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City of San José, California
Neighborhood Services & Education Committee meeting of February 9, 2023
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February
8th
2023
to
order,
if
we
can
please
do
a
roll
call.
B
Thank
you
so
much
I'm
going
to
start
by
reading
the
code
of
conduct
before
we
begin
I
want
to
remind
the
committee,
members
and
members
of
the
public
to
follow
our
code
of
conduct
at
meetings.
This
includes
commenting
on
the
specific
agenda
item
only
and
addressing
the
full
body.
Public
speakers
will
not
engage
in
a
conversation
with
the
mayor,
chair
council
members
board
members,
Commissioners
or
staff.
B
All
members
of
the
committee
staff
and
the
public
are
expected
to
refrain
from
abusive
language
failure
to
comply
with
the
code
of
conduct
which
will
disturb,
disrupt
or
impede
the
orderly
conduct
of
this
meeting
will
result
in
removal
from
the
meeting
this
meeting
of
the
neighborhood
services.
An
education
meeting
is
coming
to
order.
Thank
you.
B
Next
item
is
a
consent.
Calendar
looks
like
there's
nothing
on
the
consent
calendar
which
brings
us
to
the
regular
agenda
which
it
starts
with
item
D1,
city-wide,
sustainable,
Park,
maintenance
report
and
I.
Believe
we
have
a
staff
presentation.
F
Thank
you
chair
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
Avio
Tom
and
I'm.
The
deputy
director
of
parks,
recreation
and
Neighborhood
Services
joined
today
by
division
manager
for
Park
maintenance,
Tori,
O'reilly
and
Senior
maintenance
workers,
Melody
Goodwin
and
David
Barbara,
who
have
both
been
with
our
department
for
more
than
20
years,
starting
as
part-time
maintenance
assistance
and
rising
to
their
current
level
of
senior
maintenance
worker.
F
G
G
According
to
the
National
Park
and
Recreation
Association,
93
percent
of
American
adults
have
a
happy
memory
in
a
park.
So
you're
not
alone,
as
you
can
see
oops
as
you
can
see
from
the
previous
slide
it
just.
These
are
some
memories
that
our
department
helped
people
in
our
city
make
so
we'll
move
on
okay.
So
what
guides
us?
Overall,
we
are
Guided
by
the
principles
of
the
city's
2040
General
plan,
prns's,
activate
San
Jose
master
plan
in
climate,
smart
San,
Jose,
all
which
include
very
important
elements
of
stewardship.
H
Thank
you
Tori
good
afternoon,
council
members
and
chair
Davis
I'm,
one
of
the
senior
maintenance
workers
in
the
Parks
division,
my
name
in
the
downtown
core
I'm
going
to
be
going
over
the
parks
inventory,
the
park
maintenance
staff
maintained
210
Park
sites,
including
trails
Pacific
grounds,
47,
community
centers.
Overall,
our
maintenance
teams
are
responsible
for
the
care
and
maintenance
of
3617
18
Acres
of
Parkland
and
62
miles
of
Park
trails.
H
Our
Parks
spanned
from
the
edge
of
South
San
Jose
North
to
San
Jose
and
to
Alviso
our
Park
trails
run
along
Coyote
Creek
Los
Gatos
Creek,
connecting
to
Guadalupe
Creek
all
the
way
down
to
Gold
Street
into
Alviso
slew.
Our
trails
are
lined
with
Native
Oaks,
Willows,
acacia,
trees
and
shrubs.
We
have
bikers
and
joggers
who
use
our
trail
system
and
and
enjoy
the
outdoors.
Our
door
also
excuse
me.
H
Outdoor
events
also
take
place
at
our
park
sites
such
as
the
Aztec
festival
at
Emma,
perch,
Farm,
Park,
there's
a
location
where
I
just
came
working
for
the
last
four
years.
The
parks
division
also
offers
Sports
fields
to
our
communities,
such
as
Arcadia
and
PAL
baseball
fields
for
our
soccer
users,
Del
Monte
and
ramek
soccer
fields
are
used
by
our
soccer
leagues.
The
maintenance
teams
also
maintain
Acres
of
Heartland
in
the
properties
in
the
Park's
division,
with
skeleton
Crews.
To
maintain
all
this
parked
land
throughout
the
city.
H
Again,
I
would
like
to
also
go
over
Park
standards.
The
goal
of
the
parks
division
is
to
provide
a
standard
level
of
Maintenance
to
all
our
Park
sites
and
trails
and
community
centers.
Our
Park
standards
help
us
maintain
a
consistent
level
of
service
at
our
park
sites,
Park
safety
inspections
that
include
playgrounds,
tree
health
checks,
the
maintenance
teams
perform
daily
inspections
and
maintenance
at
our
park
sites
and
sports
staff
maintain
trees,
shrubs
picnic
tables,
barbecue
pits
and
baseball
and
Tennis
Courts.
H
I
Thank
you
Dave
good
afternoon,
chair
Davis
and
committee
members.
What
guides
us
is
our
maintenance
standards.
It
is
important
to
check
in
on
how
our
standards
are
being
met
out
in
the
field
and
measure
those
yearly
in
the
past.
Our
Park
reading
assessments
were
scored
on
a
scale
of
one
to
five
on
paper
allowing
individual
variables
we
have
since
moved
to
our
electronic
system
based
on
our
Park
maintenance
standards
and
scored
on
a
pass
or
fail
basis.
I
A
failure
of
an
amenity
will
have
notes
of
why
it
failed,
along
with
pictures
and
documentation
and
a
plan
of
Correction
using
the
percentage
and
pass
or
fill
system.
When
assessing
our
Park
grounds.
We
use
the
data
we
received
from
the
park
condition
assessment
to
help
us
address
efficient
maintenance
or
upgrades
that
are
needed
in
our
Park
sites.
I
I
So
to
the
left
of
the
slide,
you
can
see
most
Parts
scored
around
90
to
100
percent,
which
shifts
our
Focus
to
the
lower
scoring
Parks,
as
you
could
see
on
the
graph
below
District
5
scored
the
lowest
at
81
percent,
and
that
just
happens
to
be
the
district
I
live
in
I
would
like
to
pass
it
to
Tori
now.
Thank
you.
G
G
One
tool
that
we
have
begun
to
heavily
rely
on
in
Parks
is
the
healthy
places
index
for
those
of
you
who
have
never
seen
this
before
I'm
going
to
go
over
it
briefly.
So
the
California
healthy
places
index
is
a
powerful
resource
that
showcases
Community
conditions
that
predict
life
expectancy
and
influence.
Health,
People's
Health
is
shaped
dramatically
by
non-health
policies
and
Community
characteristics
such
as
housing,
education,
economic,
environmental
and
social
factors.
G
These
Community
conditions
called
social
determinants
of
Health,
which
are
which
inform
indicator
which
inform
the
indicators
used
in
the
HPI
platform,
the
HPI
strives
to
properly
frame
Equity
issues
and
health
disparities
between
races
and
different
geographies
as
policy
systems
and
environmental
issues
they
are,
rather
than
allude
to
individual
behaviors
and
abilities
next
slide.
Please.
G
G
So
this
next
slide
is
similar
to
the
last,
but
on
this
we
are
also
including
the
average
overall
PCA
score
to
the
Chart.
Well,
from
this
slide,
it
looks
like
all
the
council
districts
have
a
similar
pass
fail
rate
drilling
down
the
numbers,
30
Parks
received
a
PCA
score
of
70
or
lower
23
of
these
were
located
in
communities
of
HPI,
which
was
50
or
below
next
slide.
G
So
what
does
this
tell
us?
I
think
this
data
tells
us,
while
all
parks
in
all
areas
have
the
same
standard
expectations,
our
Park
standards
and
might
be
resourced
the
same
meaning.
We
have
the
same
basic
structure
on
each
route.
Some
parts
because
of
the
level
of
their
use
may
require
additional
resources
to
achieve
the
same
results.
G
Utilizing
the
HPI
in
combination
with
the
PCA
scores,
help
us
to
focus
additional
efforts
in
these
communities
most
in
need
of
outdoor
spaces.
For
example,
if
two
parks
receive
the
same
score,
the
department
prioritizes
efforts
improvements
at
the
park
in
the
lower
HPI
area.
First,
knowing
that
Community
has
a
higher
need
for
the
space
doing
this
on
a
small
scale
over
the
last
year
allowed
us
to
improve
the
scores
at
11
parks
in
the
lowest
HPI
areas
over
the
last
year.
H
Thank
you,
Tori
I'd
like
to
go
over
the
challenges
and
opportunities.
The
challenges
we
have
faced
have
been
low,
Staffing
levels.
In
the
past
year,
our
data
has
shown
Parks
maintenance
has
had
a
35
vacancy
rate.
The
parks
division
post
covet
has
dealt
with
low
morale
concerns.
During
the
height
of
the
pandemic,
we
lost
a
percentage
of
full-time
and
part-time
maintenance
staff
to
other
cities
and
companies.
H
The
continued
challenges
have
been
to
onboard
skilled,
labor,
post
pandemic
and
efforts
that
help
curb
this
problem.
Our
parks,
department
management
has
worked
with
HR
to
help
expedite
the
hiring
process.
We
expect
to
lower
the
vacancy
rate
by
the
end
of
2023.
in
efforts
to
help
curb
this
problem.
Our
parks
department
management
has
helped.
Oh
excuse
me.
The
parts
division,
supervisors
and
managers
have
been
thinking
out
of
the
box
to
help
curb
the
low
Staffing
levels
in
our
maintenance
program.
H
For
example,
the
parts
division
has
implemented
strategies
to
help
maintain
our
Parks
a
standard
level
of
service
by
partnering
with
the
resiliency
core
and
has
offered
their
program
participants
the
opportunity
to
be
part
of
our
pilot
maintenance
internship
program.
The
program
offers
original
resiliency
core
the
opportunity
to
enhance
their
Landscaping
skills
and
gain
knowledge
to
their
through
the
program.
We
also
use
other
resources
to
help
us
maintain
our
standard
level
of
service
and
our
partners.
H
We
work
with
volunteer
our
volunteer
management
unit
to
help
us
coordinate
with
the
Eagle
Scouts
private
companies,
who
help
volunteer
their
time
to
help
us
planting
trees,
lay
decorative
wood
trips,
build
planter
beds
and
install
decorative
fencing
around
our
Park
sites.
Other
ways
of
Parts
division
has
worked
on.
Maintaining
a
standard
level
of
service
is
by
centralizing
the
feel
of
our
maintenance
teams.
These
teams
are
now
focused
on
weekly
and
bi-weekly
mowing:
seasonal
Turf
Renovations
such
as
fertilizing
and
reseeding,
heart,
Turf,
Road
and
abatement
and
park
amenity
upgrades
and
repairs.
H
G
G
Any
items
which
fail
in
this
assessment
will
automatically
generate
a
corrective
work
order
into
our
enforce
system
and
send
somebody
out
to
work
on
the
amenity.
This
will
allow
us
to
address
issues
immediately
instead
of
being
caught
off
guard
with
less
regular
assessment
or
on
our
Park
condition
assessments.
G
B
B
No
public
comment:
okay,
great
now
we're
going
to
allow
Council
colleagues
to
ask
questions.
So
this
is
my
first.
This
is
a
question
for
staff.
I,
don't
know
if
there's
a
mechanism
to
identify
which
one
of
my
colleagues
have
raised
their
hand
on
this
tool,
or
should
we
just
do
have
people
raise
their
hands
or
let's
have
people
raise
their
hands
then
do
we
have
any
any
of
my
colleagues
here
on
the
council?
Have
questions
council,
member
Torres.
J
Hello
good
afternoon
first,
thank
you
so
much
for
for
this
report.
J
We
see
that
we
see,
we
definitely
see
the
the
concerns.
Well.
I
should
say:
prns
definitely
sees
the
the
concerns
that
we
have
in
our
Parks
and
I'm,
so
glad
that
we
have
a
plan
or
motivation
to
to
to
move
forward,
and
but
with
that
there
are
there.
J
There
are
some
some
struggles
here
that
we
all
collectively
need
to
need
to
work
on
right
and
for
me,
I
think
one
of
the
one
of
my
concerns
is
is
in
the
in
the
more
in
the
more
in
the
the
memo,
with
a
little
bit
more
information
than
our
presentation.
I
noticed
that
we
we
have
over
200
Parks,
which
is
great.
However,
we
only
have
75
parks
in
the
adopt-a-part
program,
so
out
of
200
only
75
have
been
adopted
by
a
corporation,
a
Civic
group,
a
neighborhood
association,
a
person.
