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2. Eastern Carver County Youth Commission Youth Development Task Force �- Serving the communities of: Carver, Chanhassen, Chaska, East Union, Victoria ' November 28, 1989 ' Greetings! At Monday's City Council meeting we will present to you our proposal for the establishment of an Eastern Carver County CaYmission on Children and Youth. ' I'd like to take this opportunity to give you a bit of background. In the sunnier of 1988, Comp unity Education applied for, and was awarded $.50/capita state funds for youth development. A plan was drafted and a Youth Development 11 Task Force created. They came up with a four-pronged approach to foster an environment in which children are nurtured, supported, and learn to make good decisions: 1. CURRICULUM development in the area of youth issues. 2. a RESOURCE CENTER used as a data base on youth issues and programs to be accessed by agencies and youth. 3. a determination of VALUES embraced by communities in Eastern Carver County and the incorporation of these values in areas impacting youth. 4. the establishment of a YOUTH COMMISSION. The fourth aspect was envisioned from the beginning as a permanent, on-going vehicle to provide continuity and coordination among communities and agencies in the areas of youth development and youth activities. A committee of people representing many groups impacting youth from all of the communities in Eastern Carver County have met over the year to determine purpose, goals and structure of the commission. That we have developed is a proposal and we welcome suggestions. A quick scan of the marbership section of the by-laws will show you that each city, the school district, and the county are to appoint representatives. They will be the major funders and major partners in this endeavor. Our presentation will flesh out more of the reasoning behind the commission and the details. We hope that you will agree that community involvement in developing the "whole child" is an idea whose time has cone. Youth are a city's most priceless resource because they will shape our communities' futures. I Sincerely, Stephanie Young, air Youth Commission Committee I "Healthy Youth in a Healthy Community" 1 1 I YOUTH COMMISSION PROPOSAL 1 1989 ri I 1 1 1 PROPOSAL—PROPOSAL—PROPOSAL—PROPOSAL—PROPOSAL—PROPOSAL—PROPOSAL—PROPOSAL--PROPOSAL EASTERN CARVER COUNTY COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH JOB DESCRIPTION JOB TITLE: COORDINATOR PROGRAM: EASTERN N CARVER COUNTY commIssraN ON-CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM SUPERVISOR: COMMISSION TERMS: 12 MONTH POSITION - ANNUAL CONTRACT - 30 HOURS I RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Identify needs of children and youth and coordinate agency efforts and develop a plan to meet those needs. 2. Develop, facilitate and evaluate youth commission. 3. Develop, facilitate and evaluate Youth Coordinating Board. 4. Provide liaison to joint powers members with appropriate reports and reviews. ws. 5. Act as liaison to agencies serving children and youth, communicating areas of II identified need. 6. Identify funding sources and facilitate writing of funding proposals. 7. Provide background material and reports for the commission and committees. 8. Collect data annually on available community services for children and youth. I 9. Produce an annual report of the commissions work for the preceding year and goals and objectives for the upcoming year and present it at the annual meeting. Upon commission approval , submit the report to the cities and school board. 10. Develop and oversee annual budget and ongoing expenditures. 11. Act as Public Relations agent and commission spokesperson. REQUIREMENTS: I *Experience in developing and implementing long-range plans and annual goals and objectives. *Strong communication and organizational skills. *Ability to work well with people in a facilitator role. *Previous experience in preparing a program budget. , 1 I Page - 2 - IIYouth Commission Job Description 11 *Knowledge of youth issues and ability to be a strong advocate for the needs of youth. ' *Skills in building public/private partnerships. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: ' *4-year college degree 1 1 EA6TEf$d CARVER COUNTY CaCISSION ON CHILDREN AND YWTH ARTICLE I: PURPOSE - The purpose of the District 112 Commission on Children and Youth is to create a organizational structure: to improve coordination, communication, and cooperation among the serving agencies and services; to provide advice and make recommendations on broad planning goals and policies for children and youth; to give youth a voice in their community. The goal of the commission is to provide youth an environment where they can internalize and apply community values in their own personal decision making and become healthy productive members of society. ARTICLE II : ORGANIZATION Section I: Membership ' The Commission shall consist of eleven voting members and the Commission Coordinator who is a non-voting member. The membership as a whole shall reflect a broad range of opinion, experience and socio-economic expertise with the objective of providing sound advice!' representative of the citizenry. To achieve that purpose, it shall include two students from a Youth Coordinating Board and an appointed representative from each city, the school `district and county. The balance may include representation from the following areas: II 1. Education 2. Law and Justice 3. Business and Labor 4. Religious Community 5. Human Services 6. Citizen Representative 7. Youth Group Volunteer 8. Health Community Section II: Appointment and Terms ' The initial five members of the Commission not appointed in Section I shall be appointed by the Youth Commission sub-committee and the Youth Development Task Force. All subsequent , appointments shall be made by the funding parties, Youth Coordinating Board or the Commission. All vacancies on the Commission shall be advertised for two weeks to seek applicants. The Commission may interview applicants before making appointments. I Terms of office shall be two years, except the initial terms shall be staggered. A commission member whose term has expired shall continue to serve until a successor has been I appointed. No member shall serve more than two consecutive two year terms. Section III: Vacancies ' A vacancy during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Commission. Recommendation to fill vacancies shall be submitted to the Commission. Section IV: Removal The Commission may remove a member who is absent from three consecutive regularly scheduled II commission meetings. 