Mayor & Council
Study Session and Regular Agenda
for
May 19, 1997

15 mins.	1. Executive Session - Cable Renewal (City-Wide) SS/MAY19-97-253 DISCUSSION OR CONSULTATION FOR LEGAL ADVICE WITH THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE CITY OF TUCSON PURSUANT TO ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES SECTION 38.431.03(A) (3)
5 mins.	2. Mayor and Council Direction Regarding Executive Session - Cable Renewal (City-Wide) SS/MAY19-97-254 REPORT/RECOMMENDATION
1 hr.	3. 1997-1998 Position Compensation Plan Disputes (City-Wide) SS/MAY19-97-256 REPORT/RECOMMENDATION
5 mins.	4. Appointing a City Magistrate (City-Wide) SS/MAY19-97-264 REPORT/RECOMMENDATION
5 mins.	5. Request For Funds - Los Descendientes Del Presidio De Tucson (City-Wide) SS/MAY19-97-252 REPORT/RECOMMENDATION
5 mins.	6. Request for Civic Event Support for “Symphony in the Streets” (City-Wide) SS/MAY19-97-251 REPORT/RECOMMENDATION
10 mins.	7. City Hall/City Hall Annex Security Project (City-Wide) SS/MAY19-97-250 REPORT/RECOMMENDATION
5 mins.	8. Neighborhood Association Newsletters (City-Wide) SS/MAY19-97-263 REPORT/RECOMMENDATION
5 mins.	9. Mayor and Council Subcommittees Status Reports (City-Wide) SS/MAY19-97-259
5 mins.	10. Mayor and Council Discussion of Future Agendas SS/MAY19-97-258
5 mins.	11. Boards, Committees and Commissions (City-Wide) SS/MAY19-97-262
5 mins.	12. Mayor and Council Discussion of Regular Agenda SS/MAY19-97-257

RECONVENE AFTER REGULAR AGENDA

FOR INFORMATION ONLY

Regular Meeting Agenda

FOR COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS
SEE CONSENT AGENDA

Matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired by members of the governing body, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.

A liquor license application will automatically be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item by the Mayor and Council if either of the following occurs: A protest against a liquor license application has been received by the City Clerk; OR, A City staff report recommends denial of a liquor license application.

4. ELECTIONS: CALLING A PRIMARY ELECTION ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1997, AND A GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4, 1997

(a) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-291 CITY WIDE

(b) Ordinance No. 8872 relating to elections; providing for the holding of City Primary and General Elections.

5. ZONING: (C9-96-18) PETTIS - TUCSON BOULEVARD, P-I TO I-1

(a) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-303 WV

(b) Ordinance No. 8874 relating to zoning: Amending zoning district boundaries in the vicinity of the west side of Tucson Boulevard approximately 600 feet south of Valencia Road in rezoning case C9-96-18, Pettis - Tucson Boulevard, from P-I to I-1.

The City Manager recommends that the subject ordinance be adopted.

Zero (0) written approvals and zero (0) written protests have been received for this case.

A simple majority vote will be necessary to adopt the subject ordinance.

6. ZONING: (HPZ97-09) APPEAL OF PLANNING DIRECTOR’S DECISION - BACON INDUSTRIES, INC., 311, 313 AND 315 SOUTH CONVENT AVENUE

(a) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-304 WVI

7. ZONING: (HPZ97-12) APPEAL OF PLANNING DIRECTOR’S DECISION - ROLLINGS TRUST, 447 SOUTH MEYER AVENUE

(a) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-305 WVI

8. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

(a) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-302 CITY WIDE

9. CALL TO THE AUDIENCE, for persons desiring to speak.

10. ADJOURNMENT

The next scheduled meeting of the Mayor and Council will be held on Monday, June 2, 1997, at 2:00 p.m. in the Mayor and Council Chambers of City Hall, Tucson, Arizona.

