HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - PR - 2010.04.14MEETING MINUTES
Joint Meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission & The Youth Advisory
Committee
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
The regular meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission was called to order by
Commissioner Castner-Paine at 7:05 pm at Burlingame City Hall, 501 Primrose Road,
Burlingame.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Castner-Paine, Fisher, Eaton, Hesselgren, Shanus
Commissioners Absent: Carlton, La Mariana
Staff Present: Director Skeels; Recreation Coordinator Cheney; Administrative
Secretary Helley
Others Present: Alessandra Daskalakis — Vice Chair, Justine Huang — Treasurer,
Alessandra Shanus — Chairperson, Derek Wun — Secretary, Tessa
Diamond, Maddy Gebhard, Shannon Hoy, Ali Santana
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments
MINUTES
The Minutes of the March 25, 2010 regular meeting were approved as submitted.
OLD BUSINESS
Chairperson Castner-Paine welcomed the members of the Youth Advisory Committee to this
joint meeting and asked them to introduce themselves.
The Committee reported projects and activities that took place during the year such as All City
Dances, Princess Project and developing of a survey to determine the needs of teens in the area.
The Committee has hosted canned food drives during the All City Dances and donated the
collected food to Call Primrose. Two years ago, the Committee hosted a Drug Awareness Night
with the County Drug Task force with was attended by 190 parents. They plan on hosting
another night in the next year. Fundraising by the Committee is utilized to fund Committee
events and to donate to the Burlingame Youth Scholarship Fund.
The Committee currently consists of 10 members, however, they are voting next month on the
possibility of raising the membership to 15.
Commission thanked the Committee members for the information and their hard work in the
community with the teens. Commission and Committee decided the YAC would visit the
Commission quarterly to update on activities, etc.
Parks & Recreation Commission Minutes
April 14, 2010 — Page 2
NEW BUSINESS
A. 2010-11 Bud2et Status — Skeels reported that approximately eighteen (18) unfilled positions
city wide will not be filled. There are only three (3) positions with people filling them that
will be eliminated. Two of the three positions are Parks Department positions, a landscape
worker and a tree -worker.
REPORTS/HANDOUTS
Staff Reports
1. Monthly Report — Attached
2. Correspondence — Skeels read a letter from citizens who are requesting the have "dog -off
leash" hours be allowable in the afternoons in Washington Park from 4-7pm. The petition
and letter was signed by eleven residents who frequent the Park with their dogs in the
afternoons.
3. Commissioners Training Workshop — Skeels reported that the original date for the workshop
was cancelled and has been rescheduled to October of 2010.
Commissioner Reports
Commissioner Eaton reported he had been told by a couple of residents that the public restrooms
at Washington Park and the Washington Park large ball field restrooms have intermittently been
out of hand towels and soap. (Staff reports the restrooms are stocked with toilet paper only.
Paper towels and soap have not been provided for the last 20 + years due to theft and
vandalism of dispensers. The toilet paper is frequently stolen soon after re -stocking.)
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission is scheduled to be held on Thursday,
May 20, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at Burlingame City Hall.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:05 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Joleen Helley
Recording Secretary