Minutes

Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee

Tuesday October 2, 2001

McLaren Lodge, Golden Gate Park

 

ROLL CALL

 

Members Present: Michael Casazza, Laura Cavaluzzo, Chris Courter, Jeanne Darrah, Jill Fox, Patrick Hannan, Mary Harris, Linday Hunter, Jonee Levy, Mary McAllister, Joan Roughgarden, Aura Smithers, Matthew Tuchow, Isabel Wade, Mary Beth Wallace

 

Members Excused: Arthur Chang, Franco Mancini, Gregory Rocca

 

Members Absent: Mark Buell, Robert Marosi, Michael Shaw, Rebecca Silverberg

 

Staff Present: Linda Griffin, Gary Hoy, Mary King-Gorwky, Lydia Zaveraluka

 

Approval of the September 4, 2001 minutes - Discussion and possible action.

 

Approved minutes of the September 4, 2001 with a minor change.

 

Committee Vote: Motion made by Chris Courter and seconded by Michael Casazza to approve the September 4, 2001 minutes with one minor edit.

 

select one and two year limit terms for the park, recreation and open space advisory committee- discussion Only

 

Members discussed terms of office. Mr. Gary Hoy announced one and two year appointments made by Elizabeth Goldstein, General Manager.

 

Committee Vote: No motion, Discussion only

 

Review of the recreation and park department capital plan and capital program for fy 2001-02 - Discussion Only.

 

Mr. Gary Hoy reviewed and discussed the Capital Plan and Capital Program for FY 2001 and 2002. Mr. Hoy answered questions from the Committee. The Committee raised several questions as well identified supplemental information that would be useful to review the Capital Plan. Mr. Hoy noted that the committee could e-mail the Chair regarding any questions that were raised at the

 

meeting on the information presented and that he would be providing any material requested by the Committee at the next meeting.

 

Committee Vote: No vote - Discussion item only.

 

review candidate responses sent via e-mail and appoint a chair and co-chair for the park, recreation and open space advisory committee - discussion and possible action

 

Isabel Wade and Christopher Courter nominated for Chair by the Committee. A ballot vote was made by the Committee. Isabel Wade receives majority of the votes and is appointed as the Chair.

 

Committee discusses ballot nominations for a vice chair. Chris Courter, Arthur Chang and Mary Beth Wallace are nominated by ballot with Chris Courter receiving the least amount of votes. Mr. Courter is eliminated. A second round of votes are made for Wallace and Chang for vice-chair. There are an equal amount of votes for each. A motion is made and seconded and the Committee unanimously agrees to elect both Wallace and Change to vice-chair.

 

Committee Vote: Majority vote of the Committee to nominate Isabel Wade to Chair Position. Motion made by Patrick Hannan and seconded by Linda Hunter to Nominate both Arthur Chang and Marybeth Wallace to Vice-Chair position. The Committee unanimously agreed.

 

status update on the recreation and park department's capital plan and capital program - Discussion only

 

(See discussion above under Capital Plan)

 

Committee Vote: No vote, Discussion item only.

 

review of the recreation and park department's budget process for fiscal year 2002-2003 - Discussion only

 

Mrs. Mary King-Gorwky distributes information and speaks regarding the Department's budget process. The Committee raises several questions. Isabel Wade requests expenditure breakdown of the budget. Ms. King-Gorwky indicates that this information will be available in the near future and it will be forwarded to the Committee.

 

Committee Vote: No vote, discussion item only

 

 

 

review Committee by laws and subcommittee job descriptions- discussion and possible action

 

The Committee reviewed draft language submitted by Chris Courter and others related to the Committee by-laws. The Committee agreed that further investigation and feedback was needed. Ms. Wade asked Mr. Courter if he would take additional feed back from the Committee and incorporate any changes via e-mail. Ms. Wade indicated that comments should be sent to Mr. Courter by e-mail. Mr. Courter agreed to incorporate all suggested changes and forward this revised draft to the Committee as part of their next packet.

 

Committee Vote: No vote, discussion item only

 

Other Business: Follow-up discussion regarding vacant positions on the Committee and status of PROSAC appointments- DIscussion only.

 

A status of the PROSAC position was provided by Mr. Hoy. Ms. Wade asked Committee to e-mail any questions that they might have to her and they would be discussed at the next meeting.

 

Committee Vote: No Vote - Discussion only.

 

PUBLIC COMMENT

 

Mr. Nino Parker was present and addressed the Committee regarding issues and concerns he had regarding conditions at the Hamilton Recreation Center.

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

Committee Vote: Isabel Wade motioned to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Mary Beth Wallace. The Committee unanimously agreed. The meeting ended at 9:05 p.m.

 

Note: These minutes set forth all actions taken by the Park and Open Space Citizens Advisory Committee on matters stated, but not necessarily in the chronological order in which the matters were taken up.