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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Commission On Children And Youth - 03/26/2012 - SpecialCOMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH SPECIAL CALLED MEETING Monday, March 26, 2012, 5:30 p.m. 1st Floor Council Conference Room City Hall, 1201 Leopard St, Corpus Christi, TX 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 — Stacie Talbert, Staff Liaison called the meeting to order 5:35 p.m. II. Roll Call of Members — Members present: Danny Kollaja, Fran Willms, Tara Martin, Isaac Valencia, Debbie Espinosa, Dr. Ridge Hammons, Dolores Oliveira, Michael D. Huddleston Members absent: Guy Nickelson- Chair, Clarissa Silva, Antonio Illas, Sally Ann Lewis, Charles Imbergamo, Denise Etheridge Staff Present: Stacie Talbert III. Adoption of Minutes: Regular Meeting, February 20, 2012 — Debbie Espinosa motioned to approve the minutes, Dr. Ridge Hammons second the motion. All members approved the minutes for February 20, 2012. . IV. Public Comments — No public comments. V. Old Business for Discussion and Possible Action 1. 2012 -2013 Commission Goals and Objectives a. Goals and objectives summary/ideas provided by Stacie Talbert — handout Objective 1.1 — _Debbie Espinosa asked if any organization has shown interest in using the Data Collection Project. Stacie shared that yes they are, we reached our matching goal for the Data Collection update via several donations and subscriptions. Also, 3 more letters have been sent out requesting 10,000. Several organizations are using the Data Collection information in their grant writing projects. Objective 1.2 — Dr. Hammons questions how we make the data useful. Suggestions are a workshop teaming up with Del Mar, coming up with talking points, develop subcommittees on blaring issues, line up organizations who have gained using the Data Project to provide testimonials, go to existing workshops /events such as SBA -Score to promote database rather than creating an event to "sell" the database Stacie asked the committee for suggestions /ideas /changes for the remaining Goals and Objectives; Danny Kollaja suggested that if there isn't something specific on meeting agenda, then place a goal or objective on the agenda to work on. Change Objective 1.2 to say something along the lines of "increase awareness through existing programs ". • Goal 2: Comprehensive list will be available on CCY website. Get Troy Riggs' faith based list and First Call of Corpus Christi — Catholic Charities. Add "of' after development • Objective 2.4 — Yes to collaboration with CBAY • Goal 3: change to "advise the council" • Objective 3.1 — Stacie suggesting that May, June or July are good months to present to City Council an annual presentation or first meeting with the new Council members in November and various points through May, June, and July • Add objective to appear before council when specific issues come up • Danny Kollaja motions to approve 2012 -2013 Commission Goals and Objectives with changes as discussed. Debbie Espinosa seconds. Motion approved. VI. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action 1. Approval of 2012 Meeting Calendar — • The Commission suggested that "meets" replaces "meet', and change wording to regular meeting schedule • Ridge motions to accept the 2012 Meeting Calendar with changes. Dolores Oliveira seconds. Motion approved. VI I. Staff Liaison Report — Stacie Talbert — • Any changes or additions to comprehensive list, send via email • Stacie to contact Danny Kollaja, for First Call list • Invite Dr. Rhoades to talk about data collection • Election of Officers - Have nominations in April, then a vote in May or hold off until May and take nominations from the floor then and take a vote then. After discussion, it was decided that nominations and voting would take place in May. VIII. Identify items to be place on next Agenda for April 16, 2012 • Dr. Rhoades IX. Adjournment — As there was no further business, Fran Willms motioned to adjourn, Isaac Valencia seconded. Meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.