[Parks Recreation & Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (PRSCAC) on February 19, 2026.]
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UM, NEW PARKS, RECREATION AND SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A CHAIR RIGHT NOW.
DOES ANYBODY FEEL, UM, UH, LIKE THEY COULD TAKE A CRACK AT, UH, JUST RUNNING THROUGH A COUPLE ITEMS FOR OUR, OUR MEETING? UH, NO PRESSURE OR ANYTHING?
HOW YOU, I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SHARE IT.
AND I'LL LEAVE THIS UP ON THE SCREEN AND, UH, LET
YOU WANT ME TO DO WELL, YOU WANT ME TO START WITH THE PLEDGE? UH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START THE FLEDGE.
RIGHT, RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
READY TO BEGIN? I ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH MAN ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE BUSINESS OF
UM, YOU WANT ME TO DO THE ROLL AS WELL? YOU WANT ME TO GO DOWN THE LIST? YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
AND IN FACT, IF I COULD JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION SINCE I AM NEW, UM, WOULD YOU MIND JUST IF I LET EVERYBODY JUST GO AROUND FIELD? YEAH, THAT'S, SO I FIGURED YOU MIGHT WANNA THAT'S GREAT.
GET INTRODUCTION WITH EVERYONE.
UM, WELL YOU WANNA START IT? SURE.
I'M THE NEW COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, MIKE PACHECO.
UM, SO I WILL BE THE LIAISON FOR THIS, UM, COMMISSION AND OUR COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, I WILL HAVE LIKE TIME WHERE I'LL BRING STAFF, UM, TO, TO REPORT OUT ON OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND, AND, AND I KNOW WE'LL GET TO STEVE WHEN HE GETS ON HIS OTHER SIDE, BUT HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING OF WORKS AND SO THEY'LL, HE'LL ALSO HAVE STAFF THAT'LL BE AT THESE MEETINGS AS WELL, JUST KIND OF DEPENDING ON WHAT THE TOPICS ARE.
BUT I WILL BE THE LIAISON MOVING FORWARD FOR YOU.
SO REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL.
UM, I'VE BEEN A NATIONAL CITY RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND, UH, WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, GO TO THE PARKS ALL THE TIME, TOOK MY DOG THERE.
UM, AND YEAH, EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
UM, I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE SINCE LAST YEAR.
MY NAME IS ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ.
UM, I JUST ALWAYS WANTED TO GET INVOLVED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TRY TO HELP STEER, UM, WHATEVER'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE CITY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE LAST YEAR.
TWO YEARS, RIGHT? SO TWO YEARS OR GOING ON TWO YEARS.
UM, JUST KIND OF STAY INVOLVED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
I, I RUN THE LITTLE LEAGUE HERE.
UH, SO I BASICALLY LIVE AT THE PARKS FOR HALF OF MY LIFE.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY ADVOCATE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS TO BE IN, IN GOOD HEALTHY SHAPE FOR OUR KIDS, UH, SO THAT IT'S A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
UH, THAT'S USUALLY WHAT I'M PUSHING EVERY TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE MEETINGS.
I AM A NATIONAL CITY RESIDENCE JUST FOR ABOUT, I WANNA SAY FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS NOW.
UM, MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT, UM, I ALSO HAVE A YOUTH ORGANIZATION AND I'VE BEEN, LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR.
YEAH, LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR.
AND, UM, I REALLY WANTED TO GET MORE INVOLVED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PARKS BECAUSE I AM A PART OF RECREATION STUFF.
AND SO I ALSO TEACH A CPR CERTIFICATION TO, UM, K THROUGH 12 AS WELL AS PARENTS.
AND SO I REALLY WANNA GET MORE INVOLVED AND SEE HOW I CAN SUPPORT.
UH, AS MIKE MENTIONED, I'M STEVE MANIL, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, ACTUALLY BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE 2007, UM, LEFT FOR A FEW YEARS.
CAME BACK, UH, ESSENTIALLY BEEN OVERSEEING ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW.
UM, MINUS AND THAT INCLUDE, SEE IT WAS SEVEN YEARS AND I WAS GONE FOR THREE AND I'VE BEEN BACK ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, SO ABOUT 10 YEARS IN TOTAL.
UH, I USED TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS, UH, MORE FREQUENTLY BACK IN THE DAY AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY THAT, UM, MIKE INVITED ME TO COME TODAY TO GIVE
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YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON RECENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY ALREADY AWARE OF, BUT ALSO WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AT, AT TWO LITTLE PARKS.SO WE GET TO THAT POINT IN THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW, REPORT OUT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, SO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO,
UM, I HEARING WHAT THE CONCERNS ABOUT LAS PALMS PARK ONE, UM, IS THE BIG HOLES IN THE ELK.
UM, I ALSO HELP OUT WITH THE LIVING LEAK DOWN THERE, SO I AM VERY AWARE OF IT.
I THINK
SO WE'VE BEEN FILLING THE BIG W OUT THERE.
SOME CASES SPREAD THEIR ANKLES, ESPECIALLY THEIR KNEES.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ASKED FOR THE FIELDS TO BE LEVEL, THE LASER.
IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE, BEEN DONE THE LAST 10 YEARS BECAUSE I LOVE A PIECE OF PLAY.
UM, ANOTHER THING I WANNA BRING UP, IT IS NOT COMMON, BUT FORTUNATELY IT'S LOOKING TO OUR PARK MORE OFTEN IS WE'RE HAVING A BIT OF PROSTITUTION GOING ON.
UM, I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GET LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE LIKE POLICE PRESENCE HOURLY, LIKE JUST A BAR GOING BY.
IT'LL PROBABLY HELP ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE HOMELESSNESS THERE.
I KNOW WE STARTED TALKING OUT
AND THE ANOTHER THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT, THE COURT BODIES, THEY NOT
I ALSO WORK IN CONSTRUCTION, SO I KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE UNARY, BUT THOSE THINGS ARE TO THE ROOM HALF THE TIME AND IT'S NASTY.
I, I CAN, IF I CAN JUST QUICKLY REC RECOGNIZE BY THE CHAIR.
UM, AND I THINK THE COMMISSIONER KNOWS, THIS COMMITTEE KNOWS US, UH, REALLY WELL.
UM, WHEN WE DO HAVE MEMBERS THAT, UM, REQUEST TO SPEAK TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE CAN'T REALLY ENGAGE, UM, WITH, WITH THEM.
THEY'RE NOT GOING BE LIKE ON THE AGENDA AS AN ITEM WE CAN DISCUSS.
UM, BUT JUST AS STAFF, WE CAN JUST SAY THAT WE WILL FOLLOW UP, UM, WITH THE PERSON WHO SPOKE AND THAT, UH, YOU'RE PRETTY FORTUNATE 'CAUSE YOU HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF
MOST OF YOUR ITEMS, YOU KNOW, WOULD FLOW THROUGH MY SHOP.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE MANAGING CONTRACTOR WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PORTER BODIES.
WE WORKED WITH, UH, THE LITTLE LEAGUE ON, YOU KNOW, FIELD MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN WE WILL, YOU KNOW, THROUGH MIKE, HE'LL REFER TO, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE REPORT ABOUT PROSTITUTION.
SO TO MIKE'S POINT, WELL YEAH, THE TWO RIGHT PEOPLE HERE THAT CAN THEN TAKE ACTION ON, ON THESE.
AND THEN, UH, I'LL REPORT BACK THROUGH MIKE SO HE YOU CAN REPORT OUT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE, WHERE BEFORE WE HAD THE, UM, WE HAD THE COMMITTEE COMMENTS.
SO YOU GUYS COULD COMMENT AT THE END THERE IF YOU, IF YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING.
BECAUSE WE HAD, SO WE HAD PUT THOSE IN FRONT.
WE HAD, I CAN PUT THOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN OUR COMMENTS AFTER, ONLY BECAUSE THE, UH, PARKS AND REC GUYS WOULD LEAD KIND FAIRLY EARLY IN THE MEETING.
SO YOU COULD, AS A CHAIR, YOU COULD.
UM, OKAY, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO, UH, COMMITTEE COMMENTS AND UPDATES.
UM, DO YOU WANT A STAFF REPORT FIRST OR DO YOU WANT COMMITTEE COMMENTS FIRST? 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OUR DIRECTOR GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON PROJECTS.
I THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WAY.
THEN IF YOU WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE, YOU CAN, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS THERE.
UM, AS WELL AS IF THERE'S NEW THINGS THAT POP UP, YOU CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THEM THERE AS WELL.
UM, STEVE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I MIGHT JUST LET YOU GO FIRST.
OH, DID YOU WANT YOU DO COMMENTS FIRST? YEAH, I THOUGHT COMMENTS WOULD BE BETTER.
