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Parks and Recreation Committee
January 22, 2018 * SPECIAL Meeting FINAL Minutes
*SPECIAL Meeting Time: Monday, January 22, 2018 from 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Place: Parks and Recreation Bldg. 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
1.Call to Order/Roll Call (Quorum = 5)
a.Chairman: Ingrid Sperow; Vice Chair: Scott Vanderlip; Secretary: Kathy Evans
b.Members: Liza Reichert absent, Patty Radlo absent, Champa Sreenivas absent, Nina
Sutaria present, Julia Zarcone present
c.Staff: Sarah Robustelli absent, Chris Knopf present
d.Council Liaison: John Radford - absent
e.Associate Members: Karen Lemes, Yoko Hughes, Kit Gordon, Rebecca Hickman,
Helene Karlsson, Kjell Karlsson, Val Metcalfe, Jim Basiji, Craig Murray, Theresa
Martin, Alisa Bredo
f.Kjell and Alisa both present
g.No vote taken to confirm Associate members – reschedule for February.
2.Review of November 2017 DRAFT Minutes Approved unanimously.
3.Public Comments (list members of public) None
4.Sub-Committee Reports:
a.Barn: Julia Zarcone/ still waiting for Council funding for designs so we can begin
grass roots effort to raise money for a covered arena – 3-year time frame. Would
like Tori Dye to be present at P&R meetings quarterly to give the committee an
update. Not enough information coming from staff at the P&R meetings. There
should possibly be a staff update on the Barn meetings with Tori given to the
committee prior to the P&R meetings, not after.
b.Garden: Craig Murray – Ingrid reported that She and Craig found a LAH resident
willing to use their land to host the community garden. It backs up to the Packard
property and would allow tractor access. They did not have an issue with people
coming on to their property to participate in the community garden. This is a
smaller project that what Craig initially wanted, but Ingrid said it would work as a
beginning step. Craig was uninterested. Ingrid cannot do it alone, so will see if
Champa and Scott are able to help spearhead this effort in Craig’s absence.
c.Purissima: Exercise Equipment- Chris said that it is installed, there was a ribbon
cutting and there will be directions for use posted to the town website. They will
also feature something in the upcoming guide, with a specialist there to instruct
users. Date TBA.
d.Senior Programming: Karen Lemes – Deferred. Will request that she attend the
February meeting and give an update on Senior programming. Chris mentioned
some things coming out in the activity guide. Sr. Walks, Bookmobile, Concert etc.
e.Preschool Programming: Nina Sutaria – Field trips going as planned. Will have some
activities for the Spring and Fall guides. Will also have some collaborative events
with the Town of Los Altos. Should discuss further because we would like to keep
our events for Hills residents.
f.Activity Guide Update – Chris gave an update on some of the new programming.
The new guide will come out in mid-February.
5.2017 Events:
a.Recap Holiday Lights Parade- Chris reported the Council members pushed the float.
They noted that it was better to pull the float than push it. Maybe the Council would
like to have Parks and Rec. take this duty back.
b.Recap Barn Lighting – Dec 3, 2017 – Chris reported it was the best-attended event
ever.
c.Earth Day Sun. April 15, 2018 – will be 1 week earlier than the traditional Earth Day
for better community positioning. Open Space Committee will arrange the Big Cats
again.
d.Pathway Run NEW DATE Sat. May 5, 2018 (NOT Mother’s Day Weekend) New date
for the event because Sarah will not be available on the normal weekend. We will try
it this year to see if attendance goes up or down. The Youth Commission will assist
again this year. Packets will be assembled by the YC on April 17 and May 1.
1.Old Business:
a.Town Map Mailer Update – Scott Vanderlip gave an update on the pathway map
and his meeting with the Pathway Committee. They approved the concept and the
map will be coming out in a separate mailer.
b.Neighborhood Networks Update - Chris reported Neighborhood Network updates –
Joan Sherlock will have a meeting 2/20/18 at 7pm with Community Relations
Committee (CRC) and get this going again. Staff will report after that meeting takes
place. This will happen within the CRC committee who will take the lead.
2.New Business: Los Altos Hills & Los Altos - shared Parks and Recreation Activities
a.2018 P&R Budget Request to Council – Wish List (Due before May) – Discuss in Feb.
We should be proposing a 3-year plan for things we need now, things we would
like to see in the future and anything else that will help to justify the TH Campus
Master Plan.
b.Joint Easter Egg Hunt – Collaborative with Los Altos at the Hillview site March 31st
c.Softball Game/Tournament – Collaborative/Pick-Up Need dates – possibly at Town
Picnic or Family Camp Out .
Future 2018 Meetings: Feb 26 Special, March 19, April 16, May 21, June 18, No July, August 20,
September 17, October 15, November 12 special, No December
Adjourned Time:_____7:05____________
Respectfully submitted: Kathy Evans