The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About03/28/07 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 28, 2007 CALLED TO ORDER DELHI COMMUNITY CENTER 505 EAST CENTRAL SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 6:00 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS present: MARY BLOOM-RAMOS; RICHARD BACIGALUPO; MAl CONG; BILL FOGARTY; (6:13 p.m.) LEAH FRASER, RON GARCIA; CLAUDIA HERNANDEZ; ERLlNDA MARTINEZ; MICHAEL METZLER; ROMAN REYNA; DERAlD SIDLER; MARK STEEN (12) BOARD MEMBERS absent: RUBEN ALVAREZ; PAULA BURRIER- lUND, INGRID HARITA, REGINA MARTINEZ, RAUL MEDRANO, JAMES PRICE; DAVID REAM, JANE RUSSO; (8) STAFF present: BEN KAUFMAN, General Counsel DEBORAH SANCHEZ, Empowerment Zone Manager ROSE ANN TRUJillO, Recording Secretary PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE DIRECTOR, MARK STEEN CONSENT CALENDAR Motion: Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar Items. SAEC MINUTES 1 MARCH 28, 2007 CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION: Hernandez SECOND: Garcia VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Bacigalupo, Cong, Garcia; Hernandez, Martinez Metzler, Reyna, Sidler; Steen (11) Fraser, Erlinda, NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Alvarez, Martinez, Russo (9) Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Harita, Regina, Medrano, Price; Ream, MINUTES Motion: Approve Minutes. 1. Regular Meeting held January 24, 2007 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, Santa Ana, CA and City Hall at 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA. Motion: Instruct the Recording Secretary to enter notice of posting into the Minutes. Notices/Aaendas Meetina Date Date Posted Time Posted 2.A. 2.B. Regular Meeting Agenda 01/24/07 Cancellation Notice 02/28/07 01/19/07 02/23/07 12:30 P.M. 9:00 A.M. 3. ABSENCES Motion: Excuse the absence of the following directors from the current meeting: Alvarez, Barrier-Lund, Harita, Martinez, Regina, Medrano, Price, Ream, Russo (7) SAEC MINUTES 2 MARCH 28, 2007 CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION: Reyna SECOND: Cong VOTE: AYES: Bloom-Ramos, Bacigalupo, Cong, Fraser, Garcia, Hernandez, Martinez Erlinda, Metzler, Reyna, Sidler, Steen (11) NOES: None (0) ABSTAIN: None (0) ABSENT: Burrier-Lund, Fogarty, Harita, Regina, Medrano, Price, Ream, Alvarez, Martinez, Russo (9) *** END OF CONSENT CALENDAR *** 4. BUSINESS CALENDAR CREATE AN AD HOC NEW MEMBER TASK FORCE TO FILL DIRECTOR VACANCY The Board created a New Member Review Ad Hoc Task Force comprised of Boardmembers C. Sidler, Dr. Erlinda Martinez, and Dr. Leah Fraser to screenlinterview applicants for the vacant Director position and was approved by unanimous consent. PRESENTATIONS 5. Santa Ana Energy Efficiency Partnership -Ted Flanigan, EcoMotion Mr. Flanigan of EcoMotion presented the Santa Ana Energy Efficiency Partnership Project. He discussed a plan for Santa Ana including the following: working with Edison to identify 3 to 4 programs, go into residential low income apartments, work with small businesses for a possible $5000 credit, lighting/bulb exchanges, and work with the schools to raise awareness Director Metzler suggested that the Board be given an opportunity to review the program before approval 6. Latino Education Attainment Initiative -Evelyn Solorio, KidWorks SAEC MINUTES 3 MARCH 28, 2007 BUSINESS CALENDAR The Latino Education Attainment Initiative requested to be rescheduled for the April Meeting Taken out of order Empowerment Zone Manager Sanchez introduced Carlos De la Riva as a new staff member to the Federal Empowerment Zone staff BOARD TASK FORCE REPORTS- BudQet and Proaram Task Force Director Reyna reported the following: A new Vice-Chair was not appointed at the last meeting; The current vice chair will step up to be the Chair (Roman Reyna). Taken out of order Ad Hoc Sustainabilitv Director Fogarty reported that the process to hire a Board consultant has begun; six consultants were interviewed and the qualified applicants narrowed down to three; The