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Home My WebLink About04/23/2003 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APRIL 23, 2003 CALLED TO ORDER ATTENDANCE KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1300EAST McFADDEN STREET SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 6:05P.M. BOARD MEMBERS Present: ROMAN REYNA; MARY BLOOM-RAMOS; JOHN BREWSTER; PAULA BURRIER- LUND; MAI CONG; ANGELO DOTI; BILL FOGARTY; LARRY HAYNES; EDDIE HERNANDEZ; CHUCK MAGDALENA; MICHAEL METZLER; AL MIJARES; JAMES PRICE; DAVID REAM; VICTORIA ZARAGOZA (15) Absent: JOEL AYALA; AMERICA BRACHO; JIM DAVIS; JON DIETZ; DAVE ELBAUM; MARIA HARO; IRENE MARTINEZ; MARCOS RAMIREZ (8) STAFF Present: BENJAMIN KAUFMAN, Acting General Counsel BILL MANIS, Empowerment Zone Manager PATRICIA E. HEALY, Recording Secretary CONSENT CALENDAR Motion: Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar Items. (Agenda Items 1- 2) MOTION: Hernandez SECOND: Burrier-Lund VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Brewster, Burrier-Lund, Cong, Doti, Fogarty, Haynes, Hemandez, Magdalena, Metzler, Mijares, Price, Ream, Reyna, (14) NOES: None SAEC MINUTES I APRIL 23, 2003 ABSTAIN: Zaragoza (1) ABSENT: Ayala, Bracho, Davis, Dietz, Elbaum, Ham, Martinez, Ramirez (8) MINUTES Motion: Approve Minutes. Regular Meeting held March 26, 2003 RECORDING SECRETARY POSTING REPORT The following notices were posted pursuant to the Brown Act. Corporation Agendas and Notices are posted on the door of the City Council Chambers at 22 Civic Center Plaza; Walker Elementary, 8t 1 E. Bishop Street, Santa Ana. Motion: Instruct the Recording Secretary to enter notice of posting into the Minutes. Notices/Agendas Meeting Date Date Posted Time 2. Regular Meeting Agenda 4/23/03 4/18/03 9:00 a.m. EXCUSED ABSENCES Motion: Excuse the absence of the following directors from the current meeting: Bracho, Davis, Dietz, Elbaum, Ramirez, and excuse the absence of Zaragoza from the meeting of March 26, 2007 MOTION: Hemandez SECOND: Burrier-Lund VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Brewster, Burrier-Lund, Cong, Doti, Fogarty, Haynes, Hemandez, Magdalena, Metzler, Mijares, Price, Ream, Reyna, Zaragoza (15) NOES: None ABSENT: Ayala, Bracho, Davis, Dietz, Elbaum, Ham, Martinez, Ramirez (8) ***END OF CONSENT CALENDAR*** SAEC MINUTES 2 APRIL 23, 2003 BUSINESS CALENDAR Motion: POLICY ON ASSETS PURCHASED WITH EMPOWERMENT ZONE FUNDS Delegate to the Budget and Program Task Force the authority to determine the appropriate reuse of goods purchased by a sub- recipient with Empowerment Zone funds if the sub-recipient's program is canceled or abandoned, and the purchase price of the goods did not exceed $10,000.00 MOTION: Hernandez SECOND: Ream VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Brewster, Burrier-Lund, Cong, Doti, Fogarty, Haynes, Hemandez, Magdalena, Metzler, Mijares, Price, Ream, Reyna, Zaragoza (15) NOES: None ABSENT: Ayala, Bracho, Davis, Diet. z, Elbaum, Ham, Martinez, Ramirez (8) Motion: EMPOWERMENT ZONE FUNDED SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM Approve the utilization of $500,000 in Fifth-Year funds for an Empowerment Zone Summer Youth Program. MOTION: Bloom-Ramos SECOND: Hemandez VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Brewster, Burrier-Lund, Cong, Doti, Fogarty, Haynes, Hernandez, Magdalena, Metzler, Mijares, Price, Ream, Reyna, Zaragoza (15) NOES: None ABSENT: Ayala, Bracho, Davis, Dietz, Elbaum, Haro, Martinez, Ramirez (8) PRESENTATIONS Digital Media Incubator, presentation introduced by Director Hemandez Presenters: Julie Slark, Assistant Vice Chancellor Educational Services, Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD); Robert Partridge, SAEC MINUTES 3 APRIL 23, 2003 Assistant Vice Chancellor, Facility Planning & Distdct Support Services, RSCCD; Jill Dominguez, WRJ Group; Sharon Brown, Digital Media Arts Highlights of the presentation are as follows: The RSCCD received a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce for the purpose of creating a Digital Media Incubator · The City of Santa Ana sold one acre of land on Bristol Street, just north of Edinger for $1 dollar to RSCCD · In February 2002, the RSCCD Board of Trustees approved the receipt of a $1.6 million grant · The facility is scheduled to open in October 2004 · The architect firm, Arquitectonica, was hired to design the building, working with staff from Santa Aha College and the district office · Measure E bond funds will also be used · Building features include 10,000 sq ft second floor to house, support and nurture 10 to 15 developing digital media businesses · 10,000 sq. ft. first floor of digital media production and post- production equipment for rental to provide income to support the building and to attract digital businesses to Santa Ana · 8,000 sq. ft. of technically mediated flexible classroom, studio, lab, and meeting space for Santa Ana College · target market is the technology sector businesses associated with digital media · The Economic Development grant received can only fund "brick and mortar" for economic development sites · All EDA funds committed to this program must be for the sole purpose of creating a business incubator and post-production facility for job creation focused on Iow-income communities · 150 jobs must be created and tracked during the first six years of operation · An advisory group comprised of professionals with knowledge, skills and/or influence in the industry will be appointed in March, 2003 · Next steps include: convene Advisory Group; create business/management plan; market the operations of the facility; identify equipment needs; seek additional grants and donations BOARDTASKFORCEREPORT Budget and Program Task Force, presented by Mike Metzler Director Metzler noted that the Board approved two items recommended by the Budget and Program Task Force on tonight's agenda; he further noted that the task force is currently reviewing and scoring the RFP's received for the next funding round, and these results will be discussed at the Task Force meeting on May 5, 2003; final recommendations will be SAEC MINUTES 4 APRIL 23, 2003 forwarded to the Board at the May 28, 2003 Empowerment Zone Board Meeting STAFF REPORTS Bill Manis announced that the first annual FEZ Tax Credit Workshop would be held on Thursday, May 8, 2003 at the Delhi Center and businesses will learn about the significant savings a FEZ location can achieve. Mr. Manis estimated that over 150 businesses would attend this workshop COMMENTS PUBLIC COMMENTS - None BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS Director Bloom-Ramos · Announced that the Resource Job Fair would be held on Saturday, April 26, 2003 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Director Zara,qoza · Announced that John Webb recently passed away and there will be a memorial service held for him. Mr. Webb was a very active humanitarian who was very involved with the family resoume canter Director Metzler · Announced that the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce was sponsoring a breakfast at the Santa Ana Performing Arts Center on Friday, April 25, 2003 at 7:30 a.m. NEXT MEETING - May 28, 2003 ADJOURNMENT - 6:50 P.M. Patricia E. Healy, '-~ Recording Secretary SAEC MINUTES 5 APRIL 23, 2003