The meeting was called to order in the Auditorium of the Colorado History Museum at 8:25 in the morning by Youth Co-Chair, Stuart Jenkins.
It was determined that the number present was 23, making the super majority 16.
Stuart started off with a welcoming speech which included that the March meeting was really the time for everyone to make a difference and influence the productivity of the Council while going forward.

Bill Fulton quickly went over the agenda and plan for the day.
Secretary Mandy Cramer went through a quick outline of Parliamentary Procedure, in order to get the Council running more smoothly and according to the By-Laws during large group business meetings
The Summary of Bills was introduced.
Mandy Cramer moved to take a stance, as a Council, on the bill concerning helmets.
Annsley seconded.

HB 1147: Protective Helmets for Youth on Non-Motorized Vehicles
Points in Favor Points Opposed
• No fiscal cost to the state
• Increases the safety of youth by increasing the number of young people wearing helmets
• Young people who are hurt are
• 750 people are killed annually nation-wide—95% were not wearing helmets, 5% were wearing helmets
• 184 deaths nationally could have been prevented if the person had been wearing a helmet.
• The bill also includes an emphasis on transportation safety—that’s the big point
• The bill is pretty harmless—you get a warning, the card you are given tells you where to find a helmet for free if they need it.
• Although the total number of young people potentially affected by this bill might be small, it is still worth it.
• This bill is in the general spirit of “promoting the general welfare.” As J.S. Mill said, if actions happen in the public domain, they become a public concern. The injuries sustained in traffic accidents are a public concern. • While there is no cost to the state, funds that go to this might take away from other causes
• No definitive proof that giving cards to kids will increase the number of helmets being warn
• Why do we need a bill to do this—we should do a commercial, public awareness campaign.
• This is impractical—police already have plenty of outreach and information efforts. I don’t see how police officers should be spending time working on this when they face other more important issues.
• Funds should be prioritized toward the education, not toward enforcement.
• Our first question on this should be “Is this the government’s job?” I think the safety of young people is the prerogative of the family.
• While this bill would not be harmful, if it is already true that people who ride motorized vehicles already do not follow the law to wear helmets, this will even more likely be ignored.
• How far do we want to go as a government in criminalizing behavior, even behavior that is unsafe?
• This gives police a reason to stop teenagers and potentially do so only to harass them. And since it is difficult to assess the age of a violator, it is likely to affect people much older.
• Since the enforcement of this is so vague, it appears nothing will really happen.
• The general welfare clause applies to the federal constitution—all other powers are reserved for the states. It is not clear that the Colorado Constitution allows for this bill.

Lanna Giauque moved to limit discussion to five more people.
Thomas Tarler seconded the motion.
The question passed with a 2/3 vote.
A visual vote on the question of taking a stance, as a Council, on the bill concerning helmets was taken with the following results:

For-6
Against- 11
Anthony Gallozzi moved to reconsider the vote.
Annsley Brophy seconded the motion.
The question was adopted unanimously.
For- 7
Against- 15
After clarification of the question on the table, Lanna Giauque moved to reconsider the vote.
Kelcie Scott seconded the motion.
The question was adopted 18 to 4.
Erica Romberg moved for COYAC to oppose (no) or favor (yes) bill in question.
Ki Lynn seconded the motion.
The question went to a vote without further discussion and lost, 16 to 6.
The group then traveled to the Capitol.

In the afternoon, at about 4:00, COYAC regrouped, minus Co-Chair Stuart Jenkins.
Vice Chair Anthony Gallozzi took over in Stuart’s absence.

Committee Reports were as follows:
Education- Thomas Tarler briefly went over presentation to take place Wednesday. See handout for details.
Teo Price-Broncucia moved to approve the presentation as outlined.
Glorianna Tillerman-Dick seconded the motion.
The question was approved unanimously.
Social Health- Alante Thalley reported that the committee was looking into some new bills.
Transportation- Mandy Cramer reported that Ellen Tucker and she wrote letters to the sponsors of the helmet bill conveying the stance of the Council.
Environment- Caroline Wockner reported that the committee brain stormed COYAC doing things such as increasing awareness of youth, voter drives, and COYAC members hosting forums.
Communication- Mandy Cramer reported that the committee had come up with a Communications Proposal and they were working on ways to work together, as a committee, and a Council.
Finance- Annsley Brophy reported the committee had worked on cards thanking donors, and may extend them an invitation to the end of the year banquet. They are continually looking for donors, and are working on coming up with a generic letter asking for donations. They had also discussed possibly getting a full time staff person for COYAC.
Public Affairs- Cory Mowbray reported that the committee was going with gmail to communicate. They are working on getting on local news stations, and Allante Thalley is working on writing an article that members of COYAC can pass out to local/school newspapers.
Membership- Erica Romberg reported the committee is looking for people to fill empty spots. They are working on finding applicants through organizations, and the application deadline is May 20th.

New Business:
Mandy Cramer moved the Council should take a stance on the Arts in Schools bill.
Kelcie Scott seconded the motion.
Teo Price-Broncucia called for the Previous Question.
Thomas Tarler seconded the motion
No vote was taken.
The question of taking a stance on the Arts in School bill passed unanimously.
Amanda Patarino moved that the Council should support the Arts in Schools bill.
Annsley Brophy seconded the motion.

HB 1273 Arts Education Bill

Points in Favor Points Opposed
• Study found that the benefits of the arts are better CSAP scores, more imaginative thinking, lower drop out rate
• More pride
• Access to creative jobs that are growing in the economy
• 46 other states have arts graduation requirements
• 29,000 students are in students in districts without the arts requirement
• Similar to the helmet law, putting it in law sends a message that the arts are important. Even if the first step is limited, it shows that.
• There will be a limited financial impact because so many of them already have • Lack of time in the schedule
• Access to quality teachers
• Budget cuts make it difficult to fund all of these outcomes
• In rural areas, its hard to find even the core subject area teachers
• Takes away from local control--Colorado is one of the states where local school boards can rule on these kinds of things.
• All schools would have arts if they could, but they can't afford
• You can't spend money you don't and won't have.
• Good idea, but not likely to occur in these economy

Amanda Patarino moved to limit to debate to three more speakers.
Thomas Tarler seconded the motion.
No vote was taken.
A vote was taken on the question of supporting the Arts in Schools bill. 10 Voted in favor of the bill, 10 opposed it.
Mandy Cramer moved to rescind the matter of taking a stance on the Arts in Schools bill.
Kelcie Scott seconded the motion.
The question passed unanimously.
Amanda Patarino moved for COYAC to support SB 10-106.
Kelcie Scott seconded the motion.
Mandy Cramer moved to postpone the motion until an electronic vote could be taken to give everyone time to review the bill thoroughly.
Annsley Brophy seconded the motion.
The question was voted upon and approved unanimously.
Mandy Cramer moved that the Communications Standard be put into effect.
Kelcie Scott seconded the motion.
A super majority approved the question.

Mandy Cramer announced that she will be the contact for anyone who needs help in any way. Bill and the rest of the Executive Committee all has contact information for her.

Kelcie Scott made the motion to adjourn.
Amanda Patarino seconded the motion.
No vote was taken.