HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - PR - 2001.01.18BURLINGAME PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
7:00 P.M., Thursday, January 18, 2001
Burlingame Recreation Center, 850 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame
Roll Call
Dittman, Erickson, Heathcote, Larios, Lawson, Minderman, Muller, Youth Advisory
Commissioners Martindale and Zhao
2. Approval of Minutes - Approve the Minutes of the November 16, 2000 Regular Meeting
3. Old Business
A. Architect Presentation and Discussion of Youth/Community Center Project
B. Youth Advisory Committee Report
4. Public Comments
This is the opportunity for members of the public to address the Commission regarding
items not otherwise on the agenda.
5. New Business
A. Special Olympics Request for Fee Waiver at Aquatic Center (May 16 event)
�-- B. Staff Presentation re Mechanical Problems at Burlingame Aquatic Center
C. Discuss Possible Change in Date of Commission's Regular March Meeting
6. Reports
A. Capital Improvement Projects Status
1) Bayside Park Projects
2) Cuernavaca Park Renovation
3) BART Landscape Strip on California Drive
4) Trenton Tot Lot
5) Washington Park Improvements
6) Burlingame High Parking Lot & Athletic Fields
B. Parks & Recreation Department 2nd Quarter Report
C. Commissioners
D. Recreation Division Revenue Report
7. Adjournment
Next Regular Meeting:
Arbor Day Program:
Annual Commissioners Dinner:
7:00 p.m., Thursday, February 15, 2001
at Burlingame Recreation Center
9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 7, 2001
at Washington Park
6:30 p.m., Friday, March 23, 2001
STAFF REPORT
TO: PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
DATE: January 8, 2001
FROM: Randy Schwartz
SUBJECT: WAVIER OF FEE FOR POOL USE BY SPECIAL OLYMPICS
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Parks & Recreation Commission recommend that the City Council
waive the rental fee for the Special Olympics aquatics competition at the Burlingame Aquatic
Center on Sunday, May 6th and one -hour per week during the months of March and April.
BACKGROUND:
Special Olympics of Northern California is a non-profit agency serving developmentally
disabled children and adults in our community. The athletes are not charged for their
participation. Special Olympics receives financial as well as in -kind donations for most of their
program needs.
Even though the May 6th event would be their first aquatic competition, Special Olympics has
been operating programs in San Mateo County for many years. Because Special Olympics staff
coordinates recreational programs for a portion of our community which is difficult for most
departments to handle, many agencies are very willing to contribute toward the success of these
programs.
ATTACHMENTS:
Copy of the letter from Special Olympics of Northern California.
BUDGET IMPACT:
Recreation swim will be cancelled for the day, but the budget impact will be negligible. The
normal rental fee for these rental hours would be $1,088.
650-579-1758 Fax:650-579-6156
Burlingame City Council
Burlingame Parks & Recreation Dept.
Dear Friends:
I am the Director of Special Olympics of San Mateo County. I am writing to you at the
suggestion of Jordana Schneiderman of the Burlingame Parks and Recreation Department.
We are hoping to use your beautiful new Burlingame pool to conduct a Special Olympics
competition. Special Olympics provides year round sports training and competition
opportunities for the developmentally disabled children and adults in our community. One of
our most popular sports is our aquatics program. This year, for the first time, we are planning to
host an aquatics competition for our athletes so they can demonstrate their achievements to their
family, friends and the community. I have been working with Jordana to book the event at the
Burlingame Pool. Jordana has been extremely helpful and we have scheduled the competition
for Sunday, May 6.
I am writing to you to ask that you allow us the use of the pool for our competition at no charge.
We are a non-profit agency and receive no federal or state funding. Jordana is quite willing to
give us the use of the pool for free, but needs your authorization to do so. Our athletes are never
charged to participate in any of our programs. The money we need to provide facilities,
uniforms or any other fees are paid through the generous donations we receive from the people in
our community and from "in -kind" donations.