J
Can
you,
can
you
please
ask?
Or
can
you
please
tell
me,
how
are
we
gonna
be
aggressive
on
that
front?.
G
Sure
I'll
try
to
speak
to
that,
so
we
did
have
some
attrition
of
Park
adoptees
during
the
pandemic
and
we're
working
on
getting
that
back.
G
But
our
program
manager
and
our
volunteer
management
unit
is
working
with
our
public
information
officer
to
you
know,
get
out
there
and
have
a
campaign
to
have
people
adopt
a
park.
In
addition,
she's
going
out
to
various
resource
fairs
and
Community
meetings
and
publicizing
the
program
because
I
honestly
I,
don't
think
a
lot
of
people
know
about
it,
and
you
know
one
idea
we
just
you
know
had
when
we
were
brainstorming.
Is
you
know,
instead
of
individuals
adopting
a
park?
You
know?
Maybe
we
have
like
organizations
adopt
a
couple
of
parks.
G
You
know
when
we
talk
about
Park
condition,
assessments,
you
know
a
lot
of
it
is
cleanliness
and
we
thought
well.
Wouldn't
it
be
great
if
we
could
get
a
group
to
adopt
a
number
of
parks
and
just
go
out
and
help
us
with
like
cleaning
picnic,
tables
off
or
cleaning
benches,
or
you
know,
painting
things,
and
so
that's
one
of
the
efforts
we're
working
on,
but
we
do
recognize.
We
do
need
to
have
a
number
of
our
Parks
adopted,
and
you
know,
hopefully,
by
the
time
we
present
this
next
year.
J
Great,
thank
you
Tori
for
that
and
the
reason
why
I
wanted
to
ask
you
this
question
is
one
I'm
particularly
concerned
about
our
vacancy
rate.
We
know
we
have
one
not
only
in
PR
nests
and
in
multiple
departments,
but
all
across
our
city,
and
so,
if
for
us
to
to
to
actually
make
sure
that
we
have
beautiful
parks
in
every
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
San,
Jose
I
think
that
this
is
good
an
opportunity
to
let
our
folks
and
our
residents
know
that,
yes,
our
city
is
struggling.
J
Yes,
we
are
short
staffed,
but
help
us
out.
Adoptic
Park
will
give
you
the
litter
sticks.
You
could
clean
it.
You
can
clean
the
the
the
benches
or
whatnot
and
but
by
the
way,
I
think
the
Japantown
neighbor
Association
I'm,
not
sure
if
they
have
adopted
Raymond
Bernal
Park
in
the
Japantown
neighborhood,
but
every
other
month
they
have
a
community
cleanup
and
as
a
candidate
I
would
I
would
go
and
help
them
out
and
they
clean
mostly
around
the
park.
J
So
I'm
not
sure
if
that's
in
the
adoptive
part
program,
but
I'll
talk
to
them
on
my
on
my
own.
But
you
know
75
Parks
being
adopted.
You
know
we
need
to
do
definitely
better
in
in
getting
folks
to
adopt
the
adopt
the
park
all
across
the
city
and
and
as
as
usual.
J
Unfortunately,
when
myself
as
a
as
an
elected
official
and
a
former
Community
leader
and
someone
who
utilizes
our
Parks
I'm
I'm
just
so
concerned
about
our
HPI
scores,
especially
in
the
three
council
districts,
where
we
always
continue
to
see
issues
right,
quality
of
life
issues,
so
three
five
and
seven
obviously
have
have
really
low
percentile,
so
particularly
concerned
concerned
about
that
and
and
I
and
I
know
that
if
we
are
aggressive
with
adoptic
Park,
that
will
that
will
all
change
if
we
continue
to
have
private
Partnerships
with
like
our
City
forest.
J
Most
the
most
of
my
colleagues
on
this
on
this
on
this
committee.
Attended
are
Watson
Park
tree
planting
day
with
with
our
City
forest,
so
I
think
if
we
continue
to
have
those
events,
that's
great,
the
the
other,
the
other.
The
other
questions
I
did
have
is.
Is
we
so
we
know
we
have
a
a
high
vacancy
right
and
I
and
I
know.
J
I
asked
this
I
asked
this
in
in
our
in
our
briefing
of
Avi
and
Tori,
but
for
our
general
public
I
really
want
our
public
to
know
that
we
are
being
aggressive
in
hiring
these
resilient
core
members
from
the
San
Jose
concentration
Corps,
because
I
think
you
know,
Mr
Barba
needs
help,
and
we
know
that
we
have
folks
who
are
willing
to
to
step
up
and
help
us
with
our
with
our
Parks.
J
G
Sure,
thanks
for
asking
for
those
of
you
who
are
not
familiar
with
resilience
core,
so
the
city
has
worked
with
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps.
For
many
years
we
have
a
contract
and
we
bring
in
Crews
to
help
us
on
large-scale
projects
and
during
the
pandemic,
some
of
the
American
Rescue
funding
came
to
us
and
we
were
able
to
form
a
partnership
with
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps
called
the
resilience
Corps
which
allowed
us
to
bring
in
at-risk
youth,
18
to
25
I
believe
and
have
them.
G
G
Or
you
know
externship,
and
so
you
know
we
met
with
each
of
the
staff
and
we
placed
them
in
each
of
our
Parks
districts
as
interns,
and
you
know
a
lot
of
the
participants
it's
their
first
job
they've
ever
had,
and
so
they
were
a
little
bit
nervous
and
out
of
I
believe
12.
We
had
nine
who
received
exceptional
evaluations,
we
did
evaluations
for
them,
you
know
six
weeks
12
weeks
and
because
it
works
so
well.
G
When
we
went
on
to
resilience
core
2.0,
which
was
Californians
for
all
funding,
we
built
the
internship
program
into
it
so
that
after
they
did
a
certain
number
of
hours,
they
would
be
given
the
opportunity.
If
you
know
they
were
at
a
certain
level
to
come
and
participate
and
I
believe
we
had.
28
interns
start
this
last
time
around
that
are
embedded
in
the
park
districts
and
the
great
thing
about
that,
because
you
know,
as
council
member
Torres
talked
about,
we
need
bodies
and
our
philosophy
is
we
want
to
grow
staff
from
within.
G
You
know
so
the
sky's
the
limit
where
people
can
go
so
we
you
know
we're
trying
to
bring
people
in
with
that
attitude.
You
can
go
anywhere
and
part
of
that.
G
We
just
opened
our
maintenance
assistant
recruitment
last
week
and
we're
going
to
be
going
to
the
Conservation,
Corps
and
walking
them
through
the
city
application
process
because
I
don't
know
if
anyone's
ever
applied
for
the
city,
it's
a
really
challenging
process,
and
so
we're
going
to
walk
them
through
that
and,
as
we
were
walking
over
here
today,
Melody
and
David
were
talking
about.
Oh
yeah,
you
know,
I
worked
with
so-and-so,
they
already
turned
in
their
application.
All
right,
you
know,
and
so
we're
super
excited.
G
G
So
really
cool
really
exciting
a
lot
of
when
we
first
started
this
a
lot
of
people
are
apprehensive,
didn't
want
to
do
it
and
now
they
just
love
their
jobs,
love
their
Crews
they're
working
with.
We
put
them
through
everything
our
staff
go
through
if
they
go
through
trainings,
they're,
part
of
that,
and
so
they're
truly
one
of
our
team
members,
and
we
hope
some
of
them
become
permanent.
J
Yes,
no
thank
you
so
much
for
for
that
answer.
I
think
we
we
we
have
a
great
opportunity
to
reel
in
future
city
employees,
especially
if
you
all
do
not
know
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps,
it's
for
mostly
under
resource
under
underserved
young
adults,
predominantly
in
three
five
and
seven.
So
it
gives
an
opportunity
to
to
take
back
to
take
back
their
their
neighborhood
park.
So
I
think
we
need
just
to
be
a
little
bit
more
aggressive
and
obviously
work
with
our
Council
offices
that
we
need
to.
J
J
We
didn't
talk
about
this
in
the
in
in
the
in
the
an
amazing
slideshow
that
we
have,
but
but
I
I
I
want
to
definitely
have
a
conversation
regarding
Trail
and
park
safety,
so
I
have
parks
that
that
border
Coyote
Creek
Roosevelt
Watson
Park
olinder,
but
not
also,
not
only
that
we,
we
have
an
amazing
trail
system
that
has
become,
and
we
saw
it
in
the
in
the
response
rate
from
from
our
residents.
That's
become
incredibly
unsafe
due
to
what's
happening
right.
J
We
have
a
human
humanitarian
crisis
right
and
we
have
a
large
unhoused
populations
and
our
creeks
and
in
our
and
then
our
Trails
when
I.
How
are
we
working
with
our
Valley
Water
to
make
sure
that
you
know
one
our
our
unhoused
folks
are
out
of
the
Creeks
and
out
of
our
waterways
and
out
of
our
Trails,
so
our
residents
can
can
use
safely
and
feel
that
at
ease
and
peace
using
our
amenities.
F
Thank
you
thank
you,
councilmember
for
the
question
and
and
definitely
hitting
on
a
key
Focus
for
all
of
us
at
the
Park
and
trail
user
safety
and
the
complexity
of
it.
Given
that
the
different
facets,
the
humanitarian
crisis
that
you've
talked
about
and
the
Partnerships
and
the
different
parties
involved
in
it
when
it
comes
to
Valley
Water,
we
meet
with
them
frequently
on
these
very
issues
of
kind
of
the
overlapping
responsibilities
or
perceptions
of
overlapping
responsibilities.
F
Each
each
of
our
sides
is
looking
to
address
components
of
that
and
I
think
we're
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
John
we're
working
towards
an
agreement
that
helps
spell
all
this
out,
but
it
is.
It
is
a
challenge.
These
are
issues
that
are
bigger
than
any
one
entity
can
solve
on
its
own,
and
so
we
look
for
Valley
Water,
the
county,
the
state
and
others
to
support
us.
F
I
do
want
to
speak
on
on
the
question
of
Trail
safety,
especially
as
the
trails
primarily
run
along
our
Creeks
that
we
have
in
the
last
almost
a
year
in
this
year
and
change
highlighted
a
trail
safety
plan
which
brings
together
a
few
different
partners
with
the
goal
ultimately
of
a
safe
user
experience
and
those
partners
are
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps,
who
sends
their
core
members
and
teams
to
ride
along
the
trails
and
address
debris,
vegetation,
that's
impeding
the
trails
and
other
nuisances
and
Observe
and
Report
issues
out
to
other
parties.
F
We
are
also
working
very
closely
with
our
police
department
and
very
very
excited
to
see
in
the
next
couple
weeks
that
the
city
council
will
have
an
opportunity
to
consider
an
extension,
an
expansion
of
a
partnership
with
Valley
Water
for
trail,
safe
for
trail
Patrols
and
that
program
a
sergeant
and
an
officer
Patrol,
currently
Coyote
Creek
Trail.
F
Together,
our
Trail
using
Community,
has
reported
seeing
all
of
these
efforts
and
and
have
said,
reported
very
favorably
about
that,
and
we've
actually
seen
a
pretty
significant
increase
in
trail
usage
because
of
that
so
councilman
I'm,
not
sure
if
that
that
hits
all
the
way
to
what
you're
saying
but
I
think
it's
it's
the
multi-parties
all
these
parties
working
together
and
and
we're
making
strides,
especially
through
the
trail
safety
plan,
no.
J
Great
I
know
it's
it's
it's
complex
and
it's
and
it's
ongoing,
but
you
know
I
I
just
want
to
let
everyone
know
that
this
is
a
a
great
concern
of
many
residents
in
in
in
District,
three
and
other
council
districts,
where
you
know
our
Park
share
Waterway
with
with
with
our
with
our
waterways,
so
other
than
that
I
I
want.
You
know,
I
want
to
thank
you
for,
for
your
presentation.
Parks
are
just
incredibly
important
for
underserved
communities.
J
You
all
know
that
and
that's
why
it's
very
important
to
to
to
have
them
maintained,
because
they
should
be
for
everyone.
They
should
be
for
the
the
three-year
puddler
they
should
be
for
the
21
year
old
basketball
player.
They
should
be
for
the
jogger
they
should
be
even
for
for
our
own
house.
So
so,
thank
you
so
much.
K
K
I
have
a
few
questions,
so
I
have
have
your
department
use
or
looking
to
hire
more
park
ranger
in
order
to
patrol
the
area.
I
I
think
it's
it's
a
cost
saving
and
it's
the
president
of
a
park.
