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GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE RECREATION, MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION FOR MAY 20TH, 2026.
UH, CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL? ALLEGRA.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE ALL TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STANDS ONE NATION UNDER JUSTICE ONE DAY.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS FOR THE APRIL MEETING MINUTES.SEEING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR APRIL.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR APRIL, UH, 2026.
CAN WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
CLERK, CAN YOU TAKE A, OH, WE DON'T NEED TO DO THE ROLL CALL UNLESS THERE'S CORRECTIONS.
YOU CAN SAY, UM, APPROVED MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
MINUTES FOR APRIL HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[PRESENTATIONS]
ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION OF THE 2026 SUMMER RECREATION AND SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAMMING PREVIEW BY TARA AND LINDSAY.IS IA PRESENTING FROM THERE? Y YEAH.
WE'LL HAVE, UM, WE'LL GET GOING AND THEN, UH, I WILL HAVE THE MIC.
SO WE'VE GOT, EVERYONE GETS A MIC TONIGHT.
UM, AND, AND SHARE BE, I'LL KIND OF CUE THIS UP WHILE WE, UM, WHILE WE ROLL THE PRESENTATION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN, UM, UH, A TRADITION EVERY KIND OF LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER TO, YOU KNOW, INVITE OUR, OUR, OUR HARD WORK AND PROGRAM STAFF, UH, UP TO PRESENT REALLY TO YOU ALL.
UH, WHAT, UH, THE SUMMER IS ABOUT, UH, IN, IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA FROM A PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, VIEWPOINT.
WE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING A, A FULL SERVICE CITY.
AND FOR US, WE REALLY WANT TO TOUCH ON TONIGHT WHAT MAKES, UM, YOU KNOW, SUMMER SPECIAL FOR US THIS TIME OF YEAR.
UH, WE PUT A LOT OF PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING INTO THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THIS, AND NOW IT'S THE BEST PART, WHICH IS YOU GET TO DO ALL THE THINGS.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT TARA, DEFINITELY OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR, JOINED BY LINDSEY FISHER, OUR, OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR TO WALK US THROUGH.
UH, AND THEN THEY'LL INTRODUCE I, JOSEPH MENARD, OUR, OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR AS WELL.
UH, SO EXCITED TO GET STARTED AND, UH, I'LL KICK IT BACK TO I GUESS ONE OF YOU, TARA.
UH, I THINK LAST TIME I WAS HERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SPRING AND, UM, NOW I'M EXCITED TO, TO JUMP INTO SUMMER.
SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE PRESENTATION PREPARED FOR YOU.
WE'LL DO SOME, UM, JUMPING BACK AND FORTH HERE, BUT RYAN, IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS MY CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT AQUATICS.
SUMMER NUMBER ONE FOR US, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY TIRELESSLY FOR, UH, THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
HIRING, UH, WE ARE OFFICIALLY AT 51 EMPLOYEES FOR OUR AQUATICS DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 32 LIFEGUARDS HIRED, 13 SWIM INSTRUCTORS, TWO WATER AEROBICS IN INSTRUCTORS, AND FOUR CASHIERS, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR, UH, OPERATION.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU'VE GOT MYSELF ON THE ADMIN TEAM AND OUR OFFICE ASSISTANT KII, UM, WHO WILL BE SUPPORTING ALL THINGS BACKEND.
WE'VE GOT SOME PHOTOS UP THERE FROM SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
WE DID AN INSTRUCTOR CLASS, WHICH I THINK I UPDATED YOU GUYS ABOUT.
UM, BUT I THINK THE MOST NOTABLE IS, UH, OR ARE THOSE 51 EMPLOYEES.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT SWIM LESSONS.
I HAVE WORKED WITH SOME OF OUR SENIOR STAFF TO GET OUR SWIM LESSON PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING.
WE'LL BE OFFERING PROGRAMS FOR AGES SIX MONTHS TO 13 YEARS.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT A WIDE RANGE AND THEN SOME POSSIBILITY, UH, TO, TO GET SOME, UH, TEEN AND ADULT PROGRAMMING,
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PROGRAMMING IN, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE BASED ON REQUESTS.SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME GROUP LESSONS AND PRIVATE LESSONS.
THE GROUP LESSONS WILL RUN FOUR DAYS A WEEK.
THEY'RE TWO WEEK SESSIONS, SO EIGHT DAYS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, WEEK ONE, AND MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, WEEK TWO.
AND WE HAVE, UH, PRETTY, UH, COMFORTABLE RATIOS.
SO THREE KIDS IN THE PRESCHOOL CLASSES, FOUR OR FIVE KIDS IN THE, UM, MORE ADVANCED LEVEL CLASSES.
AND I'LL GO INTO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO, TO COME UP WITH SOME FUN IMAGERY AND, UM, NAMING FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO OUR PRESCHOOL LESSONS WILL BE OUR CHICKS AND OUR, UM, BEGINNER LEARN TO SWIM, SIX TO 12-YEAR-OLD LESSONS WILL BE CALLED THE PEEPS.
AND OUR, UH, ADVANCED OR INTERMEDIATE SWIM LESSONS FOR AGES SIX TO 12 WILL BE THE ROOSTERS.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, UH, THE PROGRESSION THERE.
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, OUR SIX MONTHS TO THREE YEARS, OUR ADULT AND CHILD PROGRAMMING, THOSE WILL BE CALLED THE NESTLINGS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTO UP THERE THAT, THAT SPEAKS TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE RUNNING SWIM LESSONS AT BOTH THE KAVANAUGH POOL AND THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER.
SWIM CENTER WILL BE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS, AND THE KAVANAUGH POOL WILL JUST RUN IN THE MORNING.
WE'VE GOT THE WARMER TEMPERATURES THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA RUN OUR, UM, NESTLING PROGRAMS AND OUR CHICK PROGRAMS FOR THE LITTLE ONES AND THEIR PARENTS.
AND, UM, I THINK SOMETHING NOTABLE, UH, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE NUMBER OF SWIM LESSONS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER.
SO I'VE GOT ABOUT SIX INSTRUCTORS IN THE MORNING, FIVE IN THE EVENING.
THAT ALLOWS ME IN EACH SESSION OR ALLOWS US RATHER, TO TEACH ABOUT 220 KIDS PER SESSION.
SO WE, WE WILL HAVE ABOUT 220 KIDS MAX CAPACITY EACH DAY, WHICH ALLOWS US TO TEACH ABOUT 880 INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHEDULE.
SO YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAM OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
YOUR TRADITIONAL REC, SWIM, RECREATIONAL SWIMMING, LAP, SWIMMING, UH, WE'VE GOT THE SWIM TEAM PRACTICING.
UM, AC SWIM CLUB IS OUR DEDICATED TEAM RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT THE SYNCHRONIZED SWIM TEAM THAT COMES IN EVERY SATURDAY AND USES SOME POOL TIME.
WE'RE GONNA OFFER TODDLER TIME, WHICH IS, UH, FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN FIVE YEARS.
AND UNDER BOTH THE SWIM CENTER AND THE KAVANAUGH POOL, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OFFERING SOMETHING ON, ON BOTH ENDS OF, OF TOWN.
UM, THAT'S DEDICATED TIME FOR THE LITTLE ONES, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, CRAZY KIDS INTERRUPTING THEIR, THEIR TIME IN THE WATER SO THEY CAN GET, GET COMFORTABLE.
UH, WE WILL ALSO BE OFFERING WATER AEROBICS CLASSES.
SO THOSE CLASSES WILL RUN, UM, FOUR DAYS A WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AT 9:00 AM AND THEN WE'LL DO A SECOND CLASS ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS IN THE EVENINGS, UH, FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT NEED AN ALTERNATE SCHEDULE AFTER WORK, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO RUN OUR SELF-GUIDED EXERCISE, UM, WHICH ARE, UH, POOL PEEPS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW.
UM, DEFINITELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
AND, UM, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THEIR SWIM TIMES TO THAT HIGHLY REQUESTED 10:00 AM SO, UM, AS JUNE 15TH HITS AND, AND SUMMER KICKS OFF, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADJUST THOSE TIMES.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIALTY PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE INTERESTING WHERE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, BUT THE ONE THAT I THINK IS MOST NOTABLE IS OUR SOUND BATH, WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING.
WE HAD AN ORGANIZATION REACH OUT TO US LOOKING FOR SOME SPACE.
AND SO, UH, AT KAVANAUGH POOL THEY'LL BE PUT IN SOME BLOWUP MATTRESSES IN THE POOL, LAYING OUT, UH, LISTENING TO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT MUSIC, DOING SOME MEDITATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS TELLING ME TO SLOW DOWN AGAIN.
SO, UH, A WELL SOUGHT AFTER OUR FIRST DAY OF RE SWIM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY GONNA KICK OFF ON MAY 30TH.
WE'VE GOT TWO PARTIES ALREADY, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, SO FAMILIES CAN COME AND, UH, WHETHER IT'S A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR JUST SOME TYPE OF FAMILY GATHERING, WE'RE GONNA CALL THEM CABANAS.
WE HAVE THREE CABANA AREAS AT THE SWIM CENTER, UM, WITH AN OPTIONAL BARBECUE.
UH, THEY CAN COME IN AND, UM, KIND OF DO THEIR OWN THING DURING ANY OF OUR OPEN REC SWIM HOURS.
AND THEN AT THE KAVANAUGH POOL, WE'LL ALSO DO RECREATIONAL SWIMMING.
UM, NO RESERVATIONS DURING THAT, JUST BECAUSE THE CAPACITY FOR THAT FACILITY IS LOW.
HOWEVER, MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS, THE FACILITY IS OPEN FOR PRIVATE RESERVATIONS.
SO WE'VE GOT, UM, SOME DIFFERENT SUMMER CAMPS COMING IN, RESERVING THE FACILITY.
BIRTHDAY PARTIES CAN COME IN AND DO THAT AS WELL.
SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN THAT, THEY CAN JUST EMAIL US AT OUR AQUATICS INBOX.
AND LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A, A QR CODE ON THE SCREEN FOR ANYONE TO, TO SCAN THAT'S INTERESTED IN THAT.
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IF YOU'RE RESERVING TIME AT THE POOL, UH, YOU GET YOUR BARBECUE, UM, YOUR, UH, ENTRY FOR SWIMMING, UM, AND THEY CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME DURING THAT REC SWIM.THAT WAS MY AQUATICS OVERVIEW.
AND I'M GONNA PASS IT OFF TO AYA.
COULD YOU PASS HERE OR JUST TALK? UH, DO I NEED A MIC? NOT, HI EVERYONE, I'M AYA.
I HAVE PRINTED OUT THE SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON THIS SUMMER.
UH, I CAME DRESSED LIKE THIS TODAY BECAUSE WE HAD A SILVER SPUR SOCIAL, WHICH CHAT JPT MADE IT HARD TO SAY, I GUESS.
UM, SO WE HAD A COUNTRY WESTERN LUNCHEON COMPLETE WITH, UH, SLIDERS AND BAKE, UH, MAC AND CHEESE AND LINE DANCING, AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME.
SO THESE ARE THE HOURS WE'RE OPEN.
I HOPE YOU'LL, YOU DON'T NEED ME TO READ IT TO YOU.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR FRIENDS HERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
SOME OF THE FAVORITES THAT, UM, WOULD POSE IN PICTURES FOR ME.
UH, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GAZEBO OUT IN THE BACKYARD.
THERE'S SIX ROOMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE FOR RECREATING.
UM, SO I CAN SEE YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT THE FUN THINGS.
SO MAYBE THE NEXT SLIDE I'LL READ SOME OF THE FUN SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE COMING.
UM, SO IN JUNE, WE'RE HAVING A SENIOR LINE DANCE SOCIAL THAT'S ALL THE LINE DANCE CLASSES IN AT THE SENIOR CENTER, AS WELL AS INVITING OTHER SENIORS FROM OTHER SENIOR CENTERS TO COME AND LINE DANCE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND IF YOU COME, ONE OF THE SENIORS MAKES EXTRAORDINARY DESSERTS.
SO JUST SAYING, UM, THAT IS ON JUNE 11TH AT 2:00 PM UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE IS AN AMAZING CRAFT TEACHER WHO TEACHES BEAUTIFUL PAPER FLOWERS.
THIS, WE'LL BE DOING LAVENDER THIS FRIDAY.
AND, UH, IN JUNE WE'LL BE DOING POPPIES.
UH, I'M ALSO HAVING A ART SHOW IN JUNE.
IF ANYONE LIKES ART, WE HAVE SOME REALLY AMAZING ARTISTS.
UH, SOME MORE, UH, INTERMEDIATE ARTISTS THAT MEET ON THURSDAYS, BUT THEN SOME REALLY FINE ARTISTS THAT MEET ON MONDAYS.
I'VE INVITED THEM THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEIR FABRIC ART IS AMAZING.
