City Council | Regular Meeting - September 10, 2024

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I call the September 10th 2024 city
council regular meeting to order city
clerk Ben Lane please conduct the roll
call thank you mayor mayor David Ortega
pres vice mayor Barry
Graham here council members Tammy caputi
here Tom Durham here Betty janick here
Kathy Littlefield here and Salange
Whitehead here city manager Jim
Thompson here City attorney Sher Scott
here City Treasurer Sonia Andrews here
acting City auditor Lake CL here and the
clerk is present thank you mayor well
thank you uh tonight we do have
Scottdale police Sergeant Sean Ryan as
well as detective Dustin Patrick and
firefighter uh DJ Billingsley should
anyone need assistance let's begin with
the Pledge of Allegiance I'll call on
councilwoman T Tammy
kti flag of the United States of America
okay well at this uh point in time I do
want to draw our attention to the
ongoing Wars and War torn foreign
countries as they fight for their
democracy and freedom also I hope that
we will keep the deployed military men
and women in our military service in our
thoughts and reflection so let's take uh
let's pause now on their behalf
thank
you this month is ovarian cancer
awareness month so I do have a
proclamation
and I do have at the request of uh
Rachel Putman and I will read it um uh
publicly and she is a Survivor and
Advocate uh for awareness of ovarian
cancer whereas the American Cancer
Society estimates that this year
approximately 19,683
death among women and whereas due to
vague symptoms and the lack of a
reliable early detection test most women
are not diagnosed until stage three or
later when the cancer has already begun
to spread to the lymp nodes and outside
of the
pelvis and whereas although the fiveyear
survival rate for stage one ovarian
cancer is over 90% only
15% of ovarian cancers are diagnosed at
stage one and the 5year survival rate
for stage three is below
30% whereas Medical Specialists across
the country are currently conducting
clinical trials and research for the
time being awareness through education
is the best tool for early detection and
an increased chance of survival I
therefore I David D Ortega 12th mayor
Scottdale do declare September
2024 ovarian cancer awareness month in
Scottsdale to promote Community Wellness
increase awareness of intervention
resources and to protect the women we
love please come
forward
Rachel e
[Applause]
moving on to uh the city manager report
I'll call on Jim
Thompson thank you Mr Mayor this evening
you got a couple items so we're GNA
actually I have two videos for you so
we'll we'll start the first I'll just
let them
go this summer recap highlighting
projects and events from around the
division Indian B wash underpass Project
work began in May of 2024 on a new
pedestrian underpass along the Indian
Ben multi-use path the project will
increase safety between Motor Vehicles
bike and pedestrian traffic at the busy
sherel Road intersection the multi-use
path will remain closed at shael road
until the project is complete in early
2025 shael Road just east of Hayden Road
is now open to vehicle traffic Riata
Sports Complex grand opening the brand
new 29 acre multi-use facility opened in
May 2024 the new complex features five
International size lighted soccer fields
multi Muse paths a large patio area and
restrooms the facility was approved by
Scottdale voters in the 2019 fond
election Pack 12 baseball tournament
Scottdale Stadium hosted the second
annual Pack 12 baseball tournament May
21st to 25th the tournament Drew in over
7500 fans from across the nation and
concluded with the University of Arizona
taking home the title kids Cafe at Civic
Center Library in partnership with
Scottdale Unified School District the
the library system sered nearly 3600
lunches to kids and teens throughout
June and July beat the heat scottd
Senior Services provided 150 heat relief
bags to local seniors in Scottdale this
summer the program serves two equally
important functions first homebound
seniors are provided items to help keep
them cool during the summer months
Second City staff and volunteers assess
the needs of vulnerable seniors and help
connect them with local resources Summer
Saturdays at Vista Vista Del Camino
Community Center offered Dynamic
recreational opportunities in June and
July to over 100 participants kids and
families enjoyed arts and crafts games
and more summer reading challenge Scotto
Public Library hosted their annual
summer reading challenge where over 5
million minutes were read by over 6,000
patrons those registered log their
minutes and claim prizes based on how
much they read red white and chooo mccor
McMan Ro Park celebrated Independence
Day with a bang the family event
included bounce houses foam cannons a
proclamation from mayor Ortega kicking
off National Park and Recreation month
and fireworks to end the night free
learn to swim lessons in recognition of
Arizona drowning impact Awareness Month
Scottdale potic waved enrollment fees
for swim lessons in August over 40
lessons were offered with a total of 25
patrons ages 6 months to adult
