HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-02-25 EHA MINUTES,..
9 A_..-w
I/ t)
• t::NGLEWOOD HOUS 1NG AUTHORITY
Boa r d of Commissioners
L
.!.L
•
CALL_fG_ORDER
Reg u lar Meeting
February 25, 1987
T he R eg u l a r Meet i ng of t h e Englewood Housing Author i ty
Bo a r d of CQ mm1ss i oner s was called to order at 7:1 0 p.m .
o n Fe b r u a r y 25, i987, at Simon Center, 3333 South
L 1 nc o in Str eet, E n glewood, Colorado, 80110, by Valerie
L ash~ ~i c e Ch a irper s on.
Fi'.OLL __ CA LL
Me mb e r s Pr esent : Va ler i e Lash, Vice Chai r person
No r l een P al me r , Co mmissioner
Br ad l ey Zieg, Commissioner
Th om as J. Bur n s, Ch airman
Gary Kozac ek ~ Co mmissioner
Al a n M. F·e1 n s t e in , E x ec u t i ve D i rec tor
M~r y A. Rya n , Reco r d :ng Sec r etary
REA D I r,!G -·· A ~D __ A PPF-:OVAL _ U F -··MI Nl.J TE:.S F R OM_ JANUA RY ·-2 8 .1. _ 1 987
I T WAS MO VED BY COMM ISS I ONE R NOR LEEN PA LMER TO AP P ROVE THE MINU TES OF
f riE q EG ~LAR ME ET ING OF TH E E NGLE WO OD HOU S I NG AUTHO R I TY BO ARD CF
•:Oi'!M l s s I ON E.RS HEL D J ANU P·\t,:··y 28 ~ 1 9 8 ~i , ns PRE SENTED. C OMM I ss l ONER
BR AD ZI EG S EC ON DED T~E ~u 1·10 ~.
Ay e s;
r-~;a ~f~:5:
h b:=:.t a1 n e d~
Abse n t ~
•
La s n , P a l Qe r , Z ieg
No P e
None
Bui-ns :. L ;::,;::,-1c e k
V I S I T ORS
Th e r e we 1-e ,,;..· '-i l ·5 1t o c·5 sc:hedu.l ed t o
Mee t in g of t h e E n g l e wo o d Hous i n g
Com mi s s i o n e rs h e l d ~n i s da~e .
3t t e n c t ~e Re g u .~r
A~thority Boa ~d ~f
~~gle~ood Hous ing Aut hor ity
Boar d ~f Co mmiss i oners
Regu l a i-Meeti \'g -F eb1-u.a1-y 25, 1987
DIRECTOR'S_REPORT
ARRP_ST ATUS_REPORT
Executive Director Feinstein gave an update on the ARRP
units which have not closed yet. He informed the
commissioners that he was in touch with the mortgage
company on a weekly basis to get up-to-date information
on the status of these units.
The Executive Director was pleased to inform the
commissione r s that the ARRP unit ~t 2755 S . Delaware
Street had been closed on as of February 23, 1987.
REHAB_STA TUS_REPORT
Due to changes in IRS rulings, the Executive Director
informed the commiss i oners that he found it necessary to
meet with the lead bank in the Rehab Loan consortium in
order to get a final interest rate. He anticipated a
loan interest rate at a point and a half over the prime
i n terest rate . The E x ecutive Director felt that in
con j unction with the EHA 's Reh ab Loan Program, this
interest -ate from the bank wou ld enable some low-income
and mi ddl e-income persons to get help with rehab work
n eeded on their homes.
Three Renta l Rehab Loan App l icat i ons and three Rehab
Deferred Loan Appl ications a r e cur r ently being
p 1-oc essed .
ORCHARD_PLA CE_WIND_DA MAGE
The Executive Director informed the commlss io ne rs t ~a~
during the recent high-wind storm , par t of the r 0 of
parapet at Orcha r d Place was damaged . Bids we r e
so lic ited and r ece i ved to pe·-form t he necessar y repai r s.
No damage was sustained b y a1y of the units at Orchard
Place, or by a ny neighbori n g pr i vate hGffies.
-2-
...
