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          I'D LIKE TO CALL THE 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
MEETING OF THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026. 
          TO ORDER. 
          CLERK, WILL YOU, UH, PERFORM THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? ALLE GRAY ELLI. 
          HERE, CHISHOLM. 
          HERE, EARL. 
          HERE. 
          GARCIA GREENSPAN TO CARLY. 
          HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU CLERK. 
          I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO ARISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE. 
          THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UNITED STATES AMERICA REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC STANDS NATION, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          ALL. 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE NOW HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING OF JULY 15TH. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE WAS NO MEETING IN AUGUST BECAUSE WE WERE ON RECESS. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, CHANGES, ADDITIONS TO THE JULY 15TH MINUTES? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM JULY 15TH. 
          SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANYONE OPPOSED? SO THAT WE CAN APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR JULY 15TH. 
          UH, CLERK, ARE THERE ANY AGENDA CHANGES OR DELETIONS? UH, NO CHANGES OR DELETIONS? THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UH, NOW WE HAVE 
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AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THIS. 
          THE RECREATION PARKS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. 
          PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. 
          DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. 
          TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES. 
          SUBJECT TO THE COUNCIL'S, THE COMMISSION'S DISCRETION. 
          PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL RULES, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES. 
          UM, UM, WE HAVE SOME, DO WE HAVE IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS OR JUST WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT I HAVE? OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE SHERRY OSTER FROM THE PETALUMA DOG PARK ADVOCATES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PET DOC ARE ADVOCATES. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON ESTABLISHING, OOH, A RELATIONSHIP WITH A FISCAL SPONSOR, WHICH HAS BEEN THE HARD PART. 
          UM, WE WERE HOPING FOR REBUILD IT TOGETHER. 
          PETALUMA, THEY'RE THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR RELIEF PETALUMA. 
          WE THOUGHT WE'D HAVE GOOD SYNERGY BECAUSE WE ALL WANNA MAKE PETALUMA, UM, A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE. 
          UM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. 
          WE'RE STILL LOOKING. 
          ANYWAY, THAT'S MY UPDATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THERE ARE TWO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [PRESENTATIONS]
UH, NOW WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS REGARDING CORNELL POCKET PARK, UH, A PRESENTATION ABOUT AN EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT COMPLETION. 
          UH, THAT'S GONNA BE JEN AND JACOB. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR BARDEL. 
          I AM GONNA ASK JACOB YARNELL OUR SCOUT TO COME UP. 
          AND, UH, JACOB CONTACTED THE CITY NOT TOO LONG AGO WITH AMAZING POCKET, UH, PROJECT, UH, TO EARN HIS EAGLE SCOUT, UM, BADGE AWARD. 
           NEXT LEVEL. 
          YOU CAN, YOU CAN HELP US OUT THERE. 
          UH, BUT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PROJECT TO PROVIDE A MONUMENT SIGN AT A POCKET PARK ON C DRIVE. 
          AND HE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH US AND WAS, UM, 
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SUPER EASY TO WORK WITH, VERY ORGANIZED. 
          AND WE NOW HAVE A LOVELY MONUMENT SIGN. 
          AND JACOB IS HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROJECT AND HOW IT WENT AND THE CONCLUSION. 
          HERE YOU GO, JAKE. 
          I AM JACOB YARNELL, A JUNIOR AT CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL IN AND A LIFE SCOUT IN BOY SCOUT TROOP TWO OF PETALUMA. 
          PRIOR TO ACHIEVING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, I AS THE EAGLE CANDIDATE, MUST COMPLETE A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP MUST BE SHOWN THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, EXECUTION, AND IN INTERACTIONS WITH THE BENEFICIARY, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY OF PETALUMA. 
          THE PROJECT AND ITS PROCESS MUST BE APPROVED BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER COMPLETION BY SEVERAL PARTIES OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. 
          AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR A PROJECT, I NOTICED ONE MORNING DURING MY WALK TO SCHOOL THROUGH CANELLA PARK THAT IT LACKED THE SAME SIGNAGE THAT MANY OTHER CITY PARKS FEATURED. 
          I FELT THAT INSTALLING A SIGN AT CORNELL PARK WOULD NOT ONLY BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS A SMALL PARK MAY BE MISTAKEN FOR A PART OF THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL GROUND WITHOUT SUFFICIENT SIGNAGE, BUT ALSO WITHIN MY ABILITIES AND WITHIN THE SCOPE OF AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT. 
          THROUGHOUT THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, I WORKED A FLESH OUT THIS PROJECT AND ESTABLISHED COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA. 
          I FIRST INTRODUCED MYSELF TO DREW HALTER WITH THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT, WHO PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH JEN SANTOS AND WITH WHOM I WOULD FREQUENTLY COMMUNICATE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. 
          SHE LATER PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH SCOTT KIRBY, WHO I WOULD WORK WITH CONSISTENTLY FOR THE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS NECESSARY FOR THE SIGN. 
          AFTER LEARNING THAT EVERYONE WAS SUPPORTIVE AND READY TO WORK WITH ME IN INSTALLING A SIGN AT C PARK, I SECURED DONATIONS FROM FRIEDMAN'S HOME IMPROVEMENT THANKS TO AN EXTENSIVE MATERIALS LIST PROVIDED BY SCOTT KIRBY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS IMAGE IS THE PARK WITHOUT AN IDENTIFYING SIGN. 
          LOOKING AT THIS IMAGE, YOU MAY SEE SOME OF MY MOTIVATION FOR WANTING TO INSTALL A SIGN IN THE PARK WITHOUT A SIGN. 
          IT CAN BE EASILY MISTAKEN AS PART OF THE NEIGHBORING HIGH CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL'S CAMPUS LOCATED JUST BEHIND IT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OVER TWO SATURDAYS IN AUGUST, MEMBERS OF MY TROOP AND I PAINTED AND INSTALLED THE SIGN, SCOTT KIRBY HAD CUT LETTERS INTO THE SIGN FORCE AND SUPPLIED SOME OF THE NEEDED TOOLS, WHICH WAS A GREAT HELP IN KEEPING THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AFTER MUCH DIGGING, ASSEMBLING, AND LEVELING, THE SIGN WAS IN THE PARK. 
          THIS MAKES THIS PARK CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE AS A PUBLIC SPACE TO BE ENJOYED. 
          WHILE WE HAD SOME TROUBLES INSTALLING THE SIGN, LIKE THE TOUGH CLAY, OUR SMALL CREW AND THE HEAT, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO HAVE CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS, EVEN MORE SO DIGITALLY. 
          FINAL SLIDE. 
          OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, I HAVE SPENT MUCH TIME WRITING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF MY PROJECT AND PREPARING TO SUBMIT IT FOR A FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY AND PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR NOT ONLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT AND MILESTONE IN MY PERSONAL LIFE, BUT ALSO FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND BEAUTIFY THE CITY FOR EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU JACOB. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU DID. 
          THE SIGN LOOKS FANTASTIC. 
          ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL, OR, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I KNOW THAT SOIL OVER THERE, AND FOR THE THREE OF YOU TO BE ABLE TO DIG THAT THING OUT AND PUT IT IN, THAT IS A FEAT ALL IN OF ITSELF. 
          SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF WORDING IN YOUR REPORT, MAYBE A DESCRIPTION AND A PHOTO OF ADOBE CLAY SOIL , JUST FOR LIKE A LITTLE JAZZ. 
          BUT YES, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO, YOU GO . 
          WELL, YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING THIS PROJECT. 
          I'LL SAY FROM HAVING DONE AN EAGLE PROJECT THAT THE COOLEST PART IS YOU'LL GET TO GO BY THIS PLACE SO MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE AND SEE THE IMPACT THAT YOU MADE, THAT STILL REMAINS. 
          AND ALSO, AS AN EAGLE SCOUT, I'LL SAY THAT THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT ONCE YOU GET THERE, WHICH YOU WILL, YOU'RE ALMOST THERE, UM, WILL HELP YOU IN YOUR LIFE THROUGHOUT YOUR WHOLE LIFE, IN WAYS YOU CANNOT EVEN PREDICT AT THIS MOMENT. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS AHEAD OF TIME. 
          GOOD JOB. 
          HEY, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, JAKE, AND DOING SUCH A COOL SIGN. 
          UM, I FEEL LIKE YOU MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE DIGGING IN ADOBE ALREADY, BUT, UM, YEAH, IT'S NO FUN. 
          IS IT? . 
          BUT, UM, ANYWAY, VERY, VERY COOL PROJECT. 
          GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU DID IT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NICE LOOKING SIGN AND I HOPE THAT YOUR EAGLE SCOUT, YOU KNOW, CEREMONY, EVERYTHING GOES VERY WELL. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS ON MEASURE 
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M. 
          UM, DREW WILL GIVE US A HISTORICAL PARK INVESTMENT UPDATE AND AS WELL AS CAT AND JEN, UH, GIVEN US IDEA THINGS THAT MEASURE M HAS HELPED MAKE POSSIBLE FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND, AND YES, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU AGAIN JACOB, FOR THE LAST PRESENTATION AND REALLY THE, THE WHOLE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOES SPEAK VOLUMES TOO WHEN WE SEE THE SUPPORT, UM, THAT YOU ALL GET TO PROVIDE, UH, JACOB IN HELPING TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. 
          WE KNOW IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A SILO, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN ENCOURAGING HIM ALONG THE WAY. 
          AND, AND YEAH, DON'T BE A STRANGER. 
          UH, WE GOT PLENTY OF, UH, HOLES TO DIG AND, AND SIGNS TO PUT UP AND, AND WHATNOT. 
          SO STAY ENGAGED, UM, AGAIN, AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU DO NEXT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          OKAY, AS I REVERSE THROUGH SOME SLIDES HERE. 
          UH, ALL RIGHT, WELL, I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A, UH, HISTORICAL PARK INVESTMENT UPDATE AS IT RELATES TO OUR MEASURE M PARKS FOR ALL SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL, UH, SALES TAX THAT WAS, UH, ADOPTED IN 2018, TAKING IN EFFECT INTO 2019. 
          UM, BEFORE WE GET GOING, UM, I WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A FEW OF US, UH, THAT ARE GONNA TAKE SOME SLIDES AND WALK THROUGH THIS, THIS PRESENTATION. 
          TRUE TO MEASURE M UH, IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN INVESTING AND USING, USING MEASURE M FUNDS, UH, TO THE BETTER OF THE COMMUNITY, TO THE EXTENT WE CAN. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, UH, HELP HERE. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT NICOLE'S STARK, OUR, OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST. 
          WE'VE GOT KAT REISINGER, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND JEN SANTOS, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE THAT ARE EACH GONNA HELP ME WALK THROUGH THIS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GOAL IN HERE TONIGHT IN PROVIDING THIS PRESENTATION, WE ARE NOT, UH, THIS IS NOT A BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS NOT, UM, AN ITEM THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, REQUESTING ACTION ON THE PART OF THE COMMISSION AS FAR AS A RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, BUT REALLY WE ARE AT A POINT NOW, UM, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS AUTHORIZED A, UM, REAUTHORIZED MEASURE M TO GO BACK ONTO, UH, A NOVEMBER BALLOT. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST PETALUMA, BUT THE OTHER EIGHT CITIES AND COUNTY, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVE REPORT OUTS ON WHAT, UH, HAS THIS, UH, WHAT HAS THIS MEASURE BENEFITED AS FAR AS PARKS, HOW IS IT BEING UTILIZED? AND ALSO GIVE SOME OF THOSE TALKING POINTS TO YOU TO SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS, AND THEN BRING QUESTIONS BACK TO US ON HOW WE CAN BETTER PRESENT THIS INFORMATION, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WHEN I HOPE IT'S GONNA BE TALKED ABOUT. 
          SO, WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          SO FOR THOSE, UH, AND I KNOW THERE'S A FEW THAT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT IF YOU HAVE NOT, UM, MEASURE M WAS A 10 YEAR, ONE EIGHTH OF A CENT SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL SALES TAX THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2018, UH, BY THE VOTERS OF THAT ONE EIGHTH CENT, TWO THIRDS OF THE FUNDS COLLECTED GETS DISPERSED DIRECTLY TO SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS. 
          AND AS PART OF THAT LEGISLATION, UM, REGIONALS PARKS HAS THAT PRESCRIBED. 
          SO YOU CAN GO ONTO THEIR WEBSITE AND, AND YOU CAN SEE REGIONAL PARKS SPENDS, ESSENTIALLY THE FUNDS IN THIRDS. 
          UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO TOO MUCH INTO IT, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW IT'S BEEN INVESTED. 
          SO THEN ONE THIRD OF THE REMAINING FUNDING THEN GETS DISTRIBUTED TO THE NINE CITIES BASED ON POPULATION ON AVERAGE, UH, IT IS A SALES TAX, SO IT, IT EBBS AND FLOWS, UH, BUT ON AVERAGE, PETALUMA LOOKS TO, YOU KNOW, UH, INCUR ABOUT 880,000. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S AN AVERAGE OVER THE, UH, SIX, SEVEN YEARS OF THE, OF THE MEASURE. 
          SO THE FIRST YEAR, PLUS, I WOULD SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. 
          UM, WE WERE AT A POINT IN PETALUMA WHERE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION WAS STILL ABOUT 40% BELOW WHAT WE WERE FUNDED FOR IN 2008, NINE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOMS WERE KIND OF, THE RECESSION HAD KIND OF HAPPENED, AND SO WE WEREN'T REALLY CHECKING IN WITH THE COMMUNITY A LOT ABOUT FUTURE INVESTMENT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T MUCH. 