Ranger
can
deter
a
lot
of
these
crime
and
making
the
the
resident
feel
unsafe.
F
Thank
you
councilmember
for
that
question.
We're
we're
absolutely
looking
to
hire
additional
Park
Rangers.
Our
program
has
actually
gone
through
quite
a
bit
of
change.
Over
the
last
10
years,
I'd
say
there
was
a
heavy
emphasis
about
five
years
ago
on
Watershed
protection,
Watershed
enforcement
and
our
Rangers
were
patrolling
our
watersheds
for
these
very
reasons
that
you
speak
to
through
that
effort.
F
The
result
of
that
working
group
was
a
determination
that
first,
our
Rangers
would
remain
unarmed.
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that,
but
also
that
that
type
of
work
would
be
done
in
partnership
with
the
San
Jose
police
department,
because
it
it
presents
some
safety
concerns.
F
The
current
state
of
the
park
ranger
program
is
on
an
upswing,
but
unfortunately
we
are
at
a
low
point
and
Swinging
up
our.
We
have
a
very
high
vacancy
rate,
I
think
currently
55
sorry,
45
of
our
our
line,
ranger
positions
are
vacant.
F
We've
had
a
few
recent
hires
who
are
now
in
academy
and
on
their
way
to
becoming
a
fully
trained
Rangers
on
solar
Patrol
and
we're
going
to
be
starting
a
new
recruitment
cycle
this
spring
to
line
up
to
the
next
Academy
cycle
later
in
the
year.
So
we're
we,
we
agree
with
you
100.
The
presence
of
Rangers
is
both
a
deterrent,
but
also
a
very
positive
thing
for
the
park
system
in
terms
of
educating
Park
users
and
how
to
how
to
be
themselves
good
stewards
of
the
park
system.
F
K
K
Think
if
you
look
at
from
the
end
user
I,
don't
think
the
percentage
will
be
even
remotely
near
that
80
percent,
because
I've
talked
to
a
lot
of
residents
and
I
I
walk
over
the
District
3
and
District
Five
and
District,
Seven
and
and
people
are
just
absolutely
unequivocally
upset
about
the
safety
within
the
parking
condition
of
the
park.
So
I
see
that
your
rating
is
at
81.
84
percent
is
that
from
the
end
user.
G
So
the
park
condition
assessment
rating
that
you're
seeing
here
is
based
on
some
of
our
higher
level
staff
going
out
and
they
look
at
each
of
the
park
standards
and
as
Millie
mentioned.
So,
if
you
look
at
Turf,
you
know,
there's
a
rating
on,
is
it
green?
Is
it
free
of
pests
and
holes?
Is
it
edged?
Is
it
mowed
and
each
of
those
gets
a
pass
fail
and
So
based
on
the
number
of
paths?
Fails,
each
amenity
gets
a
score,
and
so
we
were
we
rate
each
of
the
items.
G
As
far
as
the
end
user
in
2022,
we
did
pilot
a
park,
user
survey
that
went
out
and
we're
currently
looking
at
the
questions
and
looking
at
the
data
and
we'll
be
re-releasing.
That
survey,
probably
in
May
of
this
year
to
go
back
out,
we
've
got
approximately
five
six
hundred
replies
to
the
first
survey
and
we're
looking
at
our
questions.
Seeing
do
we
really
get
what
we
wanted
from
that?
There
was
a
high
level
of
satisfaction
in
this
survey,
but
then
again
we
don't
know
where
those
answers
came
from.
G
K
Have
you
reached
out
to
neighborhood
association,
Community
Association,
even
the
PTA
and
so
on?
These
are
the
group
that
groups
that
very
involved
with
their
community
and
they
will
tell
you
exactly
what
is
is
needed
in
order
to
make
it
Greener
safer,
a
more
inviting
neighborhood
park.
K
If
you
will
and
I
think
that
I
think
all
of
our
council
member
would
would
be
more
than
happy
to
help
you
to
publish
those
concerns
or
or
get
feedbacks
from
from
our
communities,
because
I
we
just
create,
for
example,
in
District
Seven,
we
just
created
a
leadership
group
and
there's
multiple
Parks
I
mean
multiple
neighborhood
associations
that
come
to
the
meeting
and
and
I
can
always
be
more
unhappy
to
to
get.
You
know
a
a
census
of
each
of
the
park
that
is
in
their
neighborhood.
G
Absolutely
so
our
our
survey
is
currently
in
four
different
languages,
it's
online
and
then,
when
we
have
large
events
we
you
know
we
do
have
staff
actually
going
out
and
doing.
You
know
stopping
people
like
at
Viva,
Caye
and
and
asking
them
to
take
the
survey,
and
we
also
go
out
to
neighborhood
parks
on
weekends
during
the
time
period
to
try
and
reach
people,
but
any
way
we
could
reach
people,
you
know
be
it
through
neighborhood
groups.
You
can
connect
us
with
or
through
you
know,
your
Council
Office
newsletter.
We
would
appreciate
it.
K
Thank
you
and
I
know
that
being
more
corporate
or
neighborhoods
to
adopt
a
park,
have
you
reach
out
to
like
Boy,
Scout,
Girl,
Scout,
non-profit
organization,
churches,
neighborhood
associations
and
Business
Association?
Those
are
the
groups
that
can
get
you
not
only
the
the
finance
but
the
resource
in
order
to
help
upkeep
some
of
these
Park
and
as
our
CD
continue
to
be
more
and
more
populated,
Parks
become
a
very
a
commodity
that
is
essential
to
the
lives
within
you
know
each
particular
Community.
How
do
we?
How
do
we
enhance
that?
K
How
do
we
communicate
and
I
I
know
that
there's
a
lack
of
communication
out
there
to
our
constituents
of
how
they
can
be
involved
in
in
the
park
to
the
maintenance
to
the
finance,
and
is
there
a
baseline
that
our
constituent
can
say,
wow
look
at
this
two
years
ago.
Here's
condition
of
the
park
you
rated
this
and
this
and
so
on
two
years
later,
look
at
pictures
of
how
we
improve
the
proof
is
always
in
the
the
pictures
and
and
and
how
the
the
community
as
an
end
user
feel.
K
So
my
question
is:
is
that
what
I?
Don't?
Maybe
perhaps
I'm
lack
of
knowledge
in
this
area.
You
guys
are
the
experts,
I
I,
don't
see,
there's
a
clear
plan
that
we
reach
out
to
the
community
and
get
the
feedback
from
the
end
user
and
it's
ultimately
come
down
to
the
end
user
and
we
we
have
to
reach
out
to
the
end
user,
because
if
I
were
to
assess
my
own
house,
I'm
gonna
go
oh
yeah.
It
looks
good
this
way.
It
looks
good
that
way,
but
it's
not
from
the
end
user.
K
So
again,
I
think
the
assessment
it's
great,
but
we
need
to
improve
upon
that
tremendously,
because
I
I
I
walked
these
Parks
I
drive
to
these
parks
and
I,
not
only
from
the
end
user
from
the
neighborhood
around
it
I
hear
a
lot
of
complaints
right
versus
going.
You
know
what
the
park
is.
Great
I
hear
enormous
amounts
of
lack
of
attention,
lack
of
Maintenance,
lack
of
feeling
safe
I
just
want
to
work
with
I.
Think
all
of
us
here
want
to
work
with
you
how
to
make
it
better
for
our
constituents.
F
Councilmember,
thank
you
for
your
comments
and
you
covered
a
lot
of
ground
there.
So
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna
try
to
work
through
those
ideas.
First
I.
We
we
absolutely
agree
with
you
that
we
can
always
do
better.
Outreach
and
engagement.
F
I
will
say
for
myself
I'm
very
proud
of
the
strides
we
made
over
the
last
several
years,
where
we've
moved
away
from
Simply
doing
having
a
park
concerned
phone
number
where
people
could
call
us,
which
is
a
very
reactionary
way
of
getting
feedback
and
also
doesn't
necessarily
reflect
the
feedback
from
the
entire
city
towards
this
piloted
Community
survey
as
part
of
our
PCA
process,
for
this
very
reason
that
you're
talking
about
that
as
Park
staff,
we
look
at
the
park
from
a
certain
technical
professional
lens,
but
that
may
not
be
the
same
lens
as
somebody
who's
going
to
the
playground
and
playing
on
the
swings
or
who
just
wants
to
have
a
pickup
game
of
soccer
on
the
field.
F
So,
for
those
very
reasons,
we've
we've
taken
some
really
positive
steps
in
the
last
year
to
expand
our
our
inputs
and
totally
agree.
It
could
go
farther
I
really
like
your
idea
about
engaging
the
business
associations,
we
have
a
robust
volunteer
program
and
adopt
a
park
program
and,
at
the
same
time,
they're
all
they're.
All
these
untapped
potentials
that
could
help
us
and
and
I
think
that's
that's
the
struggle.
F
We
have
where
understanding
the
state
of
the
parks,
as
as
they
are
today
with
a
I,
think
the
current
the
last
reading
I
looked
at
on
Monday
was
a
about
a
26
vacancy
rate.
F
To
get
to
the
stage
that
we
want
all
want
to
see
in
the
future
will
be
a
marathon
and
not
a
Sprint.
It's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
steady
work
and
steady,
focused
time
from
our
staff
and
obviously
having
more
staff.
F
Part
of
what
we
try
to
reconcile
through
that
process
is
what
level
of
sustainable
maintenance
can
achieve
with
the
Staffing.
We
have
to
make
us
all
feel
proud
and
that's
a
that's
a
that's
a
tension
point
that
we
struggle
with
I.
Think
all
of
us
want
an
Immaculate,
beautiful
Park
system
under
and
and
frankly,
a
a
beloved
Park
system
is
not
going
to
be
perfect
because
it's
going
to
get
used,
it's
going
to
get
beat
up
right
by
by
our
our
hello
loved
ones
and
community
members.
F
Maybe
the
public
accountability
aspect
around
our
our
condition,
scores
I'm,
happy
to
say
that
in
the
next
couple
weeks,
we're
going
to
be
putting
on
our
website
a
dashboard
that
the
community
can
engage
in
with
all
these
excuse
me
all
these
PCA
results
there
and
then
last
year's
the
two
years
where
we
had
this
new
PCA
process,
Park
condition
assessment
processed
with
that
dashboard,
the
community
will
be
able
to
drill
down
onto
their
favorite
part
and
see
what
see
it,
and
this
is
going
to
be
a
little
bit
from
our
lens,
which
isn't
ideal
but
see
it.
F
How
we've
assessed
the
parks
which
Park
features?
Do
we
consider
having
met
our
standards
and
which
features?
Have
we
not
met
those
standards?
Now
there
may
there
may
be
a
conversation
after
that
of
is
the
standard,
the
right
level
and
again
we're
trying
to
set
standards
that
we
can
achieve
with
who,
with
who
we
are
today
with
the
resources
we
have
today,
so
that
all
of
our
staff
can
feel
proud
of
their
of
their
product.
F
Looking
out
to
the
future,
I
think
there
are
lots
of
ways
to
expand
our
service,
expand
our
reach
through
Partnerships,
as
you
suggest,
through
through
non-profits
through
volunteers,
we're
very
excited
to
work
on
that
and
happy
to
partner
with
you
and
I.
Remember
the
committee
on
that.
K
Thank
you.
Last
week,
I
took
a
tour
right
by
the
Tully
ballpark
and
it's
sad
to
say
that
some
of
these
problems
are
or
residents
or
illegal
dumping,
and
we
have
Gates
that
is
unlocked
and
it's
it's
not
just
happen
overnight.
The
gate
been
unlocked
for
a
long
time
and
you
can
see
that
illegal
dumping
that
essentially
become
a
playground
or
Collective
for
the
unhoused
residents
to
build
up
their
housing
on
the
trail
or
near
the
trail
and
I
know
that
working
for
the
fire
department.
K
K
Break
in
to
these
these
law
and
I
think
that's
part
of
the
key
I've
talked
to
a
Conservation
Corps
to
help
us
to
monitor
those
the
those
gate
but
I
think
if
we
put
in
these
or
at
least
take
it,
take
a
look
into
the
design.
So
people
cannot
get
a
bolt
cutter
and
cut
these
locks
and
I.
Think
if
I
think
it's
90
of
our
problem
is
that
the
illegal
dumping,
if
we
have
that
gate
or
the
gates
or
a
log
until
is,
is
being
used
by
Parks
or
or
Valley
of
water.
