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ALL RIGHT.[CALL TO ORDER - 6:45pm]
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS, UM, JULY 17TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION.UH, MEETING TO ORDER FOR PETALUMA.
LET'S, UH, OH, LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND CHAIR BEFORE WE GET GOING.
UM, YOU MIND WALKING US THROUGH? WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK DO THE ROLL CALL, UH, FOR THE RECORD AND THE MICS.
CAN YOU PLEASE DO ROLL CALL CLERK MARY ANN BERTELLI.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
WILL OPEN, WE HAVE ONE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND THERE WERE NO, UM, NO EMAIL GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, CORRECT? CORRECT.AND, UH, MY COMMENT TONIGHT IS ON BEHALF OF, UH, MADRID AUDUBON.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF MAD AUDUBON, AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY I'M THE FIRST AND SO FAR ONLY PRESIDENT BASED IN PETALUMA.
WE HAVE MANY PETALUMA MEMBERS AND ABOUT 3000 MEMBERS IN SONOMA COUNTY.
UM, I WANTED TO SHARE MY INTEREST AND CONCERN WITH YOU ABOUT THE LAST PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING WHEN YOU ALL HAD A PRESENTATION FOR THE PROPOSED AMPHITHEATER AT SCHOENBERGER PARK.
I SENT A COMMENT, A WRITTEN COMMENT IN, AND I REALLY HAD HOPED THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE READ IT AND WOULD ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED IN THAT COMMENT.
UM, AND I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT WHEN WRITTEN COMMENTS ARE SENT AND THEIR SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION THAT THE COMMISSION ENGAGES IN AT LEAST SAYING WE DON'T BELIEVE IT.
OR MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS.
UM, THE AMPHITHEATER PROJECT IS REALLY CONTRAINDICATED AT SCHULLENBERGER PARK, AND IT DIRECTLY RELATES TO REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WITH THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT AND THE STATE FISH AND GAME CODE.
AND JUST LAST YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, OUR ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED HERE IN PETALUMA FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WITH NESTING SURVEYS AND BUFFER ZONES FOR ACTIVE NESTING BIRDS.
SO THIS AMPHITHEATER PROJECT WAS VOTED DOWN OR VOTED TO BE STOPPED BY THE PETALUMA WETLANDS ALLIANCE BOARD.
THEN THEY HAD ANOTHER MEETING, UH, BECAUSE OF SOME RESISTANCE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME EMOTIONAL ISSUES INVOLVED.
AND I THINK THERE WAS LIKE A VOTE OF 16 OR 18 PEOPLE FROM THEIR PRETTY LARGE MEMBERSHIP IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS NEED TO INTERVENE AND HELP FACILITATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY YOU DON'T PUT AN AMPHITHEATER RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA THAT'S WITHIN BUFFER ZONES OF WHERE THERE WILL BE ACTIVE NESTING BIRDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
SO I GUESS THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A CONTRAINDICATED PROJECT.
I'M GOING TO BE INTERFACING WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGAIN.
AND I REALLY WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THE COMMENTS OF LIKE, IMMEDIATELY PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH, I WANNA BRING MY THIRD GRADE CHILD TO THE, SURE YOU WANNA DO THE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
AND IT CAN BE DONE AT S SCHULLENBERGER WITH LIKE ENHANCEMENTS AROUND THE PICNIC TABLES, BUT NOT A, AN AMPHITHEATER WITH SEEDING.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY MINIMIZE THE PROJECT, IT IS STILL TOO IMPACTFUL AND SHOULD NOT EVER BE PLACED IN THAT LOCATION.
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SO, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY COMMENT AND I'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION A LITTLE BIT LATER.OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS EVENING, SO WE WILL MOVE ON
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO, UM, APPROVALS.
NUMBER ONE, UM, APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES FOR JUNE 19TH, 2024.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 19TH, 2024.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 15TH, 2024.
I CAN APPROVE THE, THE MAY, BUT I NEED TO RECUSE FROM THE JUNE 'CAUSE THERE WASN'T YEAR.
THEY, I WASN'T HERE FOR JUNE LAST MONTH EITHER, BUT THEY THEY BOTH DID.
BUT YOU'RE MOTIONING I CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR MAY.
I CAN SECOND THAT BECAUSE I WAS AT THAT MEETING.
AND, AND LIKE KAREN FOR THE MAY MEETING, I NEED TO ABSTAIN HMM.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.WE HAVE THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
WE WILL DISCUSS AN ELECT CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR FOR THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION TO SERVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2025 OR UNTIL A REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN APPOINTED.
DREW WILL TAKE US THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
SO, UH, TONIGHT, UH, WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING THAT THE RECREATION, MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION ELECT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UH, TO SERVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH OR OF 2025 OR UNTIL THE REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN APPOINTED.
UH, THIS IS AN ANNUAL EXERCISE AND IN ACCORDANCE TO OUR, WITH OUR PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, THESE OFFICERS ARE SELECTED AMONG THE MEMBERSHIP, WHICH IS YOU ALL.
UM, THE COMMISSIONER SH SHALL SERVE FOR A PERIOD ENDING IN JUNE 30TH EACH YEAR.
