[7:22] Good evening and welcome to the August Parks and Recreation Commission meeting this evening.

[7:30] I'd like to call the meeting to order at 7 p.m. roll call, please. Commissioner Myers. Commissioner Grotto. Chair. Chairperson Lynn here. Vice Chairperson Gahari here and Commissioner Velasco.

[7:44] Here. Thank you. Okay. If you could please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

[7:51] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands for nation, under God, and it is the world of liberty and justice for all.

[8:05] Thank you.

[8:13] Okay, next we have public comment.

[8:17] I have one speaker card this evening.

[8:22] Drew Santa.

[8:23] You could come on up please.

[8:28] Thank you for coming.

[8:29] Yeah, no problem.

[8:30] I've got to put this away, I guess.

[8:34] Good evening, I'm a chairperson, land, vice chairperson,

[8:37] the very fellow commissioners.

[8:39] I wanted to bring to your attention today an issue that we've been experiencing for quite some time over at Oak

[8:46] Meadow, Lowerfield.

[8:49] I sent everyone an email yesterday evening with some pictures kind of out on the situation that we've been facing

[8:56] as part of Brentwood Pony and now Brentwood Blast for quite some time that you guys are addressing and I'm thankful for that

[9:04] but we'll get to that further down. I'm going to go ahead and read off this public speaking isn't my forte

[9:10] so I prepared a little something that you guys all have in your emails but we'll go from here.

[9:16] First off there was two issues that I wanted to bring to your attention tonight but one of them has already been addressed

[9:20] We rent a field from 730 p.m. to 9 p.m. and the lights during our first couple practices were cutting off at 9 o'clock.

[9:30] So I asked Jay Jay, ran them to extend the timer to about 10, 15 minutes past to allow for my team to gather their equipment and families and siblings and everyone to get an exit park safely while the lights were sold.

[9:46] Because there is no ambient light there whatsoever in the walkway. No pathway lights and nothing

[9:52] So that was addressed. So I thank you for that

[9:55] That was quick too. He they did that within a day. So I'm thankful for that

[10:04] I also wanted to bring to your attention the lighting levels during play at Oak Metal

[10:10] Lowerfield our team rents a field from 7.30 to 9 p.m. And during practices the field lighting is extremely low

[10:17] The limited visibility makes it difficult for players to track, bat and thrown balls, visibility for pictures and catchers for conditions for batting practice, which increases the risk of injury.

[10:29] According to the Illumination Engineering Society, IES, they recommend that amateur and youth baseball fields generally require average illumination levels of approximately 30 to 50 foot candle in the infield and 20 to 30 foot candle in the outfield.

[10:44] The current lighting conditions at Oak Medal falls significantly below these recommended levels.

[10:50] We understand and appreciate that a full LED lighting upgrade is scheduled for some time in October, November.

[10:56] However, the current conditions present an immediate safety concern for the teams and families using the facility prior to the upgrade.

[11:03] Sunset was done recently.

[11:05] It looks beautiful.

[11:06] The Clover is great.

[11:08] Sunset 5 still is lacking.

[11:10] And since that six is pretty good still, but the Clover is excellent.

[11:19] To help improve player safety until the lighting project is completed, we respectfully request

[11:24] that the current lighting system being suspected, maintenance to ensure it's operating

[11:29] at maximum intended performance.

[11:31] This may include replacing any failed bulbs, addressing fixture issues or performing any other

[11:37] necessary maintenance to improve visibility turning play in the email that I sent to you all.

[11:43] There are several pictures of lighting measurements that I took using my device that showed

[11:49] the insignificant lighting levels, our insufficient lighting levels compared to what the IES recommends

[11:56] for proper safe field play during nighttime. So that's what I got. Thank you, yes.

[12:10] Thank you for coming. Do we have any other speakers this evening online or in chambers?

[12:16] Not at this moment. Thank you. Moving on to presentation. Item D1, the redwood tree presentation.

[12:39] All right. How's everybody doing tonight? My name is Jason Call. Parkman is supervisor for the city of Brownwood.

[12:46] been here about 18 years and basically I helped manage the tree maintenance contract, the

[12:54] our area, landscape maintenance contract, and some different life pest control in the

[13:00] tree lighting downtown. But I'm here to talk about the redwood trees in the city of Brentwood

[13:07] and that most people around that have lived here for a while have seen some decline in certain

[13:14] trees around town. Just a little bit of a backstory we maintain over 35,000 trees in the city

[13:21] of Brentwood. This is done in a five-year grid pruning program with our tree maintenance

[13:26] contractor. In this program they prune anywhere from 6,500 to 7,000 trees a year. So that's

[13:34] just our grid pruning portion of the contract. This is also supplemented by park staff,

[13:44] park

[13:44] requests, pruning for residents and city people. So that does help quite a bit in our contract with that.

[13:59] We, the partman's staff also takes care of a lot of the emergency call outs, which saves a lot

[14:05] of money for our treatment and contract. But coastal redwoods, everybody's familiar with them.

[14:11] lives in California, it's from California, beautiful trees, they're fast growing, they have

[14:18] beautiful green foliage, they are evergreen trees, so they hold their foliage all year, but

[14:26] unfortunately they do not grow well in Brunwood and the valleys. There are need of habitat,

[14:33] is obviously the coast of California and Southern Oregon where they rely heavily on the coastal

[14:41] fog that comes in on a daily basis,

[14:46] which is a huge thing for coastal redwoods because that

[14:50] fog they intake through their leaves and it falls into the forest for which creates water throughout

[14:55] warm summer months, Brentwood, as we all know.

[15:00] So, from what it's not like the coast everybody could feel it right now. It's a little different today out there than just the blazing 100 degrees sun. But it's very hot here dry wind. We have the delta breeze that blows year round. As we all know. We also irrigate, I don't know, the specific percentage, but a large amount of our landscaping is irrigated with non-pollable water, which is a great thing. We're saving water recycling waste water.

[15:30] from the city of Brownwood using out in our landscape

[15:33] environment.

[15:35] The problem is, it's over time when these coastal red

[15:38] would stake in that water through the tree to their leaves,

[15:43] the salt crystallizes on the leaves, and over time,

[15:46] that salt slowly starts to burn and scorched the leaves,

[15:52] and will eventually lead to leaf drop and possible death

[15:56] of the tree, because it's just the salts

[15:59] are soaking the nutrients out of the canopy of the tree.

[16:05] So, oops, there I hate brownwood,

[16:12] fancy clicker here.

[16:15] So brownwood's side conditions,

[16:20] so a lot of the redwoods that are planted in brownwood

[16:25] are planted in developed sites, so that means that, you know, the ground is heavily

[16:33] compacted to meet, you know, the city standards for construction around, you know, all the

[16:39] development sites.

[16:42] So that does not help either, because the construction around the trees

[16:46] compacts the poor space in the soils, which also makes it hard for the water to

[16:52] particularly through the soil to get to the root system.

[17:00] So, what are we doing?

[17:03] We use a lot of mulch.

[17:05] We use recycled shipper mulch to help keep the soil moist for the trees.

[17:12] We also, as part of that, believe it's SB 1383, we're now required to recycle a certain

[17:20] percentage of green waste back into the city of Brownwood based on the amount of green

[17:24] waste at the city collects and that we produce by mowing and pruning and such. So that has

[17:31] helped. We do have a large supply of mulch at our disposal.

[17:42] We also, we are replanting the

[17:45] redwoods that do die. We've figured out different species of evergreen trees that do thrive

[17:51] in the non-potable water and Brentwood soil and weather conditions, so this is deodorous

[17:57] seeders, live oats, Southern Magnolia, and some different cypress species that we've been

[18:03] experimenting with around town. We're also using our true maintenance contractor A+. They've done

[18:11] several, they call it a deep water recharge, it's where they inject water, biochar and different

[18:17] fertilizers into the soil around the tree,

[18:20] based on the diameter of the tree to help replenish

[18:24] the nutrients and water in the root system

[18:27] of four of the trees.

[18:29] We've seen some good and good effects and vads.

[18:33] Some of these trees are in sites where it's just too much

[18:38] sun exposure and there's nothing that's really going to help it.

[18:42] We just kind of have to remove them and go with the species

[18:45] that is more suitable for the conditions here in Brentwood. That is about it. You have any questions?

[18:57] Great. Well, thank you for coming, Jason. Um, Kristen, does anyone have any question for Jason?

[19:02] Question right? Hi Jason. Hello. Um, there's a certain section that I've been yelling about

[19:10] for about six months now.

[19:12] You probably are familiar with the site,

[19:15] but I'm not understanding why we're letting the trees die there

[19:20] and not replacing them.

[19:23] They're city-owned trees in the city-owned, you know,

[19:29] section between the back fences of homes and the sidewalk.

