PRESENT:

Al Kunisch, Vice Mayor Paula Abbott, Council Member K.C. Carter, Council Member Helen Dankwerth, Council Member Barry Gillaspie, Council Member Terry Parish, Council Member

EXCUSED:

Paul Loomis, Mayor

Vice Mayor Kunisch led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Town Manager David Andrews reviewed the upcoming meetings and events.

Council Member Gillaspie reported that the Advisory Steering Committee for the Arroyo Grande Project continues to meet.  He stated that the Committee would be delivering some policy considerations to the Arizona State Land Department soon for their review and consideration. 

Council Member Abbott congratulated the 2008 graduating classes from Canyon Del Oro High School (CDO) and Ironwood Ridge High Schools.

Communications Specialist Mary Davis reported that the Town’s Economic Development Specialist and the Communications Division are working with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to provide updates to businesses during the Oracle Road Widening project.

Chief of Police Danny Sharp reported that he attended the CDO High School graduation and grad night and both were great events.  He stated that he also attended the "walk through" for Ironwood Ridge High School’s grad night event.  He stated that the organizers and volunteers asked him to thank the Council for their support in making graduation a safe event for the graduating seniors.

Vice Mayor Kunisch presented a Plaque of Appreciation to Helen Dankwerth for her service on the Town Council. 

Council Member Dankwerth stated that she thoroughly enjoyed working for the Town and thanked all that supported her over the years.  She stated that she expects to remain active in the Town.

At the request of Council, Vice Mayor Kunisch pulled items N and D from the Consent Agenda for discussion.

MOTION: A motion was made by Council Member Gillaspie and seconded by Council Member Parish to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of items D and N.

MOTION carried, 6-0.

A.	Minutes - April 23 & 30, 2008; April 2, 2008 (continued from May 7th)

B.	Critical Path Institute 2007 Annual Report

C.	Economic Development Division Monthly Report

D.	Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc. Quarterly Report: January 1, 2008 - March 31, 2008 (PULLED FOR DISCUSSION)

In response to a question from Council Member Abbott, Town Manager David Andrews stated that he would obtain information regarding the conference in San Diego. 

MOTION: A motion was made by Council Member Abbott and seconded by Council Member Carter to accept the Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities Quarterly Report.

MOTION carried, 6-0.

E.	Resolution No. (R)08 - 33 Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Town of Oro Valley and Pima County for Payment for the incarceration of Municipal Prisoners effective July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009

F.	Resolution No. (R)08 - 34 Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement for Cooperative Law Enforcement Training Operations among Public Agencies within the State of Arizona

G.	Resolution No. (R)08 - 35 Adopting updates to Policy 6 "Classification" and Policy 12 "Compensation" of the Town of Oro Valley Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual

H.

Resolution No. (R)08 - 36 Authorizing and approving the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the State of Arizona, Department of Transportation for the exchange of Surface Transportation Program (STP) Federal Funds to Highway User Revenue Funds (HURF) in the amount of $1,000,000.00 for the design and construction of Rancho Vistoso Boulevard: Big Wash to Vistoso Highlands Project No. OV 30 07/08 13

I.	Resolution No. (R)08 - 37 Authorizing and approving the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the State of Arizona for the construction of a Pedestrian bridge spanning the Cañada Del Oro Wash, located adjacent to the northern end of the Steam Pump Village development

J.	Resolution No. (R)08 - 38 Approving the Agreement Between the Town of Oro Valley and Kai Farms for a Groundwater Savings Facility Project (Central Arizona Project (CAP) Recharge)

K.	Resolution No. (R)08 - 39 Reaffirming the commitment of the Town of Oro Valley to environmental sustainability and encouraging community awareness and participation

L.	OV5-05-01C Approval of public art proposed for the southern portion of the Oracle Crossing Shopping Center, within the parking lot island between building pad 5 and 7, located in proximity to the southwest corner of Oracle Road and Magee Road

M.	OV5-08-03 Approval of public art proposed within the central courtyard of the Oracle Road Office Development located at 7790 N. Oracle Road

N.

Approval to modify a General Note on all Stone Canyon subdivision plat regarding building envelope sizes for all lots in OV12-98-02G, Stone Canyon I North; OV12-98-02H, Stone Canyon I South; OV12-98-22O, Stone Canyon II; OV12-98-22P, Stone Canyon IIA; OV12-00-11A, Stone Canyon III; OV12-00-15A, Stone Canyon IV; OV12-01-03D, Stone Canyon VI; OV12-03-34A, Stone Canyon VII (PULLED FOR DISCUSSION)

In response to concerns posed by Council Member Gillaspie regarding combining lots and the potential for grading in sensitive areas, Paul Oland of The WLB Group, represented the applicant. He explained that the request for the change was based on inquiries from people that wanted to purchase a lot and build in the Stone Canyon area.  He stated that the plots map out rock outcroppings, flood plains, sloped areas, etc., and defined sensitive areas.  He explained that their proposals would not encroach into these sensitive areas but would allow a reasonable expanse of grading.  He stated that they have not had requests to date, to have more than 2 lots combined. 

Council Member Gillaspie suggested adding wording that would allow Planning staff to help review sensitive areas also.  Mr. Oland explained that Staff review was already built into the process and maps would be presented for their consideration.

Further discussion followed regarding:
~The average home is Stone Canyon is less than 5,000 square feet.
~Not all adjacent lots would allow a combination of lots due to platted no-build areas.
~The number of combinations where lots could be combined were not analyzed as of yet.
  *An analysis would be conducted only if a buyer was requesting a combination of lots.
~Building envelope includes all grading for the entire house project.
~No-build area is staked for Town staff review.
~Sewer lines were installed in most of the areas.
~Topography of lots.
~Worked with Staff to allow the ordinance to be recorded and attached to the plats instead of re-recording each plat (change to Exhibit "A").
~ Limit combination of lots to 3 (45,000 square foot lot).

Planning and Zoning Director Sarah More noted that when analyzing the request, Staff focused on the overall potential decrease of the impact to the environment and the decrease to the potential gradable area.  She explained that the lots were staked and Planning and Engineering staff were in the field to ensure that the sensitive areas were not included in the gradable areas.  She stated that they also intend to add an additional review process if the combinations of lots should occur.  She also stated that there were benefits to this request as it would decrease the net impact on the land.

Town Engineer Craig Civalier expressed concerns about note changes to the plat.  He suggested adding a condition that would direct Staff to work with the engineer of record to provide a scriveners error on each plat so that the notes of change would be recorded on each plat.

MOTION: A motion was made by and seconded by to

MOTION carried, 5-1 with Council Member Abbott opposed.

Council Member Abbott stated that she did not support the motion as she felt that it was "too open ended".

Corky Poster of Poster Frost Associates, reviewed a PowerPoint presentation on the proposed Steam Pump Ranch Master Plan.  Mr. Poster highlighted the following:
~Interpretive Concept
  *Pusch Period 1874 - 1932
  *Procter-Leiber Period 1933 - 2008
~Master Plan Phase 1, Pre-Opening Phase (May 2008 - February 2012)
   a. Emergency Repairs - Summer 2008
   b. Pusch Ranch House - January 2009
   c. Pump House Building - 2009 with additional funding.
~Opening Phase, complete February 2012
~Capital Costs of Opening Phase
  *$459,000 for site infrastructure and civil (power/water/sewer/grading etc.)
  *$2.07 million for landscape elements
  *$2.37 million for buildings and structures
  *$5,634,400 TOTAL construction costs(with $734,900 escalation to March 2011 (5%
    per year) for Pump House and Pusch Ranch House)

Drew Gorski of Poster Frost Associates, reviewed the restoration/reconstruction plans for the site.

Mr. Poster reviewed the third phase (Build Out Phase) and optional place holders for future buildings on or near the site (i.e. equestrian facilities, caretakers cottage, chicken coops, arts and crafts areas, multi-purpose event center, potential office building and proposed Town well.

Discussion followed regarding:
~Heritage Grant process
  *Submitting to the State for review and will be on the June 4th Town Council Agenda for
    authorization of the application.
~Equestrian center (for future discussions).
~BBQ pit - proposed as a functional BBQ area after restored.

Planning and Zoning Director Sarah More thanked Poster Frost Associates and all those that worked on the project.  She explained that the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) funds, bond funds and potential grant funds were included in the proposed budget with the exception of the interpretive program.  She also stated that with regard to the proposed Water Utility well site, the recommendation was to address this in a future phase.  However, she asked Council to consider the well in the First Phase due to the overall community benefit and the ability to mitigate any impact of the well installation through the initial design.

MOTION: A motion was made by Council Member Gillaspie and seconded by Council Member Carter to adopt Resolution (R)08-40, approving the Master Site Plan for Steam Pump Ranch.

Council Member Dankwerth cautioned that the implementation of the site plan may take longer than the projected time line due to hard, uncertain economic times.

Council Member Parish noted that if the community believed that this was a priority in the Town, then they need to stay involved and keep the process moving forward.

MOTION carried, 6-0.

Vice Mayor Kunisch recessed the meeting at 8:15 p.m. The meeting resumed at 8:25 p.m.  (Council Member Abbott left the meeting during the recess).

Laura Ortiz of Evergreen Devco represented the applicant. She reviewed an aerial map  and presented an overview of the Phase 3 development plan for Steam Pump Village.  She commented that they would incorporate multiple vehicular connections between all phases and would include multiple pedestrian pathways.  She also reported that the development plan was approved by the Development Review Board (DRB).  She reviewed parking ratios (Steam Pump PAD requires 1 space per 300 sq. ft. minimum) and Park and Ride locations.  Ms. Ortiz stated that the applicant agreed with the conditions in Exhibit A with the exception of Condition 4.  She reported that Staff agreed to a modification of Condition 4 to the first sentence as follows: The Park and Ride spaces depicted in Attachment C must be reserved made available (on a non-exclusive basis) for citizens parking their cars and riding the bus to their destinations.

