MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE

MINUTES OF MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE

THATCHER TOWN COUNCIL

April 8, 2008

MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor, Bob Rivera

Vice Mayor, Bill Mulleneaux

Councilmember’s: Ken Larson, Eric Merriman, Donald Innes, Charles Morris

MEMBERS ABSENT: Doug Hoopes

ALSO PRESENT: Terry Hinton, Town Manager

Mark Stevens, Chief of Police

Heath Brown, Town Engineer

Dudley Welker, Town Attorney

Lona Duncan, Town Clerk

VISTORS: Jon Stevens, Kenny Angle, Glenn Orr, Alan Perkins, Rory Wilson, Matt Clifford, Keri Lunt, Kris Matthans, Jeffrey Hatch, Bradley Ferrin, Sam Savage, David Moore, Brent Hatch, Nick Orr, Skyler Lines, Michael Ortiz, Trystan Montez, Daniel Orr, Jared Norton, Jeremich Ward

AGENDA

Mayor Rivera called the meeting to order at 7:00pm establishing that there was a Quorum. Mayor Rivera ask the Boy Scouts to stand and introduce them selves with they all did.He also said God bless our Troops, Family and America

Pledge of Allegiance lead by Dudley Welker

Roll Call.

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

A. Rezoning of property W. of Reay Lane and N. of the Highline Canal – Kenny Angle

Attorney Kenny Angle stood and said he was here to answer any question that they might have.

B. Final Plat for Mountain Vista Estates S. of Daley Estates.

Rory Wilson stood and said he was with SMA and explained that they wanted to put in a subdivion south of Daley Estates of about 195 lots. They are Palm Harbor home with porches and car ports built with 2x4 wood frame placed on a permanent foundation. We are having a problem with the set back in the back yard of 25ft we would like a variance of 5 ft in order to get the foot print of the house in there. Terry ask if that was on all the lots and the answer was no but it will probably be from # 1 to #130 was Heath’s comments. We could get by with a variance of 1 or 2 feet but it would be nice to have the 5 ft. Mayor River ask how many square feet the houses

will be and the answer was 1200 to 1500 sq ft depending if it is a single car garage. Vice Mayor Mulleneaux ask if there were houses behind them and the answer was yes. Vice Mayor also ask if it was a common property line or an alley and the answer was common property line so it could be possible that you will only have 40 feet between the two houses if we grant 5 ft and the answer was yes. Mayor Rivera ask the size of the housing area and the answer was 100ft deep by 80ft wide. Terry ask about the improvement to Valley View and Heath said they are on the improvement plan.

OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC:

None

PUBLIC APPEARANCES:

None

CONSENT AGENDA:

A. Approve minutes of the February 12, 2007 Regular Council Meeting.

B. Planning and Zoning Monthly Report.

C. Police Monthly Report.

D. Approval of Invoices.

E. Financial Reports.

Councilman Merriman ask about the item under Giant Gas Station- stolen gas. Terry explained that it is restitution from someone that stole gas.

Councilman Morris made motion to approve the minutes and reports. Vice Mayor Merriman seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. Motion passed.

OLD BUSINESS:

A. EAC Pool

Terry said he gave them a copy of the letter that was sent to the Mayor by the Vice President of EAC giving the direct and information they have at this time. Mayor Rivera ask about what the time is on the future that he is referring to is it a year or longer. Terry said he would find out what that time period is. Councilman Innes said he talked to Dan Welker and they are not looking at making a decision on the Event Center until 2010. Councilman Morris said the letter states the planning process will begin in 12 months. Councilman Innes said this has been a problem for two years now. Mayor Rivera ask Terry to check on time frame and lets wait and see what happens this summer with the pool and start the process from there.

NEW BUSINESS:

A. RESOLUTION NO. 521-2008: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND

COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF THATCHER, ARIZONA, DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT FILED WITH THE TOWN CLERK AND ENTITLED "THE 2008 AMENDMENTS TO THE TAX CODE OF THE TOWN OF THATCHER".

Terry explained that the League made a change this is the second version and so it need to be adopted.

Councilman Innes made motion to approve the Resolution No. 521-2008. Councilman Merriman seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. Motion passed.

B. ORDINANCE NO. 153-2008: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF THATCHER, ARIZONA, RELATING TO THE PRIVILEGE LICENSE TAX; ADOPTING "THE 2008 AMENDMENTS TO THE TAX CODE OF THE TOWN OF THATCHER" BY REFERENCE; ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

Terry said again this is the companion to the Resolution above.

Councilman Morris made the motion to approve the Ordinance No. 153-2008. Councilman Larson seconded the motion The vote was unanimous. Motion passed

C. RESOLUTION NO. 522-2008: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITYCOUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF THATCHER AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR FY 2008 STATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, CERTIFYING THAT SAID APPLICATION MEETS THE COMMUNITY'S PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZING ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND COMPLETE THE ACTIVITIES OUTLINED IN SAID APPLICATION.

Terry explained that it is our turn for the CDBG grant this year and the special survey that was completed in Daley Estes shows the trailer section is what qualifies. We are going to put in the sidewalks. This time we will receive about $360,000.00. I am not sure if we will do most of the work it depends on the work load that we have at the time.

