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The central question: should the youth body start as a parks-run program (informal, staff-led) or be formed as a formal board or commission under city code (advisory to council but subject to Open Public Meetings Act and public-record rules)? Council members and staff identified tradeoffs on transparency, youth safety and sustainability.

Why it matters: A formal commission gives youth a designated advisory role and a direct channel to council but triggers OPMA (public meetings) and public-records requirements that some council members said could discourage participation by vulnerable youth. A program housed in the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts department would avoid some OPMA/PRA exposure and allow a phased, staff-supported start, but would not automatically carry the advisory status of a commission.

What the task group proposed and youth preferences
Stakeholder meetings, which included multiple youth participants, produced a proposed framework the task group circulated to council: eligibility for members would be residence or school attendance within the Edmonds School District boundary; ages 15 to 20; two-year terms with a one-year senior option; and two meetings per month (more as needed). The youth stakeholders the task group convened reportedly favored a formal advisory role.

Legal and operational concerns raised
- Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) and public-records act (PRA): City staff and the city attorney advised that a commission triggers OPMA and PRA; council asked the clerk to survey peer cities for lessons on how they protect youth privacy and run youth commissions.
- Parental consent and minors: For participants under age 18, the council discussed application form fields and the need to minimize sensitive data collection; staff committed to review application language with the city clerk and city attorney.
- Staffing and sustainability: Councilmembers said a long-term location within city operations (parks or another department) and funding are needed so the youth council can outlast council turnover.

Process questions and next steps
Several council members asked for clearer choice points and a staff-led work session that lays out options, risks and sample ordinance language in standard format used by other commissions. The council agreed to gather additional information from the parks department, the city clerk and the city attorney and to schedule follow-up work-session time where youth stakeholders and Director Faber (Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts) can participate.

A procedural action
During the meeting council approved a motion to extend the meeting to finish the agenda; the motion passed by voice vote (ayes recorded).

Ending note
Council members asked the task group to prepare a revised package that includes: example ordinance language formatted to match other city commissions, an application form vetted for minor-safety concerns, and legal review notes on OPMA/PRA implications. They also requested that youth stakeholders be invited to a subsequent work session so council members may hear directly from young people about their preferred structure.

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Webster said the project grew from community meetings and now operates sports-based outreach (police-versus-youth basketball and post-game circles) and an intake-referral system that aims to engage youth before incidents escalate. He described three components: self-referral outreach, a patient intake process with repeated engagement, and coordinated referrals to partner organizations for services.

Why it matters: The Access Project seeks to reduce violent incidents and school expulsions by reaching youth early, building trust and connecting them to services including arts therapy, job pathways and peer mediation. The group described initial measurable outcomes in schools and said the peer mediation program has trained more than 60 high-school mediators across several schools.

Program details cited
- Intake and referral model: The project solicits self-referrals and referrals from schools and community partners, conducts repeated intake conversations until trust is built, and then links youth to partner organizations (Boys & Girls Club, Compass and others).
- Peer mediation: Over 60 high-school students were trained in five schools to mediate peer conflicts, the project reported; participants have not resulted in expulsions so far, the project said.
- Sports and relationship building: Police officers and community volunteers run basketball events where officers build rapport through playing, then form circles to offer contact and mentoring to youth.
- School partnerships: The Access Project said it has memoranda of agreement with the Edmonds School District and Everett Public Schools and accepts district \"threat level 2\" students for off-campus interventions to keep them aligned with their cohort.

Funding and support
Webster described initial ARPA funding that helped seed the program along with philanthropic donations from local donors and support from the city. He credited city staff and volunteers, including police officers and city employees, for operational assistance and urged continuing partnerships and referrals from elected leaders and departments.

Council reaction and next steps
Council members asked about program scale and sustainability. Webster said the group is focused on South Snohomish County first and aims to expand countywide over five years. He asked elected leaders to coordinate across school districts and departments to avoid siloed services and to support referrals from city staff and departments.

Ending note
Council members praised the Access Project's combination of outreach, mediation training and partnership-building and asked staff to discuss coordination and possible summer programming support.

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Niners described his personal background — including long-term incarceration and subsequent community work — to explain why his group focuses on sustained, culturally informed services rather than short-term interventions. \"If young people don't feel part of the village, they will burn it down to feel its warmth,\" he said during the presentation.

Why it matters: Hope for Homies provides direct services in Snohomish and King counties and runs several earned-revenue businesses the group said help fund programs and create jobs for participants.

Key program elements described
- Healing-centered services: The organization offers drop-in support, trauma work, peer mentoring and cultural programs aimed at social-emotional development.
- Social-enterprise jobs: Programs named in the presentation include Hustle of Dreams (t-shirt production), Steady Assistance (junk-removal and house clean-out services), funeral removals and Still Wild (medicinal plant products) that provide paid work and job-readiness training.
- Holistic “Homie plans”: Staff work with participants on individualized goal-setting that can include driver's-license support, parenting and recovery coach classes.
- Specialized offerings and partnerships: The group described programs such as \"Hoods in the Woods\" (outdoor exposure for youth), tattoo removal, and a LEAD pilot in partnership with the Tulalip Tribe; Hope for Homies also said it partners with Volunteers of America and local ministries on food and support services.