UH, TRADITIONALLY WE HAVE, UM, OUR BEST PRACTICES HAS BEEN TO AN ELECTED CHAIR TO SERVE, UM, IN TWO, TWO YEAR TERMS. SO LAST YEAR, UM, THIS MEMBERSHIP TOOK STEPS TO ELECT, UM, CHAIR EARL, WHO'S NOW COMPLETING HER FIRST YEAR AS CHAIR AND ELECTED OUR VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER ELLI, WHO'S NOW FINISHING HER FIRST YEAR AS VICE CHAIR.
SO, WITH THAT, IT'S THE ROLE OF THE CHAIRPERSON TO PRESI TO BE THE PRESIDING OFFICER AT ALL MEETINGS.
IN THE CASES ABSENCE OF THE CHAIR, IT WOULD BE THE VICE CHAIR'S ROLE IN PRESIDING OVER THE MEETINGS.
THE DUTIES OF THE RECORDING MINUTES, UH, AND THE MEETINGS OF THE RMPC ARE COMPLETED BY CITY STAFF, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT REFERENCE IN THE ENABLING LEGISLATION.
SO AT THAT POINT, UM, WE DO NEED A NOMINATION, UH, AND A VOTE TONIGHT TO ELECT AND NOMINATE A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UH, EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF NOMINATION AND TO SERVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR.
SO I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND, UM, BEGIN THE DISCUSSION OR A NOMINEE.
I NOMINATE STACY FOR CHAIR AND MARIANNE FOR VICE CHAIR
WE HAVE, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT OR UNANIMOUS? HMM.
WE HAVE A RAISE OF HAND FOR THANK YOU MYSELF BEING, UH, CHAIR AND MARIANNE ELLI BEING VICE CHAIR.
THANK YOU STACY AND MARIANNE
I THINK THAT WRAPS UP NUMBER THREE.
FOR NUMBER FOUR, WE ARE DISCUSSING THE COMMITTEE, COMMISSION BOARD AND PARK ASSIGNMENTS.
WE'RE GONNA REVIEW, DISCUSS, AND APPROVE THE ANNUAL LIAISON AND PARKS ASSIGNMENTS.
UM, ANDREW, ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE UP.
I NEED TO RE UM, NO, YOU'RE UP.
I'M GONNA DO THE COMMENT AFTERWARDS.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK OUR CLERK TO, TO SHARE SCREEN HERE.
UM, AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, COMMISSIONERS ARE ASKED TO ACCEPT LIAISON APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS OTHER CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND SUBCOMMITTEES AND ASSIGNMENTS ARE TYPICALLY MADE ONE TIME ANNUALLY IN THE CASE OF COMMISSION, BEGINNING IN JULY AND TYPICALLY ENDING IN JUNE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TONIGHT, UM, THANK YOU, IS THE
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RESULTS OF, UM, A SURVEY THAT I'D ASKED, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THEIR COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY IF THERE WERE CONFLICTS, UM, OF TIMING.AS YOU ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS, WE WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
UH, WE DO HAVE FOUR STANDING LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE CALLED OUT IN OUR ENABLING LEGISLATION.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE, UH, AS THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS ON THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN HERE.
AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE SPECIFICALLY.
WE HAVE THE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION BOARD, THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, THE AD HOC, I'M SORRY, THE, THE TREE COMMITTEE AND THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE COMMITTEE, OR PBA.
SO THIS IS A DRAFT FORM TONIGHT.
THE IDEA WAS TO COLLECT YOUR FEEDBACK, UM, PRESENT IT BACK TO YOU ALL, UM, IN ONE, UM, VISUAL HERE, WHICH PROVIDES YOUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT AS WELL AS OUR ROTATING PARK ASSIGNMENTS.
SO THIS IS OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
WE DO OUR BEST TO GIVE FOLKS A CHANCE FOR THEIR FIRST, UM, PREFERRED LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING AFTER MULTIPLE YEARS, UM, THAT JOB CAN GET TRICKY.
SO IT IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IF THERE ARE CHANGES OR THERE'S SWITCHING OR SWAPPING THAT THE COMMISSION WISHES TO DO, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY YOUR PREROGATIVE.
UM, BUT WHAT STAFF IS SEEKING IS, UM, A RECOMMENDATION, UH, AND A MOTION TONIGHT TO, UM, APPROVE THE COMMITTEES AND COMMISSION ASSIGNMENTS.
AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO SWAP PARKS OUT AS WELL.
UM, NOW ON THIS PIECE WE CAN HAVE, UM, QUESTIONS AND THEN I HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE WOULD DISCUSS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE MY STANCE RIGHT.
SO, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? UH, KATE, THANKS.
COULD YOU, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SEE THE FULL DOCUMENT IS, UH, AM I LISTED FOR THE AD HOC, UM, AQUATICS ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE? BECAUSE, AM I NOT ON THAT? I APOLOGIZE.
I JUST, BUT IT DIDN'T, THE FINAL, I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WASN'T AT THE BOTTOM.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE, UH, THANK YOU.
THAT CHANGE NOW AND I SEE THE ENA MAKING IT ALSO, SO THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? UM, CODY, UM, MCNAIR LANDING SEPARATE FROM STEAMER LANDING.
NOW I'M, I'M WONDERING WHAT MCNAIR LANDING IS THEN.
YEAH, I'M GONNA PERHAPS MAYBE PUT CINDY ON THE SPOT HERE.
UM, THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS WAS, UH, THERE IS A AN HOA AT MCNAIR LANDING AS WELL, BUT THERE'S A PUBLIC ACCESS PORTION OF IT.
