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ALL RIGHT.I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SEPTEMBER 17TH MEETING OF THE PARK RECREATION, PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION TO ORDER.
UH, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE ROLL CALL.
NOW WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IF EVERYONE WOULD JOIN ME IN STANDING.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE.
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND FOR THIS ITEM, AND, UH, GOING FORWARD, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AROUND, BACK AND FORTH AT THE COMMISSIONERS.JUST KIND OF GIVE ME, RAISE YOUR HAND OR GIMME THE HIGH SIGN IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WANNA MAKE AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
UM, UH, SO IF WE'D, UH, NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK IF ANYONE HAS ANY CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.
SEEING NONE, WE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS HERE.UM, THE FIRST ONE IS BRUCE HAGAN, SAFE STREETS PETALUMA.
UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, APPROVED THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR MANY YEARS.
AND, UH, WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS IT HAS A LOT OF GREEN AND TREES AND PARKLETS IN IT.
SO THE IDEA BEING THAT STREETS AREN'T JUST FORGETTING CARS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER PLACE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE OUR STREETS MORE HABITABLE THAT WILL ENCOURAGE, UH, WALKING AND ROLLING AND ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF, AS WELL AS MAKING IT SLOWER AND MORE PLEASANT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING.
SO, UH, WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED, AND IS NOT IN PLAN, PER SE, BUT IS SUPPORTED BY THE PLAN, IS A PROGRAM CALLED TREE PARKING.
THE IDEA BEING THAT WE WANNA HAVE A LOT OF TREES ALONG THE STREETS AND FRONT YARDS, BUT WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TREES OUT ACTUALLY BETWEEN THE CURBS OUT IN THE STREETS AND LITTLE PARKLETS.
AND THESE PARKLETS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT FEET WIDE BY 15 FEET LONG.
SO IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ALL OF THE, UH, TREE STREET TREE BENEFITS AND GROUNDWATER, UH, RETENTION AND ALL THAT, UH, THEY'LL HAVE THE EFFECT OF SLOWING CARS DOWN BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A NARROW WAY TO GO.
THE CARS WILL BE ROUTED GENTLY AROUND THEM.
AND ABOUT A THIRD OF THE, UH, MILES ON THE, THE MAPS FOR THIS PLAN ARE AREAS OR A DESIGNATION CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, WHICH ARE LOW VOLUME STREETS, NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, SAFE ROUTES TO AND AROUND SCHOOLS.
AND THE WAY THEY BECOME SAFE IS NOT BY PUTTING IN BIKE LANES, BUT RATHER BY MAKING THE STREET, UH, STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO, UH, OR BASICALLY, UH, UH, ENFORCES A 10 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
SO, AS I SAID, WE WANNA PUT THE TREES OUT, UH, IN UNDERUTILIZED PARKING AREAS THAT GO OUT INTO THE STREET, AND THEY BECOME THESE LITTLE PARKLETS WHERE YOU CAN HAVE BENCHES, YOU COULD HAVE MINI LIBRARIES.
UH, THEY WILL BE IN ADDITION TO, UH, NATIVE CANOPY TREES THAT WILL SHADE THE ASPHALT.
UH, THERE COULD BE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
SO FROM A PARK STANDPOINT, IF PEOPLE JUST WANNA GO OUTDOORS, SIT DOWN, HAVE A MEAL, PLAY CHESS, READ A BOOK, THEY'LL HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN HALF A BLOCK OF THEIR HOUSE.
UM, THE OTHER ELEMENT OF IT, UH, IS THAT IT'S GONNA BE, UH, DONE THROUGH COOPERATION WITH THE PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY AND CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE STUDENTS, UH, DESIGN THESE PARKS WITH SUPPORT FROM ADULTS, UH, OR HIGH SCHOOLERS.
AND THEN THEY WILL HELP BUILD THEM.
THEY'LL PLANT THE TREES, INSTALL OR EVEN BUILD THE BENCHES.
AND THEN THE IMPORTANT THING IS, UH, FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE, THE SEVEN GENERATIONS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY WILL LOOK AFTER THEIR PARKLETS, THEY'LL LOOK AFTER THEIR TREES.
THEY'RE NOT OUT YONDER WHERE THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY DO NATURALLY,
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BUT KIND OF LONESOME.BUT THEY'LL BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND AT THE END OF THE SIXTH YEAR, THE SIXTH GRADERS WILL PASS DOWN THEIR LITTLE PARKLET OR PARKLETS TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF, UH, GRADE SCHOOLERS.
SO ALL OF THAT'S GONNA BE INCORPORATED INTO A CURRICULUM THAT WILL BE PART OF CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS IN PETALUMA.
SO THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS IT UP.
I'LL SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL, ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE.
I JUST WANTED TO COME AND INTRODUCE MYSELF.
UM, I AM A PICKLEBALL ENTHUSIAST AND ALSO ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF PETALUMA PICKLEBALL, A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT THAT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR OLD.
UM, I'M ALSO ON THE WAS SCHOOL BOARD.
I'M A PARENT OF TWO, UM, CASA GRANDE FRESHMEN.
AND, UM, I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN TOWN AS WELL.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND, UM, THAT YOU CAN KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU'RE DOING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
SO, PLUM OF PICKLEBALL INC, OUR MISSION IS TO TRY TO INCREASE ACCESS AND ACCESSIBILITY TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF LEVEL.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT PICKLEBALL IS THAT WE TEND TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM AGE FIVE THROUGH 90 SOMETHING OUT THERE, ALL LEVELS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE COMPETING IN TOURNAMENTS, SOME ARE JUST GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF EXERCISE.
BUT IT'S A FANTASTIC SPORT, BOTH FOR EXERCISE AND FOR COMMUNITY.
UM, IT TENDS TO BE A VERY SOCIAL SPORT WITH PEOPLE MIXING IN WITH EACH OTHER.
SO THAT'S A REALLY GREAT PART OF IT.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS COURT IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DREW AND THE CITY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE JUST PURCHASED TWO NEW NETS FOR TWO OF THE COURTS IN PETALUMA.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A HUGE, UH, IMPROVEMENT FOR THE FACILITIES WE HAVE BECAUSE WE, UM, DESPITE OUR COMMUNITY BEING ALMOST 60,000 PEOPLE, WE ONLY HAVE FOUR PERMANENT COURTS.
AND WE HAVE, UH, FOUR HYBRID COURTS, TWO AT LUCCHESE AND TWO, UM, AT DELAWARE PARK.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY, SO PE PICKLEBALL IS ONE OF THE, UM, MOST PARTICIPATED SPORTS IN AMERICA.
IT'S NUMBER THREE ONLY TO RUNNING AND RIDING A BIKE.
SO, UM, BASED ON KIND OF PARTICIPATION AMOUNTS, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT AROUND 3,500 PEOPLE WITHIN PETALUMA PARTICIPATE IN PICKLEBALL.
AND SO WE OFTEN HAVE PEOPLE WAITING.
UM, AND, UM, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY, AS WE SAID, TO ADVOCATE ALSO FOR MORE COURTS.
WE'RE HOPING THAT, UM, WHEN FAIRGROUND PLANS COME OUT, THAT THEY WILL INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ALIGNED WITH TENNIS AND WITH THE FAIRGROUND PICKLEBALL, WHICH IS A SEPARATE GROUP.
BUT, UM, AND THEY'RE REALLY WORKING ON THOSE FAIRGROUND COURTS WITH THE PARK AND REC, UH, GROUP.
BUT THEY, WE'VE ALIGNED WITH THEM FOR A COURT SPORTS ALLIANCE TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS, UM, AS PART OF THE FAIRGROUNDS, OR JUST THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE PICKLEBALL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ALSO JUST DONATED A BUNCH OF PADDLES TO CASA GRANDE.
THEY REQUESTED IT FOR THEIR PE UNITS.
WE, UM, HAVE FREE INTRO TO PICKLEBALL CLASSES, UM, THAT WE OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE DO OTHER THINGS TO ORGANIZE THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEM TOGETHER FOR, UM, RON ROBBINS TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER THINGS.
AND, UM, WE'RE A WELCOMING COMMUNITY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF YOU OUT ON THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
SO, UM, PLEASE SIGN UP FOR ONE OF OUR INTRO TO PICKLEBALL CLASSES IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED, OR COME AND JOIN US ON THE COURTS SOMETIME.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
IS, LOOKS LIKE A PRESENTATION ON SUNRISE PARK ON, UH, NATIVE, UH, PLANTING AND LONG CONVERSION PROJECT.AND WHILE, UM, OUR TEAM FROM DAILY X GETS SETTLED, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CLERK PULL UP THE SLIDES, I, I DO WANNA REMIND EVERYONE, UM, WE DO HAVE LIVE INTERPRETATION, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE, WE ARE, WE GET VERY EXCITED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT ALL THE ITEMS WE TALK ABOUT, MYSELF INCLUDED, BUT BE A REMINDER TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR CADENCE EASY, BUT ALSO JUST TO TAKE PAUSES TO ALLOW OUR INTERPRETERS, UH, SOME AIR ONCE IN A WHILE.
SO THANK YOU AND EXCITED TO, UH, HAVE OUR FOLKS FROM DAILY ACTS BACK UP TODAY.
UM, CODY, I'LL LET YOU KIND OF INTRODUCE THE REST OF THE TEAM.
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TO THE COMMISSION, OR THE EVEN ONES THAT HAVE BEEN ON SERVING EVERY YEAR, UH, WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THESE PROJECTS ARE THIS HAS BEEN AN EVOLUTION IN A PARTNERSHIP, UH, MULTIPLE YEARS IN THE MAKING.TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING A PROJECT ABOUT SUNRISE PARK IN PARTICULAR, BUT IF YOU, IF THE COMMISSION RECALLS, WE'VE GOT DEMONSTRATIONS NOW AT ME, WALK PARK, WE'VE GOT DEMONSTRATIONS AT LARA PARK, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED THERE.
