Recreation, Music & Parks Commission
Recreation, Music & Parks Commission
mié, 17 de julio de 2024
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RESUMEN DE REUNIÓNGenerado por IA
Comisión de Recreación, Música y Parques — 17 de julio de 2024
Esta fue una reunión ordinaria de la Comisión de Recreación, Música y Parques de Petaluma, notable por su elección anual de oficiales y asignaciones de enlace. La comisión también recibió comentarios públicos que plantearon preocupaciones ambientales sobre dos sitios de parques.
Comentario Público General
Susan Kirks, presidenta de Marin Audubon Society (que según señaló cuenta con aproximadamente 3,000 miembros en el condado de Sonoma, incluidos muchos residentes de Petaluma), habló sobre dos temas durante la reunión.
En primer lugar, expresó preocupaciones sobre un anfiteatro propuesto en Shollenberger Park, el cual argumentó está "contraindicado" dada la proximidad del sitio a áreas activas de anidación de aves y los requisitos de la federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act y el California Fish and Game Code. Señaló que Petaluma Wetlands Alliance votó inicialmente para detener el proyecto, pero luego revirtió su posición tras una votación más amplia de la membresía de aproximadamente 16 a 18 miembros a favor. Kirks instó al Departamento de Parques a intervenir e indicó que tiene planes de comunicarse con el California Department of Fish and Wildlife sobre el asunto. También expresó frustración por el hecho de que su comentario escrito previo sobre este tema no fue reconocido ni abordado en la reunión anterior.
En segundo lugar, durante la discusión sobre las asignaciones de parques, Kirks habló sobre Paula Lane Open Space, argumentando que las acciones de la ciudad —incluida la instalación de una vía a través del hábitat en 2021 y el cercado reciente— han causado daños graves al sitio. Alegó que una tejona adulta hembra y su cría fueron desplazadas como resultado, citando una opinión biológica presentada por un biólogo especialista en mamíferos. Pidió a la comisión que se involucrara de manera sustantiva con las condiciones de la propiedad o que la eliminara de la lista de asignaciones de parques. La comisionada Rizzo Simmons respondió que había visitado el parque con regularidad cuando era su asignación y lo encontró en condiciones razonables, y la comisionada Greenspan indicó que había estado en contacto con Kirks y se comprometió a reunirse con ella, señalando que el parque está cerca de su casa.
Aprobación de Actas
Se aprobaron las actas de las reuniones del 19 de junio de 2024 y del 15 de mayo de 2024. Un comisionado se abstuvo de las actas de mayo por haber estado ausente en esa reunión, y el mismo comisionado se inhibió de las actas de junio por la misma razón.
Votación: Ambos conjuntos de actas aprobados por unanimidad con las abstenciones señaladas.
Elección de Oficiales
El Director de Parques y Recreación Drew Halter explicó que, de acuerdo con el Petaluma Municipal Code, la comisión elige anualmente a un Presidente y un Vicepresidente, con oficiales en funciones hasta el 30 de junio de 2025 o hasta que se designe un reemplazo. El personal señaló que la mejor práctica es la de mandatos de dos años. La comisionada Stacy Earl fue nominada para Presidenta y la comisionada Marianne Elli (ausente) fue nominada para Vicepresidenta, continuando su segundo año en esos roles.
Votación: Aprobado por unanimidad mediante votación a mano alzada.
Asignaciones de Comités, Comisiones, Juntas y Parques
Halter presentó un borrador de hoja de cálculo con las asignaciones de enlace y de parques para el ciclo 2024–25, compilado a partir de una encuesta de preferencias de los comisionados. La comisión cuenta con cuatro asignaciones de enlace permanentes ordenadas por su legislación habilitante: la Museum Association Board, el Public Art Committee, el Tree Committee y el Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee. Los comisionados también rotan mensualmente en asignaciones de monitoreo de parques.
Durante la discusión, se realizaron algunos ajustes: la comisionada Greenspan fue añadida al Aquatics Ad Hoc Advisory Subcommittee, que había sido omitido accidentalmente. Las comisionadas Greenspan y Kelly acordaron intercambiar las asignaciones del Swim Center y el Senior Center. El comisionado Chisholm expresó interés en asumir Oak Hill Park, pero pospuso la solicitud hasta el regreso de la comisionada Elli. Dos parques sin nombre dentro del desarrollo Riverfront —denominados "Active Park" (cancha de fútbol y área de juegos) y "Riverfront Park" (sendero peatonal a lo largo del río)— fueron añadidos a las asignaciones a solicitud de un comisionado. Halter aclaró que los parques se agrupan geográficamente cuando es posible, pero que cierta variedad es intencional para que los comisionados se familiaricen con distintos tipos de parques.
Votación: La moción para aprobar las asignaciones de parques y enlaces de comités para 2024–25 fue aprobada por unanimidad mediante votación a mano alzada.
Actualizaciones de Comisionados y Personal
Los comisionados compartieron varias actualizaciones destacadas durante el tiempo de comentarios:
El evento 4th of July Stars, Stripes, Dogs & Bikes en Prince Park fue descrito como un gran éxito, con un nuevo desfile de bicicletas que atrajo a más de 50 ciclistas. La comisionada Kelly elogió el evento simultáneo del 4 de julio del museo, que convocó a aproximadamente 150 asistentes y presentó el lanzamiento de una nueva exposición llamada "Cornerstone" sobre la historia del museo.
La comisionada Kelly también expresó preocupación por los fuegos artificiales ilegales en barrios residenciales e instó a continuar con los mensajes públicos sobre seguridad contra incendios, al tiempo que reconoció que el espectáculo profesional de la ciudad estuvo bien ejecutado.
El Concejal Now (nombre poco claro en la transcripción) destacó dos acciones del concejo: la renovación del Urban Growth Boundary fue aprobada para la boleta de noviembre (extendiéndola 20 años), y el concejo votó por unanimidad en contra de Measure J. También planteó preocupaciones de accesibilidad en Kenilworth Park, señalando la ausencia de sombra cerca de una sucursal de Little Library recién instalada y la falta de estacionamiento para personas con discapacidad debidamente señalizado, y solicitó soluciones provisionales dado que una renovación completa del parque probablemente se encuentre a tres o más años de distancia.
El comisionado Chisholm enfatizó la importancia de la participación voluntaria de la comunidad en la revitalización del Fairgrounds, tras una visita al sitio realizada ese mismo día.
Las actualizaciones del personal a cargo del Superintendente de Parques e Instalaciones Cindy Chong y del Director Halter incluyeron:
Nuevos senderos y bancas instalados o próximos a instalarse en Lara Park y McNair Landing.
El jardín comunitario de Lara Park está siendo renivelado y revitalizado en colaboración con Petaluma Bounty.
Se espera que la actualización del borrador de la Ordenanza de Preservación de Árboles sea presentada ante el Tree Committee el próximo mes.
Tiny Tot Preschool reanuda actividades el 19 de agosto, ahora acepta niños de dos años y extiende su horario hasta las 3:00 p.m. por primera vez desde antes de la pandemia de COVID.
Movies in the Park continúa el viernes 19 de julio en Lucey Park con una proyección de *Shrek*; los vendedores llegan a las 6 p.m. y la película comienza aproximadamente a las 8:30 p.m.
Los campamentos de verano superan la mitad de su duración con más de 80 niños inscritos diariamente. Varios puestos del personal están vacantes, incluido el de un Coordinador de Recreación de tiempo completo.
Puntos clave
La controversia sobre el anfiteatro en Shollenberger Park continúa: La presidenta de Marin Audubon notificó formalmente a la comisión sobre posibles violaciones regulatorias bajo la legislación federal y estatal de vida silvestre, y señaló que podría escalar el asunto ante el California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Preocupaciones sobre Paula Lane Open Space: Una defensora comunitaria alega que la ciudad ha causado una destrucción significativa del hábitat en este sitio; una comisionada se comprometió a realizar una visita al lugar y a establecer un diálogo directo.