[19:38] And what do I do to try and get somebody to address this area?

[19:46] Are you referring to any Griffith?

[19:49] Yep.

[19:51] So just a little backstory.

[19:53] So there were Raywood ash trees there several years ago that had alcohol in their space.

[19:59] It's only about two and a half, three feet of a planter area.

[20:02] Right.

[20:02] So, it's not good for many trees, let alone any.

[20:06] So, the railroad ashes were removed.

[20:08] Everybody those are on Karen Parkway.

[20:10] The huge railroad ashes on Karen and Balfour.

[20:13] They were removed.

[20:14] We put red maples in.

[20:16] They're in that process.

[20:17] We had several residents or not select residents.

[20:21] I should say that we're not happy with having another tree behind their house.

[20:25] That's not their decision.

[20:26] I understand.

[20:28] But when they're yelling at our contractors

[20:30] and threatening them, I'm not going to put my contractors in any situation like that, so we

[20:38] just decided to not plant there. What we are in the process of doing this, Sandra, is that we're

[20:44] in the process of getting a proposal to relanscape that section from Griffith to Lorraine,

[21:00] the

[21:01] We are going to add some trees that aren't going to affect any residents and then all new shrubs and new mulch throughout the area right there.

[21:13] Jason, what does a resident do?

[21:16] Who does not agree with your approach to the answer?

[21:21] I do not think that select neighbors have the right to determine what we do in city on property.

[21:29] If I can chime in real quick, this is getting a little bit off the topic and it's not an actual agenda item.

[21:36] This was just the Prince presentation.

[21:39] We can certainly talk offline or have a future agenda item.

[21:43] For this sake, it was just a redwood tree discussion and presentation.

[21:48] I understand.

[21:50] I do not want to wait for an agenda item because I'll be gone next month.

[21:55] So what are my options on this?

[21:58] I'm not going to lay down and let this happen.

[22:02] I understand you had a conversation with the park and director, at least that's what I heard from Horath.

[22:07] I do.

[22:07] I spoke with him today about that.

[22:09] We'll continue discussing this item and certainly get back to you.

[22:14] Commissioner, once we have some concrete information.

[22:19] All right.

[22:20] Thank you.

[22:21] Thank you.

[22:22] Any other commissioners have any questions or comments?

[22:26] Yes.

[22:26] Hi, Jason.

[22:27] Thank you so much for bringing this.

[22:30] This forward with the redwoods. I was definitely one person who notices them. I love the redwoods. I guess my question would be from

[22:40] Highway 4 coming into town leading up to Down Sand Creek from Highway 4 leading down to Brentwood Boulevard. Quite a few of them are definitely looking in the

[22:59] What is your guys' plan for removing those?

[23:02] So I believe by the railroad tracks, that's how it goes understand.

[23:06] Yeah, I just worry with fire hazards, but I'm glad to hear that you guys are replacing

[23:10] them.

[23:11] Right, so Park Staff has already removed, that would be the south side.

[23:16] We removed it, it doesn't trees about maybe six weeks ago, and since then we've had

[23:22] even more fail on that side, but we do have on our schedule to remove all the dead ones

[23:28] on the north side as well and then yes we will be replacing them with you know more suitable

[23:33] species and evergreen species like the Dador Seas. It looks similar they're just a lighter green

[23:38] shade and the silver blue areas on the cypress is that we're using. There's someone in the Minnesota

[23:46] trail they're really cool they have like this blueish silver tint they're you know really pretty

[23:51] tree that and they do really well and drought so that's you know obviously another thing that we look

[23:56] for, you know, only choose the species.

[23:58] So it is on our schedule.

[24:00] And we will get that taken care of.

[24:03] Thank you so much.

[24:04] I really appreciate your presentation today

[24:06] and all that information.

[24:07] You're welcome.

[24:08] Thanks.

[24:08] Thank you.

[24:10] You have anything?

[24:13] Do you have anything?

[24:14] No, I'm sorry.

[24:14] OK, I just had a quick question about the tree itself.

[24:19] What are some signs for people that have them on their property?

[24:23] I know that's their job to take care of.

[24:26] what are some signs we said look out for if you have a large red but on your property

[24:30] if it might be deteriorating? So just you know the slight browning and the you know the foliage

[24:38] luckily residents are all on the potable water systems so their water's a lot

[24:43] you know it's a lot cleaner and then then non-potable the non-potable water

[24:48] the process of treating it I'm not exactly sure how or what but it creates a lot of

[24:53] salt into that water, you know, it's still fine to irrigate with, but just the treatment process

[25:01] does that to the water and redwood is a particular species that just does not like it.

