HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Government Services Committee - Meeting Date: 4/6/2010Government Services Committee
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Regular Meeting Minutes
Council Conference Room
5850 West Glendale Avenue
Glendale, AZ
Chair Councilmember Phil Lieberman called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. Present
were Chair Councilmember Phil Lieberman, Vice Mayor Manny Martinez and
Councilmember Joyce Clark. Also in attendance were Kristen Krey, Kriss Carneal and
guests Ricki Ray (former Chair for Commission on Persons w/Disabilities), Mounib
Shaaban (present Chair for Commission on Persons w/Disabilities) and Sylvia Charters.
1 —Approval of Minutes: Vice Mayor Martinez made a motion to approve the minutes
from the March 2, 2010. Councilmember Clark seconded the motion. Motion approved.
2 — Resignations: Robert Muth (Cholla) from Commission on Persons with
Disabilities. Gary Sherwood (Sahuaro) from the Personnel Board. James Podzius
Cholla) from Citizens Transportation Oversight Commission.
3 — Commission on Persons with Disabilities 2009 Annual Report: This is the first
time the Commission on Persons with Disabilities have submitted an annual report,
which is a formal method of communicating to Council. The biggest concern for this
commission is handicapped parking. It is recommended by the commission to raise the
fines for this violation to $300.00 and possibly post the amount of fines on the signs,
which would act as a possible deterrence for violators. Ricki Ray advised that the Police
Department has one officer to oversee parking violations and has three volunteers.
Council would like to know how many hours a week the volunteers work, what areas
they are targeting, a break down on how many handicap citations are issued and does the
State mandate if an officer can issue a ticket on private property (ie: shopping center).
Councilmember Clark made a motion to have Kristen Krey move forward with this by
getting further information from staff. Vice Mayor Martinez seconded the motion.
Motion approved.
Educating the public and businesses was discussed. Most of the educating is done by
attending Council district meetings, disability events, etc., but majority of it is through
the Glendale website. This website is very accessible and is now used by residents
throughout the state and other areas of the country. It was recommended to consider a
small percentage of revenue for handicap parking citations to be used by the committee to
educate and do community outreach.
The Commission also looks at handicapped parking throughout the city. They advised
that BofA parking garage went above and beyond the ADA requirements.
Councilmember Lieberman would like to know about the handicap parking at the
Renaissance parking garage, which is city owned.
Council would like to continue to see an annual report.
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4—B&C Plaques: Kristen advised that due to budget restraints we will be reducing the
size of the plaques given out to commissioners leaving after 18 months or more of
service. It was recommended by Councilmember Clark to stop giving out plaques and
give service pins and a nice framed certificate for the commissioner's service.
Councilmember Clark made a motion to look into cost for service pins and nicely framed
paper certificates starting next fiscal year. Vice Mayor Martinez seconded the motion.
Motion carried. Kristen will bring examples and cost to next meeting. Kristen also
advised that she will be conducting Advanced Training class for the 12 individuals who
need this training.
5 — Update Pending List: A letter was send out on 2-5-10, requesting the individuals
who have an application that was dated 2008 or older to resubmit an application. A list
of old pending applications was distributed and showed which individuals did not
respond back with an updated application. These applications will be removed from the
pending list.
6—Next GSC Meeting: May 4, 2010
7—Request for Motion to Adjourn and conduct an Executive Session:
At 10:30 a.m. Councilmember Clark made a motion to adjourn to conduct the Executive
Session. Vice Mayor Martinez seconded the motion to adjourn to conduct the Executive
Session.
Prepared by Kriss Carneal
Approved at the GSC Meeting of
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