HomeMy WebLinkAboutYouth Advisory Board - Minutes - 01/09/2019YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Fort Collins Activity Center; Conference Room
● CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Katie Ko at 5:30 pm
● ROLL CALL
● Members Present: Katie Ko, Sam Hammock, Milan Khosla, Emily Winn, Suhaas
Narayanan, Vivian Bear
● Members Absent: Kaustubh Kaushik
● Staff Present: Tim Stabbe (Senior Supervisor Recreation)
● List of Guests: Emily Wilmsen (Keep Fort Collins Great Again (KFCG)), Becca
Heinze (Adaptive Recreation Program), Drew Brooks (Transportation Survey)
● AGENDA REVIEW
● Ms. Ginny Sawyer who was originally intended to be there to discuss KFCG
couldn’t make it so Ms. Emily Wilmsen took her place.
● CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
● No citizen participation for tonight's meeting
● APPROVAL OF MINUTES
○ Katie Ko approved last months minutes which was then seconded by Milan Khosla.
● UNFINISHED BUSINESS
● Community Chalkboard (not discussed in meeting)
● Transportation survey (discussed with Mr. Brooks)
● NEW BUSINESS
● Keep Fort Collins Great Bill
● What is KFCG? one piece of taxes/fees in city
o Means to get revenue for functions
o Base rate not changed since 1982 (2.25%)
o 3 other dedicated taxes (0.25%)
▪ Street maintenance
▪ Capital improvement
▪ Open space
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▪ Dedicated means that the taxes must be used on specific items
● Bill has reaches sunset in 2020 and is going to be put on the ballet again.
● Board is neutral about the decision
● Where YAB might find importance in KFCG because of transportation
maintenance (i.e., bike lanes, safe routes to school)
● Becca Heinz discussed Adaptive Recreation Program, a program which helps
assists Adults with special needs and provides them with unique opportunities.
● Drew Brooks who works for TransFort gave the board his time and allowed emily
and Suhaas and Emily to present for the board
● BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
○ No board member reports for this current meeting.
● OTHER BUSINESS
○ Spots to fill for current Youth Advisory Board Members who won’t be active
members next year.
○ League of Cities essays due
○ Community Chalkboard Which Will be discussed next meeting
○ Chairman’s Report
■ Leadership Tip of the Month: Emily Winn, Onward about Starbucks
● Employee benefits, better hiring
● Clear vision for where we want our projects to go, take revolutionary
ideas into its goal
● ADJOURNMENT
○ Meeting adjourned at 7:05 by Katie Ko
■ Adjournment was seconded by Vivian Bear
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