[25:08] So, yet, browning in the canopy, if that happens, we always recommend, you know, contacting,

[25:14] you know, a certified tree company or a certified arborist to, you know, come take a look at

[25:19] Because redwoods, you know, a large redwood does require a lot of water during the summer months.

[25:26] So, you know, a lot of irrigation systems have a hard time keeping up with the demand that they require.

[25:31] Yeah. Okay. Great. Thank you so much.

[25:33] Can I add to that real quick?

[25:35] Because that just brought to mind some of the trees we've experienced that completely looked dead.

[25:41] Uh-huh.

[25:41] Once that's root system gets flushed with good clean water, specifically in a good winter.

[25:46] That's what they strive on. It's good clean rain water. You'll see a tree that looks completely dead

[25:52] and the next season it'll look beautifully green. So redwoods also naturally, even though they are

[25:57] evergreen, they will detonate at times. So again, I guess the point is don't jump to conclusions

[26:06] that your trees dead. A good heavy soaking consistent water certainly helps it.

[26:12] Yeah, thank you Aaron and then also, you know, we have three certified arbor songs staff. So residents can always give us a call and we can take a look at the

[26:23] Okay, thanks so much. We like to appreciate it.

[26:28] Okay moving on to informational reports from commissioners club committees liaison and staff

[26:36] Elaine, who's a start tonight

[26:41] Sure, good evening chair and commissioner

[26:44] Some of my updates are kind of repeats from last month, but just so you don't forget about them.

[26:50] For Oak Metal Park, we're going to try to do the word of contract in September to City Council.

[26:56] And the Apple Hill Trellis project is still moving forward.

[26:59] I am waiting for a conceptual plan from our contractor engineer, contract engineer.

[27:07] And then the walnut park conceptual plan is coming tonight for hopefully the commissions approval and then I'll move forward for a water contract tentatively in October.

[27:20] And that's it.

[27:26] Good evening.

[27:27] Thank you chair and commission.

[27:29] Yes, absolutely.

[27:29] The Sand Creek Sports Complex moving along rapidly once again.

[27:33] If you've driven by there, you've noticed the numerous trees and other plant material has been delivered to the site.

[27:40] I will give our actually Janice our partner some credit for rejecting quite a bit of some trees that

[27:45] showed up that were infested with bugs and a couple of few trees that had multiple leaders and

[27:53] or no leader. So she inspected them and it's rejected them. The contractor agreed and we already had

[27:59] some of those replaced on site. So they are planting trees as we speak which is awesome to start

[28:05] and it starts to look like a park now.

[28:08] We've got some greenery out there.

[28:10] The sidewalk around the maintenance buildings

[28:12] been installed.

[28:14] There's not a whole lot of concrete work left.

[28:16] They installed at the westernmost entrance

[28:19] that went in today, and then a lot of flatwork

[28:23] around that photo-op area, which is actually turning

[28:25] out to be really cool.

[28:26] So they've sand blasted the wood or the name Brentwood

[28:30] and then flooring of it, and then that'll get painted black

[28:33] sort of really stand out and pop right underneath that sign that says San Creek Sports.

[28:38] So really cool things taking place out there as we are remain unscheduled and under budget.

[28:45] Hoping to have it under at least a maintenance watch towards the end of October, but we won't

[28:52] have any power to the site, PG&E's given us a date of September 23rd before we actually get

[28:57] power to the site, which obviously that means we won't have lighting until then, we won't

[29:02] have an irrigation controller. Contractors manually watering in place of a controller and then

[29:09] all the other electrical, you know, the obviously computers and the security system and everything

[29:14] else that goes with that. So we won't even be able to install or start ramping up any of the

[29:18] electrical till after towards the end of September. But either way, a lot, a lot taken place

[29:26] there. City staff park staff along with their contractor have applied over 150 yards of a

[29:33] cover two mulch which has been provided through the state and the public work solid waste

[29:39] department. We've put down locations including Garen Park, Creekside Park and Pelican Park

[29:46] and staff sortered another 150 yards of product to be utilized throughout this the city as we keep going.

[29:54] So, which it's very similar to a walk-on bark, but it's also nice because it's a no-cost to this.

