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Home My WebLink AboutPickleweed Advisory Committee 2025-02-05 Minutes PICKLEWEED ADVISORY COMMITTEE February 5, 2025 – 7:00 p.m. APPROVED MINUTES Watch on Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/PWAC-2-5-2025 CALL TO ORDER Telephone: (669) 900-9128 Meeting ID: 933 3089 5431 Chair Mason called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Chair Mason Member Campos Member Nguyen Member Sprague Member Tanchez Member Vasquez Member Yost Park & Recreation Commissioner Pasternak Absent: Member Ruiz Also Present: Jinder Banwait, Administrative Analyst Bethel Gebreyesus, Marin YMCA Ceci De La Montanya, Canal FC Edwin Tenorio, Canal FC AGENDA AMENDMENTS None. MINUTES 1. Approve regular meeting minutes of September 11, 2024 Member Sprague moved and Member Tanchez seconded, to approve the meetings minutes of September 11, 2024. AYES: Members: Campos, Nguyen, Sprague, Tanchez, Vasquez, Yost NOES: Members: None ABSENT: Members: Ruiz ABSTAINED: Members: None Page 1 of 4 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 an overview of the YMCA Summer Camp co-sponsorship request. Mason introduced Bethel Gebreyesus with the Marin YMCA who presented their co- sponsorship application. Staff and representatives responded to questions from the members. Public comments: None B. The Canal Alliance/ACCESS U Foundation: Canal FC Chair Mason gave an overview of the Canal Alliance/ACCESS U Foundation co- sponsorship request. Mason introduced Ceci De La Montanya and Edwin Tenorio who presented their co-sponsorship application. Staff and representatives responded to questions from the members. Public comments: None 4. Review Proposed 2025 Pickleweed Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule Chair Mason opened comment for the Committee regarding the 2025 Pickleweed Advisory Committee schedule. There were no comments. Public comments: None Member Tanchez moved and Member Vasquez seconded, to approve the 2025 Pickleweed Advisory Committee meeting schedule. AYES: Members: Campos, Nguyen, Palacios, Sprague, Tanchez, Vasquez, Yost NOES: Members: None ABSENT: Members: Ruiz ABSTAINED: Members: None Page 1 of 4 3 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND COMMENTS 5. Other brief reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or seminars attended by the Board members. Member Yost promoted the Rafael Theater. Member Vasquez attended the Canal Alliance meeting and took a CPR class. Member Nguyen invited Committee members to the Community New Years celebration at her temple. Member Sprague has enjoyed using the gym at the Albert J. Boro Community Center. She interested in learning more about the recent Library and Community Center bond and how it will impact the Albert J. Boro Community Center. She has been unsuccessful in finding information for the 580 connector meetings. She is on the list to receive information which has been very frustrating. Sprague attended the East San Rafael meeting for residential permit parking proposal for Bret Harte and the Canal neighborhoods. There is a survey that everyone should take. She stated pros and cons regarding the parking proposal. Park and Recreation Commissioner Pasternak shared that he will be receiving an update on Measure P at the next Commission meeting and will report back to the Advisory Committee. STAFF COMMENTS 6. Updates and Events of Interest: Chair Mason provided the following updates: Successful Dia de los Muertos event on November 2nd. Special thanks to Member Yost for playing the steel pans at the event. The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Pickleweed Park Enhancement Project was held on September 27th with Mayor Kate, Council Member Llorens Gulati, City staff and members from the project’s design and construction team. Although delayed this week due to the heavy rains, the project is moving along with excavation, some of the sidewalks have been poured, curbing in the parking lot and basketball area, and last week they broke ground in the playground expansion. The project is expected to be completed by this summer. Mural on the front of the Community Center is completed. Committee Members were invited to the celebration on December 17. 4 On December 19, City Councilmember Maribeth Bushey joined staff in awarding five black belts and seven brown belts to members of the Canal Karate program. Parents and dignitaries were given a demonstration by the entire class. PG&E completed the tower replacement behind the park by the end of the year. Sinks in both of the Center’s restrooms were replaced and hand dryers added, with the work being performed primarily over the holidays. Partition between Meeting Rooms 4 & 5 was also finally replaced over winter holidays. Staff performed a deep cleaning of the Center, cleaning carpets and waxing floors over the break. The Recreation Division presented to the Park and Recreation Commission on January 16, providing an overview of programming, including touching on the importance of the Advisory Committee’s work. Currently we are scheduled to present the Pickleweed Advisory Committee’s Annual Report to the Commission on Thursday, April 17th. As Members were informed, a Virtual Community Meeting on East San Rafael Parking was held last week. The meeting had introductions from the Mayor and Councilmember Miaka Llorens Gulati and a presentation from the City’s consulting partner Dixon. Although time was limited, some in attendance were able to ask questions in the chat and provide feedback. Our recreational drop-in Pickleball program, which is held in the Gym, has picked up now that the rains have arrived. Yesterday 32 players come to play on the 3 makeshift courts. Lastly Chair Mason wanted to remind the Committee of the philosophy behind co- sponsorship: Helping providers offer needed low or no cost programs to the community. Although many City departments are fully funded, some, including the Recreation Division, are required to bring in revenue. We are able to do that through fee-based programs and rentals. The Albert J. Boro Community Center is the only one of the City’s community centers that has an Advisory Committee and able to waive fees. Some of the external programs are offered through fully paid rentals. Although they received our City Council set discounted rental rates, their organizations are financially able to pay the fee, and therefore help support the Community Center so that it can in-turn help them serve their community. ADJOURNMENT Chair Mason adjourned the meeting at 8:27 p.m. BECKY ORDIN, Senior Administrative Assistant APPROVED THIS DAY OF , 2025 5 Catherine Quffa, Library & Recreation Director