San Francisco Youth Commission
Youth Employment Committee
Minutes
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
5:00-7:00pm
City Hall, Room 345
1. Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

There will be public comment on each item.

Members: Christine Huynh, Kyron Covington, Sarah Armstrong, Nicholas Persky, Mia Shackelford

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

The meeting was called to order at 5:09 p.m. Commissioners present: Christine Huynh, Kyron Covington, Nicholas Persky, Mia Shackelford. Staff present: Phimy Truong. There was quorum.

2. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

There was no public comment. Commissioner Shackelford, seconded by Commissioner Covington, moved to approve the agenda. This motion was approved by acclamation.

3. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. April 23, 2013

There was no public comment. Commissioner Covington, seconded by Commissioner Shackelford, moved to approve the minutes of April 23, 2013. This motion was approved by acclamation.

4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda (Discussion Only)

There were none.

5. Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Staff report

Ms. Truong provided the following updates: there will likely be a Special full Youth Commission (YC) meeting in July to continue committee work and priorities; the commission’s outreach and civic engagement work has reached over 1,000 youth and community members since the YC’s third position started in mid January; Ms. Truong will be attending the Clerk of the Board budget presentation during the week of June 17th; the office has interviewed all YC applicants and will be hearing about new appointments this summer; and finally, Ms. Truong thanked committee members for their work and time.

There was no public comment.

B. Summer Jobs+ update

Commissioners agreed to reach out to the Summer Jobs+ doorway organizations (youth employment service providers that were funded to work with and enroll youth to the Summer Jobs+ program) and conduct site visits and surveys with youth engaged in the program. Commissioners then spent some time developing survey questions for both doorway organizations, employment service providers, and for youth participants. Commissioners also discussed and agreed to work on a short report with findings from the surveys and site visits.

Commissioners then discussed providing a briefing document for future commissioners interested in following up on youth employment. Commissioner Covington delegated roles to each committee member. Commissioners than reviewed their schedules and directed staff to set up meetings for commissioners and doorway organization staff.

There was no public comment.

C. Committee goals and next steps

Commissioner Huynh asked committee members to look over Zendesk’s community benefits agreement (CBA), as her district supervisor’s office had often recommended Zendesk’s CBA as a model for community engagement. Commissioners then spent some time reviewing the CBA. Commissioners Covington and Shackelford debated on what the committee can realistically work on over the summer. Commissioner Covington suggested that the committee focus on just researching and providing useful information for future employment committee members. Commissioners continued discussing work to include in the briefing document and providing a research binder for future committee members to review.

There was no public comment.

6. Items to Report to Executive Committee (Discussion Only)

This item was tabled.

7. Executive Committee Report (Discussion Only)

This item was tabled.

8. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.