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City of Saratoga
Youth Commission
MINUTES
DATE: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
TIME: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LOCATION: City Hall
13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Call to Order 7:05
Roll Call: Baker, Dev (absent), Estes, Fariba,Fatemi (absent), Finch, Goel, Kuan (absent), Morgan
Witts, Mu, Nookla, Rao (absent), Rees (absent), Sheikh, L. Tang, S. Tang,Tkalcevic (absent), Wilson.
(Tang Roll Call)
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this meeting was
properly posted on March 3, 2010.
Accept Agenda Items: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section
54954.2.
Approval of February Minutes. Fariba, Goel
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. New Business
a. Project 143 Jared Stossel
• Non profit organization/cancer charity
• Organize shows and looking for venues
• Looking to create additional concerts, most attendees are high school students
• Concert subcommittee meet (Troy, Ramiz, Natasha)
• Subcommittee will look to further partner with Project 143
II. Old Business
a. Website Update (Sheikh, Rees, Tkalcevic)
i. News
• Mysteriously down
• Flix site works, Flikr works
• Facebook fan page?
• Post messages straight to the websites through twitter
• Monthly updates – try to send out updates about events/meetings
• Kaitlin will send out updates about Film Fest/Concert
ii. Facebook reminder about concert, blogs and other upcoming events
1. Make new friends!Send out requests to join group by next Monday
b. Committee Updates
i. Blog Group (Fatemi)
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1. Market blog to public
a. SHS Falcon Article
• Will get an article about the film fest
ii. Endorse Saratoga
1. Hunger Banquet (Tkalcevic)
a. March 25 th @ the Community Center
i. 79pm (setup 6:15pm)
• seems easy to put together
• need flyers (by May 20)
• talk to clubs about
• location, time, who is hosting it, why you should come
• meet and get everything together
b. Update from committee
2. Sacred Heart – 4/24 from 912 noon
a. Brunch at Denny’s? sign up!
iii. Events
1. Film Fest
a. May 7 th at the Saratoga Library
b. Films due April 20 th
c. Update from Committee (Baker & Ramiz)
• Have everything except advertisements
• In the community room
• Find out if we can get a newspaper articles (email Adam by
March 15)
• 7:009:00pm
2. Concert
a. Review of February 12 th
i. 180 people, $665 (includes snack sales)
b. BIG CONCERT
i. Saturday, March 27 th – shifts
1. 5:008:30 pm
2. 8:0010:30 pm
• attendance will double
• need everyone to help out, snack shack will be very busy
• are going to have the concert in 3 rooms
• financially will benefit us
c. Concert on Friday, April 16 th
iv. In the Park (MorganWitts, Fariba, Wilson, Rao)
1. Update from meeting with PRC from 3/8
a. Arbor Day (Details)
• Azule Park
• Friday 4pm, neighborhood event, planting a tree, mayor
will speak, easter egg hunt/scavenger hunt involving the
trees, music
• Lead activities, assist
2. 2015/AdoptATree (Fariba)
a. Partner with any groups? Trees are expensive
b. Acorns? Spread acorns, more affordable alternative
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c. YAC Attack – Saturday, March 6 th in Santa Clara.
i. Review of event and workshops.
• Overall good – good speaker in the beginning
• Santa Clara Community center is right next to their middle school – used
classrooms
• Workshops were interesting – surveying people in person, starting to
work for the Los Altos YC
• Some of the topics:Balloon making, Adam’s workshop about reality TV,
student publishing, “How to get a date?”, how to interact with businesses
in the community
• How to use Social media for your youth commission – went smoothly,
got approximately 20 people, a good discussion
d. Fun Day
i. Try again?
ii. Schedule April 2
1. 7:009:00 p.m.
2. Break into committees and focus on endofyear events
III. Calendar
1. Hunger Banquet – May 20
2. Concert – March 27 th
3. Meeting – April 20 th
4. Arbor Day – April 23 rd
5. Rotary Art Show – May 2 nd
6. Joint Council Meeting – May 5 th
7. Film Fest – May 7 th
8. Meeting – May 11 th
IV. Adjournment 8:44
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Certificate of Posting of Agenda:
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 March 3 , 2010 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.