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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - City Council - Meeting Date: 2/21/1989MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP SESSION OF THECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOFGLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1989 AT 3:10 P.M. Mayor Renner called to order the Workshop Session of GlendaleCityCouncilinWorkshopRoomB-3 in the Glendale MunicipalCouncilChambers. Council members present were: Bellah, Falbo, Huffman, Hugh, McAllister, and Tolby. Members Absent: None. WORKSHOP SESSION1. LARGE VEHICLE ORDINANCESHaroldBrady, Public Safety Legal Advisor, Pam Kavanaugh, Assistant to the City Manager and Hugo Malanga, Traffic Engineer, were present to report to the Council that during the past several months concerns have been raised by residents and City staff about the use of residential streets for truck traffic and the parking of large vehicles on City streets. The main concerns expressed by residents revolve around visibility problems caused by the large vehicles as well as added noise in residential neighborhoods. The first ordinance would authorize the City Engineer to post residential streets with signs prohibiting truck traffic except for the purpose of: (1) delivering or picking up merchandise, or (2) when the base of operation is located on a posted residential street. Section and mid-section streets could not be posted in this manner. Recreational vehicles would be exempted from this ordinance. The second ordinance would not allow large trucks or a combination of such vehicles to be parked on City streets, which are not zoned industrial, except for the purposes of expeditiously loading, unloading or delivering items or making a service call at a business or residence. Recreational vehicles forty feet or less in length would be exempted from the ordinance. Staff would like to develop an ordinance for consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission which restricts the parking of large vehicles on commercially zoned property for extended periods of time. Staff presented a slide presentation showing some of the problems incurred with large vehicle parking. Discussion ensued and concern was evidenced about the purposeoftheordinance. Vice Mayor Tolby was concerned with beingtoolimitingonbigtrucksandexemptingmotorhomes. Hefeltthatifthepurposeoftheordinancewastobeforavisualimpairmentconcernthatmotorhomesshouldbeconsideredalongwithbigtrucks. He also voiced the thoughtthattheCityalreadyhadanordinancepertainingtoparkingvehiclesonstreets. Staff stated that this would be anexpansionandbetterdefinitionoftheparkingissue. After more discussion, the major consensus was that staffshouldfurtherdefineandstreamlineaspectsoftheordinance. This item will be brought back on a future workshop agendafordiscussion. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE GLENDALE SALES TAX CODE FOR SMALLBUSINESSES Mr. Ken Martin and Dwight Ochocki reported to Council that on December 13, 1988 the Glendale City Council adopted new ordinances to assume complete control of its sales tax program. Some provisions of the Sales Tax Code have not been fully enforced in the past. Now that provisions are being fully enforced, including some for the first time, some taxpayers have appealed for relief. In response to the taxpayer's requests, two preferences are presented that would provide relief to small businesses. The first preference would provide relief from license fees for any business with annual gross taxable amounts of $1,000 or less. The second preference would provide relief from license fees for any business with annual gross taxable amounts of $2,500 or less. Both options presented would have to be sent to the Municipal Tax Code Commission for review and comment because the options are not currently available under the Model City Tax Code. The first preference would provide relief from the $50 annual renewal fee per location for any taxable activity which totals less than $1,000 in the taxable gross amount for a twelve month period. This would be done by annualizing the taxpayer's reported taxable gross sales based upon filing frequency and number of months reported for the twelve month period ending October 31. Lost revenues to Glendale under the first preference would be at least $75,000 of annual license fees and at least $5,250 in sale tax revenue per year. The second preference would provide relief from the $50 annual renewal fee per location for any taxable activity which totals less than $2,500 in the taxable gross amount for a twelve month period. This would be done by annualizing thetaxpayer's reported taxable gross sales based upon filingfrequencyandnumberofmonthsreportedforthetwelvemonthperiodendingOctober31. Lost revenues to Glendale underthesecondpreferencewouldbeatleast $118,750 of annuallicensefeesandatleast $29,700 in sales tax revenue peryear. The total loss of $148,450 in annual revenue, under the2,500 per year exemption, to the City of Glendale would haveasignificantimpactontheGeneralFundbudget. The licensefeescollectedbytheCitysupportasignificantportionofthecostsofoperatingtheSalesTaxdivision. Discussion ensued and the major consensus was it was unfairtochargeabusinessthatmadeonly $2500 a year a $50.00 feeannually. It was emelt that this would be a negative approachandwouldbemoredetrimentalthanthelossofsalestaxrevenue. After further discussion, it was suggested that amaximumthresholdbesetat $3,000 and any business reporting profits equal to or less than this amount would not have to pay the renewal fee. This item will placed on a Council agenda for future consideration. INTERGOVERNMENTAL REPORT Marion Porch, Intergovernmental Liaison, briefed the Council on various legislative issues. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Mayor Renner announced there would be no further negotiations with the County on the golf course land issue as they have declined the City's offer and are preparing to make other arrangements. ADJOURNMENT There being no further items, the meeting adjourned at 4:45 P.M. Deputy City Clerk