August 2022 MYC Minutes

City of Chandler — Regular Meeting (2022-09-13)

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Mayor's Youth 
Commission Regular 
Meeting 
August 9, 2022 | 5 p.m. 
5th Floor Conference Room 
175 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler, AZ 
Commission Members 
Ananditha Sivakumaran 
Hiyun Lee 
Joseph Bushard 
Jahnavi Nair 
Maria Gonzalez 
Isaac Ming Teck-Ong 
Nikhil Dholakia 
Anthony Bushard 
Audrey Tungkagi 
Aashika Dupati 
Sanjana Balaji 
Victoria Jagdon 
Arnav Nigam 
Shea Lee 
Josh Victoria 
Amitesh Bharati 
Ziqing Kuang 
Nivid Singhania 
Dipti Patel 
Pursuant to Resolution No. 4464 of the City of Chandler and to A.R.S. § 38-43 
hereby given to the members of the Mayor's Youth Commission and to the ge 
that the Mayor's Youth Commission will hold a REGULAR MEETING open to t 
Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at 5:00 p.m., at 5th Floor Conference Room, 175 S. 
Chandler, AZ. One or more Commissioners may be attending by telephone. 
Persons with disabilities may request a reasonable modification or communica 
services by contacting the City Clerk's office at (480) 782-2181(711 via AZRS) 
requests in advance as it affords the City time to accommodate the request. 
Agendas are available in the Office of the City Clerk, 175 S. Arizona Avenue.

Regular Meeting Agenda - August 9, 2022 
 
Call to Order/Roll Call  
Chair Hiyun Lee  called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. 
 
Members present: Ananditha Sivakumaran, Hiyun Lee, Jahnavi Nair, Maria Gonzales, Isaac Ming Teck-
Ong, Nikhil Dholakia, Aashika Dupati, Sanjana Balaji, Victoria Jagdon, Arnav Nigam, Shea Lee, Josh 
Victoria, Amitesh Bharati, Nivid Singhania, Dipti Patel, Anthony Bushard, Joseph Bushard 
 
Members absent: Zqing Kuang, Audrey Tungkagi,  
 
Scheduled Public 
Appearances 
1. 
Melissa Quillard - Mayor and Council Communications Manager 
 . 
Alexis talks about Ms.Quillard and explains she is going to be the main staff member 
with us throughout the League Conference and Ms.Quillard will help us plan the teen 
leadership academy. We're going to be boarding the charter bus with her. 
a. 
Ms.Quillard talks: She is the mayors council communication manager and she answers 
most of the questions of the residents, helps them write articles/ use social media. She 
also helps them with scheduling and makes sure their calendars are up to date so that 
they can make the meetings. She works with all the Mayor and Council. 
 
Unscheduled Public Appearances 
Members of the audience may address any item not on the agenda. State Statute prohibits the 
Board or Commission from discussing an item that is not on the agenda, but the Board or 
Commission does listen to your concerns and has staff follow up on any questions you raise. 
 
Consent Agenda 
Items listed on the Consent Agenda may be enacted by one motion and one vote. If a discussion is 
required by members of the Board or Commission, the item will be removed from the Consent 
Agenda for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately. 
2. 
Approval of Minutes 
 
Move to approve the April 12, 2022 Mayor's Youth Commission minutes. 
 
3. 
Approval of 2022-23 Mayors Youth Commission Meeting Dates 
 
Move to approve the 2022-23 Mayors Youth Commission Meeting Dates. 
 
a) Nivid Singhania moved to approve the consent agenda, motion seconded by Aashika Dupati, 
approved at 5:07 PM

Action Agenda 
 
 
4. 
MYC Representative - Special Events Sponsorship Funding Panel 
a) Alexis discusses - every year the community gets $30k in order to help fund nonprofits - a 
panel decides the money allocations, and the Mayor's Youth Committee needs to provide a 
representative to serve on this panel. 
b) Jahnavi declines offer to join this panel, Nivid Singhania accepts offer 
c) Move to nominate Nivid Singhania to serve as the Mayor's Youth Commission liaison 
for the Special Events Sponsorship Funding Panel. 
d) Aashika Dupati moved to motion, Second by Nikhil Dholakia, approved at 5:10 PM 
 
 
Briefing 
5. 
Group Introductions and Icebreaker 
a) Everyone says their name, high school, pronoun, and favorite restaurant/chain in Chandler. 
We then have a bingo signature sheet, and everyone goes around getting signatures from 
people for things that others did, until their bingo sheet is filled with signatures. Hiyun starts 
explaining different items on the bingo sheet. 
b) Mayor Hartke drops in for a few seconds and says a quick hello. 
 
6. 
2022-23 Mayor's Youth Commission Schedule, Expectations and Procedures 
a) Alexis explains how often events/meetings are and how long the meetings last. She then 
explains the expectations for the commissioners and how communication is going to work. 
She is still working with staff to work out the logistics and the tentative schedule is not 100% 
correct. The orange slots on the calendar are the professional development/learning about 
city government events. The green slots are meeting dates and general topics that will likely 
come up during the meeting. Blue slots are volunteering opportunities outside of MYC 
meetings. Hiyun talks more about expectations (expectations form) - Commissioners can 
miss no more than 3 meetings. Commissioners must engage in at least 5 outside 
engagement activities. Come a little before the event and leave a little after the event ends 
(for cleanup). Commissioners sign the City of Chandler Mayor's Youth Commission form. 
Alexis goes over procedures for communication - emails regarding upcoming 
events/meetings; Reminds about commission meetings from Hiyun. If you are going to be 
absent please communicate that to Alexis in order to make sure Quorum will be met. 
 
7. 
Arizona League of Cities and Towns Conference 
a) Hiyun explains the conference- Date is August 31st Wednesday, last day of the month. 
Transportation will be by charter bus and the last day to RSVP for the Conference is the 
morning of August 10th Wednesday. It's a really important event for team building and 
learning about the city. It is super important for Alexis, and she is advocating for it. 
 
8. 
For Our City Day 
a) No explanation here, it was briefly explained earlier in agenda number 6. 
 
9. 
Teen Leadership Academy 
a) Hiyun: This event is during spring break, spread what you've learned about government to 
other youth of Chandler and raise more leaders. Planning is with the mayor and council and 
staff; program of the Mayor’s office.

Member 
Comments/Announcements  
Calendar 
a) Amitesh repeats the dates for agenda numbers 10,11,12 
 
10. 
Arizona League of Cities and Towns Conference - August 31st, All Day 
 
11. 
For Our City Day - October 22, 2022 
 
12. 
Our next meeting will be held on September 13th, 5:00pm 
 
Adjourn 
a) Meeting adjourned at 5:57 P.M. Dipti Patel moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by 
Ananditha Sivakumaran.