May 15, 2024 Recreation, Music &amp; Parks Commission Meeting

IT IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH, 2024.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO TONIGHT'S, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF THE RECREATION, MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION.

UH, CAN WE HAVE, UM, ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MARIANNE ELLI.

AND HANNAH REZO SIMMONS.

I AM HERE.

KAREN, NOW HERE.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

LET'S STAND AND DO THE PLEDGE OF, OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

JUST NOTICE, HOW DID I MISS THAT ONE?

[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]

UH, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTERESTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL.

SUBJECTS MATTER JURISDICTION, BUT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.

UM, SPEAKER CARDS CAN BE FOUND OUTSIDE OF THE DOORWAY.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.

I HAVE, UH, ONE I DID NOT SEE ANY, UM, ONLINE ENTRIES OR EMAILS.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

SUZANNE WHITFORD ON BEHALF OF THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER AND AC SWIM.

HELLO.

THERE WE GO.

, TOO CLOSE.

HI, MY NAME IS SUZANNE WHITFORD AND MY SON SWIMS ON THE AC SWIM CLUB AT THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER.

I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT A NEED THAT THE SWIM CENTER AND THE AC SWIM CLUB HAS.

WE ARE ASKING TO GET THE DATE FROM THE CITY AS TO WHEN THE POOL WILL BE CLOSED FOR RESURFACING.

THIS DATA IS NEEDED SO THE COACHES CAN GET TO WORK ON FINDING AVAILABLE POOL SPACE FOR THE TEAM TO USE WHILE THE POOL IS BEING RESURFACED.

FROM EXPERIENCE.

FROM EXPERIENCE, THE COACHES HAVE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND AVAILABLE POOL SPACE, UH, IN THE, UH, BROAD AREA HERE.

SO WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE GETTING THE RESURFACING DATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE HOPE THAT THE, UM, PROCESS, UM, IN THE BIDDING, UH, FOR A PROJECT TO GET, UM, WORKED ON IS, UM, MOVING ALONG.

THANK YOU, SUZANNE.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR PRESENTATION AREA IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS.

[PRESENTATIONS]

WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 24, 2000, 24 25 PARKS AND RECREATION, OPERATIONAL BUDGETS AND CAPITAL PARKS PROJECTS, INVESTMENTS PROVIDE.

WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON PRIORITIZED INVESTMENTS IN PARKS, PROJECTS, AND PROGRAMS. DREW, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION COMMUNITY.

IT'S WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT THAT I GET TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 24, 20 25, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, INVESTMENTS.

WE, UM, ARE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

UM, IT'S AN EXCITING BUDGET THIS YEAR, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO FIRST KIND OF SHOW A DISCLAIMER THAT, UM, THE ENTIRE BUDGET, UH, IS GONNA BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND ITS TOTALITY NEXT MONDAY, THE 20TH.

AND SO, UM, YOU'LL BE SEEING, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW, OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S A PORTION OF THE LARGER PICTURE.

AND SO YOU'RE KIND OF DEPRIVED TONIGHT OF SEEING WHAT THAT WHOLE PICTURE LOOKS LIKE.

BUT NONETHELESS, UM, WHERE WE SIT AND OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO, TO REALLY ADVISE ON PROGRAMS AND PARKS AND PROJECTS, UH, LEAD US TO WHERE THIS PRESENTATION'S GONNA GO.

SO, WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED.

A REDUCTION IN STAFFING, UH, AND INABILITY TO PUSH MANY OF THE DEFERRED PROJECTS, UH, AND INITIATIVES FORWARD.

SO THERE'S SOME CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE WE GET GOING.

UM, FOR A LOT OF REASONS WE'RE, WE'RE CATCHING UP AFTER A SIGNIFICANT, UH, DOWNTURN, NOT JUST IN THE ECONOMY, BUT, UM,

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SO WE'RE BUILDING OFF THOSE MOMENTUMS, AND YOU'LL SEE AGAIN, UM, NOT JUST TONIGHT, BUT UH, ON MONDAY NIGHT, A REAL AMBITIOUS WORK PLAN.

AS WE RAMP UP THE LEVEL OF SERVICES ALWAYS IN OUR BUDGETS THERE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED.

UH, JULY ONE IS THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO BUILD IN THOSE FLEXIBILITY AND CONTINGENCIES FOR THE UNKNOWNS, BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME OUT DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

SO THAT'S ONE TO CONSIDER.

THE NON-DISCRETIONARY WORK IS ANOTHER ONE.

I MEAN, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT IS, UM, NEW, NEW INITIATIVES, UH, NEW STAFFING, NEW INVESTMENTS, JUST GENERALLY EXCITEMENT.

BUT OUR CORE LEVELS OF SERVICES, THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE HAVE, UM, THE REGULATIONS, UM, THEY, THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE ALSO NON-DISCRETIONARY.

SO THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT THAT WE DON'T FOCUS ON TONIGHT, BUT NONETHELESS ARE IMPORTANT.

SO, THE, UM, CONDITIONS THAT WE EMBARKED ON WHEN DEVELOPING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WAS THE ASSUMPTION THAT, UM, REVENUES ARE, ARE, ARE EXPECTED TO COME IN ROUGHLY AT EXPENDITURE LEVEL, WHICH MEANT, UM, OUR DIRECTION WAS TO KEEP A BALANCED BUDGET RELATIVE.

IT'S A REQUIREMENT IN OUR CHARTER THAT WE BALANCE THE BUDGET, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IS THAT, UM, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES RELATIVE ACROSS THE CITY ARE TO REMAIN, REMAIN FLAT.

UH, ALSO THERE'S, UH, IMPORTANT ALIGNMENT WITH OUR OVERARCHING CITY COUNCIL GOALS AND PRIORITIES.

THIS WAS A TWO YEAR WORK PLAN.

WE JUST RECENTLY KIND OF UPDATED AND, AND, UM, BROUGHT BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO OUR BUDGET SHOULD ULTIMATELY ALIGN WITH THOSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND, UH, IMPORTANT TO, TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT.

MY APOLOGIES, YOU'RE NOT REALLY INTENDED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS SO MUCH ON THIS SLIDE, BUT MORE SO IT'S THERE JUST AS KIND OF A REPRESENTATION, UM, OF HOW THE CITY COLLECTS THE, THE REVENUES.

AND THE TAKEAWAY HERE, ALTHOUGH YOU YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO REALLY SEE THIS IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCES, IS IT COMES FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, THE TAXES, UM, ARE AT ROUGHLY ABOUT 25%.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S REALLY, UH, QUITE DIVERSE ON HOW THE CITY COLLECTS REVENUES.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND ALSO EXPENDITURES.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS, THE, THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SERVICES ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE YOUR BIGGEST EXPENSE.

UM, BUT YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, MIRAD USES THAT, UH, THE CITY EXPENDS EACH AND EVERY YEAR.

SO I WANTED TO SHOW THIS AS WELL.

SO THIS BRINGS US TO AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR MANAGING A NUMBER OF SITES, UH, A HUNDRED SITES IN TOTAL, UH, BUT 48 DEVELOPED PARKS, 27 OF THE PLAYGROUNDS WITHIN THOSE PARKS.

THERE'S PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE PATHS WITHIN REACHES OF PARKS, UH, BUT IN TOTAL ABOUT 450 ACRES OF PARKLAND, AND 175 OF WHICH ARE NATURAL TURF THIS YEAR, WHICH WE'LL GO OVER HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES.

UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A STAFFING LEVEL AT 25 FULL-TIME POSITIONS THAT'S SPLIT BETWEEN PARKS, MAINTENANCE FACILITIES, AND RECREATION.

UH, 21 OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY FILLED, OR, SORRY, 19 ARE FILLED OF THE 21 ALLOCATED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE RECOMMENDING, UH, FOUR NEW POSITIONS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

THE SPLITS, WHICH IS ALSO WE'LL GO THROUGH IN DETAIL, UM, OR A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ON, IS A $7.1 MILLION BUDGET.

THIS YEAR SPLIT RELATIVELY BETWEEN, UH, PARKS MAINTENANCE AND OUR RECREATION SERVICES, UH, WITH, UH, A LITTLE LESS THAN A MILLION, UH, 80 870,000 SPLIT TOWARDS FACILITIES THIS YEAR.

SO WITH THE BIG, THE BIG IMPACT FOR THE BUDGETS, THE, THE EXCITING PART OF THE STORY IS THE FOUR POSITIONS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

UM, THREE OF THOSE ARE TO SUPPORT AN IN-HOUSE AQUATICS PROGRAM.

UH, ONE OF THE POSITIONS IS AN, AN INCREASED INVESTMENT IN OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE, UH, YEAR AFTER YEAR, UH, MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT AREA.

SO THAT THOSE ESSENTIALLY ARE THE, UM, THE BIG, THE BIG HEADLINES FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WHERE WE'RE PUTTING OUR RESOURCES DESPITE HAVING A RELATIVE FLAT BUDGET.

GET THAT PROJECT WHERE IT IS, WE EXPECT THIS SUMMER TO HAVE A DESIGN COMPLETED IN THE BID AWARDED.

SO, TALK ABOUT KIND OF THIS YEAR'S IN THE FISCAL YEAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THE LUCCHESE SKATE PARK DESIGN WAS A HUGE LIFT, A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OUTREACH TO

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SO, UH, CONSTRUCTION NEXT, NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE ANNA'S MEADOW PLAYGROUND WAS THE, THE LAST PLAYGROUND TO BE COMPLETED UNDER THE CURRENT PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT.

UH, WITH SUPPORT OF COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY WERE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT BUDGET TO INCLUDE THE CONCRETE PAD, UH, PICNIC TABLES AND SHADE AREA, AS WELL AS AN EXPANSION OF THE A DA PATHWAY.

UH, WE'LL BE GOING, UM, I'LL HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THAT FOR, UH, STAFF COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.

THE KENILWORTH PARK DESIGN ALSO WAS A BIG COMMUNITY EFFORT AND LIFT.

EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THAT PROJECT IS TRACKING, AND WE'LL BE TAKING, UH, THE CONCEPT DESIGN, THE 30% DESIGN TO COUNCIL IN AUGUST.

FAIRGROUNDS IS A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THE EVENT MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, PORTION OF IT, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION PLAY A, A LEADING ROLE IN, SO A LOT OF COORDINATION CITYWIDE.

BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, UM, A HISTORIC SHIFT IN, UM, OUR COMMUNITY'S SERVICES AND, AND WHERE WE ULTIMATELY ARE HEADING.

AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG LIFT FOR PARKS AND REC IN PARTICULAR, OUT IN THE OPEN SPACES.

YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING, AGAIN, PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, PETALUMA RELIEF IN PARTICULAR.

A LOT OF FOLKS HERE IN ATTENDANCE HAVE BEEN A BIG PART OF THOSE INITIATIVES.

UM, CARING FOR AND EXPANDING THE URBAN TREE CANOPY.

SO GRANTS, UH, BUT ALSO JUST, UM, THE TREE PLANTING INITIATIVES.

THE EDUCATION AROUND THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN HUGE.

SO IT'S MORE THAN THE TREES.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY A SHIFT IN HOW WE, UH, CARE FOR AND WHAT TYPES AND WHERE, AND IMPORTANCE.

THE GRAZING PROGRAM, UH, DOUBLED THIS YEAR.

A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT AFTER YEAR ONE.

REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THAT PROGRAM IS HEADING.

UH, COMMUNITY GARDEN PARTNERSHIPS, YOU'LL SEE BE HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT LA THIS YEAR.

UM, THAT GARDEN IS GONNA BE GOING FORWARD WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES AND SOME GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND EFFORTS AROUND IT, AS WELL AS, UM, A LONG OVERDUE BUT MUCH CELEBRATED UPDATE TO THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN.

SO, THANK YOU AGAIN TO SOME OF THE AD HOC MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE.

THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, A BULLET POINT ON THIS, BUT IT SHOULD BE, UH, A FEW, UH, RIBBONS AROUND IT AND SOME CONFETTI, BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG LIFT.

THE BASEBALL FIELD CONSTRUCTION OUT OF THE COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS, UH, WE HAVE AN OPENING DAY OF, OF JUNE ONE OFFICIALLY, BUT THERE'S TEAMS OUT THERE PRACTICING WITH PERMITS NOW.

SO REALLY STARTING TO ALLEVIATE THE, THE STRESS ON SOME OF THE OTHER FIELDS.

AND DOVETAILING THAT EFFORT IS SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR NATURAL GRASS FIELDS.

UM, , MCNAIR BASEBALL FIELD, UH, LOOKS LIKE, UH, NIGHT AND DAY IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE LATELY.

BUT WHAT'S MONUMENTAL IS WHAT'S GOING ON UNDER THE SURFACE.

NEW, NEW IRRIGATION LINES AND BIG LIFTS ON, ON PART OF THE PARKS CREW, UH, AND SOME INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS HELP.

AND WE'VE GOT IT IN AN AREA WHERE WE'RE SHUT DOWN CURRENTLY, BUT, UM, THAT WILL REALLY ALLOW OUR INVENTORY TO BE BOTH ON BOTH SIDES OF TOWN AND REALLY CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC, UH, WE HOPE.

SO, LOOKING AHEAD, UM, THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, I WON'T READ EVERY, EVERY BULLET HERE, BUT, UM, BUT AGAIN, IMPLEMENTING THE IPM IS OUR FOCUS THIS COMING YEAR.

THAT'S THE FUN PART.

UH, THE SWIM CENTER REPLASTERING PROJECT IS A, IS A BIG, UH, BIG DEAL, BIG EFFORT.

AND THAT WILL CLOSE, CLOSE OUR AQUATICS DOWN FOR, UM, A NUMBER OF WEEKS.

WE'D ANTICIPATE ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS, BUT WITH THAT COMES, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO REALLY REIMAGINE AQUATIC SERVICES AND BRING THAT OPERATIONS IN-HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 2012, 2013 YEAR PARK PATHWAY REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY, BUT THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO NEXT YEAR WE'RE, WE'VE GOT MCDOWELL PARK UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT FROM THERE, THEY'RE MOVING TO LA THEN TO MCNAIR, WE'VE GOT OUR ATHLETIC FIELD TURF CARE PILOT PROGRAM.

SO FOUR PARKS.

WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A FULLY ORGANIC TURF, UM, RESTORATION PROGRAM, WHICH REALLY IS, IS A THREE YEAR COMMITMENT TO TRANSITIONING THOSE FIELDS INTO ORGANIC ONLY CARE.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING A LOT THIS YEAR.

AND NEXT, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS.

THE SCHULLENBERGER AMPHITHEATER IS ONE THAT WE'LL BE HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF OF MONTHS, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE PLAYGROUND, UH, REPLACEMENT STUDY.

THAT'S GONNA BE A, AN IMPORTANT GOAL THIS COMING YEAR.

SO, UH, PICTURED IN A DIFFERENT WAY, THIS IS THE WHOLE SLICE OF THE PIE AS IT RELATES TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

UM, MUCH OF THE INCREASES THIS YEAR, UH, WITH THE ADDITION OF ONE PARKS MAINTENANCE STAFF, UH, BUT THE OVERALL INCREASES IS ABOUT $474,000

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TO OUR ENTIRE BUDGET.

UM, BRINGING IT FROM JUST UNDER SEVEN TO OVER SEVEN.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE THOSE THREE POSITIONS WITH AN AQUATICS PROGRAM AND THE ONE POSITIONS IN PARK MAINTENANCE.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CALL OUT THAT THERE ARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ON THE PARKS, MAINTENANCE AND RECREATION SIDE, UH, MUCH OF WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT, UM, THIS YEAR, WHICH IS OUR GOPHER ABATEMENT, OUR TREE CARE, UH, PROGRAM.

AND, UM, INCREASES IN OUR, OUR CUSTODIAL EFFORTS.

WE DO, UH, CLEAN PARK RESTROOMS WITH THAT EFFORT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WE'RE EXPANDING SOME OF THOSE SERVICES AS WELL.

SO THE BIG, UH, I WOULD SAY HIGHLIGHTS, THERE'S MANY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE OVERALL, WHILE THE CITY'S BUDGET WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY FLAT, THERE'S A HUGE INVESTMENTS ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION SIDE THAT WE'RE SUPER PROUD ABOUT.

UM, THE AQUATICS PROGRAM IS, IS THE HIGHLIGHT.

THE MUSEUM OR THE MAINTENANCE STAFF SERVICES SUPPLIES IS, AGAIN, DOVETAILING THOSE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.

WE'VE ALSO INCREASING THE MUSEUM'S OPERATING BUDGET.

UH, WE'RE ABLE TO WITH, WE'VE GOT GREAT PARTNERS IN LEADERSHIP CURRENTLY WITH THE PETALUMA MUSEUM ASSOCIATION.

SO WE'RE REALLY FEELING, UM, GREAT ABOUT WHERE THE MUSEUM IS HEADED AND HAVE SUPPORT FOR INCREASING THEIR, THEIR OPERATING BUDGETS TO ALLOW THEM TO, UM, DO A LOT OF THE GREAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND AS I MENTIONED, UH, ENHANCED MAINTENANCE INCLUDES TOPPING OFF, UM, OUR PLAYGROUND FALL SURFACES EVERY YEAR.

UH, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

WE'D HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE EACH AND EVERY YEAR, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TOPPING OFF, UH, PLAYGROUNDS AND DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR GOPHER ABATEMENT, TREE CARE GRAZING AND CUSTODIAL, LIKE I MENTIONED.

SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECT AND, UM, WANTED TO SHOW THIS SLIDE.

THIS IS REALLY THE WAY, UH, CAPITAL PRO IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

UM, NOT JUST ORIGINATE, BUT GET, UH, PRIORITIZED THROUGH A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES A LOT OF DIFFERENT WANTS AND NEEDS.

SO COMMUNITY INPUT AND OUTREACH IS ONE PORTION OF THAT.

UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, CONDITIONS THAT ULTIMATELY DETERMINE NOT JUST WHAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS LIVE WITHIN THE BUDGET, BUT WHICH ONES RECEIVE FUNDING, WHAT TYPES OF FUNDING, AND ULTIMATELY GET PRIORITIZED, UM, VIA STAFF.

UH, WE ARE RAMPING UP TO A LEVEL OF PROJECT MANAGERS AND ENGINEERS THAT, THAT, AGAIN, CAN CARRY OUT AN AMBITIOUS PLAN, BUT THERE'S NO WAY OF GETTING AROUND AND THERE'S JUST MORE PROJECTS THAN, THAN ENGINEERS AND PEOPLE BEHIND THEM.

SO THIS IS A, A LENS FOR WHICH WE KIND OF LOOK AND GET TO PRIORITIZE TOGETHER.

SO, JUST KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL DISTILL DOWN.

THE CIP BUDGET IN GENERAL COMES FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES.

SO THIS IS REALLY JUST REPRESENTATIVE OF, NOT THE NUMBERS PER SE, BUT JUST KIND OF SHOWING HOW SCRAPPY THE CITY HAS BEEN IN PULLING TOGETHER DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES TO GET DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS GOING.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT A LONG LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT, THAT NO OR KNOW ARE CREATED EQUAL.

AND THERE'S ALWAYS FUNDING SOURCES THAT LEVERAGE FOR APPROPRIATENESS ON SOME PROJECTS AND SOME THAT AREN'T.

UM, YOU'LL SEE MEASURE M THERE IS UP THERE AT THAT 1%, BUT THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE HOW MEASURES MEASURE M IS LEVERAGED, LEVERAGED TO GET SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT 1% OF PARKS PROJECTS UNDERWAY.

OF THE LIFE, WE SHOULD REALLY KIND OF STICK TO THIS AND CHECK IN WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND ASSESS OURSELVES ON HOW WE'RE DOING BASED ON THESE CRITERIA.

SO, I ALWAYS, UH, KIND OF MAKE NOTE OF THIS OR, OR GO BACK TO IT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGETS AND PRIORITIZE PRIORITIZATION EACH YEAR, WE AS A COMMITTEE, AS A COMMUNITY, REALLY SPENT THAT FIRST YEAR OF MEASURE AND GOING BACK OUT AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND WORKSHOPS AND SURVEYS AND ENGAGEMENT TO REALLY CREATE OUR OWN PETALUMA'S, UM, PRIORITIZED CATEGORIES OF INVESTMENT.

SO I, I SHOW THESE SEVEN, UM, AREAS AS, AS THE WAY THAT OUR, UM, THAT WE ARE MANAGING AND THROUGH THE LENS FOR WHICH WE PRIORITIZE PROJECT ALWAYS WITH THE THREE ON THE RIGHT THERE, SAFETY, MAINTENANCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH WHATEVER PROJECT WE'RE CONTROLLING OR PUSHING FORWARD.

BUT AGAIN, WHEN ALL THE NEEDS ARE CONSIDERED, UM, THIS IS THE LIST IN ITS ORDER OF OUR PRIORITIZED CATEGORIES OF INVESTMENT.

IT'S NOT TO SAY IN EACH YEAR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, A HIGHER INVESTMENT BASED ON A CAPITAL PROJECT LIKE THE POOL PLASTERING, FOR EXAMPLE.

UM, THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE LARGEST CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE UNDERTAKING NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT'S DOWN, UM, WELL, IT'S DOWN THERE AT, YOU KNOW, THE FIFTH BRANCH.

IT'S REALLY JUST THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE MEASURE AND HOW WE TRACK YEAR AFTER YEAR.

IT'S GONNA CHANGE, BUT OVER THE COURSE

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THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PARKS CIP PROJECTS, UH, BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR WITH SOME NOTES ON MILESTONE, WHETHER THEY'RE IN CONSTRUCTION PLANNING, ET CETERA.

SO, THE, UH, PROJECTS OF NOTE ARE, UM, THE PARKS ACCESS IMPROVEMENT, AGAIN, ARE ONGOING.

SO THERE'S LESS DOLLAR AMOUNT THERE BECAUSE IT'S SPLIT OVER TWO YEARS.

BUT NONETHELESS, WE'LL, WE'LL BE PULLING, UH, THE PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

WE HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THAT.

UM, THERE IS A PLAYGROUND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT, BUT WE ARE HOLDING OFF UNTIL WE GET THAT ASSESSMENT DONE.

UM, FOR THAT MONEY, THE POOL PLASTERING, THAT'S THE TOTAL, UH, DOLLAR AMOUNT, UM, THAT WE'VE GOT BUDGETED OR NEED TO BUDGET, UM, PRIOR TO BIDDING, WE WON'T REALLY KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE ENGINEER ESTIMATES HAVE US.

THE, UH, AMPHITHEATER PROJECT, AGAIN, WILL ALSO, UH, WE EXPECT TO BEGIN IN COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR.

AND THE LUCCHESE SKATE PARK IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE DESIGN THIS SUMMER, BUT, UM, THAT MONEY IS WHAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR CONSTRUCTION SO FAR.

SO, AS THOSE PROJECTS, UM, SORRY, AS MEASURE M RELATES TO THE PROJECTS YOU JUST SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN, UH, THE SKATE PARK, THE PATHWAYS, THE PLAYGROUNDS, AND THE POOL MAKE UP THE CIP PROJECTS THIS YEAR.

PARK MAINTENANCE INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL, UM, FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE WORKER AND TWO TO THREE PART-TIME SEASONALS, DEPENDING ON, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEED.

BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL AND CRUCIAL TO, UM, HELPING THE MAINTENANCE STAFF, NOT JUST DURING THE SPRING, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL.

SO WE TACKLE IRRIGATION AND ALLOW TO, TO KEEP ON TOP OF, UM, ENHANCED MAINTENANCE LIKE MULCHING, ET CETERA.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY SET ASIDE KIND OF THAT, UM, FLEXIBILITY.

UH, WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET FOR THESE THINGS, BUT, UM, YOU HAVE TO PIVOT AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME AMENITIES WHERE NEEDED.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOME MONEY THAT WE LIKE TO PUT INTO AS SERVICES, AMENITIES, OR ENHANCEMENTS, UH, IN THE LINE ITEM BUDGET FOR MEASURE M, SO WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE.

SO, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UM, WAS AS A, A TOTAL BEING FUNDED.

