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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/27/23 YOUTH COMMISSION (03 YOUTH COMMISSION BAKERSFIELD MINUTES THE SOUND MEETING OF March 27, 2023 City Hall North - 1600 Truxtun Avenue, First Floor, Conference Room A Regular Meeting - 4:30 p.m. www.,_bc 1. ROLL CALL Commissioners Present: Bell, Tarango (seated at 4:44 p.m.), Resolme, Simpson, Pursel (A), Beardsley, Webster, Batth, Tran (A) (seated at 4:39 p.m.), Commissioners Absent: Vargas (A), Taft (A), Kakarla, H. Brar (A), Nahama (A) 2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS a. Agenda Item Public Statements None. b. Non-Agenda Item Public Statements None. 3. SUMMARY REPORT a. Adoption of the February 27, 2023 Youth Commission minutes Motion to adopt the minutes from the February 27 Youth Commission Meeting by Commissioner Beardsley, seconded by Commissioner Webster. Motion passed unanimously. b. Adoption of the January 30, 2023 Special Youth Commission minutes Motion to adopt the minutes from the January 30 Special Youth Commission Meeting by Commissioner Resolme, seconded by Commissioner Batth. Motion passed unanimously. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Presentation by Ray Scott of the Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Committee regarding the 2023 Great American Cleanup, including the Mayor's High School Challenge on Saturday, April 22, 2023 4. NEW BUSINESS continued Ray Scott gave a presentation on the Great American Cleanup and the Mayor's High School Challenge and invited the Commissioners to participate, and to get the word out to their high schools. He also gave a presentation on Keep California Beautiful. He invited the Commissioners to volunteer for their watershed stewardship-citizen science project. a. Recap of the 2023 Youth Commission donation drive at the Haggin Oaks Farmers Market in collaboration with the Applecore Project, Inc. Commissioner Pursel gave a report of the 2023 Youth Commission donation drive. She said that Jaclyn Allen from Applecore invited the Commissioners to help hand out the items collected from the donation drive. Motion to receive and file report by Commissioner Beardsley seconded by Commissioner Tran. Motion passed unanimously. b. Discussion regarding the development of a video to promote youth engagement in the community and recruit interested high school students to serve on the Youth Commission for the 2023-2024 school year. Commissioner Bell asked that this item be included on the agenda for discussion at the next meeting. 5. STAFF COMMENTS Management Assistant Gutierrez made staff comments. Deputy City Attorney Villanueva made staff comments. 6. COMMISSION COMMENTS Commissioner Bell asked to agendize the Keep California Beautiful project for discussion at the next meeting. 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 5:14 p.m.