Friends of Santa Teresa Park Meeting, 9/4/08
	Attendees: Mike Boulland, Ronald Horii, Kitty Monahan, Ed Jackson, Woody Collins, Holly Davis, Sam Drake, Mario Blaum, Paul and Jenel Vincze, and Gloria Gill (manager of volunteer programs in the County Parks Dept.) Gloria Gill talked about volunteer events: She met with Kathleen Hooper, who said that volunteers are needed to help at a couple of Healthy Trails out-reach events. Kathleen later sent out a note with this information: Toppan Photomasks: 2920 Coronado Dr., Santa Clara. Thursday, Sept. 18 from 1:00pm - 5:30 pm and Friday, Sept. 19, from 3:00 pm - 7:30.pm. 210 employees. They want us to register their employees in Healthy Trails. Abbott Hematology, Santa Clara (I have to call for the address, probably 5440 Patrick Henry Dr.). Thursday, October 23, 2008, Event hours: 10 am - 2:00 pm Must set up at 9am would be back about 3:00 pm. 500 employees. They want Healthy Trails materials & registrations. Gloria said that Robin Schaut wants to thank to all the volunteers who helped at Family Fandango. Sept. 6 is a trail work day at Coyote Lake on the Lakeshore Trail. The South Bay Fishing in the City event is coming up on Sept. 13-14 at Los Gatos Creek Park. There will be a catered BBQ after the event for volunteers. Coastal Clean-Up day is Sept. 20 at several parks. There will be an after-party for volunteers at Vasona from 12-2. 10/4: trail day at Ed Levin from 9-11. 10/11: South Bay Fishing in the City at Lake Cunningham. 10/25: Volunteer BBQ at Vasona, 12 noon. 10/25: Penitencia Creek Trail dedication. <>Gloria is working on an agreement for Friends groups, which she'll present at the next VCC meeting. She is working on a request protocol for Friends groups to request an event with a 14-day minimum advance notice. She wants to see activities list so she can get approval from Robin and the rangers. Since we schedule our meetings with the Santa Teresa Golf Course, we don't need to get permission from the County Parks. We have adopted the Norred Trail. Any trail work has to be done under the direction of a trail crew leader, like Woody or Sam. Mike talked to Robin about putting an interpretive plaque on Coyote Peak. She thinks all plaques should be at the Bernal Ranch. She agreed to have a plaque at the griststone. Mike already knows what it should say. It will be attached to the fence above the stone. It won't be on a stanchion, as the yard will be re-organized. We can use the dedication of the plaque as a "Pioneer Day." (We'll have to call it something else.) We agreed to have the event in the spring of next year. It will be a FOSTP event. We talked about liability issues at events. Gloria says that volunteers are immune from being sued. It's a federal law. The Santa Teresa Historic Area Site Plan: Antoinette presented the plan at the Historic Heritage Commission, which approved it. There will be a second community meeting in September (no date has been set yet). Mario went to the meeting. Some neighbors said their concerns weren't being addressed. One of the things they were concerned about was having a turn-around on Manila Drive. One of the concens about the site plan is being able to access the Norred Trail directly from the historic site, without having to go all the way to the Joice Trail or Mine Trail. To do that requires crossing the Coyote-Alamitos Canal. Mike sent an e-mail to the Water District asking if that were possible. They said they do it all the time. Ed said that maintenance crews removed and dug up the coyote bushes in front of Santa Teresa Spring. They cleared everything all the way down to the ground. They said they were doing it for security reasons. There was a homeless person sleeping at the pond. There is no gate at the spring, just tape, which is easily broken. We have $725.11 in the bank. The 11/15 trail day has been changed from the Stile Ranch Trail to Skyline (Sanborn). It will be a Bay Area Ridge Trail and REI event. The Santa Teresa Community Fest will be on Sept. 20. Mike sent in the application. We're at table 12C, next to Paul Bernal in 12A and the STFNA in 12B. 4H is at 8B (so far). They will be have chicken bingo. We'll have an information table. Ron will be coming early in the morning. Mike will provide the Easy-ups and tables. Ron will be taking pictures. Ed and Ron will be there all day. Mike will come at noon. Mario will be out of town. Same can come in the morning. Mike will bring the ranch model and banner. Sam will bring geocaching stuff. Mike wants to do an adobe brick craft. Ron attended a 501c3 class given by the UNSCC. He posted class notes to our Yahoo Groups site. Ron showed pictures of Family Fandango. There are pictures of it on our website: Family Fandango Day, August 23, 2008, Staff, Volunteers, and Exhibitors. Volunteer Hours for August. Ronald Horii: 55 hours, photography, meeting minutes, Fandango, trails, 3 hours FOSTP meeting Mike Boulland: 20 hours, Fandango, meeting planning, 3 hours FOSTP meeting Kitty Monahan: 3 hours FOSTP meeting Woody Collins: 3 hours FOSTP meeting Holly Davis: 3 hours FOSTP meeting. Sam Drake: 3 hours Fandango, 3 hours FOSTP meeting. Ed Jackson: 5.25 hours Fandango, 0.5 hours grafitti removal. 3 hours FOSTP meeting. Jenel Vincze: 3 hours FOSTP meeting. Paul Vincze:  3 hours FOSTP meeting. Mario Blaum: 8 hours Fandango, meetings, 3 hours FOSTP meeting. Return to the Friends of Santa Teresa Park Home Page

Created 9/12/08 by Ronald Horii, secretary of the Friends of Santa Teresa Park