PIMA COUNTY
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING
Friday, March 21, 2008, 8:30am
Kino Veteran’s Memorial Center
2805 E. Ajo Way
Room 1103
Tucson, Arizona
MINUTES
NEIGHBORHOOD
REINVESTMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (NROC)
MEMBERS
Present Mr. Al Skorupski-District 1 Appointee, Chair
Ms. Corey Knox-District 4 Appointee, Vice Chair
Mr. Felipe Lundin-District 2 Appointee
Mr. Shel Coudray-District 3 Appointee
Absent Ms. Elvia Lopez-District 5 Appointee
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT STAFF
Leslie Nixon-Neighborhood Reinvestment Program Manager
Bennett Bernal-NRP Program Coordinator
Lori Aldecoa-Program Coordinator
David Longoria-Program Coordinator
Ana Durazo-Pima County Community Development Administrative Specialist
Teresa Bommarito-Pima County Community Development Intern
OTHERS PRESENT
Tory Stypula, El Cortez Heights
Lori Mennella, El Cortez Heights
CALL TO ORDER by NROC Chair Al Skorupski at 8:30am.
ROLL CALL
Quorum present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
FOR February 22, 2008, MEETING
Mr. Lundin moved to approve the minutes from February 22, 2008. Mr. Coudray seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
PROGRAM MANAGER’S
REPORT
Ms. Nixon advised the Committee of the following:
· Review of Agenda
· Review of Project Status Report
· Announcements:
-Mr. Longoria informed the Committee that the South Tucson park dedication had excellent community and official attendance.
-Mr. Bernal announced that the Ajo Skate Park dedication would be on Saturday, March 29th , 2008. Mr. Bernal also announced that the Flowing Wells Project would be having a soft dedication and date is to be announced. He also announced the Marana Vista Project was almost completed and the dedication would depend on the project completion date.
-Ms. Aldecoa announced that the A Mountain and Feldman’s Projects were completed. The dedications would be announced in a month or two.
-Ms. Nixon informed the Committee that the Pima County Bond Advisory Committee meeting would be held on Friday, March 28, 2008, at the Manning House at 8:30am. Chair Skorupski would be making the presentation to the Bond Advisory Committee.
-Ms. Nixon advised the Committee that, after May, there would be no new project presentations until August. The preliminary decision of the Committee was to hold no NROC meetings during June and July. A final decision concerning the summer schedule will be made at the April or May meeting.
ROUND XVIII NEIGHBORHOOD
REINVESTMENT PROPOSAL
(SITE VISIT REPORT,
DISCUSSION, ACTION)
·
EL CORTEZ NEIGHBHORHOOD
ASSOCIATION
Chair Skorupski informed NROC that Committee Member Elvia Lopez would not be present to give her site visit report on this project and that she had asked that the Committee postpone taking any action until the next meeting when she could be present. Mr. Lundin reported on his site visit and stated that this was a meritorious project. He advised that the Committee not delay its recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. Ms. Knox made a motion to discuss and make the recommendation concerning the El Cortez project. Mr. Coudray seconded.
Motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Lundin stated that during his site visit to El Cortez Park he observed the necessity for the shade structures. Mr. Lundin recommended the Committee members vote for this project. Mr. Coudray asked for clarification on the amount of shade structures and costs. Ms. Aldecoa clarified that they were requesting shade structures for three playground areas and two picnic table sites, for a total cost of $110,000.
Mr. Coudray made a motion to recommend the El Cortez project to the Board of Supervisors. Chair Skorupski stated the maximum amount of the project was $110,000. Mr. Lundin seconded.
Motion passed unanimously.
PRESENTATION BY
LESLIE NIXON
On behalf of the Pima County Board of Supervisors, County Administrator, and NRP staff, Ms. Nixon presented each NROC member with a personalized Thomas Philabaum glass paperweight, in appreciation for their hard work and dedication to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Program.
COMMITTEE FEEDBACK
Mr. Coudray asked Ms. Nixon if she and Ms. Kish had met with the County Department Directors to see if they agreed on a standard cost estimate form. Ms. Nixon informed the Committee that Ms. Kish was working with Directors and would have a report at next month’s meeting.
Mr. Coudray asked what had happened with the County Administrator’s memorandum of requests to the Committee. Ms. Nixon announced that the requests had been addressed by NROC. Concerning soft costs, Ms. Nixon stated that the County Administrator had changed the County policy for county-constructed NR projects, specifically by revoking the directive that County departments absorb soft costs on those projects. The new policy on City of Tucson projects is that the County will absorb reasonable design and engineering consultant costs, and the City will absorb project administration and permit costs. Mr. Coudray recommended that the issue of soft costs should be addressed in the next bond election. Chair Skorupski commented that he would share this information with the Bond Advisory Committee.
Concerning the County Administrator’s recommended Neighborhood Reinvestment allocations by Supervisor District, Ms. Knox commented that she felt it was unfair to cap NR funding by District. She stated that any District-based allocation formula should be implemented at the beginning of the NR allocation procedure, not in the middle of the process, as was done with 2004 funds. Ms. Nixon recommended that NROC concerns be addressed to the Bond Advisory Committee, which has not yet selected a date for the next bond election.
CALL TO AUDIENCE
Ms. Tori Stypula thanked the Committee members on behalf of the neighborhood’s children for approving the El Cortez playground shade structure project.
ADJOURNMENT
Ms. Knox moved to adjourn, and Mr. Coudray seconded. Motion was approved unanimously. Meeting adjourned by Chair Al Skorupski at 9:05 am.
Minutes submitted by Ana Durazo