[0:30] Good evening. I'm Chair Barutin and I
hereby call to order the regular meeting
[0:34] of the Community Services Commission of
March 4th, 2026.
[0:40] The pledge of allegiance to our flag of
our country will be led uh oh by
[0:45] Commissioner Fuentes in one moment.
[0:52] And on Q,
ladies and gentlemen, I present
[0:57] Commissioner Francis. Everybody please
stand.
[1:12] of the United States of America to the
standy.
[1:30] Well done. We will now proceed with the
presentation items. There are three
[1:34] presentations this evening. Deputy City
Manager McGovern, will you please
[1:39] introduce the first item?
[1:44] Thank you, Chair Brutin. Sec. Get this.
[1:55] I would like to introduce our senior
recreation supervisor, Courtney Wiso,
[1:59] who's going to give a presentation to us
tonight about the clubhouse.
[2:09] Good evening, Chair Brutin and
Commission. I'm Courtney Weissaki. I'm
[2:13] the senior recreation supervisor over at
the clubhouse. We are for the 50 and
[2:17] better community. So, I'm here tonight
to talk to you about uh all of our
[2:22] updates or things going on this year.
Um, so what you do have in front of you
[2:27] right now is our clubhouse calendar that
uh is offered four times a year and
[2:32] shows all of our programs currently
March through May.
[2:37] Excuse me. So, at least for the
clubhouse, uh, one of the biggest
[2:40] programs that we have are our catered
lunches, which some of you have
[2:45] attended. Uh we offer them monthly and
then we have four additional lunches
[2:49] through the year uh including our Super
Bowl celebration, Mother's Day, Father's
[2:54] Day, and Veterans Day. Uh our most
special lunch, I would say, is our Holly
[3:00] Jolly Holiday Lunchon. That's during the
holiday time. And one of the great
[3:05] things we do for that event is we work
with local uh businesses and
[3:10] organizations to provide gifts for our
seniors. So this year we were able to
[3:15] donate uh gifts for every single patron
that attended the lunch as well as
[3:21] raffling off the additional ones. Um
some could be upwards of $100 gift
[3:26] cards. So this year we did donate 271
gifts which is the most we've ever been
[3:31] able to do which is fantastic. Uh we
also have our bunko nights at the
[3:36] clubhouse if it's offered uh by monthly.
We sell out every time at 48 registered
[3:43] participants. We also have three yearly
clubhouse dances that typically sell out
[3:48] at 120 registered participants. This
last one was our past Friday. It was the
[3:53] big top bash. It was a circus theme. Uh
super fun. We also offer monthly crafty
[4:00] crafters programs that sell out at 35
participants. Uh four quarterly garden
[4:05] club classes at 30 participants. And
then our ameritus classes which um are
[4:12] through Irvine Valley College and
Saddleback College. They're a
[4:15] partnership through them. Uh we offer
them through the school semesters. So
[4:20] right now we're currently in the spring.
We offer 22 classes right now. And then
[4:24] same thing in the summer we'll offer
another 22 classes. So those can be
[4:28] either like fitness or enrichment
classes. um yoga, dino band, line dance,
[4:34] taichi, computer classes, uh ESL, um
intermediate Spanish. So really,
[4:41] whatever your mobility is or your
interest, we most likely have something
[4:45] for you. Uh one thing that we've also uh
added to the clubhouse for Ameritus
[4:52] Classes is in the last couple couple of
years, our arts and crafts room patio
[4:57] has been updated with the awnings. So,
uh, now we offer a handful of classes
[5:02] out there as well, which is super great
because now it's a readily used space,
[5:07] not only former classes, but also for
some pop-up events as well. Some
[5:12] additional programs we offer, as you
know, the clubhouse is very well known
[5:16] for our bingo. Uh, we offer it the first
and fourth Monday of every month, as
[5:22] well as every Thursday. We could get
upwards of 170 plus patrons at bingo. Uh
[5:28] twice a month we offer movies in our
back classroom. Also twice a month we
[5:33] offer our mini excursions and a handful
of large excursions a year. Our next one
[5:38] coming up is the uh San Diego Natural
History Museum. Uh we offer ping pong
[5:44] three days a week. Some social services
and wellness resources and workshops.