SO HOPEFULLY IN THAT SMALL SPACE OF THE REC ROOM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO NEXT YEAR INVITE THE KNITTERS.
AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE WILL COME UP.
UH, OUR JUNE LUNCHEON IS LA AND ROSE.
SO, UH, IT'S GONNA BE FRENCH THEME WITH, UH, CAFE FOOD.
AND I HAVE AN ACCORDION ACCORD GUY WHO PLAYS THE ACCORDION COMING
AND THAT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL ART AND IT'S THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, BUT IT'S REALLY PRETTY GREAT, UH, CREATING YOUR POST, UM, PHYSICIAN ORDER OF LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT.
SO NOT EVERYTHING AT THE SENIOR CENTER IS COUNTRY WESTERN PARTY, OR, YOU KNOW, HOTDOG PARTY.
UM, WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS THINGS, BUT ALL OF THE RESOURCES OF THE SENIORS IN PETALUMA WE WANNA ADDRESS.
SO WHETHER IT BE HELPING THEM FIND FOOD RESOURCES, HOUSING, WHICH IS AN AMAZINGLY HARD ISSUE HERE IN PETALUMA, AS WE KNOW, OR JUST FINDING SOMEONE TO TALK TO.
WE TRY TO OFFER ALL OF THAT AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
IF ANYONE KNOWS A TECH HELP PERSON, LET ME KNOW.
UM, UH, SUNS OUT, BUNS OUT NATIONAL HOTDOG DAY.
IT'S OUR THIRD YEAR DOING THAT PARTY.
SO I JUST KIND OF CHANGE UP THE THEME.
THEY LIKE COMING TO THE SENIOR CENTER 'CAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL, THEY JUST FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS.
THEY DON'T LOVE, YOU KNOW, UM, INTRODUCTION TO COOL PETALUMA.
PETALUMA IS A LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS TRYING TO GET NEIGHBORS TOGETHER AS WELL AS FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, DOING BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE LIVE FELT, LIVE WELL FINANCIAL PRESENTATION, A MONTH LONG SERIES FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF AGING ADULTS AND GIVING THEM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU'RE MAYBE RETIRED OR MAYBE YOU'RE STILL WORKING.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, HOUSING THINGS.
UH, AND THEN FELTED CAT WORKSHOP, THAT'S IN AUGUST AS WELL.
IF ANYONE LIKES FELTING, THE SENIOR CENTER IS OPEN FOR SENIORS.
BUT WE ALSO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM ALL AGES, BECAUSE WE'RE AN AGE FRIENDLY CITY TO COME JOIN IN THE FUN.
WE PLAY FUN MUSIC, WE DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LONDON MOD BEATLES DANCE PARTY.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME AND LOTS OF PEOPLE COME.
WE USUALLY, OH, THANK YOU FOR CHANGING THE SLIDE, RYAN.
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OH, YOU DIDN'T YET.IF YOU ARE NOT A SENIOR OR MAYBE THIS ISN'T YOUR THING, PLEASE SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE.
'CAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT MORE PEOPLE TO COME.
RYAN, IF YOU COULD GO BACK ONE SLIDE, I THINK JUST HIGHLIGHTING WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, JUST THE GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE SENIOR CENTER IS YOU DON'T NEED TO GET BACK UP AND SKI.
IT JUST, IT'S A VERY BUSY PLACE AS YOU CAN BE, SEE BY SOME OF THE NUMBERS.
WE ARE ALSO REALLY HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT SOME OF OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS LIKE LINE DANCING, HAVE OUTGROWN THE SPACE AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND WE PROUDLY AND HAPPILY OFFER THEM SOME DANCE ROOMS SPACE ON WEDNESDAYS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO, UM, THRIVING AND GROWING AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
OKAY, NOW TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, PLEASE.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PETALUMA FAIR REALLY QUICKLY.
WHAT SUMMER IN PETALUMA WITHOUT THE PETALUMA FAIR? SO COMING UP IN LESS THAN A MONTH, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED
UM, IT WILL BE THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH TO SUNDAY, JUNE 21ST.
WE ARE OPEN 11:00 AM TO 11:00 PM EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE ARE DOING THE ONE PRICE TICKET MODEL AGAIN.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU PAY AT THE DOOR, GETS YOU INTO THE ENTIRE FAIR.
THE CARNIVAL RIDES THE MUSIC, ALL OF OUR SUPER FUN AND EXCITING AGRICULTURE EVENTS, ANIMALS, STILLS, ALL THE THINGS.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE A, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THIS YEAR I'VE OUTLINED THE FEW, UM, DIFFERENT BANDS THAT WE HAVE COMING THAT WILL BE FEATURED ON OUR MAIN STAGE.
WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY STAGE AS WELL THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME OTHER MORE COMMUNITY FOCUSED GROUPS SUCH AS LOCAL BRASS BANDS OR THE POMO DANCERS, FOR EXAMPLE.
THEY'RE JUST NOT HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
ON THIS SLIDE, I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ONLINE TO THE PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS WEBSITE.
A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT.
IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL, DELICIOUS VENDORS FOR FOOD, WE HAVE ONE HERE IN OUR COMMISSION.
UH, WE HAVE A PETALUMA MUSEUM EXHIBIT IN THE EXPO HALL.
OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE LUMA.
SO PARTNERING WITH THE MUSEUM FOR HISTORICAL PETALUMA, PETALUMA AND BALLOONS.
WHAT IS THAT? IT IS LITERALLY PETALUMA AND BALLOONS.
WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHO WILL BE STARTING ON WEDNESDAY, BLOWING BALLOONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
SOME ANIMALS, I CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S A HUGE 10 FOOT BY 20 FOOT AREA, ALL BLOWN AND BALLOONS, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
REALLY FUN KIDS AREA PLAY INTERACTIVE, ALL FREE.
THE DOG COSTUME CONTEST AND TRICK COSTUME CONTEXT IS COMING BACK ON FRIDAY.
HAVE TO CALL OUT MR. FRANKIE ON THE RIGHT BOTTOM CORNER.
HE WON BEST COSTUME TWO YEARS AGO.
VERY EXCITED TO ALSO BE PARTNERING WITH HEALTHY PETALUMA, WHO IS COMING INTO SUPPORT THE HEALTHY PETALUMA COMMUNITY RELAXATION LOUNGE, WHICH WAS THE RESPITE CENTER LAST YEAR.
SO WE ARE COMBINING HEALTHY PETALUMA WITH THE VOLUNTEER SUPPORT OF A NONPROFIT CALLED THE LEMONADE PROJECT.
SO BEVERLY C. WILSON WILL BE THAT WELCOMING INCLUSIVE AREA FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT NEED AN EXTRA REST.
THEY MIGHT NEED SOME EXTRA WATER DIABETIC, UM, MAYBE THEY'RE A MOM WITH THREE YOUNG CHILDREN AND MIGHT NEED A MENTAL MOMENT ALONE.
UM, SO THAT IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING WITH OUR LOCAL GROUPS.
NEW THIS YEAR, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, IS WE WILL HAVE BARN TOURS WHERE, UM, INDIVIDUALS FROM THE FOUR H AND FFA COMMUNITY WILL BE TOURING FAMILIES, GONNA BE KID-ORIENTED TOURS OF THE ACTUAL BARNS AND INTRODUCING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH ANIMALS TOO.
HERE'S A REALLY BIG COW, DON'T TOUCH THEM HERE.
OH, THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RABBIT.
SO A REALLY EDUCATIONAL BUT HANDS-ON INTERACTIVE SPACE IN OUR BARN AREA.
AND I ALREADY MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY STAGE, BUT JUST AS ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT THAT IS GOING TO BE WHERE, UH, THE BCW LAWN AREA IS.
THAT BACKS UP TO THE SPEEDWAY, WHERE THE KIWANIS STAGE USED TO BE.
SO WE ARE BRINGING THAT BACK AS KIND OF A MORE CENTRAL AREA WITH A NICE FOOD TENT HUB AREA.
AND THEN JUST A FEW OTHER POINTS TALKING ABOUT THE CONTINUED FAIR AND A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE, UM, EVOLVED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
THIS YEAR OUR AGRICULTURE DIVISION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN HOUSE.
SO MANY OF THE STAFF HERE TODAY, AS WELL AS ONES YOU DON'T
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SEE, HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY IN IMPROVING SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, INCLUDING THE AG EDUCATION CENTER, THE BIANCHI BARN SPACE, SOME OF THE BACK BARN AREAS AND HERITAGE, EXCUSE ME, HERITAGE HALL.THAT WOULD BE THE EDUCATION ANNEX AND HERITAGE HALL, GLOW UP AREA AT THE WINE GARDEN.
THE KITTY CARNIVAL IS GOING TO BE IN A NEW LOCATION.
WE ARE TRYING IT ALL THE WAY BACK, KIND OF IN FRONT OF WHERE HAPPY HEARTS IS.
UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE KITTY CARNIVAL IN THE PAST, IT IS A HOT, HOT, HOT AREA, UM, RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE GONNA BRING EVERYONE BACK INTO THE BACK WHERE THERE'S A LOT MORE SHADE, WHICH WE'RE HOPING FOR.
SO WE ARE TAKING A RISK, WE'RE GONNA TRY IT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
WE ARE BRINGING BACK THE PETTING ZOO.
THAT WAS A LARGE, UM, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO BRING THAT BACK.
WE ARE ALSO RETURNING THE HORSE SHOW, WHICH HAS, UM, TRADITIONALLY BEEN AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK AND IT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE FAIR.
SO HORSE ARENA, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE, UM, WE'VE HAD THE HORSE SHOWS.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE DO HAVE THE ROBUST VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE THE SIGNUP GENIUS OPEN.
WE'RE READY FOR VOLUNTEERS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP.
IT'S ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY TYPE OF INTEREST AND ABILITY.
SO DON'T BE SHY, COME AND OUT, PARTICIPATE.
IF YOU ARE A VOLUNTEER, YES YOU DO GET A PARKING SPACE IN THE SPEEDWAY AREA.
SO PARKING IS PART OF YOUR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE, WHICH WAS A, A KEY CHALLENGE LAST YEAR, BUT WE'VE UH, BEEN ABLE TO OFFER THAT THIS YEAR.
ALRIGHT, WELL WE GOT OUR ADULT SPORTS.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE OFFERING SOFTBALL, FLOOR BALL, TOUCH, RUGBY, TENNIS.
WE'VE GOT TWO TYPES OF MARTIAL ARTS, JUDO AND CAPRA.
AND WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF DANCE AND FITNESS CLASSES EVERY WEEK.
STARTING UP IN JULY, WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR CO-ED KICKBALL LEAGUE.
SOMETHING THAT I HAVE REALLY COME TO APPRECIATE OVER THE PAST YEAR OF HELPING, UH, BE A PART OF OUR ADULT SPORTS LEAGUES IS THE WAY THAT OUR ADULT SPORTS BRING ADULTS TOGETHER.
IT CREATES RELATIONSHIPS, IT BUILDS COMMUNITY.
WE HAD A TREMENDOUSLY FUN BASKETBALL SEASON AND AT THE END OF IT, I HAD PEOPLE COMING UP TO ME AND THEY KEPT REFERENCING, UH, A FILM THAT I NEED TO SEE CALLED JOIN OR DIE, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JOINING CLUBS AND GETTING INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS ABOUT MORE THAN THE SPORTS.
IT REALLY IS AN AMAZING WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 36 TEAMS PLAYING IN OUR SOFTBALL LEAGUE.
WE'VE GOT A MIX OF AGES, ABILITIES.
THE YOUNGEST PLAYERS ARE IN THEIR TWENTIES.
WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE SOME 18 YEAR OLDS.
I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE MOSTLY TWENTIES.
AND WE'VE GOT PEOPLE UP INTO THEIR SIXTIES, OUR UMPIRE.
SEVERAL OF THEM USED TO PLAY IN THE LEAGUE.
THEY'VE DECIDED THAT THEIR JOINTS CAN'T TAKE THAT ANYMORE, BUT THEY STILL WANNA BE A PART OF IT.
SO THEY GET TO BE OUT THERE OFFICIATING AND STILL BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
IT'S REALLY A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND THERE ARE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PARTICULARLY SKILLED TO BE A PART OF IT.
WE'VE GOT LEVELS FOR EVERYONE.
UM, OUR MARTIAL ARTS, DANCE AND FITNESS PROGRAMS ARE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THOSE.
THEY HAVE, MOST OF THEM ARE PRETTY AFFORDABLE.
THERE ARE DROP-IN OPTIONS OR, UM, SEMESTER OPTIONS OR MONTH OPTIONS.
OUR RUGBY PROGRAM IS BRAND NEW.
THAT'S AT ACTIVE PARK FIELD, WHICH YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT, BUT IT IS A HIGHLY COVETED NATURAL GRASS FIELD THAT HAS GOPHER PROTECTION IN IT.
