Parks and Recreation Youth Advisory Board

Youth Center, Conference Room

Agenda — 17 items

1. 1 CALL TO ORDER
2. 2 ROLL CALL
3. 2 A MOTION TO CALL TO ORDER AT 6:04 P.M. WAS MADE BY ISABELLA GONZALEZ AND SECOND BY LUCAS MARTINEZ-MIRO. ALL IN FAVOR; PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
4. 3 a. Roll Call and Excusal of Absences Present: 5 - Board member Nicole Schneider, Board member Isabella Gonzalez, Board member Lucas Martinez-Miro, Board member Nicole and Board member Angelica Santeliz Excused: 2 - Board member Gabriella R. Chong and Board member Alexa Tapanes, Hoover A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF BOARD MEMBER GABRIELLA R. CHONG AND BOARD MEMBER ALEXA TAPANES WAS MADE BY LUCAS MARTINEZ-MIRO AND SECOND BY NICOLE HOOVER. ALL IN FAVOR; PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
5. 4 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
6. 5 SUPERVISOR'S REPORT
7. 6 a. General Updates YC Assistant Supervisor Katherine Diaz opened her report with a summary of the winter season's activities. She went on to discuss the youth center's current programming. b. Special Events YC Assistant Supervisor Katherine Diaz announced forthcoming activities for the upcoming months, including the Daddy Daughter Dance – Friday, February 21 at 6:30 p.m. c. Administrative Updates Special Events Supervisor Susan quickly went over some of our upcoming events, which include the City of Coral Gables Farmers Market– Saturday’s, January 18 – March 29 at 8 a.m. and Movies Under the Gables Moonlight – Featuring E.T – Friday, January 17 at 6 p.m. For more details, please see our playgables.com website.
8. 6 A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER MEETINGS MINUTES WAS MADE BY LUCAS MARTINEZ-MIRO AND SECOND BY ISABELLA GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR; PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
9. 7 NEW BUSINESS
10. 8 OLD BUSINESS
11. 8 The Parks and Recreation Youth Advisory Board began the meeting by introducing themselves to the YC Assistant Supervisor Katherine Diaz.
12. 9 DISCUSSION ITEMS
13. 10 ITEMS FROM THE SECRETARY
14. 11 Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 5 at 6 p.m
15. 12 ADJOURNMENT
16. 13 NOTE
17. 13 Board member Lucas Martinez-Miro inquired about the possibility of the Youth Advisory Board setting up a booth at the Farmers Market to raise funds for future conferences. The board proposed supporting the request and returning to the next meeting to set a day that everyone can attend as well as confirm the bake goods they will be bringing to help collect funds so that Board member Lucas and future board members can attend conferences. Special Events Supervisor Susan Lainfiesta informed board members that they will bring this to the attention of YC Supervisor Carlos Pichardo and Director Fred Couceyro. A MOTION TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A BOOTH AT THE FARMERS’ MARKET TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FUTURE CONFERENCES, AND THEY WILL DETERMINE THE DATE AND THE BAKED PRODUCT EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL BE ABLE TO BRING TO RAISE FUNDS WAS MADE BY NICOLE HOOVER AND WAS SECONDED BY ISABELLA GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR; PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.