[0:01] get started. We'll officially call this
meeting to order. Uh we'll go on to item
[0:07] two, consent items.
Uh consent items will be
[0:11] » Yes.
>> Oh, sorry. Go ahead. I'll let you read.
[0:14] » Are you jumping?
>> Yes, I am.
[0:17] » I will call you. Thank you.
Consent items will be provided to the
[0:24] board in writing and are not intended
for formal presentation obviously unless
[0:29] a board member requests or has
questions. So any questions on items 2
[0:35] A, B, or C?
Yes, Mr. Chairman. This is Rick Neymar.
[0:41] I would I just have a quick question on
item 2B. And I don't know whether you
[0:47] want to, you know, pull it separately
and have a motion on the other items or
[0:51] just once my question's answered, I
think I'll be fine to move on the whole
[0:56] thing.
>> Let's go ahead.
[0:59] » Okay. So my question is um just for the
staff to explain a little bit about the
[1:07] what is the process for determining when
they submitted
[1:12] um they had two submittals for the
operations and I was just uh looking to
[1:18] hear a little more about what the
criteria are and and what why they
[1:23] selected the proposal that they did.
[1:28] Thank you, Chair Moya, board member
Neymar for your questions. I'm happy to
[1:33] provide additional information. Uh, as
you noted, there were two respondents to
[1:37] this RFP.
There are um, the evaluation is out of a
[1:41] thousand possible points. Um, and there
are five areas that have multiple uh,
[1:48] criteria that the evaluation committee
reviewed and those are method of
[1:52] approach, qualifications and experience,
financial capacity. there was an
[1:56] interview and then 501c3 status. Uh the
two uh proposals were initially rated.
[2:03] Um the unsuccessful proposer had seven
areas that were marked as unacceptable
[2:10] in relation to the scope of work. The
proposer the other proposer had two
[2:16] areas that were listed as unacceptable
to the scope of work. And so the team
[2:21] did a BAFO, best and final offer process
to help uh clarify the response for the
[2:28] bidder that only had two areas that were
listed as unacceptable. And so that
[2:32] consisted of a handful of questions
again to help with that clarification.
[2:37] Following the Baffo process, the RFP
evaluation panel met again to re-review
[2:43] the submitt. At that moment um the
scores were changed uh and adjusted to
[2:49] um show that they met or exceeded all
areas that were required by the scope of
[2:54] work and that led to a total score of
775 in comparison to the other vendor uh
[3:02] proposing uh at a 131
uh score.
[3:09] » Thank you. Uh that's very helpful. Um,
and if some of that information could be
[3:15] put in future reports in these kinds of
situations, it would be helpful to just
[3:21] understand a little more about the
process. Um, and with that, Mr.
[3:26] Chairman, unless anybody else has
questions, I would move approval of the
[3:30] consent agenda.
>> Thank you, Rick. Just one quick second.
[3:34] I I do have one uh public comment. Um,
Jeremy Packer, you have uh two minutes.
[3:47] My comment was similar to Mr. Neymar's.
I was just curious why the information
[3:52] regarding the process and the contract
and the amounts were not included in the
[3:56] in the packet. And I would like to
suggest that they should be moving
[4:01] forward for the public to know and for
the apparently the the board to know as
[4:05] well.
Thank you. Uh if there aren't any other
[4:09] questions, um we'll go ahead and go with
your um
[4:14] cons.
What is that thing called?
[4:18] » Motion. Thank you.
>> Motion from Rick to accept items 2 A, B,
[4:23] and C. Uh do we have a second?
>> Second.
[4:26] » Thank you. Any other questions? All
those in favor, please say I.
[4:31] » I.
>> I. Any oppose?
[4:33] » I.
>> Thank you. Passes. So item uh three item
[4:39] three uh information and discussion
items uh will appear and will be
[4:44] presented verbally to the parks board
and are for discussion only. No action
[4:49] will take place on these items at this
meeting. So the first item 3A the only
[4:55] item is urban farm project 32nd Avenue
in Mcdow.
[5:01] » Good evening Mr. Chair, members of the
parks board. We're excited to provide an
[5:05] update on the urban farm and community
food project. Uh this project is a
[5:09] collaboration including Councilwoman
Laura Pastor, the office of
[5:12] environmental programs, the parks
department, and unlimited potential.
[5:27] Just as a reminder, the parks department
acquired an 11 acre parcel uh located
[5:31] near 32nd Avenue in Mcdow in the West
Valley. The parcel has sat vacant for
[5:35] over 20 years at this point. Uh the
parcel is a former Brownsfield site that
[5:40] was uh remediated by the Office of
Environmental Programs over the past
[5:44] couple years.
The parcel was identified by
[5:48] Councilwoman Laura Pastor's office as a
potential urban farm that could provide
[5:52] food in our community. In January of
this year, uh the parks board gave
[5:57] approval for the city to begin outreach
efforts to receive community feedback on
[6:02] the project. In February of this year,
an internal city began working on and
[6:07] implementing a community engagement
plan. Tonight I'm joined at the table uh
[6:12] by with Mattie Mercer, food systems
program manager from the office of
[6:16] environmental programs who will provide
an update on the recently completed
[6:20] community engagements. With that, I'll
turn it over to Maddie.
[6:26] » Right. Thank you, Marty. Thank you,
chair, and members of the board. We're
[6:29] excited to be here tonight to share some
updates on the community engagement
[6:33] process. So after the parks board gave
the approval to move forward in January,
[6:38] we had five community events at
different city and community locations
[6:43] near the site. Starting in March of 2026
and going through June, we had workshops
[6:50] in the evenings and in the morning so
that we could reach different audiences.
[6:55] And we worked closely with Unlimited
Potential, a community-based
[6:58] organization to do outreach and get
residents involved in the areas
[7:03] surrounding the site in a two-mile
radius. We also did a survey so that we
[7:07] could reach people online and get
additional feedback on the project.
[7:13] Through our workshops, we reached over
130 attendees and through the survey, we
[7:19] reached an additional 138 respondents.
So through our community engagement
[7:24] events this spring, we reached over 268
members of the public to get feedback on
[7:29] this project. And we did that through
two different activities at our
[7:33] workshops. And I'm going to go through
some of the feedback from the public and
[7:36] how we solicited it. So for the first
three workshops, we had the same content
[7:42] where we asked members of the public
what kind of components should be at
[7:46] this urban farm site because the food
system and urban farms are really broad.
[7:52] It could be a lot of different elements
included there. So we wanted to get
[7:56] feedback on what specific components
should take place at this farm project.
