[00:00:02]
UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE PARKS,
[CALL TO ORDER]
RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER IN HONOR OF JUNETEENTH, UH, WHICH IS NOW A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.AND HOPEFULLY PETALUMA WILL BE GETTING ON BOARD WITH THAT QUICKLY.
AND NEXT YEAR, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE THE DAY OFF, BUT I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
ARE YOU GONNA DO THE ROLL CALL NOW? MARYANNE BERTELLI.
KAREN, NOW AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANCE, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FIRM.
ALL AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
SOME, UH, TIME FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? CHAIR? WE DID RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY GENERAL COMMENTS.
[PRESENTATIONS]
TO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION, WHICH WILL BE AN UPDATE ON THE FLOAT HOUSE PETALUMA PROJECT.UH, TONIGHT WE'LL BE JOINED, UM, BY MAGGIE WHOLLY, UH, AND GREG SABER IN FROM THE FLOAT HOUSE PETALUMA, UH, PROJECT AND INITIATIVE.
AND TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA ASK THEM TO COME ON UP.
THEY, WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION SLIDE THAT THEY'LL BE RUNNING THROUGH.
UM, THEY'LL BE PROVIDING A, A, A BRIEF HISTORY OF, OF THE FLOAT HOUSE, UH, THE PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW, SOME UPCOMING INITIATIVES, UH, AND ULTIMATELY RAISE SOME AWARENESS ON ACTIVATING, UH, THIS PUBLIC SPACE AND ASSET THAT PETALUMA HAS.
SO FOR THAT, UM, I'LL HAVE OUR CLERK RUN THE SLIDES AND, UH, INTRODUCE MAGGIE, TAKE IT AWAY.
MY NAME IS MAGGIE HOLY, AND I'M A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE PETALUMA SMALL CRAFT CENTER BOARD, AND NOW A VOLUNTEER WITH PROGRAMMING AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE PETALUMA SMALL CRAFT CENTER IS A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT, AND THE PETAL THE FLOAT HOUSE.
PETALUMA IS OUR FIRST PHYSICAL PROJECT, AND OUR MISSION IS TO ALLOW, UH, YEAR ROUND ACCESS TO THE PETALUMA RIVER, WHICH WE CALL PETALUMA'S LONGEST PARK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT FORMALLY A PARK THAT YOU OVERSEE, UM, ACCESS TO THE RIVER YEAR ROUND IN SMALL PEOPLE POWERED BOATS, UH, WE CONSIDER THE FLOAT HOUSE A COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE WATER.
WE'RE GONNA RUN THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF THE PETALUMA RIVER.
YOU CAN READ, READ FOR YOURSELF.
THE REASON THERE IS A CITY HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE RIVER, WHICH IS A TITLE SLEW, AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS NAMED A RIVER BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE MID FIFTIES, I BELIEVE, IN ORDER TO GET DREDGING.
SO IT IS MISNAMED AS A RIVER, THE COAST.
ME WALK ARE THE FIRST PEOPLES OF THIS LAND, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ON THE LAND AND ON THE WATER OF THE COAST, ME WALK.
AND WHEN WE DO PADDLE ON THE RIVER, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING IN THEIR WAKE.
PETALUMA HAVE USED THE RIVER TO MAKE MONEY, BUT ALSO TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
WE WANNA THANK THE SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY AND KATHERINE REINHARDT IN PARTICULAR FOR FINDING US THESE, UH, HISTORIC PHOTOS, WHICH WE CONTINUE TO BRING UP FROM TIME TO TIME ON THROWBACK THURSDAYS, ET CETERA, TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED RECREATING ON THE RIVER.
I WANNA TAKE A MINUTE TO REMEMBER.
2017, UM, THESE, UH, ON THE FAR LEFT TOP CORNER, YOU SEE A SANDBAR, WHICH WE RENAMED CELTIC'S ISLAND.
AND, UM, INSPIRED BY THE SPIT OF LAND, WHICH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ALT TEXT ON THAT, IT'S SAYING PEOPLE HAVING FUN ON A BEACH.
UM, WHICH IT WAS AT THAT TIME IN 2017.
SO WE BUILT A LITTLE CAMPSITE.
I'M OUT THERE WITH ONE OF OUR ROWING FRIENDS, TOM BROWN, AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK TENTS AND I THINK HE ACTUALLY BOUGHT A BARBECUE OUT.
AND AFTER WE DID THAT, WE ORGANIZED A SMALL ACTIVIST EVENT CALLED HANDS ACROSS THE MUD, WHERE WE PUT PEOPLE ACROSS THE TURNING BASIN THERE.
AND IT WAS NOT HARD TO STAND ON THE MUD.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO DREDGE THE RIVER,
[00:05:01]
AND THE MAYOR'S PLEDGED TO DREDGE.AND AFTERWARDS WE ALSO CELEBRATED WITH ANOTHER LITTLE ACTIVIST EVENT CALLED RING AROUND THE BASIN, WHICH WAS WE ASKED PEOPLE TO WEAR BLUE TO REPRESENT WATER AND TO THANK THE DREDGING CREW.
AND WE BROUGHT THEM SOME PIZZAS, AND THEY SAID THEY'D NEVER BEEN THANKED LIKE THAT BEFORE.
AND WE CONSIDER THIS SORT OF, UM, COMMUNICATION AMONG PEOPLE WHO USE THE RIVER AND HELP US USE THE RIVER, UH, TO BE ONE OF OUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE PETALUMA MALL CRAFT CENTER.
THIS IS GEORGE P MCNAIR WITH HIS RACING SHELL.
THIS IS ARGUABLY THE FIRST BOATHOUSE IN PETALUMA.
AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE PADDLE THE RIVER, WE'RE FOLLOWING IN THE WAKE OF ONE OF OUR FOUNDING FAMILIES.
WE WERE FOUNDED IN 2006 AS A COALITION OF BOATING CLUBS, BUSINESSES, AND RIVER ADVOCATES, UM, INCLUDING THE NORTH BAY ROWING CLUB AND, UH, THE OUTRIGGER CANOE CLUBS AND KLA V.
AND WE RECOGNIZED THE RIVER AS, AGAIN, PETALUMA'S LONGEST PARK.
AND WE THOUGHT, HOW CAN WE BRING PEOPLE OUT HERE ON THE RIVER? AND OUR GOAL WAS TO LET, MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.
RIGHT? WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A MODEL, WHICH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GREG SABER AND BUILT, AND WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE EVERYTHING WE WANTED.
WE HAVE A TENT INSTEAD, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE KAYAKS, THE CANOES, THE STANDUP PADDLEBOARDS, THE STANDUP PADDLEBOARDS, THE ROWING SHELLS, UM, ORE BOARDS.
WE HAVE 16 DIFFERENT KIND OF WATERCRAFT, AND WE DO STILL HAVE A WISHLIST IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DONATE FOR AN ELECTRIC SAFETY BOAT.
AND ALSO A 1212 PASSENGER ELECTRIC LAUNCH SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PHYSICALLY CAPABLE OF GETTING ON THE WATER IN A SMALL BOAT CAN STILL GO OUT WITH US.
WE HAVE OFTEN PARTICIPATED IN THE BUTTER AND EGG DAYS PARADE.
THE PETALUMA RIVER IS, IS PETALUMA'S LONGEST PARK.
IT IS 13 MILES FROM BASIN TO BAY, FROM BAY TO BASIN, THE SAN PABLO BAY.
WE DO NOT SEND PEOPLE THAT FAR, BUT WHEN WE DO SEND THEM OUT, WE, WE HELP EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE TITLE NATURE OF OUR, OF OUR WATERWAY, ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE, UH, WILDLIFE, ABOUT THE HUMAN HISTORY, ABOUT THE TIDES AND ABOUT THE WIND.
SO THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE THE FLOAT HOUSE, THEY HAVEN'T JUST BEEN OUT ON A BOAT, OUT ON A BOAT, BUT THEY'VE STARTED TO UNDERSTAND THE WETLAND ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE IN.
AND WE, WE REALLY ENJOY EDUCATING LIKE THAT.
I WANNA POINT OUT THE LITTLE KID ON THE, ON THE, UM, WATERCRAFT THERE ON THE RIGHT.
HE'S NOW 15 YEARS OLD, AND HE IS, HIS NAME IS TANA WALSH, AND HE IS ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR THIS ENTIRE JOURNEY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF TELLS YOU HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN AT THIS.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR SUMMER CAMPS AND OUR SUMMER CAMP COUNSELOR.
SO I WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT DAY ON THE RIVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THIS EVENT, BUT WE DID IT FROM 2007 TO 2019.
AND EVERY YEAR WE PUT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE RIVER, ON THE RIVER IN DIFFERENT BOATS.
WE HAD NO BOATS, WE HAD NO NOTHING, NO DOCKS, NOTHING.
AND SO WE BORROWED ALL OF THESE FROM, FROM, UH, BUSINESSES AROUND THE BAY AREA.
GREG HAS HAULED SO MANY BOATS, HE DOESN'T WANNA THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE, BUT WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS TO REPRESENT WHAT IT COULD BE.
AND WE PROMISED PEOPLE THAT IF THEY HELPED US BUILD THE FLOAT HOUSE, WE WOULD MAKE EVERY DAY A DAY ON THE RIVER.
AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS STIMULATE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE MONEY, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN BOAT, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO JOIN A CLUB, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO COMMIT YOUR TIME AND YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR FUNDS TO THAT YOU COULD JUST COME DOWN TO THE WATER AND GET ON IT IN ANY KIND OF A SMALL BOAT THAT WAS ACCESSIBLE TO YOU.
AND THAT IS ONE REASON THAT WE ARE ON THE WATER, IS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO CARRY ANYTHING.
YOU JUST, YOU CAN EITHER RENT ONLINE OR YOU CAN WALK UP AND YOU SAY, I WANNA ROW THAT.
AND THAT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT FROM HAVING TO OWN YOUR OWN PADDLEBOARD, PUT IT ON A CAR AND TAKE IT DOWN TO ANYWHERE.
SO WE REALLY FEEL THAT THE ACCESS IS, IS PART, I MEAN, IT'S BEING ON THE WATER.
AGAIN, WE HAD NO BOATS, WE HAD NO STAFF, WE HAD NOTHING.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT WITH THE COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION OF ALL OF OUR RIVER PARTNERS.
AND WE THINK WE PUT 30 TO 50 KIDS ON THE YEAR TIMES 17 YEARS.
SO THAT'S BETWEEN 500, 850 KIDS ON THE RIVER SINCE 2007.
MANY, UM, OF OUR CAMPERS, WELL, SOME OF OUR CAMPERS GO ON TO BECOME COMPETITORS.
AND WE REALLY ENJOY, AGAIN, INTRODUCING THE KIDS TO WHAT ELSE THERE IS OUT THERE.
WE STILL COORDINATE WITH, UH, KIWI, THE OUTRIGGER CLUBS AND WITH THE ROWING CLUB AND THESE KIDS UP HERE IN THE BRIGHT PINK AND BLUE THAT IS THE RIVERTOWN RACERS.
AND THEY BEGAN AS A PETALUMA SMALL CRAFT CENTER SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM.
AND NOW THEY'RE THEIR OWN NONPROFIT.
AND THEY SEND KIDS WELL AND NOW YOUNG ADULTS
[00:10:01]
AROUND THE WORLD TO COMPETE.SO THESE PEOPLE PRACTICE ON YOUR RIVER.
SO WHAT DID IT TAKE TO BUILD THE FLOAT HOUSE? ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF COMMUNITY DONATIONS, MOSTLY SMALL DONATIONS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF, THAT WE BROUGHT TOGETHER ALL THIS MONEY WITH JUST A DREAM.
AND, UH, ALSO SOME DONATIONS FROM LINDE MARINE, WHO IS
AND ALSO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WATER TRAIL ON WHICH WE ARE A SITE VOLUNTEERS, LOTS AND LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS, MORE VOLUNTEERS.
