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OKAY, I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO.
[CALL TO ORDER]
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE FEBRUARY 18TH MEETING OF THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION TO ORDER.AND I THINK WE START WITH THE ROLL CALL ALLEGE ELLI.
UH, NEXT IS OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
TO REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, DO YOU WANNA, UH, DETAIL THE, UH, CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? DREW? THANK YOU.
UH, THEN WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
FOR, UH, THE MEETING, OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS NOVEMBER 19TH.UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, CHANGES? ADDITIONS FOR THE MEETING? THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? OKAY.
SO, UM, SHOULD WE DO A ROLL CALL FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS WELL? WE COULD, IT NOT JUST, NOT NECESSARY.
I THINK WE CAN JUST LOOK ACROSS THE DAAS.
AND GET A, UH, SIGNAL VOTE AND JUST SAY, OKAY.
ANYONE ABSTAINS? UH, IF THEY WEREN'T THERE, BUT IF THEY WANNA APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED, THEY CAN JUST GIVE YOU A ROLL CALL OR A OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING.
[PRESENTATIONS]
IS A PRESENTATION, UH, RE REGARDING KAVANAUGH POOL, AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FACILITY, RE A FACILITY REFRESH AND OVERVIEW OF SPRING AND SUMMER PROGRAMMING.BEFORE, UM, I INTRODUCE TARA DELEY, OUR, OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR OVERSEEING OUR AQUATICS PROGRAM IN SPECIAL EVENTS.
UM, JUST WANTED TO KICK OFF THIS ITEM.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, AN, AN UPDATE UNDER THE PRESENTATION SECTION TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF FEEDBACK, A LOT OF PASSIONATE ADVOCACY FOR THE KAVANAUGH POOL, UH, SINCE WE DID, UH, MAKE THAT, UM, DECISION TO TEMPORARY CLOSE, UH, AND TRANSITION BACK TO AN IN-HOUSE OPERATION.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT ROLLOUT, UM, DIDN'T GIVE, PROVIDE PEOPLE MUCH NOTICE.
UM, I, I SEE THE HATS IN THE AUDIENCE AND, AND, AND HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW MANY OF YOU SINCE.
UM, BUT REALLY TONIGHT IS ABOUT, UM, KIND OF SHARING YOU, SHARING WITH THE COMMISSION AND, AND OFFER THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY, UH, TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN IN, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
UH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TOO, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN KIND OF EXPECT, UH, IN THE SPRING MONTHS BEFORE WE FULLY GET ROLLING, UH, DURING THE SUMMER.
SO, WITH THAT, UM, I'VE ASKED TARA TO WALK US THROUGH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS HAVE BEEN LIKE, UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT FOLKS CAN EXPECT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
UM, I WANNA START, AS DREW SAID, AND, UH, JUST RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, THE CLOSURE TOOK PLACE AND WE'VE BEEN TAKING THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS TO GET QUITE A BIT OF WORK DONE, UM, WITH MORE WORK TO BE DONE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GIVE YOU A, A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, THE LAST DAY OF OPERATIONS UNDER OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR WAS JANUARY 24TH.
UM, AND WE WERE CLOSED THROUGH THE 17TH WITH TODAY BEING OUR REOPENING DAY.
A COUPLE LADIES WERE OUT IN THE WATER, GOOD TO SEE THEM OUT THERE.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
UH, THEN WE HAD ANTICIPATED WITH A FEW MORE THINGS TO GET DONE, BUT I WAS HAPPY TO BE OUT THERE TODAY TO GET THESE FOLKS BACK IN THE WATER.
SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT FIRST WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND I'M GONNA REMIND MYSELF TO SLOW DOWN TODAY AND GIVE SOME TIME FOR PAUSE.
SO, OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, WE, UM, WHEN I SAY WE, THAT'S OUR PARK CREW, OUR FACILITIES CREW, OUR JANITORIAL, UM,
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CONTRACT.DID QUITE A BIT OF WORK AT KAVANAUGH, AND SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WERE DEEP CLEANING OF THE ENTIRE FACILITY, THE OFFICE SPACES, THE BATHROOMS, UM, THE SHOWER SPACES.
UH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF STORAGE AREAS, ALL OF THAT.
UM, DEFINITELY WENT THROUGH A DEEP CLEANING.
WE PAINTED THE LOCKER ROOMS, WHICH WAS, UM, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST LIFT THAT TOOK, UM, A BIT OF EFFORT.
I'LL SHOW YOU GUYS SOME PHOTOS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THERE WAS SOME LIGHT ELECTRICAL WORK DONE, JUST REPAIRING SOME FIXTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, UM, HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN SOME TIME.
SO WE MADE SURE TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THAT.
WE REMOVED SOME OLD AND BROKEN EQUIPMENT, JUST A LOT OF STUFF THAT WAS THERE ON DECK THAT HADN'T BEEN UTILIZED IN SOME TIME.
SO OUR PARKS CREW DID A, A BIG, UM, TRASH CLEANUP, UH, SOME PRESSURE WASHING ON THE POOL DECK AND JUST A LOT OF OTHER MISCELLANEOUS, UH, MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT WERE TAKEN CARE OF.
IN ADDITION TO THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS, WE DID SOME UPGRADES.
UM, WE'VE ORDERED SOME SIGNAGE WITH THE RAIN THAT TOOK PLACE.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THAT SIGNAGE OUT, UH, BUT THAT'LL BE OUT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
WE ORDERED SOME NEW MATS FOR THE LOCKER ROOMS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AWARE OF ANY SLIP HAZARDS AND SUCH.
AND SO THOSE MATS WERE PLACED OUT.
WE PURCHASED SOME NEW DECK FURNITURE, WHICH WILL DEFINITELY BE UTILIZED, UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS BY, UM, DIFFERENT RESERVATIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE FACILITY.
UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT IS NEW SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
SO SAME AS THE UPDATE TO THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER.
UH, WE ORDERED NEW BACKBOARDS AND RESCUE TUBES AND, UH, WE GOT A NEW A ED OUT THERE.
LOTS OF OTHER THINGS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EN ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND LET'S SEE, A NEW DRINKING FOUNTAINS ON ORDER.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY WELL OVERDUE FOR A NEW DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
SO AGAIN, JUST A LOT OF MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES TOOK PLACE OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
UH, ANOTHER SLIDE HERE REGARDING THE CLOSURE.
UM, WE DID A BIG CLEANUP OF OUR EMERGENCY EXIT AREA THAT WAS, UM, IDENTIFIED DURING OUR RISK WALKTHROUGH, SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND WE ALSO DID STAFF ORIENTATIONS.
I CREATED OUR SAFETY PLANS, EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS, ZONE COVERAGE, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN JUST TRANSITION TRANSITIONED OUR OFFICE SPACES.
LIKE I SAID, WE DID A RISK ASSESSMENT BOTH WITH RISK AND OUR FIRE MARSHAL, AND IDENTIFIED THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO, TO GET US BACK UP AND RUNNING.
SO I'LL SHOW SOME PHOTOS JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WORK SOME BEFORE AND AFTER.
NOTHING TOO CRAZY ON THIS PHOTO.
UM, COUPLE OF CHAIRS IN THE BACK, YOU'LL SEE THE NEW TABLES AND SOME NEW, UM, UH, UMBRELLAS TO JUST KIND OF ENHANCE THE, UM, OFFERINGS THAT ARE OVER THERE.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS THAT EMERGENCY EXIT THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
UH, QUITE A FEW, UM, JUST TRASH ITEMS THAT WERE LEFT IN THE AREA.
AND SO WE HAD TO CLEAN THAT UP TO BE COMPLIANT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, A VISUAL ON THE PAINT THAT TOOK PLACE.
THIS IS THE WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM.
AGAIN, WE'VE STILL GOT SOME SIGNS TO GO UP THERE.
SO AGAIN, JUST A NICE LITTLE REFRESH OF THOSE SPACES TO MAKE US FEEL A LITTLE MORE WELCOME.
BATHROOMS, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT YOUR BEFORE AND AFTER SHOWING OLD MATS, UM, OLD PAINT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
JUST A NICE LITTLE REFRESH THERE.
AND THEN THE MEN'S RESTROOM SPARED YOU SOME OF THE WORST PICTURES,
UM, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, NEW PAINT, NEW FLOOR MATS THERE.
AND AGAIN, OUR SHOWER AREAS, NICE DEEP CLEAN POLISHING OF THE TILES, UH, WAS DEFINITELY NECESSARY.
SOME MATS FOR NON-SLIP IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
UM, SOMETHING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE PRICING, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE WHERE WE WERE AT, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, UM, BEFORE OUR OPERATION.
THE, UM, DROP IN FEE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN A SELF-GUIDED EXERCISE AT THE KAVANAUGH POOL WAS $9.
UM, WE CHANGED THAT PRICE TO REFLECT WHAT WE'RE OFFERING AT THE SWIM CENTER AND BE ABLE TO OFFER, UM, HIGHER DISCOUNT LEVELS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE PRICES THERE.
UM, ADULTS, $10 SENIORS, EIGHT YOUTH SIX.
AND SO THAT PRICING WILL CARRY OVER IF YOU HAVE A PASS AT ONE FACILITY, IT'LL ALSO WORK AT AT THE SECOND.
