Youth Advisory Council Meeting

YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MINUTES October 2, 2018 MINUTES OF REGULAR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING October r The Bastrop Youth Advisory Council met in a Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at 6: 00 p. m. at the Bastrop City Hall Council Chambers, located at 1311 Chestnut Street, Bastrop, Texas. Members present were Council Members Dodge, Ramirez, Tran, Morriss, and Anguiano. Sponsor, Dr. Kristi Lee, of Bastrop ISD was present as well as Staff Liaison, Trey Job, and Executive Assistant, Cheryl Renfro, on behalf of the City of Bastrop. CALL TO ORDER Council Member Tran called the meeting to order at 6: 09 pm with no quorum being present. There was discussion about what constitutes a quorum and attendance requirements according to the Bylaws. 4RrrkA4i K6T81t4h+iI= Ik1k Krystal Grimes, Resilience Director at Bastrop County Cares, announced that the center has received grant funds and would like to build a youth collaboration from area youth' s perspective. This is a county -wide initiative to identify county needs, such as food insecurity. They will begin a membership drive in January 2019. Interested parties my contact Krystal Grimes, at Bastrop County Cares, for more information. 4A. PRESENTATION ON THE FAMILY CRISIS CENTER " SUMMER SUMMIT Ms. Danyale Cook, Primary Prevention Educator, of the Family Crisis Center provided a handout with information about their Safe Teens Programs. She spoke about upcoming training opportunities that would allow students to serve on the Family Crisis' Center Youth Advisory Board in area schools. Each training session is approximately 1 hour, and all courses should be completed in May. Ms. Cook outlined the curriculum and opportunities participants would have to earn community volunteer hours through the program. 5A. STAFF LIAISON REPORT The Director of Public Works & Leisure Services, Trey Job, gave a presentation about the Youth Advisory Council' s mission and future goals. The presentation was followed by discussion about setting a priority focus for the Council. A suggestion was made about utilizing the Convention Center as a dual- purpose facility such as a Convention Center/ Recreation Center with discussion following about why or why not such an arrangement would work. There were no reports. WORK SESSIONS/ BRIEFINGS Page 1 of 2 YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MINUTES October 2, 2018 6A. DISCUSS COUNCIL' S IDENTIFIED FOCUS AREAS AND LIST OF PRIORITIES AS IT RELATES TO THE VARIOUS CITY BOARDS, THEIR PURPOSE AND YAC DEISGNEES. The Counci I discussed how to build a process to research and gather feedback from peers on topics. A Remind Poll was mentioned and required information suc h as age, address, and so on were disc ussed with an emphasis that the same questions should be as ked at each sc hool. The BISD sponsor recommended that the group ask their campus liaison' s for help communicating with their peer Council Member Tran will research this item more and report at the next meeting. 7a . :. ol & L) ER ACTION TO APPROVE YOUTH ADVISORY COU NCIL BOARD MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 2, 2018 REGULAR M EETING. action was taken on this time due to lack of quorum. A' JURNMENT 1 e meeting was adjourned at 7: 19 p. m. without objection. APPROVED: AT$ T T: 41A4 - President Amanda Branecky Secret 6 ry r3 ai n Ingram Page 2 of 2