THIS IS A SCENE FROM 2020 WHEN THIS IS JUST OUR DOCK WITH NO RACKS, NO BOATS, NO NOTHING.
AND ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR A RENEW YOGA TO HOLD THEIR 19TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID THERE.
AND WE RECOGNIZED THE FLOAT HOUSE DOCKS AS A STAGE OF SORTS AND A PLACE THAT IS REALLY WELCOMING AND, UM, HEALING.
SO HERE'S ANOTHER STATISTIC FOR YOU.
SINCE OCTOBER, 2022 WHEN WE WISELY OPENED, AND AT THE END OF FALL
AND AGAIN, THIS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES AND ALL ABILITIES AND ALL FLEXIBILITIES, AND THE TIDES AND WIND CHANGE THE WATERWAY QUITE A BIT.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE FOR ANYONE ANYTIME.
WE FEEL THAT BECAUSE OF OUR ACTIONS AND OUR COLLABORATION WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS, THAT THE DOWNTOWN TURNING BASIN IS NOW, UM, A QUINTESSENTIAL PEDDLE AND GATHERING POINT.
UM, BANS ON THE BASIN WAS FOR, WAS, WAS THOUGHT UP BY A MUSIC PRODUCER DURING COVID AND CONTINUES TO BE NOW A SORT OF A SUMMER EVENT.
WE CAN'T HOLD IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF OUR NEW LOCATION FOR THE SUMMER, BUT WE HOPE TO GET BACK TO IT BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY WHAT PENDULUM IS ALL ABOUT.
WE WORK WITH ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF GROUPS.
UH, GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND MENTOR ME, PETALUMA SCHOOLS, NONPROFITS.
AND ONE OF OUR, UM, CURRENT CHALLENGES IS FINDING FUNDING TO HELP PUT THE FUNDING TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
UM, WE HAD TWO MENTEES PAID FOR, UH, THEY HAD THEIR SUMMER CAMPS PAID FOR BY THE PETALUMA VALLEY ROTARY CLUB.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT TOGETHER FUNDING AND NEED.
WE ARE VERY AFFORDABLE, BUT WE'RE NOT FREE.
AND WE DO PAY OUR STAFF AND WE DO HAVE BILLS.
SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A, THAT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY ENJOY.
WE MADE THE COVER OF THE PET OF VISITOR MAGAZINE, WHICH WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT, ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
AND IT WAS VERY, UM, HEARTENING TO US BECAUSE ON THE LEFT YOU SEE THE PEOPLE CARRYING THE, THE RACKS.
AND ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE LIFE.
AND, UH, BY THE WAY, ALL THE MODELS THERE ARE PETALUMA BASIN BUSINESS OWNERS.
THAT'S LACEY SHELTON FROM THE YOGA POST.
ON ON IN THE ROWBOAT ARE, UM, JUAN, CARLOS AND NATALIE FROM, UH, GRAND CENTRAL.
WAY OVER THERE ON THE WATER BIKE IS, UM, JASMINE FROM LUMA.
AND THEN, AND THE PEDAL KAYAK IS, UM, PETRI ALVA, WHO'S ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND ALSO A RIVERTOWN RACER.
JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING THAT'S REALLY SURPRISED US.
UM, WE HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR AT THE FLOAT HOUSE, AND, UM, IT'S BEEN A BIG SURPRISE.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL TEAM, UM, WHO IS COACHED BY ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
HE'S A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE, AND MOSTLY HE COACHES BASKETBALL.
BUT WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE FROM INDIA, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM BENICIA MANY TIMES.
UM, OAKLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, MARIN CITY.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE WELCOMING BECAUSE THE RIVER IS WELCOMING BECAUSE IT'S A VERY, UH, CALM AND PROTECTED BODY OF WATER.
AND, UM, WE'RE JUST REALLY THRILLED THAT WE HAVE BECOME A PLACE THAT PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME COMING TO, AND WE HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THAT.
SO WE'VE STARTED TO ACHIEVE OUR MISSION, BUT AS IT SAYS, THE WORK HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN.
UH, PETALUMA WATERWAYS, WHO HERE HAS HEARD OF PETALUMA WATERWAYS? NO ONE.
UM, THIS IS TRUE RIVER ACCESS FOR ALL.
THIS IS A MAP THAT USED TO BE ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND IS NO LONGER.
THIS PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN 2011, AND IT INCLUDES 30 CONNECTED SITES.
UM, AND IT'S A RIVER CENTRIC VISION FOR HEALTH, RECREATION, PROPERTY VALUES, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS.
THE FLOAT HOUSES IS, IS ONE OF THOSE SITES, THREE AND A HALF MILES OF RIVER WITHIN THE CITY BOUND FROM SCHOENBERGER TO COPELAND, CROSSING
[00:15:01]
78 ACRES OF TRAILS, PARKS, AND RIVER ACCESS.THAT IS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN PELA WATERWAYS.
AND, UH, THE STUDIES WERE FUNDED BY TWO NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GRANTS.
SO WE DIDN'T JUST MAKE THIS UP,
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING? UH, WELL, IT'S KIND OF DIED.
AND, UH, THIS IS OUR NEXT STEP.
NOW THAT WE'VE GOT OURSELVES ON THE WATER, WE'RE READY.
PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWN TO THE RIVER.
WE REALLY NOW NEED TO REVITALIZE AND RE RE REVISIT PETALUMA WATERWAYS.
UM, THE MAP ISN'T ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
THERE'S NO CITY POLICY THAT COVERS RIVERFRONT USAGE.
NO POLICY WITH TEETH, NO REAL POLICY.
IT'S KIND OF A ASPIRATIONAL IDEA.
UM, NONPROFITS LIKE OURSELVES, LIKE PETALUMA RIVER PARK, LIKE FRIENDS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER, ARE NEGOTIATING RIVER ACCESS IN A PIECEMEAL FASHION, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR A RIVER TOWN.
A RIVER CITY SHOULD HAVE A RIVER POLICY.
UM, AND PUBLIC USES OF THE RIVER ARE THREATENED BY INCOMPATIBLE RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THOSE TWO PICTURES.
THE CITY DOCKET, MCNAIR LANDING, WHICH WERE, WHICH YOU KNOW, IS NAMED AFTER THE MCNAIRS, THE BOATERS AND FRIENDS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER DOCK, WHICH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HELPED, UM, BUILD AND, UH, CONSULT ON.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT IMITATES OUR DOCK.
AND I WOULD SAY, JUST LOOK AT THE LEFT.
AND A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSEUP.
I TOOK THOSE BOTH LIKE A WEEK AGO WHEN I WAS OUT ON A CANOE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A SIGN THERE AND YOU CAN READ IT.
IF IT'S CLOSER UP AND IT PENALIZES ACCESS, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED, NO TRESPASSING ON THAT DOCK.
SO RIVER ACCESS FOR ALL IS THIS IDEA OF A A, A CONNECTED PETALUMA WATERWAYS.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WORK TOGETHER TO, UH, INVIGORATE OUR LONGEST PARK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY, WITH THE NONPROFITS.
UM, AS YOU COULD SEE, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE OUTLINED, LIKE THE TRESTLE ARE, ARE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY WORKING ON.
PETALUMA RIVER PARK, AGAIN, PIECEMEAL, PIECEMEAL, UH, EFFORTS.
AND PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER? I'M LIKE, WELL, WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEY ARE ALL IN OF A PIECE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE WETLANDS EDUCATION HERE, A LITTLE BIT MORE BOATING HERE, A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, ART HERE.
BUT THESE ARE ALL ALREADY IN THIS PLAN.
SO AT PSCC, OUR MOTTO IS, IF WE CAN DREAM IT, WE CAN DO IT.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ALL STAND WITH US IN THAT.
AND WE'LL HELP US, UH, BRING BACK PETALUMA RIVER ACCESS PARTNERS, WHICH WAS A MEETING THAT WE USED TO HAVE WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, UM, ON THE RIVER AND CITY STAFF AS WELL.
AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH PETALUMA WATERWAYS.
UM, GREG SABURN IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
DO WE WANT TO ALLOW CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
START WITH COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN.
I'M NOT SURE WHO TO ASK IT TO.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THERE'S AN ORDINANCE OF THE ACCESS TO RIVER COULDN'T BE PRIVATIZED.
IS THAT JUST FOR NEW, ANYTHING NEW GOING IN? OR WAS THAT, WAS I WRONG ABOUT THAT? I THOUGHT THAT IF, IF, LIKE, IF YOU WERE A BUSINESS GOING IN ON THE RIVERFRONT, YOU HAD TO ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE RIVERFRONT OR TO THE DOCK.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN ORDINANCE.
NO, NO, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF NEGOTIATED AS, AS THINGS GO ALONG.
AGAIN, AS MAGGIE ALLUDED TO, UH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A COHESIVE, COHERENT PLAN.
I MEAN, I OLD ENOUGH THAT I WAS ON THE ORIGINAL RIVER ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN, WHICH HAD A LOT OF VISIONING AND A LOT OF IDEAS AND GREAT DIAGRAMS, EVEN PETALUMA WATERWAYS, WHICH WAS RUN BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER NONPROFITS, RIVER ADVOCATES, AND THE CITY WAS AGAIN, THIS IDEA, HOW DO WE GET MORE TEETH? HOW DO WE GET THAT? SO OUR, IN OUR CURRENT FORMAT, YOU KNOW, UM, EVER SINCE THE, UH, THEATER DISTRICT WAS BUILT AND THOSE APARTMENTS AND THE OFFICE BUILDING JUST SOUTH OF D STREET ON THE WEST SIDE, WHERE THERE WAS A TINY LITTLE PATHWAY, UH, THAT RAISED A FIR FERVOR.
AND THAT WAS YEARS AND YEARS AGO WHEN THE THEATER WAS BUILT.
EVER SINCE THEN, THE CITY'S BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHEN ACCESS, WHEN, WHEN PROPERTIES REDEVELOPED, TAKE RIVERFRONT DOWN BY THE FREEWAY, THERE'S A VERY NICE, YOU KNOW, CLASS ONE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY THERE.
AND, UM, CURRENTLY SAY WITH THE PROJECT, WELL WHEN, WHEN THE VET'S HOUSING WHERE THAT DOCK IS THAT MAGGIE SHOWED, UNFORTUNATELY THE DOCK IS IN DISREPAIR AND
[00:20:01]
THERE'S NOT ACCESS THERE, BUT THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL PATHWAY AND LANDSCAPING THERE.SO MCNAIR LANDING THE HOMES THERE HAVE A NICE PATHWAY.
SO WE'RE GETTING SLOWLY A TRAIL.
WHAT OUR POINT IS THAT WE'D LIKE TO IMPRESS IF WE CAN UPON YOU AND, AND OTHERS WHO WILL LISTEN, IS THAT RIVER ACCESS IS NOT JUST A TRAIL, A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAIL ALONG THE TOP OF BANK.
AND THE CITY'S DONE A GOOD JOB NOW ABOUT REQUIRING THAT IS WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WHEN PROJECTS ALONG THE RIVER ARE REDEVELOPED.
BUT RIVER ACCESS DOESN'T STOP AT THE TOP OF THE BANK.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING FROM THE TOP OF THE BANK DOWN TO THE WATER'S EDGE.
BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HAVING GONE THROUGH THAT WITH THE FLOAT HOUSE, HAVING HELPED FRIENDS AS THEY WENT THROUGH IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO DEVELOP ON THE LAND TO GET THINGS DONE ON THE WATER.
LIKE DOCKS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE STATE AGENCIES, FEDERAL AGENCIES YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, IT'S JUST PERSISTENCE.
