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[36:15] Well, good evening everyone. Uh, my name
is David Fa. I'm chair of the uh, city
[36:20] of Meny's Parks, Recreation, and Trails
Commission, and I'd like to call this
[36:23] meeting to order at 6:00 PM and welcome
all those who are here and watching
[36:28] online. Uh, let's begin with uh, a roll
call. Uh, Miss Valencia,
[36:34] » Commissioner Goodwoice
>> here.
[36:36] » Commissioner Matoyer
>> here.
[36:39] » Commissioner Trembley is absent. Vice
Chair Peterson
[36:42] » here.
>> Chair FA
[36:44] » here. Thank you very much. I've asked
Commissioner Maguire to to lead us in
[36:49] the Pledge of Allegiance.
>> Please.
[36:55] Ready? Begin. I pledge allegiance to the
flag of the United States of America and
[37:01] to the republic for which it stands. One
nation under God, indivisible, with
[37:07] liberty and justice for all.
[37:13] » Thank you very much. We're now on item
four, agenda approval or modifications.
[37:19] Do we uh commissioners, do we have any
uh any modifications required of the of
[37:24] the of the agenda or or Miss Valencia,
do we have any modifications to the
[37:30] agenda?
>> Uh there are no modifications to the
[37:32] agenda.
>> Okay. All right. Thank you. Then let's
[37:36] move to number five, presentations.
First 5.1, Community Services Department
[37:40] employees of the quarter.
Thank you.
[37:47] Good evening, chair and commissioners.
So, every quarter, CSD employees are
[37:51] asked to nominate their fellow
colleagues that exemplify exceptional
[37:54] customer service skills, teamwork, and
initiative. Our selection panel then
[37:59] reviews all of the nominations, and we
choose one part-time and one full-time
[38:03] team member to represent us as our
employees of the quarter. Um, so at this
[38:08] time, can I please ask our commissioners
to um come to the front to help us
[38:12] recognize our employees?
[38:24] So, first I'd like to begin with our
part-time employee of the quarter, Kelly
[38:28] Laflur. She is a CS leader too assigned
to our special events team, but more
[38:34] specifically inventory and requests for
support. Kelly, can you please come
[38:38] forward?
[applause]
[38:49] Uh, so this nomination is extremely
welldeserved and actually a long time
[38:54] coming. Kelly has been nominated seven
times in 2025.
[38:59] And for good reason. Uh Kelly joined us
two years ago and since then has been
[39:06] assigned to our senior center as well as
our front desk admin team before joining
[39:10] the special events team. She is an
absolute pleasure to work with. Um her
[39:14] organization organizational skills, work
ethic, and creativity know no bounds. Um
[39:19] it's been a joy to work directly with
her last year. Um I gave her a couple of
[39:23] tasks of revamping some protocols and
procedures and she ran with it. as you
[39:29] can see through every single nomination
she has. Um, but more specifically, here
[39:33] is what one of her nominators had to say
about her. Kelly's good sense and
[39:36] decisiveness make her a pleasure to work
under. She treats her staff with total
[39:40] respect, solicits our opinions on just
about every task she proposes to tackle,
[39:45] and she jumps right in and works right
alongside us. because of Kelly's major
[39:49] improvements with regards to our team's
ability to track and work with our
[39:52] equipment and supplies, her excellent
disposition, her management and care of
[39:56] her staff, and her strong mindfulness to
represent the city well at our public
[40:00] events. I think Kelly is very deserving
and an excellent choice to receive
[40:04] employee of the quarter award. And we
agree.
[40:08] Thank you, Kelly. [applause]
[40:12] » Thank you very much.
[40:16] Our
[applause]
[40:21] full-time employee of the quarter is
Aaron Narcissis, our supervisor
[40:25] overseeing Parks and Right away. And at
this time, I'm going to hand it over to
[40:28] Bryce. Aaron, can you please come up?
>> All right.
[40:35] All right. Yeah, we we definitely want
to congratulate Aaron on being the
[40:39] employee of the quarter. It's welld
deserved. Um, it's welld deserved as he
[40:42] is one of the major puzzle pieces that
helps run the parks and rideway
[40:45] maintenance for the city. Uh, he
supervises 11 full-time, multiple
[40:50] part-time. He oversees 22 parks, 6
million square feet of rideway
[40:54] landscape, and in all of that, he always
puts his staff first. He sacrifices his
[41:00] own time to help his staff in at work,
outside of work. Um, he's a a big team
[41:05] player. Uh Aaron not only helps with his
immediate team but he also uh helps the
[41:11] whole city, the department and
everything be successful in those ways.
[41:15] Um
the most most recent accomplishment that
[41:19] Aaron has helped with uh he's he's one
of the biggest parts of creating the
[41:24] turf management program that we
implemented this year and over the next
[41:28] few years we're definitely going to see
uh the Meny parks come alive and stay
[41:32] that and all the users and residents of
Meny um will be because uh have those
[41:37] nice clean parks and everything to play
on because of Aaron's uh hard work and
[41:42] everything that he's put into that. So,
congratulations, Aaron.
[41:47] [applause]
[41:52] » Congratulations to Kelly and Aaron on
this accomplishment and for representing
[41:55] our departments so well. And thank you,
commissioners.
[42:11] Congratulations
again, Erin and Kelly. Outstanding.
[42:17] » Thank you.
>> Thank you so much.
[42:20] [laughter]
[clears throat]
[42:23] » I apologize. I I forgot to recognize our
newest commissioner who's joined us uh
[42:29] at this meeting and uh most recently
been appointed by acting mayor u uh
[42:35] Carwin and that is uh Justin Mcuire. And
thank you Justin. Congratulations on
[42:41] your appointment and we look forward to
working with you.
[42:44] Let's move to let's move to item 5.2
general plan open space and conservation
[42:50] element updates and I understand
Fernando Herrera is going to lead us
[42:53] with that.
>> Good evening members of the commission.
[42:58] Um, this item is for a general plan
amendment to amend the city's open space
[43:04] and conservation element, which will add
additional colorifying language per
[43:08] Senate bill 1425.
[43:12] In regards to the open space element,
it's one of the seven mandatory elements
[43:16] required by uh law uh as part of the
general plan. It identifies, maps, and
[43:21] preserves land of natural resources,
agriculture, and outdoor recreation for
[43:26] the public health and safety of our
residents. It also determines and
[43:30] directs long-term planning for
undeveloped or lightly developed land to
[43:35] ensure environmental protection, uh,
biodiversity, and community aesthetics.
[43:41] The update was required on September
30th, 2022 when SB1 1425 required in
[43:48] cities and counties to review and update
their open space elements as part of the
[43:51] general plan update. Um for the city of
Meny, we did look at our element and um
[43:58] basically everything is already covered.