participating back to school program the
annual program helped over 400 families
and 950 students prepare for the
upcoming school year with school
supplies clothes shoes health checks and
more little Reader book club the
Scottdale Family Resource Center kicked
off their little Reader book club a
7-week program that involves sharing and
reading books as well as engaging in
early learning activities the club was
funded through a generous donation from
a group of caring people in honor of
Scottdale resident and Community
Advocate Edmund Richard that concludes
our 2024 Community Services summer recap
thanks for
watching I'm public information officer
Kelsey Perry with five fast things
happening around the city you need to
know at number five it's a shout out to
our transportation and streets
department for its pavement preservation
work this summer despite the sweltering
heat Crews paav more than 95,000 square
yards of event space out at Westworld
and are currently working on improving
parking lots and driveways at the fire
and police stations at DC Ranch projects
like these improve driving conditions
and help to extend the life of the
pavement coming in at number four it's a
big congratulations to Scottsdale's
human services department for making
this year's annual back toschool program
a smashing success the city helped more
than a thousand families prepare for the
new school year by supplying students
with backpacks books clothing shoes and
other supplies students also receive
free dental screenings food gift cards
and more human services staff teamed up
with scotdale police the Scottsdale
Unified School District and local
nonprofits to make it happen for more
information head to scottsdaleaz.gov and
search back to school program at number
three it's an invitation to talk
sustainability at two upcoming Community
workshops on Wednesday September 11th
and Monday September 16th scottsvale is
hosting discussions on the city's
efforts to become more sustainable and
resilient participants will have the
opportunity to learn about current
projects and share their ideas for
enhancing the city's work visit
sc.gov and search sustainability
initiatives to
register at number two we tip our caps
to Water Resources executive director
Brian beas me who is retiring this month
after 12 years at the helm of Scottdale
water just part of his distinguished
career dedicated to Leading and
advancing water initiatives and serving
his community Brian leads the city
Department responsible for water and
wastewater services and stepped up on
two separate occasions to serve as
Scottsdale's acting city manager the
city will initiate a national search to
fill the executive director position
assistant executive director Kevin Rose
will assume responsibility ities in the
an congratulations Brian enjoy
retirement and at number one it's the
launch of the city's brand new college
scholarship program Scottsdale promise
scholarships are now available for
residents or graduates of Scottsdale
high schools who have demonstrated
Financial need and are attending any of
the Maricopa community
colleges the funds can be used toward
tuition books or course fees and can be
renewed for up to four semesters to
apply visit scottsdaleaz.gov and search
Scottsdale promise and that's our Fast
Five for September for more news and
events sign up for our city newsletters
by heading the Scottsdale e.gov and
searching
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newsletter thank you city manager you
know it's always good to measure time in
Arizona by the number of Summers we've
survived right and we certainly did a
lot got a lot accomplished um moving on
with the agenda uh during tonight's
meeting the council may make a motion to
recess into executive session to obtain
legal advice on any applicable item on
the agenda if authorized by the council
the executive session will be held
immediately and will not be open to the
public however the public meeting will
resume following an executive session um
also some uh Rules of Engagement per our
our Council rules of procedure citizens
attending City Council meetings shall
observe the same Rules of Order and
decorum applicable to members of the
council and staff unauthorized remarks
uh would um slow things down and would
not be acceptable so um we've want to
make sure that any violation of the U
disruptions would result could result in
the removal by security staff
additionally this the council recently
updated Council rules council members
shall not use any electronic
communications while attending public
meetings other than the electronic
devices that we uh Source uh the agenda
itself um moving on we will go to public
comment public comment is an opportunity
reserved for Scottdale citizens
businesses owners and Property Owners to
comment on non- agendized items that are
within the council's
jurisdiction advocacy for or against a
candidate or ballot measure during a
council meeting is not allowed pursuant
to state law and is therefore not deemed
to be within the council's jurisdiction
no official Council action can be taken