ADDENDUM

REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NO. 9 HAS BEEN ADDED:

9. ZONING: (C9-97-03) NAJARI - GRANT ROAD, C-1 TO C-2

(a) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-307 WIII

(b) Report from Zoning Examiner dated May 2, 1997

(c) Request to rezone 0.55 acres of property located at the northeast corner of Grant Road and Geronimo Avenue. Applicant: Charlie Deans of Planner Ink, on behalf of the property owner, David Najari. The preliminary development plan proposes the use of the property as a used vehicle sales lot. The Planning Department recommends denial of the requested C-2 zoning, but should Mayor and Council choose to approve the rezoning request, it is recommended that the approval be subject to certain conditions, as amended.

The Zoning Examiner recommends approval of the C-2 zoning request, subject to the conditions recommended by staff, as amended, with the modification of condition 1.b to allow access onto Geronimo Avenue. The City Manager recommends denial of the requested C-2 zoning. Should Mayor and Council choose to approve the rezoning request, the approval should be subject to the following conditions as recommended by the Zoning Examiner, excluding the modification of condition 1.b to allow vehicular access onto Geronimo Avenue.

1. A development plan in substantial compliance with the preliminary development plan and DCR is to be submitted and approved in accordance with Section 5.3.8 of the LUC, including, but not limited to, the following:

a. The building height shall be limited to 11 feet and the exterior surface shall be wood or textured stucco.

b. No vehicular access to Geronimo Avenue. All unused curb cuts shall be replaced with continuous vertical concrete curb.

c. Any required or proposed masonry screen walls shall be constructed of, or painted with, graffiti-resistant materials and shall incorporate one of the following decorative materials: (a) tile, (b) stone, (c) brick, (d) textured brick/block, (e) a coarse-textured material such as stucco or plaster, or (f) a combination of the above materials. Enhance the visual appearance of any continuous wall greater than 75 feet in length and 3 feet in height, by varying the wall alignment (jog, curve, notch, or setback, etc.) and include trees or shrubs in the voids created by the variations.

d. Hours of operation are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

e. No loudspeakers, outdoor telephone bells, intercom chimes, tones bells or other types of noise producing equipment shall be permitted.

f. Lighting shall be low-pressure sodium type, shielded and directed away from adjacent residential zoning or development. Lighting to be mounted no higher than 16 feet.

g. Noise-generating uses, such as loading zones and dumpsters locations, shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from any adjacent residential property boundary, and screened with masonry walls and landscaping to mitigate any visual impacts from the public right-of-way.

h. Any exterior mechanical equipment, including, but not limited to, air conditioning equipment, shall be screened from view of the adjacent residential properties and the street frontages with landscaping or opaque screening materials of a color which is complementary to the building color.

i. Deleted

2. A landscape plan shall be submitted which includes canopy trees along the north property boundary planted at minimum 20 foot intervals to ensure that canopies will touch at maturity. Water harvesting techniques shall be incorporated into the parking lot and landscape irrigation design.

3. The property owner shall dedicate right-of-way for Grant Road, per the Major Streets and Routes Plan, including a 25 foot radius spandrel at the southwest corner of the rezoning site.

4. The property owner shall connect to the public sewer system in the location and manner specified by the Pima County Wastewater Management Department.

5. The incorporation of “Safe by Design” concepts in the development plan for review by the Tucson Police Department.

6. Any relocation, modification, etc., of existing utilities and/or public improvements necessitated by the proposed development will be at no expense to the public.

7. The owner/applicant is allowed five years to comply with all Code requirements and conditions of rezoning.

8. All loading and unloading of vehicles to occur entirely on-site.

9. No major auto or body repair to occur on-site.

10. The installation of an ornamental wrought iron security fence along the project boundary, except in the location of required masonry walls. No chain-link fence, razor wire or barbed wire shall be permitted.

Three (3) written approvals and two (2) written protests have been received. Both protests are within the 150 foot notification area. These protests represent a 4.08 percent protest to the south and a 4.36 percent protest to the north.

A simple majority vote of the Mayor and Council would be necessary to adopt an ordinance should the Mayor and Council choose to approve the rezoning request.

*10. CALL TO THE AUDIENCE, for persons desiring to speak.

