HomeMy WebLinkAboutYouth Advisory Board - Minutes - 03/04/2021YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
March 4, 2021
Remote Meeting through Zoom
5:00-5:30pm Presentation from Kathy McLaren, Environmental Services (optional)
• Resilience Hub Project Overview
5:30-6:30pm Regular Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER
This meeting was called to order at 5:30pm by Vice Chair: Dimitry Valchansky
leading the meeting for Chair: Dylan Lindsay.
2. ROLL CALL
a. Eva Calva, Dimitry Volchansky, Kristin Mera-Cano, Sean Alcazar-Chavez
b. Members Absent – Dylan Lindsey
c. Staff Present – Sierra Anderson (City Manager’s Office), Jelitza Garcia Martinez (Rec
Intern; Secretary)
3. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION - None
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (January 2021)
a. Dimity made a motion to approve the minutes from February, motion was 2nd and
approved as read.
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Approval of 2021 Work Plan
• Dimitry:
o Dimitry read off the goals and work plan steps.
o Moved to approve the work plan. Motion was seconded and put up
for vote. Motion was approved.
6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
a. 6-mo Planning Calendar review & member recommendations for project proposals.
• Sierra:
o shared the calendar and it was explained and talked over with YAB
7. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS (COMMITTEES, EVENT ATTENDANCE ETC.)
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a. Dimitry:
• Environmental Club at Fort Collins High School would like to learn more about
Our Climate Future and plans that the City has for environmental projects or
environmental engineers to talk at Fort Collins High School.
o Sarah or Sierra can make a connection for Dimitry separate from
YAB
8. OTHER BUSINESS
a. Recommendations and referrals from member recommendations for project
proposals.
• Ex. 2020 Board requests were:
• County Nicotine Action Force
• Transportation Services
• Connexion Internet Treatment
• (Waste) Water Treatment
• Dimitry:
o Information about:
• Low income programs
• Environmental programs
• Connexion and transportation services
• Eva:
o Involving Latinx population with community events:
• Are there public events that can be shared with this
community to get Latinx population involved?
o What is the City doing to engage this population?
• Kristin
o Agrees with Eva and Dimitry on topics to learn more about.
• What programs can Latinx population be involved with and
opportunities with Low-income opportunities for present
and future?
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• What is the city doing to engage Latinx population?
• Dimitry tabled Dylan’s presentation for next meeting.
9. ADJOURNMENT
a. The meeting was adjourned at 6:13pm by Vice Chair: Dimitry Volchansky
NEXT MEETING – April 1st, 5pm presentation; 5:30-6:30pm meeting via Zoom