Park Board · Monday, July 22, 2024 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of June 24, 2024

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 06-24-24 Park Board Minutes Page 1 CITY OF ISSAQUAH Park Board 7:00 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave June 24, 2024 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Park System Plan Update

Information / Discussion · 40 min · Jeff Watling, Director Robin Spear, Park Planning & Development Manager Design Workshop Consultants · packet pp.5–15

Topics: Parks

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II. Park System Plan- Direction for the Future III. Draft Chapter Outline Review IV. Park System Plan Core Values V. Concept: Creek to Peaks VI. Draft Projects and Prioritization Criteria VII. Schedule Update

Enhancing Recreation Programs

Information / Discussion · 30 min · Jeff Watling, Director Brian Berntsen, Recreation Manager · packet pp.17–32

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REGULAR BUSINESS b) A S P R ESENTED TO S E RVICES, SA F E TY A N D PA R KS CO M M I T T EE – J U LY 2 3 , 2 0 2 4 J eff Wat l i ng , Di re ctor

5. REPORTS

Director's Report

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Chairperson's Report

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of Special Meeting on May 30, 2024 There being no corrections, the minutes are approved as presented

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REGULAR BUSINESS

Urban Forest Management Plan Update

Information / Discussion · Dan Hintz, Urban Forest Supervisor PlanIT Geo Consultants Questions and discussion from the board included: Page31ofof32 Page APPROVAL OF MINUTES a)

Topics: Trees

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REPORTS

Director's Report of July parade and festivities

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Chairperson's Report and outdoor spaces for the holiday

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0:03 ↗ okay there it is there we go thank you

0:06 ↗ okay 702 we'll call the meeting to order

0:09 ↗ I'll start with a roll call and uh Katie

0:13 ↗ B has an excused

0:17 ↗ absence

0:20 ↗ Andre Nicholas

0:23 ↗ Lee that we know of yet uh David L here

0:28 ↗ Jim Motley

0:32 ↗ see him yeah Branda Spears

0:35 ↗ here uh

0:39 ↗ marene sorry I should know by years

0:43 ↗ now um

0:45 ↗ Paul uh Mary

0:48 ↗ Stevens maybe coming uh Martha gther

0:52 ↗ gner and Ryan Olsson

0:56 ↗ here that's everybody there for anybody

1:00 ↗ uh okay then

1:02 ↗ um for approval of minutes I wasn't here

1:05 ↗ so I have to abstain but U anybody have

1:08 ↗ any uh questions or concerns about the

1:11 ↗ last week last month's meeting

1:15 ↗ minute okay with that we'll approve them

1:19 ↗ uh and now it's time for public

1:24 ↗ comments off public comment or just sit

1:26 ↗ in no just okay this should be your

1:31 ↗ thanks do we have anybody online we

1:33 ↗ don't have anyone online for public he

1:36 ↗ we are flying through 12 minutes ahead

1:40 ↗ now uh regular business uh the park

1:45 ↗ system Plan update which is I think

1:47 ↗ gonna be presented by

1:50 ↗ Robin you over me wow I was fast

2:08 ↗ hold

2:26 ↗ on sorry technical

2:53 ↗ fun all right so time to talk about the

2:56 ↗ 90% draft review and with us tonight we

2:59 ↗ have have L Zang from design Workshop so

3:02 ↗ if we have any questions of the

3:03 ↗ Consultants please feel free to ask luu

3:05 ↗ at the end of the

3:07 ↗ presentation um it really does feel like

3:09 ↗ we've hit a really big milestone tonight

3:11 ↗ you know we've looked at bits and pieces

3:13 ↗ of the draft plan and made comments and

3:16 ↗ it's finally coming together as a full

3:18 ↗ document so tonight we're going to kind

3:20 ↗ of review the highlights really quick

3:22 ↗ but I want to leave I know we had

3:23 ↗ questions that we sent out but I'd like

3:25 ↗ to leave more a little bit more time

3:27 ↗ tonight for discussion while within our

3:29 ↗ 40 minutes and then so Brian has a

3:32 ↗ chance this

3:33 ↗ time um next

3:36 ↗ slide oh thank you appreciate it so

3:39 ↗ tonight really quick we'll we'll look at

3:41 ↗ the plan purpose we'll go through our

3:44 ↗ direction for the future uh draft

3:47 ↗ chapter outline review again uh Park

3:49 ↗ system plan core values we'll look at

3:52 ↗ our new concept our plan concept Creeks

3:54 ↗ to Peaks uh quick look at our draft

3:57 ↗ projects and prioritization crit IA

4:00 ↗ again well we'll give you a schedule

4:02 ↗ update but I do want to leave a lot of

4:04 ↗ time for a discussion and if there's

4:05 ↗ something critical as we're going

4:07 ↗ through the slides just feel free to

4:08 ↗ stop me um and we'll talk about it in a

4:11 ↗ little bit more

4:14 ↗ detail okay so I kind of want to go back

4:17 ↗ over our purpose of a park system plan

4:20 ↗ and why are we doing this kind of our

4:22 ↗ our who what why of the plan and really

4:25 ↗ these plans are created and updated

4:27 ↗ every six years um mainly so we remain

4:31 ↗ eligible for uh state and federal grants

4:34 ↗ it's really important that they like the

4:36 ↗ grant officers will be looking at this

4:38 ↗ document to make sure that we have

4:40 ↗ guidelines we have Master plans and we

4:42 ↗ have a direction and vision for the park

4:44 ↗ system plan um also at the same time

4:47 ↗ we're doing our goals and policies which

4:49 ↗ are part of the comprehensive plan

4:51 ↗ element there's a park recreation

4:53 ↗ element so that's I don't know if you

4:55 ↗ remember months ago that's kind of where

4:57 ↗ we started a little bit with our

4:59 ↗ classification and our goals just to

5:01 ↗ make sure that uh the goals we had set

5:04 ↗ in 2018 are being carried over see what

5:06 ↗ we want to change we made a lot of a few

5:09 ↗ really good tweaks in there that I'm

5:11 ↗ really excited to start

5:12 ↗ implementing um it's also we this is a

5:15 ↗ really good check with the community it

5:18 ↗ guides the community's goals and Visions

5:20 ↗ for the park system so we've gone out

5:23 ↗ and we've done um several surveys a

5:25 ↗ mapping exercise and just continually

5:28 ↗ ask for feedback about about what we're

5:30 ↗ developing what you are commenting on um

5:33 ↗ and what the community would would like

5:34 ↗ to see in the future um it also

5:37 ↗ establishes a level of service for the

5:39 ↗ park system uh establishes how the park

5:43 ↗ system is functioning right now and how

5:45 ↗ we want to function in the future and um

5:48 ↗ trying to see what the community needs

5:50 ↗ are coming

5:51 ↗ up uh and it also provides a vision and

5:54 ↗ direction for Capital Investments um you

5:57 ↗ know as I said in the agenda we're going

5:59 ↗ to be looking at um the project list and

6:03 ↗ our prioritization and criteria so this

6:05 ↗ helps establish that helps clarify it so

6:09 ↗ the park planners in the city has a a

6:11 ↗ good direction to go in that we know

6:13 ↗ that the community supports and can get

6:17 ↗ behind and just to reiterate it is not a

6:20 ↗ budget document but it helps us develop

6:22 ↗ that Capital Improvement

6:25 ↗ plan okay so this was on page 12

6:30 ↗ of

6:31 ↗ the of the plan and this kind of

6:34 ↗ condenses a lot of the highlights of the

6:37 ↗ plans um and gives us a good look at our

6:40 ↗ direction of the future so we have our

6:42 ↗ overall Vision uh we can't do anything

6:45 ↗ unless we know where we're going and we

6:46 ↗ have a good Vision uh we're looking at

6:49 ↗ our plan a new plan concept with creeks

6:51 ↗ to Peaks uh very important are our core

6:54 ↗ values that keep uh resonating

6:57 ↗ throughout the plan and resonating in

6:59 ↗ our goals and

7:00 ↗ policies uh we're going to take a look

7:02 ↗ at the goal statements again you know

7:04 ↗ we've heard some feedback that maybe we

7:06 ↗ need to tweak these a little bit more so

7:08 ↗ I'd like to get your input um and your

7:11 ↗ take on those uh We've developed

7:14 ↗ strategies and then most importantly

7:17 ↗ implementation as well because if we

7:18 ↗ can't Implement these then our vision

7:21 ↗ doesn't hold for the

7:26 ↗ future let's see okay trying to do two

7:29 ↗ slide that once here okay just looking

7:32 ↗ at the plan overall we have our

7:34 ↗ executive summary the plan highlights

7:37 ↗ like I just went over a little bit more

7:39 ↗ detail in there in chapter one we gave

7:41 ↗ you the introduction chapter two our

7:44 ↗ Park system evaluation kind of looking

7:46 ↗ at our analysis of the system as it is

7:49 ↗ right now uh chapter three a big one the

7:51 ↗ direction for the future of the park

7:53 ↗ system chapter four our

7:56 ↗ implementation and then uh the

7:58 ↗ appendices after that which you know

8:01 ↗ kind of reiterates all our community

8:03 ↗ engagement what we've done so far and

8:05 ↗ gives you more

8:08 ↗ detail but we really want to dig in

8:10 ↗ tonight into the core system plan or I'm

8:14 ↗ sorry the perk system plan core values

8:16 ↗ and again this is one that I'll go

8:18 ↗ through each one and kind of give a

8:20 ↗ little bit more detail we've heard that

8:22 ↗ some people don't understand some of

8:24 ↗ these or don't understand how they are

8:26 ↗ reflected in a park system or in a park

8:29 ↗ itself um so please feel free to jump in

8:34 ↗ uh if you see something that needs to be

8:35 ↗ tweaked just let us know so um Robin I'm

8:38 ↗ gonna pause you yeah Tim you have a

8:41 ↗ question oh

8:42 ↗ Tim yeah thank you I since you were just

8:45 ↗ touching on one of the notes I had made

8:46 ↗ from the slide deck that we were sent

8:49 ↗ was it was if could you go back one

8:52 ↗ slide yeah one of this on the slide deck

8:55 ↗ we were sent when I went through it I

8:56 ↗ did not see an executive summary and it

8:59 ↗ just just made the graph on page nine

9:03 ↗ which has the whole outline and arrows

9:06 ↗ pointing everywhere and it was hard to

9:08 ↗ figure out what that meant without some

9:10 ↗ kind of executive summary but here

9:12 ↗ you're showing an executive summary and

9:15 ↗ uh did I miss it or was it not in the

9:17 ↗ deck that we were sent it's I I believe

9:20 ↗ it's still in process um after we get

9:24 ↗ our final sort of feedback on the main

9:28 ↗ four chapters that's going to be written

9:30 ↗ so it it's not in the draft document

9:32 ↗ that you all have currently is that

9:35 ↗ correct

9:38 ↗ Liu not exactly um I think um maybe you

9:43 ↗ can speak that oh sure the plan yeah

9:47 ↗ either you or I can the Plan highlights

9:51 ↗ are the executive summary I think this

9:52 ↗ was mislabeled on this slide but the

9:54 ↗ plan highlights are basically that plus

9:56 ↗ you have an introduction that will be

9:58 ↗ from the mayor or um at the beginning

10:01 ↗ that will be added later so that's

10:03 ↗ that's that's accurate you didn't see it

10:05 ↗ in the present in the document itself

10:07 ↗ because it's been titled plan

10:10 ↗ highlights okay uh I can understand that

10:14 ↗ I just would like to suggest that as I

10:17 ↗ went into it and I obviously have some

10:20 ↗ familiarity with it uh I think it's page

10:22 ↗ nine there's the map showing all the

10:25 ↗ arrows and the pointing and the circles

10:27 ↗ and it locks context

10:29 ↗ because as I came to this I like wait

10:32 ↗ what what is all this uh and I think it

10:35 ↗ needs to have uh some kind of summary

10:39 ↗ that says hey this is what you know this

10:41 ↗ is the overarching goal or this is the

10:44 ↗ vision it just hitting that without once

10:47 ↗ I went all the way through the 100 pages

10:49 ↗ and I came back it's like okay I get it

10:52 ↗ but where it's positioned I think is

10:54 ↗ confusing to a firsttime reviewer of the

10:57 ↗ document uh cuz it context uh and I was

11:01 ↗ thinking an executive summary would be a

11:03 ↗ good way to sort of introduce this

11:05 ↗ without just sticking all these uh

11:08 ↗ diagrams up there just my two cents

11:11 ↗ worth thought I'd share it yep that's

11:14 ↗ there thank

11:16 ↗ you thanks oh that's great thanks

11:25 ↗ then okay so back to our core value and

11:29 ↗ I kind of want to dig into this a little

11:31 ↗ bit more and see if you have any more

11:33 ↗ questions on these but um I think our

11:36 ↗ core values have really evolved

11:38 ↗ throughout the public Outreach and

11:39 ↗ feedback and now they're resonating in

11:41 ↗ each chapter so we made a point to keep

11:43 ↗ bringing it back in checking in making

11:46 ↗ sure we're hearing from that these

11:48 ↗ values are still resonating with the

11:50 ↗ community resonating with our projects

11:52 ↗ and resonating with our vision in

11:53 ↗ general um and if we need to just let me

11:57 ↗ know do we need to add more clarity to

11:58 ↗ these descriptions or keywords or are

12:01 ↗ there aspects to the definition that we

12:04 ↗ should touch on or bring more out of but

12:07 ↗ I'm going to go through each one kind of

12:08 ↗ one by one and kind of let you know a

12:11 ↗ little bit more about what we're

12:13 ↗ thinking um and if it needs a little bit

12:15 ↗ of a tweaking so people can understand

12:18 ↗ that a little bit better so um first one

12:21 ↗ vibrancy to Foster vibrant spaces that

12:23 ↗ enhance social interactions placemaking

12:26 ↗ history cultural culture and active

12:28 ↗ recre ational

12:30 ↗ opportunities and through through the

12:32 ↗ feedback through talking to the

12:34 ↗ community Through hearing from other

12:35 ↗ boards and commissions then we've had

12:38 ↗ the question of what is vibrancy I mean

12:40 ↗ what is vibrancy in relation to a park

12:42 ↗ what is vibrancy in relation to the

12:45 ↗ system as a whole and the way we see it

12:47 ↗ it's seeing a park that is activated by

12:50 ↗ all ages and abilities uh providing

12:53 ↗ activities that attract people during

12:54 ↗ the day uh sometimes at night depending

12:57 ↗ on the park uh for Passive or active

12:59 ↗ Recreation purposes it's creating safe

13:02 ↗ places for people to interact uh whe

13:05 ↗ whether it be recreating socializing

13:08 ↗ walking meeting and having lunch or

13:10 ↗ dinner it's getting people out and

13:12 ↗ having them interact together um people

13:15 ↗ are really attracted to Green spaces so

13:17 ↗ it's kind of natural for people to

13:19 ↗ funnel into them and it's a it tends to

13:21 ↗ be a we finding a biological need that

13:24 ↗ people need with both a physical and

13:27 ↗ mental help um you know we kind

13:30 ↗ of just naturally gravitate towards

13:33 ↗ these green Open Spaces um also ragy

13:37 ↗ means placemaking it's where Park

13:38 ↗ elements can tell a story of our culture

13:42 ↗ our history incorporating Arts uh it

13:46 ↗ reinforces the values and interests the

13:48 ↗ community has and can introduce new and

13:50 ↗ exciting Elements which make a city very

13:52 ↗ unique and iconic I I'm sure we all

13:55 ↗ recognize certain Parks or certain

13:57 ↗ spaces in other cities that a very

13:59 ↗ specific element that resonates with you

14:02 ↗ or sticks in your memory um there's

14:05 ↗ varied amenities and our goal is to

14:07 ↗ incorporate new and interesting

14:09 ↗ amenities to give each park again a

14:11 ↗ unique look or attraction uh there's an

14:14 ↗ ecological aspect to that vibrancy um

14:17 ↗ and moving forward our goal is really to

14:20 ↗ incorporate best manage management

14:22 ↗ practices to enhance uh natural

14:25 ↗ functions that are there already or to

14:28 ↗ create new ones existing ones in harmony

14:31 ↗ um and vibrancy is actually measurable I

14:34 ↗ did have this question and when we were

14:37 ↗ looking at level of service we actually

14:39 ↗ do go out into the parks count how many

14:41 ↗ people are there sometimes we look at

14:44 ↗ age differences or abilities um

14:47 ↗ especially on the trail that's really

14:48 ↗ important to know who's on what trails

14:51 ↗ how many people are on the trails and

14:53 ↗ what trails are the most attractive

14:56 ↗ ones does anyone have questions about VI

14:59 ↗ or do you think we need to add any more

15:02 ↗ into that one I have a small note which

15:04 ↗ is just that I'm wondering if that might

15:06 ↗ be better instead of enhance social

15:07 ↗ interaction to encourage encourage okay

15:10 ↗ enhance with a little passive or you

15:13 ↗ know add on but

15:15 ↗ that encourage encourage something of

15:18 ↗ that to draw people yeah to draw it in

15:20 ↗ that's

15:21 ↗ try okay give it just a little boost

15:25 ↗ yeah that's great anybody else

15:31 ↗ okay so uh next up resiliency to create

15:34 ↗ spaces that are resilient adaptable to

15:37 ↗ climate change and preserve protect and

15:39 ↗ enhance natural

15:42 ↗ resources so resiliency so the feedback

15:45 ↗ echoed from the community and from the

15:46 ↗ boards we're incorporating more

15:50 ↗ sustainability um either the word or you

15:53 ↗ know kind of resonating more sustainable

15:55 ↗ actions we feel that resiliency really

15:58 ↗ does that uh a little bit better for

16:02 ↗ us um and we really want to make sure

16:05 ↗ we're maintaining and enhancing our

16:06 ↗ natural spaces so due to the restrictive

16:09 ↗ land available um and more acreage being

16:12 ↗ along the Creeks or along critical areas

16:15 ↗ or natural areas we're going to need to

16:17 ↗ start developing Park designs that

16:20 ↗ really integrate new methodologies or

16:22 ↗ Technologies uh that are going to marry

16:24 ↗ that green infrastructure along with our

16:26 ↗ active

16:27 ↗ Recreation um we're going to be very

16:29 ↗ cognizant of this going forward because

16:31 ↗ we know we have to start doing this more

16:33 ↗ and more uh climate change is a

16:36 ↗ continuous involving process uh so our

16:39 ↗ Landscapes are definitely going to be

16:41 ↗ need to be more resilient and more self-

16:43 ↗ sustaining so again we're going to look

16:45 ↗ at natural materials uh native plants

16:48 ↗ drought tolerant plants where feasible

16:50 ↗ but start prepping our our designs more

16:53 ↗ for um that climate change coming up and

16:57 ↗ then we want to protect the resources

16:58 ↗ that we have that are already high

17:00 ↗ quality and Performing and enhance um

17:04 ↗ and protect the areas that we have right

17:05 ↗ now it's something that we've done very

17:07 ↗ well in the past we we want to continue

17:10 ↗ doing but now we're going to start

17:12 ↗ integrating the two much together much

17:15 ↗ better okay do anyone want to add any

17:18 ↗ more to

17:20 ↗ resiliency or look at it in a different

17:22 ↗ way for the park

17:23 ↗ [Music]

17:25 ↗ system sound good great okay next

17:30 ↗ connectivity which is really what our

17:32 ↗ our new plan concept is based off of but

17:35 ↗ to increase connectivity between Parks

17:37 ↗ trails and Open Spaces to encourage an

17:39 ↗ equitable safe and walkable Park

17:45 ↗ system so as a community we we know we

17:48 ↗ appreciate embrace the fact that we can

17:51 ↗ walk or bike throughout the city and we

17:53 ↗ want to reduce our car carbon footprint

17:55 ↗ where possible so our goal is to make it

17:57 ↗ even easier to get out into the park

17:59 ↗ spaces and our open spaces and make sure

18:02 ↗ the system is well connected either

18:04 ↗ through Trails through multimodal paths

18:07 ↗ we know we're going to have to use

18:08 ↗ sidewalks that's going to be a critical

18:10 ↗ component to be able to connect those

18:12 ↗ two um and then start developing those

18:14 ↗ green ways to also connect those green

18:16 ↗ spaces together we know it's important

18:19 ↗ for habitats migration and Wildlife to

18:21 ↗ be able to have that connectivity as

18:25 ↗ well and we'll get more into

18:27 ↗ connectivity and Creeks to

18:29 ↗ but any questions or any additions for

18:34 ↗ connectivity okay and finally balance I

18:37 ↗ know we've been kind of harping on

18:39 ↗ balance and talking about balance a lot

18:41 ↗ but it's going to be really really

18:43 ↗ important for the system so we did tweak

18:45 ↗ and this is why I have an italics we've

18:47 ↗ been talking about this a lot and

18:49 ↗ hearing that we're not really uh the

18:52 ↗ statement isn't resonating as much as it

18:54 ↗ should as much as we're talking about

18:56 ↗ balance and how it should balance but

18:59 ↗ we changes to optimize the potential of

19:02 ↗ both recreational elements and the

19:04 ↗ natural environment in Harmony in

19:07 ↗ current and Future Park areas we want to

19:09 ↗ Foster Partnerships and

19:11 ↗ relationships to develop better

19:13 ↗ alignment for Park needs this is

19:17 ↗ kind before and after yes yes so the

19:20 ↗ before is maximize the park system

19:23 ↗ potential for existing and future spaces

19:27 ↗ and Foster Partnerships and Rel

19:28 ↗ relationships to expand field and Court

19:31 ↗ opportunities so it was

19:33 ↗ pretty yeah it was pretty specific on

19:36 ↗ the the field and Court opportunities

19:38 ↗ we're open to bring that back in if that

19:41 ↗ feels like something that that

19:43 ↗ Partnerships and relationships should

19:44 ↗ really focus on for this one um but the

19:47 ↗ maximizing system potential just felt

19:49 ↗ like it didn't really say anything about

19:51 ↗ what we're actually trying to balance um

19:54 ↗ and so that's where we sort of made this

19:58 ↗ up

20:03 ↗ I like the update I think for me one of

20:06 ↗ the things we've been talking about for

20:07 ↗ the last six months is that we are a bit

20:09 ↗ out of balance and so I think we at

20:12 ↗ least need to recognize that we are

20:14 ↗ striving to reach that balance not that

20:16 ↗ we're already there so I think that for

20:18 ↗ me is the piece we need to watch out for

20:20 ↗ like if you read back into the data

20:22 ↗ right of like what our percent of active

20:24 ↗ versus non-active looks like in

20:25 ↗ comparison to our benchmarks we're not

20:28 ↗ there

20:29 ↗ so I don't want to lose that fact that

20:31 ↗ in this six year plan we redo it every

20:33 ↗ six years that we're trying to restore

20:35 ↗ balance back

20:37 ↗ to

20:42 ↗ okay so do you think like just the term

20:45 ↗ rebalance or something simar needs to be

20:47 ↗ in there to say we are kind of swinging

20:52 ↗ back but I think like the intention that

20:54 ↗ I liked about the other one is it was

20:56 ↗ over about what we're changing okay

20:58 ↗ right when you have a vision especially

21:00 ↗ if it's a sixth year it's not like this

21:01 ↗ live is forever it's like our

21:03 ↗ overarching vision which is more like

21:05 ↗ which I think this is the overall Vision

21:07 ↗ that you want to be in Balance you want

21:08 ↗ to optimize it but what we need to do in

21:10 ↗ this next six years is refocus what we

21:13 ↗ have been

21:14 ↗ underfunding so I want to make sure that

21:16 ↗ we're clear okay at least from my

21:18 ↗ perspective okay do you think that mean

21:21 ↗ that we need to go back to our vision

21:23 ↗ statement

21:27 ↗ also I'm okay with like these are the

21:29 ↗ core values I like that but I think we

21:32 ↗ need to then be stronger somewhere and

21:33 ↗ what's hard about this document to be

21:35 ↗ really honest is it's real heavy on the

21:37 ↗ brand and the vision and kind of light

21:40 ↗ on like tactical plans at least or it's

21:43 ↗ you gotta really hunt you know where

21:45 ↗ they are to find them and so one of the

21:47 ↗ big changes I think this group has been

21:50 ↗ recommending is a focus on active

21:52 ↗ recreation parks and so however we get

21:55 ↗ that communicated in a way that doesn't

21:57 ↗ get lost is what I'm looking for okay

22:01 ↗ and from what I'm hearing from the

22:02 ↗ community it's not just the board it's

22:04 ↗ the community saying the same thing I we

22:06 ↗ do yeah need to balance our active

22:08 ↗ Recreation we're again we're doing

22:10 ↗ awesome and we're doing really well with

22:12 ↗ open space and conservation efforts and

22:14 ↗ now let's put a little bit more focus

22:16 ↗ into our Act of recreation and support

22:19 ↗ that a little more

22:21 ↗ too okay no great

22:24 ↗ feedback before we leave this page I

22:27 ↗ just going back one but on resiliency

22:30 ↗ does that include uh life cycle

22:33 ↗ resiliency or maintenance you know how

22:36 ↗ long stuff will endure that we invest in

22:39 ↗ oh definitely and that's something I

22:40 ↗ really work with operations on um

22:43 ↗ because really they're they're the kind

22:44 ↗ of the first level stewards of our Park

22:47 ↗ system and if they can't maintain it

22:49 ↗ then in my opinion we don't have a

22:51 ↗ success with so really we're looking at

22:53 ↗ that that

22:54 ↗ longevity uh how it's maintained and and

22:58 ↗ we go that later the document it sort of

23:01 ↗ gets pulled in within our our goals and

23:04 ↗ strategies and then our our policies as

23:06 ↗ well um within the the comprehensive

23:10 ↗ plan um but maybe something worth noting

23:14 ↗ to add here

23:16 ↗ in I don't have the words coming to me

23:18 ↗ right now but right right and that's

23:20 ↗ definitely part of the project

23:21 ↗ prioritization and criteria is that

23:25 ↗ operational you need to make sure it's

23:27 ↗ we're all not here we don't remember

23:29 ↗ this in two or three years use this

23:32 ↗ hopefully to

23:33 ↗ prioritize right like that's like we're

23:35 ↗ using to prioritize and Anna yeah the

23:39 ↗ goals that fall under these themes are

23:42 ↗ incredibly important and goal f is

23:44 ↗ maintenance and stewardship that follows

23:46 ↗ that follows with a look at resiliency

23:49 ↗ and like their life cycle so that goal F

23:53 ↗ has all the howto and the strategies

23:55 ↗ engaged with that um you'll see that in

23:57 ↗ one of the chat chapters here but the

24:00 ↗ goals follow right

24:02 ↗ underneath um these uh planning

24:05 ↗ principles the core

24:09 ↗ values and again ties back into our

24:11 ↗ level of service and the quality and

24:13 ↗ functionality of that Park and

24:15 ↗ maintaining that at a high level so it

24:18 ↗ adds to the system versus

24:20 ↗ detracting

24:23 ↗ 10 thanks yeah I'd like to just follow

24:26 ↗ up on sort of the initial comment about

24:28 ↗ the wording of this um it it just seems

24:32 ↗ kind of uh mushy and what I mean is you

24:35 ↗ know you have optimized the potential

24:37 ↗ I'm not sure what that means and then in

24:39 ↗ harmony I'd rather have a a more direct

24:42 ↗ clear you know

24:45 ↗ uh statement without those sort of uh

24:49 ↗ fuzzy words in it it's

24:51 ↗ just from my background in science and

24:54 ↗ engineering

24:56 ↗ um and after you reward that so that

25:00 ↗ it's a little more

25:03 ↗ direct I wonder it it's obviously a

25:06 ↗ talized the other ones aren't and is the

25:08 ↗ formatting is it are you trying to

25:10 ↗ highlight that that's more important

25:12 ↗ because so

25:13 ↗ therez italicizing it because it's a

25:16 ↗ chain from what's in the original

25:18 ↗ document the draft document that you all

25:20 ↗ received oh

25:22 ↗ okay okay well yeah I think that the

25:25 ↗ wording needs to be played with a little

25:27 ↗ bit just to be a little more direct uh

25:30 ↗ in terms of what you're really trying to

25:31 ↗ say there because I think those words

25:35 ↗ are kind of soft and I'd like to see

25:38 ↗ some more clarity around what that's

25:41 ↗ really the intention that you're trying

25:43 ↗ to drive through there um so that's my

25:47 ↗ two cents on that

25:50 ↗ one good feedback thank you yeah yeah

25:52 ↗ that's

25:56 ↗ great so next we going to move on to our

25:59 ↗ new plan concept of The Creeks to Peaks

26:02 ↗ and I know we've been talking about this

26:04 ↗ a lot but just to reiterate that uh

26:07 ↗ we're really rebranding and expanding

26:09 ↗ the green necklace so it goes uh Vision

26:12 ↗ the vision goes Citywide of how we want

26:15 ↗ to connect our parks and trails to make

26:17 ↗ this a more walkable and Safe Community

26:20 ↗ uh we realize that it it will take

26:21 ↗ multi- Department effort and

26:23 ↗ coordination to make that happen we're

26:25 ↗ not going to work on this in as Silo by

26:27 ↗ any means

26:29 ↗ um and we realize that Partnerships are

26:31 ↗ going to be needed you know we've been

26:33 ↗ talking a lot about Partnerships and

26:35 ↗ because of our land constrain uh

26:37 ↗ Community we're going to need school

26:40 ↗ districts we're going to need uh other

26:42 ↗ agency Partnerships to make that active

26:44 ↗ Recreation piece

26:46 ↗ happen um and we really want to look at

26:49 ↗ within Creeks of peaks look at Key

26:51 ↗ functions of the park system uh the

26:53 ↗ connected connectivity and walkability

26:56 ↗ our quality of life

26:58 ↗ uh making sure it's healthy sustainable

27:01 ↗ and we have a resilient natural system

27:03 ↗ we're fostering social connections we're

27:06 ↗ celebrating our cultural piece and our

27:08 ↗ art components um but really this is a a

27:12 ↗ big jump off and a big take off from

27:15 ↗ from the original green necklace so

27:17 ↗ we're excited that people are getting

27:18 ↗ excited about that is there anything

27:21 ↗ else you feel we need to explain about

27:22 ↗ creeks to Peaks to get that going or or

27:25 ↗ support that a little bit more um um do

27:29 ↗ you like our draft vision statement I

27:31 ↗ know we've been looking at this and

27:32 ↗ tweaking it quite a bit here and there

27:34 ↗ um but we've kind of settled on a

27:36 ↗ diverse res resilient system of parks

27:39 ↗ trails and Open Spaces that Fosters

27:42 ↗ connections between people and the

27:43 ↗ places they cherish from Creeks along

27:46 ↗ the valley floor through neighborhoods

27:48 ↗ and wooded hillsides to the peaks of the

27:51 ↗ isaa

27:55 ↗ outs how does that sound everyone still

27:58 ↗ still I have a good question so the park

28:01 ↗ system itself is already made up of

28:03 ↗ parks trails and open space right I

28:06 ↗ don't think you need to repeat it you're

28:08 ↗ saying a diverse resilient system of

28:10 ↗ parks blah blah blah I think you should

28:13 ↗ just say like remove all that and just

28:16 ↗ say Foster connections between the

28:18 ↗ people and the places they cherish from

28:20 ↗ The Creeks to the Peaks I feel like it's

28:22 ↗ too wordy a little too wordy yeah just

28:25 ↗ for okay what is a park system already

28:29 ↗ is a diverse and resilience system right

28:31 ↗ don't you're you're telling us again

28:33 ↗ what it is we don't need to know that

28:36 ↗ right I just feel like it's it just it's

28:40 ↗ just it just get I'm like mumbled it's

28:42 ↗ like too much for me I'm so you know

28:45 ↗ okay maybe just try to make it a little

28:47 ↗ crisper a

28:49 ↗ crisper I don't know kind of going back

28:51 ↗ to what Tim was saying about our our

28:53 ↗ statement for balance just a little bit

28:55 ↗ more direct and upfront yeah

28:58 ↗ okay yeah the point I might add to that

29:02 ↗ is sometimes people we do get asked

29:04 ↗ sometimes what all counts in parks and

29:06 ↗ sometimes people forget that Open Spaces

29:08 ↗ are part of the park system so that's

29:10 ↗ just something to think about as we're

29:14 ↗ communicating not everybody is thinks of

29:16 ↗ those things as part of the

29:19 ↗ parks and really for this it's it's

29:22 ↗ Recreation is a huge part of the park

29:24 ↗ system but really we're focused on the

29:27 ↗ parks the as an open space it's not

29:29 ↗ necessarily the recreation with this

29:31 ↗ plan not that it's not coming it's

29:33 ↗ coming

29:36 ↗ but my

29:42 ↗ mind okay oh good feedback that's

29:48 ↗ great

29:50 ↗ okay and next um I know one of our last

29:54 ↗ meetings we really dug into our draft

29:57 ↗ project both are near Mid and long-term

29:59 ↗ projects um and looked at the

30:03 ↗ prioritization criteria and those eight

30:06 ↗ criteria um is there anything I know we

30:08 ↗ went over those before and we do have uh

30:11 ↗ number six operational maintenance and

30:14 ↗ Longevity as part of that criteria and

30:16 ↗ we ran every single project through

30:19 ↗ these eight criteria and that's how we

30:20 ↗ came up with our initial list uh one

30:22 ↗ thing feedback that we did hear last

30:25 ↗ time is fewer projects larger projects

30:29 ↗ but finish those projects so that's

30:32 ↗ definitely a goal Julie and I and the

30:34 ↗ team are are striving for right now and

30:36 ↗ moving as fast as we can um but is there

30:40 ↗ anything in those projects or in that uh

30:43 ↗ criteria that you feel we need to change

30:46 ↗ or revisit or look at one more

30:51 ↗ time and again this just helps us

30:53 ↗ develop our 2-year CIP plan or six-year

30:57 ↗ CIP plan but really it's intended to be

30:59 ↗ a 20year Outlook so we can really start

31:02 ↗ looking at the system more holistically

31:05 ↗ and start setting pieces in

31:08 ↗ place gives us a good Vision a good M

31:11 ↗ sort of master plan for us to look

31:16 ↗ at great so we just want to update you

31:20 ↗ on the timeline we are in Late July

31:23 ↗ already time is flying pretty fast uh I

31:27 ↗ I believe public comment closes tomorrow

31:31 ↗ tomorrow we'll hear back from the boards

31:33 ↗ by the 31st all the boards uh then we're

31:36 ↗ planning to go back to

31:38 ↗ council soon after that I know we have a

31:40 ↗ SE process checklist that we have to go

31:42 ↗ through but we are wrapping everything

31:45 ↗ up right now so hopefully we'll have an

31:48 ↗ approved plan within the next few

31:51 ↗ months just a quick word

31:54 ↗ Smithy the last slide yeah when looking

31:57 ↗ at the prioritization criteria

32:00 ↗ yes number three I think it should be

32:05 ↗ balance within vibrancy and connectivity

32:07 ↗ because if you say balance of you're

32:09 ↗ comparing vibrancy and connectivity

32:11 ↗ against each other does that make sense

32:13 ↗ or I just

32:14 ↗ crazy you're not crazy that makes sense

32:17 ↗ that does make sense because yeah it's

32:20 ↗ not a choice it's not in Nei or right we

32:24 ↗ initially have resiliency in there but

32:26 ↗ we thought that was so important they

32:28 ↗ come out but yeah no

32:30 ↗ first now it's within

32:33 ↗ yeah thank you we look at these so long

32:37 ↗ that just like little

32:42 ↗ detail

32:46 ↗ okay so I know we sent out these

32:48 ↗ questions ahead of time but we really

32:51 ↗ like to get your take on what plan goal

32:55 ↗ or policy are you excited to implement

32:57 ↗ in the future

32:58 ↗ um are there tools in the plan that will

33:00 ↗ help you as a board in your future in

33:02 ↗ your work um and is there anything that

33:05 ↗ needs to be changed in the plan for you

33:07 ↗ to uh make a recommendation for

33:11 ↗ adoption I'll open it up to everybody

33:14 ↗ for

33:14 ↗ discussion we can also sort of rewind

33:17 ↗ and if there are

33:19 ↗ larger comments or questions you have

33:21 ↗ about the plan document as it currently

33:24 ↗ stands um or here we have our

33:26 ↗ Consultants online as well to help

33:29 ↗ answer any clarifying questions um and

33:32 ↗ and take any of your feedback and if you

33:33 ↗ do have you know any board smithing

33:37 ↗ smithing things we can totally make note

33:39 ↗ of them but if there's you know more

33:41 ↗ we're happy to take that um by email as

33:43 ↗ well the next couple

33:46 ↗ days I'll put that up let's tackle the

33:49 ↗ first one um are there plan goals or

33:52 ↗ policies that there you you seem excited

33:54 ↗ to implement in the future or what are

33:56 ↗ you most excited

34:03 ↗ that I may sort of steal some Thunder

34:07 ↗ from people

34:09 ↗ but I from my perspective the the

34:12 ↗ overall plan you know

34:15 ↗ I can appreciate that it has the

34:18 ↗ flexible and sort of softer language in

34:21 ↗ there because it's got to have a lot of

34:22 ↗ room for something that is going to

34:24 ↗ happen in the future and we don't know

34:25 ↗ what the conditions are going to be uh I

34:28 ↗ bet that most of us here you know show

34:32 ↗ up and sign up and

34:35 ↗ join part of that you know the one slide

34:39 ↗ let's see on the agenda it's slide seven

34:43 ↗ and it's the picture of the couple with

34:45 ↗ the kid in the swing but the fourth

34:47 ↗ bullet says provides vision and

34:49 ↗ direction for capital investment and

34:51 ↗ budget decisions on projects for the

34:53 ↗ next six

34:54 ↗ years that's the most exciting thing for

34:57 ↗ me is is to to see what we

34:59 ↗ can manage to afford and you know

35:04 ↗ motivate and spur on and then hopefully

35:07 ↗ have accomplished in in our

35:09 ↗ terms so that that's really the most

35:12 ↗ exciting part to me that one bullet item

35:15 ↗ execution

35:16 ↗ AR see it

35:19 ↗ happen we're excited too

35:23 ↗ yeah well knowing that this is also a

35:26 ↗ 20e vision and not our you know six-year

35:29 ↗ CIP it's not our two-year budget it's

35:32 ↗ not an actual funded Capital project but

35:35 ↗ it's helping us get to that Vision it's

35:38 ↗ that funnel that we've been talking

35:40 ↗ about of bringing it down to those

35:43 ↗ levels so yeah we're with you on that

35:47 ↗ one as

35:48 ↗ well I just have a positive comment that

35:51 ↗ I'm excited as a new person here say I

35:53 ↗ just moved to this town that seeing that

35:55 ↗ this is what the town is wanting and

35:57 ↗ we're to go like I wanted a walkable vid

36:01 ↗ very social Community is what I came

36:05 ↗ here for and so that is I'm seeing that

36:08 ↗ in this document and it's making me

36:09 ↗ excited and happy to have moved

36:12 ↗ here say so I like what I'm seeing in

36:16 ↗ this you know obviously there's a lot

36:18 ↗ here a lot to digest but the overall

36:20 ↗ vision is very positive for me as a new

36:23 ↗ CER

36:25 ↗ okay one thing I see about it that I

36:27 ↗ think is supporting the city and I

36:29 ↗ really want to push as hard as we can is

36:32 ↗ to preserve and protect and enhance

36:34 ↗ natural resources I actually wondered as

36:37 ↗ I read through it I at the end should we

36:41 ↗ talk more about what we're doing our

36:43 ↗ streams our trees how are we doing it

36:46 ↗ that is to me Biggest

36:48 ↗ Part par system oh that's good yeah yeah

36:53 ↗ um I can speak to that a little bit we

36:56 ↗ some of that will

36:58 ↗ covered within our Urban Forest

36:59 ↗ management plan um that Dan hin

37:03 ↗ presented at the last meeting so these

37:05 ↗ two documents are are really living

37:07 ↗ together with each other um so some of

37:10 ↗ that level of detail is definitely in

37:12 ↗ that document but there there might be

37:14 ↗ room here to sort of speak to that a

37:17 ↗ little bit more one in the big plan like

37:20 ↗ on page like

37:21 ↗ 33 right like that's where you hit

37:24 ↗ pretty hard the different climate change

37:27 ↗ wildlife habitat so I'd be curious if

37:29 ↗ there's more that we think to add to to

37:32 ↗ that component or do you feel like that

37:34 ↗ is hitting strong I I actually that's

37:36 ↗ what brought it to my mind yes I think

37:38 ↗ it I think it's that we're talking about

37:41 ↗ what makes you most excited and I want

37:43 ↗ to that is to me

37:49 ↗ what that's great yeah that's a big part

37:51 ↗ of the community

37:58 ↗ okay is there a tool in the plan to help

38:00 ↗ you as a board in the future or in your

38:04 ↗ work

38:07 ↗ 10 hi thank you yeah so I think just

38:10 ↗ having this plan laid out this well is a

38:12 ↗ great Tool uh for working with in the

38:17 ↗ future it's updated it's fresh it's

38:20 ↗ current and uh I think having that to

38:23 ↗ keep in mind as we go into the next you

38:27 ↗ know year two years three years is a

38:29 ↗ wonderful uh it's a wonderful thing to

38:32 ↗ lean back into uh so I I appreciate how

38:37 ↗ much effort's gone into sort of laying

38:39 ↗ out this vision and bringing in all the

38:42 ↗ information and all the integration but

38:44 ↗ I'd also like to Echo the first comment

38:47 ↗ about what really gets me excited is the

38:49 ↗ fact is breaking ground making changes

38:52 ↗ seeing actual implementation of the plan

38:56 ↗ uh the plan's great but we're when it

39:00 ↗ the rubber hits the road and we actually

39:02 ↗ see physical changes that uh are going

39:06 ↗ to enhance our community you know that's

39:09 ↗ what gets me excited so like I said

39:12 ↗ overall I think just this whole tool is

39:14 ↗ a great foundation for the board and uh

39:18 ↗ I look forward to working with it in the

39:20 ↗ future and I have one minor comment I'd

39:25 ↗ like to just put out there there's

39:27 ↗ acronym in the slides that we were sent

39:30 ↗ uh

39:31 ↗ NGP and it's in there multiple times I

39:35 ↗ don't know what it means and as far as I

39:37 ↗ could tell it's not defined anywhere in

39:39 ↗ the document so you might want to go

39:42 ↗ back in and Define that at some point U

39:44 ↗ because it's in there multiple times um

39:48 ↗ yeah that's it for now thanks um it

39:51 ↗ should be in the overview page um in the

39:55 ↗ first chapter I can find it out later um

40:00 ↗ but

40:02 ↗ yeah okay and it's native growth

40:06 ↗ protection native growth

40:09 ↗ protection

40:11 ↗ easement that is encumbered to remain

40:16 ↗ native perpetuity

40:19 ↗ yeah so both a spelling out of what it

40:22 ↗ is and a

40:24 ↗ definition for all of us I mean I don't

40:27 ↗ yeah it's in the plan page

40:30 ↗ 21 um in the part I searched a document

40:34 ↗ for it and I couldn't find a definition

40:36 ↗ but maybe it is there oh that's good

40:39 ↗ that's good we should probably add that

40:41 ↗ in that's a key

40:43 ↗ component

40:45 ↗ open okay real quick if you can just

40:49 ↗ flip to page 13 of the draft document

40:54 ↗ the document itself yeah give me one 13

40:58 ↗ on the PDF or

41:00 ↗ 13

41:01 ↗ uh yeah there's two different the one

41:04 ↗ with the funnel that sure

41:07 ↗ implementation

41:17 ↗ yeah yeah 13 of 107 oh sorry it's PDF

41:22 ↗ page 15 PDF 15 think the slide numb

41:24 ↗ slide numbers 13

41:35 ↗ the only reason why I wanted to bring

41:37 ↗ this up is because you like I suggested

41:40 ↗ I think all of us are here really eager

41:43 ↗ to work in that green

41:45 ↗ area and right now we're we are floating

41:49 ↗ around in the more ethereal Orange area

41:52 ↗ we are up here it's a necessity to get

41:55 ↗ us further down the funnel

41:58 ↗ [Music]

