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Thanks everyone for joining us for waiting for one more council member and then we'll get started.

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Well, what do we go ahead and get started?

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Can't, whenever you're ready, let me know, and we can start the meeting.

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Recording in progress.

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Good evening, everyone.

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Welcome to a city council workshop on the Park System Master Plan.

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It is Wednesday, September 2nd.

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The time is 538 PM, and I'm officially calling this meeting to order.

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Clerk, please call the roll.

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Council member, Jay Howard.

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President, Council Member, Young, and McKelip just arrived and Young is on his way.

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Vice Mayor, Senator Mollie, and Mayor Zorne.

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Great.

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Thank you so much.

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All right.

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Well, let's go ahead and get started.

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So tonight, because this is a special meeting, we only have one item on the agenda.

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Normally we do public comment at the beginning of the meeting, but because this is a special

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meeting, we're going to hold public comment to after the presentation.

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So, that way we all get the same information before the public makes comments and the rest of the council ask their questions.

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So, tonight we are going to be receiving a presentation from Gates Studio who worked on our Park System master plan.

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We're going to have a discussion and then we'll provide guidance to staff.

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Just for everyone who's in the room, thank you all so much for coming.

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Friendly reminder, we will not be voting on anything tonight.

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This is just a workshop.

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No decisions will be made so please feel free to give any feedback that you have.

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And we will provide that to staff and to get studio as they go through the next iteration of this document.

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Staff, do you have anything you'd like to say before the meeting starts? Please go ahead.

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Thanks, Mayor. Before we get started, I do want to just make a couple of acknowledgements.

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I mean, first off, this is about 20 years since the last parks system master plan that we did.

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And it's been just right around a year's worth of work to get us to this point tonight.

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So, truly a pivotal moment, and we're really excited to be here.

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I also want to acknowledge the Parks Recreation Marina and Cultural Commission, the PR

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Mac.

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And specifically, it's subcommittee that the Commission delegated the review of the draft

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Park System Master Plan, and that's the chair of Max Cadino, the Vice Chair, Peggy Houston,

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and former longtime chair, Dylan Radke, who's in the audience tonight as well.

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So, may you swim around the room tonight?

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I see Max.

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I don't know if I see Peggy.

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Maybe she's back there.

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But thanks so much to them for all their good work to get us to this point.

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For our project team, I want to acknowledge Lauren, assistant city manager, Joe, or city engineer.

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Debbie Hernandez, our recreation manager and Eve Kernie, our PIO.

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And also of course our SESCO Centennial Festival coordinator extraordinaire after that

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fantastic event on Saturday for gates. Today we've got Casey Casey who's the principal in charge,

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Riley Rodriguez who's the project planner and manager and Rebecca Flanagan who's the outreach coordinator.

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So with that I'll turn it over to Lauren and then we'll get started with the presentation.

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Great. I just want to let the council know in the public we have had ongoing and proactive

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communication with the community throughout the entire process. So Casey will go over that we had

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to robust phases about reach occur early in the early part of the year.

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We're continuing to engage the community.

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We've had a lot of meetings this week.

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We'll talk about with the council in a little bit.

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And we're going to continue to engage the community up the...

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So, as much as we can make sure people are following along, we want to do that. But, you know, here and there, someone falls off. And so, please, just feel free to reach out to us. Council keep us informed if somebody is not in the loop. We want to make sure we're bringing them under the tent. I want to call that specifically that we might have some overlap between tonight's conversation.

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and a conversation we're having later tonight on the regular council agenda regarding hidden

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valley sport courts. So I would just ask the mayor maybe if you know, if hidden valley

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sports courts comes up tonight in this conversation which we fully expect it to and we

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can all look at the map and have a discussion about the future. If there's a more appropriate

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discussion to have later on during general business item, I'll let you manage that. Also,

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what I just want to take stock of here is that we're really at the beginning of the recommendation

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phase. So the plan still, we still have a little bit left to go. We don't plan to bring it for adoption

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until December. So everybody that's here today that's providing input like this is a great time.

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The plan isn't solidified. The council's still taking public input. Things in the plan can still

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and shift. And so we welcome really all of your input and ideas because we're really

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open-minded. We want to create something that's going to be a long-term plan.

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The other element we've learned this in our engagements is this is a vision document.

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We don't have money to build this plan yet, so a lot of times when we're out there engaging

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the community, there's like a fear, maybe, you know, that the thing's going to get built tomorrow,

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the amenity or you know that the change in in someone's community or in a facility is going to happen very quickly.

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This is really just a vision document and hopefully the secondary conversation we have in the new year is how do we fund it.

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So anyways with that I will turn over to Casey to take us through the presentation.

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right, looked like it was on, now it's on, thank you.

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So what we're going to talk through tonight is our outreach efforts to date.

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Some of the findings that we had in those conversations in those online surveys,

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then the recommendations we're making today in terms of parks, open space,

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as well as facilities, and then what are the next steps after this process?

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So we will start with our project background.

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So we always have to have that northern star, that vision statement that keeps us grounded throughout

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our process.

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So what we're trying to do is create this community, community-driven vision that can guide

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the development, enhancement, and long-term stewardship of the city's parks and open space

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over the next 15 years.

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So as Lauren mentioned, this is a long-term guiding document.

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So it's not necessarily incredibly specific on where every trash can will go, but it is clarifying

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And where is it that we want to take the city and our amenities in the next 15 years?

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We really want to focus on building upon the existing infrastructure we already have as

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far as facilities parks and open space, identifying if there are opportunities for new future

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park land and ensuring equitable access to high quality amenities throughout the community

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as well.

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So our vision statement, much more beautiful than I just illustrated, is inspired to cultivate

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a thriving and vibrant parks and recreation system that supports healthy and resilient environments

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and enhances community connection throughout door experiences.

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So where we are right now has a little star where about what we'll call halfway, but a

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little closer to kind of dialing it all in because it's sort of a front-loaded effort.

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So we went out to every single park, took a look at what's working and not working at

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those, had lots of conversations with the community about anything that they feel is working

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or not working. We did that as well with the open space areas and the facilities. Come up with

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that summary of this is what you have now. Then we make our recommendations. So combining

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that assessment we have with the input from the community we come up with some ideas of where

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these parks could go in the future. That we present to you guys in draft form and also presented

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to the Parks and Rec Commission, then we'll take that information back.

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We got back finalized it and this lovely beautiful document that's really meant to be a tool, not just the thing that's on a shelf, but really something we check in on and make sure it's guiding our decisions.

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And then it'll be finalized as your park and open space master plan.

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So we did initiate this effort with a lot of community outreach, as we mentioned, oops, I want to fast.

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So we had about, I think it was 1,600 participants, 1,700 participants in total.

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We had 80 participants in our district community sessions, 75 in our community pop-ups, over

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1,500 responded to the online surveys, and then we had about 25 people in some of our

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focus group meetings.

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So lots of ideas, lots of voices heard, it was really fun to meet people and kind of talk

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about the things that they'd like to see in their parks.

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Across all of those conversations,

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we came up with these themes,

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so the consistent elements we were hearing,

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so those included build upon what we have.

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We want to improve the things that are already there,

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make sure that there's restrooms, lighting,

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and overall sense of good condition and maintenance.

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I want to make sure that the parks feel comfortable,

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and that means easy to move through and navigate.

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They have shades, so it feels comfortable in the weather,

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and also safety and cleanliness.

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The community would like to expand recreation opportunities,

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so things that have family options really would like to see

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some water play, things such as flash paths,

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more bike facilities, pickleball opportunities,

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and other active recreations,

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and maybe to integrate some more youth and teen opportunities.

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In terms of trail, again, the element of safety,

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So just connections, easier access to things, better links between the neighborhoods, the

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parks, the schools, and the open spaces.

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We'd also like to add waterfront park as a community top priority for investment, as well

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as Hidden Lakes Hidden Valley in Nancy Boyd, we're key sites to focus improvements on for

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the community.

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And then really preserve the small town character.

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Keep the charm of Martinez make it continue to feel like the special place that a lot of

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people believe it is today.

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So we did also do some Kim Persons to other local communities,

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as well as national standards, just to see where we stand,

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because this is an opportunity to set the bar as high or as median

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as we would like.

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So when we took a look at the existing conditions for park acreage,

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there's about 3.6 acres per 1,000 residents,

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and the goal is to up that to about five.

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That would be an additional 52 acres of developed park over the next 15 years.

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This is not something we're expecting to plant a flag into tomorrow.

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For park land acreage, we're currently at about 23.5 acres for 1,000 residents.

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The proposed is five, so we're killing it.

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Doing great there.

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Lots of open space, not something that really needs to be a concerted effort in the next 15 years.

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And then as terms of indoor square footage, we have approximately 1.51.

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However, that was not considering some of the least property as well.

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So that number has gone up a little bit to about, or it is 1.15, right, Riley?

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Sorry, thank you, and this was updated, and I thought I had to update it.

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So 1.15 is where we're at currently.

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We previously thought it was lower, but realized there was some least space we weren't

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factoring in as well.

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So this does fall within a national average, and the goal that the team decided to aim

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four is 0.75 to two square feet per residence, so that would be adding about 17,000 plus or minus square feet of indoor recreation opportunity space.

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So these are also guidelines that we use in making the recommendations, where are we trying to go?

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What are we trying to accomplish to really get ourselves competitive within the national standards as well as some of their benchmark communities?

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Can I ask you one really quick question?

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On that table with the increased space,

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I know that part of this discussion tonight

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is going to be with respect to the Senior Center,

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Community Center, the Qantas building.

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You know, these are all spaces that currently exist

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and are taken into consideration,

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and we're not going to get more credit if we program it more.

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This the square foot per resident won't change if we...

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It's based on an architectural footprint.

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Okay, so a lot of the conversation will probably be having is about optimizing that square footage rather than, yeah, increasing.

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Okay, thank you absolutely.

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Thank you, good point.

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I also may have gone too quickly some of the amenities that we're suggesting to align better with some of the demands of the community.

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As I mentioned briefly, Pickleball, Reservable picnic areas, more dog park spaces, multi-use fields,

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splash pad, water play, all wheels track skate park, walking biking, connectivity in the trails and shade.

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Fun, also some really achievable improvements. So, where we are going? This leads us to our recommendations. So, when we put together our document, we do system-wide. So, across parks, facilities, and recreation, these are some of our recommendations, high-level. Then we might do some high-level across all parks, some high-level across all facilities, and some high-level across recreation, and then specific to each site and facilities.

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You see, you might hear me say the same thing about 16 times.

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I apologize in advance, but they are consistent across parks,

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open space, and recreation.

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So as I have already mentioned, we'd like to renovate

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and upgrade projects that we're targeting

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repair of existing amenities.

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So not necessarily, you know, tearing things to the ground

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and starting over, but improving upon what we already have.

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We'd like to add new recreation opportunities.

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And we'd like to explore expanding some of the things

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the uses we have already, so partnerships, joint use agreements, looking for additional

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land if it's an opportunity and better utilizing the existing facilities.

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Some of our high-level park recommendations include renovating and upgrading themes as

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well, so making sure that the pathways are safe and accessible, upgrading any play areas that

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are out of date or lack the latest safety and accessibility, we want to make sure that things

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are ADA compliant in terms of site furniture and ability to move through the space, enhance

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the circulation, parking opportunities, add shade, weather that structures, or trees,

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and then renovate the bathrooms at Mountain View and Waterfront Parks.

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The new recreations we're considering adding in our recommendations right now are the splash

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pad or some kind of water play feature at Hidden Valley Park, the all wheels track at Waterfront

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park, a jump line skills course at Hidden Valley open space, outdoor pickle ball at Waterfront

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Park, the dog park, potentially golden hills, but we've had some discussions about switching

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that to Hidden Valley, Pine Meadow or Waterfront, and Community Gardens at the Hidden Valley

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courts in the linear park.

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And then we also wanted to honor that expand and explore, so revisiting some joint use agreements

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there are some limited ones now, but it's not really for reoccurring or any intensive

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use. We want to look for opportunities to desigly park percentage per unit, so future

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developments are required to contribute to that park land use within the community, explore

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repurposing underutilized sites, and then we also like the idea of conducting a master plan

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process for the downtown Creekwalk, so that the Creek area is more accessible to the community,

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it really improves the downtown look and feel. So I will pause before I move into recommendations

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for open space. Any questions on the parks, high level or more specific recommendations and I also

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have hidden slides for each park if there's one you guys want to see as well. Just close your eyes

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while I'm maniacally click through them. I'm so sorry I didn't prep the council at all for this

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PowerPoint. So you have recommendations for, can you remind me of which sections and that

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will be stopping after each? So it's parks, parks, open space, and facilities. So this

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is just the parks. So if you have any questions, we can stop here in ask questions or we

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can just let her keep going, yep, through each of these sections. How would you guys like

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to do it? I want to listen to all of it first before you ask questions? You know, okay, okay.

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You're welcome. Thank you. Well, right on through. Thank you. All right.

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So then we take a look at open space, again, high-level recommendations.

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We'd love to formalize the trail networks.

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Have better signage and wave-finding,

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so people know where these trails are.

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Maybe the level of difficulty, how long they are.

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We'd love to enhance the safety and accessibility,

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so that may mean better visibility.

