[Parks Recreation & Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (PRSCAC) on March 20, 2025.]
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WE ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.
AND WHY DON'T YOU START US OFF.
ALLEGIANCE STOOD BLACK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANCE? NATION, ONE NATION, OUR IN LIBERTY.
DID YOU CALL THE ROLL? OH, GO AHEAD.
YOU YOU WANT TO OR YOU WANT ME TO? YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL CHAIR FIRST.
SHE DOESN'T, I MISSED A COUPLE MEETINGS.
SO, ANY PRESENTATIONS? WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU TODAY.
UM, WE WILL IN THE FUTURE, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR PARTS AND THE RECREATIONAL PROGRAM PLAN, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO GO RIGHT TO CITY, UH, REPORTS, IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
UH, AND SO, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF A LITTLE BIT.
I'M THE INTERIM, UH, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR NATIONAL CITY.
I WAS THE FORMER, UH, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE OF CHULA VISTA.
I SERVED THERE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.
UH, PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE US OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER, AND I WORKED FOR THE US OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FOR A LITTLE OVER 30 YEARS.
UH, AND, UH, THEN I WAS A COACH BEFORE THAT AND AN ATHLETE, UH, WHO GOT A CHANCE TO REPRESENT THIS COUNTRY.
I DO, I'M FROM ORIGINALLY UPSTATE NEW YORK, A LITTLE TOWN CALLED LAKE PLAD, NEW YORK.
MY BACKGROUND IS WINTER OLYMPICS.
UH, BUT I GOT ASKED ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO TO COME OUT TO CHULA VISTA AND THEY SWITCHED ME FROM WINTER SPORTS TO SUMMER SPORTS.
SO THAT WAS QUITE THE EDUCATION COMING FROM SOMEPLACE WHERE A FEW WEEKS AGO, IT WAS 20 BELOW AND, AND A LOT OF SNOW.
AND TO NOW JUST BE OUT HERE WITH ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN, UH, VERY ENTERTAINING.
I'M HERE TO TRY TO, UH, SHARE MY EXPERIENCES, UH, MY BACKGROUND IN COACHING.
UH, I TRY TO DO THAT, BUT THE TEAMS I LEAD AND HOW I WORK IS TEAM DYNAMICS.
AND SO HOPEFULLY I CAN BRING THAT TO NATIONAL CITY AND, AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE WEEKS, A LITTLE OVER GOING ON THREE WEEKS.
AND, UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT YOU AND, AND, AND AS WE'VE GROWN TOGETHER, WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE THIS TIME OUT TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? JESUS.
AND ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF? JESUS.
I'M WORKING RIGHT NOW AT THE NAVAJO MEDICAL CENTER IN BALBOA, UH, SUPERVISOR.
AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON I'M WORKING IN THE, UH, CITY OF SAN DIEGO PARKS AND RECREATION TOO.
I'M SO, I JUST JOINED THE COMMITTEE.
UH, I'M A PROJECT MANAGER FOR A CALIFORNIA CREDIT UNION.
UM, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I'M PARK SUPERVISOR AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 26 YEARS NOW.
I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
I'M ALSO A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND LOAN OFFICER.
WHAT I DO FOR LIVING, UM, I'M ALSO THE, UH, THE LITTLE LEAGUE, WELL, THE LITTLE LEAGUES HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF POLITICAL LEAGUES.
UM, MY SECOND YEAR AS PRESIDENT NOR MCMAINS, I'VE BEEN HERE LONG TIME RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY TOO, LIKE ABOUT 60 YEARS
SO, AND I'VE BEEN IN THE PARK AND REC COMMITTEE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND, AND IT'S, UH, VERY FULFILLING IF WE CAN GET THINGS DONE, WHICH SOMETIMES WE DO GET A BLOCK, BUT NEVERTHELESS WE
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DO NEEDAND, UM, JOSEPH, UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION.
I'M A STUDENT AT SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND I'M HERE TO CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH AS I CAN.
AND LASTLY, POINTED RECREATION SUPERVISOR FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES ACADEMY.
CAN WE GET REPORT THEN FROM YOU, VICTOR, AND YOUR, YOU CAN GET OUT AND REPORT IF YOU GUYS WANNA GO REAL QUICK, JUST, JUST TO, WE SKIP, ARE WE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT? I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE.
IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
YOUR CALL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL, THAT WAS ITEM SEVEN, BUT WE CAN MOVE IT UP.
NO, WE WE'RE RIGHT NOW JUST AT NUMBER THREE, STAFF REPORTS.
BUT WE CAN MOVE SEVEN IF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, I HANDED OUT OUR REPORT IF YOU GUYS WANT KIND OF SKIM THROUGH IT, WHAT CAN DONE MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE CONSTANTLY GOING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR MAINTENANCE AND, AND, UH, KIND OF TREE TAKING OF THE PARTS, YOU KNOW, THE USUAL STUFF.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN, WE GOT HAMMERED A COUPLE STORES COMING IN LAST, UH, FOUR WEEKS.
KIND OF BUSY WITH, YOU KNOW, BACK THAT.
BUT FOR US, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH YOU ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE OF IT, UNLESS WE GET SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.
UH, BUT THERE'S KIND LIKE A, A BREAKDOWN.
WE, ANYBODY, ANY QUESTION YOU TROUBLE WITH FLOODING,
UH, THAT WAS, UH, THE FIRST STORM.
FIRST STORM THAT CAME THROUGH, UH, MAJOR.
I THINK LITTLE WEEK HAD OPENING DAY THAT WEEKEND.
THEY HAD TO CANCEL, POSTPONE OR RIGHT.
BUT, UH, NOTHING WE COULD, NOTHING PRETTY MUCH REDO THAT, THOSE FIELDS OVER THE WATER.
'CAUSE I LIVE RIGHT UP ABOVE THOMAS.