42:01 ↗ correct do you feel like breaking out

42:03 ↗ that that green piece a little bit more

42:05 ↗ and being a little more I know I'm not

42:07 ↗ suggesting any revision

42:10 ↗ I'm commenting on where we are in the

42:13 ↗ big picture where everyone sorry where

42:17 ↗ all of us probably really want to be

42:18 ↗ which is you know shovels in the ground

42:21 ↗ you know photos of shovels

42:24 ↗ maybe St yes

42:29 ↗ that's an exciting moment knowing we're

42:31 ↗ about to construct

42:34 ↗ something okay and then we just I know

42:37 ↗ we're running out of time and I want

42:39 ↗ actually give Brian time this time um

42:42 ↗ we'll hit the last question one more

42:47 ↗ time there we go okay is there anything

42:50 ↗ that needs to be changed in the plan for

42:52 ↗ you to recommend it for adoption

42:55 ↗ anything we need to really look at

42:58 ↗ revise or

43:01 ↗ change enhance it

43:13 ↗ all I'm sorry did you call

43:17 ↗ me oh your hand is up did yeah yeah okay

43:20 ↗ I it broke up though I wasn't sure whose

43:22 ↗ name you said um yeah so I brought this

43:26 ↗ up before and it's obviously not my call

43:28 ↗ but my recommendation is on when you

43:31 ↗ look at the uh the planning for the

43:33 ↗ different upcoming projects on slide 90

43:37 ↗ of the deck we were sent uh Hillside

43:40 ↗ Park uh another phase of Hillside Park

43:44 ↗ improvements is listed for the near

43:47 ↗ term and uh literally we haven't yet

43:51 ↗ Broken Ground on what's going to be done

43:54 ↗ at Hillside park yet and there was

43:58 ↗ significant uh Community push back on

44:01 ↗ making those kinds of changes and I

44:04 ↗ think having Hillside Park

44:07 ↗ another portion of it be done before

44:10 ↗ we've even started what's happening

44:15 ↗ now is um a little bit overly ambitious

44:19 ↗ so yeah

44:20 ↗ that's yeah Hillside Park number six

44:24 ↗ it's under the

44:25 ↗ near-term uh I would push it back a

44:28 ↗ level to just let what's going to be

44:31 ↗ done maybe starting very soon but let

44:35 ↗ what's going to be done settle before we

44:39 ↗ start in with another project at

44:42 ↗ Hillside park

44:43 ↗ because those of us that have been here

44:45 ↗ for a while know there was some

44:47 ↗ resistance and uh there will be probably

44:51 ↗ more resistance I don't know but that

44:54 ↗ would be my recommendation to move that

44:56 ↗ down a level

44:57 ↗ and that's all it's obviously not my

45:00 ↗ call and if everyone wants to keep it

45:02 ↗ there that's fine but um food for

45:08 ↗ thought the is the list in chological

45:11 ↗ order like

45:15 ↗ that7 like no it was alphabetical order

45:20 ↗ yeah not

45:22 ↗ chronological oh sorry

45:28 ↗ question should it be in is that I'm

45:32 ↗ guessing that is by design that you

45:33 ↗ don't want to take a stand yet Oni yeah

45:36 ↗ I mean we don't know what's gonna end up

45:39 ↗ being fully funded within the two years

45:44 ↗ of these six-year near-term projects um

45:47 ↗ what might end up being you know more

45:51 ↗ doable in that time frame um which is

45:55 ↗ why it's it's the one to six year sort

45:58 ↗ of project not

46:02 ↗ specific that's kind of why we we added

46:05 ↗ that complexity component too we know

46:07 ↗ some of the longer term projects really

46:09 ↗ need to start in the near term to get

46:12 ↗ them moving and get them through the

46:13 ↗ feasibility and

46:17 ↗ analys I just I you guys know that I

46:20 ↗ always feel like we put too many things

46:21 ↗ on this

46:22 ↗ list and are we not going to be able to

46:25 ↗ prioritize is it 10 things in the near

46:28 ↗ term or you're going to be like oh no

46:30 ↗ tipet's too complicated let's kick that

46:32 ↗ one so that's what I'm worried about be

46:34 ↗ totally honest

46:39 ↗ with I think that's part of why we did

46:41 ↗ bump tibits up 10 year

46:43 ↗ term um that's a huge part of the

46:46 ↗ community feedback and we've heard that

46:49 ↗ over and over that people would like to

46:50 ↗ see to that the master plan finished up

46:53 ↗ or re

46:54 ↗ re-envisioned and again that's a high

46:56 ↗ complexity project so that's why we do

46:58 ↗ want to put that up in your term and get

47:00 ↗ that started as soon as

47:02 ↗ possible I'm just can we do

47:07 ↗ T good

47:10 ↗ point you guys know you're

47:15 ↗ B feels like a lot to

47:18 ↗ me hi everyone sorry I'm little bit late

47:21 ↗ missed the presentation uh just came

47:23 ↗ back from city council me really good

47:25 ↗ discussion great question Marlene

47:28 ↗ I would say in in a best case scenario

47:31 ↗ yes 10 or 11 is doable in the near term

47:34 ↗ I think practically and understanding um

47:38 ↗ it might be really hard to get to all of

47:39 ↗ these in in six years um especially

47:43 ↗ completing them as as Robin said there's

47:45 ↗ a degree of complexity with these but um

47:49 ↗ I want to hearken back to the 2018 plan

47:52 ↗ and and sorry I missed this conversation

47:55 ↗ and if you want to know how this is used

47:57 ↗ as a tool please take the time and and

47:59 ↗ look at that page where we list the 2018

48:02 ↗ accomplishments because I think what

48:04 ↗ you'll see in that is a lot got done and

48:09 ↗ as we prioritize near Mid and long term

48:11 ↗ it's not as if okay this these near-term

48:14 ↗ projects are the only thing we're going

48:15 ↗ to work on but it really becomes a guid

48:17 ↗ poost for us to begin prioritizing that

48:20 ↗ six-year Capital Improvement plan um

48:24 ↗ knowing that there are there are things

48:27 ↗ we don't fully understand yet as as we

48:29 ↗ go into these projects um will they be

48:33 ↗ the ones that if that you whatever that

48:36 ↗ near-term list is that is recommended

48:39 ↗ will become our um primary targets for

48:43 ↗ the for the near- term yes absolutely

48:47 ↗ uh I would say 10 is more doable if you

48:50 ↗ we were very intentional um the 2018

48:53 ↗ plan had more in the near term than this

48:55 ↗ one does so uh trying to I think be be

48:59 ↗ practical and and pragmatic but um and

49:03 ↗ and respond to the community right this

49:05 ↗ this is based upon a lot of community

49:07 ↗ feedback um we have a diverse community

49:10 ↗ that wants a diverse set of things

49:12 ↗ within the park system and so we're

49:14 ↗ trying to we're trying to Comm

49:16 ↗ communicate a lot in this near-term

49:18 ↗ midterm long-term list that isn't

49:20 ↗ necessarily

49:23 ↗ just what can we get done and not get

49:26 ↗ done

49:27 ↗ actually it's 11 plus three that aren't

49:30 ↗ numbered you guys are

49:35 ↗ tricky SL oh is that the

49:38 ↗ operational yeah there well there's the

49:41 ↗ um Isa School District uh field

49:46 ↗ collaboration the first location um

49:52 ↗ and

49:55 ↗ yeah that's those don't have specific

49:58 ↗ locations which is why they're not

49:59 ↗ numbered because the numbers actually

50:02 ↗ correspond to the map that's earlier in

50:05 ↗ the in the plan document so they don't

50:07 ↗ have a number because there's not a

50:08 ↗ place for them on the map not because

50:10 ↗ they're not a numbered

50:12 ↗ project

50:16 ↗ 14 um this is the

50:19 ↗ 2018 plan accomplishments um

50:29 ↗ 14 and

50:35 ↗ then 17 that we sort of felt like we hit

50:40 ↗ from that 2018 plan um some of these are

50:44 ↗ ongoing these three

50:47 ↗ specifically um Urban Forest our

50:49 ↗ donation bench program and operations

50:52 ↗ and maintenance improvements um but

50:58 ↗ there's a lot of Acquisitions on there

50:59 ↗ which definitely

51:02 ↗ take sort of

51:04 ↗ upfront work and lots of but there's not

51:07 ↗ a lot of like ground to like break and

51:10 ↗ things to do there right permitting Etc

51:13 ↗ none of that kind of stuff happens right

51:16 ↗ the global pandemic you know and so as

51:18 ↗ as you read that you'll see you know

51:20 ↗ that there was a pretty big thing that

51:23 ↗ the city navigated that completely

51:24 ↗ shifted our Park planning fol Focus but

51:27 ↗ um your points well taken and again

51:29 ↗ really good um feedback my my

51:32 ↗ referencing the 2018 accomplishments is

51:35 ↗ is realizing this is a plan that does

51:38 ↗ put a big foot forward in terms of what

51:39 ↗ our Capital priorities are but it's also

51:42 ↗ a a bigger document that sets priorities

51:46 ↗ and Community feedback based on

51:47 ↗ community feedback Beyond just capital

51:50 ↗ projects and so I don't I love all the

51:54 ↗ projects

51:56 ↗ me WR I think it's a great question to

51:58 ↗ ask and you're absolutely right I I

52:00 ↗ think to to think success is completing

52:04 ↗ all 14 of those in six years that's not

52:06 ↗ going to happen it's not going to happen

52:09 ↗ but is that set does that set our North

52:12 ↗ Star for the projects and the

52:14 ↗ compilation and diversity of projects

52:16 ↗ that this community would like to see

52:19 ↗ done another big governor in all this is

52:22 ↗ funding right so so any Capital project

52:25 ↗ the three governor are time resources

52:29 ↗ and staff resources and

52:32 ↗ money and there's not enough funding to

52:35 ↗ accomplish all 14 of those in six years

52:38 ↗ and so it really is a again a vision we

52:41 ↗ provide to the community and then to say

52:43 ↗ hey the the rate with which we get these

52:45 ↗ things done will be dictated by funding

52:49 ↗ and staff and and

52:52 ↗ time I personally like setting big Gos

52:55 ↗ in a thing like this

52:57 ↗ more you know because you don't know

52:58 ↗ what's going to go through having

53:00 ↗ everything out there that you're trying

53:01 ↗ to do is I feel often you get further

53:05 ↗ along than if you cut it down too early

53:08 ↗ you

53:09 ↗ know so I do think it's like convincing

53:11 ↗ as much as possible but I still think a

53:13 ↗ good list

53:16 ↗ that trying for the big big to do it all

53:20 ↗ if you

53:21 ↗ can we have heard loud and clear tibits

53:24 ↗ Valley Park is a priority we agree that

53:27 ↗ that Park needs a new vision this park

53:29 ↗ we're we're in it we're in part of this

53:31 ↗ park needs a vision that really sets a

53:34 ↗ course for um its neighborhood about to

53:38 ↗ change or in process of changing and so

53:41 ↗ this park needs to be ready for that

53:44 ↗ that is a high high priority and

53:46 ↗ something we'll be seeking funding for

53:48 ↗ as we head into the

53:50 ↗ 2526 budget proc so on that note then

53:54 ↗ brought tiit if you go page 52 and 52 on

54:00 ↗ the actual key after I think

54:02 ↗ is

54:04 ↗ 50 of the slide deck so I look at level

54:08 ↗ of service more a Performance Based

54:10 ↗ level of service my question is if

54:12 ↗ Central Parks a four how can tibits

54:15 ↗ Valley be a

54:19 ↗ 3.6 and I'm worried the reason I'm

54:21 ↗ worried about this is because the price

54:23 ↗ tag of tibits is going to be outrageous

54:25 ↗ it's going to be huge

54:26 ↗ if I'm on the city council am I like

54:30 ↗ between a four and a 3.6 and you want to

54:32 ↗ spend that kind of money like tell me

54:34 ↗ why and so I think I'm just kind of

54:37 ↗ curious why we think Tippets is a

54:39 ↗ 36 it's a great it's a great comparison

54:42 ↗ and probably something we need to

54:44 ↗ revisit because I would agree

54:46 ↗ anecdotally that that Park probably is

54:47 ↗ not

54:49 ↗ performing at at that close of a level

54:51 ↗ to Central no and I think it'll long

54:53 ↗ term like I just don't want something

54:55 ↗ like that to come in the real

54:58 ↗ later

55:02 ↗ a seasonal I think it's a failing the

55:06 ↗ park works pretty well in the summer it

55:08 ↗ works fine in the summer but it's a

55:09 ↗ seasonal Park

55:12 ↗ versus would

55:14 ↗ you something we talk about is St a

55:16 ↗ community park shouldn't rely on

55:18 ↗ scheduled activities to fill up corre

55:20 ↗ and currently that Park is completely

55:22 ↗ dependent upon scheduled activities and

55:25 ↗ the reason it's not being

55:26 ↗ realized that's the reasons we need

55:29 ↗ toest because it exactly exactly there

55:31 ↗ is that that correlation so it's it's

55:33 ↗ def that's a great it's a great catch

55:35 ↗ it's probably worth us just looking at

55:37 ↗ the those variables again yeah I think

55:39 ↗ adding That Into You know that variable

55:42 ↗ and while while we're going through that

55:43 ↗ level of service handal that maybe we

55:46 ↗ need to add that per in what we're

55:49 ↗ evaluating

55:50 ↗ again oh great good

55:56 ↗ great okay I

55:58 ↗ think we're

56:00 ↗ we time unfortunately I'll let Bri come

56:04 ↗ but oh this is great and and like s said

56:06 ↗ if you have any other feedback or any

56:08 ↗ other questions or tweaks that you want

56:10 ↗ to make please feel free to email

56:13 ↗ those thank you so much and thank you

56:15 ↗ for all your hard work I know we've

56:17 ↗ looked at a lot of data a lot of

56:19 ↗ information but it's finally coming

56:22 ↗ together nicely

56:28 ↗ guys thank you thank you

56:32 ↗ lot we're still on

56:35 ↗ schedule we're

56:37 ↗ doing I Chris just keeps the schedule

56:40 ↗ down we're good we're good usually we

56:44 ↗ just last three minutes yeah true

56:48 ↗ um so next item on agenda is uh

56:52 ↗ enhancing Recreation programs is that

56:55 ↗ right

56:57 ↗ sorry I saw presented by Jeff Watling

56:59 ↗ but then I knew it was a Brian this is

57:01 ↗ mle Brian I I'll I'll te it out but let

57:04 ↗ uh the real Recreation expert uh speak

57:07 ↗ to this so uh good evening thanks for

57:09 ↗ letting us um bring this before you we

57:12 ↗ know um we've missed a a quarterly

57:14 ↗ report for our Recreation team uh

57:16 ↗ they've been doing amazing amazing work

57:19 ↗ uh we thought um we take advantage of a

57:21 ↗ s of a Time opportunity here to give you

57:23 ↗ an update on Recreation um a little

57:26 ↗ context of this presentation Brian and I

57:27 ↗ are giving this presentation to the city

57:30 ↗ council committee the services safety

57:32 ↗ and Parks committee tomorrow night um

57:35 ↗ the reason we're doing that is one of

57:38 ↗ every year within our Citywide work plan

57:41 ↗ the mayor identifies sort of her top

57:43 ↗ five or six work plan items and one of

57:46 ↗ those top items that she identified this

57:47 ↗ year was was this topic of enhancing

57:50 ↗ Recreation programs and knowing if you

57:53 ↗ look at sort of even before the pandemic

57:56 ↗ but really after the pandemic uh the

57:58 ↗ recreation team has doing been doing a

57:59 ↗ lot a lot of review how do we offer

58:03 ↗ things what do we offer um and how are

58:06 ↗ we constantly on this journey of

58:08 ↗ enhancing Rec programs so what you're

58:10 ↗ going to hear tonight is really an

58:11 ↗ overview of of that pardon some of the

58:14 ↗ slides you might see some of the

58:16 ↗ questions posed are framed as if because

58:19 ↗ they are going to city council members

58:22 ↗ um maybe an opportunity as you're

58:24 ↗ hearing this and and sort of seeing this

58:26 ↗ practice run um you see how we really

58:29 ↗ pose questions to council uh we did this

58:31 ↗ exact a very similar update uh last

58:34 ↗ month when we took the park system Plan

58:36 ↗ update to to council committee so um

58:39 ↗ this won't be an item we're asking

58:40 ↗ action for tonight with you it's not an

58:42 ↗ action item that we're necessarily

58:44 ↗ asking Council for uh but there is a set

58:47 ↗ of questions we'd love your feedback on

58:48 ↗ it just you know is this presentation

58:50 ↗ clear uh what What's the sense you're

58:53 ↗ getting we did a big Recreation survey

58:55 ↗ this past summer and starting to dive

58:57 ↗ into some of the data with this feedback

58:59 ↗ but happy to provide all that that

59:01 ↗ survey info to all of you as well so

59:04 ↗ with that intro next

59:05 ↗ [Music]