          IT WAS PRETTY LEAN. 
          SO THE FIRST YEAR, 2019 AND THROUGH 2020, UM, REALLY TOOK, UH, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS, AS A LEADING GOAL FOR 
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THAT YEAR. 
          UH, STARTING WITH DISCUSSIONS AT THE COMMISSION, I BELIEVE MEASUREMENT WAS ON, ON THE AGENDA, EITHER AS A SPECIAL MEETING OR THE AGENDA FOR EVERY MEETING FOR ABOUT A YEAR. 
          UM, THAT LED TO WORKSHOPS IN, UM, THE FALL OF 2019. 
          THIS WAS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          THIS WAS FACILITATED WORKSHOPS. 
          UM, WE WERE GATHERING INPUT ALONG THE WAY TO HELP US KIND OF FIGURE OUT AND PRIORITIZE WHAT WERE SOME OF THE PARAMETERS FOR USE WITH THIS NEW FUND THAT LED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE WINTER WHERE WE TOOK WORKSHOPS, WE TOOK INPUT FROM THE SPECIAL MEETINGS, UM, SURVEYS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, INTO ULTIMATELY WHAT WE PRESENTED AS, HEY, THESE ARE THESE SEVEN PRIORITIZED CATEGORIES OR, OR LENS FOR WHICH WE ARE GONNA, WE PETALUMA, UM, ARE GONNA LOOK TO EACH AND EVERY YEAR, UH, AS A, AS A GUIDING METRICS FOR HOW WE ARE GONNA SPEND, UM, THE MEASURE M FUNDS. 
          SO FROM THAT, WHICH WAS A ULTIMATELY ADOPTED AND ESTABLISHED HERE, YOU KNOW, MEASURE M THEN BECAME PART OF EVERY YEAR'S CONVERSATION, RIGHT, AROUND BUDGETS WITH WHETHER IT'S CAPITAL, UM, OR OPERATIONAL FUNDS. 
          UM, MEASURE M WAS ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, REPRIORITIZED EVERY YEAR WE RUN AN ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          UM, BUT IT ALSO IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT FITS INTO THE CITY'S OTHER DOZENS OR SO SPECIAL TAXES, AND THEN A HUNDRED PLUS SPECIAL REVENUES. 
          SO WHAT WERE THOSE SEVEN CATEGORIES? UM, THIS IS ILLUSTRATED OF WHAT THEY ARE. 
          UH, SO NUMBER ONE, YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK FROM CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE BOARD WAS, YOU KNOW, OUR WALKING PAST BIKE TRAILS, PARK CONNECTIONS, AND ACCESSES WHAT, UH, CONTINUALLY RISE AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THIS MEASURE. 
          UM, THEN YOU CAN KIND OF MOVE ACROSS INTO PLAYGROUND, SPORTS COURTS, ACTIVE RECREATION AREAS, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF GO ACROSS THE SEVEN. 
          WHAT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO REMEMBER IS THE INTENT IS NEVER THAT EACH AND EVERY YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE INVESTED, UH, IN A WAY THAT'S GONNA ALWAYS LAND IN THE, THESE SEVEN CATEGORIES. 
          UH, ONE YEAR WE MAY GO OUT FOR A, A, A CAPITAL PROJECT, LIKE A, A POOL PLA REP PLASTER, UM, THAT WOULD, WOULD ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THAT THAT YEAR SPEND SPENDING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A CATEGORY E IT'S, THE INTENT IS OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE 10 YEAR MEASURE THAT WE FIND A BALANCE THAT REFLECTS THESE SEVEN CATEGORIES, AND IT HELPS US KIND OF CHECK IN ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES I'M GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THE KIND OF MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE PARK PROJECTS THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, MADE A DIFFERENT, MADE A BIG SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON, ON THE COMMUNITY, YES. 
          BUT ALSO KIND OF SHOWS YOU KIND OF ILLUSTRATIVE OF WHERE THE DIVERSITY OF THE FUNDING WAS, WAS SPENT. 
          SO IN THE MIDDLE HERE, I LOVE THIS PHOTO BECAUSE I, I, I LOST THE PATHWAY AT MCDOWELL PARK. 
          IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THERE, UH, ON THE LEFT. 
          BUT I MEAN, THAT JUST IS PRETTY INDICATIVE OF HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, DECADE PLUS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, ESPECIALLY AROUND OUR PATHWAYS, PARK PATHWAYS AND ACCESS. 
          UM, YOU LEAD TO SECTIONS THAT, THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT, AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES FOR ACCESS WHEN, UM, A, A PATHWAY GETS RECONSTRUCTED. 
          SO THAT'S MCDOWELL. 
          UM, MEASURE M WAS NOT, UH, THE SOLE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE SCHOENBERGER OUTDOOR, UH, AMPHITHEATER, SORRY, OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. 
          UM, HOWEVER, RIGHT, WE, WE GOT GRANT FUNDING TO MAKE THE, UH, THE CLASSROOM, UH, HAPPEN. 
          BUT HOWEVER, WE COULD USE A LITTLE MEASURE M TO REALIZE SOME OF THE ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PATHWAY, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO WHILE IT FUNDED MAYBE A SMALL PORTION OF THE OVERALL BUDGET, IT WAS CRITICAL. 
          AND THAT'S A THEME THAT YOU'LL HEAR TONIGHT. 
          IT'S CRITICAL IN ALLOWING US TO LEVERAGE THIS FUNDING ON MORE AND MORE PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND THEN PLAYGROUNDS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 
          MEASURE M DOES NOT FUND ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT, BUT WITH MEASURE M, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE A PLAYGROUND EVERY YEAR TO TWO, WHEREAS THAT WE WERE AVERAGING A PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT EVERY THREE YEARS PRIOR TO SPORTS COURTS, FIELDS, ACTIVE RECREATION PLAY, THAT'S OUR, OUR CENTRAL TENANT OF WHO WE ARE IN PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING ON THOSE MULTI-USE SURFACES THAT GET PEOPLE OUT RECREATING MULTI-GENERATIONAL, UM, REALLY EXCITED THAT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR FIRST ROUND OF OUTREACH, UM, OUR SPORTS COURTS, TENNIS COURTS, THE NEED FOR PICKLEBALL THAT ROSE REALLY TO THE, TO THE TOP, THOSE WERE THE COMMUNITY THAT'S SAYING, HEY, WE NEED THESE AMENITIES. 
          NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE FAR BEHIND ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THESE COURTS. 
          UH, AND IN LEVERAGING THAT, WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, RE RECONSTRUCT ESSENTIALLY, UH, SIX TENNIS COURTS, UH, AND INSTALL FOUR NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS AND SPORTS LIGHTING. 
          THE FIELD REPLACEMENT, 
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UH, AT LUCCHESE WAS COMPLETED, AGAIN, NOT WITH THE MAJORITY MEASURE M, BUT SOME HELPED US GET THAT PROJECT FULLY ROUNDED, INCLUDING THE PARKING LOT THAT GOT IMPROVED. 
          UM, THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY BASEBALL FIELD, UH, THAT OPENED IN 2024. 
          UH, AND THEN THE IMAGE, UH, THAT YOU SEE THERE IS OUR, UH, PERSONLESS MINI EXCAVATOR IN THE BOTTOM OF A BOWL. 
          WE DID GET THAT EXCAVATOR OUT. 
          UM, I'M SORRY, THAT'S A BAD ONE. 
          BUT, UH, THE SKATE PARK IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND, AND THAT WAS A PROJECT, AGAIN, THAT WAS, UM, A DRIVING FORCE IN OUR INITIAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND I'M, I'M VERY, UM, PROUD THAT WE'RE DELIVERING FOR THE COMMUNITY ON THAT, ON THAT PROJECT. 
          OTHER FACILITIES AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WE'VE GOT OUR, OUR, OUR SWIM CENTER. 
          THAT WAS A MASSIVE, UH, UNDERTAKING, YOU CAN SEE. 
          AND UNTIL YOU PUT PEOPLE IN AN EMPTY POOL, YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL WHAT A, WHAT A BIG POOL IT IS. 
          BUT, UM, YOU TAKE THE WATER OUT AND YOU PUT PEOPLE IN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, UH, IT'S APPARENT WHAT, WHAT, UH, A 50 METER POOL WITH 500,000 GALLONS OF WATER LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, THE SENIOR CENTER PARKING LOT RECONSTRUCTION, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR THAT PARKING LOT. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE BUSIEST LITTLE PARKING LOTS IN THE CITY, UH, BETWEEN THE SENIOR CAFE, THE I RIDE PROGRAM, THE MEALS ON WHEELS, THE REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTION, AND OUR ACTIVE BUZZING SENIOR CENTER THAT HAS BECOME A HUB. 
          UH, SO BE ABLE TO RECONSTRUCT, UM, INCREASE SOME OF THE SPACING AND THEN BETTER FLOW, UM, LIGHTS, UH, EVENTUALLY SOME TREES. 
          I MEAN, IT'S REALLY, REALLY GONNA BE AN IMPACTFUL PROJECT THAT'LL GET KICKSTARTED, I THINK, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. 
          UH, AND THEN THE KENILWORTH REVITALIZATION PLAN, AGAIN, NOT MEASURE M AS A SOLE CONTRIBUTOR, BUT PART OF THAT MONEY LEVERAGING FOR US TO DO, UH, A REAL MASTER PLAN OF THE PARK. 
          SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE NEXT, UH, THIS WAS, UH, KIND OF A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT I COVERED, JUST KIND OF SHOWING WHERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, LANDED. 
          AND, AND WHAT WE INTEND TO SHOW HERE IS IT'S REALLY DISPERSED. 
          IT'S REALLY SPREAD OUT. 
          NOT ALL PARK, UM, YOU KNOW, RECEIVES THE, THE, THE, OR HAS THE BIGGEST AMENITY. 
          UM, YET WE ARE ALL LOOKING AT EQUITY THROUGH THE SPENDING SOURCE. 
          AND, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE THAT AROUND. 
          UH, SOMETIMES IT'S REPLACING, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A SLIDE OR, OR SOME WASTE AND RECYCLED BINS. 
          UM, AND SOMETIMES IT'S REPLACING SOMETHING LARGER. 
          UH, BUT THE POINT IS THAT YOU'RE REALLY SPREADING AND LEVERAGING THE FUNDING WHERE WE CAN. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE KAT REISINGER, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, TO, TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE NEXT ONE. 
          HELLO EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU, DREW. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          NICE TO BE HERE. 
          AND I HAVE A SINGLE BUT VERY MIGHTY SLIDE HERE TO DISCUSS PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS MEASURING HAS, HAS HELPED FUND THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM THAT ALLOWS PROGRAMMING TO HAPPEN. 
          THE FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINTENANCE, AND SPACES THAT OUR PROGRAMS RELY ON EVERY DAY. 
          AQUATICS IS PROBABLY OUR BEST EXAMPLE OF THE MEASURE M FUNDING AND THE WORLD OF PROGRAMMING. 
          ITS SUPPORTED BASICALLY ALL OF AQUATICS. 
          UM, YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE INVESTMENT IN REPLASTERING AND LIGHTING AT THE SWIM CENTER. 
          WITHOUT A SAFE, FUNCTIONAL, AND WELL-MAINTAINED FACILITY, WE SIMPLY CAN'T OFFER SWIM LESSONS, WATER AEROBICS, RECREATIONAL SWIMMING, AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMMING THAT HAPPENS AT BOTH OF OUR TWO AQUATIC LOCATIONS. 
          HERE IN PETALUMA, SIGNIFICANTLY, MEASURE M HAS ALSO SUPPORTED THE STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT THAT HELPS MAKE OUR AQUATICS FACILITIES SAFE, ACCESSIBLE, AND WELCOMING FOR ALL TYPES OF COMMUNITY USERS. 
          THAT INVESTMENT IN OUR PEOPLE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE INVESTMENT IN THE PHYSICAL FACILITY BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE, RESPOND TO A WIDE RANGE OF PARTICIPANT NEEDS, AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE MORE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE PARTICIPATING. 
          THE INVESTMENT ISN'T SIMPLY A POOL, IT'S IN EVERYTHING A POOL ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO DO MOVIES IN THE PARK IS ALSO ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF MEASURE M SUPPORTING PROGRAMMING DIRECTLY. 
          MOVIES IN THE PARK GIVE FAMILIES A FREE WELCOMING COMMUNITY EVENT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, AND IT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER TOGETHER, CONNECT AND ENJOY OUR PARK SYSTEM IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY THAN THEY USUALLY DO. 
          THESE KINDS OF EXPERIENCES HELP BUILD OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE OUR PARKS FEEL ACTIVE, ACCESSIBLE, AND INVITING. 
          AND THAT SAME IDEA REALLY CARRIES ACROSS PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          A RESURFACED COURT GIVES US SOMEWHERE TO OFFER TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL. 
          A MAINTAINED FIELD ALLOWS US TO RUN SPORTS LEAGUES. 
          IMPROVED PARKS ALLOW US TO HOST EVENTS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROGRAMMING AREN'T SEPARATE THINGS THAT WE ALL BUILD ON EACH OTHER. 
          PROGRAMMING IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AN AREA WHERE MEASURE M CAN MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT. 
