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Home My Public Portal About02-02-94 YOUTH COMMISSION. CITY OF LYNWOOD • YOUTH COMMISSION MEETING CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1994 5:30 P.M. AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3.' Invocation H 5. a OPENING CEREMONIES Roll Call of Commissioners Chairperson Jesus Trigo Vice Chairperson Michelle Zavala J Commissioner Cameron Green Commissioner Sabrinya Green Commissioner Rasheed Gregory Commissioner Lizeth Gutierrez Commissioner David Hampton Commissioner Maylene Hardin Commissioner La Chatta Hunter RECEIVED CITY OF LYNWOOU CITY CLERKS OFFICE JAN 2 7 1994 AM PM "!1819110111112111213141516 Commissioner Ruth Acosta Commissioner Joe Arau�o Certification of the Posting of the Agenda Approval of Past Minutes -- January 5, 1994 SCHEDULED MATTERS 7. Ban on Certain Types of Music -- Open Forum Presented by Rich Guzman, Morning disc jockey at V103.9 FM 8. Program Report A. General Programs B. Black History Program 9. Youth Council Report 10, Youth Service Awards 11. New Program Ideas ORAL COMMUNICATION 12. Public Orals 13. Staff Orals 14. Commission Orals 15. Adjournment to March 2, 1994 CITY OF LYNWOOD YOUTH COMMISSION MINUTES JANUARY 5, 1994 OPENING CEREMONIES The City of Lynwood's Youth Commission met in a regular session on the above date at 6:02 p.m. at the Lynwood Community /Transit Center, located at 3798 Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard. Chairperson Jesus Trigo presided. Roll Call Commissioners Present: Chairperson Jesus Trigo, Commissioner Cameron Green, Commissioner Rasheed Gregory, Commissioner David Hampton, Commissioner Sabrinya Green, and Commissioner Maylene Hardin. Commissioners Not Present: Vice Chairperson Michelle Zavala, Commissioner Ruth Acosta, Commissioner Joe Araujo, Commissioner Lizeth Gutierrez, and Commissioner La Chatta Hunter. Commissioners Excused: Michelle Zavala and Joe Araujo It was moved by Commissioner Hardin and seconded by Commissioner C. Green to excuse Vice Chairperson Zavala. Motion carried. It was moved by Commissioner Green and seconded by Commissioner Hardin to excuse Commissioner Araujo Motion carried. Certification of the Posting of the Agenda Recreation Staff Member Diana Escalante reported the agenda has been duly posted by the City Clerk according to the Brown Act. Approval of Past Minutes It was moved by Commissioner C. Green and seconded by Commissioner Gregory to approve the minutes of October 6, 1993 and December 1, 1993. Motion carried. Minutes approved. SCHEDULED MATTERS Pro rg am Reports Jim Given, Project Manager reported on the following upcoming activities: A. The annual Candy Cane Lane Parade was held on Friday, December 10, 1993. Over ten thousand (10,000) people line the streets to enjoy the parade. ® • B. Our youth flag football program involved a holiday tournament which was played on December 11 & 18, 1993. C. The annual Martin Luther King Jr Basketball Tournament is scheduled for January 15 -17, 1994 at the Lynwood Community /Transit Center D. The City of Lynwood's Safe Kids Information Program will be scheduling a second educational session on Drug Prevention. The date and time will be announced at a further time. Youth Council Report , The Youth Council meetings scheduled for January will be held on the January 12 & 26, 1994 at 5:00 p.m. A report will be presented at the next commission meeting by a member of the Youth Council. Commissioner Ruth Acosta arrived at 6:15 p.m. Youth Commission Workshop Mr. Given and Ralph Davis III, Director, reviewed the role of the Youth Commission via a City organizational chart, the role of staff, Parliamentary Procedure, and the City of Lynwood Commission Ordinances with the Commission. A discussion ensued as to the responsibilities and guidelines of the commission. Chairperson Trigo expressed his concern regarding the age limit and the large number of Commissioners. He recommended that all newly appointed commissioners receive an orientation before their first regular meeting. He stressed the importance of having speakers during the public orals segment of each meeting. Lastly, he recommended the agenda for the regular monthly meeting be posted at the Junior High and the High School. Commissioner Gregory encouraged the city to distribute flyers and other promotional material at the High School and local business