{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2021-06-10", "page": 1, "text": "apd\nALAMEDA RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION\nMINUTES FOR REGULAR MEETING\nDATE:\nThursday, June 10, 2021\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: (Teleconference via Zoom) Chair Alexander, Vice Chair Robbins, Commissioner Navarro,\nCommissioner Jones and Commissioner Nguyen\nStaff: (Teleconference via Zoom) Alameda Recreation and Park Department (ARPD) Director Amy\nWooldridge\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nChair Alexander moved to accept the minutes of May 13, 2021 Regular Meeting as presented.\nM/S Vice Chair Robbins / Commissioner Navarro. All present in favor with 5 ayes via roll call vote.\nWRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (For topics not on the agenda)\nWritten Communication: Letter from Alameda Friends of the Park Foundation regarding re-\nenergize the connection with the Recreation and Park Commission. See Exhibit 1.\nOral Communication: none\nREPORTS FROM THE RECREATION AND PARK DIRECTOR\nARPD Director Amy Wooldridge gave the report. See Exhibit 2\nREPORTS FROM COMMISSIONERS\nChair Alexander: Spent time walking through the parks making mental notes of the condition of\nthe playgrounds, equipment, backstops and fields to have some questions for Park Manger Matt\nNowlen in the upcoming meeting. Complemented the rental staff. Nice to see so many families\nat the parks. Asked if ARPD can increase the number of kids to the camps? Director Wooldridge\nanswered: Yes, ARPD is back to regular numbers of camp enrollment but is keeping separate\ncohorts of children across more parks.\nVice Chair Robbins: Received information from two eighth graders who use the skate park and\nsubmitted a plan with angles of ramps for the skate park and requested to have input from the\nskate community if the skate park gets improved. Director Wooldridge answered: Yes, the skater\ninput will be included for any changes to the skate park. Vice Chair Robbins commended ARPD\nMaintenance for keeping the parks so clean.\nCommissioner Jones: Visits Jean Sweeney Park quite a bit and noticed the various exercise\ngroups and asked if they should be permitted. Director Wooldridge answered: Yes, there is an\noutside contractor permit they should obtain from ARPD. Also visited the dog park and asked\nhow often ARPD maintains the dog parks. Director Wooldridge answered: ARPD maintains Dog\n1", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2021-06-10.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2021-06-10", "page": 2, "text": "Park daily and does a big clean up every Spring of the fox tails and other upkeep as needed\nsuch as tree trimming.\nCommissioner Navarro: Busy with year-end wrap up including graduation of her son from the\nTiny Tots Program and daughter had an end of the year second grade school picnic. Both are\nexcited about the ARPD Camps. Visited the Alameda Point Neighborhood Park and her children\nenjoy the playground. Also visited the City View Skate Park and noticed a lot of broken glass in\nthe fenced off area next to it. Director Wooldridge commented that the skaters throw bottles over\nthe fence. River Rock, who maintains Alameda Point, sweeps up the glass once or twice a year\nbut it comes back quickly. That area is fenced off from the public.\nCommissioner Nguyen: Tried to visit Alameda Point Waterfront Park and instead visited the City\nView Skateboard Park and talked to some of the skaters and enjoyed watching them. Director\nWooldridge confirmed that the Alameda Point Waterfront Park is inaccessible due to the\nconstruction.\nAGENDA ITEMS\n6-A Review and Recommend Marina Village Park Improvement Plan\nARPD Director Wooldridge gave the presentation on the project that is managed by Public\nWorks, which will include landscape improvements with a new irrigation drip system and new\nbenches and picnic tables. She will seek grant funding for shade structures over the picnic areas.\n6-A Public Comments - No public comments\n6-A Commissioner Comments\nChair Alexander asked for directions to the park. Director Wooldridge: Directions are Sherman\nto Atlantic, turn right onto Triumph Drive, follow Triumph Drive to the parking lot.\nVice Chair Robbins had his wedding reception at Pacific Lighthouse so has been to the Marina\nVillage Park many times and is excited that the park will be improved and happy that the expense\nis coming out of Public Works budget. Supported putting shade structures in the picnic area.