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OKAY.I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS, UH, MEETING OF THE RECREATION, UM, PARKS, MUSIC, AND, OH MY GOD,
I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
IT IS, UM, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH.
UM, CLERK, CAN WE DO ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MARYANNE ALBERT ELLI.
AND NOW WE WILL STAND TO DO THE PLEDGE.
I'D LIKE TO START WITH, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
CLERK, DO YOU HAVE A, UM, GENERAL, UH,
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM ONLINE? WE, WE DID RECEIVE ONE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS POSTED TO THE AGENDA PRIOR TO THE MEETING.AND THE REST OF THESE ARE SPECIFIC.
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INTO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UH, FROM THE MEETING OF, OH, DID I MISS SOMETHING UP? OH, OKAY.WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2023.
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ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE STAFF RECOMMEND STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PUBLIC TENNIS COURTS AT MCNAIR PARK BE NAMED THE LYNN HAGGERTY KING MEMORIAL TENNIS COURTS, AND RECOGNITION OF HER COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE.
RACHEL, BE RECREATION SUPERVISOR AND DREW HOLTER DIRECTORS OF PARKS AND RECREATION WILL TAKE US THROUGH THIS.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSION STAFF AND COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BRINGING FORWARD TONIGHT, UH, A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO NAME THE TENNIS COURTS AND DEDICATE THEM, UH, THE MCNAIR, I'M SORRY, THE LYNN HAGGERTY KING MEMORIAL TENNIS COURTS.
BEFORE I INTRODUCE RACHEL TO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH, UM, THE POLICY, OUR, OUR PROCEDURES, AND ULTIMATELY THE EXERCISE, I WANNA JUST FIRST MENTION THAT THERE'S, THERE'S DOCUMENTS OUTLINING THE CITY'S, UH, PUBLIC FACILITIES IN PARK NAMING POLICY THAT'S ATTACHED IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
THERE'S ALSO DOCUMENTS ON, UM, UH, THROUGH A STAFF REPORT, UH, AND SOME SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT AND ENDORSEMENT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THOSE OUT THAT THEY'VE BEEN INCLUDED AS PART OF THE AGENDA.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR, RACHEL BEER, TO WALK US THROUGH THE ITEM.
UM, TONIGHT WE ARE SEEKING A RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT NAMING THE TENNIS COURTS AT MCNAIR PARK, THE LYNN HAGGERTY KING MEMORIAL TENNIS COURTS.
FOLLOWING ACTION BY OUR COMMISSION MEETING TONIGHT, THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION.
THE CITY OF PETALUMA THROUGH COUNCIL RESOLUTION FOLLOWS SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR NAMING PUBLIC FACILITIES WITH CITY COUNCIL, HAVING THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NAMING.
IN THIS CASE, THE PROPOSED FACILITY WILL BE NAMED TO BE NAMED IS WITHIN A PUBLIC PARK, WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS INVOLVED THE RECREATION, MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION, TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING A FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION, AS WELL AS TAKING ACTION AND THE FORUM OF A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION THAT'S ULTIMATELY BROUGHT TO OUR CITY COUNCIL.
I'M GONNA START WITH A RECAP OF OUR CITY'S POLICY AS IT RELATES TO NAMING PUBLIC FACILITIES AND PARKS.
THE CITY'S PARK NAMING POLICY CURRENTLY OFFERS TWO CRITERIA BY WHICH STAFF WILL FOLLOW WHEN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THE FIRST IS NAMING A FACILITY IN HONOR OF A PERSON WHO PROVIDED MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE SECOND IS A SIGNIFICANT, UM, CONTRIBUTION BY A PROFIT MAKING ORGANIZATION.
IN THE CASE OF TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION, WE'LL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION BASED UPON THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE LYNN KING PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT HER LIFE AND LONGTIME RESIDENCY.
FOLLOWING LYNN'S PASSING IN THE FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, STAFF WAS APPROACHED BY A GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LEADERS, COLLEAGUES, AND FRIENDS OF LYNN KING, WHO CAME FORWARD
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WITH A REQUEST TO OF STAFF TO CONSIDER A FORMAL DEDICATION OF THE MCNAIR PARK TENNIS COURTS IN MEMORY OF LYNN HAGGERTY KING.THE COMMUNITY GROUP CITED LYNN'S MANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND LIFELONG SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SUPPORT FOR THE FORMAL NAMING EFFORT ALSO INCLUDED A COMMUNITY-LED ENDORSEMENT, WHICH GARNERED 175 SIGNATURES, AS WELL AS LETTERS OF SUPPORT BY THE PETALUMA TENNIS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
BASED ON THIS ESTABLISHED CRITERIA PROVIDED IN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES NAMING POLICY, THE ENDORSEMENTS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT LYNN KING HAS HAD ON THE TENNIS COMMUNITY, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND PETALUMA AND PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS, PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF RECOMMEND THE MCNAIR PARK TENNIS COURTS BE NAMED THE LYNN HAGGERTY KING MEMORIAL TENNIS COURTS IN RECOGNITION OF HER MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY.
THEREFORE, WE ARE REQUESTING THE COMMISSION REVIEW THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA, DETERMINE THE ALIGNMENT WITH STATED POLICY OBJECTIVES, AND TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT BRINGING THE RECOMMENDATION FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND FORMAL ADOPTION.
NAMING THE TENNIS COURTS AT MCNAIR PARK, THE LYNN HAGGERTY KING MEMORIAL TENNIS COURTS.
AND I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE CHAIR, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR RACHEL? OKAY.
WELL, THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
BEING CHAIR, COMMISSION AND STAFF.
MY NAME'S ALAN MACEL, AND I'M HERE TO EXPLAIN WHY LYNN AND WHY NOW.
LYNN WAS A LEADER WHO DEVOTED A LOT OF TIME AND COMMITMENT TO PETALUMA.
THIS COMMITMENT SPANNED ALL AGE GROUPS FROM OUR YOUTH TO OUR OLDER ADULTS.
COVERING NEARLY 30 YEARS, LYNN UNDERSTOOD THAT STAYING ACTIVE SHOULD BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF EVERYONE'S LIFE, WHICH IS WHY SHE WORKED SO HARD TO GET THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS IN HER LIFETIME.
SHE WAS A HIGHLY VALUED MEMBER OF THE PETALUMA TENNIS ASSOCIATION BOARD.
THE CURRENT BOARD, AS YOU HEARD, FULLY ENDORSES THE NAMING OF THE COURTS IN LYNN'S HONOR.
THE BOARD ALSO TOOK THE STEPS THIS YEAR TO CREATE A MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS HELD IN AUGUST THAT HONORS MEMBERS OF THEIR ASSOCIATION WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY.
LYNN ALSO SERVED AS A MENTOR TO THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HER WORK WHEN HER DAUGHTERS WERE YOUNG AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE MCNAIR P T A, HER WORK TO DEVELOP THE FIRST SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND TRAINING PARENTS ON PREVENTION OF BULLYING AND OTHER ISSUES FACING YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
LYNN LED TOMORROW'S LEADERS TODAY PROGRAM THAT GAVE YOUTH A LOOK INTO HOW COMMUNITY SHOULD LOOK AND TAKE CARE OF OTHERS WHEN HER COMMUNITY NEEDED HER.
LYNN STEPPED UP, BECAME PART OF THE CALI TASK FORCE, WHICH HELPED THE COMMUNITY HEAL AFTER THE ANDY LOPEZ INCIDENT IN SANTA ROSA.
I'D LIKE TO READ YOU A QUOTE FROM ONE OF HER CHOIR MATES.
I THINK THIS SUMS HER UP A LOT.
SHE ASKED ME TO GET THE CHOIR TOGETHER TO SING AT HER CELEBRATION A LIFE.
THE CHOIR WAS THE PETALUMA WOMEN'S CHORUS, ALSO CALLED THE SBAR WOMEN'S CHORUS, WHICH HADN'T REALLY MET SINCE 2020.
MANY OF US GOT TOGETHER AND SANG FOR LYNN, AND THEN A FEW PEOPLE IN THE CHOIR DECIDED WE'D LIKE TO RESURRECT THE CHORUS AS WE FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT THE COMMUNAL ASPECT OF IT.
SO WE'LL SING A SONG IN CELEBRATION OF HER DURING OUR CONCERT ON DECEMBER 3RD.
IN CLOSING, LYNN LEFT US WHEN SHE WAS WAY TOO YOUNG, BUT NAMING THE TENNIS COURTS AT MCNAIR PARK, LYNN HAGGERTY KING MEMORIAL TENNIS COURTS WOULD RECOGNIZE AND HONOR ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST VALUED MEMBERS.
THIS RECOGNITION AND HONOR IS WELL DESERVED AND SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO FOLLOW.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS HERE? I JUST WANNA SAY THAT LYNN DID A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SHE, UM, SHE SPEARHEADED, AS ALAN SAID, SHE SPEARHEADED SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND DIDN'T HAVE JUST ONE FOCUS.
AND THIS WOULD BE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT WAY TO HONOR HER IN THE WORK THAT SHE DID.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION HERE? WE MOTIONING DREW.
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OH, THANK.WE ARE SEEKING A MOTION, A TONIGHT A MOTION, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND AS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE THIS FORWARD.
SO I AM ASKING TO SEE IF WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL.
MOTION TO, UM, TO NAME THE TENNIS COURTS AT MCNAIR PARK.
BE NAMED AFTER LYNN HAGGERTY, KING MEMORIAL TENNIS COURTS.
SHALL WE TAKE A VOTE OR OF RECOMMENDATION? GREAT.
DO YOU WANNA TAKE A ROLL CALL? MARYANNE ELLI? YES.
WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE IN OUR AGENDA.
THIS IS TO REVIEW, DISCUSS AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN.
DRAFT UPDATE, INCLUDING CONTRA CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE.
PATRICK CARTER, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, DREW HALTER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, AND CINDY CHONG, SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS WILL BE HELPING US OUT WITH THIS ONE.
I'M GONNA GIVE OF US A COUPLE MINUTES TO GET POSITIONED.
WE DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT.
UH, REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU DECIDED THAT YOU COULD ALL MAKE IT HERE.
IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE WE'VE, UH, HAD THIS ITEM UNDER, UH, DISCUSSION.
SO EXCITED TO BRING THIS BACK WITH AN UPDATE.
I WANTED TO START BY, UM, JUST PROVIDING SOME, UM, SOME EXPECTATIONS FOR TONIGHT, UH, SINCE WE LAST MET IN FEBRUARY TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
UH, THE COMMISSION TOOK ACTION RECOMMENDING AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE BE FORMED, UH, THAT, UH, ACTION TOOK PLACE OFFICIALLY IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, UH, SINCE MARCH.
UM, THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONERS, UH, HANNAH RIZZOS SIMMONS, AND COMMISSIONER BOCELLI.
UH, HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND MEETING REGULARLY, UH, MAKING THE ROUNDS DILIGENTLY.
AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, UH, IS SOME PROCESS AND UPDATES TO THE ACTUAL DRAFT DOCUMENTS TONIGHT, AS OPPOSED TO THE CONVERSATION IN FEBRUARY.
STAFF IS NOT SEEKING A RECOMMENDATION ON OR A FORM OF ACTION TONIGHT.
THIS IS AS BEST I CAN, UH, DESCRIBE IT AS AN UPDATE, UH, FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON WHAT'S BEEN UPDATED, WHAT'S THERE, WHAT'S NOT THERE.
WE'VE GOT A FEW, UH, SLIDES THAT ARTICULATE WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GONNA GO FROM HERE.
BUT ULTIMATELY, THE, AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN CAPTURE TONIGHT, CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING NEED TO MAKE, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND BRING BACK A CLEAN VERSION OF A DRAFT POLICY, DO MORE TARGETED OUTREACH TO BRING MORE STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE.
AND THEN, UM, HAVE A, A, A DISCUSSION ON, ON NEXT STEPS AT THIS POINT.
SO, THE MISSION OF TONIGHT IS REALLY TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE FOREFRONT, UPDATE YOU ALL ON WHERE WE'VE GONE, WHERE WE STAND TODAY, UH, AND HAPPY AGAIN TO HAVE AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT FROM THE WORK THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS PUT TOGETHER, UH, AND WHAT YOU SEE FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, UM, GIVE IT TO PATRICK TO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK AND TEE UP THE CONVERSATION.
SO, PATRICK CARTER, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND, UM, YEAH, HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT OF THE PRESSURE WAS RELIEVED.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A, A RECOMMENDATION TO BRING THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.
IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT THE FEEDBACK.
UM, AND, AND WITH THAT, LIKE WE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR THE NEXT TIME THIS COMES IN FRONT OF YOU, LIKE, LIKE DREW SAID, IS HAVE A, A VERSION THAT WE'VE IRONED OUT ALL THE ISSUES THAT THE, THE FULL, UH, COMMISSION HAS IDENTIFIED, AND THAT WE'RE REALLY BRINGING BACK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING OF US TO BRING BACK SO THAT WE CAN REALLY DIVE INTO IT DEEPER AS STAFF AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PERSPECTIVES ARE BEING, UM, HEARD AND THAT WE'VE, IT'S ALL BEING INFORMED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION'S FEEDBACK.
AND MOVING INTO THE PRESENTATION, SLIDE TWO OF 53.
THERE'S ONLY NINE OR SIX OR SOMETHING,
UM, SO THE KEY OBJECTIVES OF THIS POLICY, UM, AND THESE ARE, THIS, THIS SHOULD NOT BE NEW INFORMATION EXCEPT FOR MAYBE COMMISSIONERS THAT, THAT WEREN'T ON THE COMMISSION WHEN THIS WAS LAST PRESENTED.
BUT THE, THE KEY OBJECTIVES OF THIS POLICY IS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE CITY'S NATURAL RESOURCE RECREATION AND
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OTHER IMPORTANT ASSETS.AND ALSO TO GUIDE STAFF AND INFORM THE PUBLIC ON THE METHODS THE CITY USES TO ADDRESS PESTS.
SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD, UM, EVEN FROM FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IS THAT THEY REALLY LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THEY REALLY WANT IT TO BE IN A POLICY.
UM, THEY, SO THAT IF STAFF CHANGES, IT'S NOT KIND OF FIGURING OUT HOW TO GO.
THEY, THEY WANT THERE TO BE SOMETHING THEY CAN POINT BACK TO.
AND IT, AND THAT, FRANKLY, THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR STAFF.