[5:50] So, some of the ones we currently offer
physically in the center could be um
[5:54] like AARP driver safety classes, uh
legal aid if you need assistance with
[6:00] Medicare,
um medication review, so they go over uh
[6:04] like your supplements or medications
that you're taking. Uh we also have a
[6:09] grief program. And then if we don't
necessarily offer it, we have tons of
[6:13] resources we can provide our patrons to
offer out. Um, and then also once a year
[6:19] in October, we offer a senior resource
fair and flu shot clinic. Uh, so it's
[6:25] always the second week in October. This
past uh October, we had 44 vendors,
[6:31] which was the most we've ever had, and
uh 200 registered participants. Our flu
[6:37] shot clinic is uh partnered through
Ralph's Pharmacy, and then we'll be
[6:41] offering it again this year, the second
week of October. Uh we also have two
[6:46] senior transportation programs. One with
California Yellow Cab, which offers uh
[6:50] taxi services to the clubhouse uh within
Lake Forest and also some neighboring
[6:55] cities, and then also our Hwell uh
senior services bus, which uh picks them
[7:00] up at their home and then transports
them directly to the clubhouse. We also
[7:05] offer Thursday clubhouse speakers and
seminars uh twice a month. So that
[7:10] allows organizations to come in and talk
during the bingo break. So it gives them
[7:15] at least about a hundred patrons plus to
talk to. Uh we typically gauge it
[7:20] obviously for topics 50 and better. So
we have done things like fall pre excuse
[7:25] me fall prevention, Alzheimer's, but
we've also had more fun type things
[7:29] bringing in like the therapy horses,
therapy dogs, or I should say uh therapy
[7:34] like ponies. Um yeah, but anything um
that we think may be a good resource for
[7:40] them, we really try and bring into the
center because they may not have that
[7:43] capacity to, you know, find it on their
own time. Um some new pop-up events and
[7:50] programs that we have. So, uh we have
Cars and Coffee. Um so, as some of you
[7:56] may know, I used to run the Fourth of
July parade for a couple years and one
[8:01] of the car clubs was just having fun.
So, I was able to make that great
[8:06] connection and contacted him to see if
he'd be interested in doing a car show
[8:10] for the clubhouse. So, we actually have
our third one coming up on Monday the
[8:15] 16th. The theme is going to be cars and
clovers. So, uh play on St. Patrick's
[8:21] Day. And then that will be on the side
parking lot um next to the clubhouse. We
[8:28] also have clubhouse karaoke which is a
volunteer ran program. It is super
[8:33] popular. It runs once a month, the third
Monday of the month. Um, and it runs for
[8:38] about two hours. He keeps extending his
time because people want to attend it
[8:42] and sing for a long time, which is
fantastic. Uh, we also offer holiday and
[8:47] seasonbased pop-up event. So whether
Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, um,
[8:53] fall season, we had a sweater weather
social. So we had someone come in and
[8:58] sing and play the guitar for the
patrons.
[9:01] Couple new classes we have is a
partnership with my Medicare plan. They
[9:06] offer a uh monthly senior flower shop
class uh and also a bimonthly painting
[9:12] art class. Um Optum is also doing some
salsa dance classes right now. So the
[9:18] next one is this upcoming Monday. We are
completely sold out with uh 30 patrons
[9:23] and that'll be on the arts and crafts
room patio.
[9:26] And also we've had some special events
here at the performing arts center. Um,
[9:31] so obviously even though we're at the
senior center, we are community services
[9:35] and uh we like to be a dual team. So we
have had two piano performances here uh
[9:42] with Nick Gallinatus. He's a local
pianist. Um, and next Tuesday we have
[9:47] the US Air Force uh clarinet quartet
that will be coming to perform here for
[9:53] a couple hours for our patrons. So
that'll be super fun as well. Uh, a
[9:57] couple of pop-up events we have coming
up is our spring fun ice cream social.
[10:02] Uh, we work with a vintage ice cream
truck. I that's the best way to describe
[10:08] it. And they park out in the roundabout
and just hand out tons of ice cream
[10:13] bars. So, super fun for the seniors. Who
doesn't love ice cream? And then as we
[10:18] roll into the summer season, we also
offer our summer snow cone bash. Um, so
[10:24] while this was a very condensed version
on the clubhouse, uh, as you can tell,
[10:29] we offer a lot of really fun programs
and services for our patrons, we can
[10:34] have upwards of 200 to 400 seniors
coming in the facility every day
[10:38] depending on what's going on. Um, but we
have a really great team and a really
[10:42] great center. So if anyone has any
questions, I would be more than happy to
[10:47] answer them.
>> Thank you. I do enjoy the clubhouse as
[10:50] of late. It's kind of once you get into
it, you just keep going. It's kind of
[10:53] addictive. So
>> very addicting.
[10:55] » Um
I do bingo. Yeah, that's my claim to
[10:59] fame
beyond my grave marker when I die. So
[11:04] are there any other comments that people
like to
[11:07] » Thank you, Chair Brutin. Uh thank you,
Miss Wisaki. Yeah. Uh you you do the
[11:12] senior clubhouse with the same passion
you did the parade. Uh just a little
[11:15] side note, I think it was two years ago.
