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' CITY OF LYNWOOD
CITY CLERKS OFFICE
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HOUSING AND cat�m�rxl�1 BE��LO�rtErr�' 7
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REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P.M.
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: LYNWOOD CITY HALL, 11330 HULLTS ROAD" I
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,, CLAUDE LAW I
CHAIRPERSON'
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f PATRICIA CARR MARGARET ARAUJO
VICE CHAIRPERSON MEMBEA
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+' CYNTHIA GAEEAT=GETER"` NATHANIEL DRVI5
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TRINA REEV�S' I
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CITY STAFF I
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPI�IENR`' PROGRAM STAFF
VICENTE L. MAS CLARENCE WILLIAM5,"
ACTING HCDA MANAGEA'
ANNETTE" `PORTER "
MINUTES CLERK
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OPENING CEREMONIESc' -- ;
A. CALL TO ORDER I
B. FLAG SALUTE' I
C. ROLL CALL
D. CERTIFICATION OF AGENDA POSTING BY CI7"Y CLERK
E. APPROVAL OF MINUTES = JULY 12, 1989
F. PUBLIC ORALS: (ITEMS ON AGENDA ONLY)
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' G. NEW BUSINESS
1. ROLE OF THE HCDA SOARD
; 2. COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVIC`ES
Comments :
Several Board members have expressed Eheir c3isappoi.nt•-
ment at the lack of funding for Community Legal
Services for the current fiscal year arid have requested
to have this manner agendized for discussion.
3. PROJECT IMPACT
Comments :
One Board member has expressed concerns about the
` effectiveness of the programs arid sevices provided by
Project Impact and have requested to have tkiis matter
' agendized for discussion.
;, 4. PROJECT ACT/50
Comments :
Several Board members have expressed their concerns
' about the ro'ect s onsor's com lianoewith CDBG Pro ram:`
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Guidelines concerning .non-discrimination and have
requested to have this matter agendized for discussion. i
5. PRES5 RELEASE5 FOR THE HC`DA BOARD
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Board members have expressed the desire to have the !
community better info'rmed about the HCDA Program I
activities and have requested that the matter be
agendized for discussiori:
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REQUEST FOR WORKSFTO'P 'WT'I'H CITY COUNCIL
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; Board members" have expressed their desire to hold a
joint meeting with the City Council in order fo improve
communication between the two bodies. To this end the
Boar¢ has requested that this mattei be agendized for �
discussion. . . I
7. INVITATION TO LOCAL NEWPAPERS TO ATTENI7 HdARD'MEETINGS j
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H. STAFF ORALS�
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I. BOARD ORALS
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J. ADJOURNMENT
` Adjournment to regular meeting of September �, 1989, af 7:00 I
' p.m. in the Council 'Chambers of City Hall,' 11330 Hullis �
Road, Lynwood, California.
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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
i��� HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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�� I. A. Call to Order
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A regular meeting of the Housing and Community Development
Advisory Board was called to order by Chairperson Margaret
Araujo, June 7, 1989, at 7:14 p.m., in the Council Chambers.
of Lynwood City Aall, 11330 Bullis Road, Lynwood, California.
B. Flag Salute
All present HCDA Board members participated in the pledge of I
allegiance.
` C. Roll Call
Present: Claude Law
' Patricia Carr
Trina Reeves
- Cynthia Green-Geter
Margaret Araujo
' Absent: John Haley �
- Nathaniel Davis (excused)
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` Present: Vicente L. Mas, Community Development Director (
Clarence Williams, Acting HCDA Manager
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The HCDA Board reviewed the Minates of June 7th, 1989.
Claude Law moved, Patricia Carr seconded that the Minutes be
approved, with corrections. Approval was unanimous.
E. PUBLIC ORALS:
- None.
F. NEW BUSINESS
"- Election of Officers
• Cynthia Green-Geter nominated Patricia Carr for HCDA
Chairperson, Patricia Carr declined and nominated Claude Law,
Cynthia Green-Geter seconded the nomination. The nomtnation
. for Claude Law as Chairperson was approved.
