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Meeting Minutes - Final
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
1:30 PM
Workshop
Council Chambers - Room B3
City Council Workshop
Mayor Jerry Weiers
Vice Mayor Ian Hugh
Councilmember Jamie Aldama
Councilmember Samuel Chavira
Councilmember Gary Sherwood
Councilmember Lauren Tolmachoff
Councilmember Bart Turner
City Council Workshop Meeting Minutes -Final February 17,2015
CALL TO ORDER
Rollcall
Present 7- Mayor Jerry Weiers, Vice Mayor Ian Hugh, Councilmember Jamie Aldama,
Councilmember Samuel Chavira, Councilmember Gary Sherwood, Councilmember
Lauren Tolmachoff, and Councilmember Bart Turner
Also present were Julie Frisoni,Assistant City Manager;Jennifer Campbell, Assistant
City Manager;Michael Bailey, City Attorney;and Pamela Hanna, City Clerk.
WORKSHOP SESSION
1. 15-070 FY 14-15 MID-YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT
Staff Contact: Tom Duensing, Director, Finance and Technology
Staff Presenter: Tom Duensing, Director, Finance and Technology
Staff Presenter: Vicki Rios, Assistant Finance Director
Ms. Rios provided an overview on the actual results of the major operating funds,
including the general fund, special revenue funds and enterprise funds. She said they
have compared the actual results from the end of December 2014 to the actual budget
adopted back in June. Items are considered on target if they are around 50 percent of
the budget. They also will compare the actual results to the same time period last year.
Three years of data will be presented. She explained overall the financial results through
December 2014 are positive. Staff will continue to provide updates quarterly. Ms. Rios
explained they are looking for Council feedback on this report and the presentation. She
said they did not do a report for the first quarter of this year because there is not a lot of
data available at this time. They also have not finished the audited results through the
end of 2014.
Ms. Rios first discussed the general fund. Revenues are on target, but this does not
include holiday sales. Holiday sales will be discussed in the next quarter. Sales tax
revenue overall increased. City sales tax has increased about 8 percent. State shared
revenue also increased over 6 percent. She said the transfers in figures and
expenditures are different due to a change in the way they are budgeting for the public
safety sales tax. She said expenditures are right on track.
Ms. Rios said HURF fund revenues increased by$630,000 and are at 51 percent of the
annual budget. Expenditures are only at 11 percent and operating expenditures are lower
than the budget at 35 percent. Capital projects budget is at$18.7 million. Revenues,
excluding bond proceeds, from the transportation sales tax are at 58 percent of the
annual budget, which is$3.3 million higher than last year. Expenditures are 17 percent of
the budget. Over$38 million has been budgeted in capital projects. Ms. Rios advised
that these expenses are usually incurred unevenly throughout the year.
Ms. Rios went on to discuss the Police and Fire Sales tax funds. Revenues in the police
special revenue fund is at 48 percent, and this is 8 percent higher than the prior year.
She said they are accounting for a transfer out at 50 percent, and it is budgeted to
transfer out evenly throughout the year. She said there is a planned spend down of that
fund in the amount of$2 million and it is on target. The fire special revenue fund is at 48
percent and revenues are 8 percent higher than they were last year at this time.
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Transfers out are also at 50 percent. She explained all uses of this fund are accounted
for as a transfer to the general fund. She said there is also a budgeted spend down of
the fire public safety sales tax as well.
Councilmember Sherwood asked what is the fund balance right now.
Mr. Duensing said the beginning fund balance was about$1.4 million, so the fund
balance is about$1 million at this time.
Councilmember Sherwood asked Fire or Police.
Mr. Duensing said the current balance in the fire public safety sales tax fund was
approximately$1 million.
Councilmember Sherwood asked what the balance was for Police.
Mr. Duensing said he did not have those figures, but would get those for Councilmember
Sherwood.
Ms. Rios said in the water and sewer funds, water revenue is about 52 percent, and this
is lower than it was the prior year. She said they have seen a decline in water
consumption in the fall months, the Water Service Department has confirmed this. This
may be due to the wet weather. She said they are not concerned about this now, but will
continue to monitor this fund. She said sewer revenue is at 48 percent and that is the
same as it was last year. Expenditures for this fund are running below budget, including
capital projects which are spending unevenly throughout the year.
