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[Parks Recreation & Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (PRSCAC) on May 21, 2026.]

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OKAY.

DID YOU ALREADY DO THE PLEDGE OR ANYTHING? NOPE.

OKAY.

UM, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE, THE PLEDGE AND THE HEART.

READY TO BEGIN, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATIONS UNDER GOD AND DIVISIBLE LIBERTY.

AND, RIGHT.

UM, YOU GOTTA DO ROLL CALL.

ARE WE, ARE WE JUST STARTING? YEAH, WE'RE OKAY.

WE'RE JUST STARTING.

OKAY.

WE WE'RE GOOD.

ROLL CALL.

YOU GUYS JUST WANNA CALL OFF YOUR NAMES REAL QUICK? SURE.

JOSEPHINE NET.

DANIEL PRESS, I'M HERE.

WE OKAY.

UH, AND YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO, UH, CITY STAFF? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? SO, , THAT'D BE GREAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND CHAIR.

NO.

YEAH, SO I'M, I'M HERE.

OBVIOUSLY STEVE HAS A DIFFERENT ROLE IN WRITING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.

HE WAS, BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT.

AND THEN VICTOR'S OUT OF TOWN, SO I'M KIND OF JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FILLING IN FOR THEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY PROJECTS IN THE PARK? I'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU AS BEST INFO AS I CAN.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BASICALLY WHY I'M HERE.

OKAY.

SO, UH, ANY, ANY, I GUESS UPDATES IN TERMS OF TIMELINES? SO, AS FAR AS LI KNOW L TWO ISLAND'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A WHILE.

THE MULTI-USE FIELD, IT SUPPOSEDLY IT'S GONNA GET, IT'S GONNA GET ALL REDONE, RIGHT.

BECAUSE LEVELING ISSUES AND STUFF, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT DONE BY THE END OF JUNE.

THAT'S THE MULTI, THAT FOOTBALL FIELD.

RIGHT.

UH, TENNIS COURTS ARE OPEN ALREADY.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE REDONE RESURFACE, THEY'RE OPEN, UH, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, THEY'RE BEING RESURFACED.

THEY'RE AN ISSUE WITH THE, THE EPOXY THAT THEY USE THAT WASN'T STICKING FOR WHATEVER REASON.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDO 'EM.

SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT, AND BOTH OF 'EM, TENNIS COURTS, I, THE PICKLE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND BASKETBALL COURTS THERE, THEY'RE GONNA RESEARCH THOSE.

UM, THAT PROBLEMS. PARK RESTROOMS ARE ALREADY OPEN.

I THINK THEY HAVE A PUNCH LIST NEXT WEEK TO KIND OF GO OVER THE, ALL THE FINE DETAILS IN THERE.

THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR A WALKTHROUGH NEXT WEEK.

AND AS FAR AS THE POOL, UM, THE BUILDING IT IS, THEY ARE OPEN AND FINISH IT BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SO I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE PARK RIGHT NOW.

UH, L TOON, THE PICKLEBALL AND BASKETBALL COURT.

WHEN IS THE TIME MONTH FOR THOSE? UM, THEY'RE HOPING TO GET 'EM DONE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, SO.

OKAY.

YES.

SO 'CAUSE THEY, THEY ALREADY, THEY'RE ALREADY REIR.

THEY, THEY NEED TO SOMETHING WASN'T THE, THE, THE PAINT OR THE, IT WASN'T, YEAH.

SO HOPEFULLY BY THEN END, UNLESS THEY'LL BE, THEY'RE READY TO GO.

BUT THE TENNIS COURTS ARE ALREADY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY OVER.

TENNIS COURTS ARE ALREADY TO GO.

ALRIGHT.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT LIKE, LIKE THE MULTI FIELD CORE AND JUST LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN DELAYED FOR LIKE SOME REASON, BUT IT'S A CONTRACTOR'S FAULT TYPE OF THING.

BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, DO WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE, LIKE WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO KIND OF CHECKS IN OR MONITORS LIKE EVERY FEW WEEKS? USUALLY OUR ENGINEERS DON'T GO DOWN THERE AND, AND THEN DO THEIR INSPECTIONS EVERY, EVERY SO OFTEN.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU LIKE AN EXACT TIME, BUT THOSE ARE THE ISSUES, RIGHT.

THEY GO IN THERE AND THEY'RE WORKING UP TO PARTS OF WHAT THE, THE, THE CONTRACTOR WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.

SO AGAIN, RIGHT.

IT'S, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY IT'S STANDING, IT'S TAKING SO LONG, BUT IT IS TO BE DONE BY THE END OF JUNE.

OKAY.

I JUST HAD LIKE A FEW NO, THEY DO GO IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OVERSEE THE PROJECTS.

YEAH.

I JUST HAD LIKE A FEW DIFFERENT PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT IT, ABOUT HOW LIKE, THE WHOLE MULTI FIELD, UH, WAS COMPLETE AND THEN IT WAS LIKE THIS WAS DONE WRONG.

SO IT WAS LIKE, HOW DO WE GO THAT LONG WITHOUT, YEAH.

UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS LIKE THE, THE LE THERE WAS A LEVEL ISSUE WITH IT.

THERE WAS SO MANY AREAS THAT WERE KIND OF YEAH.

WAVY.

SO NOT WHAT THE CITY EXPECTED OR PAID FOR.

SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TEAR EVERYTHING UP AND DO IT.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN CHECK IT EVERY LIKE TWO WEEKS.

I MEAN, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE.

I MEAN, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME ABOUT LIKE HAVING SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AND WHAT PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS.

I THINK THAT STANDARD SUPPOSED TO BE UTILIZED IN ORDER FOR IT TO NOT CONTINUE TO LIKE, HAVE A PROBLEM.

'CAUSE EVERY SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME SOMETHING IS BEING DONE, IT'S LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THEY DID THAT WRONG.

NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND IT'S PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK FURTHER, YOU KNOW? AND SO I GUESS LIKE, JUST PIGGYBACKING OFF OF HER STATEMENT IS LIKE, WHY ISN'T THERE SOMEONE THERE THAT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE 3.75 INCHES.

LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT'S THIS MATERIAL IS SUPPOSEDLY UTILIZED.

WHY IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ON? OH, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT

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I THINK EVERY RESIDENT WONDERS WHY.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATELY, I GUESS WE SEE THAT A LOT WITH CITY PROJECTS.

UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I'M NOT, NOT TRYING TO ANSWER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND HOW PROJECTS WORKS AND PROJECTS MANAGEMENT.

YOU KNOW, I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A THIRD PARTY VENDOR THAT WAS, UH, HIRED TO DO THE MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT PIECE, WHICH I DON'T KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAS IN THE, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL BE OUT THE DOOR.

YEAH.

HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME AROUND LOOKS AND, AND I THINK FOR THE WHOLE SPREAD THAT THAT COMPANY IS GONNA TAKE A BIG HIT.

RIGHT.

THEY'RE HAVE TO REDO AND THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG LOSS.

BUT THAT'S ON THEM, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY YEAH.

NO, NO.

YEAH.

BUT SURE, YEAH.

FOR PROJECT, DO WE NOT HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER THAT OVERSEE WHAT'S GOING ON? I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH.

THERE IS, THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT FROM THE CONTRACTORS, THE VENDORS THAT HIRED.

SO WE ARE, EVERYBODY'S ON STAGE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE, OF COURSE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

LET'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND IT'S GONNA COST MORE MONEY.

MM-HMM .

YEAH.

SO MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAY SUGGESTS ADVICE, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST BY YEAH.

THE POINT I BELIEVE.

YEAH.

THERE'S USUALLY BUDGET BECAUSE EVERY CONSTRUCTIONS THAT THEY, YOU DO, I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE FOR EVERYONE.

RIGHT.

IT'S JUST, IT'S AMAZING THAT SOME OF THIS STUFF GETS FILED AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND THAT PERSON SHOULD BE REPORTING WHAT'S GOING ON.

I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN WORSE, RIGHT? IF THEY, I GUESS JOHN, WE GAVE 'EM THE GREEN LIGHT AND THEN SIX MONTHS WELL, IT DID GET DONE OVER.

DID GET DONE RIGHT.

AND THEN, AND THEN THEY WENT AND RIPPED IT ALL UP AGAIN.

