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[CALL TO ORDER]
I HAD LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER THIS, UH, MEETING OF THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2024.UH, LET'S START WITH, UH, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE'RE GONNA OH, NO, YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT.
I WAS LIKE LAST TIME I MESSED IT UP, THAT'S WHY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL MARY ANN BERTELLI.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE PETALUMA MASTER SWIM, UH, GROUP THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS EVENING.
UM, WE WILL START WITH ANNA GIBBONS, FOLLOWED BY LANE.
I AM THE TEAM LEADER FOR THE AMERICORPS AND TRIPLE C TEAM HERE IN PETALUMA.
UM, NCCC IS THE NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.
UM, WE ARE HERE PLANTING TREES WITH RELIEF, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH REBUILDING TOGETHER PETALUMA.
SO WE'RE JUST, UM, HERE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND, UM, THE WORK WE'RE DOING HERE IN PETALUMA.
SO, UH, WE ARE A TEAM OF 10 INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, UM, RANGING FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO OHIO AND NEW YORK ALL THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA.
SO WE HAVE JOSIAH FROM OHIO, JADE FROM CONNECTICUT, UH, TEDDY FROM ARIZONA.
WE HAVE KAI FROM MICHIGAN, DOMINICO FROM CALIFORNIA, ANDREW FROM MARYLAND, UH, RILEY FROM NEW YORK, MERCEDES FROM PENNSYLVANIA,
SO WE ARE A DI, A DIVER DIVERSE GROUP FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES HERE TO, UM, SERVE THE, THIS COMMUNITY OF PETALUMA.
UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST ROUND PROJECT.
UM, WE ARE A TEAM OF 17, ONE TEAM OF 17 WHO ARE ALL DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT, UM, THE PACIFIC REGION.
AND, UH, WE WORK WITH NONPROFITS AND GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE, UH, WORK ON REBUILDING, UM, AND BUILDING HOMES AND ALSO, UM, DISASTER RELIEF.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND WORKING WITH Y'ALL.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I'M A RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE FROM MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA.
UM, I'M A MEMBER OF BLUE TWO RN CCC TEAM.
UM, I JOINED AMERICORPS TO TAKE A GAP YEAR BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
AND SO FAR IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
I WANTED TO THANK RELIEF AND REBUILDING TOGETHER.
PETALUMA, WHO ARE OUR SPONSORS, WHO HAVE, UM, ALLOWED US TO HELP IN THE INITIATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL TREE PLANNING PROGRAM HERE IN PETALUMA.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN PLANTING, UH, TREES ACROSS THE CITY IN RESIDENCE YARDS.
UM, IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
UH, OUR DAY-TO-DAY LOOKS LIKE GETTING TO THE WOR UM, GETTING TO THE OFFICE, GATHERING TOOLS, GETTING SHUTTLED TO OUR INITIAL SITES AND THEN SHUTTLING UNTIL ABOUT LUNCHTIME AND IN THE AFTERNOON.
IT'S MUCH THE SAME EXCEPT A SMALL TEAM WILL SPEND THE AFTERNOON DELIVERING TOMORROW'S TREES.
UM, IT'S ABSOLUTELY, I MEAN, I LOVE IT.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE LOVE IT.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIVERSE WORK.
UM, ADOBE HAS BEEN OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE.
UM, SO SOME TREES TAKE LONGER THAN OTHERS, BUT, UM, MY FAVORITE PART, AND I THINK A LOT OF THE MEMBERS' FAVORITE PARTS HAVE BEEN THE PLANNING WE DID AT LARA, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE PLANTED 29 TREES THERE AND MY FAVORITE PART WAS HOW INVOLVED AND EXCITED ALL THE KIDS WERE.
UM, I REMEMBER GETTING ASKED IF I WAS A GHOSTBUSTER AND GETTING ASKED IF I WAS A GRAVE DIGGER, UM, BUT I'M JUST A TREE PLANTER.
SO, UM, IT WAS REALLY A LOT OF FUN.
AND SO FAR WE'VE PLANTED 116 TREES IN THE TWO AND A HALF WEEKS WE'VE BEEN HERE, AND WE HOPE TO PLAN A LOT MORE IN THE THREE AND A HALF WE HAVE LEFT.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU RELIEF AND REBUILDING TOGETHER, PETALUMA FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK.
IT IS NO SMALL FEAT TO PLANT 10,000 TREES, THAT'S
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FOR SURE.SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND LOT OF SARAH DID NOT GET TO GO, BUT I'M SURE IT LOOKS FANTASTIC.
[PRESENTATIONS]
MOVE ON.UM, TO OUR PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS LARA SARAH PARK.
UM, THIS IS WITH DAILY ACTS AND, UM, THE NATIVE PLANTING AND RAIN GARDEN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
WE'RE GONNA REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE NATIVE PLANTING, TURF CONSERVATION, AND RAINWATER CAPTURE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT LA RERA PARK.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH DAILY ACTS AND SPONSORED THROUGH THE LAND RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT EITHER CINDY OR DREW WILL KICK THIS OFF.
UM, YEAH, IT'D BE MY PLEASURE TO, UH, INTRODUCE THE, THE FOLKS FROM DAILY ACTS AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, EMILY NODEL AND EVA CASTRO PROGRAM COORDINATORS.
SO AS THEY COME UP, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CLERK PULL UP THEIR PRESENTATION SLIDES AND, UM, YOU ALL HAVE REMEMBERED LIKELY THAT, UH, THE DAILY HAS COME, COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION BEFORE, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL PARKS IDENTIFIED.
UH, THIS IS THE SECOND SITE FIRST BEING ME WALK THAT WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED LAST SPRING.
UH, SO NOW WE KIND OF HAVE A, A PROOF OF CONCEPT, UH, AND THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF WHAT THE SCOPE OF THAT LOOKS LIKE IN LARA.
AND WE ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE CAN KIND OF REALIZE THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
SO EXCITED TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH AVA AND EMILY WALK US THROUGH THIS.
UH, AND THEN, UM, BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK, AND REVIEW.
UM, SO APPRECIATE THAT AT THIS POINT.
UH, EMILY AND AVA, TAKE IT AWAY.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU DREW, FOR HAVING US HERE.
I AM A CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROGRAMS COORDINATOR AT DAILY ACTS, AND I'M JOINED HERE BY MY COLLEAGUE, AVA FAITH CASTRO.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OUR ORGANIZATION DAILY ACTS, WE ARE A ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NONPROFIT BASED HERE IN PETALUMA.
OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE CONNECTED, EQUITABLE AND CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.
A LOT OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE NOW IS LAND-BASED WATER CONSERVATION WORK HERE IN PETALUMA AND BEYOND SONOMA COUNTY.
UH, AS A REMINDER, I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAND RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, BUT, UM, WHAT THIS PROJECT IS IN COLLABORATION WITH THESE PARTNERS HERE THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE, AND Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM AS WELL, UM, IT'S A PROGRAM TO CREATE, UH, WATER CONSERVATION AND BUILD HABITAT BENEFITS THROUGH IRRIGATION RETROFITS, RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS, LAWN TRANSFORMATIONS, GRAY WATER AND NATIVE POLLINATOR HABITAT.
AND THIS PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY AT LA PARK IS OUR SECOND OF FIVE PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS PAIRED WITH 75 RESIDENTIAL INSTALLATIONS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ACROSS PETALUMA, FOCUSING ON THE DESIGNATED DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
SO AT DAILY ACTS, IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT AND CRUCIAL TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE INTERFACING WITH TO ENSURE THAT THE PROJECTS WE CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT AND WE IMPLEMENT ARE SUPPORTED AND BENEFICIAL TO ALL COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE THERE.
SO WHAT THIS LOOKED LIKE FOR THE LA PARK PROJECT IS, UM, TO ORIENT Y'ALL ON THE MAP HERE, UH, ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OR YEAH, ON THE SOUTHWEST WEST SIDE IS CORN DRIVE AND ON THE OTHER END THERE ALONG THE PINK AND BLUE ZONE IS BAYWOOD DRIVE.
ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO BE WORKING IN, UH, ZONE A, BUT AFTER WORKING AND CANVASSING THE COMMUNITY AND HOLDING A COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION IN AUGUST, WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE GREEN ZONE ZONE C WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BECAUSE THAT IS UNDERUTILIZED LAWN AND IT EXPERIENCES SEASONAL FLOODING ISSUES.
SO THE PROJECT THAT WE ULTIMATELY CHOSE TO IMPLEMENT IS ONE THAT WILL ALLEVIATE FLOODING ISSUES AS WELL AS SUPPORT THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE THERE.
SO, UH, NO NEED TO SQUINT AND LOOK SUPER HARD AT THIS IMAGE, BUT, UM, WE IN THIS ZONE ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING A RAIN GARDEN, AS I MENTIONED, WHICH IS AN INTENTIONAL DIVOT IN THE LANDSCAPE.
YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE ON THE LEFT SIDE HERE, WHICH IS, UH, AN INSTALL THAT WE DID BACK IN MAY AT ME WALK PARK.
SO WE WORKED AND, UH, ALONGSIDE THE SONOMA RCD TO ENGINEER A DESIGN THAT WOULD REALLY WORK WITH THE SPACE AND ALLOW
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FOR MORE GROUNDWATER RETENTION.SO BACK IN OCTOBER, UH, SHAFER CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING INSTALLED THIS RAIN GARDEN AND WE PARTNERED WITH CONSERVATION CORE NORTH BAY TO SHEET MULCH AND IMPLEMENT, UH, THAT PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT ALONG TO AVA TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLANT PALETTE AND ADDITIONAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.
UM, SO ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF, UM, WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE PLANTINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
SO WE CREATED EMILY AND MYSELF A WHOLE PLANT PALETTE OF THE PLANTS THAT WE PLAN TO INCLUDE AND ALSO A PLANT DESIGN.
UH, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THESE SLIDES BECAUSE IT'S VERY COMPLEX TO LOOK AT, BUT WE DID SHARE IT WITH DREW AND THE REST OF THE CITY.
UM, SO IF YOU WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AT ANY POINT, I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
BUT, UM, OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY HAVE A LOT OF PLANTS ON THIS LANDSCAPE THAT HAVE POLLINATOR, UH, BENEFITS AS LONG AS WELL AS TAKE UP LESS WATER OR NEED LESS IRRIGATION THAN REGULAR CONVENTIONAL LAWN.
SO SOME OF THIS INCLUDES MILKWEED, FUCHSIA, YARO, AND ASTOR.
SO NOT ONLY IS THIS GONNA BE BRINGING IN POLLINATORS AND PROVIDING HABITAT, BUT IT'S GONNA BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND PROVIDE A SENSE OF LEARNING FOR THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PASSER BUYERS.
SO IT'S GONNA HAVE GREAT CURB APPEAL.
WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL.
WE HAVE SHRUBS AND LARGER GROWTH PLANTS, AGAIN, PROVIDING HABITAT, UH, MANZANITAS, TOYONS, BUSH AND ENEMIES, AND WHITE SAGE.
SO ALL OF THESE, UH, WE'RE PLAYING WITH LAYERS HERE TOO.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA PROVIDE, AGAIN, HABITAT.
ALL OF THESE PLANTS ARE CLIMATE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA AND TAKE UP A LOT LESS WATER AND HAVE MUCH DEEPER ROOTS FOR THAT GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AGAIN.
