Jun 22, 2026 Parks and Recreation Commission

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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SARAH LATHAM. HERE WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS. WADE AND. LINA IS JOINING US. I SEE HIM, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER. ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES FOR YOUR. MOTION TO. SHOULD DO OPEN FOR.

[III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[IV. OPEN FORUM – the open forum allows the public to address the commission on subjects which are not a part of the meeting. Commission may take-action, reply, or give direction to staff. Please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less.]

. I 1346. THAT WAS. TO RECOGNIZE MORE OF A INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER THAT.

THE UC BERKELEY HAS PREPARED. AND IF YOU GO THROUGH YOUR MASTER PLAN, WE'LL TRY TO WORK WITH YOU FOR A WHILE ON. POSSIBLY PUTTING IN A BASKETBALL AND ICE RINK AND ALSO. I KNOW YOU BRING YOUR. YEARS AGO. CHAD ROBBINS, IS THAT OKAY? SO SHE GOT HER HANDLE FROM THE OTHER. YEAH, I KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE. PROBABLY. I NEVER GOT A RESPONSE. I NEVER OPENED BEFORE. IT WAS JUST, YOU GUYS JUST HELP US. AND THEN I GUESS TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU MENTIONED AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS THERE. THAT. YOU.

OBVIOUSLY. I DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH. SCHOOLS ARE CERTAINLY TWO YEARS AGO, THEY TOLD ME THINGS THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO ALLOW TO HAPPEN. AND THEY WOULD THEY SAID THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING FINANCIALLY. SO FOR MAINTENANCE. SO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO ON THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE RESPONSIBILITY. FE. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE THEN. I REACHED OUT TO THEM SO THAT.

TO GET ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS HAPPEN THERE. AND AS FAR AS THINGS THAT WE HAD BEFORE WE HAD PLANNED OR TRYING TO DO IS THE PLAN WE WERE STILL WORKING ON GETTING IT INTO OUR BUDGET.

I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A LOT CHEAPER THAN THEY ARE. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK. LIKE I SAY, TRIPLE FENCING ON. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON GETTING THAT DONE AS FOR THE COURT, I DON'T

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ONE SO HAVE THE YOU KNOW. I KNOW THE. YOUNG IT. SO IT'S JUST IT'S A PROCESS AND IT IS A TOUGH THING FOR US. THEY WANT WE WANTED JUST TO START OFF. YEAH, JUST FROM NOW, I EVENTUALLY WENT IN THERE AND THEN PULLED. TALK TO ME THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. SO I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THIS PLAN AND HAVE IT RECOGNIZED, BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT, THAT YOU PUT IN THAT CORNER. BUT I DO THINK THAT IF WE EMBED THE POST AND DO A BASKETBALL COURT AND SOME WATER. SO WE COULD HAVE A LOT MORE UTILITY TO THE COMMUNITY AS A.

WITH THAT. THERE ARE AND CERTAINLY ANOTHER POINT WHERE WE HAVE THE BOARDS AND ALL THAT.

THAT'S THE ONLY WORK THAT WE ACTUALLY. I FOUND THAT OTHER AREAS, COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'RE BEING USED. SO HERE'S. I THINK WE HAD. THIS GAME AND WE KNOW ALMOST EVERYONE AROUND THE PARK AND.

MAYBE THERE HAS TO BE A SEPARATE MEETING FROM THAT. BUT YEAH, I'M SORRY. WE. WHAT IS THAT TO BE TECHNICALLY JUST THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S MOVING FORWARD AND COULD GET INCLUDED IN ANY WAY ON THE PLAN, AT LEAST RECOGNIZE. YOU KNOW. WE FEEL THE SIZE BECAUSE OF THE PARKS. THAT IS THE HARDEST PART OF. ALL RIGHT. AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, WHICH WOULD HELP ME MOVE FORWARD IF YOU'RE FINANCING. WE TALKED. I WILL. HOLD THEM AND PUSH THEM FORWARD. AND IN THE PAST, YES, I WOULD BE WILLING IF THEY WANTED TO SEE WHATEVER.

BUT YOU NEED TO YOU NEED TO KNOW THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IT BEFORE YOU WRITE. THAT PEOPLE GET. YEAH. SO. WELL, IT'S MORE GETTING THEM MORE INVOLVED AND GETTING THE ANSWERS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. SO. BUT HE'S SUBMITTING HIS BUDGET RIGHT NOW. IT'S COMING THROUGH THE BUDGET REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR. SO. SCHOOL DISTRICT INTENSITY WITH ATLANTA, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT FOR YEARS. I FEEL LIKE I NEED. THESE REFERENDUMS ARE IN

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD. LIKE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYONE ELSE. SCHOOL FOR ME. ON OTHER. THIS GROUP SHOULD GO TO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THIS PRESENTS FOR US. OUR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION TOGETHER THAT. THANK YOU. THANK. WHETHER OR NOT THE ELECTIONS ARE NOT OUR FRIENDS, BUT THEY'RE THE. SET UP THE THE APPROVAL. BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME PART. BUDGET FOR PUTTING. IT AND MAINTAINING IT. SO IT'S I THINK WE FEEL IS THE CITY. IS CONVENIENT FOR SAME FACILITIES. AND WHEN IT'S WE'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN AND IT'S SCHOOL PROPERTY AND GO TO. SAY, YOU GOT TO DO THIS. WELL, THE CITY MADE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE FEEL LIKE IT'S KIND OF GETTING DROPPED THROUGH THE GRASS. AND WHEN WE HAVE A VOICE. OR WHEN WE HAVE VOICE THAT WE'RE LIKE, WELL, IT'S NOT US, BUT IT'S NOT FOR YOU. BUT THAT'S KIND OF OUR FRUSTRATION. THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED. AND WE GOT THAT PART, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, OUR SIDE OF IT AND THEN FIGURED OUT THAT THERE IS LIKE, I MEAN, THAT WAS OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A SITUATION WITH NO COMMUNITY INPUT, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT PAUL SAID IT WAS DONE, AND THAT INPU. FOR PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND GET USED A LOT. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LOCATION, IS THAT PARK, WHICH CITY PARK, NOT CITY PARK AND TRIANGLE PARK. GREAT PARK ALSO VERY TIGHT. SO WE'RE KIND OF A LITTLE ISOLATED AND TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THIS THING AND TRYING TO GET IMPROVEMENTS. WE WOULD BENEFIT COMMUNITY. SO WE DID AT ONE THING WHERE DISCUSS AND ENTERTAIN A PERMANENT BATHROOM. NO, I SAID NO ONE PULLED THAT OFF WERE BACE CAN CONTINUE TO. REMEMBER THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. I MEAN, IT'S. TO CONFIRM THAT THEY WOULD BE WANTING ME FOR YEARS. BUT THEY. TO BE DONE TO GIVE THEIR OWN. YES, WE'D BE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, MAYBE ANYONE. AND THEY'RE OPEN AS LONG AS THEY WILL NOT BE A PART OF. WE HAVE IF WE WANT TO. GOING FORWARD. THEY'RE LIKE. HOW FAR? THAT I HAVE TO PUT IN FRONT OF THE. HAD THAT CONVERSATION, RIGHT. SO YEAH, WE. I THINK WE. HAVE. WE JUST

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. THEN IN. TWO SO AS YOU.

