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PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
FINAL Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting on Thursday, November 17, 2022
1. CALL TO ORDER
The duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission was called
to order by Chair Holzman at 7:00 pm via Zoom meeting.
2. ROLL CALL
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Milne, Brunello, Pappajohn, Chang, Holzman, Wettan, and
Yu
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT: Parks & Recreation Director Glomstad, Manager Acquisti,
Parks Supervisor Holtz, Acting Parks Supervisor Barron,
Recreation Supervisor Coggins, Recreation Coordinator
Medeiros & Recording Secretary Helley
OTHERS PRESENT: None
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Wettan made a motion to approve the September minutes. The motion was
seconded by Brunello, and the motion was approved. 6-0-1 (Ardito absent)
4. CORRESPONDENCE
None
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None
6. OLD BUSINESS
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None
7. NEW BUSINESS
a. Chair Rotation and Welcome New Commissioner
Director Glomstad noted the staff report stated the Chair Rotation process, and for this meeting,
Vice -Chair Pappajohn becomes the Chair, and Commissioner Milne becomes the Vice -Chair.
Chair Pappajohn thanked previous Chair Holzman for her service as Chair for the past year.
Holzman welcomed Commissioner Yu.
Commissioner Yu introduced herself to the Commission and noted she is looking forward to
working with them all.
b. Welcome New Recreation Supervisor and Recreation Coordinator
Recreation Supervisor Coggins introduced himself and noted he started in the Department in
August. He oversees two Department coordinators, including the afterschool enrichment and
afterschool sports programs.
Recreation Coordinator Medeiros introduced himself. He started in the Department in October.
He is a graduate student obtaining his Masters in Kinesiology. His focus will be the afterschool
sports program.
c. Muddy Mile Successes, Challenges, and Improvements
Park Maintenance Lead Worker Barron stated he was given the opportunity to work as a Parks
Supervisor for three weeks. During this timeframe, he was tasked with reporting to Commission
on the Muddy Mile's successes, challenges, and improvements. He gave a brief history of the
event that started in 2018 when Murray Field was being renovated. The event's successes include
communicating between the two divisions on coordinating the funds for materials to update the
course. The logistics involved establishing clear communication with participants, an easy
registration process, and distributing the shirts to the participants at the end of the event. Parks
staff starts the preparation of the course three weeks before the event, including the clearing of the
area of debris, the upgrading & construction of the obstacles, and the upgrading of the water
stations to reduce the amount of water use. In addition, the Park's staff suggested reorganizing the
running groups to allow families to run together instead of by age groups. This resulted in a
smoother and more organized race with many positive comments on the change from the
participants.
With any event, there are challenges, including adjusting the preparation time for the event, the
need for more staff at crucial points on the course, improvement of the difficulty level for 11 years
and older, and confusion about the location of the starting line.
Suggested improvements for the upcoming year are to begin the course preparation a month in
advance, including inspection of the equipment condition and construction of new obstacles,
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improve the course direction, name obstacles, increase the difficulty, and adjust the location of the
starting line.
8. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER REPORTS
a. Parks & Recreation Department Reports
Director Glomstad reported the tree lighting is on December 2. The Department is expecting a
new Parks Supervisor to start on December 5 and currently has an open Recreation Coordinator
position and a couple of part-time staff positions.
b. Commissioners Reports
Commission Holzman — Noted on the last meeting, there was a request for an update on the Yellow
Flag program. Supervisor Holtz noted that the program was not as successful as the staff had
hoped. Most damage to the turf comes from dog urine which is difficult to tell how many times
an area has been urinated on. In addition to this unknown, staff would find flags everywhere, as
kids like to play with them.
Commissioner Milne — Reported he volunteered at the Fall Fest and noted it was a nice event.
Noted there were a lot of questions from the public about the winter guide.
Commissioner Pappajohn — Thanked staff for the Yellow Flag program.
Commissioner Wettan — Reported he spoke with Recreation Manager Acquisti about establishing
continuity with coaching and will continue to discuss.
Chair Brunello — No Report
2. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
3. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:48 pm.
The next meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission is scheduled to be held on Thursday,
December 15, 2022, at 7:00 pm via zoom webinar.
Respectfully submitted,
Joleen Helley
Recording Secretary
Parks & Recreation Commission
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