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Youth Advisory Board · 5:30 PM · Thorman Conference Room, 801 Texas Ave. - Basement

The Youth Advisory Board's May 21, 2026 special meeting agenda featured action items on board minutes and the next meeting date, a legal briefing on board duties, and presentations on three youth-focused initiatives: an inaugural Youth Summit, a Workforce Solutions Borderplex focus group, and a Child-Friendly City update.

Analysis based on the published agenda — official vote outcomes not yet available.

Analysis

Governance & Oversight

The agenda included routine board business alongside a legal briefing on the board's duties and a scheduling item for the next meeting.[#6][#1][#2]

Community Impact

The agenda featured presentations on three youth-focused initiatives connecting the board with city departments and an outside foundation: an inaugural Youth Summit, a Workforce Solutions Borderplex focus group, and a Child-Friendly City update.[#3][#4][#5]

Insights by Role

Journalist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingThe inaugural Youth Summit item and the Child-Friendly City update represent the board's first look at two initiatives linking city departments with an outside foundation, worth following for how they develop and which department ends up owning them.

Lobbyist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingThe El Paso Community Foundation's Child-Friendly City presentation and the Workforce Solutions Borderplex focus group discussion show two outside organizations actively engaging the Youth Advisory Board, with Quality of Life and Library Services as the city-side departments in the room.

14 items(5 procedural hidden)

AI-generated summaries. Click to expand for original text.

Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the Youth Advisory Board (YAB) will be conducted on May 21, 2026 at 5:30 P.M. in the Thorman Room, 801 Texas Ave. - Basement, El Paso, TX 79901.

In compliance with the requirement that the City provide two-way communication for members of the public, members of the public may communicate with the Youth Advisory Board during public comment in r

At the prompt please enter the corresponding Conference ID: 602 098 866#

If you wish to sign up to speak, please contact Misty Monteros at MonterosMM@elpasotexas.gov or (915) 212-3211 no later than 3pm before the start of the meeting.

A quorum of the Youth Advisory Board members must be present and participate in the meeting.

#1Approval of the meeting minutes from the May 11, 2026 board meeting.

#2Assistant City Attorney Mona Heydarian will present to the board on the duties and responsibilities of the Youth Advisory Board (YAB).

#3Presentation, discussion, and action on the city's inaugural Youth Summit, presented by Ben Fyffe, Managing Director of Quality of Life.

#4Board discussion and action regarding a Workforce Solutions Borderplex focus group, presented by the Director of Library Services.

#5Presentation by Stephanie Otero of the El Paso Community Foundation providing an update on the city's Child-Friendly City initiative.

#6Discussion and action to set the date and time for the next Youth Advisory Board meeting.

Sign language interpreters will be provided for this meeting upon request. Requests must be made to Misty Monteros at MonterosMM@elpasotexas.gov a minimum of 72 hours prior to the date and time of thi

If you need Spanish translation services, please email MonterosMM@elpasotexas.gov at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting.

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