UH, COMMENTS? IS THAT COMMENTS ON THAT OR ANY PARTS? COMMENTS? JUST COMMENTS FROM ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
'CAUSE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WELL LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, INSTALLING
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THE AEDS WITHIN THE, IN THE PARKS AND STUFF.DID THAT GET, DID THEY EVER, 'CAUSE I REMEMBER THE FIRE, I DON'T CAME OF THAT.
I DO KNOW WE HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW AT LAS PALMAS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WAS SOFTBALL.
WE PURCHASED IT AND, AND PLACED IT.
SO IT WASN'T WITH THE, BUT IT'S NOT, IT WAS NOT PART OF THAT.
UM, ALSO, UH, LIKE AS WE KNOW, UH, SUMMER COMES QUICK AND, UM, THEY, LAST YEAR, UH, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD LIKE MORE LIGHT KIMBLE PARK.
AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, WITH NOT HAVING, UM, LIGHT WITH IONS.
AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ALSO.
UM, WITHIN, WITHIN, WITH ACCORDANCE PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, LIGHTINGS IS A HUGE MUST DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT COMES FASTER WITH, WE JUST SOMEHOW IN THAT TO THE DETENTION.
ON TOP OF THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FIXED, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE AT NIGHT IN A WHILE.
BUT LAS PALM PARK TOO, I KNOW LIKE, UM, THE TENNIS COURTS GET LIT UP, BUT I DON'T THINK I REMEMBER SEEING LIGHTS AROUND THE TENNIS COURTS IF YOU WERE TO WALK AROUND OR WALK A DOG BY THE DOG PARK OR ANYTHING.
UM,
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE'S LIKE ONE, I LOOKED AROUND AND THERE'S ONE SIGN THAT I FOUND THAT SAYS THAT DOGS MUST BE LEASHED AND IT'S OVER BY THE ONE OF THE FIELDS.
THERE'S LIKE ONE SIGN THAT I FOUND BY THE STAIRS, BUT BESIDES THAT ONE, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER SIGNS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A RULE.
UM, BUT THERE'S LIKE ALL KINDS OF DOGS THAT ARE OFF IAN.
SOME OF THEM LIKE, IT LOOKS FINE, LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF OFF TO THE SIDE, BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
LIKE A DOG COULD JUST RUN UP AGAINST ANOTHER DOG NOW WATCH A DOG CHASE SOMEONE THERE.
SOME SOMEONE'S KID, HE'S LIKE, YEAH.
AND THERE'S CONSISTENTLY LIKE ALSO THE SAME PEOPLE LIKE WHO KIND OF LIVE IN THE PARKING LOT AND LET THEIR DOGS JUST KIND OF RUN AROUND.
SO I'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE OFF-LEASH DOGS.
UM, AND LET'S SEE, CURIOUS ABOUT, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE BATHROOMS AT LAS PALM.
UM, JUST WONDERING WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE DONE.
LIKE WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE? UM, AND THEN GOING OVER TO EL TOON PARK.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
UM, MY DAD GOES TO THE PARKS ALL THE TIME TOO, AND HE WALKS THE DOGS THERE AND HE MENTIONED THAT, UM, I THINK THE, THE NEW BASKETBALL COURTS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS, LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE HAD TO GET REDONE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF TAKING A WHILE AND LIKE STUFF IS FALLING AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, AND I'VE NOTICED AT THE PLAYGROUND, LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DONE, BUT THERE'S A FENCE AROUND IT.
SO I SEE FAMILIES AND KIDS LIKE GOING IN THERE STILL 'CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, LIKE WANTING TO PLAY, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, FENCED IN.
UM, AND LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED, THERE'S LIKE PRETTY BAD HOMELESS PROBLEM AT BOTH, BOTH OF THOSE PARKS.
I MENTIONED LOS PALM AND ELON.
UM, THE LAST MEETING THAT I WAS IN, WHICH WASN'T REALLY A MEETING 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM, BUT IT WAS THE GUY BEFORE YOU, YOU WERE THERE,
UM, HE TALKED ABOUT COMING FROM CHULA VISTA AND RETIRING FROM THERE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PARKS AND CHULA VISTA AND NATIONAL CITY AND HOW IN CHULA VISTA, LIKE YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF, AT LEAST MACKENZIE PARK IS THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE THERE'S BATHROOMS THERE, BUT LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE TAKING THEM OVER.
LIKE, KIDS CAN GO IN A TON OF PEOPLE PLAY PICKLEBALL, WHICH I'M EXCITED ABOUT AT ELON.
BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA HAVE GOOD BATHROOMS THAT AREN'T BEING PULLED UP BY HOMELESS PEOPLE.
AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT TRACY, I THINK HIS NAME WAS, HE SAID THE MAIN DIFFERENCE WAS THAT THEY HAD, WAS IT MARSHALLS? IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE CALLED? PARKER? STRANGERS.
AND WE WERE KIND OF ALL TALKING ABOUT LIKE, SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE MISSING THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
AND HE WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE, MADE IT SEEM LIKE IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN HERE FOR BUDGETS OR WHATEVER.
BUT I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST TALK ABOUT WHAT
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DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET RANGERS.IT'S LIKE THE PROSTITUTION OR LIKE ANY OF THESE ISSUES.
LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WOULD BE THE FIX COURSE.
THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS ON MY MIND.
I KNOW SINCE WE ARE NEW, I HAVEN'T HAD CHANCE TO KIND OF USE A GOOD ORIENTATION.
BUT, UM, WE, WE ARE KIND OF GOVERNED BY THE SAME POLICY THAT CITY COUNCIL AND TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UM, THERE'S A CITY COUNCIL POLICY, UM, THAT IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LET THIS BODY VOTE ON HAVING AN ITEM AGENDA SO YOU CAN TAKE ACTION.
SO YOU, IF YOU WANT WHAT WE GET AFTER THIS MEETING, AND I CAN TALK TO YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN THIS CAN GO BACK TO THE BODY AND, AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING, SO YEAH.
I DO HAVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS IN THE PAST WE TALKED ABOUT HOW CITY EVENTS WERE PUBLICIZED IN ADVANCE AND, UM, I'VE NOTICED THAT THE INSTAGRAM PAGES ARE ACTUALLY POSTING THINGS WELL IN ADVANCE AND THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.
UM, SO I I DO LIKE SEEING THAT.
UM, YEAH, SO, UH, I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS, UH, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED THAT AS WELL, SOME ADDITIONAL STUFF.
UH, I DID SPEAK WITH THE PONY LEAD.
UH, THEY'RE HAVING THE DRAINAGE ISSUES OVER THERE AGAIN.
UM, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RAINS INSPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
UM, LA PALMAS HAS MENTIONED, UH, I'VE SEEN ALL THE THINGS THERE.
THE PROSTITUTION, UM, THERE'S DRUG DEALING GOING ON OVER BY THE, UH, THE LARGE PORTA POTTY.
UM, THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE LIVING OUT OF THEIR TRUCKS CARS, UM, DAILY.
UM, I SEE THE ONE WITH THE FOUR OR SIX DOGS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS ALL STEMMING FROM THE FACT THAT, THAT THE, THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR CLOSE TO A YEAR NOW.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT, LOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
SO I THINK THEY'RE JUST POSTING UP, ASSUMING THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT MUCH ACTION GOING ON IN THAT AREA.
UM, WHEN IN FACT WE, WE ARE RUNNING OUR BASEBALL SOFTBALL PROGRAMS THERE YEAR ROUND.
SO I MEANT TO GO SPEAK WITH CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD TWO SICK KIDS AT HOME, SO I COULDN'T MAKE IT.
UM, BUT I WILL BE THERE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO, TO SPEAK ON, ON THAT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE WERE GONNA BE GETTING AN UPDATE ON THE FIELDS.
THE FIELDS WERE GONNA BE WORKED ON, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN PUSHED BACK.
UM, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY IS THIS, WHY IS THIS PROJECT JUST DRAGGING ON? AND, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, I MEAN, THAT, THAT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN, I COULD HAVE GONE OUT THERE AND BUILT ONE OF THOSE BATHROOMS IN OVER A MONTH'S TIME.
I KNOW I CAN'T, 'CAUSE I'VE DONE HOMES.
UM, IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT WE'RE A YEAR IN ON MARCH 20TH WHEN WE FIRST HAD FIRST CON BOX DROPPED OFF.
AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE RESTROOMS. UM, I MEAN, THERE, WE HAVE SHELLS OF A RESTROOM RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, IT'S IN, IT'S, IT'S JUST INSANE.
WE HAVE A TOURNAMENT SCHEDULED IN APRIL THAT WE POSTED IN THE PAST, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT, IT'S REALLY EMBARRASSING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY RESTROOMS AVAILABLE.
I DON'T FORESEE THE RESTROOMS BEING DONE BY APRIL, UM, AT THE, AT THE PACE THAT'S THAT I'M SEEING IT DONE OUT.
