TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOR CITY COUNCIL
SESSION
August 26, 2008
The August 26, 2008
Policy Session Meeting has been Cancelled
BACK-UP INFORMATION
FOR THE AUGUST 27, 2008
FORMAL AGENDA
Packet Date: August 21, 2008
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CITY COUNCIL REPORT
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FORMAL AGENDA
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TO:
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Council Members
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AGENDA DATE:
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August
27, 2008
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FROM:
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Phil Gordon
Mayor
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SUBJECT:
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BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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CAMELBACK EAST VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
I nominate the following new appointee:
Sandra Kukla
Ms. Kukla is an architect with DWL Architects and
Planners, Inc., resides in District 6 and is
recommended by Councilman Greg Stanton.
She replaces Andrea Norman, who resigned, and will serve a partial term
to expire November 19, 2009.
CITIZENS TRANSIT
COMMISSION
I nominate Aaron Aylsworth to serve as Chair
of this commission for a term to expire June
30, 2009.
I nominate the following new appointees:
John Hart
Mr. Hart serves as Director of Marketing with Hartco
LLC, resides in District 8 and will represent the field of Resident. He replaces Gene Blue, whose term expired,
and will serve his first term to expire June
30, 2011.
Justin Johnson
Mr. Johnson serves as Entitlement Manager with Distinctive Residences
and will represent the field of Resident.
He replaces Win Holden, whose term expired, and will serve his first
term to expire June 30, 2011.
Linda Pastori
Ms. Pastori is the President/CEO of the
Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce.
Ms. Pastori has previously represented
District 6 but will now represent the field of Resident. She will replace Paulina
Vazquez-Morris, whose term expired, and will serve her first term to expire June 30, 2009.
DEVELOPMENT
ADVISORY BOARD
I nominate the following new appointee:
Christopher Miller
Mr. Miller serves as Vice President of the Electrical Division for Waltz
Construction and will represent the field of Contractor. He replaces Greg Russell, who resigned, and
will serve a partial term to expire July
1, 2010.
DESIGN REVIEW
STANDARDS COMMITTEE
I nominate the following reappointees:
Caroline Lobo
Ms. Lobo is an architect with Orcutt/Winslow
Partnership, resides in District 3 and represents the field of Design
Professionals. She completed a partial
term and will serve her first term to expire July
19, 2010.
Craig Steblay
Mr. Steblay is the owner of Archives
Management Services, resides in District 6 and serves as Chairman of the
Camelback East Village Planning Committee.
He completed a partial term and will serve his first term to expire July 19, 2010.
HISTORIC
PRESERVATION COMMISSION
I nominate the following new appointees:
Raleigh Dombek
Mr. Dombek is a student who resides in
District 8 and will represent the field of City Resident. He replaces Margy Parisella, who will represent the field of Architect, and
will serve a partial term to expire October
9, 2009.
Margy Parisella
Ms. Parisella is an architect with Arizona
State Parks, resides in District 6 and will represent
the field of Architect. She replaces
Vance Linden, who resigned, and will serve her first term to expire October 9, 2011.
HUMAN RELATIONS
COMMISSION
I nominate Lashawn Jenkins to serve as Chair
of this commission for a term to expire June
30, 2009.
I nominate the following new appointees:
Dan Martinez
Mr. Martinez serves as Community Relations Manager with the Arizona
Industries for the Blind and resides in District 5. He replaces Terri Mansfield, whose term
expired, and will serve his first term to expire June 30, 2011.
Theresa Jackson
Ms. Jackson is a Judicial Services Administrator with the Trial Court of
Arizona in Maricopa County and resides in
District 8. She replaces Ted Wilson
whose term expired, and will serve her first term to expire August 27, 2011.
I nominate the following reappointees:
Alicia Brown
Ms. Brown is employed with Triple R Behavioral Health, located in Phoenix. She completed her first term and will serve a
second term to expire June 30, 2011.
Kristina Haskell
Ms. Haskell is an accountant with Avalon Accounting Services, located in
Phoenix. She
completed her first term and will serve a second term to expire June 30, 2011.
Ken Ihori
Mr. Ihori is a Financial Services
Representative with MetLife, located in Phoenix. He completed his first term and will serve a
second term to expire June 30, 2011.
Janey Pearl
Ms. Pearl serves as Public Information Officer for the Arizona
Department of Health Services and resides in District 4. She completed a partial term and will serve
her first term to expire June 30, 2011.
Steve Perez
Mr. Perez serves as Marketing Communication Coordinator with Arizona State University and resides in
District 4. He completed a partial term
and will serve his first term to expire June
30, 2011.
HUMAN SERVICES
COMMISSION
I nominate the following new appointees:
Gina Flores
Ms. Flores serves as the Policy Adviser for Health in the Office of the
Governor, resides in District 3 and is recommended by Councilmember Maria
Baier. She replaces Brenda Ford, whose
term expired, and will serve a partial term to expire December 31, 2011.
