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-/d." A �2,-en 7o OP s cme }AL1d, 4AMdA Parks and Recreations Committee _ Meeting iftautes rr-�/ Y -7L� 65o - kyr' - :3 1 i o April 21, 2008 . rz(;c 1, 9:30 a.m. Parks and Recreation Building Present; Val Metcalfe and Ben Gilds, Co -Chairs, Scott Vandeilip, Steve Johnson, Rebecca Hickman, Karen Bergh, Patty Radlo, and Parks and Recreation Supervisor Eric Christensen. Guests. David Rock and Pard Kelleher from Little League, Randy Harr from AYSO, and Steve Brocksen, field manager AYSO. The Conirnittee meeting was opened by Co -Chair Val Metcalfe at 9:35 a.m. Potential Collaboration. with Los Altos Parks and Recreation Department Representatives from Los Altos and Los Altos Hills meet to discuss a possible collaboration between the Parks and Recreation Departments of the two towns, Los Altos requests that the town of Los Altos Hills give $500,000 now for the Los Altos Community Pool. The pool is anticipated to be built in the next 2-3 years and will be located at or near the new Civic Center site in Los Altos. The representatives also discussed combining the Recreation Guides of the two towns. Los Altos proposed that the guides be combined for two gears and after Ihat time the collaboration would be re-evaluated by both parties. RESOLIMON: The Los Altos Hills ]Parks and Recreation Committee does not recommend Town funds be appropriated to the City of Los Altos towards the construction of a city pool. The Committee welcomes the exploration of za possible collaboration in terms of program and collateral use while reaWarming its commitment to maintain than unique community identity of our programs in Los Altos mils that prormote con niwdty cohesiveness and tames advantage of our natural environments such as open space, pathways, and Westwitnd Barn. Sax�ng/Summer Programs Eric Christensen reported to the Committee that registration for progmmming had been "slow but sure, The Equestrian camps are filling up the fastest- Eric has put a "blurb" for LAH camps in the Los Altos School District Frequent Flyer, which will go out in the upcoming week, A camp advertisement has also been ruining for the past 2 weeks in the Los Altos Town Crier. Faris also reported that there had been complaints about the current Parks and Recreation signage being too large. Eric stated that signs have been reordered but they were also tor, large and needed to be re -ordered, so there will be a one week delay. A counselor is still needed for this summer's Ohlone Camp. Eric will advertise the position in the state-wide Paries and Recreation job board. The Committee suggested also contacting Recreation Departments ,and/or facnity mernbeis at Stanford, San. Jose State and Pinewood. T "cl 661 6- sit6--D S XUA WUW>IOI H SS :6 T 8002 60