Agenda PacketCITY OF CUPERTINO
TEEN COMMISSION
AGENDA
10185 North Stelling Road, Quinlan Conference Room
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
6:00 PM
Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following
ways:
1) Attend in person at Quinlan Community Center, 10185 North Stelling Road
2) The meeting will also be streamed live on and online at
https://youtube.com/@cupertinocitycommission
Members of the public wishing to comment on an item on the agenda may do so in the
following ways:
1) Appear in person at Quinlan Community Center.
2) E-mail comments by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12 to the legislative body at
teencommission@cupertino.gov. These e-mail comments will also be posted to the City’s
website after the meeting.
Oral public comments may be made during the public comment period for each agenda
item.
Members of the audience who address the legislative body are requested to complete a
Speaker Card and identify themselves. Completion of Speaker Cards and identifying
yourself is voluntary and not required to attend the meeting or provide comments .
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
CEREMONIAL MATTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
1.Subject: Presentation on Summer Events
Recommended Action: Receive a presentation on Summer Events from Recreation
Coordinator, Christina Lopez.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2.Subject: Approval of Minutes - May 8, 2024
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Recommended Action: Review and approve the minutes from the Teen Commission
meeting on May 8, 2024.
A - Draft Minutes
POSTPONEMENTS
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Commission on any matter
within the jurisdiction of the Commission and not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three (3)
minutes. In most cases, State law will prohibit the Commission from making any decisions with respect
to a matter not on the agenda.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
3.Subject: Evaluate Youth Led Organization for Highlight by Teen Commission
Recommended Action: Evaluate Youth Led Organization application for Highlight by
Teen Commission.
4.Subject: Presentation on 2025 Teen Events
Recommended Action: Receive a presentation and provide feedback on 2025 Teen
Events from Recreation Coordinator, Robert Kaufman.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
ADJOURNMENT
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), anyone who is planning to attend this
meeting who is visually or hearing impaired or has any disability that needs special assistance should
call the City Clerk's Office at 408-777-3223, at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting to arrange for
assistance. In addition, upon request, in advance, by a person with a disability, meeting agendas and
writings distributed for the meeting that are public records will be made available in the appropriate
alternative format.
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the members after publication of the agenda will
be made available for public inspection. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall located at
10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014, during normal business hours.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please be advised that pursuant to Cupertino Municipal Code section
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2.08.100 written communications sent to the Cupertino City Council, Commissioners or City staff
concerning a matter on the agenda are included as supplemental material to the agendized item. These
written communications are accessible to the public through the City’s website and kept in packet
archives. Do not include any personal or private information in written communications to the City
that you do not wish to make public, as written communications are considered public records and will
be made publicly available on the City website.
Members of the public are entitled to address the members concerning any item that is described in the
notice or agenda for this meeting, before or during consideration of that item. If you wish to address the
members on any other item not on the agenda, you may do so during the public comment .
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Agenda Item
24-13231 Agenda Date: 6/12/2024
Agenda #: 1.
Subject: Presentation on Summer Events
Receive a presentation on Summer Events from Recreation Coordinator, Christina Lopez.
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Agenda Item
24-13232 Agenda Date: 6/12/2024
Agenda #: 2.
Subject: Approval of Minutes - May 8, 2024
Review and approve the minutes from the Teen Commission meeting on May 8, 2024.
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[DRAFT] MINUTES
CUPERTINO TEEN COMMISSION
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
REGULAR TEEN COMMISSION MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
At 6:03 p.m. Chair Shah called the Teen Commission meeting to order.
ROLL CALL
Present: Biswari, Chen, Cheung, Garg, Gupta, Hu, Kumar, Mukherjee, Shah. Absent: none. Staff:
Sonya Lee, Tommy Yu.
CEREMONIAL MATTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
1. Subject: Presentation on Disco at Dusk
Recommended Action: Receive a presentation on Disco at Dusk from Recreation
Manager, Alex Greer.
Commissioners received information on Disco at Dusk to be held on 06/21/2024 at
Community Hall from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Questions from Commissioners:
• Can you change the genre of music mid event? Yes.
• What was the turn out last year? About 50 people.
2. Subject: Presentation on Techie Teens
Recommended Action: Receive a presentation on Techie Teens from Recreation
Manager, Alex Greer.
Commissioners received a presentation on Techie Teens, a program in which a selected
group of volunteer teens help seniors with their technical devices. This is a summer
only program. The applications for the teen roles were taken from March to April.
