2003-088- Authorizing The Town Manager To Execute An Amended Consultant Agreement With Andrea Achneider Up To An Additional $15,000RESOLUTION 2003 - 88
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AMENDED CONSULTANT AGREEMENT WITH ANDREA SCHNEIDER UP
TO AN ADDITIONAL $15,000
WHEREAS, an agreement for extended consultant services is critical to the
Police Department's Alive and Loving Life community partnership project; and,
WHEREAS, an extended service agreement up to an additional $15,000 is
offered by the consultant, Andrea Schneider.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos, County of Santa Clara, State of California, that the Town of Los Gatos enter into
an agreement with Andrea Schneider for an extended consultant services agreement and
that the Town Manager is authorized, and is hereby directed, to execute said agreement
in the name and on behalf of the Town of Los Gatos.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos, California, held on the 16 `" day of June, 2003, by the following
vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Steve Glickman, Diane McNutt, Joe Pirzynski, Mike Wasserman,
Mayor Sandy Decker.
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
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LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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AGREEMENT FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH CONSUL'kJNG SERVICES
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this 1 rl day of
between the Town of Los Gatos, State of California, herein called the "Town ", and Andrea
Schneider, MA, engaged in providing Community Outreach Consulting services herein called
the "Consultant
RECITALS
A. The Town is considering undertaking activities to develop a community outreach process
to address community -wide issues relating to high -risk teen behavior.
B. The Consultant represents and affirms that it is qualified and willing to perform the
desired work pursuant to this Agreement.
AGREEMENTS
NOW; THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Scope of Services. The Consultant shall provide the following services listed below.
PHASE ONE.
A. Conduct Los Gatos Leadership Meetings to define the compelling issues and
establish public private strategic community partners.
B. Conduct a Los Gatos Community Workshop to include youth, parents, teachers,
police, business, faith - based, non - profits, foundations, and other representatives
from critical sectors of the community.
PHASE TWO:
A. Complete at least five (5) community projects by May 31, 2003. Projects will be
identified from action areas from the community workshop and will be attached
hereto as Exhibit A, and are by this reference, incorporated herin.
B. Convene project teams to plan project implementations. Each team will have an
action plan designed for success.
C. Conduct community reports on project results to the community leadership and
broader community.
D. Develop additional deliverables as needed and/or necessary to complete second
phase of project.
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To accomplish the above services, the Consultant shall have limited use of, at the
discretion of the Town, office space, telephones copy machine, and general office
supplies as needed and as deemed appropriate by the Town.
2. Time of Performance. The services of the Consultant are to commence upon the
execution of this Agreement and issuance of a Town purchase order, with completion of
the program by May 31, 2003. T
3. Compliance with Laws. All parties shall comply with all applicable laws, codes,
ordinances, and regulations of governing federal, state and local laws. Consultant
represents and warrants to Town that it has all licenses, permits, qualifications and
approvals of whatsoever nature which are legally required for Consultant to practice its
profession. Consultant represents and warrants to Town that Consultant shall, at its sole
cost and expense, keep in effect or obtain at all times during the term of this Agreement
any licenses, permits, and approvals which are legally required for Consultant to practice
its profession. Consultant shall maintain a Town of Los Gatos business license pursuant
to Chapter 14 of the Code of the Town of Los Gatos.
4. Sole Responsibility. Consultant shall be responsible for employing or engaging all
persons necessary to perform the services under this Agreement.
5. Information/Report Handling. All documents furnished to Consultant by the Town and
all reports and supportive data prepared by the Consultant under this Agreement are the
Town's property and shall be delivered to the Town upon the completion of Consultant's
services or at the Town's written request. All reports, information, data, and exhibits
prepared or assembled by Consultant in connection with the performance of its services
pursuant to this Agreement are confidential until released by the Town to the public, and
the Consultant shall not make any of the these documents or information available to any
individual or organization not employed by the Consultant or the Town without the
written consent of the Town before such release. The Town acknowledges that the
reports to be prepared by the Consultant pursuant to this Agreement are for the purpose
of evaluating a defined project, and Town's use of the information contained in the
reports prepared by the Consultant in connection with other projects shall be solely at
Town's risk, unless Consultant expressly consents to such use in writing. Town further
agrees that it will not appropriate any methodology or technique of Consultant which is
and has been confirmed in writing by Consultant to be a trade secret of Consultant.
