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CHAIR AT 6:00 PM WOULD YOU LIKE TO START THE MEETING? I WOULD.
[CALL TO ORDER]
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL, UH, TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE RECORDING IN PROGRESS.WAS I ACTUALLY TOO LOUD? UM, IS THIS BETTER OR IS IT STILL ECHOING? ECHOING.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RECREATION, UH, PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION, UH, TO ORDER FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2023.
LET'S START WITH THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE ROLL CALL? OF COURSE.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
NOT RECEIVED ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.DO WE HAVE ANY THIS EVENING? WE, WE DID RECEIVE ONE AND IT HAS BEEN POSTED TO THE AGENDA.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON WITH, UH, ITEM NUMBER
[PRESENTATIONS]
ONE, OUR PRESENTATION FROM RELIEF AT PETALUMA.THE PRESENTATION IS ON THE UPCOMING FALL 2023 TREE PLANTING SCOPE AND SCHEDULE AS PART OF THE URBAN FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT GRANT AWARD, PET PETALUMA PARKS SITES.
SITES SCHEDULED FOR NEW PLANTINGS INCLUDE MEOC ARROYO AND WISEMAN PARKS.
WE ARE HAVING THIS PRESENTATION BY WENDY JACOBS FROM RELIEF, UM, AND CINDY CHONG.
AND WHILE OUR, UM, CHAIR, WHILE OUR, UH, PRESENTERS GET SETTLED, MAYBE I'LL HAVE CINDY, UM, KIND OF INTRODUCE, UH, THE, THE SPEAKER AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP HERE.
UH, CINDY WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH RELIEF, SO, UM, MAYBE JUST PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, CINDY, AND JUST KIND OF INTRODUCE THE, THE TEAM HERE AND, UM, KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF BACKSTORY WITH RELATIONSHIP WITH HOW THEY WORK WITH STAFF IN THE CITY.
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THEIR CITY PARTNERS TONIGHT, BUT, BUT OVER THE PAST, GOSH, HAS IT BEEN 18 MONTHS? WHEN WE, ABOUT 18 MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN, UM, CONSISTENTLY FOR URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT GRANT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY CAL FIRE.
AND AS PART OF THAT GRANT, WE HAVE TO PLANT 70, ABOUT 75 TREES, ABOUT 75 TO 80 TREES.
SO THIS IS THAT PLAN THAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD.
UM, SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, IS DOVETAILING TO SOME OF THE OTHER HUNDREDS OF TREES THAT WE'VE PLANTED.
THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER PIECE, BUT THIS PIECE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE BIGGER, UM, PLAN OF THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THE UPDATE TO THE TREE ORDINANCE, THE TREE MAPPING, AND THE ANALYSIS OF IT.
SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A SMALL SCOPE, BUT A REALLY, REALLY BIG ONE AND REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE RELIEF AS PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE PLANTING BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, YOUR PARK STAFF IS A LITTLE BIT OVERLOADED, SO IT WOULD'VE BEEN A BIG ASK TO DO A TREE PLANTING.
SO WE KINDLY HAVE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE PRESENTING ON WHAT THE PLAN IS TONIGHT.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CAROLYN AND RELIEF.
GOOD EVENING, I'M WENDY JACOBS.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME YOU IN PERSON.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT IN THE PAST.
I'M THE CHAIR OF RELIEF, UM, AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS LEAD PERSON, CAROLYN LACERA, WHO WILL MAKE TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE TREE PLANTINGS IN THE PARKS BY RELIEF FOR THE EARLY FALL.
WE HOPE TO BE BACK TO YOU IN A, IN A MONTH OR SO TO TALK ABOUT THE LATER FALL.
UM, BUT FOR TONIGHT, CAROLYN, WE'LL LEAD IT OFF WITH, WITH HER SLIDE DECK PRESENTATION.
UM, AGAIN, I'M CAROLYN LACHER.
I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I MOVED TO PETALUMA, I KNEW PETALUMA WAS A SPECIAL PLACE.
AND 25 YEARS LATER, I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE LIVING IN A CITY WHERE YOU'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE MAJOR ISSUE OVER TIME, WHICH IS CLIMATE CHANGE.
UM, SO WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AND RELIEF AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS
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WE'RE TAKING ACTION TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS.ACCORDING TO EL ELLI, THE GLOBAL HEAT OFFICER, UH, TO THE UNITED NATIONS, SHE SAID THE STRONGEST WEAPON THAT WE HAVE FOR LOWERING TEMPERATURES ARE TREES.
AND THE BEST THING WE CAN DO FOR THE CITIES ARE GREEN CORRIDORS THAT CONNECT EXISTING GREEN AREAS.
WE HAVE TO LEAD WITH TREES TO BEGIN WITH AND THEN USE TECHNOLOGY AND MATERIALS TO FIGURE OUT OTHER WAYS OF COOLING SPACES.
COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, MOVE THE OH, THANKS,
UM, SO RELIEF IS, UM, MISSION IS TO PLANT NATIVE TREES, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE BEST ADAPTED TO OUR AREA AND THEY SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY.
UM, ACCORDING TO DOUGLAS TME, THE PROFESSOR OF ENTOMOLOGY AT UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, HE, UM, ESPECIALLY, UM, MARKS OAKS AS BEING IMPORTANT.
WE NEED TO INCLUDE OAKS IN OUR LANDSCAPE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BEST TREE GENUS IN NORTH AMERICA FOR SUPPORTING THE FOOD WEB THAT SUPPORTS BIRDS, INSECTS, THE, THAT THEY EAT, AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER SPECIES.
THEY ALSO CAPTURE MORE CARBON THAN ANY OTHER TREES AND HOLD MORE RAINWATER ON OUR PROPERTIES THAN ANY OTHER PLANTS.
SO, WORKING TOGETHER, UM, AS WENDY HAS SAID, WE, UM, HAVE PLANTED 748 TREES, WHICH WILL PROVIDE TEMPERATURE, REDUCING SHADE, SINK CARBON, PROTECT WATER QUALITY FILTER POLLUTANTS, AND CREATE HABITAT FOR NATIVE WILDLIFE.
WITH THE CITY, WE'VE SECURED TO DATE OVER $1.4 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE PLANTING OF TREES.
THIS INCLUDES THE CAL FIRE U F M G, UM, MONEY IN THAT NUMBER.
UM, UH, WE HAVE DEDICATED 5,668 HOURS OF TIME FROM RELIEF VOLUNTEERS AND THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PLANT AND CARE FOR THE TREES.
AND WE'VE EMPLOYED 10 TEEN TREE CORPS INTERNS FOR EIGHT DAYS OF LEARNING URBAN TREE FORESTRY.
SO, UM, HERE IS THE, HERE ARE THE PARKS THAT WE WILL BE PLANTING IN.
UM, A TOTAL OF 77 TREES WILL GO TOWARD, UM, THREE PARKS.
ARROYO PARK, UH, WILL RECEIVE 28 TREES, WISEMAN PARK, 20 TREES, AND ME WALK PARK, 29 TREES.
OUR FUNDER FOR THIS IS, UM, CAL FIRE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT GRANT.
OUR PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH ARE REBUILDING TOGETHER PETALUMA, PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES, AND OF COURSE YOU ALL THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
SO, UH, THESE ARE THE NATIVE TREES, SPECIES AND QUANTITIES THAT WE WILL BE PLANTING.
THERE'LL BE 15 RED ALDER, FIVE WHITE ALDER, SEVEN CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE 10 COTTONWOOD, 13 VALLEY OAKS, 10 COAST AND INTERIOR LIVE OAKS, 10 OREGON ASH AND SEVEN WESTERN SYCAMORE.
HERE'S THE BUDGET, UM, FOR OUR EXPENSES WHENEVER YOU'RE ALL READY.
UM, AND WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE HAD, UM, SANDWICH SIGNS IN PARKS TELLING RESIDENTS THAT TREES WERE COMING SOON TO THEIR PARK.
WE TABLED IN EACH PARK TO, AND ENGAGED, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE HAPPENING AND TO GET THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
AND WE HAD A COMMUNITY INPUT ZOOM ON SEPTEMBER 11TH WITH A SLIDE PRESENTATION, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND DISCUSSIONS.
UM, AND WE DID LEAFLET THE HOMES IN MIDDLE, UH, IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THE PARKS TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING AND PUT FLYERS ALL OVER TOWN
SO THIS IS WHAT OUR SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS LOOK LIKE, THAT WE'RE IN THE PARKS.
AND, UM, WE WILL BE PLACING INTERPRETIVE SIGNS AT THE PARKS, WHICH WILL STAY THERE.
SO THIS IS, UM, AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE INTERPRETIVE SIGNS WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO TEACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHY NATIVE TREES ARE IMPORTANT.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST PLACEMENT MAP, AND THIS IS ARROYO PARK.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, LET'S SEE,
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I NEED TO GET TO MY, WE WILL BE, UM, PLANTING.SO THE BLUE.IS, UH, WHITE ALDER.
WE'LL BE PLANTING FIVE WHITE ALDER.
THE YELLOW DOTS ARE THE ONE COAST LIVE OAK.
AND THE GREEN DOTS ARE THE 12 VALLEY OAKS.
AND THIS IS THE PLACEMENT MAP FOR ME, WALK PARK.
THE BLUE DOTS ARE INTERIOR LIVE OAK.
AND THE GREEN DOTS ARE WESTERN SYCAMORE.
UM, THESE ARE THE REPLACEMENT TREES THAT WE'RE PLANTING IN WEISSMAN PARK.
THEY'LL BE, UM, RED ALDER SIX RED ALDER, TWO COAST LIVE OAK 10 COTTONWOOD, ONE VALLEY OAK, AND ONE WESTERN SYCAMORE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER AGAIN TO MAKE PETALUMA A COOL HOME TOWN IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD
UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN? NO.
WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT ON BUCKEYES, SO I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU COULD, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT.
I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, SHE LIVED IN THE ARROYO, UM, PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT NOW I SEE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT ME WALK AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME BEEHIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WHAT EXACTLY, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, SHE, UM, I, I WOULD HAVE TO FIND IT.
UM, I, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE QUESTION IS.
YEAH, I I IT WAS, WE JUST RECEIVED IT TODAY.
SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE BUCKEYES WERE TOXIC TO BEES AND ALSO TO PEOPLE ON ANIMALS.
BECAUSE I'M LIKE TRYING TO FIND IT.
SHE SAID, UM, SHE WANTS THE REMOVAL OF THE CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE FROM THE PLAN.
THE, WELL, THIS IS A NATIVE TREE.
IT'S KNOWN TO HAVE A PLEASANT FRAGRANCE AND APPEARANCE.
IT'S ALSO KNOWN TO BE TOXIC TO HUMANS, TO HONEYBEES.
AND, UM, THEY DIDN'T WANT IT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WHY WOULD WE WANT IT AT ME WALK? OKAY.
UM, CINDY, DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT OR DO YOU, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT? YES, I CAN.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE TREE.
