[CALL TO ORDER]
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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE RECREATION, MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, 2026.
OUR FIRST ITEM IS THE ROLL CALL CLERK.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS ON THE NATION UNDER INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY JUSTICE.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026.ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA? UH, NO CHANGES OR DELETIONS.
UH, CAN WE HAVE A SH DO YOU WANNA TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE? OR SHOULD WE HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? UH, WE CAN DO A, UM, A SHOW OF HANDS OR IF THERE'S ANY, UM, MODIFICATIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR LAST MONTH, SEPTEMBER.
ANY ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
THE MOTION, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
UH, NOW WE HAVE A, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS OR PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED? WE DO NOT.
SEEING NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK, OUR
[PRESENTATIONS]
NEXT ITEM IS A PRESENTATION ABOUT, UH, AN UPDATE ON THE RAINBOW BRIDGE PROJECT.AND KAT RISINGER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, WILL TAKE THE LEAD FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
IF I COULD PLEASE WELCOME UP COMMUNITY MEMBER AMANDA DUNN.
I HAVE THE EXTREME PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE HER AND HER DAUGHTER, SOPHIA, WHO IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, TO BRING BACK AN ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY HERE AT THE RMPC.
THERE'S BEEN SOME BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE, AND FOR TODAY'S DISCUSSION TO SHAPE THE LENS OF WHAT WE LOOK THROUGH AND KIND OF HEAR FROM AMANDA IS JUST AN UPDATE TO YOU ALL HERE AT THE RMPC ON THE PROJECT STATUS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL REGARDING SOME PROPOSED LOCATIONS, THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE PLAN, AS WELL AS HEAR ANY FEEDBACK ON ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, AMANDA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INTO IT, PLEASE.
MY DAUGHTER SOPHIA, WAS PLANNING TO PRESENT ALONGSIDE ME TONIGHT, BUT SHE HAS A WATER POLO QUARTER FINAL GAME TOMORROW, AND COULDN'T MISS PRACTICE.
SO, UM, IF IT'S OKAY, I'D LIKE TO SORT OF RECAP ON THE IDEA OF THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.
THE NAME AND CONCEPT ARE INSPIRED BY THE CHILDREN'S BOOK, THE RAINBOW BRIDGE, WHICH HELPS KIDS COPE WITH THE LOSS OF A PET.
THE RAINBOW REPRESENTS THE BRIDGE.
OUR PETS CROSS INTO THE AFTERLIFE, A SYMBOL OF PEACE, A REUNION DRAWN FROM THE BELOVED CHILD'S STORY.
IT'S GONNA BE A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN HONOR PETS.
THEY'VE LOST A PAINTED BRIDGE AND AN EXISTING TRAIL CROSSING.
SIMPLE AND MEANINGFUL, NOT A DOG PARK OR AN ATTRACTION.
A QUIET, RESPECTFUL LANDMARK THAT FITS THE TRAIL WHERE PEOPLE ALREADY WALK.
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DRIVEN, VOLUNTEER BUILT, DONOR SUPPORTED AND MAINTAINED BY PEOPLE WHO CARE OUR PROPOSED LOCATIONS.UM, THE FIRST ONE IS ALMOND BRIDGE.
UM, ALREADY PART OF A WELL BELOVED TRAIL.
IT'S GOOD VISIBILITY AND CLOSE TO A DOG PARK.
SECOND IS THE PRINCE PARK BRIDGES, WHICH WAS SUGGESTED BY MR. SHRI FROM THE, UH, PALOMA WETLAND ALLIANCE.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT INPUT BECAUSE I PROMPTED ME TO ACTUALLY WALK THE TRAILS AND, UM, AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT ON MY OWN.
SO, UH, THE PRINCE PARK, BRIDGES, LYNCH CREEK AND WASHINGTON CREEK, AND THEY'RE REALLY GOOD OPTIONS.
LYNCH IS MORE RESIDENTIAL THAN WASHINGTON, I WOULD IMAGINE.
WE WOULD NEED INPUT OR APPROVAL FROM NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA.
WASHINGTON IS SURROUNDED BY A SKATE PARK AND A BASEBALL FIELD, WHICH FEELS MORE INVITING.
A NEW PROPOSED DOG PARK, WHICH IS THE AIRPORT AREA, COULD TIE IN IF THE LAND ASSESSMENT GOES THROUGH, AND WHICH WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK ON THAT.
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS ON, UM, ON MAINTENANCE.
UH, SIGNAGE OPTIONS, AGAIN, IT IS A COMMEMORATIVE TRIBUTE, NOT A MEMORIAL.
'CAUSE THIS CELEBRATES THE BOND PEOPLE SHARED WITH THEIR PETS, NOT JUST LOSS.
A PAINTED MAINTAINED BRIDGE THAT ADDS BEAUTY TO THE TRAIL.
FAMILIES CAN VISIT, REMEMBER, AND FEEL THAT THEIR PETS MATTERED, MATTERED.
ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, AND SPONSORSHIP.
UH, SEEKING THE COMMITTEE'S ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD.
LOOKING FOR APPROVAL ON WHAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD WOULD ALLOW FOR MATERIAL PAINT AND SIGNAGE.
VOLUNTEER LABOR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE ALREADY HAVE A FEW LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO WOULD LOVE TO DONATE MATERIAL AND LANDSCAPING.
ONGOING MAINTENANCE, IT'S GONNA BE A CLEAR, A SIM, A SIMPLE, CLEAR AND P AND, SORRY, A SIMPLE CLEAR MAINTENANCE PLAN, VOLUNTEER UPKEEP, SCHEDULE, TOUCHUP PAINT AND SIGNAGE CARE.
NO BURDEN ON CITY STAFF, COMMUNITY OWNED AND COMMUNITY MAINTAINED.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
IF WE WERE TO CREATE A VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE THAT DECIDES WHO AND HOW OFTEN AND WHAT'S COVERED, MAYBE THAT WILL HELP AND PERHAPS OFFER SERVICE HOURS TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
UH, WHAT'S NEXT? IT WOULD BE THE FEEDBACK ON THE LOCATION AND THE APPROACH DOG PARK.
POSSIBILITY MONITORING THE LAND ASSESSMENT, EXPECTING NEWS, FEW MONTHS, MAYBE, UM, MAYBE A PETALUMA VOICE PIECE COMING SOON FOR GOOD VISIBILITY ON THE PROJECT.
AND INCORPORATE COM, UH, INCORPORATE COMMITTEE INPUT AND RETURN WITH THE REFINED PLAN.
UH, THANK YOU TO THE PARKS AND RECS COMMITTEE, KAT AND THE PETALUMA WET LAND ALLIANCE.
AND GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO REPRESENT AND GET FEEDBACK.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I GOT BUMPED OFF ZOOM.
I HAD A FEW GREAT ENDING PHOTOS THERE.
OH, IT'S REALLY LAND THE VISION.
BUT THAT'S THE CONCEPT IS WHERE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER.
THEY CAN LEAVE THEIR, YOU KNOW, THE DOG TAGS OR DOG OR CAT COLLARS THERE.
AND THEN THE DIRECTION FROM THE OR TO THE COMMISSION, PLEASE, IS TO CONSIDER, UH, SOME FEEDBACK TO PROVIDE TO AMANDA AND SOPHIA ON THIS PROJECT SUGGESTION.
UM, I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE, UH, COM COMMISSIONERS A CHANCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.
UM, SHALL WE START, UH, KATE WITH YOU? YEAH.
ALMOND MARSH IS IN THE WETLANDS, RIGHT? OR IN ELLIS CREEKS.
UM, BUT THERE WAS ONE OTHER LOCATION THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S WITHIN PRINCE PARK AND IT'S GONNA BE WASHINGTON CREEK AND LYNCH.
AND THEN THERE WAS POSSIBLY THE AIRPORT.
