Mayor and Council Agendas for

1. ROLL CALL

2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION - Reverend Raymond Thomas, Holy Way Presbyterian Church

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

PRESENTATIONS:

(a) Presentation - Certificates to participants responsible in the production of the "School Crossing Safety" video and a companion guide entitled "Crossing Safety: Discussion Guide".

3. CONSENT AGENDA - ITEMS A THROUGH H

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. PUBLIC HEARING: TUCSON AIRPORT REMEDIATION PROJECT (TARP) PROPOSED IN-CHANNEL RECHARGE PILOT PROJECT

(a) Report from City Manager JAN11-99-26 CITY WIDE

(b) Hearing.

5. PUBLIC HEARING: MAJOR STREETS AND ROUTES PLAN AMENDMENT, MISSION ROAD RECLASSIFICATION (CONTINUED FROM THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 14, 1998)

(a) Report from City Manager JAN11-99-25 WI

(b) Hearing.

(c) OPTION A (reclassifying Mission Road from south of the commercial development at Ajo Way to the southern City limits as a Scenic Route)

Ordinance No. 9193 relating to planning and zoning; updating and amending the Major Streets and Routes (MS&R) Plan map to reclassify a portion of Mission Road from a Gateway Route to a Scenic Route.

OPTION B (reclassifying the entire reach of Mission Road as a Scenic Route)

Ordinance No. 9193 relating to planning and zoning; updating and amending the Major Streets and Routes (MS&R) Plan map to reclassify a portion of Mission Road from a Gateway Route to a Scenic Route.

The City Manager recommends that the Ordinance (Option A) for the MS&R Plan Update and Amendment to reclassify Mission Road from south of the commercial development at Ajo Way to the southern City limits as a Scenic Route be adopted.

However, should the Mayor and Council adopt the MS&R Plan Update and choose to reclassify the entire reach of Mission Road as a Scenic Route, with the portion north of Silverlake not being effective for two years, Ordinance (Option B) is presented for adoption.

6. ZONING: (C9-98-14) SCHOMAC - MISSION ROAD, R-1 TO R-2 (CONTINUED FROM THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 5, 1998)

(a) Report from City Manager JAN11-99-32 WI

(b) Report from Zoning Examiner dated July 6, 1998

(c) Request to rezone approximately 24.18 acres from R-1 to R-2 zoning. The rezoning site is located on the westside of Mission Road between Starr Pass Boulevard and San Marcos Boulevard. Applicant: Don Laidlaw and Associates, on behalf of the property owners, 22nd/Mission Partnership (The Schomac Group). The preliminary development plan proposes 312 apartment units in two-story buildings on 22.38 acres north of the Zeller Wash and a day care center on 1.8 acres at the northwest corner of Mission Road and San Marcos Boulevard. Twenty-five, single-family lots are also proposed in the adjacent R-1 zone along San Marcos Boulevard and San Antonio Drive to buffer the existing neighborhood to the west and south from the apartments. The Planning Department and Zoning Examiner recommend approval of R-2 zoning, subject to certain conditions. The City Manager recommends approval of R-2 zoning, subject to the following conditions:

1. A development plan/subdivision plat, in substantial compliance with the preliminary development plan and the project description document, is to be submitted and approved in accordance with Sections 5.3.8 and 4.1.1 of the LUC, including, but not limited to:

a. The subdivision plat to include all property bounded by Starr Pass Boulevard, San Marcos Boulevard, Mission Road, and San Antonio Drive.

b. A minimum 40-foot building setback where adjacent to the R-1 portion of the project.

c. A 15 to 30-foot wide landscape buffer, with an average width of 25 feet, including canopy trees at a minimum density of one tree per 33 linear feet or fraction thereof, along all street frontages, the west side of the project where adjacent to R-1 zoning, and adjacent to the Zeller Wash drainage easement.

d. Vehicular access to the daycare center limited to the new public street.

e. Vehicular access to Starr Pass Boulevard limited to one point and right-turn only.

f. The buildings and walls will be principally earth tone colors. Bolder colors may be used only as accents.

g. All slope protection and stabilization techniques to include a minimum of fifty percent vegetative cover, unless deemed infeasible by the City Engineer.

2. Owner/developer shall install, or verify the existence of, curb and sidewalk along the Mission Road, San Marcos, and San Antonio frontages of the rezoning site.

3. Along the Starr Pass Boulevard frontage of the property the owner/developer shall install:

a. An acceleration lane.

b. Vehicular barriers (curb and/or guardrail) as required by DOT.

c. Pedestrian circulation facilities or a monetary contribution for same.

4. The owner/developer shall participate in any future Neighborhood Traffic Management Program if one is formed within two (2) years after completion of the apartment construction; and accept an assessment equal to the cost of five (5) speed humps.

5. The owner/developer shall provide full development of the Sun Tran bus stop located on the northwest corner of San Marcos Boulevard and Mission Road including a new bus shelter, a concrete pad, a trash receptacle, and continuous sidewalk to the curb ramp for overall ADA accessible condition.

6. A drainage report shall be submitted and approved, including details of retention/detention.

7. 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.

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

9. The final plat shall contain a disclosure statement indicating that the R-2 area north of Zeller Wash will be developed with two-story apartments.

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

11. Five years are allowed to comply with all Code requirements and conditions of rezoning.

12. A mitigation/preservation plan of archaeological, cultural and/or historical resources is required. The mitigation/preservation plan shall be prepared in conjunction with the Pima County Archaeologist and the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office and the final report shall meet the Arizona State Museum standards.

Zero (0) written approvals and one (1) written protest have been received. The one protest was located outside of the 150-foot notification area.

A simple majority vote of the Mayor and Council will be necessary to adopt an ordinance rezoning the subject property once the conditions of rezoning are met.

7. PUBLIC HEARING: EL CON MALL REDEVELOPMENT - ACCESS TO JONES, PALO VERDE AND DODGE BOULEVARDS

(a) Report from City Manager JAN11-99-38 WVI

(b) Hearing.

8. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

(a) Report from City Manager JAN11-99-33 CITY-WIDE

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

10. ADJOURNMENT

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Mayor and Council will be held on Monday, January 25, 1999, at 7:30 p.m., in the Mayor and Council Chambers, 255 West Alameda, Tucson, Arizona.

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