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Youth Advisory Committee adopts 2025–26 working plan, forms five ad hoc groups
Summary
The Fullerton Youth Advisory Committee voted unanimously to adopt a 2025–26 working plan and to form five ad hoc groups focused on education, civic engagement, recreation, health and public safety. Members volunteered for subcommittees and staff will coordinate schedules and reporting.
The Fullerton Youth Advisory Committee on the evening under review adopted a 2025–26 working plan and approved the formation of five ad hoc groups to advance priorities including educational support, community engagement, recreation and safe spaces, health and wellness, and public safety.
Staff liaison to the committee presented the plan and outlined the proposed structure: four ad hocs with two student committee members each and a fifth ad hoc with three members. The presentation described sample activities — tutoring and college-prep workshops for the education ad hoc, a Youth in Government Day (a school‑day program for about 30–40 students) and a larger off‑site Youth Summit, recreation needs surveys and pop-up events, mental health workshops and finals‑week wellness programming, and youth-focused emergency preparedness activities coordinated with police and fire staff.
The liaison said tentative dates for Youth in Government Day are Wednesday, March 25 or Thursday, March 26, and that the Youth Summit would likely be a weekend event planned with community partners including the Fullerton Collaborative. The liaison emphasized that ad hoc groups would meet outside of the committee’s regular monthly meeting schedule, report progress at monthly meetings, and coordinate with staff to avoid serial meeting violations under the Brown Act.
Committee members asked procedural and logistical questions about ad hoc collaboration, Brown Act limits on subgroup communications, and whether multiple committee members could attend off‑site events. Several members volunteered preferences for ad hocs: Olivia Wu and Raya Gupta for educational support and leadership development; Juliana Nuncie and Kate Yoon for health and wellness; Zeke Winters for recreation and safe spaces; and Alicia Shay for public safety and preparedness. Staff recorded those interests for the formal adoption.
After discussion, a motion to adopt the working plan and approve the five ad hoc groups was made, seconded, and approved by roll-call vote. The roll-call as recorded in the meeting transcript shows the following recorded votes: Kate Yoon — yes; Olivia Wu — yes; Raya Gupta — yes; Alicia Shay — yes; Juliana Nuncie — yes; Zeke Winters — yes. The motion passed unanimously.
During public comment, Eglin Nuncie thanked committee members for their service; Deborah Stout, executive director of the Fullerton Collaborative, asked the committee to consider transportation needs and the scale of participation when finalizing Youth in Government Day and the Youth Summit. Staff said transportation and participant selection would be coordinated with school officials and community partners.
The committee briefly discussed whether it could meet more frequently than monthly; staff explained that because the Youth Advisory Committee was created by city council resolution, any change to the official meeting frequency would require council action. With no additional business, the chair adjourned the meeting.
Next steps: staff will finalize the working-plan document for committee review, confirm ad hoc membership based on the recorded volunteers, and follow up with school and community partners to finalize dates and logistics for Youth in Government Day and the proposed Youth Summit.
