1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:09,519 get started. We'll officially call this meeting to order. Uh we'll go on to item 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:12,480 two, consent items. Uh consent items will be 3 00:00:11,679 --> 00:00:16,560 » Yes. >> Oh, sorry. Go ahead. I'll let you read. 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:21,920 » Are you jumping? >> Yes, I am. 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:26,480 » I will call you. Thank you. Consent items will be provided to the 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:32,239 board in writing and are not intended for formal presentation obviously unless 7 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:39,520 a board member requests or has questions. So any questions on items 2 8 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:44,399 A, B, or C? Yes, Mr. Chairman. This is Rick Neymar. 9 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:49,280 I would I just have a quick question on item 2B. And I don't know whether you 10 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:53,920 want to, you know, pull it separately and have a motion on the other items or 11 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:57,360 just once my question's answered, I think I'll be fine to move on the whole 12 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:04,159 thing. >> Let's go ahead. 13 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:10,400 » Okay. So my question is um just for the staff to explain a little bit about the 14 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:15,200 what is the process for determining when they submitted 15 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:19,439 um they had two submittals for the operations and I was just uh looking to 16 00:01:18,159 --> 00:01:28,119 hear a little more about what the criteria are and and what why they 17 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:28,119 selected the proposal that they did. 18 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:35,119 Thank you, Chair Moya, board member Neymar for your questions. I'm happy to 19 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:39,040 provide additional information. Uh, as you noted, there were two respondents to 20 00:01:37,119 --> 00:01:44,560 this RFP. There are um, the evaluation is out of a 21 00:01:41,759 --> 00:01:50,880 thousand possible points. Um, and there are five areas that have multiple uh, 22 00:01:48,479 --> 00:01:54,880 criteria that the evaluation committee reviewed and those are method of 23 00:01:52,560 --> 00:02:00,640 approach, qualifications and experience, financial capacity. there was an 24 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:08,160 interview and then 501c3 status. Uh the two uh proposals were initially rated. 25 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:13,520 Um the unsuccessful proposer had seven areas that were marked as unacceptable 26 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:18,560 in relation to the scope of work. The proposer the other proposer had two 27 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:24,319 areas that were listed as unacceptable to the scope of work. And so the team 28 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:30,800 did a BAFO, best and final offer process to help uh clarify the response for the 29 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:35,440 bidder that only had two areas that were listed as unacceptable. And so that 30 00:02:32,879 --> 00:02:40,560 consisted of a handful of questions again to help with that clarification. 31 00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:46,480 Following the Baffo process, the RFP evaluation panel met again to re-review 32 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:52,480 the submitt. At that moment um the scores were changed uh and adjusted to 33 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:58,160 um show that they met or exceeded all areas that were required by the scope of 34 00:02:54,959 --> 00:03:05,440 work and that led to a total score of 775 in comparison to the other vendor uh 35 00:03:02,159 --> 00:03:08,599 proposing uh at a 131 uh score. 36 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:18,640 » Thank you. Uh that's very helpful. Um, and if some of that information could be 37 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:23,599 put in future reports in these kinds of situations, it would be helpful to just 38 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:28,239 understand a little more about the process. Um, and with that, Mr. 39 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:33,280 Chairman, unless anybody else has questions, I would move approval of the 40 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:38,799 consent agenda. >> Thank you, Rick. Just one quick second. 41 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:43,280 I I do have one uh public comment. Um, Jeremy Packer, you have uh two minutes. 42 00:03:47,599 --> 00:03:54,159 My comment was similar to Mr. Neymar's. I was just curious why the information 43 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:59,280 regarding the process and the contract and the amounts were not included in the 44 00:03:56,799 --> 00:04:02,799 in the packet. And I would like to suggest that they should be moving 45 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:07,040 forward for the public to know and for the apparently the the board to know as 46 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:11,840 well. Thank you. Uh if there aren't any other 47 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:16,639 questions, um we'll go ahead and go with your um 48 00:04:14,799 --> 00:04:20,079 cons. What is that thing called? 49 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:25,759 » Motion. Thank you. >> Motion from Rick to accept items 2 A, B, 50 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:28,880 and C. Uh do we have a second? >> Second. 51 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:31,759 » Thank you. Any other questions? All those in favor, please say I. 52 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,639 » I. >> I. Any oppose? 53 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:41,520 » I. >> Thank you. Passes. So item uh three item 54 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:46,960 three uh information and discussion items uh will appear and will be 55 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:52,320 presented verbally to the parks board and are for discussion only. No action 56 00:04:49,759 --> 00:04:58,800 will take place on these items at this meeting. So the first item 3A the only 57 00:04:55,199 --> 00:05:03,199 item is urban farm project 32nd Avenue in Mcdow. 58 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:07,199 » Good evening Mr. Chair, members of the parks board. We're excited to provide an 59 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:11,120 update on the urban farm and community food project. Uh this project is a 60 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:14,800 collaboration including Councilwoman Laura Pastor, the office of 61 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:19,720 environmental programs, the parks department, and unlimited potential. 62 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:33,280 Just as a reminder, the parks department acquired an 11 acre parcel uh located 63 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:38,240 near 32nd Avenue in Mcdow in the West Valley. The parcel has sat vacant for 64 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:42,960 over 20 years at this point. Uh the parcel is a former Brownsfield site that 65 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:46,720 was uh remediated by the Office of Environmental Programs over the past 66 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:50,479 couple years. The parcel was identified by 67 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:55,680 Councilwoman Laura Pastor's office as a potential urban farm that could provide 68 00:05:52,560 --> 00:06:00,080 food in our community. In January of this year, uh the parks board gave 69 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:04,960 approval for the city to begin outreach efforts to receive community feedback on 70 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:09,280 the project. In February of this year, an internal city began working on and 71 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:14,160 implementing a community engagement plan. Tonight I'm joined at the table uh 72 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:18,319 by with Mattie Mercer, food systems program manager from the office of 73 00:06:16,319 --> 00:06:22,000 environmental programs who will provide an update on the recently completed 74 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:25,479 community engagements. With that, I'll turn it over to Maddie. 75 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:31,759 » Right. Thank you, Marty. Thank you, chair, and members of the board. We're 76 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:36,240 excited to be here tonight to share some updates on the community engagement 77 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:40,880 process. So after the parks board gave the approval to move forward in January, 78 00:06:38,479 --> 00:06:47,360 we had five community events at different city and community locations 79 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:53,120 near the site. Starting in March of 2026 and going through June, we had workshops 80 00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:57,039 in the evenings and in the morning so that we could reach different audiences. 81 00:06:55,120 --> 00:07:01,599 And we worked closely with Unlimited Potential, a community-based 82 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:04,880 organization to do outreach and get residents involved in the areas 83 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:09,680 surrounding the site in a two-mile radius. We also did a survey so that we 84 00:07:07,759 --> 00:07:17,199 could reach people online and get additional feedback on the project. 85 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:22,720 Through our workshops, we reached over 130 attendees and through the survey, we 86 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:27,440 reached an additional 138 respondents. So through our community engagement 87 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:32,080 events this spring, we reached over 268 members of the public to get feedback on 88 00:07:29,599 --> 00:07:34,960 this project. And we did that through two different activities at our 89 00:07:33,599 --> 00:07:40,400 workshops. And I'm going to go through some of the feedback from the public and 90 00:07:36,639 --> 00:07:45,039 how we solicited it. So for the first three workshops, we had the same content 91 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:48,960 where we asked members of the public what kind of components should be at 92 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:55,039 this urban farm site because the food system and urban farms are really broad. 93 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:58,400 It could be a lot of different elements included there. So we wanted to get 94 00:07:56,479 --> 00:08:04,560 feedback on what specific components should take place at this farm project. 95 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:08,800 And so for the first activity that we did at the first three workshops, we 96 00:08:06,879 --> 00:08:12,080 used what we were calling a bingo card to get feedback on the different 97 00:08:10,319 --> 00:08:15,840 elements that could be included at the site broken up into four different 98 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:19,599 categories that were related to different ways that people interact with 99 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:23,360 food. And I'll go through them and then go through the top voted categories to 100 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:28,000 give you some more context on what residents would like to see happen at 101 00:08:25,039 --> 00:08:33,039 this parcel. So the four categories that we had were growing food. So we had 102 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:37,279 eight different or 10 different solutions related to growing food in 103 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:41,039 different ways as well as different uh programs and initiatives that could help 104 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:45,440 food production at the site. We also had a category related to learning and 105 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:48,880 education, different classes and training opportunities that could take 106 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:52,560 place there. The third category was related to 107 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:56,640 helping people connect with each other and their neighbors, different spaces 108 00:08:54,800 --> 00:09:01,600 where people meetings or hold those education events. 109 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:06,240 And the last category was related to accessing food at the site. So these are 110 00:09:03,519 --> 00:09:10,480 all different strategies for people to directly get access to produce and other 111 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:16,320 food items in their neighborhoods at this location. And so for this activity, 112 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:20,480 we had people select their favorite idea in each of these rows or if they had 113 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:24,800 another idea, they could add their own so that we could get some highle 114 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:29,839 feedback on the high level elements that people wanted to see at the site. and 115 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:33,920 then we got additional feedback on the logistics and specifics of implementing 116 00:09:31,839 --> 00:09:37,839 them. So I'm going to go through each category, share some of the findings, 117 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:43,440 and then I'll talk about what we did after that. So here are the top voted 118 00:09:41,519 --> 00:09:48,640 elements across each of those four categories on the bingo card in growing 119 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:51,839 food, gathering, learning, and accessing food. You can see and I'll go through 120 00:09:50,399 --> 00:09:56,000 each of these and share a little bit more about what they mean. But overall, 121 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:59,600 the community was very excited about the project. There was a very positive 122 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:03,920 response in both the workshops and and through the survey. And overall, there 123 00:10:01,839 --> 00:10:09,360 was a priority in having space available for people to learn how to grow food, 124 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:13,519 how to garden at the site so that they had better access to healthy affordable 125 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:16,480 food and have education around cooking and nutrition as well once it's been 126 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:21,040 grown. So in the first category related to 127 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:25,040 growing food, the top voted solution was community gardens. So that could be 128 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:28,240 shared space where people are growing food together with their neighbors or 129 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:32,480 independ independent plots where people are renting them and growing food on 130 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:37,760 their own. The second top rated solution in this category was food forest. So 131 00:10:34,959 --> 00:10:42,959 that's another strategy for growing food where you incorporate not just 132 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:47,200 vegetables and other plants at the ground level but you go vertical and you 133 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:51,920 incorporate trees and shrubs so that you have this forest like canopy effect and 134 00:10:49,519 --> 00:10:56,240 can grow more food in a smaller area. The third voted highest voted solution 135 00:10:54,000 --> 00:11:00,560 was a community plant nursery that could go grow vegetable sfs or tree sfs to be 136 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:04,240 used in the community garden or at homes. And then the fourth highest voted 137 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:08,480 solution in this category was a pollinator garden. So plants that 138 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:14,000 provide food and habitat for birds, bees, and other beneficial insects. 139 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:18,160 In the gathering category, the top voted idea was to have a community event 140 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:22,720 space. For most residents, this meant an open space that was outside where people 141 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:26,640 could come to have events. They could hold things like farmers markets or 142 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:30,160 classes that could be flexible and meet the community's needs in different ways. 143 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:35,440 And the second highest voted solution was a community kitchen. So a commercial 144 00:11:32,399 --> 00:11:40,320 kitchen space that could be used for classes for people to learn about how to 145 00:11:37,519 --> 00:11:43,760 cook and nutrition as well as for growers at the site to wash and prep 146 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:48,240 their produce so it could be ready for market. 147 00:11:45,519 --> 00:11:52,079 In the learning category, the one the solution that received the most votes 148 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:55,519 was gardening classes followed by health, cooking, and nutrition classes. 149 00:11:53,839 --> 00:11:58,880 So again, this was a high priority for residents across the workshops and 150 00:11:56,959 --> 00:12:03,040 through the survey. And then in the fourth category, accessing food, there's 151 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:07,680 the most interest in having a farmers market at the site to sell food that was 152 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:11,680 grown by residents and farmers at that location. And then a farm bag program, 153 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:15,760 which is like a subscription program where you can sign up to get food on a 154 00:12:13,519 --> 00:12:21,120 bi-weekly or monthly basis that could be picked up and distributed at the site. 155 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:26,399 So then the second activity that we did at the fourth and fifth workshop built 156 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:31,279 upon these top voted solutions and we had residents design a site map of what 157 00:12:29,279 --> 00:12:35,920 the project could look like using these top voted ideas in each of those four 158 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:40,320 categories. So you can see here some of the site maps that were created by 159 00:12:37,519 --> 00:12:43,440 community. There was a lot of excitement and people had a lot of fun. they didn't 160 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:47,120 want to leave the workshop because they're having such a good time signing 161 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:51,279 these site plans and coming up with names for the project. So, this was a 162 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:54,240 great way to reaffirm that these elements were of interest to the 163 00:12:52,959 --> 00:12:58,639 community and that they fit into the site and hear more ideas about some of 164 00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:02,959 the other things like shade and other elements that would make this project a 165 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:06,959 success. And with that, I'll hand it back over to Marty to talk about next 166 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:09,519 steps. >> Okay. Thank you, Maddie, and thank you 167 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:13,760 for your leadership on the community engagement of this project. Everybody's 168 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:18,560 excited. Um, like Maddie said, next steps include uh completing a rendering 169 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:22,959 so we can include that in a request for proposal that we'll be working with the 170 00:13:20,639 --> 00:13:27,760 finance department on. This is a going to be a lease agreement that's similar 171 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:31,760 to farm leases that we have. Uh the city is also working with the Salt River 172 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:36,639 project uh team to provide water infrastructure to the site. Uh it will 173 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:40,880 be flood irrigated. uh the final step will be to work with the successful 174 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:45,200 proposer uh to finalize the site design and then ultimately construction of the 175 00:13:42,639 --> 00:13:48,639 site. So uh that concludes our presentation and we'll be happy to 176 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:55,240 answer any questions. >> Great. Thank you very much. Um any 177 00:13:50,639 --> 00:13:55,240 questions from my fellow board members? 178 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:03,199 » I have a quick question. Um Marty, do we have other projects similar to this in 179 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:06,880 our system? >> Mr. Mr. Chair and members of the parks 180 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:11,760 board not in our system. This this is going to be a kind, no pun intended, a 181 00:14:09,839 --> 00:14:16,000 groundbreaking thing for for the parks department and we're excited about it'll 182 00:14:13,839 --> 00:14:20,399 be an opportunity to pro provide food to that area 183 00:14:18,079 --> 00:14:24,399 » and I know you provided a rough timeline any uh dates associated with those. 184 00:14:22,959 --> 00:14:29,360 » Uh Mr. Chair, members of the parks board, this is just a rough timeline, 185 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:33,920 but we are uh working to release the RFP by the end of next month. The RP will 186 00:14:31,519 --> 00:14:37,920 most likely be on the streets for two months. Um, and then hopefully we'll 187 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:43,040 have a successful proposer, contract negotiations, and then design and 188 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:49,000 construction. >> Thank you. It sounds like a great 189 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:49,000 project. Best of luck. Thank you. 190 00:14:51,360 --> 00:15:02,800 » Now we'll move on to uh item four. uh items uh are for discussion, possible 191 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:07,920 action. Uh items are for information, discussion, and possible action as I 192 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:15,440 said. So, we'll start off with item 4 A, requests the acceptance of the abandoned 193 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:21,120 alley acreage to Hilaria Rodriguez Park. >> Thank you so much, Chair Moya. 194 00:15:18,639 --> 00:15:27,360 » Hilaria Rodriguez Park uh is located at 2801 East Adams and at 0.83 83 acres is 195 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:31,360 classified as a pocket park within our system. In recent years, neighborhood 196 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:35,040 alleyway and the park itself have experienced an increase in illegal 197 00:15:32,959 --> 00:15:38,000 activity. Parks and Recreation in collaboration with our partners in the 198 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:41,199 Office of Homeless Solutions, the Phoenix Police Department, and the 199 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:44,880 Neighborhood Services Department have made significant efforts to address 200 00:15:42,639 --> 00:15:49,360 these challenges and improve the area. Uh I would like to recognize uh Lisa 201 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:53,600 Huggins who is either in the audience or will be here shortly um for all of her 202 00:15:51,839 --> 00:15:59,040 wonderful work. Uh she is here. Thank you, Lisa. Um, also, um, I would go I'd 203 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:02,800 like to go ahead and turn the pro presentation over. This item is a next 204 00:16:01,279 --> 00:16:06,480 step in that process. So, with that, I'll ask our deputy parks and recreation 205 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:11,279 director, Joe Diaz, uh, to proceed with the presentation. 206 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:14,320 » Thank you, Randy. Lord, chair Moya, members of the board, thank you for this 207 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:18,240 opportunity to be with you this evening. As uh Brandy had mentioned, this is the 208 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:22,959 next step in the process for Hilaria Rodriguez Park, which is the alley 209 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:27,199 abandonment and the land sale of the property that will be associated with 210 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:30,320 that abandonment. To give you [clears throat] a little bit 211 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:35,680 of uh orientation of where the park is located is located on the southeast 212 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:41,440 corner of 28th Street in Adams. It is designated as a pocket park. it, as as 213 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:45,839 Brandy mentioned, it's 83 acres in size, but it also has a large playground with 214 00:16:43,519 --> 00:16:51,680 integral shade. It's got a large uh ramada area and picnic area, a lot of 215 00:16:49,279 --> 00:16:55,600 turf in the park that's used by the community, and some really great um 216 00:16:53,600 --> 00:17:01,199 pistachies to provide some shades of the to the community as well. 217 00:16:59,199 --> 00:17:04,160 So, Brandy mentioned teamwork and the team that's been working on this. And 218 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:07,839 so, I wanted to highlight that real quickly. So, the parks and recreation 219 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:11,520 department leadership as well as the south division maintenance and 220 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:15,679 recreation team and then our ranger team has been working with police um 221 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:20,319 neighborhood services, the office of homeless solutions and most importantly 222 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:25,199 the sky harbor neighborhood association. We've been working diligently for a 223 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:29,440 couple years now to improve some of the issues that we have seen in the 224 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:32,799 community. Um we had to close the park for a period of time as you're well 225 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:36,000 aware. Um, and this was to mitigate some of that negative activity that we were 226 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:42,480 seeing in the neighborhood that was trickling into the park as well. We 227 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:46,480 reopened the park on October 30th, 2025. And since then, we've seen some very 228 00:17:44,559 --> 00:17:49,919 positive movement in the park. We're seeing kids back playing on the 229 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:56,400 playground. We have families that come out and utilize the turf in the area and 230 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:59,440 and utilize the space for picnicking. And this is really a testament to the 231 00:17:57,919 --> 00:18:04,080 team and the effort that the team has has has put in to to make this a 232 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:08,240 success. So the next step, the alley abandonment. 233 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:11,120 So now we we are working again with neighborhood services and we have a new 234 00:18:09,679 --> 00:18:16,320 team team member planning and development and we'll be working on an 235 00:18:13,039 --> 00:18:21,679 alley abandonment uh process. So the yellow line that you see that is the 236 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:26,400 south border of Haria Rodriguez Park. In addition, there is a six foot high chain 237 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:33,200 length fence that runs along that area. The alleyway is 20 feet wide and 250 ft 238 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:38,320 long. And so once the alley abandonment takes place, the parks and recreation 239 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:44,000 department will receive the space that's um above the the yellow or the red dash 240 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:49,840 line. It's approximately 2,500 square ft. has very little recreational value, 241 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:54,960 but we have had some conversations with the BIS business owners to the south 242 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:58,960 that have interest not only in acquiring their portion of the alley, but also the 243 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:03,840 portion that is designated for the parks and recreation department. Um they their 244 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:10,240 plan is to utilize this for additional storage as well as install a 6 foot high 245 00:19:07,679 --> 00:19:16,160 or higher block wall along the south south edge of the park to provide some 246 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:16,160 additional safety to the park. 247 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:25,360 So the land sale the parks board policy 3.9 uh outlines the requirements for 248 00:19:22,799 --> 00:19:29,679 sale of park property because of the unique nature of this space um and the 249 00:19:27,919 --> 00:19:35,360 efforts that the community has put in and the city has put in. We are asking 250 00:19:32,559 --> 00:19:41,280 this evening to deviate from that policy and work with the property owner to the 251 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:45,039 south of the park uh on a direct sale. So, next steps would be complete the 252 00:19:43,039 --> 00:19:50,000 abandonment process with city council action, obtain an appraisal from um for 253 00:19:48,559 --> 00:19:55,360 the property. So, we'd work with our real estate um in our finance um 254 00:19:53,039 --> 00:20:00,000 department and then request city council action for the deposition of this 255 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:03,919 property. The parks and recreation department is 256 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:09,840 seeking approval for the abandoned alley property south of Lar Rios Park not to 257 00:20:06,559 --> 00:20:15,360 follow board policy 3.9 and that parks moves forward with a direct land sale 258 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:18,240 with Rolling Eagle Investments LLC and I can answer any questions that you may 259 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:24,640 have at this time. >> Great. Thank you. Any questions? 260 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:30,640 » Rick, go right ahead. Um, thanks Joe for a very good presentation. It's very 261 00:20:27,039 --> 00:20:36,640 helpful to see the details. Um just a two two questions. One is um do you know 262 00:20:33,919 --> 00:20:43,360 what the property owner's intent is for the use of the property once we abandon 263 00:20:40,559 --> 00:20:47,440 uh and then sell it back? >> Um board chair Moya, members of the 264 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:52,480 parks board and board member Neymar. Yes. The intent is to use it for 265 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:56,559 additional storage and um install the the block fence for security. 266 00:20:54,559 --> 00:20:59,919 » Got it. And my other really isn't a question. It's more of a comment. 267 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:06,559 Obviously, you considered whether or not it could be used to enhance the park, 268 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:13,200 but given the odd shape of it, I think your assessment is is a good one. And 269 00:21:09,679 --> 00:21:19,919 and I'm supportive of selling it once we receive it. And it uh and I'll also just 270 00:21:16,799 --> 00:21:24,159 say that obviously the normal disposition process doesn't work. you 271 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:27,919 don't want some separate property owner to own that other than the property 272 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:32,480 owner to the south. And of course, you're going to get appraised value for 273 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:36,720 it. So, uh it'll appraise weird because it's not a very developable property, 274 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:44,919 but whatever you get, you get. And and that makes total sense to me. Thank you. 275 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,919 Thank you, uh Jessica. 276 00:21:48,559 --> 00:21:54,720 We can't hear you. Now, can you hear me? 277 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:58,640 » Now we can. Thank you. >> Oh, thank you so much. Sorry about that. 278 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:05,440 Thank you, Chairman Moya. Um, just one quick question. Um, is it that is the 279 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:13,039 property owner to the south the only property owner that was amongst those 280 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:18,720 property owners um that have access to that piece of property that's interested 281 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:24,320 in acquiring it? Or was there any other property owners 282 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:28,080 not outside of like an RFP or what Rick talked about that wouldn't be feasible 283 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:31,919 to have an independent or someone come in and buy that strip, but just curious 284 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:36,760 if if they were the only one that expressed interest or if there was any 285 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,760 other 286 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:43,760 » board chair, board chair Moya, members of the par board and board owner Finos. 287 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:47,520 No, we have not had any other um interest in this property. We've been 288 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:52,640 working directly with the property owner to the south. 289 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:56,520 » Thank you. >> Are there any other questions? 290 00:22:56,799 --> 00:23:06,320 » If not, let me make the very specific motion. 291 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:11,679 uh is to uh for the board to approve to accept is it 0.13 acres of the abandoned 292 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:18,159 alleyway south of Hill area Rodriguez Park as part of the overall park acreage 293 00:23:15,679 --> 00:23:25,200 and to deviate from the procedures and parks board policy 3.9 public 294 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:30,400 notification of sale or disposition of park land and proceed with the sale of 295 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:36,559 the.13 acres of abandoned in property. Do I 296 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:39,919 have a motion? >> So moved. 297 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:45,200 » Second. >> I second that. 298 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:49,280 » Um, any other questions? All those in favor say I. I. 299 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:54,840 » I. >> Any oppose? 300 00:23:51,679 --> 00:23:54,840 Thank you. 301 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:04,320 » All right. We [clears throat] go on to item 4B, 302 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:10,480 request for approval of the new name for the park and community center at 35th 303 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:14,400 Avenue and baseline. Mr. Chair, members of the parks board, 304 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:19,679 uh on March the 25th of this year, the city council requested the city rename 305 00:24:17,039 --> 00:24:24,159 the Caesar Chavez Holiday and directed city staff to begin the process to 306 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:29,360 rename all city facilities that bear the Chavez name. sites impacted uh in the 307 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:33,919 parks department include uh the park plaza that the arts and culture 308 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:38,559 department has their own process. Uh so they're handling that uh the community 309 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:42,159 center uh and the park or the responsibility of the parks department. 310 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:46,559 With that, I will turn the presentation over to assistant director Brandy 311 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:50,320 Barrett who will uh talk us through the process. 312 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:53,440 » Thank you so much, Marty. Chair Moya, members of the board, at the March board 313 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:57,679 meeting, you directed staff to begin the formal renaming process for the park and 314 00:24:55,279 --> 00:25:01,760 community center to gather input. In May, the department launched a public 315 00:24:59,279 --> 00:25:05,440 survey in both English and Spanish. The survey featured six potential names 316 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:11,360 thoughtfully selected based on the area's history and community culture. 317 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:16,240 Lavine, Agila, Olstein Heritage, Arizona Sunset, Desert Oasis, and farm workers. 318 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:19,840 Residents also have the option to submit their own name suggestions for 319 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:23,679 consideration. In addition to posting signage with a QR code linking directly 320 00:25:21,919 --> 00:25:27,360 to the survey around the park and in the community center, the city issued a 321 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:31,520 press release and a Phoenix newsroom article on the survey. More than 14,000 322 00:25:30,159 --> 00:25:35,200 center participants were emailed directly with a link to the survey and 323 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:39,200 the city's various social media accounts also promoted the survey. Finally, our 324 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:42,799 communications team provided the mayor and council with toolkits to promote the 325 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:47,559 survey on their social media accounts as well. And the results are in. 326 00:25:47,919 --> 00:25:55,200 Here we go. Uh, the survey ran from May 15th to June 24th, 2026 and received a 327 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:59,600 total of 1,843 responses. The top name by number of 328 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:05,440 responses from the total respondent pool was Aguila Park and Community Center 329 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:09,120 with 565 votes. In second place with 472 votes is Lavine Park and Community 330 00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:13,279 Center. Farmworkers Park Community Center received the third highest number 331 00:26:10,799 --> 00:26:18,720 of votes with 235. Arizona Sunset Park and Community Center 332 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:24,320 received 190 votes and Desert Oasis Park and Holene Heritage received 144 and 55 333 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:29,120 votes respectively. Notably, 182 writein votes were received 334 00:26:27,279 --> 00:26:33,360 with the largest number of writein votes going for Alward Park at 28 votes and 335 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:37,720 the second highest number of writein votes for Jesse Owens at 23. 336 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:45,039 The park is classified as a regional park with a five mile service radius. 337 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:48,960 Typically, the department utilizes the service area to gather community input 338 00:26:46,799 --> 00:26:52,559 during public engagement processes. And we've reviewed the survey results for 339 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:57,360 this service area as well. You can see the zip codes associated with the 340 00:26:54,159 --> 00:27:03,440 service area. to the right of the map. Of the total 1,843 responses, 74% or 341 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:07,600 1,365 responses came from zip codes that are 342 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:11,360 within the park service radius. The top two names were consistent with the full 343 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:16,240 survey results. The name that received the highest number of votes both overall 344 00:27:13,279 --> 00:27:21,919 565 votes and within the service area 445 votes was Aguila Park and Aguila 345 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:26,080 Community Center. Lavine received 406 votes from within the service area. 346 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:32,120 Arizona Sunset and Farm Workers came in next with 142 and 133 votes 347 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:32,120 respectively. 348 00:27:33,679 --> 00:27:39,039 This chart compares the survey results for each of the names for all boats, 349 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:42,720 which is in the maroon, and the service area results, which is showed by the 350 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:46,640 gray bar. Again, you can see the top two names remained the same across both 351 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:50,080 populations. For awareness, a citizen position was 352 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:53,279 submitted to the mayor and council regarding the renaming of the park and 353 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:58,240 community center. and response to that petition is scheduled for the July 1st 354 00:27:55,039 --> 00:28:01,840 city council formal meeting. With that, staff to respectfully request 355 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:05,360 the board approve the name Aguila Park and Aguila Community Center for the 356 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:09,360 Regional Park located at 35th Avenue and Baseline Road. 357 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:14,240 » Great. Thank you very much. Before I open up questions to the board, I will 358 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:20,039 go ahead and have two community members speak. Uh first, Jerry, go right ahead. 359 00:28:16,399 --> 00:28:20,039 You have two minutes. 360 00:28:30,399 --> 00:28:40,559 Good evening, Jerry Van Gas. Uh, March 26th, I was up here with Jesse Owens, 361 00:28:38,399 --> 00:28:44,720 four gold medals from the Olympics in 1936. 362 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:51,039 At that time, I asked that he be considered, his name be considered 363 00:28:47,679 --> 00:28:57,600 to rename the park. Uh subsequently we went out to the state track meet and had 364 00:28:55,120 --> 00:29:03,200 two giant posters uh signed by practically every track 365 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:09,360 coach in the state. You you disregarded everything except 366 00:29:05,679 --> 00:29:13,679 your lame survey. And you know once I heard you Tony say this doesn't have to 367 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:18,799 be named after an individual. It can be named after other things. Well, that's 368 00:29:15,919 --> 00:29:25,279 exactly what you did. You concocted four, five, six. You know, nobody takes 369 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:29,360 credit for it. Uh, it was supposed to be out in April. It came out in May after 370 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:34,640 all the schools are closed. We can take them to the schools to their track teams 371 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:42,240 to sign. Uh, you know, it's pretty gutless. Pretty gutless. Uh, but that's 372 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:48,640 not the worst. 13 years ago, your cohort sitting right there, Mr. Neymar 373 00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:53,919 with city officials concocted a plan to take $19 million from the voter 374 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:58,960 initiative, parks and preserve initiative fund 375 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:04,559 to pay off golf debt. Uh their newly 376 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:12,960 uh implanted city de deputy director over parts 377 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:17,600 uh was helping us. He was slid out of position, never came back, committed 378 00:30:15,919 --> 00:30:23,360 suicide, and 379 00:30:19,679 --> 00:30:29,760 you passed that bill. We sued, we prevailed, and because of Inger Ericson, 380 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:36,960 the money was repaid. So, uh, that's also gutless. 381 00:30:33,919 --> 00:30:39,960 Thank you. Uh, Jeremy, you have two minutes. 382 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:51,039 popularity of a name uh for a park shouldn't necessarily be what we're 383 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:55,279 shooting for. Um just because the golf course is already named that most people 384 00:30:53,679 --> 00:31:01,279 in Phoenix don't realize that Jesse Owens who is a not a just a national 385 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:08,399 hero, he's a world hero. He won four gold medals um in Germany in front of 386 00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:13,840 Hitler. Uh he lived here for the last 10 years of his life and according to his 387 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:21,039 wife were the best years of his life. Uh Jerry is the custodian of his gold 388 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:26,399 medals. Uh he laid in state but nothing in the city other than the medical city 389 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:33,679 center that he helped found and raised $1.8 million for 390 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:39,279 nothing carries his name in the city. So this is an opportunity as we approach 391 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:43,200 the 200 250th anniversary of the country to make Phoenix a part of that. Phoenix 392 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:48,399 is not a old city. So we don't have a lot of history. Uh it's hard to imagine 393 00:31:46,159 --> 00:31:52,399 having someone associated with the city uh that could mean more than Jesse 394 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:55,919 Owens. And we've got an opportunity to celebrate that along with So the USA 395 00:31:54,480 --> 00:32:00,480 Today just had an article out and they'll be releasing on the 4th of July 396 00:31:57,919 --> 00:32:05,840 uh the greatest athlete of all time. and they said if not the greatest, Jesse 397 00:32:03,039 --> 00:32:10,799 Owens is certainly the most important and we could be associated with that or 398 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:15,120 we can go with a generic name that's already on the golf course next door. 399 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:20,559 Um, or if we want to inspire the kids that go to the park and the other people 400 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:24,960 that go around to know history that they probably don't and how important it was, 401 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:28,880 uh, we could do something special here and name it Jesse Owens Park. you guys 402 00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:34,320 have the ability to to make that decision tonight. 403 00:32:31,679 --> 00:32:39,760 Thank you. Uh board members, any questions, 404 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:45,919 » right? Couple of questions. One, I guess I'm wondering why the Jesse Owens name 405 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:50,480 wasn't at part of the survey, what the process was for that. Question number 406 00:32:47,679 --> 00:32:54,320 one, and question number two is what would the lift look like? And is it 407 00:32:52,159 --> 00:32:58,519 possible to redo the survey with the name included? 408 00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:05,760 » Mr. Chair and members of the parks board and uh board member Thomas. Um to answer 409 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:11,279 that first question, um as the director, I asked our team to come up with names 410 00:33:08,799 --> 00:33:16,240 that were reflective of that area. So they came up with the six names. I did 411 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:21,760 ask for a write in as well. So hopefully that answers the first question. Um, 412 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:26,480 your your question about a lift, kind of a difficult one since we have a 413 00:33:23,919 --> 00:33:33,120 uh citizens petition out there for the mayor and council to entertain that 414 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:39,640 petition on July 1st. Whatever their direction is, uh, the parks department 415 00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:39,640 will will take at that time. 416 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:47,760 » Any other questions? So, I have one more. Yeah, go right 417 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:53,519 ahead. So the so on July 1st the petition for 418 00:33:52,159 --> 00:33:57,279 July 1 you said >> that's correct. 419 00:33:54,080 --> 00:34:00,799 » Okay. So can that be extended or is that something that's set in stone? Like 420 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:04,159 could we actually take another look at this and rethink this and make sure that 421 00:34:02,399 --> 00:34:07,480 we are doing our due diligence as far as including this 422 00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:18,159 chair. terms of the parks board. Uh got to be a little careful about this 423 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:23,760 because you know the mayor and council will have their their say about the the 424 00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:31,800 petition on the first. Um the parks board could could have another you know 425 00:34:26,879 --> 00:34:31,800 thought on on the name and direct staff. 426 00:34:32,879 --> 00:34:39,599 » Thank you. Rick, did you have a question? 427 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:46,159 » I think I think you answered my question. the the only I I do know that 428 00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:52,560 the parks board is charged with making the decision. Um and so I would imagine 429 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:59,520 the mayor and council acted. They wouldn't act to do something that 430 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:06,800 doesn't recognize the charter authority, the parks board to make these kinds of 431 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:12,079 decisions. Um however um you know I am interested in in you know the the 432 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:17,200 question about could we do it you know could we do 433 00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:22,079 something different um and take a little more time with it. 434 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:26,640 I and I I'm not I don't know that it 435 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:30,960 necessarily relates in my mind to a petition to the council. It's just a 436 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:38,920 question of if we did do what was suggested, 437 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:38,920 what you know, how long would that take? 438 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:45,119 » Chairman Moyer and um members of the parks board, I'm going to ask our 439 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:48,839 attorney uh Dustin to help us with some of the legal stuff. 440 00:35:49,839 --> 00:35:57,520 Uh, Chairman [clears throat] Wea, board member Neymar, members of the board. Um, 441 00:35:54,880 --> 00:36:02,800 with respect to what what happens here with the citizens petition that is part 442 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:07,119 of the the charter uh and it it does require the city council to act on an 443 00:36:05,359 --> 00:36:12,960 appropriate one within 15 days. And so that um July 1st meeting is the 444 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:19,280 opportunity that the council has to act on that. Um with respect to um where the 445 00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:24,480 authority is to you know for naming um that has generally uh rested with the 446 00:36:22,079 --> 00:36:30,640 parks board historically um the 447 00:36:27,599 --> 00:36:35,599 if the city council whatever direction whatever action the city council decided 448 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:41,280 to take on that citizens petition uh we would have to address that and um 449 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:47,359 when we come to it and figure out exactly what Um uh what we would do with 450 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:52,640 that, it depends. I I have uh presented as uh you know as potential ways to 451 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:56,720 address um the citizens petition and the fact that it will not be addressed by 452 00:36:54,400 --> 00:37:02,320 city council until July 1st. Uh the board could um take action and make it 453 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:09,200 effective uh after that date and depending on what city council does um 454 00:37:05,119 --> 00:37:15,760 the board can um table this item for uh future action uh if necessary. um the 455 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:23,480 board could make it explicitly dependent on um what the city council decides. 456 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:23,480 It's it's really up to the board. 457 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:31,280 » Thank you. A couple quick comments. Um like everything else this uh board has 458 00:37:29,599 --> 00:37:37,119 done in the past, we've always asked for citizen input and I think we got exactly 459 00:37:33,839 --> 00:37:41,440 that. We got citizen input. It's not probably what we want to hear, but 460 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:44,720 that's what we got. did and we got overwhelming response from those in that 461 00:37:43,706 --> 00:37:53,040 [laughter] zip code who live and work in that area. 462 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:57,760 So to me, yes, we could revisit this again and again and again until we get 463 00:37:54,800 --> 00:38:03,440 whoever we want, but to me that's what happened. And I wish I had enough power 464 00:38:01,119 --> 00:38:07,760 to make these suggestions and make these determinations for the entire city, but 465 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:13,440 I don't. That's why I went through the process. 466 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:21,200 And again, the city, the people who live in that area overwhelmingly approved 467 00:38:15,839 --> 00:38:25,680 this. So, we could vote to give the community what we want, what they want, 468 00:38:23,119 --> 00:38:34,079 what we've always done on this board, and make that stipulation. If the if 469 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:39,520 city council after July 1 chooses to change that, then that would be their 470 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:42,760 decision at that point. So that would be my recommendation. 471 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:52,480 » Go ahead, J. If I could, if we could make a consideration for Yes, the city 472 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:57,760 or not the city, the citizens did, you know, vote on this. I'm not sure how 473 00:38:54,960 --> 00:39:02,079 much weight was actually placed on the ability for the Jesse Owens name to have 474 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:07,599 equal footing. >> And in that case, bring up other names 475 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:12,160 that weren't included. You know, we could be here all year 476 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:14,800 throwing in names until one came to the top. 477 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:17,599 » We could, but the one did come to the top. And the one that came to the top 478 00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:22,480 was the Jesse Owens name. >> Well, no, you only got 20. 23, was it of 479 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:25,760 the 565? >> I'm saying in addition to and so I was 480 00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:31,839 just wondering if we could just create the space at least to see if you know we 481 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:36,480 can reconsider this. And if rest of the board is not feeling that way, I'll 482 00:39:33,359 --> 00:39:40,400 acquies. But I just feel like it's pretty solid what they're talking about 483 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:42,880 as far as his significance and history, his ties to the city, 484 00:39:41,839 --> 00:39:48,079 » right? >> Having been born and raised in South 485 00:39:44,720 --> 00:39:52,480 Phoenix, there is a Jesse Owens Parkway. There is a Jesse Owens Hospital. So 486 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:57,160 there are things named after Jesse Owens. As a Phoenix native, I know that 487 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:07,040 » Moya, can I ask a question? >> Go right. 488 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:13,520 My question is um just for clarification um that the Jesse Owens that got 23 489 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:21,599 votes, those were writeins um and the six that were um actually um 490 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:28,720 put forth as options um Jesse Owens was not one of them. 491 00:40:25,839 --> 00:40:31,760 » Is that correct? Chairman Moyer, members of the parks 492 00:40:30,079 --> 00:40:36,640 board, and uh board member Barnwell, that that is that is correct. There was 493 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:41,280 six uh names that were on the survey and then an opportunity for writeins, and 494 00:40:39,119 --> 00:40:46,400 that's uh where Mr. Jesse Owens received 23 votes. 495 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:52,160 » So, for clarification, um 496 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:55,160 why wasn't that included in one of the six? 497 00:40:55,520 --> 00:41:02,000 Uh uh Chairman Moyan, members of the parks board and board member Barn 498 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:05,839 Barnwell. That was a decision that I made as the parks and recreation 499 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:12,079 director. I tked the team to come up with six names that uh were 500 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:20,560 representative of that area. >> Okay. 501 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:26,960 I I would then um I would like to see that we put Betsy Owens as one of the 502 00:41:25,119 --> 00:41:37,359 six um and redo it just just just for um um 503 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:44,800 for my comfort um and uh and making sure that that it was given u uh adequate um 504 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,800 visibility. 505 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:55,920 So, uh, my suggestion for a motion is that we, uh, table this until after the, 506 00:41:53,359 --> 00:42:02,480 uh, July 1, um, city council meeting and, uh, maybe 507 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:10,480 that will provide us with a clearer direction as to what um, we're to do. 508 00:42:07,359 --> 00:42:17,359 And um even though we don't meet in July and August, some of the work could 509 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:24,800 possibly be done at that time. So um that would be my motion as a suggestion 510 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:30,240 is to table it until after the July 1 uh city council meeting and then revisit it 511 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:35,760 at that time. >> Mr. Chair, understood. Thank you. 512 00:42:34,079 --> 00:42:38,560 » Do we need to vote on it or are we good on that? 513 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:46,400 I um the only the only question I have I mean the council really doesn't have the 514 00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:50,000 authority to deal with this but I think it would be 515 00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:57,280 » I think it would be a good idea to see what the council's uh response to the 516 00:42:52,880 --> 00:43:04,160 petition is and then come back and and that way it'll clarify that part of this 517 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:06,640 discussion is once they've had that opportunity to do that. 518 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:11,520 » Yeah. and we can revisit it again after the 519 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:16,880 summer break. That great we 520 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:20,560 and then just one other well I'll wait to comment when we have the motion I 521 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:27,200 guess. Well, no, I can I guess I shouldn't. I feel like there were some 522 00:43:22,079 --> 00:43:31,680 other names thrown out to us in the very first or second meeting that we had and 523 00:43:30,079 --> 00:43:36,880 I just want to make sure that if there were other if we do go back out, we make 524 00:43:35,119 --> 00:43:42,640 sure that come back and just look at those. Um and and the other thing that I 525 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:48,640 think is really important, why are we here today? 526 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:54,960 um the park was named after somebody and some information came out that was very 527 00:43:51,599 --> 00:44:02,240 very negative about that that person. So whatever individual names we put on uh I 528 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:08,640 want to make sure that we know as much as we can about any of those names um 529 00:44:06,319 --> 00:44:15,280 before and I think the board should provide you that guidance of of what to 530 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:20,240 put on if we go back out. So, um I don't anticipate anything negative out there 531 00:44:17,599 --> 00:44:29,520 about Jesse Owens or any of the other names that were suggested, but I I just 532 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:34,560 want to make sure. Um and uh so yeah, so uh maybe some of that can be done 533 00:44:32,079 --> 00:44:38,160 during the break as well. So it's not like we're not going to have formal 534 00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:42,400 meetings, but we obviously can have these discussions at that time. 535 00:44:39,839 --> 00:44:49,520 » Understood. Thank you, Chair. Can can I get some clarity on what the city 536 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:54,040 council is going to do on the first what is what are we asking them to do? 537 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:08,480 » Uh board member Barnwell. Um just to uh address that what the uh city council is 538 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:13,280 considering is is simply action on a citizen's petition. There's 539 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:18,560 not um a specific well there there is a staff recommendation 540 00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:26,319 um that is going to city council although um some of that may change as a 541 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:31,359 result of um this meeting. Um and essentially the the petition or the yeah 542 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:36,960 the citizen petition will be presented to uh the city council um with all of 543 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:41,680 the suggestions that are there and then the city council can act on any of them. 544 00:45:39,119 --> 00:45:47,200 they can reject them, deny them, come to some other action that's on the same 545 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:52,996 topic, you know, is within the same um uh general idea. And so the the council 546 00:45:51,040 --> 00:46:00,040 would simply take some action [clears throat] and what we what they 547 00:45:54,640 --> 00:46:00,040 would do um is up to the city council. 548 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:09,640 So am I clear that the parks board is actually responsible? 549 00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:20,599 » The uh that that actually is probably 550 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:20,599 something that should be addressed. Um 551 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:29,040 I can prepare um some documents that that goes over some 552 00:46:26,720 --> 00:46:35,920 of those issues and send it to the board before the next meeting. Um some of that 553 00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:41,599 um would like to be distributed as as attorney work product um and so would 554 00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:47,520 have to be distributed outside of this meeting. Um but the the short answer is 555 00:46:45,359 --> 00:46:52,640 um that there are there are questions with respect to who ultimately has 556 00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:57,160 authority uh to name a park within the city. 557 00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:57,160 » Okay, 558 00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:08,800 » Jessica, your hands up. >> Yes. Um just to uh I think um echo um 559 00:47:06,319 --> 00:47:16,240 fellow board member uh Rick Neymar's comments was not to say that no position 560 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:22,319 at right now with regard to um any of the of the six names or the process that 561 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:29,440 has already occurred but if um after next week's city council meeting or if 562 00:47:25,599 --> 00:47:37,040 we um are to uh decide to make an endeavor ever to um reservey or include 563 00:47:33,839 --> 00:47:43,520 any individuals. I would strongly recommend and again I'm with uh member 564 00:47:40,079 --> 00:47:47,760 Neymar not to say that anything um negative or disparaging would come out 565 00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:54,000 about Jesse Owens, but for any individual that may be may be under 566 00:47:50,400 --> 00:48:01,920 consideration that that individual be uh be be significantly vetted. Um, so 567 00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:06,079 we don't find ourselves, you can't always prevent everything, but I would 568 00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:14,480 not want to find ourselves in the position that that we need to be in with 569 00:48:10,079 --> 00:48:20,520 regard to renaming or taking a park name away to the best of our ability and 570 00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:20,520 control as a board. 571 00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:28,559 » Correct. >> Thank you, Jessica. I'm thinking um and 572 00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:34,160 this is really just a question just to understand process being fairly new. So 573 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:41,040 more of a hypothetical question. So if we would have voted on this and it did 574 00:48:38,079 --> 00:48:45,040 not pass right, what would the process have been then in determining what the 575 00:48:43,599 --> 00:48:49,839 name would have been if this name would not have passed the board vote tonight? 576 00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:54,079 » Mr. Chair, members of the parks board and board member Thomas, um then we 577 00:48:52,400 --> 00:49:00,079 would have gone back out for another survey. Now, again, the caveat with the 578 00:48:58,079 --> 00:49:03,440 council being involved on Wednesday, again, like Justin mentioned, that's a 579 00:49:02,079 --> 00:49:07,040 decision that they're going to make. So, it's it's I know he says it's a 580 00:49:05,599 --> 00:49:12,040 hypothetical question, but it's kind of hard to answer because I'm not sure 581 00:49:08,319 --> 00:49:12,040 what's going to happen on Wednesday. 582 00:49:13,119 --> 00:49:20,079 » Great. So, thank you. We will table this and revisit this after the July 1 583 00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:25,119 meeting. Thank you. >> Do you need a motion to do that or or 584 00:49:22,240 --> 00:49:29,680 can we just not make any motions and we'll deal with 585 00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:35,680 it when it comes back. >> Well, and um anyone is is free to make a 586 00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:39,440 motion, but uh to the decision to not make a motion is simply just basically 587 00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:44,000 the absence of one that results in tableabling it. So, 588 00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:47,839 » sounds good. Great. Thank you. Thank you everyone. 589 00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:52,800 That's probably been the liveliest discussion in my 10 12 years on this. I 590 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:59,359 love it. So, uh, number five, call to public. We 591 00:49:57,119 --> 00:50:03,119 welcome citizen input. However, items brought to the board's attention cannot 592 00:50:01,119 --> 00:50:08,319 be discussed unless they are listed as an agenda item. Actions taken as a 593 00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:12,960 result of public comment comments will be limited to requesting staff to study 594 00:50:11,119 --> 00:50:18,960 the matter or rescheduling the matter for further consideration andor decision 595 00:50:15,359 --> 00:50:25,000 on a later date. Uh, we do have uh two speakers. We have uh Jeremy Ther 596 00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:28,280 Jeremy 597 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:44,160 Chairman. Um, I think your one of your ideas was actually a good one, which is 598 00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:47,359 that any name that anyone wants to suggest 599 00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:50,960 should probably be the first process is to gather the names that are going to be 600 00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:57,920 part of the survey. That would be a good first start. Um, and to say that uh the 601 00:50:54,240 --> 00:51:01,680 city is you follow the city's or the citizens 602 00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:07,200 direction is I have a hard time to believe that that would be the case if 603 00:51:04,079 --> 00:51:10,400 uh some names were chosen. So I think there are times when you definitely go 604 00:51:08,319 --> 00:51:15,760 against the citizens will and sometimes it's for the best, sometimes it's for 605 00:51:11,599 --> 00:51:23,000 the worst. Um, good goat which Jerry is the president and I am a member uh 606 00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:23,000 submitted the citizen petition. So 607 00:51:23,839 --> 00:51:30,760 I agree that with Mr. Neymar that the city that the council does not have the 608 00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:38,000 Yeah, they can't that they don't have the ability to rename it that it is sub 609 00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:41,119 parks board. So, uh, I would suggest, and I'm not sure, I haven't talked to 610 00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:46,480 the car about it, but if you wanted to, we'd be probably willing to withdraw our 611 00:51:43,119 --> 00:51:52,960 citizen petition, um, if you were to put follow a good survey process again and 612 00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:57,760 go that route. So, thank you. Thank you, Jerry. 613 00:51:55,839 --> 00:52:03,240 And I'm sorry, I I forgot Christina Taylor, but if you're will be next. 614 00:52:00,079 --> 00:52:03,240 Thank you. 615 00:52:06,559 --> 00:52:12,640 I know I was getting a little passionate there at the end, but but for good 616 00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:19,200 reason. Uh the person that was the deputy city manager at that time over 617 00:52:15,119 --> 00:52:25,040 parks, his name was Jerome Miller, and I didn't know him very long, but uh uh we 618 00:52:22,079 --> 00:52:31,520 became good friends. Uh basically, I mean, this is bizarre, unbelievable to 619 00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:38,720 me at the time. He was mentored while he was at ASU. to his black 620 00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:47,040 student uh black union president back in the mid70s. His mentor was Jesse Owen 621 00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:53,839 and he could not talk. I mean uh that was his his idol 622 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:58,880 and uh you know to be uh forced out he he loved his job running neighborhood 623 00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:03,760 services. Then he became deputy director over parks 624 00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:11,440 uh and you know was kind of leveraged out. Who knows why or how uh but that it 625 00:53:08,240 --> 00:53:18,400 destroyed him. Totally destroyed him. So uh know for 13 years I've been uh kind 626 00:53:14,559 --> 00:53:23,599 of saying I'm doing this for Jerome. So I don't know if any of you knew that 627 00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:29,040 that Jesse was his mentor, but uh to me that's pretty special. So, uh, you know, 628 00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:36,280 we want to, uh, we want to do right by everybody. Thank you. 629 00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:36,280 Thank you, Christina. 630 00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:48,720 And Christina, you'll have two minutes. Thank you. 631 00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:54,160 » Good afternoon, chair and board members. Uh, first thing that I'd like to start 632 00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:59,359 with is uh discussing how one of my friends came to speak here today. And 633 00:53:57,359 --> 00:54:03,119 because of your guys's lack of accessibility components to where 634 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:10,000 there's not a number to call to have someone uh pick a person up from the uh 635 00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:16,240 free parking lot over to here, you guys need to make things more accessible. Uh 636 00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:23,680 because that's not acceptable or Okay. Uh but uh the other things I'd like to 637 00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:27,520 discuss is that I appreciate the work with the parks and recreation department 638 00:54:25,359 --> 00:54:32,640 does for our community and I'd like to offer several ideas that I believe can 639 00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:36,960 improve our parks while creating new funding opportunities. First, I 640 00:54:34,720 --> 00:54:42,480 encourage the city to continue improving ADA accessibility. For example, portions 641 00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:47,280 of Desert West Parks Lake lack sidewalks that would make the park more acceptable 642 00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:52,240 accessible for individuals with disabilities, seniors, and families. 643 00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:57,760 Second, I asked the city to continue evaluating maintenance needs at Caesar 644 00:54:55,520 --> 00:55:02,160 Chavez Park, including the flagpull flag, park infrastructure, and 645 00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:06,480 opportunities to straighten part partnerships and a written procedural 646 00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:11,359 process with nonprofit organizations that can assist with environmental 647 00:55:08,319 --> 00:55:16,079 stewardship, volunteer projects, and wildlife programs. Finally, I'd like the 648 00:55:14,079 --> 00:55:21,280 board to consider creating a community athletic field sponsorship program that 649 00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:25,599 would allow local businesses to be able to sponsor athletic fields through 650 00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:30,079 annual recognition banners with the names of the donors with the revenue 651 00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:33,680 helping fund improvements such as protective 652 00:55:31,599 --> 00:55:37,839 safety netting at baseball and softball fields. separate changing rooms for male 653 00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:43,280 and female officials, referees and umpires, accessibility improvements, and 654 00:55:40,319 --> 00:55:48,319 other parks and recreation priorities. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. 655 00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:53,440 » Thank you very much. Perfect timing you have. 656 00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:58,640 So item six is the board chair's report and I have nothing to report other we 657 00:55:56,400 --> 00:56:05,280 will not have official uh board meetings for July and August uh during those two 658 00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:08,599 months and regular meetings will resume in September. 659 00:56:09,359 --> 00:56:15,559 Did you have your Did you fill in a card or comment? 660 00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:31,240 Could you state your name, please? And you have two minutes. Jamie, go 661 00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:31,240 right ahead. 662 00:56:33,119 --> 00:56:37,240 Everybody good? Can we hear her? 663 00:56:38,319 --> 00:56:44,599 Oh yeah. Thank you. You're right, J. 664 00:56:53,200 --> 00:57:00,799 Okay. So, I'm here to talk about Chavez Park or 665 00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:04,799 whatever you name it and about the bachulism problem there. We had a mass 666 00:57:02,799 --> 00:57:10,400 mortality rate of ducks and geese at that park uh this month and last month 667 00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:15,359 we had quite a few die off here and there and and I understand that this 668 00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:20,960 happens uh you'll see a couple but this was mass. This was like 35 or 40 ducks 669 00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:25,359 and they're laying all over the park dead. They were there for days. And when 670 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:29,760 I asked one of the employees at the park if they were going to pick them up, he 671 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:34,319 said, "That's not my job." So, first of all, that's not a good 672 00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:37,520 thing to say to the public. And then the public walks around and sees all these 673 00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:42,640 dead ducks laying everywhere. And botulism, the worst part of it is when 674 00:57:40,079 --> 00:57:47,280 the flies lay eggs in it. And then the animals and the other ducks come up and 675 00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:52,640 eat eat the maggots and then it just worse. When's the last time Chavez Lake 676 00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:57,119 was ever dredged? And when are they going to fix the air 677 00:57:55,440 --> 00:58:01,280 raators at the park? There's like five air 678 00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:05,599 raators in that water. None of them work. They haven't been working for 679 00:58:03,119 --> 00:58:10,799 probably I'm going to say years. I go there every day. And I I just think 680 00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:15,200 there needs to be more education also with the park maintenance and the 681 00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:19,520 supervisors with the park rangers because I'm one of the people that was 682 00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:24,160 trespassed at Desert West over endangering the wildlife 683 00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:28,160 while these ducks are dying at Chavez left and right and the city's doing 684 00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:32,240 nothing about it. They they didn't seem to think it was a priority to pick up 685 00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:36,319 those dead carcasses. Three days they laid there and I called Arizona Game and 686 00:58:34,559 --> 00:58:39,359 Fish and that's how we got them picked up. 687 00:58:37,359 --> 00:58:42,880 So, I think that the employees over there need to be more educated. It's the 688 00:58:41,119 --> 00:58:47,599 only park we're having a mass mortality rate at. And I know that you guys no 689 00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:52,079 longer have to report your water testing to the ADQ. 690 00:58:49,599 --> 00:58:56,880 So, now we don't even know when the last time the water was tested or what's 691 00:58:53,680 --> 00:59:00,040 going on that can't test for botulism. >> Thank you. 692 00:59:01,119 --> 00:59:10,119 Uh, board members, any comments or questions or any discussion you'd like 693 00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:10,119 to have? 694 00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:18,960 » No, we're all set. Great. Thank you. Uh, director's briefing, 695 00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:22,400 » Mr. Chair, members of the parks board, um, just Brandy and I this evening, so 696 00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:26,160 I'll have assistant director Brandy Barrett start us off. 697 00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:30,640 » Thank you, Marty. Well, if you're signed up for our extreme heat warning 698 00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:35,920 notifications, you know that we are currently in an extreme heat warning. 699 00:59:33,119 --> 00:59:39,280 Thank you. >> Uh that has been issued by the National 700 00:59:37,599 --> 00:59:43,040 Weather Service. And we wanted just to take this opportunity to remind the 701 00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:47,040 public that these extreme heat warning days trigger trail restrictions from 702 00:59:45,119 --> 00:59:52,880 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm at Camelback Mountain Peak three uh trails at South 703 00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:56,880 Mountain Park as well as um access to the national trail from Puma Canyon. All 704 00:59:55,119 --> 01:00:00,559 trails do remain open outside of those restriction hours. Uh to support hiker 705 00:59:59,359 --> 01:00:03,920 safety and improve operational efficiency, the department has 706 01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:08,079 implemented several upgrades across key trail heads. Electronic gates are 707 01:00:06,319 --> 01:00:12,720 installed at Pyestto Peak, South Mountain Park gate house, and Puma 708 01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:17,440 Canyon. These gates allow us to automate closures rather than ma opening those 709 01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:21,119 gates manually. Uh digital message boards at Pyesttoa and Echo Canyon trail 710 01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:25,839 heads are providing real-time closure alerts and year- round safety messaging. 711 01:00:23,359 --> 01:00:29,520 In addition, 24-hour a day, seven days a week cameras have been installed at 712 01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:32,559 Pyestto Peak, South Mountain Park Gate House, and South Mountain Activity 713 01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:36,799 Center, uh, sorry, South Mountain Activity Complex to enhance remote 714 01:00:34,480 --> 01:00:41,680 monitoring and overhaul trail head oversight. And again, we just urge folks 715 01:00:39,680 --> 01:00:45,200 to take a hike, do it right, and follow safety tips, including watching the 716 01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:49,760 weather, dressing appropriately, ensuring you have more than sufficient 717 01:00:47,119 --> 01:00:54,400 water, carrying a mobile phone, not hiking alone, and being honest with 718 01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:58,880 yourself about your abilities or any conditions you may have, um, and just, 719 01:00:56,960 --> 01:01:02,040 uh, taking responsibility with that. Thank you. 720 01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:10,480 » Thank you, Brandy. Uh last week, uh Mayor Kate Ggo stopped by our Washington 721 01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:14,720 Activity Center, uh during our Phoenix Place summer camper visit, highlighted 722 01:01:12,559 --> 01:01:19,680 the great work happening in our programs and the positive experiences our campers 723 01:01:17,599 --> 01:01:24,720 are having this season. The mayor shared a note about her visit on social media, 724 01:01:22,319 --> 01:01:29,839 saying there there was lots of patriotism on display as campers colored 725 01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:34,640 flags and talked about what they love most about our country. She called it a 726 01:01:32,079 --> 01:01:38,319 wonderful way to celebrate 250 years of America. 727 01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:42,960 All right, speaking of celebration, uh starting Saturday will be uh the kickoff 728 01:01:40,720 --> 01:01:47,680 of our Fourth of July events. After Dark in the Park is going to be another drone 729 01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:54,480 show at Deer Valley Park on June the 27th uh from 6 PM to 900 pm, followed up 730 01:01:51,520 --> 01:02:00,000 by Light Up the Sky at American Family Fields of Phoenix on July the 2nd from 731 01:01:57,119 --> 01:02:05,599 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. And then our Crown Jewel, the Fabulous Fourth at Steel 732 01:02:02,319 --> 01:02:11,440 Indian School Park on July 4th from 6 PM to 10 p.m. which usually uh gets about 733 01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:17,920 100,000 folks. So, okay, I'm going to reach back here and 734 01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:21,920 look, but um uh this certainly a bittersweet meeting for our team. I'm 735 01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:25,440 going to try to keep it together here, but tonight is the last parks board 736 01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:29,920 meeting for our management services deputy director, Teresa Fall, who'll be 737 01:02:27,839 --> 01:02:33,520 retiring next month. I got permission from her to do this uh tonight because I 738 01:02:32,079 --> 01:02:36,960 know she doesn't like this types of types of things or fanfare, and she told 739 01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:41,440 me to keep it short. So, I certainly will do that. Uh for the last four plus 740 01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:45,440 years uh Teresa has served as a management services deputy director 741 01:02:43,440 --> 01:02:50,319 where she was responsible for our budget procurement IT accounting and our admin 742 01:02:48,079 --> 01:02:53,680 staff. Before that she served as our management assistant too and our 743 01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:58,000 director's office where she was responsible for virtually everything 744 01:02:55,359 --> 01:03:01,520 under the sun. Right. Okay. Uh during her career she also spent time in the 745 01:02:59,680 --> 01:03:06,000 human resources and planning departments. Uh, in my almost 25 year 746 01:03:04,559 --> 01:03:10,000 career at the city of Phoenix, I've never been around an employee like 747 01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:13,520 Teresa who does it all. I love all my employees, but I just want to point that 748 01:03:11,359 --> 01:03:17,119 out. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you since I joined the parks 749 01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:22,680 department. You're an amazing employee and a better person. Congratulations on 750 01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:22,680 your retirement. 751 01:03:25,920 --> 01:03:30,720 » It's it's been a pleasure working with you all this year, Teresa. 752 01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:35,039 Congratulations. >> That concludes our update. Thank you. 753 01:03:32,880 --> 01:03:39,760 » Great. Uh thank you uh Marty and thank you again to the entire uh city park 754 01:03:37,839 --> 01:03:45,200 staff for getting us all ready. The presentations again were amazing uh 755 01:03:43,039 --> 01:03:49,680 today and thank you to my fellow board members. Enjoy your summer break 756 01:03:47,680 --> 01:03:54,000 although Marty might reach out to us for one reason or another and we will see 757 01:03:52,079 --> 01:03:57,319 you all in September. Thank you. Meetings adjourned.