The next nomination was for Vice Chairperson Cynthia Green-
Geter nominated Patricia Carr and Margaret Araujo moved that,
nominations be closed. Patricia Carr was approved as Vice����
Chairperson unanimously.
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H. STAFF ORALS �
Vicente L. Mas, Community Development Director, congratulated I
new Chairpersons on their appointments. Mr. Mas informed
the Board that Arthur Waller is no longer employed by the
City, that Mr. Waller has accepted employment with the City
„ of Inglewood and that Clarence Williams would be acting in
, the position of HCDA Manager. Mr. Mas further explained that
the position of HCDA Manager will be opening for in-house
recruitment, however, if there are not enough qualified
applicants in-house, the position will be advertised for open
recruitment.
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Mr. Mas also mentioned that those reordering business cards will
be receiving them as soon as possible and that the HCDA Board
will be receiving name plates. Mr. Mas informed that Board that
Trina� Reeves had been reappointed to the Hoard at the last
Council meetinq.
Mr. Mas said that he wanted to discuss the comments and concerns
of some of the Board members regarding the role of a Housing and
Community Denelopment Advisory Hoard. Claude Law said that
dealing with the concerns of this particular body and relaying
the concerns to the Council, there seems to be some kind of
problems and the Board wants to resolve them.
Cynthia Green-Geter says that it appears from her position
during the time she has been a HCDA Board member that the
Board's role is plain and simple advisory, but sometimes
, decissions are made without the advice of the Board and it
appears as though the Board is fulfilling the requirements of
� the Federal Government's guidelines, and because that is the i
case, it reminds her of the advisory board to the school I
district, where peopie sit there monthly, year in and year out
and they certainly have some valid concerns and they communicate
those concerns and they are just heard and not acted upon. Mrs. I
; Green-Geter, further stated that she was not saying that this is
always the case of the HCDA Board, but however, it has been �
her observation that it appears that this Board is filling a �
space which is mandated by the Federal Government and therefore i
in order to meet those regulations that is the basis of the
, Board.
, Mr. Mas informed the Board that was a requirement until 1985, I
, but from 1985 until present the City, like all Grantees, have
been given the choice of having an Advisory Board or not; as
long as the obligations of public notices and public
' participation are met. The City Council choose to retain this
mechanism, but at this point in time it is not mandated, it is
the will of the City Council. I
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Mrs. Green-Geter said that another observation that she has made I
is that in the last three Council Meetings, there were budqet
hearings and there were people present from the community, and �
one person came forth to lobby for a Aid/Hypertension Program �
and to have that particular program funded but apparentiy there i
had been a oversight or it had been overlooked or just not I
included in the budget overall initially and that the City I
Council had voted eariler to fund this program for $5,000, and
in the interim, after City Council had voted to approve the �
budget, one of the Council members stated that they had a I
problem with the person bringing that particular issue up at
that particular time and the way that it passed. Another .
Council member brought out the fact, that he questioned the Fire r �
Fighter Trainee Program and wanted to evaluate whether or not
they could fund only one of the firefighter trainees.
Mrs. Green-Geter further stated that it came up that there was +
approximatelty $18,000 left in Slock Grant funds and right there I
was another reflection, in her opinion that the Board is not I
necessary for the decisions that are being made, based on the
act that if in fact this individual who wanted and qot her i
program funded for Aids and Hypertension. The validity of the
program is not the issue, the issue is the process and I
procedures and the fact that this decision conld be made in a ,
City Council meeting without any referenece to the fact that a I
Board even existed. Mrs. Green-Geter stated that it was quite I
interesting to her. '
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Margaret Araujo said that if she is not mistaken, the Board was
given some information about two programs; two separate RFP's
for an Aids/Hypertension Program, which submitted for review
� and to give a recommendatton. Mrs. Araujo asked which one of
those programs was funded at that Council meetsng. Clarence
+ Williams said that what happened after the two proposals were
reviewed was that because of the determ=nation made by HUD
' regarding the Graffiti Program•, the City no longer had funds
available for Public Service Projects. Mr. Williams further
info.rmed the Soard that staff will be submitting the
Aids/Hypertension information to the City Council in a objective
and unbias way and it will be left up to Citp Council to make a
final funding decision. Margaret Araujo said that Council has
already made its selection. Clarence Williams said that he was
not aware that someone has been selected. His interpertation
was that monies had been allocated and a sernice provider had
not been formally selected.
