NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CAREFREE TOWN COUNCIL
WHEN: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021
WHERE: ZOOM ONLINE* Meeting ID: 322 972 9660
TIME: 5:00 P.M.
Pursuant to A.R.S. 38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the Town Council of the Town of Carefree, Arizona and to the general public that the members of the Town Council will hold a meeting open to the public. For any item listed on the agenda, the Council may vote to go into Executive Session for advice of counsel and/or to discuss records and information exempt by law or rule from public inspection, pursuant to Arizona Revised Statues §38-431.03.
Members of the Council are participating by technological means or methods pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431(4).
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed hereunder are considered to be routine by the Town Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be discussed separately:
ITEM #1 Approval of the January 5, 2021 Town Council Regular Meeting Minutes.
ITEM #2 Acceptance of the cash receipts and disbursements report for November, 2020.
ITEM #3 Accept and consent to the formation of the Rio Verde Foothills Domestic Water Improvement District.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC
ITEM #4 NOTE: Submission of public comments at Call to the Public must be provided in typed format by email to Kandace@Carefree.org. Comments are to be limited to not more than one-half page, double spaced, 12 point type. No more than one submission per person per meeting will be read into the record. Please identify your town or city of residence. Comments that do not comply with the half-page, double spaced, 12 point font will not be read during the meeting but will be made part of the public record and provided to each Council member.
REGULAR AGENDA:
ITEM #5 Current Events.
ITEM #6 Discussion to amend the Carefree Town Code, to protect the health, safety, and welfare by prohibiting the use, possession, sale, and smoking of marijuana on publically owned or controlled property and only allow recreational marijuana sales within a medical marijuana facility holding a dual license. Public comments will be taken. (First Reading).
ITEM #7 Review, discussion and possible action to approve Resolution 2021-01 accepting a grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation to the Carefree Fire Department.
ITEM #8 Presentation by Robin Cochran, new Executive Director of the Foothills Caring Corps, regarding the past, present and future services to the Foothills communities.
ITEM #9 Update regarding the January 15-17, 2021 Thunderbird Artists’ 28th Annual Winter Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival and the March 12 – 14, 2021 26th Annual Spring Carefree Fine Arts Festival.
ITEM #10 Adjournment.
DATED this 28th day of January, 2021.
TOWN OF CAREFREE
BY: Kandace French Contreras
Kandace French Contreras, Town Clerk/Treasurer
*Due to the risks to public health caused by the possible spread of the COVID-19 virus at public gatherings, the Town of Carefree has determined that public meetings will be indefinitely held through technological means. Meetings will be also open to the public through technological means. In reliance on, and compliance with, the March 13, 2020 Opinion issued by Attorney General Mark Brnovich, the Town of Carefree Town Council provides this special advance notice of the technological means through which public meetings may be accessed. While this special notice is in effect, public comment at meetings will only be accepted through written submissions, which may nor may not be read aloud during meetings.
Join Zoom Meeting:
Click on the following link or cut and paste it into your browser:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3229729660
Or go to https://www.zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 322 972 9660
A password is not required.
By phone:
Please call 1-253-215-8782
FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
Please contact the Town Clerk, 8 Sundial Circle (PO Box 740), Carefree, AZ 85377; (480) 488-3686, at least three working days prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations due to a disability.
OF THE CAREFREE TOWN COUNCIL
WHEN: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021
WHERE: ZOOM ONLINE* Meeting ID: 322 972 9660
TIME: 5:00 P.M.
Pursuant to A.R.S. 38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the Town Council of the Town of Carefree, Arizona and to the general public that the members of the Town Council will hold a meeting open to the public. For any item listed on the agenda, the Council may vote to go into Executive Session for advice of counsel and/or to discuss records and information exempt by law or rule from public inspection, pursuant to Arizona Revised Statues §38-431.03.
Members of the Council are participating by technological means or methods pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431(4).
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed hereunder are considered to be routine by the Town Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be discussed separately:
ITEM #1 Approval of the January 5, 2021 Town Council Regular Meeting Minutes.
ITEM #2 Acceptance of the cash receipts and disbursements report for November, 2020.
ITEM #3 Accept and consent to the formation of the Rio Verde Foothills Domestic Water Improvement District.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC
ITEM #4 NOTE: Submission of public comments at Call to the Public must be provided in typed format by email to Kandace@Carefree.org. Comments are to be limited to not more than one-half page, double spaced, 12 point type. No more than one submission per person per meeting will be read into the record. Please identify your town or city of residence. Comments that do not comply with the half-page, double spaced, 12 point font will not be read during the meeting but will be made part of the public record and provided to each Council member.
REGULAR AGENDA:
ITEM #5 Current Events.
ITEM #6 Discussion to amend the Carefree Town Code, to protect the health, safety, and welfare by prohibiting the use, possession, sale, and smoking of marijuana on publically owned or controlled property and only allow recreational marijuana sales within a medical marijuana facility holding a dual license. Public comments will be taken. (First Reading).
ITEM #7 Review, discussion and possible action to approve Resolution 2021-01 accepting a grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation to the Carefree Fire Department.
ITEM #8 Presentation by Robin Cochran, new Executive Director of the Foothills Caring Corps, regarding the past, present and future services to the Foothills communities.
ITEM #9 Update regarding the January 15-17, 2021 Thunderbird Artists’ 28th Annual Winter Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival and the March 12 – 14, 2021 26th Annual Spring Carefree Fine Arts Festival.
ITEM #10 Adjournment.
DATED this 28th day of January, 2021.
TOWN OF CAREFREE
BY: Kandace French Contreras
Kandace French Contreras, Town Clerk/Treasurer
*Due to the risks to public health caused by the possible spread of the COVID-19 virus at public gatherings, the Town of Carefree has determined that public meetings will be indefinitely held through technological means. Meetings will be also open to the public through technological means. In reliance on, and compliance with, the March 13, 2020 Opinion issued by Attorney General Mark Brnovich, the Town of Carefree Town Council provides this special advance notice of the technological means through which public meetings may be accessed. While this special notice is in effect, public comment at meetings will only be accepted through written submissions, which may nor may not be read aloud during meetings.
Join Zoom Meeting:
Click on the following link or cut and paste it into your browser:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3229729660
Or go to https://www.zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 322 972 9660
A password is not required.
By phone:
Please call 1-253-215-8782
FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
Please contact the Town Clerk, 8 Sundial Circle (PO Box 740), Carefree, AZ 85377; (480) 488-3686, at least three working days prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations due to a disability.