          LOOKING AHEAD, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT 
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING AND EXPANDING PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY EXPLORING WAYS TO HELP UTILIZE SCHOLARSHIPS AND FUNDING SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE MEASURE M FUNDING. 
          AND THEN I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JEN. 
          THANK YOU, KAT. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND OUR PROGRAMS, THE THING THAT IS ALSO THE THREE LEGGED STOOL IS OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM. 
          IT'S REALLY PROVIDING THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND SERVICING THAT'S NEEDED TO KEEP OUR PROGRAMS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS ROLLING. 
          AND LOOK AT THOSE SMILING FACES,  ON THOSE. 
          SO THE TOP PICTURE THERE IS ONE OF OUR, UH, PARKS MEMBERS, SCOTT, WHO IS ALSO HELPING WITH OUR LOCAL EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT AT C PARK. 
          WE WERE ABLE WITH MEASURE M TO ADD TWO FULL-TIME STAFF AND TWO SEASONAL STAFF, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. 
          THOSE SEASONAL STAFF ACTUALLY, UM, IS A GREAT STARTING PLACE FOR ADDING NEW FULL-TIME STAFF. 
          UH, WE GET TO KNOW THEM, THEY GET TO KNOW THE PARKS, AND THEY CAN BECOME PART OF OUR, UH, REGULAR TEAM IN A MUCH EASIER WAY. 
          UM, HAVING THOSE EXTRA TWO PEOPLE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT IT REALLY MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU NEED TO DOUBLE UP TO DO PROJECTS OUT IN THE, OUT IN THE FIELD VERSUS BY THEMSELVES. 
          UH, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO, UH, DO SOME TOP DRESSING FOR OUR PLAYGROUND SURFACES. 
          THE WOOD FIBER MULCH THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT MORE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WHICH IS A MUCH BETTER IMPROVEMENT, UH, UH, TO ADD THAT TO OUR PLAY SURFACE. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A PLAYGROUND, YOU'LL SEE UNDERNEATH THE SWINGS, IT OFTEN GETS, UH, REALLY LOW THERE. 
          SO ADDING THAT, UH, FIBER PLAY SURFACE TO OUR PLAYGROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WAS A IS IS A GREAT, UH, WAY TO KEEP OUR A DA COMPLIANCE, UH, GOING AND MAKE IT MORE FUN FOR KIDS. 
          UH, ONE REALLY GREAT THING IS OUR IRRIGATION UPGRADES WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, WE ARE USING A SYSTEM CALLED WEATHER TRACK, AND THAT KIND OF IRRIGATION PROGRAMMING ALLOWS FOR, UM, INFORMATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT TO BE PUT INTO THE COLLECTED INTO THE CONTROLLER. 
          AND IT TELLS US WHEN NOT TO RAIN OR WHEN NOT TO WATER, HOW MUCH TO WATER. 
          IT HELPS US REMOTELY ACCESS THE IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS SO WE HAVE BETTER CONTROL OVER HOW MUCH IRRIGATION AND, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM OVERALL. 
          SO WE ARE SAVING TIME AND MONEY AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ONLY APPLYING IRRIGATION WHERE IT'S NEEDED THROUGH THESE, UH, SYSTEMS. AND IT'S, UH, A, A HUGE TIME SAVINGS. 
          AND FOR OUR TREE CANOPY, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO GROW OUR TREE CANOPY HERE IN THE CITY. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WITH MEASURE M IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, AND CONTRIBUTING TO PLANTING TREES AND PROVIDING, UH, THE, UH, PROPER CARE AND TREATMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, CAGES, FOR DEER CAGES, FOR LODGE POLES, FOR PROPPING UP TREES, AS WELL AS THE OCCASIONAL HAZARDOUS TREE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT WITH A MORE APPROPRIATE TREE IN THE PLACE. 
          AND WE ALSO, OF COURSE, PROVIDE LOTS OF MULCHING AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. 
          SO THAT'S A LOT OF WEED EATING. 
          SO THERE'S EXTRA TWO SEASONAL STAFF REALLY, REALLY HELP WITH THAT. 
          THEY SPEND A, A GREAT DEAL OF THEIR TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER, REALLY HELPING US GET THOSE NOOKS AND CRANNIES IN THE PARKS, UM, CLEANED UP AND, UM, USING MULCH TO COME BACK AFTER WE CLEAN IT UP SO WE CAN REALLY KEEP THOSE WEEDS DOWN YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR FABULOUS GRAZING PROGRAM, UM, THAT'S BEEN INCREASING EACH YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE DOING OVER 300 ACRES WITH GRAZING. 
          IT'S A REALLY FANTASTIC PROGRAM FOR, UH, MANAGEMENT OF WEEDS AND FIRE REDUCTION IN HARD TO REACH PLACES, AND WE GET SOME GREAT ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS FROM HAVING OUR SHEEP OUT THERE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND, UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS RIGHT THAT MAKE US HAPPY. 
          , UH, OUR, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT, YOU KNOW, WELL FIND ABOUT 30 PARKS OUT THERE FOR, UM, RECYCLING. 
          SOME HAVE COMPOST AS WELL. 
          IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE THESE NEW FEATURES OUT THERE THAT FUNCTION WELL, AND YOU CAN FIND THE TRASH AND RECYCLING COMPOST YOU NEED. 
          AND SAME WITH OUR DRINKING FOUNTAINS. 
          UH, THE ONE SHOWN IN THE SLIDE HERE IS, UH, THE, UH, A FAVORITE AND ONE WE WOULD PREFER TO USE. 
          WE, WE DON'T USE IT EVERYWHERE, IS OUR BO WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATION, AS WELL AS OUR REGULAR DRINKING FOUNTAIN AND THE, UM, DOG BOWL. 
          SO WATER BALL FILLING IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, UH, A TREND WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT OPTION FOR OUR PEOPLE WALKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND, AND GOING FROM ONE PARK TO THE NEXT, OR PLAYING THIS ONE'S NEAR A SPORTS FIELD, PLAYING SPORTS, COME FILL UP YOUR BOTTLE, OR YOU DID FORGOT YOUR BRATTLE, YOU HAVE ANOTHER OPTION, . 
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AND THEN ALSO, UH, OF COURSE OUR LITTLE PARK SIGNS EVERYWHERE. 
          WHEN YOU'RE IN PARKS, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF SMALL, LITTLE RURAL SIGNS, DOG RUN AREAS, DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          SO UPGRADING THOSE OVER THE YEARS WITH MEASURE M HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE, UH, GONNA KEEP GOING, DEFINITELY IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT, UM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE OF OUR OTHER PARKS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, TRAVIS THERE, UM, USING SOME MEASURE M FUNDS TO UPGRADE SOME OF OUR EXISTING DRINKING FOUNTAINS AS WELL. 
          THE ONES WE COULDN'T QUITE GET TO REPLACING, UM, ARE GETTING UPGRADES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FUNCTIONING. 
          AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR GOAL ALL YEAR LONG TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEREVER YOU GO, OUR DRINKING FOUNTAINS ARE, ARE FUNCTIONING. 
          SO, OKAY, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO DREW. 
          YEAH. 
          AND FOR, FOR THIS ONE, UM, I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON WHO CAN WALK US THROUGH THIS ONE. 
          AND THAT'S NICOLE STARK, OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THIS IS VERY FUN AND EXCITING, SO YOU, NICOLE, TAKE IT AWAY. 
          THANK YOU, DREW. 
          GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. 
          UM, SO I'M HERE FOR THE FUN SLIDE, UH, WHICH IS A RECAP AND ROUNDUP OF SOME MEASURE M HIGHLIGHTS. 
          UM, THERE'S SO MUCH BREADTH TO WHAT MEASURE M UH, HAS CONTRIBUTED TO. 
          SO WE WANTED TO PULL SOME STATS AND QUANTIFIABLES TO REALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE SO MUCH WITH THIS FUNDING. 
          UM, AND AS DREW PRESENTED COMMISSION COMMITTEE COMMUNITY INPUT WAS REALLY WHERE ALTS BEGAN. 
          IN PETALUMA. 
          UH, OUR MEASURE M OUTREACH WORKSHOP IN OCTOBER, 2019 DREW OVER 170 PARTICIPANTS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          IN ADDITION TO THEIR FEEDBACK, WE ALSO COLLECTED 841 RESPONSES TO AN ONLINE SURVEY, ALL OF WHICH, UH, WERE USED TO DETERMINE HOW WE WOULD USE MEASURE M FOR ITS LIFE. 
          UM, WHEN IT CAME TO IMPLEMENTING FEEDBACK AND THE PRIORITIES SET BY RMPC, WE HAD A LOT OF SPACE TO DO IT WITH, UH, BEYOND OUR FACILITIES AND ACROSS 48 PARKS, PETALUMA HAS ABOUT 450 ACRES OF PARKLAND TO MAINTAIN. 
          AND WITHIN THAT, THERE'S ABOUT 175 ACRES OF NATURAL TURF. 
          UH, GIVEN ALL THAT TURF MEASURE M FUNDS CONTRIBUTED, AS JEN MENTIONED TO THE EARLY CLIMATE CONSCIOUS DECISION TO UPGRADE 38 IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS TO A NEW WATERWISE SYSTEM. 
          UM, WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS MEASURE M HAS CONTRIBUTED TO, IT HAS ALSO FURTHER ENABLED OUR CITY TO MAINTAIN CURRENT AND IMPROVE PARK SPACES AND OUR RECREATIONAL AMENITIES BY FUNDING TWO FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL AS OVER 11,000 HOURS FROM OUR SEASONAL PARKS CREW STAFFING, UH, MOST OF WHICH, AS JEN MENTIONED, WERE HOURS WORKED, UH, IN SPRING AND EARLY FALL DURING OUR HIGH GROWTH SEASON. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO OUR HUMAN STAFF SINCE 2025, MEASURE M ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO ENLISTING A SHEPHERD STAFF, UH, TO LEAD SHEEP TO GRAZE ABOUT 364 FULL ACRES, UH, OF PARKLAND, WHICH KEEPS OUR PARKS BEAUTIFUL AND MITIGATES FIRE HAZARDS. 
          UM, TO SUM UP AND LOOK AT SOME PARK AMENITIES MORE CLOSELY, MEASURE M CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE YIELDED SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO THAT'S FOUR PARKS WITH FULL PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS, FIVE PARKS WITH PATHWAY AND ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS, SIX RECONSTRUCTED TENNIS COURTS, FOUR NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS, A NEW 23,000 SQUARE FOOT SKATE PARK AT LUCCHESE. 
          AND BECAUSE WE CAN'T FORGET, MEASURE ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO SOFTER IMPACTS THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF 2,925 CUBIC YARDS OF WOOD FIBER MULCH FOR OUR PLAYGROUNDS. 
          UH, DIVING IN FURTHER, AND I PROMISE THAT'S THE LAST PUN. 
          UH, BEYOND CONTRIBUTING TO ROOF PLASTERING, OUR TWO POOLS STARTING IN 2025, MEASURE M ALSO PROVIDED MEANINGFUL FUNDING TOWARD REESTABLISHING THE CITY'S AQUATICS PROGRAMMING AT THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER AND KAVANAUGH POOL. 
          UM, AS KA DISCUSSED, MEASURE M DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTES TO ONE FULL-TIME RECREATION SUPERVISOR WHO OVERSEES OVER 50 NEW PART-TIME STAFFING POSITIONS, BOTH SEASONAL AND YEAR ROUND. 
          UH, THOSE INCLUDE LIFEGUARDS, SENIOR LIFEGUARDS, RECORDS AND SWIM INSTRUCTORS, UH, WHICH PROVIDES, YOU KNOW, MEANINGFUL JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE TO ADULTS, BUT ALSO LOCAL YOUTH, UH, GAINING EARLY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE. 
          AND ALL. 
          THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAS RECEIVED REVENUES TOTALING OVER $6 MILLION SINCE ITS INCEPTION. 
          UH, AND WITH IT BEEN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE QUITE A LOT TO MEET COMMUNITY GOALS, UH, AND COMMISSION PRIORITIES. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON FROM WHAT WE HAVE AND ARE ACHIEVING TO A DISCUSSION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          LOOKING AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU, NICOLE. 
          SO, TO KIND OF WRAP THIS UP, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MEASURE M SIMILAR TO OTHER SPECIAL REVENUES, UM, ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY, UM, AS PART OF THE, THE CITY'S BUDGET. 
          WE DON'T TREAT MEASURE M IN A SILO, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT, UM, NARRATIVE AND MESSAGE OF HOW, HOW WE'RE INVESTING IN IT, AND REALLY HOW WE'RE USING IT AS A LEVERAGE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PARKS. 
          SO, ONE THING I ALSO WANNA REMIND, OR, OR SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS, UM, YOU KNOW, MEASURE 
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M IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE COUNTY, AND THERE IS A, UH, CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT, THAT MEETS QUARTERLY. 
          UM, PETALUMA IS PART OF THOSE ANNUAL MEETINGS, AND THEY PRODUCE ANNUAL REPORTS. 
          SO IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT PETALUMA OR WHAT ANY OTHER CITY IS USING, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE REPORTS ARE, AGAIN, ARE PUBLISHED, UH, THROUGH THE CA THE COUNTY, BUT ALSO ONLINE AND SHAREABLE ABOUT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE COMING UP, WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED. 
