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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08.28.14 HA MinutesMEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PASCO & FRANKLIN COUNTY August 28,2014 4:00 p.m. The Commissioners of the Authority met in regular session at the Housing Authority of the City of Pasco & Franklin County's (HACFPC) administration office, 2505 W. Lewis Street, Pasco, Washington at 4:00 p.m., August28,2014. 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. 2. COMISSIONER ROLL CALL Upon roll call, those present were as follows: Present: Bishop, Clark, Dukelow, QuintanillaAbsent: Garcia Mr. Bishop made a motion to excuse Mr. Garcia from the meeting due to illness. Ms. Dukelow seconded. The motion passed unanimously with 4 ayes,O nays. STAFF AND EX OFFICIO MEMBERS Present: Andy Anderson, Executive Director Adella Salinas, Director of Housing Services Scott Moore, Security Specialist/HQS Inspector Lisa Richwine, Administrative Assistant/Recording Secretary Gabriela Torres, Program Administrator VISITORS - none 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mr. Bishop made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Ms. Clark seconded the motion and it passed unanimously,4 ayes,O nays. 4. CONSENT AGENDA The consent agenda was approved as submitted. Included were the minutes of the regular meeting of July 3I,2014, and the checks listings - Bank of the West General Operating Account checks numbered 52861-53052 totaling $279,85I, Bank of the West Petty Cash check numbered 1739 totaling$234, and Bank of the West Security Deposit Fund checks numbered I2l9-I220 totaling $315. Approval of bad debt write offs for rent, utility billing, and miscellaneous in the amount of $3,039, and, of that amount, $3,039, will be tumed over for collection plus the collection processing fees. The consent agenda was passed with no questions. Ms. Dukelow stated that she's glad to see that the amount sent to collection is smaller than it was last month. 5. Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes August 2802014 Page2 of 4 STAFF REPORTS (a) Executive (Mr. Anderson) Fourth & Pearl Update o Foundations are poured for Buildings D, E, F and the Community Building. o Underground rough plumbing for Building F and the Community Building is completed. r The slab for the Community building and Building F should be done this week. o Received $50,000 in CDBG money for the project. Section 8 Shortfall . We are officially off the HUD shortfall list, however, we still must manage the number of vouchers we have because the limited funding we receive from HUD does not cover the cost of maintaining all of our allotted vouchers. o Presently we have no requests to Port to another agency, but, we have 15 families that are in the process of Porting to agencies that will absorb them. This will be problematic in that we will have to replace those 15 families as soon as possible after they are absorbed by the receiving Housing Authority. Reviewed both the SEMAP (Section 8 Management Assessment Plan) and FDS (Financial Data System) submissions prior to submittal o FDS takes at least a % day to complete, but Ms. Jones has it set up so that I know exactly what to look for in order to check it before submittal. o SEMAP is a little quicker because it is a yearlong process for Ms. Salinas and Ms. Dickerson (Accounting Assistant) to perform quality control (QC) check on files while other staff members perform QCs for Housing Qualrty Standards (HQS) inspections. (b) Finance (Ms. Jones) Ms. Jones is not in attendance but she has submitted the FDS and attended to Fourth and Pearl issues. (c) Maintenance and Capital Fund (Mr. Sanders) Mr. Sanders is absent but Mr. Anderson presented his report. The Agate Street/S. Beech Exterior Renovation Project is in its Final Design Phase. This project will: replace all roofs and fascia boards, replace existing stucco siding with Hardie cementitious siding, modif' existing storage sheds, paint the entire site (13 buildings). The estimated cost of the project is $600,000 and should go out for bid within 45 days. IT Service Contract - RFPs were opened in March and we received 2 proposals. The contract was granted to TC3 Computing out of Zillah, WA. New Computer Equipment - New computers were ordered for all work stations in May 2014 (I7 desktops, I laptop, 4 monitors and accessories). The computers were installed June 27. Three new HP printers were purchased in July. Web Design Request for Proposals (RFP) - This RFP will be finalized within the next few weeks and will go out for bid shortly thereafter. F:\Executive\Main\WPDATA\N{INUTESU0 14\0828 14.docx Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes August 28,2014 Page 3 of4 o Fourth and Pearl - Mr. Sanders has been working with Sarah Brede from ZBA Architects regarding the selection of materials for the project to achieve consistency with existing HACPFC properties. (d) Housing Programs (Ms. Salinas) o There are 6 vacancies in Public Housing. o There are 3 vacancies in the Affordable Apartments (includes "Locals" and Highland Park" properties). There is a long waiting list for 2 BR units but the waiting list is small for larger units. (e) Security (Mr. Moore) o Continued with inspections and the creation and distribution of Comply/Vacate or P ay N acate Notices. o Issued 1 Unlawful Detainer Action. o The Tenant Council meets weekly and is working on by-laws. There are 7 regular members with more being recruited. (f) Community Service (Ms. Richwine) o Ordered new printers and arranged installation. o Tended to problematic phone issues - coordinated repair efforts between Consolidated Technology Services, Centurylink, Telco and staff. . Coordinated the acquisition of a new copier and arranged staff training. o Monitored advertising efforts (newspaper and online). o Coordinated in-house Fair Housing Training presented by Washington State's Human Rights Commission. o Designated staff and board members will attend Open Meetings Act training in September (Anderson, Jones, Sanders, Richwine and Board of Commissioners). 6. NEW BUSINESS a) Resolution #I4lI5-929 Authorizing Executive Director to Dispose of Surplus Property Ms. Dukelow motioned to adopt the resolution as presented by staff. Ms. Clark seconded the motion and it passed unanimously,4 ayes,0 nays. (b) Motions arising from board discussion of previous motions or discussion-nla (c) Urgent matters not included in the agenda due to lack of time - n/a 7. OTHER BUSINESS Since construction began on the Fourth and Pearl project in July, rather than host a ground breaking ceremony, Mr. Anderson suggested having an open house when the project is completed. The Commissioners agreed. F:\Executive\Main\WPDATA\MINIITES\20 I 4\0828 I 4.docx 8. 9. Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes August 28,2014 Page 4 of 4 Ms. Quintanilla asked if the possibility of a strategic planning session could be explored. Mr. Anderson will look into it. Mr. Bishop thanked Ms. Richwine and other staff members who assisted a person that he referred to HACPFC for housing information. EXECUTIVE SESSION No Executive Session was held. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned 4:52 p.m. The Board of Commissioners will next meet in regular session on September 25,20T4, at 4:00 p.m. Minutes Prepared by: Chair, Board of Commissioners Secretary, Board of Commissioners wine, CMH Recording Secretary F :\Executive\Main\WPDATA\MINUTES\20 14\0828 1 4.docx