Mayor and Council Agendas for

1. ROLL CALL

2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION - Pastor Rickey Bernard Harvey, Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Mayor and Council, Staff and Public in Attendance

3. CONSENT AGENDA - ITEMS A THROUGH O

FOR COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS SEE THE 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. FINANCE: CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

(a) Report from City Manager APRIL19-99-187 CITY-WIDE

(b) Resolution No. 18269. Resolution relating to real and personal property; authorizing the lease and lease-back of certain real property and equipment by the City pursuant to a ground lease, an equipment lease and a lease-purchase agreement; approving the execution, sale and delivery of certificates of participation in the lease-purchase agreement; and declaring an emergency.

5. ZONING: (C9-98-38) STRUBLE II - AJO WAY, R-2 TO C-2, ZONING EXAMINER’S REPORT AND ORDINANCE ADOPTION

(a) Report from City Manager APRIL19-99-192 WV

(b) Report from Zoning Examiner dated March 19, 1999

(c) Request to rezone approximately 0.21 acres located on the southeast corner of Pandora Avenue and Ajo Way. Applicant: Mr. Jacob F. Struble, the property owner. The preliminary development plan includes this parcel in the development of a automotive parts and service store on a total of 1.07 acres which is an element of a automotive care center extending on the south side of Ajo Way from Pandora Avenue to Valley Road (2.75 acres). The proposed use of the land is for parking, circulation, and buffering for the adjacent C-2 zoned automotive parts store. The Planning Department recommends approval of C-2 zoning and adoption of the ordinance presented, subject to certain conditions. The Zoning Examiner recommends approval of C-2 zoning, subject to certain conditions. The City Manager recommends approval of C-2 zoning and adoption of the ordinance presented, subject to the following conditions:

1. A development plan, in substantial compliance with the preliminary development plan and the Design Compatibility Report, is to be submitted for review and approval in accordance with Section 5.3.8 of the LUC, including, but not limited to:

a. Revision of the development plan for C9-81-63 Struble -Ajo Way to include this property.

b. No more than one (1) access point from Pandora Avenue to the entire C-2 property.

2. The owner/developer shall dedicate right-of-way for Ajo Way per the Major Streets and Routes Plan, including a 25-foot radius spandrel at the southeast corner.

3. A revision to the drainage report for C9-81-63 Struble - Ajo Way shall be submitted for review and approval, including details of retention/detention.

4. Any required or proposed masonry screen walls shall be constructed of, or painted with, graffiti-resistant materials. Those screen walls visible from the public right-of-way 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. In addition, any continuous wall greater than 75 feet in length and 3 feet in height shall vary the wall alignment (jog, curve, notch, or setback, etc.) and include trees or shrubs in the voids created by the variations.

5. An on-the-ground survey by a qualified archeologist shall be performed before any ground modification, and if any remains are found, a data recovery program approved by the Arizona State Museum shall be performed.

6. "Safe by Design" concepts shall be incorporated in the development plan for review by the Tucson Police Department.

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

8. Issuance of a building permit for construction of the proposed development based on an approved development plan in compliance with all Code requirements and conditions of rezoning by April 19, 2004.

(d) Ordinance No. 9222 relating to zoning: Amending zoning district boundaries in the vicinity of the south east corner of Ajo Way and Pandora Avenue in case C9-98-38, Struble II - Ajo Way, R-1 to C-2; and establishing an effective date.

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

A simple majority vote of the Mayor and Council will be necessary to adopt the ordinance presented.

6. REAL PROPERTY: ACQUISITION OF 2075 NORTH SIXTH AVENUE FOR EXTENSION OF SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY

(a) Report from City Manager APRIL19-99-198 WIII

(b) Resolution No. 18278 relating to real property; authorizing the City Manager to acquire by negotiation certain real property.

7. APPEAL: (S-98-13) APPEAL OF SIGN CODE ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD DECISION - 5915 E. SPEEDWAY BOULEVARD, OUTDOOR SYSTEMS, INC. (CITY APPEAL NO. S-98-003)

(a) Report from City Manager APRIL19-99-179 WVI

(b) Applicant/Appellant: William D. Cleaveland, of Morrill & Aronson P.L.C., Attorneys at Law, representing Outdoor Systems Inc.

This is an appeal of a decision of the Sign Code Advisory and Appeals Board to (1) uphold the Building Official’s determination denying the applicant’s sign permit application to combine two small billboard faces to form one large one, and (2) the Board’s decision denying the applicant’s request to the Board for a variance. Specifically, the applicant requested a variance to lower the top advertising face on the existing nonconforming billboard, located at 5915 E. Speedway Boulevard, to eliminate the 8" to 12" of space between the two existing 6' X 12' sign faces.

The Board upheld the Building Official’s determination that denied their sign permit application and the requested variance.

The applicant is now appealing the Board’s decisions to the Mayor and Council.

The City Manager recommends that the Mayor and Council consider the merits of the appeal and vote to uphold, reverse, modify or remand the decision of the Board.

8. FINANCE: INVESTMENT OF TUCSON SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS IN TOBACCO COMPANIES

(a) Report from City Manager APRIL19-99-186 CITY-WIDE

(b) Resolution No. 18268 relating to finance and investment: Providing investment direction for the Tucson Supplemental Retirement System.

9. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

(a) Report from City Manager APRIL19-99-180 CITY-WIDE

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

11. ADJOURNMENT

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Mayor and Council will be held on Monday, April 26, 1999, at 7:30 p.m., in the Mayor and Council Chambers, 255 West Alameda, Tucson, Arizona.

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