[Parks Recreation & Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (PRSCAC) on September 19, 2024.]
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HE CAN JOIN US WHEN HE GETS HERE.WE FLAG ALLEGIANCE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH STANDS? HAS ANYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THOSE FROM LAST WEEK? I HAVE, YES.
THEN ROLL CALL JOSEPH SO FAR IS NOT HERE.
MOVING HERE'S HERE, LIKE SO FAR IS NOT HERE.
MY NAME ISAN, RECREATION SUPERVISOR FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.
AND I'M JUST ACTING AS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER WHILE JOANNE IS GONE.
DO WE HAVE A NON AGENDA? PUBLIC COMMENTS? HI.
UH, I DON'T THINK ANY COMMENTS
WANNA MAKE AN APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING THERE? UH, YES.
HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS? I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOMETHING TODAY.
SO, UH, THE ACTION ITEM IS THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS TO PRACTICE, UH, PRESENTATIONS ON OUR BEHALF.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE ACTION ITEM.
AND YOU GUYS WOULD BE PRACTICING AFTER OUR MEETING TODAY IN THE CHAMBERS.
I GOT JOSEPH HERE FOR THAT SOUNDS OKAY.
I GUESS WE'RE UP TO THE STAFF REPORTS THEN.
WELL, THE, THE PRACTICE IS JUST WHOEVER'S GONNA BE HERE'S GONNA PRACTICE PRESENTING.
YOU WON'T BE HERE FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS, THIS IS MY LAST MEETING.
UH, WE HAVE SOME NON-ACTION ITEMS. UM, I BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE STILL NEED TO FINISH TRAINING.
UM, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, IF WE CAN GET THOSE DONE.
UM, AND WE ALWAYS HAVE COMPUTERS ACCESSIBLE IF YOU NEED IT.
I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE NEEDS TO BE DOING OKAY.
MR. ER, ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR TRAINING? NOPE.
I WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF OH, NO.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF TRAININGS.
I'M, I'M SURE ONCE JOANNE COMES BACK, SHE CAN GUIDE YOU PARDON? SOME TRAININGS.
UH, BUT JOANNE IS OUT, SO WHEN SHE COMES BACK, I'M SURE SHE CAN GUIDE YOU TO WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW YOU CAN MAKE THEM HAPPEN.
THERE'S B CC, RIGHT? UH, WELL, THERE'S, YEAH, THERE'S THE TRAINING, UM, SOME TERMS AND THE FORM 700.
SO SHE'LL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND I BELIEVE THE TRAININGS ARE ABOUT AN DOLLAR.
UM, THE STAFF MEMBER HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY AND HE HAD TO TAKE OFF.
UM, HE DIDN'T GIVE ME ANY REPORTS TO COME BACK TO THE MEETING, BUT SURE.
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SO JUST ADD IT TO LIST.YOU TALKING ABOUT ALEXANDER, RIGHT? I'M TALKING ABOUT VICTOR.
YOU WANNA START AND THEN FOLLOW UP? OKAY.
SO FOR THE SENIOR PROGRAMMING, UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REBRAND.
SO WE ARE SWITCHING AWAY FROM SENIOR PROGRAMMING TO FAB PROGRAMMING.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 50 AND BETTER.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE AGE LIKE BEGINNING AGE IS FOR THE PROGRAMS. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT IS A LOT OLDER.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT SENIOR THINGS, SOMETIMES IT'S 60, SOMETIMES IT'S 65, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR.
UM, BUT FOR A WHILE IT IS GONNA BE F PROGRAMMING, A K, A SENIOR PROGRAMMING IN CASE PEOPLE STILL DO THE SEARCH OF SENIOR PROGRAMMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S GONNA BE WHAT AGE AGAIN? SAY OVER NEXT WHAT AGE GROUP AGAIN? 50 50.
WE HAD TO WAIT A LOT LONGER THAN THAT TO GET TO BE.
UH, FOR CASA
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD A LITTLE MAINTENANCE PROBLEM AT THE CALU.
SOME OF THE PIPES COLLAPSE AND IN THE MEANTIME, THE REC CENTER IS CLOSED UNTIL IT GETS FIXED.
SO WE HAD TO RE RELOCATE THE PROGRAM FROM CASA TO KIMBALL PARK.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE MOSTLY OUTDOORS.
THERE'S GONNA BE A COUPLE OF FIELD TRIPS, SO THEY WERE GONNA BE OUTDOORS.
AND THEN, UH, FOR SOME OF THE INDOORS ACTIVITIES, WE'VE COLLABORATED WITH THE LIBRARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE SOME INDOOR TIME AS WELL.
WE'RE JUST GONNA JOIN THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY ALREADY FACILITATE, BUT THEN ALSO THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICE, A COMMUNITY ROOM THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE FOR ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR.
THAT TO BE, WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE.
MAYBE A COUPLE MONTHS, DEPENDING IF IT'S DONE IN-HOUSE OR OUTDOORS WITH
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE FACILITIES TEAMS TO SEE HOW THAT LOOKS, UH, FOR CAMACHO OR ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR SOCCER AND BASKETBALL, UH, CAMACHO RUN BY STAFF, OUR CITY STAFF.