*11. ADJOURNMENT

The next scheduled meeting of the Mayor and Council will be held on Monday, June 2, 1997, at 2:00 p.m. in the Mayor and Council Chambers of City Hall, Tucson, Arizona.

* Renumbered due to the added item.

Consent Agenda

A. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT: WITH THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA EXTENDING THE LOW4 PROGRAM

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-289 CITY WIDE/OUTSIDE CITY

(2) Resolution No. 17638 relating to water; approving an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Tucson and the Regents of the University of Arizona to reduce water consumption in commercial and multi-family landscapes.

B. FINANCE: CONTINGENCY FUND TRANSFER FOR YOEMEN TEKIA FOUNDATION

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-290 CITY WIDE

(2) Resolution No. 17632 relating to finance; approving and authorizing, from Fiscal Year 1996-97, the transfer of three hundred twenty dollars from the contingency fund to Organization 001-183-1838-268, for the Yoemen Tekia Foundation.

C. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT: WITH URBAN ENGINEERING, INC., FOR FT. LOWELL EXTENSION, LAUREL AVENUE TO SWAN ROAD DISTRICT PAVING IMPROVEMENT

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-292 WII

(2) Resolution No. 17639 relating to professional services; approving and authorizing execution of a professional design services contract with Urban Engineering, Inc., for Ft. Lowell Extension, Laurel Avenue to Swan Road District Paving Improvement.

D. REAL PROPERTY: ACQUISITION OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SPEEDWAY BOULEVARD AND CRAYCROFT ROAD FOR MISCELLANEOUS BIKEWAY IMPROVEMENTS

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-293 WVI

(2) Resolution No. 17633 relating to real property; authorizing the City Manager to acquire by negotiation, and the City Attorney to condemn if necessary, an easement in certain real property.

E. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT: WITH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO LIMITED CORRECTIONS PEACE OFFICERS

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-294 CITY WIDE

(2) Resolution No. 17634 relating to intergovernmental agreements; approving and authorizing execution of an intergovernmental agreement with the State of Arizona Department of Corrections to provide training to limited corrections peace officers.

F. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT: WITH ENTRANCO ENGINEERS, INC. FOR SIXTH AVENUE, INTERSTATE 10 TO AJO WAY PAVING IMPROVEMENT

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-295 WV

(2) Resolution No. 17635 relating to professional services; approving and authorizing execution of a professional engineering services contract with Entranco Engineers, Inc., for the Sixth Avenue, Interstate 10 to Ajo Way Paving Improvement.

G. GRANT AGREEMENT: WITH ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-296 CITY WIDE

(2) Resolution No. 17636 relating to grants; approving and authorizing execution of a grant agreement with the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission for a Criminal Justice Records Improvement Program.

H. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT: WITH SEVEN CONSULTING FIRMS FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT SURVEYING SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING SURVEYING SERVICES

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-297 CITY WIDE

(2) Resolution No. 17637 relating to professional services; approving and authorizing execution of contracts with R.S. Engineering, Inc. for asset management surveying services; S & S Surveys, Inc.; Precision Land Surveying, Inc.; DJA Engineering Corp.; Buchanan & Associates, Inc.; Ashby Surveying & Drafting, Inc.; and Physical Resource Engineering, Inc. for miscellaneous engineering surveying services.

I. REAL PROPERTY: VACATION AND SALE OF PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SPEEDWAY BOULEVARD AND ALVERNON WAY TO P. JASON WONG

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-298 WVI

(2) Ordinance No. 8873 relating to real property; vacating and declaring certain City property to be surplus property, and authorizing the sale thereof to P. Jason Wong.

J. ASSURANCE AGREEMENT: THE WOODS Subdivision, LOTS 1 THRU 12, COMMON AREA "A" AND BLOCK "A" (C12-96-26)

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-299 WII

(2) Resolution No. 17640 relating to planning: Authorizing the Mayor to execute an assurance agreement securing the completion of improvements required in connection with the approval of a final plat for The Woods Subdivision, Lots 1 thru 12, Common Area A, and Block A.