59:09 ↗ slide R is this one go forward

59:15 ↗ yeah my computer oh I

59:19 ↗ have I'll just do it

59:22 ↗ here wow I figured I assuming user error

59:28 ↗ awesome so as Parks Community Services

59:31 ↗ Department I think you've heard me share

59:34 ↗ this a couple of times uh we do a lot of

59:36 ↗ things uh but it really boils down to

59:38 ↗ two core values and two core purposes

59:41 ↗ that drive our entire department and

59:43 ↗ that's we invest in places with the

59:46 ↗ stewards of isest parks trails and Open

59:48 ↗ Spaces just like we talked about with

59:49 ↗ the system plan as well as four very

59:52 ↗ unique Recreation facilities um and then

59:55 ↗ we invest in people so it's really that

59:58 ↗ essence of places and people that drive

1:00:00 ↗ what we do um the recreation team as

1:00:03 ↗ you're here tonight um are the managers

1:00:05 ↗ of those four Recreation buildings the

1:00:07 ↗ community center the pool the senior

1:00:09 ↗ center and the Pickering Barn um and so

1:00:12 ↗ much of what the recreation team does is

1:00:14 ↗ really focused on people um and the

1:00:17 ↗ programs and services that they provide

1:00:20 ↗ pretty amazing team um I'm going to turn

1:00:22 ↗ it over to Brian to talk through this

1:00:25 ↗ journey we've done on this year but also

1:00:27 ↗ the last the last couple of years so

1:00:29 ↗ take it away Brian yeah thank you yeah

1:00:31 ↗ for those don't Brian B with the uh you

1:00:34 ↗ service I'm Recreation manager so I work

1:00:36 ↗ with teams like Jeff I said the

1:00:38 ↗ community center pool Senior Center be

1:00:40 ↗ barn and the athletic and bfield

1:00:43 ↗ Rental um and for the record I was here

1:00:46 ↗ for a quar of the update you reminds sit

1:00:50 ↗ but I ran out time I didn't get time to

1:00:52 ↗ put my present I had my presentation

1:00:54 ↗ ready we get time time as my so I'm like

1:00:57 ↗ yes that's what it was I sit like I feel

1:01:00 ↗ like I was

1:01:03 ↗ here was awesome so thank you for that

1:01:06 ↗ reminder that was funny uh if you go

1:01:08 ↗ next slide please really quickly that'd

1:01:10 ↗ be great thank you uh the purpose size

1:01:12 ↗ presentation is provide an update and

1:01:14 ↗ seek input from the park board switch

1:01:16 ↗ the services and Safety Committee on

1:01:18 ↗ that one on the framework and key

1:01:20 ↗ elements of the 2024 work plan

1:01:22 ↗ initiative of enhancing Recreation

1:01:24 ↗ programs uh we go to the next slide uh

1:01:28 ↗ tonight we'll be presenting a lot of

1:01:30 ↗ information um and what we'll be asking

1:01:32 ↗ from you is feedback on two primary

1:01:35 ↗ questions uh those two questions are is

1:01:37 ↗ there any additional feedback for staff

1:01:39 ↗ to consider while conducting further

1:01:41 ↗ internal review and Gathering resident

1:01:43 ↗ input about City Recreation programs and

1:01:45 ↗ services and the second question is as

1:01:48 ↗ we plan for the 2025 B 25 26 budget

1:01:52 ↗ cycle are there any considerations or

1:01:54 ↗ priorities you would like for us to

1:01:55 ↗ address in our ongoing efforts to

1:01:57 ↗ enhance Recreation programs we will

1:02:00 ↗ bring this slide up again at the end

1:02:01 ↗ when we start discussing these two

1:02:03 ↗ questions so we don't have to you don't

1:02:04 ↗ have to

1:02:05 ↗ memorize uh if you don't mind going to

1:02:07 ↗ the next slide thank

1:02:09 ↗ you uh following is an overview of the

1:02:13 ↗ uh presentation topics for tonight's

1:02:14 ↗ discussion uh first I'll be discussing

1:02:17 ↗ who we are and providing an overview of

1:02:19 ↗ the Recreation services division then

1:02:21 ↗ I'll be providing a brief overview of

1:02:23 ↗ modifications made to our operational

1:02:25 ↗ procedures

1:02:26 ↗ I'm also going to share some of the

1:02:28 ↗ changes and enhancements we've recently

1:02:30 ↗ made to some of our programs next we'll

1:02:33 ↗ spend some time looking at our community

1:02:35 ↗ outreach and Survey results finally

1:02:38 ↗ we'll take uh we'll talk about our steps

1:02:40 ↗ moving

1:02:46 ↗ forward I've actually presented this

1:02:48 ↗ similarly to you before about what our

1:02:51 ↗ divisions are but I will do it again

1:02:52 ↗ really quickly um often Recreation

1:02:55 ↗ services a lot More Than People realize

1:02:57 ↗ um yeah I can't tell you how many times

1:02:59 ↗ I've done out talking with the public

1:03:00 ↗ and they like wait you guys do that yeah

1:03:02 ↗ we do yeah you guys do that that's your

1:03:04 ↗ building the community center the

1:03:05 ↗ community center is actually City

1:03:07 ↗ facility can't do yeah and there's a

1:03:09 ↗ pool yeah there is it's up on the hill

1:03:11 ↗ next to the community center right so

1:03:12 ↗ there's a lot of times it's amazing that

1:03:14 ↗ people just don't realize how many

1:03:16 ↗ things the Recreation services division

1:03:17 ↗ touches or that it runs the farmers

1:03:19 ↗ market and those kind of fun things um

1:03:22 ↗ Rec Services consist of five Dynamic

1:03:24 ↗ teams as we mentioned before the

1:03:26 ↗ community center the pool the senior

1:03:27 ↗ center Pickering barn and the athletic

1:03:30 ↗ and Athletics and Park rentals uh

1:03:32 ↗ together these teams provide a wide

1:03:34 ↗ range of services that residents in

1:03:36 ↗ isqua residents in Isa in the

1:03:38 ↗ surrounding areas uh I'd like to take a

1:03:40 ↗ couple minutes tonight to just briefly

1:03:41 ↗ highlight um each of these teams a

1:03:43 ↗ little bit for you to know what you just

1:03:45 ↗ to talk a little bit

1:03:47 ↗ about

1:03:50 ↗ um it's all on the same stff good uh at

1:03:53 ↗ the community center Kathy Jones and her

1:03:55 ↗ team team provide special events classes

1:03:58 ↗ and programs for all ages and abilities

1:04:00 ↗ creating opportunities for residents to

1:04:02 ↗ connect and engage with one another um

1:04:04 ↗ post covid and with the installation of

1:04:06 ↗ wood flooring within the community

1:04:08 ↗ center it just continues to see more

1:04:10 ↗ growth and its classes and programs in

1:04:12 ↗ the m just you know since it's continued

1:04:15 ↗ to this day we're just getting more and

1:04:17 ↗ more activity there uh some of the

1:04:19 ↗ programs offered through the community

1:04:20 ↗ center are adaptive Recreation preschool

1:04:22 ↗ before after school care health and

1:04:24 ↗ fitness day camps drop in activities

1:04:27 ↗ along with a wide variety of other

1:04:28 ↗ classes and

1:04:31 ↗ programs the Athletics and park Reynolds

1:04:33 ↗ team is a is responsible for organizing

1:04:36 ↗ and managing Youth and adult sports

1:04:38 ↗ programs and scheduling a variety of

1:04:39 ↗ outdoor active spaces such as fall

1:04:42 ↗ fields and picnic shelters located

1:04:43 ↗ throughout the community in the in the

1:04:46 ↗ last few years the Athletics team has

1:04:48 ↗ been excited to add a variety of new

1:04:49 ↗ programs including indoor and outdoor

1:04:51 ↗ pickle ball and cheer camp as well as

1:04:53 ↗ expanding our gliders track and field

1:04:56 ↗ and cross country programs to meet the

1:04:57 ↗ increasing demand from the public for

1:04:59 ↗ this program and we're kind of touching

1:05:02 ↗ into that piece we talked about earlier

1:05:04 ↗ right we're uh we're the we're the

1:05:05 ↗ active pieces of the parks um and we use

1:05:07 ↗ them a lot and as well said I always

1:05:11 ↗ love more spaces to program right uh

1:05:14 ↗ Jared and his team promote physical

1:05:16 ↗ health teamwork and social interaction

1:05:18 ↗ among participants of all ages and

1:05:20 ↗ stages within our community these

1:05:22 ↗ programs Foster a sense of community

1:05:23 ↗ Pride encourage active Lifestyles and

1:05:25 ↗ provide opportunities for Community

1:05:28 ↗ engagement uh the jly B pool has been

1:05:31 ↗ serving isqua since 1972 been around a

1:05:34 ↗ few minutes um I learned to swim there

1:05:36 ↗ if you want a little tid bit of

1:05:38 ↗ information I'm an exceptional

1:05:44 ↗ swi s yeah you don't want to see me um

1:05:48 ↗ Zack Zack Leon and the quatic team

1:05:49 ↗ provides swim lessons and trainings as

1:05:51 ↗ well as supporting six High School swim

1:05:53 ↗ teams and two private swim teams for

1:05:55 ↗ their swim practice practices and meets

1:05:57 ↗ uh the pool was excited to once again

1:05:59 ↗ host the under underwater egg hunt and

1:06:01 ↗ is looking to providing a brand new

1:06:03 ↗ program this year that's a junior Life

1:06:05 ↗ part program that will be offering the

1:06:06 ↗ summmer due to the increased demand

1:06:08 ↗ limit of space staff conducted a pool

1:06:10 ↗ feasibility study in 2023 to determine

1:06:13 ↗ whether or not additional capacity could

1:06:15 ↗ be added to the J Julius bone pool site

1:06:18 ↗ the pool feasibility study has been

1:06:20 ↗ completed and staff has conducted

1:06:21 ↗ education outre this summer to gauge

1:06:24 ↗ public The public's interest an

1:06:25 ↗ additional water capacity staff will be

1:06:28 ↗ providing an update to Council on

1:06:29 ↗ September on the education Outreach that

1:06:31 ↗ we go in the

1:06:33 ↗ summer you think it's since 1972 just a

1:06:38 ↗ little bit just a bit I'll ask you a

1:06:40 ↗ second question do you think the PO aqu

1:06:45 ↗ aquatic you that one thank you I

1:06:48 ↗ appreciate it I'll take as M as you want

1:06:50 ↗ to throw um since taking over the

1:06:53 ↗ operation 2017

1:06:55 ↗ the uh Senior Center has been a hub for

1:06:57 ↗ socialization and a place where seniors

1:06:59 ↗ can connect and be SE uh Kirsten May and

1:07:02 ↗ her team provide a vast array of program

1:07:04 ↗ offerings that enrich uh the lives of

1:07:07 ↗ seniors provide opportunities for

1:07:09 ↗ lifelong learning wellness and Community

1:07:11 ↗ engagement the senior center continues

1:07:13 ↗ to increase its relationship within our

1:07:15 ↗ community of ever increasing diverse

1:07:16 ↗ seniors for the second time with the

1:07:18 ↗ proud recipience of the King County

1:07:20 ↗ veterans and Senior Human Services

1:07:21 ↗ funding Grant which connects seniors

1:07:23 ↗ with much valuable and needed res

1:07:26 ↗ resources along with the Summer full of

1:07:28 ↗ very popular field trips um we are also

1:07:32 ↗ providing um meals four days a week um

1:07:36 ↗ and we also provide meals that honor the

1:07:38 ↗ holidays and special events that

1:07:39 ↗ represent our diverse

1:07:42 ↗ populations picking

1:07:45 ↗ Barn is destinational Landmark within

1:07:47 ↗ the city of isqua providing one of the

1:07:49 ↗ most popular and well attended farmers

1:07:51 ↗ markets on the East Side in addition to

1:07:52 ↗ being a premier site for wedding

1:07:55 ↗ weddings and a wide variety of special

1:07:57 ↗ events I hope I'm not reading too fast I

1:07:59 ↗ feel like I'm on a time crunch so please

1:08:02 ↗ to slow me down if I'm going too quick

1:08:04 ↗ uh Kelly Diane who runs the bickering

1:08:07 ↗ barn and her team have recently

1:08:08 ↗ introduced the snap and snap match

1:08:11 ↗ programs which provide food security for

1:08:14 ↗ those in need uh this year we're also

1:08:16 ↗ adding a variety of seasonal

1:08:21 ↗ markets you don't mind going to the next

1:08:23 ↗ slide thank you

1:08:26 ↗ uh Recreation is unique in that it's a

1:08:28 ↗ market-driven service um you know

1:08:31 ↗ customers choose to participate in

1:08:33 ↗ Services the city provides because of

1:08:35 ↗ our reputation as a trusted provider

1:08:37 ↗ consistent and safe high quality program

1:08:40 ↗ so it's hard to you a lot of services

1:08:41 ↗ you don't have to choose from right you

1:08:42 ↗ got bills that you just have to kind of

1:08:44 ↗ pay but people actually choose to

1:08:47 ↗ participate with us uh we regularly are

1:08:49 ↗ adjusting and adapting to meet the

1:08:51 ↗ evolving needs and wants of the

1:08:53 ↗ community uh we provide diverse programs

1:08:55 ↗ have offerings that are accessible

1:08:56 ↗ inclusive and reflective of the

1:08:58 ↗ community we

1:09:00 ↗ serve and recognizing the trust the Comm

1:09:03 ↗ that recognizing the trust that

1:09:04 ↗ customers place in us we seek excellence

1:09:07 ↗ in customer service by providing

1:09:09 ↗ well-trained staff and Quality

1:09:16 ↗ Service

1:09:18 ↗ uh part of the work in enhancing

1:09:20 ↗ Recreation programs has been looking at

1:09:22 ↗ our operations to see where

1:09:23 ↗ modifications can be made to enhance

1:09:25 ↗ efficiency reduce costs and improve

1:09:27 ↗ overall performance of customer service

1:09:29 ↗ by identifying and addressing

1:09:31 ↗ inefficiencies out and outdated

1:09:33 ↗ processes some of some recent procedural

1:09:36 ↗ changes we'd like to highlight are the

1:09:39 ↗ uh scholarship program which was revised

1:09:42 ↗ and adopted by Council in 2022 to more

1:09:45 ↗ equally serve the ongoing needs of those

1:09:47 ↗ who don't have who do not have the

1:09:49 ↗ resources participate in our programs as

1:09:52 ↗ we continue to share this program with

1:09:53 ↗ the community we we recently enhanced

1:09:56 ↗ scholarship program making it more

1:09:58 ↗ accessible and user friendly for a wider

1:10:00 ↗ variety of program participants we had

1:10:02 ↗ our uh we have an Adaptive Recreation

1:10:04 ↗ coordinator that took a look at it and

1:10:06 ↗ in dealing with the Adaptive populations

1:10:09 ↗ realized there were some barriers in

1:10:10 ↗ that population was having in reading

1:10:12 ↗ and understanding and filling out our

1:10:14 ↗ form so we did a little bit of a revamp

1:10:16 ↗ on it to make it more user friendly have

1:10:17 ↗ a little bit of a test group and we

1:10:19 ↗ worked with a hand what would make this

1:10:20 ↗ more right so we adjusted that form to

1:10:23 ↗ make it it's still a super simp simple

1:10:25 ↗ but as simple as it was so we're

1:10:27 ↗ continuing to make improvements

1:10:29 ↗ there uh this spring along with input

1:10:33 ↗ from the equity board we implemented

1:10:34 ↗ priority registration from for some of

1:10:36 ↗ our more popular programs allowing

1:10:39 ↗ residents of isqua to register prior to

1:10:41 ↗ prog to prior to the program opening to

1:10:44 ↗ the public this year priy registration

1:10:47 ↗ was implemented with both summer camps

1:10:49 ↗ and swim

1:10:51 ↗ lists Community feedback reinforces that

