{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2018-04-12", "page": 1, "text": "ALAMEDA RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION\nMINUTES FOR REGULAR MEETING\nDATE:\nThursday, April 12, 2018\nTIME:\n7:00 p.m. Called to Order\nPLACE:\nCity Hall Council Chambers\nA video recording of the meeting may be viewed at https:llalameda.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx\nThe following are action minutes in keeping with the Sunshine Ordinance 2-91.17.\nROLL CALL\nPresent: Chair Limoges, Vice Chair Tilos, Commissioners Delaney, Chen and Carter.\nStaff: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Park Director\nAssistant City Attorney: Michael Roush\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nMinutes of March 8, 2018 Regular Meeting were approved as presented. Vice Chair Tilos requested to\nhave on the record his reservation about approving the Cityview Skate Park mural because he feels it\nis controversial to honor someone with a memorial in the park due to the underage drinking and mixture\nof drugs that were involved.\nM/S Commissioner Delaney/ Vice Chair Tilos\n4 in favor. One abstention: Commissioner Carter was not present at the March 8, 2018 meeting.\nWRITTEN COMUNICATIONS\nThe Commission received two written communications, included as Exhibit 1. One is a letter\nfrom Bohol Circle requesting that the new park development at Alameda Landing be named after\ntheir organization. The second is a letter from Rasheed Shabazz requesting the Commission\nconsider renaming Jackson Park to Justice Park.\nCommissioners agreed to have an agenda item to review the City's Naming Policy and\naddress a procedure for renaming a park.\nCommissioner Carter inquired if the written communications from October about the Gym\nAllocation Policy were included. Since staff was not included on those emails, Director\nWooldridge asked any to be forwarded to her and agreed to include in the minutes for the April\n2018 meeting under Item 7-A. See Exhibit 2.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nSpeaker Jennifer Roloff from the Commission of Disability introduced herself as the liaison\nbetween the Recreation and Park Commission and Commission on Disability and said two\nissues that affect both Commissions are mental disabilities and homelessness.\nREPORTS FROM THE RECREATION AND PARK DIRECTOR\nDirector Amy Wooldridge gave the report. See Exhibit 3.\nUNFINISHED BUSINESS\n6-A Discuss Conflict of Interest in Regards to Recreation and Park Commission\nAfter brief discussion, Assistant City Attorney Michael Roush clarified each situation may be unique\n1", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf"} {"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2018-04-12", "page": 2, "text": "and there has to be an examination with respect to the agenda item and a Commissioners' role on\nother boards to determine any conflict of Interest. Not all items require recusal, however; item 7A does\nrequire recusal. Attorney Roush also clarified the City Attorney's office ultimately gives the\nrecommendation for the recusal and will be providing training this summer for all the Boards and\nCommissions.\nNEW BUSINESS\n7-A\nReview and Approve the Athletic Facility Allocation Policy\nCommissioner Chen recused herself along with Commissioner Carter who recused herself with protest.\nDirector Amy Wooldridge gave the report which included input and drafting the policy, fair play, priority\ncriteria, scheduling and consequences. ARPD Recreation Supervisor Dennis Mc Daniels assisted with\nclarifying the information and answering questions.\nSpeaker Mayor Trish Spencer clarified that Charter Schools are Public Schools.\nSpeaker Kevin Connolly, Coach of the Buena Vista Church Basketball applauded the ARPD\nstaff for doing a terrific job balancing the teams and reaching out to the various groups to find\nout their needs.\nSpeaker Chris Pondok, Athletic Director of Saint Joseph Notre Dame, commented that all\nAlameda schools have roots in Alameda so the schools remain constant with their programs,\nthe other private recreational teams come and go and their needs change accordingly.\nVice Chair Tilos made a Motion to Approve the Athletic Facility Allocation Policy as presented.