Task Force hopes to come back to the Board with a recommendation in the near future Director Garcia added that it was important to start saving money now since the Board had agreed to continue past December 2009; During the interview process, the proposed dollar amounts varied from $160,000 to $300,000 and he wanted everyone to be aware of the numbers as the process continues for the selection of a quality group. Taken out of order 7. GIS R & D Project -Karen Underhill, RBF Consulting Ms. Underhill reported that she is working with Empowerment Zone staff to establish links on the SAFEZ website to offer a more user friendly format available to the public that will include GIS, statistical and historical information Her presentation covered the GIS format component demonstrating aerial images with different types of searches Per Boardmembers request, the link will be e-mailed to them for review and feedback Education Task Force Director Hernandez reported that the Task Force did not meet in March and will be meeting in April to discuss options in moving forward a project with United Way for an English Language Acquisition Program SAEC MINUTES 4 MARCH 28, 2007 BUSINESS CALENDAR Marketina Task Force Chair Bloom-Ramos updated on the following: On March 13, 2007 Director Ruben Alvarez Jr. was elected as Vice Chair to serve the remainder of the 2006-07 term, replacing Eugene Anton who resigned; The rental of 13 canopies had been authorized for the Casa Bonita Neighborhood Association to use as tents for various information booths at the ih Annual Latino Heroes Celebration Street Fair on April 21, 2007 Education Marketina Ad Hoc Dr. Fraser reported the Task Force is creating a promotional campaign for the residents to focus on the importance of education, and is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss a strategy for the campaign message COMMENTS 8. PUBLIC COMMENTS - None 9. STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS Empowerment Zone Manaaer DEBORAH SANCHEZ . Reminded everyone that March 31st is the Community Leadership event in San Juan Capistrano, with 60 people attending from Santa Ana area and thanked Director Bacigalupo and MetroLink for providing the train tickets. . Staff is working with Cornerstone Neighborhood Association to have a resource fair on April 28th . Kidworks hosted a Financial Literacy Fair and had good attendance . Homeowners Association Leadership Training was held with approximately eight participants identified from the Empowerment Zone . Industrial development bonds have had a lot of activity with 4-6 inquiries in the past two weeks, and a potential of having an action item for Board approval to go for Council approval within the next few months . On April 24th a delegation from Argentina will be visiting to observe the Empowerment Zone as part of a cultural exchange program, . Director Reyna and Cesar Cedano participated in a Leadership Institute at Santa Ana College 10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS BOARD MEMBER REYNA SAEC MINUTES 5 MARCH 28, 2007 COMMENTS Reminded everyone of the upcoming ih Annual Latino Hero Celebration Street Fair including keynote speaker Jane Russo and guest speaker Sylvia Mendez on April 21, 2007 1 :00 p.m. - 4:00 pm and invited all to come down BOARD MEMBER HERNANDEZ Announced that on Sunday, Cal Optima will be a silver sponsor for the American Diabetes Association Fair taking place Downtown. The Fair will include a salsa contest, health care booths, and insurance information and encouraged all to attend Noted that Councilwoman Martinez will be having a Youth Town Hall meeting at the Santa Ana Senior Center on Third & Birch St. on Friday and she would be attending along with the Youth Commission Asked staff for an update on Civic Center Barrio Program ADJOURNMENT - 7:16 p.m. - To April 25, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. at the Delhi Community Center, 505 East Central Avenue, Santa Ana, California ~o~ ~-J~ Rose Ann Trujillo Recording Secretary SAEC MINUTES 6 MARCH 28, 2007