on public comment and of course there um
we allow three minutes to address the C
Council um we have one request to speak
um and that is um from Lee kofile who uh
will come forward and uh happy to see
you again
Lee all right uh lee CTI uh address is
on file um I wanted to come up here and
talk about uh sales tax not the prop 490
but just generally wanted to talk about
and because uh to put the kind of
numbers into perspective
so uh let's say hypothetically the
council wanted to raise sales tax uh by
0.15% on the citizens for a amount of 30
years and that would raise approximately
$1.2 billion if the council were to put
something like that on the ballot
um I did the math on that with the
240,000 people that live in the city
that would come out to be
about6
$116 out of each Citizen's pocket but
then I thought about some of the other
stuff that I've learned coming to these
meetings which is we get over 10 million
people a year that come into the city
spend money and they pay sales tax and
so I was thinking that uh that would
actually work out to be about $4 a year
out of uh everybody that we get here and
how fortunate we are and especially like
those videos we just watched there are
amazing things that the city is able to
do to take care of all of its citizens
and uh and the people who live here and
all the other things we're able to do
and so I just wanted to again speaking
hypothetically talk about what the
impacts would be on the people who visit
and uh and what we can accomplish with
uh with those uh with that amount um so
and then I guess just to follow up also
uh property tax which is something only
the 240,000 people who live in the city
will will pay uh we you you all just
lowered that for us by about two three
four do or something on average and so
for the average citizen that $4 would be
canceled out you know so that would be a
wash and we'd be able to get all all
those extra services and continue to
provide for the the our seniors our Citi
our children and everybody else who
lives here so thank you for your
time thank you um seeing no other um
members of the public who wish to speak
I will therefore close public comment
next we'll go on to the approval of the
minutes I request a motion to approve
the special meeting minutes of July 1st
2024 executive session minutes of July
1st 2024 regular meeting and work study
minutes of July 1st 2024 continuing
special meeting minutes of July 2nd
2024 and regular meeting minutes of July
2nd 2024 so moved second we have a
motion in a
second no discussion please record your
vote thank you we are unanimous next we
will move on to consent agenda items 1-
16
um consent agenda items have a full file
and are um duly posted uh there's an
opportunity for the um uh public to
speak on consent agenda items 1- 16 so
at this point I would open uh public
comment I see that there's one speaker
who wishes to speak on um uh items 12
through
15 and just for the order of things I'm
going to ask that we open public comment
first and then we'll move on to any
questions we may have for councel uh so
uh Lee cofle has a request to speak on
consent agenda items 12 through 15
please come forward and I think you can
summarize in three minutes correct okay
thank you Lee
again Lee Lee CTI address is on file
yeah I didn't I didn't think I needed 12
minutes and they're all kind of on the
same thing so I thought I'd just try and
get it done in one shot um so the main
thing I I was looking at these today I
uh am very excited to see that the city
is uh getting the grants for all this uh
Public Safety information um I think I
think it's really important and uh I'm
really excited the uh the the questions
I had I would guess I was looking for
the one comment I wanted to make is on
15 when I was reading the supplemental
material it mentioned that during uh uh
High uh dur during big events we have
the the people the pedestrians can
overwhelm the sidewalk and people will
walk in the streets and it mentioned
increasing enforcement around that time
uh to uh on people who are walking the
streets rather than sidewalk and I just
wanted to say that that uh I'd rather
see us maybe shut down a lane to to
accommodate all the pedestrian traffic
rather than using our uh our police's
time to enforce uh any kind of laws
around that as far as education I don't
have a problem with that the selective
enforcement I'm very excited about
because you guys uh probably know I I
care about uh our vulnerable Road users
and and uh this specifically says it's
going to go after anybody who is uh
speeding uh and driving aggressively
which is the number one cause of uh
property damage and loss of life and
limb is the speed of the driver in the
car and uh so that one I wanted a little
more information because it mentioned
that the areas would be determined later
by uh by this Council would would point
out where the where the problem areas
are and so I'm just wondering how we
would uh how citizens could highlight
that and then the other two um you know
I'm just uh I'm curious about those as
well where they both seem to be related
to uh
intoxication uh and operating these uh