WE ARE FOCUSING ON PLANTING NATIVE GRASSES MAINLY IN THE RAIN GARDEN, BUT THROUGHOUT THAT ZONE SEA THAT WE, UH, THAT EMILY SHOWED.
UM, SO WE HAVE FESS, SEDGE, AND DEERGRASS.
AND AGAIN, THESE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEQUESTER CARBON AND SINK WATER DOWN INTO THE SOIL.
SO THAT HELPS WITH GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND ALSO JUST NEEDING LESS IRRIGATION.
UM, AND FINALLY WE HAVE MORE RAIN GARDEN PLANTS ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, WHICH ARE ECHINACEA AND GRAY RUSH.
SO A LOT OF THESE PLANTS ARE, ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL AND PROVIDE SO MANY BENEFITS.
AND AGAIN, THAT CURB APPEAL AND AESTHETICS ARE STILL SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE, UH, GIVEN THIS DESIGN A LOT OF THOUGHT AND THOUGHTFULNESS ABOUT THE PLANTING PLAN AND EXACTLY WHERE THEY WILL GO.
UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE PLANTING PLAN FULLY AND LOOKING MORE INTO OUR WHOLE LIST OF PLANTS, YOU CAN FIND THAT ON OUR WEBSITE@DAILYACTS.ORG, AND YOU CAN FIND THAT BY GOING TO THE UPCOMING EVENTS.
AND WE HAVE A WHOLE PAGE ABOUT THE LA PARK PROJECT, SO PLEASE CHECK THAT OUT.
WE HAVE SURVEYS ON THERE, COMMUNITY INPUT, UM, COMMUNITY HAS SIGNED UP FOR NEWSLETTERS ON THAT SITE.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS FROM THIS PROJECT.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL SEE A LIST OF ALL OF THESE AMAZING BENEFITS.
SO, UM, THE MAIN THING THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON IS, UH, WATER SAVED.
AND, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE EXISTING LAWN TAKES OVER 400,000 GALLONS.
WITH THIS, UH, MULCH LANDSCAPE WITH NATIVE PLANTS AFTER ESTABLISHED, IT'LL ONLY TAKE ABOUT 50,000.
SO THAT'S A SAVINGS OF OVER 368,000 GALLONS OF WATER PER YEAR.
NOT ONLY THAT, WE'RE PROVIDING, UH, A SENSE OF PLACE COMMUNITY CURB APPEAL.
UM, IT'S AGAIN, SEQUESTERING CARBON DRAWING DOWN, WARMING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON INTO THE WATER OR INTO THE GROUND.
AND THEN ALSO ANY RUNOFF WILL BE, UH, DI DIRECTED TO THE STORM DRAINS USING THAT RAIN GARDEN, SO SINKING IN THE RAINWATER AND THEN FILTERING IT SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MORE FLOODING ISSUES ON THAT SITE.
UM, SO A LOT OF, A LOT OF AMAZING BENEFITS FROM THIS PROGRAM.
UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, LOW, LOW MAINTENANCE SITE.
SO INSTEAD OF NEEDING TO MOW THE LAWN, IT'S JUST GONNA NEED WEEDING SOME MULTRY APPLICATION AND PLANT CARE AS LONG AS WELL AS, UH, RAIN GARDENS CLEARING THAT DEBRIS FROM THE OVERFLOW.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, DAILY ACTS OFTEN GOES OUT TO MAINTAIN ONCE IN A WHILE.
SO, UM, AND TURNING OFF THE IRRIGATION IN WINTER, WHICH I BELIEVE THE PARKS ALREADY DO.
SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN CONSIDERATIONS.
NOW WE HAVE A PLANTING DAY, UH, NEXT SLIDE COMING UP.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE PLANT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE REALLY WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, WE DON'T LIKE TO IMPOSE UPON, BUT RATHER COMPOSE WITH.
SO HENCE THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND THE ENGAGEMENT, THE SURVEYS, UM, THEY WERE ALONG FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM, UH, SELECTION OF THE SITE.
SO ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, FROM 10 TO THREE, WE WILL BE PLANTING ALL THESE PLANTS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
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UM, AND YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION@DAILYACTS.ORG SLASH UPCOMING EVENTS.AND WE REALLY DO NEED HELP SPREADING THE WORD.
SO, UH, WE HAVE, UH, FLYERS ONLINE TOO, AND WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO HELP IF YOU COULD ALL HELP US SPREAD THE WORD.
'CAUSE WE REALLY WANT, UM, THE COMMUNITY SHOW UP.
WE'LL BE WORKING RAIN OR SHINE, BUT, UH, IF, UH, THAT'S REALLY IT, THAT'S ABOUT THE PROJECT.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION? NO.
WERE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS PRESENTATION? NO.
UM, ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY FEEDBACK FROM, OH, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST GO TO THE RIGHT.
ALWAYS POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR DAILY ACTS.
UM, THIS LOOKS LIKE AN AWESOME PROJECT.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT FULLY ESTABLISHED.
IF YOU DO, UH, TAKE TIME AND WANNA LOOK AT THE DESIGN AND HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, FEEL FREE TO COMMUNICATE WITH AVA AND I ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I JUST WANNA SAY WHAT A PARTNERSHIP THIS IS.
I KEEP HEARING ABOUT LA TRO IN MANY DIFFERENT ARENAS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF PARTNERS INVOLVED, AND I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
I KNOW THAT THE CITY STILL HAS TO DO A LOT OF WORK COORDINATING ALL THE PARTNERS, BUT THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE CITY COULD DO ALL OF THIS ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT THESE PARTNERS INVOLVED.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS A MODEL FOR OTHER PARKS GOING FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, I, BUT I KNOW IT'S STILL A TON OF TIME ON YOU ALL.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE COORDINATING AND WORKING WITH EVERYONE DOWN THERE.
UH, OR SORRY, COMMISSIONER ELLI.
OH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE, UH, DAILY ACTS AND THE AMERICORPS CREW AGAIN.
UH, THEY DID A PRESENTATION AT OUR TREE ADVISORY MEETING EARLIER.
AND, UH, HAVING COME FROM A BACKGROUND MYSELF WORKING WITH THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS WHEN I WAS, UM, 18, UM, AND WORKING ON HABITAT RESTORATION AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS LIKE THAT, I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC THING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN.
AND AGAIN, I HOPE THAT, UM, ALL OF YOU CONTINUE IN YOUR, UH, EFFORTS TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO WORK FOR, UM, TO HELP MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU CONSIDER CAREERS IN THE FUTURE.
I WORKED FOR, UH, ALMOST 30 YEARS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND NOW I'M TRYING TO SHARE MY KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER A CAREER, UM, IN THAT'S CONNECTED IN SOME WAY TO HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE SO DESPERATELY NEED THAT.
WELL, AND TO THE AMERICORPS, IT'S WELCOME TO PETALUMA.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS RAINING, SO
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR VOLUNTEERISM AND DAILY ACTS.
I, UM, ENJOY MAYWOOD PARK SO MUCH.
IT'S TWO BLOCKS FROM MY HOME AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TO SEE, UM, LA BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A HUGE IMPROVEMENT TO ME WALK.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK AND VISION.
AND FOR FUTURE PARK, THERE'S A NEED AT SOUTHGATE.
THERE IS A LOT OF WATER THAT JUST SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR GRASSY AREA AS CINDY AND DREW CAN TELL YOU.
UM, AND WE, IT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A RAIN GARDEN.
YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK INTO IT.
AND THANK YOU DAILY XI THANKED YOU IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THE OTHER DAY.
YOU ALL WERE OUT IN THE RAIN PLANTING A A, A HOUSE.
AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, YOU GUYS STILL WORK IN THE RAIN? AMAZING.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OUR NEXT ITEM, WE'RE GONNA APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 16TH, 2024.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES OR COMMENTS TO THOSE? NO.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE ANY MOTIONS REGARDING THE MINUTES? I MOTION THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED.
WE HAVE APPROVED THE MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 16TH.
CAN I JUST ABSTAIN? I WASN'T HERE.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
THE NEXT UH, AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.WE'VE GOT, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE.
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THIS IS THE 2025 ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM.WE'RE GONNA REVIEW, DISCUSS, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED FRAMEWORK OF THE UPDATED ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM THAT WAS A LOT OF ADOPT A PARKS THERE.
UM, CINDY, BRING US INTO THE LIGHT.
I'M BRINGING BACK TO YOU, UM, THE ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM FOR 2025, IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN FEBRUARY.
WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO YOU FOR SOME FEEDBACK.
SO NOW WE'RE BRINGING BACK FOR, UM, REVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO FOR THE 2025 YEAR.
SO, LIKE YOU HAD ALREADY SAID, WE'RE HERE TO, YOU KNOW, REVIEW AND DISCUSS ON THE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE PILOT PROGRAM, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A SHIFT FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, RIGHT? FROM WHAT THE CURRENT ADOPTED PROGRAM WAS BY THE REC COMMISSION.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, PRIOR TO 2009, AND THE DISCUSSION HAPPENED THROUGHOUT 2008, AND AT THE FIRST MEETING OF 2009, THE CURRENT PROGRAM WAS ADOPTED.
BUT PRIOR TO THAT, WE REALLY HAD A PROGRAM WHERE IT WAS AN ANNUAL ONE-OFF.
WHEN GROUPS REACHED OUT, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT SUPPORTED THESE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED ANNUALLY IS THAT IN THE SPRINGTIME, GENERALLY RIGHT, GROUPS ARE LIKE, WE WANNA DO SOME VOLUNTEER WORK.
SO YOU'D HAVE THIS KIND OF INFLUX OF GROUPS ASKING FOR THINGS THEY CAN DO IN PARKS AND APRIL AND MAY, AND THEN YOU DO A FEW THINGS AND THEN YOU'D MOVE ON FROM THAT.
SO THAT PROCESS DIDN'T ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY TO BE COORDINATED AND TO REALLY, I THINK, PROVIDE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT'S, UM, MOST EFFECTIVE BOTH TO THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
SO WE, BACK IN 2009, THE REC COMMISSION AT THAT TIME ADOPTED THE CURRENT PROGRAM.
AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, AND YOU HEARD FROM ME PREVIOUSLY, THAT PREVIOUS PROGRAM WAS REALLY MEANT FOR MORE ORGANIZED GROUPS.
AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DAILY ACTS A RELIEF, BUT IT ALSO COULD HAVE BEEN A GROUP OF NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS THAT WANTED TO COME TOGETHER AND SAY, WE WANNA ADOPT OUR PARK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE INTENT OF THAT WAS GREAT, RIGHT? AND ON, ON THE SURFACE IT SOUNDS LIKE, YEAH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIVE CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE GONNA COME TOGETHER, WE'LL GET ALL THE NEIGHBORS TOGETHER, WE'LL GET A COMMUNITY GROUP MAYBE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THIS PARK AND THEY'LL ADOPT IT.
AND THERE WERE SOME ITEMS WITH THAT THAT CAME, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO VOLUNTEER FOR SIX MONTHS.
YOU HAD TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS COMMITMENT.
YOU HAD TO SIGN OFF ON A LETTER.
BUT REALLY WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRACTION WITH THAT, RIGHT? IT WAS REALLY HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO SAY, I'M GONNA COMMIT FOR SIX MONTHS OF MY LIFE THAT I'M GONNA CONSISTENTLY COME OUT AND DO THIS WORK IN A PARK.
AND MAYBE, MAYBE THAT COULD BE REEVALUATED AT SOME POINT.