Stacy Earl reelegida como Presidenta y Marianne Elli reelegida como Vicepresidenta para el mandato 2024–25.
Asignaciones de parques y enlaces para 2024–25 aprobadas, con ajustes menores que incluyen la incorporación de dos parques en el área de Riverfront y el intercambio de las asignaciones del Senior Center y el Swim Center.
Brecha de accesibilidad en Kenilworth Park señalada: Ausencia de sombra y estacionamiento para personas con discapacidad cerca de la nueva ubicación temporal de Little Library — una preocupación planteada por un concejal que busca soluciones provisionales a corto plazo.
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Qué ocurrió en esta reunión
Aprobación de Actas de la reunión del 19 de junio de 2024.
The Commission voted to approve the minutes from the June 19th, 2024 meeting. A motion was made to approve these minutes, which was seconded. One member noted they needed to recuse themselves from voting on the June minutes due to absence at that meeting. The minutes were approved without further discussion or public comment.
Aprobación de Actas de la reunión del 15 de mayo de 2024.
The Commission voted to approve the minutes from the May 15th, 2024 meeting. A motion was made and seconded to approve the May minutes. One member noted they needed to abstain from voting on the May minutes. The minutes were approved without further discussion or public comment.
Elección de Funcionarios- Analizar y Elegir un Presidente y Vicepresidente de la Recreation Music, and Parks Commission para Servir hasta el 30 de junio de 2025 o hasta que se Haya Nombrado un Reemplazo- Drew Halter, Director de Parks and Recreation.
# Election of Officers Summary
Staff presenter Drew explained that the Commission must conduct an annual election of a Chair and Vice Chair to serve until June 30th, 2025, as required by Petaluma Municipal Code, with officers traditionally serving two-year terms and selected from Commission membership. Outgoing Chair Earl and Vice Chair Commissioner Elli completed their first year in those roles. A commissioner nominated Stacy for Chair and Marianne for Vice Chair, which was seconded. The Commission voted unanimously by raise of hand to elect Stacy as Chair and Marianne Elli as Vice Chair.
Staff presenter Drew explained that the Commission must conduct an annual election of a Chair and Vice Chair to serve until June 30th, 2025, as required by Petaluma Municipal Code, with officers traditionally serving two-year terms and selected from Commission membership. Outgoing Chair Earl and Vice Chair Commissioner Elli completed their first year in those roles. A commissioner nominated Stacy for Chair and Marianne for Vice Chair, which was seconded. The Commission voted unanimously by raise of hand to elect Stacy as Chair and Marianne Elli as Vice Chair.
Asignaciones de Comités, Comisiones, Juntas y Parques 2023-2024- Revisar, Analizar y Aprobar las Asignaciones Anuales de Enlace y Parques a Comités, Comisiones, Juntas y las Asignaciones Mensuales de Parques e Instalaciones- Drew Halter, Director de Parks and Recreation.
# 2023-2024 Committee, Commission, Board, and Park Assignments Summary
Staff presented draft Committee, Commission, Board, and Park Assignments for commissioners to review, including four standing assignments (Museum Association Board, Public Art Committee, Tree Committee, and Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee) plus rotating park assignments. Commissioner Kate clarified her assignment to the Ad Hoc Aquatics Advisory Subcommittee, and a council member requested that an unnamed Active Park be added to the list. During discussion, public commenter Susan Kirks raised significant concerns about Paula Lane Open Space, alleging habitat damage, wildlife displacement since June 2021, and a recently installed fence conflicting with planned grazing activities, though another commissioner noted the property appeared well-maintained during their previous work there. Staff member Drew explained that park assignments balance geographic grouping with variety to ensure commissioners experience different amenities across the city. The commission approved the RMPC Parks and Committee Liaison Assignments for 2024-2025 by unanimous vote, with commissioners expressing flexibility to swap assignments if needed.
Staff presented draft Committee, Commission, Board, and Park Assignments for commissioners to review, including four standing assignments (Museum Association Board, Public Art Committee, Tree Committee, and Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee) plus rotating park assignments. Commissioner Kate clarified her assignment to the Ad Hoc Aquatics Advisory Subcommittee, and a council member requested that an unnamed Active Park be added to the list. During discussion, public commenter Susan Kirks raised significant concerns about Paula Lane Open Space, alleging habitat damage, wildlife displacement since June 2021, and a recently installed fence conflicting with planned grazing activities, though another commissioner noted the property appeared well-maintained during their previous work there. Staff member Drew explained that park assignments balance geographic grouping with variety to ensure commissioners experience different amenities across the city. The commission approved the RMPC Parks and Committee Liaison Assignments for 2024-2025 by unanimous vote, with commissioners expressing flexibility to swap assignments if needed.
Puntos de agenda (4)
Procedural (3)
1ProceduralAprobación de Actas de la reunión del 19 de junio de 2024.
Qué ocurrió
The Commission voted to approve the minutes from the June 19th, 2024 meeting. A motion was made to approve these minutes, which was seconded. One member noted they needed to recuse themselves from voting on the June minutes due to absence at that meeting. The minutes were approved without further discussion or public comment.2ProceduralAprobación de Actas de la reunión del 15 de mayo de 2024.
Qué ocurrió
The Commission voted to approve the minutes from the May 15th, 2024 meeting. A motion was made and seconded to approve the May minutes. One member noted they needed to abstain from voting on the May minutes. The minutes were approved without further discussion or public comment.3ProceduralElección de Funcionarios- Analizar y Elegir un Presidente y Vicepresidente de la Recreation Music, and Parks Commission para Servir hasta el 30 de junio de 2025 o hasta que se Haya Nombrado un Reemplazo- Drew Halter, Director de Parks and Recreation.
Qué ocurrió
# Election of Officers SummaryStaff presenter Drew explained that the Commission must conduct an annual election of a Chair and Vice Chair to serve until June 30th, 2025, as required by Petaluma Municipal Code, with officers traditionally serving two-year terms and selected from Commission membership. Outgoing Chair Earl and Vice Chair Commissioner Elli completed their first year in those roles. A commissioner nominated Stacy for Chair and Marianne for Vice Chair, which was seconded. The Commission voted unanimously by raise of hand to elect Stacy as Chair and Marianne Elli as Vice Chair.
Public Hearing
4Public HearingAsignaciones de Comités, Comisiones, Juntas y Parques 2023-2024- Revisar, Analizar y Aprobar las Asignaciones Anuales de Enlace y Parques a Comités, Comisiones, Juntas y las Asignaciones Mensuales de Parques e Instalaciones- Drew Halter, Director de Parks and Recreation.
Qué ocurrió
# 2023-2024 Committee, Commission, Board, and Park Assignments SummaryStaff presented draft Committee, Commission, Board, and Park Assignments for commissioners to review, including four standing assignments (Museum Association Board, Public Art Committee, Tree Committee, and Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee) plus rotating park assignments. Commissioner Kate clarified her assignment to the Ad Hoc Aquatics Advisory Subcommittee, and a council member requested that an unnamed Active Park be added to the list. During discussion, public commenter Susan Kirks raised significant concerns about Paula Lane Open Space, alleging habitat damage, wildlife displacement since June 2021, and a recently installed fence conflicting with planned grazing activities, though another commissioner noted the property appeared well-maintained during their previous work there. Staff member Drew explained that park assignments balance geographic grouping with variety to ensure commissioners experience different amenities across the city. The commission approved the RMPC Parks and Committee Liaison Assignments for 2024-2025 by unanimous vote, with commissioners expressing flexibility to swap assignments if needed.
