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City of Saratoga
Youth Commission
MINUTES Meeting
DATE: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
7:00 p.m.
LOCATION City Hall Administration Conference Room
13777 Fruitvale Ave.
Saratoga, CA 95070
Call to Order 7:02
Roll Call: Annamalai, Baker,Dev (absent), El-Diwany (absent),Fariba, Fatemi, Finch, Kausar, Rao
(late), Rateau, Rees,Rezaii (absent),Tang, Tkalcevic, Tseng,Zhao(absent).
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this meeting
was properly posted on January 8, 2008.
Accept Agenda Items: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section
54954.2.
Approval of the December minutes.
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. Concert with Pinup Productions Andrew
i. February 20 th with 5606 and Amerson at Community Center
ii. Details & Vote all in favor-approved
b. Parks and Recreation Commission 12/17 subcommittee meeting (update)
i. Attended: Rateau & El-Diwany
ii. Park and Recreation Commission joint meeting March 10 th at 6:00 p.m.
iii. how can we best use our parks –community service in parks or gardens
c. YC retreat -reassess goals and objectives future direction of the commission
i. Date? Friday February 27 th 7:00-9:30
II. Old Business
a. Safe Rides
i. Update – Scheduled to be on City Council Agenda for 1/21 Will not be put
on the city council agenda- need 2 city council members to approve, city
council members and sheriff department do not support this program, will
contact Farid-discuss or invite to next meeting,
ii. Who would like to be involved?
b. After-school Program Update
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i. Survey – Feedback results There were over 60 responses to email: Parents are
willing to pay for the program, do not want a drop in program- want a drop
in program, want a program close by to Redwood (Community Center,
Warner Hutton House)
ii. Anything else? Possibly use the library cafe for an after school program, sell
snacks, set up games, promote activities there, will put item on agenda for
retreat
c. KSAR class
i. Update: Rezaii & Finch did not attend...
d. Snow Trip
i. January 31, 2009 @ Northstar
ii. Co-sponsored with Los Altos & Bay Area Ski Bus Only have 3-4 spots filled,
Los Altos only has 3 spots filled
e. Film Fest
i. Update from subcommittee meeting
January: website feedback (1/26), saratogateen.com/Flix
February:promotion video (2/2), presentations (2/2-2/15), flyers (2/2)
April: submission deadline: (4/14)
May: exhibition date: (5/15)
ii. What else needs to be taken care of
St Francis- Kia
Saratoga: Justin and Elena
Monta Vista: Sangita
Lynbrook: Sameer, Lauren
Bellarmine: Jacob
Los Gatos-Corey,Justin
Homstead-Corey
Castilleja, Gunn, Palo Alto-Sammy
Westmont-Aditya, Kayvon,
presentations-meet with Adam before 2/2
Natalie and Sangita will visit Wildwood Park
f. E-media
i. Saratogateen.com (updates & feedback)
ii. Facebook –Updates update on snow trip
III. Adjournment to next meeting: February 10, 2009 8:17
Minutes completed by Lauren Tang, laurenntang@yahoo.com.
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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
Youth Commission of the City of Saratoga was posted on January 8, 2008 at the office of the City of Saratoga, 13777
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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.