2018-07-23 YOUTH, EDUCATION & COMMUNITY SERVICES SPECIAL MEETING

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Homework, etc. Both the Library and the Recreation department has over 1000 volunteers. o Councilmember Benavides asked about the coaches and assistant coaches. o Exec. Director Pham indicated the program will prohibit bringing back individuals as volunteers that are retired in a similar function. o Interim Director Nunez indicated the Santa Ana Zoo also has a number of volunteers that help at the zoo. o Tania Knauerhaze indicated staff will be assigned to review the volunteers needed in a city wide process. o Councilmember Villegas indicated it is important to have Life scan on the volunteers and asked will the Life scan be on file with the city. o Exec. Director Pham indicated the city will keep the information for one time Life scan. If the volunteer returns city may require another type of Life scan. o Councilmember Villegas asked do we update the Life scan and notify other agencies. 4. UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAM o Veronica De Lol Roach provided an update on the Community Garden Program. Indicated we have 5 community gardens that are open to the public. We hold free workshops at all gardens, volunteer hours are available for all ages, established programs with AfterscI I Adventure, Summer camps and pre-school programs, Senior gardening classes, volunteer recruitment, youth volunteer field trips and neighborhood events. Veronica presented the summer gardening schedule for the 5 locations. She indicated everyone works together and share the harvest. The garden workshops are held on Saturdays. The program also obtain food waste from various establishments to prepare a compost pile with hay. o Councilmember Benavides appreciated the thorough presentation on the community garden program. He is glad to see adult and children volunteer to work on the community garden. 5. GODINEZ JOINT USE AGREEMENT UPDATE o Enrique Marban indicated at the Joint Use Policy Committee meeting there was a question on the Godinez Joint Use Agreement and asked staff to follow up. Staff met with the Technical Advisory committee and reviewed the joint use report with district staff. Both the district staff and the city staff agreed with the process and there is no changes proposed for the agreement. Enrique indicated that vending at the stadium was offered to all the SA High schools and SA High School is able to vend at the stadium. o Councilmember Benavides indicated we need to continue to communicate with SAUSD, The district is planning on placing a bond measure on the ballot and are proposing to make improvements on Godinez High School. The proposed improvements are encroaching on the park. We need to iron out any conflicts and identify the benefits with the community. Proposed improvements include fencing, swimming pool, tennis courts. Youth, Rec. & Comm. Svs. Committee Mtg Page 3 July 23, 2018