2022-01-12 Youth Commission MinutesYouth Commission Meeting Minutes 1/12/2022
Commission Members Present:
Julie Andres
Chair Owen Lee
Audrey Lim
Aaron Nateephaisan
Secretary Sydney Pearson
Publicity Officer Brooke Rinehimer
Co -Chair Brook Roberts
Mariana Yenter
Secretary Samuel Yi
Staff Present:
Shannon Burley
Jay Sandstrom*
*Left at 6:48 PM
I. ROLE CALL & ABSENCES
Commission Members Absent:
Chelsea Beck
Finn Paynich
Councilmembers Present:
Diane Buckshnis
Chair Owen Lee moved to call the meeting to order at 6:02 PM over Zoom.
Owen read the land acknowledgement statement.
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Owen moved to add the agenda item of introducing Councilmember Diane Buckshnis; Brook
Roberts seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Owen moved to approve the agenda; Brook Roberts seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
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➢ Commission Meeting Minutes of December 8th, 2021
Owen made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 8th, 2021 meeting; Brook
Roberts seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
IV. PUBLIC COMMENT VIA ZOOM
➢ No public comments
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➢ She is on the Puget Sound Partnership Salmon Recovery Council
➢ Liaison for the Edmonds Stream Team and Students Saving Salmon
➢ Excited to bring fourth our voice on environment
➢ Looks forward to working w/ us this year
VI. ANDREA PETZEL: BROADVIEW PLANNING
➢ Andrea Petzel: Broadview planning consultant (email: andreaC@broadviewplanning.com)
➢ Wants to talk to us about community engagement in Edmonds
➢ Wants to do gap analysis on comprehensive plan in advance of the update process
➢ With us, she is looking at:
o How climate shows up in comp. plan
o How the city has done community engagement (what has worked and what
hasn't)
➢ Wants to elevate youth voices in the process
➢ Wants to know how we as individuals and how the Commission participate with
community engagement
➢ What is the comprehensive plan?
o Drives community development
o Includes plans for sustainability, land use, housing, economic development,
cultural, utilities, parks prose -plan, etc.
o Is a vision of how we want Edmonds to change and grow
o It has to be updated periodically
o Goal is to engage w/ community well in the next iteration of the comp. plan
update
➢ How does the Youth Commission engage in the community?
o Shannon: engagement amongst teens is a challenge we are aware of
■ So, the Youth Commission has tried other different ways to achieve
community engagement amongst youth
■ We have the ability to talk to our peer group and get others involved in
city government
o Owen: Instagram for engagement w/ youth
■ Still need a more robust Instagram presence
■ Instagram is super effective for school information, want to try to achieve
the same thing w/ the Commission
■ Word of mouth has worked to get friends to participate in community
and Youth Commission activities
o Brooke: a pros -plan representative, engages more w/ community through that
o Owen: has represented commission w/ police chief, selection of artist for redoing
civic park
■ Fact that they want us to contribute shows that the city does value our
engagement as a Commission w/in the community
■ However, hard to make voice heard in these meetings w/ adults and city
officials
■ Would have felt more comfortable, as a teen representative, w/
one-on-one conversations
o Shannon: pronoun presentation shows our engagement
➢ What does equity mean to you?
o In general, we feel it means:
■ A level playing field
■ Equal opportunities, fair access to resources
■ Addressing marginalized voices
■ Providing what people need
■ Equity at all stages of a process
➢ There is a need for equitable access to power and resources and a need to create safe
and open spaces where people feel they can be heard -- how can we make the outreach
process authentic?
o Shannon: translations help w/ equity in community engagement
o We can't only reach out to communities when we want them to do something;
marginalized communities can already have so much in their lives that providing
input to a pros -plan is not their top priority
o Outreach is often inauthentic ; it's what WE want, not what marginalized
community members NEED
o Ways to reach out to teens for input on the comp. plan:
■ Have a Youth Commission only session to gather youth input on the
comp. Plan (more comfortable environment if it is a meeting only w/ the
Youth Commission)
■ Reach out to groups of youth that have politically active clubs where its
likely to find politically active people and representatives for input
VII. WLYAC & OFFICE OF EQUITY TASKFORCE MEETING REPRESENTATIVES - BROOK
➢ High schoolers advising state legislature on bills
➢ They are collaborating w/ Washington State Office of Equity
o Dr. Karen Johnson is the director of the Office of Equity
➢ There will be quarterly meetings to engage in social justice discussion w/ her
➢ We want one representative to attend quarterly meetings w/ 2 alternates
o Audrey - alternate
o Mara - alternate
o Sam - representative
VIII. COMMITTEE GOAL SETTING AND SHARE -OUT
➢ Youth in Government Committee:
o Want to make weekly Instagram posts about critical topics the council is covering
■ Add a link to linktree w/ council information
o Start review process w/ intro to youth in government guide
■ Want councilmember input
■ Will finish in upcoming two weeks before retreat
■ Going to present during the retreat
■ Decide how to publicize: booklet? social media posts?
o Start a Youth Court?
➢ Environmental Committee
o Start planning things after school semester
o Look for Commission volunteer opportunities
o Want to increased Recycling awareness in school
o Starting to plan Earth Day event
■ Get a lot of youth to participate in clean-up event (maybe organize it
ourselves, or promote a city one)
■ Get in contact w/ park department environmental clubs (EWHS:
Environmentalist Club, Students Saving Salmon)
➢ Mental Health Committee
o Current goal is to reorganize the mental health resources on the Edmonds city
website
■ Create lists of local mental health resources
■ Make a plan for where the mental health resources should appear on the
website; consolidate pages, make them easier to find
o Get in contact with the school district about mental health education
Owen made a motion to remove the New Year Activity from the agenda; Brook Roberts
seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Owen made a motion to extend the meeting by 5 minutes; Brook Roberts seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously.
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➢ Discussed our upcoming retreat, decided to have it on Saturday, January 29th, for an
hour and a half over Zoom
X. ADJOURNMENT
Owen adjourned the meeting at 7:33 PM.