YEAH.

SO, I MEAN, LUCKILY, I MEAN YOU DIDN'T, WE CAUGHT IT BEFORE IT GOT TURNED OVER TO US AND NOW IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA COST THE CITY ANYMORE MONEY THEN THAN WHAT ALREADY THEY ALREADY PAID.

IT'S JUST GONNA GET SOME ELECTRICAL TAKE AS WELL, RIGHT? NO, NO.

THE LIGHTS.

OH, THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING'S GOOD.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S, THAT'S THEY HAVE TO GETS RED DONE IS THE, THE FIELD ITSELF.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS, I THOUGHT THEY HAD MISSED THE, LIKE THE ENTIRE CONDUIT.

NO, NO, NO.

EVERYTHING'S WORKING FINE DOWN THERE.

YEAH.

LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING.

YEAH.

THAT'S CRAZY.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE.

WE'RE GETTING THERE.

COOL.

UH, ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND I'LL GET INTO, CAN YOU SURFACE ASIDE, UM, ONCE, ONCE WE, UH, GET THROUGH AGAIN, LET'S, WE'LL KEEP GOING ON WITH THE AGENDA, BUT DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE UM, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, LIKE GIVE YOU BEST APPRECIATE, I WANNA SAY STEVE, UM, WAS HOPING TO LIKE START COMING TO THESE WHEN HE'S BACK IN HIS, UH, ENGINEERING ROLE.

BUT YEAH, I WAS INTERESTED.

UH, HE'S FILLING IN AS CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? SO, UM, BUT I, I THINK THAT COMMUNICATION, UM, WILL, WILL INCREASE BECAUSE HE'S OBVIOUSLY KNOWS ALL THE ENGINEERING SIDE.

WE'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED THE ENGINEERING QUESTION.

RIGHT.

SO WE PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU.

WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HOW IT'S CONSTRUCTION? HOW DOES ENGINEERING HAPPEN? YEAH.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT QUESTION FIRST.

STEVE .

YEAH.

YEAH.

OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO, WE'RE GOOD.

YOU TAKE OFF.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD, GREAT LONG WEEKEND, HUH? YEAH.

THANK YOU.

STAY SAFE.

YEP.

THANK YOU GUYS.

ALRIGHT.

TAKE CARE.

RICHARD.

THANK, THANK YOU.

OH, CHAIR, I APOLOGIZE.

I DID PUT ON HERE, UH, RECOGNIZING A NEW, UM, CAN YOU REMEMBER IF WE DON'T MIND OH, OKAY.

SURE.

FOR A ROLL CALL WE COULD LET HER TOAST A LITTLE.

YEAH.

BY ALL MEANS.

TAKE THE FLOOR.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WELL GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS LAUREN DEL SANTOS.

I'VE BEEN ARRESTED IN NATIONAL CITY FOR OVER 10 YEARS.

UM, I WORK PART-TIME FOR THE FILIPINO PRESS NEWSPAPER AND THE PAPER HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 40 YEARS SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

AND I ALSO WORK PART-TIME FOR, UH, PHARMACY THAT I DO PLENTY OUTREACH AND, RIGHT.

YEAH.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT WILL SEE IMPROVEMENT.

AND I KNOW I HAVE A LOT TO SHARE.

BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, 'CAUSE I DO GO OUT AND GO TO PARK SINCE I DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OTHER, AND I ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR A RP FOR 15 YEARS.

SO SEEMS ALWAYS SO, OKAY.

.

YEAH.

SO JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, WHAT, UH, WHAT TYPE OF THINGS DO YOU SEE COULD USE IMPROVEMENTS OR AROUND OUR, WELL, JUST FOR PART,

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I WAS MENTIONING TO, UM, MINE WHERE THERE'S AN EVENT GOING ON THE PARK ITSELF, AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE BASEBALL GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.

MM-HMM .

AND THEN YOU SEE FAMILY WITH THEIR BABIES.

AND THEN WE HAVE THIS BATHROOM PHYSICALS FOR THE GIRLS.

AND TO ME, WHERE DO, WHERE DOES HIS PARENTS CHANGE THE DIAPER? BECAUSE I LOOK TO THE OTHER, THEY HAVE RESTROOM.

THAT'S REALLY SOUNDS.

OKAY.

AND FOR ALL THESE YEARS, WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT.

WE NEVER STOPPED.

AND IF YOU WANT TO HOST FACEBOOK, BECAUSE I USED TO BE A BASEBALL MOM, SO I TRAVEL, SO I'VE SEEN DIFFERENT CARDS MM-HMM .

AND WHEN I SAY THE PART HERE, SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO IT BETTER.

WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE CANNOT ATTRACT OTHER, WE CAN DO TOURNAMENTS MM-HMM .

AND THAT MEANS BRING MONEY TO THE CARDS.

CORRECT.

AND WE CAN HELP THE PARENTS.

WE CAN DO FUNDRAISING.

AND THEN WE CAN ALSO, AND MOST OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE FOR THE, ALSO FOR THE FACEBOOK BACK IN TEMECULA IS ALL THESE BUSINESSES WE CAN APPROACH THEM.

WE CAN HELP THEM PROMOTE THEIR COMPANY, GET THEM BETTER, CHARGE THEM, AND ALL THOSE MONEY IT GOES BACK TO THE PARK AND TO THE BASEBALL.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE LEAGUE.

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR OUT OF THE, OFF THE AGENDA, BUT YOU'RE A LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENT HERE.

BUT THERE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WAS LIKE, , I'M VERY, I'M VERY INVOLVED.

YOU SEE HIS FACE.

YOU, THIS IS SO YOU GUYS CAN TALK OFFLINE.

YES, SURE.

GREAT.

YEAH, IT'S GREAT.

YEAH, NO, I, I I I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY.

YEAH.

SO WELCOME WE'RE DOING, I DID MENTION, UH, EARLIER THERE, THIS IS ON THE LIST FOR, UH, PARK, UH, RESTROOM, UH, REPLACEMENT.

JUST LIKE THE OTHER TWO PARKS WE'RE GETTING DONE.

THIS IS NEXT TIME HERE.

YEAH.

REALLY? YEAH, BECAUSE NICK DID THEIRS RECENTLY.

YEAH.

TOO LONG AGO.

YEAH.

I HEARD KIM PARK, UM, WAS LIKE PHASE TWO, SO I KNOW THEY'RE ALSO DOING SOMETHING WITH, UM, THE LOCKER ROOMS AT THE, AT THE POOL.

SO IT WAS LIKE THAT WAS THE NEXT, UH, PROJECT.

YEAH.

I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK CAMPBELL RESTROOMS ARE TERRIBLY BAD.

'CAUSE I, THEY, THEY DO NEED, I GUESS MORE CLEANING, YOU KNOW? UM, OTHERWISE, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ALL THAT BAD.

AND YES, THEY'RE STALLS.

I, I GET THE PART WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANGING STATION.

UM, I THINK IT WAS JUST A KIND OF ONE OF THOSE, MAYBE THE IDEA SOUNDED BETTER TO MAKE THE STALLS THAN, THAN HOW IT REALLY PAN OUT TO BE FUNCTION.

AND ALSO, AND NOW MAYBE WE CAN, WE CAN ADD FOR HABITAT FOR THIS STATE.

I THINK THEY HAVE, THEY'RE JUST ALWAYS CLOSED, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YEAH.

AND IT'S, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT.

UM, OKAY.

UH, WELL WELCOME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU AND DISCUSSING SOME OF THIS STUFF.

UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE FROM PUBLIC, UM, NO, SIR.

AND SO LET'S GO, GO STRAIGHT TO COMMITTEE COMMENTS, I GUESS.

I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

I'M LIKE TOTALLY APOLOGIZING.

I KNOW WHO WROTE THIS? THE MINUTES.

YEAH.

YEAH.

I MEAN, YEAH, IF YOU GUYS WANNA LOOK OVER THE MINUTES REAL QUICK AND, AND, UM, AND THEN WE CAN VOTE TO GET THEM APPROVED.

I ALREADY TOOK A LOOK, SO, AND I, THEY WEREN'T HERE, BUT YOU CAN STILL COMMENT THEM.