1 1 Page - 2 - Youth Commission Bylaws Section V: Compensation ICommission members shall serve without pay, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their Commission duties, e.g. conference expenses. Section VI: Officers The members of the Commission shall elect a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary to coordinate the activities of the Commission. Terms of elected officers shall be one year from the date of their election at the annual meeting. No person shall serve in the same position for more than two consecutive years. The removal of officers may be made by the Commission for cause. IISection VII: Duties of Officers IThe chairperson shall conduct the regular meeting of the Commission. Vice-Chairperson shall serve in the absence of the Chairperson. The Secretary will record minutes at all meetings. The Chair shall act as spokesperson for the Commission at meetings with other organizations unless another spokesperson(s) is chosen by the Commission or the Chair. The Chair may ' delegate the performance of his/her duties to a Commission member or staff. An action by the Chair may be overruled by the Commission members. The Chair may vote at all times. ISection VIII: Committees Membership of commission committees shall be made up of commission and non-commission Imembers. The Chair will annually appoint the chairs and members of Commission committees, subject to approval of the Commission. To the extent possible, membership on committees will be based on the committee preferences expressed by individual Commission members. With the approval of the Commission, the Chair may create or disband committees, either standing or Ispecial. At the time of creating any committee, the committee's duties and functions must be defined in writing and approved by the Commission. IIMembers are encouraged to serve on Commission committees. Committees may analyze issues, receive briefings, and formulate motions for the full ICommission to consider. Committees shall also make recommendations and present issues to the full Commission. Final decisions are made by the full Commission. ISection IX: Executive Committee The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, the Vice-Chair, the Secretary, and the chairs of two Commission committees selected by the Executive Committee and approved by the IICommission. The Executive Committee may take action on behalf of the Commission when an immediate response is needed and it is not possible to convene the Commission prior to the action date. Any action taken shall be reviewed at the next full commission meeting. The ICommission Staff Director shall be an ex-officio member, without vote, of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee considers work programs, agendas, rules, assignments, and recruitment of new members, and monitors the activities of each committee. 1 I I Page - 3 - I Youth Commission Bylaws ARTICLE III: MEETINGS 1 Section I: Meetings I All meetings of the Commission and its committees shall be open to public. An annual meeting will be held to elect officers, appoint commission members and review the annual report. I Section II: Parliamentary Procedure Unless governed otherwise by provisions of these bylaws, Robert's Rules of Parliamentary I Procedure shall govern the conduct of all Commission meetings and hearings. Section III: Public Testimony The public may speak on issues which come before the Commission. The Chair shall designate the appropriate time for public testimony and establish time limits for each speaker. 11 Section IV: Time of Meetings Commission meetings will be held at a regularly scheduled time once each month. Additional meetings may be scheduled as necessary. Reasonable effort will be made to inform the public in advance of both regular and special meetings. Members shall be entitled to at least 48 II hours notice of a special meeting. Section V: Agendas The staff will prepare and the Chair approve an agenda for each public meeting prior to the meeting. Additional agenda items may be proposed by any Commission member. Each member will receive reasonable notice of each meeting and the agenda. 11 Section VI: Voting Each Commission member shall have one vote. Proxy votes shall not be authorized. ' Section VII: Quorum A quorum shall consist of 51 percent of Commission members of record. Provided there is a quorum, a majority of those present is required to ratify a vote. Section VIII: Amendments The Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of all Commission members. I ARTICLE IV: RECORDS, PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS Section I: Books and Records I Records of the Commission shall be maintained by the Community Education Department. All Commission Records shall be open to public inspection. I I II ' rPage - 4 - Youth Commission Bylaws Section II: Minutes Minutes of all Commission meetings will be recorded promptly and will be subject to approval II by the Commission. Minutes in the proposed forms will be provided to each Commission member II prior to the subsequent meeting. All minutes will be available for public inspection. ISection III: Annual Report The director shall produce an annual report of the commissions work for the preceding year and goals for the upcoming year. Two weeks prior to the annual meeting, the annual report 1 shall be distributed to commission members. The annual report shall be presented to the commission at the annual meeting. Upon it's review and approval, the annual report shall be submitted to the cities and School Board. 