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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-09-26 Parks & Recreation Commission Summary MinutesAPPROVED APPROVED 1 1 2 3 MINUTES 4 PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION 5 REGULAR MEETING 6 September 26, 2023 7 In-Person & Virtual Conference 8 Palo Alto, California 9 10 Commissioners Present: Chair Greenfield, Vice Chair Brown; Commissioners Anne Cribbs, 11 Shani Kleinhaus, Joy Oche, Bing Wei 12 Commissioners Absent: Commissioner Nellis Freeman 13 Others Present: Vice Mayor Stone 14 Staff Present: Daren Anderson, Javod Ghods 15 16 CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL 17 Chair Greenfield called the meeting to order and asked for a roll call. 18 PUBLIC COMMENT 19 Mark Weiss, Downtown North resident, talked about a private project of his called 20 Earthwise Productions that showcases public facilities, plazas, and parks in Palo Alto. 21 He detailed three upcoming events. 22 AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS 23 None. 24 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 25 1. Approval of Draft Minutes from the August 22nd, 2023, Parks and Recreation 26 Regular Meeting 27 Commissioner Cribbs corrected the name of the foundation offering the swimming 28 scholarship on page 14, line 9 to Beyond Barriers Athletic Foundation. 29 Chair Greenfield stated there were typos such as “though” instead of “thought” and Mr. 30 APPROVED APPROVED 2 Freeman should be changed to Commissioner Freeman. 1 Commissioner Cribbs moved to approve the minutes seconded by Chair Greenfield. The 2 motion passed by a 5-0 by a roll call vote with Commissioner Wei abstaining. 3 CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS 4 2. Department Report 5 Daren Anderson, Assistant Director of Community Services, presented slides outlining 6 recruitment updates, recreation programs and events, court policy update, project and 7 other updates and CIP updates. He made a correction to his last skate park update stating 8 they are not in contract yet after all but would be soon. 9 Commissioner Kleinhaus thought it would be nice to include cheerful updates about 10 wildlife in the Baylands and opportunities nonprofits offer for people to participate in the 11 Baylands, Arastradero or Foothills. 12 Commissioner Cribbs was curious if it would be possible to tell who are and are not Palo 13 Alto residents out of the 586 people on the special interest waiting list. She wanted to 14 confirm if the ribbon cutting was a ticketed event or if access to the museum afterward 15 was the ticketed event. 16 Mr. Anderson answered he did not have that information, but he would be happy to 17 inquire about it and that access to the JMZ after the ribbon cutting was ticketed. 18 Commissioner Oche wanted to know if they would be getting the Capital Improvement 19 Projects breakdown by email or if it would be posted online. She asked if there would be 20 a reminder for the public to not to touch a dead bat. 21 Mr. Anderson offered to send the breakdown in an email. He said there was no signage 22 in the preserve to remind public not to touch a dead bat but that was provided to the 23 public through ranger contacts. 24 Commissioner Wei was curious about the protocol for sending out a message to the 25 public about the bats. She wanted to know if the Commissioners were all invited to go to 26 the ribbon cutting. 27 Mr. Anderson answered for this incident where the bat was found sick, it was posted on 28 the website with signage in the preserve for two weeks per recommendation of Vector 29 Control. He offered to send out a follow-up email about the ribbon cutting and 30 coordinate with the manager of the JMZ to see if there is anything special, he can 31 forward to the Commission. 32 APPROVED APPROVED 3 Chair Greenfield thought it would be great to get the department report PowerPoint 1 presentation linked onto the agendas. He felt it would be worthwhile to potentially show 2 them to the other liaisons. He inquired if judges were being sought for the Jack-O-Jaunt. 3 He asked for information about the Baylands Entrance Gate Project and the status of the 4 Cubberley Restroom Project and the Pearson-Arastradero Construction Project. He 5 wanted to know if there were issues or concerns with the big hills of construction dirt 6 right outside Greer Park where new construction is going on. 7 Mr. Anderson said that the Jack-O-Jaunt would be judged by the general public. He 8 stated that the Baylands Entrance Gate Project would be to replace the steel gate off of 9 Embarcadero that crosses the road and explained the need for it. His understanding about 10 the Cubberley Restroom Project was that Council approved the purchase and the order 11 had gone through. He would verify and give an update on how long that would be. With 12 regard to the Pearson-Arastradero Construction Project, he emailed the Utilities 13 Department for an update about the undergrounding and gas line repair projects in 14 Arastradero and Foothills and was awaiting an answer. With regard to the hills of dirt 15 outside Greer Park, he believed that was affiliated with the 2850 project and part of their 16 permits required cleanup of site and he would follow up with Planning regarding this. 17 Commissioner Kleinhaus added there was an area used to store construction materials at 18 Arastradero in desperate need of restoration and asked why there is now another one next 19 to it. 20 Mr. Anderson answered that the space was needed for the undergrounding projects. It 21 had originally been stipulated that it would have to be brought to original condition or 22 better and once the project is complete it will be returned to original state. 