1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,400 in progress. 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:14,240 » All right, quite focus without my glasses. I think we can call this 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:19,560 meeting to order. Uh shall we have the roll call? 4 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,560 » Yes. 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,039 » Commissioner Chan >> here. 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,359 » Commissioner Chang Frank >> here. 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,599 » Commissioner Logan >> here. 8 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:29,199 » Commissioner Martin >> here. 9 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,000 » Commissioner Trinkle >> here. and Chair Abbott 10 00:00:31,439 --> 00:00:38,800 » here. >> As of right now, Commissioner Kent is 11 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:42,640 absent. Um, and we do have our new commissioner starting tonight, 12 00:00:40,239 --> 00:00:44,000 Commissioner Jennifer Logan. >> Welcome. 13 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:47,600 » Welcome. >> Uh, did Commissioner Kent say he 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,320 wouldn't be here or he may show up or we don't know. 15 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:53,120 » Um, I didn't get a message saying that he was not. 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:59,280 » We didn't send out a [laughter] We'll see. We have certainly have a quorum 17 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:04,320 though. That one's unmarked. Okay. I will read the uh land acknowledgement. 18 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:08,960 Uh the city of Albany recognizes that we occupy the land originally protected by 19 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:12,799 the Confederated villages of Lejon. We acknowledge the genocide that took place 20 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:16,080 on these lands and must make strides to repay the moral debt that is owed to 21 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:20,240 this indigenous people, specifically the Aloney tribe. We thank them for their 22 00:01:18,479 --> 00:01:25,040 contributions which have transformed our community will continue to bring forth 23 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:28,400 growth and unity. City of Albany commits to sustaining ongoing relationships with 24 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:31,759 the tribe and together build a better future for all that now make this their 25 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:35,360 home. >> There we go. 26 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:39,000 » And we are going to welcome Commissioner Kent. 27 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,000 » Excellent. 28 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:46,159 We'll give him a moment to uh get settled. 29 00:01:43,759 --> 00:01:53,920 » Actually um while he's getting settled, I just wanted to give an update that um 30 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:59,280 we are going to bump uh item 4.4-2 4-2 from the agenda. Um, our Dena, our 31 00:01:57,119 --> 00:02:04,560 community development director who is presenting this is sick and I think um I 32 00:02:02,399 --> 00:02:10,239 think it's a good project for her to introduce herself to the commission and 33 00:02:06,399 --> 00:02:14,520 so um uh we're going to push it a month. >> Fair enough. Thank you. 34 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,520 » Sure. 35 00:02:16,879 --> 00:02:25,000 » And let's get the minutes roll of the minutes from the last meeting. Any 36 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:35,840 » I move to approve the minutes. >> All right. Have a second. 37 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,239 » You may want to view them or >> uh 38 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:41,599 » you have a comment or >> No, that just our newest commissioners 39 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:45,760 probably abstain from this one because wasn't here. 40 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:49,680 » But otherwise, um I I second. >> Okay. Very good. 41 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,160 » Commissioner Chang. >> Yes. 42 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:55,280 » Commissioner Chang Frank. Yes. >> Commissioner Ch Kent. 43 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,800 » Yes. >> Commissioner Logan's going to abstain. 44 00:02:57,519 --> 00:03:00,319 Commissioner Martin. >> Yes. 45 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,920 » Commissioner Trinkle. >> Yes. 46 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,480 » And Chair Abbott. >> Yes. All right. Very good. 47 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:08,000 » Motion passes. >> Motion passes. 48 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:13,400 » All right. Public comment. I see no public in the room. How about virtual 49 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,400 people? 50 00:03:16,879 --> 00:03:24,400 » Uh, no hands raised online. >> Okay. Very good. 51 00:03:21,519 --> 00:03:30,400 another few seconds. All right, moving on then. Presentations. I believe 52 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:33,400 one is Prop 68 measure M funded projects update. 53 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:49,307 Jamar to >> Yeah, 54 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,307 I hope you have it. [laughter] 55 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,799 welloiled machine. 56 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:06,200 » Sorry. Trying to get it to the 57 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,080 There we go. 58 00:04:15,519 --> 00:04:19,680 All right. All right. All right. Good evening, 59 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:24,080 commissioners. My name is Andre Sterling, project manager at public 60 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:29,759 works. Here to give you an update on our Prop 68 projects uh for this year. So, 61 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:34,479 we can go to the next slide. So, we're going to discuss specifically uh Pier 62 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:39,919 Street Park uh the access and landscape improvements project, Jules Terrace Park 63 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:45,759 shade improvements and dog amenities, as well as a brief update on the Dartmouth 64 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:49,520 tot lot uh seating element upgrade. So, next slide, please. 65 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:54,160 So, we just wanted to highlight uh one project that was completed since our 66 00:04:51,199 --> 00:04:58,639 last uh update uh with pros commission. Uh that's the path lighting project at 67 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:05,280 Memorial Park. That those were the five new lamp posts that were installed 68 00:05:00,639 --> 00:05:10,880 there. Uh completed in August of 2025. So, it gives obviously more security 69 00:05:07,919 --> 00:05:15,199 there at night at the park as well as a warm color temperature uh lighting 70 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:18,639 there. All right, next slide, please. 71 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:26,320 So, our first update is on uh Pier Street Park access, landscape, and shade 72 00:05:24,479 --> 00:05:32,080 improvements, and it's all based on the recommendations uh from the pros master 73 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:35,120 plan. So, next slide, just as a review of the project scope 74 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:41,199 since it's been a while uh since our last update. So, new entry stairs, two 75 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:46,160 sets of stairs with handrails. Uh and that's made from repurposed eucalyptus 76 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:50,960 tree lumber from Albany Hill. uh new landscape boulders, a native plant 77 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:55,680 material and trees uh that will be planted uh new asphalt path with a 78 00:05:54,080 --> 00:06:01,160 ballard new shade structure for uh the play 79 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,160 equipment. 80 00:06:01,759 --> 00:06:08,000 Here's our uh conceptual layout. So, it's going to be done in two phases. So 81 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:13,120 phase one would be the access improvements and as we said with the 82 00:06:10,639 --> 00:06:18,240 with the scope uh a new asphalt path that's in the north side of the park uh 83 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:22,639 there we're going to relocate some of the existing boulders and also install 84 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:27,280 new landscape boulders uh to direct traffic to the new entry uh stairways 85 00:06:25,759 --> 00:06:31,680 there. And then uh of course uh the plant 86 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:38,240 material with the trees and also installing uh phase two the new shade 87 00:06:35,039 --> 00:06:43,360 structure for the play equipment. All right, next slide please. That's a 88 00:06:40,639 --> 00:06:49,120 rendering there of the south uh side of the park uh with newly planted trees, 89 00:06:46,479 --> 00:06:54,479 new landscape boulders, the new lumber uh staircase there. 90 00:06:51,759 --> 00:07:00,960 Then next slide. And then the north side with the asphalt 91 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:06,000 path uh another lumber entry stairway and then new trees planted near the 92 00:07:03,599 --> 00:07:11,280 benches as well as throughout the hillside. 93 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:17,440 All right, next slide. So for phase two, we're looking at three options for a 94 00:07:13,919 --> 00:07:22,160 shade structure uh cantal lever style as well as a shade cell. And the 95 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:26,880 considerations uh for this decision will be uh based on which one is more cost- 96 00:07:24,639 --> 00:07:31,759 effective but more importantly which one provides the best coverage for the play 97 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:36,639 equipment. Uh there will be a shade study performed uh to help us make that 98 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:40,800 decision as well. Uh since these are somewhat substantial structures, they're 99 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:43,800 going to be based on uh engineering plans. 100 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:52,160 All right, next slide please. Here's our our tentative schedule. So, we're we're 101 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:57,840 in the uh the bid phase at the moment and hoping to award the contract the end 102 00:07:54,800 --> 00:08:04,319 of this month uh and start construction in March and completed uh in about a 103 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:08,120 couple months. All right, our next slide. 104 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:18,000 So, our next project um in the queue would be uh the Jules Terrace Park, a 105 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:23,440 shade improvements uh and dog amenities project. So, 106 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:29,120 looking to install shade elements uh there in the picnic area uh which could 107 00:08:25,919 --> 00:08:33,039 be a grove of trees or material furnishing. And then the dog amenities 108 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:37,680 upgrade would be installing a new signage indicating dog and dog owner 109 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:41,919 etiquette as well as developing a system that defines the dog play area that's 110 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:46,880 there. All based on recommendations from the 111 00:08:43,519 --> 00:08:52,640 pros master plan. All right, next slide please. 112 00:08:49,519 --> 00:08:56,720 So the preliminary scope involves uh obviously the picnic area and just 113 00:08:54,480 --> 00:09:01,680 planting additional trees there uh to provide shading for the the picnic 114 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:06,720 tables and then at the the southwest corner of the park 115 00:09:03,839 --> 00:09:11,680 uh which is usually used for dog play or for like a dog play area there. Uh there 116 00:09:09,839 --> 00:09:17,200 could be a possibility of uh installing a fence [snorts] there to basically make 117 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:23,560 it an official dog run uh for the dogs there. 118 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:23,560 Uh next slide please. 119 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:32,480 Then our tenative schedule uh again would be uh design completing 120 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:37,839 the design phase uh sending the project out for bid in March awarding the 121 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:41,120 contract shortly after in May and then starting construction in June and since 122 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:46,320 it's a smaller uh project it should be completed within a month. 123 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:50,560 All right, next slide please. All right, just a brief update on the 124 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:55,040 Dartmouth tot lot of the seating element uh upgrade. So basically to replace 125 00:09:53,440 --> 00:10:00,640 uncomfortable seating elements that are the existing uh seating that's there and 126 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:06,160 prioritizing community and comfort. So the considerations for that again uh the 127 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:10,959 most cost-effective option but also considering comfort and uh most 128 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:16,720 importantly safety for the users of the tot lot and looking at also what best 129 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:25,120 fits the space as far as size dimension but also aesthetics of the tot lot 130 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:28,720 and that concludes the presentation. >> All right, thank you very much. Bring it 131 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:36,240 to the commission for questions. You have any questions? 132 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:43,040 the dates. Um yeah, I had a few. One was for Pier Street Park. Um 133 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:45,600 the um plantings, you said there's going to be drought tolerant plants or native 134 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:51,040 plants or something. >> Native plants. Yes. And uh I know the 135 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:57,200 first round when the park was first built and commissioned the bunch of the 136 00:10:54,240 --> 00:11:03,760 trees that were planted died and it was um John Hawkage the city urban forester 137 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:10,000 said there was it was freeway soil. It was just bad news and um maybe there 138 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:14,800 wasn't a sufficient um watering or something irrigation. Do you know if 139 00:11:12,079 --> 00:11:18,480 there's any plans for um doing a different strategy that will hopefully 140 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:21,839 lead to better success on the landscaping? 