\nM/S Vice Chair Tilos/Commissioner Delaney\nAll present in favor with 3 - 0 vote. Recused 2: Commissioners Chen and Carter\nREPORTS\n8-A RECREATION COMMISSION REPORTS\nChair Limoges: Noticed more banners of different sizes along Central Avenue and Otis which is\nnot in keeping with the Banner Policy.\nCommissioner Chen: Visited Godfrey Park and liked the new shade structure that was made\npossible through the funding of Friends of the Park.\nMayor Trish Spencer shared she enjoyed the Egg Scramble went well with over 1,000 children\nparticipating.\n8-B\nFRIENDS OF THE PARK (FOTP) REPORT\nCommissioner Delaney gave the report:\nFOTP donated to the Egg Scramble and Starlight Movies in the Park\nA new board member was added to FOTP, making a total of 9 members.\nFOTP is looking at being a sponsor for Challenger Program\nPlay for the Parks is Monday, May 21 at the Corica Park.\nBike for the Parks will be Saturday, September 29 at Washington Park.\nITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA:\n2", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf"} {"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2018-04-12", "page": 3, "text": "New Business: Alameda Landing Waterfront Park design review, Mastick Senior Center Annual\nReport, Naming Policy, Updates on Alameda Point gym restroom project, Active net system,\nand fundraising for Washington Park basketball court benches.\nVice Chair Tilos said people put their stuff on the benches and we might want to consider having\nlockers.\nSET NEXT MEETING DATE: Thursday, May 10, 2018\nADJOURNMENT: Chair Limoges made a motion to adjourn the meeting.\nM/S Chair Limoges / Commissioner Delaney\nAll present in favor with a 5 - 0 vote.\nChair Limoges adjourned the meeting at 9:39 p.m.\n3", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf"} {"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2018-04-12", "page": 4, "text": "Exhibit 1\nFrom: Rasheed Shabazz [mailto:hopein510@gmail.com]\nSent: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 1:02 PM\nTo: Amy Wooldridge \nSubject: Rename Jackson Park: Justice Park\nPeace Commissioners,\nI write you to ask for your support in removing racist memorials from Alameda public space by renaming Jackson\nPark.\nOver the past three years, a renewed effort to eliminate and remove monuments to white supremacists in public\nspace has taken place throughout these United States and the world. In addition to memorials to the\nConfederacy, other symbols of colonialism, slavery, and genocide have been removed or come under increased\nscrutiny.\nThis past January, parents at Haight Elementary School petitioned to rename their school after learning the\nschool's namesake, Henry H. Haight held bigoted, racist, and xenophobic views. Haight was considered a \"strict\nJacksonian Democrat\" in the 1860s. The first School Renaming Committee meeting takes place on April 9.\nJackson Park should be renamed due to his treatment of African and Indigenous or Native American peoples.\nThe particular actions of Jackson that have led to his monuments and name being removed include:\nJackson held hundreds of African people in captivity at the Hermitage.\nIn addition to being a slaveholder/owner, he earned the nickname \"Indian Killer\" for his participation in the\nmurder of indigenous people.\nAs President, he advocated for the forced resettlement of indigenous people in the Southeast, commonly\ncalled the \"Trail of Tears.\"\nAs mentioned, there is recent precedent for renaming spaces named after Jackson.\nA Salt Lake City School Board recently renamed Jackson School. Democrats in Virginia\nrecently renamed their annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.\nBefore Trump came into power, abolitionist Harriet Tubman was set to replace Jackson on the $20.\nAlameda should not memorialized President Andrew Jackson with a park. On the eve of the 50th anniversary of\nthe assassination of Rev Martin Luther King Jr, during this \"Season of Nonviolence\", it is unconscionable that\nAlameda would have a park named after a man who earned the nickname, \"Indian Killer.\"\nAs Commissioners responsible for the naming of our public parks, I urge you: Rename Jackson Park to Justice\nPark.\nAdditionally, please consider a developing a process for a project that memorializes the communities Jackson\noppressed. This would be an effort towards Justice and creating public spaces for all.