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<br />- <br /> <br />~ . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br />" <br /> <br />PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION <br /> <br />Minutes of Wednesday, October 28,1992 <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: <br /> <br />Vice Chairperson Davis, <br />Commissioners Nordness, Swope, <br />and Truscelli <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> <br />Chairperson Slusser and <br />Commissioner Howard <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: <br /> <br />Mike Gibbons, Bill Lithgow, <br />and Michael Verdone <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: <br /> <br />Park & Recreation Superintendent <br />Sally Hartman and Secretary Denise <br />Monroe <br /> <br />The regular meeting of the Park and Recreation Commission was called to <br />order at 7:35pm by Vice Chairperson Don Davis in Room 5 of the Community <br />Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Avenue, Redwood City, California. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> <br />The minutes of the September meeting were approved as mailed. <br /> <br />CORRESPONDENCE <br /> <br />There was no correspondence. <br /> <br />ITEM 1 - Red Morton Center RFP Update <br /> <br />Superintendent Hartman announced eighteen groups completed RFPs for the Red <br />Morton project and the top five groups have been selected to part;c1pate in <br />an interview session on Wednesday, November 18 at the Community Activities <br />Building. The top five groups selected were DES; Steinberg Group; Roland <br />Miller & Assoc1ates; Bull, Stockwell & Allen; and Bunton, C11fford & <br />Associates. <br /> <br />ITEM 2 - Budget Update <br /> <br />Superintendent Hartman said Director Griffiths had previously reported to the <br />Commission that the City was expecting a budget cut of approximately $1.2 <br />million from the State, with the department1s portion approximately <br />$250,000. She explained the Department Heads have worked extensively to <br />develop an individualized list of budget cuts for each department. She said <br />that based on our department having to absorb the Building Maintenance group <br />earlier in the year and additional staffing required for the new police <br />facility, our department1s portion of the budget cut is around $57,000 which <br />was considerably less than was orginally ant1cipated. Superintendent Hartman <br />said the City Council reviewed the suggested budget cuts for each department <br />at their October 19 meeting. When the City Council reviewed our department1s <br />proposed list of cuts, they questioned the $12,000 reduction in seasonal <br />labor for landscape maintenance of ball fields for the parks and schools and <br />requested that the department go back and take another look at this item. <br />The City Council also asked the department to reinstate a $7,000 reduction <br />for a recreation program proposed for older youth (ages 11-18). The <br />department was hoping to use these funds to obtain a matching grant to <br /> <br /> <br />.- -.", ' <br />,". "". . ' <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />