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Watsonville Youth City Council - Public Meeting, Monday, February 11 at 5:00 pm

Watsonville Youth City Council - Public Meeting, Monday, February 11 at 5:00 pm Watsonville City Hall - 275 Main Street 4th Floor - Council Chambers

The next public meeting of the Watsonville Youth City Council, chaired by Mayor, Dulce Sixtos, will be on Monday, February 11 at 5:00 pm in the Watsonville City Hall Council Chambers.  

The Watsonville Youth City Council has been working hard on three important issues, uniting youth with police, city staff and education leaders. Please join the council for updates on these topics and bring your ideas, solutions and concerns:

1. Education - Save Our Schools, the "Homework Helper" project for high school students to earn community service hours and raise test scores by working with elementary school students. 

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2. City Budget - The Youth City Council is investigating issues related to development, jobs and environmental concerns affecting  the future of Watsonville. They have endorsed a proposal by the Interact Clubs from Watsonville, Pajaro Valley and Ceiba High Schools to raise the acheivement of 2nd and 3rd graders in Watsonville. 

3. Public Safety - The Council is taking a deeper look at the results of their youth safety survey and working with the Watsonville Police Department on ways youth and police can work together to make Watsonville a safer place to live.  

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The official agenda will be sent out soon.  

Please spread the word about the meeting and mark your calendars.

Future meetings are yet to be scheduled. 

Council Members:

Dulce Sixtos, Mayor, Ceiba High School - Committees:  Education (chair), Budget, Safety

Alvaro Zamora, Vice-Mayor/District 2  Pajaro Valley High School - Committees: Budget (chair), Safety

Nahara Villalobos, City Attorney and City Clerk Watsonville High School - Committees:  Education, Safety

Jesus Estrada, City Manager - Pajaro Valley High School - Committees: Budget, Safety

Jiayao Huang, Parks and Recreation  Pajaro Valley High School -  Committees: Education, Safety

Ulises Cisneros, Chief of Police Ceiba High School -  Committees: Education, Safety

Edgar Lopez, Fire Chief  Watsonville High School  Committees: Education, Safety

Juanita Alvarez, District 1 Ceiba High School - Committees: Education, Budget, Safety

Selena Corona, District 3 Watsonville High School  - Committees; Education

Jeffrey Garcia, District 4 Ceiba High School - Committees: Education, Budget, Safety

Jonathan Fry, District 5 Pajaro Valley High School - Committees:- Education, Budget, Safety

Alyssa Martinez, District 7 Pacific Coast Charter - Committees: Education, Budget, Safety

Advisors:

Eduardo Montesino, Councilmember of Watsonville and Co-founder e: eduardo.montesino@cityofwatsonville.org

Lori Butterworth, Co-Founder and Organizer e:lori.butterworth@ceibaschools.org

Questions - Please call Lori Butterworth at 831-239-2015 

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