[30:00] So it's a nice product that staff continues to put down. One unfortunate item has been occurring

[30:08] out at Daytona Park, the belt swings and the toddler swings have been vandalized by dogs. And

[30:17] individual seems to be using the belts for a two toy further dogs. So we have pictures, we have

[30:25] PD, inform PD. Again, unless they see it actually taking place, nothing can happen. But in

[30:33] the meantime, we've taken the swings down until we configure out a better course of action,

[30:39] which might be the ADA type swings. At least get some kind of swing back in there because

[30:45] they're plastic. Maybe the person won't utilize that, because they seem to like this rubber,

[30:50] which is unfortunate, but so again, staffs doing what we can because that is two belt swings

[30:58] and two toddler swings. So that's again out of Daytona Park. Sorry for the inconvenience

[31:04] and for folks going out there expecting swings. We'll be returning swings as soon as we have

[31:10] a better course of action.

[31:15] That's all I had for tonight. Thank you.

[31:22] Sorry, Commissioner comments this evening, Commissioner Myers.

[31:25] Yes, I attended along with Blis, an ad hoc meeting for the Stonebrook Park.

[31:32] It's coming along and a lot of little twists to it,

[31:38] but you'll be seeing it in a couple months, I think, possibly next month, I don't know.

[31:44] That's all I did and had a lot of fun and Alaska.

[31:48] Thank you.

[31:51] Thank you.

[31:53] Thank you.

[31:53] Any other questions?

[31:54] I

[32:00] attended to ad hoc committee meetings for

[32:07] Oh my gosh.

[32:09] I can't remember the park.

[32:10] Walnut park.

[32:11] I apologize.

[32:12] I'm so sorry for Walnut park

[32:14] with commissioner.

[32:18] Samana and we had a really great time. It took a couple of go-throughs but we are very

[32:27] happy with the end result and I'm hoping you guys like it as well. I'm going to piggyback. It was

[32:34] a very fruitful ad hoc meeting so we're excited to share. Okay thank you and yes I attended the

[32:41] member at Hock meeting with Mr. Myers.

[32:45] Thank you.

[32:47] All right.

[32:49] Moving on to the consent calendar.

[32:54] Did everyone get a chance to look that over?

[32:58] If everything, there's no additions or changes,

[33:02] I will entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar.

[33:08] I motion to approve the consent calendar.

[33:11] We have a first few of the second.

[33:20] We haven't called for a vote quick. Can I have say can I a second it? No. Okay.

[33:29] Second. Great. We have a first and a second. All in favor say aye.

[33:35] Aye.

[33:38] I'm staying. I have staying. Great. Thank you. All right. The motion carries. The consent calendar is approved.

[33:47] Moving on to our business items.

[33:50] The first one we have this evening is an Eagle Scout Project proposal.

[33:55] The installation of a Marine Corps Memorial Stone Monument.

[34:01] Great.

[34:01] So come on down the beach.

[34:08] Thank you for coming this evening.

[34:10] Hello.

[34:12] My name is Jericho Biko.

[34:15] I am 16 years old, and I am a junior at Heritage High School.

[34:18] I've been with Troop 90 in Bramford for six years and I'm working on my service project

[34:23] for my last and final rank, which is Eagle.

[34:27] I would like to propose my Eagle project, which is installing a Marine Corps Memorial Stone

[34:32] at Veterans Park in Bertwood.

[34:34] Currently there are four military memorial monuments already there, which are Army, Navy, Air Force

[34:41] and Coast Guard.

[34:42] My project would complete a fifth memorial monument for the United States Military

[34:47] branches.

[34:53] So what will this memorial monument look like? The stone will be a 14 inch by 36 inch

[34:59] rectangle in stand above four inches tall. The memorial stone would would feature the United

[35:05] States Marine Corps album along with the separate Vigolis model. This monument will look very similar

[35:12] to the other four existing monuments. The stone will have similar writing engraved into

[35:17] great granite stone with the Marine Corps album on the left side of the

[35:21] separate five Marine Corps model.

[35:26] Here are the Monuments and Memorial Stones that are

[35:29] currently in place at Veren's Park.

[35:34] Here's photos of the Navy Memorial Stone in

[35:36] Monument.

[35:40] Here's photos of the Air Force Memorial Stone in Monument.

[35:47] And last

[35:47] here's photos of the Coast Guard Memorial Stone.

[35:56] Here's the designated area

[35:57] provided by the Department of Parks and Recreation for the Monument. This

[36:03] will look very similar to other sites but not as big as the papers will cover the entire

[36:07] house circle inside of the milling band. The milling band will also be installed by the city.

