City of Santa Clara
Meeting Minutes
Youth Commission
Draft
6:00 PM Virtual Meeting03/08/2022
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54953(e) and City of Santa Clara Resolution 22-9051, the Youth Commission meeting will be held by teleconference only. No physical location will be available for this meeting; however, the City of Santa Clara continues to have methods for the public to participate remotely:
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CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 6:07 p.m.
Commissioner Aarav Gupta , Commissioner Ahmad Ismail,
Commissioner Hiranya Parekh, Commissioner Jasmine Kelly-Tanti, Commissioner Kaitlyn Butcher, Commissioner Khadeejah Khan, Commissioner Malia Martin, Commissioner Mitali Gaidhani, Commissioner Mitchell Blanda, Commissioner Rajvi Khanjan Shroff, Commissioner Riya Mehta, and Commissioner Sarah Zuo
Present 12 -
Commissioner Palak Parikh , Commissioner Rishith Gopisetti, and Commissioner Samarth Suresh
Absent 3 -
CONSENT CALENDAR
1.A 22-312 Youth Commission Minutes of February 8, 2022 Recommendation: Approve the Youth Commission Meeting Minutes of February 8, 2022.
A motion was made by Commissioner Shroff, seconded by
Commissioner Blanda, that this item be recommended for approval.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: Commissioner Gupta, Commissioner Ismail, Commissioner Parekh, Commissioner Kelly-Tanti, Commissioner Butcher, Commissioner Khan, Commissioner Martin, Commissioner Gaidhani, Commissioner Blanda, Commissioner Shroff, Commissioner Mehta, and
Commissioner Zuo
12 -
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Absent: Commissioner Parikh, Commissioner Gopisetti, and Commissioner Suresh
3 -
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
None
GENERAL BUSINESS
2. 22-313 Youth Commission Committee Reports on Work Plan Goals for FY2021/22 Youth Commission Committee Reports on Work Plan Goals for FY2021/22 The Youth Commission's FY2021/22 work plan will include themes of community building, youth empowerment, and youth outreach. Each theme will have a committee comprised of YOuth Commissioners to plan activities to deliver to the community.
Community Building Committee: Continued to outreach to local school clubs for potential video segments of performances. The next committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 15 at 6:30 p.m.
Youth Empowerment Committee: Continued to develop talking points and format for potential podcast to be distributed on Apple Podcasts Connect.
The next committee meeting will be held on Friday, March 18 at 6:00 p.m.
Youth Outreach Committee: Met on Tuesday, March 1 to create the Packages of Gratitude for local teachers. Donated items included chocolate chip cookies from Choc Cookies, variety of donuts from Stan's Donut Shop, succulents from Home Depot, and seed packs from the Parks & Recreation community garden program. Forty packages were assembled to be distributed to teachers. The next committee meeting will be held on Thursday, March 17 at 5:00 p.m.
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STAFF REPORT
Jon Kawada, Staff Liaison: Reminded Commissioners that the deadline to submit 2022/23 term applications is on Monday, March 14, 2022. Youth Commission will not be attending the YAC Attack conference, due to insufficient numbers of Commissioners available to attend. Interested Commissioners were encouraged to attend on their own if interested.
Commissioners who attended the Cost Recovery Policy joint study session on Wednesday, March 2 were thanked. The survey and presentation information will be sent to all Commissioners when available.
Commissioners Butcher, Martin, Shroff, and Zuo agreed to volunteer at the Breakfast with the Bunny event on Saturday, April 9.
Gayle Ichiho, Recreation Supervisor: Shared that the Parks & Recreation spring/summer activity guide is now available. A summer camp fair, along with Sunset Cinema afterwards, will be occurring on April 22 at Reed & Grant Sports Park. Various vendors will be on-hand for community members to learn more about summer recreation opportunities.
COMMISSIONERS REPORT
Commissioners Blanda, Ismail, Mehta, and Shroff and Alternate Liang attended the virtual joint study session on the Cost Recovery Policy Development. Commissioners stated it was a positive experience and that the presentation was informative and easy to understand. Visit www.SantaClaraCA.gov/ParkProjects for more information.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Commissioner Martin, seconded by
Commissioner Blanda, that this meeting be adjourned at 6:37 p.m.
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