HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - City Council - Meeting Date: 7/7/1987MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP SESSION OF THECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOFGLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA HELD TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1987, AT 2:38 P.M. Mayor Pro -Tem Huffman called to order the Workshop Session ofGlendaleCityCouncilinConferenceRoomB-3 of the CouncilChambers. Council members present were: Bellah, Falbo andHugh. Members Absent: Renner, Heatwole and Tolby. GLENDALE COMMUNITY COUNCIL PRESENTATIONTheGlendaleCommunityCouncilrecently held a retreat todiscussthemissionanddirectionoftheCommunitycouncil. The Council has also been considering a possible merger withtheCommunityCouncillocatedinPhoenix. Mr. Dave Jenkins, President of the Glendale Community Council Board, is presentandwouldliketodiscusstheresultsoftheretreatand
their future.
President Dave Jenkins presented the direction of the
Community Council.
Councilman Bellah asked what the purpose of a staff person at
the office would be. President -Elect Debbie Davis stated
there needed to be a central point of contact and if the
office is not in Glendale she feels they will loose identify
and the relationship with the Glendale people.
Councilman Bellah stated the merger made sense to him because
they have a central location, more power, and more efficiency
and stated he also did not feel they needed an office in
Glendale. Ms. Davis stated she felt when centralized, the
larger organization are usually funded and the smaller ones
are overlooked.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE
The City's Landscape Ordinance was initially drafted and
adopted by the City Council on June 14, 1983, and was later
amended on July 31, 1984, to provide minimum landscape
improvement standards to ensure high visual quality in all
new development projects within the city. Since the most
recent revision and adoption of the Landscape Ordinance in
July 1984, the project teams working on new development
projects have had an opportunity to evaluate the success of
the ordinance in terms of achieving our development quality
objectives. The teams have identified a number of areas
within the ordinance which need to be strengthened and/or
clarified in order that we may provide full achievement of
those development objectives.
The proposed amendments to the Landscape Ordinance under
consideration focus on three areas: (1) clarification of
landscape maintenance responsibilities by the property ownervsCity; (2) further identification of enforcement proceduresoftheLandscapeOrdinance; and (3) strengthening of the coderequirementsinregardstolargerlandscapedareaswithineachproject, increased amounts of landscape materials insomeprojects, and larger widths of landscaped areas asbuffersbetweenlandusesandaspartofourstreetscapeprogramalongourmajorarterialstreets. Existingprovisionsintheordinanceallowingtheprojectteams tovaryfromthestandardsoftheordinancearenotproposed foramendment. This provides the project team and ourdevelopmentcustomerswithanappropriatetoolto achieve thehighestpossiblequalityineachindividualdevelopmentprojectbasedonthatproject's individual needs and ourexpectations. Kathy Emery, Landscape Architect, gave an overview of thechangesproposedandaslidepresentation.
Councilman Bellah asked where Glendale is compared to the
other cities. Ms. Emery stated Glendale was at 10%.
Councilman Bellah suggested requiring the street frontage
landscaping higher than the 20% proposed. Mr. Swanson stated
they feel by increasing the minimum from 10 to 20' along the
frontage would double the required landscaping.
Councilman Bellah asked if the builders approved of this
proposal. Mr. Swanson stated Home Builders Assoc. was sent a
copy but they have not made any comments.
Councilman Falbo asked how the irrigation fits in with the
berming. Ms. Emery said they will require on berms areas a
nuisance water swael.
Councilman Hugh stated he felt it would be an improvement.
Mr. Swanson discussed maintenance of city right-of-way.
Councilman Falbo asked if there would be a need to increase
maintenance crews for the new subdivisions. Mr. Martinsen
stated there would not be additional staff requirements at
this time.
City Manager stated the landscaping ordinance for commercial
section would come back to workshop with further information.
PEDDLER CODE
During the past few months the Finance Department Tax and
License Division has conducted a review of the City's license
laws and how these laws are presently being applied. The
City is currently licensing only owners of businesses
operating as peddlers, solicitors, or traveling merchants.
In effect, these businesses can and are presently obtainingonelicense, employing any number of people to make directsalesatanynumberoflocationsthroughouttheCity. TheCityAttorney's office has subsequently clarified that theintentofthecodeprovisionsregardingpeddlers, is thateachpersonshouldhavealicense. The City's Peddler's Codeiscurrentlybeingreviewedandrecommendationswillbeforthcomingtoenhanceit. The City of Glendale is the onlyvalleycitysurveyedthatonlylicensesthebusinessoperatingasapeddler, and not each location where thebusinessisoperating. Terry Sharp, Management Resources Deputy City Manager, gave abriefpresentationofthecode. Mr. Sharp stated there was no code change necessary butinformationwouldbesenttothepeddlercommunitysotheywouldbeawareofthechanges.
Councilman Falbo asked if peddler's are issued any kind of
identification. Mr. Pizillo stated they are issued an ID
card and should have it with them.
This item will be placed on a regular agenda for council
action.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL REPORT
Marion Porch briefed the council on legislative issues.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at
4:05 p.m.
Deputy City Clerk