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RIGHT, GREAT.[CALL TO ORDER]
PARKS AND MUSIC, UH, COMMISSION MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 14TH, 2025.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS TO ORDER CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? ALLERE BERTELLI.
WE WILL NOW STAND TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION, NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS MEETING GOING.
WE ARE WELCOMING TWO NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, THEY ARE SPANISH SPEAKING ONLY.
SO WE ASK TODAY AS WE'RE SPEAKING, WE GET TRANSLATION SERVICES.
IF WE CAN HAVE SOME PAUSES AS I'M TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO SPEAK SLOWER, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PAUSE SO THAT THE TRANSLATOR CAN CATCH UP.
IF YOU SPEAK TOO FAST, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
TONIGHT WE DO HAVE ONE AGENDA CHANGE.
ANDREW WILL TELL US ABOUT THAT.
COMMISSIONERS, STAFF, COMMUNITY.
I AM PROPOSING WE MAKE ONE CHANGE TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
UH, FOLLOWING THE OATH OF OFFICE, UH, AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M ASKING THAT WE PUT AN ITEM ON AHEAD OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, IN WHICH WE BE RECOGNIZING, UH, FORMER COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO THE SERVE THAT SERVED ON THE COMMISSION.
WE'VE GOT ONE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
UH, DUE TO OUR, UH, MEETING BEING, UH, CANCELED LAST MONTH.
THOUGHT WE'D TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, RECOGNIZE OUTGOING.
COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT OR CAN WE JUST MOVE FORWARD? JUST GET A RAISE OF HANDS.
CAN WE GET A RAISE OF HANDS? THANK YOU.
[OATH OF OFFICE]
ITEM UP.WE WILL DO OUR OATH OF OFFICE.
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[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.I HAVE TWO, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THAT CORRECT, CLERK? THAT IS CORRECT.
CAN I PLEASE CALL TIM ROGERS UP? UH, GOOD EVENING.
UH, AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE DOING, UH, NEW COMMISSIONERS TONIGHT, BUT, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I LOVE THIS TOWN.
UM, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PARK EMPLOYEES.
UM, I RIDE MY BIKE, UM, PAST MANY PARKS HERE IN THE TOWN, UH, DAILY, UM, ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
AND, UM, THEY'RE DEDICATED, HARDWORKING, TAKE OWNERSHIP.
UM, MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN OUR HOUSE FOR OVER 30 YEARS ON G STREET, ACROSS THE STREET FROM MCNAIR PARK.
AND, UM, MCNAIR PARK LOOKS GREAT.
IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S LOOKED, IT HASN'T LOOKED THIS GOOD IN SO MANY YEARS.
OTD, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE LOST A TREE THIS PAST WEEK.
IT WAS A LIQUID, AMBER, AND, AND THEY'RE REDOING THE SIDEWALKS AND THERE'S GONNA BE NEW TREES, BUT THAT'S ALL GOOD.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS LOOK SO GOOD.
AND NOT JUST MCNAIR, BUT WICKERSHAM AND WALNUT AND ALL THE PARKS, AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THE FOLKS THAT WORK FOR THE PARKS AND REC REALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THEIR WORK.
UM, THERE'S STILL SOME ISSUES, UH, THE GOPHER ISSUES, UM, MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS.
I KNOW THEY PUT A NEW OWL BOX, UM, IN THE, UH, GARDEN AREA, AND THERE'S A, A RAPTURE LANDING POST.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HELP.
BUT, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THE GOPHER GUY COMES, COMES BACK A COUPLE DAYS LATER AND CHECKS, AND WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS WE'VE GOT MORE GOPHERS.
UM, SO IT'S ONGOING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN IT'S BEEN.
THE OTHER ISSUE I'D LIKE TO, UM, ADDRESS IS THE DUST.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE CITY'S PUT IN WATERING SYSTEMS FOR THE IN FIELDS AND, UM, I BELIEVE THE SOFTBALL INFIELD IS WATERED OR READY TO BE, UM, HOOKED UP.
AND IT IS HOOKED UP BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE WATER, BUT IT NEEDS A, LIKE A STARTING BUTTON OVER WITH THE OTHER TWO, UM, THAT DO THE BIGGER INFIELD WHERE THEY'VE, UM, RES RESETTED, THE INFIELD.
I FIRST THING OUTTA MY MOUTH IS, HEY, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE PERMITS? AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, YEAH, YEAH.
I'M LIKE, WELL, WHY AREN'T YOU WATERING? I MEAN, IT'S A DUST STORM.
THE KIDS ARE PLAYING IN A DUST STORM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T BE GOOD FOR ANYONE, AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR US FOLKS THAT LIVE ON G STREET, BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME THE WIND BLOWS ACROSS FOR BETH.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY BEFORE FALL BALL STARTS IN AUGUST, WE CAN MAYBE GET THIS SNIPPED IN THE BUTT FINALLY, AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF THE DUST ISSUE.
AND, UM, AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL, ALL OF YOU AND, UM, ALL THE FOLKS THAT WORK FOR THE CITY ON THE PARKS.
IT'S, THEY'RE GOOD GUYS, AND REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE FROM CHANTEL ROGERS.
HELLO, I'M TIM'S WIFE, ALSO ACROSS THE STREET FROM, UH, MCNAIR PARK.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THE, WITH THE PARK THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR CLARIFICATION ON IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND FROM COACHES AND UM, STAFF THAT THERE IS A TEMPORARY FENCE THAT IS STORED
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OVER THERE AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A PLAN FOR THAT.UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE NEIGHBORS OR THE OTHER USERS HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE A BIT OF A HISTORY AT MCNAIR PARK OF PLANS BEING MADE WITHOUT A LOT OF, UM, UM, OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, WE SORT OF GET BLINDSIDED BY THESE THINGS.
UM, MOST RECENTLY THERE WAS THE DEAL WHERE THE ENTIRE PARK WAS GONNA BE DIVVIED UP FENCE WISE WITH, UM, UH, A COUPLE OF, UH, PLAYING FIELDS AND, UM, AND A DOG RUN.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAD THREE DAYS BEFORE A VOTE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MADE WHERE WE EVEN, YOU KNOW, INADVERTENTLY HEARD ABOUT THIS.
UM, AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS, UM, OPEN TO.
WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO KEEPING THIS PARK AS A MULTI-USE PARK.
UM, IT, UH, WE WOULD BE, UM, UM, REALLY AGAINST ANY EFFORT TO FENCE OFF ANY PORTION OF THE PARK FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL USE.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN WE SAY TEMPORARY FENCE, WE THINK, OH, NOT ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? TEMPORARY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IT WOULD GO UP FOR THE SEASON.
IT'S NOT LIKE, OH, THERE'S A GAME.
LET'S PUT UP THE FENCE, THEN LET'S TAKE THE FENCE DOWN THE NEXT TIME, THE NEXT DAY AND, AND GO BACK TO EVERYBODY BEING ABLE TO USE THAT SPACE.
SO BEING THAT WE HAVE A, UH, A, A SEASON FOR BASEBALL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE USERS IN THE SUMMER, AND THEN WE HAVE FALL BALL THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY, THE TEMPORARY FENCES WOULD BE UP YEAR ROUND.
AND THAT WOULD EXCLUDE A LOT OF USES IN, UM, UM, FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO, WHO USE THAT PARK.
IT'S A REALLY BELOVED NEIGHBORHOOD PARK USED BY SO MANY PEOPLE.
WE SEE KICKBALL GAMES OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, KIDS FLYING KITES, DRONES, YOU KNOW, YOU NAME IT.
IT'S, IT'S A VERY WELL USED AND LOVED PARK.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT IF THERE IS ANY THOUGHT ABOUT ANY FENCING OFF THAT YOU GUYS WILL COME TO THE COMMUNITY, SHOW SOME, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT SO WE KNOW, UM, WHAT IS, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT THE PLANS ARE, UM, FOR, FOR USE IN THE PARK.
AND, UM, I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU AT LEAST HAVE, UH, MY EMAIL.
SO IF YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO ME AND, AND, UH, LET ME KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON, ON THE FENCING.
WE HAVE ONE MORE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT FROM NINA ZITO.
UH, I AM ENCOURAGING SOME CLARITY AROUND DESIGNATION, AND I'M SPEAKING, UH, WITH SOME CONFUSION AROUND HOW WE CAN HAVE A DESIGNATED DOG PARK SUCH AS AT OAK HILL, AND ALLOW THERE TO BE A PROLIFERATION OF DANGEROUS WEEDS, WHICH ARE IN CONTRAVENTION OF OUR MUNICIPAL CODE THAT STATES WEEDS CAN'T BE HIGHER THAN SIX INCHES.
AND WE HAVE A STAI LIKE MECHANISM THAT INVITES PEOPLE TO RAT OUT THEIR NEIGHBORS IF THE WEEDS ARE HIGHER THAN SIX INCHES.
BUT HERE WE HAVE ON MUNICIPAL CITY PROPERTY, THESE THINGS THAT ARE GROWING PROLIFERATING AND ARE A HAZARD TO THE INTENDED USERS OF THE PARK THAT IS DOGS.
THEY WIND UP IN PAWS AND NOSES EVERYWHERE.
AND, UM, I, WHAT I FEEL THIS IS, IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SPECIALIZED REPRESENTATIVE WHO CAN ADVOCATE FOR USERS WHO HAVE DOGS BECAUSE WE GOT SOME DOG PARKS AND WE GOT SOME STUFF GOING ON AT THE DOG PARKS THAT AIN'T WORKING.
AND I DON'T THINK I CAN PRESENT MY VET BILLS TO Y'ALL AND HAVE YOU PAY IT AND IT'S ANESTHESIA AND IT'S NOT OKAY.
I, I MEAN, YOU GUYS WANT TO PUT IN NEW PLAY STRUCTURES FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE GONNA OUTGROW THEM IN MAYBE TWO YEARS BECAUSE OH, THEY MIGHT BURN THEMSELVES.
WELL, HOW ELSE DO KIDS LEARN? LIKE, OH, BETTER BE CAREFUL.
IT'S HOT, BUT IT'S OKAY INSTEAD TO LET DOGS JUST KINDA RUN AT LARGE.
UH, SO I'D ENCOURAGE SOME, UH, CONSCIOUSNESS AROUND THIS OR JUST ENOUGH WITH A FICTION
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ABOUT, OH, IT'S A DESIGNATED DOG PARK 'CAUSE IT'S NOT A DOG PARK.UM, WE ARE GOING TO, AND, UH, BEFORE WE GO TO PRESENTATIONS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MS. MEGAN KELLY, COME ON UP.
DREW'S GONNA DO SOME TALKING AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER KELLY, YOUR FORMER COMMISSIONER KELLY.