SO
SO I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REALLY ANSWER IT.
THERE HAS BEEN JUST DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
AND THIS WAS AT THE KIND OF THE PUBLIC FORUM FOR ARROYO, NOT FOR ME, WALK PARK.
AND I WASN'T, I WASN'T PART OF ME WALK PARK'S COMMUNITY MEETING EITHER.
SO I'M, I'M KIND OF OPERATING HERE IN THE DARK.
BUT THE COMMENT THAT CAME, SO THAT'S, WE'RE OPERATING IN THE DARK TOO.
SO THE COMMENT THAT CAME BACK WAS THAT BUCKEYE ARE, UM, POTENTIALLY POISONOUS TO DOGS AND TO HUMANS, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO INGEST THEM.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING UP TO THE TREES AND YOU'RE EATING THE TREE, THEN IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT EATING THE TREE, UM, THAT IT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE IS, IS WHAT I, I KNOW AT THIS POINT.
BUT IT DOES, THIS IS HONEYBEES.
SO, SO I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE HONEYBEES.
I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS DO SOME RESEARCH UNLESS RELIEF HAS SOME MORE INFORMATION ON IT.
BUT, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST COME UP BEFORE AND IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT MY STAFF HAD CONCERN ABOUT.
IT'S NOT ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY BROUGHT UP.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP 'CAUSE WE JUST GOT THAT EMAIL TODAY AND MAYBE DREW YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH THEM.
UM, SO, UM, THE BUCKEYE TREE, UM, IN TERMS OF HONEYBEES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NON-NATIVE EUROPEAN HONEYBEE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT IS TOXIC TO HONEYBEES.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, FROM, FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD, THE HONEYBEES TEND TO STAY AWAY FROM IT AND NOT NECTAR ON IT.
IT ALSO IS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR NATIVE BEES, WHICH ARE DECREASING IN POPULATION.
UM, I DID REACH OUT TO POISON CONTROL TO ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THE BUCKEYE TREE A PROBLEM? FROM WHAT THEY SAID, THEY SAID THAT, UM, WITH ANY OF THE PLANTS IN THAT SPECIES, YOU WOULD HAVE TO EAT A LOT OF IT OKAY.
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GET VERY SICK FROM IT.AND THE OTHER THING SHE SAID IS, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY TAKES A BITE OUT OF ONE OF THE LITTLE NUTS, UM, THAT SHE WOULDN'T REALLY BE CONCERNED OR TOOK A BITE OUT OF A LEAF, UM, SHE WOULD ONLY, YOU KNOW, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'D HAVE TO EAT A LOT OF IT, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO RESEARCH ON IT AND ALSO TO TALK TO OTHER EXPERTS IN THE FIELD.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW, AND IT JUST CAME THROUGH TODAY.
I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW, UM, THE SCHOOLS CAN'T HAVE TOMATO PLANTS A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE TOXIC.
AND I'M LIKE, I'VE NEVER SEEN A CHILD EAT A TOMATO LEAF.
AND ALSO THERE ARE A, A BUCKEYE IS REALLY, UM, A PART OF OUR LANDSCAPE AND IT'S IN A LOT OF PARKS.
AND I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT.
UM, THE SECOND QUESTION, UM, I HAD, UM, A NEIGHBOR IN MY DISTRICT REACH OUT TO ME.
I GUESS SHE MADE A DONATION TO RELIEF AND SHE WANTS THE MONEY TO GO TO TREES IN ME WALK PARK, SO, OKAY.
UM, IT WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE IN THE LAST YEAR.
HER NAME IS LARICE, LIVES ON LOMBARDI STREET.
UM, THE FIRST NAME IS LARICE AND THEY'RE ON LOMBARDI.
SO, SO THE, UM, THE COMMENT IS THAT SOMEBODY MADE A DONATION TO RELIEF AND THEY WOULD LIKE THE MONEY TO GO TO ME WALK PARK.
IS THAT POSS CAN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? SURE, OF COURSE.
SO YOU HAVE THE NAME AGAIN? HER NAME IS CLARICE.
I HAVE THE, I DON'T HAVE HER LAST NAME RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY, AND SO SHE GAVE A DONATION TO ME WALK OH.
AS HER NEIGHBOR, HIS NAME IN PARK IN HIS MEMORY.
AND SHE WAS FIRST CONCERNED THAT THERE WERE TREES GETTING CUT DOWN AND REMOVED.
AND I EXPLAINED THAT YOU WERE COMING IN.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT TIME WHAT YOUR PLAN WAS.
WELL, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
WITH THAT MONEY IN MU WALK PARK,
ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? NO.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO HAVE ONE GREAT ONE UP.
UH, I'M THE, SHE THAT MADE THE COMMENT, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE, TO THE BUCKEYES.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, CONSIDERING THAT, THAT COMMENT.
UM, SO I, I JUST, AND I WANNA THANK ALSO RELIEF, UM, FOR, UH, KEN, CAN YOU HOLD UP JUST ONE SECOND? OH, YEAH, SURE, SURE CAN.
UM, NORMALLY WE HAVE JUST A TIMER ON, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
NOT THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING, BUT WE DO NORMALLY HAVE A, UM, A TIMER ON.
AND NORMALLY I TAKE THAT LOVELY SHEET OF PAPER TOO.
UM, SO I, I, AND I WANNA THANK RELIEF AND THE CITY OF PETALUMA FOR ADVANCING, UH, THE PLANNING WITH TREES.
UM, I, I STRONGLY AGREE WITH THE PREMISE THAT, UH, THE CITY DOES NEED MORE TREES.
THE ARROYO PARK NEEDS MORE TREES.
I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF MORE TREES.
UM, AND I DO APPRECIATE RELIEF RESPONDING TO OUR COMMENT ABOUT THE BUCKEYES.
UM, JUST IN CONSIDERATION OF THAT, THEY ALSO DID RESPOND TO A COMMENT THAT I SUBMITTED TO THEM IN THE CITY WITH REGARDS TO USING THIS AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE, UM, ALESS SIDEWALK, SIDEWALK ALONG VILLAGE EAST DRIVE, UM, WHICH HAS NO SHADE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO PLANTING TREES ACROSS THAT, UH, UH, NEXT TO VILLAGE EAST DRIVE AND ALONG GARFIELD WILL IMPROVE THAT.
SO I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL, UH, TO RELIEF IN THE CITY FOR RESPONDING TO MY COMMENTS.
UM, I DID HAVE AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST, AND I, I DID WANNA ASK ABOUT IT AND, AND SORT OF FORWARD.
IT IS THE PLANTING OF, UH, BIG LEAF MAPLES, WHICH IS A LARGE, MAGNIFICENT TREE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, PROVIDES GREAT FALL COLOR, UH, GROWS FAST, UM, AND EXPANDS AND PROVIDES A GREAT CANOPY FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT'S, ONCE IT'S REACHED MATURITY, WHICH IT DOES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST IF, IF THAT TREE COULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.
UM, THE COTTONWOODS, THAT THERE WAS A STRETCH IN THIS PLAN THAT, UH, IN THE EARLIER VERSION THAT HAD SORT OF SHORTER TREES IN THERE AND THEY REPLACED THAT WITH COTTONWOODS.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR, FOR CONSIDERING THAT COMMENT, BUT I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER THERE IT IS POSSIBLE TO INCORPORATE BIG LEAF MAPLES ALSO INTO THIS PLAN.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? WELL, I'D BE CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT RELIEF SAYS ABOUT BIG LEAF MAPLE AND
I'LL GO AHEAD AND STEP IN AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO, ELLIOT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMON SENSE.
IN THE, OUR COMMUNITY MEETING, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT PLANNING THEM ONLY BECAUSE WE PLANTED A HOST OF
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THEM AT WISEMAN.AND DUE TO THE RECLAIM WATER, THERE'S ISSUES WHERE WE LOST ALL OF THEM AND WE'RE REPLANTING THEM.
SO, UNFORTUNATELY, AS PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT TOO, IF WE LOSE THE TREES, WE DO HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE THEM.
SO WE'RE CHOOSING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SPECIES THAT WE KNOW WILL PROSPER IN THE SPACE, AS OPPOSED TO ONES WE KNOW, WE'VE LOST COMPLETELY AND WISEMAN'S SO CLOSE THAT WE FEEL THAT IN THAT VICINITY, THAT IT WOULD HAVE THE SAME ISSUES.
SO WE WILL LOOK AT MAYBE PLANTING THEM IN OTHER PARKS, BUT MAYBE NOT ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, POSSIBLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN FOR THAT REASON.
BUT WE DID CHOOSE THEM IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE THEY DO GROW REALLY QUICKLY.
WE LOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA RUN INTO THAT ISSUE AGAIN.
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE RECLAIMED WATER.
THE SALINITY IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE ISSUE.
AND THEN I JUST HAVE A FEW OTHER COMMENTS.
UM, I JUST ALWAYS, RELIEF ALWAYS JUST BLOWS ME AWAY EVERY TIME THAT YOU COME.
I, I THINK THAT YOU ARE SUCH AN ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THE AWARENESS THAT YOU'RE CREATING IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND COOLING THE CITY THROUGH TREES AND, UM, AND ALL THE EFFORTS HAVE JUST BEEN SO INCREDIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE OUTREACH EFFORTS TO REACHING POPULATIONS AND PEOPLE, UM, THAT MAY NOT TOTALLY BE IN TOUCH WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, YOU, YOU DEFINITELY MADE EFFORTS IN GETTING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE COMMUNITY BUILDING ASPECT OF THIS, OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND USING VOLUNTEERS AND INCORPORATING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE PROCESS IS JUST REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
I REALLY LOVE THAT YOU ARE PUTTING INTERPRETIVE SIGNS UP.
I THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA ADD A REALLY KEY PIECE.
UM, AND I, I LOVE THAT ADDITION FOR THIS PLANTING.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TWO, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING AT THE, ON AUGUST 16TH, 2023.A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 16TH MEETING.
THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED FROM AUGUST 16TH, 2023.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
THIS IS, UM, OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS ABOUT LUKE KESSIE SKATE PARK.THIS IS OUR FINAL CON I'M TRYING TO READ AND I REALIZE NOW YOU CAN'T HEAR ME 'CAUSE I TURNED MY HEAD.
UM,
UH, WE WILL REVIEW, DISCUSS AND PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATION ON THE ADOPTION OF LOU KESEY SKATE PARK FINAL CONCEPT.
UH, BJORN IS GOING TO TAKE US HERE.
HE'S THE PROJECT MANAGER MANAGER.
UM, DREW, ARE YOU GOING TO BE SAYING ANYTHING TO KICK IT OFF, OR DO WE GO RIGHT TO BJORN? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL LET BJORN GET SETTLED.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY TO GO, BUT, UM, THANK YOU CHAIR.
THANK YOU COMMISSION, UM, COMMUNITY STAFF, UH, EXCITED TO BE BRINGING FORWARD THIS ITEM TONIGHT FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, THIS IS THE FINAL CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE NEW SKATE PARK TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT LUCCHESE PARK.
UH, REALLY I'M GONNA JUST INTRODUCE THE PROJECT TEAM INVOLVED BEFORE BJORN REALLY KICKS US OFF AND KIND OF WALKS US THROUGH THE EVOLUTION, UH, THE OUTREACH, AND THEN, UH, INTO THE WEEDS OF DESIGN.
SO WE'VE GOT BJORN GRINBERG, HE'S OUR PROJECT MANAGER WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES.
UH, ON JOINING US, ZOOM REMOTE FROM SEATTLE IS, UH, MATT FLUE.
HE'S THE C E O OF GRIND LINE INC.
AND, UH, HIS DESIGN ASSOCIATE, UH, BRETT JOHNSON AS WELL.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JESSICA.
IT'S ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY GOT KYLE LITTLE, OUR SKATE PARK PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST WITH ME TONIGHT.
THEY'VE GOT SO MANY SPECIALISTS WE JUST CAN'T KEEP TRACK IN, UM, BUT JUST AS SPECIAL.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, MATT IN THE PUBLIC RECORD.
AND WE'VE GOT JESSICA MEDINA WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UH, WHO'S BACK JOINING US.
SO I, I DO WANT A CALL TO ATTENTION BEFORE BJORN STARTS US OFF.
UH, WE ARE SEEKING A RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT AFTER THE DISCUSSION.
UH, AND THAT RECOMMENDATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AS WELL AS, UM, KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC HERE IN COMMUNITY AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, UM, A RECOMMENDATION TO SUBMIT, UM, THE FINAL CONCEPT DESIGN TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND, AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
FEEDBACK, UH, INPUT ON DESIGN AS ALWAYS.
BUT, UM, JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW AT THE END OF THIS, WE ARE, WE'RE SEEKING THAT RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO, TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL GIVE IT BACK TO BJORN TO, TO WALK US THROUGH THIS.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO REALLY QUICKLY, OUR AGENDA FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
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UM, JUST A REALLY, REALLY BRIEF RECAP OF, UM, EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE TO DATE, UM, INCLUDING OUR ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, PROCESS FOR THIS PROJECT.AND THEN WE'LL, UM, REALLY THE MEAT OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE FOCUSED ON, UM, MATT WALKING, WALKING EVERYONE THROUGH, UH, THE LATEST CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, IT'LL, IT'S ACTUALLY THE, THE THIRD CONCEPT PLAN THAT HE'S DEVELOPED FOLLOWING, UH, A FEW ROUNDS OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
AND THEN WE'LL GO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL REVISIT, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT DREW JUST ALLUDED TO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS AND THEN TAKE, UM, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
SO REALLY QUICKLY WITH THE OVERVIEW, UM, THIS PROJECT WAS LAUNCHED NOT THAT LONG AGO, BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2022 WHEN WE WERE, UH, LUCKY ENOUGH TO, UM, HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO, UM, BRING GRIND LINE SKATE PARKS ON BOARD.
THEY'RE A, A WORLD CLASS SKATE, PARK DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
UM, REALLY THE BEST OF THE BEST.
IT'S CLEAR THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS THAT THEY REALLY ARE THE EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD.
AND EVERY TIME THEY, MATT AND HIS TEAM SHOW UP TO OUR COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, IT'S UM, IT, IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE GOT LOCAL SKATING CELEBRITIES, UH, OR WE THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT SKATING CELEBRITIES, UH, JOINING US.
UM, OUR GOAL FOR THE PROJECT WAS PRETTY OPEN-ENDED.
WE WANTED TO CREATE A VISION FOR SKATING IN PETALUMA.
WE KNEW, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UM, ISSUES WITH THE SKATE PARK.
UH, IT WITH THE, WITH THE EXISTING SKATE PARK.
IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST NOW IN THE STATE.
AND, UM, TO SAY THE LEAST, IT'S A BIT DATED AND IT LACKS SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE'D WANNA SEE AT OUR, AT OUR PARKS.
UM, WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THEY WANT A NEW LARGER SKATE PARK, UM, OF AROUND 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE THEN TOOK A LOOK AT EIGHT CITY PARKS.
WE WHITTLED THAT LIST DOWN TO FOUR AND DID A, UH, A SITE ANALYSIS, EX EXERCISE WITH GRIND LINE IN THE COMMUNITY LOOKING AT, UH, LEGHORNS, LUCCHESE, KENNELWORTH AND WISEMAN PARKS.
AND OUT OF THOSE FOUR, UM, KENNELWORTH AND LUCCHESE WERE IDENTIFIED AS THE CLEAR FAVORITES.
AND THEN OUT OF THOSE TWO, LUCCHESE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE CLEAR FAVORITE.
UM, WE HEARD THAT FROM THE SKATING COMMUNITY.
WE HEARD IT FROM, UH, YOU ALL WHEN WE PRESENTED TO YOU BACK IN MARCH.
AND THEN WE ALSO HEARD IT FROM CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE PRESENTED TO THEM IN APRIL.
SO FOLLOWING ALL OF THAT GREAT MOMENTUM THAT WE BUILT, UM, FROM, FROM DECEMBER THROUGH APRIL, UM, GOING INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH CITY COUNCIL, I THINK THEY, THEY REALLY LATCHED ONTO THAT EXCITEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THEY, UH, THEIR ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEARS 23 AND 24 INCLUDED OVER $1.5 MILLION FOR THE FULL DESIGN OF PHASES ONE AND TWO, AS WELL AS, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE ONE.
WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE PHASING, UM, LATER.
UM, THE, THERE IS A, A SMALL FUNDING GAP CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED FOR PHASE TWO OF, UH, UNDER $300,000.
AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW IS A, IS A, A VERY ROUGH, HIGH LEVEL ESTIMATE OF $2.8 MILLION FOR, UH, THE DELIVERY OF THE FULL 23,000 SQUARE FOOT SKATE PARK.
UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WE'LL GET A MUCH MORE, UH, PRECISE COST ESTIMATES, UH, FOR ALL OF THE WORK INVOLVED.
BUT FOR NOW, WE DO FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE $1.5 MILLION THAT WE HAVE, UH, BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR FOR GETTING THAT FIRST PHASE CONSTRUCTED.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO JESSICA MEDINA, WHO'S OUR COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR FOR THIS PROJECT.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, FROM THE START, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY COMMUNITY FOCUSED PROJECT.
UH, WE KNEW WE WANTED TO COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY ON THIS, AND SO, UM, WE TOOK A REALLY COMMUNITY DRIVEN APPROACH.
UM, WE GOT GREAT ENGAGEMENT BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE, AND WE'RE JUST VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE WAY THEY SHOWED UP AND ENGAGED WITH US AND SHARED THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR IDEAS AND EVERYTHING.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY FUN PROCESS FOR US TO COLLABORATE IN THAT WAY.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, EACH ROUND OF INPUT HAS DRIVEN WHAT WE'VE DONE NEXT.
UH, LIKE WE STARTED OUT THE PROJECT AS BJORN EXPLAINED, NOT KNOWING WHETHER WE WANTED TO BUILD A NEW SKATE PARK OR MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NEW ONE.
AND SO, UM, GETTING THE COMMUNITY'S FEEDBACK ON THAT REALLY HELPED DIRECT WHERE WE WENT NEXT, WHICH WAS GREAT.
AND WE'VE RECEIVED REALLY VALUABLE FEEDBACK ALL, ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
UM, SO THE USUAL SUSPECTS HERE WITH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THINGS
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TO SOME DEGREE.AND THEN WITH SOME NEW PLAYERS AS WELL.
WE HAVE A PROJECT WEBPAGE, UM, THAT OUTLINES THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP TO RECEIVE PROJECT UPDATES.
UM, AND WE POST INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE HAD MULTIPLE ONLINE SURVEYS AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT ENGAGEMENT WE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE FIRST WORKSHOP.
WE ALREADY HAD 200 ONLINE SURVEY RESPONSES, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT.
AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT AND ALL THE SURVEYS, WE'VE HAD ROUGHLY 400 SURVEY RESPONSES.
SO THAT'S A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT FOR US.
AND AGAIN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY THE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP AND SHARED EVERYTHING WITH THEIR NETWORKS AND GOT THE WORD OUT.
UM, THE WORKSHOPS THEMSELVES, THE FIRST ONE WE HAD OVER 75 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING.
AND THERE WAS A REALLY GREAT ENERGY.
WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD TRUST WITH THE SKATING COMMUNITY AND ALSO TO GET TO KNOW THE SKATING COMMUNITY BETTER.
SO THAT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL TO THE PROJECT TEAM TOO.
SO IT'S BEEN A COOL EXPERIENCE IN THAT WAY I THINK FOR ALL OF US.
UM, WE, UH, PRESENTED HERE AT R M P C AND AT CITY COUNCIL.
WE'VE INCLUDED, UM, THIS TOPIC MULTIPLE TIMES IN OUR COMMUNITY UPDATE EMAIL AND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, UM, EITHER PROMOTING MEETINGS OR ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE, TAKE THE SURVEY.
UH, WE SENT OUT PROJECT EMAILS TO PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE PROJECT UPDATES.
AND WE ALSO, AND THIS, THIS WAS A GREAT THING THAT I THINK HELPED US AND GAVE US A LOT OF STREET CRED, WAS WE HAD GRIND LINES, UM, OUR CONTRACTORS, SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIENCES AND THEIR NETWORKS THAT THEY PUSHED OUT MESSAGING TO.
SO THAT REALLY HELPED GET THE WORD OUT.
AND I KNOW I WAS SEEING FRIENDS HUSBANDS WHO I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, KNEW ABOUT THIS, POSTING THE GRIND LINE POSTS.
AND I THINK THAT HELPED US GET A LOT OF REALLY GREAT ENGAGEMENT.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD WERE, OBVIOUSLY WE WANTED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SKATE PARK.
UM, THE PREFERRED LOCATION WAS LU KC, UM, THAT PEOPLE WANTED THIS TO BE A MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND INCLUSIVE SPACE, MEANING THAT, UH, ALL ABILITIES AND I GUESS MODALITIES SKATING, SCOOTING B M X SCENE AND MORE COULD ENJOY THIS SPACE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
UM, WE HEARD ABOUT DESIRED AMENITIES LIKE LIGHTING AND SEATING AND WATER FOUNTAINS, AND WE ALSO HEARD REALLY GREAT TECHNICAL FEEDBACK ABOUT THE ELEMENTS OF THE PARK.
AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN REALLY VALUABLE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
SO AGAIN, REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR SHOWING UP AND SHARING ALL THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.
AND THAT'S ALL I GOT BACK TO YOU,
UM, SO BEFORE WE, WE PASS IT OVER TO MATT, JUST QUICKLY KIND OF, UM, GET YOUR, YOUR FRAME OF REFERENCE HERE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE UNPROGRAMMED SORT OF PASSIVE, UH, PART OF, UM, LUCCHESE PARK NEAR THE BOUNDED BY THE, UM, SOCCER FIELD, LITTLE LEAGUE DIAMOND TENNIS COURTS AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.
I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE WHAT NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PARK.
AND WHAT WE HEARD LAST TIME WE CAME AND, AND VISITED YOU, AND THIS WAS REALLY SOME OF THE BASIS FOR GRIND LINES, UH, CONCEPT PLAN AS THEY WERE FIGURING OUT THE, THE OPTIMAL FOOTPRINT FOR THE SKATE PARK WITHIN THIS, UM, MUCH LARGER AREA, UM, WAS TO PRESERVE AND INCORPORATE EXISTING TREES WHERE POSSIBLE.
UM, AND, UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY KIND OF PLANNED AROUND.
THEY HAD MAPPED OUT ALL OF THE, THE MATURE TREES IN THIS AREA AND, AND THE BERMS AND, AND LOOKED AT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO, UM, PRESERVE THOSE TREES AND ALSO KIND OF INCORPORATE THEM TO THE EDGES OF THE, OF THE PARK SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY SHADE FROM THE TREES OR EVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SIT UP ON THE BERMS WHILE THEY'RE TAKING BREAKS FROM, UH, SKATING.
AND THEN WHEN WE WENT TO COUNCIL, SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD ACTUALLY HAD A MUCH SMALLER FIRST PHASE BASED ON OUR, WE HAD A, WE HAD A LOT LESS AVAILABLE FUNDING.
WE WERE ANTICIPATING, UM, I THINK ABOUT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
AND, UH, COUNCIL WHEN WE WENT TO PRESENT TO THEM IN APRIL AND, AND THEY HEARD ALL THE EXCITEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT, THEY KIND OF CHALLENGED US.
THEY SAID, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TRY TO GET A BIGGER FIRST PHASE.
LET'S GET SOMETHING THAT WOULD STAND UP ON ITS OWN IF PHASE TWO ISN'T CONSTRUCTED FOR A WHILE.
SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT PEOPLE WILL REALLY ENJOY SKATING, UM, AND, AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT 3000 FEET IS REALLY TOO SMALL.
SO WE GOT THAT, UM, THAT DIRECTION FROM THEM.
AND, UM, UH, WITH THAT IN MIND, GRIND LINE STARTED, UM, DESIGNING THE PARK WITH, UH, A TWO PHASE PROJECT.
FIRST BEING ABOUT 10, 10 TO 13,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE BEING THE REMAINING SQUARE FOOTAGE, UH, TO FILL OUT THAT 23,000 SQUARE FEET THAT WE ENVISIONED.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING, I'M PLEASED TO AGAIN INTRODUCE MATT AND, UM, PASS IT OVER TO HIM AND HE'LL WALK US THROUGH, UH, THE, THE THIRD AND, UH, RECOMMENDED CONCEPT
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PLAN, UM, THAT HIS TEAM HAS DEVELOPED.AND I WILL TRY MY BEST TO POINT OUT THINGS AS HE'S TALKING ABOUT THEM, BUT, UM, MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL.
ALRIGHT, THANKS PR AND GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SH SHARE THIS, UH, CONCEPT WITH THE, THE SKATING COMMUNITY AND ALL WHEEL USE COMMUNITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY STAFF AND NOW HERE WITH YOU.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING IT WITH THE WORLD WORLD 'CAUSE WE'RE DEFINITELY REALLY PROUD OF THIS ONE.
UM, THIS IS JUST A VIEW OF THE OVERALL CONCEPT HERE AND THE CONCEPT.
IT FEATURES A VARIETY OF SKATEABLE TERRAIN.
UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S SEVERAL STREET STYLE, WHAT WE CALL STREET STYLE FEATURES.
AND, AND THOSE ARE FEATURES THAT KIND OF EMULATE WHAT YOU'LL SEE OUT IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, LIKE WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN A DOWNTOWN PLAZA, SETS OF STAIRS, UM, RAILINGS, SEAT WALLS, WHICH WE CALL LEDGES, UM, AS WELL AS TRANSITIONAL FEATURES.
AND, AND THOSE INCLUDE THE BOWLS, WHICH ARE KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, SWIMMING POOLS OR BASINS THAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, THE DIFFERENT BANKS AND RAMPS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT
UM, AND WE DID, KNOWING THAT THIS WAS A MULTI-PHASE PROJECT, WE, WE MADE SURE TO SPRINKLE A LITTLE BIT OF EACH INTO EACH PHASE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PHASE ONE INDEPENDENTLY ON ITS OWN CAN FUNCTION AS A, AS A PARK FOR, UM, FOR ALL TYPES OF, OF TERRAIN AND SKILL LEVELS, AGES, ALL THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, ALSO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DESIGN, UM, WOULD PROVIDE AMPLE TERRAIN FOR LOCAL YOUTH TO TRAIN FOR A COMPETITIVE LEVEL.
UM, THERE'S SOME, SOME KIDS IN THE AREA ALREADY THAT ARE DOING THAT, AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO A DESIGN THAT SUPPORTS THAT.
UM, BJORN, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CRUISE THROUGH, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST LOOK AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT, UH, OVERVIEW ANGLES OF THE PARK.
SO THERE ON THE, UM, SORT OF LOWER TO THE LEFT, YOU SEE THE LARGER BOWL, WHICH IS THE, WE CALL THE FLOW BOWL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE WATCHED THE, YOU KNOW, X GAMES OR OLYMPICS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE STYLE OF BOWL THAT THEY CALL THE, THE PARK, UM, PORTION OF THE SKATEBOARDING COMPETITIONS.
UM, AND THEN SURROUNDING THAT, ABOVE THAT YOU SEE SOME OF THE STREET FEATURES I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, ABOVE AND ALSO TO THE RIGHT.
UM, GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
AND THIS IS A LITTLE, UH, SORT OF SHOWING PHASE TWO HERE, WHICH, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT THE PHASING PLAN HERE IN A SECOND.
BUT, UM, PHASE TWO INCLUDED A A POOL STYLE BOWL, UM, WHICH WE DEFINITELY GOT A LOT OF INPUT ON.
UH, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY GOT, UM, A BOWL THAT W HAD THE SHAPE OF NOTHING, NOTHING ELSE IN THE AREA.
UM, SO WE BASICALLY CREATED A, A LARGE MENU OF DIFFERENT SHAPED, UM, BOWL, COOL STYLE BOWLS, AND, UM, DID A SURVEY ON THAT SPECIFICALLY.
AND, UH, THIS WAS THE OVERWHELMING CHOICE BY THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, JUST SOME, SOME DIFFERENT STREET FEATURES SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THIS AREA.
UM, BANKS, PUMP BUMPS, QUARTER PIPES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
VR, THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BOWL THAT'S THE NAPI OVAL IS WHAT WE CALL THAT ONE.
AND THEN AGAIN, A VIEW OF THE, OF THE FLOW BOWL, THAT'S PART OF PHASE ONE.
AND THEN JUST, UH, YEAH, PLAN VIEW, SHOWING THE DIFFERENT PHASES HERE.
UM, AGAIN, PHASE ONE BEING ABOUT 13,000 SQUARE FEET AND PHASE TWO B AND 10, AND THIS IS JUST A, THIS WAS A GRAPHIC, YOU KNOW, CREATED MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING SO WE COULD KIND OF LIST OUT ALL THE FEATURES, UM, THAT WERE IN THE DESIGN.
AND I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, UH, TONIGHT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A NICE, YOU KNOW, COHESIVE DESIGN THAT FLOWS REALLY WELL, BUT INCLUDES NUMEROUS DIFFERENT SKATE FEATURES FOR THE, UH, END USERS.
AND THIS IS JUST, UH, KIND OF GENERAL ELEVATIONS, UM, SHOWING THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, UH, HEIGHT HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS RELATIVE TO THE EXISTING GRADE ZERO WOULD BE BASICALLY AT EXISTING GRADE IN THE AREA AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING, GOING UPWARDS OF, UM, AND SOME OF THE ENDS AND WHATNOT, SIX FEET OR SO.
UM, BUT WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IN THESE PARKS, WE, WE DO, WE DO NO MINIMUM TO NO RETAINING WALLS
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AROUND THE OUTER EDGES.WE ACTUALLY CREATE EARTH BERMS, UM, AROUND THE EDGES SO THAT REALLY, THE, THE PARK, YOU KNOW, FEELS LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
AND THEN JUST COUPLE, COUPLE MORE VIEWS OF THE DIFFERENT STREET FEATURES YOU SEE, THE KIND OF HANDRAILS AND, AND STAIR SETS AND, AND EGES.
THANKS ON TO MY, UH, WE'LL JUST WRAP IT UP REALLY QUICKLY HERE AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GO BACK TO YOU, I'M SURE WITH MANY QUESTIONS.
UM, SO, UH, JUST REITERATING OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT WAS TO REVIEW, DISCUSS AND, UM, ADOPT THE CONCEPT PLAN AND SUBMIT A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
NEXT STEPS WOULD BE SEEKING, UH, COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE, OF THE CONCEPT PLAN TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR, UH, THEIR OCTOBER 16TH COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THEN INITIATE, UM, DETAILED DESIGN.
SO TAKING THIS CONCEPT PLAN NOW AND, AND GETTING INTO THE, REALLY GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF ACTUALLY DESIGNING IT ALL OUT.
AND, UM, THAT'S A OBVIOUSLY A, IT'S A VERY COMPLEX, UH, PROJECT AND SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED IN THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AND I MENTIONED EARLIER, SORRY, THAT WE WERE, THAT WE ARE STILL PLANNING ON TRYING TO BREAK GROUND IN SUMMER OF 2024.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH A PRETTY AMBITIOUS TIMELINE HERE, BUT IT'S ONE THAT WE, WE THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH.
AND THEN, UH, IN THE MEANTIME WE'RE WE'RE JUST STILL, UH, EXPLORING OTHER ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND UPGRADES TO AMENITIES AT THE EXISTING SKATE PARK.
WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT.
SO OUR TIMELINE HERE, UM, LET'S SEE.
I PRETTY MUCH JUST SAID ALL OF THIS, SO IT'S JUST REITERATING, UM, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO FINALIZE THAT DETAILED DESIGN AND INVITE BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE ONE NEXT SPRING ROLL INTO CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE ONE, SUMMER IN SUMMER AND FALL OF 2024.
AND THEN, UH, THE TIMING ON PHASE TWO WOULD REALLY BE DEPENDENT ON FUNDING.
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE GREAT, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR APPROACH HERE, WE WILL HAVE DESIGNED BOTH PHASES, FULLY DESIGNED, ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED, AND READY TO GO.
AND SO IT'LL REALLY JUST BE A MATTER OF WAITING ON THOSE, THOSE LAST DOLLARS IN BEFORE WE CAN, UH, BREAK GROUND ON PHASE TWO.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I THINK WE'RE READY TO PASS IT OFF TO, UH, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, UNLESS DREW OR JESSICA, ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? GOOD.
OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? I'LL START WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER.
