Parks, Recreation & Open Space Commission - Regular Meeting

Here we go.

Evening, welcome. I think we can get started and do the normal stuff. Well, Commissioner Trenkle gets ready. All right, it's call to order and have the roll call, please.

Commissioner Chen?

Here.

Commissioner Kent? Here. Commissioner Martin?

Here.

Commissioner Trenkle? Here. Chair Abbott? Here. Commissioners Julia and Commissioner Jennifer are both absent tonight.

Okay, very good. All right, I would like to read the land acknowledgement. The City of Albany recognizes that we occupy the land originally protected by the Confederated Villages of Lejeune. We acknowledge the genocide that took place on these lands and must make strides to repay the moral debt that is owed to this indigenous people, especially the Ohlone tribe. We thank them for their contributions which have transformed our community and will continue to bring forth growth and unity. The City of Albany commits to sustaining ongoing relationships with the tribe and together build a better future for all that now make this their home. All right, approval of the minutes from the May meeting. Actually, a few votes on that one, kind of exciting. Anybody?

Do I have to abstain?

No, you don't have to abstain. I can still vote, right? You can still vote.

I move that we approve the minutes.

All right, I will second that. Okay, Commissioner Chen?

Yes.

Commissioner Kent?

Yes, I just wanted to add I'm glad to see your recommendation even though it wasn't here.

Commissioner Martin? Yes. Commissioner Trinkle? Yes. And Chair Abbott? Yes. Minutes approved.

All right, very good. Now is the time for public comment. Seeing no one in the room, is there anybody online? No. All right. Well, I would just mention that we did receive a communication. I thought maybe we just mentioned that quickly. Is that appropriate or should we not do that?

I mean, it was part of public comment. I did post it, so you can talk about it.

Okay. Well, I just wanted to mention that we received a concern about the new law going into effect in January prohibiting cities from watering turf that is merely ornamental. So I just wanted to put that out there. and we can move on. All right, presentations for one, Annual Parks Rehabilitation Program. Update, I assume.

All right. Good evening, commissioners. I'm Allison Carrillo, CIP Program Manager, here to give a very brief update on our annual parks rehabilitation program. This is CIP number 41,000. This is a new program that we initiated with the last CIP update in order to streamline delivery of rehabilitation projects and support discrete projects in delivering a more holistic scope of work. We came here I think a few months ago and talked about very high level that we were starting a facility assessment. That work is still ongoing and I'll talk a little bit about where we are in that process. Near term projects identified in the rehabilitation program CIP description were tennis court refresh at Terrace Park, play structure renewals and Memorial Park. ball field refresh. As I mentioned, this program may also join other discrete projects for delivery of renewal and rehabilitation work. And Andre, in some of the later presentations, will talk a little bit more about how we're supporting other projects. On the facility assessment front, the data collection is completed. It was completed about two months ago. We had one person out there for about a week and a half visiting every city park and doing the data collection is based on we tried to make it as repeatable as possible, which means we didn't want to go with scores of one to five. have a large assortment of yes or no questions. Yes, do you see Russ? No, do you see Russ? And then use that to create an overall scoring metric. We're still evaluating the results of that assessment data and looking at it in conjunction with what we hear from maintenance, both the requests and our operating, and our crew so that we get a wide

view of what's going on out there.