K
K
K
Have
we
look
into
that
or
I
I
know
several
companies
that,
when
they
these
compactor
and
and
mechanical
truck,
if
you
will
they
phase
them
out
and
they'll
get
new
one
and
I
would
imagine
they
would
be
more
unhappy
to
give
it
to
prns
out
of
such
a
ridiculous
price
so
where
you
can
be
more
efficient
at
cleaning
up
our
trails.
F
Thank
you
councilmember,
so
you
touched
on
a
lot
of
our
key
pressure
points
here:
the
struggle
to
maintain
Gates,
even
fences
and
and
locks,
and
in
a
secured
position.
Actually,
this
morning
in
our
executive
staff
team,
we
even
passed
around
a
new
lock
that
we
want
to
try
out
that
felt
like
it
weighed
six
pounds
just
for
one
lock.
F
For
this
very
reason,
we
need
to
make
it
so
it
can't
be
vandalized
overnight,
because
our
Park
staff
are
and
and
our
beautiful
San
Jose
staff
and
our
and
our
our
safety
departments
and
our
contractors
struggle
that
we
we
have
to
open
up
these
areas
to
do
our
jobs,
but
oftentimes.
We
come
back
and
it's
unable
to
be
secured
for
those
reasons.
So
we
are
looking
to
try
different
products
for
that
very
reason,
to
make
it
more
secure
and
make
it
Harden
the
target.
F
If
you
will
in
terms
of
the
the
trucks
it
touches
on
a
kind
of
an
interesting
element
where
it's
like
all
these
ideas
definitely
need
to
come
back
together
in
a
really
integrated
way.
The
size
of
the
truck
the
weight
of
the
truck
affects
the
kind
of
Staffing
you
need
to
have,
and
the
kind
of
certifications
that
they
need
to
hold
to
be
able
to
safely
operate
that
and
it
affects
how
we
design
and
build
parks
and
trails.
F
Our
trails
are
not
designed
to
hold
dump
trucks,
garbage
trucks
like
like
green
waste
and
so
on,
driving
up
and
down
them
every
every
day
that
quickens
the
pace
of
deterioration
and
makes
it
so
we
have
to
replace
the
park
facilities
more
quickly.
So
I
I
love
your
idea,
and
if
there
are
companies
that
you're
aware
of
that
would
be
interested
in
donating
some
of
their
equipment
to
us,
I
think
that's
something
that
our
Fleet
Department
could
work
with
us
to
evaluate
you
know.
K
B
Thank
you,
council,
member,
for
your
comments
and
questions
like
the
council
member
Candelas.
L
Thank
you
thanks.
Staff
for
the
presentation,
parks
and
trails
are
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
especially
as
a
former
prns,
a
recreation
leader
almost
a
long
time
ago.
L
So
you
know
I
think
that
the
report
does
a
good
job
of
showing
the
important
work
of
maintaining
our
parks
and
providing
for
the
community,
because
it's
a
you
know
during
the
pandemic,
Parks
were
essential
even
now:
they're
essential
our
communities,
love
their
parks
and
and
and
I
think
it's
it's
important
work
that
you
do
so
so
I
wanted
to.
Thank
you
for
that.
A
quick
question
on
the
PCA
from
2021
to
this
year.
There
was
some
you
know:
dramatic
drops
about
20
drops
in
pcas.
L
F
Councilmember,
thank
you
for
the
question,
so
we
we
did
see
the
average
Citywide
score
drop,
not
quite
as
much
as
you're
saying,
but
the
system
why
it
dropped,
though
hot
kind
of
obscures
what
you
see
at
the
individual
Park
level,
where
some
parks,
Rose
and
some
parks
fell.
F
F
At
the
same
time,
our
vacancies
Rose-
and
so
you
know
kind
of
thinking
of
that
like
through
a
zero-sum
game,
that
all
that
extra
effort
that
we
were
devoting
into
parks
that
we
were
looking
to
raise
up
came
from
somewhere
and
unfortunately,
it
meant
less
of
the
special
projects
less
of
the
extra
time
and
touch
points
going
on
to
those
other
parks.
So
that's
the
struggle
right
now.
It's
kind
of
Zero
Sum.
Our
goal
is
to
add
about
50
new
park
maintenance
employees
in
2023,
as
we
mentioned
in
and
earlier
in
the
presentation.
F
Our
division
on
this
one
I'm
really
so
so
excited
to
look
in
the
future
and
be
able
to
assess
how
we
perform
when
we're
closer
to
fully
staff.
We'll
never
be
fully
staffed,
that's
kind
of
a
myth,
but
to
be
to
be
able
to
assess
our
abilities
and
the
PCA
scores
if
we
were
only
at
a
10
vacancy
rate,
which
is
pre-pandemic
felt
like
a
little
bit
more
of
a
standard
expectation
so
that
I
I,
hope
I
touched
on
your
question
there
and
but
I
think
it
comes
down
to
Staffing.
L
Perfect
and
and
it's
a
good
segue
to
two
parts-
one,
you
know
with
with
the
savings
that
we're
seeing
with
with
not
having
vacancies,
essentially
is
a
department
looking
or
exploring
at
you
know,
hiring
temporary
help
or
essentially
you
know,
looking
at
augmenting
our
our
current
Workforce
I
know.
That
was
a
struggle.
We
dealt
with
a
few
years
ago,
working
with
Caltrans
with
the
vacancy
rate
being
so
high.
We,
you
know
the
community
was
seeing
an
increase
in
litter
and
debris
along
freeways
and
encampments.
F
The
great
question
council,
member
and
we're
thinking
alike,
we
we
ended
up
tapping
the
shoulders
of
our
key
contractors
more
frequently.
Over
the
last
few
years
we
have
a
contractor
who
helped
us
maintain
our
smallest
Parks,
two
acres
or
less,
but
we
also
have
an
ability
to
work
with
them
on
Special
Projects.
So,
like
you
said,
with
the
savings
we
had,
we
were
we
were
able,
but
also
by
necessity,
able
to
work
with
them
more
regularly.
F
I'd
say
the
kind
of
the
biggest
creative
effort
on
this
came
in
in
2021,
with
the
resilience
core,
with
the
benefit
of
American
Rescue
plan
funds
that,
as
my
team
described
earlier,
really
presented
a
huge
influx
of
support,
primarily
into
the
park
system,
to
do
environmental
stewardship
projects
and
then
more
recently
right
into
our
teams
through
this
externship
model
that
we've
done
so
that's
been
huge
for
us,
I
mean
we
I
think
right
now,
there's
something
like
sorry
said:
I
think
28
individuals
are
currently
in
external
programs
with
us
and
I'll,
be
honest,
I'm,
not
sure,
there's
an
externship,
an
internship,
but
the
first
word
sounds
cooler,
but
that's
a
huge
augment
to
us
at
the
front
line,
because
so
much
of
what
we
do
is
really
about
the
time
we
put
into
it.
L
Yeah
excellent,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
touching
on
that.
You
know,
and
the
second
part
is
you
know
that
Workforce
Development
pipeline
leaning
on
our
partners
with
the
Conservation
Corps
I,
you
know,
that's
I
know
my
colleague
touched
on
it
earlier,
but
definitely
imploring
the
district
to
tap.
L
You
know
the
East
Side
Union
High
School
District
Partners,
like
you,
know
the
Community
College
districts
to
to
see
how
we
can
you
know,
bolster
our
Workforce
because,
ultimately
I
you
know
I
think
Partnerships
with
you
know
the
other
other
government
entities
I
think
is
going
to
help
us
move
the
needle
on
this,
and
you
know.
Lastly,
I
I
did
want
to
commend
the
department
on
on
focusing
on
on
maintenance,
specifically
in
in
with
an
equity
lens
and
targeting
those
those
parks
with
HPI
scores
that
were
were
dramatically
high.
B
Thank
you
so
much
colleagues
for
your
questions,
I
Echo.
Many
of
the
statements
and
questions
that
were
just
shared
during
the
discussion
I
also
want
to
thank
staff,
Avi
Tori
for
the
presentation,
obviously
I,
sympathize
being
council
member
for
East
San
Jose.
You
know
the
disappointment
and
and
frustration
with
some
of
the
scorings
in
regards
to
our
parks
and
the
way
they
rank
and
giving
this
given.
District
Five
is
the
lowest
in
both
PCA
and
hbi
index
scores.
B
What
is
making
me
hopeful
is
that
this
is
a
good
outlet
with
colleagues
in
district
7
and
District.
Three
we're
all
on
this
committee
together,
I'm,
hoping
that
we
can
build
a
strategy
and
plan
with
our
parks
department,
which
I
know
we
had
our
briefing
yesterday
and
I
I
shared
concern
in
regards
to
this,
and
in
hopes
that
you
know
we
could
cultivate
a
strategy
or
maybe
even
recommendations
as
go
into
budget
season
on
how
to
make
sure
that
we
are
pushing
our
agenda
forward
to
improve
the
quality
of
parks.
B
You
know
because,
as
I
I
Echo
council
member
dewan's
comments,
I
I
assure
you
that
our
neighborhood
leaders
are
not
the
ones
who
took
those
surveys
because
I
know
a
few
neighborhood
leaders
who,
every
time
they
meet
with
them,
there's
something
about
Hillview
Park,
something
about
Capital
Park,
something
about
you
know
Mayfair
Park,
and
you
know
it's
it's
difficult.
You
know
for
us
as
Leaders
who
are
entrusted
to
advocate
for
our
communities,
to
see
the
data
right.
B
That
is
essentially
validating
the
realities
that
we
see
every
day
as
we
talk
to
Residents
and
as
we
we
visit
these
parks
and
and
it's
something
that
I've
lived
for
decades,
having
gone
to
parks
in
in
East,
San,
Jose
yeah.
In
the
report,
you
noted
just
the
importance
of
parks
that
are
coming
good
for
families,
community-based
organizations,
neighborhood
associations,
the
art
in
East,
San
Jose
are
our
Parks
hosts
parties,
sports
leagues,
little
leagues.
B
B
In
short,
the
parks
in
our
communities
where
East
San
Jose
thrives
right
that
I'm
grateful
for
the
clear
use
of
equity
that
you
all
are
using.
That's
detailed
in
this
report
and
as
I
mentioned,
I
look
forward
to
working
diligently
alongside
you.
B
You
know
to
raise
the
standard
of
our
Parks
really
everywhere,
but
if
we
are
committed
to
equity,
we
need
to
focus
on
District
three
five
and
seven,
because
that's
just
where
the
need
is
at
this
at
this
moment
and
I
I'm,
looking
forward
to
going
Park
tours
with
all
of
you
and
developing
this
comprehensive
work
plan
and
though,
above
all,
I
look
forward
to
sharing
feedback
from
my
happy
families.
In
my
district
once
we
improve
the
quality
of
parks
I'm.
B
Looking
forward
to
that
in
hopes
that
we
do
reach
that
that
goal
now
that
that
being
said,
has
the
capital
Improvement
team
considered,
you
know
I
think
a
councilman
Dewan
mentioned
this
outright
in
council
member
Torres
mentioned
this
just
a
a
strategy
to
improve
the
quality
as
especially
Public
Safety
in
our
Parks.
That's
something
that
I'm
really
concerned
about
and
want
to
hopefully
address
in
this
upcoming
budget
cycle
and
I
know,
there's
a
few
different
ways
in
which
we
could
do
this.
B
B
So
you
know,
but
before
you
answer
I
just
want
to
say
you
know
the
the
best
and
well-maintained
parks
are
those
that
are
visible
throughout
the
day
and
and
wellness
and
well-lit
parks
are
places
where
seniors
can
go
at
night.
They
can
exercise
I've
gone
to
a
Capitol
Park
at
night
time.
People
are
out
there
with
their
weights
in
their
hands,
exercising
that's
something
that
I
would
like
to
see
in
all
the
parks
in
our
districts.
B
So
I
just
wanted
to
wanted
to
see
if
we've
thought
about
any
sort
of
strategy,
whether
it's
expanding
Rangers
or
security
and
Parks,
or
expanding
Capital
Improvements,
like
increasing
lighting
in
our
Parks
throughout
the
city,.
G
Foreign
really
quick,
so
that's
all
done
through
Public,
Works
and
I
know
they
do
have
a
plan.
That's
you
know,
they're
rolling
out.
If
there's
a
park
in
particularly
you
have
a
concern
about,
let
us
know
and
we
can
sometimes
speed
up
that
process.
F
Sorry,
so
definitely
we
want
to
look
more
into
public
lighting
for
safety
reasons.
I
also
want
to
bring
in
kind
of
a
non-safety
or
structural
component,
which
is
our
activation
program
through
Place,
making
both
vivicaiah
and
Viva
Parks.