heavy vehicles and stuff like that and
how we would do that and just uh I know
I've gotten up here and said it before I
would love to see also maybe increasing
public transportation as a way to get
people in and out of these very popular
areas so that they don't have to drive
so they can spend money and then uh and
then get out of the area safely both for
themselves and all the other V
vulnerable people that are out enjoying
the city's nightlife which again we get
10 million people who come here a year
it's fantastic what we can do and to
increase the safety is nothing but a net
benefit for us so I am very excited
about these grants and thank you thank
thank you sir with that I will close
public comment on consent agenda items
1- 16 I see a request from vice mayor
Graham to uh with perhaps a question go
ahead thank you mayor uh just a question
um I wanted to question the staff
contact for items seven and 11 without I
don't want to pull those items seven is
for the dog park on Thompson Peak and
then 11 is the fire
station or uh excuse me fire department
warehouse lease
agreement so I if if I may I guess we
could start with we'll we'll have our
staff person come forward Miss
timu hi Allison hello um I just wanted
to get um what is the status of the pro
just kind of just put it in summary the
status of the project and um the
original budget and where we are today
that's really
it okay um good evening um council
members vice mayor Graham um right now
the project what we're requesting
tonight is the authorization of the
construction phase Services contract the
guaranteed maximum price for for that um
that price
is
5,686
1407 um as far as the budget for the
project it initially the bond 2019
budget was
4,637
357 um by a couple of different Council
resolutions we added funding we
added I think it was 75 5,000 um back on
October 24th of 2023 and that was in
bond interest uh savings um earnings
bond interest earnings and then uh with
the uh FY
2324 CIP process as you recall we added
General funding um to several projects
and this was one of them and that was in
the amount of 1
m551
and11 very good and then uh expected
date of completion do you do you have
that off um our construction schedule is
12 months with anticipate we're
anticipating to possibly get done within
nine okay thank you Allison
sure hello fire chief hello um I just
noticed when I was reading the packet uh
this is for a 36-month lease and it's
talking about the critical necessity of
this um lease agreement is that enough
time to meet the needs of the fire
department uh mayor members of the
council vice mayor Graham can you
clarify what you mean by that in terms
of um the the use of the facility we're
ready to move in as soon as uh the gavel
drops so clarify is is 36 months enough
time for forward for the space that you
need
it will certainly keep us in in in a
place where we can manage our our
resources until we can work to find a a
more permanent solution okay a 36-month
uh lease I think will get us well on the
way the capital project schedule and
something more substantial we can bring
it back to council and then the the
packet mentions uh you know added
complexities from the ambulance
expansion which we're all excited about
um how much do you think the ambulance
expansion factored into the ne necessity
for in a matter of square feet and I'll
look at my Logistics folks for a head
nod I I would imagine it it can account
for
probably 5,000 square ft of that of that
uh space for dedicated EMS uh supplies
storage and management you won't keep
any ambulances there on at this
Warehouse we won't uh we will uh outfit
units using resources from that location
however at that location those are my
questions thank you fire chief you bet
okay councilwoman Janik oh wait Chief go
back up sorry you're too quick um
briefly could you just explain why we
need to rent the warehouse space so that
absolutely citizens know what's going on
thank you yes uh mayor council member
Janet members of the council so as you
know uh we've been a fire department for
about 20 years now and uh Mr worth and
the city did the best they could to
bring the fire department into the
city's uh normal operations and
capabilities way back in 2005 uh but
quite literally we simply have overcome
the space allotted to us and uh one of
the first things that Jen Meers did when
she came here was observed that that the
city uh has overall logistical uh
support needs that uh require her to do
her own consolidation and cleaning of
house if you will so we had been in U
talks for a really several months and
frankly years about finding our own
space to uh frankly be more efficient
recentralize everything because
everything is literally strewn out over
about 20 distribution locations so this
is really about being more efficient
with our supplies and resources having
greater accountability for those which
makes much better Financial sense and
then doing a great big favor to the
purchasing director and the treasurer in
terms of finding Warehouse availability
for them that's that's a nutshell of it
um but we've got gory details if you
