1. SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSES, ST. THOMAS MORE PARISH Purpose: This is a request for City Council to approve two special event liquor licenses for St. Thomas More Parish. The events will be held at St. Thomas More Parish located at 6180 West Utopia Road on Saturday, May 1 from 6 p.m. to midnight for a Cinco de Mayo fundraiser; and Saturday, October 23, 2010, from 7 p.m. to midnight for an Oktoberfest fundraiser.
Background: If this application is approved, the total number of days expended by this applicant will be two of the allowed 10 days per calendar year. Under the provisions of A.R.S. § 4-203.02, the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control may issue a special event liquor license only if the Council recommends approval of such license.
The City of Glendale Planning, Police, and Fire Departments have reviewed the application and determined that it meets all technical requirements.
Recommendation: Based on the information provided under the background, it is staff's recommendation to forward these applications to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control with a recommendation of approval.
2. LIQUOR LICENSE NO. 3-1288, SKY BOX SPORTS CAFE Purpose: This is a request for City Council to approve a new, non-transferable series 12 (Restaurant) license. Sky Box Sports Cafe is located at 17035 North 67th Avenue, Suites 6 and
7. The Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control application (No. 12078273) was submitted by Bobbi Leigh Sovacki. Background: The location of the establishment is 17035 North 67th Avenue, Suites 6 and 7 and is located within the Sahuaro District. The property is zoned C-2 (General Commercial). The population density within a one-mile radius is 11,798. This series 12 is a new license; however, the approval of this license will not increase the number of liquor licenses in the area because it will replace the series 6 license that was previously held at this location. The number of liquor licenses within a one-mile radius is as listed below.
Series Type Quantity
06 Bar -All Liquor 6 07 Bar -Beer and Wine 1 09 Liquor Store -All Liquor 4 10 Liquor Store -Beer and Wine 5 12 Restaurant 12
Total 28
The Maricopa County Health Department and the City of Glendale Planning, Police, and Fire Departments have reviewed the application and determined that it meets all technical requirements.
Public Input: One petition with 55 signatures protesting the approval of this license was received during the 20 day posting period. Since the petition was received, the new business owner met with representatives from Casa Campana Senior Community to discuss issues raised by the community in their petition. On March 29, 2010, the Finance Department received a letter of support from Casa Campana Senior Community for approval of the liquor license.
Recommendation: Based on information provided under the background, it is staff's recommendation to forward this application to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control with a recommendation of approval.
3. LIQUOR LICENSE NO. 3-1289, GENO'S MARKET Purpose: This is a request for City Council to approve a new, non-transferable series 10 (Liquor Store -Beer and Wine) license. Geno's Market is located at 15414 North 67th Avenue. The Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control application (No. 10076017) was submitted by Reenan Esa Kuza.
Background: The location of the establishment is 15414 North 67th Avenue and is located within the Sahuaro District. The property is zoned C-2 (General Commercial). The population density within a one-mile radius is 13,261. This series 10 is a new license; however, the approval of this license will not increase the number of liquor licenses in the area because this license replaces the previous one held at this location. The number of liquor licenses within a one-mile radius is as listed below.
4. LIQUOR LICENSE NO. 3-1290, CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILLE Purpose: This is a request for City Council to approve a new, non-transferable series 12 (Restaurant) license. Chipotle Mexican Grille is located at 5849 West Northern Avenue, Suite
500. The Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control application (No. 12078282) was submitted by H.J. Lewkowitz. Background: The location of the establishment is 5849 West Northern Avenue, Suite 500 and is located within the Ocotillo District. The property is zoned C-2 (General Commercial). The population density within a one-mile radius is 18,946. This series 12 is a new license, therefore, the approval of this license will increase the number of liquor licenses in the area by one. The number of liquor licenses within a one-mile radius is as listed below.
5. LIQUOR LICENSE NO. 3-1291, COMFORT SUITES Purpose: This is a request for City Council to approve a person-to-person, location-to-location transfer series 7 (Bar -Beer and Wine) license. Comfort Suites is located at 9824 West Camelback Road. The Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control application (No. 07070677) was submitted by Stanley Mark Sapp.