6. Compensation. Full and complete compensation for Consultant's professional services,
not to exceed twenty -five thousand dollars ($25,000), including all costs, shall be based
on the following deliverables as well as on any additional deliverables required for full
program implementation as approved by the Town:
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PHASE ONE:
Los Gatos Leadership Meetings
Los Gatos Community Conversation
PHASE TWO:
Los Gatos Project Planning,.Implementation and Evaluation
The Town will be responsible for all costs associated with the organization and conduct
of any event the Consultant will facilitate. The Consultant's total monthly compensation
includes time spent organizing and facilitating any and all events, excluding travel costs,
cell phone costs and general expenses.
Payment shall be net thirty (30) days.
All invoices and statements to the Town shall reference the Town's purchase order
and must be addressed as follows:
Invoices:
Town of Los Gatos
Attn: Accounts Payable
P.O. Box 655
Los Gatos, CA 950301
Statements:
Town of Los Gatos
Attn: Finance Department
P.O. Box 655
Los Gatos, CA 95031
7. Availability of Records. Consultant shall maintain the records supporting this billing for
not less than three years following completion of the work under this Agreement.
Consultant shall make these records available to authorized personnel of the Town at the
Consultant's offices during business hours upon written request of the Town.
8. Project Manager. The Project Manager for the Consultant for the work under this
Agreement shall be Andrea Schneider. The Project Manager for the Town shall be Scott
Seaman.
9. Assignability and Subcontracting. The services to be performed under this Agreement
are unique and personal to the Consultant. No portion of these services shall be assigned
or subcontracted without the written consent of the Town.
10. Notices. Any notice required to be given shall be deemed to be duly and properly given
if mailed postage prepaid, and addressed to:
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To Town: . To Consultant:
Police Chief Scott Seaman Andrea Schneider
Town of Los Gatos 3474 Kenneth Dr.
PO Box 949 Palo Alto, CA 94303
Los Gatos, CA 95031
or personally delivered to Consultant to such address or such other address as Consultant
designates in writing to Town.
11. Independent Contractor. It is understood that the Consultant, in the performance of the
work and services agreed to be performed, shall act as and be an independent contractor
and not an agent or employee of the Town. As an independent contractor he /she shall not
obtain any rights to retirement benefits or other benefits which accrue to Town
employee(s). With prior written consent, the Consultant may perform some obligations
under this Agreement by subcontracting, but may not delegate ultimate responsibility for
performance or assign or transfer interests under this Agreement.
Consultant agrees to testify in any litigation brought regarding the subject of the work to
be performed under this Agreement. Consultant shall be compensated for its costs and
expenses in preparing for, traveling to, and testifying in such matters at its then current
hourly rates of compensation, unless such litigation is brought by Consultant or is based
on allegations of Consultant's negligent performance or wrongdoing.
12. Conflict of Interest. Consultant understands that its professional responsibilities is solely
to the Town. The Consultant has and shall not obtain any holding or interest within the
Town of Los Gatos. Consultant has no business holdings or agreements with any
individual member of the Staff or management of the Town or its representatives nor
shall it enter into any such holdings or agreements. In addition, Consultant warrants that
it does not presently and shall not acquire any direct or indirect interest adverse to those
of the Town in the subject of this Agreement, and it shall immediately disassociate itself
from such an interest should it discover it has done so and shall, at the Town's sole
discretion, divest itself of such interest. Consultant shall not knowingly and shall take
reasonable steps to ensure that it does not employ a person having such an interest in this
performance of this Agreement. If after employment of a person, Consultant discovers it
has employed a person with a direct or indirect interest that would conflict with its
performance of this Agreement, Consultant shall promptly notify Town of this
employment relationship, and shall, at the Town's sole discretion, sever any such
employment relationship.