EXECUTING IT. FIVE YEARS AGO, SHE ENDED UP. WE WANT TO DO THIS ON THE PROJECTS, SAY LIKE FOR OUR BASEBALL US DOLLAR PAID FOR HALF LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY MORE APPEALING HELPFUL, RIGHT. THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE AT THE SAME SITUATION. I SEE IT YOU SEE FIELD. AS WELL, FUNDRAISING, FUNDRAISING. I DON'T KNOW. BUT. YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE US TO THE SCHOOL TO TALK TO THEM AND JUST SAY, I'D LIKE YOU TO WORK WITH, I DON'T WANT TO BE ON TV. I ANYONE ELSE. IN BASKETBALL, BUT.

. KIND OF IMPACT OF.

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YEAH, WE AE PLAYING IN THE FIELD AND ARE THERE ALMOST EVERY DAY. THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS OUR AGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS IS THE ONLY PUBLIC PARK IN YOUR EYE. WE WILL BE ON THE OPEN FIELD, A PLAYGROUND AND SKATING ON THE. OUR BIGGEST HOPE WOULD BE THERE TO BE A POSSIBLE. YOU WOULD USE IT ALL THE TIME. IT COULD BE A NICER WINTER. THE BASKETBALL COURT IDEA. EVERYONE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ADOPTED THE PARK YET PLAYGROUND I KNOW SO THERE YOU CAN ADOPT PLAYGROUND PORTION AND YOU KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE WE HAVE I JUST CHECKED YEAH YEAH. YEAH YOU ARE RIGHT. BUT LIKE OTHER PARKS THEY HAVE. GROUP I WANT YOU TO BE CALLING FROM TRYING TO WORK THEIR WAY UP. HERE. I KNOW SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE THERE CAN PROBABLY KIND OF. BUT FIRST OFF FOR ME IS WE DON'T HEAR. I MEAN, SO THAT YOU HAVE YOUR PLAYGROUND THERE. THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING WE COULD DO, LIKE PLANS AROUND THE PLAYGROUND. DIFFERENT. SOMETHING LIKE THE KIDS INVOLVED WITH LIKE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THERE'S A PROGRAM AND. THAT WOULD ADOPT THAT WE COULD APPLY. THAT WE ARE. YOU GUYS KNOW NOW THAT WE'RE HERE. WHEN YOU GUYS WERE LIKE, I. WENT DOWNTOWN FOR A STREET. DANCING

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THEIR FIELD FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND FOR THE BUILDING UNDERSTANDING. SO I WAS LIKE YOU SAID THERE.

[V. PRESENTATION]

LOVE THAT. TELL US WHAT WE WERE DOING THINGS THAT WE MAY END UP DOING. ALL RIGHT. SO ALL THE SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON OUR PLAN TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD I WOULD KIND OF GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT. NOT DIRECTLY. YES. YEAH. WE WE HAVE A CAVEAT LANGUAGE IN IT. AND I KNOW HOW IT NEEDS TO BE POSITIVE. AND YOU CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE AS LONG I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE A. JUST ANY TIME WE HAVE TO ONE TIME.

AND. OKAY, WELL, HERE'S A DEAL. THERE'S JUST A LOT TO DO FOR THEM, IN THEIR WORK. THEY WANTED A VOLLEYBALL PICK. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. I THINK WE DON'T HAVE TO PLOW IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT HEARTBURN OVER THERE TO A COUPLE PEOPLE, ACTUALLY. YEAH, I HAVEN'T SEEN A CAR, BUT. THAT COULD. OH YEAH. RIGHT.

WANT TO E THEY. A FULL BASKET BECAUSE I LOOKED AT ABOUT 75 TO 90 I IT'S NOT CHEAP. SO DEPENDS BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW. SO ENCOUNTER ANYTHING WHEN YOU'RE READING POSSIBILITIES. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS. BUT THERE WAS BASKETBALL COURT THE NEIGHBORS OF THEIR GAME. WAS. OVER THE NOISE BANG BANG BANG BANG. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME OUT

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THIS. ONE THAT'S PULLING IT UP. IT'S A. MASSIVE ROUND OF REVIEW THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL UNDER PUTTING TOGETHER AND REFINING THE CHAPTERS. AND AFTER WE LAST LAST I WAS LAST. TO TRY AND I SAT DOWN AND COMBED THROUGH THE PLAN. WE KIND OF TOOK EVERYTHING THAT WE HEARD AND MADE REVISIONS. AND YEAH, IT WAS CRAZY SPREADSHEET THAT BASICALLY BUDGETS FOR ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS POSSIBLY BE IF YOU WERE ABLE TO ALL OF THEM. AND FUNNELS THEM HERE FOR YEARS.

SO YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS LIKE REAL MONEY, YOU KNOW, AND REAL EFFORT AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN OVER TIME. BUT IT GIVES US, YOU KNOW, LIKE A PATH FORWARD WORK FROM. AND AS THE BUDGET KIND OF GETS A REVIEW EVERY YEAR, THERE'LL BE A I'M NE HELPFUL UNTIL THE SEVEN DAYS. THE EXTRA SET OF EYES, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ADD A COUPLE OF PAGE NUMBERS. AND ANY BOOKS THAT YOU GUYS DO. WE DON'T WANT ANY COMPLAINTS SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES. BUT HERE I'M IN FRONT OF YOU TO REALLY TALK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO. ASK QUESTIONS WHEN YOU DID IT. TAKEN ON A LONG TERM PROCESS. AND REALLY JUST TO I'M HERE TO HEAR FROM OF OTHD YOU SEE. THOSE ARE THE ONLY LIKE SECTIONS. SO I'M PRETTY GOOD AT THAT TIME TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE. OF THE MEETING. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

THERE'S ONE OTHER I GUESS SO. THERE'S A CHECKLIST OF ENTITIES AT DIFFERENT PARKS, ONE FOR CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING. AN INITIAL ONE. SO THIS IS ON PAGE. OH I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW OPTION. COLUMN. BUT THERE'S NOWHERE ON THERE THAT I THINK IT'S IT'S NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE. WELL, I SUPPOSE IT. IS. WE DO NOW. THAT WAS PRETTY. YEAH. WE DO A I'M CERTAINLY COVERED IN THE SHOULD BE COVERED HERE TOO. THE ONLY REASON WHY I THINK IT MIGHT NOT BE COVERED HERE BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY. PARTY AND THE BROWNS CREEK PRESERVE. SO I. PROBATION FOR THIS. YEAH. AS THE PLACE WHERE YOU NEED THE CROSS COUNTRY ON THERE THEN IF YOU TOLD ME IT. I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LOT MORE, BUT NOTHING WAS. THE PARK COMMISSION UNLESS IT HAS LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TRIP. I MEAN, THAT'S RECREATIONAL AND IT'S OKAY. THAT WOULD BE IN THIS AND THE RECREATION. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IS ADDRESSED IN BOTH AREAS. SO WHEN WE GO. USE. SKI TRAILS AND THEN. ADDITION HERE. SO

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RIGHT. AND IT WAS A DIFFERENT ACTION OTHER THAN I LIKE THERE WASN'T A LOT, YOU KNOW, SO I SOL OF THEM RIGHT. BUT. BUT YOU KNOW THAT. I MEAN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. IT WAS EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. NICE JOB SIR, CANO YOU. LIKE THE PROCESS AND I LOVE. THIS REALLY. SOMEONE THAT WAS LIKE, DO YOU REALLY? BUT THERE ARE MISSING TOO, RIGHT? I THINK YOU'RE KIND OF A LOT OF OUR THINGS ARE SIMILAR, BUT WE'RE SAYING THAT IT'S A BIG. GO OUT THERE FOR. YOU FOR SURE.

