Minutes
DATE: Monday, January 16, 2001
TIME: 5:00 pm
PLACE: City Hall, Room 421
1. Call to Order and Roll Call: Commissioner
Howard-Johnson called The meeting to order at 5:05 pm. Commissioner’s
Present: Allison, Arreguìn-Ferñandez, Bonilla, Fosselman,
Geodzhayev, Howard-Johnson, Lantz, Lockett, Matranga, Martin, Meksavan,
Smith, Valdez, Vedad, Villaluna. Staff Present: NTanya Lee, Ron S.
McCan, Colleen Montoya
2. Motion to approve agenda: There
was a motion to strike Item K from the agenda. Motion Approved. There was
a motion to move Items 4, 5 and 6 after Item 7I. Motion Approved
3. Approval of the Minutes of December
18th: Minutes Approved.
4. Staff Report:
Colleen announced that the second round of
interviews will take place on Wednesday 1/17 at 4:30 and 5:30 pm. She will
contact all those interested in participating in the second interview process.
5. Officer Report :
Commissioner Howard-Johnson, Chair
- Commissioner Howard-Johnson participated in the making of the City Hall
Time Capsule. Included in the Capsule was a copy of the 1999-2000 Youth
Commission Annual Report, as well as a list of names of the 2000-2001 Youth
Commissioners.
Commissioner Villaluna, Operations Officer
- No report.
Commissioner Valdez, Government Affairs
Officer - Commissioner Valdez encouraged everyone to meet with their
appointing officers. He noted that he will get a copy of the minutes from
today’s Board of Supervisors meeting. He also did a presentation with Commissioner
Meksavan for the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services last week and found
out what type of services were available through Neighborhood services.
Commissioner Allison, Community Affairs
Officer - Commissioner Allison reported on the Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Day event. She also gave an update on the School Outreach Program.
Commissioner Fosselman, Media & Public
Relations Officer - Commissioner Fosselman is working on doing press
releases and other outreach for the town hall meetings.
6. Committee Report:
Each Committee gave an update on the status
of their Town Hall Meeting.
7. Commission Business:
A. Discussion and possible action re:
Presentation by Brian Cheu, Executive Director of LYRIC, regarding the
LGBTQ Youth Task Force. Brian Cheu, Executive Director of LYRIC,
and Lena Turner, Outreach Coordinator of LYRIC presented on the LGBTQ
Task Force. Lena presented some of the highlights and accomplishments
of the task force. They would like the Commission to create a Committee
to continue some of the work the task force had started. A motion was
made by Commissioner Bonilla to place this item on the next agenda for
further consideration of creating an LGBTQ Committee. The motion was approved.
Commissioners Allison, Arreguìn-Ferñandez,
Bonilla, Lantz and Valdez expressed interest in this committee.
B. Discussion and possible action re:
Presentation by Christina Goette, YouthPOWER Project Coordinator, regarding
the Violence Prevention Planning in the Bayview/Hunter’s Point and Mission
Districts. Christina Goette, YouthPOWER Project Coordinator, presented
on the YouthPOWER plan funded by SAMSA for the Mission and Bayview/Hunter’s
Point Districts. YouthPOWER is looking for 2 young people from each district
to work on an outreach plan for those communities. Christina noted that
she would like to have Youth Commission representation on the Oversight
Committee, which will meet on January 30th, then once every
3 months.
Commissioners Arreguìn-Ferñandez,
Fosselman, Howard-Johnson, Matranga, Vedad and Valdez are interested in
attending meetings.
C. Discussion and possible action re:
Presentation by Young Active Citizens/Youth Leadership Institute. Sontoy
Latifah Trotter from Young Active Citizens gave a brief description on
YAC. She asked the Commission to think about what other City Commissions
and Committees that YAC should work with about getting youth seats . Gloria
advised everyone should look on the Board of Supervisors web page to get
more information about available seats on Commissions.
D. Discussion and possible action re:
Presentation by YouthLine Outreach Workers.
Ruth from YouthLine brought Outreach Workers
who offered suggestions on how to do effective outreach for the town hall
meetings and how to keep them interesting for youth in attendance.
E. Discussion and possible action re:
Presentation by YMAC on Youth Space. Jose Luis from YMAC presented
on this item. He gave a description of the project and the current standings.
He noted that they will be meeting with the Mayor on 1/21 to ask him to
appropriate the money promised to the project.
F. Discussion and possible action re:
Referral from Board of Supervisors, File 010012. There was a motion
made to support the resolution. Motion Approved.
G. Discussion and possible action re:
Follow-up from Mid-Year Retreat. Colleen issued evaluations for the
retreat and asked everyone to fill one out and return to the staff.
H. Discussion and possible action re:
Youth Commission Logo. Tanene passed out copies of the logo and asked
for suggestions and comments no later than Friday, 1/20.
[There was a motion to table Items L
and K to the next agenda. MOTION APPROVED]
I. Discussion and possible action re:
Recommended Ordinance to the Board of Supervisors establishing the San
Francisco Youth Commission Fund. Commissioner Bonilla removed this
item from the agenda.
J. Discussion and possible action re:
Authorization of absences of Commissioners Bonilla, Fosselman, Geodzhayev,
Martin and Valdez. Commissioner Bonilla: approved (Unanimous),
Commissioner Fosselman: approved (unanimous), Commissioner Geodzhayev:
unauthorized (1 abstain, 2 approved, 12 unapproved), Commissioner
Martin: approved (unanimous), Commissioner Valdez: approved
(unanimous).
8. Public Comment: There was no public
comment
9. Announcements: There were no announcements
10. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned
at 7:15 pm