YOUTH COUNCIL

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes YOUTH COUNCIL Wednesday, March 23, 2016 4:30 PM Common Council Chambers, 3rd Fl., City Hall 1. Call to Order at 4:51 p.m. 2. Roll Call Members present: Haywood, II Wade McDade Zollicoffer Jaeckels Brunson Hoeschen Hines Members Excused: Lofton Tieyen-Mlengana Ellzey Jones Estremera-Maldonado 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Appearance of Milwaukee Police Department to discuss "nofreerides" policy Captain Raymond Banks Milwaukee Police Department Office of Community Outreach & Education Captain Banks spoke about his concerns of the youth involvement with auto thefts; he categorized the activity in three groups: people involved in carjacking, cars taken typically by force, leading to other violent crimes involving guns. MPD is working closely with the Health Department in an effort to prevent Youth from getting involved with stolen cars. The other group are people stealing cars for sole purpose of joyriding and last, the people who just do joyriding. These three groups are equally dangerous since it can lead down a bad path not to mentioned resulting in death for the drivers and or any innocent individuals Captain Banks urges all members of the youth Council to reach out to their peers to speak up. To not be afraid to stop their peers and consequently not participate in such activities. Youth Council members offered insight to Captain Banks as to what some of the reasons youth are getting involved in this type of activities are for example the lack of City of Milwaukee Page 1 YOUTH COUNCIL Meeting Minutes March 23, 2016 community. Captain Banks said that as part of the Restorative Justice Initiative will have exposure to individuals and families that have suffer as a result of #freerides, joyriding and the sort. 5. Appearance of Commissioner of Milwaukee Health Department Milwaukee Health Department Commissioner Bevan Baker Mr. Bevan stated by saying that public health consists of the food we eat, water we drink, the air we breathe, the cars we ride. The role of public health is great in this city since it has been legislated for some time now. There are city, state and federal guidelines that mandate certain things to keep everyone safe. This is the oldest health department in the nation, established since 1867. Mr. Banks said that the greatest challenge of Health Department has been the reduction of teen pregnancy. Biggest focus is Infant mortality in the community and sexual transmitted diseases affecting primarily people in the 15-24 years old category. President Obama visited City of Milwaukee since Milwaukee won the challenge among 20 cities to see which city enroll the most people per capita through the affordable care act. Mr. Baker said that the intractable issue in the community is violence. Mayor Barrett placed the office of violence prevention within the Health Department so in cooperation with the Police Department, the health department has to see the issue as a public health concern. Youth Council is a great agent to have a great influence among their peers to detour the reckless behavior we’ve seen among youth. Mr. Baker asked the youth council to help the Health Department with community organized social justice and getting their peers to vote. To encourage youth to continue being engaged so your voices can be heard and needs can be addressed. 6. Announcements Two new Youth Council members were present: Erica Lofton new representative of the 2nd District. Ken'Triana McDade new representative of the 9th District. 7. Meeting adjourned at 6:27 P.M. This meeting can be viewed in its entirety through the City's Legislative Research Center at http://milwaukee.legistar.com/calendar. City of Milwaukee Page 2