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Regular Called Meeting APR 0 3 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009—5:30 P.M.
Sixth Floor Conference Room,City Hall, 1201 Leopard, Corpus C risti
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MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order: Meeting was called to order at 5:45pm
II. Roll Call of Members:Absent members were Father Peter Martinez,Venessa Santos-Garza,
Linda C. Rincon
III. Adoption of Minutes: Minutes from the Regular Meeting held on January 15, 2009 were
unanimously approved and adopted as written
IV. Action on Absent Members:Absences for Father Martinez, and Mrs. Rincon were excused,
absence for Mrs. Santos-Garza was unexcused and the committee approved to terminate her
appointment on the committee due to attendance.
V. Public Comment: No public was in attendance
VI. Business for Discussion and Possible Action:
A. Discussion regarding Request for Proposal for FY2010—Celina Pulcher reported last year's
RFP would be given to committee members for review and a discussion for possible
changes would be held at a later date.
B. Discussion regarding previous letter sent to City Council pertaining to Council Action on
distribution of FY09 funds—It was agreed and stated the matter was over and done and the
committee needed to move on.
VII. Service Provider's Reports regarding Second Quarter Programs
A. Boys&Girls Club,Anne Baker reported they had 17 teams on the Spurs Drug Free League
and would be signing up more for the Girl's League and for the soccer teams. She also
reported they were now serving snacks after school and would be gearing up for Spring
Break week.
B. Communities In Schools, Gloria Taylor was absent
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Life Skills program with 25 youth.They were also continuing to recruit more youth and
looking at expanding to additional schools.
D. SERCO of Texas, Nancy Bonilla reported they were continuing to enroll youth in their
program and had been taking youth on the career field trips.They were also planning a
Youth Leadership Conference on March 7,2009 and invited all the contractors to bring
'^ youth as welt.They were currently conducting a logo contest for the event and they were
V' anticipating approximately 200 youth to attend.
E. YMCA IYAC Coordinator, Lindy Bums reported they participated in the Youth and
Government Competition at the State Capitol and although they did not win, the youth got a
Z taste of what the competition was like and look forward to next year. Five youth also
participated in Youth In Action Day in Austin where they presented their ideas at the event
and to state legislators. Lindy is also working on building a Youth Board.
mF. YWCA, Mickela Hemandez reported they were still going strong while currently serving
approx. 1,049 youth with 136 youth being CYD. They recently held a Youth Leadership
Camp, Mom &Me day,and swims every other weekend.They also had a donor donate 30
seats to the young girls for the YW Women In Careers Fundraiser. Mickela also stated they
would be conducting a Lock-In during the Spring Break holiday.
G. Youth Odyssey, Rebecca Koeller reported programs at South Park and Baker were going
well.They would be having a big group during Spring Break take part in the program.The
Adventure Wilderness trips were going well in addition to the youth mentors.
VIII. YAC Report: Four youth that attended the Youth in Action Day—Voices for Change recreated
the presentation that they conducted at the State Capitol.
IX. Fiscal Agent's Report:
A. Report on Committee vacancies andappointments—Mrs. Pulrher reported the Council ---- -
made one appointment and they would be meeting again to make another two appointments.
The committee would now only have one vacant position.
B. Report on Second Quarter Performance Numbers—Mrs. Pulcher reported that at the end of
January,the Fiscal Agent was at 43.67%of their goal for the year of which 47.2%of the contract
has passed. She also reported the providers were doing very well with 5 providers well over 50%
of their goal. (,,A
X. Identify ham be placed on next month's agenda-It entified include the
Community Needs Assessment and the Spring Festival
Xl. Adjournment-Meeting was adjourned at 6:15pm
POSTING STATEMENT: This agenda was posted on the City's official bulletin boards, one facing Leopard
Street and the second in the Leopard Street Entry Foyer, 1201 Leopard Street at 4:37 p.m.on February 16,
2009.
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