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Public Notices
JOINT ZOO COMMITTEE
Mini-tour
Education Classroom,
AGENDA
Roll Call:
Zoological Society Board Corinne Calandra, Chair
Zoological Society Board Keith Eickman
Zoological Society Board John Dimalanta
Commissioner Gloria Bonilla
Commissioner Larry Martin
Commissioner William Getty
1.
JOINT ZOO COMMITTEE
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approval of minutes of meeting held
on
APPROVAL_______
2.
APPROVAL
OF AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, Bob DeLiso
Approval of the Award of the
Construction Contract
for
3.
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT OF SAN FRANCISCO
At the recommendation of the
Recreation and Park Commission, the Zoo would like to solicit additional public
comment regarding the proposed fee increase for
4.
ANIMAL
TRANSACTIONS, David Robinett
PURCHASE FROM
Animal Connection 6 unknown sex green tree frogs
5.
STAFF REPORTS, John Mann
6. SAN FRANCISCO
PUBLIC COMMENT
At this time, members of the public may address with Joint Zoo Committee
within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Joint Zoo Committee for up to
three minutes. The Chair of the
Committee may limit the total comments to 30 minutes.
7. SAN FRANCISCO
JOINT ZOO COMMITTEE COMMENT
PLEASE NOTE: If items
receive approval from the Joint Zoo Committee, they will be calendared for
consideration at the meeting of the Recreation and Park Commission on
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RECREATION AND PARK DEPARTMENT
Minutes of the Joint Zoo Committee Meeting
Education Classroom,
Roll Call:
Zoological Society Board, Cory Calandra
Zoological Society Board, Keith Eickman
Zoological Society Board, Donna Mollenhauer
Recreation and Park Commissioner, Gloria Bonilla, Chair
Recreation and Park Commissioner, Larry Martin
Also present: Zoo Director, David
1.
MINI-TOUR
Curator of Hoofstock/Pachyderm section led the Joint Zoo group to the koala
house for a tour of the koalas.
2.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion was made to approve minutes. MSA Calandra/Martin. Passed unanimously.
3.
APPROVAL OF GATE FEE INCREASE
John Mann, Deputy Director, gave a presentation on the gate fee increase
proposal. After Mann's presentation, Commissioner Bonilla asked if Mr.
Mr. Emeric Kalman, a member of the public, stated he was against the fee increase. Attendance at the zoo is going down and the senior citizens and homeowners are already funding the Zoo with the $48 million in capital improvement bonds.
Commissioner Bonilla stated that as the zoo continues to make improvements, it should draw more people.
Mr. Phil Carleton, a member of the public, asked if the membership fee would be increased? Mr. Carleton also stated he thought there would be no fee increase until completion of city bond buildings.
Mr. Mann stated that the membership fee would not be increased at this time. Board of Director President, Mr. Paul Jansen stated there had been no commitment by the Zoo to delay a fee increase and that rising operating costs necessitated the fee increase.
Society Board Member, Keith Eickman said he believed this increase to be very reasonable. The Zoo charges less for seniors than almost any other City facility.
Society Board Member, Cory Calandra stated everyone needs to recognize that the Zoo is keeping its 12 free days.
Coleman Youth Advocate, Mary Beth Wallace, stated that they would oppose the rate increase. Ms. Wallace had several recommendations to avoid the fee increase. Ms. Wallace stated as a municipality the Zoo needs more ways to bring in families.
Mr. Anderson stated the Zoo does keep the free days and supports over 200 different disadvantaged groups through the Zoo's Community Access Program (CAP), resulting in free admission to 20% of all visitors to the Zoo.
Transportation to the Zoo may be a bigger problem for the kids than an increased fee.
Phil Carleton suggested a tiered system of membership. Scale for families with higher incomes vs. those with lower incomes. They could present IRS form for substantiation.
Commissioner Bonilla said there seems to be a concern that disadvantaged people be able to attend the zoo. The bottom line remains the same, we need to generate more dollars. Bonilla suggested we approve the increase with the idea that we will look at how we structure this increase.
David Anderson stated the Zoo is already trying to figure a mechanism for giving free membership to disadvantaged groups.
Commissioner Bonilla stated she was concerned about Coleman Advocacy Group not supporting the fee increase.
Commissioner Martin stated that staff take a look and review on how to get more disadvantaged people here.
Motion was made to approve the fee increase provided staff sits down with the Coleman Advocacy Group to discuss other alternatives. MSA Martin, Calandra. Passed unanimously.
4.
RATIFICATION
OF ANIMAL TRANSACTIONS
David Robinett presented the following animal transactions.
DONATION TO
Hemker
Wildlife One
male and one female musk ox
Steinhart Aquarium One unknown sex
poisonous dart frog
DONATION FROM
Disney's Animal Kingdom 12 unknown sex African
millipedes (insect)
Motion was made to
ratify animal transaction. MSA Eickman, Martin.
Passed
unanimously.
5.
STAFF REPORTS
John Mann said that the 2 koalas stolen from the Zoo on the 26th of December had been found and returned to the Zoo on the 27th.
The Zoo had its member's holiday evening on the 2nd of December. The docents raised approximately $6,000.
On the 9th was member's morning and joy to the animals' celebration where gifts of food and toys were given to many of the larger vertebrates. Approximately 3,000 people attended.
On the 16th the Little Puffer Club holiday morning was held. About 200 people plus Santa Claus attended.
We have four new employees:
Ned McAllister - Education Specialist
Eric Crowell - Maintainer I/Custodial
Joseph Keane - Maintainer II/Maintenance
Karen Knaub - Associate Director of Events
The zoo's attendance for December is 613 above projected attendance.
6.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Mr. Carleton announced that the 13th of January will be a volunteer work day at
the GGP bison area. This day will also be a native American mourning session. Mr. Carelton thanked Michele Rudovsky for recognizing that some of the bison still seem to be having problems. Mr. Carleton also thanked Dr. Dunker for explaining to him what happened to the bison that died.
7.
COMMITTEE COMMENT
Society Board Member, Keith Eickman stated that Director, David Anderson
brought
some ARC animals to the
Meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Woody Peterson
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