•
•
•
.•
• Eng 1 e,mod Housing AL< thor i ty
Bo a r d ~f Commissioners
•
RegL l ar Meeting -February 25, 1987
INJURY_CLAIM
The Executive Director informed the commissioners of a
claim filed by the son of a tenant of EHA Public Housing
f or payment of medical bills and lost wages due to an
injury he c laims he sustained while on Public Housing
grounds. The circumstances surrounding the alleged
injury and how it was sustained, the ensuing medical
t r eatment received by the claimant, and the
just i fications for the amount requested by the tenant's
son were gi v e n to the commissioners.
Le n g thy d~scussion ensued regar ding rising insurance
cos ts, the setting of a prec edent of paying injury
cl3ims, the co ndition of the g r ounds (according to the
claimant and according to EHA personnel> upon which the
alleged in jury was sus tai ned, the =hoices of the EHA
(pay the cla i m or fight the claim) and the evidence
presented by the claimant to support the amount he has
1-eques t ed .
The
thi s
o:-der
its
di r ec tive o f the comm iss io ners was that all data on
situat i o n be gi v en to an a tt o rney for review i n
to determine wh ether or not t h e EHA should have
insur a n ce company pay the claim or t ry to refute the
claim .
tJQI !Q~
IT WAS MOVED BY COMMIS S I ONER BRAD ZIEG TO DIREC T THE EXE CU TIVE
DIRECTOR TO CON TACT LEGAL COUNSEL IMMEDIATEL Y FOR ADVICE ON THE
INJURY CLAIM FILED AGAI NST THE ENGLEWOOD HOUS ING AU THOR I TY BY THE SON
OF A TENANT OF EH A PUBLIC HOUSING. COMMISS I ONER NORLEEN PALMER
SECONDED THE MOTION.
Ayes:
Nays:
Abstained:
Abse n t :
L a sh~ P alm e r, Zieg
Nc,ne
Mo ;i e
Burns , Lcizac:e k
Tn e Vice Chair pe r son decla r e d t h e motion =a ~ried .
• -3-
Enilewo od Housing Au t ho rity
Bo a r d o f Com miss ioners
Reg ular Meeting -Feb r uary 25, 1987
'!i' V .I. a DISCUSSION_ITEMSi_MOTIONS_AND_RESOLUTIONS
A. Resolution __ No. __ 2i __ Series __ of_1987i_AQQroving_the_
Re c e i pt ____ and ___ Use __ of ___ GSA_Persona l_ProQert~-b~-the_
EH A_.
lh e re w~s a brief discussion regarding the fact
t ha t th ~ ma t ei-ial 01-equipment received by the EHA
will s till belong to the Government and all
n on-e ~penda b l e property will be returned to a GSA
depo t when u -;e EHA no longer needs it. A separate
inventor y of this mater ial and/or equipment must be
ma :n tained a n d the EHA will pay for the repair of
the equ i pme n t, or return it to the GSA.
I T WA S MOV E D BY
AND USE OF GSA
ENGL EWOOD HOUSING
t1 iJI I (JN .
COM MI SS IO NER NORLEEN PALMER TO APPROVE THE RECEIPT
E XC ESS PER SO NA L MATERIALS AND /OR PROPERTY BY THE
AUTH OR I TY . COMMI S SIONER BRAD ZIEG SECONDED THE
Ay es:
Nays:
Abstai n ed :
Ab sen t :
L ash , Pa l me r, Zi eg
None:·
No ne
Bu n,s , K c.,z a ·=e k
The V ic e Cha i r perso n declared t h e mo t ion car r i ed .
B. U~da te_o n_Banno c k_a n d_Baker_S i tes
Th e Ex e cu ti v e Di r ec t o r s u ggested that the
Com miss io n ers wh o wish ed to do so to u r the new u nit
a t 2 91 2 S. Ban n o c k S t reet t ha t even i ng since new
ten a n t s would be mo vi ng i nto t he u n it in th e
immed i a t e f u t u r e .
~o n c e r ni ng the Ba k er Sit e , the Ex ecutive D1 r ec t0r
i ~f o r med t he Com ~is s i one r s t h a t th e h eat i n g work
h as b e en "i-ou ghe d ;.n " and t he s t u d e nts d !.d 3.l l t h e
la bo r in v olve d wi t h i nst a lling t h e j u c t wor k whi c h
-4 -
•
•
•
r
•
•
•
Engiewo od Housing Authority
Boar d of Commissioners
Re gu l~r Meeting -February 25, 1987
into 40% of the overall work on the
It is expected with electrical and
the students will do even more labor which
translate into about 75% of the work
t r anslates
heating.
plumbing
should
involved in these installations.