\nCommissioner Navarro has been to the park a few times and asked if the restroom that is nearby\nmaintained by the City? Director Wooldridge: Yes, ARPD is working on the maintenance of it\nand securing access. It is not yet opened to the public.\n6-A Motion\nVice Chair Robbins motion to improve the Marina Village Park Improvement Plan as written\nM/S Vice Chair Robbins / Commissioner Nguyen\nAll present in favor with 5 ayes via roll call vote.\n6-B Report and Recommend on Reimagined Community Events\nARPD Director Wooldridge gave the presentation which included a list of the reimagined ARPD\nCommunity Events that would provide the values of inclusion, diversity and equity and would\n2", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2021-06-10.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2021-06-10", "page": 3, "text": "celebrate all in the community. The list included Sandcastle and Sandcastle Contest, Starlight\nMovies in the Park, Fourth of July Parade, Spring Earth Festival, Water Festival Regatta,\nStorytelling and Drumming Festival, the Mayors Tree Lighting Ceremony and Pride in the Park.\n6-B Public Comments - No public comments\n6-B Commissioner Comments\nChair Alexander thinks the events on the list are great ideas and especially liked the movie in\nthe pool idea. Also wondered if it is an option to ask for sponsors in the community to contribute\nsmaller funds financially for the different events. Looking forward to having the 4th of July parade\nreturn in the future and would like to see an ARPD float at it. Also would like to keep the Porch\nof July.\nVice Chair Robbins noticed the name of the Father Daughter dance was changed to the Parent\nChild Dance to be inclusive. Brought up putting out a donation box at events.\nCommissioner Nguyen appreciated the ARPD team changing things to be more inclusive. Asked\nwhere the storytellers and drummers would come from. Director Wooldridge said they would\nstart with reach out to communities within Alameda.\n6-B Motion\nCommissioner Navarro moved that the Commission approve this slate of events as presented to City\nCouncil.\nM/S Commissioner Navarro / Commissioner Jones\nAll present in favor with 5 ayes via roll call vote.\n6-C Report on Recreation and Parks Department Partnerships with Alameda Unified School\nDistrict\nARPD Director Wooldridge gave a presentation which included the Joint Use Agreements with\nBayport Park and the swim centers at Encinal High School and Alameda High School, shared\nuse space with schools and community both using outside space and shared Alameda Point\nGym, athletic fields and tennis courts. The Greenway Golf lease agreement requires that Corica\nPark provide free golf for both high school teams.\n6-C Public Comments - No public comment\n6-C Commissioner Comments\nChair Alexander noted Alameda High School tennis courts are also empty on the weekends and\nwould be great for public use. It would be great to have AUSD fund some of the maintenance\nfor the wear and tear on the fields and playgrounds to make it fair and make the most of the\nfacilities.\nVice Chair Robbins commented it is a frustrating that AUSD couldn't put in the money to improve\nthe Alameda High School pool. Encinal High School tennis courts have been vacant for 5 years\nand could be put to good use with ARPD even if it is short term. Sees more take and not give\nfrom the school district.\n3", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2021-06-10.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2021-06-10", "page": 4, "text": "Commissioner Navarro didn't realize how intertwined the usage is with the City and AUSD.\nHopefully we can find a way to use all the facilities, including the Community College which has\na beautiful track and football field that is never used.\nCommissioner Jones asked if the pool at Franklin Park is under ARPD. Director Wooldridge\nanswered the pool is on City land that is leased to Alameda Swimming Pool Association, whose\ncurrent lease is coming to an end in September. The City is in negotiations for a new lease\nagreement.\nCommissioner Nguyen asked why Alameda High does not use their baseball field instead of the\nARPD field. Director Wooldridge answered Alameda High's field dimensions are not of adequate\nsize and space for the baseball teams and there is not enough space for all of their JV and\nVarsity Men's and Women's teams.\n6-C Motion\nCommissioner Navarro moved to accept the report as presented.\nM/S Commissioner Navarro / Vice Chair Robbins\nAll present in favor with 5 ayes via roll call vote.