Katie Hobbs
Ms. Hobbs serves as Director of Government Relations with the Sojourner Center, resides in
District 7 and is recommended by Councilman Michael Nowakowski. She replaces Terry Cook, who resigned, and
will serve a partial term to expire December
31, 2011.
I nominate the following reappointees:
Debra Friedman
Dr. Friedman serves as Dean of the College of Public Programs at Arizona State University, resides in
District 4 and represents the field of Education. She completed a partial term and will serve
her first term to expire June 30, 2010.
Ignacio Rodriguez
Mr. Rodriguez serves as Associate Director of Hispanic Ministry for the
Diocese of Phoenix, works in District 8 and represents the field of Religious
Organizations. He completed a partial
term and will serve his first term to expire June
30, 2010.
John Underwood
Mr. Underwood serves as Executive Director of the Maricopa Skill Center, resides in
District 6 and represents the field of Education. He completed his second term and will serve his
third and final term to expire June 30, 2010.
Judy Walruff
Ms. Walruff serves as Early Childhood Health
Systems Coordinator with Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and
Families. She resides in District 1 and
represents the field of Welfare. She completed
her second term and will serve her third and final term to expire June 30, 2010.
JUDICIAL SELECTION
ADVISORY BOARD
I nominate the following new appointee:
Douglas Rayes
Judge Rayes is a Maricopa County Superior
Court Judge and will serve as the designee of the Presiding Judge of the
Maricopa County Superior Court. He
replaces Superior Court Judge Silvia Arellano, whose term expired, and will
serve a partial term to expire November 19, 2010.
MARYVALE VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
I nominate the following new appointee:
Gene Derie
Mr. Derie resides in District 5 and is
recommended by Councilman Claude Mattox.
He replaces Scott McNeil, who resigned, and will serve a partial term to
expire November 19, 2009.
MAYOR’S COMMISSION
ON DISABILITY ISSUES
I nominate Chad Blake to serve as Chair of this Commission for a term to
expire June 2, 2009.
I nominate Jean Moriki to serve as Vice Chair
of this Commission for a term to expire June
2, 2009.
I nominate the following new appointees:
Aaron Blocher-Rubin
Mr. Blocher-Rubin serves as Executive Director
with Arizona Autism United and resides in District 8. He replaces Dan Martinez, whose term expired,
and will serve his first term to expire June
2, 2011.
Vasant Garcia
Ms. Garcia is a rehabilitation specialist for the State of Arizona and resides in
District 4. She replaces Marcus Schmidt,
whose term expired, and will serve her first term to expire June 2, 2011.
I nominate the following reappointees:
Chad Blake
Mr. Blake is General Manager with the Ability Center, located in
District 1. He completed a partial term
and will serve his first term to expire June
2, 2011.
Dan Demland
Mr. Demland is the owner of Demland Design and resides in District 8. He completed his first term and will serve a
second term to expire June 2, 2011.
Jean Moriki
Ms. Moriki resides in District 6, completed a
partial term and will serve her first term to expire June 2, 2011.
PARADISE VALLEY VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
I nominate the following new appointee:
Richard Pennock
Mr. Pennock serves as Program Manager with DHL
Express, resides in District 2 and is recommended by Vice Mayor Peggy
Neely. He replaces Dave Walters, who
resigned, and will serve a partial term to expire November 19, 2008.
PHOENIX RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT EFFORT
I nominate the following new appointees:
Ray Bladine
Mr. Bladine serves as Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Gordon and resides
in District 6. He replaces Ken Volz, who resigned, and will serve a partial term to expire
November 1, 2009.
Elisa de la Vara
Ms. de la Vara serves as District Director for
U.S. Representative Ed Pastor and resides in District 5. She replaces Doug Whitneybell,
who resigned, and will serve a partial term to expire November 1, 2010.
I nominate the following reappointee:
Matthew Jewett
Mr. Jewett is a researcher with the Children’s Action Alliance and
resides in District 8. He completed a
partial term and will serve his first term to expire November 1, 2010.
PHOENIX WOMEN’S COMMISSION
I nominate Andrea Moreno to serve as Chair of this commission August 27, 2009.
I nominate the following new appointees:
Samantha Johnson
Ms. Johnson serves as Case Manager for Maricopa Managed Care
System and resides in District 8. She is
replacing Masako Takiguchi and will serve her first
term to expire August
27, 2011.
I nominate the following reappointments:
Laura French
Ms. French serves as Executive Projects Manager and Multicultural
Representative for the Arizona Office of Tourism and resides in District 7. She completed a partial term and will serve
her first term to expire June 30, 2011.
Sherry Williams
Ms. Williams is founder and CEO of Survive and Thrive, LLC and resides
in District 8.
She completed a partial term and will serve her first term to expire June 30, 2011.
PHOENIX YOUTH & EDUCATION COMMISSION
I nominate the following new appointees:
Laura Edgar
Ms. Edgar serves as Director of Community Services for Arizona Federal
Credit Union, located in District 8. She
replaces Laura Walker, who resigned, and will serve her first term to expire June 30, 2011.