23 BUSINESS 24 3. Environment Volunteers Update – Toby Goldberg – Discussion – (30 min) 25 Toby Goldberg, Director of Programs and Partnerships with Environmental Volunteers, 26 provided a presentation on Environmental Volunteers. She gave a history of the 27 organization, its primary focus and described their staff and volunteers. She highlighted 28 the three main areas of partnership programs with information on each. 29 Commissioner Oche was curious to know if programs were offered that could be 30 included in the recreation programs publicized in the Enjoy! – catalog and if the results 31 of the BioBlitz were publicized. She suggested involving seniors and having a shuttle to 32 pick them up and suggested exploring Palo Alto Link for transportation. 33 Ms. Golberg stated the bulk of their programs are hands-on science programs for 34 students in K-6 classes, classroom-based programming, and field trips. They work with 35 APPROVED APPROVED 4 50 to 80 schools in both San Mateo and Santa Clara County schools. They also have 1 programs they run for community partners and gave examples. They hope to leverage the 2 availability of Foothills Park and Baylands as a resource for some of their nature 3 experiences. One of their goals was to reduce barriers for people getting outside. She 4 said that one of their biggest challenges was arranging for transportation and having a 5 bus for seniors or families would be helpful. She stated she would look into Palo Alto 6 Link as a resource. She stated that, in theory, after every BioBlitz, a report was submitted 7 with the data, counts and information that was captured. It is posted on their website, but 8 she was not sure what happens to it once it is submitted as a report. She agreed it would 9 be a great opportunity to publish that. She stated they have a project that goes to 10 iNaturalist, but they submitted a regular report to the City, as well, as a part of the 11 Horizontal Levee Project. She was not sure where that report goes after it is submitted. 12 Mr. Anderson stated it did not go to him, but he would follow up on that. 13 Chair Greenfield stated another possibility would be to have a link on the City website to 14 iNaturalist. 15 Commissioner Wei echoed Commissioner Oche’s comments about cross-generation 16 learning and facilitation of transportation. She wondered if the senior homes would have 17 transportation. She was curious whether the new Foothills Trail Ambassador Program 18 worked with the Palo Alto Youth Council. She asked how the program was advertised. 19 She echoed Commissioner Oche’s Enjoy! – catalog suggestion. 20 Ms. Goldberg said they have a Teen Docent Program as part of the organization. There 21 were some challenges involving the teens in parts of the Trail Ambassador Program so, 22 as of that time, the trail ambassadors and volunteers at Foothills were only adults. They 23 would love to reintroduce the teens but there were concerns with liability and safety 24 issues that had not yet been resolved. She felt it would be interesting to see if they could 25 target a teen or senior’s walk. She stated the program did not currently have a marketing 26 staff member and they were struggling with that. They do a lot through Eventbrite. She 27 stated they are discussing working with the community calendars and making sure events 28 get posted in the appropriate community calendars. She mentioned they run nature walks 29 through the Palo Alto Adult School, as well, with the goal of getting people out into 30 nature. 31 Commissioner Cribbs asked how the City could help. She was particularly interested in 32 what they were able to do with teens. She wanted to know how the program was funded. 33 Ms. Goldberg stated they had touched on how the City could help them and she had 34 received some helpful suggestions. In terms of the Teen Docent Program, they have an 35 annual program recruiting high school students throughout the Bay Area to work with 36 them throughout the summer. They have a regular training protocol and enrichment 37 APPROVED APPROVED 5 opportunities to learn about nature and the Baylands and train them on how to interact 1 with the public. They help run some programs they do at the Ecocenter and help support 2 them when they have different events. She said their funding comes from a lot of varied 3 sources to include government, corporate and foundation grants, Palo Alto Weekly 4 Foundation and Holiday Foundation, individual donors, fundraisers, and partnerships 5 with other local foundations. 6 Vice Chair Brown asked if she would like to highlight other community partners they 7 work with or any they would like to work with in the future. 