THAT WAS AN IDEA THAT KAT HAD BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE WEREN'T AWARE OF, BUT WE, I ALSO UNDERSTAND IT'S A
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SEPARATE PROJECT IN AND OF ITSELF, SO IT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE THAT WE WANT TO GET TOGETHER.BUT AGAIN, I DON'T, I I HAVEN'T RECEIVED COMPLETE APPROVAL OR EVEN I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO.
REPRESENTATIVE, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.
UH, COMMISSIONER A GARY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JOAN? COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
DO YOU HAVE VOLUNTEER FOR THE PROJECT? YES.
UM, I, YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, POSSIBILITY OF A DOG, UH, PLAY AREA THAT'S POTENTIALLY IN THE WORKS NEAR THE AIRPORT, THAT ONE OF THESE LOCATIONS WOULD, UM, POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO TIE INTO, AND POSSIBLY, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS, BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IN A GOOD LOCATION IF IN FACT, UH, THAT DOG PLAY AREA IS GOING TO BECOME A POSSIBILITY.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA ON THAT TIMEFRAME WHEN WE MIGHT KNOW WHETHER THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING OR NOT? DOES ANYONE? SO REGARDING THE AIRPORT DOG PARK SPECIFIC PLAN, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN PETALUMA VOICE THAT WENT OUT LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE.
UM, IT'S IN THE WORKS AT THE MOMENT.
THERE'S NOT, UM, DREW MIGHT HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE SPECIFIC TIMELINE, BUT IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT WITH THE RAINBOW BRIDGE, THIS IS A LOT SMALLER SCALE.
PRETTY MUCH A LITTLE BIT OF A MAINTENANCE KIND OF REFRESH OF A BRIDGE AREA THAT'S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
SO THE IDEA AND HOPE IS THAT THIS WOULD MOVE FORWARD MORE OR LESS, PRETTY QUICKLY WITHIN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
WHEREAS WITH THE DOG PARK, WE'RE NOT SURE ON THE TIMELINE OF THAT PROJECT.
SO IF IT JUST HAPPENED TO ALIGN CLOSELY, THAT COULD BE PRETTY IDEAL.
BUT WE ALSO DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA WAIT FOR THE TIMELINE FOR THE DOG PARK.
IS THAT IS UNDEFINED AT THIS TIME.
AND I, AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO SUGGEST THAT WE, WE WOULD, THAT ONE WOULD HOLD UP THE OTHER OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT DPA HAPPENING? IS IT FOR SURE GONNA HAPPEN? 'CAUSE IF IT IS, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH A LOCATION THAT'S, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THOSE TWO THINGS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER.
IN MY MIND, THAT WOULD BE A BIG DRAW, A NEW DOG PLAY AREA.
A LOT OF DOG OWNERS WOULD BE GOING THERE.
AND THEN THIS WOULD BE LIKE ANOTHER AMENITY OR ATTRACTION THAT WOULD BE SORT OF IN CONJUNCTION OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY, UM, ONLY COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, UH, OF THE, THE THREE OPTIONS, ALMOND MARSH WOULD HAVE THE MOST, UM, WILDLIFE CONSIDERATIONS, RIGHT.
DREW AND THE OTHER TWO, NOT SO MUCH.
AND I, I DEFINITELY WANNA HEAR FROM AMANDA.
GREAT PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY.
BUT, UM, AND KAT, UH, APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
THE LOCATION AT ALMOND MARSH, UM, IT'S REALLY THE ENTRANCE FROM THE PARKING LOT ON THE SHERATON SIDE.
SO WHILE IT'S A LARGER SITE WITH MANY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, WALKWAYS, CROSSES AND CONNECTIONS, THE LOCATION FROM THIS SPECIFIC BRIDGE IS REALLY LIKE THE ENTRANCE TO IT.
UM, SO IT'S HARD TO SAY VERSUS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LYNCH CREEK AREA, UH, IN WASHINGTON CREEK, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE BY THE PHOTOS.
UM, BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE LIKE NESTLED IN TO, UH, MORE OF LIKE A, A RIPARIAN CORRIDOR, A LOT MORE TREE COVERAGE.
UM, ALMOND MARSH HARDLY HAS A TREE, UM, I THINK WITH ANYWHERE WITHIN IT.
SO IT MAY, IT MAY, UM, FEEL LIKE IT'S AN OPEN SPACE, BUT I WOULD ARGUE WASHINGTON CREEK AND LYNCH CREEK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S WITHIN AN URBAN CORRIDOR, ACTUALLY PROBABLY HAS MORE TREE COVERAGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WELL, I'M TALKING MORE ABOUT DISTURBING ANIMALS, I THINK.
I THINK WE HAD A, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SUSAN KIRK'S ON THIS AFTER THE LAST PRESENTATION ABOUT PUTTING THE BRIDGE IN THE WETLANDS.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, ARE ANY OF THESE GOING TO HAVE, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THOUGH, THAT YOU HAVE TALKED TO THE WETLAND ALLIANCE AND YOU'VE TALKED TO RI, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE ALL THREE OF THESE SITES HAVE BEEN CLEARED AS FAR AS IMPACT ON WILDLIFE.
WELL, AND I WANT BE CLEAR TOO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING, UH, AND AGAIN, WHY WE TAKE THE TIME TO DO THE OUTREACH AND THE ENGAGEMENT AND, AND COME BACK TO YOU ALL IS WE WANNA GIVE, YOU KNOW, ALL VOICES AMPLE TIME TO WEIGH IN.
UM, BUT THE PETALUMA WETLANDS ALLIANCE IS A, IS A PARTNER, UM, A NONPROFIT PARTNER, UM, NOT AN AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION.
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AND ALL THREE OF THESE OPTIONS ARE EXISTING BRIDGES.SO THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT INCLUDE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AND I THINK THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT, UM, YOU KNOW, PROJECT COMPONENT THAT WE IDENTIFIED EARLY ON.
AND I THINK BACK TO YOUR, UH, COMMENT, UM, CHAIR IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEW DOG PARK PROPOSALS THAT'S KIND OF WORKING THROUGH, WHICH WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, VERY EARLY ON IN THAT PROCESS.
AND, UM, WHILE WE DON'T HAVE AN ADOPTED LOCATION YET, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT LOOKS LIKE WISEMAN PARK, IS THAT, UM, OR SORRY, THE OPEN SPACE NEAR AIRPORT, THERE'S NO EXISTING BRIDGES OUT THERE.
IT WOULD BE, HAVE TO BE KIND OF A BUILT STRUCTURE.
UM, NOT REALLY FUNCTION AS A BRIDGE.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT 'EM BOTH.
UM, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, ONE PROJECT IS HOLDING UP THE OTHER.
UM, IT'S JUST ALWAYS NICE WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN COLLABORATE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT WAS IN REFERENCE TO BRIGHT COLORS AND MORE ACTIVITY, DISTURBING ENVIRONMENT, NOT BUILDING A NEW BRIDGE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECOGNIZED.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF ADVICE THAT IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT THAN THE BRIDGE ALREADY DOES ON ANY OF THESE SITES.
I, IS ANY ONE OF THESE THREE EASIER THAN THE OTHER, OR, I MEAN, ARE THEY ALL ABOUT THE SAME AS FAR AS GETTING THE JOB DONE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I'M GONNA PUT JEN'S SANTOS ON THE SPOT.
I THINK WITH THE EXCEPTION, UM, YOU KNOW, JEN, MAYBE WE LOOKED INTO THE ALMAN MARSH LOCATION, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A STATE CONSERVATION EASEMENT, IF I'M NOT CORRECT, OR IF, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT? RIGHT? THE ALMAN MARSH LOCATION IS ACTUALLY ON STATE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE LEASED BACK FROM THE STATE.
SO THERE IS AN EXTRA STEP THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT PARTICULAR BRIDGE TO INVOLVE THE STATE IN THAT DISCUSSION.