IF IT'S POLICY, IT'S
SO FOR THE CORE, UH, POLICY ELEMENTS OF THIS DRAFT, UM, THE I P M COORDINATOR IS, UH, A KEY PART OF THAT.
UM, IT, IT'LL BE A NEW FUNCTION FOR THE CITY WHERE ALL THE I P M ACTIVITIES, ALL THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES REALLY RUN THROUGH ONE PERSON.
UM, THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT'S OVERSEEING ALL THE ACTIVITIES, COORDINATING ANY VOLUNTEERS ON THIS ASSISTING AND, AND PART OF, UM, DESIGN REVIEW FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, BUILDING IN A, A NEW PEST RIGHT FROM THE GET GO.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DESIGN OF A PROJECT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING OUT THOSE THINGS THAT COULD BE HABITAT FOR TE FOR PESTS THAT, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PROMOTE RIGHT FROM THE GET GO.
UH, IF THERE ARE, UH, EXEMPTION EXCEPTIONS TO THE POLICY, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE I P M COORDINATOR'S, UM, RESPONSIBILITY TO REVIEW ALL THOSE EXCEPTIONS AND, AND OR APPROVE IF IT'S, IF IT'S, UH, APPLICABLE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE MORE REPORTING, MORE TRANSPARENCY.
THAT'S, I THINK, AN ISSUE THAT, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE TO THE FOREFRONT.
SO THERE'LL BE A WEBSITE THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, I P M ACTIVITIES THAT, AND IT'LL GET UPDATED MONTHLY.
THE I P M COORDINATOR WILL BE DOING THAT AS WELL AS AN ANNUAL REPORT TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE ON OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND JUST LOOK AT HOW EFFECTIVE THE PROCESS HAS BEEN.
UM, LOOK AT WHAT THE COST AND FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF THAT WITH AN EYE ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
IF SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING IN THE POLICY, THEN WE CAN KIND OF ADDRESS IT ON, ON AN ONGOING BASIS SO THAT, UM, IT WORKS FOR, IT'S, IT'S RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION.
AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, STAFF IS BEING ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE IN, IN WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY.
UM, ONE ISSUE I'D LIKE TO FLAG ON THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE AD HOCS.
UM, ALL THE, I MEAN, JUST SAYING, ASIDE FROM THE PRESENTATION, WE REALLY WANNA RECOGNIZE THE AD HOCS PARTICIPATION IN THIS, UM, LISTENING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LISTENING TO STAFF, LISTENING TO THE EXPERIENCE FROM THE TOWN OF WINDSOR, OTHER OTHER STAFF, UM, SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT.
AND IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF YOUR TIME, AND I JUST WANTED TO REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, COMMISSIONERS BERTELLI AND, UH, ROSA SIMMONS FOR THEIR TIME OVER, OVER THE SUMMER, GETTING TO MEET WITH US AND, AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
UM, ON THE I P M COORDINATOR POSITION, THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT, UM, HOW WE IMPLEMENT IT.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY MANAGER REALLY WANTS US TO, THAT WANTS STAFF TO BE THE, THE, UM, CREATIVE FORCE ON THAT.
WE FIGURE OUT HOW, LOVE THE FEEDBACK ON WHAT THAT I P M COORDINATOR SHOULD BE DOING.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT SHE DEFINITELY WANTS US TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STAFF HAS THE FINAL SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE IMPLEMENT OR YEAH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT AS A POTENTIAL ISSUE.
UM, AND IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO GO IN THAT FURTHER, MORE THAN HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
MOVING ON, UM, SOME MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE, THE CHANGES SINCE LAST TIME AND INCLUDED IN THE PACKET AS, UM, AS AN ATTACHMENT.
THERE'S A RED LINE VERSION, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE PREVIOUS VERSION.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A CLEAN VERSION.
SO IF YOU JUST WANTED TO READ THROUGH IT ALL AND, UM, NOT WORRY ABOUT WHAT CHANGED AND JUST LOOK AT THE FLOW OF IT, UM, WE TRIED TO GIVE YOU BOTH THOSE OPTIONS.
BUT IN TERMS OF, OF WHAT CHANGED, UM, THERE'S AN ADDED FOCUS IN HERE ABOUT PREVENTATIVE MEASURES.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ORGANICS ONLY, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR PESTICIDES, IT'S ABOUT HOW CAN WE AVOID CHEMICAL USE ALTOGETHER? WHAT KIND OF CULTURAL METHODS, WHAT KIND OF BIOLOGICAL METHODS, WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UH, MECHANICAL METHODS CAN WE USE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO, TO GET IN THE APPLICATOR SUIT AND, AND GET PUT ON ALL THAT P P E AND START SPRAYING CHEMICALS.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S ANYONE'S GOAL, UM, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF, OF EMERGENCY, WHERE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NO OTHER METHOD THAT CAN DO IT.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE FOCUS OF I P M.
LET'S DO THE THINGS THAT CAN PREVENT, UM, THIS PEST FROM, FROM REALLY GAINING HOLD BEFORE WE HAVE TO GO TO
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THE MORE, UH, EXTREME MEASURES.SO, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S THE TALK ABOUT THE ORGANIC PESTICIDES.
IF WE DO, IF WE DO GO, UM, TO THE, THE CHEMICAL TREATMENT ROUTE.
AND, UM, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, LISTS ORGANIC PESTICIDES IN THERE.
THERE'S THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S ORGANIC PROGRAM, THE OMRI ORGANIC MATERIAL REVIEW INSTITUTE, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, U SS D A, UH, NATIONAL ORGANICS PROGRAM.
UM, THOSE ARE THE PREFERRED ORGANIZATIONS FOR IDENTIFYING WHAT'S AN ORGANIC VERSUS A, A SYNTHETIC PESTICIDE TO BE POTENTIALLY USED.
UM, AN ISSUE THAT'S, THAT'S ADDED TO, TO THIS IN THE RED LINES, YOU'D SEE, UM, THERE'S A, A REFERENCE TO A SOILS RIGHT ORDINANCE, SOILS RIGHTS ORDINANCE, UM, THAT DOESN'T CURRENTLY EXIST.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONFLICT THERE.
UM, USUALLY WE DON'T LIKE POLICY DOCUMENTS POINTING TO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY FIX THAT BY EITHER, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE COMMISSION REALLY WANTS THERE TO BE A SOIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE, WE CAN SEE ABOUT CALENDAR CALENDARING, THAT THAT MIGHT KIND OF GUM UP THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.
OR IF WE CAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, UM, THAT WE WANT TO SETTLE.
AND, AND MAYBE IT IS ISN'T, ISN'T IN THE POLICY, BUT IT'S PURSUED ON A DIFFERENT TRACT.
THOSE ARE ISSUES WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS.
UM, AND ALSO WANTED TO FLAG THAT THIS POLICY APPLIES TO ALL CITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING LEASED PROPERTIES.
I'LL NOTE THAT, UH, I THINK THERE WERE 20 COMMENTS, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, ASKING FOR THE GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS A LEASE.
THE CITY OWNS THAT PROPERTY AND LEASES IT TO ROOSTER RUN.
UM, THEY ASK FOR AN EXEMPTION TO THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
SO, UM, THE COMMISSION MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND OR PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO STAFF ABOUT ITS INCLUSION OR EXEMPTION FROM THAT.
ANOTHER ISSUE TO DISCUSS, UM, GOING FURTHER ON, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT THE AD HOC WAS TASKED WITH WAS THIS WHOLE IDEA OF THE, UH, EXCEPTIONS OR EXEMPTIONS FROM THE POLICY.
UM, THEY FELT LIKE THAT WASN'T DEFINED ENOUGH WHEN WE WERE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST IN, IN, UM, JANUARY AND THEN FEBRUARY.
UH, SO THEY'VE ACTUALLY ADDED A LOT OF LANGUAGE, UM, SEEING HOW IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
I THINK THE CITY OF, OR THE, YEAH, CITY OF TATI, UM, HAS A PROCESS THAT THE, THE AD HOC LI LIKED.
UM, THEY HAVE LANGUAGE IN THERE.
THERE'S A, UM, A FORM NOW FOR THAT EXEMPTION PROCESS.
SO IT'S, IT'S LESS FIGURING IT OUT.
IT'S, HERE'S, HERE'S THE FORM, FILL OUT THE FORM.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE EXEMPTION PROCESS STARTS.
THEY'VE ALSO ADDED THIS, UH, APPROVED REDUCED RISK PRODUCTS LIST AND THE DISCONTINUED USE PESTICIDES LIST.
SO GIVING MORE SPECIFICITY OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THINGS, WE DON'T NEED AN EXEMPTION FOR IT.
WE NEED TO STEAL CRACKS TO PREVENT WEEDS FROM GROWING MID BETWEEN CRACKS.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A BEST PRACTICE.
DON'T NEED TO, NO EXCEPTION NEEDED FOR THAT.
BUT IF THERE'S A, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A PEPPERWEED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD ALTERNATIVE FOR ORGANICS, UM, THE MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF IT IS, UH, LIKE DECADES LONG, UM, PROCESS WITH A, A LOT OF EFFORT.
UM, AND IT IS CHOKING OUT OTHER HABITAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE LOOK AT EXCEPTIONS TO, TO THAT POLICY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SOUGHT.
AND THERE'S ALSO LANGUAGE IN THIS, UH, DRAFT POLICY ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A LIMITED TIME, TIME LIMITED, UH, EXCEPTION, OR IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, LIKE A SINGLE EVENT KIND OF EXCEPTION.
SO, UM, THAT KIND OF SPECIFICITY HAS BEEN ADDED TO, TO THE, UM, THE POLICY, WHICH WE WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR.
FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION ON GLYPHOSATE CONTINUES TO BE, UH, GLYPHOSATE.
A K A ROUNDUP TRADEMARK, UH, CONTINUES TO BE PROHIBITED IN THIS.
AND AGAIN, THAT, UH, EXCEPTION PROCESS IS MORE DEFINED IN THE CURRENT DRAFT.
SO, IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, WE'RE, WHERE STAFF IS HERE, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THIS, ON THE PROCESS, UM, ABOUT KIND OF NEXT STEPS GOING FORWARD.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE FIRST BULLET THERE.
WE WANT TO RECEIVE THAT IMPACT, IMPACT THE INPUT AND FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THE COMMISSION AND, AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, NEXT STEP WOULD BE THAT WE PRESENT A CLEAN DRAFT AT, AT THE NEXT TIME THAT THIS IS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION WITH THIS, UH, IDEA OF THIS THREAT MATRIX.
AND, AND TO, TO GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT, I, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S THAT IDEA THAT, UM, IT'S KIND OF A MORE PRESCRIPTIVE, UH, APPROACH TO IT.
JUST LIKE WE HAVE A PRESCRIPTIVE, UH, EXEMPTION FORM IN THERE.
IT'S THIS IDEA, HERE'S YOUR TARGET PEST.
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THE, THE SPECTRUM OF MOST, UH, LEAST IMPACT TO THE, TO MOST IMPACTFUL, UM, TREATMENT METHODS.SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA STAY ON THIS SIDE AND THEN WORK OUR WAY OVER.
BUT THAT THREAT MATRIX WILL KIND OF GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OR, OR MANY OF THE CATEGORIES OF, OF PESTS THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A, ON A COMMON BASIS TO TRY AND MAKE IT MORE PRESCRIPTIVE SO THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, DO A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR EVERYTHING.
WE, WE KNOW THAT IF, IF THE COMMISSION AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL ARE IN LINE WITH THE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE IN THE POLICY, WE CAN CREATE KIND OF AN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE THAT, UM, MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO JUST FOLLOW THE STEPS AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME OF THE GUESSWORK, WHICH DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE I P M COORDINATOR WOULDN'T BE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE THAT.
UM, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE DO THIS, THIS MATRIX, AND IT'S A ONE AND DONE.
IT'S GONNA BE A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, BUT IT ALSO MAKES IT EASIER FOR STAFF TO IMPLEMENT.
IT'S JUST, OKAY, WE KNOW THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DANDELIONS GROWING HERE.
LET'S, LET'S TRY TO CUT THOSE OUT.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED TO BUST OUT, UH, AN, AN EXCEPTION FOR ROUNDUP JUST TO GET RID OF DANDELIONS.
WE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CREATIVE.
UM, SO, UH, SO THAT'S THE THREAT MATRIX.
AND, AND IF, IF WE GET, RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION TONIGHT THAT THE PRINCIPLES IN HERE ARE SOUND OR IN LINE WITH THE MAJORITY OF, OF THE COMMISSION'S, UM, PREFERENCES, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BRING BACK AT THE NEXT, UM, TIME.
THIS IS PRESENTED THIS KIND OF APPENDIX OR AN EXHIBIT TO THE, UM, THE I P M P, THAT KIND OF, IF IT DOESN'T, IF IT'S NOT COMPREHENSIVE, AT LEAST IT HAS ENOUGH EXAMPLES SO THAT THE COMMISSION CAN UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING FOR IT, UM, TO TRY AND MAKE, MAKE THIS EASIER FOR THE IMPLEMENTERS.
AND, UH, IF, IF THE R M P C UH, RECOMMENDS IT FOR ADOPTION, THE NEXT STEP AFTER THAT WOULD BE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THEIR TOP 10 GOALS.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY A HIGH PRIORITY TO COUNCIL.
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE, UH, TO COUNCIL.
UM, PROBABLY, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE WE'RE TAKING MULTIPLE BITES OF THAT APPLE, UH, PRESENTATION.
AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER IF RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND THEN, UH, LOOK FOR A FINAL ACTION BY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO.
SO WITH THAT, UM, DREW AND I ARE HERE, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO START FIRST WITH ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION I HAVE, IF NO ONE HAS ANY.
UM, WHAT WAS STILL UNCLEAR TO ME WITH THE I P M COORDINATOR, UM, IN THE WORD EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN OUT.
AND SO WHERE IS THAT LANDING? IS THAT GOING TO BE A CURRENT EMPLOYEE THAT WOULD GET CERTIFIED, OR ARE YOU LOOKING AS A CONTRACT WORKER? I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT, OR HAS THAT, IS THAT STILL TO BE DETERMINED? UM, I CAN, I CAN START TO ADDRESS THAT.
I, I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF GETS INTO THAT TERRITORY WHERE THE, THE CITY MANAGER REALLY WANTS STAFF TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT COULD CHANGE EVEN.
