Pima County Housing Commission
Pima County Recreation Center
2805 E. Ajo Way Room 104
Members
Present: Members
Absent: Staff & Guests:
Ken
Anderson Frank Thomson Betty Villegas
David
Greenberg Ed Taczanowsky Gary Bachman
Frank
Moreno Tim
Escobedo Marcos Ysmael
Jon Miles Daniel Tylutki
Steve
Craddock Samantha Romero
Kathleen
Buske Terry Galligan
Scott Place Carlos Renova
Henry Boice
Chris Fournillier
Daniella Zepeda
Danny Knee
Elaine Enriquez
Efrat Feferman
Erik Uchida
Jon Miles stated that Brian Flagg who, although was at the meeting, was
not listed as a guest.
Motion by Jon Miles to approve with the one correction.
Motion seconded by Tim Escobedo.
Motion carried unanimously.
Guest Speaker Elezebeth Cameron, who was to give a
presentation on Accessibility Housing and Enable 2000, failed to show up at the
meeting. The Commission agreed to let her present if she showed up, but
decided to move on with the meeting.
IV.
Staff Report
A) Discussion
on differences between Enable 2000 and Inclusive Design Ordinance
Betty Villegas explained that staff had
planned this agenda item based on what Elezebeth Cameron was going to present.
Ed Taczanowsky suggested continuing this agenda item until Elezebeth Cameron
gave her presentation.
B) Update
on Bond Application
Before Gary Bachman gave his presentation,
the final application and scoring sheet
was handed out. Gary then stated that the application had been released
for public use and that applications were now being accepted. Gary said that
there had been a public meeting with eight agencies that were likely to submit
an application in the future, and that staff was expecting applications from
agencies like Habitat for Humanity, Tucson Urban League, Chicanos Por La Causa,
and International Sonoran Desert Alliance. The application will also be
presented to the CHDO agencies at a meeting on March 30, 2006. Betty Villegas added
that the application was also publicized in the legal notices section of the
newspaper so that the public was informed of the availability of the
application.
Steven Craddock asked for a little
clarification on what had been added to the application and the scoring sheet
since he had been absent for a couple meetings. Gary and Ed Taczanowsky
informed him of the changes that were made based on the recommendations of the
Commission. Betty also notified him of the use of RSMeans to measure the cost
of construction.
Scott Place asked for an update on what had
happened with RSMeans and the cost breakdown. Ed Taczanowsky informed him that
the numbers were very close.
Hank asked for clarification on the scoring
sheet under “Energy Efficiency.” He wanted to make sure that it was a possible
total of 10 points, not 10 points for each item. He also asked that the last
sentenced be reworded as it wasn’t very clear.
C) Update
on Housing Trust Fund
Betty Villegas stated that she would be
giving an update on what’s been going on
with the Housing Trust Fund since the Board of Supervisors approved the
Commission-recommended contribution fee schedule. She stated that the major
item that was addressed immediately was how the fee would transfer to escrow
from the point of the rezoning, and how to make sure that it got to the closing
at escrow. She explained that after meeting with Pima County Development
Services they found that it was at the rezoning condition where everything
could happen, so they are working on a housing agreement that would flow from
the developer to the builder to the buyer. She stated that there would be a
staff person designated for monitoring the housing agreements.
Ed Taczanowsky
asked if the housing agreement would require both the builder and the developer
to do something extra as a result of the zoning condition placed upon the
property. Betty stated that it was a deed restriction that was going to be
recorded in the actual deed and follow through to the first sale.
Betty Villegas stated that the wording in the
agreement was crucial and that she had made contact with a title company that
would be willing to help with the wording.
Request by Ed Taczanowsy that prior to any
implementation of the housing agreement that the commission gets to see the
proof and have time to comment on it.
Seconded by Steve Craddock.
Betty Villegas added that the other thing
staff has been looking at other options on how to capitalize on the Housing
Trust Fund. She stated that staff was looking into a model where the County
works with other jurisdictions to get funds. It also needs to be decided
whether or not to establish a nonprofit or use an existing nonprofit to apply
for private donations.
Ed Taczanowsky asked whether staff had looked
into the possibility of selling bonds on Wall Street using the income revenue
stream. Betty stated that it had been
looked into but since there was no history of it, it would be hard to convince
an investor to buy into it. Ed Taczanowsky gave an example of a school district
in California that used the Mello-Roos law to sell bonds using their revenue
stream and got $5-10 million up front. Betty suggested that Steve Russo, the
IDA bond counsel, come and talk to the commission.
Betty Villegas also stated that the Pima
County IDA would be interested in giving a $250,000 five-year, low-interest
loan if the Commission could match it.
V.
Discussion on possible action on
joint meeting with Tucson Metropolitan Housing Commission.
A letter, requesting a joint meeting with the Commissioners,
from the Tucson Metropolitan was handed out. Betty Villegas stated that they
just wanted to get an update as to where the Commission was at with their
Housing Trust Fund and to see what other revenue streams the commission was
looking at.
Scott Place suggested having a pre-meeting to prepare for
the joint meeting and Ed Taczanowsky requested that the Commissioners be able
to see the agenda more than 24 hours before the meeting.
Motion made by Ed Taczanowsky that in lieu of the regularly scheduled meeting on April 17th, the Commission combine that meeting with the April 24th date and include the City Metropolitan Housing Commission, and that the agenda include only this item as it is of great significance.
Motion seconded by Jon Miles.
Motion carried unanimously.
VI. Call
to the Audience
There were no comments from the audience.
VI.
Adjournment