UM, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT? SO MCNAIR LANDING HAS A LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AS WELL AS AN HOA WITH THE PARK INSIDE OF THAT.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A JOINT BETWEEN THE LAD AND THE HOA THAT KIND OF OVERSEES THAT PARK.
'CAUSE WE ALSO CALL THE NEXT PART OF STEAMER LANDING.
SO THIS IS, OH YEAH, NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY A SUBDIVISION THAT HAS A SMALL PARK WITH ON THE BACK, ON THE RIVER ON, YES.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT THIS IS ACTIVE PARK.
IS IT RIVERFRONT? UH, WE ARE THE, THE NAME IS ACTIVE PARK YET TO BE NAMED, BUT THAT'S, NO, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE IT ON HERE, DO WE? RIGHT.
THERE'S, THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF PARKS.
UM, AND YOU'RE I'M OPEN TO ADDING A, AN ACTIVE PARK.
DO YOU WANNA PUT ME DOWN?
UM, I WILL TAKE THE, WHAT DO WE CALL ACTIVE PARK Y? YEAH, WE CAN ADD ACTIVE PARK.
YOU CAN ADD IT TO MINE IF YOU WANT.
IS THE PARK, UM, IT'S, IT'S A RIVER BE NAMED RIVERFRONT WITHIN THE RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT RIVER.
NOW JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE IS THE ACTIVE PARK, WHICH IS THE PLAYGROUND AND THE SOCCER FIELD.
AND THEN THE RIVERFRONT IS ACTUALLY THE, ALONG THE FRONTAGE AREA.
THERE'S LIKE A WALKING PATHWAY WITH SOME, ISN'T THAT THEIR LAD? THEY'RE BOTH CFDS COMMUNITY, FACILITY DISTRICT.
SO IT'S WITHIN THAT, BUT YES, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE IN THE SAME AREA.
'CAUSE I, UM, THAT'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WATCHED THE LIGHTED BOAT PARADE FROM THAT VIEWPOINT, SO I KNOW IT VERY WELL.
WE DON'T HAVE A NAME FOR IT YET.
RIVERFRONT ACTIVE PARK AND RIVERVIEW AND
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RIVERFRONT PARK AND ACTIVE PARK.THEY NOT HAVE BEEN FORMALLY NAMED, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO THEM AS.
IT HAS A SOCCER FIELD IN THE PLAYGROUND.
RIVERFRONT IS RIGHT ALONG THE RIVER.
WE COULD JUST CALL IT RIVERFRONT.
ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO OUR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SUSAN KIRKS, PLEASE.
UM, I SHOULD HAVE BEGUN MY COMMENT EARLIER TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I HOPE YOU HAD A NICE TOUR.
I THINK YOU WENT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS TODAY.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR A REPORT ABOUT THAT LATER IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS, I SEE PAULA LAYING OPEN SPACE ON SOMEBODY'S LIST.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE SENT REALLY ACTUALLY QUITE DIRECT AND OPEN COMMENTS TO YOUR COMMISSION NOW AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF TRYING TO DIPLOMATICALLY, UH, COLLABORATE, UH, TO FACILITATE A PROPERTY TITLE CHANGE FROM THE CITY TO A DIFFERENT ENTITY, WHICH HAD ALWAYS BEEN PLANNED FOR THAT PROPERTY.
AND WE TRIED TO DO THAT WITH THE CITY PAUL LANE ACTION NETWORK DID IN 2017.
BUT THE, UM, THE REQUEST WAS, WELL ACTUALLY THE CITY WAS VERY OPEN TO IT WITH THE CITY MANAGER TELLING ME SINCE 2014 THAT HE WANTED TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY AND THEY DIDN'T WANT IT.
SO WE FOUND A LOCATE APPRO, UH, FOUNDATION, BUT THE OPEN SPACE DISTRICT WOULDN'T APPROVE IT AT THE TIME.
SO THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS, UM, I'M CERTAINLY, UH, INTERESTED IN SHARING WITH WHOMEVER'S GOING TO HAVE IT THIS TIME, UH, ABOUT THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AT THAT PROPERTY.
IT IS, UH, IN RUINS, AND I'M SAYING THAT CONSERVATIVELY THE CITY HAS CAUSED AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION TO THE HABITAT.
THE ADULT FEMALE BADGER IN HER NATAL TERRITORY HAS BEEN DISPLACED SINCE JUNE, 2021, FLED FOR HER LIFE WITH HER CUB BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S VIOLENT INSTALLATION OF A BROWN ROADWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF HABITAT THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE OCCURRED.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, THERE'S A FENCE THAT'S BEEN PUT UP AROUND THE PERIMETER, WHICH IS ALSO CONTRAINDICATED WITH A PLAN TO BRING DOMESTIC ANIMALS ON SITE TO GRAZE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY CONTRAINDICATED FOR THAT PROPERTY, UH, WITH FILED BIOLOGICAL OPINIONS BY AN EXPERT MAAL BIOLOGIST WITH WHOM WE'VE COLLABORATED FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
SO, UM, AS THE PROPERTY CONTINUES TO GO DOWNHILL AND THE CITY DENIES IT AND SAYS, WE BROUGHT IN THIS PERSON, THAT PERSON, WE'VE TAKEN IT OVER.