ALTHOUGH I, I WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.
SO THERE REALLY PRETTY MUCH EQUAL, BESIDES THAT EXTRA STEP WITH THE, UM, STATE FOR THE ALMOND MARSH BRIDGE.
AND I'M, I'M WONDERING TOO, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, I THINK IT'S COOL PEOPLE PUT THEIR DOG TAGS OR COLLARS OR LOCKS ON THE BRIDGES.
UM, BUT I'VE, I'VE HEARD OF OTHER BRIDGES WHERE THAT'S LIKE A COMMON THING, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY WITH THIS APPLICATION, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT ADDS AN EXTREME LOAD TO THE BRIDGE.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE'VE LOOKED CONSIDERED THAT AT ALL, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT LOAD'S GONNA BE.
'CAUSE MAYBE A DOG COLLAR WEIGHS A POUND, YOU KNOW, AND WE GET A THOUSAND DOG COLLARS ON THERE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE A HALF TON EXTRA ON THAT BRIDGE.
YOU KNOW, DO WE KNOW THE WEIGHT RATINGS ON THESE BRIDGES? HAVE WE CONSIDERED THAT? I THINK THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK.
AND, UM, I'LL GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THOSE THREE KIND OF BUCKETS OF COMMENT WE'RE HOPING TO GET BACK TONIGHT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT KIND OF LEVEL OF DETAIL IS ONCE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING LET, OR LET'S ASSUME STRUCTURALLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL PEDESTRIAN RATED BRIDGES.
UM, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH AMANDA AND HER TEAM TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, HOW DO WE WANNA ADDRESS, UM, WE'LL SAY THE MEMORIALS OR THE COMMEMORATIVE TAGS, COLLARS, ET CETERA.
AND I THINK ON SOME OF THOSE VISUALS, UM, THEY WERE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
SO BOWLS, UM, YOU KNOW, LEASHES, THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON THERE.
SO WHAT, WHAT WORKS FOR US? AND TO HAVE THAT PLAN, YOU KNOW, COME BACK AS ONE FINAL LOCATION, UM, YOU KNOW, SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK ON, ON THOSE KIND OF THINGS, WHAT ARE APPROPRIATE.
AND THAT'S A, UM, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC SPACES IN GENERAL, IS MAKING SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S AN INCLUSIVE BRIDGE, NOT JUST FOR THOSE THAT WANNA MEMORIALIZE, UM, THEIR BELOVED PETS, BUT ALSO THOSE THAT, UM, WANT TO FEEL SAFE WALKING THROUGH, UM, AN AREA AND NOT FEEL LIKE IT'S, UH, SACRED.
WELL, NOT, NOT THAT IT WOULD BE, BUT I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, I FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THEY'RE RATED FOR MUCH, MUCH MORE WEIGHT THAN THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW.
COMMISSIONER EARL? YES, YOU GOT IT HERE.
UH, THE ONE CONFUSION THAT I HAD, THE WASHINGTON CREEK, WHERE EXACTLY IS THAT? SO THAT IS BEHIND THE BASEBALL FIELD.
IT'S VERY NESTLED IN, KIND OF ABANDONED IN THE BACK BEHIND
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THE BASE AT PRINCE PARK.SO RIGHT WHERE YOU ENTER THE SKATE PARK, YOU GO LEFT AND YOU OH, THAT ONE, RIGHT, IT'S KITTY QUARTER, RIGHT AROUND THE YEAH, IT'S LITERALLY SKATE PARK AND THEN THE BRIDGE RIGHT BEHIND IT.
I WAS LIKE, WHERE IS THAT ONE? OKAY.
UM, I THINK WE MEET AMANDA, RIGHT? THE, UM, BMX, UH, THE, UM, BIKE PARK, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO NOT CIS SKATING, BUT THERE'S A INFORMAL BIKE PARK THERE.
IT'S, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL WHEELS.
UM, SO THAT AND, AND THE BASEBALL FIELD.
UM, SO I'M SUPER HAPPY YOU GOT THIS HERE.
OVER A YEAR AGO, I THINK MM-HMM
SO, UM, YOU GOT THE WHEELS HERE.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, FEEDBACK, I KNOW I THINK THAT, UH, ORIGINALLY YOU HAD MAYBE WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS BUILT, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SUBSTITUTE, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S OKAY.
UM, IN TERMS OF, I THINK LINKING ANY, ANY ONE OF THESE TWO THAT ARE BY PRINCE PARK WOULD BE A GREAT CHOICE.
IT'S A DOG PARK, LIKE TONS OF PEOPLE IN, TONS OF PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WETLANDS.
SO MY, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR MY VOTE, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EASY KIND OF SLAM DUNK.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IF WE CAN SHOVE A HUNDRED GIRL SCOUTS ON A BRIDGE AND TAKE A PHOTO, PROBABLY WE CAN GET AWAY WITH THE DOG TAGS, BUT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE.
UM, BUT YEAH, I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED THIS GOT HERE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL.
AND AS A PET OWNER ONE DAY I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO USE IT, BUT I DON'T WANNA THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UH, COMMISSIONER CHAISON, WHAT IS YOUR DAUGHTER'S PREFERENCE? SHE, SHE ACTUALLY PREFERS THE WASHINGTON CREEK BECAUSE THERE'S JUST ALL THE KIDS WERE THERE AND THERE'S, IT'S NOT TOO MUCH ON THE NEIGHBOR'S SIDE WHERE LYNCH IS PRETTY, I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION FROM THE NEIGHBORS.
IT'S LIKE ACROSS THE STREET, BUT LYNCH IS ALMOST JUST KIND OF PERFECT.
AND YEAH, WE DID LIKE ALMOND MARSH, BUT WE DID WANNA KEEP IN MIND THE, THE, UH, THE ALLIAN, THE WET, THE WETLAND ALLIANCE AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR CONCERNS.
SO COMMISSIONER GARCIA, LEMME TRANSLATE THAT.
WHAT BRENDA WAS SAYING IS THAT, UH, SHE APPRECIATES THE BRIDGES ALREADY BEING BUILT AND, AND SO THE, THE PAINTING GOING, BUT SHE ALSO WANTS TO, UH, SHARE THAT, UH, TO, TO THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, HAVING SPACES WHERE WE HAVE ROCKS, UH, THAT, THAT KIND OF CROSS THE CREEK THAT ARE PAINTED IN THE RAINBOW COLORS.
COMMISSIONER GREENSVILLE, THANK YOU.
SORRY, I FORGOT TO ADD MY COMMENTS ON TOP OF MY QUESTIONS.
SO NOW I'M GONNA COME BACK AND COMMENT.
UM, I THINK THAT THE ALMOND MARSH LOCATION SEEMS OUT OF PLACE WHEN I VISIT THAT AREA.
IT'S REALLY TO BE, YOU KNOW, TO LIKE BE IN NATURE AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE WILDLIFE, AND IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE, UM, A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, UM, FEELS NOT SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT LOCATION.
UM, SO I WOULD PREFER TO NARROW IT DOWN TO TWO OPTIONS.
UH, AND I THINK EITHER ARE GREAT.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE LOCATION THAT YOU'RE SHOWING AT LYNCH CREEK ISN'T THAT CLOSE TO LIKE, NEIGHBORING HOMES.
AND IT'S PRETTY KIND OF, I DON'T WANNA SAY ISOLATED BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, A VERY POPULAR TRAIL, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON NEIGHBORS.
UM, I THINK IF ANYTHING, THEY WOULD APPRECIATE SOMETHING THAT ADDS TO THAT AREA RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE USUAL GRAFFITI, WHATEVER IN THAT AREA.
BUT I ALSO WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT MAYBE GRAFFITI ON THAT SPECIFIC STRETCH.
'CAUSE IT CONNECTS WITH THE UNDERGROUND TUNNEL UNDERNEATH, UM, THE HIGHWAY RIGHT THERE.
AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT STRETCH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA AND, UM,
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YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL YOUR DAUGHTER FOR US THAT SHE DID A REALLY GREAT JOB.UM, SO I WOULD, I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE OBJECTIVES PAGE FOR US? CAN I JUST ADD ONE THING ABOUT THE ALMOND MARSH? THE INITIAL REASON WHY WE HAD CHOSEN THAT THERE WAS A BOOK, A TIE TO IT ON THE BOOK, THERE'S SHOWS LIKE DOGS RUNNING ON A HILL.
SO WHERE YOU WALK ON ALMOND WATCH, IF YOU LOOK AND IT JUST SAYS YOU CAN SEE ROCKY DOG PARK, YOU SEE ALL THE DOGS RUNNING ON THE HILL.
SO THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON WHY, 'CAUSE IT WAS JUST, I DON'T KNOW, IT KIND OF REFLECTED THE BOOK MORE THAN, BUT THAT WAS INITIALLY.
SO I AM WONDERING IF THE REST OF THE COMMISSION WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE SUGGESTING A SITE LOCATION OUT OF THOSE THAT WERE YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO IS MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE WHATEVER COMMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSLATION.
IS EVERYTHING OKAY? SHOULD WE WAIT, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? THIS IS, IS THE INTERPRETER SPEAKING? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
BUT OUR MEMBERS CAN, THEY CAN'T HEAR ME.
SO, ANY, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UH, JOSE OR BRENDA, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, CODY, IF WE'RE GONNA DO COMMENTS? SURE.
UM, I THINK WASHINGTON IS, WASHINGTON CREEK.
UM, A IT'S, IT'S YOUR DAUGHTER'S PREFERENCE, YOU SAID ALSO YOU SAID IT'S A LITTLE UNDERUTILIZED, WHICH IT'S A GREAT CH CHANCE TO REVITALIZE THIS AREA.
AND BECAUSE IT IS QUIETER, MAYBE IT IS A BETTER PLACE FOR A MEMORIAL.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC FOR SPORTS FIELDS, ET CETERA.
IT'S FOR, IT FEELS LIKE IT FITS WHAT THIS BRIDGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND IT LOOKS IN THE PICTURE LIKE IT'S SLIGHTLY CURVED.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ARCHED A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS LIKE A RAINBOW.
THE OTHER TWO ARE JUST MORE FLAT.
SO EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS AREA TO ME FEELS LIKE IT'S RIGHT FOR THAT PURPOSE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, DO WE WANT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE DO FINISH UP OUR COMMENTS? UH, YES.
I'M GONNA, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE NONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DID HAVE A COMMENT SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL AND IT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE.
UM, SO I THINK, UM, WE'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION ON A LOCATION AND ALSO ANY, UH, DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS.
SO SHOULD WE TAKE A VOTE ON THAT OR, UM, JUST DO A SHOW OF HANDS WHO PREFERS WHICH OPTION KIND OF THING WOULD YOU LIKE? UM, YEAH, I MEAN, THE PREFERENCE IS YOURS, CHAIR.
WHAT, WHAT, I'M KEEPING A LITTLE BIT OF A SCORECARD.
UM, I THINK I'VE GOT THREE, UM, DURING THE COMMENTS WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE WASHINGTON, UM, CREEK SLASH PRINCE PARK LOCATION.
SO, UM, PERHAPS WE WANNA JUST START THERE AND, AND GET A, UM, A SHOW OF HANDS AND THEN IF ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, IF IT DOESN'T CARRY A MAJORITY, WE CAN GO DOWN THE LIST.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE WASHINGTON STREET LOCATION.
I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE UNANIMOUS ON THAT.
SO THAT WE DON'T NEED TO GO ANY FURTHER.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT DESIGN ISSUES, PAINT MAINTENANCE, UH, VOLUNTEERS, UH, THE LOCKS, HOW, HOW EVERYTHING'S GONNA WORK? ANY, ANY OF THAT? NO.
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COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN, DO YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF THE SIGNAGE? UM, I SAW KIND OF SOME GENERATED IMAGES THAT OH, OKAY.SO I'M SEEING THAT IF YOU FOLLOW THE NORTH CAROLINA EXAMPLE, THERE'LL BE KIND OF SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO MEMORIALIZE ON WHAT CAN BE INCLUDED SO THAT WE'RE NOT YEAH, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE RESPECT YEAH.
LEAVING LIKE DOG HOUSES AND YEAH.
WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND BRULES ABOUT NOT LEAVING YOUR PETS, ASHLEY EITHER, YOU KNOW? OKAY, GREAT.
WE'RE GONNA GET REALLY SPECIFIC ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ALSO, UH, TAKE CARE OF THE NATURE, THE WILDLIFE AROUND AS WELL.
YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING LIKE PLASTIC AND THINGS THAT COULD, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, NEAR WATER WAYS.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS MAKING SURE THAT IT'S PROPERLY COMMUNICATED AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SIGNAGE PLAN.
AND WE ALSO, ONCE WE MOVE, IF WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING, BRING, YOU KNOW, PRESENT TO YOU ALL.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DECIDE ON, ON SOMETHING.
JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, THAT IS, THE PLAN IS TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE RBC TONIGHT, WHICH WILL GIVE AMANDA AND SOPHIA THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REALLY FINALIZE THEIR PLAN, FINALIZE THE TIMELINE, UM, FINALIZE SIGNAGE OPTIONS, ANY OTHER, UM, MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO, AND THEN COME BACK AT ANOTHER FINAL R AND PC MEETING AND JUST GET THE OFFICIAL RUBBER STAMP TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, HOPEFULLY.
WHAT DID I HEAR? ANOTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION DOWN THIS SIDE.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, ARE ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? I CAN HEAR YOU ALL, BUT IT SEEMS THAT MY, IT'S MY SPEAKER THAT IS HAVING A PROBLEM.
I, I'M HAVING, OKAY, LET'S SEE.
CLERK, ARE WE HAVING THE SAME, UH, I, I SEE MARTIN OR MARTIN ALSO.
IS HE ABLE TO BACK UP MARIA ON THIS? UH, LET'S SEE HERE.
YEAH, YOU, I, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU IN THE CHAMBERS, BUT, UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE COMMISSIONERS CAN HEAR YOU THROUGH THE HEADSET.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I I'M SEEING, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
I'M, I'M TEXTING MY THING IS COMING IN RIGHT NOW WHILE I FIX MY, MY ISSUE.
FOR SOME REASON I'VE BEEN KICKED OUT OF THE INTERPRETER MODE.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET YOU BACK IN.
MARIA, CAN YOU HEAR NOW? I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSIONERS CAN HEAR ME.
MARIA, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? YES, I CAN.
OKAY, I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO AGAIN.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
ITEM IS A, UM, UH, TO REVIEW, DISCUSS AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON THE PROPOSED NAMING OF THE COMMUNITY BASEBALL FIELD, LOCATED WITHIN THE LARGER PETALUMA COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELD COMPLEX, AFTER JOHNNY, JJ JACKSON, THE LONGTIME LOCAL SPORTS COLUMNIST IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE.AND DREW HALTER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU CHAIR, UH, APPRECIATE YOU, UH, YOUR PATIENCE AS WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH THIS.
AND, UH, APOLOGIES AGAIN, UM, BUT EXCITED TO BE BRINGING
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THIS ITEM FORWARD FOR THE COMMISSION.UM, AS, UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, WE OFTEN BRING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARK AND FACILITY NAMING PROJECTS TO THIS COMMISSION, AS IT IS THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S POLICY, UM, TO, TO ULTIMATELY GET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS BODY, UH, WHEN CONSIDERING FORMAL DEDICATIONS OF SPACE.