BUT AT THAT POINT IT DIDN'T WORK.
AND THEN CURRENTLY IT, IT'S, WE WANNA KIND OF MOVE AWAY FROM THAT MODEL.
SO THIS WAS THE FLYER THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY TOO.
THAT WAS AT THE TIME FOR THE ADOPT PARK.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE MIDDLE THERE, THERE'S THE GAZEBO FROM WALNUT PARK, RIGHT? AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG KIND OF CAPITAL ADOPTIONS THAT THE PETALUMA SERVICE ALLIANCE HELPED WITH.
UM, BUT THERE WAS THIS INTENT THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS GONNA RUN AND BE REALLY GREAT FOR THE CITY.
AND WE WERE GONNA GET A LOT OF, UM, SUPPORT THROUGH IT.
BUT I THINK AS WE KNOW, LIFE HAPPENS, RIGHT? GET BUSY, YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN, WORK HAPPENS AND IS HARD TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT PETALUMA IS REALLY GOOD AT COMMUNITY COLLABORATION.
WE HAVE THAT EXAMPLE HERE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.
WE HAVE TWO GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH ALL THE TIME THAT DO AMAZING PROJECTS.
PETALUMA GARDEN CLUB IS ONE OF THEM THAT WE'VE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH FOR YEARS.
UM, NOT ONLY DO THEY TAKE CARE OF AREAS IN OUR PARKS, THE SENIOR CENTER, THE VISITOR CENTER, I MEAN WICKERSHAM, I THINK IS THEIR, THEIR HALLMARK.
YOU KNOW, THEIR BEAUTIFUL ROSES, THEIR NATIVE PLANT GARDEN.
AND WE'VE HAD A RELATIONSHIP FOR A LONG TIME.
SOME UNIQUE ONES LIKE THE PATON CLUB AT OAK HILL, RIGHT? THEY MAINTAIN THAT, THAT SPACE.
AND THEY DO, THEY HAVE THAT COMMITMENT.
THEY DO ALSO HAVE A RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL, WHICH IS NOT NORMAL.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ANY OTHER GROUP.
I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO OUT AT SCHOENBERGER.
AND NOT JUST THE WORK TO MAINTAIN, BUT ALSO THE DOCENT WORK, THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT THEY RUN.
UM, THE INTERACT CLUBS, THEY DO THE ANNUAL C CREEK CLEANUPS, FRIENDS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER, I'M, YOU KNOW, THE CLEANUPS, UM, THE CAMP PROGRAMS THEY PUT ON THE CANOE AND THE KAYAK PROGRAM THEY PUT ON, UM, PELOMA SERVICE ALLIANCE.
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WALNUT PARK IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
RELIEF PETALUMA AND THE ALMOST 2000 TREES THEY'VE PLANTED IN THE GROUND.
SO WE JUST HAVE SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY COLLABORATION WITH GROUPS.
UM, PETALUMA HAS A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE DO SHOW UP.
SO WITH THAT, WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE HAD THIS PROGRAM BEFORE WE HAVE AN ADOPTED PROGRAM.
NOW WE NEED SOME HELP BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT WORKING IN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD'VE HOPED BACK IN 2009.
AND AT THE POINT, COMMISSIONERS GAVE FEEDBACK, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WAS BE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS, HOW YOU'RE GONNA SCOPE IT, MAKE SURE YOU, YOUR
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STAFFING CAN SUPPORT IT.CREATE A PROGRAM THAT CAN BE REPEATED EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
IF YOU'RE NEXT TO A SCHOOL, WORK WITH THE SCHOOL, SEE IF THERE'S SOME SYNERGY.
CAN YOU HAVE A DAY WHERE YOU CAN GET THE SCHOOL TO COME OUT? AND WE CAN DO BOTH A CLEANUP DAY AT BOTH THE SCHOOL AND AT THE PARK, AND THEN TO WORK ON THE MOMENTUM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
'CAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN, IN OUR PARK.
UM, AND ONE OF THE HALLMARKS IS THAT WHEN WE KICK THIS OFF, LET'S CREATE WHAT STARTED OFF WITH AN AGE FRIENDLY, FAMILY FRIENDLY KIND OF EVENT, RIGHT? THOSE WERE THE KINDS OF FEEDBACKS THAT YOU GUYS GAVE US.
SO WE TOOK THAT AND WE COME BACK TO YOU WITH WHY DID WE, WHY DO WE NEED A PILOT PROGRAM? WE NEED TO BE ORGANIZED, RIGHT? WE CAN'T, WHAT WE'VE SHOWN BEFORE IS THAT HAVING GROUPS JUST COME TO US, STRETCHES OUR RESOURCES FROM THE CITY STAFF SIDE.
WE WANNA COMPLIMENT THE PARKS MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS MORE MANUAL METHODS.
WE'VE GOT A NEW IPM IN PLACE AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED WITHIN OUR PARKS.
UM, WE WANT TO TRANSITION TO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE SEASONAL THAT VOLUNTEERS WILL KNOW WILL HAPPEN ANNUALLY AT A CERTAIN TIME OF YEAR, RIGHT? SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT ONCE WE GET IT ESTABLISHED, THE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW, OH, IT'S, IT'S APRIL.
IT'S TIME FOR THAT PARK CLEANUP DAY.
WE WONDER WHICH PARK IT IS THIS YEAR.
UM, AND WE WANNA ALIGN WITH WHAT THE DEPARTMENT GOALS ARE AND THE COMMUNITY VALUES FOR OUR PARKS.
AND THE ONE THING WE HEAR IS THAT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY VALUES ARE PARKS.
THEY WANT, THEY WANT A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE THAN WE CAN CURRENTLY PROVIDE.
AND HOW CAN THEY TAKE OWNERSHIP IN THAT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE.
THAT'S WHY A PILOT PROGRAM, RIGHT? WE WANNA SEE IF THIS WILL WORK, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT WE HAD BEFORE WASN'T WORKING.
SO THE GOALS OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE FOR AN ANNUAL, ANNUAL ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM.
EVENTS THAT CAN BE REPLICATED EVERY YEAR, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PARKS CAN BE CHOSEN ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH AND ASSESS AND WE SAY, WHEN WE SAY WE, THE COMMISSIONERS ARE ASSESSING THE PARKS TO NOMINATE, TO BRING FORWARD, THAT THERE IS A CRITERIA THAT YOU USE THAT AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR PARK.
UM, AND IN THE FIRST YEAR WE WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THREE EVENTS.
TWO OF THOSE WILL BE CHOSEN IN PARKS, AND THE THIRD ONE WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE ARBOR DAY EVENT.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE ARBOR DAY EVENT HAS FLUCTUATED BETWEEN PLANTING ONE TREE TO SHEET MULCHING TO PLANTING OVER 200 TREES.
UM, AND THERE'S TALK ABOUT EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS AND DOING OTHER THINGS.
SO REALLY IT WOULD BE SOMETHING VERY, VERY ROBUST.
SO THIS IS PART OF OUR PROPOSED CRITERIA BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING THOUGHTFUL AS WE GO THROUGH OUR PARKS AND HOW WE CHOOSE THEM.
UM, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE AMENITIES ARE REVIEWED AND THAT THERE'S A CRITERIA PROVIDED FOR THAT.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PICK BETWEEN THE EAST, THE WEST AND THE CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ALL OF OUR EVENTS IN ONE PART OF THE CITY.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE EVALUATORS HAVE A TOOL TO USE.
SO THERE'S A FORM THAT YOU SAW IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, AND I'LL SHOW YOU HERE SHORTLY IN THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT IN THE WAY WE'RE EVALUATING.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THE PARK HAS HAD AN ADOPT A PARK EVENT IN THE LAST YEAR, IT'S NOT CHOSEN AGAIN.
SO THAT WE HAVE A ROTATION OF THE PARKS THAT WE GO THROUGH SO THAT WE DON'T END UP AT THE SAME THREE PARKS EVERY YEAR.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ARBOR DAY IS ONE OF THE THREE EVENTS AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A THOUGHT THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVENTS THAT ARE NOT JUST ON WEEKENDS, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME FEEDBACK THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON WEEKENDS, AND IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO HAVE A WEEK EVENT AND WE MIGHT REACH DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
SO THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING AS A PILOT MAYBE WE'LL SEE.
AND IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS TO COME AT A, AT A TUESDAY AND THEN MAYBE WE TRY A WEDNESDAY AND THAT, THAT'S WHY THIS WOULD BE A REALLY FLEXIBLE PILOT PROGRAM.
AND THESE ARE JUST, I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH EVERYONE, BUT THIS IS A PROPOSED SCOPE.
THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, BUT JUST THINGS THAT ARE EASY FOR VOLUNTEERS TO DO, RIGHT? WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A PARK, YOU'RE GONNA ASK SOMEBODY TO COME OUT.
NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO SAY LIKE A PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER OR A CONSTRUCTION WORKER.
SO IT'S LIKE, WHAT CAN YOU DO? I'M LIKE, I TELL MY STAFF ALL THE TIME, YOU DON'T WANT ME TO DO ELECTRICAL WORK.
I CAN READ AN ELECTRICAL SCHEMATIC, BUT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY WANT ME TO DO THE ELECTRICAL WORK, RIGHT?
SO WHAT COULD I AS CINDY GO OUT AND DO? I'M LIKE, WELL, I CAN PICK UP TRASH, I CAN CLEAN GRAFFITI, I CAN REMOVE WEEDS.
AND EVEN IN MY SMALL YARD, I, YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY WEEDING IS A REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT, WE WANNA MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT'S EASY FOR ANYBODY TO BE ABLE TO DO, RIGHT? AND TO ALLOW FOR VARIOUS KIND OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE PARK THAT WE CHOOSE.
THIS IS WHAT THE EVALUATION FORM LOOKS IN, HAS SAYS DRAFT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT FINAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK AND LIKE, DOES THIS LOOK GOOD? IS THERE ANYTHING WE SHOULD ADD? IS THERE ANYTHING WE SHOULD DELETE? BUT THIS IS WHAT WE SEE AS A NOMINATION FORM.
NOW THIS ISN'T WITHOUT, THERE ARE SOME FINANCIAL IMPACTS AND THERE'S THINGS THAT I CAN SHARE
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WITH YOU AND THINGS THAT I, THINGS THAT ARE UNKNOWN BECAUSE IT WILL DEPEND ON THE PARK AND THE EVENT BECAUSE DIFFERENT PARKS HAVE DIFFERENT AMENITIES.UM, BUT SOME FIXED COST FOR US CURRENTLY, LIKE ARBOR MULCH IS WHAT WE USE IN OUR PARKS.
LATEX GLOVES COST ABOUT $28 A BOX DEPENDING ON WHICH ONES YOU BUY.
COMPOSTABLE TRASH BAGS, $115 CARTON AND FIVE GALLON BUCKETS.
NOW ONCE WE HAVE ENOUGH FIVE GALLON BUCKETS, WE WON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE THOSE EVERY YEAR, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER COSTS.
LIKE IF YOU'RE DOING PAINTING PICNIC TABLES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUY PAINT, RIGHT? SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SITE.
UM, IF YOU'RE DOING GRAFFITI REMOVAL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE POWER WASHERS AND OTHER THINGS TO USE.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT SI SITE SPECIFIC AND EVENT SPECIFIC FOR THAT YEAR.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF STAFF TIME, THERE ARE FINAL FINANCIAL IMPACTS TO PUTTING ON THESE EVENTS AS, AS A DEPARTMENT AND AS A CITY.
