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CALL MEETING TO ORDER
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public may address the Selection Committee only on the agenda items. Each speaker is limited to no more than three (3) minutes or such time as authorized by the Mayor.)
OTHER BUSINESS
1. Interview Applicants for the Youth Commission and Make Recommendations for the Town Council Appointments
ADJOURNMENT
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
TOWN COUNCIL SELECTION COMMITTEE:
YOUTH COMMISSIONER INTERVIEWS
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
MAY 15, 2024
110 EAST MAIN STREET AND TELECONFERENCE
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
4:00 PM
Mary Badame, Mayor
Matthew Hudes, Vice Mayor
Jamie Field, Police Chief
PREPARED BY: Wendy Wood
Town Clerk
Reviewed by: Town Manager and Town Attorney
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832 www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
TOWN SELECTION COMMITTEE AGENDA
REPORT
MEETING DATE: 5/15/2024
ITEM NO: 1
DATE: May 9, 2024
TO: Town Selection Committee Members
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Interview Applicants for the Youth Commission and Make Recommendations for the Town Council Appointments
RECOMMENDATION:
Interview applicants for the Youth Commission and make recommendations for the Town Council appointments.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of the Youth Commission is to foster and encourage civic and neighborhood pride and create a sense of identity through knowledge, understanding, and increased involvement in the Town's present and future municipal affairs. The Youth Commission shall generally be responsible for studying various interests and issues of concern to the youth in Los Gatos and advise the Town Council on such matters.
Applicants to the Youth Commission can be any student entering grades 8 through 12 in the fall, and either a resident of the incorporated limits of the Town of Los Gatos or have residency in an unincorporated area of the County of Santa Clara which has a Los Gatos mailing address.
Applicants must complete the appropriate application and submit it during the recruitment period by the established deadline. Current Commissioners may seek to be reappointed upon the expiration of their current term, and reappointment to a new term is not automatic. Those Commissioners seeking reappointment must submit an application.
Current Commissioners were notified of their term expiration and notices of the upcoming vacancies were posted on social media, published in the Town newsletter, and posted on the Town’s website.
ITEM NO. 1.
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SUBJECT: Youth Commissions Interviews
DATE: May 9, 2024
DISCUSSION:
The Town of Los Gatos conducted a recruitment for 14 Youth Commission seats and received 27 applications by the deadline of 4:00 p.m. May 1, 2024 (applications are on file in the Clerk’s Office). On May 15, 2024, the Town Selection Committee will interview the applicants. The number of vacancies and applications received for the Youth Commission are as follows:
YOUTH COMMISSION
Fourteen total seats available due to expiring terms.
Applicants (27): Expiring Terms (14):
Rithik Gupta Esha Bagora
Elaine Zou Maia Bernholz
Abhinav Namboori Saketh Chinnakotla
Atul Garlapati Taj Chunawala
Katie Miller Colette (Coco) Dougher
Olivia Bernholz Yilin Fang
Ivan Habib Mikaela Hammer-Longosz
Diana Zhang Anjali Kalia
Yilin Fang Sophia Krish
Aarush Guglani Jay Mallugari
Aarav Chugh Rushil Sharma
Anjali Kalia Olivia Vinckier
Grace Murray Arthur Wang
Elijah Asheghian Lincoln Withrow
Aahan Guglani
Rushil Sharma
Saketh Chinnakotla
Kinnera Potluri
Nova Jayaraj
Cameron Nakhjiri
Swathi Kakarla
Connor Krawez
Dylan Wadhwa
Arthur Wang
Jay Mallugari
Pau Chandran-Moles
Sophia Krish
CONCLUSION:
Following the interviews, the Committee will make its recommendations for appointments and instruct the Town Clerk to prepare a report with the recommendations for Council consideration at the June 4, 2024, Town Council regular meeting.
ITEM NO. 1.
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SUBJECT: Youth Commissions Interviews
DATE: May 9, 2024
COORDINATION:
The preparation of this report was coordinated with the Town Manager.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with the appointments.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:
This is not a project defined under CEQA, and no further action is required.
ITEM NO. 1.