YOUTH COUNCIL

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes YOUTH COUNCIL Wednesday, January 11, 2017 4:30 PM Room 303, City Hall 1. Call to Order Meeting convened at 4:51pm 2. Roll Call Present 8 - Haywood II, Hoeschen, Lofton, Gloria Gonzales, Brown, Gambrell-Toliver, Devine Handy and Alcantara Absent 2 - Hines and Truss Excused 2 - Estremera-Maldonado and McDade 3. Visit by Ald. Chantia Lewis Ald. Lewis, 9th District Representative and Ms. Vaynesia Kendrick (Newman) invited the Youth Council to be particiapte and co-sponsor with the Common Council the celebration for Black History month. Event is tentaively scheduled for February 24, 2017 starting at 2pm in City Hall Rotunda. Members agreed to participate and contact Ald. Lewis with ideas for their participation. 4. Milwaukee Police Department scenario training Members Lofton, Dunn and Gambrell-Toliver attended the Milwaukee Police Department scenario training back in December; they agreed that it was a positive and educational learning experience, that helped them understand the challenges police officers faced when doing their job; they sugegested for MPD to make these trainings available to a bigger audience, if possible. 5. MYC 2017 Priorities Based on a list of areas of interest created by members at a prior meeting, the following topics/effort have been determine to be the 2017 youth council priorities: 1. Creation of panels within MPS schools to reduce public violence, segregation and increase intergration. 2. create/implement a car theft #nofreeride and safe driving campaign 3. to repair/clean up public parks/tot lots with the cooperation of MKE plays, if possible 4. cognitive behavioral therapy City of Milwaukee Page 1 YOUTH COUNCIL Meeting Minutes January 11, 2017 6. Municipal ID There was a group of youth council members who went to the License Division to apply for a Milwaukee Municipal ID prior to the start of the meeting. 7. New Business Member Lofton invited all council members to a fund raising event Girls In Action, Inc will be hosting on Friday, January 28th from 5-7 pm at Cardinal Strich. 8. Adjournement meeting adjourned at 5:46 pm Joanna Polanco Staff Assistant In the event that Common Council members who are not members of this committee attend this meeting, this meeting may also simultaneously constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of the following committees: Community and Economic Development, Finance and Personnel, Judiciary and Legislation, Licenses, Public Safety, Public Works, Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development, and/or Steering and Rules. Whether a simultaneous meeting is occurring depends on whether the presence of one or more of the Common Council member results in a quorum of the Common Council or any of the above committees, and, if there is a quorum of another committee, whether any agenda items listed above involve matters within that committee’s realm of authority. In the event that a simultaneous meeting is occurring, no action other than information gathering will be taken at the simultaneous meeting. Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities through sign language interpreters or auxiliary aids. For additional information or to request this service, contact the City Clerk's Office ADA Coordinator at 286-2998, (FAX)286-3456, (TDD)286-2025 or by writing to the Coordinator at Room 205, City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Limited parking for persons attending meetings in City Hall is available at reduced rates (5 hour limit) at the Milwaukee Center on the southwest corner of East Kilbourn and North Water Street. Parking tickets must be validated in the first floor Information Booth in City Hall. Persons engaged in lobbying as defined in s. 305-43-4 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances are required to register with the City Clerk's Office License Division. Registered lobbyists appearing before a Common Council committee are required to identify themselves as such. More information is available at http://city.milwaukee.gov/Lobbying. City of Milwaukee Page 2