San Francisco
Youth Commission
DATE: Monday, September 23, 2002
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
PLACE: City Hall, Room 408
1. Call to Order and Roll Call: Commissioner Lantz called the meeting to order at 5:05 p.m. Commissioners Present: Commissioners Allison, Berger, Brown, Chan, Chang (TARDY), Cottrell, Fichelson, Gin, Koeppel, Lantz, Mattimore (TARDY), Mourning, Powell, Ramos (TARDY), Virgen, Villaluna Staff Present: Nicole Derse, Colleen Montoya, Ron S. McCan, Karen Bugante (Intern)
2. Motion to approve agenda: There was a motion to approve the agenda. Motion Approved.
3. Approval of the Minutes of September 9, 2002: There was a motion to approve the minutes. Motion Approved.
4. Staff Report:
Ron reminded everyone about the Media training on Saturday 10/5 from 10:30-3:30pm at City Hall Room 278. He also went over the process of submitting agenda items and legislation for the Youth Commission Meetings.
5. Committee Report:
Youth Justice Committee - The Youth Justice Committee reviewed their goals, and started brainstorming possible projects for the term.
Public Health Committee - The Public Health Committee reviewed their goals. Commissioner Allison and Berger reported on the joint City & School Board Committee they attended regarding consent and confidentiality in the wellness centers.
Youth Recreation & Services Committee - The Youth Recreation & Services is busy working on the School Board Candidate Forum at Mission High School.
Education Committee: Commissioner Lantz announced that the School Board will be voting on Phoenix High moving to 15th & Potrero at their next meeting.
Housing Committee - The Housing Committee will be meeting on Tuesday 9/17
6. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda:
Mindy Linetsky from the Branch Library Improvement Program invited the Youth Commission to sit on their advisory committees. The committee will meet again at 5pm on Wednesday 10/9. Call Mindy at 415.557.4354 for more information.
Vincent Kukua from BAMN came and spoke about the 2002 Master Plan for California Education. He announced the Day of Action rally on 10/29 at the Pauley Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union - UC Berkeley Campus. He also passed around a petition for Commissioners to sign to defend the right to public education in California.
Brian Burkett from Senator Jackie Spears Office came and invited the Commission to a teen Town Hall Meeting with Senator Spears on Saturday 10/5 - 9 am at the New Century Theatre in Daly City.
William Fosselman from Infusion One came and spoke about the Community outreach Project and their youth summit that will be held on 4/26/03. For more information, contact Infusion One at 415.641.1704
7. Legislation Introduced [There will be no action taken on these items]
There was no legislation Introduced at this meeting
8. Old Business
A. Discussion and possible action re: Update on Youth VOTE 2002-Youth VOTE is a collaboration between the Youth Commission, Youth Making A Change, and the Student Advisory Council of the San Francisco Unified School District. Karen and Commissioners Gin, Mourning and Ramos updated the Commission on upcoming Youth Vote meetings and events.
9. New Business
A. Discussion and possible action re: Referral from the Board of Supervisors, File 021465: Ordinance appropriating $176,000 from the state Revenue Stabilization Reserve for Larkin Street Youth Center for the Homeless Youth Emergency Services Programs through the Department of Human Services for fiscal year 2002-03. Supervisor Daly and Bill Barnes came and spoke about this item. After a discussion, the Commission voted to support this referral but will forward additional comments and recommendations to the Board regarding the programs and staff at Larkin Street.
B. Discussion and possible action re: Youth Leadership Institute presentation re: youth survey on alcohol sales, marketing and product placement at liquor/corner stores in San Francisco neighborhoods. The presenter was unable to attend this meeting. This item was tabled to the next meeting.
C. Discussion and possible action re: Youth Commission collaboration with Serving our Youth and Community (SOYAC) on creating admission prices for youth at the Sony Metreon Entertainment Center [Commissioner Cottrell] Lee Nguyen came and spoke about SOYAC’s work on creating youth admission rates at the Sony Metreon. After some discussion, The Youth Recreation and Services Committee and Youth Justice Committee decided to take on this project. Lee can be reached at15.701.7991.
D. Discussion and possible action re: Potential closure of CellSpace [Commissioner Cottrell]. Rogelio Morenco came and spoke about his experience with working with CellSpace, and also spoke about the Mission Village Flea Market that will happen at CellSpace. Commissioners Cottrell and Villaluna will work on a Resolution commending CellSpace for the next meeting
E. Discussion and possible action re: Request to have the Youth Commission Operations Officer coordinate monthly youth-friendly low-cost events for members of the San Francisco Youth Commission. [Commissioner Villaluna]. Commissioner Villaluna made a motion to have the operations officer coordinate monthly low-cost events for the Commission. The motion was approved.
F. Discussion and possible action re: Youth Commission’s 2002/2003 Executive Committee Elections [7:00pm]. Each candidate had two minutes to read their statements to the Commission. Each Commissioner asked one question to the candidates. The vote was as follows: Chair: Tanene Allison (unopposed)- UNANIMOUS (16 votes); Community Affairs Officer: Mari Villaluna (unopposed) - UNANIMOUS (16 votes); Government Affairs Officer: for Brian Chan - Commissioners Brown, Chan, Chang, Fichelson, Lantz, Castro (6 votes) - for Joanna Gin - Commissioners Allison, Berger, Cottrell, Gin, Koeppel, Mattimore, Powell, Virgen, Villaluna (9 votes); Media & Public Relations Officer: for Jesse Cottrell - Commissioners Berger, Cottrell, Virgen, Villaluna (4 votes); for Justin Fichelson - Commissioners Allison, Brown, Chan, Chang, Fichelson, Gin, Koeppel, Lantz, Mattimore, Mourning, Powell, Castro (12 votes); Operations Officer: Max Lantz (unopposed) - UNANIMOUS (16 votes)
10. Announcements
11. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
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