Ms. Rios said Sanitation revenues are at 50 percent and are the same as they were last
year. Expenditures are lower at 36 percent of the budget due to capital expenses that are
not spent evenly. Total revenues in the Landfill are at 40 percent for the year. She said
this low figure is due to a slowdown at the ports, which caused the sale of the city's
recycling materials to be delayed. Revenues have picked up since these figures were
compiled and these figures should be on target at the end of the year. She explained
there were also budgeted tipping fees from a contract recycler that did not occur in the
first 6 months, as well.
Councilmember Turner asked for an explanation of tipping fees.
Ms. Rios said that is the fee that trucks pay to dump a load at the landfill.
Ms. Rios explained expenditures are at 18 percent of the annual budget, and this fund
has$12 million in budgeted capital expenditures, which will occur unevenly throughout the
year. Ms. Rios said the major funds met or exceeded the 50 percent revenue targets.
Expenditures are at or below 50 percent. She said staff will continue to monitor fund
performance. She said an additional update will be done at the third quarter and an end
of year review. She asked Council's permission not to do an update in the first quarter of
next year.
Councilmember Sherwood said he thought the sales tax figures should all be close to the
same amount. He asked why Transportation was a much higher figure.
Ms. Rios confirmed he was talking about Transportation revenue. She said the figures
are different because it isn't only sales tax and it includes a$1.5 million reimbursement
from ADOT.
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2. 15-112 COUNCIL ITEM OF SPECIAL INTEREST: AMERICAN LEGION
DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA RESOLUTION CALLING ON CONGRESS
TO ENACT LEGISLATION FOR AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF
SERVICE MEMBERS IN VETERANS PATIENT ENROLLMENT SYSTEM
Staff Contact: Brent Stoddard, Director, Intergovernmental Programs
Mr. Stoddard said this item was brought forward by Mayor Weiers regarding a resolution
that calls on Congress to enact legislation that would automatically enroll service
members from the Department of Defense into the Department of Veterans Affairs
Patient Enrollment System. He said they are here today to discuss a letter of support for
this program. Mr. Stoddard said service members honorably discharged from active duty
would be automatically enrolled into this system. He said it also calls for electronic
workflow so medical records are put into the VA system automatically.
Mr. Stoddard said Glendale is the first city approached for support and they will seek
support from other cities in Arizona due to their proximity to military installations or
veterans facilities. He also spoke about HR2001 to support these efforts. He said this
resolution has been assigned to the Military and Public Safety Affairs Committee.
Councilmember Chavira said he was glad to see this item come before Council. Many of
his family and friends are veterans.
Mayor Weiers asked Mr. Mendibles to speak on this item.
John Mendibles thanked Council for considering this item. He spoke about the all-
volunteer military who serve the country. He said the hard part for these volunteers
comes after the war is over and they need to make sure those men and woman are taken
care of. He said he doesn't want to see any more men and woman die waiting to be
seen. He said the legion thanked the Council for their support.
Mayor Weiers said there was a Council consensus to move forward.
Mr. Stoddard said they will communicate to the legion that they have support of the city of
Glendale for this resolution.
3. 15-113 COUNCIL ITEM OF SPECIAL INTEREST: BOARD AND COMMISSION
MEMBER RECOGNITION
Staff Contact: Brent Stoddard, Director, Intergovernmental Programs
Mr. Stoddard said Vice Mayor Hugh asked for this item to be discussed on the best way
to honor boards and commissions members. He said in the past a plaque has been
presented to the member, and the member had the choice of being presented with the
plaque at the commission meeting or at a City Council meeting. He explained time would
be set aside at a Council meeting every February to recognize the group as a whole. He
said most of the feedback he received was that the member chose to receive the plaque
at their board or commission meeting. The Council meeting recognition would allow the
group as a whole to be recognized.
Mr. Stoddard said after the Council Item of Special Interest, they went back to look at
how those members are recognized. Prior discussions included recognizing these
members by allowing them to attend events in city suites and several events will be
reserved for that recognition. He said the city has not done a recognition banquet or
large dinner for many years and would leave it up to the Councilmembers to do a social
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event or individual recognition for those members in their district. He explained how other
cities hold very small to very large events to recognize boards and commissions
members. He said staff is happy to have those large events, but there are budgetary
considerations. He said another option is the citywide Volunteer Appreciation Open
House event held at the Adult Center. He said the cost for this is about$10 per person,
and he said it might cost about$175 from each Councilmember's budget to pay for the
boards and commissions members to be added.
