HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - City Council - Meeting Date: 9/26/1989MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP SESSION OF THECITYCOUNCILOFTHECITYOFGLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA HELD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1989 AT 5:00 P.M. Mayor Renner called the Workshop Session of the GlendaleCityCounciltoorderintheWorkshopRoom, B-3, in theGlendaleCouncilChambers. Council members present were: Bellah, Falbo, Huffman, Hugh, McAllister, and Tolby. MembersAbsent: None. Also present were Gordon L. Pedrow, Assistant CityManager; Peter Van Haren, City Attorney and Linda Ginn,
Deputy City Clerk.
WORKSHOP SESSION
1. PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
Assistant City Manager, Gordon Pedrow stated per
Council's direction, staff has prepared a draft of the
Transportation Commission Powers and Duties statement. This
draft has been reviewed by the Airport Commission. The
Commission is very supportive of the concept of the new
Transportation Commission and existing members of the Airport
Commission wish to serve as the new Transportation Commission
members. A formal vote, to recommend the new Transportation
Commission, was taken at the September 20 meeting of the
Airport Commission.
Ms. Elaine Scruggs, Chairman of the Airport Commission
addressed Council and said that all current members do wish
to take on additional duties and serve on the Transit
Commission.
Discussion ensued on the procedure of forming a Transit
Commission and how to determine representation. Further
discussion ensued about specific transportation interests or
experience as additional criteria for membership on the
committee.
Councilman Bellah expressed the thought that he would
like street planning prioritizing, included in goals and
objectives for the commission, left to the Council instead of
the commission as he feels that the Councilmen are charged
with that responsibility upon their election. He said that
Council receives more input on this subject than a commission
would and feels they are better equipped to make that type
decision.
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Mayor Renner suggested that the creation of a new, permanent commission or expansion of an already existingcommitteebeconsideredbytheGovernmentServicesCommitteeandthenbroughtbacktoworkshopforfurtherdiscussion. HealsosuggestedthattheAirportCommissioncontinuetoserveasthehearingbodyforthepublichearingsontransitandreportbacktoCouncil. This item will be placed on a future Workshop agenda forfurtherdiscussion. Ms. Scruggs urged Council and citizens to attend thepublichearingsandofferinputonthetransitissuesothat
a more representative viewpoint would be heard by the
commission.
2. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT GP -89-01 AND REZONING APPLICATION
Z-89-04: SEC 59TH AVE. & GREENWAY RD.
Mr. Bob Coons, Planning Director, stated this proposal
by the American Graduate School of International Management
AGSIM) is to amend the General Plan from residential,
2.5-3.5 dwelling units per acre, to Business Park on 13
acres, and to rezone 151 acres from A-1 to PAD. The
applicant proposes to develop the 151 -acre site with a
mixed -used Planned Area Development that would include the
existing 68 -acre AGSIM campus, 77 acres of business park, and
a 6 -acre stormwater detention basin.
This proposal is in substantial conformance with the
General Plan Map and with the specific Thunderbird Character
Area Development Guidelines included in the General Plan.
The use and development standards proposed in this PAD zoning
request comply with the criteria established in those
development guidelines.
The staff believes that the small area included in the
General Plan amendment is appropriate for business park
development as proposed in the accompanying PAD rezoning
request. A substantial landscape buffer, with a minimum
width of 150 feet, will be provided in this portion of the
business park to buffer business park uses from adjacent
residential areas.
At their meeting of August 17, 1989, the Planning and
Zoning Commission recommended approval of the requests,
subject to seven stipulations.
Mr. Coons stated that there was an adjacent property
owner who had made a request for four more stipulations to be
placed on this request. He said the four requests were: (1)
there be no ballpark or ball field lighting in the detention
area; (2) any parking lot lighting in that area be limited to
twenty feet and be set back 150 feet from the residential
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area; (3) no manufacturing or industrial use shall be allowedand (4) no shiftwork. Mr. Coons said that staff concurredwiththefirstrequestedstipulationandsuggestedthattheycouldincorporatenumbertwobyusingshieldingandasmallersetbacktomitigatethelightingintrusion. He furtherstatedthattypicalmanufacturingandindustrialusesarenotallowedinthebusinessparkzoning. He stated that assemblyoffinishedproductsisallowedbutthecompoundingofrawmaterialsisnot. Mr. Coons stated that they have no controlonshiftworkinthebusinessparkzoning. Councilman McAllister suggested that they allow for moreextensivelandscapinginordertobuffertheneighborhood
from possible shiftwork increases in traffic and noise. Mr.
Coons stated that this situation could be looked at a
subsequent plan review session and a wider buffer could be
provided.
This item will be on the Council agenda tonight for
public hearing and formal consideration.
3. INTERGOVERNMENTAL REPORT
Marion Porch, the Intergovernmental Liaison briefed the
City Council on current legislative issues.
This item is for information only.
COUNCIL CONDEENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
None.
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There being no further items to come before the Council,
the meeting adjourned at 6:20 p.m.
Deputy City Clerk
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