Item 4 - Dissolution of Teen Issues Committee
AGENDA REPORT SUMMARY
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
James L. Bowersox, City Mana~
INITIATED BY: Robert A. Clark, Director of Community Services
FROM:
DATE:
June 7, 2005
SUBJECT:
Dissolution of the Teen Issues Committee
ABSTRACT
The Poway Teen Recreation Club and the Poway Teen Issues Committee both work toward the
same common goal of articulating teen needs and providing teen involvement with the Community.
The Teen Issues Committee voted unanimously to dissolve the Teen Issues Committee and have
members merge into the Board of the Teen Recreation Club.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This item is not subject to CEQA review.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
Teen Issues Committee and Poway Teen Recreation Club Board.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council dissolve the Teen Issues Committee into the Poway Teen
Recreation Club effective immediately.
ACTION
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CITY OF POWAY
AGENDA REPORT
TO:
FROM:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
James L. Bowersox, City Mana;:ff ~
Robert A. Clark, Director of Community Services Ja
Greg Sundberg, Senior Recreation Supervisor /~_
INITIATED BY:
DATE:
June 7, 2005
SUBJECT:
Dissolution of the Teen Issues Committee
BACKGROUND
On November 18, 1999, the City Council established the Council-appointed Teen Issues
Committee to act in an advisory capacity to the City Council on matters affecting teens in
the City. The nine-member committee is comprised of one Council member, four Poway
Teen Recreation Club Board members, one student from Poway High School, one student
from Abraxas High School, one student from Twin Peaks Middle School, and one student
from Meadowbrook Middle School. The committee is charged with the responsibility to: 1)
serve as a vehicle to articulate teen needs, 2) identify unmet needs and recommend
methods to address those needs, 3) encourage teen involvement in volunteerism and the
charitable needs of the community, and 4) lobby for supportive federal and state legislation.
FINDINGS
Since the inception of the Teen Issues Committee in 1999, changes in the Poway Teen
Recreation Club structure and objectives lead to a significant level of redundancy in
activities between the two bodies. The Poway Teen Recreation Club and the Teen Issues
Committee both work toward the same common goal of articulating teen needs and
providing teen involvement within the community. The Teen Issues Committee voted
unanimously on March 9, 2005, to ask the City Council to dissolve the Teen Issues
Committee and have members merge into the Board of the Teen Recreation Club.
Important issues to be retained by the newly merged board would be 1) looking at the needs
of what teens want in the community and 2) developing a process to express issues to the
City Council through staff. This action will not only centralize the location for teen citizen
input, it eliminates the overlap that exists between the Poway Teen Issues Committee and
the Poway Teen Recreation Club, which will allow for greater efficacy in addressing issues
that affect all teens in the city. To maximize public involvement, the meetings of the future
Poway Teen Recreation Club will be advertised in the Po way Today newsletter, and will
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meet on a regular basis in a public area of the Senior Center. Should any issues arise that
are pertinent to the broader teen population in Poway, they will be brought to the City
Council through the Poway Teen Recreation Club's relationship with City staff.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This item is not subject to CEQA.
FISCAL IMPACT
None anticipated.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
Teen Issues Committee and Poway Teen Recreation Club Board
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council dissolve the Teen Issues Committee into the Poway
Teen Recreation Club, effective immediately.
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