[Parks Recreation & Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (PRSCAC) on April 18, 2024]
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SO WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, MR. CRAWFORD, WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? A AYE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO, TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER THE BIBLE, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SHE IS ABSENT AND SHE WILL, UH, UH, SHE IS GOING TO BE RELOCATING AS A RESIDENT OF BONITA, SO SHE WILL BE TAKEN OFF.
UH, BUT HER NAME WILL STILL APPEAR FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MEETINGS.
AND THEN ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ PRESENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
DANIEL, WE WANNA INTRODUCE YOU.
UM, SO PLEASE, UH, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE PARK AND RECREATION SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I AM A, UH, BEEN A RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY FOR, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY THE YEAR 2011.
UM, I'M CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF, UH, THE LOS PALMAS LITTLE LEAGUE.
SO I AM AT LOS PALMAS QUITE A BIT THESE DAYS.
UM, AND I'M HOPING I CAN, UH, PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE PARK AND WHATNOT SO THAT WE CAN BETTER PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO THE KIDS, ULTIMATELY.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE ON OUR BOARD.
UM, OUR NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING FROM JANUARY 18TH, 2024.
AND MAY I HAVE FOR THOSE THAT WERE PRESENT FOR THE JANUARY MEETING, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOVED.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND? A I SECOND.
ACTION ITEMS. WE HAVE PRIORITY SETTING.
SO FOR THIS, UH, EXERCISE, THIS WAS VOTED ON IN JANUARY THAT WE WANTED TO ADD PRIORITY SETTING FOR OUR COMMITTEE, SO THAT WAY WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS OUR, UH, MISSION AND PROCESS FOR THIS, EXCUSE ME, FOR THIS, UM, COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, IF EVERYONE COULD GO AROUND AND PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO GOALS OR PRIORITIES THAT THEY THINK ARE OF VALUE FOR THIS COMMITTEE, WE'LL ADD THEM TO THE AGENDA.
AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE WILL DO A VOTE ON WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES.
MAY WE PLEASE START WITH JOSEPH CRAWFORD.
WELL, SEEING THAT WE ARE IN THE NOW, I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON RAISING THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN NATIONAL CITY THROUGH VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS IN THAT, IN THAT SPHERE, WE CAN HOLD IN LEGITIMACY FOR WHATEVER WE DO OR SAY, BECAUSE AS SHAKESPEARE SAY, THE WHOLE WORLD IS A STAGE, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
SO I, WE HAVE A RAISING AWARENESS FOR CULTURAL ARTS AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
DID YOU WANNA ADD A SECOND? IS THAT YOUR
WE CAN FOCUS ON DOING, DOING JUST THAT.
THE VISUAL AND THE PERFORMING PART.
PARDON? THE VISUAL AND THE PERFORMING PART.
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RUBIN.UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'D LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A DIRECT WAY TO HAVE OUR CONCERNS AS THE BOARD, UH, COMMUNICATED TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
AND ON THE OTHER HAND, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DIRECT WAY TO GET A RESPONSE ON THOSE ITEMS. I, I, I FEAR THAT WE WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THIS GET BLOWN OFF.
AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE IF THEY DON'T WANT THE ACTIVE FILE, IF THEY NEED TO LET US KNOW, UM, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, THOSE TWO.
SO THAT IS A ITEM IN REGARDS TO COMMUNICATION AND, UM, FOLLOW THROUGH WITH CITIZEN CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD.
AND TO GET A RESPONSE FROM THE MAYOR AND A FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT.
RUBEN, ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, OR, OR DO WE WANNA MOVE ON TO? UM, ALEXANDER? YEAH, PLEASE.
SO, UM, I I, I WAS THINKING MORE OF A REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY DURING, UH, EVENTS SUCH AS CARNIVALS OR 4TH OF JULY.
UH, MAYBE SET UP A BOOTH AND JUST, UM, ASK THE, UM, PARENTS YOUNGSTERS TO, UH, COME AND SEE WHAT THEY FEEL THAT MAY BE MISSING OR FEEL, UH, WHAT THEY MAY NEED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I SPOKE TO, UH, A COUPLE OF BUDDIES OF MINE, UH, THAT ARE ON THE PARKS REC COMMISSION FOR LONG BEACH.
AND, UM, HE WAS TELLING ME THAT I THINK THAT REALLY GOT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER WAS, UM, GOSH, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER, UH, TO SHOOT THE ARROWS, UM, LIKE ARROW SHOOTING TYPE THINGS, UH, THAT THEY KNEW AT SOME OF THE LONG BEACH PARKS OR ARCHERY.
AND, UM, AND HE WAS SAYING THAT THAT REALLY, UH, BROUGHT OUT A HUGE RESPONSE WITH COMMUNITY, AND THEY ADDRESSED THAT AT CERTAIN EVENTS.
LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, UH, DURING 4TH OF JULY, KENDALL PARK AND STUFF, UH, PEOPLE BROUGHT UP THEIR CONCERNS, PEOPLE BROUGHT UP THEIR ISSUES, OR PEOPLE BROUGHT UP WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT THE PARKS.
AND, UM, I FEEL THAT THAT ENGAGEMENT, UM, NOT TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL, BUT TAKING IT FROM ANOTHER, ANOTHER CITY, UM, MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, BRINGS US TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND JUST, UM, JUST MAKES US STRONGER AS A GROUP AND MAKES THEM, UH, FEEL MORE, UH, ENGAGED AND HAPPY WITH WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
TO RECAP, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, I FULLY UNDERSTOOD.
SO THAT'S IN REGARD TO, UM, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRAMMING SPECIAL EVENTS.
IS THAT WHAT I, WHAT I HEARD THERE? YES.
AND, AND DURING SPECIAL EVENTS, MAKING ENGAGED WITH THEM AND, AND LIKE, HAVE LITTLE CARDS SAY, LIKE, WHAT THEY MAY WANT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND JUST, JUST TAKE IT FROM THERE.
SO, SO, UM, BECAUSE I'M THINKING AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF SETTING THE GOALS, I'M ALSO THINKING OF WHAT ARE THE ACTION ITEMS? SO WHAT ARE THE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE WILL TAKE FOR, FOR EACH INITIATIVE? SO, UM, LIKE IN REGARDS TO YOURS, PROVIDING SURVEYS, UM, GATHERING INPUT.
SO I'M TRYING TO GATHER, UH, WHAT WILL MAKE OUR, OUR, UM, PARK AND RECREATION SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, ABLE TO PRO PRODUCE AN END RESULT THAT'S QUANTIFIABLE.
