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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Commission On Children And Youth - 08/16/2010 RECEIVED COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH REGULAR MEETING NOV 0.5 2010 Monday, August 16, 2010, 5:30 p.m. 6th Floor Council Conference Room City Hall, 1201 Leopard St, Corpus Christi, TX CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE Members of the audience will be provided an opportunity to speak during the meeting. A recording is made of the proceedings. You must first identify yourself by name and address. Then state your point as briefly as possible when addressing the Committee. Presentations will be limited to three (3) minutes. Any person who plans to attend this meeting and may need an accommodation is requested to contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 826-4000 at least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Minutes Call to Order— Rita Morales -Meeting was called to order at 5:36 pm and a quorum was present. Robert Mirabal motion to meeting and Tara Martin second the motion. All agreed. II. Roll Call of Members—Daniel pronounced members that were present— Members present: Robert Mirabal, Isaac Valencia, Rita Morales, Debbie Espinosa, Guy Nickleson, Laura Spear Smith, Tara Martin, Charles Imbergamo, Betty Trigo, Delores Oliveira and Dr. Ridge Hammons. Members absent: Sally Ann Lewis, Fran Wilms and Airana Cordano- (it was discussed on the number of absent the student liaison has missed since she was appointed). III. Adoption of Minutes: Regular Meeting, July 19, 2010 - Isaac Valencia motion to approve the minutes Robert Mirabal seconds the motion. All members approved the minutes for July 19, 2010. IV. Action on Absent Member(s) —July 19, 2010 meeting—Fran Wilms, Ariana Cordero. Isaac Valencia motion for approval and Tara Martin second the motion. All committee members approved the absence of members for July 19, 2010 committee meetings. IV. Public Comments— No public comments. V. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action 1. Daniel Vargas discussed on the collaboration of the Bold Future and how the City of Corpus Christi is acting part of it and wanted the CCY to get involved in the upcoming future. 2. The Collegiate High School (Epic Planning Committee) Civic Minded Club provided the commission with a presentation. The commission was impressed with the presentation by Alvin Buemio, a graduate student explains that the club was created by all students and was asking for support for the upcoming Youth Epic Conference. 3. Website Report was given by Daniel Vargas. It was discussed that Daniel has made contact with city staff on creating a website to submit MOU's, Vision and Mission Statement, Action Plan, new CCY Logo and Letter of Intent to Sale of the subscription. Daniel assured the commission that the web page will be updated by the end of August and the Letter of Intent for Sale for the CCY Data Collection Project will be mailed out in mid-September to all prospect subscribers. 4. Dr. Rhoades provided the commission with an oral report and information (CD, Fact Sheets and Statistic binder) on who the CCY Data Collection Project. The final product of the CCY Data Collection Project is research information from July 2009 thru July 2010. In addition, Dr. Rhoades discussed that in order to keep the university website, the CCY will $2000 to continue funding the website. The commission members agreed to take the data and review the information for any questions that may arise in the future before we begin subscribing. 5. Report of the MOU-The MOU is currently approved by legal. However, it was reviewed by the commission and did not want to vote until they look over it. It was decided that commission could vote through e-mail to speed up the process. 6. Cross training with other cities on similar programs. It was reported that Daniel has tried to contact the City of McAllen, City of Laredo and City of San Antonio. City of McAllen is the only organization that has made contact but has not sent information. Daniel has assigned two of his 4 staff to do some research from six different cities- McAllen, Laredo, Brownsville, San Antonio, Austin and Houston. 7. The CCY Community Connection Event- It was discussed that Daniel will update the flyer and create a mail out invitation letter to all agencies. The information will be reviewed by the commission in the following meeting. VI. Identify items to be placed on next agenda— 1. Follow up on the City of Corpus Christi CCY Website. 2. Follow up on the JAC Supt. Quarterly Report to the City Council. 3. Discussion on other city youth programs by Steven Hensley, JAC Intake Specialist/Case Manager 4. Discussion on CCY Community Forum Summit that will take place in October and finalize the food list, booth registration, door prizes, possible entry fee, etc.• Also, add Dr. Rhoades to present a short version of the CCY Data Collection Project. 5. Final e-mail votes on agenda issues if necessary. VII. Adjournment— Isaac Valencia motion for the meeting to be adjourned and Robert Miribal second the motion. All approved.