AGENDA
ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 – 1:00 p.m.
8700 Tesoro Drive, Suite 100
San Antonio, TX 78217
1. Meeting called to Order.
2. Roll Call.
3. Citizens to be Heard.
4. Executive Director’s Report.
5. Consent Agenda.
Items on the consent agenda are considered being of a routine nature and may require only limited discussion. The items listed on consent agenda, other than A, have been reviewed by the Management Committee and they recommend approval. Any member of the Board may request that items be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately for purpose of discussion and voting.
A. Consider and act upon approval of the March 24, 2004 Minutes.
B. Consider and act upon the following Status Reports:
1. Grants
2. Recoveries
3. Income Statement
4. Balance Sheet
5. Board Expenditures
6. Texpool Quarterly
C. Consider and act upon creation of new position entitled Alamo Aging Office Assistant for the Alamo Aging Department.
D. Consider and act upon approval of the following as recommended by the Bexar Senior Advisory Committee:
1. Authorization to submit an application to the Texas Department on Aging for a Residential Repair Grant in the amount of $15,000 with a 25% match.
2. Authorization to submit an application to the Texas Department on Aging for an Assistive Technology Grant in the amount of $15,000 with a 25% match.
3. Approval of Nutrition Services Incentive Program Allocation.
4. Approval of Vendor for Health Screening and Medication Management.
E. Consider and act upon the following as recommended by the Alamo Senior Advisory Committee:
1. Transfer of funds between counties for Alamo Regional Transit.
2. Authorization to apply for assistance technology and residential repair grants from Texas Department on Aging.
3. Authorization to release Request for Proposals for assistive technology, residential repair, caregiver education and training, and caregiver program development.
F. Consider and act upon approval of a resolution in support of submitting an updated Academy application to the Texas Commission On Law Enforcement and for the continued operation of the AACOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy.
G. Consider and act upon request for ratification of grant extension letter to Governor’s Division of Emergency Management.
H. Consider and act upon approval to increase the following billing rates for the Data Center:
1. Internal and Members Data Requests from $30.00 per hour to $45.00 per hour.
2. External and Non-Members from $40.00 per hour to $55.00 per hour.
I. Consider and act upon authorization for the Executive Director to submit a COG managed grant to the Solid Waste Pass Through Grant Program for a feasibility study on a new technology for waste management.
J. Consider and act upon approval of the following as recommended by Rural Public Transportation:
1. Status Report on grant extensions for Elderly and Persons with Disabilities and Vehicle Capital Replacement.
2. Authorization for the Executive Director to enter into an agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation to purchase fuel at the TXDOT facilities for the Alamo Regional Transit program.
K. Consider and act upon membership renewal with the Texas Municipal League in the amount of $500.00 for one year.
6. Committee Reports:
A. Management Committee:
1. Consider and act upon approval of the 9-1-1 Strategic Plan FY 2006-2007 Stage 1/Financial Projections.
B. Air Improvement Resources Executive Committee
C. Area Judges
D. 9-1-1 Area Judges
E. Planning and Program
F. Legislative Committee
G. AADC
H. Audit Committee
Consider and act upon approval of the 2003 AACOG Audit.
7. Consider and act upon approval of the following as recommended by the Economic Development Environmental Review Committee:
A. The Nature Conservancy. “Blanco River Valley Stewardship Initiative.” Funding: United States Department of the Interior-U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: $135,000.
B. Metropolitan Partnership for Energy. “South Texas Sustainability Center.” Funding: Environmental Protection Agency: $1,805,000.
8. Consider and act upon approval of the following as recommended by the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee:
A. Bexar County Court at Law #1, ”Bexar County Court at Law Adult Implementation”. Funding: $450,000 Funding Source: Bureau of Justice Assistance.
B. Bexar County Juvenile Probation Dept., ”Bexar County Juvenile Drug Court”. Funding: $199,999 Funding Source: Bureau of Justice Assistance.
C. Bexar County, 225th District Court, ”Bexar County Family Drug Treatment Court”. Funding: $385,210 Funding Source: Bureau of Justice Assistance.
D. Karnes County Juvenile Probation, ”Karnes County Community Coalition-Prevention Policy Board”. Funding: $100,000 Funding Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
E. Medina Valley Independent School District, ”Medina Valley ISD Elementary Counseling Project”. Funding: $215,000 Funding Source: US Dept. of Education.
F. San Antonio Independent School District, ”Project Embrace”. Funding: $399,214 Funding Source: US Dept. of Education.
G. University of Texas at San Antonio, ”Campus Violence Prevention Program (UTSA-CVPP)”. Funding: $199,830 Funding Source: Office of Violence Against Women.
9. Consider and act upon approval to submit its recommendations for the allocation of Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention funds to the Governor’s Office – State Administrative Agent as recommended by the Regional Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee.
10. Consider and act upon the recommendations of the Regional Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee for Domestic Preparedness funding allocations for regional projects.
11. Consider and act upon the following as recommended by the Housing Advisory Committee:
A. Memorandum of Understanding with the Community Council of South Central Texas, Inc., for the Delivery of Coordinated Weatherization and Energy Assistance Services to Eligible Residents in Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Medina and Wilson Counties.
B. HUD $8,180,700 Loan Guarantee for construction of a 200-unit Apartment complex, San Miguel Apartments.
12. Consider and act upon authorization for the Bexar Area Agency on Aging to sub-contract Texas Diabetes Institute as the evaluator for the Administration on Aging grant in the amount not to exceed $15,000.
13. Consider and act upon approval of the following as recommended by the Bexar Senior Advisory Committee:
A. Older Americans Month Resolution
B. Ombudsman Week Proclamation
14. Consider and act upon New Registration for Continuation of Central Composting Operation for the City of Kerrville as recommended by the Solid Waste Advisory Committee.
15. Consider and act upon authorization to open a bank account with Wells Fargo for the Rural Public Transportation Program.
16. Consider and act upon contracting with an audit firm to conduct a review of R.M. Crowe’s 2003 Tesoro/Petroleum building operating expenses.
17. Information Items.
18. Adjournment.
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