AND WE HAVE ALL THESE LOVELY DEAD TUMBLEWEEDS.
ARE YOU GOING TO GET RID OF THOSE? WE'LL TAKE CARE OF DEAD TUMBLEWEEDS.
BECAUSE I FELL INTO ONE, ONE TIME AND I THINK I STILL HAVE THIS SCAR, SO I'M STARTING TO PICK UP TRASH OVER THERE.
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT, WHICH I DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? YEAH.
REGARDING THE DRAINAGE MM-HMM
UM, I MEAN, I SPOKE TO, I SPOKE TO GARY OVER AT, UH, KIMBALL.
THEY HAD SAID THAT THE, THEY REQUESTED THAT THE DRAINAGE BE CLEARED TO AVOID THE BLOOD COMING.
UM, BUT APPARENTLY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
UM, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? SO YOU CAN BE PROACTIVELY READY FOR WHEN THESE, THE CHANGING WEATHER COMES.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, CLEARING OUT THE EXISTING DRAINAGE COULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY FIX IF SOMEONE GOT IN THERE AND CLEARED UP THE DEBRIS.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE AND MAYBE KIND OF START DOING, BEING MORE PROACTIVE? WELL, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO AS FAR AS THE DRAIN, RIGHT? WE'RE PARKED, SO WE'RE NOT SUPER SLOW.
BUT, UM, THAT DRAIN DID GET CLEANED UP.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LOW LEAF FIELD.
THEY GOT CLEANED UP A WEEK BEFORE THAT.
NOW WITH SO MUCH WATER AND SO MUCH THAT GOT BACKED UP, IM, WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT WATER HAD NOWHERE GO THAT WAS ALL BACKED UP, RIGHT? SO, UM, IT GOT CLEANED.
IT JUST, I KNOW THE DRAINS GOT CLEANED, BUT THE ACTUAL LINE, THE SEWER LINES DIDN'T GET CLEARED OUT.
SO ALL THAT, ALL THAT LINE LEADS UP TO THE RIGHT, TO THAT, TO THE CHANNEL PAX STREET.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT, THAT REALLY HAS NOWHERE TO GO.
SO IT KIND OF STATES TO ALL THAT WATER KIND OF FLOWS.
UH, SO I MEAN THAT, THAT WOULD BE LIKE A SEWER KIND OF ISSUE.
WE DIDN'T CALL 'EM IN, THEY DID CLEAN 'EM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THEY WENT DOWN THE LINE.
UH, BUT IT WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS BACKED UP WITH DIRT, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT, THEY GOT QUITE A BIT OF DIRT OUT OF THERE.
WE THOUGHT IT, WE THOUGHT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK CARE OF THE SITUATION APPARENTLY.
YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THERE THAT THEY DIDN'T CLEAR.
BUT AGAIN, THERE WAS SO MUCH WATER THAT IT COULDN'T REALLY DRAIN, DRAIN QUICK ENOUGH.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? VICTOR PARKS, RED ROSA, NOTHING FOR YOU.
AND WE ARE, WE DID ORDER DIRT FOR THAT.
UM, I'M STILL WAITING ON THE SAME PILE OF DIRT FILLING
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THE HOLES IN THESO I CAN FILL IN GOPHER HOLES.
THAT'S GOING TO A TWO YEAR LONG ONGOING REQUEST THAT HASN'T BEEN BILL.
UM, I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR ABOUT IT.
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD, THAT'S AN EASY ONE.
THAT SHOULD BE, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US WHEN WE FIRST MADE THE REQUEST, YOU KNOW, OVER TWO YEARS AGO,
UM, IT'S A SIMPLE, DON'T PUT DIRT PILE DIRT.
SO BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE GAMES BEFORE PRACTICE, WE CAN GO PATCH UP ALL THE BILLABLES TO MAKE SURE KIDS DON'T TWIST AN ANKLE.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT.
WELL THE INFIELD MISS GOT ORDERED WAITING ON DELIVERY DAY.
WE'LL GET THAT AND THEN WE'RE HAVE TO PLACE NO FOR TOP ORDER.
IT A LITTLE AND I'M GOPHERS I GO START THERE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
WE CAN'T, IT'S HARD TO CONTROL 'EM.
NO, WE'LL DO THE WORK TO PATCH THE HOLES.
YOU JUST NEED, WE NEED DIRT RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL GET, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
JUST, UM, BEFORE YOU GET TO 8 0 5, IS THAT US OR HOW FENCE IS HE DOING WITH THE WORK? 16 BEFORE WE GET TO THE 8 0 5.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IN AND OUT, THAT WHOLE NO, THAT'S PLAZA.
16TH WHEN YOU'RE HEADING TOWARDS, UM, EAST.
AND USED TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SIZED HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO'S DOING THE WORK.
IT'S YOU OR IF IT'S CAL TRACK, THE ONE, THE ONE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO, UH, THE INTERNET ALL THE WAY UP TO 16.
WELL, YEAH, THAT'S THAT FRONT COUCH JACK COUCH.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THAT DRAINAGE DITCH SITUATION ON EUCLID AND, UH, PLAZA? OH, THE HOMELESS SITUATION? NO, MORE LIKE THE, THE PLANNING AND WHATEVER THAT YOU'RE DOING DOWN THERE.
YEAH, RIGHT IN THAT CORNER THAT THEY YEAH.
THAT, I THINK THAT GOT REDONE WHERE I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE OVER THAT CORNER THERE.
WE HAVEN'T MADE THE FINAL WALKTHROUGH, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT GET TURNED OVER TO US.
I THINK THE CORNER RIGHT THERE IS NOW, UH, DOWN, IT'S A SEMI PARK FOR THE FILIPINO RIGHT THERE, THE CORNER OF
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S A CLE CORNER PLAZA BOULEVARD, RIGHT? YEAH.
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM, UM, AUTO ZONE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
PLUS, UH, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF, UH, PLAZA AND EUCLID THERE.