UH, IT'S JUST YOU'RE PROVIDING, LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S THE ACCURACY OF WHAT, WHAT'S THE TRENDLINE? WELL, I REMEMBER THE A ED INSTALLATION CHAT THAT WAS BEFORE.

OH, YEAH, YEAH.

THIS IS THIS THAT, WOW.

I KNOW WE HAVEN'T MET FOR LIKE A FEW MONTHS, SINCE FEBRUARY.

BECAUSE I THINK WE BRIEFLY SPOKE ABOUT THE, BECAUSE I THINK I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

OH, I SEE.

I TEACH, SO I'M LIKE, OH, SO YOU WANTED A STATUS UPDATE, BUT I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT THE STATUS OF GOT IT.

GOT IT.

YEAH, WE, WE HAVE ONE OVER AT LAS PALMAS.

OKAY.

THAT'S, THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THE SOFTBALL.

I THOUGHT SAY, I THOUGHT THE SOFTBALL SOFTBALL PURCHASED.

OKAY.

YEAH, THEY PURCHASED THEM.

YEAH.

BUT YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH IT'S THEIRS, SO THEY CAN BASICALLY TAKE IT ONCE THE SEASONS OVER.

YEAH.

OKAY.

WHAT ARE, SO WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW? WE'RE JUST APPROVING, LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST BEFORE YEAH.

REMEMBER.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN, UM, CONFUSION.

I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, LIKE WHERE, UM, I THINK SOME, UM, THERE

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WAS A, AN IDEA WHERE IF YOU WEREN'T AT A MEETING YOU HAD TO SUSTAIN YOURSELF BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE MEETING AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT ACCURATE.

UM, WE'RE JUST LIKE LITERALLY LOOKING AT LIKE THIS, THIS DOCUMENT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU AND IF THERE'S ANY TYPOS IN THERE.

UM, AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN STILL APPROVE IT IF YOU WANNA AB OBTAIN ANY, YOU CAN ALWAYS ABSTAIN ANY TIME I CAN TELL YOU HOW TO VOTE.

BUT JUST, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO ATTEND TO BE, HAVE, HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT THAT PAST MEETING THAT WE'RE PROVING MINUTES.

SO THAT, SO THAT GOES WITH THE LEGAL, UH, COMMISSIONER, THE ONLY THING I DON'T SEE HERE THAT WE DID DISCUSS WAS ABOUT, UM, GETTING US HAVING ACCESS TO THIS COMMITTEE.

THE PLANS.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP MONTHS AGO.

AND THEN WHEN YOU CAME ON THAT WE BROUGHT THAT, THAT, THAT CAME UP AS WELL.

UM, AND I DON'T SEE IT LISTED HERE, BUT I'D LIKE FOLLOW UP ON THAT AS WELL.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA, SO IF YOU COULD, UM, JUST IF, IF YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION, UM, APPROVAL, UM, OF MINUTES WITH, UM, AND THEN JUST STATE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO ADD TO IT, THEN WE CAN PROVE IT AND IT'LL JUST BE A, AN ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE.

SO I'LL, I'LL TYPE IT AS YOU SAY IT.

IT WAS, UM, UM, ANY CONSTRUCTION, ANY PARK CONSTRUCTION, ANY PARK RELATED CONSTRUCTION PLANS, UM, BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION, JUST HAVE READILY AVAILABLE SO WE CAN SEE TO THE COMMITTEE, I THINK IT HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

UM, INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO GO AND PULL THE REQUESTS TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SEE THE FILES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TURNAROUND TIME IS ON THAT, BUT IF IT IS, I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THIS COMMITTEE REGARDLESS.

I THINK, UM, BECAUSE EVEN SKIMMING THROUGH IT 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE MEETING WOULD, WOULD HELP OUT, YOU KNOW.

YEAH.

I'M LOOKING ON THEIR WEBSITE.

UH, THEY HAVE THE, THE CIP PROJECT WEBSITE MM-HMM .

AND, UM, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE LIKE THE UM, LIKE PLAN ON THERE.

UM, I'LL TAKE THE MINUTES TO IF I RECALL.

THAT'S VERY, OH, IT WASN'T LIKE DETAILED.

NO.

OKAY.

IT MUST BEEN FILED UP YET.

UM, YEAH, I CAN ADD THAT IN THERE.

OKAY.

UM, ANY PARK RELATED CONSTRUCTION PLANS BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION? YEAH, PARK, RECREATION AND SENIOR SYSTEM.

OKAY.

ANY OF THAT.

OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD.

AND, OKAY, SO I MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE MEETING NOTES FOR FEBRUARY, UM, WITH THE ADDITION OF, OF THAT SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NOPE.

OKAY.

PASSES UNANIM.

OKAY.

SO, UH, UH, COMMITTEE COMMENTS, ANYTHING ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK UP ON? I ALWAYS HAVE SOME WHO SAY, SO I CAN START IT IF YOU'D LIKE.

UM, THE BATHROOMS, UH, THEY'RE NEAR IN COMPLETION.

UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FULLY FUNCTIONING, SO THAT'S GOOD.

SO WE DO HAVE BATHROOMS AT LOS PALM NOW.

THE PORT BODIES WERE REMOVED AND, UM, YEAH, THEY JUST, WE JUST NEED TO, A COUPLE THINGS IN THE PROCESS.

THEY DID MOVE THE BLEACHERS UP SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.

SO THOSE BLEACHERS ON THE WEST FIELD, UM, ON THE HOME, I GUESS HOME SIDE, THOSE NEED TO BE PUSHED BACK.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN MAYBE GET OUT.

I SHOULD MENTION IT TO VICTOR, BUT, BUT IT REALLY, I, I BELIEVE IT'S THE CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD'VE TO GO, GO AND, AND PULL THOSE BLEACHES BACK.

'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY MAYBE A THREE FOOT WALKWAY, MAYBE EVEN LESS BETWEEN THE BLEACH TRAIN AND THE FENCE.

SO THOSE JUST NEED TO BE PULLED BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE.

UM, SO PEOPLE CAN WALK THROUGH THERE.

UH, BUT YEAH, SO OVERALL, UH, THE LITTLE LEAGUE IS JUST, WE JUST WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE, UM, SEASON.

UH, ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR MAJORS TEAMS WENT AT 17 AND NOW, SO IS, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A GOOD ALL STAR SEASON.

UM, WE, WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE, UM, SPONSORSHIP ACTIVITY COMMUNITY, SO

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YEAH, THINGS ARE REALLY GOING REALLY WELL IN TERMS OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

OUR NUMBERS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.

WE HAD TO ACTUALLY PUSH ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS 45 PE KIDS AWAY JUST 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ROOM.

SO, UM, SO I MIGHT BE SEEING, WE COULD START UTILIZING THE FIELDS OVER AT CAMPBELL TO, TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THOSE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY JIM UP GETTING DIRT MOUND.

NO, I STILL DON'T.

THE DIRT STILL HASN.

YEAH.

JUST REGULARLY DIRT.

WE DO THERE, THERE'S, THERE IS A HUGE INCREASE IN THE, IN GOPRO WHOLE ALSO IN THE APPLE, LIKE HUGE INCREASE.

WOULD YOU USE THE DIRT TO FILL LIKE THOSE, THAT'S WHAT THE REQUEST IS FOR.

SO THAT WE CAN HAVE, CAN HAVE DIRT TO BASICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY, WHAT YOU WOULD DO, LIKE AT A LIVE WEEK FIELD BEFORE PRACTICES, BEFORE ANYONE GETS ON THE FIELDS, YOU WALK THE FIELD WITH A SHOVEL FROM THE DIRT AND YOU, YOU GO AND, AND FILL THOSE HOLES.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE KIND OF, YOU'RE NOT GONNA WIN.

RIGHT.

THE GOPHERS WILL BEAT YOU EVERY TIME, BUT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S NO HOLES.

YEAH.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE UNSAFE FOR THE KIDS.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, EIGHT BREAKERS.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS, AND I DID BRING THIS UP, UM, BUT, UH, AND I SHOULD HAVE TOLD VICTOR AS WELL, AGAIN, IT'S THE CONTRACTOR I THINK THAT SHOULD BE HANDLING IT FROM THE BIG TRUCKS GOING BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THERE.

THEY DID LEAVE SOME PRETTY BIG PIVOTS IN THE GRASS.

AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, THEY'RE PROBABLY THREE INCH, THREE INCHES DEEP.

SO THOSE SHOULD BE COVERED UP TO PREVENT INJURIES.

I MEAN, IT, IT IS JUST LIABILITY STUFF.

UM, AND IT, IT IS MOSTLY CAUSED FROM THAT RAIN WE HAD WHERE IT'S SOFTENED UP QUITE A BIT, BUT YOU GOT ABOUT THREE INCH DITS GOING ON AND I, I DON'T HAVE DIRT TO FILL, SO THEY CAN EITHER RUN OVER 'EM ONE ANOTHER TIME, EVEN IT OUT OR, OR JUST FILM.

UM, BUT OVERALL, I THINK WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL LITTLE LEAGUE SEASON.

UM, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK HAS BEEN GREAT.

SPONSORSHIP AND THE COMMUNITY BUSINESSES HAS BEEN GREAT.

UM, OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS BEEN FOR IMPROVEMENT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

ONLY A CAMP FOR BASEBALL.

SO LET'S SAY, SO YOU HAVE THOSE TESTS THAT WERE NOT .

SO WE, SO WE DID HAVE A SPONSOR, UM, WHICH IS A, A TRAVEL PROGRAM WITH THE COMPASS.

AND THEY, THEY HELD A FREE CLINIC FOR, FOR OUR, OUR LEAGUE.

WE HAD 40 KIDS PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

AND THAT WAS COOL.

THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO, WHO CAME THROUGH AND WERE WILLING TO DO IT FOR FREE, YOU KNOW.

UM, BUT THEY'RE LOCAL, ONE OF THE, THE COACH FROM THAT ORGANIZATION LIVES HERE.

UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOME MORE WITH THAT.

UM, I'VE EXPRESSED MY INTEREST IN EXPANDING THAT AND, AND, AND HAVING IT ACCESSIBLE TO JUST KIDS THAT DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE THE FUNDS TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT STUFF BECAUSE ALL THAT'S EXPENSE.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING PROBABLY 40 BUCKS OF PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, SO, AND YEAH.

UM, SO, SO THE FACT THEY'RE WILLING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.

YEAH.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING GOING.

UM, IT'LL PROBABLY, IF WE CAN GET STUFF GOING, EVEN ON THE OFF SEASON TO KEEP A LOT OF THESE KIDS ACTIVE, IF THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UM, LITTLE LEAGUE DOES HAVE A SUMMER PROGRAM WHERE YOU'RE BASICALLY SPENDING IT CONDITIONING THE PLAYERS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HOLD TO A LIMIT IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE THOSE WORKOUTS WITH, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED KIDS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME JUST TO STATION.

SO, SO A LOT, A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF THINGS TO COME.

UM, BUT OVERALL THINGS ARE GOING .

WELL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

UM, WITH, WITH THOSE CONCERNS ON THE FIELDS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BUT THOSE ARE JUST, I MEAN, I THINK THEY JUST HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THANKS MCDONALD.

MM-HMM .

UH, ANYONE ELSE? UH, QUESTION ON THIS.

UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, LIGHTNING REQUIREMENTS, AND PROMISE.

SO THIS IS FROM THE FEBRUARY 19TH.

SO IS THERE LIKE A DATE WHEN I YEAH, WE CAN DO, I CAN MAP, I CAN SEE THE LINK TO THAT MEETING AND YOU CAN REVIEW EVERYTHING.

SO THAT WAS A MEETING THAT STEVE WAS OUT AT, AND SO OUR MEETING ARE JUST LIKE ACTION ITEM MEETINGS.

SO THEY WOULD GO INTO LIKE, DETAIL OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY SAID DURING THE MEETINGS.

UM, AND, BUT I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK SO YOU CAN OKAY.

CAN GET THAT.

'CAUSE THIS ARE JUST, THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS TO THAT, BUT

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I'LL JUST SAY THE YEAH, YEAH.

UM, REGARDING THE, THE LEASH LAWS, LIKE THE SIGNS, I THINK LAST TIME STEVE WAS HERE, HE SAID THAT'D BE AN EASY THING.

THEY, THEY COULD JUST, THEY EITHER ALREADY HAD SIGNS OR THEY COULD JUST PUT 'EM UP.

I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN 'EM.

WE, I HAVEN'T, NO.

UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

.

AND WHICH PARK WAS THAT? UH, THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY LOS PALM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF FALLS PARKS NEED 'EM HERE, BUT I KNOW LOS PALM ONLY HAS ONE THAT I'VE SEEN.

OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE'RE STILL, LIKE, IF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, WE, WE, WE CAN.

OH.

UM, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET UPDATES ON SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS. RIGHT.

SO, SO LIKE THE, THE UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLE HABITATION PART, UM, IT'S STILL, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT'S STILL ONGOING AT ELON.

AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW IF IT'S AT WEST PALM, IT'S THERE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

JUST THEY, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THEIR CARS AND DON'T, GUY HAS FIVE DOGS, THEY HAVE DOGS AND HE JUST, NOW THEY BARK.

BUT THEY SEEM TO BE FRIENDLY.

THEY DON'T, THEY HAVE, I'VE SEEN HIM, I'VE SEEN 'EM APPROACH PEOPLE, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THEM.

THEY GET OUT, APPROACH 'EM, AND THEN JUST KIND OF WAGGING TELLS.

BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SIDE DOGS.

YEAH.

FIVE OF THEM LIVING IN THE VAN AND, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS OFF THE BEACH.

THEY'RE JUST KIND OF CRUISING PARKING LOT.

YEAH.

AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES TOO, RIGHT? NO, AND THERE'S, THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE.

BUT, UM, YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY, I THINK SOMETHING I TRY TO ADVISE, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF IS, UM, LIKE WHEN THERE ARE KIND OF LIKE ISSUES IN, IN THE CITY, UM, TO JUST THINK OF YOURSELF ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST LIKE THE COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, ADVISORY MEMBER WHERE WE'RE GONNA LIKE MEET YOU TO HELP US LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT VISION AND YOU KNOW, HERE'S SOME REPORTS FROM US THAT WE'RE GONNA START, START INVOLVING YOU ON NOW.

JUST THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN THE PAST.

UH, BUT NOW THAT I'M HERE, NO PROMISES TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT MORE OF LIKE WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE IN THE COMMUNITY HAPPENING RIGHT AWAY, LIKE, LET ME KNOW RIGHT AWAY.

UM, OR YOU CAN ALSO, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO WHAT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW.

IF YOU AS A, AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, I CAN HELP YOU LIKE KNOW, LIKE, WELL CHAIR PRESIDENT AROUND THE TIME, SO HE KIND OF KNOWS WHO TO KIND OF CONTACT OR SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT HE MIGHT HAVE JUST AS LIKE A RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, PERSON.

UM, SOME OF THE THINGS JUST KIND OF MENTIONING THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU SEE, LIKE, IT'S LIKE A LEGAL ACTIVITY, UM, THAT'S A PD DISPATCH CALL, LIKE A CRIME THAT'S A 9 1 1 CALL.

I, SO THOSE LITTLE LIKE KIND OF GRANULAR DETAILS, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE AN AGENDA AHEAD, UM, THAT I DON'T WANNA WANT SAY ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, BUT THE IDEA IS TO PUT SOMETHING ON AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE ONCE WE GET THERE TO VOTE ON THAT.

UM, BUT JUST, I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THIS, UH, KIND OF, UH, FREE FORM OF JUST COMMITTEE COMMENTS.

UM, AND SO JUST WANNA ADVISE THAT COMMITTEE COMMENTS ARE USUALLY MORE LIKE, UM, LIKE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SERVING YEAH.

LIKE PUBLIC AND THEN IF THERE ARE LIKE, LIKE GRANULAR ISSUES THAT LIKE KIND OF MICRO ISSUES THAT, THAT, UH, WE CAN JUST, I'LL DEFINITELY HELP YOU KIND OF LIKE, UH, I, I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF LIKE, BECAUSE I HAD ANOTHER CALL, BUT THEN I'LL GIVE YOU RESOURCE FOR THE NEXT TIME.

SO, UM, JUST REALLY, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE I WISH WE HAD LIKE THE WHOLE PUBLIC THAT KNEW HOW TO LIKE, RESOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES.

PEOPLE ARE KIND OF LIKE, THEY DON'T KNOW THE CONTACT FOR THOSE SITUATIONS.

YEAH, YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD FOLLOW UP ON LIKE, IF WE JUST SEE LIKE THE SAME CAR THAT JUST LIVES THERE EVERY DAY, RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE SKETCHY FOR THE KIDS RIGHT.

BY THE PLAYGROUND OR WHATEVER.

LIKE AT L WHAT DO WE DO? DO WE TAKE A PICTURE? DO WE SEND IT? LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO? WELL, WE, WE, I MEAN, I, I CAN, OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY REPORTING THIS STUFF.

THEY CALL PD, THEY'LL REPORT IT ON THE APP.

UM, THEY'LL CALL ANIMAL CONTROL.

UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THE RESPONSE IS LIMITED.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE THEY, THEY GET THEM SO FREQUENT, THEY FIGURE THEY ALREADY KNOW WHO'S THERE AND THEY JUST IGNORE IT.

UM, OR THEY'LL JUST DRIVE THROUGH AND THEY TAKE OFF BECAUSE I SEE IT, YOU KNOW, I'M THERE TILL SOMETIMES 10 O'CLOCK.

UH, SO, SO, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

I I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HANGING OUT AT THE PARK AND LIVING OUTTA YOUR CAR.

LIKE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I, I, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN KICKED OUTTA THE PARK.

UM, YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU GUYS LAST TIME THAT THE TRUCK THAT PARKS IN THE HANDICAP SPOT, I MEAN, IT'S JUST

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INVESTED IN MICE UNDERNEATH, LIKE MICE COME OUT OF IT.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOT, AND WE, YOU KNOW, LUCKILY THAT THAT CAR MOVED, BUT THEY STILL COME AROUND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

UM, BUT THERE'S MAYBE THREE OTHERS I THINK THAT ARE ALWAYS THERE.

THEY'RE STILL THERE.

UM, SO WE JUST NEED, THERE NEEDS TO BE FOLLOW UP ON THE PART OF CARE, THE PD AS WELL, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST TO GO, UH, RESPOND TO THE CALL, BUT ACTUALLY TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

I THINK WE SHARED SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE HAVING RIGHT.

SOMEONE COME AND THAT BE LIKE A REGULAR ROUTE THAT THEY OKAY.

CORRECT.

THAT WAS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HAT TOO.

YEAH.

THAT WAS , BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE IT ON CURRENT BUSINESS AS WELL.

YEAH.

YEAH.

SO I MEAN, I GUESS WITH THAT, SHOULD WE JUST MOVE INTO CURRENT BUSINESS? BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE KIND OF TENSIONING IN THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT.

I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.

UM, GOOD COMMENTS.

AND, UM, YEAH, UH, CHAIR, YOU OKAY IF I, UM, TAKE THIS ONE? SURE.

I JUST WANNA, UM, KIND OF INTRODUCE THIS, 'CAUSE THIS IS KIND OF A NEW, UM, KIND OF CONCEPT, CONCEPT I THINK.

UM, SO, UH, THERE IS A FORM THAT, THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU WANT TO PUT PLACE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA.

UM, SO I, I DID SEND IT TO, UM, COMMISSIONER HERE AND, UH, SHE FILLED IT OUT.

AND SO NOW THE PROCESS IS TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO PLACE THIS ON THE NEXT AGENDA, UM, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTION ITEM VOTE.

UM, AND SO THE QUEST WAS TO IZE FOR YOUR FEATURE DISCUSSION AND JUST COME IN RIGHT FROM THE FORM WE FILLED OUT MM-HMM .

SO, UM, THIS IS TO SAY THE OPTION THAT MAY SOLVE FOR PART MANNERISM AND UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS REGULAR POLICE PRESENCE, PARK RANGER, ET CETERA.

SO WE CAN'T DISCUSS THIS ITEM HERE TODAY.

UM, BUT THE PROTECTION ITEM YOU HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE THIS IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S, UH, WORTHY TO, TO DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE, UH, GENI.

SO WITH THAT, I GUESS WE COULD JUST CALL FOR A MOMENT.

SURE.

YEAH.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR TO, UH, APPROVE THE, WHAT DO YOU WANNA CALL IT? REQUEST TO DISCUSS THIS TOPIC? YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT.

AND I TOOK GUN.

I GUESS WE NEED A FIRST AND A SECOND TOO.

OKAY.

.

SO, SO YEAH.

I, YOU WANT FIRST ALL EMOTIONAL IMPROVEMENT, ALL MOTION, AND GET A SECOND.

SECOND.

OKAY.

, UH, ALL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

PASSAGE AND UNANIM SLATE.

SORRY.

THIS IS WELCOME TO THE RED TAPE OF HOW THINGS GET DONE, .

YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW.

WE'LL SEE.

WELL AS LORD.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

UM, AND SO THAT MOVES US INTO, UM, UH, STAFF REPORTS.

SO IF THAT'S OKAY.

YEP.

COOL.

UM, I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN.

UM, YOU CAN SEE IT ON, I SEE.

MIKE, ARE YOU ABLE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON LIKE, UM, THE GOLF, THE GOLF COURSE STUFF? YEAH, IT'S IN HERE.

OH, COOL.

I THINK YOU WERE HEADING HEADING THAT, RIGHT? YEAH.

YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, SO FIRST WANTED TO JUST, UM, UPDATE YOU.

WE HAD A, UH, RECENT BUDGET WORKSHOP, UH, LAST WEEK, UM, ON MONDAY.

AND IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO KIND OF REVIEW THE FULL, THE FULL MEETING, UM, IT'S, UH, FIVE HOURS LONG.

SO, UM, THIS IS GO THROUGH THE, UH, YEAH, GO THROUGH THE, YEAH, THE QUESTION QUICKLY.

UH, UH, KIND OF TYPICAL OF, OF WORKSHOPS, THEY'D ALREADY PRESENTED SOMETHING AT A PREVIOUS WORKSHOP, SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF RECAPPING THE 27 BUDGET.

UM, AND IT'S PRELIMINARY, SO NOTHING'S BEEN APPROVED YET.

SO THIS IS KIND OF THE WAY, UM, COUNCIL, UM, REALLY, UH, IS, UH, APPROVING FIRST.

FIRST THEY JUST HAVE LIKE WHAT WE, WE WERE PRESENTING AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN, AND THEN THEY START TO WORKSHOP IT TO, TO GET TO WHERE IT ULTIMATELY GETS THROUGH.

UM, SO THE FIRST WORKSHOP WAS DIRECTED TO TRY TO LOOK AT MORE OF A ZERO TYPE OF BUDGET, ZERO BASED BUDGETING.

UM, AND SO IT WAS EXPLAINED HOW IT'S ALREADY, WE KIND ALREADY HAVE A MODIFIED ZERO BASED BUDGETING, UM, AND HOW ON HOW WE DO THESE BUDGETS, UM, FOR AN OVERVIEW ON THE BUDGETING PROCESS, UM, FIRST WITH CITY MANAGER REVIEWING WITH EACH DEPARTMENT, AND THEN, UH, THIS FOR THIS, SO THIS FISCAL FOR HERE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS, SO YEP.

SO IT'S JUST LIKE BASELINE BUDGET

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TO WHAT WE HAD, UH, LAST YEAR IS WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR END THIS YEAR.

UH, THIS JUST SHOWS HOW WE, UM, CURRENTLY, UH, HAVE NOT KIND OF MADE IT TO OUR, UH, REVENUES.

UH, WE JUST, WE ARE, WE'RE 3 MILLION TO UPON WHAT WE HAVE PROJECTED OUR REVENUES TO BE COMING.

SO THIS IS, WE'RE LOOKING AT $76 MILLION, UH, BUDGET WHEN, WHEN WE'RE KIND OF FORECASTING 73 MILLION.

UM, SAME THING ON THIS IS HOW EXPENDITURES ARE, ARE LOOKING FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR FROM THE G ALL PROPOSED.

SO, UM, THIS IS WHAT OUR FTE COUNT IS FOR THE CITY.

