HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - PR - 2016.06.16BURLINGAME PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
Regular Meeting Agenda
7:00pm, June 16, 2016
Burlingame Recreation Center, 850 Burlingame Ave, Burlingame
Roll Call
Baird, Baum, Dito, Lewis, Schissler, Makelos Smith, Milne
2. Approval of Minutes
Approve the minutes of the May 19, 2016 regular meeting
3. Public Comments
Members of the public may speak about any item not on the agenda. The Ralph M. Brown Act
(the State and local agency open meeting law) prohibits the Commission from acting on any
matter that is not on the agenda. Speakers are asked to fill out a `request to speak' card located
on the table by the door and hand it to staff, although provision of a name, address or other
identifying infomation is optional. The Chairperson may limit speakers to three minutes each.
4. Old Business
A. BSC Field User Validation
5. New Business
A. BSC 2°d Subletting Violation
6. Reports / Hand -Outs
A. Parks & Recreation Department Reports
1. Monthly Report
a. Follow up Items
b. Foundation Update
B. Correspondence
C. Commissioners Reports
7. Future Agenda Items
8. Adjournment
Next Meeting
Thursday, July 21, 2016
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AGENDA 06/16/16posted 0613/16
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STAFF REPORT
To: Parks and Recreation Commission
Date: June 16, 2016
From: Tim Barry, Parks and Recreation Supervisor
Subject: Youth Field User Organization Validation - Burlingame Soccer Club (BSC)
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission review the additional information requested from the
BSC and determine if the BSC should be approved as a Validated User Group for another year.
BACKGROUND
At the May 19 Commission meeting staff was directed to hold a meeting with the BSC Board of
Directors to get clarification on the questions that were generated during the Commission
meeting. On Tuesday, May 24 Recreation Supervisor Barry, Parks and Recreation Director
Glomstad and Commissioner Joe Dito met with members of the BSC Board of Directors. The
members of the BSC Board of Directors who attended were Lawrence Viola (President,
resident), Steven Koury (Treasurer, non-resident), Anh Vasquez (Secretary, non-resident),
Medina Begic (Board Member, resident) and Anthony Dimech (Board Member, resident).
Absent from the meeting was Tim Wei (Board Member, non-resident).
The Commission requested further information & documentation regarding the following:
1. All positions in the BSC organization including voting and non -voting board members and
their residency status.
2. BSC blocking other soccer clubs from renting field space in Burlingame.
3. A list of any coaches, board members or administrators that currently hold positions on
both BSC and Star Academy.
4. Any alliances or partnerships the BSC has with any other club soccer programs.
5. A list of all positions on the Star Academy organization.
6. Anticipated reduction in teams for the upcoming season with the termination of the
BSC/SMC partnership.
The responses from the meeting included:
1. All positions in the BSC organization including voting and non -voting board members and
their residency status.
The BSC has six members on their Board of Directors. These are the only members of
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the club who have the ability to cast a vote on decisions of the club. Christopher
Sullivan, Director of Coaching, is an advisory position on the board and has no voting
rights in BSC decisions.
2. BSC blocking other soccer clubs from renting field space in Burlingame.
NorCal Soccer is one of the governing bodies for club soccer. According to the BSC
Board of Directors, NorCal Soccer requires a club to declare a geographic area when
establishing a club. BSC has always declared Burlingame its geographic area and
NorCal Soccer does not allow another club to declare Burlingame as its home territory.
3. A list of any coaches, board members or administrators that currently hold positions on
both BSC and Star Academy.
Christopher Sullivan is the only individual who currently appears on both the BSC
Board of Directors and the Star Academy coaching team as their Technical Director.
4. Any alliances or partnerships the BSC has with any other club soccer programs.
BSC is a feeder program to the Star Academy.
5. A list of all positions on the Star Academy Organization.
The current Board of Directors includes Bill Burkoth, Jennifer Livingstone, Maria
Murnane and Angie Taube. Also, the current coaching staff and advisors are as
follows; Juan Porras, Mikey Varas, Dan DeGeer, Sennay Ghebresellasie, Waldemar
Roldan, Luciano Fusco and Christopher Sullivan.
6. Reduction in field time due to the decrease in teams because of the termination of the
BSC/SMC STAR teams.
The BSC does not anticipate any reduction in the number of teams for the upcoming
season.
Subsequent to the meeting, additional information has been gathered by staff to clarify the
responses above and changes have occurred to the BSC. Firstly, the members of the Board of
Directors have changed. Below are the current board members:
1. Lawrence Viola (Resident)
2. Steven Koury (Non -Resident)
3. Anthony Dimech (Resident)
4. Jackie Donaho (new)(Resident)
5. Will Evans (new)(Resident)
In addition, staff contacted Daniel Chamberlain, Director of Operations of NorCal Premier
Soccer. He said, "There are no territories or boundaries in NorCal Premier. Rules regarding field
use are set by the local Regional Advisory Committee and the Region 2 RAC has no set rules
regarding the use of the fields outside of the normal area of the operation of a club."
EXHIBITS
None
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aSTAFF REPORT
To: Parks and Recreation Commission
Date: June 16, 2016
From: Tim Barry, Parks and Recreation Supervisor
Subject: Second Subletting Violation - Burlingame Soccer Club (BSC)
Staff recommends that the Commission review and determine if a 2Id subletting violation has
occurred by the BSC.
BACKGROUND
In the past few weeks staff has become aware of a possible 2Id subletting violation. Staff was on
site at Murray Field on Tuesday, June 7 and Thursday, June 9. It was noticed that Juan Porras
was on the field coaching a team. Mr. Porras is not a Burlingame Soccer Club coach and is
currently the Director of Coaching for Star Academy.
Since then staff has spent time investigating the possible violation. Staff has reached out to the
following people; Lawrence Viola (Board President), Steven Koury (Board Member), Anthony
Dimech (Board Member), Will Evans (new Board Member), Brian Mansell (Coach), Chris
Sullivan (BSC Director of Coaching) and the team manager. From the many discussions that
have occurred there is conflicting explanations of what was happening on the field while this
team was practicing. In addition, staff discovered that in the Bonzi scheduling system (used by
club soccer organizations) the notes for the team in question reflected that these were Star
Academy practices.
From the information gathered, staff believes that this is the 2nd subletting violation; however,
staff hasn't been able to confirm that the current BSC leadership was aware of the subletting.
Per the Field Use policy, the penalty for a 2°d subletting violation is a $1,000 fine, hearing before
Commission and probationary status of the organization.
EXHIBITS
None
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