* 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. OKAY. [00:00:01] IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ALL HERE AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 4:45 PM RIGHT ON TIME OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. SO, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? YES. COMMISSIONER ALLEN. HERE. COMMISSIONER HEGEL. HERE. COMMISSIONER LUDAY SMITH. HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM. GREAT, GREAT, GREAT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE'VE DONE THE CALL TO ORDER. WE'VE DONE THE ROLL CALL. WE'VE JUST GOT A REGULAR AGENDA. SO, UM, BEFORE I START, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK INTRODUCTION BEFORE, UH, WE ACTUALLY GET IN TOO DEEP INTO THE MEETING. WANT TO INTRODUCE AND WELCOME, UM, MICHELLE MASON. UM, TO OUR DEPARTMENT, I'M GONNA SAY BACK TO OUR DEPARTMENT. UM, MICHELLE IS OUR NEW BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER. THAT'S THE POSITION I USED TO HOLD, UM, BEFORE MY CURRENT POSITION. AND, UH, MICHELLE NOT ONLY HAS 20 PLUS YEARS WITH US HERE IN PARKS, REC, AND MARINE, BUT FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SO, UH, WAS IN, UH, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AS OUR PURCHASING OFFICER. SO, BRINGS BACK TO US NOT ONLY ALL THOSE GREAT YEARS IN RECREATION, BUT UH, A LOT OF, UM, NEW SKILL SETS THAT ARE DEFINITELY GONNA HELP OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU. SO WE ARE VERY, VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HER, UH, EXCITED TO HAVE HER. AND, UM, SO SHE WILL BE ATTENDING, UH, ALL OF THESE GOVERNANCE MEETINGS GOING FORWARD. AND OF COURSE, THE COMMISSION MEETINGS. UH, WE'RE USED TO HAVING, UH, JANICE HERE. UM, JANICE WILL GO BACK TO HER FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICER, UH, POSITION. UM, AND SO YEAH, WE ARE BUILDING OUT AN EXTREMELY STRONG TEAM, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD FOR ALL OF US. AS, I HATE TO SAY, DOING MORE WITH LESS, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE REALITY. MM-HMM . UH, WE'RE ALL, UH, GOT MANY DIFFERENT THINGS ON OUR PLATES, AND SO TO HAVE MICHELLE BACK AND ALL HER SKILLS THAT SHE'S BRINGING TO THE TABLE ARE GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HER. WELL, WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING YOU CAME. YES, I TOO. NOW HAVING SAID THAT, , UM, SHE'S WEARING MANY DIFFERENT HATS RIGHT NOW. AND TONIGHT SHE HAS A BUDGET HAT THAT SHE'S GONNA BE WEARING AT THE FIFTH AND FINAL COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETING. SO GONNA LET HER STEP ASIDE FOR THAT. I WILL HANDLE KIND OF WHAT SHE WOULD TYPICALLY HANDLE TODAY, BUT GOING FORWARD, MICHELLE WILL BE PART OF THIS MEETING AND OUR REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING. FABULOUS. THANK YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU. GREAT TO MEET YOU. HATE TO MEET AND RUN, BUT ENJOY THE OTHER MEETING. YES. OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. I DON'T, NUMBER ONE, UM, TWO SIX DASH 5 5 7 6 RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF JULY 9TH. CAN I, I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE, SO MOVE TO SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY INTENTIONS? ANY NOS? THERE IS THE NONE THAT PASSES. OKAY. NEXT ONE. UM, SECOND ITEM 2 6 5. 5 7, 8 7. RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS FEE WAIVER REQUESTS BETWEEN JULY 9TH, 2026 AND AUGUST 12TH, 2026. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. AND THEN I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK TO STAFF FOR OUR REPORT. YEP. WE'RE GONNA HAVE ASHLEY PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR, I THINK WE JUST HAVE THREE THIS MONTH FEE WAIVERS. SO RATHER LIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, YES, WE HAVE THREE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS FOR, UH, FOR APPROVAL. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, UH, NOT A NEW ORGANIZATION. IT'S THE LONG BEACH GREAT PANTHERS. THEY'RE, UM, PROPOSING, UM, A, UH, AN EVENT THAT THEY POSTED BEFORE, UM, SCHEDULED. IT'S A COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, TO BE HELD IN THE SENIOR CENTER DINING ROOM. IT IS TO BE HELD THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER OF 2026 THROUGH JUNE OF 2027. UM, THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, UH, A COMMUNITY MEETING. UM, THE PROPOSED, UH, FEE WAIVER WOULD WAIVE $1,633 IN RENTAL AND PERMIT FEES. THERE WOULD BE NO, UH, FEES OR REVENUE PAID NO EDE GATE REVENUE. AND THE ESTIMATED TENANTS IN EACH EACH MEETING IS 40 PEOPLE. THE SECOND, UH, FEE WAIVER UP FOR APPROVAL IS WITH THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION. THIS IS A NEW EVENT AND IT IS A NEW GROUP. UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING A TENANT, UM, EXCUSE ME, A WATCH PARTY, UM, ON AUGUST 30TH OF THIS MONTH, UM, TO BE HELD AT EL DORADO PARK WEST, UM, ELDA WEST OPEN SPACE COMMUNITY EVENT. IT WOULD, THEY'RE, WE ARE PROPOSING [00:05:01] TO WAIVE $394 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES. $0 WOULD BE PAID $0 IN GATE REVENUE AND ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OF 300 PEOPLE FOR THAT EVENT. UM, AND THE FINAL FEE WAIVER UP FOR APPROVAL IS WITH PARTNERS PARKS, ALSO NOT A NEW GROUP. UM, IT IS NEW EVENT, HOWEVER, IT IS A GARDENING WORKSHOP TO BE HOSTED, UM, AT MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK, UH, SOCIAL HALL COMMUNITY WORKSHOP, UH, TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 12TH OF THIS YEAR, 2026. THIS, UM, FEE FEE WAIVER REQUEST PROPOSES WAIVING $255 IN RENTAL AND PERMIT FEES. THEY WOULD BE PAYING $416 IN STAFF AND MAINTENANCE FEES. UH, THERE WOULD BE NO ED GATE REVENUE AND ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE WOULD BE 45 PEOPLE IN TOTAL FEES WAIVED WITH THE THREE PERMITS, UH, WOULD BE 200, I'M SORRY, $2,282. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, OPENING IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR INSIGHTS TO THE COMMISSIONERS. COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION? UM, I SEE IT'S A NEW GROUP, NEW EVENT TO US. HAVE THEY PREVIOUSLY BEEN DOING EVENTS OTHER PLACES? THE NEW TO LONG BEACH AND, UM, IS THE EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? SO THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I WAS REVIEWING, THAT WAS THE ONE I WAS KIND OF LOOKING OVER HERE IS KATHY JACOBSON IS THE CONTACT PERSON. SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A NEW EVENT. THE USTA, UH, KATHY JACOBSON USED TO BE THE OPERATOR OF OUR TENNIS CENTERS BEFORE OUR CURRENT OPERATOR. SHE'S WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION, PARTICULARLY AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER. THEY GOT A GRANT TO, UH, PROVIDE A WATCH PARTY FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THE US OPEN. COOL. AND SO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING IS USING SOME OF THE OPEN SPACE OVER BY THE TENNIS CENTER HERE AT EL DORADO, AND THEY ARE RENTING THE CITY'S OH, NICE. BIG SCREENING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SAW FOR LIKE THE FIFA WATCH PARTIES. THEY ARE RENTING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BRING THAT OUT AND IT'S GONNA BE AN OPEN EVENT FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH THE US OPEN. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S COOL. UM, IT'S THE LAST WEEKEND OF AUGUST, WHICH TELLS ME THAT'S NOT THE FINALS. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MIDDLE WEEKEND OF THE TWO WEEK TOURNAMENT. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO DRAW SOME ATTENTION, NOT ONLY TO TENNIS, TO OUR TENNIS CENTER HERE AT EL DORADO, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, OPEN IT UP FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE, AREN'T THAT FAMILIAR WITH TENNIS OR WANT AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT IS OFFERED HERE AT EL. VERY COOL. THANK YOU. CAN WE MAYBE ADD THAT TO THE DESCRIPTION THAT IT'S A US OPEN WATCH PARTY? SO THIS WOULD BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE WE WATCHING , UM, OH, WATCH PARTY, BECAUSE THIS SAYS WATCH PARTY. NO, THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. YEAH. 'CAUSE THEN THEY HELP PEOPLE GO, OH, THE ACTUAL, THE ACTUAL ORGANIZATION US OPEN. AND THEN JUST, THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT ARE WE DOING ANYTHING AROUND OUR TENNIS CENTER WHILE THEY'RE HAVING THIS WATCH PARTY? 