AND WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING WORK WITH A TEAM LIKE THIS IS AS WE LEARN, UM, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THESE PROJECTS EVOLVE.
AND WHAT'S REALLY CRITICAL IS WE BRING IT BACK TO YOU EVERY YEAR TO SEE WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT, AND THEN FINDING OUT WHICH OF THESE LOCATIONS MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR THE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE NEED TO HAVE.
SO, I'LL LET THE TEAM KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THIS PARK, BUT THANKS AGAIN, UM, UH, DAILY ACTS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
UM, SO, HELLO, MY NAME IS CODY DARLING, I'M THE SENIOR PROGRAMS COORDINATOR.
UM, I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
HI, I AM JORDAN MILLS, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S BRIANNA SCHAEFER.
SHE'S OUR PROGRAMS DIRECTOR,
UM, SO THIS IS OUR THIRD AND FINAL PROJECT THROUGH THE LAND RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP, UM, WHICH WE'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT DAILY ACTS SHARED IN EARLY CONCEPT PLANNED OF SUNRISE PARK, UH, PREVIOUSLY.
AND WE ARE NOW EXCITED TO SHOW YOU KIND OF THE FINAL UPDATED SCOPE FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE AGENDA, WE'LL BE SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US, UH, DAILY ACTS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE LAND RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP AND THE SUNRISE PROJECT, AND HAVE SOME SPACE AT THE END FOR SOME QUESTIONS SLIDE.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, DAILY ACTS IS A SMALL AND MIGHTY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NONPROFIT WHOSE MISSION IS TO INSPIRE TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION THAT CREATES CONNECTED AND EQUITABLE AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMUNITIES.
UH, THROUGH OUR CITY CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER FREE SUBSIDIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE FOLKS WITH THE KNOWLEDGEABLE SKILLS AND RESOURCES TO LIVE A RICH AND FULL LIFE WHILE HAVING A SMALLER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
UM, OUR RECENT THREE YEAR GRANT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES KNOWN AS THE LAND RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP, OR LRP, HAS BEEN AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR PETALUMA TO DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
UH, THE LRP PROGRAM BUILDS A CLIMATE AND DROUGHT, UH, RESILIENCE THROUGH DESIGN AND INSTALLATION SUPPORT THROUGH A VERY, A VARIETY OF INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS GRAY WATER, RAINWATER, HARVESTING SHEET MULCHING, CLIMATE APPROPRIATE PLANTING, AND IRRIGATION EFFICIENCIES.
UH, LRP PROGRAM VALUES EQUITY AND ABUNDANCE COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE IN A SENSE OF PLACE, UM, PLUS ADDITIONAL, UH, OH YEAH.
SO WE HAVE 125 SITE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE WERE TASKED IN DOING AND HAVE COMPLETED 60, UH, RESIDENTIAL SITE ASSESSMENTS WHERE WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO COMPLETING THOSE.
AND THEN FIVE PUBLIC SITES, THREE OF WHICH ARE OUR PARKS.
UH, WE TRY AND PRIORITIZE EAST SIDE PETALUMA THAT WE HAVE WORKED AROUND PETALUMA AS A WHOLE, AND WE ARE HOPING TO COMPLETE THIS GRANT AND FINISH ALL ITS DELIVERABLES BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, IN ALL OF THE DAILY ACTS, PROGRAMMINGS, YOU CAN EXPECT OUR EDUCATION AND INSTALLATIONS TO HAVE A FOCUS ON WATER CONSERVATION, UH, INCREASING HABITAT, SUPPORTING SOIL HEALTH AND BUILDING COMMUNITY.
THE LRP PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO EXPAND THIS WORK AND HAVE A LARGER IMPACT IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
UM, SO WE WORK WITH THESE WONDERFUL, UM, LOCAL, WE WORK WITH THESE ONE.
LOCAL AND STATEWIDE, UM, PARTNERS TO HELP WITH DESIGN, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, UM, AND OUTREACH.
SO HERE'S THE PROPOSED SCOPE OF THE SUNRISE PARK PROJECT.
SO IT'S ROUGHLY LIKE 7,400 SQUARE FOOT TURF CONVERSION.
UM, WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION FEEDBACK FROM PARTS PARKS AROUND MAINTENANCE NEEDS, AS WELL AS FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY AROUND THE TYPES OF PLANTS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE.
AND ALSO FEEDBACK FROM THE LAND ITSELF AROUND WHAT PLANTS MIGHT THRIVE THERE, CONSIDERING WHAT TREE CANOPY WAS ALREADY THERE, UM, WHAT TREE TYPES, UH, WHAT THE IRRIGATION SCHEMATIC WAS, AND WORKING WITH CLAY SOIL.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PARKS ALSO, UM, EXCITED TO USE THIS AS A PROJECT TO PILOT, UM,
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AND TO SUPPORT BEST PRACTICES AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF CONVERSION PROJECTS.AND THIS IS PART OF ASSEMBLY BILL, UM, 1572, WHICH WAS PASSED IN FALL OF 2023.
SO THE CITY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PHASE OUT THE USE OF, UM, POTABLE WATER ON NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF LOCATED AT COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL, UM, PROPERTIES BEGINNING IN JANUARY, 2027.
SO WE'RE KIND OF GETTING AHEAD OF THAT AND USING THIS AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MODEL WHAT'S POSSIBLE, UM, WHILE ALSO PREPARING FOR THIS CHANGE.
UM, SO IT'S BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS ALSO SUCH AS REBUILDING TOGETHER.
SO PART OF THIS PILOT, UM, DAILY X WILL BE PROVIDING TRAINING, UM, COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT TO REBUILDING TOGETHER WORK CREWS WHILE THEY PERFORM SEASONAL MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS WEEDING, MULCHING, UM, PRUNING AND REPLANTING.
SO TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR, UM, CREATING THIS DESIGN AND, AND PROJECT, UM, WE CANVASSED THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, DISTRIBUTING ROUGHLY LIKE 200 FLYERS.
UM, WE ALSO ENGAGED AND SURVEYED, UH, DOZEN RESIDENTS, BOTH, YOU KNOW, IN PERSON AT THE, AT AN ENGAGEMENT SESSION AS WELL AS ONLINE THROUGH OUR SURVEY TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND WE USED THAT FEEDBACK TO SHAPE, UM, THE DESIGN.
UM, SO WE DESIGNED THE BOOKENDS TO BE WELCOMING ENTRANCES TO THE PARK, UM, AND PLAN TO HAVE LOTS OF FLOWERING PERENNIAL SHRUBS.
UM, AND THESE LOW GROWING PLANTS ARE BENEFICIAL HABITAT AND FOOD SOURCES FOR LOCAL BIRDS AND POLLINATORS, AND WILL ALSO BE EASILY PRUNED FOR MAINTENANCE, UM, USING THE PLAN THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE.
AND THE NEXT SLIDES WILL JUST SHOW, UM, SOME OF THE PLANTS IF YOU WANNA MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
SO WE'LL BE USING A MIX OF, UM, NATIVE AND CLIMATE APPROPRIATE PLANTINGS.
UM, SO THESE ARE ALL LOW WATER USE AND ALSO SELECTED FOR NEXT SLIDE THERE BEAUTY.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE A VARIETY OF PLANT TYPES TOO, FROM GRASSES, UM, TO, UM, PERENNIAL SHRUBS.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO WATCH THEM GROW OVER TIME.
AND WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE'VE SHARED SO FAR? THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL START WITH YOU KATE, AND WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE.
BRENDA, ANY QUESTIONS, JOSE? NOT RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ANYTIME YOU CAN GET RID OF A LAWN AND PUT SOME NATIVE PLANTS IN, THAT'S A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, LET'S SEE, I THINK NEXT IS THE, OUR PRESENTATION FROM RELIEF ABOUT THEIR TREE PLANTING PLANS FOR THE YEAR AND ASKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THE TREES AND THE LOCATIONS FOR THE PLANTINGS.
I'M GONNA, UM, TEE THIS ONE UP AS WELL.
UM, EXCITED TO HAVE CAROLYN LACERA BACK HERE FROM RELIEF PETALUMA.
AND SIMILAR TO WHERE WE HAD DAILY ACTS BEFORE, UM, YOU'VE NOW SEEN RELIEF, UM, ANNUALLY RIGHT AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR.
UH, RELIEF HAS ESSENTIALLY TWO PLANTING SEASONS.
UH, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE, THE BIG ONE AND IT'S REALLY BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO FOR RELIEF TO BE BRINGING THE PROPOSED PLANTING SITES OFTEN WITH PARKS, UH, BUT AS WELL AS THE SPECIES AND THE PLANTING DESIGNS SO THAT THIS COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY CAN REALLY KIND OF WEIGH IN ON THE LEVEL AND THE DENSITY OF PLANTS, THE LOCATIONS, UM, BUT ALSO THE SPECIES.
SO, UH, WE HAVE TWO PARTS TO THIS.
THE SECOND IS A, IS AN EXCITING NEW INITIATIVE, UM, CALLED THE, UH, TRIBUTE TREES PROGRAM, WHICH YOU HAVE BROCHURES HERE AND CAROLYN WE'LL GET INTO.
UM, BUT REALLY HOPING TO GET FEEDBACK ON LOCATION SITES AND IMPACTS, ESPECIALLY, UH, ON THE SITES WHERE PARKS ARE IN PLAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING RELIEF
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HERE TO PRESENT OUR PLANS.I REALLY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
SO, UM, UH, THE PRESENTATION IS LIKE DREW SAID ON OUR PLANTING PLAN PLANS FOR THIS FALL AND WINTER.