SO, AS A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKSTORY, UM, IN SPRING OF THIS YEAR, UH, THERE WAS A GROUP AND COALITION THAT HAD BROUGHT, UH, ARE WE OKAY WITH INTERPRETERS? YEAH.
UH, THERE WAS A COALITION THAT BROUGHT, UM, A, A PROPOSAL OR A GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO, UH, FORMALLY DEDICATE THE BALL FIELD AT THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELD.
THIS IS A FULL BASEBALL FIELD, ALL WEATHER CONSTRUCTED IN 2024, UH, AFTER JOHN JACKSON, UH, WHO HAS A LONG, DISTINGUISHED CAREER, UM, AS A, UH, SPORTS EDITOR, UM, FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT AND ARGUS COER.
UH, SO THROUGH THAT, UM, THAT MEETING GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT, UM, THAT NIGHT, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS SINCE THEN TO KIND OF PIECE, UH, JOHN JACKSON'S STORY TOGETHER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE WOULD FEEL GOOD REPRESENTS, UM, THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S NAMING POLICY.
SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA WALK US THROUGH A FEW SLIDES, UH, AND THEN I'VE ALSO GOT A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TONIGHT, UH, STEVE ELLISON, WHO I'M GONNA, UM, PUT ON THE SPOT AND HAVE, HAVE COME UP AND SAY SOME WORDS, UM, AS KIND OF A LONG TIME, UM, UH, CONFIDANT WITH JOHN.
SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO BE, BE CLEAR AND, AND MANY OF YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S WORTH REITERATING THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, EXERCISES, THE FINAL AUTHORITY IN NAMING ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES.
SO, UM, AS THE STAFF REPORT INS INDICATES, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE, UM, JOHN JACKSON, UH, IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT JOHN JACKSON BE CONSIDERED, UM, AS A RESULT OF HIS MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, AND WHAT MAJOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS DEFINED AS MAJOR IS UP TO INTERPRETATION.
SO THAT'S WHY WE BRING THESE FORWARDS FOR DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, IN, IN GOING THROUGH TONIGHT IS TO, TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, DO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS RECOMMENDATION? AT THE END OF THE DISCUSSION, UH, OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL, WHETHER WE SUPPORT IT OR, OR NOT.
SO AGAIN, SERVICE RECOGNITION IS FURTHER DEFINED IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S NAMING POLICY.
UM, AS ONE OF TWO CATEGORIES HAD A RECOGNIZED DIRECT POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, OR IS A CONTRIBUTION BY A PROFIT MAKING ORGANIZATION THAT SHALL HAVE AT, MADE AN OUTSIDE THE NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE ORGANIZATION.
SO ESSENTIALLY LIKE A GIFT OF, OF LAND OR, UM, PROPERTY.
SO, I'M GONNA START THIS ITEM.
UM, I AM IN NO WAY QUALIFIED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK IN ENTIRETY OF JOHN JACKSON'S OVER 30 YEARS OF, UM, SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY AND EMBEDDED OF YOUTH SPORTS.
BUT I'M HOPING BETWEEN, UM, STEVE AND I, WE CAN AT LEAST FRAME IT HERE.
SO, UH, JUST A FEW OF THE, THE KNOWN FACTS.
JOHN, UH, AGAIN, STARTED IN 1970, UM, WITH THE ARGUS COURIER WORKED, UH, NEARLY A DECADE THERE BEFORE, UM, UH, MOVING, UH, IN, IN COVERING SPORTS, UH, OTHER PLACES ALONG THE WEST COAST.
UH, HE RETURNED, UM, TO THE ARGUS AND DID WORK THERE FROM 2000 TO 2023.
YOU KNOW, REALLY IN THE, IN, IN TALKING WITH THE GROUPS THAT BROUGHT THIS PROPOSAL FORWARD, IT JOHN JACKSON'S, UM, LEGACY IMPACT WITH EV, THE KIND OF UNIFORM THEME THAT WE'VE HEARD, UM, IS JOHN WOULD REALLY GIVE A VOICE TO, UM, ANY ATHLETE, REGARDLESS OF WINNING, LOSING MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OR NOT.
HE REALLY, YOU KNOW, MADE IT HIS MANTRA TO UPLIFT KIND OF ALL THE VOICES THAT WERE DOING SOMETHING IN PETALUMA.
AND HE GAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, HIS TIME, UH, VERY EQUITABLY TO ALL OF THOSE, THOSE CAUSES.
SO HAVE A WINNING SEASON OR A LOSING SEASON.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THEMES WE KEPT HER, HER, AND AS JOHN, WAS VERY CONSISTENT IN, YOU KNOW, UPLIFTING AND FINDING THOSE KIND OF POSITIVE VOICES THAT REPRESENTED KIND OF THOSE CORE VALUES OF GOOD TEAMWORK, SPORTSMANSHIP, UH, AND, AND BRING OUT THE BEST OF WHAT COMPETITION SHOULD BE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I, I WANTED TO, UH, CALL UP, UM, STEVE ELLISON, WHO'S,
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WHO'S BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER, AND NOT JUST THE LOCAL SPORTS SCENE, BUT, UM, CAN MAYBE ROUND OUT THIS CONVERSATION.AND, AND ALSO, STEVE, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THE LARGER GROUP TONIGHT.
UM, BUT MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND, AND SAY SOME WORDS, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME.
I WAS A, UH, I WAS A TEACHER AND A COACH AT PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL FOR 33 YEARS.
I WAS A HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FOR 31 OF THOSE YEARS, AND I HAD A LOT OF CONTACT WITH JOHN JACKSON.
AND, UH, I MET HIM WHEN I, I CAME UP HERE IN 1977 AS AN ASSISTANT COACH, AND, UH, I MET HIM RIGHT AWAY.
UM, I HAD COME FROM SAN FRANCISCO WHERE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND LITTLE LEAGUE AND ALL THAT STUFF WAS MINIMALLY COVERAGE.
AND, UH, I COME UP HERE AND I WAS HERE ABOUT TWO DAYS, AND THIS GUY'S INTERVIEW INTERVIEWING ME.
I'M THE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH.
I'M LIKE, WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? AND, AND, UH, HE WRITES THIS BIG STORY.
I, I WAS FLOORED BY THE WHOLE THING.
I, I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF COVERAGE THAT HE HAD.
AND THAT YEAR WE HAD A PARTICULARLY GREAT TEAM, AND WE WENT ON TO WIN THE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE WEEK OF THE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP, UH, THAT'S WHEN THE ARGUS COURIER WAS A DAILY NEWSPAPER.
UM, EVERY DAY THERE WERE A, A PAGE FULL OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE BIG CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THAT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE.
AND THE DAY WE PLAYED THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THERE WERE TWO FULL PAGES THAT COVERED PROBABLY EVERY KID THAT COULD POSSIBLY PLAY IN THAT GAME.
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE THE COVERAGE HE HAD.
AND, AND WHAT THIS WAS JUST KIND OF SETS THE TEMP FOR, WHAT I WAS REALLY WANTED TO SAY WAS, THIS GUY HAS TOUCHED THOUSANDS OF KIDS.
HE HAS RAISED HIS SELF-ESTEEM OF SO MANY KIDS, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST FOOTBALL PLAYERS OR PLUMA HIGH, JUST PLUMA HIGH, OR JUST CASA GRANDE ST.
THIS GUY COVERED ALL THE SPORTS, UH, BOYS, GIRLS SOCCER, LITTLE LEAGUE WRESTLING, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL.
I USED TO LAUGH BECAUSE HE USED TO TELL ME THAT, THAT, UM, HE WOULD GET PHONE CALLS ALL THE TIME THAT FROM THE PETALUMA PARENTS SAYING THAT HE FAVORITE CASA GRANDE.
AND THEN HE'D GET A PHONE CALL FROM CASA GRANDE PARENTS SAYING THAT HE WAS FAVORING PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL.
HE DEFINITELY PLAYED FAVORITES TO KIDS.
HE DIDN'T CARE WHAT SCHOOL THEY WENT TO.
HE DIDN'T CARE WHAT SPORT THEY WERE.
HE DIDN'T CARE IF IT WAS A BOY OR GIRL.
IF IT WAS A CITY, A PETALUMA ATHLETE, THAT'S WHAT HE CARED ABOUT.
AND THOUSANDS OF KIDS GOT THEIR NAME IN THE PAPER AND GOT RECOGNITION BECAUSE OF HIM.
AND WHEN HE'D INTERVIEW ME EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, HOW'S THE TEAM GONNA BE? WHAT'S YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE? LIKE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND I WOULD NAME OFF THE FIVE STARTERS, AND HE'D SAY, WELL, WHAT ABOUT NOW? NOW WHO PLAYS BEHIND HIM? AND BEFORE WE WERE DONE, IF I HAD 20 OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, EVERY ONE OF 'EM GOT THEIR NAME IN A PAPER.
AND TO SOME OF THOSE KIDS, THAT WAS A REALLY A MAJOR HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.
HE, HE'S A JUST ONE OF THE FINEST PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
AND IF I WOULD JUST SIMPLY SAY TO YOU THAT IF I'VE NEVER KNOWN ANYBODY IN A COMMUNITY WHO IS MORE DESERVING OF HAVING A COMMUNITY COMPLEX NAMED AFTER HIM, I MEAN, THIS WAS A, THE, THAT FIELD WAS VERY SPECIAL TO HIM.
HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN REALLY PUSHING FOR IT AND LOVED IT, AND LOVED BEING OUT THERE TO COVER THE GAMES.
AND I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT TRIBUTE TO A MAN THAT REALLY DID A LOT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM BECAUSE HE'S VERY DESERVING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT STEPS, AGAIN, AT THE END OF THIS ITEM, WE, WE ARE ASKING FOR, UM, A, A, A MOTION, ULTIMATELY IN A VOTE.
UM, STAFF IS SEEKING A, A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO FORMALLY DEDICATE, UH, THE BASEBALL FIELD AT THE PETMAN COMMUNITY SPORTS FIELDS AFTER JOHN JACKSON.
UH, NOW WE, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, A FORMAL NAME YET, UM, OTHER THAN, UM, JOHN JACKSON.
UM, SO, UH, WE, WE WOULD BE BRINGING THAT ITEM, UH, WITH SOME ITERATION AND WORKING WITH THE GROUP FORWARD.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE, UH, FEELINGS ABOUT THAT OR RECOMMENDATIONS ON SOME, YOU KNOW, UM, WAY THAT YOU THINK WE COULD PROPERLY, UH, THAT, THAT, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.
BUT AT THE END OF THE ITEM, WE, WE WOULD, UH, SEEK A RECOMMENDATION.
SO, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE MORE VETERAN, AN H DAY PARADE.
'CAUSE WHY NOT GO PEDAL THEM UP.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU COMMISSIONER EARL? NOPE, I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I, I HOPE SOMEBODY AFTER IT'S NAMED AFTER HIM, 'CAUSE I PROBABLY WILL BE THAT
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SOMEBODY ELSE WILL BE, UM, JUST INSPIRED TO DO THAT FOR YOUTH.SO I THINK SOMEBODY LIKE THIS DESERVES RECOGNITION.
SO THANKS FOR BRINGING IT TO US.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DI CARLEY.
UH, NO, NO QUESTIONS FROM ME, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOT A MORE FITTING PERSON FOR THE FIELD TO BE NAMED AFTER, SO I WOULD SUPPORT THAT RECOMMENDATION.
COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM? YEAH, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION.
I, I THINK NOBODY DESERVES, UH, MORE THE RECOGNITION THAN, UH, JOHN JACKSON.
UH, MY COMMENTS ARE, UM, THAT, UH, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A VERY FITTING, UM, MEMORIAL FOR SOMEONE WHO MADE SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES.
SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR, SHALL WE, UM, TAKE A, UH, VOICE VOTE, OR JUST, UH, SHOW OF HANDS? NO, I, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I JUST WANT TO POINT TO THE CLERK.
UM, I DIDN'T SEE, BUT WANTED TO CONFIRM IF WE'VE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND IF, UM, ANYONE HAD SPEAKER CARDS, THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO OPEN THAT.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, IN THE CHAMBERS OR VIA EMAIL.
SO AT THIS POINT, UM, YEAH, WHAT WE'D, WE WOULD, UH, PREFER IS, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, UH, ASKING FOR A MOTION, UH, SECOND.
AND THEN WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS.
I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO COUNSEL THAT WE DEDICATE THIS SPORTS FIELD AFTER JOHN JJ JACKSON.
SHALL WE GO DOWN THE LIST? YEAH, WE COULD JUST READ INTO THE RECORD.
UM, CLERK, WE COULD DO A ROLL CALL REAL QUICK.
I THINK WE'VE GOT ALL IN FAVOR.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
HAVE JUST GENERAL COMMITTEE COMMENTS.UM, AGAIN, LET'S START DOWN, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER EARL, AND WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, MAJOR COMMENTS ABOUT PARKS AT ALL.
UM, AND THEN THE MUSEUM, WHICH IS MY LIAISON COMMITMENT, THEY ARE COOKING, THEY ARE DOING ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THE MUSEUM OR CHECKED OUT THEIR INSTAGRAM, THEY'RE COMING INTO THE CENTURY, LET ME TELL YOU.
SO UHHUH, AND THEY ARE DOING SUPER FUN STUFF.
SO, UM, THIS, NOT THIS FRIDAY, NEXT FRIDAY, THEY'RE HAVING THE SEANCE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THE SEANCE, IT'S HAPPENING, GET YOUR TICKETS.
WHO THE HECK KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? UM,
BUT I REALLY HAVE BEEN ENJOYING, UH, HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING JUST DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF HISTORY AND BRING IT FORWARD AND GET MORE YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
UM, WE HAD, UH, THEIR WORKSHOP OVER THE WEEKEND AND KIND OF, UM, REALLY TRIED TO MAP FORWARD HOW WE CAN BUILD A STRONGER, MORE SUSTAINABLE, UH, MUSEUM.
AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO UPDATING YOU MORE ON THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, GET YOUR SANDS TICKETS.
UM, I THINK, I THINK THIS WAS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, BUT, UM, WE, UH, AT COUNCIL, WE APPROVED AS CITY MANAGER TO GO OUT AND SEEK A $10 MILLION GRANT FOR RESILIENCY CENTER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SO THAT'S IN MOTION RIGHT NOW.
UH, RECENTLY WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON THE NEW MEASURE M, NOW MEASURE H AND, UH, COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, APPROVED, UH, RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT MEASURE H FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S MY COUNCIL UPDATES.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO ASK THAT WE RECEIVE A PRESENTATION,
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UM, ON HOW THE FAIR WENT THIS YEAR, 2026 FAIR.AND THEN, UM, ALSO REVISIT FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, THERE WAS KIND OF A DESIRE AMONGST THE COMMISSIONERS TO LOOK AT MORE OF THE FINANCIALS, YOU KNOW, OF PARKS AND REC AND, AND KINDA GET UPDATES ON THOSE MONTHLY AND SEE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE IN MOTION WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN THE PIPELINE, WHERE THE COMMISSION CAN WEIGH IN AND, AND HAVE MORE INVOLVEMENT IN THINGS BEFORE THEY'RE KIND OF SET IN STONE AND DONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD, WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW AT AIRPORT COMMISSION WE DO GET FINANCIAL UPDATES EVERY MONTH.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE'RE ABLE TO WEIGH IN QUITE A BIT.
AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMISSION HERE.
AND, UM, AND THEN, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT TOO, LIKE TONIGHT, IT WAS NICE WE HAD AN ACTIONABLE ITEM, BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK WE SEE THOSE TOO OFTEN.
