DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES

October 19, 2006

Members Present
Haley Balzano
Ben Barcon
Rus Brock
Gary Corcoran
Bernie Dutsch
Carlo Gegen
Herb Hacker
Pete Hemingway
Barbara Koffron
Melanie Laboy
Ben Patton
Alex Reynoso
Greg Russell
Paul Scott
Darrell Wilson

Members Absent
John Hart
Danny Ortega
Ken Roth

Staff
Carole Borrego, DSD
Pam Hibbs, DSD
Mike Hamblin, Law
Denee' McKinley, DSD
Joanne Owens, DSD
Cindy Stotler, DSD
John Watson, Fire
Lynn Williams, EAS
Tammy Woo, EAS

Ex-Officio's Present
Jim Baughman, Planning
Chaun Hill, Streets
Brad Walldorf, Water Services
Paul Crohurst, NSD

Ex-Officio's Absent
Tom Wandrie, DSD

Others in Attendance

CALL TO ORDER
Barbara Koffron, DAB Chairperson, convened the meeting at 3:05 p.m.

Approval of July 20, 2006 Minutes:
Motion was made by Pete Hemingway and seconded by Ben Patton , to approve the meeting minutes of July 20, 2006. Motion carried unanimously

Approval of July 21, 2006 Minutes:
Motion was made by Ben Barcon and seconded by Haley Balzano , to approve the meeting minutes of September 21, 2006. Motion carried unanimously

Call to the Public (No Board Discussion):
None

Discussion, Information, and Possible Action recommending the Proposed Development Services Department Fee Revisions:

Board Discussion
Cindy Stotler, DSD, distributed packets regarding the “Detail of Fee Revisions” and “Calculations and Components of Hourly Staff Rate” and went over a brief power point presentation with the DAB and explained the packets in detail. Discussion took place between Ms. Stotler and the Board.

Public Hearing
Ms. Koffron opened the public hearing and asked if anyone in attendance would like to address the Board. Seeing none and hearing none:

Motion was made by Pete Hemingway and seconded by Paul Scott, to close the public hearing. Motion carried unanimously.

Ms. Koffron requested a recommendation from the Board regarding the proposed fees. Motion was made by Herb Hacker and seconded by Rus Brock, to adopt the proposed fees as presented for City Council Action. Motion carried unanimously.

Subcommittee Reports:

Process and Procedures:
Ben Barcon stated the subcommittee met on October 13, 2006. They discussed the l of the new City of Phoenix Design Guidelines for streetlight layouts. This has been reviewed for the past year and the subcommittee looks forward to presenting this draft to the full DAB in November of 2006.

They are also reviewing the new report format of the Preliminary Site Reports. These are not ready for implementation at this time but will be presented to the DAB when they are completed.

Fiscal and Performance:
Rus Brock stated that this subcommittee met and went over the presentation that Cindy Stotler presented in Item No. 5.

Ben Patton is a new member of this subcommittee.

Project Simple:
Bernie Deutsch stated he and Derek Horn met to discuss the next agenda of this subcommittee. They will meet the week of October 23rd.

Residential Fire Sprinklers:
This Subcommittee did not meet.

Electronic Plan Review:
Mr. Scott stated that this subcommittee met and is still working with DSD staff to examine the possibilities of a process to submit plans electronically.

Technical:
This Subcommittee did not meet.

Water:
This Subcommittee did not meet. Carlo Gegen suggested that this subcommittee be closed out at this time until future meetings are needed.

Discussion, Information, and Possible action on the Development Services Department Staff Report:
Derek Horn gave a brief power point presentation showing recent performance measures within DSD.

Mr. Horn asked the DAB how often they would like to receive an update of the performance measures of DSD. Herb Hacker suggested that he update the DAB quarterly with a power point presentation but have monthly handouts for review. It was agreed that this would be a new procedure at future meetings.

Update, Discussion, and Information, on the City of Phoenix Building Construction Code:
Mr. Horn stated that the staff work is continuing on the code reviews of the 2006 International Codes. A website has been posted with a form for the public to use to submit code proposals created for submissions.

http://phoenix.gov/email/appdsdco.html

Mr. Horn stated that the deadline for submitting code proposals would be Friday, December 1, 2006.

The DAB Technical Subcommittee will be meeting at the beginning of December to review the codes and proposed amendments. The goal is to have a DAB public hearing at their January 18, 2007 meeting to review all of the code proposals.

Discussion Regarding Future DAB Agenda Items:
None

Adjournment

MOTION was made by Pete Hemingway, seconded by Bernie Deutsch,, to adjourn the October 19th, 2006 meeting.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

Meeting adjourned at 4:04 p.m.

Derek Horn, P.E. CBO
DSD Deputy Director

Minutes Prepared by:
Carole Borrego, Secretary III

Last Modified on 11/16/2006 16:29:17