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REVISED
YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION
AGENDA
February 21,2007
7:00 p.m.
Lobby Conference Room, City Hall
410 East Washington Street
1) Call to Order
2) Approve minutes
3) Discussion of Iowa Youth Survey Results on students feeling that others treat
each other with respect (Correia)
4) Human Rights Commission Youth Human Rights Awards (Correia)
5) Update on Council presentation
budget request FY08 (July 2007-June 2008)
Late night bus service
6) Reports from Subcommittees
Summer of the Arts
Web site
Grant programming
7) Public Discussion
8) Announcements/Invitations
Events and opportunities
NCJC 50K Road Race & Relay, April 21
Meeting Schedule
March 21, 7PM
April 18, 7PM
June 1 & 2 (Global Village/Summer of the Arts)
9) Citizenship Awards
March 6 -
April 3 - Stubbers
April 16 (special Monday night meeting) -
MINUTES
Youth Advisory Commission DRAFT
January 17,2007 - 7:00 P.M.
Lobby Conference Room, City Hall
Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M.
Members Present: All. Keranen, Stubbers, Bleam, Nelson, Weeks, Segar, Ziegenhorn
(arrived late).
Others Present: City Council Liaison Correia, City Clerk Karr, UI Liaison to City
Council Austin Baeth
Recommendations to Council (become effective only after separate Council action):
. to support the late night bus service
Introductions
All present gave introductions.
Approve Minutes
Typo was identified in section "Discussion of Budget Requests". "Volunteer Fair" should
read "Website" under the figures offunding requested.
Motioned by Stubbers to approve the minutes. Seconded by Weeks, approved
unanimously 7-0.
Election of Officers
The positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary were open for election.
Bleam moved to nominate Keranen to serve another term as chair, seconded by Stubbers.
No other members were nominated. All present members voted in support of Keranen 6-
o.
Stubbers moved to nominate herself, seconded by Keranen. No others were nominated.
Bleam moved to close nominations for vice-chair. All present members voted in support
of Stubbers 6-0.
Ziegenhorn arrived and was given a briefing of what had occurred since the start of the
meeting.
Clerk Karr explained the responsibilities of the secretary. Nelson moved to nominate
himself, seconded by Stubbers. No others were nominated. All members voted in support
of Nelson 7 -'0.
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Motion to support Late Night Bus Service (deferred from 12/6 meeting)
Ul Liaison to City Council Baeth summarized his proposal for late night bus service. He
noted that the original proposal of his predecessor was for a bus line to run from 9pm to
2:30am on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, with Iowa City providing the
paratransit service. To reduce costs he has revised the proposal to run only on Friday and
Saturday evenings, with Cambus providing the paratransit service using the Bionic Bus.
The route would run on a northern border of Market or Church Streets, eastern border of
Summit or Governor Streets, southern border of Bowery, and western border of Clinton
Street.
The main justification for the new bus service was safety, noting the instances of assault
occurring in the past few months. He stated the bus route could protect pedestrians at
night by providing them with a safe ride home. It could also reduce instances of drunk
driving, providing an alternative way to get home.
The second justification for the bus service was to reduce parking congestion in the
crowded downtown area.
The third justification for the bus service was to provide a more environmentally-friendly
option for transportation during the evening.
Keranen asked when during the year the route would run, noting that during the summer
when the potential ridership would be lower the route could be suspended to lower costs.
Baeth responded that the route would run 28 months of the year to coincide with the
university and high school community, since he anticipates that a majority of the riders
would be students.
Baeth closed with nothing that the route would be open to everyone in the community,
and that it would provide a safer option for transportation during the evenings.
Keranen noted that the Youth Advisory Commission had expressed interest at previous
meetings of making a motion of support for the proposal as a suggestion for the City
Council.
Keranen motioned to support the late night bus service, seconded by Stubbers. All
members present voted in support 7-0.
Councilor Correia noted that there are three ways to support the late night bus service
proposal. The first and most passive is that the motion of support will be present to all
council members in the packet in the commission minutes and Recommedations to
Council. The second option is to submit a letter to councilor memo, which could be
included in the meeting packet. This would highlight the issue to the press. The third
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option would be to present the recommendation meeting during the public discussion
time at council meetings. Karr noted that the timing should be considered.
Keranen expressed support for presenting the recommendation at a city council meeting,
and asked Karr about possible dates. Karr noted that on February 6 and February 20
Student Citizenship Award presentations would occur, at which commission members
would be present. Ziegenhorn was scheduled for Februrary 6 and Bleam was scheduled
for February 20 to present the Student Citizenship Awards.
For February 6 Ziegenhorn and Keranen will present the recommendation to city council,
while Nelson will write a memo. Baeth noted it would be more effective to have multiple
people presenting or writing letters to the council. Karr said she would send Baeth's
previous letters and transcribed speeches to Baeth, Nelson, Ziegenhorn, and Keranen. At
Correia's suggestion, an ad hoc subcommittee was formed with Nelson, Ziegenhorn, and
Keranen working together to draft a memo and presentation in support of the late night
bus service to the City Council.
