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[0:30] Good evening and welcome to the September 1st Parts Commission meeting. I would like to call this meeting to order at 7pm. I will lead us into the pledge of allegiance, so if I could please have everyone stand.
[0:43] Please do right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin.
[0:46] I pledge allegiance to the
[0:58] flag.
[0:58] And can I please have everyone remain standing for the invocation by Commissioner Boot?
[1:03] Thank you all for being here tonight and for your commitment to our community.
[1:07] Let us continue to in collaboration, in purpose, and respect to support the Parks and Recreation
[1:13] Program and our community.
[1:15] Thank you.
[1:16] Thank you.
[1:22] We will move on to the administration of oath of office.
[1:27] Actually, if we could do roll call first, please.
[1:30] We will move on to roll call.
[1:32] It's all of you could please take roll call.
[1:33] Okay, we'll be doing a verbal roll call.
[1:37] Commissioner Lam.
[1:38] Commissioner Paul.
[1:40] Commissioner Boop.
[1:41] Vice Chair Hernandez is absent.
[1:44] Commissioner law.
[1:44] I mean, sorry.
[1:45] Chair.
[1:46] Present.
[1:58] Chair the what?
[1:58] We good to move on to the oath.
[2:00] Okay.
[2:01] If we if we're excited tonight to
[2:05] swear in our reappoint one of our reappointing commissioners, Pauline
[2:08] Vue.
[2:09] And you also swear in and welcome a new commissioner, Michael
[2:12] along with us. So congratulations to you both. If we could please swear in Commissioner
[2:18] Vue, if I could ask Lawrence to come on up to the mic. Commissioner Vue, if you
[2:23] wouldn't mind meeting him down there,
[2:30] please read after me. I'm Pauling Vue. I'm
[2:35] Pauling Vue. Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the
[2:40] constitution of the United States. That I will support and defend the constitution
[2:44] of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California and the Constitution
[2:49] of the State of California against all enemies against all enemy foreign and domestic foreign
[2:54] and domestic that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear true faith and allegiance
[3:00] to the Constitution of the United States to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution
[3:05] of the State of California and the Constitution of the State of California that I take this obligation
[3:10] freely that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of
[3:18] a vision or purpose of a vision and that I will well and faithfully and that I will
[3:23] well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to answer. This charge the
[3:28] duties upon which I am about to enter.
[3:55] All right congratulations, Commissioner Voo.
[4:04] Now
[4:04] if I could get Mr. Vong, and Council members, Steven Lee, to the...
[4:09] Hello.
[4:14] To give us one quick second.
[4:27] Michael, it's happy to have you back here in the city of Rosemeat.
[4:30] I, from those who don't know Michael, the son of Rosemeat grew up in the community.
[4:34] He went to Rosemeat High School.
[4:36] It was actually on a commission before when he first lived here in Rosemeat.
[4:39] He then decided that he found better pastures in a neighboring city,
[4:44] but then realized those cities, the grass was not greener.
[4:46] that the grass and at our parks and much cleaner here in the city of Rosemary, so he decides to come back here to Rosemary.
[4:51] So we're going to have you have you back, we're going to swear you back in, so it's my honor and privilege to do that with you.
[4:56] So I'm not going to just go ahead and repeat after me.
[4:57] But he's right ahead, don't get me. I see.
[5:30] I take this obligation freely, without purpose of evasion, without purpose of evasion, without any mental reservation, without any mental reservation, or purpose of evasion, or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully, that I will well and faithfully, this charge the duties upon which I'm about to enter, upon which I'm about to enter.
[5:52] Congratulations
[6:17] and welcome Commissioner Vaughn.
[6:28] Our next item on the agenda is our reorganization of the commission.
[6:33] So each year we reorganize and you have the opportunity to appoint and select a new chair and vice chair.
[6:43] So for this portion, I would like to turn it over to our administrative specialists, it's El Ruiz.
[6:52] Okay, nominations are now in order.
[6:55] Are there any nominations for chair?
[7:01] I would like to nominate Commissioner Foo.
[7:08] Are there any other nominations?
[7:11] Can we second?
[7:13] Oh, next we'll be.
[7:14] We're going to call for a vote in just a second.
[7:17] We got to open it up if there were any other nominations for chair.
[7:21] Thank you.
[7:22] Okay.
[7:22] If there are no denominations, we're going to do a verbal rule, I mean a verbal, but we actually need to have a motion in a second, so there is a nomination.
[7:36] Is there a second?
[7:39] Second.
[7:41] And now we'll do a motion.
[7:44] A vote.
[7:46] A vote.
[7:46] Motion votes, sorry.
[7:49] Okay.
[7:50] It's going to be verbal.
[7:51] Commissioner Lam?
[7:53] Yes.
[7:54] Commissioner Wong?
[7:56] Yes.
[7:57] Commissioner Boot?
[7:58] Yes.
[8:00] Chair Low.
[8:01] Yes.
[8:02] Motion passes, 4-0.
[8:05] Congratulations.
[8:06] We have a new chair.
[8:10] So now the meeting is yours.
[8:14] Chair Boot.
[8:16] We do have some information to pass over to you.
[8:19] The second item, your first item, is the official chair, will be leading for nominations of a vice chair.
[8:28] Do we have nominations for a vice chair?
[8:33] I would like to nominate Commissioner Lam.
[8:36] I just second?
[8:41] No.
[8:42] Are there any other nominations?
[8:44] For a second?
[8:45] For a vice chair,
[8:48] sorry.
[8:49] Then we'll do a verbal.
[8:51] Commissioner Lam?
[8:53] Yes.
[8:54] Commissioner Wong?
[8:55] Yes.
[8:56] Commissioner Boot?
[8:57] Yes.
[8:58] Chirlo? Yes.
[9:00] All right.
[9:01] Go ahead.
[9:03] Congratulations, Vice-Tirlo.
[9:13] Chirlo, the meeting is now yours.
[9:18] All right.
[9:18] We'll move on to public comments from the audience.
[9:25] There are no comments at the time.
[9:28] Okay.
[9:28] We'll move on to the consent calendar.
[9:32] Do I have the motion to approve the consent calendar?
[9:39] I motion to approve the consent calendar.
[9:40] Do I have a second?
[9:43] Second.
[9:51] You'd start voting, please.
[9:57] Motion passes 40.
[10:00] All right, and I'll hand it over to Tom for our matters from staff.
[10:05] Great.
[10:06] Thank you. Great to be here tonight. Welcome Commissioner Vaughn. Congratulations, Chair Vue, as well as Vice Chair Lam.
[10:16] We will get your name, plaques, change. It's not official until your name plaques change. Of course.
[10:22] Tonight, the first item I have for you is the Rose of Excellence Award.