UM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND, OH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND
SO, UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS PLANNED SO FAR.
WE HAVE, UM, IN OUR REWORKING PROGRAM, 123 CEILINGS, UH, PROPOSED FOR ONE LOCATION.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE PARK AND CITY TREES, UM, WHICH WILL ADD UP TO A TOTAL OF 340 TREES.
AND, UM, WE'VE GOT A GOAL OF 257 RESIDENTIAL TREES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE AN OVERVIEW AND THEN I'LL GET INTO EACH ONE OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, THE FIRST PROJECT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE EAST SIDE CONNECTOR TRAIL BY SONOMA MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, THERE'S TWO SECTIONS OF IT 'CAUSE IT DIDN'T FIT ALL IN ONE SLIDE.
SO THE FIRST SECTION RUNS FROM TWO LAYER STREET TO MAPSON RANCH CIRCLE.
THE IDEA OF THIS PLAN IS TO CREATE, UM, A DOUBLE ROW OF TREES, WHICH ARE STAGGERED.
UM, AND THEY'RE 12 FEET FROM IMPENETRABLE SURFACES.
IN ORDER TO CREATE A, UM, A NATIVE TREE CANOPY, WHICH IS A BUFFER, UM, WHICH WILL SHADE AND COOL NOT ONLY THE SIDEWALK, BUT ALSO, UM, HELP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO, TO COOL, UM, THE AIR AND PROVIDE BENEFICIAL, UM, HABITAT FOR OUR LOCAL HABITAT FOR LOCAL FAUNA.
AND, UM, WE HAVE CHOSEN A MIX OF OAK SPECIES.
AND THEN IN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE, UM, SWALES WHERE WATER IS COLLECTING, WE'VE CHOSEN MORE RIPARIAN SPECIES.
UM, AND WE'VE CHOSEN SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T USED BEFORE.
THERE'S A, A SLOPE ABOVE THAT, UM, FIELD.
AND ON THE SLOPE WE ARE GONNA TRY A NEW SPECIES, WHICH IS SCRUB OAK, CORCUS, BERDA, FOLIA.
AND THEN UP ON TOP OF THE HILL, WE'LL BE PLANTING SOME TALLER TREES.
THE SECOND PART OF THE PLANTING IS FROM MATSON RANCH CIRCLE TO CASTLE DRIVE.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING THIS IDEA OF A DOUBLE ROW OF TREES, WHICH WILL PROVIDE WONDERFUL SHADE FOR PEOPLE USING THE TRAIL DOG WALKERS, BICYCLISTS.
UM, AND ALSO IT'LL JUST MAKE THAT WHOLE AREA A LITTLE BIT COOLER.
UM, THE NICE THING ALSO IS THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SCHOOL FIELD, THERE, THERE WILL ALSO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO SIT UNDER THE TREES AND WATCH GAMES.
AND THIS PLANTING WILL BE SEEDLINGS.
SO THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE SMALL PLANTS, UM, PROTECTED BY WIRE FENCING, UM, LITTLE WIRE CAGES AND TO PROTECT THEM FROM DEER AND PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BUMP INTO THEM, BUT MOSTLY FROM DEER AND GOPHERS
AND, UH, THERE IS A TOTAL OF 123 TREES IN THIS, IN THIS PLAN.
OUR SECOND SITE IS, UM, NOW WE START ON OUR PARK SITES.
SO WE'VE GOT LUCCHESE PARK, UM, WHICH WOULD, WILL BE BEHIND THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND ALSO THERE'S TWO REALLY, AND THEN ALSO THE ROTARY CLUB, MIRACLE GROVE.
SO ON THE SLIDE THERE IS A SHADED AREA COMING FROM THE, UM, ROUNDABOUT THERE AND THAT SHADED AREA TRIANGLE.
AND THEN ALONG THE SIDEWALK THERE, THAT IS THE ROTARY MIRACLE GROVE.
AND ROTARY CAME TO US AND ASKED US, UM, AND THE PARKS, IF THEY COULD PLANT TREES THERE TO MAKE IT NICER FOR PEOPLE APPROACHING THE, UM, MIRACLE GROVE AND TO IMPROVE THE SITE.
SO THEY WILL BE FUNDING THESE TREES, UM, WHICH IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, THEY'RE ALSO
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GONNA BE ADDING SOME BENCHES, RIGHT? WHERE, UM, PEOPLE DRIVE UP AND PARK AND THERE ARE TREES WHICH WILL BE SHADING THE BENCHES, AND THEN TREES SHADING THE WALKWAY AS YOU WALK UP TO THE MIRACLE GROVE.THEN THE TREES ALONG THE SIDEWALK WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED SHADE TO THAT AREA WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USING THE SIDEWALK.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF HARDSCAPING AT THE PLAYGROUND AND THE FIELD.
SO, UM, THE SECOND PART IS, WELL, THAT PART WILL HAVE, UM, 18 TREES.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS BEHIND THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THESE TREES WILL PROVIDE SHADE FOR SUMMER, UM, PROGRAMS, CAMP PROGRAMS WHERE THE KIDS WILL COME IN THE SUMMER AND DO, UM, HAVE THEIR PROGRAMMING.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE MORE SHADE FOR THEM, UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME LEAVING ROOM FOR ANY PROGRAMMING THAT NEEDS MORE SPACE.
SO THERE'S A KIND OF LIKE A HOLE IN THE CENTER THERE,
UM, AND THEN ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE THE BIG GREEN FIELD IS, WE'VE LEFT THE TREES, UM, IN A LINE SO THAT THE PROGRAMMING THAT'S THERE CAN BE UNINHIBITED LIKE MOVIES IN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN THERE.
AND, UH, THAT SECTION OF TREES, THERE ARE SIX 16 TREES IN THAT AREA.
OUR NEXT SITE IS STEAMER LANDING PARK STEAMER LANDING
AND, UM, EXCUSE ME, TRANSLATOR, I THINK YOU'RE OFF, YOU'RE ON THE ENGLISH VERSION.
UM, OUR NEXT SITE SITE IS STEAMER LANDING.
SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING TREES HERE TO A VERY HOT, UM, PARK THAT PEOPLE REALLY LIKE TO USE.
SO WHAT WE'VE GOT IS TREES AROUND THE, UM, PATHWAY AS YOU WALK IN AND, UM, JUST, UH, ALONG THE PATHWAYS CONTINUING WHAT WAS ALREADY DONE, UH, AFTER THE BARN.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE A WALKING TRAIL, UM, ON BOTH ON, ON THE, UH, TOP SIDE OF THAT PARK.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE'RE MORE TREES UP THERE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO WILLOWS, WHICH CAN STABILIZE THE BANKS OF THE, UM, THE BANKS OF THAT PARK THERE.
SO, UM, BANK STABILIZATION, UM, INCREASING BIODIVERSITY AND INCREASING SHADE FOR ALL OF THE USERS.
WE'VE ALSO LEFT ROOM FOR SETTING UP FOR EVENTS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES IF NEEDED.
LOOKS LIKE THIS WAS THE FIRST VERSION.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND AN OLDER VERSION.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE AND THEN I'LL SEE IF I CAN SEND THE CLERK THE UPDATED VERSION.
UM, SO AT THIS PARK WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PUT A PERIMETER OF TREES AROUND THE EDGE.
WE WERE LEAVING ROOM FOR ALL OF THOSE PICKLEBALL COURTS OR WHATEVER
UM, SO ONLY PLANTING AROUND THE EDGES.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO WE PUT TREES, WELL, MAYBE THE PICKLEBALL COURT IS REALLY THE TENNIS COURT
UM, SO WE'VE GOT A MIX OF TREES THAT LIKE WATER BECAUSE THIS PARK RECEIVES A, GETS A LOT OF WATER IN THE WINTERTIME.
CAN YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE? OKAY.
UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS, WHICH IS, UM, WE WILL BE PLANTING ALONG PAYAN STREET.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING AND CHANGES GOING ON AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SO THIS IS THE ONE PART OF THE FAIRGROUNDS WHICH, UM, UH, IS SAFE FOR PLANTING TREES, UM, BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT STREET TREES ALONG THE STREET AND WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME TREES INSIDE THE FENCE WHERE THERE IS ROOM AND THEY DON'T, UM, CONFLICT
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WITH ANYBODY WHO'S THERE.SO THESE TREES WILL BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR PEOPLE WALKING ON THE STREET, BICYCLE RIDERS, AND ALSO THAT COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE OF HOUSES.
IT'LL PROVIDE A LOT MORE COOLING AND SHADING.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, THE NEXT SITE IS PETALUMA COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE COMING BACK TO THIS PARK TO PLANT MORE SHADE TREES.
IT'S, UM, A REALLY HOT AREA THERE.
UM, THE FIRST PART OF THE PLANTING WILL OCCUR IN THE SPOT THAT WILL BE BETWEEN, UM, A PROPO.
THERE WILL BE A PLAYGROUND AT SOME POINT THERE.
SO THE PLANTING WILL BE BETWEEN A PLAYGROUND AND THEN ALSO THE SPORTS FIELDS.
SO OUR PLAN HERE IS TO CREATE BERMS, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT THREE FEET HIGH AND MAYBE 30 FEET WIDE.
AT THE TOP OF THE BERM, WE'LL PLANT OUR BIGGER SHADE TREES.
AND, UM, ON THE SIDES WE'LL BE PLANTING, UM, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER SHADE TREES.
ON THE SLOPES THERE WILL BE THREE BERMS PROPOSED, AND WE'VE LEFT SPACE SO THAT, UM, PEOPLE CAN SIT BESIDE THE BERMS TO WATCH BOTH THE PLAYGROUND AND THE, UM, AND THE SPORTS EVENTS.
SO IN, THEY COULD WATCH IN BETWEEN, THEY COULD WATCH IN FRONT.
