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Home My Public Portal About12-01-93 YOUTH COMMISSIONCity of Lynwood Youth Commission Meeting Wednesday, December 1, 1993 Lynwood Community /Transit Center, Room #1 a 1. Call To Order 2. Roll Call of Commissioners: Chairperson: Vice Chairperson: Jesus Trigo Michelle Zavala Ruth Acosta Sabrinya Green Lizeth Gutierrez Maylene Hardin La Chatta Hunter Joe Araujo Rasheed Gregory David Hampton Cameron Green Jose Villarreal 3. Certification of the Posting of the Agenda Scheduled Matters R 'EiVED CI OF LYNWOOD CITY CLERKS OFFICE NOV 24 1993 AM PM 7 1 8 1 91ID1lli12111213AA6 4. A. Approval of Minutes of November 3, 1993 B. Approval of Minutes of November 24, 1993 5. Program Report A. General Program B. Youth Programs C. Commissioner Dinner D. Christmas Parade 6. Report on Youth Council 7. Youth Service Award Sub Committee 8. Public Oral Communications 9. Staff Oral Communications 10. Commission orals 11. Adjournment jimg \c0mmiss \yc11.23 CITY OF LYNWOOD YOUTH COMMISSION MINUTES NOVEMBER 3, 1993 OPENING CEREMONIES The City of Lynwood Youth Commission met in a regular session on the above date at 6:05 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 Ruth Acosta, Commissioner Sabrinya Green, Commissioner Lizeth Gutierrez, Commissioner Maylene Hardin and Commissioner La Chatta Hunter. Commissioners Not Present: Commissioner Joe Araujo and Commissioner David Hampton. Commissioners Excused: Vice Chairperson Michelle Zavala and Commissioner Rasheed Gregory. Commissioner Cameron Green arrived at 6:25 p.m. Jose Villarreal has not sworn in yet as a Commissioner. Staff Present: Jim Given, Project Manager; Perry Brents, Facility & Program Supervisor Certification of the Posting of the Agenda The Agenda has been duly posted by the Deputy City Clerk in accordance with the Brown Act. Approval of Past Minutes With no quorum present, the minutes of October 6, 1993 were not approved. Correspondence A. No written correspondence. B. No oral correspondence. SCHEDULED MATTERS Program Reports General Recreation and Community Services Department Jim Given, Project Manager updated the Commission on the following activities: A. On Saturday, October 30, 1993 our Halloween Program including SKIP (Safe Kids Information Project) involving Mrs. Dorothy Richards who is the wife of Mayor Paul Richards II was held. After the S.K.I.P. Program the Annual Halloween Carnival took place with a costume parade, pumpkin carving, different game booths and lots of fun. B. The Haunted House was open at Ham Park from October 27 to October 31. The overall Halloween Program was a great success. C. There will be a family trip going to Santa's Village on November 20, 1993 in which three (3) filled buses are going. Perry Brents, Facility and Program Supervisor, updated the Commission on the following activities: u A. The Afterschool Program is in full swing at this time with co -ed soccer and volleyball being played Tuesday through Friday. B. The Afterschool Program is in operation in nine (9) elementary schools from 2:45 p.m. until 5:15 p.m. daily, and one in Ham Park which in not in operation. C. There are teams from six (6) schools participating in the competition and all the games have been moved from the playground sites to Ham Park. D. The basic programs for the Afterschool Program are; tutoring, board games and sports. E. The Afterschool Program had two (2) trips to Knott's Scary Farm. Teen Center /Youth Council Perry Brents, Facility and Program Supervisor, updated the Commission on the following activities: The Teen Center is in their regular programming and assisting with the T.A.G. Program working directly with Hosler Junior High School and with different businesses. There was no response for the Watts Health Foundation Workshop in October, no one went and we missed out on an opportunity. 0 ! Anti - Graffiti Day A few changes have been made to the times from the original logistics starting at 10:00 a.m. and ending at 2:00 p.m. Commissioner La Chatta Hunter voiced a concern that the Commissioners are not doing a good job in preparation for the Anti - Graffiti Day. In the original plan the rally was to happen after the cleaning up but it has been brought to the Commission's attention that we will have the rally first and present awards, then go out to paint and clean up, then come back to the Community/ Transit Center for lunch, then afterwards whoever wants to stay can play games at the Teen Center. Every Commissioner has an assignment to fulfill for the Anti - Graffiti Day. He /she needs to do a presentation at the different organizations as follows; Commissioner Jesus to Lynwood High School, Commissioner La Chatta to Sheriff's Explorer's, Commissioner Cameron to Hosler Junior High School, Commissioner Lizeth to Teen Challenge, Commissioner Ruth to local churches, Commissioner Maylene to Project Impact and Positive Motion. In order for the program to be a success we need a great deal of publicity so the Commissioners need to make posters to be taken to the schools and to various different businesses. Here are some of the days and times the Commissioners are available to work on posters; Commissioner Cameron Tuesday and Thursday at 3:30 p.m., Commissioner Jesus Saturday at 2:30 p.m., Commissioner La Chatta on Friday at 1:00 p.m., Commissioner Lizeth on Tuesday and Thursday at 12:00 p.m., Commissioner Maylene on Monday and Friday at 4:00 p.m. Commissioner Ruth on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m., Commissioner Sabrinya on Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Commissioners were requested'to meet on Wednesday, November 10, 1993 for orientation with Perry Brents and they will receive a written introduction letter for guidance of what to say when doing the presentation. Youth Service Awards A motion was made by Commissioner La Chatta Hunter and seconded by Commissioner Cameron Green to remove hot dogs from reception items and have some fresh fruits and vegetable trays. Item was passed. A motion was made by Commissioner Cameron Green and seconded by Commissioner La Chatta Hunter to have each nominee sell a certain amount of tickets to help defray the costs of this event. Item was passed. There were changes in the budget too, awards should have been $250.00 and reception was to be canceled. 9 • Public Orals lire i - Staff Orals Perry Brents stated that the elections were held on November 2, 1993. We do have new members on the City Council, as well as continuing members. Robert Henning was re- elected to City Council, Paul Richards was re- elected to City Council and Armando Rea was re- elected to City council. There were 18 candidates in the field vying for the 3 seats. Evelyn Wells lost her seat in the Election. Commission Orals Commissioner La Chatta Hunter will be contacting Sivai Talolua tomorrow to update her of today's meeting and finish the mailing list and to get it to the businesses by Monday, November 8, 1993. She supported the idea to move the Commission meetings to Council Chambers. All the Commissioners welcomed and congratulated Commissioner Lizeth Gutierrez on her new appointment as a Commissioner. Commissioner Lizeth Gutierrez stated that she never knew about the Youth Commission until she came to the Teen Center to look for a job and an informant told her about the Youth Commission and that she gets paid $25.00 a month. Her interests are writing poetry and reading and she loves art. Commissioner Cameron green asked if the Commissioners can congratulate the City Council members and give them awards and the Commission did not agree so he was told that everyone can congratulate the Council members individually. Chairperson Jesus Trigo is concerned about the meeting place. At the last meeting, we were meeting in the foyer and today we are in a corner of the building. When the meeting started the chairs and plaques were not placed correctly an there was no flag. He would like the Commission meetings to be moved to the Council Chambers at City Hall. Adjournment A motion was made by Commissioner La Chatta Hunter and seconded by Commissioner Cameron Green to adjourn to the next regularly scheduled meeting on December 1, 1993. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m. ycomm\minutes11.93