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(2) The youth commissioners must be high school students, in public, private <br />or a home schooled school who are Colton residents. <br />(3) Youth commissioners would attend monthly Commission meetings. <br />(4) Youth commissioners would only advise the Commission on parks and <br />recreation matters and would not have any voting rights. <br />(5) The term of service would be one year, beginning with the first <br />Commission meeting in September and concluding with the last <br />meeting in August. New appointments would be made each year in <br />May effective the following September. <br />The Recreation and Parks Commission also concluded that youth commissioners would be <br />selected by completing an application form and being interviewed by a board of two <br />Recreation and Parks Commissioners and one City Councilmember, with a secondas an <br />alternate. In addition, City staff would pursue, with each appointed youth commissioner's <br />high school, the opportunity for receiving school credit for service as a youth <br />commissioner. <br />The Recreation and Parks Commission also considered and approved a suggested <br />application form; a list of requirements and expectations for youth commissioners; and a <br />list of proposed interview questions. Copies of these documents are attached to this <br />report. In light of these preparations, City staff requests that City Council authorize the <br />Recreation and Parks Commission to begin accepting applications for youth <br />commissioners, in addition to adopting the proposed ordinance. The Commission plans to <br />begin accepting applications after the first reading of the proposed ordinance. When the <br />ordinance becomes effective, the Commission would then present its recommended choice <br />of student applicants to the City Council for appointment as youth commissioners. <br />ALTERNATIVES: <br />1 . Deny approval of the proposed ordinance <br />2. Deny approval for the Recreation and Parks Commission to begin accepting <br />applications for youth commissioners. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br />No financial impacts are anticipated from adoption of the proposed ordinance. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: <br />No environmental impacts will result from the adoption of the proposed ordinance. <br />RVPU&NGS1,543W1 <br />