UM, AND ALSO THERE'S A NATURAL SPACE THERE WHERE AN ENTRANCE TO THE FIELD.
UM, YEAH, SO THE IDEA BEHIND THE BERMS IS TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH THE PLANTS AND THE PEOPLE.
SO THE PLANTS WILL GROW WELL ON THAT SOIL.
IT'S A REALLY TOUGH SITE OUT THERE AT THE SPORTS CENTER.
AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT WE NEED TO MIX THE SOILS TO 18 INCHES, UH, BETWEEN THE NATIVE SOIL AND THE BERM SOIL, WHICH WE WILL DO.
AND, UM, SO, AND THEN IT WILL BENEFIT PEOPLE BY KIND OF, UM, GETTING SORT OF A TALLER CANOPY FASTER, CREATING SHADY, BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE FOR THE PARK.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A REALLY FLAT AREA AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO CREATE SOME SORT OF, UM, STRUCTURE THERE, WHICH WILL BE BEAUTIFUL AND SHADY, UM, AND USEFUL FOR HANGING OUT AND WATCHING YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE PLAYGROUND OR AT THE, UM, AT THE, AT THE FIELDS.
SO AGAIN, THERE WE HAVE A MIX OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF OAKS AND SHADE TREES.
AND, UM, YEAH, YOU COULD SEE THAT ON THE SLIDE.
SO THERE'S ABOUT 35 IN THAT AREA.
THE NEXT, UH, SECTION OF PETALUMA COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS IS THE FINGER ISLANDS.
AND, UH, THE FINGER ISLANDS ARE JUST THOSE SPOTS WHERE THERE'S, UM, SPOTS BETWEEN PARKING SPOTS,
UM, LAST SEASON WE PLANTED OUT SOME OF THE FINGER ISLANDS AND THIS SE UH, SEASON WE PROPOSE, UH, TO PLANT THE OTHER SIDE AND ALSO FILL IN WHERE TREES HAVE DIED.
THERE WERE SOME, UM, OUR BUTS TREES, STRAWBERRY TREES THERE, SOME OF WHICH HAD DIED.
UM, AND THE REASON WE CAN DO THIS NOW IS BECAUSE THERE'S IRRIGATION ON THAT SIDE OF THE PARK.
SO, UM, THIS SIDE WILL HAVE 16 TREES AND WE'RE, UM, CONTINUING THE PATTERN FROM WHAT WAS ALREADY PLANTED.
UM, SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, RELIEF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS.
SO THEY'VE GOT A PROJECT AT THE SENIOR CENTER WHERE THEY, UM, REQUESTED THAT WE DE, UH, CITE SOME TREES FOR THEM.
THEY ARE REDOING THE PARKING LOT AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT LUCCHESE, AND THEY ARE CREATING, THEY'RE OPENING, OPENING UP MORE SPOTS FOR TREES.
THEY TELL US THAT THERE'S A FAVORITE PARKING SPOT AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
EVERYBODY WANTS IT BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE SPOT WITH SHADE FROM A TREE
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE ADDING MORE TREES, WHICH IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
UM, SO WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE, THERE'S THREE, UH, SPOTS FOR TREES, THREE LITTLER SPOTS IN THE, UH, FOR TREES IN THIS CENTER AND THOSE, AND THEN THERE'S A BIGGER CUTOUT WHERE WE COULD PUT ONE BIG TREE
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AND MAYBE TWO SMALLER TREES.AND THEN THEY WILL BE EXPANDING THEIR PARKING LOT, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON A DIFFERENT SLIDE.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO PLANT TREES ALONG THOSE PARKING SPOTS AT THE TOP TO SHADE, CREATE SHADE FOR CARS AND PEOPLE, OF COURSE,
SO THIS SLIDE HERE IS A PUBLIX WORKS SLIDE, AND IT SHOWS BASICALLY THAT THEY ARE EXPANDING THE PARKING LOT AND THAT'S THEIR DRAWING.
UM, YEAH, OUR, OUR DRAWING DIDN'T HAVE THE EXPANSION ON IT.
UM, THE NEXT PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH PUBLIC WORKS IS THE RAINIER STREET TREES.
AND, UH, THEY REQUESTED RELIEF HELP TO, UM, TO PUT TREES INTO EMPTY SPOTS WHERE THERE ARE NO TREES AND, UH, TO, AND ALSO TO CHOOSE SPECIES.
AND, UM, THERE'LL BE FIVE TREES BETWEEN MCDOWELL AND PRINCE ALBERT.
THOSE FIVE TREES ARE ISLAND OAKS.
THEY KIND OF MATCH THE SIZE OF THE TREES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, AND THEY'RE EVERGREEN.
THEN, UH, THEY ARE UP AT THE MARIA MARIA STREET, THEY'RE CREATING A ROUNDABOUT, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT 30 FEET WIDE.
AND SO WE'VE CITED A LARGE VALLEY OAK IN THE CENTER, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE REALLY A LOT OF SHADE FOR THAT.
AND THEN THEY'RE OPENING UP, UH, A PLACE TO PLANT TREES, WHICH USED TO BE PAVED.
AND THEY'RE TAKING OUT THE, UH, CONCRETE OR ASPHALT, AND THERE'LL BE ROOM FOR THREE TREES THERE.
SO, UH, BEFORE WE PLANT, WE DO OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS WE HAVE THESE SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS, UM, WHICH WE PUT AT THE PARKS AND THE OPEN SPACES WHERE WE PLANT.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE ALREADY HAVE SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS UP FOR THE SITE CONNECTOR TRAIL AND PRINCE PARK AND DEL ORO.
UM, THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL FLYER THE HOMES THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE NEXT TO THE PARKS AND WE WILL, UM, DO WEEKEND TABLING TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE PLANTING AT THE PARKS.
AND ALSO, UM, WE'LL PUT FLYERS ON BILLBOARD, UH, BULLETIN BOARDS AT LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT SEE THEM.
UM, FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, IS PROVIDED BY THE USDA FOREST SERVICE URBAN AND COMMUNITY FOREST PROGRAM, AND IT'S OUR PETALUMA CANOPY GRANT.
AND WE WORK WITH ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL PARTNERS TO GET DONE ALL THE THINGS WE NEED DONE TO, UM, GET TREES IN THE GROUND.
AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM, UM, REBUILDING TOGETHER.
WE'LL BE, UM, PROVIDING, WE'LL BE GETTING, UH, URBAN FORESTRY TRAINING AND ALSO BE PLANTING OUR RESIDENTIAL TREES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE PART ABOUT OUR PLANTING, OUR TREE PLANTING.
UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY AND HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MOVE TO THE NEXT PART OF THE PRESENTATION OR TAKE QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST? FIRST, UH, COULD WE GO AHEAD AND DO QUESTIONS ON THIS FIRST PART AND THEN GO TO THE SECOND PART? SURE.
SO AGAIN, WE'LL START WITH KATE AND GO DOWN THE LINE.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
BRENDA, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, JOSE, STACY, I THINK STACY WANTED TO SEE THE PRINCE PARK SLIDE AGAIN.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU BRING BACK UP THE PRINCE PARK BEFORE I DO MY QUESTIONS? OH, GREAT.
DO YOU HAVE THE REVISED PRINT PRINCE PARK? YEAH.
LET'S SEE IF WE GOT THAT UPDATE.
SO I'M GLAD YOU REMINDED ME ABOUT PRINCE PARK.
UM, SO WE ARE, THE ORIGINAL PLAN HAD A SINGLE ROW OF TREES ALONG THE BACK FENCE AND SOME TREES COMING UP THE CENTER.
WE WERE HOPING TO PROVIDE SHADE TO THE PLAYERS, UM, THE, UH, ATHLETES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM BETWEEN THOSE FIELDS AND THE FENCE.
SO WE HAD TO TAKE THOSE OUT AND THE
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ONES IN THE CENTER, BUT WE WILL BE PUTTING TREES BETWEEN, UM, THE, WE HAVE SIGHTED TREES IN BETWEEN THE TWO DIAMONDS.IT GETS VERY WET THERE, THERE'S A DRAINAGE.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE OF SOME BENEFIT.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TREES SORT OF NEAR THIS, UH, THE AREA WHERE MAYBE PARENTS WOULD BE SITTING AND WATCHING.
UM, SO DEFINITELY THERE WILL BE SOME COOLING AND SHADING AVAILABLE TO THE PARK.
AND THEN THERE IS, UM, I THINK FIVE OR SIX TREES ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE THERE, WHICH SHOULD NOT INTERFERE IN THE FIELD OF PLAY.
UM, DO ALL OF YOUR TREES GET THE CAGES? NO, JUST, UM, JUST THE VERY SMALL ONES.
YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY PUT CAGES AROUND THE TREES AT PRINCE PARK.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S AN ACTIVE DOG PARK.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO ANY OF THE PARKS WHERE PEOPLE FREQUENT WITH DOGS.
PRINCE PARK IS, I MEAN, MY DOGS ARE THERE DAILY UHHUH
SO I, POOR LITTLE TREE WILL GET KILLED.
I KNOW BECAUSE MY 75 POUND OODLE HAS GIVEN MANY TREES IN MY BACKYARD.
UH, SO THE TREE WILL BE IN THE CENTER OF THREE STAKES.
DO YOU THINK THAT YOU, THAT DOG? OH, I DEFINITELY, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
I MEAN, I'VE DONE RELIEF PLANTING.
BECAUSE I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST GONNA MARK THEIR TERRITORY.
AND SO, UM, A SMALL DOG CAN DEFINITELY GET INTO THAT.
AND YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED, LIKE AGAIN, I HAVE A VERY TALL DOG, LIKE A GREAT DANE OR MY BERNEDOODLE.
