HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - PR - 2016.03.17MEETING MINUTES
Regular Meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission
Thursday, March 17, 2016
The regular meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission was called to order by
Vice -Chairman Baum at 7:00 pm at the Burlingame Recreation Center, 850 Burlingame Ave,
Burlingame.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Baum, Dito, Lewis, Schissler, Malekos Smith
Commissioners Absent: Baird
Staff Present: Parks & Recreation Director Glomstad, Administrative Assistant Helley,
Recreation Supervisor Hager, Assistant Parks Supervisor Holtz and
Recreation Intern Felipe
Others Present: Lisa Williamson, Burlingame; John Calvin, Burlingame; Erica Lyons,
Hillsborough; Kiernan Saunders, Burlingame, BSC
MINUTES
The Minutes of the February 18, 2016 regular meeting were approved.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - None
OLD BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS
Welcome New Commissioner — Ian Milne — The Commission welcomed Commissioner Milne to the
group. He stated he has two children, has lived in Burlingame for 15 years. He has been involved in
youth sports including BGS, which he was president of for about 3 years. He is looking forward to
working with the Commission.
Martin Felipe — Parks & Recreation Intern — Intern Felipe introduced himself, stating he is a senior at
San Francisco State. His recent experiences with the Department include shadowing at the preschool,
attending SANCRA and CPRS meetings. He will be working with the Parks Division and also working
as a counselor during spring break camp. His large project will be organizing a pickle ball tournament
for the seniors here at the Recreation Center.
Proposed Design for Village Park Playground — Supervisor Hager presented the background on
Village Park playground and the challenges with the current playground, including woodchips, lack of
fencing around playground and the sharing of the playground with the public and the preschool located
onsite. The recent approval of funds by Council for a new playground has been met with excitement by
the community and the on -site preschool. A planning committee comprised of Commissioners, city
staff, a landscape architect and neighbors of Village Park met twice and compiled design elements based
on survey results, feedback from the committee and input from the Village Park Preschool teachers. The
goals of the committee are to maximize the play space, provide a fenced in area and tactile surfacing.
Hager presented a schematic of the play area, questions and results from the survey, virtual photos of the
design, graphic of fall zones and a quote from the selected vendor, Buell Recreation. Rich Holtz,
Assistant Parks Supervisor, explained the choices of resilient tactile surfaces for the new playground and
various safety regulations required for the new playground. The timeline target is for construction to
start in June of 2016 with completion being the end of August of 2016.
Parks & Recreation Commission Minutes
March 17, 2016
Motion by Dito (seconded by Milne): Commission moved to accept the design presented by the
committee for the Village Park Playground. MOTION PASSED 6-0-1.
REPORTS / HAND-OUTS
A) Parks & Recreation Department Reports
1. Monthly Report —
a. Follow Up Items - None
b. Items of Interest — Glomstad reported the first day registration for the spring and
summer sessions was yesterday and was successful. She also reported several Capital
Improvement Projects in Parks have been presented to Council for the next fiscal year,
including first phase construction documents for Murray Field to synthetic turf , grass
field renovations for several parks, fencing replacement at Bayside Fields,
continuation of installation of the smart irrigation system at additional parks,
installation of a play structure for Ray Park, funds for construction documents for
renovation of Southern Pacific Circle in front of the train station, the installation of a
play structure at Victoria Park and the patching and/or replacement of the resilient
surfacing at several parks.
c. Foundation Update — The Foundation is hosting a Bocce Ball Tournament on May 7tn
Signups are through the recreation department.
B) Correspondence - None
C) Commissioners Reports - None
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Commissioner Baum requested the Field Use Policy be placed on the April agenda with the
intent to form a committee to review the policy.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission is scheduled to be held on Thursday, April 21,
2016 at 7:00 p.m. at Burlingame Recreation Center.
There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 8:01 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Joleen Helley
Recording Secretary
Burlingame Parks & Recreation Department