* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING. [CALL TO ORDER] I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024. WE, UH, WILL START WITH ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MARYANNE BERTELLI. HERE. CODE CHISHOLM. HERE. STACY EARL. HERE. KATE GREENSPAN. HERE. MEGAN KELLY? HERE. HANNAH. RIZZO. SIMMONS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. HERE. THANK YOU. GREAT. NOW WE WILL STAND AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE LOVE SEEING PEOPLE [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL ALL COMMENT AND TELL US ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTS. UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, THE UM, THE PROCESS IS A LITTLE CONFUSING. SO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, NOT ABOUT THE SWIM CENTER OR KAVANAUGH POOL, UM, WOULD FIRST COME UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THEN, UM, WE WILL HAVE OUR, UM, PRESENTA, WE WILL HAVE PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UM, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM ALL OF US THAT ARE JUST QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK THIS WAY. SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD, THEY'RE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR, YOU CAN FILL, OH, NEVERMIND. THEY MOVED THEM UP FRONT FOR YOU ALL. THEY CAN COME TO ME. OKAY, GREAT. SO YOU CAN FILL 'EM OUT AND THEN BRING 'EM OVER TO RACHEL. OKAY. UM, WE DO HAVE, I'D LIKE TO NOTE, UH, ONE EMAILED GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, AND THAT WAS ABOUT KAVANAUGH SWIM CENTER. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC GENERAL COMMENTS? WE DO HAVE ONE. STACY. UM, THERE, DID I MISS? OH, PAT CRABTREE. I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE ALL, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M LOOKING OUT TO YOU GUYS. I WAS A LITTLE LATE GETTING HERE. THERE WAS A TRAFFIC LIGHT SITUATION, SO I'M A LITTLE OFF MY GAME. ALL RIGHT. SO PAT'S CRABTREE. I REALLY WANTED TO SAY, COME ON DOWN, , YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT, BUT WELCOME. THANKS, PAT. I WAS JUST HANDED, UM, A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM NATHAN. UM, THAT WAS ALSO GREAT. UM, MY QUESTION IS, IS IT ABOUT KAVANAUGH? YES. OKAY. SHOULD THAT FALL UNDER WHEN WE DO OUR AQUATICS? YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT THIS OVER THERE. ANY OTHER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE ON PICKLEBALL. WE HAVE, WE HAVE SPOKEN. I'M ALL ABOUT IT. UM, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL, WE'LL GET THERE. ALL RIGHT. SO [PRESENTATIONS] WE ARE MOVING TO, UM, OUR PRESENTATIONS. [00:05:02] I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, ARE YOU FOLKS HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR FOR POOL RELATED? OH, POOL RELATED. GREAT. OKAY. IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO, UH, A COMMENT, YOU CAN FIND FORMS OVER BY RACHEL OVER HERE. OKAY. SO OUR PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING IS ABOUT THE PET PETALUMA WIND CENTER POOL, REPLASTERING AND AQUATICS PROGRAMMING UPDATE. WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE SCOPE AND TIMING OF THE PETALUMA WIND. WHY, WHY I CAN'T SAY THAT VERY FAST, UH, ABOUT THE POOL REPLASTERING CAPITAL PROJECT. IT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE EXISTING AQUATICS PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL GOALS FOR THE CITY MANAGED PROGRAMMING. AND KAT IS GOING TO TAKE US AWAY, RIGHT? YEAH. IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK. THANK YOU, CHAIR. APPRECIATE THAT. GO AHEAD. UH, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR KAT REISINGER, UM, IN OUR, IN OUR FIFTH MONTH HERE SINCE JOINING THE CITY AS AS, AS WE ALL EXPECTED, REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. SO I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT BEFORE WE KIND OF QUEUE UP KAT, TO TAKE US THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST. UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO PREPARE AN UPDATE AS IT RELATES TO, TO REALLY TWO OBJECTIVES WHICH KAT WILL GO THROUGH. ONE IS TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE UPCOMING POOL REP PLASTERING PROGRAMS AND SCHEDULE WILL LOOK LIKE. AND THE SECOND IS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT AND SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE UP TO DATE ABOUT WHAT IS OUR PLANS, UH, TO TRANSITION, UM, TOWARDS THE, UH, THE CITY MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE PROGRAMMING AT THE SWIM CENTER. UH, THIS IS A PRESENTATION. IT IS AN UPDATE. UM, SO I WANT TO JUST SET EXPECTATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY CHANGES THAT WE MAKE, UM, AS THE POOL AND PROGRAM EVOLVES. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'LL INVOLVE FEEDBACK FROM THE USERS, FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS, FROM THE PATRONS, FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT IS REALLY HOW WE, WE MAKE THE DECISIONS ON ANY CHANGES THAT HAPPEN THERE. SO FOR TODAY, IT'S REALLY JUST TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION. AND WHAT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR STAFF AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION IS PROVIDING FEEDBACK AND INSIGHT ABOUT WHEN WE DO BRING THIS BACK AND HOW WE DO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WE WANT TO HAVE ASKED OR ANSWERED AS WE PREPARE TO UP STAFF, AS WE PREPARE TO PUT BUSINESS PLANS TOGETHER AS WE PREPARE TO LOOK AT THAT PROGRAMMING. UM, SO REALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. BUT, UM, PLEASE STAY ENGAGED, STAY INVOLVED, UH, SIGN UP TO RECEIVE NEWSLETTERS, UH, BECAUSE WE'LL BE TAKING THIS BACK IN, IN SEVERAL ITERATIONS FOR, FOR THE MONTHS TO COME. SO WITH THAT, I'LL INTRODUCE, UH, KAT REISINGER, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO WALK US THROUGH THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DREW. NICE TO SEE YOU. CHAIR COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ABOUT PETALUMA AQUATICS. AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING TO SHOW YOUR DEDICATION AND INVOLVEMENT. I, AS DREW MENTIONED, HAVE BEEN HERE FIVE MONTHS. I'M A SANTA FALL RESIDENT AND IT'S BEEN ASTOUNDING TO ME TO SEE HOW ENGAGED THIS COMMUNITY IS ON ALL THINGS PETALUMA AND BEYOND. SO WITH THAT, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, HERE WE GO. THE PRESENTATION IS GONNA BE ABOUT 10 MINUTES, SO NOT TOO LONG. IT'S GONNA BE A BROAD STROKE OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR PLAN AND TIMELINE IS FOR THE PETALUMA REPLASTERING IN SOME BROAD PROGRAMMING GOALS AND AQUATICS OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DO HAVE COMING. WE ARE NOT COMMITTING TO ANY SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING SCHEDULES OR PERCENTAGE OF LAPS, SWIM TIME OR PERCENTAGE OF POOL SPACE. WE LOVE TO HEAR ALL FEEDBACK. AND WHAT I'M PRESENTING ON TODAY IS OUR PLAN TO ENGAGE AND GET THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FROM ALL DIFFERENT POOL USER GROUPS. AS DREW MENTIONED, THE PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES IS GONNA BE A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR POOL REPLASTERING PROJECT OF THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER. THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE FIRST GOAL, WHICH KIND OF THEN KICKS OFF THE MORE, TO ME, THE PERSONALLY MORE EXCITING PART OF THE OVERVIEW OF OUR BROAD PROGRAMMING GOALS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DO HAVE TO DELIVER VARIOUS ENGAGING AQUATIC OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS HERE IN PETALUMA. THIS IS ME . THIS IS, UH, IN AUGUST. IT'S A, UH, MY KIDS DID LIFEGUARD WATER SAFE LIFEGUARD CAMP DOWN AT CAMP PENDLETON. I SHARE THIS SPECIFIC PHOTO BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AQUATICS AND IN POOLS MY ENTIRE LIFE. MY FIRST JOB WAS FOR THE MARWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER AND SERVICES DISTRICT WHEN I WAS A SWIM AID AT AGE 13. AND I AM STILL TO THIS DAY A LIFEGUARD. I'M A LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR. I'M A LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR TRAINER. THAT MEANS I'M THE PERSON THAT CAN TRAIN THE PEOPLE WHO END UP TRAINING LIFEGUARDS THROUGH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. I HAVE SPOKEN AT STATE LEVEL CONFERENCES ABOUT AQUATICS OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS, DISADVANTAGED YOUTH AND [00:10:01] DISABILITIES. I TEACH SWIM LESSONS. ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE JOBS THAT I WISH I COULD DO MORE REGULARLY IS TEACH WATER AEROBICS. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. ONE OF MY PAIN POINTS IN LIFE IS, UH, THAT MY CHILDREN ARE NOT SWIMMERS . SO THAT HURTS MY SOUL JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT IT'S OKAY 'CAUSE I'M STILL INVOLVED IN AQUATICS AND, UM, THOSE ARE MY THREE KIDS. SO I'VE STRUGGLED FROM THE PARENT SIDE OF THINGS AS WELL. NOT ONLY A PROGRAMMER AS A LIFEGUARD SWIM TEAM, I SWAM ON SWIM TEAMS FOR 17 YEARS. I WAS NOT A VERY GOOD SWIMMER. IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE SWIM MEETS WITH THE CUP OF HOT NOODLES AT THE END OF MY RACE, BUT I WAS STILL THERE. AND KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, LIKE TO BE ON THE POOL DECK AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT PART IS TO YOUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO SHARE THIS SLIDE TO SHOW THE VARYING TYPES OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS THAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN. VERY BRIEFLY, THE REDWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES POOL, FIVE LANE POOL WITH THE WATER SLIDE AND A TT CIRCLE. VERY SMALL. THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL, VERY LARGE EIGHT LANE POOL THAT WAS RESURFACED ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO. THE CITY OF MILL VALLEY IS AN INDOOR OUTDOOR THREE LANE WATER SLIDE YEAR ROUND. GET THIS EIGHT LAP SWIMMERS SWIM AT A TIME IN THE THREE LANES ON A ROTATING 45 MINUTE BASIS. SO YES, I HAVE TALKED ABOUT CIRCLE SWIM AND FIGURING OUT WHAT DEFINES A SLOW LANE VERSUS A MEDIUM LANE VERSUS A MEDIUM FAST LANE. AND HAVING TO TALK TO THAT FAST SWIMMER AND TELL THEM, I'M SORRY, YOU ARE NOT A FAST SWIMMER. YOU'RE ACTUALLY MEDIUM , WHICH WAS NOT GREAT , BUT I SHARE. UH, AND THEN OVER IN THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK, IT'S A VERY LARGE AQUATIC HUB. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH A WHOLE NEW REBUILD OUT THERE OF THEIR OLYMPIC SIZE POOL. THEY HAVE A HUGE DIVING AREA. THEY HAVE SINK CROW, VERY LARGE AREA AS WELL. SO THIS IS JUST TO SHARE SOME OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, I GREW UP IN AQUATICS, I LOVE AQUATICS. I'VE SEEN IT FROM MANY DIFFERENT LENSES. SO I, UM, WOULD LOVE TO TALK ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT, POOL, CHEMICALS, TILE, WHY WE'RE NOT GONNA GO SALT, ANYTHING YOU WANNA KNOW. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. SO DURING THE POOL PLASTERING HIGHLIGHTS, THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY TAKEN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WATER CLARITY IS NOT AWESOME. AND THE POOL PLASTERS LIFE, WE'VE EXCEEDED IT. THE BELOW CURRENT CHALLENGES, THEY'RE JUST A FEW. WE'VE IDENTIFIED MANY, BUT WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE WATER QUALITY ISSUES. WHEN A POOL HAS EXCEEDED ITS LIFESPAN, THERE IS ALGAE GROWTH. THERE'S TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS. THERE ARE ITEMS THAT NO AMOUNT OF MAN POWERED OR VACUUM ROBOT CLEANING IS GONNA FIX. YOU HAVE TO DRAIN IT AND YOU HAVE TO REPLASTER IT. UM, YOU CAN YES, FIX IT TO A POINT, BUT YOU DO. IT'S, IT'S THE LIFESPAN OF THE POOL. IT NEEDS A LITTLE HELP THERE. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO RELATED TO THE WATER QUALITY ISSUES IS THAT WHEN YOU DO HAVE ALGAE GROWTH AND ADDITIONAL TOTAL DISSOLVED, TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS AND POROUS POOL PLASTERING, WHEN THE PLASTER STARTS TO CRACK, YOU GET CHEMICALS AND CHLORINE AND DIFFERENT MINERALS THAT GO INTO THE POOL PLASTER. SO THEN TRYING TO BALANCE YOUR WATER QUALITY IS ADDITIONALLY CHALLENGING, WHICH THEN RESULTS IN INCREASED MAINTENANCE COST, TIME, EFFORT, ENERGY TO TRY AND BRING THAT WATER BACK TO ITS BETTER LIFECYCLE SURFACE CRACKING ROUGH TEXTURES, PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. AND THAT ONE WAS ABRASIVE AND UNSAFE. POOL REP PLASTERING IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE ONCE IT'S DONE, IT'S RE PLASTERED, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BUT ONCE IT STARTS CRACKING OR HAVING SMALL THINGS, YOU CAN PATCH IT A LITTLE BIT. BUT IT IS NEVER, NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF PATCH YOU DO OR FIX, IT'S NEVER GONNA GO BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL WORK BEFORE. WHEREAS IF YOU BREAK A BONE, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BREAK YOUR BONE IN THAT EXACT SAME SPOT AGAIN BECAUSE THAT BONE IS NOW STRONGER. THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH A POOL STAINING AND DISCOLORATION. THE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE AGE OF THE PLASTER, IT RESULTS IN A POROUS SURFACE. SO ITEMS GET STUCK INTO THE ACTUAL SURFACE OF THE PART OF THE POOL PLASTER AND IT CANNOT BE CLEANED NO MATTER WHAT WE ESSENTIALLY DO TO IT. 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO ALSO MAINTAIN THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE WATER BALANCED TO A POINT THAT IT'S SAFE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COME AND SWIM. TIMELINE OF REPLASTERING ON MONDAY, WE HAVE A PRE-BID WALKTHROUGH WITH POTENTIAL CONTRACTOR. SO YES, PROJECT IS MOVING AHEAD. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE'LL BE AT THE POOL. AND THEN ON THE 26TH IS THE OFFICIAL BID OPENING. AND THIS IS WHEN THE CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE COME AND WANT TO WORK ON THE PROJECT, WE'LL SUBMIT THEIR OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION TO THE CITY LEAD TEAM WORKERS WHO ARE GONNA GO THROUGH IT. THAT'S NOT MY ELEMENT AND AREA, BUT HAPPY [00:15:01] TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS OFFLINE ON THAT PROCESS. MID OCTOBER, OUR AIM AND TENTATIVE GOAL IS THE 17TH OF OCTOBER FOR THE COUNCIL AWARD OF THE BID. THAT'S WHEN COUNCIL WILL IDENTIFY WHICH CONTRACTOR WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE POOL OF REPLASTERING. WE ARE AIMING FOR A, OH, I HAVE A TYPO. I LOOKED AT THIS SO MANY TIMES. JANUARY, 2025. UH, WE'RE HOPING THE RE PLASTER WORK WILL BEGIN. SO WE WILL REMAIN OPEN AND OPERATED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. MARCH, 2025 IS WHEN OUR AIMING GOAL IS THAT WE'RE GONNA REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC OPERATED BY THE CITY OF PETALUMA. THIS TIMELINE IS OUR TENTATIVE TIMELINE. WE'RE GONNA WORK TOWARDS IT. IT'S ALL THE PIECES ARE MOVING TOWARDS THIS DIRECTION, BUT BARRING ANY EMERGENCY ITEMS THAT DO COME UP, THIS IS OUR GOAL. I ALSO DO WANNA NOTE THAT KAVANAUGH POOL WILL REMAIN OPEN AND OPERATED BY FOREVER AQUATICS. SO THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME AQUATIC OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS WHEN THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER IS CLOSED. WHAT IS COVERED IN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT? AGAIN, THIS IS A REAL REPLASTERING PROJECT, SO WE ARE GONNA BE REDOING THE MAIN POOL. WE WILL BE REDOING THE WAITING POOL. AND WHEN WE ARE GOING THROUGH BID, UM, BID ANALYSIS AND FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THIS MOMENT, THERE WERE SOME ITEMS IDENTIFIED IN THE POOL PUMP ROOM, SUCH AS THIS RUSTY WALKING BOARD, UM, AREA. THIS IS THE SURGE PIT. SO IT'S THE AREA BEHIND IN THE PUMP ROOM WHERE ALL THE WATER ESSENTIALLY IS SUPPOSED TO GET CLEANED AND REFILED OUT AND THEN SENT BACK INTO THE POOL IN A BEAUTIFUL, CHLORINATED, GORGEOUS AREA. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU HAVE RUST AND DEBRIS FALLING DIRECTLY INTO THE SURGE PIT, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CLEAN TO GO BACK OUT INTO THE POOL. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A BIT CHALLENGING TO MEET THOSE GOALS OF BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR BALANCED WATER. SO WE ARE GONNA BE DOING SOME WORK IN THE PUMP ROOM AREA AS WELL. OUR IMMEDIATE GOALS WITHIN THIS PROJECT. SO MOVING MORE FROM THE REPLASTER PART AS WE ARE GONNA REPRE PLASTER AND ESTABLISHED WELL-MAINTAINED AND BALANCED WATER QUALITY FOR SAFE SWIMMING. WE ARE GOING TO OPERATE A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT WITH COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AND BEST INDUSTRY PRACTICE SAFETY STANDARDS. IN ADDITION TO MY INDIVIDUAL AQUATICS EXPERIENCE THAT I BRING TO THE TABLE, RACHEL BEER SUPERVISOR HAS AQUATICS EXPERIENCE IN HER PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND. UM, AND WE BOTH BELONG TO THE CALIFORNIA PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY THAT HAS A AQUATICS PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION. UM, I BELONG TO THE BAY AREA PUBLIC POOL OPERATORS ASSOCIATION. RACHEL AND I BOTH KNOW ALMOST ALL OF THE NEIGHBORING PUBLIC POOL AREAS. SO WE CAN CALL 'EM UP, ASK 'EM QUESTIONS, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HOW CAN WE SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON? SO WE PLAN TO REALLY MAKE A COMMUNITY APPROACH TO THE POOL SO THAT IT IS BALANCED PROGRAMMING, BUT ALSO WE ARE NOT OUT IN LEFT FIELD FOR WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE POOL AND THE COMMUNITY. OUR THIRD IMMEDIATE GOAL, AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THE PROGRAMMING, HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SAFE COMMUNITY FOR EVERYBODY, IS WE NEED PEOPLE. WE ARE GOING TO RECRUIT AND ONBOARD QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT POSITIONS UP HERE. THESE POSITIONS IDENTIFY APPROXIMATELY 50 STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE YET TO BE IDENTIFIED, FOUND, INTERVIEWED, ONBOARDED, AND THEN TRAINED ANYONE WORKING IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. IT'S NOT A POSITION THAT YOU CAN JUST HAVE THEM COME ON SITE, GIVE THEM A PAMPHLET AND SAY WELCOME ON BOARD. WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND WALK AWAY. THAT'S NOT GONNA MEET OUR GOALS OF HAVING A WELL-MAINTAINED, SAFE, INCLUSIVE, HAPPY, WELCOMING, AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THESE POSITIONS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, HIGHLIGHTING THE MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY TECHNICIAN INDIVIDUAL. THIS IS A CITY OF STAFF INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL BE DEDICATED TO WORKING AT THE POOL DOING LIGHT REPAIR WORK, LIGHT MAINTENANCE WORK, HELPING KEEP THE FACILITY AND THE POOL WATER CLEAN, AS IN-HOUSE STAFF MEMBER WITH CLEAR DIRECT COMMUNICATION DIRECTLY TO THE AQUATICS COORDINATOR, WHO WILL BE THE ONSITE SUPERVISOR FOR THAT LOCATION. THE STRUCTURE THAT RACHEL AND I HAVE PROPOSED TO STAFF, UH, STAFF AND PROVIDE FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AT THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER INCLUDE POSITIONS FROM A POOL ATTENDANT OR REC AID WHO YOU MIGHT BE THE CASHIER AT THE FRONT DOOR TO A SWIM AIDE WHO HELPS TEACH SWIM LESSONS TO SWIM INSTRUCTOR. YOU HAVE YOUR GENERAL LIFEGUARD, YOU HAVE A SENIOR LIFEGUARD. SO FOR SOMEONE WHO TO BE SENIOR LIFEGUARD FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE TO BE [00:20:01] 18 YEARS OLD AND HAVE LIFEGUARDED FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR IN SOME LOCATION TO QUALIFY FOR THAT POSITION. WE ALSO PLAN TO HAVE A POOL MANAGER OR POOL MANAGERS. THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE WEEKEND WHO MIGHT BE YOUR LEAD LIFEGUARD, YOUR LEAD HEAD LIFEGUARDS WHO ARE GONNA CHECK YOU IN FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY PARTY. THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED ABOUT WHERE THE GARBAGE GOES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT IN A WAY THAT ALSO INVOLVES CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE WANT THERE TO BE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WITH OUR STAFF AND WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES TO SWIM AT THE POOL. I ALSO PUT FITNESS INSTRUCTOR 'CAUSE I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE A VERY ROBUST WATER EXERCISE PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA WORK TOWARDS. WHEN I SAY THE WORD COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, THESE ARE THE KIND OF ESSENTIALLY LIKE MAIN TOP FIVE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE A GENERAL PUBLIC POOL LIKE WE HAVE HERE WITH THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER, YOUR RECREATIONAL AND FAMILY SWIM LAPS, SWIM, SWIM LESSONS, SWIM TEAM USE, AND THEN A MASTER'S TEAM USE. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE WON'T DO SCUBA TRAINING FOR THE FIRST YEAR IF IT HAPPENS THAT, OH, THIS SCUBA INSTRUCTOR'S AMAZING AND WE'RE GONNA TRY AND OFFER, OFFER IT. OUR MAIN GOAL AT THE BEGINNING HERE IS TO OFFER THESE A PORTION OF THESE FIVE TYPES OF PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE POOL. THEY WELL BALANCED AND WELL SCHEDULED. THEY REPRESENT OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS AS MANY OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS AND DIFFERENT INTERESTS WITHIN THE POOL ENVIRONMENT. SOME IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE IS BECOMING A HUB FOR WATER SAFETY PROGRAMMING. WE REALLY ARE A UNIQUE POOL. WE ARE HERE IN PETALUMA. WE'RE A 50 METER POOL. I'M GOING, UM, IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BE IN THIS LOCATION BECAUSE MARIN DOESN'T HAVE SUPER GREAT BIG PUBLIC POOLS. THE NEXT ONE AFTER HERE IN PETALUMA IS RONER PARKS. WE ARE IN A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRING SOME OF THOSE WATER SAFETY PROGRAMS, LIFEGUARD TRAINING, JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAMS HERE TO THE POOL. WE ARE LOOKING AT A CREATIVE PRICING MODEL. THIS WOULD BE INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY AND POTENTIAL REVENUE GROWTH, BUT THIS ALSO TIES INTO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION, ALL INCLUSIVE RECREATION SERVICE PROVIDER. KIND OF A ONE-STOP SHOP PETALUMA. SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE A SNAPSHOT OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION REGISTRATION SOFTWARE. SO IF YOU EVER SI EVER HAVE SIGNED UP FOR A CLASS OR SIGNED YOUR KIDS UP FOR A CLASS OR DONE ANYTHING WITHIN PARKS AND RECREATION, YOU'VE USED THE SOFTWARE. ALL OF OUR POOL ITEMS, IF YOU WILL, WILL BE HUBBED WITHIN THIS SOFTWARE. SO YOU GET TO GO TO ONE PLACE TO DO SOMETHING. SO WHEN YOU'RE COMING TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO SIGN UP FOR TINY TOTS PRESCHOOL, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE TINY TOTS PRESCHOOL. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE SENIOR EMERGENCY PREPARATION CLASS AND YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR SWIM LESSONS IF YOU WANT TO. SO IT'S ALL IN ONE LOCATION IN ONE AREA, WHICH WE'RE HOPING IS GONNA INCREASE THE EASE AND ACCESS. AND ALSO WITH OUR REGISTRATION SOFTWARE, IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT PRICING MODELS SUCH AS POOL PUNCH, PASS CARDS, MONTHLY MEMBERSHIPS, FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS, DROP IN MEMBERSHIPS OR DIFFERENT RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY PARTY, MAYBE A CORPORATE PARTY, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES THAT FOSTERING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE WITH HANDS-ON LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT. SO OUR TWO MAIN GOALS ON THIS SLIDE, THE LEFT PART IS HIGHLIGHTED MAINLY WITH A LARGE FOCUS, UM, OF MINE. AND A PASSION I HAVE IS FOR LIFEGUARDING. UM, I LOVE IT. I LOVE THINKING THAT WE ARE A EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSON. WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY EMERGENCY RESPONSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ONSITE BEFORE AN EMERGENCY ACTUALLY HAPPENS. SO ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO A, I DON'T WANNA SAY GOOD LIFEGUARD 'CAUSE EMERGENCY IS, AND ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, BUT WE DO PREVENTATIVE ITEMS AND I LOVE TRAINING WITH PREVENTATIVE ITEMS BY FIELD TRAINING HANDS-ON INSTRUCTION. I PLAN TO TRAIN UP SENIOR LIFEGUARDS WHERE WE'RE STANDING BEHIND THE LIFEGUARD THAT'S WATCHING THE POOL AND WE SAY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE? WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED? SO IT'S REALLY THAT ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR STAFF AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE'RE ALSO, UH, ONE MORE TYPO. SO SORRY. EVERYBODY. UM, DAILY FACILITY OPERATIONS AND CLEANUP. WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING INTO THE OVERALL, UM, SUPPORT WITH THE POOL PLANS THAT ALSO INCLUDE A WIDER REACH THAN JUST LIFEGUARDS AT THE POOL, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT'S INC INCREASING THE SAFETY SWEEPS OF THE BATHROOMS, SAFETY SWEEPS OF THE PARKING LOTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, WHEN THEY GET DOWN FROM THE LIFEGUARD STAND, THEY'RE DOING A WHOLE SAFETY SWEEP ALL AROUND THE ENTIRE FACILITY AREA. CHECKING ON ANYONE, MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S OKAY, PICKING UP ANY TRASH THAT MIGHT BE AROUND. SO IT'S A HOLISTIC [00:25:01] ENTIRE FACILITY APPROACH. IT'S NOT JUST THE, THE WATER ALONE. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS JUST MORE OF THE ACTIVE COMMUN COMMUNITY ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT PIECE. I SPOKE TO SOME OF THIS, UM, AS WELL ABOUT, UH, RACHEL AND I REACHING OUT, ASKING, GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND FOR ME THE MOST IMPORTANT HERE IS NUMBER FOUR. IT'S REMAINING FLEXIBLE. THIS IS A COMMUNITY POOL. WE NEED ENGAGEMENT FROM ALL OF OUR POOL USERS AND WE DON'T WANNA BE GOING IN ONE DIRECTION THAT MIGHT NOT WORK FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A ENGAGED BACK AND FORTH PROCESS. FUTURE, FUTURE PROGRAMMING. JUST SOME IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE. WE DO, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GO SLOW IN THE BEGINNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING FOUNDATIONS, STRONG FOUNDATIONS. WE ARE MAKING SURE WE'RE TRAINING OUR STAFF. WE ARE NOT GONNA OFFER 20 BILLION PRICING MODELS RIGHT AWAY. WE'RE GONNA START WITH WHAT'S LIKE, WE THINK IS GONNA BE THE BIGGEST AND THEN MOVE SLOWLY FROM THERE. WE WANT SLOW QUALITY GROWTH IN WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE POOL AND WE SEE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY. THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. A SPLASH CAMPS, SCUBA CLASSES, KAYAK, END OF YOUR SCHOOL PARTY. SO SOME POOL RENTAL REVENUE IDEAS. UM, VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO A GROWTH IN SWIM LESSON PROGRAMS. SWIM INSTRUCTORS TAKE A REALLY LONG TIME TO TRAIN. OUR SWIM PROGRAM IS GONNA TAKE A COUPLE YEARS TO BECOME WHAT WE WANT IT TO BECOME. 'CAUSE TEACHING BUBBLES TO ONE KID IS NOT LIKE TEACHING BUBBLES TO THE NEXT KID. THEY'RE ALL VERY DIFFERENT. JUST SOME CREATIVE IDEAS. THE, THE WAVE RUNNER ON THE RIGHT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE JUMPY INFLATABLES IN THE WATER. UM, THAT IS FROM TERRA LINDA POOL AND THE AQUANET ARE FROM THE WATER. UH, WALNUT CREEK ON THE LEFT THERE, THE SYNCHRO POOL. WE HAD OUR, UM, CAMP IN WALNUT CREEK THAT WAS ALL, UH, SPECIALIZED RECREATION. SO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES CAME AND WATCHED A SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING PROGRAM AND THEN THEY GOT TO TRY PRACTICING SYNCHRO IN THE POOL. SUPER COOL. ADDITIONALLY, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO, UM, HAVE A LOCKER ROOM FACILITY ASSESSMENT. IT DOES NEED SOME WORK. WE'RE AWARE THAT'S NOT GOAL ONE , THAT'S NOT YEAR ONE, BUT WE ARE AWARE THAT THAT IS, IS EVENTUALLY ON THE LIST AS WELL AS OVERALL FACILITY AND BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS. UM, THE SECOND BULLET POINT, AGAIN WITH THE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN AND FACILITY PERSON ON SITE, A CITY EMPLOYEE THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE THEIR HOME. LITERALLY THEIR OFFICE WILL BE THAT POOL LOCATION. SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LEVEL OF OWNERSHIP THERE THAT WE'RE HOPING WILL IMPROVE SOME OF THE FACILITY AND BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS JUST BY HAVING THAT ONSITE STAFF SUPPORT. COMMUNITY OUTREACH AFTER TONIGHT, TONIGHT WAS REALLY THE FIRST KIND OF, HERE WE ARE, IT'S HAPPENING. UM, MOVE. WE'RE GONNA ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WEBSITE COMMS. AGAIN, ALL THE OUTREACH BACK AND FORTH. IT REALLY IS A DIALOGUE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO TRY AND GET AS MUCH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN HERE AT THE END, THERE'S THE PARKS AND REC EMAILS AT THE TOP. MY EMAILS AFTER. WE DO HAVE A CITY OF PETALUMA AQUATICS INTERNAL, UH, POOL PLASTERING PROJECT UPDATE WEBSITE. THAT IS HARD TO SAY TOO. YES, . UM, THAT'S ON THE LEFT. THERE WILL BE PROJECT UPDATES. YOU CAN SIGN UP ON THAT WEBSITE TO RECEIVE EMAILS FROM THE CITY OF PETALUMA PARKS AND REC ABOUT THE PROJECT AND TIMELINE UPDATES AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND THAT'S JOINING THE EMAIL LIST ON THE RIGHT WITH THE QR CODE THERE. THANK YOU. SORRY THAT WAS A LITTLE LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES. . I'LL ALSO MENTION, UM, THAT WE CAN PUT THIS PRESENTATION ON THE AGENDA TOO. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE TRYING TO GET THE QR CODE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I'LL, I'LL POST THIS AFTER, UM, THE MEETING SO THAT THIS WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY. GREAT, THANK YOU KAT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP TO THE COMMISSION FOR ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION. AND SO I'LL JUST START FAR RIGHT. UH, COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. THE CONTRACTOR WHO PREVIOUSLY RE PLASTERED THE TOP POOL, ARE THEY ELIGIBLE FOR SUBMITTING A BID? DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHO THAT IS? IS THAT JUST SO I I HOW DO WE PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, ? UM, WE ARE AWARE OF WHO THAT PERSON WAS AND ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE WHILE LONGER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED TO GET THE PRE-BID OUT IS THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF EXTRA DUE DILIGENCE IN WRITING OUR BID PACKAGE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE BIG PACKAGE CONTRACT IS, IS OUTLINING ALL OF OUR EXPECTATIONS SO THAT SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT WE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A PRODUCT THAT WE WON'T BE HAPPY WITH. ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE DO HAVE IN OUR PRE-BID PACKAGE IS THAT THEY HAVE RE PLASTERED A 50 METER POOL BEFORE THE SIZE OF OUR POOL [00:30:01] IS, UM, IT'S LARGE, IT'S A LARGE POOL, SO IT'S A LARGER PLASTERING PROJECT THAN A, UM, SMALLER AREA. SO I CAN'T PROMISE THAT THEY WON'T BID TO THE PROJECT 'CAUSE IT IS PUBLIC AND OPEN. BUT I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE BEST THAT WE CAN WITHIN OUR TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIMMONS. AYE, UM, SO DOES WEATHER AFFECT RE PLASTERING IF WE'RE RE PLASTERING IN JANUARY? LIKE DOES IT COST MORE TO PUT UP TARPS TO TENT THE POOL? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. THANK YOU. UH, WEATHER DOES IMPACT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PROCESS. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE GIVEN A WINDOW, UM, OF THE WORK TO BE DONE. 'CAUSE THEY CAN, UM, MAKE UP SOME OF THE WORK LATER ON AND THEY OVER, OR THEY UNDER PROMISE OVER DELIVER HOPEFULLY IN THEIR BID PRACTICE AS WELL. SO YES IT DOES, BUT WE'VE BAKED INTO OUR CONTRACT PIECES SOME TIMELINES TO HOPEFULLY MITIGATE A VERY RAINY SEASON. YES. AND WE ALSO, PART OF THIS TIMELINE IS WE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE THE POOL OPEN AND OPERATIONAL FOR SPRING. THAT'S THAT SWIM TIME, TIME GETTING READY. UM, YES. WELL, ANYONE THAT DEALS WITH BASEBALL KNOWS THAT MARCH IS VERY WET AND YOU DON'T PLAY ANY BASEBALL GAMES. SO , OKAY, LET'S PRAY FOR RAIN, BUT NOT TOO MUCH RAIN, WEEKS OFF OF RAIN. AND THEY CAN DO, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE WORK IN THE RAIN. YES. UM, IT'S, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS WELL AND WE DEC IT, WE DECIDED IT WAS A BETTER FOCUS FOR US TO TRY TO GO IN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. THE WORK IS DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM, IT'S THE POOL'S NOT IMPROVING , SO IT'S ONLY GETTING HARDER TO MAINTAIN. UM, AND WE ARE, WE'RE ALSO REALLY DIDN'T WANNA PUSH IT BACK ANY FURTHER BECAUSE OF THE HOT WEATHER TIMEFRAMES. IF WE WERE TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT OUR GOAL. AGAIN, THIS IS A TENTATIVE TIMELINE, BUT THANK YOU. I'M GONNA GO DEEPER WITH THAT ONE. , HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE AND HOW MUCH OF A WINDOW DID YOU GIVE YOURSELVES? THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF DAYS THAT A POOL REPLASTER TAKES. I CANNOT GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC ANSWER BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM TO TAKE THE OLD PLASTER OFF. IT DEPENDS ON IF THEY FIND ANYTHING UNDERNEATH THE PLASTER. IT WE ARE REPLACING THE LIGHTS OR AT LEAST THAT'S THE GOAL RIGHT NOW. IF ALL THE LIGHTS PULL OUT OF THE SOCKET EXCELLENTLY AND QUICKLY, THEN IT'S GONNA GO FASTER. BUT THE LIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED IN MANY YEARS, SO WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT. SO WE HAVE BAKED IN A COUPLE OF EXTRA DAYS ON BOTH THE FRONT END AND THE BACK END TO MAKE SURE. SO WE ARE, WE ARE PUBLISHING A 10 TO 14 WEEK CLOSURE TIME PERIOD WITH ONLY DAYS AS BUFFERS THOUGH. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. THERE'S SOME, NOT WEEKS AS BUFFERS, BUT DAYS WHEN GIVEN IT'S THE RAINY SEASON, THAT'S WHAT I'M WELL 10 TO 14. SO LIKE I SAID, I CAN SAY TWO WEEKS BUFFER. TWO WEEKS BUFFER. OKAY. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. I TOUGH QUESTION. I KNOW, SORRY, . UM, YOU PAINTED A REALLY BAD PICTURE OF THE POOL AND IS THERE ANY NEED WITH, NO ONE'S GONNA LIKE THIS QUESTION, BUT IS THERE ANY NEED TO SHUT THIS POOL DOWN RIGHT NOW? IS IT THAT BAD? WHERE, HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THE, THIS IS LIKE THE DANGER POINT THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE IN THERE. UM, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SUPER, SUPER SPECIFICS. WHAT I CAN SPEAK TO IS THAT WITHIN OUR CONTRACT WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDERS, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN WATER QUALITY AND CHEMICAL TESTING AS WELL AS WE HAVE INTERNAL STAFF MEMBERS FROM OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM WHO DO CHECK THE WATER, WATER QUALITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. UM, AND THEY WOULD NOT OPEN THE POOL IF IT WAS NOT SAFE. OKAY. UM, SO NO, I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. SORRY TO HAVE PAINTED SUCH A PICTURE THAT WAS NOT, IT WAS, IT WAS A DETAILED PICTURE. YEAH, NO, IT WAS A, YEAH, IT WAS A . YEAH. UM, SO YEAH, NO, THEY, THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW YOU. AND THAT'S ALSO WHERE I WANNA GIVE, UM, OUR CURRENT PROVIDER. THEY, YOU KNOW, NOTICE SOME NEEDS WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE WATER QUALITY HAS HIT A CERTAIN POINT. WE JUST HAD A CLEANING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, WHERE THAT WAS PROMPTED BY OUR CURRENT PROVIDER WHO SAID, HEY, LIKE THINGS ARE KIND OF AMPLIFYING A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE STILL WITHIN THE SAFE RANGE. WE RECOMMEND TO BE BETTER THAN THE SAFE RANGE. CAN WE PLEASE, YOU KNOW, EMPLOY THIS WATER QUALITY CLEANSING PROCESS. WE'RE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLOSE FOR A DAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. IS THIS OKAY? WE MADE IT HAPPEN. OKAY. UM, WHAT PROGRAMMING TYPICALLY HAPPENS DURING THAT WINDOW AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT PROGRAMMING? RACHEL, ARE YOU ABLE TO TAKE THAT [00:35:01] QUESTION ONLY? UM, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR THAT PART . I, WELL I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR THAT WHILE I CAN SAY SWIM TEAM AND LAP SWIM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE SUPER SPECIFICS SWIMMING. SO, SO I GUESS MY, MY REAL QUESTION IS THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT USE THAT POOL, ARE THEY BEING RELOCATED OR DOES THEIR PROGRAMMING HAVE TO STOP DURING THAT TIME? IT HAS TO STOP DURING THIS TIME, YES. OKAY. UM, WHY ARE WE, I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE CITY TAKING OVER THE POOL. I THINK THAT THAT'S AMAZING. WHY AREN'T WE TAKING OVER THE KAVANAUGH PROGRAMMING AS WELL? WE, GO AHEAD DREW. THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, I THINK, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. UH, THERE'S A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT PART OF ONE OF THOSE SLIDES, UM, WE'RE IN THAT EARLY STAGE OF THE PROCESS AND WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SUPPORT, UH, GOING ALL IN ON NOT JUST THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST STAFF THAT WE HAVE. UM, BUT THAT'S GONNA TAKE US A WHILE TO RAMP UP AT THE SWIM CENTER ALONE, WHICH IS A BIG, BIG DEAL FOR US. UM, FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE AQUATICS COMMUNITY, UM, THE POOL WAS OPERATED, UM, UP TO OUR CURRENT PROVIDER, UM, FOR THE LAST DECADE, UH, UNDER THIS MODEL. SO, UH, WE ARE RETRAINING, WE'RE, UM, REGROWING A MUSCLE. WE HAVEN'T HAD, UH, THE POOL AT KAVANAUGH PRESENTS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDGE A GAP WITH SOME PROGRAMMING, BUT WE'RE REALLY PUTTING OUR ENERGY INTO GETTING THE SWIM CENTER UP IN A REALLY GOOD STABLE ENVIRONMENT AND THEN USING THAT STAFF TO THEN TRANSITION OVER TO KAVANAUGH. WE THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. UM, SOME OF THESE TIMELINES AREN'T DEFINITIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE PEOPLE IN THE POSITIONS YET. RIGHT. SO WHEN WE START REQUIRING OR ONBOARDING THAT AQUATIC COORDINATOR, NOW WE'RE SETTING LOOSE ON THOSE LEAD LIFEGUARDS. NOW WE'RE SETTING LOOSE IN THE RECRUITMENTS FOR LIFEGUARD TWOS THE PART, THE WRECK AIDS. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO START BUILDING THAT MOMENTUM. BUT AS A PUBLIC AGENCY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF CLASS AND COMPENSATION TO MAKE SURE THE SALARY SCHEDULES THAT WE'RE OFFERING ARE CONSISTENT, UM, THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE. AND THEN IT'S A, A SCRAMBLE TO, TO NOT JUST ONBOARD, BUT, BUT TRAIN. AND WHEN IS OUR CONTRACT UP WITH THE PEOPLE? IS IT THE SAME GROUP THAT WE'RE GONNA, OR THAT OVERSEES THE SWIM CENTER? IS IT YEAR TO YEAR? AND SO IF SAY WE GOT OUR BEARINGS IN THE FIRST YEAR, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO PULL THAT CONTRACT OR IS IT A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT AT KAVANAUGH? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. RIGHT NOW WE UM, WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH FOREVERS AQUATICS, OUR LONGTIME PARTNER, UH, THAT OPERATES BOTH POOLS THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR, DECEMBER 30TH, UH, WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND. UM, AND I THINK THEY'VE SHARED THAT THEY'VE BEEN OPEN TO DO THAT, AT LEAST FOR KAVANAUGH. UM, BUT AS IT EXISTS NOW, UM, WITH WHAT YOU SAW NOW, THIS IS STARTING TO BE THE POINT WHERE WE'RE PUTTING SOME DATES BEHIND THE ROPE POOL REPLASTERING, BUT WE ARE ON CONTRACT THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR, UH, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING IF WE NEED TO. OKAY. UM, I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF HIRING THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN. THAT'S AMAZING. UM, 50 PEOPLE IS A LOT. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK LIKE HR SIDE AND ALL OF THAT. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. AND I, I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CURRENTLY PAY, UM, FOR, UM, FOREVER AQUATICS VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT 50 PEOPLE AT CITY SALARY WITH CITY BENEFITS AND ALL OF THAT IS GONNA COST ALONG WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE POOL AFFORDABLE AND WE'RE NOT RAISING PRICES ON FAMILIES AND WHATNOT. SO HOW DOES THAT ALL LINK TOGETHER? 'CAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. WHERE'S THAT MONEY COMING FROM? YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT KIND OF PRESENTING BACK. THAT'S NOT FOR TONIGHT. UM, BUT YEAH, THE MODEL WITH, UM, FOREVER IS AQUATICS, UH, IS REALLY KIND OF A CAUTION SHARING TO THE OFFSET THEIR OPERATIONS TO BE ABLE TO OPEN A PUBLIC POOL. UM, THE OPTION THAT WE HAD, UH, PRIOR TO AQUATICS WAS TO SHUT DOWN A, A PUBLIC POOL OR TO, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A THIRD PARTY TO KEEP IT OPEN. SO WE'VE OPERATED UNDER THAT MODEL WHERE THEY'RE COVERING, THEY'RE COLLECTING REVENUE, COVERING THEIR COSTS UP TO ANOTHER 25%. UM, AND THEN THE CITY SUBSIDIZING THAT BY PUTTING IN THEIR OWN, UM, MAINTENANCE COST TO OPERATE THE POOL. SO WE HAVE TO, ALONG WITH THE HIRING, ALSO PUT TOGETHER A BUSINESS MODEL THAT STRIKES THAT RIGHT BALANCE OF OFFERING PROGRAMS THAT ARE BOTH ACCESSIBLE, BUT THEN HAVING A FEE STRUCTURE THAT'S, UM, A TRANSITION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE REINVESTING IN AQUATICS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SWEET SPOT IS, THAT COST, COST RECOVERY MODEL. UM, BUT LIKE KAT SAID, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD, UM, REGIONAL EXAMPLES THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM AND THEN BRING BACK AND PRESENT TO YOU ALL AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY OVER THE COURSE OF MONTHS IN A [00:40:01] YEAR. WHAT'S THAT RIGHT BALANCE OF COST RECOVERY? SO WITH THE STAFF THAT'S GONNA BE HIRED IF WE'RE QUOTING 50 STAFF, IS THAT A PIPE DREAM OR IS THAT REALITY ? SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I WASN'T CLEAR. THE PROPOSAL IS THREE FULL-TIME STAFF. THE REST ARE PART-TIME SEASONAL OR SEASON? WELL MOSTLY SEASONAL, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DEFINE AS OUR SEASON FOR THE POOL. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT NEARLY AS HEAVY OF A LIFT AS FULL-TIME. GOTCHA. THE WHOLE WHOLE GROUP'S HUGE. HUGE. I APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR THAT. YES. THAT, THAT, UH, LACK OF CLARITY. IT'S THREE FULL-TIME STAFF, UM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AN AMPLE GREAT NUMBER. AND THEN THE PART-TIME TWO SUPPORT THE THREE FULL-TIME. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. NO, GREAT QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DID SHE ASK YOUR QUESTION? I JUST HAD ONE. UH, GOING BACK TO KAVANAUGH'S, THERE'S NOT A WAY THAT WE COULD USE KAVANAUGH AS A TRAINING CENTER FOR THE STAFF THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HIRE ONCE THE POOL'S OPENED. SO IF THE CONTRACT ENDS IN DECEMBER, KAVANAUGH'S OPEN ALL YEAR, IT'S HEATED. WE GET LIFEGUARDS IN THERE, WE'RE TRAINING THEM, AND THEN ONCE THE POOL'S RE PLASTERED, THEY'RE READY TO JUMP ON. AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT INTERIM OF LIKE, OH WAIT, HOLD ON. WE STILL HAVE TO TRAIN PEOPLE. SO EXCELLENT QUESTION. YES, WE WILL BE USING KAVANAUGH TO DO SOME OF THE TRAINING. UH, THE SIZE OF CAV IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO DO ALL OF THE MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LIFEGUARD TRAINING. THERE ARE SWIM ELEMENTS THAT YOU NEED A FULL 25 METER, 25 YARD POOL FOR. UM, RACHEL AND I ARE ALSO USING OUR NEARBY CONNECTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET POOL SPACE AT OTHER FACILITIES. BUT, UH, RUNNING A POOL, I'D SAY 70% OF THE TRAINING IS NOT ACTUALLY THE LIFEGUARD WATER BASED. IT'S THE WHERE'S YOUR SAFETY EQUIPMENT WHEN YOU'RE AT THE FAR END OF THE POOL AND THERE'S AN EMERGENCY AT THE EAST END. DO YOU SWIM TO THAT PERSON? DO YOU RUN TO THAT PERSON? DO YOU WALK, DO YOU WHISTLE 'EM BELOW AND NOTIFY SOMEONE ELSE TO COME? SO A LOT OF IT IS SITE SPECIFIC FACILITY TRAINING THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T DO TILL WE ARE OPEN SPECIFICALLY. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE TRAINING ELEMENT, WE ARE GONNA BE OPENING A WHOLE NEW, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONS REGISTRATION, CUSTOMER SERVICE ELEMENT TOO. SO THERE'S THAT TRAINING PIECE INCLUDED AS WELL. BUT I DO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE DOING AS MUCH PRELIMINARY TRAINING AS POSSIBLE BEFOREHAND. GREAT. COMMISSIONER ELLI, DO YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? UH, NO, I DON'T. I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY IS GONNA BE TAKING OVER, UH, THE AQUATICS AND I THINK THAT'S, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE WAY TO GO, UM, IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY AND STANDARDS AND HAVING CONTROL OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FACILITY. UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GOT THINGS WELL UNDERWAY IN TERMS OF PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE PROGRAMS AND I REALIZE THAT IT'S A, IT HAS, IT'S, IT'S NOT ALL AT ONCE KIND OF THING. YOU HAVE TO START WITH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING BASIC AND THEN GROW FROM THERE. SO, UM, IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. NOW. UM, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU KAT FOR THIS, UM, GREAT PRESENTATION. AND I ADMIRE YOUR, UM, EXPERTISE AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM BECAUSE IT'S OUR POOL AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR AQUATICS IN PETALUMA AND, UM, FOR OUR POOL AND THE FUTURE OF OUR POOL AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S DECADES, UM, DELAY IN GETTING THIS WORK DONE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF FOR PUTTING IN THE EFFORT. UM, I PROTESTED AT OUR BUDGET MEETINGS BECAUSE I THOUGHT MORE MONEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN OUR BUDGET TO THE POOL, THE DRESSING ROOMS, THE LOCKER ROOMS, THE BATHROOMS, THE WHOLE FACILITY. UM, THAT MONEY COMES FROM IMPACT FEES I WAS TOLD. AND WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE IMPACT FEES, YOU CAN'T FIX THINGS OR UPGRADE THINGS. BUT, UM, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MENTION OF THE BOILER AS WE'RE SHUT DOWN. IS THIS A TIME WHERE WE CAN GO IN AND FIX THE BOILER SO THAT THE TEMPERATURE CAN BE THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE? 'CAUSE IT CAN STILL BE COLD IN MARCH AND APRIL, ESPECIALLY THOSE EARLY MORNING HOURS FOR THE SWIMMERS. 'CAUSE WE GET THE EMAILS THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED. GREAT QUESTION. UM, THE BOILER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT. UH, IT IS A TOP OF MIND. THERE IS, UM, A CITYWIDE ELECTRIFICATION, UM, ASSESSMENT BEING DONE AND THE BOILERS WERE INCLUDED IN THAT STUDY. THAT'S STILL LARGELY KINDA UNPROVEN TECHNOLOGY TO HEAT A HALF A MILLION GALLON PUBLIC POOL. [00:45:01] BUT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WOULD BE. UH, WE REPLACED THE BOILERS IN A UNIQUE KIND OF WAY THAT WAS PRETTY INNOVATIVE AT THE TIME, AND THAT WAS 20 15, 20 16. AND, AND WE RUN THOSE BOILERS PRETTY HARD. SO WE ARE REPAIRING AS WE GO. WE'VE GOT TWO OPERATING BOILERS AS WE SPEAK, BUT WE REALLY ARE WAITING FOR THAT STUDY TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE BECAUSE IF WE REPLACE THE NATURAL GAS SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REALLY COMMITTING TO THAT INVESTMENT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THE NUMBERS AND GET TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT FOOTPRINT WOULD LOOK LIKE. UM, IT MAY PLAY INTO THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT, SO WE'RE KIND OF JAMMING TO GET THAT, THAT STUDY WRAPPED UP TO SEE WHAT IT OPTIONS WE WOULD HAVE. WELL, THANK YOU. I, I KNOW THAT THE GOAL IS TO MAYBE PUT SOLAR SO THAT IT, UM, LOWERS THE COST FOR THE HEATING OF THE POOL AND THAT WOULD OFFSET SO MUCH AND, BUT IF WE COULD DO ANY KIND OF WORK WHILE WE'RE DOWN, WHILE THEY'RE REPLASTERING THE POOL, UM, DURING THE WINTER MONTHS ON THOSE LOCKER ROOMS, I, I KNOW I WOULD APPROVE IT AT CITY COUNCIL LEVEL. BUT, UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. I JUST WANNA REALLY COMMEND STAFF FOR DOING THIS AND TO THE PUBLIC FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT TOO. UH, COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUE QUESTIONS? ALL OF MINE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I'VE GOT A FEW, UM, UH, PIGGYBACKING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, UM, THAT IS AN ONGOING STUDY OR WHEN IS THAT GONNA BE DONE? IS THIS LIKE ANOTHER YEAR THING? I DON'T HAVE A DATE. IT'S, UM, IT'S BEEN A YEAR-ISH, BUT I CAN GET THAT DATE WITH YOU. IT'S A PRETTY BIG UNDERTAKING. UM, BUT IT ALREADY STARTED, I THINK WITH THE, THE BOILERS. UM, I CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF THE BOILER FIXES, BUT IT WAS UNDERWAY. IT'S BEEN UNDERWAY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. SO I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, WHEN I CAN HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT. OKAY. UM, SO CLARIFYING WITH THE, UM, THE LIFEGUARD, SO WHILE THE POOL IS CLOSED, YOU'LL DO A RECRUITING PROCESS AND TRAINING DURING THAT TIME? SO CURRENTLY WE ARE, UM, WORKING IN DOING A CLASS IN COMP STUDY WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT SPECIALIST, UM, TO FIRST GET THE FULL-TIME POSITIONS MM-HMM. . AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE FULL-TIME POSITIONS, WE WILL START TO RECRUIT ACTIVELY FOR THE AQUATICS POSITIONS. UM, SO YES, WE WILL BE DOING SOME TRAINING OF THE LIFEGUARD ELEMENT AND THE PIECE WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN BUILDING UP SO THAT WHEN WE DO GET THE GREEN LIGHT OF WE CAN OPEN THE POOL, WE CAN OPEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UM, BUT LIFEGUARDING IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS UNTIL I'VE SAT IN THE CHAIR AND SEEN WHAT THE SUN GLARE LOOKS LIKE AT 6:00 AM VERSUS THE SWIM TEAMS AT 9:00 PM AT NIGHT OR THE DIFFERENT SWIM, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THE BLIND SPOTS IN THE POOL, ALL THAT KIND OF ELEMENTS. THERE'S GONNA, AND IT'S NOT THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT NEEDS TO KNOW, WE ARE VERY MUCH WORKING WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME TRANSITION AND THEY'RE GONNA TELL US THEIR BEST PRACTICES, BUT THERE IS GONNA BE SOME TIME THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED JUST TO KNOW THE FACILITY. THE, UM, I CAN'T THINK OF A GOOD ANALOGY RIGHT NOW, BUT WORKING IN A POOL ENVIRONMENT IS VERY UNIQUE. YOU NEED TO BE THERE, YOU NEED TO KNOW IT. MASSAGE THE BOILER AT THE RIGHT MOMENT SO IT KEEPS WORKING. SAME THING WITH THE WATER QUALITY AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE'LL TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET IT BACK OPEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. I THINK THE REASON WHY I ASK THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE WHEN WE CLOSE THE POOL, ALL OF THOSE LIFEGUARDS WILL BECOME UNEMPLOYED. AND SO THEN IS THE PLAN TO HIRE THEM BACK OR ARE YOU STARTING FRESH? WE'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH, UM, FOREVERS AQUATICS CURRENTLY, AND THERE IS OPENNESS FOR US TO KIND OF DO A REACH OUT AND BE LIKE, HEY, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN TRANSITIONING OVER? SO YES, DEFINITELY THERE'S BEEN, UM, AMICABLE, AMICABLE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES TO, UM, TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN. OKAY. UM, WHAT'S THE LIFETIME OF THE REPLASTERING ONCE IT'S DONE? I CANNOT SPEAK TO YOUR CURRENT, UH, NUM. IT DEPENDS ON MANY, MANY THINGS. . OKAY. UM, UH, MEANING ONCE YOU DO THE REPLASTERING, YOU'LL HAVE AN ANSWER. NO, . GREAT. GREAT ADDITIONAL QUESTION. UM, IT, IT'S UNIQUE TO A TREE. PLASTERING IS DIFFERENT AND OUR GUTTER SYSTEM IS VERY WELL USED, UM, AND AGED, SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY I ASKED. YEAH. YEAH. , YES. SO THAT'S WHERE IT'LL BE, UH, WE'LL NEED TO SEE HOW IT HOLDS UP WITH THE WAY THE WATER LINE IS WITH THE WATER TILES AND THE GUTTERS. MM-HMM. GOING INTO [00:50:01] IT AND WITH THE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THE POOL'S CIRCULATION AND FILTRATION WAS MOVED ABOVE GROUND. UM, SO WE ARE GONNA DO AS BEST AS WE CAN TO KEEP IT AS FRESH AND CLEAN AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. BUT, UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT BUILDING NEW A WHOLE FRESHY. SO IT IS JUST A, A REPRE PLASTERING VERSUS A RENOVATION. WHAT'S THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF A REPLASTER? DEPENDS ON LEVEL OF USE. LOOKING AT THE SWIM CENTER LEVEL OF USE, UM, YOUR IDEAL LIFESPAN IS 15 TO 20 YEARS. MOST MUNICIPALITIES PUSH IT OUT 30, 35, 40. IT'S, IT'S, YES . AS LONG AS YOUR WATER QUALITY TESTS WITHIN THE APPROVED SAFETY REALMS, YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND SAFETY, YOU CAN KEEP IT OPEN. IT JUST STARTS TO LIMP ALONG, IF YOU WILL. OR IN OUR CASE, FLOAT ALONG. ? YES. UM, . OKAY. UM, UH, I'M NOT, I DON'T WANNA BELABOR THIS IS, UH, I HAVE TWO, TWO THINGS. UM, ONE IS WHEN YOU DO REOPEN, AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THIS ANSWER, BUT IN CASE YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT THE QUESTION, WILL YOU CHANGE THE ENTRANCE TO THE POOL? I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT REDOING THE INSIDE OF IT, BUT, UH, WE DEFINITELY NEED A DIFFERENT SITUATION. UM, AND I'M CURIOUS, WILL YOU CHANGE THE ENTRANCE AREA TO THE POOL? UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED. WE DO NOT HAVE A ANSWER OR DIRECTION OKAY. AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA THAT DOES NEED FUTURE OR ADDITIONAL, UM, EXPLORATION ON POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY. YES. AND THEN, I KNOW YOU GUYS BOUGHT A NEW VACUUM. DOES THE NEW VACUUM REACH THE CENTER OF THE DEEP END OF THE POOL? YES. GREAT. IT, IT IS NOT BEING EMPLOYED NOW, RIGHT? YES, I KNOW WHY ? I JUST, IT IT, IT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IF IT DOESN'T REACH AND IF IT'S NOT BEING DONE WEEKLY OR DAILY OR WHATEVER, THE REPLASTERING ISN'T GONNA LAST THE POSSIBLE 15 TO 45 YEARS. . SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. WELL, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID, UH, THE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN IS SO VITAL, IS THAT OUR PLAN IN A POOL THIS SIZE WITH THE LEVEL OF USE, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE THE VACUUM DROPPED APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES A NIGHT. MEAN START AT NIGHT, EXCUSE ME, THREE, THREE TIMES A WEEK. CORRECT. THREE TIMES A WEEK YEP. GOES ALL NIGHT AND THEN YOU PULL IT OUT AND THEN WE WILL, IT WILL REACH THE WHOLE POOL, BUT WE'RE GONNA VARY THE THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WE DROP IT. MM-HMM. HOSE SYSTEM AND THEN GETS EMPTIED, YOU KNOW, EVERY MORNING. SO THAT SHOULD VARY. STRONGLY FIX THE HOPE. HOPING, HOPING TO IMPROVE. MM-HMM. THE LIFESPAN OF THE REPLASTERING. UM, WE DO HAVE A TEMPORARY SMALLER, WE'RE CALLING A LIGHT VAC THAT WE HAVE ORDERED CURRENTLY THAT IS, UM, SMALLER. IT WILL NOT REACH THE FULL SIZE OF P UH, PETALUMA SWIM CENTER AT THIS EXACT MOMENT, BUT WE'RE GONNA USE IT AS A, AS AN ADDITIONAL FIX CURRENTLY UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO CLOSE FOR POSTURING. OKAY. OKAY. WELL THAT'S OUR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, IF ANYBODY HASN'T FILLED OUT A COMMENT CARD, THERE ARE COMMENT CARDS OVER BY, UM, RACHEL OVER THERE AND I'M GONNA START, UM, I'M GONNA START WITH ANY OF THE YOUNGER KIDS THAT WANNA COME UP. SO, UM, IF, IF YOU HAVE YOUR AGE ON YOUR COMMENT CARD, THAT WOULD FOUR KIDS . SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT WANNA TELL ME YOUR AGE, BUT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO START, UM, ONCE PEOPLE GET SETTLED WITH LUCAS FLECK. OKAY. OKAY. LUCAS, COME ON DOWN. HI, MY NAME IS LUCAS LUCK AND I'M EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I AM IN THE THIRD GRADE AT GRANT SCHOOL AND I AM ON THE AC SWIM. AC SWIM MEANS THAT I CAN SWIM WITH MY FRIENDS. IT IS ALL, IT IS SO MUCH FUN. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE POOL IS THAT IT IS ONE AND IT HAS DIFFERENT DEPTHS. WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT ARE THE CHANGING ROOMS. THERE IS NO PRIVACY. THERE SHOULD BE CHANGING STALLS. ALSO, THE POOL IS SO DIRTY. UM, I COULD MAKE A HAND PRINT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL. PLEASE CLEAN IT MORE OFTEN. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU LUCAS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING UP. NEXT UP. ARE [00:55:01] YOU RONAN? YEAH. GREAT. COME ON OVER. IS THIS A GOOD DISTANCE FROM THE MIC? A LITTLE BIT CLOSER HERE. YEAH. MY NAME IS RODAN REDOCK. I AM EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE PETALUMA AC SWIM CLUB. I PRACTICE AT THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER FOUR DAYS EACH WEEK. SWIMMING IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT IS A WAY FOR ME TO CONNECT TO THE WORLD. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IN MEETS ALL OVER THE BAY AREA. WAIT NO. TO COMPETE IN, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IN MEETS WITH CHILDREN FROM ALL OVER THE BAY AREA. USING THE SWIM CENTER GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY I GET TO BE, I ALSO GET TO BE FRIENDS WITH WONDERFUL KIDS LIKE LUCAS AND HOLDEN AND I GET TO BE MENTORED BY OLDER KIDS TOO. USING THE SWIM CENTER GIVES ME THESE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE PETALUMA AC SWIM CENTER. NO SWIM CENTER. AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO FUND THEIR GOALS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO, I DON'T HAVE AN ORDER HERE. WE WILL MOVE TO NATHAN SPINDLE. HELLO. THANKS FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. I LEARNED A LOT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE SWIM CENTER. UM, I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO TALK VERY NARROWLY ABOUT PROGRAMMING FOR THE KAVANAUGH POOL, NOT, UM, WHAT WAS ON THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT. UM, I LIVE WITH MY YOUNG FAMILY A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY FROM MCNAIR PARK. WE'RE AT MCNAIR PARK ALL THE TIME, UM, FOR YEARS AND WE LOVE IT. THE PLAYGROUND, THE YOUTH CENTER, THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, THE DOG PARK. UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO USE THE GREAT KAVANAUGH POOL FACILITY BECAUSE OF ITS LIMITED SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN. OUR DAUGHTER'S FOUR AND A HALF YEARS OLD AND SHE ATTENDS SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK. AND THE POOL IS NOT OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS FOR KIDS. UH, THERE ISN'T A SINGLE TIME THAT SHE CAN SWIM AT THE KAVANAUGH POOL. MY REQUEST IS TO PLEASE ADD A TIME WHEN CHILDREN CAN SWIM AT THE KAVANAUGH POOL ON THE WEEKENDS. UM, FOR US GOING ACROSS TOWN TO THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER TO SWIM IS NOT DESIRABLE FOR OUR FAMILY. IT TAKES EXTRA TIME, EFFORT AND IT ISN'T AS SAFE OR COMFORTABLE TO GET THERE VIA WALKING OR BIKING FOR US. AND IN COMPARISON, THE KAVANAUGH POOL IS AN EASY FIVE MINUTE WALK. I KNOW MANY OTHER FAMILIES WOULD USE THE KAVANAUGH POOL ON THE WEEKENDS WITH THEIR KIDS AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS DO. SO THANKS. GREAT. THANK YOU NATHAN. NEXT UP WE HAVE LYNN DOOLEY. THANK YOU. HI, I'M LYNN DOOLEY. I APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION VERY MUCH. AND AS A SWIM PARTICIPANT, UH, A LAPSED SWIMMER, I, UM, AM EXCITED ABOUT THE RESURFACING. UM, I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT I REALLY FEEL THE MANAGEMENT IS CURRENTLY DOING A GREAT JOB AND ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES OUTLINED IN YOUR PROSPECTUS ARE ALREADY BEING CONDUCTED AT THE POOL AND I THINK THEY'RE BEING CONDUCTED WELL. UM, THE PICTURE YOU HAVE OF THE POOL, BEING THAT DIRTY IS REALLY AN UNUSUAL, IT'S AN ANOMALY. IT'S NOT ALWAYS THAT DIRTY. SO IT'S ALWAYS OF AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ME. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY DOING A LOT OF THINGS WHEN WE REALLY NEED, IN ADDITION TO RESURFACING, WHICH I AGREE, IT NEEDS VASTLY AND DESPERATELY NEEDED. WE NEED BOILERS THAT WORK. THE POOL WAS 72 DEGREES FOR ABOUT FOUR WEEKS LAST YEAR. UM, WE NEED LOCKER ROOMS THAT ARE NOT DISGUSTING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN HAVE HEALTHY SWIM SITUATIONS WHEN THE LOCKER ROOMS DO NOT HAVE THE, THE SAFETY FEATURES THAT THEY NEED. SO I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND THAT WE SPEND THE MONEY ON, KEEP THE SITUATION THE WAY IT IS, SPEND THE MONEY ON THE LOCKER ROOMS AND THE BOILERS, KEEP, GET THE POOL WORKING AND, UM, MOVE ON FROM THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU LYNN. OKAY, NEXT UP, UH, TRACY? YES. TRACY? IS THAT, OR IS IT, IS IT TRACY? TRACY? DID I GET THAT CORRECTLY? TRACY? OKAY. YEAH. COME ON, . SORRY. I WAS LIKE, I I [01:00:01] HAD MY GLASSES ON THEN OFF AND I WAS CONFUSING TYPE TYPING FOR. UM, SO I HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING OVER THE POOL AND FOR ALL THIS PROGRAM YOU HAVE PLANNED. IT SOUNDS AMAZING. WE'RE VERY EXCITED. UH, WE'RE SWIMMERS SO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE EVENING LAP SWIM. UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE WATER CLEANER NOW 'CAUSE COMING UP WITH A HANDFUL OF HAIR IS REALLY GROSS. SO THAT'S A THING. UH, WE, WE UNDERSTAND ALL THE ISSUES AND ARE, ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE REPLASTERING PROJECT. IT'S LONG OVERDUE. WE, UH, WOULD LIKE THE SHOWERS TO BE IMPROVED. THEY'RE HORRIBLE. UM, THE NONE OF THE HEADS REALLY WORK VERY WELL. THEY'RE ALL CLOGGED UP. I MEAN, IF YOU COULD JUST PAINT AND REPLACE THE SHOWER HEADS FOR NOW, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THE LOCKER ROOMS ARE THEY, THEY NEED WORK. UM, AND, AND THE WHOLE PRIVACY ISSUE BETWEEN YOUNG KIDS AND ADULTS, YOU KNOW, AND PARENTS LEAVING THEIR, HAVING, HAVING THEIR OPPOSITE SEX CHILD GOING ALONE. THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST NOT GOOD. UM, UH, WE ARE ALSO WONDERING ABOUT WHAT, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT ELSE I PUT ON MY CARD. I HAD SO MANY COMMENTS. UM, THE LOCKER ROOM. OH, WHAT ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL POOL? WHY CAN'T WE PAID FOR THAT POOL TO BE REDONE ? WHY CAN'T WE HAVE ACCESS TO IT? PETALUMA HIGH HAS A BEAUTIFUL POOL. WHY CAN'T THAT BE USED TO IN THE INTERIM, AT LEAST WHILE THIS POOL IS BEING RE PLASTERED, THAT'S JUST AN IDEA FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER. 'CAUSE WE USED TO BE ABLE TO LAP SWIM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL POOL ON THE WEEKENDS. UH, PETAL HIGH SCHOOL HAS A POOL, A REALLY NICE ONE. HMM. A REALLY NICE ONE. IT'S A REALLY NICE POOL. AND THAT WAS MY LAST QUESTION IS IN THE SCHEME OF THE, UM, THE FACT THAT THERE ARE OTHER, UH, FACILITY WIDE ISSUES BESIDES THE PLASTER, CAN THE CITY, UM, RALLY THE CITY TO RAISE THE MONEY TO HAVE AN WHAT, HOWEVER IT'S DONE. I, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT PART. TO REBUILD THE FACILITY, TO IMPROVE IT TO WHERE IT'S MODERN AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE OLD THIS OR THE OLD RUSTY THAT. AND WHERE WE COULD HAVE MORE 25 YARD LANES AND WHATEVER ELSE PEOPLE NEED. I, I JUST WANT 25 YARD LANES, . UM, SO THAT'S IT. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, MARY. HI. I'M MARY. I WANTED TO JUST REASSURE MYSELF THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO THIS RESURFACING WITH REGARD TO LAP SWIMMING, BY WHICH I MEAN YOU'RE INCLUDING THE BLACK LANE MARKERS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL. GREAT. I ASKED BECAUSE I SWAM AT A POOL AND THEY RESURFACED IT WITHOUT THE LANES, AND THAT MAKES FOR SOME VERY COMICAL BUT DIFFICULT SWIMMING . UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS I WANTED TO REITERATE THE EARLIER POINT ABOUT FOREVERS AQUATIC DOING A GREAT JOB ABOUT BALANCING THE EXISTING COMMUNITY WITH THE FIVE MAIN POINTS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD FROM REC AND LAP AND MASTERS. THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALL THERE NOW, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY. SO I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED THAT YOU ARE REACHING OUT TO THEM. AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY, WHICH IS KIND OF MORE LONG-TERM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT FOREVERS AND THE CITY PARTNERING IS AT ONE POINT YOU GUYS AGREED TO KEEP THE POOL OPEN YEAR ROUND. THAT IS A FANTASTIC, UH, THING FOR ALL OF US. SO I HOPE THAT THAT'S A GOAL FOR THE FUTURE TOO. THANKS. THANK YOU, MARY. OKAY, LISA DAVIS. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CLEANING THE POOL. I ACTUALLY GOT REALLY, REALLY SICK AT THE END OF JULY, AND IT SOUGHT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHAT WAS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL. UM, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY NOW TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN FOR MY FULL HOUR ON DAYS WHEN IT'S POSSIBLE. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A CALL OUT TO THE MANAGER CHELSEA, WHO PUT OUR POOL ON THE MAP OF THE BAY AREA. LIKE WE HAD PEOPLE COMING DURING COVID FROM SOUTH BAY, EAST BAY, SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE WE WERE OPEN AND WE WERE CLEAN AND WE WERE BEING RUN IN A SAFE WAY. AND CHELSEA SHOULD GET SOME KIND OF PRIZE FROM THE CITY. UM, I KNOW THAT FOREVER IS, HAS BEEN A GREAT EMPLOYER FOR HER, BUT THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF BENEFITS. UM, WE DID TAKE UP A COLLECTION IN THE FALL OF 2021 SO THAT SHE COULD HAVE A VACATION THAT WAS PAID AND A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE, WE COLLECTED FIVE OR $600 FOR HER TO SEND HER OFF ON A VACATION. UM, SO SHE COULD HAVE PAID TIME OFF, BUT SHE WORKED LIKE 18 HOURS A DAY DURING COVID TO HAVE [01:05:01] OUR SIGNUP SYSTEM AND REALLY DESERVES A HUGE PRIZE FROM THE CITY. UM, AS FAR AS COMMUNITY GOES, UH, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A SENIOR PASS SEASON PASS AT SENIORS. SENIORS PAY OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TO USE THE POOL. IT'S A LOT MORE THAN ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MARIN GROUPS THAT GET TO USE THE POOL WHEN LAPS SWIMMERS WOULD SOMETIMES LIKE THAT PRIME TIME OUT OF THE HEAT OF THE SUN. AND ALSO, I THINK THE BEAUTIFUL MURAL THAT'S BEEN PUT UP. IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A PLACARD ABOUT THE ARTISTS AND THE DESIGN AND SOME KIND OF SYNERGY BETWEEN LAPS, SWIMMERS. SOME OF US SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE FOR, LIKE, I'VE BEEN THERE 10, 15 YEARS AND WE LOVE HAVING IT 12 MONTHS A YEAR. IT'S A REAL LIFELINE FOR THE CITY. UH, MY LAST POINT IS, UM, TO JUST ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT WHAT RONNER PARK DID WHEN THEY RESURFACED THE HONEYBEE POOL BECAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THEY WERE CLOSED FOR LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF OR SOMETHING, UH, A YEAR PLUS. AND IT WAS, IT WENT WAY OFF TIME AND A LOT OF TIMES NO ONE WAS THERE WORKING. IT WASN'T LIKE THEY WERE WORKING THE WHOLE TIME. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT YOU MAYBE TRY TO NOT USE WHOEVER THEY USED, UM, AND LOOK INTO THAT. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THE POOLS LIKE ONE OF THE BIG GEMS OF PETALUMA AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THANK YOU. OH, I MIGHT BUTCHER THIS NAME. UM, IS IT AVA? DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? I DON'T, I CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS A V OR AN N. THE LAST NAME IS SHIMA. SORRY. PARDON. IT'S MOER MOER. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO, NOBODY, NOBODY GETS IT RIGHT. . UH, NOT EVEN MY KIDS. UM, I'M A, AN AC PARENT. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS TIMING MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I THINK, UH, I THINK YOUR YOUR PRESENTATION IS GREAT. UH, THE FUTURE LOOKS REALLY GOOD. UH, SWIMMING'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. UH, THE AC TEAM ALONE IS ABOUT 100 PLUS KIDS. UH, MORE THAN HALF OF THEM SWIM SIX DAYS A WEEK ALL YEAR LONG. UH, THAT'S 300 DAYS A YEAR. UH, THEY ARE COMPETITIVE. UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THE OLDER KIDS ARE PLACING THEMSELVES INTO HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS AND THEY'RE GOING FURTHER INTO COLLEGE. SO IT'S A DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM THAT, THAT, THAT GOES VERY DEEP INTO THE WORLD. SWIMMERS ARE GENERALLY NOT DRUG USERS. THEY'RE GENERALLY NOT DRINKERS. THEY'RE GENERALLY OUT OF TROUBLE BECAUSE OF SIX DAYS A WEEK AND THE KIND OF WORK THAT THEY NEED TO DO IN SWIMMING. I WAS A MEDIOCRE, A HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMER , UH, IN A NEW ENGLAND PREP SCHOOL. AND I'VE BEEN A, UH, UH, A, UH, A RESIDENT HERE AND A HOMEOWNER FOR 25 YEARS ON THE WEST SIDE. UM, MY 12-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN IN, UH, THE AC PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS. UH, AND WE SWIM IN A NUMBER OF POOLS. UH, AND I'M A LAP SWIMMER, UH, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE HYGIENE THINGS. I HAVE WOUND UP IN A VERY BRAND NEW HIGH SCHOOL POOL OVER AT SONOMA FOR MY LAPS. UH, BUT HE SWIMS, UH, SIX DAYS A WEEK. UH, AND, UH, AND HE STARTED DIVING OVER THE NOVATO COLLEGE, UH, DIVE CENTER. SO, UH, WE ARE WATER PEOPLE. MY DAUGHTER IS A LIFEGUARD AND A SUPERVISOR AT MCNAIR'S, AND SHE WILL PROBABLY WANT TO DO THAT. AND SHE'S ALSO A SCUBA INSTRUCTOR. SO, UH, A SE LIKE A SEASONED SE SE UH, SEASONED SCUBA INSTRUCTOR. SO I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME STAFF COMING OUTTA MY FAMILY. UM, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMING. THIS WILL AFFECT, UH, ESPECIALLY A LONG SHUTDOWN WILL AFFECT THESE SEASONED ATHLETES, UH, IN, IN A VERY LONG TERM, FROM THE YOUNGEST ONES HERE, WHO ARE JUST DEVELOPMENTAL TO THE ONES THAT ARE SETTING UP FOR HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP OF HIGH SCHOOLS AND, AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COLLEGE. IT DOES AFFECT THEM A LONG BREAK LIKE THIS. ONE OF THE BEST WAYS THAT WE CAN MAYBE MANAGE THAT, UH, THIS RESOURCE FOR THESE KIDS IS TO LOOK AT THE SCHEDULES OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAMS AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHERE THERE'S A GAP IN THEIR, IN THEIR PROGRAMS. AND IF WE CAN FIT THAT. AND I DON'T THINK JANUARY'S THE RIGHT TIME. I THINK OCTOBER WAS THE RIGHT TIME, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL TIME. AND IF WE CAN LOOK TO SOMEHOW FIT THAT IN TO WHATEVER THEIR OFF TIME IS, SO TO, TO COINCIDE WITH THE, THE, THE REDOING OF THE, THE SURFACING OF THE POOL WOULD MAYBE BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY BEST. AND SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY MY ONLY NOTE FOR YOU GUYS IS THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE A DIFFERENT TIMEFRAME THAT THAT WOULD WORK BEST. 'CAUSE IF YOU GO OUT FOR A MONTH TO TWO MONTHS OUT, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE ALL THESE KIDS. THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO, AND YOU WILL LOSE INTEREST. AND HOW DO WE TAKE YOUNG KIDS SO THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS CAN DRIVE THEIR CARS AND GO WITH BUDDIES? HOW DO WE TAKE THESE YOUNG KIDS AND [01:10:01] TAKE THEM DOWN TO MORAN, OVER TO SONOMA, UP TO NAPA, WHEREVER, WHEREVER THERE ARE POOLS THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE US OUT. SEBASTOPOL IS RIGHT, RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A REASON WHY THERE'S NOT A LOT OF AC PEOPLE HERE. 50 OF THE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE RIGHT NOW SWIMMING LAPS. UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR TIME IS UP. THAT WAS THAT BEEP . BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU. WE DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. UH, THE LAST CARD THAT I HAVE IS FOR KATIE FLECK. HI. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, TAKING THE TIME TO CREATE A PRESENTATION TO KIND OF RUN DOWN THE TIMINGS OF EVERYTHING. IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO SEE. UM, I AM THE MOM OF LUCAS WHO IS ON AC SWIM. AND, UM, IT'S BEEN THE MOST POSITIVE SPORTS COMMUNITY I'VE EXPERIENCED IN PETALUMA. UM, AND I WOULD SAY THAT ACROSS MULTIPLE SPORTS, UM, THAT IT REALLY IS A FAMILY SITUATION. AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I OBSERVED BEING THERE IS THAT YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING FROM MCKINLEY OR PAX THAT WALK ACROSS THE STREET, LIKE GO THERE DIRECTLY. UM, AND THAT EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, THE CHANGING ROOMS. NOT JUST AS A THING THAT'S ON SITE, BUT A SAFETY ISSUE WHERE YOU HAVE JUNIOR HIGH ELEMENTARY KIDS THAT ARE NEEDING TO CHANGE SOMEWHERE FROM BEING AT SCHOOL TO CHANGING INTO SWIM GEAR. AND CURRENTLY IT IS JUST AN OPEN ROOM. UM, WHEN THE ONE TIME MY SON HAD TO CHANGE, HE JUST CHOSE TO CHANGE INTO THE BATHROOM STALL. UM, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN TO SPEAK TO THOSE WHO ARE PARENTS. SO I'M A PARENT OF AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY AND A FOUR YEAROLD BOY, AND THERE IS NO FAMILY BATHROOM, THERE'S NO FAMILY CHANGING SPOT. SO THAT PUTS ME, IF I TAKE MY TWO BOYS TO THE POOL IN A POSITION WHERE I JUST SEND OFF AN 8-YEAR-OLD IN, INTO THE MEN'S LOCKER ROOM, AND THEN WHAT DO I DO WITH MY 4-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO HE IS VERY VERBAL AND MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THINGS. UM, THAT'S A REALITY AS A PARENT, BUT REGARDLESS OF A PARENT OF WHATEVER GENDER. SO I THINK THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE A HIGHER PRIORITY BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A POOL, YOU WANT ALL, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCLUSIVITY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AGES AND STAGES AND MAKING SURE ANYONE THAT COMES THERE TO USE THE FACILITY FEELS COMFORTABLE, UM, YOUNG AND OLD. AND I WOULD SAY THE OTHER PIECE OF IT, BEING A PARENT OF A YOUNG CHILD, I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME, WHERE DO I GET SWIM LESSON, SWIM LESSONS? AND UNFORTUNATELY, FINDING A SWIM INSTRUCTOR IS EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT. AND OFTENTIMES IT'S STRUCTURED WHERE YOU HAVE A CLASS MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY. AND AS A WORKING PARENT THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY A HEAVY LIFT, UM, TO THEN MAKE ROOM FOR A SOLID WEEK WITH THE FINGERS CROSSED THAT MAYBE YOUR KID LEARNS TO SWIM IN THAT TIME. I THINK THINKING THROUGH NOT ONLY THE ACCESSIBILITY OF SWIM LESSONS FOR KIDS, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT ALSO WHAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO WORKING PARENTS AND HAVING IT BE A STRUCTURED IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THOSE THINGS THROUGH THE LENS OF AN AC SWIM PARENT. UM, AND THEN ALSO AS A PARENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, I ALSO URGE YOU TO, THE CITY COUNCIL IS ALSO ALL EARS. YOU CAN ALWAYS WRITE 'EM AN EMAIL. YOU CAN ALWAYS SHOW UP TO A MEETING. UM, I KNOW THAT I HAD POSTED, UH, SOME SIGNAGE AT THE SWIM CENTER ABOUT THIS MEETING. I WILL, UM, WHEN THE PLASTERING GOES, UH, FOR BID AND FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, I'LL POST THAT DATE AS WELL. SO REALLY THE, THE MORE FEEDBACK THAT YOU CAN GIVE US, UM, THE MORE WE KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. UM, AND I REALLY THINK THAT, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING FOR THE CITY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ALL OF THE DUCKS IN A ROW. BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU COMING AND GIVING, UM, ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. I'M GONNA START AGAIN TO MY RIGHT. UH, COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN. THANK YOU CHAIR. AND THANK YOU KAT, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND STAFF. I'M, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD ON THIS. UM, I DO HEAR THE FRUSTRATION FROM THE PUBLIC AND I WISH THAT WE HAD BEEN ABLE, AND NOW THAT EVERYONE'S LEAVING, I WISH WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO, UM, PUT THIS PRESENTATION INTO THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING. UM, AND THE GOALS FOR SAFETY AND PRIVACY AND ALL OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES WITH THE [01:15:01] CHA, THE CHANGING ROOMS, THE LOCKER ROOMS, THE BATHROOMS, THE, ALL OF THAT. UM, I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL TO KNOW WHERE ALL OF THAT FITS IN BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST PLASTERING REPLASTERING THAT IS TAKING PLACE AND IS BEING DISCUSSED AND WORKED ON, AND PRESENTATIONS BEING CREATED ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, FOR THE SWIM CENTER. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S HAPPENING. UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST AN ISOLATED, THE REPLASTERING, IT'S ONE PIECE OF THIS LARGER PUZZLE. SO, UM, I HAD HOPED TO MAYBE, UM, THAT THE PUBLIC COULD HAVE BEEN INFORMED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, ABOUT THAT. UM, I AM REALLY GLAD THAT SO MUCH OF THE PUBLIC SHOWED UP TODAY, UM, AND SPOKE. I THINK THAT'S AMAZING. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED. SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S GREAT THAT, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAGE WAS PUT UP AT THE POOL. MAYBE THAT CAN CONTINUE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE MEETINGS. UM, I THINK IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING IDEA TO REACH OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO FILL THOSE GAPS. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD EXPLORE ALL OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T THESE BIG GAPS AND LAPS IN SWIMMING. AND I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE, UM, YOU KNOW, BRIDGE THE GAP? UM, I ALSO, UM, LET'S SEE. THERE'S SO MUCH, IT'S JUST SUCH A BIG . I KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU. BUT, UM, I'M ALSO WONDERING ABOUT THE TIMELINE. IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT IS IN THE SPRING. IS THAT SET IN STONE? I MEAN, IT WOULD BE TOO QUICK OF A TURNAROUND, I'M SURE WITH GETTING BIDS AND CITY COUNCIL AND ALL OF THAT, IT JUST MOVES SO SLOWLY. SO I, I THINK THAT OCTOBER, YOU KNOW, IS DAYS AWAY AT THIS POINT. SO THAT'S UNREALISTIC TO HAVE IT BE THIS FALL. BUT, UM, AND FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR. SAFETY WISE, IT SEEMS LIKE CLEANLINESS AND CHEMICALS. AND SO MAYBE THE SPRING IS REALLY, OR THIS WINTER IS REALLY THE TIME, THE ONLY TIME TO DO IT. UM, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF DIDN'T REALLY DISCUSS IF THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME, UM, POSSIBLE. UM, LET'S SEE. I ALSO, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, NATHAN, YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT KAVANAUGH. I ALSO WISH THAT THERE WAS INCREASED PROGRAMMING THERE. I THINK THERE'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY, I HOPE THAT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CURRENT PROVIDER, UM, I HOPE THAT THAT REALLY WORKS. AND I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME CHECKS AND BALANCES AND UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC. AND, UM, I A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VAGUE WHAT THE EXTENSION PROCESS WOULD BE IF WE ARE LOOKING TO EXTEND THAT. SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOME DETAILS ABOUT, UM, JUST SPECIFICS ON THAT. UM, IS IT OPEN-ENDED? IS THE CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR WE LOCKED IN? UM, ARE OTHER, UH, COMPANIES INTERESTED IN PUTTING BIDS IN? I, I JUST, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. UM, AND WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED AT KAVANAUGH. UM, I KNOW THE GOAL IS EVENTUALLY TO TAKE OVER THAT SPACE AS WELL, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE CITY AND STAFF DON'T WANNA BITE OFF MORE THAN THEY CAN CHEW. AND THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT. SO, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN. I KNOW THAT IT IS SO MUCH AND SO MUCH WORK AND JUST BEING ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND LISTENING TO ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT STAFF IS FACING, IT, IT IS A PRETTY TREMENDOUS, UM, WE'VE GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I AM GLAD THIS IS FINALLY MOVING FORWARD. UM, WAY OVERDUE. I'M ASSUMING THE OCTOBER VERSUS JANUARY IS DUE TO HIGH SCHOOL SWIM SCHEDULE IS WHY THE OCTOBER WAS MORE, SOMEONE WAS LIKE, OH, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OCTOBER. I THOUGHT MAYBE SWIM TEAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL HAPPENS IN THE WINTER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS. I KNOW CASA ALSO SWIMS THERE 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A POOL. [01:20:01] BUT, UM, HIGH SCHOOL SWIM IS IN THE SPRING IS IN SPRING. IT IS A SPRING SPORT. SO IT'S THAT JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, IS THAT? NO, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THE EXACT PRACTICE TIME, BUT IT IS A SPRING SPORT. SO I WOULD ASSUME AROUND, IT'S TYPICALLY FEBRUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY, RIGHT? APRIL, MAY. MM-HMM, . OKAY. SO IT COULD STILL WORK PERHAPS TO SHARE. UM, ALSO KAVANAUGH, MY SON LEARNED TO SWIM THERE AND THEN COVID HAPPENED AND OPEN SWIM NEVER CAME BACK, EVER. AND IT WAS LIKE, OH, MAYBE NO ONE WILL NOTICE 'CAUSE LIKE COVID OR SOMETHING. UM, SO YEAH, SO MY YOUNGER DAUGHTER STILL IS NOT LIKE A PROLIFIC SWIMMER 'CAUSE THERE'S NO SWIM LESSONS IN TOWN. AND, UM, THEY HAD LIKE THE SIGNUP SHEET, BUT IT'S LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M COOKING FOR DINNER. LIKE HOW AM I GONNA KNOW? LIKE, OH, WEDNESDAY THE 30TH IS A GREAT DAY TO GO SWIMMING. SO IT IS JUST NOT CONDUCIVE FOR FAMILIES. UM, USED TO BE OPEN ONE TO FOUR OPEN SWIM EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, FROM MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY. AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT BACK IN THAT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CITY PUSHING EVERYONE TO BIKE AND WALK EVERYWHERE. UM, THEN LET US USE THE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BIKE AND WALK TO THOSE PLACES AND NOT HAVE TO DRIVE ACROSS TOWN. SO YEAH, I'M EXCITED. IT'S GETTING DONE. I'M EXCITED FOR THE NEW PROGRAMMING. UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE THE RIGHT LADY FOR THE JOB, SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. HUGE ENDEAVOR. HUGE TAKING ON SO MUCH BETWEEN THE PLASTERING AND THE STAFFING AND WHATNOT. UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE'RE TAKING BACK CONTROL. I DO HAVE CONCERNS FOR OUR TINY PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT THAT YOU JUST TOOK ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND NOW YOU'RE TAKING THIS ON TOO. THAT'S A LOT WITHIN A YEAR RANGE. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A HANDLE OF THE FAIRGROUNDS YET, AND THEN THIS IS COMING RIGHT BEHIND IT. I THINK IT'S NEEDED. I JUST WORRY ABOUT YOU ALL. I THINK YOU ALL WORK SO HARD TO BEGIN WITH. ADDING SUCH A HUGE THING ON YOUR PLATE IS A LOT. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. UM, I FEEL LIKE WE OFTEN DO PART AND NOT THE WHOLE, AND I FEEL LIKE THE LOCKER ROOMS ARE PART OF THAT WHOLE, THAT REALLY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, ESPECIALLY THE FAMILY ISSUE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT'S SUCH AN ISSUE IN MY FAMILY WITH MY SON SENDING, YOU KNOW, AS A SINGLE MOM, SENDING HIM INTO A MEN'S BATHROOM BY HIMSELF AND WHATNOT BECAUSE HE'S OLDER NOW, BUT STILL AT THE TIME. UM, SO I WORRY ABOUT DOING PART WITHOUT THE WHOLE, I FEEL LIKE WE DO THIS OFTEN. WE DO A PLAYGROUND, WE DON'T DO THE AMENITIES, WE DON'T DO THE PATHS OR WHATNOT, UM, BECAUSE THE FUNDING MODEL BECAUSE OF THIS AND THAT, BUT THIS IS MY PLUG FOR THE PARK MASTER PLAN. IF WE HAD A MASTER PLAN, IF WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES AS A WHOLE, THEN WE COULD PLAN FOR KIND OF THIS KIND OF STUFF. MORE SO MY 2 CENTS, I'M GETTING IT IN WHEREVER I CAN. UM, I, I STILL WORRY ABOUT THE STAFFING MODEL. YES, IT'S ONLY THREE PEOPLE, BUT MY HR HAT SAYS, OH MY GOD, THAT MANY PART-TIME PEOPLE MEANS THAT MANY HIRING, ONBOARDING SUCCESS PLANS, IF THEY NEED SUPPORT EVALUATIONS AND SO FORTH, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO HIRE. UM, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MANAGE. AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO YOU ARE A TINY DEPARTMENT, AND SO I JUST WORRY. UM, I, I WANT, I WANT THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR, FOR EVERYONE. SO, UM, I ALSO WORRY ABOUT THE TIMELINE. I SEE WHERE IT BUTTS UP AGAINST THE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND IT PROBABLY EVERYONE'S TRAINING GOES IN THAT, UM, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE'S MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT TIMELINE. UM, I DON'T KNOW, I TRULY DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND SUBSTITUTE LOCATIONS FOR THE CLUBS. IT SEEMS LIKE THE CLUBS SHOULD BE REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS TO SEE IF THEY CAN USE THEIR FACILITIES. BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG. MAYBE THE CITY COULD HELP FACILITATE THAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. THAT DOES SEEM LIKE THE CLUB'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ME THAT THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, KNOWING THE TIMELINE. I JUST HOPE THAT THEY PROJECT THE, THE TIMELINE IS PROJECTED WELL ENOUGH THAT, UM, TO HELP THEM IN THEIR PLANNING. UM, AND OH, AND THEN THE WHOLE SWIM LESSON THING, LIKE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFFING AND WHATNOT, SWIM LESSONS ARE REALLY HARD. IT'S A CONSTANT THING WITHIN, WITHIN KIDS UNDER 10 YEARS OLD OF WHERE DO WE GET SWIM LESSONS, WHERE DO WE GET OPEN SWIM AND WHATNOT. I DO HOPE EVERYTHING STAYS AFFORDABLE. THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE THING. WE SAW THE PRICES GO UP. I THINK IT WAS LIKE RIGHT AFTER COVID OR DURING, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHENEVER THOSE PRICES SHOT UP, BUT IT WAS A LOT. THEY CAME DOWN, IT WAS REEVALUATED. SO I HOPE WE MAINTAIN THAT MODEL. AND I WANT A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR. I JUST SAID THAT THERE'S SO MUCH STAFFING, BUT A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR, WATER AEROBICS, THAT SOUNDS AMAZING. HAVE WATER AEROBICS ALL DAY. THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE. WELL, THERE YOU GO. LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. WATER AEROBICS IS REALLY DIFFICULT. I WILL SAY. YES. IT IS A HARD [01:25:01] WORKOUT. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, YOU JUST GO 'CAUSE IT'S EASY. IT'S NOT EASY. ANYHOW, I DIGRESS. COMMISSIONER ELLI, DO YOU HAVE ANY UH, COMMENTS? UH, NO I DON'T. OKIE DOKIE. COUNCILWOMAN. NOW LET'S MOVE IT ALONG. UM, THANK YOU. ARE WE ALSO DOING, UM, THE MY, WHAT THE COUNCIL'S BEEN DOING OR ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE POOL? NO, IT'S JUST COMMENTS FOR THE POOL. OKAY. SO WE'RE DONE WITH THE CLARIFYING NOW WE COMMENTING. I'LL SAVE NOTES FOR LATER. UM, THE, FOR THE POOL USERS THAT ARE STILL HERE, I, WHAT YEAR WAS THAT POOL BUILT, KAT? DO WE KNOW? IT'S MID, MID SIXTIES. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE. MID SIXTIES SOUND ABOUT RIGHT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT BACK TO YOU. THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I WAS A TEENAGER IN THE SEVENTIES, I'M GONNA DATE MYSELF AND I WAS LIKE ONE OF THOSE TEENAGERS THAT WAS LIKE, OH, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO SEE ME UNDRESSED. YOU KNOW, I'M DEVELOPING AND JUNIOR HIGH IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SELF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST REALLY SELF-CONSCIOUS. AND THEN AS A MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN, WHEN THEY'RE LITTLE, YOU JUST TAKE 'EM WITH YOU AND YOU CAN PUT A TOWEL UP AND SAY CHANGE. BUT WHEN THEY'RE TEENAGERS, YOU DON'T WANNA SEND THEM IN TO THE BATHROOM BY THEMSELVES. YOU WANNA BE WITH THEM, BUT THEY DON'T WANT ANYWHERE TO BE WITH YOU. SO, AND NOW AS A GRANDMOTHER OF TEENAGERS, THAT'S HOW I'M DATING MYSELF. IT'S A PROBLEM. SO I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT IN THE BUDGET AND IT'S, THERE'S NOT THE MONEY THERE. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT'S JUST NOT IN OUR BUDGET. BUT, AND UM, I WISH WE HAD ASKED WHEN WE BUILT TARGET SHOPPING CENTER, IF WE HAD ASKED THE DEVELOPER TO PUT THE MONEY INTO REMODELING THIS ONE CENTER. 'CAUSE IT WAS SO IMPACTED WITH THAT BIG SHOPPING CENTER COMING IN. SO, UM, I REALLY SYMPATHIZE WITH THE SWIMMERS ALL AGES. 'CAUSE NOW I'M OLD ENOUGH TO BE IN THOSE, UH, AEROBICS. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT YEARS AGO. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THIS. AND, UM, I WILL APPROVE IT WHEN IT GETS TO COUNCIL, BUT YOU MIGHT WANNA BRING UP THE YEAR THAT THAT POOL WAS BUILT IN THAT FACILITY AND THE TIMELINE THAT WE ARE NOW. 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL PAINT JOB AND THE PUBLIC ARTS, I WILL ALSO BRING THAT UP TOO, THAT MAYBE PUT A PLAQUE ON WHAT THAT PUBLIC ART, 'CAUSE THAT WAS OUR PUBLIC ART FUNDS THAT DID THAT PAINTING. BUT JUST GIVE THE COUNCIL SOME IDEA AND THE COMMUNITY SOME IDEA OF HOW OLD THAT FACILITY IS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU. UH, YEAH, THE POINT WAS BROUGHT UP A COUPLE TIMES ABOUT, UH, MAYBE SAVING MONEY ON CHANGING THE MANAGEMENT AT THE MOMENT AND INVESTING THAT INTO, UH, FIXING THE REST OF THE FACILITY THAT'S NOT SCHEDULED TO BE FIXED YET. THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR MANAGEMENT. EITHER IT'S A CITY OR THE CURRENT MANAGER. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WOULD SAVE MONEY FOR THAT. HOWEVER, TIME AND ENERGY IS NEEDED AS WELL. AND SO IF DELAYING OUR MANAGEMENT TO PUT THE TIME AND ENERGY INTO FIXING THE WHOLE FACILITY THAT WE CAN THEN TAKE OVER SOUNDS LIKE AN IDEAL STRATEGY, IF IT'S POSSIBLE. UH, ALSO SOUNDS LIKE OBVIOUSLY TIMING AROUND THIS IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR THE DOWNTIME, UM, FOR THE REFINISHING. UM, THE RESURFACING IS REALLY NECESSARY AND THE RESULT IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO EVERYONE. SO THE DOWNTIME IS INEVITABLE AND NECESSARY AND IT WILL BE WORTH IT NO MATTER WHAT THE DOWNTIME IS. SO I WOULD JUST SAY FOR US THAT, UM, BEING VERY CLEAR WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. DON'T OVERSELL AND UNDER DELIVER. SO GIVE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO OF A TIMELINE AND IT CAN ONLY BE POSITIVE FROM THERE. BUT DON'T TRY TO PLACATE EVERYONE THAT'S WAITING BY SAYING A TIMELINE THAT WE CAN'T PROMISE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY, SO MY COMMENTS, UM, I THINK THE, WE NEED BETTER COMMUNICATION TO THE, OF THE STAGES OF ALL OF THIS TO THE PUBLIC. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU, EVERYBODY'S WORKING SO HARD ON THIS. UM, AND I THINK, I THINK THE, THE, THE BIG THING FOR MOST OF THE SWIMMERS THAT I TALK TO IS THEY JUST HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON. AND IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND THAT'S TOTALLY FAIR, BUT JUST LET THEM KNOW. UM, I THINK AS MUCH, UM, AS AS MUCH DETAIL AS YOU CAN GIVE THEM, THEY WOULD WANT IT. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SWIMMERS ARE CREATURES OF HABIT. AND SO THEY'RE THERE MULTIPLE DAYS A WEEK. IT IS LIKE, I GOT TOWELS IN MY CAR, THAT'S HOW MUCH I'M [01:30:01] AT A POOL. RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND JUST BECAUSE MY KID'S SWIMMING, RIGHT? SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. IT'S LIKE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU NEEDED TO DO A KITCHEN REMODEL AND YOU HAD A CONTRACTOR AND THEY WERE LIKE, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AND IT'S GONNA BE IN STAGES AND WE MIGHT THAT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO JUST MAYBE, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A, A SMART ALEC, I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT PEOPLE WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE MORE DETAIL. UM, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, THE IDEA FOR EVENING SWIMMERS FOR LAPS, I THINK WE REALLY SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. JUST, IT NEEDS TO BE ASTERISK SOMEWHERE. UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S NO GOOD TIME TO DO THIS, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL, GET IT DONE. UM, AND I DON'T MEAN THIS IN A MEAN WAY, BUT WINTER IS THE BEST TIME BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE MULTIPLE DAYS WITHOUT THE BOILERS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, AND I WINTER IS GONNA BE WINTER, THEY'RE GONNA BREAK. AND SO WE CAN SAVE THE PUBLIC FROM COLD SWIM DAYS. UM, I'M WONDERING, CAN THE SHOWER HEADS, IF THEY'RE THAT CLOGGED, WHY CAN'T THE SHOWER HEADS BE TAKEN OFF AND CLEANED AND SOAKED? I'M, I DON'T KNOW. CAN THAT BE PUT ON A, ON A LIST AND SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY UNSCREW, BUT THERE'S LIKE DESCALING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A SENIOR PASS. SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO ADD TO THE NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM. UM, MORE SWIM LESSONS. UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO PLUG AC UH, BUT THEY ALREADY HAVE A SWIM SCHOOL AND THEY KNOW HOW TO DO SWIM LESSONS. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE, ARE STUCK AND CAN'T FIND PEOPLE TO DO SWIM LESSONS, CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR A PIECE OF THAT. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, FOR WALL DIVIDERS, UM, OR FOR THE CHANGING AREA, WHEN WE TOOK THE TOUR OF THE FAIRGROUNDS, THERE ARE THOSE GREAT WALL DIVIDERS, , WE SHOULD MAKE MAKESHIFT CHANGING ROOMS. AGAIN, WE DO NOT NEED, I I I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY LIKE, LET'S JUST PIECEMEAL THIS TOGETHER. THIS IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT THAT PEOPLE HAVE. AND SO IF WE HAVE THESE, THESE THINGS THAT ARE HANGING AROUND, I REMEMBER THEY WERE HARD, THEY WEREN'T, UM, THEY, THEY DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IF THEY WERE WET, THEY WERE GONNA MOLD OR ANYTHING. RIGHT? AND SO WHY CAN'T THEY BE MOVED IN? SOMEBODY CAN STRING A IKEA SILVER LINE AND PUT A SHOWER CURTAIN UP AND CREATE TWO IN EACH ROOM. SO I, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD REALLY BE, AGAIN, LIKE PEOPLE SAID, LIKE, IS THERE, IS THERE A STEPWISE PROGRESSION? I THINK THAT THAT WOULD REALLY GO A LONG WAYS. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ALL THE, THE COMMENTS. UM, BUT I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THIS. I THINK JUST MORE, MORE DETAILS. EVERYBODY WANTS DETAILS AND THEY WANNA KNOW THE SPECIFIC TIMING. SO THANK YOU ABOUT THAT. ALRIGHT, THIS CLOSES OUT. NO MORE, ANY MORE COMMENTS? OKAY, GREAT. CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? JUST I'M SURE I CAN. I JUST, YOU SAID THAT THE POOL'S CLOSING NEXT WEEK BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING CONTACT. NO, NO, NO, NO. YEAH, IF, IF YOU WANNA, YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE HAVING SOMEBODY COME OUT FOR BIDS AGAIN, LIKE SHE WAS SAYING ABOUT JUST KNOWING THINGS AHEAD OF TIME. IF YOU WANNA STICK AROUND. THANK YOU. IF YOU WANNA STICK AROUND AFTER THE MEETING, WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THE TIMELINE WITH YOU. NO, IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE. NO PROBLEM. I KNOW CARDS AND I MEAN, THANK YOU ALL. PLEASE STICK AROUND. THEY REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. I BELIEVE ON THAT TIMELINE, THEY, IT'S JUST THAT CONTRACTORS ARE COMING OUT TO LOOK AT THE POOL. OKAY. SO IF YOU, OKAY. YEAH, NO, JUST EDUCATION WISE. SO, UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA WEBSITE AND SO SHOW THIS PACKET WILL BE ON THERE. SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE SLIDES AND SEE THAT TIMELINE. OH. BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S SAYING THAT, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE BIDS, BUT THERE'S THE RECORDING OF THIS RIGHT? THERE IS A RECORDING AS WELL. OH, REALLY? OKAY. THAT'S, NO, BECAUSE YOU GUYS' FEEDBACK HAS BEEN LIKE, PHENOMENAL. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YEP. IT'S JUST BEEN LOT. YEAH. OH YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. MM-HMM. . OKAY. THANKS GUYS. MM-HMM. . YEP. NO, NO. THERE'S, THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU COULD EVER WANT ON THAT. A GOVERNMENT WEBSITE ACTUALLY I FOUND MYSELF. OKAY. UM, SO THIS CLOSES OUT OUR, UH, SOLE PRESENTATION. WE ARE MOVING [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES. SO THIS IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF JULY 17TH, 2024. UM, IS THERE ANY CHANGES OR ADDENDUMS TO THOSE MINUTES? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I SECOND THAT. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. AND SO WE'RE [COMMITTEE COMMENT] GONNA MOVE TO COMMITTEE COMMISSION COMMENT. UH, I'LL START TO THE RIGHT AGAIN WITH COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN. THANK YOU. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MONTH'S PAC MEETING. UM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU NEXT [01:35:01] MONTH. UM, PARKS ARE LOOKING GOOD. CRISPY, A LITTLE CRISPY, BUT THINGS ARE REALLY DRY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, SO, UM, YEAH, I WAS ABLE TO, I'M TRYING THIS NEW THING WITH MY SON WHERE ON OUR OFF DAYS WE'RE TRYING TO VISIT LIKE A NEW PARK EACH WEEK AND IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN 'CAUSE SOME OF THE PARKS I HAVEN'T VISITED IN A LONG TIME. SO IT'S REALLY FUN TO SEE ALL OF THE WORK THAT PARK STAFF IS DOING. YOU KNOW, GET LIKE A LITTLE REFRESHER, UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU GET STUCK IN YOUR ROUTINE OF WHICH PARKS YOU GO TO. AND OF COURSE WE'RE ASSIGNED PARKS, BUT, UM, JUST GAINING A NEW APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE WORK THAT CINDY AND HER TEAM DOES. UM, AND THE REST IS STAFF. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, HARVEST BEETS, THE EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE A FEW WEEKS AGO. REALLY FUN EVENT AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT. I THINK IT'S FOUR TO 7:00 PM IS THAT CORRECT? AT THE FAIRGROUNDS? FOUR? YEAH. FOUR TO EIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. UM, I THINK TOMORROW WILL BE COOLER THAN THE LAST ONE, , TEMPERATURE WISE, BUT IT'S SUPER FUN AND I'M JUST SO GLAD TO SEE THE CITY AND IN PARTICULAR, PARKS DOING, UM, EVENTS THAT INVOLVE MUSIC AND FOOD AND THERE'S GONNA BE DANCE FOLK LOCO WILL BE THERE. SO, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT USE OF THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY AND SPACE AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE FUTURE EVENTS LIKE THAT. SO, GREAT JOB GUYS. HELLO. UM, LET'S SEE. YEAH, NO, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THE PROGRAMMING THAT'S BEING ADDED TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, WHETHER IT'S THE ICE SKATING RINK OR THE BIG JUMP HOUSE THING. UM, SO IT'S COOL THAT WE'RE USING THAT SPACE, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELD. UM, MY SON FINALLY GOT TO PLAY A BASEBALL GAME THERE, WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL. IT'S A FREAKING HUGE FIELD FOR A LITTLE 11-YEAR-OLD, BUT, UM, YEAH. AND SO I KNOW THAT THE LEGHORNS BLEACHERS BENCHES, THAT'S ON THEM, CORRECT? FUNDRAISING WISE, IT'S A, UH, PUBLIC FIELD, BUT YES, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LEGHORNS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE, UM, THE BENCHES, I BELIEVE ARE NEXT FOR THE DUGOUTS. YEAH. AND THEN, THEN IT'S BLEACHERS. SO IT'S A, IT'S A ONE AT TIME BECAUSE IT'S FUN GETTING THE EMAIL. LIKE, SO, BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE PLAYING ON THIS FIELD, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO BENCHES IN THE DUGOUT. BRING A CHAIR FOR YOUR CHILD. THERE'S NO SHADE, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, WHICH I KNEW BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE FIELD, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE BEST LOOK GOING OUT TO LIKE, VISITING TEAMS. UM, ALSO THE FLAG, THE AMERICAN FLAG BY THE FIRST SOCCER FIELD WAS ALL WRAPPED UP IN THE, IN THE CABLE AND I COULDN'T, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MUST BE LIKE A HIGH, SO PEOPLE DON'T MESS WITH IT. SO I COULDN'T FIND A WAY TO UNTANGLE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS BEEN DETANGLED OR NOT. UM, ALSO, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE DID NOT PLANT TREES WHEN WE PUT THOSE FIELDS IN. IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. THOSE TREES WOULD BE LIKE BIG TREES BY NOW. WHAT, 12-YEAR-OLD TREES? 10-YEAR-OLD TREES. LEAF WASN'T AROUND THEN. IT DOESN'T MATTER. I'LL, I'LL SAY THAT FOR MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. BUT YEAH, SO IT'S JUST LIKE, OH, SHADE HERE WOULD BE SO LOVELY. AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE BATHROOMS IN THE MIDDLE NOW THAT WE HAVE THE BASEBALL FIELD AND WE DON'T HAVE TO NOW BUILD MORE BATHROOMS AND OR PORT. AND THERE'S ALSO NO GARBAGE CANS BY THE BASEBALL FIELD THEMSELVES. SO PEOPLE ARE WALKING OUT TO THE STREET TO THROW IF THEY'RE WALKING OUT TO THE STREET TO THROW TRASH AWAY. UM, OTHER THAN, THAT'S MY COMMENT FROM MY PARKS. UM, NOT ON A COMMITTEE THIS YEAR, WHICH FEELS REALLY WONDERFUL. UM, BUT I DO HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT MCNAIR BASEBALL FIELD ONCE AGAIN. SO THE SIGNS THAT THE DOGS CANNOT READ HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED. UM, EVERY DAY WHEN I DRIVE BY THERE, I SEE DOGS RUNNING THROUGH THE INFIELD WITH THEIR OWNERS THROWING THE BALLS. AND IT'S LIKE, HOW DISRESPECTFUL CAN THESE PEOPLE BE? LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. LIKE THE FENCE WAS TAKEN DOWN AND THEN THE DOGS CAME THROUGH, DESTROYED THE INFIELD, THEN THE SIGNS WERE PUT BACK UP. NOW THEY'RE TAKEN DOWN AGAIN. AND IT'S LIKE THE SAME. IT'S LIKE, WE NEED THAT FENCE UP THERE. WE NEED THAT TEMPORARY FENCE. I KNOW YOU SAID IT WAS IN THE WORKS, BUT IT'S LIKE, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON SOMETHING AND THEN NOT PROTECTING IT AND THEN RE SPENDING MONEY ON IT AND THEN NOT PROTECTING IT AND THEN RE MONEY [01:40:01] ON IT. AND JUST LIKE THE SWIM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THOSE TEAMS HAVE HAD TO FIND OTHER PLACES TO GO PRACTICE, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S LIKE NO ONE'S BEEN PLAYING BASEBALL OUT THERE ALL FALL. AND THE SOFTBALL FIELD NEEDS TO AT LEAST BE SPIKE DRAG. LIKE, IT'S, IT'S SAD. LIKE AT LEAST DRAG ALL THE WEEDS OUT OF THERE. LIKE, AND THAT'S IT. IT JUST MAKES ME SAD SEEING THAT PEOPLE DON'T CARE TO SHARE THE SPACE, UM, WITH THE YOUTH THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT DON'T HAVE FIELDS ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN. ONCE AGAIN, WHEN THE CITY WANTS US TO BIKE AND WALK EVERYWHERE. SO WE'RE ALL STILL DRIVING TO THE EAST SIDE TO USE THOSE SPORTS FACILITIES. THANK YOU. I'LL TALK ABOUT SPORTS. UM, SOCCER. IT FEELS SO GOOD. , THE, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN GREAT. THEY'VE BEEN REALLY, UM, REALLY BUSY. I MEAN, IF YOU GO OUT TO PRINCE PARK ON A MONDAY NIGHT AT SIX O'CLOCK, YOU CAN'T PARK ANYWHERE CLOSE IS SO BUSY. UM, AND THE WAY THAT IT'S ALL BEING MANAGED, EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT. WE'VE BEEN OUT AT WISEMAN, WE'VE BEEN AT MULTIPLE SOCCER FIELDS THIS YEAR, AS I'M SURE EVERYONE WITH KIDS HAS, UM, THAT PLAY SOCCER. UM, SO THEN, SO THAT'S GOOD. UM, WITH THE MUSEUM, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF, UM, MISSION VISIONING WORK, WHICH IS FUN. UM, I ALWAYS WANNA HIGHLIGHT RACHEL 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST SO LUCKY TO HAVE RACHEL. WE'RE SO LUCKY. UM, RACHEL'S BEEN AWESOME AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THERE, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT EXHIBITS. WE HAD HER SIDE OF THE STORY TALES OF THE FEMALE PIONEERS IN CALIFORNIA. RIGHT NOW IT'S, UM, STORIES OF MEXICAN, CALIFORNIA. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TELL, UM, DIFFERENT PER I WANNA SAY LIKE THE TRUTH, BUT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, RIGHT? UM, AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO IN AND CHECK OUT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, THE TRUTH ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THESE KIND OF THINGS, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY GREAT. WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING TO THIS EXHIBIT, UM, WITH DIA DE LOS MARTOS THAT'S COMING UP. THAT'S A HUGE EVENT. THAT'S SUPER FUN. HOPE YOU ALL CAN ATTEND THAT EVENT. UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING, UM, IN THE NEXT MONTH, UH, TALKS, UM, THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE MUSEUM AND WHATNOT. SO YOU CAN CHECK THOSE OUT ON THE WEBSITE. UM, THE PETALUMA OF YESTERDAY, WALKING TOURS ARE STILL HAPPENING ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS, UM, 10 30 TO 12 AROUND TOWN. AND THE CEMETERY WALK IS ON SALE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY FUN. I THINK IT'S OCTOBER 19TH. UM, THAT'S A, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT, THE SCANDALS THAT HAPPENED IN PETALUMA, IT'S REALLY FUN. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK IT OUT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER BOTTICELLI? UH, YES, WE, UM, WELL, I CAN REPORT ON A TREE ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE WE MET EARLIER TODAY. UH, THEY'RE FINALIZING A RECOMMENDED STREET TREE LIST THAT'S GONNA BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT, UM, PEOPLE CAN HAVE THAT AS A RESOURCE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TREES TO PLANT THAT AREN'T GONNA CREATE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR SIDEWALKS OR, UM, UH, OTHER PROBLEMS WITH WIRES OR WHAT HAVE YOU. THEY CAN GET A TREE THAT'S HAS HABITAT VALUE IF THEY WANNA BRING WILDLIFE INTO THEIR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT. UM, THEY'RE ALSO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON A, UH, BEEN DOING SOME OUTREACH WITH PG E UH, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INCIDENTS WITH PG E WHERE, UH, TREES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED UNNECESSARILY BECAUSE OF CUTTING FOR WIRES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, THEY'RE CREATING, THEY HAVE CREATED A MORE, A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH PG E. THEY'VE BEEN MORE RESPONSIVE. THEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND DID A TREE, UM, UNDER SOME WIRES WHERE THEY DIDN'T JUST TOP THE TREE. THEY, THEY DID A, A V CUT AND JUST OPENED IT UP ENOUGH JUST FOR THE WIRES, BUT STILL KEPT THE MOST OF THE CANOPY OF THE TREE. SO THEY ARE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE'RE PLANNING FOR OUR ARBOR DAY FESTIVAL, WHICH IS PROBABLY GONNA BE IN APRIL. WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THE DATE YET, BUT THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN IT IS. UH, WE HAD A SMALL EVENT LAST YEAR THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN MUSIC. UM, KIDS DID SOME PAINTINGS. THEY SPREAD SOME MULCH UNDER THE BIG OAK TREE AT PRINCE PARK. UM, AND WE'RE HOPING TO PARTNER WITH THE RECREATION SIDE OF THE TEAM TO CREATE AN EVEN BIGGER EVENT THIS YEAR WITH MUSIC, FOOD TRUCKS AND A LOT OF FUN STUFF FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS. UM, ALSO HAD A RECENT, UH, ZOOM MEETING WITH TARYN OBEYED AND, UH, RICO FROM BEYOND PESTICIDES IN SONOMA COUNTY PARKS, UM, MAINTENANCE TEAM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE RUL RANCH, UM, FIELD, WHICH IS AN ALL ORGANIC NATURAL TURF FIELD THAT THEY PUT IN ABOUT A YEAR AGO. AND, UM, [01:45:02] GOT A LOT OF REALLY GREAT INFORMATION FROM THEM ABOUT THEIR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, WHAT THE COST, HOW MUCH IT COSTS, UM, AND WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE IN TERMS OF ONGOING MAINTENANCE FOR THE FIELD. SO HOPING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT EXPERTISE AND THAT INFORMATION INTO PARKS IN PETALUMA AS WELL. UM, THE ISSUE OF DOGS ON BALL FIELDS IS, YEAH, UH, YOU CAN'T REALLY HAVE QUALITY TURF WITH DOGS ON IT. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST A FACT, . AND SO IF YOU'RE HAVING A PLAYING SURFACE FOR KIDS AND PEOPLE, UM, YOU CAN'T REALLY ALLOW A LOT OF OF, OF DOG ACTIVITY ON THAT PIECE OF TURF. I JUST IS NOT COMPATIBLE. AND IT'S A BATTLE. I MEAN, I I WAS ON , A DOG ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, UNDER, UH, MAYOR WILLIE BROWN QUITE SOME TIME AGO. UH, AND WE'RE AT MEETINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE PICKING THEIR CHAIRS UP AND GETTING READY TO THROW 'EM AT OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT WAS A VERY CONTENTIOUS TOPIC. UM, AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU ASK THEM TO PUT THEIR DOG ON A LEASH OR A ASK THEM NOT TO LET THEIR DOG GO IN THIS AREA, IT'S, IT'S AN AFFRONT. UM, AND SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF ONGOING PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORT. AT LEAST WE COULD START DOING THAT BEFORE WE GET, MAYBE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTION ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT DOGS DO TO THESE FIELDS AND THE FACT THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING MONEY FOR THESE FIELDS AND TO HAVE A HIGH QUALITY FIELD FOR THEIR KIDS TO PLAY ON. AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DOGS ARE ESSENTIALLY VANDALIZING THOSE FIELDS IN MY, THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT IT. UM, BUT IT IS A, A, A PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. SO IT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT TAKES RESOURCES TO DO ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY IT'S A MESSAGE THAT CAN START TO BE PUT OUT MORE ON AN OFFICIAL BASIS FROM THE CITY TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. AND I THINK I'LL END WITH THAT. THANK YOU. OTHERWISE, THE PARKS SHOULD LOOKING GREAT. THANKS. THANKS, . UH, COUNCILWOMAN NOW, WELL, I'M SORRY THAT OUR AUDIENCE LEFT BECAUSE I WANTED TO, UM, ENCOURAGE THEM TO, UM, GO TO OUR GENERAL PLAN WORKSHOPS AND VOICE THEIR NEEDS FOR THE KAVANAUGH POOL FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'RE TRYING TO BECOME A 15 MINUTE CITY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO GET TO THESE RESOURCES WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS SINCE WE'VE LAST, WERE HERE IN JULY. UM, WE DID A PROCLAMATION TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM THAT, UM, COMPETED IN OREGON. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WORKED REALLY HARD AND MADE PET PROUD. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO GAVE A PROCLAMATION BECAUSE THIS MONTH IN OCTOBER, I MEAN SEPTEMBER IS SERVICE DOG MONTH. SO WE GAVE THE THE DOG, UM, A PROCLAMATION AND THEIR OWNERS, UM, WE APPROVED A PURCHASE OF A SMALLER STREET SWEEPER THAT WILL DO BIKE, UM, LANES, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE PUT IN THE BALLARDS, BUT THEY WILL ALSO DO, I'M SO EXCITED TRAILS. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAILS THAT GET GRAFFITI AND JUST NAMED CLEANING. AND, UM, THEY'LL ALSO CLEAN THE, THE, UM, SIDEWALKS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY GET KIND OF GROSS WITH A LOT OF USE. AND SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF USE FOR THAT NEW STREET SWEEPING, UM, VEHICLE THAT WE PURCHASED, UM, TO THE GENERAL PLAN. UM, THE CITY, UM, COUNCIL WORKED ON THE DRAFT POLICY FRAMEWORK AND THERE'S TWO DATES. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM THAT'S THIS SATURDAY AT BEVERLY WILSON BUILDING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. IT'S THAT BUILDING ON THE LEFT AS YOU COME IN THROUGH THE NEW, UM, STRIPING THAT WE HAVE IN THE FAIRGROUNDS SO THAT TRAFFIC MOVES BETTER. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ONE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH FROM FIVE TO EIGHT AT THE PEN COMMUNITY CENTER. AND THIS IS WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN GIVE WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THE NEXT 20 TO 25 YEARS. AND I WAS ON THE LAST GENERAL PLAN, UM, AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO THINK AHEAD 25 YEARS. I WISH I HAD PUT IN MORE ABOUT THE POOL. I APOLOGIZE. [01:50:01] UM, WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION BY THE COUNTY, UM, IT'S CALLED MEKO, M-E-H-K-O, WHICH STANDS FOR MICRO ENTERPRISE KITCHEN OPERATIONS. AND THE COUNTY IS THE ONE TO MAKE THE APPROVAL, BUT ALL THE CITIES NEED TO SAY, YEAH, WE THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND THIS IS SO THAT, UM, PEOPLE CAN HAVE, UM, I THINK THEY CALL IT COTTAGE KITCHENS, WHERE YOU CAN DO, I THINK IT'S 30 MEALS, UM, I FORGET THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT 30 MEALS A DAY, A COUPLE OF DAYS A WEEK. AND THEY'RE NOT CATERERS, BUT THEY CAN HAVE A COTTAGE BUSINESS IN THEIR HOME. UH, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON, UM, THE, IN A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT FOR THE CREEKWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE. AND I HAD TO SLIP IN THAT MAYBE SINCE THEY'RE NOT BUILDING A PARK IN THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT, THAT MAYBE THEY PUT SOME MONEY TOWARDS DEL LARO PARK BECAUSE THERE'S IMPACTS TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE FAMILIES, ET CETERA. AND, UM, I KNOW COMMISSIONER KELLY AND I, OR STATE, UM, EARL, UM, WE HEARD THAT THE, UM, LEGHORN PARK NEEDS SOME POWER WASHING. I'VE HEARD THAT FROM OTHER PARKS. AND EVEN LOOKING AT MY PARKS, THEY LOOK FABULOUS. UM, LIKE I WAS AT LARO, SARAH WITH THE GRANDKIDS TODAY, AND THERE'S JUST WHERE THE, I MEAN, THE EQUIPMENT IS JUST USED SO MUCH THAT THERE'S WEAR, LIKE ON THE STAIRS AND IT COULD BE SHARP IF A CHILD PUT THEIR HAND ON IT, IT WOULD BE SHARP. THOSE METAL STAIRS THAT ARE PAINTED, THE PAINT WEARS DOWN AND THEN THEY WILL START TO REST ONCE THE WEATHER CHANGES. SO, UM, THE, THE PARKS LOOK GREAT, BUT THERE'S THOSE LITTLE TINY HOUSEKEEPING THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. UM, THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE POOP BAG AND DISPOSED OF POOP FOR THE DOGS IN THE PARKS. AND IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A PROGRAM, AND I KNOW I SENT THAT ON TO, UM, DIRECTOR HOLZER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY COULD BE SPONSORED BY, UM, DIFFERENT ROTARY OR UM, DIFFERENT BUSINESSES IN TOWN. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. AND I GUESS OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING IT. UM, THE DOG OFF LEASH IS REALLY A PROBLEM, EVEN WHEN THERE'S A SIGN. AND I HAVE TO REMIND THE OWNERS TO KEEP THEIR DOG ON LEASHES. 'CAUSE I'M WITH KIDS. THEY DON'T LIKE IT WHEN WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, REMIND THEM. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RUINING OUR BRAND NEW PARK. UM, THE RIVER VIEW SUBDIVISION THAT'S OFF OF LAKEVILLE, BEHIND INN OUT, WE HAVEN'T NAMED THAT PARK YET. IT'S, IT'S, THEY'RE USING IT FOR OFF LEASH AND IT'S FULL OF POOP. AND THE SOCCER KIDS ARE TRYING TO PLAY SOCCER AND IT'S A PROBLEM. AND, UM, SO WE NEED, WE, THE FENCING CAME DOWN AND THE POOP STARTED TO APPEAR. UM, AND THEN ALSO OUR, I KNOW WE HEARD ABOUT THE SHOWER FACILITY WITH THE FAUCETS, BUT WATER FAUCETS IN THE PARKS FOR THE DOGS, UH, IS NOT, SOME OF THEM AREN'T, YOU KNOW, THE WATER JUST CORRODES THESE PIPES, SO THEY NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. THE ONE WAS RIVERVIEW. UM, IT, IT HAS A REALLY LOW, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CLOGGED OR WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. UM, AND I DO RECOMMEND PEOPLE WHEN THEY GIVE ME A COMPLAINT, PUT IT ON THE APP, THE ENGAGE PETALUMA APP AND, UM, THAT, OH, THE, UM, WHAT IS IT, THE GIRLS' GARAGE GIRLS THAT'S DOING THE GARDEN. THE BOXES LOOK GREAT. THE CITY STAFF WAS THERE TODAY PUTTING UP NEW FENCING. AND THEN THE DIRT WILL GO IN, THE GRAVEL WILL GET LAID OUT AND THE MULCHING, AND I GUESS A WINTER GARDEN WILL GO IN, BUT IT'S REALLY LOOKING GREAT. SO MORE ON THAT NEXT MONTH. THANKS COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM. I HAVE MY FIRST PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW, AND I THINK WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME PROJECTS IN THE FAIRGROUND, SO I'LL REPORT BACK NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU. CAN I JUMP IN? UM, THE PUBLIC ART IS RIBBON CUTTING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. TOMORROW AT FOUR O'CLOCK, THE MAYOR'S GONNA THE BIG MURAL WITH ALL THE PHOTOS. MY DAUGHTER'S IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER WITH HER STUDENTS. UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE, UM, [01:55:01] IT'S THE HEART OF PETALUMA, I THINK IS THE NAME OF THE ART. IT'S PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT USE THE FAIRGROUNDS. GREAT. OKAY. UM, I HAVE JUST A FEW THINGS. UM, EAST PETALUMA FIELDS. YEAH, THERE'S . I KNEW THIS LAST YEAR AND THEN I, I FORGOT. UM, BUT MAN, SITTING AT THOSE SOCCER GAMES ON METAL, UH, BLEACHERS. I'M NOT KIDDING YOU. I COULD DEFINITELY COOK AN EGG. I COULD LIKE, REALLY? IT, IT'S REALLY HOT. AND SO, UM, WE NEED SHADE , WE DO. UM, ANYHOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG ONE. UH, THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE MORE GARBAGE CANS AROUND THAT WHOLE FACILITY. I, I'M, I MEAN, MY GUESS IS THAT THERE AREN'T AS MANY BECAUSE IT'S PAID TIME TO GO FIND THE GARBAGE CAN AND LIKE BRING IT OVER AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IT, BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF TRASH AND THEY SEEM TO BE ONLY BY LIKE THE UM, UH, THE RESTROOMS, RIGHT? BUT PEOPLE ARE WAY FAR DOWN AND I JUST NOTICED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH THERE. UM, I HAVE A GREAT IDEA WHEN YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT ADOPT A PARK A WHILE BACK AND KIND OF TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO, UM, LIKE WHO COULD YOU PARTNER WITH AND THIS AND THAT. AND I THINK PARTNERING WITH PYSL SHOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE LIKE MUST BECAUSE THE MORE I, I'M AT A LOT OF THESE PARKS MOSTLY BECAUSE I DO HAVE A DOG. MY DOGS BEHAVE AT PRINCE PARK. DOGS DO NOT GO ON THOSE FIELDS. LIKE EVERYONE TELLS THEM TO NOT GO ON THE FIELD. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING AT MCNAIR, BUT, UM, THEY DON'T DO IT AT PRINCE PARK. UM, BUT SO MUCH TRASH. I'M NOT KIDDING YOU. I FEEL TR I FEEL DOG POOP BAGS FULL OF TRASH AND THEY'RE REALLY WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHO THE KID, I'M ASSUMING IT'S A KID THAT CHEW THE GU THE BLUE GUM AND SPITS IT OUT. 'CAUSE GUM IS TOXIC TO DOGS. AND SO IT WOULD BE GREAT, LIKE DURING THAT PYSL SEASON PARTNER WITH PYSL AND HAVE THEM OUT TWICE A MONTH FOR, FOR CLEANUPS AT THESE PARKS, BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED IT AT, AT ALL OF THE PARKS WHERE SOCCER'S HAPPENING AND IT'S JUST PART OF KIDS. THEY'RE JUST MESSY. AND ADULTS ARE MESSY TOO, IN ALL FAIRNESS. BUT, UM, JUST RANDOM, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, UH, BALLOONS THAT YOU MAKE THE TOYS WITH, I'VE COLLECTED LIKE A DOZEN OF THEM. SO ANYHOW, THAT'S AN IDEA FOR ADOPT A PARK. UM, THE GOPHER GUY WAS AT PRINCE TODAY. UH, CHECK IN THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY NICE. UM, I THINK THAT PARK, UH, LOOKS AMAZING FOR HOW MUCH IT'S USED. SO YOU GUYS, UH, WITH THE WATER AND EVERYTHING HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. UH, WE TALKED ABOUT LEGHORNS. THERE IS ALSO, UM, THAT TALL SLIDE STRUCTURE IS WHAT THE PERSON HAD COMMENTED ABOUT. SHE TOOK SOME PICTURES. UM, IT'S LIKE SOME OF THE METAL IS RESTING AND SO I THINK THE BIGGER CONCERN THERE IS MORE LIKE IF A KID GETS THEIR HAND AROUND IT, AT LEAST MY KIDS WOULD'VE WHEN THEY WERE FIVE, THAT COULD MAYBE NOT BE SO, SO GOOD. SO TAKE A LOOK THERE. UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH PARKS AND REC, BUT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BIKING AND WALKING. I WILL PLUG PETALUMA TRANSIT WITH LUMA GO. IT STARTS SEPTEMBER 30TH AND IT IS LIKE AN UBER SYSTEM FOR ADULTS AND KIDS, KIDS CAN RIDE IT FOR FREE. AND SO, UM, IT STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON PETALUMA TRANSIT, BUT IT IS A CITY, CITY RUN PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE STARTED. SO THAT'S REALLY AWESOME. I THINK THAT COULD BE, I MEAN, REALLY I THINK FAMILIES SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND BE LIKE, OKAY, I'VE GOT SIX KIDS THAT NEED TO GO TO THE FIELDS. YOU ALL GET IN THAT VAN AND THEY ALL GO OVER. IT'S LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE. SO ANYHOW, THAT'S MY PLUG. ALL RIGHT, [STAFF COMMENT] DREW, DO YOU HAVE, UH, UPDATES FOR US? I DO. GREAT CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND JUST GENERAL PARTICIPATION TONIGHT. UM, I WILL START WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, TREES AT PETALUMA COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS. SO YES, THERE'LL BE TREES IN THE, WHAT WE'LL CALL THE FINGER ISLANDS, IF YOU REMEMBER, OR IF YOU DON'T, I'LL I'LL, I'LL TAKE US BACK TO A TIME. UM, WHEN THE FIELD WAS OPENED, 20 15, 20 16, EVERY UH, RESOURCE INVESTMENT WAS PUT INTO ADDING A THIRD MULTI-USE SOCCER, LACROSSE FIELD AND LIGHTS. SO THERE WAS NO RESTROOM CONCESSION AT THE TIME. THERE WAS NO LANDSCAPING, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH PARKING REALLY. SO WE'VE KIND OF BUILT OFF AND PHASED THE PROGRAM FROM THERE. THERE WAS NO IRRIGATION STUBBED IN THOSE ISLANDS IN THE, WHAT WE FOUND IS THE COMPLETE STRETCH ALSO HAD SIGNIFICANT LINE TREATMENT. SO THE EXCITING PART OF [02:00:01] ALL THIS IS, UM, WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE NOW TO AMEND THE SOILS WITHIN THOSE ISLANDS. WE'VE GOT CONTRACTORS AND OUR TEAM WORKING WITH WATER CONSERVATION TO GET QUOTES FOR INSTALLING THE METER, WHICH IS THERE NOW. THEN WE'RE GONNA RUN THE IRRIGATION THIS FALL AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, UH, COMPLETING THE PLANNING OF THOSE TREES LIKELY IN JANUARY, THE FIRST PART OF THE SPRING. SO THAT'S THE EXCITING PART. UM, YES, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE IT IN PHASE ONE. WE'D HAVE, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HEADSTART ON THE CANOPY. BUT THE EXCITING PART IS, UM, WE DO NOW HAVE RELIEF AND THANKS TO SOME OF THE EFFORTS BEHIND THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO DO MORE TREES AND MORE ISLANDS NOW THAT THE, THE BALL FIELD WAS EXTENDED AS WELL. UM, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP LATER IF YOU'VE GOT SPECIFICS ON TIMING, IF IT'S GONNA BE PURPLE PIPE. THE, THE PARK IS ON RECLAIMED WATER. YES. UM, AND ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE MCNAIR BALL FIELD. UH, STAFF DID MEET ON SITE THIS WEEK TO LAY OUT THE DIMENSIONS FOR TEMPORARY FENCING. IT IS, UH, A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT'S PROGRESS FOR US 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MULTI-USE IN A WAY THAT FEELS, UH, RIGHT FOR US. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THESE PLUGS PLACED. UH, WE'RE GONNA THEN ENGAGE THE GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COORDINATING THE MOWING SCHEDULE WITH THE PERMITS THAT ARE ISSUED OUT THERE. SO THE GROUPS ARE TAKING DOWN THE FENCE. WE MOW THE NEXT GROUP, PUTS UP THE FENCE. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LOGISTICS THAT'LL BE INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S GONNA INVOLVE PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER AND COMMUNICATING WHEN THERE'S ISSUES. UH, OUR PLAN IS TO ENGAGE THE DOG OWNERS AS WELL, PUT UP SOME SIGNAGE. UM, BUT WE REALLY DO HOPE THAT THE FOLKS WILL COME TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND TO SHARE THESE RESOURCES, TO PROTECT THEM. UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO BETTER TO WORK TOGETHER. SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. WE'LL PIVOT AND ADJUST AS WE NEED TO, BUT, UM, YEAH, GROUPS ARE OUT THERE DOING THE DIMENSIONS. I THINK THIS WEEK, UH, AND I'LL FOLLOW UP BY NEXT MONTH TO SEE KIND OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING OUT THERE. SO INTO COMMENTS, NEW FALL PROGRAMMING, WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A FEW NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE HEADING OUR WAY. WE'RE EXPANDING THE ADULT TENNIS CLASSES AND CLINICS, SOME PICKLEBALL ROUND ROBINS. UM, THANKSGIVING AND WINTER THEMED LEGO ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS AND AN EXPANDED SOCCER STARS PROGRAM THIS FALL. SO ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE ON, UM, THE CITY'S SITE AND ACTIVITY GUIDE ONLINE. SO POINT FOLKS IN THAT DIRECTION. SENIOR CENTER. THIS MONTH WE ARE HOSTING A HOME SUITE, HOME CARE COOKIE, BAKEOFF INVITATIONAL, UH, TO INTRODUCE A VARIETY OF HOME CARE ORGANIZATIONS TO OUR AGING ADULTS. WE ARE ALSO HOSTING A HARVEST MOON PASTA PARTY AND BOLLYWOOD MOVIES IN THE LIBRARY AND A NEW, UH, SRJC. OLDER ADULT CLASSES LIKE THE VINYL CLASSICS. UH, AGAIN, THE SENIOR CENTER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE ONLINE. WE PUSH PEOPLE TO GO THERE. UM, BUT TELL 'EM TO CONTACT US IF THEY PREFER A PRINT. ADULT SOFTBALL. WE HELD THE ADULT SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT THIS PAST, UH, IT'S A COUPLE WEEKS AGO NOW, SEPTEMBER 7TH, SO I GUESS IT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS. UH, PRINCE PARK, UH, WE HAD NINE TEAMS PARTICIPANT, UH, A FULL DAY FOR THE ADULT. SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE, UM, ADULTS HAVE A DAY TO PLAY. AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S FUN TOO. THE ADULT LEAGUE IS KICKED OFF, SO THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING, BOTH MEN'S AND CO-ED LEAGUES, UH, WEEKDAY EVENINGS AT PRINCE PARK. THE FOURTH MOVIES IN THE PARK IS NEXT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH. WE'LL BE PLAYING THE MOVIE UP AND IT'LL START RIGHT AFTER SUNSET AT LUC CASEY PARK. UH, THANK YOU FOR PLUGGING THE HARVEST BEETS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. UH, THAT WILL BE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE PUBLIC ART DEDICATION, SO KIND OF JOINING FORCES THERE, UM, WHICH I THINK IS WONDERFUL. UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, A COUPLE OF PERFORMANCES. THE HARVEST BEETS IS FOUR TO EIGHT, UM, BUT STICK AROUND. IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION OR UNVEIL IT, UM, IT'D BE A GOOD EXCUSE TO BE ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. SWITCHING GEARS TO THE PARK SIDE, UM, I LOVE THIS UPDATE. UH, IT'S LIKE MULCHING WEEK, UM, OR WOOD MULCH WEEK. I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA COME UP WITH A BETTER NAME, BUT, UM, THE PLAYGROUNDS WERE TOPPED OFF WITH ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER. THAT IS OUR FANCY WORD FOR THE PLAYGROUND GRADE WOOD CHIPS. SO, TAKE US BACK TO A TIME PRE-MEASURE M AND A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN PARKS. WE USED TO HAVE TO PICK WHICH PARKS THAT WE WOULD TOP OFF EACH YEAR AND ROTATE 'EM IN, RAKE 'EM, COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. WE'RE NOW AT A POINT, AGAIN, WITH THE ENHANCED MAINTENANCE INVESTMENTS OF MEASURE M. WE'RE TOPPING OFF ALL OF THE PLAYGROUNDS WITHIN TWO WEEKS. SO IT'S LIKE 930 CUBIC YARDS OF ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER OVER TWO WEEKS. IT'S THE MOST EXCITING THING, UM, [02:05:01] BECAUSE IT JUST GETS, YOU KNOW, JETTED INTO THESE PLAYGROUNDS, AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN LITERALLY JUST GET, GET EXCITED ABOUT IT. I DO. SO MULCHING WEEK, WE THINK WE'LL NEED TO REBRAND IT, BUT THAT'S AN EXCITING TIME. SO, UM, WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU'RE PROBABLY SEEING A PLAYGROUND TOPPED OFF THIS WEEK OR NEXT. PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS. THERE WERE SOME RECENT PARTS INSTALLED AT LEGHORNS, MCNAIR AND MCDOWELL. UM, LEGHORNS HAS A NUMBER OF SLIDES, TWO SLIDES, OPEN SLIDES, SO IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN YOU REPLACE ONE, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ON THE QUEUE. UM, SO WE DID GET THOSE, UH, COMMENTS. I, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SHARED 'EM, BUT WE ARE MEETING AND LOOKING AT, UH, A REFRESH AT LEG ARM. WHAT ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES WE CAN DO TO CLEAN THINGS UP? BUT AGAIN, TO REMIND THE COMMISSION, IF YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING OF A SAFETY CONCERN, A PROTRUDING PIECE OF METAL, UM, HATE SPEECH, ANYTHING, PLEASE DON'T WAIT FOR THE MEETING. UM, A LOT OF YOU COULD DO A GREAT JOB OF JUST A, A PICTURE, A SUBJECT LINE LETTING US WHERE IT IS. UM, OR IF YOU'RE GETTING STOPPED AT THE GROCERY STORE, UM, YOU KNOW, DIRECT 'EM TO STAFF OR THE ENGAGE APP, ESPECIALLY FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. PLEASE DON'T WAIT FOR THE MEETINGS. UM, BUT THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER GREAT STUFF DURING THE MEETINGS. ALSO SOME UPDATES. THE MCNAIR PARK, THERE WAS A, UM, THE LYNN KING HA, LYNN HAGGERTY KING MEMORIAL BENCH. THERE WAS A FOLLOW-UP PART OF THAT PROJECT. SO A CUSTOM MADE, UM, REALLY PRETTY STEEL BENCH WAS INSTALLED AT MCNAIR PARK. IF YOU, UM, ARE IN THE AREA, GO CHECK THAT OUT. CONTINUE TO INSTALL THE NEW OWL BOXES AND RAPTOR PERCHES. SO THE CREWS ARE BUILDING THESE IN THE YARD. THEY'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD AT HONING THE MODEL AND THE CRAFT THAT'S WORKS. WE'RE INCREASING OUR, UM, UH, OUR RENT, OUR OCCUPANCY OF THE BOXES. UH, SO WE, WE FOUND, AND I THINK WE SHOULD SHARE A VIDEO OF, WE DON'T EXPECT THEM ALWAYS TO BE NESTED AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, BUT THEY WERE CLEANING OUT THE BOXES AND THERE WAS, UM, UH, A FAMILY OF GATHERED IN THERE. AND WE'VE GOT A GOOD VIDEO OF 'EM, AND WE SHOULD SHARE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT SCENE OCCUPANCY IN THOSE BOXES. IT'S FUN. THE THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, THE MENTION OF THE LARA SIERRA COMMUNITY GARDEN RAMP UP. REALLY INTERESTING PROGRAM WITH PETALUMA BOUNTY UNDER PPSC, WHO, UM, PARTNERED WITH THIS INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION, GIRLS GARAGE THAT CAME IN AND, UM, BUILT BOXES, DID, UH, SHADE STRUCTURES. AND THEY'VE DONE THESE MOST INCREDIBLE, LIKE ADIRONDACK CHAIRS THAT LOOK, YOU KNOW, OUT OF A, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, A MAGAZINE THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. UM, AND IT'S REALLY EMPOWERING TO SEE THE PROGRAM THAT CAME IN AND REALLY EMBRACED NOT JUST THE JOB, BUT UM, THE DETAIL AND THE, UM, PRIDE THAT THEY TOOK IN. IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE. SO NOW IT'S, UM, CITIES AND BOUNTY WILL, WILL TAKE OVER DOING THE FINISHING OF THE GROUNDS, PREPPING THE SITES, GETTING THE WATER UP AND RUNNING. UM, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A MEETING, COMMUNITY MEETING FOR LAROC AIR TOMORROW NIGHT WHERE THEY'LL TALK ABOUT PLOTS, UH, AND PROCESS TO GET THAT GARDEN BACK. UH, IRRIGATION AND WORK AND GRAFFITI REALLY IS PICKING UP TOO. WE'RE TRYING TO FAST TRACK ANY OF THE IRRIGATION UPDATES BEFORE THE WINTERS SO WE CAN KIND OF GET, GET IN, UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT ADDING THAT AS MUCH TO THE PLATES IN THE SPRING WHERE THINGS ARE WAKING UP. SO, UM, BIG THANKS FOR THOSE ESPECIALLY THAT CAME OUT, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL CLEANUP ON SATURDAY. I THINK WE HAD OVER 70 OR 80 PARTICIPANTS. UM, THE SECTION REALLY WAS COVERED FROM LAKEVILLE TO NORTH MCDOWELL, BUT, UM, REBUILDING TOGETHER DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB HELPING TO FACILITATE AND GO, GO ON THE TRAIL. UM, IF YOU'VE EVER NEEDED A, AN EXCUSE, IT LOOKS GREAT. UM, AND WE REALLY WANNA, YOU KNOW, EMBRACE THIS MOMENTUM AND KEEP IT MAINTAINED AND MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO LIGHTING. WE'VE INSTALLED, UM, A COUPLE OF DOG WASTE DISPENSERS AND SOME PILOT SIGNAGE ON A FEW ENDS OF THE TRAIL. WE'RE PROBABLY INSTALLING A COUPLE MORE. UM, SO REALLY GOOD KIND OF MOMENTUM OUT THERE. AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO HAVE FOLKS STOP ON THE TRAIL AND SAY, I'M NEW TO PETALUMA, I'M VISITING, AND, AND REALLY, UM, BUILD OFF THAT ENERGY AND PRIDE PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR AMPLIFYING THAT AND, AND HELPING TO BE PART OF IT. AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS TONIGHT. I WANNA THANK KAT AND RACHEL, UM, AGAIN, FOR, NOT JUST WORKED ON THE AQUATICS PROGRAM, BUT UM, ALL THE ENERGY BEHIND SOME OF THESE UPDATES THAT YOU'RE HEARING. IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A TEAM EFFORT AS WELL AS APPRECIATING YOU ALL FOR STICKING THROUGH TONIGHT AND YOUR GREAT ENGAGEMENT ON THE, ON THE ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS EVERYONE. UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.