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City of Saratoga
Youth Commission
MINUTES
DATE: Tuesday, May 11, 2010
TIME: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LOCATION: City Hall
13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Call to Order 7:03
Roll Call: Baker (late), Dev, Estes, Fariba,Fatemi (absent), Finch, Goel, Kuan, MorganWitts, Mu,
Nookala, Rao, Rees, Sheikh (absent), L. Tang, S. Tang,Tkalcevic, Wilson. (Tang Roll Call)
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this meeting was
properly posted on May 5,2010.
Accept Agenda Items: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section
54954.2.
Approval of April Minutes. Fariba, Estes
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. Working with Downtown Village businesses (Vishal)
i. Teen Friendly Award
• Give a business this award for a month
• Get the business to offer a deal to further popularize downtown
• Something we should move forward with? YES
ii. Bollywood Dance in Mid August weekend before school starts
• Indian Club at SHS played a large part in this
• Could help sell snacks, endorse, set up a table to advertise the Youth
Commission
Taste of Saratoga
• Will be held after next year’s training
• Will help with both Bollywood and Taste of Saratoga
• Adam will contact Jill Hunter, who is a member of the organization
putting on events in Downtown
b. Meeting with the Library Commission (Henig)
• Possibly work with next year, informative meeting
II. Old Business
a. Rotary Art Show
i. How was it?
Made approximately $200
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b. Website Update (Sheikh)
i. Website Not use this next year? leave decision up to next year’s commission
ii. Facebook best avenue of advertisement, Natalie will send reminder about the
Hunger Banquet
c. Committee Updates
i. Blog Group
1. Making contact with The Saratoga News (Mu)
Sent emails to Brian Babcock, forwarded to his editor, patience, wait
another 2 weeks
ii. Endorse Saratoga
1. Hunger Banquet
a. May 18 th @ the Community Center
b. 79pm (setup 6:15pm)
• Great opportunity for those applying for the commission to show their interest
• Invite the City Council members, find out by Friday if they will be able to attend
• Will talk to teachers, possible extra credit
• Find out by Friday how many people you can bring
• Check w/ audio and visual people to make sure the system
c. Update
2. Sacred Heart – 4/24 from 912 noon
a. Update from group
• Planted a garden, better than other experiences at Sacred
Heart, different from what we expected
• Continue volunteering at Sacred Heart next year
iii. Events
1. Film Fest
a. Update
• fair amount of people showed up, families of filmmakers
• should have had a larger audience, judges, etc.
• hardly a success
• next time have the event at the Warner Hutton House
2. Concert
a. Project 143 Update
• Next year
b. Summer Concerts
i. Battle of the Bands (8/6, 8/14, 8/20)
• Not obligated to but welcome to attend
iv. In the Park (MorganWitts, Fariba, Wilson)
a. Arbor Day
i. Update
• something we can do next year, get more kids to attend, face
painting, have the event at the school, get involved in other
activities in the parks, music in the park
d. Overall assessment of 20092010 Youth Commission (Henig)
i. Final thoughts from Training to Hunger Banquet
Good
Environment
Concerts
community service
branching out
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YACing
good blueprint for future years
ice breaking
team building
Bad
Publicity
Website
Rotary participation
Following through
Blog/Community Outreach
Attendance
Using Resources
Committee usage
Communication
Outside commitment
ii. Recommendations for next year’s commission
People who are passionate and willing to be willing put in time
Someone who can speak up
Set goals – plan an event at training
Subcommittees get together and set their own schedule, plan, goals
e. Senior commendations (Date)
Seniors receive a plaque, first Wednesday in June
f. End of the Year Get Together?
Adam will find a date, Seniors will plan
III. Calendar
i. Hunger Banquet – May 18 th
IV. Adjournment 8:46
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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 May 5, 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.