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Home My WebLink About01/25/06 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA JANUARY 25. 2006 CALLED TO ORDER KIDWORKS 1902 W. CHESTNUT AVENUE SANTA ANA, CA 6:10 P.M. ATTENDANCE BOARD MEMBERS present: EUGENE ANTON; RICHARD BACIGALUPO; MARY BLOOM-RAMOS; PAULA BURRIER-LUND; BILL FOGARTY; LEAH FRASER; RON GARCIA (6:30 P.M.); INGRID HARITA; CLAUDIA HERNANDEZ; ERLlNDA MARTINEZ; RAUL MEDRANO; JAMES PRICE; DAVID REAM; HECTOR RODRIGUEZ; RICK STROUP (15) Absent: MAl CONG; BAL TIZAR DE LA RIVA; REGINA MARTINEZ; MICHAEL METZLER; AL MIJARES; ROMAN REYNA (6) STAFF present: BENJAMIN KAUFMAN, Chief Assistant City Attorney DEBORAH SANCHEZ, Empowerment Zone Manager CAROL MOLINA-ESPINOZA, Recording Secretary BOARD RECESSED TO THE WORK STUDY SESSION: TOUR OF KIDWORKS AT 6:10 P.M, AND RECONVENED AT 6:35 P.M, WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT CONSENT CALENDAR Motion: Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar Items. SAEC MINUTES 1 JANUARY 25, 2006 CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION: Anton SECOND: Price VOTE: AYES: Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, C. Hernandez, E. Martinez, Medrano, Price, Ream, Rodriguez, Stroup (15) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Cong, De La Riva, R. Martinez, Metzler, Mijares, Reyna, (6) MINUTES Motion: Approve Minutes. Special Meeting of November 16, 2005 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 KIDWORKS at 1902 W. Chestnut Ave., Santa Ana. Motion: Instruct the Recording Secretary to enter notice of posting into the Minutes. 2. Notices/A!lendas Meetina Date Regular Meeting Agenda 01/25/06 Date Posted Time Posted 01/20/06 3:00 p.m. 3. ABSENCES Motion: Excuse the absence of the following directors from the current meeting: Cong, De La Riva, R. Martinez, Metzler, Mijares, Reyna, (6) ... END OF CONSENT CALENDAR .. SAEC MINUTES 2 JANUARY 25, 2006 BUSINESS CALENDAR 4. APPOINT REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA ANA TO THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS Motion: Appoint Derald Sidler to the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation (SAEC) Board of Directors as the representative from the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana. MOTION: Ream SECOND: Anton VOTE: AYES: Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, C. Hernandez, E. Martinez, Medrano, Price, Ream, Rodriguez, Stroup (15) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Cong, De La Riva, R. Martinez, Metzler, Mijares, Reyna, (6) 5. APPOINT REPRESENTATIVE FROM EMPOWERMENT ZONE AREA 1 TO THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS. Motion: Continue recruiting for 60 days. MOTION: Ream SECOND: Fogarty VOTE: AYES: Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, C. Hernandez, E. Martinez, Medrano, Price, Ream, Rodriguez, Stroup (15) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Cong, De La Riva, R. Martinez, Metzler, Mijares, Reyna (6) SAEC MINUTES 3 JANUARY 25, 2006 BUSINESS CALENDAR 6. DAISY WHEEL PROGRAM CONTRACT AMENDMENTS. Motion: Direct Legal Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive Director and the Recording Secretary to execute all related contract amendments for the funding of the Daisy Wheel Program, including the Service Navigator and the Entrepreneurship Training components, approved by the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation (SAEC) on May 25, 2005. MOTION: Anton SECOND: Hernandez VOTE: AYES: Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, C. Hernandez, E. Martinez, Medrano, Price, Ream, Rodriguez, Stroup (15) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Cong, De La Riva, R. Martinez, Metzler, Mijares, Reyna (6) 7. SUBMITTAL OF REQUEST FOR FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. Motion: Direct and authorize staff to submit a request for one million dollars of Discretionary Funds. MOTION: Fogarty SECOND: Harita VOTE: AYES: Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, C. Hernandez, E. Martinez, Medrano, Price, Ream, Rodriguez, Stroup (15) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Cong, De La Riva, R. Martinez, Metzler, Mijares, Reyna (6) SAEC MINUTES 4 JANUARY 25, 2006 BUSINESS CALENDAR 8. FY 2006 ROUND II URBAN EMPOWERMENT ZONE GRANTS. Motion: Receive and File. MOTION: Bacigalupo SECOND: Frasier VOTE: AYES: Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, C. Hernandez, E Martinez, Medrano, Price, Ream, Rodriguez, Stroup (15) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Cong, De La Riva, R. Martinez, Metzler, Mijares, Reyna (6) PRESENTATION DAISY WHEEL NETWORK - Presented by Beatrice Gonzalez Highlights of the presentation include the following: . The Board expected Daisy Wheel to enroll BOO residents; currently they have reached 99% enrollment, 71 % enrolled have been placed in sustainable Jobs and 75% have benefited from additional services. . Statistics captured from client surveys include: BO% replied that the employment placement was most helpful, 97% stated that the FEZ Program met their expectations; and 97% recommended other Federal Empowerment Zone residents to enroll in Daisy Wheel Program. . Luis Perez and Carlos Nunez presented to the board members information related to how the program has helped them find employment. BOARD TASK FORCE REPORT Budget and Program Task Force - Eugene Anton - no report SAEC Board AD HOC Task Force - Eugene Anton - Richard Castro from NeighborWorks, will be attending a meeting of the Task Force to evaluated and make suggestions related to the SAEC goals to become a self sustainable organization beyond 2009 when the program expires. SAEC MINUTES 5 JANUARY 25, 2006 BUSINESS CALENDAR Education Task Force - Claudia Hernandez - the Education Task Force is working on one item; the Latino Education Attainment initiative for possible impiementation in the in the four FEZ areas. Also noted that Crevier BMW of Santa Ana donated $10,000 towards the reprinting of "The 10 Educational Commandments" booklet that was destroyed in a fire. Marketing Task Force - Mary Bloom-Ramos - no report Sustainability Task Force - Rick Stroup - the Sustainability Task Force is discussing alternating months, i.e. odd months are break-out sessions and even months are regular business meetings. STAFF REPORTS New SAEC Board binder was presented by Deborah Sanchez Cesar Cedeno briefed the Board relative to added tabs, new roster and general information. COMMENTS 1. PUBLIC COMMENTS - None 2. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS _ Board member Stroup invited board members to attend the Orange County Conservation Corps (OCCC) winter graduation on February 10 at the Phoenix Club at 10:00 a.m. Lunch will be provided. Deborah Sanchez reminded board members about Earned Income Tax Credit Day on February 11th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. NEXT MEETING - February 22, 2006, Delhi Community Center, 505 E. Central ADJOURNMENT - 7:23 P.M. CCt.--JCQ- ~ J Carol Molina-Espinoza Recording Secretary SAEC MINUTES 6 JANUARY 25, 2006