The
the
root
of
Viva
Parks
kind
of
modeled
on
the
LA
Parks
after
dark
program
is
about
creating
a
sense
of
safety
and
fun
in
especially
in
Parks
or
public
spaces
that
don't
have
that
reputation.
F
F
We're
currently
deciding
we'll
bring
to
your
offices
our
recommendations
on
where
to
bring
Viva,
Parks
programs
again
with
the
idea
of
having
events
in
the
evening
in
your
parks
to
help
the
community
feel
safe
and
and
what
we
find
is
through
surveys
and
engagement
in
those
in
those
events,
is
that
it
works.
It's
always
a
question
of
keeping
it
up
at
that
point,
and
how
do
you
keep
that
momentum,
but
that's
something
I
wanted
to
mention
with
the
Rangers
absolutely
our
desired.
F
Future
state
is
a
much
larger,
Ranger
program
for
where
we're
at
today
with
17
sworn
positions
in
our
department.
But
let's
see,
if
I
can
do
this
math
fast
enough,
nine
of
them
are
vacant
across
all
levels.
Our
immediate
Focus
has
to
be
on
hiring
so
I
think
before
we
we
dream
about
growing
the
program
so
that
it
can
have
a
greater
reach
throughout
all
the
neighborhood
parks.
We
need
to
kind
of
get
to
the
kind
of
the
current
Baseline
because
we're
a
little
bit
underwater
right
now,
foreign.
B
Thank
you
for
that
answer,
and,
yes,
absolutely
I
think
that
hiring
needs
to
be
at
the
Forefront
of
our
our
conversation.
I
do
appreciate
Viva
Parks,
it's
great
for
our
our
community.
Our
families,
love
Viva
Parks,
our
neighborhood
leaders,
love
Viva
Parks,
but
that's
essentially
seasonal.
It's
a
seasonal
program
that
that
goes
away
right,
so
I,
don't
think.
That's
necessarily
a
solution
to
park
safety,
maybe
for
the
day,
maybe
for,
like
you
know,
while
the
The
Season's
going
on,
but
definitely
I'm
looking
for
a
more
robust
strategy
to
reclaim
our
Trails.
B
You
know
we
have
the
lower
Silver,
Creek
Trail
and
in
my
district,
and
it
could
be
a
great
Transportation
solution
for
people
to
navigate
up
up
and
down
throughout
the
the
the
area.
But
it's
been
overtaken
by.
You
know
different
types
of
activity
right,
whether
it's
criminal,
whether
it's
houseless,
whether
it's
overgrown,
weeds
or
Etc,
so
I'm,
really
hoping
that
we
can
have
an
honest
conversation
about
what
could
be
done
and
districts.
Three,
five
and
seven,
because
I
know
that
we
all
deal
with
some
similar
things.
B
Maybe
we
could
all
work
together
on
and
to
create
like
budget
recommendations
or
create
to
create
a
strategy
for
a
solution,
but
we
need
a
overall
comprehensive,
Park
safety
strategy
that
reclaims
these
areas
for
our
families,
that's
that
includes
lighting
and
actual
security
and
just-
and
it
makes
our
area
more
more.
Inviting
but
no
I
appreciate
your
efforts.
I
appreciate
your
Workforce
Development
efforts.
I
actually
got
my
start
in
public
service
I.
There
used
to
be
a
after
school
program
with
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps,
and
they
brought
us
in.
B
There
was
a
program
with
them
with
high
schools
where
they
would
bring
us
in.
There
was
a
Youth
Corps
program
and
I
was
at
Independence
High
School,
and
they
would
bring
us
in
the
Parks
and
we
would
clean
in
partnership
with
the
city
of
San.
Jose
it'd
be
great.
If
we
could
look
into
that
to
get
some,
you
know
an
expensive,
inexpensive
partnership
for
cleaning,
but
really
building.
That
Workforce
is
important
important
to
me.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
and
I
move
to
accept
the
report.
Second,.
D
B
B
Thank
you
so
much
really
appreciate
it
that
moves
us
on
to
item
D2,
2021
2022
status,
report
on
Parks
and
Community
facilities,
development,
Capital,
Improvement
program,
I,
believe
we
have
a
staff
presentation.
N
Good
afternoon
committee
and
chair
Ortiz
chances
Riley
director,
Park
recreation,
Neighborhood
Services,
Sarah
sellers
is
our
interim
director
for
our
Capital
program,
she's,
going
to
walk
through
a
brief
presentation
about
that
program
and
then
we're
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
O
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
for
having
us
today,
as
John
said,
we'll
be
reviewing
our
report
on
the
fiscal
year
2122
Capital
program
before
we
jump
into
funding
sources,
I
wanted
to
provide
a
high
level
overview
of
the
capital
budget
process
for
some
of
you
that
are
new
to
the
city.
The
capital
budget
process
is
a
collaboration
between
Council
offices
and
the
capital
Division
and
prns.
O
We
meet
annually,
typically
starting
in
October,
to
review
the
prns
inventory,
looking
at
parks,
Trails,
community
centers
and
new
development
projects
within
your
district,
and
then
we
look
at
available
funding
sources
and
present
a
series
of
data
that
prioritize
those
projects
looking
at
items
such
as
capital
condition,
assessments,
Equity
data
and
then
Community
input.
We
really
appreciate
the
relationship
with
the
council
office
and
their
ability
to
transfer
any
information
they've
been
hearing
from
the
community
so
that
we
could
understand
the
social
conditions.
O
Our
main
funding
sources
consist
of
the
PDO
Pio,
which
we
refer
to
as
a
park.
Trust
fund.
This
funding
is
through
the
park,
development,
ordinance
and
the
park
impact
ordinance
are
there
main
funding
source
is
construction
and
conveyance
measure.
P
was
a
bond
created
in
the
past
in
the
year
2000,
most
of
which
has
been
expended.
We
have
one
remaining
project
there.
We
have
some
external
funding
sources,
grants
drive
a
number
of
our
projects
and
are
the
main
mechanism
to
fund
our
Trail
Network.
We
also
received
some
donations
and
some
gifts.
O
And
all
of
these
funding
sources
are
competing
with
all
of
the
amenities
and
assets.
Within
the
prns
inventory,
we
have
a
very
extensive
inventory,
including
210
Parks,
over
62
miles
of
trails,
16
City
operated
community
centers,
a
lot
of
your
more
common
Park
amenities,
such
as
playgrounds,
Sports
courts,
exercise
equipment,
and
then
we
also
have
some
very
unique
amenities,
including
Happy
Hollow
park
and
zoo
an
amazing
place.
If
you
haven't
been
there,
I
would
highly
recommend
it.
O
We
have
San
Jose
Family
Camp,
which
is
actually
a
camp
in
the
Sierra
Nevada
mountains
about
a
three
hour
drive
from
here,
and
then
we
have
very
unique
features
in
some
of
our
regional
parks,
including
the
Japanese
friendship,
Garden,
Overfelt
Gardens.
We
have
two
Lakes
Lake,
Cunningham,
Lake,
Almaden
and
just
very
unique
features
that
you
might
not
think
would
live
in
our
inventory
and
all
of
that
to
say
we
really
must
be
strategic.
With
our
budget
allocations.
O
O
O
The
key
distinctions
between
this
funding
source
are
one.
This
is
money
that
we
have
in
the
bank,
whereas
the
construction
conveyance
tax
is
a
forecasted
amount
and
the
practice
one
is
also
Bound
by
a
Nexus
with
the
thinking
that
if
new
development
is
coming
in,
that
money
is
used
to
mitigate
those
impacts,
so
funding
can
be
spent
within
three-quarter,
mile
Nexus
or
neighborhood
serving
features,
and
then
that
could
be
expanded
to
a
three-mile
Nexus
for
Community
serving
features.
Those
would
include
things
like
Trails,
community,
centers
or
more
Community
serving
features
like
pools
or
dog
parks.
O
I
also
want
to
point
out
the
trends,
so
this
graph
is
really
showing
an
upward
trend.
We
found
that
through
covid,
the
economy
was
still
relatively
strong
and
things
were
still
being
developed,
and
so
one
of
the
relationships
is
is
when
residential
development
starts
to
slow
down.
Our
funding
sources
also
decrease.
So
as
of
January
of
this
year,
we
have
seven
point
million,
7.8
million,
of
which
5.5
million
has
been
expended.
O
This
funding
source
does
allow
us
to
deliver
a
number
of
projects.
Mount
Pleasant,
Park
tennis
court
was
recently
renovated.
We
were
able
to
develop
the
Outdoor
Classroom
at
Guadalupe,
Oak
Grove,
and
we
were
able
to
build
a
brand
new
playground
at
Solari
Park,
which
was
immediately
adjacent
to
the
Seven
Trees
Community
Center.
O
Thank
you.
We
also
have
a
number
of
active
projects.
We
have
some
projects
that
are
deep
into
construction,
such
as
pellier
Park,
Payne
Avenue
park,
Newberry
Park,
as
well
as
the
rotary
play
Garden.
We
have
Spartan
Keys,
which
is
wrapping
up
in
its
master
plan
phase
and
then
some
upcoming
projects,
where
we're
continuing
to
build
reserves,
Santana
Park,
will
have
its
master
plan,
updated
and
then
Del
Monte
Park
is
waiting
for
the
phase
three
to
be
master,
planned
and
built
out
and,
of
course,
St.
O
O
It's
important
to
note
that
this
trend
also
looks
incredibly
healthy
with
the
economy
was
still
very
strong
throughout
covid
recently
that
the
economy
is
slowing
down,
and
so,
when
we
see
dips
in
the
economy,
we
also
see
decreases
in
our
funding
source.
So
in
fiscal
year
2223.
That
number
is
just
over
32
million,
so
the
64
million
was
a
blessing,
but
it
was
also
quite
rare
and
so
Trends
come
and
go.
These
numbers
continue
to
fluctuate
as
the
funding
decreases.
O
O
They
were
able
to
secure
a
grant
and
then
partnered
with
the
city,
so
the
city
can
help
see
their
dream
come
to
life.
This
project
is
now
in
construction.
We
were
able
to
secure
the
urban
Grant
Grant
through
the
open
space
Authority
and
the
clean
California
Grant
through
Caltrans.
O
O
You
also
have
to
have
that
2
million
already
in
the
bank,
because,
as
your
the
city
will
be
paying
for
the
project,
and
then
those
invoices
would
be
sent
to
the
granting
agency
and
you
would
be
reimbursed
as
the
project
advances,
so
that
really
creates
one
of
our
main
limitations.
To
leveraging
more
grants.
Is
you
have
to
have
money
to
get
money?
Many
grants
also
require
a
matching
of
funds.
Sometimes
that
could
be
as
little
as
10
other
times.
O
But,
needless
to
say,
they
are
an
important
funding.
Source
and
they've
been
able
to
advance
a
lot
of
these
projects
and
without
grants.
Our
Trail
Network
would
have
never
reached
the
62
plus
miles
it
has.
Today.
Some
of
our
current
projects
include
the
rotary
play
Garden,
as
well
as
our
other
all-inclusive
playground,
playgrounds,
one
at
Emma
prus,
which
just
went
into
construction
and
Lake
Almaden,
which
is
in
design
a
number
of
Trail
projects,
yeah
a
lot
of
Trail
projects.
O
So
measure
P
was
the
bond
that
I
mentioned.
It
was
already
passed
in
2000
and
89
of
the
90
projects
have
already
been
completed.
The
one
remaining
project
is
Columbus
Park,
which
is
being
redeveloped
into
a
sports
complex
consisting
of
soccer
fields,
baseball
fields,
pickleball
courts,
horseshoes
playgrounds
and
a
few
other
amenities.
O
O
So
this
was
a
very
critical
funding
source
that
helped
us
get
those
projects
across
the
Finish
Line
some
are
still
in
process.
This
does
have
its
drawbacks,
though
there
are
fees
and
interests
associated
with
this,
so
we
typically
would
not
use
this
as
a
funding
source
unless
in
emergency
situations
such
as
the
flood
damage
from
2017.
O
P
Hi
here
thanks
a
lot
for
your
items
to
talking
about
Park
issues.
P
You
know
these
items
are
kind
of
a
continuity
to
what
I
think
vice
mayor
Jones
was
offering
in
the
fall
and
what
was
in
concept,
I
think
in
the
fall
to
talk
about
the
future
of
its
Park
systems
and
you're
doing
that
here
and
you're
bringing
it
up
again.
So
thank
you.