WE'RE BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THOSE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE OVER 20 PARTICIPANTS REGISTERED FOR THE YOUNGER AGE.
WE HAVE 10 PARTICIPANTS REGISTER FOR THE OLDER AGE.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, BASKETBALL, SAME THING.
WE HAVE A YOUNGER, YOUNGER GROUP AND AN OLDER GROUP.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WHICH, UM, WE HAVE HIP HOP CLASSES HAPPENING AT MLK.
WE HAVE A YOUNGER GROUP, LIKE THAT AGE RANGE OVER THERE.
UM, THAT CLASSES, UH, FULL CAPACITY WITH 15 PARTICIPANTS.
WE HAVE A TEEN GROUP, UH, HIP HOP DANCE GROUP.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY HAVE ONE PARTICIPANT.
WE'RE, WE'RE STAYING STRONG WITH THAT ONE PARTICIPANT.
IT'S HARD TO RECRUIT THE TEENS.
WE CONTINUE TO MARKET THE PROGRAM.
WE'RE HOPING THAT ONCE THEY SEE US PERFORM A COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE A KIMBALL HOLIDAY, THAT MAYBE THE TEAMS WILL EVENTUALLY START COMING.
WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD INSTRUCTOR.
UM, AND WE HAVE A VOLLEYBALL NET.
I'M NOT SURE IF, IF YOU WALK THE PARK AND IN THE EVENING BETWEEN FIVE AND 8:00 PM WE'VE HAD SET UP A COUPLE OF VOLLEYBALL NETS IN KIMBALL PARK GOAL AREA.
AND SO THERE'S MORE OF OPEN GYM TIME FOR VOLLEYBALL AVAILABLE FOR THE TEENS.
SO IF YOU SEE THOSE VOLLEYBALL NETS, THOSE BELONG TO US.
THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
AND YOU SEE FAMILIES, YOU SEE THE YOUTH PLAYING VOLLEYBALL SINCE WE ONLY HAVE ONE GYM GYMNASIUM AND THAT'S AN EASY SETUP FOR US TO BRING OUTDOORS.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY UPDATES WE HAVE FOR RECREATION RIGHT NOW.
WHERE CAN YOU FIND INFORMATION TO REGISTER FOR THOSE PROGRAMS? YEAH, SO WE, BUT EVERYTHING'S ON THE WEBSITE.
WE PROMOTE IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND TO REGISTER FOR ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS. THE WEBSITE IS JOIN@CITY.COM, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY FORWARD YOU MORE INFORMATION VIA EMAIL IF YOU'D LIKE.
THAT WE, WE CAN EVEN SHARE, YOU KNOW? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PARTNERS TO HELP US, UH, MARKET OUR PROGRAMS. DO THEY PROMOTE IT AT THE SCHOOLS? WE DO.
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CONTACTS THAT WE HAVE.WE KNOW THOSE CHANGE ON A YEARLY BASIS AND SOMETIMES WE, WE MISS THE NEW, UH, P UH, MEMBERS, UH, WE, UH, SHARE WITH THE CHAMBERS SO THEY CAN SHARE ON THEIR NEWSLETTER.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY JUST COLLABORATING WITH THE SCHOOLS AND, AND ANY OTHER PARTNERSHIPS? MM-HMM.
AND I THINK THAT WAS IT FOR STAFF REPORTS.
UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? UM, SUGGESTIONS? NO.
UH, JUST, UH, LIKE I RUBEN, WE UH, WE OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF OUR, THIS IS OUR REAL FIRST YEAR FOR FALL OFF LOS PALM LITTLE LEAGUE.
UM, WE STARTED REGISTRATION LATE 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO STATUS WAS GONNA BE IN THE FIELD.
UH, HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE 10 TEAMS. UM, AND SO WE'RE PARTICIPATING WITH, UH, IT'S LAS PALM, SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLE LEAGUE, UH, SAN DIEGO, AMERICAN MIDDLE LEAGUE AND CAMP MIDDLE LEAGUE.
UM, SO OUR SEASON WILL RUN THROUGH THE 23RD OF NOVEMBER, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT MAKES IT 10 WEEKS.
UM, THE WEEKEND RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
PEOPLE SEEM HAPPY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
IT'S, IT'S HALF OF WHAT, UH, WE HAD ON THE REGULAR SEASON.
SO ALWAYS THE PIPE SITUATION WITH THE FIELDS AND ALL THAT.
UM, WELL, WE'RE HOPING WE GET SOME WORK A ON, SO WE'LL SEE.
UH, IF THEY'RE, I MEAN, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD SHAPE, YOU KNOW, STILL ARE.
BUT I, I, YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK TO VICTOR AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE PILE HERE SO I CAN TYPE SOME OF THOSE HOLES.
THAT PICTURE'S ON HERE BECAUSE I COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR HIM TOO.
