Youth Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2015 03 05

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Youth Advisory Board Meeting Minutes DATE Page 2 of 3 Mandy brought up that there is a meeting o n March 10th City Council Work Session, which would be a great meeting to present our goal of a new Aquatics Center. The board is going to repeat the presentation that they presented to all of the other boards and commissions. Isabella said that all of the members should attend to give a good impression to the City Council that the board really is serious about their project. Jay talked about recreational expansions, and that Council may decide to make the Aquatics Center into a Rec Center Expansion, Senior Center Facility Expansion, and new Aquatic Facility to help push the bond issue through. Isabella asked if the board should hang up their flyers onto the buildings and businesses of the city. Jay Keany, a Liaison, said that it is probably not a good idea, just because word of mouth can do the same job, with the same effect, and with less resources. Mandy said that the members should go and talk to their friends about the ideas and gain support. Jay said that the board should start a binder to chronicle all of the designs that the board is considering. Starting to look at those things will be a good first step in the design phase so that we can have a plan. The board obliged. Jay also said that we should consider what the toddlers want, because they would attend the facility a lot. Jay mentioned that we should ask the community what they wanted, so that we can get an educated set of data to base our project on. Another comment by Jay was that the board should look up current Aquatic Facilities as well as develop their own ideas for the Facility. Madison said that she talked to her friends on the Dolphins swim team, and said that they wanted a longer swimming pool, like 50 meters, and a 12 foot diving board to accompany it, something Louisville currently lacks. Mitchell asked if he could present the idea of the Aquatics Facility to his Social Studies class. The Liaisons gave the green light. Tyler then asked if all members could present to their classes/schools about the Aquatics Facility. The Liaisons said that presenting to the students and teachers of the community would be a great way to spread the word and let people know. The members will be volunteering at the Royal Ball, which is their monthly volunteer project for the month of February. Chairperson Isabella McHugh addressed the project for March, which is the Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner. Mandy said that at our April meeting with City Council, one person will have written the presentation. She then asked for a volunteer, and Isabella McHugh volunteered t o make the power point presentation. She also briefly went over the process of the presentation itself with each YAB member presenting a slide of the power point . Isabella went to the Wayfinding Open House meeting. She commented on what she wanted at the meeting, but also observed. The officials talked about signage for trails. They also talked about trail intersections. They asked about creating a roundabout, with trails at the center to guide where you are going. Another idea was stripe-following, where the citizens could follow the color of the trails that they wanted to follow by looking at stripes on the ground.