Santa Barbara County Child Planning Council

Proposed minutes of July 13, 2005

Meeting held at the Santa Maria Veteran’s Memorial Center “Studio”

Vishna Herrity welcomed everyone and asked if all would assemble in the courtyard after the meeting for a group photograph.
Vishna handed out heart pins with child and caregiver, as a welcome to everyone.
Everyone introduced themselves
Vishna passed around the master list of committees and action teams for members to edit and clarify their expected participation.
Agenda approved as written

II.Approval of Minutes of June 8, 2005:

III.General Public Comment Period:

IV.VOTE: Approve: County Priorities, for Subsidized Child Care Funding:

Flo Furuike moved to approve the proposed County Priorities for Subsidized Child Care Funding. Jennie Martinez seconded the motion. No discussion. MSC.

V.VOTE: Approve: Santa Barbara County: The Status of Early Care & Education Report:

Deborah Conn moved to approve the Santa Barbara County: The Status of Early Care & Education Report. Diana Harmon seconded the motion. No discussion. MSC
Appreciation was expressed to all who have worked on the report.
Fran Forman invited members to join in an event where the document will be distributed for the first time.

VI.VOTE: Approve MOU for AB212:

Postpone vote until next month. First 5 and County Counsel are reviewing the document.
It will be an agreement not an MOU.
It should be ready for approval by the Steering Committee at the next meeting.

VII.VOTE: Approve New Members:

Kelly Arredondo (Public Agency), Katharina Zulliger (Consumer), Leslie Voss (Provider), Jennie Martinez (Provider) and Rachel Couch (Liaison to the BOS) are proposed new members.
Karin Dominguez, Chair of the Membership Committee, moved to approve the new members. MSC Approved unanimously.

VIII.VOTE: Approve CCPC Roster:

Karin Dominguez, Chair of the Membership Committee, moved to approve the revised CCPC roster. MSC Approved unanimously.

IX.VOTE: Approve Vice Chair:

Karin Dominguez, Chair of the Nominating Committee, moved from the committee to approve the nomination of Flo Furuike as Vice Chair. MSC
Nominations from the floor were invited. Seeing none a roll call vote was taken.
Flo Furuike was approved unanimously to be the Vice Chair.

X.Installation of New Officers:

Officers, Vishna Herrity (Chair), Fran Forman (Past Chair), Flo Furuike (Vice Chair), and Diane Harmon (Secretary/Treasurer) read the oath of office.
All members present joined in a reading of, and recommitment to, the Council Vision and Mission.

XI.Recognition of Members:

Karin Dominguez gave a special thank you to Council leaders including the officers, Trudy Adair-Verbais, liaison to the Superintendent of County Schools, Jennifer Bergquist, Chair of the Strategic Plan Committee, Sharol Viker, for the Office of Early Care & Education, First 5, and Staff Valerie Kolstad and Dyan Bomer.
A special gift and thanks were presented to Fran Forman, the outgoing Chair. Fran responded with words of thanks to everyone on the Council.
A special gift and thanks were presented to Deborah Conn, outgoing Inclusive Child Care Project Coordinator but continuing member of ICCAT.
Vishna Herrity thanked Karin Dominguez and the Membership Committee for the meaningful membership recognition they prepared for today.

XII.Committees & Action Teams:

Council members broke into working groups (Program Improvement Action Team, Inclusive Child Care Action Team, Public Awareness Action Team, and Strategic Plan Committee) to further develop Team/Committee membership, leaders, objectives, and activity timelines for 2005-2006. The Priorities/CEL/Needs Assessment Action Team did not meet in the absence of the leader and because the Team has a well developed timeline for the year.
Council staff will incorporate the objectives in a comprehensive annual calendar, which will be part of the Council Internal Action Plan for 2005-2006. Steering Committee will review at the next meeting.

XIII.Coordinator’s Report (written). There was clarification about one item:

A representative from Council is invited to join the Child Abuse Prevention Council. Flo Furuike will continue her membership on the Council and Valerie Kolstad, Coordinator, plans to attend.
There is a Child Abuse Prevention Council in every county.
The Santa Barbara Child Abuse Prevention Council meets monthly.
The new 3-year plan addressing child abuse prevention, to be submitted to the state, has been drafted and is out for public input now. The draft will be reviewed at a meeting at 2:30 today at People Helping People in Solvang.
The Child Abuse Prevention Council is being restructured but it will meet the second Wednesday of the month 1:30-3:30 in mid-county.

XIV.Other Business/Announcements:

Trudy announced the CalPIN meeting on July 22 is cancelled. The September 26, 3:30-6:30 meeting at the Grange is still on where the group will be looking at draft Standards for Preschool. On October 7, 12-4 at SBCEO Board Room they will meet for a coordinated county responds to the Standards. Anyone interested can go to CDE website to give individual response as well.
Trudy announced that on Wednesday Sept. 7, 9-4 Cindy Betts from CDE will be doing a training for the state coordinated review in the Auditorium of SBCEO.
Irene Buzzard announced the Santa Barbara Anti-defamation League is receiving a grant to conduct workshops for parents, teachers and caregivers. Call Cynthia for more information if 882-1901.
Deborah Conn requested help to stuff ICCAT resources packets in SM. Date not set yet.
The Strategic Plan Committee will be meeting today at 11:45 and members were encouraged to participate.