NOT TAKE IT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COME. DURING THIS, YOU KNOW, GIVE US A MINUTE. PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR THAT USUALLY. YEAH. I THINK LIKE A FIVE YEAR PLAN, REMEMBERING YOUR PLAN. YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S NOT ALL HAPPEN TOMORROW. YEAH. BUT IT'S TO SOLUTION IS A LITTLE. SOME THINGS ARE NOT THAT EXPENSIVE, RIGHT. AND OUR STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL THE THINGS RIGHT AWAY, WE'RE PROBABLY CONCENTRATED ON. FOR SURE MAKING ALL THE BEDROOMS ACCESSIBLE, THINGS LIKE THAT WE CAN DO. BUT WE JUST STARTED PUTTING BATHROOMS THAT EVERY PART OF THAT FOR THEM IN THEIR PARK. BUT TRYING TO HAVE CONSISTENCY TO. ARE CONSIDERED ON THIS. COMMUNITY PARK. SO WE TALK ABOUT HOW THIS ONE HAS A MASTER PLAN. AND SO WE'RE

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SO IT'S COMING UP ON. BUT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING IMPROVEMENTS. SO GETTING THROUGH THOSE PROBABLY FIRST AND THEN REEVALUATING IF THERE IF IT CAN STILL BE USED AS REASONABLE STUFF. THERE'S THINGS THAT THE LANGUAGE YOU KNOW. YOU MEAN JUST ALL THE ADDITIONS THAT ARE. JUST LIKE. AND THEN THAT'S FINE. OKAY. THE OTHER ONE, BECAUSE THAT DETAILS ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BUT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN. A. MEETING. THAT ADDRESSED IN HERE.

YEAH. NOTED. YEAH. AND THEN LET'S SEE, HERE WE GO. SO THIS IS THE SPREAD SPECIFICALLY, I CENTER AND WE TALK ABOUT LIKE HOW TO OPERATE IT MOVING FORWARD. BUT THEN WE HAVE THIS SPREAD WHICH TALKS ABOUT EXPANSION POTENTIAL. AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THE GRAPHICS FROM THE PROPOSED CURRENTLY EXPANSION. AND THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE'RE ADDRESSING THE FACT THAT THERE'S COMMUNITY WIDE INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AVAILABLE LANDS, THIS IS LIKE ANOTHER POSSIBLE SITE FOR IT. BUT REALLY LOOKING AT HOW THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO THE CENTER RIGHT NOW, AND IF AT ANY POINT. THERE'S STILL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS YOU WOULD DO LIKE REBUILD. 60 YEARS. LIKE I MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FRONT, SO YOU CAN FILL IN ON PAGES. SO. THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS HERE. I MEAN, THIS PARK IS SO MUCH FUN, BUT I THINK SOME CLARITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ICE ARENA AND THINKING ABOUT ANY IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF A POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT, LIKE A BROADER IMPROVEMENT THAT INCLUDES THE AREA OUTSIDE OF IT WOULD BE SMART PLAY. SO WE REFERRING TO IT AS A LAKE ACTIVITY AREA. BUT JUST LOOKING AT HERE, IS THIS RIGHT PARKING? DO YOU HAVE MORE CARBON THAN YOU NEED? IS CIRCULATION. YOU WANT. AND ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE COULD ADD VALUE TO EXPERIENCE? WHAT CAME OUT OF WARNER. WHICH IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN LIKE HIGH LEVEL? SO OVER HERE. WE'RE PULLING THEM UP TO THE PLAN WAS LIKE THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE HAVE AND PROVIDED SOME IDEAS FOR A CHANGE OF I HAD ON MY COLLEAGUE. CHANGE. THAT'S NOT EASY. YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE ABLE TO TACKLE THOSE HARD CONCEPTS. SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TALKING TO CHAT AND THERE'S A PRETTY PRESCRIPTIVE WAY OF TALKING PLAYGROUND TOYS. SO AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YEARS OLD, IT'S LIKE THIS ONE GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE THIS SET LIKE IT'S $80,000 RIGHT NOW, OR I WILL SWITCH OVER TO 90,000 FOR NEW PLAY EQUIPMENT. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE TRY TO CONNECT TO. IT COULD FIT INTO THE CITY, AND IT'S USUALLY A SMALL ROLE. YEAH. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM ARE PROBABLY WANT MAYBE JUST THAT ADOPTED PLAN A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, GET CLOSER TO THAT HERE.

WE WANT TO GET THROUGH THE WHOLE CYCLE THAT WE HAD SET UP TO GET ALL THE WAY AROUND THESE WALLS TO COME UP. SO I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH SAM FINALLY. YEAH. IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A SAFE PLACE. IT'S INTERESTING. YEAH. ALL. ALL THAT STUFF. YEAH. LIKE ALL THE WAY. SO MOVING FORWARDS AND VIPER SPECIAL TYPE OF WIDGET THAT IS READY FOR LIGHTS. HDL.

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HE HE REALLY LIKED THEM AT THAT TIME. BUT HE TRIED TO FIND THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND, YOU KNOW, PROTECT OURSELVES. WE NEED TO HAVE THE FIBER IN THERE. SO. IT'S KIND OF. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WITH. AND SO . MOBILIY AND COMFORT AND FAMILIES WITH, YOU KNOW, KIDS PLAYING IMPLEMENTATION AND PROVIDING THAT VARIETY IS RESTRUCTURING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ALLOCATED EACH YEAR FOR DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND PLAYING OFF MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS SO THAT YOU CAN DO MORE INDIVIDUAL ONES. SO THAT'S A STRATEGY THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY MOVING FORWARD IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY HOW MUCH WE DO, I GUESS WE HAVE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS LIKE REALLY THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF BUDGET THAT PARKS THEMSELVES HAVE AND ADVOCATING FOR HOW CAN WE DEMOLISH OR WITH WHAT WE HAVE AROUND ME ANYMORE IF WE WANT TO BE DOING THESE THINGS? THE REALLY TRICKY THING AND EVERYBODY DOES IT DIFFERENTLY.

