City Council meets Tuesday; two public hearings scheduled

Maricopa’s City Council will discuss 2007 amendments to the tax code via both resolution and ordinance. Council will also host public hearings on Global Water’s issuance of bonds and an amendment to Article 14 of the city zoning code, relating to subdivision regulations. The agendas follow:

Maricopa City Council Work Session
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 6:00 pm
Maricopa High School
45012 West Honeycutt Avenue
Maricopa, AZ 85239

1.0 Call To Order

2.0 Roll Call

3.0 Minutes – There are no minutes scheduled for approval at this meeting.

4.0 Agenda Items

4.1 Council Meeting Location Change. The City Council shall discuss possibly moving the location where the Council meetings are held to the First Baptist Church located at 18705 N. John Wayne Parkway. Discussion.

4.2 Purchase of Modular Building. The City Council shall discuss approving the purchase of a modular building and a budgetary transfer in the amount of $92,000.00. Discussion.

4.3 Resolution 06-40. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the City Clerk and entitled “The 2007 amendments to the tax code of the City of Maricopa.´” Discussion.

4.4 Ordinance 06-17. An Ordinance of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, relating to the Privilege License Tax; adopting “The 2007 amendments to the tax code of the City of Maricopa”; by reference; establishing an effective date; providing for severability and providing penalties for violations. Discussion.

4.5 Resolution 06-41. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, allowing the expenditure of parks and recreation development fees for the purchase of a utility trailer amending fiscal year 2007 budget transferring budgetary authority from the contingency line item to machinery. Discussion.

4.6 SPR06.22: Paul Rogers with Ethos Architecture is requesting review of the site plan and elevations for the proposed AmTrust Bank within Shops at Maricopa Fiesta Commercial Center located at 20797 thru 20850 N. John Wayne Parkway (SR347); this proposal includes: a bank and three drive through lanes. The Site plan review encompasses one building on this site; which will include approximately 4,402 square feet of Bank space. The site is generally located north or the northwest corner of the John Wayne Parkway (SR347) and Edison Road within the City of Maricopa corporate limits. The site was zoned “CB-2” General Business Zone under case number PZ-PD-038-00 and PZ-038-00, the Acacia Crossings Planned Area Development on October 18, 2000. Discussion.

4.7 CUP05.02. Global Water Resources is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permitt (CUP) to allow for a 100′ SCADA communications tower located on thirty-two (32) acres at 41625 W. Hiller Road within the City of Maricopa corporate limits. This request will allow for the complete communication and atomization of Global Water’s entire water/wastewater infrastructure including but not limited to: lift stations, well sites, lake level controls and treatment facilities. The property was rezoned from General Rural (GR) to Industrial Zone (CI-2) PAD under Pinal County case number(s) PZ-030-97 and PZ-PD-030-97 on November 26, 1997. Discussion.

5.0 Report from the Mayor – This meeting is a work session and there is no report from the Mayor scheduled.

6.0 Call to the Public – This meeting is a work session and there is no Call to the Public scheduled.

7.0 Executive Session

7.1 The Maricopa City Council may go into executive session for purposes of obtaining legal advice from the City’s attorney regarding the Subdivision Regulations pursuant to A.R.S.§ 38-431.03 (A)(3).

7.2 The Maricopa City Council may go into executive session for purposes of obtaining legal advice from the City’s attorney regarding the possible acquisition of right of way along SR347 and to discuss the status of the negotiations with the landowner and to obtain direction from the City Council concerning how to proceed with the negotiations pursuant to A.R.S.§ 38-431.03 (A)(3) and (4).

8.0 Adjournment

Note: This meeting is open to the public. All interested persons are welcome to attend. Supporting documents and staff reports, which were furnished to the Council with this Agenda, are available for review.

Maricopa City Council Regular Meeting
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Maricopa High School
45012 West Honeycutt Avenue
Maricopa, AZ 85239

1.0 Call To Order

1.1 Invocation
1.2 Pledge of Allegiance

2.0 Roll Call

3.0 Proclamations, Acknowledgements and Awards

4.0 Minutes

4.1 Approval of Minutes from the August 22, 2006 City of Maricopa Executive Session
4.2 Approval of Minutes from the September 5, 2006 City of Maricopa Executive Session (1)
4.3 Approval of Minutes from the September 5, 2006 City of Maricopa Executive Session (2)

5.0 Public Hearings

5.1 Global Water. A public hearing will be held to receive public comment regarding the issuance by The Industrial Development
Authority of the County of Pima of its Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds (Global Water Resources LLC Project), Series 2006,
to be issued in one or more tax-exempt and taxable series, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $40,000,000.