UM, AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE PRESENTED THUS FAR IS SPOT ON, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS ATTAINABLE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
ZAIA, ARE YOU ABLE TO GET THIS DOWN AS WELL? OKAY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT GOING TOO QUICKLY.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO, MA'AM.
THE NAME AGAIN? UH, ALEXANDER.
THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST PRODUCTIVE 11 MINUTES WE'VE HAD IN, UH, THE WHOLE YEAR HERE.
OBVIOUSLY, UH, I WILL BE GEARED, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY MY INPUT WILL BE GEARED MORE TOWARDS, UH, THE PARTS,
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UH, AND REC AREAS.UM, IN PARTICULAR THE CLEANLINESS.
UM, THIS IS NOT, I, I, I'M NOT GOING TO, LET'S, LET'S NOT LOOK AT THE HOMELESS COMPONENT.
I'M TALKING MORE OF HOW THE CITY CAN BETTER PROVIDE CLEAN, UH, BATHROOMS, UH, CLEAN WALKWAYS, CLEAN AREAS FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY, UH, THE CLEANLINESS.
UM, SO IF WE CAN MAYBE WORK WITH PARKS AND REC TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO OR HOW WE CAN MAYBE PROVIDE THEM FEEDBACK, BUT, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE THE APPLICATION THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE PICTURES AND SEND THAT OVER.
UM, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ACTUALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE AREAS, IN PARTICULAR, THE AREAS WHERE KIDS ARE GONNA BE, THAT THEY'RE CLEAN, UH, ESPECIALLY BATHROOMS, PLAYGROUND AREAS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE LAWN AREAS.
UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, FOCUS ON.
UH, AND THAT INCLUDES GRAFFITI AS WELL.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE PAST POSSIBLY YEAR, I'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE GRAFFITI ACTIVITY.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'VE SEEN GRAFFITI IN OUR BATHROOMS AT LAS PALMAS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE IT HASN'T.
THIS PART, IT'S ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT'S A MURAL.
UM, AND SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE THINGS TAKEN CARE OF.
UH, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, OBVIOUSLY THE UPKEEP IN THOSE AREAS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAWN, I BELIEVE IT IS CURRENTLY BEING MOWED ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS.
WE DO HAVE, I KNOW THIS ISN'T JUST AT LOS PALM, THIS IS IN GENERAL, WE HAVE, I THINK THERE'S SQUIRRELS, GROUND SQUIRRELS THAT MAKE THE, THE HOLES.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOPHER PROBLEM.
I THINK IT'S GROUND SQUIRRELS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ONGOING JOKE.
WE CALL IT ANKLE BREAKERS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR LAWN ISN'T FLAT.
WE HAVE DIVOTS PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT INCHES, NINE INCHES DEEP.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT CAN BE, I MEAN, THESE ARE TO ME, I MEAN, I, I'VE KIND OF WORKED IN ALL THESE AREAS AND I, THESE AREN'T HARD ISSUES TO TACKLE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A CREW OF, UH, OF, OF PEOPLE ATTENDING TO THE FIELDS OR THE PARKS OR THE BATHROOMS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS LITERALLY JUST MAINTENANCE, UPKEEP, THINGS THAT SHOULD ALREADY BE HAPPENING.
UM, SO I GUESS WE'LL CALL IT ALL ENCOMPASSING.
THOSE WILL BE MY TWO, UM, TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PROVIDE A, A CLEANER ATMOSPHERE FOR OUR KIDS AND PARENTS.
I MEAN, PARENTS DON'T LIKE TO GO IN THERE EITHER.
UM, BUT, UH, I GUESS I'LL SAVE OTHER STUFF FOR COMMENTS.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND HAVING YOU ON THE BOARD.
I THINK THAT, UH, WE WOULD CALL THAT SOMETHING, I MEAN, ALONG THE LINES OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, CONTINUOUS PARKS IMPROVEMENT FACILITIES, UM, AND, UM, ALSO INVITED TO OUR MEETINGS AS THE, UM, PARKS SUPERINTENDENT.
UM, HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, UH, BUT THEY, THEY COME AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THINGS REGARDING LIKE THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT WERE TRIMMED.
UM, THEY CAN TALK TO THE GRAFFITI AND THE GROUND SQUIRRELS.
SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THEIR PRESENCE HERE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND, UM, PROVIDE SOME OF THE STAFF REPORT.
BUT IT'S GREAT 'CAUSE IT, IT HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO, OH, ALEX, YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? YES, MA'AM.
I, I, I WANTED TO, UH, IT JUST, UH, LIGHT BULB OF MY HEAD.
UM, I WAS THINKING, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN GET HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM SWEETWATER AND SAN DIEGO ACADEMY TO, UH, OR DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR THEM TO, UH, CUT THE LAWNS OR TO, UH, CLEAN UP OR HAVE A CLEANUP DAY AND MAYBE THAT COULD, UH, GO TO THEIR, UH, THEIR CREDITS FOR GRADUATION.
WE DO HAVE A CLEANUP COMING UP THIS SATURDAY.
UM, IT'S NOT THROUGH THE PARKS OR
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RECREATION, BUT IT'S THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.IT'LL BE AT LAS PALM, UM, AND THERE'LL BE, UH, LIKE DRIVE UP, YOU CAN BRING YOUR RECYCLING.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LIKE A TRASH PICKUP EVENT, BUT SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ENGAGING OUR YOUTH IN.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS, UM, HE'S WORKING ACTIVELY TO ENGAGE THE, UM, EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT AND HELP, HELP WITH CLEANUP DAYS.
SO WHEN THOSE COME ALONG, I'LL SHARE THAT, THAT INFORMATION.
SO THUS FAR, WELL, WE'VE GOT, UM, FOUR, I BELIEVE FOR ATTAINABLE, UH, PRIORITIES FOR OUR BOARD.
AND I THINK THAT BY THE END, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, OR BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO REPORT AT CITY COUNCIL ON OUR ACTIONS AND, UM, WHAT OUR BOARD DOES.
SO I, I WANT IT TO BE KNOWN THAT WE HAVE AN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TRACK WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THIS COMMITTEE.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON FROM THIS ACTION ITEM AND NEXT MONTH THE ACTION ITEM WILL, UM, GO UNDER, I BELIEVE IT WILL GO UNDER, UM, NEW, UH, UNDER NEW BUSINESS, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY AN ITEM ON OUR, UM, CALLED ORDER, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL START A NEW BUSINESS, UM, HEADER, AND THAT WILL GO UNDER NEW BUSINESS AND IT STAY UNDER OUR NEW BUSINESS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
AND, UH, NEXT YEAR, ONCE WE'VE COMPLETED THESE ITEMS, IT'LL GO UNDER OLD BUSINESS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IN NEW PRIORITIES.
UM, ZIADE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT, UH, UHUH PROGRAM WISE? UM, WE HAVE, FOR THE SENIORS SPECIFICALLY, OUR MORNING SOCIALS ARE STILL CONTINUING TO GROW.
IT'S FREE PROGRAMMING THREE DAYS A WEEK.
WE ARE, OUR WALKING CLUB HAS JUST ENDED.
THEY'RE HAVING THEIR CELEBRATION TOMORROW, BUT WE'LL START UP ANOTHER WALKING CLUB, UM, IN MAY.
AND OUR EXERCISE CLASS THAT IS HELD ON THURSDAYS IS ALSO INCREASING IN NUMBERS.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE INTRODUCED AS LIKE A LITTLE SOFT LAUNCH HAS BEEN OUR VIRTUAL REALITY WITH OUR SENIORS, AND THAT HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG HIT.
UM, IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT VIRTUAL REALITY IS, SO IT'S THE USE OF THE GOGGLES AND THEY GET TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
I KNOW THEY WENT TO LIKE MACHU PICCHU OR VENEZUELA, UH, THEY WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR ONE OF THEM.
UM, SO OUR SENIORS ARE GETTING TO BE TRANSPORTED TELEPORTED FROM OUR MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER TO AROUND THE WORLD.
UM, I WILL PRINT OUT, OR ACTUALLY WE WON'T BE MEETING SOON, UM, SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS EMAILED TO YOU ALL SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, WOULD THIS BE A GOOD TIME FOR THIS SURVEY? YES.
UM, SO I WANNA GO AHEAD AND HAND THIS OUT.
THESE ARE SURVEYS THAT ARE GONNA BE PARTICULARLY FOR, UM, PROGRAMMING WHEN IT COMES TO OLDER ADULTS, AND IT IS GONNA BE OPEN FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO FILL ONE OF THESE SURVEYS OUT IS MORE THAN WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO DO SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, I'M GONNA, I HANDED THESE OUT PHYSICALLY BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THESE.
AND I BELIEVE NEXT MONTH IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION.
SO IF THERE IS A MOTION TO ADD SURVEYS TO THE AGENDA, WE, AS, AS THE STAFF, REALLY WE, WE NEED THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR SURVEY IS NOT, UH, EXCLUDING A POPULATION OR SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD, THE PARK AND RECREATION, EXCUSE ME, THE PARK AND RECREATION SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD BE WILLING TO ADVISE US ON, UH, WE WOULD LIKE YOUR ADVISORY, UH, YOUR ADVICE, BUT WE, WE WOULD SAVE THAT FOR NEXT MONTH AS AN ACTION ITEM.
IF THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM SURVEYS.
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THANK YOU, RUBEN.CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I KNOW WE'RE BE AN ACTION ITEM NEXT WEEK, BUT HOW, HOW WILL THE SURVEYS BE DISTRIBUTED OR HOW ARE WE PLANNING TO OBTAIN, UH, ANSWERS OR HAVE THESE SURVEYS COMPLETED? SO, SORRY.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE HEADED.
UM, SO THE GOAL IS TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE REACH.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO MAYBE CARE FOR, UM, THEIR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS.
UM, WE WANNA DEFINITELY HAVE PHYSICAL SURVEYS AVAILABLE.
I KNOW WITH OUR PROGRAMMING CURRENTLY A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS STILL LIKE THE PAPER COPIES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HELP FACILITATE, UH, SURVEY TAKING ONLINE AS WELL.
UM, SO HAVING LIKE A TABLET AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN GUIDE INDIVIDUALS AND LIKE FIGURING THAT PART OUT.
UM, SO WE ARE GONNA TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GO AS FAR AS BANNERS, BUT MAYBE SOME LAWN SIGNS AS WELL.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, NOT JUST A ONE, ONE WEEK OR TWO WEEK KIND OF THING.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT TRICKLES OUT.
UM, BUT WORD OF MOUTH IS DEFINITELY GONNA HELP.
I KNOW WE CATCH A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS AT THE NUTRITION CENTER, SO HAVING LIKE PHYSICAL, UH, FLYERS THERE AS WELL WOULD BE GOOD.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS THAT YOU WANNA BRING UP AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING SO THAT WE CAN JOT THAT DOWN AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE, I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO ANY OTHER AVENUES THAT YOU THINK WOULD HELP GET THE WORD OUT FOR THESE.
HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE, I MEAN, WHAT OF THE METHODS HAS BEEN MOST SUCCESSFUL, UH, IN THE PAST? I GUESS WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU GET, HOW MANY SURVEYS ARE YOU EXPECTING TO GET OR HAVE YOU SEEN IN THE PAST? SO WE GET YEAH.
WE, WE DO GET A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THE PAPER COPY SURVEYS WHEN IT COMES TO OLDER ADULTS, UH, WITH OUR YOUTH CENTERS OR YOUTH FOCUSED PROGRAMMING.
UM, USUALLY IF THE REGISTRATION IS ON A LINK OR IT CAN BE ACCESSED FROM OUR REGISTRATION WEBPAGES, THEN WE SEEM TO GET MORE, UM, RESPONSES FROM, UM, ONLINE FOR THE YOUTH RELATED PROGRAMMING.
AND WE ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE FRAMED THEM DIFFERENTLY.
SO, UM, SOME OF OUR SURVEYS ONLINE ARE ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS THAT ARE CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'LL ASK CONTINUOUS QUES DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHEREAS WITH OUR PAPER SURVEYS, IT'S, IT'S, UM, MORE LIKE THIS.
AND IT'S JUST A WORD OF MOUTH.
SO YEAH, WE'RE OPEN, WE'RE OPEN TO IT.
AND RESULT WISE, UM, WE'D LIKE TO GET IT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE, WE CAN THAT WE'LL UTILIZE THE SERVICES.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A TARGET NUMBER PER SE.
UM, DO WE, DO YOU GUYS TARGET THE SENIOR FACILITIES? YES.
ALL THE SENIOR LIVING, UH, TOWERS AND WHATNOT.
UM, SO THAT'S ALSO A GOOD AREA.
BUT YEAH, THERE'LL BE A LIST OF LOCATIONS THAT ARE CLOSE BY AS WELL.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE AN ADULT SCHOOL THAT'S NEAR US AS WELL, SO WE CAN GO THERE AND PROVIDE THAT.
SO THERE IS GONNA BE A PHYSICAL LOCATION LIKE LIST TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO THERE AS WELL.