Councilman Innes made motion to accept Resolution No. 522-2008. Councilman Morris seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. Motion passed

D. Rezoning decision.

Terry said that this was unanimously approved by P&Z and staff concurs.

Vice Mayor Mulleneaux made motion to approve rezoning of property W of Reay Lane and N of the Highline Canal. Councilman Morris seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. Motion passed

E. Final Plat decision on Mountain View Estates.

Terry said this was also approved by P&Z and staff concurs but P&Z was not aware of the variance of 5ft.

Vice Mayor Mulleneaux made the motion to approve final plat and accept the variance of 1 ft set back on the rear of the property. Councilman Innes seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. Motion passed

F. Cota Ranches infrastructure acceptance.

Terry said the letter in there packet gives the Engineer’s estimate on what they based the infrastructure bond. Heath has inspected it twice and he recommends the entire infrastructure on this list has been completed and we could except this part into our system and release the bond. Councilman Morris ask if this included the water basin. The answer was no that is separate it is not bonded Terry said that there is now a water meter and Brent will take care of the electricity and they will be able to finish that up.

Councilman Innes made motion to accept the release of bond and accept the infrastructure of sewer, street and sidewalks. Councilman Morris seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. Motion passed

EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to A.R.S. Section 38-431.03 (A)(7) the Council may go into Executive Session to consult with the Town Attorney for legal advise.

Terry ask for Attorney Welker, Heath, Lona and himself to be able to stay in executive session.

Vice Mayor Mulleneaux made motion to go into Executive Session. Councilman Hoopes seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous time was 7:40

Councilman Morris made motion to return to Regular Meeting. Vice Mayor Mulleneaux seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous time was 8:10

A. Decision on Executive Session.

None

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:

A. Town Manager’s Report:

Terry said we are working on 1^st Ave installing the conduit. Qwest and Cable One say they are ready to go. We should have all the conduit installed by tomorrow and Friday or Monday we will start pulling wire and start working on the drain pipe. You that live between the canal and Aguila Drive will be inconvinced off and on while we get the old pipe out and new pipe in. After that we start putting the curbs and sidewalks in. We are hoping by the end of summer we will have that all completed.

The bad new I received today is that Lyle Grant former Council member is hour to hour and I made arrangement for the Town to open and close his grave. I spoke with his wife and he is 92 years of age.

The two hotels are progressing nicely and we are pretty certain there will be a restaurant in the hotel. Kasia Homes is gone and Mr. Lee has taken them back and is going to finish the homes. There are five or six homes that are occupied. I believe it is going to be one of the nicer areas in Thatcher.

Mayor Rivera ask about when Sparks will be in the old Wal-Mart building. Terry said they are closing the doors here this Saturday and opening up again on the 18^{th of} April. They are having trouble getting it all moved from one place to the other. They will rent from us until the end of April. Terry also said that the Big O Tire is finished and they are starting to move their stuff in I expect a week to two week they will be open. The car wash will still be there but you will enter the wash on the side of Hwy 70 instead of from the back as before.

B. Fire Department Report.

Chief Payne said the burn of a house we had last week end for training went real well they learned a lot of different things. We had several of our new people there it was good. We have been working on our pre fire plan for some of these commercial buildings. Tonight they are going out behind the radio station to the apartment out there. We put in for a grant and didn’t make it .The morale is very good right now we have a few more guys seems to have helped. We have been sized for our new turn off’s and we appreciate getting those.

C. Police Department Report.

Chief Steven said they applied for a grant of $25, 00.00 and got it. The grant was from Stone Garden it will be a new truck for Officer Curtis we already have it if you would like to look at it. We purchased it from Freedom Ford. I would like to remind you for the 3^rd Annual Meth Collation on April 15^th and the 30 minute documentation called Crystal Darkness.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A. Safe House- None

B. Chamber of Commerce – Councilman Merriman said they had a meeting today. There will be a breakfast on April 18^th at the College starting at 8:00am the CEO of Freeport will be there to speak so come if you can. If you noticed there was a passenger train that went through this week. They are going to try to have this passenger train from Safford to Globe. At the EAC graduation this year they will have Judge Charles Bud Jones as a speaker it should be every good. Mike Fox gave a presentation about business in the area. If you have trouble with a business or need information he will work with the small business. Freeport is hiring again in Morenci. This week when the Traveling Wall was here they estimated 50 thousand visitors it was a very good set up. My wife and I took the ride on the motor cycle from here to Duncan to pick it up. I went with them to Benson when it went out. I understand that the Mayor of Sierra Vista did not want the Wall so they took it to Fort Huachuca I was very disappointed in that Mayor. It was a very nice set up.

C. SEAGO – Mayor Rivera said they did not have a meeting but would like to thank the staff of Thatcher and the Council for helping and supporting the Viet Nam Traveling Wall. It took a lot of help from the whole community and I would like to thank you for all your work. It was a good tool for showing the young people patriotism to see the Viet Nam Vets. I had to speak one night and I did some research and Thatcher did not have one soldier die during that war however Safford had three and Pima had one and the County had one.

D. Arizona Foundation- Councilman Larson said they are having another meeting on the 29^th of April. They are still working on being a part of the Arizona Foundation and also on how to develop more way to get more donations so that we can give back to the community.

ADJOURNMENT