ADDRESSING A

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTSMeeting on
October 18, 2004
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• ADDRESSING A
• EMERGING PROBLEM

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• HOUSING SUMMIT
• Convened on June 14, 2004 by Governor Napolitano,
  the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and
  GPEC.
• Findings
• - Without our critical workforce housing
  infrastructure in place we will jeopardize the
  strength of our economy and the quality of life
  we enjoy.
• - A comprehensive regional plan must be
  developed in order to create a sustainable
  solution.
• - A sanctioned Task Force involving a
  cross-section of stakeholders is considered
  the most viable mechanism to develop a credible
  and implementable
• plan.

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• VISION
• It is the vision of the Task Force that within
  15 years, sufficient workforce housing will be
  available and affordable throughout the Valley to
  all working families with special emphasis on
  those (i.e. teachers, bank tellers, etc.) who are
  currently making between approximately 20,000
  and 42,000. It is further envisioned that the
  economic value and importance of workforce
  housing will be understood and supported by
  people in our region at every level.

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• MISSION
• The Regional Task Force on Quality Workforce
  Housing will convene community leaders (public
  and private) to thoroughly assess the state of
  affordable workforce housing in Maricopa County.
  Further, as a part of its mission the Task Force
  will develop a comprehensive, integrated Regional
  Housing Plan. This plan will help to create a
  world class community and build a quality of
  place for all of our residents to live and
  thrive.
• Note In pursuing its mission the Task Force
  will maintain a bias for action, adaptable
• operating style and be committed to setting an
  annual goal for the construction of
• incremental quality workforce housing (rental
  and owned) units that effectively meets
• the needs of our community. Further, the Task
  Force will be inclusive and employ its
• diverse membership as champions and facilitators
  of needed change.

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• GOALS
• The goals of the Regional Task Force are as
  follows
• By Q4 2005, the Task Force will conclude its work
  with a set of recommendations (including
  quantifiable production goals) submitted and a
  mechanism to operationalize those recommendations
  identified.
• To help dispel the NIMBY attitude across the
  region, by December 2005 the Task Force will have
  informed our advocates, the general public and
  the media about workforce housing and the need to
  and value of addressing this issue immediately.
• Ensure the recommendations in the plan are
  measurable.

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• STRUCTURE
• The Task Force will be a compilation of
  community leaders throughout our valley,
  representing diverse industries and segments of
  our population. The suggested entities to be
  represented currently fall into the following
  categories
• Elected Officials
• Business Leaders
• Housing Industry (Profit and Non-Profit Sectors)
• Community Leaders (Outside of Housing)
• Public Sector (HUD, City and County Housing
  Knowledgeable staff)

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• STRUCTURE (continued)
• The Task Force will have a steering committee of
  approximately 13 people including a chairman.
  The Task Force will also have sub-committees in
  the areas of
• - Policy
• - Outreach
• - Land Use
• - Process
• - Financial Resources

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• SUB-COMMITTEE FOCUS
• Policy This group would take a look at
  existing issues that affects the production, cost
  and approval of workforce housing projects and
  make recommendations that would help improve our
  ability to provide workforce housing throughout
  the region. The result of this work and that of
  the other committees is a product that is
  expected can be used as an additional resource
  when the cities and towns update their general
  plans.

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• SUB-COMMITTEE FOCUS (continued)
• Outreach The primary goal of the Outreach
  Committee is to identify ways to engage and
  inform all relevant stakeholders and help
  champion the awareness of the issues and their
  importance to their community. The Committee
  will also suggest materials to educate the
  range of audiences we are attempting to reach and
  look for vehicles that can be utilized to
  broaden the scope of understanding of this
  emerging problem.

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• SUB-COMMITTEE (continued)
• Land Usage The Land Usage Committee will (using
  the hired consultant) take an inventory of the
  existing workforce housing and available land in
  Maricopa County. The Committee will evaluate
  available local and national research regarding
  options for public and private land usage. The
  Committee will further look at the current and
  the projected need and then make recommendations
  on how to best utilize available land to serve
  the interests of working families and our
  community. The Task Force will thoroughly
  consider single and multi-family housing.

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• SUB-COMMITTEE FOCUS (continued)
• Process Analyze current procedures that serve
  to guide the production/preservation of workforce
  housing. Identify barriers that prohibit the
  production of workforce housing and outline a set
  of recommendations to address the identified
  barriers/opportunities. The thoughtful analysis
  by this Committee will produce a catalogue of
  best practices pertaining to architectural and
  engineering design.

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
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• SUB-COMMITTEE FOCUS (continued)
• Financial Resources Identify historic use of
  financial resources by location, units produced,
  income level, leverage with other financial
  resources and identity of the entity funded.
  Identify and inventory all possible partners and
  programs associated with providing financial
  resources to expand the capacity and availability
  of workforce housing in the community.
  Recommendations will cover how various funds can
  be leveraged to meet our unit goals over the next
  5, 10 and 15 years.

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• SUPPORT
• The Task Force will be supported by a public
  relations firm who will help announce our
  efforts, highlight our progress and promote our
  recommendations. Staff-wise we will be supported
  by a paid consultant who will help research the
  issues locally and nationally to identify best
  practices, assemble the necessary information and
  relevant speakers. The consultant will be
  supported by the Stardust Center for Affordable
  Homes and the Family at A.S.U.

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MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
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• SUPPORT (continued)
• Further, as a part of our process we would like
  to connect to MAGs committee structure in an
  effort to gain knowledge and information that
  would help the Task Force develop more
  well-informed actionable recommendations. In
  addition, we would like approval to work with the
  MAG staff to review existing statistical data
  that would be helpful in defining the current
  housing situation and profiling the region.

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REGIONAL WORKFORCE HOUSING TASK FORCE

• TO OPERATIONALIZE THIS PLAN WE NEED TO
• Status
• Draft the initial scope of work to help drive the
  focus
• discussion of the Task Force in the first 60
  days. Done
• Recruit initial list of Task Force
  members. Done
• Secure a commitment from ADOH to work with the
• Task Force regarding data analysis. Done
• Secure the funding for the Task Force process
  (sources being
• pursued are the Maricopa County and Phoenix
  IDAs, ADOH,
• Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Bank One,
  HUD, Stardust Initiatives
• and others).
  
  Pending
• Secure a commitment from MAG to work with the
  Task Force
• regarding data analysis. Pending
• 6. Finalize the selection of the
  consultant. Pending