yes may you have a COR you may proceed thank you may we all rise for the Pledge of Allegiance flages thank you invation invocation all right uh if everyone could please rise father God thank you for allowing
us to be here today for our first youth council meeting Lord we want to thank you for trusting these same youth our future generation here in North Miami Lord that we trust that you give them the wisdom and the guidance to successfully be the representatives that they wanted to be for the Youth and Lord
we pray that they each arrive home safely after the use council meeting uh We Trust You Lord in the name of Jesus Christ we pray amen thank you Paul do we have any special presentations today uh no mayor there is
no special presentations for tonight all right I'd like to move on to the agenda um and I'll start with tab a okay tab a discussion of Youth Council funding sponsored by youth Council mayor Stacy cotier so um this is an issue I wanted to bring
to the board today because um last year with the board last year and I know you guys are my fellow members are new so you guys don't really know about this yet but we had an issue with funding and um we were actually planning on
um different activities we could do to raise the funding for youth Council cuz our balances were low so one of the activities we're actually thinking about um was like washing cars and um charging for it and making profit
off of it and putting it into the account for youth Council and we're also thinking of um selling the chocolate bars um and using that also as a way to raise our funding for um the youth
Council so um now I would like to open tab a to public hearing yes uh my name is Richard mccullock I'm from circle of one marketing um uh pursuant to the situation that was just raised in terms
of fundraising and uh being able to supplement funding for the Youth Council um I would like to propose that that um our company circle of one marketing could work in tandem with the youth Council to be your agency in which we
can call more attention to the work that you're doing and any fundraising efforts that you are doing utilizing traditional and digital marketing platforms uh we can also um use our same services to make people more aware of the work that you're doing and to recruit new possible
members for the council in this program and um continue to see it grow and thrive not just in terms of participation but as to the point made in tab a being able to secure opportunities for additional funding by
making sure we're marketing efficiently and effectively on behalf of the youth Council um I leave that with you for consideration um once again circle of one marketing whichard mccullock VP of brand development thank you um we will
definitely take um um this into consideration I know um okay got it anyone else for public hearing seeing none public hearing close on T thank you sir um we will definitely take this into
consideration I know um the youth council is currently struggling with um recruiting m members right now so I think we will definitely consider your um advice and we'll get back to you
thank you thank you so much I would like to open tab a to commentary okay okay got it anyone else have any ideas or want to make any comments on tab
mayor yes okay um as to the idea of um the car wash I'd also recommend just selling food too because honestly speaking car washes there are like already Car Wash businesses so like
certain people would be a little bit what's the word like question children washing their cars but also qu inquiry would it be us washing the cars or would it be other people helping us wash the cars so it
would be us washing the cars um since the profit would make off of that would benefit us I think it's um only reasonable if we do if we do wash the cars and also regarding your um your
inquiry about selling food instead um what food are you Poss possibly considering I believe if we do more research if there's any like Community um activities or fun that's going to be
occurring especially like during spring break we could like sell like the usual stuff B Burgers hot dogs popcorn cotton candy depends on the event or like we could host like a movie night and make profit off of that because I know kids at my school they usually do like a
movie night and it's like a popular movie that was going on and then we air it and then some people buy a ticket the matter would be where we would Host this event and then we could sell and we' make even more profit off of selling regular movie food so once again the hot
dogs the hamburgers cotton candy popcorn drinks at a reasonable price though too and we'd probably like tell the kids from North Miami Senior High School since they are local the most local kids around and that' pretty much be it um
thank you however the the whole idea behind the this item is to raise money and if we're to sell foods like hot dogs we would need money to buy the utensils needed to make hot dogs and hamburgers
and popcorn so where would we get that money from because we are currently low on funding if there were any sponsors or we could also use our if anybody has their own like popcorn machines we could just also find it from any anywhere would be
willing to lend their products and materials and as for like the food we could get it from certain things from Dollar Tree certain things from like a from Aldi or like anything that's affordable and reasonable pricings that we could make still be able to make a
bunch of profit off of okay thank you councilwoman s Amore and will does anyone else have any comments to make on this item okay move on okay so I would now like to make a
motion to um the city to focus on I'm sorry reest City request that the city um raise funding for youth counc second second motion passed no okay I have I
have a motion made by mayor Stacy CER to request that the city uh looking to increase the funding for the Youth Council the motion was seconded by councilwoman store all in favor I I all oppos motion passes 4 Z
now we will move on to tab B tab B discussion of sidewalk repairs near Arch Creek Elementary councilwoman samore um you did sponsor this item would you like to discuss would you like to discuss more
on um the your item yes so I had brought up I had brought attention to sidewalk repairs near Arch Creek Elementary I just thought that this was an important item
to bring up and to find some resolutions so what exactly are you um concerned about regarding the sidewalks um as for the sidewalk I mainly focus on The Pedestrian sidewalk to be more exact
that's why I also mentioned Arch Creek Elementary mainly due to the fact that it's been a while since it's been repaired fully and it's also an issue because me personally I have I have had bad issues
with The Pedestrian sidewalk not being repaired mainly due to like if I a high schooler can barely manage to cross the street imagine the little one to walk home and are suffering like scared to cross the street and I came back this
because each time I walk near the places I usually struggle because there's no pedestrian sidewalk there is usually like a teddy bear or a bear a teddy bear bear balloons because a child or someone young passed away along with them adding
new lights although yes adding lights should help it really doesn't it just add more traffic and more like barely need space like cross the street so I think it just be better if we repaired The Pedestrian sidewalks and just made it
more accessible and easy for the little ones to be able to like you know across the street and not have to worry about the difficulties so if I am understanding correctly you're bringing this item up to urge the repairs of