AND YOU'LL SEE IN THIS SLIDE, UM, THESE ARE THE PARKS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ALL, EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN.

AND YOU'LL SEE MEASURE M IS FUNDING, YOU KNOW, 16% OF THAT.

BUT, BUT REALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN, UM, IS IT'S THAT, IS IT THAT IT'S THAT LEVERAGE PIECE TO GET A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS UP, UM, THROUGH DESIGN AND THEN WITH DESIGN, UM, WE CAN GET 'EM OUT THERE AND PRIORITIZE FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK ENOUGH ABOUT HOW CRITICAL THAT PARTICULAR, UM, REVENUE, DEDICATED REVENUE HAS BEEN IN LEVERAGING THE LARGER PICTURE, WHICH IS, UM, A LOT MORE FUNDING FOR PARKS, UM, IN PARTICULAR IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SIDE.

AND I, I WANTED TO END WITH THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT FISCAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY.

UH, WE NEEDED IT AS A CITY.

UH, WE'VE, WE'VE COME TO AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH IMPORTANT WORK TO DO, SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CARED AND WERE INVESTED IN THE, IN THE ORGANIZATION AND REALLY EXCITED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO A POINT, I MEAN, OUR ORGANIZATION WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EMBRACING, YOU KNOW, THESE SET OF VALUES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE RECRUITING, HOW WE'RE TRAINING, HOW WE'RE DEVELOPING, HOW WE'RE TREATING PROJECTS.

AND, UM, I, I WANTED TO END WITH THIS BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROJECT, UH, WE ARE TAKING ON, OR WHAT INITIATIVE OR WHAT, UH, PROGRAM WE'RE, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, THIS SET OF VALUES IS, IS GONNA BE PERVASIVE, PERVASIVE THROUGH ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO.

AND WANTED TO END WITH THIS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

SO AT THIS TIME, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WE'LL START WITH CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, I'LL START WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER SMITHS.

UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

I CERTAINLY AND PERHAPS OTHER COMMITTEE, UH, COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL IN THE BUDGET, JUST SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THAT THAT GOES INTO, UM, THESE PERCENTAGES, THE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE PRESENTATION.

COMMISSIONER BERTELLI, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PRESENTATION WAS PART OF THE LARGER PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR CITY COUNCIL.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF AT SOME POINT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET A MORE DETAILED, LIKE, I KNOW YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS FROM LIKE AN EX EXCEL SPREADSHEET OR SOMETHING THAT HAS EVERY LINE ITEM OF EVERY SINGLE EXPENSE AND ALL THAT.

AND I THINK THAT

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ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? WE'LL DO COMMENTS LATER.

UM, YOU CAN FIND, UM, ALL THE INFORMATION ONLINE.

UM, SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS.

THE PG E WAS DOING SOME WORK OUT AT SCHOENBERGER AND THEY HAD TO PAY THE CITY SOME IN LIE FEES.

DID THAT GET PUT INTO THE PARKS AND REC? WE, WE ASKED FOR TO BE GIVEN TO THE, LIKE THE, UM, AMPHITHEATER PROJECT? YEAH, I BELIEVE, AND I REMEMBER THE MEETING, UM, YES, THERE WAS SOME IN LIE FEES FOR ESSENTIALLY LIKE A, A NEGATIVE IMPACT DECLARATION.

MY UNDERSTANDING WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

UM, BUT IT WOULD BE PUT INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 'CAUSE THERE WERE SOME BOARDWALKS, UM, THAT WERE UNRELATED.

BUT ON THE, AT SCHULLENBERGER IN BETWEEN THERE AND ULMAN MARSH.

SO ULTIMATE IT WOULDN'T GO INTO AS A TRANSFER TO PARKS AND REC, BUT IT WOULD BE A TRANSFER, UM, TO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BOARDWALK OUT AT SCHULLENBERGER.

I DON'T HAVE WHETHER THAT WAS DONE YET OR NOT, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND MAYBE BY MONDAY NIGHT WHERE THAT PROJECT IS.

'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF PATHWAYS OUT THERE THAT THE CITY'S LOOKING AT PRIORITIZING.

I WAS JUST SURPRISED THAT IT WASN'T UNDER PARKS AND THAT IT WOULD BE JUST A GO.

IT, DID IT ROLL INTO THE GENERAL FUND? WELL, PARKS DON'T, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT RUN THROUGH A UNIQUE DIVISION OF THE CITY.

SO WE, WE WORK WITH THE CIP TO MANAGE PARKS PROJECTS, BUT EACH SHOULD BE ASSIGNED EITHER AN ENGINEER, A PROJECT MANAGER, SO IN THIS CASE, UM, YEAH, THE MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BUCKET.

AND THEN WHEN IT GETS ASSIGNED AND PRIORITIZED AS PART OF THE CIP PACKAGE AS A WHOLE, THEN WE WILL GET INDICATION, OKAY, WE'VE GOT A DESIGN UNDERWAY OR WE'VE GOT A BID COMING.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A SECTION OF THE BOARDWALK FROM THAT MEETING, IF I REMEMBER.

BUT THERE WAS ALSO A COUPLE OTHER SECTIONS OF THE TRAIL THAT THE CITY WAS EVALUATING, LIKE A BRIDGE AND A COUPLE OF OTHER AREAS.

SO I THINK THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPORT OUT AS A WHOLE AND SAY, WE HAVE THIS POT, POT OF MONEY, BUT WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE SPEND IT FIRST? OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S ALL.

UM, OKAY, UH, UH, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

SO IF I WANNA GO BACK TO THE, UM, 25 CURRENTLY AND THEN THE, THE FOUR THAT YOU WANNA HIRE EQUALS TO THE 25, IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT IS THAT 19 FILLED? YEAH, SO SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION.

UM, 25 IS GOING TO, IS WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED IN, UM, NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO WITH THE FOUR POSITIONS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, THAT WOULD BE 25.

SO 21 IS WHAT WE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR.

GOT IT.

AND 19 OF THOSE ARE FILLED.

UM, OKAY, GOT IT.

JUST ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING ABOUT WHERE OUR PEOPLE ARE.

UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IS THE POOL RESURFACING? WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT? IS THAT LIKE 80%, 90% OF THE TOTAL YEAH.

OF THE CAPITAL, OF THE TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

FOR PARKS.

FOR PARKS AND YEAH.

FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.

UM, I MEAN, IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 14, YEAH, MAYBE RACHEL.

SO THAT REALLY SHOWS THE PARK CIP AS A TOTAL.

AND THESE ARE, UM, THAT IN THE THOUSAND, SO REPRESENTING, YOU KNOW, IT'S 3.1 MILLION, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE TURNING BASIN DOCKS.

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SO YOU'VE GOT, UH, SWIM PLASTERING THERE AT ABOUT 563,000.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THE PROJECT'S NOT BEEN BID, BUT THOSE ARE WHAT THE ENGINEER ESTIMATES HAVE US AT.

BUT FOR THIS YEAR, UM, THAT'S A MAJORITY OF THE, UH, MEASURE M FUNDING, BUT NOT A MAJORITY OF THE OVERALL PARKS FUNDING.

UM, WHEN DOES A PLAYGROUND ASSESSMENT HAPPEN? IS THAT, DO YOU, UH, AND, AND THIS IS MORE FOR CLARIFICATION.

, UM, YOU GUYS MAKE KIND OF A, UM, A SITE ASSESSMENT, RIGHT? AND THEN DO YOU GUYS BRING THAT TO COMMISSION AND THEN WE KIND OF VOTE ON IT? IS THAT MY MEMORY OF THAT? YEAH.

I MEAN, I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE LAST ASSESSMENT, BUT I FEEL LAST ONE WAS REALLY DONE, DRIVEN SOLELY BY STAFF, AND IT WAS BASED ON, UM, SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE.

, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT METRICS NOW.

WE'VE GOT, UH, A COMMISSION THAT I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT, UM, EXERCISE FOR US SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE MORE.

UM, WE WERE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAD SO MUCH CATCH UP TO DO AFTER THE PROGRAM WAS STALLED FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.

WE WEREN'T REPLACING ANY PLAYGROUNDS.

SO THAT ONE REALLY WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, CLOSE IT OR REPLACE IT.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO I FEEL BETTER, UM, WITH THAT, WITH THE 27 PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE CAN DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, HELP DEVELOP THE MATRIX, UM, HERE IN THE CON CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN GO OUT, UM, AND COME UP WITH THOSE EVALUATION TOOLS AND HAVE MORE OF A, A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEHIND NOT JUST WHICH PLAYGROUNDS, BUT OTHER FACTORS LIKE THE AGE FRIENDLY EQUIPMENT, THE SHADE, THE SALES, SO WE CAN REALLY DO, UM, MORE HOLISTIC DESIGN RATHER THAN JUST A PURE, UH, PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE REPLACEMENT.

UM, WHAT ARE THE THREE FIELDS THAT ARE GONNA BE ORGANIC TURF? YEAH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, MCNAIR, MCDOWELL AND PRINCE.

WE ARE COMMITTING THOSE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING SOME BEST PRACTICES AT WHERE AND WHEREVER WE CAN, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE FOR WHERE THEY REPRESENT, UM, DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR CITY, BUT ALSO THE SOIL.

WE'VE GOT A, YOU KNOW, SANDY LOAM ON MCNAIR.

WE'VE GOT ADOBE SOLELY AT, UM, PRINCE.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT KIND OF A MIXED BAG AT MCDOWELL, MOSTLY ADOBE.

WE ALSO HAVE RECLAIMED WATER AT SOME, WE HAVE POTABLE AT OTHERS.

SO WE FEEL LIKE THOSE THREE ARE PRETTY REPRESENTATIVE, UH, AND THEY GET A TON OF USE.

SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THOSE THREE, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL BE UPDATING YOU ALL AND, AND HOPEFULLY IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES AS WE GO.

AND THEN WITH THE, UM, WITH THE GOPHER ABATEMENT, ARE THOSE PARKS THEN, UM, PRIORITIZED FOR THE MONEY WITH GOPHER ABATEMENT SO THAT THE MONEY ISN'T WASTED ON FIXING TURF THAT WILL JUST BE DESTROYED BY GOPHERS? YES.

UM, SIMPLE.

IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? YES.

AND THEN WE EXPAND OUT TO PRIORITIZE, UH, ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND THEN WE TRY TO PUT A LITTLE SIDE TO JUST SPOT TREAT BECAUSE, UM, GOPHERS HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO EACH YEAR, AND WE JUST KINDA HAVE TO, UM, KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

UM, ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T SEE IN THERE THAT I, I KNOW WE HAD A MEETING ON IT IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, IS THE SNACK SHACK AT PRINCE PARK.

WHERE'S THAT? IS THAT STILL A THING? YEAH, IT'S THE RESTROOM CONCESSION STAND.

IT DOES LIVE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT.

IT HAS SOME FUNDING FOR A DESIGN AWAY.

UM, BUT ON MONDAY NIGHT, I BELIEVE IT DID NOT MAKE THE PRIORITY AS FAR AS GETTING A PROJECT MANAGER ASSIGNED.

UM, SO IT'S, THERE IS SOME MONEY, UM, ALLOCATED IN A, A BUDGET TO GO.

UM, BUT THEN THERE'S, UH, THERE'S THE CONVERSATION ON WHICH CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED.

RIGHT? YEP.

UM, OKAY.

I THINK, I THINK ALL OF THOSE.

WELL, I DO HAVE ONE MORE CLARIFYING QUESTION, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR IT, SO YOU CAN TELL ME IF NOT.

MM-HMM, , UM, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET BIDS ON THE POOL? UM, BECAUSE THAT PERMITTING PROCESS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT TAKES MONTHS.

WE INITIATED THE PERMIT PROCESS.

UM, I'M NOT GONNA, WELL, I'M GONNA PUT RACHEL ON THE SPOT HERE.

OH, IS IT PERMIT FIRST THEN BID? DO I HAVE THAT BACKWARDS? CORRECT.

I'M HAPPY I ASKED.

YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN UPDATE AS OF TODAY AT 10:24 AM IF YOU WANT ME TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE, WELL, WE CAN DO IT.

WE CAN DO IT LATER.

THAT'S FINE.

BUT BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT INTO THERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT QUESTIONS, THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS.

, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S, I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP ALL THE TIME.

OKAY, GREAT.

PERFECT.

UM, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

TARYN,

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I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND SINCE I'M HERE, I THOUGHT I MIGHT AS WELL ASK THEM.

NUMBER ONE, UM, DREW, YOU MENTIONED THAT A FULL-TIME PART MAINTENANCE STAFF PERSON WAS HIRED.

COULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY WHETHER THAT PERSON IS NEW TO THE, UM, WHETHER IT'S JUST THE FAIRGROUNDS PERSON THAT WAS MANAGING THE FAIRGROUNDS BEFORE THAT'S NOW BEEN TRANSFERRED OVER TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, FROM THEIR, THEIR ROLE, UH, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, PRIOR TO BECOMING A TECHNICALLY A CITY EMPLOYEE? UM, I'D APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT.

AND THEN, UM, ALSO, UM, AS I RECALL IN PRIOR YEARS, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE BUDGET FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY, I THINK IT'S THREE OPEN PARKS POSITIONS THAT HA HAVE BEEN OPENED AND BUDGETED, BUT NEVER FILLED.

AND I STILL, UM, AND I'M AM UNSURE ABOUT HOW DO WE MOVE FROM SAYING, HEY, WE WANNA HIRE PEOPLE.

WE GOT THE BUDGET TO HIRE PEOPLE.

WHAT'S THE MECHANISM TO THEN, BOOM, ACTUALLY HIRE THE PEOPLE? BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL THE PAIN OF THE PARKS STAFF THAT THEY'RE UNDERSTAFFED, AND THAT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR ME.

SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD OF THAT.

DREW, DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT NOW? SURE.

UM, THE PARK MAINTENANCE WORK, APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS.

UH, THE PARK MAINTENANCE WORKER ALLOCATION IS, IS NOT TIED TO THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY, NOR FUNDING OR REVENUES COLLECTED FROM THE FAIR.

SO THAT IS A GENERAL FUNDED POSITION TO SUPPORT THE PARKS.

UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO, UM, VACANCIES ON THE PARK MAINTENANCE SIDE.

I, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, NOT JUST PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, A LARGER KIND OF STORY THAT WE NEED TO TELL FROM THE CITY IS, UM, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, OUR HR DEPARTMENT HAS GOT A BIG HEAVY LIFT TO DO, NOT JUST THE RECRUITMENT OF A NUMBER OF STAFFING EVERY YEAR, BUT ALSO THE RETENTION, UM, AND KEEPING, UM, UH, NOT JUST SALARIES, BUT UH, THE WORK LEVEL COMPETITIVE WITH AGENCIES.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY, UM, UNFILLED PARKS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS.

UM, WE'VE HAD A PRETTY FULL STAFF.

WE BRING ON SEASONALS, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BUDGETS FOR THOSE.

BUT ON THE REC SIDE, I MEAN, I KNOW IT TOOK US, UM, MONTHS INTO GETTING OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR, UH, TOOK ABOUT FOUR, FOUR MONTHS OF A VACANCY BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO FILL THIS POSITION.

SO AS A DEPARTMENT, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF VACANCIES.

UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK IF YOU TALK TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, EVERYONE'S IN THE SAME BOAT.

WE WANT TO RECRUIT AND, AND HIRE THE BEST.

BUT, UH, IT DOES TAKE TIME AND WE WANT THE BEST.

SO TIME WELL SPENT.

BUT ON THE PARKS MAINTENANCE SIDE, I, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY VACANCIES FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

I TOO AM WONDERING WHERE EVERYBODY IS WORKING.

UH, WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.

EXCUSE ME.

OH, OH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW WHAT, NORMALLY WE HAVE YOU FILL OUT A, A SLOT, BUT HEAD ON UP.

THAT, THAT CAN TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR COMMENT, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING.

I, I'M JACK RHODES, AND MY QUESTION IS RELATING TO THE CIP PROCESS, UH, HOW THE LAD FUNDS FIT INTO THAT.

IF, FOR EXAMPLE, AS OUR COMMUNITY, SOUTHGATE PARK HAS A, SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT KIND OF FALLS UNDER THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CATEGORY, IS THERE ROOM WITHIN THE CURRENT BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET LIST, TO PROPOSE SOMETHING POTENTIALLY USING FUNDS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE? THAT IS NOT FOR ME TO ANSWER.

DREW , YOU ANSWER THIS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL YOUR THREE MINUTES.

NO, I, IS THAT IT? NO, NO, THAT'S, I JUST A QUESTION.

I JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE LAD FUNDS AND HOW AVAILABLE THEY ARE TO US FOR PROJECT WE MIGHT LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH.

UM, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT THIS IS NOT A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A PUBLIC COMMENT.

I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

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UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE BUSINESS THAT'S AGENDIZED.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT EXPECTATION.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ASKED, AND THEN IF YOU WANNA CUE THE I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.

I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND, BUT SIR, DO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE JUST THAT ONE QUESTION, RIGHT? YEAH.

UM, THE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS ARE, ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT OF THOSE UNIQUE DISTRICTS AND HOW THEY WERE SET UP.

THEY'RE NOT SOLELY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

THEY'RE NOT GENERALLY FUNDED OR SUPPORTED BY THOSE STAFF.

UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED, AGAIN THROUGH THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU SEE THERE.

IDEALLY, WHEN THOSE, UM, DEVELOPMENTS WERE CREATED, SOME HAVE SINKING FUNDS, BUT MANY DO NOT.

UM, THERE'S OVER 40, 47 OR 48 UNIQUE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS.

SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO GO IN AND START WITH THE ENABLING LEGISLATION FOR THAT DISTRICT TO DECIDE WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT ASSESSMENT.

SO IF IT'S A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT IS QUALIFIED FOR THAT ASSESSMENT TO SPEND MONEY LIKE A SOUND WALL OR A FENCE, THEN CONCEIVABLY YOU COULD, UM, COLLECT, UH, THE FEES AND USE THEM FOR THAT DISTRICT.

BUT IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE PRIORITIZED WITH THE OTHER CITY'S CIP.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, YOU START WITH THE ENABLING LEGISLATIONS, YOU START WITH THE PROJECT, AND THAT COULD EITHER BE FUNDED THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT OR BE PUT ON A LIST WITH, UH, EVERY YEAR'S BUDGET TO SAY, WE NEED TO REPLACE THIS ROAD, OR, UM, REPLACE THIS BIG, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS.

BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW IT, HOW IT WOULD WORK.

I'M NOT SURE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, BUT IT SEEMS COMPLICATED.

AND, UM, IS, CAN I, CAN I, DOES THAT MEAN HE NEEDS TO TALK TO PARKS AND RECREATION ABOUT HOW TO GET THAT DONE? YEAH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

JACK, JACK, JACK TALKS TO PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT, UM, I DO.

I I THINK MAYBE HE WANTS TO SEE MORE CLARITY AND ACTION.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

AGAIN, UM, THIS ISN'T A DIALOGUE FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT'S NOT DISCUSSED, UH, AT TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

SO I, I WANT TO JUST BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO SOME, SOME TRICKY AREAS.

I'M NOT AVOIDING THIS, BUT, BUT LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, AGAIN, ARE NOT, UH, MANAGED SOLELY BY PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND, UM, YOU ALSO, AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BE BROUGHT UP TO BALLOT BY THE ASSESSMENT.

SO ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, THERE'S NOT AN HOA, THERE'S NOT A BOARD.

UM, SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE'S ASSESSMENTS WITHOUT DOING PROPER ENGAGEMENT.

UM, SO COMING UP HERE AND, UM, NOT HAVING A CONVERSATION WITHOUT BEING AGENDIZED ISN'T APPROPRIATE.

WELL, THANK YOU DREW, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

I REALLY WAS JUST GENUINELY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

UH, SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, GREAT.

WE'RE GONNA GO INTO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.

COMMISSIONER SIMMONS.

HELLO.

UH, JV HOME FIELD FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT PARKS MAINTAINS 450 ACRES OF PARKLAND, WHETHER IT'S RECREATION OR OPEN SPACE, UM, AND THAT WE NEED THE STAFF TO ATTEND TO THOSE ACRES.

UM, I AM EXCITED THAT THE CITY WILL BE TAKING OVER THE AQUATICS PROGRAMMING OR IS SET UP IN THE BUDGET TO DO SO.

UM, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN PAST TIME, 12 YEARS LATER.

UM, ALSO EXCITED FOR THE ORGANIC TURF, UM, PILOT PROGRAM AT FOUR OF THE PARKS OR THREE OF THE PARKS.

UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE HERE? AND YEAH, VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT MCNAIR BASEBALL FIELD LOOKS LIKE.

IT LOOKS LIKE A BASEBALL FIELD.

IT'S AMAZING.

YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, THERE'S A BASEBALL FIELD HERE.

WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT I DID SEE SOME DOGS ON IT THE OTHER DAY, WHICH WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING.

UM, ALL THE SPRINKLERS WORKING THE OTHER DAY.

I JUST HOPE WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT RESTORING THE SOFTBALL FIELD, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF WE ONLY FOCUSED ON BASEBALL, UM, SINCE THAT WAS THE HIGH SCHOOL'S,

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SO OTHER THAN THAT, SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A A LOT OF STUFF UP AHEAD.

AND YEAH, I, UH, I ALSO HOPE WE GET MORE PARK MAINTENANCE WORKERS, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE THE BUDGET FOR IT, UM, WITH ONLY 19 FILLED, AND THEN THREE FROM AQUATICS.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADD A COUPLE MORE IN THAT.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ELLI.

UM, YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE, UH, THE, UM, MAINTENANCE ENHANCEMENTS.

UH, I THINK THE GRAZING PROGRAM IS GREAT.

THE GO FOR PROGRAM, ALL THESE, UM, NEW MAINTENANCE, UM, PROGRAMS ARE EXCELLENT.

AND I'M ALSO GLAD TO SEE THAT AQUATICS, UM, IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT IN-HOUSE.

I THINK THAT WILL GIVE THE DEPARTMENT A LOT MORE, UM, CONTROL AND BE ABLE TO CREATE A REALLY HIGH QUALITY PROGRAM AT THE POOL.

UM, YEAH, I, I'M HAPPY WITH THE DIRECTION THE PARK IS, IS THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS MOVING.

I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S STARTING TO BE MORE RECOGNITION FOR THE WORK THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS DOING AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND CRITICAL IT IS TO THE CITIZENS OF PETALUMA.

AND, UM, I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TREND CONTINUES WITH, UM, GETTING THE RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY STAFF FOR MAINTENANCE, BUT ALSO THE EQUIPMENT AND THE SUPPLIES, BUDGETS THAT YOU NEED.

UM, AND ALSO FOR RECREATION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD, GONNA BE A BIGGER, UM, PART OF THE PICTURE.

THERE'S GONNA BE MORE DEMAND FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. I THINK PETALUMA'S GROWING AND IT'S JUST INEVITABLE THAT THE SERVICES THAT THIS DEPARTMENT PROVIDES ARE, ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE'S LIVES IN PETALUMA.

AND SO THEY'RE VERY CRUCIAL AND I HOPE THAT CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIZES THEM ACCORDINGLY.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

NOW, WELL THANK YOU.

UM, I WAS, UM, DISAPPOINTED THAT THE, UM, OR MAYBE IT IS, AND I'M JUST NOT READING IT CORRECTLY, UM, THE FACILITY AT THE SWIM CENTER, THE RESTROOM FACILITY AND DRESSING ROOMS HAVE, IT SAYS 0% PROJECT FUNDED, BUT IT SAYS TOTAL PROJECT ESTIMATE.

SO ARE WE PUTTING IT OFF A YEAR? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE UPDATED FOR PRIVACY FOR OURS, OUR SWIMMERS.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE I WAS A KID.

WE, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE AD HOC, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THIS COMMISSION AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW, DOING THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT.

AND SO ONCE WE GET, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP.

WE CAN TURN THAT ASSESSMENT INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, A PROJECT FOR A DESIGN AND THEN MOVE TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.

BUT WE, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, INITIATE THIS PROJECT IN DECEMBER, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN THE TIME THAT WE NEEDED TO GET IT INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON IT AND WE'RE FUNDING THE ASSESSMENT AND THE RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE PARKS OPERATIONS FUNDS OR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT BUDGET.