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* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. FORGOT ABOUT THAT. [00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. [CALL TO ORDER - 6:45pm] I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS, UM, JULY 17TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION. UH, MEETING TO ORDER FOR PETALUMA. LET'S, UH, OH, LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND CHAIR BEFORE WE GET GOING. ON THE NEXT ITEM. UM, YOU MIND WALKING US THROUGH? WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK DO THE ROLL CALL, UH, FOR THE RECORD AND THE MICS. THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. CAN YOU PLEASE DO ROLL CALL CLERK MARY ANN BERTELLI. CODY CHISHOLM? HERE. STACY EARL? HERE. KATE GREENSPAN? HERE. MEGAN KELLY? HERE. HANNAH. RIZZO SIMMONS. KAREN. NOW HERE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, WE [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] WILL OPEN, WE HAVE ONE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND THERE WERE NO, UM, NO EMAIL GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, CORRECT? CORRECT. GREAT, SUSAN. GOOD EVENING. UM, SUSAN KIRKS. AND, UH, MY COMMENT TONIGHT IS ON BEHALF OF, UH, MADRID AUDUBON. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF MAD AUDUBON, AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY I'M THE FIRST AND SO FAR ONLY PRESIDENT BASED IN PETALUMA. WE HAVE MANY PETALUMA MEMBERS AND ABOUT 3000 MEMBERS IN SONOMA COUNTY. UM, I WANTED TO SHARE MY INTEREST AND CONCERN WITH YOU ABOUT THE LAST PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING WHEN YOU ALL HAD A PRESENTATION FOR THE PROPOSED AMPHITHEATER AT SCHOENBERGER PARK. I SENT A COMMENT, A WRITTEN COMMENT IN, AND I REALLY HAD HOPED THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE READ IT AND WOULD ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED IN THAT COMMENT. UM, AND I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT WHEN WRITTEN COMMENTS ARE SENT AND THEIR SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION THAT THE COMMISSION ENGAGES IN AT LEAST SAYING WE DON'T BELIEVE IT. OR MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS.
UM, THE AMPHITHEATER PROJECT IS REALLY CONTRAINDICATED AT SCHULLENBERGER PARK, AND IT DIRECTLY RELATES TO REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WITH THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT AND THE STATE FISH AND GAME CODE. AND JUST LAST YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, OUR ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED HERE IN PETALUMA FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WITH NESTING SURVEYS AND BUFFER ZONES FOR ACTIVE NESTING BIRDS. SO THIS AMPHITHEATER PROJECT WAS VOTED DOWN OR VOTED TO BE STOPPED BY THE PETALUMA WETLANDS ALLIANCE BOARD. THEN THEY HAD ANOTHER MEETING, UH, BECAUSE OF SOME RESISTANCE. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME EMOTIONAL ISSUES INVOLVED. AND I THINK THERE WAS LIKE A VOTE OF 16 OR 18 PEOPLE FROM THEIR PRETTY LARGE MEMBERSHIP IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD. SO THIS WAS CHANGED. OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS NEED TO INTERVENE AND HELP FACILITATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY YOU DON'T PUT AN AMPHITHEATER RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA THAT'S WITHIN BUFFER ZONES OF WHERE THERE WILL BE ACTIVE NESTING BIRDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS. SO I GUESS THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY. UM, IT'S, IT'S A CONTRAINDICATED PROJECT. I'M GOING TO BE INTERFACING WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGAIN. AND I REALLY WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THE COMMENTS OF LIKE, IMMEDIATELY PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH, I WANNA BRING MY THIRD GRADE CHILD TO THE, SURE YOU WANNA DO THE EDUCATION PROGRAM. AND IT CAN BE DONE AT S SCHULLENBERGER WITH LIKE ENHANCEMENTS AROUND THE PICNIC TABLES, BUT NOT A, AN AMPHITHEATER WITH SEEDING. NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY MINIMIZE THE PROJECT, IT IS STILL TOO IMPACTFUL AND SHOULD NOT EVER BE PLACED IN THAT LOCATION. [00:05:01] SO, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY COMMENT AND I'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION A LITTLE BIT LATER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUSAN.
OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS EVENING, SO WE WILL MOVE ON [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO, UM, APPROVALS. WE HAVE. I'LL GO IN ORDER. NUMBER ONE, UM, APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES FOR JUNE 19TH, 2024. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 19TH, 2024. I SECOND. OKAY. THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 15TH, 2024. NOT HERE. I CAN APPROVE THE, THE MAY, BUT I NEED TO RECUSE FROM THE JUNE 'CAUSE THERE WASN'T YEAR. OH NO. JUNE. THEY, I WASN'T HERE FOR JUNE LAST MONTH EITHER, BUT THEY THEY BOTH DID. BUT YOU'RE MOTIONING I CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR MAY. OKAY. I CAN SECOND THAT BECAUSE I WAS AT THAT MEETING. CORRECT? YEAH. GREAT. I SECOND THAT. AND, AND LIKE KAREN FOR THE MAY MEETING, I NEED TO ABSTAIN HMM. MYSELF AS WELL. GOT IT. THE, THE, UM, ABSENCE. OKAY. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS. WE WILL DISCUSS AN ELECT CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR FOR THE RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION TO SERVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2025 OR UNTIL A REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN APPOINTED. DREW WILL TAKE US THROUGH ALL OF THIS. THANK YOU CHAIR. SO, UH, TONIGHT, UH, WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING THAT THE RECREATION, MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION ELECT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UH, TO SERVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH OR OF 2025 OR UNTIL THE REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN APPOINTED. UH, THIS IS AN ANNUAL EXERCISE AND IN ACCORDANCE TO OUR, WITH OUR PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, THESE OFFICERS ARE SELECTED AMONG THE MEMBERSHIP, WHICH IS YOU ALL. UM, THE COMMISSIONER SH SHALL SERVE FOR A PERIOD ENDING IN JUNE 30TH EACH YEAR. UH, TRADITIONALLY WE HAVE, UM, OUR BEST PRACTICES HAS BEEN TO AN ELECTED CHAIR TO SERVE, UM, IN TWO, TWO YEAR TERMS.