UH, WE KNOW, WE KNOW, WE NOTICE NON-NATIVE GRASSES, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
UM, I I JUST ASKED FOR YOUR AWARENESS OR JUST TAKE IT OFF THE LIST.
I MEAN, WHY IS PAULINE OPEN SPACE EVEN ON THE LIST? NOBODY EVER SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
UM, I DON'T THINK YOU ALL ARE THAT INFORMED ABOUT IT, AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL MEMBER NOW ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THE OTHER EVENING FOR AN UPDATE.
UM, I, I ASSURE YOU IT'S GOING TO BECOME A MUCH MORE DISCUSSED ISSUE AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO PROVIDE, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT NATURE PRESERVE IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO ADDRESS YOUR, YOUR COMMENT WITH PAULA LANE.
UM, I, I THINK FROM THAT ASPECT, AT LEAST WHEN I HAD PAULA LANE, I ACTUALLY DID DO SOME WORK AROUND THAT AND VISITED THAT SPACE PRETTY OFTEN.
UM, MORE I THINK THOUGH FROM THE ASPECT, I THINK ALL OF US WHEN WE'RE VISITING PARKS, UM, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, A LOT OF THE TIMES WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP OUR EYES OUT FOR, UM, THINGS LIKE GRAFFITI TRASH, DO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND HONESTLY, UH, NOT SPEAKING TO SAY, UM, I HAVE NOT BEEN THERE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT ONE OF MY PARKS NOW, BUT EVERY TIME I HAD GONE THERE, UM, THINGS WERE IN ORDER FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, OF MAYBE HOW WE WOULD VISIT IT JUST FROM THAT ASPECT.
AND I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORS CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THAT LAND TOO.
SO SUSAN, YOU ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO ME PERSONALLY ABOUT THIS PARK AND I'M, I'M SORRY THAT, UH, I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME YET TO MEET WITH YOU, BUT IT IS MY SON NATION
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NOW AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I'M VERY INTERESTED.IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE, SO I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU.
OKAY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE, UM, DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY SWAPPING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DO? ANY DISCUSSIONS? KATE, WOULD YOU LIKE THE SWIM CENTER BACK
I'M JUST SAYING YOU'RE THERE EVERY DAY, SO, UM, I AM, I AM.
OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRANCH OUT TO THE SENIOR CENTER? I WOULD LOVE TO BRANCH OUT, BUT I'M ALSO GONNA BE HERE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY FOR ANOTHER TERM.
SO IF YOU ARE AROUND THE SENIOR, SENIOR CENTER, LIKE IT SNOW, SWEAT OFF MY BACK EITHER OR, YOU KNOW, SO.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SWITCH? OKAY, SURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SWAPPING COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM? WELL, UH, COMMISSIONER ALBERT ELLI IS NOT HERE.
I'D BE INTERESTED IN TAKING ON OAK HILL, BUT, UH, I GUESS IF IT'S APPROPRIATE I CAN ASK FOR NEXT TIME.
I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING THAT YOU SAID.
WHEN COMMISSIONER ALBERT ELLI COMES BACK, I'D, I'D BE INTERESTED IN ASKING ABOUT OAK HILL.
USUALLY THE PARKS ARE PRETTY GROUPED SO IT ACCORDING, IT'S SO LIKE WHEN YOU THINK OAK HILL IS KIND OF NEAR CHERRY VALLEY IS KIND LIKE WHEN I LOOK AT YOURS.
WELL, I GUESS GRANT AND CHESTER AREN'T NEAR EACH OTHER FOR KAREN NOW, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW.
ISN'T THAT TYPICALLY WHAT'S DONE THOUGH, DREW? IS THAT YOU TRY TO GROUP THEM GROUP TO MAKE IT EASY TO VISIT? YEAH, I MEAN, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT THERE'S ALSO, THERE HAS TO BE SOME VARIETY.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT SOME AMENITIES.
SO WE'RE TRYING NOT TO CREATE, FOR EXAMPLE, A CONGLOMERATE OF OPEN SPACES, SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE SOME ACTIVE PARKS TOO.
BUT YES, WE DO TRY TO BE MINDFUL NOT TO PUT YOU IN FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY, BUT THE IDEA WITH WHEN YOU ROTATE IS YOU, YOU GET A GOOD FLAVOR FOR, FOR EVERYTHING.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS.
UM, I'M FINE WITH MY PARKS IF HANNAH WANTS TO SWITCH FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY GROUP.
BUT I'M, I'M GOOD WITH, UH, I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T BEEN TO ROCKY IN A REALLY LONG TIME, SO IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE WHAT THAT IS LIKE NOW.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK I'LL CLOSE OUT ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
UM, UH, CAN WE JUST GET A, A MOTION HERE TO APPROVE? WE DO NEED A MOTION APPROVE THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
UM, EVEN, UH, WE, I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER.
SO THOSE ASSIGNMENTS WILL JUST PUSH THROUGH TO THOSE COMMISSIONERS THEN.
SO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THE RMPC PARKS AND COMMITTEE LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS FOR 24 25 A SECOND.
THE PARKS ASSIGNMENTS FOR, UM, OH VOTE OR RA OR RAISE OF HANDS? EITHER, EITHER OR.
RAISE OF HANDS OR, WE'LL, LET'S RAISE OUR HAND IF WE ALL APPROVE OF THE 20 20 24 25 PARK ASSIGNMENTS.