Allowing us to host the competition at Burlingame Pool will be an opportunity to showcase your
new facility while promoting goodwill within the community. In addition, every Special
Olympics competition includes an Opening Ceremonies and we would welcome any of you to
come and make some opening remarks. We would also love to invite you to have the honor of
presenting our athletes with their awards at the conclusion of the event. Members of the
Burlingame Police Department, who have been long time supporters of Special Olympics, will
also be invited to present awards. Naturally, since the event will take place in the city of
Burlingame we will be soliciting food and other donations from local merchants as well as
inviting the Burlingame community to volunteer to help us run this competition. This is truly a
win -win situation for everyone. We get the use of your beautiful facility and your community
gets the opportunity to meet and support some remarkable athletes.
Created by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation for the benefit of persons with mental retardation.
In addition to the competition, I am hoping that you will consider allowing us to use the pool for
one hour a week for the 9 weeks leading up to the competition so our athletes will have the
opportunity to practice. Again, Jordana has been very supportive and is willing to work with us
to schedule the practices, once she has your approval to do so. During our training season that
begins in February, South San Francisco allows us the use of their Orange Pool facility on
Saturdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. Our goal is to provide our athletes with another training
opportunity at a different facility on a different day and time. Of course, the practices will be
scheduled so they will not conflict with Burlingame High School or any other clubs or groups
that might use the Burlingame pool.
I would be happy to provide you with the necessary proof of insurance and willing to pay any
deposit you deem necessary in order to use the pool for our competition as well as our 9 week
training season. I am hoping that I can count on the city of Burlingame to join the ranks of our
many in -kind donors including Red Morton Community Center, the Redwood City Fire
Department, and Mariners Point Golf Links.
If you have any questions or need any further information, please feel free to contact me. I look
forward to hearing from you soon.
In th pirit of Special Olymp' s,
Donna Romero, Director
�'" Special Olympics San Mateo County
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�� * CITY OF BURLINGAME
URLINGAME PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
.1A MEMORANDUM
January 8, 2001
TO:
FROM
SUBJECT
Parks & Recreation Commission
John William
Commission
1. Please note that the January 18 Commission meeting has been moved to the Recreation
Center. It is still scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. Conference Room A will be unavailable
for meetings for a couple of months due to a major construction project now underway in
the City Manager's office. That, coupled with the fact that we expect a large crowd of
people to listen to the architect's proposal re the Youth Center, led Ed Larios, Randy
Schartz and I to conclude that moving the meeting was the wise thing to do.
2. The February meeting will also be scheduled at the Recreation Center on February 15, for
the same reasons. We are not sure of the March location as of this time.
3. Please also note that I have placed an item on this month's agenda re the rescheduling of
the March Commission meeting. Unfortunately, Randy Schwartz, Tim Richmond and I
will be out of town attending the California and Pacific Southwest Parks and Recreation
Conference in Sacramento on the scheduled date of your March meeting. Hopefully, the
Commission can reschedule this meeting for either March 8 or March 22. The March 8
date would appear to be the best choice since March 22 is one night before the Annual
Commissioners Dinner, however, either date is fine with staff.
Also note that we do have some funds available in the budget if any Commissioner/s
would like to attend some of the conference in Sacramento March 15-17. Please contact
me if you have any interest in attending the conference and I will be happy to share a copy
of the conference brochure for your review.
QUARTERS.. _ REPORT \
PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
SECOND QUARTER- 2000-01
PR €i� E # iALS
. STATUS TAD DATE
COMMEND .. .
Maintenance of New Facilities
Continue to develop maintenance
Soccer Center field top dresses with sand and overseeded. Staff worked with contractor on
procedures at Bayside Park
development of ballfield, dog exercise park and Sanchez Lagoon trail.
Ongoing Park Maintenance
New recycling lawn mower put
Efficient and environment friendly new lawn mower appears to be a step into a new generation of
into service; audit of playground
mowing equipment. Annual State required safety audit of playground equipment was performed
facilities completed.
by certified staff employee Henry Barone.