UM, FREQUENTLY, I, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY, NOT GUIDELINE AS MUCH 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE DOING THE DESIGN OF THE ACTUAL SKATE PARK, BUT, UM, THE PHYSICAL PARK, BUT WE FREQUENTLY BUILD PLAYGROUNDS AND WE DON'T THINK, OR WE DON'T INCLUDE SEATING TABLES, SHADE AND WHATNOT INTO THE BUDGET, AND THEN IT'S LIKE A SCRAMBLE AFTER OR IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, OR IT'S, OH, WE'RE ONLY USING THIS MONEY FOR THE PHYSICAL SIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, AND WE'VE HEARD THAT THAT'S BEEN A BIG CONCERN AT OUR CURRENT SKATE PARK FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE, UM, DESIGN THERE, I THINK I SAW THREE SETS OF, I THINK THREE BENCHES.
AND I'M WONDERING, I'M TRYING TO PICTURE IT IN LUC CASEY WHERE IT IS, IF THERE'S TABLES NEARBY AS WELL, ARE THOSE TREES BIG ENOUGH FOR A LITTLE SHADE TO SIT UNDER? ANYTHING AROUND THAT THAT YOU CAN CLARIFY? THANK YOU.
I, I DID ACTUALLY MEAN TO, UH, TO MENTION THAT.
SO WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN, UM, GRIND LINE REALLY DID NOT SPEND, UH, MUCH TIME AND ATTENTION ON THE ACTUAL AMENITIES OF THE SITE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE NOT SEEING ANY LIGHTING.
UM, THEY DO SHOW A COUPLE OF SEATING AREAS, BUT THOSE, YOU KNOW, REALLY THEIR, THE, THEIR FOCUS WAS ON THE SKATING ELEMENTS.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, IN THE NEXT PHASE OF DESIGN, WE WOULD FOCUS IN ON THE PLACEMENT AND TYPES OF AMENITIES.
WE HEARD VERY CLEARLY FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT LIGHTING, THEY WANT SHADE, THEY WANT SEATING AREAS, THEY WANT WATER FOUNTAINS, AND THOSE ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, DREW, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON THE, UM, SORT OF THE TIMING PRO AND PROGRAMMING OF OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENTS? YEAH, NO, I THINK THAT'S, THOSE ARE CRITICAL ELEMENTS AND THAT'S A BIG REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, COLLECT YOUR FEEDBACK, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS PROJECT THROUGH THOSE THAT HAVE COME FORWARD THROUGH THE COMMISSION BEFORE.
WE'RE PUTTING THIS WITHIN A VERY ACTIVE PARK.
UM, WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO TAP INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGE FRIENDLY, MULTIMODAL, MULTI-USE.
SO WE REALLY DO HAVE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN FOR, UH, AN ARRAY OF AGES, ABILITIES AND MOBILITIES.
UM, IN THIS PROJECT, GRIND LINES BUDGET UP
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TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN PRETTY SAFEGUARDED JUST TO DELIVER.BUT, UM, MATT, IF YOU WANNA WEIGH IN ON SOME OF THE MINDSET IN LOOKING AT, UM, HOW, YOU KNOW, USE OF BERMS OR KIND OF HOW YOU'VE PLAYED WITH THE CONTOURS AS IS AND MAYBE SOME IDEAS THAT YOU WANNA SHARE.
UM, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT.
UM, YEAH, DURING THE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS, CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, THE, THE MAIN FOCUS WAS ON BEING ABLE TO FINALIZE A SKATE PARK CONCEPT AND THE FOOTPRINT ITSELF.
UM, AND LIKE DREW SAID, PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE, THE SITE OPPORTUNITIES THAT KIND OF LED US TO THAT SHAPE IS THERE'S A NICE NATURAL BERM, UM, ALONG THE NORTH EDGE THERE'S SEPARATING THE SOCCER FIELDS WITH, UM, FAIRLY MATURE TREES AS WELL, PROVIDING NATURAL SHADES.
BUT DEFINITELY AS WE GET INTO FINAL DESIGN, WE'LL BE INCORPORATING AMENITIES AS REQUESTED, UM, INTO THE PERIPHERAL DESIGN AND DECIDING THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST, MOST ACCESSIBLE CONNECTION POINTS TO THE PARK.
UM, WE, UM, SEATING, UM, POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, SHADE STRUCTURE OPTIONS OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
S SO IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET THAT WAS PROPOSED, THERE ARE THE AMENITIES INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE I, I'VE JUST SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE WHERE IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL INCLUSIVE AND WE'RE NOT SCRAMBLING FOR MONEY AFTER THE FACT.
YES, THE, THE BUDGET DOES ALLOW FOR SOME, FOR SOME AMENITIES, UM, SEATING AND SOME MAYBE SMALLER POTENTIAL SHADE STRUCTURES.
UM, AND THEN I THINK ANYTHING BEYOND THAT AS FAR AS RESTROOM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE NEED, WOULD NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AT A DIFFERENT BUDGET.
AND THERE'S, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, RESTROOMS THERE? YEP.
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT TO THINK OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL WITHIN THE BUDGET.
AND I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS, BUT THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED LIGHTING IS PART OF THAT.
I HAD HEARD, I HAD HEARD YOU, YOU SAY THE, UM, THE LIGHTING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT WITH MATT.
UM, WHETHER IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH LIGHTING WITHIN PHASE ONE OR MAYBE IN PHASE ONE, YOU KNOW, THE, WE LAY THE CONDUIT AND GET IT PREPPED FOR, UH, INSTALLATION OF FULL LIGHTING IN PHASE TWO.
I THINK THAT REALLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY ITEMS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON, UM, AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE DESIGN PROCESS AND START FIGURING OUT HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE LIGHTING SPECIFICALLY.
UH, COMMISSIONER ELLI, WELL, COMING FROM THE MAINTENANCE BACKGROUND, I HAVE A COUPLE MAINTENANCE RELATED QUESTIONS.
ONE ARE, IS MONEY BEING PUT INTO REROUTING AND RELOCATING TO IRRIGATION ALL AROUND THIS AREA SO THAT IT WILL FUNCTION PROPERLY AFTER THE SKATE PARK IS BUILT? CINDY, DO YOU HAVE A, IS THERE IRRIGATION IN THIS AREA THAT YEAH, THIS AREA IS IRRIGATED AND IT'S IRRIGATED BY THE LAKE CURRENTLY, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S CONSIDERED IN AS PART AS PHASE TWO.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS IN INCLUDED IN THE CONCEPT PLAN.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BJORN.
NO, WE, WE DID LOOK FOR MAJOR UTILITIES, UM, AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IRRIGATION WOULD BE CONSIDERED NECESSARILY A MAJOR DISRUPTION OR CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF EARTH WORK THAT'S NEEDED, I, WE, WE WERE, WE DID LOOK AT UTILITY CONFLICTS,
THE GARDENERS OR THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND ARE LEFT TO JUST, OH, THERE'S A BIG BROWN SPOT THAT WE HAVE TO WATER BY HAND NOW ALL THE TIME.
UM, THE OTHER MAINTENANCE RELATED QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT MOWING.
UM, ARE THE EDGES THE PERIMETER OF THIS, UM, THE SKATE PARK OR IS IT GONNA REQUIRE STRING TRIMMING OR WILL THE MOWER JUST BE ABLE TO MOW RIGHT OVER THE EDGES OF THE TURF THERE? UM, WE, WE TYPICALLY TRY, TRY TO GRADE EVERYTHING OUT AROUND THE PERIPHERAL PERIMETERS OF THE, THE SKATE PARK AT A FOUR TO ONE.
UM, SO IDEALLY TO JUST BE ABLE TO RUN THE MOWER RIGHT UP AGAINST THE EDGE OF IT.
ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? I, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UM, THE STAFF FOR ALL THE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT BUILT THIS IDEA AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA GET THE REALITY DONE THAT THEY WANT.
UM, THE WHOLE AREA, WHEN YOU, WHEN THE ESCAPE PARK IS BEING
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BUILT, THAT WHOLE AREA, WILL IT HAVE TO BE DUG OUT? BJORN, WILL IT HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY YEAH, THERE'S A I CAN YEAH, GO AHEAD.DO YOU KNOW WHERE I'M HEADED? IF I CAN, IF I CAN JUMP IN HERE? JUST, UH, UH, BASED ON, WE STILL HAVE TO GET A PROJECT SPECIFIC GEOTECH REPORT DONE FOR THIS, UM, THIS PROJECT, WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN, IN FINAL DESIGN.
UM, BUT BASED ON THE REPORTS, UH, LOOKING AT THE, THE SOCCER FIELD AND I THINK IT WAS A PUMP HOUSE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OVER EXCAVATION IS GONNA BE REQUIRED AND REPLACEMENT WITH SELECT FILL JUST DUE TO THE SOILS IN THE AREA.
AND THEN IT'LL NEED TO BE SOUGHTED AFTER ANYBODY SEE WHERE I'M, UH, THE
I MEAN, JUST AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPE RESTORATION AREAS.
UH, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN ADD GOPHER WIRE TO THAT, IF IT'S ALREADY GOING TO BE COMPLETELY CLEARED OUT AND WE
THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADED WITH THAT.
THE, THE CLEARINGS WOULD, WOULD SORT OF FOLLOW THE PERIMETER OF THE, UM, SKATE PARK, BUT OFFSET, UM, I, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE GEOTECH REPORT RECOMMENDS, BUT PROBABLY FIVE FEET OR SO.
SO, UM, BUT THAT LITTLE FIVE FOOT STRIP AROUND THE, AROUND THE EDGE COULD CERTAINLY BE GO FOR PROOF.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT.
THAT WHOLE AREA, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE'S THAT LARGER PERIMETER THAT, AND MAYBE IT JUST LOOKS LARGER IN THIS PICTURE THAN IT ACTUALLY IS, BUT, UH, HERE IN PETALUMA WE HAVE, UM, VERY EAGER GOPHERS
WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO MANAGE THEM.
UH, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY, UM, ONLINE EITHER.
SO LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
UM, I JUST, AGAIN WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ENERGIZING.
I'VE BEEN AT A FEW OF THE MEETINGS AND IT'S BEEN REALLY POWERFUL TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
I THINK IT'S GONNA ADD AN AMAZING ASPECT TO PETALUMA AND BRING IN PEOPLE, BUT ALSO FILL A VOID THAT'S HERE ALREADY.
SO I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, I THINK THE DESIGN IS AMAZING.
IT'S, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A WORLD CLASS, UH, SKATE FACILITY AND SOMETHING THAT PETALUMA CAN BE VERY PROUD OF.
UM, YEAH, I JUST REALLY LIKED SEEING HOW, UH, THE DESIGN PROCESS CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
'CAUSE I'M WORKING WITH A GROUP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THE SAME THING.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS, UH, PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.
IT HAS BEEN FOUR YEARS, WELL IT'S BEEN LONGER THAN FOUR YEARS, BUT FOUR YEARS SINCE, UH, THE COMMUNITY REALLY PUT THE HEAT ON THE CITY.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS AWESOME.
