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23, 2025 - 7:00 PM
City Hall Council Chambers
WASHINGTON
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Muhsen calls meeting to order at 7:03pm.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
A. The Junior City Council Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at
7:00 p.m. will be held in person and virtually.
Virtual Participation Link: Teams Link (CLICK HERE)
To listen to the meeting by phone or Zoom, please call the number below or
click the link above:
Telephone: +1 509-530-1507
Meeting ID: 289 248 781 269 2
ROLL CALL
Members: Lawand Muhsen, Erica Rios, Lillyann Mertens, Nnamdi Ometu, Phia Chea.
Staff: Keisha Taylor, Deputy Mayor Rakes.
Absent: Rowan Santons, Caleb Choi, Joey Rush, Mikaela Pedraja, Erica Rios,
Prableen Kaur.
Guests: Councilmember Charlie Atkinson (City of Wenatchee), Councilmember Mayoa
Navarro -Gomez (City of Wenatchee).
AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
None
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
A. The public can participate in -person or submit written comments in advance.
Participants can submit written comments via mail, fax, or email. All written comments
must be received prior to 5:00 p.m. on the day before the scheduled meeting and must be
350 words or less.
Please mail written comments to:
City of Auburn
Attn: Melissa Bailey, Council Administrative Assistant
25 W Main St
Auburn, WA 98001
Please fax written comments to:
Attn: Melissa Bailey, Council Administrative Assistant
Fax number: 253-288-3132
Email written comments to: mbailey@auburnwa.gov
If an individual requires accommodation to allow for remote oral comment because of a
difficulty attending a meeting of the governing body, the City requests notice of the need
for accommodation by 5:00 p.m. on the day before the scheduled meeting. Participants
can request accommodation to be able to provide a remote oral comment by contacting
the Mayor's Office in person, by phone (253) 931-3041, or by email
(mbailey@auburnwa.gov).
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approve Minutes from the March 12, 2025, Junior Council Meeting.
Chair, Lawand Muhsen moves to approve March 12th, 2025 minutes, motion seconded
by member Lillyann Mertens - motion passes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, REPORTS, AND PRESENTATIONS
A. Administrative Updates
Chair Muhsen read through the Administrative Updates.
Clean Sweep, Petpalooza, Pride at the Market (Rowan will speak). Members will email
Melissa Bailey.
Clean Sweep: Saturday, April 26th, from 7:30a to 12pm, if you have
already signed up, please pick up your materials before leaving.
2 PetPalooza: Saturday, May 17th, 2025 - More details to follow.
3 Pride at Farmer's Market: Sunday, June 29th at 10am. Please RSVP to
Melissa if you'd like to attend, and/or speak at the event.
B. Updates from Deputy Mayor
DISCUSSION ITEMS
Look into processes for replacing non -active junior council members.
A. Youth Forum
Discuss possible youth forum topics.
Youth Forums and/or Tedx, will create a sub -committee to help plan logistics.
B. Presentation to City Council
Discuss presenting to City Council at the May 19, 2025, meeting.
The first meeting will be May 14th at 5:30pm in council chambers prior to the council
meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Muhsen adjourned the meeting at 7:26pm.
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