Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting

CITY OF GALT AGENDA PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 380 CIVIC DR., GALT CA 95632 January 10, 2018 AT 7:00 P.M. Chairperson: Joe Bitondo Commission: Angela DaPrato, Kelly Keagy, Chris Smith, Janice Williams 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER at 7:06 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL: a. Commissioners Present: Joe Bitondo, Kelly Keagy, Chris Smith, Janice Williams b. Commissioners Absent: Angela DaPrato 3. CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF AGENDA 4. PUBLIC COMMENT: Under Government Code Section 54954.3, members of the public may address the commission on non-agenda items. Speakers may also address the commission on any agenda item during consideration of the item. Speakers shall restrict their comments to issues that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and limit comments to a maximum of five (5) minutes. Please fill out a speaker sheet located on the table inside the entrances to the council chambers and forward the completed speaker sheet to the commission secretary. Please state your name and city of residence prior to making your comments. 5. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 2017. a. Minutes of the Meeting of September 13, 2017. • Motion to accept by Chris Smith, all in favor, minutes approved. 6. PRESENTATIONS a. Winter Bird Festival • Presentations to be held at Chabolla Center o Back Yard Bird Safari o Going Batty o Conservation Ambassadors o Cal-Waste Recovery Systems o Hawks, Honkers and Hoots o Keynote Speaker, Paul Bannick • Tours: o Sunrise Photography Tour o Tall Forrest & Riparian Habitat Tour o Bird Walk at the Heritage Oaks Winery Tour o Cal-Waste Materials Recovery Facility Tour GALT PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AGENDA MEETING OF JANUARY 10, 2018 Page 2 o Paint & Sip at the Barn o Birds & Beer at the Barn o Delta Birding Tour o Staten Island Sunset Tour • New Location – Returning to Chabolla Center. • Acknowledgement of Monetary Sponsors – Cal-Waste Recovery Systems, Conservation Farms & Ranches, SMUD, Cardinal Glass, Galt Kiwanis, BMD, Kathleen Amos, Sacramento Audubon Society, Central Valley Joint Ventures & SOS Cranes. In-Kind Sponsors are Galt Joint Union High School and Elementary School District, Cosumnes River Preserve and the Galt Herald. • New Winter Bird Festival event put on by Galt Chamber is the Wine Beer & Food Tasting on 1/19/18 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. for $15. • Explore your inner artist at the Winter Bird Festival Wine & Paint also sponsored by Galt Chamber on 1/19/18 from 6:00-8:30 p.m. for $30. b. Changes in P&R Staff & Positions o Special Events Manager position will manage the Galt Market, will handle all Special Events, and will be a liaison to Shop Local and Galt Chamber. This position will be trying to attract tournaments to the city. Application acceptance closes 1/15/18. o Armando Morales is the new Parks Supervisor. o Tanni Watts has resigned her position and has moved to the City Tots program. This position has been frozen and is being reviewed during the budget process. o Recreation is now completely under the supervision of Monica Lopez. o Administration (front desk staff) is now under the supervision of Leslie Sheets. 7. OLD BUSINESS a. Community Park Playground – Update • In November the project fell short about $20,000. • City approved use of other CIP funds to be used from the Galt Market roofing projects as this is a higher priority. • In the contract stage, 6-8 weeks after contracts are signed will receive shipment. 8. NEW BUSINESS a. Election of Chair – Joe Bitondo nominated by Kelly Keagy, second by Chris Smith. Call for vote, all in favor. b. Election of Vice Chair – Kelly Keagy nominated by Janice Williams, call for vote, all in favor. GALT PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AGENDA MEETING OF JANUARY 10, 2018 Page 3 9. UPCOMING COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS a. Winter Bird Festival b. Introduction of New Employee Wade Isbell will be presented to City Council on January 16th. 10. UPCOMING EVENTS a. Tonn Memorial Ceremony – January 15th • Being held at (3) event locations this year: deceased area, memorial at City Hall and a reception at Littleton Center. • All times for each event are listed on under Galt Police Department on the website. b. Galt Chamber’s Wine, Beer & Food Event – January 19th c. Galt’s Winter Bird Festival – January 20th 11. STAFF COMMENTS No staff comments. 12. COMMISSIONERS REPORTS/COMMENTS a. Commissioner Bitondo – Winter Bird Festival looks great, glad playground structure is plugging away. b. Commissioner DaPrato – Absent. c. Commissioner Keagy – Good. d. Commissioner Smith – Any new Christmas decorations for city? • Per Armando Solis, the Beautification Committee donated $500 for lights. e. Commissioner Williams – Was approached and asked about the mistle toe in some of the city trees. • Per Armando Solis, it depends on where they and if we have money in the budget. A Plus is contracted with the city to remove stumps, dead trees, etc. Hoping to enter into a maintenance agreement or qualified company to provide maintenance long term starting next fiscal year. 13. ADJOURNMENT at 7:34 p.m. ARMANDO SOLIS, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR: The agenda for this Parks and Recreation Commission meeting was posted in the following listed sites before 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding the meeting. 1. City Hall, 380 Civic Drive 2. U.S. Post Office, 600 N. Lincoln Way 3. Galt Parks and Recreation Department, 610 Chabolla Avenue