Um but we want to go through and ensure
[44:01] that everything is crystal clear. Um so
this is required by January 1st, 2026,
[44:06] but again our elements are already
covered. everything that's going to be
[44:09] discussed in 1425.
So, what are the required updates? Uh,
[44:14] so basically, it's going to require all
cities and counties to have access to
[44:19] open space for all residents in a matter
that's consistent with social economic
[44:24] racial equality correlated with the
environmental justice element or
[44:27] environmental justice policies. Um in
the general plan uh the climate
[44:33] resilience is going to be something that
needs to be discussed and other co-
[44:36] benefits of open space correlated with
the safety element
[44:40] as well as reing opportunities
correlated with the land use element. So
[44:44] in regards to rew reing sorry uh this
refers to opportunities to preserve and
[44:50] enhance and expand an integrated network
of open space to support beneficial uses
[44:56] such as habitat uh recreational natural
resources historic tribal resources
[45:00] water management etc.
So what are the proposed changes? Um so
[45:07] we kind of went through the open space
and conservation element. Uh we added
[45:11] additional policies. So some of them
pertain to parks and recreation,
[45:14] recreational trails and biological
resources just to uh you know when we
[45:20] have projects that come to the city we
have to ensure that there's findings and
[45:23] we use the goals and policies in the
general plan to uh support the findings
[45:27] uh for the projects that move forward in
the city. So just adding additional
[45:31] language to uh help us with this.
Additionally uh we are going to add a
[45:36] new section to clarify climate
resiliency. Uh so this section is going
[45:40] to have a goal of maintaining um and
strengthening men's resilience to
[45:46] climate change um by utilizing open
space and the natural systems that exist
[45:51] within our city. Uh so we do have a
variety of policies uh such as the
[45:55] encouragement of green streets,
prioritizing the use of native and
[45:59] drought tolerant plants. So this is
stuff that we already do but we're
[46:02] putting it into policy and goal
language. work with the developers and
[46:05] property owners to establish and expand
trail networks, utilize building
[46:09] materials and methods that minimize
energy use. Uh so this is already
[46:12] required by California state law. Um and
prioritizing local building materials.
[46:16] Uh so we basically to summarize it all
up uh we're we're clarifying and adding
[46:23] language just to make it clear. Um we
also have to look at the relationships
[46:27] to the existing and future plans. So uh
because the general plan does create the
[46:31] framework that all plans and policies
and guidelines have to follow um this
[46:35] will um ensure that the blueprint um is
going to be consistent. So uh again it
[46:42] just reinforces what we are doing.
The next steps after this so we've
[46:47] already notified the tribes as we're
required to anytime that we amend a
[46:50] general plan. Uh so we brought it forth
today to the parks recreation and trails
[46:54] commission. Uh the next steps is going
to be to finalize uh the amendments and
[46:58] then once that's accomplished uh we'll
send out public notice and then take it
[47:02] for planning commission for
recommendation and then finally city
[47:05] council for final action.
Uh do you have any questions
[47:11] » commissioners? Any questions for Mr.
O'Hara?
[47:14] » I have a thought on it.
>> Sure.
[47:16] » We have a parks master plan right now.
How do we integrate that into it
[47:20] » or do we need to?
>> Yes. Uh so because the the open space
[47:24] element is the overarching document uh
that the whole city has to follow uh the
[47:29] parks uh uh the master plan would
already be consistent with the general
[47:32] plan.
>> Thank you Mr. Hera for letting us know
[47:37] about these updates uh to the plan to
keep us in compliance with new uh
[47:42] legislation. And thank you for your
time.
[47:45] » Thank you.
[47:49] We're now on item six, uh, public
comments for non-aggenda items, uh,
[47:54] only. This is the time for members of
the public to address the commission
[47:57] about items which are not listed on the
agenda. The Ralph M. Brown Act limits
[48:02] the commission's ability to respond to
comments on non-aggendaized matters at
[48:06] the time such comments are made. Each
speaker will be limited to three minutes
[48:10] on any single item. Please. Uh, and I
understand uh uh Madame Clerk that we
[48:17] have one person that would like to
speak.
[48:19] » Yes, Matt Piery.
[48:27] » This is my first time at one of these,
so I have no idea what I'm doing here,
[48:30] but uh
>> Well, welcome Matt.
[48:32] » Uh, thank you for uh letting me come up
to speak. Um, my name is Matt. I'm uh
[48:37] been a resident in the Canyon Lake and
Meny area for the last seven years. And
[48:40] I'm a frequent user of the uh Salt Creek
Trail. Uh so I run it usually once a
[48:45] week, sometimes two to three times a
week. Uh and in an effort to use a car
[48:50] less and you know explore other modes of
cardio, I've been biking along the trail
[48:54] to uh run errands. Um, and now that I'm
coming out of my winter hibernation and
[49:01] starting to use the trail a little bit
more, uh, I've thought of a few
[49:05] suggestions for improvement that I
wanted to to bring before you all. Um,
[49:09] first is the possibility of adding, uh,
trash cans or some sort of like waste
[49:13] management along the the trail, probably
along like Mya Road or Bradley Road,
[49:20] like the intersections with uh, major
roadways. I've noticed that trash does
[49:24] tend to accumulate along the trail. Um,
some people dump waste and I know that
[49:28] trash cans probably wouldn't resolve
like the larger waste items, but it
[49:31] could still be a good uh way to
encourage people to dispose of their
[49:34] trash uh not on the trail. Um, and then
as summer's coming up, uh, I tend to use
[49:41] the trail a lot more during summer. Uh,
and as we all know, summers are uh very
[49:46] hot down here. Um, and I've been on
other trails in in other parts of the
[49:52] country, similar trails, where uh
there's a lot of green cover. And the
[49:56] idea was to plant trees that could
preferably native native trees that
[50:00] could offer shade um along the trail. Uh
even 40 to 50% shade coverage can reduce
[50:08] uh the temperature of the asphalt
significantly. Um, and I also know that
[50:13] trees take time to grow and this
probably is not going to be something
[50:15] that yields results immediately, but uh,
as we tend to have as we
[50:20] have year after year, they become the
hottest year on record. I think this
[50:23] would be, uh, pay dividends in the
future. So, I just wanted to bring those
[50:26] to your attention if you're not already
aware. And, uh, thank you for your time.
[50:31] » Uh, thank you, Mr. Percy. Appreciate
your comments.
[50:35] [clears throat] We're now at item seven,
approval of the minutes. Uh uh
[50:39] commissioners, hopefully you've had a
chance to review the December 4th uh
[50:44] PRTC uh meeting minutes. Are there any
uh
[50:49] corrections that are necessary?
And if not, can I have a a a motion to
[50:55] approve?
>> So moved.
[50:59] » Second.
I'll second that. And all in favor say
[51:04] I.
>> I.
[51:05] » I.
>> Okay. and the minutes are approved.
