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>> NUMBER 4 APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION?[4. MINUTES]
IF NOT, A MOTION.>> FIRST BY COMMISSIONER SCARBOROUGH-ECKEL AND SECOND BY VICE CHAIRPERSON ORDIAN.
>> COMMISSIONER PHILIPS-MARTINEZ? AYE.
>> COMMISSIONER SCARBOROUGH-ECKEL?
[5. CITY PARKS PRESENTATION (DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT)]
FIRST OF ALL THANKS FOR COMING IN, IN JULY.
I KNOW WE SAID WE WERE DARK THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTHS.
WE WANT TO GET THIS DISCUSSION GOING.
BECAUSE ORIGINALLY -- LET ME START FROM THE BEGINNING.
DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT AS YOU KNOW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT OUR PARKS TO POSSIBLY TAKE OVER COMPETE CONTROL OF THE CITY PARKS.
THEY DID A COUPLE OF STUDIES AND IT TURNS OUT THAT FINANCIALLY IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WILL WORK RIGHT NOW.
FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT.
BUT WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE WILL TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING DESERT REC DISTRICT PROGRAM OUR PARKS INSTEAD OF TAKING IT OVER COMPLETELY.
OUR ORIGINAL TIME LINE FOR PROGRAMMING FOR DESERT REC TO TAKE OVER WE WERE THINKING SEPTEMBER 1.
BUT WITH US HAVING TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT.
POSSIBLY COMING BACK TO YOU WITH A DRAFT AGREEMENT, AND THEN TAKING THAT TO COUNCIL, AND GETTING ON COUNCIL AND THEY ARE DARK A COUPLE OF THE DAY -- COUPLE OF MEETING THIS NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AS WELL.
WE DIDN'T THINK WE COULD DO IT SEPTEMBER 1.
WE HAVE -- WE ARE LOOKING TO GET YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT TAKING OVER THE PROGRAMMING OF OUR PARKS ON JANUARY 1.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT ONLY LIKE I JUST SAID BECAUSE OF HOW THE MEETINGS WILL WORK.
AND THE AGREEMENTS KIND OF GET DONE BY STAFF AND THEN IT'S GOT TO GET APPROVAL BY THEIR BOARD AND THEN YOU GUYS FIRST THEN OUR COUNCIL AND THEIR COUNCIL.
WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR PARKS.
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AND THAT IS KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.WE WANT THEM TO TAKE OVER THE PROGRAMMING.
INDIO YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL LEAGUES THAT WE HAVE.
THEY WOULD TAKE OVER AYSO, WHICH IS AMERICAN YOUTH SPORTS SOCCER ASSOCIATION.
FOR THE SOCCER PROGRAM IN OUR CITY.
AND THEN ANY OF OUR PARKS THAT ARE -- THAT COULD BE RESERVED FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY OR FAMILY REUNION OR SOME SORT OF EVENT AND TO HAVE THEM INCORPORATE MORE PROGRAMS TO OUR PARKS TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO OUR PARKS, WHICH IS WHAT THINGS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HERE.
HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE TO OUR PARKS.
WE WANT DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT TO TAKE OVER THE PROGRAMMING.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT JANUARY 1.
AND EVEN IF BY THAT TIME WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF THEM TAKING OVER THE PARKS WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL.
EQUIPMENT, STAFFING THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO TAKE OVER THE PARKS ENTIRELY COULD BE PUSHED BACK BECAUSE OF WHAT I JUST SAID, STAFFING AND THINGS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BUY TO GET THE FIELDS AND PARKS READY TO TAKE IT OVER FULLY.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD DIRECTION THAT WE WILL FOR JANUARY 1ST.
DEBT -- GET THEM STARTED WITH THE PARKS.
GET OUR PUBLIC AND CITIZENS USED TO DESERT REC TAKING OVER THEIR PARKS AND OUR PARKS AND THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE AS YOU KNOW OF HANDLING PALM DESERT, SOME OF LA QUINTA.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO NOW.
WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK AFTER YOUR COMMENTS ARE RECEIVED HERE.
WE WILL GO BACK AND DO A DRAFT AGREEMENT THAT WE'LL BRING BACK IN SEPTEMBER ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DESERT REC DISTRICT.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE HERE AT OUR SEPTEMBER MEETINGS.
WE WOULD HOPE THAT IN THAT TIME WE CAN GET AN AGREEMENT DONE.
SEE WHAT KIND OF CHANGES WE MIGHT WANT.
YOU GUYS MIGHT WANTED AND THEN TAKE IT BACK TO THEM.
HAVE IT VOTED ON THEIR BOARD AND THEN COME TO OUR COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
WE'RE LOOKING LIKE OCTOBER MAYBE EVEN NOVEMBER FOR THE DISCUSSION FOR THAT AND THEN BOOM, THEY START JANUARY 1.
AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS IT WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS?
OTHER THAN I KNOW WHAT THEY DO IN THE OTHER CITIES.
I THINK THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING PARKS ACTIVATED AND ALIVE.
>> I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED HAVING SOMETHING LIKE BACKUP MATERIAL OR SOMETHING TO HAVE SEEN BEFORE THIS MEETING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE IS LIKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE THE INITIAL PLAN FOR THEM TO TAKE OVER AND THE COMPARISON TO THIS NEW ONE AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION LIKE WITH THE LEAGUES.
THE PROGRAMMING, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THEY WILL NOT DO THE MAINTENANCE.
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WHERE THERE ORIGINALLY THAT THEY WILL NOT BE DOING.
IT'S THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FIELDS.
EVERY ONE OF OUR PARKS ALL OF OUR PARKS MAINTAIN THE FIELDS, PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
STAFFING THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
THEY WERE GOING TO HIRE SOME PARK RANGERS OR PARK AMBASSADORS THEY CALLED IT.
PARK BECAUSES TO MAKE SURE THE PARK ARE IN GOOD CONDITION FOR ANY PARTIES THAT MIGHT BE BOOKED.
THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT TO EVEN SHOW YOU GUYS OR GIVE TO YOU GUYS.
WASN'T GOING TO BE A POWERPOINT.
IT WILL BE A DISCUSSION ON THEM TAKING OVER THE PROGRAM IN THE PARKS.
THERE REALLY WASN'T ANYTHING I COULD GIVE YOU GUYS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CONCRETE.
THIS WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WITH THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, MAYBE IT WAS.
AND WE SAID LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
AND AGAIN IT WAS GOING TO BE PRESSING.
BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST.
THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE.
YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT.
WE CAN ADD THIS OR DELETE THIS OUT OF THE AGREEMENT.
WE'LL PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER FOR YOU GUYS FOR SEPTEMBER ALONG WITH THEIR COMMENTS AND OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DESERT REC DISTRICT AND BRING THAT TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER.
THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FIELD, ITSELF.
THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SWINGS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
THEY WERE GOING TO HANDLE IT ALL FOR OUR PARKS.
MENT IT WAS GOING TO GET IT TO THEM TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
WE JUST COULDN'T GET THAT DONE AND AT THIS TIME.
>> AND DOES THE PROGRAMMING -- WILL THAT BE INCLUDING JUST THEIR EVENTS? AND LIKE I KNOW THEY HOST LIKE THE EASTER EVENT.
WILL THEY BE WORKING ON THEIR EVENTS OR WILL THEY BE THE ONES SEEING THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE THE PARK?
>> THEY WILL BE SEEING EVERYTHING THAT'S FROM THE PARK.
I'M SURE I WILL GET THE CALLS.
THE CITIZENS ARE USED TO CALLING MY DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL JUST PASS THOSE RIGHT OVER.
THEY HAVE A FACILITY USE APPLICATION.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF FEES.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FEE PROGRAM.
BUT WE HAVE OUR OWN FEES THAT THE CITY SETS AS WELL.
WE WILL FIGURE THAT OUT WHILE -- WHEN WE DO THE AGREEMENT.
BUT THEY -- THEY ARE EXCITED TO DO IT.
AND YOU PUT SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS INTO OUR PARKS.
BUT THEY WON'T EXCLUDE ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE OR MIGHT GET FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
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WOULD THEY BE TAKING OVER ALL OF THE PARKS OR SPECIFIC PARKS?>> THEY WOULD BE TAKING OVER ALL THE PARKS.
HOW ABOUT OTHER PUBLIC SPACES?
>> WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE DOING -- DOGGIE PARKS >> YES.
>> I BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN HAVE THAT MATERIAL READY FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
JUST SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT IN ADVANCE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, I BELIEVE WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANYTHING TO BE ADDED AT THE MOMENT?
WE WANTED TO GET MANY FRONT OF YOU AND SEE IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH US PROCEEDING.
WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND THEN SEPTEMBER WE'LL HAVE I'LL GET THAT ADVANCE EASILY.
WE'LL HAVE A DRAFT BEFORE THE MEETING.
I KNOW THE PUBLIC HAS DONE SURVEYS.
IS THERE OTHER SURVEYS FROM NOW TO JANUARY TO SEE HOW THE PUBLIC IS?
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY TYPE OF A POLL OUT THERE.
THEY DID A HUGE SURVEY WITH THE RESIDENTS AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW.
AND WHAT THE PUBLIC IS LOOKING FOR FOR -- FROM THE CITY AND FROM DESERT REC DISTRICT.
I THINK THEY WILL KIND OF FOLLOW THAT.
SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, WE WON'T HOLD YOU BACK.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND AT JOURNAL OUR MEETING.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.