Members Present
Ben Barcon Michael Fries Carlo Gegen Herb Hacker Peter Hemingway
Barbara Koffron Scott Mardian Herman Orcutt Danny Ortega Kenneth Roth Greg Russell Paul Scott
Patricia Thornham,BR>Darrell Wilson
Members Absent
Martin Alvarez Mike Colletto Stephen Elssmann Bob Ford Jake Jacobsen Steve Speer
Staff
Tracy Bangor, City of Phoenix, Fire
Karen Beckley, City of Phoenix, DSD
Carole Borrego,City of Phoenix, DSD
Will Hardy, Council District 2
Chaun Hill, City of Phoenix, Streets
Fred Luna, City of Phoenix, DSD
Joe McElvaney, City of Phoenix, DSD
Joanne Owens, City of Phoenix, DSD
Janet Reed, City of Phoenix, DSD
John Watson, Phoenix Fire
Ex-Officio's Present
Larry Litchfield, City of Phoenix, DSD
Aaron LaRoque, City of Phoenix, Water Services
Patrick Ravenstein, City of Phoenix, NSD
Jim Baughman, City of Phoenix, Planning
Michael Hamblin, City of Phoenix, Law
Ex-Officio's Absent
No representative from Streets
Others in Attendance
Rus Brock, Homebuilders Association
CALL TO ORDER
Herman Orcutt, DAB Chairperson, convened the meeting at 3:05p.m.
Approval of January 15, 2004 Minutes
Motion was made by Ben Barcon,
seconded by Danny Ortega, to approve the meeting minutes of Januaryt 15, 2004. Motion carried unanimously.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC
None
DISCUSSION OF SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS:
Process and Procedures Subcommittee:
Ben Barcon stated that the Process & Process Subcommittee is currently acting as an AdHoc Committee
to look over the fencing permit requirements, along with reviewing the Truncated Dome issue. Their next meeting is
scheduled for Tuesday, February 24, 2004.
Fiscal and Performance:
Mr. Orcutt stated Fiscal and Performance did not meet in February. He stated that this subcommittee has
decided to meet quarterly instead of monthly.
Technical:
The Technical Subcommittee did not meet in February.
Water Services Subcommittee:
Mr. Scott Mardian stated that this subcommittee did not meet. The Water Department is moving ahead with the
Standards Manual
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION/POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT:
Ms. Cindy Stotler, Management Services Administrator, DSD, distributed copies of the DSD Operational Statistics Report
and presented a brief power point presentation to the Board on the financial status of DSD.
Ms. Stotler stated that after seven months of the fiscal year, DSD is right on target and is recovering about 105%.
Twenty-six million in revenue has been received thus far, which makes DSD four million above year to date last year.
She continued to report that single family permits are extremely high. Since 2000-2001 permits have doubled, which makes
it a 19% increase to date. Residential permits are also going up, along with residential inspections. Also,
Preapps are up 53% from last fiscal year at this time.
For service improvements for customers, lap top computers have been ordered for the inspectors, which improves customer
service greatly. By the end of June 2004, DSD is aiming to be 100% on-line.
Ms. Stotler continued to explain that they are working on hiring 18 additional staff. She mentioned that DSD is working
on making the Civil Citation Program permanent, rather than a pilot program.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION/POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD RETREAT TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2004:
Mr. Orcutt stated that this retreat is to reflect on what the DAB has accomplished and where they want to go.
It was decided by the Board to discuss the following items at the upcoming retreat:
Measurement of DSD Proficiencies with other Cities/Departments
2 Year Action Plan for DAB/DSD
Development Challenges Related to PCD's
Patricia Thornham brought up the subject of other City Departments addressing the DAB with what issues/accomplishments
they are working on, along with their interaction with DSD.
Mr. Orcutt encouraged everyone to be at the retreat.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION/POSSIBLE ACTION ON TRUNCATED DOMES ON CURB CUTS:
Mr. Ben Barcon stated that the Process and Procedures Subcommittee has not had an opportunity to meet as a Subcommittee
to discuss this issue. It was decided to report on this information when this material is covered.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION/POSSIBLE ACTION ON TRUNCATED DOMES ON THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPUTY DIRECTOR:
Mr. Larry Litchfield stated that the recruitment for the Building Official/Technical Issues is still moving forward.
The recruitment for the Deputy Director position is still in process. This position will be the managerial position
that supervises the Teams and implements process changes. Applications will be counted to see how many have applied.
This will be open until March 12, 2004.
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
Mr. Ken Roth inquired about the status of the NPFA 5000 process.
Mr. Litchfield stated that the Mayor asked the Council to amended Resolution 19015, which allows a review of the
I-Codes and the NFPA Codes. A nine-member study committee has been formed and the next meeting will be next week.
This committee will be deciding on a process of how to review and prepare the codes and then make their recommendation
to the Mayor and Council in mid June 2004. He encouraged attendance to anyone's who's interested.
Adjournment
MOTION was made by Herman Orcutt, seconded by Danny Ortega, to adjourn the
January 15, 2004 DAB meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Respectfully submitted:
Joe McElvaney, P.E. for Larry Litchfield, P.E.
Assistant to the Building Official
Minutes Prepared by:
Carole Borrego, Secretary III
