Bicycle Pedestrian Commission - Regular Meeting

At 6.01 p.m., I call the meeting to order. Okay. Hi, everyone. I think this is our last meeting of this cycle of the year, right? Correct. Okay. I have some candy for later, but for now, our... Oh, I'll pass it on to you for roll call.

Commissioner Hsu.

Commissioner Prakash.

Here. Commissioner Lau. Commissioner Kumar. Mr along the mission and now. Mr that's not it.

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Sharon is for. And for the record commissioners to commissioner allow and vice chair that were absent.

Okay, thank you. So moving on to ceremonial matters and presentations. Our item number one today, subject is bike fest and recommended action is to receive a presentation on bike fest from Safe Routes to School Coordinator Birgit Werner.

Hi, I'm going to pass the bike fest to Birgit and get her occupation at.

Good evening, everybody. Thanks for having me here. As you might or might not know, the Cooper Team puts on a bike fest every year, last Saturday in September. It has grown 13 years ago, it was about 24 in the back parking lot with one little bike rodeo, and it has grown considerably. I don't know how many of you were there last year, but we had about 700 people come, and then we have about 150 volunteers who make things work. In combined total, we counted up all the bike rides and everything. 1,385 miles got ridden that day in a four-hour time span. What's super impressive is last year for the first time, we had a little loop. So it's just this little loop that we let scoot bikes and tricycles and training wheels ride. So little, little kids, right? Several of them had capes on. Several of them had tiaras on. As a combination on this little loop, probably twice the size of this room, they rode 72 miles in four hours. So they energize your bunnies that we need to like power a battery somehow. We've had a record number of people on our scavenger hunt ride. So this is about two and a half miles. We take them to Wilson Park. They play a scavenger hunt game and then come back. So this is designed for like kindergarten age kids, maybe a little bit older. We had 275 kids on that ride last year, which is huge. We do have a longer ride, which is about 10 miles. That one only had 59 riders, a little bit less. We're looking for ideas on how to get kind of that one's targeted to like middle school, maybe early high school age. So if anybody has ideas on how to make that more interesting to the kids. We also have the blender bike out, right, where you pedal and the blender spin. We made 361 blenders of smoothies. Each blender makes two to three smoothies, so that's a lot of smoothies. It was pretty cool. And lots and lots of volunteers and vendors. So that's that. This year's Bike Fest is going to be Saturday, September 26th. Again, from 9 to 1, we're going to leave the basic schedule alone. And it starts on the plaza in front of City Hall, Community Hall, and the library, that big plaza. And then the bike rides go from there. And so that 130 volunteers doesn't come from nowhere, so that's why I'm here. I'm hoping very much, first of all, that the eight of you might be free and be willing to come volunteer for something, and that you will use your contacts and spread the volunteer sign-ups for me, and so that we can get those spots filled. Bike Fest doesn't happen without the volunteers. They're key. We have a couple of people who are hired, but for the most part, it's all volunteer.

So much for me. Um, so first, are there any questions? Okay, no questions. Are there any public comments?

We have no speakers.

Thank you. Okay, I think now is the time for comments. And this is where we can get some advice on how to do the tour de Cupertino advertising and also the volunteer sign up, I guess versus send outs. So for the tour to Cupertino, that it was like middle school and high school targeted. How long is it again?

So we're shortening it a little bit. So this year it'll be seven and a half miles. The feedback we got last year was that 10 miles sounds scary. So like shorten it just a little bit, get it under the 10 miles. So hopefully that will help.

Hey, I think for in my experience with like what people have to say about biking in school, especially if they're not like really avid bikers, is that seven miles or like they think about it from like a pedestrian perspective where it's like seven miles is like undoable. But I guess it's hard for people to visualize that seven miles on a bike is like a lot like easier. So. Of course, the most straightforward way to advertise it would be through bike clubs or whatever that each school has. But since we know FUHSD doesn't really have a lot of those because of insurance rules, maybe we can just put up posters about Bike Fest and around the bike racks of schools so people who are already kind of used to biking to and from school can kind of get exposure to that.

That'd be good. Do we have coverage from all three of the schools or what schools are covered here? And would you be willing, if I got a stack of posters, would you all be willing to put them up? Awesome.

Another thing I was wanting to mention, I think the posters near the bike racks is a really great idea. And then kind of looking at some of a different perspective with my personal experience about walking or biking or honestly anything like willingfully athletic, sometimes it could be a little bit hesitant to engage in those kind of things. But especially when I was younger in elementary school, we had something called walk-a-dons. So it's like as you complete more labs or reach certain checkpoints to sort of unlock certain incentives or prizes. So maybe you could kind of, it might be a little bit restructured from what it is currently, but maybe if you reach a certain goal, like one mile, two miles, five miles, then you could unlock certain incentives, like they get a free, like, bag or free something or something like that. I'm not sure. We could tailor the prizes based on what teams are more interested in or whatever it is.

For the volunteers, I wanted to ask if you reached out to recreation event volunteers. They have a huge, like, team based volunteers already. So if you haven't, I would recommend reaching out to them.

Is that through the city?

Yeah, it's a program for teens. You probably get a bunch of them. There's also like LIT as well.

Yeah, I'm not sure if that's... LITs are similar only. And we can talk about it. Okay.

Also Key Club. I know like some schools have Key Club that requests like volunteer opportunities.

And like Cupertino High has Interact. So we typically send to all three ASB clubs and then Interact and the other, the volunteer heavy clubs.

Yeah. Kind of going off of the clubs thing. I know there's certain parts of like the volunteer jobs where it's like you ask for certain skills like photography or like other things like that. So you could also reach out to like those clubs like a photography club for if you're. That's a good idea.

I know a lot of the journaling clubs are pretty interested in attending events, especially with previous Cupertino events. I think for the Teen Speaker Series, there was something like that. It was a lot of people from the Monta Vista Journal came to volunteer, visit, engage. So maybe reaching out to clubs, kind of adding on to what you mentioned.

Yes, maybe.

Thank you. Is that all the comments? Okay, great. Thank you so much for the presentation. Item number two, subject is Juvenile Traffic Diversion Program, and the recommended action is to receive a presentation on Juvenile Traffic Diversion Program from Safe Routes to School Coordinator Birgit Werner. Welcome back.

Thank you. So the last one was a fun one. This one is a little bit less fun. It's okay. So this is partly for your information, but also partly I'm hoping to use your networks to spread the word on this as well.

Perfect.