1:10:54 ↗ we continue to have a supply demand

1:10:55 ↗ Challenge and that there is a need for

1:10:57 ↗ increase in capacity Within These

1:10:59 ↗ programs the priority registration

1:11:01 ↗ helped but we still have not we still

1:11:03 ↗ have more work to do the high demand

1:11:05 ↗ program so we made some gains but

1:11:07 ↗ there's still work to be done um this

1:11:10 ↗ year sta is reviewing the rental spaces

1:11:12 ↗ and Gathering data on usage patterns

1:11:14 ↗ pricing rental policies and procedures

1:11:17 ↗ best practices and Community needs

1:11:19 ↗ following this work staff will identify

1:11:21 ↗ areas for improvement and revise the

1:11:23 ↗ facility rental processing forms to

1:11:25 ↗ reflect the lessons

1:11:32 ↗ learned another part of the work uh in

1:11:35 ↗ enhancing Recreation programs has been

1:11:36 ↗ looking at our pro at the programs we

1:11:38 ↗ offer and identifying areas for

1:11:40 ↗ improvement leading to enhanced program

1:11:42 ↗ quality and more effective use of

1:11:45 ↗ resources some recent program changes

1:11:48 ↗ and enhancements there are many but a

1:11:50 ↗ few we're going to highlight tonight are

1:11:53 ↗ the before and after school program

1:11:55 ↗ called old schoolhouse rck it began

1:11:57 ↗ during covid and was created in response

1:12:00 ↗ to uh the need for child care amongst

1:12:03 ↗ First Responders and those need to work

1:12:05 ↗ outside the home during Co that's kind

1:12:07 ↗ of the Genesis of that program uh this

1:12:09 ↗ year the program that was that used to

1:12:11 ↗ be staff run has now been transitioned

1:12:14 ↗ to a third party partner that cares for

1:12:16 ↗ children before and after school the

1:12:18 ↗ program is you know started one that's

1:12:20 ↗ still alive in little to day and it sort

1:12:21 ↗ of generated into a new program that's

1:12:23 ↗ now actually run with a partner and

1:12:27 ↗ uh post pandemic we were able to bring

1:12:29 ↗ back a full-time Recreation coordinator

1:12:30 ↗ position that's what I mentioned before

1:12:33 ↗ for the first time ever the

1:12:34 ↗ coordinator's primary respons was

1:12:36 ↗ dedicated to Adaptive Recreation

1:12:37 ↗ programming having a full-time

1:12:39 ↗ Recreation coordinator has helped to

1:12:41 ↗ greatly expand the programs classes and

1:12:43 ↗ events offered within the Adaptive

1:12:45 ↗ Community a few brand new programs being

1:12:48 ↗ offered this year are uh within the

1:12:50 ↗ Special Olympics programming venue we're

1:12:51 ↗ going to offer swimming track and pickle

1:12:54 ↗ ball um we've offered in the past we've

1:12:56 ↗ offered basketball and softball but uh

1:12:59 ↗ adding those extra ones would be our

1:13:02 ↗ everybody's looking forward to those new

1:13:04 ↗ programs um as mentioned earlier the

1:13:06 ↗ gliders program was expanded to meet

1:13:09 ↗ increase in demand and is serving over

1:13:11 ↗ 600 participants this

1:13:14 ↗ year that's a lot of Runners I wasn't

1:13:16 ↗ one of those that jumped in that program

1:13:17 ↗ but there's a lot of Runners this can I

1:13:19 ↗ can I add something about that one Brian

1:13:22 ↗ great job on all of these um Ju Just to

1:13:24 ↗ speak so much of these are either

1:13:27 ↗ modifications or or came about with a

1:13:29 ↗ lot of discussion gliders is a great

1:13:31 ↗ example and that we we knew that there

1:13:34 ↗ was interest in running and year round

1:13:36 ↗ running and not just at the track

1:13:38 ↗ program but cross country uh we ran a

1:13:41 ↗ recreation soccer program for years uh

1:13:44 ↗ that just before the pandemic we were

1:13:45 ↗ seeing those numbers really drop

1:13:48 ↗ considerably um and had to make that

1:13:50 ↗ hard decision to pay you know we only

1:13:52 ↗ have so much staff capacity um when you

1:13:55 ↗ even think about running programs and

1:13:57 ↗ offering programs so had to make the

1:13:59 ↗ hard decision but I think it was the

1:14:01 ↗ right decision to say you know what to

1:14:03 ↗ grab a hold of year round running we

1:14:05 ↗ need to let go of something and so as we

1:14:07 ↗ let go of that Rec Soccer program we

1:14:09 ↗ realize there's enough Rec Soccer

1:14:11 ↗ providers here in the community let's

1:14:13 ↗ not be redundant it's been really cool

1:14:15 ↗ to see how the communities responded so

1:14:17 ↗ now re soccer is still an an option for

1:14:20 ↗ family members for residents but so is

1:14:23 ↗ this um this running program that has

1:14:25 ↗ just been uh very very well received

1:14:28 ↗ yeah so absolutely

1:14:32 ↗ absolutely um summer camps offered to

1:14:34 ↗ the community center extremely popular

1:14:36 ↗ and in high demand in 2024 with

1:14:39 ↗ additional funding approved by Council

1:14:41 ↗ staff was staff offered an additional

1:14:43 ↗ summer day camp a summer camp as well as

1:14:46 ↗ piloting a twoe Spanish speaking Camp um

1:14:49 ↗ implementing prior registration and

1:14:51 ↗ adding camps helped but did not take

1:14:53 ↗ care of the whole problem and this is

1:14:54 ↗ reflect within the survey responses that

1:14:56 ↗ we received uh Community Center staff

1:14:59 ↗ continues to work toward increase

1:15:00 ↗ capacity for residents to these popular

1:15:02 ↗ program so once again we've made some

1:15:05 ↗ gains but there's still more gains to be

1:15:07 ↗ made and that's just acknowledging that

1:15:09 ↗ yes we've made some positive steps and

1:15:11 ↗ still have more to take still running a

1:15:13 ↗ pretty sizable weight list yes right

1:15:15 ↗ each we yeah there yeah speaking of

1:15:18 ↗ sizable weight list um another program

1:15:20 ↗ that's very popular and high demand is

1:15:22 ↗ our swim lesson program yeah you Ed to

1:15:25 ↗ register for one of those know the

1:15:27 ↗ experience I was there earlier today

1:15:30 ↗ with some class and I'm getting ready

1:15:31 ↗ for Wednesday registration there's a

1:15:33 ↗ little bit of

1:15:35 ↗ angst listen to a lot of people about

1:15:37 ↗ registering for those too and I think it

1:15:39 ↗ was our city administer said that think

1:15:41 ↗ registering for the summer day camp was

1:15:43 ↗ the most stressful five minutes or 10

1:15:45 ↗ minutes of the year what was right we're

1:15:49 ↗ trying to ease that we want to ease that

1:15:50 ↗ for not only our city administrator but

1:15:52 ↗ our community at large uh so in 2024

1:15:55 ↗ staff increased capacity by offering

1:15:57 ↗ more swim lesson classes along with

1:15:59 ↗ increase increasing the capacity within

1:16:02 ↗ the classes being offer as with summer

1:16:04 ↗ camps adding priority registration

1:16:06 ↗ increasing capacity within the swim

1:16:07 ↗ lesson program helped but it did not

1:16:09 ↗ resolve our issue schol staff is working

1:16:12 ↗ to increase capacity Within These

1:16:13 ↗ popular programs so even more can learn

1:16:15 ↗ to school that's what it's all about we

1:16:17 ↗ want to teach as many cases we can to

1:16:21 ↗ learn uh the Recreation services

1:16:23 ↗ division provides a variety of community

1:16:26 ↗ events coming out of Co reestablishing

1:16:29 ↗ some much loved events and adding new

1:16:31 ↗ ones has been has been a priority for

1:16:32 ↗ the team this year some of these events

1:16:35 ↗ include the down home Fourth of July

1:16:37 ↗ that was added this year and bringing

1:16:39 ↗ back Bo the barn along with the

1:16:41 ↗ underwater EG now the Fourth of July was

1:16:43 ↗ run by the city last year but this year

1:16:45 ↗ was run by the Recreation services

1:16:47 ↗ division so uh our Recreation service

1:16:50 ↗ division will be running it forward so

1:16:51 ↗ we built on the good work done last year

1:16:53 ↗ built on this year and moving forward

1:16:55 ↗ service division is in charge

1:16:57 ↗ of uh as mentioned earlier the pck barn

1:17:01 ↗ implemented the snap and snap match

1:17:02 ↗ programs which allow for more access to

1:17:04 ↗ farm fresh food along with the food

1:17:07 ↗ Access program we'll also be adding some

1:17:09 ↗ new seasonal markets in

1:17:11 ↗ 2024 2024 Market Farmers Market held its

1:17:15 ↗ first ever poster contest where local

1:17:17 ↗ artists competed for the opportunity to

1:17:19 ↗ have their design on the promotional

1:17:21 ↗ materials for this year's farmers market

1:17:24 ↗ so everything you see Farmers Market

1:17:25 ↗ related was an actual contest that uh

1:17:29 ↗ artists submitted and it's kind of cool

1:17:31 ↗ we're going to do it every year well we

1:17:32 ↗ have one our first annual so we'll be

1:17:34 ↗ doing it in the future so it's kind of a

1:17:36 ↗ fun thing and another fun fact about the

1:17:38 ↗ farmers market is we just hit uh 5,000

1:17:42 ↗ attendees say on two Saturdays that we

1:17:45 ↗ had which is more than we've ever had

1:17:47 ↗ and that's I like to remind people too

1:17:50 ↗ that even our average used to be around

1:17:51 ↗ the 3500s and now more like the 45 but

1:17:55 ↗ you realize too that's 9 to 2 o'clock

1:17:57 ↗ every Saturday that that amount of

1:17:59 ↗ people are going in and out and the

1:18:01 ↗ transition of setting that event up and

1:18:03 ↗ then by 3 o'clock we're setting up wed

1:18:06 ↗ right so the team there does a fabulous

1:18:08 ↗ job and running a really great Market

1:18:10 ↗ but then also getting out get it out of

1:18:11 ↗ there so we can turn around for a

1:18:14 ↗ wonderful wedding experience hopefully

1:18:16 ↗ and as you mentioned the 5,000 R yeah

1:18:19 ↗ and the fact that we're averaging 4,000

1:18:21 ↗ it's just data is a great example that

1:18:23 ↗ the recreation team is really grabbing

1:18:25 ↗ hold of data Kelly Diane and team and

1:18:28 ↗ Farmers Market are doing a great job of

1:18:30 ↗ tracking vendor

1:18:33 ↗ sales you know attendance we've got a

1:18:35 ↗ great group of volunteers that are that

1:18:37 ↗ are clicking and doing the best they can

1:18:39 ↗ to keep track of of folks and so that's

1:18:42 ↗ just great for us in terms of delivery

1:18:44 ↗ of the program but also as we are

1:18:46 ↗ attracting vendors a farmers market is a

1:18:49 ↗ is a very um nuanced business is that

1:18:52 ↗ you really are playing Cupid that's your

1:18:54 ↗ job to bring vendors and fantastic

1:18:58 ↗ vendors and customers who are wanting to

1:19:00 ↗ spend money and let them enjoy the

1:19:04 ↗ Commerce and um I think that those

1:19:06 ↗ several years of data have really paid

1:19:08 ↗ off and that um again to think we're

1:19:11 ↗ averaging 4,000 plus is uh it's

1:19:15 ↗ fantastic it's a great if you haven't

1:19:17 ↗ been there or if you do go please go

1:19:20 ↗ between the food trucks and is is just

1:19:23 ↗ every time I go it is a great definition

1:19:25 ↗ of community it is just it's it's a

1:19:28 ↗ coming and and hanging out for five

1:19:31 ↗ hours so great job at the team and some

1:19:33 ↗ great food

1:19:34 ↗ trucks and the data too we even tracked

1:19:36 ↗ the uh we even keep track sort of the

1:19:38 ↗ weather right so you know like what the

1:19:41 ↗ weather was on certain days without

1:19:42 ↗ attendance because it's natural any

1:19:44 ↗ outdoor event weather's worse either too

1:19:47 ↗ hot or raining you know us see deep

1:19:49 ↗ natural but it's kind of fun to track it

1:19:52 ↗ to see what the weather was on each day

1:19:53 ↗ along with those

1:19:55 ↗ the snap thing is a big deal too what's

1:19:57 ↗ that the snap thing is a big deal yeah

1:20:00 ↗ no that is yeah in 2020 last year we

1:20:02 ↗ implemented snap and this year we were

1:20:04 ↗ able to get snap match and it's it's a

1:20:06 ↗ bit of work for the staff it was a big

1:20:07 ↗ lift Kelly Dan and her team Kelly Dan

1:20:09 ↗ especially made it l to have our finance

1:20:12 ↗ department was great embraced it it's

1:20:14 ↗ thank you for ackowledgement because if

1:20:16 ↗ you don't know about it was huge and for

1:20:17 ↗ a lot of years we were like we don't

1:20:18 ↗ have the band we don't have the band

1:20:20 ↗ with they like you know we think we have

1:20:21 ↗ the band withd this is something we need

1:20:22 ↗ to do let's do it and we did it and it's

1:20:25 ↗ and it really has provided food access

1:20:27 ↗ to a lot of folks and that program

1:20:28 ↗ continues when we have numbers on that

1:20:30 ↗ too that each week we see more more

1:20:33 ↗ people using that and taking advantage

1:20:34 ↗ of it which is just really awesome and

1:20:36 ↗ Brian I just want to interject too that

1:20:38 ↗ I appreciated the parks that that the um

1:20:42 ↗ there was Presence at the food bank last

1:20:44 ↗ Tuesday when I was there volunteering

1:20:46 ↗ and they were introducing it and letting

1:20:48 ↗ people know about it writing information

1:20:50 ↗ so that was uh that was really good yeah

1:20:53 ↗ yeah yeah we're trying to get that work

1:20:54 ↗ out there into the community right it's

1:20:56 ↗ kind like our scholarship program same

1:20:57 ↗ thing right what how do we reach because

1:20:59 ↗ a lot of times there's those of us are

1:21:01 ↗ connected a lot we have to think about

1:21:03 ↗ things a way like well how are we get

1:21:04 ↗ connect with those that maybe just not

1:21:06 ↗ connected how do we find those folks and

1:21:07 ↗ how do we reach them so we're

1:21:08 ↗ continually trying to think of the best

1:21:10 ↗ ways to do that that's one of those

1:21:11 ↗ that's going hey let's go to the

1:21:12 ↗ community might want and be able to use

1:21:15 ↗ this thank

1:21:18 ↗ you

1:21:23 ↗ um she kind of talking about everything

1:21:25 ↗ else for my

1:21:27 ↗ spot visibility yes thank you you're

1:21:30 ↗ thank

1:21:31 ↗ you in 2023 staff conducted a pool

1:21:34 ↗ pability study that confirmed there is a

1:21:36 ↗ strong desire for additional pool space

1:21:38 ↗ within our community in 2024 staff is

1:21:42 ↗ conducting education and Outreach to the

1:21:44 ↗ community to explore the community's

1:21:46 ↗ interest in the potential for increased

1:21:48 ↗ capacity on the existing pool

1:21:51 ↗ site it's part of the work to enhance

1:21:54 ↗ Recreation program staff conducted a

1:21:55 ↗ community survey from the end this is uh

1:21:58 ↗ the community survey from the end of May

1:22:01 ↗ through June the 21st the survey

1:22:03 ↗ received 818 responses and provided

1:22:05 ↗ valuable data and feedback so 818 I

1:22:08 ↗ think we were shooting we think hey we'