SO NOT EVERY PROPERTY THAT'S REDEVELOPED NEEDS A DOCK ON IT, BUT FOR US, RIVER ACCESS IS TO HAVE, AND THAT'S SOME OF WHAT THE PETALUMA WATERWAYS OUTLINED IS.
WHERE WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE DOCKS? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE TURNING BASIN, THE REASON WE MOVED AND NOW ARE IN FRONT OF THE RIVERFRONT CAFE, UH, IS BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA COMPLETE NOW, UH, THIS SUMMER, UNFORTUNATELY, WORST TIMING POSSIBLE.
BUT, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE NEW DOCKS ALL THE WAY AROUND FROM, UH, FROM THE RIVER PLAZA OVER TO, UH, WELLER STREET.
AND THEN OF COURSE, RIGHT AFTER THAT, DREDGING, THE DREDGING ARMY CORPS IS GONNA COME BACK AND DREDGE.
SO AGAIN, FOR US, IT'S WHERE DOES IT MAKE SENSE? I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING TO THE RIVER PARK.
THE I, LONG-TERM VISION IS FOR THAT PETALUMA WATERWAYS.
IMAGINE ONE DAY WHEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU COULD RUN A, A, A WATER TAXI FROM THE SHERIDAN ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE DOWNTOWN.
'CAUSE MOST OF OUR DEVELOPMENT, OUR INFILL DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN A STONE'S THROW OF THE RIVER.
SO IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT WE HAVE DOCKS ALONG THE WAY.
AND THAT RIVER TAXI, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE A RIVER TAXI FROM THE SHERATON OR, OR FROM RIVERFRONT OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU NAME IT ALONG THE WAY, UH, UH, RATHER THAN, AND GET INTO DOWNTOWN AND HAVE A GREAT TIME AND THEN GET BACK, RATHER THAN HAVING TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW, AND ADD TO THE, THE, THE PROBLEM OF TRAFFIC OR FIND PARKING, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE KEY THING.
WE TRY AND PRESS THAT RIVER ACCESS DOESN'T END AT THE TOP OF THE BANK.
AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR BOATING OR RIVER TAXIS.
UH, WHILE WE WERE AT THE FLOAT HOUSE, UH, I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT OFFICE TO HAVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME DOWN.
SOME FISH, SOME PEOPLE JUST DANGLE THEIR FEET IN THE WATER.
SOME PEOPLE COME DOWN FOR THEIR LUNCH.
THERE'S, IF YOU, I'M READING, FINISHING, READING A BOOK RIGHT NOW THAT WAS A NATIONAL BESTSELLER CALLED BLUE MIND.
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE EFFECT THAT WATER HAS ON US PSYCHOLOGICALLY IN OUR GENES, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE WATER.
AND SO THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THAT BOATING YES, IN OUR TERMS, BUT ALSO JUST PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET DOWN TOUCH IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PETALUMA HAS THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THAT, THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES DON'T.
SO, UM, MY COMMISSIONER COMMENT LATER WILL BE ABOUT SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR RIVER BASE BEING PUSHED TO TRY TO GET IT IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY PUSH TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF RIVER ACCESS IN THE GENERAL PLAN THAT THEY'RE IN THEIR DRAFT? WE WERE VERY, YEAH, WE WERE VERY ACTIVE IN THE 2008 GENERAL PLAN TO GET, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY BOATHOUSE, A BOAT RENTAL CENTER, UH, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND, UH, WE'VE JUST BEEN SO BUSY.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN AS INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT ITERATION, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET INVOLVED NOW, NOW THAT WE, NOW THAT WE'RE SETTLED A LITTLE BIT, UH, BECAUSE TO GET THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST LEFT TO INTERPRETATION, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, SOMEBODY TOLD ME, YEAH, WELL GREG, YOUR IDEA OF RIVER ACCESS ISN'T EVERYBODY'S, SOME PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH JUST THE TOP OF BANK A PATHWAY.
AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY HAS TO HAVE THAT RIVER ACCESS, BUT WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY, THE PETALUMA WATERWAYS THAT STARTED TO IDENTIFY THAT.
AND WE JUST NEED TO EXPAND THAT DEFINITION OF RIVER ACCESS.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS PUSHED TOWARDS THE GENERAL PLAN BECAUSE I'M, I'LL BE TALKING LATER ABOUT PUSHING ALSO FOR, UM, THE UPPER RIVER INITIATIVE AND FRIENDS OF THE RIVER AND PETALUMA RIVER PARK TO BE A PART OF THAT GENERAL PLAN.
I DON'T SEE WHY THIS WOULDN'T BE THAT TOTALLY CRITICAL.
AND THOSE ARE ALL PART OF THE LITTLE WATERS RIGHT THERE.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET IT ON THERE.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.
COME, WE'RE TALKING WITH DREW ABOUT GETTING,
[00:25:01]
UH, SOME OF THE FOLKS, STAFF AND AND COMMISSION MEMBERS DOWN TO THE FLOAT HOUSE.FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE SEEN ANYTHING, WE'RE RIGHT IN FRONT OF RIVERFRONT CAFE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GET OUT AND GET ON THE WATER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN COMMISSION.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? NO.
SO COMMISSIONER COMMENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT WAS SO GREAT TO HEAR IT ALL PUT TOGETHER IN THAT MANNER.
UM, I FEEL LUCKY I GOT TO TOUR THE FOOT HOUSE WHEN IT FIRST CAME OPEN, AND I'M SO PROUD TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE SOME MENTEES THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM IT.
UM, I WAS ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT MCNAIR LANDING, 'CAUSE I USED TO LIVE THERE AND MY KIDS AND I WOULD SIT ON THE EDGE AND WATCH THE ROWING TEAMS GO UP AND DOWN THE RIVER.
AND THAT DOCK ALWAYS BAFFLED ME, SO THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT AS WELL.
UM, I, I DO THINK THAT HAD MY KIDS BEEN ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND, YOU KNOW, UM, AND ALSO THE ACCESS PART.
UM, AND THEN JUST THE WATER TAXIS, WHEN I THINK ABOUT NAPA AND THE NAPA RIVER, AND EVER SINCE THEY PUT IN THE WATER TAXIS THERE, AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE TO WATCH AS YOU'RE ALONG THAT RIVER WALK THERE.
SO I WOULD LOVE THAT FOR PETALUMA.
UM, FROM THE MUSEUM SIDE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE THROWN AROUND A FEW TIMES HAVING THE HISTORY OF THE RIVER AS AN EXHIBIT, AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY AS YOU ARE BUILDING MOMENTUM AROUND THIS.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T CONNECTED WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STACY, CONNECTING, SO, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE.
UM, SO I HOPE WE CAN, I HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY VALUABLE.
AND ALSO, I JUST WANNA SAY HOW MANY, UM, THAT AGES OF PEOPLE THAT YOU PUT THERE OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN AGE FRIENDLY ACTIVITY AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT IN PETALUMA.
ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER GR I DO HAVE A FEW.
I'M HAVING AN ASTHMA ATTACK, SO I'M GONNA LIMIT MY COMMENTS.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, IT'S JUST SO ADMIRABLE HOW SUCCESSFUL YOUR NONPROFIT IS.
YOUR CREATIVITY IN PROGRAMMING AND THE WAY THAT YOU REACH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS JUST SO INSPIRING.
UM, AND I JUST LOVE THAT YOU PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL, UM, NO MATTER AGE, RACE, GENDER ABILITY.
IT'S, IT'S JUST SO AMAZING AND SUCH A CHERISHED PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST HOPE THAT THIS BODY AND, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE CAN REALLY SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS AND CONTINUE TO GROW, UM, ACCESS.
BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, LIKE IT IS THE BIGGEST PARK AND THE MOST UNDERUTILIZED, I THINK.
UM, I GREW UP ON THE WATER, UM, IN LAKE TAHOE AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF LIKE, MY LIFE.
SO I LOVE GETTING OUT THERE ON THE BOATS AND ESPECIALLY WITH MY SON.
SO IF I ENCOURAGE ANYONE OF THE PUBLIC OR ON THIS BODY THAT HASN'T BEEN OUT YET ON THE RIVER, IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
NOW I REMEMBER, UM, 20 18, 20 19 WHEN WE WERE ALL GETTING GOING AT THE RIVER PARK.
IN OUR MEETINGS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR PROJECT AND IT'S SO EXCITING TO, TO, TO SEE IT HAPPENING.
AND, UH, TO ME THIS PROJECT REALLY SYMBOLIZES THE, UM, IDEA OF GETTING BACK TO THE RIVER AND SO MANY PROJECTS AROUND THE FOCUS IN THE RIVER COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER.
AND, UM, TALKING ABOUT, YOU SAID MCNEAR LANDING WAS THE NAME OF THAT, THAT PATH.
UH, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE IS A CITY PLANNER WHO WAS INTEGRAL IN, IN MAKING THAT PATH.
AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR SO LONG ABOUT WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE SO MUCH MORE AROUND THE CITY LIKE THAT? SO THIS IS A TOPIC THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE IT ON THEIR MINDS ALREADY, SO I'D LOVE TO SEE IT REALLY GET OUT THERE.
I, UM, I LOVE THE VISION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN NURTURING FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S TAKEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.
I'M IMPRESSED BY ALL OF THE EFFORTS, THE VOLUNTEER, I MEAN, TO, TO GET THAT MANY PEOPLE TOGETHER AND TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED IS AMAZING.
I THINK, UM, I ENJOY KAYAKING MYSELF.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT FOR THE PAST YEAR 'CAUSE I JUST GOT A NEW SHOULDER, BUT I'M, I'M PLANNING ON GETTING BACK OUT ON THE RIVER SOON.
AND, UM, ONE THOUGHT I HAD WAS, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A KIND OF A PATCHWORK OF,
[00:30:01]
UM, NOT ONLY OF, OF VARIOUS OWNERSHIP OF DIFFERENT PARCELS ALONG THE RIVER, BUT ALSO DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE RIVER.AND, UM, MY THOUGHT WAS THAT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT CREATING AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION LIKE A RIVER ALLIANCE THAT, UM, BRINGS ALL THE VARIOUS GROUPS TOGETHER UNDER A LARGER UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION, UM, AND INCLUDE THE CITY IN THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN START COORDINATING THINGS, MAKING SURE THAT E EFFORTS AREN'T BEING DUPLICATED AND, AND BROADENING THAT VISION TO INCLUDE THE, ALL THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN THE RIVER.
SO THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT THAT I HAD.
SO THE, THE THING I MENTIONED RIVER AS PART OF
UM, PA WE CALLED IT, AND WHEN WAS THAT? THAT WAS A WHILE AGO.
THAT WAS PART OF A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GRANT WE APPLIED FOR.
THEY CAME IN AND THEY BROUGHT THE CITY TO THE TABLE AS WELL AS ALL THE RIVER NONPROFITS.
AND AGAIN, IT WAS TO TRY AND CREATE THAT NEXT STEP IS HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT THE VISION, ALL THESE VISION ELEMENTS AND HOW, AND IT'S SO CRITICAL TO HAVE THE CITY AND THE NON-PROFITS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER AND IT WORKED FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, BUT THEN ONCE IT WAS APPROVED, YOU KNOW, LIKE SO MANY PLANS AND, AND DIVISIONS, YOU KNOW, IT'S SITTING SOMEWHERE ON A SHELF.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
SO WE DID, WE WOULD MEET WITH, UM, EVERYONE, THE TRESTLE, THE RIVER, IT WAS BEFORE RIVER PARK, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, UM, WE WERE THERE AND FRIENDS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER.
WE HAD A CITY, UH, A CITY STAFF THERE, AND WE WOULD MEET AT, AT, UM, UH, OVER AT LUCCHESE, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND, UH, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEXT? YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE COORDINATE? BUT THAT WAS BEFORE WE HAD THE FLOAT HOUSE.