P
That's
part
of
the
joy
and
Community
Harmony
that
I
think
you
guys
are
trying
to
work
towards
that's
what
gives
people
hope
and
confidence
and
Trust
in
in
our
community.
So
real
good
luck
to
include
open
public,
accountable
policies
and
transparent
policies
with
all
the
tech
that
would
be
placed
in
in
our
Park
systems.
P
I
also
wanted
to
mention
thank
you
for
this
report
that
you're
talking
about
funding
issues
and
we've
had
a
real
Grim
fears
of
what
to
expect
in
23,
but
yet
in
24
and
25
I
think
we're
really
looking
forward
to
some
really
energetic
good
planning
of
what
we've
been
trying
to
develop
for
the
future
of
community
and
local
government
working
together
on
projects
that
I
hope.
The
items
you're
talking
about
here
today
can
reflect
that
well
and
reflect
the
positiveness
that
we're
really
hoping
for
in
24
and
25..
P
M
M
If
you're
not
familiar
with
it,
I
suggest
you
do
get
familiar
with
it,
because
it's
going
to
be
a
a
topic
of
discussion
at
some
point
within
the
context
of
city
government,
but
as
it
relates
to
Parks,
is
it
one
of
the
successes
is
that
we
were
able
to
determine
that
there
were
sociological
and
economic
conditions
that
were
intentionally
created
by
Anglo
middle
class
within
certain
areas
of
the
city,
specifically
Willow
Glen,
and
the
rose
garden
areas
in
downtown
nagley
that
created
certain
conditions
that
made
it
extremely
unsafe
in
Nevada.
M
Now
the
kind
of
standard
that
you're
using
to
determine
whether
or
not
safety
is
an
issue
within
our
parks,
is
a
middle
class
standard,
I'm,
not
afraid
to
walk
on
our
Trails
I
Can
Walk,
On,
Any
Trail
without
fear,
because
these
are
my
people
I'm
familiar.
Some
of
them
are
my
friends:
I've
got
family
members
in
the
Creeks
I
visit
them
often
and
I.
Tell
them.
M
R
Hi,
can
you
hear
me
yes,
hi
hi,
council
members
and
other
committee
members?
Some
of
you
may
know
me
from
my
days
with
the
Alameda
Business
Association
in
the
Rose
white
and
blue
parade.
R
My
name
is
Liz
Holtz
I
live
in
District
8
over
here
in
Evergreen,
and
one
of
the
things
I
would
like
to
request
is,
as
many
of
you
are
probably
aware,
there
is
a
large
feral
cat
population
in
San,
Jose,
many
of
which
are
located
in
city
parks
and
I
personally
have
tried
to
reach
out
to
the
park
Department
to
be
able
to
get
permission
for
local
TNR
chappers
that
work
with
the
San
Jose
Animal
Center
shelter
I've
even
asked
kiska
icard
at
sjax
to
try
to
reach
out
on
on
as
well,
but
the
bottom
line
is.
R
There
are
a
lot
of
feral
cats
that
live
in
Park
Properties.
The
park
rangers
don't
deal
with
it.
R
R
District
Six
diff
has
somewhat
of
an
issue,
but
districts,
357
and
8
are
on
complete
overload,
and
this
needs
to
get
addressed,
and
it's
not
just
in
the
community
but
in
the
Parks
themselves,
and
we're
not
allowed
to
trap
there.
So
I'd
like
to
see
that
changed
and
there
be
cooperation.
B
Thank
you
public
commenters,
now
I'm
going
to
turn
to
my
Council
colleagues
and
we
have
council
member
Torres.
J
Great
thank
you
councilmember
Ortiz,
so
so
in
in
this
report.
Right
in
this
memo,
we
see
major
investments
in
in
our
parks
and
our
trails,
especially
especially
in
in
Parks,
where
our
community
is
underserved.
J
And
so
thank
you
for
your
work
on
that
by
the
way,
I
actually
remember,
voting
for
measure
P
back
in
2000,
believe
it
or
not,
I
think
councilmember
Dewan
and
my
and
myself
were
probably
the
only
voters
up
here
who
can
vote
in
the
year
2000,
but
I
clearly
remember
that
I
think
that's
when
also
measure
o
from
the
you
know.
The
library
Bond
was
also
on
on
the
ballot,
so
it
was
my
first
time
voting.
J
So
I
was
pretty
excited,
and
now
here
we
are
still
talking
about
it
after
23
years,
so
I
I
know
that
we
I
know
that
we
are
investing
and
finding
other
ways
to
help
us
mitigate
mediate
funding,
so
I
definitely
definitely
love
what
we
did
with
Mariposa
Park,
where
I
have
family
in
the
Tropicana,
neighborhood
and
so
and
friends
who
have
been
really
vocal
on
on
obtaining
just
dead,
dead,
I
shouldn't,
say
dead
space,
but
just
vacant
land
that
we
can
utilize
for
for
our
community.
J
We
did
that
as
well.
When
we
first
came
into
office,
when
I
worked
as
a
community
relations
director
for
council
member
Carrasco,
we
were
we
were,
we
were
able
to
to
secure
funding
and
more
land
for
the
estro
Medina
Park
that
eventually
turned
into
a
a
doggy
park.
So
you
know
those
are.
Those
are
the
that's.
That
is
what
we
have
to
do
for
a
city
of
a
million
and
because
we've
historically
under
invested
in
Open
Spaces
in
well
council
districts,
three,
five
and
seven.
J
So
you
know
I
I
know
that
we
are
investing
in
in
Trails,
but
I
have
I
have
said
it
once
I've
said
it
twice
and
I've
said
it
time
and
time
again,
I
think
it
is.
It
is
very
important
to
utilize
this
funding
to
finally
connect
our
city
when
it
comes
to
Trails.
So
yes,
it's
exciting
that
we
have
62.36
miles
of
trails
but
they're
fragmented
right
most
of
the
trails.
Don't
connect
and
and
I
know
that
we
have
Advocates
like
the
Silicon
Valley
Bicycle
Coalition.
J
We
have
Advocates
from
the
Five
Wounds
Trail,
who
really
want
to
connect
our
city
when
it
comes
to
when
it
comes
to
Trails
and
so
I
think
we
have
to
be.
We
can.
We
have
to
continue
to
be
proactive.
I've
mentioned
this
to
to
to
our
prns
department.
Just
a
little
over
two
hours
ago
in
in
my
neighborhood,
my
old
neighborhood,
the
Tamia
neighborhood.
J
We
we
our
bikers
or
Walkers
or
folks,
utilizing
our
trails,
get
dumped
off
onto
Willow
Street,
and
then
they
have
no
place
or
have
no
idea
where
to
go,
and
they
have
to
walk
around
to
harlist
to
then
connect
back
onto
our
Trails,
and
we
see
that
all
across
our
city
right
so
I
think
it's
important
to
to
finally
start
connecting
our
trails
and
you
know,
reading
the
the
the
more
the
the
more
informational
memo
I
see
that
we
are,
we
are
definitely
doing
that
another
another
particular
concern
is:
is
we're
a
city
of
a
million
people,
we're
going
to
continue
to
grow
and
speaking
about
Partnerships
I,
think
we
have
an
opportunity
to
to
to
create
or
hopefully
find
more
doc
open
up
more
doc
parks
in
in
our
city.
J
We
only
have
15
doc
parks
for
a
city
of
a
million
people.
J
San
Francisco
has
31
I
know
we
shouldn't
be
comparing
ourselves
to
San
Francisco,
but
we
are
better
than
San
Francisco
and
we
should
have
more
dog
parks,
especially
as
we
continue
to
push
Urban,
Villages
and
obviously
multi-family
housing
in
our
city
of
San
Jose
right.
We're
asking
our
residents
to
to
live,
live
in
these
beautiful
amazing
two-bedroom,
three-bedroom
apartments,
but
then,
hopefully
we
have
dog
parks
for
them.
J
So
and
I
have
I
actually
have
two
questions.
One
one
of
them
was
just
brought
up
in
in
in
in
public
comment,
but
one
of
my
other
questions
is:
is:
can
Capital
Improvement
funds
be
used
for
Wi-Fi
in
our
parks,
because
I
do
know
that
many
of
our
city
of
San,
Jose
Park,
actually
all
of
our
city
of
San
Jose
Parks,
have
Wi-Fi
right.
N
No,
they
don't
thank
you
councilmember
for
the
question,
but
there
is
a
project
that
we
were
working
on
to
boost
and
increase
Wi-Fi,
particularly
where
we
have
a
park
in
a
community
center
together,
so
I'm
fairly
certain
that
Wi-Fi
would
fit
under
the
capital
program,
but
I
have
to
check
to
be
sure.
There's
some
specific.
You
know
very
kind
of
legal
constraints
on
where
you
spend
this
money
or
I.
Guess
I
should
say
on
what
you
spend
it
right.
N
So
we'd
have
to
check
to
be
sure,
but
there
is
an
actual
program
occurring
now
with
with
the
partnership
with
public
work
and,
in
fact,
I
think
they're
working
on
it
with
the
library
as
well,
where
we
are
boosting
Wi-Fi
in
a
variety
of
places.
I,
don't
know.
If
there's
anything
you
could
add
to
that
Joe.
Q
You
know
we
might
want
to
go
through
a
prioritization
process
and
start
that
project
and
it
would
include
estimating
the
total
cost
and
then
how
we
could
build
it
into
our
strategy
over
time.
Happy
to
talk
further
about.
J
That
no,
of
course
yeah
thank
you
I
know
we
can.
We
can
definitely
talk
offline
about
that,
but
I
think
that's
I
know
we
have
parks
that
have
major
concerns
with
our
own
house,
but
then
there's
also
neighborhood
parks
and
other
parks
that
are
underutilized
and
so
I
think
having
Wi-Fi
will
be
able
to.
You
know,
live
in
the
liven
them
up
a
little
bit.
You
know
so
and
the
the
other,
the
other,
the
other
question.
Actually
sorry,
I
had
more
questions,
not
just
two.
J
The
the
other
question
is
is
is
is
a
great
concern
for
a
downtown
council.
Member
has
always
been
Saint.
James,
Park
and
and
I
I
do
see
the
Reserve
at
St
James
Park.
It's
almost
10
million
dollars
right
and
my
question
is:
how
long
will
this
10
million
dollars
sit
there
and
what
what
do
we
need
to
do
to
actually
start
spending
the
money
and
revitalizing
St
James
Park.
N
Thank
you
for
that
question.
The
it's
complicated
you're
right,
there's
about
10
million
of
City
money
sitting
there.
As
you
may
know,
some
years
ago,
we
did
a
community
process,
is
basically
a
competition
to
redesign
the
entire
park
and
that
competition
led
to
a
winner
which
led
to
a
master
plan.
N
That
master
plan
is
about
65
percent
designed
at
this
point
it's
in
design
right
now.
The
problem
is
that
Master
Plan,
probably
in
today's
dollars,
is
about
70
million
dollars
to
deliver,
and
obviously
10
million
doesn't
cut
it.
So
we've
been
looking
at
ways
to
phase
in,
but
also
so
phase
in
parts
of
it
so
start
with
something
and
then,
as
as
more
money
comes
in
usually
through
residential
development
in
District
three,
you
know
you
can
add
another
layer,
add
another
layer,
but
there's
also
half
of
that.
N
N
Now
there
is
a
local
San,
Jose
Levitt
group,
a
non-profit
group
who
wants
to
help
raise
money
to
help
bring
a
Levitt
Pavilion
here
and
that
for
everybody's
information
would
bring
anywhere
between
30
to
50
free
concerts
a
year
at
a
concert
venue
that
could
have
up
to
5
000
people
in
it
Outdoors,
and
it
would
then
also
when
not
doing
the
Levitt
series
of
concerts,
which
is
usually
like
a
summer
series.
The
city
could
use
it
as
well,
and
the
local
San
Jose
Levitt
could
help
program
it
as
well.
N
So
it
becomes
a
big
performance
venue
in
downtown,
so
that's
all
very
attractive,
but
it's
expensive
we've
been
sued.
We
won
the
first
round,
it's
that
lawsuit's
on
appeal
and
so
frankly,
we're
going
to
have
to
sit
down
with
you
as
a
new
council
member
and
talk
through
what
are
the
best
ways
forward.
Is
it
just
focus
on
the
Pavilion?
Is
it
to
do
other
elements
of
the
master
plan?
N
J
Just
with
to
follow
up
to
that
in
the
month
that
I've
been
in
office,
we've
been
getting
a
lot
of
constituents
calling
and
being
upset
about
Levitt
Pavilion.
