4-6 pm

CARPD Board of Directors Meeting
Location: Ocean Terrace

CARPD President's Reception
Location: Pacific I

Conference General Session

Breakfast Meeting, Location: Pacific Ballroom

Al MGreehan, CARPD President – Welcome

CARPD Annual General Membership Meeting

CARPD, Annual General Membership Meeting

• Minutes of May 24, 2009
• CARPD Board, Committee Reports
• Executive Director Report
• Election of 2010 CARPD Board Officers

CAPRI California Association of Parks and Recreation Indemnity

Patrick Cabulagan, Administrator Report

SDLF, Special Districts Leadership Foundation

Diana Zavala, Administrator Report

CARPD Member District Presentation

Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District

• Successful in passing a $28 Million Bond
• Measure passed with 75.7% voter approval
• Strategies the District adopted to pass the measure, in the current economic climate

Presenters: Board Chairperson, Sherry Sterrett and Sabrina Dickinson, TBWB Strategies

Noon - 2 pm

Lunch on your own

Conference General Session, Pacific Ballroom

CARPD Legislative Advocate
Ralph Heim, Public Policy Advocates, LLC

2009/ 2010 Legislative Session Update
2010/ 2011 State Budget

Conference …Breakout Sessions
Part 1 … Investing in Park Development

Session A, Pacific I

Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization of 2008:

• Agencies that received funding
• Types of Projects & Funding Amounts
• Proposition 84 Round-two Project
• Nature Education Facilities Funding Program

Presenter: Sedrick Mitchell, Deputy Director, External Affairs, California State Parks

Moderator: Mike Limbaugh

Session B, Pacific II

Park Development Funding Sources:

• Alternative financing structures
• Debt Financing Versus Pay–as–You Go
• Legal Provisions that allow Districts to Incur Debt
• Chico Area Recreation & Park District, Solar Installation Funding

Presenters: Catherine Lemaire, Program Director, CSDA Finance Corporation; William Morton, President of Municipal Finance Corporation; Scott Dowell, CPA Business Manager, Chico Area Recreation and Park District

Moderator: Al McGreehan

First-Time Attendee and New Board Member Orientation, Pacific III

Introduction to CARPD

Presenters: Joe Gibson, CARPD President Elect; Henry Agonia, CARPD Executive Director

Sponsors Reception, Pacific I

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7:30 - 9 am

Conference Registration

Conference … Breakout Sessions

Part 2: Investing in Human Resources

Session A, Pacific I

Getting Employees off the Sidelines

• Introducing Employee Engagement
• A "new" kind of employee surfacing on the workplace
• Employees that are most productive in terms of quality and quantity of work

Presenter: Mike DeSousa, Sr. Consultant, CPS Human Resources Services

Moderator: Maryalice Faltings

Session B, Pacific II

Management Succession / Work Force Reduction

• Management Replacement
• Attrition and retention of qualified staff
• Hiring Freezes, Reduced Wages and Work Force Reduction

Presenter: Roy Imai, District Administrator Fulton - El Camino Recreation and Park District

Moderator: Cay Nickerson

Conference … Breakout Sessions

Part 3… Investing in Knowledge

Session A, Pacific I

Social Networking

• Connecting with your constituents through modern mean of communications
• Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Email
• Large scale communication can influence constituent use of your services and facilities

Presenter: Rosemary Cameron, Assistant General Manager for Public Affairs, East Bay Regional Park District

Moderator: Carol Severin

Session B, Pacific II

California Association for Park and Recreation Indemnity: CAPRI

• Insurance Coverage – Are you covered?
• Liability Insurance; Workers Compensation Insurance
• Benefits of the CAPRI Recreation and Parks, Joint Powers Agreement

Presenter: Patrick Cabulagan, CAPRI Administrator

Moderator: Rita Shue

Lunch on your own

Conference General Session, Pacific Ballroom

Diversity of Ocean Life

We have hardly scratched the surface of the greatest ecosystem on Earth – the ocean, which may hold multitudes of undescribed species

Judith L. Connor, Ph.D. Director of Information and Technology Dissemination Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

Breakout Sessions

Part 4 … Investing in an Exchange of Ideas

Session A, Pacific I

Board Member Roundtable

Moderators: Nick Schouten, Rita Shue

Session B, Pacific II

Administrator Roundtable

Moderators: Carol Severin, Roy Imai