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DATE: Tuesday, January 8, 2019
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Warner Hutton House
13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 9507 0
City of Saratoga
Youth Commission
Minutes
Call to Order
(7:04pm)
Roll Call: Agarwal, Cheatham, Chittharanjan, Koneru, Miller (Tardy), Peer, Pyun, Rammohan,
Smails, Wiles, Yoon (Tardy).
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this
m eeting was properly post ed on January 4, 2019.
Accept Agenda Items : No additional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section
54954.2.
Approval of December 11th minutes (Chittharanjan, Pyun)
Oral & Written Communication: Any member of the public may address the Commission about any
matter not on th e 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. Mayor Cappello
a) Check-in and updates
a. Fall
b. Upcoming in the Spring!
• Car show 2019 is the 10th anniversary!
• Discussed vaping and stress/back to what we had discussed as a commission at the
training.
• State of the City – tentatively scheduled for September 2019
• Dog Social – partner with San Jose animal Shelter to see if they can bring dogs for to be
loved on by the teens in a controlled area.
II. Celebration of Light - Recap
a) How much hot chocolate did we use? Tree Lighting – about 8 cans; Celebration of Light
– about 5 cans.
b) Notes for next year?
• 3-4 scoops of hot chocolate with 10 oz. of water
III. Movie Night – Recap
a) What went well?
b) How to improve for next time? Double check the DVD for skipping and location was
slightly too remote.
IV. Tree Planting – Options Update
a) Update – Kayla
a. Our City Forest - Briana
i. Volunteer Days
V. Walk One Week - Updates
a) Reach out to local schools for dates to do WOW
a. Argonaut - Kami
b. Saratoga – Mary Elizabeth
*Isaac & Pranav will attend the prize assembly!
c. Foothill – Naisha
i. Schedule who will attend assembly and pre-meeting
ii. Student Council Meeting 12:24-1:00pm – Thursday, April 25, 2019
*Chris will attend!
iii. Assembly to present Awards 8:40am - May 17, 2019
*Carolyn & Safia will attend
d. Marshall Lane – Safia
VI. Art Exhibition
a) May 4-5, 2019
b) West Valley College
c) Select upcoming meeting to invite the Rotary volunteer coordinator to attend.
Motion to work with Rotary (Cheatham; Chittharanjan); PASSED 11 (yes), 0 (no).
Motion to invite Rotary’s volunteer coordinator and James to the February 12th meeting
(Smails, Miller); PASSED 11 (yes), 0 (no)
VII. Color Dash
a) Subcommittee Updates
VIII. Kahoot!
a) New Venue
a. Location with projector
b) Pick a date in February? Motion to have Kahoot night on February 15th (Smails,
Rammohan); PASSED 8 (yes), 1 (no), 2 (abstain). Motion to hold it in either the
Multipurpose Room or the Warner Hutton House (Smails, Cheatham); PASSED 11 (yes),
0 (no).
c) Prize(s)
d) Requesting special attendance?
e) Marketing
a. Flyer Design – Pranav
b. Social Media/Local News Request to Lauren – Pranav
c. Flyer Distribution - Everyone
IX. Important Upcoming Dates
• January 25th: Winter Wonderland Dance – 5:00-9:30pm - Joan Pisani Community Center
X. Adjournment (8:59pm)
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Certificate of Posting of Agenda:
l, Kayla Nakamoto, Recreation Coordinator 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 4, 2019 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 websi te at www .saratoga.ca.us .