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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.,. <br /> <br />JOINT AGENCY/COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />MOTION: Franklin <br /> <br />SECOND: McGuigan <br /> <br />Bist, Christy, Franklin, Lutz, McGuigan (5) <br />None (0) <br /> <br />VOTE: <br /> <br />AYES: <br />NOES: <br /> <br />ABSENT: <br /> <br />Moreno, Pulido, (2) <br /> <br />COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 7:45 PM TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY <br />COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY RECESSING AT 7:45 PM. <br /> <br />COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 8:00 PM TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL <br />MEETING. <br /> <br />WORK STUDY SESSION <br /> <br />WSA <br /> <br />EMPOWERMENT ZONE UPDATE <br /> <br />Patti Nunn, Economic Development Manager, Community Development Agency, noted <br />that Santa Ana received the designation for an empowerment zone in January, 1999. <br />She presented an overview of the Santa Ana Empowerment Zone governance structure <br />and reported that the Board now has twenty-three members and meets monthly. The <br />board works cohesively and is served by a staff of four. The various committees and <br />sub-committees meet monthly or weekly. Ms. Nunn also reported that the Santa Ana <br />Zone is the only zone that was allocated all round two funds and has working projects. <br /> <br />Ms. Nunn presented the program and project goals and listed many of the program <br />accomplishments. She explained that round two funding has been allocated to several <br />programs, and that $408,588.00 was held from the second year funds to redistribute <br />RFP's targeting the areas of Academic After School Programs, Childcare, and <br />Economic Development. The funding decision on the additional programs will be made <br />at the Board's September 27. 2000 meeting. <br /> <br />She noted that to date, Congress has not made a third year funding decision on the <br />Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Programs, however the City is anticipating <br />the third year RFP cycle to begin in January, 2001. <br /> <br />Following the presentation, Councilmembers congratulated staff and the Board on the <br />many program accomplishments. Mayor Pro Tem Lutz suggested that Ms. Nunn repeat <br />the presentation at a televised Council meeting. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCILMINUTES <br /> <br />264 <br /> <br />AUGUST 21,2000 <br />