UM, COMMENT BECAUSE ACTUALLY I AM REMEMBERING NOW WE HAVE ONE TREE THAT WE CALL THE PEA TREE AND IT DIED BECAUSE YEAH.
SO, UM, MAYBE ON PARKS WHERE, UM, IF THEY DO DOUBLE, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE OTHER PARKS THAT YOU LISTED.
UM, LU KESSIE HAS OFF LEASH DOG PARK HOURS.
SO YOU MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT THAT.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE, I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THESE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE ROTARY MIGHT, UM, I KNOW FOR SURE STEAMER LANDING.
NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OFF LEASH, BUT ABSOLUTELY THEY WOULD BE OFF LEASH THERE.
UM, DELAWARE IS A DOG, UH, SHARED COMMUNITY DOG PARK.
I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY MORE DONATIONS, BUT I WOULD RATHER THE, UM, TREES LAST.
UM, THE, ARE THERE ANY OF THOSE KIND OF FINGER AREAS? I DON'T THINK THAT THERE ARE, BUT ANY OF THOSE FINGER AREAS BETWEEN THE PLAYING FIELDS AT THE SPORTS FIELDS.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE AREAS, PLANT MORE PLANTABLE AREAS MM-HMM
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, AND DREW WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN ME MM-HMM
BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S NOT IRRIGATION TO THEM RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT IS ALL.
UM, AND MAYBE YOU, UH, IF YOU CAN CLERK, CAN YOU SCROLL BACK UP TO THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS? I THINK IT WAS AT THE THERE.
SO I'M TRYING TO ORIENT MYSELF.
YEAH, THERE'S THOSE, I THINK WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, SOCCER FIELD, SOCCER FIELD, SOCCER FIELD, RIGHT? MM-HMM
I MEAN, I KNOW BECAUSE WE, PEOPLE LAUGH AT US BECAUSE IF IT'S A HOT DAY, WE END UP LIKE LUGGING AT A, UM, AN UMBRELLA.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE THERE LITTLE FINGER THINGS IN BETWEEN THE FIELDS? THERE ARE, UM, THE PLANS EVENTUALLY CALL FOR PLANTINGS IN THERE.
WE, WE DON'T, WE HAVE THE, UH, IRRIGATION STUBBED, BUT NOT CONNECTED FROM THE METER.
AND SO HOW FAR WE GOT IS THIS, THE WHOLE SITE IS ON RECLAIMED WATER.
AND THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR US BECAUSE NOW WE CAN PULL THAT, BUT IT'S PROJECT SPECIFIC.
SO AS FAR AS WE GOT NOW, AS THOSE FINGERLINGS AND LIKE CAROLYN SAID, WE'D HAVE TO PULL FROM A SEPARATE METER NOW TO BRING IT INTO THE PARK, WHICH ABSOLUTELY CAN'T HAPPEN MM-HMM
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT'S NEXT.
UM, AND THEN I THINK MY LAST QUESTION, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE, UM, I'M NOT TALK, I, I DON'T NEED A RUNDOWN OF EACH SPECIFIC TREE, BUT LIKE, HOW LONG DO THESE TREES TAKE?
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I HAVEN'T BEEN TO WISEMAN IN A WHILE 'CAUSE I DID THAT FIRST PLANTING THERE.LIKE HOW LONG DO THEY TAKE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIAL SHADE? IS IT ABOUT A DECADE? UM, YEAH.
SO THE SYCAMORES, YOU KNOW, THEY GROW A LOT FASTER MM-HMM
UM, THE OAK TREES ARE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
A VALLEY OAK CAN GROW TWO TO THREE FEET A YEAR.
UM, A COAST LIVE OAK, MORE LIKE ONE AND A HALF TO TWO, UH, BLUE OAKS, THEY GROW MORE SLOWLY.
SO, UM, IT DOES TAKE TIME TO GET A NICE SHADE CANOPY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE TRIBUTE TREES PORTION? KATE, THANK YOU.
I JUST LOVE HEARING ALL OF THE PLANS FOR TREES.
SO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT, UM, ONCE AGAIN.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, BEING IN SOME SHADE AT A BASEBALL GAME SOON.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THIS, THAT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO THE NEXT LITTLE PRESENTATION IS ON RELIEFS TRIBUTE TREE PROGRAM, WHICH IS DESIGNED AS ANOTHER STREAM OF FUNDING TO FUND THE PLANTING OF TREES.
SO, UM, THE IDEA IS THAT THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO THE PROGRAM.
THERE ARE, UH, THERE IS THE COMMEMORATIVE TREE PROGRAM WHERE WE TAKE TREES THAT ARE ALREADY PLANTED AND YOU CAN CELEBRATE A LOVED ONE OR MARK A SPECIAL OCCASION LIKE A GRADUATION OR AN ANNIVERSARY BY, UM, BUYING A TREE CHARM, WHICH IS A BRASS, UM, ENGRAVED, UM, CHARM THAT THEN HANG ON YOUR SPECIAL TREE, WHICH IS DEDICATED FOR YOU FOREVER.
SO YOU CHOOSE BASICALLY A PARK AND WE CHOOSE A TREE TO PUT IT ON.
AND, UM, THAT TREE IS, IS FOREVER DEDICATED TO YOU.
UM, THE CHARM STAYS ON THE TREE FOR PROBABLY ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND THEN AFTER IT, AFTER THAT, WE TAKE IT OFF AND WE GIVE IT BACK TO YOU AND YOU CAN KEEP IT
SO, UM, IT'S A CUSTOMIZED METAL TREE CHARM, ABOUT FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER.
AND THEN YOU ALSO GET A KEEPSAKE CERTIFICATE.
AND ALSO WE WILL BE KEEPING AN ONLINE TRIBUTE TREE LISTING OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO, UM, WHO PURCHASED A COMMEMORATIVE TREE AND ARE SUPPORTING TREES IN PETALUMA.
UM, THE OTHER OPTION IS TO PLANT A NEW TREE OR AN, OR A GROVE.
SO WE WOULD, UM, WORK WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA TO FIND APPROPRIATE SPOTS AND, UM, IN THIS WAY YOU CAN COMMEMORATE A PERSON OR AN EVENT AND ALSO REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO, SO HERE YOU WOULD PLANT A NEW TREE OR A GROVE, WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A SITE AND THEN, UM, PERMANENT SIGNAGE WOULD BE INSTALLED, WHICH WOULD BE EDUCATIONAL, BUT THEN ALSO INCLUDE THE, UM, THE FUNDER'S NAME AND MESSAGE ON IT.
YOU WOULD GET A, THEY WOULD GET A KEEPSAKE CERTIFICATE AND ALSO BE PART OF THE ONLINE TRIBUTE TREE LISTING.
AND SO WE HOPE IN THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, IN, UM, THESE TIMES OF WHERE THERE'S, UH, MAYBE LESS GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE TO, UM, FOR ALL THE NONPROFITS THAT NEED IT TO KEEP, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF TREE PLANTING GOING BY USING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, WHICH COULD BE POSITIVE FOR RELIEF AND VERY POSITIVE FOR PETALUMA.
WELL, UM, THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, BEING HERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.
ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC? GO AHEAD, BRENDA.
UM, YES, I THINK THAT A GOOD WAY, UH, WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO RAISE MONEY WOULD BE TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE THAT DO YOGA AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND HAVE A PLACE WHERE
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THERE WILL BE BEAUTIFUL TREES PEOPLE CAN GO AND 10 PEOPLE PAY TO GO DO THINGS LIKE THIS.AND THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO HELP.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL SUGGESTION.
AND WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE TO BE DOING YOGA IN YOUR GROVE OF TREES?
AND THEN HOW, WHAT, I GUESS YOU'RE PROBABLY STILL WORKING ON THIS, HOW THE OUTREACH, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS PRETTY HARD TO DO.
UM, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT A TRY AND IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT, I'M TRYING TO GET A DOG RAINBOW BRIDGE DONE.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY.
UM, SO MAYBE THIS WILL KIND OF EDGE IN, YOU KNOW, THE EASE OF IT.
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OKAY.OKAY, UM, I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO COMMITTEE COMMENTS.
SO, UM, WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND START AGAIN WITH YOU, KATE, SINCE YOU'RE AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS.
UM, I DIDN'T HAVE TOO MANY COMMENTS, UM, EXCEPT FOR WONDERING IF WE COULD GET SOME STAFF UPDATES SOMETIME IN THE NEXT NEAR FUTURE MEETINGS.
MAYBE AGENDAS, ITEMS ABOUT, UH, UPDATE ON KENNELWORTH.
AND I'VE ALSO HEARD LOTS OF RUMBLINGS ABOUT CEDAR GROVE AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORS COME TO ME TO ASK WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
SO IF, UH, STAFF COULD SHED ANY LIGHT ON THOSE TWO TOPICS WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
SO WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT HOW PEOPLE COME TO US WITH THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE MISSING OR NEEDED AT DIFFERENT PARKS.
AND EARLIER I WAS HAVING A CHAT WITH SOMEBODY AND THEY WERE SAYING HOW THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THERE WERE BEES AT A CERTAIN PARK AND THAT HOW THEY WERE WORRIED ALSO ABOUT ELECTRIC FENCES BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE CHILDREN.
DREW, DO YOU WANNA RESPOND? SURE.
UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, YOU BRINGING FEEDBACK TO STAFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING.
SO WE'VE GOT, UM, THE ELECTRIC FENCE RELATED TO OUR, OUR SHEEP CRAZING PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GRAZERS TO MAKE SURE THEY ALWAYS HAVE A SHEPHERD ON SITE, UM, THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE SIGNAGE AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS BEST WE CAN TO GET EDUCATION OUT AT THE PARKS THAT WE GRAZE.
UM, HOWEVER, WE'LL ALWAYS TAKE THIS FEEDBACK AND I DON'T THINK WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE GRAZERS LAST TIME.