141 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:27,200 » Yeah, that's a good question. I know that we were discussing we do have some 142 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:29,920 quick couplers that are there and we're not going to add irrigation at this 143 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:34,560 point. That's not in this project scope, but we are discussing another solution 144 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:38,480 for at least watering. But the soil, I know we we've done amendments in the 145 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:42,640 past and we can probably discuss that looking into improving the soil quality, 146 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:46,079 but we're not sure how much that's going to improve. 147 00:11:43,839 --> 00:11:50,079 » I can I can maybe jump in since I was sort of involved in the sort of the 148 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:56,399 initial construction as well as the the the tree issues. Um some of the trees 149 00:11:52,880 --> 00:12:00,560 are doing okay and other ones um it is a difficult environment because it is a 150 00:11:58,079 --> 00:12:06,639 hard pack soil plus there's lots of um lots of debris in it. So 151 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:11,600 um once a tree takes hold like it it tends to stay it tends to go but there 152 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:17,519 we have replaced a lot of the trees over time. So that's something we'll find one 153 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:22,399 that works and um we are trying to water them more on a more regular type basis 154 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:29,040 but without an irrigation system. Um in terms of amending the soil um we we did 155 00:12:25,839 --> 00:12:32,720 for lots of years and it's it's it's really just a difficult a difficult 156 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:37,279 location. So, I'm I think there are some plants out there that are doing well and 157 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:42,000 we'll try to um use those, but um I think that's going to be a ongoing 158 00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:46,959 challenge. Um right now it looks great. We were out there today with Calrans, 159 00:12:43,519 --> 00:12:51,200 but it uh uh the native plants, you know, um 160 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:55,360 once uh without an irrigation system, they they kind of go brown pretty 161 00:12:53,040 --> 00:13:02,079 quickly. >> Okay. Um it says the bid phase was in 162 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:08,320 December with breaking ground in March. Um for the shade options you showed us 163 00:13:04,639 --> 00:13:13,120 three. Uh how is that decision going to be made? When is that decision going to 164 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:16,959 be made and who will be making that decision? 165 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:20,720 » Well, we're we can look to your recommendation as well for input on that 166 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:26,800 decision. uh based on the cost u because we do 167 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:31,440 have uh a limit to the grant funding as well as the matching funds. Um but we're 168 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:35,680 working with a contractor that's providing a shade study that's basically 169 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:40,480 going to give us the best look at the best uh shade coverage for the area. So 170 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:43,440 with those factors um obviously aesthetics, we don't want 171 00:13:42,639 --> 00:13:45,200 something that's going to be an >> eyesore. 172 00:13:44,639 --> 00:13:48,240 » Um >> but the bids went out in December. Does 173 00:13:46,639 --> 00:13:51,920 that mean the plan somewhat people were bidding on it with an unfinished plan or 174 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,320 » I'm sorry >> you said the bids went out in December. 175 00:13:53,839 --> 00:13:59,199 » Yes. >> Does that mean the 176 00:13:56,399 --> 00:14:05,360 request for um proposals or whatever the the bids um does that mean that they 177 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:08,480 didn't know which option it was going to be, but they're still going to come up 178 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:11,360 with a dollar figure or how does that work? 179 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:16,639 » Good question. So we sent out we sent out the RFP and basically with a 180 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:23,279 recommendation uh for a shade structure but uh they can present an as equal um 181 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:29,519 option and looking at those um again it's going to be a slightly uh varying 182 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:32,880 cost in each one. Um but each contractor does know uh that's going to whoever's 183 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:37,279 going to submit the bid they know that is we will accept an as equal to 184 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:44,639 whatever recommendations that we sent out. Right. Um and for Jules Terrace 185 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:48,560 Park, that area where you've um said might be fenced off, uh who's going to 186 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:54,399 make the decision as to whether or not it's fenced off and um you have a sense 187 00:14:51,839 --> 00:15:00,000 of roughly how big that area is compared to um the Memorial Park, dog park? 188 00:14:58,399 --> 00:15:04,399 » Yeah. So, we're going to still we're still developing the project scope and 189 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:08,079 once we have a more finalized scope, we can come back to pros and present uh 190 00:15:06,399 --> 00:15:14,639 present that to you basically to make that decision. Um, that's an option. Um, 191 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:19,440 I don't know how much public polling was was done involving or in the past with 192 00:15:16,959 --> 00:15:22,560 the park, but that's just an option. We're not saying that's the final 193 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:27,040 decision. Um, 194 00:15:24,959 --> 00:15:30,560 and then for the shade for the picnic area, said it could be plants or it 195 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:34,240 could be like the awnings or something. Um, do you know who decides that and and 196 00:15:33,199 --> 00:15:39,680 how that works? >> Yeah, that could also be presented to 197 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:44,480 pros for recommendation, but there were trees planted there previously that were 198 00:15:41,839 --> 00:15:48,560 removed. So, it would make sense to keep it a more natural area and just replant 199 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:52,240 some trees, native trees there. We're going to work closely with John Oidge as 200 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:59,079 well with that. >> Okay. Thanks. 201 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:59,079 » Okay. Other questions? 202 00:16:04,399 --> 00:16:07,399 » Sure. 203 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:26,560 » Thank you. So, the boulders up top are to keep people from driving cars on or 204 00:16:22,959 --> 00:16:32,639 keeping control access. >> Yeah, that's for vehicle traffic. Um, 205 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:37,199 it's going to be a six foot wide path with a ballard uh in the middle. 206 00:16:35,839 --> 00:16:43,079 So, similar to the path that's there. I know there's two ballards there, 207 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:43,079 existing ballards on the other path. 208 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:57,199 that's not included in this project scope. 209 00:16:54,399 --> 00:17:04,759 » So I can jump in on that. The path the future path will connect into this um a 210 00:17:00,399 --> 00:17:04,759 little further to the north. I think 211 00:17:05,439 --> 00:17:12,199 » well it's going to connect to the south and then come connect to it's it's 212 00:17:08,559 --> 00:17:12,199 connecting on both sides. 213 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:28,360 But more serious 214 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,400 test. 215 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:42,400 » Um, we haven't done soils tests. Um, I >> Oh, yeah. Yeah, my speaker was off. 216 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:44,960 There we go. people can hear me. Okay. Um 217 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:50,400 » we haven't done soil stress. That might be something we could do. But it is heav 218 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,799 so it's it is the old um highway offramps. 219 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:56,559 » Yeah. So I know other places like that where it's just almost impossible to 220 00:17:54,640 --> 00:18:01,200 grow and some arborists they just don't even try. They walk away from it that 221 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:06,720 it's our park. So we have to can't walk away from it. It's not an option. 222 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:11,280 » Can we augur down you know and just drill a big hole through it? get some 223 00:18:08,799 --> 00:18:16,400 get the roots down deeper or is it just like 20 feet and 224 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:21,120 » we could we at this point we could try almost anything and it's what like what 225 00:18:18,799 --> 00:18:26,480 what we're doing is marginally effective like there's there's some trees that are 226 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:30,320 doing okay and and and others that just no matter how many times we replant them 227 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:35,840 they were kind of getting the same thing. So I'm I'm open to almost 228 00:18:33,039 --> 00:18:38,960 anything and I'm sure John would be too. I don't have any solutions on 229 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:43,280 » the trees that are doing well. Are they specific varieties or just whatever that 230 00:18:41,679 --> 00:18:46,720 right place and right >> right right place right time. I think I 231 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:51,840 think one of the struggles you know there um so we did amend it um several 232 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:58,080 times and every time we would try to rotoill just more pipe and rock and 233 00:18:54,880 --> 00:19:03,280 broken up everything that chunks of concrete from the the highway 234 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:06,720 keep So so it's it's it's not great material. 235 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,720 » Yeah. Right. 236 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:12,720 Okay. Um, >> we could I like the idea of the augur. I 237 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:17,120 can talk to John about that. >> Yeah. I mean, often we if we're working 238 00:19:15,039 --> 00:19:21,360 in industrial sites, you dig dig a hole and they fill it with water and see how 239 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:25,200 long it takes to if it takes two days and water's still sitting there, then 240 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:28,400 it's a drainage problem. Then you augur and 241 00:19:26,559 --> 00:19:34,240 » Okay. >> Yeah, maybe be that. It's also obviously 242 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:37,600 bad soil. Not that it's not like it's going to get 243 00:19:35,679 --> 00:19:40,600 down 18 inches and find good stuff, right? 244 00:19:41,919 --> 00:19:50,320 » Okay. Other uh other questions? >> Yeah, I just had a question. Can you 245 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:55,039 show the um Jules Terrace Park diagram and go towards that? You we talked a 246 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:58,799 little bit about that dog run. That's what um Commissioner Martin was asking 247 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:05,200 about the fenced off area. Is that right? Is it okay? 248 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:11,120 » So I don't I mean um maybe I'm not recalling correctly. Was 249 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:15,760 that in the master plan as Okay. >> Okay. As recommendation. Okay. So I 250 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:21,919 don't remember talking discussing that in depth at any 251 00:20:17,679 --> 00:20:25,200 point here on this commission. So just warning warning. I feel like that might 252 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:30,000 be a big issue potentially for neighbors. And not to say that overall 253 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:34,320 the city may totally support it, but it's just something we should be um we 254 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:38,880 should make sure that the process is good and that there's a lot of public 255 00:20:36,159 --> 00:20:42,799 involvement and a lot of notification. Um 256 00:20:40,799 --> 00:20:48,159 not to say either way, but just to make sure everybody who has a stake in it 257 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:53,200 feels like they've they've been heard. >> Definitely. I and I would just say that 258 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:57,120 especially if we're going to put a fence up, even if just signage, we should 259 00:20:55,440 --> 00:21:00,799 probably be sure and reach out, but but if there's going to be a fence, 260 00:20:59,039 --> 00:21:06,559 » I guess this is no longer a question. All right. Uh any other questions? We 261 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:12,799 jumped right to discussion. >> I think questions I had have been asked. 262 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:15,440 So, uh go to public, open up for public comment. Uh 263 00:21:14,559 --> 00:21:21,679 » no hands raised. >> No hands raised. Okay. Very good. Now we 264 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:24,480 can have our discussion. I mean, you're not really looking for anything from us 265 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:26,159 right now, right? You're just kind of an update. You don't need 266 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:30,360 » Just an update. Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. Um 267 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:37,600 » um I mean there is no irrigation, no plans to have irrigation or did you try 268 00:21:35,679 --> 00:21:42,559 to? No, there's no plans. And I guess part 269 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:48,400 of that would be I know we did discuss briefly that we have existing uh quick 270 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:52,799 couplers there and just developing either a schedule um in that hillside 271 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:58,640 there's yeah there's no irrigation that's actually for the field area. So 272 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:03,280 » that could be completed under another project in the future but not with this. 273 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:08,880 I think one of the the issues in the development of the project was um not 274 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:13,520 being irrigated because this was done in the midst of a drought and the idea was 275 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:20,480 to have drought tolerant plants and not have an established irrigation system. 