YEAH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE, THESE IDEAS ARE IMPORTANT.
THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE'RE MISSING.
MAYBE WE SHOULD PROVIDE A LIST OF THE LOCATIONS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO, TO DISCUSS.
I'LL PREPARE A LIST OF WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE, ARE, UH, DOING ANY OF OUR SURVEYS, WHETHER IT'S YOUTH RELATED, ADULT RELATED, SPORTS RELATED, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO, AND, AND EXCUSE ME, I ACTUALLY MISSED AN ITEM.
SO WE HAD, UM, APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND WE HAD PRESENTATIONS, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS.
UH, WE HAD ACTION ITEMS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE PRIORITY SETTING.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER ITEM ABOVE STAFF REPORTS IS THE NON-ACTION ITEMS. AND THAT IS OUR REFUND PROCESS.
SO JUANITA CAME UP WITH, JUANITA IS NOT, UM, ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY.
UM, BUT, UH, SHE HAS DRAFTED A REFUND PROCESS.
IT IS NOT A POLICY, IT IS SIMPLY A STATEMENT THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING TO ANYONE THAT SIGNS UP FOR CLASSES OR ACTIVITIES.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR INPUT, UM, AND SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IF WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING, WE WANNA MAKE IT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, THE GOAL IS THAT PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR OUR PROGRAMS, UM, WITHOUT THE CONCERN OF, OF, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO MAYBE LIKE, FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE CLASS OR TAKE THE CLASS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE CONTRACTED INSTRUCTORS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY
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AND THEY PURCHASED MATERIALS BASED OFF OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED PRIOR TO THE CLASS.SO THOSE ARE SOMETHING THINGS TO CONSIDER.
UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATEMENT, UM, SO MANY OF YOU, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SEEING THIS STATEMENT.
UM, SO WE WON'T, WE WON'T TAKE AN ACTION TODAY, BUT I ASK THAT YOU REVIEW THE REFUND STATEMENT, PROVIDE US WITH ANY, UM, ADVICE, AND THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE SOMETHING THAT IS PUT ON OUR REGISTRATION PAGE ALONG WITH OUR CITY WEBSITE.
UM, SO WOULD BE OPEN TO HEARING ANY FEEDBACK AND, UH, PLEASE REVIEW AND WE WILL PUT IT ON AS A, UM, ACTION ITEM FOR NEXT.
NEXT IS, IS THIS THE CURRENT, IS THIS THE REVISION OF SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY EXISTS, OR IS THIS SOMETHING NEW THAT JUST ISN'T, ISN'T IN PLACE YET? IT'S NOT IN PLACE YET.
THERE IS NO REFUND POLICY, PROCESS OR PROCEDURE.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IS THAT, UH, WE SAY WE HAVE SIX WEEKS OF A SUMMER CAMP, AND SOMEONE COMES AT THE SIXTH WEEK AND SAYS THAT THEY WANT A REFUND AFTER THEY'VE EXPERIENCED THE ENTIRE CLASS.
SO HOW DO WE PAY OUR INSTRUCTORS IF THAT THAT'S THE CASE? OR MAYBE SOMEONE IS IN THE MILITARY, THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN ORDERS TO MOVE HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR CLASS, CAN THEY RECEIVE A PARTIAL REFUND? UM, SO WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF EXPLORE THIS A LITTLE FURTHER.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, COMMIT TO A CLASS.
WE DON'T WANNA, WE DON'T WANNA CAUSE ANY BARRIERS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE WE HAVE TO PAY.
SO, SO WE WANT, DON'T WANNA CREATE ANY BARRIERS FOR OUR INSTRUCTORS.
IS THE, SORRY, I KNOW I'M ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
IS, IS THE, UH, THE INSTRUCTORS ARE THERE, ARE THEY, IS THERE SOME TYPE OF OBLIGATION WITH THIS REFUND POLICY AS WELL THAT'S GONNA BE, I GUESS, RELAYED TO THEM SAYING LIKE, HEY, SHOULD WE HAVE A PERSON ATTEND YOUR CLASS AND ASK FOR A REFUND? AND THAT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE PAID ON THAT.
IS THERE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES THAT'S YES.
SO, UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET AN INSTRUCTOR TO COMMIT TO.
THEY WANT, THEY, THEY EXPECT TO BE PAID.
SO THAT'S A 70 30 REVENUE SPLIT, 30% GOING TO THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY FOR FACILITY USE, LIGHTING, THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE, THE 70% FOR THE INSTRUCTORS TIME, TALENT, AND, AND SKILL.
UM, SO THERE IS, THERE IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, BUT IT DOES NOT PROVIDE, UM, GUIDANCE.
UH, OR WE DON'T HAVE A STATEMENT TO GO BACK TO PROTECTING REGARDING REFUNDS.
SO IF WE GET THIS, THEN THAT KIND OF HELPS US BUILD THAT NEXT SURE.
UM, THE NEXT ASPECT, BUT THE INSTRUCTORS EXPECT TO BE PAID.
THEY NEED TO BE PAID BECAUSE THEY PURCHASED THEIR MATERIALS BASED OFF OF THOSE NUMBERS.
SO IT GETS A, A LITTLE TRICKY.
UM, SO WE, WE WOULD ADD THAT TO NEXT MONTH'S ACTION ITEMS TO, SO NEXT MONTH WE'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, UM, AND YOU WOULD GIVE US THE, UM, ADVISORY ASPECT, AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE BACK THE REVISIONS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
OR IF YOU SEE IT NEXT MONTH AND YOU DECIDE, YES, THIS IS READY TO GO TO THE PUBLIC, THEN WE WOULD TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND WE WOULD, UM, VOTE.
WE WOULD, AT THAT TIME NEXT MONTH, ASK FOR A VOTE TO APPROVE THE STATEMENT.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO PUT THE REFUND PROCESS ON THE, UM, ACTION ITEMS FOR NEXT MONTH.
IS THIS, UH, WHO, WHO WROTE THIS STATEMENT? IS THIS FROM LEGAL? NO, THIS IS FROM OUR STAFF.
IS LEGAL GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA YEAH, THEY, THEY WOULD TAKE THE LAST, UM, REVIEW OF IT BEFORE IT GOES, UM, GOES INTO OUR, UM, CONTRACT FOR THE INSTRUCTOR PORTION.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A, A REVIEW OF IT WHEN IT IS, UH, NOT FOR THE INSTRUCTOR.
SO THEIR, THEIR PORTION WOULD BE, UM, PART OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE INSTRUCTOR AGREEMENTS.