8 Ms. Goldberg answered her long-term goal for the organization was that she would like 9 to have at least one or two community-based partners in every city in both counties and 10 be the go-to organization for any nonprofit, community-based organization. She 11 described some of the existing partnerships and programs. 12 Chair Greenfield asked for a review of a slide with some numbers talking about 13 programs and activities. He asked where this presentation would be found. 14 Mr. Ghods stated he would add the presentation as a supplement to the agenda. 15 Ms. Goldberg presented the Foothills Trail Ambassador Program and explained the 16 numbers given. 17 Chair Greenfield asked for more information about Sprout Up. 18 Ms. Goldberg gave detail on Sprout Up including the numbers of staff, board and 19 volunteer members. 20 Commissioner Wei asked how it worked when an individual who volunteered with them 21 started a new chapter. 22 Ms. Goldberg stated the Sprout Up national director provides a chapter packet that talks 23 about how many people will be needed, the curriculum to work with and provides 24 training virtually. They are working on how to reach new schools and college students. 25 Chair Greenfield asked if they had done any riparian programs aimed at elementary 26 school kids, for example at Bol Park. 27 Ms. Goldberg answered they do not have a specifically riparian program. They call it the 28 Foothills program and it encompasses things like riparian habitat, grasslands, and oak-29 woodlands. They had not looked at those specific locations, but they would be good 30 locations. She described some of the locations they have used. 31 APPROVED APPROVED 6 Chair Greenfield asked if their access has changed regarding Foothills Nature Preserve 1 and the Baylands. 2 Ms. Goldberg said that Baylands has not changed but there has been an increased interest 3 due to the pandemic. One challenge of that is that people sign up for things but tend to 4 not show up. Foothills is a resource they have been able to tap into a little bit but there is 5 more they can take advantage of in the future. 6 4. Dog Park Update – Daren Anderson – Discussion – (75 min) 7 Mr. Anderson gave a PowerPoint presentation updating dog parks to include highlights 8 of the Parks Master Plan that talks about dog parks policy and program, existing dog 9 parks, dog parks that are in process, the Off-Leash Pilot Program, locations the dog park 10 liaison staff and stakeholders have explored in North Palo Alto and a next steps timeline. 11 Commissioner Kleinhaus asked if the efforts to do an Off-Leash Pilot somewhere in a 12 park no longer being pursued. 13 Mr. Anderson said it was still something that needed to be considered in the future but 14 presently the focus is a fenced dog park. 15 Christian Kalar, resident of Barron Park, thought Bol Park was a bad idea for a dog park 16 as the dogs would disturb the wildlife that are in the creek and a fence would impact the 17 view of the park. He suggested Briones Park would be an excellent choice. 18 Carole Lin shared a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the positive impact a dog park 19 could have on the community and a petition supporting a dog park in Barron Park with 20 community feedback. 21 Samir Tuma commented that dog ownership has increased during the course of the 22 pandemic which has increased not only the demand for dog parks but conflict. He 23 thought Off-Leash Pilot parks should be reexplored with temporary fencing. 24 Winter Dellenbach expressed opposition to a dog park at Bol Park and discussed her 25 reasoning including the donkeys that live in the park. She did not believe the survey 26 actually made it to their neighborhood so was not accurate. 27 Tami Cusi felt the need for a dog park was dire, especially after the pandemic. She said 28 her dogs do not bother the donkeys and she is disheartened when people yell at her for 29 having her dogs in the vicinity of a playground or schoolground. She liked the idea of a 30 pop-up in the interim. She also felt the existing dog parks were in need of an upgrade. 31 Herman Gyr, Barron Park resident, could imagine a dog park working within the 32 constraints of Bol Park. 33 APPROVED APPROVED 7 John King, Barron Park resident and president the Barron Park Association, felt the need 1 for a dog park was dire. He liked the idea of a pop-up park. He expressed that the Barron 2 Park Association would like to be a stakeholder and help in any way they can. 3 Vice Chair Brown stated their purpose was to clarify community expectations as it 4 relates to dog parks in Palo Alto, the progress going on behind the scenes and to seek 5 community input on the direction they have been taking. Up until now, the focus has 6 been on North Palo Alto. They were looking at fenced dog parks as an option. She 7 thought Off-Leash dog park options could be considered as a tool but they had not 8 exhausted all of the options for identifying a fenced dog park. She would not want Staff 9 to stray away from focusing on that need by trying to do an Off-Leash Pilot Program at 10 the same time. She recommended Staff focus on individual projects. She stated they 11 heard Barron Park’s concerns and thought that could be a future priority after addressing 12 the North Palo Alto need. She advised them to form a consensus in terms of location. 