SO LAST YEAR, UM, THIS MEMBERSHIP TOOK STEPS TO ELECT, UM, CHAIR EARL, WHO'S NOW COMPLETING HER FIRST YEAR AS CHAIR AND ELECTED OUR VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER ELLI, WHO'S NOW FINISHING HER FIRST YEAR AS VICE CHAIR. SO, WITH THAT, IT'S THE ROLE OF THE CHAIRPERSON TO PRESI TO BE THE PRESIDING OFFICER AT ALL MEETINGS. IN THE CASES ABSENCE OF THE CHAIR, IT WOULD BE THE VICE CHAIR'S ROLE IN PRESIDING OVER THE MEETINGS. THE DUTIES OF THE RECORDING MINUTES, UH, AND THE MEETINGS OF THE RMPC ARE COMPLETED BY CITY STAFF, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT REFERENCE IN THE ENABLING LEGISLATION. SO AT THAT POINT, UM, WE DO NEED A NOMINATION, UH, AND A VOTE TONIGHT TO ELECT AND NOMINATE A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UH, EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF NOMINATION AND TO SERVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR. SO I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND, UM, BEGIN THE DISCUSSION OR A NOMINEE. THANK YOU. I NOMINATE STACY FOR CHAIR AND MARIANNE FOR VICE CHAIR . I SECOND THOSE NOMINATIONS. OKAY. WE HAVE, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT OR UNANIMOUS? HMM. JUST MAYBE A RAISE OF HAND. A RAISE OF HAND? YEAH. OKAY. UNANIMOUS. OKAY. WE HAVE A RAISE OF HAND FOR THANK YOU MYSELF BEING, UH, CHAIR AND MARIANNE ELLI BEING VICE CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU STACY AND MARIANNE . YOU ARE WELCOME. OKAY. I THINK THAT WRAPS UP NUMBER THREE. FOR NUMBER FOUR, WE ARE DISCUSSING THE COMMITTEE, COMMISSION BOARD AND PARK ASSIGNMENTS. WE'RE GONNA REVIEW, DISCUSS, AND APPROVE THE ANNUAL LIAISON AND PARKS ASSIGNMENTS. UM, ANDREW, ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE UP. OH, UH, SORRY. ACTUALLY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I NEED TO RE UM, NO, YOU'RE UP. I'M GONNA DO THE COMMENT AFTERWARDS. I GOT MYSELF CONFUSED THERE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, I'M GONNA ASK OUR CLERK TO, TO SHARE SCREEN HERE. UM, AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, COMMISSIONERS ARE ASKED TO ACCEPT LIAISON APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS OTHER CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND SUBCOMMITTEES AND ASSIGNMENTS ARE TYPICALLY MADE ONE TIME ANNUALLY IN THE CASE OF COMMISSION, BEGINNING IN JULY AND TYPICALLY ENDING IN JUNE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TONIGHT, UM, THANK YOU, IS THE [00:10:01] RESULTS OF, UM, A SURVEY THAT I'D ASKED, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THEIR COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY IF THERE WERE CONFLICTS, UM, OF TIMING. AS YOU ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS, WE WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. UH, WE DO HAVE FOUR STANDING LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE CALLED OUT IN OUR ENABLING LEGISLATION. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE, UH, AS THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS ON THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN HERE. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE SPECIFICALLY. WE HAVE THE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION BOARD, THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, THE AD HOC, I'M SORRY, THE, THE TREE COMMITTEE AND THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE COMMITTEE, OR PBA. SO THIS IS A DRAFT FORM TONIGHT. THE IDEA WAS TO COLLECT YOUR FEEDBACK, UM, PRESENT IT BACK TO YOU ALL, UM, IN ONE, UM, VISUAL HERE, WHICH PROVIDES YOUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT AS WELL AS OUR ROTATING PARK ASSIGNMENTS. SO THIS IS OPEN TO DISCUSSION. UH, ABSOLUTELY. WE DO OUR BEST TO GIVE FOLKS A CHANCE FOR THEIR FIRST, UM, PREFERRED LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING AFTER MULTIPLE YEARS, UM, THAT JOB CAN GET TRICKY. SO IT IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IF THERE ARE CHANGES OR THERE'S SWITCHING OR SWAPPING THAT THE COMMISSION WISHES TO DO, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY YOUR PREROGATIVE. UM, BUT WHAT STAFF IS SEEKING IS, UM, A RECOMMENDATION, UH, AND A MOTION TONIGHT TO, UM, APPROVE THE COMMITTEES AND COMMISSION ASSIGNMENTS. AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO SWAP PARKS OUT AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, NOW ON THIS PIECE WE CAN HAVE, UM, QUESTIONS AND THEN I HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE WOULD DISCUSS. CORRECT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE MY STANCE RIGHT. SO, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? UH, KATE, THANKS. COULD YOU, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SEE THE FULL DOCUMENT IS, UH, AM I LISTED FOR THE AD HOC, UM, AQUATICS ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE? BECAUSE, AM I NOT ON THAT? I APOLOGIZE. I DID MISS THAT. I HAVE IT ON MY OKAY. SCORECARD HERE.
I JUST, BUT IT DIDN'T, THE FINAL, I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WASN'T AT THE BOTTOM. OKAY. YEP. SO I'M GONNA MAKE, UH, THANK YOU. THAT CHANGE NOW AND I SEE THE ENA MAKING IT ALSO, SO THANK YOU. I WILL MAKE THAT CHANGE. OKAY. ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? UM, CODY, UM, MCNAIR LANDING SEPARATE FROM STEAMER LANDING. NOW I'M, I'M WONDERING WHAT MCNAIR LANDING IS THEN. YEAH, I'M GONNA PERHAPS MAYBE PUT CINDY ON THE SPOT HERE. UM, THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS WAS, UH, THERE IS A AN HOA AT MCNAIR LANDING AS WELL, BUT THERE'S A PUBLIC ACCESS PORTION OF IT. UM, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT? SO MCNAIR LANDING HAS A LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AS WELL AS AN HOA WITH THE PARK INSIDE OF THAT. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A JOINT BETWEEN THE LAD AND THE HOA THAT KIND OF OVERSEES THAT PARK. OH, THIS IS BEHIND THE HOUSE. OKAY. I WAS CONFUSED. 'CAUSE WE ALSO CALL THE NEXT PART OF STEAMER LANDING. MCNAIR LANDING. SO THIS IS, OH YEAH, NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY A SUBDIVISION THAT HAS A SMALL PARK WITH ON THE BACK, ON THE RIVER ON, YES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW I UNDERSTAND. YEP. THANKS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT THIS IS ACTIVE PARK. IS IT RIVERFRONT? UH, WE ARE THE, THE NAME IS ACTIVE PARK YET TO BE NAMED, BUT THAT'S, NO, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE IT ON HERE, DO WE? RIGHT. THERE'S, THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF PARKS. UM, AND YOU'RE I'M OPEN TO ADDING A, AN ACTIVE PARK. DO YOU WANNA PUT ME DOWN? COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN YOU PLEASE USE THE MICROPHONE? OH, SORRY. UM, I WILL TAKE THE, WHAT DO WE CALL ACTIVE PARK Y? YEAH, WE CAN ADD ACTIVE PARK. YOU CAN ADD IT TO MINE IF YOU WANT. IS THE PARK, UM, IT'S, IT'S A RIVER BE NAMED RIVERFRONT WITHIN THE RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT RIVER. YEAH. THE RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVEN'T NAMED IT YET. COUNCIL MEMBER. NOW JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE IS THE ACTIVE PARK, WHICH IS THE PLAYGROUND AND THE SOCCER FIELD. YES. AND THEN THE RIVERFRONT IS ACTUALLY THE, ALONG THE FRONTAGE AREA. THERE'S LIKE A WALKING PATHWAY WITH SOME, ISN'T THAT THEIR LAD?
THEY'RE BOTH CFDS COMMUNITY, FACILITY DISTRICT. SO IT'S WITHIN THAT, BUT YES, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE IN THE SAME AREA. OKAY. JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE. OKAY. UM, YEAH. 'CAUSE I, UM, THAT'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WATCHED THE LIGHTED BOAT PARADE FROM THAT VIEWPOINT, SO I KNOW IT VERY WELL. BUT I CAN TAKE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE A NAME FOR IT YET. RIVERFRONT ACTIVE PARK AND RIVERVIEW AND [00:15:01] RIVERFRONT PARK AND ACTIVE PARK. THEY NOT HAVE BEEN FORMALLY NAMED, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO THEM AS. SO ACTIVE PARK IS ACTIVE. IT HAS A SOCCER FIELD IN THE PLAYGROUND. RIGHT, RIGHT. RIVERFRONT IS RIGHT ALONG THE RIVER. RIGHT. OKAY. I CAN TAKE BOTH THAT ON. WE COULD JUST CALL IT RIVERFRONT. OKAY. THAT'S SUBDIVISION. OKAY. ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? OKAY. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO OUR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SUSAN KIRKS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. UM, I SHOULD HAVE BEGUN MY COMMENT EARLIER TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I HOPE YOU HAD A NICE TOUR. I THINK YOU WENT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS TODAY. I'D LOVE TO HEAR A REPORT ABOUT THAT LATER IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS, I SEE PAULA LAYING OPEN SPACE ON SOMEBODY'S LIST. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE SENT REALLY ACTUALLY QUITE DIRECT AND OPEN COMMENTS TO YOUR COMMISSION NOW AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF TRYING TO DIPLOMATICALLY, UH, COLLABORATE, UH, TO FACILITATE A PROPERTY TITLE CHANGE FROM THE CITY TO A DIFFERENT ENTITY, WHICH HAD ALWAYS BEEN PLANNED FOR THAT PROPERTY. AND WE TRIED TO DO THAT WITH THE CITY PAUL LANE ACTION NETWORK DID IN 2017. BUT THE, UM, THE REQUEST WAS, WELL ACTUALLY THE CITY WAS VERY OPEN TO IT WITH THE CITY MANAGER TELLING ME SINCE 2014 THAT HE WANTED TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY AND THEY DIDN'T WANT IT. SO WE FOUND A LOCATE APPRO, UH, FOUNDATION, BUT THE OPEN SPACE DISTRICT WOULDN'T APPROVE IT AT THE TIME.