need them that's great thank you I
appreciate
it okay thank you do I have a motion for
consent for consent agenda items 1- 16 I
make a motion to approve consent agenda
items number 1 through 16
second thank you we have a motion and a
second uh as far as the Thompson Peak
dog park um that's calculated in dog
year so that's how we keep track of that
anyway we have a motion a a second
please record your
vote thank you unanimous next we will
move on to the regular agenda item item
number 17 uh uh concerns infrastructure
development agreement we have Brian
beaser Water Resources executive
director and uh Scott Mars Water
Resources planning and engineering
director and um also we have we will
call for public comment after their
presentation go ahead thank you mayor
and councel um Brian be Meer Scott still
water and actually I'm not going to give
this presentation Kevin Rose um my
assistant uh executive director um is
going to give this because discuss the
water we have good bench bench strength
and Kevin's more than capable of giving
this thank you thank you sir
thank you mayor and Council uh what I'll
be presenting on tonight is the
infrastructure reimbursement agreement
with Hayden Loop 101
investors uh reasons for this
development agreement uh this allows
construction of SE line segments and
waterline segments servicing an area
you're familiar with north and south of
the 101 between Hayden Road and Miller
Road alignment uh sides for current in
development or and future development uh
demands this development agreement
allows for new Water and Sewer
infrastructure to be constructed and
available to serve new developments on
an accelerated schedule it is noted that
this is part of our iip infrastructure
Improvement plan with the uh design
start date for these projects uh around
2025 so what we're pushing for is just
an accelerated
schedule so the first portion is a sewer
pipeline it's about 2100 linear feet
18-in pipe it's on male Boulevard
between Hayden and Miller Road and it
will eventually connect to the mid Road
sewer the other segment is the water pot
line has multiple sizes it's about 5,300
linear feet
and um again it's between the Hayden and
Miller Road area and an area as you can
see in the map that's a lot of desert so
we're trying to get this infrastructure
in for the future
development so the funding part the um
project purpose water and SE capacity
enhancements are required to accommodate
and develop for development such as ASM
Banner Health and other future uh
development in the vicinity the source
of funding is the water and sewer
development fee funds uh this is
included in our 2020 2024 and 25 budget
with 6.1 for the water and 960,000 for
the sewer Hayden Loop 101 investors will
construct and fund any cost above the
budgeted amount City expenses are cap of
this development agreement no budget
transfers are associated with this
reimbursement and all infrastructure
will be designed and constructed in
accordance with the AR title 34
requirements so staff recommendation to
account to you mayor and councel is
adopt resolution
13193 authorizing the mayor to execute
infrastructure reimbursement agreement
2024 137 with Hayden Loop 101 investors
and the city man or doesn't need to
execute any other documents and take
such actions as necessary to carry out
the intent of this resolution and
contract and with that I'll try to
answer all the questions you may have
sure thank you um at this point I would
open public comment on item number 17
seeing none therefore I will close
public comment uh we have a um hand up
from uh council member Durham wishing to
speak
thank you mayor um looking at the map
there seemed to be one section of it
that was going under the
101 and that section yeah yeah that that
red section on the top that sort of L I
guess they're both
L-shaped um I thought there were some
kind of issues about rights of way or
something of of uh putting pipes under
the
101 I think Mr beas Meer discussed that
in a previous uh presentation on sewer
programs uh Council me member Durham
mayor and Council I'll defer to Brian
sure mayor and and Council um and
council member Durham um yes we we do
have restrictions and that is going
under
existing um sleeve under that 101 yeah
to uh and I'm looking over here at Scott
Mars already engineering director but it
goes underneath the sleeve so we have
there are issues we can't get we have
certain plans and this was part of our
iip to go and use this sleeve under the
101 I if it was outside our iip planning
and it was a new segment under the 101
it would be a big issue this we we
planned for years ago all right I
figured there was a good answer to it
thank
you in reviewing uh this this is
actually a soft dig because we don't
have those streets uh and it's an
opportune time to put in the
infrastructure uh it's also um uh it has
subscribers uh that is the parcel owners
will be paying their proportionate share
and of course the work is being done in
a timely in a timely basis so I I do
support um this and at the same time I
will say this is one of the hottest
areas uh for development in really