BUT IT'LL TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE WITH THE AD HOC TO GET DOWN, TO GET SOME NUMBERS BEHIND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR A DESIGN.

AND THEN I EXPECT US TO BRING SOMETHING BACK.

BUT PULL PLASTERING IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT THIS YEAR.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, WATER HEATERS, THE TWO BOILERS, UM, BOILERS? YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN REPAIRED OR RECONSTRUCTED, UM, EACH SEPARATELY, UM, EACH YEAR.

SO AGAIN, UM, TRYING TO KEEP THOSE ALIVE AS LONG AS WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW FOR THE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS TO, UM, GIVE US SOME OPTIONS FOR A TRANSITION TOWARDS ELECTRIFICATION.

SO RATHER THAN SPEND LONG TERM COMMITMENTS ON BOILERS THAT RELY ON NATURAL GAS, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP THEM ALIVE AS LONG AS WE CAN, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WORKING, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP 'EM WORKING.

THERE'S NOT MANY 50 METER POOLS, IF ANY, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE, HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

UM, I'M ALSO HOPING THAT WE CAN THINK AHEAD TO THE FUTURE AND POSSIBLY PUT SOLAR PANELS OUT THERE TO RUN THOSE BOILERS AND CUT DOWN ON THE, THE COST OF ELECTRICITY.

YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S ALL PART OF IT.

WE, WE DO HAVE A SOLAR PROJECT OUT THERE.

UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE, UH, THIS IS, UH, A NEW,

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SO WE'RE LEARNING A LOT ABOUT WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE, BUT IT'S A HUGE LOAD OF, UM, POWER NEEDED TO HEAT, HEAT A POOL.

SO, YEAH.

WE'LL, WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT I THINK, UM, AN INTERIM, DON'T WANT TO BE THE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO BE THE FIRST AT EVERYTHING, AND THIS IS ONE THAT'S PROBABLY BEST THAT WE'RE NOT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

THE TURNING BASIN DOCKS, THEY HIT BEDROCK, AND SO THEY HAVE TO DO IT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE, I GUESS THE WATER, UM, THE, THE CREATURES IN THE WATER, THE FISH, SOMETHING THERE TO DO WITH, IT'S A SEASONAL THING AND IT HAS TO BE, PERMITS NEED TO BE DONE THROUGH FISH AND GAME, I BELIEVE.

UM, SO MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA MAKE THAT GO UP, IF THERE'S GONNA BE OVERRUNS BECAUSE THEY HIT THAT BEDROCK, WHICH STOPPED THE PROJECT, SO NOW THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDESIGN IT GOING THROUGH BEDROCK.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST OVERRIDES ARE GONNA BE.

YEAH, I MEAN, THAT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST FOR MONDAY NIGHT.

UM, WHEN YOU'VE GOT, UH, JONATHAN SRILA, HE'S BEEN REALLY CLOSE TO THAT ONE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU DO OTHER THAN SOUNDS LIKE, UH, A CHALLENGE.

I'M JUST, I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA COME FORWARD, SO I'LL BRING IT UP ON MONDAY.

BUT THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

UM, WELL, NOW I'M, I'M BACKPEDALING 'CAUSE NOW I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BOILERS WERE GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

REPLACING THOSE BOILERS, ARE THEY NOT GOING TO BE PUT INTO THE BUDGET FOR REPLACEMENT? UM, THEY ARE NOT, THE BOILER WAS REPLACED IN 20, I THINK IT WAS 20 14, 20 15.

I MEAN, I THINK ONE OF THEM AT LEAST.

, UM, AND NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT IN THE BUDGET FOR REPLACEMENT NEXT YEAR.

CY.

UM, I THINK THAT PIGGYBACKS INTO THE NEXT THING THAT COMMISSIONER ELLI, UH, LED TO.

UM, IT WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY REQUEST ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM WITH LINE ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY KIND OF LOOK AT, I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING TO PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY ASKING US WHY THIS, WHY THAT? WE HAVE NO WAY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE NO DATA.

UM, WE HAVE NO WAY TO ANSWER WHAT MONEY WAS SPENT FROM LAST YEAR.

UM, YOU KNOW, YES, I, I LOOKED UP THE BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA, LIKE, WAS THAT MONEY SPENT THAT WAY? DID IT HAVE TO GET DIVERTED? SO, UM, HAVING ANOTHER AGENDA, UM, HAVING AN AT ANOTHER MEETING, HAVING, AND IT NOT BE IN JUNE, PLEASE, UM, , UH, 'CAUSE A FEW OF US ARE GOING TO BE OUT.

BUT, UM, BUT THAT WOULD HELP US TREMENDOUSLY WHEN WE'RE, WHEN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING WITH THE PUBLIC, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER, UM, THEIR WANTS, THEIR NEEDS, UM, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

UM, AND I THINK, UH, I'M HA I'M HAPPY THAT SO MANY THINGS ARE BEING FILLED.

UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POOL.

UM, IT'S, IT'S THE LIFE SKILLS ASPECT, YOU KNOW, AND SO GETTING IT BACK ON TRACK WITH, WITH US AND GETTING MORE PEOPLE YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING, PEOPLE WANT YEAR-ROUND PRO PROGRAMMING.

IT'S COMMENTED ON ALL THE TIME IN FACEBOOK GROUPS.

UM, SO THAT'S A CIRCULAR THING WITH THE POOL BOILER, BECAUSE YOU COULD RUN YEAR ROUND CLASSES, CHARGE MONEY, UM, BUT THEN THE BOILER HAS TO WORK BECAUSE KIDS CAN'T SWIM IN A 78 DEGREE POOL, WHICH I KNOW I'M WOMAN EXPLAINING YOU, BUT YOU GET THE PICTURE.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT.

AND THERE'S ONLY FOUR OF US, SO THAT WAS NICE AND QUICK.

RIGHT.

LEMME BRING BACK UP THE, OKAY, SO WE ARE MOVING ON.

I THOUGHT SO.

IT WOULDN'T PRINT.

I CAN'T EVER GET THESE TO PRINT, SO I WENT WITH THE COMPUTER THING.

GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

SO WE'RE

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

UM, DOES ANY, ARE THERE ANY, UH, CHANGES TO, UM, THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 17TH? NO REQUEST FOR CHANGES.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

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THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED FOR APRIL 27TH, 2024.

NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.

WE ARE GONNA RECEIVE, UH, WELL ACTUALLY PAUSE BEFORE WE DO THAT.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BLEND MEETINGS, AREN'T WE? WE'RE GONNA INVITE THE TRE COMMITTEE, UM, IN, AND WE'LL GIVE THEM A FEW MINUTES TO GET SETTLED, AND THEN I WILL DESCRIBE THE NEXT ITEM.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION INTO OUR JOINT MEETING HERE.

WE HAVE INVITED THE C TREE COMMITTEE TO JOIN US.

WE ARE, AND THANK YOU TREE COMMITTEE FOR JOINING US MANY HOURS AFTER YOUR MEETING.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

UM, THIS

[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]

IS ITEM NUMBER THREE.

WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK RELATED TO THE DRAFT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK, DRAFTS PARK POLICY FRAMEWORK, AND DRAFT PUBLIC FACILITIES POLICY FRAMEWORK.

SAY THAT FAST FIVE TIMES AS PART OF THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK ON THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.

UH, DREW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE US THROUGH SOME THINGS? YEAH, THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, WELCOME TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UM, WE ARE GONNA GET GOING HERE AND I'M JUST GONNA INTRODUCE RON WHITMORE FROM RAMIA ASSOCIATES.

AND RON IS REPRESENTING, UH, HIS, HIS TEAM STARTED OFF PROBABLY MIGHTY THIS MORNING, BUT IT, IT WILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT NONETHELESS, RON IS, UM, KIND OF THE EXPERT THAT'S BEEN DRIVING THIS INITIATIVE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS AT A CRITICAL TIME IN THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS WHERE WE ARE ASKING COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND BOARDS ACROSS THE CITY, OUR COMMUNITY, TO ENGAGE IN PROVIDING SOME FEEDBACK SO THAT THESE PROJECTS AND THIS GENERAL PLAN CAN MOVE FORWARD.

SO WITH RON, DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE ANYONE ELSE OR GET US STARTED WITH OUR FIRST, UM, POLICY FRAMEWORK? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU DREW, AND GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU HERE TONIGHT.

UM, THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME ON YOUR AGENDAS, UM, TO GET A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE GENERAL PLAN POLICY FRAMEWORKS THAT RELATE TO YOUR, UH, UH, AREAS OF PURVIEW.

AS DREW MENTIONED.

UM, I'M RON WHITMORE.

I'M A PRINCIPAL WITH RAMI AND ASSOCIATES AND THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.

AS DREW ALSO MENTIONED, UM, UH, WE, WE NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING ANY STAFF FROM THE PROJECT ON SITE THIS EVENING.

UM, HEATHER HINES HAS BEEN JOINING ME AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS FOR MANY OF THESE MEETINGS.

SHE'S ON VACATION THIS WEEK.

BRIAN O THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WAS, UM, SCHEDULED TO JOIN US TONIGHT, BUT HE HAS A, A VERY SICK CHILD THAT HE NEEDS TO CARE FOR THIS EVENING.

SO HE SENDS HIS APOLOGIES WITH ME TONIGHT ARE, UM, DE ACOSTA, UM, FROM RINCON, WHO IS GONNA SHARE AN OVERVIEW OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK, AS WELL AS MEGAN MCNULTY, WHO'S A COLLEAGUE OF MINE AT IAN ASSOCIATES, WHO'S GONNA INTRODUCE YOU TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES POLICY FRAMEWORKS.

BUT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THOSE TWO, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF, UM, OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL PLAN, UPDATE THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS, UM, JUST TO PROVIDE YOU SOME BACKGROUND AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MAY BE IN ATTENDANCE, WHO, UH, WHO MAY NOT, MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT VERY QUICKLY.

UM, A GENERAL PLAN IS A REALLY CRITICAL DOCUMENT THAT EVERY CITY AND COUNTY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MUST, UM, HAVE ADOPTED.

UM, CITIES TYPICALLY WILL UPDATE THEM EVERY 20 YEARS OR SO.

THEY OFTEN HAVE A 20 TO 30 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON.

UM, IT'S A CRITICAL DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT IS INTENDED TO ESTABLISH POLICY THAT GUIDES FUTURE CITY ACTIONS.

UM, AND, UM, SPECIFICALLY ALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE LAND USE DECISIONS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.

IT COVERS A LOT AND PETALUMA'S GENERAL PLAN IN PARTICULAR IS VERY, VERY COMPREHENSIVE.

WE'RE EVEN ADDING ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS, UM, WHICH THEY'RE, WHICH CHAPTERS ARE TYPICALLY REFERRED TO IN GENERAL PLANS TO PETALUMA'S.

SO IT TOUCHES ON NEARLY EVERYTHING THE CITY DOES.

UM, TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW IT TOUCHES PEOPLE'S LIVES, WE PUT THIS PLANNED, THIS SLIDE TOGETHER, BUT IT REALLY DOES TOUCH ON MANY, MANY DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONAL ASPECTS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.

AND SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PROVIDE US INPUT ON THESE FRAMEWORKS AT THIS POINT.

AND AGAIN, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND BOARDS ARE MAKING FOR US TO PROVIDE THEIR EXPERTISE AS WELL.

UM, THE CITY IS CURRENTLY

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OPERATING UNDER A PLAN REFERRED TO AS THE GENERAL PLAN 2025, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN OH EIGHT AND UPDATED, UH, FOUR YEARS LATER.

UM, THE PROJECT STARTED, UH, IN 2020 AND 2021, AND CONCURRENTLY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, WE'RE ALSO PREPARING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN REFERRED TO AS THE BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY, WHICH HAS BEEN OUT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW FOR SOME TIME AND IS ON ITS WAY, UH, TO ADOPTION THROUGH THE PLANNING COM OR THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL GENERAL PLANS ARE, ARE OUR BIG PROJECTS WITH MULTIPLE PHASES.

UM, AND THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU A SENSE OF A HIGH LEVEL PHASING OF PETALUMA'S GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.

UM, WE STARTED OFF KIND OF CONCURRENTLY DOING BOTH EXTENSIVE EXISTING CONDITIONS WORK AS WELL AS A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, TO IDENTIFY CLEAR VALUES, UM, VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE CITY.

UM, WE THEN MOVED ON TO POLICY DEVELOPMENT, AND I'LL SAY A BIT MORE IN A FEW MINUTES ABOUT HOW WE BUILT ON THE, THE VISIONING AND THE DISCOVERY PHASES.

WE'RE ALSO CONCURRENTLY, UM, WORKING ON LAND USE ALTERNATIVES.

AND WE'LL BE COMING OUT LATER THIS SUMMER WITH LAND USE POLICY FRAMEWORKS, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, CHOICES FOR THE CITY TO MAKE ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES IN LAND USE POLICY IN THE GENERAL PLAN ON THE GENERAL PLAN MAP.

UM, THAT ALL THEN WILL COME TOGETHER IN INITIAL DRAFTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH AGAIN, WILL COME BACK FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.

AND I ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND BOARDS AGAIN FOR SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT GENERAL PLAN.

SO THIS IS NOT YOUR LAST BITE AT THE APPLE, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HELP US CONFIRM WHETHER WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK OR NOT.

SO, UM, POLICY FRAMEWORKS ARE A REALLY IMPORTANT INTERIM STEP ALONG THE WAY.

UM, WE DO THEM SPECIFICALLY TO BEGIN, UH, TO GET DOWN ON PAPER GOALS AND KEY POLICIES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THOSE GOALS.

UM, THEY'RE PURPOSELY, UM, UH, TOUCH ON MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS AND PURPOSELY IN DRAFT FORMAT BECAUSE WE DO WANT EXTENSIVE FEEDBACK ON THESE BEFORE WE CRAFT THE INITIAL DRAFTS OF THE PLAN.

UM, GOALS IN THIS CASE, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US ABOUT THIS.

UM, THEY'RE REALLY WRITTEN TO DESCRIBE A FUTURE STATE, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH OBJECTIVES, WHICH ARE OFTEN, YOU KNOW, MORE SPECIFIC, UM, TIME SENSITIVE, UH, QUANTITATIVE IN NATURE.

I'LL SAY A BIT WARM OUT THIS IN A MINUTE, BUT THE GENERAL PLAN WILL HAVE METRICS AND INDICATORS IN IT, BUT WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIME YET TO DEVELOP THOSE BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE'D BE SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS AFTER THIS PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS.

POLICIES IN TURN, ARE DESIGNED TO BE VERY CLEAR, SPECIFIC, UM, STATEMENTS OF INTENT OR DIRECTION, WHICH SHOULD BE VERY USEFUL FOR FUTURE DECISION MAKERS TO USE TO ESTABLISH PRIORITIES, UM, CRAFT BUDGETS, ET CETERA.

AND THEN FINALLY, THERE ARE ACTIONS AND THEY TAKE MANY DIFFERENT FORMS, UM, WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO FULLY FULFILL THE INTENT OF EACH POLICY.

I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EFFORT HAS GONE INTO CRAFTING THESE POLICY FRAMEWORKS.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, THERE WE STARTED WITH REVIEWING KEY FINDINGS FROM THE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORTS, UM, AND REALLY LOOKED HARD AT THE INITIAL COMMUNITY INPUT AS SUMMARIZED IN THE VISION PILLARS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE WRITTEN BY THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISOR COMMITTEE, THE GPAC, AND THEN AFFIRMED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE CONSIDER THOSE REALLY THE TWO FOUNDATIONAL PIECES OF THE FRAMEWORKS AND DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS WORK, AND TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WE WERE DOING WAS, WAS CONSISTENT WITH AND FULFILLED THE COMMUNITY'S VISION.

IN 2022, WE THEN STARTED HAVING WHAT WE CALLED STRATEGY DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE, UH, AND THAT INVOLVED MEMBERS OF THE CONSULTANT TEAM, LOTS OF CITY STAFF, AND THE GPAC, WHERE WE BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT WAYS IN WHICH, UM, TO ACHIEVE THE COMMUNITY'S VISION.

THE CONSULTANT TEAM THEN PUT THAT DOWN ON PAPER IN THE FORM OF ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT POLICY FRAMEWORKS.

THOSE IN TURN WENT THROUGH EXTENSIVE CITY STAFF REVIEW.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE NOW IN THESE PUBLIC DRAFT FRAMEWORKS ARE THE RESULT OF ALL OF THAT VARIOUS INPUT.

SHOULD NOTE THAT FROM, UH, THIS PHASE, THIS COMMUNITY INPUT PHASE, WHICH LASTS THROUGH JUNE, UM, GPAC AND THEN PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, WILL MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS CONSIDERING ALL OF THE OTHER CCB INPUT AND THE PUBLIC INPUT, WHICH WILL THEN GO ON TO CITY COUNCIL SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE US CLEAR POLICY DIRECTION BEFORE WE BEGIN DRAFT, EXCUSE ME, DRAFTING THE INITIAL DRAFTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN.

THERE ARE MANY TOPICS.

THERE ARE GONNA BE 14 IN TOTAL,

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13 ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THE LAND USE POLICY FRAMEWORK, WHICH WE WANNA DISCUSS IN, ALONG WITH, UM, THE LAND USE MAP AND FUTURE CHANGES IN LAND USE DESIGNATION.

UM, WANNA STRESS THAT FOR THE TIME BEING WE'VE BEEN ALLOWING OUR TEAM TO KIND OF STAY IN THEIR LANE IN TERMS OF THEIR AREAS OF EXPERTISE, UM, WHICH ALSO NICELY ALIGN WITH MUCH OF THE WAY THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ORGANIZED, BUT WANNA STRESS THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY HOW WE INTEND TO ORGANIZE THE GENERAL PLAN.

AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT, I'M SURE TONIGHT THERE'S, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN TOPICS AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR EXACTLY WHERE EACH TOPIC OR SUBTOPIC SHOULD LAND.

UM, AND SO, UM, ASK YOU NOT TO GET TOO HUNG UP ABOUT THAT.

UM, WE, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE TO FIND SOMETHING, WE CERTAIN CERTAINLY CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.

IF YOU'RE SURPRISED, SOMETHING'S NOT WHERE YOU'D EXPECT IT TO SEE, UM, WE CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.

THAT'LL INFORM HOW WE ORGANIZE THE GENERAL PLAN.

THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE GENERAL PLAN WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT.

WE RECOGNIZE THESE, THAT THESE ARE VERY FAIRLY TECHNICAL AND DRY.

WE DID NOT PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO MAKING THEM COMMUNITY FRIENDLY NECESSARILY.

THEY'RE REALLY QUITE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS.

THE GP WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT.

UM, IT'LL START OFF WITH A VERY, UM, PUBLIC FACING, PUBLIC ORIENTED, UM, FRONT END.

IT'LL BE CONCISE, VISUAL, GRAPHIC COMPELLING, AND REALLY WEAVE TOGETHER VERY NICELY, ALL THE DIFFERENT GOALS AND POLICIES ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN INTO A VERY STRATEGIC APPROACH THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND FROM A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE.

WE ALSO THINK WE'LL PROBABLY ORGANIZE THE GENERAL PLAN DIFFERENTLY THAN THE FRAMEWORKS ARE.

UM, YES, WE'LL HAVE SOME ELEMENTS OR CHAPTERS, BUT WE ALSO PLAN ON, UH, IDENTIFYING EXPLICITLY VARIOUS THEMES THAT RUN THROUGH THE ENTIRE GENERAL PLAN.

VERY LIKELY TO BE THINGS LIKE CLIMATE EQUITY ART, UM, AND PROBABLY MANY OTHER THEMES.

UM, AND SO, AND WE ALSO PLAN ON, UH, CREATING A DIGITAL PLAN, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO EASILY ACCESS THE GENERAL PLAN DEPENDING ON WHICH LENS YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH.

ALSO GONNA BE MUCH MORE IMPLEMENTATION ORIENTED.

WE'VE BEGUN IN THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS TO IDENTIFY INITIALLY SOME ACTIONS WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT COMPLETE.

UM, THERE'LL BE MORE ROBUST ACTIONS IN THE GENERAL PLAN.

THERE'LL ALSO BE AN IMP IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX IN THE GENERAL PLAN TO DESIGNED TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO, AS I NOTED EARLIER, UM, IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF METRICS OR THAT, OR INDICATORS THAT WE'LL, UM, USE TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE UPON ADOPTION.

AND THEN TRACK OVER TIME TO MONITOR PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING COMMUNITY GOALS.

THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH THE PUBLIC AND YOURSELVES CAN PROVIDE INPUT.

UM, I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THIS FRAMEWORK REVIEW FORM, AND IT REALLY IS THE EASIEST WAY FOR THE TEAM TO GET YOUR INPUT, REALLY HAS TWO QUESTIONS, WHAT YOU THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT, AND THAT PRIORITIZATION REALLY DOES HELP US, UH, THINK ABOUT HOW BEST TO CRAFT THE GENERAL PLAN.

AND THEN CONCERNS.

THEN WE ASSUME THE BULK OF YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE THERE.

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO BE, THINK SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED, THINGS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE MISSING, ANYTHING YOU REALLY DISAGREE WITH STRONGLY.

WE'D LOVE TO GET YOUR INPUT, UM, ON THESE FEEDBACK FORMS. HAPPY TO, WE, WE'LL CAPTURE YOUR COMMENT TONIGHT AS WELL, BUT IF YOU WANNA TAKE MORE TIME AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME IT THROUGH THESE FORMS. THERE'S ALSO, UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING PRESENTATIONS LIKE THESE THAT HAVE AT VARIOUS COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND BOARDS.

UM, WE'VE ALREADY COVERED SIGNIFICANT GROUND.

WE ALSO HAD A LARGE PUBLIC EVENT ON SATURDAY THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND THAT WE VERY MUCH, WE GOT FANTASTIC FEEDBACK AT.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S A FEW ADDITIONAL MEETINGS COMING UP WITH THE, UM, PUBLIC ART COMMISSION AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND THIS SLIDE DOESN'T SHOW ALL THE NUMBER, ALL THE DATES, BUT I THINK IT'S PLANNING ON MEETING THREE TO FOUR OR FIVE TIMES IN THE COMING MONTHS TO TO REVIEW MANY OF THE DIFFERENT POLICY FRAMEWORKS.

THE GPAC ALSO HAS WORKING GROUPS THAT ARE FOCUSING ON EACH OF THE FRAMEWORKS, AND WE INVITE PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGH THESE MEETINGS, THE WORKING GROUPS, PLANNING COMMISSION, ET CETERA.

THERE'S ALSO LOTS OF INFORMATION ONLINE.

YOU CAN VIEW EACH OF THE FRAMEWORKS.

UM, AND EACH OF THE FRAMEWORKS ALSO HAS A PUBLIC INPUT PORTAL, UM, WHERE WE INVITE PEOPLE TO PROVIDE GOAL OR POLICY SPECIFIC COMMENTS AS WELL AS GENERAL COMMENT.

THAT IS IT FOR MY OVERVIEW.

UM, WE'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS GENERALLY ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK, I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND TO THOSE.

BUT FOR THE TIME B, I'M GONNA PASS THE MIC TO DELLA, WHO WILL GIVE US AN

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OVERVIEW OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK, AND THEN TO MEGAN FOR PARKS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, I THINK.

THANK YOU, RON.

I'M DELLA.

I'M A SKI PROJECT MANAGER WITH RAINCON CONSULTANTS, AND I'LL BE TAKING YOU THROUGH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS PRETTY INTERTWINED WITH THE PARKS FRAMEWORK THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT NEXT FROM MEGAN.

UM, THIS FRAMEWORK, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK, REALLY FOCUSES ON INTEGRATING THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY'S GOALS FOR BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABILITY INTO ALL ASPECTS OF PETALUMA'S FUTURE, AND SPECIFICALLY HOW TO MANAGE AND PROTECT THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND NATURAL OPEN SPACE, WHEREAS THE PARTS FRAMEWORK IS GONNA BE MORE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPED PARKS, URBAN FORESTRY CONNECTIVITY AND RECREATIONAL ACCESS TO THOSE AREAS.