AND THE, THE GROUP OUT THERE IS PLAYING TOUCH RUGBY OR FLAT OR FLAG RUGBY.
IT'S A REALLY BEGINNER FRIENDLY PROGRAM THAT IS OPEN TO TEENS AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES AND ALL GENDERS.
ON MONDAY NIGHTS, WE WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO SUNDAYS ONCE, UH, YOUTH SOCCER KICKS UP BECAUSE THAT WILL BE, UH, TAKING PRECEDENT AT THE, UH, NATURAL GRASS FIELDS.
THAT'S OUR SUMMER CAMP AT THE REC CENTER.
WE ARE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. WE HAVE HIRED AS MANY COUNSELORS AS WE CAN AND WE HAD TO TURN AROUND, TURN AWAY MANY FANTASTIC APPLICANTS.
AND WE HAVE A ROBUST WAIT LIST FOR EVERY WEEK OF OUR SUMMER CAMP.
UH, EVENTUALLY, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE CAN EXPAND TO MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
BUT FOR, FOR THIS SUMMER, WE ARE MAKING THE TOUGH CHOICE TO PROTECT OUR RATIOS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A QUALITY EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPERS.
AIMING FOR ABOUT 120 KIDS A WEEK.
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IS OUR BRAND NEW LITTLE LUMA'S PROGRAM.IT'S A, UH, INTRO SUMMER CAMP FOR THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS.
THAT IS ONLY FOUR DAYS A WEEK, NINE TO ONE OR EIGHT TO ONE O'CLOCK.
IT'S IN OUR LOVELY PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.
AND OUR PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR, MICHELLE, WILL BE TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT PROGRAM AND MAINTAINING THE RHYTHMS OF THE PRESCHOOL SCHOOL YEAR.
SO FOR STUDENTS WHO TRANSITION INTO SUMMER CAMP, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE KIND OF A CONSISTENT EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR LEARNING TIME, THEIR OUTDOOR TIME, THEIR REGULAR ROUTINES, MAKING AN EASIER TRANSITION BACK INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AT THE END OF THE SUMMER FOR THE REST OF OUR CAMPERS.
WE HAVE A REALLY EXCITING NEW THING THIS SUMMER.
UM, WELL, NEW TO ME, I GUESS IT USED TO BE PART OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAM WHERE CAMPERS WILL BE MAKING TRIPS TO THE POOL.
OUR EIGHT TO 12 YEAR OLDS WILL GET TO GO TO THE POOL.
THEY'RE GOING TO WALK THE BEAUTIFUL LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, LEARN HOW TO GET TO THE POOL FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE TRAIL.
YOU SEE THIS, UM, LITTLE BOY IN THE FRONT WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE.
LAST SUMMER WE USED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THE FAIRGROUNDS AND MANY OF OUR CAMPERS AND SOME OF OUR COUNSELORS HAD NEVER RIDDEN A CITY BUS BEFORE.
SO I SEE THIS AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CAMPERS TO GET REPETITION AND GET EXPERIENCE WITH MAKING USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S REALLY JUST A FABULOUS RESOURCE.
I HAVE FOUR KIDS WHO LOVE OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
I LOVE THAT THEY CAN GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO SAFELY.
AND SO WE ARE GONNA MAKE, BE MAKING USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER AFTER SWIMMING, SOME CAMPERS MAY CHOOSE TO WALK BACK THESE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES.
IT'S NOT JUST DAYCARE, IT IS AGAIN, BUILDING COMMUNITY, BUILDING EXPERIENCES IN OUR CITY.
MAKING SURE THAT OUR YOUNGEST COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THE RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I HAVE REALLY, I HAVE KNOWN THIS IN MY HEART, BUT I HAVE REALLY COME TO APPRECIATE THIS OVER MY FIRST YEAR IN PARKS AND REC.
GETTING TO SEE THE INTERSECTION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS IN OUR CITY, IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPECIALTY CAMPS.
WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR, OUR CLASSES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF YOUTH ENRICHMENT CLASSES, BUT THESE, THESE, UH, PHOTOS THAT I CHOSE TO HIGHLIGHT UP HERE ARE REALLY MEANINGFUL TO ME.
AT THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE THIS MASSIVE GROUP OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
THIS IS THE PETALUMA FLOOR BALL COMMUNITY.
THIS STARTED AS A FREE TRIAL CLASS LAST SUMMER.
MOST PEOPLE HAVEN'T HEARD OF FLOOR BALL.
IT IS THE PICKLEBALL OF ICE HOCKEY.
IT'S A LIGHTWEIGHT BALL THAT LOOKS LIKE A WHIFFLE BALL, PLASTIC STICK.
AND THIS PROGRAM HAS GROWN TO THE POINT THAT, UM, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA FLOOR BALL COMMUNITY PASSED AWAY.
AND THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO HAVE, UM, A MEMORIAL THAT WAS ALSO A FLOOR BALL EVENT AND RAISE MONEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY, ALL OF THE PROCEEDS THAT WERE DONATED TO PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES.
THIS COMMUNITY HAS NOW GROWN TO THE POINT THAT, UH, WINDSOR FLOORBALL PLAYERS ARE COMING DOWN TO PLAY.
MENLO PARK FLOORBALL PLAYERS CITY, UH, SAN FRANCISCO FLOORBALL PLAYERS ARE COMING UP TO PETALUMA.
AND IT'S REALLY JUST AN AMAZING THING.
THERE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE IN THE FLOORBALL COMMUNITY.
DEREK MOSER, WHO IS OUR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, SAYS THE SPORT IS TOO SMALL TO BE EXCLUSIVE, SO EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE OUR, UH, NEW, UH, MUSIC CLASS INSTRUCTOR, LUKE.
HE RUNS OUR KIDS ROCK U PROGRAM, WHICH IS A MUSIC PROGRAM FOR THE TINIEST COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM BIRTH THROUGH AGE FIVE.
BUT IN THAT PICTURE THERE, HE'S AT OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK EVENT.
HE CAME OUT WITH HIS GUITAR, BROUGHT HIS, UH, TAMBOURINES AND HIS GIANT DRUMS AND HIS RIBBONS, AND ENGAGE KIDS FROM ALL OF ALL AGES IN THE COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY CENTER IN PARKS AND RECREATION CREATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER IN A WAY THAT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS STRONGER FOR OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.
WHAT A EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
ARE YOU STILL SORRY, WE HAVE GOING ONE LAST, I THINK IT'S ONE LAST SLIDE.
WE'LL DO A QUICK, QUICK HIGHLIGHT.
SO, UH, AS YOU GUYS MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, UH, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UM, DOES PUT ON THE FIREWORK SHOW.
SO WE WILL BE HOSTING, UH, THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORK SHOW.
AGAIN, IT'LL BE LAUNCHED FROM THE SPEEDWAY RACE PIT, AND IT'LL HAPPEN
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AT NINE 30 ON SATURDAY, JULY 4TH.UH, WE WILL BE SHARING, UH, PRETTY SHORTLY SOME VIEWING LOCATIONS WHERE FOLKS CAN, UM, COME AND ENJOY THE SHOW.
UM, IT'LL BE, UH, ABOUT A 15, 20 MINUTE SHOW.
SO, UM, UH, MAKE SURE YOU MAKE YOUR WAY OUT INTO ONE OF OUR LOVELY PARKS, UM, OR ONTO THE FAIRGROUNDS.
AND THEN ONE ADDITION THIS YEAR, UM, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR FOLKS, UM, TO CONTROL SOME TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'LL BE PARTNERING, UH, WITH THE SEA SCOUTS, UM, TO DO A, A PAID PARKING IN THE FAIRGROUNDS PARKING LOT.
UM, AGAIN, TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF, OF CONTROL OVER THE, THE CHAOS THAT HAPPENS IN THAT AREA.
SO, UM, JUST A, A QUICK HIGHLIGHT.
WE ARE PUTTING ON THE 4TH OF JULY SHOW.
YOU GUYS ARE VERY, VERY BUSY AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT SOME AMAZING PROGRAMS GOING ON.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOW ASK, UH, IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AND WE CAN START WITH COMMISSIONER EARL.
UM, WITH THE POOL, ARE THERE ANY, UM, ARE THERE ANY REST PERIODS, MANDATED REST PERIODS FOR KIDS THIS YEAR? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
YES, WE WILL BE DOING MANDATED REST PERIODS.
UH, WE'LL ALSO BE DOING MANDATED SWIM TESTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING A SAFE FACILITY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING OUT THE DETAILS, BUT MOST LIKELY IT'LL BE A 15 MINUTE SWIM OR 10 15 MINUTE SWIM BREAK ON THE TOP OF EVERY HOUR.
WE'LL ASK THAT ALL CHILDREN UNDER 16, EXIT THE POOL, USE THE RESTROOM, PUT ON SOME SUNSCREEN, HAVE A SNACK NOW THAT WE HAVE VENDING MACHINES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, ONE MORE QUESTION THAT WILL LEAD INTO A COMMENT LATER.
UM, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED FOR NEXT YEAR ADDING, UM, PROGRAMMING FOR TEENAGERS? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UH, YEAR ONE, STARTING SMALL TO MAKE SURE WE CAN OFFER A QUALITY PROGRAM.
YEAR TWO, WE DEFINITELY HAVE A PLAN TO DO, UH, LIFEGUARD, UH, PREPARATION.
UM, SO TRAINING FOR, UH, 14 AND 15 YEAR OLDS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING A LIFEGUARDING TRAINING CLASS.
BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT, UM, AGAIN, BUDGET DEPENDENT, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UH, THE GOAL IS TO OFFER A JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR AGES, UH, 10 THROUGH 14.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY TRY AND HIT, AND THEN AGAIN, OFFERING A MORE ROBUST TEEN SWIM LESSON PROGRAM.
WE'RE GONNA, UM, DO SOME SURVEYS AND, AND SEE WHAT KIND OF REQUESTS WE GET THIS YEAR.
I LOVE THAT YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS FOR YOU,
ANYHOW, SO I'LL STICK WITH MY QUESTION 'CAUSE I'M GONNA GO ON A TE UH, A TEAR ON SOMETHING.
UM, DO YOU HAVE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT OFFERING PROGRAMMING FOR TEENAGERS AND THE RECREATION SIDE? SO JUST PROGRAMMING IN GENERAL OR AQUATIC SPECIFIC? NO, NO, NO.
SO I LOVE WHAT YEAH, TARA'S TALKING ABOUT, BUT ALSO, SO WE ARE OFFERING PROGRAMMING FOR TEENS.
IT'S OUR, FOR SUMMER CAMPS, NOT, UH, SO SUMMER CAMPS, WE HAVE, UH, TEENS WHO ARE WORKING SUMMER CAMP.
BUT IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMING, YOU KNOW, WE JUST ACTUALLY SLIDE DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT, BUT WE JUST HAD A TEEN BIKE PROGRAM THAT WAS SUPER COOL.
IT WAS, WE HAD, UH, IT WAS A BIKE SAFETY CLASS FOR TEENS.
WE HAD KIDS SHOWING UP ON PEDAL BIKES AND ON E-BIKES.
THEY GOT SOME, UM, SOME TRAINING IN OUR PARKING LOT.
AND THEN ACTUALLY WENT OUT ON A RIDE WITH THE SONOMA, UH, BIKE COALITION THROUGHOUT PETALUMA.
AND I HAVE REQUESTED FOR SOME MORE PROGRAMS LIKE THAT 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF TEENS ON THE ROAD, ON THEIR BIKES.
AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A TWEENS PROGRAM 'CAUSE I HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD WHO WANTS TO BE VERY INDEPENDENT ON HIS BIKE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR JUDO PROGRAM, OUR CAPRA PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TEEN CLASSES, FLOOR BALL.
WE START, OUR YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IS FOR, UH, 10 TO 14.
AND THEN OUR ADULTS IS FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS.
SO WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE PARENTS COMING AND PLAYING WITH THEIR TEENAGERS.
WE HAVE SOME TEENS WHO COME AND THEIR GRANDFATHER JUST WATCHES THEM PLAY OUR TENNIS PROGRAMS. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, TEEN CLASSES AND THEN FOR 18 AND UP THEY CAN PLAY IN OUR ADULT SPORTS LEAGUES.
SO, UM, I HAVE THREE TEENAGERS MYSELF.
SO TEEN PROGRAMMING IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND I'M HOPING TO ONLY EXPAND THESE PROGRAMS. UM, WE HAVE A NEW YOUTH COORDINATOR AND NEW ATHLETIC COORDINATOR THAT WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY.
AND, AND SO THAT IS ON THE DOCKET.
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COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK ON THIS.WILL OUR FIREWORK SHOW BE ABLE TO KEEP PACE WITH THE, WE'LL CALL IT COMMUNITY LED FIREWORK SHOWS?
