MINUTES OF THE PEORIA CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF PEORIA, ARIZONA
IRONWOOD CONFERENCE ROOM
CITY HALL
8401 WEST MONROE AVENUE
JANUARY 27, 2011


A City Council Workshop of the City Council of the City of Peoria, Arizona was 
convened at 8401 West Monroe Avenue, Peoria, Arizona in open and public 
session at 5:02 p.m.

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

Members Absent: None

Municipal Officials Present:  Carl Swenson, City Manager; Steve Kemp, City 
Attorney; John Schell, Intergovernmental Affairs; Wanda Nelson, City Clerk.

Facilitator: Dick Bowers.

Audience:  One member of the public was present.

CONVENE:

Workshop Overview

Steve Kemp, City Attorney, provided an overview of Open Meeting Law and 
advised regarding discussions about agenda items that are not on the agenda.

Discussion of Dick Bower’s Interviews with City Council

Dick Bowers, Facilitator, inquired regarding the Council’s views on the City for the 
future.  Mr. Bowers reviewed the items for discussion at the Workshop scheduled 
for January 28. 

Discussion ensued regarding: 
*	Neighborhood Livability	
*	Community Improvements & 21st Century Infrastructure
*	Rights-of-way
*	Wrap-around Neighborhoods 
*	Property Values
*	Code Enforcement and Community Policing
*	Community and Economic Development
*	Keeping a Positive Vision in Spite of the Recession
*	Family oriented
*	Services and Options for Citizens
*	Recognizing the Importance of the Lake, Arts, and Culture
*	Capitalizing on the Opening of the 303
*	Downtown Rejuvenation
*	Workplace Community
*	Corporate Relocation and Sponsorship
*	University Relocation
*	Jobs and the Workforce
*	Osuna Park and the old Police Station
*	Council and City Manager Relationship
*	Investment in Parks, Recreation, and Trail Systems

Mr. Bowers reviewed the ground rules for the workshops.

Discussion ensued regarding Council Assistants.  Council expressed their desire 
to have replacements hired, and would like to be involved in the interview 
process.  

The topic of Code Enforcement will be explored at a future setting.  Council will 
discuss if Peoria will be a community that enforces codes proactively, by 
complaint, or a combination thereof.

Discussion ensued regarding subcommittees, including how information would be 
disseminated, Open Meeting Laws, recommendations from the subcommittees, 
processing timeframes for specific issues and the addition of a study session on 
the second Tuesday of the month to address processing timeframes.  

Discussion ensued regarding study session meeting locations; additional staffing 
for the third floor; “Call to the Public” at Council meetings, and the budget process 

ADJOURNMENT:

Being no further business to come before the Council, the Council Workshop was 
duly adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
 


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                                                                                     Bob Barrett, Mayor


ATTEST:



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Wanda Nelson, City Clerk


CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct summary of the 
proceedings of the City Council Workshop of the City Council of Peoria, Arizona 
held on the 27th day of January, 2011.  I further certify that the meeting was duly 
called and held and that a quorum was present.

Dated this 1st  day of March, 2011.


(Seal)



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Wanda Nelson, City Clerk