DOES THIS SOUND GOOD? WHAT SHOULD WE CHANGE? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? UM, SO FEEDBACK IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UM, ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, COMMISSIONER KELLY.
UM, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR IT WAS, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAD LIKE 10 GROUPS AT WICKERSHAM IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
SO BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTED TO DO WICKERSHAM 'CAUSE IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PARK, BUT THEN IT WAS THE PARK THAT KEPT GETTING REQUESTED AND, AND TAKEN CARE OF.
SO WITH THAT, PART OF THE REASON THAT WE HAD 10 GROUPS AT WICKERSHAM WAS BECAUSE THOSE GROUPS WERE REQUESTING WICKERSHAM, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN, I'M JUST GONNA SAY A NAME LIKE ROTARY COMES AND SAYS, WE SEE A NEED AT MCNAIR, WE WANNA DO MCNAIR.
OR THE MOTHER'S CLUB SAYS WE WANNA REPLACE THE SAND AT WALNUT.
HOW ABOUT THAT? HOW ARE YOU GONNA HANDLE THOSE ONE-OFFS? ARE YOU GONNA TRY TO FUNNEL THEM OR ARE YOU GONNA TRY? HOW ARE YOU GONNA HANDLE THAT? I THINK IT, IT'S BOTH BECAUSE LIKE THE, THE MOMMY'S CLUB, THEY HAVE APPROACHED US BEFORE IN THE PAST SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO IN WHAT PARK? RIGHT? AND SO IT'S NOT BEEN SPECIFIC TO A CERTAIN PARK, BUT THEY HAVE AT TIMES ALSO COME AND SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THE SAND IN THIS PARK.
SO I THINK WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AS A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
WE WOULD WANT TO TRY AND CREATE A PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS TWICE A YEAR RIGHT.
BUT IF THERE'S A ONE-OFF AND THAT PROJECT MAKES SENSE, THEN WE, WE'D LIKELY SUPPORT IT, RIGHT? SO IT'S, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE AS THEY COME IN AND THERE'S GONNA BE THINGS THAT ARE BIGGER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT YOU GET SUPPORT.
AND I THINK WALNUT PARK IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IT, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE PETALUMA SERVICE ALLIANCE THAT CAN GET BEHIND, OR A ROTARY THAT CAN GET BEHIND AND THEY CAN REALLY HELP US DO A CAPITAL PROJECT IN A PARK, WE WOULDN'T WALK AWAY FROM THE COLLABORATION, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BUT WE WANNA CREATE KIND OF THIS PROGRAM WHERE THE GENERAL COMMUNITY WILL KNOW AND BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE EVENTS THAT WE DO A FEW TIMES A YEAR THAT THEY CAN ALWAYS LOOK TO AND COME VOLUNTEER AT REGISTER TO COME VOLUNTEER, RIGHT? IT'S A CINDY, I WANNA DO SOMETHING GREAT IN MY COMMUNITY.
OH LOOK, I CAN COME IN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER AND THEY'RE GONNA DO TWO KIND OF EVENTS AND PARKS.
THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS OUTSIDE OF THE, THE ONE-OFFS.
ANY OTHER CLARIFYING? CLARIFYING? UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH CINDY, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I THOUGHT PETALUMA HAD A FREE MULCH FOR RESIDENCE PROGRAM.
WAS THAT THROUGH DAILY ACTS OR IS IT THROUGH THE CITY? NO, THAT'S THROUGH WATER CONSERVATION.
SO WHEN YOU ARE, UM, SWITCHING OVER YOUR KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR LANDSCAPING AT YOUR HOME AND YOU'RE REDUCING YOUR WATER USAGE AND YOU WANT MULCH, THEY WILL PROVIDE MULCH AND UM, CARDBOARD FOR YOU TO DO THAT CONVERS.
'CAUSE YOU LISTED IT AS AN EXPENSE, RIGHT? I THOUGHT SO.
IN THE CITY, CAN'T WE GET IT FREE WHEN WE, WHEN WE TRIM THESE TREES AND MULCH ALL THOSE LIMBS AND BRANCHES AND ISN'T THAT MULCH? SO IN, IN CITY PARKS WHEN WE'RE MULCHING, WE ARE NOT PRIVY TO THE MULCH MADNESS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A RESIDENTIAL CONSUMER.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE WE'VE HAD COLLABORATION WHERE WE SAY IF WE ARE CONVERTING A TURF AREA OKAY.
AND WATER CONSERVATION WANTS TO SUPPORT IT.
BUT IN GENERAL, ANNUAL MULCHING, LIKE AROUND THE TREES, WE PURCHASE IT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN DON'T WE MAKE OUR OWN MULCH BY ALL THOSE TREE LIMBS AFTER THE WINTERTIME? GENERALLY, NO.
SO ONLY FIRE WILL DO A CHIPPER PROGRAM THAT THEY DO ANNUALLY.
AND THERE'S UM, THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH BEETLES AND OTHER, OTHER KIND OF THINGS THAT COULD BRING DISEASE TO YOUR TREES AND PARKS.
SO WE'RE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE USE AND WHAT WE SPREAD WHERE YEAH.
AND I KNOW PLAYGROUND PARKS, IT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN ENGINEER GRADE AND SAME WITH SAND.
IT, IT CAN'T JUST BE ANY OLD SANDER.
UM, ALSO I WAS THINKING, UM, THE ROSE GARDEN, THERE'S ONE AT THE, UM, ART CENTER AND THEN THERE'S WICKERSHAM HAS A LOT OF ROSES AND EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS SAYING, HOW DO I TRIM MY ROSES? COULDN'T WE HAVE AN EDUCATION
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DAY WHERE PEOPLE ARE LEARNING? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE ANYBODY, IT'S LIKE AN ARBORIST.PEOPLE ARE LIKE, HOW DO I TRIM MY OWN TREES? OR HOW DO I TRIM THIS, YOU KNOW, SHRUB OR WHATEVER.
CAN WE TURN IT INTO AN EDUCATION? I THINK ABSOLUTELY.
WE, WE'D WORK WITH THE PETAL OF MY GARDEN CLUB.
THEY DO COME IN AND THEY DO, ESPECIALLY MARTHA LUTHER KING DAY.
THEY COME IN, THEY DO A SERVICE DAY AT WORKER SH PARK.
SO WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEM IF WE, THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT ABSOLUTELY WE COULD WORK WITH THEM ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I'M LIKE, I'M ALWAYS THINKING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO GO ON YOUTUBE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TRIM MY, MY ROSE BUSHES EVERY WINTER.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS A, A LOT OF THE POLLINATOR GARDENS I SPEND LIKE THE LAST MONTH WHEN IT WAS SUNNY DEADHEADING AND THEN SAVING ALL THOSE SEED PODS.
AND EVEN WHEN I GO ON A WALK, I LIKE, OH, I'LL JUST DEADHEAD THIS NEIGHBOR'S PLANT.
'CAUSE I REALLY LIKE IT AND I HAVE THE SEEDS WE, THAT COULD ALSO TURN INTO AN EDUCATION, BUT WE COULD THEN COLLECT THE SEEDS AND THEN SPREAD 'EM IN THE SPRINGTIME.
I, I'M JUST THINKING AHEAD FOR EDUCATION AND SINCE WE'RE NEXT TO A SCHOOL, AND YOU CAN TELL I MISS TEACHING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO DO ALL DURING, UH, RECESS WHEN, UM, IT'S LIKE, OH, LET'S GO DEADHEAD THESE PLANTS AND SAVE THE SEEDS.
AND ANYWAY, UM, IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT.
AND I KNOW THE SOUTHGATE NEIGHBORS HAVE PLANTED ALL POLLINATOR MM-HMM.
UM, THE, UM, FAIRGROUNDS, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IN THERE TO DO ANY BIG PLANTING YET, BUT I KNOW IT'S COMING UP.
AND WHEN LIVE OAK LEAVES, THAT SCHOOL HAS A WONDERFUL AMOUNT OF GARDENS HAPPENING IN PLANTS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADD THAT TO OUR LIST OF PARKS TO GO IN AND HELP SPRUCE UP.
'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
THE VOLUNTEERS SPRUCING UP AROUND THE MUSEUM MM-HMM.
SO JUST PUT THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND FOR A FUTURE PROJECTS AND THE HAVING THE VOLUNTEERS, THE COMMUNITY COME FORWARD.
DO WE HAVE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT? NOPE.
DIDN'T THINK SO, BUT JUST IN CASE.
LET'S BRING IT INTO, UH, COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION.
UM, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT OF ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, IS THERE SPACE IN THE BUDGET TO PUT A CALL OUT TO RESIDENTS IS, I'M JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THE PROCESS.
IS IT LIKE ONLY IF THESE NOMINATIONS FOR THESE PARKS OR I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW YOU PHRASED IT COME THROUGH? OR IS THERE, UM, MONEY TO, YOU KNOW, WIDELY SOLICIT SUGGESTIONS AND GROUPS AND HOW ARE WE GONNA GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN ACTIVATED? SO I THINK THERE'S TWO PARTS TO YOUR QUESTION.
NUMBER ONE, THE NOMINATING PART AND HOW DO WE REACH OUT FOR THE FIRST YEAR? WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMISSIONERS AND IN THE STAFF REPORT IT SHOW, YOU KNOW, LISTS THAT TO BRING BACK THE NOMINATIONS BASED ON THE EVALUATION FORM SO THAT YOU CAN DISCUSS AND PUT FORWARD TWO PARKS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS THE FIRST INAUGURAL ADOPT A PARK EVENTS FOR 2025.
BEYOND THAT, IF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD TALK AFTER THE SECOND EVENT TO SAY WHAT WORKED, WHAT DO WE WANNA CHANGE? WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? SO AT THAT POINT WE MIGHT WANNA OPEN IT UP TO SAY DO WE TAKE COMMUNITY NOMINATIONS? HOW DOES THAT LOOK LIKE NOW ACTIVATING COMMUNITY MEMBERS? ABSOLUTELY.
WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAMS TO GET THE WORDS OUT RIGHT TO THE CITY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LANDING PAGE ON OUR PARKS AND RECREATION WEBSITE SO THAT WE CAN POST EVENTS FOR THE YEAR SO THAT YOU CAN ANNUALLY COME, YOU CAN FIND OUT WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING.
SO WE WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING YOU CAN BUILD UPON, RIGHT? THAT THERE IS GONNA BE A PLACE, IF YOU CALL IN, IF YOU SEND AN EMAIL, WE'LL BE LIKE, YES, WE HAVE A WEBPAGE AND IN COMING SOON, DATES HAVEN'T BEEN PICKED FOR THE YEAR, BUT HISTORICALLY 2025 WE DID THIS PARK AND THIS PARK.
HERE'S PICTURES FROM OUR EVENT.
AND THEN HAVING A WAY FOR YOU TO SUBMIT AN INFORMATION REQUEST ON THE NEXT VOLUNTEER EVENT.
WHAT ABOUT AT THE PARKS? IS THERE ANY FUNDING FOR SIGNAGE THAT SAYS, OH, ARE YOU NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THIS PARK LOOKS LIKE, TAKE SOME ACTION.
YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT THAT ONE THROUGH, BUT IS THERE FUNDING FOR SIGNAGE, LIKE TEMPORARY A-FRAME SIGNS? ABSOLUTELY.