UM, JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, AS SOMEONE WHO JOINED US AND SERVED TWO FULL TERMS ON THE RECREATION, MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION, UH, EIGHT YEARS AGO.
AND NOT ALL YEARS ARE CREATED EQUAL.
AND THAT'S WHERE I'D LIKE TO START THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, UH, IN OUR CITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN SO MUCH TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.
AND MEGAN WAS ALWAYS THAT ADVOCATE FOR, UM, NOT JUST CHANGE, BUT THE RIGHT TYPES OF CHANGE, RIGHT? UH, WHICH STARTS WITH LEADING INTO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, YOU TOOK A, A CHANCE ON US.
I THINK YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND I THINK YOU ENDED WITH YOUR LAST ASSIGNMENT BEING, BEING THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, SO YOU, YOU REALLY GOT TO SEE, UH, US AS A DEPARTMENT GROW, UM, US AS A CITY GROW.
AND, AND YOU LEFT THE, THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AND THE CITY IN A BETTER PLACE.
SO FOR THAT, I WANNA RECOGNIZE YOU.
UH, FOR ONE MORE TIME, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THIS AND, UM, GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS A LITTLE BIT.
OH, UM, I JUST WANTED TO GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT MY LAST EIGHT YEARS, UH, THAT IPM Y'ALL.
THAT WAS MY FIRST MEETING, AND IT TOOK ME LIKE SIX MONTHS, LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHAT IS THIS THING? AND THEN IT TOOK EIGHT YEARS TO PASS, RIGHT? IT TOOK A LONG TIME.
THANK GOD WE GOT MARIANNE ON THIS COMMISSION.
UM, I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT I WILL TAKE SOLID CREDIT FOR ON THIS COMMISSION IS THAT WE CHANGED THE TIME TO 6:00 PM WHAT WAS IT? SEVEN 30.
I COULDN'T STAY UP
UM, MY KIDS WERE ONE IN THREE WHEN I STARTED ON THE COMMISSION, ONE IN THREE.
AND SO IT WAS SUCH A GREAT TIME FOR ME BECAUSE WE WENT TO EVERY SINGLE PARK.
LIKE EVERY WEEK WE WENT TO EVERY PARK, UM, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID OR NOT DURING COVID.
I, UM, REMEMBER WHEN THE PARKS WERE CLOSED DURING C THAT WAS A LITTLE CRAZY.
WE HAD, UM, OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS ON ZOOM.
I'M SURE STACY WILL REMEMBER WHEN I HAD LONG COVID AND I FORGOT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UM, EVERYONE WAS LOOKING AT ME ON ZOOM.
UM, UH, AND THEN ALSO DURING ALL OF THAT TIME, UM, THE FIRES BOTH DURING COVID AND NOT DURING COVID.
AND, UH, DREW, THAT WAS UNDER DREW'S PURVIEW DURING THAT TIME.
UM, NOW TOM JORDAN OVERSEES THAT, BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE HE WAS DOING ALL THIS PLUS THAT, AND THE WHOLE STAFF WAS THERE AND SHOWED UP AND IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE, JUST AMAZING WORK THAT YOU DID HOLDING OUR CITY TOGETHER AND BRINGING ALL THOSE PEOPLE FROM UP NORTH DOWN AND JUST MAKING IT RUN SEAMLESSLY.
UM, MY FIRST PARK THAT OPENED WHEN, UM, I WAS ON THE COMMISSION, IT WAS LIKE THE FIRST MONTH WAS MIRACLE LEAGUE.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY, REALLY EXCITING THING TO BE A PART OF.
UM, THE SPORTS FIELDS, GRANT PARK, ANNA'S MEADOW.
UM, REALLY COOL TO BRING IN PROCESS AND BRING IN LIKE THE MOTHER'S CLUB AT THE TIME AND BRING IN COMMUNITY AROUND PARK PLANNING.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF THAT NOW.
UM, REALLY GROWN IN THAT ASPECT OF GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CON CONTINUE TO GET THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND GET THEIR INPUT, BUT ALSO THE OLDER ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED DURING THIS TIME, IS THE AGE FRIENDLY.
SO LET'S KEEP UP THE AGE FRIENDLY INITIATIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL AGES WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PARKS AND ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND BEFORE I WAS ON THE COMMISSION, PARKS DIDN'T GET TO DO THIS 'CAUSE THERE WAS NO MONEY, RIGHT? WE HAD MEASURE EM PASS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHEN THE KIND OF THE MONEY CAME IN AND WE WERE ABLE TO REDO THE PLAYGROUNDS AND WHATNOT.
AND THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE STILL REALLY OLD.
SO THE FAIRGROUNDS, THE POOL, THE ICE RINK.
THE IPM, UM, THE MUSEUM, YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, LIKE MY HEART IS IN MUSEUM ALSO, WHEN I STARTED ON THE COMMISSION, IT WAS THE IDEA EXHIBIT.
IT'S ALSO THE IDEA EXHIBIT NOW.
THE WEDDING DRESSES ARE BEAUTIFUL.
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TAKES THE ROLE ON THE MUSEUM THIS YEAR AS THE LIAISON, PLEASE TAKE IT INCREDIBLY SERIOUSLY.IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE PLACE AND ASSET TO THE CITY, TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO WHAT I DID AND LIKE REALLY IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THAT BOARD BECAUSE THAT BOARD IS AMAZING, THEY'RE FASCINATING, THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS, AND YOU'LL LEARN A LOT AND YOU'LL HAVE FUN DOING IT.
UM, I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE 'EM COME TO PARK AND REC THE CITY HAS REALLY DEEPENED THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MUSEUM BOARD.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR NOT JUST FROM THE LIAISON, BUT ALSO FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FROM THE BOARD OF THE INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPENING THERE.
UM, SO PLEASE KEEP CHAMPION CHAMPIONING THE, UM, MUSEUM THERE.
I MEAN, DREW, YOU WEREN'T IN THIS ROLE.
UH, CINDY, I MEAN, GOTTA GIVE PROS TO CINDY.
OUR FIRST, UM, OUR FIRST TIME CINDY AND I MET, WE HAD A PLAY DATE WITH MY DAUGHTER AT KENNELWORTH PARK.
UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, KEVIN, RACHEL CAT, WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
WE HAVE NEW TEAM MEMBERS HERE, AND IT JUST, I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S GROWING, UM, AND THAT THERE'S NO MORE SUPPORT.
THE OTHER THING I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO, TO KEEP CHAMPION IS, UM, DREW'S MENTAL HEALTH AND
AND TAKING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS WAS A LOT.
AND I'M SO PROUD THAT WE HAVE MORE STAFF TO HELP WITH FAIRGROUNDS ON AQUATICS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I'M GLAD YOU DON'T HAVE FIRES ANYMORE, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO SHOW UP.
YOU'RE A CITY EMPLOYEE, YOU STILL HAVE TO SHOW UP IF THERE'S EVACUATION CENTER.
UM, THE OTHER THING, AND I JUST, I I CAN'T SAY THIS ENOUGH.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CONTINUE PUSHING FOR THAT PARKS MASTER PLAN.
HOW DO YOU MAKE DECISIONS AS A COMMISSION WITHOUT KNOWING THE WHOLE PICTURE, RIGHT? MAKING INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS DOESN'T DO GOOD FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IF YOU'RE JUST SAYING, OKAY, IS IT OAK HILL OR IS IT LA TO SARAH? HOW DO YOU KNOW? HOW DO YOU KNOW WITHOUT LOOKING THE WHOLE PICTURE IN THE, UM, FOR THE CITY? SO PLEASE DO THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST LIKE REALLY REGRET NOT PUSHING THROUGH WAS EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.
WE NEED THAT EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.
I KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT WE WERE GONNA GO TO THE CITY AND LOOK AT THE, THE EQUIPMENT ON MARIANNE, RIGHT? CHRISSY FIELD.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT AGE FRIENDLY THING THAT WE COULD ADD TO THE CITY.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PLAYGROUNDS AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, UM, ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CITY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AGE FRIENDLY THAT GET HIT ALL THE AGES.
BUT SEE, I DID NEED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
I NEEDED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE TIME ON THE COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE A VOICE, USE YOUR VOICE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU ARE, YOU ARE A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR ALL OF US, I HAVE TO SAY.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS,
[PRESENTATIONS]
WE WILL GO TO OUR PRESENTATIONS.ITEM NUMBER 1 20 25, SUMMER RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND SPECIAL EVENTS UPDATE.
TARA, DEFINITELY OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR.
AND LINDSEY FISHER, OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR, ARE GONNA TAKE US AWAY ON THIS.
I'LL WAIT A SECOND TO GET THIS PRESENTATION UP BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
UM, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
I AM A RECREATION SUPERVISOR, UM, AS STACY STATED, UH, OVERSEEING AQUATICS, FAIRGROUNDS AND ALL THINGS, UH, RECREATION
AND I'M LINDSAY FISHER AND I AM ALSO A RECREATION SUPERVISOR.
AND I'M AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, OVERSEEING OUR, UH, PRESCHOOL SUMMER CAMP, UH, SENIOR CENTER AND, UH, ATHLETIC FIELDS.
AND I THINK THERE'S MORE ON THAT LIST,
UM, SO WE'RE HERE TODAY JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A RECAP OF SUMMER AND A LITTLE LOOK FORWARD JUST TO, UM, KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING IN PARKS AND RECREATION.
UH, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, UM, TARA AND I BOTH CAME ABOARD IN APRIL.
SO WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR, UH, THREE MONTHS.
WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE, THE QUARTER OF THE YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, WHEN WE CAME ABOARD, ONE, TWO OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE ARE PUSHING TOWARDS WAS THE FAIR AND, UH, SUMMER CAMP.
SO TARA, ALTHOUGH SHE IS, UH, GONNA BE TAKING OVER AQUATICS, GOT ROPED INTO A LOT OF, UH, FAIR PLANNING.
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AND I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING INVOLVED IN OUR SUMMER CAMP AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, REBRANDED AS CAMP AUMA.I THINK MAYBE CAT HAD A HAND IN THAT
IT'S JUST GREAT HAVING ALL THESE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE'VE GOT THREE AGE GROUPS.
OUR YOUNGEST CAMPERS ARE THREE TO FIVE.
THEY'RE IN THE BEAUTIFUL PRESCHOOL ROOM WITH VIEWS OF THE LAKE.
WE'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT, UH, GROUP OF COUNSELORS IN THERE.
MANY OF OUR CAMP COUNSELORS ARE IN THEIR FIRST JOB.
WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOLERS AND RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADS, AND THEY'RE LEARNING A LOT AND HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH THESE KIDS.