LIKE WE MAY WANT TO START WITH A CONTRACTOR TO KIND OF GET THINGS MOVING RIGHT AWAY.
AND THEN THAT TRANSITIONS TO STAFF WHO'S, AND, AND WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE TOWN OF WINDSOR WHO HAS A VERY SIMILAR I P M POLICY TO THIS, THAT IT'S NOT A FULL-TIME POSITION MM-HMM.
SO IT, THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HIRE SOMEBODY JUST FOR THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE WAS, AND, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT COMMITTING TO IT, THAT IT WOULD BE A CONTRACTOR AT FIRST AND THEN TRANSITION, BUT I THINK WE WANT THAT FLEXIBILITY AS STAFF TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT SOMETHING.
UM, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE ALSO.
LIKE IF THIS, IF THIS GETS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND, AND A CONTRACTOR MAY JUST BE THE EASIEST WAY, UH, TO GET THAT GOING RIGHT AWAY.
UM, BUT I ALSO, I THINK WE WANNA HAVE, WE WANNA BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT POSITION, UM, WHETHER IT'S COMBINED WITH OTHER FUNCTIONS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HUGE WISHLIST, WISHLIST OF, OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO GET DONE AT THE CITY.
AND SO THERE MAY BE A WAY TO BE CREATIVE AND FIGURE OUT A, A COMBINATION POSITION THAT GETS THAT DONE.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE HEARING STAFF PUSHBACK ON THIS IDEA OF, OF THERE BEING A, A, A BIG COLLABORATIVE PROCESS ON THE HIRING OF THAT POSITION, I THINK WE REALLY WANNA RE RETAIN THAT ABILITY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST POSITION, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT PERSON SHOULD BE DOING, GIVE US ALL THE FEEDBACK YOU WANT ON THAT.
LOVE TO HEAR IDEAS ON THAT, BUT HOW TO DO IT IS REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO, TO RETAIN AS STAFF.
NO, THAT MAKES PERFECT, PERFECT
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SENSE TO ME.I MEAN, HEARING PREVIOUSLY THAT IT, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR A FULL-TIME POSITION.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED, BECAUSE WHY HIRE FULL-TIME, UM, WHEN YOU DON'T NEED FULL-TIME? THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, UM, WITH THESE ORGANIC PESTICIDES THAT ARE, UM, BEING USED IN THE LARGE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAD, IT SEEMS TO ME, UM, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT, UH, WITH THE MATRIX THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED THAT ROOSTER RUN COULD TRY ALL OF THE ITEMS, LET'S SAY IN THE MATRIX FROM ZERO TO 10 AND, UM, UH, HOW WELL THEY WORK.
AND THEN IF SOMETHING DID NOT WORK, THEN THAT'S WHY THE EXEMPTION IS THERE.
THEY CAN APPLY TO USE A DIFFERENT PESTICIDE THAT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE CITY.
RIGHT? AND THEN THERE, THERE WOULD BE MAYBE A TEST RUN FOR THAT.
I, UH, AS ASSUMING THAT, I MEAN, 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE COMMENTS AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS REALLY BRIEFLY, A A THING THAT I SAW COMMON IN THERE, IT, IT TALKED ABOUT NO PESTICIDE AND IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN ORGANIC AND SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
UM, UNDER THE I P M P POLICY, IF THE GOLF COURSE IS INCLUDED WITH ALL THE OTHER LEASED PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY OWNS, UM, IT WOULD STILL NEED TO, TO FOLLOW THAT, YOU KNOW, CULTURAL METHODS, UH, ARE THERE MECHANICAL METHODS? ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE CHANGE HABITAT? CAN WE PUT BIRD BOXES UP? CAN WE, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO RID THE PEST FROM THE GET GO? AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, USUALLY THOSE THINGS ARE ALL DONE TOGETHER.
AND THEN IF THOSE, THOSE COLLECTIVELY DON'T ADDRESS THE ISSUE, THEN IT WOULD BE LOOKING AT CHEMICAL AND IT WOULD BE ORGANICS, ORGANICS ONLY.
AND THEN IF THAT STILL DOESN'T WORK, THEN THEY WOULD BE, I THINK, SUBMITTING A, AN EXCEPTION REQUEST TO THE CITY AT THAT POINT.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT SAYING, AND, AND THAT, I THINK THAT WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION WE HAD WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE ON THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN IT'S ORGANICS ONLY, IT, IT MAKES IT SOUND PRETTY DEFINITIVE, BUT THERE IS AN EX EXCEPTION PROCESS.
UM, AND, AND THE GOLF COURSE IN THAT SCENARIO WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT AS WELL.
THEY WOULD HOPEFULLY BE COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITY ALL THE STEPS THAT THEY HAD DONE TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE THEY CONCLUDED THAT THERE WERE NO NON-SYNTHETIC OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM AND THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING.
AND THEN UNDER THIS POLICY, WE COULD, UH, DECIDE, THE I P M COORDINATOR COULD DECIDE, IS THIS A ONE-TIME APPLICATION? IS THIS A TWO YEAR APPLICATION OR, OR WHATEVER THE, THE COMBINATION OF IT IS THAT THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR THAT SPECIFIC, BUT IT'S NOT A BROAD EXEMPTION FROM THE WHOLE I P M P.
IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC TARGETED EXEMPTION.
ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? OH, UH, COMMISSIONER ELLI, I WAS WONDERING, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S, UH, DESIRE TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THE SELECTION OF THE I P M COORDINATOR.
HOWEVER, CAN WE SOMEHOW INCLUDE SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THAT POSITION WOULD BE? ABSOLUTELY.
I, I THINK, UM, I THINK THAT'S A, A VERY GOOD POINT.
UM, THERE, THERE IS LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD FUNCTION IN THERE, BUT, UM, I THINK IF THERE WERE TO BE A JOB SPEC, UH, CREATED THAT INCLUDED, THAT, THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE PUBLIC INFORMATION.
AND, UM, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE ALREADY, AND I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UM, PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE COULD PROVIDE THE COMMISSION, UM, INFORMATION ON.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TACK ONTO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE REALLY, WHEN WE'RE WRESTLING WITH THIS AND GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PARTIES WE'VE HAD, THERE IS THAT COMPROMISE BETWEEN HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY TO IMPLEMENT THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR IS, IS DEVELOP THAT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EXACTLY EVERY TASK AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT THEY CAN HAVE.
AND THAT FLEXIBILITY NEEDS TO LIVE, UM, IN JURISDICTIONS THROUGHOUT EVERY, EVERY CITY FUNCTION.
SO IT SHOULDN'T LIVE WITH PARKS AND REC, IT CAN'T LIVE WITH CITY MANAGEMENT.
IT REALLY HAS TO BE THE, THE PRESCRIPTION FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, AND THEN IF WE CAN AGREE ON THAT AND IMPLEMENT THAT INTO THE POLICY, THEN WE REALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT POINT, COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
WHEN YOU WERE, UM, LOOKING AT WINDSOR, DID THEY HAVE ANY EXEMPTIONS? SO CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW WE WOULD DO THAT IF WE WENT ALONG WITH EXEMPTING ROOSTER RUN? UM, YES.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER, YES, THEY DO HAVE EXEMPTIONS AND
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THEY RELATE TO, UM, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.UM, THERE'S A POND THAT WAS HAVING ROOTS GROWING INTO IT THAT ACTUALLY WERE THREATENING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THAT POND.
UM, SO THEY HAD THAT EXEMPTION, I BELIEVE IT WAS A FIVE-YEAR EXEMPTION.
I, I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, ALONG SOME OF THE MEDIANS, UM, THEY HAD AN EX EXEMPTION FROM THAT, UM, FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.
THEY WERE, UM, THE WEEDS WERE, THE, THE CONTROL METHODS THEY WERE DOING WEREN'T, WEREN'T KEEPING UP WITH THE WEEDS.
AND, UM, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR WORKERS BEING OUT THERE AND KIND OF BUSY MEDIANS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT WANTING INJURY TO, TO HAPPEN THERE.
SO, UM, THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT CAME OFF THAT I'M REMEMBERING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, IF THIS POLICY WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM WINDSOR, SO ANY EXEMPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, OUR THAT'S SEPARATE ON THE BOOKS WITH THEM, THIS, THIS CITY, IF THEY ADOPTED, UM, THIS I P M P, THOSE WOULDN'T BE AUTOMATICALLY EXEMPTED.
THE, THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THEY WANTED TO, THEY COULD, BUT THE I P M COORDINATOR OR THE STATE MANAGER OR THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR WOULD ALL BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE POLICY INDIVIDUALLY BASED ON OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WORTH DISCUSSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WASTE WIRE TREATMENT OPERATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, MEDIANS.
LIKE, ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT? ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO START, OR DO WE WANT TO TRY THINGS FIRST AND THEN, AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT? OR DO WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY? AND THEN THEN, UM, SEE IT, GIVE IT A TRIAL RUN, SEE IF THERE'S EXEMPTIONS NEEDED.
THOSE ARE ALL DECISIONS THAT CAN BE MADE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, UM, BUT WHAT THE TOWN DOES AND WHAT, WHAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA DOES ARE, ARE COMPLETELY SEPARATED.
OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAPPING LANGUAGE.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE THE GOLF COURSE AS PART OF THEIR CITY'S LEASE PROPERTIES.
YEAH, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE, OF THAT GOLF COURSE.
UM, WHETHER THE TOWN OWNS OR, OR IF IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD LOOK INTO ANOTHER CITIES YEAH.
GOLF COURSES ALWAYS LOOK SO WELL GROOMED THAT YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE, BUT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT GOLF COURSES.
AND, UM, I WAS JUST SURPRISED WITH ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE HAD.
YEAH, I, I THINK WITH, UM, AND, AND MAYBE I SHOULD NOT GIVE OPINIONS
AS OPPOSED TO VARIED AGRICULTURE WHERE YOU HAVE LOTS OF THINGS GROWING IN, MAYBE YOU LOSE SOME TYPES OF CROP, BUT IT USUALLY ISN'T DEVASTATING TO THE WHOLE THING.
I THINK IF A DISEASE WERE TO COME INTO A REALLY HIGHLY MANICURED GOLF COURSE WITH VERY SPECIFIC SPECIES OF GRASS, THERE MAY BE A, A HEIGHTENED DANGER OF THAT SPREADING TO THE WHOLE GOLF COURSE.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S THE CONCERN THAT, THAT WE'RE HEARING EXPRESSED THERE, THAT CERTAIN PESTS, CERTAIN DISEASES MIGHT BECOME MORE PREVALENT AND THEY, THEY FEEL LIKE THERE'S THIS NEED TO RETAIN THAT OPTION OF THE FULL SPECTRUM OF TREATMENT.
UM, BE, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK THEY'RE AFRAID OF THIS, THIS CHANGE AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO THEIR OPERATIONS, BUT THAT'S ULTIMATELY A CALL FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE, WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO EXEMPT FROM THE GET-GO OR SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT, UM, AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S AN EXEMPTION WARRANTED.
BUT THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEM FOR FUTURE, FUTURE US OR FUTURE COUNSEL.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, I WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, I KNOW THAT ONLINE CLERK, WE HAD NUMEROUS PUBLIC COMMENTS REGISTERED.
I'LL POSTER TO THE AGENDA PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
UH, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO NOW CALL, UH, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, UH, REGISTERED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
UH, JIM CARR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ON UP? AND THEN AFTER BILL CARSON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW AND STAFF, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I WAS, I WAS LOOKING AT THE REPORT AND THE STAFF IS TO BE COMMENDED.
UM, JUST THE PORTION THAT I SAW VERY EXTENSIVE IS, UM, THERE WAS THREE AREAS THAT I WAS KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT, AND I WANTED RAISE SOME ISSUES ABOUT ROOSTER RING
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GOLF COURSE.AND JUST TO BE FAIR, I PLAY EL GOLF OUT THERE EVERY WEEK WITH MY PASTOR AND, UH, PRINCE PARK AND SCHOENBERGER PARK.
'CAUSE THE THREE AREAS THAT I WAS CONCERNED WITH.
UM, AND, AND WHEN I STARTED READING THIS REPORT, I SAW THIS IS HEADING FOR AN ORDINANCE AND, UH, OR MY EXPERIENCE ANYWAY.
AND I WAS, AND I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS GOLF COURSE WHEN THEY STARTED BUILDING IT.
AND I WORKED WITH A FISHING GAME QUITE A BIT.
WE WENT ROUND AROUND WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS.
THERE WAS A PRIOR DEVELOPER BEFORE MR. COOMBS CAME ON BOARD AND FINISHED THE PROJECT OFF.
AND ONE THING THAT, UH, WAS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT IS THEY WERE VERY SURE TO FOLLOW ALL THE GUIDELINES OF FISH AND GAME.
AND, UH, THAT ALWAYS, I WAS OUT THERE AS, AS IN MY CAPACITY AS PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR HERE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT THEY WOULD DEFINITELY FOLLOW THAT.
UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO RUN THESE GOLF COURSES.
AND I, UM, I CAME FROM THE, THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA RECREATION AND PARKS UP THERE.
AND, UH, BOB HOROWITZ UP THERE RUNNING BI BENNETT VALLEY GOLF COURSE.
THEY GOT AN INFESTATION IN THEIR GREENS.
AND THAT STUFF GOES JUST LIKE THAT.
AND WE'RE TALKING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER GREEN.
SO THE EX THE PROCESS THAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED TO ME WOULD BE, WOULD DESTROY A GOLF COURSE.
UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST TOO LONG.
THERE'S A BUREAUCRATIC, UH, ISSUE THERE THAT, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UH, ROOSTER RUN SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN A BLANKET ORDINANCE ON THE USE OF PESTICIDES.
IT'S ENTIRELY UNIQUE OPERATION, AND THAT THEY JUST CANNOT BE AN EXPERIMENTAL SITUATION OUT THERE.
BY THE TIME YOU START EXPERIMENTING, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS YOU DESCRIBED, AGAIN, WE EITHER LOST THE GREENS OR WE'VE LOST PART OF THE FAIRWAY.
IT'S, IT'S A GROWING, GROWING ELEMENT.
THE PESTICIDES ARE GROWING ELEMENT, AND THE GRASS OUT THERE IS GROWING ELEMENT.
THE GREENS ARE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GRASS THAN ON THE FAIRWAYS.
SO YOU'RE TALKING A LOT OF INVESTMENT THERE.