UM, BUT ASIDE FROM THE BATHROOMS, THE PROSTITUTION, THE DRUG DEALING, THE HOMELESSNESS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REALLY PUSH ALL THAT OUT IF WE HAD SOMEONE JUST PATROLLING THE AREA.
UM, I THINK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEM MOVE ALONG, YOU KNOW, NOT LOITERING, THAT, THAT, THAT'S AN EASY FIX.
THAT'S NOT ONE THAT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THIS MEETING.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO.
UM, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE HUNDREDS OF PARENTS THERE AND I GET PHONE CALLS, BUT I'LL BE FORWARDING ALL THOSE PHONE CALLS TO THE CITY MOVING FORWARD.
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I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT IT.UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE FIELDS, UM, YOU KNOW, STILL WE'VE, WE'VE ASKED FOR JUST AMOUNT OF DIRT TO BE JUST DELIVERED JUST SO WE CAN TAKE SOME SHOVELS TO IT AND FILL WHATEVER SQUIRREL HOLES OR GO FOR HOLES WE HAVE.
THAT'S VERY TYPICAL FOR A BASEBALL FIELD.
UM, WHEN, WHEN A LEAD'S, YOU KNOW, DOING THEIR SEASON TO HAVE A AMOUNT OF DIRT AVAILABLE JUST TO CATCH HOLES.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TO, YOU HAVE TO GO FOR PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE.
UM, BUT I THINK I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR GOING ON FOUR YEARS NOW.
I STILL HAVEN'T GOT A DUMP OF DIRT SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE.
UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I GOT.
ANYTHING, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A DAY WHERE, WHERE I WOULD SAY IT WAS ONE ENTIRE, UH, SPACE, A SOFTBALL GAME.
UM, AND IT WAS AGAINST LEMON GROVE.
AND I, I HAVE TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD AND TRUTHFULLY HERE, THE PARENTS FROM LYNN GROVE ASKED, ARE WE PLAYING ON A FIELD IN, IN AMERICA OR IN THE THIRD WORLD? THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS HIRING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND, AND, AND THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BECAUSE PEOPLE ALREADY LOOK AT NATIONAL CITY AS AS, AS BOTTOM FEEDERS.
AND I KNOW THAT OVERALL WE'RE NOT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR PARKS NEED TO SHOW THAT, HEY, WE, WE AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING NICE AND WONDERFUL TO GO TO AND TO JUST ENJOY, NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE FROM NATIONAL CITY, BUT FROM OTHER PARTS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY WHEN THEY COME IN.
AND IT IS NOT FUN TO HEAR PARENTS ON THE OTHER TEAMS SAY, ARE WE PLAYING IN THIRD? THAT'S ALL I WOULD SAY.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR THOMAS.
WE'LL MOVE THAT UP, UH, GOING ON.
AND THEN, YEAH, I'D LIKE, UH, LET STEVE GO FIRST SO THAT, UM, AFTER HE'S DONE, LIKE, BECAUSE WE'LL KEEP GOING ON
SO LET ME JUST START BY SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO FROM A PARK MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT.
SO THAT, THAT'S UNDER MY, YOU KNOW, MY DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A PARKS MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DO LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.
UM, UH, THE LITTLE LEAGUE AT LAS PALMAS PARK, THE PONY LEAGUE AT KIMBALL PARK, UM, ANY OF THE LEAGUES, THEY HAVE, UM, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY THAT'S, THAT EXPLAINS RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, I DO KNOW OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT, UM, UH, KNOWS VERY WELL THE LEAD PRESIDENTS AND IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON HIS PHONE TWENTY FOUR SEVEN.
UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA TALK TO, UH, THINGS LIKE DIRT REQUESTED.
AND IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS WHEN I KNOW THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO LEAD PRESIDENTS AND HAS BEEN WITH US AT THE CITY ALMOST 30 YEARS.
BUT WHAT I AM GONNA FOCUS ON IS, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE, THESE ARE ALL, UM, ALL COMMENTS THAT I PERSONALLY TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY AND I WILL FOLLOW UP ON, UH, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS MADE BY OUR, OUR RESIDENT HERE AND BY THE MEMBERS.
UH, WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON IS, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE IN OUR PARKS.
UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO BACK TOO FAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING BACK A FEW YEARS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING DOG PARKS WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT REPLACING THE OLD PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT KIMMEL PARK WAS PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT GOT DONE.
UM, PUTTING IN NEW LIGHTING FOR THE PONY LEAGUE FIELDS AT KIMMEL PARK WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT GOT DONE.
UM, RENOVATING THE, OUR MUNICIPAL POOL, UM, AND, AND GETTING IT TO OLYMPIC STANDARDS WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT GOT DONE.
UM, THE COUNCIL MADE AN INVESTMENT IN, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WORKED THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE OPTIONS
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FOR ADDRESSING THE CREDIBLY POOR CONDITIONS FOR THE SHOWERS AND CHANGING FACILITIES AT LAS PALM POOL.AND, UM, FORTUNATELY, A A, A BRAND NEW FACILITY, OR EVEN DOING MAJOR, MAJOR BENEFITS TO THE OLD POOL BUILDING WAS VERY COST PROHIBITIVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, COST HAS GONE UP OVER THE YEARS.
SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE PRESENTED THAT DID WORK WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET WAS THESE MODULAR FACILITIES.
THOSE ARE GETTING BUILT, UM, THE RESTROOMS AT LAS PALMAS PARK, UM, THAT HAD BEEN A HUGE ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY, RIGHTFULLY SO.
BRAND NEW RESTROOMS ARE GETTING BUILT.
AND I'LL GO OVER THE, THE TIMELINES ON THESE.
UM, LOS PALM PARK, UM, CITY MADE INVESTMENTS YEARS AGO TO PUT IN A, A NEW, YOU KNOW, MULTIPURPOSE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD THAT HAD EXCEEDED ITS USEFUL LIFE AND, AND A BRAND NEW FIELD, UM, IS GOING IN.
UM, YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE A NEW PLAYGROUND GOING IN AT ELTO PARK.
UM, WE HAVE NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS, RESURFACING TENNIS COURTS, NEW BASKETBALL COURTS, UM, NEW LIGHTING IN KIMBALL PARK.
UM, ABSOLUTELY THERE'S MORE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
WE NEED BETTER LIGHTING IN KIMBALL PARK.
WE NEED BETTER LIGHTING IN LOS PAOS PARK.
UM, MY JOB IS TO MANAGE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE PRESENT, UH, WE PRESENT THIS TO OUR COUNCIL EVERY YEAR AT BUDGET TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WAY OUR TEAM PRIORITIZES PROJECTS IS BASED ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, NUMBER ONE, AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THOSE ARE THE, THE TWO TOP THINGS WE LOOK AT.
UM, AND WE HAVE VERY LIMITED BUDGET FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME GRANTS, UM, TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU'RE SEEING AT, UM, AT LOS UH, EL TOYON PARK.
UM, AND BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THIS GROUP PREVIOUSLY AND, AND, AND THE COMMUNITY THAT COUNCIL, UH, WAS ABLE TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE, UM, ARPA FUNDS THAT WERE MADE AVAILABLE DURING COVID TO DO, UM, A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS I JUST MENTIONED, UM, INCLUDING, UH, IT'S FUNDING A, A, A GOOD PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT, AT LAS PALMAS PARK RIGHT NOW.
UM, WHAT I COULD SAY ABOUT THE, THE TIMING OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IT, IT IS ACTUALLY A, A FAIRLY LARGE PROJECT.
UM, THEY ARE ACTUALLY ON SCHEDULE.
THEY HAVE NOT EXCEEDED, EXCEEDED THEIR WORKING DAYS YET.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, NEW INFRASTRUCTURE FOR UTILITIES THAT NEEDED TO BE PUT IN, UM, SITE PREP.
AND YOU'RE SEEING THE MODULARS GOING IN.
UM, I, I DID GET CONFIRMATION THAT THOSE RESTROOMS WILL BE OPEN, UM, NEXT MONTH, FULLY FINISHED AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE HAD NOTIFIED THE CONTRACTOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT WE NEED, UH, MORE FREQUENT CLEANING AND TURNOVER OF THE BOARD BODIES.
UM, WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU, AND THIS WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, UH, THEY SHOWED ME A PICTURE, UM, TIMESTAMPED OF, UM, COMPLETELY SANITIZED PORT BODIES, UM, WITH, UH, TOILET PAPER AND EV AND ALL, EVERYTHING THAT WAS REQUIRED TO GO IN THERE.
AND THEY SENT ME ANOTHER PICTURE THE NEXT MORNING.
UM, THEY WERE COMPLETELY TRASHED.
GRAFFITI, NO TOILET PAPER LEFT.
UM, THE COST, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR TO MAINTAIN THOSE.
WE ACTUALLY GOT 'EM TO MOVE TO A, I THINK, UM, A THREE DAY.
UH, THEY FULLY STOCK STOCKED 'EM IN THE BEGINNING WITH TOILET PAPER.