OUR OLDER AGE GROUPS ARE LUMA PEEPS FOR SIX TO EIGHT YEAR OLDS, AND LUMA CREW FOR NINE TO 12 YEAR OLDS.
AND THEY'RE IN OUR CRAFT ROOMS IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
EVERY WEEK HAS A DIFFERENT THEME.
AND YOU CAN SEE UP THERE A BUNCH OF KIDS HOLDING A GIANT SNAKE.
UM, I WISH WE COULD ZOOM IN ON THE FACE OF THE LITTLE ONE.
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S NOT SURE HOW SHE GOT THERE.
UM, THAT'S PART OF OUR, I THINK THAT WAS OUR JUNGLE WEEK.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE BELOW THAT WATER SLIDE, WE HAVE A, UH, WACKY WET WEDNESDAY.
EVERY WEDNESDAY WE HAVE TWO WATER SLIDES, ONE FOR THE BIGGER KIDS, ONE FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS.
WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, SLIP AND SLIDE, A GLE BALL PIT.
LOTS OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.
UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLIMENTS WE'RE GETTING IS WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FAMILIES COMING UP TO US SAYING, YOU KNOW, I CHOSE THIS CAMP BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS.
AND I AM SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED BY HOW MUCH FUN MY KIDS ARE HAVING AND WANNA DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT'S THE BEST COMPLIMENT THAT WE COULD GET AS A, AS A SUMMER CAMP.
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TAKING A VISIT.
IT IS A SENIOR CENTER, BUT IT'S OPEN TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
IT IS JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL, VIBRANT PLACE.
I LOOK FOR EVERY EXCUSE TO STOP BY TODAY.
THEY WERE HAVING ONE OF THEIR MONTHLY PARTIES, SIZZLE AND S'MORES, AND IT WAS INDOOR CAMPING, THE LIGHTS OFF WITH TEA LIGHTS.
THEY'RE DOING HOT DOGS AND S'MORES AND GREAT TURNOUT.
IT'S, UM, AYA, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SENIOR CENTER, JUST DOES SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB.
UM, ONE OF MY FAVORITE ANECDOTES FROM ONE OF MY FIRST WEEKS HERE, UM, A GENTLEMAN SHOWED UP AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER OFFERING US PLASTIC FORKS.
AND IT TURNED OUT, UH, HIS DAUGHTER HAD ALL THESE FORKS FROM GETTING TAKEOUT FOOD, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM, DIDN'T WANNA END UP THEM TO END UP IN THE LANDFILL.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, LET'S SEE IF THE SENIOR CENTER COULD USE THEM.
AND HE SAID, I, I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE SENIOR CENTER'S, LIKE, LET'S TAKE A WALK.
SO WE WALKED AROUND THE LAKE AND WALKED IN.
AND ON THE WALK THERE, HE TOLD ME ABOUT LOSING HIS WIFE.
AND THEN HIS DOG WAS HIS COMPANION.
A A A MAN CAME OUTTA THE BACK, GOES, DO YOU PLAY PINNACLE? I NEED A PARTNER.
AND IT WAS LIKE, IT HAD BEEN SCRIPTED.
AND THEN HE CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND FOUND HIS PEOPLE.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST A WONDERFUL PLACE.
SO, UH, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR ADULT SPORTS LEAGUES THAT ACTUALLY THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS MY BASKETBALL TEAM.
YOU CAN SEE MY FACE IN THERE,
UM, WE WERE, IT'S A 18 PLUS LEAGUE AND WE WERE A 40 PLUS TEAM.
TEAM NAME HOT FLASH, WE HAD A BLAST.
UM, WE'VE GOT A THRIVING ADULT SOFTBALL, UH, LEAGUE GOING ON.
BASKETBALL IS A TREASURE TRADITION.
WE HAVE A WOMEN'S LEAGUE, TWO LEVELS OF MEN'S LEAGUES.
UH, I'M HOPING IN THE FUTURE WE'LL HAVE A 40 PLUS CO-ED, NON-COMPETITIVE LEAGUE JUST FOR FUN AND NEW THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A KICKBALL LEAGUE, SO WE HAVE THE PIONEERS OF OUR KICKBALL PROGRAM.
THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT WHILE WE KIND OF SORT OUT THE RULES AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S WORKING.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A LARGER KICKBALL LEAGUE IN THE FALL THAT WILL PLAY AT PRINCE PARK UNDER THE LIGHTS.
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE ONTO YOURS.
I'M NOT SURE I CAN FOLLOW LINDSAY UP.
SO, UM, WE'LL JUMP INTO THE FAIR.
SO, AS LINDSAY SAID, WE STARTED, UH, TOGETHER ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.
AND THE FAIR WAS OUR BIGGEST FOCUS.
I THINK THAT WAS THE BIGGEST FOCUS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, SO WE WANNA GIVE YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT.
SO, AS A REMINDER, THE FAIR WAS OUR, UH, COUNTRY NIGHTS AND CARNIVAL LIGHTS HELD JUNE 19TH THROUGH 22ND.
IT WAS THE FIRST, UH, FAIR, UH, THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE PUT ON.
WE HAD, UM, WELL OVER 25,000 ATTENDEES OVER THOSE FOUR DAYS.
UM, AND, UH, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT REALLY QUICKLY IN THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES, GIVE SOME PHOTO
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CREDIT TO, TO PAGE GREEN HERE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.SO, UM, THIS IS JUST GONNA BE A HIGH LEVEL, UM, UH, OVERVIEW OF, OF SOME THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING FAIR.
SO THROUGHOUT THE FOUR DAYS, UH, WE HAD LIVE PERFORMANCES, UM, FROM CIRCUS ACTS, UH, FROM, UH, FLINT CREEK CIRCUS TO, UM, BANDS, LOCAL FAVORITES, UH, PRIDE AND JOY, PINBALL WIZARDS, UH, UM, BAND KORRA.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAD SOME MAGICIANS.
JUST LOTS OF DIFFERENT LIVE PERFORMANCES ACTIVITIES, UH, FOR FOLKS TO SEE.
SO WE THREW A COUPLE OF PHOTOS AND, AND SNAPSHOTS.
AGAIN, THAT WAS ALL THROUGHOUT THE FAIRGROUNDS, UH, FROM THE CONCOURSE TO THE STAGE, UM, TO UNDER THE CIRCUS TENTS AND BEYOND.
UH, NEXT, UH, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS UP THERE ON THE SCREEN, UH, CODY AND THE BLACKSMITHING ASSOCIATION.
UH, WE HAD, UH, PARTICIPATION FROM NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, SAXES JOINT.
UM, WE DID A DUNK FOR A CAUSE.
SO THAT WAS A DUNK TANK, UM, THAT OUR, UH, LOVELY DEB IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM THERE WAS ABLE TO, UH, SUPPORT US ON AND, UH, HELP FUNDRAISE FOR LOCAL NONPROFITS.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ON THAT EVENT.
UH, WE HAD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE.
UM, JUST LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
UH, WE DID A PUP PALOOZA DOG COSTUME CONTEST, UM, DEMO DERBY, BMX RACES.
WE HAD A GOOD EARTH GROVE FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABLE LIVING.
WE HAD OUR PETALUMA, UH, PICKLEBALL, OUR FAIRGROUNDS, PICKLEBALL CREW OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN LOTS OF OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT AREN'T LISTED, BUT DEFINITELY DESERVE SOME CREDIT EDIT.
NEXT, UH, JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT WE HAD, UM, ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES.
SO YOU CAN SEE A FEW DIFFERENT PICTURES UP THERE FROM, UH, THE SLIDES, THE RIDES TO THE DEMOLITION DERBY, UH, MECHANICAL BOWL.
UM, JUST SOME, UH, YOUTH THERE ENJOYING, YOU KNOW, UH, DIFFERENT FOODS AND DRINKS.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE TO PUT UP SOME PHOTOS OF, OF PEOPLE DANCING.
UM, THE STAGES WERE ALWAYS BUSY, UH, AND EVERYONE WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME THERE.
AND THEN NEXT WE HAD OUR AGRICULTURE, UM, SECTIONS.
AND SO WE HAD EVERYTHING FROM LIVESTOCK SHOWS TO EXHIBITS, BUTTER SCULPTING, THE PETTING ZOO.
UH, SO IN, UH, PARTNERSHIP THERE WITH THE FOURTH DAA, UM, BEING ABLE TO REMAIN AND OFFER SOME, UH, AGRICULTURE, UM, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT TO WHAT HAPPENS AT ANY FAIR.
SO WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A A COUPLE OF PHOTOS.
WE'VE GOT CLOVER UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, SOME DIFFERENT KIDS WITH THEIR SHOW ANIMALS.
UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT FUN ACTIVITIES IN THE AG SECTION.
ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE FAIR
UM, THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE SOME MORE INFORMATION PROVIDED, UM, IN, IN COMING MONTHS.
BUT, UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT'S COMING UP.
UH, THIS IS FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PROGRAM IN ALL OF OUR SPACES.
SO JUST HIGHLIGHTING A FEW THINGS.
WE'VE GOT THE PETALUMA MUSIC FESTIVAL COMING UP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS ON JULY 26TH.
UH, WE'RE HAVING BOUNCE NATION COME IN.
UH, WELL, IT'S A SIMILAR EVENT TO WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S A, A NEW, UH, ORGANIZATION WE'RE WORKING WITH HERE, UM, JULY 31ST THROUGH AUGUST 4TH.
SO LOTS OF, UM, BOUNCE HOUSES AND, AND FUN FOR FAMILIES THERE.
UM, I MYSELF AM, UH, GEARING UP FOR THE AQUATICS TRANSITION.
UH, AND SO WE'VE GOT A LIFEGUARD TRAINING COMING UP.
SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN GETTING CERTIFIED, UM, THAT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, NEXT FROM AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER, WE'VE GOT VARIOUS EVENTS.
UH, WE AS PARKS AND REC ARE PUTTING ON MOVIES IN THE PARK, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, ON A FUT SLIDE.
UH, WE'VE GOT THE VINTAGE MARKET THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS EVERY, UH, THIRD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH.
SO THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, WE'VE GOT A CIRCUS COMING UP, CIRCUS VARGAS IN AUGUST.
SO A LOT OF GREAT, UM, FAIRGROUNDS ACTIVITIES THERE.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE AUGUST, UH, SORRY, YEAH, PRETTY MUCH AUGUST THROUGH NOVEMBER.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS COMING UP.
SO, UM, COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING.
WE'VE GOT, UH, PETALUMA WRESTLING COMING BACK INTO THE MIX, UH, IN THE EXPO HALL AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
WE'VE GOT FAIRGROUNDS, PICKLEBALL, UM, BALLET, UH, FOLKLORE IS COMING ONTO THE FAIRGROUNDS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR, UM, ANTICIPATED FALL TRANSITION TO A CITY LED, UH, AQUATICS PROGRAM, WHICH WE'LL HIGHLIGHT IN ANOTHER SLIDE AS WELL.