Vice Mayor Hugh said when new board members are sworn in, they often don't want to
come back to be recognized. He hoped they could come up with a better way to
recognize those members. He said the idea of a dinner and reception was a nice way to
show the city's appreciation. He suggested even holding an event at Sahuaro Ranch
Park to keep costs down.
Councilmember Turner asked if the Camelback Ranch suite came into consideration for
the idea of opening suites for member recognition.
Mr. Stoddard said the intent was to have all the suites at each facility fully utilized at
every event. If there is an opportunity to utilize the Camelback Ranch suites, they would
do that.
Councilmember Turner said he would be happy to contribute from his discretionary fund
to include boards and commissions members in the city appreciation event for
volunteers. He also asked if Vice Mayor Hugh wanted to move toward an appreciation
dinner.
Vice Mayor Hugh said even an event at Sahuaro Ranch might be nice.
Mayor Weiers suggested a barbecue and the Council serve the people who serve on the
boards and commissions.
Councilmember Aldama said he agreed with Mayor Weiers'idea of a barbecue and said
he would love to help. He asked when the commission members received the plaque.
Mr. Stoddard said commission members received the plaque at the end of their term of
service.
Councilmember Aldama asked about an incident where a member did not receive a
plaque as they did not complete their entire term, but left early to serve on another
commission.
Mr. Stoddard asked Councilmember Aldama to forward him the details of this and he
would look into it. He said the intent is to recognize anyone for their service.
Councilmember Aldama said it was important to encourage citizen participation.
Mr. Stoddard said there is no formal policy, but they want to make sure that member is
recognized for their service.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if they were looking for consensus to have a specific
event and for consensus to take money out of their budgets.
Mr. Stoddard asked if they would like staff to take a look at some type of formal
recognition event for the boards and commissions members. He said they also need to
look at the costs of that event, and if the Councilmembers would be willing to contribute
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to those costs.
Vice Mayor Hugh said he would like to receive the information on all of those ideas.
Mr. Stoddard said staff will work on getting those figures.
CouncilmemberAldama suggested staff also research how this event can be done
annually in different districts.
Mr. Stoddard said staff will look at city facilities to host a group of this size.
Mayor Weiers said a picnic type of event, those members might show up with their
families as well and that needs to be taken into consideration.
Mr. Stoddard said they will research a barbecue type of event and bring that information
back to Council. He also asked if Council would like to invite boards and commissions'
members to the Volunteer Appreciation Event scheduled for April and if they would be
willing to contribute about$175 from each Councilmember's budget to fund this event.
Councilmember Sherwood said that board members should be invited to the volunteer
event this year on a temporary basis until more permanent plans can be made.
Mr. Stoddard said they would like to take advantage of this event this year and possibly
inviting the board members to this volunteer event each year.
Councilmember Sherwood asked if they were going to invite the board members to the
volunteer event every year and have a barbecue or some other separate event for the
board members in additional to that volunteer event.
Mr. Stoddard said whichever option Council was happy with.
Mayor Weiers clarified the volunteer event was being held on a week day. He said it
would not make sense to have that event on a Thursday and then have another event on
a Saturday.
Mr. Stoddard said the intent was to invite the board members to the April Volunteer
Appreciation Event this year and ask for the$175 from each Councilmember to pay for
those attendees. He said they will need to do more research regarding a separate or
larger event and come back to Council to get direction after that. He said direction on an
additional event would come after the research has been done and this item is brought
back for consideration at a future time.
Councilmember Sherwood said he likes the idea of the plaques to be given out at a
boards and commission meeting. He liked the idea of the suite usage. He was unsure if
the volunteer event could handle the additional attendance of the boards and
commissions members, but he said that would work until they work out the details of
another type of event. He had no problem contributing funds for that volunteer event.
Mr. Stoddard said the department holding the volunteer event approached them about
hosting the boards and commissions members as well. He said they could facilitate
those attendees.