          AND, AND I'M REALLY, UM, THANKFUL THAT THERE'S OTHER VOLUNTEERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT ARE SERVING ON THOSE, THAT CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO, UM, TO CHECK IN TO MAKE SURE THAT MEASURE M IS, IS, IS BEING, UM, INVESTED IN, IN ITS INTENT. 
          SO AGAIN, I WANNA LEAVE YOU WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NEW PROGRAM AREAS THAT THE NEW, UM, PROJECTS ARE, ARE REALLY, REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT AND INCREDIBLE. 
          BUT IT, IT MEASURE M HAS MORE THAN ANYTHING BEEN SOMETHING FOR US THAT, UM, HAS REALLY SUSTAINED US IN OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN OUR PARKS, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET US OFF OF THIS EMERGENCY REACTIVE SERVICES INTO MORE OF A LONGER TERM SUSTAINABLE OUTLOOK ON HOW WE MANAGE IT. 
          AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE REALLY DO MAKE THE BEST USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. 
          UM, AND SO I JUST CAN'T UNDERSCORE WHAT THIS, UH, HAS REALLY MEANT AND ALLOWED US TO, UM, USE THIS SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE, UH, IN BUILDING IT INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, NOT ONE PROJECT OR ANOTHER. 
          SO WITH THAT, HERE'S A RARE SIGHTING OF OUR PARKS, MAINTENANCE CREWS IN ONE SPOT. 
          UM, BUT, UH, WE ALWAYS LAUGH AT THIS ONE, BUT, UM, WE THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR TIME. 
          WE'RE HERE, UH, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, UH, AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK ON ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP, UH, DRIVE THE MESSAGE OR EDUCATION HOME FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, BACK TO YOU CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DIRECTOR HALTER, UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? STACY? UM, IS THERE, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING FUNDS? IS THERE AN OUTLINE FOR THAT, OR ARE WE, WHERE ARE WE GOING FROM HERE? DREW , WE ALL WANNA KNOW. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WELL, THE MEASURE M IS SET TO SUNSET IN 2029. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, SO THIS NOVEMBER, UM, THE COUNTY'S BOARD OF SUPERVISED IS AUTHORIZED, UH, OR REAUTHORIZED, UH, A BALLOT TO GO BACK ONTO THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          SO I THINK I WOULD EN ENCOURAGE YOU, THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS WE, WE CAN LOOK, UM, IS THE, IS THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, UH, THE FISCAL, WE'RE INTO TWO MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, SO MEASURE M IS PROGRAMMED THIS YEAR, UM, AS PART OF THAT BUDGET CYCLE. 
          AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND, AND TAKE TO THE COMMISSION, UH, AND ULTIMATELY TO THE COUNCIL, UH, AS PART OF EVERY YEAR'S APPROPRIATION, YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES MEASURE M HOW IS IT BEST BEING USED AND, AND AND LEVERAGED. 
          SO EVERY YEAR WE DO THAT, UM, WE DON'T TREAT IT DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU GIVE US THE BUDGET UPDATE, THAT'S WHERE I WAS TRYING TO THINK LIKE, WHEN IS THAT MONEY DISPERSED? IS IT DISPERSED? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY THAT? LIKE, AND THEN DO YOU GUYS JUST PUT IT INTO A MEASURE LINE ITEM AND THEN IT GOES INTO THAT BUDGET THAT YOU GUYS PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO YEAH, THERE'S A, THERE'S SOME CONFUSION TIMING HERE, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE SAY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY RECEIVES QUARTERLY REVENUE DISBURSEMENTS, THAT'S HOW THE MEASURE IS STRUCTURED. 
          SO EVERY QUARTER, UM, THE NINE CITIES RECEIVE, UM, A PROPORTION OF THE ANNUAL, BUT OUR BUDGETS DON'T OPERATE IN THE QUARTERS, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          SO WE HAVE TO FORECAST, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE EXPECT TO GET THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR? AND THEN WE BRING TO YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY PROJECTS, UM, OPERATIONAL NEEDS, YOU KNOW, OUR WHOLE KIND OF SPENDING PRIORITIES. 
          AND THAT GOES AS A PACKAGE, UH, ULTIMATELY TO APPROVAL AND ADOPTION IN MAY, JUNE, BECAUSE IN JULY IT NEEDS TO START. 
          SO YES, WE RECEIVE QUARTERLY INSTALLMENTS, BUT WE APPROVE AN ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK YOU BROUGHT ME TO MY ACTUAL QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD LIKE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE DOG PARK PEOPLE WOULD LOVE AND DEDICATED AREA FOR SMALL DOGS. 
          THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT LIKE AN ACTIVE PLAYGROUND. 
          AT WHAT POINT WHEN, WHEN THAT BUDGET IS BEING CONSIDERED, UM, AT WHAT POINT DOES THE COMMISSION, LIKE, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO LIKE, GIVE THAT FEEDBACK OF LIKE, HEY, WE'VE HEARD FROM 8 MILLION PEOPLE ABOUT THE DOG THING. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, WHEN IS, AND SO IS THAT IN MAY AND JUNE? OR IS THAT YOU GUYS SAYING, WE'VE DECIDED ON THIS AND COMMISSION THIS IS 
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WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MY QUESTION? IT, IT'S SORT OF A QUESTION AND A COMMENT, I GUESS. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, IT, IT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE SPECIAL INTERESTS ACROSS THE PARK SYSTEM. 
          YEAH, TOTALLY. 
          I THINK WE SAW THIS TONIGHT. 
          SO, UM, I, I WILL SAY WE, WE, WE HAVE TO TREAT MEASURE M AS, UM, A REVENUE SIMILAR TO A HUNDRED PLUS OTHER REVENUES THAT THE CITY HAS. 
          UM, SOME REVENUES ARE TIED TO CERTAIN ACTIONS, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T USE CERTAIN FUNDS FOR OTHERS. 
          UM, THIS IS PARKS, IT'S PARKS AND RECREATION AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          SO WE TAKE, AND WE RECOMMEND A BUDGET ANNUALLY, WE, WE BRING IT PORTIONS OF IT TO THE, THE COMMISSION SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA LAND AS FAR AS OUR, OUR OUR REVENUES. 
          THIS IS WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET SOME FEEDBACK. 
          BUT ULTIMATELY AT THE COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO WEIGH IN ACROSS THE NEEDS WHERE, WHERE, UM, THE BUDGET ULTIMATELY GETS ADOPTED. 
          THAT IS THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, AND THEN WE CARRY OUT AND ADMINISTER OUR COMMITMENTS THROUGH THE BUDGET. 
          SO YES, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO GET, HEY, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THIS YOU FILL IN THE BLANK, WE NEED THIS. 
          UH, AND THEN OUR JOBS AS STAFF IS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON A BUDGET THAT'S REALISTIC AND THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO FALL THROUGH WITH THE FUNDING WE HAVE. 
          DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE LAST SURVEY, I THINK THIS IS COMING UP BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO JUST, THERE SEEMS TO BE SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          WHEN WAS THE LAST SURVEY DONE? WAS THAT 2020? WELL, THERE'S BEEN PROJECTS SINCE THERE THAT WE'RE DOING SURVEYS FOR ALL THE TIME. 
          UM, SO WHEN WE'VE HAD ONE DEDICATED SURVEY TO MEASURE M YEAH. 
          UM, THAT WAS 20. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT WE'VE HAD DOZENS OF TIMES, AND AGAIN, WE CHECK IN EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          AND WE, WE TALK ABOUT MEASURE M EVERY YEAR. 
          UH, SO YEAH, I THINK SURVEYS ARE IMPORTANT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, THEY'RE ONE ELEMENT. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK SO ARE ALL THE OTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE, THE WORKSHOPS WE HAVE, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO BRING IN NEW PROGRAMS AND GET NEW FEEDBACK, ALL OF IT GOES INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL, UH, NOT SHY ABOUT TALKING ABOUT A STRATEGIC PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT CITYWIDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, THAT REALLY HELPS YOU PRIORITIZE WHATEVER THE REVENUE IS, WHETHER IT'S MEASURE M OR, UM, YOU KNOW, AN ENDOWMENT. 
          IT SHOULDN'T REALLY MATTER. 
          WHAT SHOULD MATTER IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S REVENUE AND YOU HAVE A STATED, UM, YOU KNOW, A PRIORITIZED LIST OF INVESTMENTS. 
          NOW YOU'VE GOT TO ALIGN YOUR REVENUE WITH THOSE PRIORITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S BACK TO YOUR, THINK BACK TO YOUR MASTER PLAN. 
          WE'LL GET IT BACK TO IT. 
          YEAH. 
           BY THE END OF MY TERM. 
          YEP. 
          SO I THINK COMMISSIONER EARL, IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE COMMISSION HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING IN WHICH THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL COME BUDGET CYCLE ON CERTAIN PROJECTS THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN THINK IT NEEDS TO BE THAT FORMAL. 
          I MEAN, I, I, I THINK WHAT I WAS JUST WONDERING IS HOW WE CHECK IN WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I MEAN, IT'S REALLY HARD. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY MONTH WE'RE HERE, SO HOLDING SOME SPECIAL THING AT CITY COUNCIL, I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO DO MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE HERE EVERY SINGLE MONTH WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND SO, AND, AND THERE'S PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          LIKE, AMAZING. 
          BUT LIKE, SOMETIMES WE'RE HERE AND NO ONE IS HERE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW THAT LIKE, TRYING TO MAKE A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WOULD NECESSARILY WORK. 
          I'M WONDERING, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE, ARE SO STRESSED AND OVERWORKED AND THIS AND THAT, AND THEY JUST DON'T, LIKE, I CAN'T LIE, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY PROBABLY TO GET HERE AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          SO I THINK I'M MORE WONDERING ABOUT HOW DO WE MEET THOSE PEOPLE? I IMAGINE DOING, LIKE IF WE HAVEN'T DONE A SURVEY, IF WE ONLY HAVE THREE YEARS LEFT OF THE FUNDING, MAYBE WE COULD DO A SURVEY. 
          AND THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BEHOOVE US TO FIGURE OUT IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE ONLY PLANNING FOR, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T PLAN FOR IT TO BE RENEWED, MAYBE DOING SOME SORT OF A SURVEY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT'S THE LOWEST COST OUTREACH. 
          I'M ALSO THINKING TOO, LIKE OUR BUDGET CUTS ARE COMING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          SO LIKE, YES, I WANT MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT I DON'T, I JUST THINK SO MANY PEOPLE ARE OVER, WE'RE ALL OVERWHELMED IN MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO SOMETHING LOW, UM, UH, TRYING TO GET TO PEOPLE TO GIVE US MORE FEEDBACK. 
          SO WITH THIS LAST THREE YEARS, WE'RE MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH AQUATICS 
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IS LIKE, NAILED IT. 
          LIKE WE NEEDED THAT SO BAD. 
          IT'S BEEN SO AMAZING. 
          AND NOW AS WE'RE GETTING FORWARD WITH THAT ROLLING MORE AND PROBABLY HOPEFULLY LESS OF THIS BIG FINANCIAL INPUT THAN WHERE ARE WE LOOKING FOR TO SPEND THAT OTHER, THOSE OTHER BUCKETS OF MONEY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          DOES THAT ANSWER? NO, UN UNDERSTOOD. 
          AND I, I, UM, I KIND OF RESTATE IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          I DIDN'T MEAN A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MEETING HERE WITH THE COMMISSION WHERE, WHERE AN AGENDA ITEM IS, SOME ALLOCATED AMOUNT OF MEASURE M MONEY COULD BE USED FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS THROUGH A SURVEY, YOU KNOW, THEN DISCUSSED BY US. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN THAT COULD BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL IN THE SPRING FOR BUDGET SEASON. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THE HARD THING IS FIGURING OUT WHAT DOES OUR COMMUNITY REALLY WANT? 'CAUSE WHEN I EVEN, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, LIKE, SOMETIMES WE GET LIKE A HUNDRED RESPONSES. 
          IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE GET, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I TALK TO SO MANY PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE, I'M JUST A COMMISSIONER BEING LIKE, I TALKED TO FIVE PEOPLE AT PRINCE PARK AND THEY WANT THIS, YOU KNOW, . 
          IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE GET THEM ALL TO TELL US WHAT THEY WANT? . 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'VE BEEN PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, IS THAT AS PART OF BEING FULLY STAFFED IN THE PARKS AND REC SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE SAVVY ON THE SURVEYS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANT PROGRAMS, UH, GENERAL PARKS AND RECREATION EMAILS. 
          WE RESPOND TO EVERY SINGLE COMMENT THAT SOMEONE SENDS ON A MESSAGE BOARD THROUGH FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM COMMENTING. 
          WE HAVE, OUR FRONT DESK OFFICES ARE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 
          UM, SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC INTERFACE, WHICH I KNOW ISN'T, WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM HOW DO YOU WANNA SPEND YOUR MEASURE M MONEY NECESSARILY, BUT JUST SAYING, WE DO VERY DILIGENTLY KEEP TRACK OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT DOES COME IN THROUGH ALL THE VARIOUS CHANNELS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE FRONT FACING TEAM THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE REALLY GOOD AT MAKING SURE THAT US HERE AT THE LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE AWARE OF PRIORITIES SUCH AS THE DOG GROUP THAT COMES THROUGH. 
          AND THEN WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO REACH BACK OUT AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON HOW WE CAN FORMALLY MOVE PROJECTS FORWARD. 