I MEAN, WE WERE JUST STILL TRYING TO BUILD IT.
AND NOW THAT WE'VE GOT IT AND NOW THE RIVER PARK IS THERE, IT'S, IT'S SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO GET BACK TOGETHER BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHY DON'T, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS TALK AND LIKE, WE'RE TALKING ALL THE TIME, BELIEVE ME, WE HAVE EACH OTHER ON SPEED DIAL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS THING.
AND, UM, BUT TO MAKE IT MORE FORMAL AND WITH THE CITY INVOLVED, CITY STAFF INVOLVED.
SO THAT, AND AGAIN, TO BRING BACK PETALUMA WATERWAYS SO THAT WE REALLY HAVE, ARE BUILDING A PLAN THAT WE ARE ALL BEHIND.
BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S THE RIVER AND WE'RE NOT CONNECTED, IT'S LIKE, HEY, STEPHANIE, HEY, YOU GUYS OVER AT RIVER PARK.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE SO DISTANT
AND WE'RE STARTING, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT LIKE, INCLUDING THAT IN OUR SUMMER CAMPS, AND THEY INCLUDE US IN THEIR SUMMER CAMPS AND, BUT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS EACH OTHER, LIKE LITERALLY TOO.
SO AND SO, ANYWAY, THAT DOES EXIST.
PET RIVER ACCESS PARTNERS, LET'S BRING IT BACK.
SHALL WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM? GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION, UM, ON SCHOENBERGER PARK AMPHITHEATER AND KIOSK PROJECT.
THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE LAST PRESENTATION, UH, MAGGIE AND GREG.
SO FOR STARTERS, I WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME MEMBERS OF OUR PROJECT TEAM HERE TONIGHT.
UM, AND THEY'LL BE WALKING US THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND, AND TAKING QUESTIONS.
SO FIRST WE'VE GOT STEVE WORRELL, UH, HE'S A SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER.
AND THEN ON THE TEAM WE ALSO HAVE MATTIAS, BERNARDO, AND DE OLIVIERA AND LUCAS BIERA, UH, BOTH ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.
SO THE TEAM HERE, UM, WILL HAVE OUR, OUR CLERK PULL UP THE SLIDES.
UH, THE TEAM WILL TOUCH ON SOME OF THE HISTORY BEHIND THE SCHULLENBERGER EDUCATIONAL AMPHITHEATER PROJECT, BUT I DO WANNA PROVIDE SOME IMPORTANT CONTEXT, UM, ON HOW WE GET HERE BEFORE STEVE KIND OF DIVES INTO TO MORE DETAIL.
SO I'M GONNA TAKE YOU BACK TO 2017.
UH, AGAIN, THE CITY WAS APPROACHED BY PETALUMA WETLANDS ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP, UH, REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR A GRANT APPLICATION TO BUILD AN EDU OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL AMPHITHEATER AND INTERPRETIVE KIOSK AT SCHULLENBERGER PARK.
SO I RECOGNIZE, I THINK IT WAS ONLY COMMISSIONER KELLY THAT WAS, UH, ON THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME.
[00:35:01]
UM, SO, BUT TO, TO FAST FORWARD AND GET EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED PRETTY QUICKLY IN, IN 2018, THE CITY IN COLLABORATION WITH, WITH THE PETALUMA WETLANDS ALLIANCE, OR PWA RECEIVED WORD OF THAT GRANT WAS, WAS AN, WAS AWARDED AS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS AND RECREATION AND OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FACILITIES PROGRAM.UM, BUT FROM HERE, YOU KNOW, TIME-WISE, YOU, YOU PUT IN A COUPLE OF, UM, STATED DISASTERS.
A A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, A REAL SHIFT IN TRANSITION, EMERGENCE OF A BURGEONING AMOUNT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS ON THE PE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITY SIDE ALONE.
UH, THIS GRANT DUE IN LARGE PART FROM THE EXTENDED TIMELINE, UH, WASN'T PUSHED AS A PRIORITY BECAUSE, UH, IT DIDN'T HAVE A DEADLINE FACING UP IN FRONT.
SO WITH THAT PAUSE, UM, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TONIGHT, WE REALLY FEEL THAT ALSO GAVE STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, REVISIT SOME OF THE INITIAL DESIGN GOALS, UH, REENGAGE WITH THE PETALUMA WETLANDS ALLIANCE, UH, WHO'S ALSO HAD A TRANSITION IN THE TYPES OF PROGRAMMING AND HOW THEIR, UM, DOSING PROGRAM REALLY WORKS.
SO USING THAT, UM, AND REALLY TRY AND INCORPORATE THAT AND EVOLVING THE DESIGN, WE THINK ULTIMATELY ENDED IN A, IN A BETTER PROJECT.
SO IT'S, UH, AT THAT POINT WHERE WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT, UH, THE EVOLUTION AND THE DESIGN AS IT EXISTS TODAY, AND WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH IT STARTING WITH, UH, STEVE, TAKE IT AWAY.
UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WE CAN TAKE SOME QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO, AS DREW MENTIONED, UM, KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WE HAVE SOME UPDATES TO THE PROJECT RELATED TO ITS SCHEDULE, THE DELIVERY OF THE, THE OVERALL PROJECT AND THE DESIGN ITERATIONS THAT HAVE REALLY CHANGED QUITE A BIT OVER TIME.
AND AT THIS POINT ARE HOPEFULLY MORE ALIGNED WITH, UM, WHAT THE PETALUMA WETLANDS ALLIANCE WOULD SUPPORT FOR, FOR DELIVERY OF THIS PROJECT.
AS DREW MENTIONED, THIS STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UM, HERE WE'RE, WE'RE REFERENCING THE ORIGINAL GRANT, REALLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE RESTRICTIVE.
IT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO IN 2017 THAT WE STILL HAVE TO COMMIT TO TODAY.
THAT'S A 50 SEAT ACCESSIBLE OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER, INFORMATIONAL KIOSK NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ADOBE CREEK WITH THE PETALUMA RIVER.
AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE REALLY DO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE CAN TRY AND INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED AND, AND GET SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, MORE AGREEABLE.
SO AS DREW MENTIONED, THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS REALLY DRIVEN BY THE PETALUMA WETLANDS ALLIANCE GOAL FOR AN EDUCATIONAL AMPHITHEATER.
THE IDEA WAS FOR OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING, PRIMARILY AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, WETLANDS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE A, A SPACE TO, TO LEARN KIND OF INSTITUTE.
SO AS WE ARE AWARE, THE YEARS HAVE CHANGED THE WAY THINGS, UM, WORK.
YOU KNOW, DREW MENTIONED THE PANDEMIC THAT HAS CHANGED THE WAY SOME PROGRAMMING IS STRUCTURED.
AND SO AT THIS POINT, THE, I THINK THE, THE PREFERENCE WE HEARD WAS FOR A SPACE THAT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE AND ALLOW LECTURES, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, OTHER POTENTIAL USES THAT WERE ENVISIONED WERE MUSIC, THEATER, PAINTING CLASSES, THINGS THAT ARE, UM, NOT NECESSARILY JUST MORE OF A CLASSROOM TYPE SETTING.
SO WE TOOK THAT AND REALLY TRIED TO COME UP WITH A BUILT SPACE THAT WOULD BE FLEXIBLE IN THE NEEDS, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, WE LEANED INTO THAT FEEDBACK TO REVISIT SOME OF THE IDEAS OF THE AMPHITHEATER, KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SIMPLE, IDEALLY BLENDING IN WITH THE ENVIRONMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND, AND FLEXIBLE TO BE USED, UH, AS PROGRAMMING CONTINUES TO CHANGE OVER TIME.
SO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, WE'RE WRAPPING UP KIND OF THE FINAL DESIGN AT THIS POINT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AIMING TO PRESENT THIS EVENING AS OUR FINAL CONCEPT DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN GET A CONSTRUCTION READY, SET OF PLANS, PUT TOGETHER, HAVE THOSE PLANS BID AND PROCEED FORWARD, UH, REALLY IN ORDER TO MEET THAT GRANT TIMELINE.
SO STEPPING THROUGH THE, THE NEXT FEW PIECES OF THE SCHEDULE, WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED THIS FALL COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN OCTOBER AND FEBRUARY, AND THEN HAVE THE PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE PRIOR TO THE, THE BIRD NESTING SEASON STARTING NEXT FEBRUARY.
UH, AND THEN CLOSING OUT PRIOR TO THE GRANT DEADLINE OF JUNE, 2025.
SO TALKING THROUGH THE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED, ONE OF THE REQUESTS WAS TO DOWNSIZE THE NUMBER OF SEATS.
AGAIN, THE GRANT WAS PRETTY SPECIFIC AND IT'D
[00:40:01]
BE IN A 50 SEAT OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER.WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO AND WHAT WE THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS REALLY REDUCE THE FOOTPRINT, REDUCE THE OVERALL IMPACT, AND MAKE IT A SMALLER STRUCTURE SO THAT IT DOES BLEND IN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHILE STILL REALISTICALLY BEING SOMETHING WE COULD CALL A 50 SEAT AMPHITHEATER.
UH, ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK WAS TO SHIFT THE ORIENTATION.
THIS WAS REALLY AN AESTHETIC CONCERN THAT WE, WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT AS MUCH, BUT THAT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO CHANGE KIND OF THE FOCUS OF, IF YOU'RE SITTING IN, IN THE AMPHITHEATER, LOOKING AT THE STAGE WHERE YOUR FOCUS GOES AND WHAT THE BACKGROUND IS.
ONE OF THE BIGGER IDEAS WAS TO HAVE MORE OF AN INFORMAL MEETING AREA.
UM, AS WE'LL SEE, WHEN WE LOOK AT KIND OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER IN THE DESIGN, THE, THE FEEDBACK WAS REALLY AROUND MAKING IT LESS OF KIND OF A, ALMOST A WEDDING STYLE CHURCH CONGREGATION ENVIRONMENT, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, INFORMAL.
SO WE, WE UPDATED THE LAYOUT OF THE EVENING TO GET RID OF A, A CENTER AISLE REALLY, AND, AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SMALLER AND SIMPLER.
AND THEN THE LAST PIECE WAS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THE STAGE.
THE IDEA WAS TO TRY AND BLEND IN WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO RATHER THAN HAVING AN ELEVATED PLATFORM, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS THAT REALLY, AGAIN, TRY AND BLEND IN, WORK WITH THE NATURAL CONTOURS OF THE AREA AROUND THE WETLANDS AND BE A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER.
SO A COUPLE OF, UH, INSPIRATIONAL PHOTOS, AND AGAIN, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE.
THIS IS JUST, UM, OTHER AMPHITHEATERS WE HAD SEEN IN OUTDOOR AREAS THAT HAD CONCEPTS THAT SEEMED TO FIT IN WELL.
SO SIMPLER BLENDING IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND NOT VISUALLY IMPOSING.
AND HERE AGAIN, THIS IS AN OPTION THAT IS IN, YOU KNOW, PARK SETTING.
UM, PROBABLY QUITE A BIT BIGGER THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND HERE.
BUT, UH, THERE WERE PIECES OF THIS THAT WE WANTED TO TRY AND USE IN OUR UPDATED DESIGN.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE THOUGHT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MATERIAL SELECTION.
WE'LL GET INTO THE, THE DETAILS OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANTED TO LEAN ON WAS THE COMBINATION OF DURABILITY AND USE OF MAINTENANCE OF CONCRETE WITHOUT HAVING A LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE THAT LOOKS OUT OF PLACE, UH, IN A WETLAND ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UH, WE'RE CONSIDERING AND, AND LOOKING INTO A STAMPED CONCRETE THAT CAN BE MORE OF A NATURAL AESTHETIC THAT BLENDS IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THE SETTING.