The initial findings support some of what I think we all know, but we're hoping that this gives us a priority matrix for how we address, especially as we get into the smaller types of repairs and rehabilitation. But the initial findings are the paths and paving need a lot of work around the park. The play equipment and safety surfaces, the maintenance needs are increasing, and fences and railings are in need of maintenance repairs and replacement. Some other than the play equipment, some of the less fancy, fun things, but we need to make sure those stay in good condition. And I'm just going back to this previous slide. So I wanted to highlight how these three items kind of weave into some of the projects we're already working on. So you'll notice I'll highlight in purple, paths and paving, play equipment and safety surface related, we have in this orange, and then fences and railing in green. So our tennis court refresh, that's the, Terrace Park is the one that's identified, and so that's talking about the paving rehabilitation in the court, but we're also identifying the need for fence repairs and renewals. In addition, there's some other scoping work that we're doing, making sure that we understand, I think there's some drainage kind of improvements that we want to do as well before we pave. The other news is that we're seeking approval from council to apply for competitive grant from USTA. This is going on Monday to city council and we're seeking approval to increase the scope from just Terrace Park to taking care of Memorial Park tennis courts as well. We'll bring that back as a specific project in coming meetings. Place structure projects. So as I mentioned, the maintenance needs are increasing and we are having a harder time getting replacement parts. One of our last ones had to be special ordered and custom fit. And so it really is time to start looking at full replacement so that we can continue to have parts available for repairs. With that, some early planning is underway for a new place structure at Terrace Park. And Andre will speak to that in a little bit more detail in an upcoming presentation. And then maybe the meat of my presentation tonight, we'd like to look at the Ohlone Greenway park path asphalt rehabilitation. This is the pedestrian path, focused path that's to the west of the Ohlone Greenway shared use path. It has a nexus with our discrete project. So this is a discrete project. The reminder is where we have a specific project identified versus a programmatic approach. So recognizing that the shared use path is both a park and a transportation asset, we made it a discrete project so we could have a little bit more kind of shared conversation around it. The pedestrian path is more of a, in our opinion, is more of a park feature. It's kind of internally for each block before it wraps back in with the Ohlone Greenway Trail shared use path. But we'll be talking about both tonight briefly. So this trail is in high need of rehabilitation. You can see in the picture at the top, there's some very significant route upheaval. There's some ADA considerations as well. Some of those paths, slopes are at 11%, far greater than what we would want to make it an ADA accessible park walkway. And some more photos here. Parts of this path, most of it has this concrete curb on both sides. It's beneficial to help keeping the asphalt together, but it does limit some of the opportunities to kind of more simply just change locations or adjust for tree roots. And just at the bottom is the photo of just the general kind of alligator cracking. You can see plants growing into the asphalt. It's high time for replacement. Just to kind of go through scope, at a basic level, talking about purely rehabilitation under the annual park rehabilitation program, we would be removing the asphalt, trimming roots, repairing concrete edging where feasible, and repaving the existing five to five and a half foot AC path. That's purely kind of basic maintenance style repair and rehabilitation. With that being said, there is the separate discrete project for the shared use path. And I apologize, those are the wrong photos. That's still showing the path. I hope we all know what the Greenway path looks like. But if not, I'll do a verbal description. I believe it's a 12-foot path with two DG shoulders. The DG shoulders act as running paths for people, but it also acts, especially in its current condition, as drainage, and DG and drainage are in a great mix. So we're looking at doing repairs along that DG shoulder. We have some localized repairs needed. The striping needs refresh, and we're looking at potentially putting a pavement maintenance treatment So a seal coat over it. And what that does is it preserves the finished surface of the asphalt and gives it a little more life before it falls apart completely. It just extends that life. So this is probably the project where if you have potential comments or considerations you want us to look at before we get into more detailed design. That's something appreciated, but otherwise any kind of comments, questions would be appreciated now.

Any questions from the Commission? This is in particular the shared use, but anything you've talked about so far I assume would be fair game.

Yeah. Correct, yeah. Yeah, I apologize. I had the wrong photos up, but the multi-use trail, the DG shoulders, we get the most complaints about it out of anything along the Greenway.

So to clarify, it sounds like the plan is to reseal the asphalt and repaint it?

That's for the multi-use trail.

Multi-use trail. Yes. And then what's the plan on the decomposed granite? Is that what you call it?

With decomposed granite, we're looking at it in more detail. We're struggling to maintain that in a good condition where it doesn't very quickly become a drainage piece, so we're looking at alternative materials. I have heard from the community that the DGU is preferred because it's better for knees, it's even softer than the asphalt, so we're looking at some products that may have similar characteristics, but are a little softer. There's some newer products out there that are used on golf fields, golf courts, and golf fields, golf courts? Used...

Golf courses?

Golf courses, thank you. And they've been used in golf courses, and they've been used in kind of trails and things like that that might be appropriate.

Is there thought of doing a perforated drain pipe or some sort of French drain kind of thing underneath it or drain rock or digging down and allowing the water somewhere to go?

DG's not considered infiltrative, so putting in a perf pipe underneath wouldn't do much. What we really want to do is make sure the water sheets off and we're letting it go into the grass. And when the DGU was installed, I'm sure it was sheeting off correctly. But it moves even with the stabilizers. It breaks down over time and then it starts to move. And so it is a heavier maintenance lift, I think, than we've been able to take on.

So the thought is to just get rid of it entirely and replace it with the Gulf Core stuff?

