AGENDA

ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WEDNESDAY, September 26, 2001 – 1:00 P.M.

8626 TESORO DRIVE, SUITE 100
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS  78217

 

1.                   Meeting called to Order.

 2.                   Roll Call. 

3.                   Executive Director’s Report 

4.                   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 August 22, 2001 Minutes. 

B.      Status Reports: 

1.      Grants

2.      Recoveries

3.      Balance Sheet

4.      Income Statement

5.      Board Expenditures

6.      2002 Budget 

C.      Consider and act upon approval of membership renewal to the Greater Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council in the amount of $500.00 for one year. 

D.      Consider and act upon acceptance of the FY 2002 State Planning Assistance Grant. 

E.      Consider and act upon approval to submit an application to Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission for FY 2002-03 Resource Recovery funds. 

F.      Consider and act upon approval of the Alamo Area Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition Delinquency Prevention Plan. 

5.                   Consider and act upon Committee Reports: 

A.      Air Improvement Resources Committee

B.      Area Judges

C.      Planning and Program

D.      Management Committee: 

(The following items were reviewed and considered by the Management Committee) 

1.      Consider and act upon the creation of an internal auditor/quality assurance position. 

2.      Consider and act upon authorizing the Executive Director to issue a Request for Proposal for an auditor to review landlord operating  expenses as reflected in the annual cost statement. 

3.      Consider and act upon approval of inventory evaluation. 

4.      Consider and act upon reimbursement to employees for personal cellular telephone usage for work related business. 

5.      Consider and act upon approval of the following as recommended by the Alamo Senior Advisory Committee: 

a.  Reallocate funds from Alamo Area Agency on Aging to Subcontractors.

b.  Reallocation of funds within categories for subcontractors.

c.       Initial Care Coordination Vendor Agreements for FY 02.

 

(The following items were authorized by the Management Committee to be placed directly on the board agenda for approval). 

6.      Consider and act upon approval to submit a letter of intent for an 18 month, $150,000 Robert Wood Johnson planning grant for the Bexar and Alamo Area Agencies on Aging for the development of a strategic plan to implement the Regional Access Planning Model. 

7.      Consider and act upon approval of the following as recommended by the Bexar Senior Advisory Committee: 

a.  FY 2002 vendors for the Bexar Area Agency on Aging Care Coordination and Caregiver support programs.

b.  FY 2001 Bexar Area Agency on Aging TDOA budget Amendment #2.

c.  Provisional FY 2002 allocations to Bexar Area Agency on Aging providers.

d.       Bexar Area Agency on Aging provisional FY 2002 Caregiver Support budget. 

8.      Consider and act upon authorizing the Executive Director to purchase two vehicles, one for the Executive Director and one for the Weatherization program. 

9.      Consider and act upon TCDRS Lump Sum payout. 

10.    Consider and act upon revision to AACOG Funeral Leave policy. 

E.      Bylaws Sub-Committee 

6.                   Consider and act upon the following as recommended by the Regional Health and Human Services advisory Committee: 

A.      Texas Department of Health.  “State and Community Highway Safety.”  Funding:  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:  $246,959. 

B.      Texas Department of Human Services.  “Proposed Title XX Social Service Block Grant.”  Funding:  Department of Health and Human Services:  $126.98 million. 

C.      Edgewood Independent School District.  “Cultural Partnership for At-Risk Youth Program.”  Funding:  U.S. Department of Education:  $222,494.

D.      San Antonio Independent School District.  “Project SAFE.”  Funding:  U.S. Department of Education:  $7,468,008. 

E.      San Antonio Independent School District.  “Public Charter Schools Program.”  Funding:  U.S. Department of Education:  $5,537,926. 

F.      San Antonio Independent School District.  “School within a School for Accelerated Learning”  Funding:  U.S. Department of Education:  $499,435. 

G.     Children’s Environmental Health Institute.  “Capacity building conference for medical professionals to address children’s environmental health.”  Funding:  Environmental Protection Agency:  $18,741. 

H.      Economic Opportunities Development Corporation.  “Head Start.”  Funding:  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:  $509,780. 

7.                   Consider and act upon approval of the following as recommended by the Economic Development Environmental Review Committee: 

A.      City of Natalia.  “Single-Family Housing Infrastructure Improvements.”  Funding:  TCDP-Housing Infrastructure Fund:  $5,428,396. 

B.      City of Boerne.  “Multiple-Family Housing Infrastructure Fund.”  Funding:  TCDP – Housing Infrastructure Fund:  $9,196,133. 

C.      City of San Antonio.  “Community & Economic Development.”  Funding:  Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Block Grant:  $22,365,173. 

D.      City of San Antonio.  “Home Investment Partnership.”  Funding:  Housing and Urban Development  - Entitlement  Grant:  $9,239,756. 

E.      City of San Antonio.  “Rehabilitation of Existing and Expanded Homeless Shelter Facilities.”  Funding:  Housing and Urban Development – Emergency Shelter Grant Entitlement Grant:  $1,420,000. 

F.      City of San Antonio.  “Acquisition of Housing for Persons with HIV/AIDS & Their Families.”  Funding:  Housing and Urban Development – Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS:  $908,000. 

G.     Suburban Mortgage Associates Incorporated.  “Chandler’s Crossing Apartment Project.”  Funding:  Housing and Urban Development – 221 (d) (4) Apartment Project Loan:  $8,192,600. 

H.      National Assisted Living, LLC.  “The Lodge at Leon Springs Assisted Living Facility Enhancement.”  Funding:  USDA – Rural Business Cooperate Service Loan:  $1,850,000. 

I.         Montez – Gehrmann & Company.  “Stablewood Farms Apartments Project.”  Funding:  HUD-221 (d) (4) Apartment Project Loan:  $17,491,771. 

8.                   Consider and act upon the following as recommended by the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee: 

A.      Texas Council on Family Violence.  “Texas Council on Family Violence.”  Funding: Department of Justice:  $96,296. 

B.      Wilson County.  “Countywide Communication System.”  Funding:  Planning 421, Criminal Justice Division – Office of the Governor:  $26,451. 

C.      Bexar County.  “Juvenile Justice Alternatives.”  Funding:  Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Fund, Criminal Justice – Office of the Governor:  $1,917. 

D.      Alamo Area Council of Governments.  “Juvenile Justice Alternatives.”  Funding:  Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Fund, Criminal Justice – Office of the Governor:  $17,252. 

E.      Comal County.  “Juvenile Justice Alternatives.”  Funding:  Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Fund – Criminal Justice – Office of the Governor:  $1,917. 

9.                   Consider and act upon approval of Training Agreement between the Alamo Area Council of Governments and North East Independent School District. 

10.               Consider and act upon appointment of Nominating Committee for 2002 Officers. 

11.               Information Items. 

12.               Adjournment. 

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