* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY, [00:00:01] I'D LIKE TO CALL [CALL TO ORDER - 6:30PM] THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR JUNE 17TH, 2026. CLERK, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLE PLEASE? ALLEGRE BERTELLI. HERE, CHISHOLM. HERE. EARL GARCIA. HERE. GREENSPAN. HERE. DICK CURLEY. HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM. UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO STAND FOR THE ROLE, UH, THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE. OKAY. ALLEGIANCE, FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RELIGIOUS HANDS. ONE. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE STRONG. OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF MAY 20TH, 2026. ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES? DO WE, UH, DO WE NEED TO DO ROLL CALL OR JUST SHOW OF HANDS? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY, 2026 MEETING. SECOND, THE MEETING THE, YEAH. AND THEN WE CAN JUST HAVE A, YOU KNOW, CONSENSUS THAT NO CHANGES. LET KNOW. SO, MARIA, YOU ARE IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. SORRY. NO WORRIES. SO, AS WE HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS, EVERYONE, UH, WHO, UH, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. NO ONE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. UH, ANY, AND THEN, ARE WE, ARE THERE ANY [AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS] CHANGES OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA? UH, NO CHANGES OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO NOW IT'S TIME FOR OUR PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR, UM, OUR PRESENTER, UH, UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. SO WE'LL GO, WE'LL DO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, AND THEN, UH, OKAY. WE'LL GO TO YOU. SO HOLD ON JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. YEP. SORRY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR GENERAL [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE A SPEAKER, SUZANNE CARDIFF FROM THE PETALUMA DOG PARK GROUP. HELLO. HI. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, REMIND EVERYBODY WE'RE STILL HERE. AND ALSO WE'D LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD POSSIBLY GET ON THE AGENDA, I THINK FOR NEXT MONTH OR THE MONTH AFTER. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS. UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO I THINK NOW [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION, AND WE HAVE OUR EAGLE SCOUT VATTING CAGE PROJECT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, CHAIR. WELL, UM, PARKER, UH, GETS READY AND SETTLED IN TO, TO GIVE US THIS PRESENTATION. UH, JUST WANTED TO SET THIS UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, VERY IMPRESSED BY, BY PARKER AND HIS, HIS FAMILY AND AND COMMUNITY HERE THAT'S BRINGING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. UM, WE'VE ASKED PARKER TO DO SO. UM, 'CAUSE AS YOU'LL HEAR, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT PARKER'S PROPOSING DOES TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE MCDOWELL PARK BOUNDARIES, UM, THAT FALLS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. UM, WHAT WE REALLY TRY TO DO WHEN COMMUNITIES SERVICE PROJECTS ARE PRESENTED IS ONE, UM, ENSURE THAT, THAT YOU ALL FEEL THAT THE INTENDED OR THE PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE INTENDED USE OF THE PARK AND THE SPACE. UM, AND THEN ASK QUESTIONS THAT WILL HELP PARKER OR THE CITY, UM, BE BETTER SERVED AS WE WORK WITH PARKER TO EITHER IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT, UM, OR FIND, UM, GOOD REASONS TO, TO CONTINUE TO LOOK. SO [00:05:01] REALLY INTENDED USE IS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE, AND DETAILS ARE TOO. SO IF THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE THAT WILL HELP THE PROJECT IF SUPPORTED, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO THAT. UM, OKAY. WITH THAT PARKER, UM, WALK US THROUGH THIS AND, UM, HAVE FUN. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, MY NAME IS PARKER LORDON, AND THIS IS MY EAGLE PROJECT BENEFITING PETALUMA VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I AM A LIFE SCOUT IN TROOP NINE, AND I HAVE BEEN PLAYING BASEBALL AND, UM, BEEN A BOY SCOUT FOR NINE YEARS. BOTH HAVE REALLY SHAPED WHO I AM TODAY BY TEACHING ME HOW TO BE A LEADER. SO, UM, WHAT IS A EAGLE PROJECT? AN EAGLE PROJECT IS A SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE THAT A SCOUT MUST PLAN, DEVELOP, AND LEAD TO EARN THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, THE HIGHEST RANK IN SCOUTING. IT ACTS AS A CAPSTONE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE, DEMONSTRATING THE SCOUT'S ABILITY TO MANAGE PEOPLE, RESOURCES AND LOGISTICS. A SCOUT TYPICALLY CHOOSES A PROJECT WITH MEANING TO GIVE BACK TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FORMATIVE TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT. PETALUMA VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE HAS REALLY TAUGHT ME, AND ITS AMAZING. COACHES AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE REALLY TAUGHT ME WORK ETHIC, DETERMINATION, AND LEADERSHIP, WHICH HAVE HELPED ME GET IN AS FAR IN SCOUTING AND LIFE AS I AM TODAY. THE GOAL FOR MY PROJECT IS TO BUILD A SECOND BATTING CAGE TO INCREASE SPACE FOR THIS GROWING LEAGUE. THERE, UH, WHEN WE, YOU STARTED HAVING T-BALL, WE HAD SIX TEAMS. LAST SEASON WE HAD NINE T-BALL TEAMS, AND THIS SEASON WE HAVE 12. SO THERE'S SO MANY NEW YOUNGER KIDS JOINING THE LEAGUE, AND WHEN THEY START TO GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER, THEY'RE GONNA NEED A LOT MORE PRACTICE SPACE. THE OTHER TWO LEAGUES IN PETALUMA HAVE THREE FIELDS AND ONE CAGE, AND PETALUMA VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE ONLY HAS TWO FIELDS AND A CAGE. SO IT WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT TO HAVE THAT SECOND CAGE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I DID WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. THE PROJECT SITE LOCATION IS NEXT TO MURPHY FIELD ALONG MARIA DRIVE, AND THE NEW BATTING CAGE WILL BE BUILT WHERE THE OLD BULLPEN WAS TO UTILIZE THAT EXISTING CAGE WALL TO SAVE ON MATERIAL COST. THE PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT IS PHASE ONE. I'M GONNA DIG OUT THE OLD BULLPEN WITH SOME HELP FROM VOLUNTEERS. PHASE TWO IS TO PREP THE NEW CAGE SITE FOR THE CONCRETE PAD. PHASE THREE IS TO POUR THE CONCRETE PAD AND PLACE POLES, AND THE FOURTH PHASE IS TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE NEW CAGE. I HOPE TO COMPLETE THIS BEFORE THE 2027 SEASON, WHICH IS IN FEBRUARY, SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN USE IT DURING THAT SEASON. UH, SO I'M ON A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME CRUNCH TO GET IT DONE. UM, THE MATERIAL AND COST LISTS ARE HERE, AND I MADE THESE SO THAT I KNOW EVERYTHING THAT I NEED AND WHAT IT'S GONNA COST. AND IT, UM, SO THIS IS BASED ON SONOMA COUNTY PRICES RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S GONNA COST AROUND $10,000 TO DO, BUT I'VE RAISED AROUND 5,000 SO FAR, SO ABOUT HALF THAT. UH, FOR RESOURCES, MY LABOR IS GOING TO COME FROM PETALUMA VALLEY FAMILIES AND MEMBERS OF TROOP NINE, ALONG WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, SO THAT, UM, I CAN SAVE ON COSTS BY NOT HAVING TO HIRE PEOPLE TO BUILD IT. AND I HOPE TO GET SOME FUNDING FROM PETALUMA, UH, LIKE LOCAL CLUBS AND BUSINESSES, AND SOME DONATIONS FROM PETALUMA VALLEY FAMILIES. ALSO, IT'D BE COOL TO GET SOME MATERIAL DONATIONS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND I'VE HAD TWO FUNDRAISERS SO FAR. I, I HAD AN ORANGE THEORY FUNDRAISER, WHICH RAISED $450 AND A TRI TIP SALE, WHICH RAISED 750. I HAVE SOME MORE COMING UP, LIKE, UH, SOME DINE AND DONATES A LEMONADE STAND, A CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT, AND SOME BOTTLING CAN DRIVES, WHICH SHOULD BRING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY PRESENTATION. I HOPE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY IN ANY WAY I CAN, WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH, UH, LIKE HELP WITH PERMITS OR, UH, ANY OF THE PROJECT PHASES. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS? THANK YOU, PARKER. GREAT PRESENTATION. UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH AND LET THE COMMISSIONERS ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE. KATE, THIS IS MORE A QUESTION FOR DREW. WHAT IS THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS AND THE REQUIREMENTS? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, TYPICALLY WE WOULD, WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CONCRETE PAD FOUNDATION WITH FENCING, SO WE, WE'LL HAVE SPECS ON, YOU KNOW, WIND AND, UM, YOU KNOW, RESILIENCY, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH, WITH PARKER TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SUPPORT THAT THROUGH MAKING IT EASY AND EXPEDITED. BUT IT WOULD BE PARKS AND REC WORKING WITH OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UM, GET A SITE DESIGN FROM THEM AND REVIEW IT AND MAKE SURE THE MATERIALS AND THE, [00:10:01] THE QUALITY, UH, OF THE PORE IS, IS, IS GOOD. AND WOULD THE PROJECT INCUR STAFF FEES OR TIME FEES? NOT AT THIS POINT. NOT THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING BASED ON WHAT PARKER'S SHOWN, UM, YES, THERE'S GONNA BE STAFF WORKING ON IT, BUT, UM, YOU'VE GOT AN EXISTING CAGE THERE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE USING SOME OF THE SAME ELEMENTS. SO I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY TRY TO, UH, COVER THOSE COSTS IF IT'S GONNA BE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT LIKE THIS. UM, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO DO A LOT OF THE WORK AND THE SWEAT EQUITY AND THE FUNDRAISING, UM, WE FEEL IT'S, IT'S OUR, OUR DUTY TO HELP, UM, EXPEDITE THE PERMITS. GREAT QUESTIONS. OKAY, BRENDA? YEAH. UM, I WOULD, COULD WE SEE THE SLIDE AGAIN WITH THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE, UM, COSTS? I JUST WANTED TO, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING. UM, SO DREW, I GUESS ANOTHER QUESTION I WOULD HAVE FOR YOU IS THIS IS GONNA BE VOLUNTEER, UH, BASICALLY VOLUNTEER LABOR TO DO THIS PROJECT. WILL THERE BE A, SOMEONE FROM PARK AND REC THAT WILL BASICALLY BE KIND OF SUPERVISING OR PUBLIC WORKS KIND OF SUPERVISING THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION OF THE PROJECT ELEMENTS? YEAH. TYP TYPICALLY, UM, IN OTHER SIMILAR PROJECTS, UH, WE'RE THERE TO SUPPORT AND YES, IT'S BOTH. IT'S, UM, JEN IN HER ROLE, WE, WE HAVE SITE KNOWLEDGE OF NOT JUST UTILITIES, BUT USES AND ACCESS AND ALL OF THAT. AND, AND SO JEN WOULD BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM PARKS, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A, A BUILDING, UM, INSPECTOR THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKS AT WHAT PARKER'S PROPOSING MAKES THEIR COMMENTS ON, AND THEN DURING THE BUILD, MAKING SURE THEY'RE COMING OUT AND THAT IT'S BEING BUILT TO DESIGN. UH, SO YEAH, NOT, NOT, UH, AN INCREDIBLY, YOU KNOW, COMPLEX PROJECT, BUT IT IS IN A PUBLIC PARK THAT'S HEAVILY USED. UM, A LOT OF BASEBALL FOLKS ARE IN THERE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES. SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S, UH, ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE ONLY HAVE TO DO IT ONCE AND KIDS CAN USE IT AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS. SO PARKS AND, AND BUILDING WOULD BE INVOLVED. GREAT. AND PARKER, WHERE DO YOU, WHERE DO YOU EXPECT TO GET MOST OF YOUR VOLUNTEER HELP FROM? SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FAMILIES IN PETALUMA VALLEY AND, UM, LIKE THEY COULD PROBABLY, LIKE SOME PEOPLE WOULD WANNA HELP OUT OR, UH, LIKE ALSO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. UM, BUT LIKE, WE WOULDN'T NEED LIKE A CRAZY AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS. SO EVEN IF WE DIDN'T GET VERY MANY, IT WOULD STILL WORK OUT. OKAY. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK YOU NEED MINIMUM TO GET THIS THING DONE? I THINK MINIMUM, MAYBE LIKE 10 TO 15. OKAY. UM, BUT IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE MORE THAN THAT. YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU CODY. SURE. FIRST TO CLARIFY, SO THERE'S NO NOTHING ON THE CITY SIDE OUTSIDE OF PARKER'S CONTROL THAT IS GOING TO BE A PROHIBITOR THAT WE KNOW OF FROM MAKING THIS, UM, DOABLE. YEAH. WHEN, WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED, UM, IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION, THE NEED IS THERE AND THE PROJECT REALLY ALIGNS WITH THE INTENDED USE OF THE SITE. SO, OKAY. THAT'S A GREEN LIGHT FROM PARKS AND RECREATION IS CONCERNED. THERE WAS ALSO NOTHING, UM, IN AN INITIAL REVIEW THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OR THAT HAS