13. Equal Employment Opportunity. Consultant warrants that it is an equal opportunity
employer and shall comply with applicable regulations governing equal employment
opportunity. Neither Consultant nor its subcontractors do and neither shall discriminate
against persons employed or seeking employment with them on the basis of age, sex,
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color, race, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, physical or mental disability,
national origin, religion, or medical condition, unless based upon a bona fide
occupational qualification pursuant to the California Fair Employment & Housing Act.
14. Insurance.
A. Minimum Scope of Insurance:
i. Consultant agrees to have and maintain for the duration of the contract, an
Automobile Liability insurance policy ensuring him/her and his /her staff to an
amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) combined single limit
per accident for bodily injury and property damage.
ii. Consultant shall provide proof on insurance to the satisfaction of the Town.
Proof shall include an endorsement naming Town of Los Gatos as an
additional insured and that said coverage shall be primary.
15. Indemnification. The Consultant shall save, keep and hold harmless indemnify and
defend the Town its officers, agent, employees and volunteers from all damages,
liabilities, penalties, costs, or expenses in law or equity that may at any time arise or be
set up because of damages to property or personal injury received by reason of, or in the
course of performing work which may be occasioned by a willful or negligent act or
omissions of the Consultant, or any of the Consultant's officers, employees, or agents or
any subconsultant.
16. Waiver. No failure on the part of either party to exercise any right or remedy hereunder
shall operate as a waiver of any other right or remedy that party may have hereunder, nor
does waiver of a breach or default under this Agreement constitute a continuing waiver of
a subsequent breach of the same or any other provision of this Agreement.
17. Governing Law. This Agreement, regardless of where executed, shall be governed by
and construed to the laws of the State of California. Venue for any action regarding this
Agreement shall be in the Superior Court of the County of Santa Clara.
18. Termination of Agreement. The Town and the Consultant shall have the right to
terminate this agreement with or without cause by giving not less than fifteen (15) days
written notice of termination. In the event of termination, the Consultant shall deliver to
the Town all plans, files, documents, reports, performed to date by the Consultant. In the
event of such termination, Town shall pay Consultant an amount that bears the same ratio
to the maximum contract price as the work delivered to the Town bears to completed
services contemplated under this Agreement pursuant to paragraph 6 hereto, unless such
termination is made for cause, in which event, compensation, if any, shall be adjusted in
light of the particular facts and circumstances involved in such termination.
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19. Amendment.. No modification, waiver, mutual termination, or amendment of this
Agreement is effective unless made in writing and signed by the Town and the
Consultant.
20. Disputes. In any dispute over any aspect of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to reasonable attorney's fees, including costs of appeal.
21. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of
the Agreement between the Town and Consultant. No terms, conditions, understandings
or agreements purporting to modify or vary this Agreement, unless hereafter made in
writing and signed by the party to be bound, shall be binding on either party.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, tie Town and Consultant have executed this Agreement as of the
date indicated on page one (1).
Tow f Los Gatos. by:
Debra J. Fi # �In Manager
Approve s to Form:
L
P. Korb, Town Attorney
Co u tant, by:
Signature
NAMIA! I mpt"11-1, MA. I , NO I � � �
Print Name
Title
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Scott R. Seaman, Chief of Police
ATTEST:
Clerk of the Town of Los Gatos,
Los Gatos, California
�MangA VC• sgrove, Town Clerk
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ATTACHMENT A
LOS GATOS COMMUNITY WORKSHOP:
MARCH 8, 2003
THEMES AND ACTIONS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS WILL BE BASED ON THE
FOLLOWING THEMES /IDEAS. THE AMOUNT OF GROUP INTEt?EST
IN EACH THEME WILL DETERMINE WHICH ONES ARE USED.
