10/14/2024 - Minutes
Tigard Youth Advisory Council Meeting Minutes
10/14/24, 5-6pm
Tigard Library Burgess Community Room
Present:
Madi Vogel (Interim Appointed President)
Shriya Myneni (YCC, Council Liaison)
Chloe Wilson
Kim Vargas
Kailani Rue
Sam Laubach
Scarlett Xiloj
Absent:
Chelsy Xiloj
Ayla Leniger
Excused: Faith Ly Vacant Positions: all except President
City Team Present: Alex Richardson, Management Analyst
Called to order: 5:00pm
Updates:
• Council updates from Youth Councilor Shriya Myneni
o Discussion about how City Manager will be hired by Council (current City Manager
Rymer retired in February)
• Council Candidate Showcase recap
o First hour each candidate talked, second half it was open house-style
o Kids table was good
o Confusion at first where they could sit
o Councilor Wolf suggested an event for just Spanish speakers (we had an interpreter but
no one needed the service)
o No teens – more participation from them
• City Council Appointments for TYAC Members Tuesday the 15th-tomorrow: please come!
• Hillsboro YAC – wants to meet up – Madi is meeting with Shayaan this Wednesday
o Meet together? In Hillsboro
o Partner on mental health event
o Madi will share notes with all of us
o Connections with Hillsboro YAC members at DC – NLC CCC
• Chloe will send out snack signup form
Halloween
• Good Neighbor Center not able to do Trick or Treat
• Halloween-themed meal at GNC? 4 or 5 volunteers
o 28th?
o Chloe will ask GNC about a weekend day – 5 or 6pm
o Madi will send out immediately when they get back to Chloe
o Spaghetti noodles, sauce, frozen turkey meatballs
o Corn hole or other games?
o Cucumber ghosts – cookie cutters
o Salad with Thousand Island and French dressing (orange)
o Pumpkin patch brownies – orange oreos, brownie mix, frosting, candy corn
o Sam, Kai, Madi, Chloe, Madi
o Cookie crumbs and gummy worms
o Should we create a Pinterest board?
• Trick or Treat Main Street – skip this year
Themes for the year – brainstorm
• Climate change
o Asked Lindsay Washburn to visit in December
• Mental Health
o Event – Parents & teens—meeting with Library
o Bringing in multiple experts and smaller tables, informational session that is more
structured conversations, smaller groups for privacy (like the Showcase)
o One day for teens and one for parents – separate them
o Do in April
o One here and one in Hillsboro?
o Invite Tualatin YAC? https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/recreation/tualatin-youth-
advisory-council
Concluded: 6pm