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PALM DESERT HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010
CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER
73510 FRED WARING DRIVE, PALM DESERT, CA 92260
I. CALL TO ORDER - 3:00 P.M.
Chairman Finerty convened the meeting at 3:01 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL
Present:
Member Jean M. Benson
Vice Chairman Jim Ferguson
Member Robert A. Spiegel
Chairman Cindy Finerty
Excused Absence:
Member Richard S. Kelly
Upon a motion by Spiegel, second by Ferguson, and 4-0 vote of the Authority
Board, Member Richard S. Kelly's absence from today's meeting was excused.
Also Present:
John M. Wohlmuth, City Manager/RDA Executive Director
David J. Erwin, City Attorney
Justin McCarthy, ACM for Redevelopment
Stephen Y. Aryan, Assistant to the City Manager
Rachelle D. Klassen, City Clerk
Bo Chen, City Engineer
Russell Grance, Director of Building & Safety
Mark Greenwood, Director of Public Works
Frankie Riddle, Director of Special Programs
J. Luis Espinoza, Assistant Finance Director
Dorian Cooley, Chief, Palm Desert Fire/Riverside Co. Fire Dept./Cal Fire
Andrew Shouse, Asst. Chief, Palm Desert Police/Riverside Co. Sheriff's Dept.
Grace L. Mendoza, Deputy City Clerk
On a motion by Spiegel, second by Ferguson, and 4-0 vote of the Authority Board,
with Kelly ABSENT, Chairman Finerty adjourned the meeting to Closed Session of the City
Council and Redevelopment Agency at 3:03 p.m. She reconvened the meeting at
4:00 p.m.
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III. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. MINUTES of the Housing Authority Meeting of June 24, 2010.
Rec: Approve as presented.
Upon a motion by Ferguson, second by Spiegel, and 4-0 vote of the Authority
Board, with Kelly ABSENT, the Consent Calendar was approved as presented.
IV. CONSENT ITEMS HELD OVER
None
V. RESOLUTIONS
None
VI. NEW BUSINESS
A. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A
CLIMATE SHOWCASE COMMUNITIES GRANT OFFERED BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF
$500,000 AND TO ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AS THE
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS PURPOSE (JOINT
CONSIDERATION WITH THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE
PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY).
Mr. Wohlmuth stated the grant application was reviewed by Planning
Department staff and their Sustainability Coordinator Missy Grisa, and they
identified areas within the City where existing projects can be matched. He
knew there was a concem for the use of additional General Fund revenues
in the amount of $500,000 if the grant was received, and his first response
is that it wouldn't hurt to apply and staff can return to the Council with the
specifics if the grant is awarded to the City. Secondly, all of the programs
already exist that are sustainability in nature in the areas identified between
Monterey Avenue, Portola Avenue, Fred Waring Drive, and Highway 111.
Some of the programs that can be used to match the funds are the Turf
Buy -Back Program, Community Gardens, Fruit Share Program, and the
Affordable Net -Zero Demonstration Homes along Alessandro Alley where the
City was purchasing lots and could use the remnant parcels for affordable
net -zero demonstrations. He reiterated the City had existing programs it can
match to the $500,000 federal grant if received.
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Mayor/Chairman Finerty asked if what the City considered a match was also
what the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considered a match.
Assistant Planner Missy Grisa responded the EPA considered a match with
staff time, volunteer time, donations, and in -kind contributions to the project.
She said staff time alone would contribute a great portion as well as
contributions the City can obtain from members of the US Green Building
Council by volunteering their time to give tours of the Net -Zero
Demonstrations or collaborations the City may have with students at College
of the Desert. The City can use student time as a donation at a minimum
wage rate, and when you calculate those all out, it would be more than
enough to reach the 50% match. Further responding, she confirmed
General Funds would not be required, but potentially recycling or housing
funds may be requested, which were already set aside, but at this time staff
was not anticipating using them.
Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chairman Ferguson moved to, by Minute Motion, authorize
staff to submit an application for a Climate Showcase Communities Grant offered by the
Environmental Protection Agency in the amount of $500,000 and to allow the City Manager
to sign as the authorized representative. Motion was seconded by Benson and carried by
a 4-0 vote, with Kelly ABSENT.
B. REQUEST FOR AWARD OF CONTRACT TO PINNACLE LANDSCAPE
COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $255,444 FOR ANNUAL LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE SERVICES AT 13 HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTIES
(CONTRACT NO. HA29820).
Member Ferguson moved to, by Minute Motion, authorize: 1) Award of the subject
contract to Pinnacle Landscape Company, Santa Ana, California, in the amount of
$255,444 plus the extra work pricing schedule for Annual Landscape Maintenance
Services for 13 Housing Authority Properties; 2) Executive Director to finalize and the
Chairman to execute said contract and any documents necessary to facilitate the contract
award and implementation — funds are available in the respective Contract Services
Accounts in the 2010-2011 Housing Authority Operating Budget. Motion was seconded
by Spiegel and carried by a 4-0 vote, with Kelly ABSENT.
VII. CONTINUED BUSINESS
None
VIII. OLD BUSINESS
None
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IX. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None
X. REPORTS, REMARKS, AND AUTHORITY BOARD ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION
A. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Please see comments made by Mr. Wohlmuth that were related to the City's
Energy Independence Program Loans on the City Council Meeting Minutes
of this date, Section XVIII - Reports and Remarks, Item E - City Council
Committee Reports, Number 1.
Please see comments made by Mr. McCarthy related to the Redevelopment
Agency Project Area No. 4 - Palm Desert Country Club Undergrounding
Project that appear on the Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes of this
date, Section XIII - Reports and Remarks, Item A - Executive Director.
B. AUTHORITY COUNSEL
None
C. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY
None
XI. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - C
MR. ALAN WOODRUFF, Race Director for the "Turkey Trot on El Paseo," asked
for confirmation that his event had been approved.
Chairman Finerty affirmed that the event was approved on the City Council Consent
Calendar earlier in the meeting.
MR. WOODRUFF continued that he was asking because he wanted some help with
the event. In 2009, the City appropriated $3,000 from a fund to help the
Desert Cities Track Club.
Chairman Finerty further affirmed that a $3,000 expenditure of funds had also been
approved this time.
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MR. WOODRUFF asked to expand use of that fund for not only the traffic barriers
but also for the traffic control that is coordinated each year by Tops N Barricades.
Last year Jacobsson Construction provided the water barriers and their time to
place them, with the City and Desert Cities Track Club being charged $450.
Chairman Finerty asked Mr. Woodruff to work with City staff on how to expend the
appropriated funds for the 2010 "Turkey Trot," and he agreed.
XII. ADJOURNMENT
Upon a motion by Spiegel, second by Ferguson, and 4-0 vote of t e Authority
Board, with Kelly ABSENT, Chairman Finerty adjourned the meeting at 5:2 p.m.
ATTEST:
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PALM DESERT HOUSING AUTHORITY
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