[10:27] These are done every month and the purpose of this is to present to you two outstanding part-time employees that we have in the Parks and Recreation Department.
[10:39] Tonight, the Parks and Recreation Department is very proud to recognize Ernesto Vergara.
[10:48] And that was not done on purpose. I promise. Ernesto Vergara, come on up, stand up please.
[10:56] And right in the middle there, Ernesto Vergara is from our Park Ranger Division, and as
[11:04] the recipient of the Roosevelt Excellence Awards for the month of September, since joining
[11:08] our Park Ranger program in September of 2025, Ernesto has been a tremendous asset to our team.
[11:17] With 21 years of experience working for LA County, Ernesto brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise
[11:24] to park operations, public service, and special events.
[11:29] His extensive experience has transitioned seamlessly
[11:31] into our park-ranger program,
[11:34] allowing him to make an immediate and positive impact
[11:37] on the team and the community that we all serve.
[11:42] Ernesto is truly the Energizer Bunny
[11:44] of the park-ranger division. He just keeps moving.
[11:49] His enthusiasm, positive attitude and upbeat personality
[11:52] allow him to provide excellent customer service to our park patrons while helping maintain the
[11:59] cleanliness, safety, and overall appearance of our parks and our facilities.
[12:04] Ernesto has a keen eye for identifying issues and takes a very proactive approach to addressing
[12:10] them. Whether he's reporting or removing graffiti, cleaning or restocking the restrooms,
[12:17] submitting service requests for playgrounds and equipment, or actively patrolling our parks,
[12:22] or Nesto consistently goes above and beyond to ensure our facilities are safe, clean, and welcoming for the community.
[12:30] Congratulations to our Nesto on the very well-deserved recognition.
[12:35] Thank you for your outstanding contributions, your positive energy, and continued commitment to the Parks and Recreation Department, and to the City of Resmin, congratulations.
[12:50] If I could ask the Commission to come on down and take a photo and present our Nesto,
[13:47] Our next award is truly an honor for me to present, and if you've ever been to RCRC and she is working, you can feel the warmth, as soon as you walk in, her smile is contagious and her overall personality is fantastic.
[14:05] So it's my pleasure to recognize and somewhat embarrassed, Tony Rose, Mededina.
[14:16] Tony Rose. Hi, every morning I get she walks in, I walk in, it's good morning
[14:24] Tom, good morning Tony Rose and it's just a great feeling. She has been part of
[14:29] the Rose Me team for over 20 years. Throughout her career, she's continued to
[14:36] grow and take on new responsibilities. She began in our after school sports
[14:40] programs, advancing to a recreation leader, and is now serving as our senior recreation leader
[14:48] at the Rosemeat Community Recreation Center.
[14:52] Known for her positive attitude and welcoming spirit, Tony Rose brings a warmth and enthusiasm
[14:57] to everyone that she meets.
[15:00] She's always ready with a smile and a friendly greeting for guests and co-workers alike. Tony Rose consistently takes initiative in her projects and approaches every responsibility with dedication and care. As a strong leader, she leads by example. She supports her co-workers and helps ensure the programs and events run smoothly.
[15:22] Her contributions to programs such as our adaptive recreation and farmers market help create a safe supportive and fun environment where participants can enjoy activities and build meaningful experiences.
[15:39] Not only has she does that, she plays an ultimate support system to one of our recreation coordinators, Bernadette Gallindo, as well as myself.
[15:47] Any time I have ever needed anything directly, Tony Rose has always been willing to step up and take on any new challenge.
[15:55] Her hard work, leadership, positivity, and more than two decades of service have made Tony Rose an exceptional asset to the Roseme team and a deserving recipient of this recognition.
[16:09] Congratulations.
[16:16] If I could ask the Commission, come on down and take photo.
[17:01] I will ask if the commission has any comments before we move on to the next item.
[17:09] Ernesto, thank you for keeping our parks safe and running park granders are so integral
[17:15] to the parks and the communities.
[17:18] So thank you for everything that you do.
[17:20] Antonio Rose, I think she was one of the first parks staff that I've ever met since being
[17:26] on the commission and she has always had that positive attitude and she was so welcoming.
[17:31] showing me all the things behind the scenes, so thank you so much for all the positivity
[17:37] that you bring and everything that you both do for the parks in the community.
[17:41] Thank you.
[17:44] Yeah.
[17:47] I just want to really quickly echo something that Tom said, which is having a safe and supportive
[17:53] community and without the both of y'all, we would not have that here in the City of Rose
[17:57] Meets.
[17:57] Thank you so much for your dedication and effort in our community.
[18:01] Appreciate y'all.
[18:07] I just want to echo my colleagues' comments.
[18:10] Thank you Tony Rose.
[18:11] Thank you Ernesto for your service to the City of Rose Mutant and the Resents.
[18:21] I think all of my commissioners have said everything, but again, thank you guys so much for
[18:25] everything that you guys do for our parks and for our community.
[18:31] All right.
[18:33] You are more than welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting, but now is a great opportunity
[18:37] to escape.
[18:38] So it's really up to you, but you're more than welcome to stay if not, right now is a great
[18:43] time to go.
[18:50] All right,
[18:54] can I show you a good if I go on to the next item? Okay, great. So the next item that I have for you is a 2026 summer and review.
[19:04] It's a great opportunity for us to kind of brag about all the great things that we did this summer and I wanted to share with you some stats and some information.
[19:12] I will try to go very quickly through it all because as you all know we do quite a bit here in the city of Rosemeed
[19:20] And so it could not be done without an exceptional team
[19:24] I am very very lucky to work with the professionals that I do and as hardworking as they all are
[19:31] So this is our summer and review for you
[19:35] One of the staff of our aquatic programs
[19:39] This year, this is what is our aquatic staffing level.
[19:42] We had 38 lifeguards, which is the highest we've had in quite some time pre-pote,
[19:50] oh my god, pre-COVID.
[19:54] We had 31 recreation leaders.
[19:56] Those leaders actually serve as our front counter at-
[20:00] Attendance, and our both of our facilities, and we had 18 instructional guards, so we were able to accommodate quite a bit of swim lessons this summer.
[20:10] Recreation swim hours, we were able to keep our facilities open at the same level as we did last year, which is great.
[20:17] We are looking at every year as expanding that. Keeping it consistent was fantastic. We were very proud of that.
[20:25] So just a couple of stats at the Rosemead Aquatic Center, we serve as 6,105 adults, 8,846 children.
[20:38] At Splash Zone, which is located at Garvey Park, we were able to serve as 6,663 adults, 9,416 children.
[20:50] So we were very excited with those numbers.
[20:53] We do track them.
[20:54] We look at comparisons from year to year.
[20:58] Hours-wise, you know, we're hoping
[21:00] expanding every year, depending on our staffing level.
[21:03] So we were very proud of the recreational swim time.
[21:07] Our swim lessons and other programs, swim lesson
[21:10] participants, we were able to service 879 children.
[21:15] Adult swim participants, we were able to service 23.
[21:18] LAP SWIM 641, aqua fit 287, I know we have a very proud aqua fit member on the commission.
[21:29] And our rosemeed rapid swim team was a total of 504, so great numbers with our aquatic program.
[21:38] We had two special events, directly at the Aquatic Center, we celebrated Shark Week with a movie, a dive in movie,
[21:46] uh... serves up as well as activities and various things around the deck
[21:50] we also uh... did Christmas in July which is a big thing nowadays
[21:55] and so uh... we were able to do a dive in movie we showed frozen and we had great
[22:00] attendance with those events as well
[22:03] our youth programs moving on to our youth programs
[22:06] uh... little recap for you all we had our summer camp we did ten weeks of summer camp
[22:12] 247 participants, a lot of them did multiple weeks throughout the summer.
[22:17] It included a weekly excursion, theme weeks with arts and crafts and various activities.
[22:23] We had our free lunch program.
[22:25] That was at Garvey Park and Rosemade Park.
[22:28] We partnered with the San Gabriel Unified School District,
[22:31] who actually provides the lunch program for us.
[22:34] And so we served about an average of 50 lunches per day.
[22:40] Are you sports recap?
[22:42] We offered our youth basketball league.
[22:44] These numbers are pretty impressive.
[22:47] We went from 160 participants to 296 this year,
[22:53] this summer alone.
[22:54] We went from 16 teams to 30 teams.
[22:57] And we could not do that without our partnership
[22:59] with the Garvey School District.
[23:01] We do utilize their gymnasiums,
[23:03] and so we were able to offer even more.
[23:06] So we're pretty proud of that, pretty excited.
[23:08] Are you the volleyball clinic?
[23:09] We had 47 participants.
[23:12] We offer a start smart clinic.
[23:15] This is for our little ones, three to five years old.
[23:17] It's pretty much an introductory to sports.
[23:20] Basketball, soccer, baseball, and volleyball.
[23:22] And we had about 67 participants.
[23:25] E-Sports tournament.
[23:26] It's always a big thing.
[23:28] They come in for a one day tournament.
[23:30] We feed them some pizza.
[23:32] They play for a gift card.
[23:34] We had about 20 participants for that.
[23:36] And then we had various contract classes.
[23:38] we had golf lessons, pickable lessons, tennis lessons, ultimate frisbee lessons, all dedicated
[23:43] towards you. Here are some photos for you. We had our Mario Kart very focused as you can see
[23:51] the termination in their eyes, as well as the various lessons and activities. Our adult sports
[23:58] program, we had a pickable tournament. If you haven't heard of it, I'm shocked. But pickable
[24:05] All is huge and it's only becoming bigger, so we're excited to offer quarterly tournament for all of the pickup all players that we have.
[24:13] We had adult tennis lessons and our adult basketball league, which sells out every single quarter with eight teams.
[24:19] And so we're excited about all of those programs that we offer.
[24:23] Special events. We do a few. I don't know if you know that. We do a few.
[24:27] Art in the park and movie in the park, we had six weeks, six weeks of art in the park,
[24:32] we offered three movies, so we alternated between Rosemeed Park and Garvey Park each week.
[24:40] We had Yappy Hour, which had to be one of our biggest successes for the summer.
[24:45] It was located at Garvey Paws Park on a Wednesday from 5 to 7, and each week we averaged
[24:52] anywhere roughly 60, but there were some weeks where we got it to like 70, 75 dogs and owners.
[25:00] It was complete, mayhem, but it was great. There was no fighting, there was no bites, knock-on wood, a successful program, staffed it an amazing job with this super excited to offer this this year.
[25:15] Our kids night out, which is always the kind of our end of the season bash, parents get to drop their kids off, it's a splash zone for a night out.
[25:23] And the kids get to use the aquatic facilities, the slides, the splash pad, all of that.
[25:30] We maxed out 50 participants this year, so it was a very successful program.
[25:35] If you didn't know, we celebrated 250 years of America with our Fourth of July event,
[25:41] which consisted of a parade, an amazing flyover, if you saw it, it was fantastic,
[25:47] as well as a carnival, lots of entertainment and a great fireworks show in the evening.
[25:53] Our summer concert series is one of our major highlights.
[25:56] Here in Rosemade we do six weeks alternating between Rosemade Park and Garvey Park.
[26:01] We celebrated Park's May Life Better Month, we celebrated National Night Out.
[26:06] We also celebrated Rosemade's 67th birthday.
[26:09] So excited with that.
[26:11] Here are just some little photos of the various events.
[26:15] You can see the 67th birthday down in the corner there.
[26:18] We did a dog costume contest at the Fourth of July event,
[26:23] the various bands that we had super excited.
[26:27] National night out is highlighted at the top corner.
[26:30] You can see the backpacks.
[26:32] Our mayor, Sandra Armenta, has led this for many years
[26:35] with a committee of people this year.
[26:38] They were able to hand out 700 backpacks to students.
[26:42] So we were really excited with that.
[26:44] park was packed. We had a ton of different vendors out organizations all
[26:50] gearing towards public safety. It was really a big event. A lot of people in the
[26:55] park.
[26:57] We have a picture of Yappy Hour down at the corner there. You can see
[27:01] we had one of the themes of one of the Yappy Hour was back to school and so we
[27:06] were excited with that. Various things aren't in the park. We celebrated a lot of
[27:15] throughout the entire summer.
[27:18] Other summer programs that we offered,
[27:20] we offered our weekly farmers market on Monday nights.
[27:23] That's actually an item that we will be discussing tonight
[27:26] and getting some input from you all.
[27:28] We had our World Cup Senior Social at the Garvey Center,
[27:33] which was a sold out event, celebrating soccer,
[27:36] and you don't need much excuses for them
[27:38] to get out there and dance.
[27:39] They just loved a party.
[27:41] Our adaptive programs were very successful.
[27:44] we offer one adaptive program every single month, and we had a gymnastics type, all are
[27:51] welcome to participate in our adaptive programs, but they are geared to those with special needs.
[27:58] And we put together we had staff put together a little video for you.
[30:16] So, that, in the nutshell, was our summer. We are already planning and looking forward to 2027.
[30:25] So, that is my presentation. If you have any questions or comments regarding that, I'm happy to address them.
[30:39] A couple of questions. Thank you for the presentation and the video. It's really insightful. It looks like we have a huge participation amongst residents.
[30:51] You had mentioned early on in the aquatics schedule based on staffing needs, has there been staffing challenges with increasing hours, just interest from people that want to work in aquatics?
