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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-03-28 Parks & Recreation Commission Summary MinutesAPPROVED APPROVED 1 1 2 3 MINUTES 4 PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION 5 REGULAR MEETING 6 March 28, 2023 7 In-Person & Virtual Conference 8 Palo Alto, California 9 10 Commissioners Present: Chair Greenfield; Vice Chair LaMere; Commissioners Amanda 11 Brown, Anne Cribbs, Nellis Freeman, Shani Kleinhaus, and Joy 12 Oche 13 Commissioners Absent: 14 Others Present: Council Liaison: Vice Mayor Greer Stone 15 Staff Present: Daren Anderson, Kristen O’Kane, Javod Ghods 16 CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL 17 Chair Greenfield welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked for a roll call. 18 PUBLIC COMMENT 19 None. 20 AGENDA CHANGES, REQUESTS, DELETIONS 21 None. 22 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 23 1. Approval of Draft Minutes from the February 28, 2023, Parks and Recreation 24 Commission Meeting 25 Commissioner Anne Cribbs requested to change “skating rink” to “skateboard bowl” on 26 pg. 13, line 12 of the minutes. On pg. 15, line 35 she believed Vice Mayor Stone was 27 referring to e-bikes rather than the swimming meet. 28 Commissioner Amanda Brown moved to approve the minutes of the February 28, 2023, 29 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting with the proposed changes. Seconded by 30 Commissioner Nellis Freeman. The motion passed, 7-0 by roll call vote. 31 APPROVED APPROVED 2 CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS 1 2. Department Report 2 Mr. Daren Anderson, Community Services Department, provided a recruitment update. 3 He reported they are still recruiting for a vacant park maintenance position, two assistant 4 rangers and one Open Space technician position, which are hourly positions. They have 5 filled the budget analyst position. He gave storm impact updates to include strong winds 6 caused downed trees through the City and in preserves and parks. Open Space staff and 7 the Urban Forest Team from Public Works have addressed them. Open Space preserves 8 were closed on the date of the meeting due to high winds and would be reopened the 9 next day. The Cubberley Tennis Courts were damaged in the recent storm. They did not 10 have to be closed but will need additional repair work. The Peers Tennis Courts were 11 also damaged and had to be closed. They are working with a contractor for price quotes 12 to get them fixed. The Rinconada Pool will remain closed until April 20 as the pool is 13 being replastered. The Measure E Recommendation from the Commission to Council has 14 been scheduled for Council review on April 3. The May Fete Parade and Fair will be 15 back this year for the 99th year. It will take place on Saturday, May 6 starting at 10 a.m. 16 The theme for this year will be “Empowering Wellness Through Community”. He stated 17 more information could be obtained at cityofpaloalto.org/Mayfete. 18 Commissioner Cribbs asked for details about the damage to the tennis courts. 19 Mr. Anderson answered the fencing had been blown over by the wind on both courts. He 20 added that vents had been cut into the wind screens at Cubberley after the first storm 21 damage, but they had not been sufficient to stop the damage from the second storm. 22 Commissioner Freeman asked if that meant the courts were not available. 23 Mr. Anderson answered the Peers Courts were not available, but the Cubberley Courts 24 were still open. 25 Commissioner Brown asked if there was expectation of going over the “windy day” fund 26 this year because of all the unforeseen circumstances. 27 Mr. Anderson stated he believed there would be sufficient funding for the repairs 28 between the Park Emergency Funds and the Court Resurfacing Funds. 29 Chair Greenfield asked how many years since the May Fete Parade started has the parade 30 not been held. 31 Mr. Anderson said there have been years it did not happen, but he did not know how 32 many. He will get that information for the next meeting. He said if any of the 33 Commissioners were interested in being a judge at the parade, they could email Adam 34 APPROVED APPROVED 3 Howard. 1 Commissioner Shani Kleinhaus asked what being a judge would entail. 2 Chair Greenfield answered judging would include watching the floats go by and judging 3 them on set criteria. 4 Commissioner Shani Kleinhaus asked if there had been word back from the Water Board 5 about the golf course. 6 Mr. Anderson answered Supervisor Brian Wines had been contacted who said he was 7 dealing with emergencies and would get to them as soon as he could. 