Was it your foot that you broke? Uh, I
[11:22] sliced my foot on
>> sliced her foot. Still showed up at 6.
[11:26] Still showed up at Tribute Hills High
School at 6 a.m. in the morning, limping
[11:30] around, not complaining, and still the
parade went off without a hitch. So, I
[11:33] do remember that. So, um, I hope someday
to be retired and take advantage of some
[11:38] of these things. My husband should do
that right now. He's maybe will do that
[11:42] now. He's retired. Uh, so thank you so
much. Great stuff. And, um, just good
[11:47] stuff. You
you um do everything with passion and
[11:53] dedication and it showed with the
parade. I was proud to serve under you
[11:57] for a couple of years
>> and the same thing with the senior
[12:00] center. They're lucky to have you so
thank you chair.
[12:02] » All right, commissioner. Go ahead.
[12:34] Thank you.
[12:38] » I will.
>> All right, Commissioner Jones.
[12:42] » I really just want to echo the comments
from Commissioner Lancaster and
[12:44] Commissioner Herren and thank you for
the update as well as the wonderful job
[12:47] that you and Miss Bleven do. Um, for all
the patrons at the clubhouse, it is just
[12:52] a beautiful, really vibrant community.
You can feel it when you walk in the
[12:56] door. The staff is so wonderful and you
can tell the patrons love the staff,
[13:00] love to be there and really speaks to
your hard work in providing such a great
[13:05] variety of events. So, thank you for
that.
[13:06] » Thank you.
>> All right. Well, thank you very much.
[13:09] Appreciate your brief. It's always fun
to go to the clubhouse.
[13:12] » We'll see you there.
>> All right. You bet. And uh so, WCD
[13:17] command manager uh McGovern was that was
the only presentation, correct? There
[13:21] were three. Okay. Uh, Madame Commission
Secretary, have we received any requests
[13:24] to speak on this item?
>> No, chair, we have no requests.
[13:28] » Okay. With that, this is time for public
comments to address the commission on
[13:32] matters not on the agenda and within the
authority of the community services
[13:36] commission. If you'd like to make a
comment, please fill out a yellow
[13:39] speaker card available on the uh agenda
review table
[13:45] by the entrance and provide it to the
commission secretary. Comments will be
[13:48] limited to three minutes per speaker and
your name will be called when it is your
[13:52] turn to speak. Madame Commission
Secretary, have we received request to
[13:57] speak?
>> We have no request for public comment.
[14:01] » Very well. Then the commission will now
consider matters listed under the
[14:05] consent calendar. Do any commissioners
wish to discuss any of these items or is
[14:10] there a motion to consider all of them?
I'll move to vote on all of them.
[14:18] » Second. Okay, let's vote
[14:31] » and that motion passes unanimously.
>> Very well.
[14:36] And we will now move on to discussion
items. Mr. Deputy City Manager, will you
[14:42] please introduce the item?
>> Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Chair
[14:45] Brutin. The next item before the
commission is the selection and
[14:48] reorganization of officers. This is the
annual process through which the
[14:52] commission selects its leadership for
the current year. We will need a motion
[14:57] and a second for the selection of the
chair, followed by a separate motion and
[15:01] a second for the vice chair. The
commissioners selected will begin their
[15:05] roles at the next community services
commission meeting.
[15:12] Very well. Okay. At this time, I would
like to nominate Margie Lancaster, my
[15:17] vice chair, to be uh the forthcoming
chairman. Her experience in leadership
[15:22] and her experience in doing it in the
past have proven very effective and uh
[15:28] entertain a second.
>> I'll second.
[15:34] » Okay. Are there any additional nominees?
>> Okay.
[15:38] Okay.
>> For for
[15:40] » this is for chair.
>> For chair.
[15:42] » Okay.
>> Okay.
[15:43] » All right. Hearing no additional
nominees, a nomination period for chair
[15:46] is now closed. Please vote on your
screen.
[16:04] And that motion passes unanimously.
Commission
[16:08] Apologies. Vice Chair Lancaster is
hereby elected commission chair.
[16:12] » Thank you, Commission Secretary. Thank
you.
[16:14] » Congratulations.
>> Thank you guys for your confidence in
[16:17] me. I'll do my best this coming year.
>> All right. And
[16:23] » Okay. And now nominations for vice chair
are now open. Each nomination will
[16:26] require a second before we proceed to a
vote.
[16:31] » Okay. Entertaining
selection for vice chair. Are there
[16:34] nominees? I'd like to nominate
Commissioner Fuentes.
[16:40] » I'm happy to second.
>> Okay. And are there any additional
[16:45] nominees for chair? I'm apologies. Vice
Chair.
[16:49] » None at this time.