Kerry Sanderson
Ms. Sanderson serves as a Community Relations Manager at
Jobing.com located in District 6. She
will serve in the capacity of City Resident, replacing Ken Lee, whose term
expired, and will serve her first term to expire June 20, 2010.
SISTER CITIES
COMMISSION
I nominate the following new appointee:
Vasti Mugica
Ms. Mugica serves as General Manager for Veolia Transportation.
She replaces Gail Lewis, whose term expired, and will serve her first
term to expire June 30, 2011.
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CITY COUNCIL REPORT
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FORMAL AGENDA
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TO:
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Ed Zuercher
Deputy City Manager
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AGENDA DATE:
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August 27, 2008
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FROM:
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Kim Dorney
Housing Director
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ITEM:
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118
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BACK UP INFORMATION TO ITEM 118 ON THE AUGUST 27, 2008 CITY COUNCIL FORMAL
AGENDA REGARDING SEMAP
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This report provides information to the
Mayor and City Council on item number 118 on the August 27, 2008 City Council
Formal Agenda requesting authorization to submit the
Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) certification to the U. S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Housing Department Director has reviewed
and approved the data that staff is requesting authorization to submit to
HUD. SEMAP assesses only the Section
Eight Housing Choice Voucher program.
THE ISSUE
SEMAP measures the performance of public
housing agencies (PHAs) that administer the Housing
Choice Voucher (HCV) program in 14 key areas.
SEMAP helps HUD target monitoring and assistance to PHA programs that need the most
improvement. The 14 indicators of
performance show whether PHAs help eligible families
to afford decent rental units at a reasonable subsidy cost as intended by
Federal housing legislation.
HUD compiles scores for each of
the indicators and rates housing authorities as high, standard, or troubled
under the SEMAP system. HUD will issue the Department’s Fiscal Year 2007-08
SEMAP score later this year after compiling all of the data for the indicators
as outlined below. HUD will also be
on-site in September 2008 to conduct a confirmatory review.
OTHER INFORMATION
The 14 key indicators of PHA
performance are:
1.
Proper selection of applicants from the Housing
Choice Voucher waiting list
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Sound determination of reasonable rent for each
unit leased
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Establishment of payment standards within the
required range of the HUD fair market rent
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Accurate verification of family income
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Timely annual reexaminations of family income
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Correct calculation of the tenant share of the rent
and the housing assistance payment
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Maintenance of a current schedule of allowances for
tenant utility costs
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Ensuring that units comply with the housing quality
standards before families enter into leases and PHAs
enter into housing assistance contracts
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Timely annual housing quality inspections
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Performing of quality control inspections to ensure
housing quality
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Ensuring that landlords and tenants promptly
correct housing quality deficiencies
12.
Ensuring that all available Housing Choice Vouchers
are used
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Efforts to expand housing choice outside areas of
poverty or minority concentration
14.
Outreach and enrolling families in the Family
Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program as
required and help FSS families achieve
increases in employment income.
The Family
Self-Sufficiency indicator (Indicator 14) is not applicable to the Housing
Department’s SEMAP rating due to the Housing Department meeting HUD’s mandatory
FSS participation level. The Housing Department is now implementing a
volunteer FSS program.
Proper selection of applicants from the Housing Choice Voucher waiting
list and sound determination of reasonable rent for each unit leased are
determined based on a review of a quality control sample. Accurate verification of family income, timely
annual reexaminations of family income, and correct calculation of the tenant
share of the rent and the housing assistance payment are determined through a
review of staff audits.
The Housing Department has established payment standards within the
required range of the HUD fair market rent and has maintained a current
schedule of allowances for tenant utility costs, which will be provided to HUD
upon request.
Ensuring that units comply with the housing quality standards before
families enter into leases and PHAs enter into
housing assistance contracts, timely annual housing quality inspections and
ensuring that landlords and tenants promptly correct housing quality
deficiencies is determined through review of a quality control sample as well
as review of data submitted through the HUD Public and Indian Housing
Information Center (PIC.) Quality control reports are also available
through HUD’s PIC system. Section Eight inspections staff perform
quality control inspections throughout the year in order to ensure that housing
quality is achieved.
Other SEMAP
indicator ratings are assigned based on PHA self-certifications and HUD data collected in the PIC system. For fiscal year 2007-08, the Housing
Department’s self certification indicates that the Department earned a standard
rating.
Housing Impact
Submitting the SEMAP certification to HUD is
required for the Housing Department to further its goal of assisting low income
families in our community with their housing needs.
RECOMMENDATION
The
Housing Director certifies and recommends submittal of data for the Section
Eight Management Assessment Program to the U. S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
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CITY COUNCIL REPORT
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FORMAL AGENDA
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TO:
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Ed Zuercher
Deputy City Manager
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AGENDA DATE:
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August 27, 2008
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FROM:
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Kim Dorney
Housing Director
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ITEM:
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119
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