(A) 
Members of the Commission shall be between the ages of twelve (12) and eighteen (18) years of age upon appointment.
(B) 
Members must reside within the Aromas/San Juan Unified School District or attend the schools within the District.
(C) 
Selection of the founding members of the Commission shall be made by the City Council upon the recommendation of the San Juan Bautista Strategic Plan Committee.
(D) 
In appointing members, the City Council shall make every effort to consciously consider ethnicity, gender, school, grade, and geographical residence in an attempt to more fully represent all segments of San Juan Bautista’s youth population.
(E) 
Terms of appointments to the Commission shall commence in September of each year and shall be for a term of two (2) years. A commissioner shall not serve more than three (3) consecutive full terms.
In an effort to stagger terms, five (5) of the founding members shall be appointed for partial terms ending on September 1, 2015, and six (6) members shall be appointed for partial terms ending on September 1, 2016. Thereafter members shall be appointed to serve full terms.
(F) 
Vacancies on the Commission during the year shall be filled by the City Council.
The Commission shall select from its members a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Recording Secretary and Treasurer for the terms and in the manner set forth in the by-laws of the Commission.
Whenever a member of the Commission has missed a combination of three (3) regular meetings, special meetings, work meetings, or Commission sanctioned events without excuse from the Commission as expressed in its official minutes, his or her seat shall become vacant upon the confirmation of the City Council. The secretary of the Commission shall promptly inform the City Council and the member whose position has been forfeited.
(A) 
The Commission shall meet not less than once per month and all meetings shall be open to the public and subject to the Brown Act, California Government Code Section 54950 et seq.
(B) 
The Commission shall keep written minutes of all meetings.
(C) 
Regular meetings of the Commission shall be held in the San Juan Bautista Council Chambers or such other public facility within the San Juan Bautista City limits as deemed by the Commission and the City Council to be appropriate and convenient for the conducting of such meetings.
The Commission shall be advisory to the City Council and shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) 
Provide the Council with advice about the youth of the San Juan Bautista community.
(B) 
Study problems, activities and concerns of the youth; facilitate forums on these issues and concerns, and recommend community programs to the Council which the Commission finds needed and/or desirable.
(C) 
Involve the youth of San Juan Bautista in their community; develop or conduct events and activities that connect youth with their community.
(D) 
Work with other committees, boards, commissions and the Council in providing input on youth issues in the community.
(E) 
Research and advise the Council on local and state legislation affecting youth and provide local youth with information about issues in their city government that pertain to them.
(F) 
Annually determine the Commission’s goals and objectives and report these to the City Council.