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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.1 YAC Institute for Local Government 10?DU ' cr 19 -� X82 AGENDA STATEMENT �'� YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITEE 4LIFOR� MEETING DATE: APRIL 25, 2007 • SUBJECT: Institute for Local Government Report Prepared by, Frank Luna, Recreation Supervisor ATTACHMENTS: Attachment 1- Information page from the Institute of Local Government regarding web dialogue for City and County Youth Commissioners in California Attachment 2- Email correspondence from Terry Amsler, Program Director, Collaborative Governance Initiative- Institute for Local Government - - RECOMMENDATION: Receive report FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None DESCRIPTION: Staff will provide information regarding web dialogue for City and County Youth Commissioners in California. The Institute for Local Government is the lead organization for this project. The Institute for Local Government is a nonprofit organization affiliated with both the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties. Their responsibility is to provide information and assistance that helps local governments do their work well. The focus of the dialogue is to ask Youth Commissioners the following questions: • What do you think local government officials need to know about how to establish and maintain effective and empowered youth commissions? • Commissioner's thoughts will help the Institute develop a written guide for local officials on how to establish youth commissions in their communities. What are the topics that Youth Commissioners would like to see covered in future dialogues with other youth commissioners statewide? Is an online format sufficient, or would another approach work better? Staff will provide information to Youth Advisory Committee Members on how to register and participate in the web dialogue with other Youth Commissioners statewide. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Youth Advisory Committee receive the report. 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Between May 13th and 16th, we . 4„441 �r nick Start Guide invite you to join your voice with .,k r Q other youth commissioners in ti= say zt x• California in what we hope will 11.,•).-:,, „r ( "'�` a-.'„ be the first in a series of such ',,, online conversations. In some r ",!� ` - i j k� it . ` cases you may be able to discuss the questions above at r * b: your own youth commission •” 16 ' '' �meetin Please register and y , , r, join these online discussions and,W,': a '''> ;. add your We promise to y , .. _ pay attention. - ,,.. ;: , - !mss, - �\ " r The focus for this dialogue is to ask youth commissioners two things: 1. What do you think local government officials need to know about how to ' • establish and maintain effective and empowered youth commissions?Your thoughts will help us to develop a written guide for local officials on how to . establish youth commissions in their communities. . • 2. What are the topics that you would like to see covered in future dialogues among youth commissioners, and is this the right online format-or would some • other approach work better? This first dialogue is being hosted by the The Institute for Local Government. We're a nonprofit organization affiliated with both the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties. Our job is to provide information and assistance that helps local governments do their work well.. One of the things we focus on is civic engagement—how local residents add their views into local government decision making. We think that youth commissions are an important way for youth voices to be heard in their community. - ATTACHMENT 1 http://www.webdialo2:ues.net/cs/i10-youth speak/view/di/112?x-t=home 4/17/2007 , ILG: Youth Commissioners Speak Page 2 of 2 We recently received foundation grants that will fund us write a Local Officials ' Guide to Developing Effective Youth Commissions and to hold these web dialogues.We have-also developed a list of youth commissions in California. We have identified 102 commissions so far, and we've sent this list to your - youth commission advisor. Terry Terry Amsler, Program Director Collaborative Governance Initiative Institute for Local Government Home Agenda I Discussions l Panelists l Participants I Library I Guidelines Web Dialogues are produced by WestEd Interactive. • • • http://www.webdialogues.net/cs/ilg-youth_speak/view/di/112?x-t=home 4/17/2007 • Page 1 of 3 • • Frank Luna From: Terry Amsler[tamsler @ca-ilg.org] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:31 PM To: City of Antioch Youth Council - Gina Lombardi-Gravert; City of Berkeley Youth Commission -Scott Ferris; City of Brentwood Youth Commission - Barbie Gary; City of Burbank Youth Board -Terry Stein; City of Burlingame Youth Advisory Commitee-Stacy Poncia; City of Claremont Teen Commitee -Alexis Vaughn; City of Cupertino Teens -Christine Hanel; City of Cupertino Teens - Kim Frey ; Frank Luna; City of El Cajon Teen Coalition - Marilee Gorham; City of Escondido Youth Commisson - Robin Bettin; City of Fairfax Youth Commission - Linda Kelly; City of Fairfield Youth Commission -Tawny Kanae-Huston; City of Foster City. Youth Advisory Commission -Tiffany Hall; City of Fremont Youth Commission - Rena Dein ; City of Gilroy Youth Commission - Gayle Glines; City of Huntington Beach Youth Board -Gisela Campagne; City of La Canada Flintridge Youth Council - Carl Alameda; City of La Canada Flintridge Youth Council - Mayor Portantino; City of La Habra Youth Commission -Steve Coumparoules; City of La Mesa Youth Advisory Commission - Michele Greenberg-McClung; City of La Mirada Youth Council - Roberta Gonzales; City of Lafayette Youth Services Commission -John Katayanagi; City of Lathrop Youth Advisory Commission - Gabe Goulart; City of Lompoc Youth Commisson -Joanne Plummer; City of Long Beach Commission.on Youth and Children; City of Los Altos Youth Commission - Molly James; Charina.Berroya©lacity.org; City of Los Gatos Youth Commission - Irene Shrier; City of Lynwood Youth Commission -Autra Adams; City of Millbrae Youth Advisory Committee - Mike Wride; City of Milpitas Youth Advisory Commission - Debbie Giordano; City of Modesto Youth Commission - Ruth Helen-King; City of Monrovia Youth Commission - Kerri Zessau ; City of Moorpark Teen Council - Richard Lemmo; City of Moraga Youth Involvement Committee- Suzy Chow; City of Morgan Hill Youth Council - Chique Mejia; City of Mountain View Youth Advisory Groupv - Cynthia Flosi; City of Oakley Youth Advisory Council - Denis Nishihara; City of Palo Alto Youth Council - Kimberly Parker; City of Petaluma Youth Commission - Donnie Frank ; City of Petaluma Youth Commission -Jim Carr; City of Pittsburg Youth Commission - Marilyn Lewis; City of Pleasanton Youth Commission - Hiram Berhel ; City of Pomona Youth Commission - Bernardo Rosa; City of Redondo Beach Youth Commission - Dave Bacon; City of Redwood City Teens - Mark Yasuda; City of Salinas Youth Advisory Commission - Shelia Molinari; City of San Carlos Youth Advisory Council -Jeri Fujimoto; City of San Francisco Youth Commission; City of San Jose Youth Commission - Betty Montoya; City of San Juan* Capistrano Youth Advisory Board - Maricella Moreno;,City of San Leandro Youth Advisory Commission - Nicole Roa; City of San Marcos Youth Commission; City of San Mateo Youth Activities Council -Amy Fisher; City of San Ramon Teen Council -Adam Chow; City of Sanger Youth Council - Heather Jordan; City_ . of Santa Clara Youth Commission - Larry Wolfe; City of Saratoga Youth Commission -Adam Henig; City of Stockton Youth Advisory Commission - Peni Basalusalu; City of Sunnyvale - Stacy Gustafson; City of Torrance Youth Council - Deborah Reed; City of Tracy Youth Advisory Commission; City of Turlock Teen Advisory Council - Karen Packwood; City of Union City Youth Commitee-Ariel Leary; City of Vista Youth Advisory Commission - Kathy Hollywood; City of Vista Youth Advisory Commission - Robert Rhoades; City of Walnut Creek Youth Council - Lisa Geerlof; City of West Covina Youth Council - Kelly McDonald; City of Yuba City Youth Commission -Ann Gillen; City of Yucca Valley Youth Commission - Frank Sheckler; Marin County Youth Commission - Mike Graham-Squire; Sacramento County Youth Commission - Michele Watts; San Mateo County Youth Development Initiative -John Yap; Valley Youth Council (Danville, San Ramon, & Alamo)Youth Advisory- Christine Mabry; City of Chula Vista Youth Advisory Commission -JoAnne Jonas; City of Pinola Youth Commission -Amy Wooldridge; City of South Pasadena Youth Commission - Sergio Gonzalez; City of Woodland Youth Commission - Dallas Tringali; El Dorado County Youth Commission - Carol Martin; San Bernardino County, Children's Network- Kent Paxton; Tuolumne/Motherlode County Youth Employment Council - Mike Russell Cc: Jeffrey Porcar; Chantal Kurpiewski Subject: Youth Commissioner Web Dialogue... and more Dear Youth Commission Staff: I'm writing you to give you an update on our planned statewide web dialogue for youth commissioners— coming up in mid May - and also ask for your help and advice in a couple of areas. We recently sent you a copy of a list of 102 city and county youth commissions in California that includes the ATTACHMENT 2 4/17/2007 Page 2 of 3 names of the respective staff person for each commission. This is the list to which this email is being distributed. • I'm the program director of the Collaborative Governance Initiative, a program of the Institute for Local Government. We're the ones who put together the list of youth commissions. The Institute is the nonprofit arm of the California State Association of Counties and the League of California Cities. The Collaborative Governance Initiative encourages effective and inclusive public involvement practices by local governments, and we see our support of youth commissions as part of this mission. We have two things we'd like to ask of you. 1. We are about to launch our effort to put together a"Local Official's Guide to Developing Effective Youth Commissions." We receive a number of requests on this topic from local officials and we plan to gather information