AND THAT DRAINAGE DITCH THERE IS NOT HAVING A PROBLEM ANYMORE, IS IT? NO, I, THEY REMOVE ALL THE GRAPES FROM THERE, SO YEAH.
IT, THEY, THEY ARE LAWSUITS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR VICTOR? JUST THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? NO, NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
'CAUSE WHEN I'M DRIVING, I'M NOT LOOKING THAT CLOSE, BUT I DON'T THINK SO.
I, I HAVEN'T BEEN FILE, I'VE BEEN GOING DOWN
DO HAVE A REC REPORT? IT IS ALREADY FIXED AND NO, UH, HOMELESS PEOPLE.
SO IN THE REC SIDE, UH, WE DO HAVE THE FAB PROGRAM, WHICH IS 58 AND BETTER PROGRAM AND THE MLK, BUT THEY ARE SOON TRANSITIONING ONTO THEIR NEW CENTER.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC DATES, BUT WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF WHAT'S COMING WITH THAT.
UM, UH, THE SENIOR PROGRAM ALSO HAD A VIRTUAL REALITY, UH, EVENT TODAY, UH, SENIORS GET TO ENJOY, UH, TO TRAVEL VIRTUALLY TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE FEELING FIT CLUB STILL HAPPENING, AND ONCE THEY MOVED TO THE NEW CENTER, THEY'LL HAVE NEW HOURS POSTED AS WELL.
UM, THE CASA IS OFFERING THE FIRST EVER NATIONAL CITY MUSIC PROGRAM, AND THEY HAVE A SHOWCASE THIS SATURDAY.
UM, IF YOU WANNA COME AND SUPPORT THEM, IT'S FREE AND LEMME SEE TIME, BUT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A TIME BEFORE WE LEAVE.
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AT THIS SATURDAY.UH, SO IS ALSO BUILDING A YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM THAT IS CALLED YEP.
AND IT BASICALLY, UH, VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR TEENS 13 AND 17.
AND THEY'RE GONNA GET MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS SO THAT IT'S RELATED TO COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE AND FSA, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, RESUME COVER LETTERS, WORKSHOPS, AND SO ON.
SO THE TEAM AT
UH, AND THEN, UH,
THEY ARE GONNA HAVE THE SPRING BREAK FUND PROGRAM, AND THAT IS FOR EIGHT TO 17 YEARS OLD, IS A TWO WEEK PROGRAM.
UH, IT STARTS MARCH 24TH TO APRIL 4TH, AND IT'S FROM 12:00 PM TO 6:00 PM IT IS A FREE PROGRAM.
UM, THE, UH,
PATRICK'S DAY PARADE THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND.
UM, SO THE KIDS WERE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THEIR, THEIR ACTIVITIES DURING THE PARADE.
UH, THE MACHO HAS A NEW PROGRAM.
IT IS FOR CHILDREN'S TWO, THREE YEARS OLD.
IT IS A MOMMY AND ME, OR PARENT AND ME PROGRAM.
THE PARENT GETS TO STAY IN THE PROGRAM FOR AN HOUR AND THEY BASICALLY DO ALL THE MESSY STUFF THAT MAYBE PARENTS DON'T WANT 'EM DOING AT HOME.
SO THEY HAVE FUN AND THEY, THEY JUST GET ALL THEIR ENERGY OUT DURING THAT HOUR.
WE ALSO HAVE YOGA CLASSES HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
WE HAVE IN THE MORNING, NINE TO 10, 10 11, UM, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY.
AND THEN TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS WE HAVE 'EM IN THE EVENINGS, FIVE TO SIX AND SATURDAYS 11 TO 12.
WE ALSO HAVE BASKETBALL AND SOCCER GOING ON.
THAT SCHOOL, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, SOCCER, TUESDAY, THURSDAY.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, AND THOSE CLASSES ARE SUCCESSFULLY RUNNING STILL.
AND WE HAVE OUR FITNESS ROOM, WHICH WE OFFER FREE MEMBERSHIP FOR RESIDENTS OF NASHVILLE CITY.
AND, UH, IT'S A SMALL FITNESS GROUP, BUT THEY, THEY GET A BENEFIT OUT OF IT.
WE ALSO JUST ORDER A SMITH MICHIGAN THERE, SO PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THAT AS WELL.
UM, MLK COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOT
SO WE HAVE AN, UH, FRIDAY NIGHT SALSA SOCIAL CLASS, AND IT IS A $11 PROGRAM FOR OUR WHOLE SEASON.
AND EVERY OTHER FRIDAY ADULTS COME AND TAKE A SALSA PROGRAM AND THEY GET TO SOCIALIZE AND JUST HAVE FUN.
WE ALSO ARE OFFERING CHOREOGRAPHY SERVICES FOR ANYONE GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE A WEDDING AT
UH, WE HAVE CHOREOGRAPHY SERVICES WITH OUR DANCE INSTRUCTOR.
THEY CAN HELP 'EM PUT TOGETHER THEIR WALL.
THERE'S A PRIZE DANCE AND THEY GET TO PERFORM IT IN FRONT OF THEIR FAMILIES WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR EVENT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF OUR HIP HOP CLASSES GOING ON STILL.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE AGE GROUPS FOR A WHILE.
WE WERE STRUGGLING TO GET OUR TEENS TO COME, BUT WE HAVE THREE TEAMS CONSISTENTLY COMING.
AND WE ARE STILL WORKING ON BRINGING OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, TEAMS TO COME AND JOIN AND THROUGH, ACTUALLY THROUGH OUR CHOREOGRAPHY SERVICES WITH OUR RAS, THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT OUR CHIEF PROGRAM, UH, HIP HOP TEAM PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE BUILDING OUR TEAM COMMITTED TO OUR PROGRAM.
SO AS WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, OBVIOUSLY WITH SPRING BREAK, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP SUPPORT PARENTS.
