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Comm Serv 2011/10/13 City Hall Council ChamberCommunity Services Board 200 S. Anaheim BoulevardThursday, October 13, 2011 Anaheim, CA 928055:30p.m. *M I N U T E S* Board Members PresentStaff Present Grant Henninger, Vice-ChairJoe Perez, Community Services Superintendent Kandee BeasBeth Lapkowski, Senior Secretary Lynn Cudd Robert Currie Earl Kelso Becky Murphy Natalie Rubalcava John Santoianni Anca Trifa Julia Wright Board MembersAbsent Ashleigh Aitken, Chair(Excused) CALL TO ORDER: 1.The Community Services Board meeting was called to order at 5:35p.m. by Vice-Chair Henninger. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: 2.Board Member Currieled the Board in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. INTRODUCTION OF VISITORS & PUBLIC COMMUNICATION 3. A.Scheduled Public Communication:None. B.Unscheduled Public Communication:None. CORRESPONDENCE 4. A.Incoming:Vice-Chair Henninger noted that several emails were received from agencies that had been requested to provide additional informationto the Board. They included: Community SeniorServ, Learning Light Foundation, OCCouncil on Aging, Boys & Girls Clubs of Anaheim, Illumination Foundation, AIDS Services Foundation and Acacia Adult Day Services. B.Outgoing:None. APPROVAL OF THEMINUTES: 5.Board MemberCurriemade a motion to approve the minutesfor the September 29, 2011,meeting; Board Member Kelsoseconded the motionand it passedwith eightayesand two abstentions. NEW BUSINESS: 6. A.August-September Activity Report: No discussion. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7. A.FY 2012/13 Public Service Funding Process: 1.Funding Subcommittee Recommendation: Vice-Chair Henninger stated that the subcommittee’s funding recommendation was distributed via email to all Board Members and explained the thought process ITEM NO. 01 Community Services Board October 13, 2011 Page 2 onthe funding recommendation for each agency as follows: YWCA: Recommendation is to increase their funding slightly at all levels because they are a jobs program and thesubcommitteefelt that jobs are important in these economic times. Women Helping Women/Men2Work: Remain at the $10,000 funding level as previously funded for this agency that also helps people obtainjobs. Mariposa Women & Family Center: Subcommittee increased the recommendation slightly because they do valuable work; the agency isalso one of the newer agencies funded and thesubcommitteewanted to help support newer agencies. Learning Light Foundation: New agency, the subcommittee felt that their program was unique and wanted to support them. Illumination Foundation: New agency, the subcommittee also felt they did good work that they would like to recommend funding. Council on Aging: Subcommitteefully funded this agency at the top level because they are the only nonprofit doing this type of work and therefore continued to fund them. Community SeniorServ: Recommendation is tofundthemat the maximum allowable per agency. They felt that due tocuts last year, the numbers of meals served werecut and they wanted to bring the level back up. Christian Latino Music Association:Recommendation is to fund the minimum amount of $10,000. This is a slight cut from last year, mostly due to theirproposedrental increaseon the property that is owned by the Chief Executive Officerof the organization. Boys and Girls Clubs of Anaheim: Recommendation is to fund at the 20% cap, or $68,500 if the funding is available at same level as this fiscal year, $342,500. Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Orange County: Recommendation was not to fund; subcommittee feltthat they were a well-established and well-funded organization and would be able to raise money independent of CDBG funds. Anaheim Interfaith Shelterwithdrewtheirapplication from consideration prior to the oral presentations. Anaheim Family YMCA: Subcommittee recommendationwas to cut both Youth Camp and Youth Sports programs, which are youth scholarship programs,and to fully fund the YMCA’s Children’s Stationprogram. The subcommitteefelt that the youth sports and youth camp programs aren’t essential services compared to programs for meals and jobs; they felt that with scholarships to the Children’s Station, parents could then have a better chance of finding and/orkeeping a job. AIDS Services Foundation:Recommendation is tofully fund at the top level of funding because it is a meal/nutritionprogramand reduce funding by 5% for each successive levelof funding available. Access California Services: Funding was cut slightly asthey are an established organization that is well funded, especially with additional money now coming in for refugee servicesform the County. Acacia Adult Day Services: Recommended to be funded at $10,000, their requested amount,at all three levels. 2-1-1-Orange County: Recommendation is tofund them at $10,000 at all levels, the same as last year. Vice-Chair Henninger asked for a motion to approve the recommendation. Board Member Murphy made a motion to approve the recommendations made by the CSB funding subcommittee as stated; Board Member Beas secondedthe motion and Vice-Chair Henninger asked for discussion. Board Member Rubalcava thanked the subcommittee for their workand stated that she had some concerns regarding the recommendations, particularlyregarding YMCA youth sports and fitness. She understands that some people feel youth sportsis not a critical need, butbelieves it is in the preventative area;preventing gang involvementand obesity, among others. She recommended that the YMCA sports program be funded, perhaps by reducing funding to the Children’s Station. Regarding the Children’s Station, she stated she felt that program could be cut due to the fact it is not full to capacity; she believes that lack of childcare isnot Community Services Board October 13, 2011 Page 3 preventing people from obtaining employmentbut the fact that there are fewerjobs available. She also stated an objection to funding the Christian Latino Music Association. She feels thatthisprogram is not a critical needand the fact that the program director owns the building and is increasing rent to the program made her feel that it is not as critical as providing sports to 300 Anaheim children. Board Member Trifa stated that she agrees with the ideas presented by Board Member Rubalcavaand,in addition,felt that the YMCA should be funded, as well as Big Brothers/Big Sisters, as it appears that groups offering programs for children and youth