[8:01] And so for the first activity that we
did at the first three workshops, we
[8:06] used what we were calling a bingo card
to get feedback on the different
[8:10] elements that could be included at the
site broken up into four different
[8:14] categories that were related to
different ways that people interact with
[8:17] food. And I'll go through them and then
go through the top voted categories to
[8:22] give you some more context on what
residents would like to see happen at
[8:25] this parcel. So the four categories that
we had were growing food. So we had
[8:31] eight different or 10 different
solutions related to growing food in
[8:34] different ways as well as different uh
programs and initiatives that could help
[8:38] food production at the site. We also had
a category related to learning and
[8:43] education, different classes and
training opportunities that could take
[8:46] place there.
The third category was related to
[8:51] helping people connect with each other
and their neighbors, different spaces
[8:54] where people meetings or hold those
education events.
[8:59] And the last category was related to
accessing food at the site. So these are
[9:03] all different strategies for people to
directly get access to produce and other
[9:08] food items in their neighborhoods at
this location. And so for this activity,
[9:13] we had people select their favorite idea
in each of these rows or if they had
[9:18] another idea, they could add their own
so that we could get some highle
[9:22] feedback on the high level elements that
people wanted to see at the site. and
[9:26] then we got additional feedback on the
logistics and specifics of implementing
[9:31] them. So I'm going to go through each
category, share some of the findings,
[9:35] and then I'll talk about what we did
after that. So here are the top voted
[9:41] elements across each of those four
categories on the bingo card in growing
[9:46] food, gathering, learning, and accessing
food. You can see and I'll go through
[9:50] each of these and share a little bit
more about what they mean. But overall,
[9:53] the community was very excited about the
project. There was a very positive
[9:57] response in both the workshops and and
through the survey. And overall, there
[10:01] was a priority in having space available
for people to learn how to grow food,
[10:06] how to garden at the site so that they
had better access to healthy affordable
[10:11] food and have education around cooking
and nutrition as well once it's been
[10:15] grown.
So in the first category related to
[10:18] growing food, the top voted solution was
community gardens. So that could be
[10:23] shared space where people are growing
food together with their neighbors or
[10:26] independ independent plots where people
are renting them and growing food on
[10:29] their own. The second top rated solution
in this category was food forest. So
[10:34] that's another strategy for growing food
where you incorporate not just
[10:39] vegetables and other plants at the
ground level but you go vertical and you
[10:44] incorporate trees and shrubs so that you
have this forest like canopy effect and
[10:49] can grow more food in a smaller area.
The third voted highest voted solution
[10:54] was a community plant nursery that could
go grow vegetable sfs or tree sfs to be
[10:59] used in the community garden or at
homes. And then the fourth highest voted
[11:02] solution in this category was a
pollinator garden. So plants that
[11:06] provide food and habitat for birds,
bees, and other beneficial insects.
[11:11] In the gathering category, the top voted
idea was to have a community event
[11:15] space. For most residents, this meant an
open space that was outside where people
[11:20] could come to have events. They could
hold things like farmers markets or
[11:24] classes that could be flexible and meet
the community's needs in different ways.
[11:28] And the second highest voted solution
was a community kitchen. So a commercial
[11:32] kitchen space that could be used for
classes for people to learn about how to
[11:37] cook and nutrition as well as for
growers at the site to wash and prep
[11:42] their produce so it could be ready for
market.
[11:45] In the learning category, the one the
solution that received the most votes
[11:49] was gardening classes followed by
health, cooking, and nutrition classes.
[11:53] So again, this was a high priority for
residents across the workshops and
[11:56] through the survey. And then in the
fourth category, accessing food, there's
[12:01] the most interest in having a farmers
market at the site to sell food that was
[12:05] grown by residents and farmers at that
location. And then a farm bag program,
[12:10] which is like a subscription program
where you can sign up to get food on a
[12:13] bi-weekly or monthly basis that could be
picked up and distributed at the site.
[12:18] So then the second activity that we did
at the fourth and fifth workshop built
[12:23] upon these top voted solutions and we
had residents design a site map of what
[12:29] the project could look like using these
top voted ideas in each of those four
[12:33] categories. So you can see here some of
the site maps that were created by
[12:37] community. There was a lot of excitement
and people had a lot of fun. they didn't
[12:41] want to leave the workshop because
they're having such a good time signing
[12:45] these site plans and coming up with
names for the project. So, this was a
[12:49] great way to reaffirm that these
elements were of interest to the
[12:52] community and that they fit into the
site and hear more ideas about some of
[12:56] the other things like shade and other
elements that would make this project a
[13:00] success. And with that, I'll hand it
back over to Marty to talk about next
[13:04] steps.
>> Okay. Thank you, Maddie, and thank you
[13:08] for your leadership on the community
engagement of this project. Everybody's
[13:11] excited. Um, like Maddie said, next
steps include uh completing a rendering
[13:16] so we can include that in a request for
proposal that we'll be working with the
[13:20] finance department on. This is a going
to be a lease agreement that's similar
[13:24] to farm leases that we have. Uh the city
is also working with the Salt River
[13:29] project uh team to provide water
infrastructure to the site. Uh it will
[13:34] be flood irrigated. uh the final step
will be to work with the successful
[13:38] proposer uh to finalize the site design
and then ultimately construction of the
[13:42] site. So uh that concludes our
presentation and we'll be happy to
[13:46] answer any questions.
>> Great. Thank you very much. Um any
[13:50] questions from my fellow board members?
[13:57] » I have a quick question. Um Marty, do we
have other projects similar to this in
[14:01] our system?
>> Mr. Mr. Chair and members of the parks
[14:04] board not in our system. This this is
going to be a kind, no pun intended, a
[14:09] groundbreaking thing for for the parks
department and we're excited about it'll
[14:13] be an opportunity to pro provide food to
that area
[14:18] » and I know you provided a rough timeline
any uh dates associated with those.
[14:22] » Uh Mr. Chair, members of the parks
board, this is just a rough timeline,
[14:26] but we are uh working to release the RFP
by the end of next month. The RP will
[14:31] most likely be on the streets for two
months. Um, and then hopefully we'll
[14:35] have a successful proposer, contract
negotiations, and then design and
[14:40] construction.
>> Thank you. It sounds like a great
[14:44] project. Best of luck. Thank you.
[14:51] » Now we'll move on to uh item four.
uh items uh are for discussion, possible
[14:59] action. Uh items are for information,
discussion, and possible action as I
[15:04] said. So, we'll start off with item 4 A,
requests the acceptance of the abandoned
[15:10] alley acreage to Hilaria Rodriguez Park.