SO HERE WE'VE GOT THE EARLIER CONCEPT DESIGN ON THE LEFT AND OUR UPDATED APPROACH ON THE RIGHT, AND A COUPLE OF BULLETS DISCUSSING KIND OF WHAT CHANGED.
SO, UH, WITHOUT READING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHLIGHTS, WE'VE SHORTENED THE PATH REALLY TO REDUCE THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT OF THE PROJECT.
WE'VE REDUCED THE SIZE OF THE SEATING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NARROWER AND SMALLER WHILE STILL BEING, UH, FUNCTIONAL.
YOU KNOW, THE GOAL WAS TO REALLY SHRINK DOWN THE SIZE OF THE, THE AREA WITHOUT, UM, BEING QUITE SO LARGE.
WE'VE MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE FINS OFF AREA, SO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN REALLY ENCROACHED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THE WETLAND, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, MORE TUCKED BACK ALONG THE EXISTING ACCESS PATH.
AND THEN WE'VE SHIFTED THE ORIENTATION A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WE'LL, WE'LL SHOW IN MORE DETAIL.
SO AGAIN, ON THE LEFT WAS OUR ORIGINAL DESIGN, MORE OF A, A SOUTHWEST FACING ORIENTATION.
AND THEN THE UPDATE CLOSER TO DO SOUTH.
THE, THE FEEDBACK HERE WAS REALLY FROM THE PETALUMA WETLANDS FOLKS WHO SPENT A LOT MORE TIME IN THIS AREA.
THEY WERE, UM, KEEN TO POINT OUT THAT LOOKING DO SOUTH GETS YOU THE VIEW OF THE MOUNTAIN AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, FRAMING AROUND THE STAGE AND TURNS YOU AWAY FROM THE PATH THAT CONTINUES ALONG.
SO, UM, RELATIVELY SIMPLE CHANGE, BUT ONE THAT WE THINK THAT REALLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE, I GUESS,
SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE CURRENT PLAN.
UM, SOME HIGHLIGHTS, I'LL POINT OUT THE SEATING IS SMALLER, RIGHT? WE'RE STILL AIMING FOR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CALL 50 SEATS, BUT TAKES A MUCH, MUCH SMALLER, UH, FOOTPRINT CLOSER ALIGNMENT WITH THE EXISTING CONTOUR.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY PROPOSING SIGNIFICANT EARTH WORK OF ANY KIND.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STAYING WITHIN KIND OF THE, THE FEEL OF THAT AREA THAT SLOPES DOWN TOWARDS THE WETLAND.
WE'RE AVOIDING THE FENCE AREA AND NOT ENCROACHING BEYOND KIND OF THE, THE ALREADY DISTURBED AREA ADJACENT TO THE PATHWAY.
[00:45:01]
AND THEN ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES SHORTENING UP THE STAGE.SO DROPPING THE STAGE HEIGHT ALLOWED US TO HAVE A SHORTER PATH AND STILL REALLY ALIGN WITH THE A DA ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL PATH MO ITS WAY AROUND THE STAGE SO THAT IT WASN'T SLOPED TOO HIGH BY DROPPING THE STAGE, WE CAN JUST REDUCE THE PATH LINK, REDUCE THE SLOPE ALL AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WHILE STILL HAVING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S AN ACCESSIBLE, UM, FLAT AREA, I GUESS BASICALLY FOR, FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS IN THE AMPHITHEATER AREA.
WE ALSO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MATERIAL CHOICES.
SO THE INITIAL FEEDBACK WE GOT WAS, CONCRETE DOESN'T BELONG HERE, HOW TO PUT IT BLUNTLY.
AND WHILE ITERATING OVER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ALTERNATIVES WE CONSIDERED WERE EITHER A NATURAL OR RECLAIMED WOOD OR A RECYCLED WOOD UH, DECKING FOR THE STAGE.
UNFORTUNATELY, BOTH OF THOSE COME WITH PRETTY SEVERE MAINTENANCE CHALLENGES.
SO THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD BE MORE EASILY MAINTAINED AND WOULD REALLY LAST A LONG TIME IS WHAT LED US TO A, A STAMPED CONCRETE APPROACH FOR THE STAGE.
SO THE IDEA IS TO USE EITHER, UH, A STONE STAMPING OR A NATURAL WOOD STAMPING THAT IS LESS IMPOSING THAN A BRUSHED CONCRETE SIDEWALK, UH, AND FITS IN, BUT IS ALSO EASIER TO MAINTAIN THAN A, A WOOD DECK THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE SPLINTERING WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO FOR THE SEATING.
UM, SIMILAR, SIMILAR IVER APPROACH WAS CONSIDERED.
WE CAN LOOKED AT WOOD, UH, A RECYCLED BENCH TOP OR A METAL BENCH THAT'S COATED.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT PROS AND CONS FOR WOOD, OF COURSE, PROBABLY BLENDS IN THE BEST IN THIS AREA AND IS THE HARDEST TO MAINTAIN.
SO RELYING ON THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR, OUR FRIENDS AND PARKS, WE LOOKED AT SOME OPTIONS THAT ARE AN INTERESTING MIDDLE GROUND, RIGHT? LIKE THEY STILL, UH, IN THE CASE OF THE RECYCLED WOOD OR IN THE RECYCLED PLASTIC TOPS CAN LOOK LIKE WOOD, UH, BUT WILL LAST QUITE A BIT LONGER.
AND, UM, YEAH, IT'LL JUST BE, BE EASIER TO MAINTAIN INTO THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TONIGHT AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT, THE PROCESS, UM, THE DESIGN.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUICK ONE.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS TO, BECAUSE THE AMPHITHEATER'S GONNA BE SO CLOSE TO THOSE TABLES, WILL FIELD TRIPS STILL BE ABLE TO HAPPEN DURING THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UM, CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL WANT TO HAVE THE OVERLAP BETWEEN ANY EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUT THERE PLACING CONCRETE AND EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, GIVEN THE TIMING, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT DOING THIS PROJECT IN A PRETTY COMPRESSED TIMELINE, UM, IN THE WINTER.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO CONSIDER AND COORDINATE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP IT OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION.
I, I GUESS ALL THAT SAID, I THINK OUR ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS CONSTRUCTION IS SOMETHING LIKE FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS, SO HOPEFULLY RELATIVELY SHORT IMPACT TIME.
AND SO THEN WILL YOU, BECAUSE I'M THINKING OF THE PATHS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE UPPER PATH OPEN, THE LOWER PATH WILL HAVE TO CLOSE.
I THINK WE DO WANNA CLOSE OFF THE AREA RIGHT WHERE THE WORK IS AND HAVE SECURITY FENCING JUST TO KEEP CONSTRUCTION AND PUBLIC ACCESS SEPARATE.
BUT YOU CAN DO THE WHOLE LOOP STILL.
YOU JUST CAN'T DO THE LOWER PATH THAT TBD.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING.
COMMISSIONER, YOU WANNA COMMENT QUESTION? UH, IS PG A GONNA BE WORKING, UH, OUT THERE THAT THERE WON'T BE FIELD TRIPS IN THE FALL? EXCUSE ME.
YEAH, WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STICK AROUND AND THEN THANK YOU.
WE WILL HAVE YOUR COMMENT CARD AND, AND THEN WE CAN SPEAK TO IT.
UM, ONE, OH, WERE YOU GONNA GO? OH, MY QUESTION WAS JUST, IS THERE A WAY TO SEE WHERE THIS SPACE IS IN THE WHOLE MAP OF THE PARK? WAS SOME, I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME PICTURING THE LOCATION WHERE IT IS IN THE OVERALL PARK.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SEE THAT.
SO, UM, WE'LL, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE AN UPDATED EXHIBIT.
IT'S ALONG THE ENTRANCE PATHWAY PRETTY CLOSE TO THE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
BUT I KNOW THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU MUCH OF A VISUAL
IS IT NEAR THE, UM, THE LITTLE RESTROOM BUILDING IN THE PARKING, THE LITTLE PARKING AREA THERE BY THE MAIN GATE? YEAH.
PRETTY CLOSE TO THE MAIN GATE.
I THINK I KNOW WHERE THAT IS, WHERE THE PICNIC TABLES ARE.
YEAH, THE, THE PICNIC TABLES, I GUESS ARE THE EXISTING MONUMENT.
[00:50:01]
YOU.UM, THE ONLY QUESTION OR COMMENT I GUESS THAT I, I GUESS QUESTION, UM, IS WHATEVER, UM, CAN THERE BE THINGS DONE IN TERMS OF THE COLORING OF THE CONCRETE, UH, THE STAMPING OF THE CONCRETE TO REALLY MAKE IT BLEND INTO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT? UH, MAYBE POSSIBLY EVEN USE THE STAGE AS AN EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT WITH BIRD FOOTPRINTS OR NATIVE PLANT LEAVES, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THOSE ARE ALL REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
OUR, OUR TEAM HAD STARTED TO LOOK AT THE STAMPING SPECIFICALLY, AND I THINK OUR EXPECTATION IS THE FINAL COLOR CHOICES, STAMPING IMPRINTS ARE SOMETHING WE WOULD BRING BACK, UM, TO PWA AND POTENTIALLY TO THIS GROUP AS WELL FOR APPROVAL.
SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, JOHN RICHARDS, DID YOU WANNA COME UP AND YEAH.
UH, I AM A PWA MEMBER, UM, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT, UH, BASICALLY THE PARK ISN'T GONNA BE OPEN IN THE FALL WHEN THE PG IS WORKING ON IT, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSED, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS YEAR BECAUSE THE EDUCATION PROGRAM, UM, FOR PWA ACTUALLY MOVED DOWN TO, UH, ELLIS CREEK AND WAS HELD THERE.
NOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR? I, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT WAS, UH, MY, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING ANYWAY.
AND OF COURSE, JOHN SCHIBS IS THE VICE MAYOR ON THE COUNCIL, SO HE PROBABLY KNOWS, YOU KNOW, A LOT ABOUT THESE THINGS.
AND THEN I GUESS THE OTHER COMMENT, UH, THE SHIFTING OF THE STAGE, I THINK, UH, IT'S NOW FOCUSED ON OLAND POLY OR BURDALE MOUNTAIN, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, SO I, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST TO MY MIND, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, UH, UH, YOU CAN POINT AND KINDA LOOK THAT WAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
AESTHETICALLY, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION RIGHT NOW.
OF COURSE, THERE ISN'T WATER IN THERE, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE IS WATER IN THE WINTERTIME, WHY PEOPLE CAN GO OUT AND TAKE PICTURES OF THE BIRDS THERE AND MAYBE IT'LL BE ON AUDUBON MAGAZINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO ANYWAY, UM, THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF MY COMMENTS.
AND I, AT THE PWA MEETING, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT REALLY CAME OUT TOO MUCH, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT ON, UH, BIRDS THAT MAY NEST NEAR THERE.
BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN REDUCED ENOUGH.
AND, UH, THERE WAS A, A SURVEY THAT A WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST DID OF, UH, SCHOENBERGER AND ALMAN MARSH AND THAT NESS, AT LEAST SHE FOUND, WEREN'T RIGHT CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE, I THINK THAT WEREN'T, UH, WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE MIGRATORY BIRD ACT.
UM, AND I IMAGINE DREW'S PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THIS, UH, MAYBE FROM A FEW PEOPLE, BUT MY PERSONAL OPINION, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN ORNITHOLOGIST.
UH, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO, TO THE WILDLIFE BIOLOGY JUST TO LOOK AT IT.
