Pima County Housing Commission
The Dr. Herbert K. Abrams
Public Health Center
3950 S. Country Club Road, Room 104
Members
Present: Members
Absent: Staff & Guests:
Ken Anderson Steve Craddock Betty Villegas
Scott
Place Frank
Thomson Marcos Ysmael
David
Greenberg Henry Boice Gary Bachman
Jon Miles Ed Taczanowsky Daniel
Tylutki Tim Escobedo Kathleen Buske Hank Atha
Frank
Moreno Martha
Martin
Samantha
Romero
Nicole
Fyffe
Emily
Nottingham
Jack
Siry
Terry
Galligan
Ben
Tuchi
Sara
Limones
Frank
Martinez
Commission Chair Frank Moreno called the meeting to order at 3:07 pm.
II. Approval of Minutes from
July 16, 2007
Motion made by David Greenberg to approve the minutes from July
16, 2007.
Motion
seconded by Scott Place. Motion carried unanimously.
A member of the audience requested that each audience member introduce himself or herself. Request was granted by Chair Moreno. Each member of the audience introduced themselves by name and agency.
Pima County staff Marcos Ysmael
presented the Commission with an update on the bond projects by reviewing the
spreadsheet that summarized 2004 bond funds:
Pima County Program Betty Villegas reported that staff has been meeting with other departments to try and jointly come up with future strategies for affordable housing. She explained that although there were earlier recommendations for affordable housing from the Board of Supervisors that were implemented into the comprehensive plan for Pima County, the recommendations needed to be expanded upon to incorporate meaningful affordable housing strategies. She explained that Pima County staff wants the Commission’s involvement in the process.
Pima County staff Daniel Tylutki informed the
Commission that the Pima County Development Services is looking to set up a committee
to look at affordable housing strategies and address county residential zones that
affect manufactured and affordable housing.
Daniel Tylutki informed the Commission that Commissioner Ken Anderson will
participate on this committee.
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Project Review Committee
Emily Nottingham from the City of Tucson addressed the Commission and explained that though the number of units has remained the same, there are some substantial changes on the MLK project. The changes included the amount of square footage, which resulted from reducing the amount of exterior space, increasing the amount of interior space, and the project timeline schedule. She explained that the estimated date of occupancy was December 2009.
Commissioner Thomson stated that
after much discussion at the subcommittee meeting, they all agreed that this project
should continue to move forward.
Motion seconded by David Greenberg. Motion carried unanimously.
No reports at this time by
subcommittee
No reports at this time by
subcommittee
No reports at this time by subcommittee.
Deputy County Administrator Hank Atha addressed the Commission and explained that after a meeting with the Bond Attorney and with County Attorney Karen Friar to discuss the South Tucson proposal, it will possible for South Tucson to use bond funds to acquire property within South Tucson city limits to build affordable housing, but the manner must be modified. He explained that Pima County will have to purchase the property and then transfer the property to South Tucson or to whoever builds the affordable housing. A monitoring process would need to be set up to assure the units built on that land remain affordable for a period of thirty years. Mr. Atha suggested that the Commission move forward with the recommendation to the Bond Committee with the tentative allocations to the three different jurisdictions.
Commission Chair Frank Moreno led
a discussion on his concern that there was $6.6 million in unexpended funds
from the 2004 bond funds. Pima County Program
Manager Betty Villegas asked the Commission to consider a land acquisition
program that would allow for the purchasing of land for the development of affordable
housing. This option could be used to ensure that housing units built on land
purchased with bond funds would remain affordable. Ms. Villegas also talked about a Community Land Trust model, and
offered to have someone come in and do a presentation at a future meeting.
VII. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 3:56 pm.