We are at a cool dozen supporters of PEEPs addressing the Council tonight. #TucsonCouncil

The latest speaker is tying the defeat of Prop 414 to the Council not listening to the community, asks them to re-asses their priorities and including in that - paying for early childhood education. #TucsonCouncil

There are a lot of handmade signs.

For what it is worth, there are more people here tonight that are tied to the financial side of PEEPs - teachers, and other school employees more than parents.

A woman asks everyone in the room supporting PEEPs to please stand up. It was almost everyone in the room - save for the journalists and few city staffers. (We are not part of the story.)

The last speaker notes that while 39 percent of the people who pay the library district tax are city residents but 60 percent of those who get PEEPs scholarships are city residents.

She is one of the first to come with a specific request - pay for PEEPs for one more year and she (and others) work to find a different funding source. "One year. I promise I am not moving the goal post," she tells the Council

Another supporter (current count: 14) read the budget and goes after increases to the police department to find the money. "This is shameful," she tells the #TucsonCouncil, calling the city budget a moral document.

The final speaker has worked for the city for the last 28 years. He said he was recently re-classified in the streets department, but points out that the police department and fire department gets so much money that other departments get squeezed.

Ok, I'll admit I am fascinated by this last item. The owner is outside of the city limits and wants to connect to the city's water lines, but they do not qualify for the city's water policy. They are asking for a waiver for their one acre policy.

According to the owner, they bought the land in 2007 and they are being held to a water policy established by the city of Tucson in 2013.

According to the city, the owner is trying to SELL the property.

But if you read this map, you will see that most of the properties surrounding it either have existing service or are obligated to get water service when the property is developed.

What would you do? (I'll tell you what the Council decides in a minute.) #TucsonCouncil

This parcel does not meet the city's "three-side" rule, which automatically grants approval if the parcel is surrounded by parcels on three sides with ACTIVE service. This parcel has two sides with active service, and one side with future obligation.

City Attorney Mike Rankin said the Council would need to create a specific resolution to offer service to this parcel, which again no one lives on. The owner said it would cost $50,000 to drill a well on the property.

This is not a tactic to force the owner into annexation. In this case, it isn't feasible.

The Council is leaning towards a waiver but there is a question about the underlying zoning. No one in the room is completely sure if it is zoned residential. Not even the owners - but they are selling it, so they can’t make assurances that the property will be used as residential.

(The document I am reading doesn’t have a parcel code.)

The Council approves a variance for the land owners. #TucsonCouncil