C. ProQosed __ Revised __ EHA __ Leasei_Rules_&_Regulationsi_
and _Move-Out _Procedures.
The E x ecutive Director explained that every change
recommended by the attorney had been incorporated
into the EHA Lease and Rules & Regulations. He
fu r ther exp l ained that the EHA would adopt the
Ch ec k Out Procedure/Security Refunds/Apartment
Cleaning Procedures documents recommended to be
included by the attorney.
An inv olved discussion e n sued regarding possible
liability on the part of the EHA over injuries
sus tained by EHA tenants performing duties outlined
in thei r leases as being the responsibility of the
ten ants, i.e. snow removal, grass cutting .
Comm i.ssi o n er Pa l me1-q u.es t !.Dned the "Check-In" list
as designated in the Check-Out Procedures of the
Rules and Regulations . E x ecutive Director
Fe inste in e x plai n ed t h at the Check-In list is a
document used during the pre-move-in inspection
with t h e t enant. It ou tlines problems existing
u pon move-in, for which t h e tenant would be
char ged, upon move-out, if not shown on the
"Chec k -I n " L i st as being p1-esent when the tenant
mo ved i n.
!:'.'.!QI 1Q ~
IT WAS MOVED BY COMM IS S I ONER NOR LEEN P ALMER TO APP ROVE THE REV ISE D
EHA L EASE , RULES & REGULATIONS AND MOVE-O UT PROCEDURES AS ~RESEN TED .
COMMISSIONER BRAD ~I EG SECO NDED TH E MOTIO~.
Ay es:
Nays:
Abstai n ed:
Absent:
Lash , Palme r, Zi eg
No n e
None
Bu1-n s , Kozac e k
The Vi~e Cha irp erson dec l a r ed the mot1or carr i ed .
-5-
:~giE~c ~d ~o u s1ng Au tho ~i ty
f.;·:i ::-~·-d of Co mm i ·:::.s 1 .:;,1:e1-s
"~e q _;_~ q·-Ve e ting -Feb :-ua i-y 25, 1987
D. INSURANCE
The E ~ecut i ve D ir ector explained to the
commissioners th e bidding procedures used this year
i n order to obtain bids on the EHA 's insurance .
The Executive Director e x plained that in the past
~he EHA wor k ed with an insurance broker who
obt&ined insurance b i d5 on behalf of the EHA. This
year, the ~HA, d i d a formal request for bids,
contacting se v eral brokers or agents and had each .
sen d in a bid on the insuran ce needed by the EHA.
As a r esult, t h e EHA w ill work th i s year with the
same ins urance firm as last year for many of the
EH A 's ins~rance needs, but not all of them. This
wi l l sav e q u ite a b1t of money for the housing
autho ri ~Y c G in5ur ance costs.
The E xecutive Direc~or r equested the commissioners
ma ke a decision on tbe p r op e rt y coverage (fire and
~~t e n a e d liability>. ~e requested th ~t the Bo a rd
a.µpi-o v e t h e cost for an A l l-Risk Pol i.C:\' which is
p r i.,:ed h :g h e ,-t h an t he i.oi-1 b id ba·=-ic f11-e and
e x te nd~d coverage pla~. Th e bid for the
"a.d ·-·r:::::,!·." ~o l i cy , a ll.:,ws fo r · tr:E·f t (damage d ;..;e !;o
a. D n ?a.k -i ri wo ul.d b e co ·-,.-er·ed ', wate i -domag e, .:1.s wel 1
a s d ~ma g2 c a Li sed by c o ll a pse d u 2 t0 weight of s now
a id i c e . The Exec ut ive Directo~ r e co~mended that
th'? EH?\ cho o se tne "<'d l -1-i s l," ;:J ol i c y :it a h : ghe r
co ,;t becc:•.L'.S E i t offer·<:: subs t ant :.a 1 :t · mo r ·e c ei\.e1-ai;e ..
