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Lafayette highlights new parks staff, afterschool care expansion and honors graduating youth commissioners
Summary
City staff announced expanded afterschool care at Burton Valley Elementary, summer camps and a joint ADU pre-approved plans RFP; the council and staff welcomed new assistant recreation coordinator Fiona Malin and presented plaques to graduating youth commissioners.
Acting city staff opened the reports portion of the meeting on May 26 with updates from Parks, Trails & Recreation. Staff said the PTR department and the Lafayette School District coordinated to add afterschool care for TK through fifth grade at Burton Valley Elementary; CAP care at Burton Valley will open for applications on Friday, and summer camps will begin the following week with new program offerings such as archery, disc golf, and video-game-design classes.
Assistant Manager Tracy Robinson introduced Fiona Malin as the city’s new assistant recreation coordinator at PTR. “She will support operations at the community center including customer service, rec programs, community events and communications and outreach,” Robinson said. Malin, who joined the city in late April, thanked the council and said she was “very happy and excited to be part of the Lafayette Park Trail and Recreation Department.”
Recreation coordinator Kyra Tanland and staff honored the graduating senior members of the Lafayette Youth Commission and presented plaques. Youth commissioners introduced themselves and described years of service; councilmembers praised their contributions and estimated the group’s combined volunteer hours totaled roughly 3,500 over multiple years.
Staff also noted the city issued a joint RFP to prepare pre-approved accessory dwelling unit plans that members of the public could use free of charge to reduce costs and speed ADU production; proposals are due Friday and a consultant selection is expected later this year. Temple Isaiah has filed an application for a new 16,000-square-foot, two-story campus building that will be scheduled for a planning commission hearing on July 6.
What happens next: CAP care applications will open as announced; the city will run summer camp registration through the city website and will post the selected ADU plans publicly later this year. The planning commission will schedule the Temple Isaiah application for a public hearing on July 6.