I CAN'T WAIT TO, UM, SHOW IT OFF TO, TO PEOPLE.
SO NOW, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE K C SKATE PARK.
SHALL WE TAKE A, OH SECOND
WE'VE GOT BOTH, BOTH VERSIONS OF IT.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY EXCITED.
AND WITH THAT, THAT, UH, IS THE END OF OUR MAJOR MATTERS.
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HEADED TO COMMITTEE COMMENT OR COMMISSION COMMENT.UM, COUNCIL PERSON, KELLY, PLEASE START US OFF.
I'M DEFINITELY NOT A COUNCIL PERSON.
UM, SO, UH, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE CIRCUS.
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I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT A CITY PROGRAM, BUT IT WAS A GREAT USE OF THE FAIRGROUNDS AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE HAD IT.I WENT TWICE AND IT'S JUST FUN AND IT'S, IT'S GREAT FOR THE KIDS AND THE ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW LONG AGO IT WAS THAT WE MADE THE AGREEMENT, THE CITY MADE THE AGREEMENT WITH, UM, FOR THE POLY CLASS BUILDING TO COME, UM, TO WHAT IT IS TODAY.
BUT I REMEMBER TAKING THAT TOUR AND HAVING THE LONG TALKS ABOUT IT, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST TIME LAST WEEK GOING INTO THE BUILDING SINCE EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE.
AND IT WAS, IT REALLY HAS TURNED INTO WHAT THIS COMMISSION, WHAT THE CITY ENVISIONED IT TO BE.
IT'S A COMMUNITY BUILDING OR COMMUNITY, UM, GENERATING BUILDING.
AND I JUST FELT SO GOOD TO BE IN THERE AND BE AROUND, UM, HEAR DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING AND SEE, UM, SEE HOW IT LOOKS.
UM, UH, SOCCER FIELDS, YOU KNOW, SOCCER SEASON I'M BRINGING UP EVERY TIME, BUT I JUST AM IN AWE OF HOW SMOOTHLY PRINCE WORKS AND HOW IT LOOKS AND HOW BASEBALL AND SOCCER ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
AND ALL OF THE ABOVE, JUST IN AWE OF IT.
UM, AT THE MUSEUM WE DID OPEN THE HUNDRED AND 50TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR PETALUMA HIGH.
UM, SO PLEASE COME VISIT THAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME SPECIAL THINGS HAPPENING.
I THINK THE FRESHMEN AT PETALUMA HIGH ARE INTERVIEWING ALUMNI AND THERE'S SOME LITTLE, LITTLE TREATS HAPPENING, UM, AROUND THAT IN THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
AND THEN ALSO, NOT A COMMISSION RELATED THING, BUT A COMMUNITY RELATED ACTIVITY.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH GRANT ELEMENTARY TO SEE NICOLE MANN THE ASTRONAUT.
AND GOD, I'M PROUD OF PETALUMA FOR BRINGING A HOMETOWN HERO AND, AND HAVING OUR MAYOR MAKE A PROCLAMATION AND JUST THE, THE, THE AWE FROM THE KIDS.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE FROM FOURTH GRADERS UP THROUGH ADULTS JUST SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS LISTENING TO THAT PRESENTATION.
AND SO IT JUST REALLY MADE ME PROUD OF PETAL MAP.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BERTELLI.
WELL, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, UH, TREE COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND I WAS AT EARLIER TODAY WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN FOR STREET TREES AND, UM, CREATING UPDATE, GRADING THE, UPDATING THE LIST OF APPROVED TREES FOR, UH, STREET TREES AND WORKING ON A, UM, HERITAGE TREE, UM, ASSESSMENT, UH, TALKING ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT THE, UM, LARGER TREES AND MORE SIGNIFICANT TREES IN THE CITY.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT GROUP AND THEY'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS.
UM, I THINK WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND PETALUMA WANTING TO BE A COOL CITY, THAT, UM, STREET TREES ARE A CRITICAL PART OF THAT EQUATION.
AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS WORK WILL BE, WILL LEAD TO, UH, A LOT MORE TREES IN PETALUMA, WHICH WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING.
UM, I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO GO AND, AND REALLY LOOK AT MANY OF MY PARKS THIS MONTH.
UM, BUT JUST DRIVING AROUND CASUALLY AND LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT PARKS THAT I'VE BEEN GOING BY.
I THINK OVERALL, UM, ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT THE MAINTENANCE STAFF, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE, EVEN IF A LOT OF THE CITY IS NOT.
BUT, UM, THEY'RE DOING I THINK, AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE AND I HOPE WE CAN GET THEM SOME MORE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE THAT WORK.
UM, I'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN THIS LAST MONTH.
MY, UM, GRANDCHILDREN NEEDED TO BE ENTERTAINED AFTER SCHOOL.
SO WE HAVE BEEN TO PROBABLY EVERY PARK IN PETALUMA.
AND, UM, WE EVEN WENT SEARCHING FOR THE GOATS AND THE SHEEP AND I GOT AHOLD OF THE STAFF AND ON THEIR NON-URGENT LINE BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND THEM AT THE MANION KNOWLES PARK.
AND IT WAS, THEY WERE WAY UP AT THE TOP OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH I'VE NEVER WALKED TO NEXT TO THE CEMETERY.
AND THE GRANDKIDS WERE WAY AHEAD OF ME RUNNING IN PROPER SHOES.
I DID NOT HAVE, BUT IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT GRAZING HAPPENING.
THE SHEEP HERDER IS THIS SPANISH SPEAKING YOUNG MAN WHO WAS JUST LEANING AGAINST A TREE.
AND I USED EVERY LITTLE BIT OF SPANISH.
I KNEW TO TALK TO HER AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM FROM ALL MY TRAVELS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PARKS.
UM, ONLY MOTHER NATURE DROPPING BRANCHES OR IRRIGATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, BEING MAYBE TOO WET IS THE ONLY THING I FOUND WRONG WITH ANY OF THE PARKS.
AND I JUST JUMPED ON THE APP AND ONE DAY I EVEN FOUND THE, THE, THE DIL LANDSCAPING PEOPLE AND I SAID, CAN YOU GRAB THAT BRANCH? 'CAUSE THAT CHILD IS PLAYING WITH IT.
AND I JUST TOLD HIM A MAINTENANCE GUY WOULD PICK IT UP
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10 FEET LONG AND IT HAD JUST FALLEN AND THEY WERE GONNA POKE EACH OTHER WITH IT.AND, UM, ANYWAY, UM, GOOD NEWS.
UM, I HAD A CALL FROM, UM, SOMEBODY IN THE SOUTH GATE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO IS PUTTING TOGETHER THE FRIENDS OF SOUTHGATE PARK, AND THEY'RE NOT BEING REACTIVE TO ANYTHING, THEIR LEDS OR THEIR PARK.
THEY'RE BEING PROACTIVE AND THEY WANNA HELP MAKE IT A BETTER PARK.
AND THEY'RE ALREADY INVOLVED IN RELIEF.
AND, UM, I MET WITH THEM AND WE, I TOOK PICTURES, SENT IT TO DREW OF THINGS THAT, UM, MIGHT BE PROBLEMATIC.
UM, THERE WAS A WATER FAUCET LEAKING AND THE WATER DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND FIXED.
UM, THEY, UM, POSSIBLY WANT SOME MORE LIGHTING.
MAYBE THE LAMPPOSTS DOESN'T ILLUMINATE ENOUGH.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY'RE, UM, A VERY NICE GROUP AND THEY'RE BEING PROACTIVE.
THEY WANNA HELP AND THEY WANNA COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, MAYBE A POLLINATOR GARDEN INSTEAD OF AN EDIBLE GARDEN IN THOSE EMPTY BIG TROUGHS THAT HAVE IRRIGATION, BUT IT'S RECYCLED WATER.
SO, UH, EDIBLE LANDSCAPING ISN'T MAYBE THE SOLUTION, BUT MAYBE A POLLINATOR TYPE GARDEN THAT MAYBE THE BOUNTY OR, UM, ONE OF THOSE GROUPS WOULD LIKE TO HELP WITH.
SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING SO HARD STAFF.
AND I HOPE I DIDN'T ASK FOR TOO MANY, UH, THINGS TO BE REPAIRED, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE AN EASY FIX, PICKING UP BRANCHES.
IF WE EVER GET TO DO ANOTHER PARK, PUT IN A ZIP LINE.
UH, FIRST I WANNA THANK MR. HALTER BECAUSE I DID MY ROUNDS OF THE PARKS AND SENT A, A LONG EMAIL WITH ANY ISSUER, SAW EACH ONE, AND HE VERY EFFICIENTLY RESPONDED AND IS TAKING CARE OF ALL THOSE.
SO I THINK THAT'S WORKING OUT.
UM, ALSO JUST WANT TO PUT OUT FOR ANYONE LISTENING, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE STEAMER LANDING PARK SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES REVOLVING AROUND THE PARKING LOT, THE PUBLIC PARKING LOT, AND A LOT OF BAD, UH, STORIES IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
UM, BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO ACCESS STEAMER LANDING PARK OR THE PALOMA RIVER PARK, UH, THOSE ISSUES ARE, ARE AN EXCEPTION.
THEY DON'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.
AND IF YOU'RE FEELING NERVOUS ABOUT GOING OUT THERE, START BY GOING IN A GROUP.
I KNOW THE RIVER PARK LEADS GROUPS AS WELL TO GET PEOPLE OUT, TO SHOW THEM THAT IT ISN'T AS SCARY AS IT LOOKS IN THE BEGINNING.
IT'S A BOTTLENECK THAT CAN BE INTIMIDATING, BUT IT'S NOT AS BAD, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GO IN A GROUP, GIVE IT A TRY AND YOU'D PROBABLY BE SURPRISED.
UH, AND ON THE PHONE NOTE, SATURDAY I'LL BE HEADED TO JAPAN AND I'M DEDICATING SOME TIME TO LOOKING AT PARKS IN TOKYO AND KYOTO AND SEEING IF I CAN COME BACK WITH SOME NEW INSIGHT.
CAN I, UH, YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING COUNCILPERSON NOW? I JUST WANTED TO TO MENTION THAT, UM, MONDAY NIGHT WE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY THE STEAMER PARK, UM, NEW, UM, SUBDIVISION THAT'S GOING IN CALLED OYSTER COVE.
SO IT WILL HAVE, UM, A LOT OF, UH, PUBLIC MONEY GOING INTO LANDSCAPING AND, UM, HELPING IMPROVE THE LIGHTING AND EVERYTHING IN THIS.
THERE'LL BE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT CALLED OYSTER CROW COVE, RIGHT OFF OF D STREET.
SO THERE'D BE A LOT OF AMENITIES AND I CAN ADD TO THAT.
I THINK THAT'LL ALSO INCLUDE A NEW EASEMENT, SO A DIFFERENT WAY IN AND DIFFERENT PARKING AS WELL TO ACCESS, UM, BOTH PARKS OUT THERE.
