Minutes 8.11.2021
APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO TEEN COMMISSION
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
REGULAR TEEN COMMISSION MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
At 6:01 p.m. Chair Jayant called the Teen Commission meeting to order. This was a teleconference
meeting with no physical location.
ROLL CALL
Present: Gu, Yeung, Leung, Srivastava, Jayant, Natarajan, Nathan, Zhang. Tardy: Naqvi. Absent: None . Staff:
Daniel Mestizo. All commissioners teleconferenced for the meeting.
CEREMONIAL MATTERS & PRESENTATIONS
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Subject: Approval of Minutes – June 9, 2021
Recommended Action: Review and approve minutes from the June 9 Teen Commission meeting.
Commissioner Natarajan motions to approve minutes. Commissioner Yeung seconds motion. The
motion carries unanimously. Commissioners Naqvi was absent for the vote.
WRITTEN/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
2. Subject: Proposed Single-Use Plastics Ordinance
Recommended Action: Receive presentation on single-use plastics food ware and provide
feedback to inform a future proposed ordinance.
Environmental Programs Manager Ursula Syrova and Environmental Innovations staff members
Anna Hirst, Lawrence Nussbaum, Jo Fleming, and Shawn Orgel-Olson attended the commission
to present on single-use plastic food ware, request feedback to inform a future proposed
ordinance, and asked the Teen Commissioner to complete a Cupertino Customer Foodware
Survey.
Commissioners asked clarifying questions and provided feedback.
Cupertino Teen Commission Minutes August 11, 2021
3. Subject: 2020-2021 Teen Commission Term Review
Recommended Action: 1. Receive a final update on the 2020-2021 Teen Commission Work
Program. 2. Provide feedback on the 2020-2021 Teen Commission term.
Staff provided the Teen Commission with a final update on the progress done by the Teen
Commission on their 2020-2021 Teen Commission Work Program. The Teen Commission provided
feedback and reflected on the term. Final words were shared for the outgoing commissioners.
STAFF & COMMISSION REPORTS
4. Subject: Update Reports
Recommended Action: Receive update reports from City staff and Teen Commissioners.
Staff Updates
• The final Summer Concert will be on Thursday, August 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
• Kids’ N Fun Festival will be on Saturday, August 14, 2021.
• The fall 2021 recreation brochure was released.
Commissioner Updates
• None
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
The following items were requested to be added to future agendas: none.
ADJOURNMENT
At 7:40 p.m. the Teen Commission adjourned to a REGULAR MEETING which will be held on
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 , at 6:00 p.m. as a Zoom Webinar.
Respectfully submitted,
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Daniel Mestizo, Staff Liaison