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND KIDS
GUIDANCE FOR BUILDING RELATIONS (i3)
• Keep tal king — Communication is the key.
• Be there and listen!
• Families should sit down with kids and have a conversation
together about what is important to them ... to talk about values
and goals.
• Parents need to switch from telling to listening, and
ask "What can we do ? ", "What do you need from us ?"
• Facilitate open relationships between parents and kids without
judgment.
• Kids need to communicate more with parents.
• Parents need to keep talking with kids, and asking questions.
They need to know where their kids are and what they are
doing ... and talk about it without judgment.
• Encourage parents not to automatically assume things.
• Parents need to listen to kids, and be a mirror; to reflect
kids' feelings and not try to solve their problems.
• It is important to build mutual respect — not to stereotype based
on one person's actions.
• Parents should be encouraged to share hesitations about
certain friends.
• If parents meet the families of their children's friends they
might avoid the problems that come with unfamiliarity.
• Let young people know they are loved. They need to hear this
from their parents.
• Parent -Teen Think Tank — Create a Team of Parents and Teens
to identify ways to enhance communication. *
CLARIFY EXPECTATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES (3)
• Parents need to show kids how rules relate to safety, so kids
understand the rationale for rules.
• Parents need to take time to sit with their kids and talk with
them about expectations and consequences; clarify what will
happen.
• Bad actions = bad consequences.
• Create template for Driver's License Contract which spells out
the rules for driving, and all sign.*
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PARENT MODELING W
• Parents need to model the behavior they expect of their kids.
PARENTS SHARE THEIR STORIES (2)
• Establish an Educational Forum in which parents can share
their stories. *
• Develop a parent version of Reality Check dedicated to sharing
the unedited parent perspective with helpful
guidance and available resources listed. *
PARENT SKILLS EDUCATION 0,4Y
• Recognize that these are risky times for risk takers.
• Prepare parents for parenting adolescents.
• Use proactive statistics to teach parents and other caring adults.
• Rejuvenate the Skills Curriculum for parents /adults.
• Make these classes more available.
• Possibly require a parental course, and provide it at school
(CASA model).
• Include instruction in how and why to set limits.
• Teach parents to trust their kids, and how to let go over time so
their children can earn parents' trust as they mature.
• Start these earlier, with parents of elementary and middle -
school -aged kids.
• Include parents of freshman. They are vulnerable and very
receptive.
• Have kids teach parents: Invite truthful kids to talk with
parents in an effort to educate them.
• Establish parenting classes that kids and adults attend together.
• Facilitate parent groups.
TEEN SKILLS EDCUCATION (8)*
• Reinstate /rejuvenate Skills curriculum for kids.
• Develop a New Skills class, and provide in school to middle and
high school students, that focuses on communication skills.
• Help develop strategies for making the choice not to conform to
pressure.
• Teach refusal skills.
• Develop a tool kit for kids and others to prevent problems.
• Borrow from other resources: e.g., Contact Cares; Heartmath
(Boulder Creek).
• Aim younger.
ADMINISTATION AND COUNSELORS EDUCATION (2)*
• Educate administrators and counselors on student issues.
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• Ask Administration to do abetter job of stopping drug /alcohol
use on and around campus. (It is easy to see where drugs and
alcohol occur near school.)
_ENCOURAGE TEEN LEADERSHIP (9)
• Listen to kids! .
• Kids are the solution: they can generate answers to address
our community issues.
• Give kids a greater voice in decisions.
• Kids will listen to kids more than to their parents.
• Develop Leadership Skills — Broaden leadership training to
include personal and social leadership and provide it more
widely. *
• Encourage students to assume real responsibility for the
governance of their school. *
• Give a voice to students: Create a Youth Commission including
representatives from elementary, middle and high schools.