Maricopa County and it was designed with
access from the 101 and certainly with
the zoning and water uh Provisions that
have been um designed the other factor
that you'll see there of course is that
it does tie into our water and sewer
campus which is very essential uh vice
mayor Graham thank you mayor thank you
for the presentation uh can you go back
to the sewer
map um Can Can you is that entire green
segment is that um what um The Entity
the LLC is going to construct and we're
going to reimburse them vce mayor Graham
Council yes you are correct is there on
either side of that or is the city doing
any of the construction itself on either
side vice mayor Graham mayor council
there are other agreements currently
going on so those are being done by
other developers I would would have to
defer to Scott Mars our engineering
director Brian bees for more of the
history as I wasn't part of that but
those are uh current projects going
on mayor and Council vice mayor I'm
Scott Marge engineering director there's
no other City projects with respect to
Water and Sewer infrastructure that
we're leading in this area it's Optima
primarily is the main sewer project that
you're familiar with is um so does this
connect to the op Optima segment yes it
will okay very and that would be
obviously to the west of that what about
to to the who is constructing to the
east to the east is existing sewer lines
that will Connect into with this new
segment okay very
good
um this is a little bit hypothetical but
the city is aware of upcoming requests
for future rezonings and changes and all
that we we're just aware of that does
this sewer line again to have capacity
if there are any changes is is there is
there flexibility and the
capacity it would be I guess it would be
regrettable to build a sewer and
reimburse and make a reimbursement and
then to find out that it's you know
agreed it's not capacious enough Mar
mayor Graham mayor and counil defer to
Scott to answer that question on the
engineering
side mayor council vice mayor yes this
has been designed for at um for buildout
conditions with high density development
that's been planned for two years so yes
this is expecting high density full
buildout when you say high density do
you mean what's what's currently zoned
in the area even beyond the current
zoning we looked through a model at what
this could be from Maximum sewer flows
and that's what we sized the model for
and ultimately the design of these sewer
segments did you change your modeling
based on um active applications or
possible applications
as much as they were available at the
time two years ago yes we did
okay how much per foot do we do you do
you think about it per foot or meters as
far as
reimbursement what kind of segment how
do you segment it so the reimbursement
is based on the maximum budget we have
right now this is looking at about $700
a foot for this sewer if it's a hard dig
that could add complications we don't
expect that here what do you what how
what was the per foot for the axson
reimbursement do you remember that what
that calculated to I do not recall what
the axson reimbursement would be you
think it was
higher I I I I don't recall because all
their information they provided to us
was in preliminary draft form we never
got to any formal agreements with
axon but didn't didn't the count vote
didn't this Council vote on the axon
reimbursement are you excuse me are you
Frank I'm sorry I'm I'm sorry I said
axon I meant Optima
Optima forgive me um how does this
compare to the Optima
reimbursement thank you the Optima my
apologies to axon our friends at axon
vice mayor Graham no problem the Optima
sewer is much more complicated it's a
much larger diameter sewer there's a lot
more unknowns there's a lot of sewer
that's in streets when you have traffic
control cost jump per linear foot but
what would you do do you remember was it
twice as much as this I don't have the
numbers in front of me but it's
certainly much higher per linear foot
than this segment will be okay um when
do you plan to cut these reimbursement
checks for the agreement we have to
accept the construction technically we
have to inspect it at that point in time
we get all their documentation their
costs we review it make sure it's it's
all acceptable then we would issue
reimbursement um if there uh if their
cost increase will the city have to
potentially have to pay more there's
cost incre increases but they're below
that cap and our maximum budget if it's
acceptable and reasonable we would
likely accept
it okay would you have to come back to
council for above a certain amount I
suppose of increase I do not believe we
need to as long as it doesn't impact
that cap that we've put on this okay
thank you Scott for answering my
questions you're
welcome okay at um any other comment
from staff at this point
okay so um at this point I would um
Entertain Entertain a motion council
member
Durham thank you thank you mayor I would
move to adopt resolution number
139 I'm sorry
13193 second
second thank you we have a motion in a
second seeing no comment please record
your
vote thank you we are unanimous