8 Chair Greenfield stated he wanted to alert Staff that some trees were impacting the edges 9 of the Cubberley Track. 10 Mr. Anderson stated the Tree Department were aware of a downed redwood hanging in a 11 precarious area. He said there was no danger of it falling onto the track. They have it 12 scheduled to be removed after the higher priority trees. 13 Commissioner Freeman reported there were some trees in a blocked off area that 14 appeared to be leaning and unstable at Mitchell Park and asked what the plan was for 15 those. 16 Mr. Anderson said there are watch trees throughout the City that have been leaning for 17 many years and have been fine. The plan will depend on what is underneath the trees and 18 a deeper analysis by the Tree Team. He stated he would look into the trees at Mitchell 19 Park. 20 Commissioner Freeman questioned how many trees the City has lost in the recent 21 storms. 22 Mr. Anderson did not have a number of total trees lost. He said at Greer Park six were 23 lost in the last two storms. Pardee lost six. Baylands lost six. The Foothills were more 24 significant, including the Page Mill Road area. 25 Commissioner Kleinhaus inquired if they could wait until nesting season is over for the 26 trees at risk but not an immediate danger. 27 Mr. Anderson answered the Tree Department would not remove a tree unless it 28 absolutely had to be removed and they are particularly mindful of that. 29 BUSINESS 30 APPROVED APPROVED 4 3. Park Improvement Ordinance (PIO) Horizontal Levee Project – Samantha 1 Engelage – Action 2 Samantha Engelage, Senior Engineer with Public Works Department, gave a 3 presentation on the Palo Alto Horizontal Levee Pilot Project and to request the 4 Commission’s recommendation for a Park Improvement Ordinance to build the 5 Horizontal Levee Pilot Project. A slideshow was presented outlining the goals of the 6 project. They seek to install a permanent pilot project that will eventually be integrated 7 into the larger flood control levee improvement projects. The purpose of this smaller 8 system is to gain important information on design parameters, permitting requirements 9 and cost estimates so when they do the larger levee improvement projects, they will have 10 this information ready to incorporate into the larger project. The design parameters and 11 information collected on permitting and cost will also be available throughout the San 12 Francisco Bay area. Because of that, they have been able to partner with the San 13 Francisco Estuary Partnership and contract with Environmental Science Associates to 14 conduct the engineering and design of the project. They have been able to get significant 15 grant funding to support the project from the Coastal Conservancy and the 16 Environmental Protection Agency. An explanation of a horizontal levee and its purpose 17 and benefits were outlined along with the proposed location and the current condition of 18 that location. She outlined the main components of the project. She explained outreach 19 activities that have been done and are planned for the future in order to involve the 20 community in the project. The project will be built at very little cost to the City due to 21 the grants they have been able to obtain. 22 Commissioner Joy Oche asked for more detail on the level of partnership that was 23 mentioned on slide three, how long the trail relocation will take and more detail on the 24 community science activities that were mentioned. 25 Ms. Engelage stated they have been working closely with San Francisco Estuary 26 Partnership since the inception of the project, which has resulted in the ability to get the 27 amount of grants they have received. They have received a lot of support from the 28 Environmental Protection Agency as well as the Coastal Conservancy. The regional 29 importance of the project has been well supported and documented since 2018. A lot of 30 people are hoping the levee gets built soon so they can feed it into their sea-level rise 31 planning, especially wastewater treatment plants along the Bayside throughout San 32 Francisco Bay. She reported the construction for the project that will impact trail users 33 has been estimated to take 100 working days including the pipeline installation. Trail 34 users will be routed around the project site during this time. She stated they are still 35 outlining the details for the community science activities. Nuestra Casa is interested in 36 engaging and organizing the community to come out to the project site to learn about 37 sea-level rise adaptation, wastewater treatment, restoration, and habitat enhancement. 