SO, JUST A FEW QUICK HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

PETALUMA HAS A VERY STRONG COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING OPEN SPACE AND MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES AND AD ATTACK.

AND THE RIVER IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF THIS.

THE PETALUMA RIVER FUNCTIONS AS A SORT OF SPINE TO THE CITY AND HAS A REALLY CRITICAL ROLE IN PETALUMA'S ECOSYSTEM AND CULTURE.

UM, IT DOES REQUIRE SOME ONGOING ENHANCEMENT AND PRESERVATION.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE RIVER IN THIS FRAMEWORK FROM A NATURAL RESOURCES PERSPECTIVE.

THERE IS ANOTHER FRAMEWORK, AS RON MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP.

THERE'S ANOTHER FRAMEWORK THAT DIG DEEPER INTO FLOOD RESILIENCE.

AND THEN THE PARKS AND RECREATION FRAMEWORK HAS COALS AND POLICIES AROUND RECREATION ON THE RIVER AND UPDATING THE ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN.

UM, THERE IS A RICH BIODIVERSITY IN THE AREA AS WELL.

A LOT OF SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES WITH HABITAT IN OUR NEAR PETALUMA.

AND THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES ARE A PART OF THIS, PRESERVING THAT BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE NATURAL AND WORKING LANDS AREAS AND THE URBANIZED DEVELOPMENT.

AND A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT BIODIVERSITY.

THERE'S SEVERAL TYPES OF HABITAT IN THE AREA.

THE WETLANDS IN PARTICULAR HAVE A LOT OF SENSITIVE CONSIDERATIONS AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND BENEFITS.

AND ALTHOUGH MOST OF THEM ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS ACTIONS THAT THE CITY TAKES, OBVIOUSLY AFFECTS THEM.

THERE'S ALSO MANY WILDLIFE CORRIDORS IN THE AREA THAT ARE MAPPED THROUGH BOTH LOCAL EFFORTS AND CONNECTED TO LARGER REGIONAL CORRIDORS.

AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S SEVERAL SPECIAL STATUS PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES THAT ARE HISTORICALLY LOCATED IN THE AREA.

UM, THE CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG AND THE CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER ARE NOTABLE ONES THAT HAVE CRITICAL HABITAT IN PETALUMA AND ARE PROTECTED BY FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS.

THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN AND AROUND THE CITY.

AND WHILE THESE ARE SOMEWHAT FRAGMENTED AT THE MOMENT, THEY DO STILL HELP PRESERVE VISTAS AND IMPORTANT HABITAT AND WILDLIFE MOVEMENT.

AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED.

AND FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

THESE FRAMEWORKS WERE DEVELOPED IN LINE WITH THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE LISTED HERE.

UH, REALLY STRIVING FOR PETALUMA TO BE A VIBRANT RIVER TOWN, DEEPLY CONNECTED TO ITS CULTURAL AND NATURAL ROOTS.

UH, A COMMUNITY THAT'S COMMITTED TO PROTECTING AND RESTORING LANDSCAPES AND HABITATS AND BEING INNOVATIVE AND FORWARD THINKING WITH POLICY AND ACTIONS.

THE GOALS IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK ARE FOCUSED ON INTEGRATING NATURE WITH COMMUNITY LIFE AND DAILY DECISION MAKING, MANAGING WATER RESOURCES, INCREASING THE LEVEL OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY, AND EMBRACING THE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE OF PETALUMA.

PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THESE ARE CONNECTED TO, UH, YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE, THE PARKS AND, UH, PARKS AND TREES AND OPEN SPACE.

AND YES, THANK YOU.

EACH GOAL UNDER THE FRAMEWORK IS SUPPORTED BY POLICIES THAT ARE AIMED AT ACTUALIZING THIS MISSION.

AS RON EXPLAINED EARLIER, THESE RANGE FROM PRESERVING AND ENHANCING NATURAL AREAS AND HAVING THOUGHTFUL APPROACHES TO WATER RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO PRESERVING THAT RICH NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE.

SO THESE FIRST COUPLE OF GOALS REALLY HIT ON THAT OVERALL INTEGRATION WITH NATURE AND STEWARDSHIP OF NATURAL AREAS, AND THEY OVERLAP THE MOST HEAVILY WITH PARKS AND THE PARKS FRAMEWORK WITH THE OTHERS.

GETTING A BIT MORE INTO, UH, THE SPECIFICS OF MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES.

SO WE HAVE THE FIRST GOAL OF COMMUNITY INTEGRATED WITH NATURE

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THE SECOND GOAL IS HEALTHY, PROTECTED AND PRODUCTIVE NATURAL LANDS.

UH, CREATE A NETWORK OF HEALTHY HABITATS, A NETWORK OF OPEN SPACES, PRESERVING THE OPEN SPACES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE AND MAINTAINING THE NATURAL LANDS.

THE THIRD GOAL IN THIS FRAMEWORK IS ON RE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, REALLY LOOKING AT MINIMIZING EROSION AND RUNOFF, PROTECTING THE RIVERS AND CREEKS, UM, PREVENTING POLLUTION DISCHARGE, AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES.

AND THEN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO UTILIZE MORE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY.

AND THE FIFTH GOAL IS ON NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NATIVE OF AMERICAN TRIBES AND PROMOTING THAT HERITAGE.

THANK YOU, DELLA.

UM, AGAIN, DELLA WILL WILL BE, UM, STAYING ON THE CALL TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, UH, FOLKS HAVE ABOUT, UM, THE INTERSECTION OF PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND TREES.

NOW, WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO MEGAN, WHO WILL TALK YOU THROUGH BOTH THE PARKS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES FRAMEWORKS.

YEAH, THANKS RON.

UH, YEAH, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE TWO FRAMEWORKS.

FIRST, STARTING WITH THE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION POLICY FRAMEWORK.

UM, THIS ONE COVERS A LOT OF GROUND, BUT, UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE NOTABLE TOPICS.

IT COVERS LIKE FUNDING AND ACQUISITION, MAINTENANCE, UH, PARK PROGRAMMING, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, SO THE WHOLE, WHOLE GAMUT OF TOPICS.

I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON A LITTLE BIT LATER.

UM, BUT BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF, LET'S ESTABLISH FOUNDATION OF SOME EXISTING CONDITIONS.

UM, THE HIGH LEVEL IS RESULTS OF THIS EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE PROBABLY REVIEWED.

IT'S ON THE PETALUMA PROJECT, UH, GENERAL PLAN PROJECT WEBSITE.

UM, BUT IT CAN BE FOUND FOR, FOR YOUR REFERENCE IF YOU NEED IT.

THAT REPORT FOUND, UM, THAT OVERALL PETALUMA HAS A REALLY GREAT DIVERSITY AND VARIETY OF PARK TYPES.

OVERALL, PETALUMA RESIDENTS ARE REALLY WELL SERVED BY THESE FACILITIES, AND THEY PROMOTE, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ACTIVITY AND CONNECTIONS WITH, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

HOWEVER, UM, A BIG CHALLENGE WITH THE REPORT IDENTIFIED IS THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY STRUGGLES WITH FUNDING AND PARK MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS, WAS REITERATED IN THE FIRST, UH, ITEM OF THIS MEETING.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS, UH, EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS FOUND IS THAT, UH, THERE'S A NEED FOR, UM, A PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.

UM, THIS PLAN COULD BE A GREAT IMPLEMENTATION TOOL FOR THE GENERAL, UM, PLAN, AND IT COULD BE USED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, UH, PARK NEED POTENTIAL NEW PARK SITES, UM, PARKS, RECREATION MASTER PLANS, HELP CITIES, UM, IDENTIFY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW STRATEGIES FOR MAINTENANCE AND FUNDING OVER A SPECIFIED TIMEFRAME.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EXISTING PARKS AND PETALUMA.

AGAIN, YOU SEE ON THE MAP HERE, THERE'S GREAT DIVERSITY, UH, OF PARKS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THIS INCLUDES PARK TYPES, LIKE COMMUNITY PARKS, NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, POCKET PARKS, SERVING DIFFERENT, UM, PURPOSES, AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS.

WE ALSO HAVE OPEN SPACES, PRIMARILY LOCATED ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CITY.

SOME ARE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY, SOME BY COUNTY.

AND THEN AGAIN, LASTLY, .

UM, GOING BACK TO THE POINT, UH, DREW MADE EARLIER, UM, BEEN IN RECENT YEARS, UH, STAFFING AND FUNDING FOR ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE HAS DECREASED WHILE, UH, ACREAGE HAS INCREASED.

SO THIS IS JUST COMPOUNDS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THE PARKS IS DEPARTMENT IS FACING, AND THE, THE GENERAL PLAN PLANS FOR A 20 YEAR HORIZON.

SO IF WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE, THE GENERAL PLAN HORIZON, UM, THIS FRAMEWORK REALLY SEEKS TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO FUND AND MAINTAIN PARKS TO SERVE NOT JUST EXISTING RESIDENTS, BUT FUTURE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OVER THOSE NEXT 20 OR SO YEARS.

AND THEN NEXT, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PARK ACCESS.

UM, SO AGAIN, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, TRY TO UNDERSTAND NOT JUST WHAT PARKS ARE ON THE GROUND, BUT ALSO HOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, USE AND ACCESS PARKS.

UM, CURRENTLY THE CITY MEASURES PARK SERVICE BY THE PARK SERVICE RATIO, WHICH IS A RATIO OF, UH, ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS.

THIS IS SUPER COMMON THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.

UH, PETALUMA'S GOAL IS FIVE, UM, BUT THE CURRENT RATIO IS, UH, IN THE FOURS.

SO ALTHOUGH THE CITY'S NOT MEETING IT OVERALL, THE RESIDENTS ARE, I THINK, ARE VERY WELL SERVED BY PARKS, UM, PER THAT METRIC RELATIVE, ESPECIALLY TO OTHER CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES.

BUT ANOTHER WAY TO MEASURE PARKS IS THROUGH PARK ACCESS, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THIS FIGURE HERE.

UM, SO THIS SHOWS WALK ACCESS PARKS.

UM, THE DARKER AREAS HAVE BETTER ACCESS, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT NOT EVERYWHERE HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, EQUAL ACCESS TO PARKS OR

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CONVENIENT ACCESS WITHIN INTENDED WALK.

ABOUT 16% OF RESIDENTS DO NOT WITH LIVE WITHIN, UM, THAT CONVENIENT WALK SHED.

SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR THIS FRAMEWORK.

AND THEN HERE ARE RELATED, UH, PRIORITIES TO VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES RELATIVE TO THIS FRAMEWORK.

UM, A COUPLE THINGS WITH THE VISION PETAL IS A VIBRANT RIVER TOWN.

THIS FRAMEWORK ADVANCES THE IDEA OF THE RIVER AS AN AMENITY FOR RECREATION, AND IT ALSO CONSIDERS, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY AND COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

THE FRAMEWORK ALSO ADVANCES, UM, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES LISTED ON THE SCREENS SUCH AS SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND HERE ARE THE GOALS FOR THE FRAMEWORK.

THERE ARE NINE OF THEM.

SO THERE ARE MANY, MANY GOALS.

UM, AN IMPORTANT NOTE THOUGH, IS THAT IN TERMS OF ORGANIZATION, THEY'RE NOT ORGANIZED FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANCE.

THEY'RE OF ALL EQUAL IMPORTANCE, BUT REALLY THE ORGANIZATION IS BASED ON FLOW OF TOPICS AS WELL AS HOW THEY'RE LAID OUT IN THE EXISTING GENERAL PLAN.

UM, I'LL NOTE TOO, THAT PARKS AND RECREATION ELEMENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED ELEMENTS FOR THE STATE.

SO TYPICALLY IT'S UP TO THE CITY AS TO WHAT TOPICS TO INCLUDE IN THE GENERAL PLAN.

UM, THE TOPICS HERE ARE, ARE, ARE HERE BECAUSE THESE, UM, ARE AREAS THAT THE CITY IS JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY OVER, AS WELL AS THESE REPRESENT, UM, IDEAS AND ADMISSIONS HEARD FROM CITY STAFF AND DECISION MAKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS.

SO THE FIRST GOAL, NEXT SLIDE.

THE FIRST GOAL IS FOR AN EXPANDED PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, NETWORK.

UM, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE STRATEGIES TO DO THIS.

UM, THE FIRST WAY IS THROUGH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

UM, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, UH, WOULD ALSO DEFINE A NEW EQUITY-BASED PARK METRIC TO MEASURE PARK SERVICE.

AND, UM, AS YOU COULD SEE FROM LIKE THE, THE ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS, IT DOESN'T REALLY TAKE INTO THAT METRIC.

DOESN'T REALLY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PARK QUALITY OR, UM, MAINTENANCE OR, UM, ACCESS TO PARKS.

SO THIS NEW METRIC WOULD MEASURE, UM, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, FACTORS LIKE ACCESS, UH, QUALITY, ET CETERA.

AND THAT WOULD HELP DECISION MAKERS, UM, IDENTIFY WHERE TO PRIORITIZE PARK INVESTMENT.

THE FRAMEWORK ALSO SEEKS TO, UM, USE OTHER STRATEGIES TO EXPAND PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.

UM, SO THIS ENCLOSED THROUGH DEDICATIONS, THROUGH CONDITIONS OF DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL AND THROUGH CITY FUNDED ACQUISITIONS, UM, PRIORITIZING PLACES, UH, MOST INDEED OF PARKS.

AND HERE IS A MAP IN THE FRAMEWORK OF PROPOSED, UH, PARKS AND OPEN SPACES.

UM, I'LL, I'LL ADD A KEY CAVEAT HERE THAT THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF POTENTIAL PARKS THAT MAY DEVELOP, BE DEVELOPED OVER THE 20 YEAR GENERAL PLAN HORIZON.

THERE MIGHT BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT COME ABOUT, BUT THESE ARE JUST POTENTIAL PLACES THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY IDENTIFIES AS HAVING, UM, OPPORTUNITY DUE TO DEVELOPMENT STATUS OR PARCEL CONDITION OR OTHER FACTORS.

UM, YOU ALSO NOTE TOO, THAT WHERE THERE'S THESE POTENTIAL PARK LOCATIONS ARE SHOWN, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF LIKE DASHED, UM, TRAILS AND PATHWAYS.

SO THE CITY IS ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW, UM, EXISTING AND POTENTIAL PARK SPACES CONNECT WITH OTHER PARKS AND OTHER DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

NEXT, THE, THE FRAMEWORK SEEKS TO MAINTAIN, UH, BOATING AND, UM, OTHER OPERATIONS FOR RECREATIONAL USE ALONG THE RIVER.

NEXT, UM, GOAL TWO.

THE CITY SEEKS TO COLLABORATE WITH AGENCIES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ACQUIRE AND FUND ACQUISITIONS.

AGAIN, VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERING THE CITY'S BUDGET ISSUES.

SO ONE STRATEGY IS TO EXPAND JOINT USE AGREEMENTS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

UM, AND THIS WOULD ENABLE THE CITY TO USE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL FACILITY GROUNDS, UM, OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS FOR RECREATIONAL USES, AND PERHAPS EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT EXISTING FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE.

UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE STRATEGIES RELATED TO COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS, SO AGENCIES, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUIRE AND ALSO MANAGE, UM, PARK SPACES AND EVEN THE LIBRARY FOR, FOR, UH, PROGRAMMING PURPOSES.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND AND MAINTAIN LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT, DISTRICT OPERATIONS.

NEXT, UH, PETALUMA RIVER, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER.

UH, THE PLAN CENTERS, PETALUMA RIVER IS A RECREATION CORRIDOR WITH THE CONNECTED SYSTEM OF PARKS, TRAILS, PROGRAMMING, AND A FLOODING BENEFITS.

SO THE, UM, PARKS FRAMEWORK PUTS FORTH THE IDEA OF UPDATING THE PETALUMA RIVER ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN, UM, IN ORDER, IN PART TO ENHANCE RECREATIONAL USE ALONG THE RIVER.

BUT ALSO SINCE THAT PLAN IS, IS RELATIVELY OLD TO UNDERSTAND CURRENT PRIORITIES, COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, INHIBITIONS AND NEEDS FOR THE, FOR THE RIVER.

AND THEN

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GOAL FOUR IS AN INTERCONNECTED PARKS AND FACILITIES NETWORK.

UM, THIS SPEAKS TO THE CONNECTION SHOWN ON THAT MAP THAT WE HAD JUST SEEN.

SO THIS IS A VISION FOR A SYSTEM OF PARKS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, OPEN SPACES, AND PUBLIC PLACES, UH, CONNECTED BY WALKING AND BIKING PATHS.

SO THIS WOULD OVERALL, UM, IT WOULD ENHANCE, UH, CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT PETALUMA AND EXPAND ACCESS TO PARKS, WHICH COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY RESULT IN A, A HEALTHIER AND MORE ACTIVE COMMUNITY.

SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POLICIES HERE RELATED TO THIS.

UM, ONE IS A GOAL OR A POLICY TO STRIVE TO ENSURE A 10 MINUTE, UH, WALK TO PARKS AND OPEN SPACES.

AND CONSIDERING THIS WHEN, UM, POTENTIALLY SITING AND PLANNING FOR NEW PARKS, IT ALSO CONTAINS, UH, POLICIES RELATED TO TRAILS.

SO TO SUPPORT ACCESSIBLE HIGH QUALITY TRAILS, AND, UM, JUST EXPAND THE TRAIL SYSTEM OVERALL.

THERE'S ALSO A POLICY ABOUT, UH, CO-LOCATING PUBLIC FACILITIES OR PARKS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, OTHER USES, WHICH WOULD, UH, BETTER CONNECT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO OTHER, UH, FACILITIES AS WELL AS OTHER DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I THINK OVERALL THE FRAMEWORK REALLY SEEKS TO ENSURE PEOPLE VULNERABILITIES AS WELL AS, UH, EVEN NATIVE WILDLIFE CAN EASILY NAVIGATE THROUGH AND MOVE, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY'S PARKS AND OPEN SPACES.

NEXT IS MAINTENANCE.

IMPORTANT TOPIC.

UH, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES HERE TO POTENTIALLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

UM, THIS IS JUST A LIST OF OPTIONS THE CITY WILL EXPLORE.

UM, AND AGAIN, THE PARKS AND RECREATION MA MASTER PLAN COULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, EXPLORE SOME OF THESE IDEAS IN MORE DETAIL.

SO, SO POTENTIAL IDEAS HERE.

AND POLICY LANGUAGE INCLUDES, UH, CREATING AND MAINTAINING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LIKE FRIENDS OF THE PARKS PROGRAM TO HELP MAINTAIN SPACES.

THERE ARE ALSO PO UH, STRATEGIES TO EXPAND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RELATED TO MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS TO JOINTLY RENOVATE AND MAINTAIN, UH, FACILITIES WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR, FOR JOINT USE THAT THIS CITY OVERALL SEEKS TO ENSURE PARKS ARE MAINTAINED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL PARK USERS.

THEY'RE USING USER FRIENDLY AND WILLING, REALLY WELCOMING AND SAFE.

AND THE CITY COULD DO THIS THROUGH THINGS LIKE ENSURING THAT TRAILS ARE UN IMPEDED AND THERE'S CLEAR SIGHT LINES IN PARKS.

AND THEN THIS, UM, RELATED TO MAINTENANCE, THE, THE POLICY FRAMEWORK ALSO SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS EQUIPPED TO HANDLE PEST MANAGEMENT.

AND LASTLY, THERE'S SOME STRATEGIES TO EXPLORE WITH, UH, MAINTENANCE FUNDING SUCH AS BONDS, ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, ET CETERA, URBAN FOREST.

UM, OVERALL, THE GOAL OF THE URBAN FOR, UH, OF THE CITY HERE IS TO ENSURE THE URBAN FOREST BEAUTIFIES PETALUMA.

IT MITIGATES CLIMATE IMPACTS AND IT FORMS AN INTERFACE BETWEEN THE NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTS.

AGAIN, THIS IS A TOPIC THAT TOUCHES MANY DIFFERENT POLICY FRAMEWORKS.

SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS, ALL THE TREE POLICIES, OR AT LEAST MOST OF THEM, ARE COLLECTED IN THE THE PARKS FRAMEWORK.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THE, IN THE GENERAL PLAN ITSELF, THEY MAY BE LOCATED ELSEWHERE.

BUT, UM, KEY IDEAS OF THE POLICY FRAMEWORK.

THAT POLICY FRAMEWORK SEEKS TO EXPAND AND MAINTAIN THE URBAN FOREST.

UM, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO DO THIS.

THIS INCLUDES THEORY OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, DEVELOPING STREET TREE MASTER PLAN, APPLYING FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT MORE TREE PLANTING, UM, AND REQUIRING TREES AS PART OF, UH, STREET PROJECTS.

THE CITY ALSO, UM, AIMS TO COLLECT MORE DATA RELATED TO URBAN FOREST TO HELP, UH, BETTER INFORM DECISION MAKING.

THE FRAMEWORK SUPPORTS, UH, DEVELOPING AN URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAM THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY CONSOLIDATE CITY POLICIES AND ORDINANCES RELATED TO TREES AND PRE-PLANTING, AND JUST ENSURE THAT THE CITY HAS A COORDINATED APPROACH TO TREES.

UM, POLICY 6.4 RELATES TO ENGAGEMENT, SO ENSURING THAT THERE'S, UM, ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND TREES, AND ENSURING THAT THE CITY PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS RELATED TO TREES TO ENCOURAGE, UM, MAINTENANCE OF TREES AND TREE PLANTING.

AND THEN LASTLY, THIS IS A RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POLICY, BUT THE CITY SEEKS TO CREATE FOOD FOREST THROUGH THE TREES AND THEIR IDEAS HERE TO POTENTIALLY DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE, UH, FREE OR LOW COST FRUIT TREES TO RESIDENTS.

AND THEN NEXT, THIS GOAL RELATES TO, UM, ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PARK FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMING.

AND REALLY, THIS, THIS JUST TRIES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL, UM, RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO EQUITABLY USE AND ACCESS FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. SO POTENTIAL STRATEGIES COULD INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, CREATING RECREATIONAL VOUCHERS THAT ENABLE LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS TO, TO, UM, ACCESS RECREATIONAL SERVICES.

UM, OTHER IDEAS INCLUDE EXPANDING PROGRAMMING, UM, TO

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ENSURE THAT EVERYONE FROM YOUTH TO SENIORS, EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN EVERYONE, UM, HAS ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING, UM, AND ENSURING THAT, UH, REC, UH, PROGRAMMING MEETS THE COMMUNITY'S, UH, PRIORITIES AND NEEDS AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH SURVEYS AND OTHER, OTHER TOOLS.

IT ALSO SEEKS TO PRIORITIZE, UH, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS, AS WELL AS CREATE, UM, COMMUNITY SPACES WHERE EVERYBODY, UM, FROM, AGAIN, YOUTH TO SENIORS, EVERYBODY CAN, UM, GATHER AND ENJOY THESE SPACES TOGETHER.

TWO MORE GOALS HERE RELATED TO PARKS.

UM, NEXT ONE, SUSTAINABILITY.

THIS IS ONE OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

SO THIS, THIS TOPIC COMES UP A LOT IN THE, THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS, BUT, UH, THE CITY SEEKS TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITY SYSTEM.

SO THERE ARE STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE CLIMATE NEUTRAL PARKS, LIKE IT'S INCORPORATING SOLAR ENERGY AND CITY FACILITIES USING DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING, ET CETERA.

UM, THE CITY ALSO SEEKS TO EDUCATE ABOUT CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH ITS FACILITIES, UM, AND THROUGH ITS PROGRAMMING AND ALSO DESIGN PARKS AND OPEN SPACES TO SERVE AS FLOOD CONTROL WHEN NEEDED.

AND THEN LASTLY, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

UM, GOAL HERE IS TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS ABLE TO ENJOY THE CITY'S RECREATIONAL OFFERINGS.

SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE, UH, STRATEGIES LIKE, UM, EXPANDING COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS LIKE MOVIES IN THE PARK AND FESTIVALS.