SO, UM, JUST STREAMLINING THERE, AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTING OUR DIFFERENT, UM,
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UH, MEMBERSHIP, UH, OR SWIM PASSES, 10 VISITS 20, 40 60, HIGHLIGHTING THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DISCOUNT POSSIBLE.SO I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE TO SHARE THAT.
AND THEN I WANNA SHARE THE FEBRUARY SCHEDULE.
SO THIS SCHEDULE HAS BEEN SHARED, UH, WITH ANYONE THAT HAS, UM, JOINED THE MAILING LIST THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR, UH, THROUGH THE EMAILS THAT DREW HAS BEEN SHARING.
SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A PHASED REOPENING.
SO BASED ON THE STAFFING THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, WE'RE GONNA OFFER SELF-GUIDED EXERCISE, UM, THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 10:00 AM.
AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD, UH, COMING MARCH, PENDING SOME INSTRUCTOR HIRING AND ADDITIONAL STAFF SCHEDULING.
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF, OF WHAT THE INTENDED SCHEDULE WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO WE'LL HAVE SELF-GUIDED EXERCISE TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND FRIDAYS FROM NINE TO 10:00 AM.
AND THEN I'VE GOT A WATER ROPES RAW, EXCUSE ME, WATER AEROBICS INSTRUCTOR THAT IS AVAILABLE MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS FROM NINE TO 10:00 AM AND TUESDAY EVENINGS FROM FIVE 30 TO SIX 30.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S A FIVE DAY A WEEK OPERATION, UH, WITH FOUR DAYS FOR SELF-GUIDED EXERCISE.
THREE DAYS FOR, UM, INSTRUCTOR LED EXERCISE.
AGAIN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS, THE IDEA IS, IS DEFINITELY TO INCREASE THOSE HOURS AND OFFERINGS BASED ON ADDITIONAL STAFF SCHEDULING.
UM, I'LL SHARE SOME MORE ON THAT IN THE, UH, FUTURE SLIDES.
SO, LIKE I SAID, LOOKING AHEAD, THIS IS A PHOTO FROM THIS MORNING, KAT DID A LITTLE PHOTO SHOOT WITH CASEY, OUR LIFEGUARD
UM, SO ENHANCED STAFFING AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
UM, SAME AS, AS OUR DISCUSSION, UH, IN, IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE SHARED, UM, WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE SWIM CENTER.
SO HAVING A DEDICATED LIFEGUARD, UM, FOR SURVEILLANCE, HAVING A BACKUP LIFEGUARD TO HELP IN ANY EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
UM, AGAIN, PROACTIVE FACILITY MAINTENANCE.
SO, UM, OPERATING UNDER THE CITY, JUST HAVING EASIER ACCESS TO OUR FACILITIES AND PARKS MAINTENANCE TEAMS. UM, ADDITIONALLY, AGAIN, UM, JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATIONS AT THE SWIM CENTER, WE'VE CREATED OUR DIGITIZED, UH, SWIM PASSES.
AND SO, UM, AS SOON AS WE GET OUR WIFI UP AND RUNNING THIS WEEK, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE FOLKS SCANNING IN, SIGNING IN FOR AN EASIER SIGN IN PROCESS.
AND THEN AGAIN, LOOKING AHEAD OUR PHASE PROGRAMMING.
SO LIKE I SAID, UM, OFFERING WATER AEROBICS COME MARCH, STARTING TO OFFER SOME SWIM LESSONS IN THE SPRING, UM, OFFERING SPACES FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES, CAMP RESERVATIONS, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THE GOAL IS REALLY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE, UH, WHAT WAS BEING OFFERED PREVIOUSLY AND ADD TO THAT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR, UH, SWIM LESSONS AS WELL, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A FUTURE SLIDE.
UM, I ENTERED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS WHO OFFER A VAMOS ANADA SWIM PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS 25 FAMILIES IN PETALUMA FREE SWIM LESSONS COME THIS SUMMER.
SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT AGAIN AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, AS I STATED, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING TO INCREASE OUR STAFFING LEVELS.
SO, UM, I'LL HIGHLIGHT OUR SUPERVISION AND TIERED STAFFING, AGAIN, MYSELF AS THE AQUATIC SUPERVISOR.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR LIFEGUARDS AND SENIOR LIFEGUARDS LIFEGUARDS, UM, BEING OUR ENTRY LEVEL SENIOR LIFEGUARDS BEING OUR MORE ON DECK MANAGEMENT.
SO WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A SENIOR LIFEGUARD AND A LIFEGUARD ON DECK, UM, IN ADDITION TO MYSELF WHENEVER POSSIBLE AT THE CAVANAUGH POOL.
AND THEN OUR WATER ROBIC INSTRUCTORS AND SWIM INSTRUCTORS COME SPRING AND SUMMER.
SO I THREW UP OUR LITTLE HIRING FLYER IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED AND WANTS TO PASS THAT INFORMATION ALONG.
UH, WE'VE GOT LIFEGUARDS, SENIOR LIFEGUARD, SWIM INSTRUCTORS, WATER AEROBICS, AND THEN ALSO RECREATION AIDS, UM, OR CASHIERS THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS AS WELL.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE OUR TRAINING COURSES THAT ARE COMING UP.
SO THIS WEEKEND I AM HOSTING A LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR COURSE, WHICH WILL ALLOW A FEW OF OUR INTERNAL, UM, SENIOR LIFEGUARDS, THE ABILITY TO TRAIN OUR UP AND COMING LIFEGUARDS AND A FEW OTHER SURROUNDING ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'VE GOT FOLKS FROM SANTA ROSA BENICIA, UM, NOVATO AND SUCH, UH, JOINING THESE TRAININGS TO GET THEIR INSTRUCTOR CERTIFIED.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE SUPPORTING WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN PETALUMA, I'M ALSO ABLE TO SUPPORT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SURROUNDING AREAS.
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ADDITION TO THE LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR TRAINING, ONCE THOSE LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTORS ARE CERTIFIED, THEY'LL BE OFFERING OUR LIFEGUARD TRAINING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.UM, I'VE GOT TWO OFFERINGS, ONE DURING SPRING BREAK AND THEN ONE IN EARLY MAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET OUR COMMUNITY TRAINED AND READY TO WORK, UM, HERE THIS SUMMER OR LOCALLY, WHATEVER WORKS FOR THEM.
UM, ANYONE THAT WANTS TO WORK, UH, WITH US THIS SUMMER IS ABLE TO TAKE THIS CLASS AND ACTUALLY BE REIMBURSED FOR THEIR TRAINING AFTER, UM, A SEASON WORKED, UH, WHICH IS A NICE INCENTIVE FOR FOLKS.
UM, IT'S QUITE PRICEY SOMETIMES TO GO OUT AND FIND THESE TRAININGS.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FOLKS, UM, TO, TO GET A JOB.
AND LIKE I SAID, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SWIM LESSONS.
SO RIGHT NOW I'M IN QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE SOME PENDING AGREEMENTS WITH DIFFERENT NONPROFITS THAT WILL COME IN, UM, BOTH AT KAVANAUGH AND AT THE SWIM CENTER TO OFFER SOME FREE SWIM LESSONS.
AND I'LL HAVE SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT AS SOON AS OUR, OUR AGREEMENT IS FINALIZED.
BUT, UH, I THINK THE, THE POSITIVE HERE IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, GET SOME SWIM LESSONS RUNNING THIS SPRING.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT NONPROFIT, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT THE VEMO PROGRAM THROUGH SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE 25 PETALUMA FAMILIES, UM, FREE TWO WEEK SWIM LESSON SESSION, UM, WHICH IS TYPICALLY ABOUT $140.
SO, UM, THAT'LL BE A REALLY GREAT PART, EXCUSE ME, PARTNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, TO GET SOME DISCOUNTED, UM, OR FREE SWIM LESSONS.
AND THEN COME SUMMER, WE'LL OB UH, BE TAKING ON AN IN-HOUSE, UH, SWIM LESSON PROGRAM, UH, FOR AGES SIX MONTHS ALL THE WAY UP, UH, TO 12 YEARS OLD.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UM, SOME CONTRACT CLASSES FOR, UH, ADULTS AND, UH, PRE-COM OLDER, OLDER KIDS THAT HAVE AGED OUT OF THOSE, UM, BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE SWIM LESSONS.
SO REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER SWIM LESSONS WILL OPEN ON MARCH 2ND.
SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN THAT, THEY CAN DEFINITELY KEEP THEIR EYES OUT THERE.
WE'LL BE OFFERING MORNINGS, UH, WHICH, WHICH WAS THE TYPICAL OFFERINGS IN THE PAST, AND THEN ADDING ON EVENINGS, UM, WHICH HAVEN'T BEEN OFFERED FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
SO, UH, IT'LL BE NICE TO, TO INCREASE THOSE OFFERINGS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'LL HAPPEN BOTH AT KAVANAUGH AND AT THE SWIM CENTER.
AND THAT WAS MY UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS TODAY.
JUST AGAIN, HIGH LEVEL, WHAT'S, WHAT'S COMING, WHAT, WHAT'S TAKING PLACE.
AND IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN, UH, GETTING THE UPDATES AND, AND STAYING IN TOUCH, I WOULD URGE THEM TO EMAIL US, UM, AT AQUATICS AT CITY OF PETULA, DO PETALUMA.ORG OR, UM, SCAN THE QR CODE THERE AND SIGN UP FOR THE MAILING LIST.