Background: The location of the establishment is 9824 West Camelback Road and is located within the Yucca District. The property is zoned PAD (Planned Area Development). The population density within a one-mile radius is 7,423. This series 7 is a person-to-person, location-to-location transfer license, therefore, the approval of this license will increase the number of liquor licenses in the area by one. The number of liquor licenses within a one-mile radius is as listed below.
6. CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT FOR CHOLLA WATER TREATMENT PLANT Purpose: This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Construction Agreement with Vans Construction Company, Inc. to provide construction services for improvements at the Cholla Water Treatment Plant.
Council Strategic Goals or Key Objectives Addressed: One of Council's goals is one community with high-quality services for citizens. This agreement will allow the city to continue to provide high-quality water to residents and businesses.
Background: The project is needed to enhance water production flexibility and reliability, and continue to keep the city compliant with existing water quality regulations.
These plant improvements include the repair of the Cholla 1 Reservoir liner, installation of a new variable frequency drive (VFD) at the Zone 1B Booster Pump Station to provide water system operation flexibility, installation of new pump control valves at the Zone 2 Booster Pump, and odor control improvements at the Solids Handling Facility.
On February 25, 2010, five bids were received for this project, with Vans Construction Company, Inc. submitting the lowest responsive, qualified bid.
Community Benefit: This project will improve the overall reliability of the Cholla Water Treatment Plant operations by ensuring continued delivery of high-quality water. It will also keep the city in continued compliance with strict Federal and State regulations.
Budget Impacts & Costs: Funding is available in the FY 2009-10 Capital Improvement Plan. Operating costs associated with this project once completed are minimal and will be absorbed by the Utilities Department operating budget.
Grants Capital Expense One-Time Cost Budgeted Unbudgeted Total
X X $190,500
7. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT -ARROWHEAD RANCH WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT
Purpose: This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Brown & Caldwell, Inc. to provide engineering services to replace three aging blowers at the Arrowhead Ranch Water Reclamation Facility (ARWRF).
Council Strategic Goals or Key Objectives Addressed: This project is consistent with Council's goal of providing high-quality services for Glendale residents by continuing to produce high-quality effluent water at the ARWRF.
Background: The project is needed to improve the blower system reliability and continue to keep the city compliant with Federal and State regulatory requirements.
Blowers are used at the ARWRF to provide air for the treatment process, and are critical to ensure the reliable air supply that is necessary for the treatment process.
Several major repairs have been performed on these blowers. Due to the age and condition of this equipment, it has become cost prohibitive to continue repairing them. Engineering analysis has indicated that it is more advantageous to replace the aging blowers with new energy efficient blowers to reduce operating costs.
Brown & Caldwell, Inc. was selected from the pre-qualified Engineering Consultant On-Call List. The list was developed from the Request for Qualifications submittals that were evaluated in late 2008 and became active in January 2009. The City of Glendale Engineering Department developed and maintains the Engineering Consultant On-Call List.
Community Benefit: This project will significantly benefit the community by enhancing the reclamation process to continue providing high-quality effluent at the ARWRF.
Budget Impacts & Costs: Funding is available in the FY 2009-10 Capital Improvement Plan. Operating costs associated with this project once completed are minimal and will be absorbed by the Utilities Department operating budget.
Grants Capital Expense One-Time Cost Budgeted Unbudgeted Total
X X $148,587
8. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT -STORM WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM
Purpose: This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Columbia Analytical Services, Inc. to provide storm water quality testing and analysis services.
Council Strategic Goals or Key Objectives Addressed: One of Council's goals is high-quality services for citizens. This agreement will continue the city's efforts to monitor storm water quality and continue to comply with Federal regulations and guidelines.
Background: Since 1999 the city has been issued permits from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Arizona for the discharge from the city's storm water drainage system. The city has completed annual reports since that time to demonstrate compliance with the permit. During any storm event when there are measurable amounts of runoff at five monitoring stations located in Glendale, United States Geological Survey (USGS) collects storm water samples, documents the sampling, and submits the samples to a chemical laboratory qualified to test the samples. Columbia Analytical Services, Inc. will perform the testing and analysis of each sample in accordance with regulations and guidelines set by the EPA for the city.
Community Benefit: The services provided by Columbia Analytical Services, Inc. ensure compliance with Federal regulations and guidelines. By testing the storm water samples collected from runoff, the city can detect pollutants and trace them back to their source, so that the cause of the pollution can be mitigated.