THE CITY ALSO SEEKS TO, UM, EXPAND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND SPECIFICALLY AQUATIC AND ARTS AND CULTURAL AND OTHER, OTHER PROGRAMMING.

AND THE CITY CAN EXPAND PROGRAMMING ON ITS OWN, BUT IT ALSO, UM, SEEKS TO, UH, CREATE PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT, UH, THIS PROGRAMMING EFFORT.

A PUBLIC GATHERING SPACE FOR PEOPLE.

HELP FACILITIES.

THIS ONE IS A BIT SHORTER THAN PARKS, I PROMISE.

UM, BUT PUBLIC FACILITIES IS ALSO A TOPIC THAT TOUCHES A LOT OF DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS.

SO THE REASON WHY THIS IS THIS ONE IS SHORT IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE, THE IDEAS, UM, THAT RELATED TO PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE INCORPORATED INTO OTHER ELEMENTS.

UM, BUT QUICKLY, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH EXISTING CONDITIONS FIRST TO, TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND, UM, THE SCOPE OF WHAT IS COVERED IN THIS FRAMEWORK.

UM, SO THIS IS A MAP FROM THE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT OF PUBLIC FACILITIES IN, UH, PETALUMA.

SO THIS CONTAINS A, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.

SO PUBLIC FACILITIES REFER TO THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY CENTERS, SCHOOLS, CITY HALL, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, ET CETERA.

UM, ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT THE CITY, UM, ONLY HAS AUTHORITY OVER FACILITIES THAT IT OWNS AND OPERATES LIKE CITY HALL AND THE RECREATION BUILDINGS, POLICE AND FIRE.

SO IT DOESN'T, THIS, THIS FRAMEWORK ONLY HAS LIMITED AUTHORITY OVER THINGS LIKE SCHOOLS OR OTHER FACILITIES, UM, OWNED AND OPERATED BY OTHER DISTRICTS.

UM, THE PUBLIC FACILITIES POLICY FRAMEWORK OVERALL SPEAKS TO OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION OF FACILITIES AND ITS FOUNDATIONS.

UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT IT PULLS FROM, BUT SIMILAR TO PARKS, UM, IT, IT, IT OVERALL ADVANCES THE GOAL OF, UH, PETALUMA BEING LIKE A WELL CONNECTED, UH, SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT, CLIMATE FRIENDLY, UM, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, UH, CITY, AND IT SEEKS TO BETTER SERVE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ITS PUBLIC FACILITIES.

A COUPLE MORE, AGAIN, PUBLIC FACILITIES CAN ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF, OF RESIDENTS.

UM, IT COULD BETTER CONNECT RESIDENTS.

UM, THE, THE FRAMEWORK CEASE TO MAKE ENSURE THAT CITY FACILITIES ARE WELCOMING, ACCESSIBLE, AND YEAH, CARBON NEUTRAL AS WELL.

SO HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF THREE GOALS.

UM, AGAIN, SOME OF THE TOPICS LIKE POLICE AND FIRE ARE INCORPORATED INTO OTHER FRAMEWORKS.

UM, BUT THERE ARE THREE MAIN TOPICS HERE THAT THIS ONE COVERS.

HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC FACILITIES EDUCATION, AND THEN THE PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY FIRST, UH, HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC FACILITIES.

SO IT STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC FACILITIES MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF BOTH THE, THE FACILITIES THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO THE PROGRAMMING IN THE FACILITIES.

UM, POLICIES HERE WILL UPDATE, UM, EXPAND AND RELOCATE OR REPLACE FACILITIES AS NEEDED.

UM, THIS WOULD BE GUIDED BY A FACILITIES MASTER PLAN TO HELP PLAN FOR THIS.

UM, IT AIMS TO ENSURE THAT FACILITIES ARE DESIGNED TO BE ADAPTABLE, SO THEY CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES.

IT SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT TO THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND THE MARINA, BUT NOT A TON OF DETAIL.

UM, AND YEAH, THE ONE OTHER POLICY HERE RELATED TO PARKS IS THAT IT'S THE PUBLIC FACILITIES FRAMEWORK, UM, AIMS TO ENSURE THAT, UH, OUTDOOR SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S EXISTING PUBLIC FACILITIES, UM, IF THERE'S OUTDOOR SPACE, IT COULD BE USED FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BE OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC AND, AND WELCOMING AND CAN KIND OF NOT REPLACE PARKS, BUT CAN SERVE AS A,

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AND THEN LASTLY, THE, THE FRAMEWORK SEEKS TO ENSURE CARBON NEUTRAL FACILITIES INTEGRATE MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND ENSURE THAT THE FACILITIES ARE WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE.

NEXT, UM, CITY SEEKS TO ENSURE ALL RESIDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH SUPERIOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT THE PUBLIC FACILITIES.

SO THE GOAL HERE IS COORDINATING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ANTICIPATE COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF POTENTIAL BUILDING UPGRADES OVER TIME.

IT ALSO INCLUDES SUPPORTING CHILDCARE AND PRE-K SERVICES AT THE CITY'S PUBLIC FACILITIES.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE CITY AIMS TO INVEST IN ADAPTIVE SPACES THAT COULD BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES AT ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

LAST POLICY HERE, PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS.

UM, THIS ONE AIMS TO ENSURE THE PROPERTY CONTINUES TO HOST THE FAIR, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND ENJOYMENT, AND IS TOLD TO A VARIETY OF CIVIC USES.

UM, AS PART OF THIS FRAMEWORK, UM, FIRST POLICY HERE IS RELATED TO CREATING A MASTER PLAN.

THIS WOULD BUILD ON THE PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS GUIDING PRINCIPLES, WHICH IS IN POLICY TWO.

AND THEN THE FRAMEWORK ALSO SUPPORTS FOR, FOR WHATEVER USES COME ABOUT ON THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY, UM, PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN SUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THOSE USES, UM, UH, INCORPORATING CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGIES ON THE FUTURE USES.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE, THE POLICY FRAMEWORK AIM TO ENSURE THAT THE, UM, THE FRAGRANCE ARE BETTER CONNECTED WITHIN, UM, TO OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH SPEAKS BACK TO THE PARKS FRAMEWORK.

SO ENSURING THAT THE FUTURE USES ARE, ARE BETTER CONNECTED, UM, THROUGHOUT, UH, AT ILLUMINA WITH OTHER DESTINATIONS.

ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU MEGAN.

UM, AT THIS POINT WE'LL TURN IT, UH, BACK TO THE CHAIR.

JUST, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA TAKE QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN, UM, COMMENTS.

UM, JUST NOTE, UH, IF AS HELPFUL WE CAN PUT THIS SLIDE BACK ON THE SCREEN JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE THE TYPES OF FEEDBACK WE'RE MOST INTERESTED IN.

AND, AND ONE SPECIFIC THAT WE HAD FOR THE GROUP TONIGHT, UM, IS WHERE YOU THINK, UM, IT'S BEST, THE BEST POSITION IN THE GENERAL PLAN FOR TREES REALLY SHOULD BE.

IT'S CURRENTLY IN PARKS, AS MEGAN MENTIONED, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS FOR, FOR HOW TO ORGANIZE THE GP SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TREES.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

UM, DO I NEED TO DO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS HERE AS WELL TO START OFF WITH? OKAY.

I, I'LL START WITH CLA CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THERE.

I DON'T HAVE MEGAN NEXT TO ME.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON THE DOCUMENT UP HERE? I CAN'T SEE YOUR GUYS' NAME AND I'M HORRIBLE AT NAMES, SO.

WE'LL, I KNOW TERRAN, SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL START.

IF YOU'VE EVER DISCUSSED HAVING OPEN SPACE GOALS AKIN TO THE PART GOALS, BUT KIND OF THIS VERY SEPARATE USE CASE OR IF ANYTHING LIKE THAT'S COME UP, IF THAT, IF THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.

UH, THANK YOU.

AND RON, THIS IS A GENERAL QUESTION.

I NOTICED THAT ESPECIALLY IN THE PARKS FRAMEWORK, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT, UH, POLICIES THAT DON'T HAVE AN ACTION ITEM? UH, I'VE SEEN THOSE ACROSS DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS, PARKS STOOD OUT AS ONE.

UH, DO WE THINK THAT THAT MIGHT WEAKEN THE CHANCES OF GETTING THE POLICY OUTCOME WE WANT? OR, OR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? IT, SOME OF THEM, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE MAKING THE BROAD STATEMENT, BUT I WONDERED IF WE COULD BREAK THEM INTO ACTION ITEMS OR WE SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME THINKING OF SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS. OR YOU MIGHT TELL ME, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL EVOLVE AS WE GO, BUT I JUST WANTED YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU, DARREN.

UM, AND I'LL HAVE MEGAN SPEAK TO ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO THE PARKS, BUT JUST GENERALLY, UM, NOT EVERY POLICY NECESSARILY HAS ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THE, THE INTENT.

UM, SOME ARE, SO ARE REALLY DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO INFORM SPECIFIC DECISION DECISION MAKING AND DON'T HAVE CONCRETE STEPS TO TAKE NECESSARILY.

THERE'S NOT MANY OF THOSE MOST HAVE ACTIONS.

UM, SO TO THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, IF YOU SEE SOME THAT YOU THINK ACTUALLY REQUIRE FOLLOW ON ACTIONS AND YOU DON'T SEE ANY, THEN YES, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

UM, ONE OTHER QUICK RELATED COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE INCLUDED ACTIONS IN THE POLICY FRAMEWORK TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT SOME WOULD BE NEEDED, BUT AGAIN, IT'S CALLED A POLICY FRAMEWORK 'CAUSE WE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON GOALS AND POLICIES.

AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL ACTION DETAIL AND AGAIN, ARE VERY OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, AND THIS IS A QUESTION MAYBE BETWEEN, UH, NATURAL RESOURCES AND PARKS.

UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY IN PARKS WE HAVE THE KIND OF GOAL OF THE FIVE ACRES PER THOUSAND PEOPLE, WHICH WE ARE EXCEEDING.

YOU KNOW, I THINK NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE PARKS AND AREAS DESIGNED FOR HUMAN USE, UH, COMPARED TO OPEN SPACE, UH, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOR OTHER ORGANISMS TO USE.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THOSE CONVERSATIONS EVER CAME UP.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROLLOUT OF THE 30 BY 30, UM, CALIFORNIA STATE GOAL OF 30% OPEN SPACE.

I WONDERED

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I'LL LET MEGAN AND ORELLA RESPOND TO THAT.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A, A OPEN SPACE SERVICE TARGET GOAL? CORRECT.

JUST TO CLARIFY EX EXACTLY.

LIKE SEPARATE FROM KIND OF THE PARK USE THAT WE HAVE IN THERE NOW.

YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND SOMETIMES, UM, CITIES DO ESTABLISH AN OPEN SPACE TARGET, UM, OR METRIC TO MEASURE, UM, OPEN SPACE ACREAGE OR, UM, ACREAGE FOR RESIDENT, ET CETERA.

UM, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UH, UPDATING THE GENERAL PLAN, BUT THAT COULD CERTAINLY BE CONSIDERED.

BUT ONE THING TO NOTE TOO IS THAT, UM, I HAD MENTIONED IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, I THINK UNDER, UH, THE FIRST, THE VERY FIRST POLICY AND THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO DEVELOP A NEW SERVICE METRIC FOR PARKS, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE FOR OPEN SPACES.

SO THAT METRIC DEVELOPED IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN COULD POTENTIALLY SPEAK TO OPEN SPACE SERVICE IN SOME CAPACITY.

AND I'LL JUST WRAP UP 'CAUSE I KNOW, WELL, I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND I'LL HAVE A CHANCE AT A, A COUPLE MORE BITES AT THE APPLE ON THIS.

UM, BUT I THINK ONE OTHER BIG ONE FOR ME IS HAVE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY THE NATURAL RESOURCES PIECE, I'M WONDERING ABOUT, UH, BECAUSE THROUGHOUT WE IMPLY ANALYSIS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS TO MAKE SURE POLICIES ARE WORKING OR KIND OF MONITOR EXISTING CONDITIONS IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

UH, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION OF BIODIVERSITY SURVEYS, UH, AND INCLUDING THINGS LIKE SOIL SURVEYS, UM, ANY BUILDING OF CAPACITY IN THE CITY OR WITH CONTRACTED PARTNERS? I MEAN, THE CITY IS KIND OF HAS POINT BLUE RIGHT HERE.

UM, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT ADDING THINGS LIKE THAT TO NATURAL RESOURCES? MAYBE IT'S INFEASIBLE OR MAY, BUT HAVE WE, UH, HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT ABOUT KIND OF ONGOING BIODIVERSITY, UH, ANALYSIS? YEAH, I CAN START TO ANSWER THAT.

AND I DO WANNA MENTION THAT I HAVE ANOTHER COLLEAGUE ON THE CALL TOO, SO KEVIN, IF HE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD, UM, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT INTO SPECIFICS FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK QUITE YET.

UM, IT WOULD REALLY BE DIRECTING WHAT KIND OF ANALYSIS AND SURVEYS WOULD BE, UH, USED AT A GIVEN TIME AND WHAT WOULD TRIGGER THOSE.

KEVIN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, ANY MORE DETAIL ON THAT SINCE THAT'S MORE YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE? YEAH, I, I GUESS I'D SAY, UM, WE'D PROBABLY LOOK AT DIRECT IMPACTS TO SPECIFIC RESOURCES DEPENDING ON WHAT WOULD BE IMPACTED.

UM, SO SAY WE'RE GONNA BUILD A TRAIL OR WE WERE GONNA, YOU KNOW, BUILD NEAR WETLANDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE RESOURCES INEVITABLY WOULD BE EXAMINED.

UM, AND IMPACTS WOULD BE ASSESSED BEFORE, EXCUSE ME, THAT WORK WOULD BE TRIGGERED.

SO THAT IS PART OF THIS PLAN.

UM, AND THAT IS PRETTY STANDARD WHEN WE, WHEN WE IMPLEMENT SPECIFIC THINGS UNDER THE PLAN, THAT WE WOULD EXAMINE THOSE RESOURCES AND THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE PRETTY STANDARD.

SO YEAH, ENDANGERED SPECIES, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, SPECIFIC, UH, SPECIFIC WETLANDS OR OTHER RES WATER RESOURCES, UH, CULTURAL RESOURCES, ALL THINGS LIKE THAT ARE TYPICALLY EXAMINED IN A GENERAL AND INDIRECT AREA OF IMPACTS THAT A SPECIFIC TASK MIGHT ENTAIL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND, AND I THINK I WAS ASKING ABOUT KIND OF BASELINE ANALYSIS AND I THINK YOU'VE ACTUALLY ANSWERED THAT REALLY WELL IN CLARIFYING WHAT WE'VE FOCUSED ON HERE.

UM, SO I HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

UH, I THINK TARYN WAS FIRST.

TARYN, DID YOU HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION? YEAH, THANK YOU.

UM, UM, I'VE ATTENDED, UH, SEVERAL YEARS OF GPAC MEETINGS AND I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS AND REALLY GOOD THINKING, UM, INPUT, UH, BROUGHT FORWARD BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LOTS OF THEM WHO WERE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, UM, URBAN DESIGN, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND, UM, I SEE THAT, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAD CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BEFORE AS BEING, UM, PRETTY DARN SMART WEREN'T, AREN'T INCLUDED IN THE POLICIES THAT MADE IT.

SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROCESS AND CRITERIA WAS FOR THE DECISION MAKING THAT EXCLUDED A LOT OF THE CONTENT THAT WAS, UM, BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE COMMUNITY, UH, FROM THIS, UH, THESE SECTIONS OF, OF THE GENERAL PLAN DRAFT.

I'LL, I'LL RESPOND TO THAT GENERALLY.

AND THEN, UM, I, I ASSUME TARYN, YOU'RE RESPON REFERRING TO THE, UM, A HUNDRED PAGE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE GPAC WORKING GROUP.

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YEAH, YEAH.

SO, SO GENERALLY, AND THEN I'LL HAVE DELLA SPECIFICALLY TO HOW HER TEAM USED THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, GENERALLY WE LOOKED VERY HARD AT ALL OF THE, UH, SETS OF RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED BY THE GPAC WORKING GROUPS.

AND SO IF YOU SEE WHAT'S HELPFUL FOR US, IF YOU SEE SPECIFIC O OMISSIONS OR THINGS NOT ACCURATELY REFLECTED IN THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, YOU, IT MAY HAVE ENDED UP IN A DIFFERENT FRAMEWORK.

UM, AND SO WE'LL, WHILE WE'LL LOOK VERY MUCH FOR, VERY MUCH FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR COMMENTS LATER, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFICALLY AND HELP YOU FIND THEM IF THEY ACTUALLY DO, UH, UH, ARREST SOME IN SOME OTHER POLICY FRAMEWORK.

UM, NEXT QUESTION.

CAN YOU PLEASE, UM, JUST KIND OF ON A HIGH LEVEL, EXPLAIN WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS DRAFT GENERAL PLAN DOCUMENT AND THEN SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT? SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS, UM, NOT JUST THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, BUT THINGS LIKE, UM, THE RIVER ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN AND THEN TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS OR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT LATER GET APPENDED.

IS THAT, UM, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT A SECOND? SO IT'LL HELP ME UNDERSTAND LIKE, THE STREAM OF THE, OF THE WORKFLOW HERE.

UH, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IN TERMS OF LATER APP APPENDED, BUT YEAH, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE PUBLIC INPUT AS WELL AS THE KEY FINDINGS FROM THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, UM, OUR TEAM EXPERTS DID REFER TO OTHER TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS, UM, LOOKED AT BEST PRACTICES, UM, FROM THE FIELD.

UM, SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC REPORTS OR STUDIES IN MIND THAT YOU'RE WONDERING WHETHER WE CONSIDER IT OR NOT, UM, WE COULD, WE COULD LET YOU KNOW.

AND, AND IF, IF YOU THINK THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN 'EM YET, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM.

UM, OKAY.

AND THEN, UM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE TALK ABOUT WHAT FORMULAS OR CALCULATIONS YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, THE CONCEPTS OF, UM, UH, ACHIEVING NET ZERO AND UM, 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT'S GONNA BE PRETTY DARN CONCEPTUAL RATHER THAN TECHNICAL.

UM, BUT WHAT FACTOR OR, UH, WHAT, UM, VARIABLES DO YOU CONSIDER FOR THAT? UM, AS SUBSETS OF, OF, UM, OF, UM, LIKE EMISSIONS VERSUS, UH, SEQUESTRATION, THAT KIND OF THING, WHETHER IT'S FULL CONSTRUCTION, WHETHER IT'S JUST VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED OR WHETHER, UM, YOUR SEQUESTRATION HAS TO DO WITH CARBON CREDIT TRADING, WETLAND TRADING, OR THINGS LIKE TREE CARBON SEQUESTRATION.

UM, BECAUSE, UH, AS A TREE COMMITTEE PERSON THAT, UH, THE TREE PART OF THE EQUATION FOR ME IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, I WOULD REFER YOU TO THE BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY, WHICH HAS, UH, WHICH IS ORGANIZED BY SECTOR, ONE OF WHICH IS SEQUESTRATION.

UM, ANOTHER FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE, INCLUDING VMT.

SO IT PROVIDES QUITE DETAILED GHG REDUCTION MEASURES FOR EACH SECTOR.

AND THEN ALSO QUANTITATIVELY CONTRASTS THE PATH THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ON IN TERMS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WITH TWO ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS, ONE THAT ACHIEVES THE CITY'S 2030 GOAL OF CARBON NEUTRALITY.

UM, AND ANOTHER THAT GETS THERE SLIGHTLY LATER.

UM, SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE BEST PLACE FOR YOU TO LOOK FOR THE TYPES OF SPECIFIC QUANTITATIVE MEASURES THAT YOU ARE, UM, INTERESTED IN.

UM, I CAN PULL THAT UP LATER IF YOU HAVE MORE THANK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

UM, WE DID AS THE TREE COMMITTEE, WE DID HAVE BEEN PUT IN THAT DOCUMENT.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT QUANTIFYING, UM, TREE, UH, SEQUESTRATION, UM, VALUE.

UH, BUT WE DID PROVIDE THAT INPUT AND I JUST, I'M KIND OF WONDERING WHETHER IT'S, IT MADE IT INTO THE THINKING, I GUESS.

'CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN .

I'M, I'M GONNA GUESS IT DID.

UM, I'M NOT SURE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHETHER ALL OF THE SPREADSHEETS THAT WERE USED TO DO THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS ARE ATTACHED OR APPENDED TO THE BLUEPRINT OR NOT.

UM, BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT YES, IT, IT, THE EXTENT THAT THIS BLUEPRINT INCLUDES SEQUESTRATION AND TREES ARE A BIG PART OF THAT, THAT THERE WAS A FORMULA THAT THEY USED TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS SEQUESTERED BY TREES.

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UM, I HAVE LIKE THREE GOOD QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST IS, I, I UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE WITH MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP.

UM, AND, AND, UM, I HAVE, I DON'T SEE ANY GOALS ABOUT HOW TO CORRECT THAT OR HOW TO INCREASE THE INCOME OR HOW TO, UM, GET, GET A LEG UP ON MAINTAINING THE PARKS PROPERLY OR EVEN ADDING PARKS.

AND THEN WHEN YOU THINK OF ADDING THE FAIRGROUNDS, IT'S EVEN A HU A MUCH LARGER MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT.

SO I, THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME SORT OF GOALS OR ASPIRATIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE GET BETTER FUNDING OR HOW DO WE SPEND THE MONEY WE HAVE MORE EFFICIENTLY.

BUT I DON'T SEE THAT IN THE PLAN.

THE, UM, SECOND ONE IS, UM, IS A LOT OF TALK OF NETWORK AND FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, MOST OF THE NETWORK CONNECTING THESE PARKS OR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, A FEW TRAILS, BUT NOT, NOT THAT MANY, BUT STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.

AND I DON'T SEE THAT IN ANY OF YOUR GOALS IN, IN TERMS OF HOW TO IMPROVE THE CONNECTION THROUGH STREETS AND SIDEWALKS OR EVEN MAKE THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS MORE ATTRACTIVE TO PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES AND SO ON.

UM, AND THEN THE, UM, THIRD IS, IS URBAN.

YOU MENTIONED URBAN FORESTS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS AND IT'S NOT CLEAR IN THE GOALS THAT IS THIS PARKS, IS THIS STREETS, IS THIS PRIVATE LAND? WHAT, WHAT IS THE URBAN FOREST MADE UP OF? AND HOW ARE WE APPROACHING THAT? MEGAN, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU FEEL THOSE THREE QUESTIONS, IF THAT'S OKAY.

UM, SO THE FIRST ONE ABOUT, UH, MAINTENANCE AND ACQUISITION.

THAT HAS TREES IS YOUR INTEREST? I, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU DEAL WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY AND TREE, UH, URBAN CANOPY, UM, UH, OR STREET TREES OR THINGS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, RESPONSIBILITY RIGHT NOW.

SO, UH, IN THE PARKS FRAMEWORK, THAT'S UNDER GOAL TWO.

AND THEN THERE'S THE WHOLE GOAL, UH, DEDICATED TO MAINTENANCE.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT A LOT OF THE POLICIES AND ACTIONS HERE ARE, UM, OR IDEAS TO EXPLORE TO IMPROVE MAINTENANCE.

SO THEY, A LOT OF THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS RELATE TO THE STUDIES THAT THE CITY SHOULD CONDUCT, ET CETERA.

BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, OF STRATEGIES PROPOSED HERE IN, IN THE GENERAL PLAN UNDER THOSE, UNDER THOSE TWO, UM, GOALS.

AND AGAIN, ALSO THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, MASTER PLAN AS WELL AS ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL STUDIES THAT THE FUTURE AT THE CITY CONDUCTS IN THE FUTURE MAY ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE IDEAS, UM, RELATING TO THE NETWORK.

UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS FRAMEWORK DOESN'T TALK ABOUT STREETS AND SIDEWALKS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OFTEN HOW PEOPLE WALK AND ACCESS PARKS.

UM, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE TALKED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IN THE, THE TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK.

