* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] ALL RIGHT. [CALL TO ORDER] I'D LIKE TO CALL THE NOVEMBER 19TH MEETING OF THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION TO ORDER. I BELIEVE THE FIRST, UM, ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC REPUBLIC FOR RICHARD STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LEVERAGING INJUSTICE FOR ALL ONE DAY. ALL RIGHT, UH, LEMME JUST GET MY AGENDA BACK UP HERE. UM, OUR FIRST, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 17TH MEETING CHAIR. I'M JUST GONNA, UM, REAL QUICK, I THINK WE SKIPPED OVER. OH, DID WE ROLL CALL? BECAUSE WE GOT PRETTY EXCITED, EXCITED THERE, BUT CLERK IS READY. THANK YOU. VERE. YES. ELLI HERE. CHISHOLM EARL? HERE. GARCIA GREENSPAN. HERE DI CARLY. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. UH, NOW WE CAN MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. YEAH. FOR MARTIN. IT'S NOT WORKING. NOT WORKING. NO, IT'S NOT WORKING. NO. MARTIN, MARTIN MARTIN. NO. MARTIN AND MARIA ARE HERE. I'M SWITCHING NOW TO THE ENGLISH. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OH, YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. MARTIN. WE COULD NOT HEAR YOU IN THE SPANISH CHANNEL. I'M, I'M GOING BACK TO THE SPANISH CHANNEL NOW. SEE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW. OKAY? NO. YEAH. WE'RE LEC. WE, MM. ALL RIGHT. LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO WORK OUT OUR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. HELLO, BRENDA? JOSE, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. MARTINA, I UNMUTED YOU JUST SO WE COULD HEAR YOU SINCE WE CAN'T HEAR YOU IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, BUT, UM, YEAH, IF YOU WANNA SWITCH OVER TO SPANISH AND SEE YES. I, I, I GO BACK TO SPANISH, BUT SOMEHOW YOU CANNOT HEAR ME, UH, IN THE SPANISH AUDIO. OKAY. THE ONLY THING I, WE, WE TESTED IT RIGHT BEFORE, UH, THE START AND IT WAS WORKING. THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF AT THIS POINT WHEN THIS HAPPENS IS LET ME LOG OUT AND LOG IN, AND I ASK MARIA TO DO THE SAME, MAYBE. YEAH. OKAY. YES, LET'S TRY THAT. ALRIGHT. AND THIS IS MARIA. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WHERE DID MARTIN GO? IS HE NOT HERE NOW? SEE? OH, HE'S NOT ANYMORE. OKAY. UH, I'M HERE IF YOU WANT TO, I CAN START. OH, HE'S LOCKED IN. OKAY. LET'S SEE. SO, SHOULD BE [00:05:02] OKAY. NOW TELL THEM, LET ME SWITCH BACK NOW BACK. I'M BACK IN ENGLISH. THE SPANISH CHANNEL IS NOT WORKING. WILL YOU TRY IT ONE MORE TIME? LET'S JUST DOUBLE CHECK. DOUBLE CHECK PLEASE, MARTINE. SURE. I CAN SHOW YOU THAT. I'M SWITCHING NOW. OKAY. HEAR? ARE YOU, CAN YOU HEAR MARIA? MARIA, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. I'M NOW IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. NOW YOU CAN HEAR ME RIGHT? I'M THE ENGLISH CHANNEL RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU IN ENGLISH. OKAY. I'M SWITCHING TO SPANISH. I WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY CAN HEAR ME. I'M REALLY SURE. I, I LOGGED OFF AND I CAME BACK AND, AND THEY COULD HEAR ME IN THE SPANISH CHANNEL, BUT WHEN I SWITCHED TO ENGLISH, I'M BACK TO SPANISH. THEN IT GOT LOST. I'M, I'M AT A LOSS HERE. I DON'T KNOW. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I'M IN THE, WE ARE ABLE TO HEAR YOU IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. THEY WERE HEARING ME BEFORE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. I'M AGO REACHING OUT. I SPOKE TO THEM. SAY IT? YES, THEY COULD HEAR ME. LET TRY AGAIN. OKAY. OH, UH, MS. HAN, LET ME TRY, UH, LOGGING OFF AND LOGGING BACK ON AGAIN. ONE MORE TIME. I, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU, MARTIN. SO, SO SORRY. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. I SWITCHED TO THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE SPANISH CHANNEL IS NOT WORKING AND IT'S NOT WORKING FOR MARIA EITHER, IS IT? LET US CHECK ONE LAST SETTING. SURE. CAN YOU TRY THE SPANISH CHANNEL ONE MORE TIME? . YAY. . OH, ALEX. SEE, SEE? THANK YOU. IT WAS ON THERE. YES. ALRIGHT, . THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE'RE ALL SET NOW. OKAY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UH, THAT COMMISSIONER DI CARLY HAS JOINED US NOW. SO IF YOU WOULD, UH, ENTER HIM INTO THE ROLL CALL. I WILL. YES. AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. UH, WE JUST NEED A MOTION FOR THAT, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. NO, UH, ADDITIONS OR OBJECTIONS. THEN THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. UM, NEXT, OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE PRESENTATION OF, UH, THE AQUATICS PROGRAMMING AND STAFFING UPDATE CHAIR. I'M ACTUALLY GONNA, UM, ALMOST THERE. WE'VE GOT, OH, I'M SORRY. WE SKIPPED THE PUBLIC COMMENT. YEAH. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I'M SORRY, . IT'S OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED PUBLIC [00:10:01] COMMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NOW ONTO THE PRESENTATION [PRESENTATIONS] OF THE AQUATICS PROGRAMMING AND STAFFING UPDATE. AND WHILE TARA, UM, DEFINITELY OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR GETS THINGS QUEUED UP, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE AT THIS KIND OF HISTORIC MOMENT FOR OUR CITY, UM, OUR COMMISSION AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE GET TO PRESENT, NOT ONLY, UM, TARA, WHO'S JOINED OUR TEAM OVER THIS PAST YEAR. UH, WE ALSO HAVE KII, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE AND ANOTHER RECREATION SUPERVISOR, LINDSEY. AND, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER, THIS HAS REALLY BEEN PART OF THE, THE REINVESTMENT OF THIS DEPARTMENT IN, UM, BOLSTERING, UH, AN AQUATICS PROGRAM THAT IS MANAGED AND CONTROLLED WITH, WITH OUR LOCAL TEAM AND OUR, OUR OUR STAFF HERE TONIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE WOULD, WE'RE READY TO PRESENT THIS LAST MONTH, IT'S ALMOST TIMELY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE POOL IS NOW OPEN UNDER THIS NEW ERA, AND EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TARA, TO TALK YOU THROUGH KIND OF WHAT, WHAT THOSE PIVOTAL CHANGES ARE, KINDA WHAT THE FUTURE OF OUR PROGRAMMING IS, AND ALSO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE. AND, AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY A STRONG FOUNDATION THAT WE CAN GROW FOR 'EM. SO WITH THAT, UH, TARA, TAKE IT AWAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU, DREW. ALL RIGHT. UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK OVER OVERVIEW AND, AND UPDATE OF OUR NEWLY ESTABLISHED AQUATICS PROGRAM. SO, AS DREW SAID, WE ARE A WEEK IN. UM, SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, DATA TO SHARE AS WELL, UM, AS SOME OF THE UPDATES. AGAIN, THIS PRESENTATION WAS, WAS MEANT TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, PRE-LAUNCH. SO, UM, I DID MY BEST TO UPDATE TO, TO MAKE IT, UM, FIT WITH, WITH TONIGHT. SO, UH, WITH THAT SAID, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. SO, UM, FIRST THINGS FIRST, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE. SO, UH, ONCE WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WERE READY TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION, WE KNEW WHEN WE WOULD HAVE, UH, THE STAFF ON BOARD. UH, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPERATIVE TO CLOSE DOWN, UM, FOR, UH, JUST ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD TIME TO TRANSITION, TO TAKE CARE OF SOME MUCH NEEDED ITEMS, WHICH I'LL GO TO IN THE NEXT PAGE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OPENING ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH. SO, WE'RE A WEEKEND. IT'S BEEN A GREAT WEEK. A FEW FEW THINGS TO FIRM UP ALONG THE WAY. UM, BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE DID DURING THE CLOSURE TO BE READY FOR THAT TRANSITION. SO, UH, WE DID, UM, WHEN I SAY WE, THAT WAS MY LIFEGUARD TEAM, THE AQUATICS TEAM. KII, UM, PLAYED A STRONG ROLE IN THAT. WE HAD OUR PARKS CREW AND OUR FACILITIES CREW, UM, REALLY KIND OF THERE, UH, THROUGHOUT THOSE TWO WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF A, A SLEW OF ITEMS. UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST WAS A DEEP CLEANING OF THE LOCKER ROOMS. UM, THE FIRST COUPLE MONTHS HERE, I RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK, UM, ABOUT THAT NECESSITY, AND WAS ABLE TO ASSESS THAT MYSELF. UH, SO WE DID A DEEP CLEANING OF THE FLOORS, THE LOCKER ROOMS THEMSELVES. UM, OUR FACILITIES CREW, UM, I'VE GOTTA GIVE THEM A HUGE SHOUT OUT. THEY TOOK THEIR TIME TO PAINT THE LOCKER ROOMS, BOTH MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SIDE. UM, THAT WAS A HUGE LIFT, AND THAT TOOK CARE OF, UH, QUITE A FEW, UM, ITEMS, UH, OF, OF, OF HYGIENE AND CLEANLINESS THERE. UH, WE DID SOME LIGHT ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING WORK, REMOVED A TON OF BROKEN EQUIPMENT ON DECK. UM, A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT DIDN'T NEED TO BE THERE ANYMORE. UM, SO, UH, THE DECK IS NICE AND FRESH AND CLEAN. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, UM, POSITIVE FEEDBACK SO FAR ON THAT. UH, WE ALSO PRESSURE WASH THE POOL DECK, DIFFERENT, UM, SHADE STRUCTURES. AGAIN, JUST, JUST TO GIVE US A FRESH START. UM, WE HAVE LIFEGUARDS IN THERE CLEANING THE POOL TILES, UH, LIFEGUARDS, SENIOR LIFEGUARDS. I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT STRUCTURE. UM, A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT. UM, I COULD GO ON WITH THAT LIST. UM, BUT AGAIN, JUST TO SHARE THOSE TWO WEEKS, WE WERE DEFINITELY BUSY MAKING SURE THAT THE FACILITY WAS READY TO GO. UM, SOME UPGRADES, BASIC SIGNAGE. UH, WE GOT TARA, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK. YEP. UM, FOR THE LIVE INTERPRETERS, CAN YOU PAUSE JUST A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN THERE? I WILL. I MEAN, I KNOW I'M, I'M MORE EXCITED THAN YOU ARE . UM, BUT JUST LET THEM COME UP FOR YES. FOR AIR, AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL KEEP GOING, BUT ALL GREAT. YEAH, I'M A FAST TALKER, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GIMME ANOTHER OH, NO, I GET IT. THANK YOU, . SORRY. YEP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ADDITIONALLY, UH, WITH THOSE UPGRADES, WE, UH, BROUGHT IN SOME NEW SIGNAGE TO IDENTIFY, UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHEN OUR, UH, SMALL TODDLER POOL IS CLOSED, JUST TO MAKE SURE, UM, FROM A RISK PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE THAT SIGNAGE OUT. I TOOK CARE OF GETTING SOME NEW MATS FOR THE LOCKER ROOMS. AGAIN, THAT WAS BASED ON, UM, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON COMING OUT OF THE SHOWERS, YOU KNOW, WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAY, UM, REDUCING THOSE SLIP HAZARDS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ALSO [00:15:01] GOT SOME NEW DECK FURNITURE, SO LOUNGE CHAIRS, ADIRONDACK CHAIRS, UM, JUST SOME THINGS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, INCREASE, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, THE EXPERIENCE THERE ON THE POOL DECK. UH, ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THE BIGGEST LIFT WAS OUR NEW SAFETY EQUIPMENT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH LIFEGUARD TUBES, UM, BACKBOARDS, UH, THE APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN, UM, RESPONSE TYPE THINGS, UM, MEGAPHONES, AIR HORNS, WHISTLES, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. UM, SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL DEFINITELY SEE AN INCREASE, UM, IN THAT EQUIPMENT ON DECK. SO, UH, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT, AGAIN, OF THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES THAT TOOK PLACE. IN ADDITION TO THE MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES, WE SPENT SOME TIME, UM, ABOUT TWO DAYS WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF JUST DOING AN ORIENTATION TEAM BUILDING, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF ARE COMFORTABLE WORKING TOGETHER, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE, UM, PUT FORTH FOR THEM. WE, UH, TRANSITIONED ALL OF OUR OFFICE SPACES. SO, UM, WE WERE READY TO GO. UH, WE CLEANED OUT, WELL, I SAY WE, THE SWIM TEAM WAS ASKED TO REMOVE A NUMBER OF THEIR ITEMS FROM THE, UM, WHAT WE'RE NOW CALLING A CLASSROOM. AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION THAT SPACE, GET SOME NEW TABLES AND CHAIRS, JUST GET THAT READY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER PROGRAMMING IN THE FUTURE. LIFEGUARD CLASSES, WATER SAFETY CLASSES, CPR CLASSES, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WE ALSO HAD OUR, UM, HR AND RISK DEPARTMENT COME OUT JUST FOR AN ASSESSMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN LINE WITH SAFETY STANDARDS. AND LASTLY, DURING THAT CLOSURE, WE DEDICATED ONE DAY TO A SWIM PASS REGISTRATION DAY. UM, THE OLD PROCESS, UM, WAS, WAS QUITE OUTDATED IF, IF I'M BEING VERY HONEST WITH YOU. UM, IT WAS A PAPER PASS THAT, UH, FOLKS WERE, UM, DIGGING THROUGH TO, TO CHECK PEOPLE IN. AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO JUST DEDICATE A DAY TO ALLOW FOLKS TO COME OUT. UM, SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF HOURS OPEN, UH, DURING THE DAY. WE DEFINITELY HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COME OUT FOR THAT. AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME, UM, A BETTER IDEA OF, OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, LOOKING AHEAD, , UH, WE ARE DEFINITELY FOCUSING ON ENHANCED STAFFING AND SAFETY STANDARDS. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF LIFEGUARDS ON DECK, THAT THE FRONT DESK IS ALWAYS STAFFED AND COVERED APPROPRIATELY. UM, REALLY LOOKING AT PROACTIVE FACILITY MAINTENANCE. SO INSTEAD OF RESPONDING WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE, UH, WE'VE GOT A LIST OF MAINTENANCE TASK ONE FOR THE LIFEGUARDS, AND ADDITIONALLY FOR OUR MAINTENANCE TEAMS, UM, THAT HELP US OUT THERE, WE HAVE EXTENDED LAP SWIM HOURS IN THIS FALL SEASON. UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY SEE A LARGER INCREASE COME SPRING AND SUMMER WHEN, UM, STAFFING LEVELS ARE ABLE TO BE INCREASED. AND, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE THINGS, AGAIN, IS THOSE SWIM PASSES AND A DIGITIZED PROCESS. SO WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE, UM, A SYSTEM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE IN PARKS AND REC, WHICH IS OUR CIVIC REC, UH, PROCESS. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PRINTING SWIM PASSES. UM, FOLKS CAN BRING THEIR PASS, SCAN IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF A, A BARCODE SCANNER, CHECK IN, NICE AND EASY. UM, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, WAITING IN LINES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF NEW PROGRAM OFFERINGS. SO, SAFETY TRAINING SPECIFICALLY, I MENTIONED SOME OF THOSE EARLIER. UM, I MYSELF, UM, HAVE REALLY ALL OF THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED. UM, LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR, LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR, TRAINER, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS ALWAYS TRAINED UP AND ABLE TO OFFER, UM, GREAT PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY. IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS TO OFFER, IT'S VERY HARD TO, UM, MAINTAIN STAFFING LEVELS. AND SO THOSE CERTIFICATIONS THAT I HOLD MYSELF, I CAN PASS DOWN THE LINE, UM, MENTOR STAFF AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT, UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE TRAININGS AND, UH, SAFETY PROGRAMS IN PLACE. SO, AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STAFFING. UM, WE'VE REALLY, AGAIN, MODERNIZED THOSE SAFETY STANDARDS. IT'S ABOUT POWER IN NUMBERS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA FOCUS TOO MUCH ON WHAT HAD BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, BUT WHERE WE ARE NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A MINIMUM NUMBER OF LIFEGUARDS ON DECK, IN ADDITION TO, UH, KII WHO REALLY MANS AND OWNS THE PROCESS AT THE FRONT DESK. UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE TIERED STAFFING SYSTEM THAT WE DO HAVE AND THE ONSITE SUPERVISION. UM, THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE AVAILABLE. SO, UH, WE HAVE MYSELF AS THE AQUATIC SUPERVISOR, AND I OVERSEE ALL OF THE LIFEGUARDING STAFF AS WELL AS, UM, [00:20:01] OUR DEDICATED OFFICE ASSISTANT, AGAIN, KI SHE, AND, UH, WE'VE GOT DEDICATED MAINTENANCE STAFF. SO WITH THIS REINVESTMENT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ON, UM, A PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER WHO, UH, IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE AQUATIC CENTER. SO I'VE GOT A LIST FOR HIM, AND I WORK WITH, UM, HIS DIRECT SUPERVISOR TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE, UH, WITH THAT, WITH THAT MAINTENANCE. UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING TO NOTE IS OUR LIFEGUARDS AND OUR SENIOR LIFEGUARDS. THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF. SO, UM, THAT TIERED STRUCTURE THERE. WE'VE GOT A LIFEGUARD ONE AND A LIFEGUARD TWO. A LIFEGUARD ONE IS SOMEONE THAT'S GONNA COME IN, UM, BRAND NEW, NOT, UH, NO EXPERIENCE, A LIFEGUARD TWO, SOMEONE THAT HAS A COUPLE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT CAN REALLY HELP MENTOR THOSE NEW LIFEGUARDS. UM, AND WE'LL REALLY BE ABLE TO BUILD ON, UH, A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AS TIME GOES ON. UH, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE GOT SENIOR LIFEGUARDS. SO THOSE SENIOR LIFEGUARDS YOU CAN CONSIDER A, A POOL MANAGER, UM, A HEAD LIFEGUARD IS, IS IS ANOTHER TERM THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, MAY HAVE HEARD IN THE PAST. AND SO, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS A SENIOR LIFEGUARD, UH, ON DUTY, ON SITE, AND AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THOSE LIFEGUARDS. UM, I'M NOT ALWAYS ON SITE. I'M ON SITE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT THOSE SENIOR LIFEGUARDS ARE REALLY THE DAY-TO-DAY SUPERVISION. UM, AND WE'LL HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, SO THEY'RE LEADING STAFF CONSISTENTLY. AND, UH, IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER, WE DO PLAN ON HOSTING, UM, OR OFFERING A SWIM LESSON PROGRAM. SO WE WILL ADD SWIM INSTRUCTORS TO THAT MIX. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL HAVE REC AIDS, UM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CASHIERS THAT CAN SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM TOO. SO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, WE DEFINITELY HAVE, UM, A PLAN IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE MEETING SAFETY STANDARDS AND SUCH. I WANTED TO REVIEW THE PRICING. UM, SO WE DID CARRY OVER THE PRICING THAT WAS IN PLACE. AS FAR AS THE DAILY DROP IN FEE. ADULTS ARE $10. UH, SENIORS, CITY EMPLOYEES ARE $8, AND YOUTH ARE $6. SO AGAIN, THAT WAS A CARRYOVER. UM, I MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE OFFERING, UM, BETTER DISCOUNTS, UH, THAT THAN WHAT HAD BEEN SEEN IN THE PAST. SO IF YOU, UH, PURCHASE A 10 VISIT MEMBERSHIP, MAYBE NOT THE BEST WORD, BUT A A 10 VISIT PASS, UM, YOU GET ONE FREE SWIM THAT'S 10% OFF. UM, IF YOU WANNA SWIM 20 TIMES, 15% OFF, IT WORKS OUT TO BE ABOUT THREE FREE SWIMS. AND THEN, UM, THOSE WERE TWO OFFERINGS THAT, THAT, UM, HAD TAKEN PLACE IN THE PAST. AND SO SOMETHING THAT I ADDED, UH, WAS JUST AN ADDITIONAL HIGHER LEVEL DISCOUNT FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE SWIMMING, UH, MUCH MORE OFTEN. SO A 40 VISIT PASS, 20% OFF, THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT FREE SWIMS, AND THEN A 60 VISIT PASS, 25% OFF, AND THAT'S ABOUT 15 FREE SWIMS. SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PRICING STRUCTURE AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF, OF THOSE DISCOUNTS, UH, THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE. AND ALL OF THIS WILL BE EVALUATED OVER TIME, UH, TO ENSURE WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SCHEDULE. SO, UM, WE'VE GOT A SNAPSHOT HERE OF WHAT'S BEING OFFERED. UM, THE SCHEDULE WILL REALLY BE, UM, POSTED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. AND SO, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY MY GOAL TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE VERY FAR AND FEW CHANGES TO THIS SCHEDULE. UM, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A STAFFING PLAN THAT WILL DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS, UM, BESIDES, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR TYPICAL HOLIDAY CLOSURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE'VE GOT LAP SWIM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAYS IN THE MORNINGS FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:45 AM AND THEN, UH, WE CLOSE FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND WE'RE BACK OPEN AGAIN FROM 11:00 AM TO 7:00 PM I TRIED TO NOTE WHAT HOURS THE SWIM TEAM OR IN THE SWIM TEAM ARE IN THE POOL, SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LAP SWIMMERS CAN DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHEN, WHEN IT'S BEST FOR THEM TO COME SWIM. SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE THEIR SWIM TEAM IS IN THE WATER, UH, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY IN THE EVENINGS FROM FOUR TO SEVEN, AND THEN, UM, TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AS WELL. AND THE ADDITION OF TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, THEY ALSO SWIM IN THE MORNING. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 58 AND A HALF HOURS A WEEK OF AVAILABLE LAPS SWIM, UM, ONLY 19 AND A HALF OF THOSE HOURS. THE SWIM TEAM IS IN THE WATER, ANY POINT THE SWIM TEAM IS IN THE WATER, I'M ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN OFFER LAP SWIMMING AT THAT TIME. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PARENTS THAT WANNA SWIM AT THE SAME TIME AS THEIR KIDS BEING IN THE WATER. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THOSE EARLY MORNINGS AND AFTER WORK HOURS, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE NOT PRIORITIZING ONE GROUP OVER THE OTHER. WE CAN DEFINITELY ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY. SO, UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. UH, AND THEN AGAIN, ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, WE'VE GOT SOME LAP SWIM OFFERINGS, UM, MORNING SIX 30 TO NOON ON SATURDAY. AND THEN IN ADDITION, UM, THIS WOULD BE AN, AN INCREASE TO WHAT HAD BEEN, UM, TAKING PLACE IN [00:25:01] THE PAST. WE ADDED SUNDAYS FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AGAIN, THIS IS OUR SEASONAL, UM, I WOULD SAY OFF SEASON SCHEDULE. UM, AND, UH, THAT WILL DEFINITELY CHANGE AGAIN, COME, COME SPRING, SUMMER, UM, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE AN INCREASE, UH, TO THESE HOURS. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK WEEK ONE RECAP. SO, UH, WE'VE HAD 37 DROP IN SWIMS. THAT'S JUST MEANING, UH, FROM THAT LAST PRICING STRUCTURE. YOU SAW 37 PEOPLE HAVE COME IN AND PAID JUST TO SWIM FOR THE DAY. UM, IN THE LAST WEEK, WE'VE HAD 55 PASSES PURCHASED, AND, UH, WE HAVE HAD IN THE LAST WEEK, 300 SWIMS. SO MAY, MAYBE NOT 300, 300 INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE. UM, BUT WE'VE HAD 300 SWIMS, WHICH IS ABOUT 42, UM, DAILY AVERAGE SWIMS. SO I THINK THAT'S A NOTABLE NUMBER. OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE DATA TO COMPARE THAT TO. UM, BUT THE PLUS SIDE WITH USING THIS, UM, ONLINE, UH, CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM IS THAT WE CAN TRACK THIS. UM, WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHEN, WHEN FOLKS ARE COMING TO SWIM, WHAT THOSE HIGH USE HOURS ARE, AND IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM OVER TIME. SO, AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'VE GOT 10 HOURS OF, OF SWIMMING TIME MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, FIVE AND A HALF SATURDAY, THREE ON SUNDAY, UM, AND THEN THE, THE HOURS THAT THE, THE SWIM TEAM TAKES UP THERE. SO I THOUGHT THOSE WERE IMPORTANT, UM, AND PRETTY NOTABLE, UM, MENTIONS. SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, ANOTHER IMPORTANT ITEM HERE, UH, IS OUR MAILING LIST. SO A LOT OF FEEDBACK JUST GOT A MESSAGE FROM OUR INTERPRETER. THEY, THEY NEED TO COME UP FOR ERROR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU'RE DOING GREAT. MY APOLOGIES. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU, . ALRIGHT, SO WITH OUR MAILING LIST, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WERE NOT GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE POOL. SO, UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND CREATED A MAILING LIST. AND, UM, KII OWNS THAT PROCESS AND HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW WHEN THERE MIGHT BE A CLOSURE OR A CHANGE TO THOSE SCHEDULES. SO I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP FOR THAT. IF YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE@CITYOFPETALUMA.ORG SLASH AQUATICS, UM, ON THAT MAIN PAGE THERE, YOU CAN SIGN UP, YOU CAN VIEW LAP SWIM SCHEDULES, UH, YOU CAN VIEW UPCOMING PROGRAMS, TRAINING, HIRING INFORMATION, UM, AND IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL ONLY BUILD ON THAT WEBSITE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, OFFERING, UH, ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PATIENTS, UH, THEIR PATIENTS AS WE TRANSITIONED. UM, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND MAKE CHANGES AS NECESSARY, BUT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO, TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES OVER, OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND, AND YEARS. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME OUT TONIGHT. SORRY, . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TARA. DO, UH, WE WANNA ALLOW COMMISSIONERS TO ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS. YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE SEQUENCED OUR AGENDA TO HAVE KIND OF GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE ITEM, I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT TIME TO, YOU KNOW, LUMP QUESTIONS, COMMENTS INTO ONE ROUND, AND SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ANY FEEDBACK NEXT TIME WE PRESENT THE AQUATICS PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, WE'LL KNOW, UH, WHAT TO ADDRESS AND FOCUS ON. THANK YOU. WE STARTED THE END AND WORK OUR WAY DOWN. NO COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? BRENDA? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE MEMBERSHIP, LIKE FOR CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THE ENTRANCES? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THE PASSES THAT WE'VE CREATED ARE VALID FOR ONE YEAR. SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO PURCHASE THE PASSES THAT THEY THINK THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE WITHIN THAT ONE YEAR. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FOR THE HOUR? I THINK IT'S A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME. OKAY. LINDSAY CORRECTED AND SAID YOU'RE LOOKING MORE ABOUT THE HOURS. SO ANYTIME WE'RE OPEN FOR LAP SWIM RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE, THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT WE'RE OFFERING, UH, THE LAP SWIM IS AVAILABLE, ANY, ANY OF THE HOURS. SO 5:30 AM TO 7:45 AM AND 11:00 AM TO 7:00 PM THOSE PASSES ARE, UH, VALID DURING THOSE TIMES. OKAY. OKAY. JOSE, ANY QUESTIONS? OH, ALEX, GO AHEAD. YOU MIGHT ASK MY QUESTION. OKAY. WE'LL SEE. [00:30:01] UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, ARE THERE ANY, HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEEDBACK SO FAR AS TO JUST THAT FIRST WEEK, WHAT PEOPLE THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT ANY, UM, YEAH, ANY COMMENTS, COMPLAINTS, THEY LOVE IT, YOU KNOW? SURE. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO I WOULD SAY 95% OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED HAS ABSOLUTELY BEEN POSITIVE. UM, PEOPLE WERE DEFINITELY IMPRESSED WITH THE CLEANLINESS OF THE FACILITY, THE INCREASE IN HOURS. UM, A FEW PEOPLE THAT I WAS IN TOUCH WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS HAVE ACTUALLY COME BACK TO US AND SAID, THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, HONORING YOUR COMMITMENTS AND, AND PERFORMING THE WORK THAT WAS PROMISED. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY, UM, SAY COMPLAINTS, UM, UH, JUST ABOUT, UM, UH, THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE PASSES WORKED WITH THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR MM-HMM . UM, BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UH, AT LEAST ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND, AND AGAIN, SHARE THAT WE WILL EVALUATE. UM, SO YEAH, I WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN WELL RECEIVED. UM, YOU KNOW, WE MADE A DECISION TO, UM, HONOR ALL OF THE PASSES THAT WERE PURCHASED IN THE PREVIOUS, UM, MANAGEMENT. UM, IT DIDN'T SEEM FAIR, RIGHT? TO SAY, I'M SORRY, YOU CAN'T USE THOSE PASSES. WE DID TRY TO PUT, YOU KNOW, AN END DATE ON THOSE TO ALLOW THEM TO TRANSITION TO OUR NEW ONLINE SYSTEM. UM, BUT THAT WAS ONE, I WOULD SAY CONCERN RIGHT AS WE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. UM, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO QUICKLY, UM, ADJUST AND, AND CLARIFY, UH, WHAT THAT WAS. SO AGAIN, YEAH, WELL, WELL RECEIVED FOR, FOR THE MOST PART. YEAH. OKAY. NO, THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. AND, AND IN THE FUTURE, WILL THERE BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN TAKE A SURVEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUST TO HELP IMPROVE THINGS AND SURE. ABSOLUTELY. OR KNOW IF WE'RE THEY'RE ALREADY, OR, YOU KNOW. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR MAILING LIST. UM, WE'VE GOT AN AQUATICS EMAIL AQUATICS@CITYOFPETALUMA.ORG. IF ANYONE WANTS TO PROVIDE PE FEEDBACK, I'M, I'M ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO THAT FEEDBACK SO THEY CAN EMAIL US THERE AND, AND ASK QUESTIONS AND, UM, WE CAN ASSESS AS, AS TIME GOES. BUT, UM, DEFINITELY SURVEYS AS, AS TIME GOES, WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK INTO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. STACY, UM, OKAY. CLARIFYING QUESTION AND COMMENT. IS THIS WORKING? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. UM, FEEDBACK DEFINITELY THAT I'VE GOTTEN HAS BEEN AMAZING. UM, EVERYBODY'S, I WALKED INTO THE LOCKER ROOM WAY BETTER. THERE'S NO MORE YES. RED STUFF ON THE WALLS. YES. UM, ONE PERSON WAS WONDERING, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD MONITOR THIS IS MORE LOCKERS, AND I THOUGHT THERE WERE 12 IN THERE. THERE ARE, SO PREVIOUSLY THERE WERE SIX LOCKERS, THERE WERE OLD AND YEAH. UNUSABLE, YOU KNOW, UM, AND SO WE DID, WE BROUGHT IN 12 LOCKERS. YEAH. SO IT, IT'S, WE'VE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF LOCKERS AVAILABLE AND, AND TRUTHFULLY, I STARTED SMALL JUST BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD SIX AND DOUBLED THAT NUMBER. I THINK IF WE SEE THAT THOSE ARE GETTING USED, UM, AND, AND THERE'S A REQUEST FOR MORE, THEN THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUDGET IN. BUT I DIDN'T WANNA OVER PURCHASE. RIGHT. SHOULD THOSE NOT BE USED? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT TOO. I THOUGHT IT WAS DOUBLED AS WELL. CORRECT. SO IT WAS JUST PERPLEXING TO ME BECAUSE I DON'T, THE SWIM TEAM DOESN'T USE LOCKERS. NO, THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY ALLOWED. YEAH. OH, YEAH. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, THEY DON'T, SO THEY DON'T, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A PERPLEXING, LIKE THERE AREN'T NORMALLY THAT MANY, ESPECIALLY IN WINTER TIME, UM, RIGHT. SO YEAH, THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE 24 SWIMMERS AT ONCE. YEAH. MEN'S AND WOMEN, RIGHT? SO, YEAH. YEAH. MAYBE IN SUMMER, BUT YOU'LL SEE MM-HMM . UM, I THINK IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT AS I DRIVE PAST TO SEE THE GUARDS ON DECK, LIKE, I HAVE TO SAY, LIKE, REALLY, I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. UM, ARE THERE FEES FOR NON-SWIMMERS? UH, NO. LIKE PARENTS THAT ARE, SO IT'S, IT'S A SWIMMING FEE. UM, IT'S AN ENTRANCE FEE, AND THE, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS ANYONE THAT ENTERS THE FACILITY COUNTS TOWARDS OUR CAPACITY. RIGHT. GOT IT. SO IF WE'RE DOING A NON SWIMMING FEE, THEN THAT REALLY CUTS OUT THE ABILITY FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT WANT TO COME IN AND SWIM. AND THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE WITH MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT I'VE WORKED ON. YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S JUST, UM, HOW DO I SAY THIS DE DELICATELY, UM, IT WAS RUN DIFFERENTLY IN THE PAST. YES. UM, AND THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, I WOULD SAY TO, IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT. I THINK IT WOULD LIKE SOMEWHERE. SURE. UM, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT. YEAH. AND SO I THINK THE CAPACITY THING MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. THANK YOU. UM, THE, I DO THINK YOU'RE MISSING TUESDAY, THURSDAY EVENING SWIM PRACTICES. I, BECAUSE I THINK UNLESS THE TEAM CHANGED, I DO THINK THEY HAVE NIGHTTIME MISSING AT WHERE, SORRY. UM, IN YOUR SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, IN THE, UM, ON THE LAP SWIM SCHEDULE, IN THE LAST SWIM SCHEDULE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU POSTED ONLINE, UM, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, BUT IT IS ON THERE AND I CAN PULL IT UP AGAIN AS [00:35:01] WELL. OH, I THOUGHT ONLY MORNING WAS ON THERE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN IN A DIFFERENT AREA. SO IF I'M WRONG, SWEET. UM, AND THEN IT'S ON THERE. . OKAY. YEAH. WELL, HEY, MY EYES, THANK THOUGHT SO, UM, I THINK THAT WAS IT. I'M SUPER, SUPER, SUPER HAPPY ABOUT IT. UM, THE FEEDBACK, LIKE I SAID, HAS BEEN GREAT. UM, I THINK THE NEXT THING TO BE READY FOR IS PEOPLE WANTING A RENOVATED LOCKER ROOM. IT'S LIKE, THAT'S LIKE YOU JUST, YOU, YOU, YOU DO ONE GREAT THING, DREW, AND YOU KNOW, OUT, OUT IT GOES. SO JUST TRYING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW. I JUST TELL THEM, SHOW UP TO PARKS AND RECREATION MEETINGS AND ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT. SURE. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I, YEAH. GREAT PRESENTATION. I'M EXCITED TO SEE, UH, I HAVE LONG BEING, UM, BEING A CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE FOR MANY YEARS, UM, I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY AND ARE DEDICATED TO MAKING THE CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR OWN FAMILIES, THEIR NEIGHBORS WILL A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME DO A BETTER JOB THAN ANYBODY THAT'S HIRED NO MATTER HOW WELL-MEANING THEY MIGHT BE OR A PROFESSIONAL, IT'S JUST A JOB TO THEM. AND IT'S MORE THAN THAT TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND, AND DEVOTE THEIR LIVES TO MAKING THE CITY A BETTER PLACE. SO I'M VERY MUCH A PROPONENT OF HAVING, UH, THE, THIS BEING BROUGHT IN THE HOUSE, SAME THING WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS. UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ONLY GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GONNA COME FROM THIS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. SORRY, MY TABLET KEEPS GOING DARK ON ME. LET'S GET THE, UH, AGENDA BACK UP HERE. UM, OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A, UM, ITEM REGARDING A, UH, ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC STEERING COMMITTEE TO, UH, DEVELOP A COMMUNITY INFORMATION CAMPAIGN REGARDING KEEPING OUR PARKS CLEAN. SO, AND I THINK, UM, KAT IS GONNA GIVE A YES, THANK YOU CHAIR. MUCH APPRECIATED. I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TRASH FREE PARKS, KEEPING OUR PARKS TRASH FREE. THE PURPOSE, UM, OF MY VERY BRIEF COUPLE OF SLIDES IS TO, UH, KIND OF OVERVIEW THAT WE ARE ESTABLISHING OR HOPING TO HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDER ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC STEERING COMMITTEE TO REVIEW, DISCUSS, AND DEVELOP A COMMUNITY INFORMATION CAMPAIGN AIMED AT REDUCING TRASH IN OUR CITY PARKS AND ALONG THE TRAILS. UM, SO MY FIRST SLIDE, TRASH FREE PARKS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS A, UH, PUBLIC CAMPAIGN AND, UH, THE PURPOSE IS TO LAUNCH THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE LITTER IN PETALUMA PARKS, TRAILS, AND PUBLIC SPACES. I'M HOPING THAT A CONVERSATION CAN BE STARTED ABOUT HOW WE AS THE COMMUNITY CAN BETTER ENGAGE ALL COMMUNITY USERS, REGARDLESS IF YOU'RE A SPORTS USER GROUP, A RENTAL PICNIC WEEKEND, A DOG WALKER, IF YOU'RE A VISITOR, JUST SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN WHERE WE CAN HELP KEEP OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES GREEN. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, STRONGER TOGETHER, STRONGER COMMUNITY. I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT, UM, WE ALL IMPACT, UM, OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR COMMUNITY, THE AREAS IN WHICH WE LIVE, AND HOW WE ENGAGE IN OUR, UM, PARKS AND SPACES FOR US TO ENGAGE IN A CAMPAIGN THAT IS COMMUNITY DRIVEN VERSUS JUST QUOTE UNQUOTE THE CITY INSTALLING MORE TRASH CANS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES IS THAT A COMMUNITY DRIVEN CAMPAIGN CAN REALLY INCREASE THE RELATIONSHIP AND, AND, YOU KNOW, OWNERSHIP OF YOUR COMMUNITY SPACES. IT BUILDS THAT COMMUNITY PRIDE. THE OWNERSHIP HELPS US PROTECT OUR PARKS, TRAILS, NATURAL SPACES. IT REALLY SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR GOALS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS PUT FORTH FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE ACTION. AND ALSO, OURS IS SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO START, UM, YOU KNOW, TREE DAYS, SCHOOLS, LOCAL GROUPS, SERVICE GROUPS, WAYS TO PARTICIPATE THAT ARE FUN AND ENGAGING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE, UM, ENGAGED IN A VERY SIMILAR CAMPAIGN. YOU'LL SEE HERE I LISTED [00:40:01] A FEW, UH, SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS. THE LEAVE NO TRACE SONOMA STYLE WAS AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. MAUREEN COUNTY PARKS, PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT, SAN FRANCISCO REC AND PARK, THE ECO POPUPS. THERE ARE NO RIGHT WAYS, THERE ARE NO WRONG WAYS TO, UM, KIND OF START THIS CAMPAIGN. IT'S REALLY JUST WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY COME WANT TO DO? WHERE WOULD THE LEADERSHIP OF THE AD HOC STEERING COMMITTEE WANT TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK? WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS TO DO, UM, SEE WHERE YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT, THE DIFFERENT KIND OF EXAMPLES OUT THERE, AND THEN REALLY MAKE IT YOUR OWN FOR PETALUMA PROUD, OR HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT. AND I BELIEVE I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE, MAYBE I DO. EXCELLENT. . SO, UH, FOR TONIGHT IS JUST REVIEW THE PROPOSED AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE CONCEPT. THAT'S JUST WHAT I PRESENTED. PRETTY, PRETTY SIMPLE. WE, WE THINK IT'S SIMPLE, BUT TRASH AND WASTE IS NOT A, NOT SIMPLE ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT IT ON A GRANDER SCHEME. UM, DISCUSS FROM YOUR LENS, REALLY, YOU ALL ARE DRIVING THE CONVERSATION ON IF THIS IS OF INTEREST TO THE R AND PC GROUP, AND THEN IF IT IS, APPOINT SOME COMM COMMISSIONERS AND THEN REALLY TAKE IT FROM THERE. AND THEN DREW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S KIND OF BACK TO THE GROUP, I GUESS. YEAH, NO, I THINK THAT'S A, A GREAT SYNOPSIS. I MEAN, IT REALLY IS JUST A, A, A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE AMONG THE COMMISSION TONIGHT. UH, THESE WHILE SOUNDING SIMPLE, AGAIN TO PARROT KAT'S COMMENT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VERY COMPLEX ISSUES THAT ARE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR SOME THIN ASPIRATIONAL AND ENCOURAGE THE TYPE OF BEHAVIOR WE WANT TO SEE IN PARKS. NOT ALWAYS BE PUNITIVE THROUGH OUR SIGNAGE, WHICH IS WHAT'S TYPICAL THAT YOU'LL SEE. SO TRYING TO FIND THAT RIGHT BALANCE WHAT'S GONNA RELATE TO PEOPLE, UM, BUT REALLY HAVE A COMMISSION LED EFFORT HERE. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I LOOK BACK TO YOU CHAIR TO, TO KIND OF LEAD THAT CONVERSATION AND, AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING ALONG IN NOTES AND, AND HOPING WE CAN HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS AT THE END OF THIS. THANK YOU. GREAT. YEAH. UM, THIS WAS ACTUALLY, I THINK KIND OF THE, UM, UH, SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM, UH, WAS VERY, IT WAS CLOSE TO HIS HEART AND HE WANTED TO, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS WITH THE COMMISSION. AND ALSO I THINK, UM, HIS IDEA WAS MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPANSIVE, LIKE START WITH, WITH THE LITTER THING. 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY VISIBLE AND PEOPLE CAN GET A GRASP ON, BUT ALSO EXPAND IT MORE TO, UM, TO JUST STEWARDSHIP OF ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES. SO GRAFFITI, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR PUBLIC SPACES. UM, AND ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITIZENS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP OF, OF ALL THE PUBLIC SPACES IN THE CITY. UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE TO MAYBE START WITH LITTER AS THE MAIN FOCUS, BUT ALSO KEEP AN OPEN MIND TO MAYBE A MORE EXPANSIVE CAMPAIGN THAT COULD BE A CITYWIDE THING THAT WOULD INVOLVE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE, COMMISSION PUBLIC WORKS, AND OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE CITY AND REALLY PARTNER WITH ON A, ON A LARGER SCALE. I, I HAD A COUPLE THOUGHTS. YOU MENTIONED PETALUMA PROUD. I WAS THINKING PETALUMA PRETTY OR LUMA. LOVELY. BUT I'LL JUST THROW THOSE OUT. OR WHOEVER. UM, UH, SO YEAH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE, FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR PARKS. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE MORE OF A, UM, KINDA OPERATIONAL QUESTION I DIDN'T REALIZE I ASKED BEFOREHAND. UM, FOR MY FIRST TIME KIND OF RECOMMENDING A, A, A SUBCOMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT FROM HERE. THE, THE TIMING ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE AD HOC GROUP, IS THAT DETERMINED BY THE COMMITTEE ON HOW MANY TIMES THEY MEET AND FOR HOW LONG AND KIND OF WHAT THE GOALS OR BENCHMARKS ARE? YEAH, I CAN ANSWER THAT. YOU KNOW, IT, IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT WHEN ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TONIGHT. AND SO THE IDEA IS ONE, GET SOME VOLUNTEERS TO SIGN UP TO DO THIS, UH, NO MORE THAN THREE AND SET KIND OF A, A, A GOAL AT THE END. UM, TYPICALLY IT'S SIX MONTHS, IT'S NOT TO EXCEED A YEAR, RIGHT? UM, SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS FULL COMMISSION BEFORE ANY ACTIONS TAKEN. SO, UM, I THINK SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THERE, SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, DEPENDING ON HOW THE COMMISSION FEELS, BUT THAT MAKES SURE THAT WHOEVER STARTS THIS REALLY GETS TO FINISH IT AND THAT YOU COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE TAKE ANY KIND OF FORMAL ACTION. [00:45:01] SO THE WHOLE COMMISSION CAN HEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS, UM, RECOMMENDING. AND THEN WE, WE ALWAYS KIND OF VOTE ON IT AS A BODY. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, SO YES, QUESTIONS, UH, NOTHING. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT. THEY TALK ABOUT LATINOS, HOW TO COMPOST AND ALL OF THAT REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE, WITH THE TRASH. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SO ARE, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? . OKAY. UH, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. UM, I KNOW COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM ISN'T HERE. IS HE ASSUMED TO BE IN THE AD HOC OR I AM GONNA ASSUME THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE AD HOC. OKAY. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, UM, ON THAT. OKAY. YES. ALRIGHT. AND I BELIEVE THIS AD HOC GROUP WAS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES HAS BEEN A REALLY KIND OF FUN WAY TO VERY LIGHTLY TOUCH THINGS. AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO GROW BIGGER WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DREW WAS TALKING ABOUT TO COME BACK IN SIX MONTHS, IT'S REALLY, YOU COME BACK WITH A PLAN THAT HASN'T NECESSARILY TAKEN ACTION. SO WE, YOU DON'T NEED TO COME BACK WITH THE WHOLE ROBUST, YOU KNOW, FULL-FLEDGED, FULL-FLEDGED YOU'VE DEDICATED EVERY WEEKEND. IT'S MORE OF HERE'S WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO WITH THIS INITIAL POINT THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE A FEW MEANINGFUL POINTS. AND THEN POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD IT CAN COME BACK TO A LARGER SCALE. 'CAUSE WE, I, FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION SIDE OF THINGS, WE HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL PARTNERS WITH RECOLOGY, FOR EXAMPLE, I WORK A LOT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, UM, FOR ANY EVENTS THAT COME ON BOARD WITH HOW IF A VENDOR'S COMING ON SITE, THEY'RE MICROPLASTICS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN APPROACH THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE PARKS OR GREEN SPACES OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO. SO, UM, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE THAT, THAT LENS, UH, BEFORE THANK YOU. UM, AND I'LL, I'LL ADD MY LAST OR MAYBE MY ALMOST LAST COMMENTS ON IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT WHENEVER, WHENEVER YOU'RE TACKLING A PROBLEM, SO BIG AND VAST COMPLEX IS THIS, RIGHT? KEEPING ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES CLEAR OF DEBRIS IS A, A VERY ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, RIGHT? AND WHERE, LIKE, STARTING IT IS THE HARDEST PART, RIGHT? IS GETTING THAT FORWARD MOMENTUM. THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY ACTIVE COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS, AS YOU ALL KNOW. MANY OF THEM SIT, YOU SIT ON LIAISONS. BUT REALLY TRYING TO START SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GONNA TAKE THE, THE FIRST STEP AND FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THE AREAS THAT THROUGH THE PARKS AND REC ATION LENS, WE THINK, YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES WE HAVE ARE BEST SPENT. SO IF THAT'S ALONG TRAILS, IF THAT'S ALONG SPECIAL EVENTS, IF THAT'S ALONG, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, IT'S REALLY TRYING TO START THAT CONVERSATION AND HOPING PEOPLE START TO GET ON BOARD. AND THEN WE BUILD THE MOMENTUM FROM THERE. UM, BUT REALLY TRYING TO LEAD THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION. IF, IF IT'S, THERE'S ANY TAKEAWAY. IT'S, IT'S BRINGING YOUR LEARNED EXPERIENCES, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN PARKS AND TRAILS THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH PROGRAMS, WALKING THROUGH FACILITIES, SHOPPING DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO TO START WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE NOW. SO, THANK YOU. WELL, AND IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT OUR AD HOC COMMITTEES SOMETIMES, UM, HAVE MUCH LARGER IMPACT THAN JUST ON RECREATION AND PARK FACILITIES. UH, FOR ONE EXAMPLE THAT I'M THINKING OF IS THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AD HOC THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS FOR THE WHOLE CITY AND ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST FOR PARK AND REC. SO, UM, I THINK THAT PARTICIPATING [00:50:01] IN AD HOC COMMITTEES IS A WAY TO HAVE A GREATER IMPACT ON THE CITY, UM, MANY TIMES. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TRY IT SOMETIME. ALL RIGHT. UM, DO WE OFFICIALLY NOMINATE PEOPLE OR HOW, OR WE ASK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERS? YES, CORRECT. UM, WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS, UM, TO, TO NOMINATE MEMBERS TO JOIN THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE. UM, SO YES, WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE VOLUNTEER. IF THEY'RE NOT HERE AND YOU WANT TO NOMINATE THEM, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL, . UM, AND I, AND I WILL ALSO SAY, UH, IT, IT IS NOT, SO WE, THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING AS A LIAISON, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, IS NOT, UM, TYPICALLY ASSIGNED SUBORDINATE AD HOC COMMITTEE. SO, SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE INVOLVED. UM, BUT TYPICALLY THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS CANNOT SERVE ON SUBORDINATE BODIES THAT AREN'T ASSIGNED THROUGH THE ENABLING LEGISLATION OF THIS COMMISSION. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. SO, UM, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK ON THIS ONE, UM, BUT VERY MUCH ON THE HOOK TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BE THAT LIAISON FOR THE COUNCIL TO HELP DRIVE THIS INITIATIVE. BUT, BUT IT'S UP TO THE REST OF US HERE TO, TO FINE. TWO, TWO MEMBERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE, DO I NEED TO NOMINATE CODY OR WE ALREADY, WE ALREADY HAVE HIM ON THE LIST. , YEAH, I'D ASK ANOTHER COMMISSIONER TO NOMINATE THEM ON RECORD. SO YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK OF NOMINATING HIM. BUT YES, , I NOMINATE K CHISHOLM TO BE ON THIS AD HOC. I SECOND THAT. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS, I THINK, AND I THINK THE REASONING IS THE NEXT ITEM IS ANOTHER AD HOC MM-HMM . AND SO I THINK WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRUE. MY SECOND TIME RUNNING IS TOTALLY JUST TO GET THIS PARKS MASTER PLAN. IT WAS THE SKATE PARK AND THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. SO IF THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO THROW IN THEIR HAT FOR, THEY'RE NOT SO INTERESTED IN THIS TRASH THING, BUT YOU'RE MORE INTERESTED IN THE, UM, PARKS MASTER PLAN, I'LL GO THIS ROUTE. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO ME. I'LL DO EITHER ONE. I JUST, YOU KNOW, SO THAT BEING SAID, IF ANY ANYONE OVER THERE IS FEELING STRONGLY ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING THE, UM, WELL, I GUESS I CAN'T COMMIT TO TWO, DON'T LET ME COMMIT TO TWO. SO ANYHOW, I'LL DO ONE, BUT DO WE HAVE TO, CAN WE GET THE PRESENTATION ON THE OTHER ONE OR CAN WE NOT GO BACK AND FORTH ON THE ITEMS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE REALLY SHOULD ACT ON THE ITEM. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS MOTION IS CONTINGENT, PERHAPS, OR YOU JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE THAT CALL NOW TO SAY, HEY, YOUR HEART'S IN THE MASTER PLAN, YOU'RE HOLDING OUT FOR THAT. AND THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT ONE MEMBER THAT'S NOMINATED, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN START WITH ANOTHER AND SEE HOW IT GOES WITH TWO, YOU COULD ALWAYS ADD A THIRD AT ONE, AT 1.2. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL, UM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT YEAH, WE REALLY SHOULD END THIS ITEM AND BRING UP THE NEXT, MAKE AN ACTION ON THIS ITEM. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. UM, YEAH, I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN BOTH, AND I PROBABLY CAN DO BOTH, BUT I'LL VOLUNTEER FOR THE AD HOC, THE TRASH AD HOC AS WELL. DO WE HAVE A THIRD? ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL START WITH THAT. YEP. SO WE'LL JUST GET A, AND YET A MOTION TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM. UM, I THINK I HEARD A, A MOTION NOT A SECOND YET TO APPOINT, UM, A SECOND CHAIR. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. CHAIR BERTELLI. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A, A ROLL CALL VOTE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO NOMINATE THE, OR APPOINT THE TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE MENTIONED? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE THE TWO COMMISSIONERS, UH, CODY CHISHOLM AND MARYANNE BERTELLI TO THE AD HOC FOR TRASH BEAUTIFICATION. YEAH, TRASH BEAUTIFICATION . THAT SOUNDS AWFUL HARD. BEAUTIFICATION, BEAUTIFICATION OF PETALUMA. AND NOW I WILL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'LL JUST GET A ROLL CALL VOTE REAL QUICK. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO VOLUNTEER. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE SO MUCH WORK THAT I REALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME, SO OH, I UNDERSTAND . YEAH, WE JUST WE'RE ASKING FOR A VOTE ON THE TWO, THE TWO MEMBERS. [00:55:02] OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH. ALRIGHT. YES, WE AGREE. ELLI? YES. EARL? YES. GARCIA? SI. YES. GREENSPAN, YES TO CARLY? YES. GREAT. THAT MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU. AND, AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION OR A FORMATION OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO WORK ON THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS. DO YOU WANNA GIVE A LITTLE DESCRIPTION OR? YEAH, THIS ONE'S GONNA BE ME. I'LL, I'LL TAKE THIS ONE. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU COMMISSION. THIS IS, UH, ANOTHER, UM, HOPEFULLY HISTORIC MOMENT FOR, FOR SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR FOR MANY YEARS. A STRATEGIC PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, UH, IS IS REALLY A GUIDING DOCUMENT. A, A, AN ESSENTIAL TOOLKIT, A BLUEPRINT, A NORTH STAR. IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS FOR A MUNICIPAL PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT THAT HELPS GUIDE IN THE MANAGEMENT, THE, THE MAINTENANCE, THE INVESTMENTS, THE VISION OF, OF A PARK SYSTEM, TYPICALLY FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS. NOW, ONCE ESTABLISHED, THIS IS DEFINITELY A GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSTANTLY REVISED, REVISITED, BUT IT CAN, UM, BE QUITE COSTLY. IT CAN ALSO TAKE AND BE PROTRACTED INTO TO YEARS IF, UM, WE ARE NOT REALLY STRATEGIC AND TIGHT WITH HOW WE ULTIMATELY IDENTIFY KIND OF THE CORE QUESTIONS THAT WE WANNA HAVE ANSWERED, UM, TO HELP GUIDE PETALUMA SPECIFIC INVESTMENT IN PARKS. SO TONIGHT, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A, A TIMELINE, RIGHT? OR, OR A, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO BRING ON A PROJECT LIKE A, A STRATEGIC PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN THAT WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, BRINGING AND HAVING THE DISCUSSION, UM, IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. BUT BEING ABOUT SIX MONTHS AWAY FROM THAT, IT'S TIME FOR US TO START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE WANNA SEE, ULTIMATELY MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE VALUES WE WANNA SEE IN, IN THAT SCOPE OF WORK. SO IN ORDER US TO BE REALLY, UH, GOOD STEWARDS OF THE, THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS IN ORDER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RIGHT? TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO START BY FORMING AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO START LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT ELEMENTS OF THAT MASTER PLAN WE WANNA BE SURE IS INCLUDED SO THAT WHEN WE DO, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH ENGAGEMENT WE WANT TO PUT IN, HOW MUCH, UH, FUNDING WE'RE GONNA BE ALLOCATED. WE HAVE A GOOD RUNNING START AND BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT THE MASTER PLAN ULTIMATELY WILL, WILL HELP. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE BIG PLANS, THESE ARE DAUNTING ASSIGNMENTS, BUT THE IDEA HERE TONIGHT IS TO, UM, TASK TWO OR THREE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, PARK STAFF, BUT THEN ALSO, UM, WORK INDEPENDENTLY AND RESEARCHING PARKS AND MASTER PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN CITIES, COUNTIES, OR MUNICIPALITIES THAT COULD BE SEEN AS COMPARABLE TO PETALUMA. USE ALL OF YOUR LEARNED EXPERIENCES TO SEE WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE THIS TAKE. AND THEN ALSO, UM, BRING BACK, YOU KNOW, A, A RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A CONVERSATION AMONG THIS COMMISSION ON REALLY STARTING TO OUTLINE WHAT THAT SCOPE OF WORK COULD LOOK LIKE. UH, I HOPE THIS SOUNDS EXCITING BECAUSE IT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, KNOW, IT REALLY HELPS US MAKE GOOD DECISIONS EACH AND EVERY YEAR AS WE, YOU KNOW, REVIEW CAPITAL PROJECTS AND WE TRY TO BALANCE, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE WITH, WITH NEW BUILDS AND ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE GRAPPLE WITH. BUT IT ALSO HAS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY US TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YEAR ROUND AQUATICS LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES OUR OFF-LEASH DOG HOURS LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES COMMUNITY GRAZING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE KIND OF UNIQUE TO PETALUMA. THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO FOLD THOSE INTO THE MASTER PLAN, UH, OR KNOW WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE THAT, THAT MONEY INVESTED. SO WITH THAT, I THINK OUR GOALS FOR THIS IS ANOTHER [01:00:01] SIX MONTH ASSIGNMENT, UM, TO BRING BACK TO THIS COMMISSION SOME RESEARCH ON BEST PRACTICES, SOME PLANS THAT YOU WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT WE THINK WE, WE REALLY LIKE, UM, AND BRING BACK KIND OF A REPORT TO, TO HELP GUIDE, UH, WHERE THE SCOPE FOR THIS NEXT MASTER PLAN SHOULD LOOK LIKE. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UM, BUT THE INTENT, AND I, I PUT THIS IN THE STAFF REPORT, IS TO REALLY USE THAT PARK PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT, THAT HAS MARYANNE AND, UH, COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM ALREADY ASSIGNED TO IT. SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I DON'T THINK, UH, IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE BOTH THOSE, UM, COMMITTEES GOING, BUT IF WE WANTED TO, UH, REAPPOINT NEW MEMBERS, UM, REFORM THAT COMMITTEE, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO THAT. SO I'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU. GREAT. ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS? KATE? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. UM, TRYING TO REMEMBER IF THE AD HOC SETS ITS OWN MEETING HOURS, IF THEY ALSO SET THE LOCATION, DOES IT HAVE BE CITY HALL SPECIFIC? DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A STAFF CITY STAFF PRESENT? YES. OKAY. GREAT QUESTION. I'M SORRY. I'M NODDING AS IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. . UM, THE ANSWER IS NO. AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT. WE FEEL. SO USING, I THINK OUR MOST ACTIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, OUR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE, THERE WERE CERTAINLY CHECK-INS. THERE WERE CERTAINLY DATES WHERE WE MET AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, WITH OTHER MEMBERS OR SUBJECT MATTERS. SO ENGAGED WITH STAFF, BUT MUCH OF THE WORK IS ABSENT OF, OF STAFF. WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE THERE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO NOTICE AHEAD OF TIME. THAT REALLY IS THE BEAUTY OF WORKING. BUT I THINK THE MAGIC IS YOU'RE JUST, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THE ASSIGNMENT IS, AND CHECK-INS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT WE DO NOT WANNA SLOW PEOPLE DOWN. AND, AND OFTEN THE MORE CALENDARS YOU'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH, THE HARDER IT GETS, THE LONGER THE PROTRACTED, UM, ASSIGNMENT IS. SO WE VERY MUCH WANT THIS AD HOC TO BE INDEPENDENT, BUT THERE ARE CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER AGENCIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS THAT WE CAN HELP FACILITATE. UM, BUT VERY MUCH CAN BE A AND SHOULD BE A COMMISSION LED EFFORT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, SHALL WE? SO, SO I THINK WE COULD, UH, OH, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, UM, WE COULD OPEN THE, I DON'T SEE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT WE SHOULD OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOBODY WE'VE CAPTURED OR IF THERE'S COMMENT THAT CAME IN FOR THE RECORD. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. AND THEN SHARE BACK TO YOU IF, UM, WE WANT TO APPOINT OR NOMINATE MEMBERS, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO IT. ALRIGHT. UM, WELL I WILL VOLUNTEER. SO GREAT. I NOMINATE MARYANNE ELLI FOR THE SECOND AD HOC OF THE EVENING. I'M RETIRED. SO , IT'S MY HOBBY. . I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE STACEY. SURE. . I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THIS AD HOC, UM, ESPECIALLY, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE I JOINED THE COMMISSION. AND IN THE SPIRIT OF MEGAN KELLY, I JUST LIKE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. UM, WITH THE STIPULATION THAT I WOULD LOVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE VIRTUAL MEETINGS IF POSSIBLE. UM, IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE AD HOC COMMITTEE COULD BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT, WE CAN JUST SHOW UP TO YOUR PLACE OF WORK. THERE YOU GO. WE ALL KNOW WHERE IT IS. WE KNOW WHERE YOU WORK. . OKAY, GREAT. I NOMINATE KATE GREENSPAN TO JOIN THIS AD HOC AS WELL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'VE HEARD WE'VE GOT THREE COMMISSIONERS NOMINATED. I THINK JUST A, A MOTION TO APPOINT THE THREE COMMISSIONERS AND THEN, UM, A SECOND AND A ROLL CALL VOTE. WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOTION THAT THE THREE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BE APPOINTED TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE MASTER PLAN. I SECOND THAT [01:05:03] DONE AND THEN WE'LL DO A ROLL, ROLL CALL. VOTE LAST SECTION. I KNOW. ARE THEY AGREE? UM, DO YOU AGREE VICENTE ELLI? YES. EARL? YES. GARCIA C GREENSPAN? YES. DI CARLY? YES. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME. IT'S GONNA BE FUN. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. OKAY, NOW WE MOVE [COMMITTEE COMMENT] TO COMMITTEE COMMENT. LET'S START AT THIS END FOR, FOR A CHANGE. AW, MAN. UM, I DO NOT HAVE, I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS. I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE SWIM CENTER SUPER TO HAVE YOU HERE. UM, I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A FLUTTERING COMMENT, BUT IT WENT AWAY. THERE'S A WOMAN WITH A FISHBOWL OF MY THOUGHTS. UM, IT'LL COME TO ME LATER. UM, AND THEN PARK WISE, UM, IF WE HAVE SUGGESTIONS AND NEVERMIND I CAN HANDLE THIS ON MY OWN. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. WELCOME TO MY WORLD, EVERYONE. THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE RIGHT NOW AND I'LL PROBABLY BE LIKE THAT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. THANK YOU ALEX. UH, WELL IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I THINK WE MET LAST. UM, BUT I BELIEVE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME NEW EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES FOR PARKS AND REC. UM, I THINK WE ALSO SIGNED OFF ON THE MARINA IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR PORT COMMISSION. EXCUSE ME. UM, AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO, WHAT DID WE DO THE OTHER NIGHT? I THINK YOU HAVE SOME NEW POSITIONS WE JUST APPROVED TOO. NEW MAINTENANCE POSITIONS, CORRECT? UM, YES. THE, UH, PARKS MAINTENANCE POSITION THAT WAS HIRED FOR AQUATICS CAME TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROPRIATIONS, I BELIEVE. YES. MM-HMM . THAT WAS ON MONDAY. YES. IT JUST HAPPENED. MM-HMM . AND, UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ALL MY UPDATES FOR TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, NOT SO FAST IT CAME BACK TO ME. OKAY. IT'S A, IT'S A CLARIFYING QUESTION AND I'M MEANT TO ASK IT DURING AQUATICS, UM, POOL COVERS, ARE WE GOING TO COVER THE POOL? IS THAT LIKE, UM, NOT TOMORROW, BUT MEANING IS THAT, WHEN WILL THAT PHASE START? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO I CAN'T PUT A TIMELINE ON IT, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT THE CURRENT POOL COVERS, UH, THAT WERE THERE, UM, ARE HONESTLY TRASH. SO THOSE HAVE BEEN REMOVED. UM, I AM WORKING WITH A, UM, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, TO GET A QUOTE FOR NEW POOL COVERS. SO YES, IT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD COME DOWN THE PIPELINE. I JUST NEED TO GET THOSE NUMBERS AND, AND MAKE A PROPOSAL FOR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, THE COST SAVINGS AND SUCH, THAT WILL COME FROM THAT. THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR ME. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE RAINS HAVE STARTED AND I LOVE SEEING ALL THE PARKS AND ALL THE TURF AREAS COMING BACK TO LIFE AFTER, AFTER THE RAINS START. I THINK THE PARKS ARE OVERALL LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, SO. MM-HMM . UM, I HAD A QUESTION, UM, DREW FOR YOU, AND YOU CAN ANSWER IT WHENEVER YOU GET TO YOUR COMMENTS, BUT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT A REPLACEMENT FOR CINDY'S POSITION. YES. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. HAPPY TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON MY COMMENT. I'LL MAKE A NOTE. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? COMMENTS ABOUT IT? ANYTHING IN GENERAL ABOUT PARKS? OKAY. I, I MENTIONED IN LAST TIME THAT WHEN WE GO TO PARKS, WE'RE WALKING AND BECAUSE, JUST, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T CARRY AN ID OR IDENTIFICATION OR VEST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY THINK THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG. AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU THIS MOMENT, IF, IF, IF, UH, YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH ANY SORT OF IDENTIFICATION, UH, A, A, A [01:10:01] SHIRT, UH, UH, A VEST OR ANYTHING, UH, THAT WILL, UH, MAKE US, UH, LOOK, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THERE HAVE BEEN AN OCCASION WHERE, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, THE PEOPLE WERE MISTREATED, AND I OBVIOUSLY WOULD DON'T LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. I'M VERY HAPPY WHAT I'M DOING, SUPPORTING EVERYTHING, AND I REALLY LIKE BEING HERE. AND ALSO I, I WOULD LIKE TO HELP MORE, BUT I, TIME IS SHORT AND, AND THAT'S SOMETIMES, UH, IS AN IMPEDIMENT. I PARK, UH, THERE ARE SOME PARKS THAT, THAT DO NEED THINGS. UH, WE'LL SAY, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS, UH, THERE IS ANY, UM, FUNDS, UH, FOR THIS YEAR THAT COULD BE USED OR APPLICABLE TO, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME. MM-HMM . AND IF NO FUNDS THIS YEAR, MAYBE FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT'S ALL FOR ME. I'M SORRY, I, I HAVE A, A BAD THROAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. HMM. BRENDA, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE AQUATIC PARK. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. I WILL SOON, UH, GO, UH, VISIT. YES, PLEASE COME AND SEE ME. , AND NOW GOING TO PARKS. I, I LOVE TO SAY THAT WE NEED A LOT OF CLEANING UP TO DO BECAUSE OF THE FALL SEASON AND SO MANY LEAVES DROPPING, UH, PARKS DO NEED HELP. OKAY. I WANTED TO HELP, UH, HELP WITH THE ISSUE OF TRASH. AND, AND I, AND I REALIZED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MYSELF, UH, BEING A SPANISH SPEAKER, YOU HAVING TO TRANSLATE MATERIALS AND THINGS AND THEN, UH, UH, IT COULD BE COSTLY OR TIME CONSUMING, BUT I HOPE TO BRING SOME NEW, UH, IDEAS NEXT TIME AROUND AND THEN TO CONTRIBUTE TO MAKE EVEN BETTER IDEAS AROUND THE TRASH ISSUE IN, IN OUR NEXT MEETINGS. THANK YOU. AND I'M SURE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO ANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU CAN MAKE. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KATE. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, COMMISSIONER ALLEGRA, I'M REALLY SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOU'VE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF FEELING UNSAFE OR UNWELCOME AT THE PARKS WHILE YOU'RE BEING A PART OF A PRODUCTIVE PART OF THIS COMMISSION AND CHECKING THE PARKS OUT. I HOPE THAT MAYBE STAFF HAS A SOLUTION THAT MIGHT HELP RESOLVE THAT ISSUE. 'CAUSE THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. UM, I JUST, THE ONLY UPDATE THAT I HAD WAS, UH, LET'S SEE, ART COMMITTEE MET LAST WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME, AND GAVE AN UPDATE ABOUT ALL THE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND THERE ARE MANY AROUND TOWN, WHICH IS SO AMAZING. UM, MARY MCCHESNEY PIECES ARE GOING UP ALL AROUND TOWN. [01:15:01] UM, THERE'S A NEW MURAL PROJECT IN THE WORKS THAT, UH, IS SEARCHING FOR A LOCATION. IT'S KIND OF BETWEEN KELLER STREET, PARKING GARAGE, POSSIBLY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, UM, OVER ON THE EAST SIDE, JUST DEPENDING ON SOME FACTORS. UM, LOTS OF EXCITING PROJECTS HAPPENING, SO THAT'S WHY UPDATE FROM THAT COMMITTEE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NOW IT'S TIME [STAFF COMMENT] FOR STAFF COMMENT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M GONNA ASK OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, KAT REISINGER TO, UM, WALK US THROUGH THE, THE RECREATION, KIND OF THE, THE PROGRAM UPDATES. AND THEN I'LL HANDLE PARKS READY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR. TAKE IT AWAY. DREW HALTER, MUCH APPRECIATED. HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND VOLUNTEERISM HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T DO OUR JOBS WITHOUT YOU GUYS. DEFINITELY MEAN THAT. UH, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF RECREATIONAL PROGRAM SUCCESSES. VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF EVERYTHING. TARA ALREADY COVERED AQUATICS, BUT THAT ONE'S JUST SO NEAR THE HEART. SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THINGS AQUATICS. UM, IN ADDITION TO CLEANING UP SOME OF THE PHYSICAL SPACES IN AQUATICS, SPECIFICALLY AQUATICS WAS THE IMPETUS FOR US TO DO SOME INTERNAL PROCEDURAL UPDATES. SO IF YOU'VE BEEN ON OUR WEBSITE, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SEEN THAT IT HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH NEWER PHOTOS, CHANGED INFORMATION THAT HAD MAYBE BEEN THERE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. , WE, UM, ON OUR REGISTRATION SITE, WE DID A WHOLE CLEANUP OF HOW TO REGISTER. WE'RE MAKING THINGS A LOT MORE USER FRIENDLY. WE'RE WORKING ON TRANSLATION. UM, SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE SUPER FLASHY AND SHINY, BUT FOR US IT'S A LOT EASIER TO INCREASE ACCESS AND ACCESSIBILITY AND GIVING THE COMMUNITY THE ABILITY TO GET INFORMATION ONLINE OR THROUGH THEIR PHONES THEMSELVES. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE INTERNAL PROCESS ENHANCEMENTS. ALSO, WANTING TO GIVE A PLUG TO OUR NEW, UH, PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS WEBSITE. IT'S PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS.COM. YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAIR LUMA ICE, RENTING THE FAIRGROUNDS AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS. UM, I HAVE TO GIVE EXTRA KUDOS TO LAURA BEHIND ME WHO REALLY HELPED, UM, DO SOME OF THE DESIGN UPGRADES ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. SO PLEASE CHECK IT OUT. UM, ALSO THE AQUATICS PAGE. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET SOME NEW STUFF UP ON THE AQUATICS PAGE AND, UH, GET THE INFORMATION A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR EVERYONE. UH, SWITCHING GEARS, WE ARE BRINGING BACK AN INTERNAL SUMMER CA, OR NOT SUMMER, EXCUSE ME, WINTER HOLIDAY CAMP. SNOW. MUCH FUN. DECEMBER 29TH THROUGH THE 31ST. IT'S A THREE DAY AGES FIVE THROUGH 12 AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD INTERNAL WINTER CAMPS. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS WE ALREADY HAVE NINE KIDS. 10. WE HAVE 10 KIDS SIGNED UP. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. AGES FIVE THROUGH 12. UM, LU ICE. IT'S HAPPENING. THE TREE LOT IS BEING BUILT ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. UH, LU ICE, DECEMBER 10TH THROUGH THE 7TH OF JANUARY. LIGHTED HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE, JUMP ZONE TRACTOR RIDES, LOTS OF SKATING, FUN BIRTHDAY PARTIES, SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS, HOCKEY AND MORE. CHECK IT OUT, LU EYES.COM. MOVING TO A DIFFERENT VEIN. YES. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. UM, MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, AND I'VE HAD NO ANSWER. UM, WHAT IS THE, I IT'S A, UM, CONNECTION BETWEEN MICKELSON AND THE CITY FOR LUMA ICE. I THINK PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED. DO THE, THE TREES ARE GONNA GO AWAY AND THEN THE ICE IS GONNA GO THERE. IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN HOW THAT LAYOUT'S GONNA BE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ASKING, I HAVE NO IDEA. AND IT'S COMING. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND A VERY VALID 'CAUSE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE LUMA ICE WAS LAST YEAR. YES. UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTION. THANK YOU. UH, LUMA ICE, WE, WE PILOTED IT. IF YOU REMEMBER THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. UH, WHEN WE TOOK OVER STEWARDSHIP AS THE CITY, WE WERE TASKED WITH TRYING NEW THINGS AND SEEING HOW THEY WORK. AND WE TRIED LOOM ICE IN THE PARKING LOT OUTDOORS. AND IT, IT WORKED. IT ABSOLUTELY WORKED. AND IT WAS A LITTLE EXPENSIVE. AND WHEN WE LEARNED A FEW THINGS AND IF WE ALL REMEMBER THE TORNADO, THE OPENING [01:20:01] WEEKEND, UM, IT WAS REALLY FUN. SO THIS YEAR WE'RE PILOTING THE EXPERIENCE INSIDE THE EXPO HALL AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH MICKELSON CHRISTMAS TREE EVENT, UM, WHERE THEY ARE DOING THE TREE LOT IN THE FRONT AND THEN PARTNERING WITH US TO DO, TO SET UP ALL THE DECOR AND INSTALL ALL THE LIGHTED HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE. I WANNA SAY THERE'S SEVEN VIGNETTES, HOLIDAY SNOWMEN, OTHER HOLIDAY THINGS DOWN THE, UH, DOWN THE CONCOURSE TO EXPERIENCE A WHOLE LIGHTED EXPERIENCE. UM, AND THEN THERE'LL BE SIX GIGANTIC JUMP AT THE END OF THE CONCOURSE THAT YOU CAN JUMP ON AND A TRACTOR TO GET YOU DOWN WHOLE WINTER WONDERLAND. THINK LIGHTS, LIGHTS, LIGHTS, SUPER FUN. SAME THING ON THE INSIDE OF THE EXPO HALL, WHERE WE'RE GONNA TEST OUT WHAT, FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT AND HOW COSTLY IT IS TO DO THE ICE IN A MORE CONTROLLED WEATHER ENVIRONMENT. UM, THERE IS SOME COST SAVINGS WITH MOVING TOWARDS AN ELECTRIC ZAMBONI THAT IS ALSO MORE CLIMATE FRIENDLY FOR US. SO WE'RE TESTING OUT THAT PIECE, UM, AS WELL AS KNOWING FOR SURE WITH THE WEATHER THAT THE ICE SKATING ELEMENT CAN STILL HAPPEN. SO WE, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN INCREASE OUR, UM, KIND OF INFORMATION ONLINE TO REALLY EXPLAIN WHY IT MOVED FROM OUTDOORS TO INDOORS. AND THEN THIS YEAR, AS WE, UM, PROMISED THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL DO ANOTHER FULL, YOU KNOW, AUDIT FROM COMMUNITY AND FINANCIALS AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AND EVERYONE ELSE ON SAY, HERE ARE THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM BOTH LOCATIONS. THIS IS OUR PARTNERSHIP, UH, THIS YEAR WITH MICKELSON. THEY ARE A, UH, PRESENTING SPONSOR, SO PROVIDING IN KIND SUPPORT AS WELL AS SOME OTHER SUPPORT ELEMENTS. AND THEY ARE, AS PART OF THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE TREE LOT IN THE FRONT, THEY ARE DOING A DONATION OF $2,500 TO THE FFA. UM, WE'LL GO DIRECTLY BACK TO FAIR PROGRAMMING FOR AG, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, KIND OF TIE INTO THE PIECE OF, AGAIN, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF BRINGING AGRICULTURE BACK INTO THE FAIRGROUNDS ON A MORE YEAR-ROUND BASIS. WAS THAT GOOD? AWESOME. THANK YOU. THAT TOTALLY EXPLAINED IT. 'CAUSE I WAS VERY CONFUSED AND, AND I, AND ANYHOW, YEAH, GET IT UP ON THE WEBSITE. GREAT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, JUST A COUPLE MORE QUICK UPDATES, UM, DIFFERENT VEIN. WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN ON THE, ANOTHER PILOT ITEM WE'VE BEEN TESTING IS THIS AWESOME SPORT CALLED FLOOR BALL. IT'S A MIX BETWEEN HOCKEY AND SOCCER, MAINLY PLAYED INDOOR WITH A STICK AND A LIGHT BALL. UM, WE'VE GOT A YOUTH CLASS FOR NINE TO 15 YEAR OLDS AND ADULTS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT'S A DROP IN $7, $9, $9 FOR, UH, ONE DROP IN 45 BUCKS FOR SIX WEEKS. SUPER AFFORDABLE TEAM SPORT. WE HAVE ALMOST SOLD OUT ALL WEDNESDAY NIGHTS OF PEOPLE COMING TO TEST IT OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S, WE'VE TESTED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS INSIDE AT THE EXPO, AND ALSO OUTSIDE AT THE B YANKEE BARN. SUPER FUN, EXCITING NEW SPORT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE ALSO REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE JUST STARTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, RELAUNCHING THE KENNELWORTH TEEN CENTER FOR RENTALS AND PROGRAMMING IT. AND WE TRANSITIONED IT OUT OF THE MINI LIBRARY. TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO KIND OF GET THINGS CLEANED UP, IF YOU WILL, BUT IT'S NOW BACK ONLINE AND AVAILABLE FOR RENTING AND USE. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHECK IT OUT. AND THEN IN JANUARY, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME NEW CLASSES LIKE SELF HYPNOSIS AND RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS. SO CHECK OUT THAT NEWLY UPDATED CLASS REGISTRATION SOFTWARE. AND THEN THE LAST HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE, UM, ARE LOOKING AT OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, THE TINY TOP PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE HOURS OF CARE IN THAT WE JUST OPENED A MONTH-ISH AGO. THE, UH, START TIME FROM 8:30 AM TO 8:00 AM TO HELP ACCOMMODATE SOME PARENTS FOR EARLIER DROP OFF, WHICH HAS GONE, UH, PRETTY WELL AND WELL RECEIVED. AND I'M LOOKING AT OUR BEST WAY TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, UH, SINCE THE TEEN CENTER'S GONNA BE OPEN, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE PROGRAMMING FOR TEENS? 'CAUSE LIKE SELF HYPNOSIS IS NOT GONNA BE DOWN , LET ME TELL YOU. I HAVE A 16-YEAR-OLD THAT'S HAPPENING, . UM, AND I DON'T MEAN THIS, I'M NOT, UH, TRYING TO CRITICIZE AT ALL. I'M JUST SAYING ARE, ARE WE, IT, ARE WE TRYING TO LOOK AT PROGRAMMING FOR TEENS? WE DEFINITELY REALLY NEED SOMETHING FOR TWEENS AND TEENS IN THIS TOWN THAT IS NOT A SPORT. SO, ANYHOW, THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I'M, I'LL HANDLE, OR I'LL START WITH THIS ONE AND, AND FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN KAT. SO YES, THE TEEN CENTER, THE KENWORTH TEEN CENTER IS, [01:25:01] UM, A FACILITY, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY IN NAMESAKE ONLY, RIGHT? UM, DURING THE TWENTIES, 2007, 20 2008, THE TEEN CENTER OPERATED WITH, UM, A RECREATION COORDINATOR STAFF AS, AND FUNCTIONS SOLELY FOR OUR TO ACCOMMODATE AS A, AS A DROP IN PLACE FOR OUR TEENS. UM, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY A NEED FOR MORE TEEN PROGRAMMING. THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO PETALUMA. THIS IS SOMETHING OUR PARKS AND RECREATION INDUSTRY IN GENERAL, UM, STRUGGLES WITH. AND SO THAT ISSUE IS NOT GOING AWAY. WHETHER WE HAD ONE TEEN CENTER OR 10 SENIORS, TEEN CENTERS, WE REALLY DO NEED TO INCORPORATE, UM, OUR TEENS, OUR TWEENS, OUR ADOLESCENTS INTO ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE DO, ALL OF THE FACILITIES, ALL THE PARK DESIGN. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN, IT NEEDS TO BE REVISITED ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? . UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY LIKE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, BRING IN INSTRUCTORS THAT AND REALLY ENCOURAGE THOSE GAPS IN PROGRAMMING. SO TEAMS ARE ONE OF THOSE. AND NOW WE HAVE MORE SPACE TO PROGRAM, SO WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS IF THERE ARE INSTRUCTORS, IF THERE'S NEW PROGRAMS, UM, IF THERE'S WAYS TO APPROACH, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO THAT. AND WE, WE LOOK TO YOU GUYS TOO, TO OFFER SUGGESTIONS EVERY MONTH OR IN BETWEEN MONTHS. BUT, BUT YES, I, I PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, SELF-HYPNOSIS IS GONNA BE ATTRACTIVE TO ME, , BUT, UM, I KNOW THE TEAM WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEEN PROGRAMMING CONSTANTLY. AND JUST TO PIGGY OFF, PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT DREW JUST SAID, UH, GOING BACK TO THAT FIRST BULLET POINT THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY SOUND SUPER FANCY OF LIKE THE INTERNAL CLEANUP THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OF OUR PROCESSES, ONE OF THE BIG OUTCOMES THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS OUR ABILITY TO MOVE A LOT QUICKER WITH NEW INSTRUCTORS THAT COME ON BOARD WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO TEACH A TEEN CLASS. UH, ALSO OUR INTERNAL STAFFING PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED THE STAFF SINCE LAST YEAR. AND THE STAFF THAT WE'VE BROUGHT ON WITH TARA AND OUR YOUTH COORDINATOR, PALOMA SAPIEN, UH, THEY'RE ALREADY TALKING SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR OUR, LIKE LIFEGUARD IN, OR SORRY, UH, JUNIOR GUARD, SORRY, JUNIOR GUARDS AND OUR COUNSELOR IN TRAINING PROGRAMS AND SOME OTHER VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. SO, UM, WE, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE SO THAT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY WITH A PARTNER OR THOSE TEAMS COME THROUGH, WE CAN, UM, BETTER MOVE QUICKLY. SO WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO MORE TEEN PROGRAMMING. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, OKAY. UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST QUESTION I'D LIKE TO ASK IS THAT IF THE AQUATICS, UH, WEBSITE HAS THE ABILITY TO, UH, TRANSLATE, UH, INTO SPANISH, THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, AND WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO THAT PRETTY QUICKLY. I DON'T WANNA GIVE A CERTAIN SPECIFIC TIMELINE, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY PRIORITIZE GETTING THAT UPDATED. OKAY. SO, UH, WHAT BRENDA WAS SAYING IS THAT, UM, PETALUMA HAS AROUND 35%, UH, LATINO POPULATION, AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE ARE CONSIDERED WHEN, UH, COMING UP WITH, UH, MAR UH, VISIBILITY. ABSOLUTELY. WE, UM, THE SUGGESTION TO GET THE WEBSITE UPDATED INTO SPANISH. GREAT SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS, SO THAT THE, THE COST OF THE, UH, LUIZE, THE, THE ICE SKATING, [01:30:01] UH, WILL, WILL IT BE HIGHER? BECAUSE, UH, IF NOW IT WILL BE INDOORS, UH, AND NOT OUTDOORS, IS, IS THE COST, LIKE THE TICKET COST WILL BE HIGHER, THE TICKET COST WILL BE APPROXIMATELY A DOLLAR HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE IT'S MOVING INDOORS, THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR FEE SCHEDULE AND THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT INDEX INFLATION RATE. CAN YOU REPEAT THE LAST PART? SORRY. IT'S, THE TICKET PRICE IS NOT MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT'S INDOORS. IT'S MORE JUST THE COST OF INFLATION IN GENERAL. EVERYTHING WENT UP A LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO OFFER DISCOUNTED OR FREE TICKETS TO ALL MEMBERS AND TYPES OF THE COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE CHECK OUT LUMA ICE.COM AND YOU CAN GET INFORMATION TO GET MORE ACCESSIBLE OR FINANCIALLY FRIENDLY TICKETS OF THE, AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT, THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING ON, ON THE REPORT YOU JUST GAVE, UH, ARE ALL THOSE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS? I, I WANT SOME CLARIFICATION. SO, UH, ARE THE PUBLICATIONS TRANSLATED OR ARE THEY, I GUESS ARE LOOKING FOR THE PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL THAT'S TRANSL? SORRY. UM, WHAT BRENDA JUST SAID, UH, IS THAT NO, SHE WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE WEBSITES AND, AND THE TEXT IN THEM AND THE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS. UH, AS A SPANISH SPEAKER PARENT, SOMETIMES YOU, UM, YOU GO, BUT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY, UH, KNOW EXACTLY, UH, WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. OKAY, THANK YOU. I I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE'RE PUBLICIZING IS ABLE TO BE TRANSLATED, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME TOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT'S BEING DONE. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT AS WE PUBLICIZE NEW PROGRAMS. REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TRANSLATE. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST PIECE WITH THAT IS THAT, UM, WITH ALL OUR PROGRAMS, EVERYONE'S WELCOME AND ALSO WE ARE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, WHEN WE'RE HIRING OR LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS OR SUPPORTERS, UM, ANYTIME ANYONE SPEAKS SPANISH AS WELL, THAT IS SOMETHING WE LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY WITH SWIM LESSONS AND AQUATICS, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WANNA BRING FOR EDUCATION TO THE LATIN COMMUNITY OR HISPANIC SPEAKERS. UM, DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDER AS A BONUS TO HELP PROVIDE ACCESS AND INFORMATION TO THE GROUP AS WELL. AND, AND LASTLY, WE, OH, I'LL, I'LL LET THE INTERPRETER GO FIRST [01:35:05] AND THEN A A BE ANOTHER BIG POINT OF THIS, UM, IS OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHERE WE CAN DO BETTER TO, TO BETTER PROMOTE OUR PROGRAMMING, UM, OUR ACTIVITIES, AND OUR, ESPECIALLY AS WE, UM, PROMOTE AQUATICS BEFORE THE HEIGHT SEASON, UM, WE WELCOME THAT FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN BETTER MARKET OUR MATERIAL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOUR REPORT NOW, DREW. WELL, THANK YOU. I WANTED TO START WITH A COUPLE OF THE COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS. YES, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS MAINTENANCE AND OPEN SPACE IS, UH, A POSITION THAT HAD CLOSED LAST WEEK, SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UH, WE ARE REVIEWING, UM, QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AND SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS THE FIRST TWO WEEKS IN DECEMBER, I BELIEVE. SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S MOVING FORWARD. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT POSITION. IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG OVERDUE, BUT ONE THAT, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME, UH, SOMEONE NEW IN THE NEW YEAR TO JOIN THIS TEAM, UH, JOIN THIS ENDEAVOR FOR A PARKS MASTER PLAN, UM, GET ON BOARD BEFORE THE SPRING WHEN, UH, THINGS REALLY WAKEN UP. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO REPORT BACK ON ON THAT NEW MEMBER WHEN WE CAN. THE, UH, UH, JOSE, YOUR, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT, UM, HAVING SOME IDENTIFICATION IN PARKS, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, YOU, YOU BRINGING THAT UP. IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHILE NO, NO WAY EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCE IS, IS UNIQUE. UM, I, I CAN SPEAK FOR PROBABLY EVERY ONE OF THE TEAM. WE WHERE EVEN WHEN WE HAVE OR NOT HAVE BADGES, UH, WE, WE GET STRANGE LOOKS OFTEN WHEN WE'RE IN THE PARKS, ESPECIALLY PLAYGROUNDS. UM, AND WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. AS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS KIND OF ON EDGE JUST IN GENERAL SOMETIMES, AND, AND WHEN WE'RE WALKING AROUND WITHOUT KIDS KIND OF IN ROAMING AROUND PARKS LOOKING AT THINGS, PEOPLE GET SUSPICIOUS IN GENERAL. SO, UM, APPRECIATE YOU YOU MENTIONING THAT. I, I'M OFFERING A SUGGESTION. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN START WITH SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE. UM, I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL HAS NAME TAGS VERY SIMILAR, SO, SO KIND OF STANDARDIZE THAT, WHETHER YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOUR UNOFFICIAL BUSINESS, JUST SOMETHING THAT IDENTIFIES YOUR NAME, YOUR TITLE. UM, AND THEN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, KIND OF STANDARDIZED ACROSS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF. SO I THINK WE'LL START WITH THAT. UM, WE'LL GET GOING ON PRODUCING THIS. AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM LOOKING AND STOPPING YOU. SO IT IS A THANKLESS JOB VOLUNTEERING ON THIS COMMISSION. IT DOESN'T COME WITHOUT HAZARDS. UM, BUT PROTECT YOURSELF. DON'T CONFRONT PEOPLE OFF LEASH THAT ARE REALLY ANGRY, YOU KNOW, UM, WALK AWAY, UH, BUT AT LEAST HAVE A NAME TAG TO GUARD YOURSELF. THANK YOU. WANTED TO JUST, UH, COMMEND, UH, THE GROUP THAT WAS OUT THERE TO DEDICATE HISTORIC CHINATOWN PARK ON NOVEMBER 15TH. UH, IT WAS A, A WONDERFUL DEDICATION CEREMONY, UM, THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED. IT'S A SMALL SPACE, UM, BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY PACKED IN THERE. THE WEATHER HELD OFF, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE COMMISSION THAT HELPED DRIVE THAT, UM, TO COUNCIL. AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT. UH, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD, GOOD MOMENT WHERE YOU REALLY COULD CELEBRATE, UM, MORE INCLUSIVE HISTORY IN PETALUMA. AND, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE WERE, WERE, WERE REALLY, UM, WELCOMING OF THAT CONVERSATION AND, AND REALLY PROUD OF THE CITY FOR, UM, FOR BRINGING IT TO LIGHT. THE LIGHT OF A LIFE EVENT IS ALSO RETURNING, THAT WILL BE DECEMBER 5TH, 6:00 PM AT WALNUT PARK. THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT, REALLY POWERFUL AS, AS GROUPS COME TOGETHER WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, UM, FOR THAT ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY. UH, IT IS, UH, A REMARKABLE EVENT. IT'S A, IT IS A GREAT NIGHT. AND, UM, UH, SIX O'CLOCK AT WALNUT PARK, DECEMBER 5TH, THE LOU CASEY TURF REPLACEMENT IS, UH, UNDERWAY. WE'RE A FEW WEEKS INTO THAT PROJECT. UM, WE ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TO, TO DELIVER THAT PROJECT BY THE END OF JANUARY. THIS IS CONTINGENT ON WEATHER, OBVIOUSLY. IT IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WILL BE CRITICAL. UM, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO, TO, UM, HAVE THAT PROJECT WRAPPED UP IN THE FIRST PART OF THE NEW YEAR AND, UH, EXCITED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT FIELD BACK ONLINE, UH, FOR ANOTHER FEW MONTHS OF, OF INCLEMENT WEATHER. SO IF YOU SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY OUT THERE, IT'S BECAUSE, UH, THE CREWS ARE BUSY. [01:40:01] AND THAT PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, SOME PATHWAY, UH, A DA ACCESSIBLE RAMP IMPROVEMENTS, UM, UPDATED DRAINAGE, UH, SOME NEW RELOCATED DRINKING FOUNTAINS. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WITH THE FIELD ITSELF THAT WE CAN ADDRESS. HAD A LARGE, UH, SOCCER TOURNAMENT HOSTED IN PETALUMA THIS PAST WEEKEND. UM, IF YOU WERE STUCK ON EAST WASHINGTON, UH, ANYTIME ON SATURDAY, THAT'S PROBABLY A LARGE REASON WHY, UH, KAT, I THINK WE HAD CLOSE TO 90 TEAM, 50 TO NINE, HOW MANY 90 TEAMS. OKAY. LINDSAY SAYS A HUNDRED. I SAY 90. UH, IT WAS A LOT. I THINK WE BROKE A RECORD FOR HOW MANY TEAMS WE CAME IN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME PETALUMA HAS HOSTED, UM, KIND OF THE CAL NORTH, UH, SOCCER, UH, SEASONS. I THINK WE HAD 30 GROUPS, 30 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, FROM THE VARIOUS REGIONS. UH, I THINK KAT'S KIDS WERE HERE, EVERYBODY'S WAS, KIDS WERE THERE. UM, AND THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE PULLED IT OFF. I THINK THAT'S THE BIG ONE. BUT THESE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, STAYING IN HOTELS. THESE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE BUYING GROCERIES, SHOPPING DOWNTOWN. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO HOST THESE FIELDS ON ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND SO, UM, IF YOU WERE OUT THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WEATHER DID PLAY A FACTOR. UM, BUT, BUT BUT ULTIMATELY WE, WE, WE HOSTED IT. WE, WE TOOK A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED TOO. UM, BUT, UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST GLAD THAT WE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT PETALUMA ON THE MAP FOR, FOR A TOURNAMENT THIS NOVEMBER. AND KAT'S KID. HOW DID YOU GUYS DO? YEAH, MY, UH, MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT. WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF PLAYING ON MANY DIFFERENT FIELDS IN SONOMA COUNTY AND HERE IN PETALUMA. AND WE HAD 11 FAMILIES FROM SAN RAFA STAYED UP HERE IN PETALUMA AND WE ALL WENT OUT TO DINNER. WE BOUGHT ICE CREAM, WE DID ALL THE THINGS HERE. SO I CAN PERSONALLY SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THERE WAS AN ECONOMIC, THAT ELEMENT PIECE, BUT ALSO SUPER FUN PIECE. WE LITERALLY WALKED DOWNTOWN AND THESE FAMILIES HAD NOT EVER WALKED DOWNTOWN BEFORE, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL AND REALLY FUN. AND FROM OUR PARKS AND REC ORGANIZATIONAL SIDE POINT, WE, WE LEARNED A FEW THINGS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. AND AS I'M ON THE BOARD FOR SOCCER DOWN IN RAFAEL, AND WE FROM SAN RAFAEL LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT PETALUMA IS GONNA DO NEXT YEAR BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER, UH, RECREATIONAL LEAGUE TOURNAMENT LIKE THIS IN THE AREA. SO, UM, IT WAS REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, JUST A COUPLE OF PARKS MAINTENANCE HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE KIND OF OUTSIDE THE, THE ROUTINE. THE 30 YARDS OF, UM, WOOD CHIPS WERE ADDED TO THE WISEMAN PLAYGROUND. SO I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME CALLS THAT THE, UM, THE MATERIAL WAS GETTING LOW, SO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT'S ABOUT WHAT IT TOOK. 30 YARDS OF WOOD CHIPS TO BRING THAT BACK UP. THE KENNELWORTH PLACE STRUCTURE WALL AND TABLES WERE PAINTED. THE, UH, SOME, SOME SIGNIFICANT IRRIGATION LEAKS. LEAKS WERE REPAIRED JUST BEFORE THE LAST RAINS THAT WAS AT BOND PRINTS, WEST HAVEN AND MEADOWVIEW PARKS. SO REALLY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF GET THOSE WRAPPED UP BEFORE THE SOIL GETS SO SATURATED THAT YOU REALLY JUST HAVE TO, UH, WAIT TILL THE SPRING. SO CREWS FELT REALLY PROUD THAT WE GOT TO GET THOSE LEAKS, THEN YOU CAN SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN. AND THEN THERE'S A FEW LESS LEAKS TO, TO DEAL WITH IN THE SPRING WHEN EVERYTHING WAKES UP. UM, REFURBISHED PICNIC TABLES. WE RETURNED TO EAGLE PARK. I THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE OF, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT THAT CAME THROUGH. THERE WAS A, A VEHICLE THAT WENT THROUGH A REDWOOD FENCE NEAR PCSF. THIS WAS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT. UM, BUT THAT FENCE WAS REPAIRED, UM, AND, UH, QUESTIONED THAT DRIVER. BUT ANYWAY, THAT WAS DONE. AND THE MCNAIR SOFTBALL FIELD, UH, THERE IS A, A CONCESSION SLASH SCORES TABLE SLASH STORAGE SHED. SO THE ROOF IS, IS ALMOST COMPLETE, THAT'S BEEN RECONSTRUCTED. UH, A NEW DRINKING FOUNTAIN WITH A BOTTLE, BOTTLE FILL STATION WAS ALSO INSTALLED OUTSIDE THAT, THAT, UH, PARK. AND, UM, AND LASTLY, UM, THANKSGIVING IS COMING UP. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE THANKFUL TO ALL OF YOU ALL. UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS APPARENT TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, YOUR VOLUNTEERISM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STEWARD FOR THE PARKS, WHY YOU SERVE, UH, ON THIS COMMISSION OR COUNCIL. UH, IT'S INSPIRING TO ALL OF US WHO GET TO DO THIS WORK TO, TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIMES. SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE YEAR AHEAD AND VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU GUYS ALL SIGNED UP FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT THAT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT. UH, SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, BACK TO YOU CHAIR. THANKS DREW. UH, THANK YOU, DREW. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON OUTSIDE HERE. [01:45:01] I KNOW SOME NEW PATHS AND SOME, SOME LITTLE CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY OUT THERE. YEAH. INSIDE THE CHAMBERS? NO, OUTSIDE. OH. OH, WELL I SAW THIS TOO, BUT THEY HAVE A PARTY OUT THERE. OH, RIGHT, RIGHT. LAND LANDSCAPING. THAT IS TOMORROW. YES. UM, THEY'RE PREPPING FOR TOMORROW IS, UM, MULCH DAY, PLANTING DAY. UM, THE INITIAL PHASE, UH, THAT WAS OUT BY THE CENTER WALKWAY WAS A FEW MONTHS BACK. AND THEN THE, THE REST OF THE PLANTING PHASE, UH, IS TOMORROW. SO A LOT OF THE PREPS AND THE HOLES WERE DUG, IRRIGATION, ET CETERA. SO A LOT OF THE, THE LANDSCAPES, EVERYTHING GETS REFRESHED BEFORE WE SHUT THINGS DOWN. THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO DO IT. NICE. AND THEN OUR RAMPS TOO. NICE BACKDROP. LOT OF, A LOT OF CHANGES. HOPEFULLY. GOOD ONES. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU DREW. UH, ANY OTHER LAST COMMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WANTS TO BRING UP? . ALL RIGHT. I THINK THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 19TH OF THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED. YOU GOTTA GIVE IT A GAVEL. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. YES. OH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.