HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - City Council - Meeting Date: 5/31/1988TES OF THE WORKSHOP SESSION OF THECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOFGLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA HELD TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1988 AT 3:10 P.M. Mayor Renner called to order the Workshop Session of theGlendaleCityCouncilinthe2ndFloorConferenceRoomat theMunicipalAirportTerminal. Council members present were: Bellah, Falbo, Huffman, Hugh, McAllister, and Tolby. Membersabsent: None. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET FOR FY 1988-89CityManagerVanacourmadesomeintroductory remarks abouttheCapitalImprovementPlan. Tim Ernster, Deputy City Manager, Community Services,
briefly summarized the various airport projects. Mr.
Ernster also summarize the CDBG projects.
Ken Martin, Acting Deputy City Manager, Community
Development, gave a brief presentation of the Municipal
Property Corporation projects and the Operation Center
project.
Ken Reedy, City Engineer, spoke on the major street and water
retention projects.
Councilman Bellah stated he noticed that no new detention
basins had been projected for the next five years other than
the ones designated last year. Mr. Reedy said they hadn't
been identified yet. He said they planned on updating their
locations after the 88/89 CIP process.
Councilman Huffman inquired what impact the detention basin
at approximately 47th Avenue would have on the intersection
of 51st Avenue and Grand. Councilman Huffman said that it
becomes like a lake when a big storm hits. Mr. Reedy replied
that the detention basin would have some positive impact on
the problem but they would still be subject to some water
when a strong storm hits.
Councilman Bellah asked if the Rose Lane detention basin was
on schedule. Mr. Pedrow, Assistant City Manager, responded
that it was behind schedule and would most likely not be
available for the summer baseball schedule.
Mr. Reedy gave a timetable of the various projects. Mayor
Renner stated that he hoped the staff would remain sensitive
with their scheduling of the projects because of the
difficulties citizens would encounter in travel both east and
west and north and south if all the projects were done at the
same time.
Mr. Ernster gave a summarization of the one library projecttobefundedforthenextfiscalyearandtheparksCIPprogram. Mayor Renner stated that before the park site is designated, he hoped staff would present a description or plan of what ahighqualitytennisfacilitywouldbeatafutureworkshopsession. Vice Mayor Tolby commented that he felt eight to nine tenniscourtswasasmallnumberofcourtstowarranttheexpenseofasecuritysystemthatwouldbeneededforahighqualitytennisfacility. He said that perhaps this should be lookedatcloselyandtakenintoconsiderationduringtheformulationofthemasterplanfortheparksite. Councilman Falbo suggested that no more funding proceed for
facilities until some type of public access agreements are in
place with some of the various facilities. He stated that
some of the facilities are not easily accessible to the
general public and cited specifically schools which house
facilities built with city funds.
Assistant Chief Forrey gave the presentation for the Police
projects for 88/89.
City Engineer, Ken Reedy and Deputy City Manager, Public
Works, Tom Martinsen, presented the street projects for 88/89
and gave summaries for each one.
City Manager Vanacour stated that the one project regarding
Improvement District No. 55, 59th Avenue and Peoria, would be
coming back before the Council at the June 7th, Workshop
session for further discussion.
Deputy City Manager, Tim Ernster, presented the transit
requests for 88/89.
Vice Mayor Tolby suggested that more study be done to
determine if the current size of bus being used by the City
is the most efficient size and this information be used to
determine if the city is going in the right direction in
their bus purchases.
Councilman Huffman suggested that the height of the benches,
for the bus stops, be checked out because several of them
have proved to be too low for elderly, disabled or
handicapped persons.
Mr. Tom Martinsen, Deputy City Manager, Public Works, stated
that since most of the water and sewer projects had been
reviewed by Council the last few months in master plans, he
would give a brief summary of the Thunderbird PaseoReclamationproject. Mayor Renner stated the revision of the five year CIP wouldbecomingbackbeforetheCouncilsometimeinAugust. Hefurtherstatedthat88/89 was an ambitious year for streetanddrainageprojectsandstatedhehopedstaffwouldkeepcitizensadvisedofcomingconstructiontohelpalleviate anydifficultiestheywouldhaveintravelingwithinthecity. CONTINUATION OF ANNUAL BUDGET DISCUSSIONMr. Vanacour presented the annual operating budget and thensaidhewouldliketobrieflydiscusshisrecommendationsforsalaryincreases. Councilman Bellah asked staff about the open position inEconomicDevelopmentregardingtheimpactithasonbusiness
retention. City Manager Vanacour responded the position
would be filled and would be funded by some reductions in
other areas of the budget because of the importance the
position plays in regards to business retention.
Councilman Bellah asked staff if any ideas had been
formulated as to how to fund the Fiesta Bowl events. Mr.
Vanacour explained that the Fiesta Bowl committee had
intimated that they were considering giving Glendale another
Fiesta Bowl event in addition to the one they already have,
but that it is almost necessary for Glendale to continue with
a float presentation in order to be eligible for an
additional event.
One of the solutions offered was to charge for some of the
public events held during the year in order to fund the
float. Discussion was held on the feasibility of charging
for admission to the July 4th fireworks program. The general
concensus was to budget $10,000 for the float and further
study the possibility of charging for admission to the 4th of
July program and work in conjunction with some other
organization for the actual collection of same.
Mr. Vanacour briefly summarized his recommendations for
salary increases and explained the Pay for Performance
program.
Ms. Valenzuela gave a brief overview of the Pay for
Performance program and presented some comparisons from the
first pilot group on the plan.
After considerable discussion, it was the general concensustostaywiththePayforPerformancesystemforthenextyearwiththerecommendedcompensationsandseehowtheprogramperformswithallcityemployeesontheplan. Deputy City Clerk