UM, SO WE WERE TO DO THIS AGAIN, I WOULD PROBABLY ADD A CROSS REFERENCE TO THE TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK SO WE COULD SEE, UM, SOME OF THE, THE CITY'S GOALS, UH, RELATED TO, UH, THE, THE STREET NETWORK, UM, AS WELL AS HOW TO, AS YOU MENTIONED, HOW TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY FOR, FOR EASE OF MOVEMENT.

AND THEN, UM, URBAN FORESTS, THE TERM JUST RELATES TO LIKE, JUST TREES GENERALLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT COMPRISE, YOU KNOW, URBAN FORESTS.

SO JUST FOR THE, THE FOREST AND YOU KNOW, UH, SLIGHTLY URBAN CONTEXT.

SO IT'S STREET TREES, IT'S TREES ON PUBLIC FACILITIES OR PARKS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES GROUNDS, ET CETERA.

SO IT REALLY, UM, COVERS A LOT OF, OF GROUND, I WOULD SAY.

UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING IS ENCOMPASSED UNDER THAT, THAT ONE, UM, GOAL RELATED TO URBAN FOREST.

UM, RON DELLA, KEVIN, ANYTHING TO TO ADD THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED? I, I, I WANNA JUST ADD THAT, YEAH.

UH, THE, THE URBAN FOREST, AS IT SAID, DOES INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT ENCOMPASSES PETALUMA, THAT INCLUDES THE STREET TREES, THAT INCLUDES THE TREE OUTSIDE OF YOUR FRONT HOUSE.

IT INCLUDES WILDLIFE, CORRIDORS, PARKS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOREST, UH, UH, THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE WILDLIFE URBAN INTERFACE THAT THEN CONNECTS INTO WILD AREAS THAT GO UP, UH, YONDER PAST PETALUMA.

SO IT DOES ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING.

UM, THERE'S NOT LIKE ONE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT METHOD THAT WE USE FOR THAT.

IT'S VERY BASED UPON WHERE THAT TREE IS, RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, THERE'S ALSO UTILITIES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

SO IT REALLY DEALS WITH VEGETATION AS IT IMPACTS SPECIFIC RESOURCES.

I THINK IN PETALUMA, AGAIN, THAT COULD BE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, IT COULD BE, UH, A PG E OR A GAS LINE, IT COULD BE A PARK, IT COULD BE MANY THINGS.

I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND IF THE, IT DOES, DOES THE PARK AND RECREATION HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN TERRITORIES OR IS IT EVERYTHING THAT,

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UM, I'LL JUST SAY A BIT ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND THEN MEGAN, IF YOU WANNA ELABORATE FURTHER, UM, I'M SURE DREW WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY TREE IN THE CITY.

UM, JUST JOKING, DREW, SORRY.

UM, NO, IT'S, IT, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS THAT IT'S GOTTA BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

OBVIOUSLY CITY TAKES CARE OF TREES ON CITY PROPERTY, BUT ALSO WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS.

UM, PROVIDES EDUCATION, UM, ET CETERA.

IT'S GOTTA VERY MUCH BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT THOUGH PURSUING THE TRACK, THE CITY'S LARGELY ALREADY ON THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

THREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? MEGAN? GOOD.

ROGER.

ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? OH YES.

IS IT UPPER LEE? OKAY, GREAT.

UM, COMMISSIONER SIMMONS.

UM, SO LAB OPEN SPACE IS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS, BUT IT'S 270 ACRES THAT CITY ZONES SINCE 1959 AND I DIDN'T SEE IT MENTIONED ANYWHERE IN THE DOCUMENT.

AND I'M LIKE CLARIFICATION AS TO WHY NADELA LAFFERTY, L-A-F-F-E-R-T-Y-I BELIEVE.

UM, I WILL SAY, I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY WHY LAFFERTY IS NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN THE, UH, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK.

WAS IT IN THE PARKS FRAMEWORK? I DON'T THINK SO.

I'M DOUBLE CHECKING.

I BELIEVE IT IS JUST WE DID, WE MAY NOT HAVE CALLED IT OUT SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT IS INCLUDED IN THE EIGHTH BRIDGE THAT WE GAVE FOR THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE THAT IS UNDER MANAGEMENT, THE STATE.

WE CAN'T CALL IT OUT MORE SPECIFICALLY THOUGH.

I'M JUST GONNA CALL OUT.

IT'S UNDER, UH, GOAL P TWO POLICY, P 2.2, ACTION P 2.2 0.1, DEVELOP A MANAGEMENT PLAN TO EXPAND ACCESS TO LAFFERTY RANCH FOR PUBLIC USE.

THANK YOU DARREN.

YOU MUST HAVE THE SAME DOCUMENT THAT I HAVE COMBINING ALL POLICY FRAMES TOGETHER SO YOU CAN SEARCH COMPREHENSIVELY, .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS EVER? LEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO, NO.

WAS THAT IT? OKAY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T WANNA CONTINUE AND NOT HAVE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOT BE RESPECTFUL.

HI.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN.

UM, SO IT WAS ADOPTED IN OH EIGHT AND THEN UPDATED IN 12.

WAS IT UPDATED DUE TO THE RECESSION? IS THAT WHAT THE UPDATING WAS FOR? OR DID WE SPEND MONEY IN THE RECESSION TO UPDATE THE GENERAL PLAN WHEN WE WERE CLOSING DEPARTMENTS? I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

DREW, DO YOU KNOW BY ANY CHANCE? I DO NOT KNOW AS WELL.

UM, OUR HISTORIAN ON THE DIOCESE MAY KNOW, BUT, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE GROUP ON THAT, UNFORTUNATELY.

UM, I LEFT THE COUNCIL IN 2008, SO MY NAME IS ON THE GENERAL PLAN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID IN THE FOUR YEARS.

UM, WE HAD A CHANGE IN CITY MANAGERS, SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER EITHER.

I WASN'T ON THE COUNCIL.

SORRY.

OKAY, THANKS EVERYONE.

, IT HAPPENS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYBODY'S ON IT.

COMMENTS, UM, FOR BREVITY.

UM, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS ADDED VIA, UM, EMAIL, CORRECT? RACHEL, SUSAN KIRKS.

I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

ANY OTHER CORRECT? JUST THE ONE.

THANKS.

OKAY, GREAT.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HERE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, SO WE WILL GO INTO, UH, COMMISSIONER AND COMMITTEE

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UM, I WILL NOTE IF, IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY, USE THE EMAIL FORM LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT BE HERE UNTIL 11, AS I TOLD DREW I GET UP AT FIVE.

SO THERE'S THAT.

UM, BUT ALSO THAT THAT ALSO COULD ALSO OPEN UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM RESPOND TO US.

UM, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE THING THAT WAS DIFFERENT IN THIS, UM, PRESENTATION THAT AT LEAST I DON'T REMEMBER IN PBA C ABOUT THE, UM, WAS VERY HELPFUL THAT YOU TOLD US THAT THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE GRANULARITY TO THIS BECAUSE I CAN'T LIE, I THINK I HAD THREE PAGES OF COMMENTS THAT I CAN NOW NOT SAY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE FOCUS.

SO THAT WAS SUPER HELPFUL THAT YOU GAVE US THOSE PIECES OF INFORMATION TODAY AND WE CAN KEEP IT, UM, TO THAT.

SO I'LL, UM, MAYBE I'LL START DOWN THERE WITH THE TRUE COMMITTEE FIRST THIS TIME FOR, UM, COMMENTS.

UM, MAYBE DARREN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? SURE.

I ALWAYS LOVE TO PARTICIPATE.

UM, SO I'M GONNA START WITH COMMENTARY ON THE NATURAL RESOURCES FRAMEWORK.

UH, AND REALLY JUST TO FRAME THIS, I THINK THERE ARE THINGS HERE THAT ARE MISSING.

UM, I THINK THERE'S KIND OF A REORGANIZATION THAT CAN HAPPEN TO SOME OF THESE POLICIES.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT, I'M GONNA SAVE MY 500 COMMENTS, UH, TO SEND VIA EMAIL, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS FOR ME IS MOVING THE URBAN FORESTRY PIECE UNDER NATURAL RESOURCES.

AND MY LOGIC FOR THAT WAS URBAN FORESTS COVER BOTH CITY OWNED LANDS, PRIVATE LANDS, AND THEN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THREE BIG AREAS WHERE WE INTERFACE WITH THE URBAN FOREST AND WE'RE KIND OF CATCHING UP A LOT OF OUR TREE POLICY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAXIMIZE CANOPY AND MEET OUR FORESTRY GOALS IN THOSE DIFFERENT USE CASES.

I THINK PUTTING IT UNDER PARKS KIND OF SIGNALS, UH, AS SOME KIND OF LIMITATION WHERE IT'S A BROAD NATURAL RESOURCES CONSIDERATION.

I THINK THERE'S ARGUMENTS, IT COULD GO UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE, IT CERTAINLY SHOULD BE REFERENCED THERE.

I THINK THE PARKS PIECE COULD BE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CITY MANAGEMENT OF URBAN FOREST AND HOW WE SUPPORT THOSE BIGGER GOALS.

SO NATURAL RESOURCES, THE BIG GOAL ABOUT URBAN FORESTRY, THE PARKS AREA IS THE GOAL OF HOW WE SUPPORT THOSE BIGGER GOALS IN OUR CITY MANAGED PARKS AND OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS.

I REALLY DID LIKE HOW WE DID MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PLANTING AND MAINTAINING IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS.

I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE BARRIER TO GET OVER.

AND REALLY I THINK A LOT OF THAT'S GONNA LIVE WITH PUBLIC WORKS, NOT NECESSARILY PARKS.

I MEAN, I LEAVE THAT TO THE CITY TO DECIDE WHAT'S BEST ORGANIZATIONALLY, BUT I THINK WITH A LOT OF CITIES THAT DO THIS REALLY WELL WITH CITY MANAGED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, TREES THAT LIVES WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES I WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR WAS MOVING THAT THRIVING URBAN FOREST OR THRIVE OVER TO NATURAL RESOURCES.

UM, ALSO I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES PIECE, LIKE I SAID, I THINK THERE COULD BE A LOT OF REORGANIZATION HERE.

I THINK SOME OF THIS BEGS TO ANALYZE THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.

YOU KNOW, BREAKING OUT BOTH URBAN FORESTRY BUT THEN RIVER AND WATERSHED WILDLIFE.

UM, I THINK SOIL IS ONE HUGE PIECE THAT'S MISSING.

UH, USUALLY WE TALK ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF TREE COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK THERE'S A MASSIVE MOVEMENT AND, AND I SAW A LOT OF THIS IN THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, BUT THEN WE GET TO THIS NATURAL RESOURCES SECTION AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY KIND OF SOIL ANALYSIS.

WE'RE, WE'RE NOT REALLY DIVING INTO WHAT IS KIND OF THE, THE BEDROCK, THE UNDERLYING FOUNDATION OF ALL OF OUR ECOSYSTEMS. SO I COULD SEE AN ENTIRE GOAL, UH, WITH SET OF POLICIES UNDER THAT, OR AT LEAST A REALLY STRONG POLICY ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME KIND OF SOIL ANALYSIS.

AND I KNOW PARKS HAS ALREADY ENGAGED IN SOME OF THAT WORK, I BELIEVE WAS OUR LAST UPDATE FROM CINDY.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT INCLUDED AND EXPANDED UPON, YOU KNOW, FOR KIND OF MORE OF THESE DETAILED ORGANIZATIONS, HOW I MIGHT REORGANIZE POLICIES.

I'LL SAVE A LOT OF THAT.

I THINK THERE COULD BE MORE THOUGH DEDICATION TO, I MEAN WILDLIFE CORRIDORS ARE MENTIONED THROUGHOUT, BUT I THINK THERE AGAIN COULD BE A COHESIVE SET OF POLICIES ABOUT THAT.

AND I THINK WE COULD DO MORE ABOUT BIRD, UH, NESTING SEASON.

IT COMES UP NOW A LOT IN PLANNING COMMISSION.

UM, IT'S COMING UP A LOT IN SOME OF THE OTHER FRAMEWORKS WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT ON UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOISE.

SO I THINK THERE'S KIND OF A WHOLE WILDLIFE PIECE THAT COULD BEGET ITS OWN GOAL OR AGAIN, MAYBE ITS OWN STRONG POLICY.

AND I ASKED BEFORE ABOUT KIND OF BASELINE BIODIVERSITY SURVEYS.

I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S IN THE CONTEXT OF A PROJECT BEING INITIATED THAT WE START DOING SOME KIND OF ANALYSIS OR IF WE ANTICIPATE AN IMPACT.

BUT I THINK THERE'S A GROWING MUNICIPAL ROLE TO PARTICIPATE OR AT LEAST DEVELOP OR IN THIS LANGUAGE EXPLORE IF WE WANT TO KIND OF HAVE IT NON-COMMITTAL,

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BUT EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DO THE KIND OF BIODIVERSITY ANALYSIS THAT I THINK IS REALLY THE FUTURE OF MANAGING OUR URBAN ECOSYSTEMS. UH, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MORE DEPTH, AND THIS IS VERY ASPIRATIONAL, THIS IS VERY MUCH EXPLORING, DISCUSSING AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY MISSING SOME OF THE BIGGEST PIECES OF WHAT WE COULD BE DOING IN THIS NATURAL RESOURCES SECTION.

UH, I MEAN THERE'S DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BUILDING OUT CAPACITY.

AGAIN, I REFERENCED POINT BLUE DEVELOPING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO DO SOME OF THIS ANALYSIS.

UM, AND I THINK THE AREA THAT REALLY STANDS OUT TO ME, UH, AS WELL WAS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, WHERE EXACTLY THAT FITS.

UM, FOR, FOR BREVITY'S SAKE, I'LL, I'LL SEND A LOT OF THIS, BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN NATURAL RESOURCES.

AGAIN, MY BIGGEST PUSH IS THIS URBAN FORESTRY GOAL HAS TO LIVE THERE.

OTHER DOCUMENTS CAN REFERENCE SUPPORTING THAT OVERARCHING GOAL WHERE APPROPRIATE.

SO THEN MOVING TO PARKS, UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE BIG PIECES ABOUT PARKS AND THAT IS ONE AREA UNDER POLICY P 1.3.

YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT IN LIEU KIND OF REPLACEMENTS WHEN WE HAVE OUR PARK REQUIREMENTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US SHADE AWAY FROM IN LIEU REPLACEMENTS.

UH, I THINK FOR, WE'RE SEEING THIS A LOT WITH DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME IN WHERE PARKS WEREN'T ADEQUATELY PLANNED FOR.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE OUR KIND OF GOAL PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS, BUT IT IS NOT EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED.

SO WHEREVER WE CAN, I THINK WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PARK SPACE, NOT IN AN IN LIE MITIGATION.

UM, THAT'S BECOME AN ISSUE ON A COUPLE PLANNING PROJECTS.

UM, AND I THINK FOR THE RIVER WE DO TALK ABOUT EXPANDING.

JUST TALK ABOUT SOMETHING I LIKE, WE TALK ABOUT EXPANDING THE RIVER, UH, ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN.

IT DESPERATELY NEEDS IT.

THERE'S TALKING ABOUT KIND OF A FULL OVERHAUL THERE, UH, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND YEAH, SO I, I TALKED ALREADY ABOUT THIS GOAL, P SIX, THRIVING URBAN FOREST, MOVE THAT OVER.

BUT I THINK THERE IS A, A PLACE HERE MAYBE THAT GETS REPLACED WITH WHAT I'M SAYING, REGENERATIVE PARK MANAGEMENT AND THAT CAN INCORPORATE THINGS LIKE I TALKED ABOUT THAT BASELINE SOIL TESTING.

I THINK THAT MIGHT LIVE THEIR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THAT.

I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING ABOUT THE IPMP AND THE CONTINUED ANALYSIS OF REPLACEMENT OF TURF FIELDS WITH THIS ORGANIC PROGRAM.

I KNOW THAT'S ONGOING, BUT THROUGHOUT A LOT OF THESE FRAMEWORKS WE REFERENCE ONGOING INITIATIVES TO MAKE SURE THEY KEEP GOING.

AND SO I THINK TALKING ABOUT CONTINUED ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT OF OUR IPMP PROCESSES OF THE ORGANIC TURF PROGRAM SHOULD BE UNDER THERE.

LIKE I SAID, I, WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, IT STARTED, THERE WAS ENOUGH DIFFERENT POLICIES STACKING UP WHERE I THINK YOU CAN MAKE THIS KIND OF A REGENERATIVE PARK MANAGEMENT GOAL AND THEN TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THESE URBAN FORESTRY GOALS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

LIKE LEAVE THAT PIECE IN THERE, THEN TALK ABOUT THE IPMP TALK ABOUT TURF AND SOME OF THOSE LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

REALLY, REALLY THAT'S IT.

THAT TREE PIECE WAS MY BIGGEST ONE FOR ALL THE REALLY SPECIFIC WRITING.

I'M GONNA SEND THAT, UH, PROBABLY TO RON AND STAFF.

UM, BUT YEAH, IF I DIDN'T MAKE IT CLEAR, I THINK THIS NATURAL RESOURCES ONE CAN REALLY GO UNDER THE HOOD.

AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE.

I AM VERY IMPRESSED THAT YOU DID THAT ON YOUR PHONE.

THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

UM, EVERLY, HOW ABOUT WE GO WITH OR WITH YOU FIRST? UH, WELL, JUST FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT DARREN WAS SAYING ABOUT THE IN LIE TRANSFER, THE ONE THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE WAS I A CONCEPT OF A PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, USING A ROOF GARDEN OR A PATIO AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET CREDIT FOR THAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE A KIND OF A RISKY THING TO DO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE OWNER CAN THEN SAY, OH, SORRY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE.

OR WE'RE MAKE RETURNING IT INTO A, AN A RESTAURANT OR A BAR AND YOU CAN COME HERE AND HAVE A, HAVE A DRINK HERE, BUT YOU CAN'T SIT OUT HERE.

UM, SO THAT WAS ONE THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE.

I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF IN HERE THAT I DO REALLY LIKE.

I, I I, I JUST LOVE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF EXPANDING OUR TRAIL.

MULTI-USE TRAILS TO CONNECT EVERYTHING IS PARTICULARLY ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF, OF THE PETALUMA RIVER.

ANYTHING ALONG OUR RIVERS AND CREEKS WE WOULD SERVE TO IMPROVE OUR WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AND IT WOULD JUST TICK A LOT OF BOXES.

UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I'VE WROTE DOWN MY NOTES, BUT I'LL JUST COVER A COUPLE HERE.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING.

WHERE DO TREES BELONG? I AGREE WITH, UH, MY COLLEAGUES THAT, UM, TREES

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BEL ARE A HIGHER LEVEL AND THEY CROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT? NOT JUST PARKS, NOT JUST STREET TREES, BUT ALSO DEVELOPMENT.

SO, UM, WHAT BEST LEADING CALIFORNIA TREE CITIES DO THAT THE TREE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH IS, UM, THEY HAVE AN URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ARE THE TREES CZARS, THE REALLY ACCOMPLISHED, UM, TREE ECOSYSTEM, UM, EXPERTS THAT, UM, ARE THE BUCK STOPS HERE FOR ALL TREE ACTIVITY WITHIN A CITY.

SO I THINK PULLING IT OUT SEPARATELY AND THEN REORGANIZING IN THE WAY THAT, UM, DARREN TALKED ABOUT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, WHAT WE GOT HERE IN PETALUMA IS IT'S AN ECOSYSTEM.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE, MAYBE WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR RESOURCES ARE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT PULLED ALL TOGETHER.

I THINK IT'S MAYBE MORE IN THE VISION STATEMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THAT WE HAVE A VERY CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM HERE.

UM, AND THAT OUR ECOSYSTEMS, WE NEED TO TAKE A HOLISTIC VIEW.

UM, TREES DON'T JUST EXIST ON THEIR OWN, STUCK IN SOME STERILE SOIL.

IT'S SOIL HEALTH, IT'S WATER AVAILABILITY, IT'S, UH, THE VEGETATION AROUND IT.

AND ALL OF THAT REALLY HAS TO BE LOOKED AT AS LIKE A SYSTEM.

UM, SO I'D LIKE THAT KIND OF SYSTEM KIND OF THINKING, UH, FLESHED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

UM, I WAS OVERALL REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I SAW, SO THANK YOU.

I'M JUST GONNA TRY TO BUZZ THROUGH THIS.

UM, COUPLE MORE THINGS.

OKAY, SO IN THE VISION GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THIS IS WATER QUALITY AND ASPECT.

UM, WATER QUALITY IS AN ASPECT OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND OUR GOVERNMENTS, UM, OUR GOVERNANCE NEEDS TO REFLECT THAT WE ARE A PRIVILEGED POSITION IN THE PETALUMA VALLEY.

'CAUSE WE ARE A WATERSHED.

I DIDN'T REALLY FEEL THAT THAT CAME ACROSS HERE, BUT IF YOU STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PETALUMA VALLEY AND LOOK AROUND, WE'RE SURROUNDED BY HILLS.

ALL, UH, WE GOT HUNDREDS OF CREEKS, RIGHT? I THINK LITERALLY ABOUT A HUNDRED THAT JUST FUNNEL DOWN OFF OF THE MOUNTAINSIDE.

AND WE ARE VERY CRITICAL AS GATEKEEPERS FOR WATER QUALITY INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

AND SO I THINK WHEN, IF WE STEP UP AND HONOR THAT RESPONSIBILITY, I THINK THAT WILL HELP US CASCADE DOWN INTO, UM, BEYOND POLICIES, INTO SPECIFIC ACTIONS.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THAT VISION THAT WE'RE NOT JUST, UM, TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT WE USE THE WORD PROTECT.

WE SAY SUSTAIN A RESILIENT ECOSYSTEM.

UM, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO SAY PROTECT IT AS WELL.

UM, THE PETALUMA RIVER IS VERY POLLUTED AND, UH, I, I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

I'D LIKE US TO BE ADULTS AND TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN FRONT DOOR.

UM, LET'S SEE.

UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIZED FOR EXISTING PLACES THAT ARE DISTRESSED RATHER THAN OPEN SPACE.

UM, SOMETHING THAT'S I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IS NO ARTIFICIAL TURF BECAUSE OF THE FOREVER CHEMICAL RUNOFF.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR BAY WATER QUALITY, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR WELL WATER QUALITY, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND OUR OWN BODIES, UM, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT NOT HAVING ARTIFICIAL TURF ANYWHERE IN OUR PARKS, ANYWHERE IN OUR DEVELOPMENTS, ANYWHERE ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO THINKING ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF POLLUTION AND ECOSYSTEM WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

COMMIT TO TAKING RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD, UM, THINGS LIKE, UM, UH, A STRONG TREE CAMPAIGN AS A VEHICLE THAT REG REGULARLY USES THINGS LIKE OUR PUBLIC WATER BILLS TO EDUCATE PRIVATE LAND, UM, OWNERS ABOUT TREES, THE BENEFITS, UM, TO, UM, TO EXPLORE MORE TAKING LEADERSHIP AND PROTECTING MORE TREES.

OH, QUANTIFYING CANOPY GOALS.

UH, WE TALK ABOUT, UM, TALK ABOUT TREES, BUT MAYBE WE CAN REFERENCE WHAT IS OUR CURRENT CANOPY METRIC.

UM, I THINK IT'S LIKE, GOD, WHAT IS IT? 10%? NOT QUITE 15%, BUT IT'S, IT'S DOWN THERE AT THE LOW END OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.

AND WHEN, AND IT'S GETTING LOWER AND LOWER AND RELIEF IS HELPING BUILD IT UP.

BUT I THINK THAT IT, IT'D SERVE US WELL AT SOME PLACE TO QUANTIFY WHAT THAT METRIC IS SO WE CAN BENCHMARK IT AND THEN ASSESS WHAT OUR FUTURE IMPROVEMENT IS.

AND, UM, IF WE CAN ADD AGGRESSIVELY PROTECT STREET TREES TO SLOW THE LOSS OF STREET TREES, RECOVER LOST GHOST TREES, AND ADD MORE TREES ON MORE STREETS.