BUILT IN PLANNING. THERE'S NOTHING THEY FLAGGED. SO IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THIS, TO BRING THIS TO THE COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT EVERYONE HAD A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UM, ASK QUESTIONS, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT I SEE, UM, THAT WE WOULD, UH, THAT WOULD PREVENT IT IN, IN SCOPE, UM, FROM MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. THEN, QUESTION FOR EITHER OF YOU. IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC LICENSE CONTRACTING OR OTHERWISE NEEDED AS FAR AS A PERSON ON THIS JOB TO PULL PERMITS, ET CETERA? DO YOU KNOW? I'M NOT SURE. YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER. UM, WE WOULD REQUIRE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WORK, UH, WITHIN PARK PROJECTS AT ALL TIMES. UM, BUT IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A CONCRETE PAD, WE WOULD REQUIRE, UM, YOU KNOW, A POINT OF CONTACT THAT'S LICENSED AND BONDED AS A CONTRACTOR. SO THAT'S TO, YOU KNOW, PROTECT PARKER AND, AND THEIR ORGANIZATION. IT'S ALSO TO PROTECT OURS. SO THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOMEONE, UM, THAT'S THE PROJECT LEAD THAT, THAT HAS A, UH, CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE. OKAY. SO, 'CAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A SLAB, SO YOU, SO YOU DO, YOU WILL NEED SOMEONE WITH A CONTRACTING LICENSE FOR THAT. AND HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY? NOT YET. OKAY. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. THEN EMAIL [00:15:01] ME 'CAUSE I HAVE THAT AND I CAN HELP YOU. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND NOW YOU HAVE BUDGET FOR BUYING ALL THESE MATERIALS. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING ANYONE TO DONATE ANY OF THE MATERIALS? YES, I HAVE. UM, THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE SENDING LETTERS TO BUSINESSES OR, UM, LIKE GOING THERE IN PERSON TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY, UH, MATERIALS THAT ARE DONATABLE. 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE STUFF NEEDED IS LIKE A LITTLE, LIKE CLAMPS TO HOLD THE CAGING IN PLACE, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE PRETTY EASY. MM-HMM . TO DONATE. MM-HMM . WELL, YOU COULD GET GRAVEL DONATED. YES. UH, YOU COULD GET THE REBAR STEEL ACCESSORIES. THERE'S A LOT YOU COULD GET DONATED, I THINK. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK ABOUT GETTING THOSE DONATED SPECIFIC COMPANIES WHO HAVE THESE THINGS AND WHO LIKE TO DONATE, YOU CAN ALSO ASK ME AND I CAN SET YOU UP. I'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT LIKE, UH, CONCRETE COMPANIES HAVE TO PAY TO GET THEIR CONCRETE, UM, LIKE THROWN AWAY SO THEY COULD ALSO JUST LIKE DONATE THE EXTRA CONCRETE THAT THEY HAVE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO PAY TO GET RID OF IT. VERY SMART. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. OKAY. UM, GET IN TOUCH WITH ME IF YOU NEED HELP WITH ANY OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, ALEX, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WAS CURIOUS BACK ON YOUR SLIDE WITH THE EXAMPLE OF THE COMPLETED PROJECT, UM, FROM, I THINK, IS IT AN AI IMAGE? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? OR, UH, YES, IT IS. OKAY. I'M JUST MAKING SURE. BIRD WITH THREE WINGS IN THE BACKGROUND. UM, OKAY, SO THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE THE NEW ONE AND YOU WOULD BE MOVING THAT FENCE OUT, STILL HAVING THAT AREA BEHIND IT? UH, I, WELL, NO, SO THE, THERE'S A FENCE THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND, UH, I WAS THINKING THAT, UM, LIKE THAT, LIKE THAT FENCE COULD STAY, LIKE I WOULDN'T BE GETTING RID OF IT. I WOULD JUST BE DIGGING OUT THE BULLPEN AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THE FENCE ISN'T THERE. IT SHOULD BE OKAY. NO, NO, I WAS JUST CURIOUS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I AM NOT SURE IF WE COMMENT, WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, DID WE HAVE ONE? DO, UH, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK THIS WOULD BE THE TIME. I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO THE CHAIR IF YOU WANTED TO CLOSE THAT AND OPEN UP. HI, MY NAME IS BILL ROYSTER. I AM WITH PETA VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE. I'M THE PRESIDENT FOR THIS YEAR. UM, WHEN PARKER CAME TO US TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS PROJECT GOING, UM, WHEN HE PRESENTED IT TO OUR BOARD, OUR BOARD WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS HAPPENING. UH, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN GROWTH FROM OUR, OUR LEAGUE. WE, WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN 2018, WE WERE AT LIKE 180 KIDS AND NOW WE ARE AT 260 SOMETHING. SO WE CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE GROWTH ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF PETALUMA, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, BASEBALL AND YOUTH SPORTS. I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE, SORRY, UH, LIKE PYSL IS GROWING. NORTH COAST IS GROWING AND THEN ALL THE LITTLE LEAGUES IN PLUM ARE GROWING. WE'RE GETTING A LOT MORE FAMILIES AND STUFF IN HERE. SO WE DEFINITELY FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO OUR LEAGUE AND TO SERVE THE HELP, SERVE THE COMMUNITY TOO. SO, AND THEN, LIKE PARKER SAID, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CONTRACTORS AND STUFF THAT DO, UH, THAT HAVE KIDS AND STUFF WITH PETALUMA VALLEY OR ARE ALUMS OF PETALUMA VALLEY THAT ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP PUT OUT THEIR TIME AND DONATE THEIR LABOR AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. NOW, ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? PARKER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. SUPER INSPIRING TO SEE YOU UP HERE WITH SUCH A THOROUGH, WELL THOUGHT OUT PRESENTATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS, UM, PROJECT SUPPORTS AND ALIGNS WITH THE USE OF THE PARK AND WILL, YOU KNOW, MORE KIDS ARE PLAYING BASEBALL AND I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA. UM, I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU, LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER CHIM WAS SAYING TO REACH OUT TO SOME BUSINESSES LIKE FRIEDMAN'S REX HARDWARE TO GET SOME OF THOSE, UM, DONATIONS. 'CAUSE I THINK THEY'D BE REALLY HAPPY TO SUPPORT A PROJECT LIKE THIS THAT HAS SUCH A HIGH IMPACT FOR THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND I LOVE YOUR IDEA OF THE CONCRETE, UM, YEAH. CAN'T SAY ENOUGH NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SO CONGRATS. REALLY GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN, PARKER, FOR YOUR EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. FIRST, YOU KNOW, AS AN EAGLE SCOUT AND HAVING HELPED MANY SCOUTS GET THEIR EAGLE PROJECTS, [00:20:01] UH, DO THEIR EAGLE PROJECTS, UM, IT'S QUITE A LOT TO TAKE ON. YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING AND JUST GETTING TO THE POINT OF BEING ABLE TO DO A PROJECT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. UM, AND ONCE YOU GET IT DONE, YOU'LL HAVE A LASTING EXAMPLE OF ALL THESE YEARS OF WORK TO SHOW EVERY TIME YOU GO THERE. AND THAT'S PRETTY COOL. UH, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY EAGLE PROJECTS ARE SO AWESOME. UM, UH, I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. UM, , I HAD SOMETHING. UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU COME BACK TO ME, I'M TOTALLY BLANKING AND I'VE GOT YOU ON NOTE AS A WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND EXCHANGE CONTACTS, UM, REGARDING DONATED MATERIALS TOO. YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, SORRY. UM, ALL THE SKILLS YOU'RE LEARNING ARE NOT JUST TO GET YOUR EAGLE SCOUT. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT YOU USE THESE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FOR THE REST, REST OF YOUR LIFE WAYS YOU ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO PREDICT. SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND IT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. HOWEVER I CAN HELP, LET ME KNOW. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. THANK YOU. I, I AM CURIOUS, PARKER, HAVE YOU EVER DONE ANY BIG PROJECTS LIKE THIS BEFORE? UH, NO. OKAY. SO THE FIRST TIME, UH, YEAH. WELL THAT'S VERY EXCITING. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT THING FOR LITTLE LEAGUE AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OVER THERE AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S SOME KIDS THAT HAVE BATTING CAGES AT HOME, BUT MOST DON'T. AND SO THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF THEM TO PRACTICE WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY WHERE THE BALL'S GONNA GO. SO ANYWAY, UM, NO, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT THING FOR THAT PARK. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM? UH, NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM. I KNOW IT IS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, BUT NO, IF IT'S, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE UNANIMOUS AND I NOT SURE IF BRENDA WEIGHED IN, BUT DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON? YEP. OKAY. UM, WELL, GIVEN IT'S, UH, ITS KIND OF UNANIMOUS SUPPORT, I DO HAVE SOME THINGS TO FOLLOW UP, BUT MOSTLY CONNECTIONS ON DONATIONS AND SUPPLIES. SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PARKER AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT HE'S GOT THE SUPPORT, UM, GO THROUGH THE PLANS AND, AND THAT'LL BE THE FUN STUFF. NOT THAT THIS WASN'T, UM, UM, BUT NO, WE'LL, WE WILL, UH, BE IN TOUCH, UH, PROBABLY AFTER FAIR, UH, WHICH WILL BE, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK. AND, UH, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU. THANK, ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE [COMMITTEE COMMENT] GENERAL, UH, COMMITTEE COMMENTS. ANYONE WANNA START? KATE? NO, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM, UM, PUBLIC ART. WE HAVE NOT MET YET THIS MONTH. UM, THE ONLY UPDATE IS, UM, THE STAFF LIAISON, MELISSA ABERCROMBIE, UM, IS LEAVING HER POST, LIKELY HER CONTRACT IS ENDING. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA KIND OF AGAIN, CELEBRATE AND KIND OF SAY THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S DONE FOR THAT, THAT, UM, COMMITTEE. IT WAS, UM, SHE'S JUST BEEN SUCH AN ASSET TO, UM, PUBLIC ART IN PETALUMA. SO THAT'S THE ONLY UPDATE THAT I HAVE EXCITED FOR THE FAIR. AWESOME TO SEE ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. SO THANKS FOR PUTTING THAT TOUR TOGETHER. I REALLY ENJOYED IT. THANK YOU, BRENDA. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE EVERYTHING IN THE CHAIR. IT'S SO NICELY ORGANIZED. THEY THOUGHT ABOUT EVERY KID THAT IS ATTENDING. I FEEL THAT THIS YEAR THE FAIR IS GOING TO BE A REAL HIT. THANK YOU. YES, I THOUGHT THE, UH, IT WAS VERY, REALLY GREAT FOR US TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE BEHIND THE SCENES AND TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, UH, TO GET READY FOR THE FAIR AND, UM, GO PARK AND REC, UH, AND [00:25:01] JUST RIDING AROUND ON MY BIKE, THE PARKS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I KNOW IT'S BUSY SEASON AND IT'S BEEN HOT, BUT EVERYTHING'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, SO THANK YOU. I ALSO REALLY ENJOYED GETTING TO HAVE ANOTHER BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT THE FAIR TODAY. AND, UH, I JUST REPEAT WHAT I SAID AT THE END OF THE FAIR LAST YEAR, THAT THIS IS REALLY THE CHANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS THE FAIR THAT THEY WANT TO SEE IT, REGARDLESS OF, UM, OPINIONS ON WHERE THE FAIR SHOULD BE, WHO SHOULD BE RUNNING IT, ET CETERA. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE IT GREAT. AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAME LAST YEAR COMING IN THIS YEAR AND YOU REALLY PAY ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN'T SAY THE CITY IS REALLY LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE THIS AFFAIR FOR YOU. AND THE ONLY PART MISSING ARE THE PEOPLE. AND IF YOU, AS THE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND ENJOY THE FAIR, I MEAN, IT, IT CAN ONLY BE A SUCCESS. SO I REALLY LIKE SEEING HOW IT'S GROWN AND ADAPTED FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL LISTENING AND BEING SO INTENTIONAL. SO I'M EXCITED TO GO TOMORROW AND SEE IT. THANK YOU. SINCE OUR LAST PARKS AND REC MEETING, THERE'S NO PARTICULAR UPDATES FROM COUNCIL. UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH GOING ON THERE THAT INVOLVED PARKS AND REC. UM, BUT WE DID HAVE THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE SKATE PARK OVER AT LUCCHESE, SO THAT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THERE WERE SOME OLD SKATERS THAT CAME OUTTA THE WOODWORK