Manteca Millennial Advisory Committee
Observations, Accomplishments and Suggestions
for the Future
2020-2022
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Agenda
1. Group Highlights and Learnings
2. Observations on Manteca during our
time serving with the MMAC
3. Member experiences and observations
4. Suggestions for the future
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1. Group Highlights
and events
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Events & Outreach
Plant Swap X 2
Television spot for Plant Swap
Yoga/Sound bath
Blood Drive
Photograph Fundraisers X 2
Market on Maple X 5
Christmas Light Contest
Trunk or Treat
Outreach Events with Tom Patti and Robert Rickman
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What We Have Learned From Being Members of the
MMAC
83.3% Functions of County Leadership
83.3% How to Plan a City Event
66.7 % Function and structures of local
Government
66.7% All the different programs and
organizations in the city of Manteca
50% How Manteca functions
33.3% Functions of Administrative Leadership
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Social Media
-1600+ Followers
-Featured Teachers, Businesses and Leaders from
all over Manteca
-Highlighted events, programs and activities all
over the region
-Answered questions for residents
-Educated about voting, local government and
county supervisors
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2. Observations on
Manteca during our
time served.
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Observations on or about Manteca During our Term
“(There is a) Lack of diversity in businesses and establishments. As the city grows, it is very important to embrace diversity as this will fuel the growth of the City in general
“Citizens are unaware/apathetic/misinformed about city revenues and services.”
“Great at developing and building new homes”
“Schools and parks offer a sense of community and proximity to these amenities are excellent”
“The citizens I've spoken with are up in arms with how Manteca has been ran and the direction it is going. They're not happy with infrastructure, homeless, economic and planning development. I believe the city needs to do a better job with their outreach to citizens and to be more transparent on what they're doing with growth.”
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Continued Observations
“I'm happy to see that things are changing in a positive direction, overall. Manteca is not the tiny farm town many of us were born into, and it's time leadership started looking forward rather than maintain the white bread status quo. I'm really hoping we continue to progress in the right direction, with opportunities and resources for all residents. However - I am, and will continue to be, surprised about the silence from leadership on plans for new schools to accommodate all the new developments…
I also believe we're headed towards a groundwater crisis. It would be nice to see more proactive, public facing environmental initiatives to see Manteca serve as an example of responsible growth.”
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Leadership Prioritization Recommendations
1. Encourage development of jobs that pay living wages
2. Develop/Maintain/expand Arts and Culture within the city
3. More mixed housing developments and code enforcement for builders
4. Maintaining or expanding Parks and Rec activities via funding
5. Educating citizens about the financial health, revenue options, and city services choices
6. Educating citizens about Manteca's city plan for land use and business development development plans
7. Educating citizens about city government infrastructure and democracy basics
8. Making home based businesses/start ups easier
9. Steps and enforcement for sustainable groundwater management along with city growth
10. Opening up container permits at city spaces
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3 . Member
experiences and
observations
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What we enjoyed most about our time on the MMAC
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Identifying challenges within our committee
1. Lack of guidance
2. Lack of in person meetings
3. Personal Careers
4. Difficulty in attending and/or catching up with
planning commission, city council meetings.
5. Family Life
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4. Suggestions for
future Millennial
Advisories
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Our team needs to be 11 members large.
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Guidance and Support we desire
100% Pre Implementation of Dates for meeting with Council. 100% Provide clear and concise instruction
66.7% Provide a Stronger Show of support
50% Leadership to attend more events
50% Provide a Stronger onboarding and new member
implementation
50% Establish clearly who is the governing leader of this team (Council? Parks and Rec? Chair?)
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We see ourselves as a voice of the millennial residents of Manteca. Through our social media we have created a platform that has an audience of like-minded business and residents. The ability for them to communicate with us and us with them organically is a strength of our committee.
In coming term we will shift focus to attend city council and planning meetings. We’d like to scale back the number of events and activities we do and focus our energy on meetings and learning from city leaders and about city issues.
MMAC Ideas for the future of
Manteca
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