SO THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS, UM, I'M CERTAINLY, UH, INTERESTED IN SHARING WITH WHOMEVER'S GOING TO HAVE IT THIS TIME, UH, ABOUT THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AT THAT PROPERTY. IT IS, UH, IN RUINS, AND I'M SAYING THAT CONSERVATIVELY THE CITY HAS CAUSED AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION TO THE HABITAT. THE ADULT FEMALE BADGER IN HER NATAL TERRITORY HAS BEEN DISPLACED SINCE JUNE, 2021, FLED FOR HER LIFE WITH HER CUB BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S VIOLENT INSTALLATION OF A BROWN ROADWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF HABITAT THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE OCCURRED. AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, THERE'S A FENCE THAT'S BEEN PUT UP AROUND THE PERIMETER, WHICH IS ALSO CONTRAINDICATED WITH A PLAN TO BRING DOMESTIC ANIMALS ON SITE TO GRAZE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY CONTRAINDICATED FOR THAT PROPERTY, UH, WITH FILED BIOLOGICAL OPINIONS BY AN EXPERT MAAL BIOLOGIST WITH WHOM WE'VE COLLABORATED FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SO, UM, AS THE PROPERTY CONTINUES TO GO DOWNHILL AND THE CITY DENIES IT AND SAYS, WE BROUGHT IN THIS PERSON, THAT PERSON, WE'VE TAKEN IT OVER. UH, WE KNOW, WE KNOW, WE NOTICE NON-NATIVE GRASSES, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. UM, I I JUST ASKED FOR YOUR AWARENESS OR JUST TAKE IT OFF THE LIST. I MEAN, WHY IS PAULINE OPEN SPACE EVEN ON THE LIST? NOBODY EVER SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT. UM, I DON'T THINK YOU ALL ARE THAT INFORMED ABOUT IT, AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL MEMBER NOW ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THE OTHER EVENING FOR AN UPDATE. UM, I, I ASSURE YOU IT'S GOING TO BECOME A MUCH MORE DISCUSSED ISSUE AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO PROVIDE, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT NATURE PRESERVE IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, SO THANK YOU SUSAN. UM, I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO ADDRESS YOUR, YOUR COMMENT WITH PAULA LANE. UM, I, I THINK FROM THAT ASPECT, AT LEAST WHEN I HAD PAULA LANE, I ACTUALLY DID DO SOME WORK AROUND THAT AND VISITED THAT SPACE PRETTY OFTEN.
UM, MORE I THINK THOUGH FROM THE ASPECT, I THINK ALL OF US WHEN WE'RE VISITING PARKS, UM, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, A LOT OF THE TIMES WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP OUR EYES OUT FOR, UM, THINGS LIKE GRAFFITI TRASH, DO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND HONESTLY, UH, NOT SPEAKING TO SAY, UM, I HAVE NOT BEEN THERE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT ONE OF MY PARKS NOW, BUT EVERY TIME I HAD GONE THERE, UM, THINGS WERE IN ORDER FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, OF MAYBE HOW WE WOULD VISIT IT JUST FROM THAT ASPECT. AND I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORS CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THAT LAND TOO. UM, CHAIR, CAN I ALSO SURE. SO SUSAN, YOU ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO ME PERSONALLY ABOUT THIS PARK AND I'M, I'M SORRY THAT, UH, I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME YET TO MEET WITH YOU, BUT IT IS MY SON NATION [00:20:01] NOW AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I'M VERY INTERESTED. IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE, SO I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU. SO I'LL FIND THE TIME. THANK YOU. WELL, PERFECT TIMING. GREAT. OKAY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE, UM, DISCUSSION. DO WE HAVE ANY SWAPPING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DO? ANY DISCUSSIONS? KATE, WOULD YOU LIKE THE SWIM CENTER BACK ? WHY? IF NOT, IT'S FINE. I'M JUST SAYING YOU'RE THERE EVERY DAY, SO, UM, I AM, I AM. OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRANCH OUT TO THE SENIOR CENTER? I WOULD LOVE TO BRANCH OUT, BUT I'M ALSO GONNA BE HERE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY FOR ANOTHER TERM. SO IF YOU ARE AROUND THE SENIOR, SENIOR CENTER, LIKE IT SNOW, SWEAT OFF MY BACK EITHER OR, YOU KNOW, SO. OKAY. UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SWITCH? OKAY, SURE. I'LL SWITCH. OKAY. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SWAPPING COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM? WELL, UH, COMMISSIONER ALBERT ELLI IS NOT HERE. I'D BE INTERESTED IN TAKING ON OAK HILL, BUT, UH, I GUESS IF IT'S APPROPRIATE I CAN ASK FOR NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING THAT YOU SAID. DID I NOT TALK, SORRY. WHEN COMMISSIONER ALBERT ELLI COMES BACK, I'D, I'D BE INTERESTED IN ASKING ABOUT OAK HILL. OH, GOT IT. AS A TRADE. OKAY.
USUALLY THE PARKS ARE PRETTY GROUPED SO IT ACCORDING, IT'S SO LIKE WHEN YOU THINK OAK HILL IS KIND OF NEAR CHERRY VALLEY IS KIND LIKE WHEN I LOOK AT YOURS. WELL, I GUESS GRANT AND CHESTER AREN'T NEAR EACH OTHER FOR KAREN NOW, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. ISN'T THAT TYPICALLY WHAT'S DONE THOUGH, DREW? IS THAT YOU TRY TO GROUP THEM GROUP TO MAKE IT EASY TO VISIT? YEAH, I MEAN, YES, THAT'S CORRECT. BUT THERE'S ALSO, THERE HAS TO BE SOME VARIETY. SO SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT SOME AMENITIES. SO WE'RE TRYING NOT TO CREATE, FOR EXAMPLE, A CONGLOMERATE OF OPEN SPACES, SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE SOME ACTIVE PARKS TOO. BUT YES, WE DO TRY TO BE MINDFUL NOT TO PUT YOU IN FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY, BUT THE IDEA WITH WHEN YOU ROTATE IS YOU, YOU GET A GOOD FLAVOR FOR, FOR EVERYTHING. OKAY. SO OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS. I THINK THIS LOOKS OKAY. UM, I'M FINE WITH MY PARKS IF HANNAH WANTS TO SWITCH FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY GROUP. BUT I'M, I'M GOOD WITH, UH, I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T BEEN TO ROCKY IN A REALLY LONG TIME, SO IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE WHAT THAT IS LIKE NOW. SO WITH THAT, I THINK I'LL CLOSE OUT ITEM NUMBER FOUR. UM, UH, CAN WE JUST GET A, A MOTION HERE TO APPROVE? WE DO NEED A MOTION APPROVE THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. YEP. OKAY, GREAT. UM, EVEN, UH, WE, I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER. SO THOSE ASSIGNMENTS WILL JUST PUSH THROUGH TO THOSE COMMISSIONERS THEN. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. SO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE RMPC PARKS AND COMMITTEE LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS FOR 24 25 A SECOND. GREAT. THE PARKS ASSIGNMENTS FOR, UM, OH VOTE OR RA OR RAISE OF HANDS? EITHER, EITHER OR. RAISE OF HANDS OR, WE'LL, LET'S RAISE OUR HAND IF WE ALL APPROVE OF THE 20 20 24 25 PARK ASSIGNMENTS. 2025. WOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT, NOW THAT REALLY CLOSES OUT ITEM NUMBER FOUR. UH, LET'S MOVE [COMMITTEE COMMENT] TO, UM, COMMISSIONER COMMENT. I'LL START TO MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER. GREENSPAN, UM, NOT MANY COMMENTS.