THAT, NOW THAT REALLY CLOSES OUT ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
TO, UM, COMMISSIONER COMMENT.GREENSPAN, UM, NOT MANY COMMENTS.
THE, UM, AQUATICS AD HOC MET YESTERDAY, WHICH, UM, WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE.
STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING SO HARD WITH, UM, ALL OF THAT.
I'M JUST LIKE, STILL OVERWHELMED BY HOW MUCH, UM, LOGISTICS AND PLANNING SIMILAR TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.
IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE.
UM, EXCITED TO SEE PROGRESS ON THAT.
DEFINITELY CONCERNED, LIKE, I, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH POSSIBILITY FOR THAT SPACE.
IT'S JUST A REALLY HUGE CHALLENGE.
AND WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND AND SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT KIND OF CHALLENGES, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY OVERWHELMING, BUT ALSO REALLY EXCITING.
SO, UM, DON'T ENVY YOUR JOBS, THAT'S FOR SURE.
UM, THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS.
UM, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE 4TH OF JULY.
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WAS AMAZING.THE MUSEUM EVENT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY EVENT.
UM, I WANNA SAY THEY SAID WE HAD 150 PEOPLE THERE.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT, KAREN? LIKE, IT IT, WERE YOU THERE? NO.
UM, IT WAS ABOUT 150 PEOPLE, I THINK.
AND SO THANK YOU TO STACY ASHLEY, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHO DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB PUTTING IT ON AND LAUNCHING OUR CORNERSTONE EXHIBIT AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH LOOKS AMAZING.
THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM, UM, WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, YOU SHOULD GO AND SEE IT.
AND OUR PETALUMA OF YESTERYEAR, UM, WHO DID A GREAT JOB IN THEIR CHARACTERS PUTTING ON THE EVENT.
AND THEN ALSO THE COMMUNITY, THE GIRL SCOUTS, THE BOY SCOUTS, ALL THE ABOVE.
UM, THE FIREWORKS WERE INCREDIBLE.
UM, I WAS A LITTLE WEARY, I'M GONNA SAY IT PUBLICLY, A LITTLE WEARY THAT WE HAD FIREWORKS.
UM, I I WAS KIND OF LIKE, OH, CALISTOGA IS CANCELING.
BILL'S CANCELING, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT.
AND I'M LIKE THE BIGGEST FIREWORKS FAN OUT THERE.
I LOVE FIREWORKS, BUT I AM SO SCARED OF FIRE SEASON.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL KNOW WHERE I LIVE.
LINDBERGH CIRCLE, RIGHT NEAR ANNA'S SEAFOOD, FIREWORKS GOING OFF RIGHT OVERHEAD, AMAZING WHOLE COMMUNITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OUT THE STREET, RIGHT BEHIND US, UM, WAS LAUNCHING FIREWORKS RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN, EQUALLY AS BIG, IT FELT LIKE, AT LEAST BECAUSE THEY WERE RIGHT OVER MY HOUSE FROM THE STREET BEHIND US.
AND SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY AGAIN AND HAVE EVERYONE CONTINUE TO PUT OUT MESSAGING ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS AND HOW WE HAVE AMAZING, IF THE CITY'S GONNA SPEND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TIME, LET'S, LET'S ENJOY THAT AND NOT HAVE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS GOING OFF.
UM, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW SUMMER CAMP IS GOING AS WELL AS, UM, MOVIES IN THE PARK.
UM, WE HAVE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
WE DID OUR ELECTIONS, UM, AND WE'VE FINALIZED OUR BUDGET AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE CITY SO MUCH FOR THE, THE MONEY THAT THE CITY HAS GIVEN THE MUSEUM, WHICH IS MORE THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, AS WELL AS THE PARTNERSHIP.
IT REALLY FEELS LIKE A PARTNERSHIP.
IT REALLY FEELS LIKE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
WE'RE PROBLEM SOLVING TOGETHER ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, THE MUSEUM BOARD FEELS REALLY LUCKY FOR THAT.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR PARK TOURS.
THE FAIRGROUNDS WERE AWESOME TO SEE.
I THINK IT GIVES US GOOD CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY IN MAKING DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I HOPE WE CAN GET IN ONE MORE PARK TOUR, YOU KNOW, DURING THE GOOD, UM, NICE WEATHER.
AND I ALWAYS THINK IT'S A GOOD, UM, WAY OF WHEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN LOOK AT AGENDAS COMING UP, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR COMING UP THAT COULD WARRANT A SITE VISIT, I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF TIES TOGETHER IN A NICE WAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING PARK TOUR HAPPEN.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING ON ASSIGNMENT LAST MONTH, BUT I DID LOOK AT A LOT OF PARKS, UM, AND TOOK NOTES.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, WE APPROVED OUR BUDGET AND WE, UM, ALSO APPROVED THE UGB TO BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER TO, UM, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
UM, EXPANDING IT TO, UM, ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
SO WE HAVE OUR GREEN BELT AND WE SAVE OUR CITY FROM BEING SPRAWLING AND WE ALSO HAVE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE TO, UM, KNOW ON MEASURE J.
SO THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THE FARMS AND RANCHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS THE PAULA LANE, I DID BRING IT UP THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED SOME STAFF REPORTING BACK ON WHAT THE STAFF IS DOING BECAUSE THE STAFF FEELS LIKE THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT OF COURSE THE OTHER PEOPLE DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PRESENTATION ON THE POLO LANE OPEN HIS FACE AND EVEN MAYBE A FIELD TRIP OUT THERE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN OUT THERE, UM, SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, UH, WOULD'VE BEEN 2014.
UM, ALSO, UM, WITH THE NEW LITTLE LIBRARY, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF SHADING AT THAT KENNELWORTH PARK.
AND THERE'S NO, UM, SHADING FOR THE, EVEN THE SECURITY GUARD AND THE PICNIC BENCHES.
SO IF PEOPLE GO INTO THAT LITTLE LIBRARY CHECKOUT BOOKS, THEY'RE SITTING IN A HOT SUN AT A PICNIC TABLE 'CAUSE WE'VE REMOVED THE TREES.
SO WE NEED TO DO SOME SORT OF TEMPORARY SHADING, UM, STRUCTURE, SOMETHING AROUND THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO DO ANY KENWORTH REMODEL FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS, I THINK IS THE, THE TIMELINE.
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LITTLE COMMUNITY PARK NEXT TO OUR LIBRARY.THE OTHER THING IS THERE'S NOT ANY PAINTED HANDICAPPED PARKING IN FRONT OF THAT NEW LITTLE LIBRARY.
AND IF IT'S GONNA BE FOR A YEAR, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR PARKING FOR OUR HANDICAP, UM, PATRONS OF THE LIBRARY, I DID ATTEND THE CORNERSTONE AT THE MUSEUM FUNDRAISING DINNER.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING SUCH AN ELEGANT EVENING.
I CAME FROM A GRADUATION AND I FELT OUT OF PLACE IN JEANS AND I NEVER WEAR JEANS TO A, AN EVENT, BUT I HAD BEEN OUT AT A RANCH AT A GRADUATION, JUST, IT WAS JUST BLACK TIE AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.
AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BICENTENNIAL, WHICH I WAS A PART OF AS A TEENAGER.
SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED AND STACEY'S DOING A FABULOUS JOB.
SUNDAY, I LISTENED TO THE, UM, THE DEBUT OF THE PIONEER WOMEN'S, UM, EXHIBIT, AND AMELIE IS HER NAME, PHENOMENAL VOLUNTEER.
SHE MENDED THE DRESSES, SHE RAN THE TOUR, AND THEN I GOT HOME, KICK UP MY HEELS, AND THERE IT IS ON CHANNEL SEVEN TV ON LOCAL-ISH, UM, INTERVIEWING STACY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
SO IT'S AMAZING WHAT THE LIBRARY, I MEAN THE, WHAT WAS MY LIBRARY, BUT THE MUSEUM IS DOING, AND I'M PRETTY PROUD OF OUR LITTLE MUSEUM AT PETALUMA.
I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF MUSEUMS IN THE LAST MONTH AND PETALUMA IS RIGHT UP THERE.
EVERYBODY SHOULD GO MORE THAN ONCE.
I HAVE TO GO BACK AND THEY'RE DOING, UM, TOURS.
YEAH, I THINK YOU, YOU GET YOUR TICKET ONLINE OR SOMETHING AND THEY DON'T HAVE A COST, BUT THEY JUST WANNA KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE THERE.
I, I'LL KEEP IT RELATED TO THE FAIRGROUNDS WALK.
YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF VOTING ON MEASURE JI LOVE, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FAIRGROUNDS THAT WE MAKE SURE WE PRESERVE OUR AGRICULTURAL HISTORY, JUST LIKE WE'RE REVITALIZING THE RIVER, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE BEST TOWN IN THE WORLD HERE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE TWO THINGS.
SO I REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT PRESERVED.
UM, ALSO REGARDING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK, I'M GONNA TALK MORE SOON ABOUT THE NEED FOR JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF OUR, THAT'S HOW, YOU KNOW, IF IF PEOPLE DON'T GET INVOLVED AND VOLUNTEER AND BE A PART OF THIS CITY, THEN THIS CITY CANNOT RELY JUST ON THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR IT.
UM, AND I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT HOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO REVITALIZE THE FAIRGROUNDS, BUT MAYBE THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN GET INVOLVED, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, AND REALLY PITCH IN TO, TO MOVE A MOUNTAIN.
SO THAT'S MY THOUGHTS AROUND TODAY'S WALK.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO GET EYES ON EVERYTHING.
UM, AND I'LL BE TALKING WITH PEOPLE ABOUT DIFFERENT IDEAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PARK UPDATES.
I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND THEN PROMPTLY GOT COVID, SO, UM, I HAVE NO UPDATES FROM THERE.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION AND IT FLEW OUTTA MY MIND AND I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN, SO WE'LL SEE IF THAT EVER POPS BACK IN MY HEAD.
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YOU LIKE TO TAKE US THROUGH STAFF COMMENTS OR CINDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? YEAH, CINDY'S READY.UM, SO CINDY CHONG, SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND FACILITIES.
SURE, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES.
TREE COMMITTEE GOT CANCELED TODAY, SO I DON'T HAVE A TREE COMMITTEE UPDATE, BUT NEXT MONTH WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE DRAFT OF THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE UPDATE.
I'M SURE MARYANNE WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THAT'S COMING FORWARD.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, THE PARKS TEAM IN GENERAL, WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE HIGH WEED MOWING.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH FOR SOME OF OUR THIRD CUTS AND OUR FOURTH CUTS, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE FINISHING UP FOR THE YEAR.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY BRUTAL ONE FOR US IN THAT WAY.
