HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Government Services Committee - Meeting Date: 11/5/2013Government Services Committee
Tuesday—November 5, 2013
Regular Meeting Minutes
Council Conference Room
5850 West Glendale Avenue
Glendale, AZ
Councilmember Manny Martinez called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Present were
Councilmember Manny Martinez and Councilmember Ian Hugh. Also in attendance were
Kristen Krey, Kriss Carneal, Thomas Fritz & Jon Froke from the Planning Department,
Walter Fix from Aviation, and Sam McAllen from Code Compliance.
1—Approval of Minutes:
Councilmember Hugh made a motion to approve the minutes from the October 1, 2013
GSC meeting. Councilmember Martinez seconded the motion. Motion approved.
2—Resignations: None
3 — Aviation Advisory Commission — Meeting Time Change: Walter Fix is
requesting to change the start time from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m. on behalf of the Commission.
Mr. Fix advised that the commissioners discussed changing their start time from 7 p.m. to
6 p.m. at their October meeting, with everyone in agreement. Councilmember Hugh
made a motion to approve the time change. Councilmember Martinez seconded the
motion. Motion approved.
4 — General Plan Steering Committee: Jon Froke advised that it is time to update the
General Plan, which is required every 10 years and needs to be on the November 2014
ballot. Mr. Froke will bring this request to Council during a workshop. It was discussed
to set up a steering committee and have 20-25 members which would consist of 2
Glendale residents from each district, 2 Mayoral appointments and the rest to be
community leaders and business owners. The committee needs to be complete by January
2014.
5 — Commission on Neighborhoods: Sam McAllen provided a brief recap of what
Commission on Neighborhoods did the last year, which is not relevant to the city
ordinance. Mr. McAllen advised that this commission is not able to fulfill 5 out of 7
duties and responsibilities listed in the city ordinance, due to no grant money and
reduction in staffing in Neighborhood Partnership. Mr. McAllen advised that this
commission has done a lot of outreach/volunteer projects in the past year. Currently their
meetings consist of educational type meetings and he pays a transcriber between $800 -
1,000 a year to process the minutes out of his budget. It was discussed to discontinue
this commission, due to the funding going from 1 million to zero and the Neighborhood
Partnership staffing went from 5.5 to 1 employee. It was suggested to possibly look at
encouraging these commissioners to apply for the General Plan Steering Committee in
January if this commission is dismantled. Councilmember Martinez will discuss this with
full Council.
6—Next GSC Meeting: December 3, 2013
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7—Request for Motion to Adjourn.
At 10:40 a.m. Councilmember Hugh made a motion to adjourn. Councilmember
Martinez seconded the motion.
Prepared by Kriss Carneal
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