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BAKERSFIELD MINUTES
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City Hall North- 1600 Truxtun Avenue, First Floor,
Conference
Room A
Special Meeting-4:30 p.m.
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1. ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Brar, Tarango, Valladares-Macias, Simpson, Beardsley,
Thallapalle, Mendiburu(A) (seated at 4:33 p.m.), Woods
(A), Pursel (A), Ocampo (A), Yum (A)
Commissioners Absent: Webster, Batth, Robledo (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 October 23, 2023, Youth Commission special meeting
minutes
Motion to adopt the Minutes from October 23, 2023, special meeting by
Commissioner Woods, seconded by Commissioner Tarango. Motion passed
with Commissioners Simpson and Beardsley absent.
4. NEW BUSINESS
a. Update regarding a potential collaboration between the City of Bakersfield
Youth Commission and Keep Bakersfield Beautiful.
Management Assistant Gutierrez gave an update on a potential
collaboration between the Youth Commission and Keep Bakersfield
Beautiful.
Motion to receive and file the update regarding Keep Bakersfield Beautiful
by Commissioner Webster, seconded by Commissioner Batth. Motion passed
with Commissioners Simpson and Beardsley absent.
5. DEFERRED BUSINESS
a. Continue discussion regarding potential Youth Commission project ideas for
FY 2023-2024 and vote on a final topic
Commissioners discussed what organizations they would like to reach out to
and finalized their idea for the Youth Commission project for FY 2023-2024.
Motion to accept an extracurriculars fair as the Youth Commission project
and tentatively collaborate with the Southwest Library, CAPK, the Boy Scouts,
Got the Dot, SWAT, PAL, Adventist Volunteering, League of Dreams/Adaptive
Sports, 4H, The Racket Club/tennis, Taekwondo, football, soccer, volleyball,
wrestling, CSUB Summer programs, The Bakersfield Museum of Art, The
Bakersfield Natural History Museum, the blood bank, The Boys & Girls Club,
The Dance Association, art, Children First, Garden Pathways, and The Kern
Community Foundation for FY 2023-2024 by Commissioner Woods, seconded
by Commissioner Batth. Motion passed with Commissioners Simpson and
Beardsley absent.
6. STAFF COMMENTS
Management Assistant Gutierrez made staff comments. Fellow Hannah
Rosica made staff comments. Public Works Administrative Analyst I Apryl
Tovar made staff comments.
7. COMMISSION COMMENTS
Commissioner Brar mentioned vague extracurricular categories that had
been proposed and encouraged Commissioners to bring suggestions of
specific organizations related to those categories to the next meeting.
8. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 5:19 p.m.