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Subject:EXTERNAL - Public Comment regarding Community Youth Center
Date:Monday, November 7, 2022 12:50:17 PM
Hello my name is Gabriela Mendoza and I would like to make a public comment regarding the
City building a community youth center in Gilroy that will have sports, workout gym, pools and
youth programming and services. We need a community youth center not a small room in the
middle of thousands of apartments with low-income families with children. Gilroy needs to
start looking on building a Community youth center. Not only for youth but also include
children, adults and seniors. I believe that if Gilroy has a large community youth center our
youth in Gilroy will be occupied in pro-social activities and have a safe space for youth to kick
it at and stay away from the streets and away from being involved in crimes that lead them to
getting arrested. It's great that the city has some programs for the community, but not for
youth specifically and also not for high-risk youth. If we can focus on getting our youth into
more productive activities, perhaps this will reduce youth incarceration and crimes in Gilroy.
Thank you,
Gabriela Mendoza