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

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of June 24, 2024

packet pp.3–4

▶ Watch from 1:02 Open packet at p.3 ↗

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

▶ Watch from 1:40 Open packet at p.5 ↗

Staff report:

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

▶ Watch from 1:03:04 Open packet at p.17 ↗

Staff report:

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

▶ Watch from 1:56:47

Chairperson's Report

▶ Watch from 2:01:47

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

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

▶ Watch from 1:13

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

▶ Watch from 1:49:06

REPORTS

Director's Report of July parade and festivities

▶ Watch from 2:06:47

Chairperson's Report and outdoor spaces for the holiday

▶ Watch from 2:11:47

2843 segments .txt ↗

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

Approved minutes

The minutes PDF below is the canonical record. Structured parsing of attendance and motions for this body's minutes format is not yet implemented — open the PDF for the full content.

Open PDF