HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-26-2002 MINUTES
DATE:
April 5, 2002
TO:
City Council
FROM:
City Manager
SUBJECT:
DUBLIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/CITY OF DUBLIN LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING
On March 26, 2002, Mayor Lockhart, Vice Mayor McCormick, Diane Lowart, Eddie Peabody and I met with representatives from the Dublin Unified School District. Attached to this memorandum
is an agenda consisting of the items that were discussed at that meeting.
3 Com Urban Challenge Program: The Mayor discussed the opportunities associated with the
3 Com Urban Challenge Program, and provided the School District with a grant application which provided funding opportunities for technology in the schools.
Donate-A-Tree Program: The School District indicated that it would send a flyer to the various parent faculty clubs for the individual schools to determine whether or not they were
interested in the Donate-A-Tree Program associated with Dublin Pride Week. The City agreed to send the City’s staff report regarding Dublin Pride Week to the School District. The
School District indicated that Whelan Sheppard, the Principal of Wells Middle School, would be the School District’s contact for Dublin Pride Week.
Community Use of Computers After School Hours: The School Superintendent indicated that he had not had an opportunity to look at a pilot project for the media center. He did indicate
that the District was participating in, and would announce on April 8th, a computer donation program to parents of students. These computers would be old computers the School District
is no longer using.
Recycling Program: The School Superintendent indicated that the schools needed to do a better job of recycling. The Mayor indicated that Waste Management Authority has funds for School
District recycling, and that Roberta Rankin with Waste Management would be a good resource for the School District to improve its recycling.
Joint Use Agreement: The School District indicated that it had a concern that its school fields had a greater portion of community use than school use, and that they were reassessing
the need to increase the fees for community use of school facilities due to increased costs. They also expressed an interest in possibly handling the scheduling of school facilities
for community
groups. Currently the City is handling that function for the School District. District Representatives indicated that they may want to restructure the agreement so that the City could
provide additional funding for maintenance of school fields. It was agreed that the City Staff would work with School District Staff to begin reviewing the Joint Use Agreement. The
Parks & Community Services Director will be sending a letter to the School District to initiate that discussion. Once the Staffs have met, they will report to the Liaison Committee,
who will then report to their respective legislative bodies.
Eastern Dublin Update: The School District indicated that it did not have a mitigation agreement with the Eastern Dublin Property Owners for school facilities. They expressed an interest
in developing a new School District office in eastern Dublin. It was suggested that they identify potential sites.
Affordable Housing Update: The Community Development Director provided an update on the City’s Affordable Housing Program.
Computer for Our Schools Program: The School Superintendent said he would send a letter requesting a one-time contribution for the network servers and a request for school library search
stations. To-date, no contributions from the City’s allocated funds have been spent for either new computers or technical support. The School District also expressed an interest to
possibly link the school library catalog to the City’s/County’s library system. City representatives indicated that it would be an appropriate conversation to have with the County
Librarian, who is responsible for operating the City of Dublin’s library.
School District/Wheels Meeting Update: The Mayor discussed Wheels’ Free Bus Pass Program. LAVTA will need to have the school bell times by the end of April for the next school year.
They will also need to know the most convenient stops. The Superintendent indicated that he would call the Wheels Staff.
Dublin High School Parking: Kevin Hart, School Board Trustee, asked why the City had posted one-hour parking on Callan Street, immediately across the street from the High School. City
Staff indicated that this was done some time ago because of the school parking impact on the neighbors and the complaints that the City had received.
School representatives also indicated that they were studying a parcel tax for additional school revenue.
If you have any questions regarding these items, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
RCA:fh
cc: Diane Lowart, P&CS Director
Eddie Peabody, Community Development Director
Jason Behrmann, Administrative Analyst II
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