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Home My WebLink About10/23/2002 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA OCTOBER 23, 2002 CALLED TO ORDER ATTENDANCE WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 811 EAST BISHOP SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 6:00 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS Present: ROMAN REYNA (Chairman); MARY BLOOM-RAMOS; AMERICA BRACHO; JOHN BREWSTER; FERNANDO CIBRIAN (6:04 P.M.); DAVID ELBAUM; LARRY HAYNES (6:02 P.M.); LARRY LEAMAN (6:04 P.M.); CHUCK MAGDALENA; MICHAEL METZLER; AL MIJARES (6:03 P.M.); JAMES PRICE; DAVID REAM; VICTORIA ZARAGOZA (14) Absent: JOEL AYALA; PAULA BURRIER-LUND;; MAI CONG; JIM DAVIS; JON DIETZ; MARIA HARO; EDDIE HERNANDEZ; IRENE MARTINEZ; (8) STAFF Present: BENJAMIN KAUFMAN, Acting General Counsel; BILL MANIS, Empowerment Zone Manager, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Recording Secretary Motion: CONSENT CALENDAR Approvestaffrecommendationsonthefollowing ConsentCalendar Items. MOTION: Magdalena SECOND: Brewster VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Brewster, Elbaum, Magdalena, Metzler, Price, Ream, Reyna, Zaragoza (10) SAEC MINUTES I OCTOBER 23, 2002 NOES: ABSENT: None (0) Ayala, Burrier-Lund, Cibrian, Cong, Davis, Dietz, Haro, Haynes, Hernandez, Leaman, Martinez, Mijares (12) MINUTES Motion: 1. Approve Minutes. Regular Meeting held August 28, 2002 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, 811 E. Bishop Street, Santa Ana. Motion: Instruct the Recording Secretary to enter notice of posting into the Minutes. Notices/Aoendas Meetinq Date Date Posted Time 2. Regular Meeting Agenda 10/23/02 10/18/02 9:00 a.m. EXCUSED ABSENCES Motion: Excuse the absence of the following directors from the current meeting: Burrier-Lund, Cong, Davis, Dietz MOTION: Price SECOND: Bloom-Ramos VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Brewster, EIbaum, Magdalena, Metzler, Price, Ream, Reyna, Zaragoza (10) NOES: None (0) ABSENT: Ayala, Burrier-Lund, Cibrian, Cong, Davis, Dietz, Haro, Haynes, Hernandez, Leaman, Martinez, Mijares (12) *** END OF CONSENT CALENDAR *** SAEC MINUTES 2 OCTOBER 23, 2002 BUSINESS CALENDAR Motion: RE-ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS Re-elect all current two-year term Board members for a three-year term pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation Bylaws. MOTION: Elbaum SECOND: Magdalena VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Brewster, Elbaum, Haynes, Magdalena, Metzler, Price, Ream, Reyna, Zaragoza (11 ) NOES: None (0) ABSENT: Ayala, Burrier-Lund, Cibrian, Cong, Davis, Dietz, Haro, Hernandez, Leaman, Martinez, Mijares (11 ) Motion: Motion: ELECT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR Nomination of Roman Reyna for the position of Chair. MOTION: Bloom-Ramos SECOND: Metzler VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Brewster, Elbaum, Haynes, Magdalena, Metzler, Mijares, Price, Ream, Reyna, Zaragoza (12) NOES: None (0) ABSENT: Ayala, Burrier-Lund, Cibrian, Cong, Davis, Dietz, Haro, Hernandez, Leaman, Martinez, (10) Close nominations for the position of Chair and elect Roman Reyna. MOTION: Brewster SECOND: Haynes VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Brewster, Elbaum, Haynes, Magdalena, Metzler, Mijares, Price, Ream, Reyna, Zaragoza (12) NOES: None (0) SAEC MINUTES 3 OCTOBER 23, 2002 Motion: Motion: ABSENT: Ayala, Burrier-Lund, Cibrian, Cong, Davis, Dietz, Haro, Hernandez, Leaman, Martinez, (10) Nomination of Victoria Zaragoza for the position of Vice Chair. MOTION: Brewster SECOND: Magdalena VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Brewster, Elbaum, Haynes, Magdalena, Metzler, Mijares, Price, Ream, Reyna, Zaragoza (12) NOES: None (0) ABSENT: Ayala, Burrier-Lund, Cibrian, Cong, Davis, Dietz, Haro, Hernandez, Leaman, Martinez, (10) Close nominations for the position of Vice Chair and elect Victoria Zaragoza. MOTION: Brewster VOTE: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: SECOND: Ream Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Brewster, Elbaum, Haynes, Magdalena, Metzler, Mijares, Price, Ream, Reyna, Zaragoza (12) None (0) Ayala, Burrier-Lund, Cibrian, Cong, Davis, Dietz, Haro, Hernandez, Leaman, Martinez, (10) PRESENTATION SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION ANNUAL AUDIT Henry Mendoza, CPA, managing partner for Mendoza Berger and Company, L.L.P., the firm that conducted the audit, was present to discuss and answer any questions regarding the audit. Mr. Mendoza briefed the Board of Directors on the annual audit of the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation for fiscal year 2001-2002. The audit was performed in accordance with the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation Articles of Incorporation Section 4.5 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations. SAEC MINUTES 4 OCTOBER 23, 2002 RECOGNITION OF DIRECTOR CIBRIAN, presented by SAEC Chair Roman Reyna, Chair presented a plaque to Fernando Cibrian for his service on the Empowerment Zone Board and wished him success in future endeavors. BOARD TASK FORCE REPORT BUDGET AND PROGRAM TASK FORCE - Bill Manis, Empowerment Zone Manager announced that the task force will meet on November 6, 2002 to go over the Research and Development Infrastructure RFP scoring sheets. He noted that one RFP was received by the October 15, 2002 submittal deadline. It is anticipated that the Task Force will submit a recommendation to the full board for the November 20, 2002 SEAC meeting. EDUCATION TASK FORCE - Fernando Cibrian noted that the Task Force will meet on November 7, 2002 10. MARKETING AD HOC TASK FORCE - Mary Bloom-Ramos noted that at its last meeting the task force discussed adoptions for marketing to be presented to the Board for approval 11. SUSTAINABILITY TASK FORCE - Larry Haynes reported that the task force held its first meeting, and he noted that not all the sub-committees were represented. He announced that the next meeting would be held on October 30, 2002, and he stated that staff is attempting to locate active members. He stressed that the task force is open to participation, but that he anticipated that the group will not have the 35 members originally envisioned. STAFF REPORTS 12. FY 2002 ON-SITE MONITORING REPORT - Bill Manis, Empowerment Zone Manager reported that in August 2002, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) conducted an on- site monitoring of the Empowerment Zone. The three-day HUD visit consisted of a review of program files, an Empowerment Zone tour and interviews with staff. In September 2002, staff received the written response from HUD outlining the results of the on-site monitoring visit. The Empowerment Zone received very high marks with only two concerns noted. One concern involved a record keeping issue and the second dealt with the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce-Bridges to Career Consortium. The proposed objective to train 15 newly hired Empowerment Zone SAEC MINUTES 5 OCTOBER 23, 2002 13. residents at Gold Coast Bakery has not yet been met. Staff has requested that this objective be addressed and completed in a timely manner. FUNDED QUARTERLY MONITORING REPORT, Bill Manis, Empowerment Zone Manager presented an overview of the quarterly monitoring reports submitted by all funded programs. Included in the monitoring reports are a narrative of the program accomplishments and/or struggles to date, an implementation plan with the percentage completed for each milestone, and updates on leveraging activity. For this reporting period staff has received a quarterly report from all funded programs. COMMENTS 14. 15. PUBLIC COMMENTS - None BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS Director Cibrian · Announced that there would be a city candidate forum held on October 28, 2002 from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Chair Revna · Announced that the Neighborhood Association celebration sponsored by 10 associations was very successful and had an attendance of over 1700 residents NEXT MEETING - November 20, 2002 ADJOURNMENT - 6:30 P.M. Recording Secretary SAEC MINUTES 6 OCTOBER 23, 2002