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• notations that none of the cities contacted have youth representatives participating on other commissions • results received from surveys conducted with students • responses received from a survey conducted with staff members from the. City of _ Pleasanton • results received in support of allowing youth members of other commissions the right to vote • negative results obtained that stated youth should not be. allowed to vote until they are 18 -years of age • graphs showing survey results were discussed • several comments received from the surveys were provided • comments included the importance of receiving input from youth members and allowing youth members. on commissions the ability to vote on issues Commissioners Prakash and Immadi advised that based on the date and information the. Public Policy Subcommittee had collected and the recommendation that had been made to the Youth Commission, a motion had been made by the Youth Commission recommending to City Council that youth members on the Civic Arts, Human Services, Library, and Parks and. Recreation Commission to allowed the ability to vote. Comments and questions received from members of the Library and Civic Arts Commissions included: • clarification that no change was being made to quorum voting requirements. • support for retaining. the voting to those 18 -years of age and over • additional information received from surveying of other cities • whether survey responses were received only from Pleasanton students and residents • intelligence of youth and their comments and votes should be counted._. • It being disrespectful to expect youth members to sit on a commission and ,not be allowed to vote • understanding comments regarding allowing only those 18 and over to vote but commission youth members had to undertake a. strong process by the City of Pleasanton to accepted as a Youth Commissioner • Youth members of a commission attend meetings and participate in discussions so should be given the ability to vote. • Youth members have busy school and extracurricular schedules but find time to participate and attend commission meetings Chairperson Hertle together with other commissioners indicated that she supported the recommendation, from the Youth Commission. She stated that she was impressed.with the caliber of youth on the commissions and likes that they think differently and have a different perspective on matters. Chairperson Hertle felt that if the goal'is to continue to build a great community youth have to be involved and youth members on commissions should be allowed to vote.. She felt they have great ideas and spend the time and effort to be involved in meetings. . Library and Civic Arts. Commission Meeting October 7, 2019 . . Page 3