BUT, UH, I THINK IN THE LONG RUN IT WILL BE, UH, UH, SMALL ENOUGH AND REGULATED ENOUGH THAT IT'LL BE AN ENHANCEMENT, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THE SCHOOL PROGRAM AT LEAST COULD USE IT TO MEET THERE.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, OTHER GROUPS COULD PERHAPS USE IT FOR, UH, THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AREN'T BIG EVENTS WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICITY GOING OUT TO IT AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE INVITING, UH, U2 OR, UH, ONE OF THE MUSIC STARS INTO, UH, BLAST OUT DURING NESTING SEASON THAT WOULDN'T GO.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
UH, WHAT WILL THE IMPACT OF THE PARK BE DURING, UM, CONSTRUCTION? WILL THERE STILL BE ACCESS TO THE REST OF THE PARK OR JUST THAT AREA WILL BE CLOSED OR HOW IS THAT GONNA WORK? YEAH, UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE ONLY THING THAT I THINK WE'RE ENVISIONING OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A CONTINUOUS PATHWAY TO THIS AMPHITHEATER.
AND SO THE STAGING OF THAT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME SHORT TERM IMPACT TO THE ACCESS OF THE PARK, BUT GENERALLY
[00:55:01]
WE'LL BE KEEPING THE CONSTRUCTION CON CONTAINED JUST TO THAT, THAT SITE.YEAH, AND I JUST, OH, ONE MORE.
I JUST WANNA POINT TO THE SCREEN.
OUR CLERKS PUT AN AERIAL HERE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE LINE OF TRAVEL FROM THE PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE PARKING LOT.
MAYBE YOU CAN ZOOM IN A THAT PERFECT RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND THEN MAYBE IF YOU COULD FOLLOW WITH YOUR CURSOR DELENA FROM THE PARKING LOT STRAIGHT THROUGH AND THAT GROUPING OF PICNIC BENCHES HERE, THAT IS THE, UH, PROPOSED LOCATION.
UM, GOING BACK TO MR. RICHARDS COMMENT, IS THERE GOING TO BE IMPACT FROM THE PG E WORK ON THE, ON THE, ON THE OPERATION OF THE PARK? YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN TERMS OF COORDINATING OUR WORK WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PG E BUT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH, UM, PG E'S IMPACT THIS YEAR.
YEAH, AND I, I'LL JUST SAY I, I DON'T THINK THE CITY HAS BEEN GIVEN THOSE TIMELINES YET, BUT THEY, PG E IS, IS REQUIRED TO WORK WITH THROUGH US, WITH US ON THOSE ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.
I KNOW THERE'S WORK LEFT TO DO, UM, AND I KNOW THEY'RE CONTENDING WITH THE SAME, UM, WINDOWS OF CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES, BUT I, I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE OR REALLY A STATUS UPDATE ON THEIR PROJECT YET, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE MONITORING IT CLOSELY 'CAUSE WE, UH, GOTTA WORK TOGETHER.
SO BOTH CONSTRUCTION COULD BE DONE AT THE SAME SIMULTANEOUSLY MAYBE.
YEAH, THAT DOESN'T, THEIRS DOESN'T INTERRUPT OURS, RIGHT? I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE QUESTION.
UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT, UH, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IT COULD, IT COULD WORK REALLY WELL, UM, IF WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE SITES DOWN.
UM, BUT, BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW FAR THEY ARE IN THEIR PROCESS.
THANK YOU THOUGH FOR THE QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, IT'S TIME FOR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS NOW.
UM, I HAD MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT WHEN WE SAW IT LAST TIME.
UM, AND UM, I STILL AM A LITTLE CONCERNED JUST OVERALL THE CONCEPT OF PAVING OVER NATURAL HABITAT TO CREATE AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE.
SO I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT IT'S WORTH IT IN THE END AND THAT ENOUGH KIDS AND EDUCATIONAL GROUPS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS HAPPEN THERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S WORTH IT.
BUT, UM, I JUST HOPE THAT THE NATURAL HABITAT ISN'T IMPACTED TOO MUCH.
IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M GLAD TO SEE THE FOOTPRINT HAS BEEN MINIMIZED AND, UM, THAT SOME CHANGES HAS HAVE BEEN MADE.
UM, I THINK THAT GOES A LONG WAY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK COMMENTS HAVE BEEN HEARD AND, AND THAT'S GREAT.
UM, I REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF THE BIRD FOOT FOOTPRINTS, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATING MORE OF, OF THE NATURAL, UM, SURROUNDING INTO THE PROJECT REALLY, I THINK COULD ALSO HELP.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE YOU GUYS.
THIS ONE GOES WITH THE INTEGRATED PES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR ME HERE,
THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT, UM, I TOURED WHEN I JOINED THE COMMISSION, SO THAT'S HOW LONG IT'S BEEN.
IT ALSO, UM, WHEN I TOURED, I WAS DOING FIELD TRIPS THERE WITH MY NOW GROWN STEPDAUGHTERS AND NOW I'M DOING 'EM WITH MY CHILDREN NOW.
SO I'VE DONE A LOT OF FIELD TRIPS THERE.
UM, AND I WANNA SAY THAT I'M REALLY HAPPY THE TABLES ARE STAYING.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THEIR FIELD TRIPS ARE SMALL GROUP CENTRIC.
AND SO, UM, WHILE I THINK HAVING THE BIG AMPHITHEATER IS IMPORTANT TO BRING THE WHOLE CLASS TOGETHER AND WHATNOT, HAVING THOSE TABLES IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND, UH, I WOULD AGREE ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO HANDS-ON IN THOSE FIELD TRIPS.
SO IF THEY WERE ABLE TO FEEL FOOTPRINTS AND FEEL, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE ENGRAVED IN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY INCREDIBLE.
UM, UH, I ALSO HOPE THAT THIS, THIS DOES STICK TO A FOUR TO FIVE WEEK TIMELINE BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER IS GOING INTO THIRD GRADE AND THAT IS A BIG FIELD TRIP THERE, AND I JUST DON'T WANT THAT WHOLE GRADE LEVEL TO MISS OUT ON, ON THE VALUE OF THE SCHOENBERGER FIELD TRIPS.
I THINK KIDS LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
UM, I HAVE DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT CEMENT.
I, I HAVE REALLY BIG CONCERNS AROUND THAT.
UM, I AM NOT GONNA PRETEND TO KNOW GROUND SURFACING AND ALL THE ABOVE, BUT GOSH, WOULDN'T IT BE BEAUTIFUL IF IT WAS JUST LIKE A DIRT AMPHITHEATER WITH SOME, HOW FIGURING OUT THE BENCHES, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BETTER, BUT IT'S SO NATURAL OUT THERE AND SO TO ADD ANYTHING THAT'S
[01:00:01]
NOT, UM, JUST MAKES ME SAD TO SEE EVEN THE BENCHES.LIKE I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WOOD BENCHES AND NOT BUT, UM, I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY WITH THE, THE BEAUTY THAT IS OUT THERE.
UM, BUT I DO REALLY, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT HAVING THIS PROJECT COME BACK AND I THINK THE VALUE OF HAVING THIS LITTLE AMPHITHEATER, I THINK IT IS REALLY POWERFUL AND CAN BE REALLY GREAT FOR PETALUMA.
UM, JUST HOPE THAT IT CAN BE AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE.
UH, I WAS NOT ON THIS COMMISSION FOR THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATIONS, UH, BUT AS FAR AS ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS GO, I'M GUESSING THERE'S HAD TO HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SURVEYS, UM, TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS AN, AN IMPACT AND HOW TO, UH, MAKE THAT NEGLIGIBLE.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS THAT GOES, UH, IF, IF WE'RE STICKING TO WHAT THE SURVEYS SAY, I, I, I CAN'T SEE HOW WE CAN GO WRONG WITH THAT.
UM, UH, AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE, THE CHANGING IN THE VIEW GOES, WHICH NO ONE TALKED ABOUT, I REALLY LIKE CHANGING TO THE SOUTHWARD.
IT SHOWS SOME REALLY KEY PARTS OF THE LANDSCAPE, UH, AS FAR AS THE GROUNDWORK GOES.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN JAPAN, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN PARKS AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TAKING PICTURES OF THE GROUNDWORK IN THE PARKS.
THEY'VE DONE THINGS THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN.
WE HAVE LIKE THE SAME HANDFUL OF, OF OPTIONS OR THE GROUND IN ANY PARK.
AND OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY DID DO A LOT OF, UM, POURED GROUND THAT YOU WOULD NEVER, I GOT DOWN AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SOME OF THESE PATHS WERE.
'CAUSE YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT IT WASN'T NATURAL.
UM, SO THERE ARE WAYS FOR SURE THEY, THEY, THAT COUNTRY PROVED IT TO ME TO, TO DO THINGS THAT WILL HOLD UP BETTER THAN NATURE, BUT LOOK JUST LIKE IT BLEND IN AND ACTUALLY CAN ENHANCE IT, RIGHT? THE GOOD THING ABOUT NATURE IS WE, WE CAN NOT ONLY SUSTAIN IT, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT EVEN BETTER, RIGHT? AND, AND, UH, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE INTERACTING WITH IT, WHICH I TOTALLY AM ON BOARD FOR THIS CONCEPT BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO JUST LOOK AT IT, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO GET INTO IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE NATURE BE TOGETHER IN THAT.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND I'D LOVE TO SEE CONCEPTS FOR HOW TO REALLY MAKE THE LOOK OF EVERYTHING USING WHATEVER MATERIAL IT IS.
IT, IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DURABLE.
UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH MORE.
YEAH, I THINK THE, UM, THE FACT THAT, UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME, A NUMBER OF CHANGES MADE IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING.
AND I THINK THIS COULD BE A REAL ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY IN PETALUMA.
AND, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, BUILDING IT IS ONE THING, BUT THEN PROGRAMMING IT AND MAKING SURE THAT IT GETS USED, UM, IN A WAY THAT ENHANCES AND BRINGS MORE PEOPLE INTO THAT ENVIRONMENT.
UM, SCHOENBERGER IS A WORLD KNOWN HOTSPOT FOR BIRDING.
AND, UM, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE, ENHANCE, UM, AND MAKE MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, NOW WE HAVE COMMITTEE COMMENTS.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
I HAVE, UM, NO COMMENTS.UM, MARIANNE STARTED OUT THE MEETING, BRINGING UP JUNETEENTH.
I JUST WANNA ECHO THAT, THAT I, UM, I'M A LITTLE DISMAYED THAT THAT'S NOT A CITY HOLIDAY, AND I HOPE THE CITY IS LOOKING AT THAT.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, I ATTENDED THE BASEBALL FIELD OPENING AND IT WAS REALLY FUN.
IT WAS AN AMAZING COMMUNITY EVENT.
UM, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT, AND IT JUST LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS ANOTHER ONE FROM WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE COMMISSION,
IT STARTED LONG BEFORE, BUT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, UM, AND SO TO SEE IT AND SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT LOOKS AND HOW, HOW THE DEDICATION THAT THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY PUT INTO PUTTING THAT ON I OR TO CREATING THAT BALL FIELD IS JUST AMAZING.
UM, MY WALK EVERY DAY IS THAT PART OF LYNCH CREEK, SO I'M WONDERING WHEN THAT'S GONNA OPEN.
I'VE BEEN, I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR,
LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW CINDY'S PEOPLE ARE GETTING IN THERE.
IF YOUR PEOPLE ARE EVEN DOING IT, YOUR PEOPLE DON'T DO IT BECAUSE IT'S FOR THE HOMES.
UM, WELL, IT'S BEEN FENCED OFF FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, SO IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF IT WAS OPEN.
[01:05:01]
LOOKS LIKE A NICE PLACE TO ENJOY, UM, THE MUSEUM.UM, WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE GENERAL MEETING.
IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO HEAR THE BOARD SPEAK.
EACH COMMITTEE SPOKE ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THIS YEAR.
AND THIS BOARD IS JUST AMAZING.
THEY'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT BUILDING, ABOUT THE MUSEUM, ABOUT THE EXHIBITS THAT COME IN ABOUT BRINGING HISTORY TO PETALUMA.
SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL.