UM, BUT THIS WEEK WE'RE HOPING TO BE COMPLETE WITH THAT.
UM, SOME OF THE PARK PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN YOUR PARKS, THE ER IF YOU'VE SEEN THE PATHWAYS THERE, HOPEFULLY THE BENCHES WILL GET PLACED PRETTY SOON BECAUSE THEY DID COME IN, UM, MCNAIR AS WELL.
IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO MCNAIR, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A NEW PATHWAY THERE.
SO THERE'S SOME REALLY BIG IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL REALLY CHANGE.
I THINK THE FACE OF THOSE PARTS, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY MARKED AT LARA IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE.
IT'S AMAZING HOW IT JUST CHANGES THE SPACE AND THE ACCESS.
OTHER EXCITING THINGS THAT LARAS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO REDO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN THERE.
SO THE TEAM MET OUT ON SITE WITH SUSIE, WHO'S FROM PETALUMA BOUNTY, WHO'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, HAS OVERSIGHT OF THAT.
SO THIS WEEK, ACTUALLY TODAY THEY WERE OUT THERE GRADING DOWN THAT, UM, THAT
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COMMUNITY GARDEN AREA.SO HOPEFULLY THIS, YOU'LL SEE BIG CHANGES THERE.
SO, UM, JUST SOME FUN THINGS, SOME NOT SO FUN THINGS.
OF COURSE, YOUR PARKS TEAM IS REALLY BUSY THIS TIME OF YEAR IS JUST IMPACTED WITH PLAYING FIELDS AND THAT SUPPORT.
UM, THERE'S SOME FINISH WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, DANNY SMITH ON OUR TEAM THAT REALLY DOES SOME OF THE NICE REFINISHING WORK, YOU KNOW, PAINTING AND PLACES THAT YOU MAY NOT EVEN NOTICE, BUT IT JUST LOOKS NICE AND TIDY WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE LIKE RAILINGS AND THINGS.
SO THE TEAM'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY BUSY IN SOME EXCITING STUFF.
UM, JUST TO ADDRESS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FIREWORKS, JUST SO THAT THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC'S AWARE, WE ALWAYS WORK WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL.
WE WATCH WHERE THE WINDS ARE, WE WATCH THE WEATHER, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO HAVE FIREWORKS.
WE KNOW THE COMMUNITY LOVES IT, BUT JUST LIKE CALISTOGA HAD TO CANCEL, IF WE HAD TO, WE WOULD CANCEL.
UM, AND WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE LUCKY THAT WE LIVE IN THIS SPACE WHERE THE WEATHER'S A LITTLE BIT COOLER AND WE HAVE A MARINE LAYER.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE GOT TO HAVE A GREAT SHOW AND A GREAT 4TH OF JULY STITCH.
MY DOG DID NOT GET TO COME AND DO THE COSTUME CONTEST BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE TOO HOT FOR HER AND SHE'S BRE SO SHE STAYED AT HOME.
UM, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT THAT THE REC TEAM PUT ON AND WAS HAPPY TO COME AND SUPPORT THEM.
SO WE'RE BUSY, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING ON YOUR PARK SIDE, ON YOUR FACILITY SIDE.
AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WE HAVE SOME HVAC ITEMS GOING ON, AND PRETTY SOON HERE WE'LL BE ADDING A NEW FACE TO THE TEAM.
UM, IN EARLY AUGUST, WE'RE GETTING SOMEBODY ON BOARD THAT'S GONNA WORK WITH THE TEAM AND HELP OUT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WITH OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF EVENTUALLY.
SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR US.
AS YOU KNOW, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS THERE AS WELL.
SO LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE CHANGES.
UM, TO DOVETAIL OFF THAT, UH, THE STARS STRIPES DOGS AND BIKES EVENT THAT WENT OFF IN THE 4TH OF JULY, UM, WAS A MASSIVE SUCCESS.
YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE, UM, NOT JUST THOSE IN THE ROOM, UM, DELENA, UH, WHO BROUGHT HER FAMILY OUT, UM, KAT WAS THERE, UM, RACHEL AND HALEY, AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S JUST SO MUCH OF THE PARK DIRECTION STAFF NOT ONLY CAME OUT TO WORK THE WHOLE DAY, BUT, UM, I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY JUST KIND OF THE LOGISTICS BEHIND THE SCENE AND WHAT THAT PARK REALLY LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU CAN ACTIVATE IT TO ITS FULLEST.
UM, SO THE BIKE PARADE WAS NEW THIS YEAR, SO I THINK WE HAD OVER 50 RIDERS THAT JOINED FROM PRINCE PARK.
UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING ABLE TO JOIN THAT ROUTE AND, UM, WHETHER IT WAS STRATEGIC OR NOT, IT WAS ALL DOWNHILL, WHICH WAS AWESOME.
SO THANK YOU, WHOEVER PLANNED THAT ROUTE.
UM, BUT ONCE WE WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, WELCOMED BY THE STAFF THAT KIND OF HAD LAID OUT FLAGS AND THERE WERE CELEBRATING AND IT WAS A REALLY COOL KIND OF WAY TO START THE FOURTH, UM, IN A TRULY KIND OF INTERGENERATIONAL FEEL WITH THE DOG COSTUME CONTEST.
