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Home My WebLink About04/25/07 CALLED TO ORDER MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SANTA ANA EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA APRIL 25, 2007 DELHI COMMUNITY CENTER 505 EAST CENTRAL AVENUE SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 6:00 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS present: MARY BLOOM-RAMOS, RUBEN ALVAREZ, RICHARD BACIGALUPO; INGRID HARITA, CLAUDIA HERNANDEZ, PAULA BURRIER-LUND (6:05 p.m.), JAMES PRICE, DAVID REAM, ROMAN REYNA, DERALD SIDLER (10) BOARD MEMBERS absent: MAl CONG, BILL FOGARTY, LEAH FRASER, RON GARCIA, ERLlNDA MARTINEZ, REGINA MARTINEZ, RAUL MEDRANO, MICHAEL METZLER, JANE RUSSO, MARK STEEN (10) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Director Reyna CONSENT CALENDAR Motion: Approve staff recommendations on the following Consent Calendar Items. MOTION: Sidler SECOND: Harita VOTE: AYES: Alvarez, Bacigalupo, Bloom-Ramos, Harita, Hernandez, Price, Ream, Reyna, Sidler (9) None (0) None (0) NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Burrier-Lund, Cong, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Medrano, Metzler, Russo, Steen (11) SAEC MINUTES 1 APRIL 25, 2007 CONSENT CALENDAR MINUTES Motion: Approve Minutes. 1. Regular Meeting held March 28, 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, 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. Regular Meeting Agenda 03/28/07 03/23/07 8:30 A.M. *** END OF CONSENT CALENDAR *** PRESENTATIONS Latino Education Attainment (LEA) - Evelyn Solorio, KidWorks Evelyn Solorio, AdultWorks Coordinator of the Adult Program, currently working at Lighthouse Learning Center out of Zone 4 presented the LEA Program and covered bilingual materials currently being used in the program; Ms. Solorio expressed that the goal is to reach all 4 zones by creating parent awareness, noting 19 students graduated in the last graduating class BUSINESS CALENDAR 4. CONTRACT AMENDMENT - DEZTECH CONSULTING, LLC Motion: Direct Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive Director to execute an amendment to the agreement with Deztech Consulting, LLC to increase the contract by $100 in an amount not to exceed $1,300 for website hosting and website management services. SAEC MINUTES 2 APRIL 25, 2007 BUSINESS CALENDAR MOTION: Burrier-Lund SECOND: Sidler VOTE: AYES: Alvarez, Bacigalupo, Burrier-Lund, Bloom- Ramos, Harita, Hernandez, Price, Reyna, Sidler (9) None (0) None (0) NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Cong, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Medrano, Metzler, Ream, Russo, Steen (11) 5. SANTA ANA WORK CENTER DAISY WHEEL SERVICE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM CONTRACT AMENDMENT Motion: Recommend that the Santa Ana Empowerment Corporation Board direct Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive Director to execute a fifth amendment to the agreement with the Santa Ana WORK Center regarding its Daisy Wheel Service Navigator Program to provide that the enrollment number of 800 new Federal Empowerment Zone residents be comprised of youth and/or adults and remove the specific limitations for youth and adult enrollment numbers, respectively. MOTION: Burrier-Lund SECOND: Reyna VOTE: AYES: Alvarez, Bacigalupo, Burrier-Lund, Bloom- Ramos, Harita, Hernandez, Price, Ream, Reyna, Sidler (10) None (0) None (0) NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Cong, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Medrano, Metzler, Russo, Steen (10) 6. 2007 EMPOWERMENT ZONE YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SAEC MINUTES 3 APRIL 25, 2007 BUSINESS CALENDAR Boardmember discussion ensued. Director Sidler recommended and motioned to allocate $250,000.00 for 100 Santa Ana Federal Empowerment Zone youth Chair Bloom-Ramos recommended establishing an Ad Hoc Committee (consisting of Directors Reyna, Alvarez, and Sidler) to assist Director Ream with community and business partnerships for additional funding Amended Motion: 1. Allocate $250,000 of Empowerment Zone funds for a 2007 Youth Workforce Development Program 2. Direct Counsel to prepare and authorize the Executive Director to execute an agreement with the City of Santa Ana WORK Center to serve 100 Santa Ana Federal Empowerment Zone Youth. MOTION: Sidler SECOND: Burrier-Lund VOTE: AYES: Burrier-Lund, Harita, Ream, Reyna, Sidler (5) NOES: Alvarez, Bacigalupo, Price (3) ABSTAIN: Bloom-Ramos, Hernandez (2) ABSENT: Cong, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Medrano, Metzler, Russo, Steen (10) BOARD TASK FORCE REPORTS Budaet and Prooram Task Force Director Reyna reported that he has been elected Chair; reviewed the Daisy Wheel Program; and discussed briefly the monies past 2009 Education Task Force Director Hernandez noted that the task force had reviewed an RFP for the English Language Acquisition Program Marketino Task Force Chair Bloom-Ramos - No report SAEC MINUTES 4 APRIL 25, 2007 BUSINESS CALENDAR Sustainabilitv Task Force Chair Bloom-Ramos - No report AD HOC Sustainabilitv Director Price reported that the committee is continuing to work on the sustainability project and discussion with the different consultants regarding moving forward Taken out of order 3. ABSENCES Motion: Acknowledge the absence of the following directors from the current meeting: Cong, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, Martinez, Erlinda, Martinez, Regina, Medrano, Metzler, Russo, Steen (10) MOTION: Reyna SECOND: Burrier-Lund VOTE: AYES: Alvarez, Bacigalupo, Burrier-Lund, Bloom- Ramos, Harita, Hernandez, Price, Ream, Reyna, Sidler (10) None (0) None (0) NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Cong, Fogarty, Fraser, Garcia, E. Martinez, R. Martinez, Medrano, Metzler, Russo, Steen (10) COMMENTS 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS - None 8. STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS - None 9. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS BOARD MEMBER REAM - Announced the June 24, 2007 "Ride the Coast" event supporting the Boys Girls Club of Santa Ana BOARD MEMBER HERNANDEZ - Noted that Cal Optima is hosting a free forum on May 17, 2007, "Developing Community Alliances" SAEC MINUTES 5 APRIL 25, 2007 COMMENTS BOARD MEMBER ALVAREZ - Announced the "Latino OC 100" is seeking candidates for this year's annual award BOARD MEMBER REYNA - Reported the Casa Bonita Association had a successful event with approximately 2000 people in attendance and 32 service providers CHAIR BLOOM-RAMOS - Announced that Kennedy Elementary was hosting a Community Resource Fair from 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m. with Cornerstone Village ADJOURNMENT - 7:16 P.M. - To May 23, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. at the Delhi Community Center, 505 East Central Avenue, Santa Ana, California ~~~~~~ Rose Ann Trujillo Recording Secretary SAEC MINUTES 6 APRIL 25, 2007