01/06/2025 - Minutes
Tigard Youth Advisory Council Meeting Agenda
1/6/25, 5-6PM
Tigard Library Burgess Community Room
Present:
Shriya Myneni (YCC, Council Liaison)
Madi Vogel (President)
Chloe Wilson (Vice President)
Kim Vargas
Kailani Rue (School Outreach Officer)
Chelsy Vicente Xiloj
Scarlett Xiloj
Ayla Leniger
Absent:
Excused:
Samantha Jensen
Faith Ly (Treasurer)
Sam Laubach
Vacant Positions:
City Team Present: Alex Richardson, Management Analyst
• Question of the Day: How was your break?
• Congratulating new officers in TYAC!
• Hillsboro YAC trip update– Maddie meets with Hillsboro YAC rep and he says the 25 works,
wants us to go there (more room, more people there), date was changed to February 11th on a
Tuesday
• This kicks off a series of joint meetings for events like the mental health event, virtual meetings
are most likely a must
• Alex wants to send a message to parents to get permission (since it’s a city -sponsored event.
Everybody present wants to come: Maddie, Kim, Scarlett, Chloe, Chelsea, Kai, Ayla)
• 5-7 pm or 4-6 pm is probably the time we’ll be meeting
• What should we prepare for? Mental health event, but what else?
• City Summit: Chelsea and Scarlett went last year. Speakers and activities will be there. Youth
Summit with LOC City Day. It’s on January 28th on a Tuesday (during a school day), so a school
day will be missed for this event. Free breakfast 7-9 am, general session with Salem mayor,
league of Oregon city’s president, state leaders will be talking about state priorities for Oregon,
lunch, and then youth activities from 1-3:30 pm. Youth council report-out and games, then a
speaker.
• Youth Summit with LOC City Day is an opportunity to hear directly from our representatives in
Oregon
• Depending on what works, we can attend any part of the Youth Summit (e.g. 7, 9, or 1,
depending on what you want to do)
• Might be able to carpool to the Youth Summit, checking with the city for permission.
• Budget can’t pay for all of us to go, Alex wants us to email and ask our parents to solidify details
• No meeting on the 20th–MLK Day. Library isn’t even open
• Meet on the 3rd of February before we meet with Hillsboro YAC
• 26th is the Civic Engagement Fair at the library. We want a table, some officers there at least.
Are we advertising for TYAC? Promote If I Were Mayor (city contest), Alex will provide flyers.
Maybe there’s supplies from past events. Do we still have the trifold poster? Do we have a
banner? Maybe and maybe.
• At least 2 volunteers for the Civic Engagement Fair. Volunteers: Kai, Shriya, Kim, Chelsea,
Scarlett, Chloe
• If I were mayor: younger kids make a poster, and different ages make essays or videos
• MLK weekend of service activity: Tons of people are wanting to go. Most people just show up
instead of signing up, so we don’t have a headcount. Our goal was 30 blankets.
• Just Compassion—haven’t heard back after we requested to donate. Find somewhere else?
• Donate to children's hospitals like doernbechers? Or the NICU. Maybe retirement homes.
Houseless community takes precedence but if we don't hear back, then we can move on to
other options.
• Chloe email Family Promise!!
• Blanchet house is also an option
• Not really local, but NightStrike is a really good option! They have stations and foot washing for
houseless people
• Supplies–How is that going?
• A lot of fabric was ordered and is probably enough. Variety is good though, so anyone can bring
what they were originally planning on. We’ll be in the City Hall building to make blankets. Get
there early to set up at 2pm.
• Still sign up through the website!
• The website to sign up is the same as the tigard.galaxydigital.com for volunteering
• Don’t have to stay for the whole volunteering time, but please show up at 2 to help set up if you
have signed up
• Someone bring fabric scissors! A few people raised their hands
• How to make the blankets: layer two pieces of fabric on top of each other, cut out the edge of
the corners, and cut out 1-inch strips, then tie the fabric strands together
• Food? Maybe popcorn or chips? Maybe we can play some music through a bluetooth speaker to
set the vibes
• Mental Health Event: Will be a joint event, probably some time after the D.C officer trip.
Hillsboro does a lot of wellness targeted towards houseless youth, and wants to focus more on
mental health. We can collaborate and work with them for this event. They talked about a youth
voices event? We’re interested in that! Maybe bring in youth speakers.
• Other brainstorming ideas before we go into a joint meeting? The Youthline is the program Lines
for Line. Youth outreach coordinator reached out and they have lessons for groups of youth –
maybe can be part of our event. 45-90 minute classroom session. Text or call hotline. Which
class session stands out to us? The Coping With Stress classroom session.
• People who struggle with mental health find it easier to talk to other youth rather than adults
who might not understand.
• These are good things to bring up at the joint meeting!
• Is Tualatin invited to the joint meeting? They seem interested in mental health, so we can bring
that up and possibly collab
• Are Youthline mandated reporters? Yes. Only when someone is in danger of themselves or a
danger for other people.
• On the back of Tigard I.D cards they have youth lines
• Invite Genevieve to give us an overview of Youthline on the 3rd
• Youthline– 15-24 are the age cutoffs for the youth hotline. 18+ is the age to coach new
volunteers. Commit for at least a year if you become a volunteer.
• We’ll have to strategize about who can come to the LOC event for budgeting!
Concluded: 6pm