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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Commission On Children And Youth - 06/18/2012COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH REGULAR MEETING Monday, June 18, 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 — Chair, Dr. Ridge Hammons called the meeting to order at 5:44pm Roll Call of Members — Members present: Linda Hodge - Gambrill, Clarissa Silva, Antonio Illas, Roger Vazquez, Dr. Ridge Hammons, Denise Etheridge, Fran Willms Members absent: Isaac Valencia, Tara Martin, Dolores Oliveira, Michael D. Huddleston, Danny Kollaja Staff Present: Stacie Talbert III. Adoption of Minutes: Special Called Meeting, May 21, 2012 — Linda Hodge - Gambrill motioned to approve the minutes, Roger Vazquez second the motion. All members approved the minutes for May 21, 2012. Liza did not nominate Linda, Michael Huddleston did. IV. Public Comments — No public comments. V. Presentation Coastal Bend Alliance for Youth (CBAY) — Becky Perrin, President of CBAY and Parks and Recreation's Superintendent Program Services. Mrs. Perrin gave some background on Coastal Bend Alliance Youth stating that it has been an organization since 1991 and now has a new board that is now two months old. CBAY currently have over 600 members and membership is currently free. CBAY's responsibilities are getting all agencies that are non profit and deal with youth to avoid duplication and to maximize resources. Goals of CBAY and CCY parallel eachother. They will be providing training for what organizations need for improvement. The focus is outdoor deprivation, health and wellness, grandparents raising kids. CBAY is also looking at offering a component to members of CBAY to review grants and help with suggestions so that the grant writer has exactly what they need to submit the grant at no charge. They are working with some non profits as well to see what they can do to help them out. Becky offered that if anyone would like to receive their newsletter then CBAY could provide that. CBAY would like to partner with CCY. Stacie asking that a board member or have an ex- officio member possibly attend CCY meetings. Staff needs to check with the City Secretary's office regarding having an ex- officio member. VI. Old Business for Discussion and Possible Action Possible Sub Committee Assignments for 2012 CCY Goals and Objectives a. Goal #1 — Increase awareness and support of the Date Collection Project. The Commission was successful in securing funding for the 2012 Data Collection Update (Objective 1.1). Dr. Rhoades would like to come back in July or August and help shape the factors to be addressed in the next update (Objective 1.3), and Objective 1.4 which is to create sustainable funding for the Data Collection Project. b. Goal #2 — Create, provide and distribute information about resources available in Corpus Christi that support the development of healthy youth and families and address the factors indentified in the Data Collection Project. — Objectives 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 Linda Hodge - Gambrill would like to work on these Objectives. c. Goal #3 — Communicate directly with Council to provide updates on the Commission's initiatives, as well as, to offer guidance and advise the Council regarding the impact of policies on youth and families. Objectives in this Goal were reviewed and discussed. Stacie would like for the Commission to possibly form sub committees that may be willing to look at these objectives and create some action plans toward them. Chair, Dr. Ridge Hammons asked of the Committee which Goal they felt was the most important. Fran feels that we need to get a firm grasp of #2 before we do a formal presentation and that Goal 2 is a stepping stone to Goal 3. Roger Vazquez asked where the Commission should focus our share of information; will we be passing the information to students or parents? Roger volunteered to be on the subcommittee to decide how the information is shared. Linda would like to invite Jana with the United Way to talk about community resources. Ridge asked that this issue be tabled to next meeting and members email Stacie with the group they would like to be on. VII. Staff Liaison Report — Stacie Talbert 1. Budget Issues and Goals - City Council was given the Operating Budget for FY13. Highlights - The focuses and redirection of money are going towards neighborhood services increasing the number of code enforcement officers, initiative to put more money into street maintenance, and animal control stabilization. Issues that impact youth and families will be running through neighborhood services and police with their increased efforts to clean up the neighborhoods. The Health Dept. received level funding and a 1.8 million dollar grant for a nurse family partnership in the community, hiring 7 additional staff — 6 of which will be nurses that will follow first time high risk pregnant women and conduct home visits until the child reaches 2 years of age to assist the first time mom with any home environmental issues that may impact the child negatively. The Libraries are cutting back and will be focusing on possibly mobile libraries and youth /early bird reading programs. Parks and Recreation has level funding but need to make room for the Oso Bay Learning Center and Wetland Preserve and will be cutting back on park construction, also closing Parker Pool but are working with a local swim group to perhaps create a public /private partnership. VIII. Identify items to be place on next Agenda for July 16, 2012 • Goals and Objectives • Review Applications There will be three members out for the July meeting and meeting quorum may be an issue. IX. Adjournment — As there was no further business, Fran Willms motioned to adjourn, Roger Vazquez seconded. Chair, Dr. Ridge Hammons adjourned the meeting at 6:47 p.m.