[31:11] So, post pandemic we saw a huge decline in interested bodies becoming lifeguards.
[31:18] We lost about half of our life guards right after the pandemic, trying to recruit and retain
[31:28] aquatic staff has been challenging.
[31:30] We have done a great job the last two years and so we continue we're hopefully going to
[31:36] continue to build on that.
[31:38] As we see there being more of a general interest in people coming back to jobs like a lifeguard,
[31:45] We have adjusted our salary schedule over the years.
[31:48] We are constantly evaluating where we are with things of that nature.
[31:55] And so we are seeing more interest and hopefully retaining more staff
[32:00] as what we're really looking at doing.
[32:02] Last year compared to this year, we were up with the number of life cards.
[32:07] So that's exciting and we're hoping on retaining those.
[32:11] Are those positions year round?
[32:14] Yes, most of them are year-round because our aquatic center is open year-round.
[32:19] What we do find is that we lose quite a bit of staff for school.
[32:24] Whether they're still in high school or they're off to college.
[32:27] So we do have positions that are year-round.
[32:30] Some of them are seasonal, but the majority of them are year-round.
[32:34] We use quite a bit of staff during the school year as well.
[32:37] So,
[32:41] have we ever considered an option where there's a full-time park staff that takes
[32:48] up part of their time, working for the park's apartment, functionally, and then part of
[32:54] the time they're working on quadics?
[32:57] So, have we ever been in a consideration?
[32:59] As far as your friend, you'd like an actual lifeguard in the water doing lessons, or a staff
[33:04] who oversees the program.
[33:06] lifeguard doing lessons. So we have a recreation supervisor, Jacqueline Guerrera. She's been with
[33:13] the Department for many years. She oversees both aquatic facilities as well as various other
[33:18] things for the city. There have been times where she has to get into the water because of
[33:24] short of staff. Now, obviously, we have our facility, especially the Rosaryd Aquatic Center
[33:28] and the size of it and what we need to actually the staffing to do a complete rotation
[33:35] and based off of the size with it, she can help,
[33:39] but honestly her time is much needed in other areas.
[33:44] She has had to fill in.
[33:45] We do have a senior recreation leader as well.
[33:49] And Chris Chung, he has had to fill in as well in the water,
[33:53] but we try to keep them out of the water
[33:56] over seeing programs mostly.
[34:06] Anyone else have questions?
[34:08] I have another one on a separate issue.
[34:10] You had mentioned San Gabriel School District provides a school lunch program.
[34:16] Is there a reason why Garvey or Rosemead School District do not provide that program for the city?
[34:24] I do not have that information.
[34:26] I can tell you that San Gabriel School District offers the lunch program to more than just Rosemead.
[34:33] They do offer programs, I believe, to Alhamdulillah as well.
[34:40] They receive the State Funding for the Free Lunch Program.
[34:45] I don't know if I can't speak to Rose Mead or Garvey, whether they receive that funding,
[34:53] or potentially have the personnel to run those programs.
[34:57] So I don't have that information.
[34:59] I know.
[35:00] I have been here. We have partnered with San Gabriel Unified, which is going on eight years.
[35:09] Thank you.
[35:11] Just to comment, thank you Tom. Thank you to our entire Parks and Rec staff for all the work that you did this summer.
[35:17] I mean, it's wild because I felt like we were just in the parade for July 4th, and like dozens of events have passed since then.
[35:24] So, thank you all so much for what you've been doing. And I just wanted to speak on aquatic, especially.
[35:29] It's been a very hot summer, as we all know, and the fact that y'all were able to maintain
[35:35] those hours, and so that community members can find a place for leisure time after work
[35:41] to cool down themselves, their children, with their family, it's been super helpful for
[35:47] our community, so I'm hoping that we can maintain those hours or extend them in the future as
[35:51] well. Thank you.
[35:56] I really enjoyed the video. That was really cool. Is it the same team that
[35:59] films that put them together too. They did an amazing job. I really like how they also included
[36:04] staff dancing and having fun at the very end too. Are you focusing on social media?
[36:12] Awesome.
[36:13] So we have an unofficial social media team. It's made up in the group of very, very talented
[36:19] recreation leaders, as well as itself. It sells kind of their guiding light and keeps them grounded
[36:25] focused because they tend to get very creative, but they've been outstanding when it comes
[36:33] to our social media presence and the videos and the photos that we're able to capture.
[36:38] We have a ton more photos online for those that are interested.
[36:42] They are all linked to our website.
[36:44] The city does have a flicker account and so people can go on and check out various events
[36:50] and all the photos that we've taken throughout all of the events that we host.
[36:58] Yeah, I just want to echo what Commissioner Lam had mentioned.
[37:02] Just thank you to the Parks and Rec staff for everything you've done over this summer.
[37:08] I don't even know how many events you just listed now.
[37:11] And I know some of them you're there from, like, dust till dawn almost just getting things done.
[37:17] So I know the community really appreciates all the events.
[37:20] I've appreciated the ones I've gone to.
[37:22] My dogs have appreciated YAPI hour, so just thank you for all that you guys have done.
[37:30] Get some rest now before you start planning for the fall, but it's been a great summer.
[37:35] After Christmas.
[37:37] After Christmas.
[37:46] If there's no other...
[37:47] I think we can move on to the next point.
[37:50] next item? Sure. So the next item that I have for you is a farmers market discussion. I believe
[37:56] it was two meetings ago. It came up during Commissioner comments from Commissioner Lam.
[38:01] I believe that's some questions. And everybody seemed to kind of start wanting to chime in
[38:08] being the bad man that I am. I had to stop the conversation and let's agenda is it for this meeting
[38:13] so that we can have a conversation and you can speak more freely
[38:19] on some of the ideas that potentially you may have.
[38:22] I provided you with a report as to what we currently offer.
[38:28] So I'll kind of go over some things with that.
[38:31] The Farmer's Market was established in 2018.
[38:36] And it was opportunity for fresh produce to come to Rosemeade.
[38:41] You know, the idea was creating a gathering place
[38:45] as for residents and visitors, and it was first started
[38:49] right out here in the city Plaza area.
[38:53] Obviously, the pandemic hit.
[38:55] There were some concerns regarding the attendance here.
[38:58] So we decided, hey, let's move it to a park
[39:02] that already gathers people, whether it be baseball,
[39:06] like soccer, just the walking trail alone.
[39:09] So back about four years ago, we moved it to Rosemey Park.
[39:15] We've been contracting with the company FM-LCE.
[39:20] They are a certified farmers market manager.
[39:24] So all of the vendors that are there that are serving produce
[39:27] are actually certified farmers that come.
[39:31] The market is open on Mondays from five to nine o'clock.
[39:36] While we've adjusted the length of the market over the years, we've kind of established
[39:42] a April, beginning of April, to the end of September timeline.
[39:48] We feel that winter and it's fallen winter can be challenging for farmers as well as people
[39:54] coming out.
[39:55] It's a little bit warmer, things that that nature of the participation has been greater.
[40:00] During the summer. We have various vendors that come out. We have food. We have obviously
[40:07] a farmers produce vegetables, things of that nature, then we have fresh food, popcorn, and we
[40:15] sometimes have trinkets. It's an interesting game to be honest with you because what is sometimes
[40:23] very challenging to get a farmer's market up and running. And we're not the only city that
[40:29] challenges or lots of local cities that have challenges getting up. If you don't
[40:33] bring out the number of people, the vendors don't want to participate. If the
[40:38] vendors aren't there, the people don't want to come. So it is a little bit of a
[40:43] game. The department offers special programs once a month. We have staff to go
[40:49] out there. They do special arts and crafts, contest, game nights, kind of doing
[40:54] to come out. It's been successful, but we don't see the grand number that we would like to see.
[41:03] And so I know there may be some questions or comments regarding that.
[41:08] Staff is in looking at potentially releasing an RFP in the next couple months to see what kind of interest
[41:16] we can get from other market managers and to see potentially what other ideas there may be out there.
[41:23] With that information, it will be coming back to you for your input before ultimately going to the city council for discussion.
[41:31] To see whether this is something that we want to continue to offer to the residents,
[41:36] or should we take a break for a little while, re-imagine, reinvest, and introduce something else.
[41:43] So that is what I have to say. I know there were some comments and questions from you all.
[41:48] happy to take those, or if you would like to have a discussion amongst yourselves, feel free.
[41:55] Two participants as a vendor, at the farmers market, is there some type of permit process,
[42:01] or are they selected by the company that we work with?
[42:06] Correct. The market manager that we work with, they work directly with all vendors.
[42:13] So the department will get inquiries regarding becoming a vendor, we direct them to the market.
[42:18] manager, the market manager pulls the permits, make sure is the health department certification,
[42:25] the health permit is valid as well, and then she works with the vendors directly.
[42:31] What the city will do is community organizations outreach, things of that will align with
[42:37] those, will get those groups out there.
[42:39] We've had sports organizations do sign-ups, will do community outreach, whether it be for looking
[42:47] at different options for park amenities or general plan, election information, how to become
[42:53] a registered voters, things like that.
[43:00] So would you say that it would be pretty difficult to, for say, a small business and
[43:05] rose me like someone who has a home bakery, they wouldn't possibly be able to be a vendor
[43:08] at the farmers market?
[43:10] No, that's not true.
[43:11] They potentially could be.
[43:13] They would just have to go through the proper channels.
[43:16] Could the same be said for our food trucks?
[43:19] Um, we currently have not had food trucks at the farmers market, not to say that we couldn't.
[43:25] Well, we currently do not.
[43:27] Um, we, uh, there's various vendors that I've been there.
[43:31] Um, we've had to malleys, a coffee person.
[43:36] Head of corn.
[43:37] Honey, kettle corn.
[43:38] Yeah.
[43:38] I believe there's been a taco person every once in a while.
[43:41] Things of that nature.
[43:43] We will see people come in and out.
[43:45] The market manager does try to get a variety and switch things up every once in a while to try to attract new people, so yeah.
[43:56] Regarding advertising the farmers market are making it known to people.
[44:02] I know we post on social media every week when the farmer market is happy and we also have some banners hung up in like fences around Rosemary Park and various other places.
[44:11] But have we considered doing perhaps like, is it possible to do a hanging banner over a street so that drivers can just see it that there's a farmer's market happening?
[44:22] Currently the city does not allow banners to go over streets. Okay, so that is part of our banner policy. We do not allow that. Okay, so it's something that there's been multiple conversations about, but we currently do not allow that.
[44:40] Have we looked at alternating locations rather than keeping them just in Rosemary Park maybe Garvey Park or
[44:50] Yeah, alternate between Garvey Park and Rosemary Park so we have the the unfortunate part of with that is that because it is a certified
[45:01] The application actually has to identify one location. So when the permit is filed with the state to be a certified farmer's market, we are identifying that it is going to be at Rosemeath Park. We don't have the ability to put multiple locations.
[45:20] So the city cannot apply when cities applying with the state. It's only applying for one location correct and it can't apply for another application for another location
[45:33] Correct unless we were do it on a completely different night
[45:38] So if we'll let's say we were to do one location on Monday one location on Thursday
[45:44] let's say potentially that would be allowed, but there isn't, I would say that there isn't a need for multiple locations.
[45:55] The participation, the numbers don't meet.
[46:00] Is there a reason why we picked Monday evenings? Is that probably the most traffic?
[46:08] So my understanding was when Mondays were originally established, it was not to compete with other surrounding markets, as well as the availability of the market manager.
[46:22] So we wanted to stay away from the Saturday and Sunday due to traffic, especially at the park itself.
[46:31] And so it was the availability and not competing with other things going on.
[46:37] We also didn't want to have a market with a summer concert, right?
[46:42] Parking is limited as it is.
[46:44] We take up a third of the parking lot at Rosemeath Park.
[46:49] So the idea was, you know what?
[46:50] Let's not add something else to that.
[46:53] We're just going to push people even further away.
[46:56] So looking at that, if there is a suggestion or you have an idea, be more than happy to take that down and looking at kind of re-envisioning and launching an RFP, we do have the opportunity to kind of investigate and see what else we can do.
[47:16] For me, I think we nights are a bit difficult for a lot of people getting off work and then having personal responsibilities after I would like to see the city consider maybe the weekends if possible maybe in the mornings early in the mornings.
[47:36] I think there's always been a notion that
[47:40] Mondays are Tuesdays when you don't get the good groceries or something.
[47:44] So I don't know if that's necessarily the case for a farmers market,
[47:49] but that's anecdotal for some, I guess.
[47:56] I do my grocery shopping on the weekends,
[47:59] stocked by Monday.
[48:00] But hey, sometimes I run out midweek,
[48:02] so maybe Wednesdays or Thursdays could work.
[48:05] I know some other cities have offered that as an option
[48:07] and I've visited them and I've seen good attendance.
[48:11] They are so perhaps Monday's not the best option,
[48:14] but the other ones could be something to consider.
[48:18] I wanted to discuss with since you brought up
[48:20] the parking limitation, have we ever,
[48:22] or perhaps could we consider like a shuttle service,
[48:25] either from here or the Garvey Center for seniors
[48:29] or residents who want to visit the farmers market,
[48:33] but are not able to, because of one limited parking,
[48:36] they don't have access to transportation.
[48:38] We can perhaps set up a regular shuttle service
[48:41] on the night that we do have a farmer's market.
[48:43] I know we have Rosemead Go.
