Members Present Haley Balzano
Ben Barcon,
Rus Brock
Gary Corcoran
Bernie Deutsch
Carlo Gegen
Herb Hacker Barbara Koffron Melanie LaBoy Ben Patton Alex Reynoso Kenneth Roth Paul Scott Darrell Wilson
Members Absent Gary Corcoran John Hart Pete Hemingway Larry Litchfield Greg Russell
Staff Julie Andresen, DSD Lionel Lyons, DSD Derek Horn, DSD Dennis Murphy, DSD Deb Richardson, DSD Mike Hamblin, Law Matt Kun, DSD Jennifer Cleis, DSD
Ex-Officio's Present Chaun Hill, Streets, Tom Wandrie, DSD Aaron La Roque, Water Services Larry Tom, Planning
Ex-Officio's Absent Patrick Ravenstein, NSD
Others in Attendance
None
CALL TO ORDER Barbara Koffron, DAB Chairperson, convened the meeting at 3:02 p.m.
Approval of May 17, 2007 minutes. Motion was made by Paul Scott and seconded by Carlo Gegen, to approve the meeting minutes of May 17, 2007. Motion carried unanimously.
Call to the Public (No Board Discussion)
No response from the public.
Development Services Director, Lionel D. Lyons presented Service Awards to the board to outgoing board members, Carlo Gegen, Greg Russell and outgoing Chairperson, Barbara Koffron. Lionel D. Lyons thanks these individuals for their services to the Development Advisory Board on behalf of all of the DSD staff and the City of Phoenix.
Lionel Lyons informs the board that DSD has selected Denée McKinley to run the Office of Customer Advocacy as the Business Assistance Administrator.
Subcommittee Reports:
Process and Procedures:
Ben Barcon: The subcommittee met on Friday, June 8. A motion was made by Ben Patton, seconded by Bernie Deutsch, to support the Text Amendment concepts that John Parks, Development Review Administrator brought before the subcommittee and the operational issues. The subcommittee requested that a draft of a Text Amendment which will serve to clarify a number of conflicts in the current zoning ordinance for Hillside developments. John Parks to go back and write draft of these amendments to present to the Development Advisory Board.
Fiscal and Performance:
Russ Brock: Nothing to report.
Project Simple:
Bernie Deutsch: The subcommittee met on Friday, June 8, and discussed ideas of educating staff on how the codes and ordinances have an effect on cost and time factors.
Electronic Plan Review:
Paul Scott: Nothing to report.
Residential Fire Sprinklers:
Ken Roth: Nothing to report
Technical
Herb Hacker: Nothing to report
Water
Carlo Gegen: The subcommittee meets on an as needed basis. This subcommittee met on Thursday, June 21, 2007, and discussed design standards being developed for waste water around the Light Rail system. Also discussed were standards for private lift stations. Finally, discussed was a change in the time duration that fire flow test data is applicable for design. Originally this standard was at 90 days and has now been extended to 180 days. He stated that this has had an impact on some of the projects. Carlo informs the board that all of these items discussed can be found on the Water Services website.
Update, Discussion and Information regarding Ex-Officios on the Water Subcommittee. Motion was made by Carlo Gegen and seconded Darrell Wilson by to appoint Stephanie Kinsey, Bill Roberts and Aaron LaRoque to the Water Services Subcommittee as Ex-Officio members of the Water Services Subcommittee. Upon the legal advise and interpretation of the DAB Bylaws by Michael Hamblin, it was determined that Ex-Officios can constitute a quorum for a subcommittee. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Chairperson, Barbara Koffron requested from the board any volunteers to replace outgoing board member Carlo Gegen on the subcommittees Carlo served. The following board members will replace Carlo Gegen as subcommittee members of the following subcommittees:
Alex Reynoso – Fiscal & Performance Subcommittee
Alex Reynoso – Process & Procedures Subcommittee
Rus Brock – Water Services Subcommittee
As a follow up to the last DAB meeting, Dennis Murphy, Special Projects Administrator gave an update and presentation outlining progress in the process improvements initiative within the Development Services Department. He presented to DAB members the “Dashboard” handout with productivity statistics. A discussion by the board was held regarding the Dashboard and its findings as well as a proposed “expedited plan review” policy that DSD will eventually bring before City Council for approval. Lionel D. Lyons spoke to board regarding the terms of expedited plan review and stated that projects with the desire to be on the expedited path of plan review must first meet the criteria that will be required in order to do so. Ben Barcon requested that any policy written be brought before the board for review and input prior to presenting to City Council for approval. Positive feedback from board members was reiterated around the table regarding the progress that Development Services Department is making in their initiative to serve the customers with seamless service.
Update, Discussion and Information and Possible Action regarding the nominations of Chair and Vice-Chair for the Development Advisory Board. Motion was made by Herb Hacker and seconded by Ken Roth to nominate Paul Scott as Chair of the Development Advisory Board. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Motion made by Ken Roth and seconded by Herb Hacker to nominate Larry Litchfield Vice-Chair of the Development Advisory Board. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Motion was made by Paul Scott and seconded by Bernie Deutsch to cancel the August DAB meeting. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Discussion Regarding Future DAB Agenda Items
Possible future agenda items discussed:
1. ISO Detail (International Organization of Standardization) presentation
* Before adjourning the meeting, Barbara Koffron addresses the board with her sincere thanks for the opportunity serve on the board. She informed the board that she will be introducing Kevin Roche of the Fire Department to the board by inviting him to attend these meetings in hopes that he will be a future candidate for the board representing the Fire Department.
* Paul Scott responds to Barbara and thanks her for her service to the board as Chairperson for 2006 - 2007.
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Adjournment
MOTION was made by Herb Hacker, seconded by Barbara Koffron, to adjourn the
June 21, 2007 meeting, MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Public Hearing Adjourned 4:20 p.m.
Derek Horn, P.E. CBO DSD Deputy Director
Minutes Prepared by: Deb Richardson, Secretary III
