MINUTES

September 7, 1999

Commissioners in Attendance:

KayeBurnside, Joe Canciamilla, Tony Colon, John Cullen, Terrissa Hein, VioletSmith, Kathleen Tabor, Dr. William Walker, Dr. Michael Zwerdling

Welcome

Item 1. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 7:10 by Scott Tandy,Chief Assistant County Administrator.

Item 2. Self-Introductions by Commissioners

Allmembers of the Commission and Alternates introduced themselves.

Operating Procedures

Item 3 Acknowledge receipt of County Ordinance 99-15

Receiptof Ordinance 99-15 was acknowledged by the Commission.

Item 4 Overview of Commission Responsibilities

Commission receiveda brief presentation from Scott Tandy outlining major responsibilities of theCommission.

Item 5 Presentation on the County Better GovernmentOrdinance and the State Brown Act

TheCommission received a presentation from Victor Westman, County Counsel.

Item 6. Consider role of Commission Alternates

Amotion was made by Dr. Walker to encourage the participation of CommissionAlternates in Commission discussions during open session meetings of theCommission. This motion was secondedand approved unanimously by the Commission.

Item 7. Consider election of a Commission Chair and Vice Chair

TheCommission reached consensus to postpone the election of a Chair and Vice Chairuntil a future date.

Public Comment

DorothyStuart of the Old Fire House School stated her interest in having theCommission endorse her efforts to have a future meeting of the State Childrenand Families First Commission hosted at Mills College in Oakland.

Fiscal and Administrative Systems

Item 8. Acknowledge the establishment of a Children and Families FirstTrust Fund

Theestablishment of the trust fund was acknowledged by the Commission.

Item 9. Presentation of requirements for receiving and spending Statefunds

TheCommission received a short presentation on this subject from Scott Tandy.

Item 10. Presentation on conflict of interest issues

TheCommission was briefed on conflict of interest issues by Victor Westman.

Staffing for the Commission

Item 11. Acknowledge CAO staff support for interimperiod and identification of other County staff resources

TheCommission acknowledged the role of CAO staff as interim staff support to theCommission and received a list of other County staff available to assist theCommission.

Item 12. Discuss process for screening and selecting anExecutive Director and other Commission staff and/or consultants

Thereached consensus to hold a closed session meeting on September 13, 1999 toreview the qualifications of applicants for the position of Executive Director,Contra Costa County Children and Families First Commission.

Item 13. Presentation of California Children and Families First StateCommission Guidelines

TheCommission received a brief presentation on the State Commission draftguidelines for County strategic planning by Jason Crapo, Management Analyst,CAO.

Item 14 Consider setting a tentative timeline for the Strategic PlanningProcess

TheCommission reached consensus to defer discussion of this item until theCommission has had the opportunity for greater discussion on the topic ofstrategic planning.

Item 15 Consider the creation of Advisory Committees

TheCommission reached consensus to defer discussion of this item until a futuremeeting.

Public Engagement Process

Item 16. Consider the approval of Letter of Intent tothe Peninsula Community Foundation for Civic Engagement Project

TheCommission received a presentation on the Letter of Intent and the CivicEngagement Project from John Cullen. Amotion was made and seconded to approve the Letter of Intent. The motion passed unanimously.

Amotion was made, seconded and approved to establish a subcommittee of theCommission to meet with representatives of the consortium of foundationssponsoring the Civic Engagement Project and further plan the details of ContraCosta Countys involvement in the Project.Members of the Civic Engagement Subcommittee include Kaye Burnside, JohnCullen, Violet Smith and Kathleen Tabor.Mary Foran will provide staff support to the subcommittee.

Other Items

Item17. Select participants for State-sponsored workshops in Sacramento and SanJose on September 22^nd and 23^rd

TerrissaHein and Violet Smith will attend the workshop in San Jose on September 23^rd.

Item 18. Schedule future meeting times and locations

TheCommission agreed to hold its next two meetings on September 13^thand September 20^th at 7:00 p.m. at 40 Douglas Drive, Martinez.

Item 19. Set agenda for next meeting

TheCommission discussed the agenda for the next Commission meeting. Items will include further discussion of thestrategic planning process and hiring of an Executive Director.

Adjournment

Themeeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.