03 Staff Report - Youth Commission Appointments
PREPARED BY: Shelley Neis
Town Clerk
Reviewed by: Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Finance Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 08/04/2020
ITEM NO: 3
DATE: July 24, 2020
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Ratify the Town Council Selection Committee’s Recommended Youth
Commissioner Appointments
RECOMMENDATION:
Ratify the Town Council Selection Committee’s recommended Youth Commissioner
appointments.
BACKGROUND:
Since June of 2004, Council has appointed students in Grades 8 through 12 as members of the
Youth Commission.
The Town used a variety of mechanisms to recruit for the Youth Commission. The Town
distributed a letter to the local schools requesting they help promote the Youth Commission
opportunities. The letter was sent to Los Gatos High School, Leigh High School, Westmont High
School, Fisher Middle School, Union Middle School, Rolling Hills Middle School, and Hillbrook
School. In addition, the Town placed advertisements in local publications and posted the
opportunity on the Town’s What’s New email blast, the Town’s website, the Youth Commission
Facebook page, the Town’s Facebook page, on Nextdoor.com, and on KCAT.
Due to the COVID-19 Shelter in Place Public Health Order, at its April 21, 2020 meeting, the
Town Council extended the expiring terms by one year for all but the five twelfth graders and
extended the application deadline for the five vacancies to July 10, 2020.
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SUBJECT: Ratify Youth Commission Appointments
DATE: July 23, 2020
DISCUSSION:
By the application deadline on July 10, 2020, ten (10) applications were received. On July 21,
2020, the Town Council Selection Committee, comprised of Mayor Jensen, Vice Mayor Spector,
Captain D’Antonio, and Youth Commission Chair Isabella Scott, interviewed eight (8) applicants
for five (5) available positions. Two of the applicants did not attend the interview and therefore
were not considered for appointment. All the applicants demonstrated initiative and
community spirit in applying for leadership positions to serve the Los Gatos community and the
Selection Committee’s recommended appointments are listed in Attachment 1.
CONCLUSION:
The Town Council Selection Committee recommends that Council appoint members as shown
in Attachment 1. The recommendations for appointment are based on composite assessments
from the interviews and applications. Following the Youth Commission enabling resolution
(Attachment 2), appointments for the five (5) newly appointed Commissioners are for one year.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Town-wide Commission training budget is available to provide funds as needed.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:
This is not a project defined under CEQA, and no further action is required.
Attachments:
1. Recommended Youth Commissioner Appointments
2. Youth Commission Enabling Resolution 2018-008