SO THERE'S NO ONE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. BUT LOOKING AT POTENTIAL SOURCES, OBVIOUSLY MOST MOST OF EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, STARTS WITH GENERAL FUND, JUST LIKE THE TYPICAL AMOUNT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ALLOCATED. SHIFTED OVER TIME OR HAS BEEN KIND OF. TAX LEVIES AND LOCAL ORDINANCES ARE NOT PRESENT. MOST CITIES. SO THAT USUALLY INVOLVES QUITE A BIT OF STRATEGY AND POLITICKING AND SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS TO ALL BUY INTO.

WE HAVE THAT GOING RIGHT NOW. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S. IT'S A LOT. USUALLY IT'S BRINGING IN MORE MONEY THAN WE CAN. SO I SAID, WELL. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL WHEN YOU'RE PIGGYBACKING OFF OF YOUR FUNDS. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SUCH AN EASY JOB. I MAINTENANCE AND ROAD WORK TYPICALLY, BUT WHEREVER THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE HOPING FOR SOME MONEY FOR THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE INTO SOMETHING, I THINK THAT YOU WANT TO START DROPPING INTO THAT. FOR INSTANCE, SCHOOL TRAILS WORK AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND LIKE THE EDGES OF YOUR WORKS. BUT, BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THOSE BIGGER TICKET ITEMS. AND COST RECOVERY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE THE TIME OF PAYING FOR INDIVIDUAL SERVICES WITHIN PARKS AND A LOT OF STUDENTS DON'T WANT THAT. PICKING UP THEIR RENTAL AND SECOND GENERATION. SO THAT SHELTERS AND PAVILIONS ARE VERY PRICEY TO INSTALL. SO UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE CHARGING FOR, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT LIKE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR NEW ONES. PARKING, THE MAINTENANCE OF EVERYTHING ON. PARKING ON THE POLES FROM IT PARTNERSHIPS. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES HERE. BUT AGAIN, IT CAN BE HARD TO GENERATE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT'S EASIER TO GENERATE FOR SURE. LABOR. BUT YOU REALLY HAVE DONATIONS. I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE.

. INVOLVED FOR THE WHOLE PARK. THIS IS NOT NEW IN THE CITY.

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BUT YOU CAN FUND MODS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND ALL SORTS OF SYSTEMS. YEAH. SO IF YOU HAVE STAFF THAT ARE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THE EFFORT TO WRITE THOSE PLANS, OR YOU CAN HIRE CONSULTANTS TO HELP THOSE GRANTS, THE INVESTMENT OF THAT SMALL GRANT EFFORT IS GREAT.

AND THEY HAVE THAT GRANT PROGRAM TO THE $5,000, BUT FOR NOW. SO THAT'S A GOOD WAY OF AWAY, I THINK. YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR. GET TURNED DOWN FROM GRANT AND YOUR LOWER BACK TO THE HOUSE TO OPERATE THE HOUSE. SO OPERATION FUNDS THE NEXT YEAR IS A LOT BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET IT. FUNDS ARE ALSO GREAT. WE ACTUALLY USE THOSE FUNDS FOR JK PLAYFIELDS. WE GOT A GRANT. HERE'S AGO DOWNTOWN GRANT. SO WE'VE USED A LOT OF THAT. SO OUR. BALANCE THERE IS DEFINITELY TAKES A, YOU KNOW, A DECENT EFFORT TO GET YOUR HEAD.

A GRANT AND, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIZE THE ANGLE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. BUT AGAIN, SO CONSIDERING STAFFING, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE AT FUNDS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT CAN'T JUST BE ALL FOR PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE CITY GRANT WRITER SENDS OUT. AND WE GET TO THE OTHER THINGS THAT WHICH IS THE FULL TIME DEPUTY POSITION.

I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS WHEN I MEAN, IN MY OPINION, IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL OF THIS.

YOU'VE ALREADY GOT AN OVERWORKED PLACE, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS AND THINK ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND ALL THAT STUFF, RIGHT? WHATEVER. THE POSITION IS PARTLY TRYING TO MANAGE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE THINGS, . RESPOND TO THINGS, ORGANIZE YOUR WHOLE TEAM. AND THE HARDEST PART OF HIS POSITION, I THINK THAT POSITION IS MORE. WE NEED MORE STAFF ON A DIRECTOR AND A DIRECTOR. RIGHT. I'M JUST TRYING TO WRAP STUFF, PUT IT IN. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE PARKS. ALL THE CONSTRUCTION WORK WITH EVERYBODY. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE CITY FOR 20 YEARS NOW. SO THEN I'M HEARING THAT. IS THAT WHERE MAYBE THAT'S I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS YOUR INTENTION OF THAT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT IN CONTEXT OF LIKE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE AND COORDINATING THE RUNNING BASICALLY OF WHAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU HIRE PART TIME, BUT THEN

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YEAH. YOU GUYS ROLE AS COMMISSIONERS AND. COUNCIL PART OF IT. AND. SO FOR YEARS AND YEARS AGO. DO SO MUCH. OH YEAH. WELL, IT'S, THERE'S JUST ACCESS TO RUNNING A PARK SYSTEM. AND SO LIKE FROM A MAINTENANCE SIDE, THAT'S ONE THING. BUT THEN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING PROGRAMING AND, AND LOOKING AHEAD, I MEAN, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS EXACT THING, YOU HAVE YOUR BASELINE SCENARIO, WHICH IS LIKE KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND YOU HAVE LIKE THE, OKAY, GIVE ME LIKE A SCENARIO WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY LIKE OPERATING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE IDEAL SCENARIO, WHICH IS LIKE, OKAY, IF WE HAD EVERYTHING THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED AND WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT, HERE'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE PERSPECTIVE. FROM THE PARK SYSTEM THAT HAS THAT, ISN'T THAT RESOURCE, BUT SOMETHING. IS NOT A POINT TO. SO FACING THE NEXT TWO YEARS HAVE ALREADY BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH FOR THIS PART. SO YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO START SEEING THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT UNTIL 2028. YEAH. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATED ALREADY WAS FOR THE 3 TO 5 SHORT TERM, BUT SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN START TO THINK THROUGH, OKAY, WHAT WERE THE PRIORITIES? AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT, ARE THEY STILL RELEVANT THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR A COUPLE YEARS? BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR SYSTEM WIDE, YOU KNOW, GOALS IN OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND TRYING TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD ALL APART FROM A ACCESSIBILITY STANDPOINT WITH THE RESTROOMS AND WITH THINKING ABOUT ACCESS AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FRUIT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S A GOOD TIME FRAME TO START TACKLING THAT. AND MAYBE YOU LIKE ONE BIGGER PROJECT THAT FEELS LIKE AN ACHIEVEMENT AND FEELS LIKE IT HELPS WITH MOMENTUM AND SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE . MAKE SURE THAT 6 TO 10 YEARS FROM IS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW,

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I MEAN, I GUESS. YEAH, I REALLY LIKE BEGINNING. I REALLY LIKE IT. YOU REALLY LISTENED TO THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAD. I DON'T ALWAYS LIKE SAY ACCESSIBILITY. I REALLY LIKE THAT YOU CALL OUT CONNECTIONS REALLY LIKE THAT. I THINK ONE OF THE SPOTS THAT I WAS KIND OF WONDERING ABOUT, AND THIS IS KIND OF ACTUALLY TIES INTO THE OLD ATHLETIC FIELD, IS THESE INTERESTING SPOTS WHERE BEFORE I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT THEM AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE IN ONE COUNTRY, YOU COULD ATTEST TO THIS, BUT IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE ONE OF THESE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. AND IT'S JUST GETTING OLD, I'M SURE TOO. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BAD OR SOMETHING. FALL APART AS A POCKET FOR PEOPLE. SO THOSE ARE FOR THE FUTURE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT AS I WAS READING THROUGH IT. 30 SOME YEARS. HERE BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE YEARS, ONE. WHERE I DON'T THINK REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO. I THINK IT IS. I DON'T THINK SO. THERE IS A.

THERE ALL THE TIME, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE. YEAH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES CITIES DECIDE TO DO IS SAY, HERE'S A PROPERTY THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING. AND JUST IN A PLAN, LIKE IF IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, WE WILL ACCELERATE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FORMALIZE IN THIS MODEL IF YOU WOULD LIKE. BUT IT'S ALSO VERY TENUOUS. AND SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER JUST TO LET STAFF HANDLE THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND NOT HAVE IT FOR MYSELF. SO IT'S REALLY UP TO THEM. IF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THE OWNER. OKAY, SO LIKE THE MAJOR RENOVATIONS THAT ADA IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH FUNDING IS, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIONS WAS I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER OTHER ONE JUST PULLING OUT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED IN THERE. AND THAT IS ON THE STUDYING HERE TONIGHT IS THE THE GROUND UP WORK FROM THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND THAT THE

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BUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING, WHEN IT WAS FIRST COMMISSIONED, IT USED TO BE, AS I SAY, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR LIKE 40 YEARS THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT PART BECAUSE I THINK COMMUNITY CONNECTION IS MISSING. AND I LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COORDINATION OF LIKE, HOW DO YOU USE THIS WAS PURPOSELY TRYING TO DO THAT, RIGHT AND GET PEOPLE INTO THE BANDSHELL.

HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE AND SHOW US? SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT, AND I THINK A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND HOW THEY CAN BE A PART OF HELPING EXECUTING SOME OF THESE SMALLER THINGS. BUT I THINK THEY COULD BUILD OFF OF, IF YOU HAD THEM BUILD THE LITTLE ASSIGNMENT HERE. THERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. SO I THINK THAT THE PROGRAMING FOR THE LOCAL STAFF IS, I THINK OF ANOTHER OTHER HIGHLIGHT THAT I FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT. AND I THINK YOU CALL THAT OUT IN A DIFFERENT WAYS. AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR IT. YEAH. AND WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THAT SORT OF CONVERSATION IS GOING TO GO. FOR THAT. THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE, NOT JUST WATCH BIG SHOWS AND THEY WANT TO BE. SO I THINK. THINKING ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE EVENTS OF I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THEM AND ALL THAT STUFF. ANOTHER ONE THAT CAME UP, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING COMMENT IN THERE, AND THAT'S A REALLY POPULAR THING THAT PEOPLE THERE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER. BUT THEN THERE'S ALL THE OTHER PLACES HERE WHERE THERE'S NOT A RENTAL SPACES FOR ALL THOSE KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE. AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN EVEN DO THAT IS THE REC. PARK. DURING THE VACATION. UP THERE.

YOU KNOW? THAT'S A GOOD. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT I THINK A PIECE THAT I HAD NO IDEA WE ALL DID THIS REALLY UNDERVALUED OR UNDERUTILIZED FOR US IN TERMS OF MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE. WINTERTIME ACTIVITY, INDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT THERE. THEY COME, WINTERTIME ACTIVITIES, EVERYBODY'S GONNA WANT TO GO OUTSIDE AND CROSS-COUNTRY SKI. EVERYONE CAN NECESSARILY, I THINK LIKE WE NEED TO PUT SOME VALUE INTO THE REC CENTER AND HOW TO MARKET THAT. KNOW THAT THERE THIRD PARTY PEOPLE OPERATING THE WEBSITE, BUT THAT. THAT REALLY PLAY. CAN BE REALLY USEFUL TO KNOW WHAT THE USAGE OF REC CENTER IS. AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING WHO OWNS RENTING IT, WHO'S USING IT. AND SO I REMEMBER WATCHING THE. NOT WHITE BEAR SUMMER UP THERE, BUT LIKE OVER 60 SOFTBALL LEAGUE OR SOMETHING. THAT'S GREAT. AND I THINK PEOPLE THAT KNOW THAT NEED TO KNOW HOW TO JOIN THOSE THINGS. I THINK THAT THERE GET USED IN A LOT MORE EFFICIENT WAYS. I THINK FROM A PRINCIPLES BASED IN THE WINTERTIME. RIGHT.

THAT WOULD BE A BIG PLACE. AND THEN. ONE OF THE THINGS. GESTURES ARE THE SAME FOR.

[01:10:02]

HEARING FROM YOU IS RECOMMENDATF BRINGING BACK A COMMUNITY, SOMETHING ENTIRELY, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT RECOMMENDATION. WELL, SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I WOULD SEE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT.

YEAH. COMMUNITY GROUPS HAVE DONE A LOT IN THE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, I MEAN, I'M BRINGING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE RELATED ONES. YEAH. SO WE CALL OUT SPECIFICALLY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THEM. I THINK BECAUSE COMMUNITY PROGRAMING ARE. THAT'S THE CONNECTION. SO EVEN LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT THE QUARTERLY IS THAT THEY DID THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. ON THAT THIS WOULD BE THE PROBLEM AT THE BEGINNING A LOT MORE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM IN THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I CAN TRY TO FIND SOME PLACES WITHIN THE PLAN TO LIKE THESE PROBLEMS. THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF I WAS KIND OF JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE THAT FOR LIKE A POSITION LIKE THAT TO USE IN EVERY. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME LEADERSHIP. SO THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION WE WANTED TO PROVE. OR DO WE WANT THE CHANGES BEFORE

[01:15:10]

WELL, YEAH. SO I MEAN, AROUND W. AND SO WE KIND OF BALANCE. THE POWER, BUT NOT. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A PIECE OF THE LONGER. WITH YOU, JUST LIKE IDENTIFYING WHAT THE PRIORITY IS. AND THERE NEEDS TO BE THAT DESIGN, LIKE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TACKLE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED? WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO GET TO THAT PART SO THAT THAT'S THE PART OF THIS THAT'S OBVIOUS IN THIS. YEAH. WHICH THIS IS LIKE A. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY LIKE, OKAY, I'M COMING UP TO FIVE YEARS. HERE'S ALL THE THINGS WE SAID WE WERE REASONABLY LIKE THINKING WE COULD BE DOING. AND THEN WE GIVE THEM FODDER FOR LIKE A WORKSHOP MEETING WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, LET'S CALL THESE PIECES AND LET'S SORT THEM BY PRIORITY.

. LIKE, MENU. HERE'S A QUESTION I HAVE IN. YEAH. SO WHAT THAT WAS, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. IT WAS GOOD FOR TODAY. SO WE HAVE LIKE, OH, GREAT, YOU'D BE DOING YOUR REPORT. OH. REALLY? YEAH. SO THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO LOOK AT BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY THE THING THAT COMES WITH. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I FIND THAT

[01:20:04]

SO THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. AND I THINK THOSE LITTLE THINGS ARE NOT TO BE UNDER. AND THEN THE KIDS BUILDING THE PROGRAM THROUGH BUILDING THE. CITY. AND THEN THEY GO HOME. THEY LIKE MY DAD, LIKE WE WILL SEE THE THING THAT I PLAY TODAY. AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. AND I THINK SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THAT. SO TRIANGLE PARK, I WAS THERE IN THE IN THE 50S WITH MY FATHER OFFERING BUCKETS. AND IT WAS QUITE. YEAH. AND PUT IT ALL OVER THERE. WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU IN THAT. WHERE DO WE GO IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH WHAT WE WANT TO. AT THESE ADDITIONS, BECAUSE SHE'S DOING IT AND I ME.

WERE. IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU AND I WILL MUSTARD IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THOSE PAGE NUMBERS. AND THEN IF I DO LIKE POP UP DIFFERENT LINES OF TEXT IN THERE AND WHAT ARE ALL THOSE CHANGES ARE. AND THEN. THIS IS 2020. DESCRIPTION FOR THIS SITE NEEDS TO HAVE THIS CONTENT FOR THE PURPOSE. OF. NICE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY GO ON THE WEBSITE SO PEOPLE COULD CONTINUE TO SEE IT AND THEN ACCOUNTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF HANDY. ON THE WEST END. THAT WOULD COME. SO WE CAN. CALL THEM. FIRST MOTHER COME IN. SO SHE'S NOT.

RIGHT PLACE LIKE THAT SOMETIMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHE CAN SIT THROUGH. SO ANYBODY. ARE YOU WORKING ON A. WAY? WHAT? THE PROJECT. FIRST ORDER WORK ON THE BANNERS. AND WE. CAN BELIEVE THAT YOU IS NOT THAT WENT OVER BUDGET. SO WE ARE IN TALK ABOUT WHAT'S. YEAH. WHAT'S A GOOD SORT OF PIECE OF I MEAN AND END UP BEING GOOD OR. ENTRANCES AND THAT KIND OF GET

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[3. Event Discussion]

AND I JUST KIND OF THINK TODAY, ACTUALLY KNOWING THIS ON TOP OF THE HILL, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ASSUME GOING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM AND NOT NECESSARILY THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE COULD HAVE EVENTS EVERY SINGLE WEEK. NOW, IS THAT FAIR TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? WHO WANTS TO WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN AND JUST ENJOY THEMSELVES IN THE WHOLE PLACE, AND WE CAN THE COMMUNITY IS GOING, IS THAT SOMETHING? THEY COME DOWN AND ENJOY THEIR OWN, BUT IF THEY DO THAT RIGHT, AND IT IS. I WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS WHERE, YOU KNOW. I CAN SIT OVER, BUT WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO RUN

[01:30:09]

THE NOISE COULD COME FROM SO DIFFERENTLY. AND I DON'T THINK I'M OBSERVING THAT THE HOUSES I CAN SEE THE HOUSES RIGHT THERE. I SORT OF LIKE MYSELF. I SEE US UPDATING MORPHOLOGIES WHERE IT'S MUSIC AND STAGES WE HAVE IT HERE AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, FOR HIS MY COMPLAINT, THAT'S THE. CITY BUILDING TO USE FOR THAT. BUT I'M THINKING I'M JUST I'M.

I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN I MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK AT THIS. AND, THERE'S OTHER OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE POLICIES LIKE THIS ON PARK USES OR. RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION. SO WE'LL BE HAVING TO READ ALL THIS. SO IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO TELL A LITTLE WITH ALL AROUND THE PARK AGENT, ALL THE MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION, I'M STILL A MEMBER. AS A MEMBER, YOU CAN ALREADY NOTICE ON THERE FOR ALL THE PARKS IN THE STATE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR USE GUIDELINES IN YOUR PARKS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE USE IT? WHAT TYPE OF GROUPS CAN USE IT? SO I SAID IT HAS A REALLY GOOD POLICY. SO THEY HAVE EVENTS HERE IN ONE, TWO, THREE, AND MOSTLY BASED OFF OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT THE EVENT. SO THEY ONLY HAVE A NUMBER LIKE TIER TWO AND THREE ONES. AND THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF HOW YOU WOULD THOSE EVENTS THEY CAN HAVE. PROMOTED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OF COURSE THERE'S. OUR GUIDELINE ABOUT HOW THEY APPROVE EVENTS. AND SO LIKE IT'S CHARITABLE, IT GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ALL GET A SCORING ALL SORTS OF THINGS DONE, SAME DAY RATE PRIORITY FOR IF FOR THE PAST YEARS, THERE'S SOME CITY. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE IF IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN OPERATING THE PAST FIVE YEARS, IT GETS CONSIDERED IN. THAT. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE PARKS IN TERMS OF HOW THE EVENT NOT TO THE CITY'S MISSION VALUES AND STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH I THINK KIND OF OTHER BIGGER. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE WAS THE ONE OF THE EVENTS. IT WAS THE GOAL OF YOU WANT YOU GUYS TO HAVE IN OUR PARKS, HOW MANY ARE FOR TOURISM AND HOW FOR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEIR GOALS ARE EACH AND BOTH ARE VALID. YES. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. YEAH. REINVENTING THE WHEEL ON ON THE BALL OR SOMEONE'S LIKE BRINGING UP, PUTTING THEIR PROGRAM ON THAT AND OTHER CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN. YEAH.

OTHER COUNTY, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THAT'S, I THINK YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THEY KNOW, WHAT DO RESIDENTS EVEN WANT? RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH, I GET IT ALL OVER. YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT OVER A WORKSHOP EVENT DECIDED HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE WANT THIS.

CONTRACT. THERE ARE MORE. JUST SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT UNDER THAT ONLY TO. 2500 PEOPLE.

SO IT HAS TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AS WELL. SO THERE'S SOME RULES. THERE ARE SOME

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SHE'S LIKE, IT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO. AND ALSO LIKE LIKE THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T GO WELL, YOU KNOW, WELL ATTENDED. YEAH, I WILL EVALUATE AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK FOR THAT, I MEAN, IT'S GETTING THAT FEEDBACK WOULD BE LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU GET THAT RETAIL WITHOUT MYSELF HAVING BEEN ON. THERE FOR MANY, BUT I WILL WE ARE DOING THE DEVELOPMENT, DOING A STUDY. I TOLD YOU THIS, BUT THEY'RE GOING BACK FIVE YEARS AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL THEIR BIG GUNS LIKE LUMBERJACK DAYS, HARVEST FEST, ART FAIR, SNOW COUNTRY, AND TWO DAYS, I THINK. AND THEN THERE ARE COMPANIES PUTTING THEY CAN GET RECORDS OF ALL THE CELL PHONES FROM THOSE WELL, SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT DATA. AND THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE. THIS STUDY IS SUPPOSED TO BE PRETTY HARD AND GET WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE FROM WAS THE COOLEST PART. I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT. AND I, I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST DOING IT GOING FORWARD FOR THIS YEAR. WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO IT LIKE FLASH BACK FIVE YEARS TO GET A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY PARKING. AND THEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA IS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR ABILITIES ARE. YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE SOME LIKE SEEING WHATEVER THAT IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE BENCHMARKING THAT IS RIGHT ON THE FIRST PAGE, THIS, THIS ALL POINTS THERE. BUT EVEN THE ORGANIZERS, I THINK, DON'T LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THEY ASKED ME THE SAME QUESTION THAT ARE RENTED, YOU KNOW? THAT'S RIGHT. YOU GET HER. YEAH. HOW DO WE WANT US TO SHARE HER? IN SOME OF IT. SO.

BUT SHE. SHE'S JUST REVIEWING, YOU KNOW, THE FROM MEMORIAL DAY I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXCITED THAT. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE SUMMERTIME. THAT'S WHEN EVERYONE'S KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT SHE'S LIKE LOOKING AT THOSE TIMES, ESPECIALLY YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE APPLY ALL TOGETHER TO SAY FEBRUARY. AND THEN THE STAFF WILL SHOW. AND MAYBE THAT'S HOW MANY EVENTS WE WANT DURING THAT TIME FRAME. AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN PULL THEM ALL, YOU KNOW, NOT AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT WITH EACH OTHER. AND, YOU KNOW, COMPARING EVENTS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, MEET THE CRITERIA WE WANT. WHAT ELSE DID SHE SAY? SHE PROBABLY GOES THAT YOU WOULD PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL LIKE THIS IS THE, THE SPIRIT OF THE. COMMISSION RECOMMENDS. ON HERE. SHE HAS SOME IDEAS ON HOW MANY AND STUFF LIKE THAT. LIKE SHE HAS MORE THAN THREE A MONTH OR NOT MORE THAN TWO WEEKENDS IN A ROW. MAYBE THERE IS THREE TWO WEEKEND OFF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SPREAD IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEN SHE KIND OF HAD IT WHERE CHARITABLE EVENTS LIKE TO RUN ON YOUR TIME WITH YOUR TEARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT THE RESIDENTS DIRECTLY THINK

[01:40:05]

AND THEN THEY WOULD MAYBE OFFER OTHER PARKS TO THEM IF YOU REALLY WANT FUN. BUT MAYBE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND. AND, YOU KNOW, AN EXAMPLE THERE WAS. LIKE RUNNING EVENTS LIKE SPRING OR SUMMER. THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD HOST VERSUS, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH I WANT TO BE ON THERE BECAUSE OF PARKING AND ALL THAT STUFF. BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAD ON THERE, WHATEVER CURRENT PRACTICE. I THOUGHT WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO KEEP JUST AUTOMATICALLY GRANDFATHER AND, AND I DON'T IT WILL BE A LOT OF WORK, BUT THAT'S FINE IF WE WANT TO DO IT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE TIME FRAME THAT EVERY 2 OR 3 YEARS WE REVIEW THEM, YOU KNOW, OR IF THEY DO, LET'S SAY LIKE, I DON'T GET THERE AND THEY ARE ON THE CALENDAR, LIKE YOU SAY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE HERE. AND THEN WE WORK THROUGH ALL THE OTHER ONES. BUT SHE THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO A PROCESS EVERY YEAR FOR EVENTS INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THEM AUTOMATICALLY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE IS A BENEFIT TO THE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GRANDFATHERED IN EVEN THOUGH YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, SO THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CONSISTENCY IS.

YEAH. AND SHE JUST SAID, NO ONE SAYS THAT. ALL THE ONES THAT ARE SAVED AND THEY ARE THE ONES.

I THINK THAT'S PRETTY. ADULTS I JUST TALKED TO HER AGAIN. SO I'M PROBABLY KNOW ON THIS LIKE I, I DON'T LOVE THEM ON EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AND IT'S LIKE KIND OF RIGHT NOW. SO I PROBABLY I'M ON THAT FENCE AND IT'S NOT, I DON'T LIKE TENDING EVENTS. IT'S LIKE, I THINK OF IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LIKE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES EVERY YEAR BRING UP OF IT WAS IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF TALKING ABOUT LIKE, EVERY TIME YOU WIN THIS, YOU CAN'T DO THIS. AND LIKE, THAT'S HOW I THINK ABOUT IT WITH EVENTS IS LIKE EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT, JUST TALKING TO NEW PEOPLE, COORDINATING LOGISTICS VERSUS PRESENTATIONS THAT I EMAIL YOU, WHETHER YOU DO TACKLE THOSE ISSUES, BUT LIKE, I A. LOT OF GREAT SOLUTIONS THAT ONE OFFERED, BUT I THINK. THE CONVERSATION AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHAT I WAS SAYING WITH THE MASTER PLAN THROUGHOUT OUR PLANNING SPREADSHEET, LIKE I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE FUN EVENTS DOWNTOWN IS LIKE BRINGING IN THE TOURIST PIECE A BIT MORE SO. AND I KIND OF WONDER ABOUT LIKE YOUR EXPERT AT THE FUN TOWN FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAN COVER PROGRAMING OF EVENTS IF IT'S THAT SIGNIFICANT. BUT IF YOU BRING IN OUT OF TOWN, YOU'RE BRINGING OUT OF TOWN PEOPLE THERE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY JOBS IS, YOU KNOW, CVB AS A, AS A SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES DOWN HERE. AND THAT FOR PROJECT LANDING BRIDGE VIEW PARK AREA, YOU KNOW LAUNCHING PLACE. SOME EXAMPLES IN HERE AND THEN FROM INSIDERS LISTENING TO MASSAGE IT. AND THIS SHOULD BE THE SAME. SHE PUT THAT TOGETHER. SHE. SHE. AND THE PURPOSE OF. YEAH. YEAH.

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AGAINST PROFESSIONALS HERE TO FOLLOW THROUGH. WITH SOME SIGNAGE, SUNRISE PARK AND THEN FOLLOW YOU ON THAT DAY AFTER DAY WITH, WITH THE THREE TIERS OF LIBRARY. AND THEN WE WANT TO HOLD ON. OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING ONE OF THOSE LIKE RATIONAL FEAR OR IT WOULD PROBABLY BE LIKE CALLING OUT THEY'VE GOT SOME GOOD SIGNAL TO ABOUT HOW MANY BOOKS. DO YOU WANT? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN JUST WHATEVER'S COMING FROM US, BUT LIKE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE MIGHT WANT TO CERTIFY? MAYBE THERE'S A GROUP THAT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO BOTHER TRYING TO GET THIS, BUT MAYBE THEY HAVE, . THOUGHT ABOUT ELIZABETH. HOW MANY ROAD RACES WOULD I WANT TO HAVE DOWN THERE? AND PLANNING FOR THIS COMING YEAR? YOU KNOW, JUST OFF YOUR PERSPECTIVE, LIKE HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU. LIKE? IT'S EVERY DAY. THERE'S CALLS FROM SOMEBODY. THAT'S THE OTHER POSITION THAT WE WANT TO HIRE BECAUSE OF THE DATING ME. AND SO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON, IT WOULD.

