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Home My WebLink About11/19/2003 . . . MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 19, 2003 CALLED TO ORDER WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 811 E. BISHOP STREET SANTA ANA, CA 6:04 P.M. ATTENDANCE BOARD MEMBERS present: MARY BLOOM-RAMOS (Chair); EUGENE ANTON (6:14 P.M.); RICHARD BACIGALUPO; AMERICA BRACHO; PAULA BURRIER-LUND; ANGELO DOTI; BILL FOGARTY; MARIA HARO; RAUL MEDRANO; MICHAEL METZLER; JAMES PRICE; ROMAN REYNA (12) Absent: JOHN BREWSTER; MAl CONG; JON DIETZ; LARRY HAYNES; EDDIE HERNANDEZ; CHUCK MAGDALENA; IRENE MARTINEZ: AL MIJARES; MARCOS RAMIREZ; DAVID REAM; VICTORIA ZARAGOZA (11) STAFF present: BENJAMIN KAUFMAN, Acting General Counsel DEBORAH SANCHEZ, Development Specialist III MELISSA ALVA, Economic Development Specialist I MARIA YANEZ, Economic Development Aide PATRICIA HEALY, Recording Secretary Economic CONSENT CALENDAR Motion: Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar Items. MOTION: Doti SECOND: Cong SAEC MINUTES NOVEMBER 19, 2003 VOTE: AYES: Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Burrier- Lund, Doti, Fogarty, Haro, Medrano, Metzler, Price, Reyna (11) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Anton, Brewster, Cong, Dietz, Haynes, Hernandez, Magdalena, Martinez, Mijares, Ramirez, Ream, Zaragoza (12) MINUTES Motion: Approve Minutes. 1. Regular Meeting held September 24, 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 School, 811 East Bishop Street, Santa Ana. Motion: Instruct the Recording Secretary to enter notice of posting into the Minutes. 2. Notices/ Aaendas Special Meeting Agenda Meetina Date 11/19/03 Date Posted Time 11/14/03 9:00 a.m. EXCUSED ABSENCES Motion: Excuse the absence of the following directors from the current meeting: Brewster, Cong, Dietz, Magdalena, Ream, Zaragoza (6), and excuse Director Haynes from the Regular Meeting of September 24, 2003 *** END OF CONSENT CALENDAR *** 1. ADOPT THE ANNUAL AUDIT, FISCAL YEAR 2002/2003 Motion: Adopt the Annual Audit for the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation for fiscal year 2002/2003. MOTION: Price SECOND: Fogarty SAEC MINUTES 2 NOVEMBER 19, 2003 . . . 2. Motion: 3. VOTE: AYES: Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Burrier- Lund, Doti, Fogarty, Haro, Medrano, Metzler, Price, Reyna (11) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Anton, Brewster, Cong, Dietz, Haynes, Hernandez, Magdalena, Martinez, Mijares, Ramirez, Ream, Zaragoza (12) AMENDMENT TO THE SAEC GRANT AGREEMENT Recommend that the Santa Ana City Council approve an amendment to the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation Grant Agreement for the 1999 Empowerment Zone Planning and Implementation Grant No. EZ-99-CA-OO01, and the Memorandum of Agreement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the State of California and the City of Santa Ana (the "Nominating Entity"). MOTION: Burrier-Lund SECOND: Bracho VOTE: AYES: Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Burrier- Lund, Doti, Fogarty, Haro, Medrano, Metzler, Price, Reyna (11) NOES: None (0) None (0) ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Anton, Brewster, Cong, Dietz, Haynes, Hernandez, Magdalena, Martinez, Mijares, Ramirez, Ream, Zaragoza (12) EXPAND THE EDUCATION TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP Motion: Approve the expansion of the Education Task Force membership to include representatives from other educational organizations. MOTION: Doti SECOND: Fogarty VOTE: AYES: Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Burrier- Lund, Doti, Fogarty, Haro, Medrano, Metzler, Price, Reyna (11) None (0) NOES: SAEC MINUTES 3 NOVEMBER 19, 2003 ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Anton, Brewster, Cong, Dietz, Haynes, Hernandez, Magdalena, Martinez, Mijares, Ramirez, Ream, Zaragoza (12) 4. MARKETING TASK PROCEDURES FORCE MEMBERSHIP POLICIES AND Motion: Approve the Marketing Task Force policies and procedures to restructure the Task Force membership to include seven (7) Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation Board members with voting capability and ten (10) representatives from marketing organizations with