UM, THIS IS LIKE THE MAIN SLIDE I WANTED TO SHARE WHERE, UM, WE, WE BASICALLY ARE LOOKING AT A $16 MILLION DEFICIT RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, IF WE USE THE $13 MILLION THAT'S IDENTIFIED HERE IN THE UN, THE UNDECIDED FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS LIKE AN OBSERVED FUND, UM, WE WOULD HAVE NO MORE RESERVES.

THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LAST OF OUR RESERVES.

SO THEN WE HAVE TO FIND $3 MILLION TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

SO SOMETIMES HEAR OTHER CITIES AND OTHER COUNTIES DOING THAT LIKE THAT TOO, THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE AN UNBALANCED BUDGET, SO NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO DIP INTO THE RESERVES TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

UM, SO THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR.

WE WOULD USE THIS 13 MILLION FROM UNASSIGNED RESERVES.

UM, AND THEN THE $3 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE SHORT.

AND SO WE'VE COME UP WITH $3 MILLION OF, OF REDUCTIONS.

UM, SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY FINE, UH, PRINT HERE.

SO I'LL, I'LL GET TO COMMUNITY SERVICES HERE.

THIS DEPARTMENT WENT THROUGH THEIR, THEIR COMPONENTS.

SO FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, UM, FT COUNT.

NOW THAT CHANGES.

UM, WELL, IT DOES ACTUALLY CHANGE BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO, THIS IS ALL PROPOSED RIGHT NOW.

THE COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED THIS, BUT WE ARE PROPOSING, THERE WAS TWO FTPS THAT IDENTIFIED IN OUR BUDGET SEND IN THERE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

AND WE'VE, WE'VE NEVER FILLED 'EM.

AND WE FEEL THAT, UM, UH, I KINDA MENTIONED IT EARLIER, THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD A DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR FOR THIS DEPARTMENT.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN UNDERNEATH THE LIBRARY.

UM, AND SO THERE WAS A MANAGER IN THIS ROLE PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS JOANNE.

UM, SHE WAS RUNNING THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES LIKE THE NUTRITION CENTER, UM, ALL THE LEASES, ALL THE COMMITTEES.

AND SO NOW I'VE TAKEN ON THAT ROLE.

UM, AND THAT, THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE I DON'T NEED THESE EXTRA TWO SUPERVISOR POSITIONS BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THE MANAGER'S ROLE THAT WE FILL THIS, THE PERSON'S NAME IS TONY, AND I'LL BRING HIM IN FOR, UM, AN UPDATE AT SOME POINT SO YOU CAN MEET HIM.

UH, BUT NOW HE'S FOCUSED, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THE ACTUAL DIVISION.

SO I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF NEW IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GONNA COME OUT OF THAT.

WE ALSO HIRED A FULL-TIME MANAGER FOR THE NUTRITION CENTER, UM, WHICH REALLY FREES UP, YOU KNOW, ME FOR, FOR RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO, TO HANDLE OTHER, OTHER THINGS.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY I MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY WELL WITH IN MIND WITH ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAD VACANT POSITIONS, THEY, THEY WERE FREEZING THOSE POSITIONS AS WELL.

SO, SO FREEZING THESE POSITIONS WON'T, WON'T RESULT IN ANY REDUCTION IN SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED THE PUBLIC.

UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SCALING BACK THE, THE HOLIDAY EVENT, WHICH AGAIN, WE WON'T SEE A REALLY, LIKE, UH, BIG IMPACTS, I DON'T THINK, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S SOME TIMES I THINK WHERE, AGAIN, HAVING SOME EXTRA FULL-TIME STAFF NOW, AGAIN, I WAS BRAND NEW WHEN THE FIRST EVENT FIRST, UH, CAME OFF AND GOT TO OBSERVE IT.

AND I, I SEE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE STREAMLINED AND EFFICIENT JUST ON OUR STAFFING COSTS.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST COST OF THAT EVENT.

SURE.

UM, AND TRYING TO WORK WITH MAYBE SOME PARTNERS.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE IN OTHER CITIES WHERE I'VE RAN SPECIAL EVENTS, FIND LIKE A GROUP THAT COULD JUST PARTNER ONE LITTLE SECTION OF THE EVENT AND LET, GIVE A CRAFT TABLE.

THEN I HAVE TO PAY LIKE 10 REC LEADERS TO BE THERE.

AND SO, UM, REALLY, REALLY KIND OF FOCUSING TOWARDS THAT.

UM, WE, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA KILL ME, BUT JUST THERE'S A ONLINE FORMAT FOR THE RECREATION GUIDE THAT, UH, WE WERE HOPING TO KIND OF GO TOWARDS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY LIKE A 32, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MATERIAL THAT'S JUST, IT HAS EVERYTHING IN THE DEPARTMENT AND NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE JUST A SENIOR, YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE SWIM CLASSES OR THE REC CLASSES.

SO THE IDEA IS KIND OF PUT THAT MORE ONLINE, UH, NOTES, SAVES THE MONEY.

UM, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A BIGGIE, BUT IT IS KIND OF NOT.

SO THE $235,000 FROM THE NUTRITION SERVICES, WHICH IS REDUCING THE MEAL CAP.

UM, AND I'LL, AND I'LL, I'LL KIND OF GET TO ANOTHER SLIDE HERE.

UM, WE CALL, WE CALL IT RIGHT SIZING.

UM, IT'S LIKE ON THE FOURTH BULLET, I'M SKIPPING AROUND HERE.

BUT, UM, THE, THE IDEA IS THAT

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I KIND OF THINK OF THIS TIME DURING LIKE COVID, WHEN IT WAS, WHEN IT WAS, UM, EVERYONE'S MISSION TO, TO SERVE SENIORS DURING COVID BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE HOME BOUND AND IT WAS REALLY KIND OF NOT SAFE FOR THEM TO GET OUT TO THE STORES AND, AND GO SHOPPING.

SO WE WERE AS CITIES TASKED TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, DELIVER FOOD, UH, TO SENIORS.

SO A LOT OF THE NUTRITION CENTERS, UM, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

LIKE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY OFFICIAL CENTER AROUND, UM, THE FAMILY HAS, HAS, HAS NUMEROUS NUTRITION CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

UM, UH, WE WERE ALL TASKED TO JUST, JUST TO TOTALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, RAMP UP OUR OPERATIONS TO START FEEDING ALL THESE SENIORS.

AND SO WE MADE A IMPACT TO ALL THE RES, ALL THE, ALL THE, ALL THE SERVICE SERVICES CENTERS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS.

AND THIS, THERE'S JUST THE CAPACITY OF LIKE, YEP, WE CAN'T FEED THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.

'CAUSE IT IS LIKE TRIAGE.

YOU HAVE TO LIKE FEED EVERYBODY.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

YOU GUYS HAVE ALL GONE TO THE STORE, YOU'VE SEEN HOW EXPENSIVE FOOD KEEPS GETTING AND IT KEEPS GOING UP AND UP.

AND SO WE WERE, WE WERE FEEDING UP TO FOUR OH PEOPLE A DAY AT THE NUTRITION CENTER, MOSTLY NON-RESIDENTS.

AND SO IT'S JUST, IT SOUNDS HEARTLESS, BUT IT'S LIKE WE WILL HELP FIND THE POST STUDENT NUTRITION CENTER.

UH, WE'RE ALL COUNTY SPONSORED, SO THEY'LL STILL BE GETTING THE SAME NUTRITIOUS VALUE .

UM, AND SO IT DOES SOUND LIKE WE'RE REALLY TAKING A LOT OF MONEY AWAY, BUT IT'S JUST, WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT-SIZING FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA EXPLORE JUST FOR BRAND OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP US EVEN OFFSET THAT COST EVEN MORE.

UM, AND THEN THIS IS JUST SOME OTHER IDEAS WE HAVE FOR LIKE REVENUE ENHANCEMENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, HEARING THIS, HEARING THIS PROBLEM WE'RE GONNA HAVE OF HAVING LIKE THIS BUDGET GAP, NOT ONLY REDUCING THE EXPENDITURES, WE ALSO NEED TO COME UP WITH LIKE MORE REVENUE IDEAS THAT THAT'LL OFFSET EXPENDITURES.

AND, AND OUR DEPARTMENT IS PROBABLY THE MOST, UM, UH, POED PO TO DO THAT.

