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HomeMy WebLinkAboutYouth Advisory Board - Minutes - 09/13/1995CITY OF FORT COLLINS YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD City Council Liaison to the Board: Councilman will Smith Staff Support to the Board: Peggy Bowers, Recreation Program Administrator, Scott Gammon, Police Officer, and Jackie Rael, Administrative Aide II Minutes: Regular Meeting -- September 13, 1995 CALL MEETING TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m. by President Callie Sigl. Agenda Review: No changes to the printed agenda Introduction of the Board Members New Board Members Etirsa Gamez and Nathan Dexter were introduced and welcomed to the Board. Approval of minutes: The minutes of the August 9 Board meeting were unanimously (7-0) approved on a motion by Crissy Maxwell, seconded by Abby Jones after Crissy made one correction to the minutes under Other Business change "CSU Athletic Department' to CSU Student Recreation Center. Citizen Participation: No citizen participation Name the Youth Center Peggy Bowers said that we need a name for the teen portion of the center. Suzy Danford suggested Teen Alley. On a motion by Stacie Smith, seconded by Dallas Davis, the Board voted unanimously (9-0) to name the area mentioned "Teen Alley". Stacie will work with Recreation Staff to design a sign. Peggy then asked the Board what their ideas were to name the facility? Dallas suggested Tower Center; Abby suggested Remington Center. Other suggestions were Youth Center; Choice City Youth Center. After much discussion, the Board members felt that they wanted to ask their friends. Callie suggested a "Name the Youth Center" contest with a prize attached. On a motion by Dallas Davis, seconded by Etirsa Gamez, the Board voted unanimously (9-0) to hold a contest to name the facility. Etersia and Dallas will form a sub -committee for the contest. The prize will be a 30- admission pass to EPIC. Youth Advisory Board Minutes September 13, 1995 Page 2 Teen Center at Old Fort Collins High The Board decided that the study room needs to be moved. Callie asked about computers. She said one MAC and one IBM are the essentials for the study lounge, along with two sets of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesaurus, reference books, and if the computers have CD ROMs have the encyclopedias and reference material on the CD's. Peggy said the list of donations so far are a big screen TV (46"); two 19 inch TVS; stereo equipment; couch, beanbag chairs, subscription to teen magazine. The Board asked for Rolling Stones Magazine, People Magazine; suggestion was made for microwavable vending snacks; sports drinks, i.e. "snapple"; Leticia said she doesn't want to support "snapple"; candy bars; pool tables; darts; and ping pong tables. Will Smith said that the neighborhood has asked that the fencing around the grounds be taken down and he feels that we need to address their requests. Peggy responded that this is still Poudre R-1's facility and that we only lease a portion from them. Peggy added that principals have suggested that clubs meet here. Citizen Stephanie Mosnik suggested an acting club and a book club. Etirsa suggested craft classes; Abby said fitness, dance, and craft classes that are offered to adults. Callie asked about a collection of text books for tutoring. Suzy Danford said that the representatives should check with the principals from their schools. Abby said she could check into this program. Abby talked about Channel 4 news. They did a segment on how the teenagers have nothing to do in Fort Collins and that the City is thinking of creating a youth center and adding more police officers. Abby and Crissy Maxwell (individually) called Channel 4 and corrected this false reporting. Abby said she will invite this reporter to the grand opening of the Youth Center. Will said that he was on a retreat this weekend with a youth group who said they won't attend the Youth Center because it's run by adults and that is where they want us to go and we won't go there. He asked the Board Members to talk up the Youth Center to reach out to as many students as possible. Etirsa said that on the "Name the facility contest" we could ask them about their feelings on a youth center. Callie encourages the Board members to contact their representative schools. Representation to the Schools The Board members updated last year's representation to the junior and senior high schools. (Attached is a copy of the Board members list of schools they will represent). Election of Officers The following Board members were unanimously elected to office for a one-year term. Youth Advisory Board Minutes September 13, 1995 Page 3 President -- Callie Sigl; Vice President -- Crissy Maxwell; Secretary -- Lois Switzer Other Business - Crissy asked if we could change our meeting time to the first or third Wednesday of the month as she has a conflict on the second Wednesday. On a motion by Dallas Davis, seconded by Etirsa Gamez, the Youth Advisory Board unanimously agreed to moved their regular meeting to the first Wednesday of the month, at 7:00 p.m. at the Youth Center. - Jean Helburg said that the Board has a second chance to ask for budget requests: The Board is requesting the following: skateboard park, teen dance club, extended Transfort hours and routes and special events bus service. - Abby said that the Transfort from Fort Collins High has standing room only Adjournment: On a motion by Leticia Martinez, seconded by Dallas Davis, the Board adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Respe�ct�fjully� s, , Jackie Rael, Administrative Aide Board Members Staff Callie Sigl Jean Helburg Crissy Maxwell Peggy Bowers Dallas Davis Suzy Danford Nathan Dexter Scott Gammon Etirsa Gamez David Mosnik Abby Jones Jackie Rael Leticia Martinez Lois Switzer Stacie Smith Will Smith, Council Liaison