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Youth Advisory Board
Regular Meeting
Date: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016
Place: Foothills Activity Center, Community Room
Time: 5:30-6:30 pm
241 East Foothills Parkway (Located Inside Foothills Mall)
Present:
Vivian Bear, Betsy Pruznick, Nicholas Lin, Nela Mohan, Megan Ronquillo, Roshini Narayanan
Absent:
Naitra Ramchander, Katie Ko
Staff Present: Marc Rademacher (Staff Liaison), Sara Stone (Recreation Supervisor), Christine
Macrina (Boards and Commissions Coordinator)
• Motion to call the meeting to order made by Betsy Pruznick at 5:34 p.m.
• Approval of Minutes: Betsy Pruznick motioned to approve the minutes, Vivian Bear
seconded
• Chairman’s report: none
• Citizen Participation: Fort Collins Communications (Rory Shar)
- Discussed the best ways for Fort Collins to communicate with people, specifically
the youth
• PSD Student Think Tank (Elaine Homes and Martin Carcasson)
- Talked about a mental health forum held at Fort Collins High School
- Invited the YAB to a public deliberation training
- Conversed about the possibility to team up during Everyone Matters Day
- Nick showed interest in sharing their mental health study with the Colorado You
Advisory Council
• Transfort Community Outreach (Claire Bouchard)
- Asked for input on the use of Transfort, Max, and other busses
- The YAB talked about experiences on public transportation
- YAB gave input on the advertisements
• Cultural Resources Board
- Vivian tried to contact them further and is waiting on a response
• Community Chalkboard
- Goals: find a size, price, place, and design
- Plan to ask schools about donating chalkboard
- Maybe locate the chalkboard inside of the mall for a time (talk to John Gaffney)
- Put together a sub-committee for the Chalkboard (Katie, Nela, Betsy)
• Regional Youth Advisory Boards
- Nick contacted Longmont
- Still waiting on a reply from Cheyanne
- Will plan on the Rebuild Uplift Challenge with the Loveland board in February
• Mental Health Project sub-committee:
- Roshini, Nick, Nela, Katie
• Adjournment: Betsy Pruznick motioned to adjourn at 6:45 p.m., Megan seconded the
motion. Motion unanimously passed.
Respectfully submitted by:
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Nela Mohan, Secretary