>> Okay. Hearing no additional nominees,
[16:53] the nomination period for vice chair is
now closed. Please vote on your screen.
[17:09] And that motion passes unanimously.
Commissioner Fuentes is hereby elected
[17:13] commission vice chair.
>> Very well. Thank you.
[17:17] All right. That was painless. So now now
it's time for comments from our deputy
[17:23] city manager, Mr. McGovern. Do you have
any comments to share?
[17:27] » Thank you, Chair Brutin. Just a few. got
some updates on some events. The biggest
[17:31] of which is the United States's 250th
birthday, which is this July 4th. So, as
[17:38] part of that process, um we're going to
be creating a float to be in the parade.
[17:45] All kinds of giveaways we're going to
set aside. Um just really going to try
[17:48] to have fun with the event and make it
obvious that it's the 250th birthday.
[17:54] More on this to come. Uh we're also
going to have banners. So there tire is
[17:58] going to be um in uh a lot of
enhancements to what we typically do in
[18:04] addition to a float. So we're really
looking forward to that. More on that
[18:08] soon. I'll probably have a more in-depth
report at the next commission meeting.
[18:13] Happy to report that park security
started on Monday. So nighttime patrol
[18:18] started on Monday. We've already been
getting some incident reports which is
[18:22] exactly why we hired the security firm.
So that's going well. uh that was a very
[18:27] competitive process. I think we actually
set the city record for the amount of
[18:31] firms that submitted uh to participate
in that procurement process. So
[18:36] competition is a good thing in this area
because we were really able to balance
[18:40] you know the cost of the service and the
quality and really find a good match for
[18:44] what we were looking for. Uh and so far
uh things have worked out great. Some
[18:49] other events I wanted to update the
commission on dueling pianos here March
[18:55] 14th. So, you can find more information
about this on the city calendar and the
[18:58] city's website. It's either close to
selling out or may Okay,
[19:06] » 200 is our max at 195.
>> So, very close. So, this event is
[19:14] actually the first in a series of staff
produce ticketed events. If you remember
[19:19] about a year and a half, almost two
years ago now, we did the focus groups
[19:24] project where we brought in a consultant
to set up a focus group with different
[19:29] age groups of people, all kinds of
different ethnicities and really wanted
[19:33] to see. We use this we use this we use
this consultant to gauge um is our
[19:40] program offering matching what the
market kind of demands. And we do have a
[19:45] gap. there's a missing middle that we
found. Looks like people are just
[19:50] wanting something to do. Um particularly
in that I don't know like the working
[19:55] professional age 40 to 55 maybe 35 to
55. So we tried to market this event to
[20:03] that specific age group although it's
open to everyone. And yeah this is the
[20:08] first of two and so far so good. So like
I said we're almost sold out. So it's a
[20:12] good way to market this facility. A lot
of people just don't know about this
[20:16] facility yet and just you really have uh
just such a great gem here that's
[20:20] available for rent beyond just having
city council meetings here. So, we're
[20:24] hoping to kind of kill two birds with
one stone there. And we also have Bunny
[20:28] Blast on March 28th over at El Toro
Park. So, those are the next two big
[20:33] events. If you're planning on coming to
Dueling Pianos, I guess get your tickets
[20:37] right after this meeting because that's
a that's a blockbuster event. So, going
[20:41] to be fun. Thanks,
Very well. All right. Um, moving on to
[20:48] commission member comments. We'll start
with Commissioner Fuentes.
[20:55] » Awesome. Well, um, good to see you guys
all again. Um, I missed the last
[21:00] meeting. I was actually at my sister's
wedding in Arizona, so there was a good
[21:04] reason. Um, the last couple months have
been um, awesome as far as going to
[21:12] parks. I've been um to Tamaris Park. Um
we've had practices there. I don't know
[21:16] if you you if you're at the top of the
hill kind of looking down, you can
[21:21] almost see the ocean when it's really
clear. I don't know if you guys have I I
[21:24] the last time I was I could almost see
it. So um it was I love that park. It
[21:29] was I love what the city's done. Um I've
been to um the sports park a lot. Um
[21:35] Baker Ranch, the sports park. I actually
was just running back from a practice
[21:39] from my daughter's little league um
T-ball that I'm coaching. So, we were at
[21:43] Baker Ranch. Um, went home, changed,
rushed back here. So, um, but I love the
[21:48] park. You guys are doing a great job.
Love the city staff. Um, Ken works
[21:53] really well with the Lake Force Little
League because I'm on the board there,
[21:56] too. And Ken and opening day um for the
little league was awesome. It was great.
[22:02] We had Mayor Pea was there and he kind
of said a couple words and um just
[22:07] everything kind of went really smoothly.