WOULD IT WOULD BE A, UM, DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT THE REFUNDS, ONCE THE STATEMENT IS READY TO GO TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE, UM, IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, WOULD BE AVAILABLE
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ON RECEIPTS.UM, AND WHEN PEOPLE REGISTER FOR CLASSES THAT ARE NOT, THAT ARE IN-HOUSE, THAT ARE RUN BY OUR STAFF, BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CONTRACTOR PROCESS AND, AND LOOK AT THE REVENUE SPLIT THERE BECAUSE IT'S AN INTERNAL SERVICE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADD THIS TO ACTION ITEMS FOR THE MONTH OF SECOND? THANK YOU, RUBEN.
SO WE HAD DANIEL MAKE THE MOTION.
AND RUBEN, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON, SO I JUST SEE HANDS GOING UP.
AND THEN I HEARD RUBEN, I, I DON'T KNOW IF ALEXANDER AND RUBEN ARE FIGHTING OVER THERE, BUT WE GOT IT.
WE GOT THE MOTION AND WE GOT THE SECOND.
AND THEN GOING BACK TO STAFF REPORTS.
THANK YOU ZIADE, FOR YOUR STAFF REPORT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE, UM, ELIANA DELGADO, THE RECREATION SUPERVISOR.
SHE OVERSEES CASA DE SALUD YOUTH CENTER.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO GET THE FACILITY, UH, A FRESH NEW LOOK.
SO COMING SOON WILL BE AN EXTERIOR PAINTING.
UM, BUT THE INSIDE OF CASA DE SALUD GAME ROOM HAD, UH, BEEN PAINTED.
UH, WHEN OUR NEW BUDGET COMES AROUND, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET SOME MORE MATERIALS LIKE, UH, COUCHES AND SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO MAKE THAT FACILITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, TO GIVE A CLEAN NEW LOOK.
AND, UH, CAMACHO RECREATION CENTER, UH, RECREATION SUPERVISOR, JUANITA, UM, CASTANEDA, SHE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING TO GET A GAME ROOM PREPARED FOR THE PUBLIC.
IT SHOULD BE OPEN AND READY FOR THE PUBLIC'S ACCESS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
WE HAVE, UH, ITEMS, MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED OVER THE LAST YEAR WHERE, UM, YOUTH AND ADULTS CAN GO IN.
THEY CAN, UM, CHECK OUT GAMES AND ACTIVITIES TO PLAY DARTBOARD, UM, SHUFFLEBOARD.
THEY CAN DO ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THIS ROOM, AND IT'S AT NO COST TO THE PUBLIC, UM, FOR ENTRY.
AND THEN SHE'S WORKING ON A, UM, A FITNESS ROOM.
UH, THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING FITNESS ROOM AT CAMACHO, BUT SHE HAS IMPLEMENTED A SCANNING SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE MEMBERSHIPS, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE EQUIPMENT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON.
AND IT'S, UH, IT'S REALLY COMING ALONG.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BASKETBALL, UH, USERS OVER THERE AT CAMACHO AND VOLLEYBALL USES.
UM, SO OUR SPACES ARE COMING ALIVE.
THE LAS PALMAS POOL, UH, HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE NOVEMBER.
AND WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW, UM, CLOSURES DUE TO, IT'S A, A BRAND NEW POOL, BUT IT'S OLD, UM, PIPES, IT'S OLD.
THE INPUT FOR, UM, ALL THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE, ARE OLD.
SO WE'RE EXPERIENCING SOME, UM, IMBALANCES WITH THE HEATERS.
UH, BUT IT DID REQUIRE CLOSING.
THEN WE'VE HAD, UM, JUST KIND OF SOME CHEMICAL, UM, ISSUES WHERE WE CAN'T OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, IF THE CHEMICAL, LIKE SAY THE AS ACIDITY IS OFF OR THE CHLORINE IS OFF, UM, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE PUMP ROOM WHERE THEY PUT THE ACID IN AND, UM, THE RATIO THAT IT, UH, ROTATES THE WATER.
SO A COUPLE ISSUES THERE, AND I, THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED WITH OPENING A NEW POOL.
UM, BUT ADDING ON THAT, IT'S AN OLDER SYSTEM.
UH, WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN, UM, QUITE A FEW CLOSURES BENEFIT OF OPENING IN THE WINTER IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE HIGH NUMBERS OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE POOL.
UM, HAD WE OPENED IN THE SUMMER, UH, IT WOULD BE BEEN MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE ISSUES NOW.
UM, AND THAT, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO REPORT FROM THE STAFF SIDE FOR SOME FACILITIES.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
ANY BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS? YES.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UH, FIRST, ALEX, MY NAME'S RUBEN.
YOU MENTIONED THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IS SWEETWATER STILL HAVE A, UH, REQUIREMENT TO HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE AS PART OF THEIR GRADUATION? THAT COULD BE A HUGE RESOURCE.
WE UTILIZE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THE SNACK BAR.
UH, OR IF WE DO LIKE A CLEANUP DAY, WELL, YEAH, THAT'S, WE USE, THAT'S HUGE.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAN RUN LAWNMOWERS, BUT, UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THEM
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QUESTION I HAD FOR TODAY.UM, WHEN YOU MENTIONED HOLES IN THE GRASS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE THE BASEBALL FIELDS? YES.
I MEAN, THAT SHOULD BE A PRETTY HIGH PRIORITY.
I MEAN, WE CALL IT ANKLE BREAKERS.
SO GOING BACK TO WHAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE CITY, WHETHER IT IS JUST TO PARK THE WRECKS, DO WE MENTION IT TO YOUR SPECIFIC COUNCIL PERSON? YEAH.
OR DO WE GO TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF COUNCIL? UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE PUT OFF.
CAN YOU IMAGINE A PARENT OF A CHILD WHO WATCHES THEIR KID BREAK THEIR, BREAK THEIR LEG, UH, WHAT TYPE OF LIABILITY THE CITY MAY INCUR WHEN THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF IT IMMEDIATELY? UH, THE OTHER QUESTION IS GRAFFITI.
DO WE USE THE CITY APP? WE DO USE THE CITI APP, AND THEY, THEY HAVEN'T RESPONDED UNFORTUNATELY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT SEEMS THAT LAS PALM GET TOOK OVER WHILE AGAIN, THAT'S UP TO, UM, PUBLIC WORKS OR WHOEVER DOES THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
ESPECIALLY A PARK THAT IS USED BY A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY MAY COME TO OUR CITY AND LOOK, HEY, THE PLACE LOOKS TERRIBLE.
EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO WHAT I HAD SAID.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN AVENUE TO COMMUNICATE WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE, WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE TO THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S TO CITY STAFF OR CITY GOVERNMENT.
AND MY FRUSTRATION HAS BEEN SOMETIMES I THINK OUR IDEAS ARE, UH, PASSED OFF, BUT WE DON'T GET A RESPONSE.
BUT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, YEAH, IT IS VERY DIRECTED.
AND, UM, I'VE RUN FIELD ALLOCATIONS FOR YEARS.
I DON'T DO IT HERE IN NATIONAL CITY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, OF HAVING FIELDS THAT ARE CLEAN.
THEY DON'T HAVE A DOG FECES ON 'EM, THEY DON'T HAVE HOLES.
UM, SO I, I WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, IF YOU KNOW THE RIGHT STAFF MEMBER TO GO TO, THEN YOU WOULD, UH, ADDRESS THAT CONCERN THERE.
YOU GO TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU DON'T GET ANSWERS.
UM, IN THIS SETTING, WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE VICTOR HERE.
HE COULD ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND BRINGING THAT ONE UP.
BUT I, I APPRECIATE RUBEN, YOU BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON AS A CITY.
AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS AND DO ENOUGH PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THAT? IS IT JUST THE MEMBERS IN THIS ROOM THAT KNOW THE AVENUES AND, AND WHAT ARE THOSE AVENUES? HOW DO WE APPROACH THIS? AND, AND IF YOU OPEN A TICKET ON ONE OF THESE WEBSITES AND YOU DON'T GET A RESPONSE, OR IT CLOSES, THEY CLOSE THE TICKET, BUT THE ISSUE'S NOT RESOLVED.
WE NEED TO KNOW THE APPROPRIATE, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS THOSE TWO.
ALSO, IF I, IF I MAY, WHO IS THE COUNCIL PERSON FOR LOS PALM? IS IT MRS. YAMANI? NO, UM, UH, IT'S, UM, JOSE AND YAMANI FOR THAT PARK? NO, ANI IS NOT, UH, LOS PALM.
I BELIEVE THAT'S UNDER, WELL, BUSH.
SO IT, IT WOULD BE, SO BUSH AND JOSE AREN'T ASSIGNED A DISTRICT.
SO BOTH OF THEM WOULD FALL, IT WOULD FALL UNDER THEM, AND THEN THE MAYOR AS WELL.
SO, UM, SO IF I COULD PIGGYBACK OFF HIS COMMENT, I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, I'LL JUMP IN THIS EARLY ON.
UM, AND, AND A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED TO, LIKE I SAID, I WAS GONNA ADD OUT TO WHAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, I HAVE REACHED OUT, I'VE REACHED OUT TO VICTOR.
UM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT OTHER FIELDS DO IS THEY WILL PROVIDE US WITH A MOUND OR THEY'LL PROVIDE A MOUND OF DIRT, AND THEN WHENEVER AN ANGLE, UH, UH, A HOLE POPS UP, WE CAN GO TAKE A SHOVEL, FILL IT AND LEVEL IT OUT.
I'VE MADE THAT REQUEST MULTIPLE TIMES.
UM, I STILL DON'T HAVE A MOUND OF DIRT.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DOES NEED TO GET ADDRESSED.
UM, ALSO IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR FIELDS.
UM, AND I, I'LL, I'LL PULL UP A PICTURE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD OF, OF LAKE LAS PALMAS, BUT IT FLOODS LIKE YOU WOULDN'T IMAGINE OVER THERE.
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SURE.I KNOW THE CITY IS WELL AWARE OF IT, BUT, UM, THIS LAST RAIN WE HAD, IT WASN'T EVEN, IT WASN'T THE BIG FLOOD THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH, BUT IT, IT WAS LITERALLY A LAKE.
AND I'M GONNA SHARE THE PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, TALKING
AND, AND THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING IS, AND I, RICK AND I HAVE SPOKEN AND THEY'VE TAKEN SOME, SOME INFIELD MIX OVER THERE.
HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT THAT'S NEEDED IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WHAT THEY'VE PROVIDED.
UM, AND I'VE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING ON SINCE PROBABLY LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY ON THE OUTFIELD? NO, THIS IS THE INFIELD WHERE THE WHAT IS WHERE PLAY.
UM, BUT SO HERE'S, AND THIS IS WHERE THIS IS ALREADY WHEN IT'S DRYING UP.
MAYBE YOU COULD SEND THAT TO ME IF YOU DON'T MIND AS WELL.
IT JUST, I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT VERY WELL FROM HERE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE INFIELD YOU WANT ME TO TRY.
IT'S A LITTLE GLARE, BUT, SO, AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SHARE IT SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE, THE DAMAGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I POINTED OUT FOUR MONTHS AGO, HAD WE HAD, WE GOTTEN THE INFIELD MIX.
INFIELD MIX IS ABOUT 65 BUCKS A YARD.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOTALLY DOABLE.
BUT WE NEED, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED ABOUT, I CALCULATE PROBABLY ABOUT 40 TO 55 YARDS, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE JUST TO RAISE IT SO YOU DON'T GET THAT ISSUE HAPPEN.
ARE YOU PRIMARILY THE ONLY USER GROUP ON THAT FIELD? WE, WE ARE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER US IT GOES OVER TO, UM, I THINK SHE'S ALREADY EMAILED YOU, WHICH JUST, OKAY.
IT'S ALREADY GONE OVER TO, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH IT, LITTLE LEAGUE IS DONE WITH IT THEN, THEN SOFTBALL WILL COME IN DURING THE SUMMER.
AND THEN I JUST, LAST YEAR I STARTED, UH, FALL BALL LITTLE LEAGUE.
BUT FORTUNATELY THIS, THIS SEASON, THE SPRING SEASON HAS BEEN PRETTY, UH, IT'S GONE REALLY WELL.
AND, AND, UH, I, I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR NUMBERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, COMES MORE LIABILITY.
MORE CHANCES OF THE BROKEN ANKLES.
YOU HAD A BROKEN ANKLE LAST YEAR? WE DID.
UM, AND FOR THAT REASON, IT WAS JUST A, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A DIVOT, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY A SINGLE SHOVEL FULL OF DIRT.
YOU KNOW, HAD I JUST HAD, WE HAD A MOUNTED DIRT THERE.
WE WALK OUR FIELDS, ALL THE COACHES DO BEFORE A GAME, BEFORE PRACTICE.
WE MAKE SURE WE WALK OUR OUTFIELD.
AND IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A HOLE, WE HAVE TO AVOID IT.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY DIRT TO BEGIN WITH.
