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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />August 7, 2018 <br />Page 2 of 17 <br />Parrish stated a Parks and Recreation Department is common for municipalities; she <br />noted in the end that organizational structure is for the City Manager to decide. <br />What is the department doing well? <br />Open Space Councilmember Stolzmann thinks the assets are good. Councilmernber <br />Loo stated maintenance is improving. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated rule enforcement is <br />improving. <br />Recreation and Senior Services <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated the new construction is going well, staff is showing good <br />work in how to handle new assets and programming. Councilmember Stolzmann noted <br />the strong citizen support for the new building. <br />Councilmember Maloney stated parks and recreation staff does a good job of keeping <br />the programs running, and they don't create problems; but he feels they could be more <br />proactive. <br />Parks <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated the Heritage Park renovation was good. Councilmember <br />Keany stated the parks are showing their age and need capital to spruce up the <br />facilities. Councilmember Loo stated the Parks Board is moving the needle forward on <br />having a grade card for the parks and having something to measure. <br />What can we do better or improve? <br />Councilmernber Keany would like a director who is proactive, who will make changes in <br />golf and recreation. When looking at the budget, golf and recreation need to generate <br />more business. <br />Councilmember Loo stated it is important to find the person who can evaluate staff and <br />hire and promote what they need. <br />Councilmember Keany stated we need to have the right person to empower staff to do <br />things. <br />Councilmember Loo stated the director needs to be focused on excellence. She would <br />like to see excellence, a culture of service, and fewer excuses. She would like someone <br />who can focus on yes, not why we can't do something. She wants someone who can <br />budget properly, know what things are costing. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated there is lack of focus, need more of a can do attitude. He <br />wants a leader that pushes, motivates staff. We need to motivate staff to be creative, <br />