WE CAN, WE CAN AFFORD THAT IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, COMMISSIONER, CAN I JUMP IN? JUST, I WANTED TO, UH, PIGGYBACK ON SOMETHING.
UM, CINDY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FIRST YEAR FOR NOMINATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A GREAT, UM, TEMPLATE THAT, UH, THAT THAT REALLY KIND OF WORKED FOR THE NOMINATE OF THE SAFE STREETS PROGRAM.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, IT'S, IT'S THE HARDEST IS GETTING THAT FIRST YEAR GOING, RIGHT? BUT WHAT'S
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REALLY GONNA HELP THIS PROGRAM BE SUCCESSFUL IS THAT ADVANCED NOTICE AND GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROCESS TO WANNA ENGAGE US AND NOMINATE RIGHT THEIR PARKS.AND THEN BEING VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHEN IT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT AS A COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE USE TO LAND ON THOSE PARKS.
AND THEN I, I THINK AFTER THAT FIRST YEAR, THEN IT'S JUST BUILT LIKE SUSTAINING THAT MOMENTUM.
UM, BUT I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT SAFE STREETS PROGRAM, WE, WE WERE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT AND SAID, OKAY, I THINK WE CAN TAKE SOME, SOME BEST PRACTICES FROM THAT 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
AND I THINK TRANSPARENCY IS DEFINITELY KEY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
YOU KNOW, WHY DID THIS PARK GET PICKED OVER MY PARK? UM, I WAS ALSO WONDERING ABOUT ALL OF THOSE SUPPLY COSTS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT UM, WE COULD GET DONATIONS FOR? I'M JUST THINKING GREEN BUCKETS, FIVE GALLON BUCKETS.
FRIEDMANS LIKE, WOULDN'T THEY LOVE TO HAVE COMMUNITY ADOPT A PARK? YEAH, WE CAN ALWAYS DO A REACH OUT TO ASK FOR DONATIONS AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND OTHER TIMES THEY JUST DON'T HAVE IT WITHIN THEIR DONATIONS FOR THE YEAR.
YOU KNOW, AND FRIEDMANS HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER IN THE PAST, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING TOO.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I FEEL LIKE IT WAS REALLY, UM, HEARD AND INCORPORATED INTO YOUR PRESENTATION AND MOVING FORWARD.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN LIKE NUDGING AND ASKING ABOUT FOR SO LONG, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD.
YES, THANK YOU CINDY? UM, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF PARTNERING WITH SCHOOLS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SCHOOL BASICALLY BY EVERY PARK AND LIKE MAYBE LOOKING AT IT AS LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL AND LIKE THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL, LIKE THOSE ARE PRETTY LIKE, YOU KNOW, NO ONE'S REALLY LEARNING ANYTHING.
UM,
EVERYONE'S GETTING LIKE, YOU KNOW, ACCUSTOMED TO THEIR SCHEDULE OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY KIND OF FREE WEEKS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, AND IT'S LIKE ALSO A GOOD TIMES OF YEAR, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE LIKE JUNE AND AND AND AUGUST.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER'S GOOD AND YEAH, JUST DATES TO THINK ABOUT.
I DO THINK IT'S REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
UM, I MEAN EVEN JUST THINKING LIKE WEEKDAYS, WEEKENDS, TIMES A YEAR, ARBOR DAY, ET CETERA.
UM, HEARING YOU TALK, KATE IS THE PARK MASTER PLAN.
IF WE HAD A PARK MASTER PLAN IN PLACE, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT PARKS WHEN AND TIMELINE AND WE'D BE ABLE TO PROJECT OUT FIVE YEARS.
I'M, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
THIS IS, I'M JUST LAUGHING BECAUSE I WENT TO CITY COUNCIL
UM, IT'D BE NICE IF THAT WAS UNDER THE PARK SEMESTER PLAN.
SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, I THINK THAT AS WE, AS WE MOVE, THAT'S GONNA HELP IDENTIFY PARKS, RIGHT? AND, AND IT'LL IDENTIFY NEED AND, AND WHERE WE NEED TO, UM, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
BUT I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLE AND I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY A BIG ASSET, THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BERTELLI.
YEAH, NO, I THINK IT'S A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT, UH, PLAN.
UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT, UH, LARGER CORPORATE GROUPS.
UM, WE, WE DID A LOT OF WORK WITH VARIOUS GROUPS LIKE PEOPLE SOFT AND PG E AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE CERTAIN TARGETS AND THEY ACTUALLY PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES MANY TIMES TO GO OUT AND DO VOLUNTEER EVENTS.
SO IT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES TO PLAN FOR AND STAFF AN EVENT LIKE THAT.
WE HAD 300 PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT ONE DAY TO ONE OF OUR PARKS AND WE WERE RUNNING RAGGED TRYING TO KEEP 'EM ALL OCCUPIED.
BUT, UM, FOR A BIG PROJECT LIKE THAT, YOU CAN JUST KNOCK OUT LIKE EVERYTHING IN A ONE PARK ON A ONE DAY IF YOU GET A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SO, UM, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
MAYBE PUT, UM, QR OF QR CODE ON YOUR SIGN SO PEOPLE CAN GET ACCESS TO THE NOMINATION FORM TO PROVIDE INPUT AND UH, MAYBE SOME KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN AROUND THAT ALSO MIGHT BE GOOD.
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT, UM, SOME KIND OF ANNUAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT.
'CAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MAKES PEOPLE FEEL GOOD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE.
BUT OTHERWISE I THINK IT, UH, IT SOUNDS GREAT.
UM, IS IT COMING TO COUNCIL? THIS PRESENTATION? I HAD NOT PLANNED ON IT AT THIS POINT.
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HAVE A, UM, A DATE TO BRING THIS TO, TO COUNCIL, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.WELL, ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS COMING AND NOW WE HAVE SIX DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EACH DISTRICT HAS THEIR OWN PARKS.
I AM VERY, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I AM LUCKIER AND LUCKY, BUT I ONLY HAVE THREE PARKS IN MY DISTRICT.
I HAVE MCDOWELL,
AND SO I, I I UTILIZE THOSE PARKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALL THE TIME WITH THE GRANDKIDS.
BUT THE OTHER, NOW THAT WE HAVE LIKE A DISTRICT FOUR, HE WILL NOW TAKE ON PROBABLY MORE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SOUTHGATE.
AND ONLY BECAUSE THEN IF YOU GET THE COUNCIL MEMBER EXCITED ABOUT THEIR LITTLE PORTION OF PARKS AND THEIR DISTRICT, I KNOW WE THINK CITYWIDE, BUT IT MIGHT GET THEM, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.
THEY JUST FINISHED TALKING TO ALL THEIR NEIGHBORS DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
SO ANYWAY, IT'S JUST A THOUGHT BECAUSE A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, UNLESS THE LIAISON TELLS THEM THAT THIS IS GOING ON, THEY'RE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PARKS UNTIL IT COMES TO COUNCIL.
UM, ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS COMING OUT IS SERVICE DAYS.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S THE LUTHER, UM, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SERVICE DAY, BUT ST.
VINCENT'S HIGH SCHOOL COMES EVERY YEAR THE SAME DAY TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, TO THE PRESCHOOL.
AND THEY, WE GET A BIG HUGE SHIPMENT OF, OF SAND OR BARK.
AND THEY, THEY MULCH EVERYTHING.
THEY MOVE IT WITH THE WHEELBARROWS AND THE KIDS AND THEY ALSO TO DO PLANTINGS AND THEY ALSO, UM, PULL WEEDS.
AND SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SERVICE DAY, BUT EACH HIGH SCHOOL I THINK HAS A SERVICE DAY WHERE THEY BRING, YOU KNOW, 30 OR 40 KIDS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE TO CONNECT WITH THOSE.
AND THAT WOULD BE DURING THE, THE WORK WEEK.
UM, SIGNAGE, THE QR CODES ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
I SPENT A WEEKEND IN GOLDEN GATE PARK.
THE WHO THERE, THERE'S SIGNAGE EVERYWHERE IN QR CODES BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL WALK AND HIKE WITH THEIR PHONES THESE DAYS.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND THE PARK MASTER PLAN, I'M SURE THE CITY MANAGER'S TIRED OF ME TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I BRING IT UP AT EVERY MEETING TOO.
UH, YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I THINK I KNOW FROM RUNNING WORKDAY THAT THE BIGGEST PART IS KEEPING EVERYONE BUSY AND IF YOU ONLY HAVE A COUPLE WORK DAYS A YEAR FOR THE WHOLE CITY, THAT'LL BE THE BIGGEST PART IS PLANNING ENOUGH WORK, UH, MAYBE SELECTING PARKS THAT HAVE THE MOST WORK TO BE DONE.
SO YOU KEEP EVERYONE GOING WHILE THEY'RE THERE.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'LL BE THE TRICKIEST PART.
I LOVE THAT YOU INCLUDED LIKE OUR FEEDBACK FROM THE LAST TIME THAT YOU BROUGHT IT TO US.
UM, AND I THINK WE CAN JUST GET LIKE A LARGE CORPORATION AND THEY CAN JUST BANG OUT THE GRANDSTANDS AT MCNAIR
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, UH, I HAD ONE OTHER COMMENT AND FLUTTERED OUT OF MY HEAD 'CAUSE I WAS BEING A SMART ALEC.
IT'S OKAY IF I, IF I COME BUT
UM, BUT, UM, I, I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE WAY THAT YOU'RE APPROACHING THIS.
THAT'S WHAT, WHAT MY COMMENT WAS.
AND SO THAT WE DON'T END UP WITH THE EVERY YEAR IT'S WICKER, SHAM AND WALNUT PARK.
I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE SO MANY DIFFERENT PARKS, THEY DO, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS.
UM, AND SO THIS WILL DEFINITELY MAKE IT A BIT MORE EQUITABLE FOR EVERY PARK IN THE, IN THE CITY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR ITEM NUMBER THREE.
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WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE COMMENT.I'LL START OVER WITH, UM, TO MY RIGHT COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN AM.
UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE PVAC THIS MONTH.
UM, BUT, AND I REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO MANY PARTS.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY UPDATES, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT A LOT THAT'S COMING UP.
UH, LUMA ICE, I DID BIKE PARADE, SANTA'S GRAND ENTRANCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF FUN STUFF COMING UP THIS, UH, SEASON IN PETALUMA.
UM, I ALREADY SENT DREW AN EMAIL ABOUT EAST WASHINGTON TURF FIELD.
THE SECOND FIELD IS, UH, IT'S ROLLING.
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ALL THESE KIDS FALL.I'M LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON? AND I LIKE, LOOK OUT AT THE FIELD.
I'M LIKE, OH, SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S ROLLING? IT'S THE FIELD IS LITERALLY THE TURF IS LITERALLY OH.
UM, SO I SEND AN EMAIL, DREW'S ON IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW SAFE IT IS FOR PLAY.
UM, AND WHAT ELSE? UM, I GOT A MESSAGE FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER SAYING THAT THE MAYOR SAID THE GR THE GOPHER ABATEMENT PROGRAM IS NOT SUSTAINABLE FINANCIALLY.
SO WOULD WANT FEEDBACK ON THAT IF WE'RE GONNA CUT THAT OR WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT.
UM, AND YEAH, I'D LOVE TO SEE LIKE ART COMMITTEES, UH, PARTNER WITH THE MCNAIR GRANDSTANDS AND DO LIKE A SICK MURAL AND FIX IT UP AND LIKE, LET'S, LET'S PLAY BALL.
I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING, SO I'M SURE, SURE.
BUT OUR TRIP TO LAFFERTY WAS INCREDIBLE.
IT WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING DAY OUT THERE.
WE SPENT A COUPLE HOURS LEARNING THE HISTORY, LEARNING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS, LEARNING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PLANTS, UM, BRINGING HOME FRUIT, UM, TAKING IN VIEWS.
IT IS JUST, IT'S SUCH AN ASSET TO THE CITY.
UM, CAN'T WAIT FOR IT EVENTUALLY TO BE OPEN TO ALL AND EVERYONE TO GO UP THERE.
UM, I THINK THE DOCENT PROGRAM SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY COOL AND I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A DOCENT HIKE UP THERE AS WELL, UM, ON A SEPARATE DAY.
ALTHOUGH WE GOT A PRIVATE
UM, BUT YEAH, I JUST BLOWN AWAY WITH HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS.
UM, AND, AND ALSO, UM, WE ASKED ABOUT, UM, WHO ELSE HAD GONE UP THERE AND IT WAS ALSO REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD GONE UP AND, AND TAKEN INTEREST IN IT, WHICH, WHICH WARMED MY HEART.
I'M GLAD OTHER PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TOO.
UM, THE MUSEUM, UM, WE HAD THE HISTORY, MEXICAN CALIFORNIAN HISTORY, THE REAL LIFE, UM, EXHIBIT THAT WAS AMAZING ALONG WITH DE DE LOS MUERTOS.
UM, THE EVENT OUT IN THE STREET WAS INCREDIBLE.
UM, I GOT TO ATTEND A FIELD TRIP WHEN I WAS THERE, UH, OR, UH, DURING THAT TIME WHEN THOSE EXHIBITS WERE THERE.
UM, GOT THROWN IN AND GOT TO BE A DOCENT DURING THAT TIME.
UM, SO CHECK THOSE OUT ON THE WEEKENDS.
THE EXHIBIT RIGHT NOW IS VINTAGE TOYS.
UM, THE MUSEUM WILL ALSO BE A DROP OFF, DROP OFF SITE FOR, UM, UH, PPSD IS SPEARHEADING DURING THE SEASON A GIFT GIVING DRIVE, UM, FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OF PETALUMA SERVING ABOUT 3000 CHILDREN.
SO IF YOU HAVE UNWRAPPED GIFTS, YOU CAN DROP 'EM OFF AT THE MUSEUM.
UM, I ACCIDENTALLY WENT TO THE SENIOR CENTER ONE DAY.
UH, I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MEETING.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MEETING AT THE CAFE FOR WORK NEXT DOOR AND THERE WAS NO SPACE.
AND SHE SAID, LET'S GO TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
I HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE SENIOR CENTER MY WHOLE TIME ON THE COMMISSION.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN TO SEE.
AND IT WAS REALLY ACTIVE AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE AND, UM, A LOT OF STAFF AND THEY WERE FRIENDLY AND BUSY AND, UM, THE DECORATIONS WERE ALL THESE INCREDIBLE HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY FUN TREAT THAT SURPRISED ME ONE DAY.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, THERE WAS A PATIO OPENING THE NEXT WEEK TOO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CAFE, WHICH I KNOW OUR CHEF AT THE CAFE WAS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT TOO.
UM, THE FAIRGROUNDS NEXT TO MY HOUSE SEEMED SUPER BUSY, WHICH I LOVE SEEING.
UM, THE BIG BOUNCE LOOKED REALLY, REALLY COOL.
I LIKE TRIED TO DRIVE THE SIDE STREETS SO THE KIDS WOULDN'T SEE IT,
UM, GLAD THAT THAT CAME IN EXCITED FOR LUMA ICE.
UM, I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN EMAILS FROM LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT THEY'RE DOING A SPECIAL NIGHT.
GIRL SCOUTS IS DOING A SPECIAL NIGHT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT JUST LIKE, UH, UM, OPEN SKATING RINK, BUT REALLY COORDINATING WITH PARTNERS, WHICH, WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN.
AND THEN, LIKE KATE SAID, I MEAN, WE LIVE IN PETALUMA.
THERE'S SO MANY FUN THINGS IN PETALUMA AND THERE'S SO MANY FUN THINGS COMING UP.
AND I FEEL JUST REALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR ESPECIALLY REALLY LUCKY TO LIVE IN SUCH A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS.
AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR STAFF HERE.
SO WE HAD OUR TREE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, UH, EAR EARLIER TODAY.
AND, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, UM, PILOT PROGRAM THAT RELIEF IS DOING FOR REPLACING STREET TREES.
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UH, 50 STREET TREES AROUND THE CITY.UM, AND JUST TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SPECIES AND STUFF AND ALSO LOOKING AT A LIST.
UM, WE'RE WORKING CURRENTLY ON AN APPROVED STREET TREE, UH, LIST THAT WILL BE A RESOURCE FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE.
BUT, UM, UNTIL WE GET THAT FINALLY ADOPTED, WE ARE LOOKING AT APPROVING A LIST THAT RELIEF CAN WORK WITH BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME THAT THAT LIST IS ADOPTED FOR THEIR, UM, REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TREES ARE SUITABLE FOR THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE BEING, UH, PUT IN AND, AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT ARE WORKING ON DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING OUR ARBOR DAY, UH, CELEBRATION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, WHICH HAS BECOME A BIGGER EVENT BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITH CLIMATE, UM, THE CLIMATE ACTION GROUP AND, UM, WHAT WAS THE OTHER GROUP THAT'S INVOLVED? UM, IT, IT'S GONNA BE ENVIRONMENTAL.
IT'LL BE, UM, WORKING WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY GROUP AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER GROUPS THAT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY BIG EVENT.
MIXING IN COOL PETALUMA'S EVENT AS WELL, HOPEFULLY, RIGHT.
SO YEAH, SO WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED ON PLANNING THAT.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY LIKE A BIG DAY AT THE MAIN, AT, UH, LUCCHESE, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS PARTICIPATING AND, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, CLIMATE AND ENERGY AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL'S BEEN BUSY.
WE JUST APPROVED OUR BLUE, UM, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND WE HAD, UM, A SUCCESSFUL VETERANS DAY PARADE.
UM, THE SUN CAME OUT FOR THE PARADE.
UM, WE ALSO HAD, UM, APPROVED NEW TRASH AND RECYCLING CAN, UM, CONTAINERS THAT ARE GONNA BE PUT ALL AROUND PETALUMA AND PARKS.
UM, ALL WHERE YOU SEE TRASH CANS NOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE REPLACED WITH MODERN, UM, RECYCLING AND TRASH, AND IT'LL BE EASIER FOR, UM, OUR STAFF TO, UM, EMPTY THEM AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE USED PROPERLY.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, APPROVED THE NEW AMPHITHEATER AT SCHULLENBERGER PARK.
AND WE HELD A WORKSHOP ON MONDAY UNTIL 1230 IN THE MORNING ON THE OVERLAY.
AND COMING UP IN DECEMBER, WE'LL BE SAYING GOODBYE TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY, COUNCIL MEMBER
AND, UM, WE HAVE LIAISON POSITIONS.
WE'LL SWITCH AFTER TWO YEARS IN JANUARY, SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A DECEMBER MEETING, THIS WILL BE MY LAST PARKS AND RECS MEETING AFTER TWO YEARS WITH YOU GUYS.
SO, UM, JUST IN CASE I'M NOT HERE IN DECEMBER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME AS I GET UP TO SPEED BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER AGAIN.
AND, UM, LAST WEEK, UM, I'M IN THE LEADERSHIP PETALUMA GROUP, AND IT'S A CLASS THAT WE TAKE HERE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
AND LAST TUESDAY WAS OUR LEADERSHIP, UM, DAY IN NONPROFIT WORLD.
SO WE DID A WHIRLWIND OF LIKE LEARNING ABOUT 20 NONPROFITS IN PETALUMA.
SO WE HAVE LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US OUT IN THESE PARKS.
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE, UM, SERVICE CLUBS THAT RAISE MONEY.
AND YOU CAN ASK FOR LIKE, MINI GRANTS.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU NEED $500 FOR BUCKETS OR MULCH OR WHATEVER, GO TO THOSE SERVICE CLUBS INSTEAD OF, UM, DIPPING INTO OUR LITTLE PARKS AND RECS BUDGET BECAUSE THEY LOVE TO DONATE, ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY CAN SAY.
WE DID THIS PARK, WE HELPED WITH THESE COSTS, NOT JUST THEIR VOLUNTEER LABOR, BUT THE, UM, THEY COULDN'T CUT YOU A CHECK.
UM, I EVEN HAD LUNCH AT THE COT CENTER, AND I WAS JUST THINKING THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN AREA THAT COULDN'T USE SOME LANDSCAPING AND SPRUCING UP LIKE THE, THE GARDEN CLUB DID TO THE MUSEUM ALSO.
UM, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, UM, THE,
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UM, THE FAIRGROUNDS, BUT ALSO I LEARNED THAT REBUILDING IS DOING THE FRAME FOR THE LUMA ICE, WHICH IS GONNA SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY.AND THEN WE HAVE, AND IT'S TEACHING, UM, THE, UM, THE, THE INTERNS OR WHATEVER THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING THROUGH BUILDING HOW TO, TO DO WOOD CUTTING AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
I WAS LIKE, JUST FASCINATED WHEN HE WAS EXPLAINING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING, THEY'RE GONNA BE LEARNING CARPENTRY, YOU KNOW, EXPERTISE THAT YOU CAN GO INTO THAT, THAT BUSINESS THAT WILL NEVER BE OUTSOURCED BY ROBOTS AND HELPING US BUILD THIS FRAME THAT WE CAN USE EVERY YEAR.
I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS LUM IS AMAZING.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY UPDATE AND THANK YOU.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE WERE, BUT I WAS WATCHING THE WORK BEING DONE, SO THANK YOU.
I HA I'M GLAD I HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY.
HOPE YOU STICK AROUND ICE SKATE ON IT.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM? UH, YEAH, I GOT TO TAKE A LITTLE TOUR AROUND, UH, THE FAIRGROUNDS RECENTLY, AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THINGS HAPPENING.
THE, THE, THE MURAL, THE, UH, ARLINGTON MURAL, UH, AND, UH, NAGA.
I GOT TO SEE THEM WORKING ON NAGA.
THAT'LL BE COOL TO SEE IT DISPLAYED SOON, I BELIEVE.
UM, IF, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING AND THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, IT, IT'S COOL TO TALK TO THEM.
UM, AND THEN I SAW THEM DOING SOME WORK ON THE, UH, BIANCHI BARN PRO, I'M ASSUMING FOR THE PICKLEBALL CORDS.
SO IT WAS COOL TO SEE SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, I SAW THE BOUNCY HOUSE GOING IN, AND NOW THE, UH, ICE RINK IS COMING UP.
SO IT, IT'S FEELS REALLY ACTIVATED AND THAT'S GREAT.
UM, THE BIG BOUNCE, UH, SUFFICIENTLY TIRED OUT.
MY HUSBAND
UM, ONE, UM, THEY'RE KIND OF OUTSIDE OF MY PARKS, BUT ONE THING THAT I REALIZED, UH, THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND I, THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE CORRECT PLACE, BUT YOU GUYS WOULD KNOW WHERE TO REPORT, REPORT IT.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE AMENITIES PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE AND LIKE YOU GO TO CLICK ON PARKS OR CLICK ON SPORTS FIELDS, IT'S A CER, NOTHING HAPPENS.
IT JUST RELOADS THE SAME PAGE.
SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT FROM MONDAY WHEN I WAS ON THE WEBSITE, UM, THAT'S NOT WORKING.
UM, I DID NOTICE TODAY THEY TOOK A TREE DOWN AT CHERRY VALLEY PARK.
UM, WAS, LOOK, MAYBE, WAS IT EMERGENCY WORK? DID YOU SEE THAT? WHERE THEY BUILDING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL? I DON'T KNOW.
ARE THEY SIR? ANYHOW, THERE WAS A TREE BEING TAKEN DOWN AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, WAS IT, DID IT ALMOST FALL OR WAS IT PLANNED? IT'S MORE OUT, HONESTLY, OUT OF CURIOSITY THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLANNED TREE WORK AT CHERRY VALLEY, BUT PART OF THAT AREA IS THE, IS THE SCHOOLS AND PART OF IT IS THE PARK.
SO WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE IT WAS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLANNED WORK IN THE PARK.
HOW, HOW, HOW MUCH OF THAT PARK IS THE SCHOOLS AND HOW MUCH IS THE CITIES? IT IT, THE PROPER LINE IS KIND OF ODD.
I THINK WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE LOOKED AT IT, ACTUALLY MORE OF THAT SPACE BELONG TO THE SCHOOL THAN THE PARK IN MY MEMORY.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE GIS AGAIN.
BUT I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, A LOT OF IT'S BEING USED FOR PARKLAND SPACE, BUT NOT ALL OF IT IS ACTUALLY PARKLAND SPACE.
OH, WELL MAYBE THAT MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH IT.
UM, UH, THANK YOU KAREN, FOR YOUR SERVICE THE LAST TWO YEARS HERE.
I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL SWITCH TO SOMETHING ELSE, NOT QUITE AS FUN, BUT WE'LL MISS YOU.
UM,
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LET'S, UH, MAYBE EITHER CINDY OR DREW WITH YOUR UPDATES.I'LL LET CINDY, SHE'S ALREADY WARMED UP.
CINDY CHONG, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND FACILITIES.
WELL, AS NORMAL, YOUR PARKS TEAM IS BUSY, BUT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WE'RE RAMPING DOWN.
SO THINGS LIKE TURNING THE IRRIGATION OFF, MAKING SURE OUR OWL BOXES HAVE GOTTEN CLEANED OUT, BUILDING NEW OWL BOXES, PLANNING FOR OUR WINTER MAINTENANCE, THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, REFURBISHING ANY, UM, BENCHES, PICNIC TABLES, THAT ALL THAT PLANNING IS HAPPENING.
AND CREW HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, REPLACEMENT PLANS
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FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE LOST IN THE FIRE.SO I'VE BEEN TESTING OUT SOME ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT TO SEE WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR US.
SO THEY'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY BUSY, UM, COMMISSIONER ELLI REPORTED ON IT, BUT WE ARE GONNA HAVE, I THINK, A PRETTY FABULOUS ARBOR DAY THIS YEAR, AND IT'S GONNA BE A JOINT EVENT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT TO HAVE THE SYNERGY ACROSS, UM, DIFFERENT GROUPS AND TO BRING SOMETHING REALLY SPECTACULAR TO THE CITY.
SO THAT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN IN EARLY MAY, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE FOR ARBOR DAY, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID BUTTER AND EGGS, EARTH, OTHER EARTH DAY COUNTY EVENTS AND, UM, THE ANTIQUE FAIR.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT CAME FORWARD.
UM, AND IT WILL COME TO THE COMMITTEE AND THEN TO COUNCIL FOR ARBOR DAY OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION, PROBABLY SOMETIME AFTER THE NEW YEAR.
UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE TEAM IS DOING FAIRLY WELL AFTER, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE, YOU KNOW, THEIR SPIRITS ARE STILL THERE.
THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'VE, THEY'RE A GOOD TEAM, YOU KNOW, FOR A MOMENT THERE.
THEY HAD A LOT OF EMOTIONS ABOUT IT, BUT THEY'VE BOUNCED BACK REALLY WELL.
SO IF YOU SEE THEM, THEY'RE STILL THE HAPPY, CHEERFUL, ALTHOUGH TOMORROW AFTER WE GET MORE RAIN, WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH WE'RE DEALING WITH, WITH THE WATER.
SO THAT'S YOUR UPDATE FOR THE MONTH.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I, I DON'T KNOW, WILL ONE OF YOU ADDRESS THE GO FOR ABATEMENT QUESTION? SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH, IF THAT WOULD BE YOU, CINDY, OR YOU DREW, BUT WILL ONE OF YOU ADDRESS IT? SURE, I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
UM, THE, THE, SO THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY FOCUSES ON THE TURF PLAYING FIELDS, AND THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS FOR $175,000.
AND SO THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXTEND OUT TO OUR OTHER TURF AREAS, RIGHT? AND THAT'S JUST TO TRAP, WE DON'T USE ANYTHING BECAUSE OF OUR IPM.
SO WHEN YOU'RE JUST TRAPPING, IT DOES TAKE A LOT MORE EFFORT BECAUSE A PERSON IS OUT THERE SETTING THE TRAPS AND WATCHING THEM AND PULLING THEM, AND WE CAN'T, OBVIOUSLY CAN'T LEAVE THEM OVERNIGHT, RIGHT? SO THAT ALSO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HELP WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING SOMETIMES, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE CATCHING A LOT OF GOPHERS, THEY JUST DO MULTIPLY QUITE QUICKLY.
SO I DON'T KNOW, AS FAR AS THE COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THEM, BUT THAT'S THE COST OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAM AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND I THINK JUST TO, UM, AGAIN, ADD SOME PERSPECTIVE, UM, YOU ALL WALK THESE PARKS, YOU SEE THEM, YOU, YOU SEE THE EFFECTS.
AND IN ABSENCE OF A PROGRAM, RIGHT, UM, IT, IT DOES COST A LOT OF INVESTMENT TOO.
UM, WHETHER THAT'S MOVING, UH, ACTIVITY AROUND FIELDS THAT ARE MORE PLAYABLE THAN NOT, OR DEALING WITH THE, THE REPERCUSSIONS.
SO WE KNEW THE PROGRAM THAT WE WERE EMBARKING ON LAST YEAR AND AND REALLY GARNERED A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR, WAS REALLY HIGH INTENSIVE ABATEMENT EFFORTS ON THE FRONT END.
AND IN THE HOPES OF DOING THAT, YOU CAN THEN TRANSITION TOWARDS REGULAR ROUTINE ABATEMENT.
AND WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA SEE, UH, HOW MUCH THAT, SO WE, WE KNEW THAT IN, IN SOME OF THOSE PARKS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, DAILY CLOSURES OR YOU, YOU REALLY ARE GOING IN INTENSELY AND PAYING A LOT FOR STAFFING AND ABATEMENT.
UM, HOPEFULLY THOSE BECOME WEEKLY, THEN MONTHLY.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, SECOND THAT THE CREWS ARE PART OF THIS EFFORT TOO.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BE AGILE WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THE, THE GOPHER CONTRACTORS IN AREAS AND THEN HAVING CREWS WORK IN THE OTHER AREAS AND COORDINATE WHERE THAT NEEDS TO BE.
UM, THERE'S NO MINCING WORDS THOUGH.
AND SO THAT'S AN AREA TOO THAT YOU REALLY, TO BE EFFECTIVE, HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE USER GROUPS AND, AND PICK TIMES DURING THE YEAR.
YOU GOTTA CLOSE THINGS DOWN AND REALLY GET ON THERE, UM, AND DO THE ABATEMENTS THAT NEEDED.
SO WE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH LAST YEAR, I THINK.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE COMMENT FROM THE MAYOR, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT EITHER, BUT WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA RAMP UP BIG TIME IN THAT FIRST YEAR, AND WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.
AND THEN WE, WE ADJUST AND PRIORITIZE AND COMMUNICATE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY WE'RE DOING, AND THEN FIND THAT KIND OF HOPE, HOPE, HEALTHY, AND HAPPY MEDIAN.
I JUST WANTED, WANTED TO ADDRESS THE, MAKE SURE THAT WE CLOSE THE, THE LOOP ON THAT.
THEY DO MULTIPLY QUITE QUICKLY.
THERE IS NO NEVER ENDING AT PRINCE BARK.
WE USE THE WORD PRO PROLIFIC PROLIFIC PROLIFICALLY.
THEY'RE PROLIFIC AT REGENERATING
OKAY, WELL, UM, I WANTED TO START WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL MEMBER NOW'S COMMENTS ABOUT HISTORICALLY THE COMMISSIONER DOES, UM, DOES NOT MEET IN DECEMBER, UM, AGAIN, UNLESS THERE'S PRESSING BUSINESS.
WE DID MEET LAST DECEMBER, UM, BUT USUALLY THAT, THAT DATE FALLS SOMEWHERE WITHIN A WEEK OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
UH, AND THERE'S MIXED REVIEWS ABOUT, UH, ATTENDANCE.
SO THAT IS THE CASE THIS YEAR.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE, WE DO NOT HOST, UM, A, A REGULAR MEETING IN DECEMBER.
HOWEVER, UM, THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE HAS A COUPLE OF PROJECTS COMING
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FORWARD FOR MURALS.ONE AT THE KENNELWORTH TEEN CENTER AND ONE ON LONG LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, WHICH BOTH HAVE NEXUSES WITH PARKS AND AREAS THAT WE MANAGE.
AND SO THEY'RE INVITING US TO ATTEND A SPECIAL MEETING ON DECEMBER 11TH, AND THAT WOULD BE A WEDNESDAY.
AND SO TO SAVE YOU A FEW MORE EMAILS, I WAS HOPING TONIGHT, UM, IF YOU ALL HAVE A GLARING CONFLICT ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, IF I COULD GET KIND OF A, A THUMBS UP, A LUKEWARM MAYBE, OR A HARD THUMBS DOWN, UM, WE WILL NEED A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO COMMIT.
UM, AND YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW UP WITH ME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GAUGE A LITTLE BIT AND DO A TALLY.
YEAH, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A SIX O'CLOCK.
SO I GOT ONE AND IT WOULD BE HERE TWO, IT WOULD BE HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.
UM, IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC ART, UH, AND JOINT PARKS AND REC SPECIAL MEETING HERE.
AND NO MEETING THE T THE 18TH, YOU'RE IN THERE.
ALRIGHT THEN I'M GONNA, UM, FOLLOW THIS UP AND, UM, APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, THOSE ARE EXCITING PROJECTS AND ONES THAT, UM, I THINK WE HAVE A, A WINDOW TO KEEP THAT ON A, ON A TIMEFRAME, SO I APPRECIATE THAT IN ADVANCE.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW AGAIN, UM, EXCITING, UH, MONDAY MEETING, THEY'RE ALL, I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE ALL EXCITING, BUT, UM, THE POOL REPLASTERING PROJECT IN, IN ADDITION TO THE SCHULLENBERGER AMPHITHEATER WAS ALSO MOVED FORWARD FOR AWARD.
SO NOW WE HAVE, UH, A CONTRACTOR THAT HAS BEEN, UH, AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE POOL RE PLASTERING.
THE NEXT STEP IS TO HAVE THAT KICKOFF MEETING AND FINALIZE IT, THEIR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.
OUR GOAL FROM ALL, ALL ALONG WAS TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN JANUARY.
SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE A, A TIMELINE FOR YOU ALL, WE'RE GONNA REPORT OUT.
UM, BUT APPRECIATE AGAIN, UM, THE WORK FROM THIS COMMISSION AND, AND OBVIOUSLY TO SUPPORT AT COUNCIL TO, TO REALLY FULLY FUND THAT PROJECT AND GIVE IT OUR BEST SHOT.
THE TURKEY TROT 17TH ANNUAL, THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
TURKEY TROT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THANKSGIVING DAY AT ELLIS CREEK.
UH, THE EVENT IS FREE TO REGISTER AND I REALLY IS A CANNED FOOD DRIVE, SO, UM, PARTICIPATE IF YOU CAN.
UH, I BELIEVE IT'S RAIN OR SHINE.
BUT, UH, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.
AND GOLE GOLE LETTERS TO SANTA PROGRAM IS BACK.
UH, THE NORTH POLE HAS TWO MAILBOXES AND PETALUMA, UH, ONE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND ONE HERE AT CITY HALL.
UH, WE WILL BE GAINING COLLECTING LETTERS, UH, IN THIS SATURDAY, UH, NOVEMBER 23RD.
SO VERY, UM, EXCITING PROGRAM.
UH, HELP OUT THE, UH, THE WORKSHOP THERE.
UH, REALLY ANOTHER EXCITING, UM, OBVIOUSLY ALL ENCOMPASSING AND SUMING PROJECT IS THE LUMA ICE.
SO WE'VE GOT, UM, KAT REISINGER, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR HERE, THAT'S, UM, BEEN BOOTS ON THE GROUND, UH, LITERALLY ALMOST EVERY DAY OUT THERE SINCE UM, WE KICKED OFF.
SO I'M GONNA ASK HER TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AND SOME, SOME IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER.
DEFINITELY SOME BUMPS AS WE BUILD OUT SUCH AN EXTRAVAGANT EVENT, BUT IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING IS SLATED TO STILL OPEN ON DECEMBER 13TH.
AGAIN, IT WILL BE OPEN FROM DECEMBER 13TH THROUGH JANUARY 7TH.
WE HAVE 11 SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS SCHEDULED, NINE GLIDING GIVE FUNDRAISING EVENTS, WHICH ARE THE LIKE DINE AND DONATE MODEL WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE BIRTHDAY PARTIES ALREADY SLATED TO BE IN OUR TENT ACTIVITY.
SO WE ARE, YEAH, I'M PRETTY EXCITED.
WE ARE FILLING UP, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE PRE-SALES OF SOME OF OUR, UH, DEDICATED SPACES.
WE DID PASS THE FIRE INSPECTION TODAY, WHICH I'M PERSONALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
SO EVERYTHING IS VERY SAFE AND SECURE IN THIS, UH, RAINSTORM.
A FEW THINGS TO NOTE IS THAT, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, SAXES WILL BE ON SITE DOING A CAFE HOLIDAY, UM, KIND OF FOOD SNACKS, DESSERTS, REALLY YUMMY ITEMS FOR YOU TO PURCHASE.
UM, A CLARIFYING ITEM, YOUR PURCHASE AND TICKET DOES INCLUDE YOUR SKATE RENTAL AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO PAY FOR A TICKET IF YOU'RE JUST WATCHING.
UM, SO WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ACTIVITIES,
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VENDORS, UH, KIDS CORNER AREA, DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRAFTS DEPENDING ON WHAT DAY YOU COME THAT, UM, ARE REALLY FUN FOR THE WHOLE WINTER EXPERIENCE.UM, WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR ARTISANS, SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANY ARTISANS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SELL KIND OF MORE OF A CRAFTY TYPE ARTISAN, NOT THE SUPER HIGH-END FANCY JEWELRY STUFF, BUT MORE LOCAL, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AND ACCEPTING THOSE VENDORS.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT MICHAEL GARLING, HIS ART PIECE IS ALMOST FINISHED, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT GO OUT ONTO THE FAIRGROUNDS AS WELL.
THAT IS A PHOTO BOOTH OPPORTUNITY ABOUT 10 FEET WIDE, 16 FEET HIGH, UM, WITH SOME CHICKENS ON ICE SKATE DONE IN HIS GENERAL THEME, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, PLEASE DO SIGN UP FOR OUR E-NEWS.
YOU CAN FIND IT ONLINE ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH IS LUMA ICE.ORG.
UM, IT WILL GIVE YOU THE UPTODATE NOTIFICATIONS ON THE CALENDAR OF WHEN WE MIGHT BE CLOSED FOR SOME PRIVATE EVENTS OR WHEN WE HAVE REALLY EXCITING THINGS LIKE THE NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY COMING UP, WHICH IS GONNA BE OPEN.
THE ICE RINK WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 1230 IN THE MORNING FOR A BALL COUNTDOWN.
THE THEME IS DISCO AND DIAMONDS AND AS WELL WE ALSO HAVE A DJ AND BE PULLING FROM THE AUDIENCE, A INDIVIDUAL TO HELP DRIVE THE ZAMBONI THAT EVENING.
PLEASE ALSO STAY TUNED FOR OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE SENSORY FRIENDLY THEMED EVENINGS AS WELL.
WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE AND PARTNERING WITH SOME OF OUR GROUPS SUCH AS THE MIRACLE LEAGUE TO BRING 'EM ON SITE, UM, FOR A SLIGHTLY MORE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.
MY LAST PLUG WITH LUMA ICE IS GONNA BE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR HOLIDAY THEMED BLANKETS,
SAXES WILL BE PROVIDING A POLAR LOUNGE EXPERIENCE AND WE WILL HAVE SOME OTHER PICNIC TABLES AND AREAS, BUT HOPEFULLY IT'S NICE AND CHILLY OUTSIDE, BUT NOT WET.
AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME HOLIDAY BLANKETS THAT PEOPLE CAN WRAP AROUND OR USE, UM, IF THEY GET COLD AND AREN'T ADEQUATELY PREPARED OUT THERE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
ANY QUESTIONS OR, I DON'T KNOW.
AND, AND YEAH, IT WAS GREAT HAVING AMERICORPS HERE TOO.
THAT'S BEEN, UM, A REALLY ANOTHER GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKED OUT.
SO GOOD TIMING THAT WE'LL TAKE CREDIT FOR PLANNING ALL ALONG.
UM, A LIGHT UP A LIFE, THE ANNUAL LIGHT UP A LIFE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER SIX, THAT WALNUT PARK AT SIX O'CLOCK.
UM, THAT'S ALWAYS A VERY POWERFUL, UH, MOMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THE TREES WERE RES STRUNG THIS YEAR, SO, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH HOSPICE.
UM, COORDINATION WITH THE, THE PARKS AND ESPECIALLY THE RECREATION TEAM, UM, TO RESTRAIN THE, THE TREES.
IT LOOKS REALLY GREAT AND SO EXCITED ABOUT A GOOD EVENT THIS YEAR, TOY DRIVE.
APPRECIATE, UH, MEGAN THAT PLUG TO HOST A TOY DRIVE AT PETALUMA COMMUNITY CENTER THROUGH DECEMBER 14TH.
UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TOYS OR GIFT CARDS, YOU CAN DO SO AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER LOBBY.
AND IF YOU KNOW OF A FAMILY IN NEED OF GIFTS, UM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
THE ADULT BASKETBALL REGISTRATION LEAGUE IS OPEN.
UM, THE LEAGUE WILL, UH, BEGIN IN FEBRUARY WITH, UH, BOTH A MEN'S AND WOMEN'S DIVISION THAT WILL BE BACK.
SO EXCITED TO PLAY SOME HOOPS.
UH, CAPRA, UH, WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW CLASS TAKING PLACE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
UM, THIS IS ONE THAT I'M PROBABLY BUTCHERING, BUT I'M GONNA GO FOR IT ANYWAY.
CAPRA IS A, IS TAKE, IS LIKE TAKING A MARTIAL ARTS CLASS, A DANCE CLASS, A GYMNASTICS CLASS, AND A MUSIC CLASS ALL AT ONCE.
UH, CLASSES ARE FOR YOUTH, TEENS, ADULTS.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE PLACE AT TUESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS IN THE BEVERLY C. WILSON HALL.
AND REGISTRATION IS OPEN ONLINE, SO WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.
UH, LASTLY, UH, I DO WANT TO SHARE SOME BITTERSWEET STAFFING NEWS WITH THE COMMISSION, UH, RACHEL BEER.
UH, OUR VERY OWN AND BELOVED HAS RECENTLY ACCEPTED AN OFFER TO JOIN, UH, THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA IN A NEW ROLE.
GONNA LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MOMENT.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, RACHEL HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF, UH, OUR TEAM, BOTH FORWARD FACING AND BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, RACHEL'S JOINED, JOINED THE CITY IN FEBRUARY, 2019.
AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST THE TRANSFORMATION WITH NOT JUST THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE CITY, THE REGION, THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW, A LOT'S HAPPENED IN THAT TIME.
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UH, STEPPING UP IN, IN EVERY, UH, PART OF THAT WORD SINCE THEN.SO, SUPER EXCITED, UH, FOR RACHEL.
UM, YOU KNOW, SHE GOT HER START, I THINK AS A LIFEGUARD IN, IN AROUND SANTA ROSA.
UM, BUT BUT HAS GROWN TO BE SUCH A PROFESSIONAL SINCE THEN, AND THE CITY IS SO GRATEFUL TO HER.
THE TEAM'S GONNA MISS HER, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE HER, HER BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS, UM, FROM HER SISTER CITY DOWN HERE.
SO RACHEL DOESN'T HAVE A START DATE.
SHE'S GONNA STICK WITH US, UM, THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, ENJOY THAT AND I HOPE, UH, HOPE THAT YOU GUYS ALL GET TO, TO SAY YOUR THANKS TO, TO RACHEL AS WELL AND CELEBRATE HER TIME, TIME HERE.
INSTEAD OF BEING BITTER SWEAT, I SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS.
UM, DREW, SORRY,
I THINK, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SHARE IT WITH YOU BEFORE, BUT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, EOG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WITH, UM, PUBLIC ART MELISSA ABERCROMBIE.
WE WILL BE PUTTING A LIGHT INSTALLATION AT PUTNAM PLAZA AND AT CENTER PARK.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE HUGE AND EXTRAVAGANT FOR, FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, WE'RE GONNA PUT A, WE'RE GONNA PUT UP A LIGHT DISPLAY SO WHEN YOU'RE DOWNTOWN, TAKE A LOOK.
HOPEFULLY IT'LL GO UP NEXT WEEK IF THE RAIN LETS UP.
SO, SO FOR SOME HOLIDAY CHEER TO ADD SOME EXTRA SPARKLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LEADING THE WAY OUT AND LIGHTING IT UP AS RACHEL LEAVES OUR TEAM TO MOVE ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.
AND WE WANTED TO GO OUT WITH THE BANKS.
SO WE'RE GIVING HER AN ICE RINK AND LIGHTS AND PUTNAM PLAZA.
I MEAN, WHAT MORE COULD WE DO? RIGHT? AND THAT'S BACK TO CHAIR.
ARE THOSE, THOSE ARE YOUR UPDATES.
WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU, RACHEL, FOR SURE.
WITH THAT, I BELIEVE IT CALL THIS, UH, BRINGS OUR MEETING, UM, TO AN END MEETING IS ADJOURNED.