38 Another activity they are looking to include is hands-on experience collecting a sample 39 APPROVED APPROVED 5 of water from the site and testing it for simple water quality parameters, looking at data 1 and getting a sense of what it means to monitor water quality and apply it to a site. 2 Commissioner Cribbs asked what the total cost of the project is expected to be. 3 Ms. Engelage answered that based on the 60% design, the total design cost is estimated 4 to be $1.3 to $1.4 million, and construction is $3.8 million including monitoring and 5 obtaining permits. 6 Commissioner Cribbs asked how long the project will continue to be monitored after 7 completion. 8 Ms. Engelage answered they are still working with resource agencies to determine how 9 long they will be required to monitor the site. She estimated a 5-year monitoring period 10 as of now but could be extended up to 10 years depending on the data found. 11 Commissioner Brown asked if the raptor perching opportunities is a problem that is 12 being eliminated or something that is taken into consideration when making changes to 13 these types of areas. 14 Ms. Engelage answered any time signage or fencing is installed they have to be mindful 15 they are not creating a perching area for raptors. 16 Commissioner Freeman asked if they had received any input or shared signage with 17 educators to get input to make sure it is a learning process. 18 Ms. Engelage listed the content planned so far for signs but had not determined specifics 19 as of yet. They plan to engage with the association of Ramaytush Ohlone on one of the 20 signs. They will reach out to educators for input on the other signs. 21 Commissioner Freeman inquired asked how much trail is being lost as a result of 22 rerouting. 23 Ms. Engelage stated they would not be losing much of the trail. It is about a 500 linear 24 foot trail and they will install roughly the same linear feet of trail. 25 Commissioner Freeman asked how people will have access to the trail during the time 26 the work is being done. 27 Ms. Engelage answered there will be a detoured route during the project construction due 28 to safety issues. 29 Commissioner Kleinhaus asked what the trail will be constructed of. 30 APPROVED APPROVED 6 Ms. Engelage answered the preferred component of the trail is base rock. 1 Commissioner Kleinhaus opined an asphalt parking lot should be provided for the park 2 workers. She stated the contents of the seed mix makes a difference in maintenance of 3 the plants. Some plants common in restoration projects create fire hazards and must be 4 mowed at the time birds are trying to nest in them and they can take over other plants. 5 She encouraged that they do not include Leymus triticoides (creeping wild rye) that tend 6 to be very aggressive. 7 Chair Greenfield asked if the 100 working days would be five days a week during the 8 work week and open on the weekend. 9 Ms. Engelage answered it will be a five-day work week but will remained closed to trail 10 users on the weekend for safety concerns. The one exception will be if the pipeline work 11 is sequenced separate from the main project site work, the trail will remain open when 12 there is on active construction on the main project site. 13 Chair Greenfield stated when going to City Council for approval it will be helpful to be 14 more direct in terms of the consecutive period of time the trail will be closed. He 15 inquired about the overall activity level during construction in terms of amount of people 16 and cars and noise level. 17 Ms. Engelage answered it will be a small crew with maybe 15 cars. They do not expect a 18 great noise level. Special precautions are being taken to provide noise attenuation during 19 the pipeline work. 20 Chair Greenfield asked for comment on the PIO approval list. 21 Ms. Engelage stated they were still between 60% and final design on purpose because 22 they will need to incorporate feedback from Army Corp, BCDC and the Regional Water 23 Board to ensure the construction and design meets the needs of those resource agencies 24 and adequately protects the environment around it. In order to move forward, the PIO 25 needs to be kept vague until details are ironed out. 26 Chair Greenfield clarified the sequence of events to be City Council approval, Park 27 Improvement Ordinance and then continuing discussions with other agencies to finalize 28 the 90% and 100% design. 29 Ms. Engelage confirmed that sequence to be correct. 