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CONEJO RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING <br />FEBRUARY 19, 2004 <br />7:30 P.M. <br />HILLCREST CENTER <br />MINUTES <br />1. CALL TO ORDER AND FLAG SALUTE <br />Chair Holt called the meeting to order at 7:31 p.m., and Jacobsen led the flag <br />salute. <br />2. ROLL CALL <br />Directors Present: Berger, Gibson, Holt, Jacobsen and Lange <br />Directors Absent: None <br />Staff Present: General Manager Ward, Assistant General Manager Friedl, <br />Administrators Benton and Lewanda, and Executive Secretary Ohren <br />3. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS <br />Neighborhood for Learning — Director Brenda Hunter <br />Hunter thanked the Board, District and staff, especially Administrator Benton and <br />Recreation Services Manager Lindsey, for their support of the 18 -month old <br />program, and presented a slide presentation and overview of the program, its <br />services, activities and clients. She stated that the program is the result of a <br />partnership among Conejo Recreation and Park District, Conejo Valley Unified <br />School District, and the City of Thousand Oaks; the focus is literacy, heath and <br />nutrition; there are currently four sites; and further expansion will be based on <br />possible grants. She noted the upcoming Parenting Conference "Celebrate the <br />Family" on May 22, sponsored by Conejo Coalition for Youth and Families and <br />Conejo Valley Neighborhood for Learning at Newbury Park High School. She said <br />the goal now is to expand community awareness, and suggested that the <br />program's website wwwlconejo.k12.ca.uslnfll is an excellent source of information. <br />Members of the Board congratulated and thanked Hunter for her efforts, and <br />expressed pride in, and support of, the program. It was agreed that providing a <br />link to the Neighborhood for Learning (NfL) website on CRPD's website and, <br />similarly, a CRPD link on the Nf - website, would be beneficial to the community. <br />