SO, YEAH, I, I CAN'T SAY THAT WE WILL WE'LL EVER, UM, COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE AM THE AMATEUR SHOWS THAT WE'LL CALL THEM THAT, UM, THE ENTHUSIASTS, WHAT WE'VE HEARD AND SEEN FROM CALL VOLUME IS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC PUBLIC DISPLAY, UM, WE DO SEE THOSE CALL VOLUMES GO UP.
SO WE KNOW WHEN OFFERING THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE SOME, NOT ALL TO, TO MAYBE GET CLOSER, ENJOY THE SHOW.
UM, BUT HANDS OFF TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAMS FROM POLICE AND FIRE.
IT'S A VERY, VERY BUSY NIGHT FOR THEM.
EVERYONE IS WORKING AND THEY'RE TRAVERSING THE CITY PLAYING WHACK-A-MOLE, UH, WITH, WITH, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENTS AND VIOLATIONS.
SO, UM, THE ANSWER IS, WELL, WE'RE GONNA TRY EVERY YEAR, WE BELIEVE.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S JUST A VERY POPULAR, UM, THING TO DO.
I'LL SAY THE BEST FOR COMMENTS.
AND I, I SHOULD SAY IT, IT IS ILLEGAL AND SUBJECT TO FINES, SO PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD AS WELL.
ENJOY THE, LET THE, THE PRO SHOOT THE BIGGER STUFF.
UM, WHY DON'T WE GO DOWN TO COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN.
DID THE TIME CHANGE FOR THE FIREWORKS SHOW? HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN NINE 30 OR WAS IT PREVIOUSLY NINE? SO PREVIOUSLY WE ADVERTISED AT NINE 15, BUT UH, WE WORKED WITH THE, UM, COMPANY THIS YEAR THAT'S PUTTING ON THE DISPLAY AND, UH, DETERMINED THAT NINE 30 REALLY IS THE BEST TIME TO ADVERTISE BECAUSE, UM, WE DON'T TYPICALLY HIT THAT NINE 15 DUE TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE WANTED TO PUSH IT TO NINE 30 FOR MORE REALISTIC START TIME THIS YEAR.
THANKS COMMISSIONER GARCIA, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I SAW SOME KIDS FROM MC WALKING TO A, TOWARDS THE SWIMMING POOLS.
I THINK THAT SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE IN THE SWIMMING POOL AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THERE WAS A PARTY FOR THE SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWER, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS SO THAT THE YOUTH CAN SEE ALL THE THINGS AND FUN THINGS AND BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN PETALUMA.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ALLERE.
UM, AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THE RECREATION PROGRAMMING, IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, SPEAKERS.
UM, CLERK, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? NOT CONCERNING THIS PRESENTATION.
AND IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THIS PARTICULAR ITEM RIGHT NOW? OKAY.
I SEE NO ONE, NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS OUR FISCAL YEAR, 20 26, 20 27 PARKS AND RECREATION, CAPITAL PARKS, PROJECT INVESTMENTS, AND OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS CHAIR.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I JUST WANNA, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE GO ONE MORE TIME ACROSS THE COMMISSION.
WE DID OUR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, BUT WHILE I'VE GOT STAFF HERE, UM, IF THERE WAS ANY COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO MAKE ON THE PRESENTATION, UM, I KNOW A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS JUST HELD TO QUESTIONS.
UM, SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'VE CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE COULD JUST GET ANYONE THAT WANTS TO HAVE A LAST WORD ON THE PROGRAMMING STAFF BEFORE WE LET THEM GO.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER GREENSBURG, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE, UM, TINY TOTS CAMP AUMA, UH, PARTNERSHIP, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS, THE YOUNGEST GROUP.
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BEEN HEARING SO MUCH FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS THAT THEY ARE PANICKING 'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING FOR THAT AGE GROUP.SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT CONSISTENCY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE ON THE SAME SCHEDULE.
I WAS CURIOUS IF, AND I GUESS THIS IS BACK TO A QUESTION, BUT, UM, HOW MANY OF THOSE REGISTERED ARE TINY TOTS STUDENTS? AND THEN HOW MANY ARE OUTSIDE, UM, OF THE TINY TOTS PROGRAM? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR CURRENT TINY TOT STUDENTS, WE HAVE 31 STUDENTS IN TINY TOTS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM WILL BE MOVING ON TO TK AND KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY AGING OUT OF THE LITTLE LUMA PROGRAM, AND THEY ARE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION OF THE CAMP AUMA PROGRAM.
OUR YOUNGEST CAMP AUMA KIDS WILL ACT, OUR FOUR YEAR OLDS WILL BE IN THE, THE PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM WITH THE LITTLE LUMA.
SO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT SIZE TOILETS AND SINKS AND TOYS, BUT THEY HAVE A LONGER DAY.
UM, MANY OF OUR CURRENT TINY TOTS FAMILIES ARE, ARE REGISTERED FOR SUMMER CAMP.
AND THE, UM, CHILDREN IN TINY TOTS WHO ARE THE RIGHT AGE TO BE COMING BACK NEXT YEAR ARE REGISTERING FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA? UH, I HAVE A COMMENT.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY, UH, HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS FOR THE KIDS HERE IN PET.
I, I, UH, UM, YEAH, THERE ARE PEOPLE, THERE ARE TRAINERS WHO GIVE CLASSES, BUT THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE PROGRAM HERE IN PETALUMA.
I FEEL THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THAT IT BECOMES PART OF THE CITY AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE, UH, NECESSARY INSURANCE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, IN A, UM, BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF THE COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED, IT'S A POSSIBILITY, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN DO SOME KIND OF POLL OR SOMETHING AND SEE HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE INTERESTED BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT HERE AT PETALUMA.
DO WE HAVE A GOOD HORSEBACK RIDING AREA IN THE FAIRGROUNDS? THIS IS DEFINITELY A TOPIC THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BUILDING OUT OUR PROGRAMMING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND KIND OF SEEING HOW BEST WE CAN UTILIZE THE SPACES.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE, UM, A FEW INTERESTED PARTIES WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR AGRICULTURE LIVESTOCK CONSULTANT TO POTENTIALLY SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ONCE FALL HITS.
WE WOULD MOST LIKELY START OFF WITH SOME, UH, ONE-OFF WORKSHOPS ON THE WEEKEND TO SEE HOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOVEMENT OF LARGE ANIMALS IN SPACES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN USED REGULARLY FOR A LONG TIME, HOW THAT WORKS OUT.
UM, BUT DO PLEASE STAY TUNED AND WE WILL BRING PROGRAMS BACK TO THIS GROUP.
COMMISSIONER RE ANY ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER
I'VE JUST ALWAYS, I I, I NEVER FAILED TO BE IMPRESSED BY EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE ALL ABLE TO MAKE HAPPEN.
AND I, I, I DID, UM, COMMENT THAT STUCK OUT THE OTHER DAY.
I HAD MY, A FRIEND OF MINE WHO JUST STARTED GOING TO THE SENIOR CENTER WAS TELLING ME ABOUT STARTING TO GO AND THAT SHE SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST JOYFUL PLACES SHE'S BEEN TO.
AND SO SHE'S REALLY EXCITED THAT SHE'S GOING THERE NOW.
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THE BEST.UM, MY ONLY COMMENT IS, UH, JUST THANK YOU FOR EXPANDING THE PEEPS HOURS ON THEIR SWIM.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
AND I'M SURE THEY'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT TOO.
AND COMMISSIONER? YEAH, I FINISHED.
LIKE ALL THE PROGRAMMING THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT YOUR HARD WORK INTO EXPANDING, UM, AND, UH, KNOWING THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SO MANY KIDS THROUGH THE SWIM LESSON PROGRAM IS SUPER, AND WE CAN SPREAD THE WORD ON THE, UM, PARENT IN ME, GUARDIAN ME, HOWEVER YOU WOULD SAY THAT.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF CO UH, THOSE TYPES OF PLANS.
I'M ALWAYS TALKING UP THE SENIOR CENTER, NO PROBLEM THERE.
BUT THE ART STUFF IS WHERE I'M GONNA GET PEOPLE.
I'VE GOT A FEW ARTIST FRIENDS, UH, ONE IN THEIR NINETIES, SO I'M GONNA SEND THEM OVER THERE.
UM, THE, MY ONLY COMMENT REQUEST IS THAT TEEN STUFF, I REALLY, I KNOW I HEAR YOU THAT THERE ARE TEEN PROGRAMS, BUT WHAT I HEAR FROM TONS OF PARENTS IS THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR TEENAGER KID IN THE SUMMER THAT ISN'T, AGAIN, MAYBE NOT LIKE A FIVE DAY PROGRAM, BUT LIKE FOR THREE DAYS WE DO X TWO DAYS, WE DO X, IT'S REALLY, REALLY NEEDED.
UM, I'LL ALWAYS PUMP BRINGING THE TEEN CENTER INTO THE 2026 ERA.
UM, BUT WITH THIS NEW YOUTH YOUTH COORDINATOR, IS THAT THE NEW PERSON THAT'S COMING ON, MAYBE THEY CAN PUSH THAT FORWARD.
SO IT'S, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, SO WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE FISCAL YEAR, 2026.
2027 PARKS AND RECREATION AND CAPITAL PARKS PROJECTS, INVESTMENT PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, DREW HALTER, AND OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION RISINGER.
UM, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, I WILL KICK US OFF HERE AND WALK US THROUGH TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
UM, I'LL ASK THE CLERK HERE TO START PULLING UP THE SLIDES.
UH, AND, AND WHILE I DO, I WANT TO KIND OF JUST SET THE STAGE FOR TONIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, DURING THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WHILE IT'S NOT THIS, UH, COMMITTEE OR COMMISSIONS OR, OR ANY SUBORDINATE, UH, BODY OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW, APPROVE THE BUDGET, UM, WHAT IS IMPORTANT DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR IS TO, UM, BRING EVERYBODY IN ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THE, THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATIONAL, UM, INVESTMENTS IN SPACES, INVESTMENTS IN STAFF, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO BREATHE LIFE INTO WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, UH, AND TRY TO PULL OUT WHAT'S MAYBE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, UM, AND, AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE OVERALL CITY PICTURE OF, OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AS FAR AS COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SO THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL, UM, KIND OF OVERVIEW.
UH, WE'VE GOTTA FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON THE CAPITAL TOWARDS THE END, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, TRYING TO GET YOU A BIG PICTURE AND WORK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS, TOWARDS PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE SECOND SLIDE HERE WE JUMPED ON.
UM, WELL, THE CITY'S FINANCINGS, PARKS AND RECREATION ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN, UM, WHAT YOU ARE ALL LIKELY FEELING AT HOME.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.
THE, UM, COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS REGARDLESS OF WHAT THAT BUSINESS IS, UM, ARE, ARE GOING UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THE REVENUES, UH, ARE NOT KEEPING PACE WITH THOSE COSTS.
SO IN THOSE KIND OF UNCERTAIN TIME, THE, THE CITY AND PARKS AND RECREATION, WE ARE, WE ARE PAYING UTILITIES, WE ARE PAYING LABOR, WE HAVE STAFF.
THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR BIGGEST COSTS.
UM, PARKS AND RECREATION IN PARTICULAR HAS A PRETTY HEFTY WATER BILL.
UH, BUT WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ARE EXCITED TO SHARE A BUDGET, UM, THAT HAS US PROVIDING THOSE CORE LEVELS OF SERVICE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT HAVING, UM, SUBSTANTIAL IMPACTS.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, THERE, THERE ARE REDUCTIONS THIS YEAR.
UH, AND THAT'S NOT JUST UNIQUE TO PARKS AND RECREATION THAT'S, THAT'S CITYWIDE.
UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF PRESENTING
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WHAT WE ARE OUR, OUR OFFERING.AND WHAT YOU JUST HEARD FROM TONIGHT FROM THE PROGRAMMING GROUP, UM, IT'S A LOT AND WE SHOULD BE PROUD.
SO THE OVERALL NUMBER THAT, UH, YOU'LL SEE IN THE CITY'S, UH, 2027, UM, BUDGET IS, UH, IT'S A 1.6 MILLION, UM, BUDGET REDUCTION, BUT THAT'S OVER THE ENTIRE BUDGET.
SO THAT'S CAN BE A BIG SCARY NUMBER.
UM, BUT OVERALL, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL.
UM, THAT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY TO, TO HELP SHORE UP THAT GAP.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME FREEZES ON UNFUNDED POSITIONS.
THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, KNOW LESS OR, OR A PAUSE ON WHAT WE CALL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR STAFF ARE OUR, OUR BIGGEST ASSETS, OUR BIGGEST RESOURCES.
UM, WE DON'T TAKE ANY OF THESE, UH, DECISIONS LIGHTLY.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WORKING WITHIN THE WHOLE CITY'S BUDGET'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SPACE THOSE IMPACTS OUT ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS.
UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, THE CITY PULLS, UH, REVENUES TO SUPPORT CAPITAL PROJECTS FROM, UH, DOZENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT SOURCES.
SO CAPITAL PROJECTS ALWAYS GET PRIORITIZED.
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BASED ON SAFETY, BASED ON, UM, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, SOMETIME BASED ON REGULATORY NEED.
UM, BUT THAT'S A PROCESS THAT, THAT YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW IS MULTI-YEARS IN THE MAKING.
AND SOMETIMES FUNDING, UM, WILL, WILL HAVE TO ACCUMULATE FOR YEARS BEFORE YOU HAVE A PROJECT, UH, THAT COMES TO FRUITION, THE OPERATING RESERVES.
SO YOU'LL SEE ALSO IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, WHICH I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS ALL TO, TO DO, UM, BUT YOU BALANCE THOSE RESERVES, UH, WITH, UH, CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSFERS ESSENTIALLY WHENEVER THERE'S A, A GAP BETWEEN, UM, YOUR REVENUES AND YOUR EXPENDITURES.
BUT THE CITY HAS TO PRODUCE A BALANCED BUDGET EVERY YEAR.
YOU CAN, YOU HAVE YOUR BUDGET BASED ON YOUR REVENUES, AND EXCITED TO SHARE THAT.
UH, WE, WE'VE DONE THAT THIS YEAR.
SO MAYBE NOT THE MOST EXCITING SLIDE, AND I WON'T TOUCH ON IT TOO MUCH, BUT PEOPLE OFTEN ASK, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, TALK ABOUT HOW TAXES PAY FOR SERVICES.
ABSOLUTELY, WE ARE, WE ARE IN THAT BUSINESS.
BUT, UM, WANTED TO SHARE JUST KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT REALLY THAT MEANS.
UM, FOR PETALUMA, YOU KNOW, OUR TAXES ARE REALLY, UH, THE MAJORITY ARE SPLIT PRETTY EVENLY, UM, VERY EVENLY THIS YEAR BETWEEN PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'VE GOT A BIG SHIFT IN THE ECONOMY, LIKE A RECESSION WHERE YOU HAVE THOSE PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAXES IMPACTED, UM, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY, THEN, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN TROUBLE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S FINANCES IS SET UP IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE CAN TAKE, UH, TAKE SOME OF THAT UNCERTAINTY AND, AND, AND, AND GET THROUGH IT.
SO HOW DO WE THEN INVEST THAT MONEY, UH, BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY? UM, WHAT THIS SLIDE REALLY SHOWS YOU IS ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS OR DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS THAT THE CITY IS EX EXPANDING OR SPENDING, UM, INVESTING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
WHAT WE WANNA FOCUS ON HERE IS OUR GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S THE 21% 0.3, THAT'S THE BLUE SLICE OF THE PIE.
THAT'S WHERE PARKS AND RECREATION LIVES.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF YOUR GENERAL SERVICES, THAT'S POLICE, THAT'S FIRE.
THAT'S WHERE YOUR, YOUR, THE ESSENTIAL PART OF YOUR, YOUR PUBLIC SERVICES LIVE.
UH, SO, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE HERE.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO TO EXPAND THAT KIND OF GENERAL FUND OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES PARKS AND RECREATION FALL WITHIN THAT 21% OF THE GENERAL FUND? UM, YOU'LL SEE IT HERE, THE MAJORITY IS, IT'S NOT UNIQUE IN PETALUMA.
UH, YOUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY ARE THE LARGER PORTION OF THAT PIE.
UH, PARKS AND RECREATION, WE'RE HOLDING IT DOWN VERY STRONG THERE IN, IN BEIGE.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING IN THE SENSE WHERE PUBLIC WORKS, YOU'LL SEE IS A SMALLER PORTION.
BUT THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE A LOT OF, MOST OF THE MAJORITY OF THEIR FUNDS, UM, ARE WHAT'S CALLED ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
AND THEY'RE COLLECTING FEES FOR SERVICES, WHETHER THAT'S WATER OR UTILITY BILLS.
UM, SO THEY'RE A LARGER DEPARTMENT THAN PARKS AND RECREATION BY, BY FAR, BUT THEY PULL LESS GENERAL FUND THAN PARKS AND RECREATION DOES.
UM, WE CANNOT DO OUR WORK WITHOUT OUR INTERNAL SERVICES.
THIS IS OUR, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES THAT HELP US HIRE AND TRAIN AND, AND DEVELOP THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE.
UM, OUR FINANCES DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WORK EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY WITH.
UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS ANOTHER ONE.
THESE ARE YOUR ART SPECIALISTS.
THESE ARE YOUR, YOUR PLANNERS.
UM, SO THIS IS REALLY, UM, WHILE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SLICES OF PIE,
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IT REALLY DOES ALL WORK TOGETHER.THIS, I, I, I OFTEN TALK ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION AS YOU GOT YOUR LEFT BRAIN IN YOUR RIGHT BRAIN, UM, OR YOUR YING IN YOUR YANG.
UM, MAYBE NOT SO YING AND YANG HERE, BUT, UM, VERY LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN.
THAT'S, THAT'S, I WAS PROVED CORRECT.
UM, THAT'S AT LEAST TO ME, WE HAVE A VERY EVEN BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS THAT ARE ENTRUSTED TO MAINTAIN OUR PUBLIC SPACES.
UH, AND, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE, ARE PROGRAMMING, BREATHING LIFE INTO THOSE, UM, OFTEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF RESPONDING AND SERVING TO COMMUNITY REQUESTS OR NEEDS.
UH, SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE, WHAT THIS, UM, UH, BUDGET IS FOR THIS YEAR.
IT CHANGES SLIGHTLY YEAR OVER YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, PARKS MAINTENANCE MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY AHEAD ONE YEAR RECREATION SERVICES A LITTLE AHEAD ANOTHER YEAR.
UM, BUT FOR THIS YEAR IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY PRETTY SPLIT.
UH, ANOTHER PART OF THE, UM, BUDGET THAT YOU'LL SEE, WHERE DOES THE FAIRGROUNDS KIND OF LIVE IN OUR BUDGET? YOU'LL SEE THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MANY PARTS OF THE BUDGET.
UM, BUT WANTED TO PUT A COUPLE OF BULLETS AT THE BOTTOM.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR BUDGET FOR YEAR ROUND FAIRGROUNDS, UH, SUPPORT PROGRAMMING, EVENT RENTALS.
UH, THERE'S TENANTS, THERE'S EIGHT LICENSED TENANTS THAT, UH, HAVE BUSINESS BUSINESSES ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, UTILITIES, REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE FAIRGROUNDS BUDGET IS.
UH, AND THAT'S THE FIRST BULLET DOWN THERE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THE FAIR, THE FOUR DAY ANNUAL FAIR EVENT ITSELF.
UM, NOW WHILE THESE ARE EXPENDITURES, BOTH OF THOSE ARE OFFSET BY REVENUES.
SO THE FAIRGROUNDS, YEAR ROUND PROGRAMMING, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COLLECTS, UM, RENT FOR THOSE.
WE COLLECT FEES FOR RENTAL SERVICES.
UH, SO THOSE ARE OFFSET BY REVENUES AS WELL.
AND THEN THE FAIR ITSELF, UM, DO THOSE COMPLETELY OFFSET? UH, NO, NOT LIKELY, BUT, UM, YOU TRY TO GET, AT LEAST FOR THE CASE OF, UM, THE FAIR ITSELF.
YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE ENOUGH PUTTING ON THE FAIR, UH, AT A LEVEL THAT WE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN, UM, ENJOY.
SO WHAT ARE KIND OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? IF, IF YOU GO THROUGH IT AND WHAT ARE KIND OF, WHAT'S BEHIND THE NUMBERS? YOU, YOU HEARD, HEARD FROM THE PROGRAM STAFF, KIND OF WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK AND FEEL LIKE THIS SUMMER.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REALLY DIFFERENT IN THIS YEAR IS OUR YEAR ROUND AQUATICS PROGRAM AT THE SWIM CENTER AND THE KAVANAUGH POOL.
I CANNOT KIND OF UNDERSTATE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN 14, 15 YEARS KIND OF IN THE MAKING, AND IT'S NOT BEEN A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM THAT LONG EITHER.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE, THE DIFFERENCE.
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THIS IS THE FIRST SUMMER, UM, THAT THE, THAT THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WITH A COMBINATION OF REVENUES, UH, AS WE DO.
BUT A LOT OF IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, GENERAL FUND AND, AND MEASURE M TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
MEASURE IS OUR, OUR REGIONAL, UM, ONE EIGHTH OF A CENT SALES TAX THAT SONOMA COUNTY COLLECTS.
THE OTHER REAL INVESTMENT ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT SIDE, AND WE'LL GET TO IT LATER IN THE SLIDES, IS THE PETALUMA SKATE PARK, WHICH, UM, I'LL TALK A LOT ABOUT LATER.
AND OUR SENIOR CENTER PARKING LOT, IT REALLY IS GONNA BE A RECONSTRUCTION AND A, AND AN ACCESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT I'M EXCITED TO SHARE.
AND THEN THE CORE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, 90% OF THE CALLS THAT WE GET ON THE PARK SIDE ARE MAINTENANCE RELATED CALLS.
AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAINTAIN A FULLY STAFFED PARKS MAINTENANCE DIVISION, UM, SIMILAR, AT SIMILAR LEVELS AS LAST YEAR.
UH, WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING TO REDUCE SOME OF OUR SERVICES AND OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, LOWERING OUR, OUR, THE ABILITY TO DO AS MUCH GATE GOPHER ABATEMENT AS WE'D LIKE TO DO TREE WORK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT TO THAT LEVEL THAT WE'RE HAVING TO REDUCE STAFFING LEVELS, WHICH IS THE MOST, MOST IMPORTANT FOR, FOR MAINTAINING SERVICES.
SO ALSO PART OF THOSE BUDGET REDUCTIONS, THE CITYWIDE, WE HAVE A CITYWIDE CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT, SO LOWERING SOME OF THE FREQUENCIES THERE, BUT TRYING NOT OUR BEST TO GET CREATIVE, UM, WHERE WE CAN HAVE STAFF FILL IN SOME OF THOSE WHERE WE ARE, BUT NOT, UM, LOWERING IN THOSE AREAS LIKE PUBLIC RESTROOMS WHERE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN DAILY CLEANING FOR, FOR EVERYONE, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN A SHIFT TOWARDS CITY SPONSORED SPECIAL EVENTS.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NEW TO US, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS, UH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, SEEKING SPONSORSHIPS FOR THINGS LIKE MOVIES IN
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THE PARK.UM, WHEN I STARTED, THERE WERE SEVERAL YEARS WE SOUGHT MAJOR SPONSORSHIPS FOR THE FIREWORKS.
UM, AND SO IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO BACK TO THOSE TYPES OF MODELS.
UM, EITHER, UH, YOU KNOW, OPENING UP FAIRGROUNDS GATE AND HAVING, UM, TICKET SALES THERE TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS OF RUNNING THOSE EVENTS OR SEEKING THAT KIND OF MAJOR SPONSOR, UM, LIKE SOME, UH, CORPORATIONS THAT WANNA STEP FORWARD AND, AND REALLY KIND OF PUT THEIR NAME ON A, ON A BIG COMMUNITY EVENT LIKE THE FIREWORKS.
SO, UM, THAT WILL BE NEXT YEAR, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AND EXCITED ABOUT IS, IS BREEDING LIFE INTO THAT YEAR ROUND AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, UM, UH, COMMITTING TO IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
LIKE COMMISSIONER, UM, GARCIA MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, EXPLORING WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HAVING MORE HORSE EVENTS LOOKS LIKE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE PEOPLE NOW THAT WE HAVE.
AND, AND, AND ALWAYS, UH, UH, KNOWING IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND, WE'VE GOTTA BE PREPARED, UH, TO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT, HAVE THE STAFF HAVE THE PLANS, UH, IN, AND WHEN, UH, THE NEXT REGIONAL EVACUATION OCCURS TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HOST AND HAVE THE FAIRGROUNDS BE A, BE A CRITICAL EVACUATION POINT FOR OUR LIVE, AN LIVE ANIMAL EVACUATIONS.
UM, WE ARE GOING AT THE END, OR WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR FIRST THREE YEARS.
UM, IN OUR, UH, TENANT LICENSE AGREEMENTS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, THESE ARE THE EIGHT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE, UM, UH, PROPERTY AT OR HAVE BUSINESSES AT THE FAIRGROUND.
THESE ARE PLAY DOG PLAY, THIS IS JAVA HUT, THIS IS THE PRESCHOOL, UM, THIS IS ELROY, THIS IS THE SPEEDWAY.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE UPDATING THOSE AGREEMENTS TO EXTEND THOSE, UM, LICENSES ANOTHER YEAR.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND, AND REALLY THE BIG THING HERE IS THAT, THAT FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN IS, IS KICKING OFF HERE.
