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CITY OF MOORPARK G 7 7 ' 7/
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Parks and Recreation Commission
FROM: Christine Adams, Director of Community Servict
DATE: February 7, 1994
SUBJECT: Consider Teen Council Guidelines.
BACKGROUND
The City Council has determined that one of it's priority goals and objectives for the
Community Services Department, is the development of teen recreation programming
in the City of Moorpark.
Staff has developed a Teen Task Force involving various youth serving agencies within
the community, to identify issues and needs for the teenage population in Moorpark
and to further identify shared resources between the various agencies which can be
coordinated to provide services more efficiently and will reach a larger population of
teenagers.
The Teen Task Force members are: Commissioners John Hall and Sandra Thompson,
Toni Carbone,(Boys and Girls Club), Debi Ryono, (Boys and Girls Club), Christina
May, (Planning Commissioner, participating as a private citizen), Del Carbine,
(Moorpark Unified School District), Vicki McGowan, (Our Town Teens) Ed
Tumbleson,(Ventura County Sheriff) and Kathy Marrujo-Thurman (Moorpark Project
Pride). The task force has met twice.
The concept of a Teen Council, which was originally discussed at the Parks and
Recreation Commission level, was supported by the Teen Task Force. A sample draft
of guidelines for a Teen Council was developed by staff and reviewed by the Task
Force, who gave additional comments.
If a formation of a Teen Council is approved by the City Council, the Teen Council
will function in a similar manner to that of the Senior Advisory Committee, that is,
the Teen Council would be advisory to staff on program issues only. There would be
no formal relationship between the Teen Council and the Parks and Recreation
Commission, other than informational reporting, which would be provided to the
Commission by staff as needed.
Staff is recommending that the formation of a Teen Council take place in the fall of
1994, in order that the first year of the Teen Council get endorsement and support
from the Moorpark Unified School District.
RECOMMENDATION
Review attached guidelines for Teen Council and recommend formation of Teen
Council to the City Council.
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