UM, THANK YOU DREW FOR ATTENDING.
WE WELCOME TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS, UM, WHICH I THINK WE'RE, THEY'RE GONNA ADD A LOT TO THE BOARD.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE ALSO, UM, REWROTE OUR BYLAWS AND WE, UM, HAD THE, THE BIG MEMBERSHIP VOTE ON THE BYLAWS.
UM, AND THE BIG CHANGE IN THE BYLAWS IS GOING FROM A VOLUNTEER BOARD TO A, TO A GOVERNING BOARD, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND WITH THAT, THE MEMBERSHIP WHO U USUALLY WHEN YOU JOIN A MUSEUM, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT VOTING.
YOU DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF YOUR PROCESS.
WE'VE ACTUALLY KIND OF REIGNED IT INTO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE DAY TO DAY AND DOING THE WORK.
THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, THE BOARD IS GONNA BE, UM, KIND OF DOING ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS LIKE APPOINTING NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND, AND REVISING BYLAWS AND WHATNOT.
AND THE, THE, UM, MUSEUM ASSOCIATION APPROVED IT.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, THERE WAS A CORNERSTONE EVENT THAT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED, REALLY WELL PUT ON.
IT WAS A FUNDRAISER, BUT ALSO A LOT OF, UH, AWARENESS ABOUT THE MUSEUM.
WE CURRENTLY ARE CLOSED ON THE WEEKEND.
WE'RE FIGURING OUT STAFFING SLASH SECURITY NEEDS.
UM, HOPING TO FIGURE THAT OUT SOON, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE SAD TO HAVE OUR MUSEUM CLOSED ON THE WEEKENDS RIGHT NOW.
AND FINALLY, DREW AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE MEETING, BUT, UM, FIRE SEASON IS CLEARLY HERE.
UM, AND, UM, I'M, I WAS GIVING, UH, RAVING VIEWS TO TOM JORDAN, WHO IS OVERSEEING EVERYTHING FOR THE CITY.
AND I'M JUST HOPING THAT THIS TAKES PRESSURE OFF THE PARK AND REC STAFF WHO HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS OF JUST JUMPING IN WHEN NEEDED.
AND, YOU KNOW, RUNNING EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH CREATING EVACUATION CENTERS IN A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M HOPING THIS TAKES PRESSURE OFF OF YOU ALL, UM, BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE A LOT THAT HAS BEEN ABOVE AND BEYOND.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
UH, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT FOR THE, THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, THE GENERAL PLAN COMMITTEE IS, IS, UM, SOON CLOSING THE COMMITTEE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, UH, FOR WHAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, INCLUDED IN, IN THE, THE FINAL DRAFT TO BE APPROVED FOR THE GENERAL PLAN.
UH, AND SO THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
UM, I, I CAN'T SEE WHAT TIME IT'S AT.
DO YOU KNOW, SIX SIX? I THINK IT WAS SIX.
SO THERE'S AT LEAST ONE MORE CHANCE FOR THE GENERAL, UH, PLAN COMMISSION TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY WANT INCLUDED IN THIS FINAL DRAFT OF THE GENERAL PLAN BEFORE IT GOES BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT AND COUNSEL TO APPROVE.
UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT AWARENESS OUT THERE FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS IN THE GENERAL PLAN TO GO AND HAVE A SHARE A PUBLIC COMMENT TOMORROW NIGHT ABOUT INCLUDING IN THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, THE, UM, FRIENDS OF THE RIVER AND THEIR UPPER RIVER INITIATIVE AND THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK.
UH, HAVING ALL THAT INCLUDED IN THE ACTUAL DRAFT OF THE GEN OF THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A, A REALLY CRITICAL PART OF THE CITY, OF THE, OF THE RIVER.
AND, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD TO, TO PUSH FOR, UH, THE RIVER ACCESS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, UM, UH, FOR, WITH THE FLOAT HOUSE, UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THAT AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE RIVER PARK AND THE NEW PROPERTY WHERE THERE'LL BE A, THERE COULD BE A BRIDGE GOING OVER.
SO WE, YOU COME FROM SCHOENBERGER, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THE RIVER ENHANCEMENT PLAN, RIGHT? THAT COMES FROM SCHOENBERGER THROUGH THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, THROUGH THE NEW RIVER PARK, JUMPS OVER THE BRIDGE TO THE EXISTING RIVER PARK, GOES THROUGH, UM, THE, UH, FRIENDS OF THE RIVER AND DOWNTOWN, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, AND YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY TO EAST SIDE.
BUT WITHOUT THAT PART, WE REALLY CANNOT CONNECT OUR WHOLE CITY VIA WALKING AND BIKING AROUND THE RIVER.
AND WITHOUT RIVER ACCESS, WE CAN'T ALSO GET, CONNECT THEIR CITY VIA WATER.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REALLY PUSH ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THIS TO TO, TO PUT THAT OUT TO, TO THE, UH, GPAC TO GET THAT INCLUDED IN THE, THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO TOMORROW NIGHT IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE LAST OPPORTUNITIES AT THAT, AT THAT MEETING.
[01:10:01]
UH, THAT'S ALL.UM, I WANTED TO JUST PUT A, A THOUGHT OUT THERE ABOUT, I'VE, I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE AT FULL CAPACITY FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING.
UM, WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY RESOURCES BEING AVAILABLE FOR SOME TYPE OF, AT LEAST INITIATING A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT, OR RESURRECTING THIS, UM, THE IDEA OF A RIVER ALLIANCE AND TRYING TO AT LEAST GET ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS BACK TO THE SAME ON, ON THE SAME PAGE, OR TALKING TO EACH OTHER, WORKING TOGETHER.
I, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, PARK DEPARTMENT CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IT, IN THE FUTURE AT LEAST MIGHT BE ON THE, UH, DRAWING BOARD POSSIBLY? YEAH, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S WORK THAT WE'RE ALL TOUCHING AND DOING ANYWAY, SO SOMETIMES IT'S JUST ABOUT, UM, FINDING OUT WHO NEEDS TO BE IN THE ROOM AND THEN, UM, ALL KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN COMBINE RESOURCES AND ACTUALLY BECOME MORE EFFICIENT IN THE END.
IT DOES TAKE WORK ON THE FRONT END, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS TOO.
SO I THINK THE, THE COMMENT WAS VERY, UM, APPROPRIATE.
THERE'S A, UM, RIVER PARK, I BELIEVE THERE'S A SECOND SESSION OF A, A MASTER PLANNING COMING UP IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, WHEN THE COMMENT WAS BEING MADE, I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE TIME IN A FEW WEEKS, IT'D PROBABLY BE A GOOD VENUE TO HAVE A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS IN THE ROOM.
UM, AND SO AT LEAST START THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I WASN'T HERE WHEN THE, UH, THE LAST KIND OF COUNCIL WAS, WAS CREATED, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF DIGGING ON WHAT WERE THE PARAMETERS OF THAT GRANT, KIND OF HOW IT LED, UH, AND THEN GETTING SOME FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE FUTURE AND WHO'S, WHO ARE THE PLAYERS NOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE FOLKS ON THE RIVER.
WE'LL, WE'LL BE CIRCLING BACK AND I CAN SAY, I, I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THE RIVER PARK SEES THIS AND SEE HOW THEY CAN TAKE APART IN HELPING BRING THESE GROUPS BACK TOGETHER UNDER THIS PLAN.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY I DID, UM, A LITTLE, I, I WAS AT THE, UH, OPENING, UH, DAY AT THE BALLPARK ALSO.
I WAS RIDING MY TRACK AROUND WATCHING.
THERE WERE, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE ENJOYING THE DAY AND EVERYBODY HAVING A GREAT TIME.
UM, I THINK ALL THE PARKS ARE LOOKING QUITE WELL.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE HIGH SEASON.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHEN IT'S ALL, EVERYTHING'S HAPPENING.
SO I THINK THEY'RE ALL LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT, UM, LEGHORNS, UM, PARK, ONE OF THE BALL DIAMONDS.
UM, IT HAS A CINDER, UM, TRACK, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF GROWN OVER.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT BALL DIAMOND WAS OUT OF SERVICE RIGHT NOW.
OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, I, IT LOOKED REALLY GOOD.
THE OUTFIELD LOOKED GOOD, BUT I JUST WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
ANY CINDY'S MICROPHONE? YEAH, WELL, WELL PLAYED CINDY.
[STAFF COMMENT]
SO THOSE THO THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR, IT IS MAINTAINED.I THINK THAT ONE IS THE PGSA ONE.
SO IT IS ONE OF THEIR EXTRA FIELDS.
SO IF THEY HAVEN'T DONE MAINTENANCE ON IT, THEY MAY NOT BE USING IT AS MUCH, BUT I THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN PROGRAMMED, SO IT'D HA LET ME DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE NOT PLAYING ON IT AT THE SAME TIME.
THE PARK LOOKS GREAT, EXCEPT FOR REALLY THAT, AND IT'S NOT REALLY GOOD TO LEAVE THE WEEDS THERE MAKING MORE SEEDS THAT ARE BLOWING AROUND TO THE REST OF THE PARK.
SO JUST A THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOME BASIC LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE THAT COULD BE HELD TO WHETHER THEY'RE USING THE FIELD OR NOT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
UM, IS THAT IT? OH, DREW'S GOT A REPORT, RIGHT? YEAH, WE'VE GOT CINDY WARMED UP HERE, SO WE'LL LET STAFF COMMENTS, UM, TAKE IT AWAY.
CINDY CHONG, SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND FACILITIES.
IT'S BEEN BUSY AND I DIDN'T SEE YOU GUYS LAST MONTH BECAUSE I WAS NOT HERE FOR THE JOINT MEETING.
UM, BUT JUST TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP FROM SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
A LOT OF HIGH WEED MOWING, A LOT OF HIGH WEED CUTS.
AGAIN, A LOT OF TURF MAINTENANCE.
UM, OUT AT MCNAIR, THAT TURF FIELD WAS, YOU KNOW, REDONE AND IT'S KIND OF TAKING ROOT, SO THEY'VE
[01:15:01]
HAD THEIR EYES ON THAT.BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO MCNAIR, I TAKE A LOOK.
IT, IT IS A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.
IT REALLY LOOKS PRETTY MAGNIFICENT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT PARKS TEAM HAS BEEN OUT AND ABOUT SUPPORTING THINGS LIKE THE BIG FATHER'S DAY SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAPPENS ACROSS MULTIPLE PARKS.
SO IT'S ONE OF OUR REALLY BIG SPRING EVENTS, BUT THAT WENT OFF PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, WE ALWAYS, THERE'S ALWAYS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS SINCE WE HAD TREE FEST, WHICH SEEMS A LIFETIME AGO BECAUSE IT WAS END OF APRIL, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T GET TO MAKE IT, IT WAS REALLY KIND OF REALLY COOL.
YOU GOT TO MISS OUT ON YOUR VICE CHAIR DRESSED UP AS A TREE DURING HER TREES, YOUR HUNT
THERE MIGHT BE A PICTURE OR TWO SOMEWHERE, BUT WE REALLY THANK HER FOR DOING THAT.
BUT IT WAS JUST SUCH A FUN EVENT AND WE'LL LEARN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP EXPANDING ON THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, NOW THAT THE, THE GROUNDWORK HAS BEEN LAID TO DO AN EVENT LIKE THIS INSTEAD OF JUST A TREE PLANTING, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY TYPICAL OF WHAT WE DO, UM, YOU'LL SEE YOUR PARK TEAM HAS BEEN OUT REFINISHING DOING SOME FINISHED PAINTING AND THINGS AND, UM, REFURBISH, REFURBISHING PARK BENCHES AND TABLES AND ALL THAT STUFF HAS BEEN HAPPENING.
