MINUTES OF THE PEORIA CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF PEORIA, ARIZONA
TRILOGY @ VISTANCIA – KIVA CLUB, TEWA BALLROOM
SEPTEMBER 22, 2006


A City Council Workshop of the City Council of the City of Peoria, 
Arizona was convened at 27980 North Trilogy Boulevard East, 
Peoria, Arizona in open and public session at 9:00 a.m.

Members Present: Mayor John Keegan, Vice Mayor Vicki Hunt; 
Councilmembers Cathy Carlat, Pat Dennis, Joan Evans, Patrick 
Hickson and Carlo Leone

Members Absent:  None

Other Municipal Officials Present: Terrence Ellis, City Manager; 
Susan Thorpe, Deputy City Manager; Carl Swenson, Deputy City 
Manager; Steve Kemp, City Attorney; Mary Jo Kief, City Clerk; 
Stephen Bontrager, Jesse Duarte, Greg Eckman, Larry Fudurich, 
David Leonardo, Bob McKibben, Grady Miller, Neil Mann, Brent 
Mattingly, Dave Moody, J.P. de la Montaigne, Glen Van Nimwegen, 
Steve Prokopek, John Schell, Sandy Teetsel, and Jeff Tyne. 

Facilitator: 	Lance Decker

Audience:	Two including Dr. Marty Rozelle as a presenter and 
Meredith Flinn also present as a contract employee.

Councilmember Cathy Carlat provided an overview of the proposed 
curbside recycling program plan and the sub-committee activities to 
date.  Neil Mann, Public Works Director, briefed Council on the 
recycling program basics and financial implications including an 
estimated rate impact.  Mr. Mann further presented an estimated 
implementation schedule.  Dr. Marty Rozelle presented information 
on the results from a community-wide survey and suggested the 
public outreach strategy.  Council consensus was to move forward 
with the public outreach and to appoint a citizens’ advisory 
committee to meet and prepare a recommendation for Council on 
how to proceed.

Carl Swenson, Deputy City Manager, opened the discussion on the 
transportation program update.  Randy Roberts, Transit Manager, 
provided an update on fixed-route transit service.  Dave Moody, 
Engineering Director, presented information on the transportation 
project status including staffing, contractors and inflation of 
commodity prices.  Concerns presented by Staff are being felt 
valley-wide, as all areas of the valley are being affected in the same 
manner on their construction projects.  


Grady Miller, Communications and Public Affairs Director discussed 
new public information efforts to keep the citizens of Peoria 
informed about transportation projects including the Capital 
Improvement Projects (CIP) progress reports in Peoria Focus, CIP 
project Website, improved public outreach and better project 
signage.  Brent Mattingly, Finance Director and Chief Financial 
Officer, presented future financing opportunities to Council.

During a group lunch Steve Prokopek, Economic Development 
Director, presented an update to Council on the Loop 303 
Economic Development Employment Strategies.  Mr. Prokopek 
briefed Council on work with State Lands to develop relationships, 
identifying targeted employers and key potential sites.  Mr. 
Prokopek further discussed the Loop 303 Specific Area Plan for 
Land Use and identified three potential areas to be targeted and the 
types of uses for each area.

Stephen Bontrager, Utilities Director, presented a Water Policy 
Overview.  Brad Hill, Water Resources Manager, further discussed 
the development of a Principles of Sound Water Management and 
how the document would guide Staff when making decisions that 
impact Peoria’s water supplies.  Following discussion, the Council 
consensus is for Staff to continue the vetting process and bring 
back a proposed Principles of Sound Water Management 
document for Council to review and possibly take action.

J.P. de la Montaigne, Director of Community Services, presented a 
status report on the Streetscape Plan.  Mr. de la Montaigne 
discussed major arterial streetscapes, key arterials/gateways and 
thematics.  Also discussed were the timing on theming along with 
landscaping and greenscaping.  Staff reported to Council on the 
unique opportunity presented to tie all the Streetscapes together as 
the current branding project moves forward.

Lance Decker facilitated an evaluation of the two-day workshop.  
The general consensus was that the meeting was a success.

ADJOURNMENT:

Being no further discussion, the meeting was duly adjourned at 
2:48 p.m.



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	John C. Keegan, Mayor
 
ATTEST:


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Mary Jo Kief, City Clerk


CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct 
copy of the minutes of the City Council Workshop of the City 
Council of Peoria, Arizona held on the 22nd day of September, 
2006.  I further certify that the meeting was duly called and held 
and that a quorum was present.


Dated this 14th day of November, 2006.

(Seal)




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Mary Jo Kief, City Clerk