Karr noted that the memo could be included in the packet or handed out the night of the
city council meeting. Correia noted the main audience if presenting during the public
input time of the council meeting is the public and council, while the main audience of
the memo included in the packet is the press.
Discussion of bud!!et requests FY08
Keranen summarized the budget request and its breakdown decided at the previous
meeting, citing $3000 for mini-grants, $500 for the Global Village, and $200 for the
website.
Correia and Karr noted on January 29, the city council will be hearing arguments for
funding requests of commissions and community entities. Since the commission has not
completed all of the paperwork, the only documents the council will have are what they
are prcsented with by January 29. Every organization has 15 minutes to present, with a
suggested 10 minutes for presenting and 5 minutes for questions. Keranen expressed
interest in providing a handout briefly outlining the requests and their uses. Stubbers will
draft a summary of the budget requcst with explanations.
The mini-grant proposal was discussed again. Correia noted that at the previous meeting
it was discussed that the mini-grants could fund recycling or other community service
projects. Keranen stated the basic goal would be to promote youth involvement. To
promote youth-led involvement, a rough working target age for the mini-grants of 15-21
was tentatively decided. The projects funding would be for one year. A specific plan of
action for the project would be presented to the subcommittee. Karr noted the
determination of specific details such as the application process would be useful to fine-
tune when presenting the budget proposal to the City Council. Of the $3000 requested,
Stubbers suggested having one project with $1000 potential funding and four projects
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with $500 of potential funding. Bleam noted that he preferred to leave details and
evaluations of success open for consideration based on an individual basis. Keranen
suggested a subcommittee should be formed to monitor the success and appropriate use
of funds. Correia noted that the commission could publicize the projects supported by
the mini-grants using the website. She further noted that by March the applicants would
know if they received their funding, since it is dependant upon council funding. The
applicants would have their funding available in July at the start of the new fiscal year.
Karr noted the legal ramifications of the funding allocations would have to be worked out
later, which could determine the age range of potential youth-led projects. Correia noted
the value in having a community organization or group, such as a church or school, co-
sponsor the youth-led project for accountability and sustainability over time.
For the January 29 presentation to City Council, Keranen agreed to present the
commission budget request, which Stubbers also attending. They chose the 6: 15 pm
timeslot.
Update on Web site
Nelson noted the pictures and biographies of all members of the 2006 commission were
posted. Weeks and Segar needed to submit their biographies and photos. An archive
section of past members will be created to include those whose terms have expired
without renewal.
Summer of the Arts Update
Keranen noted that she has a community contact from Ghana as a source of ideas, music,
and artifacts. Karr noted other options to explore would be through the international
program at the University ofIowa for community members from Ghana. In a letter to the
commission, Deb Green expressed interest in working with a subcommittee. Correia
noted former members Kamps and Subramanian had expressed interest in working with
the subcommittee.
Formulation of Subcommittees
Ziegenhorn, Segar, and Weeks will serve on the Summer of the Arts subcommittee, with
Ziegenhorn as the chairperson.
Keranen noted Nelson had been working on the Web site subcommittee with Kamps.
Bleam will now serve on the subcommittee with Nelson as chair.
Nelson, Keranen, and Stubbers will serve on the Grant Programming subcommittee with
Stubbers as the chair. The subcommittee would deal with the mini-grant program, further
developing the details such as the application process.
Karr noted that the subcommittees could meet independent of the full commission.
Public Discussion
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None.
Ann 0 un cemen ts/I n vitation s
None.
2007 Schedule
Meetings were set on Wednesday evenings. Monthly meetings were scheduled, with
subcommittees meeting more frequently.
February 21 - 7:00 PM
March 21 -7:00 PM
April 18 - 7:00 PM
A May meeting was not yet scheduled due to potential conflicts with exams and events.
Meetings on June 1 and 2 were tentatively scheduled for the setup for the Global Village.
Stubbers asked about a volunteer opportunity on April 21 for a 50K run by the
Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County.
Bleam motioned to adjourn the meeting. This was seconded by Stubbers and the motion
was carried unanimously, 7-0.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:00 P.M.
Minutes prepared and submitted by Nelson.
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YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION
ADDITIONAL PACKET MATERIALS
HANDED OUT DURING THE MEETING
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% of youth Percentage of Iowa City students who agree or strongly agree that students in their school
who report treat each other with respect
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
YOUTH AWARDS
HUMAN RIGHTS
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4TH ANNUAL
IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
YOUTH AWARDS
HUilL4N RIGHTS
A HUil4AN ISSUE
Hello, my name is Beverly Witwer, Chair of the Iowa City Human Rights Commission. As you know for
the past three years the Commission has recognized activities performed by local youth that promote
and/or contribute to Human Rights in the Iowa City area. Pursuant to this goal, the Commission is cur-
rently accepting nominations of area youth that have been involved in Human Rights activities. Our
goal is not to select a winner, but rather to recognize contributions of our local youth. Activities that the
Commission is aware of that would be worthy of an award include, but are not limited to:
. Collecting money for a Human Rights related organization/cause
. Organizing a Human Rights related activity
. Collecting food/clothing/personal hygiene items for local or national organizations
Since the Iowa City Human Rights Commission hopes to recognize the creativity and uniqueness of
our youth, we ask that students not be nominated for participation in class activities or pre-organized
events. However any additional activity that comes as a result of a class activity or pre-organized event
would be a welcome nomination.