THE, UM, AQUATICS AD HOC MET YESTERDAY, WHICH, UM, WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE. STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING SO HARD WITH, UM, ALL OF THAT. I'M JUST LIKE, STILL OVERWHELMED BY HOW MUCH, UM, LOGISTICS AND PLANNING SIMILAR TO THE FAIRGROUNDS. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE. I'M GLAD WE DID A TOUR THERE. UM, EXCITED TO SEE PROGRESS ON THAT. DEFINITELY CONCERNED, LIKE, I, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH POSSIBILITY FOR THAT SPACE. IT'S JUST A REALLY HUGE CHALLENGE. AND WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND AND SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT KIND OF CHALLENGES, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY OVERWHELMING, BUT ALSO REALLY EXCITING. SO, UM, DON'T ENVY YOUR JOBS, THAT'S FOR SURE. UM, THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS. OKAY. COMMISSIONER KELLY. THANK YOU. UM, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE 4TH OF JULY. IT [00:25:01] WAS AMAZING. PETALUMA FELT SO INCREDIBLE. THE MUSEUM EVENT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY EVENT. UM, I WANNA SAY THEY SAID WE HAD 150 PEOPLE THERE. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT, KAREN? LIKE, IT IT, WERE YOU THERE? NO. MAYBE YOU WEREN'T THERE. YOU WEREN'T THERE. UM, IT WAS ABOUT 150 PEOPLE, I THINK. AND SO THANK YOU TO STACY ASHLEY, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHO DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB PUTTING IT ON AND LAUNCHING OUR CORNERSTONE EXHIBIT AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH LOOKS AMAZING. THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM, UM, WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, YOU SHOULD GO AND SEE IT. AND OUR PETALUMA OF YESTERYEAR, UM, WHO DID A GREAT JOB IN THEIR CHARACTERS PUTTING ON THE EVENT. AND THEN ALSO THE COMMUNITY, THE GIRL SCOUTS, THE BOY SCOUTS, ALL THE ABOVE. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. UM, THE FIREWORKS WERE INCREDIBLE. UM, I WAS A LITTLE WEARY, I'M GONNA SAY IT PUBLICLY, A LITTLE WEARY THAT WE HAD FIREWORKS. UM, I I WAS KIND OF LIKE, OH, CALISTOGA IS CANCELING. YEP. BILL'S CANCELING, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT. AND I'M LIKE THE BIGGEST FIREWORKS FAN OUT THERE. I LOVE FIREWORKS, BUT I AM SO SCARED OF FIRE SEASON. SO, UM, FIRE DANGER. UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL KNOW WHERE I LIVE.
LINDBERGH CIRCLE, RIGHT NEAR ANNA'S SEAFOOD, FIREWORKS GOING OFF RIGHT OVERHEAD, AMAZING WHOLE COMMUNITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OUT THE STREET, RIGHT BEHIND US, UM, WAS LAUNCHING FIREWORKS RIGHT THERE. I MEAN, EQUALLY AS BIG, IT FELT LIKE, AT LEAST BECAUSE THEY WERE RIGHT OVER MY HOUSE FROM THE STREET BEHIND US. AND SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY AGAIN AND HAVE EVERYONE CONTINUE TO PUT OUT MESSAGING ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS AND HOW WE HAVE AMAZING, IF THE CITY'S GONNA SPEND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TIME, LET'S, LET'S ENJOY THAT AND NOT HAVE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS GOING OFF. UM, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW SUMMER CAMP IS GOING AS WELL AS, UM, MOVIES IN THE PARK. OH, AND THEN MUSEUM. UM, WE HAVE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS. WE DID OUR ELECTIONS, UM, AND WE'VE FINALIZED OUR BUDGET AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE CITY SO MUCH FOR THE, THE MONEY THAT THE CITY HAS GIVEN THE MUSEUM, WHICH IS MORE THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, AS WELL AS THE PARTNERSHIP. IT REALLY FEELS LIKE A PARTNERSHIP. IT REALLY FEELS LIKE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER. WE'RE PROBLEM SOLVING TOGETHER ON BOTH SIDES. SO I FEEL REALLY LUCKY. UM, THE MUSEUM BOARD FEELS REALLY LUCKY FOR THAT. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR PARK TOURS. THE FAIRGROUNDS WERE AWESOME TO SEE. THAT WAS REALLY FUN. I LOVE PARK TOURS. I THINK IT GIVES US GOOD CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY IN MAKING DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. UM, I HOPE WE CAN GET IN ONE MORE PARK TOUR, YOU KNOW, DURING THE GOOD, UM, NICE WEATHER. AND I ALWAYS THINK IT'S A GOOD, UM, WAY OF WHEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN LOOK AT AGENDAS COMING UP, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR COMING UP THAT COULD WARRANT A SITE VISIT, I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF TIES TOGETHER IN A NICE WAY. SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING PARK TOUR HAPPEN. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. UM, WELL THANK YOU. UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING ON ASSIGNMENT LAST MONTH, BUT I DID LOOK AT A LOT OF PARKS, UM, AND TOOK NOTES.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, WE APPROVED OUR BUDGET AND WE, UM, ALSO APPROVED THE UGB TO BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER TO, UM, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. UM, EXPANDING IT TO, UM, ANOTHER 20 YEARS. SO WE HAVE OUR GREEN BELT AND WE SAVE OUR CITY FROM BEING SPRAWLING AND WE ALSO HAVE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE TO, UM, KNOW ON MEASURE J. SO THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THE FARMS AND RANCHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND, UM, AS FAR AS THE PAULA LANE, I DID BRING IT UP THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED SOME STAFF REPORTING BACK ON WHAT THE STAFF IS DOING BECAUSE THE STAFF FEELS LIKE THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT OF COURSE THE OTHER PEOPLE DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PRESENTATION ON THE POLO LANE OPEN HIS FACE AND EVEN MAYBE A FIELD TRIP OUT THERE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN OUT THERE, UM, SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, UH, WOULD'VE BEEN 2014. SO I AM WAY BEHIND. I WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT THERE. UM, ALSO, UM, WITH THE NEW LITTLE LIBRARY, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF SHADING AT THAT KENNELWORTH PARK. AND THERE'S NO, UM, SHADING FOR THE, EVEN THE SECURITY GUARD AND THE PICNIC BENCHES. SO IF PEOPLE GO INTO THAT LITTLE LIBRARY CHECKOUT BOOKS, THEY'RE SITTING IN A HOT SUN AT A PICNIC TABLE 'CAUSE WE'VE REMOVED THE TREES. SO WE NEED TO DO SOME SORT OF TEMPORARY SHADING, UM, STRUCTURE, SOMETHING AROUND THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO DO ANY KENWORTH REMODEL FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS, I THINK IS THE, THE TIMELINE. AND THAT MAKES ME REALLY SAD. AND, UM, IT'S SUCH A NICE [00:30:01] LITTLE COMMUNITY PARK NEXT TO OUR LIBRARY. THE OTHER THING IS THERE'S NOT ANY PAINTED HANDICAPPED PARKING IN FRONT OF THAT NEW LITTLE LIBRARY. AND IF IT'S GONNA BE FOR A YEAR, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR PARKING FOR OUR HANDICAP, UM, PATRONS OF THE LIBRARY, I DID ATTEND THE CORNERSTONE AT THE MUSEUM FUNDRAISING DINNER. IT WAS, I WAS SO BLOWN AWAY. I WAS NOT EXPECTING SUCH AN ELEGANT EVENING.