And I didn't start with this before the last one because it seemed more appropriate here, but the Safe House to School in Pupertino, we started when a Monta Vista student was unfortunately struck and killed on McClellan going to school. So we started, I remember, 12, 13 years ago. So something good came out of that after all. And our mission is to create a safer environment for Cupertino students and their families to travel to and from school actively. So that means walking, biking, food carpooling, public transit, things, anything but one kid in one car dropping off. And to that note, Monday is back to school for all of you in public schools. I don't know about the private schools, but welcome back. As things get back, you know, traffic gets crazy, right? And it's a little ridiculous whether you're in a car, a bike, or on foot. So... We want to encourage walking and biking and carpooling because that makes traffic a little bit better. We have a whole bunch of maps up on our website. So there's a map of suggested routes to school for each of the schools. So this is really geared for people who are new and don't know, like incoming students, right? They don't quite know. This is a good starting point. Everyone figures out their own route to school eventually, but at least they can start with something that's relatively safe. We also, in the last year, just finished a big project we had to put a safe drop off and pick up maps online. So every school has their own norms, right? I'm sure every school you've all been to, you pull up here to pick up, or you pick up over there, or don't drive here, right? There's always that are school specific. So those maps notice all those things, and again, aimed at new families. The one that I'm showing here just happens to be so high for those of you who are there this year. The music hall is under construction and therefore they are closing the entrance that you would normally come in. So where it says no bike, pad, traffic through this gate, That's where most of the traffic coming down from Finch from Lane Street would go in in normal years. That will be closed off this year due to the construction. Teachers can still drive in, but you're not going to be allowed to walk or bike in. So you're all going to have to come down further and go in through the next gate. So that's the kind of information that's on these maps. And we do try to keep them updated when things happen. The big thing, the big hot topic in the news and floating around is e-bikes. I got to admit, I own one. They're super fun. I like riding it. However, there's also these other things that are non-street legal road bikes, or sorry, dirt bikes, right? They don't have, their motor is too big. They don't have good enough brakes. They probably don't have the lights you need. They are certainly not licensed and registered with a license plate, right? They're not Over a certain speed limit, they are not bikes anymore. They are motorcycles. We're starting to see more and more of these around town. If you ride them responsibly, they're still illegal, but I don't think the sheriff's office is going to bother you. When you're riding them at 35 miles an hour doing wheelies down the middle of the street, the sheriff's office is going to bother you. It's one thing to endanger yourself. It's another thing to endanger everybody else around you. So your parents probably don't want you to endanger yourself either. So we're starting a campaign. That one went out on social media a couple weeks ago. Cupertino is starting a throttleback Cupertino campaign that'll go out this winter and kind of be a a variety of things that go with that. Any feedback that you all have on what might or might not get these people would be great. My assumption is that most of you know what is and isn't legal. And if you choose to tell your parents that all my friends have one, so I should have one anyway, that that's most of what's happening, but I don't actually know. So your insight on that would be appreciated at some point. Slide. I wanted to make this comment while I'm here. It's a little bit off topic, but it's really, really important. If you have a regular bike helmet that you paid like $25 for in the bike store, that is rated to 14 miles an hour, right? If you are now on an e-bike going 20, 28, 30 miles an hour, this helmet, it's better than nothing, but it's not a good helmet. You want one of the helmets that's rated for race speeds up to 28 miles an hour. So just if you see people or if you know people getting new helmets or you're buying a new helmet, just keep that in mind, right? The speed you're going matters and you might want to upgrade your helmet along with your bike. So for those people who are doing wheelies down the street, the sheriff's office in general doesn't like to give tickets to teenagers. They get a lot of blowback from parents, right? A lot of parents get really, really mad. Why did my son or daughter get a ticket, right? It's not great. But on the other hand, these kids are endangering themselves and everyone around them. So what do we do? So what they've done is brought back a program. This program existed pre-COVID, and it kind of died out. So they're bringing it back in conjunction with Stanford Children's Health, and it's the Juvenile Traffic Diversion Program. So the sheriff's office can give anybody in Cupertino a ticket, no matter what your age is. It doesn't matter if you have a driver's license or not. It doesn't matter how old you are. If they catch you doing something blatantly dangerous, they can hand you a ticket. Along with the citation, you get a little coupon or a little flyer in order, which will send you to the traffic diversion program. And then you'll also, your parents will get a note in the mail in a couple days later. And so what you can do is you go to this class. It's a two hour long class with the sheriff's office. You have to bring an adult with you. And the two of you sit through this two hour long class on safety and traffic information. And then that ticket goes away. It's like it never happened. So we're rolling that out. They started kind of slowly in May and June. The first class is being offered at the end of this month and expect them to really be out looking for people as school starts. So kind of looking for your feedback and your help messaging this. So it's not a surprise to people. Right. I mean, I know this is new. As of right now, that is active in Cupertino, Saratoga, and Los Altos Hills. Sunnyvale and Palo Alto are bringing it online as well. And if it's successful, I expect a lot of the other cities to follow suit.

Thank you. Are there any questions?

So I was wondering, because a lot of the times, even if they get sent to the diversion program, they still might go ahead and repeat the exact same thing. Is there like a plan in place for like repeated offenders in this case?

Yes. So just like a regular traffic school and traffic ticket for adults, you can only go once every so often. I believe they settled on once in the school year. If you end up with a ticket more than that, or if you end up being a repeat offender, I think it's three times, you can no longer erase that ticket with Traffic School and it will be a ticket on your record. Thank you so much.

Is the program online or in person?

In person.

Are there any public comments?

We have no speakers here.

Are there any comments from the Commission?

Just out of curiosity, when you talked about earlier on with the suggested routes for school, I just want to understand how that sort of works, because I know it's like, is it split based on general vicinity or neighborhoods, and then how to get to a specific school? Right.

It's school-specific, and what we do is we take a map of the school and their enrollment boundaries, and then you kind of guess. Because of privacy concerns, I can't get a list of where everybody lives, right? But I can, like if there's a big apartment building there, I can pretty much know that there's a big group of kids probably coming from there, and they're not coming from the retail section of town, right? They're coming from where the apartments are. And so we'll start with that, and we'll map out the safest routes to get to school. As I said, they're not great for, like, if you already have a route to school, you'll probably take a look at it and go, my route's better, right? Because it doesn't, this map is generic and doesn't say, oh, you live right here, therefore, you know, this is your best route. It's not like a Google route finder. But if you don't know anything, you just moved in and you don't know the neighborhood or you don't know how to get to school, it will guide you. Like take the Regnard Creek Trail. Don't take Stevens Creek, right?

Actually, there is like the bike bus program that we have for the high schools that kind of solves that issue where it's like people get guided through their particular safe route to their school from their neighborhood, which is, I guess it's not exactly like all of them aren't listed on the official map, but there is like an official event that happens on orientation day for the incoming freshmen. Yeah, there's just kind of no.

That's a good point. If any of you happen to be Monta Vista students and ninth graders, your bike buses leave tomorrow morning at like 7.50 or something. If you need the information, let me know. I'll find it.