• Establish a Citizens Academy, including teens. Ensure
participation on such a group would earn community service
credit. * (Note: Not sure how this differs from Youth Commission and
whether this belongs under a different category.)
PARENTS SUPPORTING PARENTS (2)
• Parents could watch out for their friends' kids and report back
in a caring way to support.
• Neighbors could watch out for one another's houses when out of
town.
ADULTS SUPPORTING KIDS (1)
• Establish a Program of Adult Sponsors for kids: Trained
volunteers who act as advocates for children in their academic
and extra- curricular activities. *
KIDS SUPPORTING KIDS
STUDENT MENTORS (ti)*
Older students mentoring younger students.
• Positive student leadership by juniors and seniors with
underclassmen.
Every freshman would have a mentor — a "go to" person —
to talk to about school, social and personal concerns.
• Kid -run education and prevention group with mentoring.
POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON DECISIONS (4)
• Buddy system - strong friendships encouraged so teens look
out for each other.
• Girls empowered to influence boys in their decisions.
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• Responsible kids would take car keys away from peers.
• A process would be established so kids could "tell" caring
adults /police about peers in trouble without those identified
being arrested so the issues could be addressed without harsh
punishment.
SAFE RIDES (S)*
• The LGHS Safe Rides Program (g) R
• Support of this program by a network of adults kids can call
other than their parents.
• Police and parents get together to set up rides. Kids can either
elect to call their parents or Safe Rides.
THE LAW AND PROTOCOL
ESTABLISH AND ENFORCE CONSEQUENCES (7)
• Insist on parent and student accountability for alcohol abuse
and violence.
• Ensure accountability for making drugs and /or alcohol
available.
• Increase Town /P.D. education and monitoring of alcohol
establishments.
• Enforce strict procedures regarding the use of fake I.D.s.
Ensure I.D.s are checked and scanned to ensure they are
legitimate. Reward establishments that turn in confiscated false
I.D.s. and punish those who sell to minors (i.e., loss of liquor
license).
• Ensure consequences for teen arrests: i.e., citation goes on
student record; drivers license confiscated.
EDUCATE ON THE LAW AND PROTOCOL (8)*
• Establish community guidelines, make the community aware of
these guidelines, and enforce them.
• Explain and communicate the law, individual responsibility and
legal consequences clearly to adults and teens.
• Educate kids regarding laws and consequences using State and
Local class and the El Gato (school newspaper).
• Hold an assembly with cops and kids to communicate the
protocol.
• Raise public awareness of the laws and legal issues through the
media.
Start Police Newsletter to inform adults and students.
PARTY HOUSE — PREVENTION AND CONSEQUENCES (9)
• Provide regular communications to parents about the risks of
leaving kids alone on the weekends.
• Open a discussion in the community about parents serving
alcohol to teens.
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• Adults put someone in charge of their home when going out of
town.
• Parents call police when they will be out of town so P.D. is made
aware.
• Publish a Safe Party Guide, which includes what to do when
parties go bad (like the earthquake preparedness guidelines).
• Empower students to hold parties for "invited guests only."
• Establish consequences and enforce them if parties are held and
problems ensue: e.g., parents are fined and /or must attend a
class.
CHANGE LAWS (3)
• Change the curfew. It is too early for high school teens.*
• Increase the driving age to 18 years.
• Lower the drinking age modeling after the European approach.
DRUG, ALCOHOL AND SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOL (j)*
• Educate kids on drugs, alcohol and sex in a way that is
meaningful. Integrate this kind of roundtable discussion in
class.
• Include Brain Biology unit in Bio Class teaching about the
influence of drugs and alcohol on the brain.
• Write weekly article in Los Gatos Weekly Times and publish on
the website that includes statistics, research in chemical abuse,
risks to health (physical, intellectual and emotional).