YOU'LL SEE DANNY SMITH, HE'S ONE OF OUR, HE, HE'S INTO THAT REALLY FINE DETAIL WORK.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO ANNAS MEADOWS, YOU KNOW, WE REDID THAT PLAYGROUND.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A PLEASE GO.
THERE'S A REALLY BIG SHADE STRUCTURE, BUT HE REPAINTED ALL OF THE RAILINGS SO THAT EVERYTHING JUST LOOKS POLISHED AND NICE.
SO THE TEAM'S REALLY OUT THERE WORKING REALLY FULL OUT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN YOUR PARKS, BUT BUSY, I MEAN, AS NORMAL, WE'RE BUSY, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF I EVER COME TO YOU GUYS AND SAY THAT WE'RE JUST SITTING AROUND TWIDDLING OUR THUMBS.
BUT THE, THIS TIME OF YEAR, MORE THAN MOST, IT'S JUST REALLY INTENSE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HIGH WEED MOWING.
SO SHEEP HAS BEEN OUT, DELENA HELPED, UM, ORGANIZE THAT.
SO IF YOU GOT TO SEE THE SHEEP THIS YEAR, THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, WE HOPE TO KEEP EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM TOO.
SO, AND IT'S REALLY WELL RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC.
AND SO WE CONTINUE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT ON.
SO, AND EXPAND SPACES THEY'LL GET TO BE IN.
BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SHEEPY, UM, THE LAST PLACE THEY'RE GONNA BE IS IN THE RIPARIAN WAY OVER BY FOX HOLLOW GOING UP TO PRINCE PARK.
SO THAT'LL BE YOUR KIND OF LAST OPPORTUNITY THIS GO AROUND THIS YEAR.
BUT THEY'RE GONNA HELP AND TRY AND GET RID OF ALL THAT POISON OAK AND BLACKBERRY AND UNDERBRUSH SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME TREE WORK OVER THERE.
OUTSIDE OF THAT RELIEF HAS BEEN BUSY AS THEY NORMALLY ARE.
THEY APPLIED FOR TWO MORE GRANTS, UM, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF REBUILDING AND THE CITY.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, BOTH OF THESE GRANTS WILL GET AWARDED.
WE DON'T KNOW, THEY JUST WENT IN.
ONE IS TO PLANT TREES AT THE TRAIN DEPOT AND THE BUS TERMINAL AREA BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF TREES THERE.
IT'S REALLY A HEAT ISLAND TO HELP THAT.
THE SECOND ONE IS A REALLY COOL PROGRAM, AND HOPEFULLY IF THEY GET AWARDED THE RENT, THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME TO US AND PRESENT IT.
UM, AND IT TAKES, AFTER IT TAKES INSPIRATION FROM, I WANNA SAY IT'S COPENHAGEN, I'LL, DON'T QUOTE ME, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP AGAIN.
BUT THEY DID THIS MOVEMENT OF, UM, A MOVABLE FORCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO SHOW HOW TREES CAN JUST CHANGE, KIND OF LIKE THE LANDSCAPE AND HOW PEOPLE USE THE SPACE, HOW THEY FEEL.
BUT IT'S ALSO GOT THIS REALLY COOL ART COMPONENT.
SO THERE'S SEVERAL ARTISTS THAT WILL DO DIFFERENT ART KIND OF COMMUNITY FACING EVENTS.
ONE IS, UM, SUZANNE YOUNG WHO DID THE TREE MURAL AT TREE FEST.
SHE WOULD COME AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE A HUGE MURAL, AND SHE WOULD TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO, YOU KNOW, PAINT THE TREES.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE THERE'S PAPER LANTERNS THAT YOU CUT OUT WITH AN ARTIST THAT DOES THIS, AND YOU CAN HANG THEM THROUGHOUT THE TREES.
SO IT'S JUST A REALLY COOL PROJECT WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED OF THIS WILL HAPPEN.
AND IF WE DO GET THE GRANT, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN ALONG EAST WASHINGTON BY THE LIBRARY IN EL ROY'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE THAT AREA.
SO IT'S GOING LIKE, IF CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY COOL.
AND ONCE THEY GET THEIR FUNDING, I'LL ASK RELIEF TO COME AND PRESENT TO YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL KIND OF BREADTH OF WHAT THAT PROGRAM WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT THAT'LL BE COMING UP IF THAT HAPPENS.
SO RELIEF IS BUSY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, THEY'RE ON THEIR OFF SEASON RIGHT NOW.
PARKS TEAM IS BUSY, FACILITIES IS NORMAL.
SO ALL YOUR TEAMS ARE BUSY UNDER MY UMBRELLA.
SO TOUCHING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THINGS.
UH, MOVIES IN THE PARK ARE RETURNING THIS FRIDAY.
UH, FIRST MOVIE WILL BE SING AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE OSO GOOD DOGS AND CRUMBLE COOKIES OUT AT THE VENDORS.
UH, SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD KICKSTART TO SUMMER, TO SUMMER SEASON WITH MOVIES IN THE PARK.
SO, UH, WEATHER SHOULD BE GOOD.
UH, VENDORS WILL BE ARRIVING AT SIX AND THE MOVIES WILL BEGIN AT SUNSET, WHICH IS USUALLY AROUND EIGHT 30, GIVE OR TAKE.
UM, SUMMER CAMPS, UH, KICKED OFF THIS WEEK.
WE HAVE, UH, OVER, OVER 85 KIDS ENROLLED EVERY DAY, UH, JUST IN THE GENERAL PROGRAMMING, NOT COUNTING SPECIALTY CAMPS.
UM, AGES RANGE FROM THREE TO 11.
[01:20:01]
KIND OF THE SWEET SPOT THIS YEAR.SO MULTITUDE OF CAMPS, FENCING, SPORTS LEGOS, ENGINEER, ENGINEERING, MOVIE CREATION AND MORE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE A LOT OF LIFE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION, AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC.
UH, STARS, STRIPES, DOGS AND BIKES IS BACK.
THIS IS THE 4TH OF JULY DAYTIME EVENT.
UH, THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, THE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON JULY 4TH, UH, FROM 11 TO TWO.
BUT THE BIKE PARADE WILL KICK OFF AT PRINCE PARK.
SO WE'LL BE KICKING OFF THERE AND KIND OF RUNNING A, A STRUCTURED PARADE ROUTE AND ENDING AT LUCCHESE, WHERE, UM, WE'LL HAVE THE FREE BIKE VALET, UH, FARMER'S MARKETS, JUMP HOUSES, ART ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS, UH, LAWN GAMES, AND A DOG COSTUME CONTEST AT NOON.
THE FIREWORKS SHOW, IT WILL RETURN THIS YEAR FOR, IN THE 4TH OF JULY.
IT WILL BE A HIGH ALTITUDE SHOW.
UH, THE FAIR WILL BE WRAPPED UP SO THE FAIR GROUNDS WILL BE CLOSED, BUT WE'LL BE OFFERING THE HIGH ALTITUDE DISPLAY.
WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK TOO, ON THE BEST, UH, KIND OF SITES AROUND THE CITY TO VIEW THE FIREWORKS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ENCOURAGING TOO, IS PUSHING MESSAGES OUT, YOU KNOW, STAY CLOSE TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS OR HOMES.
DON'T COME DOWN TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, THE IDEA TO, TO GO HIGHER IN THE SKY SO YOU CAN SEE IT AND ENJOY IT CLOSER TO HOME.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, THOSE OF YOU THAT JOINED US AT THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THE COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELD, THE, THE BASEBALL.
IT WAS, UH, I COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITING THAT KIND OF, UM, MOVING IT WAS TO SEE BASEBALL HAPPENING, THE ACTUAL SPORT, THE GAME, WHY WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY QUITE, QUITE INSPIRATIONAL.
WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO, UM, TO FINISH THE FACILITY.
BUT, UH, THE FIELD ITSELF, JUST THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, COMMENTS FROM THE PLAYERS, THE, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE JUST GONE OUT HERE, UM, WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE FIELD.
UH, IT'S BEEN A REALLY COOL, UM, THING FOR PETALUMA AND IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WAS TIMELY FOR US.
SUMMER BASEBALL ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE PARK ACCESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT'S BEEN MAKING ITS ROUNDS.
UH, SO MCDOWELL PARK WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED.
THIS WAS TO RENOVATE AND RECONSTRUCT THE INTERIOR PARK PATHWAYS.
IT WAS A BIG, BIG DEAL AND A BIG, UM, PRIORITY FOR NOT JUST OUR PARKS MEASURE M DOLLARS, BUT OUR CITY INITIATIVES TO MAKE ACCESSES AND, UH, MULTIMODAL TRAVEL THROUGH OUR PARKS.
UM, UH, LA IS, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE THAT'S MOVING ALONG REALLY WELL, UH, PATHWAYS ARE BEING DONE.
AND, UH, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT THERE 'CAUSE WE'RE TAKING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER KIND OF SITE FURNISHINGS AND AMENITIES OR ON CONNECTIONS TO THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, RESTORING THE, THE BASKETBALL COURT WHILE WE'VE GOT, UM, EQUIPMENT MOBILIZED.
SO IT'S BECOMING A REALLY COOL, UM, INITIATIVE AND POSITIVE MOMENTUM TO IMPROVE ON THAT PARK.
UH, THAT WILL ALSO LEAD TO, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN THERE, UH, WHICH WILL BE COMING HERE WITH PETALUMA BOUNTIES HELP.
UH, IN JULY THEY'LL BE BACK TO PRESENT A PRESENTATION, UH, SOMETIMES IN THE FALL IN THAT PROGRAM.
UM, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE NEIGHBORS THINK WE'RE UP TO AROUND THAT PART.
'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE GETTING A LOT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT.
UM, WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER LIAISON ON ASSIGNMENT, I FEEL INCLINED JUST TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN.
UM, ON MONDAY NIGHT SHE WAS REAPPOINTED, UH, FOR ANOTHER TERM.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND CONDOLENCES, JUST JOKING.
UM, NO, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, UH, ON ANOTHER TERM.
SO THANK YOU, UM, AGAIN, IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR, YOUR SERVICE.
THE, UM, COUNCIL ALSO HEARD A, A PRESENTATION ON THE CA CALL FIELD BRIDGE CONNECTOR.
SO, UM, A LOT OF, UH, AGAIN, QUESTIONS MOMENTUM AROUND WHERE THE STATUS IS OF THAT PROJECT.
SO THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME, UM, THAT WE CAME BACK, I THINK, AND PRESENTED THE COUNCIL REALLY JUST A STATUS UPDATE ON THE DESIGN.
SO, UH, INFORMATION WARRANTS ON THE WEBSITE, UM, BUT IF ANYONE'S CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE EVOLUTION OF THAT DESIGN IS, UH, IT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION ON MONDAY AND, AND GOT SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
ALSO, ON MONDAY WAS A PRESENTATION, KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THE CANNABIS ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALSO MADE ONE OF THEIR TOP 10 PRIORITIES.
SO NOT MUCH TO SHARE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THAT'S ALSO BEEN A LONGSTANDING PRIORITY, A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY, UM, THAT WILL HAVE IMPACTS.
UH, BUT NONETHELESS, IT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION ON MONDAY NIGHT, JUST GETTING GENERAL FEEDBACK AND SOME DIRECTION ON, UM, WHERE, UH, TO, TO TAKE THAT, UH, ORDINANCE.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED, UH, WHICH IS, UH, ALWAYS A MOMENTOUS
[01:25:01]
OCCASION, WHICH MEANS, UM, JULY ONE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO GOVERN AND PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES.AND, UH, AGAIN, A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR PARKS, UH, AND INVESTMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND STAFF AND MAINTENANCE.
UH, SO REALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A BIG DEAL THAT KIND OF FLIES UNDER THE RADAR SOMETIMES.
UM, BUT NONETHELESS, REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S MY REPORT AND THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.