MINUTES OF THE PEORIA CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF PEORIA, ARIZONA
RIO VISTA COMMUNITY CENTER
LAKEVIEW ROOM
8866-A WEST THUNDERBIRD ROAD
FEBRUARY 9, 2008


A City Council Workshop of the City Council of the City of Peoria, Arizona was 
convened at 8866-A West Thunderbird Road, Peoria, Arizona in open and public 
session at 9:00 a.m.

Members Present: Mayor Bob Barrett; Vice Mayor Vicki Hunt; Councilmembers Ron 
Aames, Cathy Carlat, Joan Evans, Carlo Leone and Dave Pearson.

Members Absent: None


Other Municipal Officials Present:  Terrence Ellis, City Manager; Carl Swenson, 
Deputy City Manager; Susan Thorpe, Deputy City Manager; John Wenderski, Deputy 
City Manager; Steve Kemp, City Attorney; Mary Jo Kief, City Clerk; George Anagnost, 
Municipal Judge; Stephen Bontrager, J.P. de la Montaigne, Greg Eckman, Bill Mattingly, 
Brent Mattingly, Bob McKibben, Grady Miller, Dave Moody, Steve Prokopek, Larry 
Ratcliff, John Schell, Sandy Teetsel, Jeff Tyne, Glen Van Nimwegen and James Mason.


Facilitator:	Lance Decker

Members of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council in attendance:
Barry Broome, President and CEO
Brad Smidt, Vice President, Business Development
Rob Hooley, Vice President, Emerging Technology
Rebecca Robinson, Director, Community Building Consortium/Business Development
Michelle Rider, Associate Vice President, External Relations
Kathleen Lee, Senior Research Analyst

Audience:  Approximately three members of the public were present.

Lance Decker, Facilitator, opened the meeting. Mr. Decker announced that the agenda 
for today’s meeting would include a continued discussion for the previous days’ 
meeting.  Terry Ellis, City Manager, announced that the 12-month Policy Agenda status 
was included as a written report in the packed distributed for the day’s meeting. 






Steve Prokopek, Economic Development Director, provided an overview of the day’s 
presentation and introduced Barry Broome, President and CEO of the Greater Phoenix 
Economic Council (GPEC.)  Mr. Broome provided an overview of the elements of 
economic development, the objectives and the economic development tools that are 
available in Arizona. Mr. Broome further discussed GPEC’s role in the region and GPEC’s 
efforts in international economic development.  Mr. Broome also discussed Peoria’s 
economic development goals and GPEC’s role in assisting with meeting the goals; 
additionally the challenges facing Peoria were discussed.

Mr. Broome then provided an overview of GPEC’s recommendations for the City of Peoria 
and responded to questions from Council.  GPEC’s recommendations include: facilitating 
construction of a Class A and B office space with larger footprints and floor size; working 
with State Land Department and ADOT to develop an employment corridor along Loop 
303; developing preferred company environments – university, medical, research park 
strategy; providing a competitive value proposition and strengthening and maintaining 
employment corridor along Loop 101.  

A break was taken from 12:00 to 12:15.

During a working lunch session, Brent Mattingly, Chief Financial Officer, presented an 
update on the economic condition and a financial briefing.  Mr. Mattingly updated Council 
on the financial status from November to the current time.  Mr. Mattingly advised Council 
that the outlook for Peoria is good due to the sound financial planning.

At 1:00 p.m. staff left the meeting while Council continued discussions from the previous 
evening including the status of the Assistant to the Mayor recruitment, conference meeting 
attendance by Council staff and a presentation of a survey on Council office staffing and 
travel of Council assistants.

At 2:10 p.m. staff returned to the meeting.  The 12-month policy agenda was reviewed.  
Mr. Decker facilitated a discussion on what Council wants to keep and or enhance in the 
12-month policy agenda, what needs to be added and what items can be removed from 
the12-month policy agenda.

Terry Ellis, City Manager, announced his retirement to be effective, June 30th, 2008.  

ADJOURNMENT:

Being no further business to come before the Council, the Council Workshop was duly 
adjourned at 3:28 p.m.
 

	______________________________________
	Bob Barrett, 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 9th day of 
February, 2008.  I further certify that the meeting was duly called and held and that a 
quorum was present.


Dated this __________ day of ______________, 2008.

(Seal)


______________________________________
Mary Jo Kief, City Clerk