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Home My WebLink AboutPickleweed Advisory Committee 2024-02-07 Minutes Page 1 of 4 PICKLEWEED ADVISORY COMMITTEE February 7, 2024 – 7:00 p.m. APPROVED MINUTES __________________________________________________________________ Watch on Zoom:https://tinyurl.com/PWAC-2-7-2023 Telephone: (669) 900-9128 Meeting ID: 933 3089 5431 CALL TO ORDER Chair Mason called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Chair Mason Member Hau-Guiterrez Member Nguyen Member Ruiz Member Sprague Member Vasquez Member Yost Park & Recreation Commissioner Pasternak Absent: Member Ceballos, Member Palacios, Member Tanchez Also Present: Stephen Rogers, Program Coordinator Becky Ordin, Senior Administrative Assistant Anahi Sanchez, Marin YMCA AGENDA AMENDMENTS Chair Mason made a date correction on Item 4 which should read, 2024 Meeting Schedule. MINUTES 1. Approve regular meeting minutes of October 4, 2023 Member Hau-Gutierrez moved and Member Sprague seconded, to approve the meetings minutes of October 4, 2023. AYES: Members: Hau-Guiterrez, Nguyen, Ruiz, Sprague, Vasquez, Yost NOES: Members: None ABSENT: Members: Ceballos, Palacios, Tanchez ABSTAINED: Members: None 2 Minutes approved as submitted. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 2. Public Comment from the audience regarding items not listed on the agenda None. MATTERS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE If necessary, to assure completion of the following items, the Chairperson may establish time limits for the presentations by individual speakers. 3. Co-Sponsorship Applications and Final Reports A. Marin YMCA: YMCA Summer Camp @ Al Boro Community Center Chair Mason gave a brief overview of the Marin YMCA Summer Camp Co - Sponsorship application, and introduced Anahi Sanchez who presented the YMCA Summer Camp Co-Sponsorship application. Staff and Ms. Sanchez responded to questions from the Members. Public Comment: None 4. Review Proposed 2024 Pickleweed Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule Chair Mason presented the 2024 Pickleweed Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule. Member Sprague noted that she would be unable to attend the June meeting. Member Sprague moved and Member Vasquez seconded, to approve the 2024 Pickleweed Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule as proposed. AYES: Members: Hau-Guiterrez, Nguyen, Ruiz, Sprague, Vasquez, Yost NOES: Members: None ABSENT: Members: Ceballos, Palacios, Tanchez COMMITTEE REPORTS AND COMMENTS 5. Other brief reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or seminars attended by the Commission members. Member Yost inquired about the Canal Community Garden. Mr. Mason responded letting her know there is a new program coordinator overseeing the gardens and more information will be announced soon. Member Ruiz attended the Police Advisory Committee. 3 Member Sprague has been excited to have the CYO basketball teams using the gym at the facility and people coming to the Albert Boro Community Center who have not been there before. She also mentioned the amount of litter around the trails and wetlands. She shared that she has proposed a clean up team for the Canal area like the Downtown Streets Team to Mayor Kate. STAFF COMMENTS 6. Updates and Events of Interest Chair Mason provided the following updates: Mason reminded the Committee that in October he mentioned the City had received final approval for the Land and Water Conservation Fund grant for the Pickleweed Park Enhancement Project. The City, unfortunately, did not receive the Clean CA grant but is actively trying to identify additional funding. Mason provided additional Pickleweed Enhancement Project updates. This year’s Movie Night in Pickleweed Park will be August 23rd. Staff hopes to continue with the City’s community outreach prior to the movie that evening as it has been very successful. This year staff will possibly add a Karate demonstration, as it may possibly relate to the movie. 2023 Dia de los Muertos, which occurred since the last meeting. o Received rave reviews with many saying it was the best yet. o The event consisted of family art workshops, facepainting for youth, 25 altars, musical entertainment from Pan Rafael, Tres de Guanajuato, ELM, a DJ, and dancing with local band Area Agresiva. There was also a professional storyteller, and cultural performances from Danza Azteca Mixcoatl and Ballet Folklorico Netzahualcoyotl. San Rafael Police Department and San Rafael Fire Department assisted in leading the walking procession through the Canal neighborhood, including over the then recently paved Larkspur Street, thank you DPW. o Special thanks to Member Yost for her steel pan performance. A new commercial Reach In Refrigerator with Side-by-Side Swing Doors and Hydrocarbon Refrigerant was purchased thanks to the Nutrition Infrastructure Grant from the Aging and Adult Services division of the County of Marin’s Department of Health and Human Services. The more energy efficient, $5,833.95 unit, keeps truer temperature and will be utilized by the Recreation Division’s weekly congregate meal program for older adults as well as our many rentals. William Coronado left Troop 2000 Scouts. 4 Albert J. Boro Community Center programs are doing well with dance classes for youth taking off. Unfortunately, the Center will be losing the adult dance class due to parking issues in the evening. This has been a longstanding problem at the Center and many classes and rentals have been lost because there is no parking. Pickleball is being held in the Gym Tuesdays and Fridays through March 1 from 10 am to 1 pm. Substantial leaks in Teen Room and Art Room. Rain capturing devices in both. Gym has leaks as well. Windows in the Art and Teen Room should be getting closer to being replaced. In October our longtime custodian Juan Carlos left the City. The City has not been able to recruit a replacement and staff have been trying to piece it together with part-time facility attendants and performing custodial tasks themselves. Mason will be attending the annual California Park and Recreation Society Conference at the end of the month and expects to learn some programming trends as well as administrative items pertaining to the field. Mason will present the Pickleweed Advisory Committee’s Annual Report to the Park and Recreation Commission on Thursday, March 21 at 6 pm in the San Rafael Community Center on B Street. Unlike past year’s where the report also includes general community center and park operations for the year, this year the report will only include an update on the Committee’s actions in 2023. Advisory Committee members were strongly encouraged to attend as the meeting provides a great opportunity for both the Commission and this Committee to meet together. Staff responded to questions from the members. ADJOURNMENT Chair Mason adjourned the meeting at 8:04 p.m. ___________________________________________ BECKY ORDIN, Senior Administrative Assistant APPROVED THIS_____DAY OF___________, 2024 ___________________________________________ Catherine Quffa, Library & Recreation Director