          YOU GUYS WORK VERY HARD, TOTALLY . 
          LIKE, I SEE HOW HARD YOU WORK. 
          AND SO, YES, THIS WASN'T COMING FROM SOME, SOME ASPECT, BUT IT, BUT IT IS, IT JUST MADE ME THINK AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, IT JUST GOT MY MIND GOING, YOU ALL KNOW HOW I AM, I'M A, I'M AN ACTIVATION GIRL. 
          I MEAN, WHAT WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, LOOK LIKE, DREW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF, OF PROJECTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LONG LIST OF THEM WAITING, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE IF THE COMMISSION WERE ABLE TO HELP WEIGH IN ON THAT SORT OF THING? YEAH, I MEAN, I, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, IT, TO BE HONEST, IT WOULDN'T LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT TO, YOU KNOW, HOW WE HAVE HISTORICALLY STRUCTURED THESE CHECK-INS, UM, IN THE LAST PROBABLY FOUR YEARS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING IS WHAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE IN KIND OF BUDGET SEASON PRETTY MUCH, UM, FROM OCTOBER , RIGHT? UNTIL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING CHANGES AT THE MIDYEAR, UM, AND YOU'RE MAKING RIGHT UP UNTIL ABOUT APRIL. 
          UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA LEAD WITH IT. 
          YOU'VE GOTTA MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO MAY IS KIND OF THE FIRST CHANCE THAT THE, THE COUNCIL GETS FOR THE BUDGET, AND WE TRY TO TAKE IT TO THE COMMISSION WITH AS MUCH, UM, THE INFORMATION AS WE CAN IS CLOSE TO THAT POINT. 
          UM, SO THE BUDGET FORMATION KIND OF TAKES US RIGHT TO THERE. 
          BUT I THINK THE, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DRIVE HOME AS FAR AS THE MESSAGE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, MEASURE M WE, WE CAN'T TREAT IT, UH, TOO MUCH OF A SILO IN A, IN A DIFFERENT, UH, VEIN AS OUR GENERAL PARKS AND RECREATION INVESTMENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE SAME, THE PRIORITIES, UM, FOR WHAT YOU SPEND MEASURE M ON SHOULD BE THE SAME PRIORITIES THAT YOU SPEND A GENERAL FUND ON. 
          UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF THE MEASURE AND IS, IS IT, IT IS SO BROAD THAT IT REALLY DOES AND IS INTENDED TO INVEST IN YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION INFRASTRUCTURE PEOPLE, UM, MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DOESN'T, IT'S NOT TREATED SO DIFFERENTLY THAN A A DOLLAR OF GENERAL FUND, ET CETERA, AS IT RELATES TO YOUR, YOUR PRIORITIES. 
          UM, SO YEAH, I MEAN, CHANGING THE WAY, OR MAYBE LIKE STACY SAID, UH, CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE, UM, PROMOTE OR ADVERTISE, MAYBE THAT'S PART OF IT THAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN STRUCTURE FOR 'EM SOMETIMES. 
          THIS IS VERY, UM, THIS IS FORMAL. 
          THIS CAN BE AN INTIMIDATING ENVIRONMENT. 
          YOU'LL GET A DIFFERENT, UM, YOU'LL GET A DIFFERENT TAKE IF YOU MOVE IT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE, UH, OFFSITE, IF YOU'RE MIDDLE OR EAST OR WEST, YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO SEE A DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT. 
          BUT THAT'S LOGISTICS THAT COULD BE WORKED OUT. 
          UH, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO GO UNDER A SPECIAL MEETING, NOT A REGULAR, BUT THOSE ARE NOT, UM, INSURMOUNTABLE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, OH, 
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I SAY, UM, WELL, 'CAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, YOU KNOW, COME BUDGET SEASON OR WHEN THE BUDGET'S GONNA BE PRESENTED TO US IN THE SPRING, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE PRETTY SOLIDIFIED BY THEN, AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM. 
          AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, UM, HERE AT THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN SEE THINGS AT THAT LEVEL TOO, WHERE IT'S, IT'S PRETTY WELL FINALIZED. 
          SO I WONDER DURING THAT BUDGET SEASON, LIKE THIS FALL, YOU KNOW, THIS WINTER WHEN THINGS ARE STILL, WHEN THERE'S SOME WIGGLE ROOM OR AS, AS, UM, STAFF IS PLANNING IT, I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, LIKE, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE HAVE PLANNED, SO THAT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, THINGS CAN BE, THERE'S STILL TIME TO MOVE THINGS AROUND OR LOOK AT IT A DIFFERENT WAY OR, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT SO THAT IT'S BEING PRESENTED AND IT'S LIKE, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND COULD I GIVES MORE COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY INPUT INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THOSE DOLLARS AND THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS AND ALL, ALL OF IT. 
          AND THIS ISN'T JUST MEASURE M, RIGHT? I, UH, JUST TO TAG ON TO WHAT, UH, STACY AND, UM, ALEX WERE SAYING, UM, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INPUT AS, AS THE BUDGET IS BEING FORMULATED ON WHAT THE PRIORITIES FOR THE WHATEVER MONIES ARE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR PROJECTS FOR, FOR THE RECREATION PARK DEPARTMENT, AND PERHAPS HAVE SOME INPUT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, HEY, MAYBE THIS COULD BE A, A HIGHER PRIORITY, OR MAYBE THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT COULD GO LOWER DOWN ON THE LIST KIND OF THING. 
          BEFORE EVERYTHING IS, BEFORE IT'S JUST BASICALLY A YES OR NO KIND OF THING. 
          LIKE, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, DO YOU GUYS APPROVE OR NOT? UM, SO, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE STARTING ON THAT PROCESS LIKE NEXT MONTH. 
          SO, UM, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO HAVE MORE INPUT AS THE BUDGET IS BEING FORMULATED ON WHAT THE PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT, THE COMING YEAR ARE. 
          IS THAT, YEAH, I, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU TWO BOTH GOT, IS PROBABLY WHERE I WAS HEADED IS, IS HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SIX DIFFERENT IDEAS, RIGHT? LIKE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS MY MOST IMPORTANT, I THINK AT THAT POINT, THE COMMUNITY WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON THOSE SIX THINGS. 
          IF ONLY THREE OF THEM CAN HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD PROBABLY GET MORE ENGAGEMENT THAT WAY. 
          UM, AND IT, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY HELP ALL OF US HERE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET OUT AND TALK WITH PEOPLE, UM, I IS THAT ABILITY TO BE IF THERE'S, WHEN IT, WHEN THE PLAN IS HAPPENING VERSUS RETROACTIVE. 
          UM, YEAH, AND THIS IS ALL GOOD FEEDBACK. 
          I, I THINK I'LL JUST GO BACK TO TIMING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE AN INFORMED DISCUSSION IN THE FALL. 
          THE BUDGET'S JUST NOT, UM, IT'S, WE WOULDN'T REALLY KNOW, UH, TOO MUCH ON WHERE THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS COULD EVEN BE A POTENTIAL. 
          BUT THERE'S SOME, SOME, THERE'S SOME MIDDLE GROUND THERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN BRING, HEY, WHAT'S, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? MAYBE IT'S AT THE MIDYEAR, UM, WHERE WE, WE KIND OF HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA LAND AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND WHAT'S GONNA BE COMING FORWARD. 
          MAYBE IT'S THAT. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, WE, WE WILL DO, DO OUR BEST. 
          AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          UM, WE, WE ULTIMATELY, WE WANT MORE ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE THAT GIVES US BETTER CONFIDENCE WHEN WE BRING A BUDGET FORWARD, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA HIT WHERE WE NEED IT TO HIT. 
          UH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD EDUCATION AND OUTREACH WE CAN DO ALONG THE WAY ON HOW BUDGETS, WHAT INFORMATION FEEDS INTO A BUDGET. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY A MIDDLE GROUND. 
          UM, I DON'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT TIMING'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT EACH MEETING UNTIL WE CAN KIND OF FIND WHAT, WHAT WORKS. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I THINK, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMISSION TO SEE WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE BEFORE IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALREADY IN MOTION. 
          SO I THINK IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT IN A MORE REGULAR WAY, UM, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. 
          AND I THINK THERE ARE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT DO THAT AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK HERE I SOUNDS LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'RE DONE. 
          OH, YOUR MIC. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM J? QUICK COMMENT. 
          UM, JUST WHAT I'M THINKING IS, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          I KNOW THAT, UM, THE, THE CITY AT PARKS AND REC, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LIMITED ON HOW YOU CAN PROMOTE THIS POLITICALLY FOR THE UPCOMING COLLECTION, UH, ELECTION. 
          BUT IT'S UP TO US TOO. 
          WE KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THIS AND WE THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
          WE CAN ALSO HELP PUSH THIS THROUGH. 
          AND I BELIEVE IN TALKING TO BRIT FROM REGIONAL PARKS THAT ON THIS BALLOT, IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD 
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OF TIME, UH, FOR THIS MEASURE. 
          IT'S NOT THE, WHAT WAS IT, 10 YEARS LAST TIME? IS IT DO, WHAT IS THE PERIOD? YES. 
          SO, UM, GOOD QUESTION. 
          WE GOT ASSIGNED, UM, THE LETTER H SO IT WILL BE, UM, MEASURE H PARKS FOR ALL, I GUESS. 
          UM, AND IT, THEY ARE GOING OUT FOR A NO, UM, NO SUNSET. 
          SO THAT'S RIGHT WOULD BE THE EXTENSION THAT'S LAST WAS A 10 YEAR TERM. 
          THIS WOULD BE THE SAME ONE, 8 CENT, SAME STRUCTURE, SAME DIS DISBURSEMENT. 
          BUT THE TWO DIFFERENCES, IT'S NOW MEASURE H ON THE BALLOT AND IT WOULD BE A NO SUNSET WOULD BE THE MAJOR CHANGE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YEAH, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IF WE ARE INFORMING HOW WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THIS, 'CAUSE WE HAVE LESS LIMITATIONS, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT IT'S DEDICATED PARKS FUND, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, LIKE PARKS AND REC IS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE A REALLY BIG DESIGNATING LIKE, DIFFERENCE, LIKE IN BEND, OREGON, THEY SEPARATED OUT AND PARKS AND FUND PARKS AND RECREATION IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          IT'S LIKE, IT'S RARE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MONEY THAT'S ONLY FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 
          SO JUST ECHOING THAT. 
          I'LL BE QUIET NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONERS. 
          I THINK WE'RE READY FOR OUR LAST ITEM. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? WE'LL, UH, OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT IF WE HAVE IT. 
          OH, WE DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? NONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YEP. 
          JUST CHECKING. 
          THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I CAN SEE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. 
          CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT CLERK FOR THIS ITEM? I CAN CONFIRM THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, WE'RE READY TO MOVE. 
          OKAY, EXCELLENT. 
          SO 
          [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
OUR NEXT ITEM IS KEEPING PARKS TRASH FREE AND AD HOC UPDATE AND REQUESTED INPUT ON PROPOSED MASCOT INTENDED TO REPRESENT COMMUNITY-WIDE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION CAMPAIGN TO INCENTIVIZE CLEAN AND HEALTHY PARKS. 
          AND KAT'S GOING TO KAT AND CODY WILL PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          I'M HERE PRETTY MUCH JUST TO INTRODUCE CODY VICE CHAIR RIGHT OVER THERE. 
          HE, UM, HAS COME UP WITH A LOT OF THE BRAIN PART BEHIND LOVELY LUMA, A COMMUNITY APPROACH TO CLEANER PUBLIC SPACES. 
          AND WE'LL WALK US THROUGH A COUPLE SLIDES AND OPEN IT UP FOR SOME DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE CAN STAY IN THIS SLIDE FOR A SECOND. 
          I JUST WANT TO, UM, MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS CLEAR. 
          AND I'M CLEAR TOO ON THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION, WHAT I BELIEVE IS TONIGHT I'M GETTING FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE COMMISSION THINKS ABOUT THIS. 
          I WOULD THEN COME BACK WITH ANY CHANGES BASED ON THE FEEDBACK. 
          AND FROM THERE, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? YES, YES. 
          AND YES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          UM, SO WE'LL GO WAY BACK. 
          UM, UH, ONE OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEES, UM, FROM THIS COMMISSION WAS TO TAKE ON THIS RIGHT PARKS BEAUTIFICATION, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEPING TRASH OUTTA PARKS ESSENTIALLY. 
          SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR AD HOCS TO KIND OF CHECK IN, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'VE GOT, UM, UH, A NEW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'LL GO IN, WHAT PO IS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO SHARE, TO MAKE SURE OF TWO THINGS. 
          ONE, UM, GET FEEDBACK AND TWO, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, UH, WITH HOW WE WANT TO SIGN THAT AD HOC FUTURE DUTIES ON HOW DO WE WANNA ROLL OUT THIS, THIS CAMPAIGN, GET SOME FEEDBACK BEFORE WE SET YOU LOOSE, WORKING WITH STAFF, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, ON SOME AREAS THAT MAYBE THE COMMISSION DOESN'T FEEL AS APPROPRIATE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BASICALLY THEN THE, THE NEXT STEP IS TO ACTUALLY START ENACTING THIS PROGRAM, GET THE FEEDBACK FROM TONIGHT, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COME BACK WITH REVISIONS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD. 
          YEAH. 
