DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES

December 16, 2004

Members Present Ben Barcon Gary Corcoran Carlo Gegan Herb Hacker Pete Hemingway Jake Jacobsen Scott Mardian Michael McHale Herman Orcutt Kenneth Roth Greg Russell Paul Scott Steve Speed Patricia Thornham Darrell Wilson Members Absent Stephen Elssmann Bob Ford Barbara Koffron Danny Ortega

Staff Karen Beckley, City of Phoenix, DSD Carole Borrego,City of Phoenix, DSD Larry Litchfield, City of Phoenxi, DSD Joanne Owens, City of Phoenix, DSD Anne Sobczak, City of Phoenix, DSD John Watson, City of Phoenix, Fire Ex-Officio's Present Jim Baughman, City of Phoenix, Planning Chaun Hill, City of Phoenix, Streets Aaron LaRoque, City of Phoenix, Water Services Derek Horn, City of Phoenix, DSD Mike Hamblin, City of Phoenix, Law Patrick Ravenstein, City of Phoenix, NSD Tom Wandrie, City of Phoenix, DSD Ex-Officio's Absent None Others in Attendance Rus Brock, Homebuilders Association Steve Curtis, Continental Services David Dratnol, Isolatek International Courtney LeVinus, AMA George Verbryck, SPCMA

CALL TO ORDER
Herman Orcutt, DAB Chairperson, convened the meeting at 3:09 p.m.

Approval of November 18, 2004 Minutes:

Motion was made by Mike McHale, seconded by Paul Scott, to approve the meeting minutes of November 18, 2004. Motion carried unanimously.

CALL TO THE PUBLIC
None

DISCUSSION OF SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS:

Process and Procedures Subcommittee:
Ben Barcon stated that they met Monday, December 13, 2004. Items discussed included: Gas Breaker/Automatic Gas Shut-off Safety Valve; the design of residential streets; the KIVA tracking of traffic signals and street lighting plans and the single review process that DSD is developing.

Fiscal and Performance Subcommittee:
The subcommittee met on December 16, 2004. Mr. Mardian stated that the budget for 2003-2004 was about 47 million and the budget for 2004-2005 will be about 48 million.

Residential Fire Sprinklers:
Mr. Ken Roth stated they met on December 7, 2004 with great participation from the DAB, Homeowners, City Staff, and the Fire Department. The subcommittee discussed costs versus benefits on residential fire sprinkler systems and will obtain additional information for study. He stated that a recommendation would be presented to the DAB within a couple of months.

Technical
Mr. Hemingway stated that he will report on the subcommittee activity in item no. 6 and 7 on this agenda.

DAB By-Laws/Mission Statement
Ms. Thornham stated that she will report on the subcommittee activity in item no. 5 on this agenda.

Discussion/Update/Possible Action on the final copy of the DAB By-Laws and Mission Statement to the Development Advisory Board for signature by all Board members:
Ms. Thornham stated that each DAB member has an original copy of the DAB By-Laws in their packet and requested that they sign and date their copy and return to Carole Borrego.

Discussion/Update/Possible Action on the Code Process:

Mr. Litchfield thanked all the members of the Technical Subcommittee for their hard work and tremendous amount of work that they accomplished in such a short period of time. He stated that they have all produced a very good quality code.

A CD of the code amendments thus far was distributed to each Board Member. A change occurred that was not on the CD, that being:

• The area of refuge in Chapter 10. Those sections are still uncompleted and staff has been given direction to work with proponents or opponents of these items and try to come up with a solution by the January 20, 2005 meeting date.

• There are some Fire Department changes that were submitted before this meeting that are not included on the CD. Mr. Litchfield stated that the changes will be on the website if anyone wishes to access them.

• There are some Fire Department changes that were submitted before this meeting that are not included on the CD. Mr. Litchfield stated that the changes will be on the website if anyone wishes to access them.

• One issue deals with the air tubing required in high-rise buildings.

Mr. Litchfield stated that the City is adopting all 12 construction codes at one time. There are 4 codes that need to be forwarded on to public hearing today, 8 of them have previously been moved forward. He stated that this code is a very workable document and that it’s the first time that the code has an administrative provision that applies to DSD, not just the building code. They tried to include all the provisions that DSD is responsible for in enforcing into that code, either by reference or by wording.

Mr. Hemingway thanked DSD staff and other DAB members for all their efforts and hours in working to prepare the code.

Mr. Orcutt suggested that the hearing be set at 1:00 p.m. to make sure that there is enough time for the hearing and all involved. All Board members agreed.

Paul Scott stated that he is concerned with retaining wall issues in the code. He stated that this is being enforced is not always consistent. He would like to pursue this more so that there is a consistent; easy to interpret by anyone who reads it, an ordinance and code. Mr. Orcutt stated that he would assign this to the DAB Technical Subcommittee. Mr. Scott stated that he would prepare something for the next Technical Subcommittee meeting.

Derek Horn, P.E. CBO
DSD Deputy Director

Minutes Prepared by:
Carole Borrego, Secretary III