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78415 COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
COLLABORATIVE COMMITTEE JAN 2���y 5 Zp1�
Regular Meeting
Thursday, November 18, 2010 — 5:30 P.M. CITYSFCR
6th Floor Conference Room, City Hall, 1201 Leopard, Corpus Chris i, Texas 78411'!5 OFFICE
MEETING MINUTES
I. Call to Order: Meeting was called to order at 5:35pm
II. Roll Call of Members: Absent Members were Shon Jimenez, Angel Bohannon and Melanee
Gonzalez
III. Adoption of Minutes: Minutes from regular Meeting held June 17, 2010 were adopted as
written
IV. Action on Absent Members: Regular Meeting held June 17, 2010 -Absences for Father Peter
Martinez and Sal Hernandez were approved as excused, absences for Shon Jimenez and Angel
Bohannon were approved as unexcused.
V. Public Comment: No public was present for comment
VI. Business for Discussion and Possible Action:
A. Introduction of new members and new Superintendent—Celina Pulcher introduce
Monica Bryan as the new Superintendent of the Juvenile Assessment Center and CYD. She
also introduced Norma Solis and Sandy Rivera as new committee members. Each member
offered a little introduction and information about their background.
B. Provider Introductions and Reports for the first quarter.
a. Boys and Girls Club, Anne Baker—reported that they had a good start with over 80
participants for November leagues. The leagues were just getting started but membership
was high.
b. Communities In Schools, Gloria Taylor—not present
c. CC All Star Gym, Carol Creely-not present
d. CC Housing Authority, Rachel Benavides—not present
e. SERCO of Texas, Nancy Bonilla—Cynthia O'Donnell was present for Mrs. Bonilla. She
reported that the program has had an overwhelming response in the schools. They have
been working on getting registrations completed and turned in. At the end of October they
held the Youth Leadership Development Conference at Del Mar College with James Olmos
and Pepe Serna as guest speakers. The youth were treated to amazing speeches and
leadership presentations by the two speakers. The Conference was attended by over 200
CYD youth.
f. YMCA, Robbie Garcia—reported that the YAC youth had been busy with the Youth and
Government portion of the program. They were currently practicing for state competitions.
g. Youth Odyssey, Becky Koeller—reported the program has been going well. They have
been taking youth through the Portable Team Challenges and have been well received
within the schools.
• h. YWCA, Molly Putnam—Melissa McArthur reported she recently took over the position of
Community Director and has only been working with the CYD program for two weeks. She is
still trying to get a handle on the program but they have been meeting in the schools
^ regularly with the girls.
C. Discussion and possible action of election of Chair and Vice-Chair positions—The
c J committee unanimously voted to keep the current Chair, Linda Moyer and Vice-Chair, Father
Peter Martinez in their positions for another term.
D. Discussion of FY11 Renewal Process and Subcontractors—Celina Pulcher stated that
the renewal process with the state had been completed. Contracts were executed on October 4th
and October 12th. Most providers started their programs in September but would not be
reimbursed until after the execution date.
E. Discussion of Community Strengths and Needs Assessment—Celina Pulcher passed
out examples of other Community Strengths and Needs Assessments to give the Committee a
sense of what needed to be completed. The Committee discussed ways of conducting the
surveys and it was discussed that Mrs. Pulcher would keep the committee up-to-date on the
process during the holidays. Mrs. Pulcher discussed that the deadline for the CNA was February
1, 2011. The Committee discussed the current survey and ways to dissiminate the survey.
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Committee members volunteered their time to get the surveys completed.
VIII. YAC Report: Report from YAC teens on initiatives— No YAC members were present
IX. Fiscal Agent's Report:
A. Report of FY10 Year-End numbers—Mrs. Pulcher reported that the FY10 contract year
ended with a high note, we were able to surpass our targeted goal by 101.73%. She went on to
mention that the goal had not been reached in a number of years and the providers were all
doing well in starting the new year.
VII. Identify Items to be placed on next month's agenda
IX. Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 6:48pm
Approv Disapproved
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Chair/Vice—Chair Date
CYD Collaborative Committee