So, I we couldn't have really done that
[22:10] without Ken and the city's help. Um, and
then um what was the last thing was um
[22:22] I think one more thing. Well, if I if
it'll come to me, I'll come back to you,
[22:25] but it's all I had. Thank you guys very
much.
[22:28] » Very well then. Okay. Uh Commissioner
Harry.
[22:32] » Okay. All right. So, busy as always.
So, of course, Margie and I the parade
[22:39] meetings, those are always fabulous.
Um, went to Bunko and I mean people love
[22:45] Bunko. They'll say to me, "Why can't we
do it every month?" And I'm like,
[22:51] "Okay." Anyway, um, I attended the Lake
Forest VIP parks meeting as always. So
[22:58] informative. Uh, they've got it down
where they know, I think, all the cracks
[23:03] in the sidewalks and the parking lots.
They're talking about how they have that
[23:07] program for that. Um, it's just amazing
to to kind of get a little behind the
[23:12] scenes look at some of the stuff that
goes into our park maintenance and such.
[23:16] Um, I attended the uh skate park design,
the last one we had.
[23:22] Always so impressed with um our
community that shows up is very
[23:26] passionate about what they want. Um,
anyway, I'm so always I'm always so
[23:31] impressed with our wonderful community.
uh attended the senior lunch, the dinner
[23:36] dance, the big top. Oh my gosh, it was
over the top and everything that they
[23:42] do. Anyway, I'm just thrilled. Um I'm
attending CPS conference next week in
[23:49] Long Beach. I've got my uh volunteer
down so I can go for free. I'm going to
[23:55] be a room host for some of the sessions,
so that'll be exciting. And of course,
[24:00] I'm looking forward to the expo hall. to
see all the new stuff. And um and I know
[24:08] I don't know. Is it too soon to ask
about summer concerts? Who we have yet?
[24:12] I can wait. I can wait.
>> Oh, no.
[24:16] » Oh.
>> Oh, not finalized. Okay. But anyway,
[24:22] » Miss Hunter Hunter said yes. So, anyway,
thank you again to everybody. I know you
[24:26] all work so hard on all these things and
I really appreciate it. Okay.
[24:31] » All right. Thank you. and Commissioner
Jones.
[24:35] » Uh, good evening. Apologies for missing
last month, but I was a little bit under
[24:39] the weather and so you're welcome. Um,
did not care to share my germs with you.
[24:43] Um, but happy to be back. Um, and I
won't bore you with everything I've done
[24:47] in the last however many months, but one
of the things I did was I did attend the
[24:50] three meetings about the Etnes skate
park. So, looking forward to uh that
[24:54] coming back to us next month. And just
wanted to plant a couple of seeds based
[24:59] on some things I heard from the
community, some things that are brewing
[25:03] up here. Um, so the first is that
although it wasn't part of the
[25:06] discussion, the scope of the discussions
that we had with the design consultant
[25:10] who was wonderful. Um, but I definitely
heard multiple times and observed myself
[25:15] when I go to the site, we've got to do
something about the parking lot. So, I
[25:19] don't want that to fall off the radar
with this project, especially if we make
[25:23] the park so much better and it's all
wheels and we're more welcoming to a
[25:27] broader community. They need somewhere
to park. Um, so would love to see us
[25:31] thinking about that um as part of this
project. Um, and then in terms of
[25:38] timeline, I know that there are multiple
areas of the park that we'd like to work
[25:43] on and the plan is to do that in
sections so that the whole park is never
[25:47] entirely closed to the community. And so
I'm just going to plant a seed that
[25:52] there's like a really big event
happening in 2028 in Southern California
[25:56] um similar to one that just ended in
Milan. and I'll call it the Olympics.
[26:00] And um we know that a lot of countries
are coming early to train. We know that
[26:05] there are swimmers from the Netherlands
coming to Mission Viejo. We know about
[26:08] the pingpong facility that's happening
in Lake Forest. And the skate park could
[26:13] be a great training facility. So, I
would love for us to think about our
[26:18] timeline in terms of what do we want to
have ready for 28 and what do we not
[26:22] want to have fenced off in 28 so that
that facility um can draw some really
[26:27] exciting um opportunities to our
community. And then the last thing about
[26:31] the skate park is that I know that Miss
Hunter is working on um turning that
[26:36] into an all-wheel park and that there's
a lot of behind the-scenes work in terms
[26:39] of insurance and code and uh would love
an overview of that when the designs
[26:44] come back to us. Uh, so with that said,
um, I always have fun at the clubhouse.
[26:49] We always, we already talked about that.
And then just a tip of the hat to staff
[26:53] with the new evening events and
particularly combining them with the
[26:56] date night drop off. I think that's a
great new opportunity and thank you for
[27:01] doing that. Uh, that's all I have.
