Placement: New Business
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Hear the Presentation on the Proposed Youth Council Program
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Submitted By: Robert Chenier, Project Manager - Administration, Parks & Recreation
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal to enjoy culture, nature and fun activities.
Executive Summary (General Business): Presentation to discuss the proposed Port St. Lucie Youth Council program.
Presentation Information: 15 minutes. PowerPoint presentation (attached)
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the program, proposed budget, and provide direction on preferred commencement timeline as provided in the presentation.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the resulting program, budget, and commencement timeline.
2. Move that the Council provide staff with direction.
Background: A City operated, and focused Youth Council has been identified by City Council as a priority project. The City’s Strategic Plan, Goal 6, Culture Nature and Fun Activities, includes programming designed for youth in our community, as provided by the Parks & Recreation Department. Accordingly, Parks & Recreation staff have performed research, public outreach, and program development efforts in order to provide the resulting Youth Council model(s) presented.
Issues/Analysis: Parks & Recreation staff began the program design process with a large research effort. These efforts included collecting information from subject matter experts such as the National League of Cities and the National Recreation and Park Association. Staff also performed benchmarks on existing Youth Council programs on a state and national level. Public input on the program’s focus was collected at the 2020 Citizen Summit and feedback was gathered from other stakeholders. These input sources were utilized to complete the design of the Youth Council program, which will be presented in this review.
Financial Information: Staff recommends financial support of the Youth Council program (and its additional value-added programming). This budgetary impact is anticipated to total +/- $50,000 annually. These costs have been entered into the Parks & Recreation budget requests for FY 2021/2022.
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: N/A
Attachments: PowerPoint Presentation
NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.
Internal Reference Number: N/A
Legal Sufficiency Review:
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