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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - PR - 2023.03.16R C1TfY ti o� `ls Rvoawreo PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION FINAL Meeting Minutes Regular Meeting on Thursday, March 16, 2023 1. CALL TO ORDER The duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission was called to order by Chair Pappaj ohn at 7:00 pm. 2. ROLL CALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Holzman, Brunello, Pappajohn, Chang, Milne, Yu, and Wettan (arrived at 7:45pm) COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: STAFF PRESENT: OTHERS PRESENT: 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES None Parks & Recreation Director Glomstad, Recreation Manager Acquisti, Parks Superintendent/City Arborist Holtz, Parks Supervisor Barron & Recording Secretary Helley Sandy Comorato, Adrienne Leigh, Nemanja Colovic — Burlingame Soccer Club Commissioner Brunello made a motion to approve the February minutes. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Milne, and the motion was approved. 6-0-1 (Wettan absent) 4. CORRESPONDENCE None 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS Emails received from: 1 Parks & Recreation Commission FINAL Minutes March 16, 2023 Amy Fearn: "I am part of the pickleball community here in Burlingame, and while I play mostly at Washington Park, I have also bounced around a bit. I just wanted to say that Burlingame needs to get with the massive growth of pickleball vs tennis. Most all other areas have dedicated pickleball courts, no huge cracks, only pickleball lines and nets, no dual lines, lots of courts only for pickleball. The Indoor Tennis Center on Rollins Road (purchased by Bay Club) now has numerous dedicated pickleball courts ... and they are now in the midst of proposing to transform ALL of the courts to pickleball as that is where the trend/demand lies! Pickleball is a great community builder... thank you for realizing the growth is increasing at a rapid pace and hopefully accommodating all of us in Burlingame." Michelle Magni: "I'm a pickleball player that plays on Court #1. The only thing I had a question about was the playing to 11 when others are waiting. We always play to 11. The only time we have played to 7 or 9 was when the court was packed so everyone would get a chance to play. That didn't happen very often it is always to 11. Also, I think the rack placement has already been addressed that they need to be in a different place otherwise you will keep playing the same people. And as far as court #1 being a beginner's court are you saying if someone new comes in they can use that court to teach for a short amount of time? When Jan use to help people, she did use that court but only for 1/2 hour -45 mins depending on how many were learning. She is a great teacher and has helped many people get started in their pickleball journey, myself being one of them." Sandy Comaroto: "Snapshot of Open Play Guidelines" Nemanja Colovic with Burlingame Soccer Club kindly requests the issue of field allocation and the requirements to be a validated user group be put on a future Commission agenda. BSC lost its validated user group status in 2016 due to a limit that was put on the number of participants to resident ratio. The group is currently renting the fields and therefore receiving the field time after all the validated user field times have been assigned. They would like to be allowed to apply again to be a validated user group. Due to the constraints on the field availability for renters, their organization is suffering from late practice times. Adrienne Leigh requested a bike rack be installed near the tennis courts for bike riders and that an additional garbage can be installed near the Concord Way entrance to Washington Park. 6. OLD BUSINESS a. New Recreation Coordinator — James Fox Recreation Coordinator Fox introduced himself to the Commission. He noted he would be overseeing contract classes, Senior programming, and in particular, he will be overseeing the Community Garden. Commissioner Milne asked if there are any plans for additional community garden spaces. Fox responded affirmative, staff is looking for locations and will be working to expand the opportunities for the community. 7. NEW BUSINESS 2 Parks & Recreation Commission FINAL Minutes March 16, 2023 a. Review and Approval of Tennis and Pickleball Use Guidelines Supervisor Acquisti summarized the staff report. On September 15, 2022, the Parks and Recreation Commission approved striping Pickleball courts on Washington and Ray Tennis Courts, creating shared court rules, and discontinuing the $5 drop -in fee program. Since then, staff has completed these three items, purchased pickleball paddle holders for all 11 courts, and numbered the court nets to identify which is a beginner court when others are waiting. The Pickleball Task Force held community meetings with randomly selected members of the Burlingame Pickleball community to focus on the draft for the Pickleball Use Guidelines. Acquisti reported that the Pickleball Use Guidelines had been posted over the last several months at Washington, Ray, and Laguna Pickleball courts. City staff has had conversations with the pickleball community regarding the guidelines. Staff received input from the public to add verbiage/graphic regarding no bikes, dogs, or food on courts. The proposed guidelines are: 1. Pickleball is fun. Be courteous to fellow players. 2. Pickleball Court #1 is a beginner court when others are waiting. 3. Limit warm-up/rally to 5 minutes maximum when others are waiting to play. 4. Only 2 to 4 players are permitted per court. 5. Gameplay to 11 points when others are waiting to play. 6. Pickleball uses an understand serve with the ball released below the waist. 7. 4 on the court, 4 off the court when others are waiting to play. 8. Pickleball and tennis equipment only on the court. 9. The following are not permitted on the courts — bikes, dogs, & food. The bottom of the sign would have the USA Pickleball website with the link to regulation play rules. If approved, four signs, one at each location, will be installed at Washington Court #1, Washington Sports Courts, Ray Park, and Laguna Park. Commission agreed on the following guidelines: 1. Yes 2. Concept ok; need to have a separate sign indicating which court and limit time on court to 15 minutes of play 3. Yes 4. Yes 5. Yes 6. Remove Rule 7. Yes 3 Parks & Recreation Commission FINAL Minutes March 16, 2023 8. Yes 9. Yes MOTION by Wettan to approve Guidelines as amended. Motion seconded by Holzman. Motion approved 7-0-0. 8. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER REPORTS a. Parks & Recreation Department Reports Director Glomstad reported during the last storms the Parks Department received 109 calls, 45 of which were calls from dispatch. Five trees were down on El Camino, 14 private tree issues, and 24 whole tree failures. Eight large stature trees at Bayside need to be removed due to stress. b. Commissioners Reports Commissioner Chang — No Report Commissioner Yu — Reported she continues to work with Burlingame Soccer Club Commissioner Holzman — Thanked staff for adding wood chips at the dog park at Bayside Commissioner Wettan — Reported that the student recreation center at Burlingame Intermediate School is coming along Commissioner Milne - Reported that the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Foundation will hold a Bocce Tournament on June 11. He requested staff consider reviewing the registration policy and adding a "Resident Only" time so that residents can enroll in some of the highly impacted/popular programs. Commissioner Brunello — Reported he agreed with the idea of having a "Resident Only" registration time. Commissioner Pappajohn thanked the Parks & Recreation staff for all the hard work during the storms. 9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Chair Pappajohn requested that the issue of the resident/non-resident registration times be placed on a future agenda for discussion. 10. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 pm. The next meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission is scheduled to be held on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 7:00 pm in person. 4 Parks & Recreation Commission FINAL Minutes March 16, 2023 Respectfully submitted, Joleen Helley Recording Secretary Parks & Recreation Commission FINAL Minutes March 16, 2023