UM, AND WHILE WE'RE DONE FOR THE SEASON, UH, I THINK IT'D BE APPROPRIATE TO BRING THE GRAZER'S BACK BEFORE THE NEXT SEASON.
WE GRAZE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANNA PUT FOR SIGNS BECAUSE THIS IS NEW FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD GRAZING THIS FAR IN OUR URBAN SETTINGS BEFORE.
AND SO THERE'S A GOOD STORY TO TELL, BUT THIS TYPE OF FEEDBACK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP.
AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE THE GRAZERS AND THE TEAM PRESENT TO THIS COMMISSION, UM, MAYBE IN THE WINTER BEFORE WE START FOR THE SPRING.
UM, THE BEES AND UM, YELLOW JACKETS ARE REALLY, UM, QUITE AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SUPERVISORS, LINDSAY, UH, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE HERE, YOU CAN'T SEE HER, BUT, UM, I THINK WE WERE TALKING WITH VECTOR
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CONTROL THIS MORNING AND UH, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE WORST YEARS WE'VE SEEN.AND THE SONOMA MARIN VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT, UH, HAS STAFF AND HAS A HOTLINE THAT REALLY HELPS US, UH, GO OUT AND TREAT NESTS.
SO WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN CALL, BUT IF IT'S EVER IN A PARK, UM, OR IF YOU SEE IT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE SOMEONE GET STUNG OR YOU KNOW IT'S IN A PARK, LET US KNOW, UH, SO THAT WE CAN SEND THEM TO THE RIGHT AREA.
TELL US WHERE IN THE PARK TOO.
'CAUSE WE GOT A COUPLE CALLS AND PRINCE PARK IS VERY LARGE, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU CAN TELL US IT'S BY GOAL NUMBER TWO, RIGHT WHERE THE GOALIE STANDS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIND THAT PRETTY EASILY, BUT IT, IT WAS HARD ON A COUPLE CALLS TO TRACK DOWN UNLESS YOU GET STUNG.
UM, SO YEAH, IT'S REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UM, WE HEAR THAT, BUT WE STILL DO NEED TO GET THE LOCATION SO WE CAN HELP HELP WITH THE HIVES, SO THANK YOU.
UM, DREW, WITH REGARDS TO THE ELECTRIC FENCING FOR THE GRAZING, IS IT CORRECT, WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S A VERY LOW VOLTAGE, UM, FENCE SO THAT IF A CHILD CAME INTO CONTACT WITH IT, THEY WOULD FEEL A LITTLE JOLT, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING SEVERE.
IT IS A LOW VOLTAGE FENCE, UM, BUT IT'S STILL TROUBLESOME FOR A SMALL CHILD, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT ANY VOLTAGE ON A SMALL CHILD, BUT, UM, IT'S REALLY FOR THE DADS, BUT WE GOTTA TELL, SORRY, THAT WAS A BAD JOKE.
UM, BUT IT IS A LOW VOLTAGE, BUT, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S WHERE YOU PUT THOSE FENCES AND, YOU KNOW, PROXIMITY TO PLAYGROUNDS WHERE WE ALL WANT OUR CHILDREN TO GO IN AND EXPERIENCE PLAYGROUND AND EXPERIENCE RISK.
SO, UM, IT'S WHERE YOU PUT THOSE FENCES TO, BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
CONTINUING WITH COMMITTEE COMMENT.
JOSE, ANY COMMENTS? UH, FOR ME, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY, THE POISON OAK THAT WE HAVE ON PARKS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU WALKING AND I, I I, I SAW LOTS OF WEED IN DIFFERENT PARTS.
UM, ALSO THE WATER FOUNTAINS ARE, ARE BROKEN.
UH, AND WE SEE LOTS OF MOS ALSO ON, ON OUR, ON THE PARKS.
THAT'S WHAT I SEE AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK IT'S MAYBE NOT SO GOOD FOR A PARK.
I NOTICED THAT WHEN PEOPLE WALK ON THE SIDEWALKS, THEY, THEY HAVE TO, UH, SCOOP DOWN AND BEND DOWN AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT.
I NOTICED, I NOTICED THAT SOME PARTS IS MISSING.
COULD USE A COAT OF PAINT WHERE THE BLEACHERS AND WHEN YOU SEE IT, I, I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE WOODEN, THE WOOD IS, IS, IS GETTING A LITTLE, UH, ON THE MOLDY SIDE AND IN, IN MY BREAK ROT INSIDE.
UM, MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN ANYTIME YOU FIND A SPECIFIC PROBLEM IN A PARK, IF YOU LET DREW KNOW ABOUT IT, HE'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS TAKEN CARE OF.
SO I GUESS WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO FACILITATE THAT.
YEAH, YOU SET, SET A HIGH BAR THERE, COMMISSIONER, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I MEAN, YOU'VE TOUCHED ON A WHOLE 365 DEGREES OF PARK MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? FROM, FROM TREES TO PLANT SPECIES TO GOPHERS TO
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DRINKING FOUNTAINS.SO, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO SITTING DOWN, I THINK WITH BOTH OF YOU AND WE CAN START SEPARATING, YOU KNOW, HOW TO PUT REQUESTS FOR MAINTENANCE VERSUS HOW TO BRING THINGS TO OUR ATTENTION THAT MAY, UH, BEST BE SERVED FOR PROJECTS OR OTHER INITIATIVES, UM, LIKE GRAZING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE A MORATORIUM ON, UM, CHEMICAL USE ON AS A HERBICIDE.
SO THOSE ARE LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF EDUCATION ON WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, SO I THINK I, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU SO THAT YOU CAN TRACK THOSE AND SAY, THIS IS IN A PHOTO IN A ONE LINE EMAIL AND THAT'S A WORK ORDER, OR, HEY, THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE 'CAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I'M SEEING OR HEARING FROM PEOPLE IN PARKS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WELCOME ABOARD, KEEP KEEP IT UP AND WE WILL, WE'LL FIND OUR RHYTHM ON HOW TO GET THESE MAINTENANCE ITEMS TACKLED.
BRENDA, ANOTHER THING THIS YEAR SHE'S SAYING, TALKING ABOUT THE MAYBE THE THE SPREAD OF FLU SEASON AND THE, AND AND HOW ABOUT USING THE, UM, HAND WASHING STATIONS, UH, WITH MAYBE LIQUID GEL, UH, ALCOHOL GEL.
WE'VE BEING EDUCATED WHEN WE GO TO A PARK, WE FEED THE STATION, THE HAND WASHING, THE GEL, THE SANITIZER, AND WE WASH OUR HANDS.
UH, WITH THAT WE, UH, HYGIENIC OUR HANDS IMPORTANT.
AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I FIND VERY IMPORTANT IS THE, THAT ARE MISSING OR, OR DON'T HAVE A, UM, A PORTAL PARTY AND, AND MY LITTLE 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IS REALLY NOT FIT TO, TO GO, UH, USE THOSE, UH, PORTA PARTIES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE LOTS OF PARKS AND THERE'S LOTS OF ISSUES.
IMPORTANT THING IS THE, THOSE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR ME.
YOU, YOU APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.
UM, WHEN YOU DO YOUR UPDATE, WILL YOU UPDATE US ON SWIM CENTER CLOSURE DATES? OKAY.
UM, SOMETHING IT REMINDED ME, UM, THAT I FORGOT TO, I TOOK A PICTURE AND THEN FORGOT TO SEND IT TO YOU.
UM, THERE IS A SPRINKLER IN FRONT OF THE SIDE EXIT OF THE POOL THAT LOOKS A LITTLE OUT OF WHACK.
IT'S KIND OF WATERING THE CEMENT MORE THAN IT'S WATERING WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
UM, I CAN, I WILL, I'LL REMEMBER TO SEND YOU THE PICTURE.
UM, I BROUGHT THIS UP LAST YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, RECOMMEND IT AGAIN.
UM, AND I KNOW LINDSAY DOES WORK WITH PYSL TOO.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PYSL SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP WITH PYSL FOR TRASH PICKUPS DURING THE SEASON.
UM, IN PARTICULAR AT AT PARKS WHERE THERE'S DOGS.
UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE, THE AMOUNT OF FOIL THAT DOGS HAVE EATEN.
UM, A LOT OF THE, UM, UH, THINGS THAT HAVE AN ARTIFICIAL SUGAR IN IT, THEY'RE DEADLY TO DOGS.
UM, AND SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF TRASH AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE KIDS, BUT I DO THINK THAT IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP FOR A PARK CLEANUP, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TWICE PER SEASON, UM, AND THEN DEFINITELY AT THE END OF THE SEASON IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I KNOW A LOT OF US AT AT PRINCE PARK GO AROUND AND JUST PICK UP STUFF, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT PARKS THAT PYSL PLAYS AT.
SO I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.
LIKE IT KIND OF GETS KIDS IN THE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THEIR TRASH AND HOW THEY PICK IT UP AND HOW THEY TAKE IT HOME AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF A AD HOC TO TRY TO ORGANIZE THAT.
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GOPHERS, THEY'RE BACK AT IT.THEY HAVE MULTIPLIED AT PRINCE PARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SEASON IT IS FOR THEM, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
IT JUST SUDDENLY GOT REALLY, REALLY BAD AND I FEEL FOR THOSE KIDS.
'CAUSE THE, THE HOLES ARE PLENTY, SO I KNOW YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE AGAIN.
UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, WE, I HAD A CHAT WITH, UM, DREW AND CODY WHEN WE WERE SETTING THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IS PUT TOGETHER SORT OF A LOOK AHEAD, UM, LIST OF THINGS, ITEMS THAT MAY BE COMING BEFORE THE COMMISSION SO THAT WE ALL KIND OF HAVE A HEADS UP ON THAT AND HAVE A CHANCE TO GET UP TO SPEED ON WHATEVER WE WANT TO, INFORMATION WE MAY WANNA LOOK UP.