have been inordinately cut. Board Member Wright asked if there are any alternative programs provided by the City in lieu of the YMCA program; Joe Perez statedthat the City’s youth sports program was eliminated due to budget reductions approximatelyone year ago. Board Member Santoianni agreedwith Board Member Trifa and statedthat he supported the music program the previous year but also agreed that the money allocated to this agency could be better used elsewhere.Board Member Currie stated that he would alsoagree with moving funds from Christian Latino Music Association toYMCA Youth Sportsprogram. Vice-Chair Henninger stated that the subcommittee felt the Christian Latino Music Association was a place for youth to learn job skills, although very specific job skills in the music industry, and that they are a much smaller organization than the YMCA, which makes the money more meaningful to them. He stated that regarding the cutting of programs for children and youth, the subcommittee felt that the organizations are large and well funded, particularly Big Brothers/Big Sisters. He also indicated that both the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club received similar dollar amount cuts; Board Member Rubalcava then stated she feels that the YMCA should be considered asthree agencies because each of their programs serve different purposes. Board Member Trifa indicated there are several other agencies that are well funded from other sources, so she doesn’t think that is a rational argument. She suggested that leavingCommunity SeniorServ and the Children’s Station both at last year’s funding level would free up $14,000,then taking the remaining $6,000 from the Boys and Girls Club would allow full funding for both the YMCA Youth Sports and Youth Campingprograms. Board Member Rubalcava stated thattheChristian Latino Music Association asked for $56,500 and were only being allocated $10,000. She noted that she is not sure that$10,000is enough to help sustain their program.In addition, they didn’t mention any of the youth actually becomingemployed as a result of the trainingreceived in the program.In addition, she voiced a concern about the Medical Assistant Program by the Illumination Foundation, and whether any of their students would actually be able to acquire employment after completing the program. Board Member Cudd stated that she agreed with the concerns about Christian Latino Music Association and would support cutting their funding and allocating it to the YMCA Youth Sports program. Several Board Members also stated that they would be amenable to taking the funding from 2-1-1 OC and shifting it elsewhere;as they don’t feel they serve a very large portion of the Anaheim population. Board Member Currie suggested taking the increased funding away from Mariposa Women & Family Center and AIDS Services and using the $10,000 for YMCA Youth Sports. Vice-Chair Henningerasked for additional comments. Board Member Kelso stated that there was only approximately 48% of the requested funds available to begin withwhich means some hard choices need to be made. He felt comfortable either funding or not funding the Christian Latino Music Association and/or 2-1-1- OC, and felt that Big Brothers/Big Sisters could be left out since their net worth was in the millions; several Board Members agreed with that statement. Vice-Chair Henninger asked for an amendment to the motion, and Board Member Cudd made a motion to amend the original motion to not fund the Christian Latino Music Association and move that funding to the YMCA Youth Sports program. Vice-Chair Henninger restated the motion for the record: To amend the previous motion to reduce the funding to Christian Latino Music Association to zero at all three levels andincrease the YMCA Youth Sports and Fitnessprogram Community Services Board October 13, 2011 Page 4 recommendationat all three levels.Board Member Trifa secondedthe motion and the vote was nine ayes and one nay. Board Member Beas stated that AIDS Services uses all the funds received from CDBG directly to purchase foodwhich is considered an essential serviceand does not feel that their funding should be reduced. Board Member Trifa made a motion to amend the original motion to reduce the Boys & Girls Club funding by $10,000 and usethese funds towards theYMCA Youth Camp program; Board Member Currie seconded the motion. Vice-Chair Henninger restated the motion for the record: To amend the original motion to change the Boys and Girls Club allocation to $58,500 at the full funding level, $55,000 at the 5% reduction, and $51,000 at the 10% reduction level, and to fund the Anaheim Family YMCA Youth Camp at $10,000at all three funding levels. The vote passed with seven ayes and three nays. Hearing no further discussion, Vice-Chair Henninger called for a vote on the entire funding recommendation, including the two amendments previously approved by vote. The motion passedunanimously. Joe Perez reminded the Board that this recommendation is a working document and once the actualallocation is known, itwill be revisited for further discussion and a final recommendation based on the actual allocation provided to the non-profits. Board Member Currie reported that he had a conversation with Colleen Smagala, Executive Director of the Anaheim Interfaith Shelter, who said that she withdrew her application because of what Chair Aitken said at the City Council Meeting in the spring about long-term agencies seeking funding from other sources. Board Member Trifa added that it’s the expectation of the Board that long-term agencies seek funding from other sources. B.2011 Meeting & Presentation Schedule: Vice-Chair Henninger noted that since the funding recommendation has been made, the Board would not meet in November or December. Board Member Santoianni asked about the liaison visits to agenciesand Vice-Chair Henninger stated that Chair Aitken would make the appointments in January2012. INFORMATIONALITEMS 8.:Joe announced that on Saturday, October 22, the Human Services section of the Community Services Department is collaborating with the Tiger Woods Learning Center, Anaheim City School District and the YMCA to have a Healthy Families Fair at the proposed Miraloma Park andCommunity Center at 2600 Miraloma Way; adjacent to the 91 Freeway. Board Member Rubalcava announced the Fall Festival will take place on Center Street Promenade on Saturday, October 29, andwill include a parade. ADJOURNMENT 9.:At 6:30p.m.,Vice-Chair Henninger adjourned the meeting.