AND, AND I THINK THE FAIR ITSELF WILL BE THE FIRST TIME I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET.
UM, AND THEY'LL HAVE BOOTHS THERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE TIMING OF THAT IS, HOW TO STAY INVOLVED, HOW TO STAY ENGAGED, UM, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CITY, UH, PARTICIPATION, A LOT OF COMMUNITY FOCUSED OUTREACH, UM, THIS YEAR AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SO FOR BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO HELP ALIGN OUR SPENDING WITH OUR REVENUES, AGAIN, THAT SHIFT FROM SPECIAL EVENT MODELS TOWARDS MORE SPON, MORE SPONSORSHIP MODELS GOES ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, SO THAT MEANS WE WILL NOT, UM, BE PUTTING ON LUMA ICE THIS NEXT YEAR.
UH, WE DID SEEK SOME SPONSORS FOR IT.
UM, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND A GREAT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH, UH, THE MICKELSON FAMILY TO HELP, UH, PUT ON THIS LAST YEAR'S EVENT.
UH, BUT IT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG ORDEAL.
IT'S A BIG, UH, A, A BIG PRODUCTION.
UM, AND THEY JUST WEREN'T QUITE READY TO, TO STEP UP AS A MAJOR SPONSOR THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, I, I USED THE, THE PUN THERE THAT WE'RE GONNA FREEZE IT FOR THIS YEAR, BUT MAYBE IF YOU FREEZE IT, YOU'D SKATE ON IT SO OFTEN THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT, BUT AGAIN, WE, WE TRY, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM.
WE'VE TRIED TWO DIFFERENT KIND OF MODELS.
UM, WE REALLY LOOKED AT HOW WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZE COST SAVINGS, REALLY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF, UM, KIND OF ENVIRONMENT THAT MAY AFFECT THAT DATE OR AFFECT THE, UM, THE ICE FREEZING ITSELF.
BUT YOU REALLY, THE, THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THOSE COSTS IS, UM, THE ICE RINK ITSELF.
UM, INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE TO, TO BUILD AND KEEP CHILLED.
UM, THIS IS NOT MINNESOTA, UH, AND THE STAFF AND THE LABOR, AND THOSE ARE TWO COSTS THAT YOU REALLY CAN'T GET AROUND.
UM, BUT REALLY PROUD THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE CREATIVE ON WHAT SPONSORSHIPS EXIST.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CONCESSIONS? WHAT DO THOSE LOOK LIKE? HOW COULD WE OFFER THIS EVENT? OFFER GLIDING GIVES, OFFER ALL THESE KIND OF WAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY, BE INVOLVED, GET CREATIVE.
UM, BUT THIS ISN'T THE, THE YEAR, FORTUNATELY, THAT WE, UH, WILL BE AFFORDED, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO IT, DO IT AGAIN.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE TOO, TOO COSTLY FOR US.
AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THE, UH, RESOURCES THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE BACK INTO THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, AND LOOK AT RUNNING MORE EVENTS, MORE PROGRAMMING, UH, AND CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT TO PILOT NEW THINGS.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON.
BUT THERE'LL BE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE SAD AND, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT TOO.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, GONNA BE MISSED.
SO, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CORE SERVICES.
UM, WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RECENT KIND OF SUCCESSES IN TWO AND WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF STANDING FOR, IF YOU WILL.
WE, THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY RECENTLY ADOPTED A TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.
IT'S BEEN, UM, A LONG TIME MAKING, BUT IT REALLY CLEANS UP AND IT OFFERS
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SOME, UM, REALLY CLARITY AROUND HOW WE PROTECT TREES, HOW WE ALLOW FOR STREAMLINED PROCESSES ON PLANNING NEW TREES, UM, HOW WE MANAGE AND MAINTAIN STREET TREES, PARKS, ET CETERA.UH, BUT IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN IS THIS KIND OF THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF INVESTMENTS IN UPGRADING IRRIGATION TIMERS, MORE WATER CONSCIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR.
UM, SO WHILE WE HAVE TO REDUCE SOME OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AROUND GO FOR ABATEMENT, ET CETERA, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE ELIMINATING THOSE SERVICES.
WE JUST HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE ON, UM, WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE MOST IMPACT.
UH, SO REALLY EXCITED TO, TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT.
TALKED ABOUT THE AQUATICS PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY A, A YEAR OR TWO.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR AD HOCS TO LOOK AT WHAT'S THE FUTURE? HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, DOVETAIL ON SOME OF THESE OTHER PLANNING EFFORTS.
UM, REALLY GET THAT, THAT SCOPE FOR OUR STRATEGIC PARKS MASTER PLAN OFF, OFF AND RUNNING, AND REALLY KIND OF PROBABLY STARTING THAT IN EARNEST AFTER THE FAIR.
UM, THE SKATE PARK I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AFTER, YOU KNOW, THE BUILD OUT BECOMES THE PROGRAMMING AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE SPACES THAT, UM, IS GONNA BE, UH, SO UNIQUE AND SO, UH, MEANINGFUL FOR A LOT OF OUR TEENS AND OUR TWEENS ESPECIALLY.
BUT THE, THE SKATING, UM, HAS EVOLVED SO MUCH AS MORE IN A MAINSTREAM SPORT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WITH A FACILITY LIKE THIS, TO WHAT DOES THE PROGRAMMING LOOK LIKE BEHIND THAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE DROP-INS? WHAT ARE THE, THE EVENTS THAT ARE AROUND IT? SO REALLY GETTING TO KNOW, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH A, WITH A FACILITY LIKE WE, WE PLAN TO BUILD OUT THERE IS GONNA BE EXCITING.
PLEASE COME UP FOR AIR FOR A SECOND.
UM, GONNA TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL HAVE SEEN IN THE BUDGET COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT FALL KIND OF UNDER THE PARKS PURVIEW.
SO THIS PAST PLA PLASTER, I WANTED TO SAY THIS PLASTER YEAR, THIS PAST YEAR, UH, THE SWIM CENTER'S 50 METER POOL, AS WELL AS THE WAITING POOL WAS RE PLASTERED.
UM, WE DID FINISH THE, UH, REPLACEMENT OF THE LUCCHESE TURF.
PROGRAMMING IS NOW OCCURRING OUT THERE.
WE'RE GONNA DO A, UM, AN EVENT OR LIKE A REDEDICATION.
UH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO, LINDSAY'S NOT HERE NOW, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS 'CAUSE OF THE YOUTH GROUPS ARE INTERESTED IN, IN MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN THERE.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN BY THE SITE, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE PARKING LOT.
AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY THRILLED TO HAVE THAT BE IMPROVED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT, THAT TURF, THAT PARKING LOT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ALL, ALL OF THAT ACTIVITY ALONG MARIA DRIVE.
WE ALSO FINISHED THIS, UM, WETLANDS MITIGATION THAT WAS REALLY A, A DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PEDAL IN THE COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS AS WELL.
UM, HAD TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GOLF COURSE OPERATORS.
IT'S NOT THE BEST, MOST ILLUSTRATIVE PICTURE THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S DRAINING SO WELL, BUT, UM, IT
UH, AND A LOT OF THAT REASON IS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO, SO MUCH FLOODING ISSUES OUT THERE THAT WE'RE HOPING TO ADDRESS.
SO, THE EXCITING PROJECTS TO LOOK FORWARD IN THIS YEAR'S, UM, UH, 2027 INVESTMENTS, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SKATE PARK ITSELF HERE.
UM, I WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO A GROUNDBREAKING TOMORROW.
UM, SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT EMAIL COME IN LAST WEEK.
I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT MUCH NOTICE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A SHORT WINDOW BETWEEN WHEN ALL THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE SCHEDULES GOT PUT TOGETHER AND WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE MOBILIZED.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE TOMORROW AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
UM, WOULD LOVE FOR YOU IF YOU ARE ABLE TO JOIN US FOR ANY OF IT, UH, TO SWEETEN A DEAL.
WE'RE GONNA BE BARBECUE AND HOT DOGS, BECAUSE WHY NOT? AND, UM, WE ARE, UH, GONNA HAVE SOME FUN OUT THERE, JUST INTRODUCING THE PROJECT TEAM, TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESIGN, WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
UH, THERE IS A SECTION OF THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL THAT, UH, IS GONNA BE RECONSTRUCTION AND REDONE AS WELL.
IT'S OUR PREDOMINANT CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR.
SO, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GIANT, UM, OF GIANT IMPORTANCE, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MOVE PROGRESSIVELY AND, AND ADDRESS SECTIONS AT A TIME.
SO EXCITED TO, TO HAVE THIS LAST SECTION NEAR, I BELIEVE WATER STREET CONNECTION TO THE BRIDGE.
AND THEN LASTLY DOWN HERE IS THE SENIOR CENTER'S, UH, PARKING LOT, RECONSTRUCTION AND, AND STRIPING.
I KNOW IT'S NOT INCREDIBLY CLEAR BY THE DESIGN.
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WE ARE GAINING SPACES, BUT WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS IS THE ACCESS INTO THE PARK.SO IF YOU SEE IN THE, IN THE PHOTO THERE, UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE MORE OF A PROTECTED ACCESS INTO THE PARK RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, AND, UH, A ONE-WAY KIND OF FLOW AROUND, WE'RE GONNA GAIN NEW A DA STALLS AND HOPEFULLY MAKE THAT WHOLE AREA SAFER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO PLANT SOME TREES IN THERE AS WELL, WHICH ARE MISSING, UH, IN THAT PARKING LOT.
UH, WE ALSO USE THAT PARKING LOT NOW FOR SO MANY MORE THINGS THAN WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT.
UM, THIS IS THE PLACE WE HAVE, I RIDE PETALUMA, THE SENIOR CAFE, THAT TWO 11 CAFE.
WE HAVE OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITE DROP OFF.
WE HAVE OVERFLOW FROM OUR, UH, WATERFIELD OFFICE.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY USES HERE.
AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SKATE PARK, UM, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT TIME AND I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT IT CAME TOGETHER THE WAY IT DID TO ADD SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, KIND OF JUST IN TIME TO ADD MORE, MORE POTENTIALLY ACTIVITY TO THE PARK.
UM, SO LIGHTING TOO, I THINK IS INCLUDED.
UM, AND, UM, YEAH, PAVED THE WAY, PUN INTENDED.
I, I MEAN IT, I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFO AND, AND EVEN AT A HIGH LEVEL.
UM, THIS CAN BE A LOT, BUT APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND, AND THANK YOU.
UH, LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER EARL.
ANY QUESTIONS, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? I DO.
UM, UH, I THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO JUST ADDRESS SUSAN KIRK'S QUESTION.
SHE WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON LUMA ICE, AND SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME THAT YOU GUYS GAVE AN UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL, DID YOU DO? BECAUSE WE COULD REFERENCE THAT AND THEN ARE, IF WE'RE NOT GETTING LUMA ICE NEXT YEAR, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE UPDATED IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, IN TERMS OF TIME AND IMPORTANCE, IF, IS THERE A REFERENCE, UH, TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN BE POINTED AND SHE CAN BE POINTED IF YOU DID DO THE UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL? DID THAT MAKE SENSE MY QUESTION? YEAH.
UM, WE DID, UH, TALK ABOUT IT DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
UM, RATHER THAN POINT HER THERE, I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A, UM, A SNAPSHOT OF IT AND SHARE IT OUT TO THE COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL.
UM, YEAH, SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE RECOMMENDATION I WOULD HAVE IS RATHER THAN GO THROUGH AND WATCH FILM AND VIDEOS, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL, HEY, THIS WAS A RECAP OF THE YEAR.
UM, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TOO FOR US IS, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATION DATA AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS FUN TO HAVE.
I KNOW CAT'S BEEN TRACKING SOME OF THAT.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE LIKE, MAYBE A HIGH LEVEL CAT NOW AND THEN MAYBE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED IN THAT COMMUNICATION, MAYBE WE CAN ROUND IT OUT.
WOULD APPRECIATE ANY DIRECTION YOU'RE LOOKING ON SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT EXACTLY WOULD LIKE, BASICALLY ON A HIGH LEVEL, UH, WHILE WE WERE HOPING TO SEE A VERY BIG SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS BY MOVING THE EVENT INDOORS, AS DREW MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, REALLY THERE WAS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL SAID AND DONE THE NET INVESTMENT BY THE CITY BETWEEN THE FIRST YEAR AND THE LAST YEAR WAS REALLY ABOUT A $10,000 DIFFERENCE.
ALL SAID AND DONE
UM, FROM ALL THE CHANGES WE DID, THE HOURS, THE STAFF SAVINGS, THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURE, THE PLANT, LIKE, IT JUST, UM, I WAS VERY SURPRISED
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TICKETS SOLD, SO ABOUT 10,000 EACH YEAR.