TO NOT WANNA MAKE IT SOUND LIKE, OH, WE'RE GONNA TAX ALL THESE PROGRAMS WE'RE DOING.

IT'S JUST THINKING MORE, UM, OUTSIDE THE BOX.

SO RECENTLY I'M GONNA GET TO THE SLIDE ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AMENDMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT THAT.

WE ADMITTED THIS GOLF COURSE AGREEMENT, AND THAT'S GONNA BRING IN MORE REVENUE.

UM, WE'RE ALSO BRINGING ON THE SAME CONSULTANTS THAT DO THE FEE STUDIES FOR THE, FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

UH, WE'RE GONNA BRING THEM ON TO JUST MAKE SURE, LIKE THE GOLF, THE POOL, OTHER RENT FEES ARE, ARE FAR LINE WITH WHAT OTHER NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, ARE, ARE.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT THE MARKET'S KIND OF BEARING, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT LIKE, OH, NATIONAL CITY'S CHARGING LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FOR SUMMER CAMP.

NO, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE WE'RE RIGHT IN LINE WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN THE MARKET THAT WE'VE, WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE HERE.

UM, SO, AND WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF SHOWING, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE COST RECOVERY KIND OF LIKE SET UP IN PLACE.

UM, RIGHT.

SO STAFF HAS REALLY BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF LIKE PUTTING ALL THEIR PROGRAMS DOWN AND SHOWING THE TRUE COST OF WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS, UH, A PROGRAM.

AND THEN THESE CONSULTANTS ARE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE OF ALL THEY DO AND THEY CAN RUN SOME ANALYTICS.

THIS IS WHERE I'M GONNA NEED YOUR HELP 'CAUSE I WANNA BRING A LOT OF THESE FINDINGS TO YOU TO JUST, YOU KNOW, START TO RUN THIS BY YOU BEFORE WE TAKE 'EM TO COUNCIL.

SO, UM, THIS LIKE, I NEED SO MUCH HELP FROM THIS COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE REALLY A, A, A NEW UN CHARTERED TERRITORY HERE AGAINST SUCH A BUDGET GAP.

UM, AND, UH, JUST EVALUATING OUR CITY SPONSOR.

VINCENT KIND MENTIONED THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT NUMBER ONE, COST SAVINGS MEASURES AND MAKING THIS LOOKING AT OUR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

GO AHEAD.

YEAH.

OH, FOR THE GRANTS, DO YOU HAVE A GRANT? RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WE, UM, DO IN PUBLIC WORKS.

YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME ASSIGNED PUBLIC WORKS.

WE'LL SWITCH OVER TO, SORRY, I'M GONNA WRAP UP QUICK.

VERY SORRY.

THIS IS TAKING AWAY NO, .

UM, SO THIS WAS THE GOLF COURSE AMENDMENT WE JUST TOOK LAST MONTH.

UM, AND IT BRINGS IT TO ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.

UM, SO JUST SOME KEY TERMS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

UM, THE ANNUAL RENT, IT USED TO BE 70 2020, ABOUT 200,000.

SO THAT'S THE BARE MINIMUM EVERY MONTH WE'RE GETTING THE RENT.

UM, BUT THE MAIN THING THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'VE INCREASED OUR GROSS REVENUE SHARES MM-HMM .

UM, SO THIS IS ALL VERY MINIMAL, UM, BASED OFF OF LAST YEAR'S PROJECTIONS.

UM, BUT LIKE WE WERE LOOKING LIKE THE LAST YEAR THEY GREW 42% AND IT'S JUST THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GOLF COURSE THAT ARE, THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING, WE THINK IS GOING TO EVEN INCREASE THEIR, THEIR REVENUE PROJECTIONS EVEN MORE.

UM, SO THAT'S REALLY ON TARGET.

THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE ADDED.

THEY NOW HAVE TO, UM, PUT 2% OF THE MONTHLY GROSS INCOME INTO THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

SO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 2% WOULD, WOULD, WOULD EQUAL 200,000.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING OVER THAT BY DOING 275,000.

AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT GONNA DO IT IN A FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME.

THEY'RE GONNA

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DO IT WITHIN LIKE AN 18 MONTH TIMEFRAME BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE, THE, THE MORE, THE SOONER THEY DO THESE IMPROVEMENTS, THE MORE THE BUSINESS IS GONNA START TO FOR SURE TO TURN AROUND.

UM, SO THE T BRIDGE REPLACEMENT IS A BIG, BIG THING.

IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE CIP UH, LIST HERE.

RIGHT.

UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FALL.

UM, T LEVELING AND NOVATION BUNKER DRAINAGE, CLUBHOUSE STRUCTURES, DRIVING RANGE REFURBISHMENT AND MONUMENT SIGN AND THE PARKING LOT SISTANCE.

AND ARE THOSE GUYS CAN I ASK? YEAH, OF COURSE, PLEASE.

YEAH.

THE, THE GOLF COURSE, ARE THOSE, ARE THOSE PROJECTS DONE PRIVATELY OR IS THAT CITY PRIVATELY.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S WHY THE COSTS ARE SO LOW.

YEAH, COMPLETELY.

OKAY.

.

OKAY.

GOTCHA.

YEP.

UM, AND THEN JUST SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO KIND OF SHORE UP IN THE AGREEMENT, MAKING SURE THAT LIKE IF THERE'S ANY EMERGENCY REPAIRS, WE CAN GET IN THERE AND JUST MAKE THEM AND THEN, AND MAKE SURE THEY PAY US, LIKE REIMBURSE THEM.

IF WE HAD SOME, UH, SPERM DRAIN ON THEIR PARKING LOT RECENTLY, THAT WAS, THAT WAS CLO AND, UM, PUBLIC WORKS FILED IN THE BACK, THE TRUCK.

AND THEN IN THAT CASE, IF ANYONE IN BUSINESS HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE THEM PAY US FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR TIME.

SO NOTHING DIFFERENT, UH, BUT WE NEEDED AN IN THE AGREEMENT, UM, ADDED SOME INDEMNITY PROVISIONS IN.

UM, WE'VE ALSO ADDED A MONTHLY COORDINATION MEETING, UM, BETWEEN MYSELF, THEIR MANAGEMENT, SO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND REVIEWING HOW, HOW THE COURSE IS LOOKING.

UM, BIG THING FOR THIS GROUP IS FOR EVERY YEAR, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM COME AND PRESENT A REPORT ON GROSS INCOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIRS, EVENTS, HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORTS.

AND THIS WILL BE A GOOD THING, I THINK BECAUSE THE GOLF COMMUNITY WILL KNOW THIS, THIS IS HAPPENING HERE AND THIS WILL GIVE THEM A VENUE, THEY CAN COME AND THEY CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON LIKE, IS THIS, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXPECTING OUTTA THE GOLF COURSE.

UM, SO IT'S ANOTHER GOOD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT I THINK WE'VE HAD, UM, WITH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE GOLF COURSE AND JUST INVOLVE THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, DECISION MAKING GROUP, UH, IS GONNA BE GREAT.

UM, ANOTHER THING THEY, THEY REALLY HAD STARTED DOING, UM, LIKE A MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, PROGRAM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE A PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS DIDN'T.

SO THEY STARTED JUST TEACHING OTHER SCHOOLS, UH, AS A PD PROGRAM COMING OVER, WE'RE TEACHING 'EM THREE.

SO NOW WE PUT IT IN THE AGREEMENT, UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GREAT GENERAL MANAGER RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE PUT ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE, THAT, THAT HE'S DOING OVER THERE IN THE, IN THE AGREEMENT IN CASE THEY CHANGE, UH, MEMBER, UH, MANAGERS OVER THERE.

UH, SO THIS IS A GREAT POINT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.

MM-HMM .

UM, THING THAT'S GREAT FOR US IS THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN TEACHING A FREE PROGRAM FOR US.

UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING A SMALL, UM, $10 FEE THAT HELPS US KIND OF RECOUP SOME OF OUR COSTS.

WE, WE HAVE SOME STAFF THERE AND, AND WE, WE HAND UP WITH A LITTLE POLO SHIRT.

