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COURT ORDER, RIGHT? YES, YES. THANKS. JUST CALL TO ORDER. COMMISSIONERS PARK AND RECREATION MEETING AT 4:32 P.M. DO WE NEED A MOTION OR ANYTHING? NO. OKAY. NEXT ITEM. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF EVERYONE COULD STAND UP, PLEASE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND UP, IF YOU'RE HERE NOW. ALL RIGHT. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NEXT ITEM. ROLL CALL.
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COMMISSIONER AYALA. WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE LED BY ANDREW SIMMONS, OUR CITY ENGINEER. IT'S REALLY THIS IS HIS HIS BABY. IT WILL BECOME MY BABY ONCE IT'S CONSTRUCTED. BUT HE WILL LEAD THIS PRESENTATION. AND IT IS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION, THE BUILD OUT OF RANCHO LAS FLORES, PHASE TWO. ESSENTIALLY, ANDREW, I'M GONNA PASS THE MIC TO YOU.THANK YOU. MARISSA. THANK YOU. COMMISSION MEMBERS. IF I COULD SHARE MY SCREEN, I WILL PULL UP MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. IS THE SCREEN CURRENTLY SHARING APPROPRIATELY AND SHOWING THE RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK EXPANSION PRESENTATION? YES. OKAY. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK EXPANSION PROJECT. TO THE PARKS COMMISSION. I BELIEVE THAT THE PARK COMMISSION SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE CITY RECEIVED AN $8 MILLION GRANT. ACTUALLY, $8.5 MILLION GRANT TO BUILD OUT A PARK IN THE CITY. ORIGINALLY, THE PARK HAD BEEN PROPOSED AT WHAT WE WERE CALLING CENTRAL PARK, WHICH IS THE VACANT LAND NORTH OF AVENUE 52 NEAR THE PONDEROSA COMMUNITY. DUE TO PROPERTY. DUE TO SOME PROPERTY ISSUES THAT PARK WAS NOT ABLE TO ADVANCE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY WORK WITH THE PARKS. GRANT PROVIDERS AND WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER THE MONEY TO FINISHING LAS FLORES PARK INSTEAD. SO LUCKILY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH RELATIVE TO LAS FLORES PARK IN THE PAST. AND WE'VE ALSO CONDUCTED NEW COMMUNITY OUTREACH. RELATIVE TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT THIS PARK. SO WE INCORPORATED ALL OF THE PAST COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT HAD BEEN DONE ON THE PARK. AND THEN WHEN WE CONDUCTED OUR NEW ACTIVITIES, OUR NEW OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. WE HAD HANDOUTS AT SOME LOCAL EVENTS. I BELIEVE WE WENT TO THE DAY OF THE CHILD. AND WE HANDED
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OUT FLIERS HANDED OUT. CODE OR QR CODES. AND WE ALSO HAD IT AVAILABLE. WE HAD SURVEYS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS, AND WE GOT A GOOD RESPONSE TO THOSE SURVEYS THAT WE HAD PROVIDED. AS FAR AS WHAT AMENITIES PEOPLE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE, MOST IN THE NEW PARK AT LAS FLORES, ACTIVITY, RECREATION AND SHADE SPACES WERE TWO OF THE LARGEST ELEMENTS THAT WERE LISTED. CONCESSIONS ACTUALLY CAME IN FAIRLY LOW ON THE LIST. HOWEVER, A CONCESSION STAND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT. BECAUSE A CONCESSION STAND WAS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FEATURES THAT WE DID HAVE IN THE OVERALL GRANT APPLICATION. SO LOOKING AT NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT WHAT WE INDICATED WE WOULD PROVIDE IN OUR GRANT APPLICATION. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT AND GOT THE $8.5 MILLION. WHEN WE DID OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE ALSO HAD MULTIPLE THEMES THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT AND WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY WHAT KIND OF THEMES THEY WOULD LIKE. SO WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT CONCEPTUAL PARKS DESIGNED, ONE THAT REALLY FOCUSED ON HISTORICAL ELEMENTS, ONE THAT FOCUSED ON REGIONAL CHARACTER ELEMENTS AND ONE THAT FOCUSED ON THE MUSIC AND ARTS ELEMENTS. ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT IS FULLY FUNDED AT CVAG IS UNDERGOING RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE ARTS AND MUSIC LINE. THAT'S A CLASS ONE BIKE LANE THAT GOES FROM LA QUINTA TO THE INTERSECTION OF. IT, GOES ALONG AVENUE 48 FROM LA QUINTA. ALL THE WAY TO THE INTERSECTION OF DILLON ROAD AND THE WHITEWATER CHANNEL. SO IT ACTUALLY TIES INTO THE CV LINK. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS NICE CLASS, ONE BIKE LANE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS AVENUE 48. AND IT ALSO HAS SOME SPURS. AND ONE OF THOSE SPURS IS GOING TO GO DOWN VAN BUREN AND IS GOING TO GO DIRECTLY TO LAS FLORES PARK. SO LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE TIE IN SOME MUSIC AND ART ELEMENTS IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT TIE INTO THE ARTS AND MUSIC LINE AND REALLY HELP THAT TIE INTO THE KIND OF BICYCLE AND ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION USES THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE NEW ARTS AND MUSIC LINE THAT'S GOING IN. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT PEOPLE MAINLY FOCUSED ON, PEOPLE WERE NOT TOO SUPPORTIVE OF NATIVE LANDSCAPING. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE KIND OF A DESERT SCAPE.THEY DIDN'T WANT REALLY TO HAVE MORE OF A DRY NATIVE FEATURE OUT THERE. THEY REALLY WANTED SOMETHING THAT INCORPORATED SHADE INCORPORATED ACTIVITIES AND INCORPORATED SOME MUSIC AND ART. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY MUCH MORE ACTIVITY DRIVEN FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD A LARGE ELEMENT WHERE WE ASKED PEOPLE, WHAT ARE THE MAIN AMENITIES THEY WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE INTO THE PARK? A LOT OF THESE AMENITIES ARE REQUIRED BASED OFF OF, AGAIN, WHAT WE APPLIED FOR IN THE GRANT. BUT THE MAIN ANSWERS THAT WE GOT WERE AN EVENT AREA, SPLASH PAD AND DOG PARK WERE THE THREE LARGEST ONES AND THE LEAST RESPONSIVE WAS THE SPORTS COURTS. ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE KIND OF GOT CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THIS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SESSION, AND THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SESSION, WAS THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE GREAT PARKS, BUT THEY REALLY FOCUS ONLY ON SPORTS LEAGUES, AND PEOPLE DON'T REALLY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY PARK WHERE THEY CAN JUST GO AND SPEND THE DAY WITH THEIR FAMILY.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THAT KIND OF OUTDOOR SPACE AVAILABLE, BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN INUNDATED WITH MORE OF THE SPORTS LEAGUES. AND WE LOVE OUR SPORTS LEAGUES. THEY'RE FANTASTIC. BUT PEOPLE WERE HOPING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT FEEL TO THIS PARK, MORE WITH SHADE AND ACTIVITIES AND SPLASH PADS AND KIND OF THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES. SO THIS WAS JUST KIND OF A BUBBLE THING OF WHAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. ONE THING THAT PEOPLE WE DID GET SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT ADAPTIVE AREAS. SOFT PLAYGROUND SURFACES AND KIND OF LIKE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLAYGROUND AREAS. SO PEOPLE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE MORE OF THE FAMILY ACTIVITIES ON HOW YOU COULD ACTIVATE THIS AREA. SO TAKING ALL OF THOSE YEARS WORTH OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH FROM THE PAST AND THE NEW COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS, NOW, WE HAVE LOOKED AT HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP THE REMAINDER OF THE RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S THE EXISTING SPORTS FIELDS
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ON THE WEST HALF OF THE PARK WILL NOT BE TOUCHED AT ALL. THIS IS THE ALL OF THE EXISTING DIRT AREA THAT WAS ORIGINALLY UNDEVELOPED IS THE PART THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY DEVELOPED WITH THIS PROJECT. AND IT'S REALLY FOCUSING ON THE MAIN AREAS WE HAVE. THE GREAT LAWN AREA, WHICH IS KIND OF IT'S A NICE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE SPORTS FIELDS AND MORE OF THESE ACTIVITIES. WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE EVENT LAWN, WHICH TIES INTO A CAFETERIA AND A RAISED PLATFORM WHERE YOU CAN HAVE ACTIVITIES. YOU CAN HAVE EVENTS. WE WILL ADD SOME TENNIS COURTS RIGHT NEXT TO THE EXISTING PARK AND A NEW BATHROOM STRUCTURE. ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE HAD AT LAS FLORES PARK IS THERE'S ONLY THERE'S NO BATHROOM STRUCTURE TOWARDS THE EAST END OF THE PARK AT ALL. SO WE FELT THAT HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL BATHROOM STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK WOULD BE USEFUL. AND I BELIEVE ON THESE TENNIS COURTS, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ONE TENNIS COURT AND TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY SEEMS TO HAVE REALLY TAKEN A LIKING TO THE PICKLEBALL COURT THAT PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT WE INSTALLED AT DUMA. AND THEN GOING THROUGH JUST A LOT OF SHADE, A LOT OF GREENERY, MULTIPLE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES, THE SPLASH PAD, ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS WILL HAVE NICE WINDING PATHS, WILL HAVE A BICYCLE PATH THAT GOES THROUGH THE PARK TO HELP TIE INTO THE ARTS, AND MUSIC LINE. AND ONE OF THE CENTRAL FEATURES OF THE PARK WILL BE THIS CAFE AND OUTDOOR EVENT AREA, WHICH WILL BE KIND OF UP ON A HILL AND IT WILL PROVIDE A VERY NICE PERSPECTIVE. LOOKING OVER THE EVENT LAWN AND REALLY FORM A CENTRAL HUB. WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT CAFE AND EVENT AREA WILL REALLY DRAW SOME, DRAW SOME BUSINESS. WE WERE HOPING THAT WILL BE A FULL TIME JUST KIND OF REGULAR BUSINESS TO REALLY DRAW IN THAT CUSTOMER BASE AND DRAW IN THE HAVING THAT PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER WHEN THEY COME TO THE PARK. ALONG THE NORTHEAST EDGE, WE HAVE THIS STORMWATER AND WILDLIFE OBSERVATION CENTER. WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A LOW STORMWATER AREA, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE PARK AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A USABLE SPACE. THERE'LL BE WALKWAYS THROUGH THERE. AND ALSO BY DIGGING ALL THAT AREA OUT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO GRADE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE PARK. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO WANT TO DO WITH THIS PARK IS HAVE A LOT OF GRADE VARIATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PARK, SO WE'RE GOING TO WHEN WE DIG THE STORMWATER RETENTION BASIN THAT WILL ALL BE LANDSCAPED, THAT'LL HAVE OBSERVATION AREAS, THAT'LL HAVE TRAILS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE USABLE SPACE, AND WE'LL USE ALL THAT EXCESS DIRT TO FORM GRADE VARIATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PARK TO GIVE IT A MORE INTERESTING OVERALL FEEL, INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF BUILDING IT ALL ON FLAT GROUND LIKE IT IS NOW. SO GETTING INTO EACH OF THOSE AREAS AS TO KIND OF HOW THEY'RE LAID OUT, THIS IS THE GREAT LAWN AREA. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE TRANSITION AREA BETWEEN THE SPORTS FIELDS AND THE AND THE GENERAL PARK. ONE THING WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE GREAT LAWN IS WE WANTED TO HAVE GRASS SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST GO PLAY, CATCH, GO PLAY FRISBEE. ONE OF THE COMMENTS WE GOT DURING OUR OUTREACH WAS, WE HAVE ALL THIS FANTASTIC GRASS SPACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT IT'S MOSTLY SPORTS AREAS, SO A LOT OF TIMES IT'S OCCUPIED AND PEOPLE DON'T FEEL THEY REALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. JUST KIND OF OPEN GRASS TO GO HANG OUT AND PLAY. SO WE'RE PROVIDING THIS LAWN AREA, BUT IT IS KIND OF BROKEN UP WITH SOME HILLS. A LITTLE BIT OF GRADE VARIATION AND SOME TREES. SO WE HAVE THAT SHADE. WE HAVE JUST A, YOU KNOW, A NICE GRASS AREA THAT GIVES YOU A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE SPORTS FIELDS AND THE MORE ACTIVATED PORTION OF THE REST OF THE PARK. YOU CAN ALSO SEE WE HAVE THE TEN FOOT WIDE MULTI-USE TRAIL. THAT'S THE BIKE PATH THAT WILL CUT THROUGH THE ENTIRE PARK IN ORDER TO GET TO. IT'LL CONNECT FROM VAN BUREN ALL THE WAY THROUGH LAS FLORES PARK, AND THEN IT CONNECTS TO THE FREDERICK BICYCLE PATH AT THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF LAS FLORES PARK. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A BICYCLE PATH IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF FREDERICK LANE. SO HERE IS A DEPICTION OF HOW THIS WOULD LOOK WHILE SITTING KIND OF AT THE GREAT LAWN. SO THIS WOULD BE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PEOPLE SITTING ON THE RAISED PLATFORM IN THE MIDDLE. THERE'D BE SHADE STRUCTURES THERE, AND THIS WOULD BE KIND OF A NICE WIDE, GREAT LAWN. YOU CAN SEE THE INTENTIONALLY KIND OF HAVING SOME VARIATION TO THE GRADE AND, AND DISPERSED SHADE TREES THROUGHOUT. MOVING EAST TO THE TOWARDS THE PROJECT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAISED PLATFORM IS[00:15:09]
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE EVENT LAWN. THIS WILL BE A NICE FLAT LEVEL AREA. IT HAS A WALKWAY ALL THE WAY AROUND, SO THIS IS A GOOD SPACE FOR ACTIVATION. YOU COULD HAVE FOOD TRUCK FAIRS, ART FAIRS, CONCERTS. YOU COULD DO THE STATE OF THE CITY HERE. I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF JUST NICE USES HERE. BY HAVING THE CIRCULAR WALKWAY AROUND WHERE YOU CAN REALLY ACTIVATE THIS SPACE AND HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS AND REALLY MAKE THIS A COMMUNITY GATHERING SPOT. AGAIN, IT'S THE CAFE IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT. THE CAFE WILL BE UP ON A HILL, AND THE CAFE IS DESIGNED WITH WITH THIS CIRCULAR ELEMENT. SO IT KIND OF LOOKS OUT ON ALL ELEMENTS OF THE PARK. THERE'S ALSO DOG PARKS, A DOG PARK WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND WE ARE GOING TO BREAK THAT INTO A SMALL DOG PARK AND A LARGE DOG PARK. WE HAVE SOME GOOD PICTURES OF THIS DOG PARK. IT'S A VERY CREATIVE THE WAY OUR DESIGNERS HAVE COME UP WITH THAT. SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED CAFE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE CENTRAL. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS THE STEPPED SEATING WHERE IT HAS THE ADA RAMP THAT KIND OF ZIGZAGS BACK AND FORTH AND THAT WAY YOU INCORPORATE THAT SEATING AND THAT KIND OF THAT TERRACED FEEL INTO THE WALKWAY UP INTO THE CAFE. SO THAT GIVES YOU A PLACE TO SIT AND KIND OF LOOK OVER THE GREAT LAWN. IF THERE'S ANY EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLAC.AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE THE PERSPECTIVE IF YOU WERE UP AT THE CAFE, KIND OF AT THE FRONT DOORS OF THE CAFE, HAVING THAT RAISED VIEW, LOOKING OUT ACROSS THE GREAT LAWN, LOOKING OUT TOWARDS THE SHADE STRUCTURE AND THE RAISED KIND OF CORRIDOR IN THE MIDDLE THAT SEPARATES THE GREAT LAWN FROM THE EVENT LAWN. KIND OF SHOWING HOW THAT ACTIVATION SPACE, HOW THAT EVENT SPACE WOULD LOOK. AND THEN THIS WOULD BE THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE MIDDLE LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE CAFE. LOOKING SOUTH OF THE CAFE. THIS IS KIND OF OUR LARGE CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA. WE WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES. WE HAVE KIND OF A STANDARD PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE WITH THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE AND THE SHADE. TO THE WEST AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE, MORE OF A NATURAL PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE BECAUSE THAT IS ONE THING THAT PEOPLE HAD ASKED FOR AND TRYING TO DO MORE OF A LAND BUILT PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE WHERE THE SLIDES ACTUALLY COME DOWN A HILL, AND TRYING TO USE NATURAL LANDFORMS WITH BOULDERS AND ROCKS AND HILL AND GRADE CHANGE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE PLAYGROUND BE PART OF THE LANDFORM, AND THEN ALSO THE SPLASH PAD, RIGHT HERE IS. THIS WOULD BE A PERSPECTIVE WITH THE SPLASH PAD WOULD LOOK LIKE JUST SOUTH OF THE CAFE. LOTS OF PICNIC AREAS, LOTS OF SHADE STRUCTURES. THIS IS THE PICTURE OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH A MORE OF A NATURAL PLAYGROUND FEATURE. SO WE'D ALSO HAVE JUST THE NORMAL KIND OF STANDARD PLAYGROUND FEATURE JUST TO THE WEST OF THIS. AND THIS WOULD BE KIND OF THE MORE NATURAL ONE WHERE WE WOULD USE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE ZIP LINE TYPE STRUCTURES AND USE THAT ELEVATION AND GRADE CHANGE AND MORE OF THE, THE LANDFORM AS, AS PLAY EQUIPMENT.
THIS WAS A LITTLE CIRCLE AREA THAT THEY'RE CALLING CONCHA BAY, OBVIOUSLY A REFERENCE TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE THE NAME OF THE CITY. AND SO THIS IS JUST A NICE CENTRAL FEATURE THAT KIND OF OVERLOOKS ALL OF THE PLAYGROUNDS AND SPLASH PAD AREAS, A NICE PLACE JUST TO KIND OF HAVE A PICNIC FOR YOUR FAMILY. ENJOYS THE PARK. LOOKING AT THE DOG PARKS AGAIN, THESE WOULD BE CLOSE TO THE ROAD OR CLOSE TO THE PARKING AREA. I MEAN, AND WE HAVE THE SMALL DOG PARK AND THE LARGE DOG PARK. AGAIN, WITH THE DOG PARK, THEY'RE GOING TO USE DIFFERENT LANDFORMS. TRY TO USE GRADES AND HILLS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A VERY INTERACTIVE AND KIND OF FUN DOG PARK. THE WAY THEY HAVE IT DESIGNED. LOOKING AT THE DEMONSTRATION STORMWATER BASIN IN THIS AREA, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING ALL OF OUR SOIL TO DO THE RAISED AREAS AND THE GRADING AND THE HILLS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PARK. WE DO NEED A STORMWATER BASIN FOR THE ENTIRE PARK. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO STORMWATER BASIN FOR THE. THERE'S ONLY A VERY
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TINY STORMWATER BASIN ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING BASKETBALL COURTS. BUT WE DO NEED THAT ADDITIONAL STORMWATER RETENTION AREA. BUT REALLY LOOKING AT THIS WITH A TRAIL WITH AN OVERLOOK TRAIL, ONE THING THAT THEY HAVE NOTICED IS THAT STORMWATER BASINS TEND TO ATTRACT ANIMALS.SO YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE RABBITS OR BIRDS OR OTHER THINGS IN THERE. SO TRYING TO ENHANCE THAT LANDSCAPING AND PUT IN SOME LANDSCAPING THAT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE THE RABBITS AND BIRDS TO UTILIZE THIS AREA AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THE STORM DRAIN BASIN A PART OF THE PARK, AND NOT JUST A RETENTION FEATURE THAT BECOMES A DISTRACTION TO THE PARK. SO LOOKING AT HOW THEY WOULD DESIGN THAT AGAIN, NICE AND LANDSCAPED WITH TREES, THEY WOULD USE A GABION WALL STRUCTURE INSTEAD OF RETAINING WALL OR JUST LIKE A DIRT SLOPE IN ORDER TO GIVE IT A NICE KIND OF MORE ARCHITECTURAL FEEL SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT VERTICAL LOOK DOWN INTO THE RETENTION BASIN TO HOPEFULLY SEE SOME ANIMALS. CONTINUING WEST, WE HAVE A HEALTH AND FITNESS ZONE AND SOME NATURAL BOULDERS, MORE PICNIC AREAS AND AN AREA THAT WE'RE CALLING THE SPIRAL ART WALK. SO WE DO WANT TO INCLUDE A ADULT FITNESS AREA THAT WOULD BE ALONG THE TRAIL ADJACENT TO THE BIKE PATH, ADJACENT TO THE FITNESS AREA. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME NICE NATURAL LANDFORMS LIKE ROCKS, YOU KNOW, JUST ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY. THE PARK. AND IN THE CENTRAL, ALMOST DEAD CENTER IN THE PARK. IS THIS WHAT WE'RE CALLING SPIRAL ART WALK, WHERE A WALKWAY WILL KIND OF TURN AROUND AND WE COULD HAVE DIFFERENT ART PIECES THAT COULD BE PLACED HERE. THEY CAN BE SWITCHED, THEY CAN BE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REALLY ACTIVATE RELATIVE TO BRINGING ART INTO THE PARK. LOOKING AT THE BICYCLE TRAIL, WE WILL HAVE THIS DROP OFF UP HERE IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER. THAT IS THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT WHERE THE PARK TERMINATES. SO WE'LL ENHANCE THAT AND HAVE A NICE ENTRANCE WITH A BICYCLE STATION, BICYCLE PUMPS, LITTLE BICYCLE REPAIR KIOSK. WE'LL ALSO HAVE A BICYCLE REPAIR KIOSK AT THE FAR EAST SIDE OF THE PARK, RIGHT WHERE IT TIES INTO EDGAR MITCHELL DRIVE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO LAS FLORES COMMUNITY, WHICH IS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. THAT WILL BE FAIRLY MINIMIZED. SO THE COMMUNITY DID WANT TO HAVE THAT ACCESS, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE IT BE LIKE A BIG ACCESS WHERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE, BUT THERE WILL BE THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS INTO THAT EXISTING COMMUNITY TO THE SOUTH AS WELL. LOOKING AT HOW WE WOULD DO SOME OF THE ARTWORK GOING INTO THE PARK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WAYFINDING SIGNS. WE'LL HAVE CUSTOM WAYFINDING SIGNS THAT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO THE PARK, AND WE WANT TO USE KIND OF MOSAIC TILE AND NICE LANDFORMS FOR THE ENTRANCES. TRY TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE KIND OF ARTISTIC FEATURES INTO THE ENTRY ELEMENTS OF THE PARK. AS WELL. SO THIS WOULD BE A RENDERING OF WHAT WE THINK SOME OF THOSE MOSAIC FEATURES AND SOME OF THE ARTISTIC ELEMENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE AS YOU ENTER THE PARK. AND THE REST OF THESE SLIDES PROBABLY AREN'T TOO APPLICABLE. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD LOOKED AT ON THE PARK WAS IN ORDER TO SAVE COST, IF WE WERE TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE COST OF THE PARK, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WE DID HAVE AN OPTION B PLAN, WHICH INVOLVED INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING THE PARK FULLY LIKE I JUST DESCRIBED, POTENTIALLY ONLY DEVELOPING ABOUT 50% OF THE PARK FULLY AND THEN HAVING THE REMAINDER, 50% BE MORE OF A MUCH MORE OPEN ZERO SCAPE KIND OF CONCEPT. LIKE WE SEE IN A LOT OF OTHER PARKS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS WOULD BE MUCH MORE MINIMAL. A LOT OF DG, A LOT OF OPEN DG, A LOT LESS SHADE. STILL A DEVELOPED PARK. WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED MOST OF THE SHADE AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES ALONG THE RETENTION BASIN. AND THIS JUST KIND OF LIKE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT WE WOULD HAVE DELETED. WE WOULD HAVE DELETED THE ART WALK AND THE ROCK CLIMBING WALL AND THE FITNESS CENTER. WE DID TAKE THESE CONCEPTS TO OUR. TO THE
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CITY COUNCIL. AND CITY COUNCIL WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH A REDUCED CONCEPT.SO THEY DID VOTE IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FULLY DEVELOPED CONCEPT. SO THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF OUR WHOLE PARK. AND I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS RELATIVE TO ANY ELEMENTS HERE. THANK YOU. ANDREW. IS THERE A ETA ON THIS PART? YES. NOW THAT WE HAVE APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FULLY DEVELOPED OPTION, WE THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE 100% PLANS READY FOR BID BY LATE FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH. SO WE WILL HAVE THESE OUT TO BID IN THE EARLY DURING THE SPRING, AND WE'RE HOPING TO BREAK GROUND LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER. THE PROJECT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR TO CONSTRUCT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A BREAKING GROUND AROUND JUNE OF 2025. AND HAVING A GRAND OPENING AROUND JULY OF 2026. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? WELL, A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT. BUT WHAT I WAS SEEING YEAH, I DID GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ABOUT THEY WANTED MORE SOCCER FIELDS. BUT I WAS ALWAYS HONESTLY BEING AGAINST IT, EVEN THOUGH I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME IN THE SOCCER FIELDS. BUT I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF A MORE COMMENT ON THAT ONCE I GET TO OUR OUR COMMENTS. SO I WON'T TAKE MUCH OF THIS TIME. BUT I MEAN, OVERALL IT LOOKS GREAT. I MEAN, I'M GLAD THAT THE COUNCIL DID GO WITH THE OPTION OF NOT REDUCING. I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE. AND I MEAN, THIS HONESTLY LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERY CITY COULD HAVE. AND I THINK US HAVING US OUT HERE, IT'S MAKING A HUGE CHANGE. IT'S BRINGING MORE PEOPLE IN THAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO STAY HERE MORE AND HOPEFULLY THAT ACTUALLY MAY BE BRINGS IN A NEW CLIENT TO PURCHASE THE BUILDINGS THAT THE HOTEL THAT THE NEVER FINISHED, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BRING IN SOMEONE TO BE INTERESTED IN THAT BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A HUGE PARK RIGHT NEXT TO IT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WORKS OUT. YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE NO. I ALREADY GOT ANY TO. SO YEAH.
YEAH. THANK YOU ANDREW. THANK YOU ANDREW. YEAH. ARE THE DOG PARKS FENCED? YES ANDREW. THE DOG PARKS ARE FENCED. RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S STANDARD. YES THEY ARE OKAY. YES. COOL. THANK YOU ANDREW. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, I WILL STOP SHARING. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR. NONE. THERE'S NONE. NONE. WE NEED A MOTION OR ANYTHING? NOPE. NOPE. OKAY. NEXT
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ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC. THAT MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA. I THINK WE HAD ONE ON THE EMAIL. YES. SO WE DID HAVE AN EMAIL FROM MISS OH. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY NOT TO INTERRUPT, BUT I BELIEVE SHE IS ON VIA ZOOM. SHE HAS JOINED US VIA ZOOM. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ONLINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OH YEAH. GO AHEAD. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH. I'M PART OF THE CBSA, AND I DID SUBMIT A COMMENT ONLINE AND IT WAS REGARDING OUR SNACK BAR. I BELIEVE COACH JUAN, OUR PRESIDENT, HAS SUBMITTED SEVERAL ORDERS TO HAVE OUR SNACK BAR FIXED. WE HAVE SEVERAL ELECTRICAL SWITCHES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING, AND OUR SEASON IS GOING TO BE COMING IN SOON. SORRY, I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF WORK SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THESE ISSUES BE FIXED. OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED SWITCHES THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE LIMITED EQUIPMENT THAT WE CAN USE. THEN WE CANNOT SELL ENOUGH THINGS BECAUSE ALL THOSE SWITCHES ARE NOT BEING USED LIKE WE CANNOT COOK. OUR ICEMAKER IS NOT WORKING. AND THEN SO THAT WAS MY[00:30:03]
PRIORITY REGARDING THE SNACK BAR. AND THEN ANOTHER ISSUE IS IF YOU GO AROUND OUR SOFTBALL FIELDS OR BASEBALL FIELDS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE SOME OF THE FENCING IS REALLY DAMAGED.SO I WAS HOPING THAT I MEAN, SOMETHING CAN BE BROUGHT UP TO THE ATTENTION AS FAR AS GETTING THEM REPAIRED CLEANED, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE GANGS AND IT'S NOT A GOOD PICTURE FOR OUR CITY WHEN WE HAVE VISITING GAMES AND OUR OUR BENCHES LOOK DIRTY, THEY DO NOT LOOK CLEAN OR THEY ARE NOT UP TO PAR. AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ELIZABETH. MY COMMENTS I CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE ITEMS PROVIDED BY MISS HERNANDEZ IN MY COMMENTS. IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. NO FURTHER
[Reports And Requests]
COMMENTS. OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA REPORTS AND REQUESTS BY COMMISSIONER. COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS ON. I HAVE A QUICK ONE. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ACTUALLY THANK YOU. THANK ACTUALLY TO STEVE HERNANDEZ, OUR MAYOR. ACTUALLY HE'S BEEN INVOLVED A LOT WITH A LOT ACTUALLY THE SOCCER LEAGUES NOW, I WAS ABLE TO GET HIM TO SPONSOR A TEAM, WHICH I BELIEVE NO CANDIDATE HAS EVER DONE BEFORE IN THE VALLEY. ACTUALLY, ANY, ANYWHERE. SO WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE HE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S SHOWING GREAT LEADERSHIP. YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE A LOT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE YOUTH. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAPPY THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S SAFE. THE PARENTS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MONE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AROUND THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, TO SAVE THEM A LOT. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING GREAT THAT THAT HE DID. AND THEN AS WELL I WAS CONVERSATING WITH HIM AND BECAUSE I KEEP GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE, I THINK I'M ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT SPENDS, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THEIR TIME THERE. I GOT TWO KIDS PLAYING THAT THEY WANT MORE SOCCER FIELDS. SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WANTS MORE SOCCER FIELDS AND MORE SOCCER FIELDS. SO I WAS ACTUALLY DISCUSSING THAT WITH HIM. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SOME I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT PART OF COACHELLA THAT MIGHT BE A LOT THAT THE CITY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING JUST TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE SOCCER FIELDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND I DID TELL HIM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING OF A STADIUM WISE, JUST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OUT OF TOWN PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND THEY WANT TO THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE TOURNAMENTS OUT HERE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS SOMETHING GREAT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUT HERE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE GO OUT OF TOWN A LOT FOR TOURNAMENTS. WE'VE BEEN GOING TO TOURNAMENTS ALL THE TIME, AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE FIELDS AND OH MAN, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND THE GOOD THING THEY'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO USE IT FOR SOME OF THEM ARE WERE USED FOR SOCCER AND AS WELL FOR FOOTBALL. SO WHICH IS ALSO GREAT BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER FOOTBALL FIELD THAT YOU COULD USE. BUT IT'S IT LOOKS LIKE A STADIUM. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE'S GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO. YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S JUST AN ADDING SOMETHING ELSE TO OUR VALUE, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED. BUT AND THEN ALSO TOO, SINCE WHEN SHE WAS GOING ABOUT THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT, IT IS TO ME IT'S AN EYESORE SINCE I'M ALWAYS PASSING THROUGH THERE, THE CONTAINERS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE COULD PUT INTO BUDGET TO BUILD A STORE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S FOR STORAGE FOR A LOT OF THE STUFF, RIGHT. TO BUILD THE STORAGE TO LOOK JUST TO LOOK NICER, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE, LOOK NICER JUST BECAUSE, I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST TWO TANKS JUST SITTING, JUST THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE AN EYESORE.WHEN WE PUT IN A LOT OF MONEY INTO INTO THE FIELDS AND MAKING EVERYTHING LOOK NICE, I THINK IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO, THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. THAT'S IT. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO YOU'LL GET US AN UPDATE ON ISSUES GOING ON AT THE SNACK BAR AREA? SURE.
I CAN PROVIDE A RESPONSE NOW IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE. SURE. UNLESS ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? NO, NO. NONE. OKAY. WE DID RECEIVE THE COMMENTS VIA EMAIL TODAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSION UPDATE. WE MET WITH ACTUALLY ALMOST ALL OF OUR LEAGUES LAST WEEK, SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH ALL THE PRESIDENTS LAST WEEK ON JUST, YOU KNOW, GENERAL ISSUES AND JUST SCHEDULING AND SEASON STUFF. WE, THE PRESIDENT FOR CBSA, DID MENTION TO US ABOUT THE ICE MAKER NOT WORKING AGAIN. IT DOES SEEM TO HAVE TO NOT BE A POWER ISSUE. SO WE ARE HAVING AN APPLIANCE SPECIALIST BASICALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE ICE MAKER BEFORE WE TOTALLY SWAP IT OUT WITH A NEW ONE. SO WE HAVE THAT IN THE WORKS. THERE IS AN
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ONGOING CHALLENGE WITH RESPECT TO JUST BREAKERS POPPING, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A MALFUNCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IT'S JUST WE'RE OVERLOADING OVERLOADING THE CIRCUITS. SO WE DID WE WILL DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING NEW THAT'S HAPPENED.BUT JUST JUST LIKE AT HOME, IF YOU'VE GOT TOO MANY. I MEAN, I KNOW AT MY HOUSE IF I'VE GOT MY LITTLE OVEN GOING AT THE SAME TIME THAT I TRY TO BREW MYSELF A CUP OF COFFEE, I POP A BREAKER.
SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE THAT'S GOING ON THAT THAT SNACK BAR WAS NOT DESIGNED AS A LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LIKE A FULL KITCHEN. THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT IT'S A KITCHEN AND IS A CERTIFIED KITCHEN, BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF IT. AND THAT ONE IS A SMALLER SIZE ONE. SO THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT MAYBE THAT SIZE DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, BUT IT DOES ALLOW THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FUNDRAISE. AND THAT WAS ALWAYS THE INTENTION. THEY CAN ALSO FULLY COOK, LIKE ON A BARBECUE OR OUTSIDE, AND BRING THE FOOD IN TO THEM TO, TO PREPARE IT. RIGHT. SO THAT IS ALSO AN OPTION FOR THEM. ONE COMMENT THAT WE DEFINITELY ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AND ADDRESSING WILL BE THE MORE FREQUENT POWER WASHING OF THE BLEACHER AREAS, SO WE WILL INCORPORATE THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR SURE. THE SEASON FOR CBSA USUALLY STARTS IN MARCH. THEY DO START PRACTICING MAYBE A LITTLE EARLIER THAN THAT, BUT THEIR OPENING DAY IS GENERALLY THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. SO WORKING TO SEE IF STAFF MY STAFFING IS ABLE TO SQUEEZE IN A BIWEEKLY APPROACH DURING THE TIME FROM MID-MARCH TO ABOUT THE END OF MAY, WHICH IS GENERALLY THE FULL SEASON TIME. I WILL WORK ON THAT, BUT FOR SURE, WE CAN DO MONTHLY MOVING FORWARD SO WE WILL POWER WASH THE BLEACHERS FOR BASEBALL AREA AND THE DUGOUTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SO I THINK THAT WILL HELP CURB A LOT OF THE COMMENTS NOTED. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK ALSO AT THE FENCING THAT WAS MENTIONED. WE THAT DID NOT COME UP IN OUR MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT. SO WE'LL WE'LL FOLLOW BACK ON THAT ONE. SOUNDS GOOD. DO YOU KNOW IF THAT SNACK BAR IS AIR CONDITIONED? IT IS. OKAY. WE JUST REPLACED THE AC ON THAT ONE I BELIEVE THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S A BIG ISSUE WITH ICE MACHINES. IN THE SUMMER IT GETS TOO HOT. YEAH. SO WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU GOT A FRYER GOING BECAUSE IT HAS A FRYER IN THERE. SO IF YOU GOT LIKE THE FRYER AND YOU'RE, AND THE DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES BECAUSE PEOPLE GO IN AND OUT, I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO KEEP UP WITH THE HEAT. HONESTLY. WE'RE 120 OUT HERE. JUST NORMAL WITHOUT THE HEATING ELEMENT. SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IN MOST SNACK BARS. BUT WE I KNOW THAT THAT ONE, I THINK BOTH LAST YEAR AND THAT ONE RECEIVED SOME UPGRADES TO THE AC THIS YEAR. SO WE HOPE THAT'S KEEPING AT LEAST YOU KNOW, IT'S DOING WHAT IT CAN TO MINIMIZE THAT THAT IMPACT.