UM, AND I CAN GO ON AND ON, BUT I JUST DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
I JUST, I SAW THERE'S A COMPARISON OF TWO GOLF COURSES IN THE, IN THE STAFF REPORT OF FLORIDA AND OREGON.
AND, UH, MY GUESS IS THEY AREN'T BUILT ON PENDULUM, ADOBE SOIL AND, UH, UH, PETAL SOIL IS, UH, IN THE WINTERTIME, IT JUST CONTRACTS AND, AND IT EXPANDS.
YOU HAVE ANYBODY OF US, US LIVE ON THE HOUSE SIDE ON THE EAST SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE CRACKS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR, IN OUR HOUSES AND OUR WALLS, PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF.
WHEN I CAME HERE, WE'RE ALWAYS GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM THE, FROM THE UH, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FIELDS CRACKS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND I CAME HERE AND I SAID, YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU KNOW TO DO BEST.
AND THEY DID MR. CHAIR, BUT, UH, POINT WAS YOU STAND ON FENCE BETWEEN THANK, THANK YOU, JIM.
UM, I'M, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR WINDSOR, I MEAN FOR WINDSOR GOLF CLUB AND FOR ROOSTER RUN GOLF CLUB.
UM, SO AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT ROOSTER RUN, I MEAN, WINDSOR, IT IS EXEMPT FROM THE, UH, WINDSOR, UH, PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN, VERY SIMILAR SITUATION.
IT'S, UH, WE LEASE THE LAND FROM THE TA WINDSOR, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO HERE AT, UH, IN PETALUMA.
SO IT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR PLAN, BUT WE ARE NOT, WE'RE EXEMPT FROM IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY, UM, ON THIS, UM, THE, IN LISTENING TO THE, TO THE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, THE, THE PROBLEM WE FACE IS WE HAVE A, UM, EVERY TWICE A YEAR WE BRING A CONSULTANT IN, UM, FROM, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
HE'S WORKED ON PEBBLE BEACH AND CYPRUS AND ALL THESE OTHER COURSES.
HE GOES TO BOTH COURSES TWICE A YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, WORK LOOKS AT IT RECOMMENDS, YOU KNOW, HIS, YOU KNOW, THE CARE THAT HE THINKS WE NEED TO DO AND IMPROVE AND CHANGE.
AND, UM, HE WAS PART OF, YOU KNOW, UH, TALKING WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE PUTTING THIS PLAN TOGETHER.
UM, AND HE, HE'S WHAT KIND OF GOT ME, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED WHEN HE SAID, THIS IS, THIS WOULD, WOULD NOT WORK.
YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD NOT WORK FOR YOU GUYS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS NEEDS, YOU NEED TO BE EXEMPT FROM THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST DUE TO TOO SEVERE.
AND AS, UH, JIM WAS MENTIONING, YOU CAN'T EXPERIMENT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE, WE'VE, WE'RE VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE.
IF WE GET, IF WE SEE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY THEY'RE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR PROBLEM PROBLEMS WITH ANTHRACNOSE OR NEMATODES OR WHATEVER ELSE WE MIGHT BE GETTING.
UM, AND IT, IF YOU DON'T GET ON IT IMMEDIATELY, IF WE SEE ANY SIGN OF IT, WE TAKE A SAMPLE, WE SEND IT IN OVERNIGHT, GET
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A READ BACK THE NEXT DAY, AND ARE OUT THERE THE NEXT DAY TRYING TO STOP IT IN A SMALL PATCH RATHER THAN LET IT GO AND WIPE OUT, YOU KNOW, THE GREENS AND THE TRANSFERS FROM GREEN TO GREEN WHEN PEOPLE WALK ACROSS IT.SO IT COULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF THESE DISEASES, YOU KNOW, ANY ONE OF THEM CAN TAKE OUT A GREEN FOR MONTHS AND BE JUST DEVASTATING, UM, FOR AN OPERATION.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY, WELL, LET'S TRY THIS.
'CAUSE YOU TRY IT AND IT'S TOO LATE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE USUALLY ON IT WITHIN 36 HOURS OF SEEING ANY SIGN OF THESE KIND OF ISSUES.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY, VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT.
WE SPEND, YOU KNOW, $500,000 A YEAR JUST ON THE MAINTENANCE CREW GO, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THE GRASS.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE FACT THAT IF IT SPREADS, IT SPREADS RAPIDLY AND IT GOES THROUGHOUT.
'CAUSE IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, EITHER POLLO GRASS ON THE GREENS OR RYE GRASS IN THE FAIRWAYS.
AND IT JUST, IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO TO TO STOP IF YOU DON'T CATCH IT EARLY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE ASKED AND WE AGREED TO, TO NOT USE ROUNDUP ON THE COURSE AT ALL.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T USE IT ANYMORE.
WE'VE STOPPED USING THAT WHEN WE WERE ASKED AND AGREED TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S JUST, WE SPEND A LOT OF
OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, IT IS TIME FOR OUR COMMENTS FEEDBACK.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP? UM, I THINK I'LL JUST GO ON A LINE, UH, COMMISSIONER SIMMONS.
UM, I KNOW AS BEING ON THE AD HOC, ONE OF, WE REALLY WANTED TO TALK TO THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SCHEDULING THROUGH THE CITY OR SCHEDULING THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE, BUT THAT WASN'T MADE AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, 'CAUSE I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY NICE TO HEAR MORE THAN THREE MINUTES OF, OF WHAT THE GOLF COURSE GOES THROUGH.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN SET UP A TIME TO DO THAT AT A, AT A LATER DATE WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
UM, AND IT WOULD GIVE US A BETTER PICTURE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY CHEMICALS YOU USE, WHAT'S THE PROCESS? IS IT, YOU KNOW, GALLONS AND GALLONS? IS IT JUST TREATING A SMALL AREA? YOU KNOW, I THINK THOSE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK AND, UH, GET THE ANSWERS TOO.
SO, UM, I KNOW I'D BE WILLING TO MEET UP AND I, I'M SURE MARYANNE WOULD AS WELL.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU STAFF AND THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
I JUST REALLY WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SO MANY MEETINGS AND REVISIONS AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND I'M SURE THIS WHOLE COMMISSION DOES.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT, UM, MOSTLY ON, UM, BEING IN FAVOR OF AN EXCEPTION REQUEST RATHER THAN A BLANKET EXEMPTION FOR, UM, SOMETHING LIKE ROOSTER RUN.
I THINK THAT, UM, LEASED CITY PROPERTIES, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS I P M P IS TO PROTECT THE CITY RESIDENTS.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY IT BEING A CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ROOSTER RUN WOULD GO THROUGH AN EXCEPTION REQUEST PROCESS RATHER THAN BE GRANTED ANY KIND OF, UM, EXEMPTION RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
UM, AND, UM, YEAH, I JUST WANNA REMIND, I DID READ THROUGH ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ASKING, AND I DO AGREE THAT MAYBE THERE WAS SOME, UM, WORDING THAT KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE EDUCATION OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT LANGUAGE OF NATURAL AND, UM, BECAUSE IT SEEMS VERY BLACK AND WHITE AND, UM, BUT WE ARE IN A CLIMATE CRISIS.
UM, I DO RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LONG-TERM, YOU KNOW, HISTORY WITH THIS PROPERTY.
AND I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN PETALUMA FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT WE DO NEED TO MAKE DRASTIC CHANGES, UM, IN THIS CITY IF WE ARE GOING TO MEET THIS CLIMATE CRISIS, UM, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, EXEMPTIONS, UH, SHOULD BE VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFULLY, UM, LOOKED AT AND RATHER WE SHOULD, UM, GET REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTIONS SHOULD BE THE LANGUAGE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO
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WORKS SO HARD ON THIS.IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL
I ALSO THANK YOU TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
I FEEL LIKE THE, THIS IS THE MOST, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, THIS WAS MY FIRST MEETING WHEN I JOINED THE COMMISSION.
IT WAS ON THIS TOPIC, AND THIS IS THE MOST THAT IT'S BEEN TALK TALKED ABOUT AND REALLY DOVE INTO BY COMMISSIONERS.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME DOING THAT.
UM, AS A GOLFER AND SOMEONE THAT HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON GOLF COURSES THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, MY SON IS ON A GOLF TEAM AND PLAYS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UM, I'VE, I, AND HAVE, I'VE BEEN AT WINDSOR, HE'S BEAUTIFUL.
UM, I WORRY ABOUT TRIAL AND ERROR.
I WORRY ABOUT SAYING, GO AND, YOU KNOW, TRY THIS METHOD, TRY THAT METHOD.
I, I THINK THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE GONE BY GIVING THEM, UH, THAT, UM, DIRECTIVE OF TRIAL AND ERROR.
SO I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE EXEMPTIONS, UM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT PROCESS LIKE THAT AND WEIGH WHETHER, UM, WHETHER WE WANT OUR GOLF COURSES TO BE GONE OR NOT.
AND, AND IN ALL HONESTY, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING A A DECISION.
THEY ARE, PESTICIDES ARE NOT GOOD, THEY'RE NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MY SON, MY NINE YEAR OLD BEING OUT ON A GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A SAFETY FACTOR AND I DO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I ALSO LOVE GOLF AND, AND DON'T WANT OUR GOLF COURSES TO GO AWAY.
AND I FEEL LIKE THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF HAPPY MEDIUM THERE.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE GOLF COURSES, UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER SOLUTION OUTSIDE OF THE TRIAL AND ERROR.
UM, AND, AND IF THERE CAN BE ANOTHER SOLUTION, GREAT, LET'S BRING IT TO THE TABLE.
BUT, UM, BUT SAYING TAKES SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR ON TRYING THESE TACTICS, OUR GOLF COURSE WILL BE GONE.
IT, IT WON'T SURVIVE THAT AND WE WON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO BRING IT BACK.
IT, IT'S TOO MUCH OF AN INVESTMENT.
SO I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE PROCESS.
UM, HAVING HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WORKING ON GOLF COURSES, I, I'M, UM, AWARE OF ALL THE ISSUES THAT, UM, THAT EVERYONE HAS RAISED, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND IT DOES TAKE A QUITE A, A LOT OF EFFORT AND MONEY TO, UH, MAINTAIN GOLF COURSES PROPERLY.
AND I KNOW THAT WHEN A FUNGUS GETS INTO A GREEN, THAT IT CAN JUST TAKE OFF OVERNIGHT.
AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TIE PEOPLE'S HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACKS WHEN, UH, TRYING TO MAINTAIN THEIR CITY PROPERTIES.
AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT ONEROUS TO COMPLY WITH ALL THESE REGULATIONS.
UM, IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE, UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE WAS SAYING THAT, UH, THE GOLF COURSE ALREADY COMPLIES WITH FISH AND GAME, UH, REGULATIONS, I'M ASSUMING IN TERMS OF CONTAMINATION OF WATER SOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THERE ALREADY ARE FOLLOWING CERTAIN REGULATIONS AND RULES AND ARE LIMITED IN THE CHEMICALS THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO USE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO COMMISSIONER SIMMONS COMMENTS.
THE FACT THAT WE WERE NOT, WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE GOLF COURSE AND TALK TO THE MAINTENANCE STAFF AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE OPERATION WAS I FELT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE DONE.
UM, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THERE COULD BE SOME MIDDLE GROUND WHERE, UM, THE GOLF COURSE, THE GOLF COURSE, UM, DETAILS AND PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY ON WHAT THEIR PROCEDURES ARE, WHAT CHEMICALS THEY'RE USING, HOW MUCH OF THESE CHEMICALS THEY'RE USING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND THERE IS A PROCESS IN OUTLINED IN THE I P M POLICY FOR AN ANNUAL EXEMPTION THAT COULD BE APPLIED FOR ONCE A YEAR FOR SPECIFIC THINGS AND RENEWED ANNUALLY WITH THE JUSTIFICATION PROVIDED FOR WHY IT'S NEEDED AND MAKING THAT WHOLE PROCESS VERY TRANSPARENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THERE'S ROOM THERE FOR US TO WORK OUT AN ALTERNATE, UH, PROCEDURE FOR THE GOLF COURSE THAT STILL PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWS THE INTENT AND THE SPIRIT OF THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT POLICY.
UM, YEAH, SO, AND I, AND I, I AGREE THAT IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A, THE ISSUE WAS PRESENTED AS A BLACK AND WHITE.
LIKE, WE WANNA BAN ALL PESTICIDES EVERYWHERE.
AND THAT'S NOT OUR INTENTION AT ALL.
SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT MORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, WE, WE ARE THE PROTECTORS OF THE ENVIRONMENT REALLY.
I FEEL THAT THAT'S ONE OF OUR KEY ROLES ON THIS COMMISSION.
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THE GOLF COURSES ARE PART OF THE CITY.THERE'S NO, THE BIRDS AND THE INSECTS AND THERE'S, THEY DON'T SEE ANY FENCES OR BOUNDARIES.
SO I FEEL THAT THE, THE GOLF COURSE SHOULD BE INCLUDED UNDER THE I P M POLICY, PERHAPS WITH A DIFFERENT, UH, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, UM, PROCEDURES THAT THEY FOLLOW.
UM, SO THAT'S MY FEELING ABOUT IT.
NOW WELL THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR ALL THAT BECAUSE, UH, YOU SAID A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, BUT TAKING THAT JUST ONE STEP FURTHER, SINCE ROOSTER RUN AND WINDSOR ARE BOTH LEASED PROPERTIES OF CITIES, I'D LIKE TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THE WINDSOR'S, UM, POLICY AND MAYBE WE CAN, UM, INCLUDE HOW THEY RIGHT THEIRS AND WITH OURS, I DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN I LOOK FORWARD TO A MEETING OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THE STAKEHOLDERS AND STAFF, UH, BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TAKING IT TO COUNCIL.
THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE GONNA WANNA SEE AND THEY'RE GONNA WANNA SEE HOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, NOT USING ROUNDUP, THEY'RE USING ORGANIC ALREADY, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY THOUGHTFUL IN THEIR, UM, PROCESS RIGHT NOW AND HOW THEY'RE MAINTAINING THEIR GREENS.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GOLF COURSES EXCEPT FOR THAT 19TH HOLE.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT WINDSOR IS DOING AND JUST KIND OF, MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW THAT.
UM, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER CH UH, CHISHOLM.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, A LOT OF THIS DISCUSSIONS REMINDED ME OF OUR DISCUSSION ON THE TURF FIELDS FOR LUCCHESE.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, WHEN I SEE PEST MANAGEMENT, I IMMEDIATELY THINK GOPHERS.