1:22:09 ↗ be doing really well we got on 4500 and

1:22:11 ↗ we hit the 800 Mark I was pretty happy

1:22:14 ↗ with that um tonight we'll be providing

1:22:16 ↗ a quick high level overview of some of

1:22:18 ↗ that information that

1:22:24 ↗ um some of the key takeaways from the

1:22:26 ↗ survey that we' like to share are uh

1:22:29 ↗ there were strong levels of satisfaction

1:22:31 ↗ with existing programs and services but

1:22:33 ↗ with room to improve we'll be discussing

1:22:35 ↗ some of those on the next slide uh

1:22:38 ↗ there's interest for both new programs

1:22:40 ↗ and events there's also interest in

1:22:42 ↗ expanding existing popular programs and

1:22:44 ↗ services there's a strong desire for an

1:22:47 ↗ increase in marketing and Outreach that

1:22:49 ↗ is vital and ensuring residents are

1:22:51 ↗ aware of programs and services

1:22:53 ↗ offered there are program limitations

1:22:55 ↗ due to high demand and quick fill up

1:22:57 ↗ times which lead to frustration and

1:23:00 ↗ disappointment but not for Paul because

1:23:02 ↗ Paul got into the swim

1:23:04 ↗ list I had like two

1:23:10 ↗ alarms thank you there we go uh with

1:23:13 ↗ over 600 responses to this question this

1:23:16 ↗ table encompasses some feedback on our

1:23:17 ↗ current programs how the community feels

1:23:20 ↗ we are doing uh real quickly I wanted to

1:23:22 ↗ note that there's there's a neutral

1:23:24 ↗ section and the the neutral or not

1:23:26 ↗ applicable column that refle that

1:23:28 ↗ reflects participants you know taking

1:23:30 ↗ part in the survey that they're not

1:23:32 ↗ familiar with the program offer right so

1:23:34 ↗ that that neutral or not applicable area

1:23:37 ↗ and you can see this as we look at some

1:23:39 ↗ of our smaller more targeted programs

1:23:41 ↗ they have higher percentages in those

1:23:42 ↗ areas like some of our smaller more

1:23:44 ↗ target areas like our preschool and our

1:23:46 ↗ adaptive wreck and our uh H which was

1:23:49 ↗ other uh the youth before and after

1:23:52 ↗ school care yes those have higher levels

1:23:55 ↗ on that you know not applicable area

1:23:58 ↗ because people just aren't familiar with

1:24:00 ↗ those and or don't use those programs so

1:24:04 ↗ as we look at the overall satisfied and

1:24:05 ↗ unsatisfied columns we notice a few

1:24:07 ↗ things I wanted to point out overall you

1:24:10 ↗ can see that the satisfi satisfied side

1:24:13 ↗ is greater than the unsatisfied side and

1:24:15 ↗ there is room for

1:24:17 ↗ improvement um looking at the two

1:24:19 ↗ columns on the right we see that there

1:24:22 ↗ is a higher level of unsatisfied with

1:24:25 ↗ the Aquatic pool Fitness Wellness Sports

1:24:28 ↗ and youth summer camp

1:24:30 ↗ programs um they have just a little bit

1:24:32 ↗ higher unsatisfied numbers um the

1:24:35 ↗ feedback from the community indicates

1:24:37 ↗ the need for increasing programming with

1:24:39 ↗ the community asking for more of these

1:24:44 ↗ more events more programs and more

1:24:46 ↗ opportunities to participate in a

1:24:47 ↗ variety of classes programs and events

1:24:49 ↗ so what what we saw and read and the

1:24:53 ↗ feedback from the survey you know sort

1:24:56 ↗ of verified exactly that there is

1:24:58 ↗ frustration with those specific programs

1:25:00 ↗ because of some accessibility hard to

1:25:02 ↗ get into and they would like more of

1:25:05 ↗ them um we kind of talked about Farmers

1:25:08 ↗ Market which was great but I always

1:25:09 ↗ don't mind bring this one up again uh

1:25:11 ↗ down there on the bottom left you it was

1:25:14 ↗ kind of fun to see there's there's a

1:25:15 ↗ high level of participation in the

1:25:17 ↗ market as well as you they enjoyed it

1:25:20 ↗ right which is really good um because

1:25:23 ↗ there's like when you look at the

1:25:24 ↗ neutral only 21% of the folks in that

1:25:28 ↗ neutral that that's the lowest one so

1:25:30 ↗ most people had at least some familiar

1:25:33 ↗ familiarity with the farmers market

1:25:35 ↗ which I thought was just a pretty neat

1:25:37 ↗ thing to

1:25:38 ↗ see your senior center looks good too

1:25:41 ↗ right yeah yeah that's a great great

1:25:45 ↗ story thank you for pointing that out um

1:25:48 ↗ for those have been around you may

1:25:49 ↗ recall we became the direct operator of

1:25:52 ↗ the senior center in 2017 2018 it was a

1:25:56 ↗ um

1:25:57 ↗ contentious uh to say the least um

1:26:01 ↗ environment uh down there there was a

1:26:03 ↗ third party operator who had long done

1:26:05 ↗ it the center was feeling very exclusive

1:26:07 ↗ you either sort of in the group or out

1:26:09 ↗ of the group um um and you know I would

1:26:13 ↗ say since that time it was really a a

1:26:16 ↗ goal of ours um as we were asked to sort

1:26:19 ↗ of step in and provide some interim

1:26:21 ↗ operation at first and now the long-term

1:26:24 ↗ permanent operation to really try and

1:26:26 ↗ flip the culture to really make that a

1:26:29 ↗ safe inviting accessible space and U you

1:26:32 ↗ know seeing that feedback um there's a

1:26:35 ↗ lot of written feedback um wrting

1:26:38 ↗ qualitative feedback that went with the

1:26:40 ↗ survey about 600 of the 800 people took

1:26:42 ↗ the time to give us some written

1:26:44 ↗ feedback that Brian will touch on on the

1:26:46 ↗ next slide that a lot of very heartfelt

1:26:49 ↗ appreciation for the senior center so

1:26:51 ↗ again a a relatively new operation for

1:26:55 ↗ uh the recreation team but uh something

1:26:58 ↗ that um again is the pros that they are

1:27:01 ↗ just make it um look

1:27:04 ↗ easy yeah great the team at the senior

1:27:07 ↗ center is outstanding and it's yeah it's

1:27:08 ↗ a different environment now it's a

1:27:10 ↗ you've been in there and you only be

1:27:13 ↗ 55 some of us there even younger yeah

1:27:18 ↗ that yeah there's no anybody is welcome

1:27:21 ↗ and they do have great lunches so

1:27:24 ↗ yeah they really do have to go Tuesday

1:27:25 ↗ through Friday it's by the staff at the

1:27:27 ↗ senior center and like six five six

1:27:30 ↗ bucks something like that

1:27:32 ↗ they no they don't they

1:27:36 ↗ don't I love it uh if you next slide

1:27:41 ↗ there we go uh through writing questions

1:27:44 ↗ asking what would increase customer

1:27:45 ↗ satisfaction and program ideas customers

1:27:48 ↗ would like to see Four Strong threads

1:27:50 ↗ came out through this feedback uh first

1:27:52 ↗ there was a there's a desire for more

1:27:54 ↗ community events social activities that

1:27:56 ↗ bring people together and connect our

1:27:58 ↗ community uh we also see an interest in

1:28:00 ↗ More arts cultural environmental

1:28:02 ↗ programs really they just really stood

1:28:04 ↗ out people wanting to come together want

1:28:06 ↗ to have more you know sort of diverse

1:28:08 ↗ programming the Arts culture envir and

1:28:11 ↗ environment uh next two prominent age

1:28:14 ↗ groups stood out additional teen and

1:28:17 ↗ Senior programming is highly

1:28:20 ↗ desired is witnessed by

1:28:24 ↗ that middle school age is something that

1:28:26 ↗ we're continuing to develop our

1:28:29 ↗ relationship and engage with the the

1:28:31 ↗ school district and figure out how can

1:28:33 ↗ we be a real partner and asset to them

1:28:37 ↗ for either after school middle middle

1:28:39 ↗ school activities or evening middle

1:28:41 ↗ school

1:28:43 ↗ activities yes yeah we just got the

1:28:45 ↗ dancers back last year those are just

1:28:48 ↗ what bring memor stuff right um it's fun

1:28:52 ↗ they kids have a great time and yeah

1:28:54 ↗ it's how do we keep those not not having

1:28:57 ↗ Idle Hands it's that you know having

1:28:59 ↗ kids get have those activities that

1:29:01 ↗ middle school age is such an important

1:29:02 ↗ one to keep them busy and active and

1:29:04 ↗ engaged with something that's

1:29:06 ↗ positive um there's a strong desire for

1:29:09 ↗ parent increase Sports and Fitness

1:29:11 ↗ opportunities including more

1:29:12 ↗ Recreational Sports health and fitness

1:29:14 ↗ classes and programs additional sports

1:29:16 ↗ facilities and additional fitness

1:29:18 ↗ equipment in the community center uh the

1:29:21 ↗ the Sports and Fitness also have a lot

1:29:23 ↗ of crossover with the teens and seniors

1:29:24 ↗ where a lot of those same desires for

1:29:26 ↗ that programming was also in the teens

1:29:29 ↗ and seniors category as

1:29:31 ↗ well you that middle school age where

1:29:34 ↗ competitive competitive Sports aren't

1:29:36 ↗ necessarily the track but there's still

1:29:38 ↗ a desire for you know how might we do an

1:29:41 ↗ inter mural an inter mural type type you

1:29:45 ↗ know sports for for that Middle School

1:29:48 ↗ absolutely Tim's got his hand up oh yeah

1:29:51 ↗ Tim hey thank you yeah so so you've put

1:29:54 ↗ a lot of numbers up here and we've

1:29:55 ↗ talked about usage I know places like

1:29:58 ↗ the senior center the pool the community

1:30:01 ↗ center uh especially the pool and the

1:30:03 ↗ community center they track traffic

1:30:05 ↗ going in and out and I wonder if you

1:30:07 ↗ have data showing like increase you know

1:30:10 ↗ foot traffic coming in or you know into

1:30:13 ↗ the pool into the community center how

1:30:15 ↗ it might vary over the course of the

1:30:17 ↗ year and how it varies from year to year

1:30:20 ↗ which would help justify improvements

1:30:23 ↗ and EXP expansion of the programs if you

1:30:25 ↗ could show look at the you know the

1:30:28 ↗ increase in usage we're seeing tell Max

1:30:32 ↗ though unfortunately like pool like

1:30:35 ↗ every single s lesson is full done yeah

1:30:37 ↗ the is pretty full but we can check we

1:30:39 ↗ have to do a little digging to because

1:30:41 ↗ we have it all it all registers to the

1:30:42 ↗ registration program except for our

1:30:44 ↗ drop-ins and such there's drop-ins that

1:30:46 ↗ don't get tracked so there would be some

1:30:47 ↗ traffic there we wouldn't but yeah no

1:30:49 ↗ that's a good one I I took a note of

1:30:50 ↗ that thank you Tim

1:30:54 ↗ question about the um Team programs do

1:30:56 ↗ we have any way of actually serving kids

1:31:00 ↗ or having a community board of kids that

1:31:04 ↗ have opinions

1:31:05 ↗ on programs and like the Idle Hands

1:31:08 ↗ thing asking the middle schoolers what

1:31:12 ↗ would be interesting because as we know

1:31:13 ↗ things have changed so much oh totally

1:31:16 ↗ we do some of that our youth ADV no

1:31:19 ↗ that's what I'm asking yeah we have like

1:31:21 ↗ 40 or 50 kids represent all the middle

1:31:24 ↗ schools and high schools that come

1:31:25 ↗ together more of the leadership program

1:31:27 ↗ is really what it is okay and then they

1:31:29 ↗ also plan and put together program it's

1:31:31 ↗ really it's been around I was talking

1:31:32 ↗ more about the enhancing more stuff for

1:31:34 ↗ you over night but the youth it' be fun

1:31:37 ↗ to have them come here and talk just

1:31:38 ↗ about that program in the years because

1:31:40 ↗ it does some pomal work it's touched

1:31:42 ↗ kids lives in so many different cool

1:31:44 ↗ ways um yeah it's a really cool Outreach

1:31:48 ↗ of those of that Advisory Board you know

1:31:50 ↗ like if you look at the asbs at middle

1:31:52 ↗ school and high school they are the kids

1:31:54 ↗ that are already leaders are these kids

1:31:57 ↗ that are also very say they fall tend to

1:32:00 ↗ fall in that same yeah okay I just

1:32:02 ↗ wonder there's but is they're speaking

1:32:04 ↗ for their peers as we're trying to get

1:32:07 ↗ feedback you you'll notice in the in the

1:32:09 ↗ school year we'll have um one or two

1:32:11 ↗ youth advisory reps on the park board so

1:32:14 ↗ that's great we'll have a new group of

1:32:17 ↗ them coming uh coming this fall but

1:32:20 ↗ great resource yes to ask them yeah some

1:32:23 ↗ these exact same things yeah and even

1:32:26 ↗ like the after school care um I know in

1:32:28 ↗ elementary schools but in Middle School

1:32:30 ↗ it doesn't exist like it's pre they have

1:32:34 ↗ right coming out

1:32:36 ↗ Co lost the funding in at IMs but they a

1:32:40 ↗ lot of the kids that are really really

1:32:42 ↗ struggling and causing a lot of

1:32:44 ↗ community problems later have none of

1:32:46 ↗ this extra cular stuff and so it may be

1:32:49 ↗ an idea to talk the principal I know is

1:32:52 ↗ super open to all of this but having a

1:32:54 ↗ couple of kids that are leaders that are

1:32:57 ↗ not on ASP but that are struggling

1:32:59 ↗ populations Jay-Z yeah yeah I

1:33:04 ↗ can they're getting it the vice

1:33:06 ↗ principal at I is gonna be the D IMS

1:33:09 ↗ this next year

1:33:11 ↗ she yes I heard that that's awesome get

1:33:14 ↗ her yes oh my gosh that's

1:33:18 ↗ outstanding um as mentioned in earlier

1:33:21 ↗ slides there's also strong desire for

1:33:22 ↗ swim lessons incre pool capacity and

1:33:25 ↗ additional qu

1:33:27 ↗ facilities go to the next

1:33:30 ↗ one thank you moving forward enhancing

1:33:33 ↗ Recreation programs is an ongoing effort

1:33:35 ↗ it's uh it's rooting our past it's

1:33:37 ↗ driving our present and shaping our

1:33:39 ↗ future uh this is not a one-year task

1:33:41 ↗ but a continual journey to enrich the

1:33:43 ↗ lives of our residents through quality

1:33:45 ↗ Recreation services um some of our KCK

1:33:47 ↗ steps are to uh assess feedback given in

1:33:51 ↗ the survey and identify the areas most

1:33:53 ↗ requested by the community and to

1:33:55 ↗ examine opportunities for future

1:33:57 ↗ programs we're going to develop budget

1:33:59 ↗ and resources to support additional

1:34:02 ↗ programming this working to develop our

1:34:04 ↗ budget so that we can support additional

1:34:06 ↗ programming uh maintaining an open

1:34:08 ↗ mindset regarding program imple

1:34:10 ↗ implementation and paying attention to

1:34:12 ↗ the existing programs and their life

1:34:15 ↗ cycles um you this is acknowledging when

1:34:18 ↗ uh you when a program may have reached

1:34:19 ↗ the end of its life or began to feel a

1:34:21 ↗ little stale or stagnant you know it's

1:34:23 ↗ so staff will need to evaluate whether

1:34:25 ↗ or not it's time to allocate those

1:34:27 ↗ programs resources into other

1:34:29 ↗ programming or New Opportunities right

1:34:30 ↗ so that's kind of a some where you

1:34:32 ↗ always have to pay attention to Jeff

1:34:33 ↗ mentioned it with the soccer right and

1:34:35 ↗ as you're seeing things start to

1:34:37 ↗ decrease and there was already that need