establishments to help advertise the Commission and its activities. Commissioner Sabrinya Green recommended that a new item be placed on the agendas, entitled "New Program Discussion." This would be the time for the commissioners to introduce any new ideas for programming. A sub committee was formed to discuss how the commission can better to interact with the local school and businesses. Commissioners C. Green, S. Green, M. Hardin, R. Acosta, and D. Hampton volunteered to serve on the committee. The first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 13, 1994 at 6:00 p.m. The commission debated on the location and day of the regular meeting. It was decided to have the meetings remain at the Lynwood Community /Transit Center for the time being. Mr. Given announced9the commission that their business cagwill be distributed at the next meeting. Youth Service Awards Mr. Given reported the Youth Service Awards will be reschedule for spring. There is a Friday night open at Bateman Hall on April 29, 1994. It was moved by Commissioner Gregory and seconded by Commissioner Hardin to re- schedule the event to April 29, 1994. Motion carried. A new sub committee was formed to help coordinate the event. Chairperson Trigo and Commissioners Hardin, Gregory and Hamilton volunteered to serve on the committee. ORAL COMMUNICATION Public Orals None Staff Orals Mr. Davis highlighted the Recreation and Community Services Department goals for 1994 for the Commission. Commission Orals Commissioner Maylene Hardin wished everyone a Happy New Year. Commissioner Rasheed Gregory commented on the success of the meeting. Commissioner Ruth Acosta wished everyone a Happy New Year Commissioner Sabrinya Green wished everyone a Happy New Year. Commissioner David Hampton wished everyone a Happy New Year. Commissioner Cameron Green inquired about the Commission or Department sponsoring a drawing contest during the Black History celebration in February. Chairperson Jesus Trigo informed the Commission about Michelle Zavala's upcoming surgery Adjournment It was moved by Commissioner S Green and seconded by Commissioner C. Green to adjourn to the next regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, February 2. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7.20 p.m. • • CITY OF LYNWOOD MEMORANDUM To All Members of the Youth Commission From: Ralph Davis III, Director of Recreation and Community Services Date. February 2, 1994 Subject: RADIO STATION V 103.9 FM'S BAN ON CERTAIN MUSIC FACTS: In 1993, the V 103.9 FM radio station made a major decision to ban music that in their opinion was defamatory to gender or ethnic groups As a result of this many popular rap records are not being played on the (V103.9) FM radio station This bold decision was met with debate from both those in favor and those opposed of the ban ANALYSIS The City of Lynwood has a population of over seventy thousand (70,000) As of November 30, 1993, fifteen thousand, two hundred and twenty six (15,226) young people attend school in Lynwood. Of these students, three thousand, one hundred and sixty nine (3,169) are enrolled at the High School, and two thousand, one hundred and two attend Hosler Junior High School. Lynwood's ethnicity make -up consists of: 70.1 % Hispanic 21.0% Black 1.7% Asian 6.4% White The City of Lynwood is located in the southeast area of Los Angeles County The City borders Paramount, Compton, South Gate, and Watts Crime is substantially high in the southeast area of Los Angeles County. The Lynwood Sheriff's Division indicates that much of Lynwood's crime results from gangs and drug activity Rap music appears to be the most popular type of music listened to by the young people of Lynwood. Many of these rap records of today offer lyrics that identify gang activity and are defamatory to a certain gender or race. Radio station V 103.9 believes that music along with other aspects of entertainment are influential to young people. Therefore, they feel a need to provide responsible control over the music played on their radio waves. As a result of this, radio station V 103.9 FM decided not to play records that call women or children defamatory names. RECOMMENDATION The City of Lynwood is concerned about this issue and would like for the Youth Commission to hear a discussion on this matter at the next meeting and make some type of recommendations to staff. � •a Icommiss \raps )