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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - City Council - Meeting Date: 12/10/2018City of Glendale 5750 West Glenn Drive Glendale, AZ 85301 Meeting Minutes Monday, December 10, 2018 10:00 A.M. Policy Workshop Meeting Civic Center Annex City Council Mayor Jerry Weiers Vice Mayor Lauren Tolmachoff Councilmember Jamie Aldama Councilmember Joyce Clark Councilmember Ian Hugh Councilmember Ray Malnar Councilmember Bart Turner CALL TO ORDER Mayor Weiers called the meeting to order at 10:01 a.m. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Jerry Weiers Vice Mayor Lauren Tolmachoff Councilmember Joyce Clark Councilmember Ian Hugh Councilmember Ray Malnar Councilmember Bart Turner Absent: Councilmember Jamie Aldama Also Present: Kevin Phelps, City Manager Tom Duensing, Assistant City Manager Chris Anaradian, Assistant City Manager Michael Bailey, City Attorney Julie K. Bower, City Clerk WORKSHOP SESSION 1. COUNCIL POLICY GUIDANCE — SESSION 9 Presented by: Chris Anaradian, Assistant City Manager Brian Friedman, Economic Development Director Neil Calfee, Calfee Group Ms. Bower read the item by title. Mr. Anaradian said the policy adopted by Council for strategic annexations west of 115th Avenue would send a message to developers and investors regarding how to succeed with the City. The current policy document included three areas: history, policy and procedures. The proposed policy had six areas of policy guidance: financial, economic development, civic, planning & building, public safety and intergovernmental. He said staff was looking for consensus on the correct policy considerations. Vice Mayor Tolmachoff asked what area road conditions would be covered. Mr. Anaradian said road conditions would largely be covered under the financial area. Councilmember Turner asked what area would cover environmental concerns. Mr. Anaradian said such intangible things would be covered in the civic area. Councilmember Turner felt "environment" should be a separate category that included such things as air and water quality. There was a significant degree of risk and the City should be aware of any environmental conditions. He suggested only accepting those developments that would have a positive impact. Mr. Anaradian would not want to lock Council into that because there could be a project that had a net negative impact that Council wanted to consider. Vice Mayor Tolmachoff said "positive" was a good word because it did not necessarily have to be City Council Meeting Minutes - December 10, 2018 Page 2 of 6 only a financial impact. Mr. Anaradian said there were County projects that were residential and asked if Council wanted staff engaged in the County process. Councilmember Clark said Council had always been clear about its goal of commercial only and she would oppose any County residential project. Vice Mayor Tolmachoff asked if there was a commercial/retail component to any of the projects. Mr. Anaradian said there was a commercial project but he did not know if it was part of a residential project. Vice Mayor Tolmachoff said without commercial, residential did not make any sense. Mayor Weiers said the projects should not be ignored because residents would still be utilizing City resources such as roads. The City should be at the table to keep informed about the projects. Mr. Anaradian said staff would look at each project and track it through the process to decide when the City should get engaged. Councilmember Malnar said the City needed to know what was going on in the County and should stay engaged so that staff could let Council know the positive and negative impacts. Councilmember Turner said there was a City island west of Cotton and south of Peoria. It might not be in anyone's best interest for it to stay in the City. Mr. Bailey said with a City island that was served by a neighboring community, there had to be concurrence to de -annex. He said analysis would have to take place. Mr. Phelps said the City did not have as much leverage with areas outside of the EPCOR service area and might not be able to direct a better outcome. He did not want the City to be excluded from the conversation by opposing everything. Vice Mayor Tolmachoff asked if the municipal service fee could be assessed on property that was zoned residential. Mr. Anaradian did not have that information. The stated purpose of the fee was to ramp -up services. Staff would take a look at it. Mr. Anaradian asked if the City should continue to press its case regarding the EPCOR Wastewater Service Area versus Certificate of Convenience & Necessity (CC&N) Area. Council consensus was that the City should continue to press its case. Mr. Anaradian said staff would always pursue targets of opportunity for the City but would generally follow the phasing. Vice Mayor Tolmachoff asked if an application should be brought to Council before it was moved forward. In the past, Council had not seen it until it was brought for a vote. There was no workshop or any discussion. Mr. Phelps said staff would do the analysis and then bring it to Council to see if it should move forward. City Council Meeting Minutes - December 10, 2018 Page 3 of 6 Councilmember Turner said there should be a workshop well before the