30 MOTION: 31 Commissioner Kleinhaus moved to approve the project. Chair Greenfield seconded the 32 motion. The motion passed by a 7-0 roll call vote. 33 APPROVED APPROVED 7 4. Wellness Recreation Center – Kristen O’Kane – Discussion 1 Kristen O’Kane, Director of Community Services Department, shared information on 2 feedback received from the community on the proposed Recreation Wellness Center. 3 Background and explanation of the proposal was provided. She outlined the results of the 4 feedback received on amenities and programs that would benefit the community and the 5 location of the center. She stated the next steps tentatively will be to continue 6 investigating the best location, engaging with the community on the entire proposal and 7 writing a letter of intent to the City Council. She stated she was open to suggestions on 8 the next steps. 9 Ken Horowitz, Palo Alto resident, stated many people have their own gym equipment 10 and have stopped going to the YMCA. He did not believe a new facility was necessary 11 but if a new facility was going to be put in he believed Cubberley would be the best site 12 as a gym and pavilion already exist there. 13 Justin Kitch, Palo Alto resident, started an organization called 4City, the largest youth 14 basketball program in Palo Alto. He did not believe Cubberley to be an appropriate 15 option as it is not a modern gym facility. His organization offered to help run fundraising 16 and facilitation and operation of community services if the City builds a new gym. 17 Wintergery@earthlink.net expressed disappointment that three PRC Commissioners 18 were on the nonprofit raising money for the wellness center as she believed it was a 19 conflict of interest. She encouraged them to resign to be replaced with Palo Alto 20 residents. 21 Lynn Chiapella expressed concern about building a wellness center because she did not 22 see how they would finance affordable classes and finding people to work at the rates 23 that are paid at these centers is hard. She stated she looked for a class at Menlo Park 24 several years ago and was assured nothing was available. She also stated the new 25 community center at Los Altos cannot be kept open because the city does not have the 26 money to run it. She encouraged a close look at the financials before pursuing the 27 wellness center project. 28 Sheri Furman, Chair of the Midtown Residents Association, expressed concern about 29 feasibility of the proposed site due to lack of parking and the loss of park land. She had 30 concern Scott Meadow Memorial would be destroyed. She encouraged them to look at 31 Mitchell Park or other locations. 32 Monica Williams, Cofounder and Past President of Palo Alto Pickleball Club, expressed 33 support for a Health and Wellness Center on behalf of the Palo Alto Pickleball Club. 34 APPROVED APPROVED 8 Leannah Lhunt, Palo Alto resident, stated she was in favor of the proposal and expressed 1 that as a realtor, she believed Greer Park to be an excellent location for the center. 2 Commissioner Brown commented on the program considerations stating the first four 3 suggestions were very expensive programs to install and staff. She encouraged balancing 4 the need for diversity in programming with community needs. She suggested keeping the 5 data from the community as well as concerns that had been raised by the Commission at 6 the forefront of the conversations of the next steps. 7 Commissioner Oche asked for confirmation that the four concerns listed on the online 8 survey results were the only concerns received. 9 Ms. O’Kane stated they were the top repeated concerns heard. She offered to email the 10 actual comments received to the Commission. 11 Commissioner Kleinhaus asked why Cubberley was not an option since the situation had 12 changed. 13 Ms. O’Kane answered Cubberley had been identified as a potential location early on. 14 The process of building on Cubberley would be a much longer timeframe. In addition to 15 the landowner issue, Cubberley is an old facility and doing one piece of Cubberley is not 16 as efficient as opposed to doing the entire site as a whole. 17 Commissioner Kleinhaus stated more clarification on the expected costs of the 18 construction and the required maintenance is critical. She addressed 19 Wintergery@earthlink.net’s concern about people being on the Commission and 20 nonprofit and asked if the conflict existed. 21 Mr. Anderson replied the Ad Hoc, Ms. O’Kane and he met with the City Attorney’s 22 office to discuss those issues to ensure they were on sound ground. The Attorney’s 23 explained there was no conflict of interest. The ability for a limit of three Commissioners 24 to serve on the nonprofit is covered by Government Code Section 1090. He stated there 25 could be a potential conflict of interest once they were in the conversation of locations. 