AGENDA
ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
Wednesday, March 24, 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 3, 2004 Minutes.
B. Consider and act upon the following Status Reports:
1. Grants
2. Recoveries
3. Balance Sheet
4. Income Statement
5. Board Expenditures
C. Consider and act upon authorization for the Executive Director to negotiate with vendors resulting from reverse auction for print and reproduction.
D. Consider and act upon authorization for the Executive Director to release a Request for Proposal for Accounting Policies and Procedures.
E. Consider and act upon the following as recommended by the Bexar Senior Advisory Committee:
1. Budget Revisions
2. New Vendors
F. Consider and act upon the following as recommended by the Alamo Senior Advisory Committee:
1. Budget Revisions and Budget Transfers
2. New Vendors
G. Consider and act upon recommendation to amend the contracts for Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons with American GI Forum and M & M Weatherization Company.
H. Consider and act upon authorizing the Executive Director to submit a request to the Texas Department of Transportation for the following grant extensions:
1. Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
2. Vehicle Capital Replacement
I. Consider and act upon authorizing staff and board members to attend the National Association of Regional Councils 38th Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 26-30, 2004.
J. Consider and act upon approval of grant application for funding from the City of San Antonio Consolidated Funding Pool for Human Development Services in the amount not to exceed $80,000.
6. Committee Reports:
A. Management Committee:
1. Consider and act upon approval of Padgett Stratemann 2003 audit fees and budget revision.
2. Consider and act upon authorizing the Executive Director to submit a 12-month extension for expenditure of the 2002-2003 and the 2004-2005 Air Quality planning grant monies available from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
B. Air Improvement Resources Executive Committee
C. Area Judges Committee
D. Planning and Program Committee
1. Regional Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee Membership
2. Criminal Justice Advisory Committee Membership
E. Alamo Area Development Corporation
F. TARC Conference Committee
7. Consider and act upon approval of the following as recommended by the Economic Development Environmental Review Committee:
A. 433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland AFB, Bexar County. “Establishment of a C-5 Formal Training Unit. Type: Environmental Impact Study.
B. Acorn Partners LTD. “Consolidation of Nursery Business.” Type: Business and Industry Loans: $1,900,000.
8. Consider and act upon approval of the following as recommended by the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee:
A. Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office, ”The President’s Family Justice Center Initiative”. Funding: $1,500,000 Funding Source: Dept. of Justice.
B. Bexar County Juvenile Probation Dept., ”Bexar County Juvenile Drug Court”. Funding: $89,484 Funding Source: Byrne Formula Grant Program.
C. City of Live Oak, ”Alamo Area Narcotics Task Force”. Funding: $783,768 Funding Source: Byrne Formula Grant Program.
D. JOVEN, ”Abstinence Education”. Funding: $752,312 Funding Source: Dept. of Health and Human Services.
E. Roy Maas' Youth Alternatives, Inc., ”Turning Point, Transitional Living Program”. Funding: $2,695,000 Funding Source: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Fund.
F. Alamo Area Council of Governments, ”Sexual Assault Training for Law Enforcement”. Funding: $46,348 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
G. Hill Country Crisis Council, Inc., ”Victim Assistance for Women”. Funding: $21,076 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
H. Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office, ”Domestic Violence Against Women Program”. Funding: $79,999 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
I. City of San Antonio Attorney's Office - Prosecution Section, ”Early Intervention for Women Living in Domestic Violence (Courts)”. Funding: $185,222 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
J. Comal County Family Violence Shelter, Inc., ”Legal Advocacy Project for Women”. Funding: $80,000 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
K. Wilson County Attorney's Office, ”Violence Against Women Prevention Program”. Funding: $53,338 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
L. Atascosa Family Crisis Center, Inc., ”Atascosa County Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Advocacy”. Funding: $43,771 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
M. City of San Antonio Police Dept., ”Crisis Assistance Team Administration”. Funding: $80,000 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
N. Kendall County Attorney's Office, ”Kendall County Crime Victim Services for Women”. Funding: $23,385 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
O. Guadalupe County Attorney's Office - Victim Services, ”Violence Against Women Project - VAWA”. Funding: $59,930 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
P. Atascosa County Attorney's Office, ”Family Violence Prosecution Unit”. Funding: $80,000 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
Q. City of Seguin Police Dept., ”Violence Against Women - Criminal Investigator”. Funding: $59,307 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
R. Jewish Family and Children's Service of San Antonio, ”Violence Against Women - Counseling”. Funding: $65,047 Funding Source: Violence Against Women Act Fund.
S. Alamo Area Council of Governments, ”Regional Law Enforcement Academy”. Funding: $572,252 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
T. Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office, ”Elder Fraud Prosecution Project”. Funding: $87,926 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
U. City of Kenedy Police Dept., ”Accelerated Equipment Procurement Program”. Funding: $8,089 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
V. Guadalupe County - 25th Judicial District Attorney's Office, ”D.A.'s Victim Prosecution Project”. Funding: $54,900 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
W. Bexar County Community Supervision & Corrections Dept., ”Fugitive Apprehension & Restitution”. Funding: $66,964 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
X. Bexar County Court at Law #7, ”Specialization of Domestic Violence Court”. Funding: $122,050 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
Y. Atascosa County District Attorney's Office, 81st Judicial District, ”Prosecution/Victim Liaison Unit”. Funding: $53,555 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
Z. Guadalupe County Attorney's Office, ”Criminal Justice Planning/Victims Assistance Project”. Funding: $133,071 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
AA. City of Bandera Police Dept., ”Necessary for Law Enforcement”. Funding: $20,900 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
BB. City of Universal City Police Dept., ”Proactive Policing through Laptop Technology”. Funding: $59,925 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
CC. Karnes County Attorney's Office, ”Restitution Enforcement and Accountability Program”. Funding: $85,382 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
DD. Wilson County Sheriff's Office, ”Wilson County Sheriff's Equipment Project”. Funding: $34,144 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
EE. Bexar County Sheriff's Office, ”Cold Case Unit”. Funding: $145,024 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
FF. Comal County Sheriff's Office, ”Mobile Data Computers II”. Funding: $162,334 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
GG.Judson Independent School District, ”Project Accessibility”. Funding: $51,536 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
HH. City of Seguin Police Dept., ”Seguin PD Equipment”. Funding: $74,100 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
II. City of Devine Police Dept., ”2004CJD421”. Funding: $30,200 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
JJ. University of Texas at San Antonio, ”The Utility of ArcView-Geographic Information Systems in a Community”. Funding: $47,450 Funding Source: State Criminal Justice Planning (421) Fund (state).
9. Consider and act upon approval of the following resolutions:
A. Recognizing April 2004 as Fair Housing Month.
B. Affirming the Submission of the Section 8 Management Assessment Program Certification (SEMAP) to the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development.
10. Information Items.
11. Adjournment.
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