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Youth Commission
MINUTES
DATE: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
TIME: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Cit y Hall
13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Call to Order 7:03
Roll Call: Baker, Dev, Estes (late), Fariba, Fatemi, Finch (late), Goel, Kuan (late), Morgan
Witts, Mu (late), Nookla, Rao, Rees, Sheikh, L. Tang, S. Tang, Tkalcevic, Wilson. (Tang Roll
Call)
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this
meet ing was properly posted on November 3, 2009.
Accept Agenda Items: No addit ional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section
54954.2.
Approval of October Minutes.
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. Library – Grand Opening for Teen Area
We could add flyers/a calendar to the bulletin board.
b. Social Media (Baker)
i. Flickr Account
ii. Youtube Account
iii. Communit y Calendar
1. Portal for teens
II. Old Business
a. Website Update (Sheikh, Rees, Tkalcevic)
i. News fro m Ramiz
Website categories:
Committees: In the Park, Endorse Saratoga, Outreach, Downtown
• One person fro m each committee will write up a short blurb
• Short Blurbs about each committee by next Tuesday to Adam
Events: Concerts, Film Fest
Communit y Calendar upcoming events
Blog
Homepage: Get to Know us
Contact us: commissioner bios, agendas/minutes, ask the SYC, YC articles
Meet ing on Thursday, get a website up by December 1
ii. Facebook reminder about concert
b. Committee Updates
i. Blog Group (Fatemi) saratogateen.wordpress.com à will connect this to
the website
1. 1 st Round of submissio ns – Topic is downtown AND teens
2. Next Topic: Library
Possible Topics: Homework, review of concerts, “running topics”
like music, movies, sports, food, local bands, teen driving, try to
keep topics more relevant to Saratoga
ii. Endorse Saratoga (L. Tang, Tkalcevic, Dev, Wilson, Rees, Rao, Mu,
Nookala, Kuan) Meeting on Wednesday at 5:00
a. Hunger Banquet (Tkalcevic)
Separated into groups, speech, documentary, discussio n
50 people, pretty successful
Hunger Banquet group will meet
b. SJ Family Shelter (Nookala)
Serving lunch on Saturdays/Sundays, lunch 102, would
also take donated food, January 3 and January 23, check
calendars for any free Saturday in January
c. Sacred Heart (Kuan)
Only accept food for one day o f the week
Flexible schedule
d. Tshirts & logo
Will take old tshirts and tie dye them
Get to Adit ya by Friday – which tshirt we want
e. Meet with LGYC & MSYC (Kait lin and Vishal)
Group will meet with Adam and then will arrange meet ing
with other youth commissio ns.
iii. Events
1. Filmfest (Sheikh, Baker)
a. Schedule of deadlines, location, policies, market ing
(schools)
Location: Communit y Room in Library, North Campus
Tentative Date: May 7, 2010
Marketing: Ut ilize film classes, put up flyers
Film fest committee will meet and explore locations
Meet Wednesday at 6:00 pm
2. Concerts (MorganWitts, Sheikh, Rees, Rao, Fatemi, Fariba, Estes,
Wilson)
a. November 20 th shifts
i. 5:308:30 pm
ii. 8:3010:30 pm
b. Pass out flyers!!!!
c. Local/Saratogabased bands for future shows
Trying to get a Saratoga band for the December 11 show
3. Dance (Rees)
a. Invisible Children?
Possibly in February?
4. Lecture Series (Baker)
a. Update
Have a lecture in the late fall/spring
iv. In the Park (MorganWitts, Fariba, Wilso n)
1. Meet ing with Parks & Recreat ion Co mmissio n
Lecture series about environment, Arbor Day, Earth Day, music
fest ivals in the parks, Night out at the park –movie, stargazing
Arbor/Earth Day – April, Parks and Rec Co mmission will choose a
date, will try to get date, location, activit ies invo lved
v. Downtown (Goel, Finch)
1. Meet with Planning Co mmissio n?
Table the issue
III. Calendar
i. Concert –November 20 th Sign up for shifts!
ii. Concert –December 11 th
iii. YAC Attack –March 6, 2010 Will talk about next meet ing
1. Workshops/Roundtables/Debate topics would you like to lead
iv. Rotary Art Show – 1 st Sunday in May
IV. TAKE GROUP PHOTO
V. 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 November 3, 2009 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.