          LET LET POE SPREAD HIS WINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO JUST BRIEFLY, I, I THINK EVERYONE MAYBE KNOWS, BUT THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS CAME PARTLY FROM MY TRIPS TO JAPAN, WHERE I WAS REALLY INSPIRED BY HOW EVERYTHING THERE ARE PUBLIC SPACES AND, AND PRIVATE ARE ALWAYS KEPT WELL AND KEPT CLEAN. 
          AND IT'S, I REALIZE THAT BEING THERE A FEW TIMES THAT IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS A CULTURE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIDE OF PLACE. 
          AND IT IS THAT CULTURE WHICH, YOU KNOW, HELPS PEOPLE. 
          THEY, THEY, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. 
          THEY JUST TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS AND IMPACTS IN SPACES THAT AREN'T THEIR OWN IN PUBLIC SPACES. 
          AND THEN WHEN I BROUGHT THAT UP, UH, CHAIR BOTICELLI SAID THAT SHE WAS PART 
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OF A PROGRAM FOR DOLORES PARK IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE THEY WAS GETTING TRASHED EVERY WEEKEND AND CITY PARK STAFF HAD TO SPEND AN ENTIRE DAY EVERY MONDAY JUST CLEANING UP AFTER PEOPLE. 
          AND THEY DID A SIMILAR, UM, PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM. 
          THEY CHANGED THE CULTURE IN DOLORES PARK, AND NOW THE PEOPLE THERE KEEP IT CLEAN. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THIS INSPIRATION CAME FROM. 
          AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WE'RE DOING THIS NOW, IS WE SAW IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET THERE'S GOING TO BE CITYWIDE SOME CUTS, UH, ON ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND CLEANUP, RIGHT? AND SO TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR CITY AS A WHOLE, UM, WE WANT TO TRY TO ENACT THIS CULTURE SHIFT NOW AND, AND EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY. 
          THIS IS YOU AS THE PUBLIC. 
          THESE ARE YOUR SPACES AND YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITY IN THEM, AND YOU CAN HELP NOT ONLY KEEP THEM GREAT, BUT MAKE THEM EVEN GREATER SO WE CAN GO INTO IT. 
          SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH IS THIS IS A, UM, A PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE CALLING IT LOVELY LUMA, AND ALL OF THIS IS UP FOR DISCUSSION. 
          UM, IT'S A, A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM. 
          THE TWO MAIN GOALS ARE TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE, RIGHT? SO FIRSTLY, WE WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO BECOME ACTIVE USERS OF PUBLIC SPACES? AND I JUST, I LIKE TO USE THE TERM ACTIVE USERS, AS IN YOU'RE NOT ONLY THERE, YOU TAKING UP SPACE, YOU ARE IMPROVING THE SPACE, YOU'RE KEEPING IT CLEAN, YOU ARE BEING ACTIVE IN THAT SPACE. 
          PUBLIC SPACES, A LOT OF US HAVE PUBLIC SPACES THAT WE USE ON A ROUTINE BASIS. 
          YOU KNOW, TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THOSE SPACES HELPS BEAUTIFY THEM AND MAKE A BETTER IMPACT FOR WHO COMES NEXT TO USE IT. 
          SO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON HOW THEY CAN DO THIS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          BUT THEN THE SECOND PART IS INSPIRING, BECAUSE IF THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT, BUT THEY DON'T DO IT, THEN IT'S NOT REALLY WORTH ANYTHING. 
          SO, EDUCATING AND INSPIRING ARE THE FIRST TWO GOALS. 
          THE THIRD GOAL IS A BYPRODUCT. 
          IF WE DO THIS CORRECTLY, WE REDUCE DEMANDS IN THE CITY STAFF. 
          SO INSTEAD OF SPENDING THEIR LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME CLEANING UP DOG POOP BAGS AND LITTER, THEY, UH, THEY CAN INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY OR THE PUBLIC CAN'T DO. 
          THE PUBLIC CAN CLEAN UP, UP AFTER THEMSELVES, BUT THEY CAN'T FIX PATHS. 
          THEY CAN'T REBUILD BENCHES, THEY CAN'T FIX IRRIGATION AND BUILD PLAY STRUCTURES. 
          THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN CLEANING UP GARBAGE. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE THREE GOALS AND WE CAN GO ON. 
          SO THE STRATEGY, THERE'S A LOT HERE. 
          I'LL BREAK IT DOWN. 
          BASICALLY, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS FIRSTLY, BACK TO THE EDUCATE PART. 
          EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE IN VERY CLEAR AND EASY WAYS, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF YOUR ACTIONS IN THESE PUBLIC SPACES, UH, AND HOW YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          SO WE START WITH AN INFORMATION CAMPAIGN EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE HOW THEY CAN DO THIS VERY SIMPLE WAYS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REALLY BIG THINGS WE WILL BE, WE'LL BE TYING IN WITH REGIONAL PARKS WHO ALREADY, UM, HAS THIS ON THEIR WEBSITE. 
          THEY'LL LEAVE NO TRACE POLICIES. 
          WE HAVE SOME REALLY EASY WAYS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM HOW. 
          AND ONCE THAT INFORMATION GETS OUT THERE, THE NEXT PART IS LINKING IT TO, SO THE FIRST PART IS INFORMATION. 
          THE SECOND PART REALLY IS IMAGING. 
          WE'RE LINKING WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO RECOGNIZABLE IMAGES. 
          SO WHEN THEY LEARN HOW TO DO THESE THINGS, THEY GO TO THE PARK AND THEY SEE THE SIGN WITH THE MASK CUT ON IT, AND THEY'RE REMINDED, OH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          IT'S JUST LIKE, THAT'S WHY SMOKEY THE BEAR IS UP HERE. 
          OR, UH, IN THE SEVENTIES, IT WAS HOOTIE THE OWL, RIGHT? SO ONCE YOU, YOU LEARN THESE PRINCIPLES, A RELATABLE IMAGE CAN REMIND YOU IN THAT MOMENT. 
          SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE STRATEGY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, AND, UH, I LIKE THE LAST PART THAT KAT ADDED. 
          AND WE WANT TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE AND THE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE PARKS AND REC, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE IS HEADING THIS, SPEARHEADING THIS, BUT THIS IS A CITYWIDE ISSUE AND A CITYWIDE SOLUTION. 
          SO WE ARE STARTING THIS, BUT WE WANNA RECOGNIZE EVERYONE WHO IS ON BOARD. 
          WE CAN GO ON. 
          SO INTRODUCING THE MASCOT. 
          SO THIS IS PO THE CROW. 
          FIRST, I WANNA GIVE A FEW SHOUT OUTS FOR HELP CREATING THIS. 
          UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS, UM, THIS LITTLE CREATURE, RIGHT? SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, VATI, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE KNOWS THE, THE ONE SHE BRINGS IN THE BIRTHDAY CAKE EVERY YEAR FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA. 
          THEY DEDICATED THE BIRTHDAY TO HER. 
          SHE HELPED ME 
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FIGURE OUT THAT IT SHOULD BE A CROW, UH, AND WILL EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS. 
          AND THEN, UH, MY DAUGHTER AVA'S HERE. 
          SHE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE SHE NAMED IT. 
          SHE CALLS CROWS POE. 
          AND I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF A, WELL, HOW DO WE MAKE A CROW CUTE? POE THE CROW, GREAT NAME. 
          UH, AND THEN MAYA MAYA'S A LOCAL YOUNG ARTIST. 
          UM, AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT WORKING WITH HER. 
          I WAS INSPIRED BY JAPANESE CULTURE AND BY THE FACT THAT A LOT OF JAPANESE CULTURE HAS, UM, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS IT, IT'S MASCOTS. 
          EVERY MUNICIPALITY TRAIN SYSTEM, CASTLE, THEY ALL HAVE MASCOTS AND UH, MAYA'S CULTURE ACTUALLY IS, UM, JAPANESE. 
          SO SHE WAS REALLY AWARE OF THIS. 
          AND SO SHE USED THAT INFLUENCE TO HELP CREATE THESE IMAGES OF POEM. 
          SO FAR WE HAVE THREE IMAGES. 
          UH, AND I'LL GO INTO HOW WE CAN USE THESE THREE TO BEGIN WITH IN, IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, BUT, SO THIS IS POE. 
          NOW, THE REASON THAT WE CAME UP WITH A CROW IS THERE WAS ABOUT A LIST OF FIVE ANIMALS THAT VATI GAVE ME THAT ACTUALLY CLEAN UP THEIR ENVIRONMENT. 
          THE MOST APPLICABLE ONE WAS THE CROW. 
          SOMETHING ELSE I LIKE ABOUT THE CROW IS CROWS GET A BAD WRAP BECAUSE THEY SPREAD LITTER AROUND, BUT IT'S NOT LITTER FROM THEIR CANDY BARS THAT THEY WENT AND BOUGHT. 
          IT'S OUR LITTER THAT WE ALREADY DROPPED. 
          WE ARE CREATING THE BAD RAP THAT THE CROW GETS. 
          THEY'RE JUST SMART ANIMALS WHO SEE LATER AND THEY THINK, OH, FOOD OR A TOOL OR A PLAY THING. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S A GOOD THING TO THINK ABOUT WITH THE CROW IS WHAT IS OUR IMPACT. 
          WE, WHEN WE DROP A CANDY WRAPPER ON THE GROUND, WE DON'T REALIZE WHERE IT'S GOING TO END UP. 
          THE ANIMALS ARE GOING TO TAKE IT, IT'S GOING TO BE BLOWN INTO THE POND, ET CETERA. 
          ANOTHER COOL THING ABOUT THE CROW IS IN SOME COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE BEING TRAINED TO TAKE LITTER AND CIGARETTE BUTTS AND DEPOSIT THEM IN GARBAGE RECEPTACLES, IN TRADE RETREATS, TURNING NEGATIVE HABITS INTO POSITIVE HABITS. 
          AND THAT'S THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE CROW HERE FOR US, IS WE TOO CAN TURN NEGATIVE HABITS INTO POSITIVE HABITS. 
          THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE CROW, I'M CALLING, WE'RE CALLING IT POE, RIGHT? SO EDGAR GROWLIN POE IS A VICTORIAN ERA, UM, POET, AND PETALUMA HAS A BIG VICTORIAN ERA HISTORY. 
          SO WE GET TO CELEBRATE THAT A LITTLE BIT IN POSE. 
          VICTORIAN ERA ATTIRE, RIGHT? PO HAS THE GRABBER THERE. 
          IT'S A FANCY CANE, BUT IT'S ALSO A GARBAGE GRABBER AND THE HAT. 
          AND WE CAN, I THINK I DO SEE, YOU KNOW, POE EXPANDING AND CHANGING ITS LOOK OVER TIME AS THIS PROGRAM GROWS. 
          SO THEN A RECOGNITION AND APPROACHABILITY, RIGHT? SAME WITH SMOKEY THE BEAR, HOOTIE THE OWL. 
          WE WANT TO HAVE A CHARACTER THAT IS, YOU KNOW, FUN AND APPROACHABLE. 
          I THINK THAT KIDS ARE GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST AUDIENCES FOR THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO INHERIT ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE CREATE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND I KNOW, LIKE THROUGH MY DAUGHTER AND HER CLASSMATES, THAT THEY'RE REALLY THAT AGE IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HELPING THEIR ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO HAVING A MASCOT THAT'S FUN AND APPROACHABLE, UM, IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND EMBRACING LOCAL ART, UH, WITH MAYA, THAT'S BEEN GREAT. 
          THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD ON THIS IMAGERY AND MAYBE MAYA OR OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS CAN CREATE LOCAL CARTOONIZED, BACKDROPS, ET CETERA. 
          OKAY, SO MARKETING MATERIALS. 
          UM, SO FAR THE ONE, UH, MARKETING MATERIAL WE DO HAVE IS THIS HANDOUT. 
          SO THIS DID GO OUT AT PETALUMA NIGHT OUT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE SO FAR. 
          BUT I JUST GAVE KAT A BUNCH OF INFORMATION AND SHE SYNTHESIZED INTO THIS, WHICH IS AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS A LIST OF JUST MANY WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN, UH, HAVE MARKETING MATERIALS. 
          AND IT'S PART OF, I THINK THE FIRST STAGE, WHICH IS GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT THERE BEFORE WE CAN PUT OUT A SIGN WITH POE AND PEOPLE WILL GO, OH, THIS IS WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THE MARKETING MATERIALS COME IN. 
          THE ONE THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS TO HAVE CLEAR MESSAGING ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          UH, WE WANNA BE CONSISTENT. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE PUTTING OUT SIMILAR MESSAGING. 
          THEY HAVE SIMILAR GOALS LIKE, UM, REGIONAL PARKS. 
          I WAS TALKING TO BERT FROM REGIONAL PARKS ABOUT THIS. 
          HE SAID, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE WHOLE THING ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT LEAVE NO TRACE. 
          SO GO ON AND LOOK AT THAT. 
          LET'S BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE SAY. 
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SO IF WE WANT THIS TO BE A CITY OR EVEN A REGIONAL PROGRAM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR MARKETING IS CONSISTENT WITH ANY OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS OR CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, SO MANY EXAMPLES HERE OF HOW WE CAN DO THE MARKETING, BUT THAT'S, I THINK, THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY. 
          OKAY, NEXT STEPS. 
          AND, AND, UH, THIS IS A LITTLE EXAMPLE FROM CAT ON ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN MARKET THIS. 
          SO, UM, LET'S SEE. 