\n6-D Jean Sweeney Open Space Park Butterfly Garden Project\nDorothy Freeman, board member of Jean Sweeney Open Space Fund announced they will be working\nwith ARPD to create a Monarch Butterfly Garden east of the playground near Sherman. They will need\nfunding for site preparation, installing irrigation and for plants. The Jean Sweeney Open Space Fund\nwill be doing the fund raising and has created a Go Fund Me page or people can donate on the website.\nARPD staff will help with creating the garden. Community will help with maintaining the pesticide free\ngarden. Estimated cost is $20,000.\n6-D Public Comments - No Public Comments\n6-D Commissioner Comments\nVice Chair Robbins thanked Dorothy Freeman for all the work she has put in to the park and said it will\nalso be good for the 8th grade student's science classes.\nITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA:\nPeralta Colleges Presentation\nFriends of the Park Foundation Presentation\nVision Zero Action Plan (Lisa Foster, PBT)\nCLCS Improvement and Use of Woodstock Park Art Studio\nChair Alexander wants to donate children's books about the Native Americans written by a Native\nAmerican woman to the book box at Chochenyo Park from the Recreation and Park Commission and\nasked the asked the Commissioners if they would be interested in having their names in the book.\nSET NEXT MEETING DATE: July 8, 2021\n4", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2021-06-10.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2021-06-10", "page": 5, "text": "ADJOURNMENT\nMotion to adjourn\nM/S Vice Chair Robbins / Commissioner Jones\nMotion carried by the following voice vote: All in favor with a 5 ayes via roll call vote.\nChair Alexander adjourned the meeting at 8:57 PM.\n5", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2021-06-10.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2021-06-10", "page": 6, "text": "EXHIBIT 1\nEujoy Alameda Parks\nJune 6, 2021\nMs. Adrienne Alexander\nChair, Recreation and Park Commission\nDear Adrienne,\nDuring the last Board Meeting of Friends of the Parks and Recreation Foundation (\"FOTP\"), we discussed\nthe lack of connection between our board and the Recreation and Park Commission (the \"Commission\").\nWhile ARPD staff member, Patrick Russi, attends many of our meetings, we have been remiss in not\nreaching out and keeping in close contact with the Commission. While the two entities were very\nclosely aligned 15 years ago, there has not been any alignment in recent year. I personally, along with\nthe FOTP Board, would like this to change.\nWe had a couple of ideas as to how we could begin the alignment process, although we are certainly\nopen to other suggestions.\nFirst, one or more of the members of our board could introduce FOTP at a Commission meeting. We\ncould provide a quick 10-minute presentation on who we are, our mission, and ways we've been\nsupporting recreation, parks and wellness in Alameda over the years.\nSecond, perhaps there is a member of the Commission who would be interested in sitting on our\nAdvisory Board and possibly joining our Board of Directors.\nLet me know if you'd like to meet sometime over lunch outdoors or jump on a call to discuss.\nI very much look forward to connecting and collaborating with you and the Commission.\nWarmest regards,\nJoe Restagno\nPresident\nFriends of Alameda Parks and Recreation Foundation\noe.restagno@gmail.com\n408-464-0857 (M)\nSVB Confidential", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2021-06-10.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2021-06-10", "page": 7, "text": "EXHIBIT 2\n06/10/2021 ARPD Director's Report\nPresented by Recreation and Park Director Amy Wooldridge\nRecreation Services\nFall 2021/22 RAP (Recreation After School) program registration opens June 23 at 10am.\nCelebrate Independence Day the Alameda Way! - Includes the Porch of July, our citywide\ndecorating contest. Register your porch, house, bike or lawn to be on our map and then everyone\ncan walk, ride and roll to view all of the amazing decorations throughout the July 4th weekend!\nIt\nalso includes porch musicians. Plus, the All-American Movie Night with live music at the Alameda\nPoint Multi-Purpose Field on Sunday July 4th. The Jubilee starts at 6:45pm and the movie begins at\napproximately 8:15pm.\nSummer in-person programs are continuing registration, including Day Camp, WOW, Teen\nAdventures and Aquatics. Sign-ups are rapidly filling up.\nSports camps and outside contractors are still offering a variety of classes including Aqua STEM,\ncooking, martial arts, Teen All Sports, dance, and much more.\nYou'll see many year-end school picnics throughout Alameda over the next week and half. These\nare provided at a minimal cost of $25 per picnic.