HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Government Services Committee - Meeting Date: 11/1/2011Government Services Committee
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Regular Meeting Minutes
Council Conference Room
5850 West Glendale Avenue
Glendale, AZ
Councilmember Joyce Clark called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. Present were
Councilmember Joyce Clark, Councilmember Manny Martinez and Councilmember Phil
Lieberman. Also in attendance were Matt Cohrs, Doug Kukino, Craig Johnson, Kristen
Krey and Kriss Carneal.
1 —Approval of Minutes:
Councilmember Martinez made a motion to approve the minutes from the August 16,
2011 GSC meeting. Councilmember Clark seconded the motion. Motion approved.
Councilmember Martinez made a motion to approve the minutes from the September 6,
2011 GSC meeting. Councilmember Lieberman seconded the motion. Motion approved.
Councilmember Clark made a motion to approve the minutes from the October 4, 2011
GSC meeting. Councilmember Lieberman seconded the motion. Motion approved.
2 — Resignations: Ray Spitzer (Barrel) from the Planning Commission. Manuel Padia
Jr. (Ocotillo) from the Citizens Transportation Oversight Commission.
3 — Citizens Advisory Commission On Neighborhoods — Matt Cohrs: Matt Cohrs
provided the committee with the Commission on Neighborhoods FY 2011-12 work plan
and the FY 11-12 Neighborhood Capacity Building Grants program outline and
guidelines.
Matt advised the Commission is working on building relationships by working directly
with neighborhoods and looking at how they are performing. The Commission has
identified two challenging areas in the city,by using the Neighborhood Indicators System
Data, and working with the CAT team to help the neighborhood succeed. The
Commission will put specifics together on working with these two neighborhoods at their
next meeting.
The Commission is partnering up with local schools to reach the kids and their families to
get them involved and build relationships. The Commission is looking at doing an
outreach to identify possible partnership possibilities in the city with businesses and
schools. The Adopt a Neighborhood program is stepping up and working with faith based
groups.
The Capacity Grant money that was funded by Council is helping with small projects.
The Commission is providing neighborhoods up to $500 for the fiscal year to use for
GAIN night or other neighborhood events. Some neighborhoods have decided to use
250 for GAIN night and the other half for another neighborhood event in the future.
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The GSC would like an outline of the requirements for distributing the Capacity Grant
money.
Matt will come back in May or June with the yearly report of accomplishments.
4 — Proposed City Task Force On Water & Sewer — Craig Johnson: Craig Johnson
provided the GSC with a memo outlining the process for moving forward with the
proposed Citizen's Task Force on Water and Sewer. Staff is asking Council to determine
how many members from each district should be on the task force, select the members,
and verify the role and responsibilities of the members. Staff will write up an ordinance
after Council provides the direction needed for this task force. Staff suggests hiring an
outside facilitator and use an in-house certified facilitator to assist. City staff will
interview outside facilitators and bring the recommendation to full council for approval.
Councilmember Lieberman made a motion to have a special meeting on November 15,
2011 to discuss the Council's role for this task force. Councilmember Martinez seconded
the motion. Motion approved.
5 — Boards & Commission Basic Training: Kristen advised this was a successful
training class and the attendees were very enthusiastic.
6—Next GSC Meeting: December 6, 2011
7—Request for Motion to Adjourn and conduct an Executive Session:
At 10:30 a.m. Councilmember Lieberman made a motion to adjourn to conduct the
Executive Session. Councilmember Martinez seconded the motion to adjourn to conduct
the Executive Session.
Prepared by Kriss Carneal
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