THEN ALSO WHEN WAS THAT A CONCESSION CONGESTION. STANFIEL. SO I KNOW IT WAS BUILT RIGHT? YEAH. I WANT TO SAY THAT WAS PROBABLY I MEAN, IT'S NOT THE OLDEST PART OF THE PARK. THE OLDEST PART OF THE PARK IS PROBABLY THAT RESTROOM THAT'S BEING REPLACED AS PART OF THE CURRENT UPGRADES. THAT IS. I MEAN, ORIGINAL, BUT THE SNACK BAR WAS, I BELIEVE, PART OF THE 2006 PROBABLY IMPROVEMENTS. OKA, SO IT'S NOT THAT OLD. I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S OVER 20 YEARS, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S WHY PROBABLY A LOT OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES ARE HAPPENING TOO. AND THEN IT WASN'T PROBABLY BUILT IT WASN'T BUILT FOR LIKE EVERYTHING. THEY'RE ADDING ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PLUGGED INTO THAT LOCATION. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS IF THE COMMISSION WILL INDULGE ME. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE EVERYONE AN UPDATE ON FIELD CLOSURES IN CASE YOU GET QUESTIONS ON SOCCER FIELD CLOSURES AND FOOTBALL FIELD CLOSURES, AS FOOTBALL HAS ADVISED US THAT THEY HAVE WRAPPED UP THEIR SEASON SO THEY ARE DONE WITH THEIR SEASON FOR THIS YEAR. WE WILL BE CLOSING FOR OVERSEEING THE SOCCER FIELDS AT YUMA AND LAS FLORES, EFFECTIVE TODAY. SO AT YUMA FIELD ONE, TWO, FIVE AND SIX AND AT LAS FLORES, ALL THREE FIELDS WILL BE CLOSED EFFECTIVE TODAY.
AND REOPENING ON DECEMBER 6TH. AND THEN AT YUMA FIELD, THREE AND FOUR, WHICH ARE THE FOOTBALL AND SOCCER FIELDS. THOSE ARE STILL OPEN AND WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL DECEMBER 9TH, WHEN THEY'RE CLOSING THROUGH. THEY REOPEN JANUARY 19TH. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE OVERSEEDED DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. WE ARE MAKING THOSE FIELDS AVAILABLE FOR SOCCER USE. THOSE ARE NOT FIELDS THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY FIELD USE HOURS. SO IT IS GIVING THEM AN ACCESS PLACE FOR THAT PERIOD THAT WE'RE CLOSING. WE DID ALSO WANT TO JUST MENTION BECAUSE IT IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND IT HAPPENED AT YUMA FOR IT AFFECTED BASEBALL A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME POWER SURGES THAT IMPACTED THE BOTH PARKS IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS. I WILL SAY, AND THOSE POWER SURGES HAVE AFFECTED EQUIPMENT ON OUR END. SO THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON VAN BUREN THAT RESULTED IN POWER GOING DOWN. THAT LAST FLOW IS ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND AS A RESULT, I LAST NIGHT WE HAD ANOTHER POWER ISSUE AT THE PARK. SO WE ARE INSTALLING POWER SURGE PROTECTORS. BASICALLY PANELS TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE TO OUR SYSTEMS. WHEN THOSE INSTANCES OCCUR. BUT THAT WAS THE REASON THAT POWER WAS OUT LAST NIGHT. SO POWER IS BACK ON AT LAS
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FLORES. BUT IT WAS REGARDING THE POWER SURGE THAT THAT IMPACTED THE SYSTEM. YEAH, THAT ALIENS WERE COMING THERE. IT WASN'T LIKE GREEN. THEY WERE FLICKERING THE OTHER DAY. THEY WERE LIKE, OH YEAH. SO I THINK IT'S RELATED TO THAT POWER SURGE CHALLENGE. ALSO, I THINK THE COMMISSION IS AWARE, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR TREE LIGHTING ON DECEMBER 4TH, PARADE ON DECEMBER 6TH, AND WE HAVE THE GUADALUPE MARCH THAT ENDS IN COACHELLA ON DECEMBER 12TH. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE TO LIGHT. AND WITH THAT, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. AND I DID WANT TO INTRODUCE JESSICA NAVARRO, WHO IS OUR NEW RECREATION COORDINATOR, SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD. SHE IS GOING TO BE LEADING THE RECREATION SIDE OF THE HOUSE WITH ME. VINCE HAS BEEN PINCH HITTING FOR, YOU KNOW, A LOT. HE'S STILL GOING TO BE WITH US ON THE RECREATION SIDE A BIT, BUT HE IS GOING TO BE MOVING MORE INTO A LOT OF OUR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT. THAT IS TAKING UP QUITE A BIT OF OUR TIME AS WE'VE EXPANDED OUR FACILITIES. WE'RE STILL GOING TO SEE YOU, THOUGH.YEAH. OKAY. WELL, WELCOME. THANK YOU. WELCOME. YES, YES, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. AND ALSO THANK YOU GUYS ON THE BACK. ROOMS ARE GOING SUPER FAST. YEAH. THEY SHOULD BE IN BY THE END OF THE YEAR. I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO IN AND TAKE LITTLE VIDEO AND SHOW EVERYBODY, BUT YEAH, EVERYONE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THE LIGHTING WILL BE IN AS WELL. THE LIGHTING AND THE BATHROOM SHOULD BE IN BY THE END. I DID SEE THE LINES ALREADY STARTING TO. I MEAN, PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING, LIKE WHERE WE NEED PARKING. I'M LIKE, YEAH, YOU GUYS WANT ONE THING OR THE OTHER, WHAT DO YOU WANT? BUT I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE MOVING REALLY, REALLY FAST. AND I MEAN, EVERYONE'S STARTING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. SO WHEN I SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THAT. SO THANKS. I'LL SHARE THAT WITH ANDREW'S TEAM AS WELL. THANK YO. THANK YOU MARISA. ANY MORE PUBLIC WORK COMMENTS? NO I'M SORRY I KNOW IT WAS LONG TODAY. I APOLOGIZE. ALL RIGHT. WELL WE'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.