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Places where people know that they can park,

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or walk, or get to mitigate erosion that's happening,

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strengthen habitat, protection, and ecological restoration.

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Some of the things we'd like to expand and explore with our open space is linking multiple

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open space areas, creating not just an open space within itself, but a greater green

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network.

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And that can include tying into some of the regional trails.

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We'd love to look into adding new trails, continue partnerships with the regional agencies,

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an opportunity tight sites we'd like to explore the pleasant view, nope, no open space, and

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a new pocket park trailhead at the Calvary Drive that opens space area there as well.

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And then last but not least, we took a look at facilities.

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So some of our recommendations there, a bit of a theme, once again, upgrade to have ADA

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compliance.

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We want to make sure the facilities are in shape to host events, classes, meetings.

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The new things we would like to explore are multi-purpose rooms, so it can accommodate different uses, different generations, maybe different hours as well.

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Add food truck parking and rentable cabanas at the Rankin Aquatic Center and the space between the baseball field area and the pool area.

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And then we love the idea of enhancing the Coannas Youth Center inside and outside, so it could also be a rentable public space.

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We'd also like to expand and explore here some joint use agreements.

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So again, maybe with the school, finding opportunities to have shared uses of spaces in the

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income and hours. Potentially acquire the parcel adjacent to the Mountain View Park to convert

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into a new community facility, long-term goal. And then ideally add some rental, we dub them club houses

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to the following parks, which would include Hidden Valley Anne-Ranken.

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And I'm going to pass it over

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to Lauren, to discuss some of our stakeholder conversation.

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So here's a list on the screen of stakeholders.

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We've recently engaged.

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So those are folks that we actually walk through

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these facility recommendations with

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and park recommendations with.

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In a second here, Casey will talk about the commission,

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but I just want to take note of the other groups here.

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We met with myself in the project team

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at with the Senior Club Board on Monday.

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It was one of their monthly membership meetings.

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I want to highlight, we actually have their president in the room here today, so thank you for making it.

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We went through, you know, sort of the, the diagnosis of what could be improved in the building.

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There's a lot of ADA issues that we want to tend to might be a top priority.

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It's been exciting to hear from our senior club board on a couple of fronts.

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One is that they want to be able to welcome new groups into the building.

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So that's very exciting.

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They understand that there's opportunities at nights and weekends,

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but in order to bring more folks into the room,

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we have to renovate the building.

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Get the building ready for that.

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There's also opportunities we've heard

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from the Senior Club Board of where can we share costs?

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So that's very exciting.

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In fact, they're helping us to rebuild the decking

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in the front of the building right now.

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But there's potential opportunity in the future

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when this plan is done, is what else can we build together?

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Same with the Coanis Club, we met with them yesterday, and I do want to call out that we

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actually had the mayor at the senior club meeting and Jay and the mayor at the Coanis

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Board meeting. As likewise, we went through the building needs and the building opportunities

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and in both conversations we talked to about opportunities to rent the space out and

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some new revenue into the city. I want to take note that there, it's very similar in terms of

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there already offering and have already carried out a lot of investment in the building. So again,

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these are groups that want to see building improvement and are willing to put some money forward towards that.

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Where the pool is concerned,

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where the pool is concerned, we have, I would say our predominant

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user group is the Martinez community swim team.

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We have a lease agreement that gets approved every single year.

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They use it April through October.

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And they get heavy hours at the pool for a very low cost.

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But they are very important.

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Price, you know, group to the community.

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We've had a partnership with them for a long time.

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When Debbie and her team went over the recommendations and the plan with them.

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They were very excited, you'll see those.

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I know we'll talk through them, but like bleachers, better clocks, better screens, you know,

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just bringing it into the 21st century.

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And again, we think there's an appetite to share costs on some of those improvements in the

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future.

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I'll note that one of our smaller stakeholder groups but loud and vocal is our lap swimmers.

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So we only have about 25 lap swimmers that tend to come pretty routinely, but they really take

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that activity serious and without it, you know, it's part of their health, it's part of their

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health process. So we didn't gauge lap swimmers and they too were very excited about the potential.

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So, again, no big red flags, you know, we did hear from the senior club board like,

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how about building a new building, you know, did we ever think about that? But overall, we heard lots of good feedback and we're very happy that everybody's on board.

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Over to you for the commission. Yes. So we got to have a presentation with the Parks and Rec Commission. Got some great feedback. They supported the idea of the Creek Walk Master Plan. We're excited about re-invigorating the downtown area.

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Consider staffing needs for additional space and amenities. So what would it mean in terms of staff if we were to add some of these extra spaces? They supported adding waterplay, but did have concerns for vandalism and safety after hours.

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There was support for additional signage and open space to help with the navigation and

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way-finding that we'd like to pinpoint areas where the citywide connections can occur

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between the parks and open spaces, consider additional spaces for the recreational joint

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use opportunities like we mentioned, support implementing disc golf as an affordable and accessible

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asset in Martinez.

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There is a preference to keep the skate park and the all wheels separate, also to preserve

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open space between hidden lakes and hidden valley parks. And then as I mentioned, consider

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removing the dog park from Golden Hills Park and relocating it elsewhere.

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So with that,

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we do want to continue to hear from folks. We're not at the point where it's yet pencils down.

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So the more input we get, comments, questions, concerns is really helpful. So that we're making sure

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the document we ultimately come forward with is useful and easy to read and takes us in the

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working on the implementation strategy, which is where we take these recommendations we've given

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and help come up with ideas for how they can be prioritized and implemented. And then our goal

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is to have that draft master plan ready by the end of this year to come and present it to you guys again.

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Thank you. Thank you very much. All right. So why don't we do this? Let's do some just basic

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questions that we might have. We have a lot of people in the room tonight. So I'd love to hear from

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members of the public. And then after we hear from the public we can bring it back to council for other, you know, general piece of feedback. Does that work for everybody?

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All right, so to kick it off, does anyone have any specific questions for Casey on this plan that they seem so far?

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If it's a short comment, that's yeah.

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I really appreciate this report and I really appreciate, I think the most is bringing everybody into the full, you know,

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because you start talking about our parks

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and people get excited, obviously.

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We got a lot of stakeholders here.

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And I think it's really important

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that we acknowledge the fact

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that some of the revitalization,

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the number one thing is a bathroom, right?

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Because wherever I go,

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that's what everybody wants to talk about.

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What's going on, especially at the Bautjibalk court?

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So that is one of my big pet peeves

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And then just a fun comment, I would love to see the foe zone brought in from the sesquence and tenial party for any events that we can come up with.

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Because those kids were having fun and adults.

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So fun, but that's all I got.

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Just a quick aside, the reason that we know about the foam parties is that Debbie's team offers it to the campers, right?

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at Beaver Creek Camp throughout the summer.

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So I want to update.

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So I think you have to become a Beaver Creek camper in order to get, sorry.

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Any other questions or comments anyone wants to make?

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Go ahead to be.

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Yeah.

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Just go quick for a stop.

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Thank you for the report and thank you for all the work that you put into it and for engaging

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the community and getting all the input over many months.

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And I'm sure there was a lot as I could see.

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I just want to kind of say the same thing that Jay had mentioned about bathrooms, and I want

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to make sure that safety and security is where important to me, so I want to make sure

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that those things, anything that deals with safety or security of the people utilizing

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these facilities, utilizing the buildings, and definitely the open space.

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I want to thank you for adding, you've mentioned it a couple of times, considering relocating

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the potential dog park at Golden Hills Park to another location that might be a better fit for that type of

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amenity. I know that over the years there's been many studies done in Martinez that to that I'm

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aware of over the past like 15 to 20 years and in some even more recent where we've looked at

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locations for dog parks and that had never been one that had been previously identified in a

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that were identified, one of which was nearer hidden, hidden lakes, park as a potential place and another in a...

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A retaining basin that had its own challenges. So there's some other locations that have been identified over the years that I don't know if you've had access to those reports to evaluate the historical research that had gone on around dog parks. And it was pretty extensive.

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So I just want to throw that in.

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Thank you.

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So I have a couple of questions and some comments as well.

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I noted, and forgive me if I may have missed it, is the draft that we're looking at tonight?

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Is it, does it speak to Pine Medal Park in any way, shape or form, or is that perhaps I might have missed it?

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I know that we had previously had a blueprint, if you will, for what phases, what we envision phases two and three to potentially look like,

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but I know we've also had some recent discussions about what can be done with like the upper,

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So it's just wondering if we could maybe just speak to what the recommendations were for

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Pine Middle Park and how that aligns with what the Council had previously approved as

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far as there was a blueprint, if you will, although it's not set in stone, but it's kind

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like what we, what we're envisioning.

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So can you speak briefly to that?

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Yep, I was going to pull it up so we can all

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perfect.

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I was going to say it's L17 on attachment one.

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Sorry, just a moment.

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So just while I'm getting that sorted, what we've

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done in our document is more obvious to those of you who can

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see the graphic is anything that's existing.

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We identify in anything that we're proposing is colored, right?

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So the proposals that we have made for improvements

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for the parks are things that were identified as priorities per the community and we do take

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into consideration the existing conditions of the site, the access, the adjacent neighborhood,

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and really try to make the distribution of amenities throughout the community equitable as much

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as possible. So those are the factors that led to our recommendation shown on the screen today.

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We have heard some other suggestions for ideas within the open space as well.

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So, since we're here looking at this, so you have dog park listed here on Pine Middle Park.

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But I thought we were looking at your recommendation was Golden Hills Park, or is this like a potential number two site that is being that we may want to consider?

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Yes, there's more than one dog park.

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I recommend it.

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Got it.

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And talk to me a little bit about the thinking behind trying to bring in more shade to

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this part.

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Because that is a one thing that we are clearly lacking at this point and we have planted

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some trees but admittedly it's going to take some time for those trees to mature.

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So what do we do in the interim?

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Do you have any recommendations surrounding that?

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Yes.

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that we do propose a new shade structure now.

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So that is something that is recommended.

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It's a little blue square.

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You can see that we wanted it nearby,

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the existing picnic-ish area and near the future play.

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So that people have shade if they're hanging out

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or near the play so they can observe.

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So the spectator area.

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And then we also have high level recommendations

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for additional trees where it's reasonable.

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So if in when future implementations of this part come into play,

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that's a general ad trees where it makes sense where we have water

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where it's suitable for the site.

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So the immediate shade opportunity will be the structure

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and then longer term is trees.

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It's the trees. Okay. Thank you for that clarification.

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Okay. So then staying in District 3.

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So I just want to be clear, since we brought up the dog park,

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I just want to go on the record and say I absolutely do not support a dog park at Golden

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Hills Park.

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Period.

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I don't believe it's the right site, and I don't based on the feedback we've gotten from

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residents.

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They don't think it's appropriate either, but the question is, do you know, where South

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of four could we potentially bring a dog park?

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And I have actually, and I see some of my former colleagues

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on the PR Mac are here in the audience tonight.

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Hello, Dylan.

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I do believe that strong consideration ought

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to be given to bringing one to Hidden Valley Park.

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And I believe we may have an image-medium assistant

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city manager, do you happen to have that?

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And I just wanted to kind of put that out.

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There are four, everyone's consideration. But there is a spot there, which I don't know if it has been evaluated in some of the earlier studies that council member McKillup alluded to. It may very well have been, but I just wanted to put it back up there. Since I felt like this was a timely opportunity. So while the clerk is bringing that up, are we looking at, yes, this is Hidden Valley Park.

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So, I wanted to just point to the area where on this map where it says NFC, that open space right there.

439
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It's pretty much dead all year round.

440
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,900
There's nothing there except weeds and tall grasses.

441
00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:45,300
It just sits there.

442
00:45:46,820 --> 00:45:54,540
And so, that spot in particular, I feel is appealing because number one, there's no nearby residences there.

443
00:45:54,540 --> 00:46:06,700
Number two, there's multiple access points because it connects to the trails that come up from the lake, which is all those residences around there, right?

444
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:13,600
And also has a access point from Beachwood Drive as well, in addition to the access point from the main parking lot.

445
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:24,400
Now, admittedly, I'm not a dog owner myself, but I have had an opportunity to just sort of informally engage with dog owners during my routine walks down there.

446
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:30,300
I've asked him, candidly, hey, would you support a dog park on the site?

447
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,720
And unequivocally, everybody said yes.

448
00:46:33,620 --> 00:46:39,060
The only thing was just making sure that there was enough separation to, from between large,

449
00:46:39,060 --> 00:46:43,000
larger dogs and smaller dogs to prevent any sort of conflicts like that.

450
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:50,320
So I feel like this is one site which merits some serious consideration, and I've said this

451
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,900
from all the way going back on my time

452
00:46:52,900 --> 00:46:55,140
on the Parks and Rec Commission.

453
00:46:56,700 --> 00:47:00,060
And so I know that a lot of folks are using pass on no goal

454
00:47:00,700 --> 00:47:04,220
is that lifts out the floor in nearby Pleasant Hill.

455
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:05,800
But we have an opportunity,

456
00:47:05,940 --> 00:47:08,500
if we are looking for an opportunity site,

457
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,960
I feel like this is one that ought to be looked at.

458
00:47:13,260 --> 00:47:14,840
Debbie, did you have any feedback?

459
00:47:15,220 --> 00:47:16,860
I can just jump in on that.

460
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,440
So this site isn't the one that was considered,

461
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:21,300
but it's certainly worth considering.

462
00:47:22,220 --> 00:47:30,880
The site that was historically considered was near the baseball field at Hidden Lakes Park.

463
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:34,720
So there was another photo, I'm not sure where that exists.

464
00:47:35,260 --> 00:47:38,880
Right now, it's designated as a potential overflow parking lot.

465
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:44,200
But that was a site that was considered to be for a potential dog park.

466
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:47,660
There would be offsite parking and people would like, well,

467
00:47:47,660 --> 00:47:51,500
there was a potential to add a parking lot.

468
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:54,720
This would be on, let's see, what is that?

469
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:55,560
Morello, something.

470
00:47:55,820 --> 00:47:57,260
So it would be a long Morello.

471
00:47:59,140 --> 00:48:04,220
I don't know what, it would be nice if we could pull that up.

472
00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:06,180
Hold up, hidden, hidden, hidden.

473
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,600
Yeah, just so that people can see,

474
00:48:09,060 --> 00:48:12,660
there is an image in one of the handouts, L6.

475
00:48:13,140 --> 00:48:14,040
OK, there it is.

476
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:16,460
OK, so that area right now that's designated

477
00:48:16,460 --> 00:48:23,060
as an overflow parking for the other park baseball in soccer. That area at one time was

478
00:48:23,060 --> 00:48:29,780
entertained as being a dog park, what they would do would be at a parking lot in that space.

479
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:35,000
And then larger than just that designated area, that little corner area would be expanded

480
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:42,100
and potentially that was a identified location for a potential dog park. So just for some,

481
00:48:42,100 --> 00:48:46,320
in case someone is not aware that that was looked at at one time.

482
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:54,780
So can I ask the question because a dog park was not proposed at hit-and-lake's or hit-and-value

483
00:48:54,780 --> 00:48:59,080
is there a reason why it wasn't, I'm seeing nods, would you mind coming to the microphone

484
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:01,740
and just explaining why it was not considered?

485
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:06,820
Because you did add dog parks in quite a few parks, so just wanted to speak to his request

486
00:49:06,820 --> 00:49:08,520
is there reason why it wasn't included?

487
00:49:11,130 --> 00:49:12,090
Good evening council members.

488
00:49:12,330 --> 00:49:13,530
Thank you for having me here tonight.

489
00:49:14,170 --> 00:49:14,610
I'm sure.

490
00:49:15,270 --> 00:49:16,110
Thank you.

491
00:49:16,630 --> 00:49:17,570
So yes, that was considered,

492
00:49:17,690 --> 00:49:19,090
since there's so many amenities already

493
00:49:19,090 --> 00:49:21,130
at Hidden Lakes and Hidden Valley,

494
00:49:21,450 --> 00:49:23,570
as well as limited parking.

495
00:49:23,750 --> 00:49:25,310
I know there's a lot of parking issues there,

496
00:49:25,410 --> 00:49:28,030
and we're already adding a bigger playground,

497
00:49:28,370 --> 00:49:32,110
slash pad and improved athletic amenities

498
00:49:32,110 --> 00:49:34,050
and bigger picnic areas.

499
00:49:34,110 --> 00:49:37,950
This would overflow the park area.

500
00:49:37,950 --> 00:49:54,290
And so adding a dog park was another extension of adding more people, more parking, and so it's a designation of that and the park or the dog parks throughout our options, so we're not recommending that all of those be instituted into the city, but as options of where it can go.

501
00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:56,860
So,

502
00:49:59,330 --> 00:49:59,930
I hear what you're saying.

503
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:28,700
I envision what you're saying, but this park is pretty large, and I think that you're talking about the park along the center that has the amenity proposed for a water amenity, which is in a different location. It's on the other side of the park. This is on Morello, which is not near where the additional amenities would have been added, so they're like two separate parallel roads, but the parks in between, so they're in different locations.

504
00:50:28,700 --> 00:50:35,700
So I don't know if that, that, that, that, that help me to identify why there wasn't one identified in this area.

505
00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:42,680
Yes. So since there, it's so much already happening at hidden lakes and there's already such a big parking issue that exists currently.

506
00:50:43,180 --> 00:50:48,660
We knew that had to be solved. And since a lot of people are parking along, we're yellow.

507
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:56,640
We figured if you can use that overflow area, create a nice path into the park. It's a lot easier for baseball people to use that.

508
00:50:56,640 --> 00:51:01,100
and then utilize the more existing parking lot for the soccer and the playground that would

509
00:51:01,500 --> 00:51:06,080
be larger there as well as putting in or I were keeping the basketball court as well and

510
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:10,900
then extending the picnic areas there. And then you utilize and then since there is connection

511
00:51:10,900 --> 00:51:17,320
to hit in valley we figured having a splash pad there and other amenities that would equate to

512
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:21,620
more people wanting to park there but since there's easy access from that overflow they can then

513
00:51:21,620 --> 00:51:28,720
realize that then go. Okay. In the interest of time, can I have the two of you reach out to them

514
00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:33,820
and maybe have a dog park discussion offline? It's already 615 and I want to make sure the public has a

515
00:51:33,820 --> 00:51:38,620
chance for a fight. I would like to go on the record that I support removing the dog park from

516
00:51:38,620 --> 00:51:46,260
Golden Hills as well. Okay. Thank you. I think that has become a unanimous recommendation. Yes.

517
00:51:46,900 --> 00:51:51,300
And we even receive multiple public comments on it today. So. May I have just 30 seconds for

518
00:51:51,300 --> 00:51:56,640
promise just 30 seconds. 31 and I'm okay. All right, sounds good. I agree. I appreciate the inclusion

519
00:51:56,640 --> 00:52:01,040
of the overflow parking. It's a strong recognition of the fact that we do have parking challenges.

520
00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:07,380
I hadn't lakes park in particular many years ago, you know, baseball and soccer had distinct

521
00:52:07,380 --> 00:52:13,420
seasons. Now, a lot of these sports run year round. And so it's a very common that all the sports

522
00:52:13,420 --> 00:52:17,960
fields will be utilized at the same time. So I do appreciate the fact that there was some recognition

523
00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:23,100
for that, and I strongly do support having some type of overflow parking there, which I would

524
00:52:23,100 --> 00:52:27,420
also add would also provide easy access to a dog park at Hiddemellie.

525
00:52:27,980 --> 00:52:28,500
So, yes.

526
00:52:29,580 --> 00:52:29,760
Time.

527
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:30,460
Perfect.

528
00:52:30,620 --> 00:52:31,140
Thank you.

529
00:52:31,540 --> 00:52:31,940
All right.

530
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,320
Thank you very much for this report.

531
00:52:35,980 --> 00:52:38,280
I want to open this up to public comment.

532
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:42,180
I want to let everybody know as a reminder that there were a lot of attachments.

533
00:52:42,580 --> 00:52:47,640
And so, in attachment one, every single one of the parks is listed with each one of

534
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:53,120
recommendation. So if you do have a comment about a particular park, please make sure to

535
00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:56,880
say it into the microphone and we'll try to have the clerk bring up that park as you're

536
00:52:56,880 --> 00:53:01,780
talking, if that works for you. And that applies for council as well when we come back afterwards.

537
00:53:02,580 --> 00:53:12,120
Okay, let's see. Yeah. All right. Well, let's start with Beth. Is this Maloney? Come on

538
00:53:22,900 --> 00:53:23,940
up.

539
00:53:23,940 --> 00:53:26,740
Um, actually, why don't you speak here in the middle?

540
00:53:26,940 --> 00:53:31,260
I'm sorry, Casey, that one's for you and that way you can always respond to people as needed.

541
00:53:31,900 --> 00:53:33,080
Yeah, perfect.

542
00:53:33,740 --> 00:53:37,140
Um, as soon as you start talking, it's up there on the screen.

543
00:53:58,390 --> 00:54:02,110
The last to be a voice for us and for our neighbors unable to attend this meeting, who are in full

544
00:54:02,110 --> 00:54:03,630
agreement with this being

545
00:54:19,180 --> 00:54:22,360
the one compared to another, but other parts, it was a great one.

546
00:54:23,940 --> 00:54:25,780
That this was not a good place for a dog park.

547
00:54:26,060 --> 00:54:28,780
Please know we do not want a dog park at Golden Hills Park.

548
00:54:28,780 --> 00:54:33,120
It's an inappropriate place for a dog park and I know many of us have written as such.

549
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:37,500
Again, it's extreme the close to quiet residential subdivisions, kids play at this park,

550
00:54:37,700 --> 00:54:39,820
and there are people walking a piece throughout this park.

551
00:54:40,220 --> 00:54:43,180
Sometimes there are soccer games in the green grassy area.

552
00:54:43,620 --> 00:54:44,240
There's tennis court.

553
00:54:44,420 --> 00:54:48,400
It's really well used for all these activities which are appropriate for the small park.

554
00:54:49,420 --> 00:54:54,420
And we already have a dog park and there's one nearby at Golden Hills in Pleasant Hill.

555
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:55,460
That's a no go.

556
00:54:55,460 --> 00:54:59,940
When we purchased our homes in this lovely subdivision, we did so with the awareness.

557
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:16,600
That we had a beautiful park in our neighborhood and we were all aware of the uses of this park. None of which included a terribly noisy and potentially dangerous dog park. I would say it's safe to say that most people would not request or welcome a dog park to be introduced to their neighborhood bringing loud barking to their previously peaceful backyard family gatherings.

558
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:24,860
Norwood families who use this park often with their little ones welcome lots of dogs coming in going as encounters are sure to happen and some of those encounters may not end well.

559
00:55:24,860 --> 00:55:28,880
And lastly, from what I understand Martinez follows the Contacosta County Noisy Animal

560
00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:29,660
Ordnance.

561
00:55:29,820 --> 00:55:33,420
And this truly puts an exclamation point in this topic and acknowledges that the city of

562
00:55:33,420 --> 00:55:36,160
Martinez recognizes that barking dogs are a nuisance.

563
00:55:36,660 --> 00:55:41,000
For the Contacosta County Animals website, which refers to the ordinance, a noisy animal

564
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:42,320
can be frustrating for neighbors.

565
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:49,400
Under the Contacosta County Noisy Animal Ordnance Code Section 416-12.202, which, again,

566
00:55:49,420 --> 00:55:53,780
I understand Martinez relies upon its unlawful to have an animal that makes noise for an extended

567
00:55:53,780 --> 00:55:58,740
period of time, and the noise disturbs any person at any time day or night. So to distill

568
00:55:58,740 --> 00:56:03,020
this ordinance down, the pertinent part of it is no person may own possess harbor control

569
00:56:03,020 --> 00:56:09,180
or keep on any premises of dog barking or other noisy animal. With respect for your commitment

570
00:56:09,180 --> 00:56:14,160
and for the time you put into making our beloved Martinez such a wonderful place to live, I thank

571
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:18,740
you all very much for allowing me to read these comments and I'm sorry again to be so rapid

572
00:56:18,740 --> 00:56:25,680
fire with this but I wanted to get it all in. And did I? Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Great job.

573
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:30,700
Now you can go to Bachi. Thank you. Yeah. Now you can go to Bachi. You'll just miss the first

574
00:56:30,700 --> 00:56:37,940
game. That's okay. I just want to point out that the council has already voiced their opposition

575
00:56:37,940 --> 00:56:42,820
and or maybe the request to remove that recommendation out of the park system master plan.

576
00:56:43,020 --> 00:56:47,300
So if anybody wants to provide comments, you're welcome to talk about something else because

577
00:56:47,300 --> 00:56:51,980
So there's unlikely that it's going to make it through to the next iteration with a dog

578
00:56:51,980 --> 00:56:53,200
park ahead of the flicks.

579
00:56:53,500 --> 00:56:53,920
Or I'm sorry.

580
00:56:54,840 --> 00:56:55,440
Golden Hills.

581
00:56:55,740 --> 00:56:58,280
And I can confirm that as a district for representative.

582
00:56:59,680 --> 00:56:59,860
All right.

583
00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:05,860
Next up is Kathy Fitzgerald, who I believe wrote down, I want to talk about a dog park at

584
00:57:05,860 --> 00:57:06,640
Golden Hills Park.

585
00:57:07,140 --> 00:57:09,100
So you're welcome to say whatever you like.

586
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:11,720
I'm going to tell you about my life.

587
00:57:12,140 --> 00:57:12,320
No.

588
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:12,960
Okay.

589
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:14,140
No, no.

590
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:15,540
You got a 3D name.

591
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:16,780
Thank you so much.