approved this point um we have concluded
our consent and regular agenda items we
will then go on to a public comment a
second opportunity for the public to
come forward on any non- agendized item
there is none therefore I will close
public comment uh moving on to item 18
it would be uh receipt of Citizen
petitions none has been recorded uh with
the uh clerk therefore I will close that
item and next we will um move on to
number item number 19 it's board and
commissions and task force nominations I
will turn the meeting over to vice mayor
Graham who will be chairing this portion
of the meeting thank you thank you mayor
it's my honor to chair this portion of
the meeting and we want to thank all the
applicants for these boards and
commissions this evening the city
council will be nominating Scottdale
residents interested in serving on
citizen advisory boards commissions and
committees the city of city council is
responsible for establishing City
policies and enacting laws in support of
those policies Council relies on you the
volunteer citizen-based boards and
commissions to research issues and make
recommendations in support of the
council's mission and goals information
and recommendations provided by city
council appointed advisory boards is a
valuable tool in helping council members
in their
deliberations appointments for these
positions will be made at a special city
council meeting on September 24th as we
begin our proceeding this evening I'd
like to remind my colleagues that an
applicant only needs to receive one
nomination in order to advance to
interview before the city council when I
call on you if your chosen applicant or
applicants have already been nominated
by a council member please State no
additional and we will proceed in the
process thank you now let's get
started Board of adjustments Board of
adjustments is a quazi Judicial body
that hears variance requests appeals of
the zoning administrator's
interpretations and decisions and
decides and administrative decisions or
zoning requirements which create
unnecessary hardships in the development
of property because of exceptional or
extraordinary conditions Carlos ganof
has resigned from the board in May
there's one vacancy and two applicants
the applicants are Paul Gary and Jay
Leupold I will now entertain nominations
for the board of
adjustments each council member can
nominate one applicant and I suppose I
will start to the far end council member
caputi uh I will nominate Paul Gary no
additional no additional no additional
no
additional J
Leupold J
Leupold no additional thank you RL
building Advisory Board of Appeals and
tell me if I'm going too fast building
Advisory Board of Appeals has the
jurisdiction to recommend that minor
variances in the Electrical Plumbing and
me mechanical application of the
building code be granted and that
alternative construction methods or
materials be allowed terms for Brian
Bros and Michael kravit expire in
September they are both eligible for
reappointment however only Michael
kravit has submitted a new application
for consideration there are two
vacancies and three applicants the
applicants are Chad Bennett Frederick
Michael krabit I will now entertain
nominations starting with council member
Janik Chad Bennett and Micha
kravit uh council member Littlefield no
additional Mr deetman and Michael
krabit and everyone's been nominated
thank
you citizen Bond oversight committee
there is one opening this committee
receives reports on the city's progress
in implementing the bond program reviews
any proposed buget budget project
changes of to the program and provides
comments to the city council which
respect with respect to the bond program
as the committee deems appropriate line
Rogers term expires in September and she
is ineligible for reappointment there is
one vacancy and three applicants they
are a April Holland BR mcke and Scott
Sandell I will now entertain nominations
starting with council member
Littlefield April Holland
Mr Mayor no
additional BR
mcke Scott sandel and we are fully
nominated thank
you the historic preservation commission
oversees the development and management
of Scottsdale's historic preservation
programs this commission has special
qualifications as outlined in the
Scottsdale city code you must have
demonstrated special interest knowledge
and experience in at least one of the
following Construction history
architectural history real estate
historic preservation law or other
historic related field Rose Smith's term
expires in September she is eligible for
reappointment and and has submitted an
application for consideration there is
one vacancy and four applicants they are
cat jovic Brandon faten Victoria Mata
and Rose Smith I will start nominations
with the mayor Rose Smith no
addition no additional none additional
no additional no additional no
additional congratulations Miss
Smith human relations commission
promotes and promotes all dimensions of
diversity the commission acts as an
advisory body to the mayor and city
council and staff to make
recommendations on ways to encourage
mutual respect and understanding among
