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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - PR - 2013.08.15MEETING MINUTES Regular Meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission Thursday, August 15, 2013 The regular meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission was called to order by Chair Baum at 7:02 pm at the Burlingame Recreation Center, 850 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. 1. ROLL CALL Commissioners Present: Baum, Eaton, Lau, Griffith, Hesselgren, Martin Commissioners Absent: Bullotti Staff Present: Director Glomstad, Recreation Coordinator Buchanan, Recreation Program Coordinator Rath and Administrative Secretary Helley Others Present: 2. MINUTES The Minutes of the June 20, 2013 regular meeting were approved. 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS None 4. OLD BUSINESS a. Refund Policy — Revised policy approved with minor changes to verbiage. Minor change of adding a pronoun to second sentence to clarify intent. Policy to take affect with the Winter Recreation Brochure release in January of 2014. MOTION by Hesselgren (seconded by Baum): Commission approves new Parks & Recreation Department program refund policy as amended. MOTION PASSED 6-0-1. b. Tennis Court Lessons — Coordinator Buchanan recapped the recommendation of staff to allow for tennis instructors to obtain a permit from the Parks & Recreation Department to conduct private tennis lessons on City courts. Buchanan has updated the application for permits and will be updating the current signage at the courts to clearly reflect the City's rules regarding the usage of the courts for private lessons. Staff report attached. 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Pet Parade 2013 — Glomstad reported Parks & Recreation is helping with the Pet Parade this year. The parade will be held on Saturday, September 281h at 10 am. Children from Village Park Preschool will be leading the parade and there will be service dogs, little ponies and teacup Yorkies. There will be a balloon artist and art project tables for the kids. The parade is looking for a judge. Hesselgren volunteered to be a judge. b. Dog Exercise Park Improvements — Glomstad updated the commission on the progress of the Dog Park Task Force and the community meeting. Staff report attached. c. Commissioner Application Process — The proposed application deadline for the 3 seats on the Commission is Oct 18th. It will be confirmed at the Aug 19th Council meeting. d. Single A Minor League Baseball Team Proposal — Glomstad reported the department has been approached by a representative of a Minor League organization that would like to use Washington Park as their home field. Glomstad referred them to contact YBA so they can discuss the possibility of scheduling and work out a mutually beneficial schedule prior to opening discussion with the City. 6. REPORTS/HANDOUTS a. Parks & Recreation Reports Monthly Report — a. Family Campout — Friday, August 23, 2013 b. Movies in the Park — Friday, August 23, September 6 and October 25 at 8pm. c. Community Center Master Plan Update — Next Community Meeting Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 7 pm at the Recreation Center. d. Halloween Event — Saturday, October 26, 2013 e. Community Garden Update — Grand Opening set for Friday, Sept 13 at 1 lam f. Artzfest Recap b. Correspondence — None c. Commissioner Reports — None 7. Adiournment — The next meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission is scheduled to be held on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at Burlingame Recreation Center. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:58 pm. Respectfully submitted, Joleen Helley Recording Secretary N