[51:09] Okay, we're now at the consent calendar
and uh
[51:16] this is the time for uh let's see, all
matters of the consent calendar are to
[51:22] be approved in one motion unless a
commission member requests a separate
[51:25] action on a specific item on the consent
calendar. If an item is removed from the
[51:30] consent calendar, it will be discussed
individually and act upon separately. Uh
[51:34] clerk, are there any requests to speak
on the consent calendar items?
[51:38] » There are none.
>> Okay. Uh can I have a motion uh to
[51:43] approve the consent calendar unless
there's someone has a something they
[51:46] would like to discuss?
>> I'll move to approve that one.
[51:51] » Can I have a second?
>> Second.
[51:54] » Okay. All in favor say I. I. I. I.
>> All right. Unanimous. The consent
[51:59] calendar has been approved.
[52:07] So we're now on section nine uh
discussion items. This 9.1 selection of
[52:14] chair and vice chair. And the action
that we need to take is to appoint a a a
[52:20] chair and vice chair for the parks,
recreation, trails commission for the
[52:24] for the next uh year.
So, commissioners, uh, any, uh, any, uh,
[52:30] nominations that you'd like to make for,
uh, for chair or vice chair?
[52:34] » I'd like to nominate you for chair
again.
[52:38] » Thank Thank you, Mr. Gro.
Any other nominations?
[52:42] » Well, I'll I'll second that one.
>> Okay. [clears throat]
[52:45] Uh, I'd like to nominate Laz uh
to serve again as as vice chair. I I
[52:53] he's served this last year and I think
he's just getting uh his his feet wet
[52:58] now and and uh now he knows uh what what
the plan is and so I'd like to recommend
[53:03] Laz as to continue serving as vice chair
and I appreciate the the nomination as
[53:09] chair again. So So we have before us uh
David F as chair and Laz Peterson as
[53:15] vice chair. Can I have a a motion to
approve? A
[53:19] » motion.
>> Okay. And then seconded.
[53:23] » Second.
>> And all in favor?
[53:25] » I
>> say I.
[53:26] » I.
>> I. Okay. Congratulations,
[53:30] Laz Peterson.
>> And myself.
[53:34] Uh, that makes it easy. Don't have to
change name plates or anything like
[53:38] that. So,
uh, thank you for your confidence in in
[53:42] us to to serve another term. Uh, we're
at 9.2 now. Qui assessment for HA haven
[53:49] uh, development. TM 387666
[53:53] and recommended action is to review and
approve the Quimby assessment for the
[53:57] Haven development track to meet the pro
project requirements under Meny
[54:01] Municipal Code 7.75
Parkland dedication and fees. Miss
[54:07] Mitchell,
>> good evening chair and commissioners. Um
[54:12] I tonight we're reviewing our um first
quibby of the of 2026 brand new year. Um
[54:18] so here we have the Haven development
which is located uh north of Garbani
[54:22] Road west of Evans Road. Um just under
uh 20 acres of residential development.
[54:28] Uh this one is a little bit unique
because it does have 67 single family
[54:32] dwelling units as well as 67 adjacent
accessory dwelling units. So the total
[54:38] uh is um 67 of the single family and an
additional the same amount of ADUs. Um
[54:43] so with this uh to determine the
parkland dedication requirement because
[54:47] we have the mix of single family units
and uh accessory dwelling units uh the
[54:52] single family is calculated at the full
um amount of uh the 2.85 average
[54:57] population multiplied by the 5 acres per
thousand residents. Um so the parkland
[55:02] dedication for that is just under an
acre. And for the accessory dwelling
[55:07] units, it's it's essentially the same
formula but at 50% because it is it's
[55:11] not the full size of a single family
dwelling unit. So the total parkland
[55:15] dedication required for this particular
development is just under 1.5 acres.
[55:22] And so this development does have an HOA
maintained amenity proposed and it is a
[55:27] recreation center with a pool. It is
private. And so under the municipal
[55:31] code, we do allow for up to 50% of
credit for HOA maintained amenities. Uh
[55:37] simply because uh the HOA maintained
amenities do offset any impact to city
[55:42] maintained amenities or parks nearby. So
which is why we consider um the amenity
[55:47] for the 50% credit. So if commission uh
does approve that 50% credit, that would
[55:53] bring down the required parkland
dedication to 1.2 acres. And for this
[55:58] one, uh, we have the appraised value of,
uh, 300,000 an acre, meaning that, uh,
[56:02] the remainder of the parkland dedication
would be paid in L fees, uh, which would
[56:07] be about $360,000
in quimby fee assessment. So, at this
[56:12] time, I welcome commission uh, to review
the information. If there's any
[56:15] questions, I'd be happy to answer that.
Uh but essentially we're looking to
[56:18] affirm that the combination of the HOA
maintained uh um amenity as well as the
[56:24] inluff fees does meet the Quimby Act
requirements for this project.
[56:31] » Thank you, Miss Mitchell. Commissioners,
any questions for Miss Mitchell?
[56:37] » Okay. And uh is the is the pool the the
only amenity that's proposed?
[56:42] » That is the only recre It's a community
center with a pool. Yes.
[56:45] » Okay. So, so it's appropriate that uh we
use this calculation uh uh to uh to make
[56:52] sure because since the the development
does not have any parkland itself,
[56:57] they're going to be using existing parks
in the area and this is uh having that
[57:03] uh that uh fee of 360,000 will go a long
way to enhancing our existing parks. the
[57:11] uh the 50% credit for uh ADUs. Uh uh you
don't see that too often, but uh is this
[57:20] a when did we implement that component?
>> So it's not credit, it's um just when we
[57:26] assess the fee um it's 50% because it's
uh the ADUs can't go over 1,200 square
[57:31] ft. So we assess it at 50% of the single
family unit rate.
[57:35] » Okay. But ADUs are fairly new. So we we
added this uh this uh 50%
[57:43] » yes to address
>> to to accommodate that.
[57:45] » Mhm.
>> Okay. Commissioners, if no there's no
[57:47] questions, then can I have a motion to
to uh approve the uh rec the uh
[57:54] and and and
basically certify that the the uh the
[57:58] calculations uh and fees are correct.
>> So moved.
[58:04] » Okay. A second.
>> I'll second that.
[58:07] » All right.
All in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed?
[58:13] Okay, that is passed. Thank you very
much. Now, let's move on to 9.3, which
[58:17] is the Quimby assessment for Oakstone uh
or called used to be called Menife
[58:24] Vista, I believe. Uh and our action is
uh to review and approve the Quimby
[58:28] assessment for Oakstone development
track 38128 uh previously Mini Vista to
[58:34] meet project requirements of the
municipal code chapter 7.75 parkland
[58:37] dedication and fees
Mitchell.
[58:42] » All right. Uh so here we have another
development Oakstone. Uh this is located
[58:47] uh west of Buyers Road norththeast of
Getats and Valley Boulevard. Um, so if
[58:52] you're familiar with the area, it's just
a little bit south of where Simmeron
[58:55] Ridge is. Um, and this one is 96 single
family dwelling units with just under 30
[59:01] uh acres of uh residential development.
Uh, so the parkland dedication for uh
[59:06] this development uh is uh just just over
1 acres, so 1.3 acres. And then uh for
[59:14] this there is a HOA maintained amenity
which is a park. It's 1.25 25 acres with
[59:20] a tot uh active play spaces for uh
various ages, picnic tables, benches, as
[59:25] well as a walking trail and some turf
open turf area for um uh recreational
[59:30] purposes. Um so kind of the same lines
with the Quimby Quimby assessment
[59:34] calculation. Um we do offer 50% uh
credit for HOA maintained amenities. And
[59:40] so 50% of the 1.25 acres is uh just over
half an acre. And so if we remove um we
[59:47] add that credit to the parkland uh
required parkland um we're just over
[59:53] just under8 uh acres that uh needs to be
paid in fees. Um so we have uh the
[59:59] agreed upon value of 300,000 uh which is
uh similar to what has been recently
[1:00:04] appraised in the area. Uh so the inloo
fees would be 223,500.
[1:00:10] Uh so again asking commission to review
the information um and agree that the uh
[1:00:15] HOA proposed uh proposed HOA amenities
are active recreation amenities so would
[1:00:21] be eligible for the 50% credit and that
the remainder of the parkland dedication
[1:00:25] be paid in low fees. I'll be happy to
answer any questions.
[1:00:29] » All right. Thank you Miss Mitchell. Uh
any questions for Miss Mitchell?
[1:00:34] Commissioners. Okay. Can I have a motion
to approve the calculation and that it
[1:00:39] meets the requirements of municipal code
7
[1:00:42] » to approve?
>> Okay, we have a motion to approve. A
[1:00:45] second.
>> Second.
[1:00:47] » All right, all in favor say I.
>> I. Any opposed? Okay, it's unanimous.
[1:00:52] Thank you very much. Okay, let's go to
uh uh item number uh number 9.4, capital
[1:01:00] improvement program quarterly update.
Mr. Bryce Hal. Yes, I'll be presenting
[1:01:05] that commission. Um, and we brought this
back as if uh from request from or not
[1:01:10] back, but we will have our quarterly
update. Um, we had it in the consent
[1:01:14] before and we realized that we really
want to get in depth for you guys to be
[1:01:17] able to see uh that what's happening
with the capital improvement. Uh, a lot
[1:01:21] of times over the last year, it just
seemed like a lot of them were we're in
[1:01:25] design, we're in design, we're in
design. So, we're we are starting to
[1:01:28] actually move forward on those projects
that were in design, which we're we're
[1:01:31] happy to. Um and that brings a lot of
things up for the public uh for use. So
[1:01:37] as you can see there's 14 projects that
we have um either in design uh some of
[1:01:41] them are in construction uh and and that
goes through there. Uh we have our
[1:01:45] target completion dates. This is just
the schedule or kind of overview of
[1:01:49] description of those and I'll go through
a lot of those on these following
[1:01:52] slides.
So one of the biggest ones uh that has
[1:01:56] been in design and going is the AMS AMR
skate park improvements. What that is is
[1:02:01] the ticket booth and a ranger station
that'll be there at Audi Murphy next to
[1:02:05] the skate park. Um both of them will be
at that location. They're two separate
[1:02:09] buildings, but they're both on each side
of the um skate park there on the east
[1:02:14] side of the park. Um this is going to
council for construction uh in March for
[1:02:19] approval. And that that would be the
contractor that's there. Uh the total
[1:02:23] estimate construction cost is right
around uh $600,000 and that includes
[1:02:28] furniture and everything that's in there
uh contingency, you know, anything if we
[1:02:32] run into issues. So, we have the
building uh that was a pre-engineered
[1:02:36] building that we already have that will
be hauled over there. They'll put that
[1:02:39] thing together uh and then our rangers
will have it. Um as you can see the
[1:02:44] diagram below. So, the the ticket booth,
it's a smaller about almost a little
[1:02:49] under 300 square ft. And then the ranger
station uh alto together is about 900
[1:02:54] total square feet. You have your
multi-purpose room. They'll have a large
[1:02:58] office for uh for multiple rangers in
there for their station there to be able
[1:03:02] to with their computers and everything.
Their docking stations will be able to
[1:03:05] put inter programs on there with the
multi-purpose room. Um it'll be so the
[1:03:09] rangers can have u the youth and and
adults and everybody there um at that
[1:03:14] station. So, we're excited to get this
uh this has been a a couple years been
[1:03:19] working on this and finally we're now
we're at that point where we can get to
[1:03:23] the construction. Um and we're looking
to be able to complete this this summer.
[1:03:27] So, open up and um for the public on
that. We have two other ones that are
[1:03:31] going into construction this uh this
month and then the beginning of next
[1:03:35] month. So, uh the park and facility
multi-use buildings, those are the
[1:03:38] locker rooms. Those are we're they're
temporary locker rooms that we're having
[1:03:42] behind for uh parks parks and facilities
staff, park rangers as well. Um that
[1:03:47] will be able to use that and that's
behind fire station 7. So those are the
[1:03:51] locker rooms. We're putting electrical,
plumbing, and everything into that. Uh
[1:03:55] that starts uh February 27th. Uh the
construction on that, it doesn't impact
[1:04:00] any of the fire station or nothing like
that. It's all in the it's on the back
[1:04:04] part of it. So it won't impact any
services or anything at the fire
[1:04:07] station. is just that's where we have
our maintenance yard is behind that and
[1:04:11] then the uh roof rehabilitation. So the
um silicone roof that's on top of the KC
[1:04:18] center not as you can see on that
picture that's there. It's the white
[1:04:21] part. So that's getting redone. Um we've
had some leaks over the years is an
[1:04:25] older building. So we're just keeping
the upkeep on those that is going uh and
[1:04:29] that starts in another week February
23rd
[1:04:32] and that one itself will take about a
week. It'll move pretty quick. So, uh,
[1:04:37] we're hoping no more rain until at least
that gets done.
[1:04:41] Another one that we, uh, is our park
signage that you guys have approved and
[1:04:45] seen. So, the signs actually have
started getting delivered as of today.
[1:04:49] We received our first shipment of signs.
It's the smaller signs that you can see
[1:04:52] like the picnic like a pro, the unleash
your f, you know, unleash for the for
[1:04:57] the dog park and everything like that.
There's a few the signs, you'll see
[1:05:00] those starting to go up uh, in the next
few weeks. New signs and everything.
[1:05:04] We're still waiting for the second
shipment, which will be the larger park
[1:05:08] rule signs that you like you can see
there in the picture that says ELP
[1:05:12] Peterson. Uh once we get all those in,
we'll we'll start installing those as
[1:05:16] well. But we're excited to at least get
the new signs that we have, we'll get
[1:05:20] those installed right away.
Uh we have a few other parks uh that are
[1:05:27] in design right now. So, Lalera Park
enhancements uh that we are just about
[1:05:32] ready for our second plan review,
hopefully the final um so we can get a
[1:05:36] permit for that and get out to bid for
uh Ladera Park enhancements. That is the
[1:05:41] adding another small uh baseball field
to the park. So, there'll be two small
[1:05:46] uh youth baseball fields there with
lights to be able to use that are there.
[1:05:50] Uh Banner Village playground, we almost
completed the design of that park. You
[1:05:54] can see there that's adding the
playground there at the at the park. So,
[1:05:58] there's already a splash pad there on
the opposite side on the west side of
[1:06:01] that uh basketball court. We'll put the
playground so it won't be right up
[1:06:04] against the uh splash pad. So, they
won't be able to I know it would
[1:06:08] probably fun, you know, to run for the
playground all wet and you know, the
[1:06:11] splash spot on the playground, but we
don't need that. So, we separated on the
[1:06:15] different side of that. The Hidden Hills
and uh ELP Peterson, those lights are
[1:06:21] under design. So, we're almost done with
those. We are waiting for the structural
[1:06:24] design from Musco to be able to get
that. They're working uh real quick with
[1:06:28] us. So, we have all the engineering on
the electrical engineering done on that.
[1:06:33] We uh as soon as we have that uh
structural for our footing foundations,
[1:06:36] that'll go through permitting and we'll
be bringing that back to council for
[1:06:40] approval for the construction and
installation of that. Uh and then the
[1:06:44] LMD, the turf conversion, that one is
moving along pretty well. We're waiting,
[1:06:48] we we've submitted all our applications.
We're about 90% done with the design of
[1:06:54] it. So we can um that we've already had
enough to be able to turn in for the
[1:06:57] application. So we can go out to bid for
the construction for that to be able to
[1:07:01] remove that non-usable turf in the
rightways uh that we don't have a lot of
[1:07:04] funding. It's a lot of it's potable
water. So we'll be able to replace that
[1:07:08] with drought tolerant landscape. Um
Quail Valley Park, we're heavily in
[1:07:12] design with that. We have our um updates
are our weekly our bi-weekly meetings
[1:07:17] that we have um with the architect on
that. So we're working quickly with our
[1:07:21] quickly to get that design going in. And
once we're to a point, we'll definitely
[1:07:25] bring that back to commission. So, um,
you guys can see it and I believe it's
[1:07:29] coming in in March. So, you it'll we'll
present you the actual design and
[1:07:33] everything in March. So, you guys will
see that. And then Sun City, we're just
[1:07:37] still waiting. This is the month once
we'll hear back if we um receive some
[1:07:41] grant funding. If we didn't, we have
funding, but we wanted to try to re uh
[1:07:45] get some grant funding for that. So that
would kind of counteract for some some
[1:07:49] other, you know, open up some puns for
some other projects, even that one
[1:07:52] itself. Um, but it's if we hear from
that month, we hear this month from that
[1:07:57] if we don't get it, we're still going to
we're already ready. We'll go out to bid
[1:08:00] and we'll be moving along with that
project.
[1:08:04] And then Central P, sorry, Central Park
Amphitheater that's in there. Um, that's
[1:08:08] moved along. It still at a standstill
just so that as the beams are getting
[1:08:13] manufactured, our CIP is running heavily
with that. So that those won't be
[1:08:17] delivered start being delivered until
May. That's the estimated time on those
[1:08:21] that they're going to be coming. So
they're being in Switzerland. They'll be
[1:08:24] shipped over here and then uh they'll
start installing those in May.
[1:08:29] And that's really all I have for the
CIP. Um if you guys have any questions,
[1:08:34] um let me know and I'm can answer them
for you.
[1:08:38] » Thank Thank you, Mr. Hal. Uh, any
questions, commissioners, for for Bryce?
[1:08:43] » The Sun City Park,
>> you're waiting for possible grant money.
[1:08:47] Do you have any timeline on that? Where
do we draw the line?
[1:08:51] » Yes. No. Um, we actually submitted our
application in August 2025 and we're
[1:08:55] told by the California Natural Resource
Agency that a notification for awards
[1:08:59] should come out in February or March.
So, that that's kind of the the timeline
[1:09:03] for us.
>> Close.
[1:09:05] » Thank you.
>> Yeah. And that's why we did the design.
[1:09:06] We're ready for it. So when we get it,
we're ready to hit the road. Uh we
[1:09:10] didn't want to wait for that and then
have to work backwards, you know. So
[1:09:14] we're ready for that and to move on.
[clears throat] Exactly.
[1:09:16] » Is the grant a hard number or is it uh
based on just how they divvy up the
[1:09:22] funds?
>> Um the the grant that we applied for um
[1:09:26] we were looking for because it's a
matching grant. Uh so based on the
[1:09:29] engineers report or engineers estimates
that we got from the design uh we were
[1:09:34] we're targeting that amount which was a
total of 1.5 million. So, we're looking
[1:09:37] at uh 750,000 matching.
>> That would be that would be wonderful.
[1:09:43] Uh question on the uh at Central Park.
Um and you know, I understand about the
[1:09:50] fabrication of the beams and and such.
Uh and hopefully we'll still see
[1:09:54] completion by the end of this year. Will
the bridge be open and available before
[1:09:59] the amphitheater is completed?
>> Yes, it will.
[1:10:02] » Okay. And is there a target date for the
bridge specifically?
[1:10:06] We're still looking. It'll definitely be
this spring um before early summer, but
[1:10:11] it it'll be this spring we'll it'll
it'll open up. So, there's just a few
[1:10:15] last little items that they're putting
on there. There's some lighting. There's
[1:10:18] the shade sails that go over top and a
little bit of landscape. Um so, it's
[1:10:23] that really close for it to be
completed.
[1:10:28] » Commissioners, any other any other
questions?
[1:10:31] I just have one one other question uh on
the conceptual design for Evans Park
[1:10:37] North. What are uh the key elements or
are we still trying to flesh that out of
[1:10:42] what we would like to see there from
from a conceptual point?
[1:10:47] » Correct. So, we're we're reaching out a
couple different angles on that right
[1:10:50] now. Uh we've reached out to another
consultant. Uh we have a consultant that
[1:10:54] will do the design for it, but we're
looking at possibly um seeing what we
[1:10:59] can do to match almost the existing park
that's at Evans already. Uh Evans and
[1:11:03] Craig, something similar to that or in
that same zone. You know, we already
[1:11:07] have the bike park and everything there.
Uh so we're looking if we can kind of
[1:11:11] continue that into the other park. So
we're working with a consultant on that.
[1:11:15] So you're looking more of a of a almost
like a open space park or w wild
[1:11:22] wilderness type park or will this have
amenities like playgrounds and at one
[1:11:26] time we talked about you know we
envision community center and things
[1:11:31] like that.
>> Yeah. So it defin we're not going to
[1:11:33] that route now. Uh after this uh parks
master plan we realized that's not a
[1:11:37] good location for it. Uh since and well
originally it was going to have the pool
[1:11:41] and things like that. That was our
design but we were going to share that
[1:11:43] with Paloma. Paloma built a pool. So
that that was part of those talks back
[1:11:48] in
uh 2015, I think, when the original U
[1:11:52] parks master plan was going on. So
that's why we've kind of changed what we
[1:11:56] were going to do. And then there's
limitations that we can put at that
[1:11:59] park. Um that's what we're working
that's why we're working on it for the
[1:12:02] environmental. There's areas that we are
going to either have to stay out of,
[1:12:05] move some of the the the habitat there,
but that's what we're that's what's kind
[1:12:10] of holding us up a little bit. And it's
not a big area. most of it we can use
[1:12:13] but we are trying to figure out what we
can do to work around there uh on those
[1:12:17] areas
>> it uh is that blue line streams going
[1:12:20] through the property there too that
>> so there is that blue line there's a
[1:12:24] little bit of a blue line so those blue
areas are the areas that we'd have to uh
[1:12:27] avoid or either relocate but off to you
can see that gray line that goes through
[1:12:33] that's actually a trail so that is the
um wash that goes through there so
[1:12:38] that's that basin or the culvert that
goes through that area so we that's not
[1:12:42] our property, that's the county, we'd
stay out of there. But, um, so it's it's
[1:12:46] more of a triangular shape that we'd be
working with.
[1:12:51] » Great. Uh, I, uh, given the the the kind
of the a changing scope there, I I'd
[1:12:57] love to see something like with natural
features, boulders and things that uh,
[1:13:03] kids can climb on. Kind of like almost
like an an outdoor adventure park would
[1:13:07] be awesome in in that space. And another
item on there, so EMWD is doing their
[1:13:12] final, there's another connection that
they have for the recycle water. Um, it
[1:13:16] will go all the way down to Hidden
Hills. Uh, that final connection under
[1:13:20] the road hasn't actually happened yet.
Even though Hidden Hills, it says it's
[1:13:23] recycled water and stuff, we're actually
paying potable water fees and everything
[1:13:26] still for that. Um, because EMWD knew
they were going to have that connection.
[1:13:30] So, they're working on that connection.
And while they have that, they're going
[1:13:33] to be tearing up the street. So, what
they're going to do is uh so we don't
[1:13:36] have to tear up the street in the
future, they'll be able to stub up. Now,
[1:13:39] we'll still have to get a meter and do
some smaller things in there, but
[1:13:42] they're able to tie in that way and help
us out. Um, so that way we don't have to
[1:13:46] do that. So, EMWD is going to get ready
for some of those things. I'm not 100%
[1:13:51] sure when they're doing that, but I've
been working with them on that and we
[1:13:53] might retrofit another area in that to
recycle water as well. That's a LMD
[1:13:58] that's in potable that would help save
some costs on that. So,
[1:14:01] » most definitely. Commissioner Peterson.
Yeah, [clears throat] I've had a couple
[1:14:06] requests from lessabled citizens that
they would like to see some type of um
[1:14:10] RC car um either like rock crawling or
um racetracks and um I don't know, you
[1:14:17] know, I mean, I know you guys are in in
the the design for that, but um for
[1:14:20] Evans Park, but um just to talk put on
your radar that uh they're, you know,
[1:14:25] they'd like to see something like that.
>> Absolutely. We will definitely keep that
[1:14:28] in mind too cuz you know I'm sure it
doesn't have to be a big area or
[1:14:31] anything like that but that's a
definitely a good idea to keep in our
[1:14:34] mind for anything at this park or
another park even something that's built
[1:14:38] that's already we can convert into
something like that that's a good idea
[1:14:41] » perfect thank you Royce
>> as we continue adding projects where do
[1:14:45] we reach the point where we need another
ranger or a volunteer ranger somebody
[1:14:49] temporarily to kind of like a auxiliary
has that been considered
[1:14:54] » yes no it definitely has been considered
um especially because right now in the
[1:14:59] uh last few years we haven't added too
many more projects because we're trying
[1:15:02] to to close out some of these rather
large ones. Um but every year when we go
[1:15:06] through the bianial budget process every
two years um we do assess our current uh
[1:15:10] staffing levels and make recommendations
for additions where needed. Um, we do
[1:15:15] anticipate that, you know, in in the
next coming year that we'll likely be
[1:15:18] making some requests and then depending
upon what's available um is is where
[1:15:23] we'll kind of manage uh any additional
staff to support these new areas.
[1:15:28] » Thanks,
>> Commissioner Maguire.
[1:15:32] » In reference to the park rangers, is
there I know we have two, correct?
[1:15:36] » Correct. Um and as of right now with the
the the way the parks are they don't
[1:15:42] work graveyard or
>> correct.
[1:15:44] » Okay. Is that as we add more parks and
more you know invest in these in the
[1:15:49] parks is that something that we might
consider that same thing we just talked
[1:15:52] about or
>> there's possibility we might um so
[1:15:55] there's gaps obviously because there's
so many parks and you can only have
[1:15:58] there's seven days a week that you only
have the two rangers. Um PD helps us a
[1:16:02] lot when we are at that the night time
like that. So, at least if we had a
[1:16:06] ranger and and we do have rangers in the
evening that could help lock things up
[1:16:10] if we needed to till 10 p.m., you know,
things like that, um, we'll re not rely,
[1:16:15] but definitely get help from PD in the
evening times if there's anything that
[1:16:19] we need help with on that. So, I'm not
saying no, but right now we don't have
[1:16:23] that plan. We'll work with PD on that.
>> Yeah. And if I can just uh add a little
[1:16:27] bit right there, um that our our park
rangers are enforcement technically in
[1:16:32] our parks, but we want our residents to
have positive experiences with our parks
[1:16:35] and with our park rangers. And so they
also do a lot of heavy interpretive
[1:16:39] programming. So just the conservation,
education, stewardship, we'll see at the
[1:16:44] upcoming wildlife appreciation event
coming up. Um but so it's kind of
[1:16:48] walking that balance between uh
enforcement, which they they obviously
[1:16:51] can do and will do, um but creating
positive experiences uh at our parks.
[1:16:57] » Great.
>> You know, I think Tom has a horse. Don't
[1:16:59] you still Tom? Could we give him a badge
uh and have him just ride the range
[1:17:04] » each afternoon?
>> There's not much range left, but it
[1:17:07] would be nice to have some trails to
connect. That's always been an issue in
[1:17:10] this town.
>> Well, thank you, uh Bryce, for for that
[1:17:15] that update. really appreciate that. All
right, let's go to item number 10,
[1:17:20] community services director comments.
Mrs. Mitchell.
[1:17:24] » All right, so I've got a few things to
highlight tonight. Uh first off, um last
[1:17:29] meeting that we had in December, we uh
brought forward information regarding
[1:17:32] the Audi Murphy Ranch skate park. And
so, um, based on the feedback from
[1:17:35] commission, we have organized a public
meeting, uh, that is going to be taking
[1:17:39] place on Wednesday, February 11th at
6:00 p.m. It will be hosted at the
[1:17:43] community services department in the
North Annex building. And we welcome all
[1:17:47] residents as this is the community skate
park for all of Meny um that are
[1:17:52] interested in providing input on our
current programming and what future
[1:17:56] programming might be might look like.
Um, so again, that that's coming up
[1:18:00] pretty quickly here. Um, also wanted to
highlight uh yesterday we had our
[1:18:04] midyear budget review um with city
council at a workshop earlier in the day
[1:18:08] and uh there are quite a few items that
that were approved in the midyear
[1:18:12] budget. Um midyear is kind of one of
those uh components where it's an
[1:18:16] opportunity for the department and the
city to kind of rightsize budget. So
[1:18:20] there's not a lot of huge asks that
typically go forward for city council at
[1:18:24] midyear. Um but there are things that we
are looking to address based on some of
[1:18:28] the strategic initiatives council has
directed us and some of the um the
[1:18:33] bigger items that our parks master plan
has identified that we need to work on.
[1:18:37] And so some of those things in our
operating budget um you know we got
[1:18:40] additional funding for the central park
turf replacement because as we know with
[1:18:43] the civic center parking lot, Paloma
Wash Bridge, pedestrian bridge and the
[1:18:47] amphitheater uh turf is looking a little
you know worse for wear lately you know
[1:18:51] but there's a lot of construction going
on. So uh as the amenities uh come uh
[1:18:56] come into fruition and completion um
we'll phase one will kind of concentrate
[1:19:00] in the area directly in front of the
Paloma Wash pedestrian bridge um looking
[1:19:04] at midcycle at um updating phase two
which would be the area directly in
[1:19:09] front of the amphitheater. So um but we
did get approved for additional funding
[1:19:12] for phase one. Uh we also got approved
for the green fence installation uh to
[1:19:16] kind of remove that um what's it called?
the
[1:19:20] » wooden there's a old wooden fence that's
just deteriorating.
[1:19:23] » Yes. On Gets Road and so um that's
coming down and instead we're putting in
[1:19:27] green uh shrubbery shrubs uh to be kind
of like that fence uh along the the
[1:19:33] roadway. Uh that will hopefully improve
the the uh look and feel of that area.
[1:19:38] Um that's something that's been asked
for for quite some time. Um we also uh
[1:19:42] were approved for the arts and public
places standards and guidelines. So um
[1:19:47] previous fiscal year or I want to say
the 2425 um we had uh kind of earmarked
[1:19:52] some funding for a uh project for art in
the park and so um but we were kind of
[1:19:58] holding off because we know the city was
uh undergoing the whole uh unique
[1:20:02] identity placemaking tourism master plan
which was recently adopted. So now that
[1:20:06] we have a better understanding of uh
what the city is looking for when it
[1:20:10] comes to placemaking and how that uh is
more than just what happens in our
[1:20:15] parks, um we are taking a more holistic
approach. So what we've done is move
[1:20:19] that $100,000 that was in the CIP budget
and moved it into our operating budget.
[1:20:24] So that way we can engage with a
consultant to help us create these
[1:20:27] standards and guidelines uh for not just
art in in the park, but arts and public
[1:20:31] places. Meaning, you know, we can talk
more about the utility art box program.
[1:20:35] um you know, sculptures and in our
roadways and rideways uh and um
[1:20:40] different things to kind of pull it all
together because again, we want Meny to
[1:20:43] feel welcoming to everybody who comes
through and you know, we wanted to take
[1:20:47] a more holistic approach to that
including uh looking at ordinances that
[1:20:51] would help uh incoming commercial
residential development um bring in some
[1:20:56] of those components for us so that way
we're not you know burdening the entire
[1:20:59] cost of of uh adding art uh to Meny. So,
those are some of the the big things
[1:21:04] that we're working towards. Uh, also, we
were approved for additional funding for
[1:21:08] updating our landscape design standards.
So, that's the standards that that
[1:21:12] pretty much let all of our our
developers know uh the type of materials
[1:21:16] that they should use in their
landscaping both in our rideway and our
[1:21:19] parks. And, uh, those haven't been
updated since 2014. So um we're looking
[1:21:24] to again take another holistic approach
at you know how we can update that
[1:21:27] working with the development teams both
community development and our
[1:21:30] engineering department to um update uh
get those updated uh within the next
[1:21:36] fiscal year. And then of course there's
the uh city council initiative um for
[1:21:41] the LAFCO application for um taking a
look at the annexation of the Meny Parks
[1:21:47] uh landscape maintenance district from
Valleywide. And so that requires
[1:21:50] additional support services uh for both
the uh LAFCO application itself and
[1:21:55] additional um information that's going
to be needed to pull all of this
[1:21:59] together. I had the wonderful
opportunity of pulling together the uh
[1:22:03] scope of work that's going to be
required for that. And uh it it's well
[1:22:06] over eight pages long. So um it's going
to be a lot of work, but definitely this
[1:22:11] is something that um we know that
commission um has um worked towards as
[1:22:15] as well as city council. And so again,
uh, uh, council approved the additional
[1:22:19] resources for that. Uh, the one thing I
did leave off of this list, uh, I was
[1:22:23] just so excited about it, I forgot to
put in here that council also approved
[1:22:26] the additional allocation for $15,000 to
add to independent celebration, uh, to
[1:22:32] enhance the entertainment component. And
so, um, we will be bringing back an
[1:22:36] update on what that will look like as
soon as we're done through, uh, the
[1:22:39] procurement process for the the various,
uh, services and entertainment, um,
[1:22:43] that, um, that are a part of that event.
So, look forward to bringing back that
[1:22:47] bringing that back to you guys shortly.
Uh, and then last but not least, uh,
[1:22:51] personnel. So, our, um, our part-time
salary adjustments were approved and so,
[1:22:57] uh, just
recently, I think it was, yeah, January
[1:23:00] 1, 2026, minimum wage has increased to
1690. And so in order to uh keep our
[1:23:06] part-time positions um um level with a
marketplace and uh you know giving us
[1:23:13] the ability to recruit uh appropriately
um we have to adjust all of the
[1:23:17] part-time positions. So, our entry
level, you know, is is starting at 1690,
[1:23:21] but that means that we have to adjust
our CS Leader 2, our aquatic series, um
[1:23:26] all of these different little levels of
our part-time classifications that
[1:23:29] really help um us u bring these programs
and events to life. So, we're our
[1:23:34] part-time staff are are essentially the
backbone of our department to be able to
[1:23:38] allow these things to happen. And so
council had approved the adjustments in
[1:23:42] order to make those uh adjustments to
the salary schedule so that way we can
[1:23:45] keep competitive in the market when it
comes to our part-time positions. So
[1:23:49] those were the main uh items that that
were impacted the community services
[1:23:53] department when it came to the midyear
budget update. Uh and then I just have a
[1:23:57] couple reminders of some upcoming
events. We've got our art affair
[1:24:00] February 20th at the case and as senior
center and that's an acknowledgement of
[1:24:05] um black history
>> black history month. I've linked right
[1:24:08] there. Um, and then also the next day,
our bulky item drop off, uh, on February
[1:24:13] 21st, starting at 8 a.m. at MSJC until
bins are full. Uh, and then Ready Set
[1:24:18] Future coming up on the 28th at Lazy
Creek. And I'm available to answer any
[1:24:22] questions if you have any.
>> Passing thought, Art in the Park, has
[1:24:26] the city ever approached the developers
who are building all these new homes and
[1:24:30] asked for some money towards it or even
putting them in with their developments?
[1:24:34] » Yes, they they have. Um, and it's kind
of been um, dependent upon the
[1:24:38] development itself. I I think and if you
remember, Legato had some art components
[1:24:42] that they're incorporating into the the
parks and and the rightway areas. Um,
[1:24:47] and I think um, taking a look at the
holistic approach will allow us to not
[1:24:52] just have to wait for like a development
agreement or, you know, really giving us
[1:24:56] the ability to uh, have the tools to
negotiate at the [clears throat] get-go
[1:25:00] as opposed to wanting to, you know,
nickel and dime. Well, if you want this,
[1:25:03] we'll get that. So yeah, that's what the
hope is. So
[1:25:08] » thank you, Miss Mitchell. Uh the uh
part-time folks, haven't we had a lot of
[1:25:13] part- timerrs become full-timers?
>> We are so proud of that. Yes, we do have
[1:25:18] a number of our part-time employees that
either move on to become full-time
[1:25:22] employees within our department or even
other departments. We finance is is
[1:25:26] notorious for stealing our staff
[laughter]
[1:25:28] and uh we've had a couple go to planning
and uh and within our own department as
[1:25:33] well. So yeah, we're we're it's it's a
really great opportunity for anybody
[1:25:36] looking to learn about government um
community services. These are all very
[1:25:42] uh public service motivated individuals
who really make this department special.
[1:25:47] » Excellent. It's great to have uh to be
able to enhance that salary to be able
[1:25:52] to attract uh great uh great employees
that can be permanent employees.
[1:25:57] Uh any other questions for Miss
Mitchell, commissioners? Okay, thank you
[1:26:02] very much for the update. Um, we're now
at uh item 11, commissioner reports on
[1:26:07] committee activities. Uh, commissioners,
anything you'd like to to report on?
[1:26:18] We've uh you know since [clears throat]
the holidays uh we do a uh I wasn't
[1:26:24] personally able to attend the uh tree
lighting ceremony, but Commissioner
[1:26:27] Peterson, do you have some comments?
>> As always, the tree lighting ceremony
[1:26:32] was a was a blast. I mean, everybody was
smiles and happy and enjoying and it was
[1:26:37] a lot of excitement and the kiddos were
obviously just, you know, just their
[1:26:43] eyes were like this the whole time. So,
it was always uh as always a lot of fun.
[1:26:48] Um
the snow was definitely fun. Um besides
[1:26:53] that, uh I had a chance to actually
visit the um the basketball the Manify
[1:26:57] basketball league um over at Spirit Park
a couple times and um it was very
[1:27:01] exciting. There was a lot going on there
and um I think we need a couple more
[1:27:06] basketball courts maybe. But besides
that um it was it was cool to see our
[1:27:10] staff out there um setting up and got to
give a you know a shout out to the hard
[1:27:16] work and effort that they they actually
I mean it's a lot of work to get that
[1:27:19] place set up to and ready to go for
those kids. So very cool. Besides that,
[1:27:24] I think um it's been quiet. So thank
you.
[1:27:28] » Any other comments, commissioners? I
just wanted to uh uh report that uh kind
[1:27:36] of related to uh our work here with the
commission. I I've been elected as
[1:27:41] secretary for the minify interfaith
community services council and that that
[1:27:48] nonprofit works closely with community
services on a lot of events in the year
[1:27:54] and also I've was elected to the Meny
Valley Historical Association board of
[1:27:59] directors and also the historical
association is working more closely with
[1:28:03] uh with with the city on on on events
and to honor and our uh our city's
[1:28:10] heritage.
So, I do just want to let you know that
[1:28:15] of my involvement with that.
Commissioner Met Metwire,
[1:28:19] uh, just a question because, you know,
this is my first time. Um, what do we
[1:28:24] have in place when,
and correct me if I'm wrong, some of the
[1:28:27] things that we do for the youth in the
city of Mini because of our parks, some
[1:28:32] of the stuff is scheduled at Valleywide,
correct? Valleywide parks or no. So like
[1:28:38] the MYI softball league, they're not
that's not being practiced in games at a
[1:28:42] valleywide park.
>> So So the if you're the city doesn't run
[1:28:48] a softball or baseball league. So
that'll be a private organization like
[1:28:52] girls softball or pony or um it could be
soccer like AYSO or any of those. So
[1:28:57] they'll be at both Meny Parks and Valley
Wide Parks. They don't work. They're
[1:29:00] they're separate. So they're both
getting fuel allocations and things are
[1:29:03] using those from both
>> both entities. Got it. Perfect. So even
[1:29:07] with miny that's not necessarily
involved in the city that's just because
[1:29:11] an organization within the city a
private organization that has the many
[1:29:15] our name on it. Perfect. Thank you.
I was going somewhere with that but you
[1:29:21] answered my question so I no longer have
to go there.
[1:29:24] Awesome. And I I assume next uh next
meeting we'll probably be looking at uh
[1:29:29] committee assignments.
>> Yes, that's correct.
[1:29:32] » Changes as well too. Okay. Thank you.
All right. Uh item 12, future agenda
[1:29:37] requests. Commissioners, is there any
future agenda items that we'd like to
[1:29:42] add uh for staff
to consider?
[1:29:48] Hearing nothing at this time, I will
then adjourn this meeting at 653 and uh
[1:29:54] appreciate everyone's participation and
thank you for those that were here and
[1:29:58] for those that are watching online. Have
a wonderful weekend.
[1:30:09] That's it.
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