\nThank you in advance for your consideration and hope to be engaged in this conversation and action with you all\nsoon.\nSincerely,\nRasheed Shabazz", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf"} {"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2018-04-12", "page": 5, "text": "Bohol Circle Letterhead.docx - Google Docs\nPage 1 of 1\nCIRCLE the\nFounded 1936\n*\n1815 Union St. Alameda, CA 94501 Tel: (510) 522-6467\nOfficers:\nMyrna Sale Cajilog\nTo: The Alameda Recreation and Park Commission and\nApril 11, 2018\nPresident\nAlameda City Council\nDerrick Cagaanan\nWe are writing on behalf of Bohol Circle, one of the oldest surviving civic organizations in\nVice President\nAlameda bringing together the Filipino community for over 80 years. It is also the longest\nsurviving Filipino-American civic organization in America. We have been especially\nHerminia Gonzaga\ngrateful for the Planning Department's recent attention to visible representation of all\nTreasurer\nparts of the Alameda community, especially historically underrepresented people and\nAlicia Larsen\ngroups. It is exciting to see Alameda opening up to its past and at long last recognizing key\nAssistant Treasurer\npieces of the island's heritage.\nCrystal Faith Cajilog\nSecretary\nWith this in mind, we understand that a new waterfront park is being planned at the foot\nof Fifth Street in the Alameda Landing project. As we understand the process, the park's\nRemy Nieto\nplans will be coming forward to the Planning Board and Recreation and Park Commission\nAssistant Secretary\nin May of 2018. We would like to request that the Recreation and Park Commission, and\nPhil Gucor\nthe City Council be asked to take action in the honoring of Alameda's long-time Filipino\nAuditor\ncommunity by choosing Bohol Circle as the name for this new park. Bohol Circle is already\non the City's list of approved names and represents a decades-long presence in the city of\nNorma Loquelliano\nAlameda. We feel the naming of an important new recreational area after Bohol Circle will\nAssistant Auditor\nhonor the legacy not just of the Filipino-American community in Alameda and the Bay\nSarah Gucor\nArea, but also appropriately recognize the many Alamedan Filipino-American leaders who\nPublic Relations Officer\nhave brought together people from our city and the region to ensure that our community\nmembers were supported and our voices heard.\nArcadio Japos\nSgt At Arms\nIn writing to you, we hope that you will bring forth a recommendation for naming this\nExpedito Nieto\nspace after Bohol Circle, helping to give visibility a longtime community in Alameda that\nSgt At Arms\nwent unseen for many, many years. If there is anything that we can provide to help\nMike Arboles\nsupport this request, please feel free to let us know.\nSgt At Arms\nThank you for your continued support.\nRobert Balandra\nChairman of the Board\nRespectfully,\nPhil Abello\nAssistant Chairman of\nthe Board\nGloria Cahiles\nGary Cagaanan\nSecretary of the Board\nBoard Member, B\u00f3hol Circle Inc.\nGJCAGAANANOGMAIL.COM\nGary Cagaanan\n510-368-6367\nFlor Verano\nDory Magrigal\nAlex Balandra\nPhil Abello Jr.\nGloria Cahiles\nAnnie Gamay-Balanza\nRudy Gonzaga\nBoard Members\nmhtml:file://C:\\Users\\RobinOlivialDocuments\\Bohol Circle\\Bohol Circle Letterhead docx. 4/11/2018", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf"} {"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2018-04-12", "page": 6, "text": "Exhibit 2\nWritten communication received in October 2017 and included as requested by Commissioners\nFrom: Vanessa Yingling \nSubject: Alameda Point Basketball Court Time Allocation\nDate: September 30, 2017 at 1:47:46 PM PDT\nTo: Ron , Bill Delaney , Ruben\n, ,1 tspencer@alamedaca.gov,\nmvella@alamedaca.gov, mezzyashcraft@alamedaca.gov, fmatarrese@alamedaca.gov,\njoddie@alamedaca.gov, lwarmerdam@alamedaca.gov\nCc: Vanessa Yingling \nDear ARPD Commissioners, City Council Members, and other interested parties,\nI am very concerned about the process and actual allocation of basketball court time at the\nAlameda Point Gym. My son participates in both AYB basketball and Vipers basketball and I\nvolunteer as a Board Member for AYB. I recently learned that AYB's court time at the Point\nGym has been reduced for the coming period of November 2017 to May 2018, and is virtually\nnon-existent for Vipers, because of the out-dated process of prioritizing private religious\nschools before our local 501.3.c non-profit youth sports programs. Due to such a flawed\npolicy, the continued health of these Alameda programs has been threatened, and our\nAlameda families will have to pay fee increases as our \"non-profit\" teams will have to seek\ncourt time at much more expensive private facilities the surrounding areas, IF such options are\nfound.