Potentially. It looks very similar to DG. It's just a little, it's still soft. It's still softer than asphalt, but it's stabilized with a different kind of product, more of a wax-based product.

So you're definitely not keeping the DG?

Keeping the DG might be one. We need to look at the cost as well and weigh it against the long-term maintenance. It's still early on.

Is there any thought to widening those DG paths? Because I always found them quite narrow. I'm going to take that as a no.

I would say there's also desire on the active transportation front to widen the trail entirely. Right. That's probably a more appropriate time to look at widening otherwise.

Sure. For the Terrace Park tennis court, The city is looking for grants for that and maybe to loop in the Memorial Park courts. Previously we were told that the refresh of the Terrace Park tennis court was an opportunity for this commission to discuss and plan for various things including multiuse of the court. For example, choosing the right kind of nets would allow people to not only play tennis but also to play volleyball and badminton there. You can kind of raise and lower with a crank or there's various ways to raise them. It's something that the subcommittee I was on was looking into. And so what's the timeframe for that at this commission before the scope of the work is finalized?

We would first want to see if we got the grant. The grant may come with certain conditions about, because it is a tennis grant, there might be certain conditions.

Can't use for any other uses or something.

If we get the grant, that would be potentially what some of the things we need to look at is whether it's appropriate use. That being said, I think the master plan identifies actually the basketball court to the side as the multi-use court and so that's something that we could look at. I think it would fall under kind of need for paving rehab. It is an asphalt court so it's similar kind of asphalt paving and that's the one that we would probably want to focus on immediately based on what the park master plan identifies. If there's desire for something else, I think that's something we would want to have an earlier conversation about. But that wasn't what I understand was shown in the park master plan.

Yeah, we had that conversation one or two meetings ago and also when the subcommittee was meeting and we were reporting back and things like that. So we have had those conversations for the Terrace Park tennis courts. For the basketball court, I don't know how you would do volleyball at a basketball court unless the net can be completely removed, which you don't need in the tennis court area.

Is this part of the parks master plan addendum? Is it coming out of that conversation? I'm sorry, I'm not as involved in the day-to-day kind of conversations.

All right, and that's it for me, thanks.

All right, any other questions before we move on? All right, let's continue. Thank you very much. Sorry, are we moving to a new agenda item now? Is that what's happening? Yes.

There's no public comment.

So I need to open it for public comment. Is there anybody? I just thought that was a pausing point in your presentation. Is there any public comment? Any public? Number one. Actually, if there's no, I don't want to know. Just say no comment. No comment. Okay, thank you.

No hands raised. Okay, and then we can discuss. So I would like to make sure.

Yeah, so let's have some discussion then. I'm sorry about that. I was confused of what we were doing just then.

So yeah, I'd like to make sure that staff comes back to us with opportunities to basically agendize the tennis court. And I don't know what language, I guess the city council agenda is already finalized, so I don't know how detailed the plan is that the city council is considering to approve for the grant. But it should come back to us to look at So I request that the staff agendize that tennis courts refresh for us to look at other opportunities for multi-use.

So the grant is just a description of work. It's not a plan. We need authorization to apply for grants. And that's all we're asking for right now is authorization from the council to apply for the grant. So we don't have a design yet. We still need to finish scoping anything outside of the tennis court, refresh work that the grant would cover. There's no design ready. So what I would say is you're absolutely correct. We would be bringing it back.

Okay, great. So I would just, I would just add a little context and that is, uh, council did test this, this commission with studying a multi-use options several years ago.

Yeah. I mean, pandemic time. Uh-huh. Um, and that was the court we identified. And that was one of the court. Yeah.

And so, uh, so it's not like this come out of the blue. This isn't generated just by this commission. This came from a request from council. I just want to make sure that's clear. Yeah.

Yeah, no, that's, that's great information. Um, That's something actually that we would want to make sure before we accept the grant if we are given it that we understand what we're accepting and what we're turning down because it's quite a bit of funding that we could potentially get by and perform a lot more other rehabilitation.

And I don't know the details of grant writing but it seems to me the city could also request money to refresh the surface at Terrace Park and the painting and then keep the nets off that list if the USTA doesn't want to fund a multi-use net, but include new nets with the Memorial Park refresh.

And I don't think we know what the restrictions are at this point.

These types of grants generally want to restrict it to a certain type of activity for a certain duration of time. And that's why they want to give the grants out to promote their own activities.