Mrs. Green-Geter said that the proceedings at the Council
meeting was the most recent example she could cite which is just
a reflection of the occurence of this type of thing and they may
; vary in the uniquness of the situation and she does not get the
impre�sion that in the consciencesctess of the City Council, is
the thinking that this Board is insignificant and we don't give
a hoot about what say. The point is that the position and
,/ the overall psycographics of this Board reflects the attitude �
that they are the�e.
Mr. Mas said that one of the things that the Board should keep
in mind is that the City Council members are subject to the
pressures of their constituents and sometimes they have to act
in a very immediate kind o,f situation. Claude Law said that the
, Hoard has Federal guidelines that are suppos�d to be put into I
action dealing with their funds. Now when he reads in the
newpapers that HUD Advisory Board of the City of Lynwood,
approved this particular money, he went to City Hall to confirm
it. To him, the Board did not made any recommendations of that
' nature and he is concerned about this. When the Board sets up.a
guideline to use proposals that are submitted to the Board and
time is spent as citizens to go through a11 information in order I
to carryout the Board's charge, and nothing is done, it's I.ike
when., the Soard indicated there were certain community projects
they were concerned about"and if you look at the Minutes of the I
. last rpeeting, it states that.the Board was concerned about these
� community projects. The Board is also concerned about what is
1 the avenue of communication to the Citp Council from this
particular body to deal with solving these problems, because
some of the objections of this body have been constructtve and
• very val.uable for the City of Lynwood.
, Mr. Law stated that in dealing with alI that is going on, it
makes him want to call Congressman Dymally and.say that we are.,
out of compliance and sometimes he wishes he did not know the "��•
� steps, but now first the Board should meet wih the Council and
see if they can resplve this. Sure we are a Advisory Board and
we know what the law says and the guidelines dealin wtth HUD
,�` money and on this parti�lar body, you have some citizens that
don't mind researching and he happens to be one of them and he
will be contactfng Lonnie, Dymally's Aide, for a clarification
/ on some things. M mr. Law fur her stated, that he did not
� appreciate reading in the new�aper that the Board approved
something.that they did not. Mrs. Green-Geter asked if that was
the $5,000. Mr. Law said yes. Mr. Law said he read the
information in the Journal. Mrs. Green-Geter asked if the paper
, said that the Board had approved the money. Mr. Law said that
; the paper said that HUD had approved it and they are a HUD
committee.
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Mrs. Green-Geter 'said that �the prabTem witY�. tkiat is ,`.het at the
Council meeting ffiat evening it was not definite fhat those
funds would come from this budget; what was said �is that CDBG
had approximately $i8,000.' Mr. Mas said� that staff was
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instructed to research the matter, come back with
recommendations, _.dentify the source of funds arid recomrrieni3 �a
source. It just happened�that there were CDE+G furnis ava�labfe:
Mr. Law said he met with the Acting Assistarit�Gity Manager �and
he made the clariflcation that the Board kiad given the money.
: Mrs. Green-Geter said that maybe what they are Iooking at is a
- communication problem with the staff; becuase if in fact that
was a decis�i.on being made; a special meeting could have been
called to discuss the issue.
Margaret Araujo said that she is still awaitiag information on
;' the NAACP Act/So Program.� Vicente Mas said that`in relation �o
..' that, some procedure§ have to do with the admiriistrative"
_� policy that have ben establis2�ed";" the most effic3ent manner for
. the Board to get any response is to take aotiah, as individuals:
Thy can ask staff on any specific issues that�is within`tfieir
r�= related jurisdiction to do research and �oome back with
` information on individil basis as long as it is something �
reasonable and that miyht take tiao or three hours or whatever, I
depending on the amount of support needed�. It may require an
action by the fu11 Board because staff has to justify it's time �
to account for tht. Claude Law said that there was a action my
the full Board.. Hefurther stated tkiat the Board's cercern about
(+' Project Impact and Act/So was an action by the full body, but
what the Board is finding out is wHen they begin to ask I
" the question, "are we rubber stampers". Because through some of
the Commissioners in Sacramento, he has gotton information, he
is just waiting to see what will come from staff.
