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Youth Council adopts minutes, sets May 12 commission presentation and confirms May 16 youth showcase
Summary
The Youth Council adopted March minutes, agreed to present to the City Commission on May 12, extended the youth showcase application deadline to May 6, and confirmed the showcase for May 16 at Manatee Park; members also drafted a request for a rock-garden placard estimated at $25–$100.
The Youth Council Task Force adopted its minutes from the regular meeting of March 26, 2026, following a motion and second and a roll-call vote in which all listed members recorded "yes." "I move to adopt the minutes," the presiding member said; a member seconded and the clerk recorded unanimous assent.
Members then discussed scheduling for a joint presentation to the City Commission. The council considered the two commission meeting dates in May and reached consensus to present on May 12, citing graduation-practice conflicts on May 26. The PowerPoint for that presentation will be prepared using last year’s slide deck as a starting point, with volunteers editing content and adding photos.
Council members addressed planning and logistics for the youth showcase. The group confirmed a tentative showcase date of Saturday, May 16, at Manatee Park, with an event window around mid-morning (members discussed a 10 a.m.–noon timeframe). Because recruitment produced only a small confirmed group despite broad outreach, staff said they would reopen the application deadline; they set the new deadline for May 6 to allow one more round of confirmations. Members agreed the showcase could proceed as a smaller, trial event if needed.
The council also discussed several presentation slide items and small budget requests. Members agreed to include lending-library locations (Riverside Park, 27th Avenue Park and NSV Sports Complex) and to update a slide about a shark statue now placed at Sapphire Park. They drafted presentation wording to ask the City Commission to approve a placard for a proposed Rock Garden — suggested text: "Kudos Alumni Rock, presented by class of 2026 Youth Council Task Force" — and noted an estimated cost of $25 to $100 from vendor Lakeshore Metal Decor. The council agreed to present that estimated cost on the slide and to ask the commission for approval to purchase the placard if commissioners support it.
Members assigned who will introduce the presentation and who will speak to individual slides (intro/mission, lending libraries, shark update, boating-day awareness, rock garden and the youth showcase) and agreed to rehearse and collect photos for the slide deck. The group also confirmed a boater-safety awareness presentation scheduled for May 19 at New Smyrna Beach High School and planned to include it in the PowerPoint.
There was no formal funding vote for the placard during this meeting; the item as drafted will be presented to the City Commission for approval.