So if we said this was for pickleball courts, they may not be very happy.

I think this becomes a kind of a policy discussion around the cost implications of not taking the grant and what it means for rehabilitation in other ways and the timing.

Sure, sure. All right.

I have one more comment. I checked the agenda this morning trying to see if anything was posted and I didn't see anything. So the presentation tonight was interesting, but it would have been beneficial to see it beforehand so I could reflect a little bit and maybe visit the site. It's kind of like...

I apologize. I was a little slow in being able to get it up as soon as we wanted to. That being said, we haven't started detailed design, so if you want to email any comments, I'm always happy to listen.

And that's the case for all the agenda items tonight. There was nothing on...

There's no actions we're asking for tonight. They're just presentations.

And because they're just presentations, we don't usually, we aren't asked to provide staff reports or anything like that earlier because there's no decisions being made. But we usually try to get them if we can ahead of time. But Allison was actually working on this up until 6.55. Got it. So.

Okay. There are also some groups and interested people that would be, would really want to have input on the Ohlone Greenway, you know, transportation infrastructure there. Is that going to come before the Transportation Commission or this commission again, or what kind of opportunities would the public have for input?

So this is, like many of our presentation items, the first foray, and we come back multiple times. I'm also taking this to Transportation Commission, similar to some of the other projects that have come in front of this commission, including Sidewalk on Thousand Oaks, I've also brought that to Transportation Commission. And so we do kind of a roadshow through, especially these more complicated ones that cross commissions, we have to roadshow through back and forth between the commissions as information develops and decisions and balancing kind of desires develop.

I will be posting all the presentations tomorrow morning so if there are comments or anything you can always email after and then we can talk about those at the next meeting if we need to.

All right, very good. More discussion? All right. I think now we can move on to the next item. Thank you. Oh, wait. No, no. I'm teasing. I'm teasing. Thank you very much. Oh, thank you. I'm sorry. Thank you very much.

Good evening, Commissioners. My name is Andre Sterling, Public Works Manager, to give you an update on our Prop 68 projects for 2026. Go to the next slide.

One second, I'm trying to.

I'll put it in present mode.

Yes. Oh no, that's not what I wanted to do. I just wanted it to go into presentation mode.

You can hit the icon at the bottom right as well. Bottom right. Yeah. Next to the slider. Looks like a screen. Looks like a mirror screen. Yeah. Yep, that's it.

Old style for those of us holding up.

Usually it tells me at the top, but this is a new laptop, so. Hmm.