Cynthia Green-Geter . said that maybe instead of asking if the
^ Board is just rubber stampers, maybe"a statement should be made
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not be rubber stampers and it seems to be a perpetratiori on the
Board at large. Mr. Mas said that there is a California Public
Meeting Law, known as the Ralph Brown Act, that any appointed or
r.„' elected body has to follow. It means thet the Hoard cannot take •
any subject for debate of deliberation and reach a consensus ,
unless those isssues have been duly posted in the Agenda.
Claude Law agreed with Mr. Mas attd said tYiat when staff starts
pulling technicalities on the Board, then the Board carr start
;' . pulling the on staff and he can gsve"iip this chair on the Board
`' and come out as a public citizen dealing with public orals;" Mr.
Law said "You see wfien you start fhese tfiings, I can go back to
my training, you see I was trained by Kenneth Sahn"'. Mr. Law ,
said that he knows what steps are involved, lie knows ktow to give "
� up the chairmanship and.gou out there and press, but what he is
, saying is that when tlte Hoard asks for information, when there
is a concern, and see this is federal mortey tliey are dealing
with, there was a cercern of racial discrimination in one
action and the Board wanted information and there was also
concern regarding the citizens being served,. the Board is
concerned about"that, Mr: Law mentioned that the Board �aTso
: wanted �Communify Lega1 5erviaes arid fhe Board� wanted more
information on that for the citizens. Mr. Law said that the
Board agreed to serve so that they can heZp the City of Lynwood
in a advisory capacity and that they are all involved in many
things but what behooves tliem a great deal is �ahen they begiri to
really get involvecY in something and are blocked, " that means
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things or he may have to call Hud, and he doesn't want to do that`
but you see kie knows that these are federal funds and we advise
Hud and see if he can come up with some more federal funds to
, service the `young people. Three of the Board members have
,. already �met with Senator Cranston pertaining to what can be done
for the City and securing funds and they don't �ust deal with the
eleated body there in the�City, they deaT with Congressman
Dimally, they met with Senator Cranston and he has the telephone
number of Mr. Speakers private secretary, pertaining to state
law, .state procedures and have contacted others to obtain
information pertaining to the City, but the Board does not wish
to fight in this particular matter, they want this information so
• that they can move forward and they want the body to grow.
Trina Reeves asked how its made official when the Board is asked
to advise that funds be allocated to a certain program, how is it
made official. �oes the Board meet with Council and is it
3ocumented? How can 'it be printed in the newspaper that th�_ ,
Board, advised something and.they know nothing about it7 How 'is
it made offical7 Is that put in writing?
anyone in the Community Development � Department prov�di
Mr. Mas said that in that articular case he has no knowled e
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' information to anyone concerning this., If that is a fact, as the
'. chairman indicates, is in the papers, he has no idea why.
Cynthia Green-Geter suggested that a retraction be made. Mr. Mas
said �hat_ fortunately there is a member of the Planning
Commission present, Mr. Haynes, and that there has been a change
in the reporters in the Journal, there was a incident about a
month ago concerning the way that some action concerning the City.
Counczl in relation to the Ctty and the PZanning Commission took
, place and the way that it was worded; the report, made the �
. Planninq Commission look very negative and he �asked if the � �
Journal would send a'regorter'"to a Planriiiig Cbmmission ineeting so
, that they can get fainiTiar with it.
Mrs.' Green-Geter that th�re se`ems�to be an esclabing`problem"
with the journaTasin has been,guite questionable: Claude
� Law said that fie would like to get a motion from the body that
` they" send a coinmunication to the Journal to get them to have a
reporter to attend Boarc� meetings so that they can be able fo
make sure that'ttiey know what the Boarc3's furrctton is and what is
being'implemente3 by the body.
