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Home My WebLink About02/22/06 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 22, 2006 CALLED TO ORDER Delhi Community Center 505 Central Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92707 6:07 P,M, BOARD MEMBERS present: EUGENE ANTON; RICHARD BACIGALUPO; MARY BLOOM-RAMOS; PAULA BURRIER-lUND; MAl CONG; INGRID HARITA; CLAUDIA HERNANDEZ; ERLlNDA MARTINEZ (6:11 p,m.), REGINA MARTINEZ (6:08 p,m,) MICHAEL METZLER, JAMES PRICE; ROMAN REYNA, DERAlD SIDLER, RICK STROUP (14) Absent: Bill FOGARTY; lEAH FRASER; RON GARCIA, RAUL MEDRANO; AL MIJARES; DAVID REAM; HECTOR RODRIGUEZ (7) STAFF present: LAURA SHEEDY, Acting General Counsel DEBORAH SANCHEZ, Empowerment Zone Manager ROSE ANN TRUJillO, Recording Secretary PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Boardmember Reyna CONSENT CALENDAR Motion: Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar Items. MOTION: Cong SECOND: Anton VOTE: AYES: ANTON, BACIGALUPO, BLOOM- RAMOS, BURRIER-LUND, CONG, HARITA, HERNANDEZ; E MARTINEZ (6:11 p,m.), R SAEC MINUTES -1- FEBRUARY 22, 2006 BUSINESS CALENDAR MARTINEZ (6:08 p.m.), METZLER, PRICE, REYNA, SIDLER, STROUP (14) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: FOGARTY, FRASER, GARCIA, MEDRANO, MIJARES, REAM, RODRIGUEZ (7) MINUTES Motion: Approve Minutes 1. Regular Meeting held January 25, 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/AClendas MeetinCl Date Regular Meeting Agenda 01/25/06 Date Posted 01/20/06 Time Posted 3:00 p.m. 3. ABSENCES Motion: Excuse the absence of the following directors from the current meeting: Frasier, Garcia, Medrano, Mijares, and Ream ... END OF CONSENT CALENDAR .. BUSINESS CALENDAR 4. APPOINT REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SAEC MINUTES - 2- FEBRUARY 22, 2006 BUSINESS CALENDAR Motion: Appoint Mark Steen to the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation (SAEC) Board of Directors as the representative from Santa Ana Police Department. MOTION: Reyna SECOND: Anton VOTE: AYES: ANTON, BACIGALUPO, BLOOM- RAMOS, BURRIER-LUND, HARITA, HERNANDEZ, E MARTINEZ (6:11 p.m.), R MARTINEZ (6:08 p.m.) METZLER, PRICE, REYNA, SIDLER, STROUP (14) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: FOGARTY, FRASER, GARCIA, MEDRANO, MIJARES, REAM, RODRIGUEZ (7) PRESENTATIONS Daisy Wheel Network-Entrepreneurship Training - Presented by Irene Martinez, Director Delhi Center - Ms. Martinez presented the Federal Empowerment Zone Entrepreneurial Program - Delhi Center Mid Year Update 2005-2006. Highlights of the presentation include the following: . Networking meetings held . Establish new Business and Workforce Center . Consultations with FEZ Business Owners enrolled in the Program . Business Expo 2006 . Business Expo 2006 Exhibitors . Upcoming Topics/Events . Challenges and Solutions anticipated this contract year R & D Infrastructure - Presented by Wallace Walrod and Dale Ward - Wallace Walrod briefed the Board on the Phase IV of the Research & Development Infrastructure covering the following: . Street Smart Process . "How To" User's Guide . Empowerment Zone creating jobs and attracting/retaining companies. . Stabilizing Manufacturing . Sales Volume . Distribution of Employers by Sales Volume . Issues: Education and language skills SAEC MINUTES - 3- FEBRUARY 22, 2006 BUSINESS CALENDAR . Workforce . Linguistically isolated households Dale Ward presented an update on "High School Inc," A Partnership between the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce & Santa Ana Unified School District and indicated that the MOU is being drafted and will be on the March 14,2006 School Board meeting agenda for adoption. Social Compact . Presented by Scott Kutner - Scott Kutner, of the Community Development Agency provided an overview of the Neighborhood Market Analysis Study prepared by Social Compact, a non-profit organization, based out of Washington, D.C. and presented as follows: . Size/Growth . Buying Power . Risk/Stability BOARD TASK FORCE REPORTS Budget and Program Task Force - Mike Metzler - No Report Education Task Force - Claudia Hernandez - No Report Marketing Task Force - Mary Bloom-Ramos - No Report Sustainability Task Force - Mary Bloom-Ramos - A new meeting format was used at the last meeting. Scott Kutner was asked to facilitate the meeting utilizing the six-hat technique SAEC Board AD HOC - James Price - Met with Richard Castro of NeighborWorks. Mr. Castro mentioned that their group of partners is full at this time, therefore, SAEC are unable to be a partner at this time. However, he will seek scholarships that allow a couple of people to attend some seminars and also assist with exploring partnerships. Addtionally, Mr. Castro complimented the Board on a good core and track record to work with. Ms. Sanchez added that at the last retreat there was discussion relative to changes to the Board. Mr. Castro offered information on consultants who would be able to assist the Board with developing a plan to reach its mission. Staff will be reviewing the information on the consultants and reporting back to the Board. STAFF REPORTS Deborah Sanchez reported that public notice for the Zone 1 recruitment was released this week. There are three interested candidates and staff is reviewing the applications. SAEC MINUTES - 4- FEBRUARY 22, 2006 STAFF REPORTS The Ad hoc committee will then reconvene and hope to present a candidate at the April meeting. Copies of the Social Compact article are available. The Annual Federal Empowerment Zone Weed & Seed 2005 Subdivision Annual Report is also available and Linda Summers will be taking it to a Workforce Conference in Washington, D.C. next week. The Report will also be provided to Senators and elected officials in Sacramento. COMMENTS 1. PUBLIC COMMENTS - None 2. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS REYNA Reminded everyone of the upcoming neighborhood 6th Annual Heroes event and indicated new hours this year to accommodate more people. Informed the Board that a discussion with a financial industry representative had indicated that First Bank has expressed interest in coming to Santa Ana. METZLER Announced that a Bank of America branch will be moving to 4th and Main SI. In addition, another business bank will be coming to Santa Ana focusing on the Latino marketplace, however the location is not available at this time. HERNANDEZ Announced the Pio Pico annual Education and Literacy Fair would take place on Saturday March 4th from 10:00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. EMPOWERMENT ZONE MANAGER SANCHEZ Reported that February 11th was an Earned Income Tax Day Initiative with five sites participating and working with Latino Health Access and United Way. She worked at Corbin Center and many people participated in filing their taxes and received credits. The nex1lnitiative is April 15, 2006. To get the word out, the City is in the process of working at targeting some local businesses to distribute the information with pay stubs. ANTON Indicated that the Social Compact article determined a large percentage of people did not have banking relationships. At these same workshops, SAEC MINUTES - 5- FEBRUARY 22, 2006 COMMENTS there were Bank exhibitors that helped people open bank accounts and establish banking relationships. CHAIR BLOOM-RAMOS Noted that the Agenda indicates Segerstrom High School as the location for the next meeting, however they are checking into some things and will let everyone know for certain if that will be the location. NEXT MEETING - March 22, 2006 ADJOURNMENT - 7:08 p.m. r~~~_ ~~~ Rose Ann Trujillo Recording Secretary SAEC MINUTES - 6- FEBRUARY 22, 2006