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City of Saratoga
Youth Commission
MINUTES
DATE: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
TIME: 7:00p.m.
LOCATION: Warner Hutton House
13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Call to Order (7:04)
Roll Call: Agrawal, Chang, Gupta, Khare, Lee, Lin, Pandya , Smith, Sreedhara, Vijay, Wang
(All Present).
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this meeting
was properly posted on January 13, 2014.
Accept Agenda Items : No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section
54954.2.
Approval of December 10 minutes CHANG, AGRAWAL MOVED TO APPROVE YOUTH
COMMISSION MINUTES FOR YOUTH COMMISSION MEETINGS ON DECEMBER
10, 2013. Motion passed. Ayes: Agrawal, Chang, Gupta, Lee, Lin, Smith, Sreedhara, Wang,
Vijay. Noes: none. Absent: Khare, Pandya. Abstain: None.
Oral & Written Communication: Any member of the public may address the Commission about
any matter not on the agenda for this meeting for up three minutes. Commissioners may not
comment on the matter, but may choose to place the topic on a future agenda.
I. Old Business
a) Laser Tag reflection
-Spreadsheet with individual person’s names for an easier check-in process
-Guns with visible lasers
-Test out the different types of games for different situations
-110 ten participated
-Equipment cost= $390
-$550 income
-Easy to put back equipment
-Find a way to fix barriers/gymnastics equipment
b) Marketing Strategies
-Take pictures at the end of the meeting
-Facebook page
-Keep up posting: meeting by meeting assignments (one post per person)
-January meeting (2) Nihar, Jane
II. Special Events/ Community Outreach
a) March on March 21st
-CHANG MOVED TO DISCONTINUE PLANNING FOR THE MARCH 21ST
ANTIBULLYING MARCH. Motion passed. Ayes: Agrawal, Chang, Gupta, Khare,
Lee, Lin, Pandya, Smith, Sreedhara, Wang, Vijay. Noes: None. Abstain: None.
b) Possible collaboration with TAB or other community groups
-Invite TAB to next meeting
c) March 2nd: Hakone Celebration (Chinese New Years)
III. Project Corner Stone
-CHANG MOVED TO HOLD A MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE FOR REDWOOD/
FISHER STUDENTS. Motion passed. Ayes: Agrawal, Chang, Gupta, Khare, Lee, Lin,
Smith, Sreedhara, Wang, Vijay. Noes: none. Abstain: Pandya.
a) Redwood Middle School Administration Meeting update with Lockhart
-Meet with Lockheart on the week of the 20th
IV. Walk-One-Week (WOW)
a) Update with elementary schools
-Argonaut principal on leave
-Email all schools
-Saratoga: March
-Argonaut: April
-Foothills: May
Filming: Sunday 26th at 8am at the Warner
V. Youth Commission Social
CHANG MOVED TO HOLD A YOUTH COMMISSION BONDING ACTIVITY. Motion
passed. Ayes: Agrawal, Chang, Gupta, Khare, Lee, Lin, Pandya, Smith, Sreedhara, Wang,
Vijay. Noes: None. Abstain: None.
a) Ideas
-Voted on Trip to San Francisco (community service and dinner)
b) Dates
-Tentative: Feb 17th
VI. YAC Attack
-One time slot based on how we ran our events
-One time slot based on a debate about relevant issues
VII. Agenda Items for Next Meeting-Tuesday, January 28, 2014
VIII. Adjournment (8:48)
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Certificate of Posting of Agenda: l, Bridget Eddings, Recreation Coordinator for the City of
Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of the Youth Commission of the City
of Saratoga was posted on January 13, 2014 at the office of the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale
Ave ., Saratoga, CA 95070 and was available for public review at that location. The agenda is
also available on the City's website at www.saratoga.ca.us.