Funding and sustainability
Niners said Hope for Homies supplements grants and contracts with revenue from its businesses to reduce dependence on unstable grant cycles. He cited recent philanthropic support through the Community Foundation of Snohomish County and other donors; specific multi-year funding levels were not provided at the presentation.

Council reaction and next steps
Council members offered condolences after Niners said his organization had recently lost young people the group served and praised his focus on community-based, trust-building approaches. Members asked about partnerships, program scale and how youth are recruited; Niners said programs are tailored and often involve adult reentry staff as mentors.

Ending note
The council thanked Hope for Homies for the presentation and said staff would follow up with information on possible city partnerships and event promotion; Niners circulated event information and business cards for community outreach.

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The presentation, led by Detective Russ Satteroff and Commander Justin Gann with crime-analyst support from Olivia Kieran, used Snohomish County Child Fatality Review data and local case counts to show increases in gang-related incidents and juvenile violent-crime reports since 2022. \"There are no happy numbers here,\" Satteroff told the council, adding that many of the incidents the department tracks involve weapons and long-term harm to victims and families.

The briefing emphasized several findings the department said are relevant to council and community planning: a high share of gang-related cases involve juveniles (the presentation cited 63 percent countywide in the slides used), juveniles in these cases are often in the mid-teens, and a large share of youths reported online threats. Satteroff said the department excluded lower-level offenses such as petty shoplifting from the slides and focused on felony-level assaults, robberies, drive-by shootings and homicides.

Why it matters: Council members said the numbers help explain what they are seeing in schools and neighborhoods and shape local policy choices, from youth services to whether the city should advocate for a return of school resource officers (SROs) in nearby school districts.

Key supporting details
- Scope and sources: Police said slides combined 2025 Snohomish County Child Fatality Review findings with Lynnwood-specific case counts compiled by the department; Kieran and Satteroff prepared the local figures.
- Types of incidents tracked: Detective Satteroff said the department focused presentation slides on felony assault (often involving a weapon), robbery and homicide, not minor schoolyard fights or petty thefts.
- Age range: Presenters described juvenile involvement generally between about 13 and 20 years old, with many cases centering on mid-teen ages.
- School contacts and SROs: slides compared data from periods with and without SROs and flagged large percentage increases at some Lynnwood schools after SRO programs ended; Meadowdale schools were highlighted as an example with steep rises in school-related case reports and calls for service.
- Social media and threats: presenters said interviews used by Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) indicated many families reported online threats; police noted such threats may be in private messages and are not monitored by police unless they create a public threat.

Council questions and police responses
Council members asked whether the department had analyzed causes for the sharp year-to-year jump shown from 2023 to 2024. Commander Gann and Detective Satteroff pointed to a combination of factors they believe contributed, including legislative changes affecting how officers can engage juveniles, social-media driven behaviors (they cited trends such as how-to theft challenges that circulated online), and broader community influences; the presenters said the department does not capture school dropout or economic indicators in their records and would rely on school districts and other agencies for that data. When asked about regional comparators, the presenters said the patterns in south Snohomish County — covering Lynnwood, Everett and Marysville — are broadly consistent.

Police said they can provide more granular school-by-school and calls-for-service figures on request and encouraged council members to request data from the Snohomish County sheriff for schools outside Lynnwood city jurisdiction.

Community partnerships and interventions
Police described the department's regular work with families, schools and a Domestic Violence (DV) coordinator who follows up on families. They said one common path begins with family concerns, school referrals and repeated, trust-building conversations with youth and parents; these are followed by referrals to social services or collaborative interventions when necessary. The department recommended a \"whole community\" approach and emphasized that parental involvement and reporting often help investigators develop leads, particularly in juvenile-involved shootings.

On gun violence, Detective Satteroff said juveniles frequently have access to stolen firearms and that prosecutors may deprioritize lesser charges when offices are overloaded, limiting deterrence for juvenile offenders. He said there is no single enforcement-only solution and called for cross-sector work.

Quotes from the meeting
\"There are no winners, and there is fatalities, and there is injuries and long term implications,\" Detective Russ Satteroff said during the presentation.

\"If the parents are involved or the guardians, that does help us because then we can at least get a feel for the child,\" Commander Justin Gann said when council members asked about family involvement.

What the council directed or discussed next
Council members pressed for additional, school-specific data and asked the department to prepare school-related call and case metrics that could be shared with affected school districts and the public. Multiple council members also suggested the data could strengthen future advocacy for SROs or other school-based supports; the department said it would provide tailored data on request.

Ending note
Council members thanked officers for the briefing and asked staff for follow-up reports with school-level breakdowns and easier-to-share visuals for community meetings. The department said it would supply additional figures and explained that data covering schools outside Lynnwood would need to come from county law enforcement partners.

","Lynnwood Police officials told the City Council on May 21 that juvenile involvement in gang-related violent crime has risen in recent years and asked for stronger community, school and family partnerships, including consideration of school resource officers and data sharing with neighboring jurisdictions.","actionData","errors"]

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