from California and elsewhere and create a simple guide that will contain useful info to initiate and maintain successful youth commissions. We will be drawing on a number of sources for this brief publication, including youth leadership groups, the California Park and Recreation Society and youth commissioners themselves (see the item below). And we would very much appreciate the thoughts you have on the subject that you'd like to share. This can be done in any way and in any form you'd like: email note, sending us useful reference material, or calling us up. Let me know if you'd like us to contact you to talk further (916.658.8263) or tamsler @ca- ilg 2. With the support of the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, we plan to hold a free web dialogue for youth commissioners throughout California on May 13th-16th. We are calling it "Youth Commissioners Speak" and we will ask participating youth to: a) discuss and identify the topics they would find useful for these online dialogues (and the form they should take); and b) offer their thoughts about what they think the content should be for our"Local Official's Guide to Developing Effective Youth Commissions." We have asked WestEd to set up and manage this dialogue for us. Our staff and the author of the • planned Guide will participate. Given the constraints of the funding, we have to get this first dialogue going before the end of May. We are respectfully asking if you would identify one or more (or all!) youth commissioners who might be interested in participating and give them the URL so they can register before the first day of the web dialogue (May 13th) You are of course welcome to access and view the initial set-up now (it's still under development at the moment) at: http://www.webdialogues.net/ilg/youth speak. Instructions for Youth Commissioners on How to Register: To register, youth commissioners should visit the site: http://www.webdialogues.netlilq/youth speak • Upon reaching this page please take a moment to read the main page. It will provide more details about what the dialogue is about and what we hope to achieve. To participate in the dialogue you will need to register. This process is fairly easy and each individual person can create their own,personal login. To do 4/17/2007 . Page 3 of 3 this, there is a "Register to participate" link in the upper right hand corner and one included in the home page text. Once you click on that you will enter your e-mail address. Check your e-mail and you will have a link to the registration form. The registration process includes creating a username, password, etc. We will also use this e-mail to send registered individuals a reminder that the dialogue is approaching a few days beforehand. You are now free to visit the web dialogue. The top list of links will further provide you with information about the web dialogue and how it works. This May 2007 web dialogue will be primarily for youth commissioners, however for privacy purposes they will be identified by first names and first initial of last names only, and their email addresses will not appear on the site. Staff may also participate if they wish (also following the instructions above) and will be designated as staff in the dialogue. Obviously we hope the voices of the youth commissioners themselves will predominate. Those commissions that have one or more youth members participate will be acknowledged as contributors to the Local Official's Guide to Effective Youth Commissions. Once the Guide is drafted, we plan to reopen the dialogue (much later this year) and ask youth commissioners and commission staff to offer comments. Jeff Porcar and Chantal Kurpiewski from our office will be following up this email with a phone call to you to see if any of your commissioners would be interested. Or you can contact Jeff jporcar @ca-ilg.org or (916.658.8231) with questions. We know this is pretty last minute as these thing go, but we're going about as fast as we can within the requirements (and timing) of our funding. If you have a commission meeting between now and May 13th you may want to discuss the planned web dialogue agenda, if this of interest to you and your commissioners. Also, we have been viewing the email traffic among commission staff having to do with ideas for various forms of communication among commission member and staff. We're glad the list we've put out is getting used and wish you well with whatever joint efforts you decide to pursue. If we can be helpful, let us know. I haven't thought it through but I suppose there could be a joint proposal back to our funders that would ask them to fund whatever communication vehicles among commissions that might be useful. Anyway, that's a discussion we'd be happy to have if local commissions are interested. Sorry for the long email. Please contact Jeff Porcar (see above) for info about the upcoming web dialogue, and contact me (tamsler @ca-ilg.org) for anything else. Best regards, Terry Terry Amsler,Program Director Collaborative Governance Initiative Institute for Local Government tamsler @ca-ilg.org • 4/17/2007