building Safety Department, Town of Cave Creek.

 

                        Public Comment

Council Action Needed:Motion to approve or deny approval of the purchase of 2 vehicles from Bill Luke Dodge not to exceed $45,000.

 

Narrative: With the addition of two new inspectors to the Building Safety Department, our department needs have increased and these two trucks will enable these employees to provide the best service levels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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12.       DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R2004-15 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE MARICOPA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR A CAVE CREEK DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF $50,000 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2005 FOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

 

                        Placed on the agenda by the Engineering Department, Town of Cave Creek.

 

                        Public Comment

Council Action Needed:Motion to approve or deny approval OF resolution R2004-15.

Narrative: Town of Cave Creek Resolution R2004-03 was adopted by Council on March 15, 2004 which authorized the preparation of an intergovernmental agreement between the Town and Flood Control District for the preparation of the Cave Creek Master Drainage Plan. Now the intergovernmental agreement is before Council for adoption. The Town is scheduled to pay $200,000 over 3 fiscal years towards the cost of the initial drainage study. The cost is based on 50% cost share that is to be applied towards the aerial mapping of the Town boundaries and the proposed future annexation areas (approximately 50 square miles). The payment this fiscal year is $50,000.

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13.       DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R2004-16 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE MARICOPA COUNTY RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY OFFICE FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND DRIVER AWARENESS TRAINING.

 

Placed on the agenda by the Engineering Department, Town of Cave Creek

 

Public Comment

 

Council Action Needed:Motion to approve or deny approval of Resolution R2004-16.

 

Narrative: This is a request to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with Maricopa County Risk Management Safety Office to allow the Town’s Public Works Road Crew to participate in the County’s heavy equipment training.

 

SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS BY MAYOR

ADJOURNMENT

POSTED THIS  _________ day of July, 2004

BY: ___________________________________                                                           

Carrie A. Dyrek, Town Clerk