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MEETING DATE: June 1, 2011 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Ann Sullivan, City Clerk DIRECTOR:
SUBJECT: Appointment of Four Youth Commissioners and Oath of Office
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt the attached resolution appointing four (4) members to the Youth Commission and direct
the City Clerk to administer the Oath of Office.
REPORT SUMMARY:
On April 6, 2011, Council adopted Resolution No. 11-020 (attached) reaffirming the adoption of
Resolution No. 542-2 (attached) relating to the terms of office, meeting time, and other matters
concerning the Youth Commission. The newly adopted resolution (Resolution No. 11–020)
amends and restates Resolution No. 542-2, thereby, decreasing the current number of
commissioners serving on the Youth Commission from nineteen (19) to eleven (11) effective
April 6, 2011. As a result of this action, there were a total of four (4) vacancies on the
commission effective July 1, 2011. In addition, Resolution No. 11-020 prohibits consecutive full
terms for Commissioners appointed to the Commission after April 6, 2011.
The City Council recently conducted interviews to fill the four (4) vacancies on the Youth
Commission resulting from expired terms of Kevin Mu, Lauren Kuan, Aditya Dev, Troy Estes,
Lauren Tang, Vishal Goel, Natasha Morgan-Witts, Priyanka Nookala, Sarah Tang, Ali Wilson
and Mercedes Chien.
Council appointed Ruchi Pandya and Sokena Zaidi to the Youth Commission and re-appointed
Mercedes Chien and Sarah Tang to the Youth Commission. The terms for these commissioners
will be July 2011 to July 2013.
Upon direction from the City Council the Oath of Office will be administered by the City Clerk
and signed by the new Commissioners. The administered Oaths of Office will be effective July 1,
2011.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
N/A
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Appointments will not be made to the Youth Commission.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
N/A
FOLLOW UP ACTION:
Update City’s Official Roster.
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, this item was properly posted as a City Council agenda
item and was included in the packet made available on the City’s web site in advance of the
meeting. A copy of the agenda packet is also made available at the Saratoga Branch Library each
Monday in advance of the Council meeting.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment – Resolution No. 11-020
Attachment – Resolution No. 542-2
Attachment – Resolution of Appointment for July 2011
Attachment – Oaths of Office (4)