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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHA Preliminary Minutes - 10/13/05R PRELIMINARY MINUTES PALM DESERT HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2005 CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER I. CALL TO ORDER Vice Chairman Ferguson convened the meeting at 3:03 p.m. II. ROLL CALL Present: Member Jean M. Benson Member Richard S. Kelly Member Robert A. Spiegel Vice Chairman Jim Ferguson Excused Absence: Chairman Buford A. Crites Also Present: Carlos L. Ortega, City Manager/RDA Executive Director David J. Erwin, City Attorney Sheila R. Gilligan, ACM for Community Services Homer Croy, ACM for Development Services Justin McCarthy, ACM for Redevelopment Stephen Y. Aryan, Assistant to the City Manager Rachelle D. Klassen, City Clerk Mark D. Greenwood, City Engineer Amir Hamidzadeh, Director of Building & Safety Paul S. Gibson, Director of Finance/City Treasurer Michael J. Errante, Director of Public Works David Yrigoyen, Director of Redevelopment & Housing Ignacio Otero, Chief, Palm Desert/Riverside County Fire Dept./CDF Steve Thetford, Asst. Chief, Palm Desert Police/Riverside Co. Sheriffs Dept. Grace L. Mendoza, Deputy City Clerk Upon a motion by Spiegel, second by Benson, and 4-0 vote of the Authority Board, with Crites ABSENT, Vice Chairman Ferguson adjourned the meeting to Closed Session of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency at 3:04 p.m. He reconvened the meeting at 4:00 p.m. PRELIMINARY MINUTES PALM DESERT HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2005 III. CONSENT CALENDAR A. MINUTES of the Housing Authority Meeting of August 25, 2005. Rec: Approve as presented. Upon a motion by Spiegel, second by Kelly, and 4-0 vote of the Authority Board, with Crites ABSENT, the Consent Calendar was approved as presented. IV. CONSENT ITEMS HELD OVER None V. RESOLUTIONS None VI. NEW BUSINESS A. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2005/06 BUDGET FOR COUNTRY VILLAGE APARTMENTS. Mr. Ortega commented that after the budget was approved this year, the subject apartments were acquired. He said they were now ready to be operated, but the Authority Board first needed to adopt a budget for them. In response to inquiry, Redevelopment Manager Lauri Aylaian answered that the apartments would be operated by RPM Company, the Authority's property management firm. Further responding, she said with the addition of Country Village Apartments, there were now 980 units owned by the Housing Authority. Member Spiegel moved to, by Minute Motion: 1) Approve the FY 2005/06 operating budget for the 66-unit apartment complex currently known as Country Village Apartments and located at 42-455 Washington Street, as shown on the Staff Report's Exhibit "A"; 2) authorize the Director of Finance to budget $128,884 in revenue and appropriate $590,628 for expenditures to the FY 2005/06 operating budget for Country Village Apartments from the Unobligated Housing Authority Fund (871). Motion was seconded by Kelly and carried on a 4-0 vote, with Crites ABSENT. VII. CONTINUED BUSINESS None 2 PRELIMINARY MINUTES PALM DESERT HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2005 VIII. OLD BUSINESS None IX. PUBLIC HEARINGS None X. REPORTS, REMARKS, AND AGENCY BOARD ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION A. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR None B. AUTHORITY COUNSEL None C. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY None XI. ADJOURNMENT With Authority Board concurrence, Vice Chairman Ferguson adjourned the meeting at 5:51 p.m. ATTEST: RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, SECRETARY PALM DESERT HOUSING AUTHORITY JIM FERGUSON, VICE CHAIRMAN 3