Budget Impacts & Costs: Funding is available in the FY 2009-10 Capital Improvement Plan. There are no operating costs associated with this project. This agreement is for a period of four years and three months starting June 2010 and ending September 2014. The city will be invoiced as storm water samples are collected and tested.
Grants Capital Expense One-Time Cost Budgeted Unbudgeted Total
X X $79,500
9. ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY
Purpose: This is a request for City Council to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept a Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) grant for underage drinking enforcement in the approximate amount of $15,000.
Council Strategic Goals or Key Objectives Addressed: This request supports Council's goal of one community committed to public safety by providing the Police Department additional means to enhance the enforcement of underage drinking and educate the retail stores and the public.
Background: This grant award will provide overtime funding to increase the number of hours officers dedicate specifically to underage drinking enforcement and education. It will also allow the department to continue Covert Undercover Buy (CUB) operations and educate the retail stores that sell alcoholic beverages.
Previous Council/Staff Actions: On December 23, 2009, Council authorized acceptance of a grant from GOHS for underage drinking enforcement and education.
Community Benefit: This grant will benefit the citizens of Glendale by allowing the Police Department to team up with local high schools for youth education presentations and continue CUB operations throughout the city.
Budget Impacts & Costs: There is no financial match required for this grant.
Grants Capital Expense One-Time Cost Budgeted Unbudgeted Total
X $15,000
10. MUNICIPAL EFFLUENT PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT Purpose: This is a request for City Council to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Municipal Effluent Purchase and Sale Agreement between the Sub-Regional Operating Group (SROG) cities; and Arizona Public Service Company and Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, acting on behalf of themselves and all the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS) partners.
Council Strategic Goals or Key Objectives Addressed: The agreement to sell effluent is consistent with Council's goal of one community that is fiscally sound. Revenues from the sale of effluent will be used to offset the city's operating costs at the regional 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Background: The proposed agreement replaces an existing agreement that has been in effect since 1973. It continues a long-term relationship between the SROG cities and Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project, the two major electrical power providers in Arizona, by extending the sale of effluent to PVNGS through 2050. The proposed agreement will guarantee 80,000 acre-feet per year of cooling water for a regional source of electric energy for the next 40 years through the utilization of treated effluent for cooling purposes at PVNGS. The agreement also will provide the SROG member cities with additional revenue from the sale of the effluent.
Glendale is one of five member cities of the SROG. The other member cities include Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe. SROG is an entity formed to manage the 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant, in which all the member cities have an ownership share. Glendale has an 8 percent share in the treatment plant. The facility is operated by the City of Phoenix.
The PVNGS is comprised of seven entities including the Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Edison, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Southern California Public Power Authority, and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Arizona Public Service and the Salt River Project are the two largest shareholders in the PVNGS. The facility is operated by Arizona Public Service.
Budget Impacts & Costs: The proposed agreement significantly increases the amount of revenue the city receives from the sale of effluent to the PVNGS. Through 2025, the price paid per acre-foot of effluent will increase by 10.5 percent per year; building from a 2010 base price of $58.57 per acre-foot. From 2026 through 2050 effluent rates will be based upon a tiered block rate structure, with increases for each additional 2,000 acre-foot increment delivered each month. Block rate adjustments will be tied to a set of water and power related Consumer Price Indices.
In addition to the per acre-foot effluent rates, PVNGS will pay SROG four equal water supply payments of $7.5 million, for a total of $30 million. These payments will be made in the first four years under the proposed agreement. No additional water supply payments will be made during the term of the agreement.
Based upon Glendale's proportional share of effluent deliveries to PVNGS; in 2010, the city is projected to receive $374,848 from the sale of effluent, with an additional $600,000 from the water supply payment. Revenue from the sale of SROG effluent and water supply payments will be used by the city to offset its operations and maintenance costs at the 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Recommendation: Waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Municipal Effluent Purchase and Sale Agreement between the Sub-Regional Operating Group cities; and Arizona Public Service Company and Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, acting on behalf of themselves and all the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station partners.
11. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT GRANT FUNDS Purpose: This is a request for City Council to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Phoenix for acceptance of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant funds for transit services under Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant AZ-96-X002-01.
