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YC Minutes 01-27-2022 CITY OF FEDERAL WAY YOUTH COMMISSION th Thursday, January 27, 2021 Zoom- Virtual Meeting 5:00 p.m. Federal Way Community Center MEETING MINUTES Chair Andy called the meeting to order at 5:09 PM Present: Andrew Deo, Ankit Gowda, Niko Manjares Absent: Mary Alison Wood (unexcused) Staff: Kim Ledyard (Community Recreation Coordinator) David Clemons (Customer Service Coordinator), Ashriya Guptar (Administrative Assistant) PUBLIC COMMENT No Public Comments. COMMISSION BUSINESS th January 13 Minutes Chair Andy motions to approve the minutes from the last meeting. Commissioner Niko seconds the motion. All commissioners voted in favor to approve. Game Room Chair Andy opens the discussion about the commissions plans for the game room at the FWCC. Chair Andy asks Bryan to elaborate on the ideas he brought up in the last meeting. Bryan brings up a similar game room he saw at another community center and thinks that something similar would work well at the FWCC. Chair Andy motions to table the discussion about the game room until the pool table arrives. Commissioner Niko seconds the motion. All commissioners vote to approve. FirstStep Scholarship Application Chair Andy brings up the FWCC Fee Reduction Application and comes up with the idea of posting the applications online instead of having physical copies. Vice-Chair Ankit agrees and points out that it will be a lot easier for people to access due to the prevalence of social media and technology. Chair Andy proposes that applicants must be from Federal Way. Clemons and Ledyard inform the commissioners that the age range is 12-17 and that limiting to Federal Way residents could greatly decrease the applicant pool. Chair Andy would like to extend the application to anyone in the community, not just those with low income. Chair Andy asks how the commissioners would like to draft the application. Vice-Chair Ankit suggests all commissioners work on it independently and discuss together at one of the next meetings. Commissioner Niko asks what the criteria for the application should be, he suggests including school grades/GPA as a criteria. Chair Andy does not believe that the scholarship should be seen as a reward for those with good grades, he suggests that it would be more helpful to have a need-based scholarship. Chair Andy asks if it is more important to include parent’s income or a short written paragraph on why the teen wants the application. Vice-Chair Ankit suggests that both should be on the application. th Youth Commission, October 14, 2021 Page 2 Chair Andy and Vice-Chari Ankit volunteer to help write the scholarship application. Clemons brings up the idea of hinging the application to fee reduction and connecting the two applications criteria/approval process. Clemons adds that it might not be appropriate to ask teens to provide their parents income information. Chair Andy agrees. Chair Andy asks what other criteria the application can have instead of writing a paragraph. Bryan brings up the idea of including a letter of recommendation from their teachers. Commissioner Niko adds that parents should not be allowed to write recommendations for applicants. Chair Andy asks Bryan to help Vice-Chair Ankit out with creating the FirstStep Application and to have it be ready to discussed in the February meeting. Chair Andy motions to table the application discussion and Bryan seconds the motion. All commissioners vote yes. NEXT MEETING/AGENDA ITEMS th The next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday February 10 Discussion Topics for the next meeting: -Approving Minutes -Recruiting new commissioners -FirstStep Scholarship Application Draft Review ADJOURNMENT Chair Andy ended the meeting at 5:40 PM