276 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:23,360 Um and um did take the opportunity to put some 277 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:26,960 quick couplers in there to handwater things, but it's not a developed 278 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:32,480 irrigation system. And it's and it's based off the um water service serving 279 00:22:30,159 --> 00:22:36,159 the uh the restroom facility. So it really doesn't have, you know, the 280 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:40,320 capacity that you would have to for a developed system. 281 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:46,000 » It's not enough. >> We wouldn't run it off the bathroom. 282 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:49,679 » Yeah. Um and and I was surprised at how much irrigation I think was something 283 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:55,440 like $80,000 to establish a new irrigation a new irrigation line. 284 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:59,280 Um there has been talk with East Bay Mud bringing recycled water to the area but 285 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:03,760 I think that's >> cheaper. It's not cheap and it's I think 286 00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:06,880 a long way away >> making its way right is into Berkeley 287 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:11,760 yet or >> yeah I mean I think I think we've had 288 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:16,320 engagement with East Bay at different times and I think they've run into 289 00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:20,799 struggles with how to get alignment there and and this is probably as far 290 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:26,240 away you know it's it's not a huge demand and it's probably the most 291 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,240 expensive to serve. 292 00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:36,400 And this also seems like an opportunity to engage the community of friends of 293 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:42,000 Thompson Pier Street Park whole park was result of community involvement might be 294 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:45,240 bras ever that 295 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:54,720 even if it's even a bucket by the >> true 296 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,720 um any other comment 297 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,919 Other than >> Yeah. Yeah. 298 00:23:58,159 --> 00:24:07,840 » I did want to [clears throat] second uh Commissioner Chang Frank's comment about 299 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:15,279 the noticing for the dog run. Um so because she and Commissioner Abbott and 300 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:21,679 I were on the subcommittee for the um Memorial Park dog park and that was it 301 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:26,080 was a huge elaborate affair. Um this I necessarily anticipate it being as as 302 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:30,240 much of a thing, but it should be duly noticed and um we have opportunities for 303 00:24:29,279 --> 00:24:33,760 public input. >> And one might think that because it's a 304 00:24:32,159 --> 00:24:37,679 de facto dog park now it wouldn't matter, but one would be wrong. 305 00:24:35,731 --> 00:24:41,600 [laughter] That's why I'm saying even if the signs 306 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:45,557 go up, you need to reach out. >> Fair enough. All right. [laughter] 307 00:24:43,679 --> 00:24:50,640 Little little gunshy here. All right. [snorts] Uh any other comments? 308 00:24:49,039 --> 00:24:54,799 » All right. Well, thank you very much. Yeah, I I'm I think we're all excited to 309 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:56,400 see uh >> Yeah, great to see all the progress, 310 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,080 too. >> It's really fun to see these actually 311 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,159 happening. >> Thank you. 312 00:24:58,799 --> 00:25:05,200 » We know you're making it all possible. >> I think I have I think I have um I can 313 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:08,559 make it work. >> Moving on to the park maintenance update 314 00:25:07,679 --> 00:25:12,000 if we're ready. >> Yes. Um 315 00:25:10,559 --> 00:25:15,440 » and at the beginning of the meeting, if some people just tuned in, we decided to 316 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:19,480 skip 42 because >> Yes, 42. We're skipp 317 00:25:26,799 --> 00:25:34,720 Well, you know, I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna call a chair's prerogative and say we 318 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:40,279 may now reopen public public comment. If you would like to step up and and have 319 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,279 your three minutes, please 320 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:56,080 I just joined the of the USA Northern California. Um, so I'm here for a couple 321 00:25:53,520 --> 00:26:00,000 reasons. One is, um, I just want to make the commission aware of fact that 322 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:06,720 there's a fair amount of grant funding that the national USDA makes available 323 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:11,840 for, um, for local t local organizations, whether it's um, whether 324 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:16,400 it's, you know, community tennis associations or cities. And so I just 325 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:20,880 want to make myself a resource to thank anybody if anybody's interested and 326 00:26:18,799 --> 00:26:26,880 wants to learn more about that. Um I'd be happy to be or to connect you with 327 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:31,760 some a staff member at the USDA Noral organization. Um so I wanted to offer 328 00:26:29,919 --> 00:26:36,000 myself as that. Then I also just wanted to comment that I think the courts at 329 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:42,159 Terrace and uh Memorial falling into pretty like high level disrepair. um 330 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:45,520 which I think is it's I'm sure you guys have noticed and probably heard from 331 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:51,120 other people at some point, but I just wanted to point it out and um let you 332 00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:56,400 guys know that they're they get used a ton and um to the point where I don't 333 00:26:54,320 --> 00:27:01,120 play as much at memorial as I used to because I have to reserve reserve them 334 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:05,840 if I want to. Um but uh they're great sports. It's a great park and um I would 335 00:27:04,159 --> 00:27:10,240 hope that at some point they get fixed up fixed up a little bit and um All 336 00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:19,679 right. Well, thank you very much. >> And to be clear, it's US and not USDA. 337 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:25,279 » That's true. That's right. I work with US in my regular life and I do not want 338 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:30,400 to have anything to do with that. >> Um just I give you a little preview of 339 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:34,000 the next um presentation here talking about park maintenance and one of the 340 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:37,840 upcoming projects for this uh this year. Uh we have established a annual park 341 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:41,120 rehabilitation program and we're going to redo the courts at uh Terrace Park. 342 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:45,840 » Okay. >> It's a little snippet. 343 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:50,080 » Yeah. Julia knows who I am but if anybody wants to get my contact 344 00:27:47,679 --> 00:27:53,919 information >> I'll give you 345 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:59,200 » city is notoriously uninterested in sources of money. [laughter] 346 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:02,559 Sure. It can be large amounts of money for 347 00:28:00,799 --> 00:28:06,559 really large projects or small like there's a fair amount coming that's 348 00:28:04,399 --> 00:28:12,399 small micro grants like in the $2,500 range for like if you want to buy like 349 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:15,039 new benches or like new nets for all of the ports or things like that. So 350 00:28:13,679 --> 00:28:18,399 there's like there's different types of programs. I am not an expert but I'm 351 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,360 learning about it and I can definitely connect with experts to all right 352 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:24,159 » to learn more about it. >> Well, thank you. I think they will 353 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,440 gladly take your information. Thanks so much for coming down and making your 354 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:31,840 comments. >> Thank you guys. All right, we will now 355 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:36,480 close public comment, move to item 43, of which we've had a tantalizing little 356 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:41,840 preview. [laughter] Um, I think I could just um The fonts 357 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:46,159 got a little jacked up when I opened it here. So, I did I saved it as a PDF. So, 358 00:28:44,399 --> 00:28:49,159 that might um 359 00:28:49,919 --> 00:28:52,919 work. 360 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,240 Anything's open. 361 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:22,520 Maybe you can drive just take the PDF. 362 00:29:31,919 --> 00:29:35,240 You got it. 363 00:29:35,679 --> 00:29:40,919 I stop sharing because I think I was messing things up. 364 00:30:05,039 --> 00:30:09,840 And that's where I got stumped. [laughter] 365 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:20,720 » Here, I got it. I got it now. >> Okay. 366 00:30:18,559 --> 00:30:24,799 » Yep. All right. >> We're just texting you guys to make sure 367 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:31,720 you guys are still woke. All right. Back to our regular scheduling program. 368 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,720 » Okay. So, 369 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:47,760 Um we go. All right. So this is a um update on our parks maintenance. So this 370 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:52,640 is something we were trying to do a number of times a year, but um due to 371 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:58,559 staff staff turnover, whatnot, we got out of cycle. So, this is my attempt to 372 00:30:54,720 --> 00:31:02,320 kind of bring us back up to speed and uh let everyone know where we are with some 373 00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:08,000 of the uh park maintenance things. So, let me jump in and um 374 00:31:05,919 --> 00:31:13,520 so we're just going to give an overview of uh our approach to ma um park 375 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:17,120 maintenance um see how it fits within the larger public works uh environment 376 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:22,240 and then some of the key activities we've been doing. Um one of the things 377 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:26,399 I'm really excited about is SB 1383. Um, this is something that we've talked 378 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:31,600 about uh at prior council meeting or commission meetings and has uh been a 379 00:31:29,039 --> 00:31:35,120 struggle and there's been some recent developments and changes that are 380 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:39,760 actually in our favor which I'm really excited about. Um, and then we'll just 381 00:31:38,159 --> 00:31:46,399 touch on some upcoming projects including the um uh the the tennis 382 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:53,519 courts that uh we mentioned. So um so public works has what I think 383 00:31:50,799 --> 00:32:00,960 one of the broader scopes of um scopes of work within the the the city. Um we 384 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:05,679 have uh what is it 16 uh FTEEs as full-time equivalents and then a single 385 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:09,679 part-time person and that and that take we take care of a lot of things within 386 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:13,919 the city. everything from delivering capital projects which Andre talked 387 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:20,320 about to maintaining all the infrastructure and and uh things in our 388 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:24,159 rightway and just from I think this is how we organize ourselves within the 389 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:27,760 budgets and things of that sort. We have sort of functional areas, capital 390 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:32,720 improvements, rightway, buildings and facilities, parks and playfields, open 391 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:39,360 space and then sort of departmental management. Um and so like in in right 392 00:32:37,519 --> 00:32:44,399 away it's everything from operation and maintenance of the storm storm drains 393 00:32:41,039 --> 00:32:48,080 regul regulatory uh requirements trash and graffiti 394 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:52,880 um buildings and facilities. It's you know just the the general maintenance of 395 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:59,440 the build of the of the facil facilities in um parks and open space. This is um 396 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:04,880 you know all of our structured parks and I'll say that's like Terrace Park and 397 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:10,880 and um I even include the greenway in there to a certain extent. Um uh and the 398 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:15,360 open spaces are more of the bulb and Albany Hill, Cornis Creek. So that's 399 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:22,720 that's sort of our our division of labor there. Um and our approach to 400 00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:27,760 maintenance generally speaking, we have um seven maintenance workers, three of 401 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:32,880 which are lead workers. So that's um they're responsible for a functional 402 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:38,960 area. So we have one person around PI Parks and we see uh Michael Michael Hog 403 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:45,360 he's our uh lead worker for parks and um so he's kneede in everything related to 404 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:50,000 parks and and um uh lead workers aren't ex you know we're not large enough to 405 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:56,480 have people exclusively with parks. So um we do everything but as a lead worker 406 00:33:53,200 --> 00:34:00,880 the idea is he he's spending a portion of his time understanding what's going 407 00:33:58,799 --> 00:34:06,720 on in park. So when there is an issue, he has the contacts to go out and and 408 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:10,879 and address it. Um and then we have a lead worker for public rideway and then 409 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:17,040 a lead worker for buildings. And they're supported by four maintenance workers 410 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:22,159 and these are level two. Um right now we um we have um we're down a couple people 411 00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:27,040 for various reasons. So we're down two people. We're looking to kind of bring 412 00:34:23,839 --> 00:34:32,079 that back up. So that that's a um constraint in what we can do. 413 00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:36,000 Um, and then we have the public works manager, which is a vacant position 414 00:34:33,599 --> 00:34:39,919 right now. And then we have a project manager, Andre, who helps support 415 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:46,000 projects, and then the or urban forester. And so that's that's sort of 416 00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:53,200 the key folks that are involved in um managing uh the the parks. 