592
00:57:16,780 --> 00:57:22,060
for allowing public comment on this. My name is Kathy Fitzgerald and I'm here tonight to

593
00:57:22,060 --> 00:57:28,720
voice my opposition to the proposed plan to create a dog particle in Hills. I was heartened to

594
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:35,500
see in both the slide on the plans that there was then another option and certainly have your vote

595
00:57:35,500 --> 00:57:43,520
voiced. Again, made me feel like what the heck I'm doing here, but then also thank you so much for

596
00:57:43,520 --> 00:57:50,720
considering this. But so that you know, my husband and I moved to Quail Creek over 45 years

597
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:56,800
ago with our growing family. And the small multi-use park that was just a block away from

598
00:57:56,800 --> 00:58:03,580
our home was a huge draw for us and many families that have moved in since agree. Birthday

599
00:58:03,580 --> 00:58:09,060
parties, trichen bike rides, playground play dates, park and rick soccer practices and games,

600
00:58:09,060 --> 00:58:19,440
Community picnics and so much more were enjoyed by my children at that park and now I bear witness to my grandchildren making those same memory as the Golden Hills

601
00:58:20,060 --> 00:58:26,000
Please note that the folk here tonight speaking in opposition to the dog park must not be written off

602
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:28,280
And thank you for because I think they're not

603
00:58:29,820 --> 00:58:30,420
Nimbiasc

604
00:58:30,420 --> 00:58:31,720
Resisters of change

605
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:37,840
We are not we embrace change when it makes sense and it is the best interest of the community

606
00:58:37,840 --> 00:58:56,920
But taking the one community part in Martinez with a clubhouse and playgrounds and trails and green spaces for young and old in our area and transforming it to a very different environment by adding a dog park that would serve just a subset of that community makes no sense to us.

607
00:58:57,280 --> 00:58:59,560
We request that the plan be vacated.

608
00:59:00,300 --> 00:59:00,960
Thank you.

609
00:59:03,410 --> 00:59:03,810
Thank you.

610
00:59:04,750 --> 00:59:07,130
All right. Next up is Andrea Dwyer.

611
00:59:14,900 --> 00:59:23,000
Hello, my name is Andrea Dwyer. I am here. First, thank you for inviting tonight on

612
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:27,620
your recommendation manager invited us this evening. I would love just for marketing. It sounds

613
00:59:27,620 --> 00:59:32,440
like we're in the middle of this plan. If there was maybe some additional signage behind

614
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:37,980
future workshops and things at the parks, you guys did something in home and mayors, but

615
00:59:37,980 --> 00:59:43,500
we're constantly at the parks and to see maybe some A-frames or signs with the QR codes for

616
00:59:43,500 --> 00:59:47,800
surveys or future meetings that you might have that would be really helpful to people who are

617
00:59:47,800 --> 00:59:55,620
there. Mail is not always something that we always review. Also, as much as people are opposing

618
00:59:55,620 --> 00:59:59,940
the dog park egg golden hills, I equally feel the same way.

619
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:06,120
About a dog park in general for Pine Meadow, which is the neighborhood park, which we live at.

620
01:00:06,760 --> 01:00:12,000
That plan that we saw this evening was very different than the plans that were there previously.

621
01:00:13,120 --> 01:00:21,640
There was very a lot of conversations with the neighbors in Pine Meadow and Council to see something up there so vastly different than what we were sold.

622
01:00:21,640 --> 01:00:30,140
When we purchased our home there, what we had paid Miller's for to go into that park is very different than what we saw on the screen this evening.

623
01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:35,200
I also just want to reference in regards to these parks and where we're going to develop them into.

624
01:00:35,720 --> 01:00:41,220
Not seeing the shade structures as a priority, this past two summers ago last summer.

625
01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:50,540
The city was able to purchase and put in some temporary umbrellas and after a couple of ambulance calls for kids, which was great.

626
01:00:50,540 --> 01:00:53,340
I don't know why they went there this past summer, but they weren't.

627
01:00:53,840 --> 01:00:56,780
So maybe some permanency behind those shade structures would be ideal.

628
01:00:56,980 --> 01:01:02,280
I do know that there was a cost, but there was a savings of some sort that of not

629
01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:04,560
doing to upper part of that park.

630
01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:08,820
So I'd love to see a little bit more conversation and so glad in the beginning this isn't

631
01:01:08,820 --> 01:01:09,660
to be managed or referenced.

632
01:01:09,840 --> 01:01:13,900
You weren't fully done with this process and we see that tonight, but Pine Meadow definitely

633
01:01:13,900 --> 01:01:18,360
needs is not just a pocket park that is a very large park that people from all over

634
01:01:18,360 --> 01:01:26,060
visit. We see them constantly. We need fences over there. That fence area still the non-existent

635
01:01:26,060 --> 01:01:31,140
and the closeness that is to those driveways and to people speeding over there that's happening.

636
01:01:31,740 --> 01:01:35,220
So let's look at safety while we're looking at these parks, along with the amenities. I love

637
01:01:35,220 --> 01:01:39,420
amenities. I love water parks. I'm all for all those things if they make money for the city.

638
01:01:39,900 --> 01:01:44,380
But at the same time we need that safety piece too. And I don't really feel like many of those

639
01:01:44,380 --> 01:01:48,740
points were brought up tonight surrounding the safety as well as those beautiful amenities

640
01:01:48,740 --> 01:01:53,860
that gates and it says he's had provided. So thank you.

641
01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:57,840
Thank you. All right, Greg Dwyer.

642
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:11,260
Thank you. Good evening mayor, vice mayor, council staff and residents. First and foremost,

643
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:17,380
I want to applaud you for your community engagement. I appreciate the outreach that the city is made in

644
01:02:17,380 --> 01:02:21,980
to hear from residents, so I applaud the city and those efforts.

645
01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:28,480
The only really request or concern that I would have as a resident, and I love new amenities,

646
01:02:28,740 --> 01:02:33,640
I love facility improvements, all those things are great, but far too often cities overlook

647
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:38,140
staffing capacities, and they don't factor in the budget.

648
01:02:38,300 --> 01:02:42,980
The extra budget would take to maintain and properly maintain and safely maintain these

649
01:02:42,980 --> 01:02:49,240
facilities. So I would implore you to triple check with your public works department to ensure

650
01:02:49,240 --> 01:02:54,280
that there is enough staffing capacity in that budget to properly maintain these facilities.

651
01:02:54,500 --> 01:03:01,360
So there's nothing more frustrating. As either a public servant or as a resident to come in and

652
01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:08,280
have the dirty restrooms or have faultoring equipment or you know, lapidated amenities.

653
01:03:08,280 --> 01:03:16,240
So I would just caution that to be factored into the equation whether you scale back some projects just set aside enough

654
01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:17,480
Consistent budget

655
01:03:18,080 --> 01:03:25,640
Whether it's contracted out as well if I know a lot of times these things are you know attached to retirement accounts and purrs and all these other things and adding a full-time

656
01:03:26,040 --> 01:03:27,680
staff members not in the cards

657
01:03:27,680 --> 01:03:30,180
then then maybe you know

658
01:03:30,180 --> 01:03:33,700
Contract out that that restroom cleaning or or something like that

659
01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:36,720
That's it and thank you again for your efforts appreciate you

660
01:03:36,720 --> 01:03:41,740
Thank you, before we go to the next one, Casey, I wanted to ask you, we actually received

661
01:03:41,740 --> 01:03:45,520
that comment from a couple of members of the public regarding maintenance and staffing capacity.

662
01:03:45,860 --> 01:03:51,980
Do we have this section in the master plan right now talking about maintenance or any recommendations for maintenance?

663
01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:56,860
We do.

664
01:03:57,260 --> 01:04:05,600
Whenever we make recommendations for the facilities or the parks will also include a cost estimate for what it would mean to implement the design

665
01:04:05,600 --> 01:04:08,440
And then we have estimates for the level of maintenance

666
01:04:09,160 --> 01:04:11,120
and investment of staff time as well.

667
01:04:11,420 --> 01:04:13,900
It's high level because again, we don't know,

668
01:04:14,360 --> 01:04:16,260
certainly the final finishes of everything,

669
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:17,880
but it's kind of an order of magnitude.

670
01:04:18,140 --> 01:04:18,840
Okay, estimate.

671
01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:20,200
Great, great.

672
01:04:20,300 --> 01:04:22,220
Thank you, I'm glad to hear that it's in it.

673
01:04:22,260 --> 01:04:24,360
I hadn't seen it, and I wanted to make sure that we

674
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:26,180
didn't miss that in the conversation.

675
01:04:26,380 --> 01:04:27,300
So great, thank you.

676
01:04:27,920 --> 01:04:29,480
Okay, next up, Alison Harrington.

677
01:04:32,890 --> 01:04:33,150
Good evening.

678
01:04:33,670 --> 01:04:34,630
Good evening, thank you.

679
01:04:34,650 --> 01:04:36,030
I wasn't planning on speaking this evening,

680
01:04:36,030 --> 01:04:41,090
But I was hearing, I saw the mention of the dog park in Link's park and I just as a dog owner

681
01:04:41,090 --> 01:04:45,650
of two large dogs who love children, but the children may not always love dogs.

682
01:04:46,470 --> 01:04:52,850
Walking a dog through a play area, I don't think is very respectful to those who aren't dog owners.

683
01:04:53,350 --> 01:04:56,810
I love dogs. There are lots of people who don't like having dogs in their neighborhood.

684
01:04:56,890 --> 01:04:59,950
And I don't think it'd be just if you just keep that in mind when you're planning it.

685
01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:11,320
We don't want to path to walk our dogs by, you know, maybe little kids or families and make them uncomfortable. That's not our intent. So just, if that could be just be mindful in the future and planning that's all I ask. Thank you.

686
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:16,240
Yeah, that's great comment. Thanks. Next up, Katie Colbert.

687
01:05:17,660 --> 01:05:18,420
I just saw you.

688
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:20,860
There you are. Katie, you want to come up?

689
01:05:40,490 --> 01:05:41,130
Good evening.

690
01:05:42,630 --> 01:05:43,950
I always have to bring it down.

691
01:05:43,950 --> 01:05:55,330
Good evening, my name is Katie Colbus, and I am here on behalf of Pang, Palm Avenue and

692
01:05:55,330 --> 01:05:56,550
Neighborhood Group.

693
01:05:57,450 --> 01:06:04,730
And I want to begin by saying first that our compassion goes to all the students' teachers,

694
01:06:05,250 --> 01:06:10,050
administrators, the district office, for the incident in El Hamber High School today.

695
01:06:10,050 --> 01:06:14,970
we are so grateful that it was a false alarm and everyone is safe.

696
01:06:16,010 --> 01:06:23,710
I am here to introduce an active petition that has so far gained 62 signatures.

697
01:06:24,150 --> 01:06:28,910
And I have copies here to give to you, which I will give to you after I start.

698
01:06:30,190 --> 01:06:32,410
Would you mind speaking a little closer and microphone?

699
01:06:32,710 --> 01:06:36,270
Oh sure. I'll give you, oh that's a lot better than that.

700
01:06:36,270 --> 01:06:44,530
Okay, I will give you copies of the petition as soon as I've been able to speak to you.

701
01:06:44,890 --> 01:06:54,950
The essential goal of this petition is for paying Martinez City Council in Martinez Unified School District

702
01:06:55,270 --> 01:07:05,970
to come together and find alternatives acceptable to all that eliminate the dangerous and hazardous

703
01:07:05,970 --> 01:07:15,350
spring of the herbicides on the property, below and around, John, your elementary, including

704
01:07:15,350 --> 01:07:23,050
the playground, the open space and the backyards of our community.

705
01:07:24,130 --> 01:07:33,210
Please read the petition carefully and consider how we can come together to find and compromise

706
01:07:33,210 --> 01:07:37,510
the alternatives to this unacceptable practice.

707
01:07:38,270 --> 01:07:39,270
Thank you.

708
01:07:42,320 --> 01:07:47,920
And you can hand them to the clerk and she'll get them to us.

709
01:07:48,420 --> 01:07:48,840
Tyler Hardy.

710
01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:00,420
All right.

711
01:08:01,140 --> 01:08:07,280
Just generally I just wanted to give, I guess, a high level recommendation that the facilities

712
01:08:07,280 --> 01:08:12,320
and the amenities that we're proposing here match what the residents are asking for.

713
01:08:12,320 --> 01:08:13,820
And kind of the needs around it.

714
01:08:14,020 --> 01:08:15,420
So I think the Hidden Valley Sports Court,

715
01:08:15,420 --> 01:08:17,660
great example where tennis was never quite an issue.

716
01:08:18,060 --> 01:08:19,800
Pickleball was more divisive.

717
01:08:20,780 --> 01:08:23,000
District 3 has the most residents,

718
01:08:23,100 --> 01:08:25,040
the highest proportion of residents under 18.

719
01:08:25,180 --> 01:08:27,180
I think that's a great place to focus the amenities

720
01:08:27,180 --> 01:08:29,400
that folks under 18 would appreciate.

721
01:08:30,200 --> 01:08:31,800
And the parents of those children.

722
01:08:32,720 --> 01:08:34,720
I think things like playgrounds, rope course,

723
01:08:34,920 --> 01:08:36,820
water features, make a ton of sense in District 3

724
01:08:36,820 --> 01:08:37,540
for those reasons.

725
01:08:38,320 --> 01:08:41,220
I also think when we talk about matching the needs of residents

726
01:08:41,220 --> 01:08:42,040
and the ones of residents,

727
01:08:42,040 --> 01:08:44,540
I think a dog park is a great example of this.

728
01:08:45,080 --> 01:08:47,500
If you're building a dog park, where people are not,

729
01:08:47,740 --> 01:08:50,160
those people by and large are not going to move to that park.

730
01:08:50,240 --> 01:08:51,760
They're good to keep going where they are.

731
01:08:52,700 --> 01:08:54,580
And they'll just be off-leash at places like

732
01:08:54,580 --> 01:08:56,640
Kin Valley and Hidden Lakes, where we've had issues.

733
01:08:57,500 --> 01:08:59,740
We have kids, we go to Hidden Valley often.

734
01:09:00,200 --> 01:09:03,060
I'd rather have those off-leash dogs in a fence space,

735
01:09:03,060 --> 01:09:05,360
rather than roaming around on the same field with children,

736
01:09:05,620 --> 01:09:06,700
even if they're good dogs.

737
01:09:08,360 --> 01:09:10,480
So instead of trying to move people and activities around,

738
01:09:10,480 --> 01:09:14,220
I'm hoping that the recommendations will reflect

739
01:09:14,700 --> 01:09:16,700
that we're meeting people where they already are

740
01:09:16,700 --> 01:09:18,340
for better for worse hidden valley

741
01:09:18,340 --> 01:09:20,520
and hidden lakes is a great place for a dog park.

742
01:09:20,960 --> 01:09:23,140
And I think some of the recommendations make a lot of sense there

743
01:09:23,140 --> 01:09:25,760
given the demographics of that area.

744
01:09:26,420 --> 01:09:29,560
I'd love to see programming up those parks also match the community

745
01:09:29,560 --> 01:09:31,800
so more movie nights in places like Hidden Valley

746
01:09:32,220 --> 01:09:33,740
or Pine Meadows, I think that would be great

747
01:09:33,740 --> 01:09:35,680
given the young demographic there.

748
01:09:37,980 --> 01:09:44,480
I would love to focus on walking and biking trail connectivity across the city.

749
01:09:45,280 --> 01:09:48,300
Where we are in District 3, I know the lesser degree of District 4.

750
01:09:48,860 --> 01:09:54,500
It's a lot easier to get to pleasant hill and do activities there, go shopping there, then

751
01:09:54,500 --> 01:09:56,000
it is for us to get to downtown Martinez.

752
01:09:57,420 --> 01:09:59,460
I think both the safety concern and just general connectivity.

753
01:09:59,460 --> 01:09:59,940
So if you

754
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:06,060
We can just have more ways for people who aren't in a vehicle to get to central Martinez from

755
01:10:06,060 --> 01:10:09,820
those southern areas of the city. I think it would be great both for recreation and just

756
01:10:09,820 --> 01:10:14,160
getting more people into Martinez rather than going somewhere like Concordor Pleasant Hill.

757
01:10:15,580 --> 01:10:20,240
Yeah, I just want to say make sure that we match the needs and the requests of the community and

758
01:10:20,240 --> 01:10:22,660
kind of meet people where they're at. So thank you.

759
01:10:25,500 --> 01:10:31,060
And citizens are just leaned over and reminded me that this year in September, well, it is September

760
01:10:31,060 --> 01:10:35,700
now. The outdoor movie in the park is actually going to be at Hidden Valley this year.

761
01:10:36,060 --> 01:10:39,520
And last summer it was in, it was at Nancy Boyd and so this year it's at Hidden Valley.

762
01:10:40,060 --> 01:10:44,660
So you got your wish before you could ask for it. Let's see, Dylan Rackett.

763
01:10:50,660 --> 01:10:56,460
Good evening, mayors or members of the city council. I have, obviously I went through all these reports.

764
01:10:57,060 --> 01:11:00,360
There's some very specific comments about parks, but I'll use that for all right.

765
01:11:00,420 --> 01:11:03,140
Those comments and I don't need to take up your time with that.

766
01:11:03,140 --> 01:11:11,500
My real question or comment tonight is regarding the joint use agreements as identified in the master plan.

767
01:11:11,660 --> 01:11:15,040
It seems to be pretty limited only to the school district.

768
01:11:15,380 --> 01:11:22,860
And I wanted to make sure that the master plan reflects potentially other entities that we could enter into joint use agreements with.

769
01:11:23,260 --> 01:11:26,320
And specifically in my mind is one with a contract cost of water district.

770
01:11:26,320 --> 01:11:33,380
We have a Martinez Reservoir in town which could be kind of a scaled back or smaller

771
01:11:33,380 --> 01:11:38,920
version of Control Nomma or even Lafayette Reservoir, which are drinking water reservoirs

772
01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:44,000
that are managed and owned by the water district, but are actually the recreation amenities

773
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:47,840
actually managed by East spiritual parts or some other entity.

774
01:11:48,540 --> 01:11:53,920
I think that would lend itself an opportunity for the city to expand park use, expand facilities

775
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:57,880
with something that's already exists in town.

776
01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:01,120
So that's one of the things I wanted to make sure

777
01:12:01,120 --> 01:12:03,040
the master plane actually reflects.

778
01:12:04,340 --> 01:12:05,540
Thank you very much.

779
01:12:05,780 --> 01:12:06,680
Thank you.

780
01:12:08,280 --> 01:12:11,220
Brian Gagnon, do I pronounce your name correctly?

781
01:12:16,630 --> 01:12:19,490
I don't have any specific comments on the plan as a whole.

782
01:12:19,910 --> 01:12:23,450
I'm just really here to work with the city.

783
01:12:23,450 --> 01:12:30,490
I remember Debbie, in the past on using fields for various, or mostly on various, but soccer

784
01:12:30,490 --> 01:12:31,130
uses.

785
01:12:31,450 --> 01:12:39,110
I just wanted to advocate for that inclusion in the plan, and also to touch on some of the maintenance

786
01:12:39,110 --> 01:12:46,390
concerns, is that making sure that that's factored into that, as I think in the past, we've

787
01:12:46,390 --> 01:12:51,730
used facilities throughout the city, and it's kind of ticked down the last several years,

788
01:12:51,730 --> 01:12:53,650
as some of them have become less playable.

789
01:12:55,090 --> 01:12:56,450
So I just wanted to make sure that that's something

790
01:12:56,450 --> 01:13:00,130
that is factored into the redevelopment plans.

791
01:13:00,990 --> 01:13:03,390
And then also suggest that there's organizations

792
01:13:03,390 --> 01:13:07,790
that will happily pay for the use and time on these fields.

793
01:13:09,670 --> 01:13:12,570
And would also gladly work with the city

794
01:13:12,570 --> 01:13:14,590
in the redevelopment of some of the existing facilities.

795
01:13:14,730 --> 01:13:17,070
And if there was a way to make that happen,

796
01:13:17,790 --> 01:13:20,830
either in that necessarily redeveloping new space

797
01:13:20,830 --> 01:13:26,410
or developing new spaces, but just bringing spaces that currently exist back into a level of

798
01:13:26,410 --> 01:13:33,110
playability from a safety standpoint in, like, to have the opportunity to explore those possibilities.

799
01:13:34,710 --> 01:13:39,470
And then, also, see if there's a way to set up meetings to get on that list of outside users

800
01:13:40,950 --> 01:13:44,510
and have that if we could figure out a way to do that.

801
01:13:45,170 --> 01:13:50,230
Since you still have a minute and a half, can you clarify what organization are you associated with?

802
01:13:50,230 --> 01:13:52,830
So I'm the field coordinator for PHMSA,

803
01:13:52,970 --> 01:13:55,930
it's a local AYSO use softwareization,

804
01:13:56,430 --> 01:13:59,390
and then also the core program,

805
01:14:00,370 --> 01:14:01,890
and then it's Mount Diablo Mustang,

806
01:14:02,050 --> 01:14:03,230
is the competitive program.

807
01:14:04,010 --> 01:14:07,730
So right now we use hidden lakes pretty much all the time,

808
01:14:07,790 --> 01:14:09,830
and I think if anyone goes over by it,

809
01:14:10,110 --> 01:14:11,950
I think everyone in the community uses it.

810
01:14:11,970 --> 01:14:13,010
I think we're a big issue with it,

811
01:14:14,210 --> 01:14:15,830
is just getting people to move off the field

812
01:14:15,830 --> 01:14:16,770
in their permitted times,

813
01:14:17,050 --> 01:14:18,030
because it's a great facility,

814
01:14:18,630 --> 01:14:20,050
and people want to use it all the time.

815
01:14:20,050 --> 01:14:25,850
And I think part of that is that other facilities have kind of become less useful and

816
01:14:25,850 --> 01:14:26,150
usable.

817
01:14:27,370 --> 01:14:31,810
So it's really just that we could return those to their previous levels of usability.

818
01:14:32,130 --> 01:14:32,350
Great.

819
01:14:35,380 --> 01:14:35,940
Thank you.

820
01:14:36,300 --> 01:14:36,720
Thank you.

821
01:14:41,960 --> 01:14:46,820
I just am checking really quickly as you're talking, okay.

822
01:14:47,400 --> 01:14:56,680
So the one of the areas that I think has been identified for soccer is down at the

823
01:14:56,680 --> 01:14:59,940
Martin is waterfront and it's L-22 if any

824
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:11,920
I want to follow along. And it doesn't call soccer out specifically in this particular one. It just says athletic fields to be formalized, consider synthetic turf, multi-use field.

825
01:15:12,460 --> 01:15:17,200
So I just want to acknowledge that that's, we've used the word soccer before, but yeah, thank you for the comment.

826
01:15:18,260 --> 01:15:21,600
Okay. Last one is Ben Iams?

827
01:15:27,520 --> 01:15:34,320
You got it right. Iams was wrong in my first license, so thank you for that. My name's Ben Iams. I'm also with PHMSA.

828
01:15:36,720 --> 01:15:41,100
And here to sort of echo what Brian was talking about with fields.

829
01:15:41,460 --> 01:15:46,300
So there are three sides that are sort of relevant to PHMSA and multi-use fields in general.

830
01:15:47,020 --> 01:15:53,800
One of those is L-22, as Mayor Zorn mentioned, one of them is Hidden Valley, which is L-8.

831
01:15:54,460 --> 01:15:58,180
And one of them is Nancy Boyd, which is L-16, they all mentioned multi-use fields.

832
01:16:02,220 --> 01:16:11,160
Councilmember Malhy mentioned earlier that multi-use fields were part of the general recommendation.

833
01:16:12,240 --> 01:16:18,660
And I think that not just with soccer, which I'm biased towards because I coach it, I'm the division coordinator for a 360 kids,

834
01:16:18,680 --> 01:16:27,820
most of whom are from Martinez and play youth soccer in Pleasant Hill three times a week because there aren't adequate safe fields in Martinez quite frankly.

835
01:16:27,820 --> 01:16:35,040
their a little bit lumpy. I would love to see some of the focus on this plan to be to make

836
01:16:35,040 --> 01:16:41,120
the grass playable where it's grass. I recognize fully that the artificial turf fields carry

837
01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:46,060
environmental impacts and things like that that aren't always the the most cost-effective way

838
01:16:46,060 --> 01:16:51,040
to spend your money, but grass is fairly simple to solve the problem for, especially when you have

839
01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:55,880
organizations like marketing as you baseball and plus and no marketing as soccer association and

840
01:16:55,880 --> 01:17:06,240
So, at their back in Mount Diablo, Mustang, which Brian mentioned, willing to help do some of the volunteer work and some of the coordination on that field space.

841
01:17:07,140 --> 01:17:16,960
Just want to advocate for the 2,500, 2,600, plus kids who go to school either in Martinez are very close by and play sports.

842
01:17:17,260 --> 01:17:23,080
In Martinez are very close by and all their families who love coming to downtown Martinez and spending their time and money on the weekends.

843
01:17:24,420 --> 01:17:28,420
using waterfront for use soccer, using hidden valley,

844
01:17:28,580 --> 01:17:31,660
hidden lakes for use soccer, and Nancy Boyd is a part

845
01:17:31,660 --> 01:17:34,480
that the PH of SA has left for a long time.

846
01:17:34,760 --> 01:17:36,600
For use soccer, it could be a boon for the city,

847
01:17:36,920 --> 01:17:38,680
in more ways than just building community,

848
01:17:40,360 --> 01:17:43,180
but also in getting that lunch money on weekends.

849
01:17:43,480 --> 01:17:45,780
I know because I go to lunch with my family

850
01:17:45,780 --> 01:17:47,680
after every Saturday's soccer game.

851
01:17:48,460 --> 01:17:49,280
So, thanks, guys.

852
01:17:50,020 --> 01:17:51,120
Thank you very much.

853
01:17:51,660 --> 01:17:56,100
All right. I am done with my speaker cards, but there's more people in the room still.

854
01:17:56,320 --> 01:17:59,120
By show hands, is there anyone else who'd like to provide comment tonight?

855
01:18:01,720 --> 01:18:03,940
I've got one, two, three. How does that sound?

856
01:18:04,200 --> 01:18:05,720
So we'll start with you coming up.

857
01:18:17,010 --> 01:18:18,810
Good evening. My name's Jose Asu.

858
01:18:19,910 --> 01:18:22,370
And I'm here to talk about disc golf.

859
01:18:22,550 --> 01:18:26,450
I was pleased to see in the 18 meeting.

860
01:18:27,670 --> 01:18:30,630
One of the things that came out of it was that the guy's port.

861
01:18:30,630 --> 01:18:32,570
If remaining disc golf is an affordable accessible

862
01:18:32,570 --> 01:18:34,830
recreation mind speaking into the microphone.

863
01:18:35,110 --> 01:18:35,590
I'm sorry.

864
01:18:36,130 --> 01:18:36,270
Sorry.

865
01:18:36,630 --> 01:18:37,930
Thank you.

866
01:18:38,130 --> 01:18:42,430
As the meeting supported implementing disc golf is an affordable accessible

867
01:18:42,430 --> 01:18:44,470
recreation asset from Martinez.

868
01:18:45,510 --> 01:18:48,310
I think it falls right along with the plan.

869
01:18:48,770 --> 01:18:51,210
It is a new recreation opportunity from Martinez

870
01:18:51,210 --> 01:18:53,450
and when comparing it to other cities.

871
01:18:53,450 --> 01:18:54,850
The cities are conquered,

872
01:18:56,370 --> 01:18:56,930
Maraga,

873
01:18:56,930 --> 01:19:14,710
But Nisha, Walnut Creek, I'll have this call, of course, as around here as well, and so I'm happy to make this call part of the master plan for the next 15 years as one of the fastest growing sports in the United States.

874
01:19:15,690 --> 01:19:16,210
Thanks.

875
01:19:20,980 --> 01:19:22,200
Thank you very much.

876
01:19:22,980 --> 01:19:23,080
Two.

877
01:19:23,500 --> 01:19:24,300
Go on it.

878
01:19:29,630 --> 01:19:34,910
Thank you, Mayor Zorn, from the opportunity to speak to the council this evening about the children of Martinez.

879
01:19:36,590 --> 01:19:38,750
I'm a 25-year resident of Martinez.

880
01:19:39,530 --> 01:19:40,830
I've jumped in this town.

881
01:19:41,130 --> 01:19:43,750
I've helped build the rank here in this town.

882
01:19:44,150 --> 01:19:46,390
I'm currently working with the law on the creek on the ice,

883
01:19:46,990 --> 01:19:48,930
but I would like to do something for the children

884
01:19:48,930 --> 01:19:52,150
and create what would be the Martinez Motorsports Academy.

885
01:19:52,370 --> 01:19:55,410
I would like to build a cardine track for the kids here in Martinez.

886
01:19:56,690 --> 01:19:59,950
The Bambino, kids' carts, five to eight years old, 50 C.

887
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:06,440
CCC's three-horsepower cadet carts, seven to 10 years old, 100 CCC's five to 10-horsepower. That's

888
01:20:06,440 --> 01:20:12,760
where I would end our academy. You could offer this to the elementary schools. You could offer

889
01:20:12,760 --> 01:20:16,960
this at the intermediate high school college. You can bring everybody in to either be a mechanic,

890
01:20:17,000 --> 01:20:23,540
an engineer, work on the carts. There's also sportsman carts, which are the LO206s. These are all

891
01:20:23,540 --> 01:20:31,770
start carts, by the way. The junior carts, 12 to 15 years old, 125 cc's, 23 horse power, that's what I currently own.

892
01:20:33,140 --> 01:20:39,620
Senior carts, 15 plus, 125 cc's, 30 horse power, a little bit faster, and then of course the case that two

893
01:20:39,620 --> 01:20:47,900
or shifter carts, which are roughly 50 horse power, 125 cc, 100 mile an hour carts. Not looking for anything like that for the kids.

894
01:20:47,900 --> 01:20:53,580
just these carts are built to start at a certain level and as you get better and as you grow

895
01:20:53,580 --> 01:21:00,140
and as you get heavier you build into the next generation of carts. I'm proposing basically a

896
01:21:00,140 --> 01:21:07,140
3.4 no longer than a 3.4 mile track. We have wonderful opportunities here in Martinez with

897
01:21:07,140 --> 01:21:12,860
both pavement and asphalt companies to help us along with this. We also have a wonderful

898
01:21:12,860 --> 01:21:19,760
of carding business here in the Brioani's that could possibly be a distributor to this particular

899
01:21:19,760 --> 01:21:20,400
item.

900
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:26,100
Logistics, I have a couple of thoughts in mind about sites, but, again, this would be up to

901
01:21:26,100 --> 01:21:33,220
the council as to what it is that they feel is best for this particular event.

902
01:21:33,540 --> 01:21:37,980
And again, five years old, get the kids on the track, teach them how to drive.

903
01:21:38,340 --> 01:21:41,280
They don't, when they turn 16, they'll already have car control.

904
01:21:41,280 --> 01:21:49,200
This track can be run in the rain as well. You put the rain tires on. You just run around in the or you leave the slicks on and work on skid control

905
01:21:49,820 --> 01:21:53,920
really is an all 365 day event and

906
01:21:55,640 --> 01:21:56,840
You have wonderful

907
01:21:56,840 --> 01:22:04,800
Sonoma has a wonderful cardied facility. It's old city of Davis has a city track called blue max cardients center, which is also very old

908
01:22:05,260 --> 01:22:10,380
They're the only other city known course that I particularly know of everything else is private

909
01:22:10,380 --> 01:22:15,140
I want to thank you for your time, Council, and I hope we can make this somehow happen.

910
01:22:15,440 --> 01:22:16,380
Thank you.

911
01:22:16,560 --> 01:22:17,740
Well, I can definitely test.

912
01:22:17,940 --> 01:22:21,120
I have a 17 year old, and he definitely does not have car control.

913
01:22:22,440 --> 01:22:25,660
So I do recognize and hear that point.

914
01:22:25,760 --> 01:22:29,620
And everything above that, obviously they would bring their own carts.

915
01:22:29,780 --> 01:22:31,560
We could also open it up to the kids for motorcycles.

916
01:22:32,100 --> 01:22:34,580
Nothing bigger than a 350cc.

917
01:22:34,780 --> 01:22:36,240
You get the kids out there on their motorcycles.

918
01:22:36,980 --> 01:22:39,020
Again, this would all be driven by the parents.

919
01:22:39,020 --> 01:22:41,480
We got to get a past mum first because I don't know the dance room.

920
01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:44,140
I'm training ground for Bob Bonder at School of Driving.

921
01:22:44,780 --> 01:22:45,460
Thank you.

922
01:22:45,460 --> 01:22:46,200
That's right.

923
01:22:46,820 --> 01:22:47,120
All right.

924
01:22:47,300 --> 01:22:48,100
Thank you for your comment.

925
01:22:48,340 --> 01:22:48,780
Heartland.

926
01:23:00,900 --> 01:23:05,000
I guess I missed the speaker card sign in.

927
01:23:05,240 --> 01:23:14,040
I'm glad this is a vision plan and open to or ideas as time goes on and open to more

928
01:23:14,040 --> 01:23:16,320
a comment before the end of the year.

929
01:23:16,320 --> 01:23:31,140
That said, it seems to be more of a, or at least as much a recreation master plan as a parks master plan and the senior center being included, dog parks being included, you know,

930
01:23:31,240 --> 01:23:41,640
disc golf and the park arts in a parks master plan and makes it seem pretty, pretty broad scope which I think is a good idea.

931
01:23:43,840 --> 01:23:53,620
So that said, I would urge the Council to think of including the El Hambre Cemetery in the

932
01:23:53,620 --> 01:23:54,800
Parks Master Plan.

933
01:23:55,680 --> 01:23:59,160
It's a beautiful natural location.

934
01:23:59,480 --> 01:24:02,700
I don't know how many people have been up there.

935
01:24:03,720 --> 01:24:09,600
But it's quiet edge of the city on the Korkinir scenic drive going out of down toward Port

936
01:24:11,340 --> 01:24:13,900
And it's just down the road from Rankin Park,

937
01:24:13,940 --> 01:24:15,760
Negently Staging Area.

938
01:24:16,960 --> 01:24:20,200
And there's, I guess, a new trail on the next

939
01:24:20,200 --> 01:24:24,160
of the railroad tracks that goes up to the across the road

940
01:24:24,160 --> 01:24:25,980
from the Negently Staging Area.

941
01:24:27,480 --> 01:24:32,040
And then from those areas, there's a whole raft of trails

942
01:24:32,040 --> 01:24:34,400
going up into the Franklin Hill.

943
01:24:34,500 --> 01:24:37,620
So it's a great area that offers

944
01:24:37,620 --> 01:24:42,340
recreational opportunities for hikers in open space,

945
01:24:44,740 --> 01:24:46,740
people who enjoy open space.

946
01:24:49,540 --> 01:24:52,780
It's also a great deal of historic interest in the park.

947
01:24:53,240 --> 01:24:57,520
If you look at just about any of the markers, there's interesting stories.

948
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:09,000
CTA is a group that is going to be working with the city, and there are good sources of information

949
01:25:09,000 --> 01:25:14,240
on a lot of stuff up there. There's over probably four to five thousand people buried there,

950
01:25:14,240 --> 01:25:19,760
which is much more than people would realize. And a lot of them have very, very interesting stories

951
01:25:19,760 --> 01:25:25,800
that are historic interest, not just locally, but at the state level and even nationally.

952
01:25:27,880 --> 01:25:37,760
And lastly, having that extra support for the cemetery, I think it would help the level

953
01:25:37,760 --> 01:25:44,960
of interest and volunteer participation and cleanups and help reduce the city expenses

954
01:25:44,960 --> 01:25:48,640
and keeping it up and keeping it a pleasant place to join.

955
01:25:50,560 --> 01:25:51,200
Thanks.

956
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:52,900
Thank you.

957
01:25:53,900 --> 01:25:54,100
All right.

958
01:25:54,140 --> 01:25:55,720
Any last comments in the room tonight?

959
01:25:55,720 --> 01:25:59,800
Yeah, I'm actually going to come up and follow you and go ask it.

960
01:26:04,830 --> 01:26:05,410
Hello, hi.

961
01:26:05,690 --> 01:26:07,050
I'm Max Guadino, local citizen.

962
01:26:07,830 --> 01:26:08,990
I'm also on Parks and Rec Commission.

963
01:26:10,170 --> 01:26:19,070
But speaking of local citizen, I think this is a great opportunity to really promote new ideas for this city moving forward.

964
01:26:19,190 --> 01:26:22,150
There would be inclusive of everyone in town.

965
01:26:22,430 --> 01:26:28,250
By this I mean more on the lines of, we have great baseball facilities, we have great soccer facilities,

966
01:26:28,250 --> 01:26:36,070
lots of basketball courts. We don't have too much for kids of all ages who do

967
01:26:36,070 --> 01:26:45,130
not traditional activities. Writing bikes, skateboarding, disc golf, things that

968
01:26:45,130 --> 01:26:51,890
really, they can't find in town now. I've really loved to see an outdoor

969
01:26:52,590 --> 01:26:58,730
bouldering area. Rock climbing is huge. There's some companies that make some great outdoor weather

970
01:26:58,730 --> 01:27:05,590
resistant boulders with safe landing. I've seen myself in person in other cities.

971
01:27:08,530 --> 01:27:09,050
Right now we

972
01:27:09,050 --> 01:27:15,170
have the chance to really put forward an idea that includes not just kids who want to play baseball

973
01:27:15,170 --> 01:27:20,510
year round, not just kids that want to play basketball, but kids you want to go skateboarding, kids

974
01:27:20,510 --> 01:27:25,530
want to ride, you know, a downhill flow trail and hit a jump line and a pump track.

975
01:27:26,530 --> 01:27:28,070
Kids want to play a disc golf.

976
01:27:30,870 --> 01:27:37,270
I think to really push this idea forward the next 15 years, like I say, to be inclusive of

977
01:27:37,270 --> 01:27:43,970
everyone and to introduce people to new ideas and new sports they never thought they might

978
01:27:43,970 --> 01:27:51,690
like. You know, you put a new skate park at the waterfront with a pump track, a jump line,

979
01:27:51,850 --> 01:27:56,850
and some boulders, kids playing baseball, you know, their games over. They're going to

980
01:27:56,850 --> 01:28:01,730
walk over there and see their friends and be like, whoa, I'm going to try this too. So I really

981
01:28:01,730 --> 01:28:08,610
want to, as a city, as part of the commission, I really want us to go forward with this plan

982
01:28:08,610 --> 01:28:37,190
And not have everything set in stone, I would love to be able to have some wiggle room around where things may go and what's going to be here and what's going to be there after we talk to industry professionals who tell us really the best idea of where the best pump track or the flow trail would be and really just think about all the kids who they might be left out a little bit because they don't play baseball.

983
01:28:37,830 --> 01:28:43,290
And maybe, you know, we have that climbing wall at the Cessco Centennial, that a lot of kids were

984
01:28:43,290 --> 01:28:43,670
loving.

985
01:28:44,250 --> 01:28:50,790
If we had a year-round boulder pit right there too, they'd be down there boulder in, and then

986
01:28:50,790 --> 01:28:54,750
they could go skateboarding at the New Skate Park, and there was lots of budgetary constraints,

987
01:28:54,890 --> 01:28:57,130
but again, this is just visionary.

988
01:28:58,450 --> 01:28:59,490
So, that's all.

989
01:29:00,990 --> 01:29:01,730
Thank you.

990
01:29:06,180 --> 01:29:09,480
Hi, I wasn't sure when to talk so I'm just going to do it now.

991
01:29:09,480 --> 01:29:16,700
I'm, my name is Violet Harrington, I am a Girl Scout Ambassador of Troop 301-81.

992
01:29:18,740 --> 01:29:27,080
I am attempting my Gold Award, which is an 80-hour or more community service project led by a Girl Scout in the grades 9-312.

993
01:29:27,280 --> 01:29:31,140
I'm a junior. That is sustainable and tackles the problem in the community.

994
01:29:32,000 --> 01:29:34,900
I am hoping to, well, I'll start.

995
01:29:34,900 --> 01:29:41,380
I am from San Francisco. I moved here beginning of sixth grade for like a fun freshman start.

996
01:29:42,520 --> 01:29:47,900
I noticed in San Francisco that around middle school ages when teenagers start getting on their phones.

997
01:29:48,040 --> 01:29:53,940
They start getting social media. They start really being less social in person.

998
01:29:54,000 --> 01:29:58,840
And I noticed that's a huge problem. I'm in high school. So it's a big problem in our community.

999
01:29:58,840 --> 01:29:59,960
What's your-

1000
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:06,760
From Cisco to Cisco this was they put in fitness stations. They were put up in my neighborhood and

1001
01:30:06,760 --> 01:30:14,620
certainly motivated me to go outside and more. I was hoping to take this opportunity that the

1002
01:30:14,620 --> 01:30:21,760
city of Martinez is starting to revamp the parks a little bit. I was hoping to either help or take on

1003
01:30:21,760 --> 01:30:29,380
one of those projects, I have an idea about a, well, sorry,

1004
01:30:31,540 --> 01:30:35,760
my proposal is a trail, I was

1005
01:30:35,760 --> 01:30:44,320
thinking in the waterfront like Marina area where there is a trail, hopefully, ADA accessible

1006
01:30:45,040 --> 01:30:50,320
with different fantasizations around the Marina, it would motivate teenagers in the youth

1007
01:30:50,320 --> 01:30:56,900
outside because it's a free and fun thing to do to check out new exercises, new equipment.

1008
01:30:57,160 --> 01:30:59,920
I think that's that would motivate a lot of people.

1009
01:31:00,580 --> 01:31:05,320
It while I was watching that presentation, it hits expanding use of the land because there's

1010
01:31:05,320 --> 01:31:07,560
a lot of stuff that isn't used there most of the time.

1011
01:31:07,940 --> 01:31:13,640
Teen youth, teen and youth opportunities, trails, it gets people outside to explore our area.

1012
01:31:14,260 --> 01:31:19,800
It helps with the open area improvement and it needs little to know upkeep depending

1013
01:31:19,800 --> 01:31:28,040
on what would happen. I just really think this is a good opportunity and then I am trying

1014
01:31:28,040 --> 01:31:35,200
to earn my gold award so I could help lead and start one of these projects. So yeah, thank

1015
01:31:35,200 --> 01:31:40,840
you. Thank you. Thanks. Why would you make sure to follow up with Riley and Casey there are

1016
01:31:40,840 --> 01:31:45,240
representatives for this and the two of you maybe or the three of you can maybe exchange information

1017
01:31:45,240 --> 01:31:47,100
and for the next couple rounds of this project.

1018
01:31:47,580 --> 01:31:47,860
Thank you.

1019
01:31:48,500 --> 01:31:49,920
All right, I'm going to open this up.

1020
01:31:50,100 --> 01:31:52,160
There's a handful of people in the venue.

1021
01:31:52,820 --> 01:31:54,020
There is?

1022
01:31:54,020 --> 01:31:55,360
Oh, come on up.

1023
01:31:59,480 --> 01:32:02,540
I wasn't sure whether it was going to speak today or not,

1024
01:32:02,920 --> 01:32:06,000
but I'm a resident of Martinez.

1025
01:32:07,520 --> 01:32:09,100
I've lived here for the last three years.

1026
01:32:09,980 --> 01:32:11,260
My wife and I moved here.

1027
01:32:11,260 --> 01:32:25,160
I'm also, I went to the conference on the value of play this last year and it got me very excited about getting people outside and getting people playing in the community.

1028
01:32:26,080 --> 01:32:32,440
I'm now on the board for let's play America. They are an organization out of Tacoma Park, Maryland.

1029
01:32:33,880 --> 01:32:38,020
They are trying to bring more play to communities.

1030
01:32:38,440 --> 01:32:48,200
They've done 50 play days over the last 15 years, mostly into Commonwealth Park Maryland,

1031
01:32:48,460 --> 01:32:53,300
but I'm trying to bring some of that here.

1032
01:32:54,520 --> 01:33:00,680
Their big thing is to get people out into the parks, out into the communities, build more

1033
01:33:00,680 --> 01:33:02,820
community through play.

1034
01:33:04,640 --> 01:33:08,500
They're all accessible, all multi-generational.

1035
01:33:09,560 --> 01:33:14,540
I'm proposed, I spoke with Debbie Herend, Hernandez.

1036
01:33:15,660 --> 01:33:21,320
We're looking to bring play day to Martinez, probably May,

1037
01:33:21,380 --> 01:33:24,340
or June of this coming year.

1038
01:33:25,440 --> 01:33:30,480
But part of that is I was very excited to see

1039
01:33:30,480 --> 01:33:37,600
see a lot of the stuff going on with the parks, and I have always enjoyed walking around

1040
01:33:37,600 --> 01:33:45,380
Martinez. In fact, I walked here about two miles to come to this and I love walking through

1041
01:33:45,380 --> 01:33:52,880
the parks on my way. So I just wanted to get up and talk a little bit about that and then talk

1042
01:33:52,880 --> 01:33:57,520
about how I'm excited to use some of these facilities for,

1043
01:33:58,960 --> 01:34:00,440
for, I got play day.

1044
01:34:00,560 --> 01:34:01,180
Awesome, thank you.

1045
01:34:01,360 --> 01:34:02,100
Thank you.

1046
01:34:02,120 --> 01:34:04,840
W make sure to keep this updated on play day 2027.

1047
01:34:05,140 --> 01:34:05,840
You're pretty excited.

1048
01:34:07,100 --> 01:34:09,360
OK, is there any one of the virtual audience

1049
01:34:09,360 --> 01:34:11,000
that wants to provide any comments?

1050
01:34:11,960 --> 01:34:14,440
For those attending virtually, please use the Rezanne feature.

1051
01:34:22,210 --> 01:34:22,690
I have no hands.

1052
01:34:23,170 --> 01:34:23,830
OK, great.

1053
01:34:25,150 --> 01:34:26,750
We are at time.

1054
01:34:26,950 --> 01:34:28,930
I wanted to provide a couple of comments

1055
01:34:28,930 --> 01:34:35,630
from me that I was writing down as people were talking and then I think we will probably

1056
01:34:35,630 --> 01:34:40,850
need to wrap up in a couple of minutes, start our regular meeting and like staff said at

1057
01:34:40,850 --> 01:34:46,530
the beginning, this is the first of what I know to be at least a few more public meetings

1058
01:34:46,530 --> 01:34:52,690
on this and so I would like to ask Lauren and Mike, if the next time we have a public workshop,

1059
01:34:53,110 --> 01:34:58,230
let's do this on a non-council meeting night and that way if we get a lot of people that have

1060
01:34:58,230 --> 01:34:59,890
I don't have to abruptly.

1061
01:35:01,080 --> 01:35:06,320
So, the next one we'll do on an off-night and that way we can just talk about parks as long as we won't.

1062
01:35:07,400 --> 01:35:15,200
So, the one question that I had, this one was for KC, I got a chance to sit in on the PR Mac meeting where you presented this.

1063
01:35:15,220 --> 01:35:19,980
It does not look like any changes have been made. Is that correct? It's the same as it was before, right?

1064
01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:29,040
Okay, so you've gotten a lot of comments from PR Mac, you've gotten comments tonight, and so we should expect maybe the next iteration will incorporate some of those comments.

1065
01:35:29,040 --> 01:35:32,940
like we're moving the dog park from the Golden Hills things like that, okay.

1066
01:35:33,840 --> 01:35:37,320
So I just wanted to voice some of my comments.

1067
01:35:38,360 --> 01:35:42,380
One, I said this earlier, but I wanted to reiterate,

1068
01:35:42,920 --> 01:35:45,320
Trail Connectivity is really important to me,

1069
01:35:45,440 --> 01:35:48,700
and I know I think this will be incorporating an exciteration,

1070
01:35:49,200 --> 01:35:54,040
but the WRA report on trails and open space in general

1071
01:35:54,040 --> 01:35:58,520
have really great trail recommendations for each individual open space,

1072
01:35:58,520 --> 01:36:02,500
but does not have a system-wide open space connectivity map.

1073
01:36:02,840 --> 01:36:04,280
And the reason that's important to us is,

1074
01:36:04,280 --> 01:36:06,680
we've recently acquired Alhamber Hills.

1075
01:36:06,860 --> 01:36:08,440
Alhamber Hills has the opportunity

1076
01:36:08,440 --> 01:36:10,440
to connect to all these other open spaces

1077
01:36:10,440 --> 01:36:12,480
and this particular report doesn't include it.

1078
01:36:12,640 --> 01:36:14,380
So if we can make sure that a trail connectivity

1079
01:36:14,380 --> 01:36:15,920
map's included, that would be great.

1080
01:36:16,860 --> 01:36:19,000
I really appreciate Dylan making the comment

1081
01:36:19,000 --> 01:36:20,280
about the Martinez Reservoir.

1082
01:36:20,320 --> 01:36:23,480
I've heard of this before, and I completely forgot

1083
01:36:23,480 --> 01:36:25,680
to mention it in some of our previous iteration.

1084
01:36:26,160 --> 01:36:26,600
So thank you.

1085
01:36:26,620 --> 01:36:28,000
I'd love us to talk about that.

1086
01:36:28,760 --> 01:36:32,260
I really appreciate the rank and pool recommendations.

1087
01:36:32,280 --> 01:36:34,820
I just want to give a shout out to that particular one.

1088
01:36:34,940 --> 01:36:38,960
It includes recommendations for shade at the pool, and that's great.

1089
01:36:39,240 --> 01:36:41,740
Because we rent out the cabanas, right?

1090
01:36:41,980 --> 01:36:43,680
Those are the only shade in the entire pool.

1091
01:36:43,780 --> 01:36:46,020
So if you're not paying for a birthday party, you don't get shade.

1092
01:36:46,460 --> 01:36:48,140
So thank you very much for including that.

1093
01:36:49,000 --> 01:36:52,740
I'd also love to talk a little bit more about the recommendations

1094
01:36:52,740 --> 01:36:55,300
for the updated youth pool play structure.

1095
01:36:55,300 --> 01:37:03,580
just by a not-of-heads have either of you case you're rightly talk to anyone on PR Mac about the pool play structure.

1096
01:37:05,420 --> 01:37:06,640
Has that come up?

1097
01:37:06,820 --> 01:37:07,500
Just the city's out.

1098
01:37:07,920 --> 01:37:08,000
Okay.

1099
01:37:08,280 --> 01:37:13,260
I'd only because we have received the donation to update that.

1100
01:37:13,320 --> 01:37:21,200
And the outcome of the PR Mac meeting was is inconsistent with the recommendations and the parks and ester plan to make improvements.

1101
01:37:21,200 --> 01:37:27,160
Right? Your recommendations make a big improvement. The outcome from the PRMAC meeting was that the place structure

1102
01:37:27,160 --> 01:37:32,480
There isn't enough money necessarily to make huge improvements. So they just wanted to update it in kind.

1103
01:37:32,660 --> 01:37:36,160
So I just want to make sure that we're aligned on all of our recommendations.

1104
01:37:37,680 --> 01:37:42,080
For national fitness, W you've talked about fitness a bunch.

1105
01:37:42,420 --> 01:37:49,040
And I was just like nobody ever uses those. But I have been really impressed by the national fitness campaigns

1106
01:37:49,040 --> 01:37:51,060
that have been referenced in this document.

1107
01:37:51,340 --> 01:37:53,180
There's a lot of really cool opportunities

1108
01:37:53,180 --> 01:37:55,160
to really level up what we're doing.

1109
01:37:55,320 --> 01:37:58,480
And I think the comment that Max made about,

1110
01:37:58,480 --> 01:38:00,640
you know, bulldering walls, things like that.

1111
01:38:00,840 --> 01:38:03,920
Those are the kinds of things that I think help us

1112
01:38:03,920 --> 01:38:05,260
be, think outside of the box

1113
01:38:05,260 --> 01:38:09,140
and that I think these fitness circuits

1114
01:38:09,140 --> 01:38:11,600
have a lot of really cool opportunities.

1115
01:38:12,100 --> 01:38:14,280
We recently had some discussions

1116
01:38:14,280 --> 01:38:17,080
with some of the neighbors of the pickleball

1117
01:38:17,080 --> 01:38:20,640
all that didn't work out super great.

1118
01:38:20,820 --> 01:38:23,800
And one of the comments about pickleball and tennis

1119
01:38:23,800 --> 01:38:24,940
are the impact noise.

1120
01:38:26,380 --> 01:38:29,260
Fitness circuits don't have impact noise, right?

1121
01:38:29,260 --> 01:38:31,620
They're not going to impact the neighbors in the same way.

1122
01:38:31,860 --> 01:38:34,060
So I really like us to think about some of these

1123
01:38:34,060 --> 01:38:37,140
opportunities to incorporate things like that.

1124
01:38:38,200 --> 01:38:41,600
And so just by a not-of-head is the bulldering

1125
01:38:41,600 --> 01:38:44,440
and option for these national fitness campaigns,

1126
01:38:44,660 --> 01:38:45,380
it is, right?