I was wondering, does the Throttle Back Cucurtino campaign, is that going to be like city level and just released on like city platforms or is there going to be like direct communication between whoever's like highlighting that campaign and like the school campuses in the city?

So right now it's a city level campaign, but I am very interested in partnering and making it, bringing it to the schools. or bringing something else to the schools if you think the throttle back is not an appropriate way to message kids. But I'd love to get this word out before there's more unfortunate accidents.

I think it would be really helpful if we could like, if the teen commission incoming especially, because I think we're going to have some new commissioners, could have like information on what the campaign entails. Yeah, because is it just going to be more enforcement of the ticket? So it's set up to be an advertising campaign, really.

So letting people know that this exists and letting people know what the laws are and what the dangers are.

OK. I just have one comment on the thing you were saying about getting the word out about this ticket thing being a possibility for the people who are riding around. I think focusing on middle schoolers with that message, with the fact that, oh, if you get caught riding this in the street, you will get a ticket, I think that would be more effective because middle schoolers are, I think, obviously younger and they have more time to get acclimated with the message. And I think they might be more open to listening to the whole thing about not wanting to get tickets.

That's good advice, too. We were going to start with middle schools as well, because if you look at the bike count numbers, there are just E-bikes and e-motos have hit the high schools pretty hard, but the middle schools, they're just starting. So if I go to the principal, they know who all those e-moto riders are, so we can target them individually and talk to their families. Whereas at high school, there's a few too many already, right? It's harder to talk to everybody individually.

Are there any more comments? Okay, in that case, thank you so much for the other.

I hope to see you September 26.

Now on to item number three. Subject is youth-led organization, Next Vision AI. Recommended action is to receive a presentation from youth-led AI. And let's welcome Meera Sharma for this presentation.

Hi, everyone. My name is Meera Sharma, and I'm here representing Next Vision AI. A little bit about me first. I'm from Notre Dame in San Jose, and I co-founded this organization with Michelle Bessel, and she's from Saratoga High. She helped me prepare the presentation, but unfortunately, she couldn't be here today because of a scheduling conflict. So today I'll kind of go over who we are, why we started the organization, why we started it, and a sample workshop and how the workshop can support our presence in the coach. We started in spring 2026, and it's a youth-led and community-centered initiative. Our mission is to really help students, adults, and community members use AI with judgment, creativity, and care. We believe that AI education is more than just prompts. It's about privacy, ethics, balance, useful projects, and applicable skills. Currently, we are in the pilot stage and our first offerings are still in development. So AI is already becoming part of school and everyday life, as you probably know, and we feel that guidance around AI is still anything. Many people who use AI lack clear support on what it can do and what it can't do. And so our goal is to make AI literacy free, beginner friendly, practical, and we'll do this by building partnerships with schools, libraries, youth groups, and senior centers. And through our workshops, we really want to emphasize digital literacy and encourage critical thinking and practical AI habits. Our first workshop is designed to be short, clear, and interactive. Participants will compare vague and specific prompts, fact-check AI responses, refine those responses, brainstorm ways to use AI for projects, and explore ways to use it in daily life. We're going to promote responsible use by delving into spotting bias, protecting privacy, limiting unnecessary use, and handling schoolwork ethically. And we want our main takeaways to include simple activities participants can use and practical habits that last beyond the workshop. We believe that Next Vision AI is different because it is led by students. We understand how AI appears in schools, projects, homework pressure, future careers, and daily life. And our tone is intentionally balanced. We acknowledge AI is not magic and not something people need to avoid completely. We want to teach both how AI can be used and its limitations, and we want to present this information in an approachable way. So although we are in an early stage, we've already started building our foundation. So far, we've developed our website, created learning materials, scheduled our first workshop for early September, started outreach to libraries, commissions, and retirement homes. We've also created our social media account and our introductory posts. And through social media, we really want to show people what we're working towards and to help them learn who we are. And so I really want to be transparent about where we are. So we are an early stage organization and we have been active for approximately three months. So we're still working to implement the organization fully within the community. And so we're working through to sustainability on a reusable structure. So we'll develop our workshop lessons and our learning material. And then eventually we want to open future chapters and pass on the work to younger leaders who can continue it. And so this leadership would be through an application project, and we would also select select peers suited for supporting our organization. And this would kind of happen more after we reach our first goal of writing strong pilot workshops, learning from feedback and improving from there. So after the first couple literacy workshops, we want to expand into other mission-aligned programs. So first, creative technology, which would include beginner coding, websites, digital design, and AI-assisted projects. And our second path would be career context. So we know that AI is already affecting communication research organization, problem solving and business. And so we really want to help students understand these connections through research about AI in different industries. And eventually we want to have guest speakers come in during our workshop and we would find these guest speakers through like LinkedIn outreach. So. You might have known that many AI literacy organizations use a youth-to-youth model, but Next Generation AI is not only designed for one age group. The lessons can be adapted for students, adults, and seniors. And this broad focus kind of comes from myself and Michelle's own personal experiences. So we've had to help our grandparents use AI before, and we've applied AI to classwork sometimes. used AI for personal projects. But the main lesson from those experiences is that there is no age limit to AI. And we want to really promote using AI with a purpose. So we don't want people to just consume the AI outputs that they get. We want them to be able to build projects, solve problems, apply these skills in daily life, and use AI thoughtfully. This is a roadmap. In spring, we started this organization. Then throughout the summer, we created our first workshop and drafted some activities. Then right now, we're working on scheduling places to promote our workshops and host these workshops. Then in fall now and beyond, we want to develop stronger workshops, create additional modules, and begin a broader community rollout. Our future development will really be based off of the feedback that we get from earlier participants. We tried to align with the team commission's evaluation in four different areas. First, our community impact. We're focusing on practical AI literacy, teaching the community how to protect their privacy and use it ethically, expand their creativity, and prevent overuse. And second, our presence and engagement. We're working with an interactive workshop format and direct audience engagement. And then we're original because we're a youth-led bridge between AI basics and responsible creativity. And we're working on longevity because we're beginning with one workshop model and we're using it to build reusable materials and eventually support future growth. So why highlight Expression AI? It would show local students taking initiative and students addressing an issue that already affects the community. AI tools are becoming part of learning and work. And our goal is for Cupertino students and residents to find practical ways to understand AI and responsible ways to use it. And the commission support could help us connect with schools, libraries, youth groups, and community partners. And those connections would help make the program more grounded in actual community needs. Thank you. And just like any questions.

Thank you so much. Are there any questions? Yeah, go ahead.

Are there any libraries, schools, or whatever organizations that you've already concretely planned workshops with?

Yeah, so we have a workshop scheduled for September 2nd at the Baskin Branch Library. And then for schools, we're still working on reaching out to them because the school year just started. So we're planning on reaching out to them. And then we've also reached out to a number of retirement homes and that we're still looking to refine.