[36:16] Here's a bird's eye view of Veterans Park with the four existing monuments. The Marine Corps

[36:21] monument will be built in the left back corner of the park marked in yellow.

[36:30] Why is the Marine Corps

[36:31] Memorial Monument needed at Veterans Park? This memorial monument for the Marine Corps is needed

[36:37] by the community because it serves as a permanent tribute to the sacrifice and service

[36:41] of the Marines who have defended the nation.

[36:45] This memorial will be a symbol of patriotism in the unity that will connect present in future

[36:50] generations.

[36:52] This memorial will do 16th for our community.

[36:55] One, it will honor Fallen Marine Corps service members.

[36:59] Two, it will act as a historical landmark and reinforce core values of the Marine Corps.

[37:05] Three.

[37:06] It will create a shared space for reflection, remembrance, and education.

[37:12] For, it will inspire future generations to value service, duty, and patriotism.

[37:18] Five, it will support veteran identity and will offer a sense of belonging and pride.

[37:24] In six, it has been 11 years since the last military monument was installed.

[37:30] The Marine Corps will finally have the memorial monument at Veterans Park, which so many people have been asking for.

[37:39] My list of materials will include memorialstone purchased from Jimmy Martin Memorials.

[37:45] The other stones came, the other four stones came from Martin Memorials as well.

[37:53] The Marine Corps album, 12x12 inch papers, concrete gravel for drainage,

[38:00] sand locking in papers, drinks, and lunch for my 710 volunteers who will help me build the

[38:05] monument. Can any candy bars from America's finest chocolate bars for fundraising and installation

[38:12] will cost $6,073.

[38:19] This is the fundraising fire that I have created to help raise funds for this project.

[38:23] Every dollar from this project will be accounted for with financial statements from Venmo,

[38:28] Zellie and Personal Checks.

[38:31] I have already raised $5,085 by selling candy bars and requesting donations from my golf

[38:37] club, soccer club, cross country team, friends, and family.

[38:41] I expect to have the remaining $488 in a few weeks.

[38:48] This project in front of Raising have been approved in support of by Troop 90 Scott Messer

[38:52] and community chair, Brendan Olsen, D.S.

[38:57] Advancement Sean Grondru, and Scouting America Golden Gate Council.

[39:02] Special appreciation goes out to Kevin Fuji Naga,

[39:04] my Eagle Project Coach, John George, my Eagle Project

[39:08] landscaping advisor, Chris Lopez, maintenance supervisor

[39:12] from the City of Brutwood Parks and Recreation Department,

[39:16] and Elaine McGerk, who is the Project Service Specialist

[39:19] for the City of Brutwood Parks and Recreation Department.

[39:24] Depending on the approval of the Proximal Creation Commission, I will order the memorialstone in the next couple of days.

[39:32] It will take approximately four to five months for the stone to be a beddy for installation.

[39:38] The fall goes well. I plan to have an unveiling ceremony at Veterans Park in February of 2027.

[39:45] In conclusion, this memorial monument is needed at Veterans Park because it will complete the tribute of the United States Armed Forces.

[39:52] It will keep the memorial of service to live, it will educate the public and last it will unite the community

[39:59] in honoring those who have served and sacrificed.

[40:02] Thank you for your time.

[40:03] Does anyone have any questions?

[40:06] Thank you so much, Jared.

[40:08] That was a wonderful presentation.

[40:09] Commissioners, do you have any questions or comment this evening?

[40:14] Jared?

[40:14] I just want to say congratulations on this phenomenal point in your left that you're trying to achieve evil eagle scout. It's absolutely amazing and I cannot wait to see how this turns out.

[40:31] Thank

[40:36] you.

[40:39] I just want to say job well done. This is a great presentation and I'm fully behind you. Thank you.

[40:47] Thank you for your support.

[40:50] I was just going to echo what everyone else said.

[40:53] I thought that your presentation was really well put together

[40:56] and you thought of everything from, you know, the pictures

[40:59] what morals are already there, the fundraising, like,

[41:02] just hats off to you.

[41:04] This isn't really really good presentation.

[41:06] So congrats.

[41:07] Thank you.

[41:11] And I will echo the fellow commission.

[41:14] commissioners, great project, and Veterans Park is a very special

[41:18] park as I'm sure you know to our community and like you said, it's

[41:23] something that our public has been wanting for a long time and it's

[41:27] wonderful that you are stepping up to bring this project. The amount of

[41:32] money you've raised is very commendable, so that's impressive. And I look

[41:37] forward to the unveiling ceremony. I hope that we could be invited because

[41:40] I would love to see that, but be wonderful and good luck to you with it.

