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78415 COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
COLLABORATIVE COMMITTEE MAR 1 2 2010
Regular Meeting
Thursday, June 18, 2009 — 5:30 P.M. CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE
Sixth Floor Conference Room, City Hall, 1201 Leopard, Corpus Christi, Te . - : I
MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order:The Meeting was called to Order at 5:45pm
II. Roll Call of Members: Absent: Katie Childs and Nadia Contreras.
Ill, Adoption of Minutes: Regular Meeting held April 16,2009 and May 21, 2009. Sal Hernandez
moved to adopt the minutes as written, Rick Greenfield seconded, motion passed.
IV. Action on Absent Members: Regular Meeting, April 16,2009 (Absent-Linda Copade-Rincon)
and May 21, 2009(Absent-Diana Mesa, Sal Hernandez, Katie Childs, Nadia Contreras).
Discussion was had on the absence policy and it was decided that uninformed absences would
be consider unexcused. Motion made by Father Martinez to excuse Hernandez, Mesa and
Copada-Rincon and to mark Childs and Contreras as unexcused. Unanimous agreement,
Motion passed
V. Public Comment: No public present for comment
VI. Business for Discussion and Possible Action:
A. Discussion and recommendations regarding the review schedule for the Request
for Proposals FY 2010-Paul Pierce and Elisa Covington, Purchasing department,were on
hand to discuss the scoring system for the FY20 proposals and discussed the decision to give
the CCC final approval for the proposals. It was discussed that the Review Committee would
review the proposals and bring back suggestions to the CCC where a final decision on award
would be made. This would ensure the Review Committee could move forward without the need
for a quorum and streamline the process. Suggestions on meeting times were then made and it
was agreed that the initial schedule would require meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
5:30p to 7:30p with one Saturday meeting. If additional meetings were needed, additional days
during the week would be utilized.
VII. Service Provider's Reports regarding Third Quarter Programs:
A. Boys&Girls Club, Anne Baker disseminated information on her summer programs and told
the Committee she has had a record summer. She believes they will surpass their targeted
goals within the month of June.
B. Communities In Schools,Veronica Trevino or Gloria Taylor(Absent)
C. Nueces County MHMR, Dr. Charles Smith discussed their partnering with La Armada
housing to recruit more youth. He discussed the slow response they had been receiving for the
program but had good numbers in each of the current sessions.
D. SERCO of Texas, Ridge Hammons was present to discuss their Summer programs at
Baker, South Park and Carroll High School. Their Careers of the Future program has been well
received and they should exceed their numbers for the year. They have a Breakfast Club at
South Park and took various field trips to colleges and worksites.They try to instill a reason in
the youth to stay in school by exposing them to different career paths. For the summer they will
work on beautifying the Carroll High School campus.
E. YMCA/YAC Coordinator, Christin Woodall introduced herself as the new YAC Coordinator
for the YMCA. She talked about the YAC youth meeting once a week and their enthusiasm to do
more projects. She is still trying to get familiar with the program but will work hard towards doing
so.
F. YWCA, DeeDee Lopez introduced herself as the new Program Director for the YMCA. She
discussed the Summer Leadership Camps and how they had 34 students from the previous
week finish the program. They teach the girls various topics including career development and
nutrition. They are looking at an additional 7 weeks of program.
G. Youth Odyssey, Rebecca Koeller was present to discuss the success of Youth Odyssey's
- - program.They just finished up with eight schools and will be exceeding their numbers for the
year.-She has received positive feedback from the parents and youth on the program and they
are having a great year. She explained that although they have reached their goal, they would
not be canceling programs and would continue with an in-kind match.
VIII. YAC Report: Report on YAC activities for the third quarter-No report was given
IX. Fiscal Agent's Report:
A. Report on the Department of Family and Protective Services CYD training, Pulcher talked
about the training she received from the state on the CYD and of possible changes to the
program in the near future.
B. Report on Third Quarter Performance Numbers, Pulcher passed out performance numbers
to the Committee.
VII. Identify Items to be placed on next month's agenda:Approval of FY10 Awards
IX. Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 6:35pm
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