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To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson County
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DATE: .July 23, 1996
SUBJECT: ACCEPT REPORT FROM MOUNT DIABLO SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AMBROSE
RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT ON THEIR JOINT "OUTDOOR EDUCATION"
PROJECT '
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
(1) Accept report from the Mount Diablo School District and Ambrose Recreation and Park District on their Outdoor
Education project.
(2) Direct the Auditor-Controller to establish a separate trust fund account for the Ambrose Recreation and Park District,
separate from existing accounts 3700 and 3705, in order that funds can be deposited and administered from this trust
account for the operation of this joint program. Mt. Diablo School District has requested that funds for this program be
maintained and accounted for separately.
(3) Once this account has been established by the Auditor-Controller, direct the General Services Department to transfer
the allocated amount of$45,000 to the new trust fund account. As a joint venture, funded partially by revenues from the
Keller Canyon Mitigation fund, the Mount Diablo School District and Ambrose Recreation and Park District have developed
and implemented a summer and after-school outdoor education program in the Bay Point area which provides services to
Bay Point youth. The children meet at Riverview Middle School three days a week to participate in outdoor recreation, and
art and science activities. Once a week the children participate in off-site visits to study the environment and nature.
These trips have included-visits to facilities such as Contra Loma Regional Park, Diablo Water Treatment Facility, Dow
Chemical's Wetland Area, the Lindsay Museum and Ambrose Park.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
As a joint venture, funded partially by revenues from the Keller Canyon Mitigation fund, the Mount Diablo School
District and Ambrose Recreation and Park District have developed and implemented a summer and after-school outdoor
education program in the Bay Point area which provides services to Bay Point youth. The children meet at Riverview
Middle School three days a week to participate in outdoor recreation, and art and science activities. Once a week the
children participate in off-site visits to study the environment and nature. These trips have included visits to facilities such
as Contra Loma Regional Park, Diablo Water Treatment Facility, Down Chemical's Wetland Area, the;'Lindsay Museum
and Ambrose Park.
On February 27, 1996 the Board of Supervisors approved the Finance Committee's recommendations on
allocation of funding derived under the Keller Canyon Host Community Mitigation program. Item 2 of'the Board Order
authorized an allocation of $45,000 for a joint venture between these two districts for the implementation of an outdoor
education program for Bay Point Youth.
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cc: Mt. Diablo School District
Ambrose Park and Recreation Dist• ATTESTED July 23 , 1996
Auditor-Controller
General Services PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
County Counsel SUPE VISORS A D COUN MINISTRATOR
County Administrator
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DEPUTY
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1 Mt. Diablo Unified School District
215 Pacifica Avenue
Bay Point, CA 94565
f (510) 458-3228; fax (510) 458-3264
June 26, 1996
Honorable Tom Torlakson
Contra Costa County Supervisor
300 East Leland, Suite 100
Pittsburg, CA 94565
Dear Supervisor Tom Torlakson;
Please accept this as a proposal for the Keller Funds of$45,000 to be transferred to
Ambrose Recreation and Park District/Mt. Diablo Outdoor Education account The funds will be
used over a two year period of time (June 96 to June 98) for a K-8th grade outdoor education and
recreation programs in Bay Point, as a joint venture between Ambrose Recreation and Park District
and Mt. Diablo Unified School District. The goals for the program are:
1. To give K-8th grade students of Bay Point a hands-on outdoor science education
during the summer and after school.
2. To develop children's outdoor sports and recreation skills.
3. To achieve an understanding of how nature and the environment works.
4. To learn about nature and how it relates to the individual and society. It is
important for the students to know that they can and do make a positive difference in our
schools and community.
5. To gain an appreciation of the shoreline, waterways and local waterfront.
Our `96 Summer Program started on June 18th and will finish on July 11th. Currently, we
have six adults working with 55 children from ages 6 to 12 years old. `This program is a joint
effort of Mouth Diablo School District(Rich Clarke and Donna Baker) and Patti Lambert of
Ambrose Recreation and Park District. The children meet at Riverview Middle School three days a
week to do outdoor recreation, art and science activities. Once a week the children are taken off
campus to a site to study the environment and nature. Field trips for this summer include Oakley
Water Treatment Plant, Contra Loma, Dow Chemical's Wetland Area, Lindsay Museum, and
Ambrose Park.
During the 96-97 and 97-98 school years, we will provide after school outdoor educational
program at Riverview Middle School, Rio Vista Elementary, Shore Acres Elementary, and Bel Air
Elementary. We are still exploring options for this phase of programming to include the Delta
Science Center, Sierra Club,Audubon Society, Fish and Game, East Bay Regional Parks, Dow
Chemical, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and any other interested parties that wish to
contribute their expertise in the area of environmental education. We hope that the trail at the 52
acre waterfront in the Shore Acres area will be completed for wetlands studies.
If you have any further questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact any of us listed
below. Tom, you have done so much for us already that saying "thank you" hardly seems
adequate.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Donnaer Mr.Rich Clarke Ms. Patti Lambert
Science Co-Chair Director, School General Manager
Riverview Middle School Linked Services Ambrose Recreation& Parks
458-3216 MDUSD 458-1601
458-3228