UH, THE MODELS WERE VERY DIFFERENT THIS LAST YEAR.
WE DID HAVE A LARGER INCREASE KIND OF ON YOUR OVERALL PROGRAMMING PIECES.
SO LIKE YOUR HOCKEY GROUPS, YOUR SCHOOL GROUPS, YOUR BIRTHDAY PARTIES, THE LARGER GROUP, THE GLIDE AND GIVE PIECES.
UM, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH THE, THE NET INVESTMENT FROM US AS THE CITY, IT WAS COMING OUT A LITTLE OVER 300,000 FOR BOTH YEARS.
WHICH THIS YEAR WITH OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST, WE DECIDED TO FREEZE THAT AREA AND, UH, REINVEST BACK INTO THE FAIRGROUNDS IN OTHER WAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I, I KNOW SUSAN'S PROBABLY WATCHING, SO THAT'LL HELP.
AND IF SHE NEEDS MORE REACH OUT, SHE'LL, SHE'LL LET, LET US KNOW.
UM, I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION ON HERE.
I JUST HAVE TO, UM, OH, IT MIGHT BE TWO.
UM, ONE IS THE SKATE PARK IS, THIS ISN'T THE SKATE PARK FUNDED FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET?
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SO THE SKATE PARK, UM, YEAH, WE THINK IT'S BEEN FUNDED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.SO IT, THE, THE FUND IS BUILDING AND THEN YOU GET A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT ACTUALLY THE BIDS ARE WITH WHAT YOU HAVE FUNDED.
SO THE LAST BID IS IN THE LAST YEAR, IT'S LIKE NOW YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE CONTRACT, NOW YOU GO.
UM, BUT THAT'S A, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR, FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BUT, UM, WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE FULLY BUILT OUT PARK, YOU KNOW, THE RESTROOMS THERE NEED, NEED TO BE RENOVATED, NEED TO BE DONE, AND THERE'S NOT MUCH THERE TO SAVE THERE.
SO THAT, THAT ALSO IS INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL SKATE PARK BUDGET.
UM, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE FUNDED IN THAT PHASE TWO, WHERE WE HAVE THE ELECTRICAL TO DO THE LIGHTING, WHICH WE WANNA INSTALL AND THE RESTROOM IN PHASE TWO.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE CONSTRUCTING IS THE SKATE PARK, UM, DO ANY ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO GET PEOPLE SAFELY TO THE SKATE PARK, BUT OUR PLAN IS THE RESTROOMS FOR ALL THE OTHER REASONS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE PARK, UM, THE REST OF THE WALKWAYS.
SO THAT WHOLE AREA WILL BE EASIER TO ACCESS SAFER, UH, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LIGHTING.
SO IT'S CONSISTENT WITH, UM, THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS AS WELL AS THE, THE, UM, SOCCER FIELD.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT TO DO IT IN THIS SPACE.
AND I ALSO THINK, UM, SOME OF THAT, IF YOU PUT OUT THAT THERE COULD BE NEW BATHROOMS, THERE MIGHT BE A PUSH FROM THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, AND SO THEN ALL OF THE MEASURE M FUNDS ARE BEING USED BETWEEN, AND I KNOW NOT EVENLY THE SKATE PARK, THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, AND THE SENIOR PARKING, RIGHT? IS THAT HOW THEY GOT USED THIS YEAR? UM, THE MAJORITY IS AQUATICS.
AQUATICS, UH, PARKS MAINTENANCE, UM, AND THERE'S A, A PORTION OF REPAYMENT ON THE ORIGINAL TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT WE WILL BE MAKING EVERY YEAR FOR MEASURE M.
UM, BUT YES, IT'S THE CASEY TURF, IT'S SKATE PARK, UH, IT'S ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS TOO.
WE'RE REALLY LEVERAGING MEASURE.
NO, ON EVERY, EVERYTHING, I MEAN, IT SHOWS WITH THE AQUATICS, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN ONE YEAR.
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, DREW.
UM, MY, MY ONLY QUESTION WAS ABOUT, UH, LUMA ICE SIMILAR TOO, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A LITTLE UPDATE PRESENTATION ON THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF IT, BUT, UM, IF WE COULD DO THAT, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, THE NEXT MEETING OR WHENEVER'S EASIEST.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT, UM, OUR JUNE MEETING FALLS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FAIR, SO IT, THAT MAY BE A CHALLENGE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, WE CAN GET, UH, WE'LL WORK WITH CITY MANAGER, WE'LL SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, SHE AND THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE.
UM, AND WE CAN EITHER DO THAT HERE, WE CAN SEND, SEND SOMETHING OUT.
BUT, UM, YEAH, WE, I KNOW WE DID A PRETTY DEEP DIVE LAST YEAR FOR YEAR ONE, SO, UM, YEAH.
HAPPY TO WORK WITH, WITH HER AND THIS COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET WHAT YOU WANNA SEE.
YEAH, I KNOW JUNE WILL BE BUSY, SO JULY OR WHENEVER.
BUT, UM, YEAH, SOME SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA, I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION, IF I'M CORRECT, IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, DOES LU ICE RECEIVES, UH, MORE FUNDS ARE SPENT THAN, UH, THE INCOME GENERATED BY IT C? CORRECT.
UM, ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR CITY EVENTS, UM, THAT I KNOW OF ARE INVESTMENTS IN PROVIDING PUBLIC EVENTS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND IN LOU MA'S CASE, UH, YES, THAT WAS A SUBSTANTIAL, UH, INVESTMENT TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT, UH, EVENT.
UM, AND THEN THIS THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
UM, AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE, ANY OF THE COMMISSION
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THAT WISH TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM.ANYONE, YOU KNOW, CHAIR, IF YOU WANTED TO OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE COMMENTS, IT'S UP TO YOU.
YEAH, THAT'S, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? WE DID NOT.
ANY, ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, UH, WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS FOR ANY COMMENTS.
HAS EVERYONE ALREADY MADE THEIR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER CHISOLM? DO I HAVE A COMMENT? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EXACTLY ON THIS ISSUE AND THIS ITEM THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I, IT JUST GAVE ME EARLIER, LAST WEEK, I NOTICED THAT A FAIRLY, UH, A SEVERAL, A FERRY BOAT WAS COMING, UH, INTO TOWN IN DOCKING, IN PETALUMA, WAS A, NO, NOT A BIG FERRY, BUT A SMALL FERRY CARRYING LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SITTING DOWN THIS PERSONAS
IS THIS GOING TO BE A NEW ROUTE FOR TOURISTS FROM, SAY, SAN FRANCISCO? OR IS, OR IT JUST, THIS JUST HAPPENED TO BE, UH, JUST ONCE IN A, IN A B MOON? UH, OKAY.
THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND FEEL FREE, ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO'VE LIVED IN, UH, PETALUMA LONGER THAN I HAVE, OR, OR STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M AWARE OF A CHARTER, I THINK IT'S CALLED THE BLUE BLUE DOLPHIN CHARTER, AND THEY DON'T OFTEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW FREQUENTLY THEY, THEY CHARTER BOATS, BUT THEY'RE EVENTS ARE USUALLY AROUND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN OR A HOLIDAY, AND THEY'RE REALLY POPULAR.
UM, AND IT'S A, A REALLY COOL, VERY UNIQUE PETALUMA, UM, EXPERIENCE.
I THINK THE MUSEUM HAS A DATE, UH, WITH THEM.
SO MAYBE THE CH MAYBE STACY COULD HELP.
I THINK WHAT YOU SAW WERE, REMEMBER LAST MEETING I HAD ANNOUNCED THE, UM, THAT BOAT RIDE.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S WHAT YOU WITNESSED, AND I KNOW THAT IT SOLD OUT.
AND SO, BUT I'M, I'M PRETTY POSITIVE THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW.
AND SO, SO NO AFFILIATION WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, RIGHT.
OTHER THAN WE'RE CHEERLEADING THEM FROM THE SHORE SAYING, YAY.
UM, AND WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, WORK OR PARTNER WITH THEM WITH ANY, ANY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK IT'S GREAT WHEN YOU GET MORE PEOPLE OUT ON THE RIVER AND, AND SEE PETALUMA FROM THAT, THAT VANTAGE POINT.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? SURE.
UM, I LIKE THAT YOU HAD BOTH OF THESE PRESENTATIONS BACK TO BACK BECAUSE IT SHOWS US THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE MAKING SOME REDUCTIONS IN GENERAL, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO STILL BE GROWING AND I THINK IT'S WISE TO, TO KNOW WHEN TO MAKE THOSE REDUCTIONS TO REALLY CONCENTRATE OUR RESOURCES AND, AND GROW.
SO SOMETHING LIKE LUMA ISIS, IT'S A HARD CALL TO MAKE, BUT I THINK IT'S A, A WISE CALL TO MAKE.
SO THAT, I THINK THAT'S REALLY, UM, REALLY GREAT THAT YOU DID THOSE TWO TOGETHER.
UM, AND WE WERE JUST COMMENTING CHAIR BRITISH JELLY AND I THAT ONE OF THE REDUCTIONS IS GOING TO BE, UM, UH, WHAT WAS THE WORD? CUSTODIAL.
AND OUR PRODUCT IS MOVING SLOW, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THE, THE, UH, LOVELY LUMA PROGRAM TO TRY TO, TO TELL PEOPLE WHEN THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO DO IT.
THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY STAFF THAT CAN GO AND CLEAN UP THEIR TOWN.
WE CAN CLEAN UP OUR TOWN AND WE CAN START WITH JUST TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CLEANING UP AFTER OURSELVES AND GO FROM THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE CUTS AT THIS TIME.
MAYBE IT'S A GREAT TIME TO, FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE CLEANING UP AFTER YOU.
YOU CAN ALSO CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND MAYBE THAT'LL BE A GREAT TIME TO PLUG THAT IN AND COINCIDE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS?
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WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, I THINK THAT YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB, ALL YOU AND YOUR STAFF DREW, OF BEING VERY STRATEGIC IN THE WAY THAT YOU'RE, UM, MANAGING THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT RECREATION PARK DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO LIVE WITH ALL THE TIME, NOT JUST IN BAD BUDGET TIMES.SO YOU GET A LOT OF PRACTICE AT PRIORITIZING, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S, YOU'RE DONE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE USING THAT
UM, AND I THINK THAT CLOSES OUT THIS AGENDA ITEM, AND NOW
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WE ARE COMING TO THE SECTION WHERE WE HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE WAITING PATIENTLY.UM, SO I JUST NEED TO SAY THAT, UM, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMISSION'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FROM SHERRY OSTER REPRESENTING PETALUMA'S DOGS.
MY NAME IS SHERRY OSTER, AND I'M REPRESENTING A GROUP OF CITIZENS WHO HAVE FORMED A DOG PARK COMMITTEE TO HELP THE CITY OF PETALUMA, UM, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE DOG PARK.
UM, DEANNA WAS HERE LAST MONTH AND SHE SPOKE TO YOU ALL AND TOLD YOU ABOUT OUR GROUP.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE MEANTIME.
UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF SOCIALS DOG LOVER SOCIALS WHERE WE'VE GATHERED PEOPLE TOGETHER, UM, AND WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED A SURVEY WHERE WE'RE SURVEYING, UH, RESIDENTS IN PETALUMA ABOUT THEIR DOG PARK NEEDS.
UM, THE SURVEY IS ONGOING, IT'S UNDERWAY NOW, SO I'M NOT PRE, WE'RE NOT PRESENTING THE FINAL RESULTS, BUT I DID WANNA SHARE A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS.
WE'VE HAD 114 RESPONSES SO FAR, UM, UNSURPRISING TO SOME OF US WHO HAVE VISITED OUR DOG PARKS.
68% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAY FOXTAILS ARE A MAJOR HAZARDS FOR THE DOGS AT OUR PARKS.
AND, UM, 49% OF THEM SIT CLAIM TO HAVE DRIVEN OUTSIDE OF PETALUMA TO TAKE THEIR DOGS TO NEIGHBORING DOG PARKS.
SO THESE ARE THE SORTS OF NEEDS THAT WE'VE GUESSED WERE THERE.
AND, UM, OUR SURVEY IS, UM, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVING TO US THAT THIS WORK IS NECESSARY AND TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND VISITING OUR PARKS AND MAKING THEM SAFER.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
CORRECT? WE DID HAVE ONE SUBMITTED IN, IN ADVANCE FROM SUSAN KIRKS THAT IS IN THE AGENDA.
SO I WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT, AND NOW INVITE THE,
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
UH, COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.SHALL WE START WITH YOU, KATE? OKAY.
UM, OUR COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET, SO NOTHING TO SHARE THERE.
UM, SO I'LL UPDATE ON THE NEXT MEETING.
COMMISSIONER ALLEGRA, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, UH, I WILL WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THE PARK RIGHT NOW.