\nIn addition, my son is unable to practice in the local public Point Gym that my tax dollars\nfund. I moved to Alameda due to the access to many physical activity opportunities for my\nfamily and the ease of transportation for young kids (bikes and walking). I support all physical\nactivity opportunities for kids on the Island but the distribution of court time must be more\nequitable. As a concerned tax paying Alameda citizen I am writing to support the revision of\nthe the Point Gym Public Facility rental policy so that it is more equitable to all Alameda\nfamilies.\nVanessa Yingling, Concerned Alameda Resident\nVanessa R. Yingling, Ph.D. FACSM\nAssociate Professor\nCo-Chair ACSM BONE-Interest Group\nCalifornia State University, East Bay\nDepartment of Kinesiology\n25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf"} {"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2018-04-12", "page": 7, "text": "Hayward, CA 94542\nOffice: 510-885-3064\nFax: 510-885-2423\nvanessa.yingling@csueastbay.edu\nBegin forwarded message:\nFrom: Rob Gabriel \nSubject: Alameda Point Gym Access\nDate: October 10, 2017 at 9:51:37 AM PDT\nTo: Ron , Bill Delaney , Ruben\n, ,! tspencer@alamedaca.gov\nmvella@alamedaca.gov, mezzyashcraft@alamedaca.gov, fmatarrese@alamedaca.gov,\njoddie@alamedaca.gov, lwarmerdam@alamedaca.gov\nDear ARPD Commissioners, City Council Members, and other interested parties,\nWe are writing to call for an immediate change to ARPD's allocation policy of the Alameda Point\ngym. We are participants of AYB basketball and/or Vipers basketball and volleyball teams and just\nlearned that AYB's court time at the Point Gym has been reduced for the coming period of November\n2017 to May 2018, and is virtually non-existent for Vipers, because of the out-dated process of\nprioritizing private religious schools before our local 501.3.c non-profit youth sports programs. Due to\nsuch a flawed policy, the continued health of these Alameda programs has been threatened, and our\nAlameda families will have to pay fee increases as our \"non-profit\" teams will have to seek court time at\nmuch more expensive private facilities the surrounding areas, IF such options are found. In addition, we\nare unable to practice in the local public Point Gym that our tax dollars fund. As concerned tax paying\nAlameda citizens we are writing to support the revision of the the Point Gym Public Facility rental\npolicy so that it is more equitable to all Alameda families.\nWe eagerly await your response to this pressing fair access issue as we would like an IMMEDIATE\nremedy of the situation so that our teams can have access to the Point Gym this season.\nRobert Gabriel, PT, PhD, MBA", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf"} {"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2018-04-12", "page": 8, "text": "From: Alyssa Shum \nTo: Ron ; Bill Delaney ; Ruben\n; CoachCarter ; \"Mindi Chen\n(mchenpersonal@gmail.com) ;tspencer@alamedaca.gov;\nmvella@alamedaca.gov; mezzyashcraft@alamedaca.gov fmatarrese@alamedaca.gov;\njoddie@alamedaca.gov; Iwarmerdam@alamedaca.gov\nSent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 10:34 PM\nSubject: Vipers - Alameda Point Gym - Please help me understand - Why?\nDear ARPD Comissioners, City Council Members,\nI am 14 years old and I am a player for the Alameda Vipers. I have recently heard that we may not be\nable to play at out local gym, Alameda Point. I am disappointed that my fellow teammates and I do not\nhave the opportunity to use this gym space. Both my parents work, so we have limited choices when it\ncome to picking teams to play a sport that I enjoy. The Viper's program is amazing; They have great\ncoaches, friendly players, and a very open environment, almost like a family. I have build many long\nlasting friendships through this program and would love to spend more time with them. Please, I ask for\nyour support of non-profits like Vipers that run a great program for those with fewer choices. Help allow\nme and other kids to keep playing the sport that we love.