DATE:
June 25, 2024
CATEGORY:
Consent
DEPT.:
Community Services
TITLE: Appointments to the Youth Advisory
Committee for the 2024-25 School Year
Term
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Appointing 15 Members and 10 Members-at-Large/Alternates to the Youth Advisory Committee for the 2024-25 S chool Year Term, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to Council report).
BACKGROUND
On September 11, 2007, the City Council approved Resolution No. 17235 establishing the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) to initiate increased civic involvement by youth in Mountain View.
The resolution states that the YAC may consist of a maximum of 15 middle school and high school students and that members are to be selected through an application and interview process facilitated through the Community Services Department, Recreation Division, reviewed by the Council Youth Services Committee (CYSC), and appointed by the City Council.
In spring 2024, Recreation Division staff began YAC recruitment efforts for the 2024 -25 school year, as described in Attachment 1. A total of 43 applications were received by the deadline.
Applicants were interviewed by Recreation staff in April, and the appointment recommendations were forwarded to the CYSC on May 28, 2024.
ANALYSIS
The following 15 YAC appointments have been approved by the CYSC for recommendation to the City Council:
1. Jayan Nair, eighth-grader at Blach Intermediate School
2. Kaitlyn Byon, freshman at Los Altos High School
3. Leilani Montano, eighth-grader at Graham Middle School
4. Meital Zayats, eighth-grader at Graham Middle School
5. Natalie Chan, junior at Saint Francis High School
6. Ryan Jhin, freshman at Mountain View High School
Appointments to the Youth Advisory Committee for the 2024-25 School Year Term June 25, 2024
7. Shahana Rajasekaran, sophomore at Los Altos High School
8. Taylor Luna, junior at Mountain View High School
9. Victoria Ma, sophomore at The Harker School
10 Dylan Andrzejek, eighth-grader at St. Simon Parish School
11. Jiwoo Oh, sophomore at Castilleja School (current Member-at-Large)
12. Kaelyn Tan, freshman at Mountain View High School (current Member-at-Large)
13. Kavya Wazhi, sophomore at Mountain View High School (current Member-at-Large)
14. Naisha John, junior at Mountain View High School (current Member-at-Large)
15. Sophia Lew, sophomore at Mountain View High School (current Member-at-Large)
In addition, the following 10 YAC members-at-large/alternate appointments have been approved by the CYSC for recommendation to the City Council:
1. Alyson Lu, eighth-grader at The Girls’ Middle School
2. Ariana Motaghiannezam, junior at Los Altos High School
3. Harshini Nagappan, freshman at Los Altos High School
4. Katherine Xu, freshman at Mountain View High School
5. Katherine Li, seventh-grader at Crittenden Middle School
6. Miguel Malicse, sophomore at Saint Francis High School
7. Oliver Pollock, seventh-grader at Crittenden Middle School
8. Rahul Sundaresan, sophomore at The Harker School
9. Samuel Li, sophomore at Saint Francis High School
10. Sarp Akalin, eighth-grader at Bullis Charter School
FISCAL IMPACT—There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
ALTERNATIVES—Provide other direction.
Appointments to the Youth Advisory Committee for the 2024-25 School Year Term June 25, 2024
PUBLIC NOTICING—Agenda posting.
Prepared by:
Greg Milano
Recreation Supervisor
Reviewed by:
Colin James
Recreation Manager
Kristine Crosby
Assistant Community Services Director
John R. Marchant
Community Services Director
Approved by:
Audrey Seymour Ramberg
Assistant City Manager
GM/4/CAM
256-06-25-24CR
203898
Attachments: 1. Resolution
2. Council Youth Services Committee Staff Report—May 28, 2024