I CAME FROM A GRADUATION AND I FELT OUT OF PLACE IN JEANS AND I NEVER WEAR JEANS TO A, AN EVENT, BUT I HAD BEEN OUT AT A RANCH AT A GRADUATION, JUST, IT WAS JUST BLACK TIE AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. THAT WAS PETALUMA. AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BICENTENNIAL, WHICH I WAS A PART OF AS A TEENAGER. SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED AND STACEY'S DOING A FABULOUS JOB. SUNDAY, I LISTENED TO THE, UM, THE DEBUT OF THE PIONEER WOMEN'S, UM, EXHIBIT, AND AMELIE IS HER NAME, PHENOMENAL VOLUNTEER. SHE MENDED THE DRESSES, SHE RAN THE TOUR, AND THEN I GOT HOME, KICK UP MY HEELS, AND THERE IT IS ON CHANNEL SEVEN TV ON LOCAL-ISH, UM, INTERVIEWING STACY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SO IT'S AMAZING WHAT THE LIBRARY, I MEAN THE, WHAT WAS MY LIBRARY, BUT THE MUSEUM IS DOING, AND I'M PRETTY PROUD OF OUR LITTLE MUSEUM AT PETALUMA. I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF MUSEUMS IN THE LAST MONTH AND PETALUMA IS RIGHT UP THERE. IT IS SPECTACULAR. EVERYBODY SHOULD GO MORE THAN ONCE. I HAVE TO GO BACK AND THEY'RE DOING, UM, TOURS. YEAH, I THINK YOU, YOU GET YOUR TICKET ONLINE OR SOMETHING AND THEY DON'T HAVE A COST, BUT THEY JUST WANNA KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE THERE. SO. AND MY PARKS LOOK GOOD. THANKS. RIGHT. COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU. I, I'LL KEEP IT RELATED TO THE FAIRGROUNDS WALK. YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF VOTING ON MEASURE JI LOVE, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FAIRGROUNDS THAT WE MAKE SURE WE PRESERVE OUR AGRICULTURAL HISTORY, JUST LIKE WE'RE REVITALIZING THE RIVER, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE BEST TOWN IN THE WORLD HERE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE TWO THINGS. SO I REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT PRESERVED. UM, ALSO REGARDING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK, I'M GONNA TALK MORE SOON ABOUT THE NEED FOR JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF OUR, THAT'S HOW, YOU KNOW, IF IF PEOPLE DON'T GET INVOLVED AND VOLUNTEER AND BE A PART OF THIS CITY, THEN THIS CITY CANNOT RELY JUST ON THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR IT. RIGHT.
UM, AND I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT HOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO REVITALIZE THE FAIRGROUNDS, BUT MAYBE THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN GET INVOLVED, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, AND REALLY PITCH IN TO, TO MOVE A MOUNTAIN. SO THAT'S MY THOUGHTS AROUND TODAY'S WALK. THANK YOU. OKAY. I ENJOYED TODAY'S WALK. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO GET EYES ON EVERYTHING. UM, AND I'LL BE TALKING WITH PEOPLE ABOUT DIFFERENT IDEAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANY PARK UPDATES. I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND THEN PROMPTLY GOT COVID, SO, UM, I HAVE NO UPDATES FROM THERE. I DID HAVE A QUESTION AND IT FLEW OUTTA MY MIND AND I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN, SO WE'LL SEE IF THAT EVER POPS BACK IN MY HEAD. DREW, WOULD [STAFF COMMENT] YOU LIKE TO TAKE US THROUGH STAFF COMMENTS OR CINDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? YEAH, CINDY'S READY. UM, SO CINDY CHONG, SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND FACILITIES. SURE, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES. TREE COMMITTEE GOT CANCELED TODAY, SO I DON'T HAVE A TREE COMMITTEE UPDATE, BUT NEXT MONTH WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE DRAFT OF THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE UPDATE. SO THAT'LL BE PRETTY MAJOR. I'M SURE MARYANNE WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THAT'S COMING FORWARD. UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, THE PARKS TEAM IN GENERAL, WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE HIGH WEED MOWING. WE'RE GOING THROUGH FOR SOME OF OUR THIRD CUTS AND OUR FOURTH CUTS, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE FINISHING UP FOR THE YEAR. IT'S BEEN A REALLY BRUTAL ONE FOR US IN THAT WAY. UM, BUT THIS WEEK WE'RE HOPING TO BE COMPLETE WITH THAT. UM, SOME OF THE PARK PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN YOUR PARKS, THE ER IF YOU'VE SEEN THE PATHWAYS THERE, HOPEFULLY THE BENCHES WILL GET PLACED PRETTY SOON BECAUSE THEY DID COME IN, UM, MCNAIR AS WELL. IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO MCNAIR, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A NEW PATHWAY THERE. SO THERE'S SOME REALLY BIG IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL REALLY CHANGE.
I THINK THE FACE OF THOSE PARTS, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY MARKED AT LARA IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE. IT'S AMAZING HOW IT JUST CHANGES THE SPACE AND THE ACCESS. OTHER EXCITING THINGS THAT LARAS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO REDO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN THERE. SO THE TEAM MET OUT ON SITE WITH SUSIE, WHO'S FROM PETALUMA BOUNTY, WHO'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, HAS OVERSIGHT OF THAT. SO THIS WEEK, ACTUALLY TODAY THEY WERE OUT THERE GRADING DOWN THAT, UM, THAT [00:35:01] COMMUNITY GARDEN AREA. SO HOPEFULLY THIS, YOU'LL SEE BIG CHANGES THERE. IT'S REALLY QUITE AMAZING. SO, UM, JUST SOME FUN THINGS, SOME NOT SO FUN THINGS. OF COURSE, YOUR PARKS TEAM IS REALLY BUSY THIS TIME OF YEAR IS JUST IMPACTED WITH PLAYING FIELDS AND THAT SUPPORT. UM, THERE'S SOME FINISH WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, DANNY SMITH ON OUR TEAM THAT REALLY DOES SOME OF THE NICE REFINISHING WORK, YOU KNOW, PAINTING AND PLACES THAT YOU MAY NOT EVEN NOTICE, BUT IT JUST LOOKS NICE AND TIDY WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE LIKE RAILINGS AND THINGS. HE HAND PAINTS ALL OF THOSE. SO THE TEAM'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY BUSY IN SOME EXCITING STUFF. UM, JUST TO ADDRESS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FIREWORKS, JUST SO THAT THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC'S AWARE, WE ALWAYS WORK WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL. WE WATCH WHERE THE WINDS ARE, WE WATCH THE WEATHER, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO HAVE FIREWORKS. WE KNOW THE COMMUNITY LOVES IT, BUT JUST LIKE CALISTOGA HAD TO CANCEL, IF WE HAD TO, WE WOULD CANCEL. UM, AND WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE LUCKY THAT WE LIVE IN THIS SPACE WHERE THE WEATHER'S A LITTLE BIT COOLER AND WE HAVE A MARINE LAYER. SO FEEL BLESSED. I WOULD SAY THAT WE GOT TO HAVE A GREAT SHOW AND A GREAT 4TH OF JULY STITCH. MY DOG DID NOT GET TO COME AND DO THE COSTUME CONTEST BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE TOO HOT FOR HER AND SHE'S BRE SO SHE STAYED AT HOME. UM, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT THAT THE REC TEAM PUT ON AND WAS HAPPY TO COME AND SUPPORT THEM. SO WE'RE BUSY, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING ON YOUR PARK SIDE, ON YOUR FACILITY SIDE. AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WE HAVE SOME HVAC ITEMS GOING ON, AND PRETTY SOON HERE WE'LL BE ADDING A NEW FACE TO THE TEAM. UM, IN EARLY AUGUST, WE'RE GETTING SOMEBODY ON BOARD THAT'S GONNA WORK WITH THE TEAM AND HELP OUT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WITH OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF EVENTUALLY. SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR US. AS YOU KNOW, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS THERE AS WELL. SO LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE CHANGES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CINDY. UM, TO DOVETAIL OFF THAT, UH, THE STARS STRIPES DOGS AND BIKES EVENT THAT WENT OFF IN THE 4TH OF JULY, UM, WAS A MASSIVE SUCCESS. IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A HOT DAY. YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE, UM, NOT JUST THOSE IN THE ROOM, UM, DELENA, UH, WHO BROUGHT HER FAMILY OUT, UM, KAT WAS THERE, UM, RACHEL AND HALEY, AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S JUST SO MUCH OF THE PARK DIRECTION STAFF NOT ONLY CAME OUT TO WORK THE WHOLE DAY, BUT, UM, I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY JUST KIND OF THE LOGISTICS BEHIND THE SCENE AND WHAT THAT PARK REALLY LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU CAN ACTIVATE IT TO ITS FULLEST. UM, SO THE BIKE PARADE WAS NEW THIS YEAR, SO I THINK WE HAD OVER 50 RIDERS THAT JOINED FROM PRINCE PARK. UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING ABLE TO JOIN THAT ROUTE AND, UM, WHETHER IT WAS STRATEGIC OR NOT, IT WAS ALL DOWNHILL, WHICH WAS AWESOME. SO THANK YOU, WHOEVER PLANNED THAT ROUTE. UM, BUT ONCE WE WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, WELCOMED BY THE STAFF THAT KIND OF HAD LAID OUT FLAGS AND THERE WERE CELEBRATING AND IT WAS A REALLY COOL KIND OF WAY TO START THE FOURTH, UM, IN A TRULY KIND OF INTERGENERATIONAL FEEL WITH THE DOG COSTUME CONTEST. UM, SO REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE STAFF'S EFFORTS. AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE CREWS THAT AREN'T HERE TODAY FOR A REAL SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK, UM, ON, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO EVEN BETTER, BUT THINGS THAT WERE OVERALL POSITIVE. SO THANK YOU. THE MOVIES IN THE PARK. OUR SECOND, UH, MOVIE IS THIS FRIDAY, JULY 19TH, UH, AT LUCEY PARK.
AND WE WILL BE SHOWING SHREK, UH, VENDORS WILL ARRIVE AT SIX AND THE MOVIES WILL BEGIN AT SUNSET, WHICH IS AROUND EIGHT 30 FOR THOSE KEEP AND SCORE. UM, THE PETALUMA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL'S BANTAM BROADCAST SHOWED A PREMO VIDEO TOUR AT LAST MOVIE, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL. AND SO THEY'LL BE RETURNING TO DO THE SAME THIS YEAR. SO IT'S KIND OF A, A REALLY FUN KIND OF WAY OF INVOLVING THE TEAMS THAT GO AROUND AND INTERVIEW AND THEY'LL BROADCAST THE INTERVIEWS ON LIVE, KIND OF, UM, CALL IT TV, BUT IT'S LIVE PROJECTION. UH, SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL. I THINK THAT'S GONNA, UM, BE A THING. SO APPRECIATE STAFF, UH, EFFORT TO GET READY FOR FRIDAY. UH, A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS ABOUT THE MUSEUM. WE APPRECIATE THOSE. UH, AGAIN, THE OPENING, THE NEW EXHIBIT, HER SIDE OF THE STORY, WHICH TELLS THE TALES OF CALIFORNIA PIONEER WOMAN. IT'S, IT IS INCREDIBLE AND IT'S GREAT TO BE GETTING KIND OF SOME OF THAT RECOGNITION. UM, FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STACY, SHE'S CERTAINLY DESERVING OF IT. AND AS IS ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS. UM, A LOT OF GREAT STUFF GOING ON. THE ADULT SOFTBALL SLOW PITCH IS WRAPPING UP THE SPRING SUMMER SEASON, SO THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. UM, AND THEN IT'S TOURNAMENTS IN AUGUST, WHICH IS ALWAYS, UH, FUN FOR THOSE THAT LOVE SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL. IT'S THE CULMINATION. UH, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, DESPITE THE SEASON YOU GOT A FRESH START IN TOURNAMENT AND, UH, AFTER THAT WE, YOU TURN AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY FOR A FALL SEASON SO WE CAN GET IN A FALL SEASON BEFORE THE RAINS. SO A LOT OF ACTIVITY, MOSTLY AT, AT PRINCE PARK, THE SUMMER CAMPS. THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT THOSE. WE ARE, UH, OFFICIALLY OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER ALREADY. UM, WHICH MEANS WE'VE GOT THREE FULL WEEKS OF CAMP LEFT. UH, AND IT'S BEEN A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER. [00:40:01] CAMPS ARE FULL, UM, WITH OVER 80 KIDS EACH DAY. UM, AWESOME STAFF REALLY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, HIT THEIR STRIDE.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS OVER THE HALFWAY POINT AND SO EVERYBODY'S TIRED AND FEELING IT. UM, WEATHER PLAYS A ROLE, BUT UH, THE CAMPS ARE GOING REALLY WELL SO FAR ALONG THOSE LINES. OUR TINY TOP PRESCHOOL IS ALSO GETTING READY TO GEAR UP. THIS STARTS AUGUST 19TH. UH, WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLLMENT FOR TWO YEAR OLDS, UH, INTO THE PROGRAM AND EXTENDING HOURS TILL THREE O'CLOCK. SO MOVING BACK UP, UH, WHICH WE HADN'T DONE SINCE PRIOR TO COVID. SO WE HAVE SPACE IN THE PROGRAM AND ARE ACTIVELY ACCEPTING NEW FAMILIES. SO FOR THE LITTLE ONES AS WELL. UM, AND, AND PLEASE LET 'EM FOLKS KNOW THAT IF THEY HAVEN'T CHECKED IN WITH US FOR A WHILE, WE ARE EXTENDING HOURS AS WELL. AND, UH, CONTINUING TO HIRE AS WELL. WE HAVE OUR TINY TOP PRESCHOOL TEACHERS, UH, POSITION OPEN AS WELL AS OUR, UH, BUILDING ATTENDANCE, OUR FACILITY ATTENDANCE. WE'RE LOOKING FOR PART-TIME POSITIONS THERE. AND I BELIEVE WE JUST FLEW OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR POSITION, UH, WHICH IS A FULL-TIME POSITION, UM, I THINK THIS WEEK AS WELL. SO, UM, THAT IS THE REPORT OUT THAT I HAVE. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS TOWARD TODAY. THERE'S A LOT TO SEE, UM, WITH THE FACILITIES AND THE GROUNDS, BUT APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS AND UM, REALLY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO JUST HAVE YOU IN THAT SPACE TO EXPERIENCE IT NOW 'CAUSE AS THIS TRANSITION FROM THE FAIR BACK INTO THE, UH, EVENTS AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON COLLECTIVELY COMING UP WITH SOME OF THOSE IDEAS AND STRATEGIES TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. SO THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. I WAS BUMMED ABOUT THE WEATHER ON THE FOURTH. I WANTED TO BRING MY BIG OLD PUPPY DOWN THERE, BUT NO, GO TWO AND I CAN'T PUT THOSE LITTLE PAW THINGS ON 'EM. I JUST FEEL BAD. YOU SEE THE DOGS WALKING AROUND. OKAY. UH, AND WITH THAT I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING FOR, UH, JULY 17TH, 2024. THANK YOU . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology.