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3. Introduction of Community Relations Youth Associate Members-Roger Burnell, Community Relations Committee Co-Chair • Roger Burnell, Co-Chair of the Community Relations Committee, introduced Allika Walvekar, Los Altos Hills Youth Commissioner. Ms Walvekar has worked closely with the Standing Committee to identify High School youths in Los Altos Hills that had an interest in serving on the proposed Youth Commission. Burnell reviewed with Council the proposed revised duties of the Youth Commissioner and the Youth Commissions' charter, goals and objectives. Ten resident youths have attended Community Relations Committee meetings; been screened by Walvekar and members of the Committee Relations Committee; and, were currently serving as Youth Associate Members of the Standing Committee. (The identified proposals would be considered by Council as Agenda Item# 14). Allika Walvekar, Youth Commissioner, thanked the City Council for the opportunity to introduce the ten Youth Associate Members. The students made brief statements to the Council expressing their interests and enthusiasm in being part of the Youth Commission. They were: Mita Ahy and Sam Coleman (Los Altos High), Namrata Anand (The Harker School), Courtney Chuang (Castilleja), Isha Thapa, Maysa Torabi, Connor Radlo, and Audrey Waschura (all four from Gunn High School). Member, Karly Osborne (Mountain View High)was not present at the introduction. Mayor Warshawsky thanked the students for their commitment to the Community. Councilmember Larsen also thanked Walvekar and the youths and noted that there was a good representation of the surrounding high schools on the Youth Commission. 4. Appointments to Standing Committees: MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Larsen, seconded by Mordo and passed unanimously to appoint Kunjan Shah to the Standing Environmental Initiatives Committee for a term of four years. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Larsen, seconded by Summit and passed unanimously to reappoint Pat Ley and Sandra Humphries to the Standing Environmental Design and Protection Committee for terms of four years. 4A. Mountain View/Los Altos Union High School Update — Dr. Barry Groves, Superintendent By consensus of the Council, the agenda was re-ordered to allow the presentation to be made later in the meeting Dr. Barry Groves, Superintendent Mountain View/Los Altos Union High School District, presented Council with an overview of the District's schools' profiles. Groves highlighted academic achievements of the students, as well as their community commitments, in particular, their involvement in projects internationally. He commented that enrollment • projections anticipate that that the school district attendance would increase by 900 more 2 Approved Regular City Meeting Minutes November 12,2009