417 00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:58,640 Um the park maintenance, we have some sort of what I call core activities, and 418 00:34:56,240 --> 00:35:02,480 we call this the trash run. And it's that's more of um more than just picking 419 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:07,119 up the trash. What it is, it's a structured time that we go through all 420 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:12,160 the parks. So, uh Memorial Park is we have a um I think it's route A or 421 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:16,560 whatever. We have a Monday, Wednesday, a Monday, Friday trash run. And this is 422 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:22,320 where we go through Memorial Memorial Park, Terrace Park, uh Ocean View Park. 423 00:35:19,359 --> 00:35:27,520 We pick up the trash. We blow all the um the uh pathways. We make sure that the 424 00:35:25,119 --> 00:35:31,040 the sand in the sandboxes are at the right level and there, you know, we we 425 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:35,599 make sure there's no issues with that. We make sure the bathrooms are stocked. 426 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:40,160 If there's other issues in going in the park, we either address it right then. 427 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:43,839 Maybe it's a graffiti issue or we put it on a list that that gets done 428 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:50,480 separately. So, it's really our eyes in the park uh making sure that it's it's 429 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:54,079 functional. We also have um you know in different parks different so 430 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:59,119 basically Monday, Wednesday, Friday we do some version of trash run throughout 431 00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:03,599 the city. Um and then we also do what we call the weekend service and this was 432 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:08,160 something we uh brought on I would say a couple years ago coming out of COVID 433 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:12,240 where we found and this is again a good problem to have our parks get a lot of 434 00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:16,079 use. So we would our idea is that we would empty the trash on a Friday it 435 00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:20,000 would be you know and that would be enough capacity to le last us through 436 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:25,040 the uh through Monday when we get another trash run. That's not the case 437 00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:28,640 after sat after Saturday. In a lot of cases the parks need a little bit of a 438 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:35,920 tuning up. So, we bring in a maintenance worker on overtime uh for four hours um 439 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:41,680 four hours on a Sunday morning to really just make sure things are ready for the 440 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:45,839 next day's uh activities in the parks. And so there's, you know, particularly 441 00:36:43,839 --> 00:36:50,400 Memorial Park and Ocean View parks get a lot of picnics and parties and things of 442 00:36:47,599 --> 00:36:57,040 that sort. So, um that's been really helpful to um that was that was um one 443 00:36:54,000 --> 00:37:00,000 of our largest area of complaints and I think we've really addressed that. So, 444 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:05,760 the complaints are dropping significantly. 445 00:37:01,839 --> 00:37:11,200 Um, and I'll jump to like we coordinate with wreck a lot on this issue because 446 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:16,480 um, when recreation has a park attendant out 447 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:21,680 there and that that person is there to assist people doing rentals and and 448 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:27,119 whatnot and that person does some of the lift. Um, but we want to make sure that 449 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:31,359 we come in and do some like underlying heavy stuff. Make sure the restrooms are 450 00:37:29,119 --> 00:37:35,440 stocked. If there's trash cans overflowing from the year the the day 451 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:40,000 before, we make sure that's taken care of and and cleaned up across all of our 452 00:37:37,599 --> 00:37:46,400 parks. But then the attendant can deal with sort of the, you know, wiping down 453 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:51,760 tables and helping with trash, but not, you know, they they just don't have the 454 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:56,720 facilities to do it like we do. Um, and then for our we also rely on contractors 455 00:37:55,680 --> 00:38:02,240 particularly in the landscape maintenance. We um irrigation management 456 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:06,079 and uh trees, you know, we don't we don't have a tree crew. We also bring in 457 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:09,520 specialty stuff. We had a storm drain issue in Memorial Park this last year 458 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:16,720 and so we brought in someone to help clear some storm drains to um help with 459 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:20,640 some drainage problems. So, um you know, that's 460 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:26,800 there's it's really a nice combination of work that we do in house versus stuff 461 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:32,320 that we contract out. And my thought is we want to 462 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:36,560 do work inhouse that we are best suited to. So things like the trash run like we 463 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:41,280 know our parks. We going to go do the thing and we can identify when there is 464 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:46,240 an issue and bring it up and if we if we can take care of it we can we'll do it. 465 00:38:43,119 --> 00:38:50,560 if we need to bring in a contractor um we will and and I think that's that's 466 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:54,480 working and in a lot of cases our maintenance workers are helping make the 467 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:59,119 decision of what we can do and what we can't do. Um and then we rely on 468 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:03,680 community partnerships and this is primarily you know Alb Unified um 469 00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:11,280 particularly with the the baseball team. They take a really um uh active um 470 00:39:09,119 --> 00:39:15,680 engagement in maintaining uh particularly the ball field in Memorial 471 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:21,200 Park as well as other things and other other people who use the fields come in 472 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:25,839 and do work days and so forth. Um, 473 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:31,680 so some of the key activities we've done since um, uh, last the last update, 474 00:39:30,079 --> 00:39:36,560 which I think was almost like a year and a half, two years ago, which so I'm want 475 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:40,720 to get back on cycle on this. Um, one thing we did a restroom refresh for 476 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:46,160 Memorial Park, Ocean View, and uh, Terrace Park. And Memorial Park was 477 00:39:43,839 --> 00:39:51,760 probably the largest largest one of these. Um and if you recall maybe what 478 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:58,560 was that two 2016 2017 there was the update of the uh restrooms in Memorial 479 00:39:54,640 --> 00:40:03,280 Park um I would say in the last couple years they were really in a again they 480 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:07,440 get a lot of use and which is good but um they were showing some wear and tear 481 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:12,560 particularly with the partitions at Memorial Park we pulled all the 482 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:17,280 partitions out took everything and uh we uh redid a surface uh floor surface on 483 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:22,079 it so So, it's more of an epoxy and hopefully that will last better. We got 484 00:40:19,839 --> 00:40:26,720 new brackets. I think Andre spent a lot of time trying to uh track down the 485 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:32,240 manufacturer and get brackets to make sure one one of the things the brackets 486 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:36,880 were were broken. So, the um partitions were just all over the place and they 487 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:42,000 weren't they weren't functioning. So, we cleaned the graffiti, we recoted them, 488 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:49,440 reinstalled them, and they look pretty good. um at Terrace Park in Ocean View, 489 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:53,520 we essentially repainted the inside and outside because again they were looking 490 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:57,520 tired and that was done uh with our staff. 491 00:40:55,440 --> 00:41:03,599 Um and then one of the things we've been doing the last couple years um 492 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:09,280 uh and this is primarily in response to the SP 1383 was the winter and summer uh 493 00:41:07,119 --> 00:41:14,000 services for the fields. So, this is where we um close the fields. Um the 494 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:21,359 winter service we're just coming out of. We close the fields uh in early uh late 495 00:41:17,119 --> 00:41:27,119 November and excuse me. Uh they're basically closed through December and 496 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:35,040 January. We do a uh uh a top coating of of compost. We uh airate uh we we seed 497 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:40,880 and it's it's this year. I've got a picture of it at at Memorial Park. It 498 00:41:37,359 --> 00:41:46,480 really looks good. Um, so this is an opportunity. The fields get a 499 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:50,960 lot of play time. We don't use really any fertilizers or any sort of other 500 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:56,640 amendments. So giving time for the fields to breathe and just um put some 501 00:41:54,480 --> 00:42:04,319 compost on, we water it and let it go without anyone u on it is really showing 502 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:10,640 some um some uh improvement. Um and at Ocean View there were a number of uh 503 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:15,359 uh bare spots um that we were getting a lot of complaints from particularly the 504 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:20,000 soccer folks about um playability in the co in the fields being super hard, no 505 00:42:17,839 --> 00:42:24,079 grass. Um and then we had some other issues too with irrigation where um we 506 00:42:22,319 --> 00:42:30,240 had some breaks in the line and areas with coverage. So with this this 507 00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:36,400 service, we went and um uh we had a contractor with our with Michael um we 508 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:40,079 went and um uh basically did an audit of our system figuring out where the 509 00:42:37,839 --> 00:42:42,880 coverage issues were um and we identified a number of leaks that we 510 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:48,079 fixed because there were there were areas that were consistently wet and 511 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:53,200 then we have areas that were drying. So, um hopefully we're going to have much 512 00:42:50,319 --> 00:42:59,359 better performance on the um u irrigation side which will help help the 513 00:42:55,680 --> 00:43:04,880 fields. Um then we also have done 514 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:13,119 this down here. This if you've been out in the bulb, we constructed a new set of 515 00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:16,640 ADA spaces. This came from a um a a complaint from the public, not this last 516 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:21,200 July, but the prior July, with someone who was had accessibility issues, was 517 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:26,560 having some struggles getting out to the bulb. And um they brought it to our 518 00:43:23,839 --> 00:43:33,200 attention and we realized that the spots that we had there that were ADA that we 519 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:38,240 identified for ADA um weren't really um up to snuff. And part 520 00:43:36,319 --> 00:43:44,480 of it was when East Bay Regional Parks built their 521 00:43:41,599 --> 00:43:50,000 parking lot that took the pathway that these 522 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:55,680 these spots um these spots use. So we took a step back and we constructed 523 00:43:52,960 --> 00:44:03,200 these uh two spots in the middle of the um uh in that that sort of island area 524 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:08,480 between the pathway and the and the road. Um, and so there are two nice 525 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:11,760 spots with a pathway to the trail and then we uh fixed some of the issues 526 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:16,079 within the trail and I think that's gotten a good response and it quite 527 00:44:14,319 --> 00:44:22,000 frankly opened up a little more parking spaces uh for uh other folks. So I think 528 00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:27,920 that was a really good thing. Um we've also done uh these picnic tables. You 529 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:32,880 really can't see it too well, but uh Peter in our uh maintenance uh he's a 530 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:39,359 lead worker for buildings and he's really good carpenter. He has replaced 531 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:45,680 at Memorial Park all of the old sort of tres or or composite uh picnic material, 532 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:51,520 you know, material for the picnic tables. And um they made it with nice 533 00:44:49,359 --> 00:44:58,480 wood. And he's it is much easier to maintain because as people cut things 534 00:44:54,079 --> 00:45:04,079 into it or um uh do we we can sand it out and repaint it and it's a much it's 535 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:09,440 a much better um long term for us to maintain our plan. And we're um what he 536 00:45:07,839 --> 00:45:15,839 does is he buys the wood and we let it sit for a period of time so it dries 537 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:21,440 out. And we're planning to um do the same thing at Terrace Park because they 538 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:25,599 have the same same type of um uh picnic tables. 