UM, SO REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE STAFF'S EFFORTS.
AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE CREWS THAT AREN'T HERE TODAY FOR A REAL SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK, UM, ON, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO EVEN BETTER, BUT THINGS THAT WERE OVERALL POSITIVE.
OUR SECOND, UH, MOVIE IS THIS FRIDAY, JULY 19TH, UH, AT LUCEY PARK.
AND WE WILL BE SHOWING SHREK, UH, VENDORS WILL ARRIVE AT SIX AND THE MOVIES WILL BEGIN AT SUNSET, WHICH IS AROUND EIGHT 30 FOR THOSE KEEP AND SCORE.
UM, THE PETALUMA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL'S BANTAM BROADCAST SHOWED A PREMO VIDEO TOUR AT LAST MOVIE, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL.
AND SO THEY'LL BE RETURNING TO DO THE SAME THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S KIND OF A, A REALLY FUN KIND OF WAY OF INVOLVING THE TEAMS THAT GO AROUND AND INTERVIEW AND THEY'LL BROADCAST THE INTERVIEWS ON LIVE, KIND OF, UM, CALL IT TV, BUT IT'S
UH, SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA, UM, BE A THING.
SO APPRECIATE STAFF, UH, EFFORT TO GET READY FOR FRIDAY.
UH, A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS ABOUT THE MUSEUM.
UH, AGAIN, THE OPENING, THE NEW EXHIBIT, HER SIDE OF THE STORY, WHICH TELLS THE TALES OF CALIFORNIA PIONEER WOMAN.
IT'S, IT IS INCREDIBLE AND IT'S GREAT TO BE GETTING KIND OF SOME OF THAT RECOGNITION.
UM, FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STACY, SHE'S CERTAINLY DESERVING OF IT.
AND AS IS ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, A LOT OF GREAT STUFF GOING ON.
THE ADULT SOFTBALL SLOW PITCH IS WRAPPING UP THE SPRING SUMMER SEASON, SO THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
UM, AND THEN IT'S TOURNAMENTS IN AUGUST, WHICH IS ALWAYS, UH, FUN FOR THOSE THAT LOVE SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL.
UH, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, DESPITE THE SEASON YOU GOT A FRESH START IN TOURNAMENT AND, UH, AFTER THAT WE, YOU TURN AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY FOR A FALL SEASON SO WE CAN GET IN A FALL SEASON BEFORE THE RAINS.
SO A LOT OF ACTIVITY, MOSTLY AT, AT PRINCE PARK, THE SUMMER CAMPS.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT THOSE.
WE ARE, UH, OFFICIALLY OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER ALREADY.
UM, WHICH MEANS WE'VE GOT THREE FULL WEEKS OF CAMP LEFT.
UH, AND IT'S BEEN A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER.
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CAMPS ARE FULL, UM, WITH OVER 80 KIDS EACH DAY.UM, AWESOME STAFF REALLY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, HIT THEIR STRIDE.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS OVER THE HALFWAY POINT AND SO EVERYBODY'S TIRED AND FEELING IT.
UM, WEATHER PLAYS A ROLE, BUT UH, THE CAMPS ARE GOING REALLY WELL SO FAR ALONG THOSE LINES.
OUR TINY TOP PRESCHOOL IS ALSO GETTING READY TO GEAR UP.
UH, WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLLMENT FOR TWO YEAR OLDS, UH, INTO THE PROGRAM AND EXTENDING HOURS TILL THREE O'CLOCK.
SO MOVING BACK UP, UH, WHICH WE HADN'T DONE SINCE PRIOR TO COVID.
SO WE HAVE SPACE IN THE PROGRAM AND ARE ACTIVELY ACCEPTING NEW FAMILIES.
SO FOR THE LITTLE ONES AS WELL.
UM, AND, AND PLEASE LET 'EM FOLKS KNOW THAT IF THEY HAVEN'T CHECKED IN WITH US FOR A WHILE, WE ARE EXTENDING HOURS AS WELL.
AND, UH, CONTINUING TO HIRE AS WELL.
WE HAVE OUR TINY TOP PRESCHOOL TEACHERS, UH, POSITION OPEN AS WELL AS OUR, UH, BUILDING ATTENDANCE, OUR FACILITY ATTENDANCE.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR PART-TIME POSITIONS THERE.
AND I BELIEVE WE JUST FLEW OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR POSITION, UH, WHICH IS A FULL-TIME POSITION, UM, I THINK THIS WEEK AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT IS THE REPORT OUT THAT I HAVE.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS TOWARD TODAY.
THERE'S A LOT TO SEE, UM, WITH THE FACILITIES AND THE GROUNDS, BUT APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS AND UM, REALLY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO JUST HAVE YOU IN THAT SPACE TO EXPERIENCE IT NOW 'CAUSE AS THIS TRANSITION FROM THE FAIR BACK INTO THE, UH, EVENTS AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON COLLECTIVELY COMING UP WITH SOME OF THOSE IDEAS AND STRATEGIES TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.
I WAS BUMMED ABOUT THE WEATHER ON THE FOURTH.
I WANTED TO BRING MY BIG OLD PUPPY DOWN THERE, BUT NO, GO TWO AND I CAN'T PUT THOSE LITTLE PAW THINGS ON 'EM.
YOU SEE THE DOGS WALKING AROUND.
UH, AND WITH THAT I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING FOR, UH, JULY 17TH, 2024.