YC Minutes 2-9-2023
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
YOUTH COMMISSION
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Thursday, February 9, 2023 Maple Room
5:00 p.m. Federal Way Community Center
MEETING MINUTES
Chair Ankit called the meeting to order at 5:12pm.
Present: Alexandre Milsten, Ankit Gowda, Bryan Aguillar, Juan Juarez-Ramos, Justin Lowy, Karis Song, Niko
Manjares, Sienna Mayo, Zarah Imani Dennis
Absent: Nathaneal Mebrahtom (unexcused)
Staff: David Clemons (Dumas Bay Manager), Ashriya Guptar (Administrative Assistant)
PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comments.
COMMISSION BUSINESS
All Commissioners vote to approve the minutes from the previous meeting.
City Planning Presentation
Chaney Skadsen from the City’s Planning Division presents the periodic update to the City’s Comprehensive Plan
to the Youth Commission.
Raffle Basket/E-Display
Chair Ankit, Vice-Chair Bryan and Commissioners Justin & Sienna have completed the display board for the Raffle
Basket. The board will be displayed in the FWCC Lobby. Vice Chair Bryan has completed the E-Flyer for the Raffle
Basket and emails it to the City Staff so that they can display it on the reader boards at the FWCC.
Chair Ankit suggests that the commission should start thinking about the next Raffle Basket and what businesses
they want to reach out to for donation items. He asks the commission for updates on the businesses they reached
out to.
Commissioner Juan is waiting to hear back from El Centro. He expects to hear back from them soon.
Vice-Chair Bryan reached out to Cold Stone and has not heard anything back. He will try to contact them
again.
Commissioner Alex was not able to reach out to Menchies
Commissioner Justin was not able to contact the Theatre
Commissioner Sienna will send a follow up email to Centerstage Theatre.
State of the City
Chair Ankit, Commissioners Justin, Zarah, Alex, Juan and Niko will be attending the State of the City address next
week. They plan on promoting the Raffle Basket at the event, while also bringing awareness to the Youth
Commission and what they do for the City. Chair Ankit suggests bringing the display board to the SoC for their
Youth Commission table. The commissioners decide to display the raffle basket at their table as well.
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Sons and Daughters Night Out
Chair Ankit, Commissioners Niko, Justin and Zarah will be at the Sons/Daughters Night Out event to sell raffle
tickets for the FirStep Scholarship. They plan on displaying their board, as well as the raffle basket.
Teen Night
Clemons informs the commission that the Licensing Fee for “The Dark Knight” will be $500 and that it will take up
a large portion of the Commission’s funds. He believes it’s because the movie is “newer”. The Commissioners still
want to host a Movie Night; but they will have to pick a different movie. Commissioner Justin will do some
research to try and find movies with a lower licensing fee.
NEXT MEETING/ AGENDA ITEMS
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 9th
Discussion Topics for next meeting:
- Approve Minutes from (3/9) meeting
- State of the City Recap
- Raffle Basket Update
- Volunteer Opportunity at Dumas Bay
- Teen Night Update
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Ankit ended the meeting at 6:39pm.