UH, MOVING FORWARD FOR KAVANAUGH SPECIFICALLY, WE'LL BE DOING SOME WEEKLY UPDATES, UH, AS WE, UM, KIND OF WORK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF REOPENING, AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING MONTHLY UPDATES FROM THERE FOR BOTH FACILITIES.
SO, UM, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE THAT GAVE YOU A BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S COMING FORWARD.
DO WE, UH, DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, ALEX NO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE POOLS OPEN BACK UP AGAIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN SPEAKING WITH SOME OF THE SWIMMERS THIS MORNING AFTER THEIR SESSION, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ASKED ME IS IF THE CITY CAN LOOK AT STARTING AT 10, THAT WAS THEIR NORMAL ROUTINE.
UM, YOU KNOW, STARTING AT NINE, IT'S A LITTLE COLDER AND HARDER PHYSICALLY FOR THEM TO DO.
SO CAN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF STEPS CAN THE CITY TAKE TO MAYBE START LATER IN, YOU KNOW, ONE HOUR LATER IN THE DAY FOR THEM? I, I'LL START WITH IT.
AND THEN TARA, IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING.
'CAUSE UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL PROBABLY OF THE SAME, SAME COMMUNITY AND, UM, THERE IS SOME SEQUENCING WITH THE HOURS AT THE SWIM CENTER RIGHT NOW, UM, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR, OUR POPULAR LAP SWIM TIMES, UM, BEING 11, I BELIEVE IT IS.
SO WHAT WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING OBVIOUSLY IS, UM, MAKING THIS WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT RELIES ON THE POOL.
SO I WANT TO CAVEAT WITH THAT.
AND SO AS WE CAME STAFFING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
UM, I, I WAS OUT THERE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, AT EIGHT THIS MORNING, AND MY FACE WAS LIKE FROZEN AND I WAS THINKING, THERE'S NO WAY, YOU KNOW, IF ALL DAYS WE'RE GONNA BE OPENING THIS POOL AND WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYBODY SHOW UP.
AND I WAS QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, HUMBLED AND PUT IN MY PLACE BY SEEING, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS AND I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE TODAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY COME UP AND THEY SHOW UP.
UM, BUT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR FOLKS TO DO THAT.
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TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE WE'RE FINDING THAT SWEET SPOT.SO, UM, WE'RE COMMITTED FOR JUST THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, HAVING THIS NINE O'CLOCK WHILE WE, YOU KNOW, STAFF UP, UM, KNOWING THAT WE'RE TRYING NOT TO ALSO, UM, IMPACT THAT REALLY POPULAR, UM, LAPSE SWIM TIME AT THE SWIM CENTER.
SO IF, IF I MISS SOMETHING OR IF THAT TIMELINE GOT CHANGED, UM, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER COMMITMENT IS SENDING THOSE WEEKLY UPDATES SAYING, OKAY, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE READY TO SHIFT.
UM, THESE ARE, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE WANT TO DO, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY AT C AND WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK EVERYONE APPRECIATES ALL THE LITTLE UPGRADES AND THINGS THAT WERE DONE IN THE INTERIM.
UM, I, I'M CURIOUS THOUGH, ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FUND THOSE OR WHAT, WHAT WAS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THESE ONES AND KIND OF IN THE FUTURE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I MEAN, THIS IS, UM, UH, THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, NOT THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION, THE MEANING OF LIFE, BUT IT ALWAYS WILL COME TO THE COUNSELING COMMUNITY EVERY YEAR, UH, AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGETARY PROCESS.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'LL SEE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE IN-HOUSE AQUATICS PROGRAM IN 13 YEARS.
SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF BASELINE YEARS.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE, UM, WHILE WE DID HAVE A THIRD PARTY OPERATOR, THE PARKS CREWS WERE BEHIND THE SCENES, KEEPING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BOILERS, THE CHEMICALS, THE UTILITIES, THOSE ARE SOME BIG COSTS THAT WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT KNOWING WHAT THOSE ARE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO, YOU KNOW, THIS REFRESH WITH IN-HOUSE LABOR.
UM, AND DURING A TIME OF YEAR, YOU KNOW, WHERE FORTUNATELY FOR US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO PULL SOME OF THE PARKS CREWS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE TO BE ON, ON MOWERS, UM, ABLE TO KIND OF ALL, YOU KNOW, COME TOGETHER AT THIS MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THAT IN-HOUSE WORK.
AND FORTUNATELY, WE WEREN'T HIT WITH ANY SURPRISES THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS A, AS A ONE, ONE-OFF APPROPRIATIONS.
SO, SUSTAINABLE FUNDING, I THINK THAT'S YOUR QUESTION, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL GO TO COUNCIL, UH, AND THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE START THAT BUDGET WORKSHOP, AND WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO PUT TOGETHER THOSE BUDGETS.
UM, FOR US, THE BIG PIECE IS GONNA BE STAFFING.
SO THERE'S GOTTA BE A COST RECOVERY PIECE FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, WITH A THIRD PARTY OPERATOR, THE CITY IS NOT RECOVERING ANY OF THOSE FEES OR COSTS.
SO NOW WE HAVE TO FIND WHAT LEVEL OF FEES, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING THESE PROGRAMS AND NOT SENDING PEOPLE AWAY BECAUSE OF THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION, UM, BUT COV RECOVERING SOME COSTS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO RUN IT.
AND THEN, AND THEN SPEAKING TOO OF, OF COST RECOVERY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THAT THE, THE WELLNESS PROGRAM THAT YOU WRITE, THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT LIKE THE PEEPS CAN QUALIFY FOR? BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THEM ARE ALSO ON FIXED INCOME AND, AND, YOU KNOW, COULD PROBABLY USE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL.
YEAH, SO THE VAMOS PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUTH AGES FIVE TO 12 YEARS OLD.
SO THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE DON'T HAVE FLEXIBILITY ON.
UM, BUT I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO DISCUSSION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE, UH, TO OFFER SOME, SOME TYPE OF SCHOLARSHIP.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT, THAT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE.
UM, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S SET UP RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, ANY, ANYTHING IS REASONABLE, SO.
AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE STAFF, UH, JUMPING ON THIS AFTER KIND OF THE FIASCO THAT IT BECAME TO GET THINGS OPEN SO THAT EVERYONE COULD SWIM BECAUSE IT WAS NICE TO SEE ALL THE PEEPS OUT THERE TODAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO HAVE ANOTHER CLOSURE OR THE, WITH THE MAINTENANCE YOU DID, WILL THAT SUFFICE? YEAH, RIGHT NOW THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER EXTENDED CLOSURE FOR.
SO WE'RE UP AND RUNNING AND, AND UNLESS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME BIG MAINTENANCE ITEM OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE FUTURE, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THAT, DREW? YEAH.
JARED, I WANTED TO ALSO, UH, POINT OUT, SO WE'VE GOT OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THIS PRESENTATIONS SIMILAR TO HOW COUNCIL HAS DONE.
AND, AND I WAS LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE COMMISSION AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, SOMETIMES WE'VE HAD GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN FRONT OF PRESENTATIONS MM-HMM
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UM, WE WOULD TAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, WHETHER IT BE ON THE, UM, PRESENTATION OR ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT, JUST WANNA REMIND YOU OF THAT.I HAVE, UM, SEVERAL SPEAKER CARDS HERE THAT I'LL JUST CALL IN IN THE ORDER THAT I RECEIVED THEM.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS KATE O'HARE PALMER.
I REALLY APPRECIATED, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALL DONE TO GET THIS SHOE LISTENED TO US, AND, UM, IT'S VERY HEARTWARMING FOR US.
WE WERE, UH, WE HAD A GREAT TIME THIS MORNING.
I THINK THERE WERE LIKE 15 OF US THERE TODAY, AND THAT WAS REALLY COLD WEATHER.
'CAUSE WHEN I WALKED MY DOG, IT WAS LIKE 33 DEGREES AT SEVEN 30 THIS MORNING.
SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO, TO BE THERE.
AND IF YOU WOULD'VE HEARD ALL THE LAUGHING AND CONVERSATION BESIDES, WE MOVED PRETTY FAST IN THAT WATER.
IT WAS GOOD
AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE REAL CARE THAT WENT INTO PREPARATION OF THE FACILITY WAS APPRECIATED.
THE REPAINTING, THE REPAIRS TO THE DOORS AND THE BATHROOMS, THE ADDITION OF THE NEW PATIO TABLES AND CHAIRS WERE ALL NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE UPGRADES MAKE THE SPACE MORE WELCOMING AND ENJOYABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
KAVANAUGH POOL IS AN IMPORTANT GATHERING PLACE, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE PEOPLE BACK IN THE WATER AND RECONNECTING.
I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE, THE SWIM HOURS MIGHT BE EXPANDED.
AND JUST LIKE YOU SAID, UH, TO BACK TO THE 10:00 AM AND MAYBE THE SATURDAY, THE SATURDAY IS A VERY POPULAR TIME FOR US.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK ALL WEEK COME TO THAT ONE TOO.
UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROMOTE HEALTH CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
I, I LISTENED TO YOUR COMMENTS TOO, AND I'VE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS.
I MOVED DOWN FROM HEALDSBURG AND MY KIDS WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I CAME.
AND THAT POOL HAS A LOT OF REALLY FOND MEMORIES AND THE KIDS PROGRAMS ARE ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL.
AND THE OPEN SWIMS ON THE WEEKENDS FOR THE, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS WAS REALLY A, A BIG THING.
