2006 04 10 CSC Minutes
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION
MINUTES
April 10, 2006
I. CALL TO ORDER
A regular meeting of the Community Services Commission was called
to order at 7:04 p.m. in the study session room of the La Guinta Civic
Center.
Commissioner St. Johns presided over the meeting. Commissioner St. Johns
led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Commissioners Present: Chairperson Victoria St. Johns, Commissioner
Robert Leidner, Commissioner Andrea Gassman, Commissioner Ed Hackney,
Commissioner Mark Weber
Commissioners Absent: None
Staff Present: Edie Hylton, Community Services Director; Kristin Riesgo,
Recreation Supervisor; Adabel Martinez, Community Services Department
Secretary; Jean Wilson, Community Services Office Assistant
Guests Present: None
11. PUBLIC COMMENT - None
111. CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA
It was moved and seconded by Commissioner Leidner/ St. John to accept
agenda as written. Motion carried unanimously
IV. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Corrections, Deletions or Reorganization of the Agenda
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Commissioner Gassman asked to have her name removed from the Civic Art
Selection Committee request for two commissioners who attended The Arts
Festival.
B. Resident Cards
SilverRock Resort is planning to have approximately 37,000 rounds annually.
So far SilverRock has as many as 200 rounds daily, during peak season, and
mostly on weekends.
V. PUBLIC HEARING - None
VI. BUSINESS ITEMS
A. Community Picnic and Birthday Celebration
The city will be celebrating its 24th birthday on Saturday April 29, 2006 at
the Fritz Burns Park. Kristin is seeking Commissioners help, such as cutting
and distributing of the cake as well as clean-up. This year we will be having
bottled water instead of soda to promote a healthy living. Commissioner
Weber, with the Rotary Club, will not be able to attend however he is willing
to donate bottled water. The City of La Guinta will be providing a few
hundred water bottles. Windermere and Chicago Title will be purchasing 800
water bottles to hand out at the Birthday Celebration and Coca Cola will be
donating water as well. The event will start at 10:00 a.m and staff
recommended Commissioners be there by 9:00 a.m. Planning will begin soon
for the City's 25th annual Picnic and Birthday Bash and 25th Annual La Guinta
Art's Festival. The next Community Picnic and Birthday Bash in 2007 would
be April 28th.
MOTION- Commissioner Leidner moved that the four commissioners
participate in the City of La Guinta's Annual Picnic and Birthday Bash on
April 29 of 2006. Motion carried unanimously.
B. Annual Work Plan
Director Hylton used last year's work plan for a discussion with
Commissioners to bring up new ideas that can be added for the Work Plan.
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Ms. Hylton has put the Parks and Recreation Master Plan out to bid and that
will create a number of communication opportunities with residents such as;
community wide survey and stakeholder meetings that Community Services
Commissioners will want to be involved in. Director Edie Hylton went
through the Annual Work Plan with the Commissioners for their feedback.
The Commissioners want to bring in guest speakers from different agencies
to discuss services with them.
MOTION- Commissioner Hackney/Leidner Moved and seconded that the
work plan be adopted as presented with the modifications recommended.
Motion carried unanimously. Director Hylton will make the changes and take
the work plan to the City Council for their approval. The Council is currently
focusing on the Youth Workshop for the next meeting scheduled for May 8th,
2006.
VII. CORRESPONDENCE AND WRITTEN MATERIALS
A. Calendar of Monthly Events
Community Concert with Marine Corp Jazz Band will take place on the 22"d
of April at the Civic Center Campus. The Soap Box Derby will be taking place
on April 15, 2006, the same day of the Children's Easter Egg Hunt.
VIII. COMMISSIONER ITEMS
A. Child Abuse Prevention Month
Commissioner St. Johns passed out blue ribbon pins and blue bracelets to
promote child abuse prevention month.
B. ESL/GED Classes
Commissioner St. Johns provided us with information on where to take
courses for ESL or GED Test preparation classes. Information is in English
and Spanish.
C. La Guinta Community Park
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To aid in preventing vandalism and wrongdoing, the city has installed the six
security cameras in La Guinta Park and at Fritz Burns to help prevent any
vandalism and identify individuals that are acting out in those park sites,
especially at the skate parks.
D. Intern
The City of Coachella has an intern who came from New York and is has an
internship for a year. Anna Cole might be coming back to the capacity of the
parks and recreation. Commissioner Leidner volunteered for Community
Services Director Hylton to be of source of information for her. She is going
to be getting her Masters from New York State University.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
It was moved by Commissioners Leidner/Hackney to adjourn the Community
Services Commission meeting at 8:40 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
NEXT MEETING
May 9, 2006 @7:00 PM
La Quinta Civic Center - Study Session Room
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