AND ONE MORE FUN THING, UH, THIS COMING SATURDAY, I BELIEVE THE FIRST, THE FIRST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER, SORRY.
IT'LL BE A BIG PUBLIC PARTY FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME OUT TO THEIR OME RIVER PARK PAST THE RED BARN.
UH, WE'LL BE, UH, UNVEILING THE, UH, SCULPTURE THAT'S BEING PUT IN A WORLD FAMOUS MARK DE SUV SCULPTURE, ABOUT 45 FEET TALL.
UM, SO THAT'D BE A REALLY COOL THING ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER.
I GO, I MEET MY GIRLFRIENDS THERE AND WE HAVE DINNER ON, ON THE, ON THE RIVER.
UM, MY PARKS HAVE LOOKED REALLY GREAT.
UM, I DEFINITELY SAW ONE TREE LIMB DOWN AT CHERRY PARK AND THE KIDS WERE CLIMBING AND I CAN'T LIE.
UM, THERE'S GRASS, IT'S GREAT.
UM, AND I DID NOT GET TO ATTEND, UH, P BACK BECAUSE MY WHOLE
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ENTIRE FAMILY, WE WERE, WE WERE SICK.SO I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM THEM THIS MONTH.
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COMMENTS FROM EITHER CINDY OR DREW? WE, WE DO.UM, YOUR PARK STAFF IS ALWAYS BUSY.
I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THIS MONTH HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING.
UM, OUR LARGER MOWERS WERE DOWN, SO WE WERE ON OUR SMALLER MOWERS.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UM, TO SUPPORT THE TOURNAMENT LAST WEEKEND, WOULD WOULD NORMALLY TAKE ONE PERSON ONE DAY.
IT TOOK FIVE PEOPLE AND FIVE MOWERS.
SO YES, THEY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT SOMETIMES, BUT IT'S A LOT OF TEAMWORK.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPRECIATION.
I, I SENT YOUR COMMENTS BACK LAST TIME AND THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL AND THEY'RE LIKE, REALLY? I GO, YEAH, LIKE YOUR COMMISSIONER, THINK YOU ARE AMAZING.
SO THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST, IT'S BEEN A LOT.
THE GOPHER, THE NORCAL GOPHER GUY HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
I WON'T GIVE YOU NUMBERS, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU WALK MCNAIR, YOU PROBABLY WILL NOTICE A CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE.
HE'S BEEN OUT IN WISEMAN, PRINCE PARK, EAGLE PARK.
HE SHOULD BE FINISHING UP DO ORO.
SO, AND WE WILL EXPAND THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, AND PART OF MAINTENANCE IS PART OF DOING THAT, RIGHT? TO MAKE SURE OUR TURF IS BETTER.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TOO.
OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, YESTERDAY NIGHT WE HAD OUR KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, FOR THE VISIONING PROCESS.
SO WE'LL START WRITING THAT PLAN WITH OUR ARBORIST CONSULTANT, BEN ANDERSON, WHICH DOVETAILS WITH THE TREE ORDINANCE UPDATE.
SO THOSE ARE TWO REALLY BIG THINGS, BUT TWO REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE THINGS.
UM, YOU WILL MOST LIKELY SEE RELIEF COME BACK TO YOU BECAUSE I GOT NEWS THAT THEY'RE AWARDED MORE FUNDING TO PLANT MORE TREES, UM, THIS FALL
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S KIND OF A BIG ONE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAYBE GIVE WENDY'S NOT HERE, BUT TO GIVE YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF THINGS, FOX HOLLOW BRIDGE ALONG THE PATHWAY, LA RERA, THOSE ARE THREE OF THE PARKS THAT ARE ON THE LIST FOR THAT.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD WIND AND, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A PUBLIC NOTICE YET, BUT YOUR CHAIR AT TREE COMMITTEE WENT AHEAD AND SHARED, SO I'LL SHARE IT HERE.
THE CITY WAS AWARDED A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL GRANT, UM, FROM THE US FORESTRY SERVICE.
AND, UM, WE DID GO FOR $1.9 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE YET TO MEET INTERNALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT PROJECT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT MAY, WHAT WE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO SCALE BACK, BUT THAT'S HUGE NEWS.
UM, SO ON THE TREE FRONT, YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD FAIRLY RAPIDLY, SO THERE WILL BE CHANGE.
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT'S NOT COMING AS QUICKLY AS WE WOULD LIKE, BUT IT'S GETTING THERE.
A LOT OF CHANGE IS GONNA HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY I WOULD SAY LIKE IN THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS A 30 TO 40 YEAR PLAN, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THE ORDINANCE KIND OF UPDATE.
THOSE ARE TWO REALLY HUGE THINGS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO JUST GONNA SEE A LOT MORE TREES AND A LOT MORE STUFF AROUND TREES.
THE, UH, HIGHLIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A FEW EVENTS OF, OF LATE OUR ANNUAL MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES.
CONTINUED WITH THE TOP GUN MAVERICK LAST FRIDAY AT LUCCHESE PARK.
AND THEN OUR FINAL MOVIE NIGHT FOR THE YEAR WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20TH.
AND THIS WILL BE A THROWBACK TO THE, THE 1991 VERSION OF THE ADAMS FAMILY.
AND YES, HALLOWEEN COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED AND SO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD.
THAT'S GONNA BE A, A FUN EVENT.
UH, SOFTBALL, UH, THE ADULT SOFTBALL SLOW PITCH PROGRAM, UH, KICKED OFF AT PRINCE PARK.
WE'VE GOT 25 TEAMS REGISTERED FOR THE FALL, UH, SPREAD ACROSS A FEW DIVISIONS, INCLUDING OUR CO RECREATIONAL LEAGUES.
SO THIS WILL BE A KIND OF A CONDENSED SEVEN WEEK, PRETTY INTENSIVE SEASON, FOLLOWED BY, UH, PLAYOFFS IN NOVEMBER.
REALLY TRYING TO WRAP THINGS UP BEFORE, UM, HOPEFULLY ANOTHER WET WE WINTER SETS IN.
IN ADDITION, WE, UH, ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF HOSTING OUR ANNUAL, UH, SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS.
WE TYPICALLY DO THAT, UH, END OF AUGUST, UH, THROUGH KIND OF SEPTEMBER ON SEVERAL WEEKENDS.
SO LAST WEEKEND, UH, 12 OF THE MEN'S TEAMS CAME OUT TO PRINCE PARK.
AND THEN THIS SUNDAY YOU'LL SEE 10 OF THE CO-ED TEAMS OUT THERE, UM, PARTICIPATING FOR THE, THE COVETED, UH, SHIRT ESSENTIALLY, BUT BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR A YEAR.
UM, THE FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTION ADDED THE COMMUNITY CENTER AS ANOTHER STOP.
UH, IT'S AN INCREDIBLY, UH, POPULAR WELL USED PROGRAM.
UH, WE SERVE AS A, A VERY GOOD LOCATION FOR THEM.
IT SERVES US, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY VERY WELL.
SO THEY'RE EXPANDING FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, SENIOR CENTERS AND, UM, PPCS, UH, PURVIEW OVER ACROSS THE PARK FOR MORE LOCATIONS.
SO THAT'LL BE THURSDAYS FROM 1130 TO TO 12, THEY'LL BE OUT THERE.
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COURTS AT LEGHORNS PARK.THAT WAS A, A, A PUNCH LIST ITEM THAT, THAT REALLY PROUD OF THE, THE CREWS AND COORDINATING WITH STAFF, UH, AND AN INDEPENDENT INSTALLER TO HELP TOP DRESS, UH, MATERIAL AT THE BOCCE COURTS AND GET THAT READY.
UM, WE, A LOT OF, UH, OF OUR, OUR, OUR DIEHARD APACHE, UH, BOCCE COALITIONS ARE REALLY THANKFUL.
BUT, UM, UH, THE MAINTENANCE IS ONGOING, SO HANG WITH US.
IT TAKES US A LITTLE WHILE TO, TO SETTLE THAT, UH, MATERIAL INTO ITS PLAY FORM.
SO IF YOU'RE OVER THERE, UM, PLEASE DISCOURAGE KIDS FROM DIGGING.
SO THE, UM, THE JOSEPH VERDU STATUE, I THINK WE TOURED, UH, AT MCDOWELL PARK.
UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
THE COMMEMORATE OF STONE WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED WITH, WITH HELP FROM JOE VERDU, UM, AND J L P LANDSCAPE.
IF YOU GO BACK OUT THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS FAIRLY RECENTLY WE WERE OUT THERE, SO, UM, JUST A FEEL GOOD PROJECT.
UM, ONE THAT PAID KIND OF HOMAGE TO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF P Y S L.
UM, SO JUST HAPPY TO SEE THAT FAMILY KIND OF COME TOGETHER, TOGETHER AND WORK WITH US.
AND, UM, TO HELP KIND OF HONOR THAT STATUE THERE.
THE BOND PARK CORE BOARD, THESE ARE THE, UH, COMMUNICATION BOARDS, UH, WAS UH, INSTALLED AND IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED.
SO THIS, UH, SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CARLY CROSSON WHO HELPED, UH, WITH US, UH, TO KIND OF DO THE DESIGN AND, AND USE SOME OF THE SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SERVICES TO REVIEW THE GRAPHICS.
UH, SO JUST EVERY TIME THESE GET INSTALLED IN THE PARKS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THE STANDARD YET, BUT WE'RE MAKING IT OUR WAY TOWARDS IT BEING ONE.
UM, SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER VICTORY.
AND, AND THE NEXT ONE IS, IS SET TO GO IN AT ME WALK, COMING SOON.
LASTLY, A NEW CLASS CREATIVE DRAMA CLASS FOR KIDS IS BEING OFFERING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, IT'S BEEN WELL ATTENDED SO FAR AND WE'RE PLANNING TO CONTINUE IT TO OFFER MORE, MORE PROGRAMMING IN THE WINTER AND SPRING.
BUT, UH, LOOKING FOR CREATIVE THINGS TO DO EXTRACURRICULARS, UM, ESPECIALLY YOU COUNCIL NOW OR COUNCIL MEMBER NOW WITH YOUR PLETHORA OF GRANDKIDS, THEY'RE OUT THERE.
UM, OR YOU CAN GO BACK IN AND DO ANOTHER TOUR OF THE 47 PARKS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER COMES TO IT.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
UM, THANKS FOR HANGING WITH US.
UM, THE SKATE PARK DESIGN AND RELIEF, BOTH REALLY GOOD ITEMS AND REALLY APPRECIATE A LOT OF GOOD IMPACT INPUT HAVE GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.
AND, UM, WHEN WE HAVE THE COUNCIL DATE CONFIRMED, UH, WE WILL SEND THIS OUT AND WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP, UH, SPREADING THE WORD, UM, WHEN IT GETS TO COUNCIL ON, ON, UM, AT LEAST THE SKATE PARK ITEM.