YOU SEE THE, YOU KNOW, LATE, LATE LAS PALMAS.
UM, SO IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE AND I'VE ADDRESSED IT.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, FOR SOME REASON, LAS PALMAS FEELS, GETS OVERLOOKED.
KIM WILL GETS ALL THE ATTENTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR GRASS IS CUT TWICE A WEEK, WHICH IS, IT'S JUST, THAT IN ITSELF IS A HAZARD BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN'T SEE THE HOLES.
ARE YOU PROVIDED A MO SCHEDULE OR ARE YOU, UM, IS THERE A MO SCHEDULE SCHEDULE THAT'S PROVIDED TO THE USER GROUPS? UH, NO, THERE ISN'T.
UM, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY.
EVEN, EVEN ONCE A WEEK WOULD HELP OUT A LOT.
UM, YOU'RE SAYING TWICE A MONTH? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? TWICE A MONTH OR TWICE A WEEK? ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS.
ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF, IF THEY WERE TO EVEN JUST DO IT WEEKLY, AT LEAST WE CAN SEE THOSE HOLES BETTER.
'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS BY WEEK TWO, YOU DON'T SEE THE HOLES.
AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE KIDS JUST FALL FOR NO REASON.
BUT, BUT THESE ARE, YEAH, IT, IT IS.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T TAKE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, I'M OUT THERE WITH THE LAWN MOWER MOWING, THE TEE-BALL FIELD THAT I CREATED, AND I'M OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, USUALLY ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK JUST SO THAT THE, THE, THE TEE BALLERS CAN GET OUT THERE AND PLAY SAFELY.
UM, BUT AGAIN, DO YOU HAVE A, I'M SORRY? DO YOU HAVE A CONTAINER OUT THERE? DO YOU GUYS HAVE A WE HAVE A CONTAINER, YEAH, BUT I JUST HAVE MY, MY LOG ROOM, MY HOME DOOR, AND I GET OUT THERE AND MOW IT TWICE A WEEK.
UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, AND I'M BUSY.
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COMMUNITY.UM, AND SO I DON'T LIKE THE EXCUSE THAT WE'RE TOO BUSY BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S CALLED BETTER TIME MANAGEMENT.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE NEED THE GRAFFITI THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON IN THE BATHROOM.
UM, AND THEY'VE JUST ADDED MORE TO IT.
IT HASN'T HAD RUNNING WATER SINCE TO WASH YOUR HANDS SINCE MY KID STARTED PLAYING.
HE'S BEEN THERE FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS NOW.
UM, MY WIFE SAYS THERE'S PLASTERED, YOU KNOW WHAT, IN THE BOWL THAT LOOKS PETRIFIED AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT'S JUST BEEN THERE SO LONG.
SO THIS IS JUST COMPLETELY INADEQUATE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE RESTAURANTS THAT GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE OF CLEANLINESS, YET OUR OWN CITY DOESN'T GET HELD ACCOUNTABLE, UM, FOR THE SAME THING.
AND, UH, I JUST, WE JUST NEED TO, WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THESE THINGS BECAUSE LIKE YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE PRIDE AND JOY WHEN I GO TO, YOU KNOW, UP MURRIETA OR EVEN SOME OF THE SURROUNDING FIELDS HERE, AND YOU SEE A BEAUTIFUL BASEBALL FIELD.
I MEAN, IT IS, IT REALLY IMPACTS THE WAY PEOPLE SEE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SHOW UP AND THEY SEE, THEY SEE OUR BATHROOMS, THEY CAN'T EVEN USE THEM.
YOU KNOW? AND THEN THE, THE, THE BATHROOMS AT THE PARK, THEY'RE NEVER OPEN.
SO EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, OUR BATHROOMS ARE AS DISGUSTING AS THEY ARE, THE BATHROOMS ACROSS THE PARKING LOT CLOSER TO THE PLAYGROUND, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOCKED.
AND I'M GLAD I'M ON THIS COMMITTEE.
I'M HOPING I CAN MAYBE PRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES A LITTLE MORE OR, YOU KNOW, GET, GET SOMETHING GOING OUT OF IT.
BUT, UM, I, I DID WANT TO JUST, JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY FROM A LIABILITY STANDPOINT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S EASY FIXES.
YET NO ONE SEEMS TO BE RESPONDING.
AND YEAH, I APPRECIATE TELL, I'M KIND OF LOUD AS IT IS.
AND, UH, I'VE SPOKEN TO THE MAYOR, UM, BUT IT SEEMS I GET, I GET A LITTLE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE GIVING ME ENOUGH TO JUST TRY TO QUIET ME DOWN A LITTLE.
AND, UM, WE NEED TO SEE MORE ACTION.
I WISH I COULD, I, I KNEW MORE ABOUT THE, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE LOGISTICS FROM MY PAST EXPERIENCES, BUT, UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY MANAGE THAT HERE.
SO I WILL SHARE WITH, UM, WITH VICTOR, WHAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED.
I'LL PUT IT IN AN EMAIL AND THEN, UM, WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE, WE'LL CONTINUE, UM, PUSHING THIS FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESOLUTION WILL BE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WILL PUSH IT FORWARD.
AND, UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS AND WHAT THEY OFFER TO OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO I THINK IT'S A, KEEP IN MIND THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR FREE, BUT WE REALLY NEED THE BACKING OF THE CITY TO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROVIDING THIS SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, IF YOU WOULD.
BUT THE CITY NEEDS TO HELP US OUT A LITTLE SO WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK PROFESSIONAL.
YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO CREATE AN IMAGE WHERE THEY DON'T THINK, OH, YOU KNOW, DON'T GO IN THAT BATHROOM BECAUSE IT'S DISGUSTING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, I, I, I, I ALSO HAVE COMMENTS.
UM, SO, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO OR SO, UM, I'M HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY HEARING YOU.
COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER? I CAN, A LITTLE CLOSER.
UM, I ADDRESSED A PROBLEM, UH, WITH THE NATIONAL CITY LIBRARIAN, AND SHE WAS INFORMING ME ONE DAY THAT, UH, THERE WAS A BEEHIVE, UH, IN THE LITTLE WALKWAY WHERE, WHERE YOU WALK YOUR LITTLE DOGS AND, AND WHERE THE LITTLE KIDS PLAY.
AND, UM, SHE ALSO LET ME KNOW THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHO THE PARK AND REC, UH, COMMITTEE IS, UM, HOW TO GET IN CONTACT REALLY WITH US.
SHE, SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE EXISTED, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, UNTIL I WALKED INTO THE LIBRARY.