EVERYTHING ELSE THEY RAN JUST THROUGH THEFT AND VANDALISM ALONE.
THEY RAN THROUGH ALL THEIR SUPPLIES THE FIRST WEEK BECAUSE OF FORTUNATELY, PEOPLE VANDALIZING AND NOT RESPECTING THOSE, THOSE, THOSE PORTA POTTIES.
SO WE HAVE, THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN TRYING HIS BEST TO, TO, TO DO AS MUCH AS HE CAN WITH THOSE.
AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE, WE HEARD ABOUT A NEED FOR POLICE PRESENCE AND WHATNOT.
UM, THEY HAVE JUST BEEN GETTING TRASHED AND IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
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THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT FINALLY IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE BRAND NEW, NEW RESTROOMS, UM, TO SUPPORT LITTLE LEAGUE AND ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES.SO THAT, THAT WAS, UM, CONFIRMED YESTERDAY.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE BALL FIELDS, WE APPLIED FOR, UM, A STATE GRANT, UH, LAST SEPTEMBER.
UH, I'M HOPEFUL TO HEAR ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THAT, UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
AND IT WAS TO, UM, MAKE APPROXIMATELY A $700,000 INVESTMENT IN THE, IN THE TWO LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS AT LOS PALMS PARK, UM, INCLUDING ADDRESSING, UM, DRAINAGE ISSUES WHEN WE GET RAINED AND ALL THE, THE SOIL KIND OF COMES OFF THE SLOPES.
WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE WALKING PAST THAT ARE A DA ACCESSIBLE, UM, GETTING, UH, THE FIELD PROPERLY, UH, COMPACTED AND REGRADED WITH NEW MIX.
UH, GETTING SOME NEW SOD IN THE OUTFIELD, NEW BLEACHERS, NEW NEW OUTFIELD FENCES.
UH, ALL THAT WAS PACKAGED INTO THE GRANT.
HE, UH, YOU KNOW, HE, HE GAVE ME A, A LETTER OF SUPPORT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T SUBMIT IT.
THEY WEREN'T ACCEPTING IT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO AT LEAST SPEAK TO IT IN, IN THE GRANT APPLICATION.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET GOOD NEWS ON THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS.
I WILL DEFINITELY, UH, KEEP THIS GROUP POSTED.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME, UH, DANIEL, I WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT TO SEE IF, UM, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU TO DO ANOTHER TREATMENT ON THE OUTFIELD, UH, REGARDING THE, THE GOPHER HOLD AND, AND GETTING THAT REPAIRED.
UM, AND WHEN THE FIELD'S DRY OUT, UM, DOING ANOTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, SOIL, UH, OR, OR, UH, BRINGING IN SOME DIRT AND, AND REGRADING.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING VICTOR WAS PLANNING ON DOING THAT IN PREPARATION FOR APRIL ANYWAY, SO I WILL CONFIRM THAT WITH HIM.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT HE COORDINATES WITH YOU AND, AND WE GET THE FIELDS PREPPED, UM, WHEN IT DRIES OUT.
UM, WHAT ELSE DID YOU GUYS WANNA KNOW ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS? UM, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING, UH, YOU, I THINK YOU POINTED OUT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, LIKE, WHY IS THAT CONSTRUCTION FENCE STILL AROUND THE TOP LOT? UM, YOU KNOW, WHY DID IT LOOK LIKE THE BASKETBALL COURTS WERE DONE AND THEN THINGS STARTED GETTING RIPPED OUT? SO, UH, WHEN WE'RE DOING A, WHEN WE'RE DOING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THERE'S DETAILED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
AND WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR INSPECTIONS, IF THINGS AREN'T CONSTRUCTED PER THE PLANS, THEY HAVE TO BE RIPPED OUT, REDONE OR MODIFIED.
AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE CONTRACTOR, UM, MADE SOME MISTAKES AND THEY NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED.
AND, AND, AND IT DELAYS THE WORK GETTING DONE.
AND, AND US BEING ABLE TO OPEN INTO THE PUBLIC WITH THE TO LOT, THERE'S A FEW, UM, SAFETY ELEMENTS THAT STILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE CAN OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE A FEW WEEKS AWAY.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHY YOU SAW THE, THE BASKETBALL, UM, HAVING TO GET REDONE.
IT'S DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT IS ON 'EM TO FIX IT AT THEIR COST.
WE HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH THE ATHLETIC FIELD.
UM, THEY FINISHED PUTTING IN THE FIELD, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO DO CERTAIN TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT'S LEVEL AND IT WASN'T.
SO NOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HAVING TO ESSENTIALLY REDO THE WHOLE THING.
THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT OPEN RIGHT NOW.
UH, MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE CITY SPENDING GOOD MONEY, ESPECIALLY ON IMPROVEMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CHILDREN ARE GONNA BE USING, IT'S DONE.
AND IF IT'S NOT, IT NEEDS TO GET RIPPED OUT, REDONE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE APOLOGIZE IT'S TAKING LONGER, UM, TO, TO GET THESE IMPROVEMENTS DONE AT ELTO PARK, BUT THEY WILL GET BUILT SAFELY AND, AND TO THE STANDARD THAT WE DESERVE AN ACTION, THE CITY.
AND WE ARE ENFORCING THAT AND CONTRACTOR IS GOING THROUGH THEIR PROCESS TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
UM, AS FAR AS OVERALL SCHEDULE, UM, OUR SCHEDULE FOR LAS PALM PARK AS FAR AS FULL PROJECT COMPLETION, UM, HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UM, THE END OF THE SUMMER.
UM, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA FINISH A FEW MONTHS EARLIER, UH, FROM, FROM THE LATEST UPDATE I RECEIVED THIS WEEK.
LIKE I SAID, THE RESTROOMS WILL BE OPEN
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NEXT MONTH.UH, ELWAY PARK, UM, THEY ARE BEHIND SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES WITH HAVING TO REDO THE FIELD TURF AND, AND BASKETBALL COURTS.
UM, BUT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE EL OTHER ELEMENTS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE RESURFACING THE TENNIS COURTS, PUTTING IN NEW NETS.
UH, THERE'S STILL SOME REFURBISHMENTS TO THE BATHROOMS. UM, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, IT IS CHALLENGING.
IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO WHERE WE BUILT BRAND NEW RESTROOMS FOR KIMBALL PARK AND ELTO PARK.
UM, WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF US OPENING THOSE RESTROOMS AT KIMBALL PARK, THEY WERE COMPLETELY TRASHED.
WE HAD TO PROCESS A $30,000 CHANGE ORDER TO, TO DO REPAIRS.
AND A MONTH LATER THEY GOT TRASHED AGAIN.
AND IT'S SAD AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, AND, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
UM, HOW DO WE PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING? HOW DO WE GET MORE POLICE PRESENCE? UM, THEY'RE STRETCHED IN.
UM, I LOVE THE PARK RANGER IDEA.
WE'VE HEARD THIS OVER THE YEARS, I THINK WITH MIKE HERE.
THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING HE'LL THEY'LL LOOK INTO.
UM, BUT IT IS SAD WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN THE CITY SPENDS GOOD MONEY TO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT GETS TRASHED OVERNIGHT, IT, IT, IT'S HEARTBREAKING AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE 'CAUSE OUR, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SUFFERS, OUR CHILDREN SUFFER.
BUT AGAIN, WHAT I CAN ASSURE YOU IS WHEN WE DO A PROJECT, IT GETS DONE THE RIGHT WAY.
AND, AND WE DO OUR BEST THEN TO MAINTAIN IT ONCE IT'S BUILT.
I, I, AGAIN, I TAKE 'EM ALL TO HEART.
WE, I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON, ON A LOT OF THESE OTHER ITEMS. AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I TOLD MIKE I'M HAPPY TO COME TO ALL THESE MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, MY OFFICE IS RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS, SO THIS WAY, WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE ISSUES ABOUT PARK MAINTENANCE, UM, I CAN AT LEAST TAKE THAT AND ROUTE IT THROUGH OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THESE ISSUES ADDRESSED.
AND THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, CHANGE I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT WITH OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE NOW, UM, WITH, UM, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
BUT AS WE, UM, YOU KNOW, START, UH, PUTTING CONCEPTS TOGETHER, GETTING FEEDBACK FOR FUTURE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, I WANNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT IT TO THIS GROUP SO YOU GUYS CAN GIVE ME FEEDBACK, UH, ON SOME OF THE CONCEPT EXHIBITS, WHICH WE PUT TOGETHER WHEN WE GO AFTER GRANT FUNDING.
SO YOU GUYS CAN LET ME KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS LOOKS GOOD, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE NEED MORE LIGHTING HERE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS ALL USE THE PARKS.
SO I WANT, I WANT THIS GROUP TO BE MORE HANDS ON WITH HELPING GUIDE, YOU KNOW, SOME FUTURE PROJECTS AND, AND JUST GETTING FEEDBACK ON NEEDS.