13 She felt the temporary fencing was risky as bigger dogs could knock that over and it 14 would mess with community expectations. She recommended staying course focusing on 15 the North Palo Alto options and then moving forward to explore future options involving 16 a potentially Off-Leash Pilot Program or anything proposed by the Barron Park group. 17 Commissioner Cribbs agreed focusing on North Palo Alto was important. She was 18 intrigued with the mention of the location by the soccer field and Rinconada Park. She 19 was anxious to make sure that they help as Commissioners to move along whatever 20 bidding process needed to go through to improve the current parks. 21 Chair Greenfield asked Mr. Anderson to speak to the Staff resources question in terms of 22 taking on an additional dog park project beyond the current work at Mitchell Park, 23 Boulware and in search of North Palo Alto. 24 Mr. Anderson agreed with Vice Chair Brown’s assessment that in addition to that they 25 would be stretched very thin and would compromise the work on the aforementioned 26 projects. 27 Commissioner Wei spoke about a report by National Library of Medicine which gives 28 pros and cons in identifying dog park design and management. 29 Commissioner Kleinhaus echoed the importance of dog creating community in a 30 neighborhood. She believed they needed to keep development, including dog parks, 31 away from the riparian corridors which meant Bol Park, San Francisquito and Matadero 32 Creek were not good candidates. She thought Briones may be a good place in Barron 33 Park but agreed they should look first at North Palo Alto and should consider El Camino. 34 She suggested the City look at purchasing homes for dog park locations. She agreed that 35 temporary fencing was not a good idea because they would create expectations. She 36 APPROVED APPROVED 8 thought it was a good idea for the Barron Park group to come to consensus, but she 1 advised not including Bol Park in that discussion. 2 Commissioner Oche wanted to ask if the survey Ms. Dellenbach referred to could be 3 redone to cover more target audience in the Community. She was curious to know if 4 there might be grants to explore to make the existing parks better. She asked for more 5 information about advancing enforcement in parks and was curious to know what is next. 6 Mr. Anderson answered the conversation that mentioned enforcement was around the 7 Pilot Program idea. He said there would be enforceable issues but there would be no one 8 there during those hours to enforce them. There is a very limited amount of animal 9 control officers, and they cannot be at all the places at once to enforce the rules. With 10 regard to what is next, finishing the two already in process before moving forward to 11 North Palo Alto. 12 Commissioner Wei was curious what the time range would be if they do have a Pilot 13 Program. 14 Mr. Anderson said for now it would be kept as a tool and not actively pursued at the 15 moment. 16 Chair Greenfield agreed that it was important to stay the course with the priorities they 17 have established. He felt Bol Park had potential conflicts and controversy and should not 18 be considered. Regarding the North Palo Alto sites, he commented the grass area of El 19 Camino Park was used for soccer warmups on occasion. He agreed with the concerns 20 regarding temporary fencing. 21 5. Ad Hoc Committees and Liaison Updates – Chair Greenfield – Discussion (15 22 min) 23 Commissioner Kleinhaus stated she asked Staff for a list of projects happening in the 24 Baylands. There were 11 large projects at different stages of development. That did not 25 include ongoing maintenance and operations or events and activities. She would like to 26 see a presentation on that. She mentioned that the fact that the beavers were back in Palo 27 Alto made national news and having them back was a big deal. The Baylands projects 28 include the tide gate repair, the advanced water purification system, the horizontal levee, 29 the sewer line rehabilitation project, parts of Bixby Park that are not finished, other levee 30 repairs, water quality control plant and golf course projects. 31 Mr. Anderson commented the key leaders of each project for the different departments 32 were aware of the other projects and, to a degree, there was a little coordination of not 33 having too much overlap. In some cases, there is not a lot of flexibility. 34 APPROVED APPROVED 9 Chair Greenfield clarified that the tide gate project had been shelved in lieu of taking a 1 more holistic approach. 2 Mr. Anderson answered the four-year full replacement has been shelved and they are 3 looking at other structural repairs they can do to the existing facility. 4 Chair Greenfield questioned why that decision was made. 5 Mr. Anderson did not have all the facts at hand to give that answer. 