HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - PR - 2005.01.20MEETING MINUTES
Regular Meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission
Thursday, January 20, 2005
The regular meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission was called to order by
Chairman Larios at 7:12 pm at Burlingame City Hall, 501 Primrose Road.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present
Commissioners Absent:
Staff Present:
Others Present:
Dittman, Heathcote, Larios, Lawson, Muller
Erickson, Kahn
Parks & Recreation Director Schwartz
Cynthia Schreurs, Burlingame
MINUTES
The minutes of the December 16, 2004 Commission meeting were approved as submitted.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - None
OLD BUSINESS
A. Meeting Space for Friends of Mills Canyon — After a brief discussion, Staff will
confirm the offer made in December by the representatives from the Youth
Advisory Committee to subsidize the Friends of Mills Canyon's rental fees for
meeting space at the Recreation Center.
B. Pershing Park Playground Rehabilitation — Staff informed the commissioners that
the playground equipment has been shipped to Burlingame and the construction
documents are ready to go out to bid. The project is still on schedule for a spring
construction period of six to eight weeks.
C. Bayside Park Improvements — Staff reported that City staff has met with the
restroom and snack shack project architects to discuss the size, scope and
projected costs. Concerns related to the closed landfill site are being discussed
with County officials.
NEW BUSINESS — None
Parks & Recreation Commission Minutes
January 20, 2005 — page 2
REPORTS
A. In addition to the attached monthly report on Parks & Recreation activities, staff
reported on the following items:
1. This is Commissioner Kahn's last meeting with the Commission as she
and her husband, Phil, are moving to the Sonoma area. The City Council
has appointed Cynthia Schreurs to fill Kahn's seat, effective February 1,
2005, for the remainder of the term.
2. The annual City Commissioner's Dinner will be held on February 4th
3. San Mateo County officials sent invitations to Council members, Parks &
Recreation Commissioners and Parks Directors within the County to
attend a meeting on Thursday, January 27th from 11:30 to 1:30pm at the
Burlingame Recreation Center. The intent of the meeting is to discuss a
proposal to form a JPA of the Parks entities within the County.
Commissioners Dittman, Heathcote and Larios agreed to represent the
Commission at the meeting.
4. Recreation registration is underway for the spring 2005 session and staff
anticipates accepting internet registrations within the next month.
5. The release of hydrochloric acid earlier this month in the Parks Yard.
B. Commissioner Muller asked why the new pavement in front of City Hall was not
extended to cover the aggregate pathways which get slippery in the wet weather.
Staff responded that this was a budget decision.
NEXT MEETING
The neat meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission will be held on Thursday, February 17,
2005 at 7:00 p.m. at Burlingame City Hall.
There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at
7:42pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Randy Schvdartz
Director of Parks & Recreation