UM, AND I KNOW KATE WAS ASKING ABOUT STAFFING UPDATES, SO MAYBE WE COULD JUST INCLUDE THAT IN WITH, WITH ALL OF THAT SO WE KIND OF GET A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE MIGHT BE HEADED OVER THE NEXT COMMISSION YEAR.
UM, AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT'S NOW.
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IT'S TIME FOR STAFF COMMENTS.AND I'M GONNA, UM, I'M ALL ALONE TODAY.
UM, AND THEN ALWAYS THIS'S RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR IS, IS OUT ON ASSIGNMENT.
SO, UM, YOU GOT ME TONIGHT, BUT, UH, I'LL START WITH THE QUESTIONS THE BEST THAT I CAN.
THE CLOSURE FOR THE SWIM CENTER.
UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO MANAGING NOT JUST THE, THE SWIM CENTER AND POOLS OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO THE WHOLE PROGRAM.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, WE ARE STILL HIRING STAFF, SO WE HAVE RECRUITMENTS OPEN FOR VARIOUS, UH, POSITIONS.
LIFE LIFEGUARDS, LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTORS, RECREATION AIDES.
UM, SO, UH, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR KNOW ANYONE THAT WANTS TO BE INVOLVED WITH AQUATICS, PLEASE REACH OUT.
WE DO HAVE A TENTATIVE, UH, DATE SET AT THE END OF OCTOBER AND WE, WE HAVEN'T RELEASED, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE RELEASED THIS YET, BUT WE PLAN TO HAVE, UM, TARA BACK TO PRESENT TO THIS COMMISSION IN OCTOBER ABOUT WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 27TH.
UM, SOMEWHERE ALONG THERE WE ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THE SWIM TEAMS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AS MUCH NOTICE AS WE CAN.
UH, BUT, UH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOLDING TO RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE HAVE SOME FACILITIES, UH, WORK TO DO DURING THAT TRANSITION TRANSITION.
WE ARE REALLY GONNA TRY TO MINIMIZE THE DAYS THAT WE'RE CLOSED.
UH, BUT THERE IS SOME WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO, UH, TO TURN IT OVER TO, TO GET READY.
UM, BUT THE TEAM'S WORKING VERY HARD BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ALL, UH, IN OCTOBER, A COUPLE WEEKS TO GO BEFORE THOSE CLOSURES, THE KENNELWORTH PARK.
UM, HAPPY TO GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THAT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS REALLY EXCITING PARK DESIGN, PARK MASTER PLAN FOR KENNELWORTH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AS WE, UM, GO THROUGH THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN.
AND THAT IS STARTING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS IS, YOU KNOW, THAT FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN IS STARTING TO PICK UP AND THAT'S GONNA START, BUT KENWORTH PARK, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION ABILITY OF IT, THE ACCESS TO AND FROM ON KENWORTH DRIVE, AND IT'S REALLY PLAYS INTO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THAT WHOLE AREA.
UH, AND SO I, I CAN BRING BACK AND GIVE A REFRESH AROUND WHAT THAT, THAT WHAT THE DESIGN IS, BUT REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO HELP KICK OFF THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN BECAUSE KENWORTH REALLY IS THE, THE DOORSTEP.
IT'S THE DOOR, THE FRONT DOOR.
I HAD A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THE FUNDING DEADLINES.
UM, I JUST HAD IT IN MY MIND THAT ONE OF THEM WAS THE END OF 2026.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE IF EVERYTHING IS ON SCHEDULE TIMELINE WISE TO MEET THOSE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.
THE, THE DESIGN REALLY WAS THE DELIVERABLE FOR THE CONTRACT.
AND, AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE TAKE PAST IT, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO FUND FOR.
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UM, SO REALLY WE'RE READY TO PRESENT AS IS, BUT THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, USE THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN TO REALLY TALK ABOUT ANY FURTHER DESIGN TO GET US FROM 30 TO A HUNDRED, UM, IS GONNA TAKE MORE FUNDING.CAN CAN I ASK A QUESTION THERE? YEAH.
UM, I HAVE TWO, ONE IS A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
UH, ONE IS A CLARIFYING QUESTION REGARDING WHEN YOU SAID THE PARKS, UM, FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN.
UM, IS KENNELWORTH NOW GOING TO BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE MASTER PLAN OR IS IT THAT AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN, YOU'RE CONSIDERING KENNELWORTH THE LATTER.
WE'VE, IT'S A LOT OF MASTER PLAN TALK, SO I'M GONNA SLOW IT DOWN FOR MYSELF.
WE DID A PARKS MASTER PLAN FOR KENNELWORTH, RIGHT? THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE PROCESS WE DID.
WE STARTED FROM EVERYTHING AND WE TOOK IN NOT JUST THE BOUNDARIES, BUT ACCESS, WE TOOK EVERYTHING.
AND WE'VE DESIGNED THAT TO ABOUT 30%.
NOW WE'VE GOT A FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES THE SITE FOR WHICH KENNELWORTH, UH, PARK RESIDES THE ACCESS ALONG KENNELWORTH DRIVE, UM, THE PARKING LOT, UH, PAY RAN.
AND SO NOW TO TAKE IT FROM 30% TO A HUNDRED, IT'S HOW DOES THE PLAN FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS, WHAT, WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANNA SEE BE, BE BUILT, UH, IN THAT SPACE? AND THEN THAT'S HOW YOU CONSTRUCT THE PARK OR YOU PRIORITIZE IT.
UM, BUT WHAT'S EXCITING IS WE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS OUTREACH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE ENGAGEMENT, WE WENT THROUGH THE DESIGN, AND NOW WE HAVE A REALLY COOL PROJECT TO PRESENT, UM, WHICH IS ALREADY DONE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT A MASTER PLAN WILL DO.
UM, WE JUST, WERE OUT IN FRONT.
SO ANOTHER CLARIFYING QUESTION THEN, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE KENNELWORTH WILL BE WAITING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN.
IS THAT ACCURATE? I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S WAITING ON THE MASTER PLAN.
THERE'S NO FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT UHHUH.
SO EVENTUALLY THERE'S GONNA BE HAVE TO BE DECISIONS, RIGHT.
ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU CONSTRUCTING FOR WHAT, AND, AND WHERE DOES THAT MONEY COME FROM, RIGHT? AND IT COMES FROM WHAT THE COMMUNITY ULTIMATELY DECIDES IS GONNA BE BUILT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SO IT'S NOT WAITING FOR, I THINK AS MUCH OF SAYING, IF, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS RIGHT, THEN THE FAIRGROUNDS AND KENWORTH THRIVE WILL BE ONE SEAMLESS AREA THAT'S GONNA ACTIVATE NOT JUST MIDTOWN, BUT BE THE EPICENTER FOR WHAT OUR COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS TO DO, WHICH IS BRIDGE THAT EAST AND WEST.
UM, I HAVE A, UM, AND THEN I'M SORRY TO BACK UP ON THIS.
I SHOULD HAVE RAISED MY HAND BEFORE WITH THE POOL.
UM, YOU, I'M SURE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE HIRING AND, UM, TRYING TO HIRE LIFEGUARDS.
UM, RECOGNIZING THAT A 20 HOUR WORK WEEK FOR A HIGH SCHOOLER IS A LOT, AND THAT'S, I BELIEVE, MAYBE A REQUIREMENT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A CITYWIDE REQUIREMENT.
UM, BUT IF IT IS, OR, YOU KNOW, BEING THAT BEING REVISED FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, UM, AND I COULD BE, I SEE DEER IN HEADLIGHTS.
I'LL EMAIL EMAIL TARA ABOUT IT.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT PRESENTATION IN OCTOBER.
BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S, UM, NOT PUTTING IN AN APPLICATION BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THEY HEARD, UM, THEN ABSOLUTELY REACH OUT TO US AND WE'LL CLARIFY WHAT, WHAT IT IS.
WE, WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS ON MAXIMUM HOURS WORKED YEAH.
I'LL CLARIFY WITH HER BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED BUT HEARD THAT THEY HAD TO WORK 20 HOURS, AND I THOUGHT THAT SOUNDED A LITTLE BIT NUTS.
SO I'LL, I'LL EMAIL HER AND CLARIFY.
WE, WE'D LOVE TO GET THAT STAFFED.
THE CEDAR GROVE, UM, IS
IT'S A, IT'S A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNED, BUT WE REFER TO IT AS CEDAR GROVE.
I, I DON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS TO GIVE YOU, AND A LOT OF YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SPACE, IT'S UH, IT'S LANDLOCKED.
IT'S ACROSS FROM HUNT AND BARON'S, THE SMART TRAIN, THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ON ROCHA DRIVE, AND THEN THERE'S THE RIVER.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO CROSS THE TRAIN TRACKS, UM, WHICH YOU SHOULDN'T DO, BUT IF YOU WERE, YOU'D BE IN ABOUT A SEVEN ACRE UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY.
AND THAT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS CEDAR GROVE.
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UH, IT IS A PRIVATE OWNED PARCEL, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY INTEREST TO THE CITY TO ACQUIRE.UM, ONE IS, THERE'S BEEN PROPOSED TO BUILD A PEDESTRIAN BIKE BRIDGE FROM EDITH STREET OVER TO THAT PROPERTY.
AND IF YOU COULD DO THAT AND THEN SOMEHOW GET PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATION, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE SEVEN ACRES OF PARKLAND STEPS FROM DOWNTOWN, UM, IN AN AREA THAT FRONTS A RIVER.
AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE APPEAL FOR A PARK SPACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY, VERY HIGH THERE.