Margaret Araujo said that she suggests ttrat the Boar� and the
Couuncil meet to ftnd out exactZy what it is that ttte Board is
,. suppose to do for them and if they are suppose to this and
they are not doing it because like in the instance when they do
all these things wkren the Board has made suggestions and has said
no or has given reasons, then they need to know if they are going+,,.,.
to be the rubber stamp for Council and if so, then, she will �
resign because it has gotten to the point where there is too much
going on; and this body is not being taken seriously. She thinks
that the body;heeds fo meet with Council and fsnd out they
are coming from.
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�Mr. Mas said t.hat is why in this case, they have to sep¢rate
' substance from fact because of the rules of law. For example; the
: Board cannot now make a motion because staff has not agendized
any kind,'of actions and that is what he was trying to
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Further stated that he was not in a confrontattonal manner when
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he started using the technicalities. For exampTe; he used an
analogy to explain tYie methoc� to cortvnunicate with the Cauricil
regarding a action Mr. Mas said t'hat the 8oarcY cbuld dantact
staff and infornr them of any item they•vrerrt included on the
Agenda for discussiost or and staff would inc3ude ttie item
and the issues woizld be discussed and recommendat'ivns made and
everything wouId Be legal.
Claude Law asked�if inembers wou instruct staff at that time, of
the_ the items that tiiey wish to have iaciuded orr the next Board'
meeting. CynfHia Green-Geter asked if there can be a&iscussion�
on the role of a HCDA Board member and possibly kraving a workshop`
between the Boarct and the City Council. Margaret Aran�o included
that this is the HoarcY's secon� request and that ti��y want tkiis
included in next montki`s Agenda: Cynthia Green-Qeter irrterjected
that` when a request is made and you don't get it, the �
resporisibiitty fatls ori you to follow-ug� Mr. Law sai�9 fihat they
have made a formal request aad as ctrairperson, he is preparecY to
do the follow-up.
Trina Reeves requested�tltiat a press member present the next I
meeting. Mrs. Green-Geter.aid that if a member of�the press is
unable to attend the meeting, it may behoove the Board to have a
press release. To have a statement made on monthfy basis as to
business carried out each meetirig because of fact that she
has never seen any press or media present at acry of meetsngs.
Mrs. Green=Geter said tttat a request can be made tm invite fhe
media fo tHe meeting but she is saying is that in conjuction I
to that, the Board create a press release of the meeting. '
Mr. Mas said that staff cannot force ttie press tv print certain
information but the�Hoard might want to discuss th= mechanics on
how they are go4ng to prepare press releases. Margaret Araujo
stated that some of the Board mem3�ers do communicate with Council
members and she knows for a fact that Council members know of the
Board's" objections to Project Ympacf, Act/So arrd to things tPrat
are going on in the City. Mrs. Araujo said t�iat it would behoove�
the Council to come and see where the prablem because `the
Hoard cannot just Eay the blame on staff, they know there is a
communication problem somewhere� and she has expres"sec3 her
feelings to some of the Council members a.rid T'm not afraid to say
it and as a community person, as someone lives there. She
plans"to come to the next Counci7. meeting an� yoice her concerns
because she will not sit on a commission that is going�to promote
everything that is going to go against the community or have
racial undertones. She said she is not placing the blame on I
staff,`she is just saying that Council needs to get together with
the Board so that they can find out where they stand because
something is wrong. I
Mrs. Green-Geter said that it's a lack of communication and the
fact that that issue was not brought before Council, where does
the.level of responsibility fall? Does it fall on staff? Or on
we as a citizen, a Board member it�is a combination of both.
Patricia Carr said that she attended Cnuncil meeting before they
had the responsibilities that they have now, in fact the
questions were asking, the information that ttiey gettiag frctt'EHe I
::irec��r, these reponse have never been in the past, the Council
is basically used to making decisions without, advice because it
never had a full st�ff on t,his commission. So you have to start I
communicating now, let's not dwell on what has happened
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in the past, let's take it from here. We have a brand new start.
we have people on the Board that know what's going on in the
community. We've made a few mistakes. You have to realize that
at the last meeting, I did not like what Art Waller did, he told
the Board, that they had to make a decission right then, that
there was approximately $108,000 to deal with and then he told
the City Council something entirely different then what he told
the Board. The Board requested a special meeting and never got
one, and the meeting was requested to give the Board ample time
to make a decission and she felt that that was totaly mis-
communication when the man told the Board one thinq and the
Council something different. So you have to realize that it
; starts there. Whatever goes off the table written verbally is
going to travel out of the Council Chambers and into the Annex
�� and into the Council the next meeting.
