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Home My WebLink About12-09-08 Youth Commission Minutes1 City of Saratoga Youth Commission Minutes Meeting DATE: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 7:00 p.m. LOCATION City Hall Administration Conference Room 13777 Fruitvale Ave. Saratoga, CA 95070 Call to Order 7:04 Roll Call: Annamalai, Baker, Dev, El-Diwany, Fariba, Fatemi, Finch (absent), Kausar, Rao, Rateau (late), Rees, Rezaii (absent), Tang, Tkalcevic, Tseng, Zhao. Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this meeting was properly posted on December 2, 2008. Accept Agenda Items: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2. Approval of the November minutes.(Fariba motion, Annamalai second) 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. Parent Release Forms – Turn in copy if you haven’t done so. b. YC T-shirt i. Yes or No?make for film fest later on in year c. Safe Rides (Farid Jiandani) approved, unanimous i. Logistics Would be run through Saratoga High School Use Warner Hutton House as a central location (twice a month) Boy Scouts of America have overall blanket of insurance Training process through Saratoga High School Vice Principal- Ms. Hyde ii. Start Date as soon as possible iii. Who would like to be involved from Commission Can serve as drivers or riders Contact Ms. Hyde (SHS Vice Principal) d. After-school Program Update i. Ad-Hoc Committee (Rateau & El-Diwany) ii. Survey – Feedback 2 Change types of questions, include brief background about old program, more questions, multiple choice, change question wording (i.e. unstructured vs. structured) e. Parks and Recreation Commission subcommittee meeting i. Scheduled for December 17 th . ii. Attending: Rateau & El-Diwany What makes teens go to parks? Bike parks f. KSAR class i. Overview Taking a class to learn how to make videos 1. Rezaii & Finch II. Old Business a. Review of “Chill Night” Can put effort into other events such as high school events b. Review of “Invisible Children” event i. Attendance:good attendance, very successful event, 254 people attended, 40 people from Saratoga ii. Collaboration: Have a dance like this in the future?, Saratoga High School would like to have a dance like this, we can help out? c. Review of YAC Social i. Overview (get to know you games, dinner, each commission explains what they do and how they are structured, dance off, discussed on way home) ii. Feedback from participants Not very intellectual didn’t get a lot of time to collaborate with other commissions. 1. YC Retreat? After leadership summit 2. Leadership Summit Discussion with other commissions in the South Bay, meeting in February/March on a Saturday afternoon, large meeting with a few reps from each commission d. Snow Trip i. January 31, 2009 @ Northstar ii. Co-sponsored with Los Altos & Bay Area Ski Bus iii. Fee: $99 1. Flyers!!!! 24 spots, start filling spots up! e. Film Fest i. Update from subcommittee meeting Still moving through planning stages: Location: Wildwood Park Date: May 15 (tentative date) Work alone (without help of another commission) Start producing publicity asap - flyers, website, promo video (Natalie, Tara, Elena), t-shirts, get businesses to help support film fest? Film Makers: Saint Francis, Castilleja, Saratoga High School, Los Gatos, Mitty Film Clubs f. E-media i. Saratogateen.com (updates & feedback) Kayvon was not present. ii. Facebook –Updates Will put film fest on the calendar a soon as date is confirmed g. Concert i. Updates? On hold for now… 3 h. Lecture i. Update on Speakers 1. EA rep (Corey/Aditya) Confirmed that he would like to do this. 2. Facebook (Corey/Sammy) Is not willing speak unless paid… (no longer an option) 3. ALO (Aditya) Would like to speak-needs a date 4. “James Franco” (Cynthia/Lauren)Not going to be possible…(no longer an option) III. Adjournment to next meeting: January 8, 2009 Agenda completed by Lauren Tang, laurenntang@yahoo.com. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 408.868.1269 or ctclerk@saratoga.ca.us. Requests must be made as early as possible and at least one full business day before the start of the meeting. 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 November 12, 2008 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.