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<br />BUSINESS CALENDAR <br /> <br />The Latino Education Attainment Initiative requested to be rescheduled for <br />the April Meeting <br /> <br />Taken out of order <br /> <br />Empowerment Zone Manager Sanchez introduced Carlos De la Riva as a new staff <br />member to the Federal Empowerment Zone staff <br /> <br />BOARD TASK FORCE REPORTS- <br /> <br />BudQet and Proaram Task Force <br />Director Reyna reported the following: A new Vice-Chair was not appointed at the last <br />meeting; The current vice chair will step up to be the Chair (Roman Reyna). <br /> <br />Taken out of order <br /> <br />Ad Hoc Sustainabilitv <br />Director Fogarty reported that the process to hire a Board consultant has begun; six <br />consultants were interviewed and the qualified applicants narrowed down to three; The <br />Task Force hopes to come back to the Board with a recommendation in the near future <br /> <br />Director Garcia added that it was important to start saving money now since the Board <br />had agreed to continue past December 2009; During the interview process, the <br />proposed dollar amounts varied from $160,000 to $300,000 and he wanted everyone to <br />be aware of the numbers as the process continues for the selection of a quality group. <br /> <br />Taken out of order <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />GIS R & D Project -Karen Underhill, RBF Consulting <br /> <br />Ms. Underhill reported that she is working with Empowerment Zone staff <br />to establish links on the SAFEZ website to offer a more user friendly <br />format available to the public that will include GIS, statistical and historical <br />information <br /> <br />Her presentation covered the GIS format component demonstrating aerial <br />images with different types of searches <br /> <br />Per Boardmembers request, the link will be e-mailed to them for review <br />and feedback <br /> <br />Education Task Force <br />Director Hernandez reported that the Task Force did not meet in March and will be <br />meeting in April to discuss options in moving forward a project with United Way for an <br />English Language Acquisition Program <br /> <br />SAEC MINUTES <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />MARCH 28, 2007 <br />