Council Strategic Goals or Key Objectives Addressed: One of Council's goals is to provide high-quality services for citizens. Providing transportation options within the city will assist in achieving this goal.
Background: Funding for Transit in the region has become available to local governments through ARRA. The ARRA funds for the region were initially allocated to projects chosen by individual jurisdictions and the Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA). Due to lower than expected costs, savings from these projects have been pooled and redistributed to member cities of RPTA. A process for allocating these regional funds was approved by the RPTA Board. In order to expedite use of these funds the RPTA Board placed higher priority on fixed route, circulator and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit operating assistance.
Based on the RPTA Board action, Glendale's share of ARRA funds will be $74,874 of which $4,610 is operating assistance for the Glendale Urban Shuttle (GUS) based on the number of annual revenue miles and $70,264 is operating assistance for ADA paratransit service based on the number of ADA trips in FY 2008-09. Phoenix is designated as the regional recipient of FTA grants, and distributes the federal funds to cities in the metropolitan area.
Community Benefit: The Dial-A-Ride and GUS transit services benefit Glendale residents and visitors. These grant funds will provide operating assistance that will promote the continuation of quality and reliable services.
Budget Impacts & Costs: Funds from ARRA in the amount of $74,874 are available for ADA paratransit and GUS services. The funds received will be reimbursements of a portion of the operating cost already expended.
Grants Capital Expense One-Time Cost Budgeted Unbudgeted Total
X $74,874
12. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY REVENUE BONDS FOR MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY Purpose: This is a request for City Council to adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance of Industrial Development Authority (IDA) revenue bonds for Midwestern University in an amount not to exceed $160,000,000 to pay outstanding Commercial Paper Notes in full. The Glendale IDA authorized and approved the issuance of the notes in 2006 with the proceeds being used for financing various capital projects at the Midwestern University campuses.
Council Strategic Goals or Key Objectives Addressed: This request is consistent with the Council goal of one community with quality economic development. Midwestern University is a highly-respected university attracting both students and visitors positively impacting revenues to the city. The university creates a professional, well-educated medical workforce for Glendale.
Background: Approximately $70,000,000 of the 2010 Bond proceeds will be used to pay the outstanding Commercial Paper Notes in full. The remainder of the 2010 Bond proceeds will be used by Midwestern University to finance new capital projects at its campuses.
Under the provision of A.R.S. § 35-742, Glendale is not liable or obligated for the payment of the debt obligations issued by the IDA. In addition, under the provisions of A.R.S. § 35-721(B), the proceedings of the IDA for its issuance of bonds require the approval of the Council, as the governing body of the IDA.
Public Input: The IDA held an open board meeting on April 1, 2010, to consider and approve the financing for the issuance of revenue bonds. On January 27, 2010, prior to the meeting, a representative of the IDA conducted a public hearing as required by §147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. There was no public input at that time.
Community Benefit: This action will restructure the existing debt financing while providing a financing mechanism for Midwestern University, a long-time partner with the City of Glendale.
Budget Impacts & Costs: Under the provision of A.R.S. § 35-742, Glendale is not liable or obligated for the payment of the debt obligations issued by the IDA.
Recommendation: Waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance of Industrial Development Authority revenue bonds for Midwestern University in an amount not to exceed $160,000,000.
(i) discussion or consideration of personnel matters (A.R.S. §38-431.03 (A)(1));
(ii) discussion or consideration of records exempt by law from public inspection (A.R.S. §38-431.03 (A)(2));
(iii) discussion or consultation for legal advice with the city's attorneys (A.R.S. §38-431.03 (A)(3));
(iv) discussion or consultation with the city's attorneys regarding the city's position regarding contracts that are the subject of negotiations, in pending or contemplated litigation, or in settlement discussions conducted in order to avoid or resolve litigation (A.R.S. §38-431.03 (A)(4));
(v) discussion or consultation with designated representatives of the city in order to consider its position and instruct its representatives regarding negotiations with employee organizations (A.R.S. §38-431.03 (A)(5)); or
(vi) discussing or consulting with designated representatives of the city in order to consider its position and instruct its representatives regarding negotiations for the purchase, sale or lease of real property