539 00:45:23,359 --> 00:45:30,800 Um the other thing that we that's it's on its way with the construction of the 540 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:36,560 dog park and this is uh back to the comment about uh the dog. Nothing 541 00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:41,119 changed in the dog park when we uh other than switching the the gate location. 542 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:47,280 The park's basically the same. baseball is basically the same, but uh balls 543 00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:51,440 going over the over the fence were um a big big issue and we got lots and lots 544 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:56,880 and lots of comments about that. So, we we worked with uh Albany Unified and um 545 00:45:55,040 --> 00:46:02,319 you know trying to figure out what what's the real issue and it seems like 546 00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:06,079 most of the comments come not during games because the games really aren't 547 00:46:03,839 --> 00:46:10,400 the problem. It's during practice where someone's taking batting practice and 548 00:46:08,079 --> 00:46:14,960 the coach is very passionate and and one of the time we got lots of calls. They 549 00:46:12,319 --> 00:46:20,160 were coming up against a a pitcher who can like throw 90 whatever 90 miles per 550 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:24,240 hour and and everyone was fouling it off and so you know everyone's practicing 551 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:29,440 and fing it all off to the dog park and the dog park's full and so I think 552 00:46:26,319 --> 00:46:33,920 that's that's the that's the sort of the use case that we're trying to um to 553 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:39,359 address. So, we we found this product that that's used at other high schools 554 00:46:35,599 --> 00:46:43,680 and the uh Albany Unified coach said, "Yeah, that's he's seen this work." And 555 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:49,359 it's called a um batting turtle. So, it's kind of this cage that that you sit 556 00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:54,560 in and it prevents foul balls from going out in either ways. So, we have that on 557 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:59,359 the way. And as baseball's ramping up now, our hope is um and as we've talked 558 00:46:57,599 --> 00:47:05,520 with Sid is this this will be a requirement to use um for anyone who's 559 00:47:03,599 --> 00:47:10,720 renting the fields, whether it be Albby Unified, the Cyclones, I guess that's a 560 00:47:08,319 --> 00:47:16,160 travel ball team that uses it. Um the Albany Little League, they'll use that 561 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:19,680 during practice and then games will will happen as normal. So 562 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:23,520 » fold up or something. >> Yeah, it's it it folds up. Apparently, 563 00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:28,240 it's not too hard to move. It looks gangly to me, but um uh they cleaned out 564 00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:35,200 an area that they can keep it up on the first baseline. And um I think I think 565 00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:42,800 this hopefully this will um maybe not address all the problems, but really 566 00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:48,800 take a take a bite out of them. So, um and then we also do um you we uh we just 567 00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:53,040 finished uh pruning the trees in Terrace Park today. Um so we do we've gone 568 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:59,200 through most of the parks doing uh trimming work and uh we do play 569 00:47:55,599 --> 00:48:03,440 equipment inspections. Um this helps we actually have an outside person come and 570 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:09,040 identify you know defects with this in the in the play equipment. This is the 571 00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:12,480 play structures at the parks and you know a lot of them are things that I 572 00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:16,240 probably wouldn't have had caught like um when the coating comes off of it that 573 00:48:14,319 --> 00:48:19,599 creates an issue for the kids and and whatnot. So, they give us 574 00:48:17,839 --> 00:48:22,640 recommendations and we went through a process of replacing a bunch of 575 00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:26,960 equipment and we'll have another inspection here in um well, not the 576 00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:31,440 equipment itself. We've replaced components of the the the damaged 577 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:35,119 components of the equipment and we'll likely have another inspection here 578 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:41,280 shortly to see if anything else is going on. Um and then we monitor all the the 579 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:45,440 sand and sort of fiber um playground fiber, you know, safety surfaces in the 580 00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:52,319 playground areas to make sure they're up to stuff. Um they surprising how how 581 00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:57,520 much stuff we go through. Um uh and then 582 00:48:55,359 --> 00:49:01,760 our challenges. So it's this is the exact same slide 583 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:07,920 other than the updated pictures that we had before. Um it's vandalism and 584 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:12,880 graffiti. Uh these pictures are from last weekend where we had someone come 585 00:49:10,079 --> 00:49:16,480 through and basically the same style of graffiti starting at the bulb working. 586 00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:22,400 that's all all the way through the parks and up and down the greenway. Um 587 00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:28,240 we have really made a concerted effort to jump on graffiti as quickly as we 588 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:32,400 can. U we found that it goes away. Um you know someone's going to do this but 589 00:49:29,839 --> 00:49:36,000 if it we leave it there more comes if we take care of it quickly. Um, I don't 590 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:40,960 know if you've noticed it with the columns along the BART tracks where 591 00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:45,280 we've we've basically taken over manage of that from BART because they weren't 592 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:49,520 keeping up and it was really becoming an issue. 593 00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:55,680 Um, so some of the things we've done to respond to the graffiti and vandalism is 594 00:49:54,000 --> 00:50:01,359 um we have the weekend park checks and that's kind of keeps us on on um you 595 00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:05,280 know on top of things before it really spins out of control. One of the things 596 00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:12,000 we've done too, which is interesting, is um the bathrooms lock on a timer and 597 00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:20,319 we've adjusted those times um just to throw people off just um and 598 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:24,720 like I I one of the things we've we open them 599 00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:30,079 later and sometimes it's after school after school um starts because that 600 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:34,880 means people aren't going around in the bathrooms before 601 00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:38,319 school. And then um depending on what the rentals are, particularly with 602 00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:43,520 daylight savings, we shift the time because you know they in the summertime 603 00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:48,240 when there's b uh softball games going on, we 10 o'clock's a perfect time. In 604 00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:52,160 the winter it's not. And and what happens is people go in there and we 605 00:50:50,079 --> 00:50:55,839 have problems. Um and we've coordinated with uh Alb 606 00:50:54,319 --> 00:51:02,160 Unified and they've been really great to help. Um particularly one of the issues 607 00:50:57,599 --> 00:51:08,160 we've had was um uh trash during uh at Memorial Park during lunch and um 608 00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:15,280 they've been great to work with in terms of yeah getting reminding people to do 609 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:20,559 it. We we coordinate our trash to our Wednesday trash um to happen after 610 00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:26,640 lunch. I don't know if our students have noticed that, but um we we then you know 611 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:30,319 after lunch then we go and clean up the park, make sure there's no overflowing 612 00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:36,000 trash cans, and that seems to have alleviated that issue. But um uh there's 613 00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:42,160 usually someone from the school there also reminding people to um to put away 614 00:51:39,119 --> 00:51:49,920 their trash. But it and I guess it's like 615 00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:56,160 people for it it goes in waves. Um and in some cases we involve all Albany 616 00:51:53,440 --> 00:52:01,839 um police department um particularly with um we have people um living you 617 00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:07,440 know we'll we'll spend night in the bathroom and so on things like that we 618 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:11,119 have our our maintenance workers call PD to make sure it's safe to go in and 619 00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:15,440 clean up. Um 620 00:52:12,720 --> 00:52:22,800 all right SP 1383. So, this was a and just for people who 621 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:27,119 aren't familiar, this was a um state law that was enacted, I don't know, four or 622 00:52:25,359 --> 00:52:34,000 five years ago, something along those lines. And it really it really impacted 623 00:52:29,599 --> 00:52:40,640 how um uh solid waste management happens. And um one of the components 624 00:52:36,319 --> 00:52:46,960 that relates to us is um this this requirement for purchasing and use of 625 00:52:43,119 --> 00:52:53,280 organic material. So it was a a way of uh developing a market for um organic 626 00:52:50,240 --> 00:52:58,079 material for use in you know um whole host of things you can do with it. Um so 627 00:52:55,760 --> 00:53:05,040 each city was given an allocation based on some formula and our initial 628 00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:13,760 allocation was uh 1364 tons and this is not tons of this was I I call this tons 629 00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:15,520 of SP 1383 compliant organic material because 630 00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:19,119 » and that's annual >> annually 631 00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:25,040 » and because there's this long list of things that can contribute and then a 632 00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:35,440 conversion factor to this this madeup up tons tons things. So um so I I have this 633 00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:42,800 is all in um compliant organic material. Um the 1364 was going to be a heavy 634 00:53:39,599 --> 00:53:48,720 heavy lift not only for us but for every other municipality. Um, and we jumped on 635 00:53:46,559 --> 00:53:51,920 it and tried to do our and and the way this was done, it was phased in over I 636 00:53:50,319 --> 00:53:57,040 think it was four years or three or four years where you would phase up and we 637 00:53:54,240 --> 00:54:00,800 were meeting our targets and but quite frankly 638 00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:06,880 if the if things didn't change I I don't know what we would have done. Um so our 639 00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:14,240 target our revised target is now 460 which is hugely different and I think I 640 00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:19,119 think um this was our local our local regulator our local agency is stop waste 641 00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:24,880 and they worked with um was it Cal Recycle to lower the to to make the case 642 00:54:22,319 --> 00:54:28,800 to lower the um uh requirements for cities. So, and and that's that's great. 643 00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:38,559 And now we're sitting in a great look a great position because the our bakedin 644 00:54:33,119 --> 00:54:42,880 uses are we do two annual um uh twice annual compost giveaway and this is 645 00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:47,680 through waste management. Um you can see the the pallets and we have most of our 646 00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:52,079 our crew out there. Um, and it's something that, um, I think people line 647 00:54:50,160 --> 00:54:58,319 up for pretty darn early in the morning. And it's and it's a really good thing. 