I THINK THEY'LL BE BACK HERE FAIRLY SHORTLY 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT ANOTHER FEW GOOD ITEMS TO COME, SO THANK YOU.
UM, YOU DIDN'T MENTION, UM, LAST MONDAY WE TALKED ABOUT THE PIPELINE THAT'S GONNA GO THROUGH SCHOENBERGER AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT A LITTLE CHUNK OF CHANGE.
IT'S A, UM, SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
UH, THERE'S A PG E GAS, UH, LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, UH, SCHEDULED AND COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE VERY QUICKLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, CALLING ATTENTION TO THAT.
IT'S A SMALL SECTION OF PIPELINE RELATIVE TO THE SIZE OF SCHOENBERGER PARK, BUT IT'S A CRITICAL SECTION THAT RUNS UNDERNEATH THE PETALUMA RIVER, UM, FROM THE SOUTHEAST SECTION, UM, ACROSS THE PETALUMA RIVER.
UM, IT'S CURRENTLY AN ELEVATION OF, I THINK, 12 FEET UNDER THE RIVER.
AND THAT'S GONNA GO AND THEY'RE GONNA MOVE AT ABOUT 60 FEET, UM, THROUGH A PRETTY, UM, PRETTY QUITE REMARKABLE PROCESS WHERE IT'S KIND OF LIKE ZERO, BORING, BETTER FOR DREDGING.
BUT THE, IT WILL IMPACT, IT'LL HAVE IMPACTS.
AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR US IS SCHOENBERGER THE TRAIL SYSTEM AND ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC PARKING LOT, UM, WILL BE CLOSED, UH, DURING THE WEEKDAYS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BECAUSE HEAVY, UH, EQUIPMENT WILL NEED TO BE MOVED ON THE CAUSEWAY OR THE PATHWAYS.
AND THE ONLY SAFE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO, UM, STOP PUBLIC ACCESS THERE, WHICH MEANS THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE PUSHED OUT IS, UM, UTILIZING ELLIS CREEK AND THE WASTE RIDER TREATMENT FACILITY, ALMOND MARSH.
UM, BUT THAT IS GONNA BE AN IMPACT, UM, FOR US AND OUR, OUR RESIDENTS.
IT WILL BE FORTUNATELY OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS.
UM, AND THERE IS A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE TOO.
SO WE HAVE A TURKEY TROTT EVENT, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ASSURANCES FROM PG E THAT IT WILL NOT IMPACT 'CAUSE IT IS ON THE HOLIDAY.
AND SO THE PARK WILL BE OPEN, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WHEN THAT KICKS OFF, I THINK MID-OCTOBER, UM, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF, UH, MESSAGING AROUND THAT.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEMBER REFERRED TO THERE, UH, IS SOME MONEY THAT PG E PUTS FORTH TO HELP WITH THE OFFSET, MITIGATE THE IMPACTS.
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UM, AND THERE'S SEVERAL BOARDWALKS AND PATHWAYS THAT ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AS IS AND REPAIR.SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED, UM, ON MONDAY NIGHT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL AND, AND, UM, THE COMMUNITY REALLY PUSHED FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS TO BE, BE SHARED, UH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PROJECT.
AND SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE WALKWAYS AND, AND BOARD WALKS THAT ARE UNDER REPAIR.
SO YES, GOOD, GOOD THINGS CAN COME AND, UM, WE'RE JUST, UH, HOPING TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE AND GET THE MESSAGING OUT, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S, UH, IT'S HARD, IT'S HARD TO CLOSE A, UM, A REALLY FLAT ACCESSIBLE AREA LIKE SCHOENBERGER THAT, UH, IS SUCH AN ASSET.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE, UM, TELLING THE PUBLIC OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR WALKING THAT MAYBE THEY COULD CHOOSE A DIFFERENT AREA TO EXERCISE DURING THE WEEKDAY WHEN IT IS CLOSED.
AND, UM, YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE PART OF ELLIS CREEK, BECAUSE OF HABITATS IS CLOSED, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S THE NESTING SEASON, RIGHT? AND THERE'S, UM, THE WETLANDS ALLIANCE HAS A DOCENT PROGRAM OUT THERE, SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE RELOCATING THAT TO A SECTION OF ELLIS CREEK JUST FOR THE FALL.
UM, BUT YES, THE MAPS NEED TO KIND OF GET OUT THERE AND REALLY SHOW PEOPLE WHAT'S OPEN, WHAT'S NOT.
AND UM, YEAH, MONDAY NIGHT WAS REALLY THE, UM, YEAH, NOW IT'S TIME TO, WE HAVE A PLAN.
SO NOW IT'S TIME TO HELP PG E AND US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE.
UM, ONE THING I DID WANT TO BRING UP IS, I GUESS MAYBE DURING COVID WE PUT HAND SANITIZER BOXES ON POSTS IN ALL THE PARKS, AND NOW THEY'RE NOT FILLED UP AND MANY ARE BROKEN, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS OF WEATHER.
DO WE WANNA REMOVE THOSE OR CONTINUE TO REPAIR THEM AND REFILL THEM? AND ALSO, I WAS WONDERING WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE RECYCLED CONTAINERS OUT THERE IN ALL THE PARKS.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE FINISH OUR PICNIC, IF THERE'S NOT A RECYCLING CONTAINER, I TAKE IT BACK WITH ME.
BUT OTHER PEOPLE, I WAS NOTICING AT BON BARK THERE WAS PLASTIC IN WITH GARBAGE AFTER A WEEKEND, AFTER BARBECUES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO THOSE WERE TWO THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE PARK'S HISTORY AND THE HAND SANITIZER AND RECYCLE CONTAINERS.
YEAH, HAPPY TO FIELD THESE QUESTIONS.
THE, THE WASTE RECYCLE THREE STRING, THAT'S A LARGER CONVERSATION.
AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, CITI HAS AGAIN, UM, BEEN ABLE TO SECURE A PRETTY SIZABLE, UH, CAL RECYCLE GRANT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, UH, IN THE PARKS, BUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT LACKS THE, UM, UM, THE WASTE RECYCLE STREAM.
UH, IT'S BEING COORDINATED AS PART OF A LARGER EFFORT.
SO WE, WE HAD SOME SUCCESS PARTNERING WITH THE ROTARY CLUBS TO INSTALL, YOU KNOW, UP TO 38 CANS.
SO A FEW PARKS HAVE 'EM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO TRIPLE THAT, UM, TO MAKE AN IMPACT.
AND WITH THIS CAL RECYCLE GRANT, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UM, DEVELOPING IN THOSE STANDARDS, THEN ACTUALLY GETTING MONEY TO PURCHASE THE CANS, UM, SO WE CAN THEN GET 'EM INSTALLED.
SO I'D LOVE TO BRING THAT BACK AND KIND OF PRESENT THAT, UM, AS AN ITEM AND LET YOU GUYS WEIGH IN ON IT.
UM, DID YOU WANNA GO THERE IN SAN FRANCISCO? WE TURNED OUR PARK GARBAGE COLLECTION OVER TO RECOLOGY.
WE HAD THE SAME, YES, WE HAVE A FRANCHISE WITH RECOLOGY, UM, BUT MOST OF THE PARKS, AS YOU GUYS SEE, UM, ARE NOT THE FIXED CANS.
UM, AND YES, RECOLOGY PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN REALLY, UM, YEAH, THAT'S BEEN THE MODEL FOR US.
SO NOW IT'S, UM, THOSE STANDARDS, GETTING 'EM OUT AND THEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS.
UM, AND THEN THE HAND SANITIZERS.
UH, CINDY AND I, YEAH, I MEAN THIS IS, UH, IT'S LIKE P T S D GETTING BACK TO THOSE DAYS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, IT, WHO'S US? TO GO BACK TO THE, TO THE CREWS TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED WE'RE, WE DON'T NECESSARILY IMMEDIATELY REPLACE, BUT IF THEY'RE LOW ON SANITIZER OR SAN HAND SANITIZER, WE WILL, UM, REFILL 'EM.
BUT IF THEY'RE DAMAGED, WE'RE NOT.
AND WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T INTEND TO DO THE REPLACEMENT.
WE REALLY PUT THEM OUT AND INSTALL THEM TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR PARK SPACES.
UM, AND IT WAS ALSO PART OF, UM, UH, A COMMITMENT ON ONE OF THE ITERATIONS, ONE OF THE 27 ITERATIONS OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODES PUT OUT BY THE COUNTY.
SO, UM, FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, IT WAS GOOD PRACTICE.
I, I'M ENCOURAGED TO KEEP THEM OUT THERE, BUT IF THEY ARE DAMAGED BEYOND REPLACEMENT, UM, WE NEED TO REVISIT WHEN WE REPLACE VERSUS, UM,
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MONEY WE CAN PUT IN OTHER AREAS OF THE PLAYGROUND.SO YOU WANT US TO TELL, DO YOU WANT US TO TELL YOU WHEN WE GO TO A PARK, IF IT'S EMPTY? IF IT'S BROKEN, YEAH.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPORT BACK? OR WOULD YOU LIKE US TO USE THE APP? UM, BECAUSE WEISMAN WAS IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THERE.
YOU NOT WEISMAN, YOU CAN JUST, YOU CAN JUST SEND A, USE THE APP OR SEND AN EMAIL TO DREW OR I OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT THOSE UNITS WERE ACTUALLY METAL AND THEY WERE IN IMPLANT IN GROUND.
SO IF THEY'RE REALLY DAMAGED TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO REPLACE THEM, WELL IT'S THE, THE HAND SANITIZER PART IS PLASTIC.
SO THAT BOTTLE GETS REPLACED IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO IF THE POST THAT IT ACTUALLY GOES IN AND GETS LOCKED INTO THAT'S DAMAGED, THEN SOMEBODY'S REALLY TRYING REALLY HARD.
SO, YEAH, NO, THE POSTS ARE THERE.
IT'S JUST THAT, UM, WHERE YOU, YOU PUSH DOWN AND SI AT WISEMAN, IT'S, IT'S DISINTEGRATED PROBABLY FROM LOTS OF USE WHERE MANION DOESN'T GET AS MUCH USE.
SO THE CONTAINER'S THERE, BUT IT WAS EMPTY.
JUST SEND US SOME OR USE THAT.
AS GRANDMA STILL BRING IT WITH ME, SO.
UM, I DID FORGET TO ASK ONE QUESTION, BUT WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IT REMINDED ME, UM, WHEN IS THE TURF RECOMMENDATION GOING TO CITY COUNCIL? WE DON'T HAVE A DATE AS OF YET.
UM, WE KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE BEFORE NOVEMBER.
WE'RE ABOUT SIX WEEKS OUT OF ANY COUNCIL AGENDA AND WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO TO, TO POSITION THAT.
SO I DON'T HAVE A DATE YET TO SHARE.
UM, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE BEFORE NOVEMBER.
WILL YOU LET US KNOW WHEN IT GETS SCHEDULED? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, WELL I THINK THAT MEANS THAT OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED FOR THIS EVENING.