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TN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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In the Matter of .Supporting the )
Preservation and Rehabilitation ) Resolution No. 88/710
of the Port Costa School )
WHEREAS, the Port Costa School is the only public building
in Port Costa; and
WHEREAS, the Port Costa School is the only public building
within the Carquinez Shoreline Regional Park project area;
and
WHEREAS, the Port Costa Conservation Society has, been
concerned with the preservation of the Port Costa School;
and
WHEREAS, in an effort to preserve the Port Costa School the
Port Costa! Conservation Society worked to have the school
placed on the National Register of Historic Places; and
WHEREAS, the Port Costa Conservation Society has agreed to
purchase the Port Costa School pursuant to Section 39381 of
the State Education Code which mandates that the school
shall be used and maintained for public benefit as an
historicaljresource and that the site shall otherwise be
available for public access and use; and
WHEREAS, the Port Costa Conservation Society is applying for
rehabilitation funds for the Port Costa School from the
History and Archeology Grant Program of the California
Wildlife, Coastal and Park Land Conservation Act of 1988;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa, California supports the Port
Costa Conservation Society in its efforts to preserve and
rehabilitate the Port Costa School.
Passed and adopted on November 8, 1988, by unanimous vote of
the Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution entered in the minutes of the Board of
Supervisor's on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this eighth day of November, 1988.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and
County -Administrator.
ByA/X/-,/,jeZ_---Deputy Clerk
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TO: BOARD OF,SUPERVISORS •SSA
FROM: SupervisOr Sunne Wright McPeak itra
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DATE: November 8, 1988
SUBJECT: Child Care. Licensing at Sun Valley
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) Ok RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACIasROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Board of Supervisors support the request for a waiver from
the State Child Care Licensing Department for a Recreational
Child Care program in Sun Valley Shopping Mall. Such a
waiver should provide at least 35 sq. ft. per child of
indoor space (as is now required by state law) but should
not include the 75 sq. ft. of required outdoor space since
this child care program is intended to serve parents who
have children ages 3-10 and are shopping in Sun Valley.
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BACKGROUND
Attached is a letter describing the issue and problem. The
state is insisting on 55 square feet totally, which is not
economically feasible. The applicant has pursued
negotiations (which have now broken down) in good faith in
an attempt to open up this child care program during the
holidayshopping period. The Board of Supervisors may want
to consider emergency action given the meeting schedule
during November.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATUREISI:
ACTION OF BOARD ON November 8, 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER _
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
j 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: IA13STAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN..
cc, Qounty Administrator ATTESTED
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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CHILD 8 Linda Vista
CARE Orinda, California 94563
RESOURCES (415) 254-9149
October 7, 1988
Sunne McPeak I
2301 Stanwell Drive
Concord, California 94520
Attention: Trevor
Dear Trevor:
I am writing to request your help to obtain a waiver from the
State Child Care Licensing Department for my Recreational Child
Care program.
What I intend to do is to open a drop in customer child care
service at Sun,! Valley Mall. Briefly, let me list the program
ingredients and services.
We plan to rent 1, 100 square feet which allows us to care for 30
children at a time. We arrived at this number by using the State
guidelines of 35 sq. ft. per child needed for indoor space. (We
plan to follow all State guidelines in the creation of this
indoor physical facility. )
The curriculumlof this program will serve children 3 through 10
years. We will provide daily crafts projects as well as' having
the room divided into age appropriate interest areas. These
areas will have building toys, cars, dolls, art and crafts, etc.
There will be Nintendo and indoor Nerf basketball for older
children. Each one of these areas will be supervised by a staff
member.
The staffing ratio will be 1 to 12. All staff will have at least
6 hours of early childhood education classes.
Safety for children is a very important ingredient in any child
care program. IIn light of this we have developed a thorough
checks and balances service system. We feel these services not
only protect the children but also give us the right not to
follow regularilicensing guidelines. The services are as listed
below:
We provide each mother/father a beeper when she drops off her
child. This allows us to contact her at all times. We also
tell her when she leaves her child that she must stay in the
mall.
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We take a photo of each child and the guardian so that the
child will only be released to that person in the picture.
Our physical design is such that an adult can see the entire
room at all times. The point being that there is no place a
child can be privately alone with an adult.
We will have a 2-1/2 hour time limit per child. Our
application form is extensive, with emergency numbers,
insurance and doctor .numbers, and medical releases.
Insurance coverage is a big issue in child care. I have found an
independent insurance company, McDermott and Costa in San
Leandro, that is willing to insure this program. Mr. John
Johnson is Stay and Play's agent. From am insurance business
point of view, he thinks this program is highly safe.
As the owner of this Stay and Play project, I am highly
qualified. (You already have my resume. ) Particular to the
State's concerns, I have been licensed as a pre-school owner from
1972 to 1979 in San Francisco. I started, owned and operated and
held my own State licence for the Wind In The Willows Early
Learning Center. It is still in existence. In 1979 I turned the
ownership of the school over to the parents in the community and
moved to Orinda.
Since 1982 I have been consulting in child care to both industry
and schools. I have set up the entire latch day care programs
for all the Orinda schools and have co-directed Sleepy Hollow's
since its inception. There can be no doubt that I am qualified
in both pre-school and elementary child care.
My run around from State licensing has been unclear and unfair.
Over an 18 month period of time the people I have spoken to have
changed their minds unfairly. I need your help.
The arguments between us are about these issues: Since I am
recreational in nature, and the guardian is on the premises, I do
not need to be licensed. At one point Licensing said that I had
to be licensed but what they would do would be to add the
combined indoor and outdoor square footage per child of 35 and 75
square feet, halve it, and require me to have 55 sq. ft. per
child inside. This would make me licensable. This, too, is
unreasonable because it would allow only 20 children and to break
even I need 15. There is no profit to the business.
What we are trying to do is create a new kind of child care. All
of us shop, and with this service everyone has fun. The kids
have a better time. Mom gets to relax. Shop owners do not have
to pull 3 year 'olds out of store displays. We want to do
something very simple and straight forward that's good for
everybody.
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There is no licensing category for what we want to do. It is
unfair to shackle us with licensing regulations that are
irrelevant to our program.
In addition, the mall has leased us space in an area that will be
demolished in 15 months. We are going into this space as an
experiment. During these 15 months, we could work with the State
to help create guidelines that will be relevant to these kinds of
programs. These programs should be in malls, hotels and
airports. They already exist in Canada and all over Europe.
I hope to hear from you soon. Any help you can give me will be
greatly appreciated. I had hoped to be open for Christmas.
Every agency, including the mall, has enthusiastically applauded
this idea, and moved quickly to get it going.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Deirdre Walsh Supino
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