DATE: Monday, November 17, 2003
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
PLACE: City Hall, Room 416
1. Call to Order and Roll Call: Commissioner Cottrell called the meeting to order at 5:00p.m. Commissioners Present: Commissioners Adofoadom, Baires, Chang (TARDY), Cottrell, Fichelson, Jimenez, Koeppel, Kuang, Lazer-Smith, Lantz, Lauterborn, Moir, Mourning, Recinos, Shy, Williams Staff Present: Colleen Montoya, Ron S. McCan
2. Motion to approve agenda: There was a motion to approve the agenda. Motion Approved.
3. Approval of the Minutes from November 3, 2003: There was a motion to approve the minutes. Motion Approved.
- Staff Report:
- There will be a joint Education/Youth Justice Committee meeting on this Wednesday at 4pm. The Youth Justice Committee will meet following the joint committee meeting at 5pm.
4. Committee Reports
Education Committee – The Education Committee had to reschedule their meeting with Wayne McDonald due to his availability. He will come to the next meeting.
Housing Committee – The Housing Committee did not meet last week due to conflicting schedules. They will reschedule their meeting for sometime this week.
Public Health Committee - The Public Health Committee discussed the Healthy Kid Program Expansion.
Youth Justice Committee – The Youth Justice Committee held a joint committee meeting with the Education Committee to discuss police in schools. They also met with a staff member at YGC when their presentation was cancelled.
Youth Recreation & Services Committee – The Youth Recreation & Services Committee didn’t meet due to a scheduling conflict. Members of the committee gave a presentation for the Recreation & Parks Department last week, as well as held interviews for the vacant position on the Skateboarding Task Force.
Executive Committee – The Executive Committee met regarding the agenda. Commissioners Cottrell and Williams met with Maureen Sedonan from the Youth Leadership Institute on the Statewide Youth Commission issue.
5. Officer Report:
Chair – Commissioner Cottrell met with Teresa Gallegos regarding the CAC. He would like all the Commissioners to meet with their Supervisors before the December 15th meeting, where each Commissioner will report back on their meeting.
Government Affairs Officer – Commissioner Lauterborn had no report.
Operations Officer – Commissioner Champion was absent from this meeting.
Community Affairs Officer – Commissioner Williams will be presenting the Youth Commission’s 2003-2004 Outreach Plan later in this meeting.
Media & Public Relations Officer – Commissioner Shy did an interview with Vic Lee from KRON 4 news on the Pledge of Allegiance.
6. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda:
There was no public comment at this meeting
7. Legislation Introduced [There will be no action taken on these items]
There was no legislation introduced at this meeting
8. Old Business
There was no old business at this meeting
9. New Business
- Discussion and possible action re: Appointment of John Hayes to the Skateboarding Task Force. There was a motion to appoint John Hayes to the Skateboarding Task Force. Motion Approved.
- Discussion and possible action re: Referral from the Board of Supervisors, File 031813: Resolution establishing a commitment to increase funding for the San Francisco Unified School District. Amy Laitinen from Supervisor Gonzalez’s office presented this item to the Commissioners and answered questions. There was a motion to support this item. Motion Approved.
- Discussion and possible action re: Referral from the Board of Supervisors: Authorizing acquisition of Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 0074 in San Francisco by Eminent Domain for the Neighborhood Park Bond and Open Space Programs, and adopting findings under City Planning Code Section 101.1. David Owen from Supervisor Peskin’s office presented this item to the Commissioners and answered questions. There was a motion to support this resolution. Motion Approved.
There was a motion to approve the following statement to send to the Board of Supervisors:
The North Beach Area is a significant part of our city, visited by millions of tourists each year. If a new building were to be built at 701 Lombard, it would be standing next to an area that has not been renovated for at least 20 years. In a district with more that 12, 000 youth, building a new condo complex would not help the youth in North Beach and its immediate surroundings. The current North Beach Library does not meet the needs of our youth and community. A new condo complex would not meet the meet needs of our youth and community. What the youth need in our district in a new library and recreation area. Almost 30% of youth ages 5-17 in this district are under the federal poverty level. What they need is a place to go and study. Therefore, the Youth Commission urges the Board of Supervisors to pass this resolution.
Motion Approved.
- Discussion and possible action re: Youth Commission Statement on the Pledge of Allegiance [Commissioners Kuang, Lantz and Lauterborn]. Commissioner Lantz introduced this item. There was a motion to approve this item. In favor: Commissioners Baires, Chang, Koeppel, Kuang, Lantz, Lazer-Smith, Lauterborn, Moir, Mourning, Recinos, Shy and Williams. Opposed: Adofoadom, Fichelson and Jimenez. Motion Approved.
- Discussion and possible action re: Resolution supporting Education Not Incarceration in their broad-based involvement in age-appropriate teach-ins beginning Wednesday, November 12, 2003 [Commissioners Cottrell and Shy]. There was a motion to approve this item. Motion Approved.
[Commissioners Adofoadom and Mourning left at 7:35pm]
- Discussion and possible action re: Creation of an ad-hoc committee to discuss and make recommendations for appointments to the YFYI Oversight Committee. Commissioner Cottrell presented this item. Commissioners Kuang, Lazer-Smith and Williams are interested in serving on the committee.
- Discussion and possible action re: Youth Commission 2003-2004 Outreach Plan [Commissioner Williams]. Commissioner Williams presented this item.
10. Items for next Agenda:
11. Announcements: The Commissioners answered various upcoming community events
12. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:43pm