Okay, so we're going to give you an update on our Prop 68 projects. We already completed the Oceanview Park pickleball court conversion, Memorial Park path lighting, as well as the dog park improvement. So now we're going to discuss Pierce Street Park improvements, Jules Terrace Park improvements, as well as a quick blurb about the tot lot. Next slide, please. So for Pierce Street Park, our project scope was based on recommendations from the PRO's master plan. Let me go to the next slide. This project, the construction actually commenced June 1st. And just to review the project scope again, they're constructing two trail steps with handrails. We're using repurposed eucalyptus tree lumber from Albany Hill. We're going to install landscape boulders, native plant material, including trees and shrubs, a new asphalt path with a bollard, as well as phase two would be two shade structures for the play equipment. Next slide, please. That's a rendering of both phases completed. We have at least showing one trail step there. And then the shade structure as well. So we're approaching this as a design build. So this was provided by the contractor. And this design basically considered what would be the most cost effective, provide the best coverage based on a shade study that was performed. It would be constructed from engineering plans provided by the contractor. All right, next slide, please. We have some construction photos so far of one of the trail steps construction. So they're going to use rebarred to secure each step as well as finishing the landings, the top and bottom landings in the run of the steps with DG or decomposed granite. That will be flush with each step. All right, next slide please. We're showing the asphalt path construction. Next slide. That's about it. So I think so far in the last week and a half, that's what they've completed. And they're making fine progress, though, with the rest of the project. So here's our schedule for the Pierce Street Park. So construction started in June. For phase one, we're gonna look at starting phase two at some point, hopefully next month. We're finalizing the execution of the contract with the contractor, and then completing construction sometime in the fall. Next slide, please. So for Jules Terrace Park, Again, based on recommendations from the PRO's master plan, we're going to be improving the shading there using tree material, planting a grove for the picnic area, as well as a better sign system, basically updated signage indicating dog and dog owner etiquette. Next slide, please. After a few site visits, We noticed that there was room for some other enhancements to the park, not included with the Prop 68 scope. That's already been developed. But really, we're trying to look at a future vision for the park and develop a master plan specifically for Terrace Park. So we got a landscape architect involved. And they provided first draft of a site plan concept for us. So this includes Prop 68 work and then future work. So again, not included with the Prop 68 improvements that will be coming up very soon as far as construction. So looking at, again, planting trees for shade. Better defining the planting areas from the picnic area and from the dog play area. We want to better protect the trees from compaction. We know a lot of people, there's a lot of foot traffic, like right below the trees. Again, improved dog signage. There's a, it looks like a temporary, a wooden retaining wall that separates a drainage ditch from the lawn there. I think originally, this wasn't in the original design, but it's to prevent wood chips or mulch from coming into the drainage ditch. But we're looking at actually having a permanent solution to that with a concrete retaining wall there to separate the drainage ditch from those other defined areas. So for the future improvements, that's actually included, as Allison mentioned, in our CIP, in the annual parks rehab program. That will include, so the tree planting, that's for Prop 68. Even the trees planted there on the east side of the lawn. And as they mature, they're gonna provide shading for the tot lot area. But for the future enhancements, there's a possibility, and this is something that the architect mentioned to us, that we could look at removing the railing there that separates that second play area for where the play equipment is and kind of reactivate that space or better utilize it, installing some redwood steps there that could act as seating as well as steps into that area. That's just an idea. It's not something that was... decided upon, and that's something we'll bring back to PROSE for sure before we make any other or any design decisions. Replacement of the existing play structure. It's just about an end of life. It's been there about almost 20 years, and there's some elements that have failed on it, so we're looking at replacing that structure, possibly with a wooden structure, but again, those design decisions will be brought to PROSE before any decisions made. The ramp there that kind of walks down into the picnic area, we were looking at that as well, and we want to look at refining that ramp so that it could be more, or really to make it ADA compliant, even maybe relocating the railing that's there. I think it's in the walkway and putting that actually in the curb. Extending that concrete slab for the ADA picnic table that's there. And again, these are maintenance-focused projects. And again, just to enhance the other areas. And these will be things that will be looked at in the future. Next slide, please. So this is specifically for Prop 68 elements. So we're looking at, it's a smaller project, so we could award this project quickly, most likely in the fall, and then start construction right after that, and completing that at some point in the fall. Next slide, please. So for the tot lot, Basically, we're looking at the considerations for this site were to upgrade the seating elements that are there, again, based on what would be the most cost-effective, provide the most comfort as well as safety, and then fit the space based on the size and aesthetics of the area. Next slide. I believe that's it. So if you have any questions, we'd be happy to answer them.

All right, thank you very much. Questions from the commission?

Yeah, I got some questions. Starting with the Joule Terrace Park. So that's currently in design, but it said June is when it's completed. So that concept there was, that's an earlier version, right? They're advancing that?

Yeah, so that's for the park as a whole, but the schedule is for Prop 68 elements only.

For what again?

For Prop 68 elements.

Oh, okay, Prop 68.

So the Prop 68 elements are due, will be done soon, but the park as a whole, there's more to it is what you're saying.

Well, basically that's been... Potentially. Yeah, completed. And part of the... What else drove that decision was the pros master plan addendum, where the public basically voiced that they weren't looking for any new enhancements, but just to improve upon what we have there. And looking at what we had, there was basically room for improvement. That drove us getting an architect involved to look at, again, look at the park as a whole. But Prop 68 elements, those were very simple and identified in the previous master plan, and just for shade and signage, that's it.

Okay, so there was a court mentioned in that plan towards the Tenants Court, so that's not part of it then?

No, that wasn't part of Prop 68. Okay, thank you.

Then I had a question on the Peggy Thompson. That one's under construction and it's a design build. So you had it, you brought it to what level when you sent it out for design? Was it conceptual or kind of... SD level sorry reason I asked because we as we know the trees do very poorly there and so without a special Detail for those trees. It's just wasted money sticking them in the ground. It's a standard detail So if we have I think the contractor needs to know it needs to be more than a standard detail to make those things live and How long of a maintenance period do they have?

Yeah, good question, actually. So regarding the plant material, we're working with our in-house arborist as well. He was involved with the original trees that were planted there that are actually still surviving, but struggling just a little bit.

