{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2005-12-08", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF\nRECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION\nALAMEDA\nRECREATION & PARKS\nMEETING OF DECEMBER 8, 2005\n2226 Santa Clara Avenue\nAlameda, CA 94501\n(510) 747-7529\nDATE:\nThursday, December 8, 2005\nTIME:\n7:00 p.m.\nPLACE:\nCity Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Ave., Third Floor, Room 360\nAlameda, CA 94501\n1.\nROLL CALL\nPresent:\nChair Jay Ingram, Vice Chair Jo Kahuanui (late) and Commissioners\nChristine Johnson, Terri Ogden, Georg Oliver, and Bruce Reeves\nAbsent:\nNone\nStaff:\nDale Lillard, Acting Director (AD)\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nApprove Minutes of November 10, 2005 Recreation and Park Commission Meeting.\nM/S/C\nREEVES/OGDEN (approved)\nApproved (5):\nIngram, Johnson, Ogden, Oliver, Reeves\nAbsent (1):\nKahuanui\n3.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, AGENDA\n(Any person may address the Commission in regard to any matter over which the\nCommission has jurisdiction or of which it may take cognizance that is not on the agenda.)\nNone.\n4.\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\n-\nSuggested changes to Long-Term Use Policy from the City Attorney's Office. Policy\nwill be sent to City Manager's office for review and will go to City Council in January.\n-\nInvitation to the Recreation & Park Commission inviting them to Commissioner\nReeves' home on New Year's Eve.\n5.\nNEW BUSINESS\n1\nRecreation & Park Commission Mtg.\nMinutes\nThursday, December 8, 2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2005-12-08.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2005-12-08", "page": 2, "text": "A.\nDiscussion of FY 2005-08 Capital Improvement Projects - (Discussion Item\nOnly)\nAD Lillard stated that Public Works is responsible for compiling the list of all Capital\nImprovement requests for all City departments. The Department's complete the ranking\nforms on environmental concerns, benefit to community, State mandated issues, etc. A\nmaster list is compiled by Public Works which then goes to the Departments Heads and a\nranking will be determined which will then go to Council who will decide which project will\nbe funded or not funded.\nRecreation and Park Projects that have been submitted are:\nRenovation of Alameda Point Gym and Pool\nAlameda Point Sports Complex\nVeteran's Building Kitchen Upgrade and Interior Painting\nPark Master Plan\nMastick Senior Center Exterior Painting\nRepairs at the Skate Park\nAlameda Point Soccer Fields\nPark Lighting Replacement\nRenovation of the Harrison and Leydecker Recreation Centers\nRefinish Hardwood Floors in Veteran's Building\nGodfrey Park Field Renovation\nLincoln Park Field Renovation\nHVAC in Administrative Office\nTillman Park Athletic Field\nCommissioner Reeves asked if Commissioners should go to the Council Meeting to speak\non the issues. AD Lillard stated that it might be prudent to be at the meeting.\nChair Ingram asked if Commissioners should assist in prioritizing the projects. AD Lillard\nstated that Public Works will hold public meetings and then it might be beneficial for the\nCommission to help prioritize projects after those public meetings.\nThis item will be brought back to the Commission in January 2006 for discussion on\nprioritizing items.\n6.\nUNFINISHED BUSINESS\nA.\nReview of Joint Meeting with City Council - (Discussion Item Only)\nCommissioner Reeves stated that he felt the meeting had gone better then prior joint\nmeetings with Council. He felt Council was more interested and willing to listen to the\nCommission. The parity issue (equal access for girls - SB2404) is very high on the\nMayor's list.\n2\nRecreation & Park Commission Mtg.\nMinutes\nThursday, December 8, 2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2005-12-08.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2005-12-08", "page": 3, "text": "AD Lillard stated that the Recreation Department will be watching the non-profit groups to\nmake sure that they are in compliance.\nCommissioner Reeves stated that if Alameda Recreation and Parks develops a policy they\nwill be ahead of the game and can possibly receive some monetary benefit from other cities\nif they look to us as a model.\nCommissioner Kahuanui stated that Alameda Recreation & Parks is on top of this issue in\ncomparison with other cities.\nCommissioner Oliver mentioned that this was the first time that the Mayor and Council had\nstated that the meeting went very well and that the Recreation & Park Commission was\ndoing a good job. The Mayor and Council approve of what the Commission is doing.\n7.\nREPORTS FROM RECREATION COMMISSION AND RECREATION AND PARK\nDIRECTOR\nA.\nPark Division\nSee attached December 1-31, 2005 Activity Report.\nB.\nRecreation Division\nSee attached December 1-31, 2005 Activity Report.\nC.\nMastick Senior Center\nSee attached December 1-31, 2005 Activity Report.\nD.\nOther Reports and Announcments\nStatus Report on Transportation Master Plan Committee (Commissioner\nJohnson)\nNo report at this time.\n8.\nSTATUS REPORT ON ONGOING PROJECTS\n-\nWashington Park Dog Park drainage project is completed. This should eliminate\nthe flooding of the facility.\n-\nAlameda Point Gym - Work is ongoing. Some work has been done on the\nrestroom floors. A few doors have been replaced and some painting was done.\n-\nWoodstock Park - We received the Competitive Grant for the amount of $250,000\nto improve drainage, replace the irrigation, turf, and back stop, and hopefully replace\nlight standards. We have three years to complete the project.\n-\nGodfrey Park Field - Field will be totally redesigned.\n3\nRecreation & Park Commission Mtg.\nMinutes\nThursday, December 8, 2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2005-12-08.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2005-12-08", "page": 4, "text": "Minutes\nThursday, December 8, 2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2005-12-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-12-08", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting, Thursday, December 8, 2005\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: President Bonta called the meeting to order at 7:42 pm.\nPresent were President Bonta and Members Hollinger Jackson, Hanna, Chen, Franz. Vice President\nWasko was absent. Staff: Beaver, Brown, Harris.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the October 27th meeting were approved with changes\nas noted. M/S (Hollinger Jackson/ Bonta), to approve 4/0 with Member Franz abstaining.\nMember Franz recused himself from Items 3-A., and 3-B., and stepped down from the dias.\nCOMMENTS REGARDING NEEDS RELATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK\nGRANT PUBLIC SERVICES FUNDING, AND FORMULATION OF NEEDS STATEMENT TO\nTHE CITY COUNCIL: Secretary Beaver reviewed a handout (CDBG 101) describing the CDBG\nprocess and the SSHRB role and timeline. President Bonta welcomed the audience and invited\nspeakers to address the Board regarding community public service needs.\nSpeakers:\nMeredith Owens, Alameda Power and Telecom, Energy Manager Supervisor: AP&T works together\nwith the American Red Cross to provide low-income residents assistance with utilities through their\nEnergy Assistance Program and the Energy Ease Program. Fifty percent of the people in these\nprograms are seniors or disabled. There is an expected increase in natural gas prices, which is to be\nsubstantial this season. Up to 85% of households heat with gas, and the impact may be 83% to 123%\nincrease in heating costs. They are in the process of developing a resource packet for others that will\nbe loaded with tips and information, with a lot of outreach opportunities. Packets will be available at\nAlameda Housing Authority and ARC will distribute them. She further stated that being proactive\nwith increased gas bills coming, she is here to give this group a heads up on what is ahead.\nGeorge Phillips, Alameda Boys & Girls Club and West Alameda Teen Club, Director: Thanks to\nDSD and the CDBG staff for all the help they provide. He was delighted to see the priorities on the\nslideshow and stated their programs handle much of those priorities. He explained the programs at\nEsperanza and Chipman Middle school, including a Career Exploration program that has placed 4\nyoung people in jobs. They are relocating the Club facility to the back half of the Woodstock School\nsite. The project will cost an estimated $7million. He stated that within a bike ride of Esperanza\nthere are roughly 3,800 kids needing after school services. Forty to sixty kids are currently being\nserved at Esperanza and forty to eighty kids at Chipman.\nJim Franz, American Red Cross, Director: Mr. Franz stated that even though this community has\nbeen generous with donations in the times of need, there are a lot of community services still needing\nsupport. The Spectrum Program for energy assistance is already out of funds. There is a tremendous\nimpact with rising energy costs, for example seniors who are in all electric apartments find that their\nutilities can be as much as their rent. He further explained the impact of national disasters on local\nfundraising. He stated they are still getting checks for Katrina relief, yet the Food Basket program is\ndown about $3,000 right now compared to other years. Toys for Tots usually has about 3-4,000 toys,\ncurrently has only about 400.\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-12-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-12-08", "page": 2, "text": "Minutes, Social Service Human Relations Board\nDecember 8, 2005\nPage 2\nBANANAS, Inc.: Wasn't present to speak, but provided a handout.\nStaff member Liz Harris reported on the status of the Board's Needs Assessment and described some\nof the preliminary data analysis. With 187 variables, completing the assessment will take more time,\nbut preliminary analysis indicates a high need for employment-related services and an array of safety\nnet services. Harris explained that the survey, has a 5% error margin, and should be completed in\nFebruary - March 2006.\nRecommendation - M/S (Hollinger Jackson / Bonta) to prepare a letter for Council stating that non-\nprofit fundraising impacted by national and international disasters, emphasizing removal and\nemployment barriers and continued support of safety net services and increased community outreach.\nM/S (Hollinger Jackson/Hanna) to have Bonta and Wasko review the letter. Unanimous. President\nBonta will represent the Board at the Council meeting on January 17th.\nRECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE\nPUBLIC SERVICE PORTION OF THE FY05/06 ACTION PLAN: Staff member Beaver explained\nadditional funds from program income and unexpended project funds. She further explained that the\nBoard had previously suggested any additional funds be distributed to safety net service providers but\nthat staff was recommending all extra funds go to the Red Cross to help address the impacts of\nincreased energy costs in 2006.\nSpeaker Jim Franz, Director, ACCESS Program at American Red Cross: He stated that Harbor\nIsland Apartment terminations had depleted the direct assistance fund and fundraising was severely\ndecreased so additional funding for energy assistance would be put to good use. M/S (Chen /\nHollinger Jackson) to support the staff recommendation. Unanimous. This will be on Council agenda\nfor January 3, 2006.\nMember Franz resumed his seat at the dias.\nORAL COMMUNICATION: Taken out of order. Ms. Terri Wright asked if she could take a group\nphoto of Carol and the Board.\nADOPTION OF THE 2006 MEETING SCHEDULE: M/S (Hollinger Jackson / Bonta) to accept the\n2006 meeting schedule as submitted. Unanimous.\nWORKGROUP PROGRESS REPORTS:\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup - President Bonta reported that staff is finalizing the survey\nreport and certain Board members are working on specific parts.\nFamily Services Workgroup - President Bonta reported that this group hasn't met, but will meet next\non January 12th, to continue planning and discussing the Festival of Families.\nSister City Workgroup - Member Chen reported that the dinner at the Chinese Ambassador's home in\nSan Francisco was a good time. Mayor Johnson received a golden key from Wuxi, China on behalf\nof the City. This group will meet and discuss a Lunar New Year celebration. A welcome letter to\nAsuchio will be on the December 20, 2005 Council agenda, and he will be there to represent the\nBoard.\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-12-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2005-12-08", "page": 3, "text": "Minutes, Social Service Human Relations Board\nDecember 8, 2005\nPage 3\nAlamedans Together Against Hate - Member Hanna reported a contribution had been received and\nthat this group would send a thank you letter to the First Presbyterian's Mission Committee. This\ngroup will need to meet and start planning for the Mayor's July 4th parade. He would like to attend a\nCAHRO Conference in Sacramento on January 9th. CAHRO membership, which has been an annual\nexpense in years past, is the only expense, Hanna will cover his lodging expenses. M/S (Bonta/\nHollinger Jackson) approving the conference and membership expense for CAHRO. Unanimous.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Board members agreed that Vice President Wasko's\nholiday / retirement party was a great time! Beaver confirmed she would continue to staff the Board\nas a part time employee.\nADJOURNED - President Bonta adjourned the meeting at 9:45 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nCarol Beaver, Secretary\nCB:sb\nG:SSHRB/packets/2005/Dec-Nov05/Minutes Dec805.doc\nP:SSHRB/Agenda packets 2005\nDedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2005-12-08.pdf"}