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City of Saratoga
Youth Commission
Minutes
DATE: Tuesday, January 11, 2011
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Cit y Hall – Administrative Conference Room
13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Call to Order 7:04
Roll Call: Chang, Dev, Estes (absent),Fariba (chair), Finch (absent), Goel, Khare (absent), Kuan,
MorganWitts, Mu, P. Nookala, V. Nookala, Smit h, Sreedhara, Sheikh (absent), L.Tang, S. Tang,
Wilson (absent). Chien (alternate)
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this meet ing
was properly posted on December 30, 2010.
Accept Agenda Items: No addit ional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section
54954.2.
Approval of December Minutes. Dev, Goel
Oral & Written Communication: Any member of the public may address the Commissio n about
any matter not on the agenda for this meet ing 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
Important Dates: YAC Social (March 5), Joint Council Meet ing (May 4)
a. Civic Engagement Fariba, Dev, Kuan, Chang, Sreedhara, Chien
i. Update from Monte Sereno (lecture)
Last year: state assembly member, Kia will attend Monte Sereno YC
meet ing tomorrow
ii. Update from Parks and Recreation Co mmissio n
1. Arbor Day at SHS (4/29/2011)
a. Cit y Council Approved? (Henig)
4/29 – cit y shuts down every other Friday, change date to 4/22
(Earth Day) – must notify SHS
b. SHS Approved? (P. Nookala, Finch, Dev)
Will talk to Ms. Hyde by next week
c. Logist ics
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i. Entertainment (Music via V. Nookala)
Vikas will contact teacher after the date is settled.
ii. Student Clubs
iii. Extra Credit
iv. Speaker/Walking Tours
iii. Teen Friendly Business Award
1. Vote on which business will receive the award for February.
• 12 votes for Bell Tower Bistro
• 20% existing discount for high school students (show student ID)
• “Ceremony” – Fri. February 11 @ 4:00pm (tentative), in front of restaurant or by the
banner
• Adam will ask Saratoga News to release an article during the week of Jan 711.
iv. ODFL
1. Update from committee (Smit h, Chang)
a. Week of 1/241/28
• Placing boxes in the English depart ment classrooms is a better idea (approximately
10 teachers/classrooms – will order 20 boxes to be safe), also leave one in the office,
library, cafeteria
• Use announcements at Saratoga High to tell people to donate to the boxes in their
English class
• Want to make easy for teachers, make sure it is effective
• D will write a creative/concise/ announcement and ask Saratoga High ASB President
to make it sound interesting
• Jane and Sierra will schedule a meet ing/appoint ment with Ms Hyde to finalize date,
locat ion (English dept. and other locations specified above), let her know teachers do
not have to do much
• Goal: $500 for ODFL
b. Special Events & Projects (SEP)– Finch, Wilso n, Goel, MorganWitts, Estes, P.
Nookala, V. Nookala
i. Concerts
1. January 28, 2011
2. Shift s (2 hours?) –
January 28
5:307 Mercedes, Jane, Sarah, Lauren T, Lauren K, Kevin
78:30 Vikas, Vishal, Priyanka, Sierra, Anu, Natasha
8:3010 Adit ya, Troy, Kia
Those that were absent –email Adam to sign up for a shift!
ii. Lecture Series
1. Ronnie Lott (Finch) Dates we offered did not work
a. Update –Recommended for Communit y Center at Saratoga
Prospect Center
b. Dates: 4/2 or 4/23
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2. Panel on Music Industry
a. March 5, 2011
i. Kait lin’s cousin (Finch) – Committed
Scouts bands to sign for big labels.
ii. Andrew fro m Pinup Productions (Henig) Committed
iii. Kia’s friend’s brother (Fariba) – Tyler can play live
music at the event
iv. Troy’s father’s friend ?
v. ALO (Dev) – emailed, wait ing to hear back
b. Publicit y
• Sarah/Lauren will make flyer
• Vishal will make a Facebook event
• Try to get blurb/brief in the high school newspapers
• Adam will find out if San Jose Mercury News will cover/write
article on the event
iii. Sacred Heart Communit y Service (April 2) Lauren K will contact Sacred
Heart
iv. Kaplan Test Workshop
1. ACT Test Prep has been scheduled.
2. Change of Location. Now at Communit y Center Portable
YC not required to do
c. Public Relations (PR) L. Tang, Khare, Mu, S. Tang, Smith, Shiekh
i. Facebook page
ii. Art icle/Editorial for Saratoga News (Mu)
Almost done with article, was wait ing
iii. Photographs taking pictures at concert on Jan 28
iv. Flyers making one for the Music Industry Panel
II. Agenda Items for Next Meeting—Tuesday, February 8, 2011
UPCOMING EVENTS:
1/28 Concert
1/241/28 ODFL
2/11 Ceremony for TFBA
3/5 Music Industry Panel
3/5 YAC Social
4/2 Sacred Heart (tentative)
4/22 Arbor Day/Earth Day
5/4 Joint Council Meet ing
III. Adjournment 8:07 pm
Minutes completed by Lauren Tang,laurentang18@gmail.com
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I, Adam Henig, Recreation Supervisor for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of the
Parks and Recreation Commission of the City of Saratoga was posted on December 8, 2010 at the office of the City of
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