And second question, do you have any verification mechanism at the end of the workshop or anything after workshop to just verify that the workshops have been effective?

Yeah, so we'll provide like a survey that participants can fill out hopefully like a week or so after the workshop to see if they've implemented it in any ways. And so, yeah, like hoping to like the emails and then maybe follow up a few weeks later about how they've thought about the workshop and et cetera.

I was just really curious, where's the library that you mentioned you have? It's Baskin Branch. I think it's in San Jose.

Yeah, so I noticed that, like, your target demographic is, honestly, like, anyone, like, kids, teenagers, adults, seniors. So I was just wondering how are you, like, diversifying, like, approaching the marketing of certain events?

Yeah, so for students, we really want to focus on, like, you know, like, vibe coding, like, stuff that they can actually, like, create with AI, because I think it's kind of, we want it, for the youth, we want to focus on, like, creativity, and then for, like, seniors, like, like maybe something as simple as like getting a, using AI to like get a good way instead of for like guard, like something more lifestyle focused for older age groups, because I think they're kind of being passed. It's, they want to use AI for maybe something more functional. So, yeah. So I think for youth, we would focus more on like creating stuff on their own. And then for more like seniors, we would focus on like lifestyle in a way.

So, like, where does, like, I know, like, in the beginning, like, the main pitch was, like, talking more about responsible use, cybersecurity.

Yeah.

So, like, where does that come in?

So, I think right now, like, from where we are at the beginning, we want to really focus on, like, how to use it safely. And I think at the beginning of all our workshops, we would do a section on, like, Like, hey, let's not overuse it. Let's not use it for cheating, stuff like that, especially for our students. So I think it would, right now, that's our main focus. And then as we continue to expand, that would be something like more, like I said, like our career workshops, that's something we're planning for the future. But like right now, our main focus is literacy. And then as we continue on, we would start implementing more of expanding on different ways that I can use.

Right now you're, like, two members, right? Yes. After your first workshop, are you planning to start collecting more members?

Yeah. I think right now we just want to develop, like, a foundation. Like, with two people, it's easier to control where exactly, like, which places we reach out, like, the way we want to market it. But I think as we continue on, of course, like, we want to expand how we market as well. And so, yeah, that's something we're definitely looking to. Right now we just want to keep it more in our control before we – start expanding your team. Yeah.

Yeah, I have a question. So since you guys definitely haven't had a workshop yet, have you guys gauged like either how many people might turn out or any expectation for that? And if there isn't as quite as many people as you might expect, how would you plan to navigate from there?

Yeah, so right now we're in contact with the library. And so we're kind of still receiving like kind of more how many people would be signing up and stuff. We're working on communicating with the library. And so once we get more of that information in and it turns out to be that not many people are interested, I think we would shift our focus maybe go more heavy on marketing towards like older age groups. And then if, and then also shifting the topics of our workshops and also we're going to start working on promoting it to schools. So we hope to see more engagement there, but if we don't, I think it would mostly be shifting our focus on what we're trying to teach. So like maybe instead of literacy, like at the beginning, maybe we'll start focusing more on like by coding sooner than later. Yeah.

I may have missed this, but like have you already started promoting it in like your school like another day?

Yeah, we're just, school just started like two days ago, so we're still working on like reaching out to like, I'm planning on, I'm going to reach out to my school within like the next few weeks because I think we were just waiting for school to start. So over the summer, we reached out to more libraries, and then now we're going to work on schools.

What's your main marketing strategy? Is it posters or QR codes to your website or stuff like that?

Right now, we just started our social media. We put up a post. I think we're going to mainly continue through social media and then also promote through our schools with flyers and QR codes and stuff like that.

Um, I was wondering, uh, it sounds like, so if I remember correctly, you are from San Jose and your co-founder is from Saratoga.

Yeah. So I go to school in San Jose, but I also live in like the Saratoga area. Right. Right. Right.

So, uh, I'm wondering, do you guys have any, um, way to like, I'm just kind of curious about how you're planning to serve the Cupertino area specifically. That is something we have to look at. Yeah.

Yeah, of course. Um, I think, we, Right now, we're kind of focusing more broadly on the Bay Area, but if we were to, like, get highlighted by Cupertino, we would definitely put more work and focus into, like, specifically the Cupertino area and promote to schools in this area. But, yeah, right now, we're kind of, like, Saratoga-San Jose. Yeah, I understand where that concern is coming from, but I think if we were to get, like, a highlight, we would definitely focus a lot on Cupertino schools especially and, like, senior centers in this area as well. I think that makes sense for your organization.

You know, you could always just reach out to all the schools in this area. Yeah. Also, just out of curiosity, it sounds like you have your September workshop ready to go and planned. So could you just give us like a brief walkthrough of what that one's going to look like so we know?

Yeah, so we're kind of focusing on like the 45 workshop demo that I kind of gave you. That's the like the gist of our first workshop. So promoting like literacy and it's kind of it's shorter because I think it's our first workshop. So we kind of want to gauge how people would take it. We don't want to like bore them if it's boring. So yeah, we would focus on like ethics, how to refine prompts when you're working with AI and like kind of promoting misuse, not promoting misuse, promoting like not misuse. So kind of, it's more directed towards students in a way because I think we have it, like we have the tool of AI, but like schools just tell us like, don't use it. And I think there's ways to, to turn it into more of like a guide, like a study tool rather than like, oh, like I'm gonna use it to cheat. So it's kind of more of like teaching kids how they can use it to actually like study and not just use it as something that you copy paste into an assignment.

Yeah, for sure. Yeah, it's definitely important to not treat it as, like, a taboo topic.

Yeah, exactly.

So what I remember hearing, I think you were talking to Commissioner Kumar about this, is you plan to start off with literacy and ethics-related education. And then as you expand, you talk more about, like, the creativity or, like, productivity aspect of it. Exactly, yeah. And the vibe coding and stuff. Yeah. So is that, like... A direction where you're going to sort of like phase out of the ethics and literacy education part of it entirely as you maybe grow over the months.

I think we still want to emphasize like. Like I said, so I think we would start with like. the first part of it may be like, oh, like this is like, like ethics of it, what to do and what not to do. And then as the workshop goes on, then we just start describing how they can actually use it in ways like to promote like creativity. And then eventually we also want to talk about how it intersects with careers. So like inviting guest speakers would be one way that we show them kind of how exactly their AI can be actually implemented into careers they're interested in as well. So yeah, we still do want to focus on literacy and ethics, and we would still have workshops specifically for that. But then you just want to expand more into other ways you can use AI.

So as your organization grows, you're just going to add more to it, but you're going to maintain your ethics. Yes. Yeah.