          I'LL, I'LL SYNTHESIZE THIS. 
          SO BASICALLY NEXT STEPS, I, I SEE THREE REALLY, WE, WE NEED TO FIRST OF ALL FINALIZE WHAT OUR MESSAGING IS, RIGHT? I THINK THERE'S A FEW THINGS WE, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON. 
          WHAT ARE SOME REALLY GOOD, SIMPLE WAYS TO BE AN ACTIVE USER OF PARKS, SUCH AS THE, UH, LEAVE NO TRACE PRINCIPLES, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS THAT THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC RECEIVE BY PRACTICING THESE GOOD HABITS? RIGHT? SO WE, WE WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. 
          AND THE, THE ONE THING I I, I THINK I, I REALLY NEED HELP WITH IS, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER SOMEONE JUST TOLD ME WHAT THE HOOTIE, THE OWL CATCHPHRASE WAS. 
          AND SMOKEY THE BEAR HAS ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES. 
          WE NEED SOME GIVE A HOOT, DON'T POLLUTE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          GIVE A HOOT, DON'T POLLUTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HAVE SOME WITTY LITTLE CROWISM OR POMS, RIGHT? SHORT PHRASES THAT ENCOMPASS REALLY BIG IDEAS. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF THAT FIRST STEP IS TO REALLY INTENTIONALLY CREATE WHAT MATERIALS AND INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT THERE. 
          UH, AND THEN THE SECOND STEP IS FIGURING OUT A FEW TO START WITH EASY WAYS TO DO THAT. 
          I KNOW WE WANTED TO GO OUT ON THE, UM, THE WEDNESDAY, UH, CITY BULLETIN AT LEAST ONCE. 
          UH, I THINK WE'LL BE, WE'LL NEED TO BE ON THE, THE CITY WEBSITE TABLING EVENTS. 
          IT'S REALLY EASY EVEN JUST TO HAVE THESE FLYERS AT TABLING EVENTS. 
          UM, SO PICK MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FIVE EASY WAYS TO START WITH TO PUT OUT THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND THE THIRD, UM, STEP, I'D SAY TIES IN WITH THE FIRST TWO IS TO PICK SOME GOOD PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO START WITH AND HAVE THEM HELP US PUT THIS OUT BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN BASE OF STAKEHOLDERS. 
          THEY ALL HAVE EMAIL LISTS, ET CETERA. 
          REALLY EASY TO SPREAD OUR REACH AND REACH AS MANY PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WE CAN BY PARTNERING WITH THEM. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, PICKING A, SOME EASY MARKETING MATERIALS, SOME EASY WAY, SIMPLE WAYS TO BEGIN WITH TO PUT THEM OUT. 
          AND A FEW PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WILL START SMALL AND THEN WE CAN BUILD. 
          OKAY, THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHISM. 
          THAT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NO, I THINK THIS IS GREAT. 
          YOU JUST NEED CLEVER PEOPLE WITH TAGLINES. 
          NOW, I'D SAY PUT THAT OUT ON FACEBOOK, BUT WE MIGHT NOT GET BACK WHAT WE'RE HOPING. 
          SO MAYBE YOUR, YOUR FRIENDS  CAN ALWAYS COUNT ME FOR A JOKE. 
          MAYBE CONTACT YOUR WITTY FRIENDS FIRST IN, IN PERSON OR ON TEXT CHAIN, AND MUCH NEEDED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, I DO, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE PROGRAM. 
          I THINK IT'S GOOD. 
          AND I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MORE PEOPLE DON'T KEEP THEIR ENVIRONMENT CLEANER, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEP TOWARDS DOING THAT. 
          AND THE ONLY QUESTION I SUPPOSE I HAVE, KIND OF CIRCLING BACK TO BUDGET STUFF IS, HAS IT BEEN DISCUSSED AT ALL HOW TO, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COST THAT MUCH FOR ALL THE MATERIALS, THE MARKETING PORTION OF IT, ET CETERA, BUT HAS, UM, ANY MONEY SOURCE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THAT OR DOLLAR SET ASIDE YET? UH, NO. 
          I THINK I NEED TO, FOR THE CART AND THE HORSE, I THINK THE, THE, THE FIRST PART WOULD BE FOR ME TO FINALIZE A PLAN THAT THEN WE CAN PUT A BUDGET TO. 
          WOULD THAT SOUND RIGHT, DREW? YEAH. 
          I GET BEFORE WE START YEAH. 
          PURSUING, UH, AND IN OUR CASE TOO, I MEAN, YOU, YOU MADE THE POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PARKS AND RECREATIONS ARE SPENDING TIME ON ANYWAY, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          WE'RE SPENDING TIME ON THE TRASH MITIGATION. 
          SO YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO JUST, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN SPEND SOME OF THAT TIME AND MONEY ON THIS, UH, AND REALLY TRY TO MAKE SOME, UM, SOME HABITS. 
          BUT THIS IS A CITYWIDE COMMUNICATIONS, UM, TOOL TOO. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S, WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING KIND OF THE GREEN LIGHT ON, YOU KNOW, ON POE. 
          UH, I, I LOVE THE CONNECTIONS ON HOW MANY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SCALABILITY OF IT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S NEW CARICATURES, 
          [01:15:01]
I CAN SEE HIM, UM, IN SO MANY ENVIRONMENTS ALREADY. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'D ALSO HAVE, UM, MANY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, THAT ALSO CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, PITCH IN. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND, YOU KNOW, GET THIS GOING. 
          AND LIKE YOU SAID, HOPEFULLY SOME OF THIS CAN FALL UNDER WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE BY STAFF. 
          YEAH, RIGHT. 
          IT DOESN'T ADD EXTRA BURDEN. 
          AND I'M ALSO, I, I KNOW I ALREADY SAID HAPPY TO DO A LOT OF IT ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS TO GET IT GOING. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I MEAN, I NEVER, NEVER SELL OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUPS AND, AND NONPROFITS SHORT EITHER. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 
          THEY, THEY HAVE NUMBER CITY STAFF, 50 TO ONE. 
          SO WE, WE OFTEN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A NEED OR A, A, A CAUSE THAT PEOPLE CAN REALLY RALLY UPON AND, AND RELATE TO, UM, ALL YOU REALLY NEED TO DO IS KIND OF START THE SPARK. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO SHARE THE LOAD BECAUSE EVERYONE'S GOING TO BENEFIT. 
          EVERYONE PUTS IN A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT. 
          THE OUTPUT CAN BE HUGE, RIGHT? YEP. 
          BUT IT STARTS WITH A CHAMPION, SO THANK YOU. 
          THEN I HAVE, UH, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU, DREW, A LITTLE OFF SUBJECT, BUT SIMILAR, WE'VE, WE HAVE OUR OTHER AD HOCS AND WE DON'T HEAR FROM THEM TOO OFTEN. 
          SHOULD WE EXPECT TOO SOON? OR IS THE MASTER PLAN AD HOC DOING MUCH OR YEAH. 
          UH, MASTER PLAN, STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN, AD HOC, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THEM. 
          UM, NO, THE ANSWER IS WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT THEN, BUT, UH, YEAH, REALLY WE'VE CONDENSED OUR AD HOCS DOWN TO THIS AND THAT. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF, THOSE ARE THE TWO ACTIVE AD HOCS WE HAVE NOW. 
          UM, AQUATICS IS KIND OF OFF AND RUNNING. 
          UM, SO YEAH, THE NEXT ONE IS, IS THE STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE RIPPED UP. 
          WE'RE DEFINITELY READY TO MEET, UM, SO WE CAN GET SOME UPDATES ON WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THAT. 
          HAVE THERE BEEN MEETINGS YET THIS YEAR? NO. 
          YEAH, THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF TALKS CONVERSATION. 
          I THINK I'M READY, I'M READY TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, GOTTA GET, GET THAT GOING AS WELL. 
          UH, THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLANNING IS KIND OF KICKING OFF TOO. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER BIG CITYWIDE EFFORT. 
          SO, UH, A LOT OF THE SAME, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES AND TOOLS ARE BEING USED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S OFF AND RUNNING. 
          UH, AND STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW, REALLY IS THE WORK WE'VE GOTTA DO AT THE AD HOC LEVEL IS, UM, IS NEXT STEP THAT I HAVE AN IDEA FOR YOU. 
          WE NEED PO THE CROW IN ALL OF THE SPORTS JERSEYS BY THE FIELDS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, AT PRINCE PARK, THEY NEED TO BE WEARING PYSL MM OVER BY LUKE KESSIE. 
          YOU'VE GOT THE BASEBALL FIELDS, LIKE IF YOU COULD GET THAT PO OF THE CROW IN THOSE THINGS. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, LIKE MY KIDS ARE OLDER NOW, BUT LIKE, WE USED TO, I MEAN, MY KID PULLED A BIKE OUT OF LYNCH CREEK, OFF OF LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND HAULED THAT THING HOME WHEN SHE WAS 10. 
          SO LIKE, THERE'S A WINDOW AND SHE DOES NOT, WHEN WE GO CAMPING, LIKE EVERYTHING'S PICKED UP. 
          BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN GET THE, THE SPORTS TEAMS INVOLVED IN THAT AND GET THE KIDS IN IT THAT WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT IS ONE THING I, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT I FORGOT TOO, IS SIGNAGE WITH POE IS A BIG THING. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE RIGHT NOW HAVE THREE IMAGES. 
          ONE, THE ONE IS SORT OF THE MAIN IMAGE HOLDING UP THE CANE. 
          IT JUST SORT OF RECOGNIZES POE, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE A SPEAKING IMAGE, IT CAN HAVE A WORD BUBBLE. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE'S POE TIPPING THE HAT, WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE, IT COULD BE AT A GARBAGE CAN. 
          THANK YOU FOR THROWING AWAY YOUR GARBAGE FOR BEING POE LIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, SO WHICH IS GOING BACK ALSO TO THE VICTORIAN ERA THING. 
          THAT IS, THAT IS PART OF THE VICTORIAN ERA CULTURE IS POLITENESS. 
          UM, SO, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS POE PICKING UP TRASH AND PUTTING IT IN POE'S HAT. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE ARE REALLY VERSATILE TO HELP US WITH SIGNAGE. 
          UH, IT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL TO HAVE THOSE THREE VERY DIFFERENT LOOKS OF POE. 
          IT, IT'S FOR SIGNAGE AND MARKETING. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR STAFF REPORTS. 
          UH, JUST OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT IF WE CAN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? ANY? NO ONE'S FILLED OUT. 
          ANY CARDS? OKAY. 
          NO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THEN I THINK WE'LL MOVE TO STAFF COMMENTS. 
          WE ARE HAPPY TO MOVE AROUND. 
          [COMMITTEE COMMENT]
I'VE GOT COMMITTEE COMMENTS NEXT. 
          YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY WARMED UP. 
          OH, DO WE HAVE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE, OH, JUST GENERAL COMMITTEE COMMENTS ON, UH, YOU WANNA START OVER HERE? OH, I'M JUST, SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT YOU. 
          I'M USED TO LOOKING. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL START OVER HERE. 
          CHAIR. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM THE MUSEUM BECAUSE I COULDN'T GO BECAUSE IT WAS 
          [01:20:01]
OPEN, UM, BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT. 
          SO I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO THE MUSEUM, UH, MEETING. 
          BUT THEY JUST WRAPPED UP, UM, THEIR, UH, TRANS EXHIBIT, WHICH WAS AMAZING. 
          IT HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT. 
          IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE. 
          UM, AND IT WAS A, A WONDERFUL TO JUST LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT. 
          AND I KNOW UPCOMING, WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT ON BELONGING AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BELONG, RIGHT? WE ALL WANNA BELONG. 
          I FEEL THAT'S OUR, OUR CORE ROOT EMOTION. 
          SO HOW DO WE BELONG? SO THAT'S COMING TO THE MUSEUM. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, ONE THING I KNOW, UM, BECAUSE I MISSED LAST MEETING, LAST MEETING, DID YOU UPDATE US ON OUR PARK ASSIGNMENTS? I SEARCHED MY EMAIL, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE WELL, NO, BECAUSE, WAIT, DID I MISS A MEETING OR WAS IT CANCELED? UM, NO, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          I MISSED IT. 
          WE DID, YEAH, THERE WAS NO MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE YOU GOING TO UPDATE US ON PARK ASSIGNMENTS? YES, WE, UM, WE HAVE THOSE THERE WERE ADOPTED IN JULY, SO I WILL SEND THEM TO YOU AS YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE 'EM IN AN EMAIL OR ANYTHING AS, AS FINAL JULY, 2026. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, OTHER REQUEST IS YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO HAVING DEDICATED DOG WASTE BINS AT PRINCE PARK, OR LIKE AT LEAST ONE WITH A BIG SIGN ON IT. 
          WHY CAN'T, OF COURSE, WITH APPROVAL, LIKE, WOULD RECOLOGY NOT BE OKAY WITH US JUST PUTTING A SIGN THAT SAYS DOG WASTE? LIKE SIMPLE. 
          I, WE ARE HAPPY TO CHECK WITH RECOLOGY. 
          I I DON'T IMAGINE THEY WOULD TAKE AN ISSUE WITH A DESIGNATED BIN AS OPPOSED TO HAVING CONTAMINATION ACROSS ALL BINS. 