[48:45] We could possibly partner with them
[48:47] and utilize something like that.
[48:49] I think that offer a great resource
[48:50] to residents who would want to visit the farmer's market,
[48:54] but otherwise wouldn't have the capabilities
[48:56] or the access to it.
[49:03] I have a question.
[49:04] Is there a reason why we have it
[49:05] in the parking lot and not in the grass area
[49:07] of the park?
[49:11] Yes,
[49:15] for a farmer to take his stuff onto the grass, for example, and to move that, it's
[49:22] easier for them to unload, it's easier for any vendor to unload on cement or concrete
[49:28] or asphalt than it is to drag things onto a grass.
[49:34] That's pretty much.
[49:35] It's it's convenient for the vendors that are there, you know, that's why we select a hard
[49:42] surface.
[49:46] This might be a stretch about closing mission, mission drive, mission drive, fourth of
[49:52] farmers market for some time.
[49:54] I don't know.
[49:56] Or that's three next to it.
[49:59] Insanita, it's a little bit.
[50:00] Smaller, cars go through their self signs everywhere. I don't know how that would work, but I think that'd be a great idea.
[50:07] I mean, parking in itself is already a challenge and that's just get dissuade so many people from coming to it.
[50:14] It gets in on your way of trying to be a successful farmer's market when you're already disadvantaging yourself like that.
[50:29] I wanted to ask about vendors, is it just limited to food vendors? No, you'd mention community organizations could come apply as well through your channels.
[50:38] But what about like crafts vendors are yes, it would apply to them as well. Yes, they
[50:43] The market manager does offer different vendors
[50:47] We have a honey vendor that comes and sells honey. There's been candles and jewelry before
[50:52] So they they rotate in the now
[50:57] I have a suggestion so maybe at the city booth at the farmer's market
[51:01] We can highlight a restaurant or small business in rules meet every week at the farmer's market and
[51:08] provide them like a discount like oh you came in the farmer's market and you come to the restaurant
[51:12] You'll get 20% off the next time you visit if you imagine the farmer's market or you purchase something with a receipt
[51:17] Just to kind of maybe incentivize people to come
[51:19] also
[51:21] Expose the small businesses in reals me as well.
[51:30] Do we see a big increase of attendance when the city does have
[51:35] Activities along with the farmers market?
[51:40] We do not
[51:44] Yes, there are more visitors that come. Are they buying produce?
[51:48] I don't know to be honest with you.
[51:49] Well, they buy a bag of kettle corn before they go watch a game.
[51:53] Yeah, they're going to.
[51:56] So, I would like to say it draws some people in,
[52:02] but I don't know if it draws necessarily people who are buying produce for the week.
[52:07] Do we have an average count of how many people visit the farmers market?
[52:11] market, I do not. We can try to get something together this last month and kind of see what
[52:17] that looks like.
[52:20] And for the management company that manages our farmers market,
[52:32] do they just allow any vendor
[52:35] that picks out, or do they reach out to, like, vendors that provide, I don't know, ethnic
[52:40] specific produce, and whatnot.
[52:45] Yes, they do.
[52:46] So they manage, I believe it's three markets in the general Sangrbo Valley area, and so they
[52:54] have a variety of farmers that have a variety of different types of vegetables.
[53:00] I can say we average probably only one to two farmers who actually show up and but I've seen a variety of different things that they so.
[53:25] Just wanted to ask like how much flexibility does the city have other than changing the location or the day and time of like.
[53:35] How the farmers market is actually run there's definitely a lot to be worked on.
[53:39] So the city has all the flexibility, the more this year the market will close the last Monday and September.
[53:48] And so we are going to be launching an RFP to see what kind of responses we get from there.
[53:57] It will come back to you all for discussion before it goes to the city council for discussion.
[54:01] So staff is really evaluating how strong the need or the want is for a farmer's market here in Rosemade.
[54:13] Sometimes the numbers don't necessarily indicate that there's a strong desire for a farmer's market to be here in Rosemade.
[54:22] So it's something that we potentially will be asking some questions and hitting some people up.
[54:28] You guys interested in this and what would you like to see in it as well and so some of that information will be coming back to as well
[54:35] I can tell you as far as cities
[54:39] I know San Gabriel in the last two years have really invested in trying to start as farmers market
[54:44] They've gone through actually two vendors already trying to launch one
[54:49] It can be a challenging thing so we're excited it possibly reimagining and
[54:56] uh... recreating something a little bit different maybe not necessarily
[55:00] For traditional, there's an idea of making it a more of a pop-up market, where it's not certified farmers, it's more food, merchandise and things of that nature.
[55:11] Some of that stuff will be coming at you in the next few months.
[55:15] Sounds good.
[55:15] When you say a pop-up market and the vendors don't need to be certified, so how about I've seen
[55:26] have, for our community gardens, a lot of residents grow produce themselves.
[55:34] Is there an opportunity for them to also sell their own produce in the community?
[55:41] If we were to look at not a certified farmers market option, is there an opportunity possibly?
[55:49] I would have to get back to.
[55:52] I don't know how that would work as far as obviously permitting is a big thing, right?
[55:59] I want to make sure we're selling a product that is safe and healthy for you.
[56:04] Certified farmers, they actually go through a big process to make sure they are certified.
[56:10] somebody growing something and a plot, you know, I can't guarantee no healthy or safe that would be something we could definitely look at though and explore.
[56:23] I know Commissioner Hernandez, or now Fernandez, has mentioned before, crop swaps as something that we can do.
[56:34] I know that kind of, it's not a farmer's market.
[56:39] It would be a replacement of a farmer's market.
[56:43] So I wonder if there's an option to look into partnering with organizations that do that.
[56:47] I believe it's active, SDV. I'm not sure.
[56:50] I wise online, but having crop swaps where the produce is free.
[56:55] I think that would attract more people.
[56:58] And then along with that, maybe other vendors can sell their crafts or, you know,
[57:05] already made food, so there's already people there to support those vendors as well,
[57:10] so maybe looking into something that, as you mentioned, a little different from our farmers market
[57:15] or a reimagined one.
[57:19] Does the city still work with cultivate for the community garden?
[57:22] Yes, Kultiva LA is currently our vendor. They do a great job for us. So yeah, have they out any experience with farmers market or kind of crop swaps and whatnot?
[57:41] They... I would have to get back to about that.
[57:43] Yes. But I don't know how much of it is actually official.
[57:51] So I believe they do a crop swap amongst the garden users that they have now.
[57:59] So. Again, opening things up to the outside public.
[58:05] There are certain things that we have to make sure, of course, before we do anything.
[58:10] The idea of a crop swap is great, sounds really interesting, sounds great hometown, fun type of.
[58:17] We just have to make sure that we're not opening up the city to any extra liability or risk.
[58:30] I'm just going a little bit of rant here, but I love farmers' markets.
[58:35] I actively go to various cities farmers' market throughout the San Gabriel Valley,
[58:39] and I don't just go for the produce.
[58:41] for me, it's a way to engage and get to learn about a community and that's why I think that
[58:46] ours revamping that there's just so much potential here, whether we decide to close down the street,
[58:53] offer shelter service, incorporate more local vendors and businesses.
[58:58] We can do so much more with
[59:00] what we currently have as someone that I stop by our farmers market after aqua fit sometimes,
[59:07] It's just sad. I will be straight up with you. When I visit other cities, I'm like, man, I want to come back here, not just for the food, but like that good community feeling I get from being in there and meeting those community members and getting to learn about their city. So I hope this is a topic that we can regularly get to revisit and give them put on.
[59:33] I know we do pickleball in the evenings on certain days at Garby Park and that brings some pretty good foot traffic to the park. I wonder if
[59:45] Moving the farmers market there might help attendants
[59:52] Maybe something to look into. Yeah, something we can definitely look at one time. It was like a live orchestra
[1:00:00] Right by the basketball courts, and that was really cool, just have live music. I'm not saying we got bringing a live band every time with full court,
[1:00:07] etc. Anything, but the live music also brings a little bit of energy and excitement, I feel like, to farmers markets as well.
[1:00:23] If there's no more questions or comments, if it's okay if I move on to the next item.
[1:00:29] Yeah, thank you very good.
[1:00:30] Okay, good, good, okay.
[1:00:33] All right, summer has ended and fall is here.
[1:00:36] So I wanted to provide you with a preview
[1:00:39] of some of the events that are coming up.
[1:00:42] Make sure that they are on your calendar.
[1:00:45] Our annual pumpkin dive will be held on Saturday,
[1:00:48] September 26th at the Rose Meet Aquatic Center.
[1:00:52] I've listed that information.
[1:00:54] It is for children 3 to 16, as well as 7 in under, well, 7 in under actually require somebody to be in the water with them.
[1:01:05] There is a small feed, $10 per participant, they get a pumpkin, they get arts and crafts, some treats and candy.
[1:01:12] And just if you don't know, pumpkins do float, so they are pumpkins everywhere in the water, kids are able to get in and swim around with them.
[1:01:20] It's a great fun, fun activity.
[1:01:22] The last couple of years, it's been incredibly hot,
[1:01:24] so people will have really enjoyed being in the water.
[1:01:28] Our fall-fiesta deal of Dois Muto's event
[1:01:30] is coming up on Saturday, October 3rd from 4 to 9 p.m.
[1:01:34] it rose me park, the event consists of live entertainment,
[1:01:40] community performances, we have a small carnival game area,
[1:01:44] laser tag, arts and crafts, and a variety of food
[1:01:48] merchandise also Savannah Cemetery will be open and so you have an opportunity to go down and
[1:01:55] visit the Cemetery. What's great about this event is last year we introduced a drone
[1:02:01] show and so we will be doing another drone show. This year we're very excited about it and
[1:02:07] so that will begin roughly around 745 or so. So if you missed it last year you should definitely
[1:02:13] come check it out, the drones will really need to watch, and we've actually increased the number
[1:02:18] of drones from last year, so the images will be even better.
[1:02:25] I love a fall movie in the park on Saturday, October 10th, it grows me park. Activities will
[1:02:30] begin at 5.30. The feature film will be Toy Story 5, who doesn't love a good Toy Story
[1:02:37] movie, and so we'll have giveaways, activities, some popcorn, there'll be food trucks and
[1:02:44] other for purchase, so we're excited to have that.
[1:02:48] Pumpkin patch will be on Saturday, October 17th.
[1:02:52] That is in with our partnership with Cultiva LA.
[1:02:55] It takes place at the Delmar community garden.
[1:02:58] The event is from 3 to 6 p.m., there are times every half hour we move people in and out
[1:03:05] of the garden, as well as the pumpkin patch, kids go home with a pumpkin and a slice of pumpkin
[1:03:12] pie.
[1:03:12] So this event does fill up very, very quickly, if it already hasn't, I have not checked
[1:03:18] registration, registration for us just opened on Monday yesterday, so it fills up.
[1:03:24] The annual haunted house will be taking place at the Rosemeat Community Recreation Center
[1:03:29] Friday starting on Friday, October 23rd through Sunday, October 25th, the house will be open from 530 to 730.
[1:03:40] Staff does a great job with this. We always have those individuals that actually plan their spooky room all year long and so they're super excited about that.
[1:03:52] Our annual trunk or tree event will take place on Saturday, October 31st at Jessica's all sports complex from 530 to 830.
[1:04:01] There will be vehicles where participants are able to trick or treat as well as a costume contest and carnival games arts and crafts and an outdoor movie.
[1:04:13] If the Dodgers are playing in the playoffs, we will also play the Dodger game just like we did last year.
[1:04:19] Food trucks will be on site for purchase as well.
[1:04:23] Our holiday craft fair will be on Saturday, November 21, from 10am to 3pm at the Garvey
[1:04:30] Center.
[1:04:31] We will have a bunch of different vendors on site selling things, decorative pieces for
[1:04:35] the holidays.
[1:04:36] Super excited about that.
[1:04:38] That is my report.
[1:04:39] If there's any questions or comments regarding any of these events, please let me know.
[1:04:45] I'd like to motion a receive and file.
[1:04:52] Just so you know typically we do not need to take a motion for a receive and file.
[1:04:56] But thank you.
[1:04:57] So we can go ahead and move on to the next.
[1:05:00] Sorry, I had one question regarding the following minutes. For the pumpkin patch unit, because of how popular it is, is there any way to expand the numbers or is it because due to the space we can only hold us or turn them out?
[1:05:11] It is due to the space and the fact there's no lighting.
[1:05:14] No lighting?
[1:05:17] So the garden is dark, so we have to be out of there by a certain time.
[1:05:21] With our agreement with coltiva.la as well, we try to work with them the best we can
[1:05:29] To give away as many pumpkins as we can and so from three to six it gives us six time slots at 50 people per time slot
[1:05:38] So we're able to give away quite a bit of pumpkins and we usually do not turn people away
[1:05:44] So even if they do show up and they're not registered for that time spot
[1:05:49] We will try to accommodate them the best we can.
[1:06:00] There's nothing else.
[1:06:01] I think we can move on, Tom.
[1:06:03] Great.
[1:06:04] Next item is monthly department update provided you with an update of what's going on,
[1:06:09] what's been going on.
[1:06:11] Recreation swim will continue.
[1:06:14] Splash zone will remain open on weekends only from August 29th to September 27th from 12 to 4 operating on Saturdays and Sundays.
