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YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, December 5, 2019
222 Laport Ave, Fort Collins Co., 80521
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Suhaas Narayanan at 5:35 pm on Wednesday,
December 4.
2. ROLL CALL
a. Dylan Lindsey, Xinyu Wu, Suhaas Narayanan, Kavya Kaushik, Doha Shahba, Kaustubh
“K” Kaushik, Louise Holland
b. Members Absent – Rahul Ghosh and Jai Ramchander
c. Staff Present - Staff Present - Sierra Anderson (City Manager’s Office), Gretchen
Stanford (Public Outreach For Utilities), Tarah Muller (Utilities)
d. Community Members Present – None
3. AGENDA REVIEW – none
4. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION – none
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Suhaas Narayanan made a motion to approve the minutes, the motion was seconded
and the minutes were approved as read.
6. OLD BUSINESS
a. Halligan Water Supply Presentation (Gretchen Stanford and Tarah Muller)
The Halligan reservoir project is and expansion of the Halligan Reservoir 25
miles away from Fort Collins
With the EIS open there is now a period of public comment and public hearing on
the project is Jan 13
The project is important to the youth advisory board as it concerns the future
water supply and storage for the City of Fort Collins
The project is asking for the board’s support
The board discussed their support for the Halligan water supply project.
Suhaas Narayanan made a motion to support the project, the motion was
secounded and passed.
The board signed a letter of support for the Halligan water supply project.
7. NEW BUSINESS
a. Election of Co-Chair
Doha Shahba and Kaustubh “K” Kaushik each gave a short speech on their
qualifications for the position of Co-Chair
The board voted in a closed ballot vote and Doha Shahba won the vote and is
the new Co-Chair
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b. Parks and Recreation Master Plan
Parks and Recreation are looking for two to three people from the board to
attend the Parks and Recreation Master Plan Meeting on December 9 at the
Senior Center
o Suhaas and Louise said they would go to represent the board
c. 2020 Youth Advisory Board Work Plan Finalization
The board discussed wanting to focus on:
o Environmental issues
o Increased representation and outreach to youth in the community
o Promote and involve the board in city events
o Transportation for youth
o Neighborhood livability and youth involvement
Suhaas will send to the board a rough draft of the work plan with everything the
board has discussed. The board will look into voting over email, if that is not an
option the board with vote on the work plan at the next meeting
The board discussed city meetings they would like to have someone attend to
represent the board.
o Reimagining boards and commissions on December 10
• Suhaas said he might be able to attend.
o Mobility Meeting on January 14
o Meeting about development of Hughes Stadium on January 21
8. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS (OMMITTEES, EVENT ATTENDANCE ETC.)
a. Dylan Lindsey reported to the board about the Climate Action Sustainability Celebration
Event
Gave Sierra contacts for organizations within the community focused on climate
action to help the boards out reach into the community.
The youth at the event wished for the city to institute
o Compost
o Education about recycling for youth in the community
o Incentives for schools to recycle
o Have increased clean transportation
o Plastic bag tax
9. OTHER BUSINESS
a. The next meeting is on January 8th, Marc Rademacher and Sierra Anderson will alert
the board to the location of the next meeting
10. ADJOURNMENT
a. Suhaas moved to adjourn the meeting, the motion is secounded and the meeting is
adjourned at 6:45
Respectfully submitted by: Louise Holland, Secretary
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BOARD NAME
TYPE OF MEETING – (REGULAR, WORKSESSION, SPECIAL)
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BOARD NAME
TYPE OF MEETING – (REGULAR, WORKSESSION, SPECIAL)
11. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS (COMMITTEES, EVENT ATTENDANCE, ETC.)
a. None
12. OTHER BUSINESS (BOARD MEMBER CONCERNS, ANNOUNCEMENTS)
a. None
13. ADJOURNMENT: