{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2012-11-08", "page": 1, "text": "ALAMEDA RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION\nMINUTES FOR REGULAR MEETING\nDATE:\nThursday, November 8, 2012\nTIME:\n7:00 p.m. Called to Order\nPLACE:\nCity Hall Council Chambers\n1.\nROLL CALL\nPresent:\nChair Restango, Commissioners Cooke and Delaney\nAbsent:\nVice-Chair Brown and Commissioner Sonneman\nStaff:\nAmy Wooldridge, Recreation & Parks Director\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nApproval of the Minutes of October 11, 2012 Recreation & Park Commission Regular Meeting\ntabled until the next meeting.\n3.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, AGENDA\nNone\n4.\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n5.\nNEW BUSINESS\nA.\nFranklin Park Agreement with AUSD (Discussion)\nDirector Amy Wooldridge provided a briefing on this draft agreement since it is being brought\nback to negotiations. The school district is requesting for Franklin Park to be used by Franklin\nSchool students for the full school day including physical education classes, lunch breaks and\nrecesses.\nChair Restagno - How are other parks used (i.e., Krusi beside Otis School)?\nWooldridge - Otis School requests use as needed. Other models are shared space at\nWoodstock Park with the playgrounds on AUSD land but ARPD maintains them. There are no\nwritten agreements. Franklin school has many portables and not much room for playground\nand is therefore requesting use of park for playground and open grass play space.\nCommissioner Delaney - Will liability be addressed, and what about upkeep and respecting\nthe park space?\nWooldridge - Yes, liability is being addressed. The City is requesting for the School District to\npay for any damages plus regular payments to cover additional costs required for janitorial and\npark maintenance.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2012-11-08.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2012-11-08", "page": 2, "text": "Recreation Commission\nMeeting Minutes - November 8, 2012\nPage 2\nChair Restagno - There are a lot of parents with kids in Franklin along with the neighborhood\naround the park. Could we make sure the neighborhood could still use it and it not be overrun\nwith AUSD kids? Is there potential to carve out areas? There was a street closure in the\nprevious proposal. Consider requiring a crossing guard for the street.\nWooldridge - The street closure is no longer being considered. We will look at all these\nissues. It will mean that any neighbors using the playground during the school day will have to\nwork with the fact that large number of students will be there as well. These are all Alameda\nkids, so we want to find a happy medium, but there is a delicate balance that needs to be\naddressed.\n6.\nOLD BUSINESS\nA.\nBeltline Property\nDirector Wooldridge gave a briefing on the Beltline with the same information as provided at\nthe October meeting since a couple Commissioners were not in attendance at that meeting.\nShe will have this item on all agendas moving forward and asked Commissioners to be actively\ninvolved and attending community meetings.\nGates and Associates have been retained to facilitate the community meetings and the\nCommission will be the lead for the community outreach and input. Potential dates in January\nand February 2013 were discussed. Members Delaney and Cooke agreed to be on\nsubcommittee to plan the community input meeting agendas and outreach. Wooldridge\nreported that research is underway for grant opportunities and include several State of CA\ngrants such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Recreation Trails Program,\nCommunity Development Block Grants, Tire-Derived Products, and a Federal grant program\nfor Rails to Trails development.\nDelaney - Does Union Pacific still own a portion of the property?\nWooldridge - Yes, they still own a portion north of Buena Vista that runs the length of the\nproperty.\nSpeaker, Dorothy Freeman, began with saying Jim Sweeney wanted to attend but had to be at\nthe RAB meeting. She provided the members a packet, which included the original initiative\nfrom 10 years ago. Ms. Freeman further stated that her group has been working on community\noutreach and they now have an email address and Facebook page. She has met with a\nrepresentative of Rails for Trails and would like this Commission to meet him as well. While\nlistening to the discussion she asked the Commission to consider at least 200 people in\nattendance for the community meetings. Ms. Freeman's neighborhood meeting brought\nforward a comment regarding the land being 3-4' above the water table. This could provide a\nnatural water resource that could be incorporated into the plan for water elements.\nChair Restagno - Thank you for the very informative DVDs, it's been very informational.\nMember Delaney - How would you best define \"open space\"?", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2012-11-08.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2012-11-08", "page": 3, "text": "Recreation Commission\nMeeting Minutes - November 8, 2012\nPage 3\nMs. Freeman - A more passive area rather than an active area such as athletic fields. She\nwanted to add that the neighbors are concerned with noise, and they have ideas for planting\nnative California plants.\nB.\nCommission Community Involvement (Discussion)\nDirector Wooldridge - A reminder requesting Commissioners to send her an email describing\ntheir strengths and interests they bring to the Commission and any particular project interests.\nShe reminded them nametags should be here soon. Brief discussion about how this is a\nunique community where everyone is only a 10 minute walk to a park and that ARPD still\noperates a free Parks & Playgrounds program in which kids can access free activities in the\nparks - this type of program is now very uncommon in other cities due to finances, but is a\nwonderful community amenity.\n7.\nREPORTS FROM RECREATION COMMISSION AND RECREATION & PARK DIRECTOR\nA.\nRecreation Commission Reports\nVice Chair Cooke - Attended the Best Cities event at the Alameda Boys & Girls Club and had\na great time. It was fun to see the youth dancers and hear the band play. There were\napproximately 150 people in attendance.\nMember Delaney - Attended the ARPD office Open House, it was good to see the Mayor there\nand vote in the pumpkin contest.\nChair Restagno - Provided an update on Friends of the Parks. They are working on a mission\nstatement, fundraiser ideas and a website overhaul. Thanks to Amy for adding the information\nin the activity guide.\nB.\nRecreation and Parks Director Report\nLincoln Park fitness equipment (funded by the Friends of the Park) has arrived and the\nconcrete is being poured. Once it is cured, the equipment will be installed.\nKrusi Park is out to bid, and it is anticipated to go to Council sometime in January with work\nto begin in February.\nWinter/Spring activity guide will be mailed in early December and include activities through\nApril 2013. The summer activity guide will be available March/April 2013.\nMeyers House transfer to the Alameda Museum was presented at the Historical Advisory\nBoard with good support and suggestions. It is anticipated to go before City Council in\nFebruary. The Alameda Museum agreement for the City to continue paying the Museum a\nrent subsidy will be presented concurrently.\nNovember 20th the Alameda Soccer Club lease agreement for use and maintenance of four\nAlameda Point fields will be presented to City Council.\nThe user fee schedule will be brought to the Commission in January 2013. There will be\nadjustments and a new layout, but no big fee increases.\nFinalized collaboration with Ala Costa who will run after school and summer programs for\nAlameda developmentally disabled children.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2012-11-08.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2012-11-08", "page": 4, "text": "Recreation Commission\nMeeting Minutes - November 8, 2012\nPage 4\nEBRPD received grant monies for fishing programs and are interested in partnering with\nARPD to provide fishing programs for the youth and community. ARPD staff provided\nnumerous suggestions - it's a great opportunity to add more programming that is island-\nspecific.\nWoodstock community meeting provided good feedback.\nMayors Tree Lighting is December 1st.\nGolf Course/Greenway will be renovating the driving range soon.\nARPD is on Facebook and now Twitter and Pintrest. Everyone encouraged \"like us\". Our\nFacebook page provides resources including the Craft Corner and kids' cooking projects.\nCity of Alameda is updating their website.\nC. Other Reports and Announcements - None\n8.\nSTATUS REPORT ON ONGOING PROJECTS - None\n9.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, GENERAL - None\n10.\nITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA\n11.\nSET NEXT MEETING DATE: Thursday, January 10, 2013.\nThursday, December 13, 2012 to be canceled,\n12.\nADJOURNMENT\nM/S/C Delaney, Cooke and unanimous to adjourn at 8:05 p.m.\nAW:sb", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2012-11-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2012-11-08", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting, Thursday, November 8, 2012\n1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL President Wasko called the meeting to order\nat 7:03 p.m. Present were: Vice-President Villareal, members Biggs, Radding, Watkinson, and\nWilliams\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nThe Minutes of the Special Meeting, September 12, 2012 were approved as presented.\nM/S Biggs / Villareal Unanimous\n3.\nAGENDA ITEMS\n3-A.\nCOMMENTS REGARDING NEEDS RELATED TO COMMUNITY\nDEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PUBLIC SERVICES FUNDING TO FORMULATE FY\n2013/14 PUBLIC SERVICES NEEDS STATEMENT CLAUDIA YOUNG - COMMUNITY\nDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MANAGER, CITY OF ALAMEDA\nCity Staff, Claudia Young began with a PowerPoint presentation describing the CDBG process\nwhich included: how Alameda's grant amount is determined, the purpose of CDBG funds, and an\nexplanation that funding for Public Services cannot exceed 15% of the current allocation, plus the\nprior year's program income. She added that we do not know the amount of prior program income\nuntil the City's annual audit is completed, which was in November this year.\nOne slide listed Alameda's Five-Year Consolidated Plan Priority Needs for 2010-2015, and another\nshowed how our HUD funding has decreased by 27% in the last two years, adding that we may\nreceive an additional 8% cut this year, depending on actions taken by Congress in the next few\nmonths. Ms. Young listed the priorities included in the Boards FY2012-2013 Community Needs\nStatement to the Mayor and City Council (Attachment A), and explained that next steps are City\nCouncil adopting a Needs Statement in January 2013, and the RFP being released in January /\nFebruary 2013.\nPublic Comment\nKaren Kenney- ED Girls Inc. of the Island City thanked the Board for supporting the funding of\ntheir 12/13 CDBG application, stated their growth plan includes serving more girls from the West\nEnd, that 43% of the girls they serve are from families living below the poverty level with the\nexpectation of increasing that number to 65+%. Last year, they successfully piloted programs at the\nAcademy and B&GC, are starting another at APC in January, and are in discussion with the\nAcademy, EHS, NEA, ACLC and B&GC for programs next year.\nHank Leeper-ED and Anna Crane -Board Chair of the Alameda Food Bank shared that the AFB\nis serving 5,000+ low-income Alamedans and, while the rate of increase has slowed, they continue\nto be at a record-high level of clients served. They provide these services with two full-time paid\nstaff, one part-time holiday staff (funded by CDBG) and more than 200 community volunteers.\nThey are open six days a week, and the food packages they provide help Alamedans balance their\nbudget and be able to pay rent, utilities, and other basic needs expenses. They receive support from\nlocal donors, food collections such as ones by Postal Workers and scouting for Food, daily pick ups\nat local markets, and FEMA / CDBG grants.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2012-11-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2012-11-08", "page": 2, "text": "Jeff Miller -ED, Alameda Boys and Girls Club shared that this was his 4th day on the job, but he\nhas had experience running a number of other B&G Club sites, most recently in Arizona. Their new\n25,000 square foot facility serves 1,200 unduplicated youth each week, providing arts and crafts,\nhelp with homework, a computer lab, and athletics. All of these, helping to create a well-rounded\nyouth experience. He explained that this year's CDBG funds are being used to provide member\nscholarships to youth from low-income Alameda families.\nCarlos Zialita, ED and Zoe Holder Program Director of the Alameda Multi-Cultural Community\nCenter explained that the organization started in 1998 and now provides services at their Woodstock\nEducation Center, which also has a computer lab, added in 2010. They provide access for all, with\ntheir services available to all ages and ethnicities. Thirty-percent of those using their lab have a\nprimary language other than English, and they will be requesting funds to replace their outdated\ncomputers.\nAngie-Hajeem, Fair Housing Counselor with ECHO Housing explained that she investigates\nclaims of housing discrimination in Alameda, with families with children being one of the groups\nmost discriminated against.\nOther ECHO staff provide landlord - tenant mediation services in the City of Alameda in addition\nto being available to answer other tenant-rights related questions, often dealing with the eviction\nprocess. She stated that their are no Rental assistance Funds available in Alameda.\nLiz Varela, ED of BFWC explained that, in addition to operating Midway Shelter for the past 25\nyears, BFWC operates Bessie Coleman Court at APC, offers a number of Domestic Violence\nServices, and currently has a CDBG to provide Rental Assistance (RA) in Alameda. BFWC\nprovided case-management, RA, and other HPRP funded services for the mid-county hub located in\nSan Leandro, during the recent round of HPRP / Stimulus funding.\nMidway Shelter provides 25 shelter beds for homeless women and children, the majority of which\nare victims of domestic violence for up to six months. BFWC has the highest \"placement into\npermanent housing\" rate of any shelter program in Alameda County. They have recently been\nawarded State funding which will allow them to use all of the CDBG $20,000 RA funds for direct\nservices, supplement it with an additional $10,000 for direct services, and cover the other necessary\nadmin. Costs. BFWC is also in the process of reviving Alameda's DV Task Force.