AND PRIVATE PARTIES, I MEAN, A LOT OF TIMES WE DID BIRTHDAY PARTIES.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD FUNDRAISER TOO, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, UM, WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA SAY? ALL FOR ALL OF THE, UM, I THINK THERE'S, LIKE, WHEN I TALK TO LIZ EVERS, 50% OF THE KIDS IN SONOMA COUNTY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SWIM 50%.
AND I THINK BECAUSE OF OUR WATERWAYS AND STUFF, EVERYBODY SHOULD, ESPECIALLY RUSSIAN RIVER AND THINGS, EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SWIM HERE.
UH, AND SO FOR ALL THE MEMAW AND THE AUNTIES AND THE GRANDPAS
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THERESA MAHONEY.
I'M NOT, I'M THERESA MAHONEY AND I'M NOT SPEAKING ON THAT.
I'M HERE, UH, REPRESENTING THE TENNIS COMMUNITY IN, UH, PETALUMA.
I'M ON THE TENNIS, UH, PETALUMA TENNIS ASSOCIATION BOARD.
AND, UM, I'M HERE TO, UH, LET THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT THE TENNIS, PETALUMA TENNIS ASSOCIATION HAS CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO THE PETALUMA TENNIS COURTS.
AND I WANTED TO PASS OUT THIS, I GUESS AT THE END, IT TALKS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'VE PUT INTO IT.
IT'S FROM OUR, UM, OUR, UH, TRENT.
BUT, UM, OVER THE LAST ABOUT EIGHT YEARS, WE'VE, WE'VE DONATED, UH, ABOUT $25,000 TO, UH, HELP THE COURTS.
AND CURRENTLY WE'RE BEING CHARGED, WHICH IS NEW FEES FOR US, UM, TO USE THE TENNIS COURTS AT LAKEHORN PARK.
WE'RE BEING CHARGED $13 PER HOUR PER COURT WHEN WE HOST, UM, A-U-S-T-A, UH, TENNIS MATCH, OR THE WOMEN'S LEAGUE, WHICH IS CALLED THE SONOMA NAPA, MARIN WOMEN'S TENNIS LEAGUE.
SO BY THE TIME YOU'RE DONE WITH HAVING A MATCH, IT'S $113.
'CAUSE WE WERE THERE THREE HOURS.
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AND THEN IF YOU, YOU KNOW, ADD THAT UP BY HOW MANY TEAMS WE HAVE, WE, UM, WE WROTE A CHECK TO, UH, ALAMA CITY FOR ABOUT $2,000, I THINK IN, IN DECEMBER.AND, UM, ANYWAY, WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE'S SOME WAY WE COULD GET THOSE FEES LOWERED FOR US.
AT ONE POINT WE WERE CHARGED $10 A A COURT PER MATCH, AND THAT WAS ONLY $30, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY DOABLE.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I, I JUST, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION KNEW THAT WE PUT IN THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND THEN WE'VE DONE A LOT OF VOLUNTEER HOURS PUTTING UP THE NET.
SO WE MAYBE BUY A NET AND THEN WE PUT IT UP TOO.
AND THAT THIS LIST DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR ANY OF THAT, UH, TIME AND, UM, STUFF THAT WE'VE DONE WEEDING THE COURTS, ET CETERA, FOR OUR MATCHES.
ANYWAY, HOW DO I PASS THESE OUT? OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE SPEAKERS AND I THINK BOTH OF THESE ARE RELATED TO THE POOL.
UM, SO I DO WANNA THANK, UH, FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT GOT DONE.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE ARE SOME, A FEW MORE THINGS THAT WE HAD REQUESTED, LIKE HAVING, YOU KNOW, HOOKS HAVING MORE CHAIRS.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE DONE, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO KIND OF SIT AND JUST CHAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, BUT I THINK, UM, UH, CHAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS LIKE WE ASKED FOR HOOKS, WE SAID MAYBE IN THE BATHROOMS, PUT SOME MORE HOOKS IN THERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HANG THEIR JACKETS AND THINGS ONCE THEY GO FROM ONE AREA TO THE OTHER.
MAYBE CHANGE THE MEN'S ROOM TO UNISEX SO THAT, THAT WAY THERE'S, THERE'S TYPICALLY LIKE 10% MALE AND 90% FEMALE.
UM, SO, UM, AND THEN SO FAR AS THE, UH, UM, I KNOW ANOTHER, I, I BELONG TO ACTIVE, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THEN IF I CAN'T GO AT NINE O'CLOCK OR 10 O'CLOCK, BUT I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, IS IT ONLY GONNA BE THREE DAYS A WEEK? UM, THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHEN I GO TO THE POOL, I USUALLY GO AT LEAST FIVE TIMES A WEEK AND NOT ALL THE TIME CALVE 'CAUSE I CAN'T DO IT.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A NICE THING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF, IF IT COULD GO FOR LONGER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO AS GROUP TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CHECK WITH OUR, OUR FOLKS AND SEE WHO HAS THE, UH, WHO HAS THE TALENTS SO THAT IF THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT CAN DO LIFEGUARDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD.
UM, I DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK FOR LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, FOUR HERE IN TOWN.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF PROGRAM LIKE THAT, THAT COULD EITHER BE DEVELOPED OR SEE WHAT WE COULD DO SO THAT WAY THAT COULD KEEP COSTS DOWN.
BUT THEN ALSO THAT WE COULD HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR MORE OF US.
UM, IN THE WOMEN'S ROOM, THERE'S THE HANDICAPPED BATHROOM.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE MEN'S ROOM 'CAUSE WE'VE NEVER BEEN IN THERE.
AND SO WE DID HAVE LIKE A CHAIR IN THERE BEFORE, SO THAT WAS NICE TO PUT THINGS ON.
BUT IF WE HAVE HOOKS AND OTHER THINGS, THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, AND THEN, UH, YEAH, SO I THINK MY BIG THING IS, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT HAVING THE AVAILABILITY FOR, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE DAYS AND SUCH LIMITED HOURS BECAUSE, UH, LIKE SOME OF THE FOLKS LIVE OUT OF TOWN OR LIVE IN DIFFERENT AREAS THAT IT TAKES 10 50.
I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE AND IT'LL TAKE ME 15 MINUTES TO GET ACROSS, ESPECIALLY IF I HIT THE TRAIN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.
SO I THINK JUST THOSE ARE KIND OF CONSIDERATIONS THERE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHY FICO.
I WANNA SAY DREW, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
YOU LISTENED TO US AND AS, UH, KATE SAID, WE ALL APPRECIATED IT AND WE AWOKE TODAY TO SUNNY SKIES, A BREAK IN THE RAIN.
WE WERE ALL OPTIMISTIC TO BE AT KAVANAUGH AGAIN, CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANT TO ALL OF US.
IT REALLY IS SO IMPORTANT AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE TIME WHEN YOU DO HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO INCREASE THE HOURS AND THE DAYS BACK TO WHAT WE WERE ACCUSTOMED TO.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU GET OLDER, CHANGE IS HARD
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IF THERE COULD EVEN BE EVEN A HALF AN HOUR LATER OR SOMETHING CUSHION, UH, THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU CAN.BUT, UH, I WANNA ALSO SAY THE STAFF WERE VERY WARM AND WELCOMING TOO.
UM, EVERYONE WAS VERY FRIENDLY, AND TO SEE IT ALL SPRUCED UP REALLY MADE US ALL APPRECIATE IT THAT MUCH MORE.
SO WE JUST WANNA SAY WE'RE GRATEFUL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, MORE TIME, MORE HOURS, UH, TO BE TOGETHER.
WE'RE LETTING GO OF THE BAD FEELINGS WE HAD AND STARTING A NEW OKAY.
I HAVE ANOTHER, UM, SPEAKER CARD, BUT I DON'T SEE DEB HERE.
MAYBE SHE'LL STOP IN A LITTLE LATER.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
A PRES A PRESENTATION OR SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A RAINBOW BRIDGE PET COMMEMORATION PROJECT.I I WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE AND KICK THINGS OFF AND, AND I, I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA NOW.
I DO WANNA, UM, ALSO MENTION CHAIR AND COMMITTEE.
THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED, UM, THROUGH EMAIL.
SO THAT'S BEEN, UH, POSTED AS PART OF THE AGENDA UNDER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO, UM, I AM EXCITED AT THIS POINT, UM, TO INTRODUCE, UM, SOPHIE DUNN AND, AND AMANDA DUNN HERE IN THE BACK FOR SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A COMMISSION, WE OFTEN RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS, UH, OR INITIATIVES FROM COUNCIL DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE A, A PARK NAMING.
THIS COULD BE A, A PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COUNCIL FEELS THE COMMISSION, UM, IS REALLY BEST SUITED TO, UH, TO TAKE ON AND DISCUSS.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES OUR, OUR PROJECTS ARE STAFF DRIVEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A DESIGN THAT WE NEED TO BRING IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY TO GET INPUT, YOU KNOW, AND SOMETIMES THE MOST EXCITING PROJECTS, UM, ARE ONES THAT HAVE REALLY COME FROM THE, UH, UH, GRASSROOTS LEVEL THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M EXCITED TO, TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE SUBJECT, THE RAINBOW BRIDGE PET COMMEMORATION PROJECT, I DON'T WANT TO STEAL SOPHIA'S THUNDER HERE AND I'LL LET HER WALK THROUGH IT.