WOULD YOU MIND MOVING THE MIC A LITTLE BIT CLOSER? THANK YOU.
SO WE CAN GET, YEAH, I'M PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THANK YOU.
I HEARD, UH, ALL OF YOU COMMENTING ON THE NEW PARKS, AND I FEEL AT TIMES THAT WE'RE FORGETTING SOME OF THE OLD PARKS.
I, I GO THROUGH DIFFERENT PARKS AND SOME OF THEM, UH, DO NOT HAVE WATER.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING INTO THE,
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I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO PUT, UH, OUR ATTENTION ON, ON THE WATER SITUATION IN SOME OF THESE PARKS.I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE FAUCET, THE ONE THAT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY OR THAT JUST, UH, THERE ISN'T ANY WATER COMING INTO THE FOSSIL.
IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE FOR ME, UH, EVEN I SOMETIMES FORGET TO TAKE MY WATER WITH ME AND I WANT TO GO DRINK WATER, AND THERE ISN'T ANY, AND I ALSO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT, UH, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE SAID, HEY, ARE JOSE, ARE YOU THE GUY THAT, UH, CHECKS ON PARKS, ON OUR PARKS? AND JOSE SAID YES AND SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, IN THIS, UH, THERE'S NO WATER HERE ALSO NO WATER ACCESS.
UH, SO YEAH, TO ME IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE, SOME OF OUR, UH, OLD CITY PARKS, UH, GET, UH, THE ATTENTION NEEDED IN WITH THE WATER SITUATION HERE.
UM, COMMISSIONER ALLERE, CAN YOU, WILL YOU SHARE WHICH, WHICH PARKS? UM, SPECIFICALLY IF YOU'VE GOT, UH, IF THEY'RE BROKEN FAUCETS OR AREAS? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY SOME OF THE NAMES.
I SOMETIMES, UH, REMEMBER THEM BY WHERE THEY ARE NEXT TO ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE CEMETERY.
THERE'S, UH, I CALL IT THE, FOR THE LOS PARK, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THE CEMETERY.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.
WE HAVE OUR OWN NAMES FOR PARKS AND NICKNAMES FOR PARKS.
SO IT'S OFTEN, UM, I LOVE HEARING WHAT THOSE ARE.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES LUCAS'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GOOSE PARK OR DUCK PARK, AND I SAID, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE BASED ON THE COLOR OF A SLIDE, YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, I, I GET IT.
BUT WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE OUR, OUR DRINKING FOUNTAINS ARE OPERABLE, UHHUH.
UM, IT'S THE LAST THING THAT YOU WANT NOW IS WHEN YOU GO INTO A PARK EXPECTING A DRINKING FOUNTAIN TO WORK THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE CAN DO THAT, WE CAN CLOSE IT DOWN AND SIGN IT, UM, SO THAT FOLKS KNOW, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
AND THEN THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW JOSE IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD EVERYWHERE HE GOES.
ASK HIM WHEN THE WATER'S GONNA BE TURNED ON.
COMMISSIONER SUSAN, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NICE TO
AND I WONDERING THOUGH, DID, DID THE, UH, SNAKE SITUATION GET RESOLVED FROM LAST MEETING? IS COMMISSIONER, I DO REMEMBER IT IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN WE HAVE HIGH WEEDS AND THEN YOU'RE WALKING THE HIGH WHEAT.
UH, OF COURSE IT'S, IT'S DANGEROUS, UH, BECAUSE, UH, UH, WE CAN GET BIT BY, UH, BY A SNAKE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, I ONLY HAVE ONE COMMENT AND IT'S JUST A DOUBLE CHECKING THING.
UM, HAVE YOU GUYS HAD, THERE'S BEEN COMPLAINTS OF BATHROOMS LEAKING AT THE PETALUMA SPORTS COMPLEX, AND I HAVE ASKED
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THE PEOPLE TO DIRECTLY COMMENT IN THE APP, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY HAVE.AND SO I HAD MADE A NOTE, MY BRAIN REMEMBERED TONIGHT, SO IT MUST BE THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM BECAUSE IT WAS A FEMALE COMMENTING ON IT, BUT SHE SAID IT'S BEEN RECURRING AND IT, THERE WASN'T DETAIL, BUT I DID SEND HER TO THE PETALUMA APP AND THEN, UM, IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT JOSE'S COMMENT.
IS THE PETALUMA APP IN SPANISH AS WELL, OR ONLY ENGLISH? I'LL FIND THE PERSON TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME, NEVERMIND IT TOTALLY, BUT THAT'S WOULD'VE BEEN A RANDOM THING IF YOU WOULD'VE KNOWN.
UM, I'LL, I KNOW THE PERSON TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
IT IS, DO YOU KNOW? OH, IT IS? NO.
HAVE YOU? OH, IT SHOULD BE, UH, I WAS FORGETTING.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR, REMEMBER REM REMINDING ME OF THAT, THAT YES, THE BATHROOMS ARE, ARE SOME PRETTY DIRTY, THEY MEAN A BIT MORE MAINTENANCE.
THEY, THEY LOOK A BIT ABANDONED.
I THINK WE SHOULD PUT A, A MORE ATTENTION IN, IN THE BATHROOM.
SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE PRETTY, UH, DIRTY AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF USE NOW AND THE, THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF DISEASES, UH, BEING, UH, INFECTED THERE.
AND I, UM, TO, TO STACY'S POINT TOO, AND, UM, JEN AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF.
YOU KNOW, THIS TIME OF YEAR PARTICULARLY, WE SEE, UM, WE SEE A LOT OF DEBRIS PLUGGING UP, UM, BATHROOMS BOTH AT THE COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS AND PRINCE PARK SEEMS TO ALWAYS HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, MAY AND JUNE ARE REALLY BIG MONTHS.
YOU'VE GOT, UM, A LOT OF TOURNAMENTS.
YOU'VE GOT PGSA JUST FINISHING THEIRS.
YOU'VE GOT THE FATHER'S DAY TOURNAMENT IN JUNE.
UM, SO PART OF IT CAN BE, UM, MAINTENANCE, BUT SOME OF IT NEEDS TO BE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, PAPER PRODUCT DISPENSERS AND DISPOSABLES IN THOSE RESTROOMS AND THAT CUSTODIAL ON THAT, THAT CAN PREVENT A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
UM, BUT IN THE CASE OF PRINTS, SOMETIMES WE, WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE POOR PLUMBING THERE.
UM, SO WE'LL GET BACKUPS REGARDLESS, BUT, UH, COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS ARE, ARE RELATIVELY NEW.
UM, AND THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR SOME HIGH VOLUME.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON, WE GOTTA LOOK INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GETTING PLUGGED DOWN THERE.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER GARCIA? I WANTED TO THANK DREW FOR TAKING CARE OF, UH, THE REQUEST.
YOU, UH, FIX THE, UH, THE DRINKING FOUND IN MANAWA PARK.
UH, I'M HOLDING HERE PROOF THAT, UH, THEY ARE BEING USED.
WE'LL SHARE WITH THE PARK STAFF.
OKAY, I THINK THAT THAT BRINGS THE MAY 20TH, 2026 COMMISSION MEETING OF THE RECREATION PARK.
I'M SORRY, WE HAVE STAFF REPORTS.
[STAFF COMMENT]
GO AHEAD.YOU GAVE YOU THIS HANDY LIST, BUT THAT'S NOT ON HERE, DREW.
YEAH, YOU HEARD, HEARD ENOUGH FROM US.
MAYBE I DIDN'T PUT IT FOR A REASON.
UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, COMMEND YOU ALL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN IRONY OR NOT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, PARALLELS BETWEEN THE COUNCIL BUDGET MEETING CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT WAS A LOT SPENT ON PUBLIC RESTROOMS, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
SO IT'S INTERESTING TO, ANYWAY, JUST GO FULL CIRCLE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC RESTROOMS AGAIN, SO IT'S IMPORTANT.
SHADE, WATER, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE VERY CRITICAL STUFF.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, I JUST THOUGHT I'D POINT THAT OUT.
UM, KAT UH, JEN, WOULD YOU, I MEAN, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? JUST PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT.
I KNOW WE'VE REALLY WENT THROUGH THE, THE PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE DIDN'T COVER TONIGHT, UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, BUT WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS, UH, THE, THE MIC FIRST.
UH, NO, MY FEEL THAT THE RECREATION TEAM DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, UH, SHARING KIND OF OUR SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK FOR OTHER SEASONS.
AND MY ONLY KIND OF PLUG, IF YOU WILL, IS WE ARE
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ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, SIGN UP FOR STUFF, LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL STUFF.COME ON OUT, CHECK IT ALL OUT.
I KNOW I HAVE MY OWN MICROPHONE TONIGHT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE DISCUSSION ABOUT DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
UH, AND FOR THE ONE WORKING AT MCDOWELL.
THE STAFF HAVE, IN THE SPRINGTIME BEEN WORKING TO PRIORITIZE FIXING, DRINKING FOUNTAINS BEFORE THE SUMMER.
NOT ALL OF THEM ARE QUITE THERE YET, BUT WE ARE WORKING HARD ON THAT.
AND WE ARE WORKING HARD ON TREES AS WELL.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WIND OVER THE WEEKEND AND WE HAD NO, UH, TREES DOWN OR ANYTHING.
WE HAD A FEW BRANCHES HERE AND THERE.
LOTS OF TRASH GETS BLOWN AROUND.
UH, SO THE CREW ARE BUSY CLEANING THE, THE DEBRIS UP, BUT NO LOSS OF TREES, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS GREAT.
UM, THE, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ALSO, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM OF THE PARKS MAINTENANCE TEAM FOR SIGNING UP, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THIS YEAR FOR, UH, CERTIFIED PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTOR CLASSES.
SO THEY'LL BE GOING FOR A WEEK LONG TRAINING IN A FEW WEEKS TO, TO TAKE THOSE COURSES, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.
AND IT SPREADS THE, UH, THE, IT SPREADS THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE ACROSS THE TEAM.
SO IT'S NOT ON A, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE GOING FROM ONE TO FIVE, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND I, THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO, UM, UH, INSPECT PLAYGROUNDS REGULARLY.
SO NOT ONLY IS IT A GREAT THING THAT WHEN YOU HAVE INTERNAL CAPACITY TO DO THAT, BUT IT, IT DOES SAVE DEPARTMENTS AND CITIES MONEY WHEN YOU CAN, UM, NOT HAVE TO CALL IN, UM, THIRD PARTIES TO DO THOSE INSPECTIONS.
SO, UM, REALLY KUDOS TO JEN AND THE TEAM FOR WHATEVER JEN HAD TO DO TO ENCOURAGE, UH, FOLKS TO GET OFF THE MOWERS AND, YOU KNOW, GET TRAINED UP.
'CAUSE IT IS, IT'S A MUSCLE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BUILD.
UM, AGAIN, JUST, UH, I HOPE YOU ALL CAN JOIN US AT SOME POINT, UH, TOMORROW AT LUC CASEY PARK.
WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET STARTED PROBABLY CLOSER TO FOUR 15.
UM, BUT IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, I KNOW YOU'LL BE THERE IN SPIRIT.
IT IS KIND OF THIS FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.
I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, SKATE PARK WAS A REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, A FEW OF YOU ORIGINALLY GOT INTERESTED IN THE COMMISSION.
THERE'S A FEW ON THAT ARE NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, REALLY TRIED TO BE THERE TO CELEBRATE THAT THIS MOMENT IS HAPPENING.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I WANTED TO JUST MARK THAT MOMENT.
THANK THE, THE COUNCIL, THANK THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT AND, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE THERE TOMORROW.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF MARK THAT MOMENT THAT WE'RE REALLY, UM, FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THIS COMMITMENT, UH, PROJECT GRAD IS ALSO COMING UP.
JUST WANNA SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE.
UM, THIS IS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS TRANSFORMED.
UH, THIS HAPPENS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN MAY, OR SORRY, JUNE.
UM, SO STAFF'S WORKING WITH THE PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL AND THE, UM, CASA GRANDE.
THEY, THEY TRANSFORM THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND WE HAVE A SAFE AND SOBER GRAD NIGHT FOR, FOR THE, THE, THE TEENS THAT, UH, THAT JOIN US FOR THAT.
UM, SO WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TEAM, TRY TO AVOID THE COMMUNITY CENTER THE FIRST WEEKEND.
UM, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CHAOTIC IN THAT PARKING LOT FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS.
UM, HAPPY MAY, AND, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS TONIGHT.
AND I, I APPLAUD YOU ON THE, UH, CERTIFIED PLAYGROUND AS A FORMER CERTIFIED PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTOR.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE.
AND I THINK NOW WE MAY ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF MAY 20TH, 2026 OF THE RECREATION MUSIC, PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION.
YOU WANT THE GAVEL? THANK YOU GLASSES.