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Date: July 10, 2003
To: Parks & Recreation Commissioners
City Council
From: Randy Schwartz
Re: Monthly Report
Parks Division
Final day of maintenance at the Golf Center by the Parks Division was July 7. All
maintenance equipment was transferred to the operator as per the new contract.
2. The Playground Committee is meeting July 17 to review three proposals from
playground equipment vendors for new equipment at Washington Park. The selected
equipment and design will be incorporated into a construction package that will include
sub -grade work, resilient surfacing, and installation.
3. Pedro Barron was promoted to the position of Irrigation Specialist.
4. The annual baseball tournament sponsored by the Burlingame Youth Baseball Assoc.
took place at Bayside Park. Parks personnel provided field preparation for the event.
5. The California Conservation Corps did trail maintenance work on the Ed Taylor Trail
in Mills Canyon.
6. Electrical service to Ray Park was improved/brought up to code by contract under the
supervision of the City Electrician.
Recreation Division
1. Art in the Park had 138 Artists, 32 Non-profit food and information booths and
brought in a net profit of $17,544.
2. 48 special interest classes offered in June had attendance of:
Special Interest Classes Adults/Sr (98 students), Martial Arts/Misc. Sports -Youth (98),
Martial Arts/Misc. Sports -Adults (48), Fitness for Adults/Seniors (335)
3. YAC: Interviewed 27 candidates and accepted 16; Made approx. $875 at Cotton Candy
Booth at Art in the Park.
4. L.I.T. Training and Staff Training: Received CPR and 1 st Aid training.
5. Teens: 2 weeks of Extreme Adventures (31 enrolled - Ist week, 32 - 2nd week); 1 week
of Adventure Seekers (22); trip to Raging Waters (12); Open Gym (30); P.F.R.N. (66);
Dive in Movie (75)
6. Youth Classes: Teen Hip Hop (15 enrolled), Ceramics (46), Cartooning (41), Teen
Watercolor (10), Puppetry (10), Guitar (17)
7. Adults Classes: Salsa (17 enrolled), Watercolor (30), Belly Dance (17), Ceramics (14),
Guitar (14)
8. Seniors: Emeritus lecture, "What is Hospice Service All About?" (20); 55 Alive (25);
Bingo and Bag Lunch (25-30 Tuesdays); Friday drop -In bridge (12); movie (20-30)
9. Camps: Young Explorers had 127 kids in June; Discovery Days had 126.
10. Adult Sports: Adult Basketball - all three summer leagues going (total of 14 teams);
Women's 35+ Soccer League (full with 6 teams)
11. Youth Sports: Girls High School Basketball League (full with 8 teams); new High
School Football Class (44 participants); Track and Field (over 40 students); new High
School Volleyball Conditioning and Skill Class (averaging 35 students per week);
private basketball lessons for the summer are full; new Intro to Girls Basketball Class
(16 participants); new Intro to Rowing camp off to slow start.
12. Foreign Languages: Arabic class - jointly operated with 4 other cities; Italian 1 (18
students); Spanish 1 and 2 (32).
13. June Aquatics: Children's classes (415 — up 73 from 2002); Adult classes (100 — up
46); Rec Swim (2,293 — up 134); lap swim (544 — down from 86). Revenue increase in
June of $5,400 from June of 2002.
14. Preschool: All sessions of Camp Treehouse are full (3 sessions —106 students total);
Pre-K swnmer school is full (20); all 10 Half Moon Music classes are full (12 or 14);
all 5 classes of My 1st Art are full (15); Toddler Adventures (4 classes — 42 total).
Upcoming activities:
Music in the Park — Sundays in July —1:00 - 3:00 pm — Washington Park