26 At that point, the location element of the conversation will be separated out on the 27 agenda. They will do analysis of conflict of interest such as having Commissioners who 28 own property or live within 500 feet of the proposed areas and if so, they would recuse 29 themselves from that part of the conversation. 30 Ms. O’Kane shared that the gyms at Cubberley are used until 10:00 at night or longer 31 seven days a week so there is a huge need for that type of space. She stated most of the 32 programs offered are done through contractors through a revenue share so the only cost 33 to them is a facility attendant after hours to open the doors, make sure they have 34 APPROVED APPROVED 9 everything they need and lock the doors. She believes their model has worked well as 1 opposed to hiring staff for those programs. 2 Chair Greenfield asked what the footprint in terms of acreage the center will require and 3 how many parking spaces will be required. He agreed that Cubberley was not the right 4 space for the center. He stated he was confused about the interpretation of the survey 5 results in terms of who gave the feedback. 6 Ms. O’Kane offered that there will be more community engagement. In 2017, Parks and 7 Recreation Master Plan had a lot of community outreach, and that information was 8 considered. They have data from the Cubberley concept plan a couple years ago to help 9 inform. 10 Commissioner Freeman added the community outreach and survey were the initial stage. 11 He believed the feedback they received from the community at the meeting would give 12 them input as to the next steps moving forward. 13 Commissioner Cribbs stated they know most of the things that go in a gym and wanted 14 to clarify that she did not suggest the swimming pool at the community meeting. She 15 stated they envision a big space with the ability to be flexible. She outlined proposed 16 locations that had been considered being Mitchell Park, Greer Park, Cubberley, the 17 Ventura area, City real estate that was not being used, all of the buildings not being used 18 for offices anymore and the playing fields at Stanford. They believed having the 19 community conversation would bring more locations they had not thought of to the 20 forefront. 21 Chair Greenfield asked if there was a specific site at Greer that was being considered. 22 Commissioner Cribbs answered one site at the north part of Greer where there is a 23 baseball or soccer field at Amarillo Avenue and West Bayshore and the other is the 24 fourth parcel of Greer Park that was turned into a park in 2000 next to the skate park. 25 Chair Greenfield asked if the gym went to the fourth parcel of Greer Park if there could 26 be mitigation to recreate the Scott Meadows memorial somewhere else. He agreed with 27 public comments that parking and transit were concerns at Greer. He encouraged 28 outreach to the Transportation Department and Planning and Transportation Commission 29 for recommendations and guidance. He expressed concerns about the nonprofit that was 30 created. He was surprised to learn there were three Commissioners who were directors 31 on the nonprofit and that it had not been communicated to the Commission at an earlier 32 date. He felt the perception of a conflict was real and that they needed to be forward, 33 transparent and proactive about it and did not feel that had happened to this point. 34 APPROVED APPROVED 10 Commissioner Kleinhaus voiced concern that people will be afraid to speak up about the 1 gym knowing three Commissioners are on the nonprofit. 2 Chair Greenfield requested clarification of the purpose of the nonprofit. 3 Commissioner Cribbs answered the purpose of the nonprofit was to advocate and 4 fundraise for a Recreation Wellness Center for the community. 5 Chair Greenfield asked where they go from this point. 6 Commissioner Cribbs felt the letter of intent was a good idea but up to the Commission 7 and Staff. 8 Ms. O’Kane stated the letter of intent was the next step to Council. She wondered if there 9 was something more that needed done before getting there. She felt they needed to have 10 a session on potential location. She was open to suggestions on what to do next. 11 Chair Greenfield agreed on the need to come back to the Commission at a later date for 12 action for a letter of intent as it was not agendized for this meeting. 