LIKE, LIKE I HEARD TODAY, WE NEED MORE, WHAT I WOULD CALL PEDESTRIAN LEVEL LIGHTING AND KIMBALL PARK AND LAS PALM PARK.
IT'S GOING IN AND L 20 ON PARK, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT THESE ARE ALL GOOD.
EVEN THINGS LIKE MORE SIGNAGE FOR, FOR NO OFF LEASE DOGS.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO IN-HOUSE VERY QUICKLY WITH OUR CREW.
I WILL BE DOING MY BEST TO BE AT ALL THESE MEETINGS.
UM, IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST TO, TO, TO LISTEN, UH, TO YOU AND, AND, AND TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND, AND SEE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
GOOD TO COME AND SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, IS THIS A, THIS IS A FIVE FIVE, UM, FIVE MEMBER.
SO WE'RE MISSING A FEW, BUT THIS IS GREAT.
SEE, WE HAD FIVE FOLKS HERE TODAY, BUT NO QUORUM ACROSS OUR VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES CAN BE A CHALLENGE.
BUT APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DEDICATING YOUR, YOUR TIME.
IF, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, UM, HELP THE COMMUNITY AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SERVE, UM, AND, AND PROVIDE US THAT FEEDBACK AS YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
SO REALLY WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
AND, AND MIKE, THANKS FOR STEPPING IN.
MIKE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB THE SHORT TIME HE'S BEEN HERE.
UM, AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER.
SO, UM, I'LL LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH THAT, BUT THANK YOU.
UM, I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN.
SO, UH, SEE THIS INVESTIGATION COUNCIL WON BE, UH, TO, UM, NOT YEAR.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE DID AT, UM, THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, THIS WEEK.
AND, UH, THIS IS DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WHERE WE HAVE, UM, A STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, THAT EACH DEPARTMENTS,
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UM, SHARE, UH, AREAS OF, OF, UH, THEIR, UH, DEPARTMENT.UM, AND THIS IS BASICALLY LINED UP FROM WHEN THEY DID THIS IN 2019.
IT HAD THESE SEVEN STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS AND CAN SEE PARKS AND REC IS DEFINITELY IN THERE.
UM, AND UNDER PARKS AND REC, IT'S, UM, A FEW THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, DE DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM, VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PLANS.
UM, AND I KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC ALSO LINES UP WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
UH, SO FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, THIS EXPLAINS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN THEY, UH, PRESENTED THIS, UH, TO THIS, TO THE PUBLIC, UH, BACK IN 2023.
AND BASICALLY IT'S A HANDS-ON EXERCISE HERE.
UM, SO THIS WAS DONE A FEW YEARS AGO, SO NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF GIVING UPDATES AND FOR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, JUST REPORTING OUT ON, ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE GOALS AND HOW WE LINE UP WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR GOALS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
AND SEE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BASICALLY KIND OF GAVE ME A GOOD SEGUE IS, UM, WE WANNA DO LIKE A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, I'VE DONE THIS A LOT IN COMMUNITIES THAT I'VE, I'VE WORKED IN AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO FIRST IS WORK WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU, YOU ALL KNOW KIND OF ALREADY WHAT THE, WHAT THE SENSE IS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND BEFORE WE START ASKING QUESTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, KIND OF WANNA GET YOUR HELP TO KIND OF SHAPE THE QUESTIONS.
AND SO YOU GUYS ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, I'VE GOT STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A WHILE TOO, AND THEY'LL HELP KIND OF GET, GET US STARTED, BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, BRING THIS, UM, ASSESSMENT BEFORE WE TAKE THAT TO THE PUBLIC.
GET, GET, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR, GET YOUR HELP WITH IT.
UM, AND WHAT'S GOOD, WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT IT'S, IT HELPS US FIND OUT WHERE THE SERVICE GAPS ARE, UM, AND WHAT, WHAT PRIORITIES MATTER MOST TO THE RESIDENTS.
SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
ALSO, I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN THE PAST HERE THAT POLICY VALUATION AND FEES VALUATION, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT ENHANCING SOME OF OUR CONTRACTS AND PARTNERSHIPS, IT'S REALLY TO JUST KIND OF HELP, YOU KNOW, OUR PROGRAM SERVICE DELIVERY.
JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE IS ALREADY DOING SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.
LIKE, I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE ESPORTS AND LITTLE LEAGUE AND PEOPLE SOMETIMES ASK THEIR WIFE, WHY DOES THE CITY DO STUFF LIKE THAT? THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD OFFER PROGRAMMING AT THE LEVEL OF, OF, UH, WHAT THEY DO AND THE ARMY AND VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY HAVE FUNDING THINGS.
SO JUST INCREASING THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN THAT REALLY HELPS ACTIVATE THE PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS AND THE DEPARTMENT ALSO NEEDS REALLY SOME GOOD, UM, JUST STRUCTURE AND STRENGTHENING SOME OF OUR, UH, STAFFING.
JUST, JUST SOME, SOME TEAM BUILDING.
AND, AND YOU ALL KNOW YOU'VE BEEN GETTING UPDATES THIS WHOLE PAST YEAR, SO WE JUST KINDA SHARED SOME REAL HIGH LEVEL THINGS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, FOR WHAT WE DID FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS PAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, OPENING THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, THAT WAS IN JULY AND THEY'VE BEEN ALL NEW CITY RUN PROGRAMS FOR THE PAST.
THEY WERE DONE BY JUST, YOU KNOW, CLUBS AND OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN JUST, UH, HUGE, HUGE DEMAND FOR FOOD.
UM, AND THE NUTRITION CENTER HAS DONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO KEEP UP WITH THE HIGH DEMAND.
AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THEIR JOB IS NOT ONLY DELIVERING HOME MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS, BUT ALSO PROVIDING WELFARE CHECKS WHEN THEY GO THERE.
THEY DON'T JUST DROP FOOD OFF AND RUN THEIR CHECK THE AMOUNT SENIORS.
UM, AND WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRED SOME, SOME OF THE REPORTS, UH, THIS PAST YEAR.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY A NUTSHELL WHAT WE WERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT LAST COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE REALLY FOR, FOR THIS, FOR THIS UPDATE.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I'M GONNA BRING IN MANAGERS AS, UH, AS WE MOVE ON THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PROGRAM, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF TOPICS WE HAVE COMING UP.
UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF A SHORT, UH, SHORT UPDATE FROM THEM.
I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF A PRESENTATION, BUT
SO FIRST PART OF YOUR PURPOSE IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES LAST.
YEAH, I LEFT MEETING WAS SECOND IN OCTOBER.
AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT SOMETHING IN CASE, UM, IT WASN'T, UH, KIND OF EXPLAINED TO THIS COMMISSION, THIS COMMITTEE, UM, IF YOU WEREN'T PRESENT AT A MEETING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM, FROM APPROVING MINUTES.
UM, IT'S REALLY ANYBODY'S JOB TO JUST KIND OF MAKE SURE, LIKE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TYPOS.
THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY EASY MINUTES TO APPROVE 'CAUSE IT REALLY WASN'T A MEETING.
UM, BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE A MEETING HERE, UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE HOME, WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE A, LIKE A KIND OF AAL LIKE A, UM, MINUTES.
SO MY GOAL IS TO TRY TO DO WHAT I CAN TO AVOID Y'ALL AND SHOWING UP WHEN WE KNOW THAT THE HARM'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
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HAVE BY TEXTING Y'ALL, LIKE TODAY JESUS WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE LAST MINUTE.AND IF HE WAS LIKE, IF I KNEW HE WAS ONLY FOUR PEOPLE, LET I TEXTED YOU ALLALL AND SEE IF YOU FROM COMING.
BUT LIKE, WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THEN TO COME.
UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, THIS, THESE ARE YOUR MINUTES NOT MUCH TO
WE CAN, UH, UNLESS YOU OFFER THAT MOTION, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
I'LL SAY, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM YOU HAVE IS, UH, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS,
SO I KNOW THIS IS PRETTY EARLY ON AND I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY FEELS ABOUT HAVING ELECTIONS FOR THIS OR IF THIS IS ANY YOU'D LIKE TO TABLE.
UM, YOU'RE KIND OF PINCH HITTING FOR THE START OF THE PUN FOR, FOR CHAIRING THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW.
UH, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE CHAIR IS RIGHT NOW, SO I JUST, I WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
UM, I MEAN, I BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS, I THINK I VOTED FOR YOU.
NO, WELL, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE VOTED FOR IT OR IF IT WAS, IF I JUST TOOK OVER THAT MEETING FOR THAT DAY.
JOANNE? UH, WHO WAS THAT? THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS, YES.
SO THEN I GUESS I AM THE CHAIR.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAD A VICE CHAIR.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE NO VICE CHAIR RIGHT THERE.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH KIND OF PUTTING OUT LIKE A SLATE.