UH, ADULT SOFTBALL KICKBALL, AS LINDSAY STATED IN EARLIER
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SLIDES.MONSTER TRUCKS, LOTS OF HAP, LOTS OF HAPPENINGS AT THE SPEEDWAY TO HIGHLIGHT.
UM, WE'VE GOT A FOOD AND FORK FESTIVAL COMING UP AT THE FAIRGROUND.
SO AGAIN, A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE TO BE INVOLVED IN.
AND THEN LATER INTO THE YEAR, WE'VE GOT OUR WINTER PROGRAMMING, UH, REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME FUN, OH YEAH, PETALUMA PRIDE COMING UP IN OCTOBER.
AND THEN, UH, AL UH, BARBECUE ALCHEMY CLASSES.
UM, JUST TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO UTILIZE SPACE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, AND OFFER A VARIETY OF, UH, PROGRAMS AND, AND OFFERINGS THERE.
WE HAVE THREE MOVIES IN THE PARK EVENTS COMING UP AT.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS GONNA BE IN AUGUST AT LUCCHESE PARK, AND WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWING GREECE.
THESE WILL BE, UH, THE MOVIES WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER DARK.
SO THIS ONE WILL BE, MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE FOR THE YOUNGEST KIDS, BUT IN SEPTEMBER WHEN IT STARTS GETTING DARK A LITTLE EARLIER, WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWING CARS AT LUCCHESE PARK.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM AMERICAN GRAFFITI COMING WITH SOME OLD CARS, SOME CLASSIC CARS TO SHOW.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME FOOD VENDORS.
AND THEN FOR OUR HALLOWEEN MOVIE IN THE PARK, WHICH WILL BE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, WE'RE GOING TO BE SHOWING GHOSTBUSTERS.
AND LASTLY, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE AQUATICS, UM, TRANSITION.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
SOMETHING THAT I WILL BE TAKING ON THAT I'M ALREADY TAKING ON.
UH, WE ARE DEEP INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS, UM, LOOKING AT, LIKE I SAID, OFFERING LIFEGUARD TRAINING COURSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, STAFF UP, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITY AND OFFER, UM, ALL OF THE CURRENT PROGRAMMING AND, UH, MORE IN ADDITION TO THAT.
SO, UM, SOME OF MY GOALS, SOME OF OUR GOALS AS A TEAM IS JUST IMPROVE SAFETY STANDARDS.
UM, I HAVE A, A LONG BACKGROUND IN AQUATICS AND, UM, I HOLD SAFETY STANDARDS, UM, PROBABLY AT THE, AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE PROUD OF OFFERING.
UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, NOT ADDITIONAL BUT NEW COMMUNITY TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FROM LIFEGUARD TRAINING, UH, WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR TRAINING.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE FREE PROGRAMS FOR, UM, PARENTS LOOKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO, UM, HELP THEIR CHIL THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH SWIM LESSONS.
SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, UH, ONCE WE, WE TAKE OVER THERE AND, AND HAVE ACCESS TO THAT FACILITY.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, ON TOP OF OUR IMPROVED SAFETY STANDARDS, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO IMPROVE OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS, UM, BRINGING ON SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP US WITH THOSE THINGS.
JUST REALLY PUTTING PLANS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SPACES THAT WE'RE OFFERING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, FROM AQUATICS PERSPECTIVE, UM, ARE, ARE MEETING, YOU KNOW, UM, MY, MY HIGH STANDARDS, IF YOU WILL, DREW'S HIGH STANDARDS CATS, HIGH STANDARDS
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, YOU KNOW, UH, ANOTHER BIG GOAL IS CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY UPDATES.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, GETTING OUR WEBSITE UPDATED, HAVING, UM, AN EMAIL LISTSERV FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SUBSCRIBE TO AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEARLY COMMUNICATING, WHETHER THAT'S OUR COURSES THAT ARE COMING UP, UM, POOL HOURS, LAP SWIM CLOSURES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
REALLY TRYING TO, UM, HEIGHTEN THAT, UH, UH, COMMUNITY, UM, UH, COMMUNICATION, IF YOU WILL.
SO AGAIN, JUST A VERY, UM, QUICK HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT I'M PROUD TO BE WORKING ON.
LINDSAY AND I HAVE, UM, HAD THE PLEASURE OF DOING FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
WE'LL MOVE TO THE, I THINK LAST SLIDE HERE.
SO HERE'S THE FINISHING 2025 STRONG.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER HALF OF THE YEAR TO GO.
UM, WITH OUR INCREASED STAFFING LEVELS AND ALL THINGS COMING UP, WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE, WHERE THIS ALL GOES.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US.
AND YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FAIR, SO CLEAR SAILING UNTIL THE FAIR COMES AGAIN.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES.UM, WE HAVE MINUTES THAT NEED TO BE APPROVED FROM MAY 21ST, 2025.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY, UM, COMMENTS OR CHANGES FROM THE, FROM THE MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING? UH, CAN SOMEONE DO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MAY 21ST, SECOND 2025.
DO YOU WANNA, UM, OH MY GOODNESS.
WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THAT, RIGHT? WE CAN DO A SHOW OF HANDS, A SHOW OF HANDS.
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WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE THAT WAS HERE DURING THE MEETING, SO YEAH, JUST A SHOW OF HANDS WOULD DO.[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.NUMBER THREE IS THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
AND DISCUSS AND ELECT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR FOR THE, UM, RECREATION, PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION TO SERVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2026 OR UNTIL.
OKAY, I DON'T NEED TO SAY THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOT TO INFORMALLY WELCOME THE NEW, UH, COMMISSIONERS THERE BRIEFLY.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE, THE DAIS, UH, COMMISSIONER JOSE AND BRENDA, UM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO, UH, TO GET YOU BOTH UP TO SPEED, UH, A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT OUR CURRENT HAPPENINGS ARE, BUT I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED IN SPEAKING FOR THE TEAM.
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO JOIN, UH, AS WE ARE IN KIND OF OUR PEAK SEASON, AND WE GET TO LOOK FORWARD ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE SECOND HALF GONNA LOOK LIKE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN ADVANCE, UH, FOR, FOR JOINING US.
SO IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.
UH, EVERY JULY, UH, WE GET SEATED.
NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS, UM, BRENDA AND JOSE HAVE JOINED US AS NEW MEMBERS.
UH, THIS IS ALSO A TIME THAT WE GET TO ELECT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TO SERVE THE YEAR, WHICH FOR US IS JULY THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026.
WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE, UH, HAD OUR CHAIR BE ELECT TO SERVE, UM, TWO YEAR TERMS. AND EVERY YEAR WE ALSO ELECT A VICE CHAIR TO SERVE SHOULD THE CHAIR NOT BE AVAILABLE TO MEETING.
AND THAT VICE CHAIR ALSO WORKS WITH, UH, STAFF TO SET THE AGENDA EACH MONTH.
UM, STACY, UH, AS OUR SERVING CHAIR HAS NOW COMPLETED THE SECOND YEAR OF HER TWO YEAR TERM.
UM, SO TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION REALLY IS TO, UM, ASK THE COMMISSION TO ELECT, UH, AND APPOINT A NEW CHAIR AS WELL AS, UH, A VICE CHAIR TO SERVE, UM, TONIGHT THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026.
I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, COMMISSIONER BRUNELLI, UH, MARIANNE HAS JUST COMPLETED HER, UH, FIRST YEAR AS VICE CHAIR, UH, AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN KIND OF WORKING WITH STACEY AND I DURING THAT TIME.
UM, SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BE HERE TONIGHT TOO, TO, TO HOPEFULLY TAKE, TAKE THE CHARGE.
UM, SO ASKING FOR A MOTION, UH, OR, OR TWO, UH, ONE TO ELECT A CHAIR AND A NOMINATION AND A VICE CHAIR TO SERVE THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026 OR TO A REPLACEMENT IS FOUND.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR MARIANNE TO TAKE OVER AS CHAIR.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
UH, CAN WE HAVE MARIANNE, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A SPEECH? UM, NO, JUST THAT I WOULD, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M, I AM, I'M, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE COMMISSION AND VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
YOU'RE GONNA BE A GREAT CHAIR.
DO WE NEED TO DO A SHOW OF HA OH, SORRY.
DO WE NEED TO DO A SHOW OF HANDS HERE OR A FULL VOTE? YEAH, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
SO WE CAN ROLL CALL, VOTE YEAH.
SO AT THIS POINT, UM, AS ROLL CALL, VOTE, THEN YOU CAN VOTE, UM, YES OR NO FOR THE ITEM.
SO AS YOUR NAME GETS CALLED, YOU'RE VOTING YES OR NO, AND THE MOTION IS TO ELECT, UH, MARIANNE TO SERVE AS CHAIR.
DID SHE VOTE? SHE DOESN'T VOTE.
WHY NOT? IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT YES.
WELL, WITH THAT I'LL HAND YOU MY GAVEL.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.I APPRECIATE THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE CODY AS VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.
UH, CAN WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS, PLEASE? OKAY.
CODY, I JUST, I KNOW I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE RUN THIS BY YOU BEFORE I JUST SPR ON YOU AT THE MEETING, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED BY YOUR LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO, TO CITY OF PETALUMA.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MORE CLOSELY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO STACY AND, UH, I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR, UM, CALM AND COLLECTED, UM, RUNNING OF ALL OF THE MEETINGS, UH, IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL MANNER.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
AND WITH THAT, I DO BELIEVE I HAND OVER THE MEETING YOU, MARYANNE, GET TO TAKE OVER ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT, AND THAT IS I WANTED TO WELCOME OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS.
I WANTED TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS STEPPING UP TO TAKE MORE AND MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO BE A VOICE FOR A DIFFERENT PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD AS MUCH FROM, AND THAT I'M EXCITED TO HEAR MORE FROM.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA PROCEED WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE 2020 5 26 6 COMMITTEE COMMISSION BOARD AND PARK ASSIGNMENTS REVIEW.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE OUR ANNUAL LIAISON AND PARKS ASSIGNMENTS FOR COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, AND MONTHLY PARK AND FACILITIES ASSIGNMENTS.
IN CASE ANYONE HASN'T MENTIONED TO YOU, WE ALL GET A CERTAIN, A GROUP OF PARKS THAT WE KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON AS COMMISSIONERS.
AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PARKS AND THEN REPORT BACK AT THE MEETINGS WHAT WE THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE PARKS, WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE, ANYTHING THAT WE THINK MIGHT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO WE'LL EACH, EACH OF US WILL HAVE A, A CERTAIN GROUP OF PARKS THAT WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS YEAR.
