Pima County Bond Advisory Committee

October 29, 2004

8:00 A.M.

Manning House

450 West Paseo Redondo

Tucson, Arizona

Summary of Meeting

Attendance

Committee Members
Present
Chris Sheafe, District 1	A.C. Marriotti, Town of Sahuarita
Rene Gastelum, District 2	Albert Elias, City of Tucson
Tom Warne, District 2	Patty Richardson, County Administrator
Larry Hecker, District 3	Wade McLean County Administrator
Alex Rodriguez, District 4
Dan Sullivan, Town of Marana
John Neis, Town of Oro Valley
Paul Diaz, City of South Tucson
Absent
Peter Backus, District 1	David Lyons Disitrict 4
Debby Hecht Disitrict 3	Jesus Gomezz Disitrict 5
Carolyn Campbell, Vice Chair District 5	Kelly Gomez, Pascua Yaqui
Others Present
Pima County
Sharon Bronson, County Chair	Suzanne Shields, Flood Control
Chuck Huckelberry, County Administrator	Tom Moulton, County Administrator=s Office
John Bernal, Deputy County Administrator	Don Spiece, CIP Unit
Mike Hein, Deputy County Administrator	Bob Lutgendorf, Facilities Management
Mike Tuinstra, Facilities Management	Jim Barry, Administrator=s Office
Paul Campbell, Aide District 4	Nicole Fyffe, Administrator=s Office
Capt. Paul Wilson, Sheriff=s Dept	Linda Mayro, Cultural Resources
Tom Burke, Finance	Joanne Homer, Transportation
Kathy Chavez, Wastewater Management	Lola Pollack, CIP Unit
Rafael Payan, Parks
Others
Rick Meyer, Chair RTA Citizens Advisory Committee	Byron Howard, Council Member Scott=s
Jesse Lugo

1. Welcome

Larry Hecker began the meeting at 8:20 A.M., with a quorum of members present. Mr. Hecker introduced the newest member, Wade McLean, who replaces Arlen Colton.

2. Committee Functions and Procedures (Discussion/Action)

Chuck Huckelberry welcomes the Committee and thanked them for their past and future contributions. Mr. Huckelberry explained how the Board of Supervisors amended the ATruth in Bonding Ordinance,@ which expanded the duration and scope of the Committee and created a new advisory committee - the Conservation Acquisition Commission. Under the new Truth in Bonding ordinance, the Committee has oversight responsibility for all County bond authorization, including the 1997 program, the 2004 program, and any future voter approved bond authorizations. Among its duties, the Committee will review implementation issues and review and recommend on proposed amendments to the bond implementation ordinances.

Pursuant to the Truth in Bonding Ordinance, the Committee scheduled two meetings per year: to review mid-year status (either February or March) and end of the year status September. By unanimous vote, the Committee scheduled meetings for calendar year 2005 on March 4, 2005 and September 23, 2005, starting at 8:00 a.m., to be held at the Manning House.

3. Staff Recommendation to Amend the 1997 HURF Revenue Bond Program/Review of 1997 HURF Revenue Bond Program (Discussion/Action)

Chuck Huckelberry described the recent Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Tucson and Pima County to achieve full funding for six 1997 HURF Revenue Bond projects located inside City limits. These projects were Alvernon Way, Ft. Lowell to River Rd. (DOT-05); Country Club, 36^th Street to Irvington (DOT-12); Houghton, Golf Links to Speedway (DOT-29: Valencia, Mission to I-19 (DOT-49); Broadway, Euclid to Campbell (DOT-56); and a new bond project, Kino Overpass at 22^nd Street (DOT-58). The MOU would increase bond funding to both DOT-49 (+$2,760,000) and DOT-56 (+$10,000,000) and another $10,000,000 for the new DOT-58, a combined bond funding impact of $22,760,000. Mr. Huckelberry explained that these increases in bond funding required commensurate decreases in bond funding for other projects.

The purpose of the recommended ordinance amendments was to conform the Bond Implementation Plan for the 1997 HURF Revenue Bond Program to the purposes of the MOU. The bond ordinance amendments recommended by staff would have reallocated remaining bond funding from DOT-28, Speedway, Camino Seco to Houghton (-$7,418,300); DOT-31, Tanque Verde, Catalina to Houghton (-$6,361,700); and DOT-40, Grant, Oracle to Park (-$9,651,700). The recommended ordinance amendments for these three projects proposed that the three projects be Aterminated.@

The following changes to the ordinance amendment were recommended and approved by the Committee.

Mr. Huckelberry recommended that DOT-31 be taken out of the ordinance amendment, with its original bond language left alone.

The language under AImplementation Period@ for DOT-28 and DOT-40 was changed from ATerminated@ to ADelayed Subject to Available Funding.@

Changes to DOT-12 and DOT-29, which affected Scope and Implementation, but not Bond Funding, were included in the ordinance amendment.

Tom Warne moved, seconded by Dan Sullivan, that the Committee recommends that the Board of Supervisors approved the recommended amendments to Ordinance No. 1997-80, with the changes approved by the Committee. This motion passed unanimously.^[1]

4. Status Reports on County 1997 and 2004 Bond Programs

For the remainder of the meeting, County staff presented overviews of the 1997 and 2004 County Bond Programs.

5 Potential Agenda items for next meeting (Discussion only)

There were no special items placed on the agenda for the March 4, 2005 meeting. The meeting will focus on regular status reports on the County 1997 and 2004 Bond Programs.

6. Call to the audience

There was no response from the call to the Audience.

7. Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at approximately 10:25 a.m.

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^[1] On December 14, 2004, the Board of Supervisors adopted the Committee=s recommendation, with some minor changes in language. The ordinance (No. 2004-118)as adopted is attached to this summary of the Committee meeting.