6 Commissioner Cribbs commented that the racquet ad-hoc was interested in getting 7 pricing for temporary or permanent lighting for the Cubberley Tennis Courts. They are 8 also interested in the composition of a racquet court committee. 9 Commissioner Oche said that Commissioner Wei and she met with Kayla for the 10 recreational program to discuss next steps to help achieve the goal to expand more 11 affordable programs on the Enjoy! – catalog. They requested reports to help break down 12 target audience, program time and different categories. They were unable to get that but 13 Kayla shared a link with them and she believed the next steps would be for 14 Commissioner Wei and she to do a deep dive and have a working session going through 15 the trends to see how many programs and recommend opportunities they could explore. 16 She followed up on a question Commissioner Kleinhaus asked the previous month about 17 insurance. Cayla clarified that the City will cover individual volunteers who are willing 18 to offer programs but would not cover any organization that requires insurance. The 19 volunteer would need to go through the City’s screening process to meet their 20 requirements. 21 Commissioner Wei hoped after they have done the deep dive to be able to put out a 22 proposal to see how they could balance extending the oversubscribed Enjoy! – catalog 23 program versus looking to a more affordable program and bring volunteers onboard 24 without taking too much Staff time. She stated the ad-hoc for the grants had a meeting 25 with Kristen to get a ballpark amount and to understand the main challenges applying for 26 grants besides grant management and Staff bandwidth and how to address the Staff’s 27 concern and provide a solution to not bother more City Staff. The City has hired a 28 consultant to look into grants for all departments. She asked if they have information 29 what the consultant is working on in order to avoid duplication efforts and if they can 30 piggyback on grants other departments, such as Public Works, were working on. 31 Mr. Anderson said the consultant does have a spreadsheet of grants they are tracking and 32 recommending as possibilities for different areas within the City and he would send it to 33 Commissioner Wei. He thought it was possible to piggyback with Public Works. 34 APPROVED APPROVED 10 Commissioner Cribbs commented they have created a list of potential foundations in 1 their area. They have put together a short list of things they know they would love to 2 have that grants could help with. She listed some of those things. They will be having a 3 meeting with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation to understand how and why 4 they give grants and if Palo Alto is appropriate for any of their grants. 5 Commissioner Wei asked about the Commissioner’s relationship versus local elected 6 officials and if they have funds for local parks and what the protocol would be in 7 reaching out to them. 8 Mr. Anderson suggested they discuss that with Kristen. 9 Chair Greenfield shared comments Commissioner Freeman sent him regarding 10 Cubberley stating that not much has changed. Staff is going to City Council on October 11 16 to get direction on next steps related to the City possibly acquiring more acreage at 12 Cubberley. With enhanced efforts to inform and educate golfers on encroaching in areas 13 where they should not be, the issue has greatly improved. They are being reminded of 14 the importance to stay out of a sensitive habitat at either check-in or starting point. In 15 addition to ropes, red stakes and fencing throughout the course, 40 signs were installed in 16 July advising golfers to stay out of sensitive areas. Additional fencing has been added 17 during the summer, as well. Regarding the State Water Board and monitoring of Wetland 18 areas of the golf course, an ecology consultant is performing an updated survey of plant 19 species in the Wetlands and developing a plan to bring the golf course into compliance 20 per the Water Board’s requirements. Regarding the status of the partner agreement with 21 First Tee, Staff and First Tee continue to discuss a partner agreement. In the interim, 22 other related matters are being addressed such as updating a co-sponsorship for facility 23 use to further continue the relationship between the City and the First Tee of Silicon 24 Valley. 25 Vice Chair Brown commented on park dedication stating that they were working with 26 Mr. Anderson and Staff to bring this back next month or the month after. 27 Commissioner Oche gave an update for the Youth and Sustainability Liaisons. 