UM, SO DREW, UH, I THINK YOU, THIS IS WHERE YOU TAKE OVER, RIGHT? THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS.
SO THE LAST, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND ITEM FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS OUR COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION ASSIGNMENTS.
UH, AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, IN ADDITION TO, UM, LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, THE GROUPING OF PARK ASSIGNMENTS ARE REALLY INTENDED AS, UM, A GROUPING OF PARKS TO GET OUR COMMISSIONERS OUT, MAYBE EXPLORING SOME OF THOSE PARKS THAT, UM, AREN'T TYPICALLY A DRAW FOR YOU OR, OR MAYBE THOSE THAT HAVE FLOWN UNDER THE RADAR FOR, FOR, FOR SOME TIME.
SO THE INTENT IS TO KIND OF CHANGE THOSE ASSIGNMENTS EVERY YEAR SO THAT OVER THE COURSE OF A TERM YOU REALLY GET A FULL RANGE OF WHAT THE CITY'S PARK SYSTEMS, UM, LOOK LIKE.
UH, WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES HAPPEN IN CERTAIN TIMES.
AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU CHECK IN ON THOSE PARKS.
UM, WE ASK THAT YOU CHECK IN ON 'EM ONCE A MONTH, UH, ALMOST LIKE A HOUSE SITTING, BUT YOU'RE LIKE PARK SITTING.
UH, I DO WANNA STRESS THAT, UH, DURING YOUR PARKS, IF YOU SEE ANY KNOWN SAFETY ISSUES, ANY CONCERNS, UM, PLEASE DON'T WAIT FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
UH, YOU'LL HAVE MY INFORMATION.
YOU WILL HAVE OUR GENERIC PARKS HOTLINE, SO GRAFFITI, UM, YOU KNOW, TRIP HAZARDS, THINGS THAT COME UP THAT YOU KNOW AND FEEL THAT ARE UNSAFE.
WE WANT TO HEAR THAT BEFORE THE MEETING SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT YOU ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
UM, YOUR ACTIVITY MAY TAKE YOU TO A PARK THAT'S NOT ON YOUR LIST.
WE WANT THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL.
SO, UM, IT'S REALLY JUST INTENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OVER THE YEAR WE'RE COVERING A
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LOT OF PARKS, BUT WE, WE WELCOME THAT FEEDBACK, UM, AS YOU GO OUT AND ENJOY ACTIVITIES IN CERTAIN AREAS.SO I'M GONNA ASK THE CLERKS HERE TO SHOW ON THE SCREEN, UM, THE UPDATED DRAFT COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION AND PARK ASSIGNMENTS BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT.
I DID SEND A, UM, A SHORT SURVEY ASKING FOR COMMISSIONERS TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT THEIR PREFERRED ASSIGNMENTS FOR THEIR LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS ARE.
SO IF WE CAN MAYBE BRING THAT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER IF YOU CAN.
SO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS ARE, UM, ALSO THESE IS THE LIGHT ON? YEAH, THERE IS A PROBLEM.
OH, ASKING IF SHE CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF ASSIGNMENT OR WOULD YOU HAVE YEAH, A ABSOLUTELY GREAT QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA, WE, WE, RIGHT NOW, UM, THIS IS WHAT'S PROPOSED AS DRAFT AND IT MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT OVER THE DISCUSSION, BUT I WOULD SAY AT THE END OF TONIGHT, UM, WE SHOULD KNOW WHERE OUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS ARE AND PARK ASSIGNMENTS.
UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I WILL ALSO EMAIL THE, THE FINAL DRAFT OUT AS FINAL, UM, FOLLOWING THE MEETING.
SO YOU WILL NOTE WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS ON THIS COMMISSION.
THE COUNCIL LIAISON GETS THEIR, UH, ASSIGNMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
SO THEY DO NOT GET ANY SUB, UH, SUB ASSIGNMENTS FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONS THAT THEY SERVE.
UH, BUT THEY DO STILL GET A LIST OF OUR PARK ASSIGNMENTS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE FOUR, WE ARE OBLIGATED IN OUR, UM, CHARTER TO BE LIAISONS ON FOUR COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS, BUT THERE ARE SIX OF US.
SO EVERY YEAR THERE ARE TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT DON'T SERVE AS LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS.
SO AS I'M PROPOSING NOW, I, I'VE GIVEN OUR TWO NEWEST COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE YEAR OFF TO, UM, HOPEFULLY GET EXPOSED TO THE MANY COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.
UM, I'VE, I ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK AT AGENDAS, ATTEND MEETINGS.
AND SO ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH YOUR ASSIGNMENT THIS YEAR, YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHICH ASSIGNMENTS YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN JOINING.
UM, BUT THIS IS WHATS PROPOSED HERE TONIGHT FOR DISCUSSION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, OR, OR HELP IN THE DISCUSSION IN ANY WAY.
BACK TO YOU CHAIR THAT YOU, MARYANNE
GOTTA BE MORE, UH, PAY, PAY A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION HERE.
UH, SO I GUESS WHAT, UH, IF ANYONE HAS ANY OBJECTIONS TO ANYTHING THAT'S LISTED ON THE SHEET OR WANTS TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
ANYONE, ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THEIR ASSIGNMENTS? YES.
SHALL WE, UM, DO WE DO A ROLL CALL OR JUST A HANDS? YEAH, LOOK, WE'D LIKE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE UPCOMING COMMITTEE COMMISSION ASSIGNMENTS, YOU KNOW, CAN I INTERRUPT FOR ONE? SURE.
UH, SECOND, JUST TO POINT OUT ON THE, ON THE ACTUAL, UM, CITY, LIKE THE PRIME.GOV, UM, THING, THE UPLOADS ARE INCORRECT.
YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO, UM, CHANGE THOSE.
SO, UM, IF YOU VIEW THE RMPC PARK AND COMMISSION ASSIGNMENTS, WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS NEW ONE OR WAS IT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE OLD ONE? THE OLD ONE IS UP, YEAH.
UM, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE OLD ONE.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I, IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE NEW.
YEAH, I HAD TO CANVAS EVERYONE SEPARATELY FOR THEIR NEW ASSIGNMENTS, BUT I THINK NEXT YEAR I CAN BE CLEAR ABOUT, YEAH, WHAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IN CASE IT WAS WRONG OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OKAY, THANK YOU.
SO, UH, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION, ACCEPT THE CURRENT DOCUMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DRAFT PARK ASSIGNMENTS AND COMMITTEE
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LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS AS IT IS UP ON THE SCREEN.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
COMMITTEE COMMENT.SO THIS IS A TIME WHEN THE COMMISSIONERS CAN MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED TO PARKS OR TO THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE, OR ANYTHING THAT THEY MAY HAVE OBSERVED OUT AND ABOUT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'VE BEEN GOING TO A LOT OF PARKS.
SUMMERTIME, EVERYTHING LOOKS SO GREAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THANKS TO OUR, OUR STAFF, I CAN TELL THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
I WAS AT MCNAIR FOR A LONG TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND IT JUST LOOKED SO GREAT.
UM, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE FAIR.
I THINK IT WENT SO WELL FROM THE OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS, I SAW BOTH OF YOU THERE AND YOU KNOW, I SAW YOU ON SUNDAY, SO YOU WERE ALMOST DONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE CITY STAFF WHO PUT IN SO MUCH WORK TO THAT IT REALLY SHOWED.
AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT WEEKEND AND IT WAS SO SPECIAL THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND PUT IT ON BY OURSELVES FOR OURSELVES AND OUR WIDER COMMUNITY.
UM, MY LAST MEETING AS THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE, UM, COMMITTEE LIAISON, WE, UM, LOOKED AT A LIST OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR GRANT FUNDING AND PRIORITIZED AND GAVE FEEDBACK FOR THAT LIST.
UM, IT IS STILL UP ON THE FEEDBACK, THE CITY WEBSITE.
UM, SO IF YOU WANNA GIVE ANY FEEDBACK TO THE, UM, SITES, ROADS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE PRIORITIZED FOR BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT I THINK IS CURRENTLY GOING STILL.
UM, AND I KNOW THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING.
THANK YOU, UM, COMMISSIONER EARL FOR YOUR SERVICE AS CHAIR FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
UM, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMISSION.
I THINK IT'S BRIGHT AND WE HAVE A LOT TO DO, BUT I'M EXCITED.
OH, BRENDA WANTS TO SAY THAT SHE'S, UH, THERE LOTS OF THINGS SHE WANTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, BUT THE FIRST ONE IS THAT SHE'S A MOM OF TWO.
UH, TWO KIDS HERE IN THE SUMMER.
JUST, UH, ALSO BEEN AROUND, UH, A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT RA THINGS THAT WE DO NEED TO, UH, IMPROVE UPON.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER MY OPINION MI AROUND, UH, THE DIFFERENT PARTS AND TO IMPROVEMENT TO MAKE THEM, UH, OPEN FOR ALL AGES FROM THE LITTLE TO ADULTS AND, AND OLDER ADULTS, CIA FOR TOMATOES.
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AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING US INTO ACCOUNT, FOR HAVING US AS REPRESENTING THE LATINO.WE HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THAT WELL, THAT, UH, THE VOICES, UH, GET ELEVATED.
UH, WE HELP YOU AND I AM VERY OPEN TO RECEIVE ALL YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT, UH, AS I GREW IN, IN THIS COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS FATHER OF, UH, UH, TWO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT I LOVE DEAR AND I, I'M THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND, AND HOPING THAT, UH, TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
VERY, UM, WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, HE FEELS THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR LETTING HIM BE HERE WHILE HE'S NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH IN YOUR LANGUAGE, UH, THAT HIS LANGUAGE IS SPANISH, BUT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY, UH, DOING THAT, UH, TOGETHER AND, AND HIS WILLING, UH, TO SERVE AND MORE THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE HERE TO BE HERE PRESENT, UH, SERVING ALL SCHOOL
I'D PROBABLY BE ABLE TO, UH, SAY MORE THINGS ABOUT WHAT I THINK.
SEE THAT, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
UM, KATE, CAN I ASK YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT, THAT, UM, ON THE BIKE PAD THING? IS IT ON? IT'S NOT.
IF YOU HAVE A LINK TO THAT, WILL YOU SEND IT TO ME? OKAY, LET'S SEE.
OH, BUT TARA'S NOT HERE ANYMORE.
I JUST REALIZED, UM, ABOUT THE POOL, THE LANES ARE SHORT.
DID YOU GUYS GET THAT FEEDBACK? DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT? YEAH, THEY'RE NOT, UM, I MEAN THE SWIMMERS KNOW, LIKE, YEAH, THEY'RE NOT PAINTED CORRECTLY.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A WAY TO FIX IT, BUT THEY SHOULD KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE ALERTED THAT IT'S NOT LONG ENOUGH, IT'S SHORT.
ARE YOU SURE THEY DIDN'T JUST GROW THE SWIMMERS
I WOULD, ONE OF THE KIDS DEFINITELY.
BUT NO, NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE POINTED IT OUT.
IT'S NOT JUST SAYING KIDS DO AND THE COACHES TOO.
AND, AND BY THE WAY, THE COACHES ARE, AT LEAST JOHN WAS NOT UPSET.
HE'S LIKE, WHAT? THEY JUST GOTTA COUNT DIFFERENTLY.
UM, SO IN CASE YOU GET FEEDBACK TO JUST BE AWARE THAT IF SOMEBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THINGS LIKE THAT, THE DISTANCE IS DIFFERENT.
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TO TAKE THAT BACK, UM, WITH THE TEAM TOMORROW.AND YEAH, I MEAN, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A WAY TO FIX IT, BUT JUST SO YOU'RE NOT CAUGHT BLINDSIDED IF SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING TO YOU.
IS IT THE SHORT COURSE OR LONG COURSE? I BELIEVE IT'S LONG COURSE.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN IN IT YET, BUT IT LOOKS GREAT.
UM, I HAVE SOME, UM, REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE AT PRINCE PARK 'CAUSE I'M THERE A LOT WITH MY DOGS.
UM, THEY, SOMEONE THEY HAD A GREAT, I, UM, TO HAVE DESIGNATED POOP CANS THAT WAS, THAT WAS FROM A DOG OWNER.
AND I WAS LIKE, GOD, THAT'S SUCH A GREAT IDEA.
JUST LIKE MARK THE CAN BECAUSE IT IS FOUL
IT IS AWFUL TO OPEN UP THOSE THINGS AND JUST THE WAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE OPEN UP A DIAPER GENIE.
UM, SO I THOUGHT
AND SO IF YOU'RE ON A PICNIC, I KNOW, SEE EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD HERE.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT, AND PROBABLY AT MCNAIR PARK, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO PROBABLY BE A GREAT IDEA.
BUT THESE SHARED PARKS THAT ARE HEAVILY USED, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A GREAT, UM, PIECE OF ADVICE.
SHE ALSO, UM, REQUESTED, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT, IT COULD BE INTEGRATED, BUT HAVING SOME SORT OF, UM, LIKE CALENDAR FOR THE EVENTS, AT LEAST AT, UM, PRINCE PARK, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT HAPPEN THERE.
AND WE ALL KNOW THE DOG PARK HOURS, BUT SETUP TIMES ARE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, PYSL, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS OUT THERE SETTING UP AT 7:00 AM UM, WHICH IS TOTALLY FINE, BUT IF YOU'RE THERE WITH A DOG, AND NOT KIDDING YOU, THEY PUT OUT A THING OF DONUTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND IT WAS SEVEN 30.
SO IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT ASPECT, I THINK THE DOG OWNERS WHO THEY, THEY RESPECT THE PARK AND THEY WOULD TRY TO GET THEIR DOGS THERE EARLIER.
UM, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE A WAY OF UPDATING SOME SORT OF A CALENDAR, BUT BECAUSE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THE SCHEDULE I'M SURE IS DONE WAY FAR IN ADVANCE.
UM, BUT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE SHARED ON THAT, UM, THAT FACEBOOK PAGE WITH THE DOG OWNERS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA AS WELL.
UM, THE LAST THING IS LIKE HALF PARKS AND RECREATION AND HALF, HALF PAC AND HALF CITY COUNCIL PROBABLY, BUT IN, IN COMMUNICATIONS, UM, I THINK SOMEBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT LUMA GO THE OTHER DAY AND I THINK THEY WERE RANTING AGAINST IT.
BUT MY POINT IS IS I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AND I SAID IT AT PBAC WHEN I WAS ON PBAC, BUT, UM, GETTING A SHUTTLE RIGHT, UM, FROM LIKE ONE PARK ON THE WEST SIDE TO THE PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ALL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE, IN THE, THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING ACROSS TOWN.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EXACTLY PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT IT IS, UM, THE, IT'S SOCCER SEASON.
AND WITH THAT, UM, THAT IS IT.
I WILL TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE'LL PUT ON A MEGAN HAT WHEN I'M THERE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CHAIR.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER CODY, THANK YOU.
FIRST I WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR TRANSLATOR BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE THE BEST JOB OF PAUSING FOR HIM TONIGHT.
UH, AND I'M SURE WE WILL LEARN.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING FOR A WHILE FOR PUBLIC ART, AND WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST ONE NEXT WEEK.
THERE ARE A LOT OF EXCITING PROJECTS IN THE WORK THOUGH, IN THE WORKS.
UM, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE FAIR WHILE IT'S FRESH IN MY MIND, AND I KNOW HOPEFULLY WE'LL DEBRIEF MORE ON IT LATER.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I, I SPENT ALL DAY THERE EVERY DAY.
I HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
AND, UH, FIRST I WANT TO COMMEND CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL FOR TAKING ON SUCH A GARGANTUAN TASK AND PUTTING THEIR WHOLE HEART AND SOUL INTO IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, SEEING IT FROM, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES, I SAW JUST HOW HARD EVERYBODY WORKED.
UH, 12 HOUR DAYS WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY WERE LIMPING.
UM, UH, AFTER WALKING, YOU KNOW, 10, 12 MILES A DAY, EVERY PERSON, RIGHT? UH, AND ANYONE WHO WENT TO THE FAIR MAY HAVE NOTICED, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL WORK MEMBERS WORKING THE DUNK TANK AND THE TICKET BOOTHS AND EVEN ALL THE WAY UP TO THE, TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WALKING AROUND ALL DAY JUST COLLECTING TRASH EVERY DAY.
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I MEAN, I HAVE NEVER FELT SUCH A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY.AND THAT FOR ME IS WHAT REALLY MADE IT THE PETALUMA FAIR.
UH, AND THAT IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY PROUD OF FOR PETALUMA.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, I AM A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED AND I WANNA ADDRESS THAT TOO.
UH, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF EMOTION AROUND THE TRANSITION OF THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THE TRANSITION OF RUNNING THE FAIR.
UM, AND I ABSOLUTELY THINK WE SHOULD PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY ASSET AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN, UH, TO MAKE IT THRIVE.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, TO SAY THIS TO EVERYONE WHO, WHO, WHO WENT ONLINE OR TALKED TO FRIENDS OR FAMILY, ET CETERA, WITH THE INTENTION OF SPREADING RUMORS AND NEGATIVITY, UM, WITH THE INTENTION OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO BOYCOTT THE FAIR OR CLAIM FALSE INTENTIONS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING SO HARD TO PUT THIS ON.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SUREFIRE WAY TO KILL THIS EVENT, THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT.
AND THEN THE DEATH OF THE FAIR WOULD BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT THE CITY.
RIGHT? UM, I HAD SO MANY NOTES ON IT,
SO WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH IT OR NOT, CURRENTLY THE CITY IS RUNNING THE PETALUMA FAIR, SO YOU CAN TRY TO THWART THEIR EFFORTS OUT OF SPITE, IN WHICH CASE, MAYBE WE DO LOSE THE WHOLE FAIR, OR YOU CAN HELP MAKE IT THE BEST FAIR IT COULD POSSIBLY BE, RIGHT? IN WHICH CASE EVERYBODY WINS.
AND IN ALL MATTERS INVOLVING THE CITY, YOUR VOICE CAN AND SHOULD BE HEARD.
THERE ARE CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO DO THAT.
GOING ONLINE AND SPREADING RUMORS AND MISINFORMATION AND NEGATIVITY IS NOT THE WAY, AND IT DOES NOT HELP ANYBODY.
SO I WANNA ALSO THANK EVERYONE WHO SHARED THEIR POSITIVE EXPERIENCES WITH THE FAIR AND COMBATED THAT NEGATIVITY BECAUSE THERE WERE A TON OF POSITIVE EXPERIENCES, PROBABLY MORE THAN THE NEGATIVE FOR SURE.
UNFORTUNATELY, POSITIVITY NEVER GETS THE, UH, PUBLICITY THAT IT DESERVES.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THE FAIR.
EVERYONE WHO WENT TO THE FAIR, PARTICIPATED IN THE FAIR, HELPED PUT THE FAIR ON.
AND I JUST WANNA CLOSE BY SAYING THAT WE CAN DO THIS.
WE CAN MAKE THIS AN AMAZING EVENT, AND WE CAN DO THIS WITH ANY ASPECT OF THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE.
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS PETALUMA HAS TO STEP UP, COME TOGETHER, AND WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND AS A TOWN, BECAUSE THE ONLY REAL SUCCESS IS MUTUAL SUCCESS.
AND TO ACHIEVE THAT, IT TAKES A VILLAGE.
UM, I WANT TO CONCUR WITH SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS.
I DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO TO THE FAIR, BUT I WAS RIDING MY BIKE ALL AROUND AND KIND OF JUST OBSERVING WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND I WAS ALSO ONLINE, AND I SAW SOME OF THE COMMENTS BOTH WAYS, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.
THERE'S ALWAYS, IT SEEMS TO ME, A SUBSET OF PEOPLE THAT PREFER TO JUST STAND BACK AND CRITICIZE, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING THEMSELVES.
THEY JUST CRITICIZE OTHER PEOPLE FOR TRYING TO DO THINGS.
SO UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST A KIND OF A BUILT IN THING THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
UM, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FANTASTIC FIRST EFFORT, AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT YOU START, YOU'RE BASICALLY STARTING OVER.
YOU CAME IN BEHIND THE, THE GUN BECAUSE OF ALL THE NEGLECT THAT HAD GONE ON FOR SO MANY YEARS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
YOU WEREN'T ANTICIPATING HAVING TO SCRAMBLE AND DEAL WITH ALL THESE THINGS.
AND FROM WHAT I SAW, A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED THE FAIR.
THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE AND PE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS TO MAKE ABOUT IT, AND IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BETTER.
SO, UM, SO I, I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ALSO DREW YOU AND THE, AND YOUR STAFF AND THE, ALL THE CITY MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.
LIKE YOU SAID, IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT WAS DEFINITELY ON DISPLAY AT THE FAIR.
AND I THINK THAT IT WAS REALLY A GREAT EFFORT FOR THE FIRST YEAR, UM, IN MY RIDES AROUND TOWN.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE PARKS, AND I WILL SAY, AGAIN, I THINK I SAID THIS THE LAST TIME, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS, BUT I'VE SEEN A CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONDITION OF PARKS.
AND SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTEN MORE
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RESOURCES, YOU'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE STAFF, BUT IT'S SHOWING IN THE PARKS EVERY PENNY THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN, EVERY EXTRA PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, EVERY EXTRA STAFF PERSON IS EVIDENT DRIVING AROUND THE CITY AND LOOKING AT THE PARK.SO I WANT TO COM COMMEND YOU ON THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO CONGRATULATE WHENEVER I SEE THE STAFF, THEY, SOME OF THEM KNOW ME NOW AND THEY SEE ME ON MY TRIKE RIDING AROUND.
I ALWAYS STOP AND, AND THANK THEM AND TELL 'EM WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY'RE DOING.
UM, AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA MENTION.
WE, WE DIDN'T MEET, UM, LAST MONTH.
WE'RE WORKING ON A STANDARDIZED, UH, TREE LIST FOR PEOPLE, FOR, WE'RE WORKING ON A, ON TOOLS FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THEY CAN USE WHEN THEY'RE DECIDING WHAT KIND OF TREES THEY WANNA PLANT ON THEIR PROPERTY OR HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE TREES.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THAT, WITH THAT WORK.
AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR ME.
UH, WE MOVED TO STAFF COMMENTS.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE FEAR? OH, TOO.
SORRY, STACY HAD ANOTHER IT'S OKAY.
I HAD, I, I HAD MENTIONED THIS TO DREW WHEN I SAW HIM, BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA ECHO IT.
NOT MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED MORE ECHOING, BUT, UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME, THE CLEANLINESS, AS CODY MENTIONED, BUT ALSO THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT POINTS OF DETAIL THAT I THINK THAT EVERYBODY ATTENDED TO.
AND I THINK THAT FAMILIES, UM, OF ALL DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME.
LIKE, I REMEMBER TAKING MY, MY INFANT AND CHANGING HER DIAPER LIKE ON A BENCH, YOU KNOW, AND SO THERE WERE JUST THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, TO HAVE A PLACE, TO HAVE A CHANGING STATION, TO HAVE A SENSORY OVERLOAD AREA, I THINK WAS A BRILLIANT IDEA.
SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS, IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WENT AND KIND OF TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO DO RIVERTOWN REVIVAL, BUT I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD'VE SEEN AT RIVERTOWN REVIVAL, THAT AT THE BEGINNING PEOPLE JUST SAW IT AS THIS QUIRKY THING.
BUT REALLY IT HELPS KIDS WHEN THEY'RE OVERWHELMED, YOU KNOW, HAVING AN AIR CON, AIR CONDITIONED PLACE TO TAKE IN A NEWBORN WHEN THEY'RE FREAKING OUT TO JUST CALM 'EM DOWN.
SO SOME OF THOSE ATTENTION TO DETAILS THAT I, AGAIN, ONLINE, I THINK PEOPLE WERE, UM, NOT A FAN OF.
UM, I THINK FAMILIES REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATED THOSE THINGS.
UM, AND I JUST KEEP THE DOOR OPEN, AND AT LEAST FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE ONLINE, I'M ALWAYS ONLINE TRYING TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE JUST HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND, UM, AS THE SIGN THAT I SAW PRINCE PARK THE OTHER DAY WAS, BEFORE YOU COMPLAIN, HAVE YOU VOLUNTEERED YET?
AND SO I REALLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE LET GO OF IT.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE LOMA ICE, IT'S JUST GONNA GET BETTER.
ARE ARE WE HAVING A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY? CAN YOU, BRENDA, ONE SECOND.
DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY HAVING ATTENDED PRIOR FAIRS? I CAN SAY ELOQUENTLY THAT, UH, THIS YEAR'S FAIR WAS A LOT BETTER THAN THAN YEARS PAST.
YOU COULD REALLY TELL THAT THE CITY WAS ALL INVESTED IN THE FAIR.
UH, I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS TAKING THE, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DOING IN, IN THE YEARS TO COME.
I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENT MAYBE ABOUT, OR SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICE IS THAT IN THE, FOR THE FOOD, UH, VENDORS, IT USED TO BE THAT THEY WERE JUST, UH, LIMITED NUMBERS AND ALL KIND OF HAVING THE SAME THING THAT THIS YEAR IT WAS DIFFERENT
UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
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THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WERE PART OF THE FAIR, THAT WERE VENDORS IN THE FIRM.HAVING A CITY THAT PULLED TOGETHER LIKE THAT MAKES IT A, A VERY, UH, STRONGER, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT UNITY.
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MOVE ON TO STAFF COMMENTS.UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS TONIGHT THAT THE QUESTIONS, THE PARTICIPATION AND REALLY THE, I A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR THOSE THAT, UH, EXPERIENCED THE FAIR WITH US.
UM, IF NOTHING ELSE, IT WAS A, A REAL, UM, PART OF OUR CITY'S HISTORY.
UM, IT WAS A MOMENT FOR US AND WHAT WAS SO ENDEARING FOR, UH, AND I'M GONNA SPEAK FOR, FOR KAT AND MYSELF, UH, WHILE PARKS AND REC CREATION AS A DEPARTMENT, AND, AND THIS CAME FROM EVERYONE, UM, YOU KNOW, LAURA RYAN HERE WHO ARE CLERK IN THIS MEETING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUMPING INTO THE, TO THE FAIR DOING, DOING TICKETING, DOING SIGNS, DOING EVERYTHING BEHIND THE SCENES TO HELP RUN THINGS SMOOTHLY.
BUT THEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE CITY AND YOU SEE SO MUCH PEOPLE LEANING IN WITH, UM, JUST PASSION, HEART, UH, AND PROFESSIONALISM TO WORK TOGETHER AND PROBLEM SOLVE THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE FAIR.
UM, KAT AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER, YOU KNOW, KAT REALLY, UM, PUT HER HEART AND SOUL INTO LUMA ICE AND, AND WITHOUT THAT EVENT AND BUILDING, YOU KNOW, AND LEARNING A LOT AND BUILDING REALLY A, A CALLOUSED MUSCLE, UM, WHICH IS TO KNOW THE SITE, KNOW THE LIMITATIONS, BUT UM, REALLY KNOW HOW TO KIND OF GO BIG AND COMMUNICATE.
SO, SO KA REALLY TOOK A LOT OF THAT, UM, AND WAS FRONT AND CENTER IN HELPING US, UH, ORCHESTRATE A REALLY GOOD EVENT.
SO I WANT TO GIVE KAT, UH, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CREDIT, UM, BEHIND THE SCENES.
UH, SHE TOOK A COUPLE DAYS OFF, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF VACATION LAST WEEK.
UM, BUT, BUT AGAIN, IT WASN'T JUST PARKS AND REC, UM, FROM EVERYONE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, LIKE YOU SAID, TO THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS TO FINANCES.
THERE WAS SUCH A REALLY SMALL CLOSE KNIT GROUP THAT, THAT WENT THROUGH THIS.
UH, AND WHEN WE OPENED THE GATES, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL THINGS WAS WE GOT TO WORK ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE VOLUNTEERS FROM REBUILDING TOGETHER ON NORTH ANIMAL SERVICES.
I MEAN, IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
YOU REALLY GOT TO FEEL, UM, THAT THIS GROUP COULD DO ANYTHING, UM, IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO I WAS REALLY PROUD OF PETALUMA AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS TONIGHT.
I AGREE IT WILL, IT COULD ONLY GET BETTER, BUT WHAT'S GONNA MAKE IT BETTER IS IF YOU'RE INVOLVED, UH, IF YOU PARTICIPATE AND, AND YOU, AND YOU LEAD WITH THAT GOOD INTENT.
'CAUSE WE ALL WANT THAT, THAT FAIR TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WE WANT THE FAIRGROUNDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
'CAUSE IT REALLY IS THE, THE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY HERE AND IT'S, UM, A GEM.
WELL, I, I'M GONNA SKIP RIGHT OVER THE REC UPDATE.
WE GOT A NICE OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH, UM, WITH, UH, LINDSAY AND, AND RICK AND I'M SORRY, TARA TONIGHT.
SO I'M GONNA GO RIGHT INTO THE PARK SIDE.
UH, AND THEN KAT, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE TO UPDATE, WE DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT EVENTS COMING UP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
UM, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE THAT I DON'T COVER OR YOU THINK TARA MISSED ON, I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR OPPORTUNITY AT THE END.
SO, AND I WANTED TO FIRST, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS DURING, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR HANGING THERE TO THE END.
UM, ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING THROUGH THE MEETING.
YES, WE DID, UH, HAVE TO REMOVE THE, THE LIQUID AMBER ON F STREET RIGHT NEAR MCNAIR SOFTBALL, WHICH HAD A DANGEROUS LEAN TO IT.
WITH THAT IS, WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, ASPHALT OVER, UM, ROOT SYSTEMS THAT EXPANDED BEYOND THAT, THAT TREE.
SO WE REALLY TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REPLACE WITH TWO, UM, ELM TREES THAT ARE GONNA LOOK REALLY NICE AND STAY AT A, A CANOPY BELOW THE POWER LINES, BUT ALSO, UM, SOME SAFE, UH, ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL RIGHT IN THAT AREA AND RELOCATE A DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
SO WE THINK IT'S REALLY GONNA BE AN IMPROVED AREA, LONG OVERDUE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY DO FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE GOING WITH THAT PROJECT.
UM, THE, UH, FENCING THERE, THERE REALLY ISN'T, UM, THERE'S NO PLANS TO DESIGNATE OR DELINEATE, UH, DIFFERENT AREAS OF THAT PARK.
I THINK WHAT THE, THE PLAN, UH, THAT WAS REFERENCED.
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FIELD OUTFIELD FENCING THAT YOU OFTEN SEE AT PRINCE PARK, UM, WHEN SOFTBALL GROUPS SET UP DURING, IN TOURNAMENTS.UH, WHAT THAT IS, IS IT'S A SHORT PERIMETER FENCING WITH A SHADE FABRIC.
YOU PUT PLUGS IN AT GRADE SO THAT MOWERS, UH, WHEN THE FENCING'S REMOVED MOWERS CAN GO OVER.
UH, AND THAT HELPS DELINEATE, UM, DISTANCES FOR THE BASEBALL TEAMS. WHEN WE SPOKE, UH, OVER A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN THERE'S A REAL KIND OF, UH, HIGH USE AREA BETWEEN DOG OWNERS AND ATHLETIC, UH, USER GROUPS, ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'D LIKE TO USE IS A SHORTER SECTION OF OUTFIELD FENCE DURING PERMITTED PLAY SET AT ABOUT 200 OR 225 FEET FROM HOME PLATE FOR THE TRANSITIONAL LEAGUES.
THE 50 70 GROUPS THAT PLAY THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAT THAT BALL FIELD REALLY IS, IS INTENDED FOR.
SO WE WERE GONNA TRY THAT AND WE, THE PLAN IS TO STILL TRY THAT DURING SOME PERMITTED USE.
WE DO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THOSE USES.
THAT FENCE COMES DOWN SO THAT WE CAN MOW EVERY THURSDAY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVEN'T WORKED OUT THE DETAILS.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY STANDARD PRACTICE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT OTHER GROUPS ARE USING AROUND TOWN.
AND IT'S NOT INTENDED TO DESIGNATE OR DEMARCATE NEW AREAS OF THE PARK.
IT'S REALLY TO ALLOW MULTI-USE DURING ACTIVITY, WHILE ALSO GIVING THE BASEBALL GROUPS DELINEATION FOR FIELD FENCING AND AN IDEA TO GET SOME SIGNAGE ON THAT FENCE TOO.
UM, BUT ALL KIND OF, ANY CHANGES FOR, FOR FENCING OR FOR, FOR DIFFERENT USES FOR DESIGNATED DOG PARKS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE, ARE REALLY, UH, WELL SUITED TO BE ADDRESSED AT A PARKS MASTER PLAN.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT HOLISTICALLY.
UM, WE KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, DOG RUN AREAS AND PARKS ARE EXTREMELY POPULAR.
UH, MCNAIR PARK IS ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL PARKS.
UM, IT ALSO HAS OUR ONLY, UM, ATHLETIC FIELDS OR FLAT ATHLETIC FIELDS ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT AREA FOR A NUMBER OF USES.
UH, AND, AND, AND OUR INTENT IS TO NOT, UM, PUT UP FENCES, UH, THOUGHTLESSLY.
IT'S TO DO THINGS IN, IN, IN PROCESS.
SO FOR THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS, I, I, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT DESIGNATED, UM, DOGGY WASTE RECEPTACLES.
UH, WE, WE CERTAINLY GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
WHAT WE KNOW DOESN'T WORK ARE THE, THE UNDERSIZED DOG WASTE STATIONS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE T POSTS.
SO NO ONE, UM, WANTS TO HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT, BUT AGREE, WE, WE'VE GOT SUCH POPULAR AREAS, MCNAIR PRINCE WOULD BE THE, THE BEST SITES TO, TO PILOT SOME TYPE OF A DOGGY WAY STATION.
UH, AND BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT BECAUSE EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW YOU CANNOT PUT DOG WASTE IN YOUR GREEN CAN, DON'T DO IT.
UM, SO THAT'S FOR YOU, DEB, PAYING ATTENTION THERE.
OKAY, I'LL GO THROUGH PRETTY QUICKLY.
THE PARKS CREWS HAD A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF DEDICATION IN, IN HELPING THE POOL REOPEN.
UM, I THINK THAT WENT A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE RADAR, BUT WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY HAIR HANDS ON.
THEY, THEY MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE, NOT JUST THE CHEMICALS, BUT THE BOILER SYSTEMS IN THE POOL.
SO THEY REALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME, UH, AS WE GOT THROUGH THAT, THAT JUNE OPENING, AND THEN THE DELAYED OPENING OF THE WAITING POOL, GETTING, UM, PUMPS AND CIRCULATORS WORKING AND, UH, TESTING UP TO SPEED.
SO, UH, A GOOD PORTION, YOU KNOW, NO ONE WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE POOLS OPEN THAN, THAN THE PARK SCREWS THAT, THAT COULD SEE SOME OF THAT HARD WORK PAY OFF.
UM, SO I'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK BACK THAT THE POOL'S LOOKING GOOD AND, AND WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT
OUR JOHN DEERE GATOR, UH, DID ARRIVE.
THIS WAS THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WAS, UH, USED TO, UM, CLEAN THE PERIMETERS OF THE POND AT LUC CASEY.
SO WE HAD LOST THIS VEHICLE, UM, BACK IN NOVEMBER.
WE WERE KIND OF PIECEMEALING DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WEREN'T WORKING SO WELL.
UH, BUT WE HAVE THAT RETROFITTED WITH THE HOSE AND PUMP SYSTEM.
SO WE CLEAN THAT POND NOW TWO TIMES A WEEK.
WE ALSO GOT TO PILOT THE CITY'S NEW BIKE LANE STREET SWEEPER ON THE TRAIL, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL TO, TO WATCH.
IT DID TAKE SOME COORDINATION.
WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, WET THE TRAIL.
UM, BUT IT HAS THOSE REALLY HIGH POWERED SCRUBBERS AND IT'S, IT'S THIN ENOUGH TO FIT ON THE TRAIL.
UM, SO WE THINK WITH THE WEEKLY ROUTINES AND MAYBE A MONTHLY TREATMENT WITH THE BIKE LANE SWEEPER, UH, WE COULD INCREASE SOME OF THE, THE MAINTENANCE ON THAT TRAIL.
IT'S, UH, IT'S QUITE A CHALLENGE TO KEEP UP WITH.
UM, SO PLEASE DON'T FEED, UH, THE DUCKS AND GEESE
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AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLENTY FED WITH THE 30 ACRE PARK AND WHAT'S IN IT.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
UH, THE OTHER CELEBRATION WE HAVE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, JULY 4TH WAS A, A GREAT EVENT THIS YEAR.
WE HAD THESE ABNORMALLY CLEAR SKIES IN PETALUMA.
WE, WE SIT BACK AND WE GO THROUGH ALL THESE EMOTIONS OF ANXIETY AS STAFF LOOKING AT THE WEATHER, TRYING TO GAUGE WHEN THE FOG'S GONNA ROLL IN, AT WHAT HEIGHT IS IT GONNA ROLL IN.
'CAUSE I HAVE THESE NIGHTMARES OF US, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OFF $40,000 WORTH OF FIREWORKS AND NOBODY SEES IT.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT NIGHTMARE HAS NOT BEEN REALIZED.
AND WE GOT THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR AND IT WAS THE CLEAREST SKIES I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN HERE IN PETALUMA, UM, FROM WHERE WE WERE, WE COULD SEE RUNNER PARK SHOW, SO WE COULD KIND OF TIME THE FINALES TOGETHER, UM, WHICH IS REALLY AMAZING.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE, THE PARKS AND REC TEAM AND THE REC SIDE, HELPING TO COORDINATE THE VENDING AND A SAFE SHOOT AT THE FAIR, AND THEN THE PARKS SIDE TO REALLY HELP WITH THE IMPACTS IN THE PARKS AND THE CLEANUP OF DEBRIS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
SO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT, UM, JULY 4TH ALSO REPRESENTS IN OUR INDUSTRY, THE END OF OUR, UM, KIND OF HIGH WEED SEASON.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A RELENTLESS SEASON.
IT DOESN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN END, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO MARK AN END.
AND, AND, AND OUR END REALLY COMES WITH, UM, KIND OF THE END OF WORKING WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL TO ADDRESS PARCELS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR, FOR ABATEMENT.
SO WE KIND OF CELEBRATE THAT, UM, WITHOUT A CAKE, BUT WE SHOULD GET A CAKE, UH, AS, AS LIKE JULY 4TH IS END OF HIGH WEED SEASON TOO.
UM, SO THAT'S MY, MY PARKS UPDATE.
UM, WELCOME NEW COMMISSIONERS AND, AND THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER, FORMER CHAIR STACY, UH, FOR GETTING US NOT JUST TWO, BUT THRIVING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR EFFORTS AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE GOT FOUR MORE COMING.
BACK TO YOU CHAIR, BRINGING BACK MEMORIES THROUGH 4TH OF JULY DEADLINE.
ALL THE WEED TRIMMING
SO I THINK THAT IS THE END OF, OH, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? MORE STAFF COMMENTS? SORRY, I, SORRY, CHAIR.
I DID TEE UP KAT FOR ANYTHING THAT I MISSED ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS, THE FAIR OR ANYTHING I YOU WANTED TO ROUND OUT ON THE REC SIDE.
MY NAME IS KAT RISINGER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
NICE TO MEET YOU EVERYONE ELSE.
NICE TO SEE YOU AS WELL, CODY, EXCELLENT WORK DURING THE FAIR.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THAT WAS REALLY FUN AND EVERYONE AS WELL, AND DREW YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
UH, JUST A FEW QUICK NOTES, JUST TO REITERATE, WE ARE LARGE, THE CITY IS LARGE SPONSORS OF THE PETALUMA MUSICAL FESTIVAL COMING UP ON THE 29TH, SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO PURCHASE TICKETS.
UH, THERE IS SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION OUT THERE ON THE PETALUMA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND CITY WEBSITES.
THAT'S AGAIN, THE 29TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
QUICKLY FOLLOWING THAT, WE ARE GONNA HAVE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE BOUNCE NATION, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BOUNCY WE SAW LAST FALL.
BUT FROM OUR LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT WHEN YOU HOST EVENTS ON THE CARNIVAL LAWN, WHEN IT'S WET OR NOT WET, WE'VE LEARNED WE ARE NOT DOING IT WHEN IT'S WET.
SO, UM, THAT WILL BE ON JULY 31ST THROUGH AUGUST 3RD.
SO WE ARE ALSO A LARGE CO-SPONSOR WITH THAT EVENT.
AND THAT BOUNCY FOR FUN FACT IS, UM, OWNED AND OPERATED BY SPECIAL ICE, WHICH DOES OUR ICE RINK OR DID THE LUMA ICE ICE RINKS.
IT'S THE SAME CONTRACTOR AND COMPANY THAT ARE BRANCHING INTO A NEW FIELD.
SO WE'RE GONNA CHECK THAT OUT AND BE ANOTHER PILOT LOCATION FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, AGAIN.
SO WE FIGURE WE MIGHT AS WELL KEEP THE PETALUMA THEME AND KEEP TRYING NEW THINGS.
AND THEN I JUST ALSO WANTED TO DO A PLUG.
WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING ENROLLMENT FOR OUR TINY TOTS PRESCHOOL, UH, TINY TOTS PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION IS OPEN AND IT STARTS MID AUGUST.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE DO CHECK OUT ONLINE AGES THREE THROUGH TK WITH THE KINDER READINESS PROGRAM WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGING.
SO PLEASE DO TAKE A LOOK ONLINE AS WE'RE TRYING TO ROUND OUT OUR FALL PROGRAMMING.
AND THEN JUST THE LAST PLUG, PLEASE DO FOLLOW US ONLINE AT FACEBOOK OR, UM, INSTAGRAM.
THAT IS WHERE OUR MOST UPTODATE KIND OF LAST MINUTE INFORMATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION AS WELL AS ANY TYPE OF CLOSURE ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS NEEDED.
THAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO FIND THE INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY.
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IS THAT IT? OKAY, WELL THEN I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS, NEW COMMISSIONERS.