648 00:54:54,319 --> 00:55:04,000 And that that provides about 69 tons. And our our field services, our winter 649 00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:09,440 is uh, almost 300. Our summer service, which is very similar, but we do less 650 00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:15,440 fields for less time. We only do the ball fields instead of sort of broader 651 00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:19,839 in the parks. And that's that's 215. And then we support 652 00:55:17,359 --> 00:55:27,280 uh compost to the compost hub and that's at the gil track and that is that totals 653 00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:32,319 662 which is way above our requirement and so this this is this is great for 654 00:55:29,839 --> 00:55:37,359 us. So now we're actually in a position where we're digging into 655 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:40,319 um so when we when we started this and and I'm I don't know if you guys 656 00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:45,359 remember like we're just kind of throwing everything out there trying to 657 00:55:42,079 --> 00:55:49,280 get uses that make sense. Now we now that we've met our requirement and from 658 00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:52,720 what I understand this requirement is going to stay stable unless there's some 659 00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:56,559 other determination that we would have time to react with it. So from my 660 00:55:54,720 --> 00:56:02,079 perspective we're going to start organizing our effort around meeting 661 00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:07,599 that requirement while um I think particularly for the um field services 662 00:56:04,799 --> 00:56:12,319 we've gotten a lot of benefit out of um out of doing this. So, what we're going 663 00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:18,559 to probably do is go through and see which ones are sort of the best the best 664 00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:24,319 use for our money um in this and I could see backing off on maybe the summer 665 00:56:20,319 --> 00:56:29,760 service or some part of it and um and really dialed this in to to be the most 666 00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:34,559 impactful at at cost. So, um, we're in a really good spot for this and we'll 667 00:56:31,839 --> 00:56:41,599 we'll obviously not dial it in too tight so that we, you know, we're not, um, so 668 00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:46,400 we don't miss a compliance. And like other things that we've tried to do in 669 00:56:43,280 --> 00:56:50,480 public works, we um, we want to make sure the activities that 670 00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:54,000 we're doing flow into the compliance reporting so that um, the first couple 671 00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:57,200 years it was like, wait a minute, I remember that project. Where's that 672 00:56:55,359 --> 00:57:03,200 receipt? Let's get the thing. So, we want to make sure that we we're actually 673 00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:11,440 talking with Waste Management, our um hauler to to to help us um 674 00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:16,559 and right now we buy our our compost through our landscape contractor and so 675 00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:21,040 that has a higher higher cost. We can buy it through Waste Management who has 676 00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:24,400 a company that um makes out in the Central Valley for organic farming and 677 00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:28,319 whatnot. So, it's really really quality stuff. um they can deliver it here. We 678 00:57:26,799 --> 00:57:35,920 have a certain amount built into our franchise and that could lower our unit 679 00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:44,079 cost um pretty significantly in a um uh in rough numbers. Um when we buy um 680 00:57:41,359 --> 00:57:50,559 uh compost in this switching instead of SP 1383 compliant units cubic yards 681 00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:57,920 normal cubic yards we buy it for about $50 a ton or a cubic yard um delivered 682 00:57:55,200 --> 00:58:05,280 from aapokco we buy it from our contractor at roughly 40 kind of pulling 683 00:58:02,319 --> 00:58:12,160 it out it's roughly 40 I think with waste management what what we have built 684 00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:17,599 built into our contract, it might be between 20 and 30, which really drops 685 00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:21,359 our costs. So, um, so this is this is like this is great. We can start 686 00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:25,440 thinking about this rather than worrying what's the, you know, giving it in 687 00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:28,079 little baggies and everyone's going to have to take some home for something. 688 00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:30,880 So, >> just thinking how much can we dump on on 689 00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:35,200 Peggy Thompson, >> right? Well, that seriously 690 00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:38,720 » that that was one of our thoughts was maybe we just make piles, compost piles, 691 00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:44,040 and move them around and see what happens. Um, yeah. Um, 692 00:58:44,319 --> 00:58:51,359 so, and now we get to some forwardlooking things. Um, 693 00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:55,839 one of So, one of the things we've done in all of our um all of our systems, and 694 00:58:53,920 --> 00:59:02,559 I think you know, we've talked about the the trees and street lights and and 695 00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:08,400 things. We're kicking off an an uh an effort actually I think in the coming 696 00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:12,240 weeks um to do an ass inventory GIS inventory of all the facilities in our 697 00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:18,640 parks. So this will be a basis for us to start doing um a replacement schedule um 698 00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:23,760 around our play equipment and other things fencing so that so one we're very 699 00:59:21,839 --> 00:59:27,920 clear what we have what's what its condition and then we can start um 700 00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:32,160 putting a replacement program and this goes handinhand with a new feature that 701 00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:37,440 we have in our uh capital improvement program. Um the we've in other areas 702 00:59:35,599 --> 00:59:43,280 we've established these what we call it programs like we have a sewer program, 703 00:59:39,920 --> 00:59:47,680 we have a uh sidewalk program, we have a road program and the idea is we want to 704 00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:53,599 be investing a certain level every year in and year out. Not so much in a um 705 00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:57,520 like a signature project. is just in the basic stuff so that we don't have 706 00:59:55,119 --> 01:00:03,119 comments like we had today about you know the the playability of our courts 707 00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:09,280 um being in a in a in bad shape and you know I I don't think there's there's a 708 01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:16,160 lot of things are looking tired there could use a refresh. So this is going to 709 01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:20,160 be our um in the current CIP we have about $200,000 a year for a fiveyear 710 01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:25,920 plan. Hopefully when we get to the end of that we can we can in the new plan 711 01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:30,559 extend that and adjust it based on what our needs are. 712 01:00:28,160 --> 01:00:35,200 So this year we have a couple things in the plan. We have at Memorial Park the 713 01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:40,319 back stops at the the padding on the back stop is just deteriorating before 714 01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:43,280 our eyes. It's um and so we're going to replace that. We're getting a quote for 715 01:00:41,839 --> 01:00:47,200 that right now. And then we're going to do the Par Terrace Park tennis courts. 716 01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:52,319 And this is one thing that I wanted to bring up with um unfortunately Dena is 717 01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:57,839 not here. Um but I wanted to have the conversation uh in the master plan. Um 718 01:00:55,280 --> 01:01:01,520 there was discussion about flex courts and what we do with flex courts and how 719 01:00:59,839 --> 01:01:08,240 we integrate those. And one of the opportunities to for flex courts is um 720 01:01:05,359 --> 01:01:13,599 when we redo tennis courts and and it's it's not a big lift to 721 01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:18,559 paint lines to support another use. the lift is are we all on the same page of 722 01:01:16,319 --> 01:01:23,839 what that other use is and one of the things I wanted to do and it's it's kind 723 01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:27,280 of great that um we had the commenter and Andre has contact because one of the 724 01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:33,440 things I want to make sure is that we don't degrade the playability for tennis 725 01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:38,640 because um you know the courts at Albany High are Albany High's home court the 726 01:01:36,319 --> 01:01:44,000 the courts at Terrace Park are used by St. Mary's College High School and um 727 01:01:42,640 --> 01:01:49,520 and and so we want to make sure that they're playable from a you know a match 728 01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:53,599 play or whatever. Um but this is the opportunity to bring that in. So um 729 01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:59,760 that's one thing that I want to be talking about so that um Andre doesn't 730 01:01:56,559 --> 01:02:05,760 have to make it up himself. Um and then uh we have the Aloney Linear 731 01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:11,599 Park fitness equipment replacement. Um I believe Andre has meeting with uh 732 01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:17,839 vendors right now to look at different options. So that should be coming to the 733 01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:23,599 commission here um in 2026 if not um early 2027. And then we want to do the 734 01:02:21,040 --> 01:02:27,280 citywide turf audit. Um this to me is one of the big things where we decide 735 01:02:25,520 --> 01:02:31,839 where we want turf, where we don't want turf, what what could it be? And that 736 01:02:29,920 --> 01:02:35,599 folds into a couple of other studies. the 737 01:02:33,359 --> 01:02:41,920 programming along the Aloney Greenway and Peggy Thompson Pier Street Park 738 01:02:37,599 --> 01:02:47,119 which are you know slated for 27 and 28. And in my mind the Aloney Greenway 739 01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:51,839 programming and Peggy Thompson programming go hand inand with the um 740 01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:59,599 project that Dean is going to be leading on the the sort of you know what what 741 01:02:56,079 --> 01:03:04,160 uses can go in different places. Um, so 742 01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:07,920 and then so we get into the measure. I don't have 743 01:03:06,319 --> 01:03:15,680 budget numbers because I just quite frankly didn't have enough time. Um, I 744 01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:20,000 do have a um tab open to I have links. Um, all this stuff is on our website, so 745 01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:24,000 I can Let me see if I can get this up here. 746 01:03:21,839 --> 01:03:31,440 Um, [clears throat] and show folks where it is. 747 01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:34,440 Um okay. 748 01:03:39,039 --> 01:03:46,280 So sharing we go. 749 01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:56,240 So this is um on our website where we detail really everything that's going on 750 01:03:53,599 --> 01:04:01,039 in a lot lot of areas. This is the uh page that deals with the measure M or 751 01:03:58,880 --> 01:04:07,680 the open parks and open space part parcel tax. Um these reports they have 752 01:04:05,119 --> 01:04:12,400 reports here of um projects and pro program expenditures and that's updated 753 01:04:09,680 --> 01:04:16,319 annually. Um give you a heads up it hasn't been 754 01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:20,319 updated um with the new audit that was just completed but um we're working on 755 01:04:18,559 --> 01:04:25,359 that and should should be done fairly soon. But it does detail 756 01:04:23,680 --> 01:04:29,119 what we spend the money, what revenue has been coming in by fiscal year, and 757 01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:35,039 you can see exactly how we're spending it. And um way we've budgeted things, 758 01:04:32,240 --> 01:04:41,280 and it's a really a a little bit of a tug a tug. It it 759 01:04:37,920 --> 01:04:46,880 supports both operating costs as well as capital. Um so it's um it's something we 760 01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:53,680 keep an eye on and and probably will adjust over time as needs as needs come. 761 01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:57,349 Then I have uh [groaning] 762 01:04:58,720 --> 01:05:08,000 let me see and then um the next slides around the um construction alerts. This 763 01:05:05,599 --> 01:05:12,880 is another um city projects. We call it construction alerts but it's it's really 764 01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:16,000 um all projects on the website. We try to keep this updated about all the 765 01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:26,640 things going on in public works because we have a lot of them. And we have um 766 01:05:21,520 --> 01:05:33,520 uh every project has has a page um and we try to give um here let's see if we 767 01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:39,680 can get into this one. Um what we do is identify the project the project number. 768 01:05:36,079 --> 01:05:45,920 There's usually a um a contact a little history. Um this was the Albany Albany 769 01:05:43,839 --> 01:05:50,880 Hill um forest management plan. So we have the the the final 770 01:05:48,559 --> 01:05:56,720 uh we have documents related this one is the plan development FAQs but then we 771 01:05:53,520 --> 01:06:02,160 have all through the this is where the sort of the repository of the history of 772 01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:06,640 the projects and um so we try to keep all I think some of it's 773 01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:10,240 been archived but we try to keep everything on here as long as we can so 774 01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:15,599 that people can understand what's going on and um 775 01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:18,599 look to hear for the most current information. 776 01:06:18,640 --> 01:06:23,559 All right, let's see if we can get back to 777 01:06:28,799 --> 01:06:31,960 uh Oh. 778 01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:48,701 All right. [clears throat] 779 01:06:49,599 --> 01:06:56,119 So, there's there's the link for Oh, 780 01:06:57,680 --> 01:07:04,400 there we go. Um there's a construction zone 781 01:07:01,599 --> 01:07:11,520 construction alert. Um and then finally, how to report issues. So, um, one of the 782 01:07:07,119 --> 01:07:16,799 things we do do is we've we have a, um, uh, it's actually a GIS tool that you 783 01:07:14,240 --> 01:07:22,319 can report an issue. You can report the location, snap a picture, upload it, and 784 01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:28,880 on the I guess the landing page, it's called the first page of the when you go 785 01:07:24,400 --> 01:07:33,200 to the website, we have these um uh tabs down here and one's report an issue and 786 01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:40,799 this will take you to to that and you can uh report an issue and then Jamra 787 01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:45,680 will tell one of us to go do it. Um, and with that, 788 01:07:43,839 --> 01:07:50,000 let's open it up to questions and discussions. 