          YEAH, BUT THAT'S JUST ME. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT WE WILL CHECK WITH RECOLOGY AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE LAST TWO THINGS FROM OUR, UM, IF YOU WILL ADDRESS DURING YOUR COMMENTS ARE, UH, COMMUNITY COMMENTS FROM SUSAN. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S ADDRESSED, SHE, SHE ASKED SPECIFICALLY FOR ANSWERS, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S EITHER ADDRESSED VIA EMAIL OR ADDRESSED VIA THE, UM, UH, DURING YOUR COMMENTS. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? I DO NOT HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM COUNCIL THIS EVENING. 
          UM, BUT I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST MEETING, I BELIEVE I DID ANYWAY, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, EXCUSE ME, SEE, UM, AN UPDATE FROM, OR LIKE A SUMMARY DEBRIEF FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS, UH, SEE HOW THAT WENT, THE FAIR THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND LOOK AT, UH, SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS, FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE, SEE SOME OF THE HURDLES AND ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT IT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST GET AS MUCH OF A FULL DEBRIEF ON THAT AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT THAT IS ALL I HAVE TONIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I JUST ATTENDED THE TREE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING PRIOR TO THIS MEETING AND WE TALKED ABOUT A CALL FIELD, UH, LANE PAVING PROJECT THAT'S COMING UP, OR THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, UH, TREE CANOPY ADDED. 
          THEY'RE GONNA REDUCE THE LANES FROM FOUR TO TWO AND HAVE A BIKE LANE WITH A DIVIDER SEPARATING IT FROM TRAFFIC, ADDING MORE, UH, TREE CANOPY ALONG THAT WHOLE STRETCH OF CAULFIELD. 
          AND THEN, UM, RELIEF, UH, GAVE US A, A REPORT ON THEIR TREE PLANTING EFFORTS. 
          THEY'VE PLANTED ABOUT 1700 TREES SO FAR THIS YEAR, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO PLANT ABOUT ANOTHER THREE OR 400 MORE TREES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY. 
          AND THAT WAS IT FOR THE TREE COMMITTEE? YES. 
          I JUST REMEMBERED FOR PARKS AND REC, I MEAN, NO, FOR PUBLIC ART, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAD, UM, THE FIRST, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE ARTIST, UH, WHO IS GOING TO BE, UH, WHO IS CHOSEN TO DO THE ART ON THE SKATE PARK. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING? OKAY, NOW I THINK IT'S 
          [STAFF COMMENT]
TIME FOR STAFF REPORTS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND WE'VE GOT, UH, KAT I'LL INTRODUCE YOU FIRST, UM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO GO THROUGH, UM, JUST KINDA A HIGH LEVEL ON THE RECREATION SIDE AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE JEN TAKE IT FROM THERE. 
          GO KAT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DIRECTOR HALTER. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          AGAIN, I CANNOT TAKE ALL THE CREDIT THAT CODY GAVE ME FOR THE POE PRESENTATION. 
          I HAVE TO GIVE SOME CREDIT TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, LAURA NUNES BACK HERE, UM, WHO HELPED WITH ALL THE SLIDES AND THE MARKETING, ESPECIALLY THE ONE PAGER. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT 
          [01:25:01]
GOES TO HER. 
          AND THEN ON JUST A FEW QUICK HIGH LEVEL UPDATES, I AM PRETTY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THE FAIRGROUNDS, PETALUMA PICKLEBALL EXPERIENCE IS BEING REINVIGORATED AND REFASHIONED FROM OUR PILOT EXPERIENCE WHERE WE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS. 
          AND SOME OF OUR SPORTS TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US, UH, WILL BE MEETING WITH CHAD AND LISA, WHO WERE THE PILOT NEIGHBORHOOD INDIVIDUALS SPEARHEADING THAT, UM, PROGRAM. 
          SO KEEP YOUR EARS AND YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA EYES OPEN FOR SOME UPDATES ON, UH, BRINGING SOME MORE PICKLEBALL EXPERIENCE TO THE PARAGRAPHS. 
          THE SENIOR CENTER PARKING LOT, AS DREW MENTIONED IN THE MEASURE AND PRESENTATION IS, UM, STARTING END OF THE MONTH HERE. 
          AND ALSO IN OUR GENERAL HISTORY OF PILOTING USES OF THE FAIRGROUND, WE HAVE BEEN PILOTING THE SENIORS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, WHICH HAS SOMETIMES BEEN GREAT, SOMETIMES INTERESTING. 
          ALWAYS FUN THOUGH. 
          AND, UM, THEY'RE GETTING TO EXPERIENCE THE SPACES, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. 
          ALSO REALLY EXCITING IS ON OCTOBER 17TH, IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO, THERE WILL BE A FLOATING PUMPKIN PATCH AT THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER WHERE YOU CAN COME IN, SWIM AND YES, GET YOUR HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN. 
          IF SWIMMING AND FLOATING IS NOT YOUR THING, YOU CAN ATTEND ONE OF OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK. 
          COMING UP ON NEXT FRIDAY THE 25TH, IT'S GONNA BE DORA IN THE LOST CITY, CELEBRATING OUR HISPANIC, UM, CULTURE MONTH AT LOU CASEY PARK. 
          YOU CAN FIND OUT ALL THIS INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH I ALSO HAVE TO THANK LAURA NUNES FOR WHO HAS BEEN UPDATING IT REGULARLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WILL PASS IT TO JEN. 
          THANK YOU KAT. 
          AND I JUST HAVE A FEW QUICK UPDATES FOR, UH, THE MAINTENANCE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 
          WE ARE, WE HAVE SPENT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME FIXING IRRIGATION BREAKS WITH THAT FUN ADOBE CLAY SOIL, AND ALL OF OUR PARKS IS WREAKING HAVOC. 
          SO THE CREW HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY WITH THAT. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS, UM, GETTING READY, UH, TRIMMING TREE CANOPIES, GETTING, UH, DRAINS, UH, READY FOR AN EL NINO WINTER. 
          SO WE'RE SPENDING SOME TIME DOING THAT. 
          AND I WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT OUR, UM, OTHER EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT WE HAVE AT MCDOWELL PARK IS WELL UNDERWAY. 
          SO IF YOU DRIVE BY THE PARK, YOU CAN SEE THAT UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW FROM OUR OTHER EAGLE SCOUT, UH, PARTICIPANT PARKER. 
          SO HE'S DOING A, A GREAT JOB OUT THERE AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT'S COMPLETE. 
          BACK TO DREW. 
          THANK YOU JEN. 
          AND YEAH, TO ROUND THIS OUT, UM, COMMISSIONER EARL, I'M, I'M PULLING UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UM, I SEE ONE UNDER GENERAL COMMENT THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS I CAN SPEAK TO, THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK THERE. 
          UM, I CANNOT SPEAK TO A SCULPTURE, A BADGER SCULPTURE, UM, THAT WAS REMOVED OR APPARENTLY REMOVED FROM THE SITE. 
          I, I, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP. 
          UH, IT SOUNDS VERY BEAUTIFUL, BUT THE TREE WORK, SHE, UH, MENTIONS A TREE BEING REMOVED. 
          THERE WAS SOME HAZARDOUS, UH, TREE REMOVALS NEAR A STRUCTURE ON THAT PRESERVE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN COORDINATION WITH PG AND E. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, YEAH. 
          UM, SO WE HAD ARBORISTS OUT THERE LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDED TO BE AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE REMOVED. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE TRISHA REFERENCES, UM, REFERENCES BADGER DISPLACEMENT IN 2021. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING THAT. 
          HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PRETTY, PRETTY LONG HISTORY AT PAULA LANE. 
          A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT TIMING, WHAT THE CITY'S ROLE IS, WHAT THE SON AG AND OPEN SPACE GRANT, UM, ALLOWS FOR OUR PARTNERSHIPS, EVOLUTIONS OF, OF STEWARDSHIP OF THAT PROPERTY, AS WELL AS WHAT OUR GOALS ARE. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH NEW TO REPORT ON PAULA LANE. 
          UM, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE BADGER SCULPTURE WAS AND IF THAT WAS REMOVED FOR A REASON. 
          I'M NOT SURE. 
          AND HAPPY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SHARE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE SKATE PARK PROJECT IS, IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG. 
          UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, HAVEN'T, UH, PLEASE GO OUT THERE. 
          IT'S JUST LIKE ONE OF THOSE, UH, MOMENTS. 
          IT'S MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY AT THIS POINT. 
          YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THE FORMS BEING SETTLED AND I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK, I DON'T KNOW IF JEN, IF YOU'RE ON TODAY'S CALL, BUT I BELIEVE, UM, CALIFORNIA SKATE PARKS ARE GONNA BEGIN THE SHOCK CREEK. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A RACE, UH, NOW, UM, BEFORE THE WEATHER. 
          UH, AND THEY'RE GONNA REALLY, YOU KNOW, BUILD THEIR WAY OUT OF THE PARK. 
          SO THEY'LL START WITH THE SECTION OF THE BULLS, UH, THAT'S 
          [01:30:01]
CLOSEST TO THE BALL FIELDS, AND THEN THEY'LL WORK THEIR WAY, UH, TOWARDS THE COURTS. 
          BUT IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY, UH, PRETTY FAST AND FURIOUS OUT THERE. 
          THE, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH. 
          THE WHOLE TEAM HAS BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, WE UH, WE GOT A JAM SO THAT, UH, WEATHER DOESN'T BECOME A DELAY. 
          UH, I'LL SEND OUT KIND OF SOME PHOTOS AND SOME, SOME MORE DETAILS FOR YOU ALL THAT MAY GET QUESTIONS. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THE, THE TENTATIVE, UH, COMPLETION DATE RIGHT NOW IS I THINK EARLY TO MID-JANUARY, AND THAT'S FACTORING IN, UM, SOME WEATHER DELAYS. 
          SO THAT'S RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE SET FOR. 
          UM, BUT NO PLANS YET FOR A, UH, A GROUND SKATING CEREMONY. 
          WHAT DO YOU THINK? OKAY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR ME. 
          UM, WE WE'RE EXCITED AGAIN WITH THE SENIOR CENTER PARKING LOT, ALSO FINISHING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, SO IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY ACTIVE PLACE HERE IN THE FALL AT CASEY. 
          UM, SO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, LONG TIMES IN THE COMING ARE SEEM TO ALL HAPPENING AT ONCE. 
          UM, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT, UH, FOR LEAVING ME WITH A BUNCH OF NOTES, UH, TO TAKE BACK WITH, WITH THIS TEAM. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO TONIGHT AND GIVING US A QUORUM. 
          SO GOLD STARS BACK TO YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU DREW FOR YOUR REPORT AND JEN AND KAT. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING FOR THIS EVENING, ACTUALLY, CHAIR. 
          I DO HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT I FORGOT TO MENTION. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          UM, SO A FEW WEEKS OR SO AGO, UM, I WAS DOWN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS BACK BY THE BARNES AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HER TITLE IS EXACTLY, BUT OUR NEW AG EXHIBITOR PAULETTE, UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT SHE CONCLUDED CLEANING UP AND EVERYTHING. 
          THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MANURE BACK THERE, AND I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF TRASH. 
          IT MAY HAVE BEEN PICKED UP RECENTLY, UM, BUT A LOT OF IT WAS LEFT NOT AS IT USED TO BE, UH, BEFORE THE CITY TOOK OVER. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S CONCLUDED OR FINISHED WITH HER JOBS JOB OR SERVICES, BUT, UM, I THINK MAYBE A STAFF WOULD REACH OUT TO HER AND SEE IF SHE CAN FINISH CLEANING UP. 
          YEAH, I MEAN I'LL, UM, THE, UH, LEASE, UH, OR SORRY, THE SITE LICENSEE PLAYLAND, ALL THE LEASES HAVE, UM, RESUMED CONTROL OF THEIR PROPERTIES THAT HAS BEEN WEEKS AWAY. 
          AND YEAH, I THINK IF THERE'S, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT CLEANUP. 
          THERE ALWAYS IS COORDINATION AT THE END. 
          UM, BUT ALL OF THAT WAS CLEANED UP. 
          UM, WE RESPONDED, UM, THIS IS NOT ON, YOU KNOW, ONE, UH, AG PROVIDER OR WHATNOT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES, TAKES A CITY TO, TO HELP RUN AND MANAGE THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          SO WE, WE RESPONDED TO, TO, TO SITE LICENSES, CONCERNS AND HAD THE AREA CLEANED UP. 
          SO, UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENED RECENTLY, I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF, I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP, BUT I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, MAYBE IT WAS A FEW, IT WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO, SO MAYBE SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN CLEANED. 
          BUT, UM, WHEN I WAS DOWN THERE, IT WAS NOT, IT WAS NOT VERY CLEAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, WELL, IF IT'S A COUPLE WEEKS, THEN YOU KNOW, SEND ME THAT EMAIL, YOU KNOW, INCLUDES CITY MANAGER SO WE CAN RESPOND QUICKLY, UM, SO THAT I'M NOT GOING TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO BE ON THAT MM-HMM . 
          AND WE WANNA BE GOOD STEWARDS AND YEAH. 
          MAKING SURE THAT OUR FAIRGROUNDS ARE, ARE WORKING. 
          YEAH. 
          NO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ON YOU. 
          THAT'S JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE AG EXHIBITOR, THEY WOULD ALWAYS CLEAN UP AT THE END. 
          SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? FINAL? OKAY, THEN I THINK NOW WE CAN CONCLUDE OUR MEETING OF THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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