\nThere are now 15 to 20 picnic rentals every weekend. Kudos to our Park Ambassadors and Park\nMaintenance staff for keeping up with the high demand as well as to Katherine Sirota who manages\nall of our rentals.\nWe are seeking aquatic interns ages 12-15. Check the ARPD aquatic section of the website for\nmore details.\nARPD has been very busy hiring for the summer with over 200 summer seasonal staff. Kudos to all\nof our staff who have worked hard to set the foundation for a successful summer - Pat Russi, Stacy\nThomas, Christina Bailey, Shawn Smith, and Nora Pon.\nMastick Senior Center\nOn June 8, the Mastick Thrift Shop celebrated a successful modified reopening and is now open on\nTuesdays, 10am - 2pm. Donations are now accepted on Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.\nOn June 9, we partnered with the American Red Cross and offered the third blood drive since our\nphysical closure.\nMastick is now open for limited in person programs by registration and reservation only.\nWe offer several in-person outdoor classes on campus including Spanish, Lunch Program, Qigong,\nLine Dance, Table Tennis, Hawaiian Dance, Yoga, Drawing & Painting.\nMany classes still offered Zoom including Line Dance, Philosophy Discussion Group, Book Club,\nToday's World, Diabetes Support Group, Egyptian Folkloric Dance, German and Italian and a Movie\nDiscussion Group.\nThe following are being provided by appointment: HICAP (health insurance counseling advocacy\nprogram), Legal Assistance for seniors, case management (Senior Connections), Notary, computer\nassistance, transportation assistance, book grab n' go.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2021-06-10.pdf"}
{"body": "RecreationandParkCommission", "date": "2021-06-10", "page": 8, "text": "Brown Bag Program (two bags of groceries per month) is being offered with bags delivered to\nparticipants' homes and five bags dropped at the Center for those that might be missed. We\ncontinue to serve as the drop off site for Meals on Wheels and staff assists with \"building the bags\".\nIn mid-July, we hope to reopen the courtyard and limited indoor space with reduced hours and by\nregistration. This will include a hybrid lunch program (indoor and grab n' go), computer lab, bridge,\nmah jongg, bocce ball, scrabble, social time, media room, creative writing, sewing room for quilters.\nFront walkway project is nearing completion and a section of the courtyard concrete was replaced.\nPark Maintenance\nInstalling wood fiber for safety surfacing refill at eight parks to maintain safety and ADA compliance.\nThe Chochenyo Park sign was installed this week and staff is planning a Park Naming Celebration\nwith details to come.\nWorking on athletic field maintenance including adding infield mix to some baseball/softball fields,\ndoing warranty work on the Challenger Field at Estuary Park.\nAware of drought conditions and are continuing to do irrigation repair that helps reduce water and\nwill also be turning off the public water hose at Encinal Boat Ramp for the time being. Working on\nan option for users to pay a fee for timed water use.\nAdditional bike racks at Encinal Boat Ramp are being installed by the end of next week.\nAdministration/ Project:\nOn June 15, the City Council is approving the FY 2021-23 City budget. Included in that is a\nrecommendation to fund $200,000 per year to support a variety of recreation facilities that the\ncommunity has requested and could include pickleball, tennis court resurfacing, skate park\nimprovements, BMX course and bocce ball improvements. If the funds are approved then ARPD will\nconduct a community assessment and feedback process this summer to determine the community's\npriorities and staff will work on how we can maximize the funds to address as many needs as possible.\nThe Bayport Park playground is complete and open. We are in the planning stages of the shaded\npicnic area.\nLots of recreation facility projects are moving along: Leydecker retaining wall (completion\nanticipated June 30), Alameda Point Gym modular bathroom (completion in July), and Godfrey\nRecreation Center remodel (completion estimated end of October).\nGreenway Golf is refurbishing the old, dilapidated fire tower at the entryway to the golf course.\nThey are determining if it is structurally sound and can remain or needs to be demolished. It if\nremains, Greenway will work with the community for art submissions with a theme to honor the fire\ndepartment and public safety. The final design will go before the Public Arts Commission, Golf\nCommission with final approval by the Planning Board.", "path": "RecreationandParkCommission/2021-06-10.pdf"}