\nRichard Winefield, ED - Bananas, shared that his organization helps families identify quality pre-\nschool or child-care providers, and also offers child-care vouchers to low-income families through a\nnumber of funding sources. Many of their customers are single moms or dads and some of them are\nat-risk of losing their housing, if they are not able to go to, or look for jobs, because they\ncan't\nafford childcare.\nThroughout the presentations, many presenters stated how the need has increased for the services of\ntheir agency and other programs. President Wasko and other Board Members also thanked the\npresenters for the amazing services they provide to our community.\nPresident Wasko explained that the Board would now discuss what they had heard in the\npresentations, take into consideration what we have learned from the 2012 Community Needs\nSurvey data, and review the 2012 Needs Letter, as they decide what will be included in this year's\nletter.\nIt was noted that Survey showed that Alamedans think that youth are one of the highest priorities,\nbut without safety-net support services for low-income families with children, families might not be\nable to stay housed.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2012-11-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2012-11-08", "page": 3, "text": "Member Biggs summed it up with the statement that \"Our task is to feed a community with a loaf of\nbread. This is the largest group of presenters we have had\"\nIt was agreed that the Board could not simply continue to make cuts to each organization, and that\nthere needed to be a re-ordering of priorities.\nDiscussion of collaboration included acknowledging that some are already happening, but, while\nnot mandating it, some additional weight might be given to collaboration in scoring the\napplications. Taking advantage of fundraising opportunities we have as one of the 100 Best\nCommunities for Young People recognition was also noted as a resource sharing opportunity.\nThe discussion ended with a motion for the 2013 Needs Letter to contain the following items\"\nGiven the CDBG funds available, we can't nearly address all of the priority needs we have\nnamed in the past..\nWe will only put forward one priority: an edited version of the first 2012 priority which will\nonly name safety-net services that provide food, shelter and other programs that help keep\nfamilies and individuals from becoming homeless.\nWe recommend that funds be directed to Alameda neighborhoods \"most in need\"\nAs the Board makes this difficult choice, we will ask the Council \"What kind of community\ndo we want to be as we face cuts that destroy our social services safety net?\"\nWhile we value their importance in our community, we believe that at this time, providing\nthe essential safety net services listed above, is the best way to serve our seniors, families\nwith special needs, and youth.\nThe letter will highlight the importance of increased, meaningful collaboration, and for\norganizations to look at partnerships \"in a new way\"\nThe first page will be updated\nM/S Watkinson / Williams Unanimous\n3-B\nPRESENTATION REGARDING THE CITY OF ALAMEDA PARTICIPATING IN\nA COUNTY-WIDE \"DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PILOT PROJECT\" MARIA RAFF,\nADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT ANALYST, CITY OF ALAMEDA FIRE\nDEPARTMENT\nScheduled Presenter Maria Raff was unable to attend the meeting and Member Biggs, also a\nparticipant in this project, made a brief presentation.\nThe Risk-Based Pilot Project (Disaster Preparedness for Frail & Disabled Alamedans)\nAlameda County Public Health is considering the City of Alameda for a pilot project regarding\ndeveloping a plan to serve vulnerable populations, especially those who would not be able to access\na shelter, in the event of a disaster. The AFD is convening meetings, bringing together City\ndepartments, CBO's and the County for continued discussion. More meetings are scheduled.\n3-C. WORKGROUP PROGRESS REPORTS - Information - 30 minutes\nEach item below is an INFORMATION item:\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup\nPresident Wasko announced she will make a Needs Survey presentation to ACCYF and ASC at a\njoint meeting on November 14th", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2012-11-08.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2012-11-08", "page": 4, "text": "Alamedans Together Against Hate Workgroup\nVice President Villareal announced plans for the 3rd Annual Harvey Milk Day Celebration in May.\nHe is meeting with AUSD to have the district institutionalize the event.\n4.\nBOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n6. ADJOURNMENT\nMotion to adjourn M/S Villareal / Watkinson Unanimous\nMeeting adjourned at 8:48\nRespectfully Submitted: Jim Franz - Secretary\nNovember 2012.doc", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2012-11-08.pdf"}