AND, UH, ONCE I DID, AND I TOLD HER, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT I WAS ON THIS COMMITTEE, UM, SHE QUICKLY, IMMEDIATELY LET ME KNOW ABOUT THIS BEEHIVE ISSUE GOING ON.
AND, AND I CONTACTED, I THINK IT WAS VICTOR'S.
WELL, YEAH, YOU DEFINITELY CONTACTED ME.
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I REMEMBER THIS.AND, UM, SO THEN, UH, I BELIEVE WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN A RESPONSE, BUT THE RESPONSE TIME TOOK A LITTLE, A LITTLE TIME.
AS LONG AS WE GOT THE RESPONSE GOING.
BUT I GUESS YOU WERE TELLING ME ALSO THAT THERE'S, UH, NOT REALLY A GROUP THAT, LIKE A, A PES HOW WOULD, HOW WOULD YOU SAY, UH, PE PEST REMOVAL? YEAH.
I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT ANYMORE WITH A PEST REMOVAL COMPANY AND WHATNOT.
SO I GUESS VIC MAY HAVE HAD TO RESPOND ON HIS OWN OR, OR FIND, FIND A WAY TO RESPOND.
UM, SO I, I JUST, I JUST, UM, TO SPEAK TO THAT, THERE IS A, THERE ACTUALLY IS A CONTRACT.
WE HAVE A CONTRACT, UH, WITH LLOYD PEST CONTROL.
SO THAT'S WHY I KNOW ABOUT IT.
UM, SO THERE ISN'T AN EXISTING CONTRACT MAYBE THAT, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT PERSON WAS AWARE OF THAT OR NOT.
HE, YEAH, HE WAS TELLING ME THAT THERE, THERE WASN'T OR HE DIDN'T KNOW OF.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR GUYS' ATTENTION, AND I'M GLAD THAT, THAT WE HAVE THAT.
AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN, THEY DID TRANSITION, SO IT WAS TERMINEX AND THEN IT WENT TO LLOYD RATHER RECENTLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, UH, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A GAP BETWEEN THE SERVICE TIME.
BUT I, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE COMING OUT THE SERVICING, UM, I GET CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UM, PEOPLE BRINGING LIKE BEDBUGS INTO A FACILITY OR FLEAS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THEY, THEY COME OUT NOT ONLY FOR LIKE MONTHLY SERVICES.
UM, BUT THEY ALSO COME OUT FOR, UM, LIKE EMERGENCY SERVICES AS WELL.
SO LIKE THE BEEHIVE WOULD BE UNDER EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOU, YOU WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL WERE, WE ALL WERE COMMUNICATING WITH THE SAME PERSON.
SO IT REALLY, I THINK, PUT THE PRESSURE TO GET THAT, UH, TO GET THAT PUSHED.
UM, I, I BELIEVE WE WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER ON THAT, THAT SITUATION.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC? THANKS FOR MOVING TOO.
I'M NORMALLY IN PERSON AND I CAN HEAR A LOT BETTER IN PERSON.
SO, SO HERE'S A VIDEO OF THE, SO YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A LOOK.
AND THIS HAS BEEN THERE SINCE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
I DON'T, LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN SEE IT, BUT, UH, THERE'S A GLARE.
IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE THIS YEAR.
DO YOU HAVE A TIMESTAMP ON THAT VIDEO? YEAH.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I THINK THIS, I DID A COUPLE BECAUSE THEY ADDED TO IT.
SO WHERE IS THAT AT? THIS IS AT THE BATHROOMS IN LOS PALMAS.
COULD YOU SEND THAT? WE HAVE A GROUP EMAIL.
WOULD YOU MIND SENDING THAT IN THE GROUP EMAIL? UM, AND THAT WAY WE ALL, WE ALL HAVE IT.
SO THIS WAS ON THE 10TH BECAUSE THEY ADDED THE, UH, THEY ADDED THE LITTLE, THE LITTLE CAT FACE AND THE GUY SMOKING DID, DID SEE THE CAT FACE, BUT UM, YEAH, I CAN SEND IT.
BUT IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE, UH, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
YOU KNOW, THEY SEE IT AND THEY JUST FIGURE THEY CAN KEEP GOING.
NOW THE, THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM HAS A, I HAVE A VIDEO OF THAT ONE TOO.
UH, THE WOMEN'S HAS, I THINK IT IS, MY DAUGHTER CAME BACK AND SHE SAYS, OH, OOH, IT'S PINK AND PURPLE.
IS IT, UM, ARE THOSE BATHROOMS OPEN OVERNIGHT? I THINK, UH, I, I BELIEVE SOMETIMES THEY ARE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES SOME HOMELESS WILL, UH, SLEEP THERE.
THE TIMESTAMP IS GREAT TO HAVE THAT TIME TIMESTAMP ON THE, UM, THE, UH, VIDEO THERE IS, UH, THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT DOES, THAT'S LIKE THE, I, I, I THINK HIS TITLE IS GRAFFITI REMOVER.
I, I'M, I HOPE I'M NOT MINCING MY WORDS, BUT THAT'S RIGHT.
YEAH, BECAUSE HE DID ON THE OUTSIDE.
WHAT'S THAT? HE DID, HE DID PAINT OVER THE ONES AT THE SHEDS ON THE FIELDS.
THE ONES THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
BUT I, I'M RECENTLY, I'M AWARE THAT THEY'VE RECENTLY HIRED WITHIN THE LAST MONTH AN ADDITIONAL PERSON.
UM, SO I WILL SHARE THAT CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THE GROUP.
THAT WAY IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU CAN REPORT IT DIRECTLY TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, ITEMS THAT WERE APPROVED FOR ACTION ITEMS FOR NEXT MONTH.
I WILL SEND OUT, UM, NOT ONLY A REMINDER ABOUT THE MEETINGS, THE MEETINGS ARE POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE ON NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE.
THEY'RE ALSO POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARDS.
AND THEN I DO EMAIL IT OUT TO THE GROUP, BUT THAT'S NOT POWERED TO THE BROWN ACT.
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I JUST EMAIL IT OUT FOR EASY ACCESS.SO SOMETIMES THAT'S WITHIN THE 72 HOURS.
BUT, UM, IF YOU EVER NEED IT PRIOR TO THE SEVEN OR PRIOR TO ME MAILING, EMAILING IT, THEN YOU CAN CHECK THE, THE WEBSITE AND, UH, ENSURE THAT IT'S POSTED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
OTHERWISE, WE'LL SEE EACH OTHER IN PERSON, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? MOTION.
AND A SECOND? I SECOND THAT MOTION.
ALEXANDER AND RUBEN, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.