[1:06:28] The Rosemary Aquatic Center will be open up until Labor Day.
[1:06:33] False Wim Lessons Registration began on yesterday, August 31st.
[1:06:38] False Wim Lessons will be held on Saturdays.
[1:06:41] They do fill up quickly.
[1:06:43] Our last Wim and AquaFit programs are going on as well.
[1:06:46] Garvey Center, we have our typical monthly classes.
[1:06:50] Lunch program as well.
[1:06:51] It is very well attended.
[1:06:54] We have our senior craft class, our exercise class.
[1:06:58] Those are free to the public.
[1:07:00] Our Majon and Mingle is something new.
[1:07:03] This program will take place Tuesday mornings from 9 to 11
[1:07:07] and Thursdays from 12, 30 to 2, 30.
[1:07:11] We will have people on site teaching how to play Majon.
[1:07:14] We will be watching to make sure that there is no exchange
[1:07:17] of any money.
[1:07:20] But it's a great new program.
[1:07:22] We're excited to see interest.
[1:07:23] and actually what's just funny is I've had a city staff ask if they could go play during their lunch.
[1:07:30] So senior Fiesta luncheon is coming up on September 17th from 11 to 130 at the Garvey Center.
[1:07:38] One of our popular lunches dances excited.
[1:07:41] This next week, next Friday, we have our 9-11 remembrance ceremony.
[1:07:47] This will be remembering the 25th anniversary.
[1:07:51] So we will have a great program that will take place right out here at the Plaza at 6 p.m.
[1:07:58] So you all are all invited to that as well. You'd love to have you there.
[1:08:03] The performance or the ceremony will include a procession of flags.
[1:08:09] Our sheriffs and fire department will be on site actually doing the flag ceremony for us.
[1:08:14] We will have the Sheriff's Band as well.
[1:08:18] Always do a great job.
[1:08:19] We'll have some live entertainment.
[1:08:22] And so we're excited to have that as well.
[1:08:24] We'll be doing special pins this year.
[1:08:27] We'll have the City logo as well as commemorating 25th Anniversary.
[1:08:33] Moon Festival is the day after.
[1:08:35] So it'll be take place on Saturday, September 12th.
[1:08:39] We do shut down Valley all the way from Walnut Grove to Ivar.
[1:08:44] So, we partner with Volco Media Incorporated.
[1:08:50] They are in charge of getting all of the vendors.
[1:08:54] There are over 100 vendors this year.
[1:08:58] Food, food trucks, merchandise, community organizations.
[1:09:03] There's entertainment throughout the time.
[1:09:06] The event does start at 230.
[1:09:08] It closes at 11.
[1:09:10] There is a great opening ceremonies at 530 p.m.
[1:09:14] which you are all invited to as well.
[1:09:16] Opening ceremonies, the stage takes place right out
[1:09:20] in front of City Hall on Valley.
[1:09:24] The 2026 state of the city will be taking place
[1:09:27] on Monday, September 21st at 6 p.m.
[1:09:31] at Garvey Community Center.
[1:09:34] If you are able to attend, please, RSVP.
[1:09:38] There will be a limited amount of food available
[1:09:41] while the event is open to everyone.
[1:09:43] if you are going to be attending please RSVP.
[1:09:49] Fall registration as I said,
[1:09:51] opened on Monday and it will continue
[1:09:53] classes will begin in two weeks.
[1:09:56] So we're excited about offering
[1:09:58] a brand new season of
[1:10:00] Classes. Our youth advisory committee, we've been accepting applications and applications will actually close this week on September 4th. So this is a youth advisory committee. It meets monthly.
[1:10:15] It is overseen by my department. They are actually appointed by the city council. And so their main focus is bringing up issues within.
[1:10:25] It rose me the defec youth, as well as planning our youth multicultural fair which takes place
[1:10:31] every year in May, so they do a great job.
[1:10:34] This year we are looking at combining with two or three other cities, city of Dwardy for
[1:10:41] sure and actually having a leadership activity with them.
[1:10:46] So it will be a half day event, we'll have some guest speakers come in and just giving them
[1:10:51] other presence of what it is to be a part of a municipality and serving residents.
[1:10:59] Our special Olympics, we do partner with the special Olympics.
[1:11:02] We offer programs on a quarterly basis, sports programs, fall season, soccer season, so
[1:11:08] we're excited to get that up and going.
[1:11:12] Our special Olympics program is actually taken off really well.
[1:11:15] Last quarter, we had about 20 participants on average, and who went to two regional
[1:11:20] competitions. So super excited about that program and continuing it. If there that concludes my report
[1:11:27] if there's any questions or comments regarding any information in this report please let me know.
[1:11:35] I have one question for a special Olympics. It was bowling before, right? That's correct.
[1:11:40] Okay, did this change every season? Yes it does. Okay. So we will do bowling. We will do
[1:11:57] to everyone. We don't charge for that program.
[1:12:01] And I just wanted to confirm for the youth advisory committee that the student has to be
[1:12:05] currently residing in Rosemeat?
[1:12:07] That is correct.
[1:12:13] Okay. And there are seven open seats every year.
[1:12:19] And I believe last time I checked we had more than seven applicants. So we're excited.
[1:12:27] What does the application process look like for that?
[1:12:30] It's a simple paper application.
[1:12:33] What positive impact can you make to the committee?
[1:12:36] and how much you love Parks and Recreordinary.
[1:12:41] It's a simple application, right?
[1:12:53] No comments from the commission.
[1:12:54] So we'll move on to matters from the commission.
[1:12:59] Any other comments?
[1:13:03] Yeah, I'd like to start with in a comment.
[1:13:05] Just an observation I made.
[1:13:07] Walking around the area south of Garvey,
[1:13:11] where Garvey and Tumidia and Arlene Bytley,
[1:13:14] elementary school is there's a regular contingent of folks there that walk around and actually use the
[1:13:20] school's parking lot for exercise and walking so the reason I brought that up is because I still
[1:13:25] want to continue updates on joint use agreements with the Garvey School District and Tom do you
[1:13:31] have any updates or at this time? I don't have any updates at this time. We have had a meeting scheduled
[1:13:37] it was actually supposed to take place last month. It didn't take place. It's been rescheduled for a
[1:13:42] weeks. So we do have a current joint use agreement that is
[1:13:46] inspiring and so we will be talking discussing that as well as what the
[1:13:51] options are to potentially looking at new joint use agreements. I know
[1:13:55] that's a desire that you've asked about and I believe Commissioner
[1:13:59] Vong is definitely on the same page. So I should have some information
[1:14:04] hopefully by next month. Okay. Thank you.
[1:14:15] All right, so we'll move over, we'll move to adjournment.
[1:14:22] So the next regular Parks Commission meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 6th, at 7 p.m.
[1:14:38] in the