sidewalks yes The Pedestrian sidewalk to be more specific got it um would anyone like to make any comments on this item but she didn't make I'm talking I like you
you're mayor I move that Public Works Look Into The Pedestrian sidewalk in the vicinity of arch Creek Elementary in North Mi Senior High School I second your motion I have a motion made by uh
councilwoman Claris sford clar fre sore to uh for Public Works to lick into the uh pedestrian sidewalk in the vicinity of North Miami C high school arri elementary the motion was seconded by
mayor cotier all in favor I I all oppos the motion passes with a 4 Z vote now I would like to move on to tap C okay oh mayor you forgot to open the motion for tab B apologies um I am now
opening up um tab B to Public public hearing seeing none public hearing is not closed we are now moving on to tab SE T C discussion of accessible Transportation so I wanted to bring up
um this item because I personally don't drive and I'm I know I'm speaking for a lot of my other fellow members and um going to school in downtown Miami and
living in North Miami the distance is quite long so whenever I'm coming back from school I often have to rely on public transportation um and public transportation is not
reliable um for example I have missed multiple meetings and special events because my bus has shown up late or sometime my bus haven't don't even show up like it just never shows up so I
wanted to bring to this meeting uh I want to discuss um access to city bikes and city bikes are basically just bikes available to the public they're station they have
stations and I'm pretty sure you pay I'm not sure how much you pay but um they're super affordable and I feel like this would resolve a lot of the issues people have with um relying on public transportation
and if there is a city bike available they could just pay and go and get to your Des time location um I would now like to open tab C to public hearing seeing none public hearing is
closed on Tab B on Tab C I would now like to open up to my fellow members does anyone have any comments to make on this item mayor can I okay um I agree with the bikes but how would we make it like how
would we make sure that the residents bring the bikes back like how would we make sure that they like we can relocate the bikes wherever that they leave it well I am still doing research on how the whole city bike thing works but from
what I've known so far I'm I'm pretty sure you can leave the city bikes at any um any they have different like stations I'm pretty sure you can leave leave it at any station it doesn't really matter whether it's in Miami or downtown Miami
or north Miami and I'm I'm not 100% sure but I think they might have trackers on them but I would have to look into that mayor yes adding on to what you said about the
bikes we could also provide more scooters because that's been more popular among the youth and just kids in general because I personally do take the bus to school the yellow bus not like public transportation but on my way to school I do like to look out the window
and I do see a lot of kids are now using like public scooters to get to school which is more better because I I don't know how it really works for it but I'm pretty sure they signed some type of form where they just rent out the scooter for that school year and then they just use it
until the end of the school year and they return it back or they just buy one which would also be very nice but I feel like we could rent them out to kids so they also have like a very valid source of transportation to a scooter
um I think scooters are very expensive and and I'm not sure if starting with scooters is a smart choice so I think it's easier and would be better if we
did start with bikes instead because um they're more affordable and it's we're not giving these bikes these things to people who can trust we're literally putting them out in the public
so investing into a scooter I'm not sure if that would be the right thing to do mayor yes to add on onto the bikes can we make sure that there's also with the scooters too can we make sure that there's like safety protection for
them because I know there's been a lot of incidents where people either get hit by a car on a bike or scooters them just falling off personally I know a friend he literally fell down off a scooter like he just like went over a Little
Rock and he scraped all over his shoulders his legs can we make sure like that the PED not pedestrians but the people the residents are safe while they ride those bikes well I think when it comes
to you know Transportation there's always going to be danger involved like you're putting yourself at the risk of being injured even with driving there is a possibility that you might get into a car ACD accident so we can't 100%
guarantee safety for um our residents however um I think what we can do is maybe put a button in the bikes and like a an emergency button to if they feel
unsafe or they're stuck or I'm not sure yeah may also like what I mean by safety like whether it be like a helmet or at least knee pads or something just in case I'm not saying that we can guarantee that nobody will fall or any
or incidents will not happen but I'm just saying just to make sure we can prevent them even if it does occur so they still can be safe yeah I agree I think yeah helmets will definitely be provided and also knee P knee pads as
well mayor yes okay if the bikes were to have trackers how can we ensure that they will be removed by the users well um I think maybe inserting The Trackers a place where it's not
accessible to the users will prevent it from being removed and yeah mayor yes if I could on add on to what you said also I'm pretty sure with certain trackers um if we remove it alarms will
go off and it'll be notified to the council or whoever's in charge of tracking the the devices so at least they' know immediately when the tracker was removed and would have like a you know a nice idea of where it was last pinged at where it was last removed to
kind of help but Jeff I do agree with putting it in like in a secure place where they wouldn't find it but also adding that ability where you can where just set off an alarm if it's removed cuz usually when if alarm were to go off they either Panic well nine times out of 10 they'll probably panic and just let
it be and try to fix it or they'll just you know try to still remove it but at least we'll know where it was last removed that's a great idea thank you to add on to the tracker May yes um we can also like add the tracker inside the bike not like a place that somebody can
remove it but like actually like when they're manufacturing the bikes like to place it inside of it so you cannot remove it at all great idea thank you okay motion um I would like for the city to
look into implementing more City bikes second not okay so I wanted to take a moment to thank um Duna and Paul for putting this meeting together and um I'm very this is our
first meeting so I'm very excited to see what will happen as the year go by and I also want to take this time to welcome my um fellow new members um and yeah and um I'm looking forward to our trip on
March 7th and yeah that's it thank you um I would like to open up to anyone else who has any counsil report my bad I don't have Noone I have no report mayor I have no report mayor
okay mayor yes I moved that wej this meeting second I have I have a motion made by youth councilwoman stort toj the meeting this the motion was seconded by
um mayor Stacy CER all in favor I I I all oppos motion passes with a 40 vote the it is now 6:17 and the meeting is adjourned good night everyone good night