SO WHERE WE COULD HAVE, IF YOU'RE UP FOR DOING CHAIR AGAIN AND WE COULD ASK FOR SOMETHING TO DO VICE CHAIR AND THEN WE JUST TAKE A VOTE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT.
I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN MAKE MEETINGS.
UM, I MEAN, SHOULD I DO IT BECAUSE IT, I MEAN, SHOULD SOMEONE ELSE CALL IT OR YEAH.
UM, YOU WANNA CALL IT AGAIN? I'LL, I'LL ACTUALLY JUST GO AHEAD AND, UM, I'LL CALL FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND HERE, I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE WE GET IT UNANIM THIS, UH, CALL.
UM, WE'LL MAKE THAT MOTION AND WE JUST NEED TO SEE IF, UH, IF WE DO HAVE ANYONE THAT CAN THAT IS WILLING TO DO VICE CHAIR AND IF NOT, WE COULD JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, TABLE THAT PART FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
AT LEAST HAVE CHAIR FOR ELECTION.
I MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE NEW, SO IT'S KIND OF INTIMIDATING.
UM, WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHAIR OR A VICE CHAIR? YEAH.
SO, UM, YOU'RE BASICALLY IN CHARGE OF JUST RUNNING A MEETING AND I'M, I'M REALLY HERE TO HELP AND I'M TOTALLY STEPPING ON DAN'S TOES THIS FULL MEETING.
BUT, UM, HE'S MORE THAN CAPABLE OF RUNNING A MEETING NOW THAT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT NOW.
SO NORMALLY YOU, YOU, YOU JUST DON'T RUN THROUGH THIS AGENDA.
UM, AND JUST MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF TRUCKING ALONG AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU THE WHOLE WAY AND IF THERE'S ANY LIKE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RULES OF ORDER AROUND ACTIVE I, I CAN REALLY HELP YOU MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WRONG FOR SURE.
IT'S JUST REALLY TO STEPPING ON THE CHAIR CAN, CAN'T MAKE IT TO, BUT AGAIN, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO DO VICE CHAIR, WE CAN WAIT UNTIL WE GET A COUPLE MORE MEMBERS OF THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN WELL, IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN TAKING A VICE CHAIR POSITION? I WOULD.
ANY OTHER, UH, WE CAN VOTE ON A VICE CHAIR, VICE, UM, AS WELL.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, INTERESTED AND I WILL HAVE TO DO, JUST FULL DISCLOSURE, I'LL HAVE TO DO LIKE A, UM, LIKE RECORD WHO VOTED FOR WHO.
SO DON'T, CAN'T DO SECRET BALLOTS ANYMORE.
WORRIED ABOUT WHO'S GONNA FIND OUT WHO VOTED FOR WHO.
ANY OTHER VICE CHAIR NOMINATIONS.
ARE YOU INTERESTED? UM, IT'S OKAY.
SO, UH, MR. CHAIR, UH, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A, UM, A SLATE HERE WOULD BE YOURSELF AS THE CHAIR.
UM, YOU'RE THE VICE CHAIR AND WE JUST NEED A MOTION IN SECOND.
CAN WE GET A MOTION TO KEEP ME AS CHAIR AND I MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP YOU AS CHAIR? I SECOND.
UM, AND SOMETHING THAT I WANNA PROPOSE, UH, WITH THIS ON THE AGENDA, WE MAY NOT, UM, GET TO THIS, THIS MEETING AND GET THE TABLE FOR OTHER MEETINGS.
UM, BUT JUST TRY TO, TRY TO HELP, UM, WITH, WITH HOW BUSY YOU ALL ARE AND, AND POSSIBLY AND POSSIBLY LOOKING AT JUST, UM, DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR, FOR HAVING THESE MEETINGS.
IN YOUR MUNICIPAL CODE IT SAYS THAT YOU ONLY HAVE TO MEET, UM, TWICE A MONTH.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE TO SOMETHING WHERE UM, YOU CAN MEET EITHER ODD MONTHS OR,
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I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY TWICE A MONTH? SORRY.UM, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET EVERY MONTH AND UM, WE COULD PROPOSE WHERE IT'S ODD MONTHS OR EVEN MONTHS OR YOU CAN MIX AND MATCH.
WE CAN DELETE THE CALENDAR AND SEE IF THERE'S CERTAIN MONTHS WHERE WE JUST THINK LIKE, YOU KNOW, THOSE MONTHS AREN'T TYPICALLY THERE.
YEAH, I MEAN JUST MY 2 CENTS I THINK, UM, I THINK OBVIOUSLY DECEMBER WE COULD PROBABLY SKIP BECAUSE CITY IS ISN'T EVEN AROUND ANYWAY.
AND THEN, UM, THAT WOULD BE IT.
I MEAN, NOVEMBER'S QUESTIONABLE 'CAUSE THERE'S STILL THINGS ACTIVELY GOING ON AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ESPECIALLY WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, KIM CHRISTMAS AND WHATNOT.
SO I WOULD SAY WE CAN SKIP DECEMBER FOR SURE AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND ANYONE US INPUT IS WELCOME AND, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVE IT TONIGHT.
SO JUST SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SAY THIS IS OUR NEW CALENDAR, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO POST A CANCELLATION NOTICE FROM SUMMER 'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED OUR, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
AND IF YOU DO END UP MOVING TOWARDS, UM, HAVING LESS MEETINGS, IF WE DO FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S MORE HELPFUL.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FORUM TONIGHT.
SO MAYBE TODAY, SO MAYBE IT'S NOT AN ISSUE, BUT I WAS JUST KIND OF THROWING IT OUT THERE 'CAUSE THERE WERE SOME TIMES IT'S SINCE SEEN PREVIOUSLY HISTORY HISTORICALLY, UM, HAVEN'T NOT HAD ENOUGH FOLKS COME AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR CAN ACTUALLY, UM, CALL FOR OR WE CAN ACTUALLY CALL FOR AND VOTE AND CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING AS WELL.
SO IF THERE WAS SOMETHING EVER CAME UP AND YOU'RE LIKE, YEAH, I GUESS WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A MEETING.
UM, IN BETWEEN WHERE WE DID, LIKE SAY WE DO WANT A MEETING ALL OF A SUDDEN DECEMBER.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON YOUR NORMAL DAY TOO.
YOU COULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON, ON A DIFFERENT TIME.
UM, AND I, I WILL SAY YOU HATE TO BE THE ONE TO BRING ALL THIS UP.
UM, BUT WE DO REPORT BACK TO THE, THE COUNCIL ON THE ATTENDANCE.
AND SO IF IT'S, UH, MORE, IF IT'S THREE CONSECUTIVE, UM, UH, UH, ABSENCES UNEXCUSED, UM, THEY WILL, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD HERE.
SO YOU REALLY, UM, THEY, THEY KNOW YOU'RE MISSED NO MATTER WHAT
SO WE KIND OF SAY WHAT THE, WHAT THE REASON WAS.
UM, BUT THEY, THEY DO HEAR THAT.
AND THEN THAT CAN BE, NOT TO KICK ANYONE OFF, THAT MISSES THINGS UNEXCUSED AND CONSECUTIVELY, BUT THEY, UM, UM, DO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO KICK PEOPLE OFF.
AND THEY, AND THEY DO, IT DOES GET REPORTED ALSO.
THEY, IT DOES GET REPORTED, UM, IF YOU'VE, IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT TO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, 25% OF THE MEETINGS.
SO IF YOU MISS LIKE EVERY OTHER ONE, UM, THAT, THAT COULD BE A TWO.
SO YOU'D HAVE TO MAKE IT TO AT LEAST THREE MEETINGS IN A, IN A WHOLE LIKE CALENDAR, WHICH ISN'T MUCH TO SAY THAT
UM, WITH, WITH THAT KIND OF COMING EVERY MONTH AS IT IS NOW AND HOW SUMMER USUALLY FOR YOU GUYS IS I'M GOOD.
I'M FINALLY MONTHLY THINK IT'S SOMETHING'S NEEDED.
UM, I GUESS JUST MY CONCERN IS, IS JUST LIKE LAST YEAR I FELT LIKE COMMUNICATION FELL OFF THE TABLE.
LIKE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ANYTHING.
AND SO I, AT THE TIME JOANNE WAS IN CHARGE, I WAS EMAILING TO SEE LIKE, ARE WE EVEN STILL MEETING? AM I SHOWING UP FOR NO REASON? I NEVER GOT RESPONSES ON EMAILS ON CALL.
I HAD TO END UP SENDING THE WEBSITE WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THAT'S WHERE I COULD SEE.
UM, SO LIKE I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE TIMES AND THERE WAS NO MEETING.
UM, YEAH, I KNOW I, OCTOBER I HAD SURGERY AND SO
I SPOKE TO DANIEL A FEW TIMES, BUT LIKE SAYING NO, NO COMMUNICATION, I WOULD EMAIL AND NOBODY WOULD EVER RESPOND TO ME.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK I, I'LL SPEAK FOR EVERYONE.
UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY A HUGE DISCONNECT MM-HMM
WITH REGARDS TO THE, THE MINI AND ITS PURPOSE IN PLACE WITHIN THE CITY, CITY HALL IF YOU WANT.
UM, THERE'S BEEN REQUESTS, I MEAN, THE LAST COUPLE MEETINGS KIND OF SEEMED LIKE THEY JUST HAPPENED BECAUSE THEY, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY TOOK PLACE.
UM, THERE WAS THINGS BROUGHT UP THAT WE NEVER HAD FOLLOW UP ON.
UM, AND TRACY WAS ON IT, BUT MM-HMM.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO HAVE AND WE VOTED ON IT TO HAVE THE PLANS AVAILABLE FOR ANY PROJECTS OR FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, ARE ARE SCHEDULED.
WITH THE NATIONAL CITY THAT THE PARKS OR ANYTHING THAT PERTAINS TO PARKS AND REC, UM, SO THAT IT'S READILY, READILY
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AVAILABLE TO US SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING.UM, OTHERWISE WHAT ARE WE MEETING FOR? IF WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE OR THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAPPENING ARE, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE VOTED ON.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD FOR US TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM, MEANING HAVE THEM AVAILABLE, UH, HERE.
UH, THAT JUST, I MEAN, IT WAS ALMOST FIVE TO EVEN REQUEST THAT, UH, FROM TRACY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAD TO DO WITH, HE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO KIND OF SHARE DO THAT OR
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY YES, TRANSFERENCE BIG ONE.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS GIVEN DATES ON THE BATHROOM COMPLETION DATES.
UM, OCTOBER WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THE REASON WHY THERE'S BEEN DELAYS IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE FRAMING'S LEFT OUTTA THE PLANS.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE IS STUFF THAT WAS LEFT OUT.
UM, NOW RECEIVED CREDIT, I DON'T, I KNOW IT'S NOT HIS FAULT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES THAT HAD ARISE.
HAD THOSE THINGS BEEN COMMUNICATED, THEN WE COULD HAVE PLANNED ACCORDINGLY WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO NATIONAL CITY IN PROVIDING REC HALL TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TELL PARENTS THAT WE'LL HAVE THE BATHROOMS UP AND RUNNING BY OCTOBER AND IT'S A SHELL, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE DOING THIS FOR FREE AND NOT BEING PAID AND, YOU KNOW, NOW THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE FAITH IN WHATEVER WE SAY.
BUT I THINK TAKING THESE STEPS TO PERHAPS HAVE THE PLANS IN FRONT OF US SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AND SEE FOR OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, I CAN READ, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M LISTENING.
I WOULD'VE THOUGHT IT MYSELF SAYS, HEY, WHERE'S THE FRAMING? YOU KNOW, SIMPLE AS THAT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE SEE SOMETHING WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIGHTING, LIGHTING IS MISSING AND THEY'RE DOING THESE NEW A DA WALKWAYS, WELL WHY AREN'T YOU PUTTING LIGHT? THAT'S PART OF IT.
IF YOU'RE EXCLUDING IT, YOU'RE GONNA TEAR IT OUT AND ADD LIGHTING AFTER THE FACT.
ALSO, LIKE MORE ON THINGS LIKE SAME THING MISSING, SAME THING.
THE ELK ON THING, YOU CAN BLAME IT ON IT NOT BEING FLAT.
BUT THERE'S OTHER ISSUES AS WELL, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO LIGHTING TRANSPARENCY, THAT'S KEY.
I MEAN, COMMUNICATION TRANSPARENCY IS KEY.
WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD THIS COMMITTEE, UM, IT WAS IN A VERY QUIET GROUP.
I THINK I OPENED MY MOUTH TOO MANY TIMES WHEN PEOPLE STARTED FOLLOWING ALONG AND THEN EVERYONE BECAME MORE VOCAL, WHICH WAS A GOOD THING.
WE WANT, WE WANT PEOPLE TO PARTAKE AND, AND, AND, AND WE WANT SOME IMPROVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF AND YOU AND I CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT WERE REQUESTED OR THAT WERE VOTED ON THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED, BUT STILL HAVE NOT.
UM, BUT I CAN UPDATE YOU ON THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM.
NOT ONLY THAT, THEN THAT WAY WE CAN ALSO BE WORKING WITH YOU AND YOU'RE NOT JUST TAKING UP A SEAT LIKE IN THE PAST AND JUST KIND OF DOING THIS MEETING BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE JOB.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ACTUALLY WANNA GET GET IT DONE HERE, WHICH I'M SOOK ABOUT.
AND I WOULD SAY I SECTION RIGHT.
UM, AND I THINK ONE OF THE, THE BIGGEST THINGS IS MAKING THIS, UM, YOU JUST SAID THE WORD RIGHT MOUTH, JUST MAKING THIS MEANINGFUL FOR, FOR THIS COMMISSION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YOU COMING HERE FOR? RIGHT? AND, AND THAT COULD ALSO BE SHOWN YOU TELLING NOT JUST THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
BUT, UM, WHAT I, WHAT I WILL POSE AS WE KIND OF GET, GET THINGS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IS, YOU KNOW, DOING A WORK PLAN SO THAT WE CAN SHOW LIKE, THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMISSIONER'S DOING FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE'LL REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN HEAR IT RIGHT FROM YOU.
LIKE, HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING? YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS MISSION, THIS COMMITTEE, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING AND, AND WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON? UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN KIND OF MISSING HERE.
COUNCIL HEARS HIS RIGHT FROM YOUR GUYS, UM, YOUR VOICE.
UM, SO AS OF NOW, I THINK WE CAN JUST SKIP DECEMBER, UM,
UM, AND THEN LIKE I SAID, WE CAN ALWAYS TALK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.
WE FIND A MEETING THAT JUST DOESN'T, DOESN'T HAVE
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ENOUGH ITEMS FOR WE'RE ON A MEETING AND WE CAN CANCEL DUE, JUST LACK AGENDA ITEMS. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF GOOD STUFF TOGETHER.JUST WHEN WE CAN KIND OF COME UP WITH A WORK PLAN AND PUT THESE THINGS DOWN ON PAPER.
UM, THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE SOME MEANINGFUL MEETINGS THERE.
AND I THINK I CAN ALSO JUST SEND YOU OUT, UH, UPDATES, UM, THAT DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS MEETING.
WE HAVE, WE, WE HAVE WEEKLY, NOT WEEKLY, WE HAVE AT LEAST MONTHLY UPDATES THAT GO TO COUNCIL WITH THAT COME FROM OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND THOSE GUYS I CAN SHARE 'CAUSE THEY'RE VITAL, YOU KNOW, AND THEY JUST HAVE 'EM.
SO YOU'LL GET MORE FREQUENT UPDATES FROM ME THAT WAY.
UM, THEN IT'LL SAVE TIME FROM THIS MEETING TO YOU ON JUST HEAR SURE.
NUMBERS AND ON, YOU CAN JUST READ THAT ON YOUR OWN TIME.
UH, SO IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH, UM, CALLING FOR A MOTION A SECOND FOR JUST THE 2026 CALENDAR, WE WILL EXCLUDE DECEMBER.
UH, YEAH, IF EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH, UH, SKIPPING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER IN THE 2026 CALENDAR, UM, ANY MOTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT? I MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, BE DECEMBER
MOTION PASSED MS. AND THAT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE, UM, IN, BECAUSE WE MOVED THIS
UM, YEAH, SO UNLESS ANYONE ELSE HAS, I KNOW THIS.
LOOK, I, LET'S JUST TAKE THIS SECOND IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY MORE INPUT.
UM, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, BUT YOU KIND OF MENTIONED LIKE, IF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PARK RANGER THING, LIKE WHAT DO WE USE
SO COUNCIL POLICY 1 0 5, I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO THE WHOLE GROUP SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF LIKE, JUST KNOW HOW THAT WORKS TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UM, AND IT BASICALLY ALLOWS US TIME TO JUST DO SOME RESEARCH SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I'LL HAVE MORE MEANINGFUL MEETINGS WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DISCUSSION.
SO I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY AND THAT'LL HELP YOU WITH ANY, ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS YOU WANNA HAVE PLACED ON
SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT GOES ON THIS MEETING'S AGENDA FOR LIKE NO.
THAT YOU, YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU CAN, UM, I MEAN, YOU COULD, YOU COULD JUST DO PUBLIC SPEAKING, A PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN YOU CAN, UM, SUGGEST MAKE THAT SUGGESTION THERE.
IF ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TAKES IT AND WANTS TO TURN IT INTO AN AGENDA ITEM, THEN IT'LL START GETTING DISCUSS.
THAT'S PROBABLY WILL BE THE QUICKEST WAY TO GET.