Cool question. You and your co-founder, you're both rising seniors?

Oh, sorry, sophomores. I didn't mention that. Yeah, sophomores, yeah.

Oh, I was going to ask a problem question. So I guess, from you and your co-founder, what was the personal motivation for creating this event?

Yeah, so like I said, like, schools just tell us, like, don't use AI. And I think we both use, like, Michelle is, she creates, like, websites and, like, kind of fixes, a website like for there's a museum in Saratoga, a small museum in Saratoga, and she actually fixed up the website for them through AI. And she was like, well, it was like, you can do so much. She learned more about like what AI can actually do. And I worked with a financial like advisory and created like articles for like AI, like mentioning like when people are chatting with AI, like getting mentioned in those results. and I made like articles like that and I was like also like we were both talking you're like wow like there's so much I can do and it's kind of like I feel like a lot of more people like a lot of people our age just don't know what it can do and as well as seniors like so my mom's grandpa actually like he had cancer and he lives in India and he didn't know that he had cancer until after he passed away like after he passed away like people found out that he had cancer And so she's actually working on using AI to help diagnose patients in India. So she's working with doctors there. And there's just so much you can do and so many ways you can utilize it. And so that's kind of our focus, helping people understand what exactly they can do while also telling them to not. So I think it's just more of educating people about it. Yeah.

Are there any other questions? Okay. Is there any public comment? We have no speakers. Are there any comments from the commission? Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay, moving on to item number four, subject is approval of minutes, June 10, 2026. Recommended action is review and approve the minutes from routine commission on June 10.

I'm going to jump in while you guys are at one. The snacks, we can, we don't have any more presenters, so the snacks are for you guys. Those were left over from one of our events, and I was like, I'll take them for the teens. So if you guys want to have some snacks while you're reading your minutes, and my estimate is probably 7.30 tonight for, it got just, knowing now how fast the presentations went.

While we're doing that, can I get some water?

Yeah, now would be a good time for your quick read for everything. You can grab water right here. An unofficial break and read and snack and text.

So can I go get my phone? Okay. Okay.

Yeah, a lot of water. That's .

Sorry. Sorry.

Oh, OK. Oh, yeah.

Feel free to take some candy. It's like chocolate mint. If you guys are into that. Yeah, we still have to do the question.

Oh, yeah.

All right. Whenever everyone is done with their snack or obtaining their snacks and comes eating. Thank you.

I have a quick question about the agenda. So I was there for the June meeting. So I just want to clarify, are the speaker events or like, you know, team commission events for us to go? Are they finalized? Or is Robert going to send out an email or something?

For 2026, they're not finalized yet. So you'll still get information on those. Yeah.

Okay. Any other questions? Okay.

Any public comment?

We have no speakers. Thank you. Any other comments on the commission? Okay. Okay. I can call for a motion to approve these minutes.

I second the motion. Motion to approve the motion. Second the motion.

All right. Pass it over to Lindsay for the vote as always.

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And thank you. Now, are there any postponements? Okay, any oral communications? No speakers. Thank you. Okay, no old business. Let's move on to new business. Item number five, subject Youth Blood Organization Highlight Program for the 26-27 term. And the recommended action is to receive an update on the upcoming changes to the Youth Blood Organization Highlight Program for the 26-27 term.

Hello commissioners, that's going to be for me. Um, so. During the past term, we presented kind of what the youth highlight program was, and we took some feedback from. All of you as to like, enhancing that program and. For lack of a better way to phrase it, making it more worth it to apply and come and present. Um, and so, um. We taken that feedback and then have a few. changes. So we'll review the changes. These will be in effect for the 2627 term, which will start next meeting. Okay, so adding in tiers so that the first tier is the basic Instagram highlight spot on the City of Cupertino's Instagram account. And the spot always, as always, will include a photo and a description of the YLO and YLO being a youth-led organization, just for the record, and a shout-out from the Teen Commission. That Tier 1 approval is always given on the night that you evaluate. That's when you determine yes or no for the highlight part of it for Tier 1. Tier 2 will be that we'll consider twice during your term, which will probably be February and June for Tier 2 recognition, which will consist of a short video shout out from the Teen Commission. And don't forget that you asked for this. So when we get there, I will need to have some volunteers that will jump in, help to make a video, probably with our marketing department. And So no more than one video shout out will be given each time in February and June. So, you know, let's say we have three youth-led organizations that fly between September and February, and then that would be September and January. And then in February, you're going to decide, okay, are any of them worthy of having an additional video shout out? And then you would create the video to give them that shout out. And then YLOs will not need to come back separately in February and June. You're just going to take your presentation information and say, this one seemed like they were worthy. They kind of stood out, something special. A great example, we now have like two presentations from AI. Based organizations, and let's just say. Next time we get another one, but they're actually doing the workshops and they can show that they've made a difference. They can show us exactly what they've been presenting and what. know what is appealing to people they um given their presentations to a thousand kids and they've been showing the numbers that they're making a difference they're serving the patina community and then you you will consider them up against the two that have already presented so like that organization might stand out a little bit more to you and then say okay of the the three that we've seen this one stands out and a new video on that Okay, tier three will be now you're considering all the YLOs and if you're considered in February and you get a video shout out, you're still back in the poll for consideration basically near the end of your term from September to May because we have to have a cut off so you can kind of consider everybody who's come and presented so far. And then they'll be considered in June for a director's recognition certificate. They'll be given the certificate of recognition signed by the director of Parks and Recreation, as well as the chair of the team commission. And then along with an opportunity to schedule a photo of the representatives from the YLO with the director and the chair. So that would just be like a separate scheduled day. And then up to four certificates can be given by the team commission. So obviously, we haven't seen these numbers, like that would be almost everybody you're hearing from, but you know, in the hopes that like, it's a little bit more recognition and something that can be put on a follow up resume. And then we're hoping that we're going to start to get some more. And then it's sorry. In addition, Tier 3 organizations that are recognized, then we will put them on the Teen Commission YLO program webpage. So right now, if you go to that page, there's one accordion drop-down that says YLO program. And so on that, we will say YLO. the following organizations have been recognized by the Pink Commission for this term, and they'll be on for July and August. So also something that they can screenshot and show and show that recognition for others as they're applying for college and so forth. Okay, and then the final thing, which is not advancing, I don't know why.