Councilmember Turner asked how many volunteers would normally be included in the
April event.
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Mr. Stoddard said he did not know that number, but would get that information to the
Councilmembers.
Councilmember Turner asked about the name of the volunteer program.
Mr. Stoddard responded with the name of the volunteer program.
Mayor Weiers clarified the consensus was to get the boards and commissions members
invited to the volunteer event and have staff provide further information on a separate
event for the boards and commissions members.
4. 15-114 CALLING SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS
Staff Contact: Brent Stoddard, Director, Intergovernmental Programs
Mr. Stoddard said this item was presented to discuss amending the City Code to
decrease the number of Councilmembers needed to require the Mayor to call a special
meeting, from three members to two members. Staff seeks guidance on drafting an
ordinance to reflect that change.
Councilmember Turner asked if three Councilmembers had to request a special meeting
at this time.
Mr. Stoddard said that was correct and read the language from the City Code.
Councilmember Turner said as he read the language, the Mayor could call a special
meeting, or at the request of three members, shall call a special meeting.
Mr. Stoddard said the language reads shall call a special meeting.
Vice Mayor Hugh said right now two members can request a meeting and it is up to the
discretion of the Mayor whether or not to call the meeting.
Mr. Stoddard said according to the City Code, it takes 3 members of the Council to call a
special meeting and that triggers the Mayor shall to call for that meeting.
Vice Mayor Hugh said he thought he read two Councilmembers can request a meeting,
but it is up to the mayor's discretion.
Mr. Bailey said the Mayor may, which is discretionary, however upon the request, it is a
mandatory obligation that the Mayor does have to call that meeting with three members.
Vice Mayor Hugh asked if Mr. Bailey saw where it said two members may request.
Mr. Bailey said not in this section.
CouncilmemberAldama asked what the benefit was going from 3 Councilmembers to 2
Councilmembers requesting a meeting.
Mr. Stoddard said this item was requested at the retreat and the deliberation should take
place amongst the Council to determine the pros and cons.
Councilmember Turner said if the Mayor thinks there is a need for a special meeting, the
Mayor can call a special meeting. He said if a Councilmember thinks they need a
special meeting, they can go to two other Councilmembers and get their agreement and
make their request, or he can go to the Mayor and if the Mayor agrees with that
Councilmember, the Mayor can call the meeting. He said the problems becomes if the
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Mayor is not in agreement and Councilmember Turner should go to two Councilmembers
looking for support and one of them does not agree, then he does not have the liberty
under the Open Meeting Laws of going any further down the list of Councilmembers to
see if anyone else feels a special meeting is in order. He said that seems to be the
problem they are running into.
Councilmember Sherwood said that was exactly the problem.
Councilmember Turner said by reducing the number to 2, it gives the option of being
able to get a no from a Councilmember and still being able to at least have a
conversation with an additional Councilmember to see if there is support for a special
meeting.
Mayor Weiers asked if it was an Open Meeting Law violation if someone was simply trying
to request a meeting.
Mr. Bailey said the Open Meeting Law presents on its face, however, the Attorney
General is tasked with enforcing the Open Meeting Law. If you look at what the law says,
you also need to look at how the Attorney General has enforced that law. He said in his
experience, there is not a clear line between what is procedural and what is substantive in
terms of decision-making. He said asking someone to have a meeting can sometimes
be perceived as substantive request in terms of whether you would support action A. He
said based on the hypothetical situation presented by Councilmember Turner,Attorney
General's Office might consider that a case for concern. He said once you ask two
Councilmembers,you are done with your inquiry as to whether or not a meeting should
occur. He said it might be a violation per se, but the Attorney General's Office is tasked
with enforcing it. He said in general, the lower the number, the more flexibility the
Councilmembers would have.
Mayor Weiers said at the same time they risk the chance of having lots of meetings
when you may not have a consensus from the Council anyway. He said it seems like the
current policy has worked well for a long time and he hasn't heard about anyone having
any problems with it. He said he has never denied a meeting when he has a request from
three Councilmembers. He said he wouldn't request a meeting on his own unless it was
an emergency.
Councilmember Sherwood had the concern as well. He said he would be stuck if he
went to 2 Councilmembers and one did not agree to request a special meeting. He said
making the change would give the Councilmembers an option if one request was denied.
