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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3-10-09 Youth Commission Minutes1  City of Saratoga  Youth Commission  Minutes­ Meeting DATE: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 7:00 p.m. LOCATION City Hall Administration Conference Room 13777 Fruitvale Ave. Saratoga, CA 95070 Call to Order 7:07 Roll Call: Annamalai, Baker, Dev, El-Diwany,Fariba, Fatemi, Finch (absent),Kausar (late), Rao (absent), Rateau, Rees, Rezaii (absent), Tang, Tkalcevic, Tseng (absent), Zhao. Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this meeting was properly posted on March 3, 2009. Accept Agenda Items: No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2. Approval of the March 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 –May 9 th ? With Pinup Productions Will get more info regarding publicity and bands Will update facebook group and get flyers out II. Old Business a. Reappointment for 2009-2010 i. Baker, Kausar, Rezaii, Tang b. Recap of Joint Meeting with Parks and Recreation Commission on March 10 th i. Thoughts? ii. Follow-up  Come up with ideas to use the parks…  skate park: where would we put this?  Kia will work with Adam to form a letter  Lights in the parks, bike trails  Sponsor an event at one of the parks c. Joint Council Meeting with City Council i. April 15 th /Time  Check in and let cit y council know what we have been do ing 2  Dress up for meet ing  If you will not be able to attend the meet ing – let Adam know asap ii. Topics?  1. Training (1 st day/2 nd day) – Lauren/Kait lin  2. Film Fest – Jacob and Sangita  3. Invisible Children Dance – Tiffany/Elena  4. Concert –Kayvo n/Sammy  5. Safe Rides, Snow Trip, Chill Night, Retreat –Aditya/Natalie  6. Youth Center & After School – Justin  7. Library Teen Services – Tara/Cynthia  8. Mustard Faire, Taste of Saratoga – Cynthia  9. Parks and Recreat ion Co mmissio n – Kia d. Concert with Pinup Productions i. Review of February 20 th Show –Door & Snack Sales ii. Response from peers iii. Thoughts/Recommendations for future shows Proactive in promoting the event Possible concert in the park during the summer Will find out from Andrew whether this is possible or not e. YC retreat -reassess goals and objectives i. Review ii. Follow-up  Think we finally found a direct ion  Looking more toward working on downtown and possibly communit y service  Looking for a way to make the communit y more friendly for youth  Survey is a lo ng/drawn out process  Research committee Tiffany (SHIFT), Cynthia (library), Jacob and Elena (other  youth commissio ns) f. Film Fest i. Update on presentations ii. Film Submissions iii. Remainder of the schedule for Filmfest planning (more films, promotion, presentations; meet with Chamber & downtown businesses)  Sammy, Sangita, Jacob have done presentations  Just in and Elena have gone to talk to talk to the Saratoga High film class teacher but  there are other film fests going on at the same time  Need film submissio ns and inquiries  Should we get rid of the theme requirement ? g. E-media i. Saratogateen.com (updates & feedback) 1. Logo!!!!! ii. Facebook –Updates III. Adjournment to next meeting: April 14, 2009 8:33 Agenda completed by Lauren Tang, secretary. 3 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 March 2, 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.