Sure.

that we are also using this program, specifically Robert Kaufman and I, to kind of vet youth organizations for collaborations and You can imagine that we get a lot of requests to do their workshops with us. And when they say we'd love to partner and collaborate, that usually means they would like a free room space and they would like access to our marketing for classes. And we get a lot. So we're going to start having them come more often because For you as a body, it's great for you to kind of see what organizations high schoolers specifically are putting together. And to know what's out there, it's great to see, like, by comparison, especially the last two. And so we're looking for that Tier 1 approval before we would even continue any conversation with them. And Robert and I just kind of need to talk a little bit about, like, Can we work with them? It is tricky for us to work with youth-led organizations because for us to work with any partners, we have to have a formal agreement and there's usually insurance and that's not something youth-led organizations are usually prepared to deal with. The libraries have a lot more flexibility than we do, so that's why you'll see that I actually refer a lot of them to work with libraries because they're a little more able to let all sorts of organizations just come in and use their classrooms and they don't get so inept on sort of the paperwork that we have to. But It's just a base level that we won't even really continue talking to anybody until they've come and they've presented. It's sort of the least that they can do. And then we can all know about what programs are being considered and if we should even consider them to work with the collaboration. So those are some of the changes. It's not drastic changes, but it's a little upping the ante of what they get as far as recognition. And again, that would start in September. So this is kind of a report back to you.

That's everything.

So things that are not changing is just they still need to apply, they still need to present, and they still need to be voted on just in the same system that we have going. And that if they're approved for a highlight spot, they'll continue to receive an Instagram shout out on social media. That's it.

Thank you, Sonia, for the presentation. Are there any questions?

So, first of all, for Tier 2, the video, is it more of just a recording of one of us shouting out the organization?

Yeah, we'll work with with a group, whoever's available. We'll probably handle that similar to moderators or judges. We'll sort of rotate it around, but it'll be like, okay, looks like we have a video to do. Who's interested in doing that? And then we'll set up a time. And probably Robert Hoffman will work with scripting with our marketing person. And So we're kind of getting there a little slowly, but we are getting there because on the other flip side, just in general, we've heard from you about being more on social media, being more on Instagram and Facebook and doing more video based posts. So I'm working towards that and probably will be even better by the time we get there.

I'm a little bit confused about the timeline. So you know how it was originally, it's like, you apply, let's say you present in May, then you get sort of your results in June, or you get the shout out in June. So are the results as immediate for Tier 2 and Tier 3? Or is it like, for Tier 3, you need to wait until all the way May 2027?

To get results for tier 2 and tier 3 will be considered February if you. Okay, so February would be the 1st, 1 that's tier 2 will be considered. And if you approve somebody for that, you can only approve. you know, one for February. So then we'll start working with, like, the organization to, or with you guys, actually, to make that highlight. And usually, I get the highlight at, usually, like, about a month after, because it takes a little bit of back and forth. Like, they have to send their picture in, and they have to coordinate it with the marketing person, and he has to find a time that it doesn't conflict with another marketing piece. So, yeah. So we work on it. So, like, if they were approved in February, they'd probably happen more in March and maybe even April, but then the June one would be pretty immediate. Like, you would vote on June. And then I would be making the pictures happen, the certificates happen, but they won't be presented in a meeting because that would just be too much of a delay because we don't usually meet in July. And then August, we're already kind of done. So that's why it's just the director and the chair that I offered for the picture because it gets to be a lot to coordinate that.

So it's like, But this is only like, so these changes aren't immediate. They start in like February. We're like tier two applications.

The first time you would be considering tier two would be February of 2027. I see.

And then how about tier three? It's like same.

And then tier three, the first time you'll be considering tier three will be June of 2027. I see. Yeah.

I'm wondering where would like all the information about how the new process works be able to just do the team commission website?

We'll put it on the team commission website and then we'll put it on the dropdown for YLO highlight information.

Okay.

Yeah.

And also I was wondering, so like the tier two recognition is like the talk to YLOs basically, and then the team is like the best YLO that we saw that cycle.

Is that kind of the structure that we're going for?

yes okay so in that case is it necessary that the director's recognition certificate ylo is one of the two that was like given the tier two recognition no not necessarily but it probably will be just you know unless you get an abundance of applications um but it probably will be that okay so all the ylos are in the run for tier three not just all of them are in the writing yeah all right Any other questions?

So are all the YLOs, do they have to also say that they want to apply for a Tier 2 or is it just automatic?

Yeah, it's going to be automatic. We'll take them as a group of everybody who's presented and we'll just consider them in February.

And then one more thing is, you said that we're also like looking for changes throughout the year so that we could consider them for tier two or tier three. And so like, how will we receive an update of that organization?

And to clarify, we're not looking for changes. We're just looking for this group presented. 4 groups presented and in February, you know, between September and January for groups presented, and we're just going to look for did 1 of those groups stand out. And so kind of. Add for which 1 did the best in your. You know, unless they're just all terrible, you would have the option of saying, we don't really need to do recognition right now. Like, we don't feel like anybody's tier two, but you could always just do one. And then you do one again if you get more. But you won't consider those first group for the June video, the tier two recognition. But somebody could come along and present right after in March, let's just say, let's say an outstanding organization comes and presents in March. You're going to consider them for the tier two video. And they stood out across everybody else who presented in the year. They might get tier two and tier three in the same meeting. And then those things will happen pretty quickly.

Any other questions? Okay. Is there any public comment?

Thank you.

Are there any comments from the commission? I was just thinking, like, this is a really minor logistic thing, but I think it would be helpful to keep the website updated with what, like, Tier 1 and Tier 2 timeline, or 2 and 3 timeline that people would be applying for. Because a lot of times, from, like, a college perspective, people want to apply for things that are going to be, like, in order by the time they submit. So it would be helpful, like, to say maybe, like, like deadline or like submissions open for tier 2 recognition by this state or tier 3 recognition by this state. So like if you want it in 2027, apply now by this state in 2026. So that might be a little bit helpful.

Yeah, I could put like specific dates to it because the general program I'm presenting to you, but I could put Once we start the term, I can say these are the dates for this term.

Yeah, like whenever you have it, because I can anticipate that being like a big source of confusion.

Correct.

All the team founders that are applying. And also, I know we're kind of like the structure so far is to just. in like the two and three rounds of consideration to just look at all the existing material we have and nothing new but since there's like a like whole window of time where all these organizations could be a fine like maybe one organization that's being considered applied like multiple months ago and they've made a lot of progress since then because i feel like with teen organization throughout the school year, a lot of times loads of progress happens like between those months. So whatever the like next commission looks like, it might be helpful to just like throw the idea out there of like for tier two and three considerations to maybe accept a really short, you know, progress update or letter of continued interest or whatever.

Okay. I think that they probably would need to reapply and get a date. Um, and I say that because I don't want it to be that they. And they present and that's not like their best foot forward. Like, I want people to come ready to. Get a highlight slide and, um. That also goes for the vetting process. And I hope that that sort of cuts down on that we're going to be doing something really good rather than we've done something really good and we want to share and get this out. So I think I probably would hold back on just accepting. And it also gets pretty complicated. It's already pretty complicated just to implement tiers, if you can see. Like the year goes by quickly. You guys are school year. It goes by very quickly. So we'll just have to give this a try and see. But if somebody was like, we did some really great things, I would be open to them reapplying and coming back and presenting.

Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, just like throwing it out there because, um, to kind of go off of the same thing that you were saying, not just like, we're going to do this, but like, we have already done this and like, we have a lot to show. Um, yeah, maybe in the future, the commission wants to consider, um, just like looking at what they have been up to since they applied. Um, but definitely not as like a reapplication or like a reentry, but just like to see where they're at since. That's all the comments from me. Are there any other comments?

I have one about the shoutout videos. I don't know if it's going to make it a lot harder or it's just not possible. I feel like it's better to also work with the YLO to get footage of the actual organization. Instead of like just a video of like a teen commissioner shouting it out, I feel like it's more engaging for like a kind of insider perspective of the organization.

Yeah, I'll have to do a little thinking on that because the coordination of that, you would actually be surprised even the people that have received the highlight spot aren't always really quick to get back to me with just even photos. And so I have to be careful that this doesn't become like a staff problem. time nightmare to implement it. So that's why I've committed to you because I'm going to see you and it's supposed to be your shout out of the organization. So I understand that that might be more valuable, but we might start slow and see if we could maybe make that change.

Are there any other comments? If that's all, then we can move on to item number six. The subject is Next Vision AI for Youth-led Organization Highlight Program. Recommended action is discussed and evaluate Next Vision AI for Youth-led Organization Highlight Program.

In the right place. Okay, so this is just the application information for the highlight program. And as usual, we'll just go through the application and some of the answers that they gave. And these are the questions that are in the application. I think a lot of you have gotten to know these pretty well. Next Vision AI, it was Nero that's representing. They do have a website and they have Instagram and email. And I don't think I have anything that's too new from the presentation, so I won't go really, really in-depth on this, but they're really trying to make it accessible. And kind of beginner-friendly is the word that sort of stands out on what they are and what they do. But they're really trying to make AI accessible not a tabloid topic, that it's shed it in a positive light and give an AI assistance for prompts and what they can create. Active only since May, 2026, so only three months. And they're trying to engage, as you can see, they haven't done too much engagement yet. And you guys picked up on that because you were asking the right questions about like, who are you reaching out to? Kind of what are you doing to market your program? They have plans and it looks like they're really planning to reach out. They have a project going, so they reached out to the library, but how they're gonna get people to sign up for that program, we'll see, right? What are the plans for after graduation? And if nothing else, I feel that the team commission has been great at being kind of almost a model for people to listen as to what is the plan for most organizations. And we've had some phenomenal organizations that have come through, and you can see it's just to put in place people before they leave high school that are gonna take over and that they're gonna train while they're still there. And so sort of the same idea here. What makes it unique, and I think, I think mostly what makes it unique is that it's youth to youth is what they're trying to get at. And so just trying to make it more everyday use of AI and practical. Okay, why should we highlight? And this kind of becomes a little bit of a loop with some of our organizations. It's like, they need us to help to get their name out in order for them to get started, to start with their programming and start with their workshops, but they're not quite there yet. But that's what they're asking for is that help to get started.

And then,

Also, they did have the take of supporting local high school students to take initiative and to share their knowledge and to have the workshops available to teens in the community. So let's see. but also that they're still trying to finalize. So that's kind of where we're at. Again, this was definitely a vetting one, and I meant to add that to my slides, but we're going to use that Tier 1 as the vetting tier. So if they are leased to what you consider your Tier 1 approval, then that's where we will go, okay, Can we work with them? Is there a way? We're not super likely to start doing regular workshops with youth-led organizations, but can we come up with other kinds of things, like with maybe some of our speaker series, or maybe incorporating them into workshops at PATH? You know, so looking for where are the opportunities that we can work with youth-led organizations in an easy way and that we would make that next step. Okay, so that's a lot of information for you.

All right, thank you. Should I also go to questions?

Yes, we have to go through all this.

Okay. So the discussion part, mostly in the comments segment.

And we just do the same, just if there's any questions, and then public comment, and discussion, and then you'll call for a motion to vote.

Any questions from the Commission on this? Okay, are there any public comments?

We have no speakers.

Okay, let's start discussing. I think they have a lot of potential, but I don't think they're ready for a highlight.

I think, especially putting it in perspective of a tier one thing, I don't think they have any of the infrastructure necessary for even a potential working with the city. I had an opportunity to take a look at their websites. In combination with their presentation, the simplest way to describe it seems to be a whole lot of nothing. Throwing around a lot of generic terms, it doesn't seem like much... doesn't seem to be providing any particularly valuable to be a little bit harsh there.

I think one of my biggest things that I'm like a little bit confused because like even at the beginning of the market, it has been like AI ethics. But then when reading the application, they say it's like, you know, nine to 14 year olds about how to use AI. But then when answering questions and talking more, like they start talking about elders and five coding. So it's like, I'm kind of like, I feel like thinking about their vision, they want to be kind of all over the place. And I think it's kind of like a shame because when they first pitched the idea, I really liked it because I feel like it's something not as much seen before. And I think it's like a really good intention and a very good mission, but And, like, it would be nice maybe, like, if we could market, like, their upcoming workshop. But it's just, like, there's so much confusion and, like, they're saying a lot of things and it's not much done. So it's a little bit confusing.

I mean, yeah. The other thing I want to add on to is, like, we asked them, like, what specifically they're going to do in Cupertino, right? And they're, like, they said that they didn't really give us a clear answer as to what they're specifically going to do in Cupertino because, like, they're based in South Saratoga and 7-Z.

Yeah, I think that was one of my biggest concerns along with everything else that was mentioned. It's like there really seems to be no focus on Cupertino. And also, totally agree with the thing that Commissioner Kumar brought up. I was really glad you asked them that question because I looked at their mission statement, right? But their actual plans... um kind of seem to be to like move away from that mission statement with expansion it's like are you trying to teach people to buy code which is also important or are you trying to talk about ethics which is also important like it's like not focused it's like um hard for them to pinpoint what they're planning to do yeah go ahead i feel like

we're probably not the right organization for them to reach out to. Because, I mean, first of all, I don't know how much us shouting them out would help because they're still at least six months away, in my opinion, from Uchida to Brutino. And I feel like that's kind of a waste of a spot where even if they're a great organization doing great things, which admittedly I feel like They had two different statements when it came to in-person statements. But I don't feel like the right place for them to apply to. And it doesn't make sense for us to shut them out at this moment.

I think I was about to say almost the same thing. I don't know what a highlight would do for them because a highlight is supposed to promote the organization. But I think someone else asked the question and they said that they weren't really looking to have more members into their organization yet. So I don't know what promoting the organization would do for them.

