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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Family Advisory Board 2018-07-26RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, July 26, 2018 Minutes of a special meeting of the Family Advisory Board of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held at the Estes Park Museum on the 26th day of July, 2018. Present: Laurie Dale Marshall Rachel Balduzzi Karen Randinitis Nancy Almond Jodi Roman Also Present: Jennifer McAtamney, Town of Breckenridge Carlie Bangs, Town Board Trustee Travis Machalek, Assistant Town Administrator Suzanna Simpson, Administration Executive Assistant Absent: Courtney Hill John Bryant Sue Strom Tyler Schmitt Ron Norris, Town Board Trustee (Liaison) Chair Randinitis called the meeting to order at 11:13 a.m. Presentation by Jennifer McAtamney — Breckenridge Childcare Program: Jennifer McAtamney gave a presentation on how the Town of Breckenridge began addressing the childcare availability and affordability issue in their community. The presentation included: • A discussion of the history of childcare issues in Breckenridge (back to the early 1990s); • The identification of the connection between workforce housing and childcare as issues for families in Breckenridge, • The importance of a community vision as a foundational aspect of addressing both workforce housing and childcare; • How Breckenridge has classified childcare as a market failure (and the impossibility of addressing provider salaries, fees for childcare, and caregiver -to - child ratios separately from one another); • The path that the Town of Breckenridge took to address the community's childcare issues without the Town getting into the business of childcare;(including the model private/public partnerships between the Town and nonprofit childcare center operators; and • Next steps for keeping the program sustainable. Following the presentation there was discussion among the group about next steps for the Family Advisory Board. Given the success that Breckenridge had in identifying the issue as part of their community visioning process, the Family Advisory Board and guests agreed that the Comprehensive Plan updates would be a good starting point to get the many sectors of the community aligned on the issue. Seeing no further business, Chair Randinitis adjourned the meeting at 1:28 p.m. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Family Advisory Board — July 26, 2018 — Page 2 Next Meeting The next meeting of the Family Advisory Board will take place Thursday, August 2, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 203 at Town Hall.