[41:46] Thank you.

[41:46] Sure.

[41:47] All right.

[41:49] If there's nothing else, then I would entertain a motion that we approve item G1,

[41:57] the Eagle Scout project to see me.

[41:59] I move to approve item G1.

[42:03] This is it.

[42:04] Thank you.

[42:06] I'll second that.

[42:08] Great.

[42:08] All in favor say aye.

[42:10] Hi, motion carries.

[42:12] Congratulations.

[42:14] Thank you.

[42:17] All right.

[42:18] Moving on to item G2.

[42:20] Discuss an approved walnut park playground replacement.

[42:23] The CIP project.

[42:25] With conceptual designs for city council approval.

[42:30] Lena Erin.

[42:32] Erin's walking off.

[42:34] So.

[42:34] I think the lead on this one.

[42:37] Good evening, chair and commission.

[42:39] Tonight we are bringing forth

[42:41] for the conceptual plan for a Wannett Park.

[42:47] I think we had a good time.

[42:48] I think we were very productive in our ad hoc meeting.

[42:53] I like what we have decided on and picked on.

[42:57] And we had quite a few options to pick from.

[43:01] And we asked for a revision from two of our, I guess, elections.

[43:08] and one of them did come back with some revisions and I will let that out speak on that. They were

[43:14] very instrumental in making these changes I like for them to kind of speak on them.

[43:24] I think that both mean Commissioner Blasco had very specific ideas of what we wanted

[43:30] and I think this park really encompasses what we both were searching for. I was very

[43:36] that's on having a park that of fully revised flooring and the developers were able to provide

[43:45] that as well as shade. So I think it really encompassed what we both were hoping for especially

[43:52] when they came back with revisions. We really feel like this encompassed the energy in aura of

[44:06] really impressed us, and I'm really excited to share with everybody, but how would you comment?

[44:16] I'm just going supporting what Commissioner Asmana is saying, I really like the way they

[44:25] came back with this project. I think it's going to fit this particular park and its locations so

[44:34] well, the shade is fantastic, which was a really big thing on our agenda and there's some fun little additions that I think the community is really going to enjoy about this park.

[44:47] And I'm just I hope you guys like it as much as we do.

[44:53] Well, thank you for your time and effort on it.

[44:56] Do we have any commissioner comments from either one of you?

[45:00] I always have to put my two cents for it. I love it. It is surprisingly quite similar to the play

[45:11] apparatus that Blake and I picked for Stonebrook. However, Stonebrook is on the other end of town.

[45:20] And the insides of the one at Stonebrook are quite different from the insides of this one. But I'm all for

[45:30] And the illusion of danger, and this gets to that, and you've done a great job with the shade.

[45:39] I love it. Thank you.

[45:43] Just a quick question.

[45:44] So what is the playground communication board?

[45:49] Yeah, so that's an 80 feature for folks who are non-verbal.

[45:53] So it's kind of like a communication station where they can point and express what feelings are expressing in that moment.

[45:59] We did not specifically ask for this piece, however, the developer provided it and it's my favorite aspect of the park.

[46:07] Thank you. I really like that. I think that's a really good addition.

[46:14] And then my question, I agree. I think it looks wonderful. I love the height.

[46:18] And I definitely love the fact that is the whole thing rubberized underneath the structure.

[46:23] with structures. And they're fully as the poor in place, fully covered.

[46:30] That's great. And then it would just be the regular side block.

[46:33] All great or any other side?

[46:35] I believe.

[46:36] All right.

[46:38] Well, yeah.

[46:40] No, it looks like brick.

[46:43] It's great.

[46:44] I really enjoy the colors and the theme.

[46:47] I think it's starting, so.

[46:49] Well done.

[46:51] Yeah.

[46:51] It's great.

[46:54] We don't have any more questions. I will entertain a motion to approve the Walnut Park

[47:03] that we have in front of us.

[47:05] I still move.

[47:08] And I'll second.

[47:09] All right.

[47:09] We have a first and second. All in favor.

[47:11] Hi.

[47:12] Hi.

[47:12] All of those.

[47:13] Great. Motion carries.

[47:14] Thank you, everyone.

[47:20] Moving on to item eight requests for future agenda items.

