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CONEJO RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 5, 2009 7:30 PM HILLCREST CENTER MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER AND FLAG SALUTE Chair Holt called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. and Ed Holt led the flag salute. 2. ROLL CALL Directors Present: Gibson, Holt, Jacobsen, Lange, Short Directors Absent: None Staff Present: General Manager Friedl, Administrators Benton, Hare and Lewanda, Recreation Manager Wiley, Recreation Supervisor Laufenberg, Recreation Therapist Pinson and Executive Assistant Ohren 4. ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC Ed Holt, Thousand Oaks, invited everyone to participate in the November 11 Veterans Day celebration at Conejo Creek Park North, presented by Conejo Valley Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars and the Michael A. DiRaimondo, Chapter #750 Military Order of the Purple Heart. He discussed the event, and thanked the District for use of its facility. 3. SPECIAL PRESENTATION Therapeutics Presentation — Recreation Supervisor Laufenberg Laufenberg introduced Devon Pinson, Recreation Therapist. Referencing a slide presentation, Laufenberg provided an overview of four projects initiated through the Therapeutics Unit during the last year. The four projects are: 1.) the Playground Pals Program, a weekly free drop-in play date program on the Old Meadows playground; 2. ) an eight week summer Social Skills Instruction Program; 3.) the Special Recreation Network, an area wide invitational network group formed with the goal of furthering recreation for special populations in the wider area; and 4.) the new Conejo Packers Flag Football Program, which culminates in a super bowl against the Oxnard Vikings on November 7. Laufenberg announced that generous memorial donations have been made to the Therapeutics Unit by the family and friends of Grayson Wolpert, a young, very active volunteer and supporter of the Therapeutics Program. Board members commended Laufenberg and her staff, expressed appreciation for their efforts, and thanked Wolpert family and friends for their generous donations.