He said he didn't think this happened all that often, but the concern is they will end up
with a lot more meetings.
Councilmember Turner said they either have to amend the City Charter, which requires a
public vote, or be exposed to having meetings that would be numerous and without
significant support from Council. He said the other thing might be they could go to the
Attorney General's Office asking for clarification, expressing the difficulty it puts the
Councilmembers in. He asked if it would be possible to get clarification from the
Attorney General's Office.
Mr. Bailey said they can request an informal inquiry, but said they do not have standing to
request a formal opinion. He said the Attorney's Office could look into that.
Councilmember Turner asked who would have standing for a more formal opinion.
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Mr. Bailey said an entity more directly governed such as the Legislature or County
Administrator. He said he would have to look at that.
Councilmember Turner suggested before they make a decision on a Charter
Amendment, they do proceed with an information inquiry.
Mr. Bailey clarified it was an ordinance change which does not require a vote of the
public.
Mayor Weiers asked if there was legislation regarding Open Meeting Laws.
Mr. Stoddard there was a Senate Bill that deals with Open Meeting Law issues on the
state level, which would have an impact on the city.
Mayor Weiers asked if there was a way to get an amendment put on that to take care of
this issue.
Mr. Stoddard said they can approach the sponsor of the bill and see what the possibility
is for an amendment.
Mayor Weiers said he felt they would be understanding.
Councilmember Turner said they have not discussed that piece of legislation and
hesitated getting involved in supporting it.
Mr. Stoddard said the city does not have an official position from the city's perspective,
but they will monitor the bill.
Mayor Weiers said the recommendation is to investigate through the Attorney General's
Office.
Councilmember Turner said that would be his suggestion.
Mr. Bailey followed up on his last statement and read...the requesting an opinion needs
to come from a member of the legislature, any public officer of the state, or a county
attorney, on a question relating to their office.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if this has been an issue in other city governments
and asked how it was addressed.
Mr. Bailey said the opinions he was giving are based on his experience in other
municipalities. He said there is a question before Council they need to answer and the
other question is substantively putting an item on the agenda versus procedurally calling
a meeting. He said historically, the Attorney General's Office has looked at that issue
negatively.
Mayor Weiers asked if this would be looked at as bypassing the City Manager.
Mr. Bailey said that was an issue the Council needed to bring back for discussion.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if there are sometimes circumstances where you can't
wait for the next voting meeting. She said sometimes there are circumstances where you
need to vote on something and you can't wait.
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Mayor Weiers asked about the next step.
Mr. Stoddard said they have not been engaged in the debate over Open Meeting Law
reforms and they would need specific direction to do so and would need to know exactly
what they are asking for. He recommended waiting to see how that legislation plays out.
Councilmember Chavira agreed with Mr. Stoddard. He said the system works as it is
now.
Vice Mayor Hugh agreed with the last comment.
CouncilmemberAldama agreed with the last comment.
Mayor Weiers said there was Council consensus to leave it the way it is.
5. 15-115 NEW COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE
Staff Contact: Brent Stoddard, Director, Intergovernmental Programs
Mr. Stoddard said there was consensus at the retreat to make a minor amendment to the
Council Guidelines regarding an interim vice mayor in the circumstances where there is
not a vice mayor in a capacity to serve. He also said there was direction to combine the
Council Code of Conduct for Elected Officials with the Council Code of Ethics for the
Council on boards and commission. He said the amendments have been made and this
item will come before Council next week. He also said there was some interest in
creating a new Council committee to make recommendations to the full body about
additional changes to the city's governing documents. He said each Council committee
is made up of three members. Staff recommended having a member of the City
Attorney's office and a staff member from the City Manager's office as advisory
members. Staff also recommended forming that committee immediately and it would
remain in effect through the FY15-16. He also said a determination needed to be made
about which documents would be reviewed by the committee.
Councilmember Sherwood said there is a Sustainability Committee which he has been a
member of but has never attended because there has never been an invitation. He
asked if that committee should be dissolved.
Mr. Stoddard said those committees are about the governance of this body and Council
determines how they conduct their business.
Vice Mayor Hugh said his recommendation would be assigning additional duties to the
committee Councilmember Sherwood is already serving on.
