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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPark & Rec Commission 2018-03-15 Minutes1 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION APPROVED MINUTES _____________________________________________________________________________________________ San Rafael Community Center – 618 B Street, San Rafael, CA March 15, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER Chair Eric Holm called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. Roll Call Commissioners Present: Cicily Emerson, Jeff Jones, Stacey Laumann, Mark Machado, Vice Chair Tom Obletz and Chair Eric Holm Commissioners Absent: Mark Bustillos and Ralph Mihan Staff Present: Susan Andrade-Wax, Community Services Director; Aaron Tubbs, Parks Maintenance Supervisor; and Becky Ordin, Senior Administrative Assistant PUBLIC COMMENT Phil Martino was not present, but wanted to thank San Rafael for their support for the 2018 M.A.D Festival that was on March 10th. Eric Holm also expressed his gratitude of support to Jason Fong, Debbie Younkin, and Susan Andrade-Wax. ACTION ITEMS A. Selection of Commission Chair and Vice Chair A motion was made and seconded to nominate and elect Eric Holm to continue to serve as the Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission for March – December 2018. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Commissioners Emerson, Jones, Laumann, Machado, Obletz and Holm NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioners Bustillos and Mihan ABSTAIN: None 2 A motion was made and seconded to nominate and elect Tom Obletz to continue to serve as the Vice Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission for March – December 2018. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Commissioners Emerson, Jones, Laumann, Machado, Obletz and Holm NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioners Bustillos and Mihan ABSTAIN: None B. Review of the Commission Meeting Schedule for 2018 Staff reviewed with Commissioners the meeting schedule for 2018 and asked them to consider and make changes as required. Commissioners reviewed the meeting schedule and agreed that no changes were required at this time. There was some discussion of possibly changing the meeting day. C. Approval of Meeting Minutes January 18, 2018 A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the January 18, 2018 meeting. The motion was approved unanimously. COMMISSION ITEMS A. Parks Report and Park-A-Month Program Parks Maintenance Supervisor Aaron Tubbs presented information on the Park-a-Month program. April 21st will be the first park clean up and beautification day which will be held at Gerstle Park. Outreach has been co-coordinated through the City’s Volunteer Coordinator with the assistance of the GPNA and Nextdoor. The program will be supervised by both Parks Maintenance Supervisors Aaron Tubbs and Brendan Mitchell and features eight (8) City parks between April and November. Tools and supplies will be provided to the volunteers when they get there. To ensure safety, the Parks staff will walk the park sites prior to the clean-up days to dispose of any needles or other paraphernalia. Commissioner Obletz asked if they would be taking suggestions from the GPNA on projects and things they want and/or need done. Aaron replied that yes. Commissioner Laumann asked that they please keep track of the volunteer numbers. Debbie replied that staff have to keep track anytime the City uses volunteers. 3 B. Directors Report • Interim Director Debbie Younkin stated that the new Community Services Director, Susan Andrade-Wax started on February 20th. She is enthusiastic and supportive. • Both Ms. Andrade-Wax and Senior Recreation Supervisor Steve Mason are both attending CPRS conference. • The ABCC front desk Office Assistant, Jeannette Sotomayor retired after 20+ years working for the City. • The Summer brochure is coming out next week. • The Coleman Childcare Director, Theresa Fullmer will also be retiring next month after 25 years with the City. Stacey asked what the outlook for recruiting was, and if it was still a crisis. Debbie replied that the Salaries, job classification, and Union negotiations are coming up this Fall. We are looking to move away from the Childcare module. Dixie school district is using an outside vendor to contract to the Dixie childcare sites. The Union may not be ok with this model. Stacey asked if we could go to the school district directly, and Debbie let her know that Council Members Bushy and Gamblin are involved with the school board meetings already. • This summer there are four (4) movies in the park nights planned, and a summer festival in June at the Terra Linda Park. C. Commission Members Report • March 24th is March for our Lives • Opening day for Little League is March 24th. The streets will be blocked off and Albert Park will be barricaded and caution tape surrounding the area for safety. • Saturday, May 12th is the May Madness event. There will be a car show, parade of cars, and an after party hosted by the Elks with “Pride and Joy”. • The Marin Italian Street Painting Fair will be held on June 23rd and June 24th in Downtown. • Commissioners Holm and Jones went to the 2040 General Plan meeting. Stephanie Plant is the Chair. There was not a general statement. They adopted the 2020 plan to make tweaks to the 2040 plan. • Commissioner Obletz discussed the tree survey. There is a very specific survey done on the downtown area, and neighborhood to neighborhood. San Rafael has 4 been a Tree City for 36 years. Near the Riley Street Arts store he doesn’t see a lot of replanting of trees. He would like to see us step up the effort. He would like to see this as a topic for next month’s meeting. • Commissioner Jones brought up Measure A funds. We voted on this a couple of years ago. Debbie said she brought this to the Director’s attention to bring to the meeting next month. • Commissioner Emerson brought up the Parks prescriptions program. This brought up the detection of Lyme disease in Gerstle Park. She said this is the only park that has tested positive. Commissioner Obletz stated that the neighborhood association is concerned. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned 8:47 p.m.