Okay, so John has a detail he's developed.

Yes, and he actually sent some standards to the contractor as well for them to follow regarding the planting. He's going to approve the trees once they're submitted.

And those should go in the fall, right? When everything is done, we put those in right before the rains. Ideally, yes.

Do you have another part to your question? That was it. Thank you.

Okay. Other questions from the commission?

Yeah, a little bit. Can you just reiterate one more time what the public should expect to see changed in the fall at Jewel Terrace Park?

Yeah, so for specifically Prop 68 improvements, that's going to be the tree planting. So the grove of trees basically around the west side of the lawn and then some on the east side as well. And then some signage. Signage, right.

That's it, yeah. And then as I recall, there was at one point some thinking that There might be shade structures or shade sails or something over the picnic area. So is that a correct recollection? And was that then vetoed, I guess, or decided to go with the trees at the edge of it?

I think that was an option mentioned in the PROS master plan, but it wasn't a decision that was made. I know we always try to lean towards using like natural products or something that's going to be more green. And that area for sure leans towards having basically more trees planted there. We didn't have space in the picnic area to plant those trees, but at least Across from that, it'll still provide shade, but a shade structure, I think would just take up too much real estate there. That was never, I don't think that was even presented as an actual option for this project.

Okay. And those trees, at certain times of day with the sun's low, I guess they'll provide some shade, but otherwise...

Yeah, there's already some trees that are planted in the picnic area as well as a neighboring property that when the sun gets on that side, you'll have shade almost all day, just about. All right, thanks.

All right, other questions? I think we can open it to public comment. Any public comment? No hands raised. No hands raised. Going, going, gone. Okay, discussion. Anything we want to share with these projects? I'm just thankful to see progress. Yeah, I know. This is very exciting.

Could you remind me what Proposition 68 is just bringing things up to code, or what is the...

No, good question, actually. Most of that's stated on the signage. In one of my earlier presentations, I had the signage there as well. But it's basically, it covers natural areas. Again, the focus was sustainability and basically beautifying certain areas, mostly with tree plantings, things like that. But beyond that, I don't recall what else was involved with the Proposition 68.

Terrace Park, you didn't have enough money to do the whole thing, obviously, so you just chose a piece.

I think the total we got was around $250,000, and that was citywide for all the projects. Based on the grant structure, that's what was stipulated for each of those sites. I don't know if part of that was driven by the size of the parks, but that's just basically what was established before, actually before I got here.

Okay, thank you. And it's a great photograph of the Peggy Thompson.

One week period where it looks... Yeah, when it's green, right?

Oh, cynic. Okay. Oh, please.

Did you have a timeline for the top lot like seeing upgrade or was there no timeline so far?

No, we don't have a timeline for that project yet. Once we get closer to completion of Terrace Park, we'll have a better established timeline for that.

Thank you.

All right. I think we can thank you for that presentation and we can move on. You're welcome.

A linear park furniture upgrade. Excellent. Yeah, I have two tonight.

Yes. You need to go back and come. Okay, let me go sit down again.

All right, so this is a brief update for the Ohlone Greenway fitness equipment upgrade. So you know that there was a subcommittee that was formed back in 2024, and you had recommendations to better utilize that space and to perform some equipment upgrades as well as installing some foreign place safety surface. So next slide, please. This is the original plans back from 2016, 2017, when the work was done there with the Redwoods scramble there and the exercise equipment was originally installed. Unfortunately, we had to remove four pieces of equipment. It was the cross trainer, the bike, the squat and chest press machine. So we're looking at replacing those and also adding some other upgrades. So next slide, please. We did already receive some proposals from a few contractors, and this project is in our CIP, and that's something that's included with our annual rehab. And so what was appropriated, the amount appropriated for that project, actually those proposals that we received actually do fit within that budget, which is good news. And that includes, that's all in for removing the existing footings, the site preparation, adding base rock, installing new footings, installing the new fitness equipment, and then installing the pour and place safety surface. That's just an idea. Next slide. I believe that's it. Okay. So we do have a tentative schedule. We're looking, since we do have those proposals already, we're looking to possibly award the contract next month and then begin construction maybe late summer, early fall.

All right. I think you need to stress. Any questions from the Commission?

So we're looking to our safety surface, to install safety surface there. One of the rubberized? Yes, the pouring place.

Originally, those equipment that broke were the ones that had all the moving parts. Yes. And so these ones also have moving parts. What makes these better?