AND THAT, I'LL SAY, IF THE CITY CANNOT JUST, UM, PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT

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AND THEN ALSO TO DO THINGS LIKE STEP UP AND SPONSOR THE TREE FEST, WHICH JUST HAPPENED TO, TO REALLY PUT A STAKE IN THE GROUND AND SAY, WE DON'T JUST LOOK TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES, BUT YEAH, WE'RE A LEADING TREE CITY.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

AND I THINK THAT THE REST OF MY STUFF, OH, ONE LAST THING, UM, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IT'S SUCH A GREAT IDEA, MAYBE WE COULD EXPLORE SOME PETALUMA WATER SOURCES RATHER THAN WELL SOURCES.

AND RATHER THAN RELYING ON SONOMA COUNTY WATER, SUCH AS CREATING A DAM AT TOLE REGIONAL PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I'M JUST SPEAKING IT OUT LOUD SO THAT PEOPLE CAN TELL ME LATER WHETHER IT'S NOT, AND THE REST I'LL SEND IN.

THANK YOU, ROGER, BILL.

OH, GOOD.

THAT ARTIFICIAL, CAN WE PUT THAT INTO THE GENERAL PLAN ALONG WITH PESTICIDES OR TOXIC PESTICIDES AND THAT VOCABULARY? SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.

WELL, UH, THANK YOU.

I THINK THIS, UH, THIS DOCUMENT'S GREAT IN THAT IT'S, UH, REALLY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS FAR AS POLICY GOES.

THE THRIVING URBAN FOREST.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.

I DO THINK THAT THE ACTIONS NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED, UH, AS A GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS.

IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT THE ACTIONS MOVE THE NEEDLE SIGNIFICANTLY.

WE HAVE A CANOPY COVERAGE OF AROUND 13% RIGHT NOW, AND A THRIVING URBAN FOREST WOULD HAVE A COVERAGE BEYOND 25% TARGETING 30% PLUS.

SO WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO.

I THINK, UH, STREET TREES ARE, ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR AREA OF IMPROVEMENT THAT, UH, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT FROM.

UH, SO SEEING A STRONG ORDINANCE AND, UH, COMPLIANCE AND, UH, PROVEN MODEL, HOPEFULLY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UM, I, I KNOW WE CAN HOPEFULLY CAN, CAN GET THERE.

UM, LET'S SEE.

I, WHEN I WAS READING THIS, I WAS ASKING MYSELF WHETHER THE PROPOSED POLICY AND ACTIONS COULD GET US TO THOSE 25, 30% CANOPY COVERAGES.

WILL, WILL WE BE ABLE TO REPOPULATE OUR STREET TREES AND BRING BEAUTIFUL SHADY CANOPY TO OUR STREET SCAPES WITH THESE ACTIONS? UM, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I WENT THROUGH THE DIFFERENT POLICIES.

I HAVE SOME, UH, I'VE THOUGHT SOME, UH, COMMENTS HERE, MAYBE WORTH GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE DETAIL, UM, FOR, UH, ALTHOUGH I, I BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE RESISTED THAT.

UM, LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING OVERARCHING.

UM, I THINK ONE THING IS REALLY TRYING TO GET TO THAT, UH, THAT METRIC OF 25% OR WHATEVER THAT GOAL WOULD BE.

AND, UH, THAT WE HOLD OURSELVES TO IT.

THAT IF WE'RE, IF OUR MODEL ISN'T WORKING IN 2, 3, 5, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, THAT WE REEVALUATE AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, BOLSTER THE, THE URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT IF, OR, OR, OR CREATE ONE IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY.

UH, 'CAUSE I, I CERTAINLY WANT TO, WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE SAME POSITION 20 OR 30 YEARS FROM NOW.

NOW, UM, WELL, I'M GOING TO, UM, SPARE YOU BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A MONTH, AND I GET TO REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER DIRECTLY, AND I CAN PUT INPUT THINGS INTO THE, UM, ONLINE, UM, WITH THE FRAME, UH, THE FRAMEWORK, THE, UM, I WANTED TO BOUNCE OFF OF, UH, TERRANCE'S COMMENT ABOUT POLICIES ON, UM, THE ARTIFICIAL GRASS, AIR TURF, AND POSSIBLY THE PESTICIDES.

IN OUR LAST GENERAL PLAN, WE BANNED DRIVE-THROUGH, UM, BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE.

UM, IT WAS AN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A CLIMATE, UM, RESPONSE TO THINKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE AND, UM, CARBON NEUTRALITY AND THE POLICY TO BAN

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AND I HAVEN'T SUBMITTED TO THE CITY YET, SO I DON'T KNOW IF RON WANTS TO COMMENT.

HOW DO WE GET THAT INTO AS A POLICY? UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT RECOMMENDATION.

UM, I THINK A GENERAL PLAN COULD ADDRESS THAT TOPIC.

UM, I DON'T KNOW THE LEGALITY OF IT.

I, I'D CERTAINLY WANT TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY'S LEGAL TEAM TO CONFIRM HOW FAR CITY CAN GO.

I JUST DON'T KNOW.

UM, AND THEN I JUST ALSO STRESS THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY THE CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY, IN ADDITION TO ADOPTING A POLICY TO THAT EFFECT, AND THE GENERAL PLAN WOULD HAVE ALSO HAVE TO THEN AMEND THE, THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

'CAUSE I KNOW WE DID IT FOR THE DRIVE-THROUGH BUSINESSES, SO I JUST DON'T, I MEAN, THAT WAS ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, SO I WAS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL THAT DID THAT? YES.

OR WHAT, I MEAN, THAT FEELS LIKE A CITY COUNCIL THING.

WE, AT THE FINAL, WE, THAT WAS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN, BUT IT CAME TO US TO FINALIZE.

SO, AH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.

I JUST KNOW THAT WE BANNED DRIVE-THROUGH BUSINESSES BECAUSE THE, UM, EFFECTS IT HAS ON THE CLIMATE AND THE YEAH, THE ENERGY.

SO THE CARBON BLUEPRINT, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, THINKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE, AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF, UM, AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN, SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEEDED CITY FACILITIES.

SO WE BROUGHT 'EM IN.

SO I, I KNOW THERE IS AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE LAST GENERAL PLAN.

SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ADD THAT AS A POLICY SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE.

I'LL ASK THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT TOO.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I'LL SPARE YOU.

I KNOW, I KIND OF FEEL BAD.

I MEAN, I, I THINK I'M REFERENCING, UM, THE LAST MEETING THAT I WAS AT THAT DID LAST UNTIL I THINK 1130 AT NIGHT.

AND SO, UM, WHEN WE GOT THIS, UM, THE DIRECTIVES ABOUT EMAILING IN, THAT'S WHY I, I COMMENTED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I FOLLOW THE, THE INSTRUCTIONS SOMETIMES I'M A RULE FOLLOWER.

SO FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS THERE.

UH, COMMISSIONER ALBERT ELLI, UM, I WILL BE SUBMITTING SOME COMMENTS, UH, BY EMAIL.

ALSO, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE ABOUT, UH, RELYING ON VOLUNTEERS TOO HEAVILY FOR PARK MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.

UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT CAN BE VERY PROBLEMATIC.

UM, SO I HAVE SOME, SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, THAT I'LL SUBMIT.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, IN THE TALK ABOUT FUNDING, IN IMPROVING FUNDING FOR PARK MAINTENANCE, AND I DON'T SEE MENTIONED ANYWHERE IN THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THAT, FOR THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A DEDICATED BASELINE BUDGET FOR THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT COVERS ALL THE BASIC REQUIRED MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.

THERE'S THE RECREATION CAN, CAN EXPAND AND, AND SHRINK, DEPENDING ON DEMAND FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND RECREATION CAN BECOME COST NEUTRAL BY CHARGING WHAT IT COSTS THEM TO PROVIDE THE PROGRAMS. BUT THE LAND IS GONNA BE THERE, THE LAND IS THERE 365 DAYS A YEAR, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

IT NEVER GOES AWAY.

IT ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED THAT THAT'S JUST NEVER GONNA GO AWAY.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING ON MORE ACREAGE.

UH, THE PARK DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO HAVE A DEDICATED FUND, A DEDICATED BUDGET THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO JUSTIFY EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT COVERS THE COST FOR ALL THE BASIC MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.

AND THEY SHOULD ONLY BE HAVING TO, UH, REQUEST BUDGET ITEMS FOR ADDITIONAL, FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, FOR EXPANDING PROGRAMS, FOR ADDING ADDITIONAL THINGS, ENHANCING THINGS.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME LANGUAGE IN THIS GENERAL PLAN THAT, UM, SAYS THAT A GOAL WOULD BE FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE A DEDICATED BASELINE BUDGET EVERY YEAR.

AND I'LL SUBMIT THE REST OF MY COMMENTS BY EMAIL.

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THANK YOU, HANNAH.

HELLO? UM, YEAH, I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT PARKS IN THE LAST GENERAL PLAN LOOKED MUCH DIFFERENT, RIGHT? LIKE, THESE WERE PROBABLY ALL GOALS 20 YEARS AGO AS WELL.

UM, AND WE DIDN'T SUCCEED IN MAINTAINING OUR PARKS.

AND WE DROPPED THE BUDGET ON OUR PARKS.

UM, THE EXPANDING USE WITH SCHOOLS, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL PUBLIC PROPERTY, THEY'RE ALL OPEN AFTER SCHOOL HOURS.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND, LIKE THEY'RE, IT'S ALREADY THERE.

UM, I THINK WE DO NEED TO EVALUATE THE LEDS 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A VERY UNCERTAIN AREA AND IT COVERS A LOT OF PROPERTY IN OUR TOWN WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SAY, BUT JUST KIND OF, SORT OF TAKEN CARE OF.

UM, I LIKE THAT THE MASTER PLAN IS INCLUDED IN THE FRAMEWORK, BUT YEAH, LIKE MARYANNE SAID, LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE A BASELINE TO OPERATE WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE WE ADD OTHER THINGS.

LIKE WE CAN KEEP ADDING THINGS AND WE CAN KEEP DEFERRING MAINTENANCE AND WE CAN KEEP THEN SCRAMBLING TO FIX THE THINGS THAT WE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON BECAUSE WE ACQUIRED NEW THINGS.

SO YEAH, I AGREE WITH MARIANNE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UM, IN THE POLICY AND FRAMEWORK.

SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO BEG FOR MONEY EVERY YEAR AND FOR MAINTENANCE WORKERS.

SO THAT, THAT IS MY PIECE.

THERE'S A JOKE IN THERE, BUT I WON'T DO IT.

UM, .

ALRIGHT, SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THIS ITEM.

UM, SO, UM, UH, WITH THE , WITH THE, UM, ONE THING THAT'S STATED IN THERE, AND I MEANT TO ASK THIS, THIS IN CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, BUT IT STATED, IT DOES STATE THAT NEW, UM, PARKS, UH, NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN FUNDING.

AND THEN IT ALSO STATES NUMEROUS PARKS THAT WILL BE ADDED.

SO I THINK DIFFERENTIATING WHETHER OR NOT THOSE, IF, AND AGAIN, IF I READ THAT CORRECTLY, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ADDITIONAL PARKS ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDING AND THEN HOW THAT WOULD BE DISCERNED FROM NEW PARK GETS MONEY, YET OLD PARKS DON'T.

AND THAT'S AT THE VERY, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T, I, I DIDN'T WRITE THE PAGE NUMBER OF THAT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY'RE TALKING, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE, UM, THE NEW PROPOSED PARKS.

SO THAT'S AN AREA, I DON'T KNOW TO, TO WORDSMITH OR, OR DESCRIBE BETTER, BUT IT WAS VERY CONFUSING TO ME ABOUT HOW, UM, HOW AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF THAT.

UM, I THINK IT WAS AWESOME THAT YOU GUYS STRESSED THE MASTER PLAN.

I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE ENTIRE GENERAL, THIS WHOLE PIECE THAT WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT MEANS NOTHING WITHOUT THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.

I DO KNOW THAT IT WAS APPROVED AND THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR YEAR TWO OF THE UPCOMING CYCLE, UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GREAT.

UM, UM, THEN ON PAGE 23, IT'S LIKE 5.6.

UM, YOU COULD ADD THAT, UM, TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADD FACILITIES THAT CAN HOLD LARGE SPORTING EVENTS TO GENERATE REVENUE.

UM, THAT, THAT'S A KEY PIECE.

MY, UM, AS I'M LEARNING, BOY, CAN YOU MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AT A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT? I'M TELLING YOU, WE, WE NEED TO GET THAT STUFF GOING HERE.

UM, , ANY SPORTING EVENT REALLY, UM, COULD THERE BE, UH, ALSO, UM, ADDING FEE-BASED STRUCTURES, UM, THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN PARKS AND RECREATION BEFORE, BUT FORGET GRASS FIELD USAGE, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP GO BACK INTO THE GOPHER ABATEMENT SYSTEM.

UM, I KNOW THAT WE CHARGE FOR TURF, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TURF.

UH, BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME WAY, UM, TO ADD THINGS LIKE THAT IN THERE.

UM, PAGE 26, 7 0.2, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.

UM, ACTUALLY NO, I'M GONNA EMAIL ON THAT.

THE OTHER THING, UM, THE OTHER UNDER, UM, OVERLYING THING WITH SENIORS, UM, IS THAT THEY, UH, SOMEHOW ADDING THEM TO THE ACTUAL PLAYGROUND DISCUSSION AS WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF THESE DISCUSSIONS TOO.

THEY NEED TO BE INCLUDED INTO THEIR, UM, AND, UM, AND REALLY ASKED ABOUT WHAT KIND OF THINGS THEY WANT AS WELL.

UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, SENIORS AND TEENS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OUR OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STUFF.

UM, AND I THINK I'LL EMAIL THE REST OF MY THINGS.

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UH, DO WE YEAH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, STACY.

UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE CORE QUESTIONS, I'M CURIOUS FOR MY TREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

DO YOU GUYS LIKE THE DIRECTION OF HAVING THE POLICY SIX OR THE GOAL SIX ABOUT A THRIVING URBAN, URBAN CANOPY IN NATURAL RESOURCES? AND THAT, LIKE, THAT'S THE TRUNK OF OUR TREE POLICY AND THEN THE BRANCHES REACH INTO PARKS AND HOW OUR PARKS, UM, MANAGEMENT OF CITY LANDS AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY SUPPORTS THAT SAME IN INFRASTRUCTURE.

IS THERE ANY KIND OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT, OR DO YOU THINK THAT'S WORTH DOING OR LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS OR? YEAH, ROGER, UH, HIS, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ON CITYWIDE BASIS, INCLUDING CHICO, THE STREET TREES ARE USUALLY PART OF PUBLIC WORKS, BUT THEY HAVE A SKILLSET OF, OF EMPLOYEES WHO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH STREET TREES.

IT'S NOT PART OF RESOURCES, IT'S NOT PART OF PARK.

IT'S A PUBLIC CORRIDOR THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS COMMITTED TO.

UH, AND IT'S MAINTAINED AS A CORRIDOR, IT'S NOT PART OF ANOTHER SYSTEM.

AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE ELEMENTS THERE IN PROBABLY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND PROBABLY PARKS.

BUT I THINK THOSE ARE PIECES.

AND THEN WE HAVE THIS UNDERLYING URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN CANOPY GOALS ACROSS ALL DIFFERENT USES, INCLUDING PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT I THINK COULD START IN NATURAL RESOURCES.

BUT WHAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IS THIS COMPONENT OF THE MA OF THE GENERAL PLAN SENSE OF PLACE, AND THE, AND THE, THE PUBLIC CORRIDOR.

THE IMAGE OF THE CORRIDOR IS A SENSE OF PLACE.

AND THAT'S AN URBAN DESIGN QUESTION.

IT'S NOT A PARKS QUESTION, IT'S NOT AN ENGINEERING QUESTION.

IT'S A WHAT DO WE WANT THIS PLACE TO LOOK LIKE? THAT'S WHAT I THINK IT SHOULD BE.

WHERE DO YOU THINK URBAN FORESTRY SHOULD SIT IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES? YEAH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS RUN BY BRIAN O SHOULD, SHOULD HAVE THAT UNDERNEATH.

SO WE WANT EVERY FRAMEWORK TO BE ABOUT TREES.

UH, NO.

I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE RAM JUST BECAUSE I MADE, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS ABOUT NATURAL RESOURCES.

I APPRECIATE IN GOAL ENV TWO, THERE'S KIND OF THIS HINT OF THIS EXPANDED VIEW OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH, INCLUDING WHAT I LOVE IS THEY PUT PLANTS, WILDLIFE, FUNGI, INSECTS.

THOSE ARE KIND OF TWO THINGS.

AND SO I LOVE SEEING THAT.

I JUST THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT AND THEN REALLY MORE FIRMLY INTEGRATE IT INTO POLICY AND ACTION.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WAS, WHAT I WAS, UH, ADVOCATING FOR.

SO THANK YOU STACY, FOR THE LATITUDE.

YEAH, SURE THING.

UM, I'M GONNA ADD ON TOO.

I, I NEED TO ECHO COMMISSIONER BOTTICELLI'S, UM, ASPECT FOR THE DEDICATED BUDGET, UH, FOR MAINTENANCE.

UM, I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING FIRM THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

SO ARE WE REALLY FINISHED WITH THIS ITEM NOW? RIGHT.

THANK YOU TREE COMMITTEE FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK.

UM, I HOPE I DIDN'T COME ON TOO STRONG BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THE COMMENTS.

, THANK YOU.

AND, AND THANK YOU RAMEY AND TEAM, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

YES, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU A LOT FOR THE CLARIFICATION OF HOW MUCH MORE DETAIL WE'LL BE IN THE FUTURE, UM, DRAFTS OF THIS.

THAT WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL TONIGHT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

ARE THESE, UH, EMAILS DUE ANY PARTICULAR TIME TO, UH, TO THE CONSULTANTS? OH, GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK IT WAS THE, I WANNA SAY LIKE JUNE 7TH.

UM, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL ON SYDNEY, BUT I, THAT NAME OR THAT DATE STICKS OUT.

SO LET'S SAY FIRST WEEK IN JUNE.

WE WILL MOVE TO, UM, COMMITTEE COMMENT.

[COMMITTEE COMMENT]

UH, HANNAH, I WILL START WITH YOU.

YEAH, JUST SUPER PUMPED ON WHAT MCNAIR LOOKS LIKE.

UM, I MET WITH JACK AT SOUTHGATE.

UM, HE HAD EMAILED ME BECAUSE IT IS MY PARK, UM, EMAILED JACK, WHO IS ONE OF THE ADVOCATES FOR THE SOUTH GATE PARK, UM, TO GO OVER THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS WITH DIBBLE LANDSCAPING.

UM, WE MET FRIDAY.

APPARENTLY DIBBLE HAD GONE THROUGH ON THURSDAY, SO I THINK IT LOOKED MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT HAD WHEN HE HAD INITIALLY I INITIAL, INITIALLY EMAILED ME.

UM, BUT YEAH, IT WAS GREAT TO TALK TO HIM AND JUST HEAR HIS CONCERNS, UM, POINTED OUT SOME GRAFFITI TO HIM THAT HE DIDN'T SEE.

SO I GOT A WORK ORDER IN FOR THAT.

HE SAID THEY WERE THERE PAINTING IT OVER TODAY, SO.

AWESOME.

UM, YEAH, THE PARK LOOKED GREAT.

I WAS LIKE, THIS PARK LOOKS GREAT.

I DON'T, SO I I MISSED THE BAD PART, I GUESS.

UM,

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IT'S SO EXCITING.

AND I KEEP GETTING THE QUESTIONS, WELL, HOW ARE THEY GONNA KEEP THE DOGS OFF THE FIELD? HOW ARE THEY GONNA KEEP THE DOGS OFF THE FIELD? I'M LIKE, OH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

HOPEFULLY THEY ENFORCE THE NO DOG POLICY BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT THE DOG PEOPLE BEG FOR A FENCE 'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA GET TICKETED ANYMORE.

THAT'S MY PLAN.

UM, BUT YEAH, JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE ARE GONNA FOLLOW THROUGH AND DO THE SOFTBALL FIELD AS WELL.

IS THAT AN ASSUMPTION? I AM MAKING UNJUSTLY.

WE, UM, SO YES, WE, WE DID THE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE IRRIGATION AS FAR AS THE SOFTBALL.

SO WE'LL REGROUP.

I DON'T HAVE A TIMING FOR THAT.

UM, BUT AT LEAST THE IRRIGATION WAS EXTENDED, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ON EN ROUTE, BUT NO TIMING, JUST, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SOFTBALL WAS ALSO ON THE TABLE.

UM, AND NOT JUST BASEBALL.

UM, YEAH, OTHER THAN THAT, PARKS LOOK GOOD.

EVERYTHING'S BUSY AND OF SCHOOL YEAR'S COME IN EVERY LIKE SUMMER'S IN THE AIR AND I'M READY.

I'M READY FOR SUMMER.

IT'S THE 12 WEEKS OF MAY.

REALLY? 'CAUSE I'M LIKE, I HEARD WE'VE GOT 13 DAYS LEFT OF SCHOOL .

OH, WOW.

WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY, IT SEEMS SO SHORT, BUT SO FAR, UM, IT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE PROMOTING KIDS.

RIGHT.

UM, COMMISSIONER BERTELLI, UM, I THINK THE PARKS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

I, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE MONEY THAT'S BEING SPENT ON GO FOR ABATEMENT AND NEW EQUIPMENT AND UM, UP UPGRADED MAINTENANCE IS BEING PUT TO GOOD USE.

AND, UH, I WENT TO THE, UM, THE CITY, UM, FAIR ON SATURDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR THE GENERAL PLAN MEETING, JUST TO CHECK IN.

I WAS RIDING MY BIKE AROUND, SO I STOPPED BY AND SAW PATRICK THERE.

AND JUST TOOK A LOOK AROUND AT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COMMENTS.

A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

UM, YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN, NOW.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, GOOD NEWS.

UM, I WAS DRIVING OVER THE D STREET BRIDGE.

I LOOKED OVER TO MY RIGHT AND THERE WAS BENCHES ON THE FISHING PIER AT THE END OF B STREET.

SO THEIR BACK, THEIR BEAUTIFUL NEW BENCHES, THEY HAVE ROOSTER HEADS ON THE, UM, THE BACK OF THE METAL POSTS.

AND THEY WERE BUILT BY THE PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.

SO I GUESS PUBLIC WORKS PUT THEM IN AND DIDN'T NOTIFY ANYBODY.

AND I JUST HAPPENED TO FIND THEM.

AND SO I WENT AND TOOK PICTURES AND DID IT BEFORE AND AFTER.

SO IT, UM, PAYS TO TAKE PICTURES, UM, 'CAUSE IT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT.

IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO ADOBE ROAD WINERY WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION IS.

AND THEY HAD, UM, IN LOU, UM, WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING, THEY HAD BUILDING FEES THAT THEY HAD TO, SO I'M HOPING THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY FOR THE BENCHES AND THE CONCRETE CAME FROM.

BUT I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.

BUT, UM, THERE GO, UH, ME WALK SCHOOL DID A BIG PLANTING DAY LAST FRIDAY.

UM, AND IT WAS DONE BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF DAILY ACTS AND IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING ONE MORE, I BELIEVE ON SATURDAY IS ANOTHER PLANTING DAY AT NEW YORK SCHOOL.

UM, THE, UM, LIBRARY RENOVATION, UM, THEY CAME TO US LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND THE LIBRARY, THE, OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY IN PETALUMA WILL BE CLOSED FOR A YEAR.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE EARTHQUAKE PROOFING AND UPDATING THE ENTIRE LIBRARY FACILITY.

SO THEY HAVE TO CLOSE THE LIBRARY FOR A YEAR, BUT YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO CHECK OUT BOOKS.

AND THE KENWORTH REC CENTER, I BELIEVE IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE AS AN INTERIM LIBRARY.

SO YOU CAN GO AND GET THE BOOKS THAT YOU NEED, BECAUSE I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN THAT WE CHECK OUT PILES OF BOOKS EVERY WEEK.

UM, WAIT, DO YOU MEAN THE TEEN CENTER? YEAH.

IT'S GONNA BE USED AS AN INTERIM LIBRARY FOR A YEAR.

, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS GOES.

