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City of Saratoga
Parks and Recreation Commission
Regular Meeting
AGENDA
DATE: Tuesday, March 11, 2014
TIME: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Administrative Conference Room
13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Call to Order
Roll Call
Commissioners: Ping Li, Renee Paquier, Rick Pearce, Terry Ward
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this meeting was properly
posted on March 5, 2014.
Oral & Written Communication: Any member of the public may address the Commission about any matter not
on the agenda for this meeting for up three minutes. Commissioners may not comment on the matter,
but may choose to place the topic on a future agenda.
Approval of Draft Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC) Minutes:
- January 14, 2014
Old Business:
1. Let’s Walk Saratoga!
Issue: Since 2012, the Parks and Recreation Commission has led 3 guided park tours in Saratoga. The
Guided tours have been given at Joe’s Trail, Villa Montalvo, and Fremont Older. At the Joint Meeting
with Council in September 2013, Council Member Miller expressed an interest in conducting more tours
of the Saratoga Quarry via the PRC Let’s Walk Program. At the January 14, 2014 Parks and Recreation
Commission meeting, Commissioner Li expressed interest in conducting a guided walk on the first
Saturday of every month and asked staff to ask Council Member Miller to help guide the first few walks
at the Saratoga Quarry Park. Howard Miller agreed to help guide the April 5th and May 3rd events.
Action: Discuss and plan details of first two events.
2. Outdoor Summer Movie Nights
Issue: In past years prior to 2013, the PRC hosted one outdoor movie per year that took place in
September at Wildwood Park. In 2013, as a result of Council direction, the PRC piloted a 3-outdoor
movie series at El Quito Park. The movie series attracted approximately 150 movies at each event and
Commissioner Paquier obtained donations from Gene’s Market, Starbucks, and Action Day Care. At its
November 12, 2013 meeting, Commissioners Paquier, Pearce, Ward volunteered to coordinate the
Summer Movie Night series. At the January 14, 2014 PRC meeting, the commissioners review ed and
selected from the list of movie options and directed staff to forward the selected list to the Youth
Commission to suggest appropriate movies for the movie events. The Youth Commission has provided
their feedback.
Action: Make final movie selections and discuss details of first outdoor movie event.
New Business
None.
Commissioner & Staff Reports (This includes committee updates and park reports. This section is informational
only; no actions will be taken.)
Commissioner Park
Vacant Beauchamp, Brookglen
Li Wildwood, Foothill
Paquier El Quito, Gardner
Pearce Bell Grove, Congress Springs, Ravenwood
Ward Azule, Kevin Moran
Agenda Items for Next Meeting
- May 13, 2014
Adjournment
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Parks and Recreation Commission Agenda Note:
In accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, copies of the staff reports and other materials provide d to the Parks and
Recreation Commission by City staff in connection with this agenda are available at the office of the City Manager at 13777
Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California 95070. Any materials distributed by staff after the posting of the agenda are made
available for public review at the office of the City Manager at the time they are distributed to the Parks and Recreation
Commission.
Certificate of Posting of Agenda:
I, Mainini Cabute, Management Analyst II for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of the
Parks and Recreation Commission of the City of Saratoga was posted on March 5, 2014 at the office of the City of Saratoga,
13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 and was available for public review at that location. The agenda is also
available on the City’s website at www.saratoga.ca.us.