UM, AND LOOKING THROUGH EVERYTHING, THEY'LL ONLY PLACE IN THE 16 PAGES OF THIS REPORT THAT REFERS IT ALL TO GOPHERS.
THERE'S IN, UH, NON PESTICIDE CONTROL MEASURES, MAYBE NUMBER ONE AND, AND NUMBER TWO AND THREE KIND OF TALK ABOUT MANIPULATING HABITATS PHYSICALLY.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S MORE STRESS THAN THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK WE LEARNED IN THAT LAST CONVERSATION THAT OTHER THAN THE NEW FIELD BEING BUILT, NONE OF OUR FIELDS HAVE GOPHER WIRE UNDER THEM.
SO MAYBE PRIORITIZING THAT AS WELL, UH, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN A NEW FIELD, NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT THE BUGS, BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT A PEST THAT IS VERY REAL THAT STOPS PEOPLE FROM USING OUR OPEN SPACES A LOT.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF IN HERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S ONLY ABOUT THAT MUCH OF THE WHOLE DOCUMENT.
UM, ALSO THIS, AND WITH THE DISCUSSION WITH THE GOLF COURSE REMINDING ME OF HOW TALKING ABOUT THE TURF FIELD, A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FROM THE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY SAID ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY SOCCER NEEDED A TURF FIELD IN ORDER TO PROPERLY PLAY THEIR GAME.
UH, SO WE JUST NEED TO REALLY, I THINK, THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE'RE PHYSICALLY SERVING WITH THESE SPACES, WHETHER IT'S A SOCCER FIELD OR A GOLF COURSE.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT GOING, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP THE HEALTH, THE MINDS OF OUR, THE PEOPLE WE'RE SERVING WITH THESE SPACES, UH, ALIVE AND WELL.
UM, AND UM, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DI AND COMING BACK FROM A, FROM JAPAN, A COUNTRY WHERE ALL OF THEIR PUBLIC OPEN NATURAL SPACES ARE VERY WELL MAINTAINED TO HERE, WHERE A LOT OF WHAT I SEE ARE KIND OF UNKEPT NOW AND DETERIORATING.
THERE IS A, I KNOW HATE NATURE IS HEALING WHEN YOU'RE IN IT, BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXPERIENCE YOU GET WHEN SOMETHING IS WELL KEPT AND WHEN SOMETHING IS DETERIORATING.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, NOT JUST THE NATURE THAT WE'RE SERVING, BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SERVING THROUGH THESE NATURAL SPACES.
UM, MY COMMENTS, I THINK ECHO A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENORMOUS WORK.
I KNOW THIS WAS NO SHORT UNDERTAKING OF YOU TWO, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
UM, I AGREE, I WOULD REALLY, I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT ROOSTER RUN MEETS WITH THE AD HOC AND STAFF.
UM, AND I'M GUESSING IF, IF YOU PAY THIS PERSON TWICE A YEAR, I THINK TO COME UP, I'M GUESSING YOU GUYS HAVE RECORDS OF WHAT HA HAS BEEN USED, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO JUST SHARING IT, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT KIND OF AT FIRST, YOU KNOW, SEEMS LIKE A REALLY BIG THING, BUT I THINK THE MORE BEFORE WE GET THIS FINAL DRAFT, IF YOU GUYS CAN MEET, MAYBE GET, UM, A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THINGS ARE NORMALLY USED, UM, AND WORKING OUT SOME SORT OF, OF POSSIBLY A MEET IN THE MIDDLE EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN
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ITEMS BECAUSE MAYBE CERTAIN THINGS AREN'T AS BAD.UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE DONE BEFORE THE NEXT TIME THIS IS BROUGHT TO US.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT WAS IT ACTUALLY.
I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, COVERED EVERYTHING.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
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ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, DREW? YEAH, THANK YOU.UM, IT'S, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.
UM, BEFORE WE KIND OF CLOSE, I JUST KIND OF WANNA PRESENT BACK A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I'M HERE AND THEN I'M GONNA LOOK AT PATRICK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE BEFORE WE BRING THIS BACK.
SO I THINK PRETTY, PRETTY OVERWHELMINGLY, UM, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY COMMIT TO, YOU KNOW, ARRANGING SOMETHING WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, AT A SCHEDULE THAT WORKS FOR ROOSTER RUN, UM, AND TO, TO GET YOU ON THE COURSE.
I THINK THAT'S, UM, ROOSTER ROOM HAS BEEN, UH, AMICABLE TO THAT.
THE IDEA OF THE THREAT, THE THREAT MATRIX TOO.
I THINK WE, WE, WE HEARD ABOUT GOPHERS, BUT I THINK, UM, THE CHAIR ALSO MADE SOME COMMENTS, AND I THINK THERE, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO PULL FROM THE AD HOC THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS TO ARTICULATE HOW THE GOLF COURSE REFLECTS WITHIN THAT THREAT MATRIX.
SO BEFORE BRINGING THAT THREAT MATRIX BACK, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HEARD FROM, FROM ENOUGH OF THE COMMISSION THERE.
UM, AND THEN THIS ALTERNATE PROCEDURES THAT, UM, WAS HER HERE, AND I SAW SOME HEADS NODDING, UM, DIVING BACK IN TO THE WINDSOR I P M, WHICH WE'VE BEEN IN.
UM, BUT I THINK GOING BACK IN THERE TO LOOK AT NOT A BLANKET EXEMPTION, BUT WHAT IS THAT PROCESS THAT INCORPORATES THE GOLF COURSE IN A TRANSPARENT WAY? UM, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE, AND I'LL POINT TO YOU AND THEN CINDY BACK AT YOU, IF YOU'VE SEEN ANYTHING THAT WE'RE NOT INCLUDING, I, I JUST WANNA SAY, I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE GOLF COURSE.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT TO, TO PROVIDE THAT.
UM, AND AS WELL AS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOWING THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO THEM.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN WE HEAR MULTIPLE VOICES SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF MAKE OR PRESENT THE INFORMATION FOR YOU TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
SO I JUST PART PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
UM, THERE, THERE'S KIND OF THIS IDEA, AND I THINK DREW, UH, TOUCHED ON IT, ON, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GOLF COURSE SPECIFICALLY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THERE'S OTHER LEASE PROPERTIES OR IF IT'S JUST SPECIFIC TO THE GOLF COURSE, KIND OF LIKE SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT, BUT THIS IDEA OF PERHAPS, UM, WELL, THERE'S TWO, TWO KIND OF ROADS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION, SOME, SOME TRANSPARENCY ABOUT CHEMICAL USE? YES OR NO, AND THEN ALSO TEMPORARY OR ANNUAL OR BLANKET, UM, EXEMPTIONS FROM THE POLICY.
SO, UM, I THINK FOR US TO BE, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WANTING US TO, UM, TO, TO MEET AND, AND I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY DOABLE.
UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS GOES TO COUNCIL, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, ON THOSE ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY THE, THE REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSPARENCY AND THEN BLANKET VERSUS LIMITED, UM, EXEMPTION.
BUT AGAIN, THAT DECISION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MADE TONIGHT.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST HEADS UP FOR NEXT TIME AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL COME WITH MORE INFORMATION TO HELP YOU MAKE THAT DECISION.
UM, AND YEAH, JUST REALLY APPRECIATED, UH, HEARING THE PERSPECTIVES ON THIS.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THE, THE TOWN OF WINDSOR AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT, UM, DECISION MAKING PROCESS WENT INTO THE EXEMPTION UP THERE.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE HAPPY TO, HAPPY TO BRING THAT BACK FOR NEXT TIME.
I THINK TOO, I MEAN THIS IS A GREAT, UM, IT'S UNIQUE, BUT IT WORKS OUT FOR THE CITY.
HAVING, YOU KNOW, ROOSTER RUN, RUN THESE TWO GOLF COURSES.
I THINK THAT WE CAN LEARN A LOT HERE.
WE CAN LEARN PROBABLY FROM WINDSOR WHAT'S WORKING AND EVERYTHING.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD, UM, LIKE TO NOTE, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS AT HOME, I THINK IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL, OUR COMMUNITY, UM, ADVOCATE GROUPS REALLY, REALLY, UM, LIKE THE WORK THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS, THEY'RE REALLY SATISFIED WITH IT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY PUT INTO IT.
SO THAT WRAPS UP OUR ITEM NUMBER THREE.
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TO, UH, MOVE INTO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.UH, COMMISSIONER RIZZO SIMMONS.
UM, I WASN'T, I WASN'T AT THE LAST ART MEETING AND THIS MONTH'S IS CANCELED.
UM, I THINK WE'RE HAVING A JOINT MEETING
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SOMETIME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, THOUGH, BETWEEN PARKS AND ART TO TALK ABOUT KENWORTH.I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT LETTING P Y S L USE BOND PARK NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE TO BE OUT THERE, INCLUDING MYSELF.
UM, SO YEAH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, PARKS LOOK GOOD.
UH, IT'S JUST TOO MUCH OF A HAZARD TO HAVE PEOPLE RUNNING AND PLAYING ON THAT FIELD.
UM, HAD LOTS OF FAMILIES ON MY TEAM AND OTHER TEAMS TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, AND I JUST SAID, YEAH, TALK TO CITY COUNCIL.
LET THEM KNOW THAT WE NEED FUNDING TO FIX THESE PARKS.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE DOING THAT.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH, UM, MY PARKS ARE ALL LOOKING REALLY GREAT.
UM, I'VE ESPECIALLY BEEN ENJOYING SPENDING TIME IN MANION KNOWLES.
I THINK FALL IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL TIME TO BE THERE, SO, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN RECENTLY, CHECK IT OUT.
UM, THERE'S SO MANY AWESOME EVENTS COMING UP THIS MONTH THAT I'VE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, BUT I'M JUST LIKE, JUST, THERE'S JUST SO MANY THAT I
SO, AND MOVING INTO NOVEMBER, I THINK IT'S A REALLY EXCITING SEASON.
LOTS OF LIKE CITY PLANNED ACTIVITIES AND FESTIVALS AND STUFF.
SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.
I LOVE THAT YOU'VE BEEN SPENDING TIME AT MAN MANNOS.
MY KIDS CALL IT THE SECRET PARK BECAUSE IT'S LIKE NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT IT, AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PARKS.
UM, MY KIDS GO TO GRANT ELEMENTARY AND LAST MONTH MY SECOND GRADER TOOK A FIELD TIP TO THOMPSON CREEK.
I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOU BOTH ABOUT THIS YET, I DON'T THINK.
SO THEY ALL THREE CLASSES WENT AND THEY ROTATED BETWEEN THE THREE TEACHERS AND THEY HAD SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY GARDEN THERE AND THE KIDS GOT TO PICK VEGGIES FROM THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, TALK TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBOR.
A LOT OF THE KIDS LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEVER BEEN TO THAT COMMUNITY GARDEN BEFORE.
UM, WE WERE TRYING, I MEAN, SEEING KIDS EAT PEPPERS AND ZUCCHINI AND CUCUMBER AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
THEN ANOTHER TEACHER TOOK A GROUP OF KIDS DOWN TO THE CREEK AND OBSERVED WHAT THEY SAW IN THE CREEK AND THE LEAVES CHANGING AND WHATNOT.
AND ANOTHER TEACHER DID POETRY OUT ON THE LITTLE FIELD AREA, AND THEN THEY SWITCHED, AND THEY'RE GOING AGAIN THIS WEEK.
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN? WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO OUT THERE? I JUST THINK IT'S SUCH AN AWESOME USE OF RESOURCES.
UM, AND IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE NEIGHBOR COME AND FACILITATE THE STUDENTS LIKE THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE PATH GOT FIXED OUT THERE AND THE NEIGHBORS CAME OUT.
IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT THE NEIGHBORS CAME TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS FUN TO SEE, UM, MY LAST CHANCE TO SAY, TO TALK ABOUT SOCCER AND SAY THAT PRINCE PARK, IT WRAPPED UP REALLY NICELY.
UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE BIG TOURNAMENT AT THE END OF P Y S L AND WHATNOT, IT JUST WENT REALLY WELL AND SMOOTHLY.
UM, LAST WEEK, JUST IN TERMS OF FESTIVALS PRIDE, DOWNTOWN WAS AWESOME.
I ALWAYS LOVE WHAT A HUB IT'S BECOME.
UM, IT WAS NOT THAT WAY WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO PETALUMA 10 YEARS AGO.
AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN A BIG SHIFT WHERE IT'S A CENTRAL LOCATION WHERE THINGS ARE HAPPENING THERE, AND IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO HAVE PRIDE LIKE THAT.
SO THAT WAS A VERY, VERY FUN EVENT, UM, AT THE MUSEUM.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT STILL BE TICKETS FOR THE CEMETERY TOUR THIS WEEKEND.
IT'S MY FIRST TIME TAKING THE CEMETERY TOUR.
THE PETALUMA OF YESTERDAY ARE ALWAYS PUT ON A GREAT SHOW.
SO, UM, THAT'S HAPPENING ON SATURDAY.
AND THEN, UM, THE PROCESSION FOR, UM, EL D DE LOS MUTOS IS ON THE 28TH AND IT ENDS AT THE MUSEUM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A REALLY FUN EVENT.
UM, I ALSO GOT TO SERVE AS A DOCENT, UM, DURING, UH, FRESHMAN VISITS, UH, TO, UM, THE MUSEUM FROM PETALUMA HIGH AND ANOTHER GREAT RESOURCE OF PETALUMA HIGH, WALKING DOWN TO THE MUSEUM, SEEING THE HISTORY WITHIN THE MUSEUM AND THE PETALUMA HIGH, UM, EXHIBIT.
AND THEN, UH, SOME OF THE MUSEUM BOARD MEMBERS CREATED A LITTLE SCAVENGER HUNT FOR THEM THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM, AND THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED TO BE THERE.
AND THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE TEENAGERS IN THE MUSEUM.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD, FOR THE PAST MAYBE FOUR TO SIX YEARS, WE'VE HAD A YOUTH LIAISON, UM, FROM PETALUMA HIGH.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE FOUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE STEPPED UP THAT WANNA PARTICIPATE.
SO HEARING THE YOUTH VOICE, BRINGING THE YOUTH VOICE IN IS REALLY COOL TO SEE THERE.