people discourage prejudice and
discrimination and work towards cultural
awareness and unity Emily henchman's
term expires in September and she is
ineligible for reappointment with one
vacancy and two applicants they are jeie
McKenna and James Somerville and I will
start nominations with council member
Whitehead Jeanie
McKenna James Somerville we're fully
nominated thank
you Human Services advisory commission
provides advisory recommendations to
staff in the city council on Human
Service priorities and programs and
funding allocations for Scottdale cares
Community Development block grants home
Human Services emergency and Human
Services emergency and general funds
terms for Jeff J Jeff Jameson Trisha
serin and Neil Sherer expire this fall
and they are all eligible for re
appointment u j however James Jeff
Jameson and Neil Sher have submitted
applications and Trisha serin did
not there are five five applicants in
three vacancies they are Lee kulie Ralph
deosta Nunes Pamela hallos Jeff Jameson
and Neil Sher and I will start I think
I'm with council member Durham at this
point you can nominate three nominate
three um Jeff Jameson Neil Sherer and
Lee
 uh I will nominate Ralph deosta
Nunes and Pamela
Hallows fully
nominated judicial appointments Advisory
Board the judicial uh this board makes
advisory recommendations to city council
regarding the appointment and
reappointment of full-time City Judges
it has special qualifications the seven
member jab will consist of two active
judges one one representative from both
the State Bar and Scottsdale bar
associations and three citizens
appointed by the city council who are
not judges in any official capacity nor
retired nor members of the bar of
Arizona susen Galpin tyree's term
expires in September and she is
ineligible for reappointment Christina
Jens resigned from the board in July
there are two citizen representative
vacancies and five
applicants the applicants are Donna De
felis Ora Flores Carol Anne petran
Norman SPAC and Helen whites and corn I
will now entertain nominations starting
with
myself um and there are two openings so
I will start with um Aurora Flores and
carolanne petran and I will move to
council member kti I just want to add
Helen Wiis and Korn no additional no
additional no additional no additional I
would to add Norman's
bisac very
good we good okay loss trust board there
is currently one opening and we did not
see did not receive applications for
consideration ations sad face the Lost
trust we're at a loss for a lost trust
okay I'm going to stop I'm going to stop
these jokes um please someone apply out
there holler at us
please tourism development
commission we are looking for the
industry rep opening the tourism
development commission advises the city
council on matters concerning the
expenditure of revenues from the from
the transaction privilege tax or
transient lodging bed tax designated for
tourism development it has special
qualifications as specified in the city
code this person shall the the
commission shall consist of
Representatives of the tourism industry
in Scottdale including four Scottsdale
Hotel years one member of Scott CBB and
a balance from elements of the tourism
industry Chris Montgomery's term expires
in September and he is eligible for
reappointment and has submitted an
application there is one Scottdale
industry representative vacancy and four
applicants are as follows Joanne Hilt
Chris
Montgomery Daren nwin and Mary Toma I'll
will start with council member kaputi
Chris Montgomery no
additional Joanne
Hilt no additional no
additional no additional I will nominate
Daren nwin
Transportation Commission Transportation
Commission advises City Council on
matters related to the safe and
efficient movement of vehicles Transit
pedestrians and bicycles so this
commission provides a public form to
hear citizen Grievances and complaints
and requests about Transportation
matters terms for Professor Kent LA and
Carrie wal coxen expire in September
Professor La is ineligible for
reappointment and Carrie wall coxen is
eligible for reappointment and has
applied there are two vacancies and six
applicants they are Andrew Bridges Kyle
Davis Kevin con
Consul Carl Stein Carrie will
coxon Darren wolf I will entertain
nominations starting with council member
janic Kyle Davis Carrie will
coxon no additional no additional no
additional
no additional uh I will nominate Mr Wolf
thank you no additional oh it happens
every
[Laughter]
time last commission oh no that was the
last commission that was the last this
concludes our nomination process thank
you everyone for applying individuals
nominated will be contacted by City
staff forth with I would like to take
this opportunity to sincerely thank
everyone who applied to serve on a
citizen advisory border commission even
if you were not nominated your
application will remain on file for one
year uh for one year for consideration
at a future date thank you Mr Mayor I
turn it back to you thank you we are
concluded with the U nomination process
I move to adjourn second the motion is
second please record your
vote we are unanimous and
adjourned e