AND, AND I KNOW THOSE CAN ONLY COME AS AS THEY DO, BUT, UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IF WE START TO KIND OF LOOK AT THINGS AS THEY'RE IN THE PIPELINE, WE CAN CREATE MORE ACTIONABLE ITEMS AND, AND CREATE A COMMISSION THAT'S MORE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD WELCOME THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO WEIGH IN ON THAT, BUT, UM, I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD BUILD A BETTER, UM, BETTER COMMISSION UP HERE.
UM, SORRY, I FORGOT SOMETHING.
CAN I ADD IT REALLY QUICK? YES.
UM, WOOD CHIPS, LEGHORNS NEEDS MORE LEGHORNS PARK.
DO YOU LIKE MY BRAIN THESE DAYS?
UM, BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR, FOR WOOD CHIPS, WOOD CHIP REFURNISHING THERE.
UM, AND I DO ECHO, UM, VICE MAYOR DI CARLY'S, UH, ASPECT OF, UM, I WOULD LIKE A MORE ROBUST COMMISSION THAT WE'RE DOING MORE THINGS.
UM, AND I HAD A LOT OF, I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS LATELY ABOUT, UM, PLAYGROUNDS.
AND SO I HAVE SENT PEOPLE TO OUR PLAYGROUND DIS DISCUSSION SO THAT THEY COULD READ MORE ABOUT IT.
JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE MORE INVOLVED AND, UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT KIND OF DRIVES LIKE WHAT WE DO AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM AND NO COMMENTS.
UH, MY REPORT FROM THE TREE ADVISORY BOARD IS THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT A CALL FIELD, UM, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO PUT IN SOME NEW BIKE LANES AND DIVIDED BIKE LANES, NEW STREET TREES.
UM, SO WE GAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND THE TREE SPECIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO KIND OF REWORKING THE COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND WE ARE SORT OF PRESSING A RESTART BUTTON ON SOME OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT WE ALREADY HAD GOING.
AND WE'RE GONNA KIND OF RE-LOOK AT THOSE AND SEE WHAT'S REALLY, UM, NECESSARY.
AND, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE, ALMOST A WHOLE NEW SLATE OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO THAT'S, UM, MY REPORT FROM THE TREE COMMITTEE.
UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, I HAVE A COMMENT MADE REGARDING THE, UH, THE NEXT, UH, EL, UH, CLIMATE EVENT.
MY QUESTION, MY COMMENT IS, UH, MY QUESTIONS ARE IF WE ARE READY FOR THAT, IF, UH, THE TOILET, THE, SORRY, THE, THE BATHROOM, THE, THE, UH, THE, THE BATHROOMS THAT ARE MOBILE, UH, IF THOSE ARE READY, UH, SO THEY WON'T BE FLOODED, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THOSE ARE, UH, MARK, HOW, HOW READY ARE WE FOR THE EL NINA AND COMMISSIONER AGUIRE? ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN.
UM, NO UPDATE FROM THE ARC COMMITTEE AS, NO, UH, WE DID NOT MEET THIS MONTH, BUT, UM, MARTIN, I, I THINK YOU'RE ON THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
UM, I DID HAVE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS APPROACH ME ABOUT, UM, SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING UPDATES.
MCNAIR STANDS, I GUESS THERE WAS A VERY ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA CONVERSATION.
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REIGNITED SOME CURIOSITY IN WHAT THE UPDATES WERE REGARDING, YOU KNOW, SAFETY AND POTENTIAL UPDATES FOR THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT FACILITY.[STAFF COMMENT]
WE HAVE TIME FOR STAFF COMMENTS.UM, I WILL FIRST GIVE OUR, UH, SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
JEN SANTA'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PARK SPECIFIC, UH, NEWS.
SO JEN, IF YOU WANNA START AND THEN KAT, YOU'RE NOT OFF THE HOOK.
GOT THE FUN, EXCITING STUFF TOO.
I WANTED TO, UH, LET THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT, UH, PARKS IS GEARING UP FOR EL NINO.
WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR TREES, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR DRAINAGE SITUATIONS.
WE'RE WORKING ACROSS THE CITY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S READY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT CREEKS, WE'RE LOOKING ALL OVER TO BE VERY PREPARED FOR EL NINO AS MUCH AS WE CAN BE.
SO WE'RE DOING, WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THAT.
UM, AND, UH, ALWAYS PUTTING A, A, A LOAD OF EFFORT INTO FIXING IRRIGATION LEAKS ALL OVER.
SO, UM, IF YOU NOTICE ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW, BUT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THEM AND TRYING TO GET TO 'EM AS QUICK, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, LET THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT OUR PARTNER WITH OUR TREE CANOPY GRANT RELIEF IS PLANTING THE LAST ALMOST 500 TREES THIS WINTER.
AND WE HAVE A PLANTING COMING UP THIS WEEKEND AT THE EAST SIDE COMMUTER TRAIL AREA, UH, WHICH IS AT TULARE STREET AND CASTLE DRIVE.
UH, RELIEF WILL BE PLANTING OUT THERE IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED FOR THE SATURDAY, THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, THEY'RE GONNA BE AT A MEADOW VIEW LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, SO A NEIGHBORHOOD PLANTING 21 TREES, AND THEY'VE GOT QUITE A FEW, UM, OPPORTUNITIES WELL THROUGH JANUARY.
IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING AND, AND BEING INVOLVED, UM, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK OUT THE RELIEF WEBSITE, AND THAT'S HELPING THE CITY BY HELPING PLANT ALL THOSE CANOPY TREE GRANT, UH, UH, TREES WE HAVE FOR OUR GRANT.
JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS, THIS FRIDAY, WE HAVE AG DAY ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, AND IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO RAIN, SO KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED.
ALSO, ON THE FAIRGROUNDS STARTING NEXT MONTH, WE ARE OFFICIALLY PILOTING THE REVIVAL OF THE FAIRGROUNDS PICKLEBALL PROGRAM INSIDE THE EXHIBIT HALL.
SO THE THREE COURTS HAVE MOVED FROM BIANCHI INTO THE EXHIBIT HALL, AND WE WILL HAVE DROP-IN PLAY ON TUESDAYS FROM 10 TO TWO, FRIDAYS FROM 12 TO THREE 30, AND WE'LL HAVE A TOURNAMENT THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO TRY THIS NEW TYPE OF PILOT EXPERIENCE.
AND, UM, I WILL, I APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS AND THE QUESTIONS.
I WILL START WITH, UM, THE MCNAIR GRANDSTAND.
I, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE POSTER, BUT APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING.
SO, UM, WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE IF WE NEED TO, UM, PUSH SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE.
UH, THERE'S NO PROJECT IN THE WORKS THAT I'M AWARE OF, UM, BUT ALWAYS GOOD TO BE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON, AND SO WE, WE CAN BE IN PART OF THAT.
UH, EL NINO, UH, THE STORM SEASON.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS BECAUSE, UM, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK HAS BEEN TALKED REGULARLY AT THE LAST FEW COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND I KNOW WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
UM, AND AS JEN, UM, MENTIONED, WHILE, WHILE WE OPERATIONALLY ARE, ARE FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, CLEARING, UM, DEBRIS, LIMBING TREES, UM, MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, UM, PARKS ARE IN ORDER, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT COORDINATION IS ALSO HAPPENING WITH OUR STREETS TEAM.
OUR, OUR WATER DEPARTMENT, OUR EMERGENCY, UH, MANAGEMENT TEAM IS HAVING A, UM, UH, DRILLS AND WORKSHOPS TOMORROW.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SOME FLOODING EVENTS, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO FLAG THERE, THERE'S MORE INFORMATION AND MAPS AVAILABLE NOW ON THE WEBSITE THAN I'VE NEVER, EVER SEEN.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY GOT EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.