UM, AND FINALLY THE NEXT EXHIBIT COMING
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UP IS WOMEN IN THE MILITARY IN TIME FOR VETERANS DAY.COMMISSIONER BOTTICELLI? UH, YES, I DID GET A CHANCE TO GO AROUND AND SEE ALL BUT ONE OF MY PARKS AND, UM, THEY ALL OVERALL LOOK REALLY GOOD.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT.
I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF ODDS AND ENDS OF LITTLE THINGS THAT I WILL, I'LL SEND YOU SOME PHOTOS, UM, AT LUCCHESE IN BETWEEN THE FIELDS AND SOME OF THE AREA, WALKING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE GRASS AREAS, NOT REALLY LIKE USE AREAS, BUT AREAS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE WALKING.
THERE ARE SOME, SOME CRACKS AND THINGS THAT SOMEBODY COULD FALL INTO AND HURT THEMSELVES.
SO JUST TAKE A WHEELBARROW OF SOIL OR A COUPLE WHEEL, YOU KNOW, TRUCK DUMP, TRUCK OF SOIL TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
I'LL SEND YOU SOME PHOTOS ABOUT THAT AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, BUT ALL OF IT RELATIVELY MINOR.
AND OVERALL I THOUGHT THE PARKS LOOKED REALLY GREAT.
UM, WELL I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT THIS COUNCIL'S BEEN DOING.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
WE JUST, UM, COMPLETED AND, UM, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR THE MOBILE HOME PARKS AND THE, THERE'S FIVE OF THEM THAT WILL BE SENIOR ONLY, AND IT'S AN OVERLAY AND IT WAS RE APPROVED.
AND WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST READING AND OUR SECOND READING, UM, WE FILLED THE VACANCY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSIONER SUDDENLY PASS AWAY, SO WE NEEDED TO FILL THAT POSITION.
UM, WE HEARD AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS, UM, TO MAKE BIKING MORE SAFE AND WALKING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
D STREET IS VERY POPULAR WITH THE BICYCLISTS AND WE JUST, UM, GOT THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF THAT PUBLIC WORKS SAYS THERE'S 76 BIKE RACKS THAT ARE GONNA BE INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THEN WE HAD OUR SKATE PARK.
I THINK WE GOT IT ALL, UH, APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
AND IT'S OFF TO PHASE ONE, I GUESS, RIGHT? OR A SECOND? FIRST A SECOND READING.
YEAH, I MEAN, I'LL JUST JUMP IN.
UM, WE'RE GETTING STARTED NOW ON GETTING ALL THE, THE DOCUMENTS READY FOR CONSTRUCTION.
YEAH, THAT WAS A, A VERY EXCITING THING.
AND AS FAR AS MY PARKS, UM, THEY LOOK GOOD.
UM, THE, UM, MEADOWVIEW PARK IS RIGHT NEAR MEADOW SCHOOL, WHICH I GO AND DROP OFF AND PICK UP GRANDCHILDREN CONSTANTLY.
ANYWAY, THE WATER IN THE WATER FOUNTAIN WAS SHOOTING UP IN THE AIR AND IT WAS A WARM DAY.
SO THE KIDS THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS A WATER FEATURE.
UM, I GOT ON THE APP, THE CITY APP, AND, UM, I, I THOUGHT I HAD TAKEN A PICTURE, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A PICTURE.
SO I JUST TOOK A PICTURE OF A, A BLOWUP MAP OF MEADOWVIEW PARK AND, YOU KNOW, MADE A DESCRIPTION.
WENT BACK TODAY AND THERE IS A YELLOW BAG OVER THE TOP OF IT WHILE I WAS WALKING BACK TO THE MEADOW SCHOOL, THE PARKS, AND WHERE GUY SAID, HAD JUST PULLED UP UNEXPECTEDLY WITH THEIR TRUCKS.
AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE ORDERING PARTS, BUT GOOD NEWS IS, I THINK GRANT SCHOOL'S GETTING NEW WATER FOUNTAINS AND THEY'RE GETTING THE KIND THAT YOU CAN FILL WATER BOTTLES.
SO I AM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND WE HAD A SHORT LITTLE DISCUSSION ON THE HAND SANITIZER AND HE SAYS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REFILLS, BUT THE, UM, A SOME OF THE PARKS, UM, WISEMAN IS BROKEN, BUT MANU KNOWLES IS GOOD, METAL VIEW IS GOOD.
THOSE HAND SANITIZERS, THEY JUST NEED TO BE REFILLED IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP THEM GOING AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
I THINK I BRING IT UP EVERY MONTH ABOUT THE HAND SANITIZER.
UM, YEAH, LAST MONTH I SAID I WOULD TRY TO BRING BACK SOME INSIGHT FROM MY TRIP TO JAPAN THAT'S PARKS RELATED.
SO ONE THING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC TRASH CANS ANYWHERE.
NOT EVEN IN A SUBWAY, IN A PUBLIC BATHROOM, IN A PARK.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC TRASH CANS AND YOU WILL NEVER ONCE SEE ANY LITTER.
WHAT THE JAPANESE PEOPLE DO IS WHAT IN THE BOY SCOUTS WE CALL LEAVE NO TRACE.
ANYTHING THEY BRING INTO A SPACE THEY BRING BACK WITH THEM.
THERE'S NOT EVEN TOWELS IN PUBLIC RESTROOMS 'CAUSE EVERYONE CARRIES THEIR OWN HAND TOWEL.
SO, UH, BASICALLY, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST FOR ANYONE LISTENING, WHO IS A PARK USER TO CHALLENGE YOU TO BE A MORE ACTIVE PARK USER, AND AT LEAST START WITH THIS, WHICH IS LEAVE NO TRACE.
IF YOU BRING SOMETHING INTO THE SPACE,
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BRING IT BACK WITH YOU.WHAT THAT DOES IS IT FREES UP PARK STAFF TO DO OTHER MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN CLEAN UP AFTER YOU.
AND IT LEAVES THE, A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR THE PERSON COMING AFTER YOU.
AND IF WE CAN START WITH, WITH HAVING THIS MINDSET IN OUR PARKS, WE COULD GROW IT TO ALL OTHER NA NATURAL SPACES AND THEN ALL MANMADE SPACES.
BUT I KNOW IF AN ENTIRE COUNTRY COULD DO THIS EVERYWHERE, WE AS ONE CITY CAN AT LEAST START BY DOING THIS IN OUR PARKS.
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST CHALLENGE ANYONE GOING TO A PARK TO TRY TO GO INTO IT WITH THAT MINDSET.
UH, THE, THE SCHOOL THAT MY KIDS WENT TO FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS, UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU BROUGHT IN THE LUNCH BAG CAME HOME WITH YOU.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, EVERYONE LEARNED HOW TO PUT THINGS IN TUPPERWARE.
IT WAS CLOTH NAPKINS AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEN WHEN WE SWITCHED TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL, WE WERE LIKE, WHAT? I MEAN, THERE'S STUFF LITTERING ALL OVER STUFF.
AND I WAS COMPLETELY PERPLEXED BY THAT.
SO YOU SHOULD BRING THAT TO PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS.
YOU CAN START THAT TRASH IN, TRASH OUT.
UM, MY UPDATES, UM, AS COUNCIL PERSON NOW, UM, MENTIONED THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO THERE IS A MEETING ON OCTOBER 25TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM IT'S A COMMUNITY MEETING IF YOU WANNA GIVE FEEDBACK, UH, FOR SAFE STREETS, EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAD MENTIONED.
UM, MY OTHER, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO ME THAT, UM, JUST FROM SOMEONE THAT I KNOW IS THIS IDEA OF THE SENIOR PLAYGROUND.
I THINK DREW AND RACHEL, YOU HAVE HEARD OF THIS.
I REALLY, I, I, SHE TALKED TO ME, I SAT ON ZOOM, AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NEXT TO ESI, I THINK THIS WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY WE COULD GET THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE OUT, UM, NOT THAT I WANNA ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO OUR PARK STAFF, BUT I REALLY, REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED THINGS FOR OUR SENIORS, ACTIVE SENIORS.
I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE OUTSIDE WAY MORE EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, IF WE CAN GET THAT AGENDIZED AND SEE REALLY WHAT COULD COME OUT OF THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT JUST TO LISTEN AND SEE.
UM, NOW MOVING ON TO, UM, THE OTHER THINGS, UM, PARKS LOOK GOOD EXCEPT FOR THE SWIM CENTER.
UM, SO WE GOT THE EMAIL, UM, ABOUT THE, THE ISSUES AT THE SWIM CENTER.
UM, AND I WENT AND I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE.
UM, THEY ARE DEFINITELY REALLY CONCERNED, UH, SAFETY WISE, THEY'RE CONCERNED.
THEY, THEY DO, THEY WANNA REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
UH, AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN DEFINITELY A PERSON SLEEPING OUTSIDE OF THE SWIM CENTER CONSISTENTLY.
UM, EVEN THERE DURING THE DAY.
UM, BUT I'M JUST GONNA GO DOWN THE LIST, UM, OF SOME THINGS.
UH, ONE THING IS THAT IT'S UN UN THEY'RE UNSURE OF HOW THEY GET IN, RIGHT? BUT ANYBODY CAN CLIMB THE FENCE.
SO IF THEY'RE LOCKED OUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY TAKES THE KEY 'CAUSE THEY USE A LOCKBOX.
HOW THE LIFEGUARDS GET IN IS THEY HOP THE FENCE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S DOABLE.
BUT THE WINDOWS DON'T LOCK AND THE OUTDOOR LOCKER ROOMS DON'T LOCK.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING IN.
THE OUTDOOR LOCKERS DO LOCK, SORRY.
BUT THEY LOCK WITH, BASICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE A HAIRPIN.
SO YOU COULD POP THAT REALLY, REALLY EASILY.
UM, THE REPORTS OF THE AREA WHERE THE LIFEGUARDS ARE.
UM, AND AGAIN, WHEN I WENT IN TO TALK, I, I WAS JUST THERE TO ASK ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH SOMEONE SLEEPING AND I GOT AN EARFUL.
UM, THEY SAID THAT THE, THE AREA INSIDE WHERE THEY ARE IS EXTREMELY DIRTY AND THERE'S COCKROACHES AND THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE COCKROACHES AND TALK ABOUT PESTS.
LIKE THAT'S, AND SO THAT'S AN ISSUE.
UM, THERE IS NO BINDER OF EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS, NOR AT LEAST, UH, THIS SPECIFIC LIFEGUARD THAT I WAS TALKING WITH, WITH NEVER WENT THROUGH ANY FORMAL TRAINING.
THEY WERE HIRED, BUT THERE WAS NO, THIS IS, SHE KNEW WHERE, THEY KNEW WHERE THE A E D WAS, BUT THERE IS NO BINDER.
SHE WAS NOT TAKEN THROUGH A, HI, WELCOME TO THE PETALUMA CITY POOL, AND THIS IS WHERE YOU DO THIS AND THIS IS HOW YOU PULL THE COVER OVER.
UM, THERE'S ONLY ONE LIFEGUARD, UH, ON DUTY IN THE MORNING.
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AND THERE'S ONE LIFEGUARD, THEY CANNOT PULL THAT PERSON OUT.SO UNLESS JOHN IS THERE ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS, THAT'S A REALLY BIG ISSUE.
AND THIS PERSON WAS ALMOST IN TEARS OVER IT.
UM, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR PAY STUBS, UM, THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED, UM, TO THE MANAGER.
UM, THE REPLY WAS, HERE IS A PICTURE OF YOUR TIME, TIME STUB.
IN FACT, UM, THERE'S AN ARTICLE IN THE PRESS DEMOCRATS CITING WHAT THE, UM, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA REQUIRES.
UM, THEY DON'T DO ANY ALGAE TREATMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I GUESS IS SAID, THAT IS DONE, BUT IT'S NOT DONE.
UM, AND THEN THE POOL IS STILL NOT COVERED.
AND I KIND OF FIGURED THIS OUT.
MY DAUGHTER HAS TO GO DOWN TO TARA, LINDA, AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE IT'S REALLY HITTING ME, IS THAT I'M NOW AT A DIFFERENT POOL AND I SEE HOW THE OTHER POOL IS RUN.
UM, AND IT'S LEAPS AND BOUNDS DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, THE LIFEGUARDS ARE OUT THERE, THERE'S NUMEROUS OF THEM WORKING.
WHEN THE POOL IS SHUT DOWN, THEY'RE THERE WHEELING OUT THE COVERS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS RE WHAT REALLY WHEN I GOT THE, THE, UM, ALERT FROM COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN, WHICH I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS IS REALLY DIFFERENT.
SO I'M REALLY URGING, UM, THE CITY TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS CONTRACT.
UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
I I DID PULL THE CONTRACT IF IT HAS A DATE OF EXPIRATION.
BUT IT, IF YOU CHOOSE TO CONTINUE WITH THIS COMPANY, I THINK THE CONTRACT NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN, KIND OF LIKE THE PEST MANAGEMENT WHERE THERE'S DETAIL.
IT, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE MORE DETAILED AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
UM, AND IF THEY DON'T WANNA DO THAT, MAYBE WE CAN HIRE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THE TERRA LINDA POOL.
'CAUSE THAT PLACE LOOKS AMAZING.
AND, UM, IT'S REALLY CONCERNING, I THINK, UM, THAT THE, THAT THE LIFEGUARDS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SAVE AN ADULT.
UM, THAT'S JUST VERY CONCERNING.
I KNOW THAT WAS NOT THE UPBEAT THING, BUT I WILL FINISH WITH ALL OF THE OTHER PARKS LOOK AMAZING.
UM, BUT THIS IS, UH, CONTINUING TO BE AN ISSUE.
AND WITH THAT, DREW, YOU'RE UP.
CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION THAT I FORGOT TO ASK BEFORE? SURE.
UM, WHEN I WAS OUT LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ATHLETIC FIELDS IN SOME OF THE PARKS, I DIDN'T, I WAS LOOKING, I SAW PEOPLE WITH DOGS, NOT TOO MANY, BUT A FEW HERE AND THERE ON THE FIELDS, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY SIGNAGE ABOUT THAT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME RULE ABOUT THE DOGS NOT SUPPOSED TO, AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE FIELDS, BUT DO WE POST ANY, ANY KIND OF SIGNAGE ABOUT THAT ANYWHERE? MAY I, MAY I ASK WHICH FIELD WAS THIS? UH, WISEMAN Y YES, THERE ARE SEVERAL PARKS WITH DEDICATED DOG RUN AREAS, AND WE HAVE SIGNAGE SPECIFIC TO THOSE DOG RUN AREAS AT THOSE PARKS.