28 Commissioner Wei and she had a meeting with Christopher a few weeks prior. They had 29 interviews the previous month and were able to start up their first meeting and team 30 leadership group earlier this month. A few days ago, he shared the calendar with them, 31 and they are hoping to be able to give them advanced notice and pay a visit to the Youth 32 Council and the Teen Advisory Board in one of their meetings. For the Sustainability 33 Liaison, she had a productive working session with Jeanette per Mr. Anderson’s 34 recommendation. They reviewed the preassessment for the Institute of Sustainability 35 Infrastructure. Leeds is for buildings, but Institute of Sustainability Infrastructure is for 36 projects. They did a preassessment for Boulware Park and they already qualify for a 37 Silver Award that she believed the City should leverage on and find out ways to explore 38 APPROVED APPROVED 11 that opportunity in order to meet their sustainability goals. They also had a meeting with 1 the Institute of Sustainability Infrastructure team and they are happy to collaborate with 2 them and organize an information session to find out how they can leverage on this 3 opportunity to help the City get more awards for some of the upcoming projects. The 4 next steps will be for Jeanette and her to do more reading into the guide and have another 5 working session to match supporting documents that would be helpful for the award and 6 to see what the City Staff recommendations will be for the next steps in terms of the 7 information session they are offering. They have also been told they are happy to train 8 City Staff for free. She would be glad if the City could make the best use of that 9 opportunity. 10 Chair Greenfield stated he met with Peter Gollinger, Urban Forester, and got an update 11 on where they are with looking to present to both this Commission and the Planning and 12 Transportation Commission regarding potential updates to the Title Eight Preordinance 13 as directed by City Council. They will likely be meeting with PTC and Parks and Rec 14 either the following month or potentially in November. Regarding Hawthorn Midpen 15 area planning, the Public Access Working Group will be meeting again on October 26 at 16 the Midpen headquarters on El Camino in Los Altos at 6 p.m. Regarding Safe Routes, 17 the following Sunday will be Bike Palo Alto. This will be the first time the event has 18 been held since the pandemic. It will start off at Fairmeadow Elementary School and will 19 be available to highlight the safe and less commonly known bike routes within the City. 20 It will also include some bike maintenance, helmet fitting and bike tune-ups. 21 22 COMMISSIONER/BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, 23 ANNOUNCEMENTS, OR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 24 25 Commissioner Oche expressed curiosity about what the next steps should be in terms of 26 the informational session the organization she just spoke about was willing to offer, what 27 the protocol should be and if it is something that can be explored. 28 29 Mr. Anderson stated he would need to discuss it with Jeanette some more and see what 30 Staff capacity is. He would get back to her on that. He commented that Evan Howard 31 mentioned the Teen Advisory Council could give an update presentation in October. 32 Other potential items included Park Dedication, Tree Protection Ordinance and Foothills 33 Nature Preserve PIO. 34 35 Chair Greenfield suggested they look to bring three of those items to the October 36 meeting. He hoped they could do a Master Plan Review and Recreation Programs in 37 November. He asked about the Wellness Center. 38 39 APPROVED APPROVED 12 Commissioner Cribbs stated she had no additional information on the Wellness Center. 1 She is waiting for Peter to schedule a Community meeting, which will have to take place 2 before the presentation to the Commission. There is a tentative date for the meeting in 3 October, but it has not been confirmed yet. 4 5 Chair Greenfield stated that hopefully in November they would have whichever one of 6 the four items falls out of the October potential list. He added there is potential for an e-7 bike update or grant opportunities. 8 9 Commissioner Cribbs hoped they would be able to do something on the Wellness Center 10 in November. 11 12 Mr. Anderson thought that would be a possibility. 13 14 Chair Greenfield thought it was realistic to expect that the Community meeting would be 15 before Thanksgiving. 16 17 Commissioner Cribbs asked if the dates had been confirmed for November and 18 December yet. 19 20 Chair Greenfield stated they normally end up rescheduling the November and December 21 meetings to avoid conflicts with Thanksgiving and holidays at the end of December. He 22 felt November 28 worked out well for them this year. For December, the 26th would not 23 be a good date. There was availability on the 12th and the 19th. He thought the preference 24 would be the 19th so there would be three weeks between the November and December 25 meetings. He asked if that date was a problem for anyone and stated they would 26 tentatively aim for Tuesday, December 19 but would need to check with Commissioner 27 Freeman. 28 29 Commissioner Wei stated she will be out of the country on the 19th. She would see if she 30 could Zoom in. 31 32 Commissioner Cribbs stated December 12 does not work for her. 33 34 Chair Greenfield asked Commissioner Wei to send him an email if she had further 35 thoughts on this. 36 37 Commissioner Cribbs stated she received a text from the former president of the Palo 38 Alto Pickleball Club, Monica Williams. She had her hand raised but did not get to speak. 39 She suggested that she send an email to the Commission to be distributed. 40 41 ADJOURNMENT 42 APPROVED APPROVED 13 1 Meeting adjourned at 10:06 P.M. 2