[47:25] Does anyone have anything they would like to include?

[47:28] I don't think that this will maybe necessarily call for an agenda item, but I did want to

[47:35] ask a quick question about a park that I wanted to check on with you guys. Maybe that you

[47:40] already have this on your radar, but recently, when visiting here in Park, I've noticed that the

[47:47] fencing around the park is extremely dilapidated. I believe it's a wood with rebar inside and a lot

[47:58] is rotting and cracked and there's missing many posts or beams along the way and also there's

[48:06] a broken dog fountain at her in park. So not sure if that is a need of an agenda item if so

[48:13] happy to request to add that on but I wanted to check with you guys and see if it was already on your radar.

[48:21] Yeah, thank you. That's one of our parks. It's actually a concrete split rail fencing.

[48:27] So that's where you see the rebar and staffs fully aware of not just hair and there's about five or six other parks that have the similar type of concrete split rail

[48:37] So staffs have been going around and I was a helicopter

[48:40] They just did replace about 24 of those slats at one of the parks. I believe it's pelican, but don't quote me on that

[48:48] So fully aware of it and certainly changing it will still be concrete, but not that product of concrete

[48:53] So it'll be a lighter, more the giving type concrete and hopefully get a better life span than like

[49:01] her and did.

[49:02] But yes, certainly aware of it, a blue goose that's another one that is on the radar.

[49:07] So yes, we're on that, but just like the redwood trees, you know, we've got so many of these

[49:13] in the city.

[49:13] It just takes time to get to them all, but we're aware of it and working through them.

[49:18] Thank you so much.

[49:21] chair. Yes. I would like to request an October meeting that we do have a discussion on street trees.

[49:29] Because I'm not getting satisfaction and people are taken them out. And in some cases just leaving a stump and it appears that what we were getting awards as the what tree city of

[49:46] No more than California, I don't remember what exactly awards we got, but I don't think individuals

[49:54] should be able to take that away from the community.

[49:59] So I would prefer that we have a agenda item if it's not appropriate, Erin, tell me.

[50:08] No, absolutely appropriate, and October's probably a good time frame, because as I had mentioned

[50:12] before I just spoke with Harith earlier today,

[50:16] some of the directors have been in discussion

[50:18] about this very topic, so we're going to be meeting

[50:21] more staff, so I certainly should have some good information

[50:25] by October. Love it.

[50:28] I've been related to residential street trees.

[50:31] I don't want to be a pain in the you know what,

[50:34] but I just will it be good to review policy and procedure

[50:37] and see what we're doing.

[50:38] Where we scanned is as standing behind our tree policy, so thank you.

[50:47] I would just like to request in regards to the Oak Medal lighting to the speaker that was here this

[50:53] evening. Sounds like we are addressing the issues and he's grateful for that, so that's great.

[51:00] I guess my concern is maybe he said sunset was also good, but and I know that he also mentioned that

[51:08] October we're replacing that. So I guess my agenda item might be just looking at our lighting

[51:16] situation what our standards are compared to like what is needed and possibly checking out

[51:28] our parks that are lit to make sure they're meeting the standards or maybe just to report

[51:33] on how you handle it because I'm sure you are addressing those things.

[51:37] But maybe I'm not very clear.

[51:41] But no, perfectly clear.

[51:43] Totally understand.

[51:43] Based on how, you know, we handle our lighting,

[51:46] what the standards are and how you guys go about maintaining it.

[51:50] We can agenda for the September meeting just an update on the project

[51:54] that actually lanes been currently working on for the LED conversion

[51:59] at both Oak, Meadow, and Garen.

[52:01] OK.

[52:01] The recreation division who works with these user groups and from a program

[52:05] standpoint, have been working with these user groups at both those locations because we have

[52:11] noticed and that's why again why we're trying to get them replaced. Unfortunately, the project

[52:17] is taking a lot longer than we had anticipated, but by September we can certainly formulate

[52:30] What staff will be doing in the meantime? So, yes, perfectly a good question there.

[52:36] Okay, great. Any other future agenda item?

[52:43] Excuse me, I said, Garen, I meant Balfour Guthrie.

[52:48] Garen does not have lighting and will not be receiving light.

[52:52] Thank you. Thank you for that correction.

[53:02] Okay.

[53:03] at 7.45 p.m.

[53:10] I still move.

[53:12] That was a second.

[53:16] Ellen, favor.

[53:18] Hi.

[53:19] Great. Thank you.

[53:20] Thank you, everyone.

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