[0:59] all right good evening everyone and

[1:00] welcome to the city of minifee's parks

[1:02] recreation and trails commission meeting

[1:04] today is thursday december 5th 2019.

[1:07] this meeting is now called to order

[1:09] madam secretary please take the role

[1:12] commissioner akerman commissioner

[1:14] amarelli

[1:15] commissioner croix here vice chair git

[1:17] royce here chair holcomb

[1:19] here all a present thank you at this

[1:21] time i'd like to invite

[1:23] uh vice chair tom gidgeous to lead us

[1:25] into flax salutes who

[1:26] if you are able please stand and face

[1:28] the flag

[1:47] all right thank you tom

[1:51] all right moving on to item number four

[1:53] presentations

[1:55] uh 4.1 uh mr nix do we have any

[1:59] presentations uh yes sir we have a

[2:01] presentation on the alternative

[2:02] transportation program

[2:04] and i'd like to invite up our principal

[2:06] engineer from public works department

[2:08] carlos geronimo to give that

[2:09] presentation okay carlos

[2:15] well good evening everyone

[2:20] so this is a presentation of the active

[2:22] transportation plan

[2:24] this is something that the city has been

[2:25] working on for a while

[2:27] um let me go through the slice and

[2:29] explain what this is about

[2:33] so what's an active transportation plan

[2:35] so it makes improvements

[2:37] and provides safer and more reliable

[2:39] mobility choices whether you are walking

[2:41] cycling taking transit driving or ride

[2:43] sharing

[2:47] so a little bit of background on the

[2:49] project this project was

[2:50] initiated by the city it's grant funded

[2:53] through california sb1 planning grant

[2:56] for this type of project caltrans

[2:59] administers the funds

[3:00] so we have to answer the cal trends on

[3:02] this project

[3:04] we have about a year and a half

[3:08] of time to do this project so we're kind

[3:10] of midway

[3:11] on the schedule and at the bottom of

[3:14] that slide you can see

[3:15] the project team we've teamed up with

[3:17] riverside university health system

[3:19] um k2na foreign stc are

[3:22] our consultants that are helping us with

[3:25] this project

[3:26] caltrans of course and local government

[3:28] commission is a non-profit agency

[3:31] based on sacramento that helps

[3:34] local governments do these kind of

[3:36] projects

[3:38] so we have a good mix of project team

[3:41] members

[3:45] so what will this atp or active

[3:47] transportation plan would do for the

[3:48] city

[3:49] uh it assesses the community needs uh

[3:52] evaluates current street and sidewalk

[3:54] inventory that's something that we

[3:55] currently don't have

[3:56] we have sidewalks all over the place

[3:58] there are gaps here and there

[4:00] but we don't have an accurate encounter

[4:03] what's missing where they are what stay

[4:04] there

[4:06] identify and prioritize active

[4:08] transportation projects

[4:09] focus on providing improved

[4:10] transportation choices in senior and

[4:12] disadvantaged neighborhoods

[4:14] in your local schools within the city

[4:20] so a little more background on this

[4:24] safety as we were talking about it will

[4:26] provide for

[4:29] buffer bike lanes or protected bike

[4:31] lanes corridors

[4:34] more visible crosswalks and

[4:38] ada ramps for accessibility to all

[4:40] pedestrians

[4:52] with disabilities to get to the other

[4:54] side

[4:56] also the bottom left picture

[4:59] in this slide this is a project we just

[5:01] completed near the

[5:03] romulan elementary school where we

[5:06] actually did pop out

[5:08] on the street

[5:19] as vehicles approach intersection they

[5:22] see it's narrow

[5:28] we all know the benefits of being active

[5:31] transportation

[5:33] just their walkable neighborhoods have

[5:35] substantially lower rates of obesity and

[5:38] overweightness and diabetes

[5:40] and this goes in hand with the city's

[5:42] mission statement to provide a safe

[5:44] livable and active community for all

[5:47] residents

[5:50] so the city will focus on pedestrian

[5:53] areas

[5:54] giving tv for safe routes to school for

[5:55] example um

[5:57] we'll look at what the schools are um

[6:06] on this on the network to make sure that

[6:09] kids

[6:10] can get to school safer this picture you

[6:12] see right there is

[6:13] something we did at quail valley

[6:18] elementary

[6:20] cab on the sidewalk so we did this

[6:22] project maybe a couple of years ago it

[6:23] wasn't part of this but this is

[6:24] something that

[6:25] an example of what we're going to

[6:26] implement and you can see

[6:30] it was well received by the community

[6:35] we'll also prioritize the citywide

[6:37] network of bikers and trails

[6:39] we already have a general plan that

[6:40] identifies

[6:43] bikeways and trails and things like that

[6:46] we need to prioritize it and kind of go

[6:49] the next step on this

[6:51] looking at destination where people want

[6:53] to go

[6:54] and also recreation people just want to

[6:56] get their bikes and just

[6:58] go around the city what's a good network

[7:14] um

[7:16] so this atp will analyze costs and

[7:18] alternatives

[7:19] of top rated projects we will come up

[7:22] with about

[7:22] 20 priority projects this is just a

[7:25] sample of what it would look like

[7:37] accordingly and this will eventually

[7:40] go to our capital project

[7:45] for a five-year plan and then we'll

[7:47] start tackling this project one at a

[7:49] time

[7:50] and this is helpful uh because there are

[7:53] numerous grants out there

[7:54] here towards this kind of project and if

[7:57] we have this

[7:58] atp it will help us obtain those funds

[8:03] and also it will help us kind of

[8:06] prioritize i guess

[8:08] it's more of a guideline for not only

[8:10] the city but for future developers

[8:12] they can be conditioned to install some

[8:14] sidewalks or

[8:15] trails that are needed

[8:19] so this atp is only as good as the input

[8:21] we get from the community

[8:22] like one of the slides

[8:28] so ways to participate and to provide

[8:31] input on this atp is to attend our

[8:33] meetings workshops

[8:35] right now we have had other paintings in

[8:38] the past take surveys

[8:41] stay tuned for pop-up events and use our

[8:43] online map survey

[8:47] so we developed what is called the story

[8:49] map which has

[8:51] pretty much just an overview and more

[8:53] information about this atp

[8:56] we have some tech surveys it has an

[8:58] interactive map

[8:59] where you can go in there and select an

[9:01] area and

[9:02] click on it and make a comment

[9:06] crosswalk is needed here no aka ram so

[9:08] it's interactive and

[9:10] all this information is gathered and

[9:13] it's evaluated

[9:20] so like i said in the beginning we're

[9:21] kind of halfway uh in this

[9:24] project we're in the data and collection

[9:25] analysis we have until spring of 2020 to

[9:28] collect all the data and gather all this

[9:30] and then after that we'll start

[9:32] implementing this

[9:34] providing recommendations

[9:38] later on in the year so we are expecting

[9:41] to have a final report by fall of 2020.

[9:46] so with that this concludes my

[9:47] presentations and

[9:59] um this is long overdue

[10:02] i don't

[10:16] what's the safest way for me to get on

[10:19] my bike and go to a park

[10:20] take my kids there's

[10:24] a lot of ideas that i have with this

[10:27] are they meetings can we make sure

[10:43] yeah i'll just keep communication with

[10:46] carlos when there is a

[10:47] upcoming meeting then i will definitely

[10:49] all the commission

[10:51] um also if you uh will note in carlos's

[10:53] presentation

[10:58] um

[11:13] a lot of the proposed trails or existing

[11:15] trails just like we're trying to do

[11:16] an inventory sidewalk we were also

[11:18] trying to get inventory

[11:20] birds in one stone and you guys can go

[11:22] in there through that link

[11:24] and i know a few of you gentlemen have

[11:27] been working on these city trails before

[11:29] the city was even a city

[11:30] yeah so you probably kind of know uh

[11:33] some of the information that carlos is

[11:34] looking for so

[11:35] it'd be very good for you to go into

[11:37] that story map and add some of those

[11:39] missing things yeah

[11:51] yeah okay great this is good stuff and

[11:54] please keep keep us informed of those

[11:57] meetings and workshops because

[11:59] we all have a lot of years of

[12:02] experience here

[12:06] thank you carlos thank you for your

[12:09] presentation i have two questions uh

[12:11] right now

[12:12] uh was the target of the grant funding

[12:14] that we got from sb1 revenue

[12:16] seniors or senior neighborhoods and

[12:18] disadvantaged communities

[12:19] was that part of it it is part of it so

[12:22] we're trying to do a comprehensive

[12:24] plan that encompasses pretty much the

[12:26] whole spectrum of the residents

[12:28] seniors kids going to school

[12:32] people with disabilities

[12:41] okay do you recall thank you do you

[12:43] recall how much money we received from

[12:44] sb1

[12:45] and or the city

[13:04] do you find that that's enough money for

[13:06] you to accurately conduct this

[13:08] yes uh we went through an rfp process

[13:10] with a consultant

[13:11] and we delineated all the things that

[13:14] this atp needs because it's funded

[13:17] through caltrans they have guidelines

[13:32] considering the number of components in

[13:34] in this in this up

[13:35] this uh analysis uh is this going to be

[13:38] like a living document at the point that

[13:40] it's

[13:40] over with so that we can keep updating

[13:42] it keep revisiting it maybe a yearly or

[13:47] buy a annual basis yeah i mean certainly

[13:49] any document

[13:50] we can always update it as we need to

[13:52] you know priorities change over time in

[13:54] the city

[13:57] i think a portrayal will be nice to have

[13:59] this time maybe

[14:00] because of needs

[14:08] by the time we finally reach down into

[14:10] it some of those

[14:12] are going to change

[14:24] yeah maybe not so much grand money

[14:26] because it will be focused

[14:28] um we're going to redo the entire

[14:30] network again or maybe

[14:33] quite a few years on the road maybe

[14:36] updated

[14:37] but if um

[14:57] so this is a very good plan that mr john

[14:58] was paying together because it makes us

[15:00] eligible for more grants and

[15:01] there's another grant through prop 68

[15:03] that mr applied for earlier in the year

[15:05] to do some trail improvements as well

[15:08] exactly and who's going

[15:20] we want to make sure everybody's

[15:24] involved

[15:36] that would be the usual step that once

[15:50] get their comments recommendations

[16:02] this does give us the ability to apply

[16:05] for more grants identifies

[16:20] those trails

[16:34] questions carlos thank you very much for

[16:36] your presentation we appreciate it

[16:38] thank you all right moving on to item

[16:41] number 4.2

[16:43] employee of the quarter mr nix yes i'll

[16:45] turn over to mr hendricks to present our

[16:47] community services department employee

[16:48] of the

[16:49] yes thank you good evening i'm really

[16:51] excited this evening to

[16:52] recognize a very hard-working employee

[16:54] that we've had on our team for a few

[16:55] months now

[16:56] uh somebody that has really taken a

[16:58] program that we're going to be talking

[16:59] about later

[17:00] later called little learners and made it

[17:02] into just a really fantastic

[17:04] program for our residents so if we can

[17:06] get the commission to go up we're going

[17:07] to go ahead and call this individual up

[17:08] but we'd like to recognize samantha

[17:09] alvarez as our employee of the quarter

[17:11] so

[17:12] real quick

[17:16] jason you want us up there now

[17:19] well hold on stand up in our place so

[17:22] you want to say come out there

[18:07] so as i mentioned uh sam has been

[18:12] just a fantastic member of our team she

[18:14] was recently promoted

[18:15] to a community services leader too to

[18:17] lead up our classes and we'll

[18:18] again be talking a little bit more about

[18:20] that in a later

[18:22] future discussion item

[18:25] all right thank you jason

[18:27] congratulations sam

[18:29] all right moving on to item number 5.1

[18:32] this is the approval of tonight's

[18:34] minutes um at this point i'll entertain

[18:36] a motion to approve the minutes

[18:41] all in favor okay minutes approved

[18:45] okay moving on to item number six

[18:50] i'm sorry that was last moving on to

[18:52] item number six agenda approval or

[18:53] modification for tonight's

[18:56] program so um at this point do we uh

[18:59] have any modifications that need to be

[19:00] made

[19:01] to tonight's agenda there are no

[19:03] modifications okay

[19:05] i've seen that there are no mods i will

[19:07] ask for uh approval at this time

[19:14] aye approved

[19:17] all right thank you item number seven

[19:20] madam secretary do we have any public

[19:22] comments there are no public comments

[19:25] thank you now discussion item 8.1

[19:29] little learners mr nix i will again turn

[19:32] over to mr hendricks to do a

[19:33] presentation on the

[19:35] liberal learners program

[19:39] sorry about that thanks once again i'd

[19:40] like to call susie hernandez and sam

[19:42] alvarez up they're going to actually be

[19:43] delivering the presentation along with

[19:45] the powerpoint

[19:46] uh susie hernandez is one of our

[19:48] community services instructors she's

[19:50] been

[19:50] heavily involved in getting this program

[19:52] little learners up and running just a

[19:53] little quick history this program has

[19:55] been around for about a year now and

[19:56] it's

[19:56] it was started uh due to the

[19:58] overwhelming popularity of our tiny top

[20:00] program at lazy creek

[20:01] and it has morphed into a program that

[20:03] they'll discuss a little bit more but uh

[20:05] we're trying to use any available space

[20:06] that we can to continue to serve our

[20:08] residents and

[20:09] this is a great way that we're able to

[20:11] do that so i'll turn it over to the

[20:18] ladies

[20:33] engage the children and provide them

[20:35] with an enriching environment

[20:37] we work with children right now we have

[20:41] four different classes

[20:46] um

[20:48] and indoor and outdoor learning

[20:53] so these are some of the classes that we

[20:55] offer um

[21:28] um

[21:42] so that the children have more learning

[21:45] time

[21:46] and more time to go over the concepts

[21:48] that we're going over with them and i'll

[21:49] let samantha talk about some of those

[22:25] it allows the kids to definitely

[22:27] experience

[22:28] more of the culture which is very big

[22:31] especially in this class we want to make

[22:32] sure the kids understand that it's not

[22:34] just learning

[22:50] you know allow the kids

[23:06] and i am very

[23:15] i'm so sorry i'm not close to this thing

[23:17] at all

[23:19] thank you all right um we're gonna move

[23:21] on to some of our other classes oh

[23:23] thank you thank you very much um so

[23:26] one of them is called busy bugs and that

[23:29] is a movement class it's for ages

[23:31] three to five and what we do in this

[23:34] class

[23:35] is we do all kinds of body movements we

[23:38] practice stretching with the children

[23:40] yoga gymnastics bounce body movement

[23:43] control

[23:44] and dancing activities as well they

[23:47] practice rhythm

[23:48] and coordination and they do this all in

[23:51] a group

[23:51] setting and we have two instructors with

[23:55] them for that class

[23:56] and we also have the watch me grow class

[23:59] this is for ages

[24:00] two to four it is a parent in me

[24:03] class which means that a parent or

[24:05] guardian is with the child

[24:07] at all times it is both indoor and

[24:10] outdoor

[24:10] we do bi-weekly visits to our community

[24:13] services garden

[24:14] and we go out there and we explore they

[24:17] get to

[24:18] plant plants plant flowers catch bugs

[24:21] out there

[24:22] and then we do all kind of observations

[24:25] of what they're seeing

[24:27] and then we go into the classroom we do

[24:29] some arts and crafts

[24:30] story time and all kinds of engaging

[24:34] activities with the parents and the

[24:35] children

[24:38] and so here's a little bit of

[24:39] information on our instructors

[24:41] um i'm one of them miss samantha's one

[24:44] of them and we have

[24:45] uh miss bree she's not here tonight um

[24:48] all of our staff is bilingual and has

[24:50] prior experience in child

[24:52] care settings and it's all community

[24:54] services staff

[24:56] and then here's all of us so like i said

[24:59] i'm susie i'm working on my bachelor's

[25:01] degree right now in child and adolescent

[25:03] development

[25:04] and i have over seven years of

[25:05] experience in child care and

[25:07] customer service and then samantha

[25:23] definitely working with kids this year

[25:25] has been

[25:26] very

[25:41] and then our other instructor who's not

[25:43] here tonight brianna

[25:44] um she has some experience actually

[25:46] volunteering within the city

[25:48] and then she came on as a staff member

[25:50] she's got a couple years experience in

[25:52] child care as well and she's also fluent

[25:54] in spanish

[25:56] and then these are attendance rates um

[25:59] so this is from february 2019

[26:03] we've had 178 participants

[26:06] sorry um

[26:09] and we've been having like maximum

[26:11] capacity

[26:12] in all of our programs we have waiting

[26:15] lists

[26:15] for our programs and then we've been

[26:18] generating

[26:19] 8 467 in fun

[26:27] are there any questions

[26:30] just how quickly can we build you more

[26:34] buildings

[26:36] i wish very quickly we would love to

[26:39] expand

[26:39] if it was up to me thank you you guys

[26:43] are doing great work and i hear nothing

[26:44] but great stuff about it

[26:46] and like i said another four or five of

[26:50] them

[26:50] right now would in two seconds

[26:53] thank you thank you very much the house

[26:55] is in the waiting list

[26:57] i'm sorry how big is the waiting list it

[26:58] can range anywhere from

[27:00] two to ten children it just depends on

[27:03] the demand

[27:04] some months are there's more especially

[27:07] in the summer

[27:09] we have an overflow of children in the

[27:11] summer and

[27:12] we can't possibly have enough programs

[27:14] and space for them

[27:15] which is why we would love to have more

[27:17] spaces to be able

[27:19] to have more staff members and provide

[27:21] more programs for the community

[27:31] so that this is one of the main reasons

[27:33] why we're doing the expansion at lazy

[27:35] creek because

[27:36] there's high demand for these programs

[27:37] you know um i do presentations with

[27:39] other agencies and i provide an update

[27:41] on the city of manifest one of the

[27:43] kind of funny things about city of

[27:44] menifee is that i've been here almost

[27:46] two years so i'm two years older but the

[27:49] average age of men if you went from 38

[27:50] to

[27:51] 36. so matter if you got two years

[27:52] younger even though i got two years

[27:54] older

[27:54] and the main reason is because we have

[27:56] all these young families moving here

[27:57] with young children

[27:58] and there's not a lot of preschool

[28:01] programs in the community

[28:02] at all and so there's very high demand

[28:06] for these programs and they provide a

[28:07] very good um

[28:09] sam and susie and agree they provide a

[28:12] very good

[28:13] quality program that keeps people coming

[28:15] back and having that waiting list

[28:16] so um the lazy creek project that

[28:19] expansion and having two buildings is a

[28:21] one of the reasons why we're doing that

[28:23] is for programs like this

[28:24] i actually talked to the fire marshal

[28:26] today we're at about 70 80

[28:28] construction plans um and the fire

[28:30] marshal did her review this week

[28:32] and has comments back for the architect

[28:34] it's gone through review with our

[28:36] uh building official colin mcnee and i

[28:38] also spoke to our community develop our

[28:40] planning director

[28:41] cheryl kitzrow about the project this

[28:43] morning as well to make sure that we're

[28:44] compliant with sequa and have a

[28:46] appropriate amount of parking stalls for

[28:48] the expansion so we are

[28:49] chugging along um ids group or

[28:52] architects that are working on this

[28:53] project

[28:54] their hope is to get this out to bid for

[28:56] construction by the end of the calendar

[28:58] year because the building codes

[29:00] changed january 1. so they're they're

[29:02] under some pressure but

[29:04] they're working through the process

[29:05] they've been working with mr howe on

[29:07] some

[29:07] cleanup items and making sure we have

[29:09] all the detail that we need when we put

[29:11] this out to bid and

[29:12] get some construction contractors on

[29:13] board so we're hoping that we can get

[29:15] this out to bid

[29:16] by the end of the calendar year or by

[29:18] next month then maybe we'll be under

[29:20] construction by the springtime

[29:23] all right sam and susie thank you for

[29:25] your presentation i have a few questions

[29:27] um what's the cost of this um the cost

[29:30] varies for the most part we have

[29:32] all of our supplies now we've gotten a

[29:36] lot of supplies over the past couple

[29:38] months

[29:38] i'm so sorry it's like echoing i'm used

[29:40] to being yelled at

[29:42] um and so right now we

[29:45] don't need to spend any money on it we

[29:49] have

[29:49] everything for the upcoming up until

[29:51] summer so how are your funds generated i

[29:53] don't know if it's a json question about

[29:55] you

[29:56] eight thousand four to sixty seven if i

[29:58] may for to maybe clarify susie what

[30:00] what do we charge the participants how

[30:02] much is it i'm sorry was that the

[30:03] question

[30:04] that was the question oh i'm sorry i

[30:05] thought you were asking the program

[30:11] um so it varies from class to class our

[30:14] spanish class is forty dollars for

[30:16] residents

[30:17] our busy bugs classes forty dollars for

[30:19] residents

[30:20] our watch me grow program is twenty

[30:22] dollars for residents

[30:23] and our steamers class is a hundred and

[30:26] ten for residents

[30:28] so that's per class yes oh no that's for

[30:31] a session i'm sorry that's for a month

[30:33] okay and it's um the steamers and the

[30:35] spanish are twice a week

[30:37] watching me grow and busy bugs are once

[30:39] a week each i'm sorry i didn't

[30:40] understand it no that's okay

[30:42] my my last question is oh i'm sorry

[30:45] that's

[30:45] i'm sorry sorry sorry that's an alarm

[30:47] sorry okay

[30:48] are there any um minimum certifications

[30:51] that you all

[30:52] need to meet like c being cpr qualified

[30:54] yes we do all need to be cpr certified

[30:56] anything else um besides being nice with

[30:59] children

[31:01] um well it's wonderful

[31:04] if they have previous child care

[31:06] experience

[31:08] however we also open it up

[31:11] to anyone who would like to work with

[31:13] children for example brianna

[31:15] she did have a couple years experience

[31:17] volunteering however it was something

[31:19] that she was interested in and she's

[31:21] growing and learning through it

[31:23] and so it's something that is a great

[31:26] opportunity even if you don't have the

[31:28] experience initially

[31:29] because there are people that do have

[31:31] experience in it

[31:32] and we can kind of help guide them

[31:34] through it thank you in addition we'll

[31:36] be doing some training on december 21st

[31:38] it's gonna be an all day pretty

[31:39] intensive staff training for

[31:41] all levels of the youth that we work

[31:45] you know with i may also i think that

[31:47] suzie's being a bit humble

[31:48] with her education background experience

[31:50] because she does have

[31:51] early childhood education units which is

[31:54] a

[31:55] preliminary requirement for anyone

[31:56] teaching a child care type program

[31:59] uh also just so you know having a

[32:02] daughter

[32:03] or a granddaughter that's in writing

[32:04] lessons this is a bargain

[32:08] yeah we try to keep the costs low so

[32:10] that

[32:11] we get a lot of people who come because

[32:13] we want to provide

[32:14] the program to as many people as

[32:15] possible

[32:19] i just wanted to thank you for what

[32:21] you're doing for the youth of this

[32:23] city and i appreciate what you're doing

[32:25] thank you so much

[32:26] that means a lot thank you

[32:54] um

[33:09] incomes that might just struggle this is

[33:12] a lot of help

[33:13] and if we can provide more ways

[33:36] is

[33:42] i have a question is are any of your

[33:45] programs

[33:46] parent participation programs or is it

[33:49] all

[33:50] instructions by the instructors in other

[33:52] words do you let the people sit in and

[33:54] help you

[33:55] do they take part do they help you at

[33:57] all or how the parents

[33:59] involved in this other than just

[34:01] bringing the kids there

[34:02] and watching or do they help you babysit

[34:05] or do they help at all

[34:06] that's right yes we do have one program

[34:09] that is parent and me it's our watch me

[34:11] grow that's our nature based class

[34:13] and the parents um are there the whole

[34:15] time for that one other than that our

[34:17] other classes

[34:18] their non-parent participation the ones

[34:21] with the children who are older we feel

[34:23] that it's better just to be with the

[34:25] instructors

[34:26] because they are transitioning soon into

[34:28] either

[34:29] a preschool or kindergarten and so

[34:32] they won't be with their parent or

[34:34] guardian at that time and so it's a

[34:36] little bit of an easier transition

[34:37] but for our younger children we do

[34:39] provide the watch me grow program

[34:41] you know i was just curious about the

[34:42] smaller kids you know the young ones

[34:44] if the parents actually participate in

[34:47] some of what you do

[34:49] are they just there to kind of guide the

[34:51] kids towards what you're supposed to be

[34:53] doing

[34:53] that's we require participation

[34:55] throughout the entire class when they're

[34:57] there

[34:58] yeah so um they're not allowed to be on

[35:00] their cell phones or be away from the

[35:02] child at all they have to be actively

[35:04] participating the entire time

[35:06] very good thank you you mentioned

[35:08] marketing this is probably a jason

[35:10] question how are we going about getting

[35:12] the word out

[35:13] we have the program in our minifee

[35:14] matters that goes out every quarter

[35:17] because the class is usually full with

[35:18] the waiting list we don't do a whole lot

[35:20] of flyers out to the public or anything

[35:21] because we're usually full

[35:22] once we expand to lazy creek and have

[35:24] those opportunities we'll definitely hit

[35:26] it hard with flyers

[35:27] the community local businesses things

[35:29] that nature like we usually do with our

[35:30] programs because i was thinking

[35:32] outside of the general populace here we

[35:35] have the spanish-speaking populace over

[35:37] in areas like roma land

[35:38] right and we don't really have any

[35:40] publications in that language for them

[35:43] we tried it most of the programs are

[35:45] dual immersion so they do do some

[35:46] spanish and english classes and

[35:48] when we do target that audience we

[35:49] definitely do uh flyers in spanish as

[35:52] well since we have such dead

[35:53] um staff that are able to do those for

[35:55] us

[35:56] thank you

[36:00] commissioners any other questions

[36:04] yeah i have one question for jason in

[36:06] light of the

[36:08] classes getting larger and expanding and

[36:11] everything

[36:12] is the improvement at lazy creek going

[36:15] to be sufficient

[36:17] but when it's finished to cover all

[36:19] these the

[36:20] bigger classes probably not completely i

[36:23] mean we're definitely going to need some

[36:24] other facilities and that's one thing

[36:25] that staff is working on constantly is

[36:27] trying to

[36:28] broker relationships with community

[36:30] partners school districts to have

[36:32] programs in other locations

[36:34] and then of course hopefully one day

[36:36] we'll

[36:37] take over some other areas it'll give us

[36:39] some more space to do these amazing

[36:40] programs

[36:42] okay thank you

[36:46] all right mr nix that's all we have

[36:49] ladies again thank you

[36:50] oh jason thank you thank you

[36:55] all right moving on to uh item number

[36:57] nine going on to 9.1

[36:59] director comments mr nix yes sir um

[37:03] first item i'd like to talk about is our

[37:06] january meeting schedule so our regular

[37:08] meeting day would be the first thursday

[37:09] which is january 2nd

[37:11] so it's a day following a holiday where

[37:13] we have several staff off including

[37:15] myself

[37:16] and so i wanted to

[37:20] i know

[37:26] uh so a possible reschedule to uh uh two

[37:29] weeks later

[37:30] january 16th i want to see if that was

[37:31] uncomfortable to the commissioners

[37:34] good for me good for me yes it would be

[37:37] uh

[37:39] it's thursday january 16th so same time

[37:42] same place

[37:44] okay perfect so we'll we'll make sure we

[37:47] post

[37:47] at the meeting for january 2nd will be

[37:50] cancelled and then

[37:51] look for january 16th

[37:55] just so as an update we went through a

[37:58] very competitive recruitment process 180

[38:00] applications

[38:02] many interviews a lot of interest from

[38:05] folks from other cities wanting to come

[38:07] to city of menifee and we actually chose

[38:08] a new senior management analyst to

[38:10] replace ms huerta which is very large

[38:13] shoes to fill

[38:14] um and it is a lady named

[38:18] mariana mitchell from the city of

[38:19] fontana so she'll be joining us in

[38:21] january and will be our next meeting on

[38:22] january 16th

[38:24] and just to note she is very good

[38:26] because she used to be jason's

[38:27] supervisor

[38:28] so to deal with jason for several years

[38:31] i mean you have to have some

[38:32] patience and so is it

[38:35] so are the roles go flip now is she

[38:37] going to be a supervisor here

[38:38] they'll be kind of uh equivalent yeah

[38:40] okay yeah so

[38:42] it will help me with jason if i may ask

[38:44] if we may ask melda

[38:46] were you headed to i was actually

[38:49] promoted in july

[38:50] um as a senior management analyst in the

[38:52] city manager's office

[38:54] so mel has been helping us for like five

[38:55] months

[38:58] doing dual duty so we really really

[39:00] appreciate that thank you well thank you

[39:02] well when when's

[39:03] so is that the 16th going to be your

[39:04] last meeting in meldo is this the last

[39:06] we're going to see of you

[39:07] tonight i think this is the last meeting

[39:09] unless john needs me next month then

[39:11] i'll be here

[39:12] it's up to john yeah

[39:15] oh absolutely yeah of course thank you

[39:18] and then i have um one more announcement

[39:21] so we actually had a vacancy

[39:24] for our community service a full-time

[39:26] community service coordinator positions

[39:28] and we had someone that's been working

[39:30] very hard someone that you know very

[39:31] well

[39:32] and so i'd like to uh announce um that

[39:35] we just recently promoted

[39:37] um chelsea bollinger from office

[39:39] specialist to full-time community

[39:40] services coordinator so

[39:41] all right

[39:45] so jason i don't know if you want to

[39:46] give a little rundown of chelsea's new

[39:48] duties

[39:49] yes thank you john uh as john mentioned

[39:51] chelsea's been just doing an

[39:53] amazing job she's gone from a part-time

[39:55] community services leader entry-level

[39:57] position to a full-time office

[39:58] specialist too

[39:59] to now a community services coordinator

[40:01] and she'll be taking over the duties of

[40:03] community relations contract classes and

[40:06] uh she's still going to help out with

[40:07] the front desk operations as well

[40:10] really really excited to have chelsea

[40:11] but i'm going to put her on the spot and

[40:12] ask her to

[40:13] tell you guys a little bit about her

[40:14] experiences and how excited she is to do

[40:17] some public speaking

[40:20] hello thank you for inviting me um so i

[40:23] have a little

[40:24] bit background i got a bachelor's degree

[40:26] at hope

[40:27] international university in a liberal

[40:29] arts and a concentration business

[40:31] and i've been with the city for about a

[40:33] year and a half and like jason said i

[40:34] started

[40:35] as a community service leader one and

[40:38] that was about a year a half and ago

[40:40] a year a half ago and then i was lucky

[40:42] enough to get the position

[40:43] of office specialist too and now as a

[40:46] coordinator i'll also be doing

[40:48] veteran resources as well

[40:51] and yeah i'm looking forward to working

[40:52] with them in the contract classes and

[40:55] i'm really excited and thankful for this

[40:56] opportunity

[40:58] chelsea is also going to be uh handling

[41:00] taking our special needs programming to

[41:01] the next level she's been

[41:03] doing that kind of almost as a side gig

[41:05] as part of her duties with lady alegria

[41:07] also on our team and

[41:09] they have some really special things

[41:10] planned and we had a really great

[41:12] meeting with somebody recently that i

[41:13] think is really going to continue to

[41:14] help us

[41:15] reach that that group that sometimes

[41:17] isn't so

[41:18] excited about coming out of the shadows

[41:20] so to speak so chelsea has a huge heart

[41:22] for the special needs she used to work

[41:23] for special olympics

[41:24] uh so i think this is really going to be

[41:26] a great opportunity for those in our

[41:27] community

[41:29] congratulations chelsea

[41:37] all right continuing on with mr nix

[41:39] director comments okay

[41:40] uh kind of hard to follow but i'll keep

[41:42] going um

[41:44] so uh as you may know the next census is

[41:47] coming up

[41:48] in april 2020 and the city under

[41:51] community development

[41:52] has a complete count committee that

[41:54] we're forming so they've already had one

[41:56] meeting but we're looking actually to

[41:58] hopefully have a representative from the

[42:00] parks commission uh participated in that

[42:02] so i wanted to

[42:03] see if one of the commissioners would

[42:04] like to volunteer to join that committee

[42:06] and

[42:07] help with the outreach efforts i had a

[42:09] question i had a question

[42:10] is that the one that gloria sanchez is

[42:13] handling some of that or not yes she's

[42:15] on the committee yes

[42:18] she's called me a couple times and i'm

[42:19] just wondering if that's what she's

[42:22] asked

[42:22] what uh yeah so it it yeah so

[42:25] community development planning

[42:27] department they've assembled

[42:29] folks from the chamber of commerce from

[42:31] uh interfaith council

[42:33] in different segments of the community

[42:34] so they're also trying to get a

[42:36] representative from each of the

[42:37] commissions from the planning commission

[42:38] the parks commission

[42:38] well i'm on that other senior one that

[42:41] she has too

[42:42] senior advisory

[42:56] this i was just wondering if this one

[42:58] now is going to be

[43:00] this is separate than that this is

[43:02] focused on the census i just have to be

[43:04] careful when i

[43:05] when i talk to her because i don't want

[43:07] to say yes to too many things she asks

[43:09] you're going to get roped into

[43:10] volunteering much more so

[43:12] it does it sounds like uh mr amarillo is

[43:16] volunteering for this or is somebody

[43:17] else

[43:18] i didn't say that

[43:21] maybe we should nominate tony i don't

[43:24] think you say that either

[43:26] um those meetings are on what thursdays

[43:30] yeah so it's going to be the second

[43:31] thursday every month uh basically what

[43:33] they do is they get together

[43:34] kind of check in and then create a plan

[43:37] for uh

[43:37] to help the census get out to the

[43:40] community and of course the census

[43:42] um one of the main reasons why we do

[43:44] this census and do these counts is

[43:47] because

[43:47] for every person there's a value of that

[43:51] is counted at a value of about two

[43:52] thousand dollars in federal funding per

[43:54] year

[43:54] so the more we count more of a complete

[43:56] count that we get that's more

[43:58] uh federal funding that the city would

[43:59] qualify for for different services

[44:01] infrastructure all that kind of stuff

[44:03] and definitely focus on areas where

[44:05] maybe folks are a little bit resistant

[44:07] to be counted or

[44:08] you know the quail valley area roma land

[44:10] area where maybe some folks might get

[44:12] missed

[44:13] so and also let people know that there

[44:15] are other ways to be counted

[44:16] it's not doesn't have to be the old

[44:17] school way of a person coming to your

[44:19] door they can do it online

[44:20] different avenues is that what they're

[44:22] doing they're going door-to-door on this

[44:24] or

[44:25] no the the the committee yeah the

[44:27] committee isn't doing that the

[44:28] committee's actually

[44:29] getting together and um thinking of

[44:31] different ways to help the census bureau

[44:32] get out there

[44:33] yeah you're not going to be a counter

[44:34] with it with a you know with a walk list

[44:36] or something no no no no no no yeah

[44:38] no yeah it's just a committee it's more

[44:40] of a planning committee

[44:41] and then uh for example you mentioned uh

[44:44] miss sanchez is um trying to

[44:46] um have a census meeting at the oasis um

[44:49] this month

[44:50] so that's one thing she's doing to try

[44:51] to help the census burden well you

[44:52] haven't you had a

[44:53] party at the club today yes that's

[44:56] probably what i'm talking about yeah

[44:57] yes and and she called from sacramento

[45:01] just know if i was gone but i had

[45:03] another commitment so

[45:05] and then she said by the way you know

[45:06] when she starts saying by the way i

[45:08] gotta always back off

[45:09] because i never know what she's after so

[45:12] uh i'd be willing to

[45:13] think you know give this a little

[45:15] thought because i do i am committed on

[45:17] thursday's

[45:18] few things but if it's only one a month

[45:20] that wouldn't be bad

[45:21] yeah so yeah then second thursday of

[45:23] each month so if

[45:24] commissioner amarelli is volunteering

[45:26] then that would be next thursday

[45:27] that we need you here at three o'clock

[45:30] here yes sir

[45:33] no pressure

[45:38] okay mr next when do you need an an

[45:41] answer by

[45:42] uh we and we don't need to decide

[45:44] tonight but since we have all these

[45:45] gentlemen here

[45:46] okay okay if if mr admiral is unable to

[45:49] volunteer is there somebody that

[45:50] might want to serve as a backup yes

[45:55] i believe my wife is on this committee

[45:57] so

[45:58] i would

[46:01] [Laughter]

[46:03] part of the active transportation plan

[46:05] yeah

[46:06] no mrs ackerman is on this committee yes

[46:09] yes then i if

[46:10] if tony doesn't want i would i would be

[46:12] willing to serve very good thank you

[46:13] bill

[46:15] okay so

[46:20] okay moving forward um another uh

[46:24] under director's comments i just want to

[46:25] provide this brief presentation we

[46:27] actually had

[46:28] uh rta now meeting here that uh

[46:30] commissioners croy

[46:31] and guitarists uh participated in and so

[46:34] uh we provided this update on the pluma

[46:35] washroom project so i thought of prudent

[46:37] to also provide the update here

[46:39] to the full commission um so all of you

[46:42] are very familiar with the paloma wash

[46:43] trails right across the street right

[46:45] next to the uh

[46:46] the town center and right next to um our

[46:49] new central park which uh

[46:50] mr howe and our maintenance team made a

[46:53] connection from the park

[46:54] uh to the trail just recently as you

[46:57] also may know this

[46:59] was not originally a trail it was a

[47:01] maintenance road

[47:02] that was built just to have maintenance

[47:04] access to the wash

[47:06] but folks just started walking on it so

[47:08] the city did some light repairs to it

[47:10] back in 2016

[47:12] just to fill some cracks and um and

[47:14] start using it as a trail but

[47:16] because it was created just as a

[47:18] maintenance road

[47:19] it really hasn't held up over the last

[47:21] 10 years there's a lot of cracking

[47:22] a lot of uneven spots in there

[47:26] so this uh proposed improvement project

[47:29] would

[47:30] replace all the asphalt on their

[47:33] construct pedestrian crosswalk at la

[47:35] piedra because there's a

[47:37] space there where the trail stops

[47:39] because la pedro's there and so to

[47:41] create a crosswalk where you can

[47:42] continue down the trail

[47:43] across la piedra to the other side

[47:45] install some fitness stations install

[47:47] some park benches so people can rest

[47:48] because that is

[47:50] a couple miles if you're going around

[47:51] the whole entire trail i had some

[47:53] additional landscaping and then

[47:54] informational science

[47:57] so uh this is just kind of an overview

[47:59] it's kind of hard to see the legend but

[48:01] all those

[48:02] circles there would be some new proposed

[48:04] trees and landscaping um the little

[48:07] those are blue dots would be the

[48:08] informational sides the rectangles

[48:11] are the fitness stations and that other

[48:13] trapezoidal thing would be the

[48:15] uh where the proposed benches would be

[48:19] so the estimated project costs and

[48:21] actually mr geronimo's um

[48:22] leading this project as well is about a

[48:25] million dollars to do all those

[48:26] improvements

[48:27] um construction is about 787 and doing

[48:29] all the engineering and administration

[48:31] we did receive a grant for a little

[48:33] under five hundred thousand dollars and

[48:34] we're matching that

[48:36] with our local trails funds um and just

[48:38] as a reminder this project

[48:39] uh was presented to the parks commission

[48:42] city council when we're going through

[48:43] our cip

[48:44] process back in may and june with the

[48:46] budget so uh city council

[48:48] did approve accepting the grant funding

[48:50] in august

[48:51] uh accepting the 500 000 and then last

[48:54] night

[48:54] they uh approved an award of a design

[48:57] contract to koa

[48:58] corporation so there was some questions

[49:01] if you saw the council meeting from

[49:02] councilmember elise meyer about

[49:03] well hey this seems like a fairly simple

[49:05] process you just take out the asphalt

[49:07] lay some new asphalt down why do we need

[49:09] to hire a design firm and the reason why

[49:11] is because it was a maintenance road

[49:12] before

[49:13] we want to make sure it when we put the

[49:15] asphalt down it's done the right way

[49:16] and there's also a a little more

[49:18] engineering that needs to be done to

[49:19] make sure we can get across la piedra

[49:21] the correct way um another comment that

[49:24] was made by the city council is

[49:25] one thing that wasn't initially proposed

[49:27] with this design

[49:28] was having lights and so what the

[49:30] direction that they gave

[49:32] back to our public works director is

[49:33] that to negotiate

[49:35] with koa corporation to add lights to

[49:38] the design

[49:39] so that's one thing that they're going

[49:40] to do and incorporate that into the

[49:42] design

[49:43] so um are there any questions from the

[49:46] commission on on this project

[49:49] um just one if you could back up a

[49:51] couple slides where you're sure

[49:52] the actual trail there you go um i know

[49:56] this is a long

[49:57] and sordid tale and that pedestrian

[50:00] bridge going from the

[50:02] central park over the shopping center

[50:05] that

[50:06] is just the perfect example for what

[50:08] we're talking about with the

[50:09] alternative transportation because

[50:11] you've got all those homes that are

[50:13] going to be in there

[50:14] and they can walk to the market now

[50:16] instead of getting in their car

[50:17] and have them go down to la piedra over

[50:19] the marketplace

[50:21] whatever we can do to secure maybe some

[50:24] additional grant funding or

[50:26] federal state local to get that bridge

[50:29] a pedestrian bridge built that that's

[50:31] just

[50:32] the perfect example of how to get people

[50:34] out of their cars

[50:37] into a more healthy community i'm very

[50:39] glad that you brought that up mr

[50:40] croy because that was a question from

[50:42] the city council as well what about the

[50:44] pedestrian bridge

[50:45] i mean mr v i did announce that myself

[50:47] and jonathan smith are working

[50:50] on a plan for the pedestrian bridge

[50:52] which we will bring back

[50:54] to the commission and then to the city

[50:56] council on the first part of the year so

[50:58] we're working on

[50:59] different design options for the bridge

[51:00] because we want it to

[51:02] not just be a straight metal bridge we

[51:04] wanted to have some design to it

[51:06] especially because this is our central

[51:08] park

[51:08] you know there's some great amenities

[51:10] there this is the future

[51:12] um home of the permanent city hall you

[51:14] know cocorian theater

[51:15] different things like that so we want it

[51:17] to be a very nice bridge especially for

[51:18] upgrading the trail

[51:20] so we're going to provide some design

[51:21] options on that and some funding options

[51:23] on it as well

[51:24] um you look you see the future

[51:27] courthouse there

[51:28] yes sir yeah i'm a judge and i'm hungry

[51:30] and i need to go over to

[51:32] you know to employ a local for someone

[51:34] yeah

[51:35] i i don't want to get in my car and go

[51:37] out and do that i want to be able to

[51:38] take a nice little walk

[51:39] absolutely for all the benefits of

[51:41] walking health benefits stress benefits

[51:43] definitely all right thank you

[51:47] yeah but around enough judges they don't

[51:49] walk

[51:51] but uh jonathan is any estimate on the

[51:53] uh the

[51:54] the downtime or the off limits time with

[51:57] construction in other words how long is

[51:58] it

[51:59] not going to be available to right local

[52:00] residents uh we we haven't figured that

[52:02] out yet and that's another reason why

[52:04] we're hiring koa so when they figure out

[52:06] all the design

[52:06] and the engineering estimates they'll

[52:08] they can figure out a construction

[52:09] timeline as well so then we can

[52:11] notify the residents hey we're going to

[52:12] start construction it's going to be down

[52:14] from this time to this time

[52:15] and make sure there's proper

[52:16] notification so if someone's not walking

[52:18] out there then i was like whoa what's

[52:20] going on is bulldozer so

[52:21] a a suggestion uh if you could suggest

[52:24] to them

[52:25] one side at a time so you have one

[52:27] available

[52:28] while they're doing it that makes

[52:29] perfect sense definitely

[52:34] have one question yes sir

[52:41] the courthouse that two or three story

[52:44] building that's

[52:45] going up there right now oh no um so

[52:47] closer to

[52:48] newport road that is a fairfield hotel

[52:52] way back there oh in the back i thought

[52:54] it was gonna be closer to the street

[52:55] so closer to la pietra is um those are

[52:58] the artesa apartments

[53:00] so closer to santa rosa academy all

[53:02] those three-story buildings

[53:04] well you know that you go down to go in

[53:06] there to go to the park now

[53:08] yeah are you talking about ride across

[53:11] from the park

[53:12] yeah right right across from the park is

[53:14] uh a private uh recreation amenity

[53:16] that's for the town homes

[53:20] and then right behind the park are the

[53:22] actual town

[53:27] so it looks homes a three-story building

[53:28] that's why i wondered if that was gonna

[53:30] be the courthouse or if that's

[53:32] starting on the hotel way back there no

[53:34] they haven't started on the courthouse

[53:35] yet no

[53:37] i was curious what the building is then

[53:39] okay

[53:40] john if i may oh yes it's actually

[53:43] labeled wrong

[53:43] on this map where the courthouse is

[53:45] that's actually where the recreation

[53:46] center is yeah or houses where it says

[53:48] future

[53:49] city hall would be directly across the

[53:51] street from there yeah you wouldn't even

[53:52] see the

[53:53] courthouse on this map that's right

[53:54] there yeah thank you mr powell yeah

[53:56] the courthouse would be a little more

[53:57] easy all i know is there's a building

[53:58] going up there and it

[53:59] looks like a three-story squared off

[54:02] building i was just curious what that

[54:03] was

[54:04] yeah if it's going in that spot that's

[54:06] mislabeled as courthouse

[54:07] that's the private recreation center for

[54:09] the all the folks living in the

[54:10] townhomes yeah

[54:16] i just uh comment about this paloma wash

[54:19] trail in

[54:20] future is it possible to be able to

[54:22] connect this with salt creek trail

[54:25] the paloma watch continues north

[54:28] that's small creek yeah so um in order

[54:31] to connect to salt creek we'd have to go

[54:33] either over

[54:34] under newport road so there are some

[54:36] challenges with that

[54:38] i'm not saying impossible but there are

[54:40] some challenges with that and that's

[54:41] something that

[54:42] i i've talked lightly with our public

[54:44] works director about

[54:45] okay thank you

[54:50] commissioners any other comments on this

[54:51] item before we move on

[54:55] okay okay that's it moving on to i don't

[54:57] know i'm sorry i have one more thing

[54:59] um and i'm actually going to hand it

[55:01] over to amel duarte who has some

[55:02] exciting news about the

[55:04] city of menifee as an organization yes

[55:07] thank you john

[55:08] um so every year the inland news group

[55:11] puts out a survey to

[55:12] employees of different organizations

[55:14] small companies mid-sized companies

[55:16] large companies

[55:17] and they ask the employees about the

[55:19] world culture

[55:20] satisfaction um i don't remember how

[55:22] many questions there were but it was

[55:23] pretty

[55:24] it was pretty in-depth and so i am happy

[55:27] to announce that

[55:28] the city of menifee there was a small uh

[55:30] company we're under the small company

[55:32] category and out of the

[55:34] there were 14 uh companies that were

[55:36] selected as a top workplace of 2019 and

[55:38] we were

[55:39] one of them and we were the only city in

[55:41] that category as well to be recognized

[55:43] so that is very exciting um hr staff and

[55:46] i attended an event yesterday where they

[55:48] recognized and honored all the different

[55:51] uh top work places for this year

[55:53] so just wanted to let you know that was

[55:54] a very exciting news for the city

[55:57] yes oh

[56:00] and if this is my last meeting i just

[56:02] wanted to say it's been an honor

[56:04] a pleasure super fun to work as a clerk

[56:07] uh

[56:07] for this commission so thank you very

[56:09] much thank you thank you

[56:11] thank you all right moving on to item

[56:14] number 9.2 parks in progress update

[56:17] and i'll turn over to mr howell

[56:21] all right good evening commission okay

[56:22] so i'll try not to

[56:24] this will be a short one on the parks i

[56:26] know it seems like it's repetitive

[56:28] the heritage lake sports park there 20

[56:30] acre park is still in progress

[56:32] less than a year now before we get that

[56:33] as we binge closer to it and a few of

[56:36] these parks

[56:37] that uh like uh centennial park they're

[56:40] in the 90 day maintenance period um

[56:42] where almost 30 days

[56:44] into this 90 day maintenance period and

[56:46] then so we're it's almost there as soon

[56:47] as we have it we'll definitely

[56:49] be having either a grand opening or

[56:51] collaborate with an event or anything so

[56:53] we could have a

[56:54] grand opening there and hidden hills

[56:56] park now goes

[56:58] to city council on the 17th of this

[57:00] month for

[57:01] acceptance um so we will have that

[57:04] before the end of this year

[57:05] we'll be in the city's hands maintaining

[57:08] that park and that includes the paseos

[57:10] as well

[57:10] for the hidden hills

[57:13] and that's it for the parks in progress

[57:15] like i said i didn't want to try to

[57:17] be repetitive but we're almost there

[57:19] hopefully soon we're going to have some

[57:20] more that

[57:20] new parks that are under construction

[57:22] right now

[57:24] next month i'll have some different

[57:25] pictures uh including talavera park the

[57:28] ones that

[57:28] it's all graded out they're starting to

[57:30] move things in there so i'll be able to

[57:31] get some actual pictures on there

[57:33] when you just show a picture of just the

[57:34] graded flat

[57:36] part there it doesn't look like much so

[57:38] they're actually starting to get some

[57:40] uh texture there you know what i mean so

[57:41] elevation changes and everything so that

[57:43] building's there so i'll get a good

[57:45] drone shot of that so next month we'll

[57:46] be able to start seeing that

[57:48] okay thank you bryce moving on to item

[57:50] number nine point three recreation

[57:52] division update

[57:53] general mr hendrix yes thank you uh so

[57:55] this last month in november we had quite

[57:57] a few events going on and also

[57:59] our general programming um as you can

[58:01] see uh lazy creek had a great month

[58:03] there and that

[58:03] is due and mostly due to the fact uh

[58:05] that was our youth basketball

[58:06] registration month where it really picks

[58:08] up there

[58:09] i just sent john an email this morning

[58:10] to or this evening to update him and

[58:12] that is that we are

[58:13] almost completely full with the waiting

[58:15] list of almost 52 kids

[58:17] for our youth basketball program and

[58:18] that due to the fact that we only have a

[58:20] limited amount of time in the gymnasium

[58:22] at paloma valley so once we have a

[58:25] facility of our own i'm sure this

[58:26] program will expand even more

[58:28] so that's been a good month there in

[58:30] terms of the

[58:31] recreation numbers and then special

[58:33] events we had three special events in

[58:35] the in the month of november

[58:37] november first we had our first ever dia

[58:38] de los muertos event over at central

[58:40] park

[58:41] um really nice event uh the turnout was

[58:43] incredible and one of the comments that

[58:45] we heard that we i think we really

[58:46] appreciated was we heard some

[58:49] individuals of latino

[58:50] background state that it was really nice

[58:52] that the city decided to recognize their

[58:54] heritage

[58:55] and i thought that was a great comment

[58:56] to to record and and keep track of and

[58:58] make sure that we're

[59:00] continuing to offer these types of

[59:01] unique experiences for our residents

[59:04] excuse me and then on veterans day we

[59:06] had a very busy day i know i saw a few

[59:08] of you at these

[59:09] various events started the day off with

[59:11] a 5k

[59:12] run and walk it also included a 1k for

[59:14] the kids i believe the final total was

[59:16] 92

[59:16] runners registered excuse me and then we

[59:20] went directly into the veterans day

[59:22] event

[59:23] some very moving tributes one individual

[59:26] that was actually born and raised in

[59:27] menifee went on to serve in the marines

[59:29] and unfortunately

[59:30] lost his life while serving uh we

[59:31] recognized his family it's a very

[59:33] touching tribute

[59:34] and then uh just an incredible day at

[59:36] the home for the heroes program

[59:38] uh private first class uh timothy and

[59:40] again i'm forgetting his last name so i

[59:42] apologize jeffers

[59:43] uh was welcomed home to menifee by the

[59:46] stephen siller's tunnels to towers

[59:47] foundation

[59:48] very moving event and he's now here he

[59:51] actually chose minifee to come live

[59:52] in because he heard about how great the

[59:54] community was so that's a huge honor to

[59:56] everybody here and everybody in this

[59:57] community so

[59:58] we'll continue to work with private

[59:59] first class jeffers and make sure that

[1:00:01] he feels very welcome here in menifee

[1:00:03] and then finally on thanksgiving

[1:00:05] thursday

[1:00:06] the city of menifee community services

[1:00:08] department alongside the menifee

[1:00:09] interfaith

[1:00:10] put on the annual thanksgiving service

[1:00:13] it was two different services the

[1:00:14] attendance on the first service was a

[1:00:16] little bit lower

[1:00:17] only because it was raining really heavy

[1:00:19] uh so we we

[1:00:21] had lower numbers the first service but

[1:00:22] the second service we had a full

[1:00:23] capacity

[1:00:24] and just some some really great

[1:00:26] testimonials from families who basically

[1:00:27] said they'd probably be home alone

[1:00:29] if it wasn't for this event so very

[1:00:31] touching to be a part of that

[1:00:32] chair holcomb is a member of the menifee

[1:00:34] interfaith as well as was instrumental

[1:00:36] putting that together along with gloria

[1:00:37] sanchez

[1:00:38] and tony falco so it was a great uh

[1:00:41] november for us as far as events go and

[1:00:43] i just wanted to give a quick reminder

[1:00:45] that this saturday is our

[1:00:47] christmas tree lighting rain or shine so

[1:00:49] please tell your neighbors friends

[1:00:51] anybody that'll listen that it's rain or

[1:00:52] shine we're gonna make it happen

[1:00:54] uh we may get rained on a little bit but

[1:00:55] we'll be prepared we have some thanks to

[1:00:57] bryce and his team

[1:00:58] some safety measures in place to make

[1:00:59] sure that everybody still remains safe

[1:01:01] and able to have a great time

[1:01:02] we'll have community performances all

[1:01:04] night long

[1:01:05] pictures with santa for free so you have

[1:01:07] to pay 50 to go to the mall you can come

[1:01:09] see a really good santa claus for free

[1:01:11] you actually get the picture there as

[1:01:12] you're leaving

[1:01:14] we have 50 tons of snow this year which

[1:01:15] is 10 more tons than we had last year

[1:01:17] so it's gonna be a great day breakfast

[1:01:19] with santa is december 14th we're

[1:01:21] actually sold out for that so

[1:01:23] that's just more of an informational

[1:01:24] thing for you guys and then the menorah

[1:01:26] lighting

[1:01:26] in honor of our fallen friend marty

[1:01:28] rosen will take place on december 23rd

[1:01:30] which is a monday

[1:01:32] at central park so it's gonna be a great

[1:01:33] december for us as we round out the

[1:01:35] calendar year

[1:01:36] we have to answer any questions you

[1:01:37] might have

[1:01:40] the menorah lining is all three cities

[1:01:42] combining into one we're hoping so yeah

[1:01:44] so

[1:01:44] rabbi abrams who's running this event

[1:01:47] and kind of brought the event to us

[1:01:49] uh his his goal is it all three cities

[1:01:51] actually all four cities

[1:01:52] would come to menifee and celebrate as a

[1:01:54] whole and uh he's actually reaching out

[1:01:56] to the elected officials for the other

[1:01:58] cities to really encourage them

[1:01:59] to have their residence come to minify

[1:02:01] on december 23rd to honor

[1:02:03] marty but also obviously partake in this

[1:02:05] very tradition

[1:02:06] thank you

[1:02:09] all right any other any questions

[1:02:11] regarding our recent events recent or

[1:02:13] upcoming events

[1:02:18] okay

[1:02:20] moving on to item number 9.5 capital

[1:02:23] improvement program update

[1:02:25] mr howell all right thank you so i just

[1:02:27] have a couple on here

[1:02:28] um the we had it on there last month as

[1:02:31] well the park lighting so this is the

[1:02:32] led it'll be retrofit bulbs

[1:02:35] and different head units for different

[1:02:36] parks the tennis courts and the

[1:02:39] basketball course there amr and spirit

[1:02:41] park

[1:02:41] and then the walkway lights at audie

[1:02:43] murphy that was right before an led

[1:02:46] change so the walkway lights there

[1:02:47] actually are led so we're retrofitting

[1:02:49] those bulbs there

[1:02:50] and then we're also retrofitting the

[1:02:52] whole head unit at

[1:02:54] pete peterson park and then the bulbs at

[1:02:57] um laladera park for the walkway lights

[1:03:00] so this will help us save energy it'll

[1:03:02] brighten up

[1:03:03] the parts tremendously once you change

[1:03:06] those doubles bulbs on there

[1:03:08] and then the next one is the tree

[1:03:10] inventory mapping this has been on

[1:03:12] for our cip project for a couple years

[1:03:14] that actually starting this month so

[1:03:16] what it is is we hired our uh arborist

[1:03:20] contract

[1:03:20] west coast arborist uh they have a uh

[1:03:24] a program it's called arbor access so

[1:03:27] they'll

[1:03:28] inventory all our trees and the right

[1:03:30] ways the parks

[1:03:32] um and it'll tell us what's missing when

[1:03:35] we need a

[1:03:36] what it was pruned last or if it's

[1:03:37] diseased or

[1:03:39] if it's in any kind of decrease of

[1:03:42] you know gonna die or even if there's a

[1:03:44] missing tree um we'll be able to go on

[1:03:46] to their program

[1:03:47] and then on their uh the program it'll

[1:03:50] be just the gps of that

[1:03:51] so we'll be able to tell each tree we'll

[1:03:53] be able to separate trees look at

[1:03:55] in certain areas so we're starting in

[1:03:56] the uh

[1:03:58] 2012-1 area which is the audie murphy

[1:04:00] area

[1:04:01] so we're going to do the parks and the

[1:04:02] right ways there as soon as they start

[1:04:04] finishing that we are going to move into

[1:04:07] the lmd's your csas

[1:04:09] we're going to keep working our way

[1:04:10] through so we can complete the whole

[1:04:12] city

[1:04:12] um and have that the gps that involve

[1:04:15] the trees

[1:04:16] and price all the uh the maintenance and

[1:04:18] the callbacks for checks uh that's all

[1:04:20] built into the contract with them

[1:04:22] or is that extra no that's built into

[1:04:24] the yeah this right here is just the

[1:04:26] um them actually getting the

[1:04:29] information to put into the program and

[1:04:31] this includes that program our cost of

[1:04:33] everything there

[1:04:34] is included the program and they give

[1:04:36] their time any

[1:04:37] they need their it support and

[1:04:39] everything with that program okay

[1:04:41] they have over i believe there's over 2

[1:04:43] 000 users

[1:04:45] a lot of different cities everything

[1:04:47] throughout that

[1:04:49] i don't know if arbor access i don't

[1:04:51] know if it's just southern california

[1:04:52] i'm not sure on that one but

[1:04:53] i know it is it's just southern

[1:04:54] california that the program's there for

[1:04:56] different cities and everything so

[1:05:00] and then for the maintenance we had 49

[1:05:03] work orders submitted

[1:05:06] 45 completed and that's a 93

[1:05:10] uh completion rate and then we head on

[1:05:13] here

[1:05:14] the guys have just been basic

[1:05:16] maintenance that's been going around

[1:05:17] the newest i only got one slide on here

[1:05:20] is that

[1:05:21] uh backstop there at la ladare so i

[1:05:23] never really had a backstop the guy

[1:05:24] my maintenance team came in there

[1:05:26] rebuilt a back actual backstop so we can

[1:05:28] start using that

[1:05:30] field more with that so there's a brand

[1:05:32] new backstop on the back of that

[1:05:34] um and that's it the guys have been

[1:05:36] doing a few other things i'll show next

[1:05:38] month

[1:05:39] that i guess it finished today so it's

[1:05:41] uh

[1:05:42] i'll consider that finished in december

[1:05:43] so we'll we'll do that when we do

[1:05:45] any update but if you guys have any

[1:05:47] questions with any of these

[1:05:50] have we turned off the water water's

[1:05:53] been off for a few weeks yes

[1:05:55] i like it when the water's off

[1:05:59] commissioners any uh any any comments

[1:06:02] for mr howe or anybody

[1:06:04] 9.5 and 9.6

[1:06:09] okay moving on to item number 10

[1:06:10] commissioner reports on committee

[1:06:12] activities

[1:06:13] anybody

[1:06:17] um just want to say that uh i

[1:06:20] attended the uh tap i've got adp

[1:06:24] or atp tap it's getting hard to keep

[1:06:26] track of this but

[1:06:27] anyway it was the the bus ride basically

[1:06:29] uh with

[1:06:30] rta uh that was very informational

[1:06:33] um i thought that

[1:06:37] they really go anywhere and i think that

[1:06:40] it would definitely behoove them too

[1:06:43] and for us to promote that organization

[1:06:47] because they're a great organization

[1:06:48] and i was very pleased to do that thank

[1:06:52] you

[1:06:54] okay anyone else

[1:07:02] i have one question uh i was reading the

[1:07:05] minutes from the

[1:07:06] city council meeting here tonight and

[1:07:08] where they

[1:07:10] turned down the tower at wheatfield park

[1:07:13] yes and all the comments from

[1:07:16] councilman or mayor pro tem or august

[1:07:19] and all that

[1:07:20] talking about taking the parks is that

[1:07:22] getting closer and closer

[1:07:24] for us taking over all the parks or not

[1:07:28] the the city is actively um

[1:07:31] working with lafco to try to

[1:07:34] hit that to a close yes because

[1:07:38] here listening to the way that reports

[1:07:40] come out in minutes and everything

[1:07:42] it looks like we're getting pretty close

[1:07:44] we're trying and actually i did give her

[1:07:46] uh one of the reports that we provided

[1:07:49] to the city council last night was our

[1:07:50] strategic visioning plan which is a

[1:07:52] project that miss huerta is working on

[1:07:55] one of the items

[1:07:56] was the annexation of valley white

[1:07:59] and our goal in that report is to have

[1:08:02] the parks come over to the city

[1:08:04] next fiscal year which would be july 1

[1:08:06] 2020.

[1:08:08] very good so that that is a stated

[1:08:10] published goal of the city

[1:08:13] very good there was one other thing i

[1:08:15] picked up a copy of the newspaper

[1:08:18] remember we opened the park and we put

[1:08:20] in all the special equipment for the

[1:08:21] kids

[1:08:22] um i can't remember the name law marsh

[1:08:25] yes we have that

[1:08:26] playground yes there was an article in

[1:08:28] the paper showed a picture of a couple

[1:08:30] people at the park

[1:08:31] mother and kids and just a picture in

[1:08:33] the paper with just a little underneath

[1:08:35] it

[1:08:35] and they talk about lisa and everybody

[1:08:38] promoting it

[1:08:39] but they promoted that one park and and

[1:08:42] they just they didn't say anything else

[1:08:44] about anything about the park other than

[1:08:45] the fact it was open in menifee now

[1:08:47] and i'm just wondering they get their

[1:08:49] information

[1:08:51] but they don't they didn't give lisa or

[1:08:53] us or anybody

[1:08:55] a little more um for the you know for

[1:08:58] the park

[1:08:58] i mean just one little picture and

[1:09:00] nothing else yet they had

[1:09:02] something about some school play that

[1:09:04] was coming up in elsinore but some gay

[1:09:06] play and all that they gave it a full

[1:09:08] page spread

[1:09:09] and here this park with the kids it was

[1:09:12] just a picture

[1:09:13] it was when it was impressive puts that

[1:09:15] out huh was this the press enterprise

[1:09:17] yeah okay well they they

[1:09:20] they have they have the discretion kind

[1:09:22] of being a victim of it uh in another

[1:09:24] in another section of my life they have

[1:09:27] the discretion to print whatever they

[1:09:29] want they they can gather

[1:09:31] uh pages and reams of information from

[1:09:34] the people on site or

[1:09:35] even for the city for from the city for

[1:09:37] that matter but

[1:09:38] uh they have the latitude of printing

[1:09:40] whatever they want how long or how short

[1:09:42] so once it reaches their desk their

[1:09:45] editing desk it's out it's out of the

[1:09:47] jurisdiction and control and influence

[1:09:49] of the people on site and of the city

[1:09:52] that's just kind of how reporting works

[1:09:54] yeah and mr emery

[1:09:55] just to let you know that uh we did

[1:09:56] provide a full press release and uh

[1:09:59] mr hendricks did even talk to that

[1:10:00] reporter for the press enterprise to

[1:10:02] provide them additional information

[1:10:04] that's that's what i figured because

[1:10:05] that day they were there we were talking

[1:10:06] everybody and

[1:10:07] when that i saw that picture in the

[1:10:09] paper just a picture and just a little

[1:10:11] bit of a little blurb and that was it

[1:10:12] i i think you should volunteer to write

[1:10:14] them a letter because

[1:10:16] last time i checked when you go on to

[1:10:18] their website and you see

[1:10:20] local news communities guess who's not

[1:10:22] there

[1:10:25] we're not included so maybe we should

[1:10:27] all well maybe all the people men if you

[1:10:29] should stop buying a press enterprise

[1:10:34] all right um mr nix uh one thing i

[1:10:37] noticed maybe it's just me but after uh

[1:10:39] before the adjournment we don't have our

[1:10:41] list of uh

[1:10:42] nice to do things that we'd like to

[1:10:43] accomplish um yes the future generators

[1:10:48] i'll make sure that we provide provide

[1:10:49] an update on that uh during the next

[1:10:51] meeting i think we just

[1:10:52] we just missed it okay i know you guys

[1:10:53] are not trying to shield anything oh no

[1:10:55] no absolutely not

[1:10:56] it was just oversight on my part okay um

[1:11:00] all right before we go to the german any

[1:11:02] final comments

[1:11:03] from the commission i would like to

[1:11:05] suggest a future agenda item

[1:11:08] yes i was talking to gloria the day of

[1:11:09] the bus ride

[1:11:11] and she told me that the senior advisory

[1:11:13] committee had been talking

[1:11:15] with your predecessor about getting a

[1:11:17] bus of that kind

[1:11:19] for community services and i was

[1:11:21] wondering if we could have a discussion

[1:11:22] about maybe

[1:11:23] pursuing that idea that it would be

[1:11:25] available to service the community

[1:11:26] particularly of course the seniors

[1:11:29] but we can provide an update on that mr

[1:11:31] hendricks has been working on that for

[1:11:32] probably three years

[1:11:34] and provided several different options

[1:11:36] and updates to the senior advisory

[1:11:38] committee on that so we could provide a

[1:11:39] summary

[1:11:40] to the parks commission of all of mr

[1:11:41] hendricks efforts towards that

[1:11:43] looking at different uh looking at

[1:11:45] different grants looking at

[1:11:46] um rta has a like a decommissioned bus

[1:11:49] program where

[1:11:50] that was offered before the challenge

[1:11:52] with having a

[1:11:53] passenger van of that size like the one

[1:11:55] that we wrote on for the t now

[1:11:56] is that you do have to have someone that

[1:11:58] is licensed to drive that and having a

[1:12:01] city

[1:12:03] staff person that's dedicated and

[1:12:05] licensed and all that

[1:12:06] and plus the insurance that you need and

[1:12:08] the fueling and the maintenance of

[1:12:10] such a vehicle does present some

[1:12:11] challenges so we can provide a summary

[1:12:14] report of

[1:12:14] what we've provided the senior advisory

[1:12:16] committee before oh good i'd like to

[1:12:17] hear about that

[1:12:18] most definitely we could do that thanks

[1:12:22] ricky ricky have anything bill okay

[1:12:26] tony do you have anything one thing mr

[1:12:29] nix um

[1:12:30] i guess i'm probably the last one here

[1:12:32] um

[1:12:33] i just i was just thinking out loud and

[1:12:35] perhaps this is more appropriate

[1:12:37] me approaching my council member but um

[1:12:40] have we kind of uh abandoned about the

[1:12:43] idea of a minifee tv

[1:12:45] station or minifee channel that way i i

[1:12:47] see that as an

[1:12:48] avenue in which we can showcase some of

[1:12:50] our events with respect to recreation

[1:12:53] in other ways and just a mode of getting

[1:12:56] out

[1:12:57] what we're doing here in the city of

[1:12:58] menifee has that been discussed

[1:13:00] recently um absolutely they're one of

[1:13:02] the challenges that

[1:13:04] that's very typical the last two cities

[1:13:06] i work for and the county we all had our

[1:13:07] own television station

[1:13:09] the way that cities and public agencies

[1:13:12] have television stations is we receive

[1:13:14] what is called public education

[1:13:16] government funds peg funding

[1:13:18] and those are fees that are received

[1:13:20] from the cable providers like comcast

[1:13:22] frontier

[1:13:23] time warner um the city was not

[1:13:25] receiving that funding

[1:13:26] so the city attorneys just because we

[1:13:29] formed into a new city

[1:13:30] and the cable providers weren't keeping

[1:13:32] up with that that and recognizing our

[1:13:34] jurisdiction

[1:13:35] so the city attorney's office had to

[1:13:36] work on that and then just recently

[1:13:39] actually i believe earlier this year

[1:13:41] resolved that and so

[1:13:42] the funding started coming in and that

[1:13:44] funding actually went to the

[1:13:46] improvements for this council chamber so

[1:13:47] the second

[1:13:48] portion of that is to actually create

[1:13:50] the feed and um

[1:13:51] feed out so that even this meeting would

[1:13:54] be broadcast on that channel so that is

[1:13:55] an active project that the city is

[1:13:57] working out to establish like

[1:13:58] that cable channel just like most other

[1:14:00] cities have okay

[1:14:02] thank you very much and if there are no

[1:14:03] other comments um

[1:14:05] i would like to adjourn this meeting

[1:14:07] first of all thank you staff thank you

[1:14:08] for your

[1:14:09] just your wonderful installer work that

[1:14:11] you always perform on behalf of the

[1:14:13] residents of the city of menifee but

[1:14:15] um i'd like to adjourn this meeting uh

[1:14:19] in honor of uh ms imelda for everything

[1:14:21] she's done for us

[1:14:23] all right all right this meeting is

[1:14:27] adjourned

[1:14:31] i want to wish everybody a very merry

[1:14:33] christmas

[1:14:34] and because we won't be coming back

[1:14:36] before christmas now so

[1:14:38] all right happy holidays

[1:14:42] and thank you

[1:15:06] you

Regular Meeting - 12/05/2019

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