>> Thank you so much, Chair Moya.
[15:18] » Hilaria Rodriguez Park uh is located at
2801 East Adams and at 0.83 83 acres is
[15:25] classified as a pocket park within our
system. In recent years, neighborhood
[15:29] alleyway and the park itself have
experienced an increase in illegal
[15:32] activity. Parks and Recreation in
collaboration with our partners in the
[15:36] Office of Homeless Solutions, the
Phoenix Police Department, and the
[15:39] Neighborhood Services Department have
made significant efforts to address
[15:42] these challenges and improve the area.
Uh I would like to recognize uh Lisa
[15:47] Huggins who is either in the audience or
will be here shortly um for all of her
[15:51] wonderful work. Uh she is here. Thank
you, Lisa. Um, also, um, I would go I'd
[15:57] like to go ahead and turn the pro
presentation over. This item is a next
[16:01] step in that process. So, with that,
I'll ask our deputy parks and recreation
[16:04] director, Joe Diaz, uh, to proceed with
the presentation.
[16:08] » Thank you, Randy. Lord, chair Moya,
members of the board, thank you for this
[16:12] opportunity to be with you this evening.
As uh Brandy had mentioned, this is the
[16:16] next step in the process for Hilaria
Rodriguez Park, which is the alley
[16:20] abandonment and the land sale of the
property that will be associated with
[16:24] that abandonment.
To give you [clears throat] a little bit
[16:28] of uh orientation of where the park is
located is located on the southeast
[16:32] corner of 28th Street in Adams. It is
designated as a pocket park. it, as as
[16:38] Brandy mentioned, it's 83 acres in size,
but it also has a large playground with
[16:43] integral shade. It's got a large uh
ramada area and picnic area, a lot of
[16:49] turf in the park that's used by the
community, and some really great um
[16:53] pistachies to provide some shades of the
to the community as well.
[16:59] So, Brandy mentioned teamwork and the
team that's been working on this. And
[17:02] so, I wanted to highlight that real
quickly. So, the parks and recreation
[17:06] department leadership as well as the
south division maintenance and
[17:09] recreation team and then our ranger team
has been working with police um
[17:14] neighborhood services, the office of
homeless solutions and most importantly
[17:17] the sky harbor neighborhood association.
We've been working diligently for a
[17:22] couple years now to improve some of the
issues that we have seen in the
[17:26] community. Um we had to close the park
for a period of time as you're well
[17:30] aware. Um, and this was to mitigate some
of that negative activity that we were
[17:34] seeing in the neighborhood that was
trickling into the park as well. We
[17:38] reopened the park on October 30th, 2025.
And since then, we've seen some very
[17:44] positive movement in the park. We're
seeing kids back playing on the
[17:47] playground. We have families that come
out and utilize the turf in the area and
[17:52] and utilize the space for picnicking.
And this is really a testament to the
[17:57] team and the effort that the team has
has has put in to to make this a
[18:01] success.
So the next step, the alley abandonment.
[18:06] So now we we are working again with
neighborhood services and we have a new
[18:09] team team member planning and
development and we'll be working on an
[18:13] alley abandonment uh process. So the
yellow line that you see that is the
[18:18] south border of Haria Rodriguez Park. In
addition, there is a six foot high chain
[18:23] length fence that runs along that area.
The alleyway is 20 feet wide and 250 ft
[18:30] long. And so once the alley abandonment
takes place, the parks and recreation
[18:35] department will receive the space that's
um above the the yellow or the red dash
[18:41] line. It's approximately 2,500 square
ft. has very little recreational value,
[18:47] but we have had some conversations with
the BIS business owners to the south
[18:53] that have interest not only in acquiring
their portion of the alley, but also the
[18:56] portion that is designated for the parks
and recreation department. Um they their
[19:02] plan is to utilize this for additional
storage as well as install a 6 foot high
[19:07] or higher block wall along the south
south edge of the park to provide some
[19:12] additional safety to the park.
[19:16] So the land sale the parks board policy
3.9 uh outlines the requirements for
[19:22] sale of park property because of the
unique nature of this space um and the
[19:27] efforts that the community has put in
and the city has put in. We are asking
[19:32] this evening to deviate from that policy
and work with the property owner to the
[19:37] south of the park uh on a direct sale.
So, next steps would be complete the
[19:43] abandonment process with city council
action, obtain an appraisal from um for
[19:48] the property. So, we'd work with our
real estate um in our finance um
[19:53] department and then request city council
action for the deposition of this
[19:57] property.
The parks and recreation department is
[20:01] seeking approval for the abandoned alley
property south of Lar Rios Park not to
[20:06] follow board policy 3.9 and that parks
moves forward with a direct land sale
[20:12] with Rolling Eagle Investments LLC and I
can answer any questions that you may
[20:16] have at this time.
>> Great. Thank you. Any questions?
[20:21] » Rick, go right ahead. Um, thanks Joe for
a very good presentation. It's very
[20:27] helpful to see the details. Um just a
two two questions. One is um do you know
[20:33] what the property owner's intent is for
the use of the property once we abandon
[20:40] uh and then sell it back?
>> Um board chair Moya, members of the
[20:45] parks board and board member Neymar.
Yes. The intent is to use it for
[20:49] additional storage and um install the
the block fence for security.
[20:54] » Got it. And my other really isn't a
question. It's more of a comment.
[20:58] Obviously, you considered whether or not
it could be used to enhance the park,
[21:03] but given the odd shape of it, I think
your assessment is is a good one. And
[21:09] and I'm supportive of selling it once we
receive it. And it uh and I'll also just
[21:16] say that obviously the normal
disposition process doesn't work. you
[21:22] don't want some separate property owner
to own that other than the property
[21:25] owner to the south. And of course,
you're going to get appraised value for
[21:29] it. So, uh it'll appraise weird because
it's not a very developable property,
[21:34] but whatever you get, you get. And and
that makes total sense to me. Thank you.
[21:41] Thank you, uh Jessica.
[21:48] We can't hear you.
Now, can you hear me?
[21:53] » Now we can. Thank you.
>> Oh, thank you so much. Sorry about that.
[21:56] Thank you, Chairman Moya. Um, just one
quick question. Um, is it that is the
[22:02] property owner to the south the only
property owner that was amongst those
[22:08] property owners um that have access to
that piece of property that's interested
[22:15] in acquiring it? Or was there any other
property owners
[22:20] not outside of like an RFP or what Rick
talked about that wouldn't be feasible
[22:26] to have an independent or someone come
in and buy that strip, but just curious
[22:30] if if they were the only one that
expressed interest or if there was any
[22:33] other
[22:37] » board chair, board chair Moya, members
of the par board and board owner Finos.
