San Francisco
Youth Commission
Minutes
DATE: Monday, November 5, 2001
TIME: 5:00 pm
PLACE: City Hall, Room 416
1. Call to Order and Roll Call: Commissioner
Valdez called The meeting to order at 5:05pm. Commissioners Present:
Allison, Arreguìn, Chang, Geodzhayev, Kwong, Martin, Mejia, Olawale,
Ramos, Valdez, Vedad and Villaluna Absent: Commissioners Attai, Jacot-Bell,
Campeau, Fosselman, Lantz Staff Present: Nicole Derse, Ron
S. McCan, Colleen Montoya, Patricia Ancheta (Intern)
2. Motion to approve agenda: There
was a motion to approve the agenda. Motion Approved.
3. Approval of the Minutes of October 15,
2001: There was a motion to add Mr. Elizie’s title of CEO, Golden gate
Park Concourse Authority to item 8A.Motion Approved. There was a motion
to approve the minutes. Motion Approved.
4. Staff Report:
Colleen congratulated Patricia, Nicole and
all the participants in YouthVote 2001. She updated all of the Commissioners
on the status of Youth Recognition Day, and reminded everyone that the event
is December 3rd at 4:00 p.m. Colleen also announced that the
Rules Committee will be discussing the Delinquency Prevention Commission
on 11/6 at 1:00p.m. , and that all Commissioners interested in speaking
on the item should be present.
Ron announced that Business Cards have arrived.
Please check in with Ron to receive them.
Patricia announced that there will be a YouthVote
wrap up meeting on 11/6 at 4:00p.m. Location to be announced.
Nicole gave a big thanks to Patricia for all
for her hard work on YouthVote. She also thanked Supervisor McGoldrick,
the facilitators and everyone in attendance at the last Leadership Training.
She reminded everyone that the next Leadership Training is Saturday, November
17 at 10:30a.m.
5. Officer Report:
Commissioner Valdez - Chair: Commissioner
Valdez commended Patricia on her work on YouthVote.
Commissioner Villaluna - Community Affairs
Officer: Commissioner Villaluna encouraged everyone to meet with the
district liaisons in the Mayor’s Office f Neighborhood service. She met
with Lisa Guiteierrez (district 9 liaison) about the Youth Action Network,
who is currently working on a resource guide (next meeting 11/30 at Columbia
Park Boys & Girls Club). She also reminded everyone that the Young Women’s
Health Conference is on 11/14, and workshop presenters are still needed.
Commissioner Villaluna also reported back on the Children’s Caucus.
Commissioner Lantz - Operations Officer:
Commissioner Lantz was absent from this meeting.
Commissioner Allison - Media & Public
Relations Officer: Commissioner Allison reported back on the
YouthVote Press Conference held today. She also announced the Youth media
Council training on 11/6 at Y-MAC.
Commissioner Kwong - Government Affairs
Officer: Commissioner Kwong announced his resignation from the role
of Government Affairs Officer due to many personal factors.
Colleen announced that the re-election for
this position will take place at the next meeting. All interested persons
should submit their name by Wednesday, November 14th.
6. Committee Report:
Education Committee - The Education
Committee is waiting for the results from YouthVote so they can look at
some of the issues related to public schools.
Public Health Committee - The Public
Health Committee is working on designing a curriculum for presentations
in the spring to teach youth about Domestic Violence and Sexual Education.
Culture & Urban Environment Committee
- The Culture & Urban Environment Committee updated the Commission on
the recommendations they sent to the Presidio Trust.
Juvenile Justice Committee - The Juvenile
Justice Committee met with Larry Roberts from Supervisor Gonzalez’s office
about the CARC Hearing. The CARC Hearing will be held on Wednesday 11/15
at 4:00p.m. in the Legislative Chamber.
Housing Committee - The Housing Committee
will be meeting on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every
month at 4:30 pm. They will be focusing on Transitional Housing for Youth
this term.
7. Public Comment: There was no public
comment on items not on the agenda
8. Announcements:
· Veteran’s Day Parade on Sunday 11/11
in front of City Hall. Commissioner Chang will be playing with the Lincoln
High School Drum Core.
· Guerrilla Theater Workshop on 11/10
at Coleman Advocates
· Summit for Homeless Children at Grace
Cathedral on 11/8
9. Old Business:
A. Discussion and possible action
re: Youth Commission’s resolution (9/10/01) urging the Board of Supervisors
to defer on potential road closure in Golden Gate Park. There was
a motion to rescind the original resolution urging the Board to defer
on potential road closures. David Miles (resident) and Michael
Smith (Walk San Francisco) were present and made public
comment in favor of the closure. The motion was passed; the Commission
will rescind the original resolution.
B. Discussion and possible action
re: Approval of Commission’s 2001/2002 Outreach Plan. Commissioner
Villaluna went over the outreach plan and made a motion to approve it.
There was a request to have the example that uses "Lowell High School"
removed from the plan. Mario Balcita gave public comment and said that
the Youth Commission needs to look into getting out in to the community
more and doing more street outreach. Reggie Ryan from Infusion One also
gave public comment and said that he would like to work with Commissioners
to plan meetings. The motion passed the outreach plan was passed.
[There was a motion to move items 10A &
10B before item 9 C due to time. Motion Approved. There was a motion to
table items 9D & 9E. Motion Approved]
C. Authorization of absences for Commissioners
Geodzhayev and Mejia (October 1 & 15 meeting) and Commissioners Allison
and Attai (October 15 meeting). Commissioner Geodzhayev: unexcused;
Commissioner Mejia (10/1-15) excused; Commissioner Allison: excused; Commissioner
Attai: Absent.
10. New Business
A. Discussion and possible action
re: Presentation by Latrease Session and Seth Steward on the Citywide
Youth Summit. Latrease gave the background on the Youth Summit and
updated the Commission on the planning process. She then asked if the
Commissioners were interested in being a part of the planning process.
There was a motion to support the Citywide Youth summit. The motion
was passed. Latrease will follow up with Commission with the next
meeting date.
B. Discussion and possible action
re: Presentation by Gaylon Logan, Infusion-One, on the Young Men `At Risk’
Summit to be held on April 27, 2001. Gaylon gave the background on
the Young Men’s Summit. He asked the Commission to support the summit
in four ways: 1. A letter of support; 2. Participation in the planning
process; 3. Participating in the event; 4. Participating in the follow-up.
There was a motion to support this event. The motion was passed.
C. Discussion and possible action re:
changing the name of the Culture and Urban Environment Committee &
Juvenile Justice Committee. There was a motion to change the name
of the Culture & Urban Environment Committee to the Youth Recreation
and Services Committee. Motion Approved. There was a motion
to change the name of the Juvenile Justice Committee to the Youth Justice
Committee. The motion was passed
D. Discussion and possible action
re: Resolution commending Erika Gonclaves for her appointment to the
state Board of Education. The item was introduced by Commissioner
Geodzhayev, who made a motion for approval. The motion was passed.
11. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned
at 7:30p.m.