1:34:39 ↗ was already kind filled with the

1:34:40 ↗ community at a time we were very

1:34:42 ↗ relevant in that in that need fulfilling

1:34:45 ↗ that and then we got to a point where it

1:34:46 ↗ wasn't as much need so always evaluating

1:34:49 ↗ things to see that if they do slow down

1:34:51 ↗ it become you know sometimes like you

1:34:53 ↗ talk like the horse is dead sometimes

1:34:55 ↗ you're going to jump off it right so if

1:34:57 ↗ if the program everything has a life

1:34:58 ↗ cycle and sometimes you can reinvigorate

1:35:00 ↗ those other times it's just around its

1:35:02 ↗ course or somebody else in the community

1:35:04 ↗ often what happen is we introduce people

1:35:06 ↗ a lot of times to things for the first

1:35:07 ↗ time we're not we're not trying to own

1:35:09 ↗ any Industries you know we do

1:35:10 ↗ introductory karate classes if you

1:35:12 ↗ really want to go do karate well by all

1:35:14 ↗ means go to a karate club right um but

1:35:16 ↗ we like to introduce people at a price

1:35:18 ↗ they can afford and to see if they

1:35:20 ↗ really like and enjoy it that's kind of

1:35:21 ↗ a lot of times of wages we feel lot abs

1:35:24 ↗ and

1:35:26 ↗ experien

1:35:27 ↗ um lastly developing the Cadence for

1:35:30 ↗ engaging with the community about

1:35:31 ↗ Recreation programs and services and

1:35:34 ↗ making it a part of our planning efforts

1:35:37 ↗ uh that reaching out to the community

1:35:39 ↗ through our survey hearing back from the

1:35:41 ↗ community doing some of this Outreach

1:35:43 ↗ where we're talking to people you know

1:35:44 ↗ get a little bit more just you know we

1:35:46 ↗ have a pretty good flavor because we

1:35:47 ↗ listen to the customers we're talking to

1:35:48 ↗ them when they come into our buildings

1:35:49 ↗ when they're in our programs we listen

1:35:51 ↗ very very well but to actually engage it

1:35:53 ↗ and reach out for it is something that

1:35:55 ↗ we found very beneficial we've got some

1:35:57 ↗ great feedback from this most recent

1:35:58 ↗ survey uh people engaged with it we got

1:36:01 ↗ a lot of responses so yeah we found it

1:36:02 ↗ to be very very valuable want to

1:36:04 ↗ continue doing that you know on a multi

1:36:06 ↗ maybe every three to four year type of

1:36:08 ↗ process to just sort of hey how are we

1:36:10 ↗ doing you know are we doing the things

1:36:11 ↗ you want us to be doing what else would

1:36:12 ↗ you like and in all fairness it's a real

1:36:15 ↗ cheap way to get some great ideas

1:36:16 ↗ sometimes people just you're hey why

1:36:18 ↗ don't you I love why don't you m i don't

1:36:20 ↗ understand why you guys don't my ears

1:36:22 ↗ always pop up because that's when get

1:36:23 ↗ the

1:36:24 ↗ sometimes because someone say why don't

1:36:25 ↗ you like the heck I think maybe we

1:36:28 ↗ should do that why don't

1:36:33 ↗ you do it good Rangers we have one or

1:36:37 ↗ two

1:36:38 ↗ now one full time one fulltime and one

1:36:40 ↗ part-time we do yeah use them for junior

1:36:44 ↗ Ranger oh like a junior Ranger program

1:36:47 ↗ yes where a lot of boys girls don't like

1:36:50 ↗ the sports or the sports they could go

1:36:53 ↗ out ra is very educational it would be

1:36:55 ↗ additional people in our Parks helping

1:36:58 ↗ with what the Rangers do and maybe

1:36:59 ↗ developing through

1:37:03 ↗ aspirations I don't know how the Rangers

1:37:06 ↗ are I love it I love

1:37:09 ↗ it yeah they're doing a number of

1:37:11 ↗ Education Outreach um speaking

1:37:15 ↗ opportunities um they Cas feading a

1:37:18 ↗ family hike uh in a couple of days uh

1:37:21 ↗ through tradition plateau and so they're

1:37:23 ↗ they're working on that programming AR

1:37:26 ↗ yeah that's why talk talk

1:37:30 ↗ about these kids on hies and I thought

1:37:33 ↗ we need programs for the boys and girls

1:37:36 ↗ that don't have anything to do and if

1:37:39 ↗ they could become a junior

1:37:41 ↗ Ranger or something and learn about the

1:37:43 ↗ trees and the streams and help help the

1:37:46 ↗ Rangers in their jobs sort of getting

1:37:48 ↗ out of those traditional modes of

1:37:50 ↗ programs I can use certain yeah

1:37:53 ↗ CU like said you touched on us people

1:37:55 ↗ some some of those youth are already

1:37:57 ↗ involved so how do we get the ones that

1:37:59 ↗ aren't involved do you have any

1:38:01 ↗ connection to the teen

1:38:03 ↗ garage yeah I mean we are right across

1:38:05 ↗ the street from them and we work with

1:38:07 ↗ Kaylee on the r um and talk to her

1:38:11 ↗ about yeah so from the yeah from the

1:38:13 ↗ very beginning we were really partners

1:38:16 ↗ with that's that's City that's a city

1:38:18 ↗ space that they that they have contract

1:38:21 ↗ contract with us and so yeah they're

1:38:23 ↗ they're great partners and do really

1:38:25 ↗ good work their focus is high schoolers

1:38:27 ↗ yeah um but but those kids would be

1:38:30 ↗ great they're also people that need

1:38:31 ↗ things to do sure oh to we coordinate

1:38:34 ↗ with them on some they use like a stage

1:38:37 ↗ up for the community center go on for

1:38:39 ↗ some different activities we try to you

1:38:40 ↗ know share a sharing space right it's

1:38:42 ↗ all yeah great partners for outreach as

1:38:44 ↗ well in fact Robin I know you took part

1:38:47 ↗ in a um part of our Park system plan

1:38:49 ↗ that we were just talking about had a

1:38:51 ↗ couple of sort of interview um

1:38:54 ↗ times with some of the students there at

1:38:57 ↗ the I say it's really great because

1:39:00 ↗ there is a class that a lot of them have

1:39:02 ↗ to take or take at NBC which is a hiking

1:39:04 ↗ class so that's a good way to integrate

1:39:06 ↗ both together um and a lot of kids don't

1:39:09 ↗ take it because they aren't geared up so

1:39:11 ↗ that's good to know too that they aren't

1:39:12 ↗ getting out there because they don't

1:39:14 ↗ have the right shoes or jackets or

1:39:16 ↗ backpacks so you know teaching them what

1:39:19 ↗ to bring and where to get back would be

1:39:21 ↗ really really critical

1:39:23 ↗ just a really

1:39:25 ↗ question say community feedback Cadence

1:39:28 ↗ and I know we talked about the survey

1:39:29 ↗ that went out course if you do a General

1:39:31 ↗ survey you're gonna get you know a

1:39:33 ↗ little you're gonna get a lot more in

1:39:34 ↗ the community but I was curious since

1:39:37 ↗ we've been talking so much about kids

1:39:39 ↗ and kind of focusing on them are do you

1:39:41 ↗ guys reach out or talk to the PT like

1:39:44 ↗ the actual PTA meetings in some of the

1:39:47 ↗ elementary or middle

1:39:50 ↗ school we have not short

1:39:53 ↗ yeah it would be a great resource we

1:39:55 ↗ would love to tap into the PTA Network

1:39:57 ↗ just get on the agenda and just say

1:39:59 ↗ hey I mean I know it's a

1:40:03 ↗ lot people but I just think it's

1:40:06 ↗ a no longer an elementary school or high

1:40:10 ↗ school you know in the school district I

1:40:11 ↗ know you're only getting a smaller

1:40:13 ↗ population but but boy I think that's a

1:40:15 ↗ that's a really uh a a really good easy

1:40:19 ↗ way for you to tap into uh

1:40:24 ↗ great point because we we deal with the

1:40:25 ↗ PT all the time like we Host this

1:40:27 ↗ Foundation Community Center um we have

1:40:30 ↗ ptas at rent and need our facilities on

1:40:32 ↗ regulars different types of things so

1:40:34 ↗ yeah we cross over a lot with PT but

1:40:36 ↗ yeah know and that not have to check I

1:40:39 ↗ think Kathy has actually gone and done a

1:40:40 ↗ little

1:40:41 ↗ bit has done some discussions with the

1:40:44 ↗ PTA and whatnot so up for looking but

1:40:46 ↗ that's a great that's if you like really

1:40:48 ↗ wanted to get some information you could

1:40:50 ↗ just say hey you know we're we're here

1:40:52 ↗ for you and got this quick survey or you

1:40:55 ↗ do an informal poll you do all kinds of

1:40:58 ↗ stuff even just to get to know the exact

1:41:00 ↗ board and then they

1:41:02 ↗ put every single

1:41:05 ↗ they school has been very

1:41:08 ↗ support with them and a lot of crossover

1:41:11 ↗ they they're very supportive work and

1:41:13 ↗ efforts that we put for then we go back

1:41:16 ↗ and right because they they want their

1:41:18 ↗ child to be active and take advantage to

1:41:20 ↗ all the great things that you guys are I

1:41:24 ↗ did yeah oh thank you that's awesome um

1:41:29 ↗ if you don't want to go next slide

1:41:30 ↗ really quickly uh below are the topics

1:41:33 ↗ we discussed as we move into uh

1:41:36 ↗ Direction needed we'd be happy to answer

1:41:38 ↗ and discuss any questions that you may

1:41:40 ↗ have if you'll BCE the last

1:41:42 ↗ slide thank

1:41:46 ↗ you and we're at the direction needed

1:41:49 ↗ one is there any additional feedback for

1:41:51 ↗ staff to consider while conducting

1:41:53 ↗ further internal review and Gathering

1:41:55 ↗ resident input about City Recreation

1:41:57 ↗ programs and services two as we plan for

1:42:00 ↗ the 25 26 budget cycle are there any

1:42:03 ↗ considerations or priorities you would

1:42:05 ↗ like for us to address in our ongoing

1:42:06 ↗ efforts to enhance Recreation

1:42:09 ↗ programs we've had some discussion

1:42:11 ↗ throughout the me but you know always it

1:42:14 ↗ goes you know the way we work is it goes

1:42:16 ↗ beyond the meeting too I mean you know

1:42:17 ↗ you guys know us all well enough if you

1:42:19 ↗ can hear things or ideas shoot us an

1:42:21 ↗ email give phone call always happy to

1:42:23 ↗ discuss and talk about different ideas

1:42:25 ↗ like I said I I don't know if I'm the

1:42:27 ↗ world's best idea generator but I know

1:42:29 ↗ good ideas when I hear them so i' love

1:42:31 ↗ to hear a good ideas so got a

1:42:35 ↗ question spurred by your comment but uh

1:42:38 ↗ Gibs NE kids they have like these

1:42:40 ↗ internship programs

1:42:44 ↗ yeah perfect we' had some done at the

1:42:47 ↗ cior center pool Community Center yeah

1:42:51 ↗ Arts Forestry

1:42:55 ↗ pull from a a different group of kids

1:42:58 ↗ yeah which know we've had some that's

1:42:59 ↗ worked out really really

1:43:01 ↗ well that's a cool program I love your

1:43:04 ↗ idea of

1:43:05 ↗ having the inter mural ideas in middle

1:43:09 ↗ school and high school I have so many

1:43:11 ↗ clients that want to start playing

1:43:13 ↗ something or and it reminds me of when

1:43:15 ↗ my kids were little we came down at did

1:43:17 ↗ the sport s both of my and it was so

1:43:20 ↗ great because they could just be in a

1:43:22 ↗ sport for a we we and just try it and

1:43:25 ↗ teenagers think that because if they

1:43:27 ↗ commit to a sport with their family and

1:43:29 ↗ any family will say well you can't quit

1:43:32 ↗ if I if quit this when you hate it

1:43:34 ↗ you're going and so they won't start

1:43:36 ↗ anything in middle school and high

1:43:37 ↗ school because by the time they get

1:43:39 ↗ there they're scared to death they'll

1:43:40 ↗ have to be in there for three months or

1:43:42 ↗ whatever it is be intimidated too oh

1:43:45 ↗ yeah and all yeah all these select kids

1:43:47 ↗ coming in right so I love that idea just

1:43:49 ↗ having these beginner Sports it's that

1:44:00 ↗ middle I should noed I'm sort of looking

1:44:02 ↗ at our we do like art classes and that

1:44:05 ↗ kind of

1:44:06 ↗ stuff yeah small yeah we don't do a ton

1:44:09 ↗ that's that's an area too that we could

1:44:11 ↗ do more definitely and we can do more

1:44:14 ↗ and the community would like more of

1:44:16 ↗ that type of work do you still rent out

1:44:19 ↗ rooms in the community center to like

1:44:21 ↗ you took like music classes there but

1:44:23 ↗ they were through a contracted like Z

1:44:26 ↗ Nest or something like that yeah oh

1:44:29 ↗ talking I can't remember but it's yeah

1:44:31 ↗ yes we do that and sometimes those are

1:44:32 ↗ programs run in conjunction with us they

1:44:34 ↗ part organizations we partner with that

1:44:36 ↗ variety of different entities because

1:44:38 ↗ you know we shoot for one of three

1:44:39 ↗ things right either we run it directly

1:44:41 ↗ right we partner with somebody to run

1:44:43 ↗ something or we point them in the

1:44:45 ↗ direction of where you can find Serv

1:44:47 ↗ it's usually what we try to so

1:44:48 ↗ somebody's looking for something that's

1:44:49 ↗ we try to one those Bank like we don't

1:44:51 ↗ provide it we don't partner somebody

1:44:53 ↗ provides it we try to help them find

1:44:55 ↗ work the they can get that resource be

1:44:58 ↗ an interesting data point too s is

1:45:01 ↗ really should demonstrating this balance

1:45:04 ↗ between

1:45:05 ↗ contracted programs partner programs

1:45:08 ↗ provide and direct programs we provide

1:45:10 ↗ it's a it's a pretty healthy balance

1:45:12 ↗ between both of those allows us to offer

1:45:16 ↗ more to the

1:45:18 ↗ community

1:45:19 ↗ direct well that also plays in the

1:45:21 ↗ program evation p too like you know what

1:45:24 ↗ points maybe we is it better or wiser to

1:45:26 ↗ partner with an organization to free up

1:45:29 ↗ bandwidth in order to do other

1:45:30 ↗ programing

1:45:32 ↗ services and do you when you do that do

1:45:34 ↗ you charge rent to those people how does

1:45:36 ↗ that work it's a fee based it's often a

1:45:39 ↗ percentage split

1:45:42 ↗ okay and that's pretty common amongst

1:45:44 ↗ all cities partner and are the rooms in

1:45:48 ↗ the committee that does it close at a

1:45:49 ↗ certain time and the rooms can't be

1:45:51 ↗ rented at 90 or how does that well we're

1:45:53 ↗ open till 9:00 right

1:45:58 ↗ so chamber letting people know that

1:46:02 ↗ those rooms are

1:46:03 ↗ available oh the chamber has rooms for

1:46:05 ↗ it no no no the the community oh yeah

1:46:08 ↗ letting the chamber letting the

1:46:09 ↗ networking groups in Aon know because

1:46:12 ↗ there's a whole there's like I think of

1:46:14 ↗ therapists that just have this tiny

1:46:15 ↗ little office they're always looking for

1:46:17 ↗ Rooms To Do groups or things like that

1:46:19 ↗ but knowing that they can partner with

1:46:20 ↗ you to provide something like that was

1:46:23 ↗ one of our procedural um sort of reviews

1:46:25 ↗ we're doing is taking a really holistic

1:46:28 ↗ look at how all of our facility rentals

1:46:30 ↗ so all the room rentals at the community

1:46:33 ↗ center the senior center right um and a

1:46:36 ↗ number of other buildings and creating

1:46:38 ↗ sort about a One Stop resource guide and

1:46:42 ↗ making sure we really benefiting the

1:46:45 ↗ in exactly that be