789 01:07:48,079 --> 01:07:53,359 » All right. Maybe you would like to take a breath. [laughter] 790 01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:55,920 That was a lot. Drink water or something. 791 01:07:54,079 --> 01:08:00,240 » Well, once I get going, I could I could I [laughter] could keep going. 792 01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:03,240 » Well, we should. All right. Uh, questions. 793 01:08:03,359 --> 01:08:09,599 » Clarifying question. The 200,000 for the capital improvement plans over five is 794 01:08:08,799 --> 01:08:11,520 that each year? >> Yeah. So, it's a million dollars over 795 01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:14,839 five years. >> Okay. Thanks. 796 01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:24,319 » Other questions? >> Yeah, I had a few. Um, one was for for 797 01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:28,960 maintenance. The staffing is important and you said we're down some FTEES. You 798 01:08:27,120 --> 01:08:34,159 mentioned there's 16 FTEEs in your department with 16 point something with 799 01:08:31,040 --> 01:08:38,239 the part-time. Um, how many of those positions would you say are are vacant 800 01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:43,679 now and what challenges, if any, do you anticipate in filling them? 801 01:08:39,600 --> 01:08:50,640 » So, we have um two open open positions and one is someone's out on a different 802 01:08:46,400 --> 01:08:55,759 issue. Um so part of it is um uh the maintenance workers we've had 803 01:08:52,640 --> 01:08:59,359 some turnover because um people find different jobs and one of the things 804 01:08:57,199 --> 01:09:04,640 that um I think the people here have a a um a 805 01:09:03,199 --> 01:09:08,400 good experience and it's a good place to work but there's there's not a lot of 806 01:09:06,880 --> 01:09:13,679 opportunity. you know, we we have a small crew. There's not a lot of 807 01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:17,120 movement and um uh all the people who have left have left for like, oh yeah, 808 01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:21,839 that makes sense. You're going to another place, less commute, something 809 01:09:19,520 --> 01:09:25,600 different. And so, um I think the maintenance worker side is is something 810 01:09:23,759 --> 01:09:33,359 that's just always going to be one of these cycling in. The good news is we 811 01:09:28,400 --> 01:09:37,520 have three really good um lead workers. They're they're 812 01:09:35,600 --> 01:09:41,359 I think all of them have been with the city longer than me. I think some I 813 01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:47,359 think Michael's probably the the the longest tenure 814 01:09:43,440 --> 01:09:52,960 maybe pushing 20 years. Um, so we we do have some good institutional knowledge, 815 01:09:49,440 --> 01:10:00,800 but what we don't want to have is um uh we just had one one person uh retire 816 01:09:57,600 --> 01:10:05,120 um a while ago about a year ago and AJ he had been with the city for gosh and 817 01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:09,040 he walked out with a lot of knowledge that we're we just realized that we're 818 01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:15,120 relying on him. So, one of the things we're trying to do is is make it so that 819 01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:20,960 everyone knows how to do everything in some ways. So, it's it's um building 820 01:10:17,679 --> 01:10:27,440 that capacity, but I think some of the um 821 01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:33,440 some of the um some of it's just part of the part of do doing business and on on 822 01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:40,320 that in in that maintenance worker side. Um the office positions, we have a um uh 823 01:10:37,920 --> 01:10:45,040 public um the public works manager position open has been um open for a 824 01:10:42,880 --> 01:10:50,400 while. Hoping to fill it here shortly. Um but part of that was me wanting to 825 01:10:48,960 --> 01:10:55,600 stick my that's why you're seeing more and me more of me. Um I really stuck my 826 01:10:52,800 --> 01:10:59,679 nose into that end side of the house to really understand what's going on and 827 01:10:57,120 --> 01:11:03,600 try to try to improve level of service. So, I think we're at a point where we're 828 01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:10,960 going to start bringing in people. And one one of the things I want to do is uh 829 01:11:05,920 --> 01:11:14,800 implement a new um uh enterprise asset management program like 830 01:11:12,960 --> 01:11:19,040 a work order program essentially that's tied to more GIS. That's why we're 831 01:11:16,480 --> 01:11:23,199 supporting the GIS. Um and and that will help us be more effective on the work 832 01:11:20,800 --> 01:11:31,120 order side of things. >> Okay. Thanks. Um the uh for irrigation 833 01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:35,280 you mentioned uh I said I remember irrigation was going to be rerouted and 834 01:11:33,120 --> 01:11:39,040 improved in the dog park was part of the plan. It was very forward thinking. That 835 01:11:37,040 --> 01:11:43,760 was great that you the city and you were working on that. Um the irrigation 836 01:11:42,000 --> 01:11:47,679 issues you discussed tonight, the dry patches, the wet patches, is that there 837 01:11:46,239 --> 01:11:51,040 is that what you're talking about or is it lots of other locations? It's it's 838 01:11:49,360 --> 01:11:56,719 it's really all over the place. And some of it is um you I walked it with Michael 839 01:11:55,199 --> 01:12:01,679 um and [clears throat] our and our contractor um like over time some of the 840 01:11:59,840 --> 01:12:07,679 irrigation heads because you know it's mowing they get pushed down and so um 841 01:12:05,920 --> 01:12:12,000 some of them get buried and some of them are at an angle so they're not as 842 01:12:09,120 --> 01:12:16,480 effective. Some of them are just broken and like there's a crack down below and 843 01:12:14,159 --> 01:12:20,640 and that's that's the persistent wet spot. So it was really just diligently 844 01:12:18,480 --> 01:12:24,880 going through the system and trying to correct as many issues we as we can and 845 01:12:23,280 --> 01:12:27,679 we've also done that along the greenway to a certain extent. 846 01:12:26,239 --> 01:12:30,960 » Okay. So those sounds like more like local damage and things like that 847 01:12:29,120 --> 01:12:32,320 whereas the dog park was a big system that 848 01:12:31,520 --> 01:12:35,120 » dog park >> Yeah. dog park was a really unique thing 849 01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:38,080 because >> it different. 850 01:12:35,920 --> 01:12:43,679 » Yeah. Be because the dog as you remember the dog park wasn't a dog park. it was 851 01:12:41,199 --> 01:12:50,400 » it was section B and then before that it was uh an athletic field and the 852 01:12:47,040 --> 01:12:56,159 irrigation system for that was comingled with the the infield system. So when 853 01:12:53,520 --> 01:13:00,239 they did the infield system they watered you know you couldn't couldn't control 854 01:12:57,679 --> 01:13:03,199 them and Andre and his project they separated that so we don't 855 01:13:01,760 --> 01:13:07,440 » so that was a big job and the other things you're describing are little 856 01:13:04,480 --> 01:13:14,400 repairs here. Yeah, they're they both have impact because the area the areas 857 01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:19,679 where um it was wet um like it was always wet and so I I think this will be 858 01:13:18,320 --> 01:13:24,560 you you'll have I think we'll have better control and better performance of 859 01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:30,400 the of the irrigation system and therefore we'll have better um uh you 860 01:13:28,719 --> 01:13:35,360 know the grass will be will be much much 861 01:13:32,800 --> 01:13:39,440 better condition. Um you mentioned the picnic tables going to 862 01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:44,640 actual wood >> from the trex or whatever it was and um 863 01:13:42,159 --> 01:13:48,080 do you anticipate any of the milled lumber from the eucalyptus trees on Alb 864 01:13:46,400 --> 01:13:52,159 Hill being used for things like that or benches or 865 01:13:49,120 --> 01:13:58,159 » probably not. I think um we've used that in so Andre is using some in his part in 866 01:13:54,960 --> 01:14:03,199 his um his project but we've also used most of that on Albany Hill for small 867 01:14:01,280 --> 01:14:09,360 retaining walls and steps and things of that sort. So, um I and and I think 868 01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:14,960 dimensionally that's not as consistent. So, um I think I think it works better 869 01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:18,320 on the hill than it does in a in the park. 870 01:14:15,920 --> 01:14:22,320 » Um Okay. And who owns Memorial Park baseball field and what's the financial 871 01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:25,440 agreement with the schools for the baseball field and who paid for the 872 01:14:23,920 --> 01:14:29,679 turtle? >> Um so, 873 01:14:28,159 --> 01:14:37,199 boy, there's a lot in there on that one. Um so it is it the the city owns the BA 874 01:14:33,199 --> 01:14:43,120 is owns the uh baseball field. It is a um there's a joint facilities agreement 875 01:14:40,960 --> 01:14:50,560 that outlines how a lot of the things are done. Uh not just with ball fields 876 01:14:46,159 --> 01:14:56,626 but um uh use of various school facilities like we host I think we host 877 01:14:52,640 --> 01:15:02,080 pickle ball in the in the gymnasium. Um, [clears throat] in as far as the turtle, 878 01:14:58,080 --> 01:15:07,600 we're buying the turtle um because it's we have the obligation to maintain the 879 01:15:04,159 --> 01:15:13,120 asset. And so this is this is this is part of um addressing an issue about 880 01:15:10,880 --> 01:15:18,400 playing playing as a baseball field, not necessarily a Albany High School things 881 01:15:16,159 --> 01:15:23,520 because it's used as an adult league. There's there's many people that use it. 882 01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:27,760 » Summer camps would maybe use it as well. um not so much summer camp, but there's 883 01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:33,360 there's um little league, there's a travel ball, and if you drive by, 884 01:15:30,080 --> 01:15:38,080 there's a an older like a like an adult league that uses it. So, the idea would 885 01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:42,239 be that whenever they're doing batting practice or practice, they would need to 886 01:15:39,760 --> 01:15:48,159 use the turtle. And then you mentioned flex courts and um doing something with 887 01:15:46,239 --> 01:15:52,320 I I'm forgetting exactly what you said was going to be updated or considered 888 01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:57,600 for updating in the tennis courts around town. Um I was on the subcommittee with 889 01:15:55,760 --> 01:16:03,040 Commissioner Chang Frank and Commissioner Kent maybe on flex courts 890 01:15:59,760 --> 01:16:06,000 and um and so that would be something that would be I'm hoping would come 891 01:16:05,520 --> 01:16:10,000 before us. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. um as 892 01:16:07,840 --> 01:16:14,000 you're like before actual improvements are done to the netting and 893 01:16:11,920 --> 01:16:18,159 » yeah so I think what we would do is line out a project line out a project and 894 01:16:16,239 --> 01:16:24,320 hopefully and and hopefully through the project that Dena's um doing we can get 895 01:16:21,199 --> 01:16:27,679 some ideas of what a flex court means >> and then that can flow into our design 896 01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:33,679 that we would then come and present to you guys that then would um uh receive 897 01:16:32,080 --> 01:16:37,440 you know comments so that we're all on the same page with what is being 898 01:16:35,199 --> 01:16:41,120 constructed. Okay, great. And those that's the kind of thing you anticipate 899 01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:45,440 there's regular maintenance on the courts throughout like annual or 900 01:16:43,040 --> 01:16:51,159 whatever, but is this is this something you see happening this year? Is it 901 01:16:47,760 --> 01:16:51,159 » Yeah, I'm I 902 01:16:52,560 --> 01:16:57,040 » possibly late spring. >> Okay. In a few months. 903 01:16:56,400 --> 01:17:00,159 » Yeah. >> Right. I look forward to that. 904 01:16:58,239 --> 01:17:05,760 » Yes. So, so that's this this is the first year of that program that we're 905 01:17:01,840 --> 01:17:09,920 doing. So, we want to um like we want to start getting ahead of steam um and and 906 01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:15,120 took a little bit of time on the sidewalk program. Now, now we execute 907 01:17:12,560 --> 01:17:19,840 sidewalk pro uh projects without a lot of um 908 01:17:17,520 --> 01:17:23,280 they they come pretty routine, but in the beginning it wasn't because we're 909 01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:27,040 kind of finding our way and I think this will be a little bit of that too. But I 910 01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:31,040 imagine once we get the program going, once we understand sort of the assets 911 01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:38,159 that need to get replaced, we can we can get the decisions out ahead of time. 912 01:17:34,159 --> 01:17:42,998 » Okay, that was it for me. Thanks. >> Did anybody think of just uh recruiting 913 01:17:39,920 --> 01:17:47,040 better batters? Okay. Um more more [laughter] 914 01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:50,800 comments or discussion? I I do I do say when I first got here and this is total 915 01:17:49,280 --> 01:17:55,199 tangent. There was I got out there and we needed to we need to we needed to 916 01:17:52,960 --> 01:17:59,520 raise the um uence >> the fence because some kid was hitting 917 01:17:57,760 --> 01:18:01,840 it out and breaking windows across the street and I was like give the guy a 918 01:18:01,280 --> 01:18:05,679 star. >> Oh, that's that's a good hit. 919 01:18:03,440 --> 01:18:07,360 » And we haven't had that same problem in the 920 01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:13,199 » field. Yeah. >> So 921 01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:17,520 » there a discussion? Yeah, please. Um is like field service for winter and summer 922 01:18:15,679 --> 01:18:21,120 also include like pier street like you said or like the parks itself or is that 923 01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:28,480 just >> So in the um so it's it it is focused on 924 01:18:24,560 --> 01:18:33,679 turf in the winter service we do um on the south side of Memorial Park. You 925 01:18:30,880 --> 01:18:39,600 probably noticed that the we fence off part of the area. We sort of flip-flop 926 01:18:35,679 --> 01:18:44,880 one. So this is the area on the south side of Memorial Park. It's sort of 927 01:18:41,440 --> 01:18:50,320 unstructured play area. We host um movie in the park and things like that there. 