UM, AND IT HA HOLDS A VERY SIGNIFICANT, UM, UH, STATUS AMONG OUR, OUR TRIBAL, UH, RESOURCES.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT REALLY WANNA SEE THAT AREA DEVELOPED AS A PARK.
UM, BUT THE, THE REALITY IS, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, UM, UH, WHAT A, A PROPERTY OWNER IS WILLING TO SUBMIT, UM, OR PAY FOR AS APPRAISED LAND.
AND THERE'S NO, UM, THERE'S NO NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT ON WHAT THAT IS AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM, I'M UNAWARE OF ANY MOVEMENT TOWARDS MAKING IT AT A PARK, OTHER THAN A LOT OF VERY INTERESTED PEOPLE WANNA MAKE A DEAL.
UM, BUT WE, WE DON'T HAVE A, UH, A WILLING SELLER AT THIS POINT TO MAKE IT INTO A PARK.
UM, SO IF THERE ARE OTHER STORIES GOING ON OR RUMORS, ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, SEND, SEND THEM TO ME OR US.
AND, UH, WE'RE ON THE CAMP OF, WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT BE A PARK SOMEDAY.
UM, I THINK THE MASTER PLAN WOULD, WOULD CERTAINLY ADDRESS LAND ACQUISITION, BUT THE DIFFERENCE BEING, IT IS OWNED BY A PRIVATE OWNER AT THIS POINT.
AND I THINK I HAD THE QUESTIONS.
ONE MORE, UH, I HAVE QUESTION.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO INFORM THE LATINO COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CHANGES ON GRAPHS, THE CONSTRUCTION? ARE YOU GOING DO A SURVEY, AN INTERNET SURVEY PAPER? THOSE ARE ALL GREAT QUESTIONS.
SO THERE IS ONE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHICH IS A PUBLIC FACILITY SAFETY BUILDING.
IT'S A POLICE AND FIRE STATION.
THAT'S THE ONLY BUILDING BEING CONSTRUCTED.
UM, AND THAT PROCESS, UM, HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH PUBLIC OUTREACH AND, AND AGAIN, I, FROM PARKS AND RECREATION, IT'S, IT'S NOT A PROJECT THAT WE MANAGE.
I CAN'T GET INTO THE PARTICULARS ABOUT THAT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO OR THE MASTER PLAN? YES, THE MASTER PLAN LATINOS AND, AND FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY HERE IN PETALUMA, THAT, THAT WE NEED TO BE INFORMED.
SO THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN HASN'T OFFICIALLY STARTED YET, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
UM, IT'S GONNA INVOLVE MORE THAN SURVEYS.
IT HAS TO BE, UM, IT'S SUCH A CONSEQUENTIAL LAND DECISION.
IT HAS TO BE WORKSHOPS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, IT HAS TO BE TRANSLATED AND INTERPRETED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
UH, IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN SURVEYS.
IT'S GONNA BE A, UM, A REALLY A MOMENT THAT WE WANT, IF WE DO NOTHING RIGHT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OVERLY, UM, ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS NOT HAD SITE CONTROL FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS, AND IT'S 55 ACRES, UH, WITH SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCE OF OUR LIFETIMES.
SO, UM, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME TO BE INVOLVED, AND WE'RE ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AWAY FROM STARTING REALLY, UH, WHICH IS EXCITING.
BUT I HEAR YOU AND GLAD YOU'RE HERE, SO YOU CAN HELP US.
WE HAD OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SPOKESPERSON ALREADY HERE, BUT I WAS GONNA HIGHLIGHT AND UNDERSCORE THAT ON MONDAY NIGHT WHEN THE CITY ADOPTED AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, HOW BIG THAT IS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, HOW BIG THAT IS FOR OUR PEDESTRIAN BIKE COMMITTEE.
UM, IT REALLY IS SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE PLAN THAT'S BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND IT REALLY ALLOWS US NOW TO TURN PLANS
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INTO PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD START SEEING COME EVERY YEAR.AND ON MONDAY NIGHT, WHAT WAS REALLY STRIKING, UM, WITH A LOT OF DIVISION RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE REALLY SAW IS A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND LETTERS WRITTEN THAT UNDERSCORED THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT EITHER A BICYCLIST OR A DRIVER.
YOU KNOW, I AM, I RIDE MY BIKE, I TAKE MY CAR, I WALK, I HAVE KIDS I WHEELCHAIR.
IT WAS THE IDENTITY BEING ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND HOW OUR STREETS CAN BE SAFER.
AND SO WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD ARGUE ABOUT PROJECTS COME TOGETHER AND, AND REALLY SAY, THIS IS A PLAN THAT COULD MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND THAT WAS A REALLY COOL MOMENT FOR US ON MONDAY.
UM, AND THERE'S, IT'S NOT PERFECT, AND THERE'S GONNA BE PROJECTS AND HARD DECISIONS WITH EVERY STREET THAT WE REDESIGN.
UM, BUT FOR PARKS AND CONNECTING PEOPLE TO PARKS, UH, THAT'S BEEN A BIG GOAL OF OURS SINCE WE'VE STARTED, UH, WITH OUR MEASURE M OUTREACH.
AND ON MONDAY WAS A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, BUT MONDAY WAS LIKE, IT'S DONE, IT'S ADOPTED, AND NOW WE GET TO MOVE ON AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UH, ON THE RECREATION SIDE, OUR SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL LEAGUES OFF FOR THE FALL, WINTER HAVE STARTED.
UM, PEOPLE IN PETALUMA ARE VERY, UH, PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR BASEBALL, PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR SOFTBALL, SO THAT, I GUESS WHEN KIDS GROW UP, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE.
SO NOW WE HAVE BIG KIDS THAT PLAY.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE GOING ON MONDAY THROUGH, UH, THURSDAY, UH, OUT AT PRINCE PARK.
THREE, WE HAVE OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK, UH, THIS FRIDAY, THIS IS THE CARS MOVIE, AND WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING SOMETHING UNIQUE THIS YEAR.
WE'LL HAVE SOME CARS FROM THE CLASSIC CARS FROM THE AMERICAN GRAFFITI GROUP THAT'LL BE OUT THERE.
THEY'LL BE SHOWING THE MOVIE CARS.
IT'S A VERY FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT.
UM, BUT IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVE SOME OF THE LOCAL TIES AND SPECTACLES ADDED TO IT.
SO THAT'LL BE AT LOU CASEY PARK.
SIX O'CLOCK IS WHEN IT STARTS, AND THEN THE MOVIES WILL BE ABOUT SEVEN 30.
WE ALSO HAD A MEMORIAL OUT AT SCHOENBERGER PARK ON MEMORIAL, A COMMEMORATION.
UM, WE OFFICIALLY KIND OF OPENED THE SCHOENBERGER OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL CLASSROOM, NOT AN AMPHITHEATER.
UM, AND, UH, STAFF DID A REALLY J NICE JOB KIND OF SELECTING THIS, THIS REALLY NICE BOULDER AND FIXING A, A PLAQUE FOR AL HESSLER, WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT WAS THE ORIGINAL KIND OF, UM, BRAIN CHILD BEHIND THE CONCEPT OF THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.
AND, AND HIS FAMILY WAS THERE, HIS, UM, HIS PARTNER AND HIS SON.
AND THAT WAS A REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR THEM TO KIND OF SEE THAT.
UH, AND IT'S, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT THERE AT THE PARK.
I HAVE A, UH, PARKS UPDATE WITH, UH, THERE'S TWO WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS.
ONE WAS INSTALLED AT THE MIRACLE LEAGUE.
UM, SO THAT WAS INSTALLED AND DEDICATED OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND THEN THE SECOND WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATION'S GONNA BE GOING AT THE SOFTBALL FIELD AT MCNAIR PARK.
UH, THERE WAS A FOUNTAIN THERE THAT WAS BROKEN.
WE NEEDED TO MOVE THAT AFTER THE TREE CAME DOWN.
SO, UH, PARKS WILL HAVE TWO NEW WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS, AND THESE ARE THE TYPES THAT, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE TO TURN OFF IN THE WINTER.
SO AS WE START REPLACING THESE OLD UNITS, UM, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THESE MODELS THAT HAVE THE CARTRIDGES THAT WILL NOT BREAK WHEN IT GETS TO 40 DEGREES.
BUT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE CHIPPING AWAY AND REPLACING THESE FOUNTAINS WITH FILLING STATIONS AND ONES THAT DON'T BREAK WHEN IT FREEZES.
YOU JUST REMINDED ME, UM, ARE AT THIS, AT THE SWIM CENTER, THERE'S ONLY A WATER BOTTLE FILLER.
WELL,
BUT I WAS THERE AND WAS SWIMMING AND FORGOT MY WATER BOTTLE, AND I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO ANYHOW, HANDS YEAH,
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WE WANNA THANK A GROUP, UM, OF VOLUNTEERS, UH, A FEW WEEKS BACK WHO DEDICATED, I THINK THEY HAD OVER A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS THAT SHOWED UP AT MCNAIR PARK.UM, BUT REALLY WE HAD A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS FOR THEM, UM, SPREADING SOME MULCH AND REDOING AND PAINTING THE, UH, HORSESHOE PETS.
SO IT WAS A REALLY, UH, A FUN GROUP THAT JUST CAME.
UM, WANTED TO WORK A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE A GROUP PICNIC ESSENTIALLY.
BUT, UH, IF YOU GO BY THERE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SPRUCED UP.
UM, AND IT WAS A GOOD KIND OF FEEL, GOOD THING TO SPREAD, NOT JUST MULCH, BUT TO GET ALL OF THOSE PAINTED, UH, IN LIKE LESS THAN TWO HOURS SPREAD DONE, BUT WITHOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
SO, UH, GOOD THINGS FROM THAT AND, UM, EVERYTHING ELSE CAN WAIT.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMISSION MEETING FOR THIS EVENING.