UM, WAS ONE OF THOSE, IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 13 YEARS, UH, AND I'VE NOT, YOU KNOW, SEEN A PROJECT OR, OR, OR SOMETHING, UM, SIMILAR TO THIS.
SO I'M ALWAYS EXCITED AND INTRIGUED WHEN WE GET TO, TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
BUT, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UM, SOPHIA, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THIS AND STICK AROUND FOR QUESTIONS, EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.
UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL COMMUNITY AND STAFF.
I'M 15 YEARS OLD AND I'M CURRENTLY A FRESHMAN AT CARDINAL LUMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE COME TO YOU WITH THIS PROPOSAL IN REGARDS TO THE BOOK YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU CALLED THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.
WHAT SPARKED MY INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT WAS THAT I'VE NOTICED IN A WORLD OF CONFLICT AND STRESS, MOST PEOPLE GO TO ONE THING, THEIR PET AS A PET.
A PET IS A QUIET HEARTBEAT IN YOUR ROOM AND A SOFT PRESENCE THAT TURNS ORDINARY DAYS WARMER BY JUST EXISTING, WHICH MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PART FROM THEM WHEN THEY PASS.
IN THESE UPCOMING SLIDES, I WILL DESCRIBE TO YOU AND HOPEFULLY HELP YOU ENVISION A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE CAN CARRY SORROW FOR PETS WHO HAVE MOVED ON.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO HOPE, UM, USE THE LOVE FOR OUR ANIMALS TO UNITE FOR PETALUMA COMMUNITY.
THE RAINBOW BRIDGE IS A FAMILIAR POEM GIVEN BY MANY PET OWNERS ON THE DAY THEY SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR BELOVED, FURRY FAMILY MEMBER.
THE POEM ENSURES GRIEVING PET OWNERS THAT THEIR LOST PET HAS PASSED AWAY OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE, WHERE THEY WILL RUN AND PLAY IN GRASSY MEADOWS AND HILLS AS THEY RETURN TO THEIR YOUTHFUL AGE.
IT'S HERE AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE WHERE BELOVED PETS WILL WAIT FOR US UNTIL WE SEE THEM AGAIN.
WHEN YOU AND YOUR SPECIAL FRIEND FINALLY MEET YOU CLINGING TOGETHER AND JOYOUS REUNION NEVER TO BE PARTED AGAIN.
YOU LOOK ONCE MORE INTO THE TRUSTING EYES OF YOUR PET.
SO LONG GONE FROM YOUR LIFE, BUT NEVER ABSENT FROM YOUR HEART, THEN YOU CROSS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE TOGETHER.
SO ON THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, I WILL GIVE YOU SOME LIKE, POTENTIAL LOCATIONS WE WERE THINKING OF.
UM, NUMBER ONE, UM, ALMOND MARSH BRIDGE.
UM, ALMOND MARSH BRIDGE STANDS AS OUR PREFERRED LOCATION AS IT ENCOMPASSES OUR VISION OF HAVING A QUIET AND PEACEFUL PLACE TO SIT.
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PETS WHO HAVE PASSED.THE PLAN IS, UM, THE PROPOSAL IS MODELED AFTER RAINBOW BRIDGE IN LAKE LOWER NORTH CAROLINA.
THE DECK OF THE BRIDGE WOULD BE PAINTED IN RAINBOW COLORS, PET FOOTSTEPS PAINTED ALONG THE BRIDGE.
OWNERS ARE INVITED TO LEAVE THEIR PETS COLLARS ON THE RAILING ACCESSIBLE YEAR ROUND.
THE PET BRIDGE WELCOMES VISITORS WITH OPEN ARMS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN PARTAKE IN THE MAGIC OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY SANCTUARY.
INVITING THEM TO EXPERIENCE THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE'S EMBRACE NOW IS THE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.
ALMOND MARSH, UH, STANDS AS OUR PREFERRED LOCATION, AS IT ENCOMPASSES THE ENVISION OF HAVING A QUIET, PEACEFUL PLACE TO SIT AND REMEMBER OUR PETS WHO HAVE PASSED.
UM, AS YOU ENTER THE BRIDGE, YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY SEE THE ROCKY DOG DOG PARK AND THE DISTANT HORIZON.
IT IS A FIGURATIVE IMAGE ON HOW THE RAINBOW BRIDGE ENDS.
UH, ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE LEGHORN BRIDGE.
UM, THIS BRIDGE IS LOCATED NEAR A FAMILY PARK.
ITS LOCATION WOULD, WOULD HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, UM, BUT WE NOTICED SOME AREAS WITH GRAFFITI.
OUR HESITATION WITH THIS LOCATION WOULD BE VANDALISM IF COLORS ARE LEFT ON THE BRIDGE.
UM, ANOTHER ONE, SCHOENBERGER OR ADOBE CREEK BRIDGE.
THIS LOCATION IS ANOTHER TOP CHOICE DUE TO ITS QUIET AND ITS SECLUDED LOCATION.
THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT THE BRIDGE DOES NOT HAVE WOODEN PLANKS, THEREFORE, PAINTING WOULD BE A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE.
UH, BUILDING DETAILS UPON MEETING WITH PARK AND RECREATION REPRESENTATIVES, WE WOULD DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING, ENSURING THE LOCATION SELECTED WOULD NOT DISRUPT ANY WILDLIFE.
DISCUSS HOW TO REFURBISH OLD PLANKS, RUSTED OR DAMAGED AREAS, BRIDGE STABILITY AND SAFETY CONCERNS.
OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM CODE INSPECTORS OF USE OF APPROPRIATE MATERIALS.
AND AFTER FINAL APPROVALS, DISCUSS WITH SPONSORS REGARDING COSTS AND SEEK DESK.
UH, DECA, UH, I'M SORRY, DONATIONS.
THIS SIGN IS THE SAME PRESENTED AT LAKE LORE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO USE ONE SIMILAR AS IT CAPTURES THE MESSAGE WE WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY TO THE BRIDGE ABOUT, UH, LIKE TO CONVEY TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.
UH, WE WOULD ALSO WOULD CHANGE FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS TO FUR FAMILY, AS NOT ALL BELOVED PETS HAVE FOUR LEGS.
UH, ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? LEMME START WITH, ON THIS SIDE, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL IDEA AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A LOVELY ADDITION TO OUR PUBLIC SPACES COMMENTS.
WELL, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND, UH, REALLY GREAT IF YOU TAKE IT ON AS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THINGS YOU'LL DO FOR A COMMUNITY, I'M SURE.
UM, I, I WANNA KNOW WHAT NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE TO MAKE THIS TANGIBLE.
DREW, WHAT, WHAT, UH, WHAT ARE THE DELIVERABLES HERE? YOU KNOW, GREAT QUESTION AND, AND THANK YOU, SOPHIA.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, I GUESS TO TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY A CONCEPT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING TO YOU, UM, WITHOUT AN ACTION ITEM.
WE'RE DOING FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
YOU KNOW, ONE, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMISSION, UM, REALLY KIND OF WITH MISSION, ALIGN WITH A, WITH A CITY'S PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
IS THIS A CONCEPT THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES? SO THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.
WE WANT TO GET SOME, UH, FEEDBACK FROM YOU TONIGHT.
UM, AND THEN SECOND, YOU KNOW, SOPHIA AND HER TEAM PROPOSED A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS, AND I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA OR CONCEPT OF WHAT THE PROJECT VISION IS.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IS, IS, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK ON LOCATIONS, REALLY WHAT SHOULD BE THAT SELECTION CRITERIA.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE DOZENS OF PEDESTRIAN AND, AND BRIDGES, NOT ALL OF THEM, AND ARE IN THE BEST SHAPE, NOT ALL OF 'EM ARE IN THE RIGHT LOCATIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOPHIA AND HER TEAM KIND OF IDENTIFIED A FEW, UM, AND, AND SHE SPOKE TO SOME OF THE REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, A LEGHORNS PARK BRIDGE OR WHY A SCHOENBERGER WITH VIEWS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN, SORRY, ROCKY MEMORIAL DOG PARK MAKES SENSE.
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ARE SOME THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK TONIGHT.AND WHAT SHOULD WE CONSIDER, UM, BECAUSE WE DO WANNA BE SENSITIVE TO NOT MAKE OUR PARKS, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFACTO MEMORIAL GROUNDS.
BUT YET, HOW DO WE ALSO CREATE SPACES THAT INCLUDE EVERYONE AND BRING PEOPLE INTO AREAS? SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, GET SOME FEEDBACK ON SOME SELECTION CRITERIA.
SO WE CAN WORK WITH THIS TEAM TO BRING BACK SOME PROPOSALS ON ACTUAL SITES, UM, PUT TOGETHER SOME, UH, IDEAS ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO, YOU KNOW, REFURBISH THESE SITES AND THEN MAYBE COME BACK AND ALSO WITH SOME, UM, SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WOULD BE THE CRITERIA FOR A, A PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, SOPHIA TALKED ABOUT HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, PLACES FOR, FOR LEASHES OR, OR, OR KIND OF PET MEMENTOS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING SOME CRITERIA AROUND THAT SO THAT IT'S NOT BECOMES AN AREA THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, UNSIGHTLY OR ONE THAT'S GONNA BECOME COUNTERINTUITIVE TO OUR GOALS.
SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE INITIAL, JUST GETTING SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK AND THEN BRING THIS PROJECT BACK WHEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS AND A BUDGETS IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SUPPORT.
I THINK THE ALMOND MARSH BRIDGE IS, IT LOOKS, IT WILL, TO ME, ALL THESE WILL LOOK THE BEST PAINTED.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S READY FOR IT.
AND, UM, I MEAN, NEXT TO THE ROCKY DOG PARK, IT'S THE MOST RELEVANT.
I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHOOSE A BRIDGE, IT SHOULD BE ONE THAT HAS RELEVANCY TO PETS THAT MAKES MORE SENSE THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS.
AND IT'LL LOOK THE BEST AS FAR AS TAKING A, BECOMING A MEMORIAL OR TAKING AWAY FROM A SPACE.
I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE PADLOCK BRIDGE IN PARIS OVER THE SUN, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THAT BRIDGE, BUT IT'S, EVERYONE GOES THERE.
THEY KNOW ABOUT IT, IT'S PART OF CULTURE.
IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY IN ANY WAY.
IF IT COMES TO FRUITION AND YOU NEED PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTING LABOR TO PAINT AND DO WHATEVER ELSE, PLEASE ASK ME.
UM, DREW, CAN I JUST ASK, DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY, UM, IS THE CITY EQUALLY, UM, OKAY WITH ALL OF THESE SITES OR DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT ANY OF THESE SITES? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE CITY HERE WITH ME, UM, BUT FROM PARKS AND RECREATION REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SITE.
SO I, I FULLY SUPPORT THE CONCEPT AS IT RELATES TO A, A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN WITHIN A PARK.
UM, BUT LET'S SAY WE LAND ON A LOCATION THAT, YOU KNOW, IS OUTSIDE OF A PARK, PUBLIC WORKS RIGHT AWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN AN OPEN SPACE WITH A JOINT USE AGREEMENT, LIKE A SCHOOL PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, HEARING FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, FINDING THE LOCATION FIRST THAT FITS AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE, PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, ET CETERA.
BUT I, I THINK FOR SPEAKING FOR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, I WAS REALLY INTRIGUED BY THE, BY THE CONCEPT OF DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, AND, AND I THINK SOPHIA TOUCHED ON IT BEFORE, IT'S REALLY HARD BEING THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, TO DO SOMETHING.
UM, AND WE, WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE NOT THE FIRST, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THIS WONDERFUL STORY OF KIND OF THE CONCEPT, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER JURISDICTION THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAS DONE THIS.
AND SO WE ALWAYS LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT THEIR PROCESS WAS, AND THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS WE WOULD GO BACK AND DO.
UM, BUT IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, YES, PARKS AND REC, ABSOLUTELY WE CAN SUPPORT IT, BUT LET'S FIND THE RIGHT LOCATION AND, AND GO FROM THERE.
WELL, SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM US ON THE, THE WHAT WE WOULD PREFER FOR LOCATION? YEAH.
DOES THIS FEEL RIGHT TO HAVE, UH, AND SUPPORT IN A PUBLIC SPACE? THAT'S ONE.
AND IF WE CAN ANSWER THAT TONIGHT, UM, TWO IS, YOU KNOW, ANY FEEDBACK ON LOCATIONS, THINGS THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER, MAYBE THINGS WE WANT TO AVOID, UM, BUT NOT LIMIT OURSELVES TO JUST, JUST PARKS NECESSARILY.
THOSE WERE KIND OF TWO OF THE REAL BIG THINGS WE WERE HOPING TO GET TONIGHT.
WELL, I, I THINK THE CONCEPT IS WONDERFUL AND I, I LIKE THE ALMOND MARCH, UH, LOCATION FOR ALL THE REASONS MENTIONED, IT SEEMS REALLY IDEAL.
IS THERE A CEMETERY FOR PETS? I'M NOT SURE.
THERE IS NOT A SANCTIONED CEMETERY FOR PETS.
THIS WILL BE, IT WILL BE A GREAT, UM, NEW THING TO
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HAVE THIS PROJECT BY SOPHIE, UH, IN OUR CITY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENT PRESENTATION, SOPHIA.
AND, UM, DREW, IF I WAS UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, UM, ARE ALL THESE BRIDGES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF PARKS OR IS THAT STILL TO BE DETERMINED? YEAH, I, I THINK WE SHOWED TWO BRIDGES.
UM, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR, UM, THE LEGHORNS.
I'LL HAVE TO DO SOME DIGGING THERE.
I THINK IT WAS A CONDITION WHEN THE, UM, JC PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED.
I BE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE OWNERSHIP, BUT I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.
UH, ALMOND MARSH, WAS THAT THE OTHER ONE? SOME TWO.
SO YEAH, AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE MM-HMM
AND WOULD THERE BE A, UH, A LONG-TERM PLAN TO REPAINT THE BRIDGE AND KEEP IT UP AS IT AS IT EVENTUALLY NEEDS IT? THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD WANNA, UM, PUT TOGETHER WHAT THAT MAINTENANCE PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? IF WE DO THIS, HOW OFTEN WOULD, YOU KNOW, UM, THOSE PLANKS NEED TO BE, UM, MAINTAINED? WHAT WOULD BE THE REPLACEMENT ON IT? AND, AND ALSO THAT MAY, UM, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THOSE BRIDGES ALSO NEEDED TO BE, YOU KNOW, FACTORED INTO THAT DECISION.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE FIND THE BEST LOCATION, BUT THE, THE COST AND TIMING TO REPLACE A BRIDGE MAKES IT, YOU KNOW, PROHIBITIVE.
UM, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT DOZENS OF THESE BRIDGES ALL OVER TOWN AND THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT, UH, ELEMENTS OF MAINTENANCE.
SO WE'VE GOTTA FIND ONE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TACKLE, UM, BUT BE REAL WITH THE COSTS OF KEEPING UP BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THIS, YOU KNOW, TO BE A MEMORIAL THAT FOLKS COME AND FEEL THE OPPOSITE IN THAT AREA.
NO, AND I LIKE TOO THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE SIGNAGE AROUND THE BRIDGE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF IT AND WHAT IT'S FOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO THINK THIS IS A NEAT PROJECT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I, I DO LIKE YOUR FIRST PICK OF THE ALMOND BRIDGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE AND PEACEFUL AND QUIET OUT THERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LIKE WHEN THEY LOSE A PET.
THAT'S ALWAYS A HARD THING, YOU KNOW? AND PEOPLE LIKE TO BE ALONE AND, AND OUT IN NATURE.
UH, ONE MORE THING FOR THE, FOR MAINTENANCE, TWO THINGS.
PADLOCKS, UM, CAN'T BE JUST TAKEN OFF, BUT CALLERS CAN.
SO THAT IS NICE FOR MAINTENANCE.
THEY CAN ALWAYS BE UNSNAPPED PUT BACK ON.
SO THERE'S NOT ANY HARM DONE THERE.
AND AS FOR IF ANY OF THE BRIDGES SELECTED NEEDS SOME REFURBISHING, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT DONATIONS TO, TO GET THAT LABOR DONATED IN, KIND TO HELP, UH, THE PROJECT BE FEASIBLE? MM-HMM
'CAUSE THERE ARE CONTRACTORS AND PAINTERS WHO WILL DO THIS FOR YOU IF IT'S ALLOWED.
I ALSO FEEL ON THAT SAME NOTE, THAT, UM, THERE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE MAINTENANCE THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OR CONTRACTOR APPROVED BY THE CITY.
UM, BUT OTHER PARTS OF THE MAINTENANCE, I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN IDEAL, UH, PROJECT THAT WOULD BE, WOULD REALLY INSPIRE, LIKE THE RAINBOW BRIDGE BRIGADE OR SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR AND TRY TO KEEP THE AREA REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND MAINTAIN IT.
SO I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG DRAW FOR, FOR DEDICATED VOLUNTEER GROUP FOR A LOT OF THE, UM, DAY-TO-DAY TYPE MAINTENANCE.
YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A NAME CHAIR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THIS ISSUE? CAN WE TAKE A, A COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? UH, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO OPEN
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UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.WE KIND OF GOT, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE ALL AT ONCE, BUT YES.
WE, WE DO HAVE A PET CEMETERY OVER ON MAGNOLIA, YOU KNOW, AT CYPRESS HILL PARK.
THERE IS A PET CEMETERY IN CREMATORIUM FOR PETS UP ON THE HILL THERE OFF OF MAGNOLIA NEXT TO WHERE THE VETERANS PARK IS AND THE, AND THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
I STAND CORRECTED DURING THE MEETING.
I, I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PEOPLE CEMETERY, SO.
WE'VE GOT ONE ANOTHER, ANOTHER COMMENT.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER CARD, WOULD YOU MIND JUST, UM, PUTTING YOUR NAME IN, IN FOR THE RECORD AGAIN SO WE CAN KEEP OH, SURE.
UM, I JUST WANNA GO BACK A MOMENT AND, UM, I FAILED TO THANK SOMEONE WHO I THINK THE KAVANAUGH POOL PEEPS REALLY OWE A DEBT OF, UH, GRATITUDE TOO.
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THAT'S, UM, ALEX DI CARLY.'CAUSE HE GAVE US A LOT OF SUPPORT AND, UM, STAYED IN TUNE AND CHECKED IN WITH US WHILE WE WERE PATIENTLY AND SOMEWHAT IMPATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE REOPENING.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY, ALEX, HATS OFF TO YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
KATHY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THE PETS? NOTHING THERE.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
I GUESS WE, WE GET TO THE COMMITTEE COMMENTS, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT IF PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE YET ON, UH, ANYTHING.I THINK IT CAN BE ON ANY, JUST GIMME A COMMENT.
