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YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, January 9, 2020
300 Laport Ave, Fort Collins Co., 80521
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Suhaas Narayanan at 5:30 pm on January 9th.
2. ROLL CALL
a. Xinyu Wu, Suhaas Narayanan, Doha Shahba, Louise Holland, Rahul Ghosh
b. Members Absent –Jai Ramchander, Dylan Lindsey, Kavya Kaushik, and Kaustubh
“K” Kaushik
c. Staff Present - Staff Present - Sierra Anderson (City Manager’s Office), Jason
Chadock (Staff Liaison), Adelle McDaniel (Sustainability Services), Megan
DeMasters (Sustainability Services), Elizabeth Blythe (City Clerk)
d. Community Members Present – None
3. AGENDA REVIEW – none
4. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION – none
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Doha Shahba made a motion to approve the minutes, the motion was seconded and
the minutes were approved as read.
6. NEW BUSINESS
a. New Staff Liaison
Jason Chadock introduced himself as the new liaison to the board
b. City Sustainability Plan Presentation (Adelle McDaniel)
The plan is an outline of how internally the City is moving to be more
sustainable
There are 6 goals in the plan: to be resilient, public lands thrive, we are water
smart, we are carbon neutral, world-class workplace, we are zero waste
(2019’s focus goal).
Covered why and how the city is planning internally to achieve these goals
The board talked about the goal that it would like to see as the focus for 2020
c. Futures Committee Presentation (Megan DeMasters)
The committee talks about forces and trends into the future, zooming out to
see how to approach these future issues
The board discussed issues that would affect youth in the future
o Some issues discussed include, but are not limited to: substance
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abuse, transportation, e-scooters, and youth center
Megan asked the board if members could come present to the committee
about issues affecting the youth in the city in the future
The meeting will be on April 13th
The board will discuss getting member to attend at the next meeting of the
Youth Advisory Board
d. National League of Cities (Elizabeth Blythe)
Talked about the conference and the opportunity for one to two members on
the board to attend the conference in DC
There will be youth workshops, get to meet elected officials, and many more
opportunities for learning
The NLC application for board members is due on Jan. 24 2020 by 5 pm.
The conference will be March 7-11, 2020
7. OLD BUSINESS
a. Work Plan Finalization
The board talked about the work plan and decided that Suhass will send the
working draft out to the board, each member will edit the work plan, and then
the board will vote on the work plan by email. The final day to vote will be on
January 15th.
8. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS (COMMITTEES, EVENT ATTENDANCE ETC.)- None
9. OTHER BUSINESS
a. Next Meeting(s) Focus and Location
The board talked about tours they would like to go on in different city buildings
and outreach to city and county organizations taking on issues that affect
youth in the city
The board would like to see presentations from:
o Nicotine action force at the county
o Transportation services
o Connexion internet services
o Water treatment and Waste water treatment
b. Agenda Items for next meeting
Presentation about the Parks and Rec master plan meeting and super boards
meeting
Talk about the next super boards meeting on February 24th
10. ADJOURNMENT
a. Louise Holland moved to adjourn the meeting, the motion is secounded and the
meeting is adjourned at 6:35.
Respectfully submitted by: Louise Holland, Secretary