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SANDBAGGING STATIONS UP NOW, UM, AT PRINCE PARK, UH, AND AT THE HOPPER STREET LOCATION.UM, SO FOR BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTS WHO COULD COME, UM, I BELIEVE THE POLICIES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SAND'S THERE, BUT I THINK IT'S BRING YOUR OWN SHOVEL.
UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK WHAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE WE GET THE REAL STUFF.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING IT BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY TOP OF MIND FOR US.
UM, ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S COMMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S IDEAS OR SPECIFICS ON, UM, IDEAS, WE MEET MONTHLY WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA MANAGEMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO, UH, OUR VERY BEST TO BRING PROJECTS WHEN WE FEEL, UM, IT'S A GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY SIMILAR TO WHERE THE, THE, THE COUNCIL IS, THERE'S A LOT OF ORCHESTRATION BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT WAY AND WE DELIVER SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE GET THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND RECREATION IS, IS, UH, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE AIRPORT IN THE SENSE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
UH, PARKS AND RECREATION IS ONE OF THE GENERAL FUNDED DEPARTMENTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGETS ARE APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S BUDGET, UM, IN, UH, A PROCESS THAT STARTS IN SPRING, REALLY KIND OF ENDS IN THE SUMMER.
UH, AND THEN WE ARE GIVING UPDATES IN CARRYING OUT THE PROJECTS, THE OPERATIONAL GOALS WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
WE GET SOME OPPORTUNITY ONCE IN A WHILE WITHIN THERE.
UM, WHETHER IT'S A GRANT OR A COMMUNITY GROUP, UM, WE ARE ALWAYS EXCITED TO KIND OF BRING THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD.
UH, AND OUR, OUR COMMITMENT, UH, IS FIRST AND FOREMOST TO CARRY OUT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE'VE, UM, OUTLINED IN OUR BUDGET AND ARE FUNDED TO DO.
UH, THERE'S CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, ROOM TO IMPROVE IF THERE'S SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T BROUGHT TO THIS COMMISSION BEFORE THAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT, SEND THEM OUR WAY.
UM, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO WORK WITH, UM, FOLKS WITH WHATEVER WE FEEL THAT THIS COMMISSION CAN DO.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE AD HOC ON THE STRATEGIC PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.
UH, I APPRECIATE KATE KINDA REPRESENTING THAT GROUP SINCE LAST WE MET.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE SOME INITIATIVES THAT WE CAN KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT DIRECT SPENDING.
SO AT THE TIME THAT WE ARE FULLY FUNDED, WE'RE READY TO GO.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GOING ON SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS ROOM FOR, FOR IMPROVEMENT AND SO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS.
SPEAKING OF, UM, PROJECTS, THE SKATE PARK AND THE SENIOR CENTER PARKING LOT, UM, THOSE ARE JAMMING AND AGAIN, WITH THIS LITTLE RAIN, WE KNEW IT WAS COMING, SO IT IS BEEN KIND OF THAT RACE AGAINST TIME, BUT BOTH ARE ON SCHEDULE.
UM, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO THE SKATE PARK, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME ENHANCED SECURITY FEATURES.
WE'RE ALSO SEEING, YOU KNOW, FOLKS GETTING REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT, BUT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME SKATEABLE ELEMENTS OUT THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME, UM, THERE'S JUST TWO ENTICING FOR MANY.
SO WE'VE GOT, UM, MOBILE CAMERAS OUT THERE FOR NOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO BEEF UP SECURITY, BUT PLEASE, UM, ENCOURAGE ALL THOSE TO JUST BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR, UM, COMPLETION.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO FLAG, I KNOW, UH, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE MEETING BEFORE, BUT THE TURKEY TROT, IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START TRAINING, UM, FOR YOUR TROTTING.
WE ARE GONNA BE BRINGING THAT EVENT BACK AT ELLIS CREEK.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOOKED AT YOU, I'M SORRY.
UM, WE'RE ALL ON THE HOOK, BUT, UM, THAT'S BECOME A REALLY FUN ANNUAL EVENT.
IT WILL RACE ON, OR SORRY, TROT ON THANKSGIVING MORNING AT ELLIS CREEK.
UH, IT'S EIGHT 30, BUT FOLKS REALLY START, YOU'VE GOTTA COME THERE EARLY AT EIGHT IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN PART OF THERE.
IT'S NOT LIKE A STRETCHING, THEY DO LIKE A DANCE PARTY.
UM, IT'S A REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK, UM, SPONSORSHIPS.
SO YOU'RE BRINGING CANS OF FOOD TO RACE AND THEN ALWAYS ACCEPTING DONATION.
BUT THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY FUN EVENT TO BE A PART OF.
UM, UH, ABSOLUTELY COUNCIL MEMBER WILL GET, UH, THE FAIR, UH, RECAP.
WE'LL MAKE SURE WE COORDINATE THAT, UM, WITH THIS COMMISSION OR COUNCIL.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT COVERED THE LIST, WOOD CHIPS.
UM, JEN, DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE THERE? I SURE WISH I HAD AN EXACT DATE FOR YOU, BUT WE DON'T, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ORDERED.
WE'RE DOING THE SCHEDULING, SO YOU SHOULD SEE THEM THERE VERY, VERY SOON.
AND I WANNA SAY TOO, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO MEASURE, UM, SOON TO BE AGE, UM, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT TOP DRESSING, ABOUT THREE PLAYGROUNDS, UM, OUT OF THE 28 EVERY YEAR THAT WE COULD BE FUNDED FOR.
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SO I THINK IN THIS, UH, PURCHASE ORDER, I THINK WE'RE DOING 21 PLAYGROUNDS.I MEAN, AT LEGHORNS ALONE, I THINK THERE'S OVER 60 YARDS, UM, MAYBE EVEN MORE SO.
I THINK IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NOT JUST ONE PLAYGROUND, BUT LEGHORNS ALONE, I MEAN, YOU'LL KNOW, IS IT'S JUST ENORMOUS.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY, I FEEL REALLY FORTUNATE WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR NOW, UM, WITH THIS INVESTMENT.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT TO, TO KEEP THOSE PARKS MOVING.
UM, YOU BROUGHT UP THE SKATE PARK, UM, IN PHASE TWO.
I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER 'CAUSE IT'S, UM, BEEN FIVE YEARS, BUT IS IN PHASE TWO, ARE THE BATHROOMS INCLUDED IN PHASE TWO NEW BATHROOMS? THEY ARE CORRECT.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, THE BATHROOMS AND THE SPORTS LIGHTING ARE INCLUDED IN PHASE TWO, SO WE'D BE TAKING THAT ITEM, UM, IN NE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
UM, AND THE STUBBING FOR THE ELECTRICITY IS INCLUDED IN PHASE ONE, BUT, AND SOME OF THE AADA UPGRADES AND PATHWAYS ARE INCLUDED IN PHASE ONE.
BUT, UH, LONG STORY SHORT, THE BATHROOM AND SPORTS LIGHTING ARE PHASE TWO.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, THE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT THE MICROPHONES, AND IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND.
SO, UM, IT SEEMS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAVING BOTH LANGUAGES AT THE SAME TIME.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN I PUT MY MICROPHONE, I LOSE THE CONNECTION WITH THE INTERPRETER MODE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF, IF I CAN DO SOMETHING OR, UH, IF WE SHOULD CONTINUE, UM, LET ME SEE IF, IF I CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE MICROPHONE.
WELL, CAN WE JUST DO OVER THE AIR, UH, TRANSLATION OF JUST THE LAST COUPLE MINUTES OF THE MEETING? OKAY.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS EVENING'S AGENDA ITEMS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CLOSE OUT THE MEETING FOR THIS EVENING.
AND WE'LL GET THE TECHNICAL THINGS SORTED OUT NOW.