MCTI ON
I T '..J{!S t10VED B Y CC ,1!1IESI GNEf..: NURL EEN PALMEF: T:J APFFUVE f HE EXEcu·:!V E
Li l.-:EC T OR ACt.2E VfI UG r i-iE h1.'3 \.i E H f 'RI CE D 1.ALL.-F I Sl--'." P ROPERTY :r.NSURAN~:E
FC L 'C Y C'F F E i1ED BY. f.,t<~; l ;>,!SUF<:P1N C~ CQM .. )A NY fkFDJt3 H ·r L!E. TF:0,Vf:.L E HS
k~GAR 0 LE S S OF TH E ~Ac : ·r ·'AT lT WAS NJT .HE QWE S T BID ON P~OPER 1·v
°L :\:S iJR ... NCE .
'-~'/e s ·:
C-~2.ys :
Ab': ·c a1 ne d ~
COMMISSIONER BRA D Z !EG ~ECO NDLD n -E ~LlT l~N.
L ash ~ P a lm E ~, Z ieg
1w.=-n e
NGne
B . .t :-11 ~,., k::c, ;:: 3.C 2;<
-.s-
•
•
•
t~·-,gle ,s10,:;-j Ho usir~g A u th L,r i ty
B0ar d a~ Co mm~s sio 0 ers
·f-.·egL•la ;-r·1eet inq -Feb i-u.ai-y 25, 1987
\l I l <,I
\/ .!. l ! ..
I L
•
•
FINANCIAL_REPOR T
Th e Financial Report was discussed briefly as to line
items and net operating G/L. Also discussed was the
Rehab Fiscal Status Report regarding figures shown as
th e balances for the 1985 City PIF Funds, Repaid
Defe rr ed Loans & Grants, and 1987 EHA Funds.
CONSENT ___ !~GENDA
A. Tr e nd __ in __ Fund1ng_of_Majcr_HUD_Programs_from_NAHRO_
Mo n1 tor _dated_Januar~_3li_l987.
Noted witn little discussion .
GENERAL ... D l SCUSS 1 ON
A . Commiss1one r s '_Choice
Housing v e ntur es for t h e EHA was brought up by
Commissioner Zieg and discussed briefly .
The 1 987 NAHRO L egis lative Co n ference held in
Washin~ton U. C. on Fe bruar y 2 4~ 1 98 7, was
b rou g~t u p by Vic e Ch ai rp erson Lash . Ms. Lash
st r ong l y emphasized h er point of view that it i s
e x tr emel y i mportant for t h e Englewood Housing
Aut h ority to be represented at the L eg i slat i ve
Confere nces, especia lly i n l igh t of the new
legis l ative representatives who may no t be fam i liar
w i t h housing need s in the Eng l ewood a r ea. The
suggest io n was made t ha t 3ppo~~tments be made ahead
c,f· ti,T,e b y EHA =-taff in o i·der to f .aci 1 i ta+;e
meetings with legis l ator s to f amilia ri ze them
w i~h t h e housing problems and n eeds o f Englewo o d .
Commissioner Pa lmer reported that the impe n d i ~g
change of NAHRO leader ship this summe r s h ould oper
up n ew opportunities for meet ings bet~ee n
l eg1slators and housing pe opl e . She also p c1nt e d
out t h at i ~ wa s the res po n sibil ity of the Sta ~e
and Reg1o ~a l NAH RO Chapte r s t o organ i ze meet ing s
wi t h lo ~d ! l e gislator s duri n g time p e r i o d~ o n the
NAHRO Legislative Co~fer ence ag enda s et aside for
tha.t p ui-p i:.,·;;e.
_r7 _
Englewood Housing Authority
Board of Commissione~s
Regular Meeting -February 25, 1987
X •
Executive Director Feinstein also brought up the
option of talking with our Washington
representatives here at their offices in Colorado
or when they hold meetings locally.
B. Director 's_Choice
There was nothing presented for Director's Choice.
A:DJO URNMENT
t1QI!Q~
Il WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER NORLEEN PALMER TO ADJOURN THE REGULAR
MEETING OF THE ENGLEWOOD HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
HELD FEBRUA RY 25~ 1987. COMMISSIONER BRAD ZIEG SECONDED THE MOTION.
Ayes:
Na.y s:
Abstained:
Absent:
Lash, Palmer Zieg
None
None
Bun,s, Kozacek
The Vice Chairperson declared the motion carried.
The Regular Meeting of the Englewood Housing Authority
Board of Commissioners adjourned at 8:40 p.m .
4 -------·--·-· ·-·· ·-·-...
Vice Chairperson
-8-
•
•
•