Council may consider $60,000 CAREDF agreement

City Council may discuss Tuesday its contract with the Central Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation.

Although the city pays $60,000 a year for membership to CAREDF, it was stated during the May 6 budget retreat the development group has brought “no business leads” to the city.

Unless council decides to end the agreement, the contract is set to take effect July 19.

Maricopa City Council Work Session

Revised Friday, June 17, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 6:00 pm

 Maricopa Unified School District Board Room

44150 W. Maricopa/Casa Grande Highway

Maricopa, AZ 85138  

1.0 Call To Order 

2.0 Roll Call 

3.0 Agenda Items 

3.1 The Mayor and City Council shall review items on the Regular City Council meeting agenda for June 21, 2011. 

3.2 The Mayor and City Council shall hear reports on meeting and/or conferences attended by Council. 

3.3 The Mayor and Council shall receive a legislative recap of the 2011 State Legislative Session by Intergovernmental Manager Paul Jepson. 

3.4 The Mayor and City Council shall hear a presentation by Recreation Coordinator Maria Billingsley on the specialized teen programming services provided by Kim Hunter, owner of Koko Entertainment. Also included is a detailed report and performance measures for his professional services in 2010. 

3.5 The Mayor and City Council shall hear a presentation by Trevor Hill of Global Water regarding Infrastructure Coordination and Financing Agreements and the proposed changes to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Maricopa and Global Water. 

The Mayor and City Council may discuss the following items that may be on a future Council agenda 

There are no future council agenda items for discussion scheduled. 

4.0 Executive Session 

4.1 The Maricopa City Council may go into executive session for purpose of obtaining legal advice from the City’s attorney and to consider its position and instruct representatives regarding negotiations for the purchase, sale or lease of real property pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03 (A)(3) and (A)(7). 

4.2 The Maricopa City Council may go into executive session for the purpose of discussion or consultation with the City’s attorney to consider its options and instruct representatives regarding the Ak-Chin Indian Community’s Fee-to-Trust Applications with the Federal Government which includes properties within and near the City of Maricopa pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03 (A)(3). 

4.3 The Maricopa City Council may go into executive session for the purpose of obtaining legal advice and discussion or consultation with the City Attorney to consider its position and instruct its attorney regarding the public body’s position regarding an annexation and possibly entering into a Pre-annexation and Development Agreement with one or more landowners in the annexation area and the potential terms thereof to facilitate such annexation, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3) and (A)(4). 

5.0 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.