>> Very well. Thank you, Vice Chair
[27:05] Lancaster.
[27:11] » Thank you, Chair Burton. Uh first I just
want to start saying congratulations
[27:14] commissioner almost well technically
vice chair Fuentes thank you for your
[27:19] passion and bringing the little league
and all that stuff uh to this we had a
[27:24] former uh commissioner Kelly who do you
know Kelly Gould and uh we there was
[27:29] always kind of missing a little bit of
the little league at such a big part of
[27:32] Lake Forest so I'm so glad that we now
have a presence with you and thank you
[27:36] for your passion and um uh Mr. Brutin, I
just want to start by saying thank you.
[27:44] You bring so much this and I'm very
proud that I nominated you last year.
[27:48] You've done an excellent job. I know
your background um at I think it was the
[27:53] is it the presidential Nixon
presidential lab facility? So um we were
[27:58] honored that you you know you gave us
your expertise with this. You have a lot
[28:02] of passion about what you did. So
congratulations to you um Mr. Fuentes
[28:06] and thank you again Chair Brutin for all
your hard work. Um I attended um I did
[28:12] not attend both meetings in February of
the um city council. The first meeting
[28:16] we had a little leak issue at our home.
So we were lucky enough to have somebody
[28:20] fix that. Attended the second meeting
and also attended the March 3rd meeting
[28:25] last night. Uh and um we uh as Lorett as
Commissioner Herren said attended our
[28:31] second pray committee meeting this past
Monday. Uh it's kind of a triple header
[28:36] the first week of every month. Uh we um
I know the logo we chose a logo from we
[28:41] had like 16 uh people 16 logo designs so
with participants we did choose one we
[28:47] don't have it to show tonight I think um
Mrs. Hunter. Yes, we have to tweak it a
[28:52] little bit. Something with the dates
also. Um but the theme this year is
[28:57] celebrate country and community as um
the my colleagues mentioned. It's the
[29:02] 250 anniversary of the country and the
35th anniversary of the city of Lake
[29:09] Forest which I can't believe December
20th, 1991. So celebrate country and
[29:13] community and the logo that we picked is
really really nice. So, you'll get to
[29:18] see that um soon. Uh also want to thank
you um deputy senior manager um McGovern
[29:26] uh about you know more
um what's the word more um kind of
[29:33] people knowing about the center I can't
think of the right word just bringing
[29:37] this beautiful ballroom I personally had
my wedding reception there used both
[29:41] ballrooms and
Miss Blein was there and uh Miss Herren
[29:46] I didn't know you guys at the time or
you would have been there and um it's a
[29:51] little known. I invited a lot of people
that lived in Lake Forest that had never
[29:55] had no idea that this facility was here
and they were very happy to know that.
[29:59] So, anything we can do to bring it more
to light would be great. Uh it was a
[30:04] fantastic wedding. Had so many comments
about that. Um I was lucky enough to um
[30:09] get a cancellation the day or like five
o'clock at the last bunko. She called
[30:16] and uh said, "We have one cancellation."
And I said, "Sorry, I can't go without
[30:20] my husband." So I said, "Give it away to
somebody else." And just as I was about
[30:25] to head home, she called me back and
said, "I had another cancellation." So
[30:29] we got to go to Bono. I think my husband
who's out there likes it more than I do.
[30:34] I mean, I like it a lot, but he really
likes it. So, um, I signed up. I'm ready
[30:39] for April. The first time I I usually
have Loretta, Commissioner Herren, do
[30:42] that for me, but I ran down to the
sports park and, uh, got that. So,
[30:46] anyway, so Bunko was great. So, thank
you for providing that. I've heard about
[30:49] that from you, Commissioner Herren, and
we are now we really like it. So, um
[30:55] again, congratulations, Mr. Fuentes, and
thank you again, Tim, and you did a
[30:59] really, really fine job, Commissioner.
Um,
[31:02] » thank you.
>> And with that, uh, oh, one last thing.
[31:05] Is there any St. Patrick's Day u dance
or party going on at the uh clubhouse,
[31:12] » Miss Buffin?
We will have something the week of think
[31:16] of um
St. Patrick's Day. They're doing an
[31:21] extra probably an extra lunch that day.
>> And by the way, thank you. I I mean it
[31:26] goes without saying we appreciate
everything you Mrs. Mrs. Hunter do. The
[31:30] seniors or the seniors are very lucky to
have you in charge.
[31:34] » Uh so I guess uh happy St. Patrick's Day
and I think the next meeting is before
[31:39] Easter. So right I think so. Okay. So
happy St. Patrick's Day for all us Irish
[31:44] folks and all us non-Irish folks.
>> Very well. Thank you
[31:48] » chair elect Lancaster and
congratulations vice chair elect.
[31:55] All right. It has been a good year. Um
yeah the ongoing success of the Lake
[31:59] Forest Clubhouse has uh been highlighted
today. So that's good. And then all the
[32:04] holiday events we do every year. Uh so
looking forward to this Fourth of July
[32:09] parade and and uh everything that
follows after that and uh you know the
[32:15] summer of family concerts and whatnot.
So a couple of u things came up about I
[32:24] just want to make note for maybe the
deputy city manager. We didn't get a
[32:28] chat this week. I think I was out of
town, but um it came to mind at the
[32:33] brick laying a lot of uh military put
their um deployments on there in
[32:42] military lingo and they'll say OAF, OEF,
ODS in all these letters that people
[32:49] don't understand. And so during the
event, I was interpreting what that
[32:54] meant. And I was thinking that it might
be good to have a brick that showed a
[33:00] glossery of some sort to say
DS is Desert Storm, OAF, Operation Iraqi
[33:06] Freedom. Um, OEF, you know, and and D
was a was after me. So that was in 2010.
[33:14] It was a New Dawn, Operation New Dawn.
It was the 20 It was the close out of of
[33:18] Iraq. I was I left in '09. So we handed
it off to those guys. But um so it it
[33:25] was kind of interesting that that would
help be helpful perhaps and it would
[33:30] just take a brick, you know, so in the
top left corner perhaps or something to
[33:34] to distinguish that. So um just want to
get that out of the way. Um
[33:40] what else was I going to uh as far as uh
participation? Uh they just this
[33:45] afternoon or this evening at five
o'clock there was a social networking
[33:49] interactive workshop across the way. I
went over to and uh checked in there
[33:54] with the uh Lake Forest Chamber. They
the Lake Forest Chamber is very active.
[33:58] Everyone knows they have a lot of
events. It's great to attend them. They
[34:02] talked about their Wednesday
uh networking at a Pou Loco at 8:00 in
[34:08] the morning. So, I guess they're serving
coffee at El Poo Loco. Um
[34:13] usually they don't open till noon, but
nonetheless, that's available if
[34:17] everyone's interested in going to a Lake
Forest Chamber event. As far as the city
[34:21] events now, the I did attend a couple
the um Etnney skate park concept design
[34:27] brief, which was impressive. The uh the
the
[34:33] depth and knowledge that these skaters
have is is pretty phenomenal. And to uh
[34:40] echo
Commissioner Jones's comments that I
[34:44] made had a comment that they would like
to draw new Olympic level athletes for a
[34:49] qualifier park. That that was a great I
they so you know these guys are coming
[34:54] up with ideas. Um I learned what a pump
track versus a cradle was. So there you
[35:01] go in China banks and Venice curve. So
bring it. you know, I'm not going to be
[35:07] out there,
but I learned that stuff. Um, I did
[35:12] appreciate the weather effects. You
know, they getting because I did go out
[35:16] there um right after it rained and they
were having to scrape the water out. The
[35:22] gentleman said it took them a couple
hours every time it rains to clean the
[35:25] place up. So, that was that was going to
be an easy fix. Um, sun blindless, put
[35:30] up some um sun sales or whatever. You
know, they had great ideas all around.
[35:35] um to uh improve the park, but it it's
uh I'm looking forward to how that comes
[35:41] out as well. But that was a good event.
Um also regular at the bingo. Of course,
[35:46] I didn't miss this uh this Thursday,
which the mayor noted. I didn't take an
[35:52] attendance over there, but the wasn't
there. And I I was missed my son's
[35:58] birthday. We were in Austin. Not a good
weekend to go to Austin, by the way. Uh
[36:03] but anyway, I got to Austin and back.
So that being said, um yeah, looking
[36:14] forward to the Kavanaaugh park next
year. You can lead us uh chair elect and
[36:18] uh get that park built up in a in a
wonderful way. Um there was one other
[36:25] little comment now that the and uh
see commut city commissioner
[36:33] McGovern. It someone brought it up to me
at an event about um the restroom doors
[36:40] at El Toro Park and the park over off of
Dylan, which the name
[36:49] town from Veterans. Um what is it? Was
it Mountain View? Yeah. Apparently,
[36:56] that's the one where we we had discussed
the restroom doors were being ripped off
[37:00] and and damaged and whatnot. And so then
some temporary ones were put on without
[37:06] locks and things. So I I started putting
a couple things together which may or
[37:11] may not make sense. But now we have
security. Would it be possible to
[37:16] readress fixing the things that have
been consistently damaged in the past? I
[37:22] know we had to forego that because it
was always good. It was just not worth
[37:26] our uh investment. But now I'm
foreseeing maybe more security. So that
[37:32] might be a a direction to go.