non-voting capability. MOTION: Metzler SECOND: Fogarty VOTE: AYES: Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Burrier- Lund, Doti, Fogarty, Haro, Medrano, Metzler, Price, Reyna (11) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Anton, Brewster, Cong, Dietz, Haynes, Hernandez, Magdalena, Martinez, Mijares, Ramirez, Ream, Zaragoza (12) 5. TIME EXTENSION REQUEST, CIVIC CENTER BARRIO Motion: Approve the twelve (12) month time extension request for the Civic Center Barrio Corporation program. MOTION: Reyna SECOND: Price VOTE: AYES: Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Burrier- Lund, Doti, Fogarty, Haro, Medrano, Metzler, Price, Reyna (11) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Anton, Brewster, Cong, Dietz, Haynes, Hernandez, Magdalena, Martinez, Mijares, Ramirez, Ream, Zaragoza (12) SAEC MINUTES 4 NOVEMBER 19, 2003 . . . 6. DIRECT THE SUSTAINABILITY TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE Motion: Direct the Sustainability Task Force to develop a strategy around social, training, and related services based on the survey results obtained through the Research & Development (R&D) Infrastructure project. MOTION: Reyna VOTE: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: SECOND: Metzler Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Bracho, Burrier- Lund, Doti, Fogarty, Haro, Medrano, Metzler, Price, Reyna (11) None (0) None (0) Anton, Brewster, Cong, Dietz, Haynes, Hernandez, Magdalena, Martinez, Mijares, Ramirez, Ream, Zaragoza (12) PRESENTATIONS Mary Bloom-Ramos, SAEC Chair presented a Recognition Plaque for immediate past Chair, Roman Reyna BOARD TASK FORCE REPORT Budget and Program Task Force - Director Metzler announced that the next meeting would be held on December 3, 2003 to receive an update on the program contractors Education Task Force. Director Haro noted that the actions taken by the Education Task Force were voted on by the Board at tonight's meeting Marketing Task Force - Chair Bloom-Ramos announced that the Empowerment Zone has a new logo which is featured on the tote bag produced for the HUD conference; she further noted that there will be a new design for the newsletter including an increased number of pages Sustainability Task Force - Director Bloom-Ramos noted that the actions taken by the Sustainability Task Force were adopted by the Board at tonight's meeting STAFF REPORTS Quarterly Monitoring Report - Maria Yanez, Economic Development Aide, presented the October 15, 2003 program monitoring report for seven active programs (four from SAEC MINUTES 5 NOVEMBER 19, 2003 the third year funding and three from the fourth year funding). She reported that the Southland Economic Development Corporation quarterly monitoring report, for the working capital loan program is still pending. National Community Renewal Conference - Maria Yanez reported that on October 21-22, 2003, the Santa Ana Federal Empowerment Zone hosted the National Community Renewal conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The two-day Conference was held at the Westin South Coast Plaza Hotel in Costa Mesa. Assistant HUD Secretary Roy Bernardi was the featured speaker on Tuesday, October 21st and was joined by Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido. Ms. Yanez noted that two hundred and twenty five individuals attended the conference with seventy Empowerment Zone businesses taking advantage of the "Business Tax Incentive" session and thirty Certified Public Accountants receiving accreditation from the California State Board of Accountancy for the session taught by HUD's tax attorney. COMMENTS PUBLIC COMMENTS - None BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS Director Haro invited members and staff to the Tamajada Fiesta at Santa Ana College on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Chair Bloom-Ramos announced that future board meetings would be held at Delhi or Corbin Community Centers. She noted that the next Board Meeting would be held January 28, 2004 at Delhi Community Center. NEXT MEETING - January 28, 2004 ADJOURNMENT - 6:23 P.M. ~~,-- . ( .!¡J. ?' /" . ",-1::-- .-'~ic{i: L-<:-è¿~<-/ \ . - 'i\ -~tricia E. Healy U Recording Secretary SAEC MINUTES 6 NOVEMBER 19, 2003