WANNA DO WITH, UM, THE UGB AND, UM, PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER AND, UM, BECOMING THESE LITTLE HUBS OF A 15 MINUTE CITY.

YES.

JUST A HEADS UP.

THAT'S WHAT, WELL, THERE'S NO TEEN PROGRAMMING HAPPENING, SO I'M SURE IT'S FREE.

YEAH, WELL THAT'S ANOTHER SUBJECT.

BUT, UM, UH, THE COUNCIL'S WORKING ON SAFE STREETS, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THESE FUTURE LAND USE, UM, POSTER HERE AND THE 15 MINUTE CITY DRAFT, WE HAD BIG MEETINGS AND BIG DISCUSSIONS TO LATE AT NIGHT ON WHAT WE

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SO MY SUGGESTION WAS TO PUT ONE CLOSER TO SCHOENBERGER.

I'M IN DISTRICT THREE AND THEY HAD IT NEXT TO CASA GRANDE, BUT I SAID I'D LIKE TO SEE IT, UM, NEAR SCHOENBERGER PARK BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE LOT, LOTS OF WALKING DRILLS DOWN THERE ON YOUR WAY TO KAISER.

UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

AND WE HAVE THREE, UH, MEETINGS, A BUDGET COMING UP.

SO, UM, AS FAR AS MY PARKS, THEY ALL LOOK GOOD.

UM, WE HAD, UM, UH, QUITE A LIVELY GROUP OF TEENAGERS AT LAKEHORN WHEN I WAS THERE WITH MY GRANDKIDS, AND I TOLD THE TEENAGERS THAT THEY WANT MORE IN PETALUMA TO COME DOWN AND TALK TO US.

SO I WAS HOPING TO SEE TEENAGERS DOWN HERE, BUT THE, UM, THE TEENAGERS NEED A PLACE TO HANG OUT AND EAT ICE CREAM, AND I DIDN'T THINK THEY NEEDED TO BE ON THE TODDLER AREA.

UH, THE NANNIES AND BABYSITTERS AND DAYCARE PROVIDERS JUST SAID, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HANG OUT DOWN HERE WITH THE LITTLE KIDS WHEN THE TEENAGERS GET OUTTA KENNELWORTH.

SO THAT WAS SAD.

SO, I DON'T KNOW.

DREW HAS SOME GREAT IDEAS HE SENT ME ON YOUTH AND THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT AND ADDRESS AS, AS FAR AS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE WITH TEENAGERS.

THERE'S THAT JUNIOR HIGH GROUP THAT NEEDS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING, I'M AFRAID.

SO WHERE IT WAS, BUT THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TARGET .

WELL, THANK GOD YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL MY REPORT.

, UH, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE THE, UM, WELL, EVEN IT SAYS THERE THAT, UH, I THINK OVER THE AGE OF 12 CANNOT USE, UH, ANY PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, THOSE SLIDES AND STUFF, LIKE THERE'S SIGNAGE AND STUFF THERE, BUT YES, THEY, THEY, THEY DESPERATELY NEED A PLACE TO HANG OUT, OTHERWISE THEY'RE GONNA JUST GET INTO TROUBLE.

UM, BUT, UH, I FORGOT ONE THING.

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU CAN, I'M JUST ON A RANT ABOUT TEENS, SO, UH, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

AND THEN I'LL GO .

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION AS PART OF MY TREE COMMITTEE LIAISON DUTIES THAT, UH, WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, TREE FEST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

AND, UH, IT WAS, I THOUGHT, VERY WELL ATTENDED.

AND, UM, PEOPLE SPREAD MULCH AND THEY PAINTED A MURAL, AND WE HAD SOME TABLES OUT THERE, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS.

UM, I WAS THE TREE MASCOT FOR THE DAY, WEARING THE TREE COSTUMES.

SO, UM, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND IT WAS A GR A REALLY A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY EVENT.

AND I HOPE THAT, UM, IT SETS A STAGE FOR A FUTURE TREE FESTIVALS THAT WE CAN HAVE EVERY YEAR THAT BECOME A VERY, UM, WELL LOVED COMMUNITY EVENT.

UM, THE, THIS IS NOT ONE OF MY PARKS, BUT I HAVE BEEN GOING THERE A LOT LATELY.

PRINCE PARK LOOKS REALLY, UM, THE GOPHER SITUATION DEFINITELY LOOKS A LOT BETTER.

UM, AND, UH, AND THEIR FIELDS LOOK REALLY GOOD TOO.

UM, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN OVER TO MCNAIR AS MUCH AS I HAVE WANTED TO WITH MY ENORMOUS PUPPY THAT WEIGHS 90 POUNDS.

UH, BUT , I HAVEN'T GOTTEN OVER.

DON'T WORRY.

HE, HE COMES ON COMMAND.

UM, BUT, UM, BUT, UH, THE OTHER ONES HAVE BEEN LOOKING GOOD.

THE SKATE PARK.

UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE IN THE LAST WEEK BECAUSE THE POOL GOT THE CHLORINATION DONE, BUT DO WE HAVE THE SHADE STRUCTURE UP? IT'S GETTING REALLY HOT OUT NOW.

UM, IS THAT ON ORDER OR Y YEAH, I MEAN, IT, IT'S IN THE PIPELINE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN INSTALLED OR REFABRICATED.

I KNOW WE, UM, GOT TO REPAINTING SOME OF THE BALLARDS, SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE REPORTED, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SHADE.

I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP.

WELL MAYBE THEY, THEY, THEY DID MORE LIKE NO, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

UM, UH, LET'S SEE.

UM, IF YOU, OH, BACK TO THE DOGS ON THE FIELDS PIECE.

UM, I'VE COMMENTED ON THIS BEFORE, BUT I THINK WE NEED LARGER SIGNS.

LIKE, SO IF YOU ARE, SO IF I USE PRINCE PARK AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE'S ONE SIGN AND IT'S ONLY, IT'S LIKE MAYBE A FOOT HIGH AND NOT VERY BIG.

AND SO WHEN I'VE BEEN OUT, AND I KNOW THE SAME THING IS AT MCNAIR, THE SIGN FOR MCNAIR, IT'S, I I THINK IT'S ONLY IN ONE AREA THERE, ARE THERE MULTIPLE SIGNS? OKAY.

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SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO DREW'S COMMENTS.

WELL, DEFINITELY AT PRINCE THERE'S ONLY ONE SIGN, BUT AGAIN, I THINK A LARGE SIGN WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T KIND OF IGNORE IT IS A GOOD IDEA.

BUT DEFINITELY PRINCE NEEDS WAY MORE SIGNAGE BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE FIVE ACCESS POINTS.

SO IF YOU'VE NEVER TAKEN YOUR DOG THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW THE, UM, THE HOURS.

UM, IF YOU CAN, UM, ANSWER THE, UH, WHEN YOU DO YOUR UPDATE, PLEASE, UM, EXPLAIN THE BIDDING THING WITH THE POOL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UH, AND THAT FINISHES MY COMMENTS,

[STAFF COMMENT]

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

AND I AM GOING TO PUT ON MY SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND REPRESENT, UM, CINDY'S COMMENTS TONIGHT.

SHE COULDN'T BE WITH US.

SHE'S ATTENDING TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY BOAT.

WE'RE FORTUNATE WE'LL HAVE RACHEL, A CLERK IN THE MEETING, BUT ALSO HAD A HAND IN, UM, MOST OF THE, IF NOT ALL THE RECREATION UPDATES.

SO I'M GONNA HAVE RACHEL BEER, OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR, UM, GO THROUGH THE RECREATION STUFF AND I'LL, I'LL ROUND US OUT ON THE PARK SIDE.

TAKE IT AWAY, RACHEL.

COOL.

THANK YOU, DREW.

UM, I'LL START WITH THE ANSWER, UM, STACY FOR POOL REPLASTERING, AND THEN I'LL GET INTO THE REST OF OUR REC UPDATES.

UM, WE DID RECEIVE AN UPDATE THIS MORNING FROM OUR PROJECT MANAGERS WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE POOL REPLASTERING, UM, THAT THEY RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM SONOMA COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ABOUT THE PERMITS.

THEY'RE MAKING A COUPLE OF REVISIONS THIS WEEK, BUT THEY'RE REALLY CONFIDENT BECAUSE OF THE QUICK TURNAROUND TIME, UM, THAT THEY HEARD BACK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, AND KIND OF HIT OUR, OUR CONSTRUCTION, UM, UH, WINDOW OF THAT MID-SEPTEMBER CLOSING.

UM, SO NEXT STEP IS BIDDING AFTER THE FINAL PERMIT.

SO THAT WAS THE LAST UPDATE WE JUST GOT THIS MORNING.

UM, AND THAT'S AS MUCH AS, AS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO SHARE, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE SOON.

AND I KEEP IN, UH, CLOSE CONTACT WITH OUR POOL OPERATORS AS WELL AS SWIM TEAM ON ALL OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, SPEAKING ON ALL OF OUR REC TEAM UPDATES, SATURDAY, MAY 11TH WAS A BUSY, BUSY DAY IN PETALUMA, A BUSY DAY FOR OUR TEAM.

UM, WE HAD MULTIPLE EVENTS THAT WE WERE SUPPORTING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ONE OF THOSE BEING THE INCLUSION FESTIVAL AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO THIS EVENT WAS, UM, GEARED TOWARD, UH, TARGETING PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES.

WE HAD PERFORMANCES, ACTIVITIES, AND FUN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THAT WAS 11 TO SIX AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER I ATTENDED.

IT WAS REALLY AWESOME.

WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, UM, AND A LOT OF GREAT PERFORMANCES.

WE ALSO SUPPORTED OUR, UM, TENNIS COURT DEDICATION AT MCNAIR PARK.

UM, SO AS YOU REMEMBER, WE BROUGHT THAT ITEM FOR LYNN HAGGERTY KING HERE, UH, FOR APPROVAL THEN TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL.

UM, THE EVENT WAS AWESOME.

WE HAD OVER 60 PEOPLE, 60 TO 80 PEOPLE THERE TOTAL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

UH, WE STARTED WITH THE DEDICATION AND THEN, UM, WE UNVEILED THE SIGN.

SO THE SIGN, EXCUSE ME, IS UP ON THE TENNIS COURTS.

IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

AND THEN, UM, AFTER THAT WE DID TENNIS ACTIVITIES ON THE COURTS, UM, LED BY THE PETALUMA TENNIS ASSOCIATION.

SO OVERALL IT WAS A REALLY, UH, KIND OF HEARTWARMING EVENT, AND IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE, UM, PEOPLE OUT THERE.

SO DREW AND I WERE IN ATTENDANCE TO THAT AS WELL.

UM, WE ALSO HAD THE TRANSHUMAN FESTIVAL.

SO, UH, WE, WE MOVED, UH, OVER 70 SHEEP, UM, FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY, WHICH IS NEW THIS YEAR.

UM, THEN TO SEAMERS LANDING PARKS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE STARTED AS THE FAIRGROUNDS, AS KIND OF OUR HUB FOR THAT.

UH, SO THEY CONGREGATED IN THE ADMIN PARKING LOT AND THEN MOVED, UM, UH, THROUGH, UH, DOWNTOWN TO STEAMERS LANDING.

SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL.

AND THE EVENT, UM, WAS THERE THEN AT STEAMERS LANDING PARK, UM, AND THE RIVER PARK PROPERTY.

SO THAT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL AS WELL.

UM, SO THERE WERE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND.

UH, MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR ANNA'S MEADOWS PARK, UM, OPENING.

IT'S BEEN KIND OF SOFT OPEN, BUT WE'RE DOING A FORMAL PARK PARTY TOMORROW AFTERNOON FROM THREE TO FOUR.

SO WE'LL JUST HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES OUT THERE.

UH, WE'RE KIND OF ENCOURAGING A PICNIC.

WE HAVE OUR NEW SHADE STRUCTURE, PICNIC TABLES, CONCRETE PAD.

IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

I KNOW WE VISITED IT ON A PARK TOUR LAST YEAR, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT IT'S NOT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU PROBABLY AREN'T THERE REGULARLY, BUT IF YOU HAVE, UH, CHILDREN ESPECIALLY, STOP BY.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY AWESOME.

IT'S REALLY CUTE.

UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR, UM, RIBBON CUTTING EVENT AT, UH, THE COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELD.

SO I KNOW DREW ALREADY TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, BUT WE'RE DOING A, A RIBBON CUTTING ON JUNE 1ST OUT THERE.

UM, ALL THE DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED REALLY SOON, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH LOGISTICS, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO DO KIND OF A FORMAL RIBBON CUTTING AND KICKOFF, UM, THE, THE START OF THAT PROJECT IN THAT FIELD.

UM, UH, WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTING THE RIVER RUN, WHICH TA IS TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY,

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THE 18TH.

UM, THAT'S ALSO AT STEAMERS LANDING PARK.

8:30 AM UM, IS WHEN THE RUN WILL START.

IT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES.

IT'S GOING TO WRAP AROUND, UM, THE TIDAL POND AND THEN HEAD SOUTH TO THE RIVER PARK.

SO IT'S THROUGH STEAMERS LANDING SOUTH TO THE RIVER PARK, AND IT'S A LOOP BACK AROUND.

UM, THEY HAVE A WEBSITE FOR IT.

THE, THE ORGANIZERS THAT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, PETALUMA RIVER RUN.COM.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, UH, YOU CAN STILL REGISTER, IT'S NOT TOO LATE, OR YOU CAN SHOW UP DAY OF AS WELL.

THEY'RE THE SAME ORGANIZERS WE WORK WITH FOR THE TURKEY TROT, UM, IN THE FALL.

SO THIS IS A NEW EVENT THIS YEAR, SPRINGTIME RUN.

THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK STEAMERS LANDING AREA, AND BRINGING PEOPLE KIND OF OUT THERE, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY COOL.

UM, AND I HOPE WE GET SOME GOOD ATTENDANCE THIS WEEKEND.

UM, WE ARE BRINGING BACK OUR STARS AND STRIPES, DOGS AND BIKES EVENT FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.

SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED.

MY TEAM, UH, MY DIRECT TEAM IS, UH, WORKING CLOSELY ON THIS.

WE'LL BE AT LUC KC PARK, 11 TO TWO DAYTIME, UH, FAMILY FRIENDLY.

LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR.

WE HAD HUNDREDS MORE PEOPLE THAN WE EXPECTED LAST YEAR.

SO LOGISTICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING FOR THAT, UM, ON INCREASING, UM, YOU KNOW, AVAILABILITY OF, OF BICYCLE VALET AND OF PARKING, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO RIDE THEIR BIKES THERE.

BUT, UM, BEING CONSCIOUS OF, OF THOSE WITH SMALL CHILDREN AS WELL.

SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR DETAILS OUT, BUT WE HAVE A SAVE THE DATE ON FACEBOOK, AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, KINDA THE MORE BIKE PARADE DETAILS OUT SOON.

WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH COOL PETALUMA ON THAT, WHICH IS REALLY AWESOME.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, OUR, UH, TINY TOTS PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION FOR OUR NEW FAMILIES BEGINS ON JUNE 10TH.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR RETURNING FAMILIES ON REGISTERING THEM, GETTING THEIR KIDS IN THE SYSTEM.

UM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR NEW FAMILIES STARTING HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, UM, TO REGISTER FOR OUR FALL, UH, SEMESTER.

SO THAT'S AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER.

WE'LL DO SEMESTER BASED FOR OUR REGISTRATION.

WE, UH, THIS PAST YEAR WE STARTED A NEW KIND OF PILOT OF BRINGING TWO YEAR OLDS INTO OUR PROGRAM.

SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE TWO AND POTTY TRAINED, WE'RE BRINGING THEM ON IN PRESCHOOL WITH THE, UM, TK PROGRAMS, ACCEPTING CHILDREN, UH, YOUNGER AND YOUNGER.

WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO FIND A, FIND AN AVENUE OF, UH, INCREASING OUR REGISTRATIONS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE DOING, WE'RE TRYING TWO YEAR OLDS.

UM, AND IT WORKED PRETTY WELL THIS LAST YEAR, SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT.

AND WE'RE ALSO EXTENDING OUR DAY UNTIL 3:00 PM SO WE HAVEN'T, UM, HAD AFTERNOON CARE FOR OUR TINY TOTS PRESCHOOL SINCE 2020, EARLY 2020 PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

SO EXPANDING TO THE AFTERNOON IS HUGE FOR US.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, 3:00 PM IS WHAT WE CAN, UH, ACCOMMODATE WITH STAFFING AS OF NOW.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AFTER THAT.

SO, UH, WE HAVE REGISTRATION OPENING UP SOON.

IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY, ANYONE WITH LITTLE ONES, UH, OUR PROGRAM'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT AND WE STILL WILL HAVE PLENTY OF SPACES OPEN THIS FALL.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, RACHEL.

THAT'S WHY I FEEL TIRED.

JUST AFFIRMATION ENOUGH.

BUT THANK YOU.

UM, ON THE PARK SIDE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RECAP THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS LOOKING FORWARD, THE PICNIC TABLES WERE PLACED AT ANNA'S MEADOWS, SO IN TIME FOR THE, UM, OPENING CEREMONIES OF, OF SUCH OUT AT THE PLAYGROUND.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

UH, AK PARK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

WICKERSHAM, PENRY, WALNUT, WE SEE A LOT OF IMPACTS.

SPOKE TO THE COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOLS ON THE PARK SIDE, YOU KNOW, EQUAL EFFORT.

SO THE IRRIGATION WAS ALL ADJUSTED, MOVED, PLANTINGS, LAID WAY FOR THE DAILY ACTS PROJECT.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, UM, IT'S TRANSFORMATIVE.

IT'S REALLY COOL.

UH, AND A GREAT, GREAT PROJECT.

THERE WAS A, A MISSING BACKFLOW AT MIRACLE LEAGUE COMPLEX THAT WAS KIND OF PUZZLING US, BUT, UM, IT GREW LEGS AND WALKED AWAY.

BUT ANYWAY, UH, THERE WAS A, A SIGNIFICANT FIX TO GET THAT, UM, IRRIGATION BACK OUT AT THE COMPLEX.

AND THEN THERE WAS SOME, UM, CLEANUP FOR THE PICNIC TABLES AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE AHEAD OF THEIR WIFFLE BALL TOURNAMENT THAT, UH, THE CREWS REALLY TOOK ON.

THIS IS A, A COOL ONE.

THERE'S AN ELECTRIC STILL ZERO TURN MOWER THAT WAS DEMONSTRATED OUT AT PRINCE PARK AND OTHER ELECTRIFIED HAND EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GETTING OUR HANDS ON AND, AND BEATING UP THE BEST WE CAN, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET THE MOWER BACK OUT NEXT WEEK, AND WE GET, WE GET IT FOR A WEEK.

SO WE GET TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY TEST DRIVE IT.

SO THAT'LL BE FUN FOR THE CREWS, BUT BAD FOR THE GRASS.

YEAH, JUST THAT'S BAD.

UM, THE BUTTER AND EGGS DAY, AGAIN, PARADE, UH, WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

GREAT WEATHER.

UH, BUT THE CREWS WERE, WERE IN AND AROUND.

DOWNTOWNS REALLY PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON, UM, HELPING WITH THE LANDSCAPE MEDIANS, THOSE ODDS AND WEIRD ENDS.

SO THE STREET TREES, MULCHING THE TREE WELLS, ET CETERA.

UM, BUT THEN THE, THE PARKS THAT ARE IMPACTED,

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SO THE CREWS WERE REALLY FOCUSED, UM, NOT JUST BEFORE THE EVENT, BUT AFTER THE EVENT.

BUT AGAIN, THAT IS A ALL HANDS ON DECK CITYWIDE EFFORT.

SUPER PROUD OF THE TEAM AND, AND THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY FOR REALLY SHOWING UP FOR THAT.

UM, COMMISSIONERS, UH, HANNAH SIMMONS SPOKE ABOUT THE, THE WORK AT MCNAIR PARK.

SO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT EFFORT.

IT WAS, UH, A PROCESS AS EVERYONE KNOWS.

UH, WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT RANGE THAT REALLY JUST SLOWED US DOWN, BUT, UM, PLEASE GO OUT THERE.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK OUR, OUR VISION IN ALL OF THIS IS RESTORED A LEVEL OF, UH, GET THE PROGRAMMING AND THE BASEBALL BACK.

UH, AND THEN WE CAN REALLY, UM, HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR SHARED USES AND APPROPRIATENESS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THIS REALLY SPECIAL PLACE FOR, FOR ACTIVE, UM, UH, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL, THE PCSF, THE, UH, SPORTS FIELDS WERE ALSO RECENTLY SWEPT AND GROOMED, GETTING READY FOR SOME BIG EVENTS OUT THERE.

AND THEN A, AGAIN, A BIG SHOUT OUT.

I WISH THE TREE COMMITTEE, UM, COULD HAVE THANKED THEM AGAIN.

AND, UM, COMMISSIONER ELLI FOR THE, THE ARBOR DAY EVENT.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

THE WEATHER WAS AWESOME, BUT I'M, IT WAS 130 YARDS OF ARBOR MULCH.

I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN THAT MUCH MULCH IN ONE SINGLE LOCATION.

AND I WAS, UH, REALLY QUITE SHOCKED.

MY SIZE SAID, THERE'S NO WAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA SPREAD THIS, BUT THEY DILIGENTLY DROPPED HAND RAKES AND THEY WORKED ON IT ALL DAY BY THE TIME I, I WAS ONLY THERE FOR AN HOUR.

UM, BUT THEY HAD MADE, MADE WORK OF IT.

AND THE HIGHLIGHTS DEFINITELY WERE, UM, COMMISSIONER ELLI, UH, THE, THE MASCOT.

I MEAN, COME ON, THAT BAR'S RAISED PRETTY HIGH, BUT SHE ALSO, UM, YOU ALSO HAD THE HUNT, WHICH THE KIDS ALL LOVED.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS AN ORIGINAL, BUT THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A HIGHLIGHT.

UH, BUT THE MURAL, EVERYTHING ABOUT THE DAY WAS REALLY SPECIAL.

SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND THE TREE COMMITTEE.

I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT, UM, BUT IT WAS A REALLY COOL AND SUCCESSFUL DAY.

I BELIEVE.

THAT'S IT.

SO, THANK YOU.

CAN I JUMP IN, DREW? YEAH, I HAVE ONE MORE.

I DIDN'T, UM, ANNOUNCE, IS THAT OKAY? UM, I, I MENTIONED THE STARS AND STRIPES, DOGS AND BIKES, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE MADE A FORMAL FIREWORKS ANNOUNCEMENT TO YOU ALL YET.

UM, SO WE ARE CONFIRMED, WE'RE ON FOR 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS.

IT'S THE SAME SHOW, UM, SIMILAR SHOW THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

SO THE HIGH ELEVATION SHOOT FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY.

UM, WE'LL CLOSE THE PROPERTY TO VIEWERS, BUT WE WILL, UM, WE'LL SHOOT THE, UH, FIREWORKS HIGHER IN THE SKY, SO HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE RECEIVED SOME REALLY AWESOME FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS LAST YEAR AFTER WE PRODUCED THE MAP.

I THINK I DID A PRESENTATION ON THAT LAST YEAR, UM, SHOWING WHERE YOU COULD VIEW THEM.

AND SOME PEOPLE SAID, I WENT THERE AND I DIDN'T GET TO SEE 'EM.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT FOR US.

WE TOOK ALL OF THAT AND WE'RE CREATING A NEW MAP, UM, BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK FROM LAST YEAR.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT OUT AND WE'LL PUT SOME PUBLICATIONS OUT FOR FIREWORKS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT SHOW.

UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SAME OPERATORS WE DID LAST YEAR.

THAT ALL WENT OFF, UH, REALLY WELL AND SUCCESSFULLY AND, AND THEY'RE GREAT TO WORK WITH.

SO, UM, I'M STILL THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THAT.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE TOWN WILL BE SO EXCITED.

MY DOGS WILL NOT.

WELL ONE DOG WILL NOT.

BUT ANYHOW, I, I UNDERSTAND .

OH YEAH, TOTALLY.

WHATEVER.

FIREWORKS OR FIREWORKS.

WELL, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND, UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.