Quick check, I thought there was a six-month minimum requirement for this organization?

On our standards, there is. Right, so you guys are just seeing that. And the reason we put that in there originally was that a lot of youth organizations, we didn't want to get inundated with people that were at their late stage junior year going I need to do something before college and then trying to create an organization and just say we're going to be doing this like we just did this in the last month and we wanted to see more established that they've had a chance but this is a rising sophomore So this might be an organization that comes back, reapplies in the future. That might be farther down the line. You got to see what their concept was and then some of you would potentially see what did they implement.

And for an organization like theirs, that would be like the best case scenario because they do have a really good I guess Vision, it definitely is a gap that needs to be filled in. But I just feel like they're really not ready for a Tier 1 approval yet.

I feel like at the same time, they sort of have time being sophomores and they do have a roadmap. I would like one thing if like, I don't know how it works if you guys like send or something, but one thing I really, really recommend this sort of just like mainly like sticking to one thing and running with that. And like, if they spend like a couple of months and then come back to present, then I feel like it would be a yes. So yeah, just like, I think there's like a lot of potential, but it just needs like time and focus.

Are there any other discussion points anyone wants to bring up? Okay, then I think we're ready for... I will call for a motion to vote on making or approving Next Vision AI as a youth-led organization. I elect candidate.

I'll second that motion.

She's calling for a motion to vote.

motion i move to approve of that thing for for a while i'll highlight second that's a motion all right commissioner for kosh wait wait wait if i say i does that mean i want to or yes uh then uh okay commissioner kumar

Mr. Lombi. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Right. So thank you for the vote, Lindsay. Now moving on to item number seven, subject outgoing commissioners. Recommended action receive feedback from outgoing commissioners to returning commissioners. Should I hand it over to you or should I?

You can hand it over to me. We only have two of you, right, that are outgoing. So just quickly, because for time's sake, and I still have a staff report to try to stay close to our 730, just maybe give like your top two things that any kind of...

Want to go first?

Yeah, sure. I think for this in particular, I liked the whole reforming the YOL program. I thought that was really fun. I felt like we actually got to contribute, change something.

I should say recommendation for this year's commission spilling into next year?

I feel like while I was here, I didn't actually make use of it enough, but the future agenda setting, I feel like more future commissions should, I don't know, be encouraged to make use of that, just bring up their own points instead of just possibly listening to business. Yeah, I feel like, yeah, I just feel like generally That might make the whole experience more engaging and actually help them serve the purpose of representing the youth if they're just more encouraged to bring up their own items. I think everything else is pretty good.

Thank you. I really enjoyed the last two years and it kind of flew by. And I think in my first year, seeing as what you said, I noticed that it was like you kind of show up to the meeting once a month and you kind of like go through the motions and then you go home and you kind of forget about it until the next month. But I think somewhere in the middle, there was, I guess, this awakening that we had. It's like, we should really be thinking about the commission and its powers and everything else outside the meeting room. And we can be doing a lot more inside too. And I am really happy that the whole YLO restructuring came out as a result of that. And I think we started engaging a lot more as a commission with each other during the meetings. And I've been really grateful to see that. Yeah, and I would also really love to see the future agenda setting part be used to its fullest potential, because I feel like that has a lot of capability to make sure that you guys which like all of you were selected for like a really specific reason because you have like a very particular like thing that you can contribute to here so if you guys are like able to use that to kind of get whatever you feel like is important to you on the agenda it would be very fulfilling for all of you but yeah good luck to all of these commissioners and i was so great grateful and lovely to be here in the past two years

Thank you, Chair, for all of your service, and we'll miss you, and the rest of the year coming back. We'll have four new commissioners coming on in September, so hopefully you tune in to the live stream. We will. I will. From college for you, yeah. Okay. Public homeless?

Oh, any public comment on that? Okay, thank you. Any comments from all of you on that? Okay, great. So moving on to staff and commission reports.

Okay, I'll try to cruise through this. I have a couple of updates from summer programs. We had our last summer of the summer camps on August 8th. So this is last Friday. We figured finished our eight week program of camps. city running camp. The park just finished this last weekend, which they showed Cleopatra, and the last show was on August 9th, so it's really in the summer for us. Our summer concert series is still going for a couple weeks, and August 13th, they're going to have the Get Lucky Band, which is like Pop, R&B, and Alice Brock, and then August 20th, Smoking Slice of Mojo, which is Soul, R&B, Motown, and Rock. And those have been really fun nights out at the amphitheater here at Memorial Park. We also have three more movies in the parks on Fridays. August 14th is Bud's Life. August 21st is Freakier Friday. August 28th is Superman, the 2025 version, it's told to say. So hopefully you guys can make it out to really find out at Crescent Park. In October coming up this year, we're on an election year. So we're going to have peace and politics and the official date is October 15th. So if you want to put that in your calendars early. And then also our senior center will hold hidden treasures on October 22nd. That one is a little harder for all of you to get to because it's during the day on a small day. Monster Mash is going to be Saturday, October 24th. And we usually have emcees from the commission that go out there. And we had two or two last year.

I think that was me and Brianna, I think.

Yeah. And so we've gone to kind of do two there. And that was a little more fun because you were sort of playing off of each other. So we'll probably be asking for two MCs for the day as well. Outgoing commissioners, I've been told to advise you to join REV. Keep volunteering with us. Be staying involved. Not you so much because we won't be here, but you can come back by December. For sure.

So join REV.

And then reminder that Parks and Recreation now has its own Instagram account separate from the city of Cupertino. And so... slowly but surely we're getting there, and they're posting a lot more video content. I think one of the recent ones is they showed the, fast forward, the setup for the movie screen on Friday night, so that's kind of fun. And reminder from me for the next term people who are back, you guys need to check your email. Check your email, check your email. So I do need to hear back from you if you're attending so that we don't run into a time where just too many people don't, I don't hear from them and we don't hold the meeting because of the quorum. So with that, that's all I have.

All right, thank you so much. Is there any future agenda setting that we're trying to do today or?

So the next meeting that we were posting just like two of the many days, the next meeting is going to be a busy agenda schedule for you because that's the swearing in and that's the, that we go through kind of like This is team commission. We do the presentations about all the. All the team organizations and how you fit in for that. And a couple of standing things that happened in September. So it's, it's going to be a busy agenda. Just straight off the bat. So. Yeah, and we will also be voting on our annual calendar for our agenda items. And so we already kind of have a lot of things pretty locked in and then things like wireless pop in there and basically is like, we'll be here. Yeah.

Okay, we We're calling it a minute. Okay, great. All right, now, I think that took care of subject, or item eight, right?

Yeah.

All right, I think it's time for adjournment. At 7.31, I adjourn this meeting.