STRENGTHEN RELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS AND COPS
STUDENT -COP DIALOGUE (1)*
• Create a committee that meets regularly to create rules and
procedures, and to establish protocol. Seek positive solutions.
Include diverse group of students including "at risk" kids.
COPS ON CAMPUS (n)
• Have cops on campus, like the policewoman at LGHS.
• Introduce cops into the schools early.
KIDS AT P.D. (2)*
• Offer teen `ride along' opportunities.
• Establish a program through which teens can experience a
day /week "in the life of an officer ".
ENCOURAGE INFORMAL, POSITIVE INTERACATIONS (5)
• Have more police, particularly young officers, around the
community chatting, communicating.
• Build person -to- person relations between teens and cops.
• Sponsor activities to help cops and kids get to know one
another.
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• Encourage police to interact with youth out of uniform'.
• Have police stop people to reward good behavior.
TRAIN OFFICERS TO DEAL WELL WITH TEENS OD *
• Create special training for police officers regarding teenagers.
• Involve youth to help educate police: e.g., teens speaking at
squad meetings and at the Chamber of Commerce.
OFFER MORE POLICE - SPONSORED EVENTS (4) *
• Establish a Police Athletic League (P.A.L.) for intramurals.
• Have Police teach a self - defense class to teens.
UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS PRESSURE AND STRESS
IDENTIFY AND REDUCE STRESS (7)
• Create places /forum where kids can talk about their problems.
• Establish a Drop -In Center.*
• Provide a Hot - Line.*
• Make the distinction between productive stress and unhealthy
stress.
• Shift focus from academics to a focus on teens' strengths and
passions.
• Talk with school Administrators and expand counseling
functions to give more options to students to create balance.*
• Institute a dress code (uniforms) to reduce pressure.
ENHANCE COPING SKILLS (4)*
• Institute high school sessions on how to deal with stress and
pressure.
• Provide Stress Management Training. Build this instruction
into courses already provided (e.g., State and Local).
• Teach meditation skills, and learn where resources are
available.
• Provide nutrition and well -being instruction.
TAKE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS (n)
• Protect ourselves from external pressures (i.e., meditate,
turn off the television, create more family time).
• Take walks.
• Community baths, hot tubs.
IDENTIFY/ DEFINE PASSIONS (.)*
• Seek out kids' interests — give them a voice.
• Identify and individualize passions. Institute a "What do we
care about" poll in the schools to support passions.
• Personally interview each student as they enter school to
understand their passions, interests, hobbies, gifts and talents,
and role models.
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Establish student passion profiles, annually updated with each
new teacher. Teachers then challenged to expose their students
to their passions. Share profiles with parents to stay
connected.
Develop methods to help individual students recognize that they
are worthy. With regard to college admissions, there is a school
for each individual.
RECOGNIZE / REWARD PASSIONS (3)
• Start at an early age recognizing kids for their passions —
include kids at elementary, middle, and high schools.
• Examples: recognition for music, gardening, arts, community
activities, etc.
PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES THAT ALLOW TEENS TO BE SAFE AND
FOLLOW THEIR PASSIONS
STUDENT DRIVEN (11)
• Establish a Community Task Force to create Passion
Alternatives, a non - profit, volunteer committee comprised of
kids and adults, school and community members.*
• Identify more "cool ", fun things in which kids will actually want
to participate.
• Understand what it will take for kids to not choose alcohol.
• New twists on old themes.
• -- Fewe- "chool- and -more community connections.
• Have kids generate ideas for alternatives to the usual parties
and dances.
• Include the Santa Cruz Mountain community in this work.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT (12)
• Create venues kids can run themselves.
• Consistent, available space.
• More fully utilize available resources and venues: town sites,
parks, Vasona, galleries, community theater, school campuses.
• Provide nighttime hang out places — an alternative to Jack in the
Box or Pizza My Heart — available after 11:30pm.
• Make available resources /facilities desirable (teen center).
• Increase support for youth outside of education.
SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES
UNDER 21 CLUB (4)
• Enroll local bars.
• Establish kids own club.
• A safe location with good food, music, supported by police,
and open after curfew.
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• Available at the Los Gatos Theater.
• Movies kids want to see.
• More than io:gopm showing on Fridays and Saturdays.
• Film festival.
BEFORE /AFTER SCHOOL (1)
• A place students can hang out before and after school, and
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Supervised by college
students.
SKATE PARK (R)
• Open late at night.
• Skate Day.
MUSIC (6)
• Lawn concerts.
• A Music Club.
• More concerts at the OutHouse.
• Late might concerts.
• Recording facility to encourage teen musical talent.
• Passions in Music fund raisers.
COFFEE HOUSE (2)
• Open late.
• Open mic so kids can share talents, or share what's on their
minds.
NEW SCHOOL CLUBS (5)
• School clubs representing passions. Introduce these at
younger ages.
• Diversity of clubs will build students' confidence and their
sense of acceptance and belonging.
• Link kids with others who have similar interests.
• Create positive alternatives for Friday and Saturday nights.
• Examples: Paintball Club, Intramural Sports, Frisbee.
ART IN THE PARK W
• Construct large canvas and invite artists to express
themselves:
PARTY ALTERNATIVES (6)
• More frequent and varied school dances and parties.
• Change Senior Prom - Concern about San Francisco
overnight.
• Create more options like Grad. Night.
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• Poker parties.
• "Block" parties.
• Set up "safe houses ".
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
• Pool Tables.
• Arcade
• Frisbee /Golf Park
• Bowling Alley
• Pool
ONGOING COMMUNITY CONVERSATION (7)*
• Sponsor more events like March 8.
• Create a Community Awareness Day.
• Provide working/ social community conversations twice
a year.
• Revisit a community forum like this regularly.
• Include small group conversations.
• Create dialogue in the school.
• Make sessions like the March 8 Community Workshop a
priority for all LGHS parents.
• Make more opportunities like these available to students.
CLARIFY AND COMMUNICATE THE NEW MESSAGE
ESTABLISH A CLEAR COMMUNITY VISION (7)*
• Define the cultural shift in Los Gatos.
• Define standards and guidelines.
• Encourage community belief in and exposure to the Vision.
• Create our community core values.
• Change the culture from "drinking is okay ".
• Share our Community Curriculum for Passion... Loving Life.
• Build a stronger community.
(Note: An editorial comment:) I get a little nervous when we talk about
a single set of core values for this community.)
REINFORCE THAT VISION LEADING WITH YOUTH (7)
• Correct inflated misconceptions of drug, alcohol, sex activity
our town. Address misconceptions.
• Step out with youth leaders. They will set standards and
norms.
• Make sure peer leaders do not inadvertently glorify the
"party scene" by discussing their own experiences.
• Change the message: from percentage using, to percentage
not using.
• Celebrate positive behavior in the media.
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• Leverage key student leaders.
KEEP THE MESSAGE ALIVE (6)
• Keep the issue in front of us.
• Alive and Loving Life flags downtown.
• Vision posters in merchants' windows.
• Weekly column in the Los Gatos Weekly Times: e.g.,
"how to" advice, examples, "reality series ", highlight adult=
to -teen communication with suggested tools adults and kids
can use.
• Make use of local resources to educate others regarding the
issues that confront this community.
• Publish a newsletter.
• Have teens present to teens using Andrew Quillin's video;
then teens present to adults. Start in Los Gatos; expand to
other communities.
VOLUNTEERISM (2)
• Encourage teens and adults to volunteer together to address
problems in our community. This can enhance mutual
respect and stimulate communication.
• Make volunteerism a school requirement.
ACTIONS FOR EVERYONE (4)
• We all .need to take responsibility when we do things wrong.
We all need to consider how our behavior/ choices affect
those around us.
• Make attitude adjustments.
• Don't give up.
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