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2022-06-08 Youth Commission MinutesYouth Commission Meeting Minutes 6/8/2022 Commission Members Present: Commission Members Absent: Julie Andres Chair Owen Lee Aaron Nateephaisan Audrey Lim Finn Paynich Secretary Sydney Pearson Publicity Officer Brooke Rinehimer Co -Chair Brook Roberts Mariana Yenter Secretary Samuel Yi Staff Present: Casey Collley Councilmembers Present: Diane Buckshnis I. ROLE CALL & ABSENCES Co -Chair Brook Roberts called the meeting to order at 6:02 at Frances Anderson Center, Room 123 - 700 Main Street. Aaron read the land acknowledgement statement. II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Brook made a motion to approve the agenda; Brooke seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. III. APPROVAL OF MAY 25, 2022 MINUTES Brook made a motion to approve the minutes of the May 25, 2022 meeting; Finn seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. IV. PUBLIC COMMENT ➢ No public comments V. DEBRIEF PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL ➢ We are the mayor's favorite Committee! ➢ We had to do some impromptu presenting, but it went well ➢ Takeaways for next year's presentation: o We always get the same comments: that they love us ■ We could ask for some more feedback; we need material to build off of ■ We do get feedback throughout the year, which is helpful ➢ We got lots of praise from the Council ➢ Congratulations on the great work! VI. PROJECTS WRAP UPS ➢ Potential project for next year: o The leadership of boards and commissions in the city could have one big meeting to discuss a collaborative project to benefit the city ➢ Before next year, we should share what work has been done (verbally and email) in the committees so that people can pick up these projects for next year o Committees, send email updates to Casey ➢ Environmental Committee update: o The Earth Day clean-up went well! They have also made some Instagram posts. ➢ Diversity & Equity Committee o They want to create Pride Month posts on Instagram ➢ Youth in Government Committee o Went to Youth Court Conference in Seattle ■ We will get in touch with Audrey about her work on the Youth Court • Same and Audrey were planning on drafting a letter to Judge Rivera; someone can pick this up later ■ There is no Youth Court that serves South Snohomish county; we could make one that not only serves Edmonds, but rather this whole area ■ We need to get a proposal in the works right now before we go deeper o We are making a guide to government for the youth ■ Brook has Instagram guides ready and a slides presentation ready; all the research is done, we just need to figure out what to pull from Brook's research ➢ Mental Health Committee o No updates ➢ What we can get done before our term: work on some graphics! o Pride Month o Mental health outdoors benefits (to post after Pride Month) o Tie up loose ends about Youth Court ➢ Continue writing the statement about gun legislation and our views on it ➢ Reaching out to other youth commissions: o We currently have a list of Youth Commissions statewide; this would be a good project to continue next year o Building a statewide coalition would be great Brook made a motion to amend the agenda to add project work time as an item after the Committee Check In; Finn seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. VII. RECRUITMENT ➢ Reach out to ASB coordinators at schools ➢ Advertise at the outdoor movies in Edmonds ➢ Going to the Edmonds Market is an option where we could have a table ➢ Put flyers in Edmonds restaurant window ➢ Reach out to running start coordinators ➢ Reach out to school college counselors ➢ Announce recruitment to other commissions in Edmonds ➢ Reserve the top floor of the library for a recruitment party o Q and A to talk about what the Youth Commission is, what it does o Provide pizza and snack o We would need to make sure that the advertising looks nice and is inviting o Around mid -September would be a good time to do this o Past commissioners could even come and speak 0 Brook made a motion to move the Summer Retreat agenda item ahead of the Committee Check in item; Sam seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Vill. SUMMER RETREAT ➢ The Parks Department said that we are clear to go do some service at a park ➢ We will have a retreat at 6:00 PM on Friday, July 1, at Hutt Park o Bring gardening gloves (other tools will be provided) IX. COMMITTEE CHECK IN ➢ All committees will send email updates to Casey :Z•a1X41AVIS]011411111►Vi14 ➢ Youth in Government Committee o They are going to make a graphic about registering to vote since midterms are coming up; get this posted before the end of this year ➢ Mental Health Committee o Make an Instagram post about how to deal with mental health during finals week, including personal statements about what we do to maintain our mental health o They sent a link to be posted on the Edmonds City website that has a list of local teen therapists ➢ Diversity & Equity Committee and Environmental Committee o They will make a Pride Month post XI. MEETING WRAP UP ➢ Brooke is working on a rough calendar for months to talk about on the Commission for next year ➢ We need to organize the Google Drive ➢ Get committee updates sent to Casey by this Friday. XII. ADJOURNMENT Co -Chair Brook Roberts adjourned the meeting at 7:35 PM.