; Margaret Araujo said that they were to have a informal meeting
with Project Impact that was handled formally and she was very �
offended. She asked why didn't they call Clarence Williams so
that he could caTl. her and tell her that everybody else had been
there and she would not have gone because to her, that meeting
was a waste of time and she still questions what he is doing with
the Program. She is going to keeping questioning it because she
ioo"Icec� at the papers that he had and there•: was duplieate there
but if the 3oard wants to except it and not fight and continue to
i / let their kids be treated like scondhand or just be given bits and
pieces of whatever because somebody wants to come in and take
money, then fine. But she wanted to let the Board know that she
was very offended and very hurt at what happened at that meeting.
' Cynthia Green-Geter said that all she,:; knows that prior to that
meeting, the minutes even reflect that she had been over there
because she had real questions about that project, this time last
year, and she was not satisfied until she had a opportunity, she
did not just go over there one time, she went over there at least
four times to review that projegt before that meeting was called,
so as far as she is concerned,iti:.wasts`t necessary for her to attend
that meeting, but she complied with the body to be there because
she thought that because she :.`,had reviewed and seen it that
does'not mean it was a rubber stamp for everyone and that everyone
should see� for themselves.
Mrs. Green-Geter said that she does'not think that Margaret Araujo
should be offended because of the fact that other people were �
informed prior to the fact that the meeting was being called and (
she thinks that actually as the Chairperson of the Board, there �
should have been a level of graditute because of the fact that
the people have the information coming into the meeting when they �
got there, the point is that they have a problem in the community �
and its not going to be solved by one little intity, to her, she i
looks at project impact like a pebble on the beach and its only , I
going to touch a few grains of sand, $40,000 is no money for what '�°�� �
is going on in the community. As far as she is concerned, the
City could use several programs of that kind because �he is
appauld of whats going on in this community. She does'not see
wh�r^ the Board has to jump on one particular program and she is
not there to defend��:s particular program, but a far as she is
concerned they need a multitude of different programs because the
problem is not qoing to be solved by one little church, on one
corner, with one preacher, she does'not care who. likes him and who
does not like him, and what he's e�.�ng, her concern is how many
children are they effectively touching and if the direction of
three children can be changed then thats progress and when you �
say that the Board is not concern about their kids, she thinks �
that shou].d be retracted, based on the fact that they do care. "
She said that there methods may be different but she feels that ��
they all have the same goal in mind.
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Vicente Mas said that he found out about that meeting too late to
do anythinq about it, but in the future any special meeting,
particularly_,that does not take place at the regularly scheduled
time and place has to be posted as a public meeting, has to be
' opened to the public. That is what he is trying to review with
, the Board, all the mechanics the Board is to function by because
he thinks that the Board is loosing track of that and putting
themselves in a position jeopardy and that some of their
actions and efforts are going to be wasted and challenged by
somebody because they are not following procedures. Regardless of
the good intentions and what they are trying to accomplish.
Cynthia Green-Geter requested that the issues dealing with Act/So
and Project Impact be included on the next agenda and Claude Law �
requested that Community Legal Aid be included.
Clarence Williams suggested that in the future if the Board has i
�any issue that are pertinent to the Board, call Mi,m before the {
agenda is made and he can include them on the agenda and informed +
the Board that the agenda is posted the Friday before each
meeting, so that if a Board member could inform him by that
wednesday prior to the meeting, staff will be able to include the
requested item. Vicente Mas added that that item will be dealt
with as a request from a Board member.
I. BOARD ORALS:
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None. Claude Law and Cynthia Green-Geter had to leave and I
because there would not be a quorum, the meeting was adjourned.
J. ADJOURNMENT �
Margaret Araujo moved, Cynthia Green-Geter seconded to adjourn I
the meeting. Approval was unanimous.
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