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02/19/2003 - Report Monthly Report February 2003 (Month/Year) for Mayor's Youth Forum (Name of board, committee,task force, group, etc.) 1. Meetings were held on(list dates during month) February 19, 2003 2. Current activities (summarize): Applications for the Youth Forum are coming in, will be accepted until the end of March. Liz Newton and Susan Stark Hayden submitted an application for an AmeriCorps volunteer to assist with the Lunch Buddy Program and Youth Forum activities. Liz visited the City of Bellevue to learn about their youth program. Will report at the March meeting. 3. Status of long-term projects: The Mayor reported on the Skate Park Project. The focus now is on finding a site. He reported that with the current economic situation, reliance on fund-raising means funding won't be available soon. Clay Roberts will be in the community August 27 to present Assets Survey information. 4. Number of volunteer hours contributed this month(noted number of volunteers and total hours). 6 volunteers x 1 hour=6 hours 5. Attachments (include notifications, sign-in sheets, minutes, reports, press releases, proposals, etc.) - List: February 19 minutes 6. Any items to be scheduled for on the Council tentative agenda(list item and date): None 7. Status of members—are there any members scheduled to have their terms expire in the next four months? Are any members indicating that they plan to retire, move or resign soon? Please give details. Membership will be discussed at the March 19 meeting. iAadm\cathy\boardcom\0203 youth forum.doc Youth Forum Wednesday, February 19, 2003 Present: Mayor Jim Griffith, Robin McFall, Shelia Kendall, Ed Wegner, Liz Newton, Bill Monahan, Susan Stark Haydon, Martha Flotten, Margaret Bames, Ken Scheckla, Bill Dickinson, Carla Remistadis (Oregon Rewards Institute) Connie Ramaekers (TTSD) Mayor Griffith opened the meeting at 7:36 a.m. Liz reported that there are several applications for the Youth Advisory Council—one from Fowler, two from Durham, one from Metzger. Sheila reported that there is a notice out this week at Tigard High asking for interest. She hopes to get two or three more interest appplications. Tigard's new police chief Bill Dickinson was introduced to the group. Liz asked for ideas how to add additional applicants from Fowler, Twality, and others. We have applicants from fifth grade and eighth. Connie will take applications to a meeting today at the District to ask for applicants. Liz will attend a conference tomorrow in Bellevue, Washington. While there she will meet with Bellevue city officials to discuss their asset based Youth Council. The Mayor asked Liz to check with Bellevue to determine how they selected specific assets to address and how do they work to see if they meet their goals. Members of the Forum asked for information on the speck activities they used. Also, how they communicate in the schools and beyond. After school programs operated by Bellevue will also be researched as well as how they involve private schools. Between now and the March meeting we will try to get two applicants from each school and four from the high school. Liz reported that she and Susan Stark Haydon are working on an application for an AmeriCorps volunteer to work on the Lunch Buddy program and the Youth Council. If approved, the program will begin in August. The volunteer could be used to draft bylaws and perform other necessary functions for the Youth Council. The group discussed the cutbacks in the after school program. Funding reductions have resulted in elimination of the staffing for the program. While service clubs could provide some funding, Susan noted that there is a need for someone based at the school to coordinate. Staffing issues at schools have affected the program (i.e. retirements, reduction in staff, etc.). There may be volunteers available to step in and assist,from recently licensed teachers, those with reduced hours, or from another source. Next month the Youth Forum will revisit the after school programs to see of any ideas or opportunities are identified. Ed reported to the group on the service club programs done in prior years at the high school and Fowler,where the emphasis was on orienting at risk students to high school. Ed will gather further information and report to the group at the next meeting so a decision can be made whether something like these programs can be brought back, utilizing service clubs or parents, as well as a staff person. The Mayor made a skate park update. He reported that with the economic situation, reliance on fund raising probably means funding won't be available soon. The present emphasis is on finding a site. Criteria for site selection has been developed and is being applied to several sites. A possible solution may be a temporary park with above ground facilities. Susan suggested Twality Middle School may allow a park to be set up on its tennis courts. The private sector could step in to suggest an alternative. The group discussed Clay Roberts planned August 27 presentation on the Assets survey. The SOLV program is interested in working with the District on the Assets program. The August 27 workshop will be an in service day and be available to the public. An initial youth forum, involving students, could be planned prior to the end of the school year. Connie noted that she has prepared a PowerPoint that kids could present to service clubs, etc. Sheila has discussed with THS faculty the idea of a survey of what students want to do to address the Assets needs. Liz will ask Bellevue for ideas on activities to encourage students. Connie suggested the idea of forming a live maze on a school day when police, library, banks, etc. can be involved. She passed out information on the maze, She is exploring applications for a grant to fund it. This would fall under the Assets program results. Robin reported on Tigard Recreation Association efforts. They now operate an indoor play park which is back up to 55 or 60 families and a dance instruction program (an affordable dance instruction program)which now has 210 students. TRA is now doing long range planning, however they have facility constraints. They utilize the Tigard Grange building six days a week, but need a new location. Susan suggested that once the new CF Tigard School is built, the old cafeteria will become a possible site. Martha reported that the library is holding events on the book Pay it Forward. Book discussion and other activities are planned through April when the author will be here. Two schools from Tigard are winners for projects they submitted to the Pay it Forward Foundation. Flyers listing all of the events are available and will be made available to the schools. The meeting concluded at 8:32 a.m. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, March 19 at 7:30 a.m. at the Red Rock Creek Conference Room.