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1998 09 14 CSC Minutes . . COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MINUTES September 14. 1998 CALL TO ORDER \ regular meeting of the Community Services Commission was called to order at 7:00 p.m. in the .a Quinta Civic Center Study Session Room. Chairperson St. Johns presided over the meeting. :ommissioner Rebich led the Pledge of Allegiance. MEMBERS PRESENT: Commissioner Olga Betancourt Commissioner Kathryn Pedersen Commissioner Joan Rebich Commissioner Victoria St. Johns (Chairperson) Commissioner Kay Wolff MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner Mike Davis Commissioner Gilbert Lopez STAFF PRESENT: Dodie Horvitz, Community Services Director Cristal Spidell, Secretary PUBLIC COMMENT - None II. CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA ". CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of Minutes for August 12, 1998 It was moved by Commissioner Rebich/Wolff to APPROVE the Minutes of August 12,1998 as submitted. Unanimous. B. Monthly Department Report for August 1998 Staff reviewed the Department Report with the Commission. The Commission asked staff to contact CVRPD regarding logging the temperature of the pool and will notify the Commissioners by memo of the results of the discussion. Ms. Horvitz stated that the Rec Room, as described in the brochure, is the double wide trailer at Fritz Burns Park. The Commission also discussed the amount of money DSUSD charged the City to use their facilities. It was moved by Commissioner Rebich/Pedersen Nadler to APPROVE the Department Report for August 1998. Unanimous. I. PUBLIC HEARING C:IMyData\CRIST AL\CSCIMIN9-14.wpd 1 . . II. BUSINESS ITEMS A. Work Plan The Commission discussed the draft Work Plan, and whether to cut down the number of tasks, and how to get information distributed to the public. Each page of the Work Plan was reviewed and changes were made. Some of the changes included: Reducing the "Risk Management" and "Disaster Preparedness" pages into one page and change the name of the task to "Safety"; the description "Goal" was changed to "Reference"; the task "Community Services (Childcare/Seniors)" was changed to "Community Services/Recreation"; and the task "Training Opportunities" was moved to another location and the page was deleted. :ommissioner Betancourt left at this time (8:26 PM). The Commission reorganized the pages in order of priority, and then asked staff to remove the description "Priority" from each page. Staff will make the changes as directed by the Commission. Ms. Horvitz suggested appointing a subcommittee to review the final draft and then forward the Work Plan to the City Council for approval. The Commission agreed to appointing a subcommittee and Commissioners Wolff and Pedersen Nadler were selected. It was moved by Commission Wolff/Rebich to accept the final Work Plan with changes discussed, upon approval of the subcommittee, and authorizes the subcommittee to forward the final Work Plan to the City Council for approval. Unanimous. III. CORRESPONDENCE AND WRITTEN MATERIALS A. Fritz Burns Park Pool Fall Hours - Received and filed. B. Fall Recreation Brochure - Received and filed. III!. COMMISSIONER ITEMS :ommissioner Pedersen Nadler asked staff regarding play equipment that is missing from Fritz Burns 'ark. Ms. Horvitz discussed the installation of a swing set and a play structure by Art Fernandez and he complications that have arisen. Staff is continuing to work on the installation of the items. :ommissioner Rebich will be attending Kinship Adoption training in Burbank, September 22-24th, and /ViII not be able to attend the CV AG meeting and asked if someone could go in her place. Ms Horvitz /ViII be attending the CVAG meeting. Ills. Horvitz informed the Commission that the Cultural Arts Commission is hosting an Arts 'articipation Day at La Ouinta High School on October 29th. Ills. Horvitz briefed the Commission on the Community Services Conference she attended in 1Il0nterey, CA in August. A copy of the report is on file. C:IMyData\CRISTAL\CSCIMIN9-14.wpd 2 . . )C. ADJOURNMENT t was moved by Commissioner Pedersen Nadler/Rebich to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried Inanimously. Meeting adjourned at 8:54 p.m.. ~s. Horvitz noted that she will introduce Marni Kunsman, Recreation Supervisor at the next meeting. IEXT MEETING DATE, TIME AND TOPIC lctober 12, 1998 7:00 P.M. .a Ouinta Civic Center Study Session Room . Park Master Plan - Property behind LOMS . Work Plan Tasks C:\MyData\CRISTAL\CSClMIN9-14.wpd 3