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Parks & Recreation Commission
APPROVED Minutes August 15, 2024
PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
APPROVED Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting on Thursday, August 15, 2024
1. CALL TO ORDER
The duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame Parks & Recreation Commission was called
to order by Chair Milne at 7:00 pm.
2. ROLL CALL
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Milne, Holzman, Yu, Brunello, Chang, Curtis & Wettan
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Parks & Recreation Director Glomstad, Recreation Manager
Acquisti, Recreation Supervisor Vega & Parks and
Recreation Intern Nolan
OTHERS PRESENT: None
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Chang noted his last name is spelled wrong in roll call on the May & June minutes,
and Commissioner Wettan requested the following change to the May minutes: Page 3; paragraph
starts "Wettan stated"- clarification of the word "they" to refer to the person who wrote the email,
not referencing city staff.
Commissioner Brunello made a motion to approve the May and July minutes, including the two
corrections. The motion was seconded by Commission Holzman, and the motion was approved.
6-0.
4. CORRESPONDENCE
None
5. PRESENTATIONS – Summer Intern
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Supervisor Vega introduced Amanda Nolan, who interned for the Department in the summer.
Nolan introduced herself to the Commission and presented what she worked on over the summer.
She focused on marketing within the community as she is a student at UCSB where she is studying
communications and media. She notes that she hopes to go into marketing or journalism. She
appreciated this opportunity as a marketing intern. Her tasks included creating graphics for events
that would be shared on different social media platforms and flyers posted around the Community
Center. She also assisted with social media and organizing the social media platforms. One of the
biggest projects she worked on was updating the tree brochures with information on trees that
every resident should know, from city trees to private trees, how to get a tree permit properly, and
other general tree tips. Also, the park bulletin boards at each park throughout the city were updated
and revamped with current relevant information. She noted that updated information was to
expand the audience and reach more people who may not be on social media or come into the
Community Center. She also noted her goal was to post more consistently on social media to help
with engagement and to diversify the media coverage.
Commission asked if she delved into the metrics and AI with social media. She confirmed that
she did on both. Commission thanked her for her fabulous work and wished her luck in her future
endeavors.
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None
7. OLD BUSINESS
None
8. NEW BUSINESS
a. Swearing in of New Commissioner
Recreation Manager Acquisti welcomed new commissioner Teresa Curtis and performed the
official swearing-in.
Commissioners welcomed Curtis to the Commission.
9. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER REPORTS
a. Parks & Recreation Department Reports
Recreation Manager Acquisti reported that this weekend is the Burlingame on the Avenue event,
and the Department is still seeking commissioner volunteers for both days.
The first Movie in the Park series is next Friday night. The movie is Elemental.
Two new staff will be starting on August 26, one in the Parks Division and one in the Recreation
Division. Both will be attending a future commission meeting to introduce themselves.
The Laguna playground project is out to bid.
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b. Commissioners Reports
Commissioner Curtis - Curtis introduced herself and stated she is excited to be a part of the
Commission. She is from Ohio, has been in this area for twenty-five years, is involved in the
school system, and has a fifth grader at Washington School.
Commissioner Wettan – Attended a subcommittee meeting on field use and discussed the users'
divergent needs and complaints and how to balance those needs.
Commissioner Holzman – No Report
Commissioner Brunello – No Report
Commissioner Chang – No Report
Commissioner Milne – Attended a Dog Park Advisory Committee meeting and reported that a
subgroup of the community from Washington off-leash area users put together a volunteer
proposal that would help out with monitoring any off-leash times and poo pickups, etc.
10. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Field Use Policy Update
Off-leash Proposals
11. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:25 pm.
The next meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission is scheduled to be held in person on
Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 7:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Joleen Helley
Recording Secretary