Youth Commission Regular Session (2025-02-10)

Page 1 of 3 City of Gilroy Youth Commission Regular Meeting Minutes Monday, February 10, 2025 | 6:00 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order by Chair James at 6:02 p.m. 2. FLAG SALUTE 3. ROLL CALL Attendance Attendee Name Present Maya Beyret, Commissioner Alfred James, Commissioner Thanmay Sarath, Commissioner Biruh Abaneh, Commissioner Karin Rodriguez Sandoval, Commissioner Anna Nguyen, Commissioner Sofia Romero , Commissioner Emily Lai, Commissioner Ethan Diep, Commissioner Absent Jacob Ortega , Commissioner Gianna Garcia, Commissioner 4. SECRETARY'S REPORT The meeting agenda and packet were posted on February 7, 2025. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5.1. January 13, 2025 Commissioner Sarath motioned to approve the minutes. Commissioner Nguyen seconded. Motion passed 9-0-0. RESULT: Pass MOVER: Thanmay Sarath, Commissioner SECONDER Anna Nguyen, Commissioner AYES: Commissioner Beyret, Commissioner James, Commissioner Sarath, Commissioner Abaneh, Commissioner Ortega, Commissioner Rodriguez Sandoval, Commissioner Nguyen, Commissioner Romero , Commissioner Lai, Commissioner Diep ABSENT: Commissioner Garcia 6. INTRODUCTIONS 6.1. Ethan Diep, new commissioner Commissioner Diep introduced himself. 7. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA None.

February 10, 2025 6:00 PM Page 2 of 3 Youth Commission Regular Meeting Minutes 8. OLD BUSINESS 8.1. Review FY2025 (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025) Youth Commission Work Plan Staff liaison Henig reviewed the updated OpportuniTEEN vendor list. As of the meeting, there were fourteen vendors who committed to participating in the March 22 event. The committee will meet again before the next meeting to review the vendor list and go over next steps. The legislative issue committee shared their updates following their committee meeting. They created an outline of what will be included in their memo/white paper to the City Council. They have scheduled a follow-up meeting to begin the writing portion of the memo. 9. NEW BUSINESS 9.1. Youth Commission and City of Gilroy’s Fiscal Year 2026 and 2027 Budget Development Henig presented the staff report. He suggested proposing funding for future trainings such as the YAC Attack and the OpportunitTEEN Fair, which was discussed in the staff report. Staff Liaison McPhillips recommended the Commission consider looking into other trainings as well that would benefit them. Commissioner Ngyuen proposed to table the adoption until the next meeting. Commissioner Sandoval seconded. The motion passed 9-0-0. RESULT: Pass MOVER: Anna Nguyen, Commissioner SECONDER Karin Rodriguez Sandoval, Commissioner AYES: Commissioner Beyret, Commissioner James, Commissioner Sarath, Commissioner Abaneh, Commissioner Rodriguez Sandoval, Commissioner Nguyen, Commissioner Romero , Commissioner Lai, Commissioner Diep ABSENT: Commissioner Garcia, Commissioner Ortega 9.2. Youth Commission Workplan for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027 Henig presented the staff report. He suggested the Commission consider adopting a similar work plan to the current one. Chair James recommended the Commission consider incorporating the OpportuniTEEN Fair and Senior Tech Day. Commissioner Abandeh recommended adding clean-up days that are already organized by Gilroy Recreation to the list. However, there is still time to discuss further at the next meeting since the deadline is March 28. Commissioner Abandeh proposed to table the adoption of the work plan until the next meeting. Commissioner Ngyuen seconded. The motion passed 9-0-0. RESULT: Pass MOVER: Biruh Abaneh, Commissioner SECONDER Anna Nguyen, Commissioner AYES: Commissioner Beyret, Commissioner James, Commissioner Sarath, Commissioner Abaneh, Commissioner Ortega , Commissioner Rodriguez Sandoval, Commissioner Nguyen, Commissioner Romero , Commissioner Lai, Commissioner Diep ABSENT: Commissioner Garcia, Commissioner Ortega 10. STAFF/COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

February 10, 2025 6:00 PM Page 3 of 3 Youth Commission Regular Meeting Minutes Henig asked if all commissioners have a Commission T-shirt. He will order a new one for the newest commissioner, Diep. 11. ADJOURNMENT James adjourned the meeting at 6:46 p.m. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly adopted at a regular meeting of the Youth Commission of the City of Gilroy. /s/Adam Henig Secretary