1:46:49 ↗ amazing Brian I just have feedback on

1:46:53 ↗ internal review and Gathering resident

1:46:55 ↗ input so maybe you can go to the survey

1:46:59 ↗ so I'm you called it out earlier the way

1:47:02 ↗ that neutral and non applicable is is

1:47:05 ↗ this the way that you combine the result

1:47:07 ↗ or the way that you repost the question

1:47:09 ↗ I'm just curious if we're distinguishing

1:47:12 ↗ indifference from they're truly not

1:47:15 ↗ applicable to you like I can be I I

1:47:18 ↗ don't have to go to the senior center or

1:47:20 ↗ maybe I'm a senior person but I don't

1:47:23 ↗ care about the senior center yeah so to

1:47:26 ↗ kind of like distinguish indifference

1:47:29 ↗ from truly not being applicable and if

1:47:32 ↗ there's an an area where we can

1:47:36 ↗ truly um understand the the problems

1:47:40 ↗ like as an example The Aquatic pool

1:47:43 ↗ program looks like there's 50% that are

1:47:47 ↗ satisfied and very satisfied uh If

1:47:49 ↗ you're sort of a half GL last full

1:47:54 ↗ person and then but you can also that if

1:47:57 ↗ your last EMP oh is 13% so but then you

1:48:01 ↗ look at the senior center it's it's

1:48:04 ↗ 40 about

1:48:06 ↗ 30 40% which is lower than the the

1:48:10 ↗ aquatics full program in terms of

1:48:13 ↗ satisfaction so it just doesn't tell the

1:48:15 ↗ full story if sort of the the neutral

1:48:19 ↗ not is sking the the resources like you

1:48:23 ↗ mentioned earlier the marketing need is

1:48:26 ↗ it because we're not reaching the right

1:48:28 ↗ demographic versus um we we just they're

1:48:33 ↗ just because they are indifferent from

1:48:36 ↗ the programs and they're not finding it

1:48:40 ↗ they're not being made aware of these

1:48:42 ↗ programs versus they're truly not

1:48:44 ↗ there's no

1:48:46 ↗ more demographic to reach because you've

1:48:49 ↗ reached saturation for that particular

1:48:51 ↗ Market you're

1:48:53 ↗ you're you're deploying the program yes

1:48:56 ↗ Andrew you touched on something I spoton

1:48:59 ↗ you're absolutely right and

1:49:00 ↗ unfortunately the way the survey

1:49:01 ↗ question was asked we we can't

1:49:03 ↗ differentiate what is neutral versus not

1:49:05 ↗ applicable but it's definitely something

1:49:07 ↗ we want to take a look at as as we get

1:49:10 ↗ into the habit of of posing these

1:49:12 ↗ questions and having these surveys is

1:49:15 ↗ dig a little deeper and and being able

1:49:17 ↗ to differentiate are you neutral to that

1:49:20 ↗ facility program or

1:49:23 ↗ truly is this just not app PL I'm not

1:49:25 ↗ familiar versus I really do think it's

1:49:29 ↗ it's so so we unfortunately with this

1:49:32 ↗ can't distinguish between that

1:49:34 ↗ relatively high percentage in the middle

1:49:38 ↗ yeah I it's actually I took this survey

1:49:40 ↗ and I've made comment on previous

1:49:41 ↗ surveys before but you really need on

1:49:44 ↗ program specific stuff you need a sixth

1:49:47 ↗ column that is a thing that it says I do

1:49:50 ↗ not utilize correct or service because I

1:49:54 ↗ was taking this and I was like if I put

1:49:56 ↗ neutral am I taking away from as you

1:50:00 ↗ look at the results when I see the

1:50:01 ↗ results but as as I was putting neutral

1:50:03 ↗ on things I have no clue about Senior

1:50:05 ↗ Center I've never really excited I'm

1:50:07 ↗ like if is my survey result going to

1:50:09 ↗ impact how the senior center may get

1:50:11 ↗ resources in the future

1:50:13 ↗ that feedback that's great feedback

1:50:17 ↗ because yeah we want to be more get more

1:50:19 ↗ clear on that you're going to allocate

1:50:21 ↗ resources based on

1:50:24 ↗ very high yeah yeah no it won't be that

1:50:27 ↗ nuanced right but you know

1:50:31 ↗ um really good feedback really really

1:50:34 ↗ good feedback Andre yeah both of you

1:50:36 ↗ spot on examples

1:50:39 ↗ that we also do surveys for people that

1:50:42 ↗ have signed up for programs and actually

1:50:43 ↗ been through the programs okay so that's

1:50:47 ↗ yeah we need feedback from the program

1:50:48 ↗ participants yeah those are ongoing and

1:50:51 ↗ we can really dive into some of that

1:50:52 ↗ dire hey how was your experience you

1:50:54 ↗ know as Brian highlighted we really as

1:50:56 ↗ we look at enhancing Rec programs

1:50:58 ↗ there's these two big buckets that

1:51:00 ↗ really Define that the experience of a

1:51:02 ↗ Rec program it's the processes of

1:51:05 ↗ signing up registering are you getting

1:51:07 ↗ the information you need and want and

1:51:09 ↗ know where to show up and then the the

1:51:11 ↗ program itself right and I think as the

1:51:14 ↗ team is really diving into this is how

1:51:17 ↗ do we look at both of those really

1:51:18 ↗ important factors of any and all program

1:51:23 ↗ experience whether it's a concert in the

1:51:25 ↗ green or whether it's a a swim lesson so

1:51:29 ↗ hard too because with surveys the things

1:51:30 ↗ you find out the most are the negative

1:51:33 ↗ like people that are fired up will do

1:51:34 ↗ the surve before the person super

1:51:38 ↗ happy it is well it's funny I even

1:51:40 ↗ reading through it sometimes you you

1:51:42 ↗ talk to staff and they'll see they'll p

1:51:43 ↗ a one NE com like 300 com did you see

1:51:47 ↗ somebody said like that

1:51:50 ↗ was and we're all we're all a little bit

1:51:53 ↗ that way you something I think hits me

1:51:54 ↗ I'm like what a second there might be

1:51:56 ↗ 1,200 good ones but that one's sort of

1:51:59 ↗ stung and that hurt a little bit but it

1:52:01 ↗ is by it's good information sometimes

1:52:03 ↗ sometimes in all some things to sting or

1:52:06 ↗ they have some truth res Yeah Tim also

1:52:11 ↗ has a comment

1:52:12 ↗ Tim yeah thank you uh so this is not the

1:52:16 ↗ first time that we've had uh

1:52:18 ↗ conversations around the way surveys are

1:52:21 ↗ worded

1:52:23 ↗ uh and as someone that did this uh work

1:52:27 ↗ as part of my professional life I leaned

1:52:29 ↗ into people that had expertise and

1:52:32 ↗ training on how to word questions in a

1:52:36 ↗ neutral fashion uh and to get the

1:52:39 ↗ information that you want and I'm just

1:52:42 ↗ wondering do we have that kind of

1:52:44 ↗ expertise that can be leveraged uh in

1:52:47 ↗ the department or in the city because

1:52:50 ↗ there's a real art to be being able to

1:52:53 ↗ ask the question in a neutral way to get

1:52:57 ↗ the kind of feedback and information

1:52:59 ↗ that you're really looking for it's very

1:53:02 ↗ easy to word questions in such a way

1:53:07 ↗ that you'll get bias or you'll be

1:53:10 ↗ suggesting what it is you want to hear

1:53:12 ↗ and people will try to give you the

1:53:14 ↗ answer you want to hear so having had

1:53:17 ↗ experience in the art form that is

1:53:19 ↗ asking a question correctly I'm Wonder

1:53:22 ↗ what kind of resources a city uses when

1:53:24 ↗ putting together these kinds of surveys

1:53:26 ↗ and

1:53:27 ↗ questions oh great question Tim um you

1:53:31 ↗ know in this case and I probably may

1:53:32 ↗ could have clarified a little bit

1:53:33 ↗ earlier this wasn't a statistically

1:53:35 ↗ valid survey this was more of a

1:53:37 ↗ communication piece with our community

1:53:39 ↗ so we have a lot of us that have worked

1:53:41 ↗ with Community surveys we worked with

1:53:43 ↗ our Communications team and fortunately

1:53:45 ↗ recently just I worked with a consultant

1:53:47 ↗ that was on our um uh po Fe ability

1:53:50 ↗ study uh Ballard King and Associates

1:53:53 ↗ that also provided some uh you know some

1:53:56 ↗ some examples from some Recreation

1:53:57 ↗ service they had done so yes you're

1:54:00 ↗ exactly right Tim um it is an art form

1:54:03 ↗ it is and like said in a statistically

1:54:05 ↗ valid survey I know that there's a lot

1:54:07 ↗ of time spent on exactly balancing all

1:54:09 ↗ of those factors um in this case we did

1:54:13 ↗ the best we could with the resources

1:54:14 ↗ that we had we had a lot of experience

1:54:16 ↗ at the table to develop in those

1:54:17 ↗ questions but we were not a it wasn't

1:54:21 ↗ balanced in such a way to be to disp out

1:54:24 ↗ and Tim if I could if I could add to

1:54:26 ↗ because you you're you're absolutely

1:54:27 ↗ right I I think there are professionals

1:54:30 ↗ much like yourself that did that um that

1:54:34 ↗ um we do not have that we do not have

1:54:37 ↗ that level of skill internally and so um

1:54:41 ↗ something we've talked about as a

1:54:43 ↗ department as we do surveys are do we

1:54:46 ↗ need to look at again sort of that cost

1:54:49 ↗ benefit of spending some money um having

1:54:53 ↗ um some external survey writers in in

1:54:56 ↗ some of the key surveys that we've been

1:54:57 ↗ doing where we've really relied on very

1:55:01 ↗ well-meaning well-intentioned

1:55:03 ↗ um you know internal uh capacity but we

1:55:07 ↗ um you know only have so much sort of

1:55:09 ↗ level of expertise and so um that

1:55:13 ↗ becomes that budget balance that we'll

1:55:15 ↗ be we'll be looking at whether it's a

1:55:17 ↗ you know surveys related to some of our

1:55:19 ↗ Park projects as we you know will

1:55:21 ↗ continue endeavoring and that really

1:55:22 ↗ important Community engagement um or or

1:55:25 ↗ Recreation surveys uh the same thing

1:55:28 ↗ applies right if if we want that kind of

1:55:31 ↗ skill we're we're GNA need to pay for it

1:55:34 ↗ well Jeff I've recently heard we have

1:55:36 ↗ that skill level and expertise on our

1:55:41 ↗ hard so the key is you know be careful

1:55:44 ↗ how you answer how you ask the question

1:55:46 ↗ then be careful how you interpret the

1:55:48 ↗ results

1:55:50 ↗ because yeah if you ask question and

1:55:53 ↗ it's got a little bias built into it and

1:55:55 ↗ then you over interpret the results you

1:55:57 ↗ can really skew what the TR what the

1:56:00 ↗ truth is on a particular issue uh and

1:56:03 ↗ you know you most of you I think

1:56:05 ↗ probably understand this uh it's more

1:56:08 ↗ challenging than you would think and I

1:56:09 ↗ understand that things were done with

1:56:11 ↗ the best of intention

1:56:13 ↗ um but the data is out there you know

1:56:16 ↗ it's very clear that you have to be very

1:56:18 ↗ careful how you ask questions and then

1:56:20 ↗ how you interpret results um so just

1:56:23 ↗ wanted to put that on the table oh thank

1:56:26 ↗ you Tim

1:56:34 ↗ absolutely is that it I don't know is

1:56:37 ↗ that it other comment feedback thank you

1:56:40 ↗ thank you appreciate you guys having

1:56:42 ↗ here thank you all right Jeff you got

1:56:45 ↗ one one and a half minutes and a half

1:56:47 ↗ minutes awesome uh director's report

1:56:50 ↗ just highlighting what something Brian

1:56:52 ↗ touched on uh we're in the midst of our

1:56:54 ↗ education Outreach for the uh that

1:56:57 ↗ potential of expanding the the um jul SP

1:57:00 ↗ pool we're actually going to be a group

1:57:03 ↗ of uh residents and some pool staff are

1:57:06 ↗ going to be at the concert tomorrow

1:57:07 ↗ night uh with a a table and a booth uh

1:57:10 ↗ just again getting feedback uh we've got

1:57:13 ↗ an information page on the website um

1:57:16 ↗ and a couple of um questions that we're

1:57:19 ↗ we're posing um please push that out uh

1:57:22 ↗ we'll be running that through the end of

1:57:23 ↗ the month we're already up

1:57:25 ↗ to well over a thousand already uh

1:57:28 ↗ responses to that so that'll be very

1:57:31 ↗ very helpful in US gauging um how we

1:57:34 ↗ might want to consider moving forward

1:57:35 ↗ with

1:57:38 ↗ that that it that's

1:57:41 ↗ it he hit it oh there's a lot lot going

1:57:44 ↗ on but we're gonna keep it at

1:57:46 ↗ that uh then I guess it's time for my

1:57:48 ↗ report which will be very abbreviated uh

1:57:52 ↗ one of my favorite moments of the month

1:57:54 ↗ is the youth Advisory board report so

1:57:57 ↗ Mary when you do get to see that it's

1:57:59 ↗ really cool um since they're on summer

1:58:03 ↗ vacation uh one of my other favorite

1:58:05 ↗ events of the week is seeing things out

1:58:07 ↗ in the wild I've seen two black bears

1:58:10 ↗ bald eagles and dozen or so deer so if

1:58:14 ↗ you can get out there um this is both at

1:58:16 ↗ trails and you know more accessible

1:58:19 ↗ areas that we have to so that's my

1:58:21 ↗ report

1:58:25 ↗ and uh let's see any other

1:58:27 ↗ business just a plug to everyone to

1:58:30 ↗ check your calendars for next month um

1:58:33 ↗ if you haven't already let me know if

1:58:35 ↗ August 19th Monday or August 26 works

1:58:39 ↗ for your schedule um I think great

1:58:41 ↗ discussion tonight I feel like we are

1:58:44 ↗ going to be in a good place to bring the

1:58:46 ↗ park system plan to you all for an

1:58:49 ↗ advisory vote so uh for our nine regular

1:58:52 ↗ members and our alternates um as many of

1:58:55 ↗ you that can be there as possible would

1:58:57 ↗ be the best case scenario so check your

1:59:00 ↗ calendar send me a little note um we're

1:59:03 ↗ just trying to pick whether the 19th or

1:59:05 ↗ 26th works better for majority of you

1:59:09 ↗ again big thank you for all your work

1:59:10 ↗ these months on the pl system Plan

1:59:12 ↗ update we typically take an August

1:59:14 ↗ recess be great it might be an

1:59:16 ↗ abbreviated meeting but would be great

1:59:18 ↗ to bring that final draft to you um get

1:59:22 ↗ your voice on that before we go back to

1:59:24 ↗ city council Committee in

1:59:27 ↗ September I will be gone for either of

1:59:29 ↗ those dat both of those dates okay so

1:59:32 ↗ we'll just not that it's that hard of a

1:59:34 ↗ job but somebody will need to share

1:59:37 ↗ the awesome apparently we have an A over

1:59:43 ↗ here yeah

1:59:45 ↗ reports

1:59:46 ↗ report all the survey

1:59:49 ↗ data you ask if it was neutral

1:59:53 ↗ okay so with that the meeting is

1:59:55 ↗ adjourned thank

1:59:57 ↗ you great night

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Council / Members (14)

Chris Kovac, Chair Development Manager

Marlene Waxse, Vice Chair Brian Berntsen, Recreation Manager

Andrew Eliquen Hasanthi Hoglund, Department Operations Specialist

Julie Cassata, Senior Parks Planner

David Liu

(Virtual)

Tim Motley (Virtual)

Ryan Olson

Brenda Spears

Luyu Zeng, Design Workshop Consultant

(Virtual)

Mari Stevens, Alternate (Arrived 7:21pm) Anna Laybourn, Design Workshop

Paul Adair, Alternate Consultant (Virtual)

Martha Ginthner

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Katie Bell Jeff Watling, Director

Nicholas Lee

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