Councilmember Sherwood said that should be discussed at the Governing Affairs
Committee and to elicit members for the new committee. He said he was not against
having this committee and there was a desire to have it at the retreat, and to handle the
other issue at the next meeting.
Vice Mayor Hugh said he agreed with that.
Councilmember Aldama asked by doing that, would it dissolve the opportunity to create a
process of appointing a Vice Mayor or would it be done in that committee.
Mr. Stoddard said Council has already provided direction on making that change. He
said the policies and procedures do not require Council to have a discussion and based
on consensus feedback from Council, a Resolution was drafted and is on the Agenda for
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February 24th to make that change to interim vice mayor and the combination of the
Council Code of Conduct and Ethics. He said this item is before Council today because
Council Guidelines say if you are going to add, delete or modify one of that committee;it
is done so at a workshop. That is why this item is before Council today.
Vice Mayor Hugh said the Government Affairs Committee will look at this and select
members or volunteers to staff the committee.
Mr. Stoddard said it is staff's recommendation there is a staff members from the City
Manager's office and City Attorney's office to provided analysis.
Vice Mayor Hugh said that was fine.
Mr. Stoddard said in addition to expanding the scope of that committee, it would be good
for the governing body to provide direction on what they would like that committee to look
at. Mr. Stoddard said they can start with the Council Guidelines at the discretion of the
committee.
Mr. Bailey said the decisions are ultimately those of the Council, not the committee.
Mayor Weiers asked if everyone wanted more time to think about this.
Councilmember Turner said he thought they were sending it over to the Government
Services Committee for further discussion.
Councilmember Chavira said that is what he thought also.
Mayor Weiers said what exactly they want them to do. He asked if everyone wanted time
to think about the direction.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if there are three Councilmembers already on the
Government Affairs Committee.
Mr. Stoddard said there are 3 Councilmembers on that committee. He said consensus
at the retreat was to form some type of subcommittee to be tasked with looking at all
those things and have that group come back and make recommendations to Council.
He said they will work with the General Services Committee to begin the process of
looking at the governing documents with staff support from City Manager's office and City
Attorney's office.
Councilmember Sherwood said they had comments and have made changes regarding
the vice mayor and combining Code of Conduct and Council Guidelines. He said they
agreed to that at the retreat. He said they will discuss this at the Government Affairs
Committee. He said they will decide what documents need to be reviewed.
Mr. Stoddard said staff would not be recommending that Council look at these
documents. He said they want to be there to assist and provide whatever information or
legal analysis staff can provide. He said staff will not direct any changes to the City
Charter or Guidelines.
Councilmember Turner asked if Councilmember Sherwood, Councilmember Chavira and
Vice Mayor Hugh were on the Government Services Committee. He asked if there was
anything to preclude other members of the Council to sitting in on their committee
meetings.
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Mr. Bailey recommended rather than having a 4th Councilmember attend a committee
meeting, the Council take it to a work session and discuss it as a whole body.
Councilmember Turner said the item has passed to the committee and they can get
started on it.
6. 15-124 COUNCIL ITEM OF SPECIAL INTEREST: RESEARCH SCENIC
CORRIDOR IN GLENDALE
Staff Contact: Sam McAllen, Director, Development Services
Staff Presenter: Sam McAllen, Director, Development Services
Mr. McAllen said this item was about extending the scenic corridor from Phoenix into
Glendale. He said Glendale does not have a scenic corridor identified in the General
Plan or in the zoning ordinance. Establishing a scenic corridor is possible.
Mr. McAllen identified several options.
Option 1 is processing a zoning text amendment defining Loop 101 as a scenic corridor.
This process would take between 9 and 12 months.
Option 2 is amending the existing General Plan to include a scenic corridor. This is
considered a Major General Plan Amendment and would take about 12 months to
complete that process. Option 3 is amending the Arrowhead Ranch specific plan, which
is a portion of the General Plan. This option would take between 9 and 12 months to
complete. Option 4 is including a scenic corridor in the General Plan update that is
currently taking place. This is currently underway and is scheduled for completion in
2016. This will be voted on by the residents in 2016. Each option includes a citizen'
participation effort engaging residents, property owners and any other interested parties.
Each option would go before the Planning Commission and would go through the public
hearing process.
