Pima County Housing Commission
Pima County Recreation Center
2805 E. Ajo Way Room 104
Members
Present: Members
Absent: Staff & Guests:
Tim
Escobedo Steve Craddock Hank Atha
Ed
Taczanowsky Frank Thomson
Margaret Kish
David
Greenberg Frank Moreno Betty Villegas
Jon Miles Scott Place
Gary Bachman
Henry
Boice Marcos Ysmael
Ken
Anderson Daniel Tylutki
Kathleen
Buske
Samantha Romero
Elizabeth Cameron
Michael McDonald
Pat Benchik
Corky Poster
Chris Fournillier
Daniella Zepeda
Carlos Renova
3:10
P.M. - Just short of a quorum the meeting proceeds without official call to
order or approval of the minutes.
Upon the conclusion
of the presentation by Corky Poster, a quorum was established and the meeting was
officially called to order by Vice-Chair David Greenberg at 3:40 P.M.
II. Approval of Minutes from December 12, 2006
Motion by Henry Boice to approve the minutes
Motion seconded by Ken Anderson.
Motion carried unanimously.
Betty Villegas explained that the commission still needed to
decide on a cost index to use for scoring applications. Betty thanked those who provided numbers
from the private sector to compare with Pima County’s numbers from past
applications, and stated that there was little difference between the two. She
stated that staff recommends that the Commission use RSMeans, and then asked
Daniel Tylutki to explain RSMeans.
Daniel Tylutki passed out a handout that explained RSMeans
in a little more detail and also allowed the Commission to see what RSMeans
would allow staff to do. Daniel stated that RSMeans is a construction data
supplier that is based on historical data that based on an entered description
will give staff high, median, and low numbers for construction cost. Daniel
explained that staff would be able to customize a usable, workable model that
would give staff a uniform cost per square foot analysis to compare with the
applications. He also stated that scores would be given based on which category
(high, median, or low) the costs fell in to with the low costs getting the
higher score, and that it would be incorporated into the threshold criteria and
priority checklist.
Gary Bachman stated that the RSMeans data might also be used
to underwrite the infrastructure costs. He also said that RSMeans might also be
used for multifamily and rehab projects.
Hank Atha asked for clarification on what staff was actually
planning on doing with RSMeans. Daniel stated explained that RSMeans would be
used for cost estimation.
Ed Taczanowsky asked where RSMeans gets their data and if it
was from actual projects. Daniel responded that he thought the data came from
actual projects from the private sector and also from city based projects. He
also stated that he thought that RSMeans was inclusive of all construction
types.
Ed Taczanowsky made the motion to authorize staff to use RSMeans
as the cost index in scoring the application.
Ken Anderson seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
IV.
Change February Commission meeting
date due to legal holiday
Vice-Chair David Greenberg stated that the February Commission meeting
needed to be changed due to Presidents Day.
Betty Villegas stated that the meeting could be held on either Monday,
February 13, Tuesday, February 21, or Monday, February 27.
The Commission decided
to hold the next meeting on Tuesday, February 21 at 3:00.
V. Call
to the Audience
Elizabeth Cameron spoke about the importance of keeping
accessibility a priority in affordable housing bond programs. She asked to be
put on the next meeting’s agenda to discuss housing accessibility issues.
David Greenberg directed staff to add Elizabeth Cameron to
the February 21 agenda for a 15-minute discussion on housing accessibility
issues.
Hank Atha asked staff to include a clear report of the
difference between Enable 2000 and the Pima County code requirements.
Ken Anderson asked if it would be possible to get an
estimate of the cost for meeting that requirement.
VI. Adjournment
David
Greenberg adjourned the meeting at 4:15 P.M.