THE DEFAULT IS, YOU KNOW, DOGS ARE GONNA REMAIN ON LEASH.
UM, THAT'S PART OF THE, THE CODE.
BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC HOURS AND PARKS THAT SHOULD HAVE DEDICATED SIGNAGE INDICATING THERE'S A, THIS IS A DOG RUN AREA.
YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE DOGS OFF LEASH DURING THESE TIMES.
SO IF THAT SIGN WASN'T AVAILABLE, I BELIEVE WE GOT SOME NEW SIGNAGE OUT THERE RELATIVELY RECENTLY.
SO THE SIGNS THERE FOR THE DOG PLAY AREA, BUT THERE'S NO SIGNAGE IN ANY OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT YOUR DOGS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE THAT SAW DOG RUN AREAS OVER THERE KIND OF THING.
SO, SO NOT SIGNAGE SPECIFIC TO WHERE IN THE PARK ON NEAR THE, EVERY ATHLETIC FIELD SHOULD HAVE A SIGN
UM, AND THE SIGNAGE SHOULD BE IN ENTRANCES TO KIND OF THOSE AREAS.
OH, MAYBE I WASN'T LOOKING IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
WE CAN, WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT.
AND BEFORE I, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY CUE PATRICK HERE.
UH, HE'S GOT AN UPDATE TO SHARE, BUT, UM, WANNA CIRCLE BACK AROUND THE, THE AQUATICS CONVERSATION.
YOU KNOW, WE DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL, UM, FROM COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN, UM, WITH A CONCERN FROM, UH, A LIFEGUARD THERE.
WE, UH, RESPONDED ASKING, UM, TO BE PUT IN TOUCH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY SEEMED LIKE THEY'RE AMICABLE TO DO THAT.
SO WANTING TO COME FORWARD AND, AND, AND BRINGING THOSE CONCERNS, SHARED SOME CONCERNS AROUND STAFFING AT THE POOL, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT HER, HER RATES AND PAY STUBS
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ARE ACCURATE.UM, I THINK WE WERE IN IN MEETING WITH THE POOL THIS WEEK OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE MADE AWARE OF.
UM, SO TO HEAR TONIGHT, THERE'S A, A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF.
UM, WE NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS.
UM, IF THERE'S PEOPLE WILLING TO COME FORWARD, GREAT.
UM, IT'S VERY HARD TO PUT, UM, THIS PUT STAFF IN A POSITION WITHOUT THE CONTRACTOR HERE, UM, TO TALK THROUGH THESE ISSUES.
SO YOU REALLY DO NEED TO BRING THEM TO US.
UM, I DON'T FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE WITHOUT THE CONTRACTOR HERE TO WEIGH IN ON SOME OF THE VALIDITIES CONCERNS.
I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT CONCERNING, BUT STAFF DOES NEED TIME TO ADDRESS THEM.
THEY ARE A CONTRACTED PARTNER.
UM, SO WE DO NEED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CONTRACT.
UM, BUT ALL OF THESE ALLEGATIONS NEED TO BE LOOKED AT, UM, BEFORE THEY'RE THROWN OUT HERE IN FRONT OF A PUBLIC MEETING.
AND SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT SOME OF THESE ISSUES WERE BROUGHT TO US THAT WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LOOP YOU IN IF YOU'RE INCLUDED.
WE OWE IT TO YOU AND THE COMMUNITY GIVE YOU UPDATES.
UM, BUT IT IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION TO PUT THE CONTRACTOR IN, UM, WHEN THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE THROWN OUT THERE WITHOUT, UM, AT LEAST ALLOWING THEM A HEADS UP ON CRAFTING A RESPONSE ON INVESTIGATION.
AND THEN WE CAN PRESENT WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN'T LEARNED FROM IT.
I HAD NOT TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, IN, IN CONTACT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, UM, DOES THAT EMPLOYEE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TALK TO THE CITY AND STILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS? CAN I, CAN I JUST WEIGH IN? UM, FOR A SECOND? THE, UH, CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE LIFEGUARD WHO WANTED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, UM, IN WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE MANNER.
AND THIS LIFEGUARD NOW FEELS VERY INTIMIDATED, UM, BY HER EMPLOYER.
SO I'VE SPOKEN TO RACHEL ABOUT THAT ALREADY, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN ESCALATED.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S NO LONGER, UM, I MEAN THIS EMPLOYEE DOES WANNA SPEAK TO YOU, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SOONER THAN LATER.
I KNOW RACHEL HAS ALREADY, UM, TRIED TO REACH OUT AND SO IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT, UM, THE CONTRACTOR HAS, UM, MADE CONTACT
UM, SO I THINK THIS IS TURNING INTO LIKE AN ISSUE THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO STEP IN.
AND AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE IN CONTACT AND WHAT I AM AWARE OF, THERE'S BEEN, UM, UM, A CONFIRMATION THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO COME AND TALK TO US.
UM, WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD PAST THAT.
UM, SO I'M HAPPY THAT, UM, THEY'RE COMING FORWARD.
WE'RE TALKING AND WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.
SECURITY AT THE POOL, UM, IS OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN AND AN ISSUE, UH, THAT'S NOT, UM, ON A LIFEGUARD THAT'S ON A FACILITIES AND US TO MANAGE.
WE NEED TO HEAR THOSE CONCERNS FROM THE CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.
THERE'S NO TOLERANCE FOR A BUILDING THAT'S NOT SECURE AND THAT'S BEING USED.
SO, UM, WE JUST NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THESE SO WE HAVE TIME TO RESPOND.
ALRIGHT, PATRICK, I'M GONNA QUEUE YOU UP GUEST STAFF TONIGHT.
WELL, HOPEFULLY IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TONE.
UM, I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO BE HERE AND MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, KIND OF SERENDIPITY.
ONE OF, UH, THE CITY'S OWNED PROPERTIES OWNED IT FOR DECADES.
UM, THAT'S JUST THIS AMAZING GEM THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VISIT YET, IS THE LAFFERTY RANCH.
UM, IT'S UP AT THE TOP OF SNOWMAN MOUNTAIN.
UM, IT USED TO BE PART OF THE CITY'S WATER SYSTEM WAY BACK IN THE DAY.
UM, BUT IT'S THIS AMAZING 270 ACRE GEM, UM, WITH INCREDIBLE VIEWS OF THE WHOLE PETALUMA VALLEY, EVEN OUT TO THE SAN PABLO BAY ON A CLEAR DAY.
UM, AND I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT LAND PASS, THE CITY'S PARTNER THAT'S BEEN HELPING US TRAIN DOCENTS UP, UM, TO GIVE GUIDED HIKES AT LAFFERTY IS HAVING A TRAINING ON OCTOBER 28TH AND 29TH.
UM, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKS THAT THEY, UH, HAD REGULARLY MONITORED.
AND I THOUGHT WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A DOCENT, UM, YOU COULD DO SO, AND THEN THAT COULD BE ONE THAT YOU COULD REPORT BACK ON, BECAUSE ONCE YOU GO UP THERE AND TAKE A HIKE, YOU'LL WANT TO KEEP GOING.
IT'S, IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING.
UM, SO, UH, THERE'S A REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY LAND PATHS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE HANDLING THAT TRAINING.
UM, AND YOU NEED, WOULD NEED TO ATTEND BOTH DAYS, OCTOBER 28TH AND 29TH.
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SITE TO IT, BUT I THINK PROBABLY THE EASIEST THING I COULD DO WOULD BE TO EMAIL THE LINK, UM, TO, TO, TO YOUR, UM, COMMISSION STAFF AND THEN WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO YOU AND THEN MAYBE EVEN SHARE THAT AS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL.HOPEFULLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE, ARE WATCHING, UM, REMOTELY ON THIS.
UM, SO JUST, YEAH, JUST A, UH, REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK IT OUT, IF THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING TO YOU.
WE'D LOVE TO GET MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE BEAUTY THAT, THAT THIS, THIS CITY AND OUR, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OWN.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE GUIDED TOURS WILL START? UM, THE GUIDED TOURS ARE GO ONGOING.
UM, THEY'RE TYPICALLY ON THE WEEKENDS.
THEY DO A FEW DURING THE WEEK AS WELL.
UM, BUT THE MORE POPULAR ONES ARE ON THE WEEKENDS AND IT'S, IT'S MOST WEEKENDS, IF NOT EVERY WEEKEND.
UM, AND THAT MAY SLOW DOWN DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.
UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT GETS RAINY AND MUDDY OUT THERE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT SCARES SOME PEOPLE OFF.
UM, BUT I THINK WE STILL MAY HAVE SOME RAINY DAY HIKES OUT THERE AS WELL.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY IT'S, IT'S KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER I THINK IS DECLINING AS WE GET CLOSER TO TO WINTER, BUT, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES OUT THERE SO THAT THE PARK IS STILL ACCESSIBLE EVEN IF, UM, EVERYTHING'S MUDDY.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S, AND IT, IT IS JUST KIND OF A, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TRAIN YOU, UM, AND, AND THEN IT'S WHATEVER COMMITMENT YOU COULD MAKE TO, TO LEAD HIKES.
I THINK THERE MAY BE EVEN SOME COMPETITION BETWEEN DOCENTS TO, TO LEAD HIKES BECAUSE THEY, THEY ALL REALLY WANNA GO OUT THERE.
SO, UM, YEAH, GETS YOU IN LINE AND IF YOU, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VISITING THE SITE AND YOU'RE UNABLE TO COMMIT TO A DOCENT PROGRAM, ALSO YOU CAN CHECK OUT LAND PATH'S WEBSITE AND THEY HAVE A CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND YOU CAN LOOK FOR A LAFFERTY, UH, HIKE TRIP AND SIGN UP, UM, TO, TO GO OUT THERE AND YOU WON'T REGRET IT
UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST TO TAG ON TO, AND THIS IS JUST GRATUITOUS I GUESS, BUT, UM, TO TALK TAG ON TO THIS IDEA OF LEAVING NO TRACE, UM, AS COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM MENTIONED, UH, THE CITY TRIED TO PILOT PROJECT WITH OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, TO DO A REUSABLE CONTAINER SO THAT WE WERE CREATING LESS TRASH, UM, WITH OUR, OUR GET TOGETHER AND OUR GATHERING.
AND I JUST GOT THE RESULTS BACK, UM, FROM OUR CONTRACTOR THAT HELPED US WITH THAT.
AND OF THE A HUNDRED CONTAINERS THAT THEY GAVE OUT, UM, WE HAD A FOOD TRUCK, DINO'S FOOD TRUCK THAT PROVIDED FOOD OF THE A HUNDRED CONTAINERS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT.
A HUNDRED CONTAINERS GOT RETURNED.
SO WE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT RETURN RATE ON THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR OUR FIRST EVENT TRYING THIS.
UM, I'M SURE WE'LL, WE'LL LEARN THINGS AND, AND GET BETTER IN THE FUTURE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SURE.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD MORE REUSE OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND WITH THAT SUCCESS UNDER OUR BELT, I THINK WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS WE CAN EXPAND THAT, UM, BEYOND JUST ONE EVENT.
SO JUST THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME ON THAT ONE.
UM, BEFORE I WAS EVER ON CITY COUNCIL BACK, UH, PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO, I WAS ON THE PARKS AND RECS.
JIM CARR WAS THE PARK DIRECTOR, AND WE TOURED LAFFERTY AS A FIELD TRIP FOR THE PARKS AND RECS COMMISSION THAT I WAS SERVING ON.
AND IT WAS STILL A POLITICAL HOTCAKE AND IT WAS, I WAS MUCH YOUNGER,
AND IT WAS A HIKE, IT'S A, A GOAT TRAIL AND, BUT IT WAS, I THINK, I WANNA SAY IT WAS SPRINGTIME 'CAUSE IT WAS WILD FLOWERS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE WILD PIGS ARE STILL OUT THERE, BUT IT WAS, AND THERE WAS WATER COMING DOWN FROM THIS, FROM THE NATURAL STREAMS AND, AND, UH, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
SO IT JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE IF YOU WANNA EVER WANNA ORGANIZE A FIELD TRIP, THAT THAT WAS REALLY FUN TO GO AS A GROUP OF, UM, PARKS AND RECS COMMISSIONERS.
CINDY CHONG, SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND FACILITIES.
UM, AS NORMAL, YOUR PARK STAFF IS REALLY BUSY.
THEY'VE BEEN, THEY JUST CONTINUE TO BE BUSY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I SHARED YOUR THOUGHTS OF APPRECIATION, SO IT WAS REALLY NICE FOR THEM TO HEAR THAT, THAT THEIR COMMISSIONERS REALLY SUPPORT THEM AND SEE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A LOT OF HITS, WHETHER YOU'RE APPROACHED BY THE PUBLIC OR, YOU KNOW, YOU GET MESSAGES THAT COME THROUGH THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS POSITIVE.
SO IT, IT WAS REALLY NICE FOR THEM TO HEAR THAT.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT GRANT PARK, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE, IT'S, UH, IN PROGRESS, BUT WE ARE GONNA GET A NEW DRINKING FOUNTAIN BOTTLE FILLER, BUT THERE WAS TWO BENCHES THAT WERE INSTALLED AND WE HAD THESE IN STOCK.
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THE PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL BENCHES, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE, UM, MADE AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE KEPT THEM WAITING FOR SPACES TO PUT THEM IN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T MAKE THEM ANYMORE.SO IT'S REALLY SPECIAL FOR THOSE TO BE UP THERE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN GRAND PARK, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO UP THERE.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR US.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOME EQUIPMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A YEAR OR YEARS IN COMING, BUT, UM, WE HOPE TO GET THE TRACTOR IN SOON AND I KNOW THE RAINY SEASON'S GONNA START, BUT WE'LL HAVE THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH MEANS WE'LL BE ABLE TO AERATE FIELDS, WHICH IS REALLY HAPPY BIG NEWS FOR US.
UM, OUR GANG MOWER ALSO WILL BE COMING ONLINE.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY BY SHEER WILL TO SERVICE OUR JACOBSON MOWER, SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET ONE JACOBSON MOWER BACK UP AND RUNNING, WHICH HAS HELPED WITH OUR MOWING BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY STRUGGLING, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
SO A LOT OF POSITIVE STUFF FOR THE TEAM THERE.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT THE SWIM CENTER, THE SECOND BOILER, AND THE ONE THAT WE DIDN'T FIX LAST YEAR IS DOWN.