WE NEED TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO CONTINUE TO BE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, BUT TO STILL LEARN AND GROW AND A SOCIAL SETTING.
SO, UH, BOTH, ALL THE, THE TWO REC CENTERS ARE PROVIDING THE PROGRAMS. IT'S, WE JUST HIGHLIGHTED.
AND IT'S REALLY JUST A TO BE THAT SERVICE THAT, BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE NOW THAT BOTH PARENTS NEED TO WORK AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT SAFETY NET TO GIVE THEM A SAFE ALTERNATIVE, UM, AND A AND A WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THAT ENVIRONMENT REALLY SPECIAL.
UM, TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER AND EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET THAT OPEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT LIKE ANYTHING, WE WANT TO DO IT CORRECT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE AND THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE REQUESTED, UH, AS FAR AS LIKE SOME SAME, SOME FAUCETS AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE USERS ON THE LONG TERM.
AND WE DON'T WANNA, THERE WERE SOME CHANGE ORDERS.
WE WANT TO GET THE CHANGE ORDERS COMPLETED BEFORE WE ACCEPT THE KEYS.
AND SO UNTIL THAT, UH, CONTRACTOR ADMITS TO THAT AND WE GET SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR US LEGALLY, A BINDING DOCUMENT, WHICH WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HESITANT.
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WERE TARGETING A SOFT OPEN APRIL 1ST.THERE'S STILL A COUPLE THINGS OUTSTANDING AND WE'RE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS TRYING TO GET THOSE IN A SIGNED DOCUMENT.
AND IF WE GET IT, THEN WE CAN DO A SOFT OPENING.
BUT IF WE DON'T GET IT, I, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA GET.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA ACTUALLY ON WHEN.
YEAH, I GOTTA GO COACH SOFTBALL.
UH, SO THAT'S THE, THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, BEEN THROUGH IT A COUPLE TIMES.
IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL AREA FOR OUR SENIORS AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO SHARE.
UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A MODERN, VERY OPEN, VERY CLEAN, UH, ENVIRONMENT FOR THE SENIORS RIGHT ACROSS FROM WHERE THE SENIOR DINING IS.
AND SO TALKING ABOUT SENIOR DINING, UM, OUR NUMBERS ARE JUST AMAZING.
IF YOU LOOK AT JANUARY, OVER 4,300 MEALS SERVED, UH, NON-SENIOR MILLS ARE 283, UH, AS FAR AS SENIOR MILLS THAT ARE FOR RESIDENTS.
SO RESIDENT MEALS WAS 3000, UH, 4,300 NON, UH, SENIOR MILLS WAS 2 83.
HOME DELIVERY, OVER 1500 TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS REALLY GONE UP, UH, VOLUNTEER HOURS.
PEOPLE THAT COME TO HELP THE CITY THAT WANT TO BE PART OF THIS.
OVER 224, UH, VOLUNTEER HOURS WERE LONG.
BUT LISTEN, THE NUMBERS STILL.
4,159 MALES WERE, SIR, I MEAN, STILL BIG NUMBERS.
UH, NON-SENIOR MEALS SERVED OVER 200.
HOME DELIVERY STILL AT THE 1500 AND VOLUNTEER HOURS DOWN TO ONE 30.
COPY IS SERVED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON SITE.
UH, IF YOU GO BY THERE, YOU'LL SEE THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE SCHEDULED FROM 11 TO 1230.
BUT RECENTLY THERE'S BEEN A HUGE INFLUX OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP EARLY.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THIS REALLY, THIS IS AN ASSET FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY TO HAVE THIS MEALS AND WHAT ARE MEALS? THEY'RE THE SOCIAL, IT'S REALLY ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER SOCIALLY, RIGHT? MEALS BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
IT'S WHAT WE DO WITH FAMILY AND EVERYTHING.
SO FOR OUR SENIORS, THIS IS A REAL SOCIAL OUTING FOR THEM.
SO THEY'RE SHOWING UP EARLIER AND WE'RE REALLY, UH, FILLING UP AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE DOING OVER 300 MEALS A DAY TO HIT THESE NUMBERS.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPENING A LITTLE EARLIER.
WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT AS, YOU KNOW, IN JANUARY, MARIA WRIGHT RETIRED.
UH, THE REASON I'M WEARING A TIE IS I WAS AN INTERVIEW TODAY TO TRY TO GET A, UH, NEW MANAGER, UH, FOR THE, THE NUTRITIONAL CENTER FOR SENIORS.
SO WE HAD OUR INTERVIEWS TODAY.
UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE WRIGHT CANDIDATE, UH, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS CLEARLY THE RIGHT CANDIDATE AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL ACCEPT THE OFFER FROM THE CITY.
HAD ANY EXPERIENCE IN THAT TYPE OF WORK? PARDON ME? IS THAT PERSON THAT YES.
WOULD BE PERFECT FIT AND HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTERS, WE DID A LOT WITH KITCHENS AND, AND, AND NUTRITION FOR THE ATHLETES.
SO I, I, I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND HOW YOU GET TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR PAYING FOR YOUR DOLLAR, SO TO SPEAK.
AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE COST OF FOOD IS THESE DAYS FOR EVERYBODY, SO TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE EVEN GET MORE CREATIVE.
BUT, UH, I THINK WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT INDIVIDUAL IF, IF THEY ACCEPT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING MORE THAN WE HAD THE INTERVIEWS TODAY, UH, MET WITH HR TO SAY, LET'S PUT A PACKAGE TOGETHER AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
SO HOPING FOR GOOD NEWS THERE, BUT WE, ONE DOES NEVER KNOW, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO COME BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND HAVE A GREAT REPORT.
SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY THINKING EXPANDING THE HOURS THEN? I DON'T THINK WE CAN EX, WE MIGHT HAVE TO BY A 30 MINUTES.
BUT WE GOTTA LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO BASED ON WHAT THE GRANT MONEY PROVIDES US, BASED ON WHAT WE CAN DO.
UH, WE, WE RUNNING, WE RUN OUT OF FOOD EVERY DAY.
UH, WE MAKE WHAT WE THINK WE HAVE WITHIN THE BUDGET, WITHIN THE PROGRAM, OUR NUMBERS.
AND IT'S STILL, UH, BUT IT'S A GREAT THING TO DO, RIGHT? THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT AND WAITING TO GET THE RIGHT PERSON HIRED TO COME IN AND REALLY HELP US TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
WELL, I USED TO VOLUNTEER DOWN THERE AND, UM, EVEN THEN PEOPLE WOULD BE OUTSIDE WAITING AT 10 O'CLOCK, MAYBE SOMETIMES EARLIER THAN THAT.
AND I DO REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT.
I THINK OPENING IT UP BECAUSE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR SENIORS GET UP REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING? YES, THEY DO.
THEY, YOU KNOW, MORE SO THAN SAY THE AVERAGE JOE LOW, THEY GET UP REAL EARLY, EARLY UNTIL THEY GO, YEAH, LEAST EVEN 10 O'CLOCK, 10 30.
IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO EXPAND THOSE HOURS.
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NOT SO CROWDED EITHER, RIGHT? BUT SOMETIMES IT GETS EXTREMELY CROWDED AROUND 1130.AND I DO LIKE THE SOCIAL ARTS, SO IT'S LIKE, HOW DO YOU DO THAT AND STILL KEEP, AND THAT IS THEIR MAIN, AND IT IS A MAIN DEGREE OF SOCIALIZATION THAT DOES TAKE PLACE THERE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OUR OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND, UH, WE'LL GET, HOPEFULLY GET A GOOD LEADER ON BOARD AND WE CAN ALWAYS CONTINUE TO, UH, LOOK AT HOW WE ARE GONNA MEET THE DEMANDS THAT ARE ALSO HAPPENING.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO THIS AS A, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO OFFER, WHICH COMES WITH A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
THAT WAS ONE THING ABOUT IT TOO, IS A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE, THAT'S THEIR MAIN MEAL OF THE DAY.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S A BALANCED MEAL WHERE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO COOK FOR YOURSELF ONE ON ONE, IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO YEAH.
YOU ALWAYS WANNA HAVING THE SAME DAMN CAN OF CORN, WHICH LONG YEAH.
YOU KNOW? WELL, THEY DO A VERY GOOD JOB.
UH, AND THE BACKGROUND OF ALL THE APPLICANTS WAS, UH, DEALING WITH NUTRITION GOOD.
AND, AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND PORTION CONTROL AND, AND THEN, UH, HOW TO MINIMIZE WASTE.
UH, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON DURING THE INTERVIEW.
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP US.
RIGHT NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WASTE, WHICH BELONG TO ME TO SOMETHING ELSE, WHICH IS NOT THAT SUBJECT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THESE COMMUNITY GARDENS? DO WE HAVE THEM ANYMORE? YES, WE DO.
YEAH, THERE'S ONE IN PARADISE CREEK.
UM, SO A LOT OF THAT WASTE GARDEN HAS A COMMUNITY GARDEN.
LIKE IF YOU GO TO OLLYWOOD GARDENS OVER THERE, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OLLYWOOD GARDENS, BUT IF YOU GO OVER THERE, THEY USE A LOT OF COMPOST.
AND THE COMPOST OF COURSE, IS MADE WITH WASTE.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN SO FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ALMOST AT A ZERO WASTE.
OKAY, WELL THAT'S GOOD THEN, EXCEPT FOR WHAT THE PEOPLE DON'T END UP EATING.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY LOOK AT PORTION CONTROL FOR SENIORS, AND WE'RE GETTING TO KNOW THE, THE LINE SERVICE REALLY GETS TO KNOW THE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, IT STARTS TO BECOME A REAL COMMUNITY, HOW THE PEOPLE GO THROUGH AND WHO THEY KNOW AND, AND, AND, AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT GET BUILT, UH, BETWEEN THE KITCHEN STAFF AND THE SENIORS IS AS, AS A VOLUNTEER.
YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN, IN NOVEMBER.
UH, AS WE LOOK TO THE, ONE OF THE ITEMS COMING UP, WHICH IS THE, UH, BUSINESS, CURRENT BUSINESS, UH, I'LL JUMP INTO THE FACT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON OUR PROGRAM, UH, PLAN RECREATION PROGRAM.
AND WE'LL BE, YOU'LL BE RECEIVING AN EMAIL PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING, SO YOU'LL HAVE TIME TO READ IT, REVIEW IT, AND THEN COME BACK WITH COMMENT.
AND WE HOPE TO GET THAT OUT TO YOU PRIOR, ONCE AGAIN, PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING, GIVING YOU ENOUGH TIME TO MARK UP YOUR QUESTIONS OR NOTES THAT YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT TOGETHER.
SO IT WON'T BE A FINAL PRESENTATION.
WE'LL BE WHERE WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR INPUTTING GUIDANCE FROM MANY FEEDBACK SOURCES.
THIS COMMITTEE BEING ONE OF THE FEEDBACK SOURCES TO HELP US MAKE SURE WE'RE ON AND LISTENING TO OUR, THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, I'LL SLOW IT BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, THE LAST TIME YOU HAD A MEETING.
UH, THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER, RIGHT? YEP.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? A MOTION? YOU, YES, YOU HAVE A SECOND, JOSEPH? I SECOND.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR? PROBABLY ONLY THREE PEOPLE CAN VOTE.
I WASN'T HERE BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T HERE YET.
WELCOME TO YOUR FIRST MEETING.
JOSEPH AND I, I DISCUSSED THE, UH, RECREATIONAL PROGRAM PLAN, UH, CONFLICT DISCLOSURE FORM.