K. AGREEMENT: WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 479, AFL-CIO TO EXTEND THE EXISTING AGREEMENT

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-300 CITY WIDE

(2) Resolution No. 17641 relating to agreements; approving and authorizing execution of an agreement with the International Association of Firefighters, Local 479, AFL-CIO, extending the expiration of the existing agreement from July 5, 1997, to July 5, 2000.

L. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT: WITH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR TITLE XX FUNDS

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-301 CITY WIDE

(2) Resolution No. 17642 relating to community services; approving and authorizing an intergovernmental agreement with the Arizona Department of Economic Security, authorizing the City of Tucson to expend Federal Title XX funds in subcontracting delivery of social services during Fiscal Year 1997-98.

M. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: January 6, 1997, January 13, 1997

N. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT: WITH EARL KAI CHANN ASSOCIATES FOR THE CITY-WIDE FUEL FACILITIES PROJECT

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-287 CITY WIDE

(2) Resolution No. 17643 relating to professional services; authorizing execution of a professional architectural services contract with Earl Kai Chann Associates for the City-Wide Fuel Facilities Project.

O. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: WITH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ARIZONA AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-306 CITY WIDE

(2) Resolution No. 17644 relating to law enforcement; approving and authorizing execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Tucson Police Department for participation in the Arizona Auto Theft Task Force.

P. LIQUOR LICENSES

A liquor license application will automatically be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item by the Mayor and Council if either of the following occurs: A protest against a liquor license application has been received by the City Clerk; OR, A City staff report recommends denial of a liquor license application.

(1) Report from City Manager MAY19-97-288

(2) PIMA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM, Applicant: Jennifer M. Grant, 6000 E. Valencia Rd., SPECIAL EVENT, City No. T067-97, WV

(3) ARIZONA AEROSPACE FOUNDATION, Applicant: Elissa P. Lines, 6000 E. Valencia Rd., SPECIAL EVENT, City No. T068-97, WV

(4) EL DONANTE, INC. Applicant: James A. Garcia, 3700 S. Mission Rd., SPECIAL EVENT, City No. T069-97, WI

(5) OUR LADY QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS, Applicant: Margarita O. Marrufo, 2915 E. 36th St., SPECIAL EVENT, City No. T070-97, WV

(6) OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS CATHOLIC CHURCH, Applicant: Thomas M. McGuire, 1800 S. Kolb Rd., SPECIAL EVENT, City No. T071-97, WIV

(7) LA SALSA, Applicant: Ron T. Yaeli, 1800 E. Ft. Lowell Rd., NEW LICENSE, Series 12, City No. 030-97, WIII

(8) RICKYS #1, Applicant: Richard Paul Silverman, 5305 E. Speedway Blvd., NEW LICENSE, Series 12, City No. 027-97, WVI

(9) TACO BRON, Applicant: Thomas D. Paldmares, 831 N. Park Ave., PERSON TRANSFER, Series 7, City No. 033-97, WVI

(10) LODGE ON THE DESERT, Applicant: Dirk Oldenburg, 306 N. Alvernon Way, PERSON TRANSFER, Series 6, City No. 034-97, WVI

(11) HUGO O’CONOR’S RESTAURANT, Applicant: Colleen E. Concannon, 450 W. Paseo Redondo, Suite 210, PERSON/LOCATION TRANSFERS, Series 6, City No. 035-97, WI PROTESTS RECEIVED

(12) YUKI’S SUSHI BAR AND JAPANESE RESTAURANT, Applicant: Mitsuyuki Watabe, 7153 E. Tanque Verde Rd., NEW LICENSE, Series 12, City No. 038-97, WII

(13) CONGRESS TAP ROOM, Applicant: Mary Ann Brazil, 311 E. Congress St., TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PREMISES, City No. EP16-97, WVI

(14) CONGRESS TAP ROOM, Applicant: Mary Ann Brazil, 311 E. Congress St., TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PREMISES, City No. EP17-97, WVI

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