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City and County of San Francisco

April 18, 2005

DATE: Monday, April 18, 2005
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
PLACE: City Hall, Room 416

1. Call to Order and Roll Call: Commissioner Lantz called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Commissioners Present: Commissioners Chang, Copi, Herzallah, Jackson, Kwong, Lantz, Lauterborn, Lazer-Smith, McLaughlin, Moir, Mourning, Rodriguez, White and Williams Commissioners Absent: Commissioner Der Staff Present: Colleen Montoya, Ron S. McCan, Ayoka Turner

2. Motion to approve agenda: There was a motion to approve the agenda. MOTION APPROVED.

3. Motion to approve minutes of March 21, 2005: There was a motion to add Commissioner Lauterborn’s name to the list of Commissioners present. MOTION APPOVED. There was a motion to approve the minutes. MOTION APPROVED

4. Committee Report:

Youth Justice Committee – The committee reported back on the town hall meeting with Bill Sifferman, the new Chief Probation Officer.

Public Health and Housing Committee – The committee discussed the Transitional Housing Task Force Resolution. They are also working on a viewing of the movie "Aging Out" and putting together a Youth Panel with Michelle Byrnes for after the movie.

Youth Recreation and Services Committee – The committee put together questions for tonight’s Rec & Park Department presentation.

Youth Employment Committee – The committee will be setting up meetings with Supervisors Ma and Dufty on Youth Employment Issues.

Executive Committee – The committee discussed the agenda for this meeting.

5. Officer Report:

Chair – Commissioner Lantz had no report

Community Affairs Officer - Commissioner Williams reported on various upcoming community events.

Operations Officer – Commissioner Mourning reminded Commissioners to call the office – not each other – when they are going to be late/absent from meetings.

Government Affairs Officer – Commissioner Jackson reported that he will be stepping down as Government Affairs Officer due to his schedule as ASU President.

Media & Public Relations Officer – Commissioner White reported that she was contacted by a student who was interested in doing a film about the Youth Commission. She will be following up with him.

6. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda:

7. Consent Calendar

8. Legislation Introduced

9. Old Business


  2. Discussion and possible action re: Youth Commission Budget Advocacy for the 2005/06 Fiscal Year.

10. New Business

  1. Presentation by Katharine Petrucione, Director of Finance and Administration, Recreation and Parks Department, on the Recreation and Parks Department’s 05/06 Budget and the potential impact on children and youth. Katie Petrucione presented this item and answered questions from the Commissioners.

  2. Presentation by Alan Fox, SafeStart Director, on AB450 – legislation authored by Assemblyman Leland Yee (SF-12th) regarding violent video games. Alan Fox presented this item and answered questions from the Commissioners.

  3. Discussion and possible action re: Presentation by Iman Nazeeri-Simmons, Department of Public Health, on the Department of Public Health’s 05/06 Budget and the potential impact on children and youth. Iman Nazeeri-Simmons and Michelle Ruggles from DPH presented this item and answered questions from the Commisioners.

  4. Discussion and possible action re: Resolution in support of the Department of Public Health’s Youth Development Standards. There was a motion to approve this item. MOTION APPROVED.

  5. Discussion and possible action re: Board of Supervisors, File 050551: Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code by amending Section 5.170 regarding the Graffiti Advisory Board to authorize four members to serve as voting, rather than nonvoting, members, to add a representative of the District Attorney as a voting member, and to correct the reference to a Charter section. There was a motion to approve this item. MOTION APPROVED.

  6. Discussion and possible action re: Remainder of Youth Commission term calendar. Commissioner Mourning reported that the Executive Committee discussed the remainder of the calendar at their last meeting , and they proposed that the last meeting of the Youth Commission be held on June 6th. There was a motion to approve this item. MOTION APPROVED.

  7. Discussion and possible action re: Certification of Commissioner Herzallah’s Resignation. There was a motion to approve this item. MOTION APPROVED.

  8. Discussion and possible action re: Approval of Absences for Commissioner White (4/4 meeting). There was a motion to approve this item. MOTION APPROVED.

 

11. Items for next Agenda
12. Announcements The Commissioners announced various upcoming community events
13. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm.

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