HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/02/2008IRWINDALE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
5050 N. IRWINDALE AVENUE
IRWINDALE, CALIFORNIA 91706
JANUARY 2, 2008
WEDNESDAY
6:00 P.M.
The Irwindale PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION met in regular session at the above time
and place.
ROLL CALL:
SWEARING-IN OF
COMMISSIONERS
CAROL B. HERNANDEZ
AND VERONICA S.
BARBOSA-LARA
COMMISSIONER
HERNANDEZ
COMMISSIONER
BARBOSA — LARA
COMMISSION
REORGANIZATION
Present: Commissioners Veronica S. Barbosa-Lara, Dan Diaz,
Paula Fraijo, Carol B. Hernandez, and Belen Zepeda
Also present: Dan Grijalva, Recreation Manager; Mike Rados, Public
Works Manager; Linda J. Kimbro, Deputy City Clerk; and Armando
Hegdahl, Records Technician
Commissioner Carol B. Hernandez was sworn in as a Parks &
Recreation Commissioner by Deputy City Clerk Kimbro.
Commissioner Veronica S. Barbosa - Lara was sworn -in as a Parks
& Recreation Commissioner by Deputy City Clerk Kimbro.
RECORDS TECHNICIAN Records Technician Hegdahl explained that it would be appropriate
HEGDAHL to conduct the re -organization of the Parks & Recreation
Commission and opened the floor to nominations for the position of
Chair.
COMMISSIONER Commissioner Fraijo nominated Commissioner Diaz to serve as
FRAIJO Chair.
There being no further nominations, Records Technician Hegdahl
closed the floor to nominations and, on a call for the vote,
Commissioner Diaz was unanimously appointed to the position of
Chair.
CHAIR DIAZ Chair Diaz resumed the chair and opened the floor to nominations
for the position of Vice Chair.
Chair Diaz nominated Commissioner Fraijo to serve as Vice Chair.
There being no further nominations, Chair Diaz closed the floor to
nominations and, on a call for the vote, Commissioner Fraijo was
unanimously appointed to the position of Vice Chair.
PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
SPONTANEOUS
COMMUNICATIONS
CONSENT CALENDAR
There were no speakers.
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MOTION A motion was made by Vice Chair Fraijo, seconded by
Commissioner Hernandez, to approve the Consent Calendar. The
motion was unanimously approved; Commissioner Barbosa-Lara
abstained.
ITEM NO. 1A MINUTES
MINUTES
The following minutes were approved:
1) Regular meeting held December 5, 2007
RECREATION
MANAGER UPDATE
RECREATION Recreation Manager Grijalva presented the following update for the
MANAGER GRIJALVA month of December:
1) He congratulated Commissioners Hernandez and Barbosa-Lara
on their re -appointment and appointment, respectively.
2) Approximately 250 individuals attended the Christmas Party. He
thanked those who participated in the event.
3) Forty participated in the Day -Camp trip to watch the Alvin and the
Chipmunks movie; sixteen teens attended the trip to Knott's
Merry Farm.
4) There are currently 38 registered to attend the Day -Camp trip to
Knott's Merry Farm.
5) The Teen Club recently donated gifts to the children at the
Cancer Unit of the Children's Hospital in Los Angeles.
6) Attendance is steady at the physical fitness classes.
7) The gym floor was recently re -finished.
CITY MANAGER
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS There were none.
COMMISSIONER ITEMS
DISCUSSION HELD Discussion was held relating to the increase in attendance of
recreation classes, efforts to increase basketball registrations, how
the Teen Club obtained gifts for its donation to the Cancer Unit of
Children's Hospital, procedures relating to bus passes, the extent of
acts of vandalism at the parks, care and maintenance of the park
grounds, the target completion date for the EI Nido Park project, the
PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
JANUARY 2, 2008
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condition of the new neighborhood park, the reason behind the lack
of a bus stop at the park, that the women's restroom at Irwindale
Park will be renovated, staff will address the locker room at the pool,
and that children are hurting themselves when sliding their hands
along the edge of the pool's gutter.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to conduct, the meeting was
adjourned at 6:28 p.m.
Armando Heqdahli Records Technician
Approved as presented at the meeting held February 6, 2008