5.2 TXT05-06: An Amendment to the City of Maricopa’s’ Zoning Code to add a new Article 14, Subdivision Regulations (Article 14 of the City Code) specifically for the City of Maricopa. The new Subdivision Regulations would repeal the existing Article 14 of the Maricopa City Code, City of Maricopa Subdivision Regulations, in its entirety and adopt a new Article 14 of the Maricopa City Code, City of Maricopa Subdivision Regulations. Chapters to be added would include “Chapter 3, Types of Subdivision Developments, Chapter 5, Master Plan Development (M.P.D) and Planned Area Development (P.A.D.)” and “Chapter 6, Design Standards.”

6.0 Agenda Items

Items on the agenda are open for citizen input. Please fill out a card and present it to the City Clerk before the meeting begins. The mayor will call upon you for your comments.

Consent Agenda. All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine matters and will be enacted by one motion and one roll call vote of the Council. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member or member of the public so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence of the agenda.

6.1 **Purchase of Modular Building. The City Council shall discuss and possibly take action on approving the purchase of a modular building and a budgetary transfer in the amount of $92,000.00. Discussion & Action.

6.2 **Resolution 06-40. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the City Clerk and entitled “The 2007 amendments to the tax code of the City of Maricopa.´” Discussion & Action.

6.3 **Ordinance 06-17. An Ordinance of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, relating to the Privilege License Tax; adopting “The 2007 amendments to the tax code of the City of Maricopa”; by reference; establishing an effective date; providing for severability and providing penalties for violations. Discussion & Action.

6.4 **Resolution 06-41. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Maricopa, Arizona, allowing the expenditure of parks and recreation development fees for the purchase of a utility trailer amending fiscal year 2007 budget transferring budgetary authority from the contingency line item to machinery. Discussion & Action.

6.5 **SPR06.22: Paul Rogers with Ethos Architecture is requesting review of the site plan and elevations for the proposed AmTrust Bank within Shops at Maricopa Fiesta Commercial Center located at 20797 thru 20850 N. John Wayne Parkway (SR347); this proposal includes: a bank and three drive through lanes. The Site plan review encompasses one building on this site; which will include approximately 4,402 square feet of Bank space. The site is generally located north or the northwest corner of the John Wayne Parkway (SR347) and Edison Road within the City of Maricopa corporate limits. The site was zoned “CB-2” General Business Zone under case number PZ-PD-038-00 and PZ-038-00, the Acacia Crossings Planned Area Development on October 18, 2000. Discussion & Action.

6.6 **CUP05.02. Global Water Resources is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to allow for a 100′ SCADA communications tower located on thirty-two (32) acres at 41625 W. Hiller Road within the City of Maricopa corporate limits. This request will allow for the complete communication and atomization of Global Water’s entire water/wastewater infrastructure including but not limited to: lift stations, well sites, lake level controls and treatment facilities. The property was rezoned from General Rural (GR) to Industrial Zone (CI-2) PAD under Pinal County case number(s) PZ-030-97 and PZ-PD-030-97 on November 26, 1997. Discussion & Action.

7.0 Report from the Mayor

8.0 Call to the Public

The procedures to follow if you address the Council are: Council requests that you express your ideas in five minutes or less and refrain from any personal attacks or derogatory statements about any City employee, a fellow citizen, or anyone else, whether in the audience or not. The Mayor will limit discussion whenever he deems such an action appropriate to the proper conduct of the meeting. At the conclusion of an open call to the public, individual members of the Council may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the Council, may ask Staff to review a matter, or may ask that a matter be put on a future agenda. However, members of the Council shall not discuss or take legal action on any matters during an open call to the public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action.

9.0 Executive Session

The Maricopa City Council may go into executive session for purposes of obtaining legal advice from the City’s attorney on any of the above agenda items pursuant to A.R.S.§ 38-431.03 (A)(3).

10. Adjournment

Note: This meeting is open to the public. All interested persons are welcome to attend. Supporting documents and staff reports, which were furnished to the Council with this Agenda, are available for review.