BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Membership Nominations for Committee Appointment to the Santa Clara Valley Water District Youth Commission (SCVWD Youth Commission).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Consider nominations for a two-year membership appointment of the 21 selected Applicants to the SCVWD Youth Commission.
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SUMMARY:
In accordance with Board Governance Process Policy - 8, Board Committees are established to assist the Board with policy advice, District Mission implementation, respective expertise, and, very importantly, to help produce the link between the District and the community.
The following committee members' nominations for the Santa Clara Valley Water District Youth Commission is submitted for Board appointment consideration in accordance with Board Resolution 17-75, Providing for and Defining the Structure and Function of Board Committees (Attachment 1). The committee applications for the new nominees are included as (Attachments 2 through 8).
BACKGROUND:
In January 2018, staff began outreach efforts for the Board Advisory Youth Commission. To inform students who reside and attend school in Santa Clara County about the launch of the Youth Commission and to encourage them to apply, staff utilized several outreach methods to increase the reach of the message. Staff conducted the following outreach activities:
* Sent out nearly 150 individual emails to students on contact list (past youth stewardship commission participants, names collected from youth conference, and other interested youth)
* Reached out to 6 High School Districts that serve approximately 52,700 students; 7 Unified School Districts that serve approximately 107,462 students
* Contacted individual high schools and middle schools within those school districts
* Reached out to 33 private schools that serve over 15,000 students
* Reached out to charter schools and continuation schools throughout the County
* Contacted over 30 community based organizations t...
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