UM, SO SOMETHING JUST REALLY NOMINAL, WE FOUND THAT SKIT KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A FEE FOR PROGRAMS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST DON'T SHOW UP IF YOU JUST SAY, HEY, SIX WEEK CLASS AND IT'S FREE, AND THEN, THEN ONE SHOWS UP.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE DID THIS AL FEE.

WHERE CAN WE GET THIS INPUT? BECAUSE I MEAN, I I, I KNOW THE GOLF COURSE AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAD THAT.

I I AGREE.

I KNOW.

UM, THAT'S PART OF THIS GUIDE THAT WE DON'T HAVE YET.

LIKE EVERY CITY I'VE WORKED IN IS JUST THIS GUIDE THAT'S LIKE EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING.

AND THIS GUIDE, LIKE EVENTS ARE IN HERE, ALL THE PROGRAMS ARE IN THERE AND WE'RE TOTALLY GETTING THERE.

NOW.

UH, ONE OF MY SLIDES IN HERE IS GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR REBRANDING OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

UM, AND I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT AND, AND, UM, EXCITING TO JUST SEND IT DIRECTLY TO YOU ALL.

JUST HELP ME GET THE WORD OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

YEAH.

ANY GOLFER.

YEAH, YEAH, COURSE I GOLFER.

YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH, SO MAYBE YOU CAN CLOSE.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

, I ALREADY HAVE SOME.

OKAY.

AND, UM, THIS WAS KIND OF LIKE EARLIER WHERE YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING, JUST ABOUT WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THE GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT? AND, UM, IF I WAS HERE EARLIER THIS YEAR, I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO PRESENT THIS AS PART OF LIKE, THE BUDGET THAT WAS GOING BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO TELL YOU THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MM-HMM .

AND GET THE FEEDBACK.

BUT FORTUNATELY, UM, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP AS WE'RE DOING THINGS AND YOU'LL BE MORE INVOLVED NEXT YEAR.

SO I KIND OF MENTIONED IT IN THAT PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, UM, THAT I DELIVERED TO COUNCIL LAST WEEK, THAT THERE'S THE USER FEED THAT'S COMING UP.

UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, SIX SPONSORED EVENTS.

UM, LOOKING AT JUST LEVERAGING OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH, WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO, TO LOOK AT, THERE'S ANY RESOURCES THAT WE CAN SHARE TO ELIMINATE ANY KIND OF REDUNDANT MUNICIPAL SERVICES.

SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY'S DOING THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS ALREADY DOING.

MAYBE IT'S JUST PARTNERING WITH THEM AND GETTING THE WORD OUT.

LIKE I'D HEARD A WHILE BACK, WE USED TO ADVERTISE A, LIKE A, AN EVENT, UH, FOR, FOR VETERANS ON MEMORIAL DAY.

UM, THAT'S HAPPENING ON LIKE, UH, THE LINCOLN PARK.

UM, AND SO IT'S LIKE WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO THE EVENT 'CAUSE SOMEONE ELSE IN TOWNS AREN'T DOING SURE.

BUT WE, WE KIND OF HELP ADVERTISE IT, GET THE WORD OUT.

SO JUST LITTLE, LITTLE THINGS

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LIKE THAT, UM, WILL HELP KIND OF LIKE REDUCE COSTS.

UH, BUT ALSO TO YOUR POINT, LIKE YOU DIDN'T KNOW LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING HAPPENED AT THE GOLF COURSE.

LIKE WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF THAT.

UM, I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR THE NUTRITION SERVICES, UM, AND THEN JUST, JUST GETTING THIS RIGHT GUIDE SO IT'S LIKE IN ONE PLACE AND, AND IT'S LIKE THAT'S EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IN THERE, UM, REQUIRES A LOT OF, UH, PRE-PLANNING ON OUR END, WHICH I KNOW TONY BEING DEDICATED AS, AS THE REC SENIOR SERVICES MANAGER WILL HAVE TIME TO, TO GET THIS GOING.

UM, THIS IS THE THING I WAS LEADING UP TO, UH, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA BE LAUNCHING A DEDICATED, UH, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL.

SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF THE NORM, UM, FOR US TO BE KIND OF SEPARATE THAN THE CITY NEWS.

THE CITY NEWS STUFF IS, UM, A LOT GOING ON AND LIBRARY IS ALSO GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN CHANNELS.

SO SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE KIND OF TARGET MARKETING WHERE SURE, PEOPLE MAYBE DON'T WANNA SIGN UP FOR ALL THE CITY UPDATES TO HEAR ABOUT STREET CLOSURES AND ALL THAT.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP, UM, JUST KIND OF GET OUR, GET OUR EVENTS OUT THERE, HELP BOOST ATTENDANCE, AND THEN REALLY THIS KIND OF ABOUT THE REVENUE WHEN WE GET SOME OF THESE, THE NEW CLASSES AND NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE THINK ARE REALLY, UM, GONNA, GONNA BE, GONNA BE POPULAR.

WE NEED TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT, UM, IN THAT, IN THAT LINE.

WE ALSO THINK LOS PALM SCHOOL NOW BEING SINCE 2023 IS LIKE A BRAND NEW 50 METER POOL, WHICH IS LIKE SO SPECIAL.

LIKE, I MEAN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THESE 50 METER POOLS AROUND AND IT'S, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND LIKE, UM, IT'S A FAST POOL, JUST THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED.

AND I DON'T THINK A LOT OF GROUPS KNOW WERE HERE.

UM, I ALSO THINK BECAUSE THERE WAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE COLUMNS THAT, UM, ENGINEERING HAS REALLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO NOW FIX THE, THE FACILITY KEPT BREAKING DOWN .

SO NOW WE WANNA 'EM KNOW WE ARE, WE ARE BACK AND, AND IS BETTER THAN EVER.

UM, SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PART.

UM, TRAINING'S BEEN A BIG DEAL FOR, FOR ME AND MY CAREER, AND I WANNA KIND OF MAKE SURE I DO THAT IN THIS DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST GOALS IS TO JUST GET THIS, YOU KNOW, TEAM, UH, KIND OF SUCCESSION PLANNING.

UM, THERE'S JUST BEEN PRETTY MUCH EVERY MANAGEMENT POSITION IN THIS DEPARTMENT HIRED FROM OUTSIDE .

SO, UH, THAT KILLS ME.

'CAUSE THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME MY WHOLE CAREER.

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO MOVE UP IN THE CITY I WAS AT TO GO TO ANOTHER CITY, DIDN'T MOVE UP.

AND IT, IT'S HEARTBREAKING 'CAUSE YOU, YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, POUR YOURSELF INTO THOSE A PLACE AND YOU WANT BE REWARDED AND MOVE UP.

BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG GOAL OF MINE.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, TIMES WHEN WE PRESENT.

UH, I, WHEN I, WHEN I WORKED CORPORATE, IT WAS THE SAME THING.

AND THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS YOU SPEND TIME UNDERSTANDING PROCESSES BECAUSE IT IN PLACE, WHILE THAT TIME COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN MAKING WHAT YOU ALREADY KNEW BETTER.

HAVE YOU BEEN AT THE SAME ? YEAH.

SO TRUE.

.

SO TRUE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

WELL, YEAH, I I I I'D LOVE TO SIT AND CHAT WITH YOU BECAUSE I CAN, I MEAN, I CAN FILL YOU IN ON A BUNCH OF STUFF.

COST SAVING STUFF.

YEAH.

I LOVE THAT.

YEAH.

WE NEED ALL HELP IF WE GET YEAH, FOR SURE.

WE'LL SCHEDULE SOMETHING.

OKAY.

UM, THAT'S IT FOR ME.

COOL.

UM, SORRY I TOOK US ALL AROUND.

THIS BOTTOM PART IS THE PART WHERE WE HAD DISCUSSED, RIGHT? YEAH.

AND IS, IS THIS NOW THE FINALIZED VERSION? YEP, THIS IS FINAL.

OKAY.

SO YEAH, WE'RE COVERED EVERYTHING.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL MAKE SURE THAT GETS PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.

COOL.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UH, YOU GUYS WANNA INDUR UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

YOU WANT A MOTION? OH, SORRY.

I KNOW I HAVEN'T PUT THIS ON HERE, BUT WE DON'T NEED A MOTION.

WE CAN WE CAN CONSIDER.

ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU.

SORRY FOR BEING LATE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE.