MINUTES OF THE PEORIA CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF PEORIA, ARIZONA
PINE ROOM, CITY HALL
May 31, 2011



A Special Meeting and Study Session of the City 
Council of the City of Peoria, Arizona was convened at 
8401 West Monroe Street in open and public session at 
5:01 p.m.

Following a moment of silent reflection, 
Councilmember Evans led the Pledge of Allegiance.

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

Members Absent: None

Other Municipal Officials Present:  Carl Swenson, City 
Manager; Susan Daluddung, Deputy City Manager; 
Susan Thorpe, Deputy City Manager; Steve Kemp, City 
Attorney; Wanda Nelson, City Clerk; Katie Gregory, 
Interim Management and Budget Director; Scott Whyte, 
Economic Development Services Director; Sherine 
Zaya, Interim Public Information Manager; Claudia 
Luján, Assistant to the City Manager.

Audience:  Approximately 12 members of the public 
were present.

Note:  The order in which items appear in the 
minutes is not necessarily the order in which they 
were discussed in the meeting.

CONSENT AGENDA

CONSENT AGENDA:    All items listed with a “C” are 
considered to be routine or have been previously 
reviewed by the City Council, and will be enacted by 
one motion.  There will be no separate discussion of 
these items unless a Councilmember so requests; in 
which event the item will be removed from the General 
Order of Business, and considered in its normal 
sequence on the Agenda.

1C	Authorization to Hold an Executive Session
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03: Authorized the 
holding of an Executive Session for the purpose of 
discussion with Legal Counsel for legal advice 
pertaining to the City’s position on a proposed 
Economic Development Incentive and Investment 
Agreement pursuant to the City’s Economic 
Development Incentive and Investment Policy (EDIIP) 
with an undesignated applicant that proposes to 
establish a commercial business operation in the 
vicinity of Vistancia Boulevard and the Loop 303. 
(Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(4)).


Mayor Barrett stated that the only item on the Consent 
Agenda is authorization to go into Executive Session.  
Motion was made by Vice Mayor Carlat, seconded by 
Councilmember Leone, to approve the Consent 
Agenda.  Upon vote, the motion carried unanimously 7 
to 0.

STUDY SESSION AGENDA

Subjects for Discussion Only:
Presentation on the Peoria Medical Device 
Incucelerator

Scott Whyte, Economic Development Services Director, 
noted that this item was presented to Council at its May 
3rd meeting.  Three models were discussed:  incubator, 
virtual accelerator, and accelerator to incubator.  Mary 
Ann Guerrara and Sharon Harper with BioAccel 
presented their recommended option of a full-service 
incubator.  The incubator would be located in a 6,800 
square-foot building at Plaza del Rio that would house 
office and medical research activities.  Ms. Harper 
noted that this would be an investment for the City that 
would focus on medical devices and create jobs.  It was 
the consensus of Council to move forward with “Option 
A” that was presented at the May 3rd meeting.  Council 
would also like a future study session to discuss 
Economic Development priorities.

REGULAR AGENDA
2R 	Redistricting

At three public meetings, the City has presented six 
concept maps prepared by the City’s redistricting 
consultant, National Demographics Corporation. 
Hundreds of comments have been received from the 
public on the six concepts.  Steve Kemp, City Attorney, 
reviewed the request from Councilmember Aames for 
Council to consider the addition of a map that would 
maintain all council members in their existing districts.  
Discussion ensued about the addition of the maps.  
Motion was made by Councilmember Aames, 
seconded by Councilmember Pearson, to direct staff to 
have the consultant prepare three additional 
redistricting maps where no two Council members are 
drawn into the same district, all Council members are 
left in their current districts, and the three communities 
of interest of West Brookvillage, Ventana Lakes, and 
Desert Harbor are kept in tact in at least two of the 
maps.  Upon vote, the motion passed 4 to 3 with Mayor 
Barrett, Vice Mayor Carlat, and Councilmember Evans 
voting no.


CALL TO THE PUBLIC: (NON-AGENDA ITEMS)

None.



ADJOURNMENT:

	Being no further business to come before the Council, 
the meeting was duly adjourned at 6:48 p.m.



	______________________________________
	Bob Barrett, Mayor                                       
 

ATTEST:



______________________________________
Wanda Nelson, City Clerk


CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true 
and correct summary of the proceedings of the Special 
Meeting and Study Session of the City Council of 
Peoria, Arizona held on the 23rd day of May, 2011.  I 
further certify that the meeting was duly called and held 
and that a quorum was present.

Dated this 21st  day of June, 2011.                                      
             


(Seal)



______________________________________
Wanda Nelson, City Clerk


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