HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 20Town of Los Altos Hills
Parks and Recreation Committee
May, 2019 Approved Meeting Minutes
Meeting Time: Monday May 20, 2019 from 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Meeting Place: Parks and Recreation Building
26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
1.Call to Order/Roll Call (Quorum = 5)
a.Chair: Ingrid Sperow; Vice Chair: Nina Sutaria; Secretary: Kathy Evans
b.Members: Ying Liu, Liza Reichert, Nina Sutaria, Patty Radlo, Yibin
Tang, Scott Vanderlip.
c.Council Liaison: Roger Spreen
d.Staff: Sarah Gualtieri Robustelli, Chris Knopf
e.Associate Members: Karen Lemes, Kit Gordon, Rebecca Hickman,
Helene Karlsson, Kjell Karlsson, Val Metcalfe, Jim Basiji, Craig Murray,
Alisa Bredo, Nick French.
f.Members of Public: No members of the public present.
Present: Ingrid Sperow, Nina Sutaria, Kathy Evans, Scott Vanderlip,
Ying Liu and Yibin Tang, Roger Spreen, and Craig Murray.
2.Review of April 15, 2019, DRAFT meeting minutes: Scott motioned to
approve the meeting minutes, with an amendment/rewording to item 5. a
and 6. a; Ying seconded the motion to approve. The minutes were
unanimously approved.
3.Public Comment: none.
4.New Business:
a.Nina Sutaria has volunteered into leadership as the new Chair of
the Parks and Recreation Committee, Kathy Evans volunteered for
Vice Chair and Yibin Tang volunteered to be Secretary. Scott
Vanderlip motions that Nina Sutaria take the Chair role, that Kathy
Evans take the Vice Chair role and that Yibin Tang take the
Secretary role. Liza Reichert seconded the motion and then it was
unanimously approved.
b.Legacy Giving: There are no advertising avenues within our
Town’s communications for direction toward legacy giving. The
topic has come up before. The Committee would like to discover
what is possible and several Committee members believe it to be
useful and a good idea. Land purchase is one aspect of legacy
giving and that notion is already in the Town’s general plan. To
move forward on legacy giving and setting up a plan for the Town,
it must be presented to Council. Suggested by Roger Spreen, Parks
& Recreation Committee could set up a sub-committee for
education and discovery of legacy giving and tap into already
existing resources and information with LACF. Kathy Evans
motions to start a sub-committee for Legacy Giving Research and
Development and Nina Sutaria seconds the motion. A proposal
should be presented to Council at a future meeting, August 2019 is
a reasonable goal.
c.Scott Vanderlip requested confirmation of a Parks & Recreation
outreach table at the picnic. The table will have flyers and folders
with upcoming events.
5.Old Business:
a.Pathways Run 5/11/19: 550 registered runners this year: a 10%
increase over last year, no medals this year, some people
complained, less food this year which turned out to be “just the
right amount”. Fewer sponsors this year, no crossing guards-
safety needs to be a priority.
b.Touch-A-Truck: well attended, great event, lots of kids; the Los
Altos pet parade was on the same day as Touch-A-Truck.
Adjourned Time: 7:03 pm Respectfully submitted by: Ingrid Sperow