'CAUSE IF THEY'RE BRINGING 300 FOLKS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING IN COLLABORATION. OKAY. UH, THEY'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CURRENT OPERATORS, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS. WE'LL HAVE THAT NEXT TUESDAY OR NEXT THURSDAY. THAT IS, BUT YEAH, I, I BELIEVE THEY ARE ATTACHED ENDING IT ON THIS ONE. OKAY. TO ENSURE THAT IT'S ALMOST KIND OF LIKE AN OPEN HOUSE AS WELL. RIGHT. THERE'S A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. LIKE, LET'S GO, LET'S GET EM. AND PICKLEBALL. AND PICKLEBALL. ALL RIGHTY. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, AYE, I, UH, SEEING NO OPPOSITIONS PASSES. OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ONE. NUMBER 3, 2 6 5. 5, 7, 8, 8. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING DAMAGE, LOSS AND THEFT AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE. CAN I GET THAT MOTION? SO MOVED SECOND. I KNOW WE'RE JUST BACK AND FORTH. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GONNA HAND IT BACK TO STAFF. ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA DO THIS ONE THIS MONTH. AND SO FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, WE HAD A PRETTY ACTIVE MONTH IN TERMS OF VANDALISM RECALL, THE LAST FEW MONTHS WERE PROBABLY ALL UNDER $10,000. THIS IS 191,000. AND THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT VANDALISM THAT WE REPORTED ON A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT WE GOT BETTER COST ESTIMATES NOW. AND SO WE ARE MAKING SURE WE'RE REFLECTING THAT HERE. AND THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL VANDALISM TO THE SAME SITE. SO CHITTICK FIELD, UM, THERE IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT, UH, RIGHT THERE ON PCH AND WALNUT. UM, WE HAD SOME VANDALISM A, A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO WHERE SOMEBODY CAME IN AND VANDALIZED THE SWITCHGEAR, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE ELECTRICAL CABINET THAT RUNS ALL OF THE POWER AT THE PARK. [00:10:01] THAT MEANS THE FIELD LIGHTING, THAT MEANS THE BATHROOMS, THE PARKING LOT LIGHTING, JUST THE SURROUND LIGHTING AND THE COUNTY'S PUMP STATION THAT IS THERE AT, UH, CHERRYFIELD AS WELL. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE SIXTH DISTRICT WITH THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE. IT'S ABOUT A $200,000 REPAIR. WOW. UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT COUNCIL OFFICE, UM, THE COUNTY AFTER TELLING STAFF A NUMBER OF TIMES NOT OUR ISSUE, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE CONTRIBUTING HALF OF THAT. AND SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE OTHER HALF, WHICH WE'VE IDENTIFIED. BUT WHAT THIS IS, IS IT'S GONNA REPLACE THE EXISTING ELECTRICAL SWITCH GEAR THERE. IT WAS DAMAGED BEYOND, UM, BEING ABLE TO BE FIXED. AND THEN SINCE THAT TIME, SOMEBODY HAS COME IN AND ACTUALLY STOLEN SOME COPPER WIRING AS A RESULT OF IT. NOW IT WASN'T IN USE BECAUSE THIS ELECTRICAL CABINET WAS DOWN, BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT POWERED IN AN ELECTRIFIED, IT'S EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THE, UH, COPPER WIRE. SO IT WAS KIND OF MULTIPLE LAYERS OF VANDALISM. BUT THE BIG CHUNK OF THIS WAS ACTUALLY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. WE JUST NEEDED TO GET THE COST ESTIMATES OF WHAT THE REPAIR IS AND IT'S ABOUT 180, 109, A HUNDRED. AND WHAT ARE WE PUTTING IT AT? 185,000, WHICH MEANS EVERYTHING ELSE ON OUR LIST IS ONLY ABOUT 6,000, UH, DOLLARS. WE HAD SOME LOCKS THAT WERE VANDALIZED AT A COUPLE OF OUR PARK RESTROOMS. UM, SOME PLUMBING LINES THAT WERE VANDALIZED. UH, TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AT THE, UH, MACARTHUR PARK PLAYGROUND. UM, AND SO AGAIN, IN TOTAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 191,000 FOR THIS MONTH, BUT 180 5 OF THAT WAS RELATED TO WOW. UH, THAT, UH, ISSUE AT SHEFIELD. THE INITIAL DAMAGE WAS THAT JUST STRAIGHT VANDALISM, NOT THEFT. LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHY. JUST STRAIGHT VANDALISM. WE THINK SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO GET IN THERE TO POWER UP THEIR PHONE OR SOMETHING. WOW, OKAY. AND THIS ONE, PEOPLE DO IT OFTEN AT SOME OF OUR ELECTRICAL BOXES AND SOME OF OUR SMALLER PARKS, THOSE ARE LITTLE ELECTRICAL BOXES. THIS THING IS MASSIVE BECAUSE IT HAS THE FIELD LIGHTS, POWERS PUMP STATION. UM, BECAUSE IF, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT CHITTICK FIELD IS, IT'S ACTUALLY COUNTY PROPERTY. IT'S NOT EVEN OUR PROPERTY. UH, IT'S COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL PROPERTY AND IT IS DESIGNED TO BE THAT PLACE WHERE ALL THE WATERS, UH, IN THE AREA GOES TO. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING, I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU A YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, ABOUT 2000 MAYBE 17, 18, IF YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A, A BOWL. YEAH. THE WATER WAS TO THE TOP, THE VERY TOP OF ALL THOSE STAIRS. OH MAN. IT WAS A LAKE. IN FACT, IT WAS CALLED LAKE CHITTICK FOR A WHILE. OH, I REMEMBER THAT. . YEAH. AND SO IT'S DESIGNED TO DO THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN WHEN THE POWER'S WORKING, YOU KNOW, THAT PUMP STATION CAN'T CONTROL THAT MUCH WATER. RIGHT. BUT ANYWAY, UM, WE DO HAVE A, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UH, THE COUNTY, UM, THROUGH THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE. AND SO THE PARTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED, THE NEW ELECTRICAL, UH, SWITCH GEAR. UM, BUT USUALLY IT'S ABOUT A 12 TO 16 WEEK LEAD TIME. 'CAUSE THEY'RE BUILT KIND OF CUSTOM FOR EACH SETUP. THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW LONG FOR THE REPAIRS. I KNOW A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS USE THOSE FIELDS FOR LOTS OF THINGS NOW. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY IMPACT THE DAILY USE. RIGHT. ONCE WE START GETTING INTO NOVEMBER, RIGHT. DECEMBER WHEN IT'S DARK EARLIER, THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES AN ISSUE BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIGHT. UM, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT ALL UP AND RUNNING, UM, BEFORE THEN. BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF THINGS HAVE TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW, IN LINE. I WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THAT THOSE THAT BOX DELIVERED IN TIME, WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, WHICH IS A LOT EASIER SAID THAN DONE. MM-HMM . UM, AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO KIND OF ALIGN BEFORE WE GET IT UP IN, UH, OPERATIONAL. WELL, AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EL NINO YEAR, SO GETTING EVERYTHING UP CORRECT. GETTING THE PUMPS WORKING BEFORE AND, AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN DURING SOME RAIN EVENTS, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN SIGNIFICANT. MM-HMM . UM, GENERATORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PUMP STATION. GOT IT. THAT'S THAT MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE THAT OPERATION. ARE WE DOING ANY OTHER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THIS NEW PUMP? YEAH, SO AS PART OF [00:15:01] IT, WE ARE PROVIDING, UH, AN ENCLOSURE, A LOCKED, UH, ENCLOSURE SO PEOPLE CAN'T GAIN ACCESS TO IT. SO IT'S MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE. ANOTHER BARRIER. UM, I I GOTTA STOP SAYING, YOU KNOW, TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING, IF THERE IS ENOUGH TIME RIGHT. UM, SOMEBODY WILL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. UM, YEAH, YOU'RE SO, AND THAT, THAT'S IT FOR THE, FOR THE LOSS REPORT. OH, GOT IT. OKAY. AND THEN IS, IS IT LOST WATER'S THE NEXT ONE. DO YOU NEED A VOTE ON THREE? YEAH, YEAH. OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THERE WE GO. OKAY. I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING BOTH. OKAY. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE REPORT, UM, YOU SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. A. OKAY, NOW WE'RE ON WATER. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 4 2 6 5 5 7 8 9. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ON UPDATE REGARDING FINANCE AND WATER AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION AND MOVING. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. AND THE REPORT. YEP. SO THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. UM, AND COMMISSIONER ALLEN, SINCE THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING, JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS BASICALLY, UH, AN UPDATE ON OUR GENERAL FUND, UM, UH, EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE STATUS. UH, IT DOES INCLUDE SOME OF THE OPERATIONS LIKE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, WHICH DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE, UM, UMBRELLA OF THE COMMISSION, BUT I JUST KIND OF KEEP IT AT A GENERAL FUND BECAUSE 90% OF KIND OF, UM, 90% OF WHAT IS IN THE GENERAL FUND IS RECREATION IN THE RECORDS. AND SO, UM, WE ARE THROUGH JULY, WE'RE AT 83% OF THE FISCAL YEAR. COMPLETE ARE EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND ARE AT ABOUT 74%. SO WE'RE ABOUT SEVEN 9%, UM, BELOW KIND OF WHERE WE ARE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. HAVING SAID THAT, THE HEAVIEST, HEAVIEST MONTHS OF EXPENDITURES ARE OUR SUMMER MONTHS. NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING DAY IN AND DAY OUT OUT AT THE PARKS, BUT MAINTENANCE WISE AS WELL. WATER, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND. WE, YOU KNOW, LESS RAIN DURING THE SUMMER, UH, HOTTER DAYS. UM, WE NEED TO IRRIGATE A LOT MORE THAN THE REST OF THE YEAR. SO THAT NUMBER OF 74% SPENT THROUGH 83% OF THE YEAR, BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL BE EASILY AT OUR BUDGET. AND SO WE WILL NOT BE LAGGING BEHIND COME SEPTEMBER 30TH. 'CAUSE ALL OF THOSE COSTS FROM SUMMER AND WATER, UM, THOSE WILL HAVE ALL HIT BY THAT. YEAH. SO NO, THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE REALLY ANY SAVINGS IN OUR DEPARTMENT. WE DO HAVE A SAVINGS TARGET THAT THE CITY MANAGER IMPLEMENTED FOR GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS. WE ARE GOING TO HIT THAT. UM, OH, SOUNDS GREAT. BUT, UM, UH, WE ARE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY, UH, YOU KNOW, BEYOND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO SAVE, NOR WOULD I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO TUCK AWAY MONEY. RIGHT. YEAH. UM, WHEN WE HAVE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION, SO WE COMPLY WITH WHAT'S ASKED OF US, BUT, UH, WE, WE HAVE 101 DIFFERENT TYPES OF NEEDS THAT, UM, WE NEED EVERY PENNY FOR. ALRIGHT. AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO WATER, UM, OUR WATER BUDGET, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, IS A LITTLE BIT UNDER 2.4, I'M SORRY, $3.2 MILLION. WE'VE SPENT JUST ABOUT 2.4 MILLION, UH, SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S ALSO ABOUT 74%. BUT, UM, JUST SO WE DON'T SEE BROWNOUTS IN OUR PARKS, WE ARE RAMPING UP OR WE HAVE RAMPED UP FOR THE SUMMER, UH, TO IRRIGATE MORE AND WOULD DEFINITELY EXPECT THAT THROUGH SEPTEMBER, UH, THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. UNLESS EL NINO HITS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED, YOU KNOW, EARLIER THAN THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. I, I HEAR KIND OF NOVEMBER, DECEMBER IS WHERE WE'RE REALLY GONNA SEE, UH, THE HEAVY RATES. SO NOT GONNA HELP US THIS YEAR, BUT VERY POSSIBLY COULD HELP US NEXT YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS? OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT THE MOTION BY, UM, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEGA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO, I BELIEVE OUR LAST AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER [00:20:01] 5 2 6 5 5 7 9 1. RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA FOR THE PARKS AND ART COMMISSION MEETING ON AUGUST 20TH. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. PLEASE. LET'S START THE CONVERSATION. THIS IS GONNA BE A QUICK MEETING, UH, NEXT WEEK. YOU KNOW, I SAY THAT ABOUT THE BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, UH, AGENDA ITEMS, SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE TWO EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH PRESENTATIONS. UH, THAT IS BECAUSE, UH, LAST MONTH'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH WAS OUT OF TOWN OR, UH, NOT WORKING THAT DAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. SO WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING, UH, TWO PEOPLE. UM, AND SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, AND I WILL SAY IN SEPTEMBER, THE SECOND MEETING OF SEPTEMBER, IS THAT, NO, THE THIRD MEETING, SEPTEMBER 15TH, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH. SO SOMEBODY YOU WOULD'VE ALREADY RECOGNIZED AS THE CITYWIDE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. AND SO THEY ROTATE THE DEPARTMENTS. AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE SELECT FROM OUR EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH WHO'VE ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THIS BODY. WE CHOOSE ONE OF THEM TO GO FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND SO THAT'LL BE HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER. UM, SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S JUST KIND OF AN ASIDE. UM, BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE MEETING ITSELF, UH, WE HAVE OUR FEE WAIVER, UH, THAT WE JUST WENT OVER. WE ONLY HAD THREE, UH, THIS MONTH. UM, WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PREPARE, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED CHANGE THE NAME OF THIS PRESENTATION TO WATER UTILIZATION AND CONSERVATION. UM, WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT. SO WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF HOW WE, HOW WE USE WATER. UM, IT'S REALLY ABOUT GROUNDS, LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION, BUT IT'S GONNA TELL THE STORY OF SOME OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST, UH, YOU KNOW, 6, 7, 8 YEARS THAT HAS REALLY HELPED US BETTER MANAGE OUR, UH, UTILIZATION OF OUR, OUR WATER RESOURCES. UM, AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE HAVE A GRASP OF HOW WE ARE IRRIGATING. UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE WATER DEPARTMENT HAS RAISED RATES ON EVERYBODY INCLUDING US. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WE DON'T PAY, WE HAVE TO PAY. UH, IT'S A PROP TWO 18 ISSUE. UM, WE AS A CITY ENTITY HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET FREE WATER ON THE BACKS OF RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. UM, AND SO WE PAY JUST WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE PAYS. WE USE, I WANT TO SAY CLOSE TO A BILLION GALLONS OF WATER A YEAR. UH, THEY'LL HAVE THAT NUMBER IN THERE. I'M REMEMBERING THIS FROM A FEW YEARS AGO, SO DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT NUMBER. BUT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN ALL OF OUR IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE WAS MANUAL, IF WE SEE ON THE WEATHER FORECAST THAT IT'S GONNA RAIN FOR THREE DAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A WEEK FROM NOW, WE WOULD SEND TEAMS OUT TO EVERY SINGLE PARK. AND REMEMBER WE HAVE 165 OF THEM AND EVERY SINGLE CONTROLLER, IRRIGATION CONTROLLER IN THOSE PARKS, AND, YOU KNOW, PARKS LIKE EL DORADO MIGHT HAVE SEVERAL DOZEN, AND WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND MANUALLY TURN OFF THE WALK THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, AND THEN WHEN IT STOPPED RAINING, WE'D HAVE TO SEND THOSE TEAMS ALL BACK OUT AND REPROGRAMMED EACH OF THOSE CONTROLLERS TO TURN 'EM BACK ON. MM-HMM . THOSE WERE, THOSE WERE LITERALLY DAYS AND DAYS OF WORK JUST TURNING ON AND TURNING OFF. NOW WITH, UH, WE'VE UPGRADED ALL OF OUR IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS. WE WORKED WITH, UM, UH, THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS FOR SOME REBATES. NOW WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WE CAN MANAGE FROM A PHONE. I CAN TURN OFF ALL THE IRRIGATION IN THE CITY COMPANY ACTUALLY, BUT SOMETHING , UM, ON THEIR PHONES. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND CREWS OUT TO GO TOUCH EVERY SINGLE IRRIGATION CONTROLLER, AND THEY'RE WEATHER BASED AS WELL. AND SO THEY CAN KIND OF GIVE US SOME TIPS ON YOU SHOULD BE WATERING MORE OR YOU SHOULD BE WATERING LESS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE MOISTURE IN THE AIR MM-HMM . UM, SO IT REALLY HELPS KIND OF PROVIDE US THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR US TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ON HOW BEST TO, TO IRRIGATE OUR GRASSLANDS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO SAY SOMEBODY WHO, WHO LOOKS VERY CLOSELY AT PARK GRASS, IF YOU REMEMBER THE, THE REALLY DRY YEARS WE HAD IN THE MIDDLE OF 2000 TEENS [00:25:01] AND LATE 2000 TEENS, OUR PARKS BROWNED OUT. MM-HMM . UM, THEY GOT BROWN IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER, AND YOU DRIVE AROUND TODAY AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, OUR PARKS ARE GREEN. YOU'LL HAVE SPOTS, UH, EITHER FROM HEAVY WEAR AND TEAR OR MAYBE, UH, IRRIGATION, UH, HEAD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SO IT'S ONLY SHOOTING IN ONE DIRECTION. NOT BOTH, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, OUR GRASS IS HEALTHY, IT LOOKS GREEN, AND THAT HELPS US IN A NUMBER OF OTHER AREAS. PLAYABILITY FOR OUR SPORTS FIELDS. A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR GOLFER, GOLFERS TO, UM, KIND OF TAKE OVER, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE HEALTHY TURF. UM, SO IT'S BEEN A HUGE BENEFIT. UM, BUT IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, HELPS US CONTROL LOSS, WATER LOSS AGAIN, WHEN, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND TURN OFF ALL THOSE IRRIGATION. THERE BE, IT TAKES SEVERAL DAYS AND SO IT MAY BE RAINING IF PEOPLE SEE SPRINKLERS ON EM. WELL THAT'S JUST A WASTE OF WATER. MM-HMM . YEAH. UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO MANAGE THAT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE WATER DEPARTMENT HAS RAISED THEIR RATES BY 23%. SO YOU THINK ABOUT IT LIKE, IF WITHOUT BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH WE DID NOT GET FOR THOSE TWO YEARS FOR WATER, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S ALMOST 25% LESS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WATER FROM THE YEARS BEFORE MM-HMM . JUST BECAUSE IT COSTS 25% MORE TO WATER THE SAME AMOUNT. SO, UH, THIS IS IMPORTANT, UH, STUFF AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT PRESENTATION. UM, YOU ALL ARE USED TO RAUL, UH, MARTINEZ PROVIDING SOME OF OUR BROWN'S LANDSCAPE, UH, PRESENTATIONS. UH, RAUL HAS, FORTUNATELY FOR HIMSELF, UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, UH, MOVED ON TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY MM-HMM . UM, AND SO, UM, SOMEBODY WHO IS STEPPING IN TEMPORARILY TO FILL HIS SPOT WHILE WE DO A RECRUITMENT, UH, EMMANUEL OSA WILL BE PROVIDING, UH, THE REPORT AND ERIC WILL CHIME IN, UH, AS NEEDED. BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO IS TO KEEP OUR, OUR PARKS, YOU KNOW, GREEN, CLEAN AND SAFE. MM-HMM . UM, AND, AND WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. UM, 'CAUSE I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUDGET A LITTLE BIT LATER. UM, BUT THAT IS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES FIRST AND FOREMOST, IS ENSURING WITH, WITH ALL OF THE OTHER BUDGET SCENARIOS GOING ON, WE HAVE TO FIRST AND FOREMOST PRIORITIZE THAT OUR PARKS ARE CLEAN AND SAFE FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO USE THEM. WHETHER THEY'RE COMING FOR OUR PROGRAMS OR SELF RECREATING. UM, WE CAN'T LET THOSE AREAS SLIP. YEAH. 'CAUSE IT PROBABLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN A PARK HAS BEAUTIFUL GREEN GRASS, EVERYTHING'S FLOWING THE WAY IT SHOULD FLOW. HOPEFULLY LESS PEOPLE WANNA LIKE DAMAGE IT, IT'S PERCEPTION AS WELL. DO YOU KNOW, DO I WANT TO GO HAVE YOU KNOW, MY KIDS' FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY THERE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY WELL KEPT OR KEPT. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CURB APPEAL IS REALLY IMPORTANT. YEAH. UM, FOR POTENTIAL ACTIVATIONS, FOR PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS. DO I WANT TO DO A PLA PARK? DO OR DO I WANT TO DO IT AT THAT PARK? UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON OUR MAINTENANCE. UM, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE, THEN WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, A LOT OF, UH, SUMMER FUN STUFF ENDING. SO I'LL HAVE SOME UPDATES ON THAT. WE DO SOME REALLY COOL THINGS BEYOND JUST OUR NORMAL PROGRAMS THAT, UH, I DEFINITELY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. UM, AND SO I'LL DO THAT AS PART OF THIS. AND THEN ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS JUST THE POTENTIAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I THINK THAT'S IT. YEAH. YEP. AND, AND THEN FOR THIS BODY, I KNOW, UH, WE HAD TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT DOING A, A ROAD SHOW IN ONE OF OUR, UH, UPCOMING MEETINGS. WE'RE LOOKING, UH, TO DO THAT IN THE FALL. OKAY. UM, PROBABLY OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, UM, MEETING. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS OR INSIGHTS? SOMETHING CAME TO MIND AT THE BEGINNING OF WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING AND THEN I SAID I'LL LET HIM FINISH. SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN DOWN AND IT'S GONE NOW, BUT THANK YOU . YOU CAN SAVE IT FOR NEXT WEEK. YEAH. JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW I OPERATE DAILY. I WILL WALK THE 10 STEPS FROM MY DESK TO CHRISTINE'S OFFICE READY TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING, AND I GET TO HER DESK. I'M LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I [00:30:01] WALKED OVER HERE, . THIS IS WHY I CARRY MY NOTEBOOK ANYWHERE. OR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING KIND OF NOTEBOOK. ANYTHING TO TAKE NOTES. ANYTHING. YEAH. OKAY. UM, WELL IF IT COMES BACK TO YOU, LET US KNOW. YEAH. UM, SO IT'S SO CLOSE. ANYTHING OKAY. OR, UH, NO, YOU WRAP IT UP. YEAH, I'M GOOD. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES. OKAY, NOW WE'RE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER HAS MINUTES IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. SO I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC. UM, SO I AM GOING TO GO ONTO ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO DO WE WANT TO HAVE STAFF GO FIRST THEN COMMISSIONERS GO NEXT. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER. IT'S OKAY. . SO JUST FYI, LIKE I SHARED, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE NEXT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. OH, OKAY. SO NOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DULY ELECTED VICE CHAIR IN YOUR ABSENCE. IN MY ABSENCE, YEAH. IT WILL BE YOU. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY BOTH YOU AND CORY CAN MAKE IT. WHAT DAYS ARE OURS? I NOW, UH, IT'S A MONTH FROM NOW. IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THE SECOND THURSDAY. AT WHAT TIME DO WE START? 4 45. 4 45. UM, AND, AND CHAIR, UH, I KNOW AT THE LAST MEETING SINCE VICE CHAIR WAS, UM, NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. YES. YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU WOULD GIVE HER A, A MINUTE OR TWO SHOULD SHE LEARN YES. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THAT'S RIGHT. TO, TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SHARE LIKE WHAT YOU JUST HOW, HOW YOU WERE EXPERIENCING OR HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPERIENCE BEING VICE CHAIR AND MAYBE SOME INSIGHTS AS TO WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO. YOU, YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GIVE YOUR STUMP SPEECH. YEAH. I SEE. BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE. I WASN'T THERE EITHER, SO TELL ME. OKAY. YEAH, WE WERE PRETTY THAT DAY. IT'S NOT PREPARED FOR SO YOU GOTTA PREPARE FOR IT. NO, UH, I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR. I'VE, UH, BEEN PART OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. GREW UP AT, YOU KNOW, JUST OVER HERE SUDE IN SPRING, IN THE, IN THE, UH, CLIFF MAY RANCHES, UM, NOW RAISING MY KIDS HERE, UM, AND HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS COMING THROUGH OUR PARK. SO, UM, GETTING TO SEE KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES AND BEING PART OF THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEEN REALLY MEANINGFUL FOR ME THESE PAST COUPLE YEARS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING EVEN MORE PART OF IT IN THIS, UH, IN THIS POSITION. GREAT. HOW'S THAT? THAT'S GREAT. WELL, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THAT NEXT WEEK. OKAY. IT'S PRACTICE RUN, GUESS IT'S PART OF THIS RUN. OKAY. AWESOME. OKAY. OKAY. UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT. THERE'S NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SO I'M GONNA ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 5:18 PM. * 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.