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City of Saratoga
Youth Commission
Minutes
DATE: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
TIME: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Cit y Hall
13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Call to Order 7:05
Roll Call: Baker, Dev, Estes, Fariba (absent), Fatemi, Finch, Goel, Kuan, MorganWitts, Mu,
Nookla, Rao, Rees, Sheikh (late), L.Tang, S. Tang, Tkalcevic (absent), Wilson (absent).(Tang
Roll Call)
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this
meet ing was properly posted on February 2, 2010.
Accept Agenda Items: No addit ional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section
54954.2.
Approval of January Minutes.S.Tang, MorganWitts
Oral & Written Communication: Any member of the public may address the Commissio n
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. New Business
a. Meeting with MSYC
i. Review
1. Film Fest Partner?Good because we will get more films, can help
with advertising, MSYC might form a committee to meet with our
film fest sub committee, MSYC has their meet ing tomorrow
ii. Filmfest (May 7 th )
1. Venue Library Co mmunit y Room
2. Any films submitted yet?
3. Publicit y (promote fest ival to filmmakers) Saratoga Media Arts
Department wants to jo in in on the event – Ramiz will fo llow up
with this
a. Newspaper Art icle
b. Facebook
c. School Presentations
4. Judges?
II. Old Business
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a. Website Update (Sheikh, Rees, Tkalcevic)
i. News Trying to make calendar more attractive
ii. Facebook reminder about concert, blogs and other upcoming events
1. Make new friends! (Baker) New commissio ners can add all of their
friends – increase the number of people in the Facebook group and
make more effect ive
b. Committee Updates
i. Blog Group (Fatemi)
1. Market blog to public
a. SHS Falcon Article Kevin wrote an article about the
possibilit y of resuming high school dances.
b. Guest column? Monthly? Discuss wit h Saratoga Falcon
staff – can decide after Tara and Kevin meet with Saratoga
Falcon whether or not we should talk to Saratoga News
c. Letter to the editor?
d. Approach the Saratoga News –discuss before we meet
with them, come up with a few issues affect ing teens
2. Music Review fro m 1/29
ii. Endorse Saratoga
1. Hunger Banquet (Tkalcevic)
a. Committee needs to meet to discuss logistics will meet
Thursday 4:00
i. Location (MP or Library?) hoping for sometime in
March, afterschool
2. Sacred Heart 1/30
a. How’d it go?Went well, would like to do this again
b. Dates? April 24 9am12pm
iii. Events
1. Concert
a. Review of January 29 th Troy reviewed this concert. The
review is now on the website.
i. 180 people, $784 (includes snack sales)
b. Friday, February 12 th – shift s Ramiz will write the review
for this coming show.
i. 5:308:30 pm
ii. 8:3010:30 pm
c. Pass out flyers!!!!
d. Concert in April?
iv. In the Park (MorganWitts, Fariba, Wilso n, Rao)
1. Update from meet ing with PRC
a. Arbor Day (Details) April 22
YC subcommittee will meet with PRC subcommittee
2. 2015/AdoptATree (Fariba)
a. Partner with any groups? Kia contacted Jill Hunter, would
have to pitch in and buy the tree…
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3. Trail cleanup PRC is creating a crew of Saratoga vo lunteers to
clean up the trails – we could go as a commissio n and clean this up
– might do this at a later time
c. YAC Attack –Saturday, March 6 th in Santa Clara.
i. Attending: Jacob, Kia, Sammy, Kevin, Di, Kait lin, Troy, Tara, Elena
ii. Carpool – meet at the Communit y Center show up at 8:15 (at Communit y
Center)
iii. Workshop: “The New Teen Movement” (Rao & Fariba)
1. Meet again How Facebook and other social networking
applicat ions can make your commission successful
2. Break off into groups, set goals, discuss how these goals can be
achieved using social networking sites
d. Fun Day J – Friday, February 26 th at the Warner Hutton House
i. Schedule
1. 7:009:00 p.m.
2. Trial run of YAC Attack Workshop
3. Break into committees and focus on endo fyear events
Film Fest: Ramiz, Kevin, Troy, Elena
Hunger Banquet: Lauren T, Sarah, Kait lin, Lauren K, Priyanka
Arbor Day: Vishal, Natasha, Kia, Ali
YAC Attack: Tara, D, Sammy
Schedule:
7:00 Dinner/Plan
7:45 Dessert
8:00 TieDye
8:15 Dry Run of YAC Attack Workshop
9:00 Finish
III. Calendar
1. Concert –February 12 th
2. YAC Attack –March 6 th
3. Meet ing March 9 th
4. Concert –March 27 th
5. Arbor Day – April 22 nd
6. Rotary Art Show – May 2 nd
7. FilmFest – May 7 th
IV. Adjournment 8:18
In compliance with the Americans wit h Disabilit ies Act, if you are a disabled person and you
need a disabilit yrelated modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, please
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Certificate of Posting of Agenda:
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I, Adam Henig, Recreat ion Supervisor for the Cit y of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda
for the meet ing of the Parks and Recreation Co mmissio n of the Cit y o f Saratoga was posted on
January 5, 2010 at the office of the Cit y of Saratoga, 13777 Fruit vale Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070
and was available for public review at that location. The agenda is also available on the Cit y’s
website at www.saratoga.ca.us.
Minutes taken by Lauren Tang, Secretary.