City of Columbia, Missouri

Meeting Minutes - Final

Youth Advisory Council

701 E. Broadway

Columbia, MO. 65201

Conference Room

1A/1B

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

6:00 PM

Regular

I. CALL TO ORDER

Meeting was called to order at approximately 6:00p.m.

12 -

Present:

Isabella Shah, Jiya Shetty, Roy Lovelady, Alex Hiles, Langston Schatz-Mitchell,

John Yu, Grace Harris, Ahlam Alamin, Harvey Munter, Aanya Shetty, Sarah Won

and Mira Tosh

2 - Emily Crumbliss and Dalton Mayfield

Excused:

II. INTRODUCTIONS

Members went around the table introducing themselves.

III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Motion to approve the agenda made by Ahlam Ahlam, seconded by Aana

Shetty; motion carried.

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

March 12, 2024 YAC Minutes

Attachments: March 12, 2024

Motion to approve the March 12, 2024 minutes made by Langston

Schaltz-Mitchell, seconded by Harvey Munter; motion carried.

V. OLD BUSINESS

VI. NEW BUSINESS

None.

Election of officers

- Chair

- Vice Chair

- Secretary

Motion to elect Jiya Shetty for Chair made by Langston Schaltz-Mitchell,

seconded by Sarah Won; motion carried.

Motion to elect Langston Schatz-Mitchell for Vice Chair made by Grace,

seconded by Harvey Munter; motion carried.

Motion to elect Grace Harris for Secretary made by Sarah Won, seconded by

Alex Hiles; motion carried.

Overview of Sunshine Law - Earl Kraus, City Law Department

Attachments: Missouri Sunshine Law Handbook

Boards Commission Member Guide

Youth Advisory Council Code Provisions

Earl Kraus presented the Missouri Sunshine Law during the presentation he discussed

authority, public meetings, public votes, notice, agenda, meetings, closed meetings, and

public records

Staff Updates

- Quorum & Attendance

- 2024 - 2025 Meeting Dates

- Best Practices

Staff reviewed with members the importance of quorum and attendance and discussed

the process for notifying staff when they will be absent or attend. Staff also reviewed the

2024-2025 meeting dates, and best practices.

Five Areas of Focus

Chair, Jiya Shetty went around the room to each member for the 5 area of focus, Isabella

environmental/ climate change, public transportation, Sarah Won- does not have two

areas of focus, Jiya Shetty interested gun violence, and sustainability, Aanya Shetty

environmental and to contribute, Ahlam Alamin- focus on environment especially on

pollution, Mira Tosh writing food support hope to reach youth, raise more awareness of

drug abuse, Grace Harris gun violent thing and period poverty, Langston DEI, and

sister/city relationship, Harvey Pollution, and gun violence, homelessness, Alex Hiles

drug abuse, John Yu gun violence and drug abuse

Sustainability Motion to approve Isabella Alham Alamin and Langston

Drug Abuse

Inclusion/ Welfare

Gun Violence

Homelessness down and mental health

Discussed having a report for planning for the youth report, giving information on how it is

affecting the youth or action items we would like the city to take or certain petitions we

would like to take discussed with Langston and Isabella come up with bullet points and

share with the group- HW come up with ideas for this report

2025 Youth Summit Discussion

The group discussed the vision of the 2025 Youth Summit. They would like to have food

trucks, games, and host the event outdoors. They would like to utilize a park space for

the event. The tentative date for the 2025 Youth Summit is April 12, 2025. The liaison

Lekel Lyons will reach out to the Park & Recreation Director to see about locations.The

group also brainstormed possible organizations that they would like to invite to the Youth

Summit. Members brainstormed possible vision and mission statements.

Motion to add voting on youth vision statement and overall mission statement

made by Langston Schaltz-Mitchell and seconded by Alex Hiles

2024 Mini Youth Summit Takeaways

Mini youth summit at the ARC was not a big success due to last minute planning. The

take away from the event last year is to make sure we get the word out in plenty of time,

discuss how it was communicated, and ways to improve. For this summit they will be

advertising to more schools, and the community. The group also plans to reach out to the

PR group to help with planning.