The meeting was called to order at 6:12 p.m.
Commissioners in Attendance:
Kaye E. Burnside, John Cullen, Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkemafor Supervisor Donna Gerber, Terrissa Hein, Violet Smith, Kathleen Tabor, Dr.William Walker, Dr. Michael Zwerdling
Alternates in Attendance:
Danna Fabella, Mary Foran,Ronda Garcia, Barbara Langsdale, Dr. Paula Moten-Tolson,
Item 3.0 Consent Items.
Item 3.1 Approve Minutes.
The Commission voted to approvethe minutes.
Item 3.2 Acknowledge MonthlyFinancial Reports.
Brenda Blasingame,Executive Director, reviewed the new financial reports with the Commission andexplained why changes had been made to the reports. As requested at the previous Commission meeting, the Revenuereport is reported by year, and the Expenditure report is reported by FiscalYear. Brenda then answered theCommissioners questions regarding the Financial Reports.
Item 4.0 Old Business.
Item 4.1 Discussion and Approvalof Strategic Plan.
Kathleen Tabor, Chair,presented to the Commission a handout entitled Summary of Public Hearings onthe Draft Strategic Plan. She then gavethe Commission a general update on the public hearings, what was heard at thosehearings, including questions and comments.She noted that people mostly had questions about the meaning of items inthe Strategic Plan and that there was a good response to the Commissionsapproach to implementing the strategies.There was also a good response to the Commissions plans forsustainability of Prop 10 funds.Kathleen noted that one interesting thing that happened at the publichearing in West County was that several people came with the Commissionspublic hearing flyer attached to the Best Plan.
There was much discussionamong the Commissioners about how well the Strategic Plan was received by thepublic. There was discussion on howbest to continue involving the community and Brenda Blasingame, ExecutiveDirector, stated that another way to engage the community is to create a readerfriendly version of the Strategic Plan and that staff would be moving forwardon creating such a document.
TheCommission unanimously voted to send the Strategic Plan to the StateCommission.
John Cullen,Commissioner, stated that the Commission should relish the accomplishment andthanked Kathleen Tabor, Chair, Brenda Blasingame, Executive Director, and ShawnGarcia, Administrative Support for the work on the plan.
Item 4.2 - Update onImplementation Activities.
The Commission received a presentation on the ChildCare Briefing Paper from consultant Judith Van Hoorn, as well as a reportentitled Update: Child Care / Early Learning Briefing Paper.
Brenda Blasingame, ExecutiveDirector, stated that she had discussed with Judith that the Commission wouldbe open to hearing all the best options that Judith would be bringing back tothe Commission.
Public Comments Received
Janice Townsend: I wentto the State Commission Meeting regarding a 3 year commitment match AB 212was raised from $6 Million to $15 Million.I think it would be nice for the Commission to do something aboutit. I mentioned at the State Commissionmeeting how much I felt heard by the local Commission.
Naomi Zipkin:The timeline listed in Judith Van Hoorns handout has an incorrect date.
Kathleen Tabor, Chair, then requested that the Commissiondiscuss conflict of interest before the update on the ImplementationCommittee. She stated that since manyof the Commissioners come from agencies that may benefit from Prop 10 fundingthere is a need to be careful about conflict of interest.
There was much discussion among the Commissioners on howbest to address this issue and Kathleen Tabor, Chair, stated that this issuewill be revisited at a later date.
The Commission received an update on theImplementation Committee from Mary Foran, Alternate Commissioner.
The Commission discussed ways topossibly engage the Advisory Work Group members in the Implementation process.
Item 5.0 - New Business.
5.1 - Committee Reports.
P.I.E. Committee:Brenda Blasingame, Executive Director, gave an update on the last P.I.E.Committee meeting. As a result of theinterviews of media firms, ORourke & Associates have been selected as themedia consultant. The work of ORourkewill focus on ways to reach the community and make them aware of the work theCommission is doing. ORourke willfocus on the development of a booth that can travel to malls, Target, Safeway,etc. that would be welcoming to families and children.
A motion was passed to establish an OperationsCommittee. Committee members are:
The Commission received an update from BrendaBlasingame, Executive Director, on hiring a Director of Programs.
The Commission received an update from BrendaBlasingame, Executive Director, on the Commission website.
Brenda Blasingame, ExecutiveDirector, gave the Commission an update on the formation of a StatewideDirectors Association.
The Commission unanimously passeda motion to send a letter to Mazzoni regarding AB 25 stating that theCommission does not feel it is appropriate to mandate the Commissions funds.
The Commission passed a motion tosend a letter of support for AB 212.
BrendaBlasingame, Executive Director, gave the Commission an update on the StateCommission Objectives.
Item5.3 - Date for Next Commission Meeting.
Thenext Commission meeting was scheduled for Monday, July 31, 2000.
Item6.0 - Communications / Correspondence.
TheCommission acknowledged receipt of communications and correspondence as listedon the agenda.
Item7.0 Adjournment.
Themeeting adjourned at 8:37 p.m.