City of Mountain View  
Minutes - Final  
Youth Advisory Committee  
Monday, October 13, 2025  
4:30 PM  
The View Teen Center, 263 Escuela Ave.,  
Mountain View, CA 94040  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Chair Rajasekaran called the meeting to order at 4:31 p.m.  
2.  
ROLL CALL - Committee members Andrzejek, Byon, Cheng, Jhin, Ma, Montano, Nagappan,  
Nair, Nayak, Oh, Tan, Wazhi, Zayats, Vice Chair Lew and Chair Rajasekaran.  
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Present  
Committee Member Dylan Andrzejek, Committee Member Katie Byon, Committee Member Kai  
Cheng, Committee Member Ryan Jhin, Committee Member Sophia Lew, Committee Member  
Victoria Ma, Committee Member Jayan Nair, Committee Member Shreyas Nayak, Committee  
Member Jiwoo Oh, Committee Member Shahana Rajasekaran, Committee Member Kavya  
Wazhi, and Committee Member Meital Zayats  
2 - Committee Member Leilani Montano, and Committee Member Kaelyn Tan  
Excused  
Absent  
1 - Committee Member Harshini Nagappan  
3.  
APPROVE MINUTES  
Minutes Approval  
3.1  
M/S Jhin/Nair — Carried 12-0-3; Absent— Montano, Nagappan, and Tan — To approve the September 29  
meeting minutes.  
Yes:  
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Committee Member Andrzejek, Committee Member Byon, Committee Member Cheng,  
Committee Member Jhin, Committee Member Lew, Committee Member Ma, Committee  
Member Nair, Committee Member Nayak, Committee Member Oh, Committee Member  
Rajasekaran, Committee Member Wazhi, and Committee Member Zayats  
Excused:  
2 - Committee Member Montano, and Committee Member Tan  
4.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
None.  
5.  
UNFINISHED BUSINESS  
5.1  
Teen Wellness Retreat Feedback  
Committee members analyzed feedback and survey results from attendees and proposed new ideas,  
modifications, and enhancements for next year's event.  
5.2  
2025-26 Work Plan  
M/S Jhin/Nair — Carried 12-0-3; Absent— Montano, Nagappan, and Tan — To adopt the 2025-26 Work Plan  
with changes made during the meeting.  
6.  
NEW BUSINESS  
6.1  
Presentation from the Sustainability Division  
Committee members received a presentation from the city's Sustainability Division covering topics: electric  
water heaters, Earth and Arbor Day input, and Cool Block Mountain View. Committee members provided  
feedback and asked many questions.  
6.2  
Team Builder Activity  
Committee members participated in a group team builder activity led by the YAC leadership team.  
7.  
8.  
COMMITTEE/STAFF COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COMMITTEE REPORTS  
ADJOURNMENT  
Chair Rajasekaran adjourned the meeting at 5:33 p.m.  
AGENDAS FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES  
The specific location of each meeting is noted on the agenda for each meeting which is posted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.  
Questions and comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Recreation Division at 650-903-6331.  
The agenda and staff reports my be viewed at the City Clerk's Office, 500 Castro Street, Third Floor, beginning the day before each meeting.  
Agenda materials my viewed online at mountainview.legistar.com.  
SPECIAL NOTICE- Reference: Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990  
Anyone who is planning to attend a meeting who is visually or hearing-impaired or has any disability that needs special assistance may call  
the City Manager's Office 650-903-6301 48 hours in advance of the meeting to arrange for assistance. Upon request, in advance, by a  
person with a disability, agendas and writings distributed during the meeting that are public records will be made available in the  
appropriate alternative format.  
The Board, Commission, or Committee may take action on any matter noticed herein in any manner deemed appropriate by the Board,  
Commission, or Committee. Their consideration of the matters noticed herein is not limited by the recommendations indicated herein.  
SPECIAL NOTICE—Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Youth Advisory Committee regarding any item on this agenda  
will be made available for public inspection in the View Teen Center, 263 Escuela Avenue, during normal business hours and at the  
meeting location noted on the agenda during the meeting.  
ADDRESSING THE COMMITTEE  
Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Chair.  
Anyone wishing to address the Committee on a nonagenda item may do so during the "Oral Communications" part of the agenda.  
Speakers are allowed to speak once on any number of topics for up to three minutes.