928 01:18:46,960 --> 01:18:53,520 And we've we we don't want to close all of it. So we do 929 01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:58,480 one one side one year, the other side the other year. Um and we also do 930 01:18:55,840 --> 01:19:04,080 terrace park, but it is really just um the service is the same. We airrate, we 931 01:19:02,239 --> 01:19:10,320 try to as much as we can keep people off of it, we top dress it and and and 932 01:19:06,960 --> 01:19:14,880 seating. And um I would say it's probably less effective than the ball 933 01:19:11,679 --> 01:19:19,760 fields just because I think there's I mean it's just a snow fence keeping 934 01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:23,440 people out. So it's it it I don't think I don't I don't know there's there's 935 01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:27,679 rule followers and there's people who just do it. [snorts] 936 01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:32,719 » But it's not like individual like or anything. No like 937 01:19:29,360 --> 01:19:38,880 » No. No. It's it's really just blocking it off and giving this the the giving it 938 01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:38,880 a little time to rest. 939 01:19:39,520 --> 01:19:44,480 Yeah. Um, just for clarification, like what's the difference between like the 940 01:19:42,800 --> 01:19:48,560 normal maintenance of the tennis courts and what you're going to do with like 941 01:19:45,760 --> 01:19:52,560 the um 200,000 >> the terrace? 942 01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:54,640 I I didn't hear all of that, but let me I can 943 01:19:53,440 --> 01:19:57,920 » um like what's the difference between the normal maintenance of the tennis 944 01:19:56,320 --> 01:20:01,040 courts and like what you're going to do with the 945 01:19:58,560 --> 01:20:05,360 » So, in the normal maintenance and we've been probably pretty spotty on doing 946 01:20:03,679 --> 01:20:09,280 some of this, you know, there's there's cleaning and and actually in a part of 947 01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:15,600 our trash run, we go and clear the courts. Um but there there is buildup 948 01:20:13,600 --> 01:20:19,280 particularly at tennis at terrace park where there's a lot of stuff from the 949 01:20:17,520 --> 01:20:24,640 trees coming down and sits in the corners and it builds up and that 950 01:20:20,960 --> 01:20:29,120 degrades the the the surface. Um, and that's that can be done on uh regular 951 01:20:27,440 --> 01:20:32,960 maintenance, cleaning it, and then having a contra there's a contractors 952 01:20:30,800 --> 01:20:36,800 that can come in and do surface um surface cleaning um to prolong the 953 01:20:35,199 --> 01:20:41,760 service. And we that's one thing I want to start doing um particularly at Ocean 954 01:20:39,520 --> 01:20:46,880 View that we redid. What we're doing here is we're going to strip the court 955 01:20:44,480 --> 01:20:51,280 of its posts, everything. There's a large crack on the on the eastern side 956 01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:56,320 of the the court, the one that's a little higher up. Um, we're going to uh 957 01:20:54,000 --> 01:21:03,280 resurface it with asphalt to address the crack, reinstall things. So, it's it's 958 01:20:58,560 --> 01:21:06,800 um it's be like a new court. >> And are there any like plans to do that 959 01:21:05,040 --> 01:21:10,320 to the memorial park tennis court? >> Um, we're going to move to that one 960 01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:16,080 next. That that's on the list. It's just um Terrace Park is really the there's 961 01:21:12,560 --> 01:21:20,480 there's a crack there and um uh the posts were 962 01:21:18,560 --> 01:21:24,000 they're they're bent over and and whatnot. We've we've patched it together 963 01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:26,880 as much as we can. >> The terrace is marginally usable. 964 01:21:25,679 --> 01:21:29,880 » Yeah. >> So, 965 01:21:33,199 --> 01:21:39,440 one one idea I had and maybe maybe we already do this, you know, just the 966 01:21:37,040 --> 01:21:43,600 stuff that comes to mind that do we at lunch is over. Do we have trash cans on 967 01:21:42,159 --> 01:21:48,000 that end? because I know the trash cans generally are the street. Are they 968 01:21:45,840 --> 01:21:53,120 between the park where kids are eating lunch and the school where they walk? 969 01:21:50,560 --> 01:21:58,480 » So, this is interesting. Um, last was it last year? 970 01:21:55,040 --> 01:22:03,760 Not not this la this this school year. Last school year when this blew up, we 971 01:22:01,840 --> 01:22:07,040 we actually did a it wasn't really a study. We went out there and saw where 972 01:22:05,440 --> 01:22:12,960 the trash cans are, where they're being used because some were overflowing, some 973 01:22:08,800 --> 01:22:17,679 weren't used at all. and um and and including the ones that were along the 974 01:22:15,040 --> 01:22:23,360 the roadway where the uh cars parked. Those ones those were issues um on 975 01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:28,080 another because people would stuff in their cars and just overload the trash 976 01:22:25,679 --> 01:22:33,520 cans. So, we actually removed those and we repositioned trash cans in areas 977 01:22:31,199 --> 01:22:39,199 where um uh kids were or pe not not only kids but 978 01:22:37,199 --> 01:22:45,679 um the the people were using the park where the trash was h happening and um I 979 01:22:42,320 --> 01:22:51,440 think it's addressed um a little bit I don't know if it's come back but um kids 980 01:22:48,560 --> 01:22:57,920 would would sit at um the bleachers near the tennis courts and and eat I think 981 01:22:53,920 --> 01:23:01,840 and that the little trash cans inside the tennis courts were just overflowing 982 01:22:59,920 --> 01:23:06,159 with trash. I think we got rid of those or did we? 983 01:23:02,880 --> 01:23:10,880 » But the idea was we wanted to limit um trash going into those and make them put 984 01:23:08,560 --> 01:23:14,159 in the big bellies. And I think I think it's working 985 01:23:12,480 --> 01:23:17,760 » easier to do the right thing. >> Yeah. 986 01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:23,760 » Right. Uh, I had one more question. I forgot to ask uh for I did ask about the 987 01:23:21,280 --> 01:23:28,800 ballpark in Memorial Park for for the for USD. The tennis courts at Terrace 988 01:23:26,960 --> 01:23:32,880 Park that you were just talking about. Um, you said they're used by um St. 989 01:23:32,320 --> 01:23:36,400 Mary's. >> Yep. 990 01:23:33,679 --> 01:23:38,800 » And uh I was wondering what kind ofou or what kind of financial arrangement do we 991 01:23:37,920 --> 01:23:41,600 have there? >> So I don't know exactly but I 992 01:23:40,639 --> 01:23:45,520 » private entity. >> Yeah. I think they they pay a rental fee 993 01:23:43,520 --> 01:23:48,320 like any other user. So, I think they're just like 994 01:23:46,320 --> 01:23:53,520 » they just reserve in advance. >> Yeah. And that's um Joy in recreation. 995 01:23:51,199 --> 01:24:01,520 She handles a lot of that. And I think all the leagues whether it's soccer, 996 01:23:57,040 --> 01:24:07,199 baseball, tennis um put reservations for um various courts and courts or fields 997 01:24:04,960 --> 01:24:13,600 and she tries to come up with a schedule but um the only ones the everyone other 998 01:24:11,120 --> 01:24:19,199 than Alb Unified pays you know our our the rate that we 999 01:24:16,880 --> 01:24:22,960 have in our our rate schedules. >> Okay. Okay. So, they're just a a regular 1000 01:24:21,679 --> 01:24:26,440 rental user. >> Yep. 1001 01:24:23,440 --> 01:24:26,440 » Okay. 1002 01:24:27,360 --> 01:24:35,520 » All right. There uh anyone else want to weigh in? All right. See? None. We will 1003 01:24:33,280 --> 01:24:39,440 close the item. Thank you very much. Always good to get these. Was there Did 1004 01:24:37,360 --> 01:24:44,800 you check public comment? I forget. You >> did. Okay, great. We did. Um did right. 1005 01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:49,600 » I think so. I don't know. I was >> either way there's no hands raised. 1006 01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:56,480 » No public I I guessed that, but I was pretending. 1007 01:24:52,480 --> 01:24:59,600 All right. Um uh moving on. Subcommittee updates. 1008 01:24:58,239 --> 01:25:06,480 Not seeing any subcommittees. Announcements and future agenda item. 1009 01:25:04,400 --> 01:25:08,320 » You want to do your announcement? You don't have one? 1010 01:25:07,120 --> 01:25:15,520 » Yeah. >> Um just to piggy back off what Mark was 1011 01:25:11,600 --> 01:25:21,360 talking about, um the dog park is now back open. So, it's open for public use. 1012 01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:25,679 Um, the other ball fields and stuff are open as well. Um, and that's weather 1013 01:25:23,760 --> 01:25:31,040 permit permitting right now because if it starts storming, we will have to 1014 01:25:27,760 --> 01:25:37,040 close it to keep the fields from getting too messed up. Um, my next announcement 1015 01:25:34,000 --> 01:25:42,480 is the Kids and Family Expo. Join us for a fun, familyfriendly afternoon at the 1016 01:25:39,679 --> 01:25:46,480 Kids and Family Expo, a one-stop shop for programs and services for kids and 1017 01:25:44,560 --> 01:25:52,239 families. bring the whole family to the community center on Saturday, February 1018 01:25:48,639 --> 01:25:57,120 28th from 1 to 4:00 p.m. Guests can explore local programs and family 1019 01:25:54,400 --> 01:26:02,320 services, including summer camp previews and the opportunity to sign up for our 1020 01:25:59,199 --> 01:26:06,480 popular Friendships Club summer program, as well as special discounts available 1021 01:26:04,400 --> 01:26:11,920 for registrations completed at the event. Enjoy a variety of activities for 1022 01:26:09,520 --> 01:26:17,280 kids and parents alike, including tasty snacks, free face painting, a free 1023 01:26:14,880 --> 01:26:22,159 raffle, free biking, and stro uh strolling magi mag magician from 1:30 to 1024 01:26:19,600 --> 01:26:27,120 2:30. Come out and connect with uh community resources and join in on the 1025 01:26:24,159 --> 01:26:31,520 fun. >> All right, announcements. 1026 01:26:30,080 --> 01:26:36,639 I just I should have said this during the agenda item. I uh we mentioned you 1027 01:26:33,920 --> 01:26:40,560 mentioned the uh request service or the report a problem tool. I use it a lot 1028 01:26:39,120 --> 01:26:44,080 because we see stuff on the blue glove crew and I just have to say they're very 1029 01:26:41,920 --> 01:26:48,800 responsive. I hope it's not because I'm the one submitting it. [laughter] I 1030 01:26:46,080 --> 01:26:52,880 trust that it's not but but oftentimes just a day or two the thing's gone. So I 1031 01:26:50,719 --> 01:26:57,760 I kudos to that. That's great. >> I'm not biased. I respond accordingly. 1032 01:26:55,840 --> 01:27:01,280 » The only thing I would say is that is that um I'm a little shocked to hear 1033 01:26:59,360 --> 01:27:05,199 they all go to you. Yes. Because the hardest part is figuring out which 1034 01:27:02,960 --> 01:27:07,280 category to put. It doesn't matter. >> You don't need that. You don't need that 1035 01:27:06,639 --> 01:27:11,760 button. >> It It does because it's whether because 1036 01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:15,440 that gives her the information to tell one of whomever to go do the work. 1037 01:27:14,159 --> 01:27:18,480 » But I don't know the right I'm not doing the right one half the time. I'm sure 1038 01:27:17,440 --> 01:27:22,320 [laughter] >> I I usually can figure it out. So 1039 01:27:20,639 --> 01:27:27,679 » that's the thing. Give away the secret recipe. [laughter] We get a stack of 1040 01:27:24,400 --> 01:27:31,040 » All right. Anyway. All right. Uh other announcements, agenda items. So, we do 1041 01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:34,320 have >> clearly we'll have the parks master plan 1042 01:27:33,199 --> 01:27:39,199 studied edenum coming up. >> Yes, we'll have the parks master plan. 1043 01:27:35,840 --> 01:27:45,040 Um, we might have what I'm super excited about actually uh Hillary Sardinas um 1044 01:27:42,719 --> 01:27:49,199 has been working talking with Margot and I think she's doing a project. This this 1045 01:27:47,040 --> 01:27:55,360 sounded amazing. She's doing a project on Alb Hill and she's putting little 1046 01:27:51,520 --> 01:28:02,719 trackers on monarchs >> and um I was like really? Um, and so she 1047 01:28:00,719 --> 01:28:07,520 likely or might be coming to do a presentation on that, which I think 1048 01:28:04,000 --> 01:28:11,760 would be just fascinating. Um, and then, um, I I haven't heard anything about it, 1049 01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:16,400 but it is sugarsw sweetened beverage time, so that'll be on the on it, but 1050 01:28:14,560 --> 01:28:20,239 I'm less excited about it this year than I have in the past. 1051 01:28:18,400 --> 01:28:25,679 » I think with the the butterfly things, the hardest part is getting them with 1052 01:28:21,440 --> 01:28:28,560 the dart to get them to go to sleep. >> Actually, Margot explained it a little 1053 01:28:27,120 --> 01:28:30,719 bit. It's really fascinating. >> It is. I'm sure. 1054 01:28:29,360 --> 01:28:31,920 » How big is that thing? I mean, can they fly with it? 1055 01:28:31,360 --> 01:28:35,679 » Yeah, it's >> No, I I ran into um 1056 01:28:33,840 --> 01:28:38,960 » Hillary. Yeah. Hillary in the grocery store and she show I was like, "Really?" 1057 01:28:37,040 --> 01:28:42,880 And she showed me a picture. It was amazing. And then they have this 1058 01:28:41,040 --> 01:28:46,400 » thing is this very educational because then they with the GPS tracker you can 1059 01:28:44,880 --> 01:28:48,159 see, oh, this one originated at Albony Hill and it goes here. Like, 1060 01:28:47,760 --> 01:28:51,679 » yeah, >> it's f it is fascinating. And I I 1061 01:28:50,239 --> 01:28:54,239 couldn't believe that it can be >> it can go to a butterfly, 1062 01:28:53,679 --> 01:28:56,560 » right? >> Yeah. 1063 01:28:54,560 --> 01:29:01,600 » I know. And and Margot said, I guess they they attach it by cooling them, so 1064 01:28:59,600 --> 01:29:05,920 it it kind of slows things down, but then when they warm them up, like one of 1065 01:29:03,360 --> 01:29:11,280 them like she said it >> was like rolling around like a dog would 1066 01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:13,040 be to, you know, something off its back. >> So 1067 01:29:12,639 --> 01:29:15,600 » yeah, >> we can understand. All right. 1068 01:29:14,639 --> 01:29:21,120 » Yeah. When uh one agenda request is when you 1069 01:29:18,880 --> 01:29:27,600 do or related to something you already mentioned was for flex courts um is when 1070 01:29:24,560 --> 01:29:34,800 you do uh agendaize that to >> um make sure to look at old contact 1071 01:29:31,920 --> 01:29:40,880 lists for all the tennis people, all the pickle ball people um because they were 1072 01:29:38,239 --> 01:29:45,360 very engaged with all of that. But then also it should also include whoever we 1073 01:29:43,199 --> 01:29:49,199 have on the volleyball people and then some of these flex nets can also do bad 1074 01:29:47,920 --> 01:29:53,360 mitten. So I don't know who we would contact for that but that would be 1075 01:29:51,600 --> 01:29:54,800 basically cast a wide net. >> Yep. 1076 01:29:53,840 --> 01:29:57,920 » Would be my recommendation. >> No pun. 1077 01:29:55,600 --> 01:30:01,159 » Yes. Yes. [laughter] >> Still regulation. 1078 01:30:02,239 --> 01:30:06,400 » Okay. >> All right people. We got to keep these 1079 01:30:04,000 --> 01:30:12,159 things light. >> All right. Any uh All right. Seeing 1080 01:30:09,520 --> 01:30:15,800 nothing else, we will adjourn and see you March 12th.