Tree Work
Fall tree planting completed;
80 trees planted. City contractor is trimming large trees on Skyline Blvd. Three members of the
contractor is working; tree crew
tree crew successfully tested for Class B drivers licenses in order to operate new City equipment.
tested; routine trimming
Sycamore trimming is underway north of Burlingame Avenue, east of Carolan.
Laguna Tennis Courts
Courts resurfaced during the
With the resurfacing of the Laguna park tennis courts and the renovation of the children's
quarter
la ound area Laguna Park is now in good shape for the next few years.
Recreation Activities
Fall classes completed; Spring
A good Fall class session was completed. 448 classes were held, with over 4,976 participants. 70
brochure produced.
participants in children's holiday day camp. All preschool classes filled. Brochure distributed.
Scholarship Donation
Kincaids Restaurant donation
Kincaid's staff taught cooking class at Rec Center and donated $1,000 instructor payment to City
scholarship fund.
Senior Activities
Ongoing activities; Friday drop-
Friday drop -in program now averaging 40 seniors per week. Good attendance for trips, classes,
in program underway
drop -in; reduction in numbers at lunch time program and in senior club attendance.
Special Events
Holiday Arts & Craft Faire &
Holiday Faire was reintroduced at the Recreation Center after a 15 year hiatus and was well
Tree Lighting
received. A successful holiday program was conducted in cooperation with merchants & Library.
Sports
Fall adult, B.I.S. and elementary
Completed Fall basketball & men's 40+ softball leagues. Saw increased participation at BIS in
programs and leagues were
volleyball, flag football and basketball. Started new bowling team. Elementary program included
conducted
8 flag football teams and 5 volleyball teams. 32 Burlingame teams in elementary league.
Teens
Youth Advisory Committee
Participated in Safe Streets Halloween program; Holiday Tree Lighting; Holiday Faire; planning
(YAC)
youth dance for January 5.
Teen Activities
Staff assisted BIS with overnight lock -in program; conducted 3 open gym nights at BIS. New
Teen Coordinator, Greg Milano, was hired and began work December 18.
Aquatics
City programs
Lap swim attendance up; successful private lessons, parent/tot classes and water fitness.
Burlingame Aquatic Club
Staff assisted in formation of club to provide competitive swim and water polo programs. Club
organized
became incorporated and negotiated operating contract for City Council consideration.
Newsracks
Ordinance adopted and
After adoption of City Ordinance, staff met with newspaper distributors and started the
im lementation began
application process for newsracks in the downtown areas.
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Bayside Park
Lagoon trail, ballfield and do
The Sanchez Lagoon trail portion west from Anza is presently open to the public. This completes
exercise park completed
the trail on the north side of the Lagoon. Ballfield & dog exercise park open in Spring, 2001.
Youth/Community Center Smdv
Feasibility study underway
Architects and engineers are continuing to study proposed Washington park site, as well as other
alternative sites in community. Two meetings with groups and general public have been held.
Public comments will be invited at January & February Parks & Rec Commission meetings.
Cuernavaca Park Rehabilitation
Design work is underway for the
Project for development of shade trellis and new picnic facilities should go to bid in Spring, 2001
next phase of park upgrades
Parks Yard Locker Room
Design work is underway
Project for remodel of Parks Yard locker and related facilities should go to bid in Spring, 2001.
Remodel
Washington Park Baseball Field
Engineering & design work is
Engineers are presently stud}ing the condition of ballfield light poles before upgrading outfield
Rehab
now underway
floodlights. Staff is planning fencing and bullpen improvements for Spring, 2001.
Playground Tot Lot Rehab
Trenton Park now under design
Architect and advisory committee are completing design work on final tot lot project in City.
BURLINGAME PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Collection Report
January - 2001
Recreation Division 2000-2001 99-2000 98-99
January COLL. YTD COLL. YTD COLL.. YTD
10
12
13
14
17
21
40
42
43
44
45
46
47
50
51
52
60
;1
m
m
M
m
M
m
m
M
m
m
m
m
m
M
93
94
Program
Gross
Refunds
Current Net
(7 MONTH)
(7 MONTH)
(Z MONTH)
Rec. Admin.
213.00
213.00
1,178.00
3,540.15
110.00
Advertising
0.00
0.00
1,100.00
0.00
535.00
Tickets/Books
1,254.00
1,254.00
45,314.50
29,861.86
48,694.20
Bldg. Rental
6,567.50
250.00
6,317.50
33,839.00
24,493.50
34,739.06
Miscellaneous
147.95
147.95
1,497.70
1,693.85
1,733.19
Park Permit
300.00
300.00
1,263.60
562.75
1,525.35
School Dist.
0.00
0.00
6,954.55
13,866.77
13,160.75
Sr. Lunch
360.40
360.40
2,421.05
2,156.51
3,191.99
Sr. Trips
3,157.00
3,157.00
11,497.00
6,113.35
10,517.00
Pre-school
35,759.50
35,759.50
71,178.34
51,653.54
44,849.88
Music
8,667.50
8,667.50
17,632.50
15,493.50
16,061.00
Dance Classes
8,713.00
8,713.00
16,146.00
11,795.00
15,514.50
Art Sales
252.85
252.85
654.15
854.65
654.75
Adult Art
18,508.00
151.00
18,357.00
1 40,339.50
35,167.04
35,315.50
Culinary
2,606.00
2,606.00
5,825.00
4,907.00
3,889.00
Child Art
18,041.00
7.00
18,034,00
35,712.50
31,762.00
22,782.35
Art Misc.
15,530.50
170.00
15,360.50
33,280.50
33,848.00
29,156.88
Art in Park
0.00
0.00
198.00
150.00
! �
Music -Park
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Tree Light
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Sp. Int. Classes
17,653.00
212.00
17,441.00
37,560.00
44,761.00
47,364.55
Fitness
19,251.50
154.00
19,097.50
1 42,019.40
43,055.20
45,320.50
Boating/Sailing
403.00
403.00
4,591.00
2,054.00
10,135.00
Skating
665.00
665.00
1,547.00
1,852.00
2,644.00
Youth Cams
293.00
293.00
21,439.25
24,811.50
26,844.50
Youth Trips
80.00
80.00
3,326.00
2,780.00
2,794.00
Athl. Camps
172.00
172.00
15,876.60
24,020.00
24,085.50
Teens
1,016.00
255.00
761.00
4,240.35
4,314.00
2,656.00
Elem. Sports
415.00
1
415.00
31,517.00
27,522.50
26,091.50
Jr. Sports
10,516.00
10,516.00
42,912.00
41,300.25
38,896.50
Tennis
4,016.00
4,016.00
19,352.00
18,550.00
20,142.20
Swimming
3,825.90
444.00
3,381.90
64,057.91
0.00
0.00
Golf
6,891.00
6,891.00
19,837.00
6,827.00
9,129.00
Misc. Sports
375.00
375.00
4,920.00
1,715.00
1,926.00
Mart. Arts
3,736.00
3,736.00
6,769.75
6,197.00
7,983.00
Softball
0.00
0.00
10,683.00
11,655.50
18,037.50
Basketball
0.00
0.00
5,115.00
4,865.00
5,484.00
Volleyball
1,211.00
1,211.00
4,645.50
6,376.00
7,946.00
Field Lights
154.75
154.75
3,813.35
3,492.25
1,333.25
Field Permit
0.00
0.00
1,695.00
635.00
602.50
Tennis Court
0.00
50.00
1
3,015.00
1,784.00
2,397.00
Totals
$190,752.35
$674,964.00
$546,486.67
$584,241.90
Less Refunds
$1,693.00
$20,657,75
Net
$189,059.35
$674,964.00
$546,486.67
$S63,S84.15
Golf Cards
700.00
700.001
6,150.00
$0.00
$0.00
Swim Club
0.001
19,010.00 1
$0.00 1
$0.00
Totals
$191,452.35 1
$1,693.00 1
$189,759.35 1
$700,124.00 1
$546,486.67 1
$563,584.15