[22:42] No, we have not had any other um
interest in this property. We've been
[22:45] working directly with the property owner
to the south.
[22:50] » Thank you.
>> Are there any other questions?
[22:56] » If not, let me make the very specific
motion.
[23:02] uh is to uh for the board to approve to
accept is it 0.13 acres of the abandoned
[23:09] alleyway south of Hill area Rodriguez
Park as part of the overall park acreage
[23:15] and to deviate from the procedures and
parks board policy 3.9 public
[23:22] notification of sale or disposition of
park land and proceed with the sale of
[23:28] the.13
acres of abandoned in property. Do I
[23:33] have a motion?
>> So moved.
[23:37] » Second.
>> I second that.
[23:42] » Um, any other questions?
All those in favor say I. I.
[23:48] » I.
>> Any oppose?
[23:51] Thank you.
[23:56] » All right.
We [clears throat] go on to item 4B,
[24:01] request for approval of the new name for
the park and community center at 35th
[24:07] Avenue and baseline.
Mr. Chair, members of the parks board,
[24:12] uh on March the 25th of this year, the
city council requested the city rename
[24:17] the Caesar Chavez Holiday and directed
city staff to begin the process to
[24:21] rename all city facilities that bear the
Chavez name. sites impacted uh in the
[24:26] parks department include uh the park
plaza that the arts and culture
[24:31] department has their own process. Uh so
they're handling that uh the community
[24:36] center uh and the park or the
responsibility of the parks department.
[24:40] With that, I will turn the presentation
over to assistant director Brandy
[24:43] Barrett who will uh talk us through the
process.
[24:47] » Thank you so much, Marty. Chair Moya,
members of the board, at the March board
[24:51] meeting, you directed staff to begin the
formal renaming process for the park and
[24:55] community center to gather input. In
May, the department launched a public
[24:59] survey in both English and Spanish. The
survey featured six potential names
[25:04] thoughtfully selected based on the
area's history and community culture.
[25:07] Lavine, Agila, Olstein Heritage, Arizona
Sunset, Desert Oasis, and farm workers.
[25:14] Residents also have the option to submit
their own name suggestions for
[25:17] consideration. In addition to posting
signage with a QR code linking directly
[25:21] to the survey around the park and in the
community center, the city issued a
[25:25] press release and a Phoenix newsroom
article on the survey. More than 14,000
[25:30] center participants were emailed
directly with a link to the survey and
[25:33] the city's various social media accounts
also promoted the survey. Finally, our
[25:37] communications team provided the mayor
and council with toolkits to promote the
[25:41] survey on their social media accounts as
well. And the results are in.
[25:47] Here we go. Uh, the survey ran from May
15th to June 24th, 2026 and received a
[25:53] total of 1,843
responses. The top name by number of
[25:57] responses from the total respondent pool
was Aguila Park and Community Center
[26:01] with 565 votes. In second place with 472
votes is Lavine Park and Community
[26:07] Center. Farmworkers Park Community
Center received the third highest number
[26:10] of votes with 235.
Arizona Sunset Park and Community Center
[26:15] received 190 votes and Desert Oasis Park
and Holene Heritage received 144 and 55
[26:22] votes respectively.
Notably, 182 writein votes were received
[26:27] with the largest number of writein votes
going for Alward Park at 28 votes and
[26:31] the second highest number of writein
votes for Jesse Owens at 23.
[26:39] The park is classified as a regional
park with a five mile service radius.
[26:43] Typically, the department utilizes the
service area to gather community input
[26:46] during public engagement processes. And
we've reviewed the survey results for
[26:50] this service area as well. You can see
the zip codes associated with the
[26:54] service area. to the right of the map.
Of the total 1,843 responses, 74% or
[27:01] 1,365
responses came from zip codes that are
[27:05] within the park service radius. The top
two names were consistent with the full
[27:09] survey results. The name that received
the highest number of votes both overall
[27:13] 565 votes and within the service area
445 votes was Aguila Park and Aguila
[27:18] Community Center. Lavine received 406
votes from within the service area.
[27:24] Arizona Sunset and Farm Workers came in
next with 142 and 133 votes
[27:29] respectively.
[27:33] This chart compares the survey results
for each of the names for all boats,
[27:36] which is in the maroon, and the service
area results, which is showed by the
[27:40] gray bar. Again, you can see the top two
names remained the same across both
[27:44] populations.
For awareness, a citizen position was
[27:48] submitted to the mayor and council
regarding the renaming of the park and
[27:51] community center. and response to that
petition is scheduled for the July 1st
[27:55] city council formal meeting.
With that, staff to respectfully request
[28:00] the board approve the name Aguila Park
and Aguila Community Center for the
[28:03] Regional Park located at 35th Avenue and
Baseline Road.
[28:07] » Great. Thank you very much. Before I
open up questions to the board, I will
[28:11] go ahead and have two community members
speak. Uh first, Jerry, go right ahead.
[28:16] You have two minutes.
[28:30] Good evening, Jerry Van Gas. Uh, March
26th, I was up here with Jesse Owens,
[28:38] four gold medals from the Olympics in
1936.
[28:42] At that time, I asked that he be
considered, his name be considered
[28:47] to rename the park. Uh subsequently we
went out to the state track meet and had
[28:55] two giant posters
uh signed by practically every track
[29:00] coach in the state.
You you disregarded everything except
[29:05] your lame survey. And you know once I
heard you Tony say this doesn't have to
[29:12] be named after an individual. It can be
named after other things. Well, that's
[29:15] exactly what you did. You concocted
four, five, six. You know, nobody takes
[29:22] credit for it. Uh, it was supposed to be
out in April. It came out in May after
[29:27] all the schools are closed. We can take
them to the schools to their track teams
[29:31] to sign. Uh, you know, it's pretty
gutless. Pretty gutless. Uh, but that's
[29:38] not the worst. 13 years ago, your cohort
sitting right there, Mr. Neymar
[29:45] with city officials concocted a plan to
take $19 million from the voter
[29:51] initiative, parks and preserve
initiative fund
[29:56] to pay off golf debt.
Uh their newly
[30:02] uh implanted
city de deputy director over parts
[30:08] uh was helping us. He was slid out of
position, never came back, committed
[30:15] suicide,
and
[30:19] you passed that bill. We sued, we
prevailed, and because of Inger Ericson,
[30:26] the money was repaid.
So, uh, that's also gutless.
[30:33] Thank you. Uh, Jeremy, you have two
minutes.
[30:42] popularity of a name uh for a park
shouldn't necessarily be what we're
[30:47] shooting for. Um just because the golf
course is already named that most people
[30:53] in Phoenix don't realize that Jesse
Owens who is a not a just a national
[30:58] hero, he's a world hero. He won four
gold medals um in Germany in front of
[31:05] Hitler. Uh he lived here for the last 10
years of his life and according to his
[31:10] wife were the best years of his life. Uh
Jerry is the custodian of his gold
[31:16] medals. Uh he laid in state but nothing
in the city other than the medical city
[31:23] center that he helped found and raised
$1.8 million for
[31:29] nothing carries his name in the city. So
this is an opportunity as we approach
[31:36] the 200 250th anniversary of the country
to make Phoenix a part of that. Phoenix
[31:41] is not a old city. So we don't have a
lot of history. Uh it's hard to imagine
[31:46] having someone associated with the city
uh that could mean more than Jesse
[31:50] Owens. And we've got an opportunity to
celebrate that along with So the USA
[31:54] Today just had an article out and
they'll be releasing on the 4th of July
[31:57] uh the greatest athlete of all time. and
they said if not the greatest, Jesse
[32:03] Owens is certainly the most important
and we could be associated with that or
[32:08] we can go with a generic name that's
already on the golf course next door.
[32:13] Um, or if we want to inspire the kids
that go to the park and the other people
[32:17] that go around to know history that they
probably don't and how important it was,
[32:23] uh, we could do something special here
and name it Jesse Owens Park. you guys
[32:27] have the ability to to make that
decision tonight.
[32:31] Thank you. Uh board members, any
questions,
[32:37] » right? Couple of questions. One, I guess
I'm wondering why the Jesse Owens name
[32:43] wasn't at part of the survey, what the
process was for that. Question number
[32:47] one, and question number two is what
would the lift look like? And is it
[32:52] possible to
redo the survey with the name included?
[32:58] » Mr. Chair and members of the parks board
and uh board member Thomas. Um to answer
[33:03] that first question, um as the director,
I asked our team to come up with names
[33:08] that were reflective of that area. So
they came up with the six names. I did
[33:13] ask for a write in as well. So hopefully
that answers the first question. Um,
[33:18] your your question about a lift,
kind of a difficult one since we have a
[33:23] uh citizens petition out there for the
mayor and council to entertain that
[33:29] petition on July 1st. Whatever their
direction is, uh, the parks department
[33:35] will will take at that time.
[33:41] » Any other questions?
So, I have one more. Yeah, go right
[33:46] ahead.
So the so on July 1st the petition for
[33:52] July 1 you said
>> that's correct.
[33:54] » Okay. So can that be extended or is that
something that's set in stone? Like
[33:58] could we actually take another look at
this and rethink this and make sure that
[34:02] we are doing our due diligence as far as
including this
[34:12] chair. terms of the parks board. Uh got
to be a little careful about this
[34:16] because you know the mayor and council
will have their their say about the the
[34:20] petition on the first. Um the parks
board could could have another you know
[34:26] thought on on the name and direct staff.
[34:32] » Thank you. Rick, did you have a
question?
[34:36] » I think I think you answered my
question. the the only I I do know that
[34:43] the parks board is charged with making
the decision. Um and so I would imagine
[34:49] the mayor and council acted. They
wouldn't act to do something that
[34:57] doesn't recognize the charter authority,
the parks board to make these kinds of
[35:02] decisions. Um however um you know I am
interested in in you know the the
[35:09] question about
could we do it you know could we do
[35:15] something different
um and take a little more time with it.
[35:19] I and
I I'm not I don't know that it
[35:24] necessarily relates in my mind to a
petition to the council. It's just a
[35:28] question of
if we did do what was suggested,
[35:33] what you know, how long would that take?
[35:39] » Chairman Moyer and um members of the
parks board, I'm going to ask our
[35:42] attorney uh Dustin to help us with some
of the legal stuff.
[35:49] Uh, Chairman [clears throat] Wea, board
member Neymar, members of the board. Um,
[35:54] with respect to what what happens here
with the citizens petition that is part
[35:59] of the the charter uh and it it does
require the city council to act on an
[36:05] appropriate one within 15 days. And so
that um July 1st meeting is the
[36:11] opportunity that the council has to act
on that. Um with respect to um where the
[36:16] authority is to you know for naming um
that has generally uh rested with the
[36:22] parks board historically
um the
[36:27] if the city council whatever direction
whatever action the city council decided
[36:32] to take on that citizens petition uh we
would have to address that and um
[36:38] when we come to it and figure out
exactly what Um uh what we would do with
[36:44] that, it depends. I I have uh presented
as uh you know as potential ways to
[36:50] address um the citizens petition and the
fact that it will not be addressed by
[36:54] city council until July 1st. Uh the
board could um take action and make it
[36:59] effective uh after that date and
depending on what city council does um
[37:05] the board can um table this item for uh
future action uh if necessary. um the
[37:13] board could make it explicitly dependent
on um what the city council decides.
[37:19] It's it's really up to the board.
[37:23] » Thank you. A couple quick comments. Um
like everything else this uh board has
[37:29] done in the past, we've always asked for
citizen input and I think we got exactly
[37:33] that. We got citizen input. It's not
probably what we want to hear, but
[37:38] that's what we got. did and we got
overwhelming response from those in that
[37:43] [laughter]
zip code who live and work in that area.
[37:48] So to me, yes, we could revisit this
again and again and again until we get
[37:54] whoever we want, but to me that's what
happened. And I wish I had enough power
[38:01] to make these suggestions and make these
determinations for the entire city, but
[38:05] I don't. That's why I went through the
process.
[38:09] And again, the city, the people who live
in that area overwhelmingly approved
[38:15] this. So, we could vote to give the
community what we want, what they want,
[38:23] what we've always done on this board,
and make that stipulation. If the if
[38:29] city council after July 1 chooses to
change that, then that would be their
[38:37] decision at that point. So that would be
my recommendation.
[38:44] » Go ahead, J. If I could, if we could
make a consideration for Yes, the city
[38:50] or not the city, the citizens did, you
know, vote on this. I'm not sure how
[38:54] much weight was actually placed on the
ability for the Jesse Owens name to have
[39:00] equal footing.
>> And in that case, bring up other names
[39:04] that weren't included.
You know, we could be here all year
[39:09] throwing in names until one came to the
top.
[39:12] » We could, but the one did come to the
top. And the one that came to the top
[39:16] was the Jesse Owens name.
>> Well, no, you only got 20. 23, was it of
[39:20] the 565?
>> I'm saying in addition to and so I was
[39:24] just wondering if we could just create
the space at least to see if you know we
[39:29] can reconsider this. And if rest of the
board is not feeling that way, I'll
[39:33] acquies. But I just feel like it's
pretty solid what they're talking about
[39:37] as far as his significance and history,
his ties to the city,
[39:41] » right?
>> Having been born and raised in South
[39:44] Phoenix, there is a Jesse Owens Parkway.
There is a Jesse Owens Hospital. So
[39:50] there are things named after Jesse
Owens. As a Phoenix native, I know that
[39:58] » Moya, can I ask a question?
>> Go right.
[40:03] My question is um just for clarification
um that the Jesse Owens that got 23
[40:10] votes, those were writeins
um and the six that were um actually um
[40:17] put forth as options
um Jesse Owens was not one of them.
[40:25] » Is that correct?
Chairman Moyer, members of the parks
[40:30] board, and uh board member Barnwell,
that that is that is correct. There was
[40:33] six uh names that were on the survey and
then an opportunity for writeins, and
[40:39] that's uh where Mr. Jesse Owens received
23 votes.
[40:44] » So, for clarification,
um
[40:49] why wasn't that included in one of the
six?
[40:55] Uh uh Chairman Moyan, members of the
parks board and board member Barn
[40:59] Barnwell. That was a decision that I
made as the parks and recreation
[41:03] director. I tked the team to come up
with six names that uh were
[41:08] representative of that area.
>> Okay.
[41:14] I I would then um I would like to see
that we put Betsy Owens as one of the
[41:25] six
um and redo it just just just for um um
[41:32] for my comfort um and uh and making sure
that that it was given u uh adequate um
[41:42] visibility.
[41:45] So, uh, my suggestion for a motion is
that we, uh, table this until after the,
[41:53] uh, July 1,
um, city council meeting and, uh, maybe
[41:59] that will provide us with a clearer
direction as to what um, we're to do.
[42:07] And um even though we don't meet in July
and August, some of the work could
[42:13] possibly be done at that time. So um
that would be my motion as a suggestion
[42:20] is to table it until after the July 1 uh
city council meeting and then revisit it
[42:28] at that time.
>> Mr. Chair, understood. Thank you.
[42:34] » Do we need to vote on it or are we good
on that?
[42:40] I um the only the only question I have I
mean the council really doesn't have the
[42:44] authority to deal with this but I think
it would be
[42:47] » I think it would be a good idea to see
what the council's uh response to the
[42:52] petition is and then come back and and
that way it'll clarify that part of this
[43:01] discussion is once they've had that
opportunity to do that.
[43:05] » Yeah.
and we can revisit it again after the
[43:09] summer break.
That great we
[43:14] and then just one other well I'll wait
to comment when we have the motion I
[43:19] guess. Well, no, I can I guess I
shouldn't. I feel like there were some
[43:22] other names thrown out to us in the very
first or second meeting that we had and
[43:30] I just want to make sure that if there
were other if we do go back out, we make
[43:35] sure that come back and just look at
those. Um and and the other thing that I
[43:40] think is really important, why are we
here today?
[43:44] um the park was named after somebody and
some information came out that was very
[43:51] very negative about that that person. So
whatever individual names we put on uh I
[43:58] want to make sure that we know as much
as we can about any of those names um
[44:06] before and I think the board should
provide you that guidance of of what to
[44:11] put on if we go back out. So, um I don't
anticipate anything negative out there
[44:17] about Jesse Owens or any of the other
names that were suggested, but I I just
[44:22] want to make sure. Um and uh so yeah,
so uh maybe some of that can be done
[44:32] during the break as well. So it's not
like we're not going to have formal
[44:35] meetings, but we obviously can have
these discussions at that time.
[44:39] » Understood. Thank you, Chair. Can can I
get some clarity on what the city
[44:46] council is going to do on the first what
is what are we asking them to do?
[44:58] » Uh board member Barnwell. Um just to uh
address that what the uh city council is
[45:05] considering is is simply
action on a citizen's petition. There's
[45:10] not um a specific well there there is a
staff recommendation
[45:15] um that is going to city council
although um some of that may change as a
[45:20] result of um this meeting. Um and
essentially the the petition or the yeah
[45:28] the citizen petition will be presented
to uh the city council um with all of
[45:34] the suggestions that are there and then
the city council can act on any of them.
[45:39] they can reject them, deny them, come to
some other action that's on the same
[45:43] topic, you know, is within the same um
uh general idea. And so the the council
[45:51] would simply take some action
[clears throat] and what we what they
[45:54] would do um is up to the city council.
[46:01] So am I clear that the parks board is
actually responsible?
[46:11] » The
uh that that actually is probably
[46:15] something that should be addressed. Um
[46:22] I can prepare um
some documents that that goes over some
[46:26] of those issues and send it to the board
before the next meeting. Um some of that
[46:32] um would like to be distributed as as
attorney work product um and so would
[46:39] have to be distributed outside of this
meeting. Um but the the short answer is
[46:45] um that there are there are questions
with respect to who ultimately has
[46:49] authority uh to name a park within the
city.
[46:54] » Okay,
[46:57] » Jessica, your hands up.
>> Yes. Um just to uh I think um echo um
[47:06] fellow board member uh Rick Neymar's
comments was not to say that no position
[47:12] at right now with regard to um any of
the of the six names or the process that
[47:18] has already occurred but if um after
next week's city council meeting or if
[47:25] we um are to uh decide to make an
endeavor ever to um reservey or include
[47:33] any individuals. I would strongly
recommend and again I'm with uh member
[47:40] Neymar not to say that anything um
negative or disparaging would come out
[47:45] about Jesse Owens, but for any
individual that may be may be under
[47:50] consideration that that individual
be uh be be significantly vetted. Um, so
[47:59] we don't find ourselves, you can't
always prevent everything, but I would
[48:04] not want to find ourselves in the
position that that we need to be in with
[48:10] regard to renaming or taking a park name
away to the best of our ability and
[48:16] control as a board.
[48:22] » Correct.
>> Thank you, Jessica. I'm thinking um and
[48:27] this is really just a question just to
understand process being fairly new. So
[48:31] more of a hypothetical question. So if
we would have voted on this and it did
[48:38] not pass right, what would the process
have been then in determining what the
[48:43] name would have been if this name would
not have passed the board vote tonight?
[48:48] » Mr. Chair, members of the parks board
and board member Thomas, um then we
[48:52] would have gone back out for another
survey. Now, again, the caveat with the
[48:58] council being involved on Wednesday,
again, like Justin mentioned, that's a
[49:02] decision that they're going to make. So,
it's it's I know he says it's a
[49:05] hypothetical question, but it's kind of
hard to answer because I'm not sure
[49:08] what's going to happen on Wednesday.
[49:13] » Great. So, thank you. We will table this
and revisit this after the July 1
[49:18] meeting. Thank you.
>> Do you need a motion to do that or or
[49:22] can we just
not make any motions and we'll deal with
[49:27] it when it comes back.
>> Well, and um anyone is is free to make a
[49:32] motion, but uh to the decision to not
make a motion is simply just basically
[49:37] the absence of one that results in
tableabling it. So,
[49:41] » sounds good. Great. Thank you. Thank you
everyone.
[49:46] That's probably been the liveliest
discussion in my 10 12 years on this. I
[49:51] love it.
So, uh, number five, call to public. We
[49:57] welcome citizen input. However, items
brought to the board's attention cannot
[50:01] be discussed unless they are listed as
an agenda item. Actions taken as a
[50:05] result of public comment comments will
be limited to requesting staff to study
[50:11] the matter or rescheduling the matter
for further consideration andor decision
[50:15] on a later date. Uh, we do have uh two
speakers. We have uh Jeremy Ther
[50:25] Jeremy
[50:38] Chairman. Um, I think your one of your
ideas was actually a good one, which is
[50:42] that
any name that anyone wants to suggest
[50:45] should probably be the first process is
to gather the names that are going to be
[50:49] part of the survey. That would be a good
first start. Um, and to say that uh the
[50:54] city is you follow the city's or the
citizens
[50:59] direction is I have a hard time to
believe that that would be the case if
[51:04] uh some names were chosen. So I think
there are times when you definitely go
[51:08] against the citizens will and sometimes
it's for the best, sometimes it's for
[51:11] the worst. Um, good goat which Jerry is
the president and I am a member uh
[51:18] submitted the citizen petition. So
[51:23] I agree that with Mr. Neymar that the
city that the council does not have the
[51:31] Yeah, they can't that they don't have
the ability to rename it that it is sub
[51:35] parks board. So, uh, I would suggest,
and I'm not sure, I haven't talked to
[51:39] the car about it, but if you wanted to,
we'd be probably willing to withdraw our
[51:43] citizen petition, um, if you were to put
follow a good survey process again and
[51:49] go that route. So, thank you.
Thank you, Jerry.
[51:55] And I'm sorry, I I forgot Christina
Taylor, but if you're will be next.
[52:00] Thank you.
[52:06] I know I was getting a little passionate
there at the end, but but for good
[52:10] reason. Uh the person that was the
deputy city manager at that time over
[52:15] parks, his name was Jerome Miller, and I
didn't know him very long, but uh uh we
[52:22] became good friends. Uh basically, I
mean, this is bizarre, unbelievable to
[52:27] me at the time. He was mentored
while he was at ASU. to his black
[52:33] student uh black union president back in
the mid70s. His mentor was Jesse Owen
[52:44] and he could not talk. I mean uh that
was his his idol
[52:49] and uh you know to be uh forced out he
he loved his job running neighborhood
[52:56] services. Then he became deputy director
over parks
[53:00] uh and you know was kind of leveraged
out. Who knows why or how uh but that it
[53:08] destroyed him. Totally destroyed him. So
uh know for 13 years I've been uh kind
[53:14] of saying I'm doing this for Jerome. So
I don't know if any of you knew that
[53:19] that Jesse was his mentor, but uh to me
that's pretty special. So, uh, you know,
[53:26] we want to, uh, we want to do right by
everybody. Thank you.
[53:31] Thank you, Christina.
[53:41] And Christina, you'll have two minutes.
Thank you.
[53:46] » Good afternoon, chair and board members.
Uh, first thing that I'd like to start
[53:50] with is uh discussing how one of my
friends came to speak here today. And
[53:57] because of your guys's lack of
accessibility components to where
[54:01] there's not a number to call to have
someone uh pick a person up from the uh
[54:07] free parking lot over to here, you guys
need to make things more accessible. Uh
[54:13] because that's not acceptable or Okay.
Uh but uh the other things I'd like to
[54:20] discuss is that I appreciate the work
with the parks and recreation department
[54:25] does for our community and I'd like to
offer several ideas that I believe can
[54:30] improve our parks while creating new
funding opportunities. First, I
[54:34] encourage the city to continue improving
ADA accessibility. For example, portions
[54:39] of Desert West Parks Lake lack sidewalks
that would make the park more acceptable
[54:45] accessible for individuals with
disabilities, seniors, and families.
[54:49] Second, I asked the city to continue
evaluating maintenance needs at Caesar
[54:55] Chavez Park, including the flagpull
flag, park infrastructure, and
[54:59] opportunities to straighten part
partnerships and a written procedural
[55:04] process with nonprofit organizations
that can assist with environmental
[55:08] stewardship, volunteer projects, and
wildlife programs. Finally, I'd like the
[55:14] board to consider creating a community
athletic field sponsorship program that
[55:18] would allow local businesses to be able
to sponsor athletic fields through
[55:23] annual recognition banners with the
names of the donors with the revenue
[55:28] helping fund improvements such as
protective
[55:31] safety netting at baseball and softball
fields. separate changing rooms for male
[55:35] and female officials, referees and
umpires, accessibility improvements, and
[55:40] other parks and recreation priorities.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak.
[55:46] » Thank you very much. Perfect timing you
have.
[55:50] So item six is the board chair's report
and I have nothing to report other we
[55:56] will not have official uh board meetings
for July and August uh during those two
[56:02] months and regular meetings will resume
in September.
[56:09] Did you have your Did you fill in a card
or comment?
[56:23] Could you state your name, please?
And you have two minutes. Jamie, go
[56:28] right ahead.
[56:33] Everybody good? Can we hear her?
[56:38] Oh yeah. Thank you.
You're right, J.
[56:53] Okay. So, I'm here to talk about Chavez
Park or
[56:57] whatever you name it and about the
bachulism problem there. We had a mass
[57:02] mortality rate of ducks and geese at
that park uh this month and last month
[57:08] we had quite a few die off here and
there and and I understand that this
[57:12] happens uh you'll see a couple but this
was mass. This was like 35 or 40 ducks
[57:19] and they're laying all over the park
dead. They were there for days. And when
[57:23] I asked one of the employees at the park
if they were going to pick them up, he
[57:26] said, "That's not my job."
So, first of all, that's not a good
[57:32] thing to say to the public. And then the
public walks around and sees all these
[57:35] dead ducks laying everywhere. And
botulism, the worst part of it is when
[57:40] the flies lay eggs in it. And then the
animals and the other ducks come up and
[57:44] eat eat the maggots and then it just
worse. When's the last time Chavez Lake
[57:50] was ever dredged?
And when are they going to fix the air
[57:55] raators
at the park? There's like five air
[57:59] raators in that water. None of them
work. They haven't been working for
[58:03] probably I'm going to say years. I go
there every day. And I I just think
[58:09] there needs to be more education also
with the park maintenance and the
[58:13] supervisors with the park rangers
because I'm one of the people that was
[58:16] trespassed at Desert West over
endangering the wildlife
[58:22] while these ducks are dying at Chavez
left and right and the city's doing
[58:25] nothing about it. They they didn't seem
to think it was a priority to pick up
[58:29] those dead carcasses. Three days they
laid there and I called Arizona Game and
[58:34] Fish and that's how we got them picked
up.
[58:37] So, I think that the employees over
there need to be more educated. It's the
[58:41] only park we're having a mass mortality
rate at. And I know that you guys no
[58:45] longer have to report your water testing
to the ADQ.
[58:49] So, now we don't even know when the last
time the water was tested or what's
[58:53] going on that can't test for botulism.
>> Thank you.
[59:01] Uh, board members, any comments or
questions or any discussion you'd like
[59:06] to have?
[59:12] » No, we're all set. Great. Thank you. Uh,
director's briefing,
[59:17] » Mr. Chair, members of the parks board,
um, just Brandy and I this evening, so
[59:20] I'll have assistant director Brandy
Barrett start us off.
[59:24] » Thank you, Marty. Well, if you're signed
up for our extreme heat warning
[59:28] notifications, you know that we are
currently in an extreme heat warning.
[59:33] Thank you.
>> Uh that has been issued by the National
[59:37] Weather Service. And we wanted just to
take this opportunity to remind the
[59:41] public that these extreme heat warning
days trigger trail restrictions from
[59:45] 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm at Camelback
Mountain Peak three uh trails at South
[59:50] Mountain Park as well as um access to
the national trail from Puma Canyon. All
[59:55] trails do remain open outside of those
restriction hours. Uh to support hiker
[59:59] safety and improve operational
efficiency, the department has
[1:00:01] implemented several upgrades across key
trail heads. Electronic gates are
[1:00:06] installed at Pyestto Peak, South
Mountain Park gate house, and Puma
[1:00:09] Canyon. These gates allow us to automate
closures rather than ma opening those
[1:00:14] gates manually. Uh digital message
boards at Pyesttoa and Echo Canyon trail
[1:00:19] heads are providing real-time closure
alerts and year- round safety messaging.
[1:00:23] In addition, 24-hour a day, seven days a
week cameras have been installed at
[1:00:27] Pyestto Peak, South Mountain Park Gate
House, and South Mountain Activity
[1:00:30] Center, uh, sorry, South Mountain
Activity Complex to enhance remote
[1:00:34] monitoring and overhaul trail head
oversight. And again, we just urge folks
[1:00:39] to take a hike, do it right, and follow
safety tips, including watching the
[1:00:43] weather, dressing appropriately,
ensuring you have more than sufficient
[1:00:47] water, carrying a mobile phone, not
hiking alone, and being honest with
[1:00:52] yourself about your abilities or any
conditions you may have, um, and just,
[1:00:56] uh, taking responsibility with that.
Thank you.
[1:01:03] » Thank you, Brandy. Uh last week, uh
Mayor Kate Ggo stopped by our Washington
[1:01:08] Activity Center, uh during our Phoenix
Place summer camper visit, highlighted
[1:01:12] the great work happening in our programs
and the positive experiences our campers
[1:01:17] are having this season. The mayor shared
a note about her visit on social media,
[1:01:22] saying there there was lots of
patriotism on display as campers colored
[1:01:28] flags and talked about what they love
most about our country. She called it a
[1:01:32] wonderful way to celebrate 250 years of
America.
[1:01:36] All right, speaking of celebration, uh
starting Saturday will be uh the kickoff
[1:01:40] of our Fourth of July events. After Dark
in the Park is going to be another drone
[1:01:45] show at Deer Valley Park on June the
27th uh from 6 PM to 900 pm, followed up
[1:01:51] by Light Up the Sky at American Family
Fields of Phoenix on July the 2nd from
[1:01:57] 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. And then our Crown
Jewel, the Fabulous Fourth at Steel
[1:02:02] Indian School Park on July 4th from 6 PM
to 10 p.m. which usually uh gets about
[1:02:08] 100,000 folks. So,
okay, I'm going to reach back here and
[1:02:14] look, but um uh this certainly a
bittersweet meeting for our team. I'm
[1:02:20] going to try to keep it together here,
but tonight is the last parks board
[1:02:23] meeting for our management services
deputy director, Teresa Fall, who'll be
[1:02:27] retiring next month. I got permission
from her to do this uh tonight because I
[1:02:32] know she doesn't like this types of
types of things or fanfare, and she told
[1:02:35] me to keep it short. So, I certainly
will do that. Uh for the last four plus
[1:02:39] years uh Teresa has served as a
management services deputy director
[1:02:43] where she was responsible for our budget
procurement IT accounting and our admin
[1:02:48] staff. Before that she served as our
management assistant too and our
[1:02:52] director's office where she was
responsible for virtually everything
[1:02:55] under the sun. Right. Okay. Uh during
her career she also spent time in the
[1:02:59] human resources and planning
departments. Uh, in my almost 25 year
[1:03:04] career at the city of Phoenix, I've
never been around an employee like
[1:03:07] Teresa who does it all. I love all my
employees, but I just want to point that
[1:03:11] out. I have thoroughly enjoyed working
with you since I joined the parks
[1:03:15] department. You're an amazing employee
and a better person. Congratulations on
[1:03:19] your retirement.
[1:03:25] » It's it's been a pleasure working with
you all this year, Teresa.
[1:03:28] Congratulations.
>> That concludes our update. Thank you.
[1:03:32] » Great. Uh thank you uh Marty and thank
you again to the entire uh city park
[1:03:37] staff for getting us all ready. The
presentations again were amazing uh
[1:03:43] today and thank you to my fellow board
members. Enjoy your summer break
[1:03:47] although Marty might reach out to us for
one reason or another and we will see
[1:03:52] you all in September. Thank you.
Meetings adjourned.