LIKE THEY DID IN LAS PALMS PARK, MOW DOWN ALL THE TOP WEEDS, BUT THEY LEFT SOME OF THESE DRIED SIMPLE WEEDS AND THEY'RE DRIED AND THEY'RE BIG.
AND OF COURSE WITH THE, WE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET A SANTA ANA, THE WIND COMES FROM THE EAST.
AND BIG FIRE HAZARDS ARE, THEY'RE QUITE LARGE.
THEY DID MOLD EVERYTHING THERE, BUT THEY LEFT THE DRY SIMPLE WEEDS.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THESE, THE RENOVATION OF THE PARK THEY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
PLUS THE HEARING IS STILL UP FOR BID, RIGHT.
BUT, UH, I DON'T REALLY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON COUNCIL TWO COUNCILS AGO.
UM, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, STILL IN THE BIDDING PROCESS.
THAT'S WHY THE LIGHTS, I'VE BEEN MENTIONING THE LACK OF LIGHTS ON THE FIELD FOR YEARS.
THAT'S BEEN AT LEAST FOUR YEARS WHEN I STARTED.
IS THAT GRAFFITI HOTLINE STILL
WE HAVEN'T BEEN MADE AWARE OF ANY CHANGES.
WHAT'S THAT? THE GRAFFITI HOTLINE OR NOT
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN GETTING A HIT OF LIKE, GRAFFITI ALL AROUND THE CITY.
WHOEVER RUNS THAT
IT SEEMS LIKE THE GRAFFITI AROUND RESIDENTIAL AREAS, IT'S TAKEN CARE OF PRETTY QUICKLY.
BUT AT THE PARK IT SEEMS WHERE MM-HMM.
I MEAN I WENT THE WHOLE SPRING SEASON WITHOUT IT GETTING TAKEN, PAINTED.
FROM JANUARY ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE.
IT WAS, IT WAS LIKE A MURAL AT THAT POINT.
I DO KNOW OUR PAINTING TEAM ONLY HAS ONE PERSON AND THERE'S A VACANCY, WHICH WE'RE ACTUALLY RECRUITING FOR RIGHT NOW.
SO IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYONE THAT'S LOOKING FOR A JOB,
AND THE WEEDS AND TUMBLEWEEDS IN THIS CASE, HOW DO WE REPORT IT THROUGH THE APP? UM, YES.
SO
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WE'RE GOOD.YOU'D LIKE TO DO WITH THE HONORS.
UM, RUBEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US BEFORE AJOUR? UH, IT, IT AGAIN, IT'S MY LAST ONE.
THANK ONE, SAY, THANK EVERYBODY.
THE PAST OF THREE YEARS WENT BY
UH, JOANNE IS NOT HERE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO DO YOU EXPECT HER TO COME BACK? SHE, YEAH.
WE HAVE A DATE THAT SHE, BECAUSE USUALLY THIS TIME, EVERY, EVERY YEAR, THE PERSON USUALLY IN CHARGE WITH A COORDINATING THE COMMITTEE.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGENDA SET.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, FOCUSED ON A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL YES.
AND WE WERE SCHEDULED TO MM-HMM.
SO
AND SHE'LL BE BACK OCTOBER 3RD IF, UM, OCTOBER THE THIRD, CORRECT? YEAH.
I WON'T BE, I I HAVE TO TAKE OFF.
WELL I'M UNFORTUNATELY NOT GONNA BE IN TOWN EITHER IN OCTOBER OR ON NOVEMBER MEETINGS.
SO OF COURSE WE'RE FOCUSED ON DECEMBER, OCTOBER.
WHEN ARE THEY TAKING THE PRESENTATION AGAIN? IN NOVEMBER.
SO COULD WE SCHEDULE THE PRESENTATION PRACTICE FOR THE NEXT MEETING SINCE YEAH.
WE DON'T GOT THEM IN PARTICIPANT.
THE PRESENTATION ITSELF, ALL THE MEETINGS HAVE TO BE IN THIS ROOM.
SO THAT MEANS THAT ANY PRACTICE THAT WOULD OCCUR IN THE OTHER ROOM HAS TO HAPPEN AFTER THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
SO YES, ESSENTIALLY IT IS AVAILABLE.
WE COULD TABLE IT FOR THE NEXT, WHAT ARE WE, EXCEPT FOR THE OCTOBER MEETING.
BUT IS EVERYBODY GONNA BE HERE? THEY CAN'T BE HERE IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, OCTOBER.
I CAN'T OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER RIGHT NOW.
THAT'LL GIVE US LESS THAN MAYBE 30 DAYS.
I THINK NOVEMBER 14TH, WHICH IS 19, WHICH IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME.
YEAH, IT'S, DID WE HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT ALEX? WE CAN MAKE CONTACT WITH ALEX TO SEE, TO CONFIRM THAT HE COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE IT TO THE OCTOBER MEETING.
WHO IS ALEX ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ.
HE USUALLY SITS NEXT TO RUBEN.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE DURING THIS MEETING.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? I SECOND.
I ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THREE YEARS OF SERVICE.