Questions from Commissioners:
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• How long has the program been running? Several years before Covid. This is the
first post Covid year that the program will run.
• Once a teen is accepted to the program, do they have to work all the sessions?
The sessions are split between all of the teen volunteers.
• How many teens applied this year? 11 teens.
• Are there plans to run the program during the school year? Right now, this is a
summer only program.
3. Subject: Presentation on Youth Led Organization, PrepZone.ai
Recommended Action: Receive a presentation on Youth Led Organization, PrepZone.ai
from Mihir Gupta.
Commissioners received a presentation on Prepzone which utilizes a student’s study
materials to create customized learning tools. The platform generates summaries, key
terms, and devises personalized quizzes directly from student’s notes and textbooks.
Questions from Commissioners:
• Is it a website or an app? A website.
• Do you plan to eventually charge? For right now it is free.
• Do you have a partner? Yes, he could not make it for the presentation.
• Does it work for math? Yes, but a little differently.
• Will it work with a physical textbook? There is a way to make images work, but
he has not done it yet.
• Does it work with all languages? Yes.
• Is there an option for multiple choice questions? Not right now.
• Why this over Chatdpt? There is no ability to make a quiz.
Comments from Commissioner:
• Make it visually less words.
• Submit to Hackathons for funding.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
4. Subject: Approval of Minutes – March 13, 2024
Recommended Action: Review and approve the minutes from the Teen Commission
meeting on March 13, 2024.
Vice Chair Cheung moved to approve the March meeting minutes. Commissioner Chen
seconded the motion. The commission voted 9-0 to approve the minutes.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
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No written communications.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
No oral communications.
OLD BUSINESS
No old business.
NEW BUSINESS
5. Subject: Presentation on Teen Resource Fair
Recommended Action: Receive a presentation and provide feedback on Teen Resource
Fair from Recreation Manager, Sonya Lee.
Commissioner feedback on Teen Resource Fair:
• Provide volunteer opportunities outside of the City.
• Passports worked well to encourage going to each booth.
• Age for most opportunities was 17-18. Provide more opportunities for younger
teens.
• Provide opportunities for paid jobs besides city jobs.
• Incorporate food stores at Main Street more.
• Expand the fair.
• Location was great.
• Other location that would be good is Civic Center Plaza.
• Good to keep the whole fair together rather than split booths on the back field.
• Invite student organizations.
• Invite tutoring organizations.
6. Subject: Review recent speaking opportunities for Teen Commissioners
Recommended Action: Review and provide feedback on recent speaking opportunities
for Teen Commissioners.
Commissioner feedback on involvement for events:
• Teen Resource Fair:
o Answered lots of questions about the Teen Commission.
o Could have used more flyers.
o 2-3 Commissioners at any one time available to answer questions was
perfect.
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• HACK:
o Good to have a Teen Commissioner judge. It gives a different perspective.
o Need more volunteers such as mentors.
• Earth Day Festival:
o More Master of Ceremonies needed.
o 2-3 Commissioners for the day would be better.
• Big Bunny 5K and Kids Fun Run:
o Kudos to Shivika and Anika for representing Teen Commission.
7. Subject: Teen Commission Summer Meeting Schedule
Recommended Action: Discuss summer meeting schedule and availability of
Commissioners to attend meetings.
June 12 – Three Commissioners cannot attend.
• June 12 will try to hold the meeting.
July 10 – Three Commissioners cannot attend.
• July 10 will likely cancel.
August 14 – All can attend as of now.
• August 14 will check on availability later.
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
• Staff Updates
o Staff Report
Sonya Lee, Recreation Manager, gave an update on teen programs and
events.
• Commissioner Updates
o No updates.
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
No future agenda items were added.
ADJOURNMENT
At 6:53 p.m., Chair Shah adjourned the meeting.
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Sonya Lee, Staff Liaison
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Agenda Item
24-13233 Agenda Date: 6/12/2024
Agenda #: 3.
Subject: Evaluate Youth Led Organization for Highlight by Teen Commission
Evaluate Youth Led Organization application for Highlight by Teen Commission.
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Agenda Item
24-13234 Agenda Date: 6/12/2024
Agenda #: 4.
Subject: Presentation on 2025 Teen Events
Receive a presentation and provide feedback on 2025 Teen Events from Recreation Coordinator,
Robert Kaufman.
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