>> Yeah.
[37:34] » Say at the
>> Yeah, that's actually part of the reason
[37:36] why we hired security is those restroom
doors were
[37:41] just over at So some of the restroom
doors are locked. Some of the restroom
[37:44] doors just aren't there anymore. There's
like a almost like a shaded fence in
[37:50] front of those doors. All of that is due
to the security issues at those
[37:54] properties. So, our hope is that with
added security patrols
[38:00] um
soon to be a combination of those
[38:03] patrols with camera equipment at those
sites, we hope um we are trying to beef
[38:08] up and secure that property so that we
can get back to, you know, your regular
[38:13] doors or something that looks more
presentable and and and inviting than
[38:18] what's there now,
>> right? So, more on that soon, but I I
[38:21] think we do have to kind of secure those
properties first and see how things go.
[38:26] The cost of the vandalism at those
sites, it was just um it was too high to
[38:33] to keep them open. So, we got to get the
security situation a little bit under
[38:38] control over there first and then and
then look into
[38:42] to kind of what you're talking about.
>> Excellent. Then, that's pretty much what
[38:46] I told him. I said, "We're not there
yet. We were just introducing security
[38:50] because we had discussed it and then the
process of doing that but uh there were
[38:55] videos and pictures and things and I
didn't want those to hit social media
[39:00] without anyone knowing and and to kind
of get on the record that yeah we are
[39:03] going forward with the a
process and uh yeah security was the
[39:09] first thing because there's no point in
continuously fixing these things when
[39:13] they're just going to be broken the next
week. So excellent. Um, I'm glad we uh
[39:20] we're all synced up on that and I
believe that's all I have. Are there any
[39:24] last comments as suspected? Go ahead.
>> Thank you chair chair going to miss you
[39:32] have such a great sense of humor but you
can still do it that from the other
[39:35] chair as well.
>> Uh first of all um who doesn't get a lot
[39:40] of praise is our commission secretary.
Madam Krisha, thank you for our new
[39:45] badges. All you don't know, I think most
of us know I was there when they
[39:49] actually chose us the new logo. Thank
you for always taking care of us. And a
[39:53] little plug again praising the Lake
Forest Chamber of Commerce, Mary
[39:57] Viscante, who was just um I remember I
was at she when she came to the first
[40:02] meeting when the city was the Lake
Forest Chamber used to be part of the
[40:07] regional chamber of commerce, part of a
big group. And I remember when we broke
[40:11] away, there was an ad hoc committee. He
was uh council member Tedimer, former
[40:15] assistant city manager David Belmer,
former economic development Jessica
[40:19] Gonzalez uh and uh Mr. Late Richard
Dixon. Uh we were starting a chamber.
[40:26] Mary showed up at that and she's just
taken the ball and run with it and she's
[40:30] just runs now the CEO of the chamber. So
it's a little plug. Uh, Tuesday, March
[40:36] 31st is the annual Meet the Mayor, which
is one of the chamber's signature
[40:40] events, which not that the other events
aren't important, but it's a signature
[40:44] event, and it's on a Tuesday, March
31st, right here at our beautiful
[40:49] U civic center. Uh, the beginning part
will be, you know, uh, food and, you
[40:54] know, little greeting hour and then the
last, I believe, from 7 to 8, we'll come
[40:59] into here and, uh, Mayor Penyon will do
his state of the city with a video. So,
[41:04] uh, get your tickets. They go fast. So,
you can go to the Lake Forest, um,
[41:09] Chamber of Commerce website and buy your
tickets. It's a really nice evening and
[41:14] really be informed by the mayor of
what's going on and hope to see you all
[41:18] there. And I think that's it. Thank you.
>> All right. Very well. Thank you. And,
[41:23] uh, Commissioner Fuentes, did you have a
save round?
[41:27] » Yes. The, and you guys kind of already
addressed it. I think the Anie skate
[41:31] park um, I went to the I attended the
one online. Um, and then I had my
[41:36] neighbors are all they're have we have
they have two little kids and they go to
[41:40] the skate park almost like two three
times a week. They love it. Um, and my
[41:46] son likes to ride a scooter and you guys
already talked about it how having
[41:50] scooters also skateboarding and then
rollerblading. Having it all kind of
[41:54] come together I think is awesome. So
that was my one thing. So you guys are
[41:57] already doing it. Thank you.
>> You'll enjoy the pump truck. Yeah. Use
[42:02] the terminology. Okay. So that with that
this meeting is now adjourned. The
[42:08] community services commission will
reconvene for its regularly next
[42:11] scheduled meeting on Wednesday April 8th
when chairman Lancaster will be taking
[42:16] over. We're now adjourned.