YEAH, JUST COMMITTEE COMMENTS.
UM, UH, WAS IT THIS WEEK, DREW? WE, WE WERE OUT THERE AT PCSF LAST WEEK.
WE GOT, UH, A A LOT OF TREES PLANTED IN THE FINGER ISLANDS OF THE PARKING LOT AT THIS C COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELD.
SO THEY'RE SMALLER 15 GALLON TREES, BUT THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN TRYING TO GO FOR A WHILE, SO THAT'S GREAT.
AND I'VE HEARD A LOT, UM, OF COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THERE, THERE'S A LACK OF SHADE AND SEEDING OUT THERE, SO IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UM, FOR, UH, PUBLIC ARTS.
UM, WE RECCE, UH, RECEIVED THE RFP SUBMISSIONS FOR, UM, THE ART ON THE, UH, UH, SKATE PARK.
BASICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE WHO, UM, GETS TO, UH, TO, TO DO THE ART ON THE NEW SKATE RAMPS, UH, AROUND THE PARK.
SO, UM, WE'VE HAD 32 DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND, AND WE'VE OPENED THIS UP TO DOWN TO, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW OLD, UNDER 18, VERY YOUNG.
WE, WE'VE OPENED IT UP TO, TO ARTISTS OF ALL AGES, WALKS OF LIFE AND EXPERIENCE LEVELS.
UM, SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE SAW SOMEONE WITH REALLY COOL IDEA, BUT NOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, WE WOULD HELP FIND THEM THAT HELP SO THEY COULD DO IT.
SO WE DIDN'T WANT THE EXPERIENCE TO, TO, UM, BE A LIMITING FACTOR HERE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF SUBMISSIONS AND WE ARE GETTING OUR FINAL, UM, SCORING IN FROM EACH, UH, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT.
SO REALLY EXCITING MOVING FORWARD THERE WITH THE ART FOR THE, FOR THE UPCOMING SKATE PARK.
CODY, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
ARE IT, ARE YOU GONNA SELECT ONE ARTIST TO DO ALL THE ART, OR ARE YOU GONNA HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ARTISTS BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE? I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST ONE ARTIST.
IT, IT WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE TRICKY TO DIVIDE UP ALL THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, AND IT WAS REALLY TRICKY FOR THEM TO EVEN MAKE THIS SUBMISSION BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SHOW HOW THEIR ART IS GOING TO WRAP AROUND THE DIFFERENT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW ALL THE TERMS FOR THE BOWLS AND THE HUBS.
UM, LASTLY, WE, UM, UM, CHAIR BRITA LUCCI AND I, UM, NO, I SAID THAT WRONG.
ELLI AND I, UH, HAVE PUT TOGETHER AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, WE ARE STARTING A PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN WITH THE POINT OF, UM, CREATING A CULTURE SHIFT TO GET PEOPLE TO STARTING IN PARKS, BUT HOPEFULLY TO GO BEYOND, TO GET THE PUBLIC, TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, JUST THE BASELINE IS CLEANING UP AFTER YOURSELF AND LEAVING A PUBLIC SPACE AS CLEAN, IF NOT BETTER, IS WHEN YOU LEFT IT.
AND ONE OF THE POINTS IS IF PARKS AND REC STAFF HAVE TO SPEND LESS TIME CLEANING UP AFTER YOU BEING SOMEWHERE THEY CAN SPEND MORE TIME ON MORE IMPORTANT TASKS THAT CAN IMPROVE AND UPGRADE OUR PUBLIC AREAS.
BUT REALLY THE POINT IS PUBLIC SPACE.
IT, IT'S UP TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE CITY, NOT JUST THE CITY, TO KEEP THOSE AREAS CLEAN AND NICE FOR EVERYONE.
SO WE WILL BE STARTING, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON ROLLING OUT, UM, PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN AND WE WANNA PARTNER WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
'CAUSE THE CITY ALL DEPARTMENTS REALLY CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS, UH, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AROUND TOWN, A LOT OF WHICH ALREADY HAVE THE SAME, UM, GOALS IN MIND.
SO THIS, WE'RE IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING MORE INFORMATION TO YOU SOON ON HOW WE CAN START A LITTLE CAMPAIGN TO JUST TRY AND MAYBE SHIFT HOW PEOPLE ARE THINKING WHEN THEY'RE IN THESE SPACES, INCLUDING PARKS.
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ALEC, I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WANNA GO FIRST AND THEN I USUALLY FOLLOW AT THE END OR, OKAY.I WANTED TO ASK YOU, CODY, IF ALL THE INFORMATION YOU'RE ABOUT TO THE, THE OUTREACH CAMPAIGN WILL INVOLVE, UH, THE LATINO COMMUNITY.
TWO, THREE WEEKS AGO I SAW AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLANT.
I THINK IN PART YOU, YOU PLANTED SOME NEW TREES.
UM, THE, UM, I'LL JUMP IN HERE.
UM, THERE WAS A TREE PLANTING NEAR THE MIRACLE LEAGUE, UM, BALL FIELDS.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OF TREES OR A FEW TREES THAT WERE PLANTED THERE.
THERE WERE ALSO SOME TREES PLANTED ALONG NORTH MCDOWELL TO CLOSE OUT.
THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION IN THE FALL.
BELIEVE SO, BUT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION.
OH, NOT, NOT THE PUBLIC ART, EVEN THOUGH CODY PLANTS TREES TOO ON THE SIDE.
I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT, UM, THAT INFORMATION WASN'T PUT OUT TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE TREE PLANTING? I WAS HELPING WITH, UM, THAT WAS DONE JUST SPECIFICALLY BY THE RELIEF GROUP USING, UM, UH, REBUILDING TOGETHER AS THE VOLUNTEERS.
SO THAT WASN'T AN OPEN VOLUNTEER PROJECT.
WHEREAS WHEN WE DO HAVE OPEN VOLUNTEER PROJECTS OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION GOING OUT, LIKE THE PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN, IT WILL ALL BE TO ALL OUR, ALL THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN THOSE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
IDEALLY THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD WANNA DO,
IF YOU EVER NEED IN THE FUTURE, VOLUNTEERS FOR PLANTING, LIKE, LIKE YOU HAVE DONE, PLEASE KNOW THAT CAFE PUENTES IS A PLACE WHERE THE COMMUNITY, LATINO COMMUNITY GATHERS.
AND, AND I, UH, CAFE PUENTE IS, UM, I HAVE WORKED WITH CAFE PUENTE IN THE PAST WITH THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK AS WELL, SO I DO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THERE.
WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THEM AND OTHER PROJECTS, INCLUDING WHAT WILL BE COMING UP WITH THE OUTREACH CAMPAIGN.
UH, SO, UH, SPEAKING OF THE, THE SKATE PARK ART, UM, WANTED TO GO BACK ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO.
I, UH, I SAID MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST LET THE SKATERS TAKE CARE OF IT.
THEY, THEY LIKE A CLEAN CANVAS, AND THEY'LL DO IT FOR FREE.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAG THE HECK OUT OF IT.
BUT, UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY COUNCIL UPDATES OTHER THAN TO TELL THE COMMISSION, AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY PROBABLY AT THE NEXT MEETING.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S BEFORE THIS, UM, MARCH 23RD, WE'VE GOT OUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES WORKSHOP FOR THE CITY.
UM, PARKS, WANTS ANYTHING DONE OR WANTS, WANTS ME TO ADVOCATE FOR ANYTHING.
I CAN DO THAT OR, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY BRING SOMETHING BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO ADVOCATE THERE.
I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE ON THERE, BUT, UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE.
WE CAN IZE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING, I SUPPOSE, OR, OR DISCUSS AT ANY, AT ANY POINT.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO JUST MENTION THAT, UH, WE HAD OUR TREE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, UH, EARLIER THIS EVENING.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OR LOOKING FORWARD TO IS THE ADOPTION OF THE TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE.
THE COUNCIL'S GONNA BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT, UH, TO, UH, PROTECT OUR, UH, LARGE TREES AROUND THE CITY ARE TREE CANOPIES AND PREVENT THEM FROM JUST BEING CUT DOWN WILLY-NILLY, UH, WITHOUT SOME KIND OF PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THE LARGER TREES.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON SOME DIFFERENT, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON AN ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION AND SOME OTHER, UM, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE ARE, UH, KIND OF WORKING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE.
ONE OF THEM IS A INFORMATIONAL, UH, INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC ON TREE
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PLANTINGS AND HOW TO MAINTAIN THEIR TREES AND TRYING TO BASICALLY COME UP WITH WAYS TO, UH, SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF CARING FOR THEIR TREES SO THAT THEY, WE CAN HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT TREE CANOPY.UH, WITH OUR CLIMATE CHANGE THAT'S HAPPENING.
WE NEED AS MANY TREES AS WE CAN GET.
SO THE OTHER, UH, PROJECT THAT WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT TODAY WAS, UH, THE LATEST, UH, RELIEF TREE PLANTING.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE SITES, BUT THE RELIEF HAS BEEN DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TREE PLANTING ALL AROUND THE CITY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
I THINK THEY'VE PLANTED LIKE OVER 1500 TREES SO FAR.