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I A national study of teen-agers chat- panic or Chinese an upper middle antisocial adolescent has been chat- • tenges the popular assumption that clam suburban community near New , lenged byresearcheprs wpo,ltave aof:� adolescents are Influenced primarily York and a rural conununity 100 ed tees sees'--�dependencp on''parr. by their peers and a pervasive ae- miles from the dry.. f . `' ents and.cominunity supports• How-..: I tional youth culture.The flndinp In- '• . • ever,research has ofteq focused ex- diuts that adolescents baiues and Then, 100 other teem-agetsti is,eight .elusively on•twd aspects of adoles•' nodal rotes are instead predominant- communities in five stet,were stud- cents'',experleacer. their Internet.� ty shaped by the communities,in led to see If patterns In the New lives, especially the stages of echo- • which they live and the adults In York area were consistent with those' tlonal development and their exter.j I their tires. In the red of the country- Despite. hot. lives, Including.the ways th' minor variations, the:preliminary• Interact with schoots,:.the• wor ' "Sweeping generalizations about findinp bore out the initial studios: place,the community and-society as American adolescents and teen- a whole:The new study attempted to. I alters do not reflect reality,"said the The first phase of the research was conlbine the two vlewpoipts while' director of the study, Francis Al. anthropological. Teams observed studying adolescents Wdlver1!costs-., tanni, a•professor at Teachers Cot- each teenager for doyens of hours by. munitla,'•?.• . • ,..'-I • s • 1 lege of Columbia University. To be the home, school and community.•,r • • ••• `•:•••,-1..4'.'i•+iti" :,: : I able to confident! state anything ,« •• ' ' confidently ything Researcher. iatervlewed teen-agers' 'lie trfied�to detei�trtlae:lsEiltt rirlei', about a IS•yarold,we need to know peers, parents and teachers, as weir;,, parenttr, school' otfiddbi. Orin ineI t how that 13-year-old fits into the as police.officers, minister* social .s justica•offldats-and.etset:la,these; community, and how that communi- workers and other adults who were• .communities thought they:lure lot!.' I ty defines the.transition to adult- part of the young people's lives. , posing On:Ilse' edofesIeat 11aasti:; hood." r .. - i:. said."'chest lets loot�e�d��t�oiale what, Subsequently, each adolescent-:an; the teen-agerr had adhlell Internal; , The eight-year,$483,000 study of 300 dement five Interviews, each an 1z�•»,,:,_.; ' . - `.y• :%. teen-agers examined not only the lo- hour long,with Iannt.He is a psycho-. .. ••.1-•-•••. '-'' "•«►'k':.. -�A I nor world of adolescents but also the analyst who was trained at We Nev .s lit;, bla-t '!1N[:[ cheri<.! external forces that affect them in York Psychoanalytic institute and Is' found.faaitltesj•achoofs,.soclal-yes • urban, suburban and rural settings• a consultant In.niedleal psychology- *.,itea and alszanal-justipi.rirkets•ls; ft was supported by a grant from the at St...Luke's Hospital In M_ anhattaal 'ottett;6 I Spencer Foundation.In Chicago and -., . . .,sod• s.f ts�nt? e r• was initially financed by the Nation- The Wur es•l b ci atil -' psychological Interviews. af=•. these.i4stllutltioe•������_ al institute of Education and the sensed adolescents'. relatioathipi" .ui�tor_ teeo-eeetiLi Tee4l•egi<n Ford Foundation. with their families,communitlet and'- 'often. : • peers;delved Into their • e bsyg 0Qmtrdq I The project's preliminary h°Pe*!ante-: Met tt1'0'oct�ltS'Etc+:;, nary flmdlagx also and drams;and examined hotiF• ritedtas ottrers' Ialr ah16'dwe;, much they had internalized the com-. atlas their owner '-"'''?' =` II Although adolescents turn to their mutiny's valueL< •'•� peers for support and their attitudes - • • --Althoughf'sod i ' I are shaped popular youth kt► `son ..o f'- pod by the anise outh cul• Fifteen anthropologists, sociologists • o/ street gams,.lanai sstd�onl',.o#'.� lure,the study documented the great and psychological professionals coo- theca.fnoctforti If that 'xhei!d kl'd = importance of adults In teen-agers' ducted the research, which is cow- , aeed it plate where-there is a eotato. ;r lives.There Is often more consisten- Unsling. The Investigators are now . tent set of rules to follow-"Hoirevet".. cy between the attitudes of parents studying teen-agers in various Ilviac the gangs'rutesarp .lafd yy�'' I and their teen-age children than be- rrse _ . .:,.r . .. tsfeen those of teen-agers and their . . ' - • ' idol valuer and "not related to Job prs• succed t 'errs. or life success," he said. In I 'tact,'be added, "Their own rules *,While adolescence Is an Important seem almost destined to put there- time for questioning adult values, �kith In future conflict with society" ' utast teenagers studied were looking • • tar eatArvIes- tnl-laalllles, -'�Z°': I > 5441. oiamsad,eotitmunitled "In fad, they are often desperately seeking those rules,"lanai said. _ 111.-The significant differences In the I roles of teen-agers in urban, subur. - ben and rural communities created disparate opportunities for growth and placed them at risk In dtffer•ent I ways. The variations among teen- agers In these different settings make it Inaccurate to describe them as a distinct national population with I common attitudes and behavior. , • Initially,200 teenagers of both sexes