To keep our awards timely, we also ask that nominations be limited to events that have occurred since
the end of May 2006. Students previously recognized by the Commission are eligible, as long as they
are nominated for a different and current activity with a different group/organization. Nomination forms
are due April 2, 2007.
Each winner will be recognized Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Youth Human Rights Awards
Ceremony being held at the Englert Civic Theatre located at 221 E. Washington Street in Iowa City. Re-
cipients will be presented with a certificate of appreciation signed by the Mayor and the Chairperson of
the Iowa City Human Rights Commission. The winner, nominator, and parents/guardians will be invited
to attend the cermony. Refreshments will be served.
We hope you will join us in acknowledging the wonderful nature of our local youth and nominate some-
one you know who is working toward the advancement of Human Rights. Thank you in advance for your
assistance.
Nomination forms are available in the Iowa City Human Rights Office in City Hall located at 410 E.
Washington Street or online at http://www.icgov.org/humanrights/youthawards.htm. Requests can also
be directed to Stefanie Bowers at stefanie-bowers@iowa-city.org or call 319-356-5022.
IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
STUDENT AWARD
MULTIPLE NOMINATION FORM
(Write legibly or type)
STUDENT INFORMATION PARENT I GUARDIAN INFORMATION
Name: Name:
Address: Address:
School: Grade: Phone/email:
Teacher: Relationship to Student:
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School: Grade: Phone/email:
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School: Grade: Phone/email:
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STUDENT INFORMATION PARENT I GUARDIAN INFORMATION
Name: Name:
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STUDENT INFORMATION PARENT I GUARDIAN INFORMATION
Name: Name:
Address: Address:
School: Grade: Phone/email:
Teacher: Relationship to Student:
NOMINATOR INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
Phone: Relationship to Student:
Email:
Describe in detail the event/activity you believe deserves recognition. Please focus on the event/activity, while avoiding
describing personality traits of the student. Include the date or time frame of the event/activity.
Please return completed form by April 2, 2007 to: Iowa City Human Rights Commission I Alln: Stefanie Bowers
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Or via email to: stefan ie-bowers@iowa-city.org
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IOWA CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
STUDENT AWARD
SINGLE NOMINATION FORM
STUDENT INFORMATION (WRITE LEGIBLY OR TYPE)
Name:
Address:
School: Teacher: Grade: - Age:
PARENT / GUARDIAN INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
Phone: Email:
Relationship to Student:
NOMINATOR INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
Phone: Email:
Relationship to Student:
Describe in detail the event/activity you believe deserves recognition. Please focus on the evenUactivity,
while avoiding describing personality traits of the student. Include the date or time frame of the
evenUactivity.
Please return completed form by April 2, 2007 to: Iowa City Human Rights Commission
Attn: Stefanie Bowers
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Or via email to: stefan ie-bowerslaliowa-citv .orq
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Grant Programming Subcommittee Meeting
2/18/2007
Members Present: Audrey Keranen and Michael Nelson
Mini-grant Program Overview:
One $1000 grant and four $500 grants awarded for a project serving to Iowa City
community. The applicant (age 15-21) should have a sponsoring community
group with a specific adult "sponsor".
Process Summary:
1. Interested individuals or groups will meet with members of a Y AC
subcommittee to learn about the application process and infortnally describe
the community service project.
2. The individual or group will complete the application packet and submit to a
Y AC subcommittee:
a. Materials in the application packet
I. Purpose statement of project
11. Estimated finances
lll. Estimated time table for work and completion of project
1. Must be finished within one fiscal year
IV. Recommendation letter from "sponsor" from sponsoring
community group
3. The individual or group will present to the Y AC
4. A Y AC subcommittee will recommend projects to the Y AC for approval
a. Rubric for selecting projects
I. Uniqueness
11. Feasibility
111. Positive effect on community
IV. Presentation strength
5. The Y AC will recommend the projects to the City Council for final approval
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6. Press releases will be issued detailing the grantees' projects
7. Subcommittee members will monitor the progress of the project at intervals
dependent upon the nature of the project
a. Successes will be publicized through website
b. All financial transactions must be reported
1. Copies of all receipts must be given to the subcommittee
Remaining Issues
1. How to disburse the funds for the project
a. Consult with the city attorney
2. How to specifically monitor the progress
3. Do we need to seek outside funding as well?
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