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CONEJO RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING June 16, 2011 7:30 PM HILLCREST CENTER MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER AND FLAG SALUTE Jacobsen called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm and Recreation Services Manager Wiley led the flag salute. 2. ROLL CALL Directors Present: Gibson, Holt, Jacobsen, Jones, Lange Directors Absent: None Staff Present. General Manager Friedl, Administrators Hare, Lewanda and Linsdey, Executive Assistant Reynders. 3. SPECIAL PRESENTATION Therapeutic Recreation - "Special Olympics Programs" Devon Herbert, Recreation Therapist, summarized the involvement of the Unit's participants in the Special Olympics program. She then introduced Jan Radnoti, Sports Manager of Special Olympics Ventura County, who commended the District for its offerings to the community through therapeutics and her gratitude for same. She shared a storyboard depicting two brothers with autism and the difference Special Olympics has made in their lives. Directors expressed their appreciation for the presentation and the joint efforts between Therapeutics and Special Olympics. Las Flores Community Garden Presentation, Kim Aguilar, President Kim Aguilar, President of Las Flores Community Garden, presented an update on the garden. There is currently a waiting list for plots —118 are rented and 20-27 people are on the waiting list. A meeting will be held at the end of this month to discuss actively pursuing plans for construction of a second garden in Newbury Park. Major improvements to the garden over the last year include addition of a common sink and common area behind the shed. This year plans include building a large pergola in the center of the garden.