SO WE ARE IN PROCESS OF GETTING PARTS AND GETTING THAT UP AND RUNNING AGAIN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS YOU KNOW, ONE BOILER WAS NOT THE DESIGN INTENT OF THAT SYSTEM, SO WE'LL GET THAT UP AND RUNNING.
UM, OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE WEEKS LAST MONTH WE DID BRING IN AN ELECTRIC TRAILER, SO, UM, AA, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT THE STATE CORE PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR, THEY BROUGHT A TRAILER OF ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT FOR MY STAFF TO TEST OUT.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO TEST OUT A BUNCH OF ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT.
KIND OF THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT THE WEEDED EATERS ARE NOT THERE, THE WEIGHT IS STILL OFF.
UM, THE BLOWERS, IT'S, THEY'RE JUST NOT THERE YET, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER TOOLS ARE REALLY GOOD.
SO IT WAS REALLY NICE FOR THE STAFF TO TRY OUT A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WHOLE SPECTRUM WITHOUT US HAVING TO JUST ONE OFF BUY A BUNCH AND JUST TEST THEM.
SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE.
UM, AND I, IT WAS KIND OF THE SHOULDER, I DON'T KNOW IF WE REPORTED THIS LAST COMMISSION, BUT WE DID GET OUR NINTH PARK STAFF FULL-TIME STAFF.
UM, GEORGE WAS ON THE STREETS TEAM, BUT LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO SNAG HIM AND HE HAS A LOT OF MAINTENANCE AND IRRIGATION EXPERIENCE, SO THE STAFF IS REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM.
JAVI LET HIM DRIVE HIS NEW TRUCK AROUND THAT HAS ALL OF THE TOOLBOXES ON IT, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL.
'CAUSE HE'S LIKE, YOU'VE GOT IRRIGATION EXPERIENCE, SO I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF.
SO, UM, YEAH, NO, THEY'RE JUST DOING GREAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, THANK JUST, THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS FROM THE STAFF.
I HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR FRIDAYS TO BE OPEN AT THE SENIOR CENTER DUE.
IT WAS A STAFFING ISSUE, SO, UM, I HEARD MAYBE WE WERE GETTING A PART-TIME POSITION FOR FRIDAYS TO HAVE THE SENIOR CENTER OPEN.
SO I'M GONNA PUNT THIS ONE TO DREW.
BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DON'T OVERSEE THE RECREATION PROGRAM.
UM, THAT'S STILL THE GOAL TO GET EXTENDING HOURS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON STAFFING YET.
WE HAVE, UM, A, A FULL-TIME SENIOR CENTER COORDINATOR, UM, THAT WORKS A REDUCED SCHEDULE.
UM, BUT, BUT PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WOULD, WOULD TAKE US 80 HOURS TO DO, SHE CAN DO IN 35.
BUT, UM, IT'S A LONGER CONVERSATION THAN JUST ANOTHER POSITION.
UH, WE, WE HAVE PART-TIME POSITIONS THAT SUPPORT THE SENIOR CENTER AS WELL, BUT, UM, YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON A STAFFING PLAN TO, TO INCREASE HOURS WHERE WE CAN, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE SENIOR CENTER.
IT'S, IT'S JUST MY WISHLIST AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SENIOR PARK, THE SENIORS, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO GO ON FRIDAYS AND IT'S NOT OPEN.
SO THE COMMUNITY CENTER HAS A LOT OF PROGRAMMING FOR AGING ADULTS.
WE'RE OPEN, UM, BUSINESSES ARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BUT WE'VE GOT PROGRAMS THERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICES THAT ARE, THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT THERE THAT WE'RE HELPING TO COORDINATE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO GO ON FRIDAY, TELL 'EM TO CONTACT US.
I'M AT THE MOBILE HOME PARKS A LOT, SO I'M HEARING YEP.
WELL THEN WE, WE WILL NEED YOU.
WE'LL GET YOU SOME INFORMATION.
AND JUST LAST TO UPDATE ON TREES.
WE'RE STILL MOVING, UM, FULL STEAM AHEAD.
UM, WE HAD OUR KICKOFF FOR THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER LAST MONTH.
AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
RELIEF WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH MORE PLANTING PLANS FOR THIS FALL TO BE PLANTED BY THE END OF DECEMBER BECAUSE THEY WERE GRANTED MORE FUNDS FROM CAL FIRE FOR BEING SO SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR PLANTINGS, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE NEWS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE HAPPEN IF YOU GO UP TO GRANT PARK IS WE'RE GONNA START, UM, A PILOT PLANTING UP, THERE'S A SMALLER PLANTING, BUT IT'S GONNA BE REDWOOD TREES.
REDWOOD TREES, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DISCUSSION WHETHER THEY DO WELL IN PETALUMA LONG TERM OR NOT.
UM, BUT STEVE SWAIN CAME FROM THE UC TO KIND OF HELP SCOPE THE SPACES AND WORKING WITH OUR STAFF AS WELL.
THEY KIND OF IDENTIFIED GRANT PARK AS A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM AND THEY ALREADY EXIST THERE.
UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE MORE TREE PLANTING PLANTS COME FORWARD, TREE
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ORDINANCES IN PROGRESS.THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING ABOUT TREES.
SO IF YOU WANNA BE INVOLVED, LET ME KNOW.
WE DID HAVE TO CANCEL THE TREE COMMITTEE MEETING EARLIER TODAY, BUT THERE IS A JOINT TREE P A C MEETING ON NOVEMBER 1ST, SO KNOW LOTS OF TREE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE JUST MOVING FULL STEAM AHEAD.
OKAY, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH A COMBINATION OF SOME RECREATION UPDATES AS WELL AS SOME EXCITING PROJECTS UNDERWAY.
THE MOVIES IN THE PARK THE LAST NIGHT, UM, IS THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20TH? CAPPING IT OFF WITH THE ADAMS FAMILY, DA DA DA.
AND PLEASE DRESS UP, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S TOO EARLY FOR YOU, YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OUTFITS.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN TRY ONE ON FRIDAY.
THE TURKEY TROTT, UH, WE'LL BE CONTINUING THIS YEAR AND TAKING PLACE ON THANKSGIVING DAY AT ELLIS CREEK.
UH, AND WITH THE PG E PROJECT THAT'S GONNA CLOSE PORTIONS OF THE, UH, SCHOENBERGER PARK, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ASSURANCES.
THE PARK'S GONNA BE OPEN FOR THE EVENT ON THIS DAY, SO THEY'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PROJECT DOWN, OPEN TRAILS UP ON WEEKENDS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE, SO IT'S A HOLIDAY.
SO PLEASE LET FOLKS KNOW THE TROT IS HAPPENING.
IT'S HAPPENING ON THANKSGIVING DAY.
UM, COME ONE, COME ALL THERE ARE, THEY ARE ASKING FOR SIGNUPS ONLINE THOUGH.
UM, IT REALLY DOES HELP WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
SO PLEASE, UM, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AND BRING FOOD FOR THE REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK, THE N A A A.
OUR PARTNERS, UM, RUN SPECIALTY CAMPS ARE RUNNING A, UH, NATIONAL ACADEMY ATHLETICS, A ONE DAY SPORTS CAMP ON THE VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY.
THAT'S, UH, NOVEMBER 11TH FOR CHILDREN'S AGES FOUR TO 11.
UM, TALKING ABOUT SENIOR CENTER, UH, ALL SOULS DAY IS COMING UP, SO AT THE END OF THE MONTH, STAFF WILL BE HOSTING THE ALL SOULS DAY AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
THIS WILL BE SOUL FOOD AND SOUL MUSIC, IF YOU COULDN'T GUESS.
AND THE EVENT WILL BE HAPPENING ON THE 31ST.
SO ANOTHER, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO DRESS UP THE TINY TOTS, UH, PRESCHOOL.
ENJOYED A FIELD TRIP FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LAST WEDNESDAY.
UH, SO THOSE PICTURES ARE JUST THE BEST AND WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS.
THERE ARE SPOTS OPEN AND WE'VE EXPANDED, UM, UH, TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE YOUNGERS AS WELL.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE STILL INTERESTED FOR A QUALITY CHILDCARE, PLEASE TO REACH OUT.
UM, TO OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR, RACHEL, UM, SHE'S ONBOARDED US.
WE NOW HAVE, UM, ADOPTED THE LANGUAGE LINE, WHICH IS A PROGRAM WHERE WE NOW HAVE ACCESS TO ONLINE OR LANGUAGE LINE TRANSLATIONS, LIVE TRANSLATIONS, SO ANY LANGUAGE.
UM, SO WHEN THERE'S SOMEONE COMING INTO, UH, ASKING ABOUT, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT PROGRAMS, UM, WE CAN ENGAGE THE TRANSLATOR IN, IN ANY LANGUAGE AND REALLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN REAL TIME.
AND THIS IS GONNA ASSIST US IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT WE CAN DO THAT, UM, THROUGH PHONE MESSAGES, THROUGH IN PERSON.
BUT IT'S A REALLY COOL PROGRAM.
UM, WE'RE INCORPORATING IT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT USE IT, UTILIZES IT, SO WE'RE KIND OF TACKING ONTO THAT PROGRAM, BUT WE REALLY THINK IT'S GONNA EXPAND, HOPEFULLY FOR, FOR OTHER CITY SERVICES AND BECOME KIND OF THE, THE DEFAULT PARK ACCESS AND PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS CAPITAL PROJECT.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, WE'VE ACTUALLY TOURED A COUPLE OF THE PARKS SITES, UM, EXCITED THAT THIS PROJECT WAS GONNA BE ADVERTISED LIKELY AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
UM, WHICH MEANS WE MAY BE ON TRACK TO AWARD A BID BY DECEMBER.
SO THIS IS THE INTERIOR PATHWAYS AT, UM, MC, MCDOWELL PARK, LARA, AND THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN, UH, H AND F AT MCNAIR PARK.
SO THE FINISHING THAT KIND OF PATHWAY.
SO, UM, MEASURE M FUNDED PROJECT PRIORITIZED THROUGH THAT OUTREACH.
UM, BUT EXCITED THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONCE, ONCE IT DOES AND CAN AWARD CONSTRUCTION.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH A WEATHER WINDOW, BUT REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PACKAGE DEAL.
SO THOSE, THOSE THREE PARKS WILL GO, GO OUT TO BID AS A CONTRACT AND, UM, BE A REAL BIG, BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR MOBILITY THROUGH THOSE PARKS.
UM, THE KENWORTH REVITALIZATION PROJECT, SO YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE THIS FRIDAY.
UH, IT MIGHT HAPPEN THURSDAY NIGHT, BUT THIS FRIDAY IS WHEN THE OUTREACH AND INFORMATION WILL BE, UM, BLASTED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
ANYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP, UM, TO GET NEWSLETTERS, ET CETERA.
BUT THE SURVEY IS GONNA BE RELEASED ON THAT DATE.
SO THAT'S THE OUTREACH, THE BIG PUSH TO HAVE FOLKS FILL OUT THIS SURVEY.
THIS IS THE RESULTS OF THE OUTREACH WE'VE DONE TO THIS POINT.
THE DESIGN TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING.
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CONCEPT DRAFT PLANS, IDEAS, VISIONS FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AND SEE AND GIVE, UM, FEEDBACK ON WHAT, WHAT IT COULD BE.I'VE, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, THEY'RE NOT REALLY CONSTRAINED.
THEY HEARD THE COMMUNITY THAT TO NOT REALLY, UM, LIMIT THEIR SCOPE AND TO JUST THE PARK.
WHAT IS, HOW DOES IT INTERACT WITH THE WHOLE AREA? THAT'S SOMETHING WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR SO FAR, SO EXCITED FOR YOU ALL TO TUNE IN ON FRIDAY.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BLAST IT OUT.
UM, I'LL SEND A MESSAGE TO YOU ALL WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE IT, BUT THE SURVEY'S GONNA STAY OPEN THROUGH THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO AS MANY KIND OF TABLING EVENTS.
UM, IF THE COMMISSIONER IS INTERESTED IN DOING A TABLING EVENT WITH US, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM HIM BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO JUST GET OUT THERE AND GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO GET FEEDBACK ON THE SURVEY, BUT START FOLLOWING THIS PROJECT ALONG, UM, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM FOLKS, UH, BEFORE WE CAN KIND OF REALLY GET THAT DESIGN SOLIDIFIED.
SO THIS FRIDAY'S WHEN, UH, WE THINK EVERYTHING WILL KICK OFF, BUT I'LL SEND YOU ALL A MESSAGE SO WITH THE LINK SO YOU GUYS KNOW IT'S LIVE AND SKATE PARK WAS ANOTHER BIG ONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS COMMISSION TO GET THE SUPPORT UP TO THIS POINT.
UH, MONDAY NIGHT COUNCIL, UM, VOTED AND ADOPTED THE CONCEPT DESIGN PLAN THAT WAS SHARED HERE LAST MONTH, AND THEN, UM, AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE CONTRACT WITH GRIND LINE TO GET IT FROM A CONCEPT ALL THE WAY READY TO A CONSTRUCTION READY PROJECT.
ALSO, WE HEARD, UM, SUPPORT FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS TOO, TO REALLY TRY TO GET IT TO A POINT WHERE WE COULD FULLY FUND THIS PROJECT, SO WE'LL KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, BUT IT'S ALREADY, UM, FULLY FUNDED THROUGH PHASE ONE AND, AND FUNDED IN MOST FOR PHASE TWO.
SO IT'S REALLY PICKED UP A LOT OF MOMENTUM AND, UM, WE'LL KNOW, UM, I THINK WITHIN PROBABLY SIX MONTHS WHAT THE TIMING IS, BUT WE STILL FEEL LIKE WE COULD HIT A POTENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, UM, TO BREAK GROUND THIS SUMMER.
THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT, UM, SPECIAL GUESTS AND UM, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, CAN I ASK THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF ONE OF OUR TINY TOTS DIRECTORS THAT PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK? ROBERTA GUERRERA, SHE WAS A, A TINY TOTS TEACHER FOR PROBABLY 30 YEARS AND THEN A DIRECTOR AT TINY TOTS FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 10.
AND SHE HAD A L SS SO, UM, I JUST THOUGHT WE COULD, UM, ADJOURN IN HER MEMORY.
I ADJOURN IN ROBERTA ROBERTA'S MEMORY.