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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 57 EAST FIRST STREET
Monday, April 6, 2009
5:45 P.M.
Invocation by Prayer Pastor Paul Covert, Central Christian Church of the East Valley.
Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor’s Welcome.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
All citizens are permitted and encouraged to speak on agenda items. If you are interested in speaking on an agenda item, please fill out a blue card in the back of the room and give it to the City Clerk. When the Council considers the item, you will be called to the podium to provide your comments.
CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed with an asterisk (*) will be considered as a group by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or citizen requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item. If a citizen wants an item removed from the consent agenda, a blue card must be completed and given to the City Clerk prior to the Council’s vote on the consent agenda.
(Members of the Mesa City Council will attend either in person or by telephone conference call).
1. Take action on all consent agenda items.
*2. Approval of minutes of previous meetings as written.
3. Take action on the following liquor license applications:
*3a. Las Sendas Elementary PTO
This is a one-day charitable fundraiser event to be held on April 24th, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to10:00 p.m. at 7900 E. Eagle Crest Drive. (District 5)
*3b. Famous Sam’s
New Restaurant License for Famous Sam’s, 2730 E. Baseline Road, Famous Sam’s Baseline LLC – Applicant, Steven Ray Bailey – Agent. The previous Restaurant License held at this location by BC Jacobs Inc., issued November 28th, 1997 will revert back to the State.
4. Take action on the following contracts:
*4a. Purchase of a Color Photocopier/Network Printer (Replacement) for the Business Services Department, Mail & Print Services Division (Tax-Exempt Lease)
The Business Services Department recommends authorizing purchase from the State of Arizona contract with Hughes-Calihan Konica Minolta Corporation at $49,795.35, including applicable sales tax.
*4b. Purchase of Twenty-two (22) Vehicles for Various City Departments (3 Additions to the Fleet and 19 Replacements)
The Business Services Department recommends authorizing purchase from the State of Arizona contracts with Midway Chevrolet at $544,324.40, and Sanderson Ford at $159,618.09, for a total award of $703,942.49, including applicable sales tax.
*4c. Purchase of an Automated DNA Extraction System (Replacement) for the Police Department (Fully Funded National Institute for Justice DNA Backlog IV Grant) (Sole Source)
The Business Services Department recommends accepting the sole source bid from Qiagen, Inc. at $65,340.00, including applicable use tax.
*4d. Purchase of Six (6) 764/800 MHz Portable Radios (Additions) and One Radio Deck for the Police Department’s Fusion Center (Fully Funded Arizona Department of Homeland Security Grant)
The Business Services Department recommends authorizing purchase from the City of Phoenix contract with Motorola at $32,332.75, including applicable sales tax.
*4e. Falcon Field Airport Runway 4R Run-Up Area, City of Mesa Project No. 04-076-001.
This project will improve airport operations and safety at Falcon Field Airport by relieving congestion at Runway 4R. Improvements include extending three existing airport storm drains and constructing new asphalt pavement, new drainage headwall structures, grouted riprap erosion protection, new taxiway edge lights, new illuminated airport guidance signs, and new pavement markings, including enhanced taxiway centerline and runway holding position markings in accordance with current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) guidelines and standards.
Recommend award to the low bidder, Visus Engineering Construction, Inc., in the amount of $654,470.00 plus an additional $65,447.00 (10% allowance for change orders) for a total award of $719,917.00. Funding for this project is available from the FAA Construction Grant No. AIP-18. This Grant will cover 95% of the construction costs, with the City of Mesa responsible for the remaining 5%. Funding for the City’s local share of the cost is available from the adopted FY 2008/09 Falcon Field Airport Capital Program.
5. Take action on the following resolution:
*5a. Ordering the sale of $61,830,000 principal amount of City of
Mesa General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009; and authorizing the reimbursement from bond proceeds of certain advances on construction projects.
*5b. Ordering the sale of $59,900,000 principal amount of City
of Mesa Utility Systems Revenue Bonds, Series 2009; and authorizing the reimbursement from bond proceeds of certain advances on utility construction projects.
*5c. Approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a third amendment to the Riverview at Dobson Phase Two Development Agreement between the City of Mesa and De Rito/Kimco Riverview, LLC, and De Rito/Kimco Mesa, LLC, to amend the required (but no longer warranted) City Improvements and reduce the City's reimbursement amount.
6. Introduction of the following ordinances and setting April 20, 2009, as
the date of the public hearing on these ordinances:
*6a. Amending various sections of the Mesa City Code regarding the following traffic modifications:
Speed Limits (35 mph): 10-4-5
Establishing a speed limit of 35 mph on Mesquite Street from Mountain Road to Meridian Road. (South of Elliot Road and west of Meridian Road, Council District 6)
Establishing a speed limit of 35 mph on Thomas Road from Val Vista Drive to a point approximately 3,700 feet west of Val Vista Drive. (Thomas Road west of Val Vista Drive, Council District 5)
7. Discuss, receive public comment, and take action on the
ordinances introduced at a prior Council meeting. Any citizen that wants to provide comment should submit a blue card to the Clerk before the item is voted on. If a citizen wants to comment on an item listed with an asterisk (*), a blue card must be given to the Clerk before Council votes on the consent agenda.
8. Take action on the following subdivision plat(s):
*8a. “NWC MCKELLIPS ROAD & DORAN” –1310, 316 AND 1322 East McKellips Road (north side) located north and east of McKellips Road and Stapley Drive. (2.09 ac) Glenwood Development Company, owner; Allan R. Marschick, R.B. Williams & Associates, Inc., Engineer.
9. Items from citizens present. (Maximum of three speakers for three
minutes per speaker).