Planning and Zoning Director Sarah More reviewed the Council Communication and explained that concerns raised regarding conditions in Exhibit A have been resolved by the DRB.  She stated that Transit Administrator Aimee Ramsey reviewed the modified language to Condition 4 and found it appropriate.  Ms. More further stated that the development plan met all applicable General Plan policies, Zoning Code requirements, design guidelines and Steam Pump Planned Area Development (PAD) requirements 

In response to a question from Council Member Gillaspie, Ms. Ortiz explained that shading for pedestrian walkway areas was discussed with the DRB and shading would provided by building awnings/canopies and landscaping.

MOTION: A motion was made by Council Member Parish and seconded by Council Member Dankwerth to approve OV12-03-16C, development plan and preliminary plat for Steam Pump Village Phase 3 with conditions in Exhibit "A" and with the modified language for condition 4 to: The Park and Ride spaces depicted in Attachment C must be reserved made available (on a non-exclusive basis) for citizens parking their cars and riding the bus to their destinations.

Exhibit "A"
1) Revise the plan to reposition the crosswalk that is currently situated within the main ingress/egress drive.  Relocate this proposed pedestrian crossing to the main access drive/PAAL intersection located directly in front of the Daycare Building.  All connecting walkways and curb access ramps will need to be adjusted accordingly.
2) Revise the plan to include the use of wheel stops within the double loaded parking aisle located centrally north/south between buildings 6 & 7.  The wheel stops shall extend along the entire parking aisle from east to west.
3) Provide a pedestrian sidewalk connection between buildings 8 & 9.  The sidewalk must continue from the north side of building 8 across the parking area connecting to the sidewalk area on the northern portion of the site.
4) The Park and Ride spaces depicted in Attachment C must be reserved made available (on a non-exclusive basis) for citizens parking their cars and riding the bus to their destinations. Additional improvements including but not limited to signage and distinctively colored parking stall striping is required subject to review and approval by the Town Transit Administrator.

MOTION carried, 5-0.

Paul Oland of The WLB Group, represented Stone Canyon and reviewed the preliminary plat for Stone Canyon VIII, lots 486-602.  He explained that there was a 16,000 square foot maximum disturbance per lot (building envelope).  He stated that they have placed roads around the natural features and the building pads will also be constructed around natural features. Mr. Oland addressed the conditions in Exhibit "A" and asked that condition 6 be modified to allow Town staff to work with the applicant on a solution to route construction traffic that backs up on Vistoso Highlands Drive.  He stated that the main entrance was not designed to handle all construction traffic and it presented safety and fire issues.  He requested that the traffic be split between two gates. 

Planning and Zoning Director Sarah More reported that the preliminary plat was unanimously recommended for approval by the Development Review Board subject to the conditions in Exhibit "A".  She explained that the site was over 352 acres in size with 117 lots and 233 acres of open space.  She explained that many of the conditions on this property were established as a result of a pre-annexation agreement with Pima County.  She stated that text has been added regarding a school site for Amphitheater School District.  Ms. More reported that this preliminary plat met General Plan policies, Rancho Vistoso Planned Area Development (PAD) requirements and the Town’s Zoning Code policies and applicable design guidelines.  She further stated that Amphitheater School site was not finalized, but the School Board did vote to accept the school site in Neighborhood 5.

Discussion followed regarding:
~Wording from the Town Engineer for Condition 6 to provide that the developer
  work with Town staff to alleviate any vehicle back up at the Vistoso gate at
  any time and that vehicles be allowed to enter Stone Canyon and either sit on
  the construction site or the lot that they intend to work on.
~Gate hours - 6:00 a.m. or sunrise which ever is later to sunset.
~Clarify that all construction vehicles must stop at the gate to register before
  entering the Stone Canyon property.
~Exhibit "A", Condition 3 - Possibly transfer titles at time of final platting to the
  school district. (In process of changing the school site in the General Plan. The
  title transfer works better at this time as noted in Condition 3).

MOTION: A motion was made by and seconded by to

Council Member Gillaspie asked for a friendly amendment to provide that the proposed school site be provided by Vistoso Partners, LLC to the Amphitheater School District with the final plat as a condition of approval as the Town would not leave a site in the General Plan amendment process that has been dedicated as medium density residential.  

Council Member Parish did not accept the amendment as he stated that this process has not been completed because of the school district.  He stated that the property is worthless to them until the school site is done.  

MOTION carried, 3-2 with Council Member Carter and Council Member Gillaspie opposed.

Bill Adler, Oro Valley resident, referenced Steam Pump Ranch and stated that he felt that is was necessary to create a Speakers Bureau to get information out to citizens about the site, phases, costs, etc.  He commented on the roles of the Historic Society and the Town to take the lead to inform the public of the details. 

MOTION: A motion was made by Council Member Parish and seconded by Council Member Carter to adjourn at 8:55 p.m.

MOTION carried, 5-0.