AGENDA

ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2002 – 1:00 P.M.

8626 TESORO DRIVE, SUITE 100

SAN ANTONIO, TX  78217

1.                  Meeting called to Order.

2.                  Roll Call.

3.                  Executive Director’s Report.

Recognition of Regional Citizen Award inside Bexar County

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 and discussion and voting.

A.  Consider and act upon approval of the June 12, 2002 Minutes.

B.     Consider and act upon the following Status Reports:

1.      Grants

2.      Income Statement

3.      Balance Sheet

4.      Recoveries

5.      Board Expenditures

C.     Consider and act upon approval for staff and board members to attend the Texas Association of Regional Councils 37^th Annual Conference and Exhibition in Corpus Christi, Texas, September 18-20, 2002.

D.     Consider and act upon approval to respond to the Request for Proposal for Mobile Phones for AACOG.

E.     Consider and act upon approval to authorize the Executive Director to submit a grant to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a national suicide prevention resource center at AACOG.

F.      Consider and act upon authorization for the Executive Director to submit a grant proposal to the NADBank in the amount of $500,000 for air quality studies.

5.            Committee Reports:

A.      Management Committee

1.      Consider and act upon approval to respond to the following Request for Proposals:

a.      Personnel Management

b.      Salary Survey

c.      General Contractor

2.      Consider and act upon approval of Caregiver Coordinator position for Caregiver program.

B.     Air Improvement Resources Committee

C.     Area Judges

D.     Alamo Area Development Corporation

E.     Bylaws Committee

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

A.      Economic Opportunities Development Corporation of A.K.W. Counties, “Supplemental Funds for FY 2001-2002”. Funding: $528,619 United States Department of Health and Human Services

B.     Alternatives to Guardianship, “Volunteers in Service to America”. Funding: $53,500 Corporation for National and Community Service

C.     ARCIL, “Access to Employment (ATE)”. Funding: $250,000 United States Department of Education

D.     Avance-San Antonio, “Avance-Early Head Start – Special Fatherhood Initiative-Supplement”. Funding: $43,750 United States Department of Health and Human Services

E.     Avance-San Antonio, “Avance-Early Head Start – Special Youth Initiative - Supplement”. Funding: $25,000 United States Department of Health and Human Services

F.      Education Service Center, Region 20, “One-Time Program Improvement Funding Request”. Funding: $420,000 United States Department of Health and Human Services

G.     Education Service Center, Region 20, “Fatherhood Funding Request”. Funding: $30,000 United States Department of Health and Human Services

H.     Education Service Center, Region 20, “Youth Involvement Funding Request”. Funding: $15,000 United States Department of Health and Human Services

I.         Family Service Association of San Antonio, “Providing Mental Health Services to Older Persons”. Funding: $400,000 United States Department of Health and Human Services

J.       George Gervin Youth Center, Inc., “Basic Center Program”. Funding: $240,270 United States Department of Health and Human Services

K.     George Gervin Youth Center, Inc., “FY 2003 Transitional Living Program”. Funding: $315,600 United States Department of Health and Human Services

L.      George Gervin Youth Center, Inc., “Transitional and Homeless Youth”. Funding: $290,933 United States Department of Health and Human Services

M.     Judson Independent School District, “Judson ISD – Reorganization of P.E. Department”. Funding: $114,351 United States Department of Education

N.     Kerrville Independent School District, “Center Based 6 Hour Head Start Program”. Funding: $68,745 United States Department of Health and Human Services

O.    Northside Independent School District, “Regaining America’s Memory”. Funding: $998,752 United States Department of Education

P.     San Antonio Independent School District, “Project-Destination Exemplary”. Funding: $999,725 United States Department of Education

Q.    Stonewall Head Start, Inc., “Head Start; One-Time Funds for General Program Improvement”. Funding: $838,938 United States Department of Health and Human Services

R.     The University of Texas at San Antonio, “Project LIBRO: Leaders in Bilingual Reading Opportunities”. Funding: $1,310,118 United States Department of Education

S.     The University of Texas at San Antonio, “Project TRAIN: Tapping Resources to Advance Innovative Instruction”. Funding: $1,319,741 United States Department of Education

T.      The University of Texas at San Antonio, The, “UTSA-Project CCAMPIS Grant”. Funding: $686,422 United States Department of Education.

U.     Atascosa Health Center, Inc., “Bilingual/Bicultural Service Projects in Minority Health”. Funding: $150,000 United States Department of Health and Human Services.

V.      Asociacion Nacional Pro Personas Mayores, “Senior Community Service Employment Program”. Funding: $29,311,404 Department of Labor

W.   Avance-San Antonio, “Avance-Early Head Start – Renewal Supplement”. Funding: $73,371 United States Department of Health and Human Services

X.      Avance-San Antonio, “Avance-Early Head Start: Renewal”. Funding: $2,281,471 United States Department of Health and Human Services

Y.      Connections Individual and Family Services, Inc., “Basic Center Program”. Funding: $211,851 United States Department of Health and Human Services

Z.      Education Service Center Region 20, “Continuation Refunding and Supplemental High School Grant Applications”. Funding: $2,744,090 United States Department of Health and Human Services

AA. Kerrville Independent School District, “Head Start Center Based 6 Hour Program

– 8th Year Continuation and FY2002 Funding Increase”. Funding: $760,401 United States Department of Health and Human Services

BB. Roy Maas’ Youth Alternatives, Inc., “Basic Center Program for Runaway and

Homeless Youth”. Funding: $1,006,640 United States Department of Health and Human Services

CC. Stonewall Head Start, Inc., “Head Start; 2nd Year Continuation”. Funding:

$1,196,710 United States Department of Health and Human Services

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

A.      Karnes County.  “Colonias Projects Panna Maria, Cestohowa, Pawelekville, Helena, Hobson, Choate, Lenz and Coy City.”  Funding:  Texas Community Development Program-Colonia Construction Fund:  $510,000.

B.     Retirement Housing Foundation.  “San Antonio Senior Apartments.”  Funding:  Housing and Urban Development – Supportive Housing for the Elderly:  $3,776,300.

C.     Avenida Guadalupe Association, Inc.  “Old San Juan Housing Projects.”  Funding:  Housing and Urban Development – Housing for the Elderly:  $3,776,000.

D.     Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission.  “Water Protection Coordinating Grants for Counter Terrorism.”  Funding:  Environment Protection Agency:  $291,000.

E.     Texas Structural Pest Control Board.  “Pesticides Compliance Monitoring & Cooperative Agreements.”  Funding:  Environmental Protection Agency:  $250,795.

F.      Consider and act upon approval to support the Panna Maria Historical Society in its efforts to renovate and preserve the St. Joseph School Museum Building.  This endorsement would assist the organization through mutual tourism efforts to support their fundraising efforts.

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

A.      East Central ISD Police Department, “Cops in Schools Grant”. Funding: $100,471 Department of Justice.

B.     Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office, “Cops Grant”. Funding: $115,196 Department of Justice.

C.     Southwest Texas State Univeristy, “Texas Narcotics Control Program”. Funding: $625,000 Criminal Justice Division.

D.     Bandera County Sheriff’s Office, “Cops Grant”. Funding: $385,244 Department of Justice.

E.     Kenedy Independent School District, “Karnes County Safe Schools/Healthy Student”. Funding: $1,000,000 United States Department of Education.

F.      Approval of the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Application and Resolution.

9.                  Briefing and distribution of Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).

10.              Consider and act upon authorization for AACOG to establish a relationship with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster preparedness.

11.              Information Items.

12.              Adjournment.

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