UM, SO I GOT AN UPDATE FROM JOANNE.
IT'S, UH, REALLY WHAT IT IS, IS THE ETHICS AND ANTI HARASSMENT TRAINING ONLINE.
SO JUST A REMINDER IS A TARGET SOLUTION.
UM, SO CITY CLERK DID SEND AN EMAIL TO EVERYONE ABOUT IT.
IF WE CAN GET IT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE NEED TO MEET THOSE DEADLINES.
I DON'T EVEN THINK ONE SHOULD BE ENOUGH, BUT ANYWAY, YEAH.
UM, COUPLE THINGS, UM, BEFORE I GET TO MY COMMENT, IF I COULD MAKE A REQUEST AND POSSIBLY MOVE THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT UP SO THAT PARKS AND REC CAN BE HERE WHEN IT HAPPENS, AS WELL AS THE COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, WE CAN MAKE IT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
THAT PARKS AND REC SEEMS TO BE LEAVING EARLY EVERY MEETING.
SO IT, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD THAT THEY'RE HERE TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS PERTAINING TO PARKS AND REC.
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AND THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD, WE NEED A MOTION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, OR CAN WE JUST MAKE THAT YOU'RE CORRECT.YOUR, THE MEETING'S FOR COMMISSIONS THAT FOLLOW ROBERT RULES OF ORDERS.
YOU, YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.
MOTION WOULD STATE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS BE MOVED TO EARLIER IN THE AGENDA.
AND THEN YOU'LL NEED SOMEBODY TO SECOND.
SO I'LL, I'LL MOTION TO MOVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER WE COME AFTER.
REALLY WHERE IT WOULD FIT IS AFTER ROLL CALL.
AFTER ROLL CALL PRIOR TO PRESENTATION AND FOLLOWED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WHO WAS THE FIRST MOTION TO SECOND I MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I WORRY ABOUT PUTTING COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
I WORRY ABOUT COMMISSIONER, I, I DON'T MIND MOVING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE BEGINNING, BUT I WORRY ABOUT PUTTING COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS RIGHT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET YOURSELF INTO A LITTLE COMMENTING ON A PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THAT'S NOT THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSIONER.
I WAS, I WAS JUST SAYING, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE, I, I THINK WHAT YOUR IDEA IS A GOOD IDEA, WHICH IS TO MOVE PUBLIC COMMENTS EARLIER IN THE AGENDA.
I, I JUST WOULD STILL KEEP COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS LATER IN THE PROCESS.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU.
I, I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY ADVICE.
I, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT UP AS WELL, SIMPLY BECAUSE PARKS AND REC EARLY, EARLY AND THEY NEVER ATTACH ANYTHING, WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.
AND IT'S KIND OF A, YOU CAN TRY IT FOR A WHILE AND IF WE NEED TO ADJUST IT, WE CAN ADJUST.
SO YOU HAVE A, THAT WAS, SO DISCUSSION IS OVER.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADJUST PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMISSIONER COMMENTS TO EARLIER IN THE AGENDA.
SO ALL IN FAVOR? NO OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS ACCEPTED.
SO, UH, I JUST WANNA GIVE A FOLLOW UP.
I AM THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE.
UM, AND SO, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND, IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM, UH, GETTING THE FIELDS THE ADEQUATE, UH, MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND SO LIKE YOU HEARD EARLIER, WE REQUESTED A SIMPLE SCOOP OF DIRT JUST SO WE CAN COVER THE SQUIRREL HOLES OUT IN THE OUTFIELD.
UM, IT'S, I THINK WE'RE GOING OVER TWO YEARS NOW FOR THAT REQUEST, AND THIS STILL HASN'T HAPPEN.
UM, I DID MAKE A REQUEST FOR INFIELD MIX, UM, SO THAT WE COULD AVOID THE DAMAGE TO THE FIELDS WITH THE RECENT FLOODS, OR NOT EVEN FLOODS, JUST THE RAIN, UM, BECAUSE IT'S PRONE TO FLOODING IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXISTING DRAINAGE.
UM, AGAIN, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
UM, THAT REQUESTS HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE LAST SEASON.
UH, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE BE A LITTLE PROACTIVE AND DO THESE REPAIRS BEFORE THE SEASON BEGINS.
UM, WE COULD USE PROBABLY A SOLID SIX INCHES WORTH OF INFIELD MIX ON THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
AND I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING FOR LAS PALMAS, I'M SPEAKING KIMBALL FIELD AS WELL.
UM, AND, UH, IF, IF, HAD WE DONE THAT, HAD WE BEEN PROACTIVE AND ACTUALLY DONE THAT DURING THE OFF SEASON, WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED, I SAW THE LAS PALMAS LAKE THAT WE HAD, I SAW.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY REALLY DOESN'T FEEL THAT PARKS AND REC IS RATHER THE CITY ISN'T SUPPORTING US IN MAINTAINING THOSE FIELDS.
NOW WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE OUT THERE EVERY WEEK.
I'M OUT THERE ALMOST DAILY AS WELL AS SOME OF MY, UH, MY BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, AND WE'RE WORKING THOSE FIELDS AS BEST AS WE CAN.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY OUR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE WANNA GO AND FIX THESE FIELDS, WE ALSO ARE AT THE MERCY OF THE CITY BECAUSE THE CITY WON'T ALLOW US TO BRING IN OUR OWN TRUCKS TO BRING IN INFIELD BIDS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN UPHILL BATTLE.
AND WITHOUT SUPPORT OF THE CITY, WITHOUT SUPPORT OF PARKS AND REC, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LOST, SO FAR, WE'VE LOST APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF WEEKS OF BASEBALL SIMPLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THESE FIELDS AREN'T PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
I RAISE IT EVERY MEETING SO FAR SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE.