blank petition phase to discuss the nature of the development. He wanted staff to be sensitive to defense industry -related developments to protect the viability of Luke Air Force Base. Mr. Anaradian asked if Council wanted staff to proactively engage property owners. Council consensus was for proactive engagement with property owners. Mr. Anaradian said a resolution would be brought to a future Council meeting once staff incorporated Council feedback. Vice Mayor Tolmachoff asked where in the schedule would an application come to Council. Mr. Anaradian said possibly before the checklist started. Staff could create whatever mechanism made Council comfortable. Vice Mayor Tolmachoff wanted to make it part of the process. Councilmember Clark concurred with Vice Mayor Tolmachoff. Mr. Calfee said Council consensus was needed on the proposed adaptive reuse boundary. Councilmember Clark said the boundary was basically the entire City. Mr. Calfee said that was correct. Mr. Anaradian said the program would allow the property owner to make the decision because it was about the structures themselves. Mr. Calfee said the policy was talking about existing buildings, not vacant properties. There was Council consensus on the proposed boundary. Mr. Calfee said the proposed infill boundary was basically in the older part of the City to provide some regulation relief to get properties into a productive use. Councilmember Clark said most of it was south of Northern Avenue. She was concerned about sensitivity to what would be an acceptable reuse. She asked if any criteria was being developed about what would be appropriate infill. Mr. Calfee said the program was subordinate to existing zoning. The question was what uses were eligible and Council would be having that discussion. There was Council consensus for the proposed infill boundary. Councilmember Clark asked if staff had considered identifying certain areas within the infill where certain uses were prohibited. Mr. Anaradian said the program would be absent for certain uses. He said with Prop 207, the City could have a financial liability if it reduced a property owner's permitted uses. Councilmember Turner said a parcel that was larger than 20 acres could be divided to take advantage of the program. Mr. Calfee said the City Manager could review the proposal and determine if it was beneficial to City Council Meeting Minutes - December 10, 2018 Page 4 of 6 do that. It gave the City the tools to address different situations. Mr. Calfee said the program did not change the existing redevelopment area. The proposed Central Business District (CBD) was within that area. Councilmember Clark said there would be additional census tracts that should be included. Mr. Calfee said Community Block Grant (CDBG)-eligible areas were analyzed on an annual basis. The redevelopment area was also governed by state law. CDBG funds could be utilized in areas outside of the redevelopment area. Mr. Calfee said the proposal made the CBD boundary the same as the Entertainment District. There could be only one CBD. Within a CBD and a redevelopment area, the City could abate property tax up to 8 years. Mayor Weiers asked if a development utilized a Government Property Lease Excise Tax Program (GPLET), could it also utilize an opportunity zone. Mr. Calfee said presently, that would not be allowed. Vice Mayor Tolmachoff asked if the designation would convey with the property if it was sold. Mr. Calfee said it would convey with a development agreement (DA). There was Council consensus for the CBD boundary. Mr. Calfee asked for consensus on the definition and eligibility for the adaptive reuse program. Councilmember Turner asked if it should it be the option of the City Manager to allow exceptions or should it go back to Council for consideration. Councilmember Clark agreed that Council should have the opportunity to weigh-in and approve the exceptions being considered. Mr. Phelps said the goal was to have a policy that was reactive and proactive. The City should be nimble and react quickly. Mr. Anaradian said a quarterly report of requested exceptions could be provided to Council. Vice Mayor Tolmachoff asked what was the scope of relief available. Mr. Anaradian said relief was based on building size for things such as sprinklers, screening, parking, etc. There was Council consensus on the definition and eligibility for the adaptive reuse program. Mr. Calfee requested consensus on the definition and eligibility of the infill program. There was Council consensus. Mr. Calfee requested consensus on excluded uses. The City was not taking away zoning, but was saying certain uses would not get regulatory relief through the program. Mr. Phelps said uses were already allowed under current zoning and so would not come back to Council. City Council Meeting Minutes - December 10, 2018 Page 5 of 6 There was Council consensus on the list of excluded uses. ADJOURNMENT I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Glendale City Council of Glendale, Arizona, held on the 10th day of December, 2018. 1 further certify that the meeting was duly called and held and that a quorum was present. Dated this 2nd day of January, 2018. Juo*. Bower, MMC, City Clerk City Council Meeting Minutes - December 10, 2018 Page 6 of 6