J
N
That's
another
one.
We
have
to
check
because
part
of
the
problem
then,
is
now
you're,
giving
a
very
private
benefit
to
an
individual
versus
a
public
benefit
for
all
individuals
right,
so
that
spending
may
be
restricted
from
doing
that,
I
will
say:
there
has
been
sound
measurements
taken
and
while
I
completely
understand
and
I
would
want
the
same
thing
if
I
was
living,
there
is
to
have
double
pane
windows.
N
The
sound
testing
did
not
provide
that
there
was
substantial
difference
unless,
of
course,
you
open
your
window,
which
means
you
can't
open
your
window
if
there's
a
loud
concert,
but
there
would
also
be
restrictions
in
any
agreement,
any
final
agreement
on
the
times
and
hours
there
would
be
a
committee
setup
of
the
residents
in
the
area
so
that
there
was
direct
feedback
to
us
and
the
operator
saying
this
worked
and
that
didn't
or
what
about
all
the
traffic
that
happened
here
or
all
the
noise
or
whatever
it
might
be.
N
So
that
would
all
be
part
of
that
process,
but
I
don't
know
that
we're
there
yet
council.
Member
and
frankly,
probably
you
myself
and
a
few
others
just
need
to
sit
down
and
sort
of
look
over
the
whole
project,
all
the
possibilities
of
funding.
You
know
all
the
shortfalls
you
know
legal
ramifications
and
then
try
to
come
up
with
a
path
forward.
Okay,.
J
Great
and
then
lastly,
and
then
because
I
know,
many
of
us
on
this
committee
are
also
cat
lovers
and
I
know
that
we
have
issues
and
our
Animal
Care
Center,
but
to
prevent
those
those
issues.
What
can
we
do
to
protect
and
neuter
stray
cats
in
our
in
our
Parks
I'm
I'm
I'm,
definitely
also
eager
just
like
our
public
comments.
Person
was.
N
G
N
I'm
not
sure
where,
then
you
would
go,
you'd
have
to
go
somewhere
further
away
and
find
some
other
clinic.
Hopefully
that's
given
you
a
very
low
cost
to
do
that,
but
that's
typically
not
done
by
Park
staff.
That's
going
to
be
Animal
Services
working
with
the
community
members
to
set
up
that
system
of
okay.
We
have
a
whole
bunch
of
cats
over
in
this
neighborhood
or
that
neighborhood
or
wherever,
and
we
need
to
get
that
under
control.
That's
really
more
their
program
than
it
is
ours.
Much
like
homelessness.
N
Housing
is
the
one
who
houses
them,
but
they
live
in
Parks,
right
right,
and
so
what
you
see,
for
example,
in
the
presentation
before
in
the
PCA
scores.
Some
of
what
we're
talking
about
are
the
impacts
of
homelessness
and
it's
a
constant
impact
right.
It
doesn't.
We
don't
get
to
just
clean
it
up
once
and
it's
done
we're
constantly
having
to
clean
it
up.
N
J
Okay,
well,
I
hope
that
we
can
also
we
can
build
some
private
private
Partnerships
with
that.
I
do
know
that
there's
organizations
who
you
know
catch
these
these
kitties
and
no
order
them
and,
and
so
I
think,
just
like
we
partner
and
try
to
find
to
open
parks
and
weird
little
areas
in
our
city,
I
think
we.
We
definitely
need
to
make
sure
that
we
we
don't
have
an
influx
of
of
of
animals
and
doggies
that
are
Animal,
Care
Centers.
Since
I
know
we
we
do
we.
L
Thank
you,
I
appreciate,
staff's
report
and
presentation.
I
think
it.
We
definitely
have
a
lot
of
needs
as
it
relates
to
maintaining
our
prns
infrastructure
and,
unfortunately,
that
need
far
exceeds
our
resources,
and
so
it's
a
it's
a
good
segue.
To
my
my
next
comment,
which
is
you
know,
we
need
to
lean
in
on
those
Partnerships
and
grants
which
are
outlined
and,
and
you
know,
tap
our
regional,
our
Statewide
and
our
federal
Partners
to
you,
know
coalesce
and
leverage
the
funding
that
we
do
have
given
the
trade-offs.
L
I
know
you
mentioned,
there's
time
constraints,
reporting
mechanisms,
Etc,
but
I
think,
ultimately,
our
community
benefits
with
those,
because
nowadays
everything
is
not
two
million
dollars.
So
so
that's
one
comment
and
then
the
second
comment
was
related
to
the
trail.
Count
specifically
how
how
does
prnest
staff
select
the
trail,
the
trails
that
we
do
with
the
counts
for.
N
So
historically,
we
would
do
it
at
sort
of
the
same
locations
or
we
had
new
trails
come
online,
we're
typically
targeting
the
the
more
major
Trails,
for
example,
the
Guadalupe
River
Trail,
the
trails
that
go
along
the
Coyote
Creek,
the
Los
Gatos
Creek
Trail.
N
So
this
year,
I
believe
we
had
a
bit
of
a
shortage
of
getting
people,
so
we
had
to
sort
of
constrain
ourselves
on
all
the
locations.
If
you
did,
we
was
the
map
in
the
report.
I,
don't
think
the
map
was
in
the
port,
so
really
what
we're
looking
is
sort
of
where
the
freeway
intersections.
If
you
will
along
these
these
urban
trail
systems
as
a
just
as
an
effort
to
count
it's
just
trying
to
go
where
we
think
most
of
the
people
are.
L
L
I
know
it's
it's
nice
to
have
that
metric
I've
actually
participated
in
several
Trail
counts,
as
as
part
of
my
membership
with
Five
Wounds
Trail
and
save
our
Trails,
so
so
I
definitely
think
that's
important
and
and
I
I
I'm
committed
to
open
space
advocacy
specifically
for
residents
in
in
my
district
as
it
relates
to
you
know
how
car
dependent
our
communities
are
and
anytime
we
can
get
folks
out
of
their
cars
and
into
the
control
system
to
get
from
point
A
to
point.
L
B
not
just
helps
the
environment,
but
also
helps
you
know,
show
how
awesome
trails
are
for
our
community
to
get
more
a
community
buy-in.
So
just
those
are
just
my
comments
and
and
I
want
to
encourage
the
the
your
prns
off
to
reach
out
to
myself
and
my
office
to
to
see
how
we
can
partner
on
on
on
trails
and
other
funding
mechanisms,
as
it
relates
to
major
projects.
In
my
district
I
know,
Lake
Cunningham's
is
a
big
one
that
comes
to
mind,
so
thank
you.
K
I
just
got
one
question
is:
do
you
have
a
timeline
for
the
completion
of
the
Phelan
and
Tully
connection
on
the
trail.
O
Short
answer:
no,
we
were
working
through
a
few
challenges
with
acquiring
the
last
easement
needed
once
that
is
complete,
then
we'll
be
rolling
into
designing
Construction.
Still
quite
a
ways
out
ask
us
maybe
two
years,
but
I
would
definitely
need
to
confirm
that
with
you,
so
I
could
follow
up
via
email.
A
B
Thank
you,
colleagues,
thank
you,
so
much
Sarah
and
and
thank
you
so
much
team
for
your
presentation
and
the
report
provided
to
the
committee.
It's
fantastic
to
see,
updates
on
key
projects,
including
the
Emma
prus
family
park,
which
I'm
looking
forward
to
they're
all
inclusive
playground
and
the
repairs
to
the
HVAC
at
the
Alum
Rock
Youth
Center.
B
Before
my
time
on
the
council,
I
served
on
the
park.
Land
dedication,
Park
impact
fee
task
force,
has
the
District
Five
representative
in
my
time
on
that
task.
B
Force
gave
me
insight
into
the
overline
issues
affecting
the
funding
of
our
Capital
program,
which
has
stunted
the
development
of
Great
Park
land
in
East,
San
Jose
I,
look
forward
to
the
release
and
review
of
that
body
of
work
which
ultimately
affects
the
breadth
of
this
report,
I
believe
in
relation
to
the
Trails
program
overview,
which
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
interest
in
regards
to
Trails
and
me
personally
in
my
district
as
well
I'm,
not
seeing
any
updates
regarding
lower
Silver
Creek
Trail.
B
Can
you
please
share
out
on
on
the
progress
on
this?
Where
does
this
work
live?
What
has
the
relationship
looked
like
in
partnership
with
Valley
Water
and
advancing
this
work?
I
I
do
want
to
just
piggyback
off
of
council
member
torres's
comments.
The
lower
Silver
Creek
Trail
also
does
not
connect
all
the
way.
There's
a
lot
of
disconnects
and
I
understand.
B
There's
fear
of
you
know
different
activity
occurring
at
night,
but
also
I'd
love
to
have
a
cohesive
trail
go
through
my
district,
which
encourages
non-car
Transportation
bike
riding
you
can
even
put
like
you
know
if
you
see
in
other
trails
and
Parks
exercise
equipment
in
there,
I
I
just
think.
There's
a
lot
of
opportunities
to
be
done
in
our
trails
and
I'd
love
to
love.
I
have
an
update
on
the
lower
Silver
Creek
Trail.
O
Also,
just
building
out
the
trail
Network
in
East
San
Jose,
there
was
quite
a
large
stretch
that
was
master
planned
boy
a
number
of
years
ago,
I
would
say
over
10
or
15
years
ago,
I
found
a
number
of
infeasible
alignments
in
there,
but
my
questions
have
lately
been
okay.
Well,
we
know
what's
feasible,
let's
go
find
those
Solutions
and
workarounds,
and
let's
prioritize
that
on
our
work
plan,
so
we
could
connect
East,
San
Jose
with
the
rest
of
the
city.
The
existing
Trail
has
quite
a
few
areas
that
could
use
improvements.
O
That's
also
been
on
our
radar
for
quite
a
while
I've
been
pitching
the
pollinator
corridors
through
there
for
beautifications
in
an
attempt
to
build
more
social
connections
to
Nature.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
ideas
and
I'd
be
happy
to
explore
those
with
you,
but
these
are
definitely
priorities
for
the
team.
B
No
thank
you,
and
just
you
know,
obviously
East
San
Jose
has
not
received
a
lot
of
funds
and
resources
in
regards
to
you
know
the
the
park
impact
the
and
Capital
Improvements,
just
so
just
identifying
ways
in
which
we
can
be
strategic
to
make
sure
that
you
know
our
districts
do
not
go
without
you
know.
We've
had
a
lot
of
issues
on
the
lower
Silver
Creek
Trail
I
just
met
with
the
Mayfair
neighborhood
association,
I.
Guess
there
was
a
stabbing
as
people
were
going
over.
B
The
overpass
there's
been
a
lot
of
assaults
in
that
area.
So
any
way
we
could
activate
that
space.
You
know
clean
up.
Some
of
the
issues
that
are
going
there
would
go.
A
lot
would
go
far
for
the
residents
of
District
Five.
So
thank
you
so
much
foreign
I
believe.
That
concludes
this
item.
We
will
now
go
to
open
Forum
clerk.
If
you
could,
please
begin
open
Forum,
we.
E
E
S
Thank
you.
For
the
time
again,
my
name
is
Kay
Blom
and
I
live
in
West,
San,
Jose
and
I've
been
in
animal
rescue
for
about
25
years.
S
I
just
have
a
couple
of
things:
I'd
like
to
say
that
I
didn't
get
a
chance
to
say
the
other
day
and
two
things
that
I
really
use
from
San
Jose,
Animal,
Care,
Center,
I
use
the
low-cost
spay
and
neuter
I've
arrived
there
with
a
couple
of
cats
and
traps,
and
it
was
turned
away.
So
then
I
have
to
go.
Try
to
get
an
appointment
at
the
Humane
Society
of
Silicon
Valley.
Fortunately,
they've
been
able
to
help
us
out
and
we've
gotten
all
of
our
appointments.
S
S
Secondly,
I've
done
transports
for
years
for
the
shelters
for
the
shelter
I've
done:
I've
driven
dogs,
all
over
California
Southern,
California,
Northern
California
and
for
the
last
I,
don't
know,
maybe
eight
months
to
a
year,
I
haven't
had
any
transports,
I,
don't
know.
What's
going
on
I,
don't
know
why
the
dogs
aren't
getting
out,
but
I
can
tell
you
I've
not
driven
any
and
I
was
doing
maybe
two
or
three
a
week.
S
So
it
would
be
really
nice
to
see
that
program
get
started
again.
So
the
other
thing
is
I
want
to
have
confidence
that
the
shelter
is
taking
care
of
the
animals.