1127
01:38:45,700 --> 01:38:46,120
Do you know?

1128
01:38:46,740 --> 01:38:49,880
Maybe we can look into it and see if that's similar.

1129
01:38:52,360 --> 01:38:54,360
Symmeterie, thank you, Harlan, for bringing it up.

1130
01:38:54,780 --> 01:38:57,460
I'm going to follow up with staff on it, because I know they've been talking about it,

1131
01:38:57,560 --> 01:39:01,120
but I don't know how we've been incorporating it into the park system master plan.

1132
01:39:02,200 --> 01:39:06,100
And then lastly, my final comment is regarding the All Wheels track.

1133
01:39:07,280 --> 01:39:14,740
I wasn't sure if the All Wheels track was the direction that people in the industry describe it as.

1134
01:39:14,740 --> 01:39:17,620
So I did reach out to grind line.

1135
01:39:17,820 --> 01:39:21,020
It's a company that does build skate parks.

1136
01:39:21,280 --> 01:39:23,400
And we had an opportunity to meet with them.

1137
01:39:23,780 --> 01:39:26,940
And so after this information come out,

1138
01:39:27,040 --> 01:39:27,700
I followed up with them.

1139
01:39:27,800 --> 01:39:30,000
And I was like, hey, is all wheels track the right terminology?

1140
01:39:30,300 --> 01:39:30,780
They said yes.

1141
01:39:31,080 --> 01:39:34,760
I said, is the way that gate studio outlined the all wheels

1142
01:39:34,760 --> 01:39:36,720
track location in size, how's that?

1143
01:39:36,720 --> 01:39:38,780
And they said, yep, that looks appropriate.

1144
01:39:38,960 --> 01:39:40,940
So I think we're headed in the right direction.

1145
01:39:41,260 --> 01:39:43,240
And I always appreciate people like Max,

1146
01:39:43,240 --> 01:39:44,820
and they say, talk to industry professionals.

1147
01:39:46,100 --> 01:39:50,280
Our parks master plan right now is really just squares on maps, right?

1148
01:39:50,560 --> 01:39:52,020
We're not getting into the weeds.

1149
01:39:52,380 --> 01:39:55,640
And so I hope that each one of these squares represents something great.

1150
01:39:56,360 --> 01:39:58,520
That's sort of been vetted at a really high level.

1151
01:39:58,860 --> 01:39:59,940
And then as we're ready to start.

1152
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:05,660
Funding some of these things on the long term, we can then pivot to the industry professionals and

1153
01:40:05,660 --> 01:40:11,040
they can provide the input of what that. Otherwise, just a colored box on a map will ultimately

1154
01:40:11,040 --> 01:40:15,360
manifest that. So, thank you. I just want to make sure that I gave the shout out because

1155
01:40:15,360 --> 01:40:19,440
skate parks is the one thing that I had been saying since the very beginning I really wanted

1156
01:40:19,440 --> 01:40:28,420
us to be talking about as part of this. So, thank you for including that. Okay, thank you for

1157
01:40:28,420 --> 01:40:32,740
If I had any wrap-up statements, do you want to go ahead?

1158
01:40:33,400 --> 01:40:34,000
You go with me.

1159
01:40:38,220 --> 01:40:43,120
No, I was just going to say thank you for the plan.

1160
01:40:43,240 --> 01:40:50,680
It is a great ambitious vision, which I like.

1161
01:40:51,160 --> 01:40:56,020
But as Mayor mentioned, I just, the comments have been great.

1162
01:40:56,180 --> 01:41:01,860
We'll continue to get feedback, but just kind of want to get to that point where we're kind of looking at

1163
01:41:01,860 --> 01:41:08,780
and prioritizing, you know, I guess I'm getting excited about the implementation and I'm always

1164
01:41:08,780 --> 01:41:16,300
concerned about what is it going to cost us. So yeah, but I appreciate all the work, the continued

1165
01:41:16,300 --> 01:41:22,020
work and due diligence by everyone involved. So, so thank you all.

1166
01:41:24,060 --> 01:41:26,920
Great. Yeah, so I appreciate what

1167
01:41:26,920 --> 01:41:34,940
my colleagues are talking about. I'm very excited about the Creek Access. Man, I saw that

1168
01:41:34,940 --> 01:41:42,440
and I just lit up that session because we go down and do a lot of creek cleanups and it's

1169
01:41:42,980 --> 01:41:49,740
quality of life thing, right, getting people down to that water. I think that's very important

1170
01:41:49,740 --> 01:41:55,840
and I see that you spoke to shade and trees and that gets me excited as well. I think trees

1171
01:41:55,840 --> 01:41:57,900
throughout the city are important.

1172
01:41:58,800 --> 01:42:03,920
Let's remember we are in the middle of five, four refineries,

1173
01:42:04,740 --> 01:42:09,680
and I think that the air filters are critical for us, the shade,

1174
01:42:10,640 --> 01:42:13,660
and I think it's something our grandkids will thank us for.

1175
01:42:14,600 --> 01:42:19,420
I did, I love your input on the Senior Center.

1176
01:42:19,920 --> 01:42:23,700
I know we have budgeted $250,000 towards that.

1177
01:42:23,700 --> 01:42:25,780
I don't think that's anywhere near enough.

1178
01:42:25,960 --> 01:42:28,440
I think it needs a major, overhaul.

1179
01:42:29,180 --> 01:42:32,240
I think having a high quality senior center

1180
01:42:32,240 --> 01:42:34,880
again speaks for the quality of life of our community.

1181
01:42:36,140 --> 01:42:41,240
And the fact that it has to deal with the elevation,

1182
01:42:42,660 --> 01:42:44,940
you know, really worries me.

1183
01:42:45,320 --> 01:42:49,920
And then the bathrooms, we all know if you go in our mess, right?

1184
01:42:49,920 --> 01:42:54,060
and they are so tired, I can't believe they're compliance.

1185
01:42:55,340 --> 01:42:56,420
That's another story.

1186
01:42:56,840 --> 01:43:01,360
I really like the idea of the cemetery being added to this

1187
01:43:01,360 --> 01:43:05,920
because that is part of our history and Martinez is all about our history.

1188
01:43:06,620 --> 01:43:11,280
We have our own cemetery commission and I would love staff to bring them in

1189
01:43:11,280 --> 01:43:15,280
and have a conversation with them and get their great ideas.

1190
01:43:16,420 --> 01:43:17,540
I think that's about it.

1191
01:43:17,540 --> 01:43:22,720
I mean, I got a ton of stuff I'd like to talk about when I want to be mindful of the time in my colleagues.

1192
01:43:23,920 --> 01:43:32,320
Yeah, can we provide written comments on this document? Is that okay? I guess that's more a question for staff. Are you okay? If we just provide written comments?

1193
01:43:32,820 --> 01:43:38,440
Okay, so feel free to just summarize them by email. And that way, they can be all submitted to them before the next workshop.

1194
01:43:39,160 --> 01:43:40,640
Go ahead. And the two of you can.

1195
01:43:40,640 --> 01:43:41,540
Yeah, I'd love it.

1196
01:43:41,540 --> 01:43:48,020
Thank you for the presentation. I'd love to have an opportunity to connect with you offline just to provide some further feedback

1197
01:43:48,020 --> 01:43:52,560
But just really wanted to shout out all the community. Thank you for taking the time to show up

1198
01:43:52,960 --> 01:43:59,580
These are your parks and we appreciate you taking time at a year busy schedules to provide this very constructive input

1199
01:44:00,520 --> 01:44:05,700
And just know that I'm taking it to heart and I really appreciate all the comments that we're said

1200
01:44:05,700 --> 01:44:10,500
Pine Meadow I see you so thank you. I appreciate that those comments were well taken and

1201
01:44:11,980 --> 01:44:18,040
And again, to Max's point, you know, this is an opportunity to really be forward thinking in many ways, right?

1202
01:44:18,460 --> 01:44:23,820
It's, you know, yeah, we have baseball, we have soccer, we have all of the traditional things, right?

1203
01:44:23,820 --> 01:44:29,240
But it's also the amenities for the non-traditional, and we've got to be thinking about those kids, right?

1204
01:44:29,340 --> 01:44:32,500
And those families, and maybe they don't fit into one of those boxes.

1205
01:44:33,120 --> 01:44:39,320
Soccer, I hear you too, love you as a former AYSO kid, played for 10 years, I'm right there with you.

1206
01:44:39,320 --> 01:44:46,860
It's absolutely critical, and so, yeah, we want to bring better fields, you know, unfortunately

1207
01:44:46,860 --> 01:44:53,780
gofers and rodents have other plans, and so that's a challenge, right, and so just to

1208
01:44:53,780 --> 01:44:56,940
heads up on that, but doesn't mean we're not, we don't want to do it.

1209
01:44:57,060 --> 01:44:59,960
There is a desire there, so absolutely.

1210
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:28,400
We appreciate that. And, yeah, about what council member Young said, about the need, you know, how we're going to pay for all of this, right? That's obviously top of mind and the points that we're taking. We have all these wonderful amenities, but yes, we do have to figure out how are we going to pay for it? How are we going to sustain it? So we need to balance that all particularly as we are now in an era of structural deficits for at least the foreseeable future right now.

1211
01:45:28,400 --> 01:45:34,980
We need to balance everything so again, my sincere thanks to the comments keep them coming

1212
01:45:34,980 --> 01:45:40,400
We're not done yet and again, thank you very much to the gates team and thank you colleagues

1213
01:45:42,260 --> 01:45:50,500
I know time short. I'll keep it short. I agree with all my council colleagues and I want to thank everyone for being here tonight

1214
01:45:50,500 --> 01:45:55,880
I love your ideas. I love your enthusiasm. I love your engagement and we've learned a lot

1215
01:45:55,880 --> 01:45:59,620
We've heard from so many different people about different types of amenities to consider.

1216
01:46:00,100 --> 01:46:02,820
So I think that's amazing making me very excited about that.

1217
01:46:03,380 --> 01:46:07,700
One of the things I think that was mentioned was discolfe and I think, I don't know if we

1218
01:46:07,700 --> 01:46:10,820
talked about that at the end, I think that was one of the things I had written down.

1219
01:46:10,900 --> 01:46:13,580
I know, brand, or mayor's own.

1220
01:46:14,360 --> 01:46:15,440
Let's do it off a whole lot of things.

1221
01:46:15,500 --> 01:46:16,880
So I support those as well.

1222
01:46:18,140 --> 01:46:23,420
I know we're in a structural deficit and we're looking at funding, but how I look at this is

1223
01:46:23,420 --> 01:46:28,680
If we have a vision, and there is something we really want, I always say this a way to get

1224
01:46:28,680 --> 01:46:29,080
there.

1225
01:46:29,300 --> 01:46:33,720
You got to find a way to, yes, you can find a way to what we need, and so I'm always in

1226
01:46:33,720 --> 01:46:38,200
a think positive because these things are going to be our vision, but we want them to be

1227
01:46:38,200 --> 01:46:38,580
a reality.

1228
01:46:38,640 --> 01:46:43,660
We want them to be implemented, and so with partnerships, with businesses, and other types

1229
01:46:43,660 --> 01:46:50,320
of nonprofits, there are ways to be creative, we can find ways to get where we want to be.

1230
01:46:50,320 --> 01:46:54,000
So I want to make sure we always are thinking about that as well.

1231
01:46:54,280 --> 01:46:59,840
The vision is there, we've created it, we're creating it, but we want the end game too.

1232
01:47:00,100 --> 01:47:03,540
And we have a lot of work to do to get there, but we will get there.

1233
01:47:03,820 --> 01:47:04,500
I'm convinced.

1234
01:47:04,680 --> 01:47:05,580
I'm going to think positive.

1235
01:47:06,160 --> 01:47:09,580
Because it's for the kids, it's for all of us, it's for our futures, for our grandkids.

1236
01:47:10,180 --> 01:47:11,300
And that makes me feel excited.

1237
01:47:11,760 --> 01:47:14,380
I'm actually going to have a granddaughter in January.

1238
01:47:14,840 --> 01:47:15,980
So I'm super excited.

1239
01:47:17,540 --> 01:47:17,720
That's the way.

1240
01:47:18,600 --> 01:47:19,460
That's all I have to say.

1241
01:47:19,460 --> 01:47:22,240
That's a great way to adopt this workshop.

1242
01:47:22,500 --> 01:47:23,320
Thank you very much.

1243
01:47:24,740 --> 01:47:27,440
So I want to thank everyone for joining us this evening.

1244
01:47:28,020 --> 01:47:30,660
There will be at least one more of these public workshops.

1245
01:47:31,060 --> 01:47:34,320
So I appreciate the comments about sandwich boards and things like that.

1246
01:47:34,460 --> 01:47:37,620
And we've done that at various other parks for various reasons.

1247
01:47:37,820 --> 01:47:42,460
And so I was kicking myself when you made that comment that I hadn't already requested it.

1248
01:47:43,580 --> 01:47:44,840
So thank you all for joining.

1249
01:47:44,840 --> 01:47:54,600
We are going to take a quick recess, and then we'll try to be back in about five minutes or so to get started for our, we are very late for regular schedule meeting.

1250
01:47:55,120 --> 01:47:56,140
Thank you.

1251
01:48:00,280 --> 01:48:01,220
Recording stopped.