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Members Present Member Absent Staff -
Vicky AlexanderLinda Hodge
Margaret Canales Penny Grochow Mariah Boone
Aaron Cooley Shane! Magee
Melissa Madrigal
Liana Gonzales
Lauren Ranly
Mary Jackson
Janie Suarez
Drew Reining
Amanda Stukenberg
Brian Silva
I. CALL TO ORDER: Chair,Vicky Alexander called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL: The recording secretary called roll and announced a quorum was present.
Ill. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES: REGULAR MEETINGS January 17th and February 21,
2005
Mary Jackson made a motion to approve the minutes. Liana Gonzales seconded. Motion passed.
IV.ACTION ON ABSENT MEMBERS:
Aaron Cooley made a motion to send letters to Shane! Magee and Janie Suarez letting them
know that they have been removed from the Commission due to excessive absences. Margaret
Canales seconded. The motion passed. The staff liaison will send the letters and the recording
secretary will let the City secretary know to remove them from the roster of Commissioners. It
was decided that the recording secretary will e-mail other Commissioners who have unexcused
absences on the books to find out if they should be excused.
V. HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC:
Robin West stated that the Council should be informed of why the two Commissioners with
chronic absences are being removed from the Commission so that the council knows that there
are responsibilities that come with the appointment.
Veronica Trevino informed the Commission about the abstinence public awareness campaign
being implemented by Communities In Schools.
VI. BUSINESS:
A. PRESENTATIONS
1. John Hyland of Charlie's spoke on teen substance abuse programs in the
community and the need for a youth detox.facility in the community.
2. Veronica Trevino spoke on Communities In Schools' STAR grant activities. CIS
surpassed their goals for how many youth to serve. Their state audits had no
findings in the financial arena and were very good in the programmatic arena. Ms.
Trevino informed the Commission that the community needs more emergency shelter
beds for youth.
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3. Robin West of the United Way spoke on the Flint- Hills Youth Summit. 143 high
school students from 14 high schools participated as well as adults from schools, the
work-force and the community. Ms. West said that the Commission will receive
copies of the summit report when it is completed. Ms. West reported that efforts to
form a youth Council are underway and a home agency is being sought for it.
4. Robin West of the Coastal Bend Alliance for Youth spoke on last year's
Community Connections Luncheon's evaluations. Ms. West reported that the
evaluations were extremely positive and that people were interested in getting even
more information, especially on collaborations.
B. NEW BUSINESS
1. Request for Endorsement of JABG Grant for Municipal Juvenile Court
The Honorable Judge Deanie M. King presented the grant application and asked for the
Commission's endorsement. Judge King updated the Commission on the financial and program
status of the Municipal Juvenile Court. Mary Jackson moved to approve a resolution endorsing
the grant and Drew Reining seconded. The motion passed.
C. OLD BUSINESS
1. Children's Impact Statement
Drew Reining stated that she found out that the Planning Commission is on track and the
Commission should hear from them in April or May.
2. Youth Council
Vicky Alexander reported that these efforts are progressing and that the committee will be
meeting with Sally Gavlik of the Parks and Recreation Department to see about staffing the youth
Council.
3. Luncheon
Linda Hodge distributed hand-outs and the Commission discussed plans for the luncheon. The
Commission liked the Track One described on the hand=outs and was interested in having Judge
King as a speaker.
4. Health Department Letter
Deferred until Amanda Stukenberg is present.
VII.COMMITTEE/STAFF REPORTS:
None.
VIII. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND COMMISSION CONCERNS:
Linda Hodge reported that the National League of Families will be visiting Corpus Christi.
IX. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION,AGENDA ITEMS:-
Liana Gonzales announced that the Coastal Bend Women Lawyer's Association is hosting a fund
raiser for the Choice Living Program on April 12th and that Gloria Allred will be the speaker.
X. ADJOURNMENT:
As there was no further business,the meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:25 p.m.
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Linda Hodge,Assistant Dire r
Parks and Recreation Department