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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - PR - 2015.04.16MEETING MINUTES Regular Meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission Thursday, April 16, 2015 The regular meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission was called to order by Chairman Martin at 7:06 pm at the Burlingame Recreation Center, 850 Burlingame Ave, Burlingame. ROLL CALL Commissioners Present: Martin, Baird, Colson, Baum, Dito, Lewis Commissioners Absent: Schissler Staff Present: Parks & Recreation Director Glomstad; Recreation Supervisor Acquisti; Recreation Coordinators Guastella & Rath; Parks & Recreation Intern Ludwig & Recording Secretary Helley Others Present: Mike Brunicardi, BYBA; Robert Bierman, AYSO; Kieron Saunders, BSC. MINUTES The Minutes of the March 19, 2015 regular meeting were approved as submitted. PUBLIC COMMENTS — None OLD BUSINESS Field Use Policy — Staff Report; Glomstad noted two items outstanding from the last meeting, how staff is to manage the penalty fee for subletting of fields and the fee structure for the per player fee. Regarding the penalty fee for subletting, the staff worked with the City Attorney and determined the best method to manage the penalty fee was to have it approved by City Council. The proposed administrative fine will be going before Council on Monday, April 20. Glomstad reported Supervisor Barry, in an effort to gain more insight and research on the issue, attended a school district liaison meeting on fields and a meeting of local cities that discussed the issue as it affected their user groups. Supervisor Barry then met with city user groups to discuss the fee structure for the per player fee. Various options were discussed. At this time, staff is not ready to present a structure proposal to the Commission. Glomstad solicited input and questions from Commission. Suggestions are to start with the validation process and determine more as the process moves along. Staff is striving to determine the clearest and most efficient process to manage the fee structure. Chair Martin opened public comment on the item. Robert Bierman, AYSO, spoke to commission asking for flexibility during the validation process and throughout the year as the group may not have the requested information at the ready when requested by staff. Regarding the per player fee, he feels it is not fair to charge for players that do not use Burlingame fields just because they are part of an overarching organization that a portion of the players use Burlingame fields. Kieron Saunders, Burlingame Soccer Club, hopes all will work out with the user groups working together to a mutual agreement on the issue. Parks & Recreation Commission Minutes April 16, 2015 — Page 2 Chair Martin closes public comments. Chair Martin asks Commission if they have further discussion on the item. Commission dissents further discussion. NEW BUSINESS Youth Advisory Committee Presentation — Kari Guastella introduced herself and explained the Youth Advisory Committee is a high school group that represents the youth of Burlingame and promotes recreation in the community. The group is working on an Anti -Bullying presentation they will be giving to the middle schoolers in the near future. YAC member, Isabella, reported the recent activities the group had participated in including hosting a Valentine's Dance for the mature adults with a line dancing teacher, hosted a glow in the dark dance for seventh and eighth graders and this Friday night will be hosting a movie and luau night for middle schoolers. Flyers for the upcoming Mission Impastable event were distributed to Commission. The event is a fundraiser for the Recreation Department's Youth Scholarship Account. Commissioner Baird thanked the two members that attended the recent Community Advisory Committee for the Recreation Center Master Plan and applauded the participation and thoughtful input from both members. Parks & Recreation Intern Presentation — Parks and Recreation Intern Colton Ludwig introduced himself and shared his experiences in the Parks and Recreation Department. He graduated from Humboldt State in May of 2014 and has been working with the Department since the beginning of 2015. He received a major in business management and a minor in recreation. He is pursuing the recreation aspect of his education. His experiences have included: securing a new drivers education teacher; soliciting donations of food from local businesses for various events and signing on a line dancing teacher for the mature adult Valentine's Dance. He had the opportunity to attend the most recent CPRS conference where he was able to network with other professionals. He also spent a whole week working with the Parks crews keeping the parks clean and maintained. He is currently working as the daytime building attendant setting up classrooms for instructors and is learning the registration system. REPORTS/HANDOUTS A. Parks & Recreation Department Reports 1. Monthly Report a. Foundation Update — Glomstad reported the Foundation has changed their regular monthly meetings to the fourth Monday of each month. b. Streets Alive Event — Recreation Coordinator Rath reported on May 3, 2015 from 9 — 1 pm staff will be hosting a Streets Alive event at the Farmers Market in Burlingame. There will be a jump house and presentations from instructors on several recreation classes. c. Glomstad reported the recent water restrictions handed down from the state will affect the parks, medians and planted areas in the City. Plans to mitigate the long term damaged are being developed. Public Work's is working on a plan to reopen an existing well in Washington Park. B. Commissioner Reports None Parks & Recreation Commission Minutes April 16, 2015 — Page 3 C. Correspondence None NEXT MEETING The next meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission is scheduled to be held on Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Burlingame Recreation Center. There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 7:47 pm. Respectfully submitted, Joleen Helley Recording Secretary Burlingame Parks & Recreation Department