I
mean
this
is
what
keeps
me
up
at
night.
You
know.
Thank
you.
D
N
If
I
could
make
a
quick
comment
before
the
next
speaker,
I
just
wanted
to,
let
you
know
the
deputy
director
down
at
the
animal
shelter
texted
me
and
just
for
the
for
the
record.
The
Spain
Clinic
is
now
open
three
days
a
week
and
they're
doing
10
surgeries
a
day,
so
it's
not
a
ton,
but
there
is
something
that's
starting
to
break
loose,
so
just
an
FYI
for
you
guys.
Thank
you.
T
Welcome
new
committee
members
and
congratulations
new
council
members.
Thank
you
so
much
for
already
demonstrating
support
for
the
animals
in
our
community.
We
really
appreciate
it.
I
know.
Animal
stuff
is
difficult
to
get
it.
I
know
that
everybody
has
good
intent,
I
wake
up
in
the
morning.
Nobody
wants
to
go
and
you
know
cause
problems
or
have
an
issue.
I
also
have
positive
intent,
I'm
hoping
for
Change
and
want
things
to
get
better.
T
So
the
issues
that
I've
been
bringing
up.
My
name
is
Jennifer
flick
by
the
way
I'm
a
volunteer
at
Nest
tracks,
they're,
not
new
issues,
anything
that
we're
bringing
up
has
been
brought
up
to
management
and
for
months.
So
we're
coming
to
you
guys
to
try
to
help
move
things
along
get
more
progress.
T
Shannon
day
is
a
million
people
10th
largest
city.
You
have
23
committed,
volunteer
dog
walkers
for
anywhere
from
100
to
200
dogs.
At
a
time,
I
would
ask
that
a
valuable
resource
long
time
volunteer
Tina
Martin
Sheikh,
who
was
really
from
her
duties
with
no
explanation.
If
you
guys
could
look
at
her
reinstatement
as
soon
as
possible.
T
Also,
the
shelter
has
a
higher
budget,
a
lower,
save
rate,
lower
intake
numbers
I
would
ask
that
you
look
at
doing
an
audit
of
the
shelter.
It's
been
a
long
time
since
they've
had
one
forming
an
oversight
committee
to
look
at
accountability,
transparency
and
that
we
can
all
work
together
to
make
a
plan
to
Help
the
Animals.
Everything
is
going
in
the
wrong
direction
and
we
would
all
love
to
see
that
turn
around
if
we
know
that
you
guys
are
animal
lovers
too,
and
thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
your
time.
U
I
wasn't
planning
on
speaking
today.
I
know,
I
just
heard
current
comment
that
the
deputy
director
at
abstract
said.
Actually
their
program
is
not
100
full.
It
is
a
select
few
who
are
allowed
to
bring
animals
in
in
a
select
number
of
animals,
so
it's
not
open
for
the
general
trapping
that
was
occurring
prior
to
covid
and
even
started
earlier
in
covid
last
year.
U
So
and
I
know
that
for
a
fact,
because
I
specifically
asked
that
question
last
Sunday,
while
I
was
there
for
some
training.
Secondly,
on
in
talking
to
some
of
the
Trappers
one
of
the
issues
with
the
parks
is
actually
back
to
animal
care
and
control
doesn't
help,
because
if
we
take
in
the
animals,
but
you
can't
trap
at
the
park,
then
there
seems
to
be
a
conflict
there.
So
you
guys
I
mean
both
of
if
you
guys
can
look
into
that.
U
R
Hi
so
a
couple
of
things
in
general
that
I
would
like
to
reiterate
about
number
one
part
of
the
problem.
A
large
part
of
the
problem
at
the
shelter
shelter
was
built
almost
20
years
ago,
and
it
seems
as
though
they
have
other
than
getting
like
a
a
cost
of
living
raise
like
Social
Security.
They
have
been
left
behind
and
forgotten,
and
unfortunately,
the
because
of
the
shutdowns,
with
many
of
the
programs
like
the
homeless
Outreach
medical
program,
that
they
ran
the
TNR
that
they
did
for
rescues.
R
The
general
TNR
program,
which
has
been
on
overload
I,
will
tell
you
definitely
since
pre-covet
and
desperately
needs
to
be
expanded,
I'm
actually
participating
in
the
beta
test
that
they're
setting
up
right
now
and
we
have
been
trapping
and
bringing
in
cats,
but
ideally
they
need
to
be
able
to
do
50
to
100
counts
a
day
for
getting
in
in
any
semblance
of
control
and
hssv
should
be
blessed
for
all
that
they
have
done
in
taking
up
this
lock
since
the
TNR
program
was
closed,
last
April
just
before
kitten
season.
R
The
other
thing
I
want
to
point
out
is
that
our
friends
in
Animal,
Control,
specifically
at
the
shelter
I,
think
they
do
the
best
that
they
can
with
what
they
have.
They
desperately
need.
You
know
additional
funding,
they
need
your
maintenance
done
on
the
building
on
their
equipment
on
the
trucks,
but
they
also
much
like
the
park
rangers
as
well
as
feral
feeders
run
into
issues,
especially
in
areas
like
Guadalupe
Park,
where
I
have
known
people
to
be
threatened.
R
There
was
recently
a
theater
that
was
threatened
to
not
only
be
shot
herself,
but
they
all
the
cats
be
shot.
So
I
believe
we
need
to
look
at
increasing
the
police
presence
availability
for
those.
V
Bring
ideas
by
a
live
outcome.
I
would
like
to
request
to
see
a
plan
implemented
that
includes
networking
animals,
not
just
on
social
media,
but
showcasing
them
at
community
events.
Adoption
pairs
inside
and
outside
of
the
shelter
getting
to
know
rescue
partners
for
their
special
areas,
the
ones
for
Old
Dogs,
disabled
and
medical
dogs,
ones
that
are
good
with
fearful
dogs,
one's
for
Mama
and
litters
Etc,
actively
not
working
animals
to
rescue
partners
by
calling
and
emailing
them.
With
specific
information
on
the
animals.
V
Networking
animals
to
the
community,
increasing
the
spay
and
neuter
programs
hiring
a
positive
dog
trainer,
even
just
part-time
and
adding
shelter,
dog
behavior
modification
programs
helping
adopters,
keep
their
dogs
by
offering
low-cost
or
free
training
classes.
I'm
particularly
concerned
with
the
staff
doing
Behavior
assessment
of
the
stressed
dogs
in
the
shelter
who
have
no
formal
animal
behavior
training.
V
B
We
have
a
quick
update
from
staff.
Q
Yeah,
thank
you.
Chair
I
was
just
going
to
say
that
I
know
the
administration
is
coordinating
currently
a
meeting
with
several
volunteers
and
other
residents
who've
reached
out
about
our
Animal
Care
Services,
as
you've
heard
today.
So
I
just
want
to
encourage
any
of
the
folks
who
who
have
called
in
or
are
here
today
to
leave
your
contact
information
with
me
and
we'll
make
sure
that
you
receive
an
invitation
to
that
meeting
as
it's
scheduled.
Thank
you
thank.
B
You
so
much,
please
return
to
public.
Thank
you.
M
M
This
is
something
that
you
just
need
to
think
about
and
look
at,
because
what
I
do
in
the
community-
and
this
is
going
on
my
sixth
year
without
collecting
one
single
dime
of
payment
from
anyone-
is
that
I
provide
a
mirror.
That's
all
I
am
I
reflect
back
to
this
city,
its
own
reflection
and
when
it
denies
that
which
it
is
looking
at
I
am
not
the
one
with
the
problem.
M
Just
like
the
mirror
is
not
the
problem
when
it
reflects
back
an
image
that
is
disgusting
to
the
human
consciousness,
to
the
moral
of
to
the
moral
compass
and
to
the
ethical
Authority
that
you
were
endowed
with
when
you're,
making
decisions
that
impact
the
context
in
which
I
exist
in
this
city
by
which
that
my
family
has
lived
in.
For
a
hundred
and
twenty
years,
that's
six
Generations
I
have
over
22
ancestors
buried
in
these
cemeteries
and
I.
Take
great
pride
in
the
fact
that
I
was
born
in
this
city.
M
I
was
raised
in
the
city.
I
did
what
I
could
to
protect
the
city
and
I'm
going
to
die
in
the
city
that
I
take
great
pride
in,
but
until
that
time
comes
I'm
going
to
continue
to
challenge
this
government
and
I'm
going
to
continue
to
challenge
those
that
stand
in
my
districts
and
state
that
they
advocate.
For
me,
because
I'm
a
resident
I
do
exist
is.
P
Hi,
thank
you
for
the
meeting
today.
This
is
a
really
important
group
and
a
really
important
meeting.
So
a
good
good
beginning
for
yourselves.
Thank
you.
P
I
wanted
to
offer
a
thank
you
to
the
words
of
Paul.
What
he's
just
spoken
about,
I
hope,
we're
really
learning
you
know.
Paul
Paul
is
asking
questions
challenging
the
system
a
bit
and
asking
questions
if
he
can
learn
to
do
that
in
in
good
Fair
terms
that
he's
trying
to
do
I
think
that
it
has
to
be
respected,
for
him
to
ask
those
questions
and
for
him
not
to
be
put
in
jail
for
asking
those
questions
again.
P
I
think
we're
at
a
time
that
we
really
have
to
consider
that
and
and
that
he
does
not
in
any
way
deserve
that
as
how
to
address
his
questions
as
the
same
with
myself.
I
don't
deserve
to
be
put
in,
say,
mental
health
facilities.
You
know
just
because
I
am
trying
to
learn
the
system
and
the
community
process
and
and
be
a
part
of
it
in
some
good
way.
P
It
hurts
to
ask
certain
questions
sometimes,
but
I
really
hope
we
can
have
the
patience
to
allow
those
asks
to
be
made
that
I
think
I
think
both
me
and
Paul.
We
try
to
be
on
nice
and
decent
and
interesting
to
offer
good
choices,
and
we
don't
want
to
do
it.
I
don't
want
to
do
it,
especially
in
fear
and
harm,
but
it
hurts
sometimes
and
I
just
hope.
It
can
be
respected.
What
me
and
Paul
and
other
people
try
to
work
towards
and
what
the
public
comments
space
can
be
about.
P
You
know
it
can
be
a
real
space
to
to
be
able
to
say,
say
things
that
otherwise
are
difficult
to
say
and
I
try
to
treat
that
with
respect
and
learn
how
to
treat
that
with
respect.
I
hope,
I
can
give
respect
back
to
that
and
I
think
we
are
learning
that
process.
Thank
you.
I
wanted
to
quickly
offer
that
about
the
issue
of
caps.
I've
been
traveling
around
the
country
in
the
world,
I've
been
to
Hawaii.
Recently
they
have
roosters
and
gato's
cats.
P
You
know
for
the
insect
population
is
that
a
factor
that
we
need
to
consider
for
this
item
thanks
a
lot.
E
C
Good
afternoon
council
members
I
would
like
to
address
a
couple
of
things.
I
have
questions
about
San,
Jose,
Animal,
Care
and
services
is
facing
significant
challenges,
there's
so
few
animal
officers
that
people
calling
in
straight
animals
are
told
that
officers
will
not
come
out
unless
the
animal
is
injured.
Also,
when
people
call
in
deceased
animals,
it
sometimes
takes
weeks
for
them
to
be
picked
up
within
the
shelter
most
notably
in
the
medical
Department.
C
Given
these
shortages
and
current
lack
of
services
at
the
shelter
volunteers
should
be
valued
and
their
first
amendment
rights
protected
volunteers
are
a
valuable
resource
and
should
never
be
fired
when
they
raise
valid
concerns.
I
would
like
to
encourage
the
committee
to
request
an
independent
audit
of
the
shelter
and
to
stand
up
for
the
rights
of
the
volunteers
without
whom
the
shelter
could
not
be
run.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
W
Yes,
this
is
Mike
Wagner
I'm,
a
former
president
and
board
member
of
kittens
first
for
the
San
Jose
Animal
Care
Center.
We
actually
were
founded
by
Dr
Teva
hoshizaki,
who
rotated
part-time
as
a
vet
through
the
San
Jose
animal
Care
Center.
She
saw
a
need
for
a
foster
program.
She
started
a
non-profit
called
kittens.
First,
I
was
a
board
member
of
that
non-profit
and
there's
a
Treasurer
and
also
an
interim
president.
W
I
just
would
like
to
reiterate
what
a
public
commenter
said
at
the
end
of
last
year.
During
the
council
meeting
when
sjax
made
a
presentation
to
the
council,
the.