BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Title
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 that work with youth in the County, including those that specifically work with underserved youth
• Utilized social media to disseminate the information: Facebook, Twitter, Nextdoor, eNews
• Went to the high schools in board districts with low application numbers to pass out flyers
• Posted flyers in local hangouts
The application period was from January 19 - March 2, 2018. We received a total of 118 completed applications.
|
Applicant Name |
Nominating Director |
Nomination (2-year term) |
Membership Category |
Board Action: New Appointment |
|
Malachi Plaugher |
Director Varela |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 1 |
Appointment |
|
Ishita Verma |
Director Varela |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 1 |
Appointment |
|
Serena Wood |
Director Varela |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 1 |
Appointment |
|
Visala Tallarvarjula |
Director Keegan |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 2 |
Appointment |
|
Elise Mullen |
Director Keegan |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 2 |
Appointment |
|
Kalie Ching |
Director Keegan |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 2 |
Appointment |
|
Yugam Satija |
Director Santos |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 3 |
Appointment |
|
Thomas Nguyen |
Director Santos |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 3 |
Appointment |
|
Ari Feinsmith |
Director Santos |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 3 |
Appointment |
|
Adrienne Couteau |
Director LeZotte |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 4 |
Appointment |
|
Navya Pariti |
Director LeZotte |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 4 |
Appointment |
|
Shloka Janapaty |
Director LeZotte |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 4 |
Appointment |
|
Arnav Gattani |
Director Hsueh |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 5 |
Appointment |
|
Alden Hughes |
Director Hsueh |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 5 |
Appointment |
|
Michael Zhao |
Director Hsueh |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 5 |
Appointment |
|
Kathryn Bravo |
Director Estremera |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 6 |
Appointment |
|
Hugo Marquez |
Director Estremera |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 6 |
Appointment |
|
Jack Grzegorzyk |
Director Estremera |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 6 |
Appointment |
|
Arushi Saxena |
Director Kremen |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 7 |
Appointment |
|
Cole Baker |
Director Kremen |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 7 |
Appointment |
|
Sofia Ruiz |
Director Kremen |
SCVWD Youth Commission |
District 7 |
Appointment |
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The Office of the Clerk of the Board has budgeted funds to support the business meetings of the Board’s Advisory Committees for Fiscal Year 2017-2018.
CEQA:
The recommended action does not constitute a project under CEQA because it does not have a potential for resulting in direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: SCVWD Resolution 17-75
Attachment 2: Director Varela’s Applicants
Attachment 3: Director Keegan’s Applicants
Attachment 4: Director Santos’s Applicants
Attachment 5: Director LeZotte’s Applicants
Attachment 6: Director Hsueh’s Applicants
Attachment 7: Director Estremera’s Applicants
Attachment 8: Director Kremen’s Applicants
UNCLASSIFIED MANAGER:
Manager
Michele King, 408-630-2711