\nThank you.\nAlyssa Shum", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf"} {"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2018-04-12", "page": 9, "text": "Director's Report - RPC Meeting 2018-04-12\nEXHIBIT 3\nMastick Senior Center\nThe Senior Services Action Team (SSAT) had its quarterly meeting on Tuesday, April 10,\nand received presentations from the following:\nVictoria Williams, Paratransit\nRosemary Weimer, Alameda Family Services Case Manager/Senior Connections\nProgram\nDoug Biggs, Alameda Center Senior Housing & Medical Respite\nOn Sunday, February 25, USA Pickleball offered a clinic to 46 participants at Lincoln Park\nGo Pickleball!\nVolunteer Recognition Luncheon held Thursday, April 12.\nThe Alameda Loop Shuttle will be at the Earth Day Festival please come and visit!\nContinued partnership with Water's Edge Lodge in an effort to provide programs to seniors\nresiding on Bay Farm Island and Harbor Bay Isle.\nParks Maintenance\nA tree fell down in Washington Park on Fri, March 23 and injured a man watching the softball\ngame. This was a tragic incident and is being taken very seriously. The tree was removed\nimmediately and other trees on that slope were assessed. Within one week, ARPD removed\n4 trees along the slope. The tree had appeared to be healthy but wet soils from recent rains\ncombined with being on a sloped area most likely contributed to the tree that fell.\nARPD's Tree Maintenance Program\nA tree inventory of all park trees was completed in 2017\nPark trees are visually assessed ongoing - both by the tree contractor and by Park\nMaintenance staff.\nIf any visual signs of stress, such as bore holes, then an arborist does an in-\ndepth assessment of that tree.\nThere is a regular tree trimming schedule in addition to when dead branches are\nfound.\n7 trees removed in Washington Park in late 2017 after seeing the wood bores.\nAlready in queue for removal were 3 trees at Littlejohn Park and 3-4 trees at\nShoreline Park.\nTrees are visually assessed during storms for any weak branches or other signs.\nMoving forward\nDoing additional onsite training with Park Maintenance staff and implementing a\nwritten log for assessment of all trees in their parks.\nAdmin\nJean Sweeney Open Space Park - Construction is moving along well and is currently on track\nto be completed in October 2018.\nPublic pathways to the water along Fernside and Eastshore Dr. Public Works and ARPD are\nworking with a consultant team that is conducting surveys and research of all six pathways.\nThey will issue a Feasibility Report by the end of May that will identify the recreational\nopportunities that are possible at each point as well as the opportunities, challenges and cost\nestimates. ARPD staff will then conduct a community input process. A recommendation is\nestimated to come before the Recreation and Parks Commission in September or October.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf"} {"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2018-04-12", "page": 10, "text": "Recreation Services\nWorking with Patty Harding and Greg DeHaan to add a Parks & Playgrounds at the skate park\nwith a trial program this summer. It will be a few hours per week. I asked them to provide\nARPD with Recreation Leader applicants who are skaters that are mature and able to mentor\nother skaters at the park.\nGolf Course - Corica Park\nSouth Course is opening in mid-June with a ribbon cutting event (date TBD), a charity\ntournament and other activities.\nThe Linksoul pro shop is now open.\nUpcoming Events\nAlameda Youth Committee Teen Talent Show is on April 14 at 6:30pm at Veteran's Building\nEarth Day Celebration is April 21 at Washington Park from 10am - 3pm\nGet a Job Workshop in collaboration with Alameda Free Library on April 17 from 4 - -5:30 pm\nat Alameda Free Library-Stafford Room", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2018-04-12.pdf"}