AND I THINK HEARING FROM THIS, UM, THIS BODY, UM, FIRST, YOU KNOW, TO BRING IT FORWARD TO THEM WOULD BE HELPFUL.
BUT WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION HERE FIRST.
UM, AND I CAN WORK WITH YOU IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA HAVE PLACED ON, ON A FEATURE AGENDA.
AND WOULD THAT THAT BE THE SAME PROCESS IF WE HAD A RESIDENT COME IN AND LIKE ASK FOR SOMETHING? YEAH, SO SAME PROCESS.
SO SAY, UM, THERE WAS A MEMBER THAT HAD SPOKE AND THEN THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RESONATED WITH YOU, THEN YOU COULD, YOU COULD WORK WITH ME ON PUTTING A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ON.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF PROCESS TO, TO GET AN ITEM ON AGENDA.
UM, BUT I'M SURE THIS BODY WILL WILL PROVE MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT, BASED ON THE AGENDA, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS PRETTY, YOU KNOW, IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER.
I, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO HOW COUNCIL PUTS THEIR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
SO DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET TO A COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE SOONER THAN WE CAN? SO I ALWAYS SAY THAT EVERYTHING THAT I WOULD BRING TO COUNCIL FROM BRINGING THROUGH THIS COMMISSION FIRST.
BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE AND YOU KNOW, LIKE THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S ALSO WHY I WANNA GET THIS LIKE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT DONE TOO.
SO WE CAN SHOW LIKE, HEY, NOT ONLY IN THE COMMISSION, BUT WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THIS IS, THESE ARE THE CONCERNS AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES OVER THE YEARS AND NOT EVERY CITY, YOU KNOW, MODEL WORKS HERE.
SO WHEN THEY ASK ME LIKE, WHAT IS YOUR IDEAS? LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT ARE THE COMMUNITY'S IDEAS AND HOW I, I'M THE IMPLEMENTER.
SO, BUT IT'S A GREAT, GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK THIS, THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO START.
AND I HAVE HAD OVERSEEING PARK RANGERS IN MULTIPLE OTHER CITIES, I HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.
UM, THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT MODELS EVERYWHERE.
I'VE SEEN POLICE RANGERS THAT'S NOT JUST PARK RANGERS.
SO AGAIN, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE MORE.
GIMME THAT OFF YOU THAT, OH, THE ONLY OTHER THING REALLY QUICK IS, UH, I'VE, I'VE PLAYED PICKLEBALL LIKE IN OTHER, OTHER PARKS THAT HAVE 'EM.
AND I'M CURIOUS, LIKE FOR THE RULES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SORT OF A SIGN FOR THE NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS IN LJ ON, I'M CURIOUS LIKE HOW THOSE ARE GETTING DEVELOPED AND LIKE, CAN I HAVE A PART IN LIKE DECIDING WHAT THEY ARE? I'LL FIND OUT.
SO I'VE BEEN TO DIFFERENT PARKS WHERE SOME RULES ARE LIKE, THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE, BUT ANOTHER GOAL.
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I MEAN, WE HAVE ONE MORE THING.UM, DID, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ACTUALLY KNOW THE ACTUAL PROCESSES AND ARE VERY, BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN OR CAN'T DO.
OR EVEN JUST LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS, HOW MANY WE NEED TO ATTEND OR WHATNOT.
BUT I FEEL LIKE IN TERMS OF LIKE REPORTING ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR, LIKE THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION AT SOME POINT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR IS ACTUALLY REFLECTIVE OF COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE IT JUST FELL OFF.
LIKE, I FEEL LIKE IT MAKES SENSE TO LIKE REALLY ENFORCE AND TALK ABOUT IT THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR WHEN WE JUST DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH ANY OKAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE, MIKE.
I JUST, I WANNA SAY JUST KUDOS TO YOU BECAUSE I FELT LIKE WHEN I, WHEN I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM HIM, I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WAIT, HUH? AND YOU, YOU WHO? AND I'M LIKE, I'M NEVER TALKED TO ANYONE BECAUSE IT HAD
LIKE, IT HAD, IT IS HARD TO, TO COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW? AND LIKE, UM, DANIEL SAID LIKE, THE ONLY WAY I FOUND OUT WAS EITHER I HAD TO COME HERE OR I GOT ONLINE.
I'M LIKE, WAIT, WHAT? SO WHEN WERE WE GONNA GET A EMAIL OR A TEXT MESSAGE? YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU.
LIKE, THE, THE LAST TIME HE WAS LIKE, WELL, WE HAD TO CANCEL.
SO, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I JUST, I KNOW HOW VALUABLE YOUR TIMES ARE, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THESE ARE, THESE ARE MEANINGFUL.
UM, AND I, I'VE HAD MY EXPERIENCE DOING THIS, SO IT'S, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO, TO TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT AND, AND HELP YOU KIDS GET TO WHERE YOUR GOALS ARE.
I CAN JUST SEE HOW PASSIONATE THIS GROUP IS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE WITH WHAT WE WANT, WHAT YOU WANT.
JUST A, JUST A CLEAN ONE PLACE TO JUST NEED AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
IT'S YOU COUNCIL NOT REPRESENT PEOPLE OVERALL.
LIKE THEY SAID, THEY STATED TRANSPARENCY IS THE COMMUNICATION IS KEY.
WE CAN GET A LOT DONE, WE WANNA GET A LOT DONE.
I FEEL LIKE IF THE COMMUNITY KNEW HOW SERIOUS OR HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR US TO HAVE CLEAN RESTROOMS OR HAVE THAT SAFETY THERE, IF THEN THESE KIDS OR THESE PEOPLE THAT WAS COMING IN TO VANDALIZE THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, THEY WOULD SEE, WAIT A MINUTE, THEY CARE.
I MEAN, TO THAT, UM, I, I MEAN I'VE OFFERED, I MET, I DON'T HAVE A LOT, MY LIFE IS ON THE FIELDS.
BASICALLY FROM JANUARY THROUGH TO, YOU KNOW, END OF JULY, AUGUST I'VE OFFERED, GAVE ME A SET OF KEYS.
I MEAN, I, I'M DOING IT ANYWAY.
CHECKING THE SHEDS, CHECKING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SNACK SHACK S ONCE I LOCK UP THE BATHROOM, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM WE HAD LAST YEAR WAS THEY WERE LOCKED WHEN WE HAD BATHROOMS. WE'RE LOCKING 'EM AT THREE O'CLOCK.
YOU GOT A GAME AT SEVEN 30, PEOPLE DON'T GET THERE FIVE O'CLOCK.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES EASY IS GIMME A SET OF KEYS.
I'M EXCITED THAT LOS PALM IS GONNA GET BATHROOMS. BUT LIKE, ELON GOT NEW BATHROOMS AND THE SAME THING THAT STEVE SAID ABOUT KIMBALL IS LIKE, MY DAD WOULD, HE'D GO IN THE MORNING, HE SAID LIKE ONE MORNING HE'LL TALK TO THE PARK GUYS AND LIKE BATHROOMS ARE CLEAN.
LIKE WHEN HE GOES TO WALK 'EM AGAIN TWO HOURS LATER, THEY'RE ALREADY DIRTY, VANDALIZED.
SO I'M EXCITED LOS PALMS IS GONNA HAVE THE NEW BATHROOMS, BUT LIKE, I'M WORRIED THAT, WELL, AND I THINK THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, MAYBE THE POLICE COMING AROUND, EVEN EVEN SOME OF THE UH, PARKS PARK GUYS COMING AROUND, YOU KNOW, AND NOT JUST DRIVING AROUND AND LEAVING OUT, LIKE GET OUT THE CAR, WALK AROUND.
BUT I MEAN, I'LL DO MY PART AS WELL.
I'LL, I CAN LOCK UP, I CAN MAKE SURE THINGS ARE, THERE'S SOMETHING TO REPORT.
I CAN REPORT IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE, YOU KNOW.
UM, HECK WE EVEN KNOWN THERE BEFORE GAMES AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE DECENT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF TOWN THAT, THAT ARE GONNA BE UTILIZING THAT.
SO, SO I MEAN, I DON'T MIND DOING THAT, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHY.
UM, ARE THERE CAMERAS IN LOS PALMS? NO, I MEAN THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS WELL AS PEOPLE ARE GOING IN VANDALIZING IT SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET THEM ON CAMERA AND OR LIKE ONE OF THOSE TOWERS MM-HMM
THE LITTLE POLICE TOWER CAN WORK NOW WE'RE REALLY GETTING INTO IT.
I MEAN WALMART HAS THEM LIKE WHY NOT? AND IT'S ALREADY YEAH.
WHY NOT THAT PART? ANYHOW, UM, I THINK EVERYONE'S READY TO GO HOME, SO, UM, IF ANYONE WANTS A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING, I'LL MAKE MOTION TO ADJOURN
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THE MEETING.THANK YOU ALL, ALL I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU, MIKE.