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Minutes 11-19-01MINUTES OF THE ADVISORY BOARD ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH MEETING HELD IN COMMISSION CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2001 AT 7:00 P.M. Present Steve Waldman, Vice Chair Evelyn Geathers Hattie Miller Lori Wilkinson Phyllis Stern, Alternate Willie Pearl Wilson, Alternate Absent Shanna St. John, Chairperson Mary Morera Carlos Luis Masso I. Call to Order In the absence of the Chairperson, Vice Chair Waldman presided and called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. Moment of Silent Prayer/Pledge of Allegiance Ms. Miller led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, followed by a moment of silent prayer. III. Approval of Minutes of October 25, 2001 Motion Ms. Wilkinson moved for approval. unanimously carried. Motion seconded by Ms. Miller and IV. Announcements/Presentations/Correspondence Vice Chair Waldman reported that he received correspondence from the Whole Child Project Palm Beach County, which is a project of the Lawton Chiles Foundation and funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. They will be seeking community input by holding "Listening Events" throughout the County. The mission of the Whole Child Project is to assist Florida communities in building comprehensive, integrated, community-based systems to enable infants, young children and their parents to lead productive Meeting Minutes Advisory Board on Children and Youth Meeting Boynton Beach, FL November 19, 2001 and rewarding lives. Vice Chair Waldman pointed out that the City Commission directed this Board to determine the childcare needs in the City. The intent of the project is to reduce duplication of these efforts and improve efficiency and effectiveness in the State. The first phase will be to integrate two agencies that provide the same services, i.e. the School Readiness Coalition of Palm Beach and the Maternal Child Family Health Alliance. Vice Chair Waldman will contact Ms. Nicole King of Children's Services Council at 655-1010, extension 180, for more information to determine if this is a project that the Board should become involved in. The web site is www.wholechildproiect.org. The letter was distributed to the members to peruse. V. Old Business A. Advisory Board Forum - Report Ms. Wilkinson reported on the Advisory Board Forum. Present at the Forum were one representative from Parks and Recreation Board, two from the Community Relations Board and one from the Senior Advisory Board. There also was a representative from P.A.T.C.H. The Forum proved very interesting and informative. Members expressed concerns that the Senior Advisory Board feels that their services are no longer needed now that the Senior Center is in operation. Members felt that there are still many issues facing the seniors in the City that need to be addressed. Ms. Miller stated that since the Recreation Department has taken over, the seniors are not being asked to participate in the decision making and feel that they been pushed aside. Members discussed an article that appeared today in the Sun-Sentinel, which discussed the lack of participation by the Black Community in the Senior Center.. Vice Chair Waldman requested that Ms. Miller bring the article to the next meeting. Ms. Miller said that the registration process is too difficult for many elderly who cannot complete the forms. Also Ms. Miller felt that it was too cumbersome to have to make a reservation to be picked up by the bus by calling the day before. Many elderly people cannot remember this process and should be picked up without having to call. Ms. Stern felt that this was a common problem shared by the entire aging population. There was a consensus that members would like to see the Senior Advisory Board continue and commended them for having done an excellent job in the past. 2 Meeting Minutes ' Advisory Board on Children and Youth Meeting Boynton Beach, FL November 19, 2001 Vice Chair Waldman announced that Ms. Currier, who had been Iooldng for someone to cook the turkeys for the Thanksgiving meal on Tuesday, has enlisted Ellie's Diner for the job. B. Volunteer Project @ Rolling Green - January 5, 12, 19, 2002 Ms. Claude informed Vice Chair Waldman that Glenda Hall from the Parks Department had met with the Boy Scouts. Ms. Geathers will be meeting with John Wildner. The two dates still need to be decided upon. Youth Council - Workshop Scheduled for December 1 at the Library, 9:00 a.m. Vice Chair Waldman announced the workshop. Most members said that they could not attend, but Vice Chair Waldman will be present. Anyone who has any suggestions should provide them to him or Ms. Claude prior to the workshop. D. Visiting Speakers Program After the Thanksgiving Holiday, Vice Chair Waldman, Ms. Stern and Mr. Masso will be getting together to discuss the speakers program. A report will be made to the Board. E. Youth Volunteer Bank Vice Chair Waldman submitted an article to the Boynton Beach Times on the Youth Volunteer Bank. A copy was distributed. Mr. Masso is also preparing an article for the Atlantic High School Newspaper. Ms. Stern suggested that the Board should look into placing a notice on the WXEL community news section regarding the Board's involvement with the volunteer bank and inviting the public to attend the Board meetings. Vice Chair Waldman will check into this. He also suggested that the Board could volunteer to answer phones during a pledge drive, which would be good publicity for the Board. F. Bob Borovy Award/Scholarship Ms. Claude reported that a $500 check had been received from a member of the Borovy family that will be added to the fund. G. Youth Expo No report H. Other 3 Meeting Minutes Advisory Board on Children and Youth Meeting Boynton Beach, FL November19,2001 Ms. Stern reported that she read in the newspaper that the Chris Evert Foundation supports the youth of South Palm Beach. Ms. Stern thought it would be to the Board's benefit to write to the foundation to determine if any of the Board's programs might be eligible for a donation. There was a consensus among the members that Ms. Stern follow through on this by sending a letter to the Foundation. She was advised to contact Ms. Claude to obtain the necessary stationery. VI. New Business None VII. Next Meeting: December 27, 2001 After discussion members decided to change the December meeting to Thursday, December 20, 2001. Motion Ms. Wilkinson moved that the Board meeting be changed to December 20th from December 27th, which was seconded by Ms. Stern and unanimously carried. VIII. Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting properly adjourned at 7:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Barbara M. Madden Recording Secretary (one tape) (November 20, 2001) 4