11/01/2017 Parks and Recreation Commission Special Meeting Adopted 11/21/2017CITY OF GILROY
DRAFT
MINUTES OF SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
AND
BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION
6:03 P.M.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
CALL TO ORDER
The special joint meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission and Bicycle Pedestrian
Commission was called to order by Chair Julie Garcia at 6:03 p.m.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
Present: PRC Chair Julie Garcia, PRC Commissioner Ermelindo Puente, PRC Commissioner
Terrie Berry, PRC Commissioner Patricia Bentson, BPC Chair Zachary Hilton, BPC Vice Chair
Chad Reeder, BPC Commissioner Tony Marandos, BPC Commissioner Leo Gonzalez and BPC
Commissioner Sean Reedy
Absent: PRC Vice Chair Troy Trede, PRC Commissioner Vince Monroy, and PRC
Commissioner John Almash
Staff present: City Administrator Gabe Gonzalez, Senior Management Analyst Bryce Atkins,
Recreation Director Maria De Leon, Recreation Manager Adam Henig, Parks Supervisor Bill
Headley, and Office Assistant Donna Taft
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion was made by Commissioner Patricia Bentson, second by Commissioner Ermelindo
Puente and carried with a vote to approve the agenda as written with a vote 4-0-0.
NEW BUSINESS
Commission Assessment Report
Management Analyst Bryce Atkins presented the commission assessment report. Commissioners
had questions about the reporting process and expressed concerns about the staff
recommendations regarding further training. They also asked the report authors to provide more
direction on their roles, which was fielded by Atkins and Gonzalez. In their report, Atkins and
Gonzalez recommended that commissioners and staff receive more training about commission
duties and setting goals. They also recommended that Council provide a clearer set of goals and
objectives for each city commission. Discussion followed.
Gonzalez thanked the commissioners for their input and stated that their input would be
incorporated into the final report, which will eventually be submitted by Council. Gonzalez
stated that commissioners will be notified when the report will go before Council.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Julie Garcia adjourned the meeting at 7:21 p.m.
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