DO THAT. THAT'S HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE DO WHAT AM I PUT

[01:50:44]

THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT.

SOLDIERS. AND IT'S HARD. LIKE YOU'RE LISTENING TO THEM. IT'S LIKE. BUT. WE'LL GET THERE AGAIN. WELL, WHAT HAPPENED FROM COVID JUST SHUT DOWN, RIGHT? AND WE WANT TO GROW AND WE GREW.

I MEAN, IT'S STILL ONE OF THE BUSINESS IS STILL WHERE I'D JUST SHUT UP. AND I MEAN, THE RESTAURANT THAT I GO INTO EVERY YEAR, THEY DON'T GO OUT OF BUSINESS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG CHANGE. SO WE'VE MADE AN EFFORT TO ATTRACT A NICE. CROWDED. IT USED TO BE JUST, YOU KNOW, WESTERN. AREA WHERE WE JUST KNOW THERE'S NOT A SOUL, BUT NOT ANYMORE. BUT.

[4. Staff Updates (no packet materials)]

THIS MONTH, LIKE THIS SATURDAY WE. BRIDGE RACE. IT'S IT STARTS OVER AT LITTLE BRIDGE BREWERY.

SOME DAYS, THE DAY AFTER FOURTH. THAT'S EVERY TUESDAY FOR SIX WEEKS. WE HAVE STARTED THIS FARMERS MARKET TWO WEEKENDS AGO. SO THAT'S UP AT THE VETS LOT. THE SHOW WILL BE AT PIONEER PARK. 711. IT'S MY. BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY COMING UP THE 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH OF JULY.

THEN ON THE 25TH FOLLOWING WEEK AFTER LONG DAYS OFF. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER DAY, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER. AND THEN WE ALSO ON THAT SAME DAY . THAT MAKES. ON T.

[01:55:02]

HOLBROOK. OF. WHY CAN RED ROCKETS BURSTING IN THE AIR AND. WHATEVER. SO I GOT THE RED ROCK TO DO THE WORKS. THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE START OF THE FIREWORKS SHOW. WE'RE SHOOTING ROCKETS IN THE AIR AND SHOOTING ROCKETS, AND BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR. WE'RE SHOOTING THEM.

CLUSTER BOMBS? YEAH. SO. SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR THAT YOU CAN START IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT. WE WORKED WITH, BY THE WAY, WE GOT A. NEW ON THIS COMING, REMEMBER? YOU KNOW. SO I CAN'T COME DOWN ON THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTERS. THEY CAN'T GO DOWNTOWN. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE GOING UP HERE AND CAN'T WATCH HEAR THE MUSIC. AND THE MUSIC IS WHAT SETS IT APART. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A YOUTUBE CHANNEL, TV BROADCAST OF FIREWORKS. SO SOMEBODY CALLED UPON THEIR PHONE AND WATCH THE FIREWORKS AND THE MUSIC UP HERE. TO YOUR POINT. SO EXPRESSION. YOU GET A.

WATER. SO DO THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, THE SHOP, THE FIREWORKS. WE NEED A SPOTLIGHT. PUT ON THE AMERICAN FLAG. SOMEONE. I'M TRYING TO MAKE A SPECIAL THIS YEAR. THAT'S. QUICK AND SO MUCH FUN. SO. IT'S LIKE MY WEEKEND AND THE LETTER THE CITY SEND VOTING. YES. THE REVOLUTION. OR AT LEAST IN THE LIBRARY. THE ORIGINAL DRAFT. SO REALLY. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S EAST COAST. IT'S LIKE SO. THAT'S IT'S FUN TO DO THAT STUFF AS WELL. I SAID A LOT. I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUT. RIGHT. I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. SO LAST WEEK ON LINE FOR THE MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE VOTED AGAINST THE WATER. IT WAS REALLY I THINK IT WAS REALLY INDUSTRIAL LANDING. AND SO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PUT UP. AND YOU KNOW WHAT A PROFESSIONAL I WAS LIKE REALLY GOOD. AND THEN WE WENT TO THE RIVER SERVICES HEADQUARTERS, WHICH WAS A VERY I OPENING. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY DID. AND SO, AND WE WENT TO THE WELCOME CENTER AND. EXISTED CERTAIN THINGS. SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL. THE THREE GROUPS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER, BRINGING US THROUGH ALL OF THE DETAILS, BUT I THINK I'M. PRETTY CLEAR, LIKE WHO'S GOING TO WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE PRESENCE AT THE BUILDING, WHETHER. IT'S.

CHANGED THE WAY IT WAS. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SITE, AND YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW. REALLY THINK ABOUT THE PARKS FOR THE WHOLE THING. IT'S A BUILDING. IT'S ALL PART. WE WANT THE WHOLE THING TO BE HEARD OF THE PARK. SO TALK ABOUT SIGNAGE AND ANY OTHER FEATURES. JUST.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE HOUSE OF. SAY SO.

[02:00:28]

JACLYN. AND HERE IT IS. SO THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST FOR A LITTLE MOTHERSHIP LANDING A 95 SEATER. WE'LL SEE IT. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHT.

UP. AND JUST DROP THEM OFF AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO. MONEY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH ACCESS TO NATIONAL PARKS. SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A SHUTTLE SYSTEM. AND YOU CAN PARK ON THE SHUTTLES OR.

YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, BUT LIKE. THERE THROUGH THE WEBSITE. BUT I WOULD HAVE HEARD THAT NEXT YEAR WAS REALLY GOOD FOR IT. AND THAT'S RUN THE WHOLE PROGRAM. SO THAT'S THE WORK FOR RIVER CONSERVANCY NATIONAL PARKS. BUT THEY CAN ALL WORK. THERE WAS A YEAR FOR SUPPLIES AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT, LIKE SOMEBODY WANTED TO HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS. YEAH. I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING HOW, HOW THEY. DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW PARKS. DRAFT. SO. THIS IS. JUST SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHT TIMING BASED ON. THE LAW. YEAH. AND. SEPARATE IN OUR YOU KNOW, RESERVE IT WAS.

ALL ANYONE COULD JUST GO ON. YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN USE IT FOR ANYTHING THEY WANT, HOW YOU

[02:05:12]

THAT'S ALSO. TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE. HAS BEEN SITTING THERE AND MAKE THE

[6. City’s Annual Board and Commissions Summer Picnic, Wednesday, August 12, 2026, 5:00pm social, 5:30pm picnic]

HAPPY. I'M NOT REAL. YEAH, THERE'S NOT THAT FAST. SO IF YOU WANT. RIGHT. YOU WANT TO GO FROM. BUT IT WAS ALSO. SUPPOSED TO LET US KNOW JUST SO THEY CAN GET FOOD. BUT. I FORGOT THAT MYSELF LAST YEAR. BUT SO THEY STILL. WILL. BE NICE TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, YOUR OWN BIRDS. OR.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.