Workforce Development Board
Youth Council Committee
Regular Meeting Minutes
December 12, 2024
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ALL TO OR DER Chairperson
AT
TENDANCE Com mittee members present:
A nnino, Jimenez-Hami, Martinez, Russell-Garcia,
Sandoval, Tucker, Varnum
S
taff members present:
Deborah Sanchez, Sandy Barba, Bianca Zurita
PUBLIC COMMENTS - None
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
1. Excused Absences
R
ecommended Action: Excuse Absent Committee Member(s).
2. Regular meeting minutes of June 13, 2024
R
ecommended Action: Approve minutes.
Moved by Committee Member Russell-Garcia, seconded by Committee Member Varnum to Approve Consent Calendar items.
YES: 7 – Robert Tucker, Dennis Varnum, Sandy Annino, Ana Jimenez-Hami, Jackie Russell-Garcia, Jorge Martinez, Anthony Sandoval
NO: 0 – ABSTAIN: 0 – ABSENT: 0 –
S
tatus: 7 – 0 – 0 – 0 – Pass
***END OF CONSENT CALENDAR***
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BUSINESS CALENDAR
3. Resignation from the Youth Council Committee
Recommended Action: Accept with regret the resignation from the Youth Council by Lucinda Solorzano, Senior Social Worker – Orange County Social Services Agency, representing Transitional Youth Planning Services.
Moved by Committee Member Russell-Garcia, seconded by Committee Member Varnum to Approve.
YES: 7 – Robert Tucker, Dennis Varnum, Sandy Annino, Ana Jimenez-Hami, Jackie Russell-Garcia, Jorge Martinez, Anthony Sandoval
NO: 0 – ABSTAIN: 0 – ABSENT: 0 –
Status: 7 – 0 – 0 – 0 – Pass
4. Appoint Carlos Acevedo, from Social Services Agency Transitional Service Planning to the Youth Council
Recommended Action: Recommend the Workforce Development board appoint Carlos Acevedo, Senior Social Worker for Orange County Social Services Agency Transitional Service Planning program to the Youth Council.
Moved by Committee Member Tucker, seconded by Committee Member Annino to Approve.
YES: 7 – Robert Tucker, Dennis Varnum, Sandy Annino, Ana Jimenez-Hami, Jackie Russell-Garcia, Jorge Martinez, Anthony Sandoval
NO: 0 – ABSTAIN: 0 – ABSENT: 0 –
Status: 7 – 0 – 0 – 0 – Pass
***END OF BUSINESS CALENDAR***
REPORTS
5. PROGRAM OPERATOR REPORTS
a. YSPN – Juan Cazarez provided report
b. Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center – Rep provided report
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COMMENTS
6. Staff Member Comments
Minutes:
• Deborah – Provided update on the WIOA program
• S
andy – Collaborating with a task force and Santa Ana College to organize a large job fair, potentially scheduled for April 2025.
7. Youth Council Committee Member Comments
Minutes:
• Dennis Varnum – It was shared that Disney will be conducting specific interviews at the Anaheim and Brea WORK Centers, in collaboration with the Santa Ana WORK Center.
• Bob Tucker – If one person can make a difference and every person should try.
Inspire others to make a difference in the community, and keep striving to create positive change.
ADJOURNMENT
The next regular meeting of the WDB Youth Council Committee is scheduled for February 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM at the Santa Ana WORK Center.
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Recording Secretary
Bianca L.
Zurita
Digitally signed by Bianca
L. Zurita
Date: 2025.02.27 15:59:19
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