13 Vice Mayor Stone agreed that a deeper dive into the discussion was a good idea. He 14 agreed with concerns about Commissioners not hearing about the nonprofit until seeing 15 it in the paper. He suggested better communication during Commission meetings and 16 Commissioner announcements and more routine check-ins with this Ad-Hoc publicly 17 within the Commission meetings would be helpful. 18 Chair Greenfield suggested for the Ad-Hoc to go back and look at the specific request 19 from City Council last year to provide feedback and make sure all boxes have been 20 checked as a first next step. He believed at least two meetings will be needed before the 21 letter of intent would be ready to go. He hoped to meet more often to speed up the 22 timeline. 23 Commissioner Cribbs agreed with having a deep dive into locations and funding as soon 24 as the Attorney passes whatever they need to decide. 25 5. Work Plan Review and Planning – Chair Greenfield - Discussion 26 Chair Greenfield reported this would be the last meeting for the term of this 27 Commission. He reviewed end-of-term work in front of the Commission regarding 28 wrapping up the 2022-2023 Work Plan. After discussions with the City Clerk, there as 29 clarification that the 2023-2024 Work Plan will need to be submitted by the end of May. 30 At the March 2022 meeting, the entire body of the meeting was dedicated to completing 31 the 2022-2023 Work Plan. The April meeting will be the Commission reorganization 32 meeting where a new Chair and Vice Chair will be elected followed by the annual 33 APPROVED APPROVED 11 retreat. In order to meet the deadline of getting the Work Plan completed and submitted 1 by the end of May, the retreat will have to be in early May where annual priorities in 2 alignment with City Council’s priorities, Ad-Hocs and liaison assignments will be 3 established. In the past, a Work Plan item came out of each of the Ad-Hocs. The 4 notifications had already gone out in order to come up with a projected date for the 5 annual retreat. He stated that even if one’s term will expire on March 31, they are 6 permitted and encouraged to continue to participate and serve on the Commission until a 7 new appointment is made. He encouraged everyone on the Commission to work with 8 their Ad-Hoc to look to put a summary together and create a Work Plan item results 9 summary to be integrated into the 2023-2024 Work Plan. He expected the May meeting 10 to focus primarily or exclusively on getting the Work Plan completed. He stated 11 according to the BCC manual, Work Plans should include an annual report on the results 12 of the prior year plan. He presented an example of the reported Work Plan results from 13 the prior year. He stated the Work Plan summary is a public document and an annual 14 record of what the Commission accomplished. He wanted to encourage each of the Ad-15 Hocs to convene as soon as possible to look at the Work Plan item from the previous 16 year and put the results summary together before the retreat and setting priorities. 17 Commissioner LaMere commented that Ad-Hocs diving deep in the project goals at the 18 retreat would increase efficiency. 19 Chair Greenfield noted that the BCC manual included a desire to include metrics of 20 community involvement and participation in meetings and activities. He stated this 21 would not be easy but to the extent possible the number of meetings had for each Ad-22 Hoc with the number of participants and how many speakers for each item should be 23 noted. He asked for the Staff’s thoughts on that. 24 Mr. Anderson answered Staff could possibly take a first look at that to see how long it 25 takes and if they could come up with relevant and meaningful data then replicate it 26 across the board for the different Ad-Hocs. 27 Commissioner Brown asked if this would be the time to discuss moving existing Ad-28 Hocs to liaison role, dissolving or the creation of new ones. 29 Chair Greenfield answered those decisions would be made at the retreat but the Ad-Hoc 30 could be proactively looking to identify what appropriate tasks would be for a follow-up 31 Ad-Hoc if it applied. 32 6. Ad Hoc Committees and Liaison Updates – Discussion 33 Commissioner Freeman reported he had not had a chance to connect with individuals 34 from the baseball and softball community. There were some initiatives being planned but 35 the rain delayed some of the projects. He had been in communications with Mark 36 APPROVED APPROVED 12 Ribeiro who is doing a good job communicating. He met with Lam regarding golf the 1 prior week. Golf participation has been affected by the bad weather reports. They are still 2 waiting to hear back from the Water Board. 3 Commissioner LaMere reported in terms of his liaison role with Safe Routes, a Palo Alto 4 High School student is looking to do something with a traffic garden and a park. A 5 traffic garden helps younger kids learn to ride bikes and make decisions on the roads. 6 Some elementary students missed out on their bike rodeo during the pandemic so the 7 high school student thought doing something like that in a park would allow young 8 people to learn bike safety. He will be corresponding with her to see what she has in 9 mind. 10 Commissioner Cribbs stated the Rec Opportunities Ad-Hoc had an update from Sam 11 Kaplinsky, the skate park young man who has been working with his designer. They are 12 close to having some designs to show the Staff. He had a big success reaching out to 13 almost 200 skateboard people to get their opinions. It is moving along. The marketing 14 committee has not done much in the last month. The Enjoy! Catalog space is available to 15 them to announce about Park and Recreation, and they will put together a schedule. 16 Commissioner Brown stated they are continuing to work with Staff and the Dog Owner’s 17 Association Group to look for a dog park opportunity in North Palo Alto. 18 Chair Greenfield stated that a member of the public spoke with him regarding the e-bike 19 policy. He followed up on the letter from the Paly Newspaper student and is waiting for 20 a time to meet with them. He appreciated Penny Ellson’s letter regarding bike rack 21 options for the City. He noticed new bike parking at the North Mountainview entrance to 22 the Baylands at the end of San Antonio Road at Terminal Boulevard by the bathroom. 23 The Midpen Hawthorns Area Plan has been progressing toward the formation of a public 24 access working group. This will be a public forum for stakeholders to collaborate with 25 Midpen on parking and trail opportunities. He has been working to set up a meeting with 26 the Urban Forestry Ad-Hoc in advance of a likely tree ordinance review at the Parks and 27 Rec meeting next month. He continues to follow up with park dedication on the potential 28 formal dedication of the Greer Park Sewer Easement area. It is likely to be in the next 29 one to three months. 30 COMMISSIONER/BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, 31 ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 32 33 Chair Greenfield noted that based on the Doodle poll sent out regarding scheduling a 34 retreat, the time acceptable for everyone will be Friday, May 12 from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. 35 This will not be finalized until a new Chair has been named and the members of the body 36 have been appointed. He asked the Members to email Staff with the times they are 37 available that day. 38 APPROVED APPROVED 13 Mr. Anderson commented on the Tree Protection Ordinance as an agenda possibility. 1 That will be fine-tuned once they have met with Peter Gollinger and learned about his 2 timeframes. He was waiting on responses with three different departments to see if this 3 would be ready to see if the Easement at Greer Park would be ready. 4 5 Chair Greenfield stated they would have their reorganization at the beginning of the 6 April meeting. For May, Work Plan will be the priority. If something about the North 7 Palo Alto Dog Park in the May timeframe, it might be possible to squeeze that in. He 8 inquired about the possibility that the Foothills Nature Preserve Presentation would be 9 available in April. 10 11 Mr. Anderson answered the Foothills Nature Preserve Presentation might be available in 12 May and he would talk to Public Works about that. 13 14 Commissioner Cribbs suggested the Recreation Wellness Center should have a 15 permanent place on the agenda for the next six months. 16 17 Chair Greenfield stated June was a good target for an update on the Recreation Wellness 18 Center. 19 20 Commissioner Kleinhaus stated it would be good to have an overall view of the projects 21 and timelines planned in the Baylands and who is responsible for them. She wanted it to 22 include things that are routine like the Landfill Operations. 23 24 Mr. Anderson stated he would try to get that included in the Staff Report. 25 26 Chair Greenfield requested the Commissioners start thinking about what their priorities 27 for the next session are and what items they would like included in a Work Plan. 28 29 Vice Mayor Stone gave a reminder that the Measure E Site will be back before City 30 Council on April 17, 2023. 31 32 ADJOURNMENT 33 34 Meeting adjourned at 9:51 P.M. 35