TO, TO COME AND BE IN ATTENDANCE. UM, AND THEN, UH, YEAH, I JUST LIKE TO THANK, UM, YOU KNOW, DREW, JEN AND KAT FOR TAKING US AROUND TODAY, SHOWING US, UH, ALL THE COME BEFORE THE STORM AT THE FAIR AND, UH, AND WHAT'S TO COME. SO I HOPE THAT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. AND NOW WE HAVE [STAFF COMMENT] STAFF COMMENTS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M GONNA, UH, HAND IT OVER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, UH, JEN SANTOS, IF SHE'S GOT ANYTHING AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PARK SIDE OF IT. THANK YOU, DREW. DREW AND, UH, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, WE HAVE BEEN, THE PARKS TEAM HAS BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE FAIR. UM, NOT SURPRISING TO HEAR, BUT WE, UH, HAVE REALLY, UM, THERE'S A SPARK OF ENJOYMENT FROM THE CREW OF ACTUALLY BEING INVOLVED IN SOMETHING SO EXCITING. UM, WHEN WE TOOK A TOUR THROUGH THE, UM, THE BEHIND THE HERITAGE HALL, THE GARDEN THAT HAS THE POND IN IT, UM, THE CREW HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD TO GET THAT POND OPERATING AGAIN. ALL THE PLANTS BACK THERE, A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN DONATING. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD, UH, GETTING THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, TO THE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE, GETTING IT READY FOR PEOPLE TO COME, UH, TO THE FAIR. UM, TRIMMING UP TREES AND DOING LOTS OF THINGS. GRADING AND ALL VERY, VERY BUSY AT THE FAIR. SO, UH, BUT ALSO VERY ENJOYABLE. UH, THE MAINTENANCE TEAM HAS ALSO BEEN REALLY BUSY PREPARING FOR A FATHER'S DAY. UH, I THINK IT'S A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND. SO WE'VE BEEN ALSO DOING OUR, OUR REGULAR JOB OF GETTING FIELDS READY FOR PLAY AND PARKS READY FOR SUMMER. SO WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY, UM, BUT WE'VE, UH, GREATLY ENJOYED THE FAIR AND WE HOPE EVERYBODY ENJOYS IT. THAT'S MY UPDATE. THANK YOU, JEN. AND, UM, YES, THE FATHER'S DAY TOURNAMENT, IT'S SOFTBALL. UM, SO CLOSE PLAYED ON BASEBALL FIELDS AS WELL. UM, BUT YEAH, THIS IS, I I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE, UM, THIS TOURNAMENT HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY. I MEAN, THERE'S OVER 50 TEAMS INVOLVED THAT COME IN, MANY FROM OUT OF TOWN. UM, THEY USE ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN GET, ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN MAKE A DIAMOND OUT OF IT SEEMS LIKE. UM, BUT IT'S A REALLY FUN, FUN EVENT. SO, UM, PRINCE PARK, UH, WISEMAN LEGHORNS. JUST KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PARK TO BE AND YOU ARE NOT A SOFTBALL FANATIC, TRY TO AVOID THOSE PARKS THIS WEEKEND. UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE CREW DOES A LOT OF JOB, A GREAT JOB. THEY HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE IN MAKING SURE THOSE PARKS IN PARTICULAR ARE, UM, ARE, ARE WELL, UH, ARE LOOKING THEIR BEST AT, AT, AT THE FATHER'S DAY TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS HARD GIVEN THIS TIME OF YEAR. UM, BUT I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF HOW, HOW IT LOOKS. AND THEN GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE, THE GIRLS SOFTBALLS OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND. I, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL ATTENDING THE TOUR TODAY. I KNOW IT WAS EARLIER FOR MANY OF YOU ARE, ARE, I'VE GOT, IT'S A BUSY TIME OF YEAR FAMILIES WORK COMMITMENT, SO IT MEANS A LOT THAT YOU WERE THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, TAKING THAT TOUR WITH US. UM, AND PLEASE [00:30:01] CONTINUE TO TELL YOUR FOLKS AND APPRECIATE TO COME OUT FOR THE FAIR THIS YEAR. UH, PICK A DAY, ANY DAY, UH, OR ALL THE DAYS. IT'S A GREAT PACKAGE. UH, AND COME, COME JOIN US OUT THERE 'CAUSE IT IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT TIME FOR, FOR PETALUMA. UH, AFTER THE FAIR, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS DISPLAY. WILL AGAIN, UM, BE, UH, LAUNCHED FROM THE FAIRGROUND SITE. WE ARE DOING A HIGH ELEVATION SHOW AGAIN THIS YEAR, WHICH MEANS WE'LL CLOSE THE FAIRGROUNDS ITSELF. UM, BUT WE ARE ALL, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. WE ARE GONNA MANAGE THE PARKING LOT. UM, WE'RE GONNA DO A PAID PARKING IN THAT FRONT LOT. UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE BEFORE, IT'S PRETTY CHAOTIC. WE HAVE OUR POLICE AND SAFETY, UH, GOING THROUGH THAT PARKING LOT ANYWAY, LOOKING FOR, UM, ACTIVITY, UH, OR AMATEUR FIREWORKS. BUT BY DOING SOME PAID PARKING, WE CAN MANAGE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. WE'LL STILL HAVE POLICE, WE'LL STILL HAVE EVERY POLICE AND FIRE PRETTY MUCH WORKING THAT NIGHT. UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WHICH IS PAID PARKING IN THAT FRONT LOT. SO OUR MESSAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AVOID THE FAIRGROUNDS, TRY TO GO, YOU KNOW, STAY CLOSER TO, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, GREAT TIME TO GO OUT AND FIND SOME OF THOSE VANTAGE POINTS THAT WE HAVE ONLINE, YOU KNOW, PARKS, AREAS OF THE CITY THAT STILL HAVE GOOD, GOOD VIEWS. AND WE TRY TO SHOOT AS HIGH AS WE CAN SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY CAN ENJOY IT. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE, UH, JULY IS ALSO NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. YAY. HOW FUN IS THAT? UH, WE GET A WHOLE MONTH, UH, AND IT'S A GOOD TIME TO, UM, AND IT'S FITTING THAT THERE'S FIREWORKS FOR SOME REASON. BUT, UH, WE'RE EXCITED. THE, IN, UM, THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE, UM, RECEIVING A PROCLAMATION FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE INVITING STAFF TO COME IN AND, UM, JUST CELEBRATE WHAT PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES REALLY MEAN FOR COMMUNITIES. AND, UM, IT'S JUST A NICE TIME OF YEAR AND I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD AND I'M ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO CHECK IN ON THAT MEETING. UM, UH, BUT WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S GONNA BE FUN. SO I WANTED TO FLAG ONE MORE THING TO NEXT MONTH, WE HOPE WE ARE GONNA BE BRINGING, UM, OR HAVE A, UH, PARK NAMING OR A PORTION OF THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UM, WHICH IS GONNA BE, UH, A RECOMMENDATION COMING TO THIS COMMISSION FOR, TO FORMALLY NAME IT. SO LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, IS OUR PRO, THEIR, OUR PREDOMINANT CROSS TOWN CONNECTOR. THIS IS OUR BIGGEST PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE, UH, TRAIL. HOWEVER, THE NORTH SECTION OF THE TRAIL, AS IT GETS CLOSER TO KENWORTH PARK AND THEN TRAVERSES DOWN TO, UM, PRINCE KINDA ALONG THAT URBAN SEPARATOR HAS BEEN CALLED THREE OR FOUR THINGS. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS ADD WAY FINE SIGNAGE TO THE WHOLE TRAIL. AND SO THERE'S GONNA BE A PROPOSAL, UM, TO RENAME THAT SECTION SO WE CAN PUT IT ON SIGNS AND GET EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING. WE'VE HEARD PETALUMA RING TRAIL, I'VE HEARD URBAN SEPARATOR TRAIL, I'VE HEARD LYNCH CREEK TRAIL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET NAMES TO IT. UM, I WANTED TO SAY IT NOW BECAUSE THERE IS, UM, AN OPEN SOLICITATION FOR NAMES. SO IF YOU WAKE UP IN A COLD SWEAT AT THREE IN THE MORNING AND YOU'RE LIKE, IT'S GOTTA BE NAMED THIS, NOW'S THE TIME TO SUBMIT THOSE NAMES. UM, BECAUSE IT'LL GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, UH, PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE FOLKS. UM, BUT IT'LL COME HERE, UM, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH TO, WITH A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE IT IS A, A PARK SPACE. SO BEFORE IT GETS TO COUNCIL, IT'LL COME HERE. UM, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S A, A LINK ON THE WEBSITE AND I, I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT CLOSES, BUT, UM, WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE THAT ESPECIALLY FREQUENT THAT TRAIL, PUT IN A NAME, WHAT DOES IT MAKE, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CALL IT, UM, BEFORE WE PUT IT ON SIGNS AND START TALKING ABOUT IT FOREVER. I HOPE SO. UM, EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND UH, WITH THAT, THAT'S MY LAST COMMENTS AND, UM, WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE FAIR. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU DREW. AND THAT BRINGS OUR MEETING TO AN END. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION MEETING FOR JUNE 17TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.