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BE HONEST WITH YOU, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.NOW, LAST YEAR THERE WERE 10 YARDS, OR I BELIEVE IT'S 10 YARDS OF DIRT THAT WERE BROUGHT IN, WHICH IS BASICALLY PUTTING A BANDAID ON.
WE NEED TO RAISE THE INFIELD SO THAT THE WATER'S ABLE TO SHED OFF.
AND WE CAN AVOID THIS AND WE WON'T MISS ANY BASEBALL.
NOW, THE DRAINAGE IS A WHOLE SEPARATE ISSUE, BUT WE CAN GET THE PUMPS OUT AND DRAIN THE WATER OUT OF THE DUGOUT DUG, BUT THE FIELDS THEMSELVES NEED TO BE FIXED.
UM, NOW I KNOW THERE IS BUDGET DOLLARS THERE TO DO THIS.
AGAIN, THEY'RE GONNA BRING, I BELIEVE, 20 YARDS OR 20 TONS.
I BRING IN DOUBLE THAT AND WE CAN FIX THE FIELD INSTEAD OF JUST PUTTING A BANDAID ON IT, YOU KNOW.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I HEAR YOU.
I NOT ONLY HEAR YOU, I'VE SEEN YOU NO.
UM, THE, BESIDES THIS MEETING, HAVE YOU SENT AN EMAIL? I'M, I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
I'M, I'M IN CONTACT WITH, WITH PARKS.
I'M IN CONTACT WITH VICTOR, A DIVISION BETWEEN IN THIS CITY.
SO WHEN I WAS IN CHULA VISTA, I RAN PARKS AND I HAD PARKS AND I HAD TO PARK WORKS HERE.
SO THEY, THEY, YOU DO AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.
FALL PARKS FALLS UNDER PUBLIC WORKS, NOT UNDER REC, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, HOW, HOW IT GOES, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TOGETHER HERE MM-HMM
AND THEY COME FOR THE MEETING, LIKE YOU SAID, BUT THEY LEFT EARLY.
UM, SO I, I'M JUST ASKING SOME THINGS 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YEAH, NO, I, I FRUSTRATED.
YEAH, NO, THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN TWO YEARS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING DONE FOR KIDS MM-HMM
BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE IT GIVES YOU ANY GRATIFICATION.
YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE IT BENEFITS CHILDREN, RIGHT.
SO I, I HEAR YOU AND I SENSE YOUR FRUSTRATION.
UM, UM, AGAIN, I'M ONLY NEW TO THE CITY, SO I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE X, Y, OR Z THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'VE DONE SOME DUE DILIGENCE.
SO I, I I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AS WELL AS, UH, VICTOR OVER PARTS AND REC, AND I WISH I COULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
AND I, AND I, I'M AFRAID I CAN'T, I CAN LOOK INTO IT AGAIN, I WILL FOLLOW UP FOR YOU.
A REPORT FROM US BACK TO SAYING, HERE'S WHAT YOU'VE MISSED.
THAT I, THAT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU WILL HAPPEN TO, UH, FROM, FROM US, UH, WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR ABILITY AND COMMUNICATIONS.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE PARK SUPERINTENDENT, UH, IS GIVEN THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ASKED HERE.
SO, UM, BUT IT'S BEEN IGNORED.
I MEAN, LIKE DANIEL BROUGHT IT UP IT REPEATEDLY, I DON'T WANNA MAKE EXCUSES.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHY UNTIL I CAN ANSWER THAT.
BUT I, I THINK VICTOR DOESN'T STRIKE ME AS A GUY WHO, NO, HE'S A VERY NICE GUY.
OH, I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
I THINK YOU DON'T HAVE, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT I, UNTIL I KNOW AND CAN DO SOME MORE RESEARCH.
UM, WELL, I MEAN, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CAPITALIZED ON CURRENTLY.
AND THE HOPE IS WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE AND LOOK AT THOSE AND COME UP WITH A STRATEGY THAT'S UNIFIED TO ATTACK SOME OF THESE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S THE DRAINAGE OR WHETHER IT'S GETTING THE MOUNTS UP HIGH ENOUGH SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMING BACK AND BEING FLOODED OUT YEAR AFTER YEAR.
BECAUSE IF WE ADDRESS IT EARLIER, AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT NOW AND ON THE OFF SEASON, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE COST EFFECTIVE CORRECT.
THAN TRYING TO REPAIR, IT'S LIKE YOUR HOME, RIGHT? CORRECT.
YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOME, PAY ATTENTION, CHANGE YOUR FILTERS WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO, YOUR HEATING SYSTEM AND YOUR FURNACE IS GONNA LAST LONGER.
OTHER THAN THAT, EVERY FIVE, 10 YEARS, YOU GO OUT AND BUY A NEW FURNACE, GUESS WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING YEP.
WELL, IF YOU JUST CHANGE YOUR FILTERS EVERY YEAR, THAT THEN BECOMES 20 YEARS.
AND THEREFORE YOU'VE GOT YOUR INVESTMENT MET.
I, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT, BUT IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I CAN LOOK INTO FOR YOU AS, AS A NEW TEAM MEMBER.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, I DO HEAR AND SEND YOUR QUESTION.
BUT, UH, TO THAT, I DO BELIEVE IT'S BEING IGNORED.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE TWO YEARS GOING BY.
ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
UM, I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE BE ANYTHING ELSE.
SO IT'S, IT IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, AND SO, AND SO THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE COMMENT ON THE FIELD
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CONDITION.I'LL MAKE YOU, AT LEAST I'LL DO MY BEST TO, TO BE AN ADVOCATE, JUST AS YOU'RE AN ADVOCATE FOR PARKS AND REC WHILE YOU'RE HERE, IS TO BE OUR, OUR VOICE AND OUR ADVOCATE.