I THINK THEY HIT THEIR 2000TH TREE.
SO THEY'RE GETTING READY TO DO THEIR NEXT, UM, GROUP OF PROJECTS, UH, WHICH THEY'RE FOCUSING ON STREET TREES NOW, SO YOU MAY BE SEEING THOSE TREE PLANTINGS GOING ON AROUND THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY.
[STAFF COMMENT]
STAFF COMMENT.UM, YOU KNOW, TARA IN PARTICULAR FOR THE UPDATE ON KAVANAUGH TONIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WEEKS IN THE MAKING AND, AND, AND REALLY WANNA APPRECIATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND HOW MUCH YOU HAVE PUT YOUR HEART INTO THIS.
THIS IS MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, A JOB OR CAREER FOR YOU.
YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT AQUATICS AND IT SHOWS.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT, UH, TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THANK YOU SOPHIA, FOR THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UM, WE'LL CONNECT AFTER THIS MEETING AND, AND TALK ABOUT SOME NEXT STEPS, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE, THE COMMISSION TONIGHT.
I, I HAVE JUST A FEW UPDATES, BUT THE, I THINK THAT THE ONE I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT, UM, IS TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTION.
UM, TONIGHT JOINING US IS OUR NEW, UH, SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
THIS IS JEN SANTOS WHO'S HERE, UM, TONIGHT.
THIS IS HER SECOND DAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE HER A COUPLE MORE DAYS BEFORE WE, WE, WE PEPPER HER WITH ALL THE THINGS.
UM, BUT JEN, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND JUST SAY HI TO THE, YOUR, YOUR NEW COMMISSION? UM, JEN COMES TO US WITH OVER, YOU KNOW, 25 YEARS OF, OF EXPERIENCE, UH, MANAGING AND MAINTAINING, YOU KNOW, PARKS, LANDSCAPES, UH, SOME TREE WORKS, SOME LADS, ALL OF THE THINGS, BUT MOST RECENTLY IN, IN SANTA ROSA OVERSEEING THEIR, THEIR PARKS DIVISION.
SO, JEN, DAY TWO, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? AND CAN, CAN YOU SAY HI AND HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T RAN AWAY YET.
SO THIS IS GREAT, RIGHT? THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
AND GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
I ACTUALLY DID RETIRE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, AND I COULDN'T TAKE IT.
SO I'M BACK AND, AND BACK INVOLVED.
IT'S SO EXCITING TO BE BACK INVOLVED IN SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER THAN MYSELF.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH ALL OF YOU.
UM, A FEW OTHER UPDATES ON THE PARK SIDE.
WE, WE DID HAVE TO, UH, CLOSE, UH, ROCKY MEMORIAL DOG PARK FOR ONE DAY, UM, TO REALLY ADDRESS SOME, SOME POOR ENTRANCE AND GRADING.
SO REALLY A BIG THANKS TO, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS STREETS TEAM AND, AND PARKS WERE ABLE TO COORDINATE THAT.
AND, AND, AND REALLY, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, BEEN ABLE TO LIMIT THAT CLOSURE.
DO A REALLY NICE JOB CLEANING UP THAT AREA IN BETWEEN SOME WEATHER.
UM, SO HAPPY THAT, UM, ANYTIME YOU HAVE TO CLOSE YOUR ONLY DEDICATED DOG PARK, THAT WAS, IT'S ALWAYS HARD.
UM, BUT REALLY THE, THE FINISHED PRODUCT THERE, IT WAS A REALLY NICE JOB, SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT WORK.
UM, THE SYNTHETIC FIELDS, THE ALL WEATHER FIELDS WERE ALL RECENTLY GROOMED.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO DURING, UM, ESPECIALLY OUR PEAK SEASON, WHICH IS KIND OF NOW, UM, WITH LUC CASEY PARKS, UH, TURF REPLACEMENT, CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
UH, WE'RE COMING OUT TO THE FINISH LINE OF THAT PROJECT, BUT THAT DOES PUT A LOT OF, UH, STRESS ONTO THE EXISTING ALL-WEATHER FIELDS, THE THREE THAT WE HAVE OVER AT THE COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS, PLUS THE BASEBALL FIELD.
SO THOSE WERE ALL RECENTLY RE GROOMED.
UM, AND A LOT OF ACTIVITY OUT THERE.
UM, THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND SOFTBALL GROUPS ARE ITCHING TO GET OUT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR SEASON HAS STARTED AND SO WE'VE HAD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CLOSE SOME OF THE NATURAL FIELDS, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING BLACKTOP, UH, MIRACLE LEAGUE, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT THEM ON SOME OF THE ALL-WEATHER FIELDS JUST TO GET OUT AND THROW THE BALL AROUND AND START, START, UH, WORK IN THE, THE COBWEBS OUT.
UM, SO THAT'S BEEN FUN TO SEE.
UH, THE SPRING SOFTBALL LEAGUES REGISTRATION, THESE ARE OUR OWN INTERNAL, THESE ARE THE ADULTS 'CAUSE THEY LIKE TO PLAY TOO SOMETIMES.
UM, AND, UH, THOSE REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN.
UH, THIS IS A, IT'S, IT'S REALLY BIG IN PETALUMA.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, 35 AND 45 TEAMS SPLIT ACROSS FOUR TO FIVE NIGHTS.
UM, SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT REGISTRATION OPEN AND EXPECT TO BE, UH, STARTING ABOUT FOUR, FOUR WEEKS
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I BELIEVE.UM, OUR BASKETBALL ADULT LEAGUE IS ALSO KICKING OFF THIS SUNDAY, I BELIEVE, WITH 16 TEAMS. UM, WE'VE NOT HAD THAT MANY AND I REALLY WANT TO RECOMMEND, UH, LINDSEY FISHER AND THE, AND THE REC TEAM.
WE HAVE, UM, A WOMEN'S PICKUP DIVISION WORKED INTO THAT, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
UM, THE BIG CHANGE THERE IS WE'VE TRADITIONALLY BEEN AT CASA GRANDE.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE A, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL GYM, UH, WITHIN THE CITY PARK INVENTORY.
SO WE RELY ON SCHOOLS TO RENT THEIR GYMS. BUT WE'VE MOVED TO PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR AND I CAN ANNOUNCE IT A HUNDRED TIMES.
THERE'LL STILL BE PEOPLE SHOWING UP AT CASA ON SUNDAY, BUT I'LL KEEP TELLING PEOPLE IT'S AT HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE'VE BEEN AT CASA FOR SO LONG, IT'S, IT'S HABIT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GETTING READY TO, UH, KICKSTART OUR, UM, UH, OUR KICKBALL LEAGUE.
UM, SO ADULT KICKBALL LEAGUE THAT'S GONNA BE GOING HERE PRETTY SOON TOO.
UH, THAT'S A VERY IN MORE INFORMAL, MORE CASUAL GROUP.
UH, I MEAN, I DO THINK WE KEEP SCORE, BUT, BUT BARELY.
UH, AND DEB FOX, WHO'S ON THAT COMMENT CARD, I WAS HOPING SHE WAS THERE.
I WAS GONNA MAKE SOME JOKES ABOUT IT 'CAUSE SHE PLAYS.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IT.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS TONIGHT AND, UM, APPRECIATE IT.
CODY, ONE MORE QUE QUESTION, DREW.
WAS THERE ANY COMMENT OR ANYTHING YOU CAN SAY ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR THE TENNIS COURTS FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION FOR THEM? YEAH, THANK YOU.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M SEEING THIS AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP, UM, WITH THE PETALUMA TENNIS ASSOCIATION AND, AND MANY OF OUR NON-PROFIT, UM, AND FOR-PROFIT GROUPS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT POURING INTO THE, TOO MUCH OF THE DETAILS, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, GROUPS THAT ARE COLLECTING REGISTRATION FOR FEES, UH, TO PARTICIPATE ON PUBLIC, UH, COURTS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, AS A CITY AND AS A COMMUNITY COLLECT FEES.
UM, BUT WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT PROCESS, UH, I'LL NEED SOME MORE TIME TO DIVE INTO THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT JUST PEDAL AND THE TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS.
THESE ARE OUR ADULTS RENTING HOURLY RATES.
UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS ARE, ARE WILLING TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
IF, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAY OUT OF A LINE WITH OUR REGIONAL KIND OF PARTNERS AND JURISDICTIONS, THEN WE WANT TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PROFITEER OFF A, A GROUP WANTING TO PLAY TENNIS.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, THOSE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE REALLY SHOULD BE SHARED UPON THE GROUPS THAT ARE, ARE PARTICIPATING ON THOSE FACILITIES.
AND THAT'S RESURFACING, YOU KNOW, EVERY ABOUT FIVE YEARS IS ON STANDARD FOR COURTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIGHTING, THERE'S NETS, THERE'S REPLACEMENTS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PTA, UM, PEDAL IN THE TENNIS ASSOCIATION, YOU KNOW, ON THAT REALLY SINCE THE LAST TIME WE RESURFACED LEGHORNS, WHICH PROBABLY DUE FOR ANOTHER ONE.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, LOOK FORWARD TO MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
THEY ALSO, YOU KNOW, HELP RUN SOME OF THE, THE LEAGUES AND CAMPS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT.
BUT DON'T, DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU TONIGHT.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMISSION MEETING FOR THIS EVENING.