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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Commission On Children And Youth - 11/17/2008 RECEIVED COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH REGULAR MEETING FEB 19 2010 Monday, November 17, 2008, 5:30 p.m. Committee Room of Council Chambers 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—Dr. Garza called the meeting to order at 5:36pm II. Roll Call of Members—Eddie Salazar called roll, Members present: Dr. Mary Jane Garza, Laura S. Smith,Amanda Stukenburg, Guy Nickelson, Rita Morales, Fran Willms, Robert Mirabal, Rosa Gonzales, Lorenzo Knowles, Debbie Espinosa, Chandace Tryon III. Adoption of Minutes: Regular Meeting, October 20, 2008. After some questions about attendance the minutes were adopted as written. IV. Action on Absent Member(s)-October 20, 2008 meeting—Laura S. Smith (ae), Johnny Oelschlegal (ae), Rosa Gonzalez(ae) V. Hear from the Public: No public comment VI. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action 1. Community Connections Event—Members discussed the success of the community connections event and the praised the community connections booklet. Many commented on how fast the booklet was produced and delivered. a. Ideas for Booklet b. Possible placement of electronic file on Parks and Recreation website- Robert mentioned that he would like to see the book on the City of Corpus Christi official website. Also, that it be placed on the home page of the city website and have a quick link. Because many people would not think of looking at Parks and Recreation for this project. All agreed. Dr. Garza asked Eddie Salazar to help with this request. 2. Possible United Way Partnership a. Promotion of Commission's Platform—Dr. Garza mentioned that we as a commission explain the Platform and allow the Director of the local United Way to voice if they can play a role with this commission's effort and/or point us to another resource that may help. b. Promotion of Data Collection Project—Dr. Garza we need to identify what we wanted as a Data Collecting Project and ask what the United Way has on their Website in order to get some ideas. Official Meeting was stopped at 5:50pm. For a presentation for Valerie Villarreal. Meeting reconvened at 6:00PM 3. Request for Proposal (RFP) a. Template—Dr Garza mentioned that we need to pick a template and once one is selected it will take about two meetings to process. Laura mentioned that another possible resource for this process was the Coastal Community Foundation. Dr. Garza mentioned that we had $25.000.00 and that about another$25,000.00 from the Kennedy Foundation may be donated, but not definite. b.Timeline- This was set for December for discussion, January—finalize, complete by April and implement in May or June. 4. Finalize (Parks and Leisure Services) P.A.L.S. Process Discuss the process to utilize P.A.L.S. to receive potential grant funding for the Data Collection Project. Dr Garza mentioned that this was being addressed by the City Liaison. Eddie SCANNED mentioned that he has submitted this request and is pending and answer. Information will be available for the next meeting. 5. Discuss Quarterly Report Identify topics—Topics identified were the Community Connections Event, that we were advocates for the bond election, development of an RFP, set-up of PAL account,working with purchasing department, data collection,A committed board that meets monthly on a regular basis. VII. Identify items to be placed on next agenda: RFP, United Way, PAL Account, and Coastal Bend Community Funding. VIII. Adjournment—Guy Motioned to Adjourn, 2nd by Robert..Motion passed at 6:17pm.