AND OUR, AND AND, AND, AND PART OF OUR TELLING OUR STORY AND GETTING IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE GOOD THAT IS WITHIN YOUR PARK.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK, BUT IT CAN BE BETTER.
AND ALL YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE IS SOMETHING GOOD AND MAKE IT GREAT.
I'M SORRY THAT IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
I DON'T, I CAN'T ANSWER YOU WHY IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
AND I CAN SENSE YOU YOUR FACT YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S MONEY THERE, YOU CAN FIX THE DAMN PROBLEM.
AND I'LL TRY TO DO MY BEST, BUT BY NEXT MONTH, BUT MAYBE BY MOVING IT UP EARLIER, WE CAN GET IT, WE CAN GET BETTER ANSWERS THAN ME TRYING TO TAP THE ANSWER AROUND HERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
AND I WASN'T LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER.
ANOTHER THING WE HAVE THAT'S BEEN TIME ON THE BACK BURNER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN RESOLVED.
HOPEFULLY IT HAS BECAUSE AGAIN, A LONG TERM THING LY PART IS, BUT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT LIGHT.
THAT'S THE LIGHTS ARE THERE, BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY'RE NOT ON RUBEN USED, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
RUBEN'S BEEN ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS TOO.
HE'S LONGER, I THINK THERE, THERE'S AN GLOWING STRUCTURAL YEAH.
I JUST MAKE A COMMENT TO THAT.
I KNOW THAT DURING THIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I MAY NOT HAVE THAT THE EXACT DATE, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON THAT 5 68 THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
APRIL 19, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
SO THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE STARTING CONSTRUCTIONS.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE DESIGN IS AND WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION ENTAILS.
DOES THAT, I WANNA SAY THAT THE LIGHTS WERE PART OF IT IS, UH, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO AND BRING IT BACK NEXT MEETING AND SHOW EVERYONE WHAT PROP 68 AND WHAT THAT MONEY BE LIKE.
THERE ALREADY A PLAN FOR THE CONS, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THE OUTSIDE.
SEE YOUR NOW FOR YEARS AGAIN AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, MY NAME'S MAN LUKE, UH, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF NATIONAL CITY, UH, TAX ACCOUNTANT BY DAY, UH, VICE PRESIDENT LITTLE LEAGUE WITH DANIEL, UH, BY KNIGHT.
AND UH, SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT DANIEL MENTIONED ABOUT THE ATTENTION GIVEN TO LAS PALM, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE INHERITING, UH, SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY NOT UNDER YOUR TOTAL CONTROL JUST YET.
UM, AND I, VICTOR NOT BEING HERE, OR, UH, THAT IS VICTOR.
YOU THAT RIGHT? VICTOR, YOU'RE DOING VICTOR.
UM, SO ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED IS JUST THE SPEED EXECUTION.
OBVIOUSLY WE, WE TOUCHED ON THAT.
UM, BUT I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME PRIORITY SETTING IN TERMS OF WHAT, 'CAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE THINGS LIKE, UH, BLEACHERS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED, BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT A PRIORITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE, UH, THAT BEING ONE THING OR GETTING THE DIRT IN.
UM, I, I THINK THE OTHER SIDE IS THAT WITH ALL THE WORK, UH, THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE WEEK CLEAN UP AND TREES, SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN, I DON'T KNOW, CHOOSING THE TREES TO CUT DOWN.
BUT SOME OF THOSE ARE, DO NOT IMPACT, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THEY DO IMPACT THE LIGHTS THAT COVER THE FIELD.
AND WE'VE GOT A BIG, A COUPLE BIG TREES THAT ARE STILL UP, UH, IN THE WAY AND WE'D LIKE TO, AND THEY ALSO ACTUALLY INHIBIT THE DRIVING THE FIELDS WHEN THAT'S NEEDED.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A WAY IT CAN'T NECESSARILY PUSH THE CITY WORKS TO GET IT DONE WHEN WE NEEDED TO GET IT DONE IT, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE CAN SUBMIT A REQUEST UNDER A LEVEL OF PRIORITY.
UM, AT LEAST THAT WAY WE KNOW WE'RE NOT SPINNING OUR WHEELS, UH, WHEN WE DO NEED SOMETHING, UH, TO HAPPEN.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR INSTANCE WHERE WE HAD THE DRAINAGE AND WE CALLED UM, SOMEBODY TO FORGET ON FRIDAY AND SAID, HEY, WE'D LIKE SOMEBODY TO COME OUT AND GET, GET A PUMP OUT HERE.
UH, AND THE RESPONSE WAS, WE'LL BE OUT HERE MONDAY AND BY THEN IT IS LIKE, OKAY, THEN IT'S NOT GONNA HELP US BECAUSE THEN THE RAIN'S GONNA COME IN AND SO AND SO FORTH.
SO, UH, JUST THE RECOVERY EFFORT WHEN WE NEED IT, I THINK WOULD BE GREAT.
AND IF THERE WAS A PORTAL, THAT'D BE EVEN BETTER.
SOMETHING WE CAN KIND OF SUBMIT, UH, OR, OR SOME WAY THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS.
THERE'S A CC CLICK FIX, I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS FIX IS YES.
WHICH IS ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND IT'S A PLACE TO REPORT ISSUES AND THOSE ISSUES GO TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.
THERE, THERE A TIMELINE, UM, THAT MOST, THEY HAD IT IN CHULA VISTA AND I SAW, I'M PRETTY PRETTY SURE I SAW IT HERE.
ALRIGHT, I'LL POKE AROUND ON THAT.
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THAT AS WELL.CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME PLEASE? BENJAMIN? LUKE.
BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S A PLACE YOU CAN GO TO REPORT THAT STUFF.
AND THERE'S, IT IS TIMESTAMP, RIGHT? OH YES.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, HEARING NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
AND SECOND, THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED UNTIL THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING, WHICH WILL BE ON APRIL 17TH AT 4:00 PM AND.