Good question, actually. So this is a different manufacturer. And they have, I guess, a patented system for a resistance that's different from the original equipment. So it is a better build quality, but we would have to see as once we get it installed how long that will last. And it depends on how many people are using. It's actually better if more people use the equipment, but I mean, extended use could lead to some maintenance or failures that we have to replace.

Okay.

Is there any warranty on these things? I was going to say, like a 20-year warranty? Well, we're going to have to, well, once we get the contract finalized, or during that process, we're going to have the warranties and everything. We'll know for sure that time period.

Sales rep for that product lives about a mile. She's been with that company for about 35 years. Oh, really?

So we've got somebody to feel responsible. Yeah, right. Yep. Yep.

And will the selection of items be brought here, or will that be just part of the contract?

Yes, so we can bring that back to council for, or to pros for final decision.

Okay. Other questions?

If you're going to change the ground, do you have to remove all the other stuff, too? But are they going to stay the same, or are they going to become new stuff, too?

Yeah, good question. So as far as the safety surface, so it's pouring in place, so that can, we don't have to, it depends on how the contractor wants to approach it. Sometimes you can remove the pieces of equipment and just leave the floodings there and pour the material, or you could leave the equipment there and pour the material as well. And you'll have to move the DG to do it, presumably, no matter what. Yes, the DG is removed. That's correct. And then base rock. Yeah.

Other questions? I think we can open it for public comment.

No hands raised.

No hands raised. Bring it back for discussions, opinions.

I'm excited to see these go in. The subcommittee had a long list of things, and I guess you guys took it and decided this is fine, which I'm okay with. There was one item, though, which was maybe it just goes to my heart and nobody else's, which is instructions.

Okay.

Yes.

There's lots of things out there. You don't know what you're supposed to do with them. These are the concrete jumpings. I don't think you're supposed to use those things to jump from one to the rest because it's just going to end in disaster.

That is included with the install.

And then I do know that when we chose the ones before in 2016, we were very concerned to use ones that were accessible and that folks in wheelchairs could benefit from and the like. So we just want to be sure that's part of the considerations. Yes. Other comments from the commission? Wow, all right. Well, thank you very much. There's no action on these items. I appreciate your time and your information. Thank you so much. And we will move on to, I'm sorry, announcements. Any announcements? Yeah.

I'd just like to say I noticed that batting turtle that I know the city bought has started being used at the end of the baseball season. I heard from one of the baseball players that it's working. There's a lot less foul balls going into the tennis courts and the dog park, so that's a good thing, I think.

That's a good thing. That is a very good thing. Although the dogs like the balls.

Yeah. Other announcements?

I would just share that summer on Solano is coming up on June 27th. It will be an afternoon evening from 2 to 6 on Solano Avenue. It will be music, vendors, and the like. Any announcements from? I do not have any announcements. Okay. I think we can talk about future agenda items then.

Mark isn't here, so I don't have any future agenda items either.

Is there interest on the commission of discussing this turf watering item? Just hearing from staff on if they have any plans.

Yeah, I think that would be a good agenda. Yeah.

I mean, they may have plans. It may be nothing for us to talk about, but I think it would be good for us to bring it forward so the public can hear what's in store.

Have a presentation at least.

Yeah, it does not be a lot, but something so the public can hear what's going on. Or not. We can have some input.

I can get some more information, and we can add that to the agenda.

Okay. Other suggested agenda items or requests? No?

I already requested some. It sounds like some things are coming back to us and to transportation commission, for example. I don't have any others besides that.

I know that we're at the end of the school year. How are our student commissioners squared away? They're good for the year?

You're at a local school, right?

Been for the last year? Okay. I'm a rising senior now, so.

I was going to say he's a junior, so he's not going anywhere.

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm just checking. That's why I'm checking. That's why I'm checking. I hope he's not going.

And you're wearing a sweatshirt that may or may not be relevant to where you're going. Oh, yeah.

Wait, yeah. I'm going to be gone in August.

Okay. All right. Good, because we don't have any meetings in August. Just August.

Yeah. Okay.

So you have one more meeting? None of that.

Well, yeah, I have one more meeting then. Wait, I forgot there's a meeting in August. I do this every year.

Okay, very good. All right. I think that is everything. I believe we can close this meeting. I think that's record time. Wow. Look at that. All right. Thanks, everybody.