Councilmember Chavira said it is great this will go before the public. He liked Option 3
the best.
Councilmember Sherwood said this needs to get into the General Plan update that is
being completed now. He said this is a Planning Commission item and it will be a while
before it comes back before Council. He would like to see this go before the Planning
Commission.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if the Union Hills boundary was relative to the
Arrowhead Ranch plan.
Mr. McAllen said that was exactly why he provided the map. He said that Arrowhead plan
goes from 51st Avenue along the Loop 101 to Union Hills. He said he understood the
request to continue what had been established in Phoenix into Glendale. He said he
didn't remember there being discussion about an ending point.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if the planning commission would be tasked with
deciding which processes would be the most appropriate as well.
Mr. McAllen said that should come from council. He said option 1 would need to go hand
in hand with a general plan amendment.
Councilmember Tolmachoff said Phoenix was able to do this as an amendment to what
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was already in their general plan. She asked if they were to provide a consensus on how
they wanted to present it to the planning commission.
Mr. McAllen said that was what staff recommended. He said there may be additional
expenses tied with several options.
Mayor Weiers asked if any options took less than a year.
Mr. McAllen said zoning text amendment can be accomplished in 9 to 12 months, and
option 3 should be the most expeditious way.
Mayor Weiers said it looked like it was going to be a year no matter what they did.
Mr. McAllen said each would include a public input time.
Councilmember Turner said he liked option 3.
Councilmember Chavira said option 3 just reaffirms what they already have.
Mr. McAllen said that was correct and it would require just minor changes to the
Arrowhead Ranch Plan which is part of the General Plan.
Mayor Weiers asked if council chose option 3, the scene corridor would only go to the
end of Arrowhead Ranch and then would stop.
Mr. McAllen said if that was Council direction that was correct. If it extended beyond the
Arrowhead Ranch Specific Plan, it would be a general plan amendment, which is option
2.
Councilmember Aldama said amending it would be the simplest process, option 3.
Mayor Weiers said he supported option 4.
Councilmember Turner asked if option 3 would preclude the General Plan Committee
from considering a General Plan update.
Mr. McAllen said it would preclude that.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if a Zoning Text Amendment would preclude the
committee from considering a General Plan update.
Mr. McAllen said it could be done in a variety of ways. Option 1, the zoning text
amendment, can be combined with any of the other three options. He said option 3 has
the quickest turnaround time. Option 4 would be at the choice of the voters.
Councilmember Sherwood clarified if they went with option 3, they would not put that in
the General Plan.
Mr. McAllen said option 3 would be a change to the existing plan that would immediately
take place. Option 4 would require a vote of the public in August of 2016.
Councilmember Sherwood asked if it would also be included in the General Plan. He
said run 3 which would take care of things for now and the General Plan won't be voted
on until August of 2016.
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Ms. Perry said the Arrowhead Ranch specific plan is an overlay which is an amendment
to the General Plan. The direction that was given was to take into consideration what
was done in Phoenix. She said the options were the quickest way to get this down with
the least concern to the general public. She said there was no need to address it with
the 2040 General Plan update.
Councilmember Sherwood said he was okay with option 3.
Mayor Weiers asked if there was a consensus on each option and there was a
consensus on option 3, although he personally did not support that option.
Mr. McAllen said this option would require a Zoning Text Amendment and a General Plan
Amendment, so both options 1 and 3 would be required.
Councilmember Tolmachoff clarified that the overlay remains in effect with the new
General Plan.
Mr. McAllen said yes.
Mayor Weiers asked if there was consensus on option 1 as well.
Councilmember Turner said they can do option 1 by itself, and asked in order to do
option 3, they would have to do option 1.
Mr. McAllen said they would have to do a zoning text amendment and a General Plan
Amendment to make the scenic corridor effective.
Ms. Perry clarified that options 1 and 3 can be done concurrently and there will not be an
additional time delay.
Mayor Weiers said they needed options 1 and 3 to work together.
Ms. Perry said yes.
Mayor Weiers said there was consensus for options 1 and 3
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
The Assistant City Manager had nothing to report.
CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT
City Attorney Bailey had nothing to report.
COUNCIL ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
There were no new Council Items of Special Interest.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 p.m.
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