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Home My WebLink About07/26/06 CALLED TO ORDER MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA JULY 26, 2006 DELHI COMMUNITY CENTER 505 EAST CENTRAL AVENUE SANTA ANA, CA 6:01 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS present: RUBEN ALVAREZ (6:06 P.M.); EUGENE ANTON; RICHARD BACIGALUPO; MARY BLOOM-RAMOS; MAl CONG; LEAH FRASER; RON GARCIA (6:22 P.M,); INGRID HARITA; ERLlNDA MARTINEZ; REGINA MARTINEZ, RAUL MEDRANO (6:07 P,M.); JAMES PRICE; DERALD SIDLER; MARK STEEN (14) BOARD MEMBERS absent: PAULA BURRIER-LUND; BILL FOGARTY; CLAUDIA HERNANDEZ; MICHAEL METZLER; AL MIJARES; DAVID REAM; ROMAN REYNA (7) STAFF present: BEN KAUFMAN, General Counsel DEBORAH SANCHEZ, Empowerment Zone Manager PATRICIA HEALY, Recording Secretary PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE DIRECTOR EUGENE ANTON CONSENT CALENDAR Motion: Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar Items: SAEC MINUTES -1- July 26, 2006 CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION: Anton SECOND: Sidler VOTE: AYES: Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Cong, Fraser, Harita, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Price, Sidler, Steen (11) NOES: None (0) None (0) ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Alvarez, Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Garcia, Hernandez, Medrano, Metzler, Mijares, Ream, Reyna (10) MINUTES Motion: Approve Minutes. 1. Regular Meeting held June 28, 2006 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; Delhi Community Center at 505 Central Avenue Santa Ana, CA 92707. Motion: Instruct the Recording Secretary to enter notice of posting into the Minutes. 2. Notices/AQendas MeetinQ Date Regular Meeting- Agenda 06/28/06 Date Posted Time Posted 06/23/06 4:30 p.m. 3. ABSENCES Motion: Excuse the absence of the following directors from the current meeting: Burrier-Lund, Hernandez, Ream, Reyna (4) ... END OF CONSENT CALENDAR .. SAEC MINUTES - 2- July 26, 2006 BUSINESS CALENDAR 4. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, PHASE IV FINAL REPORT - presented by Dale Ward, representing the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce and Wallace Walrod, Orange County Business Council. Following the presentation, Board discussion ensued. Motion: Approve the final report for the Phase IV of the Research and Development Infrastructure Project and authorize staff to release final payment. MOTION: Anton SECOND: Cong VOTE: AYES: Alvarez, Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom- Ramos, Cong, Fraser, Harita, E. Martinez, R Martinez, Medrano, Price, Sidler, Steen (13) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Hernandez, Metzler, Mijares, Reyna (8) Garcia, Ream, NOTE: This item was reconsidered later in the meeting. Please see page 5 of these min utes 5. AD HOC NEW MEMBER REVIEW TASK FORCE Motion: Create a New Member Review Ad Hoc Task Force comprised of directors Steen, Alvarez and Harita to screen and interview applicants for the vacant Director position representing Empowerment Zone three and recommend an applicant to the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation Board (SAEC) at a future meeting. MOTION: Anton SECOND: Cong VOTE: AYES: Alvarez, Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom- Ramos, Cong, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Medrano, Price, Sidler, Steen (14) NOES: None (0) SAEC MINUTES - 3- July 26, 2006 BUSINESS CALENDAR ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Hernandez, Metzler, Mijares, Ream, Reyna (7) 6. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM CONSULTANT (GIS) Motion: Direct Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive Director to execute a one-year agreement with RBF Consulting in an amount not to exceed $39,880 to design and implement a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) component for the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation (SAEC) web site. MOTION: Price SECOND: Bacigalupo VOTE: AYES: Alvarez, Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom- Ramos, Cong, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Medrano, Price, Sidler, Steen (14) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Hernandez, Metzler, Mijares, Ream, Reyna (7) 7. AUDITOR CONTRACT AMENDMENT Motion: Direct Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive Director to execute an amendment to the agreement with Conrad and Associates, L.L.P., to reflect its merger with Mayer Hoffman McCann P. C., for auditing and tax preparation services to the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation (SAEC). MOTION: Garcia SECOND: Cong VOTE: AYES: Alvarez, Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom- Ramos, Cong, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Medrano, Price, Sidler, Steen (14) NOES: None (0) SAEC MINUTES - 4- July 26, 2006 BUSINESS CALENDAR ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Hernandez, Metzler, Mijares, Ream, Reyna (7) 8. RATIFY THE MODIFICATION OF SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO CHANGE THE QUORUM FOR SAEC BOARD MEETINGS Motion: Rescind the SAEC board action of July 11, 2005, changing the percentage used in determining quorum for Board meetings, and, reo establish the meeting quorum to eight members. MOTION: Anton SECOND: Sidler VOTE: AYES: Alvarez, Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom- Ramos, Cong, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Medrano, Price, Sidler, Steen (14) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Hernandez, Metzler, Mijares, Ream, Reyna (7) BOARD TASK FORCE REPORT Budget and Program Task Force - Director Anton noted that the Task Force met on July 17, 2006 to review the proposal from the Delhi Center for the Entrepreneurship Training Program Phase IV; final decision by the Task Force on this matter should be made in September - a thirty-day time extension was granted to the Entrepreneurship Training Program to conclude the program evaluation for the past year. Education Task Force - Director Hernandez noted that the Task Force was focusing on English literacy and was reviewing three potential literacy programs Marketing Task Force - Chair Bloom Ramos noted that the Task Force conducted a brief interview with GIS consultants at the last meeting SAEC Board AD HOC - Director Anton reported that the FEZ staff released an "Interest Letter" to 12 non-profit and private consultants interested in working with the SAEC in the sustainability project; three consultants responded. He further noted that the Task Force would meet following tonight's meeting to review and discuss the three interest letters SAEC MINUTES - 5- July 26, 2006 STAFF REPORTS Deborah Sanchez reported that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) accepted the program modification for the Boys and Girls Club previously approved by the SAEC board. Cesar Cedeno gave a report on the program monitoring reports 4. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, PHASE IV FINAL REPORT Motion to reconsider Item # 4 (Bacigalupo~Medrano) relative to the Research and Development Infrastructure, Phase IV final report was unanimously approved. Director Bacigalupo further moved, seconded by Director Medrano, that the Phase IV final report submitted by the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce be approved and staff authorized to release final payment upon satisfaction that the following conditions have been met: 1. The report is amended to clarify that it is the final report of the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation (SAEC) and as such is the property of the SAEC and shall contain the SAEC logo 2. The report contain a statement that it may not be reproduced without the express permission of the Executive Director of the SAEC or designee, and 3. The Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce agrees to the condition that all future references to the Phase IV report will represent that it is the property of the SAEC and all rights are reserved MOTION: Bacigalupo SECOND: Medrano VOTE: AYES: Alvarez, Anton, Bacigalupo, Bloom~Ramos, Cong, Fraser, Garcia, Harita, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Medrano, Price, Sidler Steen (14) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Burrier~Lund, Fogarty, Hernandez, Metzler, Mijares, Ream, Reyna (7) SAEC MINUTES ~ 6 ~ July 26, 2006 COMMENTS 9. PUBLIC COMMENTS - None 10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS - None ADJOURNMENT - 6:59 p.m. - To September 27, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. at the Delhi Community Center, 505 East Central Avenue, Santa Ana, California. d' ~ .. . / --- -.- ~~---- ~--- \ - Patricia Healy Recording Secretary SAEC MINUTES - 7 - July 26, 2006