HomeMy WebLinkAboutYouth Advisory Board - Minutes - 06/03/2009YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
Regular meeting —June 3, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Council Liaison: Aislilnn Kottwitz
Staff Liaison: Steve Budner, Recreation, 221-6861
Board Chairperson: Kai Stucke
Board Members Present: Brittany Belmarez, Kai Stuckey and Kelsey Hennig
Board Member(s) Absent: Lisa Parker, Caroline Wockner and Kinsey Kappeler
Staff Members Present: Steve Budner, Administrator — Recreation Department
Carol Fahring, Staff Support — Recreation Department
Guest(s) Present: none
Call meeting to Order:
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson, Kai Stuckey at 5:10 pm.
Approval of Minutes:
The minutes from May 6 were approved after a motion by Brittany which was seconded by Kelsey (3-0).
Agenda Review:
Meeting time was added to the agenda.
CItizen Participation:
Kristie Blackmon, Recreation Co-ordinator, was present to discuss the Music Fest. Also a guest from
CSU named Emily was present to write an article about the Youth Advisory Board for her journalism
class.
Chairman's report:
None
Other business:
1) Work plan — Since only 3 members were present, adoption of the work plan was postponed.
Members need to come to the July meeting with 3 ideas. These can be the same ideas they had
earlier or new ones. If there is time in the July meeting we will start on the work plan and finish up
at the August retreat.
2) Music Fest — Everyone agreed that it was a success. Kristie said with skate boarders and band
members there were over 400 people in attendance, with 159 paying admission. Some ideas for
next year are to add a carnival & a battle of the bands with different age categories, eg. middle
school, high school and college. Other ideas were a dunk tank with civic leaders being dunked and
a food vendor. Kristie said that this event used to have a lot of activities like these, but over the
years it was pared down to the skateboard competition and the band performances. Another
suggestion was to have a fall festival also, but Steve suggested maybe holding off on that until the
spring festival becomes larger.
Some problems that occurred were trouble keeping the perimeter in check miscommunication
about the entrance fee. More volunteers are needed and a snow fence would help with the
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perimeter. Brittany suggested advertising on KCSU and in surrounding towns. A date of Saturday,
May 15, 2010 was suggested for next year's event.
3) The retreat will be on August 29 from 10 am — noon with lunch following the meeting. It will be
comprised of team building exercises and finalizing and adopting the work plan. Because of the
.retreat and scheduling conflicts with those members present, the regular August meeting on the 5`h
is cancelled.
4) Brittany moved to approve the letter to City Council regarding adoption of the transit plan and
Kelsey seconded it. (3-0). Steve and Carol will make style and grammar changes at which.time
Kai will sign it. Steve will then send it to City Council
5) Steve handed out copies of the Youth area BFO offers. Board members need to read them before
the next meeting. Brittany will write a letter endorsing the offers. This letter will be critiqued and
approved at the July meeting. He also announced the Colorado Lottery ticket giveaway on June
12. He discussed the registration survey results with opening time of registration moving from 8
am to 7 am to allow working parents a better opportunity to register.
6) The July agenda will include a work plan update, ideas for the work plan, a BFO update, a letter of
approval on the BFO offers and comments about the first day of school.
7) Due to conflicts with the 5 pm meeting time, the July meeting time will be changed. A meeting
time of 10:30 am was agreed upon by those members who were present. Carol will survey those
who were absent about this time. If it does not work for them, then we will return to the 5 pm
meeting time.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:07 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
7GF/�
Carol Fahring, Staff Support
The next meeting will be Wednesday, July 1 at 10:30 am at
Northside Aztlan Community Center at 112 E. Willow Street.